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

Is.' What erto heard, :st:lcle kept hould have 22 1 inst., following p 9, reached 0 join the aving been Wheeler i trrs. Tbis Lieutenant wise :--- egiment of n I was se -32 Singlfa down to vounds, his the Seikb tulwar, to ig him for tgh alive to Since the [ hear tbat L the back, regard the Light to be en greatly her frantic till he is )r General ably be no ; 300 miles Iresent en ot far from co-operate ill go bard I ombay, to Punjaub, rtillery has iews. He the Seikb advantage• 3t that the 'lute to be [ad it been guns?" ;bt,}pdf Lass, :apt ar t yt:ser' seb 6e a bU Tb ri e e ' fir * ar d o f denoPk ed th° lit is ier ace : l : L. bal )ffice• ET 007: i va pori° Df Pi ece en Jorg e 3 alter' . sastrono North' es have ht ; bat in the • exeol l° ids ~8 0— pr. 7 ya ga l° pub. T Ba u g h 'b petted* 10d we b uyel* ilia, al fenced , a bove , renee. esta•' aarato i LOW"' don, a rate likely to re maintain ror wo - - months. rIONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Lilerpool this week has been quit-ter, anti, as is remarked by a party writing from the manufacturing districts, the recent large business ra ther implies that spinners have endeavoured to lay in a plentiful supply of stocks, and that they are better pro vided than usual. Specu'ators, in the meantime, have been active, and the amount of bu->iness transacted, on this account, is reported to be 139,900 hags !or the past two months, as against 11,000 bags for the same period in 1848; a tact, important only as far as it has tended to artificially stimulate the prices of Yarn and goods, and as exhibiting the confidence entertained by capi talists and jobbers in the prosp ets of the trade of these districts. The advance upon the quotations of last Month for fair Cotton is id. to id. per lb. Railway Shares have been rather duller this week at the outporte. The Bank of England had not, up to the close of last week, been enabled to extend its discount business, but there was a continued reduction of private balances, Which argues a better opening for the employment of money by some of their depositors. The comparison With the previous week presents the following results:— Notes Issued 28,405,385 Decrease ... 190.410 3,514,565 ••• ••• ••• 65,922 5,815,929 512,612 ... 10,142,742 •• ..• 349,118 ... 1,117,330 ••• 2,86 G ... 14,074,183 ••• 51 ,916 .. 9,872,296 ••• 43,968 Notes .- ... 10,272,940 Decrease ... •.• 35,100 Bullion ... 15,329,532 Decrease ... 62,826 Active Circulation 18,132,445 Decrease ... 155,310 The following very satisfactory report has been re ceived from Manchester, and is drawn up by Mr. kandley:— " The improved accounts from India have contributed togive support to the tone of the market, and a very fair amount of business has been done for that quarter. The demand for Mexico and the west coast of South America has been very satisfactory; for the latter ports there has been a considerable increase, with some addi tional business for New Albion, or Alta California. The trade for the Brazils has been comparatively languid, at least as far as the market of Rio de Janeiro is concerned, but more has been done for La Plata. The transactions for the continent of' Europe (excepting the Italian ports), together with the United States of America, China, and the Levant, show a falling off, but it is expected that im proved demand for those important markets will before long come in to swell the demand for our textile fabrics. -As peace and order become re-established on the Conti nent, we may fairly expect a very considerable revival of trade with those countries which have been accus totned to draw their supplies from this. The German „b eelrs during the past week have been operating more I ry, notwithstanding the advances. In the growing demand for the Colonial and Foreign produce, and in the steady revival of the business of these districts there seems to be a very good prospect ahead, both for itaporters and manufacturers; and if political affairs abroad and at home are kept in repose, we may expect a renewed career of manufacturing and commercial Prosperity." The accounts received from India have caused quite a Sensation in the City, and produced an immediate effect Upon the Funds, in conjunction with the intelligence from Paris of a decline on the Bourse there, owing to the un settled state of Italian affairs. Consols opened at 92 to for Money, and 928 4 for Account, but have since ral lied to 91ii. There is not much doing generally, the tit - e ided impression on the market having been first produced by the bold operation of une speculator, who having earl) i ntimation of the intelligence sold 150,000/. at about 92. T he public have not yet acted, for indeed they can be S carcely cognizant of the Indian news, and may not eoesidor that it should affect Console. Bank Stick is quiet at 194. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 93f and 92k. Exchequer-hills are 39s to 42 5• premium. The Foreiga Securities are dull. Spanish Five per Cents have not been higher than 17i k. The Three per Cents. are 29 to Mexican Bonds have been 268, and P eruvian 50 and 49i. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 49 to k. The Railway Share market has been rather weaker, an d SYMpathiSeS SO far with the English Funds. The * iterations are chiefly in the old lines. The French " b ares are rather cheaper to buy. BRrrisll FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE. O'CLOCK (From the Official List.) Rank Stock 194 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 92%!, ‘S % Rest Decrease Public Deposits Increase Other Deposits Dicrease Seven Day and other Bills Increase ... Government Securities Increase Other Securities Decrease 8 per Cent. Consols Anna.. New 31 4 per Cent. Areas. 9 3 ,4 92%% Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 ... 8 15-16 India Stock — Do. Bonds, 10001 Ditto under 1.0001 Console for Account Exchequer Bills. 2d. March. June. 1,000/. Small — 43 p Ditto Advertised, 2id... 33 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent...... Ditto for the Account 26% Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent 5O Ditto for the Account Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,1840 Ditto for the Account .. ...... Ditto Passive Bonds 4 Do. Deferred Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 29 Ditto for the Account 2 9 14 Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 2% per Cent. Dutch 2% per Cent., l 2 Guild 4 9 14% 49 Ditto for the Account ....... 81N1NEss DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK C aledonian RAILWAYS. PAID. Pea SUACS. 50 ...23 'T M 3 4 dis ad to Ch Ditto, New 10/. Preference 10 ster and Holyhead.... ..... 50 ..... 21 to East Anglia, 25/. L. & E., luad L. & D IQ, Ditto, 31. 10s., E. & H... 3% 2V4... to x•lstern Counties Do. New Guarant. 6 per Ct. 10 k Do. Exten., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d... ).',, p too ast Lincolnshire Great Northern t , 1) °. lid B 6 per Cent. ..... .7% 63 to 't- - South. & West. (Ireland) 45 - to kAreat Western 100 I . 1)4 ), Quarter Share. ancashire and Yorkshire ... 93 ~ Ditto Quarters r.eds and Bradford De. nd., Bright., & South Coast 50 ...... 35% —... to " ,_e. Preferential, 5 per Ct., 50 ...... --... .. to ~ D itto, ditto 1852 50 ..... 51% to 4.andon & North Western.. —lOO 13 7 ,4, x.d. to 137 DI. New DI. Fifths oa don and S. Western 5O _ ... 39 , 4 x.d. to 38% Id Ditto, New 50/.... • k ..!tnelz. Buxton, & Matlock 4%. l% ...... to ""„elland . .. ...100 ...... 85 x.d.... to t o " rf l o t i to a , 501. Shares.-- ..... 25 .... ..... 100 °4h British . 25 N. Quarters 6 14...... 3%..... to N Ditto Thirds .... ........ b ° r ( h Staflordshire... .. ...... 17% 1 4 34 %... to azo r d , Worcester, and Wol v, verhanipton r o ttish Central u rewebury and Chester ( Nor. WW. ..i.in. ) „ itto 8 per Cent. Pref....... 10 L Z ll ropshire Union.... 5 *. .. 2 % to 1)011th Eastern lb Ditto, Scrip No. 4.. ' 6 ~'''o ut h Wales . and Goole ... to _. 1 ork, Newcastle, a n d B erw i c k 25 Do. and Newcastle Eaten. 20 19%% x.d to 1 10 1 : 0 0 . gn G. N. E. Pur. or P re f. 8 ... qk and North Midland .. 50 ...49 1 4 ex.div to a and Amiens s REIGN RAILWAYS. 20 .. ... 9% to N it nlar and Liege...—... o °, l thero of France V'eans and Bordeaux ... .. 7 . 3 34.- to ar ts and Rouen .. ••• JOINT STOCK BANKS. WA.-- to trll ion of London ....... . ...... 10 COURSE OF Arnstenlem .... • ... 12 2 It e l it_ l tto. at sig• •• ht ••• • • • 12 0 A . s Krup a 12 2 ""Ltlve • 25 70 ito rciburgh 13 12 ""n a 3 days'sisht •• 25 25 ttitts •Jit_t o, 3 months .... 25 5 0 •••• • • • • 25 25 b 5 p;rkfort on Maine 121 U eraburgh Sil. Rble.. 36% Prin'•nna. •• • •• •• effec7no•••• 11 28 elite• ditto : . :: :.:: : : 11 30 49 "" 4 3 . • • EXCHANGE. Gibraltar •••• •• •• •••• •• - Leghorn .. .. .... ••.. • • 32 40 Genoa .. .. ...... .. —.. 26 70 Milan .. • • ...... • • • • • • Venice.... • • • • • • • • Naples .. ••.... • • 39 % ralermo, perm... .... 118 Messina .. Lisbon .. .. • . Oporto .. .. Rio Janeiro • ... .. .. • • 24 % l ituenos Ayres .. ••.. • • 1 New York, 21 days'sight Philadelphia .... • • .... IMICES OP BULLION, PER 02 Foreign Gold in bars.. £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Dollars ...... 0 4 10% Silver in bars ........ 0 5 0 L'CYD'S SHIPPING. —(THIS DAY.) b ,7„ Imox, MARCH 3.—Wind at noon, S.S.W. Fresh r i.` 2 e4and fine clear weather. Wa l l"; MARCH 2.