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The Twelfth Volume, completing this important work, Is Just Ready, embellished with a Portrait of the Authoress, and other Illus trations; and those who desire to obtain copies on the day of pub lication aro reque3:ed to give their orders immediately to their re spective Looksellers. . . Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-Street. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION OF 1848. Immediately, in small Bvo., price 7s. 6d., with Portrait of LAM ARTINE. T HE THREE DAYS of FEBRUARY, 1848. By PERCY B. ST JOHN, AN EYE-WITNESS OF TIIE WHOLE REVOLUTION. Richard Bentley, New Buriington-street, (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty). THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Uu ler the Management el Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Comedy of THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. Si_ Peter Teazle, Mr. Farrell ; Sir Oltver Surface, Mr. Tilbury ; Sir BenJamin Backbite, Mr. A. Wigan; Joseph Surface, Mr. Creswick ; Chides Surface, Mr. henry Farrell ; Careless. Mr. H. Vandenhoff ; • Rowley, Mr. Gough ; Moses. Mr. Webster ; Snake, Mr. Braid ; Sir Harry, Mr. Caulfield ; Crabtree, Mr. Rogers ; Trip, Mr. Brindal. Lady Teazle, Mrs. Nisbett ; Mrs. Candour, Mrs. Glover; Lady Sneer well. Mrs. W. Clifford ; Maria, Miss E. Messent. • After which, the Farce, called DEAREST ELIZABETH. Mr. Lionel Lax, Mr. Keeley ; Mr. Winch, Mr. Rogers ; Betsy, Mrs. Keeley. ro conclude 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. £4. Buckliczhain ; Sally Starch, Mrs. Ilumby. Stale Manager, Mr. Farzen; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Web:tex. J. T. Archer, Box-book keeper. Boxes, ss. ; Pit, as. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Upper Gallery, Is. Doors opal at Half-put Six, Performance to eommen - ce . at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Under the direction o: Madame Celeste. Tnis EVENING • Will be presented an entirely new Piece, entitled the PEARL OF THE OCEAN ; or, the Prince and the Mermalden. Principal cha racters by Messrs. Wayc, P. Bedford, Wright, Munyard, Glennaire, Cuilenford, and Worrell ; Miss Woolgar, Miss Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, Mrs. Laws, and Madame Celeste. To be tollowed by a new and original Farce, entitled OUR NA TIONAL DEFENCES; or, the Cockshot Yeomanry. Principal characters by Messrs. Lambert, Wright, P. Bedford, Sanders ; Ma eame Celeste, Miss Emma Harding, Mrs. Laws, and Miss Woolgar. To conclude with a new Farce entitled THE TIPPERARY LE GACY. Turnem Green, Mr. Wright; Bob Gills; Mr. }lanyard ; Lanty Scrimmage, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Chubblock, Mr. Cullenford ; Policeman. Mr. Sanders ; Lizzy Chubblock, Miss Woolgar• Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. , Gallery, Is. I , nors open at Hall-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestrim. Sole Lessee. Mr. Charles Matkews. THIS EVENING Will be perfarmed a new comic Drama, entitled NOT A BAD JUDGE. After which, a New Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE GOLDEN RHANcII. Principal characters by Messrs. 11. Han, Harley, Her ridge, Madame Vestris, Miss K. Fitzwilliam, and Mrs. Maenaruara. To conclude with a new Piece, entitled DONE ON ROTH SIDES. Dross isoxes, bs. ; Upper Boxes, 48. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, is. No half-price to any part of the house. The ...Cew Box-office, No. 2, Wellington-street, is open to the Public every day, from Ton till Six. The Interior et the House has been entirely re-designed by Mr. W. Brats} ell of the Cclosseum. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell, 33, OA Bond-street. THIS EVENING, Will be performed LE CHEVALIER IYESSONNE. Madame d'Herbelay and Lc Chevalier d'Essonne, Mdlle. Methane. Alter which UN CAPRICE. Doors open at half•past Seven, Performance to commence at Vent. Roxes, Gs. ; Pit, 3s. 6d.; Amphitheatre, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s PRINCESS'S THEITRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager, Duchess-street, Portland- place. MR. MACII.EADY AND MISS FANNY KEMBLE. THIS EVENING Will be performed KING LE IR. Ktng Lear, Mr. Macready ; Cordella. Mrs. Butler. Lo conclude with a new Christmas Pantomime, entitled OLD 'PATIIEi:, TIME ; or, Harlequin and the Four Seasons. Dress Circle, : Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. STRAND THEATRE. NEW MANAGEMENT, Under the Sole Direction of Mr. Oxberry. Immense success of Lucy of Lammermoor. THIS EVENING, The performances will commence with an interesting Drama, called THE SIX DEGREES OF CRIME. Principal characters by Mr. Hudson Kirby (who is engaged for five nights only), Messrs. Oxberry, Laws, Rogerson, and Montague ; Miss Love, Mrs. Fisher, and Miss J. Colem...n. After which will be produced a new grand Ballet, entitled THE BOSE OF CACHMERE ; in which Mdlle. Blanche will appear, lupported by Messrs. Smidt, 11. Cooper, and Crosby, and an aug • ented Corps de Ballet. To conclude with the New Grand Burlesque Opera, by the Author of the "Adelphl Norma," called LUCY OF LAMMER MOOR. Not with Mr. Bunn's or 31. Jullien's, but with Oxiserry's powerful cast—Lucy, :Hiss E. Terry ; Captain Ashton, Mr. Oxberry ; and Edgar, Mr. Yart.old. • Private Boxes, 10s. Bti ; Boxes, 25.; Pit, ls. ; Gallery, 4d. Half price to Pit and Boxes at a Quarter before Nine. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Grand Combination of ATTRACTIONS at ASTLEY'S, which con- Mazes its chain of Malrnificent Entertainments. THIS EVENING, The New Georgcous Spectacle, THE BATTLE OF THE AMAZONS. in which Mr. W. West will appear. y new Seent.s in the Arena, by the talented Artistes of the uKtnYi,r.ment, in the carious modes of equestration, and in troducing Mr. Batty's highly trained steed, The Gem of the World. Concludlng w.th THE TURNPIKE GATE. Box-office open from 11 till 5. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. LOYAL VICTORIA TUEATRE. THIS EVENING, Will be presented ISABEL BERTRAND ; or the Wife's Tragedy To conclude with THE SPECTRE SKIFF. _ Boxes , is.; pit, 6d. ; Gallery, 4d. No Half-price to any part of the house. Doors open at Six, to commence at Half-past Six. THE THIRD EDITIONS "TII E SUN" CONTAIN, AS USUAL, THE LATEST PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE, AND ALL OTHER NEWS UP TO THE HOUR OF POST. Orders received by all Newsmen, and at the Sun•office, 112, Strand. . _ WEATH.E.R.--StiN OFFICE, MARCH 3. TalilibliMETEß, Lowest, 36 ; Highest, 43 ; Noon, 42. fIAnomETER., 30.—WIND N.N.W.; fine. ;i WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAT. .Nrarnin; .. 7 minutes aftor 12. f Evening .. 37 minutes mu , 12 . 0 ! , ''':.., ,doi. „ 4 q . "'.i . -(5..." fiff.:_ - _-:, ''.• ..4. - .lliL ~ d 1 _..„ sa, se e. " --- r, .41 111 50 ` :(?; i .V s .O ~ 'A.. .1 4 .!_. :1r , 4;-.^ D iet :,, ,1,1" - '!:•4,: c t •In o'' s; , . .4'.;: - ' itli ' ': , l • ...- . „=,;.;... ~,,„ ...... ,4 . p. ........ • 4 -,,, . Ginning ini LONDON, FRIDAY. MARCH 3, 1848. This evening the debate will be resumed on the proposition of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for the continuation of the income and property-tax on its present. footing for a further period of three years. The real question will be, whether the industrious classes are to be permanently saddled with so weighty a burden, which presses so unequally on the persons who are required to contribute thereto. This evening the representatives of the people will be called upon to expres s th e i r sentiments on the momen tous question, and upon the result of their deliberation, wi ll greatly depend whether they shall still retain the confidenc e of their several constituencies, and of the community at large, or whether they shall sinkinto well- merited contempt and disrepute. They are c a ll e d upon to adjudicate upon a subject in w hi ch their are themselves deeply c oncerned. The g reat majority of the assembly, fully four-fifths of its Members, are either the possessors or the representa tivea of large accumulated fortunes, and, have a direct personal interest adverse toth as such, of the great body of the people, of those who earn their e daily bread by their mental or bodily exertions. 