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church (the collegiate church) that was supported by church-rates. All the others, numbering from thirty to forty, were maintained not by church-rates, but on the voluntary system.—(Hear.) There was, in fact, no dif ficulty about the matter; there was no necessity for any registering or classifying. Where men went to church they would willingly pay for its support.—(Hear.) The Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Gladstone) had told them, that the people who monopolized the churches belonged to the middle classes. There was no doubt that they saw few poor people--fewer than he would like to see— in the church—(Heer, hear)—and he thought the libe rality of sentiment the Right Hon. Gentleman had shown would not stand less favourably before the country be cause it had met with a sneer from tho Hon. Member opsosite (Mr. Henley). The people, then, who attended church, were just the very class who could pay for the fabrics of their churches.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Henley) insinuated that the rates would not be paid if this proposal was carried; but, if there was not religion, there was a point of honour at all events among men that would lead them to be ashamed to see Dissenting chapels well maintained, and their own ehurchea going to decay. .He repudiated the senti ment of the Hon. Gentleman. He thought there was no danger whatever of Churchm en s h r i n ki ng from the duty of supporting their own places of worship if they put the church-rates on the voluntary principle; the churches would be as well supported as they were now. —(Hear.) He did not believe in the low base sentiment he had attributed to the members of the Church cf England, that they would pass themselves off as Dissen ters; that they would, in short, play the hypocrite to save the tax.—(Hear, hear.) He did not blame the world for much practical hypocricy at all. Men were generally in earnest on matters of religion; but, if there were hypocrites, they would bring it to a better market than to sell their religion for the paltry saving of a piti ful pittance of church-rate.—(Hear, hear.) He had no doubt many of his friends would vote for the motion of the Honourable Member for Tavistoek; but, being a Churchman, and anxious to show that he wished to ex empt Dissenters from church-rates, he should have great pleasure in supporting the amendment of the lion. Gen tleman the Member for Oxford.—(Cheers.) The House then divided on the question whether the words proposed to be omitted from the original resolu tion should stand part of the question or not, when the numbers were— Ayes ... Noes ... ... 183 ... 20 Majority ... ... —163 The original motion, as proposed by Mr. Trewlany was then put, when the numbers were— Ayes ... Noes ~. 84 ... 119 Majority ... —35 Both the original motion and the amendment were consequently negatived. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. Lord J. RUSSELL said that, with regard to the ad journed debate on the resolutions moved by the Hon. Member for Buckinghamshire (Mr. Disraeli), perhaps that Hon. Member would not object to go on with it to morrow (this day), and, if the debate should not then terminate, proceed with it on Thursday. Mr. DISRAELI had no objection to accede to the proposal of the Noble Lord. He only wished to consult the convenience of the House. Mr. EWART said he had a motion standing first for Thursday, on the subject of the punishment of death, which he certainly was very desirous of bringing on. Mr. DISRAELI thought it would be better to go on with the adjourned debate to-morrow (this day.) Mr. BOUVERIE complained that during the two divi sions which had just taken place the doors of the House had been kept closed, by which several Members who were not present at the first division, but who were anxious to have taken part in the second division, were prevented from doing so. The SPEAKER said the doors ought to have been opened immediately after the first division, and before the question on which the second division took place was proposed. _ VAN DIEMEN'S LAND. Mr. ANSTEY then rose to move an address to her Majesty on the subject of certain illegal ordinances or acts of Council for the taxation of the people of Van Diemen's Land, the attempts of Lieutenant-Governor Sir WilLam Denison to intimidate the judges of the Supreme Court of that island into declaring such ordi nances or acts to be legal, and the grievances corn plained of by the c,,lonists of that island in their peti tion presented last year to her Majesty, and printed by order of that House; and was proceeding to state the circumstances which justified him in calling upon the House to ask her Majesty to direct the local authorities in future to respect the independence of the judicial func tions of that Court, and also to signify her disallowance of any ordinance or act subsequently passed by the said Lieutenant-Governor in Council, for giving to such ille• gal ordinances or acts the force of law, when an Hon. Member drew the attention of the Speaker to the cir cumstance of there not being 40 Members present. The House was then counted, and there being only 38 Members present, the House adjourned at 20 minutes past Ten o'clock. Mr. Henry Berkeley, M.P. for Bristol, had paired with Mr. Hall, M.P. for West Gloucestershire, until half-past nine o'clock, the former in favour of, the latter against Mr. Trelawny's motion for the abolition of church-rates, and arriving before the second division, they were excluded in consequence of the doors not be ing opened between the divisions, as complained of by Mr. Bouverie. Colonel Clifford paired off in favour of Mr. Tre lawny's motion for the abolition of church-rates, with Mr. Pole Carew, against. TO THE SECRETARY OF THE METROPOLITAN REFORM ASSOCIATION. Sir,—On Monday the 12th the Second Reading of the Bill for altering the Navigation Laws was carried by 266 against 210. This is virtually a defeat, being less than half the majority on the last occasion, when the numbers were 294 against 177. Everybody might see it was coming to this. The system of incessant and vigorous attack begun by Lord George Bentinck, joined to the system on the other side of making no replies, has told upon the House and upon the public. In fact this is the way in which all losing causes recover themselves, and all winning ones are lost. The tide may be said to be turned, as far as relates to further progress at present; and it remains to be seen whether the Free-Trade party have anchors and cables which will enable them to hold their own. Their opponents in the agricultural interest clearly in tend trying the point; as is evinced by their inability to refrain from boasting of their fidelity to " the next endangered interest," which implies that the shipowners have their assistance now, under an engagement to go on with them for the future object. If anything in the chapter of accidents should give a little help to such a project, a Minister with a moderate fixed duty on his lips would in another session find a powerful current for carrying him into office. All this is what everybody knew, or might have known. It was within the compass of every man's ex perience, that human affairs never stand balanced on a needle's point, but always, if they do not go one way, go the other. Whea the comm.!reial or Free-Trade party, by an unexpected event with which they had very little to do in the way of cause, found themselves in posses sion of temporary success, the question was to be tried whether they had insight into what was necessary for the completion of their objects, and whether they had or had not within themselves the elements for being a ruling power in the State. Some, looking to the examples of states manship and policy which have been displayed by com mercial republics, thought it probable they had. In stead of this, a hurried burning of the regimental books, and division of the military chest, demon strated to their enemies how little, danger there was on this point, and how certain a persevering and con nected rally was of being attended with success. Of course, when the grand vision has broken down, the connected visions vanish into thin air. The peace abroad which was to be secured by the progress of free trade, and the financial reform at home which was to be enforced by the influence of the Free-Trade party, are all dissolved in the merry laughs and radiant countenances of the substantial victors on Monday night's division. When things come to a pass of thi s kind, the best that can be done is to make the worst of them. Free-t ra d e , for the present, has been brought to a me l ancholy de fensive. When the boys of to-day have tarried till their beards are grown, the question may again make head, under better auspices than before. On Tuesday an important debate on the subj ect of Church• Hates. The question is manifestly making way. The arguments on the part of the Establishment appear to reduce themselves to this—that the Church wants all she can get for her own extension, in other words for emoluments to her own clergy, and therefore Dissenters must pay for repairs. Something was said too, about the interest Dissenters have in the orderliness produced by going to church . The reply to which would seem to be, to ask the Church to pay for the orderliness produced by going to meeting. It would be worth the experiment if practicable, to see this Church put for a year or two under a regimen of paying Peter's Pence towards a cathedral at Rome, for the sake of noting how it would deport itself under that peculiar dispensation. The Member for Tavistock's Resolution for proceeding to take measures for the Abolition of Church-Rates, was supported by 84 against 119; a good division. There seems to be a very faithful 84. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, AN OLD REFORMER. London, March 14, 1849. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, TUESDAY. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness walked early this morning in the P ar k o f O s b orne, an d t h e younger branches of the Royal gamily walked and rode as usual. There was no additi on to the royal dinner party yes terday. Sir William C. Ross, ITA — I----- -- hacl . the honour of taking the last sitting yesterday, fora kk ness of his Serene Hi g h n ess Prince Ernest a I, e i n i ! „ am, by command of the Queen. A Committee i f her Majesty's Most Honourable a Privy a T m. ra eet Couccil for Trade and Foreign Plantati ona ink yesterday, at the office of the Board of Whitehall. The Lords p resen t were ---the Right Ho d n e, Henry Laboachero, President o f the Beard of T ra d e; Earl Grey, Secretary of State for the Colonies; E ar l Granville, Vice-President of tke Board of Trade ; Sir Edward Ryan, and Sir Janos Stephen. APPROACHING MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIM—We are enabled to announce that the preliminaries are ar ranged for th e marriaoe of Lord Foley and Lady Mary Fitzalan Howard, eldest daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk. The ceremony is expected to take place in May. PARLIAM DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons. ) TUESDAY, MARCH 13. CHURCH RATES. Motion made, and Question proposed, " That it is the opinion of this House that effectual measures should be im mediately taken for the abolition of Church Rates :" Amendment proposed, to leave out the words " the abolition of Church Rates," in order to add the words " discharging persons dissenting from the Church as by law established from contributing to Church Rates, and from taking any part in levying, assessing, or administering the same :" Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question." The House divided : MAJORITY—AYES, 183. Gibson, T. M. Newdegate, C. N. Gladstone, W. E. Norreys, Sir D. Gore, W. R. 0. Nugent, Lord Goulburn, Henry O'Brien, Sir Lucius Greenall, Gilbert O'Connell, John Greene, John Osborne, Ralph Grey, Sir George Pakington, Sir J. S. Grogan, Edward Patten, J. W. Gwyn, Howel Pearson, Charles Haggitt, F. R. Peel, Sir Robert Halford, Sir Henry Peel, Frederick Hamilton, G. A. Peto, Samuel Hardcastle, J. A. Pilkington, James Harris, Captain Plowden, W. H. Harris, Richard Pryse, Pryse Hastie, Alexander Pugh, David Hawes, Benj. Rendlesham, Lord Hay, Lord J. Rich, Henry Mayes, Sir E. Richards, Richard Hayter, W. G. Romilly, Sir John Heneage, G. H. W. Rushout, Captain Henley, J. W. Russell, Lord J. Henry, Alexander Russell, F. C. Herbert, Sidney Salwty, Colonel Heywood, James Sandars, George Heyworth, L. Scholefield, William Hildyard, R. C. Seymer, H. K. Hindley Charles Sibthorp, Colonel Hobhouse, Sir J. Slaney, Robert A. Hodgson, W. N. Smith, John B. Hood, Sir A. Somerville, Sir W. Hope, A. Sotheron, T. H. S. Humphery, Ald. Spearman, H. J. Howard, Lord E. Spooner, Richard Jackson, William Stafford, Augustus Jervis, Sir John Stanley, E. Jones, Captain Stanton, W. H. Kershaw, James Stuart, Lord D. King, P. J. Sutton, H. M. Labouchere, Henry Taylor, T. E. Langston, J. H. Tennent, R. J. Lascelles, W. S. Thesiger, Sir F. Leonard, T. B. Thicknesse, R. A. Lennox, Lord G. 11. Thompson, Colonel Lewis, G. C. Thompson, George Lewisham, Viscount Thornely, Thomas Locke, Joseph Tollemache, John Long, Walter Trevor, G. Lopes, Sir Ralph Tufnell, H. Maitland, Thomas Tyrrell, Sir J. Mandeville, Viscount Verney, Sir H. Martin, C. W. Villiers, Charles Maule, Fox Walmsley, Sir J. Maunsell, T. P. Wawn, J T. Melgund, Viscount Westhead ,J. P. Mitchell, T. A. Wilcox, Brodie Molesworth, Sir W. Williams, John Monsell, William Wood, Sir Charles Morris, David Wyld, James Mowatt, Francis TELLERS. Mulgrave, Earl Trelawny, J. S. Napier, Joseph Hume, J. Acland, Sir T. Adair, Hugh E. Adare, Viseount Aglionby, H. A. Anderson, Arthur Anstey, Thomas C. Armstrong, R. B. Ashley, Lord Banker, G. Barrington, Lord Bass, M. T. Bellew, R. M. Bennet, Philip Berkeley, Captain Berkeley, C. L. Blair, Stephen • . Blowitt,:Reginali Rourke, R. S. Boyd, John Bramston, T• W. Bremridge, Richard Bright, John Broadley, Henry Brooke, Lord Brotherton, Joseph Bruce, C. L. C. Buller, Sir Y. Busfeild, William Campbell, W. F. Chaplin, W. J. Cholmeley, Sir M. Christopher, R. Clay, James Clay, Sir W. Clerk Sir G. Codrington, Sir W. Cole, Hon. H. A. Colebrooks, Sir T. Cowper, W. F. Cubitt, William Davie, Sir H. Davies, D. A. S. Devereux, J. T. Disraeli, B. Drumlanrig, Vis. Duke, Sir James Duncan, Viscount Duncan,:George Duticnft, John Du Pre, C. G. Ebringion, Viscount Elliot, J. E. Estcourt, J. E. l 3 Evans, William Ewart, William Fagan, William Farnham, E. B. Floyer, John Foi, Richard M. Fox, W. J. Frewen, C. H. Gaskell, J. M. MINORITY-NOES, 20. Adair, R. Shafto French, F. Robartes, T. J. Archdall, Captain Glyn, G. C. Scrope, G. P. Bernal, Ralph Mangles, R. D. Willy ams, H. Brocklehurst, John Milner, W. M. Wilson, Matthew Bunbury, E. H. Pechell, Captain Cobden, Richard Perfect, R. Cotton, W. H. Ricardo, Osman Headlam, Thomas D'Eyncourt, C. T. Rice, E. R. Wood, W. P. TELLERS. Main Question put. The House divided : MINORITY—AYES, 84. Adair, Hugh E. Hardcastle, J. A. Peto, Samuel Aglionby, H. Harris, Richard Pilkington, James Anderson, Arthur Hastie, Alexander Pryse, Pryse Bass, M. T. Headlam, T. E. Ricardo, Osman Berkeley, C. L. G. Henry, Alexander Robartes, T. J. A. Bernal, Ralph Heywood, James Salwey, Colonel Blewitt, R. J. Heyworth, Lawrence Scholefield, William Boyd, John Hindley, C. Scrope, G. P. Brocklehurst, J. Hume, Joseph Smith, J. Benjamin Brotherton, J. Humphery, Ald. Spearman, 11. J. Bunbury, Edward Jackson, William Stuart, Lord D. Busfeild,;.W. Kershaw, James Tennent, F . J. Clay, James King, P. J. Thicknesse, Ralph Clay, Sir W. Langston, J. 11. Thompson, Colonel Cobden, Richard Lennard, T. B. Thompson, George Colebrooke, Sir T. Locke, Joseph Thornely, T. Davie, Sir Henry Melgund, Viscount Verney Sir 11. Devereux, John T. Milner, W. M. Villiers, Charles D'Eyncourt, T. Mitchell, T. A. Walmsley, Sir J. Duke, Sir J. Moleswerth, Sir W. Wawn, J. T. Duncau,:Visceunt Morris, David Westhead, J. P. Duncan, George Mowatt, Francis Willcox, Brodie Evans, William Norreys, Sir D. Williams, John E wart, William Nugent, Lord: Willyams, H. Fagan, William O'Connell, J. Wilson, Matthew Fox, W. J. Osborne, Ralph Wyld, James Gibson, T. M.' Pearson, Charles TELLERS. Glyn, George Carr Pechell, Captain Trelawny, J. S. Greene, John Perfect, Robert Bright, John MAJORITY-NOES, 119. Acland, Sir T. D. French, F. Maunsell, T. P. Adair, R. St.af to Frewen, C. H. Monsell, William Adare, Viscount Gaskell, J.:M, Mulgraye, Earl Anstey, T. C. Gladstone, W. E. Napier, Joseph Archdall, Captain Gore, W. R. 0. Newdegate, C. N. Armstrong, R. B. Goulburn, Henry O'Brien, Sir Lucius Ashley, Lord Greenall, CL Pakington, Sir J. Bankes,tG. Grey, Sir G. Patten, J. W. Barrington, Viscount Grogan, E. Peel, Sir Robert Bellew, R. M. Gwyn, Howel Peel, Frederick Bennet, Philip Haggitt, F. R. Plowden, W. 11. Berkeley, Captain Halford, Sir H. Pugh. David _ .._ _ . Blair, Stephen Hamilton, G.A. Rendlesham,.Lord Bourke, Richard S. Harris, Captain Rich, Henry Bramston, T. W. Hawes, B. Richards, Richard Bremridge, Richard Hay, Lord John Romilly, Sir John Broadley, H. Hayes, Sir E. Rushout, Captain Brooke, Lord Ilayter, W. G. Russell, Lord John Bruce, C. L. Heneage, G. 11. Russell, F. C. Buller, Sir J. Y. Henley, J. W. Sandars, George Campbell, W. F. Herbert, Sidney Seynser, H. K. Chaplin, W. J. Hlldyard, R. C. Sibthorp, Colonel Cholmeley, Sir M. Hobliouse, Sir John Slaney, R. A. Christopher, R. Hodgson, W. N. Somerville, Sir W. Clerk, Sir G. Hood, Sir A. Sotheron, T. - Codrington, Sir W. Hope, Alexander Spooner, Richard Cole, 11. A. Howard, Lord E. Stafford, Augustus Cotton, W. H. Jervis, Sir John Stanley, Edward Cowper, W F. Tones, Captain Stanton, W. S. Cubitt, William Labouchere, Henry Satton, Henry Davies, D. A. Lasnallos, W. S. Taylor, T. E. Disraeli, B. Lennox, Lori H. Thesiger, Sir F. Drumlanrig, Vis. Lewis, George C. Tollemache, John Duncuft, John Lewisham, Vise. Trevor, G. H. DH Pre, C. G. Long, W. Tufhell, Henry Ebrington; Lord Lopes, Sir Ralph Tyrrell, Sir J. Elliot, John E. Maitland, Thomas Wood, Sir Charles Estcourt, J. B. B. Mandeville, Viscount Farnham, E. Mangles, R. D. Floyer, John Martin, C. W. Fox, Richard M. Manic, Fox TILLERS. Rice, E. R. Wood, W. P. ROCKINGHAM ; OR, THE YOUNGER BROTHER.