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

NOTI,- Now ready at all the Booksellers, Bu" 'E'S PEERAGE awl BARONETAGE, FOR 184 E, NEW EDITION, REVISED to the PRESENT TIME, fem the PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS of the NOBILITY, &c. Henry Cothem, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NOTICE. COMPLETION OF THE LIVES OF THE QUEEN'S OF ENGLAND. The TWELFTH VOLUME, completing this Important :Work, IS NOW READY, Embellished with a Portrait of the Authoress, and other Illustrations. Henry Colhuni, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF " CONFESSIONS OF A PRETTY WOMAN." In Three vols., post Bvo., THE RIVAL BEAUTIES. A NOVEL. By Miss PARDOE. Author of " The Court and Reign of Louis XIV.," " The City of the Sultan," and " Confessions of a Pretty Woman." IS NOW READY AT ALL THE LIBRARIES. Richard Bentley, New Burlington. street. UNDER THE SANCTION OF HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN. 'HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. EXTRA NIGHT, for the BENEFIT of DISTRESSED ARTISANS, on TO-MORROW EVENING, March 30. PATRONS. Her Most Gracious Majesty the The Countess of Jersey Queen. The Right Hon. the Lord Chain- His Royal Highness Prince Albert borlain Her Majesty Queen Adelaide The Earl Delawarr Her Royal flightless the Duchess The Eart of L-nsdale of Kent The Earl of Cardigan His Royal Highness the Duke of The Earl of Eglinton Cambridge Viscountess Palmerston Her Royal Highness the Duchess Viscount Somerton of Cambridge Lady Woodford Her Ro3 al Highness the Duchess General Lord Aylmer of Gloucester Lord Marcus Hill His Royal llighness Prince George Lord Camoys of Cambridge The Viscountess Dillon Her Grace the Duchess of Somerset The Lady Ernest Bruce Her Grace the Duchess of Suther- The Lady Charlotte Guest .. . _ land Mer Grace the Duchess of Norfolk Lady Peel The Right Hon. Lord John Rus- Her. Grace the Duchess of Montrosel Her Grace the Duchess of Leeds sell. M.P. 'The Right Hon. Lord Morpetb, Ills Grace the Duke of Devonshire, K.G. His Grace the Mike of Somerset, K.G. Ills Grace the Duke of Sutherland, K.G. ills Grace the Duke of Norfolk His Grace the Duke of Montrose His *race the Duke of Leeds The Marchioness of Clanricarde The Marchioness of Aiiesbury The Marchioness of Sligo The Marquis of Clanricarde The Marquis of Lansdowne, K.G. The Marquis of Aiiesbury The Marquis of Sligo The Marquis of Huntley The Marquis of Donegal The Marquis of Granby Her Excellency the Baroness Rrunnow His Excellency the Baron Brun now His Excellency Prince Callimaki Ills Excellency Count Kielman seggo Ills Excellency Count Revel Ills Excellency Count Rehausen Ills ExcePency le Marquis Lisboa M.P. The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor Lord Norreys, M.P. Lord Saltoun Lord Ernest Bruce Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence The Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Bart., M.P. Sir Archibald Macdonald, Bart, Sir John Guest, Bart., M.P. Sir John Shaw, Bart. Mrs. Packe Reading Mrs. Hubert de Burgh Mrs. Ewing The lion. James Macdonald The Boa. D. Astley General Sir A. Woodford Sir George Wombwell, Bart. John Stewart, Esq., M.P. Hubert de Burgh Esq. General Upton Major Aldrick J. Ewing, Esq. James Cavan, Esq. Brereton Trelawny, Esq. C. W. Packe, Esq., M.P. 11. Broadley, Esq., M.P. A. Grant, Esq. • It. Parnther, Esq. The Countess Of Dela;iv:trr The Countess of Eglinton G. Cornwall, Esq. Jno. Collett, Esq. The performance will take place To-morrow Evoning, March 30, when will be performed (ay Special Desire) Rossini's celebrated Opera IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA. Rossini, Mdlle. Sofia Cruvelli; Il Conte d'Almiviva, Signor Gar doni ; Basilio, Signor Bouche ; Bartolo, Signor F. Lablache ; and Figaro, Signor Belletti. After which, a Divostlssement from CORALIA. Duetschen Rhein 'False, by the Ladies of the Corps de Ballet ; the admi ed Pas do La Roslere, by Mdlle. Marie Taglioni. To be followed by the last scene of I DUE FOSCARI. Il Doge, Signor Colletti. To conclude with the highly successful New and Original GRAND BALLE In Four Tableaux, by M. Paul Taglioni, entitled FIORITA, et la seine des Elfrides, The Music composed by Signor Pupil ; the Scenery (entirely new) by Mr. C. Marshall ; the Appointments by Mr. Bradwell ; the Cos tumes by Miss Bradley and Mr. Whales, under the superintendence of Madame Copere. The principal parts by Mdlle. Caroline Rosati, ►idlles. Ausundon, Julienne, Lamoureux, Thevenot, Jenny, and Mdlle. Marie Taglioni; M.M. Dor, Gourlet, Venafra, Di Mattia. Prices of Admission ; —Boxes—Pit Tier, Five Guineas ; Grand Tier, Six Guineas; One-pair, Five Guineas ; Two-pair, Four Guineas; Pit Stalls, 21s. ; Gallery Stalls, ss. Pit Tickets, of which a limited number only will be issued, can be had at the Box-Mike as usual, 10s. 6d. each. It Is respectfully announced that, in compliance with the generally expressed wish, one half of the proceeds of this night will be devoted to the intmediato relief of the Refugee Artisans from France. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. CIRQUE NATIONAL DE PARIS. THIS EVENING, An entire change of performance. The Four Seasons—Various Equestrian Feats, &c., by Mesdlls. F. . Lambert. Stanley, Ducos, Palmyre, Anato, Hadruger, Mathilde La Petite Anato, &c.—Acts of Equitation, Gymnastic Exercises—The Chinese Festival —The Postilion, by M.M. Loissot, Felix, Henri, Le roy, Leclair, Aurlol, Auriol the Spanish Dwarf Don t ranci.sco Hidalgo, &c. &c. To conclude with RACES. The Horses ridden by Monkies. Doors open at half-past Seven, performance to commence at Eight. Second price, Half-past Nine. THEATRE ROYAL. HAYMARKET. Un if, the Manaiement n; Mr. B. Webster, Lole Lessee. THIS EVENING, Will be performed Sheridan Knowles's Comedy of THE LOVE CHASE, Sir William Fondlove, Mr. Tilbury ; Master Waller, Mr. Howe ; Widow Green, Mrs. Glover ; Constance. Mrs. Nisbett. After which, a new comic Drama, entitled LAVATER TILE PHYSIOGNOMIST; and Good Judge •co. Lavater, Mr. Webster ; ♦gnes, Miss Fortescuc. fo condude with a new and original Farce, called WHO'S MY HUSBAND'.' Doctor Mull, Mr. Tilbury; Daniel Tootles, Mr. Keeley ; Mrs. Smith Thompson, Mrs, W. Clifford ; Sophonisba Mull, Mrs. L. 8. Buckingham ; Sally Starch, Mrs. Humby. Sta ;e Massager, Mr. lanen; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Web ;ter. J. T. Archer, It,tx-book. keeper. Boxes, ss. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Upper Gallery, Is. Doors open at llall-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven. 'IIIFIATKE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Under the direction o: Maclaine Celeste. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new and original Drama. called lIARVEST HOME. Principal charactors by Messrs. 11. Ilughei, Lambert, Wright, P. Bedford, 0. Smith, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Ersaak Matthews, Miss Turner, Ste. After which a new and original Farce, entitled OUR NA TIONA L DEFENCES; or, the Cockshot Yeomanry. Priacipal characters by Messrs. Lambert, Wright, P. Bedford, Sanders ; Ma dame Celeste, Miss Emma Harding, Mrs. Laws, and Miss Woolgar. To conclude with THE COMRADES; an Anecdote of the Span ish War. Principal characters by Messrs. Cullenford, Boyce, Mun yard, Paul Legrand, C. J. Smith, Ryan, Miss E. Harding, &c. . _ Poxes, 43.; Pit, 2s. , Gallery, Is. 1 , 0 ws open at Ilalf-past Six, Performance to commence at Sevon. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee. Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new comic Drama, entitled NOT A BAD JUI , GE. After which, a new comic Drama, entitled THE HAPPY FA MILY. Principal characters by Messrs. Granby, C. Mathews, Buck stone, Harley, F. Matthews; Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Mrs. Stirling, Ma dame Vestris, Miss Howard, and Mrs. C. Jones. To conclude with a Romance of Real Life, called BOX and COX. Principal characters by Mr. Harley, Mr. Buckstonc, and Mrs. Mac nimara. Dress Boxes, 53. ; 17pper Bones, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No hall price to any part of the house. Tile New Box-office, No. 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. ftradwell of the Colosseum. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell, 33, OM Itond-street. Last Night but One of Mdlle. Nathalle'4 Engagement, THIS EVENING Will be performed the admired Comedic-vaudeville of LE VI COMTE GILZOFLEE. After which LE GANT ET L'EVENTAIL. Amelie, Natha►ie To conclude with UN CAPRICE. Madame de Lery, Mdlle. Na thane. Doors open at Seven, to commence at halt-past Seven. Boxes and Stalls may be obtaln"d at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33. Old Bond-street. