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THE LEGAL TITLE ASSURANCE COMPANY. (ProTisionally Registered, January 17, 1849.) Capital, 2,000,00 CL, in 80,000 Shares, of 251. each. - Preliminary Deposit, 2s. 6d. per Share fspectu.ses and full information may he (fl,tained at the Tempo- Offices of the Company, 13A, Cannon•.row, 'iVestminster, on ap tfon to T HE G. F. BOWE, Hon. Sec., pro tern Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., NEW NOVEL, ROCKINGHAM ; THE YOUNGER BROTHER. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street THE NEW NOVEL. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., post Bvo., DUDLEY CRANBOURNE. By SKEFFINOTON 'MORE, Esq., Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. ROBERT HO UD IN. - ST. JAMES'S THEAT HE. I.,ST NIGHT, M. ROBERT HOUDIN will have the honour to give his Farewell Entertainment of his extraordinary SOIREES FANTA.STIQUES at this theatre TIIIS EVENING, Being positively the last Entertainment, owing to M. Hondin's depar ture for the provinces. Doors open Eight. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25.; Amphitheatre, Is. 6d. Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets for this Extraordinary Entertainment tray he secured 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, HAYMARK.F.T. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE RENT DAY. Martin Heywood, Mr. J. Wallack. To conclude with the Comedy of WILD OATS. Rover, Mr. James Wallack ; Harry Thunder, Mr. H. Vandenhoff ; Lady Ama ranth, Miss Julia Bennett. THEATRE ROYAL. ADELPHI. Under the direction (N Madame Celeste. THIS EVEN' N . Will be performed COCKNEYS IN CALIFORNIA. After which, the original Drama, called HARVEST ROME. Principal characters by Messrs. H. Hughes, Lambert, Wright, P. Bedford, 0. Smith, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. 1--,nk Matthews. Miss Turner, &c. To.conclude with JOHN JONES. Guy Geodluck, Mr. Lambert ; i.liza Melton, Miss E. Chaplin. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestzis. Sole Lessee. Mr. Charles Malin ws. THIS EVENING _ . Will be performed a nefr and original petite Comedy, entitled WHO SPEAKS FIRST? After which, a new Drama, called A ROMANTIC IDEA. To conclude with a Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE KING OF ME PEACOCKS. Characters' by Messrs. Harley, John Reeve, Selby, H. Hall, Marshall, and H. Marshall ; Miss Kathleen Fitzwil 'iam, Miss L. Howard, Mrs. Macnamara, Miss Marshall, Miss L. Marshall, Miss Coleman, and Madame Vestris. Dress ; toxes, 55.; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No talf-price to any part of the house. 'Vic New 11(;_x-office, No. 2, Wellingtor-street, is open to the public ,very day, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Opera, entitled FR-kNCESCA DORIA. To conclude with a new grand Pantomime, entitled BLUFF KING lIAL ; or, Hozlequin and %II Charmed Arrow. Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Clown, Mr. Fleamore ; Sprite, Mr. De Barr ; Columbine, Miss Fawcett. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. under the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. Mr. Batty respectfully announces that he has entered into an en gagement with the celebrated American Equestrian Young Hernan dez, who has just arrived in this country, and whose talent has gained for him the title of the first rider in the world. He will make his sixth appearance THIS EVENING, The curtain will rise at a Quarter to Seven o'clock precisely to the magniflcent Spectacle, by Fitzball. entitled CORA SCO ; or, the Warrior's Steed. After which the double Tight-ropes. To be followed by an inimitable display of SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, supporteJ by the first Equestrian talent of the day. To conclude with the farce of CURIOSITY._ Boa-office open from Eleven till Five. State Manager, Mr. W. West. THE WEATHER.—Sum OFFICE, MARCH 10. Tu , ..RMODIETEIt, Lowest, 30; Highest, 37; Noon, 38. BAROMETER, 30.42. WIND N. fine—cold breeze ; a sharp frost last night, and slight fall of snow. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tars DAY -- 7 ‘ir — mnr, 51 min. after 2 Evening, 9 min. after 3 To-Moaaow—Morning, 26 min. after 3 I Evening, 43 min. after 3 • • zStt'"' ' .44 so ,l 9 6 4i 1 *°... . 1• 80 s . 4 0(4 ' * 4li 4".' u! EL' r • it „ le? • 7,7;7 1 tint OlTientral a'ult LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1849. The Protectionists still exhibit the same deter mined hostility to the principles of free trade. They would still retain the restrictions and incumbrances by which the due development of our commerce are retarded, and the deepest injury inflicted upon our merchants and traders. They regard a free and fair competition as something so utterly destructive to the ational interests, that British industry must be withered and crushed under its blighting influence, unless sustained by the most stringent enactments conferring practical monopolies. They have now arrayed themselves in support of the Navigation Laws, the most vexatious of the remnants of the almost obsolete system. The Right Honourable Gentleman the Member for Stamford stood forth last night as the champion of monopoly. He opposed the Ministerial measure, in a speech of considerable length, in which he ex pressed his intention to offer the most strenuous oppo sition to the further progress of the Bill, and con cluded by moving as an amendment that it should be read a second time that day six months. This amend ment was supported by his Noble Colleague and by the Honourable Member for Oxfordshire—and op posed by the Members for Westbury and Liverpool, who adduced the most cogent arguments in favour of the change and completely demolished the assump tions of the Protectionists. The debate was subsequently adjourned until Monday evening, after a significant intimation from the Prerni!.r that the discussion must be brought to a close on that evening, for that he could consent to no further adjournment. This is as it should be. The matter has already received the most mature and attentive consideration% it has been exhibited in every light, and regarded in all its bearings. The present discussion may, indeed, be looked upon as a continuation of that commenced last year, when n o less than ten Government nights were fully con sumed, and when the House decided on going into Committee by a majority:iof 117, after a de bate protracted from the 15th May, when the subject was first introduced by the President of the Board of Trade, until the 9th of June, when the propriety of the, change was affirmed by a majority so decisive. It is unnecessary to dwell upon the Fabian policy adopted by the Protectionists—the vexatious delays that were interposed at every stage of its progress, until the Government were at length compelled to postpone its further consideration until the present Session, although the subject had been alluded to in the Speech from the Throne as one peculiarly requiring legislation. All that can be urged in favour of the law has been already uttered, no new points can be adduced. It is unnecessary again to travel over the same ground as last year. No arguments can con vince the Protectinists, who are resolved by every practicable means to maintain the principle o f tinnopoly, hoping that while any portion of its spirit is retained, efforts may be made to restore it, to its .former strength and dimensions. " While there is life there is hope"—and so long as the navigation " laws are suffered to remain on our statute-book, they h not despair of a restoration of the corn-laws, and lit the re-enactment of a stringent commercial code, with protective duties against every article of foreign pro duce. The sooner, therefore, the strength of the parties is measured, the sooner a division decisive as to the future fate of the measure takes place, the better. We trust, therefore, that Lord JOHN RUSSELL will remain firm, and that no further delays may be suffered to retard the progress of the measure. The issue is fairly before the country, and it is for the representa tives of the people to decide whether the principles of free trade are to be fully carried out ; whether our in tercourse with other nations is to be conducted with- out let or hindrance, or whether a class are still to be protected at the expense of the rest of the nation, and • a tax is to be imposed on the community i❑ general for their exclusive benefit. : It may be well briefly to direct the public atten tion to the present state of the question. The first navigation Act on record was passed in 1381, during the reign of King RICUARD the SECOND. It was to the following effect)—" That for increasing the ship ping o f England, of late much diminished, none of the