11" would, however, still hope that no body of English men would lend their sanction to a system so mani festly inequitable, when their attention is fully and fairly directed to its palpable injustice. It was sub 'flitted to when it was supposed that it was only required for a brief period, and for a temporary and pressing emergency. The general feeling of the country is now, however, strongly in favour of direct taxation and the removal of the various imposts that unduly press upon the national industry, and prevent the great principles of ree-trade from being carried into full and perfect effect. It may, therefore, be considered as certain that the charge will be perpetuated, and very probably not only increased in amount, but also perhaps ex t.nded to a still more numerous class. It is, theref ore , essential that it should immedi a t e l y b e placed on ; fair and satisfactory foundation, and equitably adjusted amongst the parties who may be called upon to con- yftp , suN I . , __LONOOI4 I „, VRIAY SYRNINgtIA.II,9II.... tribute thereto in proportion to the real value of their respective incomes. At present the tax is imposed on every description of income without any regard to the sources from whence that income is derived, the manner in which it is obtained, or its probable continuance or permanency. This nominal equality is really most unequal in its operations and unjust in its principle. While in one case it might not amount to one-tenth per cent. on the value of the actual capital of the tax payer, it may in another sweep away every shilling of which he is possessed in the world, and leave him still trusting to exertions which at any moment may be paralysed, either by an attack of illness, want of employment, or any of the other casualties to which a person engaged in any trade or profession is liable every day. An extremely sensible and well written pamphlet has recently appeared, under the title of " A Few Words to the Middle Classes of England on the subject of the Income-tax," which puts the question on its true foundation, and which will be found well worthy of the attention of those who are anxious to come to a sound decision on the question. The writer points out five different classes of property on which the taxation is now equally enforced, but which really vary very considerably in degree. Thus there are, Ist, Incomes arising from real property ; 2d, From money invested in public or private securities—the principal of which remains at the disposal of the owner; 3d, Limited estates, such as annuities for terms of lives or years, issuing or payable out of either of the former classes ; 4th, The profits of persons embarked in trade or manufactures, who have a certain amount of capital invested in their business, and who make a profit thereon, and also on the skill and attention which they devote thereto; and, sthly, where the profits wholly arise from the skill and labour of the parties, whether in the shape of fixed salaries or fluctuating monies. There may be a vast number of sub-divi sions, but it would not be possible to take them into account, or to legislate thereon. One principle, however, may be fairly applied, viz.,—let the tax be levied in proportion to the real value of the capital or price at which that income would sell, if brought into the market in order to be disposed of. But there is another objection to the income-tax, as it falls on the fourth and fifth classes, which should not be lost sight of, and which appears to us an unanswerable argument against its continuance—its inquisitorial and vexatious character. Nothing can be more easily ascertained than the amount arising from fixed and realised property. The statement of its amount cannot in any degree injure the party who derives his maintenance therefrom. The case of a professional man or of one embarked in trade is, however, very different ; his credit may be materially injured by the returns he is obliged to make, and very frequently he is assessed on an amount far be yond what he really receives. These are points which should be attentively considered by the repre sentatives of the people befoie they consent to the demand that has been made for the renewal of the tax for a further period. Wales is clamouring fur education. In the midst of all the exciting occurrences of Europe, amidst the din of fallen dynasties, and the uproar of insurgent multitudes abroad, the cry of the humble population of the Welsh counties continues to be audible—im ploring the Legislature to interpose between their physical degradation and their intellectual redemp tion. Talk of the Ashantees and the savages of Polynesia, talk of the Hottentots and the Hill coolies, of the Bushmen and the Caribbeans ! there is immeasurably more reason for anxiety in regard to the debased and ignorant condition of Our own fellow-countrymen in the principality of Wales. Of the wants and miseries of foreign barbarians there may be much rational scepticism; the accounts given to us of their be nighted condition may be merely the tales of travel lers ; Captain BASIL HALL may have drawn very largely upon his imagination in delineating the social exigencies of the people of Loo Choo in the Indian archipselago, and there are very general doubts of the authenticity of the wanderings among the beautiful inhabitants of the Marquesas, by Citizen HERMAN MELVILLE, a mariner of the United States. But of the accuracy of the accounts made by respectable Commissioners appointed by the House of Commons to inquire into the truth or falsehood of the reports prevalent respecting an important section of the population of these dominions, there can be no reasonable doubt whatever. Materials of this substantial character have been latterly accumu lated in reference to the deplorable want of useful knowledge amongst the Welsh multitude. In the beginning of the Parliamentary session of 1846, it will be remembered that the necessity of making some such investigation was enforced upon the late Administration by the Hon. Gentleman, the late re presentative of Coventry (Mr. WILLIAM WILLIAMS), and that the then Chief Secretary for the Home Depart ment (Sir JAMES GRAHAM) acknowledged the readi ness of the Government to forward the views of the Hon. Member by instituting a comprehensive inquiry into the mental destitution of the principality of Wales. Shortly after wards there came the rupture of the Peel Cabinet, in consequence of the extraor dinary fiscal innovations forced through the Cham bers of the Legislature, and almost immediately upon the installation of the Russell Ministry the .determi nation announced by Sir JAMES GRAHAM in refe rence to Wales was carried into effect under the active and patriotic superintendence of his successor, Sir GEORGE GREY. Three Commissioners (Messrs. LINGEN, SYMONS, and JOHNSON) were autho rised to proceed to the western shore of this island, for the purpose of guaging the ignorance and surveying the debasement of the Welsh with a sort of intellectual theodolite. The secretary of this Commission was a man eminently qualified to fulfil its duties, namely, Mr. KAY SHUT TLEWORTH, and the reports already sent in have fully corroborated the accounts originally given by the Hon. Gentleman the late Member for Coventry, while they have demonstrated in a remarkable manner the activity of the three Commissioners and their secretary. Some tolerable conception may be formed of the miserable ignorance of the people in this portion of the United Kingdom by an enumeration of a very few of the more general calculations of the Commis sioners. First of all, it must be borne in recollection that in 1841 the population of Wales amounted, in round numbers, to more than 900,000 souls (if we are not mistaken, the exact number was 911,321), and that with merely 1,530 day-schools, there were only two-thirds out of 72,194 children in anything like regular attendance. In the eight parishes in the county of Carnarvon, wit.:l a population of 9,447, there were found to be only two poor schools 1 In the thirty-one parishes in the county of Anglesea, with a population of 13,956, there were only five schools, of the very meanest description I Out of the 126 parishes in the counties of Radnor, Brecknock, and Cardigan, there are seventy-two parishes (writes Mr. Symons in his report), without any day-school at all, and two-thirds of the children of those counties without any schooling whatever ! The propor tions per cent. of the children who do obtain school ing (in the other shires not yet mentioned) compared with the latest census of the population of the same age, are thus estimated:—Carmarthen, 17.7 ; Glamorgan, 25.4; Pembroke, 27.7 ; Montgomery, • ch andis the the necessitous total of 18.4 ; Me r i oneth, 21.7 ; Denbigh, 22.8 ; Flint, 3 North condition lS' a l e of f t 1 , 200 e. Such 2 ; humbler classes in Wales, a condition which not only debars them from most of the very ordinary comforts and conveniences of private life, but has tended to plunge them into a state of deplorable and degrading sensuality. Upon the former point Mr. WILLIAMS has very judiciously remarked in his letter to the Premier :*—" The common people, from their imperfect knowledge of their own language, are in capable of so i e n itllgib y comprehending as to aid them in improving their knowledge and skill in their ordinary occupations." And upon the latter point an intelligent writer in Fraser's Magazine for this March remarks—" Petty thefts, lying, cozening, every species of cLicanery, drunkenness, and idle ness, • A Letter to the Right lion. Lord John Russell, &c., on . the Report of th e C omm i ss i oners a pp o i n ted to in quireinto the St a t e o f Ed ucat i on i n W a l es. B y William Williams, Esq., l a t e M.P. f or Coventry. Pp. 31. L on d on: ,Ridgway. 1848. prevail to a great extant among the least educlted part of the community, who are said scar rely to re gard them in the light (y"' sins." So that by enlight ening the minds of the poor Welsh, we should be also purifying their hearts, by dissipating the dirk ness of ignorance w: should be scaring the obscure birds which love that darkness—vice, and hide coruna, and all kinds of immorality and licentious ness. Let the philanthropists bethink them selves of the old saying that " Charity begins at home," and so transform their expeditions to Terra del Fuego into adventures into the obscurer corners of Glamorganshire, their pincushions for the aborigines of Australia, into horn-books for the little children of Carnarvon. GOD knows there would be more decency, more consistency, more patriotism, and more Christianity in such a distribution of their bounties. Meanwhile the exertions of the Govern ment must not be abated, for it must be remembered that while ameliorative measures are being prepared the evil is rapidly increasing. According to a letter from Aix la-Chapelle of the 27th, the events of Paris had produced an extraordi nary sensation there. " The French newspapers had been eagerly seized, and alarm was already felt respecting the measures which the Prussian Government would not fail to take on the first intellizence of the events. It ap• peared certain that the Landwehr had been called out, and it was feared that young men of from 18 to 20 years of age would be likewise summoned. An army of 30,000 men was expected to arrive before the ex piration of a week." A letter from Turin of the 14th states that the relations between Sardinia and the Cabinet of Vienna were daily becoming colder. The Austrian Commissioner, sent to Turin for the purpose of ar ranging certain commercial and financial differences, has returned to Vienna without having been able to obtain any satisfactory result. Ten thousand men bad just been set on foot, and two new contingents convoked. The Madrid journals of the 25th ult. bring no news. The Three per Cents. were done at 291 at 50 days the other securities were not quoted. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. PROCEEDINGS AT PARIS. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The accounts from the provinces continue to be favourable, with the exception of Rheims, where some serious excesses had been committed. In Paris all was quiet, and everything presented its ordinary appearance. The Moniteur contains the following twelve new decrees, issued by the Provisional Government : The First—After promising an abolition, at some future period, of all taxes affecting food, continues as a temporary measure all the present imposts, with out exception, and calls on all good citiz'ns to pay their taxes. The same decree promises that the Pro visional Government will present to the National Assembly a Bill for the abolition of the stamp on newspapers, the octroi and the salt tax, and will modify all other taxes. 2. Abolishes all titles of nobility. 3. Annuls all condemnations for political offences against the late dynasty. 4. Proclaims freedom to all religions, and calls on the clergy to make use of the formula Deus Sedum lac Rempublicam. 5. Places the Palace of the Luxembourg at the disposal of M. Lours BLANC and M. ALIx&T, as Pre • sident and Vice-President of the Commission with respect to the rights of workmen. 6. Promotes Major-General CLVAIGNAC, the new Governor-General of Algeria, to the rank of General of Division. 7. Promotes Colonel Bazcz to the rank of Major- General. 8. Dissolves the Municipal Council of Paris. 9. Forbids the distribution of placards or notices without the name of the printer. 10. Places the Petit Luxembourg at the disposal of M. DUPONT (DE L ' EURE), the President of the Provisional Government. 11. Appoints M. A. BARBES Governor of the Luxembourg. 12. Restores the rank of Generals of Divition and Generals of Brigade. Paris was perfectly tranquil. M. ARMAND MARRAST has been appointed National Administrator of the property belonging to the Crown and the Civil List. The Council of State, the Academy of Medicine, the Literary Association, the Syndicate of the Stock- brokers, and the Tribunal of Commerce have given n their adhesion to the Government. Even in La Vendee the Republic had been proclaimed without resistance. The Moneteur publishes the following decrees : " FRENCH REPUBLIC. "LIBERTY -EQUALITY-FRATERNITY. " The Provisional Government declares— " That every new system of policy should be based on a new system of credit and impost. " That the system of taxation of the French Republic should have for its object the more equal partition of public contributions. " That this justice will have for a natural result the amelioration of the condition of the public, and a diminution of the charges which weigh upon labour. " That there exist at !present imposts of which the suppression is very lawfully demanded. That one of the :first laws presented to the National Assembly will be a new budget, in which the Provisional Government will satisfy wishes which it partakes, especially those regarding indirect im posts, the octroi, the stamp duty on the daily press, and all other taxes which affect the subsistence of the people and the expression of opinions. " The Provisional Government is resolved sincerely to propose to the National Assembly a budget estab lished on the above priniples. " But it considers it to be its most imperious duty to recal to the citizens that every system of taxation cannot be determined by a Provisional Government; that it belongs to the delegates of the whale nation to judge sovereignly with regard to that; that every other conduct would inAr4 on its part the most rash usurpation. "It moreover repeats that the French Republic, though succeeding a Government of prodigality, and corruption, accepts and h.rmly desires to fulfil all its engagements, to rest faithful to every contract. " That in the midst of the passing difficulties inse parable from every great commotion, it will be an act of the greatest imprudence to diminish the resources of the Treasury. " That by doing so one would run the risk of suspending or compromising the most important services, and be less pre pared to make face against events of which France .and Europe may be the wit nesses. "From these motives the Provisional Government decrees:— _ __ "Art. I. All imposts, 'without exception, shall con tinue to be levied as before. " Art. 11. All good citizens are called on, in the name of patriotism, to offer no obstacle to the pay ment of their taxes. " Art. 111. The Provisional Government engages itself to present to the National Assembly a budget, in which the stamp duty on the periodical papers, the octroi, the tax on salt shrill be abolished, and a law which will completely modify the system of indirect contributions. " The Members of the Provisional Government." (Here follow their signatures.) " FRENCI-1 REPUBLIC. " mnEaTT—EQUALITY—FRATERNUT. " The