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~-- '~ ~~ ~~. ~~ J ,; ~.''{~~ ~~ (GRATIS) uto all Subscribers to the ___Y DISPATCH, ~JAY NEXT, MARCH 5, 1848. contain all matters of interest connected RlO, and relating to, IC FRENCH REVOLUTION; Together with faithful BIOGRAI'HICAL SKETCHES, By an Eminent Writer, A 817 Will beiml W E This Sapp Cv LOUIS PHILIPPE. DE LAMARTINE. °DILLON BA.RROT. AR AGO. CR EMIEUX. LEDRU ROLLIN. DUPONT DE L'EURE. The Priee of THE DISPATCH Is SIXPENCE. THE DISPATCH contains a larger amount of news than is to be found in any other Weekly Journal. ip e e THE DISPATCH of Sunday last gave later, and by far mere copious information concerning the Revolution than any of its con temporaries. Give Orders without delay. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION of 1848. Immediately, in small B vo ., p r i ce 7 s . 6d., w ith P or t ra it of Lamartine, T HE THREE DAYS of FEBRUARY, 1848. By PERCY B. ST JOHN. AN EYE-WITNESS OF THE WHOLE REVOLUTION. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty). NOTICE.-THE NEW VOLUME OF THE STANDARD NOVELS AND ROMANCES, ROMA-NCE AND REALITY, By L. E. L. 18 THIS DAY PUBLISHED, An Original Memoir is prefixed, interspersed with Unpublished Poetry of that popular writer. . . Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. Now ready, in 2 vols.. post Bvo., with Portrait, RUMINISCENCES OF PRINCE TALLEYRAINTD. Edited from the Papers of the late M. COLMACHE, the Prince's Private Secretary. Alsa, just published. IfPLMOIRS OF MADEMOISELLE DE MONTPENSIER. Writteu by Herself. Three Vols. post Bvo., with Portrait. Henry Colburn, Pub IL Great Marlborough-street. THE NEW POEM. Now ready, in poet Bvo., Bs. K /NG AR THUR . By the Author of " THE NEW TIMON"." genry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Harlberough•street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public are respectfully informed that an EXTRA NIGHT will take place TO-MORROW .EVENING, March 2, when will be performed Rossini's celebrated Opera, IL 13ARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA. Romini, Mae. Sofia Crwrellt ; Il Conte d'Almiviva, Signor Gar donl; Bashi°, Signor Douche ; Bartolo, Signor F. Lablache ; and Aveiro, Signor Bellettl. After which will be presented An entirely New and Original GRAND BALLEP, In *oar Tableaux, by M. Paul Tag110(14 entitled FIORI'fA, et la Reine des Elfrides, 'Tee Mtisic composed by Signor Pugni ; the Scenery (entirely new) by Mr. C. Marshall; the Appointments by Mr. Bradwell ; the Costumes by Miss Bradley and Mr. Whales, ender the superin tendence of Madame Copers. Principal parts by Mdlle. CAROLINA ROSATI, Ualea. Zsther Ausundon, Theyenot, Julienne, Lamoureax, and Male. MARIE TAGLIONI, Sec. Exc. Principal Dances. 1. Tableau. La Conr d'Auberge en Sidle L► Fiancee—Mcille. Rosati, and Mdlles. Julienne and Lamoureux, &c. La Palermitana—Mdlle Rosati. 2. Tableau. La Fdret des Llfrides, Ballablle et Pas dela Rebid del Eta-ides—M(llle. Merle Tagil On] and Mdlle. Ausundon, Thevenot, and Dames de Ballot. Danse Nationale—Corps de Ballet. Pas—Mdlle. Rosati and M. d'Or, Mdlles. Julienne and Lamoureux, S. Tableau. La Cabane de Bertha, L'lllasioa—Mdila Marie Taglioni: and 317 d'Or, and Dames de Ballet. 4. Tab;eau. Les Jardieis EnehanteS. L'Animation—Mdlle. Rosati and M. d'Or. and Dames do Ballet. L'Oubll—Mdllo. Marie Taglioni and M. d'Or, Mdlles Thevenot, Ansuudon, Julienne. Lamoureux, and Dames de Ballet. La Chatiment—Scene Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to he made at the Box. Office of the Theatre. The doors will be opened at Saves, and the performance emu , mence at Half-past Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, ILAYMARKET. -- 1712 iBl k he ilrainfentent et it r. It. Webster. sole Lessee. IU. AND MRS. CHARLES KEAN. THIS EVEN.IG Will be performed a new and original Flay, entitled TILE WIFE'S SECRET. Lord Arden, Mr. Howe ; Sir Walter Am) ott, Mr. Jbarles Kean ; Jabez Sneed, Mr. Webster ; Harrington, Mr. Urin al]; Brouillard, Mr. Rogers ; Lady Eveline Amyott, Mrs. Charles Kean ; Maud Mrs. Keeley. After which, the new Farce, called DEAREST ELIZABETH. Mr. Lions; Lax, Mr. Keeley; Mr. Winch, Mr. Rogers; Betsy, Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with WHO'S YOUR FRIEND ? Viscount Leather head, Mr. Tilbury ; S r Fax Love], Mr. Howe ; Giles Fairland, Mr. Webster; Countess of Rosedale, 31130 Julia Bennett; Lady Bab Blazon, Mrs. Glover. *Laze Farren; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Webster. J. T. Archer, llox-book keeper. Boxes, ss. ; Ptt , 3s. ; Gallery, 21. ; Upper Gallery, lg. "4oers opal& at Half-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven. THEATRE LOYAL, ADELPIII. Under the direction Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Will be performeA THE !;'LOWERS OF THE FOREST. To be followed by a new' and original Farce, entitled OUR NA TIONAL DEFENCES; or, the Cockshot Yeomanry. Pritacipal Characters by Messrs. Lambert, Wright, P. Bedford, Sanders ; Ma same Celeste, 311ss 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. Munyard ; Linty Serimatage, Mr. Paul Bedti , rd ; Chubblock, Mr. Cullestford ; Yellootaaa, Mr. Sanders ; Liazy Chubblock, Miss Woolgar. homes, 45.; Fit, 25.; Gallery, le. TvioN open at Batt-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven, ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. 'Under the Management of Madame Yestris. Side Lessee, Mr. Cllarles Mathews. THIS EVENING 14111 be performed a new l'icce, entitled DONE ON BOTH SIDES After which, a New Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE GOLDEN lIRANCH. Principal characters by Messrs. B. Hall, Harley, Ker ridge, Madame Vestrls, 2diss K. Fitzwilliarn, and Mrs. NI acnainara. . .-:" Tu conclude with a Romance of Real life, called BOX and COX. Principal characters by Mr. Ilarlcy, Mr. Buckstone, and Mrs. Mac. Damara. Dress Boxes, ss. ; Upper Boxes, 46. ; rit, 2s. ; Gallery, le. No half price to any part 01 the houie. . . . This .Liew 84-ofilee, No. 2, Wellington-street, is open to the Public every day, trotn Ten till Six. The Interior of the House ha., been entirely re-designed by Mr. W. Bradwell of the Cclosscum. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell, 33, o.d Bond-street. THIS EVENING. Will be pert rmei ROSE ET MARGL'ERITE. Marguerite, Mdlle, Nathan° ; Rose, Mdlle Baptiste. After which UN CAPRICE. Door 3 open at half-past Seven, Performance to commence at Eight. Boxes, fis. ; Pit, 3s. ( .;d.; Arn?liitheatre, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s PULNC ESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager, Duchess-street, Portland. place. MIS MA.CREADY AND MISS FANNY KEMBLE. THIS EVENING Will be performed Shakspere's Tragedy of HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. Macready ; Ophaa, Mrs. Butler. To conclude with a new Christmas Pantomime, entitled OLD FATHER TIME ; or, Harlequin and the Four Seasons. Dress Circle, As. : Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2a. ; Gallery, Is. STRAND THEATRE. NEW MANAGEMENT, Under the Sole Direction of Mr. Oxherry. Immense success of Lucy of Lammermoor. THIS EVENING, The performances will commence with an Interesting Drama, called THE SIX DEGREES Or' CRIME. Principal characters by Air. Hudson Kirby (who is engaged for five nights only), Messrs. Oxbcrry, Laws, Rogerson, and Montague ; Miss Love, Mrs. Fisher, and Miss J. Coleman. After which will be produced a new grand Ballet, entitled THE ROSE OF CACIIMEEE ; in which AL dile. Blanche will appear, supported by Messrs. Suiidt, H. Cooper, and Crosby, and an aug mented Corps de Ballet. To conclude with :he New Grand Burlesque Opera, by the Author of the " Adelphl Norma," Galled LUCY OF LAM MER 110011. Not with Mr. Bunn's et* M. Jullien's, bat with OxlNerry's powerful cast—Lucy, Miss E. Terry ; Segall Ashton, Mr. Oxberry ; and Edgar, Mr. l'arneld. Private Boxes, ►Os. 64. ; Boxes, 2s. g Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 4d. Half price to I'it and Boxes at a Quarter before Nine. