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~~ ....... 1.11....".........m..........WA5mr NEW NOVEL BY J. FENIMORE COOPER. To-morrow In 3 vols. post Bvo., CA.PT AIN SPIKE OR, THE ISLETS OF THE GULF By J. FENIMORE COOPER. Author of " The Pilot," " The Prairie," " The Pathfinder," " Mark's Reef," &c., Occ. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. EXTRA NIGHT. It is respectfully announced that a GRAND EXTRA NIGHT will take place at this Theatre on THURSDAY, the 16th of March, when Will be performed Verdi's new AT OpTl LA era, entitled Odabella, Sofia Cruvelli ; Foresto, Sig. Gardioni Ezio, Sig. Cuziani ; Uldino, 51g. Guidl ; Leone, Sig. Solari ; and Attila, Sig. Beletti. After which will be presented a Divertissement, in which Mdlle C. Rosati, and Mdlle. 31. Taglioni will appear. To be followed by the Second Act of IL BARBIERE DI SI- To congipdo with tho highly successful New and Original GRAND BALLET, In Four Tableaux, by M. Paul Taglioni, entitled FIOIIITA, of la Refine des Elfrides, The Music compozed by Signor Pugni ; the Scenery (entirely new) by Mr. C. Marshall ; the Appointments by Mr. Bradwell ; the Costumes by Miss Bradley and Mr. Whales, under the superin tendence of Madame Copere. partS by Mdlle. cAROLLNA ROSATI, Wiles. Esther Ausundon, Thevenot, Julienne, Lamoureux, and Mdlle. MARIE TAGLIONI, &c. Principal Dances. 1. Tableau. La Cour d'Auberge en Sidle La Fiancée-3ldlle. Rosati. and Males. Julienne and Lamoureux, &c. La Palermitana—Mdlle Rosati. 2. Tableau. La FOret des Elfridee. Ballablle et Pas dela Reins des Eltriles—Mdlle. Marie Tazlioni, and Mdlle. Ausundon, Thevenot, and Dames de Ballet. Danse Nationale—Corps de Ballet. pas--Mdlle. Rosati and M. d'Or, Mdlles. Jalienna r.* LaniNIXEMIE. 3. Tableau, La Cabane de Bertha. L'lllusioa-31dlle Marie Taglionl and M. d'Or, and D=4l de Ballet. 4. Tableau. Les Jardins Enchantes. L'Animation—lidlle. R o sati and M. d'Or, and Dames de Ballet. L Oubli--Mdlie. Mario Taglioni and M. d'Or, Mdlles Thevenot Ausundon, Julienne, Lamoureux, and Dames de Ballet. La Chatirnent—Scene Finale. Applications for Bxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box . !Mice of the Theatre.o HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TO-MORROW EVENING Will be presented Rossini's celebrated Opera, IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA. Beeline,lle. Sofia Cruveli ; II Comte d'Almaviva, Sig. Gardonl Basilic., Sig. Bouche ; Bartolo, Sig. F. Lablaohe ; and Figaro, Sig Beletti. To conclude with the highly successful Ballet, in Feur Tableaux, untitled FIOR IT A, et la Reine des Elfrides, The music by Sig. Pugni ; the scenery by Mr. C. Marshall ; the appointments by Mr. Bradwell ; the costumes by Miss Bradley and Mr. Whales, under the superintendence of Madame Copere. Princi pal parts by Mdlle. Carolina Rosati, Mesas. Esther Ausundon, The venot, Julienne, Lamoreux, J ,, rmy, and Mdlle. Marie Taglloni ; MM. Dor, Venefra, Gouriet, and Di Mattia. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, to be made et the Box-orllee of the Theatre. . Doors open at Seven, to commence at half-past Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. tinier the Management et Mr. It. Webster, tole Lessee. THIS EVENING, Will be peziermed the Comedy of THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. St: Peter Teazle, Mr. Farren ; Sir Oliver Surface, Mr. Tilbury ; Sir Benjamin Backbite, Mr. A. Wigan; Joseph Surface, Mr. Creawick ; Charles Surface, Mr. Henry Farrell ; Careless. Mr. 11. Yandenhoff Rowley, Mr. Gough ; Moses. Mr. Webs t e r ; Snake, Mr. Braid ; Sir Harry, Mr. Caulteld ; Crabtree, Mr. Ro g ers ; Trip, Mr. . Lady Teazle, Mrs. Nisbett ; Mrs. Candour. Mrs. Glover; Lady Sneer well. Mrs. W. Clifford ; Maria, Miss E. Messent. After which, the laughable Farce of UNCLE JOHN. Uncle John, Mr. Farren ; Friend Thomas, Mr. Tilbury ; Edward, Mr. H. 'Van deshoff ; Hawk, Mr. Rogers ; Mrs. Hawk, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Mrs. Comfort, Mrs. Stanley; Eliza. Mrs. L. S. Buckingham. 'To conclude with a new and original Farce, called WHO'S MY HUSBAND Doctor Mull, Mr. Tilbury ; Daniel Toot!es, Mr. Keeley ; Mrs. Smith Thompson, Mrs, W. Clifford ; Sophonisba Mull, Mrs. L. 11. Buckingham ; Sally Starch, Mrs. rlutnby. Stale Manager, Mr. Farr en; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Webster. J. T. Archer, Box-book keeper. Boxes, ss. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Upper Gallery, Is. Doorsopen ' at Ilalf-past Six, Perioimance to eornmenCe at SeTon, THEATRE ROYAL, ADELI'HI. Under the direction o: Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Will be perform:l TUE FLOWEItS OF TIIE FOII,EST. To be followed by a new and original Farce, entitled OUR NA. TIONAL DEFENCES ; or, the Cockshot Yeomanry. Principe' characters by Messrs. Lambert, Wright, P. Bedford, Sanders ; came Celeste, Miss Emma Harding, Mrs. Laws, and Miss Weolgar. To conclude with a new Farce entitled TIIE TIPPERARY LE. GACY. Turigm Green. Mr. Wright ; Bob Gills, Mr. Munyard Laxity Scrimmage, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Chubblock, Mr. Cullonford ; Policeman. Mr. Sanders ; Lizzy Chubblock, Miss Woolgar. Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. , Gallery, Is. Doors open at halt-past Pertormance to commence at Seven ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the NI alinement of Madame Vestris. pole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. 11IIS EVENING Will Its performed a new comic Drama, entitled NOT A BAD JUDGE. After which, a New Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE GOLDEN 'MANCH,. Principal characters by Messrs. li. Hall, Harley, Ker ridge, Madame Vestris, Miss K. iitzwilliam, and MN. Macnamars. To conclude with a new Piece, entitled DONE ON BOTH SIDES. Dress Boxes, 53. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. Ne half-price to any part of the house. The New P.ox-office, No. 2, Wellington-street, is open to the Public every day, from Ton till Six. The Interior et the House has been entirely re-designed by Mr. IY. Bradwell 01 tbo Colosseum. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell, 33, o.d Bond-street. TENS my ENING Will be presented CE QUE FEMME VEUT. Agatha Delatmey, 3(dlle. Nathalie, After which, LA VICOMTES zE LOLOTTE. Lo Comte de Mo. Tangle, M. St. Mar e ; Le Vicomte d'llerouvillo, M. Fechter ; Le Chevalier Tancrede, M. Montaland; Lolotte Berth., Mdlle. Doors open at Seven, to commence at half-past Seven. Boxes and Stalls may be obtain d at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. DlAdtlox,soleLessee and :+PRnager, Duchess-street, Portland• place. TILLS EVE N IN(1, Will be presented Sheridan Knowles' Play of THE HUNCHBACK. Master Walter, Mr. Cooper; Sir Thomas Clifford, Mr. Conway ; Lord Tinsell, Mr. J. Vining ; Julia, Mrs. Butler; Helen, Miss E. Monta4ue. After which, a new Farce entitled 3IICHAELMAS DAT ; a Ro mance of the Thames. To conclude with the comic Drama of " LADIES, BEWARE!" Dres, Circle, ha.: Bares, 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. F. Davidge, No. 1, Davidge-terrace, Kensington-road, Surrey. THIS EVENING. Will be presented a serio-comic Burletta called THE BILL. STICKER; or, An Old House in the City. Bill Buzziottle (the BM Sticker), Mr. W. J. Hammond. After which the Burletta entitled OTHELLO TRAVESTIE. Othello, Mr. W. J. Hammond. To conclude with a Drama entitled ROSE ASHFORD ; or a Woman's Love. Mr. Walton, Mr. F. Ede, Walter Maynard, Sr. F. Tilting ; Ellen Walton Walton, Miss Daly ; Rose Ashford, Mrs. R. Gordon. lIoXCS 23. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, Gd. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Triumphant Success of the New Gorgeous Spectacle, THIS EVENING, The New Gorgeous Spectacle, THE BATTLE OF THE (MAZONS, in which Mr. W. West will appear. e.iitirely new Seems in the Arena, by the talented Artistes o 04:stablishment, in the carious modes of equestration, and in roducing Mr. Batty's highly trained steed, The Gem of the World. Concluding with THE TURNPIKE GATE. Box-office open front 1l till 5. stage Manager, Mr. W. 'West. THE THIRD EDITIONS TII E SUN" CONTAIN, AS USUAL, T l l E LATEST PARLIAMENT krty IN TELLIGENCE, AND ALL OTHER NEWS UP TO THE HOUR OF POST. Orders received by all Newsmen, and at the Sun,eice, 112, Strand. fr,E WEATiIr,R—ArrN /FFICE. MARCH 10. I'FIFRH , IMETZR, Lowest, 37 ; Highest, 50 ; Noon, 43 BAROMETER, 29.44-WIND S.W. ; fine. AT LONDON-T: 1:11)u; TlHt.+ DAY. morninz.. 