Provisional Go vernment being firmly re solved to maintain the f:ee exercise of all religions, and being anxious to associate the consecration of re• ligious feeling to the great act of reconquered liberty, invites the ministers of all the forms of worship existing in the territory of the Republic to call down the Divine blessing on the work of the people, and to pray that both the sip irit of firmuese and f re • gulation which founds institutions may be vouchsafed to it. In consequence ale Provisional Governmen calls on the Archbishop of Paris and all the Bishop , - of the Republic to substitute for the old form of prayer the words : " Domine, salvam tfac Rempublicsin.' " The Minister of Pul)lic Instructiion is charged with the execution of the :present decree." The following appears in the Gazelle des Tribe naux "It is announced to utt; that the company of the Northern Railway has dei :tared to all the workmen and agents of its enterprise that it has decided to admit them to a participation in the profits. The participation is to be settled in the following manner . The products are to be d ividEd :-1. To salaries ; '2 To the interest of the capital, and to paying it off ; 3. The profits, beyond these two chapters, to be divided between the ahareb olders and the agents and workmen, in the proportion of the capital in money to the capital in labour.' , The. Managing Committee of the Association for the Defence of National Labour has addressed the following circular to the members:— "Gentlemen,—The gravity of the circumstances imposed new duties on your association. The Re public is proclaimed. There is no power without order. And order is the idea which dominates the association of which you have constituted us the re presentatives, and which you have founded out of the pale of all political opinion. Without order, in fact, there is neither consumption, nor labour, nor wages— no present, no future. Such must be the sentiment of our associates, and therefore we rely on their co operation. Events render it indispensable. They have induced us to promise to the Minister of Com merce that, to contribute to the maintenance of order every manufacturer, &c., will make it a duty in pro portion to his means to create employment. It is thus that every shop will become a national shop; and as such will be entitled to the protection of all. Flat this situation imposes grave duties on industry. You nobly understood them when, in the year which has just passed, you maintained labour, and assured the nourishment of the working classes. The sacri fices which humanity then imposed upon you, an enlightened patriotism now demands. You will not be untrue to your former conduct, and within the limits of what is possible you will renew the sacri fices previously made. Especially employ your per sonal influence that your example may be followed by all. It is thus—it is by these means—that we shall draw closer the union between all citizens. And, let us not forget it, the union of citizens is the peace of the country ; there to-day is the first element of labour, the first element of public security and prosperity. Accept, &c. (Signed) " ODIER, President. " MIME RE L, Vice-President. "LOUIS LEBEUF, Secretary. JOSEPH PERRIER, Treasurer." The following petition has been extensively pla carded in Paris : " Petition for a Bill to establish a national pension fund for every workman that bas attained the age of fifty -five years. " Every citizen of the two sexes from seventeen to fifty-five years of age shall be bound to pay each day two centimes, or 60c. per month, or 71.50 c. per annum ; every town or village shall be bound to pay for the totality of its inhabitants. " Every workman employing workmen or servants is bound to keep back this amount from their wages, and is to be considered responsible therefore. " Every father of a family who is unfortunate, and has several mouths to support, shall be de jure exempted from paying his annual quota until such time as his family shall be able to work. " Are excluded from the advantages of the pension fund all persons having a revenue above 8001. a year; the most severe laws to be made against such persons as should rob the money of the poor. "A scale of pension is to be fixed, giving 500 f. a year at 55 years, 700 f. at 65 years, and 1,100 at 75 years. " The pension fund is to be for all citizens—thus bankers, notaries, advocates, in a word, all persons who may have been favoured by fortune all their life time, will have as much right to it, if they become unfortunate, as the workman who all his life-time has known only labour and privation. " What workman is there who cannot save fifteen centimes per week ? Who is there that would not blush to receive alms when age shall have weakened his strength and courage ? The pension which he will receive will be the economy of his whole life, and if he throws a glance backwards, it will be to bless the progress of civilisa tion. " The day on which this law will pass the pay ment of the pension may commence, since from the age of 17 to 55 all citizens will contribute to the common stock; and since the funds in place of being capitalized will be distributed every year. During lit years the State will have little to add in order to complete the pensions, but after that period it will every year have an enormous sacrifice to make. Let, during the fifteen years, the twelve millions which were gven to a single man, be capitalized. Let the resources of the civil list be added to them, and the sum:will be more than sufficient. If fears are enter tained not to obtain a sum sufficient to pay all the pensions, let the diamonds of the crown be sold, as well as the articles of value found at the Tuileries. The most glorious crown of a government ought to be the happiness of the people. " MAINCENT. cathec who never violated his vows, I plight my , own, "through your medium, to the French Re public. " ' Receive, gentlemen, this manifestation of a profound sympathy, and a devotion which only asks to be put to the proof. (Signed) " PIERRE-NAPof.EON BUONAPARTE. "'Paris, 29th Feb., 1848: " The Conslitulionnel says— " The following fact merits to be cited :—On the night of Thursday, when the people were still under the impression of the victory which they had gained, an individual posted up at the corner of the Rue Richelieu a written paper, containing the name and address of the persons with whom MM. Guizot, Duchatel, and Hebert had taken refuge. That in dication was followed by an appeal to vengeance. Already the crowd was gathering round the spot full of emotion, 'when a patrol of workmen advaneed, with a corporal of the National Guard at its head. The latter approached, read the placard, and cried out—' My friends, they who make such dastardly denunciations have not fought in our ranks!' and he tore down the paper amidst the applause of all. " We are informed that, in addition to the library, pictures, and rich furniture saved at the château of Neuilly, the silver plate was also rescued from the flames. This plate, valued at about 1,200,000 f., and which now becomes the property of the nation, has been also deposited at the Maine of Neuilly." The following is from the Memorial de Rotten : " We learn from an authentic source that several members of the Royal Family arrived at Eu in a pitiable condition. The Duchess of Orleans came with her two children, but without any attendants, covered with mud, and almost without clothing. The keeper of the chateau and his wife were obliged to furnish them with garments and other supplies. As soon as the report of their arrival reached the town, the National Guards turned out en masse, and went to the Palace, every issue of which they guarded, protesting their resolution not to quit their post, let whatever might happen, until the Princes were in perfect safety. It was, in fact, rumoured that they were pursued by a furious band, determined to mas sacre them. They afterwards, under an escort of the National Guard at Eu, embarked at Treport. The Duchess DE MONTPENSIER (says the Ami de la Religion), having lost her way at the Tuileries in the confusion of the KING'S flight and the entrance of the people, was met by a physician of the Court, and by him enabled to rejoin her family. Galignani of Thursday has the following news from Belgium:— "The King and Queen of the Belgians and their family came from Lacken to Brussels on Sunday, be tween two and three o'clock in the afternoon. At three o'clock the King presided at a Council of Mi nisters. Their Majesties and family did not return to Lacken, but will remain for the present at Brussels. The King received in the course of the day Lieut.