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" Notes, notes, forsooth, and noting!" SHAKSPEEE. No. IX. 'WEBER possessed that rare and inestimable gift, the art of uniting his music to words in such a manlier as that tf!eir full meaning and sense was expressed by it. With hlin music was, indeed, the twin-sister of poetry : he Bought not by the combinatio❑ of empty and unmeaning Bounds to impose on the ear, but with an earnest and c onscientious endeavour exerted his capabilities—and what capabilities did he not possess?—to render the !wain entirely dependent upon each other, so that the loss of either would be felt if disunited. In the grand Leona of Iteiza in Oberon, allotted to the present Mrs. wood, then Mi , s Pat,n, she, even with all her splendid Boeal powers, failed to realise the conception and to pro duce the effect at which the composer aimed. He strove to show her. " I cannot discover why it is," returned s he, " but I can never do this as it should be." " The reason is," replied Weber, " because you have not studied the words." WILLIAM BYRDE, Celebrated musician of the Elizabethan era, endeavours, la the preface to his edition of "Psaulmes, Sonettes, and Sunges of Sadnesse and Pietie" (published in 1598), by the following reasons, whose amusing quaintness de prives them not in the least of their sound sense, to in duce persons to learn to sing:— " Reasones brieflie sett downe by ye auctor to per suade everie one to learne to singe. " 1. It is a knowledge easilie taught and quicklie learned, when there is a good master and an apte scholar. " 2. The exercise of singinge is delightfulle to nature, a nd good to preserve the healthe of man. "3. It clothe atrengthene all panes of ye hearts and dothe open ye pipes. " 4. It is a singular good remedie for a stutteringe and stammeringe in ye speeche. " 5. It is the beste means to preserve a perfette pro nunciation and to make a good orator. " 6. It is the only waye to knowe where nature hath °Yaowed ye benefytte of a good voyce; whiche gifte is !oe rare yt there is not one amongste a thousand yt hath it, and, in mania, yt excellente gitte is loste because they Want an arte toe expresse nature. " 7. There is not anie musicke of instruments what soever comparable to yt whicho is made of ye voyces of men, where ye voyces are good and ye same well sorted and ordered. " 8. The better ye voyce is the meeter it is to honour and serve God therewith, and ye voyce of man is chiefhe toe be employed toe yt end—Oninis spiritus laudet Dominum. During his journey to Dublin, whither he went in order to superintend the production of his immortal Messiah, an amusing aneclote is related of him. De tained by adverse winds at Chester, and feeling indisposed to write, he felt a wish to hear some of his music tried Over, and thereupon inquired if the town possessed any singers or choristers who could sing " at sight." Among others that were recommended to him was a printer of the name of Janson, of whom it was said that he could sing anything!" " Ach! daat will do," exclaimed 1., ' 4 andel, very pleased at receiving such information. On t ut , trial of a chorus, however, the poor fellow could make nothing whatever of it, and, becoming more and m ore confused, committed so many egregious blunders that Handel, who, bad no incitement to control himself, *lts soon in a towering passion, and, after swearing in as m any languages as his acquirements could boast, cried out in his usually ludicrous broken English, " You s e hroundel, tit you not tell me you could sing at soight?" Yes, sir," piteously responded the object ot:his anger, tl ujUrgatively, "And so I can, but not at first sight!" HAYDN Used, in after life, to relate the following whimsical l i t i !liicdote, not only for the amusement of others, but to „, I ; own infinite delight. When he was about twenty years of own (1752) a manager of a theatre at Vienna was super illtending the production of a a iece de circonstance, in super b one of its dramatis persona p had to swim amid "Mountainous waves that scattered high the foam," 'ough these waves were but of canvass, and the crests Zrl` !earn only the effect of the scenepainter's scraping 'fe, Haydn was engaged to compose the incidental music appropriate for the scene. Our composer was `▪ z.eetdingly puzzled and had made several essays, but W ithout producing the necessary effect, when the m anager —a portly, lusty man, which rendered the Whole affair more sublimely ridiculous—stretched himself at ▪ full length upon some chairs placed parallelwise, and, I mitating by the seesawing of his arms and the gyration tit' his body, the motion of a person swimming, ex claimed with the greatest rapture—" See how I swim, h etr Haydn! look here! look here,Herr Musickmeister! L °l4 I swim!" The composer, who was seated at the harpsichord, immediately extemporised a movement in 11 Z-e ig h t measure, which suited exactly the gestures of • e emphatic impresario, who shouted in ecstacy," That's it! that's it, my boy!" but giving, in an unfortunate Il 'eMent a desperate plunge calculated, as he thought, bo ' increase the effect, the luckless redacteur lost his eolanee, and kicking the chairs in all directions, fell undering like a megatherium on the floor. Haydn ip Ighed s o h ear tily t h a t h e we ll n i g h f o r go t hi s th eme; t it he used to terminate his narration of this amusing by adding that the music he wrote to this situation w as the best received of the whole piece. WEBER ON MEYERBEER. ,The high-souled, lamented Weber felt a considerable Bend of j e alousy of what he considered a leaning in his a t iend and fellow-student Meyerbeer towards the style of Rossini, whom he held in no very high veneration, m usically speaking. In a letter to Gottfreid Weber he t hus expre sses hi s d ou bt s an d f ears —" Meyerbeer ist Fang Italian .verfallen," (is becoming Italianized)— Where will be now all our brilliant anticipations?" He afterwards wrote "Meyerbeer departs for Trieste to pro duce his Crociato ; he will return to Berlin afterwards, Where it i s possible he may write a German opera: i'l.l s !eaven grant h e may . I h ave ma d e severa l appea l s to is ( ilisuiericel" The future is well known. The rociato became eminently successful because Meyer beer had engrafted on the German scientific school the s ympathetic and flowing form of meloay which dis tinguishes that of the Italian. And from that time he became famous. The French then sou2ht and obtained 4t he aid of his talents, and the Robert le Diable was all that could satisfy and please his particular and not easily pleased friend. THE LEGEND OF SAINT CECILIA. 5 St. C ec ili a, among Ch r i st i ans, i s esteeme d t h e patroness sco t of music, for the reason whereof, it is necessary to re fer to her history as traditionally handed down; the sta nce, of the Roman church having, in the first in t written it in their archives, from which it was b a nseribed into the Golden Legends and other similar b ° , °46 . The story relates that she was a Roman lady 4 41 of a noble family about the year 225 A.C.; that t• °t withstanding her having been converted to chris ttll4:thY, her parents compelled her to wed a young Ro man noble named Valerianus, a Pagan, who, on his th e dding.night was given to understand by his bride that S, bear nightly visited by an angel and that he must ecear to approach her otherwise he would be destroyed. s i r/ r r newhat troubled at such a revela'ion, Valerianus de ed to see his angel-rival, but hia sposareplkd," that it 3 quite impossible, unless tw were baptized and became a c onvert to christianity." he found her in her closet at To this he consented, when, retu rning l: to his wife, 3,,, - ,?ers, and by her side, in the shape of a beautiful o f"ng ma, the angel cloted in the radiant brightness heavenlythe shining skies. After some conversation with the visitor, Valerianus told him he had a brother, 4iberius, whom he greatly wished to become a partaker of the grace which he himself had received. The angel r eplied, « that his desire should be gratified ; and that ver y t shortly both brothers should be crowned with mar tyrdom." Upon his the angel vanished, but soon atter 'ads proved the sincerity of his promise. Tiberius was c onverted, and after undergoing persecution was at length *ith his brother Valerianus beheaded. Cecilia was cffered her life upon condition that she would sacrifice at th e altars of the Roman deities, but she unshrinkingly refused, upon which she was thrown into a cauldron of boiling water and thus, scalded to death, perished. Other authorities, however, affirm that she was stifled in dry bath—i. e. an enclosure from whence all air is E xcluded, and beneath which burns a slow fire, under the excruciating torture of which she expired. The that concerning this distingui s h e d martyr a dd s pt it was on account of her gre a t exce ll ence i n mus i c, at she was was honoured by the visits of the angel; ' t at he w as a ttracted from his celestial ab o d e b y t h e b 4We etness of her melody, and that the transcendant Nay displayed by her vocal and instrumental powers r i sdher to be styled The Patroness of Music a n d tusicianhs ! GUGLIELMI. ?hough a most profound musician, and gifted with t'eat dramatic conception, Guglielmi was stated to ego- hiavaricious, and self-opinionated and ego -1.11.41teal to the extreme. In every new opera that