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VIII. of THIERS' lIISTORY OF THE CONSULATE AND EMPIRE, Now Ready at all the Booksellers, Contents : —Fontainebleau —.l ranjuez —Bayonne. N.B. Orders should specify "Colburn's Authorised Translation." Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE The Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, are espectfully Informed that THIS EVENING, Will be presented Rossini's Opera, LA CENERENTOLA. The princip.d parts by lidlle. Alboni (her first appearance a• this theatre), 3ldllo. Pollonia, and Mme. Grimaldi ; Signori Gardonl, F. Lablache, and Eeletti. To conclude with, first time at this Theatre (the Scenery by Mr Charles Marshall) the celebrated Ballet, entitled LE VIABLE A QUATRE. In which will appear Mdlle. Carlotta Grist, I Mdlle Marie Taglioni, and Mme. Petit Stephan, Mdlle. Carolina Rosati, M. Paul Taglioni, M. Charles, M. Louis D'Or; Mdlles. Thevenot, Julien, Lamoureux, and Aussandon. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box office, Opera Colonnade QT. JAMES'S THEATRE. Season 1849. FRENCH PLAYS and OPERA COMIQUE. On MONDAY EVENING, The Performances win commence at Half-past Seven o'clock with LA PRIMA DONNA. After which, ACTEON. To conclude with LA DOUBLE ECIIELLE. Mr. Mitchell begs also to announce that, notwithstanding the in creased expenses of the present entertainment, the prices of admis !ion are determined us follows: Boxes .. • • .. Od. Pit .. • • .. Od. Amphitheatre .. 28. Od. Subscriptions for the season may be arranged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street; Mr. Sams', St. James's-street ; Mr. Andrew?, New Bond-street; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from eleven till five. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET_ Mr, B. Webster, Selo Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE RENT DAY. Martin Heywood, Mr. J. Wailack. To conclude with the Comedy of WILD OAT?. Rover, Mr. James Wailack; Harry Thunder, Mr. H. Vandenhoff ; Lady Ama rauth, Mise Julia Bennett. THEA IRA ROYAL. ADELPIII. is rder the .Irectlon o Madame Celeste EVENIN , - Will be performed THE lIOP PICKERS. Priticipal characters by Messrs. Lambert, Boyce, Wright, Paul Bedford, Hughes, Mun yard, O. Smith, Cullenford, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. F. Matthews, Miss Taylor, Miss E. Chaplin, &c. To conclude wills COCKNEYS IN CALIFORNIA. The principal characters by Mr. Munyard, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mrs. Chitlins, Mrs. . Matthews, and Miss Turner. ROYAL LYCi.IIM THEATKE. Under the "Manage:netat of Madam, Vest:W. tole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mahe THIS EVENING Will be performed SUAVE YOU DIRECTLY. Alter which; a new Drama, called A ROMANTIC IDEA. To conclude with a Fairy Extravaganza, entitled TUE KING OF ruE PEACOCKS. Characters by Messrs. Harley, John Reeve, Selby, 11. Hall, Marshall, and 11. Marshall ; Miss Kathleen Fitzwll ,ianr, Miss L. Howarsi, Mrs. Macnamara, Miss Marshall, Miss L. Marshall, Miss Coleman, and Madame Vestris. Dress .t,xes, :vs.; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; 2s ; Gallery, Is. No beall•-price to any part oh the house. T ,, . New 144 x-once, No. 2, - street, is open to the public ev«..ry lay, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S THEATIZ%. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Tanager. TtIIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Opera, entitled FRANCESCA DORIA. After which, M. KLAI:E will ex,cute most extraordinary feats of Dexterity and Elegance on Le Globe Rou :Fe conclude with a new Ballad Oper►, entitled ROBIN GOOD. FELLOW. Characters by Messrs. Charles Brahan, Weiss, Honey, C. Fisher Miss Poole, Miss G. Smithson, Miss Kenworthy, Mrs. Weiss, and Miss E. Stanley. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the Patronage of id Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. Mr. Batty respectfully announces that he has entered into an en gagement with the celebrated American Equestrian Young Hernan dez, who has just arrived in this country, and whose talent has gained for him the title of the first rider in the world. THIS EVENING, The curtain Bill rise at a Quarter to Seven o'clock precisely to the magnificent Spectacle, by Fitzball, entitled CORA SCO ; or, the Warrior's Steed. After Which the double Tight-ropes. To be followed by an inimitable display of SCENES IN THE CIUCLE. in which Young Hernandez will appear, supported by the first Equestrian talent of the day. To conclude with the farce of THE DUMB DRIVER. Eoz-office open from Eleven till Five. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. TiIE WEATHER,.—SUN OFFICE, MARCH 17. TH qt3IOMETS; Lowest, 38; Highest, 53; Noon, 52. BA ROAIA:TER, :30.35. WIND W.N.W.—Morning, light breeze and fog ; Afternoon, fine. !wit WATER AT LONDON fitillniE. T,113 DAT —Morning, 57 min. after G I Evening, 22 rain. after 7 To-Moanow— 1,1,1a.4, 52 min. alter 7 Eventik, 33 min. alter 8 .144 Itrc. LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1849. The Navy- Estimates for the ensuing year were last night brought under the consideration of the House of Commons, which sat as a Committee of Supply, and several votes on account were taken. Before the House went into Committee, the Honourable Member for Montrose moved, as an amendment, " that in the pre sent state of the finances of the country her MAJESTY'S Ministers, before calling on the House to vote the estimates for the public service, should submit a general financial statement of the whole or expected revenues and the total intended ex penditure for the ensuing financial year." It certainly appears rather an tinbusiness-like pro ceeding to enter into engagements, and to decide on the amount to be expended on the national establish ments, before we can form any opinioß as to the pro bable income of the country. During the last two years we exceeded the means at our disposal, and large additions were made to the public debt during a period of peace, when considerable reductions might reasonably be looked for. There can be no question of the propriety of the course sug gested by the Honourable Member, and which, it appeared, had been adopted not only by Lord ALTLIORP in 1830, but, during the years 1845, 1846, 1847, and 