-The Betsey, of this port, from t o orth, went on shore in Lunan Bey, and is likely b veorne a wreck; crew saved. P O , A LlsorrH, MARCH 2.—The Victoria, from Liver itZ. to Trinidad de Cuba, lost her fore and main- top Yards, sails, rigging, &c., sprung her rudder dur fro‘"o gale of the 28th ult. iosaGATE, MARCH 2.—The L'Amour De La Petrie, te bunkirk to Bordeaux, has been brought in here a relict, and with loss of anchors and chains, sails, &o. Ito ti tt Ahw icli, MARCH 2.—The William, of Goole, from :erdara to London, has been assisted in here leaky, O sten d been on shore on the Cork sand. The Doyle, of ty r ' e nd, from Antwerp to Havannah, was tottlly o t , o (3 ) ck :d yesterday on the Long San d; . crew (except bas tved, A Dutch Galliot (particulars unknoNN n) bas also been wrecked on the Long Sand; assistance of d ere ,. "Port, was been sent to her. 111 e ,,,"''"Elr MARCH I.—The Emulation, Fchooner, picked up near this place to-day, a 'let ill her sails were sit, and she did not appear havel 4 en in contact; her garburd strike was washed THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 3, 1849.` 1 1 reel O'er. COWES, MARCH 2. —The Vibilia, of Blyth, from Newcastle to Carthagena, has been assi,teo in here, having cot away her masts in the gale of the 28th ult., in West Bay. s(WHITSTABLE, .PARCH 2.—The Clementina, from St. Michael's, parted from both anchors and chains on the Warp 28th ult., and was run on the Maplin Sand, whet e shortly after filled, and has since become a wreck; crew and about 15 boxes of oranges saved. TORBAY, MARCH 2.—The Queen, Newcastle to Lis bon, has put in here with loss of sails, bulwarks, stan chions, and her rudder damaged, &c. YARMOUTH, MARCH 2.—The Britannia of Goole, was towed in here to-day, with loss of canvass and cargo, shifted. The Richards, of this port, from Newcastle to London, has been towed in here leaky, and with loss of bulwarks. SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 2. Sld. Teviot steamer, West Indies. OFF THE WIGHT, MARCH 2.—Shelheid, Havannah, for Amsterdam. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 2.—Wind W.N.W.—Put back, Joseph Bushby, Hong Kong and Canton. DEAL, MARCH 2.—The Nanine, of and from Havre, for Bordeaux, was fallen in with her main mast gone by the board, &c., and all her sails and gear cut away, having been on her beam ends in a gale off the Wight, and towed into the Downs by the Freak, arrived here. WARKWORTH, MARCH I.—The Shincliff, of Sunder land, from London, in ballast, got ashore cn Boulmer Rocks, but was assisted off the following tide. - LIVERPOOL, MARCH 2.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Mary Worrall, Gardner, Buenos Ayres. Sid. Dec. 23 George Glen, Parry, Para; Magician, Steele, La Guayra ; James Ewing, M a itl a nd, Hayti, sk. Jan. 23; Britan nia, Coalthart, Mobile; Springfield, Ray, Savannah; Sterling, Theobald, Savannah ; Devonport, Colburn, Charleston; Hermann. Welsh, Baltimore. Put back, March I—William, Fisher, for Rio Janeiro, with loss of jib-boom; Harriet, for Newfoundland, for Cork, for repairs. Off Port—Syra, New Orleans; Howard, Mo• bile; Victoria; Theres Jane; Mary Stewart. DOVER, MARCH I.—Arrd. Industry, Grubb, Dunkirk, for London, assisted in making water, and with other damage, having parted anchor in Margate Road,. DEAL, MARCH 2.—Wind W., fine and moderate.— Arrd. Union, Calcutta; William and Alfred, Pemberton Demerara; Athens, Hong, Havannah. Arrd from the River, Caroline Agnes, Alexander, Port Philip; Queen, Pain, Rio Janeiro; Grecian Queen, Sterry, P or t o Ri ca; Catherine Elizabeth, Merrett, St. Vincent's; Isabella Wood, Douglas, St. Thomas's; Amelia, Hensen, Ha vannah; Albion, :Harris, Jamaica•, Nereid, Slaughter, Barbadoes, with loss of anchor and chain and has been supplied. MARKET NEWS -(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN. Liberal supplies of most articles in season were on sale here to-day. Generally speaking, the demand was steady, at our quotations. Fruit—Pine-apples (Queen's), 5s to 7s; and Foreign Grapes (black and white), is to Is 6d per lb; Apples, 4s to G 3 per bushel; ditto Eating, 48 to 6s per half sieve; Pears, 12s to 18s per half sieve; Lemons, 5s to 10s; and Oranges, 7s to 13s per 100; Chesnuts 2s to 4s per peck. Vegetables—Spinach, is 9d to 2s per junk; Horseradish, 2s 6d to 3s 6d; and Celery, 10d to is 3d per bundle; Asparagus, 3s to 6 s per 100; Onions, 2s to 2s 6d; and Ash-leaved kidney Potatoes, 6s to 8s per bushel; Cape Brocoli, 12s to 18s per dozen bundles ; Mushrooms, 6d to 9d per Pottle; Spanish Onions, 12s to los per box; Endive, is to Is 3d per score; Savoy Cabbages, 6d to Sd per dozen; Turnips, is to Is 9d; Carrots, 2s 6d to 4s; and Greens, Is to Is 6d per dozen bunches; Parsley, 2s to 2s 6d per half sieve; Forced Sea Keil 8d to is 6d per punnet; Cucumbers Os to 9s per brace; Forced Rhubarb, 6s to Os per dozen bundles ; Beet-root, is to is 3d per dozen ; Brussels Sprouts, Is to Is 6d ; and Jerusalem Artichokes, is to Is 3d per half sieve; Parsnips, Gd to 8d per dozen ; Cornish White Brocoli, is 6.1 to 3s per dozen; Turnip Greens, 6d to 8d per bushel; Leeks, 10i to is per dozen bunches; New Potatoes, 8d to is per Ib; French Beans, 3s 6d to 4s per 100; Radishes, is to Is 6d per punnet; Red Cabbages, 2s 6d to 3s 6d per dozen; Shallots, 4d per lb. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. POULTRY—Turkeys, 4s to I Is; Geese, 4s to 7s ; Ducks, 2s to 3s 6d; Tame Rabbits, is to Is 9d; Wild ditto, 8d to is ; Pigeons, 10d to is 2d; and Pigs, Os to 8s each; Surrey Fowls, 7s to I Is; ditto Chickens, 4s to 6s; Barn-door Fowls, 3s 6d to 7s per couple; English Eggs, 7s 6d to 9s; French ditto, 7s to 8a per 100. Fresh Butter, is id to is 4d per lb. GAME.—Hares, 2s to 3s ; Woodcocks, 3s to 4s; Ptarmigan, is to is 9d; Snipes, 10d to is 3d; Teal, 9d to Is 3d; Wild Ducks, is 6d to 2s; Widgeons, 9:1 to is 3d; and Plovers, 6d to is each. WRITECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 2d; Veal, 4s to 4s 10d; and Pork, 2s 8d to 4s 4d per Blbs. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 10d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 3s Bcl to 4s 2d; Veal, 4s to 4s 10d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 4d per 81bs. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 5s to lls ; Cod Fish, 3s 6d to 7s; Whitings 4d to 6d; Lobsters, Is 4d to 2s 9d ; and Crabs, 6d to 2s each; Soles, 6d to 2s 3d per pair; Eels, 6d to is 2d, and Salmon, is 3d to is 8d per lb; Haddocks, 4d to 6d each; Thames Flounders, is to is 6d, and Smelts, is to is 6d per dozen; mackerel,6d to Sd each; Oysters, 13s to 25s per bushel. _ _ prisoner, Paint r. by .' h w had not informed her hu s band of having given the authority to Painter to sign the note until the prisoners were taken into custody on the present charge. Witness received part of the money which the prisoners obtained from the loan society, but her husband had none of it. Mr. Justice CRESSWELL, in summing np the ca , e, told the jury there was no doubt if the note was signed by the prisoner Painter with the name of Francis, without his authority, that that was a forgery by him. Then the other prisoner, Davis, being there, and then present in (vier to assist him in getting the note to be taken as a security in the name of Francis, he (Mr. Justice Cresswell) should not hesitate to hold hat Davis was a principal then present taking part in that transac tion, and was guilty of a forgery. The jury found both prisoners Guilty, but reeom mended them to mercy, when Mr. Justice CRESSWELL sentenced Painter to imprison ment for six months and Davis for nine months. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ' BETTING AT MANCHESTER -FRIDAY. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES:— 8 to 1 agst The Tartar (t)-8 to 1 agst Loupgarou-10 to 1 agst Veto (t). The rest as before. METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.-7 to 1 agst Lugar (t . ; —8 to 1 agst Canezou (t)-14 to 1 agst Flatcatc her No other change. CHESTER CIIP.-18 to 1 agst Halo (0-20 to 1 agst Joc-o'-Sot (0-25 to 1 agst The Tartar-25 to 1 agst Inheritcss-30 to 1 agst Chanticleer (t)-30 to 1 agst Blucher-30 to 1 agst Peep-o'-Day Boy-40 to 1 agst Rathmines-50 to 1 agst John Cosser-1,000 to 15 agst Swiss Boy (t). MANCHESTER STEEPLECHASE.