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01 1* THE SUN, to 65c. per 561 b., for round northern; 59c. to 60c. for of the forces hr British India before the expiration of Hat yellow; 53c. to 56(... fur mixed and white southern. those five mo nths—December, January, February, --- --- ---- March, and 4pril—which he himself has - !. so very 1 1 HE LEGAL E March, recently decl.tred to be the only portion of COMPANY. (Provisionally Registered, January 17, 1849.) the year in w hich war can be there made by Euro- Capital, 2,000,00 C/., In 80,000 Shares, of 251. each. Preliminary Deposit, 2s. 6d. per Shar e . : .pe Prospectuses and full information may be obta ined at tho TempallS.— Seel " Letter to Sir J. C. HonnousE," page 19, note. He could consequently be afforded only the o rary OtliceS of the Company, 13A, Cannon-row, Westminster, on ap rucatim to opportunity of following up the advantages gained, or G. F. HOWE, Hon. Sec., pro tem. of redeeming the blunders made by his gallant but rash and inconsiderate predecessor. For these reasons, therefore, the delay of a week or of a fortnight is of comparatively small consideration. Sir CHARLES NAPIER will leave England with an expedition such as can neither be regarded as too long delayed or as too marked by precipitation. He will go to the land of his former glory to reap fresh laurels not only in overcoming the Seikh re bellion, but in repressing the mutinous and incursive spirit of the A ffghans, and in effecting a rapid and complete reorganization of the whole cf the Euro p€,an and native soldiers throughout Hindostan. If any circumstance had been required to impart an additional and crowning eclat to the appointment of Sir CHARLES NAPIER as Commander-in-Chief, under Lord DALuouSIE, it would have been fully derived from the cheers with which the House of Commons received the announcement last evening from the lips of Lord JOHN Rus- SELL. All things considered, there could scarcely , have been more promptitude evinced in com plying with the vociferated demands of the nation within the brief interval which has elapsed since the arrival of the disastrous account?from Chillian wallah, especially when it is remembered that the election had to prove satisfactory at once to the QUEEN, to her Ministers, to the Duke of WELLINGTON, and to the Board of Directors in Leadenhall-street. Sir CHARLES NAPIER, as Commander-in-Chief of the army in our Indian empire, will now be enabled, therefore, to justify a hundredfold the admira -1 tion and confidence of his countrymen by repressing the revolt now raging between the Sutlej and the Indus. When this shall have been accomplished, and the Anglo-Indian empire stabilitated upon a new foundation, the Conqueror of Sinde may find lei sure for the development of those noble views which have been casually indicated by his pen and his voice. Two fields are consequently open for the enhancement of the fame of one who has already secured to himself a conspicuous place in the national records as the conqueror and the pro-consul of the great province of Sinde. No Commander-in-Chief will ever have left the shores of England with so many aspirations for his success, or with so many inestimable assurances of the reliance placed in his mi litary genius both by the nation and the Govern ment. SOW ready, in 2 vols., with Portraits, 2:is. bound, MEMOIRS AND (,ORRLSVONDENCE OF SIR ROBERT MURRAY KEITH, K. 8., MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIARY At the Courts of Dresden, Copenhagen, and Vienna, from 1769 to 1793; With a Biographical Memoir of Queen Caroline Matilda, Sister of George 111. Edited by Mns. GILLESPIE SMYTH. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marl')orough-street. NEW WORK BY THE ♦UTHOR OF " TYPEE," AND " 03100." On the 15th of March will be published, in 3 vols. poet Bvo., AB.D I; or, A VOYAGE THITHER. By HERMAN MELVILLE. Author of " Typee," and " Omoo." • In consequence of the great demand for the works of this writer, orders should be rent at once to the booksellers to secure copies on the day of publication. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, (Publisher in Ordinary to her _Majesty). T. .JAMES's TII E A T RE. JJ Season 1819. FREYCII PLAYS and OPERA COMIQUE. THIS EVENING, The Performances will commence at Eight o'clock precisely, with LE MAITRE DE CIIAPELLE ; ou, le Souper Imprevu. Barnabe, M. Ltauce ; Benetto, M. Chateaufort ; Gertrude, Millie. Galchard. To conclude with the popular Opera Comique, entitled LE DOMINO NOIR. Lord Elfort, M. Chateaufort ; Juliano, M. Soyer ; Horace, M. Coudero ; Gil Perez, M. Baguet; Angels, Mdlle. Charton ; Brigitte, Mdlie. Martial ; Ursule, Mdlie. Morel ; Jaciuthe, Madame Mancini ; Gertrude, Mdlie. Vigny. Mr. Mitchell begs also to announce that, notwithstanding the in creased expenses of the present entertainment, the prices of admis sion are determined as lellows : Boxes 58. Od. Pit 33. 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. iSOYAL, Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager. Old Brompton. The public is respectfully 'wormed that this Theatre has, during • the recess, undergone very extensive repairs and alterations and the wholeTekle,corated. 4-tz TH IS EVESING, Will beperformed THE WIFE'S SECRET. Sir 'Walter Amyott, Mr. Charles Kean; Jabez S,ieed, Mr. Webster; Harrington, Mr. Brindal ; Neville, .Mss Reynolds; Lady Eveline Amyott, Mrs. C. Kean ; Mend, Mrs. Keeley. After which, DON CIE'4AR DE BAZAN. Don Cmsar, Mr. Tames Wallack ; Lazarillo, Miss Horton ; Maritana, Miss Bennett. To conclude with a new Farce, entitled TOUR LIFE'. IN DANGER. THEATRE ROYAL. ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celesta. During the Iteces this Theatre has been entirely re-decorated, the Original designs by Digby Wyatt, Esi , executed by Mr. Sang. A new Stage, Curtain, Act Drop, and Chandelier. An approved sys tem of Ventilation, &c., &c. The Private Boxes enlarged, Backs added to the Seats, and Stalls rendered mere comfortable. Protection is not as yet completely defunct. Al though its case has long been considered hopeless by every competent judge, persons are still to be found who profess to detect some slight symptoms of a lin gering vitality, and who are sanguine enough to pre dict its perfect resuscitation at no distant period. Meetings are still held at which "jeremiads" are poured forth touching the ruinous results of untaxed food, and the injustice to which the labouring classes are exposed by being compelled to eat their daily bread without contributing 25 per cent. on its value as a peace offering to the agricultural interest. The usual routine has, however, been in some degree varied. A change of programme has taken place, new performers appear on the boards. Protectionist Peers and M.P.'s still crowd the platform, but they take no further part in the proceedings they remain patient listeners while sturdy yeoman pour forth et'fiiir bucolic grievances to their sympathising ears The alteration of the dramatis persona was certainly a judicious move. The country had become wearied of the perpetual reiteration of the same forebodings from legislatorial actors. They had been repeated usque ad nauseam, and could now hardly attract atten .ion. Gloomy vaticinations would no longer terrify the multitude, if uttered by the ancient soothsayers ; some novelty should be produced in order to draw an audience. A new "tenore di Maledizione" should he prepared to chaunt the atrocities of the perfidious PEEL and his wicked coadjutors. Even the eloquent end witty Member for Buckinghamshire should re serve his orations for the more congenial atmosphere of the House of Commons. No persons but tenant farmers would receive a hearing at the general meeting the agricultural interest specially convened by the Central Society for the Protection of Agriculture and British Industry, which took place yesterday at Wills's Rooms, St. James's-street. A Mr. W. BENNETT, who moved the first resolu tion, was the "Faascuim" of the farmers on the occasion. He elicited the most uproarious applause by the vigour and determination with which he anathematized the "dishonest Parlialnt" who had repealed the corn-laws, and the ariTitic manner in which he depicted Sir R. PEEL as heading "a body of mi,rauders, to carry away every fourth stack of and to drive off one-fourth of the cattle." Ile lawn sleeves or the mitre did not protect the ht Reverend wearers from the indignant Talrunciations of the promising " delndant," if tainted with free-trade notions. The Bishop of OXFORD fell especially under the lash, which was applied with the most energetic zeal, for his speech in the House of Peers on the corn-laws luring the delivery of which (teste BENNETT) " his Grace of RICHMOND had been unable to maintain his wonted sobriety." We know not whether the im passioned orator meant to convey that the Noble Duke had indulged too freely in the creature