The Sun. — London, England, 1848-02-25 00:00:00

NOTICE. VOL- XII, of the LIVES of the QUEENS OF ENGLAND, By AGNES STRICKLAND, COMPLETING TUE WORK, Will be Pilbilahf.d with the agazinea on the Ist of March, embel lished with a rortrait of the Authoress, and other Illustrations. Those wisp desire to obtain copies on the day of publication, are rwlheeted t j givotheir orders immediately to their respective book sellers. 13, Great Marlborough-street. WHARRISON AINSWORTH, ESQ. • " JAMES THE SECOND," The New Historical Romance, Edited by W. H. AINSWORTH. Esq., Is now ready, in 3 vole., with Illustrations. " A very interesting romance."—John BuR. • A novel of great interest and abllity."—Sunday Times. • This romance has considerable merit."—Examiner. Henry Colburn, publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. A NEW EDITION OF MEMOIRS of the QUEEN of PRUSSIA. By Mrs. CHAS. RICHARDSON. Will be published TO-MORROW. *** Orders received by all Booksellers. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty). DIRECT LONDON AND PORTSMOUTH RAILWAY. CALL OF 11. 10s. PER SHARE. ifotlee is hereby given, that a Call of 11. 10s. per share has been made on the several shareholders in the Direct London and Ports month Railway Company, and that such Call has been and is ap pointed to be paid on the Fast day of June next, at either of the Undermentioned banking-houses, viz., at Messrs. Denison, Heywood, and Co., 4, Lombard-street, or at the London Joint-Stock Bank, Princes-street, City. WILLIAM ARTHUR WILKINSON, Chairman, R. S. YOUNG, Secretary. Company's Offices, London-bridge Railway Station, Tooley-street, Feb. 25, 1848. HER MAJESTY'S TREAT It E. The Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public are respectfully Informed that an EXTRA NIGHT will take vivo on THURSDAY next, March 2, when wil l be performed Itoe-. oelebrated Opera, IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA. Rossini, Mdlle. Soda Cruvelli ; II Conte d'Almiviva, Signor Gar fiegigg:„Basilio, Signor Douche ; Bartolo, Signor F. Lablache ; and , Signor Belletti. After which will be presented An entirely New and Original GRAND BALLE r, In Pour Tableaux, by M. Paul Taglioni, entitled FIORITA, et la Reins des Elfrides, ti The Music composed by Signor Pugni ; the Scenery (entirely hy Mr. C. Marshall ; the Appointments by Mr. BradwelL• the Costumes by Miss Bradley and Mr. Whales, under the siarin tendence of Madame Coperc. Principal parts by Mdile. CAROLINA ROSATI', Mlles. Dither Ausundon, Thevenot, Julienne, Lamoureux, and Mdlle. MARIE TAGLIONI, &c. &o. • Principal Dances, I. Tableau. La Ctur d'Auberge en Sidle La Piancie—Mdlle. Rosati, and Mdlles. Julienne and Lamoureux, &c. La Palermitana—Mdlie Rosati. 2. Tableau. La FOret des Elfrides, )3al abileet Pas de la Reins des Ebri les—Mdlle. Marie Tagli oni, and Mdlle. Ausundon, Thevenot, and Dames de Ballet. Danse Nationale—Corps do Ballet. has—Mdlle. Rosati and M. d'Or, 3ldlla. Julienne and Lamoureux. 3. Tableau. La Cabana de Hertha. Villueon - ..Mdlle Marla Tag Hunt and M. d'Or, and Dames de Ballet. 4. Tab:eau. Les Jardins Enchantes. t'Animation.—Mdlle. Rosati and M. d'Or. and Dames de Ballet. Marie Taglioni and 31. d'Or, lldlles Thevenot, kunindos, Julienne, Lamoureux, and Damee de Ballet. La Cllatinient—Sc6ne Finale. .ipplittitions for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box- CAW Of the Theatre. The doors will be opened at Seven, and the performance com mence at Half-past Seven. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. 70-MORIKMY February 26, will be presented YERDL'i ADMIRED OPERA OF ERNANI. Cark. Y• • . . • • • • .. .. .. Signot 7 GARDANI, his first appearance this seAson. May Gomm do Silva.. Signor BE LLETTI, his first appearance.. x rnw il Signor C177.Z.1..\ I, his first appearance ; and El - vira .. ••• • • ..... .. Sidlle. SOFIA CRUVELLI. To eatmluite with the highly successful Ballot, in Four Tableaux, **titled FIORITA, et la Rein° des Elfridee, Appileatlons for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, to be made at tho Box-ettice of the Theatre. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Ms'art he Manageaent of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. 'THIS EVENING Will be perforated Goldsmith's Comedy of SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER. Characters b 7 Messrs. Farren, Tilbury, U. Farren, Keeley, Briudal ; Mrs. Glover, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, and Mrs. Ifisbett. _ _ _ After which, the celebrated Drama of OLD PARR. To conclude with the Farce, cnaed DEAREST ELIZABETH Mr. 3donel Lax, Mr. Keeley ; Mr. Winch, Mr. Rogers ; Betsy, airs Leeley. Male Manager, Mr. Farren; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Webster. J. T. Archer, Box-book keeper. Boxes, as. ; Pit, 3s. ; GAllery, 23. ; Upper Gallery, le. Doors open at Ilitlf-past'Slx, Performance to eommence at Seven THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPMI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING RIX be presented an en*rely I , cWPlece,entkled the PEARL OF TM& OCE4N ; cr, the Prime's and the Mermaiden. Principal claa mtgs.; by Messrs. Waye, P. Bedfurd,, Wright, Munyard, Glennaire, Calledierd, and Worrell ; MIA Woolglar, Miss Emma Harding, Miss 31111 en Chaplin, Mrs. Laws, aid Madame Celeste. To lie followed by a new and original Farce, entitled OUR NA TIONAL DEFENCES ; or, the Cockshot Yeomanry. Principal itharacters by Messrs. Lambert, Wright, P. Bedford, Sanders ; Ma •ante Celeste, Emma Harding, Mrs. Laws, and Ml Woo lg ar. To conclude with a new Farce entitled THE TIPPERARY LE .QY. Tranem Gneen. Mr. Wright ; Bob Gills, Mr. Munyard ; Leafy Serimmage, Mr. Paul Bedford; Chubblock, Mr. Callenford ; rolloOms.u. Mr. /enders ; Lissy Chullblock, Miss Woolgar. Boxes, 4e. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallary, le. Mors open at Half-past 31x, Performance to commence at Smut. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Managemext of Madame Vestria. gala Legaee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVE N WU be perfirrined a new Piece, entitled DONE ON BOTH SIDM. After winch. a New Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE GOLDEN BRANCH. Zzincipal characters by Measrs. 11. Hall, Harley, Ker- Olga, MadanTs Vestris, Miss K. Fitzwilliam, and Mrs. Macnamara. to conclude with a Romance of Real Life, called BOX and COX. Principal characters by Mr. Harley, Mr. l3Ackstone, and Mrs. Mac- Namara. Dress Boxes, ss. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No lief-price to any part of the house. . . The New BOi-ofilce, Nib. 2, Wellington-street, is open to the Public every day, from Ten till Six. The Interior of the House has been entirely re-designed by Mr. W. Bredwell of the Colosseum. FRENCH PLATS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell, 33. Old Bond-street. THIS EVENING, To-moiutcrw EVENING, Will be presented CE QUE FEMIIIE YAM'. Agatha Delannay, 3tdlle. Nathalie, After which, LA VICOMTESSR GOLOTTE. La Comte de 310- Tames, M. St. Mare ; Le Vicomte d'Herouville, 3f. Fechter ; Le Clevalier Tancrede, M. Montaland ; Lolotte Bertin, 31dlle. Nathalie. Boxes, stalls, tickets, and season prospectuses, may be had at Mr. SIITCHBLL'S Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. Doors open at Seven, tocommence at a quarter past Seven. Boxes, 6s. ; Pit, 3s. Gd. ; Amphitheatre, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. 3laddoz, sole Lessee and Manager, Duchees-street, Portland. place. THIS EVENING WM be performed Shakspere's Tragedy of OTHELLO. Othello, afr. MaoreadY Desdemona, Mrs. Butler. . _ _ To conclude with a nevr Christmas Pantomime, entitled OLD irITH.ER TIME ; or, Harlequin and the Four Seasons. Dress Circle, 5a.: B.zes, 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. STRAND THEATRE. • NEW MANAGEMENT, Ender the Sole Direction of Mr. Oxberry. Immense success of Lucy of Lammermoor. THIS EVENING, 'Thu performarsees will commence with an interesting Drama, called THE PROFLIGATE. Principal characters by .Messrs. Ox berry, Laws, Rogerson, Miss Love, and Miss Eliza Terry. 