The Sun. — London, England, 1848-03-14 00:00:00

Just ready, Two Vol!. Bvo., with Maps, T WELVE YEARS WANDERINGS in the BRITISII COLONIES. By J. C. BYRNE. Pichard Bentley, New Burlington-street, (Publisher in Ordinary to her Mujesty). . • THE NEW POEM. Now ready, in post Bvo., ss. KING ARTHUR. By the Anther of " THE NEW TIMON." Henry Colborn, Publlcr, : 13, Groat )lariborOugh•street. Of , whom, and It Booksellers, may be had, . A FOURTH EDITION OP " THE NEW TIMON," Price 6e., bound in Morocco clot,h. ILTER IAAJE.STY'S THEATRE. 'rite Nobility, Subscribers; to the Opera, and the public.are skspectfulky announced that a GRAM) EXTRA NIGHT will l ake place on THURSDAY NEXT, the 16th of March, when will be per formed (for to second time), Verdi's new Opera, entitled ATTILA. • Odabella, Mdile. Sofia Crave ; Foresto, Sig. Gardoni ; Sig. Cazzanl ; Uldlno, Sig. Gaidi ; and Attila, Sig. ItelettL After whick wtll he presented a Divertissement, in which Mdlle C. Rosati, and Mdlle. Marie Tagliont will appear. To be followed by the Second Act of IL BARBIERE DI SI VIGLIA. To mein& with the highly - successfal New and Original GRAND BALLE r, In Four Tableaux, by M. Paul Taglioni, entitled. FIORITA, et la Reine des Eiftides, r e Mole composed by Signor Pugni ; the Scenery (entirely new) ilf - Mr. C. Marshall; the Appointments by Mr. Bradwell ; the Cos tOme&hy }As Bradley and Mr. Whales, under the superintendence of Midame Copere. The principal parts by Mdlle. Caroline. Rosati, Males. Ausundon, Julienne, Lamoureux, Thevonot, Jenny, and Mdlle. Marie Taglloni; M.M. Dor, Geuriet, Venafra, Di Mattia, &c. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box office of tha Theatre. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed (fcc the first time in this country) Verdi's new Opel's, entitled . . - ATTILA. The principal characters :—Odabella, Mdlle. Sofia Cruvelli ; Fo resto, Sig. Gardoni ; Ezio, Sig. Cuzzanl ; Uldino, Sig. Guidl; Leone, Big. Solari ; and Attila, Sig. Belletti. The Scenery by Mr, C. Marshall. The dresses by Miss Bradley and Mr. Whales, under the superintendence of Mdme. Copere. To contiate with the highly successful Ballet, in Fear Tableaux, entitled FIORIT A, et la Reims des Elftides, The music by big. pugni ; the scenery by Mr. C. Marshall; the appointments by Mr. Bradwell ; the costumes by Miss Bradley and Istr. Whales; under the superintendence of Madame Copere. Princi pal parts by lid Lo. Carolina Rosati, Meedlls. Esther Ausundon, The yeast, Julienne, Lamoroux, .franY, and Mille. Marie Taglioni ; MM. Dor, Venefra, Gouriet, and Di Mattis. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, to be made at the Rex-office of the Theatre. Doors open at half-past Seven, the Opera to commence at Eight. WLIBATRE -ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. CIRQUE NATIONAL DE PARIS. THIS EVENING, A variety ofEQUECTRIAN and GYMNASTIC PERFORMANCES by the enfire Troupe. To conclude with a GRAND CAVALRY 'MANCEUVRE, by the following Ladies :—Mademoiselles Mathilde, Brilloff, Virginia, Flo rentine, Emmelina, Ducos, Coral* Stanley, and Amaglia. Doors open at half-past Seven, performance to commence at Eight. Second price, Half-past Nine. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Inala , She Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING, Will bu performed Sheridan's Comedy of THE RIVALS. Sir An t/way Absolute, Mr. Farren; Captain Absolute, Mr. H Farren ; Fanlkland, Mr. Creswick ; Acres, r. Webster; Sir Lucius O'Triz ger, Mr. Hudson; Fag, Mr. Rrindal ; Davit, Mr. Keeley; Mrs. Malaprop, Mrs. Glover ; Lydia Languish, Mrs. Nislaett ; Julia, Miss ifertescue: Lucy, Mrs. Humby. After which, the Comedy of SPRING AND AUTTJNIN. Sir Simon Slack, Mr. Farren; Major Osmond, Mr. Brindal ; Rattle. Mr. Farren ; Mrs. General Dartmouth, Mrs. Glover; Mrs. Rattle, Mrs. W. Clifford. ro conclude with a new and original Farce, called WHO'S MY HIJSBAND ' Doctor Mull, Mr. Tilbury; Daniel Tootles, Mr. Keeley ; PAh. Smith Thompson, Mrs, W. Clifford; Sophoiaisba Mull, Mrs. L S. Duel:ha/ham ; Sally Starch, Mrs. illumby. Stage Manager, Mr. Farren; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Webster. J. T. Archer, Box-book keeper. Boxes, Bs. ; Pit, 39. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Upper Gallery, Is. Doors opan at Half/tag Six, Performance to commence at Seven THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. i Under the - direction e: Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING will be performol THE FLOWERS OF THE FOr.EST. To be followed by a new and original Fares, entitled OUR NA TIOYA L DEFENCES ; or, the Cockshot Yeomanry. Prhaelpal characters by Messrs. Lambert, Wright, P. Bedford, Sanders ; Ma sr,me Celeste, Miss Emma Harding, Mrs. Laws, and Miss Woolgar. To conclude with a nzw Farce entitled THE TIPPERARY-LE GAG!. Turneni Green, Mr. Wright ; Bob Gills, Mr. Manyard ; Laxity Scrimmage, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Chubblock. Mr. Cullenford ; Policeman. Mr. Sanders ; Lizzy Chubblock. Miss Woolgar. Boxes, 45.; Pit, 25.; Gallery, le. .ner.3 o; en at llali-papit Six, Performance io commence at Seven ROYAL LYCIATM THEATRE. Ender the 3lanagememt of Madame Vestris. 1:Solo Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING _ Will be perforsied a new comic Drama, entitled XOT A BAD JUDGE. After which, a New Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE GOLDEN UItA.NCII. Principal characters by Messrs. H. Hall, Harley, Ker ridge, Madame Vostris, Miss K. Fltzwilliam, and Mrs. Macnamara. To conclude with a new Piece, entitled DONE ON BOTH SIDES. Dross Boxes, es.; Upper Boxes, •b.; Pit, 23. ; Gallery, Is. N• half-price to any part of the house. The ~ew Box-office, No. 2, Wellington-street, is open to the Public every day, from Ten till Six. The Interior of the House has been entirely re-designed by Mr. W. Bradwell of the Cclosseum. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell, 33, 0:d Bond-street. TO-MORROW EVENINO Will be performed LE CHEVALIER D'ESSONNE. Madame d' II erbel ay and Le Chevalier d'Easonne, Mdlle. Mathalle. To conclude with LA. PECIIE AUX BEAU PERES. Dorothee, Madile. Ifathalle. Doors open at half-past Seven, and the Performances to commence at Half past Seeen. Boxes and Stalls may be obtaln ,, d at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 23, Old Bend-street. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager, Duchess-street, Portland. place. THIS EVENING, Will be presented Sheridan's Comedy of Tllll SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. 6ir Peter Teazle, Mr. Compton ; Sir Oliver Surface, Mr. Gilbert ; Cbaries Sur;ace, Mr. James Vining ; Joseph Surface, Mr. Cooper; Lady Teazle, Mrs. Barrett. ♦fter which a new Interlude called MA3f MON and GAMMON. To conclude wiUi the Mu:lcal Piece of " NO." Sir George Doubt ful, Mr. Ilodda ; Commodore Hurricane, Mr. Neville; Maria, Miss E. Stanley. f:reis Circe, 52. : Boxes, 45.; .Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. • STKA...ND THEATRE. NEW MANAGEMENT. GREAT ATTRACTION.-OPERA COMIQUR THIS EVENING The performances will commence with Donizettre Opera, THE DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT. Toni°, Mr. D. King; Ser geant Sulpizio, Mr. Berrani ; Ortensio, Mr. R. Romer; Spontine, Mr. H. Horncastle ; Marla, Miss Poole, After which a new grand BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT, by Mdlle. Lou.se Blanche, Miss Cushnie, and Mr. W. Smidt. To be followed by a new Extravaganza, called THE CRUMM LIESES ; or, A Rehearsal Rehearsed. Nicholas Nickleby, Mr. Summers ; Mr. Lenville, Mr. Oxberry ; Smike, Miss J. Coleman ; Mrs. Cruennles, Mrs. L. Bede. The whole to conclude with the Fake of THE LOST LETTER. Principal characters by Messrs. Oxberry, Horncastle, Miss Jane Coleman, and Mrs. L. Rede. Private Bozo?, 11. IS.; licae3, 44. ; Stalls, as. ; Pit, 29. ; Gal lery, Is. Halt-price at Nine o'clock. Acting and Stage Manage 4 Mr. Oaberry.. ROYAL SURREY TIIEATRE. &BSC% Mrs. 1 1 . Dayidge, No. 1, Dayidge•terrace, Kensligton-road, Surrey. THIS EVENING. Will be performed THB MERCHANT OF VENICE. Shylocic, Ir. T. mans ; Portia, Mrs. R. Gordon. After whicaaSerttiof Tableaux Vivans of the le`e RZVOLU TION IN PARIS. To be followed by FEMALE POACHERS. John Meadows, Mr, W. J. Hammond. To conclude with IiCISGE P.ICHA.RD YE THIRD. Ituxua 2g.; lit, Is. ; lia:lcrr, 6d. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Fourth Week of the New Gorgeous Spectacle. THIS EVENING. The New Gorgeous Spectacle, THE BATTLE OF THE A.MAECINS. with all its splendid appointments, Ice. To be followed by,. and the evening's entertainments to terminate With ,AAlill EQUESTRIAN FETE, in which the Equestrian and Gymnastic Artistes will appear each evening in their peculiar anti incomparable Feats and brilliant Scenes in the Circle. Box-office open from 11 till 5. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. THE THIRD EDITIONS t , THE S UN" CONTAIN, AS USUAL, THE LATEST PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE, AND ALL OTHER NEWS UP TO THE HOUR OF POST. Orders received by all Neu;snlen, and at the Sun•office, 112, Strand. (iFitcE. 112atcH 14. TIMIt11 , )!WIET411, Lowest, 36 ; Highest, 41 ; Noun. 43. 29.92.—W1ND N.N.W. ; cloudy. WAT.F.B. AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIN DAY. h.rn;n.. 13 ,Rinuto. alter 9. Eventag .. 40 m'inte9 `ter 10 ei;:/// 3 11( rainfi - -c- A f,;;,.. 4 ; ,- . 4...;) , .4 4 ' • •r•VV,I ; ( 1 "„:• 2 1 ... *$ el - Z ---,, ~ , • :'; • st ..) AC' Y j.. - , T . i \ f inixf • '4, . 1 0.:. At' ''', 'S i • . ' , n -, . ~• 4,. •• WO 1 . • . 0. •••4 •••• , : . 100 ... . LoNDoN, TUESDAY. MARCH 14, 1318. The protracted debate on the income-tax has at length been brought to a conclusion, and the repre sentatives of the people have, by an overwhelming majority, affirmed the _Ministerial proposition for continuing the impost for three years lvger in its present unequal, unjust, and oppressive form. It is, however, a triumph of which they may have little reason to be proud, and which may not be without itt effect, when those who have swelled the majority have again to appear before their respective consti tuencies, to render an account of the trust reposed in them, and to demand a renewal of their confi dence. Then, indeed, the vote of last night, and its probable consequences—the perpetuation of the odious tax —may be called to mind, and alluded to, in plain and unmistakeable language by no Means favourable to the prospects of the honourable candidates. We may now be convinced that from the Legislature itself nothing is to be expected. The contest must be fought by the people. Temperate, but firm and energetic de- THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 14, 1848. monstrations, similar to those that prevented the contemplated increase of the tax, and induced the Minister to abandon his first proposition, and to consent that the estimated income of the nation should be considerably below the estimated ex penditure, must lead to such a revision of the pre sent system as ;to render it acceptable to the com munity in general. The pressure from without is required. Honourable Gentlemen who consider themselves firmly established in their seats for several years to come, may slight the opinions of those whom they nominally represent in the Imperial Parliament, but they cannot despise a direct application from the majority of those by whose suffrages they were elected and placed in their present honourable, but responsible position. Meet ings, therefore, should be held in every district, and persons of every class, without distinction of creed or party, should petition the Legislature for an imme. diate alteration in the law, for the purpose of adopting a more equitable adjustment of the burden, and making all parties contribute to the national wants and emergencies in proportion to their respective re sources. Every registered elector should call upon his representative* to support the prayer of such a petition, and intimate plainly the consequences of r refusal, viz.. a peremptory demand for an immediate resignation— s restoration into the hands of the people of the abused and violated trust. The speech of the Hon. Member for the West Riding. of Yorkshire was characterised by that sound sense, that clear and vigorous intelligence, for which he had so eminently distingushed himself during the crusade against monopolies, and for the establishment of a free and unfettered trade, of which he was the acknowledged leader. It can no longer be asserted that the support of the amendment implied a hostility to the principle of direct taxation, and a return to the obsolete financial doctrine of raising the national revenue by indirect imposts, which has justly been stigmatised as " the indirect robbery of the poor." The enormous increase of price, consequent upon the heavy Excise and Customs duties upon articles of paramount necessity, upon which the greater portion of the hardly-earned wages of the industrious operatives must be expended for the support of their families, practically occasions an income-tax of ten or twelve shillings in the pound on the labouring classes, while articles of mere luxury are :comparatively free from any burden. Such a person contributes fully half his income to the national exchequer. If the possessors of ac cumulated and realised property directly gave one-fifth of their income for the same purpose, there would be but little necessity for any other description of taxation, and the remaining four-fifths would produce more of the actual comforts and necessaries of life tha n th e en ti re d oes un d e r existing circumstances. The great body of the people, those engaged in trade, in commerce, in manufactures, in professions, do not object to the income- tax because it gives occasion to the applica tion of the collector at their very doors, or because they are called upon for a large sum at one time; but they object to its gross and flagrant injustice and inequality ; they object to its inquisitorial character, prying into receipts from varying and fluctuating sources; they object because they are charged not merely upon their actual gains, but on what the Commissioners may choose to say they ought to have made, because no allowances are made for bad debts and the numerous casualties to which persons embarked in almost any description of business are continually liable. Remedy this injustice—establish a fair tariff of charges, carried into execution in a fair and liberal manner, and you will remove every rea'onable objection. Reduce the expenditure to the amount which will be sufficient for supporting the national establishments in full efficiency, but without waste or extravagance, and the middle classes will readily submit to the charges that may be necessary for that purpose, and for the maintenance of the national honour, the national credit, and the national safety, provided it be equitably and fairly assessed. Mr. COBDEN truly expressed the sentiments of the manufacturing and commercial community when he said, " that if ever any loss should come to the public creditor, it would not be through their instru mentality that they would pawn their last coat be fore they would allow any defalcation of the revenue to occur." One word as to the threat that Ministers would resign if thwarted in their plans, or even if their own demand was conceded for a shorter period than that which they thought proper to ask for. We should regret such a course on their part. It savours rather too strongly of the ancient practice under Tory Go vernments of forcing measures repugnant to the feelings of the House and country by such coercion. It exhibits a total disregard of public opinion. It practically asserts the principle that Ministers may withdraw their services from the people who yield them a general support unless every crotchet and fancy is submitted to. It is not a wise or a constitutional doctrine, and however much, for many reasons, we might regret the retirement of the present Ministry, far better that such should take place than that the country should be compelled to sanction that which was unjust in principle and oppressive in practice. The presentation of the congratulatory Address from the British residents in Paris to the Provisional Government is, in many respects, one of the most interesting of the many interesting events which have recently transpired in the French metropolis. Simple and unostentatious as was the mariner of its presentation, and brief as were the terms of which the Address itself was composed, the interview be tween the Deputation and the Ministers is become an historic event, and the document then presented is to be preserved in the archives of the French Republic. A is to be , there preserved, said LAMIRTINE, in order to show to the children of the Republicans what had been the conduct of their fathers—how they had been not only intrepid in combat, but patient, moderate, and humane after victory. He might have added, that it would also serve to demonstrate to the future genera tions of France with what intense sympathy England had responded to the high aspirations of their ances tors, and how readily, and even eagerly, Englishmen had come forward to congratulate and encourage them in the very outset of their glorious but arduous undertaking. The following is a copy of the Address which was presented by Colonel FLETCHER, and other English gentlemen residing in Paris : " We, the undersigned British residents in Paris, are desirous of making known to the