— It is reported that this charming novel is written by a near relative of Lord Foley. The Court Journal ob serves—" This tale has tho remarkable attraction of being for the most part as true to nature as truth itself, and as strange and exciting as the wildest fiction. It would be difficult to point out any similar work in which the style is more simple, clear, and to the purpose, the incidents better chosen with a 'view to the objects aimed at, and the characters which it seeks to develop. We pay the highest compliment we can well put into words when wo say that the earlier portions of the work strongly remind us of Tremaine' and De Vere.' One of the moral lessons to be drawn from the career of the hero is implied in the epithet Younger Brother,' from which all the misfortunes of his life spring. The various parts of the narrative are held together by a love story, which is told with great truth and pathos, and which gives to the work all the popular attractions of a modern novel." DEATH OF FIELD MARSHAL SIR G. NUGENT. On Sunday night Field Marshal General Sir George Nugent, Bart., K.C.8., expired at his residence, Wes thorpe House, Little Marlow, at the advanced age of 92. He was the oldest general officer in the army. Sir George entered the service on the sth of July, 1773, which is the date of his ensign's commission. Ile served throughout the first American war, having gone out when a lieutenant, and was employed in the expedition up Hudson's river, for the relief of General Burgoyne's army; was present at the capture of Forts Montgomery and Clinton, by assault, and performed various other services. He returned in 1783 a lieutenant-colonel. In March, 1793, Sir George accompanied the brigade of guards to the continent, was present at the siege of Va • lenciennes, and fought in the actions of St. Amond and Lincelles. On the army going into winter quarters h e returne d h ome and raised a regiment of foot—the 85th. In 1794 he became colonel, and accompanied his regiment to Walcheren, where he held the local rank of brigadier general, and in October joined the army of the Duke of York, having obtained the command of a brigade of the line, cantonad near Tiel, on the Wall. During the whole of the Irish rebel lion Major-General Nugent commanded the northern district of Ireland. In 1803 he obtained the rank of lieutenant-general, and in 1806 the coloneley of the 6th Regiment, which he retained to his death. Having transferred his services to India, he was appointed in 1811 commander-la-chief of the forces there, which dis ctrieenetgidrueeidashheii thetpost he occupi e d till 1813, w h en h e was suc ceededthe Marquisraok of of g H e a n s e t r i a n l g . s, l a n nd ju f n r o o m 1846, Sir e England. Georg e Since e be l c 7 a 9 m 6 e one of the nine field ' marsha ' ls of C r a s s t St D . MEazeu's o , he has been captain or keeper of It. 4:-L'itkriLLAND RUSSELL.—This Baronet expired somewhat suddenly at his seat, Great Thirkelby Hall, Yorkshire, on- Sund a y last, at the age of sixty-five. Sir Robert was on the grand jury at at the York assizes, and, with his colleagues, ended on Friday. He returned to his seat on Saturdayamboournra ing, and was soon after attacked with violent inflamma tion, which ended in his dissolution after several hours' suffering. In 1815 the Hon. Baronet married the third daughter of the Bishop of St. David's. Sir R. Frank land succeeded his father (the sixth baronet) in 1831, and assumed the name of Russell in 1836, on succeeding to the estates of Sir R. S. Russell, Bart. Sir Robert sat for Think, near to which his house is situated, both be fore and after the passing of the Reform Bill. It was indeed by his influence that the place remained a borough, for its population befere the passing of the boundary Act was much below 4,000; and although he ceased to sit for it for some years, he exercised a considerable in fluence in returning its single Member. Sir Robert was deputrieutenant of Yorkshire. He leaves 10 family, and is succeeded by his first cousin. ERRATUAL—In our second leading article last evening, three words were inadvertently omitted—it should have been (Ist par. 4th sent.)—" Whtn Mr. Osbaldestone rode in ten hours over two hundred miles in Leicestershire, &c." Again in the 10th sentence of the same paragraph, it should have been printed that Sir Charles Napier's journey to India overland wo - ald occupy, with relays of couriers, "seven weeks" instead of "some weeks." TxAGEDT AT DULVERTON.—Last week a woman named Sophia Kilos, a man named James Head, and a lad of 17, named James Cathercole, were working on a farm belonging to Mr. Thomas Pollatt, farmer, of Surridge, thrashing wheat. About six o'clock in the evening they were throwing the straw up, and had finished, with the exception of throwing up the last three trusses. De ceased said, " These three trusses had better remain as they will be wanted for the bullocks." Head, however, objected; words ensued, when Head knocked the lad down, and ultimately struck him over the head and neck with his hook. These facts having been proved before th• coroner, the man. Head was committed for trial. R OBERT WHITE, Green Dragon Commercial House, Leesning-street, Mansfield. Good Commercial-room, excellent Bed-rooms and Beds, good Stabling, Wines, Spirits, &s., of first-rate quality, with moderate charges. The above house has been conducted by the late Mrs. White and the present proprietor 24 years. Robert White begs to return his most grateful thanks to his Commercial and other friends, and trusts to receive a continuance of their patronage. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE The Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, are respectfully informed that this Theatre Will OPEN TO-MORROW EVENING, March 15, being the First Night of the Subscription, when will be presented (for the first time these five years) Rossini's Opera, LA CENEBENTOLA. The principal parts by Mdlle. Alboni (her first appearance at this theatre), Mdlle. Pollonia, and Mme. Grimaldi ; Signori Gardoni, F. Lablache, and Eeletti. To conclude with, first time at this Theatre (the Scenery by Mr Charles Marshall) the celebrated Ballet, entitled LE DIABLE A QUATitE. In which will appear Mdlle. Carlotta Grisl, I Mdlle Maric Taglloni, and Mme. Petit Stephan, I Mdlle. Carolina Rosati, M. Paul Taglionl, M. Charles, M. Louis D'Or; Mdlles. Thevenot, Julien, Lamoureux, and Aussandon. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, aid Tickets to be made at the Box• office, Opera Colonnade. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE Season 1849. FRENCH PLAYS and OPERA COMIQUE. THIS EVENING, The Performances will commence at Half-past Seven o'clock, with LE MAITRE DE CHAPELLE; ou, le Souper Imprevu. Barnabe, M. Ileauce; Benetto, M. Chateaufort ; Gertrude, Mdlle. gaichard. To conclude with the popular Opera Comique. entitled LE DOMINO NOIR. Lord Elfort, M. Chateaufort ; Juliano, M. Soyer ; Horace, M. Couderc ; Gil Perez, M. Baguet; Angele, Mdlle. Charton ; Brigitte, Mdlle. Martial ; Ursule, 3fdlie. Morel ; Jacinthe, Madame Mancini ; Gertrude, Mdlle. Vigny. Mr. 3litchell begs also to announce that, notwithstanding the in creased expenses of the present entertainment, the prices of admis sion are determined as follows: Boxes .. .. .. .. ss. Id. l'it as. 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. Andrews', New Bond-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from eleven till five. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. 13. Webster, Sele Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton THIS EVENING, .. . _ Will ba performed THE WIFE'S SECRET. Sir Walter Amyott Mr. Charles Kean ; Jabez Sneed, Mr. Webster ; Harrington, Mr Brindal ; Neville, Miss Reynolds ; Lady Eveline Amyott, Mrs. C. Kean ; Maud, Mrs. Keeley. After which, A SEPARATE MAINTENANCE. The prin cipal characters by Mr. and Mrs. Keeley and Mrs. Humby. To concl de with DON C.,ESAR DE BAZAN. Den Ctesar,Mr. J Yirallack ; Lazarillo, Miss Horton ; Maritana, Miss Bennett. THEATRE ROYAL. ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING. Will be performed THE HOP PICKERS. Principal characters by Messrs. Lambert, Boyce, Wright, Paul Bedford, Hughes, Nun yard, 0. Smith, Cullenford, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. F. Matthews, Miss Taylor, Miss E. Chaplin, &c. To conclude with COCKNEYS IN CALIFORNIA. The principal characters by Mr. Munyard, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mrs. Chitlins, Mrs. . Matthews, and Miss Turner. ROYAL LYCMIM TIIEATKE. Under the Management of Madame Vestria. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Ma - he ,s. THIS EVENING Will be performed SUAVE YOU DIRECTLY, After which, a new Drama, called A ROMANTIC IDEA. To conclude with a Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE KING OF CUE PEACOCKS. Characters by Messrs. llarley, John Reeve, Selby, H. Hall, Marshall, and H. Marshall; Miss Kathleen Fitzwil lam, Miss L. Howard, Mrs. Macnamara, Miss Marshall, Miss L. Marshall, Miss Coleman, and Madame Vestris. Dress i:oxes, Ss.; Upper (loxes, 45. ; Pit, 2s ; Gallery, Is. Nt, ' , talc-price to any part of the house. The New Vox-office, No. 2, Wellingto!.. street, is open to the public .'cry ,isy, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S THEATiI.P.I. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING, _ _ Will be performed a new Ballad Opera:entitled ROBIN GOOD FELLOW. Characters by Messrs. Charles Braharn, Weiss, Honey, C. Fitzher ; Miss Poole, Miss G. Smithsoa, Miss Kenworthy, Mrs. Weiss, and Miss E. Stanley. After which, M. KLARIa will execute most extraordinary feats of Dexterity and Elegance on Le Globe Roulant. After which, THE WATERMAN. Tom Tug, Mr. C. Braham. To conclude with a new grand Pantomime, entitled BLUFF KING HAL; or, Harlequin and Sh (Charmed Arrow. Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paul.; Clown, Mr. Flexmore ; 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 ninth appearance THIS EVENING, the curtain will rise at a Quarter to Seven o'clock precisely to the magnificent Spectacle, by Fitzball, entitled CORASCO ; or, the Warrior's Steed. After which the double Tight-ropes. To be followed by an inimitable display of SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, supported by the first Equestrian talent of the day. To conclude with the farce of THE DUMB DRIVER.: Box-office open ftom Eleven till Five. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. TUE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, MARCH 14. THERMOMETER., Lowest, 39; Highest, 57; Noon, 50 BAROMETER, 30.34. WIND W.S.W.—dull, cloudy weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY • I , rning, 6 min. after II I Evening, 23 min. after 5 To-Moaaow—Morning, 3$ min. after 5 I Evening, 57 min. after 4 THE SUN, ' l, 4fr .."7--; LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14. 1849. The division and debate last evening in the House of Commons on the subject of church-rates were dis creditable alike to the House and the Ministry. The debate was commenced by Mr. TRELAWNT, who moved " that it is the opinion of the House that effectual measures should be immediately taken for the abolition of church-rates," upon which Mr. %V. P. WOOD moved as an amendment— " That the words for the abolition of church-rates,' at the end of the resolution, be omitted, and that there be inserted in lieu thereof the words for discharging all persons dissenting from the Church, as by law estab lished, from contributing church-rates, and from taking any part in levying, assessing, or administering the same.' " which was supported by Mr. Hyrax on the express ground that it had given " general satisfaction both to the Established Church and Dissenters;" yet this amendment, which appears to have been, what com promises so seldom are, a compromise founded on justice—this proposition which had given general sa tisfaction both to the members of the Established Church and to the Dissenters, was rejected by the House of Commons by a majority of 163, the num• hers being— For the amendment... ... Against it ... Majority ... ... 20 -. 183 ...----163 The House then divided on the original motion, when :here appeared— For the motion ... .. Against it Majority... ". 84 ". 119 ..----35 It is to be hoped that the Dissenters will not again offer or accept any compromise on this subject. The supporters of church-rates are now in a situation similar to that occupied by the Protectionists in 1841, and they must be met in a similar manner. They have rejected a compromise which was declared to be satisfactory by the great majority of the Established Church themselves, and such rejection should be treated as final. The Dissenters must now go for the total and immediate abolition of church-rates, and should accept of nothing less. But if the decision arrived at last evening was discreditable to the House, still more discreditable to the Ministry were the sayings and doings of various of the members of the Cabinet; and the most dis creditable speech of all was the speech of the Prime Minister himself—a speech which, as Mr. GEORGE THOMPSON justly observed, "would throw a chill over the hearts of those who were seeking relief from a grievous burden, greater than anything which could have fallen from any other gentleman on the Treasury bench," while Mr. HENLEY lauded it to the skies as being even more in opposition to the principles of religious liberty than that of Mr. GLADSTONE himself. All the old fallacies with regard to church-rates were reproduced in this trimming, shuffling speech, which will certainly tend more to damage the Whigs than anything that has occurred since their return to office. The speech has, however, some value ; it dis closes the ulterior purposes of the motion of Lord ASHLEY for the subdivision of parishes, to carry which into effect Lord ASHLEY ostentatiously de clared he should ask no money, thus leaving the country to imagine that the proposed subdivision would entail no burden either on the Consolidated Fund or on the rate-payers The real object of this ..pi . • • N l 4 ' ; . 4 11ww.. ~..- • ; Iv e". '4l - ".fliz.o.l l ' • " ' - _ .7 LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 14, 1849 notable plan was, however, disclosed by Lord JOHN RUSSELL in his speech of last evening, who, when alluding to the plan which had been proposed some ten years since for defraying the rates out of the funds of the Church itself, said— " An inquiry into these funds had taken place, but he quite agreed with the Right Hon. Baronet opposite, that all those available funds would be r, quired for the spiri tual instruction of the people by means of the subdivision of parishes, to the principle of which the House agreed some time ago." Thus the House has been cajoled into giving its assent to a measure on the understanding that it would cost the country nothing, which, in fact, costs the country the whole amount of the church-rates, inasmuch as but for that measure the whole of the church-rates would be defrayed out of the funds of the Church itself. We hope it is not too late to defeat this scheme of my Lord ASHLEY. Now that the real object of that proposition is ascertained, now we know that the upholders of church-rates (taking a leaf out of the book of the railway companies, who, whenever there is a chance of the dividend reaching the maximum, undertake some new work in order to keep it down), have cunningly proposed this scheme for the purpose of absorbing the funds which ought to have been devoted to the practical abolition of church-rates---we call upon all those who are opposed to church -rates to commence without delay a vigorous opposition to this scheme of my Lord ASHLEY, in opposing which they are, in fact, opposing church-rates themselves, and which, if suffered to progress, will not only tend to the continuance, but to the great in crease of church-rates, by increasing the number of fabrics on which the proceeds of those rates are ex pended. The division lists of last night should be carefully studied. How did Sir CHARLES WOOD, Lord PALMERSTON, and Sir JOHN HOBHOUSE vote ? On former occasions these gentlemen supported mea sures for the abolition of church-rates. Above all, how did Mr. HAwEs vote ? He was wont to be CORYPILEUS of the Dissenting interest in the House of Commons ; he, was wont to be the stern denouncer of all ecclesiastical extortion. Surely he did not sink the eloquent defender of JOHN THOROGOOD in the Under-Secretary to the Colonies ? Surely the vote of the Member for Kinsale in 1849 did not contradict the vote of the Member for Lambeth in 1839 ? Sir GEORGE GREY shared with Lord JOHN RUSSELL the discredit of appearing in the House of Commons as the avowed defender of church-rates. The Dissenters of Lon don and the Presbyterians of Northumberland will pro bably remember their speeches at the next election ; and if this course of conduct be continued, my Lord JOHN RUSSELL may, perchance, discover that the soi-clisant Liberal