The Sun. — London, England, 1849-02-03 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDE..TS. No communication can be attended to unless authenti. catcd by the name and address of the writer. Rejected communications cannot be returned. THE WEATHER.—Star OFFICE, FEBRUARY 3. TagrixoNETza, Lowest, 43; Highest, 47; Noon, 49 BiRCIIITEIt, 30.46. WIND S.W.; dull hazy weather. SIR E. BULWER LYTTON'S NEW WORK. Now Complete, in 2 vols., 155., bound (Parts 2 and 3, separately ss. ea ch, KING AR THUR. Zy Sir E BULWER LYTTON, Bart., _ Author of " The New Tin - 1;n." "King Arthur takes up a great subject, evolving its national in forest."—Examiner. " Among the most remarkable works of genins."—Morning Post. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in Three Vols., post *To. THE LILY OF PAR IS; Or, THE KING'S NURSE. By J. PALGRAVE SIMPSON, Esq., Author of " Letters from the Danube," " Gisela," &c. "K in scene in the hall, whe age mystery is being played before the King, is equal to any pasin the 'Notre Dame' of Victor Hugo."—Britannia. " This story reminds us, in the striking contrasts of groupings and the life-like distinctness imparted t o the leading personages of some of the best stories of Sir Walter Scott."—Morning Her a ld. " The troubles of the reign of the poor insane Monarch, Charles— the subsequent successes of his son Charles Vll.—the Burgundian faction and the terrible English—present strongly contrasted pictures of sorrow and exultation, which the writer has artistically woven Into his well-constructed fiction."—Weekly Chronicle. " A powerful novel. We have seldom, if ever, seen this surpassed for graphic description and truthfulness of detail."—Sunday Times. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. ROBERT HOUDIN. - ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. M. ROBERT HOUDIN will have the honour to repeat his extra ordinary SOIREES FANTASTIQUES, at this Theatre as follows: — THIS EVENING, Saturday, February 3. Tuesday Evening, 6. Wednesday Morning, .. „ 7. Evening Performance at Half-past Eight ; Day Performance at Half-past Two. Boxes, 4e. ; Pit, 2s. ; Amphitheatre, Is. 6d. loxes, Stalls, and Tickets for this extraordinary Entertainment may be seemed at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from Eleven till Five o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, iIAYMARni, I. Mr. B. Webster, Sele Lessee and Manager, Old l3romptoe. The public is respectfully informed that this Theatre has, during the recess, nedergone very extensive repairs aid alterations and the Whole re-decorated. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. Citylock, Charles Kelm ; Portia, Mrs. Charles Kea.. To conclude with an Arabian Nights' Entertainment, entitled CAMARALZAMAN AND BADOURA ; or, The Peri who Loved the Prince. Characters by Messrs. Bland, Keeley, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Horton, and Miss Reynolds. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. Daring the Recess this Theatre has been entirely re-decorated, the original designs by Digby Wyatt, Res., executed by Mr. Sang. A new Stage, Curtain, Act Drop, and Chandelier. An approved sys tem of Ventilation, &c., &c. The Private Boxes enlarged, Backs added to the Seats, and Stalls rendered mere comfortable. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Drama, founded on Mr. Dickens's Christ mas Book, entitled THE HAUNTED MAN. Mr. Bedlam, Mr. Hughes : the Phantom, Mr. 0. Smith ; A. Tetterby and Co., Mr. Wright ; the Boy, Miss E. Chaplin; Milly, Miss Woolgar ; Mrs. Tet terby, Mrs. F. Matthews. To be followed by SWEETHEARTS AND WIVES. To conclude with THE ENCHANTED ISLE. Alonzo, Mr. Paul Bedford; Prospero, Mr. 0. Smith; Ariel, Miss '. Chaplin. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee. Mr. Charles Mat hews. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new and original petite Comedy, entitled WHO SPEAKS FIRST ? After which, a new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE KING OF THE PEACOCKS. Characters by Messrs. Harley, John Reeve, Selby, H. Hall, Marshall, and H. Marshall ; Miss Kathleen Fitzwil liam, Miss L. Howard, Mrs. Macnamara, Miss Marshall, Miss L. Marshall, Miss Coleman, and Madame Vestris. To conclude with AN APPEAL TO TFIE PUBLIC. Dress Boxes, bs. • Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No half-price to any part of the house. The New Box-office, No. 2, Wellington-street, Is open to the public every day, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S THEATIZE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Nltuiager. Daring the Recess this Theatre has been re-decorated and embel lished in a superb and costly manner ty 3f r. Hurwitz. A new Chan delier has been fitted, and the best arran.,,ments have been made for the due Ventilation of the Theatre, and the cotuiort and conveaience of the audience. THIS EVENING, Will hi performed a new Opera, entitled MARIE, THE FOUND LING OF THE LIKE. To conclude with a new grand Pantomime, entitled BLUFF KING HAL ; or, Harlequin and the Charmed Arrow. Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Pltul• ; Clown, Mr. Flexmore ; Sprite, Mr. De Barr ; Columbine, Miss Fawcett. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. tinder the Patronage of her 3lajesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. Enormous success of the Holiday Novelties, the most astounding in the Metropolis.—A gorgeous Spectacle.—Brilliant Scenes of the Arena.—A new comic Pantomime. THIS EVENING, The curtain will rise at a Quarter to Seven o'clock precisely to tke magnificent Spectacle of the WARS OF THE JEWS ; or, The Fall of Jerusalem. To be followed by an inimitable display of SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, supported by the first Equestrian talent of the day. To conclude with a new Equestrian Pantomime, entitled BOLD ROBIN HOOD ; or, The Pretty White Horse and Enchanted Prin cess of Sherwood Forest. Boa-office open from Eleven till Five. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. WEI WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY —Morning, 34 min. after 9 I Evening, 15 min. after 10 T.-1f eaßow ..orntrir 59 min safts, 10 1 R . ..tranirap_ :IC .ft.r 11 •-fi r , :JR 11 •,°„ T ". 0 lib. lUr lt n I I Mt, LONDON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1849. In consequence of the masterly speech delivered last evening in the House of Commons by Lord PALMERSTON, the amendment of the Hon. Gentle man the Member for Buckinghamshire was with drawn—a majority of 141 having rejected the propo. aition for an adjournment. Nothing could by possi bility have been more complete and triumphant than the vindication of the foreign policy of her MA JESTT'S Government by the Noble Statesman at the head of that department. I%lor can this be any matter of surprise to those who have scanned without preju dice the conduct of that great diplomatist during the unprecedented turmoils and the bewildering difficul ties of the year through which we have just passed—the terrible and memorable epoch which will be known for ever afterwards in history as the Year of 'Revolutions. To say that the Chief Secretary at the Foreign-office has so acted as to prevent England from becoming embroiled with other nations in the midst of such astounding movements, and of such infuriated passions, would be of itself a noble and glorious eulogium. But Lord PALMERS- ToN has done immeasurably more than this : he has not only preserved amicable relations with the diffe rent Powers of the Continent, but he has done so without any concession of the dignity of his own country ; he has not only avoided the chances of battle between ourselves and the insurgent nationalities of Europe, but he has negotiated, ' in the character of mediator, so effectually as to have produced a cessation of hostilities in the northern and scuthern territories of the Continent. By bringing about a timely armistice between Den mark and Germany he has raised an impediment to the advance of the French and Russian soldiers upon the disputed province of Schleswig, and in so doing has saved Prussia from the everlasting o di um of having fomented, through its cupidity, a general and disastrous war throughout the dominions of E urope. By mediating, again, between the hostile Governments of Austria and Sardinia, he has opened to the Lombardo-Venetians a prospect of their pacific emancipation from their existing miseries. By interposing, in fine, between the Sicilian population and the Neapolitan SOVEREIGN, he has put an end to a barbarous and desolating sys tem of warfare, he has saved Palermo from the fate of a bombardment as cruel and destructive as that which transformed the beautiful city of Messina into a heap of smouldering ashes, and he has traced out a channel such as may lead to the permanent and satis factory adjustment of difficulties which must other wise have been jumbled into inextricable confusion. For these proceedings —proceedings so creditable to the Minister and so honourable to the Country—we have all along congratulated the Noble Viscount at the head of the Foreign Department. Last night they were recapitulated by him with a candour and lucidity such as rendered further opposition ridiculous. Not even Mr. DAVID URC.THAR T ._ monomaniac as he is upon the subject of Lord P AL . MERSTON—couId have had the impertinent temerity to assail the foreign policy of the Cabinet, while the House was yet digesting the arguments and brooding over the declarations of that traduced but patriotic Administrator. Alluding to the course adopted by the Republican Government of France in regard to the maintenance o f a friendly disposition betwee n th at coun t ry an d Great Britain , the Foreign Secretary passed a re markable and deserved panegyric up on the successive statesmen wbo have presided Over the