'To b followed by a New Grand Burlesque Opera, by the Author of the ..Ade . lplit Norma," called LUCY OF LAMMER 2100 R. Not with 31r. Bunn's or M. Jullien's, but with Oxlserry's powerful cast—Lucy, Miss E. Terry ; Captain Ashton, Mr. Oxberry ; and Edgar, Mr. Yarcold. After which a new Ballet, entitled TIIR LIGHT OF TIIE HA REM. Prince Salim, Miss Jane Coleman ; Azula, Mdlle. Louise Zilanche. To conclude with THE DENOUNCER; or, THE SEVEN CLERKS OF MARSEILLIIS. Principal characters by Mr. E. I,aws Messrs. Oxberry, Yarnold, Rogerson, Montague, and Miss Lore. Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. ; Boxes, 21.; Pit, is. ; Gallery, 4d. Half- Dries to PR and BOIC9 at a Quarter befgre Nine. ♦STLEY'S ROYAL A4PHITHEAT I . Orand Combination of ATTRACTIONS at ASTLEY'S, which con tinues its chain of Magnificent Entertainments. THIS EVENING, The New Georgeous Spectacle, THE BATTLE OF THE AMAZONS, in which Mr. W. West wlll make his first appearance this -eason. Entirely new Scenes in the Arena, by the talented Artistes of the Establishment, in the various modes of equestration, and In- Ilrodaing Mr. Batty's highly trained steed, The Gem of the World. Concludiag with a favourite Afterplete. Box-office open from 11 till 5. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL VICTORIA TAEATRE. TINS EVENING, Will be presented ABD-EL-KADER. To be followed by the CROSS-BOW LETTER ; or, the Miller of whetatone. Kate Carraway, Miss Vincent To conclude with ADMIRAL SA.M. 11° Ies , 1 .• • tit 6d • Gallery , 4 , 1. No Hall-price to any part of the hou se , * Doors open at Six, to commence at Half-past Six. ExEctrriox.—Jaanes Skeahan and James Quane, convicted at the late special commission for Limerick of the murder of Mr. Ralph Hill, suffered the extreme penalty of the law on Tuesday in the front of the county 1 gaol. An immense multitude of spectators were present. l i TRASSMISSION Or BooXs BY POST.—CAUTION.— 'We understand that_ many book parcels have been as letters in consequence of disregard by the seharged blio of the regulations of the Treasury. The mistakes pu consist chiefly .of stamps, and of printing on the envelope th e name of the bookseller, which, though_ allowed i n newspapers, is Serbidden as regards books. CAEN TONE , ITS QUARRIES AND ITS Q UALITIES. S The atones from the quarries at extent lla nvi l i i n e ' thesy says public i r. Freeman, has been used to a great _ t. Vallery, Diep pe, 'works at Honficur, Havre, Fecamp, 6 sand Treport, also in the works theat mooutshi ddvery o e f r e the river Eat Caen. The hard, or dog bed, , is s n a few blocks (durable; about 70 tons of this stone, withc .of the white bed (which is of softer quality), have 3ately been landed at Dover for the Governmenirt and works, under the direction of Messrs. Walker and Burgess, , is further quantity of a b ou t 1,000 t o ns is in course of delivery. The quarries at Allemagne do not appear to lave been worked to any extent until about the year 2808 ; the ston e f ormer l y sent to t hi s country i s k n own to have been much laminated, and of a harder texture. A stone celled colombollo was formerly shipped in con aiderablo quantities ; it is considered very durable, and the blocks, on being sounded, ring like copper.—Builder. WINDSOR, THURSDAY, FRB. 2-l.—The seventy-- fourth birth-day of his Royal _Highness the Duke of Cambrid ge was celebrated here to-day with the custo mary tokens of respect, the almost continual ringing of 0:19 joy bells, both in the Castle and at the parish church, the firing of royal salutes by the Corporation ordnance in the Bachelors' Acre and also at the Belvidere Battery between the Southarepton-road and Virginia Water. many of the p r i nc i pal tradesmen illuminated their balms in honour of the day. The strike in the icon trade is approaching to a termination, terminating as such measures usually do, in the return of the workmen to their employment after teorious suffering .: at the reducti on o f wages proposed by their masters.- - --Caledonia,n Mercury. THE SUN LONPON,I donne des armes r as a protection from assault and pillage. Among other causes of terror to the more peaceful Parisians are the conflagrations which have lighted up several of the districts in which the gas lamps had been entirely destroyed. In this manner it would seem that the manufactory of omnibuses at Neuilly had been ignited, and a guard-house in the Champs Elysees committed to the flames, The Government is in a state of dismay—the troops, numbering almost 100,000 men, are strong enough to crush a mere rabble twice their superiors in nume • rical strength—the Bourse experienced; the effects of this great emergency, as 'visibly as a magnetic needle vibrates under an extraordinary electrical con dition of the atmosphere—the more sober citizens were breathless with agitation—and a terrible blood shed was anticipated. Such was the position of the French metropolis up to the period when our latest dispatches had been received ; and from the unwonted delay of our ordinary express, we dread that some unusual catas-, trophe has interrupted the line of communication. Whatever may be the immediate consequence, the Reformers of France have at last drawn the sword. The standard of a new revolution has been unfurled at Paris; it flutters from the church turrets of Amiens, and we doubt not but that the tocsin is now sounding, and the rappel beating in many of the ancient cities of the French dominion. A grand alternative at length presents itself to King Louis PniuirpE. Shall he reign by liberality or by despotism—by a liberality strong in the po pular affections, or by a despotism potent through the sword, the bayonet, and the howitzer? Shall he secure to himself the love of his people, or the hatred of all posterity—the first by taking the initiative in constitutional reforms, the second by empowering his troops to commit the " can naille" of Paris to destruction ? Shall he sink into decrepitude in a palace guarded night and day by praetorians and janissaries, or shall he, like the Reforming Princes of Italy, pass unattended through the swarming concourse of his subjects—unscathed in his security and invulnerable in their love ? Will he still hearken to the insidious incitements of GUIZOT, as CUARLES X. listened to those of the recreant POLIGNAC? IViil BUGEAUD enact the part so feebly enacted of old by MARMONT, and Will JACQUEMINOT become his lieutenant, and conduct the detested guards of the municipalities against those brave Nationals who have been hitherto taught to regard him as their father ? Amidst all these memorable tumults, in the midst of this remarkable insurrection, an Arm, a Voice is wanting—Paris is waiting for a LAFAYETTE. The agitation against the Income-tax goes on gloriously. The metropolis is meeting by parishes to protest against the re-imposition of this iniquitous tax, and all the large provincial towns are doing their duty. Norwich meets this day. The Chamber of Commerce of that ancient city, which has taken the initiative on this occasion, represents, we are told, upwards of two hundred farms, all the members of which protest against the iniquity of taxing the hard-earned in come of the man of industry at the same rate as the income derived by the idler from invested property, which property goes to his family after his death, while the income of the industrious man dies with bim. At Bury a petition is in the course of signature, which will be presented on Monday. Liverpool and Birmingham are organizing, and the Scotch are loud in their expressions of indignation. We are rejoiced to find this spirit so generally prevailing through out the country. The provincial press is unanimous in its expressions of reprobation. Whig, Tory, Ra dical, Protectionist, there is no exception ! all are against the abominable five per cent. income-tax. We would urge on all the necessity of not slumbering at their posts. Petition ! Petition Petition ! Let each elector sign the petition against it, and add the designation Elector to his name. Bombard the House night after night with these petitions, and Lord Jon - N RUSSELL must and