-5 to 1 agst Venom (0-5 to 1 agst Prince George (t)-6 to 1 agst Alfred (t) —6 to 1 agst Rover, (0-8 to 1 agst Fanny Gray (t). FRANCE [The following appeared in our Third Edition of last night]:— During the course of the sitting of the National Assembly on Wednesday, the Minister for Foreig❑ Affairs gave the following explanation on the subj, et of the invasion of Ferrara by the Austrians. lie said, that several representatives having been pleased to give him notice of their intention to address interpel lations to the Government, respecting the events at Ferrara, he should meet their wishes by annpunc ing to the Assembly that the Government had re ceived two telegraphic dispatches, dated respec tively the 24th and 25th of February, which had brought intelligence of the evacuation of the ter ritory of Ferrara by the Austrian troops. The Government had not received sufficient information to enable them to give the Assembly more ample explanation, nor to allow a discussion to be opened on the subject. The Assembly then proceeded to other business. It is asserted that the French Government have resolved to withdraw the troops from the island of Otaheite. The marriage of Genetal Cavaignac with Madame Bauden, widow of the former Receiver-General and banker of that name, is talked of in the fashionable circles of Paris. Madame Bauden possesses a private fortune, which is estimated at 3,000,000 francs (120,0001.), and the hotel in the Rue de Varennes, which the General occupied when he was chief of the executive power, belongs to that lady. The Austrian Government, anxious to be agree able to the Bonaparte family, have ordered to place at its disposal the mortal remains of the Duke of Reich stadt, in order that they may be united with those of the Emperor in the church of the Invalides. By a decree of the President of the Republic, the pupils of the military school of Saint Cyr, who were expelled in consequence of their rebellious conduct on December 20, will be re-admitted into the school in October next, on producing favourable testi monials from the chiefs of their respective corps, and will be placed in the first division, provided that on examination they are found to possess the required instruction. A deputation of the clubs and secret societies of Paris have left for Rome', together with a certain number of retired officers, who are going to drill the new republican militias of Central Italy. The Electoral Bill having been read a second time on Wednesday, the elections for the Legislative Assembly must take place, on Sunday, the 29th of April. I withstanding the union of interests which existed between their causes, the causes themselves were completely different as to their object, and opposed as to their means. What in Vienna was the triumph of democracy, by means of insurrection, was in Hungary the defence of the integrity of the country by the legal autho rities, reluctantly driven to war. The party who ad• vocated the unity of the empire purposely confounded these two movements; it imputed the events of the 6th of October, at Vienna, to the Hungarian Government. It has spoken of workmen excited to insurrection, of sums of money distributed by the members and agents of the Government of Pesth. But these assertions have been positively contradicted by me in particular, and the proceedings which have commenced at Vienna only serve to expose their utter groundlessness. At this moment the Austrian army occupies nearly a third of Hungary; but it is already apparent that, if by means of the bayonet, the amalgamatory ideas of the• Vienna Cabinet triumph, Hungary can no longer be a source of power to Austria. She will become her heal of Achilles, the vulnerable part of the empire, the object of everlasting military occupation, as Poland is to Russia. The Hungarian question, looked upon in this point of view, is closely connected not only with the future destinies of the Austrian Empire, but with the great Eastern question, that of the Danubian provinces, of Servia, of all the slave population of the Turkish Empire—questions which are over threatening the peace of Europe, and which can never be peaceably settled but upon the basis of a vast Eastern federation, under the influence of Aus tria. This federation should be the great object of the policy of this empire, destined by the course of her rivers and her geographical position to supplant Russia in the protectorate of the East, instead of obstinately persisting in continuing (notwithstanding the exigencies of the times and the situation of Europe) to strive for that of Italy and Germany. I have con sidered it my duty to endeavour to correct by these statements the erroneous ideas of several journals upon the Hungarian question —a question political, in no way revolutionary—which can neither be decided by the sword of Demtinsky, nor by that of Windischgratz. " FRANCIS PULSZEY, " Late Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs." Cuthbert Putts, Andrew Potts, and John Potts, boat builders, Monloyeartnouthshore, Sunderland, March 13, at half-past ten, and April 20, at twelve, at the New castle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official as signep, Neweanlupon-Tyrie; Allison, Sunderland ; Bell, Broderick. and Bell, Bow Churchyard, PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from the returns made in the week ending February 27, 1649, is 245. 81d. per cwt. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVAL OF THE COURT. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 2.—The Commander-in-Chief and Admiral-Superintendent, with their flag-lieutenants, crossed the harbour at half-past twelve to-day to re ceive the Queen and Court on their arrival from Lon don en route to Osborne. The Lieutenant-Governor and staff also proceeded to the same post to tender the homage of his office. Sir Edward Parry and the offi cers of the Royal Clarence Victualling-yard, together with a guard of honour of Royal Marines, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Mercer, were also in at tendance. At half-past one, the royal train, in charge of Mr. Stovin, the manager of the South Western Railway Company, arrived in the yard, when the Court alighted, and was escorted to the Fairy Royal yacht, Captain Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, G.C.H., by the Admiral Commanding-in- Chief and Lieutenant- Govci nor, &c. The usual d emonstrat i ons were made of dress ing ship, manni ng y ar d s, sa l uting, &c. The Royal family landed at East Cowes pier (Trinity) as 2. 27, P.M., and the royal standard on the summit of the tower at Osborne denoted the arrival of the Court there, at 2.39. P.M. The Fire Queen steam-vessel, Mr. George Allen, Master-Commanding, followed the Fairy to Osborne. This vessel appears again in good working condition and admirable order. Her speed at the last trial on the measured space of Stokes's Bay has been officially re ported at 14 knots per hour. She will carry the Royal dispatches to and fro during the sojourn of the Court in the island. The Electra, 14, Commander Bouverie, landed the Forth's mails last evening. Her orders for Plymouth have been superseded by others for her to come into this harbour and be paid off. The cause of this was, that Commander Bouverie was under the necessity of repre senting to their Lordships the shattered state of his ship from the late gales, having particular reference to the gale of Wednesday, which she rode out, with two anchors a-head, at St. Helen's, but which very nearly tore the " bits " out, as a reasonable ground for not proceeding to Plymouth. Their Lordships have consequently coun termanded the previous order, and sbe was towed into this harbour this afternoon by the tug. The Sappho, 12, Commander Michell, hauled off from the hulk this morning, and will be ready to drop out to Spithead to morrow. In Port and Fitting—Victory, 22, Port Admiral's flag-ship; Illustrious, 10, flag-ship to the Admiral Su perintendent; Victory and Albert Royal yacht; Rod ney, 92; Superb, 80; Excellent gunnery exercise ship; Blenheim, 56, guard-ship of steamers ; Electra, 14 ; Sappho, 12; Rolla exercise brig for naval apprentices; Driver steam-sloop; Fairy, Fire Queen, Myrtle, Fear less, and Bee steam tenders; Echo steam tug; Diligence and Adventure naval transports; Fanny, Port Admi ral's yacht ; Portsmouth, Admiral Superintendent's yacht and pay vessel. In the Steam Basin—Ajax, 56, steam-block-ship; Termagant and Retribution, steam-frigates; Cormorant steam-sloop; Bloodhound, Urgent, and Sprightly steam packets. In the Ship Basin—Collingwood, 80; Pembroke, 72; Defence convict hulk; and Sparrow ketch. In Dock—Princess Charlotte, 104 ; Blenheim, 56 ; Vindictive 50; Phoenix and Devastation, steam-sloops; and Flying Fish, 1.2. Wind, W. by S.; moderate breezes, and cloudy wea ther. CHATHAM, MARCH 2.—The Elfin steam dispatch boat has had her boilers put on board, and has been taken on the third slip to have her deck closed in; she will be completed next week, and will then be towed round to Woolwich to be taken into the basin there to have her engines fitted under the direction of Mr. Humphries, the engineer. The Adder steam-ve sse l, sen t f rom W oo l w i ch to th i s port in November last, returned again to Woolwich on Monday last. Twenty smiths are ordered to be discharged from this yard. At present there are employed in the blacksmiths' shop 109 men, and they can hardly keep pace with the shipwrights. The following shipwrights have been superannuated this week—viz., William Briggs and Joseph Bonnick, each at 241. per annum; and James Sullivan, at 201. APPOINTMENTS. Lieutenant—A. P. Arkwright (1845), to tho Cale donia, 120, at Davenport. Surgeon—John King, to the Racer, 12, at Devonport. Assistant-Surgeon—Francis M'Aree, to the Racer. Midshipmen—Richard H. Roe, to the Rattler gun sloop, at Davenport; Arthur H. Gilmore, to the Racer; William Waymouth, to the Superb, 80, at Portsmouth. Naval Cadets—Arthur Cowburn and George A. Brett, to the Racer; E. N. B. Portman, to the Caledonia; Chas. H. Hulton, to the Sappho. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) COWES, MARCH 2. ARRIVAL OF THE ROYAL FAMILY.