The Sun. — London, England, 1848-03-29 00:00:00

:01 WEATIIEB.—SIIN OPIIOE, MARCH 29. T AIIIMOXE'TICT4 Lowest, 43 ; Highest, 53; Noon, 51. BAROMETER, 29.95.—W1ND N E.; fine. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. CIRQUE NATIONAL DE PARIS. THIS EVENING, An entire change of porformance. The Fear Seasons—Various Equestrian Feats, &c., by llesdlls. E. Lambert, Stanley, Ducos, Palmyre, Anato, Iladruger, Mathilde La Petite Anato, &c.—Acts of Equitation, Gymnastic Exercises—The Chinese Festival —The Postilion, by M.%1. Loissot, Felix, Henri, Le roy, Leclair, Auriol, Auciol Ms, the Spanish Dwarf Don Francisco Hidalgo, &c. &c. To conclude with RACES. Tho Horses ridden by Monkles. 'Doors open at half-past Seven, performance to commence at Eight. Second pries, Half-past Nine. NOTICE! Now va:ly at all the Booksellers, 'B"KE's PEERAGE and BARONETAGF, FOR 180, NEW EDITION, REVISED to the PRESENT TIME, f oat tl e PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS of the NOBILITY, &c. Kenn - Coltharn, Publisher, 13, Great 3larlborough-street. NOTICE. COMPLETION OF THE LIVES OF THE QUEENS OF ENGLAND. The TWELFTHVOLUME, completing this Important Work, IS NOW BEADY, Embellished with a Portrait of tile Authoress, and other Illustrations, I.l,:nry Colburn, Publisher, PS, Great Marlborough-street. SEW NOVEL BY THEE' AUTHOR MOFAN. CONFESSIONS OF A PRTY In Three vols., post Bvo., T HE RIVAL BEAUTIES. A NOVEL. By Miss PARDOE. Author of " The Court and Reign of Louis XIV.," " The City of the Sultan," and " Confessions cf a Pretty Woman." IS NOW READY AT ALL THE LIBRARIES. Richard Bentley, New Burlington.street. UNDER Tin' SANCTION OF HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY TILE QUEEN. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. EXTRA NIGHT. for tha BENEFIT of DISTRESiED ARTISANS, on TO-MORROW EVENING, March 30. PATRONS, Her Most Gracious Majesty the The Countess of Jersey Queen. The Right lion. the Lord CLam- His Royal Highness Prince Albert berlain Her Majesty Queen Adelaide The Earl Delawarr Her Royal highness the Duchess The Earl of nsdale of Kent The Earl of Cardigan His Royal Highness Vie Dike of The Earl of Eglinton Cambridge Viscountess Palmerston Iler Royal Highness the Dualass Viscount Semerton of Cambridge Lady Woodferd Her tto,% al Highness the Duchess General Lord Aylmer of Gloucester Lord Marcus 11111 Ills Royal Highness Prince George Lord Camoys of Cambridge The Viscountess Dillon Her Grace the Duchess of Somerset The Lady Ernest Bruce Her Grace the Duchess of Suther- The Lady Charlotte Guest land Lady Peel Iler Grace the Duchess of N erfelk The Right lion. Lord John Rus her Grace the Duchess of Montrose sell, M.P. liar Grace the Duchess of Leeds The Right lion. Lord Morpeth, his Grace the Duke of Devonshire, M.P. K.G. The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor His Grace the Dike of Somerset, Lord Norreys, M.P. K.G. Lord Saltoun Ills Grace the Duke of Sutherland, Lord Ernest Bruce K.G. Lord Adolphus Fitzelarence his Grace the Duke of Norfolk The Right Lion. Sir Robert Peel, His race the Duke of Montrose Bart., M.P. Ills e the Duke of Leeds Sir Archibald Macdonald, Bart. The Marchioness of Clauricarde Sir John Guest, Bart., M.P. The Marchioness of Allesisury The Marchioness of Sligo 'the Marquis of Clanrieardo The Marquis of Lansdane, K.G. The Marquis of Ailesbury The 3farquis of Sligo The Marquis of Huntley The Marquis of Donegal The Marquis of tiranby Her Excellency the Baroness liruunow His Excellency tho Baron Brun now His Excellency Pr:nce Callimaki RIP Excellency Count Kleiman- Seg4l 4 His Excellency Count iZeTel Hie Zicelleucy Count Rehausen IGxceliency le Marquis Lisboa The Countess of Delawsrr Sir Jbhn Shaw, Bart. Mrs. Packe Readhig Mrs. Hubert de Burgh Mrs. Ewing The lion. James Macdonald The Hon. D. Astley General Air A. Woodford Sir George Wombwell, But. John Stewart, Esq., M.P. Hubert d Burgh Esq. General Upton Major Aldrick J. Ewing, Esq. James Cavan, Esq. Brereton Trelawny, Esq. C. W. Packe, Esq., M.P. 11. Broadley, Esq., M.P. A. Grant, Esq. It. Parnther, Esq. G. Cornwall, Esq: The Couatft;e of Egliuton 'ins:. Collett, Esq. The performance will take place To-morrow Evening, March 30, when will be performed (by Special Des:re) Rossini's celebrated Opera IL BARBIERE DI SIYIGLIA. Mdlle. Sella Cruvelll ; Il Conte d'Almiviva, Signor Gar dotil ; liaslilo, Signor liouche ; Bartolo, Signor F. Lablache ; and Figaro, Belletti. After which, a Diva,tlssemeat from COIL Duetschen Rhein Valse, by the Ladies of the Corps do Ballet ; the admi ed Pas de La Rosiere, by Mdlle. Marie Taglioni. ro be followed by the la't scene of I DUE FOSCARI. Il Doge, Signor Colletti. To conclude with the highly successful New and Original GRAND BALLET, In Four Tableaux, by M. Paul Tag,lloni, entitled FIORITA, of la reine des Elfrides, Ihe Music composed by Signor Pugni ; the Scenery (entirely new) by Mr. C. Marshall ; the Appointments by Mr. Bradwell ; the Cos tumes i y Mies Bradley and Mr. Whales, under the superintendence ot Mintiime Copere. The principal parts by Mdlle. Caroline Resat!, Mdlles. Ausundon, Julienne, Lamoureux, Thevenot, Jenny, and Millie. Marie Taglioni ; M.M. Der, Goarict, Venafra, Di Ma'tia. Prices of Admission:—Boxes--Pit Tier, Five Guineas ; Grand Iler, Six Guineas ; One-pair, Five Guineas ; Two-pa's, Four Guineas; Fit Stalls, Is. ; Gallery Stalls, 58. Pit Tickets, of which A limited number only will be issued, can be had at the Box-office as usual, 10s. 6d. each. It Is respectfully announced that, in compliance with the generally expressed with, one half of the proceeds of this night will be devoted to the immediate relief of the Refugee Artisans from France. THEATRE ROYAL, lIAYMARKET. Haler the Management ee Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING, Will be performed Sheridan Knowles's Comedy of TIIE LOTE CLIASE, Sir William Fondlove, Mr. Tilbury ; Master Waller, Mr. Howe ; Widow Green, Mrs. Glover ; Constance. Mrs. Nisbett. After which, a new comic Drama, entitled LAVATER TIIE PHYSIOGNOMIST ; and Good Judge +oo. Lavater, Mr. Webster ; Agnes, Mists Fortescuc. I'o conclude with a new and original Farce, called WHO's MY HUSBAND :' Doctor Mall, Mr. I'lLbury ; Daniel Tootles, Mr. Keeley ; Mrs. Smith Thompson, Mrs, W. Clifford ; Sophonisba Mull, Mrs. L. R. Backlit:Lain ; Sally Starch, Mrs. Humby. Sta ;e Manager, Mr. Farren; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Web ;ter. J. T. Archer, Box-book keeper. (loxes, ss. ; Pit, 31. ; Gallery, 3s. ; Upper Gallery, Is. Doors ;Ton at Parrottnance 1( . .) commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL. AI)ELI'HI. Under the direction o Madame Celeete, THIS EVENING Will be performed a new and original Drama, called HARVEST HOME. Principal charaetors by Mears. 11. Hughes, Lambert, Wright, P. Bedford, 0. Smith, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Erank Matthews, Miss Turner, &c. After which a new and original Farce, entitled OUR NA VONA L DEFENCES ; or, the Cockshot Yeomanry. Principal ►characters by Messrs. Lambert, Wright, P. Bedford, Sanders ; Ma dame Celeste, Miss Emma Harding, Mrs. Laws, and Miss Woolgar. To conclude with THE COMRADES ; an Anecdote of the Span ish War. Principal characters by Messrs. Cullenford, Boyce, Mun yard, Paul Legrand, C. J. Smith, Ryan, Mks E. Harding, &c. noses, 45.; Pit, is.; Gallery, Is. l' ors open at Halt-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the 3Janagement of Madame Vestrii. sou Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new comic Drama, entitled NOT A BA]) JUDGE. After wlatch, a new comic Drama, entitled THE HAPPY FA MILY. Principal Characters by Messrs. Granby, C. Mathews, Buck stone, Harley, P. Matthews ; Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Mrs. Stirling, Ma dame Vestria, Miss Howard, and Mrs. C. Jones. To conclude with a Romance of Real Life, called BOX and COX. Priiictial characters by Mr. Harley, Mr. Buckstone, and Mrs. Mac- WU= 1. _ . _ ----- Dregs Boxes, 55.; Upper Boxes, 45.; Fit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No half pricy to any part of the house. Ti.e iisar Box-office, No. 2, Wellington-street, is open to the ruble every day, from Ten till Six. The Interior of the House has teen entirely re-designad by Mr. W. liradwell of the Colosseum. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell, 33. old lion -street. Last Night but One of 3ldlle. Nathalle's Engagement. THIS r.VENING Will be performed the admired Cuinedie-vaudeville of LE VI CO3ITM GIROFLEE. After which LE DINT ET L'EVEI , .2TAIL. Amulie, Mdlle. Nathalle To c•;nclude with UN CAPRICE. Madame de Lery, lldlle. :N.7a thalio, D#ors *peat at Seven, to commence at half-past Seven. Boxes and Stalls may be obtained at Mr. 'litchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. PRINCESS'S TiIEA'IRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox. sole Lessee and Manager, Duchess-street, , Portland• place. THIS EVENING, Will be performed Shakspero's Tragedy of OTHELLO. Othello, Mr. Macready ; lago, gr. Wallack, ; Desdemona, .Visa Emmeline Montagne ; Emilia, Mrs. Selby. After which, a new Farce entit'ed rr TO SNUFF. To conclude with a new Interlude called MAMMON and GAM MON. _ Drees Circle, is.: Boxes, 45.; Pit, 21. ; Gallery, Is. ASTLErS ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Last Two Weeks of the present Grand Spectacle, and unprecedented Equestrian Entertaininents, In order to make preparation for the agnificent Easter Holiday Enter.ainmen's. TIIIS EVENING, The New Gorgeous Spectacle, THE BATTLE OF THE AMAZONS. with all its splendid appointments, &c. To be followed by, and the evening's entertainments to terminate with A GRAND EQUESTRIAN FETE, in which the Equestrian an.l Gymnastic Artistes will appear each evening in their peculiar .uul incomparable Featafand brilliaj Scenes in the Circle. B 0 office opeMtom 11 till 5. Fr ago Manager, Mr. W. West. 111 , 4}1 WA.TEE. AT LONDON-B1:11)(a. Tlll3 DAY. Mornirr,r.. 5 nalnutes after 8. f Evaning .. 49 minutes .xfter 8 Obitning LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 1848 The detectiou of a snug system of corruption by the Derby Election Committee has led to an econo mic determination on the part of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. STaUTT has failed in endea vouring to re-enter Parliament, and his failure is the immediate consequence of a very hospitable predilec tion for " treating." By losing the suffrages of an obsequious constituency, he has been driven to the resignation of a lucrative office—an office producing an annual income of two thousand pounds sterling-- as Chief Commissioner of Railways. Mr. STRUT'S election for the city of Derby is pronounced invalid by a ParliaMentary Committee, and forthwith the Honourable Gentleman in his official capacity delivers in his resigntrtion. 'Upon this it would appear that Sir CHARLES WOOD has made a most amazing discovery. The fishy exudation which cured the blindness of TOWAS was not more miraculous than the decision of the Derby Election Committee bus been in its illumination of the hitherto obscured judgment of the Chancellor of the Ex chequer. 64 my Noble Friend at the head of the Government," said Sir CHA RLES yesterday evening— "My Nuble Friend at the head of the Government has accepted Mr. STRUTT'S resignation, and, under i existing circumstances, we (her MAJESTY'S advisers) have thought it advisable not to fill up the appointment vacated by that g,:ntleman." 0, wonderful prevari cation—" under existing circumstances !" 0, won derful delinquency of Mr. STRUTT—which has puri fied the scheme of a Cabinet Councillor ! 0, won derful verdict of a Committee—which has abolished the Chief Commissionership of Railways and saved the country two thousand per annum ! Henceforth, it would appear that the duties of the vacated office are to be performed by a member of the Board of Trade, acting as an unpaid Commissioner, and thus fulfilling all the necessities of that department with out any increase of expenditure. Now, it beco!r ES a rather interesting matter of dis cussion—a problem not unworthy of a definitive solution—whether the same opportunity of economiz ing the public monies did not exist as fully before the ousting of Mr. STRUTT from the re presentation of Derby as immediately after his resignation—whether, in short, two thousand pounds per annum could not have been saved as readily, and with as little detriment to the general interests of the country, before as after this accidental vacation of the office of Chief Commissioner of Railways ? Suppos ing, fcr example, that Mr. STRUIT had never been denied the purchased votes of his constituents, sup posing his return as Member for Derby had been unquestioned, supposing that the world had remained in profound ignorance of his ever " treating " his unfranchised supporters, and that, in consequence of his impunity from Parliamentary chastisement, he himself had never been induced to tender his resignation as Railway Commissioner. What then ? Would the Chancellor of the Exchequer have discovered that 2,0001. sterling were being annually squandered without any adequate necessity ? Would the Go vernment have found out that the duties of that re sponsible Commissionership could be very readily performed by an officer of the Board of Trade, with out any additional salary whatever ? We doubt it. An accident has led to the almost compulsory with drawal of Mr. STRUTT and—presto! hocus poets! abracadabra!—the Government perceives on the in stant the uselessness of this disbursement of 2,0001. per annum ! Shall we not take the hint forced upon us by this very suggestive circumstance ? Shall not some other recipients of snug two thousands be politely given their conga? Can there not be a judicious extension of these economic aspirations ? Is Sir CHARLES Woon patented as the exclusive discoverer of sine cures ? Surely not. There is a wide field and a rich field to glean in. There are plenty of Mr. STRUT'S to impel to their resignations gentlemen who are unnecessarily assuming to themselves gaudy grounds of responsibility amidst the really meritorious subordinates of the Executive, just as there are an abundance of poppies flaunting their scarlet barren ness in the grass crops and the standing corn. Away with them ! Let us have some political hoe and Parliamentary pruning -hook for the purpose of eradi cating these pernicious weeds from the soil in which they have hitherto flourished. The growing excess of the national expenditure over the national receipts would be of itself a sufficient justification of such a method of economiiing, even supposing that reason and justice did not themselves demand this circum spect employment of our revenues. During the temporary quietude intervening be tween the difficulties attending on their first installa tion in office and the agitation likely to accompany the forthcoming elections, the Provisional Government may permit themselves some trifling relaxation. Accordingly we find that on Friday last, they at tended a representation at the Theatre de la Repub lique. The scene is described as having been one of peculiar interest and animation—not the scene on the stage alone, but in the whole interior of the house, It furnished a striking commentary upon passing. events. The royal loge of former times, which LOUIS PHILIPPE occasionally honoured with his presence, was occupied by a group of ordinary citoyens, while. the Ministerial box, containing the members of the. Government, was the centre of attraction and the ob ject of all regards. The play was Lucrece, in which is commemorated the expulsion of Tauctum and the final overthrow of the regal authority in Rome—a subject singularly apposite to the present position of France, ' and peculiarly in accordance with the present temperament of the Parisians. Under these cir cumstances the piece was listened to with eager and interested attention, every sentence that seemed to bear allusion to the events of the day was heard with breathless interest and marked by especial applause. As one of the person ages of the drama observed that it was far easier " to destroy than to restore," LEDRU ROLLIN is said to have glanced significantly at his colleagues—the warning, however, was snore especially appropriate to himself. With a people so vivacious and observant as the French, so quick in seizing their impressions, and so impetuous in