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee WM Manager, Duchesg-strett, I'ortlund• place. TINS EVENING, . _ . . Will be performed Shakspere's Tragedy of OTHELLO. Othello, Mr. Macready ; lago, ter. Wallack, ; Desdemona, Miss EunneXne Montagne ; Em'lla, Mrs. Selby. After which, a new Farce emit' ed UP TO SNUFF. To conclude with a new Interlude called MAMMON and GAM. MON. Dres: Circle, Ss.: Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Last Two Weeks of the present Grand Spectacle, and unprecedented Equestrian Entertainments, In order to make preparation for the magnificent Easter Holiday Enter ainmeirs. THIS EVENING, The New Gorgeous Spectacle, THE BATTLE OF THE AMAZONS. with all its splendid appointments, &c. To be followed by, and the evening's entertainments to terminate with A GRAND EQUESTRIAN FETE, In which the Equestrian and Gymnastic Artistes will appear each evening in their peculiar and incomparable Feats and brilliant Scenes in the Circle. Box-oMee open from 11 till 5. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. WEATILEIt.—Som OPTICE, MARCH 29. Trik:RMONETER, Lowest, 43 ; Highest, 53; Noon, 51. BARomEnta., 29.95.—W1ND N E.; fine. Iti WA PEA AT I.ONDON-IIItIDGF. THIS DAY. Morning.. 5 rninutea after S. F.ventng .. 49 :ninntrs inn, Vieninix altAt LONDON. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 29, 1848. The detection of a snug system of corruption by the Derby Election Committee has led to an econo mic determination on the part of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. STRUTT has failed in endea vouring to re-enter Parliament, and his failure is the immediate consequence of a very hospitable predilec tion for " treating." By losing the suffrages of an obsequious constituency, he has been driven to the resignation of a lucrative office—an office producing an annual income of two thousand pounds sterling— as Chief Commissioner of Railways. Mr. STRUTT'S election for the city of Derby is pronounced invalid by a Parliamentary Committee, and forthwith the Honourable Gentleman in his official capacity delivers in his resignation. Upon this it would appear that Sir CHARLES WOOD has made a most amazing discovery. The fishy exudation which cured the blindness of Tomas was not more miraculous than the decision of the Derby Election Committee has been in its illumination of the hitherto obscured judgment of the Chancellor of the Ex chequer. "My Noble Friend at the head of the Government," said Sir CHARLES yesterday evening— " My. Noble Friend;_ ahthe head of the Government has accepted Mr. STaurr's resignation, and, under existing circumstances ' , we (her MAJESTY'S advisers) `. • - • I 1 Kt a I 11 have thought it advisable not to fill up the appointment vacated by that gentleman." 0, wonderful prevari cation—" under existing circumstances !" 0, won derful delinquency of ➢Tr. STRUTT—which has puri fied the scheme of a Cabinet Councillor ! 0, won derful verdict of a Committee—which has abolished the Chief Commissionership of Railways and saved the country two thousand per annum ! Henceforth, it would appear that the duties of the vacated office are to be performed by a member of the Board of Trade, acting as an unpaid Commissioner, and thus fulfilling all the necessities of that department with out any increase of expenditure. Now, it becomes a rather interesting matter of dis cussion—a problem not unworthy of a definitive solution—whether the same opportunity of economiz ing the public monies did not exist as fully before the ousting of Mr. STRUTT from the re presentation of Derby as immediately after his resignation—whether, in short, two thousand pounds per annum could not have been saved as readily, and with as little detriment to the general interests of the country, before as after this accidental vacation of the office of Chief Commissioner of Railways ? Suppos ing, for example, that Mr. STRUTT had never been denied the purchased votes of his constituents, sup posing his return as Member for Derby had been unquestioned, supposing that the world had remained in profound ignorance of his ever " treating " his unfranchised supporters, and that, in consequence of his impunity from Parliamentary chastisement, he himself had never been induced to tender his resignation as Railway Commissioner. What then ? Would the Chancellor of the Exchequer ha►e discovered that 2,0001. sterling were being annually squandered without any adequate necessity ? Would the Go vernment have found out that the duties of that re sponsible Commissionership could be very readily performed by an officer of the Board of Trade, with out any additional salary whatever ? We doubt it. An accident has led to the almost compulsory with drawal of Mr. STRUTT and—presto! hocus pocus ! abracadabra I—the Government perceives on the in stant the uselessness of this disbursement of 2,000/. per annum! Shall we not take the hint forced upon us by this very suggestive circumstance ? Shall not some other recipients of snug two thousands be politely given their conge? Can there not be a judicious extension of these economic aspirations ? Is Sir CHARLES Wool) patented as the exclusive discoverer of sine cures ? Surely not. There is a wide field and a rich field to glean in. There are plenty of Mr. STRUTTS to impel to their resignations gentlemen who are unnecessarily assuming to themselves gaudy grounds of responsibility amidst the really meritorious subordinates of the Executive, just as there are an abundance of poppies flaunting their scarlet barren ness in the grass crops and the standing corn. Away with them ! Let us have some political hoe and Parliamentary pruning-hook for the purpose of eradi cating these pernicious weeds from the soil in which they have hitherto flourished. The growing excess of the national expenditure over the national receipts would he of itself a sufficient justification of such a method of economising, even supposing that reason and justice did not themselves demand this circum spect employment of our revenues. During the temporary quietude intervening be tween the difficulties attending on their first installa tion in office and the agitation likely to accompany the forthcoming elections, the Provisional Government may permit themselves some triiiing relaxation. Accordingly we find that on Friday last, they at tended a representation at the Theatre de la RiTub lique. The scene is described as having been one of peculiar interest and animation—not the scene on the stage alone, but in the whole interior of the house. It furnished a striking commentary upon passing events. The royal loge of former times, which Louis PHILIPPE occasionally honoured with his presence, was occupied by a group of ordinary citoyens, while the Ministerial box, containing the members of the Government, was the centre of attraction and the ob ject of all regards. The play was Luerace, in which is commemorated the expulsion of TARqUIN and the final overthrow of the regal authority in Rome—a subject singularly apposite to the present position of France, and peculiarly in accordance with the present temperament of the Parisians. Under these cir cumstances the piece was listened to with eager and interested attention, every sentence that seemed to bear allusion to the events of the day was heard with breathless interest and marked by especial applause. As one of the person ages of the drama observed that it WAS far easier " to destroy than to restore," LEDRU ROLLIN is said to have glanced significantly at his colleagues—the warning, however, was more especially appropriate to himself. 