—Soon after two o'clock this afternoon, the Fairy yacht steamed into the harbour, under salutes from the Castle, Royal Yacht battery, and Mr. Roper's batteries; the ships and yachts displayed their bunting. Her Majesty landed on the Trinity-wharf at half-past two, and proceeded to Osborne. While the vessels were all making the best display, the Stag manning yards, &c., the wreck of the Vibilia was being towed in by the Solent: as the royal yacht passed the sparloss hull the crew showed an English spirit, and on an oar displayed the British flag. During a heavy gale on Wednesday last the brig Vibilia, of Blyth, Lambert master, from Shields for Carthagena, laden with coals, brought up in West Bay, the other aide of Portland, when the master, for the preservation of their lives and property, cut away the masts. She was eventually rescued by the Liberty, of Weymouth, which proceeded to her assistance, and providentially rescued them from the dangers of a lee shore, and towed her to this port. When off St. Albans she was spoken by the Defence, revenue cutter, which assisted the Liberty in towing her. The brig has since been brought into this harbour. MONUMENT TO THE MEMORY OF THE LATE COM MODORE OF THE ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON.—SOOII after the death of the late highly respected and deeply lamented Earl of Yarborough, who it may be remembered died on board his yacht the Kestrel, in Vigo Bay, while on a cruise with her Majesty's experimental squadron, a proposition was made for erecting a monument to his memory, and a public s u b scr ipti on was entere d i nto to carry out this object, and a spot selected on Bembridge Down, on the eastern part of the Isle of Wight, as a suitable site, it being so situated, that while it served to set forth the high estimation in which his Lordship was held, and told his private worth and the nation's grati tude, it might be a beacon to the mariner to guide him from the numerous dangers of the east end, and be a valuable sea mark to ships bound in or out from Spit head. The requisite funds were soon subscribed, and on Monday last the capping stone, which weighed five tons, was hoisted into its berth. This was a difficult operation, but was accomplished without any accident, under the scientific direction and superintendence of Mr. Rolt, the architect and constructor, to the great sa tisfaction of a large assemblage. The obelisk is beauti fully executed, being grand yet simple, very handsome and well proportioned, the upper part being rustic is a relief and good contrast to the base, and adds much to the effect; the whole is constructed of Penryn granite furnished by Mr. Gibson, its height is 75 feet, 14 feet at the base, and 28 at the lower step, the lightning con ductor passing down the centre, which is an excellent improvement, the panels are ready for the inscriptions and as the spot will bo visited by thousands, we hope that they may be so written that all may read. The old Commodore was a fine old English gentleman the friend of rich and poor, admired and beloved by all and should have his rare merits told in his own native tongue; he was called the general peace-maker, and whether in the Royal Yacht Squadron, as a magistrate, a landlord, or a neighbour, he always acted as such. He was a true sailor and an enthusiastic yachtsman ever anxious about the improvement of our naval architecture, and did much to improve the build, rig and fittings of the numerous yachts, the boast and pride of England's nobles and her princely merchants, having himself had built some of the finest that ever swam. He siudied not only the com forts of those at his own table but that of every man, maid and boy, in his numerous establishment. The marks and bearings of this "sea mark have not yet been issued by the Trinity corporation, but as the site has been judiciously selected for nautical purposes, it will doubtless point out the situation of several shoals in the vicinity, we believe it is to be with other cross bearings a leading mark outside the 0 wers where other marks are not visible, also a seamark for the Loo stream and the Noman; it is distinctly seen from the hills above Cowes, though 16 miles distant, and indeed from every elevated spot in the island. DESTRUCTIVE GALE.—During the gale on Wednes day, a stack of eight chimneys was blown down on to the ;roof of the Prince of Wales Inn. It fell in one mass on the rafters, w hi c h were f o rtunately of sufficient way,s v ufficie nt strength to support th e l oa d ; bad the roof it is prob a bl e many li ves wou ld have been lost.gl The inn is situated directly opposite the principal entrance to Osborne Park. Another house in East Cowes ec r Park, eidve Which belongs to Mr. Cheeseman , of Brighton, considerable damage in the roof, as did Mr. Fallow's, of the Pauklibanon, in Baker-street. Numerous windows were blown in during the ga le, and much other damage done. One of the noble elms was blow i n down in Os borne Park, and much d ama g e done n all parts of the island. THE KEITH MEMOIRS ..kND CORR ESPONDENCE.— Few historical works published of late y ears h ave afforded such a variety of interesting do cuments from the pens of distinguished persons as the " Memoirs and Correspondence, Just published, of Sir Robert Murray Keith, the ambassador at the Courts of Dresden, Co penhagen, and Vienna, in the reign of George 111. Amongst them will be found —Letters from Frederick, King of Prussia; Caroline Matilda, Queen of Denmark; Princes Ferdinand of Brunswick, Kaunitz and Czarto riski; the Dukes of Cumberland, York, Queensbery, Montagu, and Newcastle; Lords Stormont, St. Asaph, Heathfield, Hardwicke Darlington, Auckland, Apsley, Barrington, S ta i r; Counts Bentinck and Rosenberg; Baron Trenck ; Fi e ld - M ars h a l s C o nway and Keith; Sirs Walter S cott, Joseph Y or k e , Nathaniel Wraxall, John Sebright; Dr. Robertson, Mr. Pitt, Howard, the philanthropist, Mrs. Piozzi, Mrs. Montagu, &c., &c. Viscount de Moncorvo, the Portuguese Minister, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign -office. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, March 2. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his scat on the Wool sack at Five o'clock. TUSCANY. Lord BROUGHAM wished to know whether there was any truth in certain reports, absurd and false reports he believed them to be, that the British Consul had given some countenance to the insurgents in Tuscany. They had so stated in their manifesto es . _ _ The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said there was no truth in these reports. IRELAND. The NOBLE MARQUIS then laid upon the tablo returns of the fines and penalties imposed, under the Insurrec tion Act, upon certain counties in Ireland. - NAVIGATION-LAWS. Earl GREY presented a very important memorial from the Assembly of Canada, on the subject of the navigation-la vvs ; also various papers from other colonies, on the same subject. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMAIONS, March 2. The SPEAKER took the Chair at a quarter before Four o'clock. PRIVATE BILLS. Mr. WILSON PATTEN moved for a return of the number of private Bills deposited at the Board of Ad miralty under the Act 11th and 12th Vict. c. —, stating the date at which each Bill was deposited ; also the date at which the consent or otherwise of the board was sig nified to the parties; and a similar return from the Office of Woods and Forests. DIVISION OF THE LIVING OF RICHMOND AND KINGSTON-UPON-THAMES BILL. On the order of the day being read, that this Bill be read a second time, Mr. LUSHINGTON had to declare his opposition to the Bill. He found by this Bill it was proposed to divide the Vicarage of Kingston and Richmond into two se• parate parts. In tact, it was a sister Bill to the Bill relative to the Whitechapel rectory. That Bill was a job of Brazenose College, Oxford; and this Bill was a job of King's College, Cambridge. Under the circum stances he would move that this Bill be read a second time this day six months. Mr. GOULBURN hoped the House would not reject this Bill, the object of which was only to divide the living and to appropriate the pew rents for the maintenance of the incumbent. Mr. L. KING did not understand there was any oppo sition to the Bill on the part of the inhabitants in the neighbourhood. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the second reading Against the second reading 27 ajority for the seco reading —9 DUBLIN C O R PO R ATION W A TERW ORKS BILL. On the motion that this Bill be read a second time, Mr. GROGAN moved that it be read a second time this day fortnight. Mr. REYNOLDS could not help expressing his asto nishment at his Hon. Colleague refusing his permission to read the Bill a second time now. There were two Bills, the Dublin Water Works Bill, and the Dublin Improvement Bill, fixed for the second reading to-day. Although he was aware there was some difference of opinion on the Dublin Improvement Bill, he did not know that there was any difference of opinion with respect to the other. It would save two discussions if a division were taken on both the Bills. Mr. S. HERBERT would vote for the Hon. Member (Mr. Grogan's) amendment, for he was of opinion that both the Bills should proceed pari passu before the same Committee. Sir W. SOMERVILLE said it was most desirable to put an end to those annual applications to Parliament from the corporation and citizens of Dublin with respect to the Bills before the House, which were attended both to the parties applying and to the parties opposing with very great expense. He would support the adjournment to the day named by the Hon. Gentleman opposite. After a few words from Mr. John O'Connell, Mr. Grogan, and Mr. Reynolds, strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the House then divided, when there ap• peared— _ For the second reading of the Bill 35 Against it 93 Majority for the postponement of the second reading —sB The second reading of the Bill was consequently post poned for a fortnight. BREAD. 