20 minutes after 5. f Evening 42 minntra tire , 5 ettening LONDON. FRIDAY. MARCH 10, NM Our representatives will have an opportunity this evening of revealing their consistency, their decision, and their patriotism to their constituents. All this they may accomplish very easily indeed—by walking into a lobby—by delivering in a vote. Let them bear in recollection that the question upon which they will have to pronounce their decision is one of unutterable importance to the industrial classes of England, that the tendency of their decision will in a great measure lead to their rejection or their re election on the dissolution of the existing Parliament. Selfishness must plead with them as well as a disin terested ambition to better the condition of their fellow-countrymen. The love of power must guide them as well as the solicitude to legislate with probity. Never were the eyes of the electors 1 of the United Kingdom concentrated with a more scrutinizing inquisitiveness upon the men whom they have accredited to the Lower house than at this critical and unprecedented juncture. Necessity is the lens through which the national vigilance is directed upon the proceedings of the Commons, and that vigilance is enhanced in intensity at this particular moment by the imminence of the necessity in which its beams are converged. Need ere say that the necessit y to which we here make Elusion is the,ftent necessity for economy, both on - ;:the'part of Ifibs, people and t h e Government ? 4 ' e c o nomy on theparkof the peopl e i n consequence of the deterioration, of commercial wealth resu l t i ng from r Sal erroneols, panic, from an actual dearth, ---------. I-3 - ,-,l_Vy • -- ahl a s ~;i: 5 ..,.,,i.,.....7,---„,. N .., y •., .....,,,, , .....,„ 4 - ~ • . . •• t _,t\-,, ~, r • mio'N 1... _,- artiE StIN and from a general cessation of enterprise ; economy on the part of the Government in conse quence of the alarming excess of the expenditure over the revenues of Great Britain. Of the existence of that duplex necessity there cannot be a moment's hesitation. It brawls open-mouthed in Cockspur street and Trafalgar-square, in Whitechapel and Clerkenwell, in the more impoverished districts of Edinburgh and of Glasgow, as well as in the public places of Manchester and Dunfermline. This evening the discussion will be resumed upon the proposition of Mr. HUME, that the uniform in come-tax shall be renewed, but that the renewal shall only extend over a period of twelve months. The success of this motion would ultimately lead to the acceptance of the plan of Mr. HORSMAN, and the acceptance of that plan would finally and inevi tably lead to the transformation of the tax upon in comes into a tax upon property. As the popular op position to the Ministerial project of a permanent tax upon all incomes not less than 1501. per annum, indiscriminately, was not sufficiently powerful to carry through the proposal of Mr. HORSMAN, let it not be so far discouraged as to hesitate in recording its votes with Mr. HUME. Better have a gleam of hope than the total darkness of despair, better have a scrap of comfort than none at all, better have the re striction of the obnoxious impost to a single year than its imposition for an indefinite period. The plan introduced to the national representatives by the Honourable Gentleman the Member for Cockermouth, was about the very best substitute for a property-tax that could by possibility have been devised. It was literally the purging away of injus tice from the Ministerial budget, by the modification of the intolerable system established by Sir ROBERT PEEL. It was tfgallant battle in behalf of the labour ing population, the object of the battle being the more equitable assessment of the tax upon incomes. Mr. HORSMAN recognised the fact which must be obvious to every man with an ounce of brains and his heart in the right place, namely, that the imposition of one uniform burden upon incomes derived from the profits of capital and those derived from individual exertion was of a cruelty without any palliation whatever. Seeing this, he proposed a more equitable scale of assessment, but the majority of the representatives not seeing it (or seeing it, and not coinciding with it), rejected his proposition. Now, therefore, a last plank is thrown out to the Commons by Mr. HUME. If it be received provei vedahh the t t e country wills it to be received, it means of leading to the salvation of the workers of the empire. If it be treated as a merely idle provo cation to the Government, it will have no more bene ficial influence over the fortunes of the community than the straw washed through the fingers of a drown ing mariner. In this critical instant it• is not uninteresting to consider whether the matter rests entirely in the hands of the legislators, or whether the people them selves have not a voice in the decision. So far from the possessors of the franchise being without any power upon a point of such vital importance to them selves, we are convinced of this, that the continuance or the rejection of the income-tax in toto reposes altogether with themselves. Let them but believe this—and act—and they will very speedily prove the correctness of our assertion. In this respect the Liberal electors of Liverpool and Manchester are acting in a manner worthy of universal imitation. Their proceeding is simple enough, and is this—they have in especial meetings drawn up re quisitions for transmission to their respective Mem bers, which requisitions are at this very time in course of signature—the electors of Liverpool calling upon Mr. CARDWELL to resign, and those of Man cheser entreating the same favour from the Right Honourable MILNER GIBsoN. Even if these requisi tions be treated with a profound and contemptuous silence, they must prove efficacious, in as far as they will indicate the adverse sentiments of the different constituencie*s. They will show exactly what is to be anticipated at the next general election—that of all modes of taxation the taxation of the incomes pro duced by toil is the most abhorrent to the industrious electors of the United Kingdom—and that no one who votes for the infliction of this grinding burden on the community will ever again have the shadow of a shale of a chance of representing them in Par liament. To-night the final opportunity will be granted to our representative legislators, through the ingenious loophole opened by the lion. Member for Montrose. reprirve is held out to the multitude such as may procrastinate its doom, and by procrastinating it may ultimately lead to its reversal. The division list upon the forthcoming debate must be scanned with a rigid and pitiless eye, otherwise the rewards of the industry of England will be again juggled away by A grasping and avaricious aristocracy. The quarter-acre clause is to be maintained in all its stringency. The permission sought for by the don. Member for Rochdale, to bring in a Bill to emend the Irish Poor•law by the repeal of the 10th section, was last night refused by a majority of 93, 21 Members only 'having recorded their votes in favour of the motion. Long since we pointed out the injurious tendency of the obnoxious provision, which was not contained in the measure when first introduced by the Government, but was added - hereto, in order to appease the party by whom the entire law was most strenuously opposed. It afforded in opportunity to those anxious to clear their lands of doing so, without incurring the disgrace and (ilium that would otherwise be the inevitable consequence of such a proceeding. It was no longer necessary for a landlord to have recourse to the ejectment statutes, or to take my active measures to attain his object. lie had only to refrain from giving employment himself, and t o induce the neighbouring landowners to act in a similar manner, and the struggling cettiers must -uccumb. When deprived of their ordinary means of subsistence, they must necessarily have recourse to the provision to which the Legislature has declared them to be entitled; but before they can obtain any the slightest relief, they must deliver the possession of their humble holding—they must abandon the roof -bat has sheltered them, and wander forth on the wide world, houseless and destitute. No relaxation is ; )ossible—the law is inexorable, however pres sing the emergency; however trifling the aid sought for ; however valuable the humble tenement. Though it had been cropped and well cultivated by the labour of the wretched family, it must be surrendered before assistance can be given. The father of the family