'With a people so vivacious and observant as the French, so quick in seizing their impressions, and so impetuous in giving vent to their emotions, it is not surprising that the representations of the stage " holding a mirror up to nature" should in• variably prove a most effectual mode of eliciting some vehement demonstration of their sentiments. Hence it is that many of the most striking phases of the national temperament have been most forcibly exem• plified by some scene similar to that which took place at the Theatre de la Republique on Friday last. Such a reflection as the close connexion between French politics and the French stage—recals to us many striking alternations of fortune. For example, it reminds us of the last days of power and splendour enjoyed by the old French monarchy—of that evening when %lAuiE ANTOINETTE, in the pride of her youth and beauty, in the prestige of power and popularity, en tered the royal box of one of the Parisian theatres, during the performance of Esther, just as the chorus were pronouncing a moat appropriate line occurring in the piece—" Chantons, celebrons, wire Reine r The loyal chorus was hailed by the impressionable Parisians with one spontaneous and universal burst of enthusiasm and exultation. So hearty were their acclamations, so earnest were the expressions of their loyalty and devotion, that the Emperor Josurß, sho accompanied his sister, involuntarily exclaitneri, " What happiness to reign over such a people !" What happiness to reign over such a people. Un happy ANTOINETTE! That happiness was dearly purchased upon her part. Perhaps her recep tion at the theatre that evening, and her brother's consequent ejaculation, when contrasted with the terrible tragedy enacted in that same Paris a brief time afterwards, forms one of the most appal ling vicissitudes of fortune that truth has ever chro nicled or fiction ever fabricated. These histories of theatrical reminiscences recal to us another equally memorable performance—the performance of the tragedy of Edipus before a whole audience of peers and princes, and potentates, kings, and emperors. When surrounded by the elite of European royalty and genius, NAPOLEON and ALEXANDER side by side witnessed the performances of the Theatre Francais transported from Paris to enliven the festivities at Erfurt ; there it was that on one of the actors ex claiming that the friendship of a great man was a blessing from Heaven—" ramitie d'un grand homme est an bienfait des Dieux"— ALEXANDER, turning towards his companion, seemed to appropriate the application of the sentence to himself, and a conscious thrill of approbation elec trified the entire assembly. These are, with out doubt, two of the most remarkable in stances of the startling effect produced upon an audience, when the words pronounced by the actors come home to themselves—like the influence of the mimic drama in Hamlet upon the conscience-stricken King. But viewed in another light, those scenes, to which we have just alluded, are peculiarly interest ing when brought into comparison with that of Friday last. For those three scenes, taken together, compose a drama more marvellous than was ever enacted on any stage—a series of vicissitudes more incredible than ever entered into the imagination of poet to conceive—a more forcible illustration of the vanity of human wishes, than the eloquent inspira tions of JOHNSON have afforded us—a better sermon on the mutability of human fortune than the most earnest of preachers ever pronounced, for those three scenes bring before us, the old Monarchy, in the last hours of its existence, the Empire in the full meridian of its glory, and the young Republic at the com mencement of its being. What a theme for the in vestigation of the historian, what a theme for the speculations of the philosopher ! The two former of these episodes, glorious and brilliant though they be, were followed in each instance by a terrible and lamentable catastrophe, as the scaffold in the Place do SI N, IA Oi-N 1) 0 N, la Revolution, and the rocky grave at St. Helena, can testify. Nevertheless, we are fain to anticipate for this third scene in the great drama a more auspicious consummation. For though greatly inferior to its predecessors in the glory of its external adjuncts, it immeasurably exceeds them in the majesty of the principle which it has impersonated. For here it was no individual that was magnified and celebrated, but something more, something greater than any individual, whether exalted by the highest rank or most amazing genius—it was the majesty of the people that was celebrated here. It was a feeling of exultation in the acknowledgment of that majesty that called forth the bursts of honest enthusiasm from the audience of the Theatre de la Republique—an enthusiasm more beauty, more sincere, and more en nobling than that (on a similar occasion) elicited by the beauty and royalty of ANTOINETTE, or the genius and glory of NAPOLEON. This comparison is suggested to us by a striking similarity existing in many in stances between the three scenes we have referred to ; scenes in which a casual line in a drama has elicited some vehement expression of feeling on the part of the spectators ; scenes, again, which resemble each other—serving as types of the phase of society in which they each occurred ; scenes which are (in these instances at least) invested with an historic celebrity, and may serve as eternal mementoes of the evanescence of human greatness, and of the vanity of human pride. As to:the last example, its historic importance must depend upon the conclusion of the momentous drama of which it is but an episode ; an episode, however, sufficiently interesting, as evincing that the former enthusiasm and ardour of the French is in no wise diminished by the moderation which has latterly ac companied it. Throughout the whole tragedy which describes the overthrow of Roman tyranny: and the establishment of the Roman Republic—the glorious Senatus Populusque Roolanu9—the audience, as we have already said, hung in breathless interest upon every word; but when, at the conclusion, RACHEL ap peared before them to sing the " liarseillaise," the effect of that heart-stirring hymn, as uttered in her earnest and impassioned accents, was overpowering, and elicited an enthusiasm similar to that which greeted it as it fell for the first time from the lips of ROUGET DE LISLE, when, as LAMARTINE beautifully describes it, ," at the first verse all countenances turned pale, at the second tears flowed, at the last enthusiasm burst forth. The song of the country was found." _ _ _ The scene on the whole was one that could only have been enacted in France., We have a calmer and severer mode of testifying our national emotion ; nevertheless, we cannot but sympathise with the tumultuous joy now agitating the hearts of a people only just possessed of those rights and privileges from which they have been so long and unjustly debarred. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. PROCEEDINGS AT PARIS. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The illoniteur publishes a decree of the Provisional Government authorising the city of Lyons and the department of the Rhone to levy an extraordinary contribution of 55 centimes, which, with the 45 pre viously laid on, amounts to a franc on the direct taxes —in other words, it doubles the actual imposts. The intelligence from Lyons is important. The Courrier de Lyons says that the workmen in that city were in revolt. They had demanded and took forcible possession of the powder magazine, and seized on a quantity of arms, and at the time the paper was going to press orders had been given that no public carriage should be allowed to leave the city. M. ARAGo, the Commissary of the Government, had sent to Paris for orders, and had expressed his de termination to carry them into execution to the last extremity. The financial vagaries of some of the Provincial Commissioners has attracted the attention of the Pro visional Government, who referred the matter to the Minister of Finance. The following is his report on the subject : . " Citizens,—Unity is at once the principle and the object of the Government of the Republic. What hap pily distinguishes France from other countries of Europe is, that already unity has prevailed in all the elements of her social, political, and administrative organization. This precious conquest must be pre served; the care of our grandeur imperiously commands it, the safety even of the Republic requires it. " Some acts have nevertheless taken place which tend to compromise this sovereign principle. Surrounded with considerable difficulties, some Commissioners of the Provisional Government found themselves under the painful necessity of taking measures which are in formal contradiction to the decisions and the acts of the Central Government. Tnus, while with a painful and salutary energy, you refuse to the commerce of Paris the postponement of the maturity of their bills, which they claim of you, your Commissioners in some depart ments have granted delays of fifteen days, and even of three months. Other analogous facts aro well know❑ to you, and it is therefore needless for me to recapitulate them. " In this state of things it appears to me to be indis pensable to set all ideas right on the true principles of the Government, and to assimilate the conduct of all to them. The more we render homage to the ardour, the zeal, and the courage of the men who devote themselves on all points of our territory to the great work of the establishment of the Republic, the more are we bound to repress all federalist tendencies, and to adopt vigi lance in the consecration of the ideas which