The Sun. — London, England, 1848-04-05 00:00:00

NOTICE ! Now ready at a ll the B ooksellers, B URKE'S PEERAGE an d BARONETAGE, FOR 1 S4B, NEW EDITION, REVISED to the PRESENT TIME, from the PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS of the NOBILITY, &c. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. This day is published, in Two Vols. Bvo., with Maps, TwELVE YEARS WADERINGS in the BRITISH COLON N IES. By J. C. BYRNE. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty). ITER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. M THALBERG. GRAND SACRED, CLASSICAL, and MISCELLANEOUS CONCERT, on MONDAY EVENING, April 17. It Is respectfully annoanoed that on 31osoar Evzsixo, April 17, will be given a GRAND CONCERT, with great Orchestra, Chorus, sec., on which occasion 11. Thalberg will execute the following pieces :- 1. Grand Concerto in C minor ........Beethoven. 2. Fantasia on Subjects from Mozart's Don Giovanni Thalberg. 3. Fantasia on Subjects from Auber's Masaniello • • Thalberg. 4. " Lied er Ohne Worte" .. • • .. Mendelssohn The Vocal portion will include Madame Tadolini, Mdlle. Schwartz, And Mdlle Sofia Cruvelil. Signor Belletti, Signor F. Lablache Signor Bouche, Signor Cuzzanl, And Signor Lablache, Asa comprise selections from the works of Mozart, Beethoven, Gluck, Mendelsohn, Weber, Spontini, &c., and include a Grand Trio for Three Baues,by Meyerbeer— Signori Lablache, Belletti, and Celetti. Signer Gardoni, Signor Coletti, Conductor, M. Balfe. Prices of Admission. Mddlle Vera, Boxes.. . • ~ ~ Pit Stalls • • • . • • • • •• •• . •• IN. 6d. each. Pit Tickets • •, • • ss. Od. each. Gallery Stalls • • Gallery Tickets •• • Doors open at llalfpast Seven, and the Concert to commence at Eight o'clock. N.B. A second Grand Concert will be presented on Wednesday morning, April 19. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. CIRQUE NATIONAL DE PARIS. The Public is respectfully informed that, at the request of several Families of Distinction, anqther GRAND MORNING PERFORM ANCE will be given by the French Equestrian Troupe, To-Moa- ROW, April 6, on which occasion a variety of the most Novel and Attractive Entertainments will be produced. Doors open at Half-past One o'clock, performance to commence at Two. First price as usual. No second price. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. CIRQUE NATIONAL DE PARIS. THIS EVENING, A Variety of New Performances :—The Pyramid of Decanters — The Two Punchinellos—The Villager's Wedding—The Two Clowns —The Roman Games—The Chinese Jugglers, &c , by M.M. A. Sie grist, Auriol, Andre, Loissetaine, W ehle, Nief, la petite Loissot, &c. The Manee, by Mdlls. Caroline and Mathilde. Various novel and daring acts of Equitation—The Voltige—The Tarantell, &c., by Mellis Palmyre, Mute, F. Stanley, E. Lambert, Coralie, Ducos, Florentine, Amaglia, Le petit Anato, &c. Laughable and groteque representa tions by the Clowns MM. Auriol, Leclair, and Ariol, 1115. Doors open at half-past Seven, performance to commence at Eight. Second price, flalf-past Nine. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. 'Under the Management or Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the Comedy of LONDON ASSURANCE. Sir Harcourt Courtly, Mr. Farren ; Charles Courtly, Mr. Howe ; Mitrk Meddle, Mr. Rogers ; Max Harkaway, Mr. Tilbury ; Cool. Mr. Brindal ; Mr. Spanker, Mr. Keeley ; Dazzle, Mr. Henry Farrell ; Lady Gay Spanker, Mr s . Ni s bztt ; Grace Harkaway, Miss Julia Bennett ; Pert. Mrs. liumbY. after which, a new comic Drama, entitled LANATER TEE PHYSIOGNOMIST; and Good Judge too. Lavater, Mr. Webster ; Agnes, Miss Forteicue. ro conclude with a new and original Fa rce, called WHO'S MY HUSBAND Doctor Mull, Mr. Tilbury; Daniel Tootles, Mr. Keeley; Mrs. Smith Thompson, Mrs, W. Clifford ; Sophonisba Mull, Mrs. L. P. Buckingham ; Sally Starch, Mrs. Humby. iiita3s Manager, Mr. Fallen; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Webster. J. T. Archer, Box-book keepe r. Galle Is. Boxes, ss. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, 2 s. ; u pp er ry, Doors open at Half-past Six, PeTTOTMELIICO to commence at Severn. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIIi. Under the direction al ,fadame Celeste. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new and original Drama, called HARVEST HOME. Principal charactors by Messrs. H. Hughes, Lambert, Wright, P. Redford, 0. Smith, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Frank Matthews, Miss Turner, &c. After which a new and original Farce, entitled OUR NA TIONAL DEFENCES ; or, th e Cockshot Ye omanry. Principal characters by Messrs. Lambe rt, Wright, Y. Bedford, Sand ers ; ma dame Celeste, Miss Emma Harding, Mrs. Laws, and Miss Woolgar. To conclude with THE COMRADES ; an Anecdote of the Span ish War. Principal characters by Messrs. Cullenford, Royce, Man vard, Paul Legrand, C. J. Smith, kyan, Miss E. Harding, &c. Roxes, 45.; Pit, 25., Gallery, Is. I wnors open at Halt-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestrii. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING WIN be performed a new comic Drama, entitled NOT A BAD J Ul )GE. After which, a new comic Drama, entitled THE HAPPY FA MILY. Principal characters by Messrs. Granby, C. Mathews, Buck stone, Harley, F. Matthews; Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Mrs. Stirling, Mar dame Vestris, Miss Howard, and Mrs. C. Jones. To conclude with a Comic Drama, called A ROUGH DIAMOND. Characters by Messrs. Selby, Diddear, Bellisgham, Buckstone ; Mrn. Leigh Murray, and Mrs. Fitzwilliam. Dress Boxes, bs. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, is. No ball-price to any part of the house. Tire :Sew Box-office, No. 2, Wellington-street, is open to the Public every flay, from Ten till Six. The Interior of the House has been entirely re-designed by Mr. W. Bradwell of the Colosseum. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. 33, o , cl Bond-street. Last appearance Mdile. Nathalie. 'THIS EVENII 4 .IG The Entertainments will commence at half-past Seven o'clock with A new Comedie-vaudeville entitled UN TOEU DE JEUNES FILLES. M. richelin, M. Tonrillon ; Octave, M. Montaland ; Andre, M. Josset ; Cecile, Mdlle. Marot ; Eanchette, Mdlle. Elize Grange. After which LE DERNIER AIIOI7R. Madame de Monde!, 3fdlle. Nathalie. To be followed by BLONDETTE. To conclude with (for the second time hi this country), the new Petite Comedy of EXTREMES SE TOUCLIENT. Le chevalier Jullien, Monsieur Lafont ; La Conitesse Rosine, Madame Paul Ernest. 2103.011 and Stalls may be obtained at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, as, Old Bond-street. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager, Duchess-street, Portland. place. TIIIS EVENING, Will be performed Shakspere'e Tragedy of JULIUS C.ESAB. Julius Caesar, Mr. C. Fisher; Octavius Caesar, Mr. Conway; Brutus, 31r. Macready ; Portia, Miss E. Montague. To be followed by the Musical Piece of " NO." Sir George Doubt fill, Mr. Bodda ; Commodore Hurricane, Mr. Neville ; Maria, Miss B. Stanley. To conclude with the new Interlude called MAMMON and GAIT MON. To eonclude with the comic Drama of" LADIES, BEWARE 1" Dress Circle, Ss.: Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, '23. ; Gallery, is. STRAND THEATRE. NEW MANAGEMENT. THIS EVENING Will be presenled Auber's new Opera, entitled HAYDEE ; or the Secret, with entirely new scenery, dresses, and appointments. Ilaydee, Miss Poole ; Rafaela, Madame Florence Brunel ; Leredieu. Mr. D. W. King; Maiapieri, Mr. Borrani; Radian, Mr. C. Horn ; Gonzalvo, Mr. S. Jones ; Domenico, Mr. Horncastle. In order to give due effect to this celebrated composition. the hand and chorus have been augmented to upwards of Fifty Performers, under the direclion of Mr. J. F. Tulley. To conclude with a new Extravaganza, called THE CRUMM ESES ; or, A. Rehearsal Rehearsed. Nicholas Nickleby, Mr. Summers ; Mr. Lenville, Mr. Oxberry ; Smike, Miss J. Coleman ; Mrs. Crurnmles, Mrs. L. Reds. Private Boxes, 11. Is. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Stalls, 3s. ; Pit, 2s. Gal lery, Is. Half-price at Nine o'clock. Acting and Stage Manager, Mr. Oxberry. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lad Five Nights of the present Grand Spectacle, and unprecedented Foinestrian Entertainments, in order to make preparation for the magnificent Easter Holiday Entertainments. TIIIS EVENING, The New Gorgeous Spectacle, THE BATTLIC OF THE AMAZONS, with all its splendid appointments, &c. To be followed by, and the evening's entertainments to terminate with A GRAND EQUESTRIAN FETE, in which the Equestrian and Gymnastic Artistes will appear each evening in their peculiar and incomparable Feats and brilliant Scenes In the Circle. Boa-office open from II till 5. !Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. THE THIRD EDITIONS „THE SUN” CONTAIN, AS USUAL, THE LATEST PARLIAMENTARY IN TELLIGEN CE, AND ALL OTHER NEWS UP TO THE HOUR OF POST. Orders received by all Newsmen, and at the Sun-office, 112, Strand. ► LIE WEATHIER.—StaI OmcE, APRIL 5. TEISBXOXEIIII, Lowest, 49 ; Highest, 68; Noon, 58. BAROMET%3, 30.05.—W1ND S.E.; fine. Hi( 43 WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morrell:— 36 minutes after 2. 1 Evening .. 59 minutes after 2. - . It , , 4 Ar - , 7 ' 4 ' ;:tVI P AIIC i44"'''. irlik , .. ii ii, LL ' "-%.-1 ....- .04111110*\ , i-y::- '. ' ' '''4.- . '' ' -@ 7t l''' . IA.Vi ',.:...:- * ~. :... ~-rai rf : fv,.."4.1:01 - o"''. *--- -;-- '1... ' 423131nfmt" ~.:-. ~_ - . ~,,, . • ---- II ) Xll tAling l"1- ;' int L°ICI)4)NI WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 1848. There must, undoubtedly, have been a sensation of despondency on the minds of the most resolute sup porters of the Jewish Disabilities Bill even in the moment when its triumphal passage through Committee was announced , es 'erua y morn ing by the tellers o f the Ro use of C l chomo a melancholy ' y mons. They must h ave experienced regret in the very mid s t o f their exultation, a regret that the principl es o f re li g i ous intolerance were still cherished by the more f anat i cal admirers of Christi anity. They could not fail to recognise, however un illingly, the continued existence of that prejudice against the " chosen people" of Jenovan, which in past generations produced such devilish and dastardly persecutions. Like the gradual and almost antitheti cal disappearance of the daylight, as it is wonderfully depicted by KIaLE WHITE, when he says in the opening couplet of his " Clifton Grove,"-- " Lo! in the west fast fades the lingering light, And day's last vestige takes its silent flight," the disappearance of the malign spirit of intolerance is at once rapid and retarded. Among the mass of the population there is possibly nothing more ab horred than bigotry, yet, notwithstanding the uni a ersality of this sentiment of benevolence, there are still individuals , nho would fashion the creed of their fellow- creatures by the compression of the Scaven • ger's Daughter, or by the thumb-scr©w of the Inqui sition. The fact is obvious beyond all contradiction. It would have been sufficiently attested, ifPby nothing else, at least, by the agitation excited by the election of ROTHSCHILD, and by the subsequent Bill of Thus- SELL. The last ghost of exclusiveness was there at tempted to be laid by the solemn anathemas of the law, and the worshippers of the obsolete system con centrated their powers in a final struggle for its pre servation. From the very commencement of the contest in behalf of the political emancipation of the Israelites, it was evident that the opponents of the proposed measure were actuated with the ardour of animosity, while its supporters, on the contrary, were inspired by a profound reliance upon numerical strength and ethical propriety. The one was violent from despair, the other was languid from conviction. The one was jealous, rancorous, and vociferous, the other was characterised by a calmness that almost imparted to it an aspect of indifference. From the first the triumph of justice might have been predicted. From the first it became manifest that men like my Lord WINCHILSEA would be left in a minority as " ridiculously small " as the eighteenpence of MONTAGUE TIGG. There is now no longer any room for mere conjecture. The battle has been fought, and the champions of civil and re ligious liberty have again proved victorious—the Jew Bill has already passed through Committee in the Lower House, and will speedily be carried through the House of Peers, until the magic words La reine la veute transforms the proposition into an enactment. - According to a moderate calculation, the number of the Hebrew race, resident and naturalised in Eng land, is said to be somewhere about 30,000. It is a diminutive portion, we will allow, of so vast a popu lation. Still those 30,000 contribute, by their la bours, by their intelligence, by their property, and by their enterprise, towards the national prosperity. Their instalment of the taxes finds its way into the coffers of the Treasury as surely as the instalment of the most orthodox congregation in the United Kingdom. At the bar, in the army, in the navy, in the marts of merchandise, may be found the active representatives of this long-proscribed and degraded family. Through the generous interposition of the Legislature, they have been relieved one by one of the manacles rivetted upon them by our ancestors, the magistracy has been opened to them, they are eligible to the responsible office of sheriffs, they are possessors of the lective franchise. But one restriction remained upon the Israelites—but one—the fragment of the galling chain which their forefathers had worn for centuries. They were not admissible to a seat in Parliament. This was the last residue of the: intolerance of a comparative antiquity. It was to dissipate for ever the very remembrance of our ancestral fanaticism, by destroying this last shred of that garment of de rision which had been flung years ago over the shoulders of the Jews, that Lord JOHN RUSSELL proposed the erasure of the obstructive expression from the obnoxious Oath of Abjuration. Happily that proposition has been welcomed with an earnestness quite in accordance with the generous character of the Legislature and with the liberal requirements of the age. In spite of the misrepresentations of Mr. ADDERLEY, in spite of the supercilious and rather vulgar sarcasms of Mr. GORING, in spite of the in temperate antagonism of Mr. CUNNING BRUCE, and the pert interposition of Mr. LAW—the Bill for the removal of the Jewish disabilities has been carried suc cessfully through the Committee of the House of Commons. There is consequently no farther doubt as to the introduction of the Baron LsofsEr. DE RoTnscninD into that Legislative Chamber to which he has been spontaneously elected by the Christian inhabitants of the metropolis of Great Britain. This will be the splendid consummation of the great cause with which the name of Lord JOHN RUSSELL is for ever associated, the sacred and sublime cause of civil liberty and religious toleration. The French Republic is peculiarly happy in its Minister for Foreign Affairs. Upon M. LAMARTINE devolves the execution of all the difficult and delicate tasks which perplex and inconvenience the new Government, and in the execution of these affairs he displays a tact and adroitness far greater than even his well-known abilities would have led us to antici pate. It is proverbially remarked that great writers are not eloquent, or, if occasionally their genius is evinced by some brilliant declamation, their general conversation is deficient in rhetorical ability. How ever, LAMARTINE, on the contrary, seems prepared for every emergency. It is not in vain that he has conned the experience of history, and pondered over those hidden truths which contain the solution of all political problems, neither is it in vain that he has exercised his powers of composition and embellished his natural genius with all the graces of style ; for that constant study and constant practice have ren dered the great principles which he advocates con tinually present to his mind, and enable him on all occasions to demonstrate and enforce them with un questionable skill and most impressive eloquence. Hence, as we have already said, he is prepared for every emergency, and hence the French Government is peculiarly fortunate in having him to assist them in evading their perplexities. LAMARTINE'S pe culiar abilities have been more especially called into operation by the numerous deputa tions which, in his character of Foreign Minister, it has been his duty to receive. These deputations, at least many of them, under various and most plausible pretexts, were so many instigations to war. While the avowed object of the French Republic was the preservation of peace, in those sacred names of Liberty and Fraternity which she has adopted as her watchword, France has been summoned by foreign nations to