will give way. He will not want a good Whig precedent to justify himself for so - doing. Lord ALTHORP was obliged to withdraw his first budget, and propose a new one, and it will be the fault of the people them selves if Lord Joni RUSSELL be not compelled to follow the example of his predecessor. The Grand Duke of TUSCANY has given to his subjects a constitution even more liberal than that given by the King of NAPLES. The Members of the Senate are to be elected for life, and those of the Council General for a fixed period. It is declared in the 6th Article, that the liberty of commerce and in dustry shall be the fundamental principle of the economical law of the State. All religions are tolerated, and the law of mortmain is extended to the whole of the Duchy. Intelligence has been received from Lisbon of the 16th. The Prime Minister SALDANHA had promised a modification of the Charter, and the Government had proposed a Bill for the regulation of the National Battalions, which it was supposed would pass. The debate on the Speech from the Throne had not com menced in the Deputies, nor concluded in the Peers. There were rumours of a split in the Cabinet. THE THIRD EDITIONS "THE SUN" CONTAIN, AS USUAL, THE LATEST PARLIAMENTATtY INTELLIGENCE, AND ALL OTHER NEWS UP TO THE HOUR OF POST. Orders received by all Newsmen, and a the Sun-qffice, 112, Strand. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We have no means of obtaining the information required by our correspondent " Trouble." WEATHEa.—SITN OFFICE, FEB. 25. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 39 ; Highest, 50 ; Noon, 50. liAnomwrzn, 29.1.—W1ND S.S.W. ; showery. WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. morning.. 39 minutes after 5. I Evening .. 55 minutes after 5 Ottning manta. LONDON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1848. CONTINUED INSURRECTION AT PARIS. FRIGHTFUL LOSS OF LIFE. •GerZOT has fallen, and yet the insurrectionary move ment rages with redoubled fury In the streets of Paris. Count MOLE is installed as Prime Minister, and yet the insurgents are more than ever irate, are more than ever enthusiastic, are more than ever resolute in bearding the military strength of the SOVEREIGN. The revolt of a faction has dilated into the revolution of .a people, the disturbance of a day into the convulsion of an epoch, the peril of a Cabinet into the endangerment of a Monarchy. Nor can this be any matter of astonishment. Con servatism has so long tampered with the personal rights of Frenchmen, and has so flagrantly outraged the stational liberties of Franee, that some prolonged struggle for their reclamation, their vindication, and (if possible) for their permanent consolidation, has become inevitable. Louis Pnimprz has trifled with the dearest and, holiest aspirations of a great people, and must consequently anticipate a lengthened crisis when once the passions of that people have been fairly aroused, and especially now that their phy sical puissance has been so signally displayed in the face of a standing army of nearly 100,000 of the best disciplined soldiers in Europe, supplied with an almost inexhaustible ammunition, furnished with an abundance of provisions, shielded at once by the - constitutional aegis of the law, and by the stone defences of immense and almost impregnable forti fications. Without any outrage beyond that of destroying a stray omnibus, overturning a fiacre, pillaging a gun factory, breaking the doors of a guard-house, liberating a few prisoners, and heaping the stones of the pavements into barricades, the Parisians have conquered the despotic force which had of late years enthroned itself in the Tuileries, and have driven a Ministry of eight years' duration from authority, amidst the igno minious execrations of the Opposition. The Pari sians had accomplished all this without as many arms as would go into the quiver of a Paphian huntress ; they had subjugated the flatterers of the Orleans Dynasty without the clink of a bludgeon or the detonation of an ounce of gunpowder. Has any city, under such infuriating circumstances, ever evinced a more sublime and undeniable moderation ? No ; not one ! History is its witness. After such testimonies of magnanimity, therefore, after so many noble evidences of the popular wish to combine legality with innovation, it is not surprising that the citizens of that splendid capital should be driven into the commission of excesses, now that their forbearance has been repaid by such tardive and insufficient concessions. GUIZOT, it is true, has been compelled to deliver in his resignation, but Allen that resignation has been succeeded by th e formation of a Cabinet quite unfitted for the emer gency, under the presidency of a statesman whose energies are unstrung by extreme age, and of whom it must be confessed, notwithstanding his integrity, that his genius is quite inadequate to the occasion. Not only is this inefficiency of the new Adminis tration an ample reason for the renewed excitement of the insurgents, but it must be recollected that this aggravation has been coincident with a very me morable and animating occurrence. The National Guards have fraternised with the people, they have declared for reform, they have joined their voices with those of the multitude in crying out, "A bas Gt.nzoT!" they have chaunted with the mob the heroic couplets of the Marseillaise, they have been saluted with that most glorious of all titles, " Les Vrais defenseurs de la Patrie r Now that the vast and organized army of the National Guard has declared itself in favour of the populace it is impossible to put any limits whatever to the results of the - present insurrection, or rather to the new phase in that great French Revolution which virtually commenced in the middle of the eighteenth century. Extraordinary results, in extenso of the revolt, have already taken place—results so extraordinary as to betoken in a conspicuous manner the increased agitation and reanimated daring of the already victo rious Parisians. Several of the railway stations conti guous to the metropolis have been seized by the in surgents, and the iron rails torn up so as to preclude the possibility of any very speedy reinforcements of troops to the Government. Severe conflicts have also occurred in different quarters between the mob and the Municipal Guards, who, from the commencement of the outbreak, have been treated with jealous ab horrence. On the other hand, the regular troops have received every token of friendship from the people, and have evidently fulfilled the directions of their superiors with an excessive re luctance. In the Faubourg St. Martin and the Faubourg St. Antoine—localities already famous for the conflicts they have witnessed under the championship of HENRIOT—the fury of the in surrection appears to have attained its acme. Not only were platoons of infantry posted before the Hotel des Affaires Etrangeres, not only were squa drons of cavalry placed in the Champs Elysees and the Place de Carrousel, not only were forty pieces of cannon on the esplanade of the Invalides, not only did the troops of the line bivouac in the Boulevards during the night of Wed nesday, but formidable bodies of infantry, cavalry, Chasseurs a cheval, cuirassiers, dragoons, and Municipal Guards were clearing the streets at inter vals, occasionally charging down upon the dense masses of the people, and sometimes alarming the more pacific civilians by the roar of cannon and the rattling fire of musketry. According to the vague reports which have arrived, the bloodshed in several direction s has been frightful, although every exertion has been made and every device resorted to by the insurgents to prevent a needless expenditure of life. Glass, for example, was scattered over the causeways to impede the movements of the cavalry; and the National Guard, in like manner, co-operated with the multitude in striving to hinder as much as possible any very serious collision. Altogether, Paris is in a deplorabl e state of panic and agitation. If we may credit some of the most recent intelligence which has been received, more barricades have been now raised in the streets of the capital than were erected in the revolutionary days of 1830. Traffic was impeded--most of the shops were closed—and, as during the Great Plague of London, the ejaculation " Lon have mercy upon us ! " was chalked upon the doors of those houses where the inhabitants were stricken with the pestilence, so it would seem that the doors of several of the tenements in the Rue St. Aveye are marked with the inscription, " Ici on ~. \ a 4 ' A ..el, .. • , . 