bore e ls "roe attached thereto as its composer he would ell t Y write two or three entire pieces, leaving the 7- N t4 tives and concerted pieces to be supplied by his P ilB —sometimes even by the Neapolitan copyists. oh "en he was engag, d to produce " at Bella Napoli.' his g wr e r r a buffs Addinda, he resorted to this shift, ar,d consequence, the opera on its first representation t B, as it merited, condemned ; indeed so general had tee dissatisfaction become about the middle of the n e e e a nci act, that the manager was compelled to render kt r4 e t ,sity a virtue by yielding to the popular demon etie h len, and the curtain fell amid a torrent of hisses th e * 8 rarely proceed save from a Neapolitan auditory, N;ells of the " lazzarone," et hoc omne genus, being Rl,i d ' e eily indescribable, while the ladies were only too the to quit the theatre. Guglielmi after the close of 1 4 Perf ormance i nv i te d some f r i e nds to su p w i t h hi m, for t t o concoct a cabal whereby to reverse the mis )vhtitne of that night; he prepared a new tezzetto, by The he hoped, more especially, to accomplish . this. th e n ext morning he repaired rto the Café del Veneano, h e the c hi e f rendezvous of the coono. , centi. There, as I\Z h e Pected, he found the impresario of the Teatro 144 e • es. Saluting him, he drew a rein of music from p e ,Yeeket, and presenting it to him with an artiusirigty v vi i" i Pus air, said, " There, Signor! there is that which go on all things to rights again—Adalinda will be in k id ", health to-night! Hand ' me over seventy ducats, th e " :41 Content F' The manager glanced at the title w 11,,tallaunnuscript and read " Vaga mane sospirata a post -3 terzetto of Adulinda." Well knowing the peculiar thertee Guglielmi, he accepted the piece, ordered eia ed ee P , * of the cafe to pay the composer the sum ;Te llable c alled a rehkarsal, and produced the opera the ev ening, with the new addition. The extraordinary affair was bruited about Naples like a gleam of wildfier, and when evening arrived the doors of the Nuevo Teatro were thronged to excess long before the appointed time of opening. At last the representation commenced, the public all anxious to hear the new piece suffered the early portion to pass in silence; tho terzetto was sung, and the applause was so deafening that it was repeated thrice. After this the finale to the first act, and the whole of the second which hed been condemned with so much fury the preceding evening, were extolled tote ctxlo. Thus was it with the " discriminating, enlightened, and im partial public" of Naples. Thus has it been in most parts of the world. LITERATURE. THIRD EDITION OF HAROLD. As Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton has most carefully emended and revised the recently published edition of his historical romance of " Harold," and as he has enhanced the importance of the work by an addi tional Preface," we may be permitted to revert in a few words to a work which we have already re viewed at considerable length. Strange as it may appear to those who have been 'rapt into an enthu siasm of admiration by the lyrical verve of the diction, by the epic completeness of the narrative, by the vividness of the scenes and the elevated and sustained eloquence of the composition, the " Preface" is nothing less than a justification of the romance. We can almost hear many exclaiming—" As if the romance wanted any justification I" Yet, so it hi. The con strue,ion of the work has been cavilled at—because it was not a servile imitation of the great school founded by: Sir Walter. Such expressions as " were-geld" and " niddering" have been quar relled with as affected archaisms. The employment of such titles as " thegn" and " cneht" has been treated in some quarters as a literary crime and mis demeanour. And to answer such querulous objec tions Sir Edward has written his Preface. As for the archaisms, he has shown (p. xxiii.) that no other words could have been used to express the same ideas "without a glaring anachronism, or a tedious periphrase." As for the reputed distortion of titles, he has observed (p. xxiv.) that if he had used the word knight instead of cneht, in an age when knights were wholly unknown to the Anglo-Saxon, he should " sadly indeed have misled the reader." And lastly, in reference to the objections raised against the construction of the work he says, riot in a tone of regret, but of exultation, tempered by a ge nerous and unaffected humility : " The mode I have adopted has perhaps only this merit, that it is my own—mine by discovery and mine by labour. And if I can raise not the spirits that obeyed the great master of romance, nor gain the key to the fairyland that opened to this spell—at least I have not rifled the tomb of the wizard, to steal my art from the book that lies clasped on his breast." If, as affording a testimony of nothing else, the " Preface," from which we have transcribed those two beautiful sentences, would be interesting as af fording another proof of the caution and devotion with which " Harold" was composed—" Harold" the last, and, in many respects, the most remarkable of all the fictions of this celebrated romancist. DIGEST OF EVIDENCE ON AGRICUL TURAL CUSTOMS IN RESPECT 70 TENANT RIGHT. By Messrs. Shaw and Corbet. A very useful volume has just appeared under the above head. It has been compiled and arranged from the evidence taken before a Select Com mittee of the House of Commons, appointed to inquire into the agricultural customs of Eng• land and Wales in respect to tenant-right. Any information calculated to throw light upon this important subject, a subject involving so many in terests, and the settlement of which is looked forward to with such intense anxiety both in this and the sister island, should at this moment command atten tion. The gentlemen who have arranged the present digest have brought to the execution of their plan more than ordinary advantages, their literary attainments and connexion with the farming interests have given them peculiar facilities for the acquisition of sound knowledge upon agricul tural subjects, and on the present occasion these several advantages have been turned to the best possible account. The great body of important evi dence taken before this Committee has been arranged in a most simple and conve nient form ; the running commentary on the report will be found full of sound practical hints on the several points included in this vexed question. The inquiry into the customs of the different coun ties, arranged alphabetically, together with the mode of cultivation in each country, also in alphabetical order are first given —then follow in order the evi dence respecting the nature of the tenure, the necessity of legislative enactment to se cure or create capital invested in the soil, the law of entail and the policy of giving enlarged powers to holders of life estates, &c., the general benefits that would follow from a recognised system of compensation for unexhausted improvements. On this latter point the Committee, in the 11th clause of their report, say :—" That this wider system of com pensation to the outgoing tenant seems to be highly beneficial to agriculture, to the landlord and to the farmer, to lead to a great increase in the productiveness of the soil, and to extended employment of the rural population." Next comes the consideration of farm buildings, and the power that should be given to the tenant-farmer of removing those he had erected himself, in the event of his landlord refusing to allow for them. Next are considered, permanent improvements, draining, chalking, and marling or cluing, temporary improvements, lime, bones, oil-cake, and ashes, their different effects and the amount of compensation for each ; flilapidations, and the justice of giving compensation to the landlord for injury, as well as to the tenant for improvement. This most useful compilation ends with some valuable hints on the ad vantage of breaking up inferior grass lands, to which there is a general objection amongst landlords. It should not be forgotten that there is a very mate rial difference between that which is called " tenant right" in England, and what is known by the same term in Ireland. In this country the tenant claims no permanent interest in the land itself, he merely desires to be secured the value of any outlay which he may have made in the course of necessary cultivation, and of which he may be prevented from reaping the full benefit by the sudden termination of his tenancy—his unexpected eviction from his holding. It has relation to acts of husbandry merely. In Ireland, however, an interest in the soil is implied by the term, which the occupier shall enjoy, without reference to any improvements whatever. As, no doubt, tenant-right will necessarily occupy very soon much of the deliberation of the Legislature, we can strongly recommend this able digest to the consideration of all parties interested in the subject tenant, landlord, and legis lator—as a book of reference. It is most admirably classified and conveniently arranged ; it contains much sound practical information, and is written in a fair and impartial spirit, with a due re gard to the interest of all, and will be particularly welcome to those who have neither time nor oppor tunity to wade through a cumbrous blue official quarto. FINE ARTS. THE ART JOURNAL. Certainly the