arm herself and co-operate with them. In answering these demands it was incumbent on the French Minister—the Minister of a new Re public, —to respond heartily and entirely to such democratic appeals, and to tender the most earnest assurances of the sympathy and co-operation of France, while at the same time it was equally in cumbent on the Mi n i s t e r w ho had proclaimed the doctrine o f un i versa l peace to re f use hi s assen t to every hofaseiitnhve s ar u rid c a h bv7 p ea l. In this embarrassing position LAMARTINB has repeatedlyfound himself placed, but he ifficzyitl,aaanddmdtmabilseseddexeteverriytyd,epsutetearteiodn with elear their demands rejected, yet their hearts filled with admi ration and gratitude towards France and her Foreign Minister. He, this new Minister, as yet unpractised in the wiles of diplomacy, d has already acquired the ifficult art of m a ki ng a refusal as agreeable as a concession. This was the case in the interview which he held with the deputation of the Poles. They came to solicit assistance in effecting their emancipa tion, an assistance which they naturally imagi ned the young Republi c wou ld concede to them. But LAMARTINE, however much he may have sympa thised with their endeavours, still adhered to those pacific principles which he well knew were most ad vantageous to the cause of liberty. Neverthel ess , he did not refuse assista nce t o P o l an d , but he enu merated the great reforms then transpiring all over Europe, and exclaimed, "Behold the weapons we have put into your hands ! These last thirty days have done more for democracy than thirty battles." Another deputation has recently waited on the French Minister, which has, in a peculiar manner, elicited an evidence of his diplomatic adroitness. On Saturday the deputation of the Irish insurgents pre sented to the Provisional Government the address n. In this address, it decided from the Irish people, re uP°lie Irish speak to the French will be remembered, t cefnticy"gratulation address freemen," and the as slaves should d rebellion. On Monday assist ance i n t h e i r pro pose M. LA sawhole t e n o r o f the conaposition is a prayer for French this i mportant document was presented. h .k aarNE alon e rece i v ed the Iris visitors. his reply, o f course, expressed the g ratification with which F rance must necessarily receive all such de monstrations o f sympathy and congratulation ; but, so far from responding to the rebellious sentiments of Ireland, Lord CLARENDO7.I himself could not have discountenanced them more entirely. The Irish must fight their battle alone (if it is to be fought) ; not one soldier, not one additional pike, will they get from France. Let those who count upon such as sistance listen to LAMARTINt. " We are at peace," said he, " and we are desirous of remaining on good terms of equality, not with this or that part of Great Britain, but with Groat Blitaiu oi,Lite. iielieve Luis peace t o b e useful and honourable, nut only to Great Britain and the French Republic, but to the human race. We will not commit an act—we will not utter a word—we will not breathe an insinuation at va riance with the principles of the reciprocal inviola bility of nations which we have proclaimed, awl of which the continent of Europe is already gathering the fruits. The fallen monarchy had treaties and diplomatists. Our diplomatists are nations—our treaties are sympathies. We should be insane were we openly to exchange such a diplomacy for un meaning and partial alliances with even the moat le gitimate parties in the countries which surround us. We are not competent either to judge them or to prefer some of them to others ; by announcing our partisanship of the one side we should declare our selves the enemies of the other. We do not wish to be the enemies of any of your fellow-countrymen. We wish, on the contrary, by a faithful observance of the Republican pledges, to remove all the preju dices which may mutually exist between our neigh bours and ourselves. This course, however painful it may be, is imposed on us by the law of nations, as well as by our historical remembrances." He proceeded to say that the cause of the great war between France and England had originated in Mr. PITT'S interference in the internal government of France ; " and," added he, " this cause of dissension between Great Britain and ourselves we will never renew, by taking any .similar course." The Deputation, as usual, withdrew, exclaiming " Vive la Republique! —Vive le Gouvernement Provisoire !—Vive LAMAR. TINE !"—nevertheless, in spite of their acclamations, we are inclined to think they must have been im measurably disappointed and somewhat crest-fallen. Mr. O'BusErt will hardly now, we imagine, venture to consult LAMARTINE as to the proposed National Guard of Ireland; or perchance the latter, in pur suance of his non-interfering policy, may refer him for advice on the subject to the Duke of WELLINGTON. _ - This interview, if it had no other effect, would be interesting as affording, both by the individuals who composed it, and the terms of the two addresses, an illustration of the vivid contrast existing between enlightened liberalism and true philanthropy and pseudo-patriotism and an ambition for notoriety. How insignificant did the Irish delegates, with the flaming and insensate rhetoric of the slaves addressing freemen, appear beside the French Minister, earnestly and eloquently upholding liberty, but yet proclaiming peace, and appealing to the experience of history as a corroboration of the inestimable efficacy of amity among nations in preserving and promoting the wel fare of each and all. M. LAMARTINR'S speech may, and doubtless will, occasion some disappointment to the insurgent and disaffected people of England and of Ireland, but it cannot fail to diffuse immeasurable satisfaction to all true friends of England, and Ire land, and France. We are inclined to think, indeed, that the covert reproof of the French Republic will have as much effect in stilling the agitation of Irish Liberals as the menaces of the English Government, or even the strenuous and praiseworthy exertions of Lord CLARENDON. For this valuable assistance at such a time we owe M. LAMAIVIINE our cordial and grateful felicitations. Madrid journals of the 29th ult. have arrived. The capital continued quiet. Tw3 prisoners con demned to death by the Court-martial for the part they took in the recent emeute have been pardoned by the QUEEN. General BUIS VAN HALEN and NOGITERAS left Madrid on the 28th in obedience to the orders of the Government. MADRID BOLSA, MARCH 29.—The Three per Cents., 218 ; Five per Cents., 14 ; Exchange on Lon- don, 44. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. PROCEEDINGS AT PARIS. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. It would appear from the tenor of certain articles in the National as if the Provisional Government had determined to take possession of the railways, by re deeming all the shares at the price they bore on the 21st of February. The National thus argues the question : " We see not wherefore the state should not emit a quantity of paper corresponding to the ♦alue of the railways, inasmuch as the riches of the state would be increased by the value of the railway lines. L. tit be considered, also, that the payment of these renter would not burden the budget, and would impose no fresh sacri fices on the public, because the receipts of the railways would be enough to meet this service. We should cer tainly have to provide for the finishing of the lines already commenced; but money can always be found in France for useful works." The National then proceeds to reply in the follow ing manner to those who object to this as a measure of spoliation :—" How," it asks, " are people spo gated who are paid the value of their property ? The purchase is forced, they say, but the principle of expropriation for the public good is it not consecrated in our legislations? These arguments are not serious. We suspect that the interest of shareholders is put forward to screen that of administrators, who are inconsolable at the idea of losing their fat stalls." The news from Lyons is anything but satisfactory. The volunteers enrolled there took upon themselves to detain the 13th Light Horse, just returned from Africa, that they might repose after their march, and this, notwithstanding that they had been ordered to join the army of the Alps without delay—the army moving up to the support of Piedmont