constitute the Republican Government. " I, in consequence, propose to you, citizens, to decide that all financial measures adopted by the Commissioners of the Provisionai Government shall be made null and void until they have been ratified by the Central Go vernment. In that sense I propose for your adoption the followin: decree. (Signed) " GARNIER PAGES." On the above report the Provisional Government has decreed as follows : " Considering that the French law is alike throughout the whole extent of the territory of the Republic; "Considering that the unity of the Government would be in danger if the local authorities had the power of acting in a sense contrary to the directions of the central power; " Decrees— " Art. 1. All the measures adopted by the Commis sioners of the Provisional Government with regard to commercial or financial legislation are provisionally re. pealed. " Art. 2. For the future all the financial or com mercial measures of the said authorities are to be sub mitted for the previous consent of the Central Govern ment. " Art. 3. The Ministers of Finance, Commerce, and the Interior are charged, each in his respective province, with the execution of the above decree." (Signed by the Members of the Provisional Govern ment.) The idea which Government entertained of taking all the railways, finished and unfinished, into its own possession, and purchasing up the interests of the present shareholders on what might be considered equitable terms, has not been carried into execution. On Saturday the Minister of the Finances had an in terview with a deputation, consisting of directors from several of the principal lines ; and after hearing their opinions and proposals, the Minister said he would take forty-eight hours to consider them, but he inti mated, at the same time, that he would give notice to the deputation when he was prepared to state his de cision. The forty-eight hours elapsed yesterday, but no notice has yet been given to the deputation, from which it is concluded that for the present the Minister does not consider it prudent to enter into the transaction. A deputation of Italians, headed by M. MAZZINI, had an interview with M. LAMARTINE yesterday. In the course of his reply to them, M. LAMARTINE observed :—" France desires no other conquests than the pacific conquests of the normal mind, no ambition but for idea. We are now reasonable and generous enough to correct even our vain idea of glory." An address had been received by M. Louis BLANC from the Executive Committee of Great Britain, for the protection of industry, and for the Division of Agricultural and Manufacturing Labour, of which T. S. DUNCOMRE, M.P., is the President, congratulating the French people on their late victory, and express ing a desire to have a league formed between the working classes of the two countries to forward their mutual interests. It declares that the present is the hour for action ; that the organization of labour is essential to the well-being of the working man in both countries; and concludes by calling on the French, now that they have the opportunity, to maintain that principle firmly, as being the death warrant of the system of oppression which has hitherto existed. The following account of a meeting of the credi tors of Messrs. CHARLES LATTITE, BLOUNT and Co., is taken from Galignani's 21Iessenger:— " A numerous meeting of the creditors of MM. C. Laffitte, Blount, and Co., was held last evening in the Rue Basso du Rempart, to receive a statement of the A ff a i rs of the firm. From an Account read by M. E. , ;4 . . i. r • m " DIE t• r .7, - • WEDNESDAY Blount, it appeared that the suspension was owing to the firm having endorsed to a large amount the bons of the Paris to Rouen and Rouen to Havre Rail ways, which, in consequence of the crhis, could no longer be negoitated ; that the assets of the firm were far superior to the liabilities; and that, if time were given every creditor would be paid in full. It was then agreed to unanimously, that as the creditors had perfect confidence in M. C. Laffitte and M. E. Blount, the duty of liquidating the affairs of the house should be entrusted to these gentlemen; that all creditors, under 500 f., should be paid off immediately; and that whilst the operation of liquidating the affairs was going on, MM. C. Laffitte, Blount, and Co., should be permitted to con tinue their banking business, properly so called. It was next proposed that three of the principal creditors should be appointed to form a committee of surveillance; but this was objected to by M. A. Fould, on the ground that it was not advisable to trammel the operations of M. C. Laffitte and M. E. Blount unnecessarily, and that if any committee were appointed it should be merely one for the purpose of affording counsel. This suggestion was acquiesced in. Viscount Denis Benoist, M. Guerrero, and M. Calley de St. Paul wero accordingly nominated. The meeting then broke up." BOURSE.-PARIS, TUESDAY, MARCH 28. TIIREE O'CLOCK.-A slight amelioration has taken place to-day, though not until everthing had at first gone down considerably below the closing prices of the day before. The Three per Cents. opened at 40f., went down to 381., then improved suddenly, and after touch ing 42f., closed at 41f. 50c., or If. better than yesterday. The Five per Cents. opened at 58f., went down to 57f. 50c.. and after reaching 61f. 50c., closed at 60f. 50c., or 50c. higher than the day before. Bank of France shares are unaltered, at Lasof. Roman and Spanish Threes are also unchanged, at 53f. and 2111. The miscellane ous securities are lower; Quatre Cauaux are at 775 r., or 15f. worse ; City of Paris Bonds are at 995 f., or s'. worse; Caisse Hypothecaire, at 15Sf., or 501. worse. In Railway Shares, some have improved, while others are a trifle lower. Amongst the former class are Orleans, which are 40f. better, closing at 5551. Northern, Stras burg, and Vierson, sf. better, at respectively 331 f. 25c., 335 f., and 225 c.; Lyons, 2f. 50c. better, at 295 f.; Rouen have fallen 7f. 50c. at 380 f.; Marseilles, sf. at 250 c.; Bordeaux, 3f. 75c. at 388 f. 75c.; Havre and Nantes, 21. 50c. each, at 205 f. and 3351.; Bons du Tresor were not negotiated. French Gold is at 70f. to 75f. ; the English sovereign is rather higher, from 27f. to 27f. 50c.; and the charge for cashing the thousand franc note is still 20f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE. MAttcu 28. Boulogne and Amiens, 6 1 ,i-Dutch Rhenish,'/ 2 -Namur and Liege, 3-Over Yssel, 7 1 / 2 -Paris and Lyons, 1%- Sambre and Meuse, 5i,1 1 -West Flanders, 1,4. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. PRUSSIA. Accounts from Berlin are to the 26th, at which period not only was the city perfectly tranquil, but the Kula was more popular than ever he had been. His Majesty started for Potsdam on the morning of the 25th, where the magistrates and the inhabitants received him with great enthusiasm. The public could scarcely be prevented from taking the horses from the KING'S carriage and drawing it themselves. The KING addressed the people and the officers of the Potsdam garrison, and returned to Berlin about noon. The speech of his MAJESTY, while acknowledging the faithfulness of the troops, was chiefly meant to exhort the army to follow the royal example, and to join the national party with heart and soul. The answer of the officers, in the name of the troops, was full of devotion and enthusiasm for the good cause. The attempts to establish a Republic in Prussia have all signally failed. " We are satisfied," say the Berlin people, " with a tree monarchical Government, and we want no more; and wa have had enough of bloodshed not to require any more in the cause which we uphold ; but if such a sacrifice is required we will shed it in defence of what we have already gained and for the protection of the throne of Prussia." The Cologne Gaselte of the 24th has the following in reference to the irruption of German Republicans from France : " TO OUR BRETHREN IN SOUTHERN GERMANY. " We learn this moment that the German conspirators of Paris, a few hundred in numher, reinforced by about 300 Frenchmen and Poles, have set out for Strasburg with the intention to enter Southern Germany and to proclaim the Republic. " We exhort all well-wishers of Germany, France, and Poland to refuse their aid to this senseless attempt; and we advise all brave men and patriots to oppose it by every possible means in their power. " The Republic, the gift of this mob, will be driven back over the same frontier, over which a cursed hand hurls them now, as a torch flung into the national move ment of Germany. The Republic of the Destructives would draw the