Vernon Gallery has acted as a stimu • lant to the editor and the contributors of this excel lent publication. Several of the plates inserted in its pages from month to month are not unworthy of ad mil tance into the portfolio of the most fastidious dilletante. The " Chapeau de Brigand," for example, gives an admirable notion of the original from the brush of Uwins. We long, however, to see such paintings represented from the collection now buried underground, as Machse's " Malvolio," or as Danby's " Smuggler's Home "—the one so deep and gorgeous a transcript from Nature, the other so capital and humorous an embodiment of the , creation of Nature's child, Shak s p e re. "Lavinia,' from the statue by Spence, is a graceful realization of Thomson's rustic heroine, gracefully pourtrayed, by the two Roffes. But the gem of the number is Gainshorough's famous "Brook by the Way," from the Vernon collection. Bentley, the engraver, has entered fully into the spirit of that true, English land scape. Among the original designs for manufac turers the most elegant are the tea-kettle and stand, the tea cup and the soup tureen. Mrs. Hall makes her pilgrimage this month to Andrew Marvel's cot tage at Highgate. Besides the foregoing, there are likenesses and biographical notices of Prout, the artist, and of Flaxman, the sculptor. THE JOURNAL OF DESIGN. No. I. We cordially greet the appearance of this new aspirant to public favour among the miscellaneous periodicals; and we are sanguine that it will meet with the suc cess to which it is entitled, as a publication calculated to infuse a feeling of art, and a certain delicacy of design and proportion into our domestic manufac tures. As a foretaste of variety the number before us promises well. It contains, for instance, several examples of design and colouring in woven and other textures, such as in chintz, in flannel, in cotton, in calico, and in paper-hangings. Of the designs in metals and potteries we can say nothing whatever in praise ; they are in no degree c om pa ra bl e t o th e clever and suggestive sketches reef ntly given in the Art Journal. Indeed, the effect is quite delightful when we come to that exquisite little drawing from Maelise's illustrations to Moore's melodies—Of the wooing on a carnation ! The only tolerable cuts of manufactured articles are those of the flo wer vase , an d o f th e w i ne g l ass w i t h the vine tendril coiling round the stem. No FEAR OF FREE-TRADE.—A small house, with four acres of grat‘sland, standing- in the town street of Sutton Bormington, Nottinghatn-hirQ., .has been sold Mr. H. I - fielding, at the Boot Inn, Sutton Bonningt. ,, ), for the sum of 6811. In an adjoining parish a farm has been re-let at an advance of 10z.. per acre. 'THE SUN, FROM TILE LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDAY. WAR OFFICE, MARCH 9, 1849. Ist Regiment of Life Guards—Captain Henry Boys, from half-pay, Unattached, to be Captain, vice Thotcaa Buikeley, who exchanges; Lieutenant Henry Lowther to be Captain, by purchase, vice Boys, who retires; Cornet Sub-Lieutenant Henry Sambrook Crawley to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lowther; Fdmund Waldo Meade Waldo, Gent., to be Cornet and Sub- Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Crawley, March 9. 7th Light Dragoons—Veterinary Surgeon James Georgo Philips, from the 14th Light Dragoons, to be Veterinary Surgeon, vice Siddell, appointed to the 10th Light Dragoons, March 9. Scots Fusilier Guards—The Honourable Alexander Edward Frazer to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Parker, who retires, March 9. 9th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant John H. Lothian, from the 57th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Lea, who ex changes, March 9. 42d Foot—Lieutenant William John Cuninghame to be Adjutant, vice Hay, promoted, March 9. 49th Foot—Captain Lachlan Hector Gilbert Maclean, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, Vice M'Adaw, &ceased, March 9. 57th Foot—Lieutenant Frederick Percy Lea, from the 9th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Lothian, who exchanges, March 9. Mit Foot—Captain Joseph Robinson to be Major, without purchase, vice Gordon, killed in action ; Lieu tenant Charles Napier North to be Capt.iin, vice Robin son ; Second Lieutenant Vincent Tongue to be First Lieu tenant, vice North, December 28, 1848; George Bliss Mac Queen, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, vice Tongue, March 9. 64th Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel Nicholas Wilson, from the 77th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Duberley, who exchanges, March 9. 66th Foot—Lieutenant William Montgomery Stew art Caulfield to be Captain, without purchase, vice Turner, deceased; Ensign Richard White to be Lieu tenant, vice Caulfield, Jan. 29; Alfred Torrens, Gent., to be Ensign, vice White; Lieutenant Arthur Pilkington, from 31st Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Ross, deceased, March 9. 72d Foot—Lieutenant James Mackenzie to be Cap tain, without purchase, vice Moylan, deceased, Jan. 26; Ensign and Adjutant Alexander Crombie to have the rank of Lieutenant, Jan. 25; Ensign Seymour Stuart Thellusson to be Lieutenant, vice Mackenzie, Jan. 26; Charles Fleming Hunter, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Thellusson, March 9. 77th Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel George Duberley, from the 64th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Wilson, who exchanges; John Richard Harvey, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Dilke, promoted in the Ceylon Rifle Regiment, March 9. 80th Foot—John Wilkinson, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Mathias, who resigns, March 9. 83d Foot—Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel William Tom kinson, from half-pay 24th Light Dragoons, to be Cap tain, vice William Garstin, who exchanges, March 9 ; Lieutenant the Honourable William Gage to be Captain, by purchase, vice Tomkinson, who retires, March 9; Lieutenant Charles Peregrine Teesdale, from the Ceylon Rifle Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Swinburne, ap pointed Paymaster. 92d Foot—Lieutenant Augustus Fitzhardinge Berke ley, from half pay Royal Waggon Train, to be Lieute nant, vice Duff; appointed Paymaster; Ensign David Holland Erskine to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Berkeley, who retires; Gibson Stott, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Erskine, March 9. Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Lieutenant Henry Skinner to be Captain, without purchase, vice Raitt, deceased; Second Lieutenant Richard Percival Wigmore to be First Lieutenant, vice Skinner, Jan. 2; Rupert Camp bell Watson, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, vice Wig more, March 9. UNATTACHED.—Lieutenant Robert Douglas, from Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment, to be Captain, without purchase, March 9. BREVET. Lieutenant-General Sir Charles James Napier, G.C.8., to have the local rank of General in the Army in the East Indies, March 6. Captain Henry Boys, of the Ist Regiment of Life Guards, to be Major in the Army, Nov. 9, 1846. WAR-OFFICE, MARCH 7. A List of Non-Commissioned Officers and Privates killed in action at Ramnuggur, on the 22d of November 1848, and at Sadoolapoor, on the 3d of December 1848, or who subsequently died of their wounds. Ramnuggur.-3d Light Dragoons. Died of Wounds—Private Ralph Grieve, Nov. 25,1848. Ramnuggur.-14th Light Dragoons. Killed—Corporal William Todd Privates John Alderton , William Alpine, Richard Bagg, William Brahenon, Charles Fox, Richard Hungertord, James Raines, Charles Tuttell, John Ward, George Williams. Died of Wounds.—Private John Hatton, 22d No vember ; private Benjamin Jennings, 23d November.: Sadoolapoor.-24th Foot. Killed--Colour-Sergeant James Collins, private James &forth:. Died of Wounds—Colour•Sergeant William Young, Sth December; private James Bibb, 7th December. Sadoolapoor.-61st Foot. Killed Private George Kitchen, private William Jackson. Died of Wounds—Private Henry Darling, sth Dec.; private John Connolly, 4th December. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Lancashire. Thomas Townley Parker, Esq., to be Deputy Lieute nant, March 2. ADMIRALTY, MARCH 1. Corps of Royal Marines—First Lieutenant Robert Hockings to be Captain, vice Bunce, deceased ; Second Lieutenant Arthur John Stuart to be First Lieutenant, vice Hockings, promoted. WHITEHALL, JAN. 22. _ _ The Right Honourable. Sir Thomas Wilde, Kra., Lord Chief Justice of her Majesty's Court of Common:Pleas, at Westminster, has appointed Richard Underwood, of the city of Hereford, Gent., to be one of the Perpetual Commissioners for taking the acknowledgments of deeds to be executed by married women, under the Act passed for the abolition of fines and recoveries, and for the substitution of more simple modes of assurance, in and for the city of Hereford ; also in and for the county of Hereford. 'This Gazette contains a notice that the following places have been duly registered for the solemnization of marriages therein:— Bethel, Lantwit Major, Glamorganshire. Penyvay Chapel, Newcastle, Glamorganshire. Silo, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire. Bethesda Chapel, Lantwit Maier, Glamorganshire. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. John Moulton, timber merchant, Manchester. BANKRUPTS. John James Weston, cattle dealer, Cranbrock, Kent, to surrender March 21, at eleven, and April 25, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall. street; Carritt and Osgood, Basing hall-street. Thomas Beadle, victualler, Croydon, March 19, at two, and April 30, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Guildhall- chambers; Russell and Son, Martin's-lane, Cannon-street. Filden Chrismas, brewer, Say's -court, Kent, March 15, at twelve, April 12, at two, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Bower and Son, Chancery-lane. William Buddle, timber-merchant, Irongate Wharf, Paddington, March 23, at one, and April 20, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. Ed wards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry; Bicknell and Co., Connaught-terrace, Edgware-road. William Gambier Walker, apothecary, Newick, Sus sex, March 22, at twelve, and April 20, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Palmer, France, and Palmer, Bed ford-row; Lewis and Verral, Lewes, Sussex. William Gale, coach-builder, Slough, March 16, at eleven, and April 20, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee ; Tucker and Steavenson, Sun-chambers, Threadneedle-street. Joseph Merriam, porter merchant. Exeter, March 15, and April 12, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzsl, official assignee, Exeter; Terrell, Exeter ; Terrell, Gray's Inn. Francis Braithwaite, apothecary, Bridge-street, Here ford, March 20 and April 17, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birming ham; Davis, Hereford; Motteram, Knight, and Emmet, Birmingham. _ _ John — Downs, fishmonger, Newcastle under-Lyme, March 15 and April 25, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Reece, Birmi.shatn. John Tily, chemist, Cheltenham, March 27, and April 24, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol; Gauntlett, Lincolns's•inn-fields. James Little, draper, Walcot, Somersetshire, March 22 and April 23, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol; White and Co., Bedford-row; Bevans, Bristol. John Ellison, grocer, Cricklade, Wiltshire, March 22 and April 23, at half-past eleven, at the Bristol Dis trict Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol; Lovette, Cricklade; Sabine, Bristol. Robert Stocker, licensed victualler, Bath, March 22 and April 23, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol ; Viner, Bath; Sabine, Bristol. George North, calico - printer, Manchester, March 20, and April 18, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester ; Taylor, Manchester; Johnson and Co., Temple. John Gilmore, whiting manufacturer, Durham, March 20, at twelve, and April 26, at one, at the Newcastle upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Forster, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Turnbull, Hartlepool. William Hammond Ambler, banker, Durham, March 20 and April 20, at half-past one, at the Newcastle upon-Tyne District Court. NVakley, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Trotter and Hodgson, Bishop Auckland; J obling and Fleming, Newcastle. upon-Tyne ; Bell, Broderick, and Bell, Bow- church-yard. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. G. Wagner, Bloomsbury-square, draper, March 30, at twelve—'l'. Megarey, Love-lane, Billingsgate, coal my r chant, March 30, at eleven—Ann Abigail Innell and A. Cookes, Little Queen street, Holborn, varnish manufac turers, March 30, at twelve—J. Cox and F. Ifeisch, New court, Crutched-friars, merchants, under a commission of bankruptcy which issued in 1799, March 30, at two—R. Russell, Kingston-upon-Thames, upholsterer, March 30, at eleven—J. Burgess, Harleyford-place, Kennington, tailor, :March 30, at one—V. S. Godfrey, Duddington, Northamptonshire, miller, March 30, at one. In the Country. J. Morgan sen., and J. Morgan, jun., Hereford and Glto.bury, Radnorshire, woolstaplers, March 27, at ten, at the Court, Birminglato—T. Willmot, Moreton-in- Marsh, Gloucestershire, chemist, April 3, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—J. Senior, Salford, Lancashire, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 10, 1849. brewer, March 30, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester —S. L. Gaskell, Congleton, Cheshire, clock maker and pawnbroker, April 2, ar, eleven, at the Court, Liverpool —R. Dale, flign Conside, Durham, draper, April 3, at half-past one, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—R. Jones, Tottington, Higher-end, Lancashire, cotton spin ner, March 30, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester—J. Hunt, Manchester, merchant and commission agent, March 30, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—E. Briggs, Castleton Mills, near Rochdale, hatter and silk spinner, March 30, at one, at the Court, Manchester— J. Woodhead and J. Woodhead, Bradford, Yorkshire, worsted stuff manufacturers, March 30, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—J. Gurney, Sheffield, ivory scale cutter, March 31, at ten, at the Council-hall, Sheffield—M. Wil son, Leeds, grocer and tea-dealer, April 3, at twelve, at the Court, Leeds. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. W. Wylam, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, merchant, 205., on Saturday 10th inst., or any subsequent Saturday, between ten and three, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle• upon-Tyne. J. S. liablah, Barnard Castle, Durham, tanner and currier, 45., on new proof, on Saturday, 10th inst., or any subsequent Saturday, between ten and three, at the office of Mr. B,ker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. F. Davis, Luton, merchant, Is., on Saturday, 10th inst., and three subsequent Saturdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane. H. Holdaway, Petersfield, Hampshire, brewer, is., on Saturday, next, and three subsequent Saturdays, be tween eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Ab• church-lane. J. Walton, Great Bridge, Staffordshire, iron -founder, on any Friday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Birmingham. J. Pulleine, jun., Selby, brewer, ls. 6d., on any day on or after the 14th March, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. W. Glover, Leeds, woollen cloth manufacturer, a second dividend of 7-16 d., on any day on or after the 14th March, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. W. P. Clarke, Dorking, Surrey, printer, March 31, at two—T. Roberts, Minories, grocer, March 30 at eleven —.J. Morrison, Beiuliew-hill, Norwood, coal merchant, April 2, at half-past twelve. In the Country. R. Dale, High Conside, Durham, draper, April 3, at two, at the Court, Newcastle-upon -Tyne—A. Gardiner, jun., Chepstow, Monmouthshire, timber merchant, April 3, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—J. F. Taplor, Bake well, Derbyshire, grocer, April 3, at t we l ve , at th e C our t, Manchester—T . Clark, Liverpool, milliner, April 2, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—J. L. Butler, Liver pool, coal merchant, April 3, at eleven, at the Court, Li verpool—E. Perks, Redditch and Stoke-mills, Worces tershire, needle manufacturer, April 10. at ten, at the Court, Birmingham—T. Stanley, Dudley, Worcester shire, and Tipton, Staffordshire, printer, April 4, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham—T. Bourne, Birming ham, coal dealer, April 4, at twelve, at the Court, Bir mingham—W. Foster, Nottingham, hat manufacturer, March 30, at eleven, at the Court, Nottingham —S. Brownent, Liverpool, fruit merchant, April 2, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool. At the Court of Review. March 30. S. Bretton, Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square, uphol sterer—E. Millward, Peterborough, Northamptonshire, coach builder—W. Sharpe, Luton, Bedfordshire, plum ber—C. Sampson, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Lancashire, brewer—J. H. Llewelyn, Strand, surgeon—H. Lloyd, Ravensbourne, Lime-kilns, Kent, carpenter—R. Ferens, Durham, draper—C. Bertram, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, merchant. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. A. Smith, jun. and J. Smith, Liverpool, merchants— D. Oldham and W.Oldham, Sheffield, saw-manufacturers —J. Tuhey and D. Simpson, Loughborough -place, North Brixton, builders—J. Daily and E. Cornwall, Warwick, soda-water and lemonade manufacturers—J. Franklin and J. B. Franklin, Rye-lane, Peckham, butchers—E. Swaine, W. Isaac, and J. Adeney, Picca dilly, whip-manufacturers (so far as regards W. Isaac) — T. Robinson and E. 0. Ayre, Kingston-upon-Hull, com mission-merchants--L. Sampson, S. Sampson, and L. Sampson, Manchester, and New-court, Bow-lane, Cheap side, Manchester warehousemen—J. Hick, W. Dyson, and H. Atkinson, Huddersfield, tallowchandlers—T. Openshaw, J. Openshaw, J. O. Openshaw, 0. 