The Sun. — London, England, 1848-03-27 00:00:00

ta) agree to the re-establishment not only of the re public of Cracow, but of the whole of Poland. 'THE INSURRECTION AT MILAN. The Turin journals of the 22d state that the fight. ing between the people of Milan and the Austrian troops had continued during the days of the 19th, 20th, ' and 2] st. The people had at last obtained possession 'of all the principal points of the town, and were, when the last accounts left, engaged in attack ing the castle, which still held out. The same journals also announce that Modena had risen, and confirm what was before rumoured—that Parma and Pia cenza were in full insurrection. The following are the details given : " On the 19th fighting was still going on, the people being principally engaged in endeavouring to reduce the Castle, which was supposed to contain about 8,000 to 9,000 men. The inhabitants were in great want of ammunition, though a certain supply had been sent from Novara ; they possessed not less than thirty thousand muskets. Bodies of peasants were flock • ing in from the neighbouring towns and villages. At the above date Pavia had not risen. A party of Austrian cavalry and Hungarian artillerymen, on their Stay from Pavia to Milan with six pieces of cannon, were attacked by the people at Binasco, and the cannon taken. The Austrians fled, but the Hungarians cried, ' Viva l'ltalta 1' The party from Binasco then proceeded to Milan, and were joined on the way by several thousand meu from Lomello, armed by Count Litta and the Mar quis of Erba. On entering the city, they found the people in possession of six pieces of cannon which they bad taken from the Austrians on the Piazza del Duomo; the fighting was going on in the streets, and great numbers were constantly arriving to aid the people, but reinforcements were alio coming in to the other party. Two thousand Genoese were on their way to Milan. " The people of Milan were still holding out on the 20th. A body of Swiss had forced the Porta Comasina, and dislodged the Austrians from that post. They had brought ammunition and provisions, and were proceed ing to join in the attack on the castle. The chiefs of the movement at Milan are the following persons, who have constituted themselves a Provisional Government. Cusati, the Pc,desta; Ruggiero Settimo, of Milan; Rossi, of Alessandria; Della Croce, of Vigevano; and Gui eeppe Avogadro. On the 20th the troops had succeeded in driving the people from the Broletto, which had been up to that time the centre of the movement at Milan; but on the morning of the 21st the insurgents had regained their ground, and forced the troops to take refuge in the Castle. Radetzky then offered to treat with the Pro visional Government, but received a decided negative on any terms but unconditional surrender. The people had at last gained possession of the powder magazine. They bad succeeded in placing a piece of cannon on the tower of San Celso. The magnificent marble spire of the dome is in ruins. " The inhabitants of Bergamo and Brescia had driven out their garrisons, and were marching on Milan. Gen. O'Donell had been made prisoner by the people. The intelligence of the arrest of the Viceroy at Brescia was gaining ground. Letters from Stradella of the 21st confirm the news of the insurrection of Modena." HAMBURGII MAIL. HAMBURGH, MARCH 24.—Scarcely any business was done in exchanges this day. In railway shares and the rands, on the contrary, a good deal was transacted, though at reduced prices. INSIRRECTION IN SLESWIG-HOLSTEIN, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 24.—The call for freedom, liberty, and independence has been raised in the south-western parts of the provinces of Germany ; Sleswig-Holstein has risen to maintain her unity and her independence of Denmark. A Provisional Government has been formed at Ki,l, which has issued the following declaration : "Fellow• citizens,-137 a popular movement in Copen hagen, our Duke has been forced to dismiss his former counsellors, and to tuke up a position which is inimical to the duchies. " The will of the governing Duke is no longer un lettered, and the country is without a Government. I is our resolve that our German dominions shall not fal a prey.to Denmark. Imminent dangers demand decided measures, and the defence of the frontiers and the maintenance of order must be committed to a respon sible guiding hand. Considering the urgency of the case, and fully relying upon the confidence which had hitherto been reposed in us we have accepted the public call, sad have provisionally undertaken the administrationjof the Government, which we will conduct in the name of our legitimate Duke, for the preservation of the rights of our country, and the rights of the Duke. " We will immediately convoke the United Diet and resign our delegated authority. So soon as the governor of our country shall be again free, or other persons shall be empowered by the Diet to conduct the administration of the country. "We will devote all our energies to the promotion of the present endeavour to effect the union and the free dom of. Germany. " We hereby call upon all the right-minded inhabi tants of the country to join us. Let the firmness and regularity of our proceedings bear testimony to our native German Fatherland, to the patriotic spirit which animates fie people of Sleswig Holstein. " M. Bremer, who is now absent, is summoned to join the proiisional Government. " Kiel, March 24. " The Provisional Government:— " BESELER. "FREDERICK, Prince of Sleswig Holstein. "F. REVENTLON. " M. T. SCHMIDT." - The Provisional Government has been recognised at Altona. Prince Frederick Von Augustenburg is to proceed to Bendsburgh to-day. A Burgher Guard has been formed, and Rendsburg is being put into a state of defence. Many soldiers have torn off the Danish cockade and joined the burghers; yet throughout the whole of this important movement no excess of any kind has taken place. Nay, there is not even any excitement or cries in the streets, although the city was illuminated and great joy prevailed, and from seven to eight hundred men have keen armed and are gone off to Rendsburg by railway. There the German flag was immediately hoisted. The military garrison is in favour of the Provisional Government, and is only waiting for the arrival of the Prince in order to place itself under his command. The greater part of the silver coin which was being transported from Altona to Copenhagen has been de tained at Rendsburg. The proclamation of the King of Prussia, in which he declares that those Prussian provinces which are not included in the German Confederation shall be admitted thereto, gives the decisive stroke to this movement. At Kiel, Rendsburg, Eckernforde, and Gluckstadt, the military are on the burghers' side. In all these places, and, in several others, Burgher Guards are being formed; the students are to form a separate corps.— Hanaurgh Borsenhalle, March 24. ALTONA, MARCH 24.—An extraordinary meeting of the Burgher Guards was held here to-day, when about 9,000 burghers were present. By command of the Duke the Danish authority over the guards has been sus ended for the present.—Hamburgh Correspondent, arch 24. . . It was decided at this meeting that the Provisional Government, as maintaining the rights of the Duke and of this country, should be recognised, and that the resi dent Danes should be treated with all consideration.— Hamburgh Borsenhalle, March 24. COPENHAGEN.—OUr Copenhagen papers come down only to the 21st. These merely give the origin of the disaster at Kiel, which have been greatly exaggerated. They also contain the address to the King and his Ma jesty's reply, acceding to the dissolution of the old Ministry. The address was decided upon in a meeting of 2,500 persons, and was taken to the King by a depu tation. Nearly 1,500 persons were assembled in the Schlopplatz. The resolutions of the address were to the following effect : "1. A Sleswig Holstein Constitution-is a renunciation of the rights of the Danish Crown on Sleswig. The King of Denmark is not authorised to do this, and the people of Denmark will not suffer it. " 2. The Danish nation promises the King of Den mark unlimited assistance for carrying out his sacred duties of Sovereign by maintaing the sovereignty of the kingdom of Sleswig Holstein. "3. The long subsisting union between Denmark and . Sleswig can be consolidated only by a constitution for both territories, founded upon a popular code of election. "4. The provisional independence of Sleswig, and the twofold rationality will be received by a distinct Provisional Diet, and commensurate provisional arrange ments in the Government, and the administration of justice. "5. The welfare of Denmark demands that the King should surround his throne with men whose union, patriotism, and energy, shall give strength to the government and confidence to the nation." To this address the King replied that he had already anticipated their wishes, that the old Ministry was al ready dissolved, and that a new Cabinet would be im mediately formed. lf,"continued his Majesty, " you will repose that confidence in your King, which he has in you, he will be your faithful leader in the path of honour and liberty." The cry of " Long live the King," was reiterated by the thousands who were assembled in the Schlopplatz. Petitions are presented from all quarters for the for mation of a National Guard. The deputation from Kiel, which is expected here, is to be placed under the protection of the Danish national honour. This was decided on by the students.