4... T, 6 0, iQu 4 fi x ' y. .., R' I F :, • ~. .... 4 sc A .. , . pi 6 40i,Agt,,,4541, ......-47 4 ',-: 101117xa , ~ n 0 ,3;:, ,,,. •x 0 7 4 ... 2 4 4,. r.oeio, ~• • OI .‘, s '••; .:'''',„„..... .1 .. ~j. . ~.!. . .„,,,,7 „ ; ' te.1 .. p, 4 1 - .,•, N , , ~... LATEST FROM PARIS. The Paris papers have not arrived in consequence of the renewal of the disturbances. It appears that the people have taken possession of all the railways leading to Paris, and taken up the rails, so as to prevent the arrival of reinforcements. There has been a frightful loss of life, and in many instances the troops have refused to act against the people. The passengers from Boulogne to Paris were obliged to return from Neuchatel to Boulogne, as the railway is stopped. It is said that an attempt has been made to burn the Tuileries. SUN-OFFICE, Three o'Cloch. We are still without direct intelligence from Paris. It is said, however, that the Government have re ceived a telegraphic communication which describes the state of Paris as fearfal. The latest direct intel ligence goes no later than Wednesday evening, at which time the people were erecting barricades in all direc tions, and making all the necessary preparations for a fierce conflict. It is said that the revolt is extend ing to the provincial towns, and that Amiens has " pronounced" in favour of the Reform movement. It is said that cannon had been fired in the streets of Paris yesterday. The fact that all communication between Pari3, and Calais and Boulogne, is stopped, is alone sufficient to prove that Paris was yesterday, and is most probably to-day, the scene of a most frightful carnage. SUN OFFICE, Half-past Three. There is a rumour prevailing in the City that the KING of the FRENCH has landed at Doter. We give this merely as a rumour, without in the least vouch ing for its authenticity. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 24. Boulogne and Arnlens,l3l;:f.Q.aiiheDish,. ‘) 3 / . —North ern of France, 11 1 4—Orleans and Bordeaux, 4%—Over Yssel, 2 dis.—Paris and Lyons, 5. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, FEB. 23.—The demand has not been so good during the past week, and the sales do not exceed 400 hhda., for which importers have submitted to a decline of Is. per cwt. from the highest point of tho market, at which reduction they are firm. The sales of rums aro 120 puns, principally Demeraras, at full rates. -. UNDERMINING. The Bradford workhouse is threatened to be remorselessly undermined by coal workings. unless 2001. be paid down directly to prevent the risk of its destruction; but the threat appears to have accidently , revealed the fact, that both the ground and the minerals beneath its surface belong to the work house itself! So that the Liter is likely to be bit, if it be true that he has thus unwarily caught a tartar. We are glad to learn that some of the print-fields in the neighbourhood of Glasgow are commencing, though slowly, to show signs of briskness. The Busby field, and some others, are now in full operation, and more are expected to follow soon. The operative calico printers have, we believe, suffered more from the late depression than any class of tradesmen in Scotland.— Glasgow Chronicle. CORCTNER'S INQUEST.—Yesterday a coroner's in quest was held by Mr. Bedford, at the Sun, Castle street, Leicester-square, on the body of Eliza Frances Ridley, aged 40. On Saturday last the deceased was in good health, and on the Sunday morning was taken with vio lent pains and died shortly after. On a post mortem exlmination a quantity of arsenic was foutal in the stomach. The inquest was adjourned. TWO men ha ve di e d o f starvation during the past week iu Compton - place, Brunswick-square. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was heavy. Sales, 3,500 bales. Railway Shares were a shade better. The Money Market is rather more feverish to-day, on account of the intelligence from Paris of the renewal of disturbances, but probably in the end there will be no particular influence exercised upon it, or rather the reaction that has occurred may be recovered, should peace be restored to France. The commercial markets have not been affected hitherto, but must be somewhat clogged, unless an alteration occurs. The accounts by the Tay steamer, from the West Indies, are given fully in another column of The Sun, but we may remark that there is not any particular feature in them. The mercantile houses in the City state, that their corre spondents are specially anxious to learn whether there is a hope of the discriminating duties being reim posed upon sugar, and we need hardly remark that this anxiety will not be long ere it is relieved, though not, perhaps, in the way anticipated. Our Government cannot return, in the present temper of the times, to the sys tem of class legislation, and is not so inclined. A small firm in the African trade at Liverpool is an nounced as having suspended payment. The Belgian Government has asked the Chamber of Deputies for a loan of 25,000,000 francs, or permission to issue Exchequer-bills to that amount. The Funds have to-day felt more seriously tho effect of the accounts from Paris, which now are regarded with some anxiety. Consols opened at 88i, fell to 87, and are now 87i to 88. Time bargains were made at 88 to 88, and since at 88i j. The settlement of the account has been completed today, and the pay ments this morning have been made with tolerable regularity, although one or two parties are in difficulties. Exchk quer-bills have been quoted 30s. premium. Bank Stock is worth 198 to 1991, and India Stock 244. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 894 and 89. Spanish Active Bonds are 201 and Portuguese small 26. Brazil Stock is worth 83i to 841. Dutch Two-and a-Half per Cents. are 33;1. Shares are dull. ONE CLOSING cRIcES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES Bank Stock 3 por Cent. Reduced Anns..... 88ti,% 87% 88 88 1 % 8814 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities-- 83 1 ,E 87 3 / 4 88 87% 87% New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anne 89% 88% 89 89 i‘ongAnns. to expire Jan.l860 Ditto, Oct. 10, 1859 ..... India Stock 244 241 India Bond 1,0004 ....... ..... ...24 20 p 20 p Ditto under 1.000[... —.. . 16 p 16 p Consols for April 13 . Exchequer Bills. Bd. 1,000/. . 500/. ,.. 34 p 29 p Small .. Ditto Advertised 25 24 p 24 p oNE CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCR. PRICES. Brazilian Bonds B4M 83 1 1 1 83% Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. — , Ditto, Deferred 4 4 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 l9 19 Ditto, Account l9 18% 18% Portuguese 5 per Cents Ditto, 4 per Cent — 25 Ditto, Small Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Passive Ditto. 8 per Cent — Ditto, Account •••• — 32% Dividends on the above payble in London. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild 5 3 3 /4 53% Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 84•,i 4 84 PRICES OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. PAID ' AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen 45 ..... Amber., Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junetion 3 1 4...... Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2% Belfast & County Down li ...... Birmingham and Ox ford Junction .... ... 20 Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley 10 Birming.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 10/. 145... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.... 7% Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 6 ... Bristol and Exeter B5 Ditto, Thirds Buckinghamshire... 