0. Open shaw, and J. Opensbaw, jun., Pimhole, Lancashire, woollen-manufacturers (so far as regards J. Openshaw and J. Openshaw, jun.) —A. Grant and C. Rogers, Liver pool, cabinetmakers—J. Morton and H. A. Morton, Francis-street, Tottenham-court-road, medical fixture dealers—R. W. Bennett and J. Haseldine, Dover, linen drapers and silkmercers—Ann Palmer and J. Everett, Wisbeach Saint Peter, Cambridgeshire, milliners and dressmakers—J. Teal and G. Shaw, Huddersfield, joiners —J. M. Wells and T. Worthington, Manchester, fent dealers—W. Cowmeadow and J. Cowmeadow, East Dean, Gloucestershire, blacksmiths and boiler manufac turers--E. LIGII and V. Salmon, Fashion-street, Spital fields, ladies' boot and shoe warehousemen—J. Mason, J. Allen, and J. Pownall, Salford, Lancashire, joiners and builders (so far as regards J. Allen)—W. Butterworth and J. Rhodes, Stalybridge, Lancashire, coal merchants —C. Hooper and J. G. Stowe, Hereford, grocers and cheesemongers—W. L. T. Robins, W. Aspdin, and G. H. Goodwin, Northfleet, Kent, and Great Scotland-yard, cement manufacturers (so far as regards G. H. Goodwin) —G. Thatcher and T. Pyle, Colleg e-street, Chelsea, me chanical engineers and smiths—J. Jackson and H. Jack son, Broad-street, Golden-square, plumbers, &c.—W. Thorowgood and R. Besley, Fann-street, Aldersgate street, letter founders. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. James Barber, Portsea, Hampshire, labourer. George Strickland, Bridport, Dorsetshire, baker. Maria Spencer, Brighton, embroideress. Ann Richards, Portsmouth, tobacconist. John Armes, East Dereham, Norfolk, miller. Jonas Johnson, Bourton on• the-Water, Gloucestershire, common carrier. William Linfoot, York, bricklayer. George Bouess Richardson, York, railway clerk. Samuel Mitchell, Newbury, Berkshire, grocer. George Cross, Sampford Arundel, Somersetshire, farmer. Henry M'Kenzie, Farnham, Surrey, draper. Edward James, Farnham, Surrey, clock and w atchmaker. Thomas Burkill, Swinefleet, Yorkshire, blacksmith. David Taylor, Welchpool, Montgomeryshire, surveyor of taxes Charles Clifford, Burton-on -the Water, Gloucestershire, builder. Edward Barnsley, Tipton, Staffordshire, beer-retailer. Thomas Salt, Bilston, Staffordshire, licensed victualler. William Veal, Wolverhampton, locksmith. Thomas Hickman, Wolverhampton, builder. Sophia Maley, Oxford. George Kemp, Wolverhampton, wine merchant's as sistant. John Corbett, sen., Bilston, Staffordshire, auctioneer. John Weston, Bilston, Staffordshire, bootmaker. George Thompson, Hensington, Oxfordshire, glove James hom man a Stroud, u s fa c c h tu er r e ry, r. jNuonr.,wih, bootmaker.W c otto,oxfordshire, harness maker. T Jonathan Chapman, Great Grimsby, sawyer. Henry Timothy, Murrell, Norwich, relieving officer. Joseph Thomas, Bebbington, Cheshire, grocer. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. J. Smyth, Whitchester, Berwickshire, to meet, March 15 and April 5, at one, within the Royal Exchange Cof fee-house, Edinburgh. David Weir, Glasgow, victualler, to meet March 14, and April 11, at three, within the Bowling-green Inn, Glasgow. W. Orr, Glasgow. wholesale cloth warehouseman, to meet March 15, and April 5, at twelve, w ithin the Globe Hotel, Glasgow. _ _ . H. Galbraith, Glasgow, mei chant, t o meet, March 15, and April 12, at twelve, w it,hin the Tontine H o t el, Glasgow. A. Marshall, Glasgow, w o m erchant, to meet, March 14 and April 5, at twely e, within the Crow Hotel, Glasgow. J. Cockburn, jun., Kinross , grocer , to meet, March 13, at twelve, and April 2. at t, v o , w ithin Salutation Inn, Kinross. A. G. Gilkison, Glasgow, chip and insurance broker and commission agent, to meet;, March 14 and April 14, at two, within the Star Hotel, 'Glasgow. J. Motherwell, Paisley, m enchant, to meet, March 15 and April 12, at twelve, witl iin the Saracen's Head Inn, Paisley. C. Grassick, 13uchaam, Strathdon, Aberdeenshire, banker and cattle dealer, to meet, March 19 and April 17, at twelve, within th e 13zi11, .Aberdeen. R. Lochead and J. P. -1 3 town, Glasgow, account book manufacturers, to meet, ,'►larch 16 and April 6, at twelve, within the Eagle Hotel, Glasgow. PRIC I e; OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from the returns made in the week ending .51arch 6, 1849, is 255. 1 1 4 d. per cwt. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London .New Price Current, March 9.) SUGAR.--TO. day the demand was good for West India, and the rates paid are in some cases rather above those current previously, making the advance for the week is per cwt. The total sales to day are 530, making 2,420 hhds, &c., for the week. At auction 32 hhds Barbadoes found buyers at 39s for middling greyish yellow, and at 38s for ordinary. The market closes with a firm aspect for all sorts of Raw Sugar. For public sale on Tuesday 3,000 bags Bengal, 4,000 bags Mauritius, 2,000 bags Madras, and for Wednesday 5,000 bags Manilla, and 3,700 bags of Siam Sugar are declared. REFINED.—To-day Refined goods sold readily for home consumption; brown Lumps at 50s to 50s 6d, and to pass the Standard 51s per cwt; at these rates there are not generally sellers. For Bonded Crushed the rates paid are 31s to 325, and there are several buyers. MAURITIUS.—This afternoon their was no public sale, but privately several parcels were told, and at prices 6d to is per cwt above those of this day week. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon there was a brisk de mand for Bengal Sugar, and at public sales of 5,655 bags full rates were obtained ; fine white Benares went at 42s 6d to 435, middling and good 403 6d to 425, damp and washed 39s Gd to 42s 6d, good and fine strong white 45s Gd to 50$, yellow ditto 43s 6(1 to 44s 6d, low and good soft yellow 34s to 37s Gd per cwt, FOREIGN.—To-day there was no public sale of Foreign Sugar, and by private treaty the amount on offer i s even less than her e t o f ore . Th e re is still much desire mani fested by exporters to do business, and they are willing to pay former rates. MOLASSES.—SaIes to a fair extent have been made in West India this week, and former sates are well sup ported ; there is also not a larger amount on offer ; the value is from 16s Gd to 20s par cwt. East India Treacle finds a more ready sale at 158 to 168 per cwt, and the supply does not extend. COCOA.—There is much demand for West India, tincl as the supply is small, a further advance in the value is apparent. At public sale 45 bags of Trinidad were sold at 45s 6d for good red, and 41s 6d to 43s 6d for mid dling and good grey; of superior red the supply is un usually small. Former rates are well kept up for Foreign, and only a small amount is on offer; the value is from 27s to 28s per cwt. COFFEE.—The market has presented a tranquil ap pearance for all descriptions of ',Vest India this week, and although a smaller amount is on offer, vet the ten dency of prices is to recede. The public sales of Coffee declared comprise 1,085 bags Brazil, 260 bags 14 casks Ceylon, and 2,240 bales Mocha. To-day there was no public sale of Coffee, and the private operations are of little moment. Prices generally tend downwards, and rule at 31s to 33s for Native Ceylon. TEA.—Black is not offered at any reduction, still the sales made have been of little moment, and large parcels could only be sold, but at lower rates. The value of low and good" common Congou is 7id to Bid per If 4 There are sellers of Green at lower rates, still few buyers are to be met with, and many parcels are on offer, more especially of good and fine kind:. There is not much demand for Black leaf Pekoe, and sales can be made at lower rates, but for good and fine Scented Pekoe the demand is brisk, and prices incline upward. One public sale is at present declared. The stock is still less than last year, notwith standing the late arrivals. RICE.—To-day there was little passing in the East India Rice market, still no further decline in the value was visible. At public sale 1,750 bags were nearly all taken iu at lls to Ils 6d for good white Bengal, 9s for middling broken, and 8s for Batavia. SPICES.—For Pimento a good demand has been ex perienced, and the rates obtained are fully equal to those current by private treaty, although supplies are upon an extended scale. At auction 1,000 bags were disposed of, mid at 3id to 30, coarse 3 3 1-d to 31d, and damaged aid to 3d per 'lb. By private contract several parcels have been disposed of, and at similar rates. Opinion is favourable as to the future position of the market. Black Pepper is limited in supply, and the rates offered are fully equal to those of this day week. The market has a quiet appearance for Nutmegs— brown of low and mid quality realise 2s 3d to 2s Bd, bet ter sort 2s 9d to 3s 4d, and fine 3s 5d to 3s 9d; for limed there are few buyers, and 2s to 2s 9d is the value, ac cording to quality. ace is in fair demand, at is 10d to 2s 4d, and good to fine 2s 6d to 2s 10d; there is also no increase of supply. Ginger has been dealt in with greater freedom; the supply is also falling off, and the tendency of prices is to advance. East India export sort is 22s to 255, home trade kind 30s to 90s. African and Barbadoes 28s to 30s, Jamaica 21 to 6110 s, and fine 71to 11/. Cloves are held with firmness, and sales to a fair extent have been made; indeed, some parties will not sell at present rates. INDIGO.—At public sale this afternoon 7 serous of Guatemala Indigo sold at is lld to 2s 9d, and very ord Is to is 2d per lb. SALTPETRE.—To-day there was much inquiry after Rough, but the quantity on offer is small. Prices keep on the advance, and rule at 27s to 28s 6d for ord to fine quality. COCHINEAL.—The demand was brisk for Cochineal, and 63 bags at auction sold at firm rates; Honduras silvers went at 3s 10d to 4s 6d, and mid black at 4s 9d per lb. SPIRIT/J.