destinies of that democracy since the days of last February. And, referring to the absurd charge of precipitation, because an ambassador had been accredited to the Republic Administration of CAvAioNAc, he maintained that the relations between countries were not the relations between Cabinets, but the relations between nations. " Governments," THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 3, 1849: said he, " are the organs of the nations, and it is only through such an organ that nations can communicate with nations. What business is it of ours to consider what organ a foreign nation may choose ? What business is it of ours to ask whether the French prefer to . be governed by a P res id ent or an Emperor, a King or a Consul?" It were well for France, for England, for Europe, if sentiments so rational and magnanimoui as these had influenced the conduct of British statesmen when GnEsivinnE was Foreign Se cretary under PITT, and when HAWKESBURT filled the same office under ADDINGTON. Had either of those diplomatists possessed the courage or the liberality to utter such language from the floor of the Commons, the Continent would have been spared the ravages of a prolonged and sanguinary war, and the last descendant of the imperial dynasty of NAPOLEON would have presided (as he does now) over the for tunes of France, without the National Debt of Eng land having been increased by the enormous sum of 615,622,298/. sterling ! There was an air of the most felicitous badinage in the taunt cast by Lord PALMERSTON at his assailants. " I have been accused," said he, " sometimes, of pur suing measures that lead to war. The war party sit there !"—pointing to the benches of the Opposition. In a similar strain he exclaimed, further on— "We stand here as promoters of peace. We stand here as parties who have laboured assiduously, and are labouring still, to prevent war if we can—to keep it within the narrowest range if it breaks out, and to put an end to it as soon as possible. We stand here as the promoters of peace. We are charged by the advocates of war. I leave the House to decide between us; and I confidently look to the verdict which the House will return." It is as the promoter of peace, and as the opponent of war that Lord PALMERSTON has, during the last twelvemonths, been assailed with so much virulence. It is on account of his solicitude to preserve quietude throughout the states of Christendom that he has been reviled by the aspirants for a spurious popularity. There was consequently that sense of the correctness of his position visible in every sentence articulated last evening by the Foreign Secretary, which is the worthiest inspiration of an orator, and which is the best incitement to any man who may be momentarily embarrassed by the neces sity of pronouncing his own vindication. To those who have regarded the policy of Lord PALMERSTON aright, the admirable extenuation, or, more strictly speaking, the exact explanation of that policy given by him last night, will be little less than supererogatory ; while, to those who have had their judgments darkened by prejudice, even the conclusive and logical remarks , of the Foreign Secretary will prove wholly and entirely insufficient. That the Commons will, however, view his conduct with that disregard to mere per sonal considerations which has heretofore been the honourable characteristic of the British Parlia ment, that justice will be done by the Legislature to the skill, the industry, the genius, and the patriotism of Lord PALMERSTON, we have the most agreeable and implicit confidence. The Commons will not, by con demning the policy of that illustrious diplomatist, cast a suspicion over the purity of its conscience, and a shadow over the clearness of its intelligence. The Court of Exchequer was yesterday the scene of one of those exhibitions of personality that are calculated to inflict the deepest injury on the Bar, and to bring the administration of justice into contempt and disrepute. The most painful part of the transac tion was, that the party who insulted the Court and his brother barrister was no inexperienced junior, for whom some allowance should be made for his com parative ignorance of professional etiquette, but a gentleman who had already filled the highest rank beneath the bench, and who might be regarded as an aspirant for the highest honours of the legal profession. A charge was deliberately put forward that the Lord Chief Baron had suffered his private and personal feelings towards a gentleman nearly connected with himself to influence his public conduct on the seat of justice —that he had not merely, on the occasion in question, but habitually, exhibited gross favouritism towards his son-in-law, Mr. S. MAIITIN, Q Cl., by allowing _ _ latitudes to that gentleman which would not be allowed to others la that or any court. The unfortunate dispute occurred in the case of the "Attorney-General v. Russell," for an alleged breach of certain Custom-house regulations. Sir FREDE RICK THESIGER appeared on behalf of the Crown, while the conduct of the defence was entrusted to Mr. S. MARTIN, the eminent Queen's Counsel. In the course of the proceedings, Mr. MARTIN asked certain questions, which were objected to by Sir F. THESIGER as irrelevant to the matter in issue. Tpl p Lord Chief Baron was appealed to, and his Lordship very properly stated, that "he agreed with Sir F. THE. l SIGER that the questions were open to that objection at first sight, but be did not see how he could interfere at present. Such questions were frequently put, and counsel always had the credit of having some object in view." Sir F. THESIGER, however, continued the objection to similar interrogatories, and having pressed for the interference of the Court, the Chief Baron again answered, that "the objection to a particular line of examination on the ground of irrelevancy was one of great difficulty and delicacy for the judge to deal with," adding, "I can only say that some discretion must be reposed in Mr. MARTIN necessarily ;" and on a subsequent oc casion observed, " Counsel must be entrusted with a certain extent of discretion in the conduct of their cases, whether it be a gentleman only called yesterday, or a Queen's Counsel of long standing and eminence, I as Judge must allow them to exercise their own discretion." Now, his Lordship exercised a sound judgment and forbearance in all these points. There was no exhibition of petulance or ill temper at the repeated interruptions that took place. The con tinued repetition of the same objection after the decision of the Court had been announced was calculated to consume unnecessarily much more of the public time than would have been wasted even though the line of examination had been as irrelevant as was alleged. There is nothing more vexatious than those constant interruptions by which it is attempted to prevent cer tain facts from being elicited that may be entitled to weight with the jury. In the case in question the nature of the defence was " that there was no pre tence for saying that there had been contraband goods on board—that the proceeding was one of pecu liar hardship, the vessel being a fishing-boat, laden with goods of a perishable nature — that she had been previously boarded by a Custom house officer, and, in fact, did not come within the meaning of the statute, which required that all vessels should be specially reported at the Custom-house: Mr. MARTIN was endeavouring to show that there was no breach of the law, even though its letter might have been violated upon, and this appeared a perfectly legitimate topic to be commented on, and, of course, to be brought out in the evidence. It should also be borne in mind that the proceed ing was of a sh p o e u n l a d l character, in in tha w n hic in h greater latitude cases of an ordinary character. It, therefore, scarcely required the subsequent asseveration of Mr. MARTIN, that "he did not ask one question which he did not believe to be proper and material to the interests of his client." The rank and position which Mr. MARTIN has acquired for himself in his profession, in which he h nulli secundus, would surely have entitled him to a certain weight with the Bench without any imputation of nepotism being hazarded. Sir F. TIIESIGER, however, was not satisfied with the courteous and gentlemanlike conduct exhibited by the Chief Baron. On the point being decided against him for the fourth or fifth time, he burst out into what we cannot help terming a most im proper and unjustifiable charge. He said, " I cannot but feel that my Learned Friend is allow e d a di scret i on i n t hi s case, an d i n thi s Court generally, which would not be extended to myself or to other counsel in this or any other court." Now this was perfectly plain and unequivocal. There was no misunderstanding the allusion. It implied that the Judge suffered his private feel ings to influence his public duty, that he endeavoured to advance the interests of his son-in-law at the expense of other learned gentlemen. No won der that the charge was warmly resented, and that on Sir F. TIIESIGER refusing to make any concession the case was adjourned to a future day. No wonder that Mr. MARTIN deeply felt the unjust arid un warrantable aspersion so much as to induce him for the moment to speak of altogether relinquishing his practice in that court. In whatever aspect the matter be regarded the conduct of Sir F. THESIGER was wholly unjustifiable, and would call for the well-merited censure of the Bench, the Bar, and the public generally. We trust that he will see his error, and make the only amends in his power, by withdrawing the offensive in sinuation. Mr. MARTIN, we also hope, will relin quish his intention. His talents and acquirements are such as to insure him practice in any court into which he may choose to enter. His adopting the course he spoke of would seem to admit that there were some grounds for the charge. He should rest satisfied in conscious inno cence, and with a knowledge of the high esti mation in which he is held. The public generally should not be injured by being deprived of his able advocacy in any case in which his services may be available. It would, indeed, be ridiculous to assert that the promotion of a near relative t o th e judicial bench should lead to his withdrawal from practice in a court in which he had previously acquired con siderable distinction, and to his relinquishing a lucrative branch of his profession. There is but one alterna tive remaining for Sir F. THRSIGER, if he should refuse to make a full and complete retractation of the charge. He should bring the conduct of the Chief Baron before the only tribunal to which he is amenable, and move an address to the Crown to de prive him of the situation he now fills. If the accu sation be well founded it would warrant such a pro ceeding. If not, no language would be sufficiently strong to express the deep regret which every high minded gentleman must feel who had permitted himself, in a moment of ill-humour and petulance, to cast upon one of the Judges of the land so grave an imputation without due foundation. In either case, Sir F. THESIGER owes something to himself and to the honourable profession of which he is an influen tial and leading member. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The Assembly on Thursday negatived the motion of M. LAGRANGE, for the immediate publication of a _ge neral amnesty, by a majority 551 to 167. It is, how ever, considered probable that an amnesty will be pub lished on the 24th of February, the anniversary of the proclamation of the Republic. The House then re sumed the debate on the project of law imposing a tax on successions. M. LERNINIER has addressed a letter to the Minister of Public Instruction, resigning his functions as one of the professors of the College of France. He assigns as the motive of his resignation his wish to prevent the Government and the College of France from being ex posed to the violence of an implacable party towards himself. It appears that during the military comedy enacted in the streets of Paris on Monday, under the manage ment of General CHANGARNIER, the sergeant-major of a company of the Ist Legion of National Guards, informed the soldiers under his command that at his house, which was close at hand, they would find a petition demanding the immediate dissolution of the National Assembly, which they might sign at once. The soldiers re. minded him that by law no act of such a nature could be performed by armed men without being considered a hostile manifestation against the Assembly, and several threatened to quit the ranks if this officer continued his illegal conduct. According to the Moniteur the accounts from the de partments are perfiTtly satisfactory. The riot at Strasburg was merely a procession of operatives cut of employ, who dispersed on being assured by the Mayor that relief should be given to the most needy. Their numbers never exceeded 250. There had been some slight disturbances at Macon and Chalons. At Marseilles and Lyons the military posts were doubled on the 27th, but there was no attempt made at disturbance on the part of the people. The Committee appointed to examine the project of law for the suppression of clulis presented by the Mi nister of the Interior to the National Assembly, has de termined, by a majority of 9 to 6, to recommend its rejection as unconstitutional. Paris continued perfectly tranquil up to the post hour of yesterday. The Bourse has been animated, and an improvement took place in the value of all public securities. The Five per Cents. opened at 75f. 60c., and rose gradually to 76f. 10c., at which they closed. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, FEB. 2. Boulogne and Amiens, VA—Luxembourg (71.), Dit to (10!.), 2 1 b—Namur and Liege, 6% Orleans and Bordeaux, 2A--Sambre and Meuse, 33/4. territorial complexity, to compass both a vigorous constitu tion of her territory, and one also that shall respond to its internal necessities, nor to oppose obstacles to the endeavours of Germany, which aim at the delineation of a united political body in counter relation to other countries, as also at the co-absorption of conmercial and material interests and the greatest possible equalization of internal legislation. It may be expected of the Nustrian Government that she will here also lend her utmost aid, and pay the greatest pos sible regard to the relations Jf Germany in the modelment of her own internal affairs. But if in the meanwhile she should think herself unable ;o take a full share in the deve lopment of Germany, as above alluded to—if she were un able to allow of the necessary limitations of he: sovereign rights in favour of a vigorous Central Government of the Confederation, and if she were unable to apply to her German lands the principle of the material association of interests, then we might zertainly conclude that Austria on the one hand would not 5e desirous of exercising rights to which corresponding duties were not opposed, and that on the other hand, the rest of the German States could not well be recommended to give rights bearing upon foreign policy, general andsommercial, von internal legislation and finan cial economy, in the exercise of which rights the Austrian • federal territory would not be correspondingly subjected to the decrees of the Central Power—they could not be re commended to give theas rights to a representation ema nating from the collective population of the Confederation, and a Federal Government presiding over the affairs of the collective body politic, in which representation and govern ment Austria maintained a place. But it would not thence be to be concluded that Germany would have to return ex , elusively to the ' 'essential :principles of a confederation of states, and that the plan of the federative political unity so enthusiastically cherished, would have to be entirely abandoned ; more properly speaking, the maintenance and development of the German Confederation, including Austria, together with the German territory of the Nether lands and of Denmark, as also the preservation of that position which is due to the imperial house of Austria in Germany, would be perfectly reconcilable with the coalition of the rest of the German States in a closer union—a federa tive State within the Confederation. As within the Confe deration, the Customs Union, not only evidencing a close industry, and traffic, but including within it selfomnon commercio-political representa tionbo bond the basis trade, 0 f one common for Germany in respect of foreign countries, as this union could originate and exist within the Confederation, without being detrimental either to the Confederation itself, or to the mutual relations of those members of the Confederation who belonged to it, and thos3 who did not belong to it ; so may a union, inclusive of far greater interests, be formed among the majority of the memb3rs of the Confederation, and exist within the Confederation, " The Prussian Government recognizes, as it always did, the duty of persevering in the path that was entered upon by the act of convoking the German National Assembly. " To this end this proposal is submitted for courteous con sideration, viz, that previously to the second reading of those parts of tte constitutional scheme, entitled The Em pire and the Imperial Power '—"fhe Imperial Parliament' --` The Supreme Head of the Empire '—and ' The Council of the Empire,' the German Governments, by means of the Imperial:Ministry, shall deliver to the National Assembly in Frankfort declarations with regard to the contents of these chapters, as they have been determined on a first reading, with a view to further consideration on the part of the Assembly. " We think that this proposal will recommend itself both to the German Governments and to the National Assembly, as we pre-su)pose the existence, on either side, of an earnest wish to arrive at a straightforward understanding. The po sition occupied by the latter, as regards the work of Consti tution, has already been hinted at in our exordium. On the other head, the greater number of the German Govern ments have lever renounced the right of giving their assent, and Prussia, more especially, has never done so. Were this antithesis carried out to its full extent, no one would surely doubt that nct only the work of Constitution would never come to anything, but that our German fatherland also would be exposed to the most dangerous crisis, and be entirely choked in its development. The more resolved a German state may be to hold fast by the right of approval, the more it may fear its being obliged to deny this acquiescence, the more lively should be its apprehension of the duty that thus devolves upon it-- a dutylowhich bids it not confine itself to posterior negation, but bring its scruples and proposals of modification to the knowledge of the National Assembly, and thus give the latter an opportunity of mature deliberation, previously to a second reading. And when we see, on the other hand, how those fractions of the Assembly which combat most decidedly the right of accord in respect of principles, nevertheless re gard it desirable to bring about an understanding with the Governments, we may indulge a hope that the Assembly itself, mindful of its dignity and of its duty towards our fatherland in general, will come forward in an equally friendly spirit, and thus take the sting from the antithesis above mentioned. The Prussian Government is induced to believe that its proposal responds to the wishes of the German Go vernmeut ; the more so because it is convinced that the true interests of the