The Sun. — London, England, 1848-02-29 00:00:00

'WITH •PORTRAITS OF ISAAC DISEIELI, ESQ., AND MAJOR GENERAL SIR HARRY SMITH, AND WITH ILLUSTRA TIONS BY LEECH, AND MERCY CRUIKSHANK. THE MARCH NUMBER, price Half-a-Crown, of BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY CONTAINS Was Late Isaac Disraeli, Esq., and the Genius of Judaism. By Dr. W. Cooke Taylor. With a Portrait. The HOOK of the Shakespeare Birth-house, and the Relic Trade at Stratford-upon Avon. By a Warwiekshlre Man. A Bite with the Dutchmen. By Memoirs of Maior-General Sir J. M aM . 61 - Harry Smith. By Charles White c Festivities at Home. head. With a Portrait. . Percy Stemett. The Child of tienius. By Alfred The Biz Decisive Battles of the Crowquill. World. Se. 3. Metaurus. By The Two Funerals of Napoleon. Profisuor Creasy. By Robert Postans. The Minstrel's Curse from El- Para: Adventures on the Banks land. of the Amazon. By J. E. Warren. Anne Boleyn and Sir Thomas Summer Sketches in Switzer- Wyatt. land. By Miss Louisa Stuart Mrs. Alfred Augustus Potts. A Costello. Tale of the Influenza. By Mrs. St. George and the Dragon. The Frank =lot. True Tale divested of its Original Visits, Dinners, and Evenings at Fibs. (A Good Way) from the the Quaff D'Orsay, and at Neuilly. German. Illustrated by Percy Tie Yankee amongst the Her- Cruikshank. maids. A Yarn by a Cape Cod- Rambles along the Old Kentish der. With an Illustration by Roads. By Henry Curling. Leech. Literary Notic:s, &c. w Burlington-street. Richard Bentley, IC4 SIR THOMAS MITCHELL'S AUSTRALIAN EXPLORING EXPEDITION. Just wtollshod, in dvo., with Seven Original Maps, and numerous Lithographic Plates and Wood-cuts, price 21s. cloth, JOURNAL of an EXPEDITION into the rNTERIOR of TROPICAL AUSTRALIA, in Search of a Route from Sydney to the Gulf of Carpeutarla. By Lieut.-Colonel Sir THOMAS L. MITCHELL, Kt., D.C.L., Surveyor-General of Jirow South Wales. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Gentry, Subecribere to the Opera, and the Public are respectfully Informed that an EXTRA NIGHT will take place on THURSDAY next, March 2, when will be performed Res celebrated Opera, IL BARBIRRE DI SIVIGLIA. Roadift, 3fdlle. Sofia Cruvelll ; It Conte d'Altnivlva, Signor Gar dohlt Emilio, Signor Bottche ; Bartolo, Signor 1. Lablache ; and 7141110, - Olpor Belletti. After which will be presented Au entirely New and Original GRAND BALLET, lit Your Tableaux, by M. Paul Taglioni, entitled' FIORITA, et la Rothe des Elfrides _ _ MG MIRO composed by Signor Pugni ; the Scenery (entirely new) by Mr. C. M arshall; the Appointments by M r . B ra d well ; the epitomes bMiss Bradley and Mr. Whales, under the superin• icaultease of Madame Copere. Principal parts by Mdlle. CAROLINA ROSATI, )&1100. Beier Ausundon, Therenot, Julienne, Lam°arena, and MAIL TAGLIONI, &o. &e. Principal Dances. I. Tableau. a Conr d'Auberge en Sidle Bs Anside—Mdlle. Rosati, and Mdlles. fallouts aM Lamoureux, 84c. Et Palermitana—Mdllo 2. Tableau. La Poret doe Elfrides, Nglabile et Pas de la Udine des Eltrides—Mdlle. Marie Tagil snl, and lidlle. Ausandon, Thevenot, and Dames de Ballet. Danes Nationale—Corps de Ballet. Par—Yale. BOUM and M. d'Or, Mdlles. Julienne and Lanaeureoo. 3. Tableau. La Cabana de Hertha. I:lllndica-4011s Mite Tagllonl and M. d'Or, and Danes de Ballet. 4. Tableau. Lea Jardine Enchanter. L'Anlmation—Mdlle. limati and M. d'Or, and Dames de Ballet. L'Oub/L--14411e. Marie Taglloni and 91. d'Or, Malls' Thevenot, Ausandos, Julieane, Litmoureux, and Dames de Ballet. La Chatiment—Scene Ti inale. Apollcations for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at tho Box office of the Tbratre. The doors will be opened at !Ivrea, and the performance com mence at Half-past Seven. IL fl MAJES'I T S THEATRE. THIS E ENING, Will be 'presented Rossini's celebrated Opera, IL BARBIEItE DI SIVIGLIA. liosina t lle. Soda Cruvelt ; 11 Comte d'Almaviva, Sig. Gardoni ; Basilic., Sig. Douche; Bartolo, Sig. r. Lablaahe ; and Figaro, Sig. B 'lett!. To eonolad'e with the highly successful Ballet, in Four Tableaux, entitled TIORIT et Is Reine des Elfrides, The musts by Sig. Pupil ; the scenery by Mr. C. Marshall ; the appointments by Mr. Bradwell ; the costumes by Miss Bradley and Mr. Who.lee, under the superintendence of Madame Copere. Princ I pal parts by Mdl:e. Carolina Rosati, Mesdlls. Esther Ausundon, The valet, Julienne, Lamoureux, and Mdlle. Marie Tagltoni, &c. Applications for Boxes, ;Stalls, and Tickets, to be made at the ox-ulßce Si the Theatre. boon open at kalt-past Seven, to commence at Eight, 11:11LATIi±: ROYAL, HAYMAKKET. Valert he Manziement o( Mr. R. Webster, axle Lessee. TIIIS EVENING ►ill be perfbrmad the Comedy of LONDON ASSURANCE. Sir Harcourt Courtly, Mr. Farren; Charles Courtly, Mr. Howe ; Mark Meddle, Mr. Rogers ; Max Harkaway, !tin Tilbury ; Cool, Mr. Brindal ; Mr. Spanker, Mr. Keeloy ; Dazzle, Mr. Henry Farren ; Lady Gay Spanker, Mrs. Nisbstt ; Grace Harkaway. Miss Julia Bennett t Pert, Mrs. HumbY. To be lotlovred by .Nllr WIFE'S MOTHER. Uncle Foozle, Mr. Farrell; Mr. Budd, Mr. Holl ; Mrs. Quit:kr:ldiot, Mrs. Glover; Mr.. itudd. Miss Julia Bennett. To conclude with the Farce, called DEAREST ELIZABETH. Mr. Lima Lax, Mr. Keeley; Mr. Winch, Mr. Rogers; Betsy, Mrs. Keeley. 94 454 Manager, Mr. Farren; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Webster. J. T. Archer, Box-book keeper. Boxes, ss. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Upper Gallery, is. "Seers open at Hall-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven. TkitA[RE ROYAL, ADELL'III. Ender the direction Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Will be pateented an entirely new Piece, entitled the PLUM OF THE VCEAR ; or, the Prince and the Mennaiden. Principal cha racters by Messrs. Wayo, I'. Bedford, Wright, Munyard, Glennaire, Culteraford, and Worrell ; Miss Woolgar, Mtsa Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, Mrs. Laws, and Madame Celeste. To be followed by a new and original Farce, entitled OUR NA noNAL DEFENCES ' • or, the Cockshot Yeomanry. Principal oharaeters by Messrs. Inimbert, Wright, P. Bedfon! ' Sanders • Ma eame Oelegle, Miss Emma Harding, Mrs. Laws, and Miss Woolgar. To conclude with a new Farce entitled TILE TIPPERARY LE GACY. Tuniern Green, Mr. Wright ; Bob Gills, Mr. Munyard ; Linty Scrimmage, Mr. Paul ; Chub!.lock, Mr. Cullenford ; 2'ollcent:in, Mr. Sanders ; Lizzy Chubblock, Miss Woolgar. Boxes, l'it, 25., Gallery, Is. Doors open at Ilall-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven ROYAL LYCEUM I'llEATitE. trader the Management of .'•ltlame Vestris. t',.fole LeERA!, Mr. Charles Mathews. TIIIS EVENING IVIII be performed a new Piece, entitled DONE ON BOTH SIDES. After xr:dcli, a New Fairy Extravaganz,s, entitled THE GOLDEN Principal characters by Messrs. 11. hull,Burley, her itage, Madame Vestris, Miss K. and Mrs. 31acutunixa. To conclude with a lion sauce of Real Lite, called BOX and COX. Principal characters by Mr. Barley, Mr. Buckstone, and Mrs. Mac- Dress Bores, 55.; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No half-price to any part of the house. s. The Newßox-ofnce, No. 2, Wellingtou-Atreet, to open to the Public every day, from Tun till Six. The Interior of House has been entirely re-designed by Mr. W. Brailwell or the Colosseum. IeRRNCII PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATIZZ. Lessee, John Mitchell, 33, 0 d Bond-street. TO-MORROW EVENING, Will be pernrmerl ROSH ET MARGUERITE,. Marguerite, Aidlle. Wattlelie; Rose, Mdlle Itaptigit. After which UN CAPRICE. Doors open at half-past ; Seven, Performance to commence at Eight. ItOxea. fa.; Pit, 3s. lid.; Amphitheatre, 3a. ; Gallery, Is PRINCESS'S TIIEITRE. Dir. J. M. Maddox, bole Lessee and Manager, Ducheas-street, rortland• place. Madame ANNA TIIILLON. THIS EVE'SINU IVlkl be performed a new Drama, entliled NAV/A ; or, the Cloddese of Eldorado. CAptain Fieurville, Mr. C. Fisher ; Lafolle, Mr. Wynn ; Trincole, Mr. Neville; Marondel, Mr. Cooper; Mr. A. Harris ; Salaam, Mr. Compton ; Marchioness de Montauron, Mrs. Fosbrolte; Hortense, Miss Mars; Zilia, Miss Emma Stanley ; Nelda. Madame Anna Thillon. %a be Collo wed by the Farce entitled TURN OU r. 