The Sun. — London, England, 1848-04-19 00:00:00

Ecker aforde, which the Danes were defeated with a loss of forty prisoners. HANOVER, APRIL 14. . Y( i fierday, Advocate Clausten arrived here from Kiel, - with in Formation of the late Danish victory, and re( iueatin• g further and immediate aid. HAMBURG 11, APRIL 15. This in or thug two battalions of Oldenburg in fantry ar rire.d from Thergedorf, marched through to Altona, And • were for , warded instantly by railway to Horst. A Pruss ia' a detachment and 100 horse were for warded at t. be same time to Rendsburg. To-morr battery wi env a battalion of llanoverians and one II leave this city for Wrist. Anothe .t• battery of Prussian artillery has this morning arrived, and will proceed to• morrow to Rendsb , irg. HESSE CASSEL. Ord et , assel iby has been completely restored in Hesse c constitutional means. HAN OVER. 7he T Minister. 'reser Zeitung of the 9th says, that the declared, in a closed sitting, that, according to an of tidal declaration, England will maintain erdral utrali e. army ty in the federal war against Denmark, if the ec' will guarantee the safety of English alibi A and English property. Upon this the States "tel One sum of 500,000 dollars for the expedition to S(klesverig-Elolatein. FRANKFORT. At the sitting of the Germanic Diet on the 14th, WArraa:Nnerm was admitted as a deputy in the Place of M. DB LENTLIE. The deputy horn Denmark thr - the duchies of Holstein and De Lauen rug had giv en in his resignation to the Diet the day befor e in consequence of the resolution passed relat ive to the affairs of Schleswig-Holstein. O t l ae ;re port o f th e C om mittee of Revision, all the Govern mrents had been requested to make known, without delta' the shortest period in which all the deputies of the National Assembly could be con voked. BADEN. letter from Carlsruhe, of April 13, in the Cologne C7-az ette of the 17th, says :—" We have just received ir itf:lligence that FLECISER and SntuvE, ac oompaniad ,by several officers, have arrived at Stor lael; a " are preparing for a revolt. The military here con isista of from 2,000 to 11,000 men, and it is confidently hoped they will be able to reduce the anarCb llta in a few days." ITALY• LOMBARDY. „The followi ng i s th e latest o ffi cial account received froth the head-quarters of the army of CHARLES ALERT. d EIH AD"qtrARTERS AT VOLTA, APRIL 12.--Yester daythe Croatian s s e t fire to the town of Castel u ° 7o . The cries of the unfortunate inhabitants Were heard at this place. It is said that that the Austrians to the number of Lefty or fifty thousand have evacuated Y ale gg io. "en T. l iedmontese were killed at Goitc'. A hfAily of the Austrian army, numbering 9,000 lin ens which was on its way to Italy, has been "nu termanded, in consequence of fears entertained r egarding a movement in Galicia, Dalmatia, and Croatia. • The head-quarters of the Sardinian army were transfer red from Castiglione to Volta, on the 11th. A hitter, dated April 10, from the borders of the Lake of Gardu, says— " Pour columns of volunteers, directed by the General in-Cb.ief Allemandi, have this morning attacked the tovva of Peschiera, which has been entire l y invested ' 4 renn the lake by the steam-boats, and by land from the aide of Dezenzano. The Piedmontese troops attacked the city by the Vorona gate. The cannonade com menced at ten o'clock in the morning, and we hope the town will surrender to the volunteers and to the Pied montese troops." A later account says— '• From Peschiera we learn that two columns of volun• teers had seized the powder magazine of that fortress, Which contains 500 barrels of powder; 65 Croatians Were taken prisoners in this affair." It is said the fortress surrendered on the 11th. " A letter from Venice, which has just arrived, states that Verona has been taken by the Piedmontese army." This news is confirmed by the latest accounts. Lieutenant-General Colic' arrived on the 12th at the Piedmontese head-quarters, with letters from t he Tuscan General FERRARI, placing the 5,000 Tuscans under his command at the disposal of CHARLE S ALBERT. Two hundred Neapolitans a rrived at 13rescia on the 10th, and announced that 12,000 Neapolitan regular troops were to arrive at 1, 4 ' 64 on that day, and 10,000 more were on the Lower Mantuan territory with artillery. Another "%Igen:lent is said to have taken place at Villareggio, bear Peschiera, with a successful result on the part of the Itali ans. ' ,_Twel ve h undred Venet i ans h ave b een d e f ea t e d a t 41 . ontebello, near Vi cenza , by a b o dy of 6,000 Austr ian infantry and cavalry. The greater part of the 'V enetians were the students who volunteered f rota Padua and Venice. Many were killed, The P rov i sional Government at Milan have taken t he title of the Central Provisional Government of °llll3 and ar dY, pronounced a dissolution of all local v rovision a l G overnments, having invited the pro 2:ea to sen d delegates to Milan. The follow i ng "i° nutte e have been appointed to prepare and pre :tilt I mmediately a project of law, to r egu late the " v ocation of the primary assemblies, and to collect end verify their suffrages Alessandro Perro, Commissaire du Gouvernement, ?resident ; Gi oac hi no B asev i, P ao l o B uss i, Gi ovann i t erc het Cons. Giuseppe Borghi, Carlo G a tt aneo , k r l vl * Filippo Deboni, Avv. Costantino liant ovan i, .n,`4ovanni Martinengo Villagana, Prete Andrea Me -171 prop os t o di S. Franceico dit Paola, Giueseppe ' , Sri, Cons. Pietro Robecchi. The Provisional Government has, as was stated, s=pelled the Jesuits. Fifteen convents of that society la Lombardy have been closed, and their entire pro perty sequestrated. The Risor t -Timento of the 14th inst. announces that vessel had been seized on the Po laden with ammu nition, sent by the Duke of EXRDIA to the assistance of the Austrians in Mantua. VENICE AND TYROL. Trento is occupied by Austrian troops. The Aus trian authorities have declared the town in a state of siege ; cannon was pointed upon the town, which was threatened with immediate destruction at the first in dication of revolt. A special commission was sent from Innspruck to establish an arbitrary tribunal, but the attitude of the people has prevented it as yet from taking any measures. The Italian tirailleurs havin g b een ordered to march to the German lay Tyrol, ref use d ; and upon being commanded to wYoulddo" their arms, the answer was , they Germs. keepthe m , and use them against the cities n T yrolese, if any were to come. The authe having ordered the bridge on the Adige to be cut, the civic guard resolute] en y defdd it, decng that if it were don e , it would be e the signal lari of a general r evo l t. Tricoloured atn dthe cockade s are genera ll y worn by th e c i t i zens the Venetian R e p u bli c h as of "Viva ]'lt a li a " become more f requent. published sever a l decrees for the & organization of the army, the purchase of provisions The Republic has addressed manifestoe s to all the P. tohwers, in which r e n e wi n tg hat itold' friendly it declares its intention of relations with them, and proclaims w . 11 hence forth only form an integral part of the • Political league which is to unite all Italy. AMERICAN NEWS. We learn by electric telegraph from Liverpool that the Caledonia arrived yesterday at that port. She brings thirty passengers and 6,0001. on freight. The Washington had not arrived. The Hibernia was at Halifax. The news is not important. Meetings to sympathise with the French continued to be held. motion on the subject had been rejected in the U nited States Senate by a vote of 21 to 22, it being !onsidered too precipitate. There was no intelligence fr om t Mexico. Commercial affairs were in a satisfac ;ry position :—Exchange on England, 8 to P. u_teton is reported as declining ; stocks as increasing. aci stuffs were in limited demand, but prices were 4"447. Freights were more 40tive, Kam' ,siort THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday closed heavily. Sales 2,000 to 2,500 bales. American, 4id. to 514. per lb. In Railway Shares there was but little doing. The market was dull. Efforts are still making abroad in support of national credit. An influential meeting had been held at Antwerp to consider of the establishment of a Na tional Credit Association. It is proposed that there should be a voluntary subscription to provide the requisite capital, and that members should be allowed to borrow of the general fund upon the security of Public Stocks, landed property, merchandise, &e. This is upon the principle of a mutual insurance company. It is reported that the house of Jaeger and Co., in Germany, has resumed payment. The American letters are not yet delivered, but it does not appear, from the summary received, that the news are important. The loss upon the French Securities, from February to the 12th instant, was as follows: — francs. Funds—loss ... ... ... 