French nation our sincere admiration of the great forbearance and moderation shown by the people of Paris during a time of the highest excitement, and of the admir able conduct of the National Guards of the capital in re-establishing order, tranquillity, end confidence. We cannot too highly praise, nor tno warmly appre date the courage and judgment displayed by the Provisional Government in the midst of tumult and danger; and as liberty, social order, and peace, are essential to the happiness and prosperity of all na tions, whatever be their form of government, we earnestly hope that the people of France and Eng land may live in friendship, and in that honourable rivalry with each other which will best conduce to the interests of both, and to the maintenance of peace throughout the world." The deputation was received at the Hotel de Ville, by three members of the New Government, MIR- ItAsT, Louis Beesc, and LAMARTIND—Men whose genius has long since been made manifest by their writings, but who have now happily availed them selves of a glorious opportunity of showing them selves to be men of action as well as men of thought, and of car r yi ng i nto execut i on th ose su bli me concep tions already shadowed forth in their writings, and of which the hare outline has excited an almost uni versal admiration and enthusiasm. These were the men to whom, as fitting representatives of the glory and moderation of the French Republic, the deputation, as repr esen t a ti ves of the English in Paris (and m a y we not add of the English throughout the world?) tendered their hearty congratulations on the great f or b earance and moderation recently evinced by the people of Paris. It is this forbearance and moderation that has especially gained fur the new Revolution the approval and sympathy of the English people. With all o ur national love for liberty, we ha ve an invincible anti pathy to violence and bloodshed. It was this feeling which caused England—liberal England—to regard with abhorrence the first French Revolution. The sympathy with which at first she was disposed to greet the dawning spirit of French independence was converted into horror and indignation at the sight of the blood, so unmercifully and unnecessarily shed. " Janulis"—says LAMARTINE, the panegyrist of the Revolution—"Jamais it n'y cut tout de sang sur la veritd." Never was truth defiled with so much blood. This bloodshed it was that caused for the time the universal reaction in England. Even the passionate denunciations of EDMUND BURKE found a responsive echo among a people which were just before thrilled with exultation and enthusiasm at the shout of "Liberty !" resounding across the water. All sympathy was forgotten in the horror of violence and murder. But now —now, happily, it is otherwise. Now the Liberal Revolution is remarkable chiefly for its forbearance. Its first act was to de prive itself of the power of shedding blood ! Hence it is that England may freely acknowledge her sym pathy, and hence it was that, on Friday last, the deputation of Englishmen offered their earnest con gratulations to the new Government, and expressed an anxious desire that the two nations might co operate in advancing their mutual interests, and maintaining peace throughout the world. LAMAR TINS responded to these sentiments with a warmth and enthusiasm well in accordance both with his public position and his individual character. In the name of the Government he thanked the Englishmen for their expressions of sympathy and approbation, and in return he bore witness to the liberal institu tions of their native country, declaring that inter view to be glorious for France and for the English nation also, as it bore testimony to the virtues which the use of liberty had given to Eng land. But it was after the conclusion of his official reply to the address, and in answer to a remark from one of the members of the deputation, that LAMAR TINE gave utterance to a most beautiful and hopeful sentiment, which alone would be sufficient to rescue the remembrance of the scene from oblivion. Alluding to his official title of Mi nister of Foreign Affairs, he declared with an almost audacious confidence in the amicable senti ments of France and England, that henceforth that title was not necessary for the maintenance of har mony between the two people. " The true Minister of Foreign A f fairs between France and England," he exclaimed, "is the invincible spirit which unites them in the religious sentiment of fraternity." To our thinking, this unostentatious interview in the chamber of the Hotel de Ville is invested with no common interest and no trivial importance. It is a I type of the feelings of the day. It is an evidence that our long aspirations are approaching their fulfilment. Among the stored up archives, whe ther of England or of France, how much more truly noble will be the record of such an incident as this than pompous chronicles which blazon forth some " glorious victory over the French !" One such scene, one such an honest, hearty interchange of friendly sentiments, is " Worth a hundred Agincourts!" It may, perhaps, be objected that, after all, there was nothing very extraordinary in the visit of the deputa tion, and nothing very remarkable in the words of the address. So much the better. We rejoice the more; we rejoice that there is nothing extraordinary or remarkable in the matter. We rejoice that it is no longer extraordinary for England to sym pathise with and co-operate with France, and that it is no longer remarkable for Englishmen to give free utterance to the interest. and admiration with which they regard their former enemies, and to evince an earnest anxiety for the interchange of mu tual friendship and assistance. It is not the interview in the Hotel de Ville which, of itself, excites our interest and exultation, but the state of feeling of which that interview is the token. As the straws floating on the surface show the di rection of the current, so do such casual and appa rently trivial incidents serve to indicate the state of popular feeling, and show us whither we are advancing. Hence it is that we are disposed to hail with satis faction such an incident as the one in question, be cause, however unimportant in itself, it bears witness to the rapid spread of amicable and charitable senti ments, and it induces us to hope that the day is nut far distant when, according to the concluding words of the address,," the people of England and Fra nce may live in friendship and in that honourable rivalry with each other which will best conduce to the in terests of both, and to the maintenance of peace throughout the world." We have advices from Oporto to the 7th instant, by the Eider, arrived at Poole on Sunday, cattle laden. A holiday was kept on the 7th in Oporto; all quite tranquil, and but little affected by the revolution in France. Rates of exchange, 554 d. per milreis. Her Majesty's ship Comet, Commander RIGOR ; her Majesty's ship St. Vincent, bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral Sir CHARLES NAPIER, K.C.B. ; the Howe, 120 guns, Captain Sir JAMES STERLING, Knt. ; the Queen, 110 guns, Captain W. H, BRUCE ; the Ca nopus, 84, Captain J. MORESBY, C.B. ; the steam frigate Amphion, 36 guns, Captain W. H. WILLIAMS; the steam frigate Dragon, Captain HALL; and the bomb steamer Scourge, Commander WINGROVE, toge ther with the dispatch boat Jackal, Lieutenant WESTON, comprising the British squadron under Sir CHARLES NAPIER'S orders, were all moored in the Tagus at the above date, but expected to move daily towards England. The Duke of SERA CAPRIOLA, who has resigned the office of President of the Council of the Kingdom of Naples, has published a manifesto stating the reasons which have induced him to adopt this course. It appears that it was in consequence of the Sicilians persisting in what the Duke considered an exorbitant demand. After enumerating the several demands of the Sicilians, which the Government had already taken into consideration and devised means of satisfy ing, the Duke declares that the point on which the Ministry could not consent to yield was that which the Sicilians absolutely insisted on—namely, that no Neapolitan troops should be sent to the island, to co operate with the Sicilian regiments in the defence of the country and in the preservatiok of order. Neapo litan troops were thus odiously assimilated to foreign troops, and the island must inevitably be left open to the attacks of any enemy that thought fit to invade it. This pretension of the Sicilians would in fact prevent the KING from defending the island if attacked, and as the inhabitants could only furnish a body of men in proportion to their population of two millions, the kingdom of Naples would in fact be left defenceless. Under