Minister, who trims to obtain the praise of Mr. HENLEY and his party, may be perhaps handed over to their tender mercies, and forced to rely exclusively upon them for support. More will depend on the result of the motion of which the Hon. Member for Glasgow has given notice for to-morrow evening, than may he supposed on a mere superficial consideration of its terms. It is an application on behalf of the inhabitants of four populous and wealthy parishes in the immediate vicinity of the metropolis, that the district in which they reside may be incorporated into a Parliamentary borough, empowered to return two Members to the House of Commons. They demand that the privileges which had been most justly forfeited by a constituency, who had been convicted on the most incontrovertible tes • timony of habitual bribery and corruption in the ex ercise of the elective franchise, should be transferred to themselves; and they rest their claim upon the simple fact that there is no other district in Great Britain with so great a number of inhabitants unre presented directly in Parliament. The mere notice of motion contains a plain statement of facts which should insure its success. No more powerful argu ments could be adduced. It is— " That in consideration of the parishes of Kensington, Chelsea, Fulham, and Hammersmith, containing a popu. lation of about 120,000 inhabitants, residing on an area not exceeding 8,000 acres, and comprising also above LB,OOO houses, of the annual value of 101. and upwards; and . further, in co ns id erat i on that there is no other die met in Great Britain with so great a number of inha bitants and houses unrepresented directly in this House, it is expedient and just to incorporate, by an Act of Par liament, the parishes of Kensington, Chelsea, Fulham, and Hammersmith into a Parliamentary borough, em powered to return two Members to this House, to fill up the vacancies caused by the disfranchisement of the late borough of Sudbury." This, then, is a simple appeal for justice—that the right of representation, so long withheld, should at length be conceded—that a glaring defect in the Reform Bill should be remedied even at the eleventh hour. There is no desire that the proportion of county and borough Members, of English, Irish, and Scotch representatives, solemnly decided en that great occasion, should be in any degree varied or disturbed. Five hundred Members were allotted to England and Wales, and two of those Members have for some time past been wanting. Sudbury has been disfranchised, and another English borough should be incorporated in lieu thereof. Can any other body of persons in England or Wales, nay, throughout the United Kingdoms, present so many powerful claims ? They exceed 120,000 in number, 18,000 of whom occupy houses of the annual value of 101. and upwards, a standard of property to which, as Mr. ALEXANDER MACKAY happily remarked, "the statute pays peculiar deference," and those houses are all contained within an area of 8,000 statute acres. The appeal is irresistible, and cannot be opposed with any appearance of equity. It is not because a century since those parishes contained only a few scattered and thinly inhabited villages, that their increased wealth, and above all, their increased population, can now be disregarded. How can there be a full and fair representation of the people if a demand so reasonable should be slighted If the motion be negatived it can only be re garded as a distinct and positive assertion of the doc trine of " finality," of the determination of the House to refuse any further modicum of reform, however urgently it may be required. The tone and manner of its reception will indicate the extent of the spirit of reform within the walls of Parliament, even as a straw thrown up will show the direction of the wind. If it should be rejected, what hope can be entertained that the more extensive measures so earnestly desired by the people will be conceded? It the 18,000 101. householders of Kensington, Chelsea, Hammersmith, and Fulham, should still be refused the elective franchise, how can it be expected chat the " household suffrage " generally will be granted? How can we look for a more equal appor tionment of the electoral districts, as regards either population or property returns, while Horsham, with its 3,000 inhabitants, returns two Members ; while Chelsea and the adjoining parishes, with their 120,000, are denied even a single Member ? How can we hope for more equitable distribution of dis tricts, while many thousand persons qualified by property, by education, in short, by every test that had ever been even suggested, remain not merely inadequately, but wholly unrepresented ? How could we hope for the ballot, a shortening of the duration of Parliament, the abolition of the property qualifica tion, for fiscal, financial, or monetary reforms, from a representative body so constituted, and so determined against any change, as the House of Commons must be, if the motion should be rejected? It cannot, and it must not be. We can not suppose that any body of educated and intelligent men could be so blind toth h e ay si e g b n e s en of for the times, so i gnoran t o f past events, so stupidl y TbihgeotEedast Re and influenced ivaeansceedaanbayot asyet untenable prejudices. gotten. The lesson there taught should sink deep into the minds of the advocates for " finality." The voice of reform was scarcely heard throughout the land, or only up li fte d b y som e ardent and entbu • siastic men, who forced their unfashionable doctrines on unwilling ears—Manchester and Birmingham were then wholly unrepresented—the metropolitan districts — Marylebone, Finsbury, and the Tower Hamlets, f orme d portions o f t h e coun ty o f Middle sex, and La m b eth was a b sor b e d i n th e coun t y of Surrey. Th en it was that the scandalous and flagrant case o f E ast R et f or d was br o ught u n d er the notice of the H ous e , and i t was urge d that it should be depriv e d of the franchise which it had con- verted to such unworthy purposes, and that the privilege should be extended to either Manchester or Birmingham, the most im portant of the unrepresented districts. The anti- Reformers, influenced by an unwise and stubborn perversity, resisted the demand. They dreaded that if once the point of the wedge should be introduced, the rest would speedily follow--that the fulcrum would b,.? obtained on which the entire system might be moved. The motion was rejected, and what was the result? The cause of reform was pressed with redoubled force throughout the coun try. Thousands and tens of thousands joined in the movement who had never previously partici pated therein, and within a brief period the anti reforming Miniters were driven from offke, and a measure so vast and comprehensive, so radical and sweeping an alternative was intr,duc,d, as to astonish and delight veter.ili Reformers,who ; ; read m4.nta.r e... their principles through good report and through evil report. Let the op - orients of progressive reforms seriously consider what may be the results if they should now reject a motion so analogous in every respect as that now about to be brought forward by the Liberal Member for Glasgow. Last evening Lord PALMERSTON confirmed the opinion which has been some time prevalent, that Denmark will not renew hostilities after the 26th instant, although the armistice between herself and her assailants will by that period have terminated. In addition to this assurance, the Foreign Secretary declared to the House of Commons that her MA JESTY'S Government still continued sanguine that the negotiation pending between the belligerents may lead to their permanent reconciliation. In the settle ment of these conflicting claims to Southern Jutland, there are involved not only the interests of commerce, but the validity of international law, not only the validity of international law, but the eternal princi ples of justice. Notwithstanding the sophistical arguments employed by the Chevalier BUNSEN, and subsequently by an anonymous pamphleteer,* it is notorious to the whole of Europe that the expe dition of the Germanic states, headed by Prus sia, against the integrity. of the peninsular territories of Denmark, is not so much a violation of the rights of sovereignty as an act of the most law less spoliation. When Mr. DISRAELI, with that chi valrous tenderness for the oppressed which is so emi nently befitting the creator and celebrant of Tancred, pleaded the cause of the Danish monarchy during the course of last session—the Commons of England were briefly reminded by the orator that the posses sion of the Scandinavian Duchy of Schleswig by Denmark was solemnly guaranteed to that country by France and Great Britain, when, in 1720, the mediating plenipotentiaries of those two powers mutually ratified the treaty of