war from the frontiers of Russia to those of France, and its last consequence would be a mortal combat between France and Germany. We fear this lest result less for Germany than we do for France, and we hold these daring Destructives to be the most dan gerous enemies of France in particular, and of the cause which France, though in a wrong way, defends. " Whoever has a heart for Germany, for Poland, for France, will feel it his holy duty to prevent the forma tion of a separate league (Sonderhund), however repub lican, however popular it may be, for such a league would endanger the future of liberty, of order, and of oar popular welfare. " The decision, whether Germany must sooner or later be a republic, belongs to all Germany. It must be decided at Berlin and Frankfort. But we pledge our blood, our lives, and our property, that this decision shall never come either from Paris or from the German sepa ratists (sonderbandler) in Germany." The Prussian State Gazette of the 26th instant, publishes the following : " A deputation from Posen, headed by the Archbishop Ton Przyluski, has petitioned the King to allow a na tional re-organization of the Grand Duchy of Posen to develop itself immediately , , but in a qu i e t an d l ega l manner, under his Majesty 5 protection. The deputa tion gave their advice as to the proper means for accom plishing. this end ; and further petitioned that a pro visional commission should be formed, consisting of men who enjoyed the public confidence. Ills Majesty was pleased to accede to the wishes of the deputation, and published the following proclamation : " 'TO THE DEPUTATION FROM THE GRAND DUCEY OF rosEN. " Agreeably to the wishes you have communicated p to me I readily consent to pave the w a y t o a na ti ona l re organization of the Grand Duchy of Posen, to be ac complished with the least possible delay. I will, there fore, sanction the formation of a commission, consisting of men of both nations (i. e. Germany and Poland). This commission will consult with my chief President, and they will make their propositions according to the re sult of their consultations. But this commission can only be effectual if, and as long A as, Legs.l oruer and the authority of the magistrates remains undisturbed in the Grand Duchy of Posen. ~'FREDERICK WILLIAM. " Berlin, March 24. " ' Prince ADAM CZARTORISLI arrived at Cologne on the 24th, en route for Poland. Previous to the Prince's departure from Cologne, he sent the follow ing address to the editor of the Cologne Gazelle, to be inserted in that journal : " Inhabitants of Cologne,—At the moment of leaving your generous city, I am forced to give vent to my feel ings by repeating the assurances of my deep gratitude fur the warm wishes for Poland which you have ex pressed to me. I leave you, and Igo whither my duty calls me. Whatever the fate which Providence may have in store for my endeavours, my zeal will not be influenced by it. An independent and free Poland, a Poland without privileges—in one word, a democratic Poland—such is the end I wish to obtain. During a seventeen years' banishment I have worked for it by my own political struggles, and by my advice given to my countrymen. And now, when Providence has by your heroism called us to the field of action, all my endeavours will be directed towards making independent Poland worthy of Germany, and equal to Germany in all her liberties. May Gud bless Germany and Poland! " CZ ARTORYSKII Tranquillity has been completely re-established at Breslau. Throughout Westphalia, the recent changes hare been accepted with enthusiasm. BRUNSWICK. The Prussian State Gazette of the 26th instant informs its readers that the Duke of BRUNSWICK had publicly declared his adhesion to the King of Pays- SIA.'S leadership of Germany. The Duke caused the King of PRUSSIA'S proclamation " To his People and to Germany" to be distributed to the public, with the following note of the Brunswick Ministry printed at the foot of the copies : Th e Ducal Government, faithful to the views it pro nounced after the publication of the Prussian Royal Patent of the lath instant, acknowledges the generous resolution of his Majesty to take the lead of the general affairs of Germany in this stormy time, to bo the only means, and one which our circumstances render indis pensable, to protect the outward security and integrity of all Germany, and to secure the quiet development of internal liberty. " The Decal Government will consequently meet all propositions which the Prussian Government will pro bably make, and trusts that all generous Princes and people will with equal readiness join us in our great national task, and unite in forming a constitution which gives the great German people the rights to which they are entitled, and which command respect from without while liberty and happiness reign in the interior. " The Ministry of the Brunswick-Luneburg Ducal States, "VON SCHLEINITZ, " F. SCHULZE, "VON GEYSO. _ " Brunswick, March 22." A. priT aW letter from Brunswick says, that the EVENING, MARCH 29, 1848 DUKE had spoken with some of his private friends and chief officers to this effect :—" The Russian army has been placed upon the war footing; but as soon as these troops, or a portion of them, cross the Prussian frontier, French troops will draw near the Rhine. The safety of our German fatherland then depends upon the choice of a German Emperor, and all German princes will agree with me in this opinion. I am Duke of BRUNSWICK, I love my people, I love my country, but will prefer sacrificing much to per mitting the German nation and its general welfare to lack my aid. I will with pleasure serve as a sol dier for my fatherland, and gladly, if necessary, fight its battles." MONEY and COIVEVIEIZ CIA NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO 7711.:t:.!..; The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was with out alteration. Sales, 3,500 bales, including 500 for ex port. Railway Shares were very dull, but prices were supported. The important advices received from abroad agitate the public mind considerably. From the United States, the intelligence of the conclusion of peace with Mexico may be deemed very satisfactory; but the advices from Sardinia, although what was expected, are of great moment The necessity of revising our navigation dews is in the interest of our colonies more obvious than ever, and some documents just presented to Parliament are very conclusive in this respect. With the march of free principles in Europe concessions to our most distant possessions become still more advisable, and we have the agreeable reflection that in making those concessions we are likely to benefit the mother-country. As a case in point, we take the following concerning Trinidad. The extract is from a dispatch of Lord Harris to Earl Grey : " Your Lordship is aware that a large portion of the population of this colony is of foreign extraction, retain ing, in many respects, the ha , )its and tastes of the nations whence they are sprung, and, consequently, there is naturally a desire for the products and manufactures of those countries. I refer snore particularly to the de scendants of French and Spanish families, as also to a considerable portion of the Creole black population. Now, by certain provisions in the navigation-laws, but. very few of the articles required can be brought here direct from France or Spain, in French or Spanish vessels. The means of transit which must be adopted becomes therefore far more expensive. With respect to the French trade, which is far tb• most important of the two, it is either necessary to charter an English vessel, and send it to some port in France, and by which the charge for freight per ton is 11. 15s. whereas by a French vessel it would be 183., or it is necessary to have goods forwarded by a French vessel to Martinique, to which island the freight is as heavy as it would be direct to this island. But, besides, the goods must be landed, on which some commission must be paid, and an addi tional freight of 18s. 6d. per ton from Martinique to Trinidad. But not only is the price of, and the risk and trouble of procuring French goods considerably enhanced, but the opportunity of a return trade is en tirely prevented." This subject is not confined, as the dispatch of Lord Harris goes on to state, to the direct intercourse of Trinidad with both those countries, but extends to Venezuela; and his Lordship concludes as follows: " These facts together, I trust, will make a case worthy of some consideration. Far be it from me to de-. sire the repeal of any laws which might in any way lessen the power and the commerce of Great Britain, but us the interests of the colonies aro intimately connected with those of the mother country, it would appear important that full information should be given, when there is reason to thick they are suffering injury, and the laws by which that injury is caused are undergoing investigation." The public securities, although there has not been a great deal of business doing, have been agitated consi derably by the intelligence received from Milan, Paris, &c. Consols, which closed yesterday at 83i, opened this morning at 824 and are now 81i k. Exchequer bills have been firm at 341. to 355. premium. Bank Stock for account has been at 192. Should England fortunately remain a passive spectator of foreign events, she will enjoy immense advantages in respect to tradint and monetary operations. The Foreign Bonds participate in the general flatness. Spanish Five per Cents. are 114, and the Three per Cents. 