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE Grand Combination of ATTRACTIONS at AS TLEY'S, which oon• tunes its shain oP Macnificent Entertainments. THIS EVENING, The New Georgeous Spectacle, TILL BATTLE OF TEE AMAZONS, in which Mr. W. West will appear. Entirely new Scenes in the Arena, by the talented Artistes of Mee Establishment, in the various modes of egnestration, and in troducing Mr. BattF's highly trained steed, The Gera of the World. Conc.lttling with THE TURNPIKE GATE. Box-office open from 11 till S. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING, be presented ISABEL BERTRA-ND ; or the Wife's Tragedy To eonclude with ABD-EL-KADER. ll oxiss. Is. ; Pit, 6d. ; Gallery, 4d. No Half-price to any part Of the house. Doors apes at Six, to commeace at Half-past Six. - --- - HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE —There were present yesterday evening at her Majesty's Theatre the Conde do Montemolin, attended by General Don Juan Mon tenegro and Colonel Don Francisco Merry, the Duke of Wellington, his Excellency the R uss i an Mi n i s t er , t h e Baroness Brunow, and Aldllo. Olgar de Lechner, his Excellency tho Swedish Minister, his Excellency the Sardinian Minister, sExcellency the Hanoverian Mi n ister, the Duke of Leeds, the Duke and Duchess of Montrose, Duchess Dowager of Cleveland, the Marquis of Exeter, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Marquis of the 'Earl Granville,: the arquts and the Marquis b of Donegal, th e la . E Granby . , Mir ehioness of Ades urY, the Countess Dowager of Essex, and and Earl of Cardigan, Foulest and _. , mi,sDormer, a and party (who occupied her .--..,‘, Miss Vernon, Mr. Dig by a Miss Johnson, the Countess Majesty's box), the 1 , Vn-Tount Clifden, the Viscountess Lord Elphinstone, Lord Pollington, M. C. de i.oudriaffsky, Lord Suffield, Lord W. Graham, Lord Forester, d Ernest Bruce, Lord and La Lord Adolphus Fitzelarence, Brooke, Brook e , L a dy Clerk, 1 Charles Wellesley, .ord Glentworth, Lord Lord Alexander Gordon Lennox, General the li o n. C. Cavendish, Hon. Mr. Pepys, Si r F. T renc h, M . P. , Si r John Bayley and Lady Lady Bayley, Si r R a l p h - Howard and Howard, Sir Francis La w l e y an d L a d y L aw l ey, Si r Alexander Wood ford,__7/.grarn, Lady, and - Miss Woodford, Sir James IN Sir Henry Meux, Lady Fremantle, Lady Mary Howard, Captain Meynell, R.N., &c. CORONER'S INQUEST.—Last, evening an adjourned . iriquest was held by M r. B e df or d , at the Sun and T drteen Cantons, Castle-street, Leicester-square, as to the death of Mrs. Eliza Frances Ridley, aged 40, the wife of a painter, living at No, 1, Hunt's-court, Castle street. It appeared that the deceased went to the Adelphi Theatre with one of her lodgers on the evening of the 17th, end returned borne about twelve. They played cards till near three in the morning, when quar relling took took place between her and her husband till nearly half -past tame, when they went to bed. The next morning 'her husband ftend her very ill, aria on returning from the yard she was so weak that she fell down arid expired abaut an hour afterwards, The bud) had been opened by Dr. Bainbridge, who discovered that death arose from a large quantity of arsenic being taken into the stomach, and a cup was subsequently, found among snow dirty clothes in the coppr r, which had som, arsenic Ii it 'i'ho kiry returned a ilerdict that the de. ceased " Diet Wm [ht. i If et i of arsenic ; but how oi by whom administered they had no evidence to show." G1(.411 WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE. THIS DAY. Nforning.. 0 minutes after S. J Evening .. 29 minutes after 9. 81114, _LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 1, 1848, ing of the proofs of the existence of a GOD,— " Prove to you Gon ! Were I to attempt to do so, you would have a right to call me parri- cide and sacrilegious ! If I dared to undertake to demonstrate to you GOD, the gates of this cathedral would open of themselves and show you this people, superb in its anger, carrying GOD to his altar in the midst of respect and adoration ! " Well might the auditory forget for a moment the sanctity of the place in their emotion while listening to the impas sioned yoke of the Dominican, and testify the ardour of their sympathies by loud and prolonged acclamations! From all classes, and parties, and nations, and in dividuals, the Provisional Government of the Re public are receiving expressions of confidence and adhesion. Lord PALMERSTON acknowledged last night, in the House of Commons, the receipt of dis patches from the British Ambassador at Paris (Lord NORMANDY) notifying, in respectful language, the establishment of the Republican Government. Already the Charge d'Affaires from the Republic of the United states had himself paid a congratulatory visit to the new Ministry at the Hotel de Ville; and the Papal Nuncio had, responded, on the 27th ultimo, to the communication from M. de LAMARTINE, announcing the formation of a Republic, his reply being couched in words expressive of friendship and cordiality. " Monsieur le Ministry" wrote the Nuncio, "I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of the commu nication which you have just made to me, under date the 27th February, and I will hasten to transmit it to our most Holy Father Plus IX. I cannot refrain from profiting by this opportunity of expressing the lively and profound satisfaction with which I am inspired by the respect which the people of Paris have shown to religion in the midst of ,the great events which have just been accomplished. I am convinced that the paternal heart of Pius IX. will be profoundly touched by it, and that the common father of the faithful will call down, in all his prayers, the blessings of GOD on France." Such is the language of the representative of the Sovereign PONTIFF, and the language employed by the survivors of the Imperial Family is not less emphatic in its ap proval of the popular movement. "The nation has just destroyed the treaties of 1815," writes the ex-King of WESTPHALIA ; " and the old soldier of Waterloo, the last brother of NAPOLEON, re-enters from that moment the bosom of the great family." Another document had ar• rived at the Hotel de Ville, the closing paragraph of which was thus expressed--" The duty of every good citizen is to assemble round the Provisional Govern ment of the Republic. I consider it the first duty to be discharged, and shall be happy if my patriotism can be usefully employed." This laconic but mode rate and suggestive letter is signed with the startling autograph—NAPOLEON BONAPARTE—being the act of adhesion sent in by the Prince who re cently escaped from the fortifications of Ham, and who has thus expiated his adventure at Bou logne. Among the more important accessions to the supporters of the Provisional Government must be mentioned, of course, M. ADOLPHE TRIERS and his political adherents, together with M. ODILON BARROT and his associates. Even the declared obedience of Marshal BUGEAUD is a circumstance not unworthy of consideration, as betraying the contagion (to say the least of it) of this recognizance of the sovereignty of the people. The basis of the new Government is in fact essentially a basis of popularity ; and, although sufficient time has not yet elapsed to enable us to esti mate the capacities of the provisional Ministers in the art of administration, we must confess that as yet they have proved themselves eminently qualified for their responsible and illustrious offices. Never have men so little accustomed to the labour of government so speedily adapted their energies to the necessity of the occasion. Pray GOD ! the poet, the astronomer, the historian, the journalist, and the artisan may continue to prove themselves capable of ensuring peace and happiness to the Republic ! Intelligence bas arrived from Vienna. Disturb ances have taken place in Styria, in Bergamo, and in Venice. Additional troops have been ordered into Lombardy and Styria. The Imperial Family have placed a sum of 100 million florins at the disposal of the Minister of Finance. The official Gazette of Rome, of the 14th February, announces that the Pore has appointed a Commission to consider the best methods to be adopted for de veloping the institutions already awarded to the people, and to propose a system of Government that shall be accordant at the same time with the Pon tifical authority and with the wants of the time. The Patria of Florence states, that the only Cardinal who, in the Secret Consistory, opposed the grant of a constitution was Cardinal BEENZTTI, who said, " That they ought not by a stroke of the pen to destroy an edifice the work of so many ages ;" to which Pius IX. replied in these remarkable words— "lt is exactly old buildings that most need new foundations." Rome will have a constitution. We have received the Madrid journals and our private correspondence of the 20th and 21st Feb. Mr. HENDERSON has had different interviews both with NARVABZ and Senor BERTRAN DR Lis, the results of which, though reported to be favourable, have not transpired. MADRID BOLIA, FEB. 21.