12/. 4s. ... .. Caledonian Ditto. Half Shares .. 3 3 ,4 — Ditto,ClydesdaleJunc 50 Chester and Holyhead... 37% si% v is Ditto, Preference l2 - 000000 -- • - Clarence - _ Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10' ' — Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, _ 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports- mouth Dablinand Belfast June.. 25 Dundalk & Enniskillen 17%...... East Anglia, 251., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 ...... le .... lO Do., 181., E. & H.... 18 Do., 3/. 10s. Eastern Counties........ 20 Ditto (B) — . _ Ditto,Eitenaion,S per Cent., No. h.— 61.135. 4d.... % p. % p Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 138. 4d... l A % p % p Do., North. & Eastern 50 Do., Quarters De., New Eastern Union 50 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 ,4 — Ditto, Third5........135.4d.. .... Do. (guar.6 percent.) 10 ...... . ...... ... Ditto, ditto East Lancashire Ditto, New Ditto, New Quarters 33/ 4 ...... ... — East Lincolnshire •••••• 1 6 Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 Ditto, Half Shares ... 15 .. Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 Edinburgh and Northern 22 1 A Ditto, New.. 3 3i Ditto, Newport ......... 12 Ditto, ditto, New 214..... Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorch. 2 , Ditto, New ... — Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Glasgow,Kilmar., & Ayr 50 ...... Ditto, New .... ..... ... 40 ...... D 1 o.Preference Consol. 5 Great Northern - 4 _ __ Do., London and York 2g...... -- .- -.-.... ........ Great South. and West. (Ireland) Great .North of England 100 ......232 1 / , ex div... 232% x.d• Ditto, New 401. 5 Ditto, New 301 Ditto, New, 151. Great Western .. 90 103 Ditto, 1,4 Shares 5O ...... 59 Ditto, 1 4 Shares Ditto, Fifths 2O Ditto, New 171 .. . 9 %... .. 10 7 s lO% Huddersfield and Manch. 24 Ditto, Thirds Hull and Selby .. Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, IA Shares Ipswich& Bury St. Edm. 17 1 , Do., do and Norwich 15 Do., do., Extens. Scrip (late Camb. & Ely) 2 1 ,4 — ......... . Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 Ditto, ditto Ditto, IA Shares Do. Quarter Shares... 14 1 ,4 — ... Do. Fifths.. Do. Sixteenths 6 14 — Do. Thirds (Reg.)....10/.45...... Do. Liverp. and Bury 38 Ditto 1, , .( 2 (late Hud dersfield and Sheff.) 33 - ____ _ _ _ __ Do.(Wakefield,Ponte fract, and G001e).... 50 Do. (WI Ridinglinion)4/. 25... ... ••• --- Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 .. D 0.14 Shares (A)... 9 ... .. Ditto ditto (B) ... 1 1 4 Leeds and Bradford SO Leeds, Dewsbury, &c... 42 1 ...... ... . — Do., Half Shares ls_ - Do.Newßranch (blue) 24..• Do. NewExten.(pink) 2% Leeds and Thirsk ...... 40 Ditto, New - Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 31 ...... Liverpool, Crosby and Southport . 2 Liverp., Afanchester, and Newcastle Junction... 2% — ..... ...., London Ez Blackwall...l3/. 66.8 d 5% : !=t —•- ....... 5% Do. New, No. 2. 5/.138.4d — Do. Extension London, Brighton, and South Coast 50......36 36 t i ‘ 35% x•d—.35% x.d. Do. Consol. Eighths 4O Do. Guarant. 5 per ct.., 9 ...... Do. Pref. Con. 5 per ct. 50 .. ... 48 x.d.... Ditto, ditt0...... 1852 50 ...... London and Greenwich 12/15s 4d ••••••••••••••• Ditto, Pref.rence... 18/ 17s 2d London and N. Western 100 146 144 145 4... 144 Do., Quarters L. & B. 22 Do., do., New Ditto Fifths ..... 2 Do. 1 4 Shares (G. J.) 25 ...... . _ _ J. Do 46/.Shares(L.M.) 15 ...... Do. 40/. (M. & B.) ... 40 ...... Do. 10!. (MI. & 13.) A. 7 1 ,4.••••• Do. 10/. (M. & B.) B. 714. ••• •••••• Do. Kg, (m. & B.) C. 1 .•• -• , .. Lon &S. Western 5O ..53 521A53 5214 62 1 ,4 Do. New 50/. Do. New 40/. Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50 ...... •••• ••• -•-• Ditto ditto .... 40 ...... ••• ..... •-•— Ditto, Thirds 81.65. 8d•-•• 13q di* l 3 /4 dis. London, Salisbury, and Yeovil ..... ....... Londonderry&Gol;rsine 2714..•..• Londonderry - and Ennis- __ Lowestoft (4 per et.) ... 20 ...... Ditto (6 per et.) MarEthester.Buxton,and Matlock 3 ...... M4lichester, She/1614 and Lincolnshire ...100 ...... ......... Do. Quarters (No. 1) 13 ..... Ditto ditto (NO. 2)... 26 ...... FRIDAY EVENING, F:EBB RUAR Y 25, 1848, Ditto ditto (No. 3) ... ••• Ditto, New 101. Pref... •• ^ . • Ditto and Grimsby.... 25 •• •••••••• Ditto ditto . ......... 7 • Ditto ditto •••••• • ...... •••• - • • • Ditto Sheffield and _ . Lincolnshire N... i a Do., Grimsby Dock... 12 1 /.'• Do. Man. & Lin. Union 41.25.... Manchest.& Southampt- 2 i ls •••••• Midlan Do. Consolidated Pref.100 Do. 40/. Shares - Do. 501. Shares l5 ... .„ 1.3 1 / 4 % 1 39 Do. liirm.. and Derby100 Do.Consol. Bristol and Birming., 6 per et.... 100 ll 1:2% ex div... 12214 x.d. Midlnd, Brist. &Gloestr. 36 - Ditto, ditto - Midlnd, Leicest. & Swan nington, 8 per et.guar.loo ...... - ••• Midland Great Western Irish Neweastleand Carlisle...100 Do. Quarters 25 Newmrket &Chesterford 18 1 ,4_ Do. Extension .........21. .125.... Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor 12% ..- •. ... Norfolk .... ........ —.100 ... .. Do. New 20/. .. 5 - ••• ..... . ••• Do. Extension - Do. Guaranteed 5 1 / 2 pe. 5 Do. Scrip, 1847, North ofNorfolk.... Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 Northern Counties Union 4 ....... North British ... .... ... 25 Do. Half Shares 12%.....• Vl l / 2 II Do. Quarters..• ...... .. 5 1 / 4 5 Do. Extension - - Ditto Thirds . 2 ... •••• .. .- - IE4 North & South-Westorn 2 .....• -..-- - ..• - Nortl - Staffordshire lO ...... ,10 1 ,4 1 4 l O l4 North Wales - • - North Western 6 - - .- - Oxford, Worcester. and Wolverhampton ... .. 40 ... .• `ts t/ 2 Reading, Guildford, and Reigato Royston and Hitchin ... 1% - - ••••••••• .. -•- Scottash Central ,4 2 9 34 Scottish Midland 2 2 1,i - • ..- - Ditto, New ......... ..... 10 - ........ ••• •• - Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole - Shrewsbury and Birra... 7 - Ditto ditto. Class B. 4 - - Shrewsbury & Chester ( Nor. W. Min.) l6 - - Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 ...... .-- .. ... - Ditto Oswestry ...... 12 - - Ditto New - - Do. 8 per Cent. Pref. 5 -...•- ••• .... .... - Shrewsbury and Herefd. 2 ....- .- Shropshire Union South Devon 4O • .... .- ... Do. Preference South Staffordshire South Eastern & Dover. 33 1 /...:... Sl Ls 30% Do., No. 1 24 - -.. 20 1 4 Do., Nc• 2. Do., N 0.3 .-.... Do., No. 4 - - , 4 - - South Wales lB .......-. 9-4 ••• •• South Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole 3 • ....•• - ......... •••••• Swans. & Loughor &Ca- meron s Stm. Coal. ... 6 . •.... ... ........ Taw Vale Extension .•• 4 • •-••• ••• 00000 ••• Thames Haven Dock _ and Railway ........... 17 1 ,4....... Vale of Neath ... .. . 4 .—....— Waterford and Kilkenny 13%..,..... .. Waterford and Limerick 40 ....... VP aterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, arad Dublin West Cornwall Whitebaven & Furness 10 1 1 / 2 Windsor, Staines, and South Western........ 2 p Wilts, Somerset,& Wey mouth York, Newcastle, and Berwick. Do. Original New and Berwick Do. North Shields Pur. 25 Do. Extension No. 1. la Do. do. No. 2. ... 10 Do. G.N E.Preference 8 York and North Midland 50 Ditto, Preference ...... 10 Do. East and West Rid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 20 . 13% 12% Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) ... 16 Central of Spain 2 Ceylon Demerara 7 l /2 Dendre Valley... 4 Direct Bombay and Madras ss. . ... Dutch Rhenish ... 7 ... East Indian ..... 1% Great Indian Peninsular ss. Italian and Austrian. ... 4 Jamaica S. Ali d. Junction 1 Louvain it la Sambre ... 6 Luxembourg 7 Lyons and Avignon..... 5 Madrid and Valentia... 2 Namur and Liege ...... 16 ... ........ Northern of France...... 13 Orleans and Bordeaux 6 Over Yssel 413 s Paris and Lyons lO ..... 4%. •••• Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen ... ..... 20 Paris and Strasbourg ... 8 ••• • Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse lB .. 614 Strasbourg and Basle ... 14 Tours and Nantes .. 8 Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt ...... 