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The Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, are respectfully informed that this Theatre ~ Will OPEN THIS EVENING, March 15, being the First Night of the Subscription, when will be presented tlas first time these five years) Rossini's Opera, LA C E NERENTOLA. The principal parts by Mdlle. Alboni (her first appearance at this theatre), Mdlle. Pollonia, and Mme. Grimaldi ; signori Gardoni, F. Lablache, and Beletti. To conclude with, first time at this Theatre (the Scenery by Mr. Charles Marshall) the celebrated Ballet, entitled LE DIABLE A QUATRE. It which will appear Mdlle. Carlotta Grist, I Iddlle Malle Taglioni, and lime. Petit Stephan, Mdlle. Carolina Rosati, M. Paul Taglioni, M. Charles, M. Louis D'Or ; Mdlles. Thevenot, Julien, Lamoureux, and Aussandon. APpliesstion.s for Boxes, Stalls, aid Tickets to be made at the Box -oMce, Opera Colonnade. IT. JAMES'S THEATRE. Season 1849. FRENCH PLAYS and OPERA COMIQTE. TO-MORROW EYEING The Performances will commence at➢ Bight o'clock precisely, with RICHARD CCEUR DE LION. To conclude with Auber's admired Opera, CONCERT A. LA COUR. Mr. Mitchell begs also to announce that, notwithstanding the in- Creased expenses of the present entertainment, the prices of adnals- Nen are determined as follows: — Boxes 3s. Od. Pit .. 3s. Od. Amphitheatre 2s. Od. _Subscriptions for the season may be arranged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library. 33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Sams', St. James's-street ; Mr. Andrew?, New Bond-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from eleven till five. . "i tiLATRE IIAYMARHEI. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. • THIS Evvarrula, _ _ Will - be peiormed OTHELLO. Othello. Mr. Charles Kean ;Ingo; Mr, J. Wallach ; Desdeoasna, Mrs. Charles Kean ; Emilia, Miss Laura Addison. To conclude v►ith SEPARATE MAINTENA.NCE. The prin. dila Characters by Mr. and Mrs. Keeley and Mrs. klumby. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Linder the direction of Madame Celeste THIS EVENINt,. Will be performed THE HOP PICKERS. Principal characters by Messrs. Lambert, Boyce, Wright, Paul Bedford, Hughes, Mun yard, 0. Smith, Ctillenford, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. F. Matthews, Miss Taylor, Miss E. Chaplin, &c. To conclude with COCKNEYS IN CALIFORNIA. The principal characters by Mr. Dionyard, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mrs. Chitlins, Mrs. . Matthews, and Miss Turner. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee. Mr. Charles Ma•he svrs. THIS EVENING Will be performed SUITE YOU DIRECTLY. After which, a new Drama, called A ROMANTIC IDEA. To conclude with a Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE KING OF I'IIE PEACOCKS. Characters by Messrs. Harley, John Reeve, Selby, H. Hall, Marshall, and H. Marshall ; Miss Kathleen Fitzvril lam, Miss L. Howard, Mrs. Macnamara, Miss Marshall, Miss L. Marshall, Miss Coleman, and Madame Vestris. Dress Boxes, ss. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No half-price to any part of the house. The New Box-office, No. 2, Wellingtou.street, Is open to the public every day, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S THEAME. Mr. T. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING, _ _ Will be performed a new Opera, entitled FRANCESCA DORIA. After which, M. SLAM! will execute most extraordinary feats of Dexterity and Elegaice on Le Globe Roulant. To conclude with a new grand Pantomime, entitled BLUFF KING HAL ; or, Harlequin and 1h iCharmed Arrow. Harlequin, Mr. Rologua; Pantal on, Mr. Paulo; Clown, Mr. Flexmore ; Sprite, Mr. De Barr ; Columbine, Mlss Fawcett. ABTLEY'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 ninth Appearance THIS EVENING, The curtain will rise at a Quarter to Seven o'clock precisely to the magnificent 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 LN THE CIRCLE, supported by the first Equestrian talent of the day. To conclude with the farce of THE DUMB DRIVER.: Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, MARCH 15. THERMONZTER, Lowest, 46; Highest, 48; Noon, 56. BAROMETER, 30.36. WIND W.—fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tms DAT —Morning, 38 min. after 5 j Evening, 57 min. after 5 To-Monaow— Aonung-13 min. after 6 j Evening, 36 min. after 6 4.3 : a: A _Amit • 0., • ‘. ct titnln - 11,) t LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1849. Turkey has now, more than ever, reason to prepare herself against the aggressions of Russia and Hungary to struggle against the armed domination of the Austrians. For if the correspondence, dated on the 25th ultimo, from Constantinople, and pub lished in the National of yesterday, can be credited, the combined troops of the Austrians and the Rus sians have overwhelmed the forces of the gallant Baia, in Transylvania. According to this melan choly statement, the unfortunate Hungarians have been beaten in a pitched battle by the united efforts of their two colossal antagonists—the soldiers of the AUTOCRAT claiming for themselves the credit of the victory, and (as a rather significant token of the incompleteness of their success !) calling vociferously for reinforcements. Should this intelligence prove, unhappily, to be authentic, the tribe of the Magyars, and the Sciavic races generally, will have grievous cause to tremble for the ultimate triumph of their nationality. They will find themselves pressed upon in contrary directions by two gigantic oppressors— to contend against either of whom single-handed would be a tremendous undertaking, but to oppose whose coalesced armies appears to be, on the part of the heroic Hungarians, an act of sublime desperation. Assuming that the accounts furnished by the National are strictly accurate, the sinister designs of the CZAR and of the KAISBR—of NICHOLAS towards the Ottoman empire through Bucharest and of FRANCIS JOSEPH towards the whole of his in surgent dominions through Pesth—have acquired a force which threatens to be peculiarly formidable, if not altogether irresistible. Whatever advantages they have gained over the Lieutenants of KOSSUTH, rely upon it will not be frittered away in marching and counter-marching between the villages of Tran sylvania. So soon as the dragoons of the two EMPHROES shall have trodden the flames of Hungarian confi dence into the smouldering embers of hope —so soon as the allied despots shall have broken the neck of what seriously appears to be a grand Pansclavic revolution—their forces will march severally—the one across the Carpathians into Lombardy, the other across the Danube into Roumelia. A little while and the real intentions of the Au. TOCRAT will be manifest. Pray GOD, England be not unprepared for that disclosure of his avaricious and spoliative policy ! When the frozen marshes shall have thawed, and when the thaw shall have been followed by the droughts of summer—the Muscovite battalions will be enabled to proceed boldly from Bessarabia to Moldavia, from Moldavia to Wallachia, from Wallachia to Bulgaria, and onward through the Turkish province of Roumelia to the very gates of Constantinople. These conjectures can no longer be regarded as extravagant, now that the PORTE and the CZAR are separately preparing themselves for an encounter. Along the shores of the Bosphorus the activity of the Divan is already manifesting itself in extraordinary efforts of preparation. Throughout the country the Turks are voluntarily arming themselves, encouraged by the alacrity of the Byzantine Government. Fresh troops are every day being marched northwards to strengthen the bands already under the command of FUAD EFFIMDI. ABBAS PAULA has already given a signal testimony of his allegiance to the young CALIPII-SULTAN, by prom ising to for ward supplies of m oney from the tr easuries of Cairo in and Alexandria. A nd, no means disposed to s t l h u e mb ß er u . ssi l a n n en eisssaries are by ev ery quarter where intrigue may prove serviceabl e —there, be certain , a ll t heir spies aanidn, it t ip b l e o c m orn at e ic s agents are on the alert. Wherever, again, advisable to concentrate additional forces—there the 'subordinates of DUHAmEL are accumulating rein forcements. Aides-de-camp from that General have gone, within the last few weeks, between Bucharest and sex-via, between Servia and Bulgaria. Both Turkey and Russia evince a readiness to fight for the elefence of their opinions—Russia for abso- lutism, Turkey for liberality, Russia for conquest, Turkey for independence, Russia for the gratification of the ambition of her EMPEROR, Turkey for the de fence of Moldo-Wallachia, for the preservation of Constantinople, and for the salvation of the whole of the European dominions of the Ottoman SOVEREIGN. On the side of the Porte is justice, on that of