—Three per Cents., 294 for cash, and 29i at 50 days ; Four per Cents., 16; cash ; Debt without interest, 6 at 50 days ; Coupons, 12 for paper. LA TEST NEWS FROM NEWHAVEN (From the Fourth Edition of the Sussex Advertiser.) TUESDAY EVENING, EIGHT O'CLOCE.—The infor mation brought by our reporter from Newhaven con firms the statement given in an earlier edition. The Brighton and the Newhaven steamers left Newhaven last evening with the tide at half-past seven, to pro ceed to Havre. Those vessels are, we learn, dis patched under Admiralty orders. By the half-past four train this afternoon, instructions were received at the Newhaven station, that the vessels were expected to return this evening, and orders were issued to have an engine and special train in waiting. The commander of the Newhaven, Cap tain Frost, was in London when sailing orders were received yesterday, and only reached New haven by a special train in time to see his gallant vessel steaming out of the harbour. Captain Frost takes command of the Dieppe, which was " coaled' , this afternoon, and which will leave for Havre by the next tide. The weather has been terrible ; the whole afternoon it has bees► blowing a regular gale. Had any vessels made for this port, it would have been out of the question to attempt to enter in such a hurricane. The storm has, however, since subsided, and when our reporter left Newhaven the weather was comparatively calm. No steamer had been ob served off this coast to-day. The opinion of seafaring men is, that the Brighton and the Newhaven will, if they have put to sea at all, make either for Ports mouth or Southampton. They would hardly attempt Shoreham harbour. We learn also by this arrival that Lady Mary Fitzroy had had an alarming attack of illness, but was some thing better when this account came away. It was reported to be the intention of her ladyship, by the advice of her medical attendants, to return to England for change of climate ; and it was also rumoured that his Excellency the Governor would tender the resig tion of his office, in order to accompany her ladyship to her native land.—Herald. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. PROCEEDINGS AT PARIS. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. Everything was quiet, and trade and business was going on as usual. The Boulevards and cafés had assumed their usual appearance, and flaneurs were lounging about the streets as though nothing had happened. The Fora's Nuncio had sent a friendly answer to the notification made by M. LAMARTINE, of the peaceful intentions of the French nation. The Marquis of NORMANDY also had had a long and friendly interview with M. LAMARTINE, and the Go vernment entertained no doubt of the friendly inten tions of England. The following article, explaining the future policy of France, appears in the National, of which paper M. ARMAND MARRAST, a member of the Provisional Government, is the editor : " It is useful to examine the situation of the French Republic witb respect to foreign powers. Never have the relations of nations been so close, never ought the counter-blows to be so deeply felt in the west, and never have any blows been struck of greater violence than that which has just carried off the dynasty of Orleans, and with it the monarchy. ance, contemplated at present with admiration and astonishment by nations, will become their guiding light from the moment that the new republic will have surmounted the difficulties which encompass it. Amongst these difficulties are the foreign relations. Three alternatives are possible :—Shall we be at tacked ?—shall we attack ?—or, lastly, shall we re main in an expectant state ? First of all—shall we be attacked ? It is only necessary to cast a glance over Europe to comprehend how unlikely that is. Let us take one by one the three Northern Powers, those to whom the event of our three days will be the most displeasing, and let us see what they can really do against us. Austria has in her face the whole of Italy, which is arming and preparing for the struggle, and which, if there was a war against us, would be a powerful auxiliary to France. An Austrian army occupies Lombardy, and Lombardy at each instant menaces her oppressors with an insurrection. On the flank of Austria, and stretching forth the hand to Italy, lies Switzer land, radical, victorious over the Sonderbund, and wholly devoted to the popular cause. There, from the summit of her mountains, as from the top of an impregnable fortress, she would disquiet and im pede any military demonstration on the part of Austria, and would render the situation perilous. Austria has plenty to do to maintain her statu quo, and consequently it is improbable that she will first give the signal of battle. The great German Power, Prussia, is not certainly in the presence of an Italy calling for arms to maintain her liberty, but she has not the advantage of being free in her movements. Who is there that is not aware how much revolu tionary and social ideas have advanced in Germany, and who does not foresee what an impulse they will receive from the triumph obtained by Paris ? The Prussian Government is about to find itself in pre sence of the increasing exigencies of that assembly, which it consults, and of German public opinion, of which the voice becomes every (lay louder and louder. On what grounds could it decide the Germans to invade our provinces, and to wage war on us when we do nothing to them ? We are satisfied with our power, glorious of the example which we are giving to the world, proud of the sacrifices which we are making for general civilisation, and we only ask to resolve amongst our selves the difficult problems which arise. Never, on such conditions, will Germany be induced to come against us. Russia then remains, lying away far in the north. But what can she do if she is deprived of Germany ? And besides, is she not occupied enough in keeping down Poland, which has not renounced her claim to nationality, and which will soon gather hope from the cry that has burst forth on the banks of the Seine ? Let us therefore allow to vanish, like a phantom, these plans of coalition against us ; and let not our ideas in that respect be troubled by any remembrance of 1814 and 1815. Then, by the meat disastrous of mistakes, we had for adversaries, be sides the kings, our natural enemies, the populations, who, in exasperation at the conquests of Napo leon, precipitated themselves on us. At present nothing is more clear than our position ; we are friends of the populations, and the populations know (it—the kings will not succeed in de ceiving any one on so manifest a matter. Shall we attack ? That would be a capital fault ; and there by we would afford a pretext for all kinds of calum nies. The reminiscences of the past would be turned against us, our ambition would be pointed to, our spirit of conquest would be accused, the chord of national pride would be touched, and soon we should be misrepresented in the minds of the nations which are at present so much in favour of France, and so confident in her. The fatal dissensions which brought about the fall of the empire would be renewed, and the fraternity of nations would be broken. An ex pectant state, therefore, is the course which it is important for us to follow ; it is the policy which will save our interests and those of Europe. We shall in that state behold events proceeding—we shall recognise amongst the nations those which have the greatest tendency to renew their social state, and we shall not in any way trouble by an in opportune intervention the work of ideas which is enfranchising them. Our example, our moral sup port, are