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• Fru; LEGAL TITLE ASSURANCE COMPANY. (Provisionally Registered, January 17, 1 , -49.) Capital, 2,000,00C1., in 80,000 Shares, of 251. each. Preliminary Deposit, 2s. 6d. per Share Prospectuses and full information may be obtained e t the Tempo rary °flees of the Company, 13a, Cannon-row, Westminster, on ap plicatim to G. F. HOWE, Hon. Sec., pro tem. NEW STORY OF THE SEA, BY THE AUTHOR OF " THE PILOT," " RED ROVER," &c. To•Morrrow will be published, in 3 vols. post Bvo., E S E A LIONS; Or, THE LOST SEALERS. By J. FENIMORE COOPER. Author of " The Pilot," " Jack O'Lantern," " Pathfinder," &c. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, JTER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. MDLLE. LIND. It is respectfully announced that a Series of SIX CONCERTS Will be given at Her Majesty's Theatre, comprising the following Operas :—The Flauto Magic.) of Mozart ; Oberon, Der Freyscbutz, and Euryanthe, of Weber ; La Nectate and Fernand Cortex of Spontini ; and Eiden° of Beethoven; which will be sung by Igdlle. Lind and the principal Singers of the Establishment, accompanied by a full Orchestra and Chorus. The dates and particulars will be duly announced. _ The Subscribers are respectfully informed that they will have the option of including any number of these Concerts in their Season's Subscription. . _ The First Concert will take place on Thursday, April 12. ERH MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, are respectfully Informed that On SATURDAY NEXT, The Last Night before Easter, Will be produced the admired Opera, I DUO FOSCARI. To conclude with (tbe Samery by Mr. Charles Marshall) the eel& orated Ballet, entitled LB DUBLE A QUATRE. In which will appear Mdlle. Carlotta Grist. I Mdlle Marie Taglioni, and Mme. Petit Stephan, Mdlle. Carolina Rosati, M. Paul Taglioni, M. Charles, M. Louis D'Or ;lles. Thevenot, Julien, Lamoureux, and Aussandon. Mdlle. PARODI has arrived, and will appear immediately after Raster. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be male at the Box Moe, Opera Colonnade. QT. JAMES'S TIIEATRE Season 1849. FRENCH PLAYS and OPERA COMIQUE. TO-MORROW EVENING The Performances will commence at Half-past Seven o'clock with UNE FEMME QM SE JETTE PAR LA FENETRE. To conclude with LES DIAMANS DE L 3 COURONNE. Mr. Mitchell begs also to announce that, notwithstanding the in creased expenses of the present entertainment, the prices of adnais- Sion are determined as follows: Boxes .. Pit ss. Od. 3s. Od. Amp? Subscription; for the season may be arranged at Mr. Mitchell's royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Sams', St. James's-street ; Mr. Andrew?, New Bond-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from eleven till five. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENING, Will be performed SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER. After which, the new Farce, entitled SEPARATE MAR(• TENANCE. To conclude with THE TRUMPETER'S WEDDING. Charac ters by Messrs. Bland, _Caulfield Keeley; Miss P. Horton, an Mrs. L. S. Buckingham. THEATRE ROYAL. ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING. Will be performed THE HOP PICKERS. Principal characters by Messrs. Lambert, Boyce, Wright, Paul Bedford, Hughes, Mun yard, 0. Smith, Cullenford, Worrell, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. F. Matthews, Miss Taylor, Miss E. Chap', &c. - _ . - After which, WHO LIVES AT No. 9 ? Characters by Messrs. Wright and Worrell, and Miss Chaplin. To conclude with COCKNEYS IN CALIFORNIA. The principal characters by Mr. lianyard, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mrs. F. Matthews, ant Miss Turner. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestals. Sol 9 Lessee, Mr. Charles Mahe ,s. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE WATER PARTY. Ater which, a new Piece entitled HOLD YOUR TONGUE. Cha racters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Selby, and Parselle ; Miss H. Gil bert, Miss Jane Coleman, and Madame Vestris. To be followed by BOX AND COX. To conclude witha new Drama, called A ROMANTIC IDEA. Dress bs. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, is. No half-price to any part of the house. Tne New Box-oflice, No. 2, Wellingto , street, is open to the public entry day, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENLNG, Will be performed THE BEGGAR'S OPERA. After which, M. FLAKE will execute most extraordinary feats of Dexterity and Elegance on Le Globe Roulant. To conclude with a new Opera, entitled FRANCESCA DORIA. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. The greatest triumph ever witnessed within the walls of the Am phitheatre has been achieved by the celebrated American Equestrian Young Hernandez, whose unparalleled feats have nightly called firth expressions of wonder amounting to enthusiasm, and gained for him the title of the first rider in the world. THIS EVENING, The curtain will rise at a Quarter to Seven o'clock precisely to the magnificent Spectacle, by Fitzball. entitled CORASCO ; or, the Warrior's Steed. ♦fter which the double Tight-ropes. To be tollowed by an inimitable display of SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, in which Young Hernandez will appear, supported by the first Equestrian talent of the day. T. conclude with on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. THE DUMB DRIVER; on alternate Evenings, the Farce of MRS. WHITE. Boa-office open from Eleven till Five. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. THE WEATHER.—.SUN OFFICE, MARCH 29. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 37; Highest, 41, Noon, 42. BAROMETER, 29.42. WIND variable from to ha,j- weather, with ruin. ATt;:f. AT LONDON 1;it11olE. Tais DAT —Morning, 3 min. after 5 I Evening, 25 rain. after To-Moaaow—M ,rning, 47 rain. attar 5 -Evenin., 11 rain. atter 6 .1 ~ . .3 .. . 1 % t . ....: i • .... it , - , 1 t - 1 1 1. • • i . , 7 . , 4 " ',..•4 : ,. 14, ' '4.1,‘ ! , ,A r • rc -... , - 0 ,„, ~.., i , \ 4; :.:, .... Utititta Ant LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 1849. The Insolvent Members' Bill has been disposed of, at least for the time being. The attempt to im pose new and more stringent tests on the po pular representatives, to abridge the privileges of the several constituencies, has been happily defeated. The Hon. Member for Dartmouth was yesterday compelled to withdraw the measure after a vain at tempt to obtain its re-committal, in order that many extensive alterations might be introduced, which would completely change its character, and render it, if possible, more objectionable I than it had previously been. No opportu nity was offered of discussing the merits of the proposed alterations. It was even stated by the Hon. Member for Northampton, that clauses were proposed to be inserted in the Bill that had been rejected by the Select Committee to which it had been referred. The practice of introducing al most a new measure after a Bill has been considered in Committee is one that should not be sanctioned under any circumstances. Certain preliminary stages must be gone through before the details of any proposed enactment can be considered. It is on the occasion of the second reading that the principle is to be decided on, and if a new principle be introduced at a later stage it is manifest that one of the constitutional guarantees against hasty or in considerate legislation is completely set aside. In the present case the Bill had been three times remodelled —the discussion yesterday was the third, and we re joice to say the last time of asking. Its title had been changed, nay, its very paternity was rendered doubtful, the Solicitor - General being by many considered the putative parent of the last Uantling, an honour, however, which the Learned Gentleman most earnestly disclaimed. Although the Hon. Member for Dartmouth en deavoured to conceal his chagrin and disappointment by moving for leave to bring in a new Bill on the same subject, permission for which was accordingly granted, we cannot but consider that the fate of the measure has been finally sealed. The general dislike to interfere so extensively with the undoubted pri vileges of the several constituencies was more ap parent yesterday than on any previous occasion. The true character of the proposed enactment was at length perceptible. It was discovered that if passed into law its operation might be much more extensive than had been supposed. It was not merely that additional facilities might have been given to creditors for enforcing payment from a very few persons who made an