Governments go hand in hand with the wants and wishes of the German people. It therefore is en couraged to hope that however opinions may differ on indi vidual points, yet, in consideration of the truly German sen timent which is imputes to all the different Governments, and in consideration of the common nature of their interests, they will be of accord in the most essential matters. All the greater will be the gain, the more the different states corre spond in their declarations ; and whilst the Government of Prussia offers a helping hand in this business, it expects an equally confiding reciprocation of feeling from the other German Governments. "It has furnished its plenipotentiary in Frankfort-on-the Maine with most ample instructions to this end; and as it is of opinion that that place would be the most suitable central point of conference for all the Governments, it re quests them to forward their remarks and eventual propo bitions thither in a suitable way, and with all possible speed, as it looksupon an early conference and understanding, w►th a view to the interests of Germany in general as moat desirable. " Your Excellency will be pl e a se d t o l ay th e cons id erat i ons and proposals herein contained bef ore th e G overnment , an d l ec re t demands. At th.rn Excel lency irPPnrt . At the same time you r xcel izednend so s ut u b , : oj omit to apprise the Government of the real sentiments of his Majesty's Government, which has lately been subject to such manifold attacks. Prussia aims at no increase of power or dignity for itself. However the German Constitution may model itself, it craves no share in the supreme conduct of the Federative Government but that 14 hich its position in Germany, and the importance of the moral and physical resources which it can place at the disposal of our common fatherland in the nature of things assign to it. It will accept of no post offered to it, except with the free acquiescence of the united Governments; but it considers itself bound to do Germany those services which the interest of the common fatherland would seem to demand of it, even it this cannot happen without sacrifices on its own part. In the same way it will as gladly meet any proposal, which, without endangering the common end in view, may be calculated to preserve the freedom and independence of the individual States. In consequence of these sen timents, I am already enabled to (acquaint your Excellency that his Majesty and his Government are not of opinion that the establishment of a new German imperial dignity is necessary to a real and comprehensive German unity; that we, on the contrary, apprehend that the exclusive endeavour to concentrate unity under this form (necessary as a point of If nity is of itself) would op pose essential, nay, almost insuperable obstacles to the realisation of the end in view. There may surely be some other tform under which, without sacrificing any essential requirement, the urgent and highly justifiable desire of the German people after true Unity and vigorous development of the body politic may be fully satisfied. " The interests of the case in hand lead us to hope for a speedy reply from the Government to this communication. (Signed) " BuLow." "Berlin, Jan. 23." Great excitement has been produced in Prussia, by the publication of an article in the French lievue des Deux Mondes, which asserts that PRINCE METTERNICH, then Prime Minister of Austria, on hearing of the French revolution of February, proposed that France should take possession of the Rhenish Provinces on the left Bank of the Rhiae (his own estate of Johannis berg is situated on the right Bank), on condition that the possession of Lombardy and Venice should be guaranteed to Austria. The Prussian newspapers say that, for the honour of the German name, they must consider this an error; but when we remember that the [revue des deux Monks is the organ of M. Gum); and that the alliance between PRINCE METTERNICH and M. GIIIZOT, as managers of the reactionary intrigue now going on throughout Europe, is more intimate than ever, we cannot but believe that the assertions of the writer in the Revue des Deux Mondes are to the letter true, with regard to every thing that concerns PRINCE METTERNICH. of Infantry, the chief of Gorgey's staff, and Lieutenant• Col. Pustelnick, formerly in the Imperial army. " The enemy's loss amounted to 60 killed, and 120 wounded. We had two officers and six men killed, 13 wounded. Four companies of the 2d Jager battalion con ducted the storm with distinguished bravery. An obstinate battle was fought in the streets of Windschacht. House by house had to be taken at the point of the bayonet. Two charges of the enemy, when the darkness favoured, were courageously met by our men, and the village at length taken. The 12th Jager battalion, under Colonel Collery, supported by a pioneer company, fought with bravery at Hodritz, and captured five of the guns above mentioned. The enemy retired on the Sohler road, pursued by our troops. _ " 'Simultaneously with these operations, Major-General Gotz planned an attack on Kremnitz, over Obersterben and Turzek, from the side of Mossocz, in combination with the column of Major-General To:_say, advancing from Rudno. Gener:.lGotz was prevented carrying on this manoeuvre by the tidings reaching him that the latter general had re ceived orders the day before Irons Lieutenant Field-Marshal Simonich to return to Neutra, in order to aid in the pacifi cation of that district. He was, therefore, obliged to main tain his post at Mossocz and protect the Turoczer comitat from the hands of the insurgeut army, beaten and dispersed by General Esorich. The conquest of Leopoldstadt and the occupation of Neu chausel by the brigade Neustadter, now on the eve of ac complishment, will be sufficient to confirm the good feeling which is beginning to show itself in the Treutschen co mitat, and by tranquillizing the minds of the people, con tribute to establish order and peace. A body of insur gents, collected at Szoluck, on the Theiss, availed them selves of the frozen river, to circumvent the vanguard of Major-General Ottinger, who held the bridge. A l arger oc cupation of it, however, rendered unnecessary by the strength of the ice, the vanguard, consisting of cavalry, had orders to march ox to Czegled, where the second squadron of Hardegg cuirassiers by a brilliant charge, gallantly made, effectually put to the route a division of Kaiser hussars who were in pursuit of them, killed several on the spot, and made one captain and eighteen men prisoners. Major- General Ottinger, reinforced by a body of foot, took up an advantageous position at Czegled, but the enemy refused battle, and escaped over the Theiss, near Szoluck. " General Count Nugent, who proposed advancing to Funfkirchen, has sent a strong brigade of infantry, cavalry, and ordnance, under Major-General von Dietrich, to garrison Kaposvar, for the purpose of clearing the counties of Su megher and Barony of the wandering, starved, and rebel bands, got together by a certain Damjavich, under cover of Essegg. Colonel Harvath has done the same in the Stuhl weissenburg comitat, by which means alone order and the authority of the law can be restored. Lieutenant Field- Marshal Dahlen is organizing the supernumerary border troops, to bring up on the right bank of the Drave, towards Essegg. " ueneral Todorovich reports from Werschetz, the 20th, after a sharp fight with the rebels : " I yesterday entered Werschetz, with the troops of the Austrian-Servian army corps. On the evening of the 18th the corps was mustered for this object between St. Michali and Alibuasar, and during the night they occupied Zicsi dorf. Early in the morning we marched in two columns against Werschetz. The enemy, who with half of his corps had pushed on to Zicsidorf at seven o'clock in the morning, turned back at ten on hearing of our having taken the place, drew off the remainder of his corps, and at noon again attempted to effect his purpose. On my coming up to Werschetz with the column, I observed the strong force of the enemy retreating on the road to Becskerek, and I instantly set out in pursuit of the rebels, hoping to subdue the town, which was still in their hands. Mean while, Colonel Kincanin had encountered the enemy's column. I lost no time in going to the rescue, with a part of my troops, so that the enemy, taken from the rear, was forced to swerve, and retire on the road to Moravitza, where we followed him till darkness set in. We captured twenty ammunition waggons, several stands of arms, and made many prisoners. Our loss, as far as my information at pre sent goes, is not great ; that of the enemy in killed, wounded, and runaways, considerable." [Here follow the names of the officers who distinguished themselves.] (Signed) " WELDEN." A letter from a correspondent of the Wiener Zeitung, dated Semlin, Jan. 21, states that the attack ou Versac was made on the 19th, at five o'clock in the morning, that the battle lasted the whole day, that after a desperate resistance on the part of the rebels, the Aus trian soldiers stormed the walls, and were in possession of the whole town by six o'clock in the evening. Great losses on both sides in killed and wounded. The head.. quarters of General THooonovic, according to this ac count, aro now in Versac. -Weissltirchen and Gross Becakerek must soon fall, their communications being cut ofE Versac was stormed by three battalions and one corps of Servians, under Major MILLEKIC. 1140.NEY acid COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool this week has been freely supplied, but prices have hardened. Sales, 67,850 bales; stock, 415,530 b' les.