peace signed at Frede rickstadt. Not all the blustering or chicanery in the world can overcome the force of that one circum stance. It sufficiently points out the one, only, honourable course lying open to our English diplo matists. That matters can remain long in their present deplor able uncertainty is altogether impossible. The mercan tile enterprizes embarked upon the waters of the Baltic afford of themselves an adequate reason for a speedy arrangement. Besides which, the movement in fa vour of the Germanic unity requires that this slur upon the purity of the national character should be removed before the proceedings of Frankfort assume anything like a definite shape or consistency. The Confederation must expiate its flagrant aggression upon the dominions of the Danish SOVEREIGN before it can hope to proceed prosperously in the work of its own regeneration. We have no fear whatever but what, under the in 6 piration of Lord PALMERSTON, the negotiations made on the part of England will end happily for the in habitants of the Danish Peninsula. No matter what may be the concessions required, we are satisfied, moreover, that a termination of the present hostilities will afford a full and ample compensation to the assailants and the assailed—be sides sheltering the mercantile vessels of many nations from the dangers to which they are, under existing circumstances, subjected. Those who may have the opportunity of aiding, even in a subordinate capacity, these generous efforts of the Noble Viscount at the head of the Foreign Department, will have deserved well not only of the Cabinets of Copenhagen and Berlin, but of the whole of those traders whose ships have to penetrate through the archipelago of Denmark. * " Who is to Blame for the War between Denmark and Germany?" Bvo., pp. 32. Effingham Wilson, Lon don: 1849. The Royal Naval Club have sent an invitation to the Lord Mayor to dine with them this day, as an old messmate with many of them on the blue waters. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The discussion on the previous day in the National Assembly on the proposition of M. PASSY, the Fi nance Minister (who, when filling the same office, 'under Louis PHILIPPE, had proposed the dotation of the Due DE Nsmouns) for increasing the allowance to the PRESIDENT of the Republic by 50,000 f. per month, under the head frais de representati on , was of a very stormy c h aracter , an d i t i s doubtful whether M. PASSY would have carried his proposition, had it not been for the assistance of M. DUFAURE. The journals of the reaction are decidedly favourable to the grant; they no doubt look upon it as a step in the direction of the Monarchy, and that the Republi cans consider it in the same light is evident from the following observations of the Reforme:— " Behold us rammed to the good times of King Louis Philippe. Monrey! money! Whatever be the distress of our finances, and whatever be the extent of public misery, our princes and their courtiers must make a dis play. Little matter to them the Constitution, public decency, and tiro misery of the faubourgs. M. Bona parte, who, acoe rding to his electoral partisans, was to reimburse the .1-.5 centimes and abolish the taxes, will re ceive three th.ousand three hundred and thirty-three francs per day. A fine figure which the agricultural popelation will' know how to appreciate! We hope, how( ver, that are Assembly, better advised, will with draw its decisiou on the second reading." The Estafette says :—" It appears that M. NAPO LEON BONAPARTE is about to quit Paris for Madrid, where he is appointed Minister Plenipotentiary. The affairs of Italy, and the intervention of Spain in favour of the POPE, have caused his presence at Madrid to he considered useful and necessary." The Committee of the National Assembly charged to prepare a list of candidates for the Council of State met again yesterday. It is said that it has selected ten representatives, and twenty of the former Councillors of State. The amendment excluding Ministers of State from the Assembly, which was proposed in the electoral law by M. BASTIAT, was yesterday rejected by the Assemblit. It was opposed by M. M. DE LA MARTINE and MLLAULT. _ _ Galignanis illessenier of yesterday afternoon has the following in.rograph :—" M. OLOZAGA, one of the principal leaders of the Progresista party, left Paris at an early hour this morning for Madrid. His somewhat sudd.tm departure is supposed to have some connexion with. certain changes in the personnel of the present Spa nish Cabinet. It is said very gene rally that until, some changes of this nature take place, no settlevaent of the question with England will be arrived at. PARIS BOURSE—TUESDAY, MARCH 13. THREE O'CLOCK.—The Funds were heavy all this day, and there was still a further decline. The fall is attributed solely to the realization of profits by the spe culators for the rise. There was no news of any kind. Exchange on Ito ndon (30 days), 25 22i; ditto (90 days), 25 12i. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TIIE LONDON! . STOCK-EXCHANGE, MARCH 13. Boulogne and Amiens, 9 34—Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 12 1 4—Luxembourg, I% —Namur and Liege, 1 1I—Paris and Lyons, 3 1 / 2 —Paris and Rouen, 21%--Rouen and Havre, 121/2. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the Bth have arrived. Their contents are DU important. MADRID BOL,SA, MARCH B.—The Three per Cents., which had faller L on the 7th to 22i, were done on the Bth at 23 for po per; the Five per Cents. at 11; the Debt without 1 - ..nterest at 4 ; and the Coupons at 7. Mr. Hermmn Melville's new work, entitled, " Mardi; or, a "Voyage thither," will be published by Mr. Bentley to- a .orrow, Thursday. The previous pro ductions of this x tow distinguished writer are among the most entertaining, 7 and popular books published for years. HER MAJEsv Y'S THEATRE.-IVe have great plea. sure in announcir ig that Mr. Lumley has completed the arrangements re chuisite for the commencement of the en suing season, aa d that her Majesty's Theatre will be opened to-morrom Mdlle. Alboni and all the other distinguished anti des who will be required to give full effect to the earl'Le r performances, have already arrived in this country, and everything promises a brilliant opening of the al ql son. Mr. Pigott p,a,ired off last night in favour of Mr. Trolawn)'s motint n with Mr. Simeon. Mr. Rallies C'turrie paired in favour of Mr. Tre lawny's resolutiom for abolition of church-rates with Mr. William Maas. • The Hon. Alie sander Fraser, second aon of Lord Lovat, has enteverl the army, as second lieutenant, in the Scots Fusilicir .Guards. GERMAN 'V AND THE • NOtiTHEIIN STATES AUS'fitlA. Count STADION arrived at. K.remsier on the 6th of March, at night, and immediatel convoked a large ntunher of the tnernia-T, th,- Lft and of the Cen tte Tir col,reitolep hel not trumnated t to.• o'c!wk. O:. i.h row- to lir,n(si(r, a( the tailway , srati,n r. Hufita, numorou- rqu. , :s of ibititary were takef :fp, and c(,;:vey(ii to li4ey:ate(' lc is litat :as $OOll ,Sis the (,!(,(((iint«;, artnou(...(*c.f tht Ase,cmbly. «f the -r' is b • arr,t,-1." Letters from HermanAadt of the 231 ult. state that a terrific battle was fought on the 10th an, 12th, between the dung man , and at , - und , -r Held Stir,hal 1 . 11, Ittii,vi,l!,;S, it is Said. have Laken bllr ;IS this ,ievolliit is putilizdied in a Vienna tnyer, It cannot. be ,f,• pended on; while the acknowfedgment that ft: battle wa , a moAt bloody one, would lead to iwa gine that the victoty w,s on the side of the Hun garians. BAVARIA. The Allgemeine Zeitung of the Bth inst. announces the formation of the new Bavarian Ministry : " MuNicu, MARCH 7.