KING's subjects shall hereafter ship any kind of merchandise, either outward or homeward, but only in ships of the KING'S subjects, on pain of forfeiture 'of their ships and merchandise, in which also the greater part of the crew shall be the KING'S subjects.' Since that period a variety of legislation has taken place on the subject.. The most important enactments were . carried in the reigns of 11ENaY VII. and ELIZABETH. By the former the importation of divers commodities was prohibited unless brought in ships belonging to English owners, and manned by English seamen ; and by the latter foreign vessels were excluded from our fisheries and coasting trade. During the Com monwealth still more stringent laws were imposed. In 1651 the famous (we should rather say infamous) " Act of Navigation" was passed, intended, as it was declared, "to promote British navigation, and to weaken and destroy the naval power of the Dutch." It was not conceived so much for the benefit of Englishmen as in a spirit of hostility towards Holland, whose commercial activity and in creasing power was regarded with the utmost jealousy. For that purpose it was provided, " that no goods or commodities whatever of the growth, production, or manufacture of Asia, Africa, or America, including our own plantations there, should be imported into England or Ireland, or any of the plantations except in English built ships, owned by English subjects, navigated by English commanders, and three-fourths of the sailors Englishmen." The Restoration effected,no change in this unwise and shortsighted policy. In our anxiety to in jure the interests of Holland we inflicted serious damage upon our own. The Act of 1651 was continued with some slight modifications by the 12th CHARLES 11., cap. 18, and two years later a subse quent statute was passed, in order to provided for at tempted evasions of the preceding Act. From that period many changes were made, and a variety of legislation took place, passing through the various phases cf monopoly and exclu sion, to that of mere protection, and subse quently returning to the former system of prohibition, which, we regret to say, was re-established during the present reign, and so lately as the year 1844. Three statutes were then passed—the 8 and 9 Vic., c. 88, c. 89, and c. 112. By these it was attempted to secure for ourselves— Ist. The European carrying trade. 2nd. The long-voyage trade. 3rdly. The entire colonial trade. There are other provisions of less importance, but these are the points most obnoxious, and which induce other nations to retaliate in a manner highly injurious to the interests of all parties. Restrictions are still to be maintained with respect to the coasting-trade and the fisheries of this country, and of our colonies, on the same footing as at present, each colony being allowed to legislate to a certain extent with regard to its own coasting trade. With these exceptions, the entire code is to be repealed and the navigation to be thrown open—a power being reserved to the QUEEN in Council to impose restrictions on the navigation of foreign countries, if they do not meet us on equal terms—not making it obligatory to do so, but enabling her to act in the manner most conducive to the interests of the nation. This is the point which' is now to be decided, and it will speedily be ascertained whether the "reaction- aries" have succeeded in arresting the progress of free-trade principles. If the principle of buying in the cheapest and selling in the dearest market be sound, the same doctrine must be applicable to the conveyance of those goods from one kingdom to another. In commenting, on Wednesday last, on the notable scheme for the promotion of priestcraft, propounded by Lord ASHLEY to the House of Commons, we said, " the upholders of priestcraft are to the full as intolerant, as overbearing, as persecuting, and as full of hatred and uncharitableness towards all those who refuse to acknowledge their supremacy as ever they were. It is want of power, and want of power alone, that prevents them from reviving the fierce persecu tions of the Dissenters, in which LAUD, who is their model priest, indulged." Far were we from thinking when we penned this sentence that we should so soon be enabled to furnish evidence of the truth of our opinions; little did we imagine that at that very moment the modern LAUD, having handed over his victim to the secular arm, had set the myrmidons of the law in motion "to feed fat the ancient grudge he bears" against all those who refuse to acknowledge his supremacy. We did not dream that within forty-eight hours of the time at which the passage was written, the doors of an English prison would have closed on a suf ferer for conscience sake, that the persecution would have begun, and that our modern Inquisitor- General would have uttered his terrible rade in Face. Yet so it is; at that very moment lIENur Bishop of Exeter had set his myrmidons in motion to hunt down the Rev. JAMES SHORE, who had committed the enormous crime of continuing true to the Pro testant faith in which he had been brought up, and now the Rev. JAMES SHORE is in prison because he refuses to follow his quondam Diocesan in the pseudo- Papistical vagaries in which it bath of late pleased the versatile PHILLPOTTS to indulge. The unfortunate gentleman who has been thus honoured, by being permitted to suffer persecution in the cause of religious liberty, and to bear his testimony to the truth of his faith by his sufferings, preached last evening at Spafields Chapel, and immediately on his quitting the pulpit, he was arrested by order of Bishop PHILLPOTTS, and conveyed to a prison in Exeter. The Reverend Gebtleman himself has announced the occurrence in the following letter, which he has addressed to the Rev. T. E. THORESBY, the minister of the chapel : " London, March 9, 1849. "My dear Sir,—l am just apprehended in your chapel after preaching, and I write you a line before I enter my cell in the prison at St. Thomas's, Exeter. "I am at last to be incarcerated for contempt of court —they say fur the non payment of the Bishop's costs, but really and virtually for preaching the Gospel out of the Establishment. Indeed, I have not the means of paying the costs; and even if I were able to do so, I should still be under contempt of court for preaching the Gospel, and therefore may still be kept in prison. " I am happy, however, in the hope and expectation that my imprisonment may tend to open the eyes of my countrymen as to what they may expect should unfortu nately a certain party, now struggling for supremacy, ever obtain the ascendancy in this country. " I am sure it is quite time that the civil sword should be entirely wrested from the grasp of all ecclesiastics. To my mind the only sword that ministers of the Gospel are justified in using is the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. " Believe me, my dear Sir, very sincerely yourl, "JAMES SHORE. "The Rev. T. E. Thoresby." IWhat now becomes of the defence by Mr GLAD" STONE of the Bishop of Exeter ? What did Mr GLADSTONE mean by asserting in the House of Com mons, during the debate on Mr. BouvaßlE's motion for leave to introduce a Bill the object of which was to secure persons in the situation of the Rev. JAMES SHORE from the power of their Prelatical perse cutors—what did Mr. GLADSTONE mean by asserting on that occasion that the Bishop of EXETER had no de sire to press hardly on the Rev. JAMES SHORE, and that he was willing to release him from all his liabilities ? Was Mr. GLADSTONE on that occasion the deceiver or the deceived Was he a dupe or a conspirator ? Or did he palter in a double sense, speaking by the card, using words for the purpose o f concea li ng his meaning, as i s the wont with the disciples of the Heresiarch PUSEY, who, ased w a s a r s e c c h e i i s v m e d a t iwc with hy openthe s a e r n m t e s n b e y e o t f h e h s p e u r s n e i ve br r a a n i d t cutor of the Rev. JAMES SHORE, and to whom, al though the pulpits of O x f ord were closed, those of Exeter were opened, by per m i ss i on o f that pattern of orthodoxy and obedience, TT .....ENRY, Lord Bishop of that diocese ? Some explanation is due from Mr. GLADSTONE to the House of Commons, to the public, and to Mr. BOUVERIE, who would, no doubt, have pressed forward his measure without delay, had he been aware of the " hot haste " of the Bishop of EXETER. It is now clear that the followers of the Pusey heresy mean mischief; that having got posses• sion of the power of the Church of England, they intend to use that power for the purpose of persecuting all those who maintain the doctrines of sound Pro testantism, and stand up for the right of private judgment, which is the foundation of all re