—For Jamaica Rum former rates are sup ported this week, but on the part of exporters or home dealers little desire is evinced to do business, and supplies are good of the lower sorts. Of fine the quantity on offer is yet small. Leeward Island _is held for is 3d to is proof, but only small purchases have been made. East India is not to be obtained at lower terms. The market is in a dull state. Calcutta can be obtained at is 3d, and Penang at is lid proof; there are not generally sellers upon these low terms. The value of Demerara is from Is 10d to 2s 4d for 38 to 40 per cent. over proof. Brandy—Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1836 at 5s Id to 5s 3d, 1847 ditto 4s to 4s 2d, 1848 3s 6d to 3s Bd, and inferior Brandy at from 2s 2d to 3s 2d. Geneva, the export value is is 9d to is 10d, and fine 2s 4d to 3s 3d. British Corn Spirit at 9s 10d, Gin 22 under 8s 3d, and 17 under 8s 9d per gallon. OILS.—The market for Fish Oils continues in favour able position; supplies are small, consumption is good, and none has been offered at 'public sale this week. A further advance is visible in the value of Cod, and at 271 to 27110 s per ton ; several parcels have been sold. Seal, pale is worth 311 to 324 tinged and straw, 291 to 30/, yellow and brown 271t0 28110 s. Southern at 28/ to 331 for low to fine, and there is a good demand. Holders of Sperm have confidence. Fine Colonial 811 to 82/, and Headmatter 811 to 83/ per tun. Of Palm, fair and fine quality realise from 32s to 345. There are several export orders for Cocoa Nut, and a fair quantity has been taken for home trade purposes. The value of low to fine is 34s to 375. For Linseed Oil the rates paid are 26s to 26s 6d for forward delivery; several parcels have ,been sold at 26s 6d to 275. Rapeseed Oil;finds:a ready sale; pale at 38s, and brown 375. Olive—Gallipoli at 431 to 43/ 10s, Spanish and Sicily 411 lOs to 42/ lOs, Barbary, Levant, and Portugal, 40/ to 411 per tun. Lard Oil at 40s to 445, and Ground Nut Oil at 31s to 325. TALLOW.—To-day Tallow was in good demand, and the public sales went at full rates. Of South American 750 pkgs were mostly sold at from 34s 3d to 40s 3d; 54 cks New South Wales 37s Od to 38s Od; 120 cks Odessa 38s Od to 39s 6d; 150 pkgs Cape 37s 9d to 41s 6d; 60 cks P.Y. Candle 38s 9d for ord ; 60 casks Taganrog 40s 3d to 408 6d, and 42 cks Archangel 37s 3d to 38s 3d per cwt. FRAN CE. We read in the lifoniteur—" According to several journals, certain persons have become members re cently of the electoral committee of the Rue de Poi tiers, in compliance with the wish of the President of the Republic. We are authorised to declare that the President of the Republic is, and will remain, a stranger to every designation of persons, to every formation of committees, to every electoral influence." PRUSSIA. In the First Chamber of Prussia, on the sth, the Ministry presented Bills for abolishing privileged jurisdictions and establishing trial by jury. AUSTRIA. Numerous questions on the entrance of the Rus sians into Transylvania were addressed to the Austrian Ministry in the Diet at Kremsier on the 28th ult., and the deputy who put them denounced the act of the Russians as a disgrace to Austria. Only one of the Ministers, Count de Stadion, was present, and even he did not arrive until after the deputy bad commenced speak ing. He returned no answer. The Diet then proceeded with the discussion of the Bill on funda mental rights. The question debated was whether the separation of Church and State should be declared. No decision, however, was come to. The Austrian Cabinet has addressed a new note to the Ministry at Frankfort, in which it declares itself in favour of the renewal of a Germanic Diet, with a Directory of seven Princes, chosen from the reigning houses ; the members to act without instructions ; and the Austrian and Prussian Princes to have each two votes—the other members only two each. GALLICIA. The state of things in Cracow remains still covered with mystery. The news which successively tran spired were, that disaffection was gaining ground in Cracow and throughout Gallicia, of which the principal cause was a general levy of recruits by conscription. The country assumed so threatening an attitude that the Austrian Government found it necessary to call the Russians to concentrate on the very frontiers of Gallicia, to be within call and prepared to help. Privileges, in the shape of a per mission to recruit a certain number of men by the pro mise of bounties, were given to the city of Lemberg, and a promise of similar privileges was extended to the other towns of Gallicia. The Government cculd not help retracing its steps. From the latest news it would appear that the consequences of this vacillating policy have already made them selves felt, for we have accounts of a Gallician insurrection, which caused the Austrian autho rities to call for Russian assistance, and of the occupation of several districts by the Russian troops. No implicit credit can be given to these rumours, unconfirmed as they are. The latest news:we have are from a Vienna correspondent, of the 3d instant, who asserts that Cracow has had another rising, and that the troops bombarded the town, and restored tranquillity by subjecting five leaders of the insurrec- Con to a court martial, and hanging them. Numerous arrests are stated to have taken place, and a cone spo;iding number of executions are to fellow. ITALY. 7 7 From two proclamations published at Brescia on the 23d and 25th ult., by Field-Marshal Appel, it appears that numerous armed bands are scouring the mountains around, and that the town itself" has been the scene of serious dis turb saw. " Shots," says the last proclamation, " ;re fired on the 21st against the barracks of ( ;asa Cazzago ; the soldiers cannot walk in the streets v,ithout being insulted and attacked with sto , aes, and the very patrols sent to their assistance have been attacked." The severest military mea sures are prescribed by the proclamations against the recur, rence of such acts. Th e Pensiero Italiano of Genoa, of the 3d, states that a . Bourbonist plot had been discovered in Sicily, and t hat Ruggero Settimo had denounced it in Par liament ; also that letters from Rome, of the 24th ult., state that a dictator is about to be created there. I( )1 OERA. COMIQUE, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.-- A fas ai onable audience attended these performances last wri suing ; amongst whom we noticed his Grace the DI ike of Wellington, the Marquis of Douro, the Mar ch ioness of Westmeath, Lord and Lady Tereplemore, M arquis of Clanricarde, Earl of Belfast, Baron de C etto, Sir William Clay, Sir George and Mss Talbot, S i t J. li. Lowther. Sze., Mrs. Freemantle, Mr i . Dennis b fun, Hon. Mrs. Dyce Sombre. The Recorder of London has been confined to his i XtuA for tan days by a severe attack of inflammation on the chest ; ond it is not expected that, although making favourable progress, he will be able to resume his public duties for some days. 1 ITHE IRON TRADk;.—We have this week to report • I r, steady improvement in the iron hear, i trade s already xert. eof the Dudley 1 c listrict , which , we arc happy to Y it 3g a beneficial influence upon the business transactions Io f the various shopkeepers throughout the locality.- 2 'os Towns tilessengen THE MURDER OF A LADY AT BRISTOL. BRISTOL, FRIDAY.—The excitement occasioned by the horrible murder of - Ms..; Elizabeth Jefferies, at her ' residence in Trenchard-street, continues to excite the most painful interest throughout the city, and crowds are constantly assembled around the premises in which the dreadful deed was perpetrated. The Coroner's inquest was commenced yesterday afternoon, at the Griffin-inn, Griffin-lane, before J. B. Grindon, Esq., Coroner. The suspected murderess, Sarah Thomas, was brought up in custody, to be present at the proceedings. She is about 17 or 18 years of age, good looking, and has a mild expression of countenance; and she did not appear to be at all moved by a sense of her situation. The CORONER having explained to the jury the facts which he anticipated would be proved in evidence, they proceeded to the house in Trenchard-street, for the pur pose of viewing the body of the deceased lady, and having it 'identified in their presence. It presented a truly shocking spectacle, the head of the unfortunate lady being beaten in above the left temple, and her per son being covered with blood. The bed and bAding were likewise saturated with the vital fluid, which had flow ed on the ground, where it lay in a considerable pool. From the position in which the corpse was found, it was evident that the deceased lady had made an effort to escape from her murderer, for her right leg was thrown out of bed, and her left leg bent under her, as if in the act of being withdrawn from under the bed clothes. The jury having returned to the inquest-room, the ex amination of witnesses was proceeded with:— Mr. Henry Jefferies, a retired surgeon, brother of the deceased, was first called, and deposed to having searched the premises with the police, and discovered the body of his sister lying on the bed quite dead and covered with blood. He also deposed to a tin case, in which she usually kept title-deeds and valuables, having been broken open and plundered; as also to a small cabinet chest of drawers, usually kept full of jewels, hav ing been pilfered, and some of the drawers, and all the contents carried off. The witness likewise identified some of the jewellery found