16 West Flanders Bl/, 30% 20 1/4 - 1514 9 % 7% 127/ 8 1o 74 33 3 ,4 12% 15 ;1; 10 1 4 414 4 1 4 161 61,i tbtrti Taition ABDICATION OF LOUIS PHILIPPE. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LOUIS PHILIPPE HAS ABDICATED !- THE COUNT DE PARIS IS KING! THE DUKE OF NEMOURS, AS REGENT, IS REJECTED. THE ROYAL FAMILY HAS LEFT PARIS. A PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT IS IN - STALLED, COMPOSED OF LAMARTINE, LEDRU ROLIN, ODILON BARROT, MARIE ARAGO, GARNIER PAGES, LOUIS BLANCHE. LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, FEB. 25.—Wind S.S.W., moderate breeze and cloudly. DEAL, FEB. 23.—The brig Patmos, Beard, of Sun derland, from Cardiff to London, was struck by a sea this morning, off Farille, which stove in bulwarks, and smashed the long boat, some deck-beams are supposed to be sprung. WEYMOUTH, FEB. 23.-It blew a gale from N.W. the whole of last night, which still continues. PADSTOW, FRB. 23.—A ship's beam, 32 feet long, part of a mast, railroad sleepers, deals and balk, a n d a large quantity of wreck, have been washed asnore on this coast, extending from the New Quay to Portisaac. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 24.—The Eliza, from Hull, which arrived at Ceara, Dec. 8, was obliged to discharge part of her cargo (coals), to lighten and bring too, near the rocks; on the 17th, slipped and bore away to the north ward. DIINFANIIGHY, FEB. 23.—The Royal Victoria, bound to Limerick, which was on shore in Downing Bay, was got off 19th instant, making a little water, and will pro ceed with the first fair wind. WARBENPOINT, FEB. 23.—The Alceste, Cann, from St. John's, New, Brunswick, got on shore inside of Carlingford Bar to-day, but is expected off without damage. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-FRIDAY. A very moderate supply of English Wheat has been received up to our market this week, coastwise as well as by land carriage, and the stands, to-day, were scantily filled with samples. Selected quantities moved off steadily at about Monday's quotations; but all other kinds were very dull, and late rates were with difficulty supported. The imports of Foreign Wheat have con sisted of 6,150 quarters. In that description of grain next to nothing was doing at barely stationary prices. Superfine Barley was quite as dear. All other kinds were easier to purchase. So little business was doing in Malt, that prices were almost nominal. Oats, Beans, Peas, and Indian Corn were heavy, and the turn lower. In Flour, no change was reported, but the trade was heavy. ARRMALS. Wheat. Bssiciy, O a t s. I nom.. English ••• • • • 3,120 qrs. 3,490 qrs. 3,430 qrs. I 3,160 ski. Irish. •••• • • • 5,630 I-- Foreign ••• • • . G,130 1,320 -- 2,970 Malt. 2,480 Gni. The supply of Beasts on offer this morning was not to say extensive as to number, but at least two-thirds of it was of superior quality, especially as respects the arri vals from Norfolk and Scotland. The prevailing damp weather caused the Beef trade to rule heavy, at a decline in the quotations paid on Monday last of 2d per 81bs, and a total clearance was not effected. The numbers of foreign stock consisted of 240 Beasts, 190 Sheep, and 54 Calves, in fair average condition. With Sheep we were again very scantily supplied, owing to which the Mutton trade was firm, at fully the late advance in prices. Prime small Calves were quite us dear; other wise the Veal trade was dull. Pigs moved off h at but little alteration in value. Mulch Cows were dull, at from 141 to 171 each, including their small Calf. NEWCIATII AND LEADENEC.A.Z.Z. These markets were well supplied with each kind of meet, the demand for which was in a sluggish state, at but little alteration in prices. At per atone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. I. I. to s. d. Beef,inferier• ••• • • 8 2 3 4 Mutton, inferior .. 3 a 310 - middling ••.. 3 4 3 6 -- middling.. 4 0 4 4 - primelarge •• 3 6 3 8 prime .... 4 6 4 8 - prime small .. 310 4 0, Pork, 1arge........ 3 3 4 6 Veal• ••••••• • • • • • • 4 2 5 41 - 5ma11........ 4 5 2 Lamb. Os Od to Os Od. BOROUGH BOP IVIAIUMMT. Although the quantity of really fine Hops on offer is by no means large, the demand for them is in a very in. active state, and last week's prices are with difficulty supported. To effect sales of the middling and inferior kinds, lower rates must bz submitted to. In Old Hops nothing doing. New Hops—Sussex pockets, 3! 2s 10.31 7s ; Weald of Kent ditto, 31 5s to 3/. lOs ; lid and East Kent ditto, 316 s to 519 s per cwt. COLONI.O.L. SUGAR.—The market has been steady for British Plantation, and rather more business has been done, with a moderate supply. Barbadoes by auction sold at 43s to 43s 6d for fine yellow, and at 39s to 39s 6d per ewt for low. REFINED.---Standard lumps brought 54s to 54s 6 , 3 per cwt. EA ST INDIA.-4,444 bags Bengal only partly found buyers at about previous rates. Low white 40s :to 40s 6d, and superior strong 51s to 52s per cwt. 2,000 bags Mauritius realised 39s to 40s 6d for good yellow, 36s for fine brown, and 24s 6d for low. FOREIGN.—These descriptions have been firmer, and there has been more disposition to buy. Porto Rico good axcl fine yellow has realised 41s to 43s Gil per cwt, and low and mid 38s 6d to 39s 6,1 per cwt ; Cuba has been taken in at 37s 6d to 38s 6d for low and mid grey, and at 39s to 40s Gd for mid and good yellow ; Penang low to mid brown has been held fur 25s to 29s per cwt. COFFEE.—There has been a tolerable market for Ceylon. Plantation, good bold coloury sold at 63s 6cl to 655, and fine fine ord at 45s to 47s 6d per cwt. Good ord native has been at 33s 6d to 34s 6d per cwt. For Costa Rica, good ord 32s to 32s Gd has been paid. Washed Rio has been sold at 32s to 50s, and Bahia at 295. St. Domingo has realised 30s. Mocha has been at 55s per cwt. for good quality. In British Plantation there was not a great deal doing. Cocoa.—Full prices have been obtained. Bahia red has been taken in at 36s for good, and fine Trinid4d 45, to 495. ihcE.—Madras good and fine has been sold at 3s to 8s 6d per cwt, being barely previous rates. Penang sold at 7s 6d to lls 6d, and Bolgal at 8s 6d to 133 6d per cwt. SI'ICES —Pimento has realised rather fuller prices, viz., 4id to 4d per lb. Pepper has had a fair sale; Malabar 2,1-d to 3d per lb. 'ZIT:H.—Proof Leewards has been at is 7d to is Bd, and East India proof at is 5d to is 7d per gallon. COTTON.—The market has been steady. TEA.—The nearest prices have been - 8/d to 101 for ord to best mid Congou ; is 6d to is 9d for Pekoc kind; 7/d to 8d for good ord to best mid Twankay ; and Is 6d to 4s for Gunpowder. TALLow.—P.Y.a. has been duller, at .52s 9d per cwt. on the spot. SECONDARIES'.-(THIS DAY.) There was only one case tried during the moi ning, and that was not of the slight. , skinterest. A case, •' Levi v Swallow," for false imprisonment, was proceeding, and likely to occupy several hours. BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before :Mr.:Commissioner GOULBURN.) IN RE HAMMOND. In this case the bankrupt, who was described as an architect in Threadneedle-street, came up and passed his last examination. In the course of the meeting a proof was tendered on a bill of exchange of which the bank rupt was the drawer, but which had been dishonoured. The question was, whether the holder was lyalud to give notice of dishonour to the assignees. His Ilorrona said, that as a fiat in bankruptcy might be sued out on a bill even before it was due, as it was proof of a debt he could not see any reason why notice should be given to the assignees if it did not come due till afterwards. In this case, however, notice had been given to the bankrupt, and that was clearly sufficient— the proof was therefore admitted. THAMES.