comforts it BELLAMY'S on the occasion in question, or whether it was merely a moral intoxication resulting from the startling opinions put forth by the Right Rev. Pre late, who had dared to speak of " the advan tages of competition, and of the farmers being obliged to raise more from their land"—a temerity which, at the moment, led to the unfortunate depar ture from the strict rules of sobriety by the Protec tionist leader ; and more recently, to the diatribe of Mr. W. BENNETT. " Competition it is that is ruining the country." Competition must be done away with and good stringent mono polies established, if the country would be saved, if a gleam of returning prosperity was to be hoped for, it could only be by such means. Yes, one species of compe tition might be tolerated, and one only—" a compe tition in lawn sleeves," which the speaker acknow ledged he would approve of, a sentiment that de servedly elicited the most tumultuous applause, and in which the orator was not quite so far astray as he inanifestly supposed himself to be. Yes, a competi tion in lawn sleeves—a free trade in religion—would not be so very terrible an infliction to the nation in general. There are some points in which the Protectionist landowners may find the tenant-farmers rather dan gerous allies. It may surprise the noble and honour able audience a leetie if resolutions should be moved respecting large reductions of rent, or a different measure of ta xa ti on, i n meetings convened and patronised by themselves. The chief orator (the said Mr. W. BENNETT) threw out some rather significant hints, which will doubtless be duly considered by his brother yeoman, and which may produce fruit in due season ; he said " the reduction of 25 per cent. (at which he estimated the loss to the farmers by the repeal of the corn-laws), just about covered the rental of the country. That They would a t once • • • perceive that the whole rental was sacrificed in some shape or form." This was certainly placing the matter in a very different light from that in which Parliamentary speakers considered it. It was regard ing the subject in a point of view much more pleasing to the tenant orators than to the landlord audience. The speaker certainly evinced some feel ings of compassion ; he would not at once deprive the proprietors of all their interest in the soil. A general reduction of 25 per cent. on rents would do very well as a beginning. "It VI as nut to be pre sumed (said he)—it was not to be presumed for a moment that the landlords could walk away, and leave the tenant-farmers in quiet possession of the land." But let it be admitted that the landlords bore their fair share of the change that had taken place, that they came down one quarter in their rents, still the burdens which the tenant farmers had to bear were too great —so great, indeed, that they could not bear up against them. Let them take a farm rented at 4001. a year, they reduced the saleable produce of that farm from 1,6001. to 1,2001. a year, and . . . they would still have to squeeze out of the tenants and farmers the sum of 3001. a year." Call you this backing your friends the landlords, Master aerizarr ? Is this the THIS EVENING, Will be performed COCKNEYS IN CALIFORNIA. After which, the original Drama, called HARVEST HOME. Principal characters by Messrs. H. Hughes, Lambert, Wright, I'. Bedford, 0. Smith, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Frank Matthews. Miss Turner, &c. To conclude with JOHN JONES. Guy Goodluck, Mr. Lambert ; Eliza Melton, Miss E. Chaplin. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Mar_agemeßt of Madame VestriS. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mahe vs. THIS EVENING frill be performed SHAVE YOU . DIRECTLY. After which, a new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE KING OF THE PEACOCKS. Characters by Messrs. Marley, John Reeve, Selby, H. Hall, Marshall, and H. Marshall ; Miss Kathleen Fitzwil 'iam, Miss L. Howanl, Mrs. Macnamara, Miss Marshall, Miss L. Marshall, Miss Coleman, and Madame Vestris. To conclude with USED UP. Drees 110,1 e,, so.; Upper 11oxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2a. ; Gallery, Is. No 'salt-price to any part of the hone. The New Box-oftice, No. 2, Welllngtoci- street, is open to the public i•‘( ry lay, from Ton till Six. PRINCESS'S THEAT Mr. J. M. Maddox. Sole Lessee and \ lanager. During the Recess this Theatre has been re-decorated and embel- !tailed In a buperh and costly manner ty Mr Hurwitz. A new Chan delier has been fitted, and the best airart,.i.ments have been ntade for the due Ventilation of the Theatre, and the euni.ort and cenveaience of the audience. THIS EVENING, Will he pei•rOrme,l the Romantic Opera, entitled LEOLINE. Count Adelmar, Mr. Charles Braham ; the Seneschal, Mr. H. Horn e& tle r Frantz, llerr Mengis; Matilda, Mrs. 'Vcii.s; Leoline, Miss To conclude with a new gr*nd Pantomime, entitled BLUFF KING 11Af.; or, harlequin ann <Charmed Arrow. Harlequin, Mr. Itoldpoia; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; Clown, Mr. Fleiniore ; Sprite, .MY: 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 klbert, &c. Mr. Batty respectfully announces that he has entered into an en gagement with the celebrated American Equestrian Young Hernan dez, wao 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 third appearance THIS EVENING, The curtain will rise at a Quarter to Seven o'clock precisely to the magnificent S2 - ectacle, by Fitzball. entitled CORASCO : or, the Warrior's Steed. After which the double Tight-ropes. To be tollowed by an Inimitaide display of SCENES IN THE CI RCLE, supported by the first Equestrian talent of the day. To conclude with the farce of CURIOSITY. Itoz-office open from Eleven till Five. , ts.ge Manager, Mr. W. West. TilE WEATHEIL—SoN OFFICE : MARCH 7. Tx .R: , IOIKIETER, Lowest, 42; Highest, .53; Noon, 52 BAR. 31%TEU, 30.08. The Barometer has fallen 63 roints since yesterday. WIND S.W.—fresh breeze and fine. Lit Al' LONDON aittEDUE. T. 113 DAY —Morning, 34 min. after 12 j Evening, 2 min. after 1 To-Moanow— .1 • , ,Ing, 27 mi 'tyer 1 E%en u ,50 min. after 1 4 eblenint 51tAte LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MA.RCII 7, 1849. Justice has at last been done to the eminent ser vices and distinguished abilities of Sir CHARLES JAMES NAPIER, the hero and conqueror of Sinde. Nominated beforehand by the unanimous voice of the nation, that renowned Captain has been entrusted with the command of the British army in India, at the suggestion of the Government, with the consent of the Directors, with the gracious approval of his SOVE REIGN, and with the cordial acclamations of Parlia ment. We may say, without any exaggeration, that no more magnificent tribute of homage has ever been paid to a subject of the British monarchy. While other warriors have been recompensed with heredi•ary pensions and w ith th e coronets of the peerage, the victor of Meanee and Hyderabad has obtained a reward of a more enviable character—he has been chosen as the man of the emer gency, and chosen, too, not by a faction, or a clique, or even by a majority, but by the accor dant and simultaneous demand of the people, the QUEEN, the Company, and the Legislature. Profound as must be the gratification of Sir CHARLES NAFIER on such an occasio n , th e very c i rcums t ance o f t h e enthusiasm with which he has been appointed Com mander-in-Chief under the Government of his Excel lency the Earl of DALtiousre must fill him with a serious, and what would be to any other man, an em barrassing sense of his responsibi.ities. To Sir CHARLES, however, the consciousness o f th e great things expected from his administration, coupled with the enthusiasm with which he has been raised to his great post, will, we are satisfied, act only as an agreeable incitement. At the same time, the appoint ment and the acceptance of the appointme n t wall be w e lcomed with joy by the population which had already anticipated the selection made by the chief m ili tary aut h or i ty a t th e Horse Guards. The intelligence will at once dissipate all those gloomy forebodings of disaster which must otherwise have increased in reference to the progress of our expedi tion in the insurgent territories. Now that the Con queror of Sinde has been declared the successor of Lord Goucii, there is an universal feeling of con fidence that in the end nothing but good can come of the bloody skirmish at Itimnuggur, and of the yet more terrible massacre in the battle of Chillian wallah. As an additional mark of honour, and as a means of satisfying, at once, the convenience of the newly appointed Commander-in-Chief, and the general advantages of the nation, the mail via Marseilles has had the period of its departure delayed. Calculating the j ourney over l an d at the swiftest rate that is po ss ibl e, even with relays of couriers, Sir CHARLES N APIER could not re ac h th e