the AUTOCRAT power. Again the struggle will be, on a gigantic scale, the old struggle between MIGHT and RIGHT. If we only look to the internal capacities of the opposing states for the solution of the problem as to which must prove in the end victorious, we shall have terrible cause to despair for the fortunes of the SULTAN. Taking the relative population of the two countries as a test of their capability to strive against each other, the contrast afforded between the vigour of Russia and the weakness of Turkey is absolutely terrific. In our exposure of the proceedings of the AUTOCRAT on Monday evening, we stated, on the authority of an eminent contributor to the Encyclopedia Brit annica (Art. "Turkey," Ed. 1842), that the number of Turks or Tartars in Europe amounts, at a rough calculation, to 1,500,000 souls. That estimate is, nevertheless, manifestly a misprint on the part of the Encyclopedia Britannica—a misprint of 1 for 3—the real number of Turks or Tartars in Europe being 3,500,000. Between this 3,500,000 and the 59,000,000 inhabiting Russia, the difference is clearly enormous. But supposing even that the heterogeneous states obedient to the Ottoman ruler were simultaneously to place their population at his disposal—supposing that to the 3,500,000 Tartars we add the 2,600,000 Greeks or Hellenists, the 400,000 Moldo-Wallachians (almost impracticable), the 750,000 Arnaut-Albanians, the 45,000 Servians (more than doubtful), the 250,000 Bosnians the 800,000 Dalmatians, the 80,000 Rascians, the 30,000 Croats (very questionable), the 30,000 Jews, and the 500,000 Bulgarians—making in all a grand total of 9,660,000 souls under the dominion of the SULTAN as ruler of Turkey in Europe—still, at this rather sanguine calculation, the inadequacy of scarcely 10,000,000 of people to oppose the 60,000,000 subservient to the AUTOCRAT, is terribly apparent. Of herself, even though backed by Egyptian gold, strong in the enthusiasm of her inhabitants, and aided by the sympathies of the nations of Western Europe, Turkey cannot hope . to contend successfully against that stupendous empire whose vastness in strength as well as in dimensions is calculated to inspire awe even in the most powerful nations on the surface of the globe. England must go to the aid of that brave empire which is the first and the most important bulwark against Russian domination. We have already shown that the pre serration of Constantinople from the cupidity of the AUTOCRAT—that the general defence, in short, of the Ottoman monarchy from the despot threatening the integrity of its dominions through the advanced provinces of Moldavia and Wallachia, is directly to the interest, not only to Western Europe, but in a peculiar degree to England, both in her mercantile and her maritime capacities. Every hour the necessity for a bold interposition on our part between the Sublime Porte and the AUTOCRAT increases. Should the defeat of BEM and the Hungarians prove correct, for example, Transylvania will cease to be an object of anxiety to the tyrant of St. Petersburgh, and his forces will very speedily be marched in the direction of Constantinople. Before it becomes too late, therefore, the vessels of England should sail boldly through the narrow channel of the Dardanelles. The desire for emigration which had long prevailed in all parts of the United Kingdom, more especially in Ireland, has latterly increased to an extraordinary degree. Philanthropists look to an extensive and well-devised system of emigration as one of the chief remedial measures by which the nation may be extricated from its present depressed condition, and elevated in the social scale, while the people them selves recognise therein the only mode by which a reasonable expectation is afforded of permanent relief from their sufferings, and the attainment of ultimate prosperity, and the enjoyment of the fair rewards of industry and good conduct. It is not the humbler classes alone that cherisn amyb hopes. anniLaciutao Vi 1.14C1.186.14 Awl wen-educated men, who could formerly have calculated on obtaining a com fortable provision in their native land ; skilful arti zans, clever mechanics, and workmen of every class, find themselves deprived of employment, and, with their families, enduring privations of the most painful cha racter. The demand for land in Ireland, once so uni versal, amounting almost to a passion, has practically subsided. Farms are every day thrown on the hands of the landlords, and eligible tenants cannot be obtained. Those who would formerly have eagerly invested their capital therein now look beyond the Atlantic for their future home. It is a land of promise, teeming with plenty, where full occupation may be obtained, and their chief capital —labour--may be turned to the best account. The success that has attended the exertions of the earlier emigrants, the flattering accounts of their present position and prospects trans mitted to their relatives and friends in the mother country, accompanied by the most substantial proofs of the accuracy of their statements, in the shape of handsome remittances, have stimulated and excited the latent disposition for emigration to the greatest extent. Those who behold their scanty resources decreasing day by day, who fear that they may soon be unable to afford their families the ordinary com forts of existence, desire to participate in these bless sings, and to share in the prosperity that is attainable in a new country, where there is room enough for all, and where labour, instead of being a drug in the market, undervalued and hardly remune rative, is the great desideratum—a sufficiency of which is most anxiously desired. In such a land, men with small capitals barely sufficient to stock a moderate-sized farm at home, may become landed proprietors, and hope to acquire and bequeath con siderable estates to their families, while those who have only their labour to depend on may anticipate the period when they, too, may cultivate their own lands, and become employers of other men's labour in due course. With such a spirit abroad, it becomes not merely a matter of expediency, but almost an impe rative necessity, that proper means should be adopted to direct the intending emigrants to the quarters where their exertions may be rendered most available ; to instruct them in the best mode of husbanding their resources, and applying them in the most beneficial manner. Hitherto the emigration has been of a de sultory and unconnected character. Although no less than 162,366 English, Scotch, and Irish emi grants arrived in the United States of America during the first ten months of the past year, there was no organized or systematic plan, no predeter mined line of action to be adopted on their arrival. The great majority trusted to chance, and chance only, for their future proceedings. The evil conse quences of such short-sighted and inconsiderate con , duct were never more painfully conspicuous. They knew nothing either of the direction in which they should proceed, or the manner of proceeding, or, in fact, of what they were to do. Their small stocks of money were rapidly diminishing, while they were losing valuable time in thinking of matters that should have been maturely considered before they left their native shores, so that at last, when a favourable opportunity for investment offered itself, they no longer possessed the means of availing themselves thereof. What would have en sured their future comfort had been wasted and dis sipated, while they were looking about them in stupid astonishment, and their prospects, if not irretrievably blasted, were at least retarded by many years. In place of their entering immediately into the posses sion of their own lands, they were compelled to be come labourers, and to expend their strength for the benefit of others. Under such circumstances, they could only deplore their own want of foresight and caution, and blame the criminal negligence of those in the mother country who should have fostered and aided their enterprise, and taught them the valuable lessons of experience. It could scarcely be won dered at if a spirit of animosity arose, and that, in place of cherishing fond recollections of those they had left behind them, and entertaining the most amicable sentiments towards them, they should be influenced by feelings of a very different and less amiable character. It is, therefore, a matter of sound policy, as well as of genuine philanthropy, to render- every reasonable assistance to such parties, to merit and obtain the friendship ars regard of those THE SUN, who may be faithful allies and profitable customers, in place of their enmity and dislike. Isolated exertions, however energetic and zealous, generally prove unavailing, or if they should ulti mately succeed, it is after very serious losses and a great waste of valuable