- General Prisse, the Military Governor, and several other persons. ' BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MARC% 2. Boulogne and Amiens, BX—Namur and Liege, 4% ex int.—Northern of France. s%—Orleans and Bordeaux, 3% —Paris and Lyons, 2 7 / B —Rouen and Havre; 11%—Sambre and Meuse, 6A—West Flanders, 1. ALARMING ACCIDENT. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) RUGBY STATION, MARCH 2.—An accident occurred to-day on the London and North-Western line, at Weedon. The draw-bridge over the water was omitted to be closed, and an engine, with a luggage train, which could not be stopped soon enough, has fallen in, and the traffic on both lines is stopped for the present. There is not less than eight passenger trains delayed in conse quence, and the passengers have to walk across planks to the other side and get into an up train to come on here, and the first train has just arrived since the acci• dent, half-past seven, several hours over due. The soldiers from the barracks at Weeden have ren dered every assistance. There has been no train from here to Derby since three o'clock, and how long we shall have to wait no one can inform us. P. S. I have just heard that no one is hurt, and that a beat laden with bricks was going through the bridge, and the engine tumbled into the boat which sunk to the bottom. MARKET NEWS._(THIS CORN EXCHANGE-FRIDAY. The present week's arrival of English Wheat coast wise has amounted to only 1,540 quarters, chiefly from Essex. To-day the stands were very scantily filled with samples, and the demand for all kinds of Wheat of home produce was very steady at fully Monday's quotations, and at which a good clearance was effected. Fine par cels of foreign Wheat moved off fully at extreme cur rencies, but the middling and inferior kinds were much neglected. Scarcely any Barley was on offer. Most kinds were in moderate request at unaltered prices. Superfine Malt was quite as dear. In other kinds so little was doing, that prices were nominal. Oats were in moderate request, at late rates. Beans, Peas, and Indian Corn were the turn lower. The top price of Flour was 46s per 280 lbs. _ . _ " Viva la Republique." The following observations in the National, on the subject of the English alliance, are important at this moment:— " The blow having been struck, the Orleans dynasty expelled, and the Republic proclaimed, the first at tention was directed towards the great continental states to whom the news of our revolution will cause such great displeasure. England was only thought of afterwards, for every one at first thought that the advent of the French Republic, however unexpected and prodigious it might be, would not meet with great repugnance, and all the accounts which reach us from the bunks of the Thames confirm this anti cipation. Under the ex-monarchy, that is to say, a week since, the National reckoned the English alliance amongst its opponents. Nevertheless, from that time it had made its reservations ; and under all circumstances it declared that no thing appeared to it more desirable than an alliance between the two nations, but that it could not give that appellation to the connexion to which was af terwards given the ridiculous appellation of entente cordiale. In fact, there was nothing clear, nothing real in those relations without good faith, which it was sought to link together. The Orleans dynasty neither sought the welfare of France nor that of England—it was simply a calculation made to secure to itself a support, not so much against eventualities from abroad (events have fully proved that there were no eventualities to be dreaded from abroad) as against those at home. It borrowed from England a certain degree of strength, which it opposed to us; and as, in the end, all the force which it acquired was destined to be used for a counter-revolutionary object, it was natural that we, the ardent friends of liberty, should react against a con nexion which might increase the power of that fatal dynasty. It is for this reason that we have exclaimed against the English al liance ; and the English must be now sufficiently en lightened by events to see clearly that our conduct was sincere, and not grounded on any hostile feeling against England. We are therefore now at liberty to declare that we accept an alliance with the great English nation, on conditions honourable to both countries, and under guarantees which we have a right to demand. Another point still excites our opposi tion ; it appears to us that the French Government does not treat with the English Government on the footing of equality. We so strongly feel that Louis Philippe required the help of England, that we can not recognise the motive for the concessions by which he paid for that support. The private interest of the dynasty was always at the bottom of them. It was a weakness at which we feel indignant, and against which we have always protested. But now that no dynasty has anything to ask from . England, now that it is impossible for us to treat otherwise than on grounds of equality, we joyfully express our hopes that no conflicting points may arise between the two powerful nations who border the Channel. The feeble and uncertain peace which the Orleans dynasty had attempted must be changed into a solid one, advantageous to all. This great affair is hence forth placed in - the decision of the two nations, and that inspires us with confidence. The expression of I the will of France will not be shackled by anything, and we think that it will be, without any restriction, the maintenance of peace. On their side, the English people have sufficient weight in the determination of their Government to have peace if they wish ' it; and we confidently reckon on their doing so. Do not we moreover know that our cause already excites warm sympathy in Eng land ? It will be clearly expressed, and will have the twofold advantage of influencing the determination of the English Government, and of putting an end to any uneasiness or angry feeling which may exist ith us. The force of circumstances always exercises power on the will of man, and that force is in favour of peace. The French Republic, engaged in organ izing itself, and in causing its advent to turn to the advantage of the working classes, will not undertake a war except in the event of European nationalities being threatened. On the• other hand, there cannot he in England any Government so rash, so subversive as to compromise all its interests by war. The neu trality of England appears therefore to be secure for the time. Whether that neutrality may be changed into anything more efficacious for preserving the peace and security of Europe will be the result of i-ne, of men, arid of events; but what is now certain is that the two nations, if they unite for a great com mon object of justice and civilization, will have a weight which nothing can counterbalance." The National contains the following:— " M. Pierre Napoleon Buonaparte (son of Lucien) had addressed the following letter to the Provisional Government : " To TILE MEMBERS OF THE PROVISIONAL GO. VERNMENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. " Gentlemen,—The son of Lucien Buonaparte— nurtured in his republican opinions—and, like him, passionately devoted to the greatness and happiness of France—l, a child of the country, place myself at the disposal of the eminent citizens who form the Provisional Government. The sentiment by which I am governed is that of patriotic enthusiasm, and the conviction that the prosperity and future prospects of the Republic were resolved the day on which the people placed you at the head of affairs. Like my (FROM ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT.) RUGBY, MARCH 2.