--Railway Shares were rather quiet at the outport yesterday. The changes in the financial position of the Bank of Eng land during the week to the 27th ult. were not material. The active circulation was but slightly increased, and the employment of the funds of the Corporation has been upon Government securities rather than upon bills. The compa rison with the previous week's return is as follows : Notes Issued ... £28,315,870 Increase ... 45,495 ▪ 3,488,107 •• 6,675 • 3,877,648 ▪ 206,508 ... 11,642,799 • 84,718 ... 1,112,840 18,288 ... 13,882,267 • 260,313 ... 10,427,581 Notes ... 94,566938,345 Decrease ... 3,595 Bullion 15,042,071 Decrease .. „. 6,480 Active Circulation ... ▪ 18,677,525 Increase ... . 4 9,0 90 In a report upon the Manche s t er trade, received to-day from , tessrs. Greenhow, and Irving, we have the following cheerful view taken :—"lt is a long time since we witnessed transactions to such an extent in the month of January as those which have taken place during the present. Happily, no fresh inju rious influences, arising from political disorders abroad, have been in existence to mar the progress of improvement. Unhappily, however, the enhanced value of the raw mate rial has denied to a certain class of spinners and manu facturers—the former especially, who are producers of what are termed low numbers—any valuable participation in the advantages resulting from this altered state of things. With this exception, the change for the better is decided and perceptible on all hands. All the operatives able and willing to work can readily find employment, and manufac turing property is gradually improving in value. We are happy to find from our friends in the woollen and other manufacturing districts that, with but few exceptions, a pretty similar state of things prevails." Messrs. Wilkinson and Jewesbury report favourably of the Indigo and Colonial trades in London. At Amsterdam on Thursday the Bourse was animated. A meeting of Spanish bondholders is convened for Tuesday next, when it is probable that efforts will be made to form a Committee. The Government at Madrid is engaged in revising the tariff of duties, and there seem to be better prospects for the creditors. The East India Railway question is still under considera tion in Leadenhall-street. The English Stock Market has rallied to-day, and might probably have gone higher but for a little stock being sold for transfer next week. Consols have been 91i to for" Money and Account, and are now 91% 1 / 2 . Exchequer bills have been 395. to 495. prem., according to date. New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents, are 92% 1 / 2 . The majority for Ministers last night has given a tone to the Funds. The Foreign Securities are very quiet. Mexican 25%% ; Spanish Five per Cents. 15 to 1 %. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. nominally 48% to 49%. Shares are rather in favour of buyers again, but with a fair business doing. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) 194 Rest Increase :.; Public Deposits ... Increase ... Other Deposits ... Decrease ... Seven Day and other Bills Decrease Government Securities Increase .. Other Securities.. Decrease Bank Stock. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities.-- 9 l l / 2% 3 per Cent. Consols Anns 914 6 1 / 2% New 3 1 4 per Cent. Arens 92 1 / 2 % Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 India Stock — Do. Bonds, 10001 Ditto under 1.0001 . 49 p Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 2%d. 2d. March. June. 1,000/. 500/. 43 p 46 49 p Small — 46 49 p I'IIICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto Small Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent 251.2 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,lB4o Ditto for the Account Dividends on the above payable in London. till - snit:Ss DONE IN RAILWAY. SHAREi, AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYEI. PAID. PER SHARE. kberdeen 5O .... 20 .. ... to 19 Caledonian Ditto, Quarter Shares 1 Lil t - .. 5 Ditto, New 101. Preference 7 1 / 2 B% 9... to 8 1 4 Chester and Holyhead 5O ..... 22:% IA ... to Ditto, Preference East Anglia, 251. L. & E., and L. & D . Ditto, 3/. 10s,, E. & H... 34, 2 l /2 to Eastern Counties Do. Exten.,s perct.No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d M p to East Lancashire Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% .. 1% 3 / 4 .. to Great Northern Do. % A Deferred ..... ... 12 1 / 5 Do. %B 6 per Cent. Guar. 6% -4% to Great North of England 100 240 % 1 / 2... to Great Western 100 lO 2 l / 2..... to Ditto, Quarter Shares Do. New 171. Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50 Do.,Thirds..... Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93 Ditto Fifths Ditto Thirds (Reg.) Do., New Guar. 6 per cent 7 l-Ai . 9 1 A to Do., West Riding Union... 7 .... . 3% 4 to Leeds and Bradford 5O .....101 ... .. to London lic Blackwall ......131.65. 8d.... 5 Lond., Bright., & South Coast 50 ......36% 1 4 x.d to London & North Western.....loo ..... .136 1 / 2 .-- to 136 DI. New ... Do. Fifths London and S. Western....... 50 .. .... 43 Ditto. Thirds Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100 Do., New 10.. Preference.. 10 ... ... 114... to Midland......_ Ditto, 50/. 5hare5........... 25 - to Midland, Consol. Bristol and Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 126 x.d.... to North British Ditto Thirds .... ........ -.... 84 .. 5 North Staffordshire... .. ...... 15 12 ... Reading, Guildtd., & Rei ga t e 12 1 ,x 2 - .• 13%..... to ,!:hrewsbury and Birmingham 10 ....... 5 Ditto, ditto, Class B. 6 ....... 2 3 / 4 to Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. :din.) Ditto, Oswestry lB% 14%...... to Shropshire Union.... 5 ... Routh Staffordshire 7 1,2 . 4%..... to South Eastern Ditto, Scrip No. 4.. South Wales Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed Do. do. do. tiork, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 Do. Original New & Ber ck 25 ...... 19% to 29% Do. Eaten. No. I (Y. & N.) 20 Do. do. No. 2, New &B. 20 Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref 8 ... York and North Midland .. 50 Ditto, Preference Ditto East and est Riding Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens 2O . . 8 Dutch Rhenish 7% l% to Namur and Liege Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 7 Paris and Rouen .. ...,.- ..... 20 - ... to Paris & Strasbourg. ..... ..... 9 JOINT STOCK BANKS.. Australasia MINES. Australian ... COURSE OF Amsterdam ...... •• .. 12 2 Ditto, at sight ...... 12 0% Rotterdam .......... 12 21 Antwerp.. Ham burgh •.M.B. 13 11% Paris, 3 days'sight .. 25 40 Ditto, 3 months ..... 25 65 Marseilles ....... ..... 25 65 80urdeaux........ . 25 70 . Frankfort on Maine,.. 151% Peteraburgh, Sil. Rble,, 3614 Vienna, effec. flo•• 11 27 Trieste, ditt0.......... 11 30 Madrid .............. 48% Cadiz •• .• 48% Barcelona 5evi11e........ . SPAIN. mwirid journals or a., o/th ult. have arrived. The Congress has refused to authorise the prosecution of Senor OLOZAGA, consequently he is now at liberty to return to Madrid, and resume his flinpl;,,,, of Deputy. MADRID BOLSA, JAN. 27.—Three per Cents., 20 ; after Bolsa, 20 4 cash; (Fives, 10i paper ; after Boise. 10 cash. Passives 3-1 paper ; after Bolsa, 2i cash. Cou pons, 6 cash. Bank of St Ferdinand, 57 cash ; 60 paper. Exchange on London, 49 15 paper, Treasury Bills, 71i 72 cash ; 74 paper. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. PRUSSIA. The elections for electors to the first Chamber took place at Berlin on the 29th ult. The number of persons chosen to return the memtitrs to the first Chamber for Berlin is 130 only. They are almost all reactionaries, so that while the lower Chamber will have a Democratic majority the reactionaries, thanks to the limitation of the franchise, will reign supreme in the upper. At Breslau, Stettin, Halle, and several other places, the re actionaries have secured the majority among the electors to the upper Chamber. A collision between the two Chambers would therefore appear to be inevitable. The following in the note which has been addressed by the Prussian Minister for Foreign Affairs to the Prussian diplomatic agents at the various Courts of Germany on the subject of the Headship of the Ger man Empire:— "The proceedings entered upon last April, by the German National Assembly, convoked in Frankfort, for the purpose of founding a new Constitution for Germany, are approach ing the crisis in which the German States will have to de clare themselves, concerning the result of the Assembly's labours. At the time the Assembly met, the revision of the Constitution of the Confederation, although already com menced, had not advanced far enough to enable the German Governments to lav before the said Assembly a scheme of Con stitution concerted in common, or to be the prolocutors of this scheme before the Assembly. The Assembly found itself obliged to take the work of Constitution in hand on its own account, while both the passive temper exhibited by the Governments, many of which found their powers entirely engrossed by internal affairs, and the palpable difficulty of coming to an accord with thirty-seven different and inde pendent States, might contribute to raise to a high standard the conceptions prevalent as to the extent of the political powers of the Assembly. The Prussian Government also thought itself bound to attach great importance to the situa tion in which the German States found themselves, whilst thus opposed to an Assembly legally e l ec t e d from the col lective body of the nation. It thought it ought to exert itself to the utmost not to step forth with negations before an Assembly before which the Governments of Germany had laid no positive proposals. It thought that the German nation had a right to demand protection from all ex traneous impediments while an attempt was being made to arrive at unity in a way legally laid open in part by the German Government, and in point conceded by them. It