opportunities that might have led on to fortune. The fable of " The Bundle of Sticks" conveyed a sound moral lesson that cannot be too forcibly impressed on the minds of intending emigrants. They more especially will find that " union is strength ;" that their labour to be profitable must be duly.organized and well appor tioned—that they must have a proper division of the different trades and handicrafts, so that the wants of the new community may be fully provided for, and that there may be no excess of any particular species of labour, which may thus remain comparatively useless and unproductive, and perhaps lead to that unhealthy competition, the effects of which have proved so injurious in this country. We rejoice to find that a society has been formed, even at the eleventh hour, from whose judicious arrangements the desideratum will be supplied, and the intending emigrant will receive that advice and instruction that was so greatly required. In our first column will be found the prospectus of the " United States and Canadian Emigration Society," which briefly but forcibly details the difficulties and impediments that have heretofore ob structed the efforts of the emigrants, and the advantages to be derived from the co-operation of a society consisting of gentlemen of great experiences sound practical knowledge, and unquestionable cha racter. The information obtained from such a source may be implicitly relied on—a guarantee will be afforded that never before existed. The expenses not merely of the voyage, but of their sojourn and progress up the country, may be calculated with the utmost nicety, so that the parties may know almost to a fraction the amount that will remain at their disposal when their industry will become fully available, and the extent of land that they may hope to procure therewith, and bring into proper cultivation. As stated in the prospectus (which is indeed well worthy a calm and attentive perusal), the society has been formed " for the purpose of affording increased facilities to those intending to emigrate, towards gaining for them a location there with the aid of the smallest expenditure in acquiring it." In order to do so the society has already formed an extended connexion in.the United States and in Canada ; and it has "at its disposal lands more or less extensive in every state of the Union, and respecting which every authentic information has been obtained and can be furnished to the emigrant before hand." Everything relating to the quality of the land, its contiguity to the markets, the cost of labour, the value of produce, the facilities of transport, the climate and healthiness of the district, may be fully investigated before embarkation, and, above all, the security of the titles may be guaranteed. There can be no danger of the parties being stripped of their property by the knavery or chi canery of others. These are advantages not to be underrated or despised. The society undertakes "not to speculate in lands by purchase or resale on their own account." Their clients will derive all the benefits of their experience. They agree beforehand "to sell at cost price, adding merely thereto a commission, graduated propor tionally to the number of acres in each farm or location, founded on the cost and expenses attending his transport to the spot." The chief profit, after payment of the expenses in the manner stated, will be derived from reserved lots not exceeding one-fourth of the entire quantity in any one block, which will be disposed of afterwards at their real market value without reference to the cost price. The association will also undertake to supply labour where it maybe required. Under such circumstances it would, indeed, be strange if their ageney was not extensively sought for, and if all about to seek their fortunes in the New World did not avail themselves of benefits such as never before were offered by any association or body whatevor. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The correspondent of the Arational at Constanti nople has written a letter, dated 25th ult., which appears in the National of yesterday, in which it is said that General Bziu has been defeated in Transyl vania by the combined forces of the Austrians and the Russians, that the Russians claim the whole honour of the victory, boasting that but for their assistance the Austrians would have been defeated, and that they have sent to Russia for reinforcements. War between Russia and Turkey appears to be inevitable, and the presence of a few English and French ships in the Dardanelles could not but produce a great effect, says the correspondent of the National, in giving confidence to the Porte. In the same journal we find the following confir mation of the rumour of the recommencement of hos tilities between the Piedmontese and the Austrians. The National says,— " We learn from a source which inspires us with full confidence that hostilities were to have recommenced this day (the 13th) between Charles Albert and the Aus trian army." We find the following announcement in the same journal : " We are assured that the British Government has formally declared that it would not intervene in any manner in favour of the Pope. This determination is grounded on two motives-Ist, That the Pope has not asked the intervention of England; 2dly, That the latter, only knowing the Pope as a temporal Sovereign, cannot depart from its rule of conduct, which is, that of non intervention between people and their Sovereigns." The Patrie says,— " We learn that King Charles Albert has sent to Rome a Plenipotentiary to negotiate with the Roman Republic. It is M. Laurent Valerie editor of the Concordia, one of the journals which have most contributed to therevo lutionary movement, who i charged with that mission." The Committee of Finance and Marine having demanded a diminution of 40,000,000 f. in the budget of Marine, the Minister of the latter department has been obliged to make the following reductions : Captains of ships of the line, from 110 to 100 ; Cap tains of frigates, from 230 to 210; Lieutenants, from 650 to 600. The marine artillery, already reduced by 947 privates, is to be further reduced by 500 artillery men ; the marines, from 15,900 to 11,000 ; and the seamen, from 29,300 to 26,000. LUCIEN MURAT has been elected Colonel of the 4th Legion of the National Guards of the Banlieue. His competitor was General ASTORGA, Legitimist. General CIIANGARNIER has issued an order, prohi biting artillerymen on guard from talking with the members of the National Guard Artillery. The trials at Bourges still continue. At the com mencement of the proceedings on Tuesday RASPAIL handed in a written protest against the discrepancies of the report published by the Moniteur, of the sitting of the National Assembly on th e 15t h of May, and the insertion of expressions about the pillage of Paris, which it was proved by several witnesses had not been uttered. He demanded that the author of the calumny should be punished. The Court retired to deliberate on the incidents, and in a few minutes gave its decision—that as the words said to have been uttered had not been attri buted to RASPAIL or any of the prisoners, it was irrelevant to the affair. The conclusions of RASPAIL were therefore rejected. The Court then proceeded with the examination of the witnesses for the prosecution. The Committee of Provincial Journalists, esta blished at Angouleme, have announced their inten tion of supporting pure Bonapartist candidates at the approaching election. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse yesterday at 54f. 85c.; the Five per Cents. at 86t. 350.; the New Loan at 85f. 95c.; Orleans Railroad Shares, at 867 f. 50c.; Rouen, 5401.; Havre, 312 t: 50c.; Great Northern, 466 f. 25c.; Avignon, 237 f. 50c.; Vieraon, 3701.; Basle, 112 f. 50 c . ; B or d eaux, 41 71 . 50 c.; P ar i s and trasburg, 373 f. 75c.; Tours and Nantes, 336 f. 25c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, MARCIE 14. Boulogne and. Amiens, 9%—Central of France (Orleals and Vierzon), 12 %—Namur and Liege, B%—Northern of France, 11%—Orleans and Bordeaux, 3N—Paris and Rouen, 21 1 ,E—Paris and Strasbourg, 4% —Rouen and Havre, 12 IA, — Sambre and Meuse, 4%—Tours and Nantes, 21.4, Mr. W. Downing, of the Hon. East India Com pany's Botanical Office, has had th e h onour of present ing to her Majesty one ram and three ewes of the pure Thibetian breed, brought over by th e D a lh ous i e from Calcutta, being the gift of the Hon. East India Com pany. EARLY CLOSING MOVEMENT.