in the house where the pri soner was captured as having belonged to his deceased sister. She valued them as family relics, and he was sure would neither have given them away or sold them. Police-sergeant Corte, No. 2. deposed to having assisted in searching the house, and also to the appre hension of the prisoner, Sarah Thomas, at her father's house. Her mother denied that she was there, or that she had seen her for two months, but upon the house beir g searched, she was found secreted in a small coal house under the stairs, partly undressed. Among the coal were found several silver spoons, oelonging to the deceased. In a bandbox, beneath the prisoner's bed, were various rings, &c., and the drawers belonging to the small cabinet. Isabella Fry deposed that she was a tenant of the de ceased, and lived in the next house to her. On Satur day morning last witness and her husband were awakened by a very great noise in Miss Jefferies's house. It was a noise of a female screeching or scream ing, and proceeded from the front bed-room. Witness thought it was Miss Jefferies getting up her servant,and that they were quarrelling. A Mrs. Ham, who resided in witness's house, knocked at the wall with a piece of stick, after which the noise ceased. At about seven o'clock the deceased lady's servant came to witness's house, and said her mistress had sent her to say she hoped Mrs. Fry was not alarmed at the noise, but a cat had jumped on the bed and frightened her. The inquest was here adjourned. This day the inquiry before the Coroner was again resumed. . Mr. Ralph Bernard, surgeon, who made the post mortem examination, deposed to the nature of the in juries and the cause of death. There were several exten sive wounds on the head, some of them on the forehead, and others at the sides and back of the head, which had evidently been inflicted by a hard blunt instrument. There were also bruises upon the lett hand, showing that the deceased had endeavoured to ward off some of the blows aimed at her head. The cause of death was con cussion and compression of the brain caused by the external injuries. The wounds could not have been in flicted by the deceased upon herself, and from the fact of their not having begun to heal it was obvious that death had ensued. Mr. Jefferies, brother of the deceased, wished to make some additions to his testimony, as did also Sergeant Corfe, but the Coroner, in consequence of some intima tion conveyed to him by the police, deemed it advisable to suspend the proceedings, and the inquest was conse quently adjourned till Tuesday next. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER STEEPLECHASES (CONCLUDED). THURSDAY. The Corinthian Steeplechase Stakes of 3 SOTS each, and 20 added. Throe miles and a half. Mr. Lawson's Captain, aged ... ...( Wainwright) 1 Mr. Massey's Fanny Gray ... ... 2 Mr. Cotton's Kicking Kate 0 Mr. Lambert's Jerry Won by twenty lengths. Sweepstakes of 3 soya. each, and 30 added. Heats, one mile and a distance. Mr. Fowler's Wiseacre, 5 yrs ... (Fowler) 1 3 0 1 Mr. Erskine 's Mystery, 5 yrs 0 2 0 2 Mr. Anderton's Harkover, 6 yrs . . 4 1 3 dr Mr. Cotton's Dash, 4 yrs 2 4 dr Mr. Barton's Treasure, 3 yrs ... ... 3 5 dr Mr. Bell's Cinderella, 6 yrs ... ... 5 dr Won by two lengths. LINCOLN STEEPLECHASE.—WEDNESDAY. Handicap of 20 soya. each, with 100 added. 4 miles. Mr. Shepherd's Rachel ... (Captain Broadley) 1 Mr. Bovine's British Yeoman... ... ... 2 Mr. Haboy's Flycatcher ... 3 The following also ran :—Hope, Coriander, Blue Bon net, Kilkenny, Vulture, and Pendennis. Blue Bonnet fell, and injured her rider, Wilson, so much that he is not likely to recover. The Hurdle Race was won by Mr. Hawkin's Teresa (Archer), beating the Painter. Grenade, and Solace. BETTING AT MANCHESTER. -FRIDAY. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.—Offers of 9 to 2 a gst The Tartar (take 5 to 1), 9 to 1 agst Fernhill, 10 to 1 agst Loupgarou, 12 to 1 agst Velox, and 12 to 1 agst Pyrrhus the First, but nothing done. ETROPOLITAN HANDICAP.—Not a bet laid. NEWMARKET HANDICAP.—Offers to take 4 to 1 about Canezou. CHESTER Cur.-150 to 10 agst Joe-o'-Sot, 250 to 10 agst Geraldine, and 100 to 15 agst Ada Mary, were the only bets laid on this event. DERBY.-500 to 25 agst Uriel (taken). No other change. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Her Majesty stag hds., Mon., Hotspur-heath; Wed., Slough; Sat., Naw-lodge-11. Mr. Farquharson's kids., Mon., Melcomb•park; Tues., Chelborough. The B. V. H., Tues., Walbridge; Fri., Buckland knoll-104. The Worcestershire hounds, Mon., Bishop's Wood ; Wed., Radford-gate ; Fri., Bransford-bridge-10i Mr. Giles's hounds, Mon., Broughborough; Fri., Mun derfield-stacks. The Herefordshire's hounds, Tues., Eastwood-oak; Fri., Mynd-park. The Wheatland hounds, Tues., Morville; Fri., Benthall. The Brighton harriers, Mon., Patcham; Wed., Race course; Fri., Dyke. The Brookside harriers, Mon., Newmarket-hill; Thurs., Telscombe tye. The Crawley and Horsham hounds, Mon., Horsham station; Wed.,Crawley village; Fri.. Ashford-lodge—Ml. The Shropshire hounds, Mon., holly-coppice-1 0 }. Ludlow hounds, Tues., Rouden-village; Fri., Din chope. The Warwickshire hounds, Mon., Little Alne; Tues., Sutton-village; Thurs., Lower Shuckburgh village; Fri., Sun Rising Edge-hill-10i. The Monmouthshire hounds, Mon., Craig Summer house; Thurs., Pontrilas-10i. The Oakley hounds, Mon., Kimbolten-castle; Tues., Cowper's oak; Thurs., Riseley; Sat., Cranfield-11. Mr. Roe's hds., Tues., Acycecombe-village; Fri., Shilstone-gate-10i. The Tiverton hds., Mon., Rock-inn, Erton; Thurs., Tarr-steps-10i. Mr. A. Smith's hds., Mon., Reddensham; Tnes., Stowell-lodge; Wed., Wherwell- wood; Thurs., Con holt-park; Fri., Porton-firs; Sat., Clarendon-park-11. The Duke of Beaufort's hds., Mon., Cirencester-wood; Tues., Yate-turnpike; Wed., Stanton-park; Sat., Est court. The Cheshire hds., Mon., Whittington; Wed., Ap pleton; Thurs., Tattenhall; Sat., Weaverhall-10i. Sir W. W. Wynn's hds., Mon., Kennells; Thurs., Bryn-y-pys; Sat., Plas-teg--10/. The Pytchley hds., Mon., Darlington; Wed., Win wick-warren; Fri., Great Harrowden; Sat., Sulby-hall —lOl. AYLESBURY, MARCH 9.—J. Kaye, Esq., of Fulmer, high sheriff of the county, gave a splendid en tertainment at the White Hart Hotel, on Tuesday last, to a party of sixty-five noblemen and gentlemen. Amongst the company present were the Lord Lieutenant, Lord Nugent, Sir Thomas Aubrey, Bart., Chairman of the Quarter Sessions ; Baron Rothschild, W. Loandes, Esq., of Chesham, the late High Sheriff; Hooper, the late Lord Mayor ; Ald_rman Fairbroth dinner, &C., who came down from town to attend the . valit _. , &c. The evening was spent with the utmost c t o e nvi y d Our Aldermaner and soon after eleven the company his seat at the assizes finished on Wednesday atterneosarlet," orna the judges dined with Lord Nugent,. Lillies. Their Lordships opnod their commissionwhich day business of the assizes parish church. This morning the esiding in the Nisi Prins yes terday at Bedford, and attended Divine service in the commeuced, the Chief Baron p but there are several priso inthereriminal Court. There Courts,are but andten Bcausesaron for Rolfe trial, a very serious nature. TEAMERS.—We under standnerisilaEn Braz ilian dßsnomAielomfAtiliaeFAl Association have had a meeting, that the . proper port of starting for to consider Brazilian steamers, and that they are of the new line of the question of the • -- ° - nion that Liv er p ool, and not Sou thampton, is the port. pi for bringing their views before the General Steam Navi gation company, who have taken the contract, and who have the power of choosing their own port of departure. —Liverpool Times. APOTHECARIES' ;HALL.—The following gentlemen passed their examination in the science and practice of medicine, and received certificates to-practice, on Thurs day :—Francis Fawcett Welsh, Saffron Walden; Henry Payne Leech, Bury St. Edmunds ; Frederick Oughton, Camberwell ; William Henry Johnson, Weymouth ; Frederick Montgomerio Davenport Davidson, Dawlish, Devon. .i.HE ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF DERRY.--The Rev. F. Kelly, P.P., of Vahan, has been elected by the clergy of Derry to fill the situation of . bishop of that diocese, vacant by the death of Dr. Magtnn. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. — r. u N HOUSE OF LORDS, March 9. • ROYAL COMMISSION. 11:0' • ( -.4: l47oTH ire: y : The Royal Assent was given by • i • ' Commi s• • :of* the following Bills, viz.: —Consolidated F ,4b; Vice-Guardians (Ireland) Bill, Buckingham '- Bill, and the Commons Encolsure Bill. The Roy .kO E . Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, the Marck of Clanricarde, and the Earl of Shaftesbury. vaavasitzo INSOLVENT LAWS. Lord BROUGHAM laid upon the table the report of the Committee appointed to consider the laws relating to bankruptcy and insolvency. Several members of the mercantile community had been examined, and therefor() the report would contain divers suggestions for the im provement of those laws, but the Committee bad not, at first, had before them any persons representing the un fortunate class ofinsolvents. They had, however, urged certain arguments against it, but the Bill which had now been drawn up by the Committee was calculated to meet their objections, and be believed he might now assert that the alterations proposed by the Committee met with the approval of those unfortunate persons, as well as with that of the mercantile community in general. Be pro posed to introduce at once a Bill founded on the report of that Committee, and should let it stand over until Easter. He therefore now laid on the table a Bill for the amendment of the laws relating to bankruptcy and in solvency, the second reading of which be should move on the 10th May. Lord WHARNCLIFFE believed that the mercantile community were of opinion that the measure as origi nally proposed might have been greatly improved ; but that they were satisfied to accept the proposed measure as an experiment. The Bill was then read a first time. PETITIONS. The Earl of HARROWBY presented a petition from Liverpool against any alteration in the navigation-laws. The Earl of ST. GERMANS presented a petition praying that stock in trade might be rated to the poor rates. The Earl of LUCAN presented a petition from some union in Ireland, praying for the total and immediate repeal of the poor-law, inasmuch as they considered it s measure that was demoralising the country. The Earl of RODEN presented petitions from unions in the county of Louth, Armagh, and Monaghan, against the rate in aid, and praying for the substitution of an in come-tax. LARCENY ACT AMENDMENT BILL. The Larceny Act Amendment Bill was read a third time and passed. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, March 9. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o'clock. NA VIG A TION-LA WS. Sir R. LOPES presented a petition from Exeter against the repeal of the navigation-laws. — Petitions were also presented on the same subject from Hall, Dundee, North Shields, Dartmouth, Penzance, Weymouth, Melcombe Regis, Portsmouth, and several other places, chiefly signed by shipowners and builders. Among them was one signed by 4,937 daily labourers in Spitalfields, who stated that they had found their wages so much reduced by the abolishing of protection, that they had joined the shipwrights and other artizana in the attempt to retain the navigation-laws. THE POOR-LAW. Mr. ELLIS presented a petition from Leicester, pray ing that some alteration may be made in the mode of levying the poor-rate, and stating that whereas the poor•rates in 1831 were only 13,0001. in the aggregate they now amounted to 34,0001. and upwards. Mr. MUNTZ presented a petition from a large num ber of the inhabitants of Birmingham complaining that although they paid 75 per cent. of the poor-rates, they had altogether only six votes in the election of guardians, and praying that some alteration in the law may imme diately be made. FREE.„"TRADE. Mr. DRUMMOND presented a petition from 250 'turners, cornplaning that while free trade is carried out in corn, the principle is not applied to other commodities. IRISH POOR-LAW. Major;BLACKALL presented a petition from a person resident in the county of Roscommon, complaining of the oppressive effect of the poor•law, and stating that out of an income of 1001. a year he had to pay 791. 101. to the poor-rate. On the motion of the Hon. Member the petition was referred to the Committee on the Poor laws. RATE IN AID. Colonel JONES presented a petition adopted at a public meeting in Kerry against the Rate-in-Aid Bill. VALUATION OF PROPERTY IN IRELAND. Sir ROBERT FERGUSON moved for and obtained an order for returns of the several counties, counties of cities, and counties of towns in Ireland, of which the valuation under the Act 6 and 7 WilL IV, c. 84, has been completed, specifying the name of each barony or half barony, the acreable contents, and the va l ua ti on thereof ; stating also, the sum ordered to be levied by the Grand Jury Warrant of Spring Assizes 1848 for each such barony or half barony, and the rate per centum which each such sum bears to the valuation ; also, the sum ordered to be levied by the Grand Jury Warrant of Summer Assizes 1848 for each such barony or half barony, and the rate per centum which each such sum bears to the valuation: stating also the name and acreable contents of each such county, county of a city, and county of a town, the annual value thereof, according to the valuation under that Act ; the amount of the expense of such valuation, the cost per acre of such valuation, and the rate which the cost of such valuation bears to each 100 Z of the valuation. From the counties of Waterford and Cork, specifying the name of each barony or half barony, the acreable contents and the valuation thereof ; stating also the sum ordered to be levied by the Grand Jury Warrant of Spring Assizes 1848 for each such barony or halt barony, and the rate per centum which each such sum bears to the valuation ; also, the sum or dered to be levied byv. the Grand Jury Warrant of Summer Assizes, 1848, for each such barony or half barony, and the rate per centum which each such sum bears to the valuation: of the counties, counties of cities, and counties of towns in Ireland, except Cork and Waterford, of which the valuation under the Act 6 and 7 William IV., c. 84, has not been completed, specifying the name of each barony or half barony, the acreable contents according to the Ordnance survey; stating also the sum ordered to be levied by the Grand Jury Warrant of Spring Assizes 1848 off each.such barony or half barony, and the rate per 1,000 acres as sessable in the county book, and the sum ordered to be levied of each barony by the Grand Jury Warrant of Summer Assizes, 1848, and the rate assessable upon each 1,000 acres in the county book. NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENTS. Mr. BROTHERTON moved for and obtained an order for a return, showing the number of London newspapers, the number of advertisements in them, the rate and amount of advertisment duty paid by them in each year from the Ist day of January, 1841, to the Ist day of January, 1849. Similar return as regards the English provincial, the Scotch, and the Irish newspapers. THE MARRIAGE LAW. Several petitions were presented praying for an altera tion in the law which prevents marriage with the sister of a deceased wife. POOR-RATE. Mr. Alderman HUMPHERY presented a petition from Southwark, complaining of the present oppressive mode of levying the rate, and praying for an im proved mode of levying the rate throughout the country. DUTY ON PAPER. Mr. HUME presented a petition from the paper manu facturers of Edinburgh, stating that the duty on paper amounted virtually to them to 75 per cent. on the whole value of the article, and praying for a modification or abolition of it. RADICAL REFORM. Mr. HUME also presented a petition from Taunton, praying for a radical reform of the constitution of the House of Commons. KAFIR WAR. Mr. V. SMITH gave notice that on an early day be should move for returns connected with the expenditure in the Kafir war. NAVIGATION-LAWS. ___ ....... Mr. DISRAELI :presented petitions against the re• peal of the navigation-laws from Hartlepool, Leith, Perth, Dunfermline, the Association of West Indian oneM rfr.oHmU Planters at Glasgow, and other places. Montrose M E presented and ttnwoooptheetirtifornnsmtoAtrhbe4aan4ie.e ffec 4 the county of Ayr. ti tion from Belfast. Sir JOHN WALSII presented a similar petition from Mr.NAPIER presented a s imilar ECCLESIASTICAL OM M L - care with the resolution d that in accordance h House, and state Sir GEORGE GREY PP ss had been presented to Ma jestyCC) at the bar of the of the House an Majestyaddress to appoint a Commission to praying her • inquire into t he expediency of subdividing parishes into districts for ecclesias tical p ur p oses, and her Ma j es ty had been graciously pleased to consent to the appointment of suc h Commission. COLLIERY EXPLOSIONS. Mr. CAYLEY wished to ask the Right Hon. Baronet t h e Secretary of State for the Home Department whether Government had received any report of the colliery explosion near Wolverhampton, and whether it was the intention of Government to take any steps for preventing such dreadful occurrences. Sir G. GREY said he had received no official intones tion on the subject of the accident to which the Hon. Gentleman alluded, but he had received a report of the coroner's inquest on the sufferers from the explosion near to Barnsley, and that report was now under the consideration of the Home-office. Mr. CAYLEY said he observed the Hon. Member for Montrose had a motion on the paper relative to this sub ject, and he should be glad to know if the Hon. Gentle man intended to persevere in that? Mr. HUME replied in the affirmative, and stated that ho should bring it forward on the Supply night. TERMINABLE ANNU ITIES. The Mix. MEMBER then said the Rouse had ordered return of the value of terminable annuities, which he understood was ready, and he begged now to move that the return be continued to the Ist September.—Agreed to. ROYAL ASSENT. Sir Augustus Clifford appeared at the bar, and sum moned the House to the House of Lords to bear the ReYs l Assent: given by Commission to several Bills (for which see Lords' report). The SPEAKER then left the House, followed by a num• ber of Hon Members. The SPEAKER, on his return, intimated that the Royal Assent had been given in the House of Lords to the Bills above referred to. RETURNS FRONI UNIONS IN IRELAND. Mr. STAFFORD inquired if the Chancellor of the Exchequer had any objection to lay on the table a re turn exhibiting the corrections in the recent return? The CHANCELLOR of the EXcHEQuER bad no