'Co conclude with a new Christmas rantonthne, entitled OLD VATIIEtt TIME; or, Harlequin and the Four 5C,150119. Dress Circle, as.: Slimes, 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. STRAND TILL:ATI:E. NEW MANAGEMEN T, Under the Sole Direction of Mr. Oxt.erry. Immense success of Lucy of Lammermoor. THIS EVENING," The perfbrmanccs will commence with an inter.sting Drama, ...plied THE SIX DIX/REES OZ CIHMY.I. Principal characters by Mr. Hudson Kirby (who is engazed for rive nights only), Messrs. Oxberry, Laws, Rogerson, and Montague; Miss Love, Mrs. Fisher, and Miss J. Coleman. After which will he produced a new grand Ballet, entitled THF, ROSE OF CACIIMEIii in which Aid lc. Blanche will appear, supported by 3lesees.. alt. 11. Cooper, and Crosby, and an aug mented Corps de Ballet. To Conelude with the New Grand Burlesque Opera, by the Author of the "Adelphl_Norma," called LUCY OF LAMMER MOOR. Not with Mr. ItAll's or 31. Jullien's, but with OsAerry's powerful cast—Lacy, Aim E. Terry ; Captain Ashton, Mr. Oxberry ; and Edgar, Mr. Yari,old. Private Boxes, 10s. ; Boxes, 25.; Fit, Is. ; Gallery, 4d. Half price to Pit and Boxes et a Quartftr befbre Nine. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPIIITHE tTRI,I Grand Combination 4{ AS L E Y'S, which con- tinnos ita chain of Magnificent En ortaininents. VHS EVENING, The New Georgeous Spectacle, THE BATTLE Or THE AMAZONS, in which Mr. W. West will appear. . _ . Luttrely new seems in the Arena, t,y the talented Artistes of The ..stalglsyment, in tic various modes or equestration, and in er°cluoltng Mr. Batty's highly trained steed, The Gem of the World. Conelagag with THE TURNPIKE GATE. Box-office o; -, en from 11 till 3. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL VIC fORIA TILEATRB. THIS EVENING, win be rg esentoti ISABEL BERTRAND ; or the Wife's Tragedy. To condade with JOBD-EL-KADER. Boxes. is.; rit, od.; Gallery, O[ house. 4d. N. Half-price to any part Doors open at Six, to commence at lialf-past Six. TAICORS' EhriEViiLENT INS-- supporters rrirrioN. -----r—=--- -Thel 1 th an niversary meeting of the sup for the relief of the aged and infirm of the institution was held yesterday at t he Freemaj u o 4 n , .I•rneymen tailors Queen street- ; 4 . Chambers i n the r avern, Gr ea t lir. chair. From th report read by the secretary, ir. -- appeared that the • s ' e tution was in a satisfactory concition. By the elect ionin" of four additional pensioners that day, the numb r milted since the foundation wool I be 87, of whom ; 1 3 1 . 3 were now surviving. The receipts of the year amounted to 2,6881, and the sum now invested in the funds to 12,7431. Another election of pensioners would take place in July next. On the motiun of Mr. Reed, seconded by Mr. M'Allan, the report was adopted, and after the election of the uzual officers, the meeting separated. MERCHANT SEAMEN'S SOCIETY. —Yesterday, the annual election of inmates into the asylum connected with this society took place, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgste-street ; Captain Nelson, R.N., presiding. From a statement of the society's accounts it appe ared ...) that the tot a l r ece ipt s o f th e last year were ;25, '9l/• 16. •9 ina the expenditure 24,7671. Os. I Id. Among the re ceipts_ were:—Duty from London vessels, 15,3821 135.7 d.; duty from outports vessels of ports ment of the corpora tion , 6 ,3671 2s. 8;1.; Consolidated Three : per C en t. Ban k Annuities for 3,0001. sold at 88} per e en t . •,2A1.)51.• Old South S ea A • . . tintaties, tor 1,0001, soli at 824 pit. ce n t~: 13,966/. , 23 . 61 • raid to London Pensioners, temporary • ; paid to ou. Dr' Pensioners, relief, &, c , 4 , 2001 •P , s 5,6741. ; So ciety, 5581. 3 i . 4 , 1. . ii , our d additional inmates of the having been disuwed ofe,rt'' the usual routine business Tits ANITELOPR STEAMER Ile meeting .I,separated. —lt was reported on the arrival. ALMOUTH, Fars. 27. Brazil that the Antelope had susetl . tho last packet from rnained at Rio Janeiro on the ow:cod damage and r,. appears to be very incorrect. This steamerfJanuary, which the 19th of December, and arrived at ]Non left Rio on the 27th, having had a very boisterous pass ag e,teVideo en she simply lost her mizen-topmast. The Ant elo pe in wh'eh n:)uld not be again at Rio until towards the end of January, •nd may be expected home about the 5t 1 la proximo. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY ,EVENING, FEBRUARY 29, 1845, the very crisis of the recent struggle, when the Chamber of Deputies was oscillating between the rival claimants for the Regency, it was the voice of LAMARTINE which called for the creation of a Pro visional Government. When that Provisional Go vernment was threatened with destruction by the infuriated democrats, who were brawling before the Hotel de Ville, and brandishing arms against the Ministers, and shouting in a menacing accent " Du rota a la fenitre !" "MARIE a la fenetre I" it was the eloquent inspiration of LAMARTINE which soothed the excitement of the rabble, which transformed their jealousy into enthusiasm, and their hatred into admiration. His apostrophe to the tri-colour (that flag, said he, " which has made the tour of the world under the Republic and the Empire with the liberties and glories of France,") so affected the multitude who, but a moment before, were raving with indig nation, that they beat their hands together, they wept, they embraced him, they bore him in triumph on their shoulders. In short, LAMARTINE—the poet —the historian—ALPHONSE LAMARTINE has more power in his hands at this moment than ever had the once formidable GutzoT. His power is not that of stone fortifications, of artillery, of a standing army 100,000 strong—it is a power more enormous and indestructible—the moral authority exercised by courage, probity, and genius. In this manner LA MARTINE is the republican ruler of France. His hand is visible in all the acts yet performed by the Provisional Government, his voice is audible in all their utterances, his rhetorical style is recognisable in all their proclamations. And most nobly has he employed his extraordinary influence over his country men In forty-eight hours the Government which he has been mainly instrumental in inaugurating has restored peace to a distracted capital, confidence to a panic-striken nation, and vigour to the nascent energies of the Revolution. It has permanently abolished capital punishment for all political offences ; and by this generous decree has secured the lives of the ex-Ministers. Noble evi dence of the magnanimity of the multitude ! " Gen tlemen," said M. DE LAMARTINE in announcing this decision to the people, " Gentlemen, the Provi sional Government was anxious to be itself the bearer to you of the last decree it has resolved on and signed in this memorable sitting,—that is, the abolition of the penalty of death for political matters. —(Unanimous bravos.) This is the noblest decree , Gentlemen, that has ever issued from the mouths Of a people the day after their victory.—(' Yes, yes !') It is the character of the French nation which escapes in one spontaneous cry from the soul of its Government.—(' Yes, yes ;" Bravo.') We have brought it with us, and I will now read it to you. There is not a more becoming homage to a people than the spectacle of its own magnanimity.' " Beyond this the Republican Ministry have decreed the suspension of all capital sentences—the formation of national workshops—the redemption by the State itself of all articles under the value of 10 francs now lying unredeemed in the pawnbrokers'—the adoption of all public edifices in the name of the nation—the eligibility and enfranchisement of every National Guard—the transfer of the incomes of the Civil List to the public treasury—the prolongation by ten days of the time for payment of bills due between the 22d of February and the 15th of March—the inspection of hospitals--the repavement of the streets — the protection of women and children—the freedom of the press—the freedom of election—the freedom of petitioning—the absolute freedom of conscience— the separation of Church and State—the regular transmission of letters by post—the guardianship of the museums, &c., &c., &c. Through the resolute decision of LAMARTINE the tri-colour is still pre served as the symbol of the French Republic ; and on Sunday that illustrious Tribune of the people of France proclaimed from the summit of the steps of the Intel de Ville— " ROYALTY IS ABOLISHED! " TUE REPUBLIC IS PROCLAIMED !" THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. tyranny, reminds