might be stretched upon a bed of sickness, unable for the moment to pro cure for his children the price of the food he had ever earned for them while in the possession of health and strength ; but, although his life might be preserved by temporary relief, it cannot be afforded unless he quits the premises in which his entire life has been spent. Well might it be termed " the most monstrous clause that had ever been introduced into an Act of Parlia ment." It might be argued that the party claiming relief would only be compelled to surrender the surplus of land above a quarter of an acre, and that he might still retain the cottage itself, and so much of the land in its immediate vicinity, but it should be remembered that the landlord is only bound to ac cep t suc h a surren d er , " prov id e d it s h a ll include the appli cant in entire of the holding held by such one holding from the same landlord." This provision practically compels him to give up all he had previously occupied ; for few, indeed, of those likely to come within the scope of the Act hold under different landlords, or in separate takings. It was not occupying intended Mr. Ca Awroan to enable per sons farms to obtain relief possession t s c se e s r s ta io i n n sm b se asons of the year, and still to retain the of their land. All he desired was that the boards of guardians should be empowered to grant the necessary assistance whenever the parties claim ing it were undoubtedly in a state of destitution —that should be the only lest in the first instance. Where, however they happened to be in possession of land, the relief was still to be supplied, but in the shape o f a loan, and not gratuitously. And the board should be empowered to sell the tenement itself, and any other property of which they might be possessed, for the repayment of the loan. Surely this would have been sufficiently stringent to prevent any abuse. It would not however clear the lands, and give the landlord summary possession without any expense or trouble, and consequently it was not acceded to. If a wretched family should be found perishing for want of food, the relieving officer might still re fuse them aid, because the father had once possession of half an acre of land, and what was deemed to be "satisfactory proof that he had surrendered to his reputed immediate landlord, or his known agent, the actual possession, and whatever right or title he might have had to the occupation of any such land over and above the extent of one quar ter of a statute- acre" was not immediately forth coming. What sufferings might the wretched family endure while the official was satisfying his scruples on the subject. How could he be punished if he refused all aid, and that one or more of the victims met their deaths in consequence Of his obduracy. He was prohibited from giving it until satisfactory proof was afforded. The clause will, therefore, cast a shield over a class never very remarkable for hu manity or anxious to bestir themselves for the relief of the afflicted. We must again express our deep regret that 114 Members of the House of Commons could be found to support a law pressing so inju riously on the humbler classes—a law which would not for a moment be tolerated in this more favoured land. Letters from Naples state that the KING, disre garding the voice of humanity, and once more violat ing his solemn word and promise, has carried fire and the sword into the rich and populous city of Messina, which has been bombarded during forty-two hours by the royal troops. The Porto Franco is almost en tirely burnt down, causing, from the destruction of this entrep6t alone, a loss of 10,000,000 francs. It is said that the Messinese have attacked the citadel of that city, and taken it by assault. It was rumoured at Marseilles that the King of NAPLES had complied with the demands of the peo ple of Sicily. The Turin papers of the 4th announce the depar ture of the Jesuits from that city in consequence of an order from the Government. Some slight dis turbances took place on the occasion. By a circular of the 15th ultimo the communes of Lombardy are informed that they will be charged with a supplementary tax, to meet the expenses in curred in consequence ,of the extraordinary increase of troops in that part of the empire. The communes however, have met this demand with a flat refusal, in which step they are cordially supported by the peasantry, who openly declare they will not even pay the poll-tax. There is no news from Milan in the Paris papers of yesterday. All correspondence between Lom bardy and France is prohibited. A letter from Rome, of the 28th ult., states that the constitution would be promulgated in the first fortnight of March. Father VENTURA had published the plan of a constitution, which, however, had not. obtained the assent of public opinion. He proposed the establishment of a Chamber of Deputies and a Chamber of Peers, with this difference, that the latter should be composed of Cardinals only, and would only attend to religious affairs. In other terms, he desires but one chamber, properly speaking, for public business. Count FLARAULT, the Louis Philippist Ambassador at Vienna, fainted away on hearing of the establish ment of the Republic. He set out next day for Eng land. Thirty thousand troops have been ordered to march to Italy. M. DE FIQUELMONT has been appointed President of the Aulic Council, and is to start for Milan isnme diately with full powers. There have been attempts made at rioting at Ham burgh, but tranquillity has been restored. The Cologne Gazette of the 7th inst. announces that the King of BAVARIA has recognised the French Republic, and has confirmed the Envoy of the Re public at the Court of Bavaria. On the 3d an address was presented to the KING, signed by a great number of the inhabitants of Munich, praying for reform, and especially for the abolition of the censorship of the press, publicity of proceedings, and oral pleadings in the courts of law, the establishment of juries, the responsibility of Ministers, a change in the electoral law, a German Parliament, and the immediate convocation of the States, in order that those wishes should be ful filled. On the 4th the Prince of WALLERsrEits went to the great hall of the Hotel de Ville, which for the present is the head-quarters of the troops under arms, and announced that the KING, taking into con sideration the petition of the citizens, had resolved to dissolve the Chamber of Deputies, and to summon another for the 31st of May. The news was received with the utmost enthusiasm, and since then the city has been quiet. A petition has been sent from the inhabitants of the Prussian Rhenish provinces to the KING, de mending- 1. A faithful representation of the people, with a deliberative vote on all questions concerning laws and imposts. 2. Unlimited liberty of the press. 3. Trial by jury in all political offences and offences of the press. 4. Individual liberty. 5. A system of pro gressive imposts. 6. A law with respect to the working classes. 7. The communication of all pro posed alterations in the penal law to the representa tives of the people. 8. The right of association ; and 9th, a German Parliament. A similar petition has been sent from Coblentz. We extract the following from a letter dated Berlin, 4th instant : "The reaction of the events in France begins to manifest itself in every part of Germany ; Berlin has not escaped, and a regular panic fell upon our Bourse. In the short space of forty-eight hours, valuable paper, such as Bank Shares, fell 20 per cent. —a fall scarcely equalled on any Bourse in Europe. This first panic has, however, subsided, as people begin to hope that the peace of Europe will not be disturbed. " It was confidently rumoured, this evening, that the Duchess of Orleans and her two sons had arrived here." The article in the Preussische Allgemeine Zeilung, in which it says that Prussia will regard any infrac tion of the treaties, which for thirty years hare main tained the peace of Europe, as a declaration of war, has given great dissatisfaction to a large portion of the German preys. " What treaties," says the Cologne Gazette, " does the Prussian Gazette allude to, that have upheld so long the peace of Europe ? It surely cannot mean the treaties which in 1815 constituted the kingdom of the Netherlands, the kingdom of Poland, and the Republic of Cracow ? We are not aware of any thirty years status quo in the states of Europe, and we do not wish to thrust ourselves headlong into a war for a change