these circumstances, the Ministry, not being able to effect anything, deemed it advisable to resign. An electoral law has been proclaimed at Naples. The qualification of the electors is fixed at twenty four ducats (1001.) of imposable revenue, and of the Deputies at 240 ducats (1,000 f.) The number of Deputies for the kingdom of Naples alone is 161, divided amongst the different districts according to the population. Sicily will have a reparate represen tation. The Gazzetta di Roma of the 3d March contains an oZcial proclamation of the Treasurer-General and Minister of Finance, announcing the introduction into the Papal states of the decimal system of currency and monetary unity which obtains in France, and has already been established in Sardinia and the Duchy of Parma. In accordance with this decree, it is arranged that five-franc pieces of silver coinage, and twenty-franc pieces of gold coinage, current in the Republic of France, the Kingdom of Sardinia, and the Grand Duchy of Parma, shall circulate in the States of the Church—the first, at the rate of 93 bajocchi, and the second, at the rate of 3 acudi 72 bajocchi, and their multiples in gold in the same ratio. This arrangement was to take effect in Rome from the daite of the proclamation, viz., the 3d of March, in the provinces of the Mediterranean and the " marches," and in the legation of Urbino and Pesaro, from the sth March, and in the legations of Bologna, Ferrara, Forli, and Ravenna from the 6th March. The Treasurer and Minister of Finance will, in the interim, take measures for the coinage of the mew currency. The intelligence from Germany is important. A second edition of the Cologne Gazelle, published on Saturday afternoon, contains the following letter, announcing a great event in Prussia " BERLIN.—JoyfuI tidings, the commencement of a new era, form the subject of this communication. The King has granted unlimited liberty of the press through out his domi n i ons . I nstruct i ons to t h e var i ous Pro vincial Governments were forwarded yesterday; and the royal decree on this important subject will be made public so soon as it shall be known that the instructions havo reached their destination." The Berlin Gazette states that the King of PRUSSIA has signed an act of amnesty in favour of the Pules implicated in the insurrection of Posen. By virtue of this act, the thirty-three prisoners sentenced to death will only undergo five years' imprisonment in some Prussian fortress, and such as were condemned to imprisonment, whether for long or short periods, are at once to be set at liberty, and furnished with the means of returning to their homes. It was generally understood in Berlin that Baron ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT is about to proceed forthwith to Paris, on a confidential mission from his Sovereign. The KING had consented to receive, in person, an address agreed to by seven or eight hundred young men of Berlin, of whom the principal portion were students and operatives. The King of HANOVER received on the 7th of March a deputation from the magistrates and mar., 'seil communal of the capital, who presented him with an address, to which he caused the following reply to be given : " lam charged by his Majesty to make the following statements with reference to the address presented yesterday : " I. The resolution adopted by the Diet on the 3d of this month, with respect to the press. ran thus :-- "Each State of the Confederation is left at liberty to abolish the censure, and to establish liberty of the press. " Provided always that this shall be done under gua rantees shat shall protect to the utmost the other states of the Confederation and the whole Confederation itself against all abuse of the liberty of the press. These guarantees it is necessary to fix before the abolition of the censure. His 'Majesty will not refuse to join in those resolutions which shall be adopted with respect to this subject by the majority of the states of the Con federation. " 2. No one, on reflection, could fail to see that to admit the deputies of German states to a participation in the deliberations and the resolutions of the Germanic Diet, resolutions to which the Sovereigns themselves are bound by the federal treaty, is not reconcileable with monarchical government. " B.' With respect to an early convocation of the Estates of the kingdom, his Majesty's own resolution had anticipated the expressions of the address. The Estates are convoked for the 28th of this month.—By special command, (Signed) " DE FALCKE. " Hanover, March 7, 1848." Great rejoicings have taken place at Munich, in honour of the announcement by the KING of his intention to convoke the States of Bavaria imme diately. Some manifestations of discontent had been made at Stuttgardt, on the 7th of this month, in conse quence of the nomination of a new Cabinet, in which M. DE LENDENS was to hold the appointment of Minister of the Interior. Tranquillity had, how ever, been restored by a promise from the KING that he would make some alterations in his intended arrangements. From the Austrian capital we have received the following intelligence, which, under existing circum stances, possesses peculiar interest : " VIENNA, MARCH 6.—The arrival of the mail from Hungary this morning has caused great excitement. Daum's coffee-house was crowded to excess, and a gen tleman was at once placed on one of the billiard tables for the purpose of reading aloud the Pt esburg Gazette, which had just been received. Events in Hungary have taken a serious turn, so much so, that the Archduke Stephen has arrived here to ask for new instructions suited to the extraordinary and unexpected circum stances. "An address has been forwarded by the States of Hungary to the Emperor of so unusual a character, that the sensation it has created cannot be matter of surpri,:e. It demands the strict maintenance of the ancient Hun • garian constitution, and the appointment of a separate Ministry, the members of which shall be responsible to the people of Hungary. " Vienna, nevertheless, remains quiet, and popular attention seems exclusively directed to the Exchange, as the great decline in the public funds and other State securities, as well as the difficulty of obtaining change for bank-notes, have caused much uneasiness. The Bank of Austria has, in consequence, somewhat anticipated the usual period for the publication of its quarterly ac count, by putting forth a statement from which it appears that there are at present no fewer than 6,000,000 florins in specie in its coffers." We have fortunately obtained an official copy of the important document referred to in the foregoing letter, and we subjoin a translation of it : authorises by his conduct such violent dispositions. The best defence of the throne is the law. With them, and by satisfying the wares of the epoA, public tranquillity is preserved, and the prestige of the Sovereign increased." The QUEEN replied as follows : "It is very well ; I thank you, and will take proper measures." MARIA CHRISTINA and NARVAEZ, un warned by the fate of Louis PHILIPPE and Guizor, seem de termined to continue their attempts to govern by force. Large sums of money were distributed among the troops on the 6th by NARVAEZ, but this system cannot long continue. There is no M. GulzoT, with a large secret service fund, to apply to now, to uphold dynastic interests. The Senate have reported in favour of the Bill granting to the Government additional powers. MADRID BOLSA, 6.—Three per Cents. 23f buyers; .1 sellers ; Five per Cents., 13i buyers, 14 sellers ; Passive Debt, 5i sellers ; Coupons, 10 buyers. Exchange on London, 47 60. 'HE FREisCH REPUBLIC. PROCEEDINGS AT PARIS. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The Chargé d'Affaires of Spain has eornm.unicated to the Minister of F,reign Affairs the de,ire of the Spanish Government to maintain with the Provisional Government of France, the same amicable relations which have hitherto subsisted between the two countries. A colossal bust of Liberty, presented by N. CLESINGER, the sculptor, to the Provisional Govern ment, was on Sunday paraded through the streets of Paris, by a body of 300 sculptors. The parish priest of the Petits Peres, came out at the head of his clergy, and blessed the bust: The Swiss residents in Paris walked on Sunday in procession to the Hotel de Ville, to present an address to the Provisional Government. Each wore the Federal armlet, consisting of a red band, with a white cross. They sang the " Ranz des Vaches" as they passed along the streets. The effect is said to have been very beautiful. The Provisional Government have, it is said, sent a person to London to obtain information as to the organization of the Metropolitan Police force, it being their intention to organize a similar force for the pro tection of Paris. The failures of bankers still continue ; to the list already announced, we have now to add the firms of BAUDIN and Co., Place Vendome ; of ESTIENNE DRLACHAUMB and Co., 25, Rue St. George; and of FOURCHON and Co., 41, Rue de Provence. The connexion of ESTIENNR and Co. was principally among builders, and their failure will have the effect of throwing a great number of workmen out of em ployment. The house of BAUDIN was largely con nected with railways; M. BAUDIN himself was a regent of the bank of France. Several bankers have declined,entering into any new engagements. It ap pears that the rich capitalists hang back from aiding the Provisional Government in its efforts to mitigate the effects of the financial crisis. Their subscriptions to the National Discount Bank have in many in stances been ridiculously small. The following article in the National may, perhaps, have the effect of inducing them to become more liberal : " The subscription for the national discount bank is already filled with a long list of names ; but we cannot forbear from expressing our painful astonish ment at the sums put down by most of the great banking houses of Paris. At a moment when it is necessary to enlarge credit, when the citizens of all classes are imposing upon themselves the greatest sacri fices to ensure to the State the resources of which it is in need, it is, to say the least, unaccountable that mete notoriously the possessors of colossal fortunes, should not come more generously to the succour of that com merce from which they are derived. It would cost us a severe pang were we to expose to the public opinion the names of the subscribers and the amounts of their sub scriptions. However, if we are driven to it, we must make up our minds to the task. Not that we pretend to constrain any person to tax himself—we only wish that a true judgment may be passed upon the sincerity of certain declarations by the manner in which they have been acted up to. The apparent enthusiasm and reality of the adhesions avowed are proved by the produce of francs and centimes on the lists of which we have spoken. It is the unquestionable right of every man to remain master pf his own fortune; but the Republic has an equal right to refuse to accept as alms that which is only given through fear. It demands voluntary sacri fices, no doubt, but they should be serious and efficacious. Now the sums subscribed are absolutely derisive. It there be any doubt of this we shall call upon the public to decide. Will that be agreeable to these gentlemen?" In the same journal (which is the organ of the Provisional Government) we rejoice to find the fol.. lowing on the subject of the English alliance : " The Journal des Debuts expresses an apprehension that a phrase in the report of the Minister of Finance may offend England. That journal may be reassured: peace will not be compromised for such a trifle, and Great Britain will show herself less susceptible than the Journal des Debats. Under the monarchy of Louis Philippe England was long flattered. Then, when the alliance appeared a necessity for the dynasty, it was considered worth purchasing at any price. At a later period, it is true, another interest commanded a different language; but at bottom, in both cases, the Government and its organs were wanting in sincerity. The case is quite different at present; an alliance is formed on the common interests of nations, and not with a view to the personal advantage of a family. Henceforward there is no more need of flattery or abuse: between two great nations all that is required is truth. The Debats, which is at present somewhat put out by the late events, will soon perceive that the policy of the French Republic does not exist by lying tricks; and it will soon see that leis not diplomatic rouerie and royal finesse that are suited to the austere frankness of a Government, saying all that it thinks, and doing all that it says." 1 All parties are preparing for the elections. The Journal des Debats puts forth the following, which may be considered as the programme of the wreck of the Guizot party : " We owe to cur readers, to the public, to the Go vernment—a frank d ec l arat i on . If we said that we were exceedingly in favour of the new form of government, and that a sudden inspiration had changed and renewed cur ideas, no one would believe us. Such a profession of faith on our parts would justly inspire only contempt or distrust. It would be supposed that we were afraid, or that we conceal under such eagerness, which could not but excite suspicion, a secret hostility. Such is not the position which w e have taken up, and which we wish to guard. We admit the fact—we are the conquered of February. That word we pronounce without any feel ing of vengeance or of hatred. Our ideas relative to the form of government have fallen; others have triumphed. We sincerely wish that they may be more fortunate than ours, and that, putting an end to the long era of intes tine discords, they may ensure the happiness and liberty of France. But the question of the Provisional Go vernment is far, in our opinion, from being the only question which men of sense have to devote themselves to o What has France been seeking for the last sixty years ? Her predominant want has no doubt changed according to the period. he 1789 the country sought above all for liberty. After the great storms of tee revolution, it sought for civil security, the end of proscriptions ; and France, so to speak, ran to meet the despotism which presented itself as the restorer of society. For the last thirty years it is the conciliation or order mid liberty that France wishes for. This it was supposed at first was found in the alliance of ese old legitimacy with a charter accorded to the fundamen tal principles of the revolution. That is what we our selves thought was founded in the contract of 1830. The conciliation of order and liberty, that is the problem; and the form of government which shall resolve it will be the best. Under all forms of government France has a right to demand security of persons and respect of property, a regular and impartial justice, humane and moderate laws, a liberty more or less extended—a true liberty—liberty of thought, liberty of worship, liberty of election, combined in such a manner as that the majority may have the power and the minority be not oppressed. France, for the last sixty years, only asks for that. These principles may be defended under the Republic as under the Monarchy, and it is one's duty to do so—the form of government is only the means. These means are imperfect, and we cannot suppose that any sincere republican can persuade himself that the republican form answers for everything, decides every thing, is everything. Passions exist under the republic as under the monarchy: there are factions—there are ardent, immoderate, uneasy minds, which contradiction irritates, which know no liberty but their own, and which never once consider that to impose their ideas on others is to be tyrannical. Under the Imperial Government, France had order without liberty. At present, she desires to have liberty with out order. There is, therefore, always for good citi zens, no matter to what party they may have previously belonged, en honourable part to play in political life. The principles of order and liberty will not defend them selves. We say to our friends, Go to the election,' as vie said to them a few days back, ' Lend your cce operation to the Provisional Government.' What we recommend them to do, we shall do ourselves by the press—no systematic hostility, no despair, a frapk co operation in all th a t i s good, alliance with the moderate men who wish to hare order and liberty under all regimes —no opposition to a simple form of goverment. Such is our programme, without any concealment. We have ourselves adopted it, and we recommend our friends to do so. We have not hesitated to praise in the acts of the Provisional Government what appeared to us to be well intentioned. We praise it above all for having sought the abolition of the pain of death in poli tical matters, to inaugurate into the new Republic a now spirit of mildness and humanity 1 Such acts shall always receive our approbation ; we shall be silent only - on what may shock our habits, our personal j sentiments, our own ideas. We shall blame with mo • deration, but with liberty, what may appear to us contrary to the interest.; of France, and to the prin ciples of justioe and order. For ourselves, what do we demand ? We said it on the first day—as much liberty as our adversaries have had when our ideas triumphed ! " • The National recommends that none but tried Republicans should be returned. It says-- -- " We can comprehend that the grert.t events which have just been accomplished have destroyed many illu sions, dissipated many phantoms. This revolution, so unexpected, and which was the work of some hours, the royal edifice fallen to pieces at the first shock, the throne carried away by a blast of wind, must have singularly shaken the faith of the partisans of the monarchical in stitution. What perished so quickly was not long lived, that is certain. The unanimous assent «hich greeted the idea of a republic, the facility with which order was restored, the calm which reigns everywhere, prove clearly enough that certain terrers are chimerical There must, therefore, have been some sincere conver sions; there will be others, no doubt; and democratic ideas will not delay, we hope, to unite all well-thinking men, all loyal hearts, to the country. They will not hesitate to openly recognise their error and give in their adhesion withe Such clearness that their honour may be pledged. M. G. de Beaumont has done so, and others, probably, will follow his example. As to those whose conviction is not yet entirely formed—who submit t.