-(THIS DAY.) Michael M'Manaa, a respectable-looking young man, described as a student, was brought before Mr. Ballan tine, charged with stealing 200 sovereigns, the property of his uncle, Rev. John Ryan, the parish priest of Athea, in tho county of Limerick. Police constable Shene, No. 38$ K, stated that on the 17th instant, the prisoner came to his house, and said he had just arrived from Ireland, and that he had been lodging at witness's brother's house, and that he did not like to leave his money there. Ho then requested wit ness to take charge of a small mahogany cash-box, and left the house. Witness did not see him again until Sunday last, when ho told witness that ho robbed his uncle in Ireland of a large sum of money. Witness al lowed the matter to rest for a few days, in consequence of his knowing where to find the prisoner. Yesterday morning witness proceeded to the home of his brother, and he was informed that a letter had been received from Mr. Ryan, stating that the prisoner bad stolen from his house the sum of 200 sovereigns. Witness's brother had given the prisoner the letter, and when witness reached his house he found the prisoner waiting for him. He said the witness would find 86 sovereigns in the cash-box, and the remainder he Lad left with a cousin in Ireland. Witness then took him into custody, and lodged him at the station-house. Mr. BALLANTINE asked the prisoner what he had to say in defence of this charge ?—The prisoner replied that he had nothing to say. He stole the money. Mr. BALLANTINE—I shall remand you for a week, and in the mean time letters shall be written to Mr. Ryan, who will probably attend. WORSHIP-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) Herman Geiger, stated to be a reduced wine merchant, and Martha, his wife, who had as infant at her breast, were charged as follows: — Mrs. Phillis Barnet, landlady of the White Hart Inn, Kingsland-road, said they came to her house and took lodgings for the night, on Saturday se'nnight. They remained there a few days, and kit at request of witness, who, however, on going into the room they had vacated, discovered that a pillow, a blanket, a table•knif'e, and several other articles were missing. They were subse quently discovered and given into the custody of a police constable, and the knife was found in their possession, but no other property belonging to witness. They had a profusion of trunks and boxes. Mr. Best, proprietor of the Railway Coffee House, Shoreditch, said, the prisoners, accompanied by two children, besides the infant, came to his establishment in a cab, and engaged an apartment. Their boxes, which were numerous, were weighty, and their appear ance altogether was such as to indicate their having just arrived by railway. They run up a score, but the stench which came from their room, and which he had since found was emitted from their boxes, which contained de cayed cabbage leaves and other filth, had rendered the house intolerable, and he would freely forego the debt they had contracted if they would take their things and themselves away from his premises. Mr. ARNOLD remanded him for a week, but subse quently took their own recognizances for their appear ance at that time. Inspector Gravestock said that 47 duplicates had been found in their posses ion, evidently all relating to their own property. He believed the prisoners to be greatly distressed. ELECTION COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) LANCASTER. The Lancaster Election Committee re-assembled a the usual hour ; Mr. Deedes in the chair. Abraham Maunsey, a freeman of Lancaster, proved that on the day of the election he attended at the com mittee•room of Mr. Gregson, where he saw the freemen plentifully supplied with wine. Mr. Gregson and Mr. Wyse were present, and while he remained in the room the freemen consumed upwards of 50 bottles of wine. He did not vote on either side. James Dodson, the witness committed yesterday, was recalled and examined by the Chairman. He contradicted a statement he made yesterday that Mr. Salisbury, the petitioner, held a com munication with himself and other witnesses while theygwere waiting at an inn in Palace Yard. LYME REGIS. The Lyme Regis Election Committee met again at the usual hour this morning; Lord Ashley in the chair. Mr. HILL opened the case of bribery which the sitting Member was prepared to make out against Sir Fizroy Kelly, the petitioner against his return. Ho said he should be able to prove that in the cas e of o n e voter Sir Fitzroy Kelly himself told the voter, that if he would vote for him he (Sir Fitzroy Kelly) would remember him after his election , remarking that he was an advo cate of the principle that one good turn deserved an o th er . He should also establish many other cases of bribery committed on the part of the agents of Sir Fitzroy Kelly, which he could not pass over without calling the especial attention of the Committee to it, inasmuch as it disclosed a novel mode of bribing a voter. It was a case of Mr. Lund, a butcher, of Lyme Regis, who was bribed to vote for Sir Fitzroy Kelly by the landlord of the inn Sir Fitzroy put up at during the election, in a manner which he had certainly never heard of before. The voter had presented to him several heads of fine fat cattle, and after the gift he ma d e no sec ret th at it was t h e present which induced him to vote for Sir Fitzroy Kwlly. The sitting Member felt assured that if he substantiated his case, the Committee would pass such a condemnatory resolution as should have the effect of deterring Sir Fitzroy Kelly from resorting to these corrupt practices in future. KINSALE. The Committee re-assembled at the usual hour this morning; Mr. Bouverie in the chair. Mr. Sergeant .WRANGRAIM was occupied the whole of the morning in replying to the case made out on behalf of the sitting Member. _____ LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY. - By the Priscilla we have dates from Pernambuco to the 24th of January. There was some improvement in commercial matters, and freights were tending upwards. Exchange, 274 d. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY, FEB. 23.—The Penin sular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's s hi p Iberia, Captain Burney, arrived this mornin g f rom Genoa, Leghorn, Naples, eivaa Vecchia culling at GierAltw. 6be Laing. „ cargo. The Madrid, Captain Weeks, is expected to• morrow, and the Ilindostan, Capt. Lewes, on the 26th. LITERATURE. THE PICTORIAL BOOK OF BALLADS. 1 Vol. Edited by J. S. Moore. Second Series.: Honour to old Bishop Percy ! the conservator a nd eulogist of some of the rarest and sweetest of in lcal compositions. If ever a nation was rich in be llad lore, England is that nation. The melody, tiae pas sion, the tenderness, and the humour of c tut- song writers have survived the lapse of centuries, ' the fluc tuations of fashion, and the vicissitudes of! events. Even the extraordinary changes which he .ve taken place in the language have not rendered thee ke ancient rhymes obsolete. " Fair Rosamond " still excites the sympathy of all true Britons; the " Spaniish Lady's Love " still is an object of no slight attraction ; and the " Lytell Geste of Robyn Hode," possesses an indescribable and eternal fascination. King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid " have had thcir for tunes recounted in the matchless melodies of Alfred Tennyson, and yet, in spite of the superior elegance of the living poet, the rude tale, as originally told, is perused with something beyond mere curiosity. We are gratified, therefore, to witness this graceful reprint of our dear favourites, embellished with name- , rous engravings on wood, illustrated by mar ay valuable foot-notes, and accompanied by several mo ern pieces of versification of singular beauty,—editel moreover by one so well qualified for the task as :Kr. Moore. We observe that in his prefatory remarks the editor acknowledges the essistanee he has rec silted in his researches from Mr. J. 11. Dixon, from. _Mr. Tillin ham, from Mr. I. 0. Halliwell, and from Mr. Thomas Wright. At the same time it would be unjust were we not to commend the care :with which Mr. Moore himself has throughout ca'lected his materials, and the sagacity with which .he has fre quently been enabled to explain what wv.s hitherto dubious, and to illuminate what was hitherto obscure. One note we regard as so remarkable in many respects that we transcribe it entire ; it is appended to " The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,' and has reference to a passage in the " Voyages of Shel vocke," which the editor considers as baying afforded the incident upon which Coleridge founded his wonderful poem. " The passage," says Mr. Moore, "is found in a work entitled, A Voyage round the World by Way of the Great South Sea, performed in the years 1719, 20, 21, 22, in the Speedwell of London, of 24 guns and 100 men (under his Majesty's Commission to Cruize on the Spaniards, in the late War with the Spanish Crown,) till sh e w a s cas t away on the.lsland of Juan Fernandes, in May, 1720; and afterwards continued in the Recovery, the Jesus Maria, and Sacra Familia, &c. By Captain George She3vocke, Commander of the Speedwell, Recovery, &c.,, in this Expedition. London, 1726.' We had not had the s:ght of one fish of any kind since we were come to the southward of the streights of Le Mair, nor one sea bird, except a disconsolate black albitross, who accom panied us for several days, hovering about us AS if he had lost himself, till Hatley (my second 'captain) observing, in one of his melancholy fits, that this bird. was always hovering near us imagined, from his colour, that it might be some ill omen. Tbat which, I suppose, induced him thel more to encourage his superstition, was, the continued series of contrary, tempestuous winds, which had oppressed us ever since we had got into this sea. But be that as it would, he, after some fruitless attempts, at length shot the Albitross, not doubting (perhaps) that we should have a fair wind of it. This hope, however, was not realised, for the bad weather continued until the vessel was eventually cast away,' as the titl e-page e.pa r expresses it, on tee Island o f J uan Fernandes. While throwing out this hint as to the origin of the story of the " Ancient Mariner," the editor expresses his unbounded admiration for the genius displayed by Coleridge in its composition. The entire volume of ballads is produced in a manner worthy of the sub ject; it is reading for the chimney corner and fur the greenwood glades—the very title-pagelemblazonsed in gold, green, scarlet, blue, and amber, is symbolic al of the contents, and the appendix itself is pregnant with interest. IN THE MATTER OF DAR. HAMPDEN. CASE FOR THE OPINION OP SIR FITZROY ICELLY, DR. ADDAMS, MR. A. J. STEPHENS, AND .11.1 r.. BA• DELEY.—The see of Hereford having lately become vacant, by the promotion of Dr. Musgrave: to the archiepiscopal see of York, Dr. Hampden was, in obedience to the Queen's mandate and letters missive, elected in his room by the Dean and Ch lipter of Hereford. At a court, holden by the vicar (-general of the Archbishop of Canterbury, at Bowrchurch, on the 11th day of January last, for the pur pose of confirming such election, in answer to the first citation three clergymen (two of whom hold be nefices in the diocese of Hereford) came forward, by their proctor, to oppose Dr. Hampden's confir nation, and in due form of law tendered articles of objection impeaching his orthodoxy. The Vicar-Genet al re• fused to entertain the objections, or even to suffer the opposers to appear ; thereupon they applied to the Queen's Bench for a mandamus to compel the Arck+ bishop or his Vicar-General to hear them. That Court at first granted a rule nisi; but, on cause being shown, the judges were equally divided in opinion, and in consequence the application for the mandamus fell to the ground. You are now requested, on the part of the ob jectors, to state your opinion whether they can or ought to take any, and what further steps, either by a writ of error, appeal, petition to the House of Lords, or otherwise, with a view, first to establish their right to urge their objections in opposition to Dr. Ilamptien's confirmation ; and, if successful, then to try the que stion o f hs fitness, in point of doctrine, to be confirmed and consecrated to the see of Hereford. • CrimoN.—As the Court of Queen's Beach has given no judgment in the case, neither declaring what the law is, nor enabling the objectors to ascertain it, we cannot suggest any other means by which xedresa can be secured. We are of opinion, that no writ of error lies from the late proceedings in the Court of Queen's Bench, that remedy being confined to cases where the writ of mandamus has issued, and it is for this very reason that on other occasions, however unimportant (as Lord Denman admitted in this judgment), where any of the judges have expressed the slightest doubt, the Court has always allowed the writ to go, to prevent a failure of justice; the late statute of 1 William IV., c. 21, and 6 and 7 Vic., c. 67, having been passed expressly for. the purpose of giving, by means of that writ, more easy and effectual relief. We are also of opinion that no appeal lies in the present case from the sentence of the Vicar-General to the Judicial Committee of the .Privy Council, the went of such a power of appeal having not only been admitted both by the bench and the bar during the late argument in the Court of Queen's Bench, but having also been expressly declared by Mr. Justice Patteson, in his judgment. We think, however, that, under these circum stances, it may be desirable for the objectors to pre sent a petition to the House of Lords, setting forth the facts of the case, and praying their Lordships to take such steps as they may deem expedient for providing an adequate remedy, and for ascer taining what the law on this subject really is. As the judges of the Queen's Bench are equally divided in opinion, it is obvious that the law is at present doubtful, and that the Court is unable to remove that doubt ; and it is impossible to deny that the greatest inconvenience must exist so long as the doubt re mains, for not only may the very same difficulty recur on every future confirmation of a bishop, but the validity of Dr. Hampden's episcopal acts and the exercise of his jurisdiction will be liable to be dis puted. Independently of these reasons, it may be presumed that the House of Lords will be disposed to entertain such a petition, as involving matters affect ing its own privileges, for if Dr. Hampden's election be not duly confirmed, he has no right to a seat in ,hat House, that right accruing only upon confirma tion, when legally performed. FITZROY KELLY. J. ADDAMS. A. J. STEPHENS. EDWARD BADELEY. Temple, Feb. 18. THE RIOT AT EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY. The trial by the &flatus Academicus of the four students who were supposed to be ringleaders of the late riots, was brought to a conclusion on Friday. Two have been suspended from their studies, or what is called " rusti cated," for two years, one for one year, and one for three months.—Edinburgh Advertiser. DEATH OF AIR. COTTENHAM MOSS.—We regret to stave that this well-known and much-respected gentle man died early this morning; . after a few days' illness. He was a partner in the banking firm of Messrs. John Moss and Co., end was esteemed and respected by all who knew him.— Liverpool Times of yesterday. BIRTIIB. On the 21st inst., at Richmond, Mrs. William Chapman, of a smi. On the 21st inst., at Chapel-street, Be!grave-square, the wife of James Whigham, Esq., of a son. On the 21st inst., at the Rectory, Runnlngton, Somerset, the wife of the Rev. Edward Alexander Webber, of a eon and heir. On the 21st inst., at the Bear-garden, Southwark, the wife of Mr. Andrew Clark, jun., of a son. MARRIED. On the 2:d inst., at 41,liedto;e-Equare, Fanny, second daughter of Phincas Nathan, Del., to Raphael J. de Cordova, Esq., of Kingston, Jamaica. DIED. On the 17th inst., in the Royal Crescent, Bath, Ann, widow of Major Charles Stuart of the Bengal Army, aged 79. On the 18th inst., in St. Margaret's-street, Canterbury, Mary Sophia, relict of Lieutenant-Colonel John James, R.M. Oa the 20th init., at Henley-upon-Thames, Henry Na thaniel Byles, Esq., aged 67. Prinlrd and ThibliF?l , lo. he lAITTRI)(1 Y 0 17 7 .`T ( . 1 It 112, Sti - and, Priatur, at : lie 614/4 t) Strand, iu the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county Middlesex, Friday, February - 23, 1848. i