which may affect us far less than those which have taken place since 1815 in the Netherlands and in Poland. We are quite ready to defend our German frontiers, but in other respects will act according to circumstances." The accounts from Leipsic, of the 4th, state that a deputation sent from that city with an address to the King of SAXONY, demanding reform, was very coldly received. The KING announced that the deputation could not expect him to give a categorical answer to such demands; that for the last eighteen years, during which he had reigned in Saxony, his conscience told him that his Government had always been in conformity with the principles of the constitution, to which he would continue faithful, and that the want of confi dence in him, which was evident in the terms of the address, had given him great pain. This answer was given verbally, but his MAJESTY promised that a written answer should be given hereafter. The liberty of the press was announced to the citizens of the free city of Frankfort on the 4th. Madrid journals of the ad of March hare arrived. The discussion on the demand of the Minister for extraordinary powers was still going on in the Chamber of Deputies. In the course of the debate TIDAL spoke mast bitterly against the French Re public, and reprobated the blindness of the French Opposition, which had stirred up a mob to destroy a system of government which was one of unmixed prosperity, peace, and happiness ! Eno myna made a most brilliant speech, warning the Ministry to take example by the fate of the French Government, and not to resist necessary reforms. The Gazette co n tains a roy a l de c ree of the Ist instant, ordering a levy of 25,000 men for the army d u i n ff d e e r r en th t e pr r o e v ce in n c t e. B s ill voted by the Cortes, and making the dist r ib u ti on o f t h e conscr i pts to b e raised by the The Duke of SOTOMATOR has given satisfactory explanations in reply to Mr. &myna's note, com plaining of the detention of his correspondence, &c. The Duke of G.Lumsszna has ceased giving passports for France, and the Frenchmen here are 'endeavour ing to find out to whom they are to look for protec- LONDON, PRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 10, 1848. tion in case of need. Baron TALLEYRAND is said to have resigned his Secretaryship. The Eco mentions a report that the new French Government have re quired to know whether the Spanish Government will recognise the Republic. It is said that they demand an answer within three days. There has been another great fall in the funds. The Threes were done at 24 at thirty days, and are re ported 231 buyers ; a sellers for cash after the close. Five per Cents., 14 sellers. Passive Debt, 5i sellers. Coupons, 11 sellers. "The guards filed off to the music of the Marseil laise, and the crowd dispersed in perfect order. Such was the effect of this republican manifestation, that the inscription of volunteers for the 12th legion amounted yesterday to 730, instead of the hitherto average diurnal number of 150. "Great changes have been made at the Luxemburg palace. The private garden hitherto appopriated to the grand referendary is open, with all the rest of the garden, to the public. The glazed passage which led to the residence of the president of the palace, and which was used as a conservatory, is being removed. M. Dupont (de i'Eure) is established in the hotel of the late chancellor, and over the principal entrance is inscribed, Hotel du president du Gouverneinent Pro visoire de la Republique.' " M. ALEXANDRE DUMAS has, through the columns of the Presse, addressed the following letter to the DUC DE MONTPENSIER We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The Constitutionnel states that a rumour was in circulation, to the effect that it was intended to post pone the elections for the National Assembly, at present fixed for the 9th April. The Provisional Government has established the Discount Bank of Paris, which will commence opera tions on Monday. Similar banks are to be esta blished in the departments. The National denies from authority the statement which appeared in the PreAse, that M. Gouncuaux had resigned the office of Finance Minister, in con sequence of a difference of opinion with his colleagues. M. GouncnAux had originally only accepted the ap pointment provisionally until M. GAaNIER PAGES, to whom it had from the first been intended to en trust the portfolio of the finances could make ar rangements to resign the office of Mayor of Paris. The National also denies the rumour that M. noun- CHAUX is to be appointed Governor of the Bank. That gentleman retires definitively into private life, A meeting of the partners of the firm of GOUIN and Co. is to be held this day (Friday) for the purpose of taking measures for the immediate re-organization and re-opening of the bank, and for augmenting the capital by 15 millions of francs. The Provisional Government is adopting the most vigorous measures to meet the financial crisis. A deputation of merchants waited on them yesterday to ask for an extension of the time already granted for meeting bills becoming due. The Government re plied they would consider the subject, and it was understood that the request would be granted. The ,Sikle says— " Prince, if I knew where to find your Highness, it would be by speech, it would be in person that I would go to offer you the expression of my grief at the great catastrophe which has personally befallen you. I shall never forget that during three years, apart from all political sentiment, and contrary to the desires of the King, who knew my sentiments, you were kind enough to receive me, and to do me the honour to treat me almost as a friend. I boasted of this title of friend, Monseigneur, when you resided in the Tuileries ; now that you have quitted France I demand it. This friendship with which you honour me—more than once you told me so—was an inheri tance which you received from your, brother—from your brother—whom Providence destroyed—because he was without doubt—by the love which was borne him—too great an obstacle between what was then, and what is now. Nevertheless, Monseigneur, your Highness, I am certain, had no need of this letter to know that my heart is one of those which is acquired to you. God forbid that I should not preserve in all its purity the religion of the tomb, and the worship of exile.—l have the honour to be with respect, Monseigneur, your Highness's very humble and very obedient servant, "4th March. AL. DUMAS." The Minister of Finance has issued a circular to the inhabitants of France, reminding them of the systematic prodigality of the late Government, and declaring that, under the French Republic, such a course of things cannot be permitted to exist. Al ready the Provisional Government, he says, is seek ing the means of diminishing, in a large proportion, the expenses of the State ; but, in order to succeed, it must be energetically seconded by all the citizens. It does not call for any extraordinary sacrifice—a simple anticipation in the payment of the imposts will be sufficient. In consequence, all good citizens are called on to pay into the Treasury at least one-half of their year's contribution. By that means, the circular declares all the services of the State will be properly carried on, and private credit will he strengthened by the firm situation of the credit of the State. The circular concludes by declaring that the Provisional Government awaits with perfect con fidence the effects of this appeal to the patriotism of France. "A letter from Toulon, written by a captain of a corvette, has arrived to-day in Paris. It announces that a steamer, bringing both the Duke d'Aumale and the Prince de Joinville from Algeria, has cast anchor at the distance of a few leagues from Toulon, near to Cape Sapet. The Prince was waiting there for the orders of the Government. We have no news from Algeria." The following members of the oorps dipltnnatique have been dismissed by the Provisional Government : M. Rossi, Ambassador at Rome; M. de Fla hault, Ambassador at Vienna M. de Marescalchi, First Secretary of Embassy at 'Vienna ; M. de Bour going, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo tentiary at Munich; M. de la Fressange, Secretary of Embassy at Brussels; M. de Broglie, Ambassador Extraordinary at London ; M. Louis de Noailles, Second Secretary of Embassy at London ; M. Henri de Beam, Paid Attache of Embassy at London ; M. de Chateau-Renard, paid Attache at Carla rube ; M. de