—At a quarter-past four P.M. (this afternoon), a fearful accident was well nigh happening, by the carelessness of not attending to the signal at the station at Weedon. There is an iron bridge to let Go vernment boats through fsr the service of the barracks and military prison. This bridge was open, and the proper signal given, but owing to the inattention of the guard no notice was taken of the signal, and the engine fell in the middle of the boat, which instantly sank. No lives happily lost. Had it been the . " express" train, which was nearly due, the consequences might have been fearful. Several barristers were in the train coming from the Northampton assizes, and of which I am one, and I must add that instances of want of attention to sig nals has very rarely occurred. The trains, both up and down, were instantly warned to stop, and there has been a detention caused of many hours, owing to the difficulty of raising the ponderous engine from its situation in the canal. This has no doubt caused most painful anxiety to those who were hourly expecting friends by the dif ferent trains. The directors will naturally cause a searching inquiry, and find out where the fault rests for the sake of the safety of the public. POST-OFFICE NOTICE. TO TEE EDI TOR OF THE SUN. SIR—I am instructed by the Postmaster-General to forward to you the accompanying " Notice to the Pub lic," which has recently been issued by this department, as his Lordship considers the information contained in it may be usetul to you. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, W. L. MIBERLEL General Post office, 3d March 1848. Notice to the Public, and Instructions to all Post masters, Sub-Postmasters, and Letter Receivers, issuing and paying Money Orders. General Post• office, February, 1848. Winchfield, in Hampshire, having been constituted a post town, the Post-office there will be opened for the issue and payment of Money Orders on and after the 10th of March next. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I find, from a number of letters from vari ous parts of the country, and from a leading article in The Sun of last night, that a letter, dated Leeds, and signed " George Wilson," which appeared in The Suss of the 29th ult., has been attributed to me. Will you have the goodness to inform your readers that lam not the writer.—l remain your most obedient servant, GEORGE WILSON, Chairman of the League. Manchester, March 2, 1848. TO THE EDITOR OP THE SUN. SIR,—Is there no such thing as getting up an English subscription for the wounded of the noble Parisians, so ably, warmly, and justly eulogised in your admirable columns. If so, my mite at least is ready. M. M. London, Monday. CALEDONIAN SOCIETY'S BALL. This annual as sembly took place last night at the Hanover-square Rooms, where the members and their friends made a numerous party. The whole suite of these magnificent rooms were thrown open, and every available space occupied by the lovers of the dance. The members appeared in their Highland costumes, and the ball-room was handsomely decorated with shields, targets, and claymores, and hung with draperies formed of all the clan tartans. At one o'clock an excellent supper was served, to which about 300 sat down. After the repast, dancing was resumed, and continued with unabated energy till an early hour. Mr. Guiness, with his efficient band, presided in the orchestra. The arrangements reflect the greatest credit can the managing committee, who, with Mr. Gray, the honorary secretary, paid un ceasing attention to the comforts of the company. Success to the Caledonian Society of London. SOCIETY OF THE FRIENDS or FOREIGNERS IN DisraEss.—Yesterday the annual meeting of the rnem• hers aid friends of this society was held at the London Tavern ; John Labouchere, Esq., in the chair. The report, which was read by the secretary, stated that, notwithstanding the commercial e mbarrassment which had characterised the last year , the same zeal in carrying out the benevolent objects of this society had been exhi bited as in former times. The collection at the last an niversary dinner had produced 2,4171., to which was to be added 200/. from the governor and company of the Bank of England. A donation of 20/. had been received from his Royal Highness Frince Oscar of Sweden and Norway, another of 101. from h;s Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Saxe Weimar, and the Kin g of . Hanover had intimated his intention of beco m i ng an annual sub scriber to the amount of 501. Of the actual assistance rendered, the report stated that eighty persons had re ceived a weekly portion of 55., and ninety-six received allowances varying from ss. per month to 2s. ad. per week, making an amount of 1,421/. 9s. 9J. The in stances of casual relief had exceeded those of any former year, there having been not fewer than 2,711, of whom 307 had been new cases. These had entailed on the society an expenditure of not less than 1,1631. 14s. Bd. The report having been adopted, officers for the ensuing year were elected, and twelve distressed foreigners were added to the list of the society's pensioners, out of forty-six applicants. OSTEND, MARCH I.—Lady Campbell and family, left this morning, by the General Steam Navigation Com pany's steam-ship Sir Edward Bankes, for London. The new Archbishop of Canterbury will be con firmed in Bow Church, Cheapside, on Friday, the 10th inst., at eleven o'clock. ARRIVALS. Wheat. 115eiglish .. •... I 1,540 qrs. Lrisli. ........ Foreign ...... G,750 13arloy. Oats. Flour. 620 qrs. 2,430 qrs. I MO ski. 2,640 - -- 4,190 Malt, 620 qrs. SMITHFIELD. The supply of English-fed Beasts on sale in today's market was very small, and of but middling quality; still, however, the Beef trade was in a sluggish state, at barely, but at nothing quotable beneath, Monday's prices. There were on offer 154 Oxen and Cows, 520 Sheep, and 47 Calves, from Holland, as, also, 249 horned and polled Scots from Aberdeen and Dundee. Prime Down Sheep, the number of which was limited, moved off steadily, at fully last week's quotations. In all other breeds exceedingly little business was doing at our quotations. For Calves the inquiry was steady, and the currencies were well supported. Pigs were a slow sale, but not cheaper. Milch Cows sold slowly, at from 141 to 171 each, including their small Calf. s. d. to s. d. Second quality ditto 4 0 4 6 Coarse.woolled ditto 4 8 5 2 Soutlitlown Wether G 4 i 6 Ditto eut of the wool Large Hogs ...... 4 0 4 6 Small Porkers .... 4 8 5 0 Quarter old Pigs ..18 0 24 0 Lambs .... •• • 0 0 0 0 Per albs. to slat the offal. s. d. to s. d. biferlor Beasts-- 3 4 3 6 846cond quality -... 3 8 3 10 Prime large Oxen.. 4 0 4 2 Prime Scots ... •• . 4 4 4 r Large coarse Calves 4 0 4 6 Prime small ditto .. 4 8 i 0 Suckling Calves —2l • 29 Inferior Sheep •. . 3 8 310 SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. I Sheep. I Calvos. I Pigs. 599 2.720 194 260 NEWGATE AErD MEADENH.AI.7... We had a very inaative demand to-day, at the follow ing terms:— At per etone by the Carceee. s. d. to s. d. I 1. d. to s. d. Beef,inferlor..•• •• 3 0 3 2 Mutton, interior .. 3 8 310 - middling 3 2 3 4 middling.. 4 0 4 4 prime large .. 3 4 1 6 prime .... 4 6 4 8 - prime small .• f 3 3IS I Pork, large •• ••••••• • 3 10 4 0 - small.. 4 i 5 0 Lamb. Os 04 to Os Oth HOHOUGH HOP MARKET. Our market continues to be well supplied with Hops of last year's growth, the demand for which is in a very inactive state, and, in some instances, the quotations have a downward tendency. In Old Hops we have no transactions to notice. New Hops—Sussex pockets, 2/ 18s to 31 4s ; Weald of Kent ditto, 31 to 31. 7s ; Mid and East Kent ditto, 3/ 5s to 518 s per cwt. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancelllor sat today in the Old Hall, Lincoln's-inn. His Lordship, after disposing of the un opposed lunatic petitions in his paper, proceeded to hear the further arguments on the part heard appeal of Caton v. Ridout, which occupied his Lordship the whole of the morning. ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. ROBSON. On the application at the sitting of the Court of Mr. Chisholm Anstey, this case, which comes before his Lordship on motion and demurrer, was ordered to stand on the paper for the 22d. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) His Lordship the Master of the Rolls sat in his court at the Rolls House, Chancery-lane to-day, and heard causes. ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. ROBSON. This case stood on his Lordship's paper today to be argued upon two demurrers, but on the case being called, His LORDSHIP expressed a wish that it should be argued before the Lord Chancellor, if ho would hear it, as he (the Master of the Rolls) had formerly been con cerned for parties in the cause. The parties adopted the suggestion of his Lordship, and it was arranged that an application should be made to the Lord Chancellor to hear the demurrers, as well as a motion that was proceeding before him. VICE-CHANCERY.--(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE•CUANCELLOR of England.) His Honour after disposing of the unopposed cruse petitions, short causes, and cause petititions on his paper. proceeded to hear the further arguments on the part. heard cause Robinson v. Robinson, which occupied his Honour the remainder of the morning. Nothing of any interest occurred in the Courts of the Vice-Chancellors Knight Bruce and Wigram. SECONDARIES'.-(THIS DAY.) This Court stands adjourned till Wednesday next. BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner GOULBURN.) IN RE PARYEE-TUE ASSIGNEES AND GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. This bankrupt, who had carried on business as a carrier in Gosw•ell-street, came up to pass his last examination, which had been adjourned until this day under peculiar circumstances. It appeared that the bankrupt had been arrested at the suit of the petitioning creditor, who also made him bankrupt on a bill of exchange subsequently due. His: HONOUR refused to proceed in the examination at that time, and said that he would not until the bankrupt was released, as the creditor was not entitled to two remedies, and he would not have adjudicated in the case had this fact been mentioned at the time. The Sommoß said that the bankrupt had been re leased under a judge's order, and he now wished for an adjournment, as he had been prevented by his imprison ment from preparing his accounts. lie had carried on a very extensive business, and had establishments in London, at Buckingham, Froome, and ten or eleven other places, and there were upwards of 150 account books to be referred to to make out the accounts. The SOLICITOR to the fiat said that it would be neces sary to have an early full examination as to the debts ; there was one claim for 3,0001. against the Great Western Railway Company for deductions to be allowed on charges for carriage. His HoNotut said he did not see how the company could be compelled to make the deductions. The SOLICITOR said in one ease they had been com pelled to do so, and no doubt they would iu this, The examination was then adjourned. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. THE MURDER OF TIIE SOLDIER IN ST. JAMES'S-PARK. The Court was opened this morning at ten o'clock before Mr. Commissioner Bullock and Alderman Gibbs. The Learned Judges, the Lord Chief Baron, ar.d Mr. Justice Coltman shortly afterwards took their seats on the bench. Anntdie Meyers was then placed at the bar on an in dictment charging her with the wilful murder of Henry Ducker, a private soldier in the 2,11 battalion of the Cold stream Guards, by discharging a loaded pistol at him. The prisoner, an interesting young woman, when first placed at the bar, betrayed but small symptoms of emo tions, but in the course of the proceedings appeared to be very much affected. Mr. BODKIN conducted the case on behalf of the pro secution, and went through the statement of facts, which have already nppeared from time to time in The Sun, as given in evidence before the inquest and at the police office. The first witness called was Samuel Belcher (exa mined by Mr. CLARKE), a private in the 2d battalion of the Coldstream Guards. He stated tkat he knew the deceased. He saw him at the barrack gate at about half past four. He observed the prisoner about three or four yards from the deceased, following slowly after him. He did not hear anything pass between them. He heard the report of fire-arms, but did not turn back himself. Cross-examined by Mr. CLARKSON, counsel for the prisoner—He did not belong to tho same company as the deceased. Did not know that he promised to marry the prisoner. He recollected the deceased being in prison several times for drunkenness, and upon one oc casion for desertion. John Garwood (examined by Mr. BODKIN), said that on the 4th of February he came out of the barracks with the deceased. He had seen the prisoner in company with the deceased upon the 3d of February, between the hours of five and seven in the evening. He did not hear the prisoner speak to the deceased. Ile heard the report of a pistol about a quarter of an hour after leaving the barracks; he turned round and saw the deceased fall upon his face. Sarah Sexton, residing at 29, West Pimlico, stated, on the 4th of February , le was walking along th e Bird cage-walk, about five o clock in the afternon, when she saw the prisoner fire a pistol at a soldier. The prisoner was about ten yards from the soldier when she dis charged the pistol. The soldier fell, and the prisoner threw down the pistol and walked away. Henry Green was in the enclosure of the Park when he heard the report of a pistol, and saw the deceased fall. The prisoner was holding the pistol in her hand. She threw it down, and walked away towards the Palace. He saw the prisoner apprehended by a policeman, to whom she said that she tfad done it, and intended to have done it, or words to that effect. William Low, a policeman, proved apprehending the prisoner, and her stating to him " that she had done it, and had intended to have done it for some time," and asked him whether " he was dead." 11. Thompson, a sergeant in the second battalion of Coldstream Guards, proved the finding of several letters in the knapsack of the deceased. He knew the deceased's handwriting. He could not say positively whether the letters produced were in the handwriting of the deceased. The LORD CHIEF BARON said that in such an im p ortant case as the present it would not be sufficient to have a mere opinion on the subject of the handwriting„ That point ought to be confirmed by the most satisfac tory evidence. Cross-examined by Mr. CLauxsox—The deceased had been confined for being absent without leave from his regiment, and had been several times confined for mis conduct. Bickersteth, police-inspector, proved taking down the charge at the station-house. The prisoner gave him several letters and a pistol bag. Those produced were the same. Mrs. Curtis proved that the prisoner had been in her service about fourteen days when this occurrence took place. Joseph Claxton, assistant surgeon to the Coldstream Guards, stated that he examined the deceased, and kiLld o wound en th© back of the bead, and a cor- responding one on the front. The wounds were such as would be produced by a bullet passing through the head, and was sufficient to cause death. Ann Lane, examined by Mr. BODKIN—She bad known the prisoner for about a month before Christmas. She met the prisoner about nine o'clock at night on the 3d of February in the Birdcage-walk. Upon that oc casion she said to her, " Henry and me have parted." She then dr, w a pistol from under her cloak, and said, "I have bought this for Henry." Witness thought it had been purchased as a present, and asked whether he would not have it. Prisoner replied, "No, but be shall have it." Upon this she said. " \Vas she aware of the consequences?" Prisontx replied, "She was aware of it, and her fate would be a warning to others." She then read a letter, which she said she had sent to Henry, but which he had returned again, and she had 2d. to pal for the postage ; that the deceased had had two pounds from her since Christmas, and that she had then only nine shillings left out of her last quartet" wages. Prisoner then said that on Sunday she would give the pistol to Henry. Witness replied, that she thought her heart would fail her before then, and she answered that it would not, as she had well considered the matter. Cross-examined by Mr. CLAnissost—She resided at 20, Northumberland -street, in the Strand. She was not examined before the magistrate. She was in the habit of going to the barracks. She believed that the pri• souer and the deceased were keeping company together. She never heard that the deceased wished the prisoner to pawn her clothes and go upon the streets to obtain money for him. James Beattie, gun-maker, of Regent street, proved that the prisoner came to his shop and purchased the