in case of necessity. We find in the Constitutionnel the following in re lation to the affairs of Italy : " In the midst of the chaos of events which no human imagination could have foreseen or followed, two parties appear to be disputing for the victory in the Lombardo- Venetian States even before it is won—the Piedmontese parry, which wishes for a constitutional kingdom for Italy, and the Republican party, who demand ancient franchises, and wishes that every city should be entirely independent. " In this conflict of ideas and opinions, and in this general conflagration, there is much danger to be appre hended; on the one hand absolutism, rising again into existence under a new form, and on the other munici palism, that spirit of discord and envy which lost the Italian Republics in the middle ages. The safety of Italy lies in the solution of this important problem. Charles Albert, however, appears to be animated with the best intentions, and carciully repeats iu all his proclamations that his views are most disinterested, and that he only brings to the people the assistance of a friend and of a brother, and that when once the Aus trians are driven out of Italy, he will leave each state free to choose which form of government it may consider best. So many years of misfortune and oppression have, however, made the Italians very distrustful. " The Austrians have entrenched themselves at Mantua and at Verona, where they occupy very formidable posi tions. A great number of prisoners belonging to the first families of Milan, are still in their hands; and there is much reason to fear th a t th e rage o f the butchers of Radetsky, exasperated by defeat, may expose them to very cruel treatment. The late massacres at Milan wore beyond everything horrible. " The Croatians murdered children before the eyes of their mothers, cut off the hands of young girls in order to possess themselves of their bracelets and rings, pil laged and burnt houses, leaving devastation and death to mark their passage in every quarter of the city. " Some letters have been seized which seriously com promise the late Viceroy, who, however, pretended to have less cruel feelings. It appears to have been the Viceroy who ordered the pillage and massacres—acts which for ever dishonour the name of Austria. " Whilst the Piedmontese army is triumphing in Lombardy, Savoy is detaching itself from the Sardinian states and endeavouring again ito become French. In several clubs which assembled the day before yesterday at Chambery a Provisional Government was proclaimed. What is most extraordinary in this affair is, that at the very moment that this was taking place, the rorace at Lyons were calling on all the hotel-keepers to discharge the natives of Savoy from their service, and compelling them to leave the country of their adoption, where they had resided fur many years. Savoy is, therefore, not revengeful." BOURSE.—PARIS, TUESDAY, APRIL 4. THREE O'CLOCK.—A heavy fall took place at the opening of the Bourse, but prices recovered afterwards, and closed better than was expected. Still everything is lower than the preceding day. The French Five per • Cents. opened at 541., dropped at once to 521., and then recovered to 531, at which they lett off, being 2f. lower than the last price of the day before. The Three per Cents. ()limed at 35f., ent down to 34f., and then, after i some fluctuations between that quotation and 35f., fell again, to 34f., at which they doted, being a fall of I f. 25c. on the day. French Four per Cents. were done at 461., ' being a fall of not less than 4f. Bank of France Shares were at one time done as low as 1,090 E, but they closed at 1,115 E, showing a decline of 20f. Belgian Fives closed at 501., being one-half lower; Piedmont, at 640 f., or IOF. lower ; Quatre Canaux, at 700 f., or 20f. lower. Roman is unaltered, at 50f. Bons du Tresor were ex ceedingly offered to-day, and were almost unnegotiable, being at not less than 48 per cent. loss. Rail way Shares were offered during e t the w fr h e o s l h e co articleurs e o in f the the consequence day's business, in National, insisting on the nceestity of the Government expropriating the several lines. This caused many to i• ye that the intt.l.lioll2poiicri of A !eV" ‘1.4.:11A0 below t par; f ; o theyll followed d balancedthe e x abrueepniereostu all the have a rest, Orl eans and are for BODO time at 500 E, but at length gm way, and closed at 4901., being 301 lower thanthe day before. Marseilles are at 165 F., or 25f. lower; 11)uen at 3171. 50c., or 10f. lower; Northern at 308 f. 75c, or 6f. 25c. lower; Havre at 1901., or sf. lower; Bordeatx are 51. better, at 3851.; Nantes, 25c., at 3271. 50c. The Syndicate of the agens-de-change have just lecided on an alteration which will increase their profits to the loss of persons buying and selling. They were accustomed to charge but one commission when a clisnt bought and sold on the same day; they now charge separately on both trans actions. French gold is still at 701. The I,ooof. note costs from 12f. to 15f. to get oshed. The sovereign is worth less, being at 251. 75e. t( 26f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 4. _ Boulogne and Amiens, 5 %—Nam u r and Liege, 11 3 — Northern of France. 2 1 4 —Orleais and Bordeaux, 1 1 ,4—Paris and Orleans, 20—Paris and Rou.n, 12. i GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. FRANKFORT. The Carlsruhe Gazette publishes a letter dated 1, which says:—" B e t ween th re e Frankfort, April and four o'clock yesterday afternoon two parties appeared in the street de Bockenheim, the one com posed of inhabitants of Hazau and Darmstadt, with the flag of the Parliament ; the other consisting of residents of Mayence, under the command of ex- Lieutenant METTERNICH, with the ensigns of the Republic. METTERNICH ald his adherents attacked the former party, and endeavoured to seize their flag. The Republican flag was destroyed in the hands of METTERNICII, who received several dangerous wounds. One of his supporters also received a wound in the face. The civic guard restored order. The intelli gence of this rencontre compelled the members of the Assembly to interrupt their deliberations. The election of the Assembly will not take place till the 3d instant. DENMARK. The King of DENMARK was, on the 28th ult., on the eve of his departure !coin Copenhagen for Fre dericie, to place himself at the head of his army. The greatest enthusiasm prevailed at Copenhagen, and the KING is cheered everywhere for having so openly embraced the popular cause. The soldiers of the guard (natives of Holstein) have been offered to return free to their own country if they wished it, but they have repeated their oath of allegiance to the KING. There is no doubt of a favourable issue if the Danish cause should prov..ke active measures and a conflict take place, but it is :o be hoped that the prudence of the Danish emissaries, the Count KNUTH and OLA LEHMANN, will succeed in turning the spirit ()Me Court at Berlin. The Duchy of Lauenburg has declared itself neutral in the strife between the other two Duchies and Denmark. The Provisional rlovernment at Rendsburg is in a miserable plight, they have no ammunition. SWITZERLAND. A letter from Berne, of the 31st ult., says— " The Government of Bale has just sent informa- tion to the Vorort that a body of Germans, which had come from France with the view of co-operating in the establishment of a Republic in Germany, pro posed to pass though the Swiss territory. The Vorort was about to meet and consult on the subject. " The Germans resident in the canton of Berne have formed themselves into an armed auxiliary corps to assist in the same object. They have named a council of war, at the head of which are three of the corps francs—BECKEß, DAFFSER, and SCHULER. "This evening there was a meeting of the Germans established here, to consult on the best means of free • ing Germany from the domination of kings. "It is scarcely necessary for me to say that our Government does not meddle with these meetings; the constitution will not even allow it to prevent them." ITALY. LOMBARDY. The Patria of Florence announces that a political alliance, offensive and defensive, against Austria, has been concluded by the King of SARDINIA with the PoPE, the King of NAPLES, and the Grand Duke of TUSCANY. The same journal says—" The inhabitants of Fer rara have given the Austrians forty-eight hours to evacuate the fortress, at the expiration of which time they will be attacked. The