Bearn, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Hanover ; M. de Lavalette, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Cassel ; M. de Bassano, Minister Plenipotentiary ad interims at Cassel ; M. de Glucksberg, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Lisbon ; M. de Tal leyrand, Secretary of Legation at Lisbon ; M. de Dalmatie, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni potentiary at Berlin ; M. de Barante, Ambassador at St. Petersburgh; M. de Bacourt, Ambassador at Turin ; M. d'Andre, Secretary of Embassy at Turin ; M. d'Eyragues, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Dresden ; M. Polydore de Laroche foucauld, Minister Plenipotentiary at Weimar; M. Bois-le-Comte, Ambassador in Switzerland; M. Hip polyte de Larochefoucauld, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister at Florence ; M. de Banneville, Secre tary of Legation at Munich; M. de Bourquenay, Ambassador at Constantinople; M. Ernest de Barante, First Secretary at Constantinople; .111. Edmond de Bourquenay, First Attaché at Constantinople ; M. de Mornay, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni potentiary at Stockholm. M. CARNOT, the Minister of Public Instruction, has issued a circular to the teachers of Primary Schools, ordering them to instruct their pupils in their poli tical duties as citizens as well as in their religious and moral duties. After dilating upon the impor tance of such instruction, he thus proceeds : " The greatest error against which it is necessary to warn the inhabitants of the country is, that it is necessary, in order to be a representative, to have education and fortune. As to education, it is evident that a worthy peasant, with good sense and expe rience, will infinitely better represent in the Assembly the interests of his condition than a rich and lettered citizen, who is a stranger to country life, or blinded by different interests to those of the mass of the pea santry. As to fortune, the indemnity which will be allowed to each of the members of the Assembly will be sufficient for the poorest. It must not be for gotten, that in a great assembly, such as is about to meet, the greater number of its members fulfil the part of a jury. They judge by yes' or • no,' as to whether the matters proposed by the elite of the members be good or bad. They have occasion only for honesty and good sense ; they do not invent. This is the fundamental principle of Republican law in the matter of national representatisn. He then directs the rectors to get manuals drawn up, in the form of question and answer, on the rights and duties of citizens, and to be careful that they he such as that profitable lessons may be drawn from them. It is the duty of the teachers, he says, to fill up the serious gap that has hitherto been allowed in primary education, and the Government looks for their energetic assistance in correction of past faults. " Let then (says he) the thirty-six thousand pri mary instructors rise at my appeal, to make them selves the immediate repaires of the primary instruc tion given to the inhabitants of country parts. May my voice touch them even in the most remote villages. I implore of them to contribute their part in founding the Republic. The question is not now, as in the time of our fathers, to defend the country against danger on the frontiers. It must be defended against ignorance and falsehood, and on them devolves the task. What France requires is new men. A revolution must not only renew institutions, but men also. The altar is changed when the work is changed. This is a principle of our policy, which it will not be difficult for our teachers to inculcate." It concludea as follows : Serious disturbances have it appears broken out in the Department of the Haute Garonne. A troop of brigands issued from the Upper Pyrenees and com menced an indiscx imiate system of plundering and burning chateaux and farm-houses. Troops were dispatched from Toulouse, who succeeded in dis persing them, making twenty-five of them prisoners, who are to be tried at Toulouse immediately. From the tenour of the following article in the National, it would appear that the Provisional Go vernment entertains every hope that the peace of Europe will not be disturbed. " Our provisions relative to the foreign powers ap pear likely to be confirmed. We learn from the English journals that the Prussian Ambassador at London has declared to Lord Palmerston, that his Government would remain a neutral, if not indifferent spectator of the revolution which has been accomplished in France. Information which we have received from a person who arrived yesterday from Berlin, autho rises us to believe that in fact peace will not be troubled in that quarter. The news of events at Paris, of the adhesions of the departments, and of the calm which everywhere prevails, have thrown the Court of Prussia into great agitation. The enthusiasm of the population of Berlin did not permit Frederick William to change his disquietudes into menaces. Ile comprehended that, and has re signed his mind to leave us undisturbed. The Liberal Opposition becomes more p.,werful and more deter mined, calls for new concessions, and thus occupied at home, it is impossible for the King of Prussia to think of renewing the wild attempt of 1792. Were he even inclined, he would not be able, probably, this time to induce his people to march against us. The affair of Neufchatel alone could excite his anger; but that question is not a popular one in Prussia. Public opinion has already had occasion to declare itself on that point. It is unwilling that the King should engage the whole nation in the defence of an interest of but little importance, and altogether per sonal to himself; much more would it disapprove at present of the conduct of Frederick William to commence a war destined certainly to become general. Thus, whatever may be the regrets, the fears, and the anger of the Prussian Court, it is almost disarmed against us; it must be satisfied to curse France in secret, without attacking us: Austria in her part is too much occupied with Italy to think of us. Russia alone remains, but reduced to her proper strength, separated from us by Poland and Germany, In want of money, she will probably postpone her plans if she entertains any hostile ones. We continue, con sequently, to think that none of these powers will be tempted to interfere in our affairs. They are aware, besides, how France is accustomed to receive trouble some visitors of that kind, and the perfect security which prevails here will be to them a sign of the little disquietude which their plans cause." M. Louis BLaisc, the President of the Govern ment Committee appointed to adjust the claims of the labourers, had fixed the salary of the drivers and conductors of omnibuses to 3f. 50c. per day. M. BLANC had, moreover, considerably reduced the amount of the fines to which they were liable, and decided that their proceeds should in future specially belong to the conductors and drivers, and form a fund for the benefit of the sick and wounded, their widow s, &c. The Courrier du Nord of the 7th thus announces that the strike of the miners of Anain was nearly terminated : " Those honest labourers felt how deplorable it would be, not only for the Anzin Company but for the manufacturing interests generally, if the suspen sion of the works continued much longer, and have consequently reduced their pretensions to an increase in their salary of 20 centimes (2d.) per day. We are informed that the company is inclined to make that concession the moment the works shall have re commenced. 