3,285,793,811 Bank Shares ... ... 146,680,000 Railways—six lines ... 205,952,500 316,585,000 eleven lines ... 110,632.500 General total ... 3,749,060,811 The Corn Market is dull again to-day. The arrivals of Corn, and indeed of most other articles, are very large. The English Funds have been firmer to-day, and money stock is again a shade dearer than Stock for Account, a proof that the dealers and speculators are still Beers, and entertain an unfavourable opinion of continental, Irish, and other affairs. The chapter of accidents, coupled with the possibility of money becoming scarcer is in their favour, but it is - not the first time that the public have beaten the jobbers by purchases for investment, and should nothing serious occur, per haps this may happen again. Still there is fair ground for speculation. Consols have been 82 to i- for Transfer, and 81i to 82h- for Account. Exchequer-bills are 40s. to 425. premium. East India Stock is worth 227 to 230. The New Threo-aud-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 81i- to 814. In the Foreign Market the dealings have been larger. Portuguese Four per Cents. have realised 14i to 154-. and Brazilian Bonds, 65. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been marked 38 to 40. The Railway share market is very dull, but prices remain tolerably steady. ONE CLOSING t' tt IC Es OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES Bank Stock — 188 % 3 per Cent. Reduced Arms ..... 8 per Cent. Console Annuities 82 % 14 b 2 82 1 4 82% New 3% per Cent. Ann 5...... Long Anna. to expire J an. 1860 -16 1 ,4 8% India Stock 230 227 227 South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities Consols for Account ..... ... .. .82 82 1 ,E 81% 82 82% Exchequer Bills 3d. 1,000/. 500/. .. _ 4O p 40 p Small 43 40 p 40 p ONE CLOSINki PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Brazilian Bonds Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839 Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent 55 55 Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 l5 15 Ditto. Account ... ....- ..... 14 3 A% 14% Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 30% Ditto, Account 30% 30% Portuguese 5 per Cents. - Ditto, 4 per Cent 14% 14 1 ,E Ditto, Account 15% 15 1 4 Russian Bonds B4 85 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account Ditto 3 Der Cent — Ditto, Account _ 20% Dividends on the above payble in London. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild 3B 38% 40 40 Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 58 58 1 4 57% 57% PRICES OF p lap. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen 5O Amber., Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 34. Ayrshire and Galloway.. 21 % — Belfast & County Down 13 Birmingham and Ox ford Junction .... ... 20 Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley 10 •• ••• ... 13 I-4 Birming.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 101. 145... ... ........ ... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.— 734...... ... .... ..... . ' Boston Stamfd & Birm. 5 Bristol and Exeter Ditto, Thirds Buckinghamshire... 121. 4s. Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares .. 614..... Ditto Clydesdale June 50 , Chester and Holyhead... 37 1 h Ditto, Preference l5 000000 ---- . — Clarence Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports mouth Dublin and Belfast June. 25 ...... Dundalk & Enniskillen 17% ...... East Anglia, 251., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 ..... ... . — Do., 18/., E. & H.... 18 Do., 3/. 10s. . .. Eastem Counties........ 20 , Ditto, Extension, 5 per Cent., No. 1......61. 13s. 4d.... li i dis. par par Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... ...... — Do., North. & Eastern 50 Do., Quarters D0., New Eastern Union 50 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 A Ditto, Thirds .......135.4d.. .... Do. (guar. 6 percent.) 10 ...... . ...... Ditto, ditto East Lancashire Ditto, New ... 15 . ... 7 Ditto, New Quarters 6 1 4 ...... - -1.- - - 16% East Lincolnshire ... Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... ..•.„.• , • ••• Ditto, Half Shares ... 15 .. .. Ditto, Quarter Shires 12 1 ,4 Edinburgh and Northern 25 Ditto, New . 33.1, Ditto, Newport l2 Ditto, ditto, New 2 14. . .. Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorch. 2: , Ditto, New Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle ............Si. 6s. 8d... Glasgow,liil mar., & Ayr 50 - Ditto, New ... ...... ... 40 Do.Preterence Consol. 15 Great Northern Do., London and York 2 1 / 2 . — threat South. and West ( Ireland) Great North of England.loo •••••• Ditto, New, 401 5 Ditto, New, 301 3O Ditto, .New, 15/ ll% ... ...... ••• ••• Great Western B7 Ditto, h Shares 5O ...... Ditto, J% Shares Ditto, Fifths Ditto, New 17/... ... 9 %... .. 8 Huddersfield and blanch. 26 Ditto, Thirds Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ...... Ditto, Half Skares ... 25 ...... Ditto, 1 / 4 Shares Ipswich & Bury St. Edm 17% — .. ..... ....... Do., do., and Norwick 17% — ••••• Do., do., Extens. Scrip (late Camb. & Ely) 2% — ......... .... . Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 Ditto, ditto Ditto, % Shares ...... 43 ..... Do. Quarter Shares... 14% ... ... Do. Fifth5... Do. Sixteenths 6 l /4 Do. Thirds (Reg.)....10/.45...... 8% die.... B% die. 1)o. Livery. and Bury 43 ...... Ditto 1 ,4 (late Hud dersfield and Sheff.) 33 Do.(Waketield,Ponte tract, and Goole) ... 50 Do.( W. Riding Union)4/.25... ... 4 die. 4 Sic. Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 Do. 14 Shares (A)... 9 Leeds and Bradford Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 47 1 Do., Half Shares Do., (blue) Scrip... 2 _ _.. Leeds and Thirsk Ditto, New ...... ..... 26 Do., Prefer. ,6 per Ct. 3 1 ,4...... .. ••• • ...... Liverpool, Crosby and Southport . 2 — Liverp., Manchester, and Newcastle Junction... 2 1 ,4 — London & black wa11...13/. 65.8 d.... 4 4' Do. New, No. 2 , ..... .5/. 133,1 d.... Do. Extension ...... 20 London, Brighton, and 28% 284 DD O. S. o G Cu u t° a hn r B an: . . a 5 Eighths. p C0a 5 t. . .... . .. t . er " c . t . .". , 5 400 9 '' .. .. *** Do. Pref. Con.s per ct. 50 .. ... 43 Ditto, ditt0...... 1852 50 London and Greenwich 12/1524d... 84... ..... Ditto, Preference... 18/ 172 2d... 19 London and N. Western 100 126 127 126 127% Do.Quarter2 (L. & B.) 22 Ditto, New Ditto, Fifths .. 2 Do. 40/.Sliares(L. MO 20 — Do. 101. (M. & B.) A. 7% ... — Do. 101. (111. & B.) B. 7% — •• ... Do. 10/. (M. & B.) C. 1 ..... Loud. &S. W eitern I) D t . . t NN o 'Tenthscew ditto ' ! l: ( — C . ........ ........... 33 5(1 71/ C 2 . • " -- Do. — ...... w ..... 40 40 Ditto, Thirds__ London Ards,., 10 ...... , Salisbury, and Yeovil .... 11 - Londonderry&Col eraine 27 1 -A. ..... ..... Londonderry and Er . nni5...... ...... ........ 25 Lowestoft (4 per et.) . 20 .. .... . Ditto (6 p e r ct.) ..... 3 Manchester,Bu x t on , anel Matlock.. ...... 3 Manchester, Sheffield, 3 % die......... 3 1 ,E dis. and Lincolnshire —.lOO ... Do. Quarters (No. 1) 13 ............. ........ Ditto ditto (No. 2)... • 25 ............... Ditto ditto (No. 3) ... 7% — ..... ...... Ditto, New Itl/. Pref... 7% 7 ............... 714 Ditto ditto . 9 •••••»•• ••• Ditto ditto Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire lO ..•... ••••••••••••••• Do., Grimsby Dock l 5 Do., Manchester and Lincoln Union..... 41.2 s Manchest. & Southampt._2% lidlan - 100 — 97 Do. Consolidated Pref.loo Do., do., 504 Shares... 15 ... • ''''' Do. Birm., and Derhy100 Do. Consol. Bristol and Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 .............. Ditto, Brist. & Glocstr. 36 Ditto, ditto ... 111.35. 6d — Ditto,Leieest& Swan .. nington, 8 per ct. gu ar.loo Midland Great Western Irish Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. Newcastle and Carlisle 100 Do. Quarters 25 Newrnrk et Ez Cheiterford 184_ 97% 7 , 114; 2 Do. Extension ...... —2l. 125.... Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford 6 .....• Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, NV arrenpoint, and Rostrevor -15 Norfolk 100 Do. New 201. ... ...... 5 Do. Extension Do. Guaranteed 51, t pe. 5 , Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 Northern Counties Union 4 North British 25 Do. Half Shares 124.... Do. quarters Do. Extension Dittn Thirds North & South-Western 2 •_••••••• •*'''' North Staffordshire lO ...... 6% ifs •• North Wales North Western. 7 Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ...... 40 ... Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Royston and Ilitchin 1% Scottish Central Scottish Midland 22% • Ditto, New ... 10 Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole (Nor. Div.) 5 2 0 itt Do. do. (Sou. Div.) 2%...... -- ... — Shrewsbury and Birm... 7 ...... Ditto ditto. Class B. 4 ...... :Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) l6 Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 ...... .. •••• Ditto Oswestry ...... 14 Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref. 6 Shrewsbury and Herefd. 2 Shropshire Union South Devon 40 Do. Preference South Staffordshire South Eastern Do., No. 1 24 Do., Ne. 2. Do., No. 3 .-.... ...... 20 ...... ... ........ Do., No. 4 South Wa1e5............... 23 South Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole 3 Swans. & Loughor &Ca- _ meron's Staff. Coal. ... 6 l'aw Vale Extenaion .•. •.. 00000000 Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath ... .. ...... 4 Waterford and Kilkenny 13; g .,.... Waterford and Limerick 40 Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin .. 3 .... . Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... .. ...... 42% Do. do. do. ... 25 W est Cornwall .... Nrliitehaven & Furness 11 Windsor, Staines, and South Western ..... ... 7 Wilts, Somerset,& Wey mouth York, Newcastle, and Berwick. Do. Original New and Berwick Do. Extension No. 1. 15 Do. do. No. 2. ..... ... 10 Do. G.N E.Preference 8 ...... 7%% 7% York and North Midland 50 Ditto, Preference Do. East and W est Rid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. - Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) ... 16 Central of Spain 2 - Ceylon Demerara ... 10 Dendre Valley, 4 Direct Bombay and Madras - ss. . ... Dutch Rhenish ...... ... 7 ....• ...... .... .. East Indian l4 - ••.• • Great Indian Peninsular ss. Italian and Austrian.... 4 Louvain Ila Sambre ... 6 Luxembourg 7 — Lyons and Avignon Madrid and Valentia... 2 ...... Namur and Liege l6 ... .• 1% 1 l l4 Northern of France...... 10 Orleans and Bordeaux 6 Over Yssel 413 s 4d..-.. Paris and Lyons lO ..... 2 Paris and Orleans ...... 20 Paris and Rouen ........ 20 Paris and Strasbourg ... 8 - ...... Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse 2O ..... ..... _ ..... _ Strasbourg and Basle Tours and Nantes .. 8 Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hassell ...... 16 West Flanders 8%..... JOINT STOCK BANKS. London Joint Stock lO British North American 50 London & Westminster. 20 Australasia - ••• ••• 00000 ••• -- Ireland 25 Provincial of _ - ... ".... ••....... Ditto New... .............. 10 - •• ••• — Commercial of London 20 — - Union of Madrid 40 National Proc. England. 35 Ditto,New ...... .. ..... 10 Colonial Union of London. lO Union of Australia ..... 25 Ditto,New.•••••••••• ••• 21,4...„. -- . National of Ireland 224...... •••• 00000000 ••• LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, APRIL 19.—Wind this day at noon S., light breeze and cloudy. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 18.—The Rambler, M`Lachlan, from Waterford to Lisbon and Rio Grande, was totally lost 7th inst., on the bar of Rio Grande; crew saved. GEELONG, DEC. 28.—The Mary, Peel, from Sydney, New South Wales to Manilla, was totally wrecked, 2d inst., on a reef, about lat. 19 S., lon. 63 E—one man drowned. MELBOURNE, JAN. s.—The Orwell, from Sydney to Auckland, New Guinea, put into Twofold, with loss of 119 head of cattle and 100 _sheep, having experienced very heavy weather. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 17.—Arrd. Sanderson, Bushby, Calcutta; Esther Ann, Hunter, Pernambuco, sailed 28th ult.; Brazil Packet, Birkett, St. Domingo; Agenoria, Hunt, Charleston; Heroine, M`Farlane, St. Michael's. 18. Rienzi, Stowe, Bonny, sailed Dec. 10, Fernando Po Jan. 14; Farienil Hall, Bangs, New Orleans, and not. the Emanuel, as reported yesterday. Sld. 18. llindoo, Calcutta; Agnes, Rio Grande; Hermitic., Vera Cruz; Caleb Grimshaw, New York; Superior, ditto; Exchange, ditto; Corsair, Halifax. FALMOUTH, APRIL 10.—The Caroline, Clyma, arrd. off this port, reports the Sam Slick as having been on shore in the Gambia, but had been got off, and con demned. PENZANCE, APRIL 17.—Tho Senator, ateam-ship, Kavanagh, from Dublin to London, which ran on shore in Whitsand Bay yesterday, broke in two last night, just abaft the engine•room ; cargo, stores, and materials saved. FIsIIGUARD, APRIL 16.—The smack Dolphin, Jones, from Cardigan to Milford, went on shore yesterday on Strumble-head, and will probably become a wreck. A Norwegian vessel, of about 300 tons, totally dis masted and water-logged, in tow of a fishing smack, was passed 17th inst. between the Dudgeon and Cromer by the City of Lincoln, steamer, arrived in the River. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHAN GE-WEDNESDAY The present week's arrival of English Wheat, coast wise, has been very moderate, viz., 2,330 quarters. To day the show of samples was small, and the finest parcels moved off steadily, at fully Monday's quotations. In the middling and inferior kinds comparatively little business was transacted, at late rates. With foreign Wheat we were somewhat heavily supplied, owing to which, sales progressed slowly, and prices were with difficulty supported. Very little Barley was on offer. All kinds ruled steady, and the currencies were well maintained. We have to notice a very dull sale for Malt, but without any decline in value. The Oat trade was firm, at very full prices. In all other kinds of grain, as well as Flour, exceedingly little was doing. ARRIVALS. 1 Wheat. Barley, I Oats. I Flour. English •• •• • • 2,330 qrs. 740 qrs. 960 ors. I 2,250 slth Irish. ..... •• • -- -- 3,490 -- Foreign ••.• I 12,490 12,360 -- 4,b70 Malt, 2,350 qrs. WITITECIIAPEZ. Our market was firm, to day, at very full prices. Beef, from 3s 4d to 3s 10d; Mutton, 4e to 5s ; Lamb, 6s to 7s ; Veal, 46 2d to 53 2d; and Pork, 4s to 5s per Sibs. by the carcase. QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) BAILEY, BROTHERS V. MACAULAY. The plaintiffs in this case are advertising; agent s , an d the action was brought to recover tho sum of 1,0001., the balance of an account due to them by the Midland Union Railway Company, of which the defendant was a managing director. A verdict was found for the de fendant, on the ground that there :was not safficient evidence to fix the liability of the defendant. Mr. WHITEHURIT now moved to set aside the verdict. The Court granted a rule. Tan COM MAINTIII6 V. ?BABOON. The Court also granted a rule in this case, which was brought for the same debt, and in which a similar ver• diet had been termini. • COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) SMITII V. DEARLOVE. This case was tried at the last York Assizes, when a verdict was found for the plaintiff for 301., being the value of a carriage and some harness which had been deposited by the plaintiff with the defendant, who is an innkeeper at Harrowgate, and upon which the defendant claimed a lien as a guarantee for the payment of 201. due to him by the plaintiff. On Monday last Mr. Baines applied for a new trial, on the ground that the plaintiff was a guest at the de fendant's inn, and, according to the law laid down in several cases, the def en d ant had a good lien upon any goods left in his possession as security for the debt in curred by the plaintiff in his character as a guest. It appeared that, although the plaintiff did not reside at the inn, he was in the habit of taking refreshment there occasionally, and had accommodation provided on the premises for his carriage and horses, and in addition, hired apartments for a friend in the inn, for tho cost Of which he rendered himself liable. The COURT gave judgment in the case this morning, observing, that the carriage and harness, for which the action was brought, were not received by the defendant iu his character as innkeeper; the plaintiff not being a guest at his house at the time, and that the supply of refreshments from time to time, and the accommodation provided for the plaintiff's friend, were entirely distinct contracts from that under which the carriage and har ness were received. The Court were, th( refore, of opinion that the verdict was right, and on that ground refused to grant a new trial. - Rule accordingly refused. RICHARDS V. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY. This action, which was brought to recover the value of a box containin g tr i n k ets an d other articles of con siderable value, which was lost by the wife of the plain tiff while journeyin g to London by the railway, was tried at the last sittings at Guildhall, when a verdict for 1501. was found for the plaintiff. The COURT, upon application this morning, granted a rule to show cause why there should not be a new trial. SECONDARIES'.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary POTTER*) CHAPMAN AND ANOTHER V. HOLMES. This was an action to recover the sum of 1561. for advertisements inserted in a newspaper called the Railway Director, which was published during the rail way mainia. The defendant was sued as one of the directors of the Somerset and North Devon Junction Railway Company and Porlock Harbour and Dock Company. Mr. Cox, who appeared as counsel for the plaintiffs, said that the defendant, by suffering judgment to go by default, admitted his liability. The Learned C OUNSEL said the scheme wa s somew h a t extraordinary, being for a ra ilroad between Porlock and Bridgewater, and the formation of a dock and harbour at the former place, although the population was not much above 50, certainly not 100. Evidence was adduced to prove the insertion of the advertisements in accordance with the orders of the defendant, and a verdict was given for the amount claimed. CHARTIST CONVENTION. (THIS DAY.) The delegates met this morning at nine o'clock, and after having read several letters from the newly-ap pointed agitators, setting forth their success in the pro vinces, proceeded to consider the propriety of a motion brought forward by Mr. Clarke, to the effect that the elections to the proposed National Assembly should be postponed for a week, on the ground that as her Ma jesty's Ministers would be out of town they would not be able to present the memorial to the Queen. Mr. BHERRIN and several other delegates opposed the motion, on the ground that the few members then re maining in town ought not to interfere with the sesolu firm passed by the full Convention. Mr. HARNEY wished to know, in order that he might be guided as to the vote he should give upon the ques tion, whether there were any funds in hand to pay the expenses of the National Assembly when they met ? Mr. CLARKE (who fills the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer) stated that the expenses of the meeting of the forthcoming Assembly would be about 3001. per week, and that at present _there was no funds what ever in hand, and :he begged further to state that to wards paying the expenses of the present convention the executive had already drawn upwards of 1001. from the resources of one gentleman. Several of the delegates thought that these disclosures ought not to be made matters of public notoriety, but should have been brought forward in committee, and they suggested that the gentleman who had advanced the funds required for the expenses of the committee should be immediately repaid. Mr. SHERRIN stated that he had been paid all his ex penses by his constituents, and he believed that any de legate who was not paid by his constituents had no busi ness to have a seat at the table. Mr. REYNOLDS, upon hearing this, rose with great in dignation, and said that after having heard those expres sions he would leave the Convention, and have nothing further to do with its proceedings, and accordingly left the room, through the intervention of some of the dele gates, however, he was brought back again. Mr. SHERRIN having offered an humble apology, all apprehension as to anything like a breach of the peace taking place was removed by th e two gentlemen accept ing each other's hand, and Mr. Reynolds, imitating the conduct of his honourable leader in another assembly upon a recent occasion, gene rous ly expressed himself perfectly satisfied ; and trusted that henceforth they should be better friends than ever. The successive scenes of the retreat, the return, and the reconciliation, caused great excitement, and the result was hailed with acclamations by the strangers in the gallery. After some further discussion, the original motion was agreed to by a large majority, and the sittings of the National Assembly postponed until the Ist of May. Mr. HARNEY then brought forward a resolution to the effect, that the proposed national memorial to the Queen should be signed by all males of eighteen years and up wards, and a separ a t e memorial should be signed by women, setting forth the reasons for supporting the Charter. He thought that some such step was abso lutely necessary, in order to redeem the character of the Chartist body and of the Convention. Mr. GRAHAM seconded the motion. He believed that the large expressions which physical force made in that Convention, had been made use of, because they believed that they had five million of the people with them, whereas it appeared that they had not two millions, including all the fictitious names attached to the petition. The Convention had been grossly deceived as to their real strength in the country. After some discussion the rasohltion:was agreed to, and the. Convention adjourned. ARREST OF THE MEMBERS OF THE TRAINING SOCIETIES IN DUBLIN. In the House of Lords, last evening, the Marquis of Lansdowne announced that the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland had on Monday issued warrants for the arrest of all persons who had been attending military drill in Dublin contrary to law, and that the members of the Irish training societies were now in custody ; also, th a t a ll persons who had been firing at narks withi n t h e prec i nc t s o f the city o f Dublin had been proceed e d aga in s t un der the provi sions of the Dublin Police Act, by which such firing was rendered a misdemeanor. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen took an airing in an open pony carriage on Monday afternoon, his Royal Highness Prim Albert driving. His Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia arrived at Osborne yesterday afternoon, on La visit to her Majesty. His Royal Highness was attended by the Chevalier Bunsen, Prussian Minister. The royal children took airings yesterday morning. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge on Monday, at Cambridge House. I n the afternoon, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge , and t h e Princess Mary, and his Serene Highness P rince Frederi c k of Hesse, left town for Kew. A deputation from the ward o f Cri pp le gato Within, i n favour of Corporation Reform, bad an interview with L or d John Russell yesterday, at his official resid ence in Downing- street. The deputation consisted of M r. Alder man Challis, Mr. Smith (Depu t y) , Messr s. Brass, Bool e , Cusb, Lort, Bennock, and De war. o th f e th ß e ight Hon. The Marquis of Breadalban e had a n interview with ouc h Railwayse re yesterday,in theoar td of T ra d e. a t t h e office A deputation, consisting of Mr. Ja mes Chapm an , o f Wells, Mr. W. Gardner, of Wel ls, and Mr. R an dl e Commissioners iH. l' o a b f Brereton, of Blakeney, accompanied by Lord S on d es Lord Charles Townsend, Hon. Edward Coke, Dd. p an d Sir Willoughby Jones, Bart., had an interview yester day" with the Commissioners of Railways. , his health had radually Since an un favourable almost sank DONIZETTI.