—Ham hrgh Correspondent, March 24. IiAMBURGH, MARCH 24.—The Altona Kiel railway has just arrived, and brings a proclamation from the President . of the Rendsburg Burgher Association, an nouncing the entry of the Prince Von Augustenburg, at the head of the Lanenburgh Jager corps, into Kiel, requesting the aid of men for the defence of the coun try, and a supply of provisions and horses, to be sent immediately to Rendsburg. .Humburgh Borsenhalle, March 24. lIANIBURGII, MARCH 24. Meetings of the burghers continue to take place in the city and environs, and westward of Bassermann " a parliament " is loudly re-echoed here. The merchants of Hamburgh have issued a proclamation, stating that they consider the formation of a Parliament of the utmost importance, that the preliminaries respecting the elec tion,4 will be di.cimed t a nie , cting of a Diet at Frank fort on thc 30th at lilareh, and that it is their desire that the city of ilamburgh should be there represented by two of its trierchauts, viz., ay Forverk and Buie. The proclamation is signed by Messrs. Ross, Vidal and Co., Godeffroy and Son, Bruckner and Albers, THE STN, LONDON, Schwartz and Co., Crusen and Flor, Mestern Dieckmann and Co., Schroeder and Eiffe.— flamburgh Borsen Balk, March 24. POSEN. MARCH 20, TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON.—AII the shops are closed. The Poles have published a procla mation, snd the Polish flag waves in the Bazaar. As yet the military have taken no steps. The whole of Posen and its environs is in a state of excitement. SEVEN O'CLOCK, P.m.—The disturbances are increas ing, and the Bazaar is densely thronged. The troops are bivouacking, and the artillery has arrived. BRESLAU. . MARCH 21.—The excitement which prevailed yester day increased with the approach of evening, and num• bers of work people, armed with axes and other wea pons, arranged themselves under one banner. They took possession of the Lower Silesian Railway station, seised the letter-bags, and demanded information re specting the letters addressed to the commandant Count Brandenburg. This being refused, the dissatisfaction increased. At the request of the principal burghers, Edward Count Raisenbach, and Samran, May, and Pelez, mechanics, were constituted deputies of the people, and last night issued a proclamation which has happily suc ceeded in allaying the excitement. —Hamburg Current, March 24. SWEDEN. STOCKHOLM, MARCH 17.—The Committee of the Constitution, after a very animated debate, and without coming to the vote, have decided to deviate from the former principles, and to draw up an elaborate project of representation, proposing partial changes in the present representative system.—Harnburgh Borsen Belle, March 24. ST. PETERSBURGH. The Ramburgh Correspondent contains a long article on the impression produced at St. Petersburgh by the French Revolution, where the iron hand of despotism so completely checks the spread of information by the subjugation of the press, that all events of political im portance are comparatively little known. Men deceive themselves, however, if they imagine that the electric spark which has been kindled in France does not excite apprehensions in the northern capital of despotism. The elements of combustion are as abundant here as in those countries where the torch of discord has been kindled. The great intercourse of Russia with foreigners, especially by travelling abroad, has implanted in them also the germ of the modern views and tendencies. In the eyes of Russia Louis-Philippe was not a legiti mate King; hence the opinion generally prevails that the great armaments which Russia is at this moment pre paring are not intended for the creation of a❑ invasive or retributive war, but for the sole purpose alone of sup porting Austria in case of urgent necessity, and further, for the establishment of better defensive measures in the event of a movement in Poland. Nothing can be said in extenuation of the conduct of Louis-Philippe in de serting his people and his troops. No marvel that such a course should find no sympathy from the Emperor Nicholas, whose conduct was so diametrically opposite lin the year 1826. Much apprehension, however, is entertainted that the great excitement and indignation of the Emperor may have a bad effect upon his health, for although the vari ous reports respecting his illness were greatly exag gerated (speculators in the funds had even circulated the report of his death), it cannot be denied that his personal appearance testifies of the severity of his suffer ings. His Majesty has been urgently advised to visit the bath of Germany, but he replied energetically, that if he passed the boundaries of his empire this summer it would be only at the head of an army. He trusted however, that both his physicians and the revolutionaries would suffer him to remain quietly at home during the year 1848. The health of the Empress is very indifferent. Her Majesty had intended to have gone to Sicily, but the state of things here entirely prevented this. Madeira has also been spoken of, but the illustrious patient dreads the long sea voyage.—Hamburgh Correspondent, Aar. 24. ROTTERDAM, MARCH 25.—The Duke and Duchess de Moatpensier are at present staying in this town. ARRIVAL OF THE PRINCE OF MONEY and .COMMERCIAL NEWS• CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The CottonlMarket at Liverpool, on Saturday, was still in favour of buyers. Sales 5,000 bales, all to the trade at barely previous rates. In Railway Shares a good business was done, and there was a visible improve sevnt in the quotations. The Corn Market has been flatter to-day, owing to the increased supplies. Wheat has declined Is. per quarter. The accounts from the United States appear to be still favourable for the prospect of the conclusion of peace with Mexico, and the new loan had been well taken. It is stated that— After all one or two, or even three, per cent. pre mium for United States Stocks or Treasury notes, bear ing six per cent. interest per annum, is nothing, com pared to the premium they will command immediately after peace is promulgated, or even after the loans have all been taken, whether we have peace or not. There never was such a circumstance before known in the history of any country in the world, as the negotiation of large loans during a time of war at a premium ; and no other country in creation, but this, could ever have realised such a thing. Every loan we have thus far made has been at a premium, and it appears the longer the war continues, the higher the premium obtained on loans." This latter circumstance, however, must be simply the result of the altered condition of the Money Market, the United States having done such an excellent business in corn during the last year. The probability of a further loan being needed, ere long, is mentioned in the ac counts, and this, it is said, will be the case, whether peace be concluded or not. The West India accounts are not favourable, being of much the same tenor as on previous occasions. We have seen letters from Amsterdam, which notice the disturbances there, but describe them as being wholly destitute of a political character. Handbills offering work had been distributed by soma malicious parties, and when the workmen appeared, there was no one to receive them. Hence the commotion which is regarded by the writers with no feelings of anxiety. We have seen advices also from Sleswig Holstein. There the resistance to Denmark is undisguised, and may prove important in its consequences. The accounts from Lisbon have occasioned much conversation in the city among the creditors of Portugal, the reduction in the interest upon the foreign debt being no light matter. It is conceived, however, that as the Government cannot raise the necessary means, and as the'reduction is not set forth as a permanent mea sure, the bondholders must acquiesce and take what is offered. The low value of the stock for some time past has indicated the fear of what now comes to pass. The Consol Market has not been very buoyant this morning. Consols for the Account opened at 831 1, fell to 83, and are again at 83*. The range taken by money stock has been precisely similar to that for time. The amount of real; business done to-day has not been considerable. The premium on Exchequer-bills has been 295. to 325. Bank Stock is quoted at 193, and India Stock at 233. India Bonds under 1,0001. were quoted at 17s. premium. In the Foreign Bond Market there has been an im provement in Mexican from 141 to 151; Spanish Five per Cents. for the Account have been heavy at 124 and k; the Three per Cents. from 22k have advanced to 221. The Dutch Four per Cent. Certificates have receded from 61 to 601. Brazil Five per Cents. Bonds aro at 70. The Russian Five per Cents. are at 85. With very few exceptions, the Railway Shares are heavy this morning, and there is but a moderate amount of business going on. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAT AT ONI O'CLOCK.. (From the Official List.) 3 per Cent. Consols Anne s3% 83 33VA Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 — Do. 30 Years, Expircaan. 8, 1360.. 8 9-16 India Bonds under 1,0001......«.......« 1 1 7 p Bank Stock for Account 93 Consols for Account India Stock for Account 233 Exchequer Bills. 1,0001. 500/ SO 33p Small ...... 30 33 ii PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto New Bonds, 1829 and 1839 Ditto for the Account Mexican Bonsle, 1846, 5 per Cent — Ditto for the Account 1 4 3 /4 15 14% Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent 24 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto 4 per Cent. . l6 14% 15 3 / 4 Russian Bonds. 1822, 5 per Cent B5 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840 Ditto for the Account 1 2 3 /4 % Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent Cent Ditto for the Account 22 %% 3 / 4 Venezuela Bonds . Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent.,l2 Guild 4O Ditto 4 Der Cent. Certificates BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAM. Paz BRAZE. Aberdeen Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 3% — ....- to Ayrshire and Galloway Belfast and County Down .. 11% .. .. Birmingham & Oxford June... 20 Bi r mingham, W 01.,& Dudley 10 ... . Birming., Wol., & Stour Val. 101.145.... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction.. 7 3 /4 ...... to Boston, Stamf., & Birming... 5 Bristol and Exeter . BS D0., Thirds Buckinghamshire.. Caledonian Ditto. Half Shares Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50 Chester and H01yhead......... 37 1 % — to Ditto, Preference l2 Clarence. Do., lit Class, 6 per Cent... 10 D0.,2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 Direct London & Portsmouth 8% to Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 25 Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 17% — ...... to East Anglia, 25/. L. & E., and L. &D. ... Ditto, 18/., E. & H lB •. • ... Ditto, 31. 10s., E. & H... 3% 3% to Eastern Counties Do. Perpet., i per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d % p to Do., do N 0.2,6/. 13s. 44.1... dis.... to Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 Do., Quarter .... ....... ...... 12% — Do., New Eastern Union Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% Ditto., Thirds .. ......... ...13s. 4d — to Ditto (guar. 6 per cent.) ... 10 . — Ditto, ditto ........ ......... 20 ..„.. East Lancashire Ditto, New Do., New Quarters East Lincolnshire l6 %...... Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O ...... 38%...... to 40 Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% -1 to Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 ...... Ditto, New 3 3 /4 to Ditto, New port.. ... ........ 12 Ditto, ditto, New ... 24 Exeter, Yeovil, & DOrchester 2% — ...... to Ditto, New - 2% — to Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle-a 66.8 d... .. to Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 — to Ditto, New Do. Preference Consolidated 15 -- - Great Northern.... .......... ... 13 Do. London & York Eaten. 21 ,4 Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 37% 1814...... to Great North of England 100 Ditto, New 40/ Ditto, New= 301. Ditto, New 151...... ..- ..... 6 1 %...... . Great Western Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares 17% l 6 Ditto, Fifths Do. New 171. - ... 8 ...... to Huddersfield and Manchester 24 .. -.— to Di ttc, Thirds 8 Hull and Selby 51 Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares 1 2 1,4 — to Ipswich & Bur y St. Edmunds 17% — to Do. do. and Norwich Do., do., Extension Scrip (late (Comb. and Ely) 2 1 4 — ..... to Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50 Do., Thirds lO Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93 ..... to -- Ditto, ditto Ditto Half Shares - 38 Ditto Quarters Ditto Fifths Ditto Sixteenths ... ..... ... 6% — .. ... to Ditto Thirds (Reg.) ... 101.4 s 6% dis. to 7 dis. Do. Liverpool and Bury... 58 Do. (Hudders. and Shoff.) 33 Do., Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Do., West Riding Union ...41. 2e..... 3 % dis to 3 dis. Do., Presto,' and Wyre ... 25 ...... Do., do., Half Shares (A) 9 Leeds and Bradford 5O ..... 86 Lecds, Dewsbury, & blanches. 421/2 — Do., Half Shares Ditto, Blue (scrip) .. 2% — ...... to Leeds and Thirsk ...—... ...... 40 Ditto, New Do., do., Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3%..... Liverpeol, Crosby, and South port. Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction 2% to London 6t Blackwell ...13/. 6s. 8d — .. ... to Ditto New, No. 2 5/. 13s. 4d.... ... .. to Do. Extension Lond., Bright., & South Coast 50 Do. Consolidated Eighths... 40 Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 ....•• De. Pref. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50 ...... _ Ditto, ditto 1852 50 ..... London and Greenwich... 12/.155. 4d... Ditto Preference lBl 17s 2d... ...... to London & North Western.....loo 129% to Do. Quarters (L. and B.) 22 - Do. New - Do. Fifths Do. 401. Sharea.....L. & M. 20 - to Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.) 7%. .... to Do. 101. .. M. and B. (B.) 7 1 / 2 — to Do. 101. ... M. and B. (C.) 1 London and S. Western...—. 50 ...... 45 4 1 4 to 46 Ditto, Now 501. - ...... to Ditto, New 401..... ..... .. • Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50 ....., - Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40 - Ditto,Thirtis ... Bl. 6s. 8d -.34 IA dis. to - London, Salisbury, & Yeovil VA — ...... to - Londonderry and Coleraine... 27 1 A — Londonderry and Enniskillen 25 Lowestoft (guar. 4 per cent.) 20 Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 3 ..,... ." .. to Manch, Buxton, & Matlock 3 - 11anehr, Sheffield, and Line.100 Ditto % Shares (No. 1) ... 13 Ditto, ditto (No. 2) PRUSSIA. His Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia, brother of the King, and heir apparent to the Crown, arrived in London this morning, via Hamburgh, and alighted at the hotel of the Prussian Legation at Carlton terrace. His Royal Highness arrived here with a confi dential mission from his Royal brother to her Majesty the Queen. We are happy to be authorised to state that his Royal Highness was not (as some accounts had intimated) in any way connected with the fatal misunderstanding which caused the conflict be tween the Guards and the people of Berlin on the afternoon of Saturday, the 18th. In consequence of the regulations made by the late King, in 1838, providing against occurrences of such nature, his Royal Highness had on that occa sion no commands to give to the troops, and gave none. All accounts of any official or personal interference or collision of the Prince with the people in that deplorable struggle, or in the popular excitement which followed it, are devoid of the slightest founda tion.—Times. THE PRINCIPAL CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS.—Sir David Dundas, we understand, has re ceived his appointment as Principal Clerk of the House of Lords, and it is probable that the Lord Chancellor will announce that fact either this or to morrow evening from the woolsack. The Learned Gentleman has resigned the Solicitor-Generalship and also, we understand, his seat for Sutherlandshire. The former is to be filled by Mr. John Romilly, and rumours are afloat that either Sir John Hobhouse or Mr. Macaulay will be returned for the latter. THE NEW SOLICITOR. GENERAL. Mr. John Romilly, the eminent Chancery barrister, and the son of the late lamented Sir Samuel Romilly, is, as we pre dicted in the early part of last week, appointed her Majesty's Solicitor-General. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman received his appointment on Saturday even ing. A new writ will be moved for this evening in the House of Commons for Devonport, which place the Learned Gentleman represents, and no doubt exists that he will be again returned for that place without the least opposition. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman, we understand, leaves town to night to pay his respects to the electors of Devonport. Principal contents of the Observer, of Sunday, March 26:—Thirteen folio columns of first-rate and latest political news from France, Austria, Prussia, Italy, and all parts of the continent—Saturday's Election Committees, a folio column—Upwards of a column of Saturday daylebone Vestry Meeting—About 100 use ful Advertisements—Two columns of latest Irish news —upwards of a column of births, marriages, and deaths, and sixteen columns of latest miscellaneous in telligence. Price of the Observer, 6d.—Monday's edition, at four, Monday afternoons. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT•GARDEN.---Her Majesty's box was occupied on Saturday evening by the Duchess of Sutherland, the Countess Granville, Lady Mary Howard, Lady Blantyre, the Right Hon. Mr. and Miss Lascelles. Among the general company we also noticed his Excellency the Greek Minister and Madame Ralli, the Duke and Duchess of Montrose, Lord and Lady Ernest Bruce, the Earl of Munster, the Countess Dowager of Essex, Miss Johnstone, Viscount 'rempletown, Viscount Nevill, Earl Compton, Viscount Clifden, Viscount Anson, Lord Suffield, Lord Burleigh, Lady Charlotte Denison, Lady Dora ville, Lady Morgan, Lady Grey, Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Fitzgibbon, Hon. Alßamsay, Hen. H. Coke, Hon. Spencer Ponsonby, Hon. William Harbord. Hon. A. D. Willoughby, Sir George Armytage, Bart., Sir Philip Broke, Bart., Sir Thomas Hare, Bart., Sir Arthur Aston, Bart., Sir Jasper and Lady Atkinson, Major- General P. Campbell, R.A., General Banbury, Major Mountjoy Martyn, Major Jones, Captain de Bathe, Miss Burdett Coutts, &c. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—The Queen's box at Her Majesty's Theatre was occupied on Saturday evening by Lord and Lady Alfred Paget, Lady Ade laide Paget, and the Hon. F. Leveson Gower. In the Queen Dowager's box were her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, attended by the Baroness Beust, Baron Knesebeck, and Mr. E. St. John Mildinay. Among the general company we observed his Excellency the Hanoverian Minister, his Excellency the Swedish Minister, the Duke of Welling ton, the Duke and Duchess of Leeds, the Duke of De vonshire, the Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde and Lady Emily de Burgh, the Marchioness of Douro, the Marquis of Ailesbury, the Earl of Falmouth, the Earl of Munster, the Earl of Lonadale, the Earl of Besborough, the Countess Dowager of Essex and Miss Johnson, the Countess of Cardigan and Lady Augusta Baring, Count Lowenhaupt, Viscount Exmouth, Vis count Duncannon, Lord Gardiner, Lord and Lady Fitzroy Somerset and Miss Somerset, Lady Frederick Bentinck nod Miss Mitchell, Lord Ernest Bruce, Lord Sydney, Lady Pigot, the Counte de Parke, Baron Nicolay, M. de Cottu, M. C. de Koudriaffsky, Colonel the Hon. G. and Mrs. Anson, Sir Ralph and Lady Howard, Sir John and Lady Charlotte Guest, Sir Alexander Woodford. Sir John Burgoyne, Sir Charles Shakerley, Hon. D. Astley, General the Hon. C. Caven dish. Tan HOMEWARD PASSENGERS FROM INDIA.—It may be satisfactory to the friends of the passengers from India by thie month's mail, (about 140 in all) to know that those of them who had taken a passage to Su: z only, with the intention of proceeding by the Mar seilles and Trieste routes home, having learnt in Egypt the state of political affairs on the continent, abandoned that intention, and embarked in the Ripon at Alexan dria, and may be expected to arrive at Southampton on Wednesday next, the 29th instant. THE ARTIC EXPEDITION.—Sir George Back, Sir Henry do la Beebe, Colonel Sabine, Rear-Admiral Beauf~art, Camel Colquhoun, Dr. Fitton, Captain Stay; Mr. C. Stoker, Mr. Broderip, Mr. R. Brown, and several other members of the Athenaeum Club, gave a farewell urt+-rt...-11 , :nt to Sir Jailles C. Ross t.,Lid Sir Johr. Richardson, at the club-house, Pall-mall, on Wednesday last. Sir George Back presided on the occasion. E-+ V 1 LINING, MONDAY Ditto,', Shares (No. 3)... 7% ...••. Do., ';ew 10/. Preference.. 7% %...... to Ditto Grimsby 25 — - Ditto, ditto. ... Ditto, ditto Ditto, Sheffield, and Line. 7%...... Ditto, Grimsby Dock Ditto, Man. ic Lin. Union 41 . 2 5.... ManchesterandSouthampton 2 1 4 — 51ichand 100 lOO 101% to 100 Ditto, Consol. Preference... 100 Ditto, 50/. 5hare5........... 15 Midland, Birm., and Derby... 100 Midland, Consol. Bristol and Birmingham 6 per cent.... 100 115% to 115 Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 36 ... .. Ditto ditt• 11/. 38.6 d. .. ...... to Midland, Leices. and Swan nington (8 per ct.gua.).... 100 .... . Midld. Great Western (Irish) 35 Middlesbro' tlnd Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. ......... ..... 50 Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ...... Ditto Quarter Shares Newmarket and Chestertora 18 1 / .4 — Ditto Extension Xewport Abergy., and Ilene. 6 Norfolk ............ . lOO Ditte New 201. Diu* Extension Do. Guaranteed 5% per et. 5 ..... D 0 .5 0r ip,1847,11. of Norflk 2 De. do. Waveney Valley... 2 Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor S or th e ru Counties Union .... 14 ...... —...— to _ gorth British •. ...... Ditto Half Shares-- ..... 12 1 / . 1 2 9 th to Do. Quarters .5% ...... 3 3 4 / 1 .. ... to Dit t o . Extension Ditto Thirds ... ......... ...... 2 ...... North and South-Western... 2 North Staffordshire..... lO North Wales ....... North Western Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verliamton Reading, Guilclfd. , & Reigate 7%. ‘ ,.. 6 .ii Royston and Hitchin Seottish Central Scottish Midland ... ........ .... 22%...... —•••-• to— Ditto, New lO - Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole Shrewsbury and Birmingham 7 Ditto, ditto, Class B. 4 ...... Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. MM.) Ditto Halves, Ditto 8 ... .. . ... to _Ditto, Oswestry l4 Ditto (New) 1 Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref y Shrewsbur and Hereford ... 2 Shropshire - Union South _Devon ... .... ...... ... 40 Ditto, Preference 221%...•. -... „..... ti, South Staffordshire 4 South Eastern and Dover 33% Ditto, New, No. 1 Ditto, New, No. 2 l7 Ditto, New, No. 3 ... 20 .... to Ditto New, No. 4. South Wales South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole . Swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stm. Coal ...... ... .. 4 llamas Haven Dock and ' Railway 17% - Faw Yak Extension ... 4 ...... -- Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny...... 13%....„ Waterford and Limerick... .. 40 ... .. Waterford, Wexford,',Vicklw, and Dublin West Cornwall _ _ .. irlitehaven and Furness l2 ... .. .... to -.... Windsor, Staines, and Soath Western 92s. Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 30 ...... —.. to York, Newcastle, and Bernick 26 ..... to Do. Original New & Ber'ck 25 .. Do. Exton. No. 1 (Y. & N.) 15 Do. do. No. 2, New &B. le ..... 10 1 / 2 to Do. G. N. E. Par. or I'ref. 8 ..... 8 , 4 York and North Midland .. 50 ...... 64 Ditto, Prefereace Ditto East and West Riding Extension ..... .... .. ...... 25 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens 2O ...... 6A 1 4% to Central of France ( Orleans and Vierzoa) ..... 16 Central of Spain .. 2 Ceylon .... ss. Demerara. Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras ss. ..- . Datch Rhenish East Indian Great Indian Peninsular Italian and Aastrias .......... 4 Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 Lativain 11. la Sambre ... 6 Luxemkourg Lyons and Avignon (Con stituted) Hadrid and Valenti& _ _ Namur and Liege l6 ...... . .. to Northern of France. Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 6 Over rssol 4l3s 4d..... , ...... to Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans... 2O Paris and Rouen .. Paris ik. Strasbourg ...... ..... 8 Rouen and Havre ... 20 Sambre and Manse Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 Tours & Nantes ... .- ..... .. 8 Tourney, Jurbise, Landen, and Ilasselt . ...... ....... .. 16 West Flanders JOINT STOCK ZANKS. Australasia - British North American • ... 50 Colonial .... .. .. . Commercial of Loaden London Joiat Stock • .... ..... 10 London and Westminster... 2$ National Provincial of Engld. 35 , Ditto New ............ .... 10 - National of Ireland ...... ...... 22% — ..... to Provincial of Ireland Ditto, Now lO ..... ...... to Union of Australia Ditto, New 2% Union of London ••• 10 - Union of Madrid . 4O ...... MINES. Anglo Llexisan IOO Asturian Mining Company._ 12 ..... Australian 2!. "2 — Blaenaryon Iron and Coal ... ie Bolasos Scrip British Iron Brazilian Imperial ...,• .. ... 24 ..,.. ...... to Galvanized Iron .... ..... ...... Di ...... ...... to Ditto, New ......... ... Real del Monte, Unregistered ... 11.‘,.. Do. Black Debenture5...... LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MARCH 27.—Wind at noon S.S E , light breeze and dull. DEAL, MARCH 26.—Wind S.W. to S.—Arrd. from the River, and sailed (25th), Countess of Harborough, Bennett, Sydney, New South Wales ; Ranger, Sierra Leone ; Crusader, Hayman, Honduras ; Cambria, Macready, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Rhode, Gibbs, Smyrna ; Dream, Elliot, Naples ; Andrew Amy, Bordeaux. Sailed (25th) Eclipse, Davis, Madeira. OFF THE Wrayrr, MARCH 24.