1848. The Chancellor of the E xchequer, however, urged the impossibility of present ing the financial statement before the beginning of the financial year, which now commences on the sth April, and declared that the effect of the motion could only be to delay the course of public business. The amendment was subsequently rejected by a Majority of 49. We trust, however, that arrange ments will be made by which this reasonable ground of complaint may be removed, and that henceforward the fullest information will be afforded before any demands are made on account of the public service. In Committee, the Secretary to the Admiralty en tered into a very elaborate and able explanation of the different items contained in the estimates. It appears that there is a nominal saving of 1,691,1021. upcn the year; but, as we have already explained (on the 22d Feb. last), a great portion thereof is more appa rent than real—various charges having been merely transferred to other departments, and being still re quired, although under different names. Thus, the - whole of the vote for the Home department, No. 18, amounting to 53,9501., has been transferred to the Miscellaneous Estimates. The contract packet service, 611 ,62/., and a sum of 161,698/. for the packet service in vessels of the royal navy, amounting toge ther to 842, 2 51., whi c h , will were included in the navy year, estimates l"st ill now be voted under their proper heads. The total saving will therefore be ccly 938 8 561 ., from whi c h i s to be alsouc e e dd td 208,0001. for the reduction eff ected upon the revised e,riinAtos last Augu.t---Tha actual saving for the e3sti. n.4 . year will therefore be 730,000/. This is ( e:tainly something, although it may not answer the expectations of some of our financial reformers. Although as anxious as any persons can possibly be I r every practicable retrenchment, we con f ess that it is not in our effective naval force that we NvotAht desire to see extensive reductions. It would be but a n unwise and injudicious economy to reduce our actual naval strength below the wents and requirements of the nation. The truth of the adage "Si vis pacem Para bellunz" is universally acknowledged. There is no better u.c.de of averting war than being at all times fully prepared. If any danger should arise, it is on our navy we •must chiefly rely not only for protec tion against foreign invasion, but also for the means of aggression upon those who may commence hos tilities. This fact is not only recognised at home, it is also the feeling of other nations ; and the state of the British navy will ever exercise a pro found influence over those who may have to decide upon the important question of peace or war. Three thousand sailors, more or less, might make a material change in the course of events, and perhaps avert a bloody and expensive war. Each of those hardy and well-disciplined seamen would in case of emergency be enabled to render one, if not two, landsmen eligible. A ship's crew, one-third of whom were able and experienced seamen, might speedily be brought into a state of great efficiency, able to perform any required ser vice, when years would elapse, if the entire com plement were made up of landsmen. It is impossible to estimate too highly the advantages of having such a reserve force at all times in readiness ; and yet we are discharging 3,000 of such men from our service, casting them on the wide world, to seek employment from other nations when they might be retained at a trifling expenditure. Their sufferings are disregarded ; nothing is thought of the privations they will be called on to endure until they depart from their un grateful country. The Secretary to the Admiralty surely stated sufficient to have justified the Govern ment in adopting a different course. He said— " The reduction on the vote for the men was almost no• urinal, yet it had borne with great hardship on men brought up to the service, and who wished to remain in it, but were now turned adrift. And there could be no better proof of the II( cessity of avoiding fluctuations in future than the distress occasioned by the reduction now taking place ; and yet it was proposed to add 5,000 more to the 3,000 who were now being sent in quest of employment." With much justice the Hon. Gentleman added— " If the House should sanction such a reduction upon the present estimates, without some better reason than had yet been given, they would really not deserve to have an efficient nary when they wanted it. It was with the greatest difficulty now that the Admiralty found the means of meeting the calls of British merchants in va rious parts, and demands for protection ; and if the power to meet them were further abridged, the Honourable Members who now desired the re duction would be the first to complain of the effect of it. Reduction of expenditure in men would strike necessarily at efficiency—in other things reduction was compatible with efficiency, and in all probability, under the more systematic management now being introduced, we should get more work and better work out of the dockyards than we had done of late years with the very large and overgrown establish ments which had been maintained." This is, certainly, conclusive reasoning, its accu racy cannot be controverted or denied ; and yet the Government has been guilty of the very fault against which so strong a protest was uttered. They have discharged 3,000 men "brought up to the service, and who wished to remain in it, but who are now turned adrift," and have occasioned " the misery" which the Honourable Gentleman so elo quently depicted, and for what ? To effect a paltry nominal saving of 69,9601. in wages, and that at a moment when the affairs of Turkey and Russia are assuming such portentous aspects as we have else where detailed. One circumstance must not be overlooked by Lord PALMERSTON in the consideration of the difficulties which have suddenly surrounded the Mahomedan Government at Constantinople. It is essential for the glory—nay, far more, for the honour—of Eng land, that the Foreign Secretary of her Britannic MAJESTY should not lose a recollection of the fact that the SULTAN has been scarcely more impelled to the adoption of his present hostile policy towards the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh than he has been insti gated to that perilous opposition of the Russian EMPEROR by the arguments, entreaties, and repre sentations of the British Ambassador. Throughout the whole of his official career in the neighbour hood of the Bosphorus, that eminent diplomatist has fulfilled the duties of his responsible position in a manner the best calculated to forward the reci procal interests of England and Turkey, to withstand the lawless advances of the CZAR towards the Rou melian capital of Adrianople, to maintain the peace of Europe by chocking the southward progress of the Russians, and in . doing all this he has laboured in the 1 most effectual way ;towards the development of his own reputation. While Sir STRATFORD CANNING has found leisure to promote the wonderful researches of that extraordinary man, Mr. AUSTIN LAYARD, while he has stimulated the excavations made among the ruins of Nineveh, and has afforded the protection of the embassage to the young traveller who had hitherto wandered alone across the Pachalie of Bagdad, he has done yet greater service to the merchant than to the antiquarian, he has promoted the advantages of the present generation while patronising those who have endeavoured to elucidate the mysteries of antiquity. After settling the embarrassments which had arisen in Switzerland in reference to the Sonderbund, Sir STRATFORD CANNING returned to the scene of his prolonged and valuable services as the representative of the British SOVEREIGN at the Court of the Otto -1 man MONARCH. During the whole of the stormy Year of Revolutions he continued to watch over the interests of England in the East, of Turkey in the North, and, through the interests of Turkey and England, over the interests of all the western countries of Continental Europe. At a period when almost the whole of the attention of the Government of these islands was concentrated upon the agitated nationalities of France, of Italy, and of the Germanic Confederation, the British Ambassador at Constanti nople observed with vigilant eyes the stealthy move ments of the Russian soldiers which began to be made towards the frontiers of Bessarabia immediately upon the revolutionary explosion of February. Not a step was taken by the AUTOCRAT towards the occupation cf the Danubian Principalities without that step being ob served, and in some measure counteracted, by the bold but politic Ambassador. When at length the ulterior designs of the northern Despot began to glare through his flimsy and transparent pretensions ; when the peaceable efforts made by the Vlacks, or Roumans, towards the reform of their institutions were blunted, at first by the insidious, and at last by the insolent opposition of the Commissary DCHAMEL ; when Moldavia was invaded ; when the benevolent schemes of SULETMAN Paella were thwarted; when FUAD EFFENDI was goaded on to the storm and sacking of Bucharest; when every patriot was flung into the prisons of Wallachia, and the Servians were supplied with arms against their neighbours, and i misunderstandings were fomented between Bosnia and Bulgaria—Sir STRATFORD CANNING recognised the real intentions of NICHOLAS, and thereupon offered those courageous recommendations to the Divan and to the SULTAN which could alone preserve the Otto man empire from crumbling into ruins under the pressure of Russia, which could alone withhold the Cossacks from penetrating into the narrow streets of Constantinople, whi ch could alone prevent the fleets of the Black Sea from sailing triumphantly through the impregnable channels of the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles. The Turkish Government has followed the advice of the English Ambassador. In obedience to the instigations of Sir STRATFORD CANNING, the gauge of battle has been all but thrown down at the footstool of the AUTOCRAT. The whole of the military and naval forces of Turkey have been augmented—the fleet to forty sail of th e li ne , th e army to 300,0 00 able-bodied and well-conditioned soldiers. Auxiliary troops have been drawn, one after another, from the Asiatic Pachalics, and rein forcements have been marched hurriedly northwards across the province of Roumelia. Promises of aid in specie, and doubtless also in men and vessels, have been obtained from ABBAS PACHA, that new Viceroy of Egypt who must rejoice in this speedy opportunity of attesting his allegiance to his Suzeraine, and of thereby increasing his autho rity among the Egyptians. Extraordinary efforts have been wade, in short, in every department of the Tut kish service : the entire strength of the CALIPH is pressing upwards to the banks of the Danube whose waters wash the southern frontiers of Wallachia: and all this is being carried out under the inspira tion, and at the express instigation of Sir STRATFORD CANNING, the British Ambassador at Constantinople. The honour of England is consequently—as well as her political, moral, mercantile, and naval interests —pledged to the support of Turkey in her struggle against the dating ambition of the AUTOCRAT. 1 That the Ottoman Porte, even with his army augmented to 300,000 men, could cope single-handed with the colossal powers of the Emperor NICHOLAS, is a physical impossibility. That the AUTOCRAT will resign his shameless pretensions to Moldo-Wallachia, simply because of the array made against him by the troops of the Mussulmen, is an occurrence not merely improbable, but actually absurd to anticipate. That England can withdraw from any interference in the contention without a stain upon her honour after the part already taken by her Ambassador, must be self evident to the most limited understanding. Those three truths being admitted--but one course remains open for the British Government. The pro ceedings of Sir STRATFORD CANNING must be approved by the equally energetic interposition of Lord• PALMERSTON. The policy of the diplomatist must be enforced by the coincident policy of the statesman. The Minister for Foreign Affairs in Downing-street must act in accordance with the views which have been so bravely and nobly, so patriotically and sagaciously taken by the Ambas sador in Constantinople. Already the difference has proceeded so far that whoever enters first, the Bosphorus on the one hand, or the Dardanelles on the other, will