unworthy use of their Parliamentary privi leges —no possible objection could have been made if that would have been the only result ; but, as we have already seer, many Members who could not by a possi . biiity suppose themselves within the meaningof the l aw , might, and undoubtedly would, have been subj ec t e d to vexatious liti gat i on , It ‘a w s as stated in the cou rse o f the debate, that the shaft was pointed b d against an indi vidual Member. We are, o f course,prompt ound ex lto g . iv . t e deniedt the most implicit credence to th e contradiction of Mr. MoFrATT, w h o and h p t he was actuated by so unworthy a motive. does a It • however, follow that such feeling m ight not have existed in some of those outside the wall s of Par liament, by whom the measure had been suggested, and who had stimulated the llon. Gentleman durin g its progress. In the olden time, when rotten boroughs prevailed, many persons undoubtedly found a sanctuary in Par liament from the claims of their creditors. When a seat in the Legislature could be purchased almost in the open market with perfect impunity, it might not bo imprudent for a heavily encumbered debtor to ob tain exemption trorn the long and cruel imprisonment which the law formerly sanctioned by the sacrifice of a sum which would have gone but a short way in satisfying the demands of his several creditors. Then, indeed, there might have been some foundation for such a measure. Since the passing of the Re form Bill, and the extinction of the great majority of nomination boroughs, that foundation has been in a great degree, if not altogether, removed, and the in stances have become comparatively rare of persons obtaining seats in Parliament merely as the means of avoiding the payment of their just debts. The law of debtor and creditor has also been mate rially altered. The recent policy has been to extend the remedies against property and to limit the power over the person. Now Members of Parliament possess no peculiar privileges with respect to property—their goods and chattels may be seized under af. fa., and sold as readily as those of any private persons ; their freehold estates may be rendered liable for their judgment debts. Their persons are alone protected, and that exemp tion from imprisonment for debt, that protection from arrest, is not conceded for the benefit of them selves, but of those by whom they have been elected. It is the privilege of the constituencies and not of the Members. That privilege has been attacked. In order that half-a-dozen persons in embarrassed circumstances might be excluded from the House, Parliament has been required to pass a most stringent measure, by which every Member who is unable to satisfy every demand at a moment's notice may be excluded from his seat, and driven into the Insolvent Court. Per sons perfectly solvent, and possessed of large surplus properties beyond the amount of their liabilities, may be subjected to the disgraceful and annoying ordeal. The very fact of their t.c.ing selected by their fellow-subjects to re present their wants and wishes in Parlia ment might induce political opponents to resort to proceedings under the new law. The natural result would be, that none but those possessed of considerable wealth would be willing to subject themselves to such a contingency. The moneyed interest would attain the same predominance in the House that was formerly exercised by landed pro prietors, and laws would consequently be enacted for their especial benefit, and deeply injurious to the industrious classes. The remedy would indeed prove far worse than the disease it was intended to cure. It is just one week since Lord ABERDEEN, in the course of his elaborate attack upon the policy adopted by Lord l'AmaEasToie in the affairs of Lombardy and Piedmont, making himself the mouthpiece of Austrian prejudices, Austrian spite, and Austrian absolutism, thought it decent to indulge in a virulent and vulgar personal attack upon our ally the King of SARDINIA, and taking the foul-mouthed RADETZBY as his model, he " scolded" (we can find no more appropriate term) at such a rate, and for such a time, that at last his audience became doubtful whether the tongue that thus played the braggart was not rather that of an old woman than of an old man. The lapse of one little week has been sufficient to show the utter want of tact of Lord ABERDEEN and his com plete unfitness for the direction of the foreign policy of this country. Not only did he personally attack that Monarch with whom, should his Lordship ever again be intrusted with the seals of the Foreign-office, he may have to enter into diplomatic relations, but he urged her MAJESTY'S Government to withdraw their Minister from Turin, as a proof of their high disap proval of the conduct of the King of SARDINIA. The intelligence received from Sardinia yesterday proves the utter want of forethought, and of tact, and of common prudence exhibited by Lord ABERDEEN. CHARLES ALBERT has been, it appears, defeated, and the French and British Ministers have pro ceeded to his camp to urge upon him the necessity of consenting to terms of peace. Under existing circumstances CHARLES ALBERT may probably be inclined to listen to their overtures, and to place himself in their hands, because he feels that they are unprejudiced persons, and will do justice to him as well as to his opponents ; but suppose my Lord ABERDEEN had boon in office, Could CHARLES ALBERT have safely trusted to his mediation, would he not have been justified in refusing to listen to all overtures made to him by the British Minister, whom in those circumstances he could not but consider as the agent of his personal enemy—always supposing we had a British Minister at Turin—for it appears to be one of the maxims of Lord ABERDEEN'S policy, in the event of a war between two European Powers, to recal our Minister from the Court of the Power which it pleases his Lordship to consider is in the wrong, and to leave British interests unwatched and British subjects unprotected and exposed to all the chances of war, because, forsooth, it pleases my Lord ABERDEEN to disapprove—or rather, to be taught to disapprove (for he never yet ventured to form an opinion of his own)—of the diplomatic morality of one of the belligerent parties. The result of the adoption of Lord ABERDEEN'S recommendation would have been the loss of the last chance for the preservation of peace, and the sacrifice of British interests and British property in the north of Italy, and the withdrawal of British protection from all her MAJESTY'S subjects located in that part of Europe. Even if the King of SARDINIA were all that my Lord ABERDEEN would fain have us believe, the conduct of his Lordship would be not one whit the less deficient in that tact which should be to a veteran diplomatist as part of his being ; but is CHARLES ALBERT really the monster he is represented to be by Marshal RA DETZKY, of whose coarse abuse and exaggerated mis representations my Lord ABERDEEN thought it decent to be the retailer in the British Senate ? We think not. With regard to the alleged treachery of CHARLES ALBERT in attacking Lombardy last year, the question lies in a nut-shell. It is averred by the Italian Liberals that their native Princes were com pelled by Austria to exhibit themselves to their sub jects in the light of intolerant despots, that their sway might appear even less eligible than that of their Machiavellic task -masters. An opportunity offered to shake off the degrading yoke and to retaliate upon the oppressor, and CHARLES ALBERT, the near neighbour of France, and threatened by the advancing movement, preferred to draw his sword against his former tyrant rather than against his own people. The occupiers of Cracow will hardly gainsay the plea of political neces sity ; and whoever witnessed the burst of horror and fury that followed the unprovoked cruelties and brutali ties of RADETZKY at Milan before the insurrection took place, must admit that no human power could have held Piedmont in the leash after those events had once roused the population of Milan. But whatever may be the opinions entertained on these points, it is to the state of affairs as at present existing, rather than to th e s t ate of affairs as existing twelve months since, that a statesman who wished fairly to appreciate the present conduct of CHARLES ALBERT should direct his attention. CHARLES ALBERT may have been an ambitious in vader in the year 1848, but th e question we have now to consider is, what has been the conduct of Austria with regard to the mediation in 1849 ? For the last two months the