'We have even heard that the Adminis tration of Anzin would probably follow the example lately set to them by M. Rothschild for the Northern Railroad Company, and to interest the workmen in the prosperity of the concern by awarding to them a share of the profits." These papers do not confirm the rumour received by telegraphic dispatch, yesterday, from Folkestone, that the Provisional Government had stopped payment of the Treasury Bonds. " Such is the new service which in these revolu tionary times I claim from the zeal of the primary instructors. In the meantime, and before they have time to teach infants, with the necessary degree of calm, the elementary rights of the citizen, it is ne cessary that they should, en tattle hate, teach the adults. This is a task which is not beyond their force, and you will aid in it." The paviers of Paris have struck for an increase •f wages. They refuse to resume their work, unless the Government gives them Bf. a-day, in place of 4f., the ordinary price. The Government not being inclined to yield to such a demand, has employed journeymen masons to repave the streets. The Reforme gives the following account of the reception of M. BARGES (for eleven years confined in a dungeon, the victim of the tyranny of the Ex- KING and his Ministers), as Colonel of the 12th Legion of National Guards:— The Duke of SAxE•CoRURG and his Duchess, the Princess CLEMENTINE of Orleans, arrived on Satur day evening at the Palace of Brussels from England ; but the next morning set out again for Germany. BOURSE, THURSDAY, FEB. 9. " Yesterday, a t h a lf- pas t t we lve o'clock, there was animmense assemblage of National Guards in and out of uniform, in the Place du Pantheon, waiting the appearance of th e M a y or o f Paris and General Cour tais, to proceed to the reception and acknowledgment of M. Barbes, nominated provisionally Colonel of the 12th Legion. Other officers of different legions were also to be presented. The appearance of General Courtais and Colonel Barbes was hailed with loud acclamations. After 11. Recurt, the deputy mayor, had acknowledged and presented Colonel Barbes, the band of the legi on pl a y e d th e ' Alarseillaise,' all pre sent singing the hymn in chorus. Many of the fellow-prisoners and 011 associates of Barbes in the affair of May, embraced him in cordial congratula tion, the crowd exclaiming with enthusiasm, Viye la Republique.' When silence could be obtained, Colonel Barbes came forward, and delivered the fol lowing address : " Citizens,—My voice has been extinguished in dungeons of royalty, and I am unable to express to you as I wish the fe e li ngs w ith which I am impressed on finding myself at your head. I can only tell you that I view my nomination as an honour rendered, not to me, infirm and miserable man as I am, but to the principle for which I have had the fortune of un dergoing some sufferings. It is for that I have ac cepted, and for that I am certain of your concurrence in our functions. Citizens—do I deceive myself? No. Citizens of the Republic, sons of France, we all know but one duty—th a t of loving and defending her with all our strength, as we would love and de fend our wives and sisters, against all who may have the insane insolence to atta c k her. Such is your re solution—is it not, citizens ? For myself, what finer fate can I be ambitious of than that of dying (as I have constantly wished to do in my prison) for the holy cause of the people, for equality, and for France? Viva la Republique !' Matters were better to •day ; in some cases the fall has ceased, and in others an amelioration has been manifested. Amongst the latter is the Three per Cents., which show an advance of 5f., the closing price being 521. They were at first weak, and after having commenced at 48f., went down to 47f. 50c. ; about two o'clock, however, some sales commenced, which carried prices up, leaving them at the highest quotation of the day ; the Four per Cents. closed at 67f., or If. higher than the day before. Five per Cents. continued rather weak, closing at 73f. 50c., or If. 50c. lower. Nothing was done except for money, although, as on the previous days, the official lists contain quotations for the Account. They also give primes,' dont 50c., at 601., or Bf. difference between that price and the money one. The cause why the Five per Cents. exhibit more weakness than the Threes, is that many speculators anticipate a conversion as soon as the Constituent Assembly has time to pay attention to the matter. The number of quotations for the Five per Cents. to-day amounted to not less than 27, a greater number, perhaps, than was ever known before at the Paris Bourse. Bank of France Shares have again declined, the closing price being 1,9001., or 70f. lower than the day before ; Quatre Cantina closed at 1,0001., or 50f. lower ; Rouen, at 74f., or if. lower; Piedmont, at 8001., or 50f. lower ; City of Paris Bonds, at 985 f., or 15f. better than the day before. Belgian Five per Cents, of the Loan of 1840, were negotiated for the first time since the Revolution ; the price was 7.5 f., or 23'41. lower than the previous quotation. In Railway Shares several lines show an improve- ment :—Havre are 501., closing at 2f. 50c. ; Rouen, Cochrane, T. Wakley, Esq., M.P., and other Members of Bordeaux, and Bale, each 10f. higher, closing respec- forwarded Parliament a w i o t o t rsta address te the thatmeeting.he Mr. Hume has should not attend any tively at 4901., 400 f., and 100 f. Strasburg are 15f. meeting at the Eastern ' I g nstitution, and that he never higher, closing at 350 f. Northern, Nantes, and authorised any person to use his name. Lyons are each 7f. 50c. higher, closing respectively at 3521. 50c , 330 f., and 297 f. 50c. Boulogne . ;show a fall of 5f., closing at 1601. ; and Vierzon a fall of 30f., closing at 30f. Orleans and Marseilles are the same as the day before. The Bourse was exceedingly animated after two o'clock. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE. Nance 9. Boulogne and Amiens, 6 1 / 2 —Dutch Rhenish, 1 1 4 —Northern of France, 3—Orleans and Bordeaux, 2 1 4—Paris and Lyons, 1 1 / 2 —Rouen and Havre, 10 1 / 2 —West Flanders, 1%. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-FRIDAY. The quantity of English Wheat fresh up to-day was very small, and the stands were rather scantily fil;ed with samples of both red and white, although the week's arrivals coastwise have amounted to 4,850 quarters. Selected qualities were in moderate request at fully Monday's quotations. in the middling and inferior kinds very little was doing at late rates. There was an im proved demand for most kinds of Foreign Wheat; but we have no advance to notice in value. l'he supply on offer was not to say large. Fine Malting Barley moved off steadily at full prices. Grinding and distilling sorts were neglected. There was a better inquiry for malt; but no improvement was noticed in value. Oats were quite as dear, with a steady demand. All other articles as on Monday. Wheat. 4,860 qrs. CONFIRMATION OF THE ARCH- BISHOP OF CANTERBURY.—(THIS DAY-) This morning the confirmation of the Right Rev. Dr. Sumner to the Archbishopric of Canterbury took place in the parish church of St. Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside. The Commissioners appointed were his Grace the Lord Archbishop of York, the Bishops of London, Win chester, Oxford, Rochester, St. Asaph, Peterhorougb , Chichester, St. David's, Bath and Wells, Ely, and Lich field. The Archbishop of York presided. There were also present the Bishops of Madras and Antigua ; Dr. Bur naby, the Vicar-General ; Dr. Addams, Dr. Haggard. Dr. Robert Phillamore, F. H. Dyke. Esq., the Registrar; J. 'l'. Ba• ber, Esq., the Apparitor•General for the Pro vince of Canterbury, &c. The Archbishop Elect and the Bishops having put on their robes in the vestry, and the Advocates and Proc• tors, the Vicar-General, the Registrar, with other offi cers, having assembled, and the Archbishop Elect hav ing consented to the election, they wore conducted into the church, where morning prayers were read by the Venerable Archdeacon Hamilton, the Rector. The Right Rev. Commissioners then proceeded from their pews to a table prepared for them near the chancel, his Grace the Archbishop of York, as president, being In the centre, and the Lord Archbishop Elect remaining in his pew. The Proctor of the Arches' Court (Mr. Townend) officiating for the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury, prayed that the letters patent be read, which was ac cordingly done by the Registrar. After which the Ldrd Archbishop Elect took his seat at the table, opposite to the President of the Commission; his Grace being presented to their Lordships by the Rector, who, at the same time, presented to their Lordships the original mandate, whereupon the President directed the Apps• ritor (J. T. Barber, Esq.) to make the following pro clamation:— English .•.•.. Irish..... •... Foreign .• •• •• ARRIVALS. Barley. 