giving vent to their emotions, it is not surprising that the representations ef the stage " holding a mirror up to nature " should in variaßly prove a most effectual mode of eliciting some vehement demonstration of their sentiments. Hence it is that many of the most striking phases of the national temperament have been most forcibly exem plified by some scene similar to that which took place at the Theatre de la Republique on Friday last, Such a reflection as the close connexion between French politics and the French stage—recals to Its many striking alternations of fortune. For example, it reminds us of the last days of power and splendour enjoyed by the old French monarchy—of that evening when Nlanee Arivoisserre, in the pride of her youth and beauty, in the prestige of power and popularity, en tered the royal box of one of the Parisian theatres, during the performance of Esther, just as the chorus were pronouncing a snoet appropriate line occurring in the piece—" Chantons, celebrons, votre Reine ' The loyal chorus was hailed by the impressionable Parisians with one spontaneous and universal burst of enthusiasm and exultation. So hearty were their acclamations, so earnest were the expressions cf their loyalty and devotion, that the Emperor Joseen, who accompanied his sister, involuntarily exclsimeil, " What happiness to reign over such a people !" What happiness to reign over such a people. Un happy ANTOINETTE ! That happiness was dearly purchased upon her part. Perhaps her recep tion at the theatre that evening, and her brother's consequent ejaculation, when contrasted with the terrible tragedy enacted in that same Paris a brief time afterwards, forms one of the most appal ling vicissitudes of fortune that truth has ever chro nicled or fiction ever fabricated. These lrestories of theatrical reminiscences recal to us another equally memorable performance—the performance of the tragedy of Edipus before a whole audience of peers and princes, and potentates, kings, and emperors. When surrounded by the Elite of European royalty and genius, NAPOLEON and ALEXANDER side by aide witnessed the performances of the Theatre Francais transported from Paris to enliven the festivities at Erfurt ; there it was that on one of the actors ex claiming that the friendship of a great man was a blessing from Heaven—" d'un grand homme est un bienfuit des Dieux"— ALEXANDER, turning towards his companion, seemed to appropriate the application of the sentence to himself, and a conscious thrill of approbation elec trified the entire assembly. These are, with out doubt, two of the most remarkable in ' stances of the startling effect produced upon an audience, when the words pronounced by the actors come home to themselves —like the influence of the mimic Crania in hamlet upon the conscience-stricken King. But viewed in another light, those scenes, to which we have just alluded, are peculiarly interest- ing when brought into comparison with that of Friday last- For those three scenes, taken together, compose a drama more marvellous than was ever enacted on any stage—a series of vicissitudes more incredible than ever entered into the imagination of poet to conceive—a more forcible illustration of the vanity of human wishes, than the eloquent inspira tions of JOHNSON have afforded us—a better sermon on the mutability of human fortune than the most earnest of preachers ever pronounced, for those three scenes bring before us, the old Monarchy, in the last hours of its existence, the Empire in the full meridian of its glory, and the young Republic at the com mencement of its being. What a theme for the in vestigation of the historian, what a theme for the speculations of the philosopher 1 The two former of these episodes, glorious and brilliant though they be, were followed in each instance by a terrible and lamentable catastrophe, ate the scaffold in the Place de la Revolution, and the rocky grave at St. Helena, can testify. Nevertheless, we are fain to anticipate for this third scene in the great drama a more auspicious consummation. For though greatly inferior to its predecessors in the glory of its external adjuncts, it immeasurably exceeds them in the majesty or the principle which it has impersonated. For here it was no individual that was magnified and celebrated, but something more, something greater than any individual, whether exalted by the highest rank or most amazing genius—it was the majesty of the people that was celebrated here. It was a feeling of exultation in the acknowledgment of that majesty that callrd forth the bursts of honest enthusiasm from the audience of the Theatre de la Republique—an enthusiasm more hearty, more sincere, and more en nobling than that (on a similar occasion) elicited by the beauty and royalty of ANTOINETTE, or the genius and glory of NaroLEorv. This comparison is suggested to us by a striking similarity existing in many in stances between the three scenes we have referred to; scenes in which a casual line in a drama has elicited some vehement expression of feeling on the part of the spectators ; scenes, again, which resemble each other—serving as types of the phase of society in which they each occurred ; scenes which are (in these instances at least) invested with an historic celebrity, and may serve as eternal mementoes of the evanescence of human greatness, and of the vanity of human pride. As to:the last example, its historic importance must depend upon the conclusion of the momentous drama of which it is but an episode ; an episode, hoWever, sufficiently interesting, as evincing that the former enthusiasm and ardour of the French is in no wise diminished by the moderation which has latterly ac companied it. Throughout the whole tragedy which describes the overthrow► of Roman tyranny, and the establishment of the Roman Republic—the glorious Senates Populusque Roinanus—the audience, as we have already said, hung in breathless interest upon every word ; but when, at the conclusion, RACHEL ap peared before them to sing the " Marseillaise," the effect of that heart-stirring hymn, as uttered in her earnest and impassioned accents, was overpowering, and elicited an enthusiasm similar to that which greeted it as it fell for the first time from the lips of RouGET DE LISLE, when, as LAMARTINE beautifully describes it, "at the first verse all countenances turned pale, at the second tears flowed, at the last enthusiasm burst forth. The song of the country was found." The scene on the whole was one that could only have been enacted in France., We have a calmer and severer mode of testifying our national emotion ; nevertheless, we cannot but sympathise with the tumultuous joy now agitating the hearts of a people only just possessed of those rights and privileges from which they have been so long and unjustly debarred. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. PROCEEDINGS AT PARIS. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The Tlfoniteur publishes a decree of the Provisional Government authorising the city of Lyons and the department of the Rhone to levy an extraordinary contribution of 55 centimes, which, with the 45 pre viously laid on, amounts to a franc on the direct taxes —in other words, it doubles the actual imposts. The intelligence from Lyons is important. The Courrier de Lyons says that the workmen in that city were in revolt. They had demanded and took forcible possession of the powder magazine, and seized on a quantity of arms, and at the time the paper was going to press orders had been given that no public carriage should be allowed to leave the city. M. A RAGO, the Commissary of the Government, had sent to Paris for orders, and had expressed his de termination to carry them into execution to the last extremity. The financial vagaries of some of the Provincial Commissioiers has attracted the attention of the Pro visional Government, who referred the matter to the Minister of Finance. The following is his report on the subject : " Citizens,—Unity is at once the principle and the object of the Government of the Republic. What hap pqy distinguishes France from other countries of Europe is, that already unity has prevailed in all the elements of her social, political, and