sea t o f war unt il the campaign has terminated. The overland mail, therefore, whi c h would have started for Ilindostan this evening, would merely hav e conta i ned the intelligence that the illustrious General has received the rank thrust upon his acceptP.nce by the inhabitants and the Go vernment of (irs:at Britain. Although it is under stood that 'the newly-appointed Commander-in -Chief announce..,cl his readiness to staitfor the Punjaub on this very day, without leaving himself there than a few bows for preparatior, it was recognised that such desperate and inconvenient precipititioo would be productive of no compensative advantage, seeing that. whatever is to be the result of Lord Gouon s sy s t em ‘ of gen era l s hi p, that result would have b een neoesL sarily accomplished before his successor could reach the banks of the Jhelum. Under any circumstances, Sir CA/ARLES could not enter upon his duties as leader LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 7, 1819. support desired by the Protectionist Peers' anti Corn. moners who convened the assemblage ? We doubt it very much. Indeed, we do not think the dangerous experiment will be repeated. Mr. BENNETT once fairly on his legs did not restrict himself to the subject matter of the resolution ; he spoke out some good strong Radical doctrines. The inequality of rating was censured. He spoke of persons of 2,000/. or 3,0001. a year living in houses worth 501. per annum, and thus escaping from contributing according to their means—he indicated a total want of confidence in benches of magistrates, and complained of the management of roads, &c., being thrown into their hands. He censured boldly the law of settlement, which, he said, should be altered, and the burdens differently imposed. Bravo BENNETT !—after all, we shall begin to agree together very well, and we venture to say that there will be in those re spects a greater community of opinion between us than was felt by your aristocratic auditory at Willis's Rooms. Yes, the law of settlement must he altered, the burdens must be equalised and more fairly distributed, according to the means of the parties. Let farmers struggle for these desiderata, and they will receive our most strenuous support ; but they will not be called together and patiently attended to by an assemblage of landowners—the rump of monopoly and protection. The reactionaries of this country who set up CHARLES I. as a model monarch, and LAUD as a model bishop, have exhibited their usual tact in putting forward Lord ASHLEY as the champion of their notable scheme for the promotion of priestcraft, the discouragement of education, and the destruction of religious liberty, which was propounded by the Noble Lord to the House of Commons on the evening of Thur.day. No man, save one who was in the habit of throwing bank notes into a waste paper basket could with a grave face have dealt with sta tistics as did the _Noble Lord on that occasion. It was barely possible, considering the antecedents of the Noble Lord, that he might have been duped by the representations of those who had craftily set him on (indeed, we believe such to have been the fact, for we have the highest opinion of the sincerity of purpose of the Noble Lord), al though of no other Member in the House could such a supposition have been for one moment entertained. The advocates of priestcraft exhibited in this, as in every other instance, the acuteness of accomplished Jesuits in their choice of tools wherewith to work their purpose. As one example of the manner in which the Noble Lord handled his statistics, we will take his account of the state of affairs in the parish of St. Pancras. The population of St. Pancras, said the Noble Lord is 140,000. There is only church accommodation for 17,000, and the inference he left the House to draw, therefore, was that all except 17,000 were necessarily living in a state of absolute heathenism. The Noble Lord having produced a great effect by these figures, forthwith proceeded to declare that this was a state of things that had been, but that at present there was church accommodation for 51,000, still leaving the House to infer that the great majority of the inhabitants of the parish were unchristianized, for throughout his speech the Noble Lord never once alluded to the efforts of the Dissen ters, and for aught that appeared to the contrary it might have been presumed that no religion, save that of the State Church, was tolerated in this country, and that those who were not members of that Church were to be considered as a scum of base schismatics, living without the light of the Gospel. The motion, in support of which Lord ASHLEY thus consented completely to ignore the efforts of the Dissenters, and practically to deny to them the character of Christians, is very cautiously worded. It is— " That an humble address be presented to her Ma jesty, praying her Majesty to appoint a Commission to inquire into the practibility and mode of subdividing, into distinct and independent parishes, for all ecclesias tical purposes, all the densely peopled parishes in Eng land and Wales, in such manner that the population of each, except in particular cases, at the discretion of the Commissioners, shall note xceed four thousand souls." Our excellent correspondent, " An Old Reformer," has most accurately described its object in his letter to the Secretary of the Metropolitan Reform Associ ation which appeared in The Sun of Monday. He says, and says most truly— " This is one of the effirts which the retrograding. Church Establishment is making to assist in her jour ney towards Rome. There is to he a better distribution of the influences, which are to carry us back to all man ner of what the Articles of the original Church denomi nated ' fund things vainly invented.' Nuns black, white, and grey, with all their trumpery,' are to be brought back on us by renegade bishops, and the country is to bu split up into neat subdivisions in aid of the measure." The upholders of priestcraft are to the full as•into lerant, as overbearing, as persecuting, and as full of hatred and uncharitableness towards all those who refuse to acknowledge their supremacy as ever they were. It is want of power, and want of power alone, that prevents them from reviving the fierce persecutions of the Dissenters in which LAUD, who is their model priest, indulged, and the object of this motion, and of all motions of a similar character, is to acquire that power. So long as the people could be kept in such a state of " gross and crass " ignorance as fitted them to be the materials out of which could be formed at any moment the ferocious "Church and King mob," which, in Lord GEORGE GORDON'S time, sacked London, and a few years later, at Birmingham, wrecked the house of Dr. PRIESTLEY, so long were the upholders of priestcraft among the most invete rate opponents of any system of education whatever. Thanks to the exertions of the Dissenters, however, the people became gradually civi lized, the cause of education progressed, the great majority of the people could read, and the great majority were by the exertions of the friends of true religion supplied with Bibles, the mob had dis appeared before the light of knowledge, and instead were found the people, the educated people— " Who know their rights, and knowing dare maintain." ORSON was endowed with reason, and the reign of those who had for centuries systematically kept the people in ignorance appeared approaching to its close. There then arose a cry for reform in the Church, a cry of which the upholders of priestcraft cunningly availed themselves to make one more great effort for the recovery of their lost power. We admit the necessity of Church reform, replied they, and we will reform ourselves. They were believed, and forthwith the agitation for Church reform ceased. Church-rates were patiently tolerated, even the nuisance of the ecclesiastical courts was suffered to remain, because it was fondly believed that those promises were sincere. How have these pledges been kept ? They have every one of them been violated. It is perfectly true that the upholders of priestcraft have proposed various alterations, but every one of these alterations, instead of being a measure of reform, has been a measure to strengthen an existing abuse, and in many instances to gain a legal sanction for an heretofore illegal exer cise of the priestly power. The plan of Lord ASHLEY ie no measure of Church reform—it is a measure of proselytism. Its intention is to scatter the profes sional upholders of priestcraft broad-cast through the land, in order to obstruct the efforts of the Dissenters. Unable to prevent education, they seek to pervert it, and to distort the pure light of knowledge by transmitting it through a coloured medium. Should they succeed in their endeavours then shall we see the days of LAUD revived ; again will the Dissenters in England be subjected to the fiercest persecution, their mode of worship forbidden, and their persons imprisoned ; and again will the Episcopalian zealots of England endeavour to force Episcopacy on Scotland. Let, therefore, the. Dissenters of England and the Presbyterians of Scotland be warned in time. Let them arouse themselves, and strenuously oppose these insidious endeavours to restore the reign of priestcraft. Again let the cry for Church reform be raised ; again let the opposition to church-rates be organized; again let petitions praying for a reform in the ecclesiastical courts load the table of the House of Commons. A t the present moment, the mere display of the moral force of the opponents of these schemes will be sufficient to prevent the contemplated mischief from being consummated, but if time is given to the para. pretre to mature their plans, it is impossible to fore see the consequences. Delays are proverbially dan gerous, let the Dissenters be "up and doing." ENGLISH AND FRENCH INTERNATIONAL ASBO - are authorised to state that Mr. H. Brown, ALL'., is in no way connected with, or permitted hi, name to be used as a patron to, this society. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial-piney for the Governor of Gibraltar. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC We have receded the French papers of yesterday. The National Assembly decided on Monday, by a majority of 481 to 227, that the proposition demand ing an inquiry into the conduct of the Ministry, in calling out the troops on the 29th January, should not be taken into conideration. Accounts were yesterday received in Paris of the safe arrival ofBARDES, BLANQUI, COURTAIN ALBERT, and the other accused of the 15th May, at Bourges. The Committee of the Assembly for the examina tion of the project of law demanding a credit on the revenue of 1849 for the months of April and May, is said to be hostile to it, and to have a majority of two in favour of its rejection. On the election of this Committee, in the bureaux ve ry an i ma t e d dis cussions took place, and in four of the bureaux it was moved to propose a vote of want of confidence in the Ministry. A report, to which considerable credit was attached, was generally circulated yesterday in Paris, of the entry of the Austrian army into Tuscany. The Electoral Committee of the club of the Rue de Poictiers have appointed the following as members of a sub-committee to draw up a manifesto :—MM. Mule, Berryer, Thiers, de Montalembert, Generals Pyat, Persigny, de Broglie, de Remusat, Duvergier de Hauranne, de Larcy, Achille Fould, Leon de Mal leville, de Noailles, Chambolle et Ferdinand Barrot. There was yesterday a rise of nearly 2 per cent., in the French Five per Cents., and during the last weak there has been a great increase in the deposits in the savings' banks. Louts BI,ANC and CAUS3IDIERE have published let ters in the Peuple, announcing that they have resolved not to appear to take their trial at Bourges. The former says that, when in August he promised to appear, he did not suppose that the trial would take place before a tribunal not then created ; the latter intimates that he could not have a fair trial. The Peuple says that the representatives of the Montagne and several of their co-accused have recommended LOUIS BLANC and CAUSsIDIEBE not to give themselves up. The Three per Cents, closed on the Paris Bourse yesterday at 52f. 85c.; the Five per Cents. at 85f. 20c.; the New Loan at 851. 5c.; Orleans Railroad Shares, 835 f.; Rouen, 5351.; Havre, 3251.; Great Northern, 465 f.; Avignon, 2121. 50c.; Vierzon, 3651.; Basle, 106 f. 25c.; Bordeaux, 4171. 50c.; Paris and Strasburgh, 3681. 75c.; Tours and Nantes, 3361. 25c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE. MARCH 6. Boulogne and Amiens, 94—Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 12 3 / 4 —Namur and Liege. 7% u —Northern of France, 11A— Paris and Strasbourg, 4%ex in.—Rouen and Havre, 13. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 28th ult. have arrived. A serious emeute occurred at Reuss on the last day of the Carnival. The cry of Viva la Republica was raised, the authorities were deposed, and it was not until the arrival of considerable number of troops that the emeute was quelled. The Clamor has a letter from Gibraltar of the 21st, hieh states that Sir C. NAPIER and the squadron had returned there on the previous day from an expedition to the coast of Rite, which they had reached on the 18th ; it states that they were received hostilely, all the shore being covered with savage hordes, who crowned the heights and sheltered them selves behind rocks, firing cannon shot on the Polyphemus steamer, which was withdrawn. This hostile appearance of the population is said to have been occasioned by the preparations they were making for an attack on the Spanish possession of Melilla, which place Admiral N APIER visited, and, according to this letter, received from the governor the promise of his decided co operation ; though he considered the position and numbers of the Bedouins too powerful to be at tacked by their small force, and that other measures should be taken. Sir C. NArIIa is said to have been of the same opinion, and for that reason returned to Gibraltar. MADRID BOLBA, FEB. 28.—Three per Cents., 23i paper; after Bolsa, 231 7-16 cash. Fire per Cents., 11 cash; after Boles, 11 10 15 16 wash. Passives, 4i paper; after Bolsa, 4 cash. Coupons, 7i paper, 7- 4 1 , cash. Bank of St. Ferdinand, 54 paper. Treasury Bills, 61 62 paper. Exchange on London, 49-70 PORTUGAL. Intelligence has been received from Lisbon to the Ist March, by the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Iberia, which arrived at Southampton last evening. The Cortes had rejected the project for substituting a direct system of election for the indirect one at present in use, by a majority of 69 against 32. The report of the Board of Public Credit showed that it was unable to obtain more than 22 contos from the late Minister of Finance on account of 250 contos taken from the dividend endowment, in virtue of the law of the 31st of April, 1848. The board strongly urged the necessity of scrupulously respecting its endowments, whatever they may be, when once de creed by law, and this is the sole security left to the bondholders. The Portuguese steamer of war - Minden° had re turned to Lisbon from Gaeta, with the Count of PANEFIEL, who brought a letter from the Pori, which was much appreciated by the QUEEN. The Duke de SALDANIIA was about to submit to the Cortes a project of law for admitting into the army, upon petition, all Royalist officers amnestied at Evora Monte in 1834. The exchange on London had risen to 531 for bills at three months, with abundance of paper, and few takers. On other cities the rates were nominal— say Paris, 53 ; Amsterdam, 42i ; and Hamburgh, 4S Portuguese Five per Cent. Stuck had been in de mand, and considerable transactions had taken place at 50 to 51 ; the Four per Cent. were quoted 41 to 42 ; Bank of Portugal Shares 35 to 30 milreis dis count; Bank of Oporto Sh ares , 35 t o 40 prem i um . i The operations n stocks and shares were for Lisbon Bank notes, which Were at a discount of 42Z per cent. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA. The Wiener Zeitung of the Ist of March publishes the following account of the part taken by the Rus sians in the recent battles in Transylvania : " General Engelhart, havin g received information of the onward march of the perjured Szeklers on the 4th, undertook a forced reconnaissance against Petersburgh, with a Russian battalion of 150 Cossacks, and two pieces of ordnance supported by one battalion of Romani. The enemy, perceiving their numerical strength, attacked us at an hour's distance from Cronstadt, between Ko• nigsberg and Petersburgh. The Cronstadt garrison, alarmed for the result,sent two more Russian battalions, with six guns and a squadron of Savoy dragoons, who joined the ranks in two columns. The battle lasted six hours, and ended with the flight of the rebels, who poured volley after volley upon the Russians. The latter, however, with their excellent artillery, suc ceeded in breaking the adversary's centre. The strength of the enemy was from 8,000 to 9,000 foot, 500 horse well equipped, and six field-pieces. Their retreat was so precipate that only three prisoners could be taken. One Russian officer and a sergeant gunner, and three men of ours were killed, three Cossacks wounded; whereas the enemy had cart-loads of slain to transport." The twenty-fifth army bulletin states that Prince WliantsencaaTz transferred his head-quarters on the 24th instant from Buda to Seatvan, and on the 25th to Gongyos, by which move his communications with General SeuLtcses corps are restored. Colonel URBAN has had another affair with the rebels near Bistritz, in Transylvania, when they were completely routed. For the purpose of obtaining