Plenipotentiaries of England France, and Sardinia, have beers lounging about Brussels, waiting for the presence of the Austrian Minister. Austria, be it rernei nbered, accepted the mediation, with, however, it would now appear the mental reservation of carefully keeping away from the conferences the Austrian .11..linister, the only man who could give effect to them. He remains in England, raising futile objections to ge Yin time. The game that Austria was playing had lo: ng been patent to every one. To exhaust the resource sof Piedmont by her own army, and those of Lona bardy by the army of RADETZIky, until both co - untries should be like lifeless bodies at her feet, has been the aim of the successive Government ; of Austria since the day that the armistice was signed. The Piedmontese People were perfectly aw: are of the ob ject Austria had in view, and urged • the KING to renew the war, as the lesser of two evils. The Cabi net of Turin gave way to the wishes of the nation ; and however much we may regret his sant of pru dence, it is impossible to deny to CHARY , ES ALBERT the praise due to a Prince of chivalrous co urage, who voluntarily risks his life and his dominions in an un equal contest against a gigantic an k I unscru pulous foe, in order to rescue from the most brutal oppression a province • which, in happier times, had united its destinies to those of Sardinia. While referring to the subject of violation of the armistice, Lord ABERDEEN all - adt.cl to the prolonged stay of the Sardinian squadron in the Venetian waters as a justification of the conduct of Austria in refusing to execute its conditions. But the Sardinian squadron had long since taken its departure, yet RADETZICY still kept the batter ing train of Piedmont at Peschiera. During the course of the discussions, several allusions were made to the notes purporting to be from Prince SCHWART ZENBURG, which have appeared in the public papers. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE considered those notes as fabrications,and eloquently denounced the base plotters that could resort to such degrading manceuvres in order to mislead public opinion. We do not agree with Lord LANSDOWNE in considering these notes as forge ries ; on the contrary, we believe them to be genuine, and we consider their evident mendacity as an addi tional proof that they must have emanated from the Aus trian Chancery. Notwithstanding the denial of Prince SCRWARTZENBURG, it is abundantly clear that Austria in the month of June last proposed to give up posses sion of Lombardy—that fact is abundantly proved, without any reference to the negotiations for a mediation subsequently undertaken in London, by the note addressed in the month of June last by the Austrian Minister, Baron WESSEMBOURG, to the Provisional Government of Milan—a note, the authenticity of which is acknowledged by all parties, and which completely proves that the assertions con tained in the notes of Prince SCHWARTZENBURG are 1 not only without foundation, but are absolutely con -1 trary to the truth. It is to be regretted that Austria did not pursue the same course after the victories of RADETEKY that she was inclined to pursue before the honour of her armies had been vindicated. The Lombards are now more averse to her rule than they , ever were ; their friends and relations have been mur dered, their properties have been plundered, and their feelings have been wantonly outraged by RADETZILY and his Crustg, and it is to the hatred ex cited throughout Italy against the Austrian name that we must attribute the deposition of the POPE and of the Grand Duke of TUSCANY, whose great crime was the refusal to join the great national movement, and to declare war against Austria. Had CHARLES ALBERT refused to lead the anti-Austrian movement, he must have been sacrificed to it. To lead it was his only chance of safety ; as it is he may fall ; had he hung back he mut have fallen. Vince the above was written we have received intelligence of the defeat and abdication of CHARLES ALBERT. The receipt of that intelligence does not render it necessary for us to alter or modify in any manner the opinions which we have expressed ; on the contrary, it affords stronger proof, if stronger proof were wanting, of the utter unfitness for the conduct of public affairs of those who would at such a juncture have recalled the British Minister from Turin.] THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE ABDICATION OF CHARLES ALBERT, KING OF SARDINIA. In the sitting of the French National Assembly yesterday, M. ODILON BARROT, the Prime Minister, ascended the tribune and read the following im portant dispatches : "NICE, MARCH 2t. " The Consul of France to the Minister of Foreign Affairs : " CHARLES ALBERT, after having abdicated in favour of the Duke of SAVOY, passed through Nice on the 26th, at eleven in the morning, on his way to France. " The Piedmontese army has been beaten at Novarra, but its honour is safe." " TURIN, MARCH 25. " The Minister of Franoe to the Minister of Foreign Affairs— " The army has been forced back to the mountains of Biela and Borgo Manero. The Austrians occupy Novarra, Vercelli, and Trino. The KING has abdi cated and fled. The Duke of SAVOY has not yet written to Turin. " The Government has requested Mr. ABER. CROMBIE and me to apply for an armistice to cover Turin. We have placed ourselves at its disposal• Turin is tranqun, and everything is dispueed to re- main." Having read the dispatches M. ODILON BARROT addressed the Assembly, and said that he felt it to be his duty at once to declare that the French Govern ment was determined to preserve the integrity of Piedmont. The French journals of yesterday are principally occupied by conjectures as to the probable results of the battle of the 23d between the Piedmontese and Austrians--conjectures which are rendered now of no interest by the official communications made by the President of the Council to the National Assembly. It appears from the accounts in these papers that Austria did not trust to arms alone to secure her success against CHARLES ALBERT , gold also was em ployed, and his own officers were bribed to betray him. The French papers state that a Colonel of Fusileers has been shot for a conspiracy to deliver up CHARLES ALBERT to the Austrians, and that General Remo- RINO, who commanded the Lombard division, has been arrested and shot in consequence of the disco very of his having been in treasonable communication with RADETZRY. The Reforme of yesterday states that some mer chants of Genoa had received intelligence that the Russian fleet had passed the Bosphorus. This report, however, needs confirmation. The trials at Bourges appear drawing towards a conclusion. The Committee of the National Assembly of the War Department has rejected the petition of M. PIERRE BONAPARTE, Major in the Foreign Legion, demanding to be admitted into a regiment of the line with the same rank. The Committee of Finance has rejected the proposition of M. PIERRE LEROUX for the liquidation of one-sixth of the public debt by an issue of paper money. M. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE left Paris yesterday for Madrid. A letter from Toulon, of the 23d i ns t., i n th e Con stitutionnel, speaks of th e arrival of troops. General GUESWILLER has made Toulon his head -quarters. The ambulance of the first division of the army of the Alps had been fixed there. The steam-frigates in the roads had received stores of all kinds, and eight pieces of siege artillery had been embarked, so that all was ready for departure on the first order from Paris. The POPE is about to create the Archbishop of PARIS a Cardinal. The cholera has been now in Paris for the last twenty-one days. On the 7th inst. the first fatal case occurred. During the next seventeen days, from the 7th to the 23d inclusive, 161 deaths took placo both in and out of tho civil and military hoe pitals. In 1832, on the seventeenth day after the first appearance of the epidemy, no less than 7,000 persons died of it. The total number of cases to the 27th inst. is 383, and the deaths 180. The great majority, if not the whole, of these cases were of persons whose constitution had been previously en feebled by disease. Coons AUTHENTIQUE.-PARIS, MARCH 28.-Five per Cents., 85f. 40c. 30c. sc. 851. 85f. 10c. 85f. 84f. 90c. 85f. 80c. 85c. 85f. 84f. 90c. 85f. 10c. 15c. 85f. 10c. sc. 84f. 80c. 85f. 85f. 10c. 20c. 85f. 30c. 25c. 40c. 50c. 35c. 40c. 50c. 45c.; Three per Cents., 54f. 25c. 54f. 53f. 75c. 60c. 85c. 54f. 54f. sc. 53f. 90c. 80c. 54f. 54f. 25c. 30c. 25c. 40c. 541. 50c. 40c.; Bank Actions, 2,310 f. 2,3001. 