them that those edifices henceforth belong to the nation ; that, in consequence of a re solution adopted by the Provisional Government they are to be sold, and the proceeds to be applied to re lieve the victims of our glorious revolution, and compensate the losses sustained by trade and manu factures. It accordingly invites all good citizens to recollect that those national edifices are placed under the protection of the people. " GARNIER PAGES, the Mayor of Paris. " Paris, Feb. 24." Later accounts state that the ceremony at the Place de la Bastile passed off admirably. At Rouen some outrages had been committed, and an attack had been made upon some English work men employed on the railroad. The rioters burnt the bridge, and thus cut off the communication between Havre and Rouen. PROCEEDINGS AT PARIS. We resume our narrative of the events of the French Revolution from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday. The following appeared in the Third Edition of The Sun of last evening:— The Republic has been proclaimed at Dijon, Bor deaux, Tours, and Rouen. All the judicial bodies have given in their adhesion to the Provisional Go vernment. M. CARNOT, Minister of Public Instruction, ad dressed the following circular to the Rectors of the University : __ _ " The Pupils of the establishments of the Univer sity must feel a wish to join in the signal manifesta tion of joy and hope with which all France greets at this moment the proclamation of the Republic. By the very nature of their studies they are all fully prepared to appreciate the grandeur of the revolution made by the country in hoisting again the republican banner. You will grant two days holiday to the pupils of all the colleges and the normal and primary schools on receipt of this letter." The people proceeded, on Friday, to St. Cyr, to bring in the pupils of the military school, and apprize them of the downfal of royalty, and the proclamation of the Republic, which had been concealed from them. The young men of the school, to the number of 600, repaired forthwith to the Hotel de Ville, and sent in, by a deputation, their adhesion to the Pro visional Government of the Republic, with an offer of their services. Marshal BUGEAUD has given in his adhesion to the Republic, as have all the Admirals. Admiral BAUDIN will proceed with the fleet from Toulon to Algeria, and from thence to Italy. The Duchess of ORLEANS and her children are supposed to be concealed in the neighbourhood of Paris. It was reported that they had been ar rested. The Archbishop of PARIS has addressed the fol lowing letter to the clergy of Paris:— " Monsieur le Cure,—ln presence of the great event of which the capital has just been the theatre, our first movement has been to weep for the late of the victims whom death has struck in such an un foreseen manner. We weep for them all, because they are our brethren; we lament them, because we have learnt once more what disinterestedness, respect for property, and generous sentiments fill the hearts of the people of Paris. " We must not confine ourselves to shedding tears, we will pray for all those who have fallen in the strug gle, we shall beseech God to open to them the place of light and peace. " You will consequently perform, as soon as possible, a solemn service,,to which you will give all the pomp which your resources permit. The mass shall be that In Dies Obitus, with Pro Pluribus Defunctis. This service must take place as soon as you can have given notice of it to your parishioners, were it even on a Sunday. During the mass a collection shall be made for the poor families of those who are killed or wounded. The produce of this collection shall be paid into the hands of the mayor of the arrondisse ment. The present letter to be affixed as may be necessary. "Receive, &c., "DENIS, Archbishop of Paris. . _ The Prefect of the Lower Seine had announced that the Government of the Republic was proclaimed in his department and received with the liveliest enthusiasm. The Palace at St. Cloud has been burnt, as well as the Chateau of Neuilly and the bridge of Asnieres. All the royal arms and other emblems of royalty have been defaced. The first act of the Minister of the Interior, in taking possession of his department, was to order, by means of the telegraph, the immediate liberation of all political prisoners, and to ensure them the means of joining their families. Admiral BAUDIN has accepted the command of the fleet. "P.S.—ln case it may be necessary or useful to establish temporary hospitals in your churches, you will not hesitate to offer them, even should it be necessary to suppress the service on Sunday." The Siècle gives the following account of the escape of the Duke DE NEMOURS :—When the Duchess of ORLEANS and her children left the Chamber, the Duke DR 'IN - Jammu followed them. He was reminded of the danger in which he was placed by being dressed in uniform. He was assisted in divesting him self of it, and a person who stood near him, gave him a great coat. The Duke put it on, and we heard him making inquiries after the children of the Duchess. He was told that the children were in safety, and was entreated to retire as soon as possible. A window was opened fur him, and he jumped into the gardens of the Chambers. Several political refugees from the tyranny of LOUIS PHILIPPE, have left England and returned to France. Several of the French residing in London have signed the following address to their country men in Paris : The hospital list shows the number of wounded to have been 428. 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 as semble the troops under their command, will proclaim 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 do cuments 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 order:; for that purpose. They will concert with the administrative authori des, in order that public order may be respected, and, to that end, 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 cir cular, the execution of which I confide to your pa triotism. " SUBERVIE." " Frenchmen,—At news of the immense events at Paris, your brothers residing in London have asso ciated themselves spontaneously with the accom plished revolution. " Many phrases would be necessary to express all their sentiments, but they can only testify their admiration of the courageous conduct you have displayed at Paris, and their regret at having been unable to participate in it in a manner worthy of the cause." (Here follow the signatures.) It was stated at Portsmouth that France had de clared war with Austria, and dispatched 80,000 men to the frontiers. M. C. MAURICE, the editor of the Courrier des Spectacles, gives the following account of the depar ture of the ex-KING from the Tuileries : Louis PHILIPPE is supposed to have embarked either at Treport, Dieppe, or Dunkirk. Her MA JESTY'S steamer Stromboli, Commander Lord A. BBAUCLERR, has received orders to have her steam up, and to be ready to start, it is supposed, to meet the ex-King so soon as his whereabout shall be known. Prince ALBERT remained at Portsmouth when the ;ast accounts left. and Vierzon), 11—East Indian, %—Namur and Liege, 4'4 Northern of France. 