have won half the race. Before any long interval has elapsed, the sea of Marmora must be penetrated either from the Black Sea or from the Levant. Shall England, from any unworthy feeling of pusillanimity, or from any insane procras tination, allow that advantage to the AUTOCRAT ? Shall England from either of these contemptible motives embarrass the position of her Ambassador — bewilder the policy of the SULTAN—palsy the exer tions of the Divan—and strengthen the insolent expedition of Russia ? The responsibility of her MAJESTY'S representative at Constantinople is ahead) sufficiently onerous. The faithfulness of our ally the Sublime Porte to our views and our friendship has been sufficiently tested. The insulated energies of the Divan have been sufficiently demonstrated. The aggressions of Russia have been sufficiently flagralit to justify an instant and courage. ous interposition. England must act. Her conscience prompts her to an interference, if only to preserve her national honour unsullied. Her mercantile interests, the continuance of her maritime strength, the reten tion of her moral influence throughout Christendom, and the maintenance of her political supremacy—all are vociferous and peremptory reasons for her inter position between Turkey and Russia. England must act : and we are the more earnest in insisting upon this great necessity because we are satisfied that the appearance of our fleet in the Bosphorus is alone re quired for the preservation of Constantinople. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The sitting of the National Assembly on Thursday was devoted to the conclusion of the discussion on the electoral law. An amendment of a most important character was proposed by M. LBERBETTE it was, that all persons having an interest in any enterprise submitted to a vote of the Assembly should be in' eligible to be elected as representatives of the people. After a short discussion, the proposal of M. LUER• BETTE was agreed to, and the electoral law, as amended, finally adopted. The effect of the amend ment of M. LUERI3ETTE will be to exclude from the new Assembly all railway shareholders, all pro prietors of the Bank of France, and all shareholders in canals or mines. The law baying been adopted, M. MARRAST, the President, announced to the National Assembly that, having conferred with the Minister of the Interior, on the subject he was now enabled to state to the Assembly the days on which the various electoral operations would take place. The delay of fifty days required for the con vocation of the Electoral Colleges would expire on the Bth May, the electors cards, would be distributed immediately afterwards, and the elections would take place on the 13th May. The new Legislative As sembly would meet on Monday, May 28. The PRESIDENT of the Republic gave a grand ball on Wednesday evening. It was remarked that very few of the officers of the line were present, although there are at present upwards of 60,000 men in garri son in Paris. The officers of the line are very indig nant at the slight thus put upon them ; and it was generally observed in the cafes frequented by the military, that the PRESIDENT might have invited fewer Legitimists and foreigners, and a greater num ber of those officers who are now harassed so unne cessarily by constant parades and reviews. It was currently reported in the National Assem bly that King CHARLES ALBERT had left Turin for Alessandria, to take command of the army, and that hostilities would commence immediately. Tuulousu has been the scene of some disturbances BOURSE—PARIS, FRIDAY, llencll 16. THREE O'CLOCK.—The French Funds opened to-day at a cunsiderable advance on yesterday's closing prices, but after several fluctuations the quo'ations remain early the same as yesterday. Railway Shares, in mos( instances, n ere firmer. Exchange on London (30 days), 25 22i to 20; ditto (90 days), 25 12i. JUSIIC ESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, Damn 16. Boulogne and Amiens, 834•—Northern of France, 10% — Paris and Rouen, 2041—Paris and Strasbourg, 4f4—Rouen and Havre, 18%—Tours and Nantes, 24, SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 10th have arrived. General Kos DE OLANo has offered a reward of 2,000 dollars for the head of EL ESTUDIENTE. The Spanish bishops have resolved to subscribe one-tenth of their income this year for the use of the POPE. The Gaceta publishes a dispatch of the Commander of Lerica, dated the 7th inst., announcing that the former arlist chief, PONS, now brigadier in the QUEEN'S army, had surprised CABRERA, near San Lorenzo de Morunys, killed three of his men and captured eleven, with thirty muskets, a quantity of ammunition, one of the horses and the baggage of CABRERA, his papers, seal, &c. CABRERA effected his escape, with three horsemen, in the direction of La Coma. MADRID BOLSA, MARCH 10. Five per Cents., 10i, paper; Three per Cents., 22i, for account. Ex change on London, 49, 90. GERMAN Y AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA. The direct advices from Hungary give very dif ferent accounts of the state of affairs in that country from those of the magniloquent, but by no means in telligible bulletins, of the Governor of Vienna. The correspondent of the French National, writing from Pesth, on the 6th March, says this is probably the last letter you will receive from me for some time, as it is probable that Pesth will be in possession of the Magyars in a few days. The battle of the 26th and 27th, between the Imperialists, commanded by WIN• DISCEIGRATZ, and the Magyars, commanded by DEM BENCKI, ended in the defeat of the former, and in the retreat of WINDISCHGRATZ to Pesth, where he has established his head-quarters. The retreat of DEMBENCKI on the 26th was a feint, and having succeeded in inducing WINDISCHGRATZ to weaken his forces by detaching ScuLicx in pur suit, DEMBENCKI, by a clever manoeuvre, isolated the force under SCHLICK from the main army, attacked, and nearly annihilated it. He then advanced against the main army of the Imperialists, which fell back upon Pesth. BEM, in Transylvania, has defeated the combined forces of the Austrians and Russians, and has taken Hermanstadt, from which he has expelled the Russian garrison. Comorn still holds out. The Pesth Courier says :—" By