5,910 qre. Oats. I Flog, 3,480 qrs. 1 3,090 skc. 700 1 -- 8,720 1 -- " 0 yes. 0 yes, 0 yes I All manner of persons who shall or will object to the confirmation of the election of the Right Rev. Father in God, John Bird Sumner, Doctor in Divinity, Lord Bishop of Chester, to be Arch bishop of the Metropolitical Church and See of Canter bury, come forward and make your objections in des form of law, and you shall be heard." At this stage of the proceedings, a manifest sensation was produced through the church, and the ceremony was proceeded with. The Archbishop of York then read the several docu ments, which was afterwards signed by the Comma sioners. The Archbishop Elect then knelt down, and Mr. Barber giving him the bible, administered to him the several oaths. The Archbishop of York then rose, and announced the confirmation of the election. The sentence of confirmation having been signed by the Commissioners, the proceedings terminated. ELECTION COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) HARWICH. The Harwich Election Committee did not meet to day, in consequence of Mr. Beckett, one of the members, having been attacked by the prevailing epidemic. ISE W DLEY. The Bewdley Election Committee re-assembled this morning; Mr. Wrightson in the chair. Mr. ALEXANDER was engaged the whole of the morn ing in replying on behalf of the sitting Member. He announced hii in►ention to call several witnesses to rebut the charges which the other side had attempted to establish, and to prove that Sir Thomas Winnington, the defeated candidate, and his agents, were guilty of bribery 4,380 2,360 Ma't, 6,350 qrs. SMITHFIELD The supply of English fed beasts here to-day was small ; that of Foreign on the increase, arid of fair average quality. Notwithstanding the attendance of both town and country buyers was limited, the Beef trade, owing to the falling off in the arrivals of country killed meat up to Newgate and Leadenhall markets was very steady, at fully, but at nothing quotable beyond, Monday's prices, and a good clearance was effected. The number of Foreign stock were 124 Oxen and Cows, 320 Sheep, and 49 Calves. With Sheep we were again scantily supplied. All breeds sold freely, at fully the late advance in the quotations. Calves were in moderate supply, and steady request, at au improvement in value of 2d per 8 lbs. Pigs were a slow sale, but not cheaper. Mulch Cows were selling at from 161 to 181 5s each, including their small calf. Per Sibs. to sink the offal. s. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts 3 4 3 6 4 econd Quality 3 8 3 14 Prime large Oxen 4 0 4 2 Prime Scots Large coarse Calves 4 2 4 e Prime small ditto Suckling Calves lB 4 26 11 Inferior Sheep .. s. d. to s. d. Second quality ditto 4 2 4 6 Coarse-woolled ditto 4 8 5 2 Southdown Wether 8 4 5 6 Ditto out of the wool Large Hogs •• • . . 4 4 4 6 Small l'orkers .... 4 8 5 9 Quarter old rigs ..18 5 24 0 Lambs •• • • ...... 0 0 0 U Beasts. 914 SUPPLY AT MARKET. I Sheep. I Calves. 2,950 196 NEWGATE AND MEAD EN H ALM, I Pigs 290 These markets were very firm, to-day, and prices were well supported in every instance. At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. 1. d. to s. d. ISeel • Inferior •••• • • 2 0 3 2 Mutton, Inferior 3 S 310 middling 3 2 3 4 middling— 4 0 4 4 prime large •• 3 6 3 8 prime .•.. 4 6 4 8 prime small .. i 8 3 111 Pork, large.... ••.. 3 S 4 4 rea1.............. 3le 410 I small .. • • .... 4 4 418 Lamb. Os Od to Os Od. BOROUGH HOP MARKET. - - On the whole, there is a slight' improvement in thy: demand for the best Hops of last yea►'s growth, at full prices. So little is doing in most other kinds that the quotations are almost nominal. Scarcely a transaction has taken place in old Hops for some time past. New Hops :—Sussex Pockets, 21 188 to 3/ 58 ; Weald of Kent ditto, 31 3s to 31 10s; Mid and East Kent ditto, 315 s to 5/ 8s per cwt. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY) The Lord Chancellor sat`to•day in the Old Hall, Lincoln's Inn, at half-past 10 o'clock. His Lordship, after _ disposing of the unopposed lunatic petitions in his paper, proceeded to hear the fur ther arguments in the part• heard appeal-motion of RAWLEY AND COMPANY V. THE NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY. This case came before his Lordship upon appeal from the decision of the Vice Chancellor Knight Bruce, or dering the submission to an award to be made a rule of Court. The plaintiffs were the proprietors of a colliery and wharf, part of the latter of which was required of the company for the purposes of their railway. The plaintiff claimed the sum of 3,3881. as compensation for the land, and the Company thinking the demand of the plaintiff exorbitant, the matter was referred to ar bitration. The company and_the plaintiff had executed the deed of appointment for arbitration which of the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act was deemed to be a submission. That deed had been lost or mislaid, but in the appointment of the umpire it was set forth by way of recital. The Vice Chancellor Knight Bruce ordered the submission to the award to be made on rule of Court, and the present appeal motion was against that order. The arguments occupied the Court the whole morning. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) The further arguments in the pert-heard cau,e of Fisher v. Price occupied his Lordship the Master of the Rolls the whole morning. VICE-CHANCERY.--(THIS DAY.) (Before the Vim CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) His Honour the Vice-Chancellor of England was oc cupied the whole morning with unopposed cause peti tions, short cause and cause petiti,ns. BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner SHEPHERD.) IN RE ASHLEY. This bankrupt was described as of Fleet-street, car tier, and to-day was appointed for an audit and certifi cate. The bankrupt, it will be remembered, was ne of the managers or directors of the Parcel Post Delivery Company. The case was called on at half-past eleven, the bank rupt and his solicitor being in attendance, in consequence of the notice in the newspapers that the proteJtion and notices fixed half-past two o'clock for the time. The Registrar said half-past eleven was the proper time, and asked if any creditors opposed the certificate and there being no answer the certificate was granted. SECONDARIES'.--(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary POTTER.) REPTON V. WHITMARSII. This was an action brought to recover the sum of 51. 95., for goods sold and delivered. The plaintiff is a boot maker and the defendant is an attorney. Tho defendant suffered judgment to go by default, hut a difficulty arose in proving the delivery and value of the goods. The plaintiff's attorney called witnesses to prove the delivery of an account to the defendant; but The Learned SECONDARY said that the account could not be put in evidence, as no notice had been given to the defendant to produce the one delivered to him. — Tile clerk to the plaintiff's attorney was called, and proved that he called on the defendant on the subject, and defendant said that he would take out a summons to stay the action and pay the money within four days. No sum was mentioned, as the amount was on the writ. The SECONDARY held that, as no sum was mentioned, this could not be taken as an admission; there must be evidence of the delivery of the goods and their value, of which at present the evidence was very meagre. It was, however, enough to go to the jury. In all such cases it would be better to give notice to produce the accounts. The jury gave a verdict for the full amount claimed. The other cases were devoid of interest. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) George Cooke, a youth of about seventeen, was charged with throwing a stone from the first floor window of the house No. 7, Strand, at a police-constable on duty in the street below during the riots of Tuesday, the 7th inst. Policeman B 5 said, that he was on duty on the day in question in Trafalgar-square and the Strand, and saw Policeman Gough, B 50 engaged, with others, in clear ing a mob from before the house No. 7. That was the house of Mr. Baxter, parasol maker. While 850 was thus occupied, the prisoner appeared at the window and threw a atone at him which struck him on the breast. Shortly afterwards another young man :Appeared at the same window, and threw a stone at another constable, which took effect, knocking his hat oft Gough, B 50, corroborated this statement. The second stone was thrown by a youth named Townshend. Some of the people hissed, cried " Shame!" and pointed to the window, and the prisoner and Townshend again appeared at the window laughing and using gestures of defiance. The prisoner said it was not a stone, but a crust of bread, that he threw at the constable. Townshend had nothing to do with it. Mr. Baxter, in whose employment the prisoner has been for about eleven months, gave him a good cha racter. He supposed this must have been an act of playfulness, though he did ntj set that up as a justi fication. Mr. JARDINE remanded him till a warrant should be taken out against Townshend, and he also should be brought here. In the course of the day several householders of St. Paul's, Covent garden, were sworn in as special con stables. MARLBRO'-STREET-(THIS DAY) There was nothing of the least public importance before the Court this morning, the whole time of the Magistrate being occupied in swearing in special con stables. The Duke of Nortolk, accompanied by his son the Earl of Surrey, were in attendance, and wire duly sworn in,, THAMES.