accurate infor mation of the insurgent position, the Colonel left Jsad on the 18th, marched through Bistritz over Heiden dorf, and dispatched a circumventing column, under Major WIESER, against Szerefalva. lie himself brought up the chief force to Bayersdorf, there fell in with the Polish legion, and carried the place at the point of the bayonet. The foe was driven back upon Magyaros, after a sharp and victorious conflict. The rebel, Colonel RITZKO, severely wounded, two officers, and 200 men were taken, together with three cannon, one waggon, ammunition, and baggage. O n th e Austrian side, Lieutenant-Colonel Count BAUDISSIN died fighting for " Kaiser and Vaterland." Colonel URBAN then returned to his post at Bistritz, having achieved the object of his enterprise. He speaks highly of the behaviour of the troops. In Upper Hungary the division of General Baron RAMBERG, consisting of the Gotz and Jablonowsky brigades, re-occupied Eperies and Kaschau on the 21st. A Vienna letter in the Breslauer Zeitung corrobo rates the former rumours of serious dissensions between the two Austrian Generals, WINDISCHGRATZ and JELLACBICII. The cause of their quarrel is, as asserted, the hostile disposition and the severe measures of the former against the Sclavonic tribes. Baron JELL/kettles', whom the Sclavonians elected to the sovereignty of their country, and whose power or weakness depends on theirs, has long opposed the anti Sclavonic tendencies of the Coin. :Lander-in-Chief, and the disaffection against the Imperial Government, which now prevails at Agram, and throughout Croatia, has at length forced him to doff the character of a subordinate commander, and to act and speak as the prince and representative of a great and inderendent people. This line of con duct has been effective, though it failed to tell on the prejudices of the prince. The late reverses of the Itn periulists in Hungary, the successes of the insurgents, and the necessity of Russian interference in Transyl vania, are for the most part caused by the inactivity of Baron JELLAcnicu and his Croats, or to their lukewarmness whenever decency compels them to make a forward motion. The Agramer Zeitung has not minced the matter, and it is to be presumed that Baron JELLACIIICII has been equally candid at head-quarters; the Crofts will not assist in subduing the Hungarians unlesi their independent' is gua ranteed to them. They call their war against Hun gary a war of liberation, which they do not mean to fight for the bens fit of Austria, and much less for the purpose of bringing themselves under Austrian rule. PRUSSIA. Several Poles have been recently arrested at Ber in, and all non•domiciled Poles were ordered, on the 3d inst., to leave the city within twenty-four hours. SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN. Whether or not there be any serious intentions of war, so much is certain, that warlike preparations are being carried on with much activity. The Minister of War has just issued a notice to the cavalry depot, and states that any horses which may be voluntarily placed at the disposal of the service will be gratefully received. By a recent notice all ships' captains who could transport troops to Prederira were to send in their natnes.—Borsenhalle, March 2. CRACOW. A Dater from Vienna in the German I?, , Prm says :--" The report is in circulation here that a revolution has broken out in Cracow, and that the Russians have entered the city and occupied the whole country as far as Buchnia. There can be no question that there has been a collision at Cracow between the troops and a portion of the populace. It is likewise notorious that large bodies of Russian troops are concentrated on the frontiers of Galicia and Poland, and there combined circum stances may have given rise to the report." The Ost Deutsche Zeitung says—" The intelligence is in circulation here that serious disturbances have taken place at Cracow. A regiment which was entering the ciry was received by the inhabitants with great indignity, whereupon the troops returned the attack at the point of the bayonet." We have not yet received any details.— Cologne Gazette, March 6. ITALY. INVASION OF TUSCANY BY THE AUSTRIANS. The Siecle, of yesterday states, that the French Government had received dispatches announcing that the Austrian army had invaded Tuscany. The Austrian Government, claim a right to enter the Tuscan territory, under the treaties which guarantee the Grand Duchy of Tuscany to Austria, on the failure of the line of the present GRAND DUKE, or on his retirement from the Government. By a decree of the 24th ultimo, of the Pro visional Government of Florence, the convocation of the electoral colleges is prorogued to the 12th of March. By another decree, the two manors of Coltano and San Rossore are given in guarantee for the new Treasury Bonds to the amount of /60,000 lire (635,000 f.) It is stated that important correspondence with DE LAUGIER has been intercepted, and deposited in the hands of justice. The facts in question, being anterior to the establishment of the military commis sion, will be judged by the ordinary tribunals. A camp of Tuscan troops is to be formed at Pistoia. The Costituente Italiana, of the 26th ult., says : " We know positively that GuEnAzzi and D'AricE, at the head of a strong column, yesterday male a solemn entry into Massa. The fortress displayed the white flag." The Alba of Florence of the 26th ult. says,— " To-day will be published a decree dissolving the military commission, as all danger of civil war is passed." Cardinal ARTONELLI, the Pro-Secretary . of State of the POPE, has, in the name of his HoutiEss, ad dressed the following protests to all the diplomatists resident at Gaeta against the confiscation of the property of the Church by the Roman Constituent Assembly. It is dated at Gaeta, on February 19. "The assembly of factious men which, usurping the title of deputies of the people, has established itself in the capital of the Pontifical States, under the title of the Roman Constituent Assembly, advancing with an ardent audacity in the application of its system of impiety, in justice, and destruction, has lately occupied itselt with two projected laws by which all the property called mort main is declared to be the property of the State, reserv ing certain provisos for insuring the effect of this sacri legious spoliation of all property, both real and personal, which this faction presumes to decree against the churches, and all religious establishments without ex. ception. This attempt of these factious men, as well as all their other attempts, past and to come, already stand condemned from their very source by preceding publi cations of the Holy Father, and principally by the solemn act issued by him on January 1. But, seeing the diabolical artifices and manoeuvres which the authors of these spoliations will not fail to employ, in order to gain as quickly as possible the benefit of their interested views, the Holy Father, in his double capacity of Sove reign Pontiff and Sovereign of the States, has thought fit to warn all those who at this time have, or hereafter may have, to treat for the said property wish the self called Government of Rome, or those acting under it, that the provisions in question of the Roman Assembly involve the violation of the ancient and mcdern laws which, and above all in the Pontifical States, have ever guaranteed the property of churches and pious estaladshments, and also a violation of the sacred rights of the Church of Jesus Christ, as well as the laws it has laid down for the pro tection of its possessions, and for preventing their being diverted from the religious or pious uses to which they are destined. If the said self-called Constituent Assem bly pretends, as appears by the generality of the words it employs, to reach not only ecclesiastical and pious property, but also the possessions of the University and other foundations purely laic and civil, the measures tak, n oy it are perfectly null and void in law, as ema nating from a band of factious men, who, by all kinds of acts of violence, fraud, and ingratitude, have usurped the legitimate authority, in order to oppress, much more than to govern the States of the Holy Church. The will of his Holiness, there fore is, that it be made known to all, and especially to foreigners of every state or nation, that all the grants and alienations, whether for long terms of years or in perpetuity, all mortgages or other contracts of whatever nature they may be, which may be made or entered into by the said self called Roman Assembly and Government, or by those claiming under them, of which ecclesiastical property, whether real or personal, and all other property held in mortmain, may be the object, are and shall be null and of no effect, and shall be con sidered as done by men who, by a public and manifest spoliation, have usurped the property of