—The booksellers and stationers of Edinburgh, following the example of va• rious other trades, are at present making efforts to get their places of business closed every evening at seven o'clock, instead of eight or nine, which are now the usual hours. There is, perhaps, no kind of business in which late hours are less necessary than in bookselling, and we have no doubt that the present movement will prove as successful as it deserves. The booksellers were among the first, if they are not still the only, trade, that adopted the system of early closing on Saturday afternoons, and we are only surprised that they have not before this time extended the principle to the other days of the week.—Scotsman. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 1 GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES AUSTRIA. The Ministerial journals of Vienna all attack WINDISCHGRATZ most fiercely for the ill-success of his Hungarian campaign. Several of the Members of the late Diet have been arrested. PRUSSIA. The National of Berlin of the 7th gives the follow ing description of the state of Germany under the rule of the reactionaries : " The situation of our country is such that every Ger man heart must be filled with anxiety. The hereditary enemies of our freedom and unity, the dynastic policy of princes becomes day by day more powerful in its inroads upon the administration of our German affairs. In lieu of the splendid prospect offered to us of reunion, an era of restoration stands before us. Think upon the years of slavery, degradation, and oppression that we have un dergone from 1815 to 1848! If you would not see those years revive, arm yourselves and defend your rights. This is no time for sleeping." In the sitting of the Chamber on the 12th, WAL DECK proposed a motion, calling on the Government to terminate at once the state of siege. The debate was adjourned. FRANKFORT. During the sitting of the 10th, the German Parlia ment finished the second reading of the fundamental laws. The Parliament rejected by 300 votes to 131 the direct election of Members, with the absence of all electoral division. It also rejected the proposition that in no case the constitution of a country can be arbitrarily modified. The additional article, to the effect that the Government of a single German state should have but one veto to the resolutions of the National Representation, was thrown out. BAVARIA. MUNICH, MARCH B.—At the sitting of the Second Chamber to-day, M. DE BEISLER announced that the KING had adjourned the Chambers to the 10th of April. M. FOSTER, Director of the Regency at Augsburg, has accepted the Portfolio of the Interior. M. HEINTZ and Count BRAT have been dismissed as Ministers of State. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES Denmark has given official notice of the recom. mencernent of the blockade of the north and wes coasts of Schleswig-Holstein on the 27th inst. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. We read in a l e tt er from Constantinople that— " Li spite of the categorical answer of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, refusing to enter into any separate treaty with Russia, M. de Titoff will not consider him self beaten, but has addressed a fresh note to the Porte, in refutation of the arguments of the Minister, and to bring it back to the same ground. This persist ence of Russia may prove two things—either that she wishes to keep the question open, and reserve to herself a cause the more for a rupture with the Porte; or that, in the event of a conflict in Europe, she may bind the Porte in close ties with her, and thus reserve to herself the free disposal of all her forces. In all cases, this persistence of Russia to renew with the Porte a particular treaty, which would amount to a negation of the Conven tion of the -Straits of the 13th July, 1841, merits the attention of Europe. Causes for a rupture between Russia and the Porte are accumulating daily. Thus the Porte, making every effort to maintain tranquillity in the Danubian principalities, demanded the withdrawal of the Russian troops. Not only, however, has no notice been taken of this demand at St. Petersburgh, but the corps of General Luders has been reinforced. Russia, without consulting the Porte, has given arms to its own subjects, by sending 10,000 muskets to the Serviaus. The Russians, notwithstanding the reserves of Fuad Effendi, supported by the Porte, have violated the neu trality of Turkey, by marching from Wallachia 10,000 men on to the Austrian territory. The Porte has made a seizure in Bulgaria cf some pamphlets in the Slavonian languages, disseminated by Russian agents, exciting the Bulgarians to revolt. It is also said that there has been a duel at Bucharest, between a Turkish and a Russian officer, in which the latter was killed; and that Eumer Pacha had rejected a demand of extradition made in menacing terms by General Du hamel, the Russian commissioner in those principalities. Finally, the last accounts from Bucharest state that Fuad Effendi had protested against this truly unquali fiable pretension of Russia. In order to render relations with the principalities more easy, Russia had abolished the quarantine between her and Moldavia, but on condi tion that the principalities shall maintain on the Danube, and with th stilla a greaterussi Russian et strictness, eer the shallbe quarantine placed a s with a Turkey; superin tendent l i in each of the sanitary offices of Moldavia and la t a h ne e dd conduct h e o r f e t a h d r e a p t r e B s e e n e t h a a t r iv e e s s t o h f a F s r b a e n e c n e a e Wallachia in the Danube. Amidst all th ese con fli cts, szven the Porte great confidence." nxdceEllenngt-, ITALY. It was announced officially to the Chamber of De- puties at Turin, on the 7th instant, that ill health alone had been the cause of the resignation of Gen. Colli. In the same sitting the Minister Rattazzi delivered a discourse to the Assembly, in which he demanded, on behalf of the Government, extraordinary powers to meet the present exigency of public affairs. He began by stating that the sacrifices already made by the Chamber and the country satisfied the Govern ment that it could rely upon their utmost exertions in the approaching struggle for Italian independence, and that the KING'S Ministers would be doubly culpa ble if they did not call for special powers to meet the gravity of their position. It was, he said, their pro found conviction that they would not be able to triumph over foreign foes unless they were first em powered to put down internal factions, which would not fail to profit by the defenceless state in which the country would be left by the necessity for sending all the disposable force to m ee t t h e f ore i gn f oe. It was under this impression that the government submitted the following project of law for the approbation of the Chamber : Arts. 1 and 2 demand the power, during a period to be determined, to make domiciliary visits, and to arrest and imprison persons, although not accused of flagrant crimes, if they should think proper for the safety of the state; the person so arrested to be brought within 24 hours before the competent tribunals to be judged ac cordingy rules of law. Th e y a l so de mandsuspected i n di v id ua l s f rom t h e kingdo p m otw , o e e v rt e ht n eo a o l br t da h in o ni v asirt gh able to prove that they have an assured ; also to send a ll b eggars an d , vag a bondsAr t. means 3er.tose o theirEmpowersndf xt the in e g nia t st h ie e vti m ec t o Government the places, putting them und er sur veillance to prevent or dissolve all meetings, assemblies, or associations, under whatever denomination, which they may think dange rous to the safety of the State, even although held in open or public places. ~ A r t. 4. During the said p er i o d all publications, of whatever character, treating upon the a rm y or th e pro gress of the war, unless of an auth ent i c nature, ac knowledged by the Government, and which s h a ll have been inserted in the offizial journal, are strictly prohi bited. " Art. 5. Prohibits all papers containing news to be hawked about, and all attempts to post bills or procla mations, whether printed or written, unless the samo shall be done by authority. " Art. 6. Forbids any person from spreading intelli gence respecting the army or military affairs, or affairs of state, whether by writing or speaking in public. "Art 7. Punishes the contravention of Articles 1 and 2, with imprisonment of from 15 days to six months, and a fine of from 15 to 500 livres. Those who contravene Articles 4 and 6 shalt be punished with from one month to two years' imprisonment, and a fine of from 100 to 2,000 livres, besides the sequestration of all such printed or written papers. " Other articles inflict penalties of varying character for the infraction of the other articles." The Chamber by a majority of 113 votes a ga i nst 10 adopted the project of law thus submitted t o th em, and decreed th a t the minister of the Interior sh ou ld be empowe re d t o t a ke a credit of 2 , 000 , 0 00 of livres to meet the expense s o