—Atter various changes, the new Cabinet is at length formed. The portefeuille of Finance, an office which has been rendered more difficult from recent combinations than it ever was before, has bee❑ undertaken by Dr. Aschenbrenner, a Ministerial Counsellor in the Department of Fi nance, and a Counsellor of State; of Justice by Dr. Kleinschrod, member of the National Assembly at Frankfort. The War Department continues to be held by General Lesuire. Count Bray and M. von Beisler have been appointed Extraordinary Counsellors of State, and will retain their former functions until the appoint ment of their successors. The Chamber of Deputies will be informed, at its next sitting, that the King has re solved to prorogue it to the 10th of April." DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. A letter from Hamburgh, of the 10th instant, in the Kolner Zeitung, mentions a communication of the Danish Cabinet to the Foreign Powers, to the effect that the blockade of the eastern and western coasts of the Duchies is to recommence on the 27th instant. This news, though a natural result of the suspension of the armistice, was posted on the Ham burgh Exchange, and produced a great sensation. ITALY. RENEWAL OF HOSTILITIES BETWEEN THE PIEDMONTESE AND AUSTRIANS. The French Government, it is said, received yes terday a telegraphic dispatch from Turin, announcing the renewal of hostilities between CHARLES ALBERT and the Austrians. CHARLES ALBERT, it appears, had appointed Signor CABELLA. who had drawn up the Address of the Chamber of Deputies in favour of the immediate resumption of hostilities, to the office of Minister of Public Instruction. This appointment was received with great favour by the inhabitants of Turin, who paraded the streets shouting " War ! war ! Lead us against the Austrians." Orders were immediately given for the resumption of hostilities. On this subject we find the following in the Courrier Francais:— "A tel. graphic dispatch, A,.flich arrived yesterday from Pit. dinont, confirms the ;tars which we expressed a few days back, when we tore saw that an engageur.nt mu,t speedily take place tier we( n the Austrians and the tro , ps of the King of Sardinia. The Niintater Colli, the succ,asor and continuer of M. Gioberti, has 13, , t-ti obliged to rtsi.n, thus leaving the fi v il op en t o t h, Ralical party of Piedmont, which is going in accord with the Provisional G ,, vernments of Rotate and Florence, to engage in au armed struggle with Radetzky. Aka jactu eat." Modena has been declared in a state of siege by the DUKE, who is engaged in fortifying his capital. It is said that the Sicilians have rejected the pro posed ultimatum. This rumour must, however, be considered as at least premature, inasmuch as suffi cient time cannot have elapsed for the arrival of the answer from Palermo. The Kin; of NAPLES, how ever, is in no condition to undertake the subjugation of that island, as the withdrawal of the troops neces sary to form the Roman expedition will probably be followed by an insurrection in the Neapolitan pro vinces. CHAN CER Y.-(THIN DAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR sat in his Court in the Old Hall, Lincoln's Inn, to-day.. NEW QUEEN'S COUNSEL. Mr. James Robert Hope, the eminent Parliamentary Committee Counsel, having had conferred upon him by her Majesty a patent of precedence, was at the sitting of the Court called within the bar by the Lord Chancellor. THE QUEEN V. PROSSER. This case, which stood in the paper to-day to be spoken to, on the question of costs, was postponed till the next motion day, in consequence of the absence of Mr. M. D. Hill, The LORD CHANCELLOR having disposed of the case of Norton v. Hepworth, the only questoe on which was a point of practice, proceeded to hear appeal motions. The Master of the Rolls and the Vice• Chancellor of England were occupied the whole morning with motions, none of which called for a special report. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) WOOD V. NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY. Mr. PARKER said he had to move for an injunction to restrain the North Staffordshire Railway Company from issuing any warrant to the Sheriff of Chester for assess ing any compensation to be paid to the plaintiffs for in tersecting two pieces of land mentioned in the bill of complaint. It appeared that the plaintiffs being possessed of land which the railway company required for the purpose of their Act, they gave the usual notice to the plaintiffs in December, 1846, and January, 1847, specifying the land which had been mentioned in their Act, and which they required to take from the plaintiffs. At the same time, in compliance with the 93d section of the Land Clauses Consolidation Act, they required the plaintiff to set out the particulars of any land, less than an acre, which had bee❑ intersected by the railway company. There were two pieces of land intersected by the railway, less than an acre, and the plaintiffs served them with a notice of the particulars of those two pieces of land. A negotiation took place, which was subsequently referred to arbitra tion, and the umpire made his award, which included the value not only of the land required by the defendants to be taken by themselves for the purpose of the railway, but also the two pieces of land in question. The corn pony were not very desirous of fulfilling the award and they said that it was not within the province of the arbitrator to make that award with respect to those two pi , ces of land according to the terms of the submission to arbitration, and that he had only to deal with the laud of which they had given nonce of their intention to take. Subsequently they applied f',,r and obtained a rule nisi in the Court of Exchequer to set aside the award, but when it came to be argued the rule was discharged, without costs The award, therefore, stood at the pro -ent moment unimpeached, and the plaintiff came IR fore the Court to ask that the company may be compelled to perform the award. Mr. MALINs, on the part of the defendants, contended that as the arbitrator had included in his award two pieces of land which were not the subjects of the refer ence, the whole award was vitiated. (The case was proceening when our reporter left.): (Before Vice•Chunecllor WIORAM.) This be►ng what is technically called the third seal day, his Honour was occupitcl during the morning in hearing short motions of no public interest. SECONDARIES".—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary JA➢IES.) TRAVERS AND ANOTHER V. DAVIDSON. This was an actio❑ to recover the sum of EL the amount of a tailor's bill. A witness proved, that an order for the articles was given, and that he delivered the goods as directed, and enquired whether Mr. David son lived at the place. Witness, however, did not know the defendant. The Learned SECONDARY said, he had some doubts on the point as to whether there was any identity of the de fendant; but at the same time, he did not see that any injustice would be done by giving a verdict against the defendant, it was however entirely a question for the jury. The Jury, after a short consultation, gave a verdict for the amount claimed. THOMPSON V. BOWMAN. The plaintiff in this action is an attorney, and de fendant is a broker in Bartholomew-lane, Bank. The action was brought by plaintiff as indorser against de fendant as acceptor of a bill of exchange for 171. 10s. The defendant pleaded that there had been no con sideration paid by plaintiff for the bill. Evidence was adduced to prove the acceptance was in the handwriting of defendant. Mr. THOMAS for the defendant complained that the action should have been brought in this Court, but said the plaintiff being an attorney, was privileged to do so. He however would show that no consideration had passed. Fitzgerald, the drawer of the bill, wasicalled, and ad mitted that he had only received a few shillings, per haps IZ, from Thompson, but he had given the bill to a person named Williamson to get discounted. The wit ness went into a rambling explanation as to his trans actions with defendant, who alleged that it was an ac comodation bill. The Learned SECONDARY did not consider that had anything to do with the matter, the question was had plaintiff given consideration for the bill or did he hold it for Fitzgerald, to sue upon. The jury immediately gave a verdict for defendant. SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO A RAILWAY GUARD.— Robert Jestis, an under-guard upon the Parliamentary up-train on the Colchester line, on Wedeesday evening, fell from his seat at Widford, and on the arrival of the train at Ingatestone, Davis, a porter, was sent in search of him. The unfortunate man was found at the %Vid`ord cutting, and conveyed on a pilot engine to Ingatestone, where he was examined by Mr. Edwards, surgeon, who ascertained that his left arm was broken in two places, and the scalp of his skull was completely torn from the bone. It is supposed that Jestis, when wrapping round his apron. overbalanced him‘elt and fell. He now ilea at Ingatestone, in a very dangerous state.—Essex Herald. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(TIIIS DAY.) LONDON, 151Auca 14. Wind this day at. noon, W.S.W., mode' ate breeze, and dull cloudy weather. State oof the wind and weather at the provinCial. Forts this trwrning. at nit n! -• Colcheter S.. cloudy. Gosport N.. fine. Gl , w.cesfr N.W., slight fog. hull Ips iet. 1406vebt,,tte Le.i , h - N.E., fine. N., cloudy. N Nc . S.E., W N W., (1, tz,Ty. .')i ARCH 9 —LVir,ti s. V% . ll• Arrit Ann 4 Urz , u,a, LoJ dun tor Boiob,y, KINGSTOWN.—Arr.! ‘V , uierer. 1:(,, St. Lucia. RPOOL, MARCH i 3.--Wtlio N. W.-12th, Arrd. 4-1 k 't. N., of :euus; Cyprus, o,:t !laid, Alex a...dria. 1301, Effingham, s. New 0; cans; Hawes, Neer Y rk. Pia back, Don P-ort, 24, for Rio Grande; Eiizs, tar ielr >ist. iff p rt.. Oxt,id And Slur. OFF :7 , WANSEA —Packet. Squire, Cape of Gaud Hope. CHATHAM, MARCH 13.—Arrd. H. M. S. Wanderer Sierra Leone. HULL, MARCH 13.