• the Republic as a fact, without adopting it as a principle —who only see in the work now iu preperation an ex periment of which the success is doubtful, their honour torbids them, in our (Onion, to viddle with the matter Let tie m wait. Conviction will come to them some day or other ; but until then let ti:eni abstain, remaining simple spectators. In the interest of the: country, in tiisir own interest, we di•f in it right to give this c unsel. They may Wow it or not, just as they please ; but in the latter case we strongly recommend the Central Committee to oppose their election by every means in their power. We shall ourselves join all our efforts to theirs, and we do not think that in doing so we shall be wanting in either r quity or moderation. Moderation and justice do not exclude prudence." The Atelier, which is edited by M. ALBERT, and which is the organ of the working classes, recom mends as the Members for Paris,—the Members of the Provisional Government,—Citizens LAMENNAIS, CADET, CONSIDERANT, BUCHEZ, PIERRE, LEROUX, and eighteen ouvriers. The Moniteur publishes several additional acts of the Government. The first abolishes flogging in the navy. The following is the decree.— " The Provisional Government, considering that corporal chastisement degrades men, that it is the duty of the Republic to :efface from the laws all that can wound human dignity ; that it is a good example to give to the world, and that the suppression of corporal punishment, in strengthening in the navy the feeling of honour, cannot but give to the sailors a higher idea of their duties, and inspire them with respect for themselves and for the laws of discipline, decrees that the punish ments of the gauntlet, keel-hauling, and flogging are abolished ; that until a complete revision of the penal maritime code they shall be replaced by imprisonment in the cachot fur periods varying from four days to a month. " Paris, March 12." The following is the second decree : " The Provisional Government informed that in several towns demands for liberty made by persons detained for commercial and civil debts have been rejected, on the ground that the decree of March 9, 1848, cou!cl not be retro-active, decrees that all persons detained for civil or commercial debts shall be immediately and provision ally set at liberty, in virtue of the decrees rendered on the 9th March, 1648, by the Provisional Government. " Hotel de Ville, March 12, 1848." A third decree abolishes the Council General of the Seine, and places the department under the direction of the Mayor of Paris, on the ground that as the Municipal Council of Paris was dissolved, the Coun cil-General of the Seine should meet the same fate. The fourth decree reduces the number of ordinary Councillors of State from thirty to twenty-five, and announces that the following Councillors have been dismissed:—Messrs. Jacqueminot de Ham, Felix Real, ex-Deputy ; J. Haubersart, ex-Deputy; Mottet, ex-Deputy ; Tupinier, ex-Peer; Liad:eres, ex-Deputy. It appoints the following to be Coun cillors of State :—M. iioulatinier and M. Vieillard, ex-Deputy. The same decree dismisses five maitres des requeles from their functions, namely MM. Lelorgue, d'ldeville, Debonnaire, de Gif, Achile Guilhem, Rudon de Beaupreau, and Laffon-Ladebat, and appoints MM. Daverde and 1 urmet in their places. Several other decrees follow, changing the law officers in different parts of France. The long list of dismissals closes with that of M. Vatout, the Royal Librarian under the late dynasty, and Presi dent of the Council of Public Buildings. We read in La Presse : "A considerable number of journeymen joiners who had assembled to convene upon their own situation were alluding to the 1,000,000 f. to the civil list, Which the Provisional Government had promised to distribute among them, when at the moment of the arrival of Louis Philippe and his family at London in a state of complete deprivation was announced. Upon hearing this news one of the men present said Sacristi ! that is very hard upon them. I tell you what should be done. The ad. vice of Beranger should be followed. A million distri buted amongst us would be but a very few francs a-piece. Well, then I Let it be sent to the ex King. The aims of the poor do honour to misfortune " BOURSE—PARIS, MONDAY, MARCH 13. Scarcely any business worth speaking of was trans acted to-day, and a general decline has taken place. At first the attendance was exceedingly slight, but towards the close the hall was crowded. The Three per Cents. opened at 501., and closed at 49f., being a fall of 2f. on the day. The Five per Cents. opened at 77f., and after touching 74f. closed at 74f. 50c., or 21. 50c. lower. The Four per Cents. were quoted at 65f., or 3f. lower. Bank of France shares have again gone down 75f., being quoted at 1,725 f. Roman closed at 69f., or 3f. lower. The suspension of payments of the banking houses of Bandon, of Estienne, and of Fourchon, . were a good deal spoken of all day, but did not excite much surprise, having been for some days expected. In rail way shares the depreciation has been exceedingly heavy. Orleans closed at 8001., or 50f. lower ; Rouea at 4101., or 451. lower; Havre at 2001., and Marseilles 275 f., both 20f. lower ; Northern 340 f., or 12f. 50c. lower; Lyons at 290 f., cr 71. 50c. lower ; Strasburg at 3371. 50c., or 51. lower ; Nantes at 328 f. 75c., or 31. 75c. lower ; Bor deaux at 3971. 50c., or 21. 50c. lower. The matters that show better prices are Versailles (Left Bank), which closed at 110 E, or 101. better ; the Obligations de la Ville at 1,0101., or sf. better, and Piedmont at 820 f., or 201. better. As on the preceding days, everything was done for cash. Bons du Tresor remain unnegociated. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 13. Boulogne and Amiens, 6 --,Duteh Rhenish, %—Northern o f F rance , 3 Orleans and Bordeaux, 2 1 / 3 —Paris and Lyons, 1 1 / 2 —Paris and Orleans, 35—Paris and Strasbourg, Sambre and Meuse, 5 4. LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAaCU 14.—Wind N.N.W., light breeze, and fine clear weather. RAMSGATE, MARCH 13.—The Dorothea, Visser, from Batavia to Amsterdam, :which put in here on the 4th inst., leaky and with foremast sprung, commenced dis charging to-day. LYTHAM, MARCH 13.—The Branch Miller, of Dunbar, from Leith to Liverpool, went ashore this morning on the Salthouse Bank, at the entrance of the river Ribble; she has sustained some damage, but it is expected she may be got off. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 13.—The Miltiades, Croom, from New Orleans, in attempting to enter the Albert Dock, struck against the pier head, lost cutwater, &c., and anchored in the river. A schooner is on shore near Southport, the lile•boat has gone to her assistance. The Majestic, Corkhill, of Ramsey, from the Clyde to Run. corn, with pig iron, struck on the North Bank this morning and sank; crew saved. PLYMOUTH, AiARCH 12.—Four boxi , s of ,pecie were sated Irow the Libra, Gibbons, from Oporto. abandoned in at. 47, lon. 5. MEVACISSEY, MARCH 10.—The Post Boy was passed dismasted and abandoned 7th instant, eighteen miles N.W. of Jersey, by the Judy, Johnson, arrived here. ILFRACOMBE, MARCH 12.—Part of the stern of vessel, marked " Olivia, of London," has come on shore near this place. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 13.—Arrd. Johanna Maria, Leipsic, Rotterdam for Batavia, with loss of sails, and pumps choked; 'Tropic, Clark, London for Barbadoes. Sailed 13th, Isle of Wight, Mauritius; Amiga, Algoa Bay ; Helena, Catharina, Nickerie, Ida, Dubinia, Surinam. I POOLE, Menai 11.—Arrd. Cider, Hart, Oporto. PENZANCE, MARCH 1 1.