sufficient to modify Europe ; our arms would only serve to retard this modification and in terrupt its regular course. But there is a case in which, of all necessity, it would be necessary to quit an expectant state ; and that would be, if Austria, not confining herself to remaining on the defensive, should of herself attack and invade Italy. Whether she marches on Tuscany, Rome, or Naples, or sends forces against Piedmont, the French Republic would be under a strict obligation to oppose that act of aggression and violence, and offer to Italy the aid of an army and a fleet. Not that we consider the Italians as weak and incapable of defending them selves, but the struggle would be doubtful, and it is important that it should not be so. They must p(Trnit their friends in France to share their dangers and to pay to Italy the debt of gratitude for all the blood which the Italians have shed in the French ranks." Tne Northern Railway is re-opened. M. Lima and the Members of the Centre and Extreme Left have given in their adhesion to the Provisional Government. The Republic has been accepted at Toulouse. . . The Constitutionnel emphatically denies that the people, on Tuesday last, called out for Guizoir's head. They were not, says the Constitutionnel, animated by personal resentment, unworthy of our epoch and of our nation, but by a desire of protesting in favour of a right trampled under foot. Prince JEROME BONAPARTE and Prince LOUIS NAPOLEON have snit in their adhesion to the new Government. The Moniteur publishes the following decrees and addresses of the Provisional Government : " FRENCH REPUBLIC. " LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY. " The Provisional Government having been in formed that malefactors hare gone to various points to &restate public and private property, burn bridges, cut off the great lines of communication so necessary for provisioning Paris, and to interrupt the circulation of the railways, declares : " Publio and private properties, bridges, roads, railways, monuments, are placed under the safe keep ing of the Republic. " Whoever shall be caught committing any ravages on the public roads, or making any attacks on private property, destroying, or cutting off the rails of the railways, injuring objects of public utility, will be instantly arrested, prosecuted, and punished according to the laws, particularly the law established for the police of the railways, with all the rigour authorised by the circumstances of the case. " Citizens,--The destruction of property is always an odious act; under existing circumstances it is treason against the Republic. Lend, therefore, your vigilant and active concurrence ; in defending your selves you defend the sacred interests of the country." (Signed by the Members of Provisional Government.) The Provisional Governtnent decrees : " Art. l.—There shall be immediately orgaulted companies of workmen.-1. To clear away the cut ting of Clamart, and carry the earth into Paris in order to prepare a terminus for the Western Railway between the external tunnel and the Boulevard; 2. For the execution of the Pals terminus of the Chartres Railw a y ; 3. For the improvement of the navigation of the Oise; 4. For the extension of the railway from Sceaux to Orsay. Art. 2.-I'he en gineers charged with the direction of the works will demand the immediate co-operation of the railway companies to secure the execution of the preceding arrangements." (Signed 195 , the Members r3r the Provisional Go vernment.) The Minister of Pub: l ic Works, in conformity , with the decree of the Jeruvisional Government, or dains as follows : " All the works on I Juildings and public edifices undertaken At the cha. 'go Of the State, with the ex ception of the works on the forts, will be immediately resumed. The contractors of those different works are therefore called upon to organize their different work-yards. " Payments on account will be made monthly, ac cording to the degree of progress given to the works." " MARIE.,' " TO THE WORKING CLASSES. " Workmen—By a decision of this day (Feb. 20), the Minister of Public Works has ordered that the works in the course of execution will be immediately resumed. From Wednesday, Ist March, important works will be organized on different points. All workmen who wish to take part in them should apply to one of the Mayors of Paris, who will receive their applications, and direct them without delay to the different work-yards. " Workmen of Paris—You wish to live honourably by labour; all the efforts of the Provisional Govern ment will, you may rely on it, be directed to assist you in the accomplishment of that wish. The Repuislic has a right to expect, and it does expect, from the patriotism of all its citizens, that the ex ample it gives may be followed. In that manner the extent of the works may be increased. Let labour, therefore, everywhere resume its wonted ac tivity. Workmen ! after ♦ictory, labour is again a fine example, which you have to give to the world, and you will give it. (Signed) " MARIE, Minister of Public Works." The Chamber of Commerce of Paris on Saturday addressed the following to the Ministry of Com- IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve o'clock ; it was, however, a quarter-past that hour before the requisite number of Members to form a House were in attendance. PATENT GALVANIZED IRON COMPANY. On the motion of Mr. COBBOLD, the petition of Henry Patteson, Esq., pra) ing to he heard by counsel against the Patent Galvanized Iron Company trading under the style or firm of " Malins and Rawlinsons" Bill, and the Patent Galvanized Iron Company (in corporation of company, with powers to hold lands, to raise money by loan, and to purchase letters patent) Bill, was referred to the Committee on the Bills. THE THIRD EDITIONS ~ TII E SUN" CONTAIN, AS USUAL, THE LATEST PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE, ALL OTHER NEWS UP TO THE HOUR OF POST. Orders received by all Newsmen, and at the Sun•gfJ+ce, 112, Strand. THE WEATHE.K.—SIIN OFFICE, MARCH 1. rHERMONETER, Lowest, 37 ; Highest, 44 ; Noon, 39, BAROMETER, 28.85.—W1ND S.S.W.; rain. ifll LONDON, WEDNESDAY. MARCH 1, 1848. The manifestations which have taken place in all parts of the country against the odious income-tax have had the effect of preventing the increase therein which had been contemplated by the Government. Similar demonstrations must produce the re mission of the most objectionable part of the impost which it is proposed still to retain, viz., the tax upon incomes not derived from realised property, The present is the golden opportunity, and if it should be neglected the people will only have themselves to blame. An entire revision of the tax ation of the country is required, by which the bur dens shall be fairly adjusted, and shall fall upon the shoulders of those who in' common jus tice should bear the weight. The nation is now thoroughly aroused. A new association has been formed in Liverpool to enforce a more equitable mode of raising the revenue, and the agi tation once commenced will be carried on with the utmost activity and energy. We yesterday inserted a letter from the respected Chairman of the Anti- Corn-law League, calling upon the people "to make another grand and united effort." The appeal will be responded to in an enthusiastic manner, and" The National League" will constitute another " great fact" that will sweep away the existing abuses, and insure a thorough, an efficient, and a radical refor mation in the institutions and government of the country. The first step to be taken is to obtain the appoint ment of a special committee, to inquire into the best mode of collecting the national revenue. The taxes that press on industry, that prevent the due development of the skill and invention of the people, must be abolished, or at least greatly modi fied. It is not alone the amount of the duties in the Excise department, oppressive and burdensome as they undoubtedly are, that constitute the ground of complaint. The regulations and restrictions that are in force are of the most intolerable character. There is a perpetual meddling► with, an inquisitorial prying into, the most secret affairs of the manufac turer and trader, in the articles on which duties are imposed. lle is