intelligence brought from St. Petersburgh by a special conveyance, the Emperor of RUSSIA, at a review of 40,000 men of the Guards, said publicly to the troops that the cir cumstances of the Austrian empire required that he should place at the disposal of his friend the Emperor of AUSTRIA a portion of his military powers. This announcement was received by the 40,000 Guards with the thundering shout of ' Long live the Emperor of Austria.'" The Augsburg Gazette and the Post of Eastern Germany of Vienna state, that intelligence reached the latter city on the Bth and 9th, that after their defeat at Kapolna, a part of the Hungarians went to Szolno, where they attacked the Austrians under General KARGER, and after a sanguinary combat . succeeded in dri v i ng th em b eyon d th e T Tn er h wa e ns i s s s yf . ol ry a It nt w ihae, and d sa Austrianstha Saxon x o ha t been n or ue unfavourable irvye afrs oi m n l t so al thsbaaeidd that the power of the insurgents. It was again stated that Prince WINDISCUGRATZ had given up the com mand of the army to General SCULICK, and retired to Osen ; and it was added that he had been wounded. Large reinforcements had reached Pesth, but the Prince had written to 011mutz to state that 50,000 more men were necessary to enable him to conclude the war. It was rumoured at Pesth, that KOSSUTH and his party had abandoned Debreczin and retired to Szigeth on the Marmaros. JALLACHICH had written a letter to say that there was no truth in the reported dissensions between him and Prince WIN.. DISCHGRATA. The Imperialists have suffered a defeat at Comorn. They had completed a bridge over the Danub e, while they were advancing to storm the fortress. The batteries of Comorn opened upon them, destroyed the bridge, i.nd all the troops who were attempting to cross or were engaged in the construction or defence of the bridge were either killed or driven i nto the river. ii." , ' f-,:e..--s-p, •.N. ' ' If* ..- .I.,'W"', -. \Niciihtv , . 0 , -- - . , • ~,. .- big u T- ,- , -. THE SUN, LONDON, SATITRDAY EVENING, MARCH 17, 1849. F/ tA N KFQRT. The German nirliament adjourned on the 13th to the 15tb, withou t coming to tlny decision en WELCKER'S propos:ition for conferring the hereditary Empire of Gemini:lT on the King of PRUSSIA. A new Austrian note was presented on the 13th, to GAGERN, insiAing on the appointment of a Di rectory, and reiterating the objections of the former note to the exclusion of Austria from the German states. A reinforcement of 400 Hessian chasseurs left Frilmlifort on the I,3th for Cassel en route for Schles wig-Holstein. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. COPENHAGEN, MARCH 9.—The proclamation of the Minister of Marine, FAHRTMANN respecting the recommencement of the blockade, dated the 7th, is as follows : " The Minister of Marine hereby gives notice that all harbours and creeks in the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein will be blockaded after the 27th of this month, except those in the island of Arroe and Alsen, and those other places which are under the royal au thority. The blockade will be subsequently raised in every place, so soon as it shall fall into the hands of the legitimate government, of which due notice will then be given.' Warlike preparations, both by land and sea, are being carried on with much activity. The corvettes Galathea, Walkyrien, Flora, and Nayade took up their positions in the roadstead to day, and all hands are now engaged in equipping the frigates. According to the Flypepost en , the KING intends joining the army on the 29th , to have a grand inspection of all the vessels which may then be ready for sea, and which are to quit for their respective stations immediately after. The manning of these vessels is estimated at 6,000 men. There is no ap prehension of any lack of crews for the merchantmen, as the assistance of Sweden is reckoned upon in this respect. A courier has just arrived from England by the steamer Abotrill. The object of his mission is not known. General FABRIER, who, as we have already said, has arrived here, has come to assist the Danes by word and deed in the approaching war. It does not yet appear whether the General will take the com mand-in-chief of the Danish army, or be the adviser of the Commander in-Chief. In the sitting of the Diet yesterday, the KING'S privilege of pardon was discussed. ILisanuftcn, MARCH 12.—General OxnoLM ac• companied General FABRIER through this city, and proceeded with him in the Malmoe steamer from Lu• beck to Copenhagen. He is said to have been very well received by Lord PALMERSTON. The Allgemeine Zeitung says that " 11. CAMP HAHSEN has been sent from Berlin to London, for the purpose of giving additional weight to the German Danish question," These instructions are said to be nothing short of binding.—Hamburgh Borsenhalle, March 12. The German Reform, in a letter dated March 1 , says—" As soon as Chevalier BUNSEN received in telligence in London of the denunciation of the armistice by Denmark, he immediately broke off the negotiations for peace. Lord PALmEasToN made a serious remonstrance to the Danish Ambassador re specting the procedure of his Government, which will probably not be ineffectual." ITALY. The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa announces that King CHARLES ALBERT has given notice to the Austrians of the termination of the armistice, and that he had returned a dignified answer to the re monstrances of the French and English Ambassadors. RADETZKY, it is said, will await the approach- of CHARLES ALBERT under the walls of Milan, being well convinced that if he abandons the city to take up an advanced position, Milan and the whole of Lombardy will be in instant insurrection. The Provisional Government of Tuscany has pub lished a manifesto (of which the following is a sum mary), in answer to the protest of the ex-Grand Duke : " Leopold had freely accepted the Ministerial pro gramme, and subsequently, though after some hesitation, signed the Bill for the Italian Constituent Assembly. He afterwards left Florence, without informing the Council of Ministers of his intention, but merely com municating it to the Minister of Finance, who happened to call at the Pali Palace the evening before his depar ture. The Ministry, on hearing the