—This popular composer died at of f er n - o gamo on the Bth inst., after six days of great suff er i ng .. It is well known that for a long time previous Doni zetti laboured under a complete prostration of intellect, and was unable to recognise his nearest friends and somewhatr e lati v es. improved, changeA t Ber gtaomob took place, phli aboutas ce, native aan dm t town, n t hg unprecedented . popularity. —llls l u e n s d i e t r ha th n e 6 n 6 ia o l p a e d r y a . s, sDomoneizoefttwi which have the ( c ) TOR PRINCE OF PRUSSIA. —lsis Royal llighness left London yesterday by a special train, from the Nine Elms terminus of the South-Western Railway, at two o'clock, for Gosport, on arrival at which place, at about hull-past four, his Royal Highness was received with all the honours usually paid to royalty. The Commander in-Chief of the garrison, General Lord Frederivk Fitz- Clarence, K.C.8., attended with his aides-th-f"amp, Major H arve y an d Captain Wemyss; the Brigad.. Major, and also a guard of honour formed of the flank compa nies of the 9th Regiment of Foot; the band of that regiment and the colours were brought into requisition also, in honour of the illustrious Prince ; the Commander in -Chief of the port and station, Admiral Sir C. Ogle and staff ; the Admiral Superintendent, Sir Edward Parry ; and other officers and gentlemen of the estab lishment. Tho Victory saluted his Highness with 21 guns. The Prince and suite embarked in the Admiral's state barge, which put him on board th e Fi re Queen steam yacht, and his Highness left Portsmouth for the Isle of Wight At half-past four. . EVENING, APRIL 19, lB4B. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDAY. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, APRIL 17, 1848. The Queen has been pleased to appoint James Miller, M. 1)., Professor of Surgery in the University of Edin burgh, to be Surgeon in Ordinary to her Mrjesty in Scotland, in the room of James Syrne, Esq., removed from Edinburgh. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex. Royal West Middlesex Regiment of Militia—Charles William Grenfell, Esq. M.P. to be captain, March 31 WHITEHALL, APRIL 13. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Sydney Otway Husband, o f M o ld to ,in the county of Flint, Gent., be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery, LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, APRIL 17. Notice i s h ere b y g i ven , t h a t h e r Majesty will hold Drawing-rooms, at St. James's Palace, on the following days, at two o'clock, viz,:— Thursday, 11th May next. Saturday, 27th May next, to celebrate her Majesty's Birthday. Friday, 2d June next. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, APRIL 17. Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty will hold a Levee, at St. James's Palace, on Wednesday, the 17th of May next, at two o'clock. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, APRIL 14. Notice is hereby given, that, in consequence of exca vations now in progress in Windsor Castle, the floors in some of the passages are necessarily removed, and it is impossible to admit visitors to the State or Private Apartments. The issue of orders ia, on that account, unavoidably discontinued for a time. OSBORNE HOUSE, ISLE OF WIGHT, APRIL 15. It is this day ordered by her Majesty in Council, that his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury do prepare a Form of Prayer to Almighty God for the maintenance of peace and tranquillity ; and that such Form of Prayer be used in all churches and chapels in England and Wales, and in the town of Berwick-on -Tweed, on Fri day, the 21st day of April instant, and on the four Sun days following. And it is hereby further ordered, that her Majesty's printer do forthwith print a competent number of copies of the said Form of Prayer, in order that the same may be forthwith sent round and read in the several churches and chapels of England and Wales, and of the town of Berwick-on-Tweed. C. C. GREVILLE. OSBORNE HOUSE, - ISLE OF WIGIIT, APRIL 15. It is this day ordered by her Majesty in Council, that all ministers and preachers, as well of the Established Church in that part of Great Britain called Scotland as of the Episcopal Communion protected and allowed by an Act, passed in the tenth year of the reign of her Ma jesty Queen Anne, intituled "An Act to prevent the dis turbing those of the Episcopal Communion in that part of Great Britain called Scotland, in the exercise of their re ligious worship, and in the use of the Liturgy of the Church of England; and for repealing the Act, passed in the Par liament of Scotland, intituled An Act against irregular baptisms and marriages,' " do, at some time during the exercise of Divine service in their churches, congrega tions, or assemblies, on Friday, vthe 21st day of April instant, and on the four Sundays following, put up a prayer to Almighty God for the maintenance of peace and tranquillity. C. C GREVILLE OSBORNE HOUSE, ISLE OF WIGHT, APRIL 15. This day his Grace John Bird Lord Archbishop of Canterbury was, by her Majesty's command, sworn of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and took his place at the Board accordingly. liar Majesty having been pleased to appoint Chris topher Rice Mansel Talbot, Esq., to be Lord-Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the county of Glamorgan, he this day took the oaths appointed to be taken thereupon, instead of the oaths of allegiance and supremacy. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. Charles Ellis, grocer, Easthothly, Sussex. James Wade, draper, Lisson-grove, Middlesex. BANKRUPTS. Edward Benton, pawnbroker, Tottenham Court-road, to surrender April 2S and May 30, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Guy and Co., Great Queen-street. Anthony Harrison, joiner, Bootle-cum-Linacre, near Liverpool, May 2 and 26, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee, LiverNol ; Vincent and Co., Temple, London ; Irlim and Fletcher, Liverpool. Junes, Sidney, Stopford, merchant, Austin-friars, April 28, at two, and May 30, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee ; Tatum, Upton, and Johnson, Austin- friars, London. William Killard, innkeeper, Swindon, Wiltshire, May 2 and 30, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Hut ton, official assignee, Bristol; Clarke and Co., Lincoln's Inn-fields, Brown, Swindon. Lucy Churchyard, butcher, Market•hill, Woodbridge, Suffolk, May 2 and June 2, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's place, Old Jewry ; Taylor, Mark-lane; Pownall, Ips wich. Adam Marsland, silk manufacturer, Macclesfield, April 28 and May 19, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manghester; Bell, Brodrick, and Bell, Bow Churchyard, London ; Norris, Macclesfield; Grimsditch, Macclesfield. Hannah Prosser ' Wigmore-street, Cavendish-squar e , and Ann Prosser, Mount-street, Grosvenor-square, and New Bond-street, inillisers and dress makers, April 24, at two, and May 30, at twelve, at the Court, Basinghall street. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street; Rut ter and Co., Ely-place, Holborn. Diedrick John Elster and James Godfrey, merchants, Threadneedle -street, April 27 and May 25, at twelve, at the Court, Basinghall-street. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings ; Lawrance and Plews, Old Jewry-chambers. Edmund Townsend, fishmonger, Hungerford-market, and Grosvenor-street West, May 2, at twelve, and June 2, at one, at the Court, Basinghall-street. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane; Stephens, Northumber land-street. Robert Blake Webb, draper, Bury St. Edmunds, May 4, at half-past two, and June 2, at one, at the Court, Basinghall-street. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch lane ; Soles and Turner, Aldermanbury. John Shave, licensed victualler, Bristol, May 1 and 30, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol; Jones and Co., Crosby-square, London; King, Bristol. _ _ Mary Hetherington, innkeeper, Lyme Regis, Dorset shire, April 27, at twelve, and May 30, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Waring, Lyme Regis; Bishop and Pitts, Exeter; Cotton, Raymond-buildings, London. William Dyson, grocer, Wakefield, Yorkshire, May 1 and 22, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Clarke, Chancery-lane, London; Dalby, Wakefield; Cariss, Leeds. James Greenwood, worsted spinner, Bradford, York shire, April 28 and May 26, at eleven, at the Leeds Dis trict Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds; Hawkins, Now Boswell-court, London; Wells and Co., Bradford; Courtenay, Leeds. Richard Wilson, shipowner, Hartlepool, Durham, May 3, at half-past ten, and May 26, at half-past one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Allison, Darlington; Earle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. (Dividends, &c., in our next.) SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER —TUESDAY. Two THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES.-6 to 4 agst Blaze —2 to 1 agat Flatcatcher-7 to 1 agst Fern (0-10 to 1 agst Sunny-side (taken freely) -12 to 1 agst Deer stalker (t), CHESTER CUP.-1,200 to 100 agst War Eagle-18 to 1 agst Glen Saddel (0-20 to 1 agst Lightning (0-25 to 1 agst Maid of my Soul (t)-25 to 1 agst:lnheritress -27 to 1 agst Magnet (0-30 to 1 agst Enchanter (t)- 33 to 1 agat Mr. Eddison's colt-33 to 1 agst Conyng ham-100 on Conyngham agat Pyrrhus the First. DERBY.-8 to 1 agst Surplice-10 to 1 agst Springy Jack -12 to 1 agst Glendower (t to 251)-20 to 1 agst Eagle's Plume (t to 251)-1,200 to 50 agst The Fiddler (0-30 to 1 agst Fern--33 to 1 agst The Stinger-33 to 1 agst Sponge-40 to 1 agat Great Western-1,000 to 15 agst Sunnyside (t). INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING, 1848. The Suffolk Stakes of :15 SOTS. each, 5 ft if declared on Tuesday next, with 100 added if 10 accept. The Cur, 6 yrs, gat—St. Demetri, 5 yrs, Est 51b— Fistiani, 4 yrs, Bst 21b—Stultz, 4 yrs, Bst—lonia, 4 yrs, B st—Walmgate Bar Without, 4 yrs, 7st 81b—Sir Peter Laurie, 4 yrs, 7st 71 b—Wintonia, 4 yra, 7st 61b—The Admiral, 4 yrs, 7st 41b—Palma, 4 yrs, 7st lib—Circas sian Maid, 4 yrs, 7st llb—Kimblesworth, 4 yrs, 6st Nib—Paladin, 3 yrs, 6st 41b—Good Boy, 3 yrs, 6st 21b —Sword Player, 3 yrs, sst 121b—Yestas, 3 yrs, sst 91b — Chapelgourie, 3 yrs, sst 7 1b—Lovelace, 3 yrs, sst. DIONDAY. Duke of Bedford's Fistiana, 4 yrs, 9st, agst Duke of Richmond's Syrup, 2 yrs, sst 31b. T.Y.V. 'lOO sovs. h ft. TUESDAY. Lord Glasgow's Miss Sarah agst Mr. G. H. Moore's Wolfdog, Bst 51b each. A.F. 200, J ft. Off by consent. Duke of Bedford's Bridle, 4 yrs, receives 70 says, forfeit from Sir J. Hawley's Mendicant, 5 yrs, Sst 71b each. A.F. 500; 100 ft. THURSDAY. Duke of Bedford's Festus, Bst 71b, agst Sir J. Hawley's Lovelace, Bst. B.C. 200, h ft. FRIDAY. Mr. Shelley's Tarella, Sat 71b, agst Lord Glasgow's Miss Whip filly, 7st 151 b D.I. 100, h Lig) . LT ____,... , . ft. SECOND OCTOBER MEETING, 184 S. MONDAY. Lord Chesterfield's fby Jereed, out of Rhodanthe, agst Sir J. Hawley's f by Llarkaway, out of Miss Twick enham, Bst 21b each. T.Y.C. 200, h ft. FRIDAY. Lord Chesterfield's Lady Wildair agst Lord Glasgow's Miss Sarah, Bst 51b each. A.F. 200 ; 20 ft. NEWTON, 1848. Acceptances for the Lord of the Manor's Cup: — Yardley, aged, Bst llb—Giselle, 5 yra, Bst—Whin stone, 6 yrs, 7st 10lb—quadruped, 5 yrs, 7st 91b —The Swallow, 4 yrs, ist 91b—Best of Three, aged, ist 91b — Maid of Lyme, 5 yrs, ist llb—All's Well, aged, 7st— Ulysses, 4 yrs, 7st—Columbus, 6 yrs, 6st 141b—Eochan tr, 4 yrs, 6st 101b—Deloraine, 4 yrs, Est 81b—Tom Jolly, 4 yrs, Est 716—Brown Fly, 5 yrs, 6st 51b—Legis - later, 4 yrs, 6st—Astraes, 3 yrs, sst 101 b. Acceptances for the Borough Cup :-- Winesour, aged, Bst 21b—Foreclosure, 4 yrs, Sat -lb —Giselle, 5 yrs, 7st 121b—The Swallow, 4 yrs, ist 71b —Whinstone, 6 yrs, 7st 71b—Sharston, 5 yrs, 7st 71b— Sheraton, 5 yrs, 7st 71b—The Dart, 6 yrs, 7st 41b—In trepid, aged, 7st—All's Well, aged, 7st—Diomed, 5 yrs, 7st—Malt, 6 yrs, 7st—Vesta, 4 yrs, 7st—Maid of Lyme, 5 yrs, Est 121b—Ulysses, 4 yrs, Est 121b—Kismet, 5 yrs, Est 101b—Enchanter, 4 yrs, Est 101b—Ranthos, 4 yrs, 6st 71b—Tom Jolly, 4 yrs, Gst 51b—Deloraine, 4 yre, Est 51b—Lady Frances' filly, 4 yrs, 6st—S w i ss B o y, 3 yrs, sst 101b—Maid of my 'Soul, 3 yrs, sst 101b—Wil mot, 3 yri, sst 81b—Astrma, 3 yrs, sst 81b—Brandy Be: colt, 3 yrs, 5,t 41b—Emma, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Prsceedings of the 'louse of CC;;;;;is.) TUESDAY, APRIL 18. STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE. The following Resolution was reported from the above Committee:— _ _ That in the case of the Dover Harbour petition for leave to deposit a petition for a Bill, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be per mitted to present their petition accordingly.—Resolution agreed to. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) TUESDAY, APRIL 18. CROWN AND GOVERNMENT SECURITY BILL Order for Third heading read ; Motion made, and Ques tion proposed, " That the Bill be now read the third time :" —Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now,' ;and at the end of the Question to add the words " upon this day six months ."—Question put, " That the word now' stand part of the Question." The House divided: — MAJORITY—AYES, 293. MINORITY-NOES, 40. Adair, R. Shafts Jackson, William Scrope, G. P. Blake, M. J. Keating, Robert Scully Francis Bowring, Dr. Kershaw, Jam( s Smith, John B. Clay, James Lushington, Charles Sullivan, Michael Cabbell, 13. B. ' Mogan, 1% . H. Thompson, Colonel Crawford, W. S. Martin, Samuel '1 hompson, George Devereux, J. T. Moleswortb, Sir W. Trelawny, J. S. Duncan, George Mowatt, Francis Walmsley, Sir J. Evans, J. Muutz, G. F. Williams, John Fox, Richard M. 0 Connor, Fears is Wood, W. P. Fox, W. J. Pechell, Captain Gardner, Richard Pilkington, James TILLERS. Greene, John Reynolds, John Ilume, Joseph Henry, Alexander Salwey, Colonel Bright, John Hindley Charles Scholefleld, William MINORITY IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS ON THE SECOND READING OF THE ELECTION RECOG NIZANCES BILL, ON MONDAY. Lord Chancellor Lords Lyndhurst Lords Campbell Earls Zetland Brougham Sudeley Stratford Denman Milford. TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION. _ - Sir,—On Monday th e 17th was a debate of con siderable interest, on the reduction of the duties on foreig n copper. Th e Protectionists, joined with a number of the Cornish Members, put the question on the old footing, of the injury done to British industry by the introduction of 52,000 tons of foreign copper. It is wonderful to me, that nobody stood up to say, that these 52,000 tons were just as much the produc tion of British industry, as any that are raised in ornwall. For is not the fact, that you at Bradford, or your neighbours at Leeds, make this copper when you make what it is got in exchange for, dribbled out from one e as truly .asif it end s of your machines ? And are you not as good as Cornish much right to live ? This then men, and leading point and have as for reply ; and why the manufacturing interestshould not m a k e t hi s answer as often tionists put for war d t h e other proposition, is a sec et I cannot penetrate. All absurditie s re er quire a severing opposition bef ore they are dropped from p the thoughts and conversati on of the public. To this day men look blank when the salt is spilled, and shiver when a coffin bounces from the fire. And it is only because a set has b een made against such follies, that they:have lost th e h o ld they had upon our forefathers. Protection to Briti s h industry, must i n the same way be talked down into the class of old wives' theories. Mr. Gladstone evidently wished to carry the matter further, and to institute an inquiry into the effect of what is called the " nominal duty." And here I cannot help believing that he is diving into matter of great importance to the commercial classes. If the leaders of trade and commerce would set themselves to calculate the actual detriment to them arising from being shackled with what is pettingly called a nominal duty, and how it operates on them under circumstances of competition with other countries, I cannot help thinking they would be surprised by the result. And another point to which I wish they would direct their attention, is the g lib ness with which when a duty is t o b e laid to their disadvantage, it is talked of as if duties were pure presents from heaven to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and nobody paid them. Surely the fact that when a duty is paid, somebody pays it, is a reason why it should not be spoken of as an unbalanced good, or be con sidered as anything else than a painful sacrifice to a melancholy necessity. Tuesday was principally notable by the conclusion of the " Crown and Government Security" Bill ; which was carried through its last stage in the Com mons with a majority of 295 against 40. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, T. PEI RONET THOMPSON. Blackheath, London, April 19, 1848. I BE WDLE Y ELECTION. BEWDLEY, TUESDAY, LIALF- PAST 1 p.m.