f t h e on the budget of 1849, armament of the National Guard. The Roman Assembly in the sitting of the 4th voted a subsidy o f 100,000 crowns to Venice, and authorised the Mi n i s ter for Foreign Affairs to nego ciate with Tuscany for a political and administrative union. _ - CardinalW c ANTONE has, in the name of the P OPE , published a p ro t es t a g ainst the sale or hypothecation of the w or k s o f art i n the Vatican. SICILY. THE NEW CONSTITUTION. The following is the proclamat ion of the Ring of NAPLES, offering the terms agreed on with the me diating Powers to the Sicilians :--- FERDIMAND THE SECOND, BY THE GRACE OP GOD KING OF T HE K INGD OM OF THE Two SICILIES, &C. Sicilians —If th e er rors of a few have sufficed f or a moment to induce some amongst you to become alien ated from th e attachmen t that your forefathers had t o our dynasty, wh i ch has p res ided with so much affection over your d est i n i es for more than a century, we w h o a have passed our i nfanc y am ongst you, and have n ever ceased to l ove you with t h e t e nderness of a lather, are willing to d e l ay no longer t e lling you, that we sati s f y the desir es of our hearts, we assure y ou that we aenfdoriguolfittlen, d will n s i the n dearest posed up on us by our august an d holy religion, whe n we en i d: - r as if they bad never happened, the faults and political offences which have brought upon you so much misfortune from the beginning of the past year, I€4B. Return, therefore, at once to your private occupa tions, cultivate in peace your fruitful fields, restore to the laud of Ceres, by the force of your constant toil, its former fertility, which Divine Providence always yields to man as a recompense for the labour that it prescribes to him. Give back its former activity to your industry, to your traffic, to your mercantile navigation, and shut your ears to the seductions of those who are seeking to delude you and lead you to sedition, to rebellion, and thence to anarchy, which is their inevitable consequence, After the roost mature rcfi. ction and ..ccura:e x of your necessities, and of those wishes which can with utility and equity practically satisfy them—consi dering all the acts which have appeared in Sicily since the 12th of January as not having occurred, and of no effect, either in right or in fact—we henceforth grant a statute, the basis of which is the Constitution of 1812, with the exception of those modificati.lns demanded by the change of circumstances and by the law now in existence. This statute, which we reserve to ourselves to put into ample form before the end of June of the present year, shall contain in substance the following disposition:- 1. The religion of the State shall be only and solely, exclusively of every other, the Catholic, Apostolic, and Roman. 2. Individual liberty is guaranteed, and no one shall be arrested or proceeded against except in cases provided by the laws, and in the manner prescribed by them. 3. No one shall he forced to give up his property, ex cept for the sake of public utility, and after being pre viously indemnified. A special law shall be made by Par liament, in accordance with the King, for the purpose of determining the competency and form of their forced ap propriations made for the public good. 4. The Sicilians have the right of printing and pub lishing their opinions, conforming to the dispositions which exist for the repression of abuses of this liberty. The King reserves to himself the plenitude of his power to publish the aforesaid dispositions in a special law. 5. Sicily, continuing to make an integral part of the united kingdom of the Two Sicilies, shall be governed by a constitutional monarchy, with a division of powers as folio ws OF THE EXECUTIVE POWER. 6. The executive power belongs exclusively to the King. His person is sacred and inviolable. 7. The King is the representative of the nation with all foreign states. He has the right to make war and peace, and to propose and conclude any treaty of peace, of alliance, and of commerce with foreign powers. 8. He exercises in connexion with the Parliament the Legislative Power—he sanctions and promulgates laws, and makes the regulations and ordinances which are ne cessary for the execution of the law and the security of the State. 9. He convokes, prorogues, and dissolves the Parlia ment. 10. He commands and disposes of all the forces of the army and navy. 11. He superintends the internal and external com merce of Sicily, of all public works, and the public in struction. 12. He names and elects the public functionaries, and those who are charged with the administration of the same. 13. He confers titles of nobility and decorations, and exercises the full right of pardon. 14. He confers all the ecclesiastical benefits which are of Royal patronage, and makes the other accustomed provisions and ecclesiastical nominations. 15. He exercises according to the Concordats the here ditary A postolic Legation. 16. The solemn act for the regulation of the succes sion of the Crown of the august King Charles 111.. dated the 6th of October, 1759, confirmed by the august Sovereign Ferdinand 1., in the sth Article of the Bth of December, 1816 ; the Sovereign Acts of the 7th of April, 1829 ; of the 12th March, 1836 ; and all the Acts which relate to the Royal Family ; remain in full force. 17. When the King does not reside in Sicily he shall be represented there by a Viceroy, with such attributes and such powers as shall be determined by his Majesty. 18. There shall be in Sicily a sufficient number of Ministers, among whom shall be divided the depart ments of grace and justice, interior, finance, public works, agriculture and commerce, ecclesiastical affairs, public instruction, and police ; the Consti tution reserving to the King the disposition of the army and navy, and the supreme direction of foreign re • lations ; there shall be only one minister of war and ma rine, and one minister of foreign affairs, for the whole monarchy, who shall both reside near the King. Mili tary and international questions which present themselves shall be considered by a delegation from the King, either through the Viceroy or through ono of his Ministers. 19. There shall reside, moreover, near the King, a minister for the affairs of Sicily. 20. The Cabinet shall be composed of the Ministers to whom it shall be in the power of the King to join one or more of the Counsellors of State. 21. The aforesaid Ministers shall countersign, either collectively or each of them for the affairs of his own Ministry, every act of the executive power. 22. Ministers shall be responsible. 23. The King cannot grant a pardon to a Minister who is condemned, except on the explicit requisition of one of the two Legislative Chambers. 24. The administration of justice, and of all other public administrati ons , s h a ll b e regulated by the organic laws now in force, reserving to the Parliament, in accord ing with the King, the power to make modifications which may be deemed necessary to bring them into agreement with the present statutes, or to improve them. 25. Until these modifications have been made the laws, the decrees, and the acts of the Sovereign, which are at present in force, shall be fully observed as well in what relates to the territorial boundaries, juridical compe tency, Government dependencies, as well as in every other part of their dispositions. 26. The judicial order shall be independent, the Col legiate Magistrates shall be irremovable after:three years of satisfactory exercise of their functions, and which shall date from the day of their definitive election. 27. The agents of the public Ministry in the Courts and the Tiameat eteouenl,J;gtlyirremovable. 28. The judges which are elected for life may be trans• lated; the whole of these provisions being in conformity with the Organic Laws of June 7, 1819. 29. Every promiscuous arrangement of functions be tween Naples and Sicily having ceased, the Minister, the public functionaries, and all persons who are charged with any administrative power, shall be Sicilian, and all public benefices and ecclesiastical dignitaries which from henceforth are to be provided for shall be conferred on Sicilians alone. 30. The budget shall be entirely separated, and the public expense of the Two Sicilies shall be apportioned between the two parts of the kingdom in the numerical proportions of tbeir population, and shall be fixed at the sum of three millions of ducats annually (3,000,000 ducats). 