inhabitants of Bologna, and all the volunteers of the neighbouring country, are marching towards it. A corps of Pontifical troops of the line, with artillery, has left Bologna for Ferrara. The Provisional Government of Modena has placed itself under the protection and guarantee of the Con federated Italian Princes. It has been decided that that decision shall be immediately communicated to all the States of Italy." A letter from Milan, dated the 29th ult., says— " The position of Radetsky, who is within a mile of Brescia, with only 15,000 men, is very critical, for all the roads and bridges are broken up, to prevent his re treat. Much of the country has been inundated ; the Brescians are armed, and the Sardinian troops stop his road. Radetsky yesterday sent a dispatch to the Pro visional Government, in reply to an application which had been made to him for an exchange of prisoners. His reply was that he would release about 100 prisoners whom he had with him, in return for those in the power of the Milanese, amounting to about 6,000, with all their arms and baggage. In his dispatch he adds that it was probable that the chances of war might bring him again before the gates of Milan. "The deputation from the municipality of Turin, who had been charged to present an address to the Pro visional Government of Milan, met with a most welcome reception. The reply made to them was so gratifying, that they decided on immediately proceeding to Alex andria to communicate it to King Charles Albert. " All the Piedmontese and Genoese who have arrived here meet with the warmest reception. The grand idea of an Italian fusion generally prevails. Padua has pro tested against the proclamation of a Republic by Venice and the Provisional Government of the latter city has declared that it is in favour of an Italian Government, and more especially of unity. " A body of Sardinian troops entered Pavia on the 26th, when they were received with great enthusiasm. A general illumination took place on their arrival. They are immediately to march on Lodi. "The Tyrol has risen, and has given in its adhesion to the Provisional Government of Milan. Two thousand Tyrolians have quitted the Austrian ranks, and have placed themselves at the disposal of their fellow-citizens." The Provisional Government of Milan has issued a decree for opening a voluntary loan of 24,000,000 of livres without interest. NA PL ES-SICILY. Letters from Palermo of the 28th ult. announce that the Sicilian Parliament was constituted ; that Admiral RUGGIERO, chief of the insurrection, had been appointed Regent, and that the political separa tion of Naples and Sicily was an accomplished fact. MARKET NEWS._ (THIS DAY.) 4, CORN EXCI IAN GE-WEDNESDAY. t The fresh arrivals of English Wheat for our market since M on d a y h ave been on a moderate scale; yet the at bar e ly the late reduction in the show of samples today exceeded the wa nts of the mil lers. All ki n d s o f Wheat of home pro d uce experien ce d a very dull inquiry,Quotations. Th e b est parcels of f ore i g n Wheat were field at full p r i ces, but the middling an d i n f er i or ki n d s ruled extr eme l y dull, and were somew h a t eas i er t o p ur . chase. In Barley next to nothing was doing; yet the factors wero not disposed to give way in price. The Malt trade was heavy, and the quota tions must be considered somew h at eas i e r. F or all kinds of O ats we quiry, at barely stationary prices. Beans, Peas, and Indian Corn were almost nominal in value. Inferior foreign Flour was excessively dull; but the best parcels of English supported late rates. have to report a very dull in whom AllitiyALs• ~.„•1 Oats. 1 Flour. English •••• • • 1,080 r... liftr.— ' . 240 qrs. 1 730 sks• I 15,220 •• Foreign • • •• • • 5,680 Irish. ........ _ cl—• 2 : 250 qrs. 0 420 I -- 3,0h0 Malt. 2,330 qrS. Our market toWdaUrrEcHAPEL. kind of Meat, the demand for which was heavy , on s ome what easier terms. Beef, fr 3s to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; Lamb, 55 8d to to 4s 10d; and Pork, 3 3 8d to 5s per 81 bs b y the carcase. Was ohmeavily suppl lied with each 6s 10d; Veal, 3s 10d THE GENERAL THEATRICAL FUND DINNER.—The anniversary dinner of this excellent institution will take place at the London Tavern, Bishopsgatc-street, on the 17th instant, Sir E. Bulvier Lytton in the chair, who will ho supported by Charles Dickens, Esq., Mr. Macreadyt and a host of dramatic and literary talent, Niho take a warm iuterest in this institution. UNIVERSITY Ittroam—lt is understood that a memorial, already extensiv e ly s i gne d by names of weight in boil univ ers i t i es , and still in course of signature, will ,itertly bigFrost-ImA to 1<c);:i h.as,:cli prayin g th crown to Issue a commission for inquiry into the stale and management o f the Uniyersities of O xford and Cambridge. VOINEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was quiet. Sales 2,000 bales. Railway Shares were on the de cline still. The accounts by the Medway steamer from the West Indies appear to be of a character very different to those already to hand. There is a good amount of bullion on board. The intelligence from Paris does not improve as far as public confidence is concerned, though very laudable efforts were making to meet commercial engagements. The continued rapid decline in the French Funds ap pears to be a sad illustration of the apprehensions enter tamed. It is important in these times of despondency to note the least circumstance upon which the hope of au improvement may be founded. The following from M'Nair and Co., of Manchester, is in some respects con solatory : " How long the present state of things will remain it is beyond the power of man to say. Were peace re established in Europe, a return to prosperity would not, in our opinion, be distant. A knowledge of the state of our foreign markets, and the improving aspect of the country trade, where stocks in the hands of dealers are represented to be very light, induces the expression of this belief. Within the last week a slightly improved feeling here has been manifested, attended with a partial resump tion of purchases by the Greeks, the absence of whose ope rations, from their ordinary magnitude, as intimated in our last circular, had the effect of increasing the depres sion. We may notice, too, that the purchases for the North American markets hare been of comparatively trifling character; a fact which with others has caused March to be the reverse of what it generally is in its ordinary years, viz, a month of considerable activity." In the present aspect of political affairs in Europe, a glance at a Parliamentary return now before us may not be uninteresting, as showing the extent of our mercan tile marine. It appears that on the 31st December, 1814, the number of sailing vessels registered belonging to the United Kingdom, was 21,067, of 2,391,482 tons, and 1 steamer of 69 tons. Since then the increase has been steady and gradual, and on 31st December, 1847, the number of sailing vessels was 23,381, of 3,114,221 tons, and of steamers 1,028, of 140,132 tons. The vessels employed in the coasting trade have also increased ; but no doubt railways have interfered with them, for in 1845 the tonnage was 10,803,440 tons for sailing vessels, and 3,728,616 tons for steamers. In 1847 the sailing vessels amounted to 10,316,888 tons, and the steamers to 3,902,916 tons. No alteration is to be noted to-day in the price of wheat. The Funds are to-day extremely quiet, scarcely any business being done either for account or money. In our remarks yesterday as to the state of feeling here, we intended to say that most parties connected with the Stock Exchange would rather sell than buy, and that this rendered the forthcoming settlement the more critical should a rise occur. The quotations of Consols have been 84 1 - to Exchequer-bills are up to 355.- and 41s. prerniutn, being in fact the only outlet for money. Bank Stock has been 189 to 191. East India Bonds have been 18s. premium. The Foreign Securities are very depressed. Spanish Five per Cents. have been 10 to 10k, and Portuguese Four per Cents 134 to 14. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 33 to 34g. Railway Shares continue flat. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) 3 per Cent. Consols Anna 81%% India Stock Do. Bonds, 10001 p Bank Stock for Account 191 189 Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 3d. 1,000/. Small 34 41p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto Small Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto 4 per Cent. Ditto for the Account ....... 