another. Con s( quently, no cause, no motive, no pretext shall in any manner render them valid, even when the contracts are such as the Church or pious establishments have been ac customed to enter into, or even acts already commenced, in virtue of the Pontifical authority, or of the authority of the bishops or other legitimate superiors within the limits of their respective legitimate jurisdictions. For from such authorisations, or from any other analogous circumstance, it can never be inferred that a manifest usurper can do, continue, or consummate that which can be done only by the legitimate owner or administrator. rids is why the churches and other establishments in mortmain shall have, in all times hereafter, the right of recovering their real and personal property, free from all charges with which they may have, been burdened by the usurpers, as well as the arrears of the produce of it in the mean time. Those who may have made purchases of them, or entered into any contract with regard to them, cannot reclaim from the lawful owners either the prices agreed upon, or any other compensation. They shall have no claims upon any one except the usurpers with whom they may have contracted. In conse quence of this manifested will of the Sovereign Pontiff, the undersigned Cardinal, Pro-Secretary of State, has made it known to your Excellency, by the express com mand of the Holy Father, requesting you at the same time to hasten to communicate it to your Government, in order that its contents may have the greatest possible publicity, so that all such persons as may be drawn into contracts as to the property in question may not be able to plead ignorance. The undersigned is happy in hav ing the opportunity of renewing to your Excellency the expression of his sentiments of esteem and distinguished consideration. " Cardinal ANTONELLL" Letters from Rome, by Vienna, announce that Austria has offered the POPE aid in men and money. The CZAR has declared himself in his favour. The POPE is said to have obtained a loan of six millions of scudi in Russia. In the Chamber of Deputies of Turin, of the 27th ult., BARGAGNI proposed an amendment to the ad dress, engaging the Government to send four depu ties to the Roman Constituante, unless the resump tion of hostility with Austria should immediately take place. The Ministry renewed the declaration that they would remain completely aloof from the Constituante. The amendment was rjected. THE INDIAN COMMAND. DETENTION OF THE MAIL. It will be seen, by reference to our Parliamentary report, that Lord John Russell announced last evening that her Majesty had entrusted the command of the In dian forces to Lieutenant-General Sir Charles J. Napier, which we were enable d to announce in our Third Edi tion yesterday. Sir C. J. Napier had interviews in the morning with the Duke of Wellington and Lord John Russell, and it was arranged that the mail for India, via Marseilles, which should have gone out this evening, will be delayed several la) b, to enable the new Commander in-Chiet to arrange everything so as to depart with it with the least possible delay. Thus Sir William Gomm, to whom dispatches have been actu'tlly sent by the Government, appointing him to to the coalman - I, will be at once superseded by one to whom the public now look with so much confidence as the best successor to the present Commander-in Chief in the Punjaub. Two regiments, viz, the 75th and 87th Foot will, it is said, embark for India as soon as tonnage can be provided by the East India Company. The Norfolk Chronicle of Saturday informs its readers—" That the Bishop of Oxford is about to lead . to the altar the amiable and accomp li s h e d d aug hter of Baron Alderson, with whum his Lordship spent a few days, on the occasion of his visit to the opening of the church." IMPERIAL PARMA ML NT (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COII lONS. The SPEAKLIi. took the Chair at Twulve o'ekt,k, bu some time el3l , :Qtl before a House WAS mule. THE PEACE MOVEMENT. Mr. BRO I HERTON presented [etiiions from I an• cashire and North Wales praying that all national dis putes na;:y he ~ettled by disinterestA arbitrators. Captain HARRIS presented a similar petition from Christchurch. THE N AVIGATION-LA WS. Sir EDWARD FILM ER presented petitions from the mayor and corporation of Gravesend, and also from the owners and masters of ships who had sailed to all parts of the world, praying that there might be no alteration in the navig,tion-laws. THE FINANCIAL MOVEMENT. Mr. PAGE WOOD presented petitions from several places praying that the expediture of the army, navy, and colonial agents may be reduced to the rate of 1835. RATE IN AID. Sir I). NORREYS presented a petition from the Union of Mallow, praying that the rate in aid might be Equally applied to the whole of Ireland. REPRESENTATION OF SOUTH DERBYSHIRE. The SPEAKER announced that he had received no tice of the death of Mr. Mundy, the representative for the Southern Division of Derbyshire. 'TRANSFER OF REAL PROPERTY. On the motion being put for the second reading of this Bill, Mr. H. DRUMMOND said that, previous to entering on the peculiar merits of the question before the House, he felt it necessary to state a few of the facts out of which it had arisen; and in the beginning he must say that this was not a matter in which the lawyers only were concerned, for it was peculiarly a question in which the owners of landed property were especially affected, and in which they were almost solely interest. d. Wite the altera tion—if it were effected—the lawyers, as a body, would have no reason whatever to be dissatisfied. He would, therefore, now simply repeat that in taking up this case of the difficulties of landed property it was necessary for him to show how the present emergency of the proprietors had been brought about. The difficulty in which landed proprietors were now placed was no new thing ; it had always existed, even from the very period of the conquest, and he might say before it. To show that such was the case he would read them an extract from the book of a celebrated lawyer. But he must previously remied the House that all lands under the teudal system were originally held by military tenure. Each holding supplied its men capable and ready for warlike service ; and wherever the occupant was unfit or thought to be unfit for such ser vice the lord of the land did not hesitate to remove him, and put another that was so fit in his place. This had led to the supposition that there were some peculiar qualities in, and some singular rights connected with, land. But he must contend that it was neither more nor less than a commodity, disposable as other articles were to be disposed of; and capable of be ing dealt with as all other commodities were dealt with. The landlords of those days, however, required other than military services, and, pretty much like their suc cessors in the present day, frequently got into debt. Their creditors, unable to force them to payment, or to seize their land, in consequence of their means of resist ance, naturally went to the judges. We 11, this lawyer said that the judges, also naturally, when they were ap plied to to give power and authority to seize the land, said no; but if the landlords keep the land, they shall not have a hoof to put upon it. The remedy for the evil was certainly at the best inconvenient, generally dan• gerous, and sometimes impossible. The landlords them selves, too, when inclined to get rid of the inconvenience of debt were equally at a loss. They had nothing to give in discharge of their obligations but their land, and that they were unable to pass away, and hence their distress. It was true that a great part of this system died away at the close of the Tudor dynasty. But was there of necessity any reason in the power now exercised by the Court of Chancery, which was first of all to say, when any unforseen contingency arose in the transfer of property, what course was to be adopted, and secondly, to devise the means of carrying it into effect. He thought where they bad an hereditary , aristocracy that was essential to that condition of so ciety; but he did not think it was necessary to every other. But he was not going to enter into that subject. The expenses of sales of property were immense, owing to these causes. He held in his hand a list which suffi ciently exemplified the costs arising on the sale of small properties. In one case, where the value of the pro perty sold was 5001., the costs were 124/.; in another, where the value of the property sold was 150/., the cost of transfer was 501., and in another, where the value of the property sold was 620/., the expense of traes . er was 2001. He said, then, that every attempt that had been made to diminish the expense of transfers under the present system was entirely useless. He should be glad to know how they could predetermine the length of a conveyance. If they wanted to shorten the recital, they must shorten the deed itself. They were completely in the hands of the lawyers at present. The landowners knew nothing whatever about the titles to their land. A solicitor brought them a paper to sign, and they signed it, and put their hand upon a seal, and then repeating after him, they signed and delivered it as their act and deed ; and they knew no more about the contents of the document than the poor, 'helpless young girl who came to sign her marriage settlement did of the nature and operation of that instrument.