rumours which were spreal concerning the intended flight of the Prince, sent Chevalier Ghigi and Chevalier Punzzi to Siena, to in vite him to return immediately to Florence, or else to accept the resignation of the Ministry. The two Depu ties found the Prince in bed and unwell, but he declared his wish to return as soon as possible to Florence, and have the counsel cf his Cabinet. The remaining circum stances are known—Leopold fled secretly from Siena, made the place of his retreat a secret, nor did he name a Provisional Government ; for how could he then hay( recommended the country to the care of the Slinistry? He then proceeded to Porto San Stefano, and tried to excite civil war by his letters and orders to Laugier ; and la tly, left the Tuscan territory. Hence may be concluded-Ist, that Leopold of Austria had no reason of complai:(t against his Ministry; 2d, that in virtue of the Constitution he could not leave the country, nor even establish a Provisional Government—the more so as he had no violence to complain of ; 3d, that Leopold, by remainimx at Porto San Stefano, intended to return, not as a constitutional, but as an absolute Sovereign, placing his hopes in the dread which would seize the people, the Assembly, and the Ministry, in civil war and foreign intervention. But none of these calculations were fulfilled. Leopold left Porto San Stefano ' not for the reasons he giges in his pr o t es t o f t h e 20 t h, but be cause there was no room for him there. No armed body , as he pretends; some Muni sent to Gropeto, to maintain Muni cipal l b Guards ebeen sent o a b against ain were st l)ina tranquillity there. A Republican Government had not been, as he pretends, established in Tuscany, the Re public having merely been proclaimed by the people, as a desire whie"t would probably be realised by the Re presentatives of the people." This manifesto, which is dated 4th March, is signed by GUERRAZZI, MAzzom, and MONTANELLI. The Nazionale, cited by the Concordia of Turin, announces that a Ministerial crisis has occurred at Rome ; Sturbinetti has replaced Mazzarelli, Manzoni has replaced Guiccioli, and Montecchi has taken the place of Sterbini. The following is now the compo sition of the Roman Ministry :—Manzoni, Minister of Finance; Saffi, of the Interior; Rusconi, Foreign Affairs ; Lazzarini, Justice ; Montecohi, Public Works ; Sturbinetti , Instruction ; and Rilliet Con stant, Minister of War. The Corriere Livornese quotes a letter from Naples of the sth, stating that hostilities are to recommence in Sicily on the 15th, pursuant to notice from the Neapolitan Government to the Sicilians. Thirty thou sand men are to march from Messina upon Catania and Augusta, while the naval squadron is to proceed to Palermo. The Costituente Italiana of the 9th quotes a letter from the Neapolitan frontier, stating that GARRI BALDI'S army is daily recruited with deserters from the Neapolitan forces with arms and baggage, and with Calabrians and, men from the Abruzzi, who enrol themselves under the banners of the Republic. On hearing ,of the departure of fresh Neapolitan troops for Sicily, Colonel Ls MAssA. left Rome for Palermo with a large party of French soldiers, en rolled for the Sicilian Government. Father VENTURA informed him before his departure, that the Nea politan Chamber had protested against the last ulti matum, on the ground of its n ot having been ap proved'by all the constituted powers of the state, and that diplomacy had taken advantage of the circum stance to propose new c0:22:1.211._ TURKEY. CONSTANTINGI*LE, FEB. 21.—There is an increas ing feeling here that at the beginning of the spring serious engagements will take place on the northern frontier. The recruitings and military armaments are being made on a very extensive scale. Intelli gence to the same effect is received from all the pro vinces. On the 15th there was a large Cabinet Council, which the SULTAN attended in person, and on the 16th Sir STRATFORD CANNING had a long con ference with the President of the Council. The troops on the Russian frontier are mustering in large numbers, and arrive from both sides. I 15 ELAND. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) THE LORD-LIEUTE NANT. DUBLIN, FRIDAY EVENING.--LOrd Clarendon leaves Dublin on the 24th inst., on a visit to his estates in England. It is not known bow long his Excellency will be absent from the seat of Government. POTATO CULTURE. Accounts from the provinces speak in rather alarming terms of an a l most un i ve r sa l return " by the peasantry" to the culture of the potato. Whole tracks are being laid down with the fatal root, nor does there appear to be any lack in the supply of seed, manure, &c., which seem to spring up a s if by magic , not withs tanding the complaints of inability to till the soil. THE CORN TRADE. We h a d a fair demand for all kinds of grain at market t° -(11 Y, and currencies of Tuesday were generally sup ported. There was an improved demand f or Indian corn, and we auvance our extreme quotations Is. per quarter. TROOPS FOR I NDIA .—An intimation has just been received by t h e Court of Di rec tors of the East India Company, are ready t o em b ark for I n di a . The following ships to the eff ec t that the 75th and s 7th r e g i ments have been a pp o i nted by the East India Co m p an y to con vey the 87 th to Calcutta :—Plantag f n et, Time an d Smith, D a lh ous i e, Essex, and Lady M acdonald. The Plantag( net i s t o sa il , if poss ible, on the 1 1th of next month, from G ravesen d . Th e other ships are to sail on he 19th and 20th of next month. The regiment will remain at Weedon, its present quarters, until its embar kation. It is understood that ships have not yet been decided upon for conveyance of the 75th Foot, which is now stationed of Kilkenny. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before the LORD CHANCELLOR.) STEWART V. FORBES. Th. , l Court was ()coupled throughout the morning in hearing the arguments of ccuns,l in this cause, which was part heard on a previous du). VICE-CHAN CERY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Vice• Cha%CeIIOrWIGRAM.) BROMLEY V. NY RIGIIT.