5 %4—Orleans and Bordeaux, 2; — Paris and Lyons, 3—Paris and Rouen, 27—Rouen and Havre, 11%—Sambre and Meuse, The last accounts from Brussels state that the KING had given orders to have the frontier fortresses put in order, being determined to defend the inde pendence of his kingdom, in which resolution he h supported by a great number of Belgians, the public feeling in Belgium being by no means in favour of a republic. Milan was declared in a state of siege on the 22d instant. The Madrid journals of the 21st ult. bring no news. The Three per Cents. were done at 291 for cash, and 291 at .50 days ; the Four per Cents. at 161 for cash ; the Debt without interest, at 6 at 50 days ; and the Coupons at 12 for paper. The Madrid journals of the 19th inst. bring no news. The Three per Cents. were done at 29k, at 50 days; the Four per Cents., at 161 for cash; the Five per Cents., at 18, at 50 days ; the Debt without In teres, at 6, for the 29th inst. ; and the Coupons at 12, for cash. LOUIS PHILIPPE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Is it credible, Sir, that royal honours are paid in England to a tyrant and a traitor? Even in the worst, the most disastrous, the most disgraceful times, a nation of slaves was not insulted by such a sight. France, although her King had declared that he himself was the State, was spared the affront and ignominy of beholding the royal carriages sent for ward to receive a degraded despot, expelled by the indignation of the people from his native shores. A wretch, who during eighteen years has:been adding ingratitude and perfidy to insolence and oppression ; who has treated England, after open defiance, with fraud and prevarication, seems, however, to be for tunate and rich enough to purchase an honourable reception at the English Court. They who consent to such a mission are as unworthy of a residence in our country as the fugitive of France. I am, Sir, yours obediently, WALTER SAVAGE LAYDOR. Bath, Monday morning. [We cannot agree with Mr. Walter Savag, 3 Landor in the above recommendaticn. Had Louis .Philippe come to England in his pride of place as King of the French, we should have been among the first have recommended some public demonstration of ineigna tion ; but it would be unmanly to visit the sins o f the Unprincipled Sovereign upon "the poor, weak, and despised old man," who comes to us as an humble suppliant for a place whereon to rest "his grey, dit - crowned head."—En. Sun.] TRANSIVEISSION OF PASSENGERS FROM FRANCE TO ENGLAND. The most prompt and active steps have been taken by the directors of the several steam packet companies on the south coast, includ ing the South-Eastern Railway Company, the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, and the company of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway, to secure the rapid and regular transmission of passengers quitting France for England; and there is no doubt that the most ample means have been provided for this purpose. In addition to the Admiralty packets at Dover and Southampton, the noble fleet of steamers at Folkstone belonging to the South-Eastern Railway Company are in full work. The London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company have, with the most praiseworthy zeal, and by exertions continued day and night, equipped their fine new steamers, the Newhaven, Brighton and Dieppe, in an incredibly short space of time, and these vessels are now engaged carrying passengers between Havre and Portsmouth, the Admiral at Portsmouth having orders from the Admiralty to Tender every as sistance to vessels arriving there with passengers from France. The Peninsular and Oriental &cam Navigation Company have most generously added their noble ♦easele, the Iberia, Monarch, Achilles, Maa,bid, aad Hindostan (now at Southampton) to this service ; and they also are engaged in carrying pa3sengers between Havre and Southampton. THE THIRD EDITIONS "THE SUN" CONTAIN, AS USUAL, THE LATEST PARLIAMENTAItY INTELLIGENCE, AND ALL OTHER NEWS UP TO THE HOUR OF POST. Orders received by all Newsmen, and at the Sun-office, 112, Strand. WEATH.E.R.--Suzi UPYICE, FEB. 29. rur nmorawrzit, Lowest, 36 ; Highest, 50 ; Noon, 43. BAROMETER, 29.37.—W1ND S.S.W.; fine. Ott , -j, WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Niorninv.. 49 minutes after 8. I Evening . 29 min , tea after 9 telling sAtitt LONDON, TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 29, 1848. The overwhelming interest excited amongst all classes by the extraordinary events which have occurred during the past week, and are now occur ring in the French metropolis, the brilliant spectacle of a nation emancipating itself from the fetters by which its liberties have hitherto been restrained, and casting off the shackles which an unwise policy had attempted to render too galling, have partly diverted the public attention from those domestic topics which would otherwise have awakened all our energies, and aroused the British people to the utmost activity and exertion. The general feeling with respect to the Mi nisterial proposition for the increase and permanency of the odious income-tax has, however, been too plainly testified, too clearly expressed, to permit the slightest doubt to remain that the measure would receive every constitutional opposition, not only from the Members of the Legislature, but from all classes of the community. Meetings were held in every dis ' trict, and resolutions adopted expressing the firm determination of the people to resist the impost to the very utmost. It was not the burden of the tax alone that excited the public indignation—the inqui sitorial and vexatious character of the machinery, prying into the most private affairs of every person, engaged in any trade or profession, by which profits amounting, or even approaching to, 150/. per annum might be realised, were apparently for gotten. The gross injustice of placing on the same footing, and subjecting to an equal charge incomes derived from precarious and fluctuat ing sources, and liable to constant alterations, with those of a fixed and ascertained character, such as dividends from funded property and the rents of real estates, outraged every principle of equity, and in duced the most determined resistance of the people. The Chancellor of the Exchequer last night admitted " that from all quarters of the House, and from all parts of the country they (the Ministers) had received the most unequivocal demonstrations of the disap proval of the increase of two per cent.;" and again, that " there was an unanimous concurrence in object ing to the additional two per cent. on the income tax." 4_3 1 , > 4 „4 104 fr. -V t r t , „ • • t • ' qt'‘, , ..„7.41151011hw: , DROIT • 'I The decision at which the Government arrived on ascertaining this universal feeling is deserving of the highest approbation. It is a course worthy of a Li beral Ministry, of those selected to administer the affairs of a free and enlightened nation. They did not persevere in an obstinate adherence to the propositions they had brought forward. They recognised the sovereign will of the people, expressed through their representatives, and acknow ledged the right of those representatives to dictate to the Government, and more especially so on a question relating to taxation. The constitutional principle of " no taxation without representation" never received a stronger sanction or a more unequivocal admission of its validity. Although the Right honourable Baronet believed that the more prudent course would have been to have complied with his demand, he abandoned the proposition he had submitted to the House, expressing, at the same time, the regret he felt at the necessity which left him no alternative. How different might have been the condition of affairs amongst our continental neighbours had the Guizot Ministry exhibited a similar submis sion to the public feeling of the country. 'We have seen the result of an unwise resistance, which led, not merely to the overthrow of a Cabinet, but the destruction of a dynasty. We shall also see the consequences of a different line of conduct in the additional strength acquired by the Government who made so prompt and judicious a concession to the popular will. The Government now make no new demand upon the pockets of the people. They, of course, reserve to themselves the right of proposing some amount of taxation which will equalise the income and expendi. tune of the country ; every prudent reduction con sistent with the national credit and the national safety should be mare in that expenditure. But, however anxious we may be for a remission of the burdens that press so heavily on the industry of the people, any undue precipitation is to be avoided, which might not eventually prove to be real economy. The' estimates which by any possibility could be cut down should be examined with the utmost care. Everything approaching to extrava gance or waste should at once and for ever be got rid of; but the efficiency of the several establishments should be maintained, and full regard had for the honour and dignity of this great nation. The deficiency will probably be but of a tempo rary character, and the very fact that there is a deficiency will induce every exertion to bring our expenditure within our ordinary in come. No additional provision should be made until a full investigation has taken place, and it. is made manifest that no further reductions can take place. Then, and not sooner, must we consider of the means by which an additional revenue can be obtained. We would not