14 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,lB4o Ditto for the Account . l O l 4 l /2 Ditto Passive Bends 2 l /2 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent l 7 l /2 Ditto for the Account 17 % 3 /4 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2 1 / 2 per Cent.,l2 Guild 3 4 1 /2 33 34 B:TSINESS' DONE IN RAILWAY MAKES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. PEA SHANE. Aberdeen Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 3 — Ayrshire and Galloway Bclfast and County Down .. 13 .. ~ Birmingham & Oxford June... 20 Birmingham, \Vol., & Dudley 10 ... . Birming., \Vol., & Stour Val. 101.145.... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshira Junction.. 7 3 /4 Boston, Stamf., & Birming... 5 Bristol and Exeter D0., Thirds Buckinghamshire.. Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares - 3 3 / 4 ..... ...... to Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50 Chester and Holyhead 37% ..... 12 Ditto, Preference ls Clarence. .. . • 7 814 Do., Ist Class, 6 per Cent... 10 • •.. to Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 -to Direct London & Portsmouth 3% — Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 25 Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 17% to —. East Anglia, 25/. L. & E., - - axd L. & D. Ditto, 18/., E. &11 lB ...... Ditto, 3/. 10s., E. & H... 3% 3 to Eastern Counties Do. Perpet., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d... Do., d 0....... N 0.2,61. 13s. 4d... Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 Do., Quarter .... .... ...... ... 12%._ _ Do., New Eastern Union - 50 Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto., Thirds 13s. 4d — to Ditto (guar. 6 per cent.) ... 10 Ditto, ditto ...... ......-.... 20 ...... East Lancashire Ditto, New Do., New Quarters - East Lincolnshire 16% l 5 Edinburgh And Glasgow 5O — to Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% . — to ___ . _ Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 ..... Ditto, New B% to Ditto, New port.. ... ........ 12 Ditto, ditto, New 2 14 — ...... to Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — ...... to Ditto, New Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle-81.69.8d... .. to Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 ...... Ditto, New Do. Preference Consolidated 15 - Great Northern.... .......... ... 13 Do. London & York Eaten. 2% Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 37% to Great North of England - 100 Ditto, IN t w 40/ Ditto, New 301. Ditto, New 15/. ..... ... ...... 61,i...... . Great Western Ditto, half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares 174 1443/4... to Ditto, Fifths 2O Do. New 171 Huddersfield and Manchester 24 .. to Ditte, Thirds 8 Hull and Selby 5O Ditto, Half Shares .... Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% — to , wich & Bury St. Edmunds 17% — to ...... . . Ips \ - Do. do. and Norwich Do., do., Extension Scrip (late (Camb. and Ely) 2 1 ,4 — ..... to Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50 Do., Thirds... lO ...... Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93 ..... Ditto, ditto Ditto Half Shares .... 38 Ditto Quarters Ditto Fifths Ditto Sixteenths ........... VA...—. Ditto Thirds (Re:. ) ... 10/. 4s Do. Liverpool and Bury... 38 Do. (Rudders. and Sheff.) 33 Do., Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Do., Nest Riding Union ...41. 2a..... 3IA dis to Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 ...... Do., do., Half Shares (A) 9 — to Leeds and Bradtord 6O ..... Leeds Dewsbury, & Manches. 42 1 / to . _ Do., Half Shares Ditto, Blue (scrip) ..... .... 2% — ...... to Leeds and Thirsk ...- ... ..... 40 Ditto, New - ..... .. 22%. .... Do., do., Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3 V g . •••• ..•••• to Liverpool. Crosby, and South port. Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction.... 2% to London le Blackwall ...131.65. 8d 4% to Ditto New, No. 2 5l. 13s. 4d.... ... .. to Do. Extension Lond., Bright., & South Coast 50 Do. Consolidated Eighths... 40 Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 De. Pref. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50 Ditto, ditto 1852 50 •• ••• _ _ kindon'and Greenwich... 121.155. 4d... Ditto Preference .........181 17s 2d... London & North We5tern.....100...125 124 124tA, to 124 Do. Quarters (L. and B.) 22 - Do. New Do. Fifths Do. 401. Shares L. &M. 20 Do. 101.... M. and B. (A.) 7 1 / 2 . .... Do. 101. .. M. and B. (B.) 7 1 / 2 to Do. 101. M. -id B. (C.) 1 io. ..... . _. am _.. 3',4...—. to London and S. Western....... 50 4312 .• •,,. to Ditto, New 50/........ - ..... 3 7% ...... to Ditto, New 40/...—....... 3O Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50 ...... to -- Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40 Ditte,Thirds ... ............10 London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 1% Londonderry and Coleraine... 27- I ,i ...... Londonderry and Enni s kill en 25 . .. ... Lowestoft (guar. 4 pe r cent. ) 20 ...... Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 3 „.... Manch, Buxton, & M at l ock 3 Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100 Ditto I fi l Shares (No. 1) ... 13 Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25 Ditto, % Shares (No. 3)... 7IA ...... Do., New 101. Preference.. 74 7% ..... . to Ditto Grimsby ... 25 Ditto, ditto. ......••„••...... 7 Ditto, ditto Ditto, Sheffield, and Linc. 7%...... Ditto, Grimsby Dock ..... P I A — to Ditto, Man. & Lim Union 41. 2•.... M. A 11CLPStUr all,'. inUthalni)tOn - ~.i , .. ' " to ...."". Al ithand 100 Ditto, Congo!. Preference...100 Ditto, 501. Shama..,.. ..•... 16 Midlrrid, Birm., and Derby...loo Midland, Consol. Bristol and Birmingham 6 per cent.... 100 1134....— to Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 36 Ditto ditto 11/. 3e.6d. ...... to Midland, Leices. and Swan nington (8 per ct.gua.)....100 . Midld. Great Western (Irish) 35 Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. Newcastle and Carlisle Ditto Quarter Shares Newmarket and Chestertora 18 1 / 2 to Ditto Extension - Newport Abergy., and Heref. 6 ..... -to Norfolk Ditto New 20/. Ditto Extension Do. Guaranteed 5 1 /2 per ct. 5 .. De. Scrip, :847, N. of Norflk 2 Do. do. Waveney Valley... 2 - .. to Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7 Nswry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor Sorthern Counties Union l4 North British Ditto lislf Shares 12% — ...... to Do. Quarters 5%...... .. to •-. Ditto. Extension 64 — Ditto Thirds ... -.... 3 ...... 1% to North and South-Western... 2 North Staffordshire North Wales North Western Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton Reading, Guildfd., & Reigate 7 1A...-. Royston and Hitchin ... 1%...... Scottish Central Scottish Midland ... ....... .... 22% — ....„ to Ditto, New Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole 5 ...... . to .... .'ihrewsbury and Birmingham 7 Ditto. ditto, Class B. 4 - Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. Iti . Miu.) Ditto Halves, Ditto 8 ... - . ... to Ditto, Uswestry l4 Ditto (New) 1 - Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref 6 - Shrewsbury and Hereford ... 2 Shropshire Union . South Devon ....... ...... ... 40 - Ditto, Preference 2 2 1 / 2...... ...... to South Staffordshire South Eastern and Dover 33% Ditto, New, No. 1 Ditto, New, N 0.2....... Ditto, New, No. 3 ... 20 Ditto New, No. 4. ...... ... .. 7% 3% to South Wales South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole Swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's St tn. Coal ... . 4 Thames Haven Dock and - to Railway 17% — law Vale Extension Vale of Death Waterford and Kilkenny 1314...... Waterford and Limerick... .. 40 ••• .. Waterford, Wexford,Wicklw, and DubUn Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed Do. do. do. • 25 West Cornwall Nnitehaven andFurnesa l2 ... .. ..... to -. Windsor, Staines, and South Western... . . Wil ts, Somerset,MVeymouth 30 ...... ... York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 Do. Original New & Ber'ck 25 ..... 27 1 4 1 4 Do. Exten.lio. 1 ( Y. &N.) 15 Do. do. No. 2, New &B. 10 ..... 9% to Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 8 ... .. 7%A to York and North Midland .. 50 ...... .... Ditto, Preference Ditto East and Westßiding Extension ... .. ...... FOREIGN Boulogne and Amiens Central of France ( Orleans and Vierzon) Central of Spain Ceylon ,.. ss. Demerara. Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras ss. .... ~ Dutch Rhenish East Indian . 1 1 4 Great Indian Peninsular Italian and Austrian Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 Louvain it la Sambre Luxembourg Lyons and Avignon (Con stituted) Madrid and Valentia Namur and Liege l6— • .. to Northern of France. lO ...... 24% ..• to Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 6 Over Issel 4l3s 4d - ...... to Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans.... 2O Paris and Rouen .. Paris & Strasbourg ...... ..... 8 ...... Rouen and Havre 20 Sambre and Meuse 2O Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 Tours & Nantes .... 8 Tournay, Jurbise, Landau, and Hassell ... ... .. 16 ..... ...... to 25 RAILWAYS. 20 %... to 6 ...... West Flanders Bth ...., . _ - JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia - British North American .... 50 Colonial - Commercial of London Lendon Joint Stock , lO London and Westminster... 20 ...... 20% to 20 National Provincial of Engld. 35 Ditto, New National of Ireland 22% — ..... to Provincial of Ireland Ditto, New Union of Australia Ditto, New 2 1, 12 — Union of London .. 10 Union of Madrid MINES. Anglo /lexicon 100 Asturian Mining Company... 12 ...... Australian ... Blaenoryon Iron and Coal ... 50 Bolatos Scrip - British Iron Brazilian Imperial ..... ..... 24 - 4ialvanized Iron Ditto, New Real del Monte, Unregistered ... 1 V,.. to Do. Black Debent ures — COURSE OF Amstenlam •.. 12 7}4 Ditto, at sight • • Rottcidaqi ...• •• . Antwerp.. •• ilamburgh ......M.B. Sitona .......... • • •• Bads, 3 days' sight .. •• 2 , 7 70 11arscilles ••••••• • • • •• Boarticaux .... ••• • . • • Frankfort on Maine.... Petersburgh, Sii. Ririe .... • • • • •• • • • • •• Vienna, effee. flo • • • . •. Trlexte, ditto.... • • Madrid • • .. • • ........ Barcelona EXCHANGE. 31braltar.. ............ Leghorn ........ ••.. • • Genoa .. •• • • ... •••• • • • Milan .. • • ............ Naid .. • • .. • • Palermo, per 0x........ Lisbon.... • • .......... 503 i 0p0rt0.... •..... • • .. • • 5 Rio Janeiro • • • 25 Buenos Ayres . New York, 21 days'sight Philadelphia .... • PRICKS OF BULLION, r^E cz. Foreign Gold in bars.. X 3 :7 9 _NeNv Dollars ..., • . 0 4 8% l'ortmgal Gold Coin .• 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 fiver in bars ...... •• 0 4 10!4 LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) .IA;NDON, ArulL s.—Wind S.E., light breeze and cloudy. NEWHAVEN, APRIL 3.—The main boom of a sunken vessel, the horns about eight or nine feet out of the water, was passed off Beachy Head yesterday, by the ActiVe. BIDEFORD, APRIL 3.—The Friendship, Williams, from Barry to this port, drove on shore outside Gray Sandhill this morning, but is expected off next tide, without damage.. LIVERPOOL — , APRIL 3.—Arrd. Henry Duncan, Kent, New Orleans; Arabian, Crangle, New Orleans; Epami nondas, Lambert, New Orleans ; Salem, Mill ord, Mobile; California, Lawson, Savannah; 4th, Dagger, Morris, Jamaica. Ski., 4th. British Merchant, Lima. Oif pert, 4th, Theresa Jane, Maranham. JERSEY, APRIL 3.—Sld. Crapaud, Shippegan; Rolla, Labrador. OFF PLYMOUTH, APRIL 3.—Arrd. Minerva, Brown, Penang ; Wortmen, Cuba for LlaraburOi. PLYmouzur, APRIL 3.—Sld. Royal Saxon, Adelaide, South Australia ; 4th, North Briton, Quebec. OFF SALCOMBE, MAR C H 31.—Arrd. Bavarian, Arm• strong, New York, for Havre; April 2, Achilles, Thom son, China; Adela, Joalden, Manzelina. DEAL, APRIL 4.—Arrd Anna, Maria Henrietta, Zelys tra, Amsterdam, and sailed for Batavia; Maria Elizabeth, \Vaborg, and sailed for Surinam ; Ewelie, Keoter, Altona, sailed for Rio Janeiro ; Celeritas, Laussen, Hartlepool, and sailed for St. Thomas, Arrd. from the River and sailed, Emperor of China, Sydney, New South Wales ; Alexander Baring, Calcutta ; Bucephalus, Bombay ; Fortescue, Barbadoes; Camden, Quebec ; Jane, Quebec; Josephine, Quebec. Arrd. from the River, British Princess, Quebec ; Canton, Quebec; Prince George, Quebec; Christina, Quebec; Resolution, Quebec ; Promise, Quebec. SHIELDS, ArBIL 3.—A puncheon of rum up, 21st ult. ; some spars and planks were seen near the - • d here. Dutch Bank by t h e Maria, Jacobsen, arrive was picked CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) N e t T i OLD COURT. recollection on n o t d h o e ub th t ir b d e d w ay i , th of in en t o h h e session—generally Wednesday—the judges take their of l j ou u readers E.—lt m th a ti; seats upon the bench for the purpose of trying the higher criminal cases. We believe the Learned Judges on the rota for the present session are Mr. Justice Cresswell and Mr. Baron Platt, but they did not make their ap pearance at the appointed hour; and after the jury had been sitting in impatience, and the public looking on with astonishment for some time, and the prisoners wondering what the deuce was the matter, inquiries were made concerning the cause of the absence of the learned functionaries. It was found that they were both absent from town discharging their arduous functions on their respective circuits, and could not of course be pre - sent. The Recorder was sent for, but we understand the reply the messenger brough t back was that the Learned Gentleman was absent from town. Mr. Commissioner Bullock, who had tried some petty cases earlier in the morning, was next appealed to, but with no better effect, as he was busily engaged at the City Court of Requests. The dismay of Mr. Alderman Gibb 3 and Mr. Under-Sheriff France under these dis tressing circumstances was very great. At half-past L levz n o'ckeit the jury. whosepatknee appegrel !lbw quite worn out, left the box for the purpose of getting some refreshment. At length the Learned Recorder Was communicated with, and the jury haying been re summoned, he entered the Court and took h is seat I ipon the bench at twelve o'clock. The trial of pi iJoßer& was then proceeded with. NEW COURT. (Before the COMMON SERGEANT and Sir • CHAPstAN MARSLIALL.) William Johnson and Edward Walker were convicted of stealing a watch, value 41., a quadrant, an I powder flask, the property of Francis Harrison, in a vessel on tlle Thames, and were sentenced, Johnson to si x months' imprisons-ent and hard labour, and Walkei • to seven years' transportation, he having been formerlu convicted. Several prisoners , aho had pleaded guilty. to indict ments were sentenced to different terms or imprison ment. BOW - STREET.-(THIS :DA .Y.) A number of the most respectable inhabit.a ats of the neighbourhood were sworn in this morning ; ass special constables, serious apprehensions being ent ert.sined of disturbances similar to those which original :ed recently in a meeting at Trafalgar -square, arisin ; from the Chartist Demonstration on Monday next, The con stables were sworn in, in bodies of from sis : to twelve, and provided with staves immediately. The y were for mally sworn for the parish of St. Paul, . Covent-gar den, but it was explained by the magistr at e that their authority extended over the whole police dil;trict. SOUTHWARK.—(THIS DAY.) Henry Andy and Charles Hemming, , described as "Ethiopian Serenad,rs," were charged sv.ith assaulting Inspector Froud, of the M division. It appeared that the defendants have 'h eon engaged during the fair held in the Thames-tunnel ; imd that in returning home the preceding night from tht‘t place of amusement, they encountered the inspector of police, who was accompanied by his wife. The defendants, in passing them, behaved extremely rude and trit , d to push the inspector's wife off the kerb into the r oad ; her husband remonstrated, upon which he was immediately attacked by the defendants, and struck right ,and left in the face. The defendants then ran away, but were pursued and taken into custody. The defendants said that they had taken too much grog after their exertions in the tunnel, and that if they misconducted themselves they regretted it much ; that they were not aware Mr. Froud belonged to the police. Mr. COTTINGHAM fined Andy 205., and his com panion los. - The defendants said the penalties amounted to more than their day's engagement at the fancy fair, and hoped they would be mitigated. The Magistrate, however, was inexorable, and the de fendants not being provided with the money, were sent to gaol. CLERKENWELL.