2,295 f. 2,310 f. 2,300 f. 2,305 f. 23101. 2,3001.; Romans, 57k; Belgian Five per Cents., 1840, 89; ditto, New Loan, 1842, 89; Ilaytian Loan, 240. Exchange on London, one month, money, 25f. 22i-c.; three months, money, 25f. 15c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, Baum 28. Boulogne and Amiens, 8 3 / i - Namur and; Liege, 8 - Northern of France, 3 4-Paris and Rouen, 20 3 %-Sambre and Meuse, 4-Rouen and Havre, 11-East Indian, 3 3 4- Luxembourg, 2-Paris and Lyons, 3 1 / 2 -Pari and Stras bourg, 4 1 A-Tours and Nantes, 2%. DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—To-MOZTOW closes the performances at the Cirque National, Drury-lane Theatre. It is rumoured that her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the Royal Children will pay a farewell visit to-morrow afternoon. SKETCH OF THE BATTLE OF CHILLIANWALLA.— Mr. Wyld has to-day published one of the most rapidly and yet one of the most beautifully executed of his battle sketches. It is moreover one of deplor able interest—representing the sanguinary encounter of the armies under Lord Gough and Shere Singh, between the banks of the Jhelum and the village of Chillianwalla. The situation of the forces before battle is vividly marked—the British in orange, the Seikhs in green; and after battle—the British in red, and the Seikhs in lemon. Every one will find in this admirable sketch a clear delineation of the last of our disastrous victories in the Punjaub ; and the correct ness of the engraving is assured by the circumstance that it is copied from a drawing made in the camp of Chillainwalla on the 29th of January, 1849, by Captain E. Haythorne, of the 98th Regiment, Aide de-Camp to General Campbell—improved with addi tions by several other officers. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 29, 1849 (7 , 1 Mr A y "i R. I tiE _NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA. The Rhenish Gazette publishes the following from Hungary : News reached Breslau on the 23d inst. that DEM BINSKI had taken Pesth by assault. GOBGEY, who had previously taken possession with his army of the heights of Raab, marches as his advanced guard on Vienna, which DEMBINSKI proposes to occupy very soon. In Bohemia they expect a formidable revolu tionary explosion every moment, particularly on the part of the oppressed peasantry, who are anxious to light up a civil war. Prague has just been declared in a state of siege. This intelligence requires con firmation. This intelligence is, we are afraid, too good to be true. The intelligence from Transylvania (intelligence re ceived from Vienna and from Austrian sources) is very cheering. BM& has again completely out manoeuvred his antagonists. After the battle of Mediask PucnsEß imagining that BEM would at tempt to invade the Bukowina, directed all his atten tion towards that district. BEat, however, cleverly turned his flank, and at the head of 12,000 men and with a large train of artillery, appeared before Hamannstadt. He immediately assaulted the city, and after a furious battle with th e R uss i ans , w h o were i n garrison there, be ornpletely defeated them, got possession of HertatUuntadt, levied large contributions, seized the magazines of 111111iranition and provisions, and having dismantled the place, evacuated it before PUCISNER could retrace his steps. The bombardment of Comorn still continues, but out of 200 bombs which have been directed against the fortress only one has produced any effect. VIENNA, MARCH 23.—The Archbishop of GRAN, Prince Primate of Hungary, has placed the sum of 8,000 guilders at the disposal of Field-Marshal Prince WINDISCIIGRATZ, to be appropriated to the good cause of the restoration of legal order and of putting down insurrection. Prince \VINDIscuGRATz has now joined the army which is besieging Comorn, where the operations are being carried on with great activity.— Wiener Zeitung. F AM, MARCH 9.—Letters from Hermann stadt and Cronstadt assert that the danger of a fresh attack from Hungary upon these cities is happily over, for BEM, on hearing of the victorious approach of Field-Marshal Sc lILICY towards Transyl vania, found it necessary to fall back upon Klansenburg. The danger of a hostile invasion into Bukowina is, however, greater than ever. It is strange that the faithful and valiant Romani, as the youthful EMPEROR designates them, constitutes the chief proportion of the population, and have offered to send an army of 200,000 men into the field, have not been armed, nor have their services been accepted. The addresses of homage and the petition of all the Romani of the Austrian empire, as well as the very gracious reply of the EMPEROR, are historical documents which prove the actual senti ments entertained by that portion of his MAJESTY'S subjects.—A4esseine Zeitung, March 26. PRUSSIA. In the sitting of the Second Chamber on the 26th the Government succeeded in carrying the paragraphs of the address relating to German unity. FRANKFORT. Advices from Frankfort have been received to the 25th. The ARCHDUKE had not succeeded in forming a new Ministry. HOLLAND. On the 25th, the corps diplematique at the Hague waited on the King of HOLLAND, when the Englisk Ambassador, in their name, addressed their condo lence to his MAJESTY, and expressed a hope for the prosperity and glory of his reign. The KING replied— " Gentlemen,--I see with gratitude the attention of the corps diplematique in waiting on me, under circum stances doubly grave by the death of the King, my father, and by my ascension to the throne. Your congratula tions are naturally modified by grief. I need not tell you how much I share this grief and your just regrets; you are witnesses of the sorrow of the country and the tears of my family. You who know the love of the country for the King, my father, can appreciate the regrets of the country, and our consternation. The friendship of the powers will be one of the best guarantees for the ac complishment of the wishes which you express for the happiness of my reign. In treading in the steps of the King, my father, and supported by the love of the people of the Netherlands, Providence will, I hope, bless my ef forts for the welfare of my country. Gentlemen, I thank you for your noble proceeding in the name of the coun try and in the name of my family." A letter from the Hague of the 24th says:— "About 2,000 citizens of this capital have resolved to render the last honours to our late KING by accom panying his remains from Tilburg, where his MA JESTY died, to the royal tomb at Delft, in South Ilollatid. WILLIAM 11. an-acted by his will that his body should not be laid on a bed of state at the Hague, as has been the usage for the Princes of the Royal Family of Holland, but that it should be trans ferred without any pomp from Tilburg, by Rotter dam, to Delft." BADEN. A letter from Friburg of the 21st says : —" To-day was the second sitting of the trial of STRUVE and BLIND. The morning was occupied with the de clarations of the two accused p ar ti es . S TauvE en larged upon the history of 1848, to prove himself to Lave been a man of the people, and not to have under taken any open opposition to the monarchy, but to answer a call from several of the people of Baden after the armistice of Malmoe had given the signal for an explosion. He then spoke of the Congress of the Germans at Heidelberg, of the pre paratory Parliament, of the p opu l ar meet i ngs at Offenburg and other points, and maintained that the plan of holding out the hand of peace towards the republic having become gradually inexecutable, the republican party found itself f orce d t o t a k e up th e sword, particularly since the Liberal party had be come divided into a republican party and a constitu tional party, and that this last had given itself up to reaction. He defend e d hi mself against the charges of terrorism, briga n d age , & c., di recte d against the uprising of Sept em b er , assert i ng t h at parts of these accusations were false, that others could not be imputed to him pers ona ll y, an d t h at others fell upon acts justified by the revolution. BLIND, who is only twenty-two years of age, yesterday ex cited the indignation of the audience, by usin g th e following words :--‘ I will unmask th ese gen tl emen who wear the crown ! To-day h e d ec l are d t h at h e was not only a republican, but a democratic and socialist republican. He concluded with some strcng expressions against the Chief of th e S tate , w hi c h dre w upon him a reprimand from the President." DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. The following letter has been published : "Royal Prussian General