have a permanent deficiency, nor would we cast upon our posterity the burdens which, in justice and equity, should be sustained by ourselves. Whatever is ascertained to be necessary mist be pro vided for, however great the difficulty in procuring the necessary funds. We are now only asked to renew the present in come-tax as it at present stands. There is certainly a very material difference between retaining a charge already in existence, and the imposition of a new, or even the increase of an old one ; but still the inequality of the pressure of the present tax, and its injustice on a certain number of the payers is so manifest, that some alteration should be made. The Honourable Member for Glasgow, in his admirable work on " the Progress of America," has shown that in 1845 the amount of all incomes in Great Britain above 601. per annum amounted to nearly 258,000,0001., of which " 200,000,0001. (or nearly fourth.fiths of the whole) might be estimated as the rents and profits of all realised property, viz., the rents and profits of all lands, tenements, houses, con structions, funds, stocks, and shares, including fac tories, workhouses docks, shipyards, railways, canals, public funds, Bank of England stock, East I n di a and South Sea stock, and the stock and shares of all companies whose stocks and shares are bought and sold in the market." It is impossible to find a more equitable tax than one charged on this description of property. At 5 per cont. it would amount to ten millions per annum, which would not only supply the present deficit, but would enable the Chancellor of the Exchequer to repeal the tax on light and air, and others that un duly press upon the industry of the people. A n equitable modification of the stamp dutieswou would also produce a considerable addition to the national which we trust will not be lost sight of when the proper time arrives. LAMA TINE is the soul of the Revolutionary move ment in Paris—he is the representative of the public Opinion of France—he is the author, the herald, the orator, the statesman, the genius of the Republic. In In consequence of this official declaration—a de claration uttered by the fervid lips of LAMARTINE— it becomes interesting to glean from his renowned compositions some notion of his prior opinion as to the excellence of such a form of government, and its applicability to France. Ilis great work—the Histoire des Girondins—has, without any doubt whatever, been principally instru mental in arousing the late glorious and triumphant Revolution, and in that splendid and most remarkable production ALPHONSH LAMARTINE has spoken as follows : "But, they say with Barnave" (he :remarks, Ilistoire des Girondins, vii. 8,9), "France is monarchical by its geography as by its character, and the contest arises in minds directly between the monarchy and the re public. Let us make ourselves understood " Geography is of no party; Rome and Carthage had no frontiers; Genoa and Venice had no territories. It is not the soil which determines the nature of the con stitutions of the people; it is time. The geographical objection of Barnave fell to the ground a year afterwards, before the prodigies in France in 1792. It proved that if a republic fails in unity and centralisation, it is un able to defend a continental nationality. Waves and mountains are the frontiers of the weak—men are the frontiers of a people. Let us, then, have dono with geo graphy. It is not geometricians, but statesmen, who form social constitutions. " Nations have two great interests which reveal to them the form they should take, according to the hour of the national life which they have attained—the in stinct of their conservation, and the instinct of their growth. To act, or be idle, to walk, or sit down, are two acts wholly different, which compel men to assume attitudes wholly diverse. It is the same with nations. The monarchy or the republic correspond exactly amongst a people to the necessities of these two opposite conditions of society —repose or action, We here un derstand two words; these two words, repose and action, iu their most absolute acceptation; for there is repose in republics, as there is action in monarchies. _ " is it a question of preservation, of reproduction, of development in that kind of slow and insensible growth which people have like vast vegetables? Is it a question of keeping in harmony with the European balance of preserving its laws and manners; of maintaining its tra ditions, perpetuating opinions and worship, of guaran teeing properties and right conduct, of preventing trou bles, agitation, factions? The monarchy is evidently more proper for this than any other state of society. It protects in lower classes that security which it desires for its own elevated condition. It is order in essence and selfishness: order is its life—tradition its dogma, the nation is its heritage, religion its ally, aristocracies are its barrier against the invasions of the people. It must preserve all this or perish. It is the Government of prudence, because it is also that of great responsibi lity. An empire is the stake of a Monarch—the throno is everywhere a guarantee of immobility. When we are placed on high we fear every shake, for we have but to lose or to fall. " When then a nation is placed in a sufficing terri tory, with settled laws, fixed interests, sacred creeds, its worship in full force, its social classes graduated, its ad ministration, organized, it is monarchial in spite of seas, rivers, or mountains. It abdicates and empowers the monarchy to foresee, to will, to act for it. It is the most perfect of Governments for such functions. It calls itself by the two names of society itself; unity and here ditary right. " If a people, on the contrary, is at one of those epochs when it is necessary to act with all the intensity of its strength in order to operate within and without one of those organic transformations which are as necessary to people as is a current to waves or explosion to com pressed powers—a republic is the obligatory and fated form of a nation at such a moment. " For a sudden, irresistible, convulsive action of the social body, the arm and will of all is needed; the people become a mob, and rush headlong to danger. It can alone suffice to its own danger. What other arm but that of the whole people could stir what it has to stir?— displace what it has to displace ?—instal what it desires to found? The Monarch would break his sceptre into fragments on it. There must be a lever capable of raising thirty millions of wills—this lever the nation alone possesses. It is in itself the moving power, the fulcrum and the lever." We commend these views of M. Dg LAMARTINE to the profound consideration of those who are as yet doubtful of the fitness of Republican Government to France. They are views expressed in the calmness of midnight study, and not in the turmoil of civic insurrection. As coming from the primum mobile of the Provisional Republic, they are worthy of a very serious examination, and confirm the justice of the Ministerial announcement made last evening in the House of Commons by Lord Jour( RUSSELL, when the Noble Lord said, "I can assure the House—in deed, I should hardly have thought it necessary to declare it—that we have no intention whatever to interfere with the form of government which the French nation may choose for themselves, or in any way to meddle with the internal affairs of that country." So long as LAILARTINE has the direction of affairs in France, so long will the Republic con tinuet s e t z n e v n u s l n r e e r m a b a i l e n , t he, ra u n m q a u n ih a a u p d p yp,a an n i fi d c , p r s o o s p l e o r n o s w . i 1 l LONDON, BRIGHTO N AND SOUTH COAST RAIL WAY.—By orders from the Lords of the Admiralty the large and tine steamers of the Brighton and Continental Steam Packet Company are now miming between New haven and Havre. The funds are a little more calm to. day. The li quidation of the Three per Cents. has been fixed a' 731. 