administrative organization. This precious conquest must bo pre served; the care of our grandeur imperiously commands it, the safety even of the Republic requires it. " Some acts have nevertheless taken place which tend to compromise this sovereign principle. Surrounded with considerable difficulties, some Commissioners of the Provisional Government found themselves; under the painful necessity of taking measures which are in formal contradiction to the decisions and the acts of the Central Government. Titus, while with a painful and salutary energy, you refuse to the commerce of Paris the postponement of the matarity of their bills, which they claim of you, your Commissioners in some depart. ments have granted delays of fifteen days, and even of three months. Other analogous facts are well known to you, and it is therefore needless for me to recapitulate them. In this state of things it appears to me to bo indis pensable to set all ideas right on the true principles of the Government, and to assimilate the conduct of all to them. Tho more we render homage to the ardour, the zeal, and the courage of the men who devote themselves on all points of our territory to the great work of the establishment of the Republic, the more are we bound to repress all federalist tendencies, and to adopt ♦igi lance in the consecration of the ideas which constitute the Republican Government. " I, in consequence, propose to you, citizens, to decide that all financial measures adopted by the Commissioners of the Provisionai Government shall be made null and void until they have been ratified by the Central Go vernment. In that sense I propose for your adoption the following decree. (Signed) " GARNIER PAGES." On the above report the Provisional Government has decreed as follows : " Oon,idering that the French law is alike throughout the whole extent of the territory of the Republic; `Considering that the unity of the Government would be in danger if the local authorities had the power of acting in a sense contrary to the directions of the central power; " Decrees— " Art. 1. All the measures adopted by the Commis sionez a of the Provisional Government with regard to commercial or financial legislation aro provisionally re pesh d. " Art. 2. F„r the future all the financial or com mercial measures of the said authorities are to be sub mitted for the previous consent of the Central Govern ment. " Art. 3. The Ministers of Finance, Commerce, and the Interior are charged, each in his respective province, with the execution of the above decree." (Signed by the Members of the Provisional Govern ment.) The idea which Government entertained of taking all the railways, finished and unfinished, into its own possession, and purchasing up the interests of the present shareholders on what might be considered equitable terms, has not been carried into execution. On Saturday the Minister of the Finances had an in terview with a deputation, consisting of directors from several of the principal lines ; and after hearing their opinions and proposals, the Minister said he would take forty-eight hours to consider them, but he inti mated, at the same time, that he would give notice to the deputation when he was prepared to state his de c6ion. The forty-eight hours elapsed yesterday, but no notice has yet been given to the deputation, from which it is concluded that for the present the Minister does not consider it prudent to enter into the transaction. A deputation of Italians, headed by M. MAZZINT, had an interview with M. LAMARTINH yesterday. In the course of his reply to them, M. LAMANTINB observed :—" France desires no other conquests than the pacific conquests of the normal mind, no ambition but for idea. We are now reasonable and generous enough to correct even our vain idea of glory." An address had been received by M. Louis BLANC from the Executive Committee of Great Britain, fur the protection of industry, and for the Division of Agricultural and Manufacturing Labour, of which T. S. DUNCOMI3I, M.P., is the President, congratulating the French people on their late victory, and express ing a desire to have a league formed between the working classes of the two countries to forward their mutual interests. It declares that the present is the hour for action ; that the organization of labour is essential to the well-being of the working man in both countries; and concludes by calling on the French, now that they have the opportunity, to maintain that principle firmly, as being the death• warrant of the system of oppression which has hitherto existed. The following account of a meeting of the credi tors of Messrs. CHARLES LATEITE, BLOUNT and Co., is taken from Galignanes Messenger : " A numerous meeting of the creditors of MM. C. Laffitte, Blount, and Co., was held last evening in the Rue Basso du Rempart, to receive a statement of the affairs of the &rm. From an account read by M. E. Blount, it appeared that the suspension was owing to the firm having endorsed to a large amount the bony of the Paris to Rouen and Rouen to Havre Rail ways, which, in consequence of the cri►i4, could no longer be negoitated ; that the assets of the firm were far superior to the liabilities; and that, if time were given every creditor would be paid in full. It was then agreed to unanimously, that as the creditors had perfect eonfiience in M. C. Laffitto and M. E. Blount, the duty of liquidating the affairs of the house should be entrusted to these gentlemen; that all creditors, under 500 f., should be paid off immediately; and that whilst the operation of liquidating the affairs was going on, MM. C. Laffitte, Blount. and Co., should be permitted to con tinue their banking business, properly so called. It was next proposed that three of the principal creditors should be appointed to form a committee of surveillance; but this was objected to by M. A. Fould, on the ground that it was not advisable to trammel the operations of M. C. Laffitte anel'Al. E. Blount unnecessarily, and that if any committee were appointed it should be merely one for the l urpose of affording counsel. This suggestion was acquiesced in. Viscount Denis Benoist, M. Guerrero, and M. Calley de St. Paul were accordingly nominated. The meeting then broke up." BOURSE.—Panes,TUEsDAY, MARCU 28. THREE o'CLocK.-A slight amelioration has taken place to-day, though not until everthing had at first gone down considerably below the closing prices of the day before. The Three per Cents. opened at 40f., went down to 38f., then improved suddenly, and after touch ing 421., closed at 41f. 503., or lf. better than yesterday. The Five per Cents. opened at 581., went down to 57f. 500.. and after reaching 61f. 50e., closed at 60f. 50c., or 50c. higher than the day before. Bank of France shares are unaltered, at 1,350 f. Roman and Spanish Threes are also unchanged, at 53f. and 21.1 f. The miscellane ous securities are lower; Quatre Cauaux are at 775 F., or 15f. worse ; City of Paris Bonds are at 995 f., or 5 worse; Caisse Hypothecaire, at 15ttf. or 50f. worse. In Railway Shares, some have improved, while others aro ati ifle lower. Amongst the former class are Orleans, which are 40f. better, closing at 555 f. Northern, Stras burg, and Vierzon, sf. better, at respectively 331 f. 25c., 335 f., and 225 c.; Lyons, 2f. 50c. better, at 295 f.; Rotten have fallen 7f. 50c. at 380 f.; Marseilles, sf. at 250 c.; Bordeaux, 3f. 75c. at 3881. 75e. ; 11-vre and Nantes, 2f. 50c. each, at 205 f. and 335 f.; Bons du Tresor were not negotiated. French Gold is at 70f. to 75f. ; the English sovereign is rather higher, from 27f. to 27f. 50c.; and the charge for cashing the thousand franc note is still 20!. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE. MARCH 28. Boulogne and Amiens, 64—Dutch Rhenish, 1 / 4 —Namur and Liege, 3—Over Yssel, 7 1 A—Paris and Lyons, 1A — Sambre and Meuse, pi ii —West Flanders, 1 GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. PRUSSIA. Accounts from Berlin are to the 26th, at which period not only was the city perfectly tranquil, but the KING was more popular than ever he had been. His Majesty started for Potsdam on the morning of the 25th, where the magistrates and the inhabitants received him with great enthusiasm. The public could scarcely be pre►ented from taking the horses from the ICING'S carriage and drawing it themselves. The KING addressed the people and the officers of the Potsdam garrison, and returned to Berlin about noon. The speech of his MAJESTY, while acknowledging the faithfulness of the troops, was chiefly meant to exhort the army to follow the royal example, and to join the national party with heart and soul. The answer of the officers, in the name of the troops, was full of devotion and enthusiasm for the good cause. The attempts to establish a Republic in Prussia have all signally failed. " IVe are satisfied," say the Berlin people, " with a free monarchical Government, and we want no more; and we have had enough of bloodshed not to require any more in the cause which we uphold ; but if such a sacrifice is required we will shed it in defence of what we have already gained and for the protection of the thr. ne of Prussia." The Cologne Gazette of the 24th has the following in reference to the irruption of German Republicans from France : " TO OUR BRETHREN IN SOUTHERN GERMANY. " We learn this moment that the German conspirators of Paris, a few hundred in number, reinforced by about 300 Frenchmen and Poles, have set out for Strasburg with the intention to enter Southern Germany and to proclaim the Republic. " We exhort all well-wishers of Germany, France, and Poland to refuse their aid to this senseless attempt; and we advise all brave men and patriots to oppose it by every possible means in their power. " The Republic, the gift of this mob, will be driven back over the same frontier, over which a cursed hand hurls them now, as a torch flung into the national move ment of Germany. Tho Republic of the Destructives would draw the war from the frontiers of Russia to those of France, and its last consequence would be a mortal combat between France and Germany. We fear this last result less for Germany than we do for France, and we hold these daring Destructives to be the most dan gerous enemies of France in particular, and of the cause which France, though in a wrong way, defends. " Whoever has a heart for Germany, for Poland, for France, will feel it his holy duty to prevent the forma tion of a separate league (Sonderbund), however repub lican, however popular it may be, for such a league would endanger the futuro of liberty, of order, and of our popular welfare. " The decision, whether Germany must sooner or later be a republic, belongs to all Germany. It must ba decided at Berlin and Frankfort. But we pledge our blood, our lives, and our property, that this decision shall never come either from i Patis or f rom t h e G erman sepa ratists (smulerbundler) in Germany." The Prussian State Gazette of the 26th instant, publishes the following : " A deputation from Posen, headed by the Archbishop Von Prsyluski, has petitioned the King to allow a na tional re-organization of the Grand Duchy of Posen to develop itself immediately, b ut i n a qu i e t an d l ega l manner, under his Majesty's prot ec ti on . Th e deputa tion gave their advice as to the proper means for accom plishing this end ; and further petitioned that a pro visional commission should be formed, consisting of men who enjoyed the public confidence. His Majesty was pleased to accede to the wishes o f th e d eputat i on , an d published the following proclamation 'TO THE DEPUTATION PROX TUE GRAND DUCRF OF DUKE had spoken with some of his private friends and chief officers to this effect :—" The Russian army has been placed upon the war footing; but as soon as these troops, or a portion of them, crosa the Prussian frontier, French troops will draw near the Rhine. The safety of our German fatherland then depends upon the choice of a German Emperor, and all German princes will agree with me in this opinion. I am Duke of BRUNSWICK, I love my people, I love my country, but will prefer sacrificing much to per mitting the German nation and its general welfare to lack my aid. I will with pleasure serve as a sol dier for my fatherland, and gladly, if necessary, fight its battles." cllu 6 ,11. 'qv 40.0tY.5.44/Ciark*;`,7',4', e•XPF,;'I, k7f THE SUN, LONDO N , WEDNES;DAY_ EVENING, MARCH 29, 1848. POSZN. " Agreeably to the wishes you have communicated to pave the way to a national Grand Duchy'of Posen, to be ac complished possibl e d e l ay . I w ill, there fore, sanction the formation of a commission, consisting of men of both nations (i. e. Germany and Poland). This commission will consult with my chief President, and they will make their propositions according to the re sult of their consultations. But this commission can only be effectual if, and as long as, legal order and the authority of the magistrates remains undisturbed in the Grand Duchy of Posen. " FREDERICK WILLIAM. " Berlin, March 24.' " Prince ADAM CzAnTonvsm arrived at Cologne on the 24th, en route for Poland. Previous to the Prince's departure from Cologne, he sent the follow ing address to the editor of the Cologne Gazette, to be inserted in that journal : " Inhabitants of Cologne,—At the moment of leaving your gown. us city, I am forced to give vent to my feel. ings by repeating the assurances of my deep gratitude for the warm wishes fur Poland which you have ex pressed to me. I leave you, and Igo whither my duty calls me. Whatever the fate which Providence may have in store for my endeavours, my zeal will not be influenced by it. An independent and free Poland, a Poland without privileges--in one word, a democratic Poland—such is the end I wish to obtain. During a seventeen years' banishment I have worked for it by my own political struggles, and by my advice given to my countrymen. And now, when Providence has by your heroism called us to the field of action, all my endeavours will be directed towards making independent Poland worthy of Germany, and equal to Germany in all her liberties. May God bless Germany and Poland! " CZ ARTORYSKI." Tranquillity has been completely re- established at Breslau. Throughout Westphalia, the recent changes have been accepted with enthusiasm. BRUNSWICK. The Prussian State Gazette of the 26th instant informs its readers that the Duke of BRUNSWICK had publicly declared his adhesion to the King of Puns- SIA'S leadership of Germany. The Duke caused the King of PRUSSIA'S proclamation " To his People and to Germany" to be distributed to the public, with the following note of the Brunswick Ministry printed at the foot of the copies The Ducal Government, faithful to the ♦iews it pro nounced after the publication of the Prussian Royal Patent of the 18th instant, acknowledges the generous resolution of his Majesty to take the load of the general affairs of Germany in this stormy time, to be the only means, and one which our circumstances render indis pensable, to protect the outward security and integrity of all Germany, and to secure the quiet development of internal liberty. " The Ducal Government will consequently meet all propositions which the Prussian Government will pro bably make, and trusts that all generous Princes and people will with equal readiness join us in our great national task, and unite in forming a constitution which gives the great German people the rights to which they are entitled, and which command respect from without while liberty and happiness reign in the interior. "The Mini►try of the Brunswick-Luneburg Ducal States, "VON SCHLEINITZ, "F. SCHULZE, "VON GEYSO. " Brunswick, March 22." A private letter from Brunswick says, that the AUSTRIA. Advices from Vienna are to the 231. The EM PEROR has just issued the following amnesty : "We, Ferdinand 1., by the Grace of God, Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary and Bohemia, the fifth King of that name, King of Lombardy and Venice, of Dalmatia, Croatia, Slavonia, Galicia, Lodomeria, and Illyria, Archduke of Austria, Duke of Lorraine, Salz burg, Styria, Karinthia, Krain, Upper and Lower Silesia, Prince of Siebenburgen, Margrave of Mahran, Princely Count of Habsburg and Tyrol, &0., "In order to give our loving subjects a further proof of our confidence, and to show them how ready we are to exercise grace even to those who have erred, and