—(flear, hear.) Now, he contended that it was above all things necessary and desirable to cut up the root of those evils. The only means by which the House could effect this alteration efficiently was by a register in the first place, and by making the entries on the register book evidence of the transfer of the property. There were great objections to registra tion he knew ; the best summary of those ob jections was to be found in the third volume of Sir Edward Sugden's " Vendor and Purchaser," where he summed up all the objections. The question was, who was to register ? Oh, said the landlord, I am to register. Why ? Because lam the owner of the laud. Oh, said the lawyer, on the other hand, I am to register. Now, an equity lawyer was very like a police man.—(Laughter.) A policeman never saw a man with a good coat on his back but he wished to have him before a magistrate, simply, because he was the owner of a good coat, and envied him for it.—(Laughter.) Talk to a alawyer about your property, and the first question he asked was—has there ever been an examination of your title. He (Mr. Drummond) believed substantial justice would be done in 99 cases out of 100 if the House passed a declaratory Act that every man from this hour should have a Parliamentary title to all his estates. Lawyers had a perfect horror at the notion of a man's having possession of his own estate.—(Laughter.) He would say to landed gentlemen, if they wanted to get this done without bringing their title-deeds and laying them upon the table before every pettyfogging attorney, that he would advise them to support this Bill.—(Hear, hear.) They thought, no doubt, that was not very palatable. There was a Commission sitting at the present moment, and he (Mr. Drummond) happened to know some of the "secrets of the prison house." An eminent man on that Commission said to a witness—" I know very well there is not such a thing in my belief as a strictly marketable title, and I know that a court of equity will not compel any man to take a title that is not free from doubt, either as to matter of fact or of law. We then submit, on the part of the vendor, an abstract of title to coun sel, and request him to advise upon that ab stract, with the view of stopping up the loop holes in the title; counsel then gave their opinion; what can be supplied was supplied, and what can't be sup plied was a matter of consultation with counsel, and then the conditions of sale are settled." That was a legal question put to a witness by one of the most eminent men, and the answer of the witness was that he did not disagree with the words in the interrogatory. Now, Sir Edward Sugden said that out of 50 titles the 50th only was bad. That showed, at all events, that the ex amination of the title was a great difficulty under the present system. In framing this Bill, he (Mr. Drum • mond) had to consider, first of all, this House; and, secondly, his (Mr. Drummond's) position in it. He must know how far the landed genth men in the House were prepared to go. They could not bore a hole with a saw. If he knew the extent to which the landed proprietors would go, he would then frame his Bill exactly to that point; tut he had been compelled to frame his Bill without knowing exactly where he was to slop, and under the apprehension that he might stop short. Now, one objection to registration was the making it compulsory. (Hear, hear.) Now, if they meant to have a compulsory registration, there must be a machinery already prepared on the same day to receive every title-deed. Now, in Edinburgh alone there was business enough to fill 400 folio vo• lames at least. Ile thought registration should cer tainly be voluntary for a great many reasons; any thing that was compulsory with properly was always dangerous; and, secotidiy, view it as they would, they were laying the foundation for altering the whole body of law; and he thought the more cautiously they pro• seeded the more the House would feel its way. The Honourable Gentleman went on to say that he had no personal motive in bringing this matter before the House, and concluded by saying that he should not propose to go into Commit!ee with the Bill until the courts of law again sat at Westminster, when the House would have the assistance 01 the ablest lawyers in the House in discussii.g its merit,— (Cheers ) The teOLICI FOR-GENERAL was s tisfied that the Hon. Member (Mr. Drummond) would not find among the members of the protession of the law any difference of opinion respecting the great evils arising from the complication of titles, and the great im • portance of simplifying the transfer of property, and of raising money upon it.—(bear.) That was the strong desire among the memb ra of the profession, so far as he was acquainted with their feelings. When the flon. Member introduced his 811 he (the Solicitor. General) looked at it with a sum. re Oesire that it would remedy the existing evils. He believ. d, hewever,is it were carri. d into elf et just as it stood the only persons that would ben. fit by it to a great vent would be the whole class lawyers.—(Hear, hear.) The question of registra tion had attracted the attention of lawyers for a con siderable time, and the objections to it had not come from the lawyers themselves. Fifteen years ago, when a Commission on registration made a r e p ort, only one lawyer of any considerable eminence was found opposed to it. The greater part of the opposition to registra tion had always come from country gentlemen. Ile believed they would be the per sons pr i ncipally benefited by it. With respect to theßill, a f ew o b sereatioes upon some of its provisions would convince the House, and he hoped the Hon. Member for Surrey, of t h e utter hopelessness of ever carrying' it into effect.—(llear, hear.) The sub ject genet ally was involved in a complication of difficul ties, and while he admitted that considerable improve ments and alterations could be made in the existing system, he was bOttad to add that the system of local re- gi.trttion stiggeztr.d by the Hon. Memher for Surrey A.,is not caleu;ated to the object; he had in vi,w, nor Nv.,uld the Coin n which the ll,nourable G,n l inn pr,:pose to establish succeed in removing ti - ;( d tlic IGi s wit:c!l surrounded this nr,mentous question. Nov,. ift reference to ho 13 , 11 itself, oft, r passiug over the first six clauses, which re;ated to the establishment regustraiion cominissien, the 'litho wos.'d perceive that hy ihf• s-venth close it was prov A-d doew menu. should be r-gistered, anti also all evidence relating to the. title -f land h the owaer should think of importance for the purp ,se of establishing his title to the property, and then furher down there was a direc tion that it should be lawful for the owner to register description of his land. It was, therefore. left doubtful ' whether the owner was to register merely the deeds and documents relating to the land, or the evidence of title io both ; but it was clear from the language of the clause that when any registratio n was comp l ete d it should not be neces4nry for the owner to prove his title. [LEFT SPEAKING.] SECONDARIES'.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary POTTER.) VIGERS V. THE DEAN AND CHAPTER OF ST. PAUL'S. This was an action in replevin, and came before the jury on a writ of inquiry. The rev. defendant had 1;1-acted to the action, but on demurrer the plea wag overruled, and judgment was entered as for want of plea. The writ was not read, but it was stated that th e p l a i n tiff is a timber merchant, and that the property was origt. pally granted by Henry VIII. to Sir Francis Walshir hum, lint. The SECONDARY said the jury bad nothing to do with any other question than the amount of damage sus tained, and that had been estimated by a witness at 3G 4 for goods il:egally distrained and sold. The jury gave a verdict tor 30/. A MILITARY COLLECTOR—TEGG AND ANOTHER v. SHEIC The plaintiffs in this action are the well known book . sellers, and defendant was described as a " private is the Lancers"—the amount claimed 1561. It appeared that the defendant had been engaged as a collector at a salary of 501. per annum, and was allowed one guinea * day for his expenses. Ho entered into the se, vice Of plaintiff in 1846, and for some time made his remittances regularly, but at last got negligent, and ultimately was di.charged in March, 1847, and the above balance was found to be due. The jury gave a verdict for the amount. No explanation was given as to the inconsistency of eta' , ph>) ing a private in the Lancers "as a commercial traveller." MARKET NE WB.