85c. The Paris papers of Sunday arrived this morning. Tranquillity had been completely restored, and on Saturday M. LAMARTIKB officially announced a Re public. The American Minister congratulated the new Go vernment on the revolution. The Provisional Government, attended by 100,001) National Guards, were to proceed on Sunday to the column of July, in the Place of the Bastile. The Chambers of Peers and Deputies have ac cepted the Republic, which has likewise been accepted at almost all the large provincial towns. There was some fighting at Strasburg. The following proclamations appear in the Moniteur of Saturday : " The Provisional Government of the Republic having been informed that plunderers traverse the country adjoining the capital, burning or laying waste private property, destroying railroads on different points in order to intercept communications, or attempting to burn the stations, has adopted the most energetic measures to prevent the recurrence of such disorders. During the first moments which fol lowed our sanguinary and glorious victory, the irri tated population attacked the chateaux, or country seats formerly inhabited by fallen Royalty—a ven geance to be deplored, but which can unfortunately be conceived under existing circumstances. To-day, however, the people have vented their anger, and nobody would presume to justify such attempts against private property. Our republican population is innocent of those crimes. Their authors are agents of disorder, sent forth by parties reduced to despair by the calmness and grandeur accompanying the resurrection of the Republic. The Provisional Go vernment will perform its duty. Mobilized battalions are about to march against those hostile bands. The peaceable citizens shall be protected." " ABOLITION OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENTS, " THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. " LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY. " The Provisional Government, convinced that greatness of mind is the supreme policy, and that each revolution effected by the ]'rench people owes to the world the consecration of an additional philosophical truth— " Whereas there is not a more sublime principle than the inviolability of human life " Whereas in those memorable days the Provisional Government has ascertained with pride that not a cry of vengeance or death escaped the mouth of the people— " Declares that, in its opinion, the penalty of death is abolished for political offences, and that it will submit that wish to the definitive ratification of the National Assembly. " The Provisional Government is so firmly con vinced of the truth which it proclaims in the name of the French people, that if the guilty men who h ave shed the blood of France were in the hands of the people, their degradation would in its eyes be a more exemplary chastisement than their execution." " Tim FRENCH REPUBLIC. " LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY. " The Minister of Justice, member of the Provisional Government of the Republic, to M. Faustin lielie, Director of Criminal Affairs. " Paris, Feb. 26, 1848. "Dispatch immediately to the Attorney-Generals the orders to suspend all capital executions which were to have taken place in virtue of Sovereign decrees and the definitive order which authorised those executions. " You will present to me the documents relative thereto, and annex a new report to the reports already made by your predecessor. It, after ex amining them, I can commute the penalty, I will propose the modification to the Provisional Govern ment. As respects the convicts in whose case no change appears possible, I will suspend all decision until the day when the National Assembly shall havo pronounced on the question relative to the penalty of death, " CREMIE U X. " TUE FRENCN RErUBLIC. " LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY. " To-morrow, Sunday, '27th of February, at two o'clock, Messrs. Arago, Dupont (de l'Eure), Albert (an operative), Armand Marrast, Ferdinand Flocon, Lamartine, Marie, Louis Blanc, Cremieux, Ledru Rollin, Gamier Pages, Members of the Provisional Government of the French Republic, will leave the Hotel de Ville for the Column of July, where they will inaugurate in the presence of the National Guard and the people fraternally united, the great era of re conquered liberty." " TER FRENCII REPUBLIC. "LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY. " The Mayor of Paris being informed that some citizens have manifested their intention of destroying the residences which have belonged to the fallen royalty, in order to remove the very last vestige of " About one o'clock in the afternoon, whilst in conversation with the Colonel of the 21st Regiment of the Line, who appeared well disposed, and of which he gave proof in ordering his men to sheath their bayonets, a young man in plain clothes, who turned out to be the son of Admiral Duuditi, on horseback, trotted past us at a quick pace, crying out that Louis Philippe had abdi cated, and requesting that the news might he circulated. A few instants after, at the Pont Tournant, we saw approach from the Tuileries a troop of National Guards on horseback, at a walk ing pace, forming the bead of a procession, and by gestures and cries inviting the citizens to abstain from every unfavourable demonstration. At this moment the expression a great misfortune' (line granule infortnne) was heard, and the King Louis Philippe, his right arm passed under the left arm of the Queen, on whom he appeared to lean for support, was seen to approach from the gate of the Tuileries, in the midst of the horsemen, and followed by about thirty persons in different uniforms. The Queen walked with a firm step, and cast around looks of assurance and anger intermingled. The King wore a black coat, with a common round hat, and wore no orders. The Queen was in full mourning. A re port was circulated that they were going to the Chamber of Deputies to depose the act of abdication. Cries of Vive la reforme!" Vive la France l' and even, by two or three persons, Vive le Roi l' were heard. The procession had scarcely passed the Pont rourant, and arrived at the pavement surrounding the obelisk, when the King, the Queen, and the whole party made a sudden halt, apparently without any necessity. In a moment they were surrounded by a crowd on foot and horseback, and so crowded that they had no longer their freedom of motion. Louis Philippe appeared alarmed at this sudden approach. In fact, the spot fatally chosen by an effect of chance produced a strange feeling. A few paces off a Bourbon King, an innocent and resigned victim, would have been happy to have experienced no other treatment. Louis Philippe turned quickly round, let g o th e Q ueen ' s arm , t oo k o ff hi s h a t, ra i se d it in the air, and cried out something which the noise prevented my hearing ; in fact the cries and pole-mule were general. The Queen became alarmed at no longer feeling the King's arm, and turned round with extreme haste, saying something which I could not catch. At this moment I said, Ma dame, no craignez ri en ; con ti nuez , l eg r an gs vont s ouvrir devant vous .' Whether her anxiety gave a falseinterpretation to ray intention or not I am igno rant, but, pushing back my hand, she exclaimed, Laissez moi I' with a most irritated accent. She seized hold of the King's arm, and they both turned their steps towards two black carriages with one horse each. In the fir s t were t wo young c hild ren with their faces close to the glass of the vehicle, looking at the crowd with the utmost curiosity ; the coachman whipped his horse violently; with so much rapidity did it take place that the coach appeared rather carried than driven away ; it passed before me, surrounded by the Cavalry and National Guards present, and Cuiras siers and Dragoons. The second carriage, in which were two females, followed the other at the same pace, and the escort, which amounted to about 200 men, set off at a full gallop, taking the water side, towards St. Cloud. The horse in the coach in which the King was could not have gone the whole way, so furiously did he gallop under the repeated lashes of the coachman, whilst the surrounding crowds vociferated that they were taking flight. At this moment I was accosted by M. Cremieux, who said with truth, that we had put the royal party in their carriage, and we proceeded together to the Chamber of Deputies, which he entered with M. Larocheja quelin, who was standing in front of the building on the square. After the King and the other members of the Royal Family had arrived at St. Cloud they got into an omnibus and went on to Versailles. It is said in several of the French journals that they then reached Eu, and from thence went to Treport, and there embarked in the Furet steamer for England, and that on arriving there the King had an apoplectic attack which caused his death. As we have not re ceived the London journals of a later date than Fri day morning we cannot tell what degree of credit is entitled to the report of the King's arrival in Eng land; but we can state that up to Saturday afternoon the Provisional Government had received no account of his death." The Duchess of MONTPENSIER arrived at the French Embassy in Londcn yesterday afternoon, and Louis Piimirrii was expected to arrive at Portsmouth last night. The latest accounts of Louis PHILIPPE state that he was at Dreux, with only one five-franc piece in his pocket. The small sum of money which the Quinx had taken with her in their flight having be came exhausted. Nothing was known of M. GuizoT. It is said that the Austrians have sent 20,000 men to assist the King of NAPLES, and that it is deter mined to march troops to prevent Austrian interfer ence in the affairs of Italy. The Marquis of NORMANDY has sent off dispatches to the Foreign-office announcing the establishment of the French Republic. The answer of Lord PAL MERSTON is expected in Paris with the greatest anxiety. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TIIE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 28. Boulogne and Amiens, 734—Ccntral of France (Orleans INDIAN MAIL-NOTICE. General Post-office, February, 29th, 1848, Noon Information has just been received from M. Etienne Arngo, Director-General of the French Post-office, that the Mail fur India, which was dis patched from London on the 24th instant, reached Paris on the 26th, at two A.m , and was immediately forwarded by the Director-General to Marseilles. ABANDONMENT OF THE INCREASED INCOME TAX. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, in his speech in the House of Commons last evening, stated that it was not the intention of her Majesty's Government to pass those resolutions which imposed an addition to the existing Income-tax; but it was proposed to con tinue the existing Income-tax for a period of threw years instead of five, as was originally proposed, The expenses of the Kafir war and the naval excess were to be paid out of the balances of the year. BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before ➢ir. Commissioner SHEPHERD.) IN RE NEIL MACKENZIE. This bankrupt, described as of Nei+•gate street, fringe manufacturer, came up to pass his last examination. A proof was tendered by a Mr. Denham on a bill of exchange drawn by the bankrupt on a person named Marquis, and endorsed by bankrupt to Mr. Denham. After the bill was accepted, and before it became due, Marquis ass'gned his property for the benefit of' his creditors under the Act 6th George IV., by which it is enacted that on compliance with certain provisions, and notice having been given in the London Gazette, such assignment shall be in the nature, and have the same effect, as a fiat in bankruptcy. Mr. Denham did not concur in the deed, but it was contended on behalf of the assignees of M'Kenzie, that he could only prove for the difference between the amount paid under the trust deed of Marquis, and the amount of the bill as he might have received the composition. His HoNotra said that admitting that the deed was perfect, and had the effect of a fiat in bankruptcy, a creditor could not be compelled to prove, but might take advantage of any other opportunity; one occurred in this case, and he availed himself of it, and was entitled to prove for the full amount. The SOLICITOR to the assignees hoped his Honour would adjourn the case, so that he (the Solicitor) might be better prepared to argue such an important case. His HONOUR said he saw no reason, as he was quite clear on the point. The proof was then admitted, and the bankrupt passed his last examination. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) NEW COU It (Before the COMMON SERGEANT and Alderman CHALLIS ) A respeetably•dressed young man was indicted with stealing from the Albion Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, where he held the situation of a waiter, several plates, wine-glasses, towels, wine, and other articles. It appeared that the honesty of the prisoner having been suspected, a search was made in his house, where the articles in question were found. On being taken into custody, he admitted having stolen the articles, but begged forgiveness, on the ground that he had been induced to commit the robbery through poverty. For the defence, however, that was not shown to be the case, as there were some bottles of champagne and other wines in his house. It appeared that the prisoner had previously borne a very respectable character. The Commobt SERGEANT sentenced him to one year's imprisonment in the douse of Correction. On hearing the sentence the prisoner was greatly affected, and sobbed convulsively as he left the court. Elizabeth Lee and Elizabeth Davis were indicted for stealing four pairs of stockings from a hosier's shop in High-street, Aldersgate, Where they were exhibited for sale. Lee was sentenced to ono year's imprisonment, and Davis, having been convicted on a previous occasion, was transported for seven years. ELECTION COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) BOLTON. The Select Committee appointed to investigate the truth of the allegations contained in the petition pre sented against the return of Mr. Bolling for Bolton, assembled at the usual hour this morning; Mr. Hamil ton in the chair. John Batten, an elector of Bolton, proved that a Mr. Woods, who belonged to Mr. Bolling's party, offered him 101. to vote for Mr. Bolling an Brooks. Mr. Woods was his landlord, and the 101. was to have been deducted from his rent. The money had not since been paid, nor had it been deducted from his rent. Mr. Woods posi tively told witness that he could get the 101. from Mr. Bolling's party, and it was in consequence of that pro mise that he voted for Bolling and Brooks. He received 54 from some other parties in con nexion with the elec. Um]. The money was paid to him at the Robin Hood public-house, in Bolton, and there were only two persons present at the time he received it. The party who gave it to him stipulated that he was to vote for Mr. Bolling. At all the previous elections he voted for the Liberals. Mary Scarborough, wife of ' a Pv .olivan, residing in Nelson-street, Bolton, stated, t hat c a the day before the election :lir. Lever called upoi i h er, and stated that he had been sent by Mr. Bolling 's committee, to tell her that they would give her an ord e! for 31. worth of beer, if her husband would plump for . Mr. Bolling. Her hus band voted accordingly, and th' e 31. worth of beer was supplied to any one who chose ' to come in and ask for it. She had not yet been paid, • but she had sent the bill to Mr. Lever. The other 11191 abers of the committee gave her an order for 4t wort h more of beer. This was on the polling-day, and this order Ma executed in the same way as the other. LYME ,REGIS._ The Lyme Regis Electiorr. Commit tee met again at the usual hour this morning; Lord A• Andrew Tucker, the son of a el, shley in the chair. rgyman, who is the proprietor of a number of houses in Lyme Regis, proved that a situation as under - secretary to a railw a y co mpanY was procured for him by Alt'. Attwood, who was supporter of Sir Fitzroy KAY. ' _Ton the understanding that his father would uss his influence to induce his tenants to vote for Sir Fitzrol • Kelly. Two of the wit ness's father's tenants polled fi ,r situations, and witness believed they wore promised si tuations to do so. Mr. Bennett, the Parliamer .tary agent, was celled to prove that he had seen thct parties who made these promises acting in concert wi.t h Sir Fitzroy Kelly during the election, There could be no doubt, the witness said that they were the agents of ' ;Sir Fitzroy, and that these promises of situations were, made with Sir Fitzroy's knowledge and consent. LANC fiSTY:eat. The Select Committee r .ppJinted to try the merits of the Lancaster election pcti Lion, re assembled at the usual hour this morning; Mr. 1 Jetties in the chair. The case for the sitting Member, Mr. Gregso n , h a ving closed yesterday with the , examination of M r . Wy se , the gentleman who was said.:"to have bribed and treated the voters, Mr. Sergeant Wniavatuat was engaged the whole of the morning in summilrg, up on behalf of the petitioner, insisting, notwithstalu'Ling Mr. Wyse's evidence, that corrupt entertaininewts were given by Mr. Gregson at the recent election, iE his agents did not actually resort to bribery. At the close of the Learned Sergeant's address the room was clearea,und the Committee having deliberated for a short time., strangers were re-admitted, when The Cnkir.mAti apnounced that the Committee had come to the resolution that Samuel Gregson, Esq., was not duly r;tected a bu`rgess to serve in this Parliament for the oorough of Lancaster. That the last election was a void one. That the said Samuel Gregson, Eiq., did by himself and his agents commit acts of bribery fur the purpose of unduly influencing the electors of the said borough. That it was proved to the Committee that John Hartley had been bribed by the payment of 2/. 