to make use of our royal prerogative to that effect, have felt ourselves induced, especially respecting the king doms of Galicia arid Lodomeria, and likewise respecting the Lombardo•Vonetian kingdom, to decree as follows: " 1. All civilians in the kingdoms of Galicia and Lo domeria, inclusive of the districts of Cracow, and in the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom, who have been tried for high treason or for disturbing the peace of the country, and who at present are undergoing their term of punish ment, if they hove not been found guilty of other crimes, shall be spared the completion of their term of punish ment. " 2. Regarding those persons in the kingdoms above named who are under arrest as being accused of the above•named crimes, we decree that the proceedings against them be dropped, and that no other prosecution for transgressilons preceding in date this our Imperial decree shall be admissible. But if the persons specified in this and in the first section be foreigners, then shall they at once be exiled from our states, nor shall they without our especial permission ever be permitted to return thither. " 3. Persons from the kingdoms aforesaid, who were found guilty of political crime, or who were accessories to such crimes, if they be confined in nny other province, no matter where, shall be liberated. " 4. Those who for the same reasons were subject to a special prohibition shall be relieved from the same. " We therefore trust and expect that this our decree will tend to calm the minds of our people, that order and peace will everywhere return, and that our faithful sub jects will exhibit that love and fealty which they have so gloriously shown us in many instances. " Given in our Imperial residence, Vienna, the 21st of March, 1848. " FERDINAND. " KOLOWRAT. " TAAFE. " PILLERSDORF. " ZALESKI." HUNGARY. The concessions made by the EMPEROR came just in time to prevent the proclamation of a republic. While the Magnates renounced their privileges in the Assembly of Presburg on the 18th, a more formidable revolution was going on in Pesth, where 100,000 of the new National Guards assembled and concerted the establishment of a republic, which they did not, however, proclaim. Thing: looked very serious till the news of the constitutional concessions of the EMPEROR came to Pesth, where the information was enthusiastically received. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. Accounts from Hamburgh, dated 25th March, state that Holstein has declared itself independent of Denmark. The King of Puussia has approved the declaration, and has promised to support it to the utmost of his power. ELSINORE, MARCH 22.—80th at Copenhagen and at our Castle . active preparations for war are being made. ITALY: EVACUATION OF MILAN BY THE AUS TRIANS, AND ITS OCCUPATION BY THE SARDINIAN TROOPS. The Piedmontese Gazette of the 24th announces the evacuation of Milan by the Austrian troops on the 23d, in consequence of the complete victory of the people. They marched out in three columns, directel towards Mantua, Verona, and Placensa. The King of SARDINIA has declared himself in favour of the independence of Lombardy, and or dered his army to march to the aid of the Italians. On the 23d he issued the following proclamation : " Charles Albert, by the Grace of God, King of Sar dinia, Cyprus, and Jerusalem. People of Lombardy and Venice! the destinies of Italy are maturing; a happier fate awaits tho intrepid defenders of inculcated rights. From affinity of race, from intelligence of the age, from community of feeling, we the first have joined in that unanimous admiration which Italy manifests towards you. People of Lombardy and Venice Our arms, which were already concentrated on your frontier when you anticipated the liberation of glorious Milan, now come to offer you in your further trials that aid which a brother ex pects from a brother—a friend from a friend. We will second your just desires, confiding in the aid of that God who is visibly with us—of that God who has given to Italy a Pius IX.—of that God who, by such wonder ful impulse, has given to Italy the power of acting alone. And that the sentiment of the Italian union may be further demonstrated, we command that our troops, on entering the territory of Lombardy and Venice, shall bear the escutcheon of Savoy on the tri-coloured flag of Italy. " CHARLES ALBERT." A letter from Genoa of the 23.1, before the eva cuation of Milan by the Austrian troop was known, says : "A great number of the Genoese volunteers have been killed in the conflict at Milan. It is said that the Gover nor of Genoa refused to supply them with arms beforo their departure, and to this cause is attributed the im mense loss they have sustained. The whole population seems as if animated with the same spirit. On every side the cry is heard, ' Let us march to the succour of our brethren of Milan.' The Governor, in consequence of fresh instructions, now orders arms to be distributed to the people, and •a considerable force is already on their march towards Milan. Of the final success of the cause of Italian independence there can be no doubt. The struggle may be great, but the triumph will be glorious." The Piedmontese troops crossed the Milanese frontier on the 24th, and marched on the capital. The Austrians retired before them and evacuated the city, which was immediately occupied by the Pied montese liberating army, under the command of the Duke of GEmoit. 'We learn by the Florence papers of the 21st that a revolution took place at Modena on the 20th. About a hundred youths that day sallied forth with loud cheers for independence, the revolution of Paris, and that of Vienna. The Hungarians and the pioneers refused to act against the people; the dra goons alone fought desperately. The Duke, at the time of our account, was vainly trying to conciliate the people by concessions. The same papers an nounce that Venice, Trieste, and Padua, were in open insurrection on the 19th. NA PLES. It is reported that a serious collision took place on the 14th in Naples between the Lazzaroni and the National Guard. Several of the Lazzaroni were captured and committed to prison. Fresh disturb ances are apprehended. Lord MINTo has not, it is said, succeeded in ar ranging the affairs of Sicily. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 22d and 23d have arrived. NARVAEZ has lost no time in exercising the dicta torial powers with which he has been entrusted by the Congress. The Gageta of the 22d contains a decree suspending indefinitely the sitting of the Cortes, so that now NARVAEZ and CHRISTINA. are r the absolute rulers of Spain. The Duke and Duchess of MONTPENSIER are expected at St. Sebastian, and per they Cents. some of the Dime's partisans in France have set out the c latter 23.—The price, Tlle to join him. were done on the 23,1 at various pric es f or cas h , f rom ande are 214 to 13 , c°loLsging' M at a R reported after the close 221 i buyers, 23 sellers , Five per Cents , 131 cash ; Passive Debt, 4 3 buyers; 5 4 5 sellers ; Coupons, 10 sellers. Exchange on Lon don, 45. RETURNING OFFICERS FOR THE METROPJLITAN Bonouons.—The Sheriff of Middlesex has appointed Peter Laurie, Esq., of Park•squsre. R.ogent's•park, bar rister-at-law, for Marylebone ; T. 11. Boykett, Esq., of Chancery-lane, solicitor, for Finsbury ; and Henry Childs, Esq., of St. Swithin's lane, solicitor, for the Tower Hamlets. DEATH OF WILLIAM GOOD, THE CRICKETER.-W. Good died on Sunday night, the,l2th instant, of con sumption, brought on by being put into u damp bed, at Ipswich, wh.le attending the eleven of England, in their series of matches, as scorer. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TI) 7'/JREJ' The Calton Market at Liverpool yesterday was with out alteration. Sales, 3,500 bales, including 500 for ex port. Railway Shares were very dull, but prices were supported. The important advices received from abroad agitate the public mind considerably. From the United States, the intelligence of the conclusion of peace with Mexico may be deemed very satisfactory; but the advices from Sardinia, although what was expcted, are of great moment The necessity of revising our navigation-laws is in the 1 interest of our colonies more obvious than ever, and some documents just presented to Parliament are very conclusive in this respect. With the march of flee principles in Europe concessions to our most distant possessions become still more advisable, and we have the agreeable reflection that in making those concessions we are likely to benefit the mother-country. As a case in point, we take the following concerning Trinidad. The extract is from a dispatch of Lord Harris to Earl Grey : " Your Lordship is aware that a large portion of the population of this colony is of foreign extraction, retain. ing, in many respects, the habits and tastes of the nations whence they are sprung, and, consequently, there is naturally a desire for the products and manufactures of those countries. I refer more particularly to the de• scendants of French and Spanish families, as also to a considerable portion of the Creole black population. Now, by certain provisions in the navigation-laws, but very few of the articles required can be brought here direct from France or Spain, in French or Spanish vessels. The means of transit which must be adopted becomes therefore far more expensive. With respect to the French trade, which is far the most important of the two, it is either necessary to charter an English vessel, and send it to some port in France, and by which the charge for freight per ton is it. 15s. whereas by a French vessel it would be 135., or it is necessary to have goods forwarded by a French vessel to Martinique, to which island the freight is as heavy as it would be direct to this island. But, besides, the goods must be landed, on which some commission must be paid, and an addi tional freight of 13s. 6d. per ton from Martinique to Trinidad. But not only is the price of, and the risk and trouble of procuring French goods considerably enhanced, but the opportunity of a return trade is en tirely pre vented." This subject is not confined, as the dispatch of Lord Harris goes on to state, to the direct, intercourse of Trinidad with both those countries, but extends to Venezuela; and his Lordship concludes as follows: " These facts together, I trust, will make a case worthy of some consideration. Far be it from me to de sire the repeal of any laws which might in any way lessen the power and the commerce of Great Britain, but as the interests of the colonies are intimately connected with those of the mother country, it would appear important that full information should be given, when there is reason to think they are suffering injury, and the laws by which that injury is caused are undergoing investigation." The public securities, although there has not been a great deal of business doing, have been agitated consi derably by the intelligence received from Milan, Paris, &c. Consols, which closed yesterday at 83k, opened this morning at 82i and are now 81i Exchequer bills have been firm at 345. to 355. premium. Bank Stock for account has been at 192. Should England fortunately remain a passive spectator of foreign events, she will enjoy immense advantages in respect to trading and monetary operations. The Foreign Bonds participate in the general flatness. Spanish Five per Cents. are 11, and the Three per Cents. 21k. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been 15 to 16. Mexican Bonds are 15k to is Dutch Two-and a-Half per Cents. are 40i. Railway Shares are heavy again. ONE CLOSING riticys OF itRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities Long Anns. to expire Jan. 1860 ... Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860.... 8% 9-16 8 1 1 / 4 -16 India Bondi, 1,0001. Ditto under 1,0001.. l3 p .._ . . South Sea. Stock Bank Stock for Account .. ...192 192 Consols for Account ..... ......... 82304 82 82 Exchequer Bills. 1,000/. 500!. Small mrE CLOsir.o iiter,:.; (if FOREIoN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Equador Bonds Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. Ditto, Deferred 2% 2% Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 151 4 1' 15 1 ,,1 Ditto, Account I S IA 15 1 4 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 24 22 3 % 2-1 3 / 4 Portuguese 5 per Cents. — Ditto,4 per Cent l6 15 15 1 / 2 Russian Bonds .. — 82 Spanish 5 per Ceut. 1840. Ditto, Passive Ditto, 3 per Cent ... Venezuela Bonds, 2W per Cent — Ditto, Deferred Dividends on the above payble in London. Dutch 2 1 / 2 per Cent., 12 Guild.... 49% 38 1 ,E Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 60 59 PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen 5O . 24% 'A 22 Amber., Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2% — ••• Belfast & County Down 11% — Birmingham and Ox ford Junction .... ... 20 Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley 10 Birming.,Wolverlfpton, and Stour Valley 101. 145... ... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junc.... 7N...... ... .......... Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 5 Bristol and Exeter B5 Ditto, Thirds Buckinghamshire... 12/. 4s. Caledonian Ditto, Ilhlr Shares .. 3 3 A —. , Ditto Clydesdale June 50 Chester and Holyhead... 37%...... Ditto Preference l2 ...... • Clarence - Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 19 ...... ••• — Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports- mouth _VA..... ...... .. _ Dublin and Belfast June. 25 . Dundalk & Enniskillen 17 1 ,4 — East Anglia, 251., L. & _ _ E. andL.Und b...... 25 ...... ••• .• — Do., 181., E. & 11.... 18 Do., 31. 103. ... 3% ...s. ...... Eastern Counties........ 20 Ditto, Extension, 5 per Cent., No. 1 ...... 61. 13s. 41... Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... Do., North. & Eastern 50 Do., Quarters .. .... 12 1 4 ...... Do., New ... 23 Eastern Union 5O Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 i Ditto, Thirds .......135.4d.. Do. (guar.G percent.) 10 - • •••• •• 00000 - Ditto, ditto ... ....... .. 20 East Lancashire Ditto, New Ditto, New Quarters 3 3 / 4 East Linco:nslaire ...... 16% Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ......39% 38% 40 39 39 Ditto, Half Shares ... 15 .. .. Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% Edinburgh and Northern 25 Ditto, New.. 3 12 / Ditto, Newport Ditto, ditto, New Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorch. 2% Ditto, New ... ..... .... 2%...... Glw,ow, Dumfi d Carlisle ... .............Si... 6s. 8d.... Glasgow,Kilinsr.,& Ayr 50 ..... . .... • Ditto, New ... ...... .-. 40 Do. Preference Consul. 15 Great Northern Do., London and York 2% — ..... f ireat South. and West. (Ireland) Great North of England.loo 221 Ditto, New, 40/ Ditto, New, 30/ Ditto, New, 15/ 6 % ..... ......... ...... Great Western .. 90 ... .. 91 Ditto, % Shares Ditto, 1 4 Shares Ditto, Fifths Ditto, New 171.......• 9 1 ,x..... 8 7% 77 /8 Huddersfield and Manch. 24 Ditto, Thirds Hull and Selby Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 •• Ditto, 14 Shares Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 17 1 %..... —_. — Do., do., and Norwick 15 Do., do., Extens• Scrip (late Camb. & Ely) 2% Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 ...... Ditto, Thirds ......... 10 Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 Ditto, ditto Ditto, JIA Sha res --- 38 "' " Do. Quarter Shares... 14 % — .•..,..,,.. ...• Do. Fifths... ... 9 Do. Sixteenths 6 14 Do. Thirds (Reg.)....10148...... Do. Liverp. and Bury 33 Ditto 1 ,4 (late Hud dersfield _ and Sheff.) 33 J.-. Do.(Wakefield,Ponte tract, and Goole) ... 50 Do. (W. Riding Union)4/. 25...... ...... .....» — Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 D 0.% Shares (A)... 9 Leeds and Bradford Leeds, Dewsbury, Scc.... 42 1 / 2 ..... Do., Half Shares 1 7 1% Do., (blue) Scrip."... 2 1 ,4 Leeds and Thirsk •••••• 40 Ditto, New Do., Prefer. ,6 per Ct. 3% Liverpool, Crosby and Southport . 2 Liverp., Manchester, and Newcastle Junction—. 2%...... London & Black wa11...13/. 6s. 8d.... Do. New, No. 2 ......5/.135.4d.... Do. Extension ..... 20 London, Brighton, and South Coast Do. Consul. Eighths. 40 Do. Guarant. 5 per ct.., 9 .„ .. _ _ Do. Pref. Con. ti per ct. 50 .. ......... Ditto, ditt0...... 1852 50 London and Greenwich 12/15s 4d — Ditto, Preference... 