7 The prices of WheatTngeorin the Metropolis are 'rom 7d to ?id; of Household ditto, 5d to bid per 4lbs loaf. SIDE MARKET. Market hides, 5.11a;c76 7 11b:1471t7Tid; ditto, 641 b to 721 b, lid to 14d; ditto, 721 b to 801 b, qd to 2d; ditto, 801 b to 881 b, 2id to 2,id; ditto, 88Ib to 961 b, 24d to 3d; ditto, 961 b to 1041 b, 3d to 34d; :ditto, 1041 b to 1121 b, 3id to 4d; Calf Skins, each, 5s to 5s 6d; Horse Hides, 8a 6d; Polled Sheep, 4s 6s to 5s 9d; Kent and half breds, 3s 9d to 4s 10d; Downs, 3s 4d to 4s 6d; Shear lings, 6d. HAT DIARILETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 31125; Clover ditto, 31 lOs to 41 12s; and Straw, 11 2s to 1/ 9s per load. Supply moderate, and trade rather dull. CIIMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 12, to 31 14s ; Clover ditto, 21 108 to 4/ 103 ; aid Straw, 113 s to 11 lOs per load. Supply rather limited, and trade firm. WIIITECHA.PEL.—Meadow hay, 21 8s to 3/ 13s ; Clover ditto, 31 103 to 4/ 13s; and Straw, 1/ 2s to I/ 9e Fer load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. IRELAND. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) THE RATE IN AID PROJECT. DUBLIN, FRIDAY EVENING.—The storm against the proposed rate in aid grows more and more furious. The Grand Juries of Westmeath, Longford, and Wick low have adopted strong petitions against the impost, and declare that if Ireland is to be regarded as an in• tegral portion of the empire, the rate should be levied off the United Kingdom. THE CORN TRADE.—The market continues dull for every description of grain and Indian corn. There is no alteration to note from the quotations of Tuesday. AMERICA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY NOON. The Wisconsin has arrived, with accounts from New York to the 14th ult. Money was in good demand. The demand for cotton was active. Freights to Liverpool per lb. for cotton. Breadstuffs firm. Exchange on England, 1081. The accounts from California were still astonishing. Murder and robbery were rife. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice CRESSWELL.) CHARGE OF FORGERY.—Edward Painter, aged 27, a smith, and John Davis, 44, a labourer, were placed at the bar, charged with feloniously forging a promissory note for 5/. 53., with intent to defraud Titus Turk and others. The prisoners severally pleaded Not Guilty. Mr. PARRY prosecuted, and Mr. ROBINSON defended the prisoner Davis. Painter was not defended by counsel. It appeared from the opening statement of the Counsel for the prosecution that Titus Turk and others, the prosecutors, are persons who are associated together in a loan society, called the Beehive Loan Society, and the circumstances under which the charge arose were these: The prisoner Painter went to the offices of the society on the 15th of November last, representing himself to be Henry Francis, and having an address at 10, Charles-street, Clarendon-square, and asked for a loan of five guineas. The prisoner Painter left a paper at the office of the society with that name and description of himself in the hands of the officers of the society. The name of a security being always required by the society before advancing a loan, the prisoner Painter, gave the name of the prisoner Davis as his security. The officers of the society made soma inquiries, and, it appeared, satisfied themselves as to the sufficiency both of Francis and Davis to repay the loan of five guineas. On the evening of the 17th of November the prisoners came again to the office of the Loan Society. In the meantime, the pro missory note in question had been prepared at the Loan office, and only awaited the signatures of the parties to whom the money was about to be advanced. The pri soner Painter then signed the name of " Henry Fran cis," with the address, " 10, Charles -street, Clarendon square," and the prisoner Davis signed his real name and address to the note. Under those circumstances the prisoner Painter was charged with forging the signature of Henry Francis. The prisoner Davis knew the real Francis very intimately, and had worked with him at Meux's brewery, where Francis has worked for four teen years. Therefore, it was charged against the pri soner Davis that he knew when he went to the loan office with Painter that Painter was not the pergola whom he represented himself to be at the loan office. The only question was whether the prisoner Painter did forge the note in question and uttered it knowing it to be forged, and whether the prisoner Davis uttered the note knowing it to be forged, and whether or not he was not an agent from the beginning of the transaction. John Davis, the secretary of the loan society, and Titus Turk, one of the prosecutors, were called and proved the facts narrated above. Maria Francis, the wife of Henry Francis, whose name was alleged to have been forged to the note, was called on behalf of Painter, and proved that, unknown to her husband, and being in want of money, she asked Painter's wife to ask Painter to go and sign the note in question, as a security, when the prisoner said that he did not like to do it, but he would go and sign the note to °Age witness. Witness became acquainted with the HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. , Her Majesty's stag-hds., Mon. Matinshern, near Bracknell ; , Wed., Bix, near Henley ; Sat., Stoke Common—H. The Duke of Beaufort's hds., Mon., the George Inn, Sandy Lane ; Wed., Bath Lodge; Thurs., Lackhare; Saturday, Tiltups Inn, 10i. The Suffolk hds., Mon., Risby Tollgate; Thurs., Sa piston George-10i. Lord Henry Bentinck's hds., Mon., Branston Wood; Wed., Thorney; Thum, Stapleford Moor ; Friday, Thonock ; Saturday, Faldingworth Grange-11. The Southdown hds., Mon_, Exceat Bridge; Fri., Mi ehelham Common. The Tiverton hds., Mon., Rackenford Bell; Thurs., West Molland House. The Brighton hds., Mon., Patcham; Wed., Thunder's Barrow; Friday, Dyks-104. The Brookside harrs.,Monday, Newmarket Hill; Thurs day, Telscombe Tye-10i. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert left town yesterday morning for her Majesty's marine residence, Osborne, Isle of Wight. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were accompanied in their carriage by their Royal Highnesses the Prince of W? ales, Prince Alfred, and the Princess Royal. Their Royal Highnesses Princess Alice, the Princess Helena, and the Princess Louisa, and the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, Lady Port man, Lady in Waiting, Hon. Flora Macdonald, Maid of Honour, the Master of the Household, Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, Equerry in Waiting, and Colonel Bou verie, Equerry in Waiting to Prince Albert, followed in four carriages and four. Her Majesty and the Prince were conducted to their carriage by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, Hon. Miss Cavendish, the Lord Steward, th e Lord hamberlain, the Master of the Horse, Lord Camoys, Viscount Clifden, Mr. R. Ormsby Gore, and Captrin Francis Seymour. Tho august party left Buckingham Palace at ten minutes before eleven o'clock, and proceeded to the Nine Elms Station of the London and South-Western Railway. A special train conveyed her Majesty and the Prince to Gosport. The Rev. T. Ainger, Mr. Henry Chester, and Mr. W, Ford, had an interview with Lord John Russell yes- terday. LONDON SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER-HALL. The members of the London Sacred Harmonic Society performed Handel's sacred oratorio of Israel in Egypt last evening, at Exeter- hall, under the able direction of Mr. Surruan, than whom a more conscientious inter preter of the works of Handel does not exist. It is de lightful to see this gentleman conduct one of the master pieces of Handel. There is an utter abnegation of self on those occasions, his whole soul is in the work: an enthu siastic worshipper of the mighty master, he becomes identified, as it were, with the object of his worship; but his worship of Handel, albeit it is the worship of admiration—of enthusiasm, of love—is also the worship of intellect; his is no un reasoning faith, and it is just because he understands Handel better, perhaps, than does any living professor, that he is his best and most conscientious interpreter. Had Handel never composed the Messiah, his Israellin Egypt would have been considered the grandest and most perfect oratorio in the world; as it is, we think that there are parts of the -Israel in Egypt superior to anything in the Messiah and we would mention as an instance the hailstone chorus. This is to our thinking, and we speak after a not inattentive study of the works of the mighty master, the most perfect of all the compositions of Handel. Whether as regards sublimity of conception, massive ness of execution, perfection of orchestral and choral development, fidelity of description, or characteristic and dramatic expression, the hailstone chorus surpasses every other piece of music that was ever composed, aye! even the far-famed Hallelujah chorus itself, and for this simple reason, that the subject of the Hallelujah chorus did not afford to Handel the variety, which is one of the great charms of the hailstone chorus. This oratorio is rich in descriptive music ; the chorus "He rebuked the Red Sea," which occurs towards the conclusion of the first part, is another mag nificent example of the perfection of the descriptive music of Handel. Neither the Desert of Felicien David, nor the musical poems (for