103., Richard Carson with the payment of 31. 10s., Thomas Woodman with 11., James Dodson with 2/. 10s., and Robert rladevin with 21. 10s.; but that it was not proved by the evidence that the said acts of bribery were com mitted with the knowledge and consent of the said Samuel Gregson, Esq. This closed the labours of the Committee. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) HILT maimkis. SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 15s to 31 12s ; Clover, ditto, 31 15s to 41 14s ; and Straw, 11 4s to 11 81 per load. A full average t upply, and a sluggish trade. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 14s to 31 152 ; Clover ditto, 31 15s to 41 12s; and Straw, 114 s to 11 Si per load. Supply but moderate, and trade dull. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 15s to 31 123; Clover ditto, 3/ 15s t• 41 153; and Straw, 11 33 to 11 Ti par load. Trade dull, at the above quotations. COLONXIS.L. SUGAR.—The market for British Plantation continues firm, and 270 'aids. have been disposed of at rather better• prices, establishing an advance of Ia per cwt. since this day week. The public sales have comprised 2,840 itacfs, 130 casks, 116 tierces Mauritius, and 5,700 bags M.tdras. The finer mostly sold at full prices, whilst tl'e latter was all disposed of very readily at rather higher rates, grainy brown and :yellow at 355 to 465, and ord. yellow 283 6d to 325. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West Docks was 461 hhds., 44 tierces, 21 barrels, there were taken for home consumption 1,027 hhds., 136 tierces, 220 barrels. The stock in the same places is 11,387 hhds., 1,265 tierces, 2,421 barrels. COFFEE.-94 casks Plantation Ceylon, 1,330 bags Costa Rica, and 817 bags Rio. The Ceylon and Rio were all withdrawn, there being no disposition evinced to give the former value, bat the Costa Rica sold at rather easier rates, chiefly at 22s to 335, according to quality. RUM.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 509 puns 31 hhds. There were taken for home consumption 270 puns 18 hhds, and ex ported 163 puns 26 hhds. The stock in the same places was 13,036 puns 2,331 hhds. RICE-3463 bags Madras found buyers at 8s to 9s for cargo, and at 113 for good mid. white, being about the value, whilst native quality was withdrawn at 8s 6d per cwt. SPICES.-975 bags Black Pepper brought extreme .„., u to aid per lb for halt heavy Malabar. SALTPETRE.-3,sou nags Bengal, and 344 bags Madras, was withdrawn, there being no buyers on former terms. TALLOW.--P.Y.C. is 51s 6d to 52s per cwt on the spot, and Tuwn 52s 6d. TEA.—The market is steady, and the deliYeries last week were large. COAL MARK E Bate's West Hartley 14s Od Chester Main l3s 9d Dipton Tanfield l2s 6d Ilasting's Hartley l4s 9d Nelson's West Hartley 14s 9d North Percy Hartley l4s North Pontop New Tantield l4s Od South Peareth South Pontop Tanfield Moor Butes l4s Od Townlev 145 9d West Wvlam Wall's End, &c _ _ _ Bewicke and Co l4, 9d' , T. --- Y F-STERIIA Y. Brown's Gas . l2s Cod Eden Main . ]6s Od l3raddvll'a Iletton l3s 9d East Hetton Haswell l7B 9d lletton Lambton Russell's Hetton Stewart's Kelloc rhornley Adelaide Tees gees ..... 17a Od West Cornforth ........ 21a Od Ships at market... 303 CROSBY HALL. A new aspirant for fame in the walk of Scottish Song, trod so successfully and almost exclusively by Wilson, appeared here last night in the person of a Mr. Cooper, from Edinburgh. Of course a compa rison with Wilson wou ld b e " odious," and a severe criticism of a first appearance before an English audience, or at least, an audience in England, would be ungenerous; but Cooper, with a voice of consider able power and sweetness, wants culture; his singing is too boisterous, too uproarious, and his enunci ation of some of the Scotch words coarse, and grating harshly on the ear, even of a " brither Scot." To sing some of our Scottish songs effectively, there is no doubt a degree of enthusiasm reAuired which it is difficult to control; but this is vastly different from that vehemence of tone and manner so indicative of a want of taste and a correct appreciation of true musical expression. Mr. Cooper's best songs were " Johnny Cope," " Caller Herring," and " Muirland Willie," which certainly developed powers, which, by cultivation and refinement, might yet become attractive. His musical abilities are good, his faults, we think, are remediable; he has some of the elements of success about him ; let him study a neater pronunciation of his words, (his short readings, introducing each song, were very bad)—be less boisterous in his language and gestures, and although his audience last night were evidently disposed to " be to his faults a little kind," we pro mise him that his next appearance will be much more effective. Of Mrs. Cooper, who took part in the entertain• meet—an arrangement we do not much admire—we would desire to speak favourably. She sang several songs rather prettily, "Logan Water" in particular. We thought she sang tremulously, and wanted life and energy, but she did sufficient to prove that she could de better. DEATH OF PRINCE ALBERT'S GRABDMOTIIEL The Court has been thrown into the deepest mourning by the account received yesterday, by special messenger, Baron Bran.tenstein, of the sudden demise of the Dowager Duchess of Saxe Gotha and Altenbourg, the maternal grandmother of his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Her Royal Highness was sister of the late Elector of Hesse, and grandchild of the sister of George 11. She died at Gotha on the 22d inst., in her 77th year, lamented and revered by all who knew her. The life of this estimable lady was devoted to acts of charity, and she has died leaving the whole of her property to the poor of the town of Gotha. BIRTH& On the 25th inst., in Eatoz-place West, the Lady Elizabeth Russell, of a son, still-born. On the 22d inst., at Stroud Lodge, Roseneath, Dumbar tonshire, the lady of Colonel I'. Edmonstone Craigie, C. 8., of a daughter. On the 24th inst., in Bofid-street, Mrs. Paul J. Fearon, of a daughter. On the 26th inst., at Brook-street, the lady of Henry Currey, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 24th inst., at Morton, Andrew Fountains, Esq., of Narford Hall, Norfolk, to Caroline, fourth daughter of T. T. Berney, Esq., of Morton Hall, in the same county. On the 25th inst., David Jacobs, of the Haymarket, to Matilda Rebecca, second daughter of Henry Jacobs, Esq., of Crown. street, Finsbury-square, London. DIED. On the 20th of December, 1847, at Hong-Kong, Liente sant W. H. Kelson, Ceylon Rifle Regiment, aged 25. On the 16th inst., Mrs. Ruth Welch, of Hackney-road. On the 21st inst., at Saffron Walden, Essex, Mr. William Leverett, aged 58. Qn the 23d inst., at Hastings, Margaret, third daughter of the late Rev. J. Hough, of 11am, Surrey, aged 26. On the 23d inst., at Tenby, Gertrude, the infant daughter of F. C. T. Smyth, Esq. On the 24th inst., at Kingston-upon-Thames, Sarah, the wife of Charles Edward Jetnmett, &q. On the 25th inst., James Mansfield, Esq., of John-street, Bedford-row, aged 81. On the 25th inst., at Barnsbury-park, Islington, Charles Peckett, aged 53. On the 26th inst., in Paul's- terrace, Camden-town, Mrs. Mary Stroud, aged 62. London : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG. at No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Offiee, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Bliddlesex, Tuesday, February 29, 1848. I ~i ;~ I