—Arrd. Egham, Cadiz. SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 25.—Arrd. Dee (steamer), Allan, West ladies, left St. Thomas's on the 4th instant, Bermuda Bth ; Madrid (steamer), Weeks, Gibraltar, left on the 17th instant ; Jupiter (steamer), Meebun, ditto ; City of Limerick (steamer), and proceeded for Dublin ; sailed (25th) Isabel, Cadiz. WEYMOUTH, MARCH 26.—The Albion, Newman, from Shoreham, arrived here to-day, with foremast sprung, and bows stove,:having been in contact with a Spanish schooner off Portland. BRISTOL, MARCH 24.—The Elbe Packet, Croft, for Cardiff, in going down the river, got on shore on the Cleuves, and is beneaped. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 26.—The China, from London to Charleston, with loss of sails, ballast shifted, and leaky, was spoken 11th instant, ill lat. 39, long. 31, by the Geelong, Wise, arrived here. The England's Queen, hence to Shanghae, has put back with loss of bulwarks, staunchions, chain plates, &c., having been in contact 24th instant, in a thick fog, about 16 miles N.E. of Tus kar, with the Jolly Robin, hence to Calcutta. The Crishna, from Singapore, was in company an hour pre vious to the accident. The Two Brothers, arrived in the River, from New castle, makes a deal of water, lost long boat, and part of bulwarks. COWES, MARCH 24.—The Sant Wasse, which arrived here yesterday, and reported leaky, has come in to dis charge for repairs. PENZANCE, MARCH 25.—The Quebec, Pearson, from Newport to Boston, put back hero yesterday leaky, having experienced very severe gales at West. The leak has been stopped, and the vessel has again hauled out to the rocks to wait a shift of wind. LERWICK, MARCH 21.—The wreck of the Neptune, which was lost on the Island of Fettar, Bth January, still remains unclaimed. It has been ascertained that she sailed from Rendsberg in Denmark, and was not a Prussian vessel, as before supposed and reported. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 25.—S1d. Forester, Jamaica; and put back her Majesty's ship Wellesley, for the West Indies. MARKET NEW S.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE.—(MONDAY.) Up to our markets last week, the arrivals of all articles of Grain of home produce were on a very limited scale; while from Ireland and Scotland they were chiefly con fined to a few cargoes of Oats. From abroad we received 3,471 quarters of Wheat; 1,300 ditto of Barley ; 8,864 ditto of Oats ; 940 ditto of Beans ; 309 ditto of Peas ; 1,221 ditto of Tares ; 760 ditto of Linseed, and 43 barrels of Flour. Fresh up to-day, from Essex and Kent, the receipts of Wheat of home produce were on the in crease, but for the most part, of very middling quality, arising from the damp state of the weather. The at tendance of both town and country buyers was by no means numerous; yet the finest dry samples of both red and white Wheats of English growth were mostly dis po.czl of at prices about equal to those paid on this day se'nnight. In the middling and inferior kinds exceed ingly little business was transacted at a decline in the quotations of quite is per quarter, and a total clearance was not effected. The inquiry for foreign Wheats was wholly in retail, and where salt-s were pressed Is per quarter less money was taken by the importers. r 0 quantity of Barley off ii.Fg wa, unusually small Malting parcels were in good request, and is per quarter dearer. Grindi . ig and distilling sorts sold freely at very full prices. There was not quite so much business MARCH 27, 1848. (doing as. Malt as last week, nevertheless the late ad ! seance 6U the quotations was well supported. The supply lof OstY was more than equal to the wants of the buyers. All le aids moved off slowly at barely stati onar y prices. In Fieans next to nothing was doing. Peas, however, rlf Led as last week. All kinds of Peas were a slow in- N 4 quiry, at previous currencies. Indian Corn and Meal ; were mostly held at full prices. Flour was in moderate request, at last Monday's currencies. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex & Kent, M alt—Chevaller• • • • • • 57s to 588 Red. ........ 4.5 s to 558 Oats Yorkshire and Ditto,White, New 47s 61s Lincolnsh., Feed. 19s --21 i Norfolk and Lin- Potato ...... .... 23s 259 coin, Red. • • • • 458 45s Yoaghal and Cork, Ditto, White. • • • • • 478 54s Black . ...... 16s 191 Irish, Red.. • • --s —s Cork, White . • • • • 185 215 Ditto, White .. .. • • —s —8 Scotch, Feed. —23 s ye—Old ..... ..... .. —a —s Beans—Tick ......... 32s 44s New • • • • • . 32s 348 Pigeons ...... .... 35s 43s Varley—Grinding . .. • • 27s 21's Peas—Grey .......... 38s 418 Malting . • • ..... • 29s 30s Maple ......... .. 78a 41s Chevalier .... • • • 318 32s White....... ... 38s 488 II:11 t--Suffolk and Nor- 2t oilers .... • • • —39 s f01k............ 54s 511 s Floar—Town-rnade . • • 41s -4Gs 8ZW.T1....... • . • • 46s 53s Suffolk . • • ... 35s 38s Kinzston and Ware 54s _ his __btocktn & Nos:folk 38s 388 Mr. Bonnar requested a remand for a day or two, in order that the evidence of the stipez intendant of police at Greenwich might be had, there bein; two prisoners committed from that Court for being implicated iu this and similar robberies. Remanded till to-morrow. The railway companies have expre.sed their determi nation to prosecute to the utmost those tradesmen i❑ whose possession their tools are found, as but for them servants would not be induced to abstract property of this description. ELECTION COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY ) SLIGO. The Sligo Election Committee re-assembled this morning; Mr. Grainger in the chair. Mr. Sergeant WRANGHAM was engaged the whole of the morning in arguing that the sitting Member had a right to make use of the declaration he laid upon the table of the House for the purpose of proving that he had sufficient property independently of that in the county of Clare, to satisfy the ineumbranecs which rested on the rent charge. Mr. CALVERT on the other side insisted that they had no right to travel beyond the limits of the declaration, which had been filled in Dublin. SMITHFIELD. During last week, up to Saturday eyening, the imports c.f foreign stock, into London. were on a fair average scale, as will be seen by the following official return:— From whence. Beasts. Sheep. Calves. Harlingen Rotterdam Antwerp Amsterdam...... 18 Hamburgh 46 ... 125 ••• ...... Total 424 Corresponding week in 1847 ... 343 ... 131 - 500 Difference ...... 62 less. 157 less. 112 more. Comparatively speaking the arrivals at the northern outports have been small, viz., about 300 head of each kind of stock from Holland and Germany. In their quality, howeve . e, a decided improvement must be noticed. It is pretty generally e x p ec t e d, notwithstand ing the high prices ruling in this market, that the im portations during the next two or three months, owing to the want of condition, will be very moderate, as the shipment , Jf inferior animals has been frequently attended with considerable loss. The supply of foreign Beasts here, to-day, was moderately good, viz., 310 head ; but that of Sheep did not exceed 300, and of Calves, 30 head. On the whole, their quality was a fair average. With home-fed Beasts, nearly the whole of which came to hand in excellent condition, we were well supplied, owing to which, and the continued damp state of the weather, the Beef trade was in a very sluggish state, and, in some instances, the quotations were 2d per Slbs lower than on this day se'nnight. However, the primest Scots sold without difficulty at from 4s 2d to 4s 4d per Slbs. At the close of the market a total clearance of the in ferior breeds was not effected. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we received about 1,600 Scots and short horns ; from the northern, western, and midland districts, 900 Herefords, runts, Devons, &c. ; from other parts of England, 200 of various breeds ; and, from Scotland, 200 horned and polled Scots. An unusually small number of Sheep was again brought forward I nevertheless, from the present high rates, the hutchern purchased with extreme caution : hence, the Mutton trade was in a sluggish state, at last week's cur rencie a. A few of the primest old Downs sold at 5s 6d; but 'the general top price of Mutton was 5s 4d per 81bs. raere were about 800 shorn Sheep in the market, which ,old at from 4s 8d to 4s 10d per Sibs, for Down quail , ties. The supply of Lambs was small; and the demand was far from brisk, at from 6s to 7s per 81bs. Prime small Calves moved off steadily ; other kinds of Veal slowly, at last week's quotations. In Pigs, exceedingly little business was transacted ; but we have no decline to notice in their value. Per Alba. is sink the offal. s. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts..... 3 2 3 4 , iscond quality • ... 3 6 3 8 Prime large Oxen.. 3 10 4 0 Primo Scots 4 2 4 4 Large coarse Calves 4 0 4 tl Prime small ditto .. 4 f 5 2 Bnckling Calves ..20 0 28 Inferior Sheep • . .. 3 8 3 10 s. d. to s. d. Second quality ditto 4 0 4 4 Coarse-woolled ditto 4 6 5 • Southdown Wether 5 2 5 4 Ditto out of the wool Large Hogs .••• • • 4 • 4 6 Small Porkers •. , . 4 8 5 0 Quarter old Pigs • .18 0 24 0 Lambs ••••• • • • • • 0 0 0 0 SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. Sheep. I 1 Calves. I Pigs. I 3,387 18,650 114 369 NEI77OATM AND 3LEADENIIAMI. The arrivals of country-killed meat up to these markets last week consisted of about 170 carcasses of Beef; 300 ditto of Mutton; 120 ditto of Veal; and 190 ditto of Park. Very limited supplies of Mutton, slaughtered in London have been on offer, hence the trade has ruled firm, at very full prices. Beef, Veal, and Pork have been in good supply and sluggish in quiry, at barely late rates. A few baskets of Beef have arrived from Hamburgh, and about 300 carcasses of foreign Meat, killed in the metropolis, have been dis posed of. At per stone by the Carcave. a. 11. to s. d. s. 4. to s. d. Beef,liferlor.• .• •• 3 3 2 Muttoa, inferior •• 3 6 310 - middling •• I 2 3 4 middling.. 4 0 4 4 - primelarge .. 3 6 3 8 prime .. •• 4 6 4 8 - prime small .. 3 8 210 Pork, large• 3 8 4 4 Ves.l.• •• •••••• • • •• 4 0 b 0 - small •••• • • 4 6 5 0 Lamb. •s Od to Os Od. DC/ROUGH AND SPITALPIELDS. The past week's arrivals of potatoes, coastwise and by railway, have been seasonably extensive, and of fair average quality. From Antwerp we have received 278, from Altuna 65, from liamburgh 8, and from Rotter dam 26 tons. On the whole, the trade has ruled firm, and prices are well supported in every iustance.—York Regents, 90s to 140 s; ditto Shaw's, 100 s to 110 s; Wis beach Regents, 80s to 110 s; ditto Kidneys, 85s to 120 s; Scotch Cups, 100 s to 120 s; ditto Whites, 908 to 100 o; ditto Reds, 100 s to 120 s; Kent and Essex Regents, 100 s to 120.; Dutch Whites, 70s to 80s; Belgian, 80s to 1008 per ton. BOROUGH HOP MARKET. The supplies of Hops on sale hero are by no means large, yot the amount of business doing is small in the extreme, at barely last week's quotations : Sussex Pockets, 31 to 31 6s; Weald of Kent ditto, 313 s to 31 103; Mid and East Kent ditto, 315 e to 5/ 8s per cwt. WOOL. A very limited quantity of Wool arrived in the Port of London last week, it having amounted to 32 bales from llamburgh; 31 ditto from Antwerp; 78 ditto from Bombay; and 68 ditto from the Cape. In the private contract market the supplies of Wool—both English and colonial—on offer are large; and a very limited amount of business is doing, at barely stationary prices. TALLOW. For the time of year this market, owing to the scarcity of Rough Fat, is unseasonably active, and a con siderable advance has taken place in the quotations. Last week the deliveries were not less than 1,851 casks, against only 543 casks at the corresponding period in 1847—leaving a very small stock on hand. P.Y.C. on the spot is selling at 52s 6d per. cwt. Rough Fat, average, 2s 1 Id per Blbs. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.) The House sat to-day to hear appeals. The Peers present were—The Lord Chancellor, Lord Campbell, Lord Kenyon, and the Bishop of Manchester. STERLING V. MORAY. The further hearing of the arguments on this part heard Scotch appeal occupied their Lordships the whole day. MARLBRO'-STREET7-(THIS DAY Charles Perry, a well-known thief, was placed at the bar before Mr. Bingham, charged with having stolen a clock, value 18s., the property of Mr. Isaac Jacobson, jeweller, 315, Oxford-street. Jacob Myers, shopman to the prosecutor, said on Saturday night, he observed the prisoner lurking about the front of the shop, near a shelf on which was placed the clock produced. Having occasion to serve a cus tomer, his attentio❑ was taken from the prisoner for a few minutes. On his return to the shop-door he looked at the shelf, and missed the clock. He imme diately suspected the prisoner as being the thief, and was about running after him when he saw the clock standing on the pavement, close by the corner of a gate way. Tho prisoner was subsequently feund secreted ' behind one of the gates, and given into custody. On passing the shop towards the station the prisoner broke two large squares of glass. The prisoner, who protested his innocence of the charge imputed to him, was committed for tral. INCREASE OE INTEMPERANCE. — MOre than thirty-five cases of drunkenness were disposed of at this Court this morning, the majority of them being females. BENEVOLENCE.—Our reporter was requested by the magistrate to acknowledge the receipt of 201., the legacy bequeathed to the poor-box of this Court by the late A. Macklew, Esq., of Poulett Lodge, Twickenham, and the Albany, London, and forwarded through Mr. Mahon, solicitor, of Carey-street, Lincoln's Inn. WORSHIP-STREET. — (THIS DAY.) William Poore, a weaver, was charged, and two others, not in custody, with breaking into the dwelling-house of Mr. John Stread, Willow-walk, Barnet-grove, Bethnal green. It appeared from the evidence of a witness named Mitchell, that his attention was directed to the house of the prosecutor on Saturday evening by a lad named Cole, who said that he had seen three strange men in the back parlour. On getting to the rear of the house Mitchell climbed over the wall, whilst the youth pro ceeded to the front. The door was unlocked, and three men rushed out and ran awayl in different directions. Witness, who never lost sighttof the prisoner, caught him in the Bird-cage-walk. The others succeeded in making their escape. A desk and some drawers were broken open, and their contents strewn about. Several articles of value had been stolen.—The prisoner was remanded. LAMBETH.—(THIS DAY.) Edward lietherinyton, master blacksmith, residing in Mason=street, Old Kent-road, was placed at the bar, before Mr. Elliott, charged with unlawfully possessing a sledge hammer, four pair of tongs, and other tools, the property of the London, Brighton, and South-Eastern Railway Company. Thomas Bonner, :foreman of the locomotive depart ment of the company at New-cross station, identified the tools as the property of his employers. Police-constable 104 P had taken the prisoner into custody. The tongs were found in his water troughs, I beside the furnace. He could not explain how they got there. Another witness, who had been employed by the pri soner, said that some three or four months ago, a man, who used to work upon the railway, came to the shop and offered the tools now produced for sale. They were bought by the prisoner fur 2s. Witness and the prisoner's son were then ordered to erase the marks of the compny from the different articles, the prisoner giving them instructions while they were doing so. Prisoner—Oh, John! In answer to questions from the magistrate, witness stated what were the different marks erased. They were the marks of the company. COURT CIRCULAR. His Royal Highness Prince Paul of Wurtemburg visited his Royal Highness Prince Albert, on Saturday, at Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highness was at tended by Baron de Brunnow, the Russian Minister. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of lint visited the Queen on Saturday afternoon, at Buckingham Palace. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of \Vales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took their usual airings on Saturday, and her Royal Highness the Princess Helena was taken an airing. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse back on Saturday, attended by Colonel Bouverie, Equerry in Waiting. Yesterday morning their Royal Highnesses Prince Albert and the Duchess of Kent, the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic household, attended divine service in the private chapel of the Palace. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay officiated. The Royal Children took their accustomed airings yesterday. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty yesterday. Yesterday was the birthday of his Royal Highness Prince George. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge yesterday, at Cam bridge House. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary attended Divine service yester day morning, in St. Michael's Church. His Royal Highness the Duke ot Cambridge attended Divine service yeterday morning in Grosvenor Chapel. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, attended by Baron Knesebeck, honoured the performances of her Majesty's Theatre, on Saturday evening, with their presence. A Cabinet Council was held, at twelve o'clock on Saturday, at the Foreign•ofice. It was attended by Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Auckland, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord Campbell, the Right Hon. 11. Labouchere, the Marquis of Clanricarde, Viscount Mor path, and the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay. The Council sat two hours. A deputation, consisting of Sir Joshua Walmsley, M.P., Mr. Sandars, M.P. Mr. Devereux, and Mr. James Clay, M.P., transacted business at the office of the Board of Trade, on Saturday. . . . . Lord Lifford had an interview with Sir George Grey, on Saturday, at the Home-office. A deputation from Sheffield, consisting of Mr. Alder man Turton, Mr. Counsellor hitching, and Mr. Coun sellor Smith, had an interview with Viscount Morpeth, on Saturday, at the office of her Majesty's Commis sioners of Woods and Forests, in Whitehall-place. Baron Rothschild had an interview with Lord John Russell, on Saturday, at his official residence in Down ing-street. The Royal Commission for inquiring into the Mer chant Seamen's Fund had a meeting, on Saturday, at the Board of tirade. The Commissioners present were the Earl of Ellenborough, Admiral Sir Edward Codrington, Sir William Clay, Mr. Lock, and Mr. Enderby. The Commissioners sat three hours and a half. The Right Hon. E. Strutt had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Dispatches from the Governor of Hong-Kong were roceived on Saturday at the Colonial-office. Dispatches were sent off, on Saturday evening, from the Colonial-office, for the Governor of Gibraltar. The Archbishop of Canterbury consecrated the Rev. Dr. Hampden, as Bishop of Hereford, yesterday, at Lambeth Palace. The officers in attendance were the Vicar-General (Dr. Burnaby), the Principal Registrar of the Province (F. 11. Dyke, Eiq.), and the Apparitor- General (Mr. J. Barber). The Duke of Wellington and the Marquis of Angle soy attended the early service yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, and the sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Jackson. At the daily service the prayers were read byithe Rev. T. Helmore, the lessons by the Rev. G. Repton, and the communion service by the Rev. Dr. Wesley. The sermon was preached by the Bishop of Bath and Wells. The anthem was " Except the Lord" (Sir George Smart). Sir George Smart presided at the organ. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Verdi's opera of Nino was produced here on Saturday for the first time this season, for the purpose of intro ducing Mademoiselle Abbadia and Mademoiselle Vera, for the first time, to an English audience. Mademoiselle Abbadia, who appeared in the part of Abigail, comes to us with a great Italian reputation ; but she was suffer ing so greatly from the nervousness of a first appearance on Saturday, and also, we believe, from the illness consequent upon a lung and fatiguing journey, per formed almost without resting, in order to be is London in time, that it would be unjust to speak of her capabilities from her performance of Saturday evening. She, however, not unfrequently, when her nervousness permitted her to do justice to her manifestly great powers, held out a bright promise for the future. Her acting was full of energy, and we doubt not but that when she shall have recovered from the fatigues of her journey, she will show herself worthy her Italian fame. Signora Vera, who appeared in the little part of Fenena, made quite a hit. This little character made Corbari, two years since, and it has also made Vera, who was certainly on Saturday night much superior to Corbari in this character. The aria in the last act (which is the aria of the Fart), was exquisitely given, and was unanimously encored, and at the conclusion of the opera Mdlle. Vera was honoured with a call before the curtain—an honour which she richly deserved. Coletti sang and acted Nino magnificently. The grand scene in the second act, in which the crown is struck from the head of the impious monarch by an invisible power, and the great Nine is reduced in a moment to a state of madness, was given by Coletti with immense power. In the scene with Abigail, too, in which he discovers to her that she is a slave, he was exceedingly fine. The Orotaspe of Beletti is the best that has ever been:seen in this country, He introduced the aria in the second act, which had been usually omitted by his predecessors, and gave it so exquisitely that he was honoured with an encore. Both Coletti and Beletti were called for at the conclusion of the opera. The ballet of Fiorita followed, with Rosati and Marie Tag lioni, who danced, if possible, more gracefully than ever. The theatre was crowded to suffocation. Not a box was unoccupied, and long before the rising of the curtain it was impossible to obtain even standing room in the pit. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. On Saturday Lucia di Lammermoor was produced at this theatre with the following cast : Lucia ... ... Madame Castellaa. Edgardo Mons. Roger. Enrico ... Signor Corradi Sette. Arturo ... ... Signor &Adj. Raymond ... Signor Pulonini. It is somewhat curious that on the first production of Lucia at the Royal Italian Opera the Lucia and the Edgardo should both be French, but let that pass. Madame Castellan was in excellent voice, and never sung the music of Lucia better, and M. Roger has an exquisite tenor voice, and is an accomplished musician. His Edgardo, although not perhaps the first on the stage, is in the very first rank. His voice is of great compass, considerable power, and of much sweetness. He produces B flat in pato w ithout any apparent effect, and his acting is very fine. The male niction was splendidly given, and nothing could exceed the exquisite pathos of the finale. The success of N. Roger was as complete as his most ardent admirers could desire, and it was as deserved as it was com plete. Coradi Sette, the new barritone, has a rough coarse voice, very heavy, and very little under command, and Signor Soldi is a feeble tenor. The choruses and orchestra were splendid. A new divertissement fol lowed, introducing a bevy of new dancers, two of whom, Mademoiselles Thierry and Melina Marmet, exhibited considerable grace and elegance. OLYMPIC THEATRE. Mr. G. V. Brooke repeated the part of Virginius on Saturday evening to a well-filled pit and gallery, and although he had travelled some hundred miles on the same day, his impersonation of the Roman father neither lacked pathos nor vigour. The ballet of Croquillia, so admirably sustained by the juvenile artists, of whom La petite Ryan is the leader, is becoming exceedingly popu lar with theatrical habitues, and draws immensely at half-price. By the way an exceedingly bad practice prevails at this house, which ought at once to be put a stop to. Upon entering the theatre you are informed that the whole of the dress circle is already engaged, and unless the box-keeper is feed one must either rest contented with an inconvenient back seat, or put up with the slips. Were there any foundation for the excuse of the box-keeper the annoyance might be overlooked, but it invariably turns out that those who have retained the vacant seats never appear to claim them. DIED.-At Montrose, on the 17th instant, John 11. Valentine, Esq., aged 77. The Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of Commons held his last sessional levee on Saturday night, at his mansion in Eaton-square. The customary Parlia mentary dinner took place previous to the reception of the members. The guests of the Right Hon. Gentleman were numerous. TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION. Sir,—On Wednesday the 22d, the House was engaged on the motion for the second reading of Mr. .Sharman Crawford's Out go i ng T enan t s (I re l an d) Hill. 'the object of the Bill is to legalise the right of an out-going tenant to claim compensation from the in-coming tenant, for improvements made by the former during his occupation. At present this appears to be accomplished by agreement between the parties; and it is presumable, a tenant who should venture on the occupation of l an d without the consent of his predecessor, would be exposed to those pains and penalties which in various shapes and degrees await breaches of the unwritten agrarian law in Ireland. On one side it is pleaded that it would be advanta geous to bring the practi ce w ithi n th e pa l e o f th e l aw , and regulate its action. O n th e ot h er , th a t it i s doing something like raising up a middle-man in the person of the outgoing tenant, and that the ten dency is to bring in the new tenant at what will vir tually be to him a rack rent. Atter continuing all the evening, the debate was finally adjourned. On Thursday an attempt was made to resist the issue of a new w rit for Harwich. " Treading upon eggs" is but a type of the caution with which the House proceeds when the errors of a rotten borough are in question. Committeemen and all concerned, fly to the rescue, and declare that nothing was proved before them which could authorise severe measures with the borough. Whereas the object should be to come at, not