-The poll commenced this morning at eight o'clock, and has con tinued with spirit up to this time. Lord Mandeville's friends rushed early to the poll, and at ten o'clock he had a majority of nearly one half, the numbers being as follow:- llande';ille (Conservative) Lyttolton (Liboral) Majority The friends of the Hon. S. Lyttelton now came to the poll, and reduced the majority a trifle, so that at twelve o'clock the poll stood thus:— Mandeville 144 Lyttelton Majority 2B During the next hour only ten were polled at Bewd ley, and these diminished the majority of Lord Man deville by two, but the return from Stourport had not been received. The numbers at a quarter past one o'clock were— Mandeville Lyttelton 122 Majority for Mandeville The majority is too great to admit of its being over come at this late hour. The numbers polled at the last election were—for Mr. Ireland (Conservative), 160; for Sir Thomas Winnington, 158. The number of electors on the register is about the same as last year. THE BRAZILS. LivEßrooL, TOESDAY.—By the Esther Ann, arrived at this port, commercial accounts from Pernambuco to the 18th of March have been received. Sugar—The receipts from the interior have been largo. In the early part of the month want of money checked the usual amount of business; but since then favourable advices from Rio Janeiro have tended to sup port prices, and many holders have made considerable shipments to that port, paying the high freight of 40s. per ton. The quotations for sugar in bags are 18s. Bd. to 20s. 11d. for four to first quality white, and at 13s. for muscovado; cases are but little demanded, but small sales were effected at 18s. ld. for four best whites, and at 1 ls. 7d. for first quality muscovado. Several holders, however, refused to sell except at higher rates. Cotton—Little change can be noticed in this article. The receipts have been small, but owing to the reduction ' in freight, and four or five vessels loading for Liverpool, the rates are a shade higher, viz., 4 9-10 d. to 10d. Hides ruled from 2id. to 3d. per lb. Freights ruled at 375. 6d. per ton, and per lb. for cotton to Liverpool. The quotation to Channel for orders is 605., and 10s. more to the Continent, as far as Hamburgh. Business in exchange has been limited, at 271 d. to 27 4 d. on England. The Penguin packet, from Falmouth, arrived at Rio on_the 15th of February. -- Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office, from the Governors of the Cape of Good Hope and South Australia. CITY OF LONDON COMMISSION OF SEWERS.—At a court held yesterday, Deputy Peacock in the chair, a resolution was adopted, on the motion of Deputy Harris, secended by Mr. Kemp, and supported by Alderman Lawrence and other members, that application should be made to the Secretary to the Health of Towns Asso ciation for the names of the persons who had made state ments with respect to the sanitary condition of the city of London, in which they affirmed that the authorities had never made any suggestions for the adoption of com plete sanitary arrangements, and stated that, from 1838 to 1844, the Jives of 58,000 children had been unneces: sarily sacrificed by the neglect of proper sanitary pre cautions. These statements were pronounced by members of the court to be utterly unfounded. We regret to learn that Lord Ashbur t on ann of Cromer Baring family have sustained another f meta by the decease of Mr. Henry Bar ing , years. He Hall, who died on Thursday last, a g e d Sir Thomas Baring, family baenrcelavthee had only survived his eldest brother e Lord S i r d A a F u s . g h h b tuerrt Baring , on Bart., ten days. He was thir d Bart., and brot he r consequentlyg . was divorced He married, in June 180- fr , om Ma , r: h a o , m be Mr. William Bingham, brother, e n oo of in f July 1825 Cecilia Anne , and he married secondly, ultra William who survives The large fortune and Wyndham, married to Lady Augusta eldest daughter of the late Vicc-Ad • I W . • ' he deceased are inherited by hi s , on, Mr. daughter of the late and sister of the present estatesßl r e u n d r e y n o e ß i f t Baring, M.P., Earl of Cardigan. GRAND:SURREY CANAL AND BOAT COMPA NY .-- A meeting of this company was held yesterday, at their offices in White Lion Court, Cornhill, Mr. Isaac Solly, in the chair, when a somewhat voluminous report of the proceedings of the company was laid before the meeting from which it appeared that the trade of the canal had increased considerably during the past year. The di rectors recommended a call of 24 a share, in order to meet an extra expenditure for sustaining walls and dock outlay of 2,2651. It being arranged that the half of this call must be made on the 10th of May, and the other half in the course of the month, the meeting separated. WINCHESTER.—On Monday afternoon the remain ing two companies of the 62d Regiment left Winchester for Gosport; and on Thursday the main body, which had been removed from this city to Windsor, and from thence to London, returned to this garrison. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, April 18. CROWN AND GOVERNMENT SECURITY BILL. A message from the Commons brought up the Crown and Government Security Bill, which was read a first time, and ordered to be rf ad a second time to morrow. PETITIONS. Lord BROUGHAM presented twenty petitions upon a variety of subjects, including several from Odd Fellows' lodges, praying to be included under the law relating to benefit societies; one from Beverley, against any increase of taxation ; and several in favour of sanitary reform. Petitions from various Odd Fe!lows' lodges to the same effect as above stated were also presented by the Marquis of LANSDOWNE and the Marquis of WEST.. MINSTER. ELECTION lECOGNIZANCES BILL. Tho House then went into Committee on this Bill. Lord BROUGHAM, who had an amendment on the paper, stated that he should move it on a subsequent stage of the Bill, instead of in Committee. He expressed his strong disapproval of the measure as it stood. Lord REDESDA LE supported the Bill, and referred to a measure of a similar hind which had been brought in by Lord Campbell, when Attorney-General, some years ago. Lord CAMPBELL denied that there was any resem blance between the Bill to which the Noble Lord had just referred and the measure then under consideration. He denounced the latter as a job on the part of the sitting Members to prevent inquiry into bribery and to shield corruption. Lord MONTEAGLE defended the Bill, and with some warmth repelled the charge of jobbing which had been preferred against its promoters; a charge which, he remarked, was fully as applicable to its opposers. After some further discussion of a desultory cha racter, the Bill passed through Committee without amendment. On the question that the report be brought up, Lord BROUGHAM proposed his amendment : " That nothing in this Act contained shall be of force by way of retrospective or ex post facto law to affect any vested interest or decide any question now pending be fore any Court or in either House of Parliament." Their Lordships divided, when there appeared— Content Not content l6 Majority Lord MONTEAGLE . observed that the division had taken place under circumstances which were without example and without precedent. He appealed to their Lordships whether it was understood that there was to be a division, or that the amendment would be moved till the third reading. Such, at least, was the impression left by the Noble and Learned Lord. Noble Lords had gone away because they understood the progress of the Bill was to be unopposed; and then, without an intima tion to any one individual, a whisper was given to the Noble and Learned Lord in the chair, and a division was taken, contrary to every understanding which bad existed up to that time. The members of Govern ment having united their votes with that of the Noble and Learned Lord who proposed the amendment, and having heard what was stated as to the time when it would be proposed, might well be asked how, if such surprises were to be allowed, the public service could be effectively carried on? If there were anything more than another for which the Houses of Parliament were distinguished, it was for a faithful adherence to honesty and honour. He (Lord Monteagle) now gave notice of his intention to-morrow to move