such they are) of Hector Berlioz, nor even the gorgeous symphonies of Beethoven, which are to music what Turner's paintings are to the sister art, approach these two sublime choruses, consi dered as pieces of descriptive music merely. They were magnificently rendered last night by the band and chorus, which consisted of nearly five hundred performers, but which went as one mighty instrument, so admirably had they been drilled by Mr. Surman. It was not alone mere accuracy of notation and intonation that was attained, it was evident that the performers had nct been taught to sing merely by rote, but that they understood and felt that which they interpreted; each variation of light and shade was marked and given, and oftsn as we have before heard: this oratorio; fre quently as we have been delighted to hear it as ren dered by the Sacred Harmonic Society, in this very hall, never did we hear these two choruses so perfectly, so sublimely given as they were last even ing. The chorus, " The depths have covered them," which occurs in the second part, is another in stance of the immense power of Handel in descriptive music. The effect of the semi-chorus of female voices singing almost without an accompaniment, which occurs in this portion of the oratorio, is very fine, and it was last night very finely rendered ; indeed nothing could be superior to the manner in which the choruses (and they form the principal portion of the oratorio) were rendered throughout by the members of the London Sacred Harmonic Society. The solo per formers were Miss Birch, Mrs. A. Newton, Miss Miran, Mr. Turner, Mr. H. Phillips, and Mr. Lawler. The duet, " The Lord is my strength," was exquisitely ren dered by Mrs. A. Newton and Miss Birch, and the latter lady afterwards gave the beautiful air, " Thou didst blow," with true Handelian expression. Miss Miran was encored, and most deservedly encored, in " Thou shalt bring them in." Never did we hear her fine rich contralto tones to greater perfection than in the concluding passages of this fine air. She also sang the duet, " Thou in mercy," delightfully, and was well seconded in it by Mr. Turner. There was one other encore during the course of the evening, and that also was fairly won; it was the duet, "The Lord is a man of war',' which was magnifi cently given by Mr. H. Phillips and Mr. Lawler. We never heard Mr. Lawler to greater perfection than last evening ; he was in excellent voice and had evi dently carefully studied his music. His manner of giving the recitative and air, " Wave from wave," would be alone sufficient to secure him a position among the very first bass singers of the day. The hall was crowded in every part, by a most attentive and delighted audience —such an audience as a musician is pleased to see before him, because he feels that they understand his science, and can, therefore, properly appreciate his exertions. OPERA COMIQUE, ST. JAMES'S THEATEE•—The performance at this theatre last evening was attended by the Hereditary Princess of Parma and suite, the Conde de Montemolin and suite, the Duke of Leeds, the Duchess of Inverness, the Marquis of Ailesbury, the Countess of Jersey, the Countess of Kinnoul, Lord and Lady Ernest Bruce, Viscount Clifden, Lord Cran borne, Lord William Lennox, ; Sir, George and Miss Talbot, Sir Henry Webb, Sir Frederick Trench, Lady Joddrell, Mrs. Mountjoy Martin, and Miss Jen kins, Mr. and Mrs. John Sanford, Mrs Paul, Miss Beauclerc, Mr. and Mrs. Addington, Major Udney, Mr. Hardwicke, &c. THE TRIAL or Rusn.—On Tuesday evening, Messrs. Mitchell and Clarke, and Mr. Cann, solicitors, of Wymondham, and Messrs. Treharne and White, soli citors, of London, had a lengthened consultation with Mr. Prendergast, the point under consideration being the mode in which the prisoner Rush should be put upon his trial for the murders at Stanfield Hall. It was sub mitted to Mr. Prendergast which of two courses should be taken; whether only ono indictment, in which should be comprised two charges of murder and two of at tempted murder, should be taken before the grand jury ; or whether separate indictments upon each of those charges should be preferred. Mr. Prendergast advised the adoption of this latter course; and, consequently, there will be four indictments against the accused, viz., one for the murder of Mr. Isaac Jermy, ono for the murder of Mr. Lilac Jermy Jermy, another for an at • tempt on the life of Mrs. Jenny, and another for the ILlie offence on the life of Eliza Chestney. The assize commission for the Norfolk Spring Circuit will be opefled this (Saturday) morning, at Aylesbury. MALT• TAX REPEAL. Meetings for this object have been held at Chesterfield and Leicester. An individual intends opening an hotel at San Francisco. We don't know what the sign will be, but we suggest the " Golden Fleece."—Puppet Show. NEWLYN IN PYDAR.--MILDNESS OF THE SEASON. —A strawberry perfectly ripe, and a blackberry nearly so, were gathered a few days since on the grounds of Tresillian and Degembris in this parish.—Cornwall Gazette. AUSTRIA. The Vienna Gazette of the 21st confirms the an nouncement of the entry of 6,000 Russians into Cronstadt, and 4,000 into Hermanstadt. According to the official account of this movement, sent to the Austrian Government by General Puchner, he bad been induced to call in the Russians, at the earnest prayer of the inhabitants of these towns, who were exposed to pillage and massacre by the enemy, Ge neral Puchner being unable to detach from his army, which was in pursuit of General Bem, a sufficient force to protect them. The Reform of Berlin has the following from Vienna, dated the 24th ult. :—" We have just Did a danger of military revolt. The Wacher battalion, to which belonged the soldier who was killed by the people on the Nth, resolved to avenge his death, an d for that purpos e t u rned out in arms. A superior officer arrested some of the ringleaders, but was compelled to set them at liberty. Fortunately, how ever, the chiefs at length brought the soldiers to reason, by promising that justice should be done. The commune of Neulerchufeld has offered a reward of 300 florins for the discovery of the murderers of the soldier whose death the battalion desired to avenge." The Breslaw Gazette states that a treaty has been concluded between the Cabinets of St. Petersburgh and Olmutz, by which the Danubian provinces and a part of Transylvania are to be ceded to Russia, in exchange for some t err itory situated in Bosnia and Herzegoin. A letter from Hamburgh of the 26th ult. states that the intelligence bad reached that city that the Russians had evacuated Cronstadt: and Hermanstadt, and returned to the Russian territory, in consequence of the victories of General Puchner over Bern. The Wiener Zeitung contains the following official proclamation : " The condition of Hungary, distracted as it is by civil war, demands an immediate pacification. The splendid achievements of a gallant and devoted army have, indeed, triumphed over rebellion, and restored the violated authority of the Sovereign. But, disjointed by the revolution, the former constitution of the country stands in need of a thorough reformation, which will answer to the wants of the time, to the claims of the peoples to an equality of rights, and to the condition of the great body of the monarchy. " Nor is it less imperative to regulate the political and financial administration of the individual provinces. For this purpose it is requisite to remove the forms and ele ment of the former administration, which have again coagulated since the overthrow of Kossuth's tyranny, without having within themselves the condition of exist ence and actions suited to the altered circumstances. " The policy of peace, the policy of organization, mus crown the work. " The Cabinet is sensible of the greatness and of the difficulty of the task, to which it devotes its most assi duous cares. " In the midst of conflicting interests and of countless wishes and claims, it is above all necessary to take a close survey of the circumstances, to know and distin guish that which is useful, just, and necessary, and to listen to the arguments of the parties concerned. " The next step of the Cabinet will therefore be to summon a council of men representing and enjoying the confidence of the various nationalities in Hungary, and to act according to their advice, and with their co-ope ra tion. ~ This plan is in the course of execution, nor can the beneficial result No doubtful." HUNGARY. (From Galignani's Messenger of Wednesday.) The following letter has been addressed to us on the Hungarian question : " The struggle which still continues on the banks of the Danube and the Theiss every day attracts more attention to the position and affairs of Hungary, but public opinion as to th e c h aracter of this struggle i s formed from imperfect information, and from impres sions which induce false conclusions. It is in the in- terest of Hungary, and it is my special duty, as my name has been mixed up with some of these events, to make known the precise nature o f t h e movement i n H un gary. It is represented as an episode to the revolu tionary drama of the year 1848 by seeking to unite it closely with the popular i nsurrect i on at Vi enna. Thi s is a supposition utterly unfounded, against which it is our duty to protest. The events which have taken place in Hungary have not the slightest relation with the re volution in Germany. It is trite that many important changes