31. Moreover, the extraordinary issues of the Trea sury of Naples which have been occasioned by the events of the years 1848 and 184 k, which are valued much be low their real estimates, shall be fixed at 500,000 ounces (250,0001. sterling). This sum, united to that which the Treasury of Naples is creditor for shall form th e d e b t of Sicily, and being consolidated by means of an emh sion of rentes, inscribed with the corresponding sink ing fund, shall give the capital necessary to discharge the aforesaid advances of the Treasury of Naples. In the same manner the debts of Sicily contracted be fore the 12th January, 1848, and those subsequently contracted, shall remain in charge of the Treasury of Sicily itself. 32. The Sicilians shall have an equal share in the pro portion to the population of diplomatic employment. The other public offices which are paid from the united funds shall be conferred indifferently on Sicilians and Neapolitans. OF TEE PARLIAMENT. 33. The Parliament of Sicily shall be composed of two Chambers—the one of Peers, the other of Commons. 34. The duration shall be for four years from the date of its convocation. At the end of four years it shall absolutely cease. 35. If a prorogation or dissolution take place, Parlia ment shall be convened within the year. 36. The two Chambers shall be convoked at the same time, and shall begin and end their session at the same period. 37. The Parliament shall exercise, unitedly with the King, the legislative power. It has the right to impose new taxes of every kind, and to alter those which are established. The direct taxes shall be ♦oted for the year by the Legislative Chambers. The indirect taxes can be voted for a longer period, or for many years. 38. Whatever taxes and subsidies are proposed by Parliament shall not have the effect of law if not sanc tioned by the Sovereign. 39. The formula of " placet" expresses his sanction, that of " veto " expresses his refusal. 40. No proposals shall be submitted to the king for his sanction unless they have met the consent of the two Chambers. 41. A proposition which has been rejected by one Chamber can only again be proposed in the session of the next year. 42. Each Chamber is the judge alone, and without any appeal, of the conditions under which its members are eligible. 43. The discussions in the Chambers are public, ex cept when they are sitting in secret committee. 44. No member of the two Chambers can be molested or proceeded against, or punished for anything said, done, discussed, or deliberated in their respective Chambers, and which is in conformity with the Consti tution,and does not violate the statute, reserving to the Chamber the power of taking cognizance of any excess committed by their members, and of punishing the author with a vote of censure, and in cases of gravity by forbidding to take a part in the discussions. OF THE CHA➢IBER OF PEERS. 45. The Peers shall be named by the King and for life. The number shall be unlimited. 46. No one can be elected a Peer if he has not reached his fortieth year. _ _ _ 47. The Chamber of Peers, in accordance with a royal ordinance, shall constitute itself into a high court of justice, for the purpose of taking cognizance of the crime of high treason and of attempts against the Constitution, and of which members of either Chamber are the accused parties. The King shall appoint the magis tracy, who shall discharge the functions of public Mi nisters. 48. The meeting of the Chamber of Peers, at a pe riod when the Commons are not in session, is illegal and divested of all right, except in cases contemplated by the previous article. Or THE HOUSE 01? COMMONS. 49. The House of Commons shall be composed of the deputies of twenty-four districts, of deputies elected by the universities of Sicily, of Palermo, Messina, and Ca tania, and of the deputies of the communes, according to the number established by the Constitution of 1812. 50. The communes which, from their increased popu lation, have acquired the right to elect a representative, or to elect more than one, and those populations which, after 1812, were created into communes, and have the number of inhabitants established by the aforesaid Con stitution, can mike a demand to the Chamber of the Commons, who will take cognizance, in a legal manner, of the truth of their exposition. 51. The two Chambers having agreed in their vote and obtained the sanction of the King, the Minister of the Interior shall give the orders for carrying the results into operation. 52. The mode of electing representatives shall be that which was established by the Constitution of 1812, and If the public offices by which the elections were con- 1849. ) thictEd ars: to himself the appointment of public functionaries in their place. OF THE ELECTORS. 53. The representatives of a district in the Chamber of Deputies shall be elected by all those who possess in that district a net rent, for life, of 18 ounces by the year, whether it proceed from freehold or usufract, or from any rent or mortgage, as well as any other kind of pro perty. The representatives of the city of Palermo shall be elected by all those who possess in the city or its ter ritory a net rent, for life, of at least 50 ounces by the year, whether it arise from freehold or usufract, or from any other rent or mortgage, or any other sort of property. The representative of every other city or Parliamen tary territory shall be elected by all those who possess in that city or territory a rent for life of at least eleven ounces annually, whether it arises from freehold or usu fract, or any rent or mortgage, or any other kind of property. 54. The Professors of the Universities of Palermo Messina, and Catania are alone exempted from the pos• session of the aforesaid rents, and the necessity of prov• ing them for the election of their own representatives. OF THE PERSON TO BE ELECTED. 55. Those alone can represent a district who have in Sicily a net revenue fur life, either from freehold or usufract from rent or mortgage, or from any other kind of property, amounting to 300 ounces by the y ear. Those alone can represent Palermo who are in poses sion in Sicily of a revenue of the above-mentioned kind, of .500 ounces by the year. Those alone can represent a city or Parliamentary territory who possess a revenue of the above nature of 150 ounces by the year. If the professors of the university are elected, they shall only be under the obligation of proving the revenue which is prescribed for all others. 56. Public functionaries cannot be elected representa tives of the districts and communes comprised in the cir cuit of their jurisdiction. The Provisional Government of Tuscany pub lished the following decree at Florence on the 6th instant : " Ist Article. The Tuscan Assembly is invested with a constituent power for two distinct purposes, viz., to decree on what conditions the Tuscan Government shall be united with Rome, and likewise to compose the Con stituent of Central Italy with the deputies of the Roman States. "Article 2. After the nomination of the 37 Deputies for the Italian Constituent Assembly and the contempo raneous but distinct vote for the Tuscan Assembly, the same individual may be a representative in the Tuscan Assembly and of the Italian Constituent. " Article 3. The Minister Secretary of State for the Department of the Interior is charged with the execu tion of the present decree. " P. D. G UERAZZI. THE BRAZILS. By the Columbus, just arrived, we have received ac counts from Pernambuco to the Bth ultimo. Her letters state that the supply of sugar and other produce at market has been quite put a stop to these last three or four days, in consequence of a daring attack made on the city on the 2d ultimo, by a large body of insurgents from the country, and who were aided by their friends in the city. They were, however, completely routed by the Government troops with great slaughter, and as most of the ringleaders and instigators of this rebellion have been either killed or taken prisoners, no further out break is apprehended. Trade will now resume its accumstomed activity, and large supplies of pro duce, especially sugars, are daily expected. In freights there was little doing, and with daily arrivals seeking employment. Several vessels have gone to the northern and southern ports for cargoes. The latest quotations to the United Kingdom were 40s. per ton for sugar, in bags, with five per cent. To Liverpool, for cotton, one halfpenny, and five per cent. per lb. Exchange on England, which had advanced, was quoted at 26d. At Bahia, on the 19th January. exchange was firm at 25d. Freights to the channel, 50s. for sugar in eases. At Rio Janeiro, on the 18th, freights were nominal, at 355. per ton, and shipping abundant. Exchange, 24id. ircELAND. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY EVENING.—The agitation against the sixpenny legislation of Lord John Russell is becoming more and more furious, and is rapidly extend ing itself beyond its northern and eastern limits. A meeting to oppose the measure was held yesterday at Granard, county of Longford, but the harmony of the proceedings was marred by the proposal of a resolution to the effect that the property of the Church should be confiscated, and handed over for the relief of the poor. After a scene of great confusion, the meeting broke up without coming to any decision upon the resolutions. IRISH RAILWAYS.