Consulate, London, 106, Fencburch•street, March 23, 1849. " Dear Sir,—ln compliance with directions just re ceived from his Prussian Majesty's Minister, Chevalier Bunsen, I hasten to inform you that information has reached his Excellency from Berlin, to the effect that a prolongation of the armistice is agreed upon between the Central Power of Germany and Den mark, until the 15th April next ; and that the latter power, although it will not officially withdraw the announced blockade, has yet declared its intention that it is not to be acted upon until the 15th April.' I have therefore to request that you will promptly communicate thie pleasing intelligence to such of our captains as may now be, or shall arrive, within your consular district, and remain, dear Sir, yours very faithfully, - 66 1111E11E1.ER. " J. R. Lamb, Esq., Prussian Vice-Consul, Glasgow." . . _ _ According to the above, actual hostilities will not commence till the 15th of April. The Hanover Zeitung of the 23d says that no offi cial intelligence has been received there respecting the prolongation of the armistice ; but a report is current, that Chevalier BUNSEN has received orders from his Government to sign the last protocol of Lord PALMERSTON, whereby the armistice is pro longed to the 26th of June, under very unfavourable conditions. COPENHAGEN, MAIIOn 21.—The Faedrelandet states that a courier, who arrived yesterday, is the bearer of a proposition to the Government to esta blish a Provisional Government in the duchies, and that the proposition will be accepted—what its nature may be is at present unknown ; but it is probable that the KING will name a new Government for Schles wig, and establish it by force of arms if the reb e l s should r e f use to agree to it. Should this be true, the resumption of hostilities will not take place at this moment. SCHLESWIG, MARCH 22.—1 t is said that the 'pro longation of the armistice will be extended to the 15th of April. In this event the troops of the empire will not attack Denmark, if the Danes will rensain at peace till that time. But the visits that their ves sels are about to make to the ports of Holstein prove sufficiently that the Danish Government is little dis posed to prolong the armistice. A Danish frigate has appeared in the Gulf of Eckenforde even before the expiry her, and f orced her to retire. of the armi s ti ce . Th e b a tt e ri es fi re d upon Tan MANSION-lIOUSE.—Last evening the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress had the honour of entertain ing at the Mansion-house, Lrrd and Lady Marcus Hill, the Right H on. F ox Maule, M.P., and Mrs. Maule; Ad miral and Lady Emily I)undas, Sir Henry and Lady Hart, Sir William and Lady Burnett, Mr. Hume, M.P., and Mrs. Hume; Mr. Hawes, M.P., and Mrs. Hawes; Lady Parke and Mr. Bruce, Lady M'Naghten, Colonel and Mrs. Brandling, Mr. Chaplin, M.P., and Mrs. Chap lin; Mr. Forster, M.P., and Mrs. Forster; Mr. Bag 'thaw, M.P., and Mrs. Bagshaw; Mr. and Mrs. John Travers, Mr. Duncan, M.P.,&c. Corers were laid for 60. T T., V The intelligence from the seat of war, contained in the Italian papers, is deprived of much of its interest by the telegraphic dispatch announcing the abdica tion of CHARLES ALBERT, which hes been received by the French Government. The Naziene of Turin of the 23d contains the following announcement " Whilst we write, 10 P.N., we are told of the arrival of an estafidte from the camp, announcing that the divi sions of the Duke of Genoa (Piedmont and Pinerolo), and those of General Bos (Acqui and Casale), have fallen upon the enemy, defeated him, and made a great many prisoners. This intelligence is also conveyed to us by a letter we have just received by extraordinary means from Vercelli, dated this day, in which it is said that a rumour is current in that town that the .Austrians have been beaten on two points." The same journal of the 24th publishes the follow ing official proclamation : " Citizens,—The bulletin of this clay informs you of the real situation of the army. The King and the Princes are at Novarra. Our brave soldiers are concen trated there, awaiting the order of their General to at tack the enemy. Do not credit insinuations to the cc:m -u ary. When other accounts arrive they shall he im mediately published. Preserve that sense of security which alone can render you worthy of the cause we have to defend. The Government has provided for all wants and is prepared to meet every contingency. (Signed) " RATTAZZI, the Minister of the Interior. " Turin, March 23, 1849." The Piedmontese Gazette of the evening of the 24th contains the following official announcement : TURIN, MARCH 24, 1 P.M. " We have no news front head-quarters, consequently all the reports current are false. Only the Intendant of Vercelli reports to us, that yesterday a corps of the enemy having approached that town, was forcer), after a fusillade of an hour, to fall back on Palestra. The few troops in Vercelli have been formed into a provisional battalion, and have surrounded the town to prevent surprise. " The Minister of Interior, RATTALZL" The Minister at the same time issued the following proclamation to the National Guards : "The military movements of the enemy have carried the war across the Tessin into the ancient territories of the kingdom. Let us have confidence in God and the holiness of our cause, the bravery of our arms, and that of our magnanimous King and his brave sons. But since the theatre of war i. in the midst of us, and since a first defeat would be doubly perilous, it imports the more to provide immediately fur all eventualities. National Guards, the army is before the enemy, it has already been engaged with him, and a great battle is shortly ex pected. It belongs to you to support the army should it be overcome by the enemy's forces. Courage, then, and let all true Italians show themselves such. Let all those who respond to the appeal of the Government present themselves in twenty. four hours before the local autho rities, who will send them by detachments to the places appointed by the Government who will supply them with provisions. The appointed places are—Chivassa, Car magnola, Lanslebourg (for the two divisions of Savoy), Vercelli, Alexandria, Novi, and Acqui. There the vo lunteers will be trained to the use of arms, and then sent to the points where their presence may be the most necessary. Soldiers, your day has come You have be fore your eyes the noble example of Hungary. Show that your country is not less beloved by you, and that the virtue of self-sacrifice dwells in the hearts of Italians. Soldiers, the army which exposes its breasts to the Austrian cannon looks to you and expects you! RiTTAZZI." The Genoa Gazette of the 23d instant quotes a letter from Modena of the 19th, stating that the garrison, composed of 700 men, was ordered to resist the people, but to retire immediately before a regular Tuscan, Roman, or Piedmontese force. The DUKE had transferred the seat of his govern ment to Brescello. The intelligence from Rome is of the 19th inst. On the preceding day the Minister for Foreign Affairs, RuscoN!, deposited on the table of the Con stituent Assembly an address signed by some mem bers of the National Assembly. MAzzINI had been chosen to reply to the address. MAsiztNt informed the Assembly that he should in five or six days want 5,000,000 francs for urgent purposes, and to hasten the mobilization of the National Guards. The sum was at once voted. The C.ncordia of Turin states from Naples, of the 16th, that a Ministerial change is expected to take place there, by which SERRA CAPRIOLA would be called to the presidence of the Council. IRELAND. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY EVENING. DEATH OF THE EARL OF GOSFORD. Intelligence reached here this day of the death of the Earl of Gosford, which took place yesterday even ing at Gosford Castle, in the county of Armagh. The deceased Earl was in the 73d year of his age. He is succeeded in his title and estates by Viscount Acheson, now Earl of Gosford. The deceased Earl filled the high post of Governor- Gonor.l of the Canadas during the reign of his late Majesty King William IV. THE WEATHER. A most unfavourable change has set in here ; this has been quite a winter's day. Several showers of sleet have fallen in the fore noon, with a north-east wind and intense cold. It is feared that the early vegetation will be much injured by this untoward reverse of the genial weather of the last six weeks. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) IN RE LONGQUESTY'S TRUST. The question involved in this cause had reference to the construction of a will. The wife of the testator made her will in pursuance of permission given to her by her husband, by which she bequeathed 1,0001., part of his property, to her brother and certain of her nephews and nieces. At the foot of the wife's will the husband wrote a note signifying his approval of it. The hus band afterwards made a codicil to his will, in which he referred to the permission he had given to his wife to make a will, and to her having bequeathed 1,0001. to her brother and her nephews and nieces, and then went on to bequeath the sums of 1,2001., and 300/, and 400/., bank annuities, to his executors in trust for his wife. The question was, whether the codicil had affected the right of the parties to take under the wife's will. • Mr. Ma'am, on behalf of the petitioner, submitted that the intention of the testator was to give his wife a testamentary power over 1,0001., and that she was the person to fix in what manner the nephews and nieces were to take. His HONOUR said that his impression was that the codicil did not affect the two wills; but he was quite willing to reconsider his decision on a future application. His Honour the Vice•-Chanc€llor WIGRAM was oc• cupied during the morning in hearing unopposed motions. SHERIFFS' COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCUELL.) TERRY V. COCKBURN. This was the only case tried, the others being struck out. The action was to recover the sum of 1,200/. for money lent and interest thereon. It was not stated who the parties were, except that plaintiff was a maiden lady. A portion of the loan had been made so far back as 1842. Defendant suffered judgment to go by default. Some of the jury were of opinion they ought not to give interest where there was no promise. The UNDER-SHERIFF said that they were entitled to give interest not exceeding 5 per cent., although there was no promise proved. The jury then gave a verdict for 1,2001., and interest for two years at 5 per cent. RICGE V. LOTTS. In this case the defendant's attorney appeared to claim costs, a notice of countermand of trial not having been served in due time. The UNDER-SHERIFF said he could not interfere, as no writ was before him. BANKRUPTCY—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner HOLROYD.) IM RE STACEY. This bankrupt, described as a law stationer, in Lin coln's Inn-field, and Blackfriars-road, came up to pass his last examination, which had been adjourned for better accounts. He had been bankrupt in 1844, when his certificate was suspended for two years, and he recommenced busi ness in 1846, before the expiration of the period of suspension. He had also been employed as a railway clerk, at a guinea a day, and had also been concerned as the promoter and director of a company entitled Counties of Kent and Surrey Ramoneur Association for Sweeping Chimneys. After some discussion the bankrupt was allowed to pass. 1849. The following is the House List of Governors and Directors of the Bank of England for the year en suing:— FOR GOVERNORS. Henry Jas. Prescott, Esq., Governor. Thompson Hankey, jun., Esq., Deputy Governor. FOR DIRECTORS. Thomas Baring, Esq. !James Mor r is, E sq . Henry W o ll aston Bl a k e, Esq. Sheffield Neave, Esq. Arthur Edw. Campbell, Esq. Geo. Warde Norman, Esq. William Cotton, Esq. John Horsley Palmer, Esq. Bonamy Dobree, Esq. James Pattisun, Esq. Chas. Pascoe Grenfell, Esq. Sir John Henry Pelly, Bart. John Benj. Heath, Esq. Thomas Chas. Smith, Esq. John Gellibrand Hubbard, Wm. Thompson, Esq., Ald. Esq. Th omas Tooke, jun.,l4sq. George Lyall, jun., Esq. Thomas Matthias Weguelin, James Malcolmson, Esq. Esq. Thomas Masterman, Esq. Francis Wilson, Esq. Alexander Matheson, E s q. *H enry Hulse Berens, Esq. N.B. The gentleman against whom an asterisk is placed is a new candidate for the Direction. The election for Governor and Deputy Governor will be held at the Bank on Tuesday, the 10th April, and for Directors on Wednesday, the 11th April, from ten o'clock in the forenoon till four in the afternoon. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governor of the Mauritius, and also from the Governor of Ceylon. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CiTY 0 I 7'o 77 II? ,`;L lie sales oi CoLto:: alay Were 4,U00 bales, and the market clo,od heavily. Prices were without alteration. The sales include 3,000 American at 3id . to 6d.; 100 Pernams aid Maranhams at 51d. to s*d.; and 300 Surats at 3-id. to 4d. per lb.—Railway Shares were very heavy at lower prices. The advises received from Italy absorb almost undi vided interest, and it must be admitted have excited no surprise. Under this head, we have stated recently, and more than once, the feeling of City men in general, and we explained that whatever were their sympathies for the cause of Italian independ ence, they telt persuaded that the Piedmont( se were not sufficiently well handled to give them a chance of suc cess against the Austrians. Next comes, however, the grave question as to what is to be done with Italy? and, in the solution of this, our capi talists and merchants are alike interested. The Danish armistice, it is now generally believed, will be prolonged till April 15, although it is accounted some what singular that no official positive announce ment of the tact is given. We inferred, how ever, from the later of the Prussian Consul, dated the 23d instant, that he would not advise the shipowners of his own nation that an armi stice would take place, unless such were the case. The rate of exehange on India has be en raised by the company. This is a step that has been expected, as the private exchange was advancing. The quotation on Bengal and Madras is to be Is. 10d., and on Bombay Is. 10*d. the Com pany's rupee. The South Sea Company has held its half yearly ge neral court this morning, but nothing of interest has transpired, except that the Company is gradually buying up its own stock, as a favouratle investment. The position of the Money Market is satisfactory as respects the amount of cash available for commercial purposes, but there is no apparent probability of the Bank of England making a reduction in its minimum charge at present. We have the best autho rity for stating that more than one foreign power has been making application for loans to eminent capitalists here, but the overtures have not been entertained, on ac count of the unsettled condition of continental affairs. This does not necessarily imply, however, that, at a favour able opportunity, the matter might not be entertained ; and we see too clearly with what facility the Danish loan was raised, not to be convinced that the same ease may be experienced in accommodating other countries, a course to which we must frankly avow extreme re pugnance. The English Stock market has been favourably influ enced by the news from abroad, Consols having touched 91f 4 for Money and 911- for Account. The Bears have been buying back, for with the end of the war in Italy, or even its postponement, and with the renewal of the Danish armistice, their chances of profit are sen sibly diminished, still they have the chapter of accidents yet to rely upon. Exchequer-bills have been 365. to 395., and India Bonds 503. premium. South Sea Stock has been at 100 to 1001. In the Foreign Market the dealings have been limited, and Mexican have again been heavy, owing to the non arrival of the l)ee. They are 304 to 31*. Peruvian Stock has been at 65 to 66. Portuguese Four per Cents. have realised 21 to 28, and Spanish Three per Cents. 294 to 30*. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 49 to I. The market for Railway Shares has been flat again, and generally lower for all the lines, the foreign ex cepted. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) 3 per Cent. Consols Anns 9 1% 1 1 /4 India Bonds under 1,0001....... ......... 5O p South Sea Stock lOO% Consols for Account ••• 91 % . 14 1 ,4% o.;xchequer Bills. 11Ad. 2d, March. June. 1,0001. 500/ 39 36 p 36 39 p Small 39 36 p 36 39 p t RICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. vtexican Bontls, 1846, 5 per Cent...... 31 30% Ditto for the Account 311% 31 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent 66 65 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto 4 per Cent. Ditto for the Account . . Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,lB4o Ditto Passive Bonds 3% Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 29% Ditto for the Account .... 3 O l /8 Dividends on the above payable in London. French Rentes, 3 per Cent s4f. Exchange Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild B ' , INES;" DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'cLOCki RAILWAYS. PAID. PZR SLUM. Aberdeen Ditto, Preference .. ... 