have taken place in Hungary, as regards ideas and institutions. We have abolished crosses and ninths, and the clergy and nobility have renounced all their ancient feudal privileges; the liberty of the press, of education, and public worship have been estab• lished. All that France obtained by her first revolution we have obtained by reform, sanctioned by our Parlia ment. It was not in the streets, but in our Chamber of Deputies and Magnates, that liberal principles triumphed. Our movement did not proceed from the effects of a revolution,—it was the result of a protracted parliamentary conflict between the representatives of Hungary (constitutional for eight centuries), and the Austrian Cabinet alw ays a b so l u t e . Theposi tion of Hungary with respect to the Austrian Go vernment was essentially changed by the revolu tion of the 13th of March, whieh rendered Austria a constitutional monarchy—from this time Hungary required fresh guarantees for the defence . of her nationality, w hi c h cons i sts no t i n t h e un i ty o f language, but in the identity of interests, the similitude of institutions, and all those relations created by eight centuries of a common history between the different races of which she is composed. True to her ancient traditions, to her laws, to her history, Hungary believed that the reconstruction of the Austrian empire, become necessary in consequence of the revolution of Vi enna , could only take place upon the basis of a close fe deral alliance between Hungary and the hereditary pro vinces. The basis was accepted by the Sov ere i gn . O n the 11th of Ap r il the Emperor-King, surrounded by his family, and accompanied by his brother, the Archduke Francis Charles, and his nephew, the Archduke Fran cis Joseph (now the reigning Emperor of Austria), went from Vienna to Presburg, for the purpose of givin g hi s solemn sanctio n to th e l a w establishing in Hungary a Ministerial Government. But after the victo r y o f C ustozza, and the taking of Milan, the policy . of Aust r i a c h ange d . It was no longer t h e federal principle, b ut that of the absolute unity of the empire, and a fusion of all the provinces divided into small departments, that the Ministry of Vienna adopted. They op en l y d eclared that the law of the 11th April was not in accordance with the unity of the empire, and the swo r d o f t h o Ban Jellachich served as a support of this declaration. War was forced upon us ; we accepted it, ready to defend the independence of Hungary, guaranteed for three cen turies by the oaths of fourteen kings, without h av i ng any idea, either then or now, of separatpn from th e h ouse of Austria. The reports of the revolutions of the Hungarian Diet against the historic rights of the house of Austria are completely unfounded in fact. The clergy an d t h e old Conservatives, as well as the Liberals, rallied round the standard raised in support of the integrity of the Crown of Hungary, threatened b . y the Austrian Minis try ; they forgot their former d i fferences in their fixed determination to sustain the independence of their country, in conformity with its fundamental laws. At Vienna, on th e contra ry, where liberty had as y e t n o historic b ases , i t was revo lutionary ideas whi c h st i rre d up the p eop l e . I n rea lity, the Viennese being con vinced that, if the law of the 11 th April was ques tioned in Hun gar y, the concessions of M arc h an d o f May had no l onger an y guarantee in Austria, this con viction connected in some degree the events of Vi enna and thos e o f H ungar y. But this coincid ence o f in terests, independ(nt of the will of individuals, admits of a more easy explanation than the coalition in the Parliament at Frankfort, between the Austrian deputies and the extreme Republican left. Th e H ungar i ans never took any part in the affairs of the German democracy. The leaders of the parties at Pesth and Vienna were perfect strangers to each other; not- PRUSSIA. The German Reform of Berlin of the 24th ult. says —" Very intimate relations exist between the Prussian Government and the English Ambassador. All the most important state papers are communicated to him. Such great intimacy between the two Cabinets has not existed since the death of Frederick the Great ; and it causes the belief that a treaty has been, or is about to be, concluded between Great Britain and Prussia, to counterbalance the alliance between Russia and Austria." ITALY. At the moment of going to press, the Corriere Mercantile announces that an especial courier had just brought intelligence that General de Langier had taken refuge on the Piedmontese territory, accompa nied by only 30 men. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From last night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32,fbr the Week ending on Saturday, the 24th day of February, 1849. 1381711 DEPAILTYENT. Notes Issued- •. 28,405,30 Government debt .. 11,015,100 Other securities .... 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 13,993,408 Silver bullion ...... 412,077 X 28,405,385 X 28,405,385 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the lat day of March, 1849. BANKING DEPABTIOIN T. X. Proprietors' capital.. 14,553,000 Hest . .• . . .. 3,514,565 Public deposits (in chiding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ings-banks, and Dl- Government securi- ties (including Dead Weight Annuity).. 14,074,183 Other securities 9,872,296 Notes .. .... • • • . 10,272,940 Gold and silver coin.. 924,147 vidend accounts).. 5,815,929 Other deposits ...• • • 10.142,742 Seven day and other bills•• •• •• .. •• •• •• 1,117,330 £35, l 43,566 £35,143,566 M. MARSHALL. Chief Cashier. 19. Dated the 1 at day of March. 18 FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDAY. At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the Ist day of March, 1849, present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. Her Majesty in Council was this day pleased to appoint Thomas James Ireland, of Ows den .ball, Esq., to be Sheriff of the county of Suffolk, in the room of the Right Honourable John Lord Henniker, of Thornham-hall. WAR-OFFICE, MARCIE 2. Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards—Lieutenant and Captain Francis William Newdigate to be Adjutant, vice Somerset, who.resigns the Adjatantcy only, March 2. 2d Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Alexander Gil lespie to be Captain, by purchase, vice Munro, who re tires; Ensign Robert Holdsworth to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Gillespie; John Chalmers, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Holdsworth, March 2. 21st Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Gore Browne, from 41st Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Peddie, who exchanges, March 2. _ _ 26th Foo t — Robert Creighton Granville, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bell, who retir e s, M arc h 2. 28th Foot—Captain Henry Lees, from the 63d Foot, to be Captain, vice Coote, appointed to 36th Foot, March 2. 36th Foot—Major Robert Carmichael Smyth, from 93d Foot, to be Major, vice 'Rothe, who exchanges; Captain Henry J. Coote, from 28th Foot, to be Captain, vice Cubitt, appointed to 63d Foot, March 2. 41st Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel John Crofton Peddie, from 21st Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Browne, who exchanges, March 2. 43d Foot—The Honourable Richard Monck to be En sign, by purchase, vice Hill, promoted in 58th Foot, March 2. 54th Foot—Captain William Dillon, from half-pay Royal Staff Corps, to be Captain, vice Norman, pro moted; Lieutenant George Poulett to be Captain, by purchase, vice Dillon, who retires ; E ns i gn Willi am Ed ward Freeman O'Brien to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Poulett; Coryton Si'venue Sampson Kempe, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice O'Brien, March 2. 56th Feat—Lieutenant George St. Leger Gordon Gordon, from 77th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Leslie, who exchanges, March 2. _ . 58th Foot—Ensign Horace Frederick Hill, from 43d Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Edwards, who retires, March 2. 63d Foot—Captain Henry Archibald Cubitt, from 36th Foot, to be Captain, vice Lees, appointed to 28th Foot, March 2. 77th Foot—Lieutenant George Leslie, from sGth Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Gordon, who exchanges, March 2; Lieutenant William Wentworth Grant Dilke, tiom Ceylon Rifle Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Patrick M'Carthy, who retires upon half-pay, March 3; Lieu tenant Bartholomew O'Brien to be Adjutant, ♦ice M'Carthy, who resigns the Adjutantcy only, March 2. 83d Foot—Lieutenant John Dennis Swinburne to be Paymaster, vice Richard Brough, who retires on half pay, March 2. _ 89th Foot—Lieutenant John Lewes Philipps to be Captain, by purchase, vice Palmer, wh o r e ti res; E ns i gn Carrick Darby to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Philipps; Robert Rowland Conyers, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Darby, March 2. 93d Foot—Major Lorenzo Rothe, from 36th Foot, to be Major, vice Smyth, who exchanges, March 2. Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Ensign William Wentworth Grant Dilke, from 77th Foot, to be First Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Greentree, appointed to 64th Foot, March 2. BREVET. Captain William Dillon, of 54th Foot, to be Major in ;he Army, Nov. 9, 1846. HOSPITAL STAFF. James William Macaulay, M.D.,.Physician and Surgeon of Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, to have the loeal rank of Staff Surgeon of the Second Class, for the duties of Kilmainham Hospital only, March 2. MEMORANDUM.