-(THIS DAY.) A great number of parishioners were this morning sworn in, at their own request, as special constables. William White, a carter in the employment of Mr. Ama?.63 d'Avenes, of Turnmill-street, Clerkenwell, provision merchant, was charged with embezzling va rious sums of money, amounting in all to 1231., the pro perty of his employer. It appeared from the statement of the prosecutor's clerk that in one case the prisoner received 15/. from a dealer in the New Cut, and accounted only for 131., and in this way all the defalcations hitherto traced had been increased, and a Number more were expected to be dis covered. The MAGISTRATE suggested that they should select three cases out of the entire, and upon these send the prisoner to the sessions, which were now sitting. The prisoner said that he was induced to commit the first embezzlement to cover an amount of 141. which he had lost out of his pockets, and it would be found that his defalcations did not amount to more than was neces sary for that purpose. The case was then remanded for the purpose of come pleting the evidence on the cases selected. NATIONAL CONVENTION. (THIS DAY.) The Convention met at nine o'clock; Mr. M'Grath in the chair. Several new delegates took their seats. The reports from the different towns were then proceeded with. Mr. A SHTON (Northampton) said that, in consequence of the legislative measures of the Government, there was an utter prostration in the trade and commerce of that town, and the inhabitants had in consequence of the sufferings they endured, lost all respect for law and order, and several me• tings were held to take into con sideration the best n:eans of bringing about a better state of things. At these meetings the pe o pl e l ou dl y expressed their determination to obtain their rights and liberties if they should die in the attempt. "We feel," was the expression of all, " that the men are undeserv ing of liberty who are not prepared to bleed for it. They felt that, although the beat means of obtaining their rights was by moral force, yet they were con scieus that that moral force was greatly strengthened, when physical power was prepared to back it. Mr. LEACH (Manchester) said that Manchester was much in the same condition as other parts of the country. The working classes were getting every day more de pressed; the shopkeepers and the middle classes were coming down to the condition of the working classes. He was happy, however, to say that there was a feeling of unanimity springing up between all classes, and that that unanimity would bring about a better state of things without any necessity of resorting to physical force. The less they said and thought about physical force the better.—(Cheers.) Be was quite aware that on any day he would find 10,000 men in Manchester to hold up their hands for war, but he was not so sure that when the moment for action arrived they would be so ready to die for their opinions.—(Cheers.) Mr. PATTERSON (Burnley) reported the people in the manufacturing districts in Lancashire in a miserably destitute condition. Public meetings had, within the last few weeks, been held in Rochdale and other places, and the general enthusiasm of the people in favour of progress was extreme. Like Mr. Leach, he believed that moral force was superior to physical exertion, and, for his constituents, he would say th a t t h ey l oo k e d to t h e metropolis for the initiative, and as the measures of London were, so would be the measures of the provinces. Mr. WEST (Stockport) said that the men and women of the district he represented were determined to have change effected in their social condition. At present they did not earn five shillings per week for a family of four persons, and they saw that law as it at present ex isted was only made for the protection of the rich, an d while they did not wish matters to be driven to extre mities between class and class, yet if it were necessary to the obtaining of their rights, they were ready to urge a war of extermination. Mr. SAMUEL BEDDINGTON (Staffordshire Potteries) reported that trade in the Potteries was fifty per cent worse than ever he knew it. The manufacturers as welt as the working class were determined to obtain some change in their condition. Mr. SALE, from the same district, said, that the popu• lation of the Potteries was above 100,000, and so ex tended was the distress among all c l asses, t h at the local. authorities declined granting summonses or warrants for arrears of poor or labour rates. The expectation of good from this Convention was great. Mr. SKIRRow (Aberdeen) said that the feeling of the, inhabitants of Aberdeen was in favour of monster meet• ings throughout th e country, i n or d er to memor i alise het Majesty to adopt measures for the salvation of the trade and commerce of the country. Mr. REYNOLDS (Derby) reported that the best ft cling prevailed among all classes of Liberals in that district. They said that if the Government refused to listen to the prayer of the petition they were then met to present they would esteem it a declaration of war against the industrious classes of this country.—(Cheers ) It next Tuesday they met there after the House had rejected their petition, were they to go quietly back to their constituents and sink supine under their wrongs? (Cries of " No, no.") lie said no, no; they should then constitu'e themselves a permanent P ar li ament, and, it necessary, assume a hostile attitude.—(Loud cheers.) They sympathised with the people of Ireland. Th e generous people of that country had a right to their own nationality, and the assistance of the people of this country would be willingly rendered to aid them in gaining it. If physical force were required for the gaining of their liberties, would it be said that they would be unable to do that which the French people had accomplished so easily? God forbid that it should be so.—(Cheers.) If 200,000 men assembled on Ken nington-common on Monday to accompany the petition to the House of Commons, would they not be able to overawe the 5,000 troops stationed iu London, and to effect, if necessary, before the evening was over, a change in the Government of the country ? But they would do nothing of the kind. They would march back peaceably and quietly. Reports from Paisley, Glasgow, Bradford, L ee d s , Hull, Carlisle, Merthyr-Tydvil, Ashton-under-Lyne, Worcester, and London, were then delivered by the several delegwes, and the Conference adjourned till half past two o'clock. CHARTIST MEETING AT BLACKHEATH.—A meet ing was held yesterday on Blackheath for the purpose of organising a body of Greenwich people to attend the great display on Monday. There were only about 250 present, and the usual resolutions were passed. CORONER'S INQUEST.— Yesterday forenoon, at ten o'clock, an inquiry, which occupied several hours, was held before Mr. T. Wakley, M.P., and a jury, at the Plasterers' Arms, Little Clarendon -street, Somers -town, concerning the death of Elizabeth Barrow, aged 65, who had died of destitution, in a miserable apartment, No. 33, in the above named street, consequent on the alleged conduct of the parish authorities, in turning her out of St. Pancras Workhouse in a dying condition. It appeared from the evidence, that the deceased had been admitted to the workhouse on the recommendation of the district physician, but that she was kept there three weeks without any medical aid, although evidently in a very sickly state ; and then discharged without any inquiry five days previous to her death, which from her condition might have been expected daily. The miserable room in which she died was occupied by herself, her two nieces, and a child, without any furniture and they were absolutely obliged to sleep on the boards. After a lengthened i nvest i gation, the following verdict was returned—" We find, that on the 28th day of March, Elizabeth Barrow died from the effects of a natural disease, and that her discharge from the Workhouse, only five days betlre her death, was marked with circum stances of negligence and cruelty." The Gazctte of last night announces the appoint ment of John George Shaw Lefevre, Esq., brother to the Speaker, to be Clerk Assistant to the Houses of Parliament, in the room of Benjamin Currey, Esq.; the office having been declined by Sir David Dundas. It is reported that Sir Dcnis Le Marchant, formerly M.P. for Worcester, end Secretary to the Treasury in IQ-1 t, aild Low one oi the Undtr-&cietaricb of State, will succeed Mr. Lefevre as Secretary to the Board of Trade. —The Guardian of this day. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 5, 1848.