no longer the master in his own dwelling; at any hour of the day or night his privacy may be intruded upon, the sanctity of his house violated, on no better founda tion than an anonymous accusation, the whispered, insinuation of a malicious and cowardly scoundrel. If the enormities of the system were made apparent and fully exposed, there would be an immediate outcry that should be respected by our rulers, and if the duties were not repealed, there should at least be a total alteration in the stringent and vexatious regulations that are enforced, and which operate as a check and serious impediment to the productive power of the country. If the arti ficial restraints were removed, there would be an ample field for the employment of the people in useful and remunerative works. Improvements, too, might be introduced which would lead to consider able saving in the process of various descriptions of manufactures, but which are prevented because every d,scription of experiment is prohibited by the authorities. The Excise duties, in fact, contain every thing objectionable in taxation. They check pro duction, retard improvements, prevent employment, expose us to the most inquisitorial espionage, lead the poorer classes into temptations that have demoralised thousands and deprived families of their natural pro tectors, and plunged them in the deepest misery and distress ; and, finally, a considerably larger sum is thereby taken from the pockets of the people than finds its way into the national Exchequer. In fact, on a former occasion, we have proved that although the net proceeds of the Excise duties do not amount to more than 13,000,0001. sterling, yet they cost the nation at least 20,000,0001., the whole amount of which falls upon the consumers. It will be the duty of " The National League," by every means in its power, to resist what has justly been termed " the indirect robbery of the poor." It is a glorious task, and if the committee of manage ment set their shoulders to the wheel with the same energy and devotion which they heretofore exhibited in their crusade against one specks of monopoly, an equally favourable result will be obtained to that which has already crowned their exertions with such brilliant success. The principle of a free and un fettered trade has been recognised by the Legislature ; it must be carried fully into effect. This cannot be the case until there is a total revision of the Excise and Customs duties. Let GEonce WILSON be nomi nated the chairman of the National League, and the victory is already achieved. Never has a revolutionary movement been so rapidly and effectually aided by a variety of for tuitous circumstances as the one which has just scat tered the younger dynasty of the Bourbons and proclaimed in the capital of France the sovereignty and omnipotence of the People.' Everything has tended to the consolidation of the Republic since the hour when the Provisional Government was first installed in the Hotel de Ville. That Government has at once secured to itself the confidence of the multitude. It has effected this as much by the august and beneficent principles it promulgates, as by the practical excellence of the reforms upon which it has already adventured. If these evidences of confidence in the Provisional Republic were the only meritorious characteristics discernible in the proceedings of the Parisians, they would of themselves be, sufficient to display the generous sentiments by which the humbler classes are actuated, and their extraordinary capacity for recognising the great truths of civilisation. But other testimonies—and testimonies, too, of a very brilliant description—have been recently afforded of the absence of all ferocious passion in the mob of that once brutalized metropolis. In the very midst of the paroxysm of the popular rising, when the gamins of th e f au b ourgs were maddened by the butchery of Hotel d es Ajjea t t h * e fr r o ty n t wasof the Hotel E a t —p s r s a o ng ci e a r te e s s in rop re spected, decency Was observed, a workman was cut down by a sabre blow for insulting a gentleman, another artizan was shot dead by a pistol ball when endeavouring to break through the window of a private residence, a third was given into custody for attempting to carry off some silver from the Tuileries, sentinels were posted by the insurgents at the door ways of that great palace to prevent bath pillage and desecration, and, as we recounted the other evening, the rabble in the very frenzy of insurrection offered a sublime mark of homage to the Divinity —a mark of homage so noble and spontaneous, that it is almost enough of itself to consecrate the Revolution, and to call down upon the newly-established Republic the blessings of OMNIPOTENCE. In allusion to this magnificent act of reverence on the part of a whole people, when they bore the statue of CERIST through the streets of Paris, bowing down their heads before the effigy of the REDEEMER—the Celebrated LACORDASRE (the cowled orator of Notre Dame) exclaimed on Sunday, while speak- /1- . •il;‘ . 4'l) P .. " • '' ''t ' , , ‘ .;,4 , ii, ..,, z l e, , d., , • =6„q .: ,,, 0 ,..... „ ... .i ... , ..., 5 5: , , 1 di t c? .. tl v re ~4-r i „ ..„...„.„._ ..•; , ~,,,,,,,,::: 4 , _...... .4 , , ..., • cy714 , ,,N .. m lN ‘'.•r• . " • • - ; ; ;;.,7 • ",,,;-' ' 't.' 1.• : ' 4lliii. ''' * ' s ~, ,7' '.d- . - '''' iliw i- I ) Et • - ; •••," • 0"`" '-'• ', • • • r•;: ••• , •, , ~,,,i,•,„ • •,, ~., • ,,,,0,4, • , ,it .. ,4 100 . ,. ... . 1 , , -,-- -•''....--7 (1 ':(4,,•" ,, •:- '' . merce : " Monsieur le Ministre—The Chamber of Com merce of Paris hastens to associate itself to the move ment of glorious national regeneration, and to join its efforts to those of all good citizens for the prompt re-establishment of order after victory. Ready to give its co-operation to the Provisional Government, it places itself at your disposal for all the necessary relations of the Government with the trade and manufactures of Paris. It will occupy itself from the present moment, and within the range of its means, on the task of sustaining commercial credit, facilitating the resumption of affairs, and contribut ing to the.welfare of the working classes. We are with devotedness your tellow-citizens, the mem bers of the Chamber of Paris—Legentil, President; Horace Say, Secretary ; Lanquetin, Treasurer • T. Baudot, Bayvet, Bertrand, Devinck, F. Hemon, Aloder aine, Moinery fils, G. Thibaut. " HORACE SAY, Secretary. " The Chamber of Commerce has decided that the sum of 20,000 francs shall be paid for the relief of the wounded and the working class." The Minister of War has addressed the following circular to the commanding officers of military divi sions and sub-divisions : " Paris, Feb. 26. " General,—A great national act has just been accomplished ; royalty has disappeared before the sovereignty of the people. All good citizens, all men of sound feeling, ought to rally round the Provisional Government of the Republic. The generals in com mand of divisions and sub-divisions will, therefore, assemble the troops under their command, will pro claim at their head the new Government, and will call forth a manifestation of their adhesion. They will afterwards transmit without delay to the Minister of War documents declaratory of their adhesion. The generals will besides employ all the means in their power to maintain discipline amongst the troops ; they will see that their wants are regularly provided for; and they will give all the necessary orders for that purpose. They will concert with the administrative authorities, in order that public order may be respected, and, to that en 3, they will seek support from the National Guard, to whom is more particularly con fided the task of defending our public liberties. The Government Counts that the army, faithful to its duties, will always remain in the path of honour. You will acknowledge the receipt of the present circular, the execution of which I confide to your patriotism. " SUBERVIC." The Constilutionnel gives the following account of the damage done to the St. Germain's railway : " The details which we receive as to the damage caused to the St. Germain Railway are most melan choly. The injury done is estimated at from four to five millions at least. The