18/ lis 2d... 20 London and N. Western 100 .....I`2B 128 1 / 2 127 l2B Do.. uarters (L. & B.) 22 Ditto, New ... 2 ...... 4 1 / 2 4. ....... ... 4 Ditto, Fifths .. 2 ... . 7% 1 A 7 Do 40/.Shares(L. M.) 20 — Do. 101. (M. & B.) A. 7% 33 p 35 p p Do. 101.(M & B.) B. 7%...... ...... i 914 Do. 10'. (M. & B.) C. 1 ..... ... 3.'i L - ,no I. a- S. , /ti". stern U,.. NeN 501. ... ..... 37 1 ,4.. .. - i'ol [)o. New 401 3O - Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50 Ditto ditto ....... .... 40 Ditto, Thirds • 81.65. 8d.... London, Salisbury, and Yeovil - Londonderry &Colerain.. 27%...... -- ..... ..... Lxidonderry and Ennis kib-n Lowestoft (4 per et.) ... 20 Ditto (6 per ct.) blan;:hester,Buxton,and Matlock Blanchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire ...100 -- ••• •.. ........ ...... Do. Quarters (No. 1) 13 Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 - Ditto ditto (No. 3) ... 7% — - Ditto, New 101. Pref... 7% Ditto and Grimsby.... 25 - Ditto ditto . ... .... 7 Ditto ditto - Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire 7 1,4...... ....«......... -- Do., Grimsby Dock 1 2 14 - - Do. Man. & Lin. Union 41.2 x..... - Slanchest&Southanapt. 21 ,‘i — ••• ...- Midlamil ... 100 Do. Consolidated Pref.loB ...... - Do., do., 50/. Shares... 15 ... .. 9 3 A A Do. Binn., and Derbyloo D..Consol.Bristol and LE: Binning., 6 per ct.... 100 ...... - Rlidlnd, lirist. &Glocstr. 36 ...... - Ditto, ditto - Midlnd, Leieest. & Swan nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo ...... Midland Great Western Irish - Middleshro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. Newcastle and Carli51e...100 Do. Quarters 25 .... .. -- Newrnrket&Chesterford 18% Do. Extension .........21. 125.... •.•• -- Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford .. 6 .„..• - Newry and Enniskillen 7 - Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor l5 - Norfolk 100 Do. New 20/. ... 5 - Do. Extension _ Do. Guaranteed 5 1 /ipc. 5 Do. Scrip, 1847, North of Norfolk... 2 ••• 00000 • Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 Northern Counties Union 4 North British ... ... 25 Do. Half Shares — Do. Quarters SIA 3% 3 / 4 Do. Extension Ditto Thirds North & South-Western 2 North Staffordshire lO ...... 8 1 AX ..... North Wales North Western 6 Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton 4O ..... 21% .......... Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Royston and Hitchin... 1% Scottish Central Scottish Midland 2 2 1 /2 — . --... Ditto, New 10 — Sheffield, Rotherham, _ and Goole ... Shrewsbury and Birm... 7 Ditto ditto. Class B. 4 6 hrewsbury & Chester ( Nor. W. Min.) Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 Ditto Oswestry ...... 14 - eeeee ••••I Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref Shrewsbury and Ilerefd. 2 Shropshire Union South Devon 40 Do. Preference South Staffordshire 4 youth Eastern & Dover. 33 1 / 2 2 3 34 ... . ..., Do., No. 1 ' 24 Do., Nc• 2... : l7 ... .. 7 .. Do., No. 3 ....... ...... 20 Do., No. 4. . 7 1 i 2 ...... 4 1 / 2 4 , South Wales ... ..... "...... 18 ...... .• Staab Yorkshire,• Don caster, and Goole 3 Swans. & Lotighor & Ca meron's Stm. C0a1.... 6 Taw Vale Extension ... 4 Thames Haven • Dock and Railway • _ 171/ 2 ...,_ __ Vale of Neath ... :. 4 Waterford and Kilkenny 13 1 / 2 — .. %Vaterford and Limerick 40 — Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin) West Cornwall - ...• Whitehaven & Furness 10 Windsor, Staines, and. South Western..... ... 7 W ilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth York, Newcastle, a.nd Berwick. .... ......... ... 25 Do. Original New and Berwick • Do. Extension No. 1. 15 Do. do. No. 2. .. ... .. 10 . 10 1 4 %lA..- Do. G.N E.Preference 8 ...... 8 7% • York and North Midland 50 Ditto, Preference....... 10 Do. East and 11 , est Rid - - ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens 2O Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) ... 16 Central of Spain Ceylon Demerara Dendre Valley... 4 Direct Bombay and Madras ss. . ... ...... .... Dutch Rhenish ..... East. Indian ...... -•-•••- • Great Indian Peninsular 51. Italian and Austrian.... 4 - • Jamaica S. Mid. Junction 1 Louvain ala Sambre ..; 6 -r Luxembourg..." 7 Lyons and Avignon 5 Madrid and Valentia.." 2 N.N. Namur and Liege 16 Northern of France Orleans and Bordeaux 6 Over Yssel 413 s 4d...... ...... .... Paris and Lyons lO ..... ILA ..... .... Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen ......... 20 Paris and Strasbourg ... 8 Rouen and Havre .......21 Sambre and Meuse ...... 20 ... .„ Strasbourg and Basle ...- 14 Tours and Nantes .. 8 ..... . Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt .......16 West Flanders B l /2 .... JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia - 40 London Joint Stock lO Provincial of Ireland ... 25 British North American 50 — London & Westminster. .20 ...... Commercial of London 20 Union of Madrid .... -..... 40 National Prof. England. 35 Ditto, New ...... .. ..... 10 Colonial Union of L0nd0n......... 10 Union of Australia Ditt0,New...."........ 2 1 / 2 ...... . _„_„. Ditto New... ..... ...... 10 , •— .. ......, National of Ireland 22 1 / 2 ...... .... ..... MINES. Anglo-Mexican Real Del Monte, Unreg. Brazilian Coeaes& Cuiba 30 ...... — , British Iron .... .. l2 ...... Bolonos Scrip ...... .... Galvanized Iron ...... .. 10 ....„ - •• Ditto, New LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY-) LONDON, MARCH 29.—Wind this day at moons N•E• Light airs and fine weather. DEAL, MARCH 28.—Wind S.W. P.M., S.W.. to S.W. by South and S.E.—Arrived 24th, Nordpole 0, Brick man, Rio Janeiro, and sailed for Hamburg 254 k ; afa thilde, Mosse, Lisbon ; 28th, Gambia, Nedeman, River Gambia, and sailed for Rotterdam; Glentannver, Brook, Callao, and sailed for Hull ' • a barque, ditto ; Oh ristian, Henson, Bahia, and sailed for Hamburg ; Siren, Catch pole, ditto ; Roster, Koster, Messina, and a aUed fur Hamburg ; Avance, Crunspy, ditto, and sailed for the Baltic ; Active, Mediterranean ; Turk, Mallet, St. Michaels ; Fame, Paterson, Antwerp, and railed for Charleston; Alma, Hamburg, and sailed for La guayra: Emily, Ranpaelo, ditto, and sailed for Batavia ; Sultana,. South Esk, and sailed for Hull. Arrived from tate river, William and Alfred, Culverwell, Antigua ; Dowlend, Odessa. Arrived from the river and sailed, Prince of Wales, Hobart Town; Marmion - Quebec; Hartland, ditto ; Chanticleer, Newfoundland ; Hope, Odessa; Sibella, Plymouth; and Adelaide, S.A. OFF BUYER, MARCH 28.—Arrd. Sultana, Greeley, Sierra Isoone. COWES, MARCH 28.—Wind S. W.—Arrd. Broad Oak, M`Gratb, Pernambuco. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 28.—Wind S.S.W. to S.S.E.— Sid. Robert, St. Kitt's; Mary Seton, St. Kitt's. OFF TORBAY, MARCH 27.—Superior, New York; Kirkland, Baltimero. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 28.—Wind S.—Arrd. Milton, Harrison, Bahia. Off port, Santiago, Smiths Monte Video, sailed Jan. 16. FALMOUTH, Mancu 28.—Wind S., fresh and squally. —Arrd. Wooddridge, Coppel, Callao ; Rickardson, English, Monte Video; Mars, Port-au-Prince.. LIVERPOOL, Metten 27.—Arrd. Scotia, kCalcutta; Rosconra, Wilkinson, Charente. 28th, Georgia, Mills, Savannah; Ocean Monarch, Murdoch, Boston, sailed tI th instant. Sid. 27th, Helen Munro, Morrisom, Cape of Good Hope. 28th, Thetis, Honduras; Harmony, Syra. Off port, 28th.—Arrd. Conrad, Monte Video; Alexander, Monte Video; Eliza, Rio Janeiro; 'Patriot, St. Domingo; Moslem, Sappho. Golden Eagle, 'William Pitt, Westmoreland, George Lt rd, Avon, Ten oh, Sir William Hardinge, HARWICH, MARCH 27.—A schooner, reported to be the Golder, Golder, for Rotterdam, went on shore on the Gunfleet Sand to-day; also a clipper schooner, name unknown. WIVENHOE, MARCH 28. —The Ripson, Saimon, of Scarborough, from Newcastle to London, bas been assisted into this harbour from off the Gunfl set Sand, leaky and with loss of anchor and chain, and about 30 tons of coals thrown overboard. OFF FALMOUTH, MARCH 27. General 13elgrano, Monte Villeo. OFF SCILLY, blAncrt 22. Highlander, Callao; Friedrick, Bahia; Agnes, Jamaica; experienced very xevere weather. 3 1 4 - 1% fs -..1- 2(li iLA 23 ‘29!4 -- 24 Iq; 23% 13% 1334 - 23 IA -- I !i ~. .0 ...... M. CO T 1