2L A 2 % 14... to Boston, Stamf., & Birming... 5 caledonian Ditto, New 10/. Preference 10 Eastern Counties Do. New Guarant. 6 per Ct. 10 Do. Eaten., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d East Lancashire Do., New Quarters Great Northern I .iroat Western 100 Ditto, Quarter Shares Do. New 171 Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50 Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93 Ditto Fifths Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 10 London & Blackwall ..... 12% Lond., Bright., & South Coast 50 - Do. Preferential, 5 per Ct., 50 ...... 51 London &North Western.....loo .....130% to 131% D. New Quarters. London and J. Western...—. 50 .. ... 36 1 4 to 3i Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Ct. on Deposit and 5 per Ct. on Calls .. 5 . ... 5% .... to Nlidland. .• 100 .... 76 7512 to 76% Ditto, 50/. Shares ..... Norfolk IOO Ditto New `201.... l5 ...... 3% to North British .. .. ... .. 25 . 14% to Do. Quarters 6%...... 3% to Ditto Thirds .... ........ ...... W 1...-. 4 'i t % to ITorth Staffordshire... . ...... 17% 13% y s ... to Uxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton South Devon South Eastern Ditto, Scrip No. 4.. . lO .... 7ix t to York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 Do. Original New & Berick 25 .. 2314%1%... to Do. and Newcastle Eaten. 20 Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 8 ... York and North Midland .. 50 Ditto, Preference FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Central of France ( Orleans and Vierzon) . ... .12% ..... . to East Indian Luxembourg Northern of France Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Hellen and Havre Yours & Nantes ... . .. 9 MINES. Australian ... Bolanos Scrio Brazilian Imperial ..... ..... ...... . to Ditto St. John Del Rey ... 15 .... 1134 .... to JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia London and Westminster... 20 ARTISTS' BENEVOLENT FUND.—The annual gene ral meeting of the members of this corporation was held yesterday, at Freemasons' Hall, Great Queen. street ; H. H. Solly, Esq., in the chair. The report, which was read by Mr. Thistleton, the secretary,• stated that the institution, which was established for the relief of artists' widows and orphans, still continues to receive the pa tronage and liberal support of her Majesty the Queen, and that the committee had great pleasure in being able to allow annuities of 18/. each to widows and Si. to or phans. The receipts for the past year, from all sources, including a balance of 68/ 14s. 6d. from the previous re port, were 1,240/. Bs. 11d. The sum of 5651. had been given to 41 widows, and 1081..155. to orphans; and, after defraying the other expenses of the institution, there remained a balance of 210/. 12s. Bd. The report having been adopted, the court proceeded to the election of git T. E. gwinburno, Dart., Sir M. A. Shee, B. B. Cabbell, Esq., M.P., Peter Legh, Esq., and A. A. Goldsmid, Esq. were elected members of the council, and after the appointment of a commit tee and auditors, the proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman for presiding. PARLIAMENTARY REFORM.—Yesterday evening a public meeting was held at the South London Hall, Black friars-road, for the purpose of adopting a petition for the full, free, and entire representation of the people. in Par liament—Mr. J. Grassby in the chair. A letter was read from Mr. C. Pearson, M.P., declining to attend, on the ground that his engagements had already obliged him to refuse to attend a meeting of his own constituents, and apologies were also read from other gentlemen expected to attend. Several gentlemen then addressed the meeting, calling its attention to the present unequal and unjust system of property qualification for voters, and submit ting a resolution condemning the manner in which the voice of the people was received within the walls of the House of Commons. It was urged that it was grossly unjust that at the present time nearly 6,000,000 male adults had no voice in returning the representatives of the people. These 6,000,000 contributed to the mainte nance of the State, and their only disqualification was their not possessing a certain amount of property to en title them to vote. Nothing was urged against their in tellectual qualification, in which the great majority of them were at least equal to many Members of Parlia ment, some of whom were individually referred to. These resolutions were agreed to, and the meeting, at which there were from 700 to 800 persons, separated. ACCIDENT AT MESSRS. COMBE AND DELAYIELD'B BREwEßY.—Yesterday afternoon a shocking accident occurred at the brewery of Messrs. Combe and Delafi eid , King-street, Long-acre. It appears that a person named Watson, a master chimney-sweeper, in residing Oft alley, Strand, was examining the flues. He was on one of the stages of the brewery, and, accidentally st e ppi ng backward, he fell a depth of upwards of thirty feet. Assistance was promptly rendered, and the unfortunate man conveyed to Charing-cross Hospital, where he now lies in a precarious state, his skull being fractured, seve ral of his ribs dislocated, besides other severe injuries. MONUMENT TO THE LATE MR. MOTHERWELL.-- A meeting of the friends and admirers of this eminent poet was held at Glasgow on the 15th instant, when it was unanimously resolved that a monument, for some time contemplated, should be erected to his memory. We hope to find, says the Glasgow Herald that, through the exertions of the very respectable committee, Glas gow may soon have a suitable memorial erected, in the Necropolis, as the resting place of Motherwell. E T !?, - TS !IA Nr T o;t,, - • '• k i.Z•flf! '`, r ques , •1" , 11 ticbe; the demand in 4, sluzzgiEh st:;te. Bed', from 2s 4d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 2s 8d to 35 8d; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s Gd; and Pork, 3s to 4s 2d per Blbs by the carcase. MELT AZZLIZZE.E.V.VS. ST ,I IIIIFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 13s to 41; Clover ditto, 31 lOs to 51; and Straw, 11 8s to it 12s per load. Supply m o d era t e , an d tra d e to l era b ly firm. C ITIVIITERLA.ND.—Meadow Hay, 21 158 to 41 2s ; Clover ditto, 3/ lOs to 4/ 15s ; and Straw, 1/ 9s to 1/ 13s per load. Trade steady, at the above quotations. W RM.:CH.9 PEL. Meadow Hay, 21 12s to 41 ; Clover ditto, 3/ 12s is 5135; and Straw, 1/ 8s to 11124 per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. MEAT remanaucTs. SOUTHALL, MAncH 28. We had a very inactive general demand to-day; in prices, however, no material change took place. Beef, from 3s to 3s 10d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d; Veal, 4s to 45 4d; and Pork, 3s 6d to 4s per Sibs, to sink the offal. iiOMFORD, MARCH 28. Prime Beasts and Sheep commanded a steady- sale, at full prices. In other kinds of stock very little was doing. Beef, from 2s 10d to 3s 10d; Mutton, 3s to 3s 8d; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 4d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 3s 10d per Slbs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 275; quarter old store Pigs, 16s to 20s; and Milch Cows, with their small Calf, 131 to 171 each. HAILSIIA3I, MARCH 21.—Our market to-day was hut moderately supplied with fat stock, the demand for which was tolerably steady, at full prices. Beef, from 3s to 4s; Mutton, 35 6(1 to 4s 6d; Veal 4s to 4s 4d; and Pork, 3s 6d to 3s tid per 81bs. ARUNDEL, MARCH 27.—Beasts and Sheep were mostly disposed of at full prices. Otherwise the demand was in a very sluggish state. Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s; Mutton, 35 6d to 4s 8d; Veal, 3s lOd to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 3s 4d to 3s 6d per Blbs. CHICHESTER, MARCH 28.—The general trade was heavy, yet prices were mostly supported. Beet, from 3s 4d to 4s ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 4d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 3s 8d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 26s ; quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 20s; and Mulch Cows with their small Calf, 141 to 181 each. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN , or the Week ended March 22, 1849, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Esgland and Walt s per Imperial Quarter. I WHEAT. 1 I BARLEY.' I OATS. 1 26s E I BEANS. I PEAS. PRICE .. 