21f. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been 15 to 16. Mexican Bonds are 15 1 1- to Dutch Two-and a-Half per Cents. are 40i. Railway Shares are heavy again. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) 3 per Cent. Consols Anna.. Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 6, 1360.. 8% 9.16 Bank Stock for Accoun'i 191 Consols for Account ..... Exchequer Bills. 3d. 1,000/. 500/ Small .. .... 35 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Equador Bonds ... 2 Grenada, 1 per Cent. • ••• Ditto Deferred Mexican Bones, 1846, 5 per Cent ls'4 Ditto for the Account 1 5 14 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent 24 22.34 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto 4 per Cent. Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,lB1.0 Ditto Passive Bonds 3 1,4 3 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 2ll Venezuela Bonds ..- Do. Deferred Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch per Cent.,l2 Guild 40% Ditto 4 Der Cent. Certificates ITSINESS DoNit IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONX O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. nu). TIM SHAILE• Aberdeen Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 3 1 ;f 1 — to Ayrshire and Galloway Belfast and County Down .. 11% Sirmingham & Oxford June... 20 Birmingham, W 01.,& Dudley- 10 ... . Birraing., Wol., & Stour Val. 101.145.... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction.. Boston, Stamf., & Birming... 5 Bristol and Exeter . Do., Thirds Buckinghamshire l2/. 4s Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Clydesdale Junction 50 - to Chester and Holyhead... 3 7 1 /2 — Ditto, Preference Clarence. ... 7 814 — ..... te Do., Ist Class, 6 per Cent... 10 Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 Do., Goy. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 - ...... to Direct London & Portsinoath 8 3 / .i, — Dublin and Belfest Junction.. 25 Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 1734 — to East Anglia, 251. L. & E., &ad L. & D., . Ditto, 13/., E. &II l3 .... Ditto, 3/. 10s., E. & 11... 3% — to Eastern Counties Do. Perpet., i per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d Do., do N 0.2,6/. 135. 4d... ...... to Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 Do., Quarter .... . ...... ...... 12%..... Do., New Eastern Union Ditto, Quarter Shares ...... 12% — Ditto., Thirds l3s. 4d — ...... to Ditto (guar. 6 per cent.) ... 10 Ditto, ditto East Lancashire Ditto, New Do., New Quarters - East Lincolnshire ... 16% 15% to Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares 12%. — Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 ...... Ditto, New..... .. ...... ...... 3 3 / 4 ...... Ditto, New p0rt..... Ditto, ditto, New ... 2 1 4 ...... ...... to Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% ...... ...... to Ditto, New .. 2% — to Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle..Bl. 6s. 8d... to Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 Ditto, New Do. Preference Consolidated 15 Groat Northern.— .......... ... 13 Do. London & York Exten. 2% — ... .. to Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 37% lO ...... to Great North of England 100 221 Ditto, New 40/ Ditto, New 30/................ 30 ... .. 66 Ditto, New 151...... ... ...... 6%••••.. • Great Western Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Fifths Do. New 17/ Huddersfield and Manchester 24 .. _ Ditto, Thirds 8 Hull and Selby sll Ditto, half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% — to Ipswich & Bury St. Edmunds 17% —_ . . .. to _ _.. Do. do. and Norwich - 1 7i 1 1,4... to Do., do., Extension Scrip (late (Camb. and Ely) 24 — ..... to Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50 Do., Thirds Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93 ..... Ditto, ditto Ditto Half Shares Ditto Quarters Ditto Fifths Ditto Sixteenths ........... 6 1 4. ..... to Ditto Thirds (Reg.) ... 10/. 4s Do. Liverpool and Bury... 38 Do. (Hudders. and Shelf.) 33 Do., Wakefield, Pontefract, and G001e......... ....... 50 Do., West Riding Union ...41. 25..... Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 Do., do., Half Shares (A) 9 Leeds and Bradford to to Leeds, Dewsbury, & Manches. 4 2 1 / 2 ...... Do., Half Shares 2 / ...... ..•... to -.— Ditto, Blue (scrip) ..... -.. /2 _ . ••• •to Leeds and Thirsk ........ , 22%. •••• Ditto, New do ~C P r r o e s f b e 3 r . . ; a fi ri . p . d e - r s - o e . u . e . t n i i t ... 2 3 %.. . • . .... • • t o -.— ...... to Liverpool, l) port... ' L L o i DyNDnedioerto:Ptvno:elBxlitteeßlwel:ll,sajaiNcuonknnocwe.htae2ll:ltne.rl 1 and 8.5 . 6 1 53 2. sO 2 B l . l i (.1 . __--- ..... ... ... tt t t i o ____— Lon d . , Bright., & South Coast 50 3O .. ... to 293; 6 Do. Consolidated Eighths... 40 ...... 183/ s ,•, .. to 19 Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 ,i... ' tO De. Pref. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50 ...... .. Ditto, ditto ...........1852 50 .. ... London and Greenwich... 12/.155. 4d... Ditto Preference lB/ 17s 2(1... 20 ...... to London & North Western.....loo 128 1284 ... to 127 Do. Quarters (L. and 11.) 22 - Do. New Do. Fifths Do. 401. Shares.....L. & M Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.) 7 I /2. •••• Do. 10/. .. M. and B. (B.) 7 1 ,1 2 — Do. 10!.... M. and B. (C.) 1 London and S. Western...—. 50 ...... 45 to Ditto, New 50/........ - ..... 37%...... Ditto, New 404.... ..... .. .. 30 Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50 Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40 Ditto,Thirds 81. 6s. 8d ... Lendon, Salisbury, & Yeovil 11,E — .••••• to Londonderry and Coleraine... 27 1 / 2 — •••••• ' Londonderry and Enniskillen 25 Lowestoft (guar. 4 per cent.) 20 Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 3 __ Manch, liuxton,.& Matlock 3 blanchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100 AUSTRIA. Advices from Vienna are to the 2341. The Em- IrMLOR has just issued the following amnesty : " We, Ferdinand 1., by the Grace of God, Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary anti Bohemia, the fifth King of that name, King of Lombardy and Venice, of Dalmatia, Croatia, Slavonia, Galicia, Lodomeria, and Elyria, Archduke of Austria, Duke of Lorraine, Salz burg, Styria, Karinthia, Kraig, Upper and Lower Silesia, Prince of Siebenburgen, Margrave of Mahren, Princely Count of Habsburg and Tyrol, &c., "In order to give our loving subjects a further proof of our confidence, and to show them how ready we are to exercise grace even to those who have erred, and to make use of our royal prerogative to that effect, have felt ourselves induced, especially respecting the king doms of Galicia and Lodomeria, and likewise respecting the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom, to decree as follows: " I. All civilians in the kingdoms of Galicia and Lo dorneria, inclusive of the districts of Cracow, and in the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom, who have been tried for high treason or for disturbing the peace of the country, and who at present are undergoing their term of punish ment, if they have not been found guilty of other crimes, shall be spared the completion of their term of punish ment. " 2. Regarding those persons in the kingdoms above named who are under arrest as being accused of the above-named crimes, we decree that the proceedings against them be dropped, and that no other prosecution for transgressions preceding in date this our Imperil decree shall be admissible. But if the persons specified in this and in the first section be foreigners, then shall they at once be exiled from our states, nor shall they without our especial permission ever be permitted to return thither. " 3. Persons from the kingdoms aforesaid, who were found guilty of political crimes, or who were accessories to such crimes, if they be confined in any other province, no matter where, shall be liberated. " 4. Those who for the same reasons were subject to a special prohibition shall be relieved from the same. " We therefore trust and expect titat this our decree will tend to calm the minds of our people, that order and peace will everywhere return, and that our faithful sub jects will exhibit that love and fealty which they have so gloriously shown us in many instances. " Given in our Imperial residence, Vienna, the 21st of March, 1848. " FERDINAND. " KOLO WRAT. " TAAFE. " PILLERSDORF. " ZALESKI." HUN GARY. The concessions made by the EMPEROR came just in time to prevent the proclamation of a republic. While the Magnates renounced their privileges in the Assembly of Presburg on the 18th, a more formidable revolution was going on in Pesth, where 100,000 of the new National Guards assembled and concerted the establishment of a republic, which they did not, however, proclaim. Things looked very serious till the news of the constitutional concessions of the EMPEROR came to Pesth, where the information was enthusiastically received. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. Accounts from Hamburgh, dated 25th March, state that Holstein has declared itself independent of Denmark. The King of PRUSSIA has approved the declaration, and has promised to support it to the utmost of his power. ELSINORE, MARCH 22.—80th at Copenhagen and at our Castle active preparations for war are being made. ITALY. EVACUATION OF MILAN BY THE AUS TRIANS, AND ITS OCCUPATION BY THE SARDINIAN TROOPS. The Piedmontese Gazette of the 24th announces the evacuation of Milan by the Austrian troops on the 23d, in consequence of the complete victory of the people. They marched out in three columns, directed towards Mantua, Verona, and Plagensa. The King of SARDINIA has declared himself in favour of the independence of Lombardy, and or dered his army to march to the aid of the Italians. On the 23d he issued the following proclamation : " Charles Albert, by the Grace of God, King of Sar dinia, Cyprus, and Jerusalem. People of Lombardy and Venice! the destinies of Italy are maturing; a happier fate awaits the intrepid defenders of inculcated rights. From affinity of race, from intelligence of the age, from community of feeling, we the first have joined in that unanimous admiration which Italy manifests towards you. People of Lombardy and Venice Our arms, which were already concentrated on your frontier when you anticipated the liberation of glorious ➢lilac, now come to offer you in your further trials that aid which a brother ex pects from a brother—a friend from a friend. We will second your just desires, confiding in the aid of that God who is visibly with us—of that God who has given to Italy a Pius IX.—of that God who, by such wonder ful impulse, has given to Italy the power of acting alone. And that the sentiment of the Italian union may be further demonstrated, we command that our troops, on entering tho territory of Lombardy and Venice, shall hear the escutcheon of Savoy on the tri-coloured flag of Italy. " CHARLES ALBERT." A letter from Genoa of the 23d, before the eva cuation of Milan by the Austrian troops was known, says :-- " A great number of the Genoese volunteers have been killed in the conflict at Milan. It is said that the Gover nor of Genoa refused to supply them with arms before their departure, and to this cause is attributed the im mense loss they have sustained. The whole population seems as if animated with the same spirit. On every side the cry is heard, Let us march to the succour of our brethren of Milan.' The Governor, in consequence of fresh instructions, now orders arms to be distributed to the people, and a consideraule force is already on their march towards Milan. Of the final success of the cause of Italian independence there can be no doubt. The struggle may be great, but the triumph will be glorious." The Piedmontese troops crossed the Milanese frontier on the 24th, and marched on the capital. The Austrians retired before them and evacuated the city, which was immediately occupied by the Pied montese liberating army, under the command of the Duke of GENOA. We learn by the Florence papers of the 21st that a revolution took place at Modena on the 90th. About a hundred youths that day sallied forth with loud cheers for independence, the revolution of Paris, and that of Vienna. The Hungarians and the pioneers refused to act against the people; the dra goons alone fought desperately. The Duke, at the time of our account, was vainly trying to conciliate the people by concessions. The same papers an nounce that Venice, Trieste, and Padua, were in open insurrection on the 19th. NAPLES. It is reported that a serious collision took place on the 14th in Naples between the Lazzaroni and the National Guard. Several of the Lazzaroni were captured and committed to prison. Fresh disturb ances are apprehended. Lord MINTo has not, it is said, succeeded in ar ranging the affairs of Sicily. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 22d and 23d have arrived. NARVAEZ has lost no time in exercising the dicta torial powers with which he has been entrusted by the Congress. The Gageta of the 22d contains a decree suspending indefinitely the sitting of the Cortes, so that now NARVABZ and CHRISTINA are the absolute rulers of Spain. The Duke and Duchess of MONTT'S:IB'ER are expected at St. Sebastian, and some of the DUKE'S partisans in France hare set out to join him. MADRID BOLSA, MARCH 23.—The Three per Cents. were done on the 23d at various prices for cash, from 211 to 22f, closing at the latter price, and they are reported after the close 22i buyers, 23 sellers , Five per Cents., 131 cash ; Passive Debt, 4i buyers; 5 sellers ; Coupons, 10 sellers. Exchange on Lon don, 45. RETURNING OFFICERS FOR THE METROPOLITAN Bonotrcus.—The Sheriff of Middlesex has appointed Peter Laurie, Esq., of Park-square, Regent' s -park, bar rister-at-law, for Marylebone ; T. 11. Boykett, Esq., of Chancery-lane, solicitor, for Finsbury ; and Henry Childs, Esq., of St. Swithin's lane, solicitor, for the Tower Hamlets. DEATH Or WILLIAM GOOD, THE CRICKETER.—W. Good died on Sunday night, theil2th instant, of con sumption, brought on by being put into a damp bed, at Ipswich, while attending the eleven of England, in their series of matches, as scorer. Ditto M Shares (No. 1) ... 18 Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25 - Ditto, % Shares (No. 3)... 7 1 st ...... Do.. New 101. Preference.. 7 1 % — ...... to Ditto Gritnsby ... 25 _ Ditto, ditto. ....... ........... 7 -- ...... to Ditto, ditto Ditto, Sheffield, and Line. 7%...... to Ditto, Grimsby Dock ...... 12% — to Ditto, Man. & Lin. Union 4t. 25.... blanchesterand Southampton 2 1 4 ... to -- Midiand 100 99% 97... to 98 Ditto, Consol. Preference...loo to -- Ditto, 501. Shares... lb Midland. Bina., and Derby...100 Midland, Consol. Bristol and Birmingham 6 per cent.... 100 - Midland, Bristol and G10uc...36 .:. - Ditto ditto 11/. 33.6 d. .. ...... to Midland, Leices. and Swan nington (8 per et. gua.)....100 .... . - Midld. Great Western (Irish) 35 Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. SO If ewcastle and Carlisle lOO ...... Ditto Quarter Shares Newmarket and Chesterroru 115./ 2 — Ditto Extension Newport Abergy., aid Heref. 6 Norfolk IOO Ditto New 20/. Ditto Extension Do. Guaranteed 5% per et. 5 ..... Do. Scrip, :847, N. of Norflk 2 - Do. do. Waveney Valley... 2 Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor 12% — ... .. to Northern Counties Union ....14 North British Ditto Half Shares.-- - tr ... to Do. Quarters 5%...... 8104... to Ditto, Extension % to --- Ditto Thirds .... 3 ...... 1% to North and South-Western... 2 North Staffordshire... .. ...... 10 ..... $%% to North Wales 3% ..... ..... to North Western Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton Reading,Cruildfd., & Reigate 7% . ..... is --. Royston and Hitchin Scottish Central Scottish Midland .... ....... .... 22% — ....., to Ditto, New........„ IS Sheffield, Rotherham, and _ _ _ Goole ... 6 ...••• .. .. . . to - Shrewsbury and Birmingham 7 — to Ditto, ditto, Class B. 4 Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Ditto Halves, Ditto 8 ..• •• . ••• to -- Ditto, Oswestry Ditto (New) 1 .••••• Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref 6 . ..... Shrewsbury and Hereford ... 