-(THIS DAY ) CORN EXCHANGE—WEDNESDAY. Notwithstanding the supply of English Wheat on offer in to-da)'s market was trilling—ths total arrival sine* Saturday ma having exceeded 730 quarters—the demand tor that grain was in a very depressed state, at 111M 014 nominal currencies. A clearance of the few samples on the stands was not eff,cted. A very large quantity a • foreign Wheat—upwards of 27,000 quarters—has coins to hand this week. The millers, therefore, purchased with extreme caution, and, to force sales, lower rata must have been submitted to by the importers. The best Malting Barley was held at Monday's quotations. Grinding and distilling sorts were dull in the extreme* Malt was a dull sale , and the turn in favour of the buyers. In Oats next to nothing was cluing, at the We decline in value. Beans, Peas, Indian Corn, Meal, and Flour, had a downward tendency. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Oats. 1100 2 ' 730 qrs. I 560 qrs. I 690 vs, I glOsth -- 1,010 I English •• • • • • Irish... -- Foreign •••• •• 27,190 • --- malt. 670 qrs. BOILOUGH HOP DIARILET. The demand for nearly all kinds of Hops was in a veil inactive state to-day at prices barely equal to those paid last week. The show of samples was by no meting heavy. Sussex pockets, 214 s to 21 16s; Weald of Kea ditto, 2/ 12s to 31 8s; Mid and East Kent ditto, 3135 t° 31 lOs par cwt. IXTHITECEIAPEL. Our market was tolerably firm, and prices were we ll supported in every instance. Beef, from 2s 4d to 31 4di Mutton, 3s 4d t o 4 s 4d ; V ea l , 3 s 10d to 4s 10d; and Yorke 3s 2d to 4s 4d per 81bs by the earea:e. LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G.—(THIS DAYi LONDON, MARCH 7.—Wind at no on , S.W. , ft"- breeze and cloudy. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 6.—Wind W.-sth, Sid. Dorothy'. Adelaide, South Australia; 6th, Victor, Kirkus, I3obta 4 Town. GUERNSEY, MARCH 3.—Sld, Atalanta, Havre. hi PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 6.—Wi n d S.S . W . to W.---S'''' Dundee, Havannah. A quantity of standing and rill; ning rigging, with blocks attached, a topmast, a toe' yard, and topsail, marked " R.N.," apparently foreign' and belonging to a vessel of about 150 tons, have bee* picked up off Calves Cliff, and landed here to-do' tier Majesty's ship Superb, in being towed out of the harbour, swung foul of the I. 0. brig, of Sunderlan d ' and carried away her main• topmast, sprung the for e ' topmast cap, &c. RAMSGATE, MARCH 6.-55 bides, 23 caska of WO! 44 casks of gl ass , 6 cas k s o f mad d er, 1 cask of gum. '', cases conieuts unknown , h ave b een l anded here this citli from the wreck of the Floridan. TROON, MARCH s.—The Henrietta, Glasgow i bt , Genoa, has put in here today with cargo s hif te d, muc h strained, and three feet water in her hold. SWANSEA, MARCH 6.—The Ismail (French brig) , from Troon to a French port, has been brought in bare* derelict by the Troubadour, having been found near the Crow Rock aband one d, an d w i t h l oss of rudder, lin' without other damage. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 6 —Wind W.S.W.—Off r Niagara, steamer, Boston. left Feb. 21, and Halifax, 2 .; Samuel, Savanna; Elizabeth, M at h ew , B oston; RiPlO; Samson. Arrd. Eucles, Chivas, Calcutta; Lemuel D)er,: Dyer, New Orleans ; Petal, Morris, Savannah ; Ner tl ',„, 4 Star, Bishop, Charleston Std. Courier, Calcutta ; Fuso ' ~ Africa; Frances, Senegal ; Kent, Valparaiso ; Rang e ' t ! Rio Janeiro; Brothers, Brazils; Falccn, Trinidad; sit' s - , Barbadoes; Flora, Tampico; Ulysses, Gulf of Mealy' ' Liverpool, Savannah ; John Br u ah um , Charlesto n ' Maranbam, Virginia ; George Ram se y, Balton(1! Chesapeake, Baltimor e ; P ro b us, N ew York ; J a nette' New York; Grea. Britain, Charleston. ...„I DEAL, MARCH s.—ind S.S.W., light-6, t'',; ; Chamois, Pearath, Maur" * us; Thalia, Voltam, cl!“, r , Morayshire, Stamp, Jules. Arrd. from the lit' 6th, W. M. Brown, Cry on; James M•Queen, Ba r :"4:, 7 11 does; Glasgow, St. John's, New Brunswick. Sld., %I ; Nereed, Barbadoe s; Cath er i ne Elizabeth, St. Vlnce'i George, ciao; Albion, Jamaica ; V enus , C ape Falerill— „ Bromleys, Sierra Leone; Amelia, Havannah. SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 6.—Ar r d. Ib er i a , Idea — met Meckam, Gibraltar. - BRISTOL, JSlAucii 6.—Wind W.N.W.—Acrd. Buekingham, Sc John's, New Brunswick. Sid., " tbr Schyryd, Cape de Vtrds. IRELAND. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) DUBLIN, TUESDAY E YE NINO• to Petitions against th e Mi n i ster i a l pro j ect continue e pour in from all p ar t s o f t h e ki ng d om. Amongst thhe most remarkable is o ne f rom t h e G ran d Jury of fro county of Roscommon, a district of all others lrkely be most benefited by the imposition of the rate in sici n t The petitioners say, "W e d eny the equity charging any electoral division for the deficienci of others, or of levying a rate in aid such that proposed. We submit that such a measure 1011 take away all inducement to industry by destroys confidence, but ae repp sct f u ll y suggest that the suPiti of the agt d, the infirm, and such as are incapacitts from labour sh ou ld b e prov i ded for by a national tits' 4 1, all descriptions of property and income; that resPon e e . Witty for th e support o f the able-bodied should be jai fined to the estate o n w hi c h t h ey may reside, as i t consistent with justice that in times of difficulty el w ee property sho u ld a id t h ose w h o i n more prosperous fit, :.re the produce rs o f t h e rents of that estate, but "of nevertheless further suggest t h at when the b ut de° 34 such support would exceed a fair extent of rtsponsiba re i that a national tax s h ou ld a ff or d i ts a id , and that a ° lief should be given to the able-bodied, except ill it s change fur labour." (10/ 1 TEIE GRAIN TRA DE .—W e h a d generally a op market at our Coru Exchange to-day, but we note et alteration in our quotations of Friday. There was rah more inquiry for Indian corn. THE ARMY.—A report was generally circula ted & yesterday of the Government having decided upon s e l f , ing out immedi a 'dy two addition a l reg i men t s t o I° of viz , th e 75 t h anti 87 t h , together with large draft ea 400 men to the 24th reg i ment. Th e 75th was i nl enu A for service in Hong King, and would have embart:, for that destination thi s s p r i ng, b ut this su dd e n v l mand for further augmentat ion to t h e force in the has had the effect of remov ing t h em to a more agree* . quarter. al COURT or ALDERMEN.—Yesterday a court //: held for the dispatch of businese. After the transactiatis, of the routine busine ss o f t h e court regarding petits a &c., the court was counted out, on the motien of Ar d : be man Sidney, spun the q uest i on, t h at the report or 'O, neral Purposes Committee relative to non•freet oe be priisented by the i quests o f the several wards o f I a City ou Plough Mond a y l ust, as read on the 6th e n d 20 of F. Li - miry, b e t a k en into W "ither considein tl be returiikd back to the committee. BIRTHS. On the 4th inst., a t St. George ' s -place, the Lady grAe° Bruce, of a s o n. On the 3d i ns t ., at the Vicarage, Peterborough, the Dui of the Rev F. A. S. Marshall, of a aou. On the 4th .nst. the wife of W. L ongman, E sq. , 0 - f syd'r park-square, o f a Saughter. On the 2d inst., Mrs. J. F. Bacon, cf Dalston-rise , ° f daughter. MARIED. On the 27th ult., at Cottes R brooke, Northamptonshire , th e Rev. Septituns Stockdale, rect or of Wilby, Northam shire. to Caroline, si.coLd daughter of the lion. and Rev' A. Irby, rector of Cottesbrooke. On the 3d inst., at St. Pancras New Church, G. Bentfi cij j Esq ,of R c b mon d- roa d , B arns b ur y, t o Sarah, daughtet" the late A. Hooper, Esq. DIED. At Brisbane -house, Ayrshire, on the 26th u lt., Isahe ll ,l Maria, eldest daughter of General Sir Th omas Idacdougg' Brisbane, Bart , G.C.8.. On the 4th inst., at Darent-Nilla, Westerham, James 1 141 °‘ sard, Esq ' aged 68. On the 26th uit., at Stevenage, Ilertforshire, Mrs. Aire' ton, aged 86. On the 28th ult., aged 84. Jasper Peck, Esq., of TeroP i° Combe, Dorsetshire. London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, , ,L No. 112, Strand, Printer, at T/e Sun Office, No. 0 1 . Strand, in the P rec i nct of the Savoy, in the coan tY Wednesday, March 7, 1849. thi fot a it re tha It 4 N Br b 'ula et t kki 4 ' N e e s"e th i Ili; a 8 t ti k c, thi s t s mell h a t ht t s ti ,D Me i . ; th ll Him ble „ eve, aet Kbto.f.it Ora 4 1 rinee e4' 0. i to.. si lii 1.1 1 J,,t, l'hllo, bi~ t eht 11° 11 1 ,. t, k it (;oil a r_ee 44 t11 103 4 4.lViliotl— zltn,i, .1, 4 0; r E