—Wind W.N.W.-12th, Sid. Lord Gambier, Davis:'a Straits. DUBLIN, MARCH 12.—The M. A. Scott was run into white lying at anchor off Halpier's Pond, by the Citizen (s.) in attempting to botch tier she sank and covers with the tide. The Bun Pere, of Libourne, has put in here leaky and must dock to repair. The Bella, of White haven, sprung a leak in the river, and is being p um ped to keep her afloat. Sid. 10th, Zephyr, Barbadoes. HULL, MARCH 14.—Arrd. Queen of Scotland steamer, Hamburgh; Britannia, ditto. RAMSGATE, MARCH 13.—The Claire, Bouricaud, from Bordeaux to Bremen, put in here leaky, and with loss of two anchors and chains, having been on the main near the South Foreland. PWLHELLI, MARCH 12.—1 t blew a complete gale yes terday, with heavy squalls. HOLYHEAD, MARCH 11.—The Ellen, Evans, fraud Liverpool to Exeter, has put in here leaky, an d with pumps choked. YARMOUTH, Menca 13.--The Callas, Wood. of and for Exeter, from the North, was assiated in here with loss of two anchors and chains. LOWESTOFFE, MARCH 12.—The Diana (brig), of Dartmouth, in ballast, got aground on the Holm Sand, but came off without assistance. DEAL, MARCH 13.—Wind N.N.W. to N.E.—Arrd. 12th, Brilliant, Guilbert, Rouen, for London. 13th, Eliza, Constantinople; Kel wick, Wood, Berbice; Oriental, Westward. Arrd. from the River and sailed, 13th, Favourite, South Se:is; Pasland, Sydney, Netv South Wales; Alpha, Port Philip; Pheabe, Madras; Romp, Port Natal; Elizabeth, Cuba ; B r illi ant, J ama i ca; Palm, Donn' nica; Gulnare, Antigua; Ave, Quebec; James, St. Übe! , Sld. 13th, the whole of the outward bound. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 13.—Wind N.N.W.—SId. Lady Clark, Sydney, New South Wales; Posthutnus, Adelaide , South Australia. Off port, Marie and Louise, Smith , Bremen, for Trinidad de Cuba. MARKET NE Ws.—(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY• The arrival o , English Wheat for our market this week, has amounted to 1,450 quarters, chiefly in mid dling condition. Although the show of samples of cast grain here to day was small, the demand for it was in a very depressed state, and Monday's quotations were with difficulty supported. ODly 3,170 quarters of Foreign Wheat have come in since Saturday, vet we had verf large suppiies oil offer this morning. All descriptions were dull in the extreme, and somewhat lower to par chase. Maltine Barley, tho supply of which was small , sold at late rates. In gr nding and distilling sorts, next to nothing wa s d o in g . Th e sub- fur Malt tNas v. ry dull , at almost twroinal qu otat i ons . Th e b est samples 01 Oats were held at toil prices. Damp qualities rule lower. All othrr articles, including Flour, commanded scarcely any attention. - - ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. I Wheat. I Barley. ! Oats. Elotir• English - 1,450 qrs. 1,810 qr.. I 1,360 qrs. 1 1,7405 Scotch ...... 1 -- Irish. --- I GIG --- r oreign 3,170 3,190 2,700 I ---- Malt, 2,890 qrs. BOROUGH HOP DrARRET. Colory samples of Hops were in steady demand, ttr day, at full prices. The middling and inferior kinds commanded very little attention. Sussex Pockets , 214 s to 3/ ; Weald of Ke tit ditto, 21 12s to 3 1 81 ; Mid and East Kent ditto, 313 s to 615 s per cwt. WIXITECHAPEL. We had a very heavy trade, anu prices had a down' ward tendency. Bea* from 29 4d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 3 1 to 3s 10d; Veal 3s 10d t o 4 s 8d ; an d P or k 3s to 4 s 41 ' per Sibs by the carcase. NEW DISTANCE SIGNAL FOR RAILWAYS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—Your anxiety at all times to do justice to the inventors of the day, will, I have no doubt, give me 0 spare corner to contradict the statement that the Distance Signal is Mr. Stovin's, and that more than ten years ago the same invention was offered and refused by several of the railways—merely because it was not From one of the railway officials !!! This has always been the case —they keep the inventions and bring them out as their oval. I may tell Mr. Stovin that the very party who has bee° fitting them up for the South-Western Railway Company knows this to be the fact! for he was shown the drawing s and they were explai ne d t o hi m two years ago ! course Mr. Stovin has the command of capital, and 0 7 railway manager, a n d can d o anyt hi ng, But to this wal!: of fair play so man y are now unemployed, and the h a rd' working and industri ous i nventors are ru i ned an d ne ver , encouraged, or prote c t e d, b ut part i es seem to glory to ll shame of doing an i nven t or . Y our l ove of fair play ' do me justice by inserting the above. Your obedient servant, R. RETTIE, C.E , Inventor. London, March 14. DISASTROUS F IRE IN THE MINORIES.--1,881, n igh t' at a few minutes before eleven o'clock, a fire of a / er , serious character, and att e nd e d w ith a great d estr uction of property, broke out in the spacious range of prey mises numbered 238 an d 239 Minories, the lower Po t tion of the first named house being in the occupation f e Mr. Shields, a str aw - b onnetma k er, and the latter i n I" tenure of Miss Sprue, a staymaker. The building s ' which were o f cons id era bl e d ept h , were five floors and at the time of the outbreak it is feared that t P A whole of the residents were therein, and there i s groun; for supposing, from the statements made by those have escaped, that one, if not two persons have perishe d The Royal Society's fire • escape from Aldgate-pulp was at the scene in O w course of a few mi n utes af the outbreak, when th e persons w h o b ad escaped g cried out that several penons were in the upper Par t of the premises, an d b egge d o f the escapenian to so v . o them if possible. Th e con d uctor i nstantly placed 1311 machine in front of the houses, and whilst he a ss at the top attempting to search. the upper ro° o l the flames shot out in a body, fired the canvo s ffi bagging of the escape, and it was w i t h the greate st difficulty that the escapeman, in tryin g t o save the lif9" of his fe:low-creatures, avoided falheg a prey to th e fury of the fire. With all possib:e expedition the el l ' es npcae Companyrish, London Brigade, a n d W es t o f Eng' gives In the s ur reached the scene, when t°,° firem• n f oun d the fl ones ascending so hi g h into the s" as to endanger the adjoining property. The engine: : : however, being well su p p l ied wit h water, they went to work, and by a l itt l e a f ter twelve o ' clock the fire vi' a ; extinguished, but not until the whol e o f th e prey:rit e from the ground-floor were burned out. Amongst I " sufferers was Captain Preston of the Royal Artiliel whose wife was in b e d w h en t h e a l arm was given, ,al3 it was with great d i ffi cu l ty t h at she escaped. The Br e ; men were at twelve o'clock searching the ruins, to se whether any p ersons h a d b een lost, as was nano:Air ed. The origin of the fire, or whether any of the suffere r were insured, could not be learned during the exci te ' ment which prevailed. e ADMIRALTY SToßEs.—The following parties ail under engagement to supply, for the service of the nave department, the several articles set against their r e ; spective names, viz., Messrs. Lemon Hart and Sno , . further parcel of 50,000 gallons of rum; Mr. J. r Gray, 55 tons we i g h t o f cocoa, including fi ve tons i i3s screening; Messrs. W. Hewitt an d C o ., 50 ions weig of rice; and Messrs. Arboin and Co., about 30 gallond of wine, required for the army service at Jamaica; ° i the Lords Com m i ss i oners o f her Majesty's Treasury o : have issued the neces sar y di rect i ons to the proper ° be thorities for th e d e li very o f t h e same, duty free, f ro m t e r several bonded wareh o u ses o f th e d oc k s an d elsewhe re ' in which they are deposited, for removal to her Majesll stores in the victualling-yard, Deptford. BIRTHS. On the 4th inst., the wife of W. H. Harrison, Esq., ° f daughter. In the College, Ely, on the 9th in s t., th e lady of the gas' . J. H. Henderson, of a son. pirl On the 9th inst., at the Prio r y, W andsworth-road , H. Haes, of a daughter. On the 9th inst., at Oxford-terrace, Hyde-park, the W ife of W. C. Courtney, Esq., of a daughter. f 1 3 ' On the 10th inst., at E a t on-square, London, the lady e A Jones, Esq., of Pantgl as an d P enlyan, Carmarthenshire, 13' son and heir. MARRIED. On the Bth inst., at St. Alaunce Church, Winchester, f N. Rich, Esq., 33d Regiment M. N. 1., youngest son o ter of Frederick Hill, Esq., of the Polygon, Charles Rich, Bart., to J. Albersine Freerica, fourth datiP On the Bth inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, Wril lict Mole, Esq., of Park -street, Grosvenor-square, to Sarah, of the late G. Cale, Esq., of Tettenhall-wood and Sharesli" Staffordshire. SouthanlPOlPliin DIED. 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