2 . — Shropshire - Union - South Devon ... .... - Ditto. Preference — ...... tip South Staffordshire 4 South Eastern and Dover 33% Ditto, New, No. 1 Ditto, New, No. 2 Ditto,New,No. 3 Ditto New, No. 4. .. South Wales - South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole Swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stm. C0a1......... 4 Chames Haven Dock and Railway l 7 1/ 'Taw Vale Extension ..... 4 ...... Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny — ...... ;to Waterford and Limerick 4O ... to Waterford, Wexford, Wicklw, and Dublin West Cornwall Whitehaven and Furness l2 ... .. Windsor, Staines, and South Western ...... 925. Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 30 York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 Do. Original New & Ber'ck 25 .. Do. Exton. No. 1 (Y. &N.) 15 Do. do. No. 2, New &B. 14 ... Do. G. N. E. Par. or Pref. S ... York and North Midland .. 50 Ditto, Preference Ditto East and WestEiding Extension ... ... .. ... 25 2B Y A... to FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens. 2O 6 Central of France ( Orleans . and Vierzon) Central of Spain Ceylon Demerara. ............ 5 . .... Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras ss. .... . Dutch Rhenish 7 —••••— •..•.. to East Indian Great Indian Peninsular Italian and Austrian ......... 4 Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 - Louvain a la Sambre Luxembourg Lyons and Avignon (Con stituted- stituted) . Madrid and Valentia Namur and Liege........ l6 Northern of France lO ...... 2%...,.. to Orleans and Bordeaux ... Over Yssel 4l3s 4d...... ...... to Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans.... 2O Paris and Rouen .. Paris & Strasbourg Rouen and Havre 20 — to Sambre and Meuse 2O Strasburg and Bale l4 Tours & Nantes ... - - 6 Tournay, Jurbise, Landen, and Hasselt . ........ ...... ... 16 West Flanders __ JOINT STOCK RANKS. Australasia - British North American •-• 50 Colonial ..... .......-..- ....... 25 ...... t o Commercial of London London Joint Stock .... London and Westminster.:. 20 National Provincial of Englii. 35 Ditto, New National of Ireland Provincial of Ireland Ditto, New Union of Australia Ditto, New 2% to Union of London ...... 10 Union of Madrid ...............49 MINES. Anglo Mexican lOO «•••. Asturian Mining Company... 12 ...... Australian ... Elaeuarvon Iron and Coal ... 50 Bolaaos Scrip British Iron Brazilian Imperial ..... ..... 24 ...... •..... to --. Galvanized Iron Ditto, New Real del Monte, Unregistered . .. 1% to Do. Black Debentures — COURSE OF Amsterdam .......... 12 G!.,, Ditto, at sight • • .... 12 2 likittcrdain • Antwerp.............. aatuburgh .... • • M.B. 13 15% Paris, 3 days' sight .. • • 24 70 EXCHANGE. 31braltar.. • • .• • • • • • . • • _. Leghorn • • • • • • Genoa • • • • • • 24 SO ..... ........ Naplee ...... Palermo, per oz ..... Lisbon.... ...... • • • • • • Opurto. Rio Janeiro ...... Raenos Ayres ..... • • New York, 21 days'sight Philadelphia moss or antaaow, nla es. Foreign Gold la bars.. X6B 17 New Dollars • • 0 0 • Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 • 0 Doubloons .. 0 0 0 RAper in bars . 0 0 0 Ditto, %farsellies • • • • • • . • • • • • 11ourdeaux.... .• • • • Frankfort on Maine.... 123 Petcrsburgh, SII. Itblc.• Berlin .. • • • • Vienna, effec. flo • • • • •• Trieste, ditto—. • ..... Madrid Cadiz • • •.. 4734 Barcelona • • • ......... LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MARCH 29.—Wind this day at noon N.E. Light airs and fine weather. DEAL, Mancu 28.—Wind S.W. P.M., S.W. to S.W. by South and S.E.—Arrived 24th, Nordpolaw, Brick man, Rio Janeiro, and sailed for Hamburg 25th ; Ma. thilde, Mosse, Lisbon ; 28th, Gambia, Nademan, River Gambia, and sailed for Rotterdam; Glentanuver, Brook, Callao, and sailed for Hull ; a barque, ditto ; Christian, Henson, Bahia, and sailed for Hamburg ; Siren, Catch pole, ditto ; Roster, Koster, Messina, and sailed for Hamburg ; Avance, Crumpy, ditto, and sailed for the Baltic ; Active, Mediterranean ; Turk, Mallet, St. Michaels ; Fama, Petterson, Antwerp, and sailed for Charleston; Alma, Hamburg, and sailed for La Guayra; Emily, Ranpaelo, ditto, and sailed for Batavia ; Sultana, South Esk, and sailed for Hull. Arrived from the river, William and Alfred, Culverwell, Antigua ; Liebe, Dowland, Odessa. Arrived from the river and sailed, Prince of Wales, Hobart Town; Marmion, Quebec; Hartland, ditto ; Chanticleer, Newfoundland ; Hope, Odessa; Sibella, Plymouth; and Adelaide, S.A. OFF DOVER, MARCH 28.—Arrd. Sultana, Gresley, Sierra Leone. COWES, MARCH 28.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Broad Oak, APGratb, Pernambuco. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 28.—Wind S.S.W. to S.S.E.— Sld. Robert, St. Kitt's; Mary Seton, St. Kitt's. OFF TORBAY, MARCH 27.—Superior, New York; Kirkland, Baltimore. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 28.—Wind S.—Arrd. Milton, Harrison, Bahia. Off port, Santiago, Smith, Monte Video, sailed Jan. 16. FALMOUTH, MARCH 28.—Wind S., fresh and squally. —Arrd. Wooddridge, Coppel, Callao ; Richardson, English, Monte Video; Mars, Port-au-Prince. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 27.—Arrd. Scotia, Calcutta; Rosconra, Wilkinson, Charente. 28th, Georgia, Mills, Savannah; Ocean Monarch, Murdoch, Boston, sailed tI th instant. Sld. 27th, Helen Munro, Morrison, Cape of Good Hope. 28th, Thetis, Honduras; Harmony, Syra. Off port, 28th.—Arrd. Conrad, Monte Video; Alexander, Monte Video; Eliza, Rio Janeiro; Patriot, St. Domingo; Moslem, Sappho, Golden Eagle, William Pitt, Westmoreland, George Lcrd, Avon, Torch, Sir William Ilardinge, MARCH 27.—A schooner, reported to be the Golder, Golder, for Rotterdam, went on shore on the Gunfleet Sand to-day; also a clipper schooner, name unknown. WIVENHOE, MARCH 28. —The Ripson, Salmon, of Scarborough, from Newcastle to London, h as been assisted into this harbour from off the Gunfleet Sand, leaky and with loss of anchor and chain, and about 30 tons of coals thrown overboard. OFF FALIstouTH, MAncn 27. General Belgrano, Monte Video. OFF SCILLY, MARCU 22. Highlander, Callao; Friedriek, Bahia; Agnes, Jamaica; experienced very severe weather. CLYDE, MARCH 26,—Arrd. Cockburn, Jamaica. Sid. Caledonia, Montreal. MARKET NEW CORN EXCHAN ( The present week's arri market coastwise, and by moderate scale. To-day comparatively small, yet t was in a very sluggish stai tions. Foreign Wheat mi but little, if any, alteratioi Barley the demand wail were well supported. TI late rates. In Oats next heate 1 parcels might have easier terms. In Beans done. The best qualitie as dear. All other kin& 1 Wheat. Zaglish •• •• • 3,070 vs. eceipt •••••• 1,760 lb 13711X 1 Although the supplies by no means extensive, state, yet prices were ni, to Ss 10d; Mutton, 3:. and Pork, 3s Sd to 5s pe SECONDARI (Moro Mr. CURIOUS CASE OF BRE ORA This was action to promise of marriage. Mr. RODWELL stilts plaintiff. Re said the render it ridiculous topics frequently addre he should content hit and show the comforts been deprived throup wanton and cruel con who is about 62 yea] on business as a fur Bishopsgste ; and def is a commercial trs dant, through a m ma d e matrimonial tiff, and on certain tel courtship was carrie September, and defy letters to the plaintiff wedding, and gave pli fees, and plaintiff bot that defendant broke applications, which I brought, and the d singular plea, nam appointed for the N. was afflicted, by the ture of the intestine: should Almighty GI and eye-sight be This plea was, aside as a nullit, for want of plc that in submittinp images to the jur had been induced 1:: riage, and also the would not have give up h e r busint supporting herself. and the price of t into consideration. :The facts were p jury for the defend his health was suc the marriage state 601. or 701. per yes The jury gave a MIDD Edward Ginger of the Bank of Br Shingles, from he. The prose eutri Chelsea omnibus however, was not who had sat besk out at Agar-stree who had taken a the City for the to the door and thing? The off prisoner, jumped taken possession him and brought None of the no quitted. LAM] A deputation street, Kenning waited upon h seated that it sons calling tt held on Kenni the probability the disorderly turbanees and the tradesmen the aid of a 13( Wain any ter property by fo had been done nets, and the recurrence of Mr. ELLroz Lain authority held, but in t! the Commisr with, and a of the neigh ELI The Seleei the petition Wyld for B Mr. Hamiltc Rowej ti i 3 l r e . t he petit James f B oa e rn r d kc for The usuti Mr. Wo Committee being defer such time t' Wortley's 1 Mr. Seri contending entertain it referred to them, in ' Blection B After tf bad consu admitted, The Cu resolution to the Hot fore, to er proceed v recognita mittee to Tms Brussels seriousl: Dees 2,86 man tern , of bore of Frp of are Ba