was this point that the Prussian Government most espe cially kept in view alter its July proposals, for gaining a basis for a collective representation if the German Govern ment had failed, and after other attempts also to bring matters into the path of conciliatory understanding had proved fruitless; and at the same time, while it was unhesi tatingly willing to retire awhile from the executive functions of the Confederation, and to approve the conferment of them upon his Imperial Highness the Archduke John of Austria, it has, with no little devotion, and often with self denial, supported and sustained the Central Power of Ger many by the means and resources of Prussia. The aim has been gained. The National Assembly in Frankfort has been able freely to devote itself, for almost:eight months, to its constituent labours, and, as these labours are apparently approaching their end, every German Government will feel itself called upon to co-operate in bringing these labours to a happy issue, and to prevent any possible failure being laid to the fault of the individual Governments. The Prussian Government may cherish a hope that it is secure from such culpation, but it is very well aware that its assent alone is not sufficient to bring a remodelment of the German Con stitution into life, and that the failure of the great scheme would not be the less lamentable even if it were proved be yond all doubt that Prussia was not the rock it had split upon. " Induced by these contemplations, the Prussion Govern ment would have proceeded, at an earlier moment, to propose the preparation of the declarations which are expected to be made, within a short interval, by th e St a t es o f th e G erman Confederation. But a momentuous epoch of development in its own state coincided, in point of time, with a decisive turn taken by the internal affairs in Austria, which, as being the most powerful member of the Confederation, was the more called upon to take the initiative, because the European posi tion, and the high vocation of the Austrian Imperial State, added to the central constitutional direction taken by affairs, would necessarily aggravate the difficulty of its entering upon a number of those provisions regarding federal policy in which the National Assembly in Frankfort thought to discern the express wishes of the collective German na tion. The Austrian State is attached to Germany by an cient bonds, and in the most troubled period of the past yestr it has given these bonds a new and closer signification (eine neue Innigkeil), by a prince of the Imperial House of Austria undertaking the conduct of the affairs of Ger many. On its part, again, the rest of Germany cannot renounce the old connexion with Austria; and, least of all, would the Prussian Government have been able to advance a plan depending on the dissolution of the bonds of union hitherto existing; on the contrary it was indispensable to it to know the intentions of the Austrian Government in relation to the Constitution of Germany after the internal affairs of the Austrian State had been replaced on a firmer basis. now Niri findst h it h g e u greatest d s e a d t i th f a a c t t i A o nu Austria, ie aregarding, like our selves the German Confederation as still in existence, wishes to remain in the same, to take part in its vigorous develop ment, while she is ready to come to an understanding on this subject with the National Assembly and the rest of the German Governments. This understanding must un doubtedly be of such a nature as neither tc present obstacles to Austria, while she endeavours, in the whole extent of her AUSTRIA. The Diet at Kremsier has unanimously voted the fifth chapter of the fundamental laws, guaranteeing trial by jury in all prosecutions against the press, and providing chat in all cases the procedure of the Courts of Justice shall be oral and public. Thty have also passed a law abolishing capital punishment. The Ministers have published an official answer in the Wiener Zeitung, stating that they have received an address of confidence signed by about 18,000 of the most respectable inhabitants of Vienna, which cannot tail to produce a most salutary impression. The follow ing is their reply-- " A large proportion of themost respectable inhabitants of Vienna have expressed approval of the Ministerial pro gramme of the 27th of November. _ " The Ministers have received this important testimony of an honourable and encouraging confidence with grateful thanks. "A high goal has to be attained; that goal is the unani mous wish of Austria. It is the grandeur, the might, the unity, the legitimate liberty of the entire monarchy. In full consciousness of their sacred ald difficult task, and at the same time firmly resolved to p?rsevere in the path on which they have entered, the Ministers recognise in this address of the inhabitants of Vienna a retewed pledge of the successful result of their endeavours. SCHWARZENBERG, KRAUS, CORDON, BACK, KULMER, STAPION, VON BRICK, THIEN FELD. " 011inutz, Jan. 12, 1849." The Allyenzeine Zeitung of She 28th ult. says:-- " The German Catholics of Gratz have presented a warm, energetic protest to the Austrian Cabinet against the suspen sion of their service, and the exile of their pastor. They de signate the Ministerial decree " in abortion of the Metternich system," and refer with justice section 17 of the Constitu tion of Ferdinand, of the 25th of April last, which says:— All burghers of the monarchy are granted the free exercise of their religious faith, and full liberty of conscience ;' and concludes by saying, 'True to oar convictions, true to our conscience, and relying upon the imperial promises, we are firmly resolved not to be misled in our faith. We give no man the right of commanding us in matters of faith; for, ac cording to our firm conviction, faith is that sacred property of man for which he is individually responsible to himself and to his God." The Wiener Zeitung of the i'th ult. contains the ad dresses of submission presented to Prince WINDISCII GRATZ since the Imperial army entered the Hungarian territory, by the city of Pesth, by the county of Pesth, by the county of Papa, and by the county of Pozega in Slavonia. • The following is the 18th official bulletin from the Imperial army under WiNrasci4GßA.Tz, which has been published by the Governor of Vienna : “Field-Marshal Lieutenant voll Esorich, who, with his second army corps, had pursued the army divison of the rebel Gorgey in the direction of the mining towns, found the enemy in a strong position on the plains of Schemnitz, charged them with the brigade Wyss in front and flank, took the village of Windschachl by storm, repulsed the enemy on every side, and, after A short conflict with their arriere guard, entered Schemnitz. In this engagement our brave troops took twelve guns, tell mortars, several gun-car riage•, arms, and baggage, made upwards of 500 prisoners, including one officer and 145 men of the Alexander Regiment SAXONY. Intelligence from Dresden of Jan. 29th says :—ln this day's sitting of the second Chamber, Ministers stated that, at his MAJESTY'S earnest and repeated request, they had withdrawn the tender of resignation." SCHLES WIG-HOL STEIN. • - Three proposals for peace, or, rather, three plans, which are to serve as the bases for carrying on negotiations for peace, are, it is stated, under consideration in Lon don. The first is by Denmark ; this assigns to Schles wig a nominal independence, the more surely to consti tute it a Danish province, and effect its separation from Holstein. The second emanates from Prussia ; according to this, Schleswig-Holstein and the Entire Enclaves are to be constituted into the G ran d D uc h y o f N orth Abingia, - the Grand Duke of OLDENBURG is to be adopted by the King of DENMARK, and to succeed him in Denmark and North Abingia ; the latter, of course, to remain a German State, and the Augustenburg line to be inac...men 1./ . y °we'll...pc. The third plan is that r r,,pobed by Franktort—namely, the partition of Schles wig according to the nationalities. SWITZERLAND. - - Disturbances took place on the 24th ult. at Saig nehgier, canton of Berne, in Switzerland, owing to the people having opposed the expulsion of the nuns of a convent of Ursulines, which had been resolved on by the Grand Council. The prefect was ill-treated, and a military force of 1,000 men had to be sent to restore order. F. FARINA, the new Sardinian Minister, had arrived at his post. ITALY. The elections at Civita Vecchia have terminated in the return of GABUSSI and MONTECCHL the Liberal candidates. At Rome the elections had begun on the 21st, but had been adjourned to the 22d, as it had been found impossible to poll the whole of the constituency in one day. Upwards of 13,000 electors had voted on the first day, and the Liberal candidates were on that day in a large majority. The regular and secular clergy of Rome abstained from voting ; at Terracina, on the con trary, the Bishop was the first to record his vote. Car dinal OPIZZONI, of Bologna, on receiving the Papal act of excommunication, convoked an assembly of the most learned theologians of the city, and submitted the docu ment to their judgment; they decided that the excom munication ought not to be published by the church, since the Constituent Assembly does not infringe her rights. This example has been imitated by CADOLINI, Bishop of Ancona. IRELAND. DUBLIN, FRIDAY EVENING.