—It is stated here that Lord John Russell has written to say that he laid the proposition for a committee which was made by the Railways Depu tation of Saturday before the Cabinet, and that they cannot accede to it, but that he will consult Sir J. Bur goyne on carrying out a system of railways in Ireland, to be executed by Government on the plan proposed in Burgoyne's Report. VICE-CHAN CERY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Vice-Chancellor WIGRAM.) PELLEY V. WATHEN.—JUDGMENT. His HONOUR gave judgment in this case. On the 14th of September, 1839, the plaintiff became second mortgagee of the freehold estate of one William Brooks, for securing the payment of a sum between four and five thousand pounds. The legal estate in the property was vested in the first mortgagee, and the property in the mortgage was also comprised in a term of years, which was vested in the trustee of the first mortgagee. In 1841 the property was sold by the mortgagor, and on the completion of the sale the legal estate in the fee-simple was, by indentures of the 6th and 7th August, 1841, conveyed to the defendant, as trustee of one Lewis, and the term of y ear s was on th e same occasion vested in the defendant. Before the time of the sale the defendant Wathen, in the first instance, and afterwards with his partner Basset, were the solicitors employed in transacting the busines of the sale ; and, on the completion of the sale the title; deeds came into their hands, as solicitors of Lewis. Wathen and Basset claimed a lien on those deeds, for the costs due from Lewis to them as the solicitors of Lewis before and since the deeds came into their possession. That the claim of the solicitors to their lien was to some extent good as against Lewis could not, he (the Vice-Chancellor) apprehended, be disputed; but the solicitors had set up a more exten sive claim, and had contended that their lien was good not only as against Lewis, but also as against the plain tiff, who is the mortgagee of Lewis, and whose security in point of date had precedence of the lien of the soli citors, considering that lien as commencing at the time when that lien came into their possession. The solici tors, he assumed, had no notice of the plaintiff's claim till after the deeds came into their possession. The question raised was perfectly simple. The plaintiff was mortgagee of the land. If his interest was equitable by reason only of the legal estate, was his the, first mortgage at the time he took his security ? The mortgagor had since sold the mortgaged property with out any communication with the plaintiff, and had paid off the first mortgage. The Master had found that the lien was good, not only as against Lewis but as against the plaintiff. Was the Master right or wrong in that conclusion ? The ease of " Molesworth v. Robins" appeared to him (the Vice-Chancellor) to decide this case in favour of the plaintiff. The law in general com mitted the custody of title-deeds to the person entitled in possession to freehold property. Could it be that a tenant for life, for example, having a very limited in terest in the land, could have power to pledge the deeds for more than his own interest in the Lind to the preju dice of the remainder man ? Nothing but the most clear authority could sanction an answer to that question in the affirmative. His Honour had not concluded when eur report left. (Before Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) His HONOUR was occupied during the morning in hearing short motions, which offered no materials for a detailed report. BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.) IN RE LESLIE, ALEXANDER, AND CO. A Court of Subdivision, consisting of Commissioners Fonblanque, Goulburn, and Holroyd, sat to.-day to con sider a proof tendered against the estate for the sum of 3,000 L, by a Mr. Theyer. The claim had been admitted, and the main question now was whether it ought not to be reduced to the amount of certain charges and interest. The facts were these—certain bills were drawn and accepted in England, but dishonoured in America. They have been indorsed to persons in Massachusetts and Albany. On the part of Mr. Theyer it was contended that the holder of a bill of exchange was entitled to the rate of interest in the country where it was dishonoured, which in Massa chusetts was eight per cent. On the other hand it was urged that interest could only be maintained according to the law of England, where the bill was accepted, or that if recoverable at all it was from the drawer, who had been the principal in passing it to another country. After a long discussion the case was adjourned for consideration. SHERIFFS' COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BracHELL.) BELL V. DAVIS. The plaintiff sued as the public officer of the National and Provincial Bank of England, to recover of the de fendant, a farmer at Sawbridge, the sum of 5881. 14s. 3d. for moneys advanced to the defendant. The manager of the Stourbridge branch of the bank was called, and proved that the defendant had an ad vance account with the bank, by which he was allowed to draw on the bank, where money was advanced on interest and commission. The custom was for the account to be made up half-yearly, the pass-book and cheques being sent to the customer, who sent back a "docker," or admission of the a mo u nt du e . Thi s was done in July, 1847, when the balance was found to be 5371. 18s. I Id. Defendant was allowed to draw to a faxther amount, and the cheques were sent as usual, but the defendant had retained the cheques, and had not returned the docket. The commission and interest was ealeutated at 181.95. I Id. There being no defence to the action a verdict was given for the full amount, 589/, 14s. 361. KINCAIRD V. SUAW. The plaintiff in this action was an advertising agent in Jermyn-street, St. James's, and defendant resides in Finsbury Pavement. The action was brought to re cover the sum of 3/. ss. for advertisements inserted by order of the defendant, who pleaded, in person, that he '::-,Utcd, ;!1L!.:.,ug1; he twat- Jafg - p, order, tiving giv en wr i tten i nstructions. The jury, therefore, gave a verdict for the amount. HIGGS AND AN OTHER V. DUNK. -- This was an action for goods sold; the only point la the case was that plaintiff had to submit to a reduction of the amount, as the travelhl• had not asked for any specific amount, but for the amount stated in the cir cular ser:t by the firm in the usual way of business, stating the amount, and when the traveller would call. The UNDER-SHERIFF did not think this was con elusive, and the jury gave a verdict for 141. 10s. STEEL V. RUSBROOK. This was an undefended acticn on a bill of exchange for 141. 10s., and was the last case in the list. MARLBRO'-STREET.— THIS DAY. Thomas IV ew, a compositor, employed at the Recoil newspaper office, was brought before Mr. Bingham, charged with having violently assaulted Thomas Davis, one of the cheque-takers at the Queen's Theatre, Tut' teuham-street. The complainant, whose face was very much contused, stated that he was gallery cheque-taker at the Queen's Theatre, and it was his duty to give pass cheques to all persons leaving the theatre during the intervals of the performance. In accordance with the regulations of the house each cheque-taker had three different sorts of cheques, namely, men, women, and boys. Last night, about half-past nine o'clock the prisoner came down from the gallery, and witness gave him a man's cheque. On the prisoner's return he gave witness A boy's cheque instead of the one witness had given to him. Witness explained this to the prisoner, who, with out making any reply, struck him a violent blow in the face, and blackened one of his eyes. Witness then sent for a constable and gave him in charge. The prisoner, in defence, said he merely pushed corn' plainanc, and he must have fallen down and bruised his face against the door. Mr.BINGRAm said he was inclined to believe that 10 the hurry and bustle the defendant had received the wrong cheque from complainant, but if even this was so it did not warrant defendant in striking the complainant' who must be protected in his duty. He recommended defendant to go out and compensate complainant for the blow. This was done, and defendant was discharged. CLERKEN WELL.