1 44s 9d 28s 10d 17s Id 4d 1 28s 9d 1 31s 6d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WIIEAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. I RYE. I BEANS. I PEAS. Is Od. Is Od Is Od Is Od Is Od Is 041 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MARCH 29. Wind at noon E.N.E., light breeze and dull hazy weather,with drizzling rain at times. SUNDERLAND, MARCH 27.—Wind E.—Sld. 26th, Re ward, Quebec ; Elizabeth, Quebec ; Royalist, Quebec ; Maria Elizabeth, Quebec ; Nereid, Quebec • Hepsa, Quebec ; Chieftain, Q ue b ec . 27t h , Whitwed Grange, Quebec ; Royal Oak, Quebec ; Falcon, Quebec ; Bar bara, Quebec ; Newton, Quebec ; Jay, New York. HARTLEPOOL, MARCH 26.—S1d. Niger, Quebec. WHITBY, MARCH 27.—S1d. Neptune, Quebec. HULL, MARCH 28.—Wind E.N.E., fresh.—Sld. 27th, Canton, Quebec. SHIELDS, MARCH 28.—Wind E., strong gale.—Sld. 27th, Clio, Philadelphia ; John Brown, Limerick and North America ; Ann Eliza Jane, Quebec. BELFAST, MARCH 27.—Wind S.—Sld. 26th, Araminta, New York) Gertrude, New York. CoRK, ICIARCH 26.—W ini'N.E.—Arrd. Effing ham, Hughes, New Orleans. WATERFORD, MARCH 26.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. G. F. D., Llewellyn, Mauritius. SWANSEA, MARCH 27.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. 27th, Helena Hardy, Odie, Cuba. CARDIFF, Mama 27.—S1d. William and Thomas, Baltimore; Water Nymph, Faleas, Havanuah. BRISTOL, MARCH 23.—Wind E.S.E.—SId. Como, New York ; Falcon, Quebec ; Steadfast, Cardiff and Bahia. DEAL, MARCH 28.—Wi❑d S.E.—Arrd. Ganges, Syd ney, New South Wales; Whampoa, Pfeil, Batavia, for Rotterdam; Agneta, Dekker, Batavia, for Amsterdam; Fifeshire, Hay, Moulmein; Kent, Calcutta; Janet, Chambers, East Indies; Ann Dingwall, Brown, Buenos Ayres. Arrd. from the River and sld., Elizabeth, Alex ander, Port Philip; Medora, Amy, Cape Coast Castle. A board marked " Steinwarder" in gilt letters, was picked up on a piece of wreck in the Prince's Channel yesterday, supposed to be the name of a vessel totally lost on the 25th inst, part of her cargo of wine and spirits in cases, glassware, demijohns, &c., were floati❑g about near the spot; a small quantity has been brought on shore here. The vessel is supposed to be the galliot Steinwarden, of Hamburgh. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 28.—Wind E.— 27, Arrd. Alfred, Mobile; Constitution, Britton, New. York. Sld, Globe, Philadelphia. 28, Bahamian, Hong-Kong; Par ker, Demerara; Commerce, Port-au-Prince; Liverpool, New Orleans; Sir C. Napier, Charleston; Norway, New York; William, ditto; Torrance, Montreal. EXETER, MARCH 28.—The Two Sisters, of South ampton, struck on Straight Point Rocks last night, where she remains, and will be a total wreck; crew saved. ILFRACOMBE, MARCU 28.—The Joan and Mary, Fowey to Cardiff, with iron ore, sprung a leak, and was run ashore this morning east of Morte Stone; crew saved. DUBLIN, MARCH 27.—The head board of a vessel, marked Corinthian, has been picked up tour miles south' past of Bray Head. LOWES'ivirm, 11.4.11eu 9g Emanuel, Altona to London, struck upon the Corton Sand this woruing, but was assisted off and brought in here making no water. OFF PENANCE, MARCH 2 7.—Marion. Tennis, Porto Plata for Altona; Gatenburg, Flor, New Orleans for Hamburgh. OFF FALMOUTH, ATAnca 27.—Anna Augusta, Peters, Buenos Ayres for Hamburgh. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 28.—Wind E.S.E.—SId. both, Port Philip; Davenport, New York. DARTMOUTH, MARCH 27.—Wind N.E., stormy. - Arrd. Admiral, Wieting, New Orleans for ilamburv• Off port, General List, Sandmann, Batavia for Amsterdam. BRIDPORT, MARCH 27.—Sid. Brisk, St. John's, Nevi' foundland. OFF DOVER, MARCH 28.—Alcyon, Sim, Buenos Ayres for Antwerp. THE SCOTTISH HOSPITAL CORPORATION.—YeS" terday a General Court of Governors was held at the premises belonging to the charity in Crane -court, Fleet street, Dr. Webster in the chair. From the statement of the amount of relief distributed during the past years it appeared that the number of applicants for casual relief was about 300 monthly. Upon these applicants, together with 130 aged pensioners, and those who obtained pas' sages to Scotland, there was expended the su m of 2,3731. 2s. 2d. The receipts for the year, from all sources, were 3,177/. 9s. Bd., and the expenditure 2,9891. 10s., leaving a balance in bank of 1871. 19s. Bd. The chairman read a letter from Major James Adair, presenting to the corporation a life-size portrait of the late Duke of Montrose, who was for many years pre sident of the charity, and one of its most munificent pa' trots. The letter was ordered to be inserted in the minutes, and thanks were given to Major Adair for his valuable present. A petition was presented to the court trom a person named Wilson, praying for a continuance of the pension which the so ciety had granted him. The secretary stated that the petitioner had acted as collector and visitor for the hos pital for more than thirty years ; and upon resigning+ tour years ago, a pension of 151. a year had been granted to him. Subsequent to his resignation he had been guilty of some irregularities in a situation of trust which he held in another institution, and his death was inserted in the newspapers. It appeared, however, that the an" nouncement of his death was merely an expedient to evade responsibility, for after having kept out of the way tor some years, he now came forward to ask for a cond .- nuance of the pension which had been voted to him, and the arrears due if it was decided that he was entitled to it. After a brief conversation the petition was referred to the relief committee, accompanied by a request that they would investigate the circumstances of the case, and report thereon to the next general court. There being no other business before the court, the proceedings then terminated with the usual vote of thanks to the chairman. EXTRAORDINARY ELOPEMENT.--PLYMOUTH, MARC° 27.—The ship Madawaska, of Liverpool, G. Mackennel , master, a private ship bound for Sydney, arrived here on Friday last, having embarked many of her passengers at London. On Sunday morning, while heaving her anohor with a fair wind, and her sails set, a small shore boat reached her, in which were two men and one woman. One of the men had come from London in her, and had taken and paid the passage money for the other man and woman, but so near were they being left behind, that and they only reached as th e anc h or b ro k e grou nd,p ro ceeded immediately to sea. On Monday m be tween six and s even o ' c l oc k, t wo of whom his two respectable o represented himself as the husband o f th e female, with friend, la ri men arrived g en arrived here by th e ear ly tra i n , n 1 800/ The employ clerk, for a four g r man who five pursuit of his wife, and the property of ad f which he had b een robbed, amounting t o between 1,500 . wile,hiat dbe enseems, in had th e e lo h p u e years, and of whom the husband had taken leave at Gravesend, having made him a small present of money, and many things necessary for his voyage. Th e decep sdba withnd 's the decep tion on the part of both was carried on with the greatest secrecy, the wife, it seems, having dined with her hus band and four children on the Saturday; but she, on the Saturday evening, went out and never returned. From information and inquiries, the lady's drawers were searched, when it was found all her clothes were taken. The distracted husband and his friend imme diately left by the mail train for this place, where they arrived to have their suspicions confirmed. The prin cipals in this unhappy affair are of the Jewish per suasion. The distressed husband returned by the first train to London, to consult his professional and other friends on the best means of recovering his property , if not his wife, to whom he had been married nineteen years. THE ORLEANS FAMILY.—Two ♦essels have ar rived at one of the wharfs adjacent to London-bridge from Eu—oue the Gustave, having 202 cases, and the other the Vile d'Eu, having 58 packages on board, stated to contain merchandise, and consigned to order. These numerous packages contain a large quantity of valuables and other property of the ex-royal family of France, which were saved at the period of the revolu tion from pillage or destruction, and arrangements have bee❑ made for them to be safely deposited under the care of the authorities until they are cleared and re moved to their destination. On a recent arrival of some packages containing portraits, marbles, and a variety of other valuables, belonging to the Duke de Nemours, from Havre, especial permission was given by the Go vernment authorities for their delivery to their illus' trious owner as his private personal property on arrival in this country. 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