—The Christian names of Ensign Craigie Halkett, of 45th Foot, are John Cornelius. WHITEHALL, FEB. 22. The Lord Chancellor has appointed William Foard Tribe, of Worthing, in the county of Sussex, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, FEB. 24. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Thorns Ames 11111, of Paulton, in the county of Somerset, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, FEB. 26. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Arthur Parsons, of the town and county of Nottingham, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTS. Robert Jones, commission agent, Castle•atreet, Hol born, to surrender March 12, at half-past twelve,land April 23, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Gra ham, official assignee, Coleman-street; Warrand, Castle street, Holborn. John Creft, general dealer, Markham-street, Chelsea, March 14, at half-past twelve, and April 5, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Baainghall-street; Cooper, Hatton-garden. Edward Gibson, banker, St. Albans, Hertford, March 16, at one, and April 17, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lom bard-street ; Lawrence and Plews, Old Jewry Chambers- James Barber and Aaron Barber, ironmongers, Mar. tock, Somersa, March 8, at one, and April 11, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter ; Adams, Martock ; Patten, Ely-place, Holborn; Turner, Exeter. John Baker, victualler, Wollaston, Worcestershire, March 10 and April 19, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birming ham; Corser, Stourbridge. Peter Woolley, tailor, Ross, Herefordshire, March 20 and April 17, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Robinson, Here ford ; Suckling, Birmingham. Hudson Cranston, confectioner, Sunderland, March 13, at half-past ten, and April 20, at one, at the Newcastle upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle-upon- Tyne; Cooper, Sunderland ; Keenly side and Rade, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Henry Edward Bennett, commission agent, Queen's Bench Prison, March 17, at on and April 28, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street; Valiance, Old Jewry. chambers. Humphrey Roberts, draper, Pwllheli, Carnarvonshire, March 9, and April 17, at eleven, at the Liverpool Dis• trict Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool; Croft, Staple-inn, London ; Owen, Pwllheli ; Evans and Son, Liverpool. _AgL DUBLIN IMPROVEMENT BILL Mr. REYNOLDS moved the second reading of this Bill. Mr. GROGAN objected to the second reading of the Bill, and trusted that the Hon. Member for Dublin would not put the House to the trouble of dividing upon it, inasmuch as the question involved was the same as that which was mooted in the last. Mr. REYNOLDS felt bound to persevere in moving the second reading of the Bill. Thewholo of the oppo.. sition to this Bill was nothing more or less than a fac tious opposition, got up for the sake of serving the pur poses of a party, and without any public benefit whatever for its object; yet, however needless the grounds of its proceedings, if persisted in it must cost his fellow -citi zens upwards of .5,000/., and he did not see why they should be put to that expense.—(Hear.) The Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Tamworth, whose name he never used in that House but with the utmost respect— (lronical cheers)—that Right Hon. Gentleman had pro mised to extend to his country all the advantages of municipal rights which were enjoyed in this country.— (Hear, hear.) But how had his supporters kept that promise? Thank God he was not a man of bad temper —(Laughter)—but if he had been, certainly this opposi tion would have been quite sufficient to excite it. The House did not dare to refuse to the towns and cities of England the right of managing their own local affairs, but because Dublin was on the other side of St. George's Channel they refused to extend that principle to her. He should, however, be greatly disappointed if the House postponed the second reading of this Bill. Read the Bill then, and ho would promise them that it should not go into Committee before the opponents had had an opportunity of getting up their case.—(Hear.) Sir JOHN YARDE BULLER regretted that the Hon. Gentleman would not consent to the postponement of the Bill, which, so long as feeling ran so high upon these measures for improving the town of Dublin, he doubted whether any good would result from referring all these Bills to the same Committee. He trusted, how ever, the Hon. Gentleman would not put the House to the trouble of dividing upon this occasion. Mr. REYNOLDS acceded to this request, and The motion for the postponement was agreed to with out a division. HENLEY AND LONDON WATERWORKS AND NAVIGATION BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this Bill, Colonel KNOX said he could conceive nothing so preposterous as this scheme. It could never succeed, inasmuch as its promoters could never hope to compete with the existing companies. Ile doubted much whether the allegations of the promoters, that the supply of water in the metropolis was deficient, was founded on truth, but even if there was, the existing companies had ample means of supplying it.—(Hear, hear.) But he suspected supplying the metropolis with additional water was not the real object of this Bill. He had every reason to believe that the scheme had been got up by solicitors and engineers, in the hope that it would be t purchased from them by the London and North-Western Company, who were anxious to get an independent canal in opposition to the canal used by the Great Western Company.— (Hear, hear.) Ho should, therefore, move that it be read a second time this day six months. Mr. PALMER was also opposed to the Bill. He said the Bill was opposed by three parties, who would be materially injured if the provisions of it were carried out, via. the landown ers , w h ose property would be interfered with ; the mill owners in the district, and the Commissioners whose duty it was to preserve the navigation of the Thames. Ho trusted that upon these grounds the House would not agree to the second reading. Sir DE LACY EVANS said the House would at once concede that it was most desirable that the de nizens of this great metropolis should be provided with a pure and cheap supply of water. The report of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, which had been referred to in the course of this discussion, stated that a large number of the inhabitants were not supplied with p ure water, an d recom mended tha t em this defect should b e su ppli e d. Th e y would not h a ve this statement if the existing companies supp lied a all the e water that was required. Why at present 60,000 weekand frowmasthae to assume that each house was occupied b y one family, that in many cases each room houses were not supplied with water. lt was but fair T 9' hese partie s onl y supplied e confusion, were contained ta h i e ne r d eg a re f t s t m ed uy t . o s mostinai.n si,nha,‘da'dehqicuthoattaellayndfaiimlepdertfoecstumppoldye by means o f pumps, eacaused d o r greatonce or twi of supplying water. They had it, therefore, on record that the existing corn his requirements of panics this large number of people. The object of the Bill was, in the words of the Commissioners, to improve the supply of water, and to give it in greater quantities and at a cheaper rate to the poorer classes. Every one knew that the mass of water taken from the Thames was from the tidal portion of the river, which was most impure; so impure that he had the authority of many eminent scientific men for saying that it could not be purified by the process of filtration. Parties having land would of course receive that compensation which the Committee might award. He trusted the House would deem this a fair instance of competition, and not allow obstacles to be thrown in the way of the inhabitants of the metropolis being sup plied with pure and cheap water.—(Hear.) Lord LINCOLN did not intend to express any opinion either in support or in opposition to the Bill, he merely rose to state that the extract which the Gallant Member had read was calculated, if taken alone, to convey an erroneous impression. The report stated that the system of suppl) ing water should be improved and that there should be a more regular supply. Taken by itbelt that extract might be construed into an opinion that the existing companies were to blame. Now, the Commissioners wished to express no opinion on the matter. Sir DE LACY EVANS thought that the Noble Lord had not given to this matter his usual discretionary consideration, but trusted that the remarks which he had offered to the House would nevertheless be in fluential in bringing the matter to a useful and sound conclusion. _ _ _ Sir W. CLAY said that the House should be careful in such a matter as this not to listen to any misstate ments, and not pass any measure hastily in which the want of water was concerned. The Noble Lord had stated that there were 60,000 houses in want of water, and allowing five per sons for each house, there would bo an aggregate of 300,000 who would be deprived of this necessary bemer•