Pont de Bezons is de stroyed, like that of Asnieres. The atmospheric ap paratus has been devastated at Nanterre, and several other partial demolitions have been effected. The company is showing the greatest zeal in re• establishing the service, partly by common carriages, and partly by the parts of the line which remain uninjured. On the Rouen and Havre line the damage has also been considerable, particularly about Rouen at both sides." The Provisional Government is making arrange ments for convoking a National Assembly. It is said that it will be elected upon the basis of the Con stitution of 1791. A meeting of all the Ambassadors from the dif ferent Powers was held on Saturday at the Hotel of the Turkish Ambassador, and they unanimously re solved to remain in Paris until they should receive communications from their respective Governments. A captain of the National Guards waited upon Lord NORMANDY on Friday, on the part of the new Government, and stated that as the report was cur rent, that the Ambassador was alarmed on account of the disturbances, the Government was ready to send a party of the National Guards for the protection of the Embassy. Lord NORMANDY at once declined the offer, declaring that he felt every confidence in the French people, and was well assured that the re sidence of the representative of a nation which had been E o long on friendly terms with France would be respected. The result showed the correctness of Lord NORMANDY'S judgment. A telegraphic dispatch from Southampton an nounces the arrival of a cutter at Jersey, having on board General LEFEBVRE, a lady and two children, and General LEFERTRE'S servant. The lady with the two children are supposed to be the Duchess of ORLEANS, with the Count DR PARIS and the Duke DE CHARTRES, and General LEFEBVRE'S servant is, it is said, M. GuIZOT. A letter from Dreux, in the Union, says—" Louis PHILIPPE arrived at the Chateau here on the 24th, at eleven in the evening. A supper was sent out for amongst the public eating houses of the town. He was accompanied by MARIE AMELIE and the Duke DE AIONTPENSIER. He slept at the Chateau, after having sent for the Sub-Prefect and some intimate acquaintances. He was in a state of complete pros tration, and repeated each moment ' like CHARLES X.!' He left the next morning in a hired carriage and by bye-roads for Vernon. It is said here that his passage through this latter town was not effected without obstacles." BOURSE.—PARIS, MoNDAY.—The Bourse continued closed to-day. A great crowd of persons remained all day on the steps, discussing public affairs. Under the clock has been painted the words, Egalite, Liberty, Fraternite, as is now the case with all the public buildings in the capital. The coming settlement is not now much spoken of, as the prudent plan decided on by the agens des change removes all difficulty on that head. The following are the rates at which the accounts of the principal railway places are to be closed:—Northern, 535 f.; Orleans, 1,1751. ; Rouen, 857 f. 50c.; Havre, 417 f. 50c.; Marseilles, 531 f. 25c.; Centre, 500 f. ; Bordeaux, 475 f. ; Lyons, 385 f.; Strasburg, 402 f. 50c. ; Nantes, 3801. The period of resuming business is not yet definitely fixed, as it is obviously the interest of the new Government to throw back the time until public affairs have settled down, and men's minds have be come somewhat re-assuretil. At present no one can form an idea of the opening prit;2 s ; but if a conjec ture can be formed from the rate aL which railway shares are offered, the fall will be exceedinglygreat. The fact is, that every one is puzzled what to (~."• being unwilling to hold shares, and still obliged, from not getting any person to purchase. General busi ness is, however, beginning to resume its course. The Bank of France on Monday discounted to the extent of thirteen millions. It has sent a circular to all its branch banks in the provinces, recommending to them to assist as much as they safely can the com mercial progress of affairs. The Provisional Government has appointed a com mission, entitled the Government Commission for 'Workmen, to consider the labour question. All parties advocate a peace policy. The mot d'ordre is "No attack unless attacked." The account of the Revolution had been received at Nice with the greatest enthusiasm. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 29. Boulogne and Amiens, 3 1 / 4 —Namur and Liege, 64 —Paris and Lyons, 31/2. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday last her Majesty's steam-vessel the Triton, on going to her moorings at Gravesend to adjust her compasses, previous to going out on an experimental trip (as it is supposed to test the means of preventing the spontaneous ignition of coals), stationed one of her men, named Wooller, on the buoy, to make fast a hawser, when, from the engineer mis taking the order given by the pilot to " turn astern," the vessel was moved a-head, and the poor fellow was knocked of the buoy by the paddle-wheel and drowned. The ;deceased had been married only six weeks, and was a great favourite with his officers and messinates. INCOME-TAX. Mr. R. YORKE presented a petition from York against the increase or continuance of the income tax. Captain PECIIELL presented a petition from Brighton to a similar effect. Mr. COMPTON also presented a petition from some place in Hampshire to the same effect. PUNISIIMENT OF DEATH. Colonel TYNTE presented a petition from Bridg water, praying the House to abolish the punishment of death for capital offences. CIIAP,TIST LAND COAPANY. Mr. F. O'CONNOR presented several petitions in favour of the Bill for the legalization of the Chartist Land Company. 'IRISH EVICTIONS. Mr. P. SCROPE said that he wished to make to the House a statement of facts, which he had received from Mr. Tuite, who had just returned from a visit to the spot, from which, on a former occasion, he (Mr. P. Scrope) had stated that upwards of 140 persons were evicted in the most cruel and summary manner by Mr. Walsh, aided by the military force. The statement which he had originally made was not perfectly accurate in all its details with respect to Mr. Walsh, but the main facts were as he had stated them. The whole of the village now presented a scene of the utmost desolation ; upwards of eighty cottagers were driven from their peaceful homes, their cottages were pulled down, and even the temporary erections which they had made to shield them from the incle mency of the weather had also been destroyed, not a vestige of them remaining. These evictions took place under the direction of Mr. Walsh, and he had heard, upon the best authority, that that gentleman was at the time in arrears of his poor-rates, and that he was now being sued by the authorities for two years' arrears of his rates. This was a state of things which should not be allowed to exist.—(Hear, hear,) If one person was able to depopulate a whole village ; and to drive six hundred or seven hundred persons from their homes, then three or four such persons joining together would be able to clear a whole province. Another circumstance which made the case even still worse was, that these fearful evictions were carried on by the assistance of the police and military, acting under the direction of the Government. Such conduct was unworthy of a civilised country, and they would expect to hear of such things only in Algiers or among the Kafirs. Mr. AIONSELL said that he was surprised that, with the knowledge of the Hon. Member on this fearful state of things, he should have voted as he did last night against the motion for a Select Com mittee to inquire into the operation of the poor-law in Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) Sir G. GREY thought that it would be unwise, without any general notice, to enter into any dis cussion on the debate of last night. He believed that no right-minded person could approve of such scenes as had been described by the Hon Member. He was not in a position to give any opinion as to the accuracy of the statement made by the Hon. Member with respect to the evictions he had alluded to. He would simply state, in answer to the lion. Member, that the Government did not lend the aid of the police or the military to these evictions ; they were only employed for the purpose of keeping order, and putting down any breach of the peace that might arise. Mr. TATTON EGEItTON deprecated the grow ing custom of bringing forward in a desultory man ner debates without proper notice having been given upon the subject. Mr. S. O'I3 . RIEN stated that the division of last night showed that there were sixty-one Irish Mem bers who voted in favour of the Committee and only eight against it, three of whom were officials con nected with the Government. It was a most absurd thing to call Irish Members over to this country, and then treat all their propositions with such perfect disregard. The people of Ireland were starving, and it was now complained by the Hon. Member who had just addressed the House that the subject of Irish grievances had been brought before the attention of the House.