—Arrd. William Clements, Llanelly for Falmouth, with bulwarks stove, and jibs split. DEAL, MARCH 13.—Wind N.N.W. to N.W.—Arrd. Bowes of Streatam, Newholm, Penang; Sarah Bell, Richardson, Mauritius ; John Andersen, Laurence, Demerara; Alice Jane, Miller, Jamaica. Arrd. from the River and sld. Cot4ord, Williams, Sierra Leone; Vicar of Bray, Sawyer, Lima; Chaucer, Barbadoes. 2rlumaus, MARCH 11.—Arrd. Medium, Crosby, St. John's, New Brunswick, for Carmarthen. JERSEY, MARCH 10.—The Post Boy schooner, of London, was towed in here yesterday, a derelict; the mast and spars, with the exception of the bowsprit, are gone, the starboard quarter stove in, and most of the bulwarks and stanchions carried away; she also appears to have been stripped. HULL, MARCH 18.—The Rob Roy steamer, Knobker, from Hamburgh, which arrived here yesterday, was in eontact with the Queen of Scotland steamer, for Ham burgh, when the former received some damage; the latter proceeded. LOWESTOFT, MARCH 13. —The Clio, Sharp, from Sunderland to St. Malo, was assisted into this harbour to-day with damage, having been in contact 10th inst. whilst at anchor in these roads, with the New William and Mary, of Ipswich. HULL, MARCH 11.—S1d. Turk, Skinner, Greenland. GRIMSBY, MARCH 12.—Arrd. Wilberforco, Skerry, Shields, for Carthagena, with damage to hull, sails, and rigging, having been run into by the Richmond Hill, of London, off the Dudgeon. SHIELDS, MARCH 11.—S1d. Franklyn, Havannah ; Herrings, Faimbreef and Quebec; Lune, Rochefort and _ . ditto; Coquet, Gibraltar and ditto; Wilton Castle, Adri and ditto. CORK, MARCH 11,—Wind W.N.W., a gale. —Arra. Brilliant, Furlong, Honduras, London. - MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) EAT IVIAIZIEETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow flay, 21 12s to 31 14e; Clove% ditto, 31 15s to 41 15s ; and Straw, 11 4s to 11 8s per load. Trade dull, at but little alteration in prices. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 13s to 31 lit i Clover ditto, 31 153 to 41 125; and Straw, 1143 to 11 10$ per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand.' WHITECHAPEL.—IIeadow Hay, 21 14s to 31 15 1 1 Clover ditto, 31 15s to 41 15s; and Straw, 1/ 3s to 11 91 per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade dill. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY•) The House sat to-day to hear 'appeals. The Pee" present were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Campbell, the Marquis of Bredaibane, and the Marquis of Sligo. TURNBULL V. COWAN. This case came before their Lordships upon an sppesl from the decision of the Court of Session. 11r,. Turnbull, the testator in the cause, died sometime, &PC leaving a widow and an only son, Thomas Tuinbulit who is a person of mental incapacity. The respondirtiSO, who is an Advocate in Scotland, was appointed his. curator bonis, and the questi,n on the cause was whether or not the yearly produce of the trust estate of Mi. W. Turnbull for a certain period subsequent to his death belonged to his son Therms, and as such ftll under the management of the respondent as his emitter bonis• ' the Court of Session decided that it .:did, and frogs that decision the appellants, who are the widow of the late Mr. William Turnbull, and the 'trustees nominated under the deed of settlement executed by him, broughs the present appeal. Mr. Stewart and Mr. Anderson were Counsel for the appellants, and Mr. Bethdl and Mr. Gowan supported the judgement of the Court below. The arguments occupied their Lordships the whole, morning, and had not concluded when our Evening Edition went to press. THE MAYOR AND CORPORATION OF LONDON V. TES ADDRESS FROM THE HUNGARIAN DIET TO THE KING OF HUNGARY. " Sire,—Late events impose upon us the sacred duty of turning our most anxious attention towards those measures which the present time makes it necessary to demand for the welfare of our own country, for the wel fare of the whole empire, and, consequently, for the welfare of our beloved Fatherland. Looking back upon our history, we feel convinced by the experience of the past, not only that it is our duty to maintain our consti tutional rights, but that by strong efforts we should have been able to strengthen and increase them but for the fact that your Majesty's Government was not in unison with our independent and constitutional Administration, and therefore no real and sincere understanding can sub sist between your Cabinet and our Government. " Tho tendency of your Cabinet is always directly opposed to that of our Administration—the one being anti-constitutional, and the other moat anxious to main tain the ancient constitution of this kingdom. But at present we see clearly that if a good understanding be not soon established, the throne of your Majesty, as well as the welfare of the whole empire, will be seriously endangered; and to prevent this great calamity, there fore, our well-known fidelity to the house of Hapsburg compels us to make the following representations. — (Here follow the same demands that have recently been made upon their Sovereigns by the various states of Ger many.) We pray your Majesty's immediate consent to these measures, and more especially that of submitting the finances to the control of your faithful States. For this purpose it will be necessary to come to a full under standing with several of the provinces of your Majesty's dominions, and, with a due reservation of our constitu tional rights, we most cheerfully offer our assistance for that object. It is further necessary for the welfare of our country, that an entirely new and separate Adminis tration be formed, independent of the rest of your Majesty's dominions, and that the Ministers it may please your Majesty to appoint be at the same time made responsible to the majority of the Hungarian people. "It is in this sense that we interpret our most im portant mission ; and to come to a full and thorough understanding with your Majesty, upon these matters of vital importance our fixed and unalterable deter mination. _ _ . " Our fidelity to your Msjesty compels us to repeat, in the strongest terms, that it will not be our fault, Uut that of your Maj..sty's Government, if peace be not pro served at home and sufficient protection afforded against invasion from abroad. (The signatures.) "Presburg, March 6,184 g." We learn from Prague, under the date of the Bth instant, that some disturbances had occurred there, which resulted in an address from the City Council to the EMPEROR, making the same demands as have lately been preferred to most of the German So vereigns. The Zeitungsha// of the 10th inst. contains the following, under date Presburg, sth inst.— " The greatest agitation prevails here. The fate of Hungary and of the monarchy depends on the resolu tions the King will will adopt. The exchange of couriers with Vienna is very active. The Hungarian nobility reckons 150,000 men able to carry arms. The Archduke Palatine lett yesterday for Vienna, not to be obliged to preside at the Chamber of Magnat3 and proclaim the adoption of the address of the Second Chamber. The address was read, but its adop tion is postponed until the return of the Archduke Palatine. Count Batthyany, chief of the Opposition, questioned the right of the Archduke to suspend the deliberations and resolutions of the Chamber by his departure. The House adjourned amidst the greatest agitation. The Archduke returns this evening. To morrow the Chamber of Magnats will pass the address. The least delay might compromise all. The king must make concessions in order to obviate immoderate pre tensions." The Carlsruhe Gazelle of the 11th inst. publishes A decree of the Grand Duke of BADEN, abolishing all feudal rights. Madrid papers of the 7th have arrived. The QUEEN had expressed the most lively satis faction at the intelligence which she had received on the previous day of the safe arrival of her sister the Due Duchess of 11.1ORTPENSIER in London. On the even ing of the 6th th e p e titi o n from the Progressista press was presented to the QUEEN by a deputation, con sistingof Senors CORRADI, LERIN, LABRADOR, PRINCIPE, and LUZARO. On delivering the ,petition into her MAJESTY'S hands, Senor CORRADI addressed the QUEEN as follows : " Senora,—The Committee of the Progressista press has the high honour of placing their petition in your Majesty's hands, with the object that you may deign to deny your sanction, when the time arrives, to the project of law presented by the Government to the Cortes, asking authority to suspend the personal guarantees, and to raise 200 millions upon the public fortune. "The right of saying the truth to Sovereigns is as ancient, Senora, as the traditions of the monarchy. In this conception, and when there is no symptom that can give even a pretext for measures so alarm ing, the adoption of them in such circumstances would he to inflict an insult on the proved loyalty of the Spanish people, whose blood and patriotism secured the Crown upon your Majesty's brows, in the days of proof and of danger. " There exists not a single Spaniard, Senora, who ATTORNEY GENERAL. The LORD CHANCELLOR, at the conclusion of the arguments in this case yesterday, gave judgment affirming the decision of the Court below. Lord CAMPBELL, who was present, concurred in the judgment of the Lord Chancellor. The case came before their Lordships upon appeal from the decision of the present Master of the Rolls. The original question et issue in the case is, whether the Crown or the mayor and corpo - ro;tion,of the city of London is the owner Of the soil or':Optitid of the Thames between high and low water marks. .4 bill was filed by the Attorney-General to determine the,question, and to that bill the mayor and corporation of London demurred, on the ground of want of equity, as the matter at issue was determinable at common law. The Master of the Rolls overruled the demurrer; and from that decision the present appeal wan brought. Judgment below affirmed, and the appeal dismissed with costs. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) PEACOCK V. PINSON. The further arguments in this part heard cause were resumed to•day and occupied his Lordship the Master a the Rolls the whole morning. The object of the suit was to obtain the specific performance of an agreem( et for the purchase of certain property at 'Upper Holloway. near the Highgate Archway. VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND ) The arguments in this case of Sewell v. Murray, the facts of which are of no importance except to the parties concerned, occupied his Honour the whole morning. (Before the Vice Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE ) EXPARTE NASH V. RE NASH. The further arguments in this part heard bankrupt petition, the object of which was to annul the fiat, oc• cupied the Court the entire day. (Before the Vice-Chancellor WICRAM.) MORRISON V. MORRISON. His HONOR was engaged the whole of Saturday, yes terday, and to-day, onexceptions taken to the Master's report on this cause on matters of account. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) The March general sessions commenced this nicrning at the Sessions-house, Clerkenwell-green, before Om) Assistant-Judge and several county magistrates. Three brothers of the name of Burn, all aged under 20 years, were convicted, with a lad named Whiting, of stealing a piece of bacon from a shop in Chapel-street v Westminster. Whiting was recognised as a reputed thief, and was sentenced to six months' imprisonment, with hard labour. The others were sentenced to be im prisoned and kept to hard labour for three months only. LATE AND IMPORTANT FROM RIO JANEIRO. The following is an extract from a private letter re ceived at Liverpool, dated Rio Janeiro, Jan. 24, 1848 " Lord Howden has communicated to the commercial body, through our Consul, that all his endeavours to con• tract a treaty with the Brazilian Government had been frustrated, and that in consequence all further negotia tions are suspended until he receives instructions from the Government at home, which he expected by the January packet. " Should nothing be arranged between the two Cabi nets, imports of British produce will be amenable to one third more duties than articles of the growth and manu facture of other countries whose laws are more favourable to Brazilian interests." PACKAGES Fon II&R MAJESTY.—SeveraI packages, enveloped in oilskin, arrived at Dover towards the close of the past week by the Government packet Widgeon, from Ostend, addressed to her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. They were immediately forwarded by the Government authorities at that port by the railway to town, and were duly delivered on the following day at Buckingham Palace. This is the fourth or fifth arrival of a similar nature from the same Belgian port at Dover for her Majesty within the past fortnight. A further arrival of this nature took place on Sunday by the Widgeon from Ostend, which was, as in former in stances, dispatched by the authorities to the Palace without de lay. BIRMINGHAM, MONDAY, MARCH 13.—The Town Hall has been let to the Chartists for a public meeting, in order to " a grand expression of congratulation to Republican France," on Wednesday next, at noon, it being stipul a t e d th a t t h e procee di ngs s h a ll c l ose at six in the evening. The impression universally prevails that there is no danger of any serious outbreak among our population; the rather that the manufacturing ope ratives of the surrounding districts are better employed industrially than they would be in attending mectinge politically. Most of them are fully employed at t emu nerative wages, and are not likely to risk a good shop of work by absenting themselves on so barren an once sionas the present. _ MANCHESTER, MARCH 13.—CHARTIST MEETING. —The Salford Chartist meeting took place this evening. It was a numerous and orderly assembly. An soldress of congratulation to the French people was unanimously adopted; as also a resolution of perseverance in peaceful agitation until the charter should have become the law of the land. The speeches were distinguished by much moderation, as contrasted with the language used else where on similar occasions, or here in bygone days. The chair was occupied by a respectable working mau,named Hyde, and all the speakers were of the same class. Man chester is quite tranquil. The Westminster Reform Society mat yesterday, and after a lengthened discussion agreed to the following resolution:—" That considering the frequently shown reluctance of this and previous Cabinets to initiate and carry into law practical political reforms, whereby th• tranquillity of the country has been seriously endan gered, this society is of opinion that the exigencies of the country require the official assistance of men who,, by their station in life, are acquainted with the wants t and feelings of the public, and who, unbiassed by ['arty, could act in a way suitable to the increased intelligence of the people." MISSING SHIP JANET THOMAS.— There mania , now no doubt as to the melancholy fate of this ship, and it is to be feared that none of the numerous crew survive to tell the tale of her disaster. She sailed from - Greenock on the 19th of April last, two days after the ship Merlin, of Greenock, which sailed for New York on the 17th, and has never since been beard of ; and there seems now but too good reason to conclude thaC she and the Miklin perished, with all on board, in the same storm. The last date from Valparaiso is lit January, up to which no tidings of her had been heard; and the only hope which existed—that of her baring put into the Falkland Islands—was dissipated by the account carried out by the Sir Charles Forbes, which vessel touched there without seeing or hearing anything concerning her.—North British Mail. THE SPEAKER'S LEVEE.—The names of Mr. Thornely, Mr. Brotherton, and 111 r. Henry, were acci dentally omitted from the list of Members at the Speaker's Levee, on Saturday last. Mr. H. B. Clive (Ludlow) paired off in favour of Mr. Hume's amendment upon the income-tax with Viscount Newport. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY.—The royal mail steam ship Caledonia, Captain Leitch, after having been de tained one day by Admiralty order, sailed to-day for Halifax and Boston with the mails and forty passengers. BIRTHS. On the 9th inst., at Onslow•square, Brompton, the wi'e of the Rev. J. R. Crawford, M.A., of a son. On the 10th inst., at Weybridge, the wife of George Lithils, Esq., of a son. On the lOth inst., at Arborfield, Streatham-hill, Mrs. W. L. Leaf, of a son. On the 10th inst., at Wandsworth-common, Mrs. J. Ji.aes, of a daughter. On the 10th inst., at Portsmouth, the wife of the Rev. G. Vernon Housman, of a son. On the 10th inst., at Downe, Kent, the wife of the Rev. L Innes, of a son. MARRIED. On the Bth inst., at St. George's, Camberwell, Captain C. M. Brook; of the Kent-road, to Jana Pennefather Latham, eldest daughter of W. 11. Lathan, Esq., of Hamilton Abbey, Fethard, county of Tipperary, Ireland. DIED. On Saturday, March 11, at Bournemouth, Isabella, th• beloved wife of Thomas Gambier Parry, Esq., of Highnam Court, Gloucester. On the 7th inst., in Hobart-place, Eaton-square, General Mundy, aged 71. London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG. at No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, 1 4 10. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county et Middlesex, Tuesday, March 14, IE4B. - ~~ km to ti t 111 Ath It* I ta t to WI et