ligious liberty. No time is therefore to be lost in taking the field against these persecutors. All minor dif ferences must be merged, and Evangelical Churchmen should co-operate with Dissenters of all denominations, for purposes of mutual defence against the " wolves in sheep's clothing," who have surreptitiously gained admittance, into the fold. The Rev. THOMAS E. THORESBY has convened " a provisional meeting of the ministers and friends of the Gospel in London, of all denominations, to be held on Monday morning next, at 11 o'clock pre cisely, to . confer as to the best means of altering the existing law, under whose power the Rev. JAMES SHORE, A.M., has been committed, and of effecting his immediate liberation." This meeting, we have no doubt, will be fully attended; and we cannot for a moment doubt but that it will succeed in speedily effecting the object which it has in view. But this is not enough. Means must be devised for pre venting the recurrence of these persecutions, and of watching over and defending against the attacks of priestcraft that religious liberty which is our most glorious inheritance. For that purpose we trust that advantage will be taken of the meeting of Mon day to lay the foundation of a great Protestant League, the articles of which shall be so framed as to admit of all Protestants becoming members of it. Bishop PHILLPOTTS sets up as a second LAUD—it iS well—he will find a second Pr➢d. The supporters of priestcraft are leagued together as they were in the days of LAUD, to deprive the laity and Dissenters of their religious liberty. Let them be met, then, as they were two centuries since by "a solemn league and covenant." If they have forgotten the lessons of history, we have not. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. In the National Assembly, on Thursday, the fol lowing discussion took place on the subject of the affairs of Italy : M. Buvignier rose, and said, that foreign affairs pre sented a truly alarming aspect. Movements of troops were in progress, particularly in Germany; territories had been invaded, and it was evident that a new coa lition of the despots of the north was being formed against the free nations of the south. The advanced guard of the new Holy Alliance was already menacing Italy. The state of affairs was precisely the same as in 1792. A party in France, who had reluctantly ac cepted the Republic, had since secretly conspired against it, and now relied cn foreign intervention to restore Monarchy. The Government was in connivance with that party, and tacitly admitted the existence of the treaties of 1815, in virtue of which the Austrians had been allowed to occupy Ferrara, without even a protest on the part of France. Instead of fraternally receiving the envoys of the Roman Republic, the French Govern ment obstinately refused to recognise any other envoy than the nuncio of the Pope, whose power had ceased to exist. The French Government similarly treated the new Tuscan Republic. M. Buvignier then contended that even were the treaties of 1815 in full force, none of the Powers, parties thereto, had a right to interfere in Rome, Tuscany, or Venice. The Assembly, he main tained, could not come back on its decree of the 24th lily, 1848, in favour of the emancipation of Italy, to which the honour of France was pledged, nor violate the fifth article of the preamble of the Constitution by which France was bound to respect foreign nationalities, and never employ her forces against the liberty of any nation. He accordingly moved that the Assembly should give a new sanction to its decree of the 24th May. M. Drouyn de Lheys, Minister for Foreign Affairs, replied that the Government, in compliance with the wishes of the National Assembly, pursued the course of policy approved of by several of its votes, and he trusted that the Assembly would not belie itself by adopting a contrary resolution:. M. Dronyn de Lhuys then descended from the tribune, without entering into further expla nation, amidst the murmurs of the Left. M. Ledru-Rollin next rose, and said that he would en deavour to explain the policy followed by the Govern ment with regard to Italy. He then gave a short history of what had passed in Europe since the publication of the manifesto of M. Lamartine, and strenuously insisted on the maintenance of the principles it proclaimed, and the carrying into effect of the resolution of the National Assembly of the 24th May, which recommended "a fra ternal compact with Germany, the re-establishment of Poland, and the emancipation of Italy." By the mani festo of the Previsioiial Government, France undertook not only to oppose foreign intervention, but to defend by her arms nations who had asserted their independence. M. Ledru-Rolliu next read passages from a speech deli vered by M. Odilon Barrot, in 1831, in order to place his present conduct in opposition with the sentiments he had expressed at that period with regard to the temporal power of the Pope. Rome had imitated the example of France, and those who denied the Romans the right to expel their temporal Sovereign, denied the right of the French to expel Louis Philippe. England had offered . the Pope a loan of 15,000,000 and an Irish legion to seize o❑ Italy, as she had seized on India. What! he asked, must be the opinion :of the army and peasantry, who voted on the 10th of December the abrogation of the treaties of 1815, when they find the heir of the glorious name of Napoleon becoming the oppressor of Italy? In conclu sion, he declared that the intervention of France in Italy would be a violation of the decree of the Assembly of the 24th May, and ,of the sth Article of her Constitu tion. M. Lamartine, who followed, considered diplomacy, when practised in the broad daylight and from the tri bune, as extremely dangerous. He should have remained silent if he did not feel bound to explain the passages of the manifesto of March referred to by Messrs. Buvignier and Ledru Rollin. It did not follow from those pas sages that France was obliged to make everywhere common cause with all revolutionists. The manifesto declared that France knew no other party than that of justice, right, and the liberty of nations. She had made no promise to Italy that she had not fulfilled. The ,Provisional Government had told Piedmont that if Italy, invaded by foreigners, or menaced in its internal transformations demanded the armed intervention of France, she was ready to send an army to her assist ance, and with that view, it had concentrated 60,000 men at the foot of the Alps. But no such application had been made to France. On the contrary, from one end of the Peninsula to the other, a unanimous cry arose against French intervention. France had not conse quently deceived Italy. As respected what was called the Roman Republic, at the same time that he would blush to see his Government contest the right of a people to give themselves the form of Government they pleased, he did not consider France imperatively con demned by her name to enter into alliance with every nation who thought proper to call itself Republican. After showing the difficulty attending the adjustment of the Roman question, M. Lamartine proposed that France should declare to Europe that she would permit no foreign intervention in Italy, and offer all the Catholic powers to meet in Congress, to settle the question of the liberty of the Roman people, and the in dependence arid dignity, he would not say of the Sover eign, but of the Pontiff. General Cavaignac, who followed, contended that no act of his administration had been in opposition either with the manifesto of the Provisional Government nor the decree of the 24th May. He had deceived neither the Assembly nor the country, as insinuated by M. La martine, who stated that there had been between his policy and that of his successors the entire breadth of the Alps. He then reminded the Assembly that he had declared, with its full approbation, that he would strain every nerve to save his country from war. He then alluded to certain manoeuvres practised by the Provi sional Government to excite neighbouring nations to overthrow their Governments, which brought back M. Lamartine to the tribune. M. Lamartine protested on his honour that neither he nor any of his colleagues of the Provisional Govern ment had consented to, fomented, tolerated, or excused the attempt made by the demagogues of Lyons to separate S ,voy from Piedmont. M. Arago, the Commissary of the Government in that city, on hearing that such a plan was contemplated immediately denounced it to him, and the most peremptory orders had been instantly for warded from Paris to Lyons to stop the expedition. If it nevertheless took place, the Government was not to blame, for it had not then 