—(llear, hear.) What would the people of Ireland think of such a state of things, when they found that the House would not listen to the statements of their Members with respect to their grievances ?—(Hear, hear.) Mr. F. O'CONNOR said that he had long' been of opinion that it was necessary to make some alteration in the existing laws of landlord and tenant in Ireland. Mr. STAFFORD regretted the delay to public business which was caused by desultory debates of this nature. The Hon. Member, who had renewed the charges to-day which he had before repeated, and then contradicted, seemed to have studied to some advantage the precedents in the country to which he had alluded, and he trusted that this system of Parlia mentary murder adopted by the Hon. Member would have its due weight with the public, who would, no doubt, know full well what er,dence to attach to charges brought unexpectedly against absent gen tlemen.—(Hear, hear.) After a few words from Mr. Wakley, Mr. C. Anstey, Mr. Sharman Crawford, Mr. O'Flaherty, Mr. Poulett Scrope, and Colonel Dunne, the subject dropped. NOTTINGHAM ELECTION. The SPEAKER, informed the House that he bad received a communication from the agents of the parties complaining of the election for Nottingham, that they did not intend to proceed with their petition COUNTY RATES BILL. - - This Biil was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. POOR REMOVAL BILL. Mr. BRINES moved that this Bill should be read a second time on the 3d of May next. After a few words from Mr. HENLEY the mo tion was agreed to. AGRICULTURAL TENANT-RIGHT BILL. On the motion of Mr. PUSEY, the second reading of this Bill was ordered to be postponed till Wednes day, the 22d day of March. TREATY OF ADRIANOPLE. On the question being put that an addr'ss be pre sented to her Majesty for papers relating to the treaty of Adrianople, Mr. REDHEAD YORKE submitted that it was not becoming the dignity of the House, or the Noble Lord at the head of the Foreign Department, that the discussion should h proceeded with ; but the lion. Member was called to order by the Speaker, who intimated that the Noble Lord was in possession of the chair, and must resume the address which he commenced last week. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. Mr. WAKLEY said, perhaps before the debate on the treaty of Adrianople was resumed, he might be allowed, although out of order, to put a question to the Noble Lord. The SPEAKER, said it was out of order, and could not be put ' • but. Lord PALMERSTON rose and said—l think I know the question which the Honourable Member for Finsbury wishes to put to me, and as it is one of great interest and importance to the country, I have to ask the permission of the House to answer it. The Honourable Gentleman is anxious to know if I have received information of any personal violence offered to any British subject at Paris during the progress of the recent stirring events in that city, and I am happy to inform him that I have no reason to be:ieve that any such violence has been offered. lam happy t ,; say that the British subjects resident in Paris : - _ , ave acted with that prudence which usually dictates themovements and conduct of E ng li s h m en, whole of the di s turba nces _i n P a ri s and during the they abstained fro taking any part in what was going forward, and t.2ok care not wantonly and foolishly to expose thernsehies to the fury of the in surgents.—(Cheers.) J (LEFT SITTINO.) We are glad to hear that it is in con;emplation to form a society in this town upon the plan of rt.'" Chambe r of Commerce in Manchester and other large ,commer cial manufacturing towns. Such a society has long- been wanted here ; and we doubt not that , wh en once it '8 fairly commenced, it will receive the warm support of all the enlightened utumbers of the trading portion of :he community, both in town agd country.—Leicester Mercury. THE MURDER IN TnE PARK.—Last night the grand jury returned as " true " a bill of indictment pre ferred against Annette Meyers, a young Frenchwoman, for wilful murder in discharging a pistol loaded with ball at Henry Ducker, a private in the Grenadier Guards, in St. James's Park. At the same time, the grand jury presented a true bill against Edward Charles .Fitzmayer, a landing waiter in the customs, for attempt ing to murder Mary Ann Fitzmayer. The trial of Meyers will, it is expected, take place on Friday before one of the Learned Judges. ULSTER RAILWAT.—Iye are happy in being enabled to announce that the entire line baween Belfast and Armagh is now completely and satisfactorily finished and that it will be opened for the public traffic on Wad i nesday next, the Ist of Marsh.,—Baxrter of Ulster . CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. Another arrival from the Cape of Good Hope places us in possession of papers to the 9th January. The Kafir war being ended, there is little in these journals to interest the English reader. Several orders, de crees, and proclamations had been issued, of local value only, which clearly show that his Excellency Sir Harry Smith was indefatigably employed in the organization of all the powers by which peace is to be secured, and civilisation promoted. Upon the 7th of January, the whole of the chiefs of British Caffraria were to be assembled at King William's Town to meet the High Commissioner, and to have explained to them their future position—their prospects, if their conduct be good—the course that would be pursued, if the reverse. We may also mention that it was said that immediate arrangements were to be made for the return home, as they can be spared, of the 7th Dragoon Guards, and 27th, 90th, and 91st Regi ments. SUSPENSION OF LEGISLATION IN VAN DIEMEN'S LAND. We have received letters and papers from Sydney to the 2d of October, inclusive, which inform us that the Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land had been throw n i n t o a ser i ous dilemma from the resigna tion, appointment, dismission, and re-appointment, of some of his councillors, and that not knowing what to do, under the peculiar emergency of the case, he had suspended legislation until he should refer the matter home, and receive instructions how to act. A report was current in Hobart Town, that Sir T. W. Deni son, in consequence of continued ill-health, had forwarded his resignation to the kleerotary of State. MARKET HIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY. An unusually small supply of English Wirt:at, -or only 760 quarters, has arrived hither coastwise; during the present week, owing to the heavy gales; and .the stands were scantily filled with samples. The de mend was decidedly steady, and Monday's quotations w , ere firmly supported in every instance. The best forei; gn Wheats were in improved request at extreme currenci es. In the inferior and damp qualities exceedingly little business was transacted. Fine malting Barley was heltd firmly at full prices, but grinding and distilling sorts; were very dull. Although the supply of Malt was. small, that article was heavy at barely stationary pri ces. In Osts we have no change to notice, either as res - pects demand or value. Beans, Peas, and Indian Corn were to be had on lower terms. Flour was a slow sale. ne top price of English was 465. per 2801bs. Wheat. 760 qrs. English ...... Irish. ........ Foreign ...... L,9©B ARRIVALS. Barley. I Oatfis. yrt•ar. TOO qrs. 280 qrs. 420 ski. 1,29* -- 3, 5 '10 -- Malt. OA ars. VITHITECIIAPEL. The general demand here was heavy, and in some in• stances the quotations had a downward tendency. Beef from 33 to 3s 10d ; Afutton, 3s 4d to 48 6di Veal, 45 to 53; and Pork, as to 5s 5d per 811 es by the carcase. BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner FONBLANQUE.) IN RE BURTON-THE ASSIGNEES V. THE LONDON AO NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. The bankrupt had carried on business as a railway contractor, &c., in the Commercial-road, Lambeth. Mr. LLOYD, the solicitor to the assignees, applied Obis Honour to sanction certain resolutions come to by credi tors fur the settlement of a dispute between the assignees and the Loudon and North-Western Railway Company. The bankrupt had taken the contracts with the com. pany to the amount of 200,0001., and it was urged that, under the contract, the bankrupt, by not completing the works had forfeited not only all the work done, but the plant, material, &c. on the line. An arrangement had been agreed on between the assignees and the company to refer the matter to arbitration as to the value of the work done, and that the plant, &c., should be purchased by the company, and no legal proceedings to be taken on either side. Creditors to the amount of 9,0001. had assented to this, but as that was not one-third, it was ❑ecessary to obtain his Honour's sanction. Mr. Lloyd said it would be a saving of immense costs in legal pro ceedings. His HoNoun sanctioned the resolutions, and the order was accordingly drawn up. SECONDARIES'.-(THIS DAY.) There were no causes in the list for to-day. CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice CoLT3tAN • and Mr. Justice EnR.) POsT-OFFICE ROBBERY. Thos. Eagles, a letter.. sorter in the inland department of the General Post office, was convicted of stealing two post letters, con taining money, the property of her Majesty's Post Master-General, and sentenced to ten years' trans. , portation. Richard Steele, also a letter sorter in the General Post-otlice, and receiving a salary of 1101. a year, was indicted with stealing a post letter, containing a sovereign, the property of her Majesty's Post-Master-General. The case was clearly made out against the prisoner, and The jury, without the least hesitation, found the prisoner Guilty. Mr. Justice ERLE sentenced him to twelve years' transportation. The prisoner, on being taken into custody, had upwards of 8/. in his pocket. E IV COUR 7'. (Before the Co)ImoN SERGEANT and Mr. Aldermen FINNIs.) H'illiani Petit, a fellmonger, was indicted for feloni ously receiwng 420 lbs. of wool, knowing the same to be stolen. It appeared that a woolstapler, of the name of Dslbyc who carries on business in Bermondsey, had the two bags safe upon his premises on the 23d of December last, but on the following morning they were gone. The evidence against the prisoner went to show that a person of the name of Carney brought a cart to Dalby's house between seven and eight in the evening, when the bags in question were thrown into it, and then drove off to the prisoner's yard, which was in the neighbourhood. Here a man named Ferran, who had engaged the cart from Carney, and also the prisoner, were seen. It was also proved that the prisoner paid some money to Ferran at a public-house on the same evening. For the defence a number of witnesses were called, some of whom were large woolstaplers in Bermondsey+ and had known the prisoner for many years, to give tes timony as to the character he had borne for honesty. They all stated that they never knew him to have been guilty of any dishonest act until accused of the present charge.: _ _ The Learned JUDGII summed up. The jury found the prisoner Not Guilty. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) In the course of the morning an officer of the court took occasion to inform • the magistrate that all the summonses on the list of the:day, arising:from disputes between the drivers and conductors of the rival cheap omnibuses plying to and from Ilungerford-market had been compromised, the proprietors having come to an arrangement by which the two companies would be amalgamated. Mr. HENRY was very glad to hear this, as a great public inconvenience and nuisance would now be put an end to. ELECTION COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) LYME REGIS. The Lyme Regis Election Committee re-assembled this morning; Lord Ashley in the chair. The case for thesitting,Member against Sir Fitzroy Kelly being closed, Mr. O'Kelly Templar was called by the other side. lle stated that at the last election for Lyme Regis he acted as the agent for Sir Fitzroy Kelly, and in a con versation he had with Sir Fitzroy before the election, Sir Fitzroy gave him distinctly to understand that he would be no party to any corrupt practices for securing his return. It was true that late on the day of the election Sellers and another came to him, and stated that there was an unpolled voter who would refrain from voting if Sir Fitzroy would present him with 701., but witness refused to have any thing to do with the proposal. With regard to the case where it had been proved that he had promised a voter to pay him wages, whether he were in or out of work if he would vote for Sir Fitzroy Kelly, the witness admitted that he did make the promise, but it was not for the purpose of inducing the voter to support Sir Fitzroy Kelly. CARLISLE. The Select Committee apvinted to inquire into the petitions presented against the return of Mr. W. N. Hodgson and Mr. Dixon for the city of Carlisle, met for the first time this morning; Mr. Divett in the chair. The petition against the return of Mr. Dixon was cross petition, but no one appeared for the Hon. Member. In the case of the other petition, Mr. Sergeant Wrangham and Mr. Sergeant Kinglake appeared for the petitioner; and Mr. Alexander, Q.C., and Mr. James for the sitting Member. Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE opened the case for the peti tioners. Prior to the passing of the Reform Act a practice prevailed at Carlisle of paying what was called head money to all freemen who voted at the elections, but when the Reform Act came into operation the practice was abandoned. At the election of 1841, how ever, it was revived, and as it was resorted to at the lection last year, the present petition had been presented, in the hope of effectually putting an end to this system of corruption. The majority of these free men were induced to vote for Mr. Hodgson by being furnished with ad libitum supplies of drink of all kinds and descriptions, while others were directly bribed with presentations of the coin of the realm. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—TuzsDAY. LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CHASE.-9 to 1 agst Chandler t 12 to 1 agst Naworth (t) ; 14 to 1 agst The Nigger (t) i 20 to 1 agst Standard Guard (t) ; 20 to 1 agat Mat• thew (t) ; 25 to 1 agat Sir Arthur. Nothing done on any °that. race. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY NIGHT, 13 O'CLOCK. LATEST BETTING. 9 to 1 agst Curate—t i 16 to 1 agst Sir Arthur 10 to 1 agst Chandler 20 to 1 agst Pioneer 12 to 1 agst Mathew —in2s to 1 agst Khondooz great forco 30 to 1 agst Sailor 15 to 1 agst Standard Guard 40 to 1 agst Gipsy Queen The betting very flat. 'et trb 927attton LIVERPOOL STEEPLE- CHASE.-(THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) Chandler .. Curate.. . . Twenty-nine ran. Won by half a length. BIRTHS. On t;:e 18th ult., at Charlemont Hall, Staffordshire, the wife of Het.!v Dawcs, Esq.. of a son. On the 2 . 60 ult., at the Priory, Chester, Mrs. William Buxton Marsden, of a daughter. On the 27th nit., at Brixton-bill, Mrs. William ffarrf man, of a daughter. On the 28th ult., at Hillf elcl, tHarnpstead, the wife of the Rev. W. Darwin Fox, of a daughter. DIES.: • On the 16th alt., Mrs. Ruth Welch, of Hackney-road. On the 23d ult., Sidney Arabella, the wife of John ler, Esq., of Aberystwith. On the 23d ult., at the Rectory , Lapworth , the Rev. G. Tyndall. London: Printed and Publiehed by IidURDO YOUNG. a No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112; Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the count,L u t kliddleeax, Wednesday, March 1, 1848. I :, • "`. ~ s`a ~~ I V 4~ ` ~.` di .. , - -1