—JUDGMEN T. His HONOUR gave judgment i❑ this cause this morn. ing, which had reference to the construction of a will. The testator, Thomas Bromley, by his will, made on the 10th of February, 1825, gave to his wife, Mary Bromley, 5001, to be paid to her by his trustees, within two months after his decease; secondly, he gave to her his household goods and other effects ; thirdly, he gave to his trustees all his re it and personal estate, in trust to pay the income to his wife for her life, and after. her decease, upon trust, within the expiration of ten years from the death of his wife, in case the testator survived his wire, to sell and convert the property into money, and invest the proceeds in Government or other securities, at interest; and he declared his will to be that the income to arise from such conversion should be held upon trust for the purpose of answering and satisfying the several annuities and lega cies afterwards bequeathed in his will. The testator baring made a large provision by his will for his wife in the first year, then he suspended the distribution of his residuary estate for ten years, and then divided it; then he gave annuities to certain parties, among others, to Mary and Agnus Bromley, his sister Elizabeth Brom ley, his brother Henry Bromley, two ladies named Cow ley, and the four children of Major Bromley—to be paid at the expiration of ten years from his death, and then at the end of ten years he gave certain pecuniary legacies to the same parties to whom he had previously given an nuities. The testator then went on to dispose of the residue of his estate. The testator died, leaving his widow surviving.him. The widow is since dead, and the ten years within the expiration of which the pro• party was to be converted has expired. Henry Brom ley, one of the legatees in the will, died in the testator's lifetime. Mary and Agnus Bromley (other legatees) outlived the testator, but both of them died before the expiration of the ten years. At the end of the ten years two only out of the four children of Major Bromley were living; and the object of the suit was to ascertain the rights of the different parties, and to have the estate ad- Ministered under the direction of the Court. The first question was, of what did the residue consist ?—did it include the real as well cs the personal estate, and had the legacies of Mary and Agnes Bromley fallen in or not. Of Henry Bromley's legacy there could be no doubt; he having died in the testator's lifetime, his legacy lapsed as a matter of course. The second ques tion was, who were the residuary legatees entitled to share in the residue under the will; thirdly, with refer ence to which of the legacies given by the will, the pro• portion in which the residue n-as to be divided among the residuary legatees—there being beside legacies, pro perty so called, annuities for ten years, and annuities for life, and also specific legacies; fourthly, was any part of the residue estate undisposed of; and fifthly, to whom did that residue, if undisposed of, belong? The con struction of the will was to aided by reason and Probability. With respect to the first question, as to what the residue consisted of, whether of real or personal estate, there could be no reason able doubt ; it was impossible that it comprised real as well as personal estate. With respect to the legacies of Mary and Agnus Bromley, who survived the testator and died before the expiration of the ten years, he (the Vice-Chancellor) thought, though not without hesitation, that the legacies to those ladies were vested, and not contingent on their outliving the terms of ten years. His opinion, therefore, was, with regard to those two legacies to Mary and Agnus, that they did not fall into the residue. The residue would therefore consist `of real and personal estate, not increased by the lapse of Henry's legacy, but not affected by the death of Mary and Agnus. Secondly, as to who were the persons en titled to share in the residue, Henry must of course be excluded, as he died in the life time of the testator. Next, as to the legatees, the children of Major Bromley—the argument on one side was, that the residue was given to the legatees named i❑ the will, and it was said that the children of Major Bromley were described, but not named. To that argument he (the Vice-Chancellor) confessed he could not accede. With respect to the legatees, Mary and Agnus Bromley, it was not argued that they lost their 'shares of the residue because they died within ten years; but it was in the highest degree improbable that the testator intended Elizabeth Bromley to share in the residue. Then came the unfortunate question about the widow of the testator, and whether she was to be entitled to share in the residue as a legatee of the testator. That such was the intention of the testator could not be imagined, for the estate was not to be converted into money, for the purpose of the division of the residue, possibly, until ten years after his widow's death. He thought that the words of the residuary clause were sufficient to exclude the wife from a share in the residue. The third question was, in what way the shares of the residue were to be measured. He confessed he had much difficulty in be lieving that the testator, who did, in a sense, continue the annuities, by subscribing a gross sum for them after the expiration of ten years, could have contem plated a retrospective valuaticn of the expired annuities as the measure of interest of his legatees in his reside-• iry interest. The fourth point was, whether any part of the residuary estate was undisposed or. That ap plied only to Henry's legacy. Henry was a legatee of the residue, in proportion at the amount of the legacy given to him, which legecy lapsed by his death. He (the Vice-Chancellor) thought Henry's share remained un disposed of. His Honour, the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce, was occupied in hearing short causes of no public interest, and the Courtrose shortly after 11 o'clock. CLERKEN WELL.