that the House disagree with this amendment on the third reading, for the pur pose of restoring the Bill to its original form. Lord BROUGHAM had never seen an instance of more complete want of recollection of what passed within half an hour. He wished to avoid interposing delay. Whether the amendment should be taken oa the third reading or on the report was essentially a matter of in difference as regarded the qu estion of delay. The question of delay turned on the course to be followed in C ommittee. Taking the amendment in Committee ren dered it impossible to receive the report the same day. In consequence of a suggestion made across the table to him, that he had better take his amendment on bringing up th e report, he had done so; and anything more un founded than the statement of its being taken without intimation, or of the House having been taken by sur prise, he had never heard. The Earl of MALMESBURY was in the practice, as their Lordships were aware, of making arrangements on that (the Opposition) side of the House in reference to divisions. He had asked several Noble Friends who were favourable to the Bill to give their attendance on the discussion; and having put the question to the Noble and Learned Lord, " Are you going to divide on your amendment?" the Noble and Learned Lord's reply was, " I have no intention of the sort. I only want to record my opinion of the Bill." Upon that reply he (the Earl of Malmesbury) told his Noble Friends on that side of the House who intended to support the Bill that there would be no division, in consequence of what the Noble Lord had said to him. His opinion was that the Noble and Learned Lord had not acted as fairly to that House and the party supporting the Bill as he generally did. Lord BROUGHAM had only to plead the most com plete, stringent, and peremptory denial of that state ment. He had never heard the Noble Earl say a word about dividing; he heard the question whether he meant to debate the question. If he refused to divide, some other Noble Lord would have required a division; he had never said one way or another. He again gave his most positive, peremptory, and unhesitating denial that either to the Noble Lord or to any human being be had spoken of dividing or not dividing. No question, no idea of dividing arose till half an hour after. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE adverted to the statement of the Noble Earl opposite in reference to the attendance of Noble Lords who were favourable to the Bill, and assured their Lordships that no such efforts had been made on the part of the persons connected with her Majesty's Government. The Earl of MALMESBURY had not been desired to solicit the attendance of Peers on this question, but had been asked by a great many Peers who were anxious about the Bill to give them information as to the manner and time of its discussion. He was very often asked for information in such cases. But when he was asked whether there would be a division or not, he said " cer tainly not," for his full impression was and still re mained, notwithstanding what his Noble Friend had said, that the circumstances were as he had stated. Lord BROUGHAM—Did the Noble Earl hear me say I did not mean to divide, or did he ask me the question, " Will you divide or not?" The Earl of MALMESBURY—" Will you divide?" Lord BROUGHAM—Ay, but what was said was not that I would not .divide. The Noble Earl won't screw himself up to say that I said I would not divide. M h E a S T e ß n U o lt i l n ' t — e n T t i h o e n ofNoble doingasnod. l A , l e y T a r h n e e d intentionELa r o l r d o o n f ly said M , is to record my opinion of the Bill. Lord BROUGHAM—" Ofdoing so;"meaning thereby of debating the Bill. Understanding the question to be of debating the Bill, certainly I answered the Noble Earl's question that I did not intend to debate at all. The Noble and Learned Lord proceeded to observe that the Noble Earl now said Noble Lords often asked him to give them information when Bills were coming on. What the Noble Earl had first stated was, not that he was asked to tell when the Bill was coming on, but that he was asked to desire Peers to attend who approved of the Bill. Was it meant by that statement to convey the impression that all the Noble Earl did was to go about among the Peers and say, " Have you considered the Bill, and do you approve of it; and if you approve of it come down?" He (Lord Brougham) rather thought the Noble Earl had been asked to ask people to come down upon or for this Bill, and not only in case they should approve of it. - Earl GREY thought it would be much more for their Lordships' convenience that this conversation should drop. lie hoped his Noble Friend (Lord Mouteagle) in bringing the question before their Lordships to-morrow would introduce some modification which would render the Bill less objectionable. On the motion of the Marquis of L ANSDOWNE the Removal of Aliens Bill was read a third time and passed. Their Lordships then adjourned till to-morrow (this day). HOUSE OF COMMONS, April 15. NEW WRIT FOR HORSHAM. Mr. STAFFORD then rose to move for the issuing of a new writ for Horsham, in the room of John Jervis, Esq., whose election had been determined to be void. Mr. HUME was somewhat surprised that this writ had been moved in the face of a Bill now before the House lfaosrt elec t ioninquirin tuginrttohtishennroug. circumstancesn c onnected with th e Mr. STAFFORD said that, as a debate had arisen, not by his fault, upon this question, it was hi s duty to positionit would in be whic h idle t th is o disg disguise e o t u h g a h t F was at present elec t i on s was of considerably increasing this question o importance, not onl y with the House, but with th e c ountry. The posit ion in which they placed th emselves see the oug ht really seriously to be considered. What were the taken wr tbheefuorcealtlheed Ctoomprmoviteteteheitcahpaprgeaeroefdttrheaatint.thge, facts connected with Horsham? From the minutes of l e f s or the sitting Member resigned the seat. Two subsequently a Mr. Waugh was called , who stated the • tances under which an arrangement was proposed the seat. circumstances nuri counsel et eviden ce nune:nt se s Committee shrunk from a fair and or else, because there were a few for the relinquishment of water and a few cigars given away Ei ther, iinp artt impartial therefore, scrutiny,the the borough was to be unishedbglasses of brandy and a t t h a n cisu i n n esn n pen a en t os H ifu o nt r hu s e h t am the writ. But this was not all. consequence un precedented report of this Committee, and the curious rumours in ci rcu l a ti on , t h e s i ngu l ar course h a d b een en of introducing a Bill arming a new Committee with new powers of investigation and inquiry. The usual course of the House was to stand by the decisions of its Committees. They had constituted a certain tribunal, they had taught the people to look to the deci sions of that tribunal ; and however corrupt Horsham might be, it was an act of great tyranny to punish the innocent with the guilty by refusing a writ to the issue of which the report of the Committee did not in any way object. But if they objected to issue a writ to Horsham, how did they excuse themselves for issuing a writ for Kinsale ? In that borough drunkenness, de ' baucherv, and corruption had been proved to have existed on a wholesale scale. Intimidation and bribery pre vailed there to a frightful extent, and yet the Committee in that case had, upon his (Mr. Stafford's) own motion, issued a writ in that case without hesitation or objection. If they did not abide by the decision of Election Committees, they had better alter their election law alto gether. They had no right to tell the people that that should be tried by one law and one tribunal, and then, altering their law and the tribunal, declare to them that they should be tried by an ex post facto Act of Parlia ment, framed to meet the peculiar circumstances.— (Hear.) It was to be recollected that on no one occa sion had they, up to the present time, ever reached:the real authors of these iniquities, who were the country attorneys and lawyers, and other people in the middle classas in the respective boroughs. Theme people were of 0 0 )5t D' ,)@ 1 the cog sis o6 olri lelo - 131 irg e " I coll 3 tbe bee° )0 °II t a to i in to o nto, 50 1 ° thane' 14. Deli'