pistol produced, upon a representation that she wanted to shoot a large Newfoundland dog. Alice Vernon stated that the letter produced was found in the desk of the deceased. The letter which was addressed to her mistress was then put in and read. It was to the effect that the act she was about to commit was the consequence of her love, stating " that revenge was sweet when it could be obtained, and that she hoped her case would he a warning to other young men not to deceive young women." This closed the case on behalf of the prosecution. Mr. CLARKSON then proceeded to address the jury' on behalf of the prisoner. He said that it would be idle in him to attempt to deny the effect of the evidence given against the prisoner. He quite agreed with some of the opening remarks of the Learned Counsel, and that unbridled !icentiousness invariably led to disastrous re sults. But he denied that these observations were in the least degree applicable to the case of the infatuated prisoner at the bar. It was clear that she had been betrayed and deceived by the deceased. No per son could doubt, from the manner in which the soldiers who had been examined had given their evidence, that the deceased was a bad character. Ile had obtained possession of her person• he had robbed her of her property, even to her last quarter's wages, with the exception of a petty nine shillings. She was driven to desperation and distractieu by the cruel and heartless conduct of her seducer. She was seduced, deceived, betrayed, and abandoned, and under the influence of these feelings she had forgotten her position and the duty which she owed to herself and to society. That she loved the deceased there could be no doubt, that she had no long settled determination, of causing his death was equally clear, for she had written to him but on the Monday before the fatal transaction, requesting to have a last meeting in order that they might part friends. She saw him on the Thursday pre vious to the murder, and he could well conceive that his heartless conduct upon that occasion might have finally determined her to commit the act for which she was then upon her trial. Suffering under the effects of a loathsome disease communicated to her by the deceased, requested by him to submit herself to general prostitution, and to pawn her clothes for the purpose of obtaining money for him, this was surely enough to drive the unfortunate prisoner to desperation. (The Learned Counsel then proceeded to read several letters addressed by the prisoner to the deceased, breathing the fondest attachment to him, calling upon him honourably to fulfil his engagements towards her, and anticipating with delight the arrival of the time when, in a home of their own, she would be able to nurse and cheer him in his illness, he being at that time confined to the hospital by ill ness.) lie made these remarks not with a view of persuading the jury to do other than their full duty in this unfortunate case, but with a view of letting the whole of the case be fully known, and perhaps in ducing them to accompany their verdict of strict justice with a strong recommendation to mercy. The LORD CHIEF BARON having summed up, The jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict of Guilty, accompanying their verdict with a strong recommendation to mercy on the ground of the extra• ordinary provocation she had received from the deceased. The Learned Judges having put on their black caps, the Lord CIIIEF BARON, who appeared much affected. proceeded to pass sentence upon the prisoner in the usual form. The prisoner was then removed from the dock. NEW COURT. (Before the RECORDER.) James Garratt, a carman, was indicted with stealing a chest containing cocoa, of the value of 21. 25., from the New-cross station of the Brighton and South Coast Rail way. Mr. Robertson appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Parry for the prisoner It appeared that, on the evening of the 27th of January, the prisoner brought a cart loaded with firkins of butter to the station, for the purpose of having them conveyed by railway. While waiting his turn to unload, he was observed to go upon a part of the platform where he had no right to he, and examine the chest in question, which was directed to Me:sri. Stow and Son, of Newhaven, and had been sent from the warehouse of Messrs. Cham berlain and Limley, of Watling-street. Shortly after the prisoner left the station the chest was missed, and suspicion having falle❑ on him, ho vies followed down the Kent•road, and eventually taken into custody at the Lord Wellington public-house, where he had drawn up. The chest was found in a smaller cart standing alongside the prisoner's; and the ostler proved that when the pri soner drove up he removed a bulky article, something like the chest, to the smaller cart, with the assistance of the driver of it, who was a mate of his. This wit ness, however, could not swear positively that the article which was removed was the chest produced in court. The driver of the smaller cart was not taken into cus tody, he having managed to escape. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty ; and it being proved that he was convicted of stealing in 1838, and transported Ix seven years, The CounT now sentenced him to ten years' trans portation. THAMES.—(THIS DAY.) Three miserable-looking boys, named James Rockwell, John Willmot, and John .Lanant, were charged before Mr. Ballantine, with feloni‘.usly stealing a quantity of iron from the premises of Messrs. Blackman and Son, coopers, Gower's-walk, Whitechapel. The case was fully proved against the prisoners by the foreman, who detected them stealing the iron. The foreman said the marine-store dealers were in the habit of purchasing such iron for a very small sum. Mr. BALLANTINE had no doubt that the dealers in marine stores were the trainers of young thieves. He should committed the three prisoners to the House of Correction for three days, and to be well whipped. ARRIVAL OF THE EX-KING AND QUEEN THE FRENCH ENGLAND. We can state from undoubted authority that Loins PHILIPPE, accompanied by the ex-QUEEN, has landed on these shores, in an open boat, from a small vessel, supposed to he the Far6t, from Treport. The Duke DE MONTPENSIER, and the Duchess Ili NEMOURS, and her two children, have arrived at Portsmouth, from Guernsey. EAST LOTHIAN CENTRAL RAILWAY COMPANY...a" The ordinary half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Tuesday, in Gibb's Royal Hotel, Prince's•street Provost Dods of Haddington in the chair. Before the seal of the company was affixed to the register of share. holdurs, a conversation took place respecting the right of certain scripholders who had not forwarded their scrip according to the terms of the advertisement, which ter minated in the exclusion of those parties from the register. The report of the directors was thou read, to the meet. ing.' It stated that the company had applied for en extension of two years to construct their works, and that no call would be made for a year. With regard to the four directors who retired, the directors stated, that they left it to the meeting to say whether their places should be filled up. Mr. Drew, of Glasgow, objected to the report, and proposed the names of four gentlemen to fill the vacanciee at the board. This motion was negatived by a large majority. The meeting then separated, after a vote of thanks to the chairman.—Caledonian Mercury. BIRTBB. On the 23d ult., at Eaton-square, Viscountess Melannd of a son. On the 23d of January, at Woodstock, Upper Canada, the lady of Foskett B. Beddoine, Esq., of a son. On the 25th ult., the lady of Captain Cameron, of th• Royal Engineers, of a sun. MAtiRIED. On the 29th ult., at St. Geoff ge's, Bloomsbury, Campbell Jame* Downer, Esq., to Sophia Mary Denne, young est daughter of the late James Atkinson, Esq., of Russell-square. DIES. On the 20th ult.. Mr. John Ong, son of Mr. Samuel Ong. Hatfield Peverill, Essex. On the 23d ult., at Conduit-street, Regent-street, Mrs. Sarah Baynes, of Bocking, Essex, aged 73. On the 27th ult., Mr. Richard Bagnall, of Birmingham. - - London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG. at No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. IJI Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county oi ikliddlesex, Friday, March 3, 1848. ~, ~. M ~ ,S