—The Royal Speech has met with a sorry reception at the hands of , the Dublin journals. The organs of both parties are more than usually bitter upon the contents of the document, (and the liepealers are furious at the contemplated continua tion of the Suspension Act. A return published this evening gives the following as the amount of bread-stuffs imported into Dublin on the let of February-17,730 quarters, 1,000 barrels, 2,378 sacks wheat; 1,236 sacks, 1,763 barrels flour; 4,398 sacks Indian corn; 1,426 quarters barley; 150 barrels of bread; 44 quarters peas. Taken out of store-22,796 quarters wheat; 4,167 sacks, 3,972 cwts. of flour; 2,543 quarters, 1,520 barrels of barley. Notwithstanding this formidable array of figures, there was a firm demand for all descriptions of grain at the Corn Exchange to-day; whcat at an improvement of 6d. to Is., and oats at 3d. to 6d. Barley supported the cur rency of Tuesday. The weather has become beautifully fine. THE LATE SIR GUY CAMPBELL.—The remains of the late Major-General Sir Guy Campbell were interred on Thursday with full military honours, in the cemetery at the rear of the Royal Barracks. The ceremony was a most imposing one. All the troops in garrison, together with the Horse Brigade of Artillery, and six light guns, attended. The rain fell in torrents throughout the day, causing woful damage to the splendid' uniforms and equipments of the cavalry officers, all of whom appeared in review order. SERIOUS CAB ACCIDENT IN THE STRAND.—Last night, about half-past 7 o'clock, a serioas accident occurred in the Strand. A cab horse, which had been waiting at the en trance to Somerset-house, having taken fright, dashed along the pavement at a furious rate. The driver was on the box, but the reins having been broken, he was unable to arrest the progress of the animal. The vehicle came violently in contact with the iron fencing of the Globe newspaper -office front, destroying a portion of the glass, and damaging the grating which protects the top of the machine-room. The cab then struck a youth, who was standing near the spot, and passed over his person ; when taken up, he was found to be bleeding and insensible, and was conveyed to the Charing-cross Hospital. The cab, after flying by Vie Sun office, ran against the shop front of Mr. Stammers, the jeweller and silversmith, destroy ing the sashes and glass, and scattering the valuable contents of the window in all directions. The property, however, was subsequently recovered without loss. A woman was here thrown down and much injured, and a little further on the cab was turned over by coming in contact with a lamp-post. The severity of the concussion drove one of the shafts into the animal's breast, inflicting most frightful gashes and laceration upon its shoulders, and the horse, which was a fine spirited animal, being thus rendered useless, was con veyed to a knacker's and speedily placed out of its miseries. SALE OF THE STOWE LIBRARY. —On Thursday this sale was continued. The first lot deserving attention was a curious and scarce tract, called "A Conference about the Next Succession to the Crown of England." This tract, although bearing the name of " Father Parsons" as the author, is supposed to have been written by Cardinal Allen, Sir T. Englefield, and Father Parsons, the Jesuit. The printer of it was hanged, drawn, and quartered; and it was enacted by the 35th of Elizabeth, that whoever should have this book in the house should be condemned as guilty of high treason—it sold for 8/. 2s. 6(1. A fine copy of the complete works of Thomas Pennant, in 26 volumes, sold for 331. 10s. Philosophical Transactioxn of the Royal Society of London, from the commencement, in 1665, to 1816, in 105 vols., sold for 46/. A most splendid copy of the works of the brothers Piranesi, on Roman antiquities, architecture, and classical ornaments, consisting of several hundred plates of the buildings, &c., in and near Rome, bound in 14 volumes, sold for 133/., Mr. Murray being the purchaser for the Beaufoy Library. The only other lots worth brief notice were some old plays of early English dramatists, which sold well. The day's sale produced the sum of 4661. 14s. 6d. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the week ended Jan. 27, 18 49:—Coaching traffic, 7581. 17s. Bd. ; parcels, 251. 16i. Id ; goods and cattle, 2241. 4s. 9d.; steam-boats, 871. 17s. Od. Total, 1,0961, 15s. 6d. EXCHANGE. Gibraltar.. • • ........ • . Leghorn .. ...• • • 32 30 Genoa .... • • ...... •• .. 26 50 Milan ...• .......... • • Venice. Naples ........ ••• . • • 40% 118% Messina ........ • • .... 119 Lisbon—. ...... • • • . 51% Oporto .... ...... ••.. • • 52U Rio Janeiro ...... • • • Buenos AyresNew York, 21 days'sight Philadelphia ...- PRICES OF BULLION, PER OR Foreign Gold in bars.. X 3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Dollars ••• . • • 0 4 10% Silver in bars .... • . 0 4 11% LLOYD'S SHIPPI LONDON, Faa. 3.—Wind th breeze, and dull hazy weather, STATE OF WIND AND WEATHER AT THE PROVINCIAL PORTS THIS MORNING, AT 9 A.M. Glasgow s.w., fine. Gosport Liverpool Leith Hull ......... S.W., very fine. Newcastle Portsmouth Southampton SOUTHAMPTON, FEB. 2.—Sld. Medway (steamer), West Indies. PrArmounr, FEB. I.—Arrd. Ochter Tyre, Robb, Rio Grande, for Falmouth. BELFAST, FEB. I.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Nile, Crennet, Philadelphia. HARTLEPOOL, FEB. 2.—The Violet of Brixham, which went on shore near this place on the 29th ult., has been got off with little or no damage. CARDIFF, FEB. 2.—The Dania, Brickwoldt, of Holstein, for Bremen, blew up in the Bute Docks this morning, by which several of her deck beams were broken, and has re ceived other damage. BELFAST, FEU. I.—The John, of and for ;Belfast, from Troou, drove on the 30th ult., about a mile N. of Geron head, with rudder unshipped, and will become a wreck; crew saved ; cargo (coals) lost. WATERFORD, JAN. 31.—The Lady Constable, Mason, from Baltimore, United States, in coming up the harbour, • got aground on the shoals off Brom Hill, and after lying for four hours striking heavily, floated otr, and was towed to Cheefpoint. STBANcEoap, JAIL 31.- 'he Barbara, which sailed hence on the 29th inst., struck on the rocks in Guns Island Bay on the same night, but with assistance was brought in here. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 2. Wind S.S.E. to N.W. Arrd. Cromwell, Barker, New Orleans ; Elizabeth, Lambert, New Orleans, after being aground on Burbo. Banks ; Regent, Wilson, New York. Sld. 1. Laura, Mobile ; Fanny, A n ti gua. 2. Rothesay, Af r i ca; Halcyon, New Orleans ; Midas, New Orleans; Marcellus, ditto ; Soldon, ditto ; S o l on , dit to; Shannon, Mobile; Yorkshre, New York ; Roscoe, ditto. The William Jarvis, bound to Liverpool, got aground on New Orleans Bar on the 2d ult. The Mayflower, of New York, from Savannah, bound to Antwerp, was fal lets in with on the 19th ult. in lat. 35, lon. 61, with loss of bow sprit, foremast head, decks swept of everything from the mainmast forward, was supplied with water by the Elizabeth, arrived here, when she bore up for Bermuda, under a maintop as it and a main topgallant sail on the stump of foremast. Off port, Camilla, Lima, and not the Cadmus as reported So phia, Spence, VG.-(THIS DAY.) is day at noon S. W, moderate St. John's, New Brunswick; Alice Brooks, —; Ellen, —; Brothers, —. DEAL, FEB . 2.—Wind S. S.W.—Arrd. Queen, Adelaide, South Australia; a barque., Buenos Ayres. FALMOUTH, FLU• 2.—Wind W.—Arrd. 1. Zealand, Noord, Batavia, with main piece of rudder carried away. CARDIFF, FEB. Falk e, Hasse, Rio Grande. HARWICH, FEB. 2.—The EConomy, Newport to Hamburgh, is being assisted in here in a very leaky condition, having been on shore on the Andrew's Boach point, and discharged part of cargo. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GAI:UDEN. A steady business was transacted in fruit and vegetables on the following terms :—Fruit.---Pine Apples (Queen's), from 4s to ss; and Foreign Grapes, black and white, 8d to Is 6d per lb; Apples, 4s to 6s per bushel ; Pears, lOs to 15s per half sieve; Walnuts, 8d to 10d; Lemons, 5s to 10s; and Oranges, 4s to lOs per 100; Chesnuts, 2s to 4s per peck. Vegetables— Spinach, Is 4d to is 9d per junk; Horseradish, 3s 6d to ss; and Celery, 9d to is per bundle ; Asparagus, 3s to 5s per 100; Onions, 2s to 2s 6d; and ash-leaved kidney Potatoes, 6s to 8s per bushel; Cape Brocoli, 21s to 24s per dozen bundles ; Mushrooms, 6d to 9d per pottle ; Spanish Onions, 12s to 15s per box ; Endive, Is to is 3d per score ; Savoy Cabbages, 8d to Is per dozen; Turnips, is 3d to 2s; Carrots, 2s 6d to 4s; and Greens, is 3d to 2s per dozen bunches; Parsley, is to is 6d per half-sieve; forced Seakail, Sd to is 6d per punnet ; Cucumbers, 3 s t o 6 s 6d per brace; forced Rhubarb, 8s to lOs per dozen bundles; Beetroot, Is to is 3d per dozen ; Jerusalem Artichokes, is to is 3d; and Brussels Sprouts, is to is 6d per half-sieve; Parsnips, 6d to3Bd per dozen; Cornish white Brocoli, 3s to 4s per dozen bundles; Turnip Greens, 6d per bushel; Leeks, is per dozen bunches; New Potatoes, 8d to is per lb. 313tM 1.47 GATE - AN L MADE 1711 AR. 3.. MEAT. - The demand for meat was far from active to-day, vet prices were mostly supported. Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 2s 4d to 4s 6d ; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 10d; and Pork, 3s 2d to 4s 6d per Sibs by the carcase. Po ULTRY. —Turkeys, 4s to 10s; Geese, 4s to 6s; Ducks, is 9d to 3s; Tame Rabbits, Is to la 9d; Wild ditto, 8d to ls Id; Pigeons, 9d to I s ; Roasting Pigs, 5s to Ss 6d ; Surrey Fowls, 7s to lOs; ditto Chickens, 4s Od to 7s; Barn-door Fowls, 3s to 6s 6cl per couple; English Eggs, 9s to 12s; French ditto, 9s to lOs per 100; Fresh Butter, is to is 3d per lb. _ _ _ GAME.—Pheasants, 2s 3d to 3s; Partridges, is to is 6d; Hares, 2s to 3s ; Woodcocks, 3s to 4s ; Grouse, ls 9d to 2s 6d ; Ptarmigan, is to is 9d; Snipes, is to is 9d; Teal, 8d to is 6d; Wild Ducks, is 3d to 2s; Widgeons, 10d to is 63; and Plovers, 6d to is each. Beef, from 2s 4d t li o AT 3s ZL 4 ITECIZ ; Mutton,A PEL 2s 10d to 4s 4d; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 6d per 8 lbs. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 6d; Veal, 4s to 4s 10d; and Pork, 3s 10d to 4s 6d per 8 lbs. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 5s to 12s ; Cod fish, 3s to 5s 6d ; Whitings, 3d to 6d ; lobsters, is 3d to 2s 6d ; and Crabs, 6d to 2s each ; Soles, 6d to 2s per pair; Feels, 4d to ls, and Salmon, Is Id to Is 3d per lb ; Hadd oc k s , 4d t o Gd eac h ; crimped Scate. 6d to Bd, and Salt fish, 2d to 6d per lb ; Flounders, is to I s 6d per doz ; Oysters, 13s to 25s per bushel ; Mackarel, 8d to is each. BREAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are from 7d to 7id ; of Household ditto, 5d to 61cl per 41bs loaf. HI DE MtET. Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, l ARi id to i d; ditto, 641 b to 721 b, lid to lid ; ditto, 721 b to 801 b, lid to lid ; ditto, 801 b to 881 b, 2d to 2id ; ditto, 881 b to 961 b. 2id to 2id ; ditto, 961 b to 1041 b, 2id to 2id ; ditto, 1041 b to 1121 b, 3i to 4d; Calf Skins each, 58 to 5s 6d; Horse Hides, 8s to 8s 6d; Polled Sheep, 4s Gd to 5s 9d ; Ruts and Half breds, 3s 9d to 4s 6d; Downs, 3s to 4s. HAT MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 2/ lOs to 3113 s ; Clover ditto, 3/ lOs to 4/ 14s ; and Straw. 112 s to 1/ 9s per load. Supply moderate, and trade rather dull. CUMBERLAND.— Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 3/ 153; Clover ditto, 31 lOs to 41 12s ; and Straw, 11 3s to 11 10s. per load. A full average supply, and a steady demand. WEITEECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 31148; Clover ditto, 31 lOs to 4/ 16s; and Straw, 112 s to 119 s per load. Trade tolerably steady, at full prices. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. FITZGERALD. The Solicitor-General, Sir F. Thesiger, and Mr. Wat son appeared for the Crown, and Mr. Willes for the defendant. This was an information filed by the Crown to recover penalties for evading the payment of duty upon about 3,0001bs of soap. It appeared Oar, in consequence of infor mation obtained by the Excise, a search was made upon the defendant's premises in Golden-lane, which led to the dis• cnvery of a small trap-door, under a manger in the stable. Upon this being forced open it led to a dark chamber , where two frames of soap were found containing the quan tity mentioned. A number of candles were fixed upon the wall, and on a further examination of the place another opening was discovered under the vats in which the soap Wa g made. This room or cellar had not been duly entered under the statute for the manufacture or wareh ous i ng o f so ap, and for this evasion the information was filed. The duty charge able upon the soap seized was 23i. 2s. 10%cl. A verdict was found for the Crown for 9001. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURi'. William Walton, a private in the Grenadier Guards, yr" charged with having assaulted a policeman, named llaY es " e d The prisoner, on the evening of th e assau lt, was turnr out of a West-end public-house in a state of intoxication. y The policeman endeavoured to prevail u p on hi m to g 0 quietly home. The prisoner turned round, knocked the down, and then beat him savagely. The jury found him G u ilty, an d th e C our t sentenced him to four months' imp r i sonment, w i t h h ard labour. policeman Thomas Midge was indicted with having forged a quantity of " tasting orders," w hi c h empowered the parties who hel d them to visit the London Docks, and ta s t e th o w i ne i n th e vaults. The prisoner, representing himself to be a wine merchant's clerk, waited upon Messrs. Vincent and Pugh. wine im porters, to solicit a tasting order, which was readily given to him ; he made several far-sinzlies of it, and distributed theta amongst his friends. The forging was detected, and the pri' sonar was given into custody. In reply to a question from the Court, Mr. BALLANTINE, who prosecuted, admitted that he could find no case where a tasting order had been described or de cided to be an instrument for the delivery of goods within the meaning of the Act. The facts of the case having been established, Mr. HUDDLESTONE, on behalf of the prisoner, submitte d that the indictment could not be sustained, inasmuch es: tasting order was not perfect, and would not justify the do% authorities in allowing parties to t as t e th e w i ne to w hich referred until it had been countersigned by one of the deco . officers. No evidence had been adduced to prove that it vil e so countersigned, and therefore the indictment must fall t° the ground. But there was another objection to the indict' ment : a tasting order was not an instrument authoriel the delivery of goods, and it could n o t b e ma i nta i ne d 01% the prisoner bad obtained and car r i e d away w i ne by mead of these spurious orders. Mr. Justice CRESSWELL remarked that the prisoner migh t have drunk some of the w i ne , an d t h us carr i ed i t away W ith him.—(Laughter.) Mr. HUDDLESTONE submitted that if that were to be tah'i ri e in the light of a carry i ng away, s i mply smell i ng the virie would be a sufficient carrying. But he contended that ther e was no delivery nor carrying away of goods, and that objet' tion was fatal to the indictment. Mr. Ballantine having been heard in support of the ill . dictment. Mr. Justice CRESSWELL gave it as his opinion that a tasting order was not an order for the delivery o f goo d s . The ortlFr A authorised the delivery of wine for a special p urpose , an d dl7 not enable the prisoner to carry it away or d o w i t h it what he pleased. He doubted, therefo re , w h e th er t h e indictment was good in law; but as the point was one of importance t ° the commercial world, a verdict of guilty had better be taken' subject to the opinion of the Court above, and the prisont liberated upon his ente r i ng i nto recogn i zances to appea r s l ' the next sessions to re ce i ve j u d gment, s h ou ld i t b e press against him. Mr. HEDDLESTONE accepted the suggestion of the Cone' and the prisoner havin g b een b ound over to appear at the nest sessions, was discharged from custody. NEW COURT. Mary Tracey, for stealing a frock and other articles, valu ed at 275., the prope r ty o f Willi am Pullen, her master, Ow" sentenced to three months' imprisonment with hard labour. RAILWAY RETURNS RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of N. ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the S week in the previous year:— 4.5 $:: • FOB °:. o to ---- Week ending Last week NAME OF RAILWAY. Jan Aberdeen .. Amiens and Boulogne. • Belfast and Ballymena .. ........ Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe, and W. Y. .......... Chester and Holyhead . ........ Cockermouth and Workington.., Dublin and Drogheda.. ......... Dublin and Kingstown • • Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen • ... • . • • EastAnglian.... ................ Edinburgh and Glasgow . ........ Edinburgh and Northern Eastern Counties and North Eastern .• East Lancashire Eastern Union Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr ••• • • Glasgow and Greenock..... • • •• Great Northern and E. L. Great Southern and Western Great Western, &c .• Kendal and Windermere• • •• Lancashire and Y0rk5hire.,......., • • Lancaster and Carlisle Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport Londonderry and Enniskillen-- London and North Western, &c.... • • London and Blackwell... ••-• • • • • London and Brighton ...... London and South Western . • • • • • • •• • • • Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham Midland Great Western (Irish) • • Monklands .................... Newcastle and Carlisle.. •• • • • North British ........• • • • • Paris and Rou en . • • • • • • • • • • • • Rouen and Hav re • • • • • • • • - Scottish Central . • • • • • • • . • • •• - • • Shrewsbury and Chester ••••• • • • • • • South Eastern and Br anc h es• •• •• South Devon ........ . •• . • •• • Waterford and Limerick, ........ Whitehaven Junction York and Newcastle . .....• • • ••• • • • York and North Midland . .......... 1,326 354 336 3,776 1,096 115 645 686 682 2,614 1,429 13,288 1,750 1,105 2,935 771 1,601 2,928 16,674 102 9,929 1,730 35,777 580 6,709 8,195 2,707 18,611 974 1,96 5 4,92 9 2,068 3,i 35 68 1 !L 97 G , 1 , I,oB' 9 46 1 ' 751 rt 6, 14 4 . 29 21 ; 66 6, 44° 61 1 1 • 7 4 • f ag 750 1,23 4 6,63 6 1,19 9 1,78 2 549 238 [2,16 3 5,716 The commercial advices from Bombay • contm 0, favourable as regards imports of British manufactures. 13°d in cotton go o d s and metals it will observed that a general Vance in prices is reported. HALF HOLIDAY ON SATURDAYS.—A meeting the agents and manufacturers in the city of London wn sbe j, ,e on Wednesday evening at the Guildhall Coffee-house , to ta' into consideration the proposal f or c l os ing their placeso; business on Saturdays, at one o ' c l oc k, an d to determine, 0, an early day to carry it into effect. Mr. Wakefield took; 4. chair, and pointed out the many p a lp a ble advantages n i b s i ° c-• a system, and alluded very s uccess f u lly to what few 4:) . tions exist on the subject. Mr. Cross referred to th e sato co. tory results of the system at Manchester and Glisgs,oo Several other gentlemen addressed the meeting, and ites of resolved that on the 17th F e b ruar y the various plac business should be closed at one p'eloek. 7, GRE IN 1 .AND t he -eCotin Wee t'l N otes issued.. b ated the 11 Il t4 retor s , „ • • .. nlhdldeposi C o „, ng Exc: A —lnissi ° n' °n al De , Ris-ban Pik_ ..8,. °ti ler 4 ace seven d e posits bill s. A Y all( Nted the i. hardBBlll:::ol:rsZWeimseßtneßtri! wrap sen of as Jo] e rnan • of?tahe s O urs at at ne unir e rail Ta flatly otie fh t, an( Ac E cI DEIs ,arly on T °C.ha stone w. ut his brothe watching for '5-er a bank that b e bad • " Medical 3..n.rred, Moff, 1 4 [. • Job nstoi Lert a i n _ el dest . _ bon of great _ 6 h as resid e d f /WI Guardia, A. divide' nouneed o n Alnilens, in