—(THIS DAY.) Edward Richard Boss, a young man of gentlemanly appearance, who was stated to be an apprentice to hit brother, Mr. T. West Boss, decorative painter, &c., Was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with assaulting John M'Kenzie, and wounding him with a knife. It appeared that the defendant was sent yesterday morning to repair some windows on the premises of Mr. Lloyd, of Gray's Inn lane, corn dealer, by whom he was told, when going to work, that when he wanted his lad der moved, Jack (the complainant) would assist him When occasion arrived for the moving of the ladder Base requested M'Kenzie to assist him, when the latter, with much foul language, abused the defendant, swear log that ho was not going to be a mason's labourer. Bags , according to his ewn statement remonstrated quietly with the other, and several times in the coarse of the, morning refused to fight hi m , o b serv i ng to Mr. Ll o yd that he never was a blackguard, and sever would be, nor would he appear amongst his connexions with ti olack eye for 50/. Either by the coarse persecution of the prosecutor, as alleged by the defendant, or the galling impertinence of the latter, according to M'Kenzie's statement, the quarrelling went on so faro that Bass left his work, and applied at this office for a warrant against the prosecutor, on the ground that he, had assaulted him whilst at hi s wor k, an d t h at h e had followed up the assaults with threats of further violence. The warrant could not be granted, as Bass did not hnoif his opponent by any other name than Jack, and his aiir name was also unknown to Mr. Lloyd. He returned to his work, and the quarrel was renewed. Micenzie states the defendant, who was going down stairs before, him, made some noire with hi s nose f or t h e purpose o ,`, insulting him, and that he, b e i ng enrage d , se ized the defendant by the collar, when a struggl e , ensued, and both tumbl e d d own sta i rs ; that whilst they were on the ground, the defendan t struck him several times on the head with his putty knife, inflicting wounds, front the effects of which Mr' Jackson, the surgeon, was of opinion he would not row' ver for some weeks. On the other hand, Bass said th . a t as he was hastening down st a i rs t o get away from We prosecutor, who followed abusing him, M'Kenzie seized him by the neck, and they both came to the bottom together. He (defendant) had in his hands at the time all the tools he had been using—his putty knife, rule' diamond, &c. Whilst they were on the ground the eau,: plainant, who was uppermost, h e ld hi m b y t h e nec k *MP one hand, and thumped him with the other. Ile strtir gled to get up, but protested that he had no knowledr how the wounds were inflicted. H e did not separa te " knife from the other tools in his hands, nor use it in . tentionally. Mr. TYRWHITT said it was d e eply t o b e regre tt e d that the defendant had not bee n correct l y i n f orme d, se ~ e ought to have been, of the complainant's name; for, 1 , he had been so, the warran t wou ld h ave b een gra nte d , and all this mischief would not have occurred. The case of the prosecutor would have nothing in it, if the defer daat, unfortunately, had not used the knife; whether ie; tentionally or not a jury must decid e . H oweve r, under the circumstances, he would remand the case until Thur! day next, and in the meantime he would admit the. Po' soner to bail in two sureties of 501. each, for his sppesr ance on that day. The bail was immediately given. LLOYD'S 4HIPPIN G.—(THIS DAY') LONDON, MARCH 15. Wind this day at ooOnt W.N.W., light breeze, and fine weather. DUBLIN, MARCH 12.—Arrd. Wanderer, Haines,"°' Lucia. Sld. California, New York. SAUNDESFOOT, MARCH 10.—S1d. Lady Phillips, Pieta' BRISTOL, MARCH 14.—Wind N. W.—Sld. Tirnbuoto, Africa; Caroline, Tobago; Elizabeth, New York; W in " Miles, Cork and Quebec. DEAL, MARCH 13.—Arrd. Oriental, M'Eachern, Cs ! ' cutta •' Kelsick, Wood, Berbi ce , and sailed 14th, for 1 ,011. don; Sharp, Thomas, Ne wcas tl e , an d sai l e d for CalcuttO Alpha, Edwards, Leith, and sailed for Port rbi ti l:„ . 14, Caspar, Eldred, Chi na; Q ueen of England, Cawks,l37 China; Australia, Au s p ac h ; B atav i a, Rotterdam. ith Arrd. from the river and Sid. F avour i te, Cuthbert, Sou vi; Seas; Parland, Smith, Sydney; Romp, Ryder, F ° .. Natal; Phoabe, Hodder, Madras; Brilliant, Furin° 9 ' Jamaica; Palm, Dominica; Ava, Webster, Quebec. As CORK, MARCH, 12.—Wi n d N . N . W .—Arrd. Reddin, for Limerick, pumps choked; Amanda, C er mick, Clyde, for Gibraltar, leaky. Sld. 12th, DOI New York; Elida, Hamburgh; Jane, Youghal. port, Sarah Birkett, Proddow, Africa. WHITEHATEN, MARCH, 13.—Wind N.E.—Sld. Whi te ' haven, Higgins, Antigua. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 14.—Wind 13t h , Noid Cap, Brandt, Copenhagen. Sld. 13th, Courtensi! New Orleans. 14th, Erin's Queen, New Orleans' Victoria, New York ; Ilaward, ditto; Sheridan, dit ty ' Off port, Marinion, Caleb Grima h aw, Columbus, Oxfor.„. SWANSEA, MARCH 14.—Wind Sir L. Goldsmid, Cuba. OFF FALMOUTH, MARCH 14.—Muskingham, ..,r -noliett Buenos Ayres, and sailed for Amsterdam. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 14.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. Bromham, Nano, Sierra Leone. OFF PORTLAND.—James Dean, Honduras. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 14.—Wind S.S.E. to WSW' I. 0., New York. RAMSGATE, MARCH 14.—The Claire, from Bordeaux' which put in hero yesterday, le a ky, h as commen d discharging. DEAL, MARCH 14.—The Casper, Eldred, arrived i t : the Downs from China, exp er i ence d very b ad weat her and a heavy cross sea, near t h e Azores, between 01: , 1 " 25th of February an d th e 2 d of March, and carr ie d away starboard, fore channels and chain plate, and st ar board main ri gg i ng . T he Mary Brack, Hunter, f ro m : 0 Sunderland to Ph i l a d e l p hi a, arr i ved in the Downs, been out fifteen days, and as far as lat. 60, havinA, perienced very h eavy gales from W.S.W. to • Sld., 13th, Will Watch, San Francoes, Clydesdale, Cuu — d LYNN, MARCH 14.—The Joseph and M a ry, of for Sunderland, from London, which sank off Sn et ti sham on the 10th inst., has been brought into harbon MARKET NEWs.—(THIS DAY•, NEINI7GA.Y33 AND Z.BADENUAL3. These markets were heavy to-day, at barely btationa prices. Beef, from 2s 2d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 2s 6d 4d 3s 10d; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; and Pork, 3s to 41 per Blbs by the carcase. HAY MARKETS. SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 12s to 3/155; ditto, 31 12s to 41 15s ; and Straw, 11 2s to 11 9 3 r . load. Supply very moderate, and trade firm. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 13a to 36 - to Clover ditto, 31 125 to 4/ 13s ; and Straw, 11 33 1/ lOs per load. A limited supply, and a sluggish demon ‘VIIITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 12 s t o 31 1 .. 5 , 1 ; 0 Clover ditto,_ 31 15s to 4/ 16s ; and St raw , 1/ 2 s to 11 per load. Trade dull, at our quotations. MEAT MAILKETS. v SOUTHALL, MARCH 14.—Our mar k e t was f a i r l y p ti plied with each kind o f f a t s t oc k, th e d eman d for ailPeo, was in a very sluggish state, a t barely last wee k's tl e u , 4 tations. Beef, from 3s to 3s 10d; Mutton, 3s 8d t o 49 u Veal, 4s to 4s 6d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 3s 8d p e r Sib ; to sink the offal. „ R OMFOR D, MARCH 14.—Prime B eas t s an d Sh eer we d mostly disposed of at full prices. Otherwise the deo 3ll ' o3 was in a very dull state, at drooping figures. Beef, f r : 3s to 3s 10d; Mutton, 3s 8d t o 4 s 6 d ; Veal, 4s to 48 6 d98 and Pork, 3s 4d to 3s 8d per Blbs. Suckling Calves.l o l 3 to 265; quarter old sto re Pi gs, 175 to 21s; and PLC' Cows, with their small Calf, 141 to 181 each. A , for HAILSHAM, MARCH 14.—W e h ad aver dull trad e each kind of stock. P r i ces had a downward V'e Beef, from 38 to 3s 10d; Mutton, 3s 8d to 43 Bdl 4s to 4s 4d; and Pork, 3s 8d to 4s 2d per 81bs. the ARUNDEL, MAR CH 13 . —O ur mar k et was heav y °- sa following t erms: — B eef, from 3s 2d to 4s; Muttono'as to 4s 8d; V ea l , 3s 10d to 4s 4d; and Pork, as j 4s 4d per 81bs. 11 CHICHESTER, MARCH 14.—Trade genera..., tw o, Prices on t h e d ec li ne. Beef, from 3s to 3510 d; 31t/ l od Zs 8d to 4 3 8d ; V ea l , 4s to 45 6d; and Pork, a s a nd to 4s 4d p er Sib s . S uc kli ng C a l ves, 18s to 259;rvii quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 20s; and Mitch Li with their small Calf, 141 to 181 each. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH COltl f tt. For the Week ended March 8,1849, made up from the Return; dpi Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Enland an" por Imperial Quarter. 78Ati I WiTEAT. BARLEY.' OATS. I EYE. BEANS* 1 v PRICE .. 1 45s Id 1 29 s Od 1 16s lld 26s lld 130 s Od ,I 33 ; ." DUTIES ON FOREIGN COLLN. YEA .. WIIEAT. B ARLEY. OATS. I RYE. I BEANS. I I , oi Is Od is Od Is Oil Is Od Is Od Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at " Iv East India House, when Alexander Bell, Esq.;) was lir pointed a Provisional Member of Council at 119tuPPY* 44* La