580,000 men at its disposal to enforce the execution of its orders. M. Arago next confirmed the statement of M. Lamar tine. _ _ _ M. Sarrans summoned the Minister for Foreign Af fairs to explain what would be the conduct of France if the Catholic powers interfered in favour of the Pope, or if Austria, invoking an alleged right to the reversion to Tuscany, invaded that Duchy? M. Drouyn de Lhuys replied that if he was to declare that in no case would France interfere, it would be an encouragement to the foreign powers. If he was to declare that France would oppose all intervention, it would be a casus belli, proposed without any necessity. After a few words from M. Mauguin, the discussion was closed. Two orders of the day were then proposed. The first, by M. Martin de Strasbourg and Latrade, was as tollows:—" The Assembly being convinced that the Government will cause the right of every nation to re• gulato its internal affairs as it thinks proper to be ra sp( cted, passes to the order of the day," The second was moved by M. Jules Favro to this effect:—" The Assembly, persuaded that the Govern ment, in assuring by negotiations the spiritual indepen dence of the Pope, will remain faithful to the principles of the constitution, passes to the order of the day." The simple order of the day, however, having been demanded, a ballot took place, which gave— For the simple order of the day ... ... 438 Against it ... 341 The simple order of the day was adopted. After the discussion on Foreign Affairs had con cluded, M. GOUDCIIAUX presented the report of the Committee on the project of the general budget of receipts for 1849. M. GOUDCUAUX states a deficit of 306,217,627 francs for 1848. In the third clause of the project, the Government demands that the ; Ways and Means, ordinary and extraordinary, for 1849, shall not exce e d 1,547,732,007 francs, and the Com , mittee has reduced this sum to 1,411,732,007 francs. M. GOUDCIIAUX'S report contai ns an hi s t or ic a l resume of French finance si nce 1814. I t i s severe i n i ts criticisms, and M. GOUDCIIAUX declares that it was the object of the Committee to intro duce, as much as practicable, those economies which will exhibit a balance between the receipts and expenditure. Though M. GOUDCHAUX left the Mi nistry under the Provisional Government, he approves of the measure taken at that epoch, as steps rendered necessary by the pressure of the moment. The National Assembly were yesterday engaged in discussing the third reading of the electoral laws. Articles 61 and 62 were passed. In the morning the Members met in their Bureaux to appoint the Com mittee which is to nominate the Council of State. Seventeen of the Members appointed are Ministerial ists, and thirteen belong to the Opposition. The Presse, in an official " communication, an nounces that the Austrian Government will not for the present march any troops into the dominions of the Grand Duke of TUSCANY. Orders were given to Marshal RADETZKY not to make any offensive move• meats against the King of SARDINIA, but in case the PiAmontese should attack the Marshal he is to march to Turin. The Univers, which is the organ of the Jesuits, publishes the official note by which Cardinal ANTo- NELLI, in the name of the POPE, demands, in the most formal and pressing manner, the armed inter vention of France, Austria, Naples, and Spain. These papers contain a report of the proceedings at Bourges on Thursday, the second day of the trial of the accused of the loth of May. At the com mencement of the day's proceedings BARBES and ALBERT were absent, they having reused to obey the summons of the hussier to attend. The Court ordered them to be brought in by force, and they were brought in accordingly. BARBES refused to answer any questions ; RASPAIL, BLANQUI, LAYET, FLOTTE, and VILAIN denied the competency of the Court. while General COURTAIS accepted both the Court and the jury. The Procureur General replied to their oljec dons, and the j edges having deliberated, the Court declared itself competent, and directed the trial to pro ceed. On the previous day, during the reading of that part of the indictment, in which it is set forth that after BARBES had demanded the imposition of a milliard on the rich, and that a voice exclaimed, " It is not that we want—we want two hours' pillage of Paris," all the accused rose in the greatest emo tion. BLANQUI declared in the most violent manner that no such proposition had been made ; BARBES repeated a like contradiction, and denounced it as a falsehood and calumny. HAS PAIL protested against it with the most animated gestures ; he designated it as an official falsehood, which it was disgraceful on the part of the Pro cureur-General to have inserted in the indictment. The Procureur-General appealed to the President against such language. This incident caused a cer tain sensation in the court. QUENTIN afterwards rose, and protested against the calumnies uttered against them in the indictment. There were some disturbances at Blois on the sth, but they were soon quelled by the National Guard. BOURSE-I'Am, FRIDAY, MARCH 9. THREE O'CLOCK.— The result of the discussion on the affairs of Italy and the contradiction of the rumours of the entrance of the Austrians into Tuscany, have had a very favourable effect on the Money Market today, and the consequence was a rise in the French Five per Cents. of no less than 2f. 40c. The railways have also partici pated in the rise. Exchange on London (30 days), 25 22i to 25; ditto (90 days), 25 12A, BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, MARCH 9. Luxembourg, 2 Namur and Liege, B—Northern of France, 11 1 ,4—Orleans and Bordeaux, WA—Paris and Strasbourg, 4% ex in.—Rouen and Havre, 12 1 /.' 2 —Sambre and Meuse, 4% —Tours and Nantes, 2M. TIVE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 10, J 849. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 3d have been received. The quarrel between NARVAEZ and Rios ROSAS has been terminated by mutual explanations, but it is said that NARVARZ has of late been so thwarted by the members of the Moderado party, that he is in clined to retire from office, and to recommend the QUEEN to appoint a Progresista Puritano Ministry. MADRID BoLsA.—The Three per Cents. are rather higher again, being reported 238 sellers, and after the close 8, 5-16 buyers. Five per Cents. 104 buyers, 11 sellers. Coupons, 68 buyers, 7 sellers. Passive Debt, 3 15-16 buyers, 4 sullen,. GE Al ANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA. The following are the interpellations of which Deputy LOCHNER gave notice on the 28th ult in the sitting of the Diet of Kremsier. Count STADION was present, but no reply was given. LOCHNER asked— " 1. Whether the Ministry had contributed in any manner to the entry of the Russian troops; whether it had not, by diplomatic means, induced Government of St. Petersburgh to send such orders to its General as to induce his intervention ? " 2. Such being the case, was the Ministry prepared to lay before the Chamber the documents relative to the instructions given to General Puchner or to the Austrian Ambassador at St. Petersburgh ? " 3. If General Puchner had acted without proper in structions, was he to render an account of his conduct before the competent tribunals ? • . " 4. If he had acted according to instructions, did these instructions relate exclusively to Transylvania, or were they applicable to all the other frontiers? " 5. Can the Ministry explain the negotiations that have taken place to effect this alliance between Russia and Austria? " 6. If this intervention has taken place unasked for, will the Ministry demand the immediate withdrawal of the Russian troops?" PRUSSIA. Advices have been received from Berlin to the 6th inst. On the previous day almost all the bricklayers and carpenters struck work on account of an attempt on the part of the masters to reduce their wages and to extend the hours of Ifibour. Great preparations are making in Berlin to cele brate the anniversary of the revolution on the 18th. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. The following is the note addressed by the Danish Government to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the King of PRUSSIA, announcing the refusal of the King of Th N e ss DENMARK undersigned,to renewth President o armistice f : followingM Minister of The Council and Minister of Foreign Affairs o f hi s M a j est y t h e Ki ng o f Denmark, is charged, by exp ress or d er o f hi s august o t. State declaration an t d o ohip Foreign Excel lency master, Count make ß o the w, Affairs of his Majesty the King of Prussia. " In ratifying the convention of the armistice, signed at Malmoe on the 26th August, 1848, hi s M a j es ty th e Ki ng of Denmark and his Majesty the King :of Prussia were animated with the desire o f di m i n i s hi ng t h e grave com plications which then threatened the maintenance of general peace, and of re-establishing a legal state of order in the duchies of Schleswig and of Holstein. " To obtain those result s h e d id not ta k e i nto account the great sacrifices he had t o i mpose upon hi mse lf . H e has conscientiously fulfilled th e engagemen t s h e t oo k, and all his proceedings bear the stamp of good faith, universally acknowledged.. H e appeals, i n th i s respect, with full confidence to the p ower cos i gna t a i re o f th e arm i s tice, and like himself bo un d to f u lfil t h e engage ments taken with one comm on accord. " The events of th© last si • x months have proved how fruitless are these sacrifices as regards the internal rela tions of the Danish monarchy. " Instead of being a blessing to the Duchies, and a stepping-stone to peace,. that co nven ti on h as no t on ly provided additional food for the revolt in the Duchies, but has been the signal of the most serious disorders in Germany. " The Duchies still groan un d er t h e yo k e of' the in surrectionary faction, who have taken advantage of the convention to cover themselves with an appearance of legal independence, and which has reduced the two duchies to a state more deplorable than that which they suffered in the course of a lamentable war. " Such are, in few words, th e consequences of the manner in which the terms of the co nvention of the armistice have been misapplied, falsely interpreted, and disregarded up to the present day. " The undersigned is perfectly convinced that the Ca binet of Berlin will have seen with regret, in despite of its good offices, that the results of the armistice have been so far behind the legitim a t e expectat i ons o f t h e high contracting parties. " The well-considere d interests of' the other Govern ments, no less than those intrusted to the paternal solici tude of the King, impose upon his Majesty the sacred duty of putting an end to a state of things which per petuates the source of revolt. If his Majesty was to de cline this task, it would be deviating from the path fol lowed with such wise perseverance by the Governments the supporters and friends or order, and he would fulfil but indifferently his holy calling, to maintain the prin ciples of legitimacy, to protect his faithful . people, as well as the independence and rights of the Dantah Mon a r c hy, as established and guarantee d b y existing treaties. " The undersigned cherish es the conviction that the Cabinet of Berlin will appre ciate the motives which must counsel his Majesty not to p rolon g a convention which throws obstacles in the way of his free action, and which deprives him of the means of suppressing anarchy in a portion of his own states, and of replacing 'ais faith ful subjects under his royal protection., " Which considering, the King has commanded the undersigned to declare forma ll y that his Majesty does not hold himself bound by the engagements contracted by the convention of armistice signed at Malmoe on th e 26th August, 1848, after the expiration of the seven months originally fixed for its duration, and that, con sequently, the said convention will have expired on the 26th March next. If meantime, before the expiration of that date, preliminary articles of peace could re esta blish a state of affairs in the duchies more conformable to the dignity and the rights of the King, and the ob servance of which should be assured by real and ade quate guarantees, the Government of his Majesty would in no wise decline to give mature consideration to pro. positions made to it with that object in view. "The King is convinced befo rehand that his Majesty the King of Prussia places too much confidence in the eminently pacific intentions of his Majesty, for him to regard the resolution he has taken asnot being in all points compatible with the sincere de sire which animates him to concur in the prompt and perfect re-establish ment of good relations between Denmark and Prussia, any interruption of which is so detrimental to their mutual interests. " Regular diplomatic relations between the two Courts having been interrupted, Baron Charles de Plessen, Chambellan of the King, and at present on a special mission at Berlin, will have the hollour of placing the present (lc claration in the hands of his Excellency Count de Bulow, with the request to make it known without delay to his Governinent. Baron de Pless,n is in like manner authorized to receive the reply which the Cabi net of Berlin may think fit to forward through him to the undersigned. (Signed) " A. V. MOLTKE. " Copenhagen, Feb. 23, 1849." ARREST OF THE REV..MR. SIIORE.—A correspond ent intones us that the Rev. J. Shure preeched in Spa fields Chapel, Exmouth. street, last evening, and imme diately afterwards was taken into custody, tin d conveyed forthwith to Exeter Gaol. ITALY. The Neapolitan troops have invaded the Roman territory, and a slight skirmish, leading to no result, has occurred between the invaders and the soldiers of the ft,man Republic. The Constitutionale Romano, of the 27th of February, states that the advanced guard of the Nea politan army had appeared on the Roman frontier, and that a slight collision between the outposts and those of the Roman army took place on the 25th, at Epilafio. The same paper says that some of the Nea politan troops had passed the Roman frontiers, and shown themselves at Ceprano. BURFORD'S PAN 0 RAMA. (THIS DAY.) SWITZERLAND. Enterprise is certainly becoming übiquitous—it is penetrating, not only into the counting house of the merchant, but into the atelier of the painter, its de votees are not merely pacing the tesselated pavements of the Exchange, but are clambering up to the sum mit of Mount Righi. The proprietor of the establish ment in the corner of Leicester-square, long renowned for his panoramic views, has this morning afforded a private view of an immense and remarkable oil paint ing of the most picturesque country on the European continent. Mr. Robert Burford is his own artist— assisted in the present instance by Mr. H. C. Selous. In producing the extraordinary work of art to which we are alluding he has evidently striven to surpass all his former compositions. The mere labour of manipulation—to say nothing of the intellectual tension required in transferring so vividly to canvass the magnificent beauties of Nature—is something marvellous. In the panoramic landscape of Switzer land, taken by the artist in 1848, from the Righi Kulm—the Queen of Mountains or Reginum Mon tium, situated at an elevation of 5,676 feet above the Mediterranean—there are discernable no less than three hundred and forty-eight distinct localities—moun tains, passes, castles, villages, roads, lakes, and cata racts. The eye is almost deceived when the sunlight, gushing over the view, reveals more distinctly than before the Alpine pinnacles on the horizon glittering with snow, the waters of the Lowerzer, or of Zurich, or of Plaffikon, " navell'd in the woods," the mists floating over the valleys, the waterfalls flashing down from the brink of the precipices, the rivers rolling through the clefts of the rocks or along the plains, the carriage -roads winding among the gorges and the footpaths trodden only by the foot of the chamois hunter. To produce a more than usually good effect in the illumination of the new panorama, the pro prietor has, at considerable outlay, enlarged the skylight, which is effectually concealed from view by the overhanging canopy ; and the labour of improvement has certainly not been thrown away. On first looking at the Panorama the attention is irresistibly drawn to the enormous but graceful slope of Mount Rossherg, occasioned by a landslip or avalanche—" the thunderbolt of snow l" —which in the September of 1806 descended, bury ing under its ruins several of the surrounding vil lages, 7,000 acres of fruitful land, t wo c h urc h es , 111 houses, 200 barns and stables, 325 head of cattle, 444 human beings, exclusive of sixteen strangers who were prowling about on a pleasure ex cursion. In the distance you—who are familiar with the scene, or are aided by the hand-book—recognise the gloom of the black forest where Moreau made his glorious retreat; in another the pass of St. Gotthard, where Suwarrow marched 25,000 Russians over the Devil's Bridge ; in another the chasm among the ridges— " where the swift stream cleaves its way between Heights which appear as lovers who have parted," (a metaphor, by the way, which Byron has borrowed from a matchless passage in " Christabel ") ; or again look upwards to the acclivities of " the Alps, Those palaces of Nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled in clouds their snowy scalps, And throned Eternity in icy halls." The Panorama of Switzerland, indeed, in addi tion to the wonderful character of its scenery, is rendered worthy of long contemplation by the multiplicity and variety of its associations—martial associations and poetical associations, thoughts of the lugubrious Ranz des Vaches blown on their cow horns by the cottagers, recollections of Gibbon at Lausanne, and Voltaire at Ferney, and Byron at Geneva, and Napoleon at the Hospice, remembrances of history and literature from the age of the Romans to the civil conflict about the Sonderbund, from the travels of Addison down to the pilgrimages of Brock endon. And, above all, the ancient memories con nected with Tell and his brother democrats, united together " in one attaching maze, The Lrilliant, fair, and soft—the glories of old days." Added to this tha grandeur and diversity of the land scape, the scene is without any parallel on the surface of the globe : " The negligently grand, the fruitful bloom Of coming ripeness, the white city's sheen, The rolling stream, the precipico's gloom, The forest's growth, and gothic walls between." It is such a spectacle that Mr. Burford has here en deavoured to realise for our northern imaginations. Upon his canvass are represented the heights, and depths, and distances, which are visible from the top of Mount Righi—a view embracing an uninterrupted circumference of at least three hundred miles—giving Jura in the west, Glaurus in the east, La Vallais on the south, and Basle on the north—present ing in succession the cantons of Lucerne, of Zug, of Uri, of Unterwalden, of Schwyz, of Zurich, and of Aargau, of Appenzal, of Grissons, of Tessin, of Berne, of the Vosges, and of Neuchatel— pourtraying, in fact, altogether, about three-fourths of Switzerland. Nothing, in fine, could afford a more agreeable or a more surprising contrast to the two panoramas already familiar to the public in this ex hibition, the panoramas of Paris and of Pompeii. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) IN RE DICE SOMBRE. The argument of this protracted case was resumed this morning. Mr. ROLT, on behalf of Mr. Dyce Sombre, reviewed the affidavits before the Court, and argued that no fair presumption of insanity was reasonably deducible from them. The Court had now the same parties before it promoting the petition, as appeared on the commissions at Dover and Brighton, and the petition was for the same purpose. He found, when the report was made at Dover, those who opposed the motion had the means of inquiring into Mr. Dyce Sombre's conduct at Dover; and when a similar report was made at Brighton the parties oppos ing the petition had the means of bringing forward evi deice as to his conduct. The same parties were before his Lordship now, and they had used those means to some extent; but his Lordship had not one word of evi dence brought forward with respect to his conduct at Dover and Brighton. To what was that attributable? Most un doubtedly it was that of Mr. Dyce Sombre's conduct while he had been in London, where he was tor a much longer period of time than at Dover or Brighton, and where there were the same opportunities of observing it, his Lordship found no evidence of any kind whatever ; so that he (Mr. Rolt) was entitled to assume that, during this period, instead of Mr. Dyce Sombre conducting himself as he did at Dover, he had conducted himself with the utmost propriety. The Learned Counsel went on to review the affidavits of Mr. Miller, Mr. Chichester, Mr. Hancock, and others well and intimately acquainted with Mr. Dyce Sombre, and contending that they all went to show that, in all the ordinary transactions of life, he was eminently a shrewd and sensible person. The argument was proceeding when our report left. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) MALCOLM V. MALCOLM._ Mr. BAZLEG4TE, on behalf of the plaintiff, said this was a case of administration of the estate of a t estator, named Malcolm, who had carried on the business of a publican. The bill was filed by the children of the testa tor. The testator, by his will, gave to his widow certain moneys due on a policy of insurance, and then directed that his widow, and two other persons named as executors, in his will, should hold his real and personal estate upon trust, to permit the widow to receive the income for her life, and after her death that it should be applied for the benefit of the children who should then have attained twenty-one years of age. The will contained a direction to the widow, with the consent of the executors, to carry on the business for the benefit of herself and the children. The minutes of decree had been prepared which directed the usual inquiry as to the children, and then the usual accounts as to the real and personal estate of the testa tor. Now it was represented on behalf of the widow that she carried on the business and had maintained her self and her children ; and she had raised the question whether, having carried on the business on behalt of her self and her children, she was now liable to render an account. Mr. WEBSTER said he appeared for the widow, and contended that the words of the will would justify the widow retaining a portion of the profits of the business for herself and children. His HONOUR asked to see a copy of the will. Mr. WEBSTER said there was no copy of it in Court. His HONOUR said, that being so he could not go on with the case. If an account of the profits could be taken without expense he was willing to save the parties that expense. He would rather not take any account of the profits without there was a necessity, for it might be, when he saw a copy of the will, it might not be neces sary if she had been maintaining the children all the time. His Hcnour eventually decided that the children might take an account now without any prejudice to the question of construction. (Before Vice• Chancellor Nk.:icnAst.) His HONOUR was occupied during the morning in hearing short causes of little or no Lublic interest. Bait MAJESTY'S THEATEE.—Amongst the new subscribers who have taken boxes at her Majesty's Theatre this season, are their Ro)al Highness , s the Hereditary Prince and Princess of Parma, his Excel lency the Count de Colloredo, the Austrian Ambassador, &c. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARIER TO 7 lIREE. There was a moderate business done in Cotton at Liverpool yesterday. Sales 4 000 to 5.000 bales, of which abut 3,500 woe on speculation. Dui: g the week, the :tiles have comprised 4,250 bales of Upland, 13,120 of Alabama and Orleans, at.d 2.190 of East India.— The Railway Share Market was rather dull again. The weekly Bank of England return to the 3d inst. deserves attention, because of the further reduction of the bullion, arising from export: to France prestimablt i , and an increase of active circulation, that shoes better employment for cash at home. This has not yet gone to any extent, but as no other deposits are being drawn upon, and there is a great increase in other securities, the opinion is certainly strengthened that trade absorbs more capital. The comparison of the several items with the previous week is as follows: Notes Issur d 28,314,555 Decrease 90,830 Rest ... 3,855 368 Increase ... 340 803 Public Deposits ... 6,140,572 Increase ... 324,643 Other Deposits 9,997,754 Decrease 144.988 Seven Day and other Bills 1,128,002 Increase ... 10,672 Government Securities ... No alteration Other Securities 10,795.769 Increase ... ... 923 473 Notes 9,942,445 Decrease ... ... 330.495 Bullion 15,176,854 Decrease 152,678 Active Circulation 18,372,110 Increase ... .., 239,665 The foreign accounts received to-day are of a cheerful tone again. Money at Paris is becoming very abundant, and there is a fall there in the price of gold. The funds at Amsterdam on the Bth were very buoyant. The Mining Share Market has been brisk this week, and fuller prices have been paid for many home under takings. The English Stock Market has been very buoyant to-day, , and there is a feeling in favour of a decided rise, owing to the remarkable improvement still going on at Paris. Consols have been 921 to 921, and are now 921 4, The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have realised 93} -a. Exchequer-bills have been quoted 445. premium. . . . - In the Foreign Securities the transactions have been limited. Mexican are, however, again higher, being 271 4. Spanish Five per Cents. are 11 1; and the Three per Cents, 29i. Portuguese Four per Cents. are 25' 4 - 1 to 264. Brazil Bonds are 81. Shares are looking up, and the dealings have increased both in the English and foreign lines. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE .O'CLOCK (From the Official List.) 3 per Cent. Reduced Anauities 3 per Cent. Consols Anne.. New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anne. 93 54 l fi Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 9 8 15-16 9 1-16 Do. 30 Years, Expire Oct. 10,1859 8 11-16 India Stock Do. Bonds, 1000/ 5l Consols for Account exchequer Bills. 2d. _ June. March. 1,000/. RICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto New Bonds, 1829 and 1839 83 Equador Bonds 3 14 Mexican 130n45, 1846, 5 per Cent Cent Ditto for the Account 2 7 1 4 34% Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent 55 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto 4 per Cent. Ditto for the Account 2 6 14 25 3 / 4 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,lB4o Ditto for the Account .. ..... Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent — Ditto for the Account ..... .. Dividends on the above payable in London. .iI , INESN DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'cLOths ReaLw•7B PAID. Pra stave. Boston. Stamf., & Birming... 5 'aledonian Ditto, Quarter Shares I 1 1 4 ..... 474xd... to Ditto, New 101. Preference 10 Lhester and Holyhead Ditto, Preference Eastern Counties Do. New Guarant. 6per (.3t. 10 Ditto, New East Lancashire Ditto, New .. ........... .... . 21 Do., New Quarters Great Western 100 . .... Do. New 171. l5 ..... 13 3 4 z.d to ..„ .. ~. .. Hull and Selby 5O IO 2 IA x.d. to 101% Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93 Ditto Fifths Leeds and Bradford 5O .....103 x.d.... to Lond., Bright., & South Coast 50 t ondon and Greenwich... 12/.155. 4d... 9% Ditto Preference London &North Western.. -100 13 6 1 ,2 x.d. to 137 1 Do. 101... M. and B. (C.) 1 London and S. Western...—. 50 .. 38 3 / 4 % x.d. to Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Ct. on Deposit and 5 per Ct. on Calls . .. 5 . Manch. Buxton, & Matlock 4 1 / 2 l%. to Manehr, Sheffield, and Linc.100 Ditto 4 Shares(No. 1) ... 18 ...... 11 Do., New 10. Preference.. 10 ... .. 10% - Midland lOO ...... 82 1 x.d. to 82 Ditto. 501. Shares ..... North British .. .. ... ..... .. 23 Do. Quarters 64...... 31% - to Ditto Thirds ...... BtA. -4% to North Staffordshire— .. ...... 17% l4 3/i....t0 Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton ... .. .......... .. 50 Reading,Guildtd.,& Reigate 12 1 4.. South Eastern Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed Wilts, Somerset,&Weymouth 45 33% to York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 ..... 26 ex.d to Do. Original New & Berick 25 .....25 3 / % ex.d to Do. and Newcastle Eaten. 20 ......19% x.d to 19 York and North Midland .. 50 —49 1 4 % ex.div to Ditto East and ' , i est Riding Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens 2O .. 9 %:%... to Central of France ( Orleans and Vierzon) ... Namur and Liege . 2O ...... 8% Northern of France. °death' and Bordeaux ... .. 7 Paris and Rouen Rouen and Havre ... 20 Tours & Nantes ..... ..... - 9 MINES. - -.- Brazilian Imperial .... .....-- 7 "...... ..... to Ditto St. John Del Rey ... 15 ..... 10 1 ,4 .... to —. COURSE OF Amsterdam 12 2 Ditvo, at sight • • .... 12 0 Rotterdam .......... 12 2 25 65 Elamburgh 13121( &Rona. Paris, 3 days'sight 25 Ditto, 3 months .... 25 5234 ?larseilles ........ 25 52% Bourdeaux ......... . 25 55 Frankfort on Maine..., 121 %t Petersburgh, 3634 Rerlin• • .. • • .. •• • • •• •• Vienna, effec. 50...... 11 29 Trieste, ditto.— 11 30 Madrid 49 Cadis • • • ............ 49% ttilbao.. • • •... •• Barcelona Seville.. ..... •• •• • • EXCHANGE. Leghorn .............. 32 80 Genoa ............ • • .. 27 Milan • • •• •• •• • • •• •• •• Venice.... Naples .. •• 39% Palermo, peroz 1:8 Messina 118%4 Lisbon.... • ......... .. 52% 0p0rt0.... ..... Rio Janeiro • ..... .. • • Buenos Ayres • . New York, 21 days'sight PRICES OF BULLION, PEZ OS 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 I 0 BANK OF ENGLAND. (From last night's Gazette.) .......... An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32,f0r the Week ending on Saturday, the 3d day of March, 1849. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. X. Notes i55ued........ 28,314,555 Government debt .. 11,015,100 Other securities .... 2,984.900 Gold coin and bullion 13,966,124 Silver bullion .... • • 348,431 £28,314,555 I £ 28,314,515 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. 49. lEpAlriazz4T. Dated the Bth day of March, 18, BANKING D Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000 Rest . • .••• • • • • 3,855,368 Public deposits (in eluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Say trigs-banks, ant11)1- vidend accounts) .. 6,140,572 Other deposits .. .. • • 9,997,754 Seven day and other bi 115.... .... 1,128,002 1 Government semi- ties (including Dead Weight Annuity) .. 14,074.183 Other securities •• .. 10,795,769 Notes .. •••••• • • • • • • 9,842,415 [Gold and silver coln•• 862,299 £35,67406 435,674,696 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the Bth day of March, 18, LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MARCH 10.—Wind this day at noon N.N.W., moderate breeze, and fine clear frosty weather. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 9.—Wind N.—Sld. Bth, Floren tia, Sydney, New South Wales ; Emigrant, ditto; Hope, Port Philip; Lallah Rookb, Port Natal. TORBAY - , MARCH 9.—Wind N.W.—Sld. 7th, Alexan dria, Algoa Bay; Anna Elizabeth, Surinam. Off port, Bth, Ralph Bernal, 1114Laren, Sydney. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 9.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. Westminster, Warner, London, and sailed for New York. Ski. 6th, Adventure (transport), eastward ; Royal Albert, Calcutta; Isabella, Sierra Leone; Sirene, Arica, &c. • Grecian Queen, Porto Rico. RAMSGATE, MARCH 9.—Wind N.N.W., fresh.—Sid. Jane, Barbadoes. BRIDLINGTON, MARCH 9.—The William Pitt has ar rived here after being in contact with a large steamer near Flamborough Head, when she had her bowsprit and foreyard carried away, her bows stove in, and wind lass broken. TORBAY, MARCH 9.—The Ralph Bernal, M'Laren, arrived off this place from Sydney, reports having been amongst icebergs off the Falkland Islands for six teen days. RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN, MARCH B.—The Alice and Mary, Jones, from Port Carlisle fur Liverpuol, was bruught in here this morning with damage, having been on shore. GREENOCK, MARCH 6.—A heavy mast, with a flag. staff and a flag on it, and marked on the lowtr end " Ulysst s," and on the trussel trees " Alexander La roche," was fallen in with, 4th ult., in let. 22 N., long. 66 W., by the Arab, Thomson, arrived in the Clyde from Demerara. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 9.—Wind N.—Arrd. Bth, Medi terranean, Bell, Bombay. Sld. 9th, Thomas Brockel bank, Calcutta ; Hartley, Calcutta ; Courier. Calcutta ; Moselle, Africa ; Zealous, San Francisco ; Ath. ns, San Francisco ; Royal Sovereign, Valparaiso ; Lady Mo na, Buenos Ayres ; Vanilla, Bueno s A yres ; U n i on , Trim dad ; Challenge, Trin'tlad ; Jc-ssy, Barbadoes ; Mary Allan Jamaica ; Maria Etuaba, Havarinalt ; Hartley, New Orleans ; Junior, New Orleans ; Waldron, New Orlearo, ; C,harhs Cbakner, New Orleans ; George Ramsay. Baltimore ; I Z. New York ; Fingal, New York ; George Ev:lry, , , N w York ; Queen of the West, New Ye' k ; Chai , ca, Bobeon ; British Empire, Ilalifax. OFF TUSSAH, MARCH 8 —Ness. DEAL, MARCH N.W. to N.N.W.—Arrd. Paradise and Sharp. sailed for Calcutta. Arrd. from the river and ,ailed, Mara, Flank, Hobart Town ; An• gant3r, Linds , .rom, llin Janeiro ; Louise, ,latanzas. Std. Lady Clark, S) dn. y, New South Wales; Empress, Sydney, New South Wales ; St. George, Valparaiso ; Catharine Elizabeth, St. Vincent ; George. St. Vincent; James M'Quecr., St. Kitts, with the rest of the outward b , quid. except the Nunez, for Africa ; Glasgow, for St' John's. Nt,w Bruns , . ick. YARMOUTH, MARCH 9.—The Krone, Prussian brig, tram Hamburgh to London, in being towed into this limbo -r watrlo ,, ,Qed this morning, aver being on shore on the Gallsrd took the ground on the bar and remains hut it is hoped she will be got off with the flood. BRIDLINGTON. MARCH 9.—lt is blowing a strong gale from N.N. \N., and about 150 , ail in the bay at anchor. ACHILL ISLAND (COUNTY MAYO), MARCH 6.—A piece of a black board, apparently from the stern of vessel with the letters D. 0. U., with a white star, painted ou it in yellow, quite new, the board broken across, close to the last letter, was picked up alongshore this morning. FALMOUTH, MARCH 9.—Wind N.—Sld. Bth, Fanny Ann, Purto Rico. 9.h, Santiago, Valparaiso; Castle Lachlan, Jamaica; Jane, Antigua. Off port, Bth, Eliza and Emma, Boyson, Rio Janeiro, and sailed for Ham burgh. MARKET 1%1 EWS.