what the Committee did see, but what it did not. Nobody believes Committees responsible for knowing all that can be known. Everybody is aware that Committees do not push inqui r y f ur th er th an is urged by the parties to the case, and that where the whole is corrupt together, parties always do the least which will serve their purpose, which is to oust a sitting Member, but not to damage the borough. The rule therefore ought to be, that whenever the pro ceedings before a Committee smell of putrefaction, a searching inquiry should be directed by the House of Commons to find the maggots the Com mittee did not see, and not to rest content with what were volunteered to be produced to them. And in addition to this, the law should be altered to pre vent the every-day scandal of sending a candidate declared guilty of bribery and treating by his agents, to be re-elected upon the strength of the meat which is still in the stomachs of the electors. All laws may by possibility fall hardly ; and so might this. But the w holesome rule in the aggregate would be, that any candidate declared guilty of bribery and treating by his agents, should be inca.' pable of standing for the same borough during the existing Parliament, and wheve " knowledge and consent" were proved, should be incapable of standing for tally borough during the same Parliament, beside. such further penalties as the law may have already assigned. But it is to be feared all this must be deferred till the day of account. The issue of the writ to Harwich was carried triumphantly by 164 against 78. In the sister case of Horsham the opposition was more successful ; to the extent of deferring the writ till the minutes of the evidence are laid before the House. On the same evening Mr. Bright moved to bring in his Bill to repeal the Game- Laws. The principal new fact elucidated, was the enormous destruction of agricultural property caused by the preservation of game. It was to help to make up for this, we were to have the Corn Laws. By a maladroitness of the Liberal party, the House was adjourned. So all that was said against the Game-Laws will have to be said over again. On Friday the principal debate was on the amend ment on the order of the day for the Committee of Supply, proposing an address to her Majesty praying that negotiations may be entered into with foreign Powers, to relieve this country from the engagement of maintaining a squadron on the coast of Africa. This is the rallying of all the different interests which are calling for the restoration of the slave trade, and the removal of the obstacles thrown in its way for the last half century. And the point of curiosity is to see what are the interests which combine, and why. First, there is the West Indian interest, which is at this moment furious against the depression of the slave trade of Cuba and Brazil, consequent on the employment of cruisers against it. As it is always to be assumed that men have some reason for what they do, the only rational explanation of this zeal of the West Indian interest in favour of their apparent rivals, is the expectation that the slave trade is to be r -.opened for their benefit, in the shape of a free im portation of " labourers" from the coast of Africa. Next come the nee -Traders, represented as the di vision list will show. In the flush of their success against monopolists at home, they are indignant at the interference with the freedom of the trade in slaves, and the non-enjoyment by the British people of free slavery sugar at the lowest possible price. Interfe rence with the slave trade interferes with the price of sugar, therefore interference with the slave trade is to be put down as a commercial evil. After this comes the Peace party, who cannot re strain their feelings at the sight of her Majesty's ship Acorn stopping the slave vessels with scriptural names on the high seas, and probing into their cargo in a man rer most irritating to the owners and assignees in fo reign countries. They are scandalized also at the impro priety of interfering in the internal regulations of toreigners, implied in using the influence of Great Britain on one side of a domestic question. In pur suance of which idea, Parliament and the country were distinctly threatened with the anger of the American slaveholders, ending in a declaration of war from America, in defence of the peculiar insti tution of the republic, as interfered with in Cuba and Brazil. To these follow the philanthropists ; who are strong on the exasperation which attends attempts to put down violence, and cannot tolerate the increase of suffering consequent on the interference of any Hercules with the Cacus-es of the universe. And they strengthen themselves on the declarations attributed to a name of philanthropic eminence, which unless there is some misrepresentation or expla nation:which I am not aware of, lead me only to the con elusion that the authority appealed to must either have been swayed by some excusable, but not justifiable, pique, arising out of the disappointment of cherished expectations, or else have bowed under some of the mutations of the human intellect, to which the greatest as well as the least is liable. Finally come the political philosophers. They have made the discovery, not totally unknown to the an cients, that the earth belongs to those who are favoured with the best physical organization for taking it, and that true wisdom consists in depressing the inferior races, and filling the world up with the superior caste, which means their own. They have a strong impression of the destinies of the Anglo-Saxon race, and view with approbation the theory reduced to practice by our relatives in Mexico, and regarded with serious interest by nume rous classes here, that any man has a right to any other man's lands or property, provided he can con scientiously convince himself that he can make a better use of them. Under this conjunction of forces, the opposition to the slave trade is fast dwindling into a squirearchal prejudice. The West Indians will have their twenty millions, and their slave trade too. Philanthropists will be gratified by the opening of the middle passage to its natural comforts ; and the efforts of the philo sopher and the publicist will no longer be controlled by rude boatswains and unsympathising first-lieute nants. When Exeter Hall sends its representatives to support the abandonment of the anti-slavery nui sance, the question may be supposed decided; with the single reservation that the British people, who are assumed to be ready to go any way for a pound of sugar, should take in hand to disappoint the ex pectations of the wise. The Ministerial leaders and Sir Robert Peel were united in o pposition to the desired emancipation of the trade. But their defence was to a certain extent apologetic, and founded on the existence of a Com mittee of Inquiry ; in which latter reason some of the leading supporters of the hostile system joined. The division therefore is not to be trusted as a sign of strength. For the present the object was post pened, by a majority of 216 to 80 for proceeding with the Committee of Supply. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, T. PERRONET THOMPSON. Blackheath, London, March 27, 1848. The fine steam-ship Hibernia, Captain Stone, left the port of Liverpool on Saturday, at two o'clock r.sc, carrying her Majesty's mails and 61 passengers. Amongst the latter are Sir John Richardson and Dr. Wray, who are to accompany the Arctic expedition in search of Sir John Fran klin and his fellow-travellers. EXTRAORDINARY REVALATION RESPECTING A MURDER.—It was rumoured on Friday evening that in formation had been obtained respecting' the mysterious disappearance, eight years ago, of Mr. Charles Schofield, builder, of Every-street, :whose body was subsequently found in the river Irwell. The story told is, that a per son in his last moments has made a confession to the effect that he and his son were together on the night of the 10th February, 1840, in a place named, and that Mr. Schofield entered and joined their company under circumstances that induced him (the father) to strike Schofield. The blow proved mortal, and to conceal the body they hid it in a cellar for about eight days, and afterwards threw it in the river. It will be recolleeted that Mr. Schofield, on the night of his death, had been with a party celebrating the Queen's marriage, and that the body of the unfortunate gentleman was not recovered for a month afterwards, when an inquest was held, which resulted in an open verdict of " Found drowned." "We forbear to give turther particulars under the cir cumstances, as the facts will probably be made known more in detail.—Manchester Times. TILE LATE MARQUIS OF BUTEo-..The mortal re mains of this lamented Nobleman are to be removed from Cardiff Castle, on Thursday next, for interment in the family mausoleum, at liirtling, near Newmarket. 1