—(THIS DAY.) SWEARING IN OF SPECIAL C O NSTABLES FOR TELE PARISH OF ST. MARY, W HITECHAPEL.—TbIS morning Mr. Ballantine, the magistrate, was some time engaged in swearing in above 300 of the inhabitants of St. Mary, Whitcchapel, to act as special constables. It was stated that a meeting was expected to be held at the Eastern Institution, Commercial-road F 4 no, this evening, for the purpose of congratulating the French on their late victory, and also to consider the necessity of abolishing the income-tax. Placards have been most treely posted about the metropolis, stat ng that J( svph Hume, Esq., was to take the chair, and that Charles LINCOLN. The Lincoln Election Committee re-assembled at twelve o'clock to-day; Mr. J. O'Connell in the chair. Mr. JAMES, on behalf of the sitting Member, replied to the case of the petitioners at some leegth, insisting that the evidence had failed to establish the fact that an agency existed between the parties who bribed the elec tors and Mr. Seeley. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. MANCHESTER, MARCH 9. . _ STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lanca shire, and Cheshire Junction, 6 1 4 dia.—East Anglian, Pro. ference, 3%—Great Northern, 7 11-16 dia.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, % dis.-D itto (West Riding Union), 3% dis.— Ditto, Halves (late L. and B.), 11 dis.—London and North-Western (Manchester aid Birmingham), Quarters ( B), 2 3 / 4 p.—Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 2% dia.— Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Grimsby Dock), 9 dis.—Ditto (Sheffield and Lincolnshire), 7 die.—North Bri• tish, Thir4s, 3 / 4 dis.—North Staffordshire, 'A dis.—South- Eastern and Dover, No 4,2% die. NE W CASTLE- UPON- TYNE,Mancii 9. STOCK EXCHANGI.—The sales are—Newcastle and Car lisle, 100—Ditto, New Scrip, 100 3 4—North British, 23% — Ditto, Thirds. 255. 6d.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, New, No. 2, 11. 7s. 6d. p. HULL, liAncrt 10. _ _ STOCK EXCHANGE —The sales are—North Staffordshire , 3 / 4 dis. —North British, Thirds, % dis.—North- Western, i% dis. without interest—New Berwicks, gyp. EDINBURGH, BLARczt 10. _ STOCK EXCHANCIE.—(CIosing prices, March 9.)—Edin burgh and Perth, 12s. 6d.—Great Northern, 53 —North British, 23% to 23►2—Ditte, Quarters, Us. 6d.—Ditto, Thirds, 20s. 6d. GLASGOW, MARCH IC STOCK EXCHANGF:(ThurscIay )—Caledonians, 30— Ditto, New, 29s.—Edinburgh and Glasgow, 74—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 85 3 ,4—North British, Thirds, 225. 91.—Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 6/. 16s. DEATH OF AN OLD WATERLOO OFFICER.—We have to record the demise of another old Waterloo officer, Colonel Cheney, C. 8., who was formerly connected with the 7th Dragoon Guards and the Scots Grays. He entered the army as Cornet in 1794; was promoted to a Lieutenant-Colonelcy in 1815, and to a Colonelcy in 1838. The deceased officer served with the 2d Dragoon Guards in Flanders, Holland, and other parts of the Continent, from the period of his entry into tho army down to the close of the war in 1815. Towards the close of the day on the 17th of June the command of a regiment devolved upon him; on that occasion he had no less than five horses shot under him. SEAFORD BAY.—nvo VESSELS Asuoaz.—At about eieht o'clock thk.morning (Thursday), two large vessels got upon the rocks, under the cliff, iu a heavy fog, one, a large ship, said to be the " Columbine," laden with a general cargo, and outward bound ; the other supposed to be a light French barque. The former has since floated to sea after a narrow escape, but the tide fortu nately was flowing ' • and the l a t ter h as was h e d up nearer the cliff, not far from th e H ope - gap, an d it is feared will become a wreck. Several boats put out to render assistance, and Mr. Cole (Lloyd's agent at New haven) was also soon in attendance. THE MARINE SoclETr.—Yesterday a meeting of Vie Committee of Governors was held at the Society's office, in Bishopsgate street, for the reception of boys, and the trans iction of general business. The annual re port for the past year stated that 436 distressed boys had been placed on bard the Society's ship the Iphigenia, where they are taught the profession of sailors, the practice of great guns, the use of small arms, &c.; and also instructed in reading, writing, and their religious and moral duties. Of the above number 36 had been sent into the royal navy, 40 into the Indian navy, and 261 into the merchant service. There are now upwards of 100 on board. The total number of boys thus pro. , vide' fur, since the Society was founded, amount to up wards of 48,000. The receipts for the year were 7,9611. 10s., and the expenditure left a balance of 90/ los. 3d. Lord Auckland, First Lord of the Admi ralty, will preside at the anniversary festival. SUPPOSED DEATH PROM EATING MERCURIAL OlNTMENT.—Yesterday an inquest was held at the Mill bank Prison, before Mr. Bedford, on the body of David Rees, aged 21, a Welehman, convicted at the Cardiff Sessions on the 4th of January last of stealing wearing apparel, and sentenced to seven years' transportation. The deceased, it appeared, was received into the above prison on the 19th of January, apparently in good health, and made no complaint of illness until the 22d of that month. He was regularly attended by the surgeon, and on the 3d of the present month, as he was found to be troubled with vermin, a box of mercurial ointment was given him, with directions that ho was to apply very little at a time, and that very carefully. The next morning, one of the warders finding him in bed, almost insensible, had him immediately carried to the infirmary. The box of ointment (a large one) was discovered almost empty, and Dr. Baly, the medical officer, at one time thought that the deceased had used it improperly, and that the symptoms under which he laboured might have been produced by it, although it was unlikely to have such rapid effect, and there was no appearance of sali vation. The deceased died on Wednesday, and the cause of death being doubtful, a post modem examination was mad.-, Dr. Basham assisting at the request of Dr, Baly. The cause of death was then found to be disease of the kidneys, with dysentery. A verdict of " Natural death" was returned, and Dr. Baly, at the request of the jury, said he would give instructions that for the future no prisoner should have more than one-fourth of the quan tity of ointment at a time. Sw6ARINE•IN SPECIAL CONSTABLES.—AII order was yesterday afternoon issued by the Secretary of State for the Horne Department, directing that, in consequence of the authorities and other influential persons, in va rious parishes of the metropolis, having expressed their willingness to be sworn in as special constables, for the protection of property and preservation of the public peace, the magistrates of the districts were immediately to make arrangements for the swearing-in of such re spectable persons as were disposed to act. ell RTHS. On Ash Wednesday, the Bth inst., at Bitteswell Vicarage, near Lutterworth, Leicestershire, Mrs. Monnington, of a son. in the 4th inst., at Upper Tooting, Mrs. John liewetson, of a son. On the sth inst., at Bognor, Sussex, the lady of Christo pher Cookson, Esq., of a daughter. On t lie ith imt., at the Crescent, Albany-road, Camber well, Mrs Baylis, of twin daughters. On the 7th inst., at Brighton, James Thomas Horner, Esq. of Denmark-hill, Surrey, to Mary Perkins, of Sidtatoath►. Devon, daughter of the late W. Perkins, Esq. • On the Gth inst., at Shanklin, Isle of Wight, Alexander Home Renton, M.D., aged 54. On the 7th inst., It Chepstow-place, Camberwell New. road, George Cowell Keith, Esq. London: Printed and Published by MIIRDO YOUNG, at No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Mee, No. 112 1 Strand, in the PreCinct of the Savoy, in the couuty of Middlesex, Friday, March 10, 1848. MOD] &mil blit elassee. trader the PI PIBIIDYN