—(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN. No change took place in the general quotations in to-day's market. The supplies were seasonably good, and rather an extensive business was transacted, at the following prices:—Fruit—Pine-apples (Queen's), 5s to 7s; and Foreign Grapes (black and white), is to Is 6d per lb; Apples, 4s to 63 per bushel; ditto Eating, 4s 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 0 per 100; Onions, 2s to 2s 6d; and Ash-leaved kidney Potatoes, 6s to 8s per bushel; Cape Brocoli, 12s to 183 per dozen Bundles ; Mushrooms, 6d to 9d per pottle; Spanish Onions, 12s to Hs per box; Endive, Is to Is 3d per score; Savoy Cabbages, 6d to 8d 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 Kail 8d to is 6d per punnet; Cucumbers 5s to 9s per brace; Forced Rhubarb, 6s to 9s 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, 6d to 8d per dozen ; Cornish White Brocoli, is 6d 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. yoNwGisms AND LEADE&BALL. POULTRY—Turkeys, 4s to 10s; Geese, 4s 6d to 6s 6d ; Ducks, 2s to 3s 6d; Tame Rabbits, is 2d to Is 9d; Will ditto, 104 to is ; Pigeons, 10d to is Id; and Roasting Pigs, 5s to 8s each; Surrey Fowls, 7s to 103 ; ditto Chickens, 4s to 6s 6d; Barn-door Fowls, 3a 6d to is per couple; English Eggs, 7s 6d to 9s; French ditto, 7s to 83 per 100. Fresh Butter, is to is 4d per lb. GAME.—Flares, 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, 10d to ls 3d; Ind Plovers, 6d to is each. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 103 to 3s 6d; Mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 2d; Veal, 4s 2d to sb; and Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 4d per Blbs. WELITECELAPEZ. Beef, from 2i 8d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 3s 4d to Ss 10(1; Veal, 4s to 4s lod; and Pork, 3s 4d to 4s per 81bs. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 5s to I ; Cod Fish,3s 6cl to 7s; Whitings 44 to 6d; Lobsters, Is 4d to 2s 9d ; and Crabs, 6d to 2s each; &les, 6d to 2s 3d per pair; Eels, 6d to is 2d, and Salmon, is 3d to 1,8 d per lb; Haddocks, 4d to 6d each; Thames Flounders, is to is 6d, and Smelts, Is to Is 6d per dozl , n ; mackerel,6d to Sd each; Oysters, 13s to 25s per bushel. BREAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the Metropolis ere rom 7d to 71d; of Household ditto, 5d to 6id per 41bs loaf. SIDE MA EET. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, lid to lid; ditto, 6416 721 b, 1 d to 14 1; ditto, 721 b to 80Ib, lid to 2d; ditto, 801 b to 881 b, 24d to 24d; ditto, 881 b to 961 b, 2id to 3' l l ditto, 961 b to 1041 b, 3d to 3id; ditto, 1041 b to 1121 b, al to 4d; Calf Skins, each, 5s to 5s 6d; Horse Hides, 8s 6d; Polled Sheep, 4s 6s to 5s 9d; Kent and hal f " breds, 3i 10d to 4s 10d; Downs, 3s 4d to 4s 6d; Shell" lings, 6d. HAY DIAMZETS. SMITHFIELD.--Nleadow7lar, ilia; to 31125; Clover ditto, 31 103 to 41 12s ; and Straw, 11 2s to 11 9s per load. Both Hay and Straw were tolerably steady, at full prices. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 12a to 31 143 1 Clover ditto, 31 10s to 4/ 103 ; and Straw, 11 45 to 11 103 per load. A moderate supply, and steady demand, at our quotations. _ ‘VIII : i'ECTIAPEL.-Meadow Hay, 21 103 to 31 123 1 Clover ditto, 31 12s to 41 14s; and Straw, 1/ 3s tot/ ° 4 per load. Supply good, and trade rather dull. IRELAND. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) CASE OF MR. DUFFY. DUBLIN, FRIDAY EYENIN:G.—Some of the jurors wile tried Mr. Duffy at the last Commission are getting up memorial to the Government praying for his pardon end release from imprisonment. Five or six, including the foreman, reputed to be a high Orangeman, have ahead/ appended their signatures, and the remainder are ex' petted to sign in the prisoner's favour. THE GRAIN MARKET,—There was rather more butt ness transacted at ou r C orn E xc h ange to-day than 0 ' late, but without any muerial change in prices. RAILWAY RETURNS RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of mays for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which w: respective returns are made, together with th e rece i p t s o f the sam e week in the previous year:— g.O VV'esk ending Last week. NAME OF RAILWAY. March 4 3 4 3 3 Feb. 28 2,1 arch I 4 4 3 4 3 6 4 Feb. 24 Marcl3 3 Amiens and Boulogne . .............. Belfast and Ballymena •.• • • •••• • • •• Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe, and W. Y. Ca1ed0nian............. .......... • . Chester and Holyhead... .• .... • • Cockermouth and Workington.... • • . • Dublin and Drogheda.. • . .•••• • • .. Dublin and Kingstown . ..... • • • • Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen • • • • • • • • East Anglian.. .. Edinburgh and Glasgow .... ........ Edinbnrgh and Northern • ... • • •• •• Eastern Counties and North Eastern.. East Lancashire • ................... Eastern Union ...................... Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr •• •• Glasgow and Greenock •........ Great Northern and E. Great Southern and Western •....... Great Western, &c.... Kendal and Windermere...." • • • • • • Lancashire and Yorkshire...• • ••••• • • Lancaster and Carlisle Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.... Londonderry and Enniskillen ..• • • • • • London and North Western, &c. ..... London and Blackwall.... • • • • • • •• •• London and Brighton London and South Western • • • • Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham.... Midland Great Western (Irish) ...... Monklands ............. - .... • • • . Newcastle and Car1151e.............. North British ...................... Paris and Rouen . .................. Rouen and Havre Scottish Central Shrewsbury and Chester South Eastern and Branches •• • South Devon ........ .............. Taff Vale .....• • • . ................. Ulster . Waterford and Limerick . •• .• •• Whitehaven Junction ..... York and Newcastle . .............. York and North Midland . .......... ', 231 . 461 361 4,489 747 3,245 1,756 12,377 1,972 1,122 2,367 843 1,599 3,268 18,068 11,424 1,731 36,436 462 7,013 8,873 2,952 1,927 4,57 -- 1,30 - 2,654 101 689 754 857 541 3,021 1,022 12,410 2,523 5,599 2,246 915 979 1,005 2,053 913 1,835 14802 8,95 9 1,512 12 9 36,2 16 65 9 6, 061 6,9 1 ! 1.9 9 ", 10,9 1 ' 899 6,090 1,581 1,719 691 229 -- 1,663 11,227 6,419 6, 55465 696 ,7 01 7 g 6 76 1 19. 591 5,95& IN HIG APPROAC.HLIV G MARRIAGES LIFE. • Among the approaching matrimonial alliances in hi g h g life, we are enabled to announce th e followin g as haYin° e been arranged : Lady Diana Boyle, daughter of the Countess (N!' oger) of Glasgow, is about to be married to Mr. Palit; ton, eldest sou of Sir J. Pakington, Bart., M.P. "J.: O marriage ceremony will be solemnised in to wn in 0 course of the ensuing month. tea We understand the preliminaries ar e comp t ie - , J for the marriage of Lord Churchill an d L a dy a,,, ; Conyngham, eldest daughter of the M a r qu i s o f ConYn4; ham, and granddaughter of Field-Marshal the Marq ue of Anglesey. We are informed, on the au th or i ty o f a private letter from Madeira, that Ludy S usan H o l roy d , e ld est daugTi„t of the Earl and Count ess o f She ffi eld, is to be unite o : if. Mr. Edward William Harcourt, eldest son of the Pe o William Harcourt, canon o f Y ork, and grandson of b r, late Archbishop of York. The fair fiancee And i Harcourt are b ot h at M a d e i ra for the benefit o f t“ f , re be health, but will s h ort l y return to t hi s country, w h e n marriage will be solemnized. ship Stromboli, Commander Lord Amelius Been e ' PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY, MIDNIGHT.—Her IVisk stY erlt ( i arrived this evening from Gibraltar. Having been er d t e „ r f e to sail home instead of steaming, her news has been '"„," er s stalled by the packets. The following officers have n ° ,: t h home passengers in bert—Captain Coape, of the Regiment, late Aide-de-Camp to his Excellence Robert Wilson, ex-Governor of Gibraltar; CaP,To, Adaiy, Royal Artillery; Mr. Sainsbury, micishilte from the St. Vincent to join the Centaur steam-frige.. on the coast {of Africa; Mr. Eden (nephew of t he la t, Earl of Auckland), midshipman, from the St. Viola to join the flag-ship Victory at Portsmouth; als o in" ..,0 soldiers from the 67th and 34th Regiments, end sr convicts belonging to the former. OrrY ILLNESS OP EARL FITZWIL L IAM.---We aro 5- e to learn that this nobleman has been suff ,ring for se° 3 o , days under 't most painful malady, tor which ir l4 l3 o e ble ,ja,min i3rodie has been called i n t o operate. The Earl is pronounced somewhat better since undergmmo the operation. A A CE in ti suns th e priv due( stlad lean acho cloth tUni I. byst 30 Q it, ai want 80ty, men and, and toe Dom obju tise mu, hi s 0 old lat er *hi,