-('PHIS DAY.) ➢ir. Pickard Brylie, of the Red Lion public-house, St. John-street-road, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt, with keeping his house opts bf•tween the hours of twelve o'clock on Saturday night and one o'clock on Sunday afternoon, " not being for the accommodation of tra vellers." The defendant pleaded Guilty, but said that he thought the law allowed him to serve such customers as he was in the habit of receiving at that time on Satur- day nights, as they were " strictly travellers." The inspector of police stated that the defendant, whose house was otherwise very well conducted, la boured under a mistake as to the meaning of the Act in this particular. The class of customers, whom he en tertained during the illegal hours were drovers, and he had been told, to no purpose, that the Act did not apply to them under the circumstances. The defendant said that they were at those times waiting to start upon their journey, having put up their cattle in his layers. The Chief Clerk observed that certainly drovers were at proper times to be considered as travellers. But the defendant ought to know very well that such was not the case after twelve o'clock on Saturday night, as the law expressly forbade them to travel with their cattle on Sunday. Mr: TYRIVHITT said that, as the defendant had evi dently been labouring under a mistake, he should not this time inflict the penalty of 51. As he had been cau. tioned, however, he would fine him 40s. INSTITUTION FOR THE DEAF AND DUMB.—At a meeting this day of the committee of the above valuable charity, it was stated that the progress of teaching trades to the deaf and dumb, at the termination of their course of education at other schools, continued singularly suc cessful and encouraging, superintended as the two prin cipal departments were by hearing masters, fully quali fied for the arduous task imposed upon them. It ap pears that several clergymen in the provincial districts have made applications for the admission of youths, who although educated, exhibit unmistakeable symptoms of being unable to learn any trade or occupation, unless placed under the direction of those who from experience can sympathise with the afflictions of the deaf and dumb, and accustom themselves to their habits and manners. In conclusion, a hope was expressed that the beneficial workings of the institution would not only continue, but augment as the necessity increased—a necessity that only required to be more generally known to ensure a more widely-extended co-operation on the part of the bene volent and humane. THE ATTEMPTED MURDER OF MR. SOUTHGATE.— Yesterday Alfred Ayres, the gipsy in custody on suspi cion of being the offender, after undergoing a lengthened examination before the magistrates at Epsom, was dis charged for want of sufficient evidence. DEATH or COLONEL T. Gooca.—We have ! to re cord the demise of thi s gentleman, who expired on the 14th instant, in the 76th year of his age. The deceased gentleman was brother to the prei.ent Sir Thomas Gooch, Bart., and was uncle to Mr. E. S. Gooch, M.P. for East Suffolk. His brother William was also an officer of rank in the army. Colonel Gooch was married to a daughter of Sir Robert Barker, Bart., and relict of Philip Webb, Esq., of Milford-place, Sussex. This family is of great importance in Suffolk, and maternally the deceased was descended from William of Wainfleet, the founder of Magdalene College, Oxford. DEATH OF SIR JOHN SHELLY SIDNEY, BART.- This venerable and much respected Baronet, the father of Lord de Lisle and Dudley, died on the 14th inst., at Penshurst, Kent, in the 78th year of hi s age . The de ceased was born in 1771, being the son of Sir B. Shelly, He married 1799 the daughter of the late Sir H. Hurd lake, Bart., of Wingerworth-hall, county of Derby, by whom, who died in 1811, he has had, amongst other issue, a son Philip, created Lord do Lisle and Dudley, who succeeds to the family property. The deceased in 1793 assumed the surname and arms of Sidney, tosnark his descent from the Sidneys, Earls of Leicester. The family is ono of the oldest in the empire, and can trace au undisputed succession in a direct line from the Con queror. _ - We understand from authority that the steamer Bombay, engaged to carry out troops and stores for the insurgents at Pal( rmo, was yesterday seized by the Cus tom-house authot ities at Blackwell. A woman named Martha Jones was indicted at Stafford for the wilful murder of her own child and her niece. The pc or woman had been subject to paroxysms of insanity, and during one of them she seized a knife and cut the throats of the children. During the trial she paid no attention to the proceedings, but looked about the court with a vacant and idiotic stare. She was acquitted on the ground of insanity, and ordered to be detained during her Majesty's pleasure. Two lads, the one 17 and the other only 16 years of age, named George Miller and Henry Sheepwasb, were yesterday sentenced to death at Maidstone for the wilful murder of an old man named William Law. They broke into the old man's cottage by night, for the pur pose of robbing him. The old man awoke during the tima they were in his bedroom, and they beat him on the head with an iron bar and fractured his skull. They acknowledged their guilt. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, (21.1.41?" Ell 7'o 7 HItEE. In the Cotton Market Liverpool, yesterday, there was not much anitnali-n. Railway Shares were dull, but at the clu-e 10,.ked ssanewhat better. It will be observed by the weekly return of the Bank of England, made up to Saturday last, that there was once more a retrograde movement in respect to the busi ness of the Corporation. Allowing for the effect of an increase in the deposits, we have still to look to the sum of the other securities, and finding them in decline, we conclude that there is less discount business doing. The Government 'account progresses well, and there is no reason to assume that it will not, before the Dividends are made payable, have reached the - usual sum. The assets are accumulating, and the bullion which was last week diminished is again on the increase. A comparison with the previous week's return gives the following result:— Notes Issued ... 28,548,245 Increase ... 233,690 Rest ••• ••• ... 3,858,509 Increase ... 3,141 Public Deposits 6.667,141 Increase ... ..„ 526,569 Other Deposits ... ... 9,997,665 )verease „, 89 Seven Day and other Bills 1,091,513 Decrease 36,489 Government securities ... No alteration Other Securities 10,698,753 Decrease 97 016 Netes ... 10,645,925 Increase ... ... 703,480 ... 15.297,212 Increase 120,358 Active Circulation 17,902.320 D. crease ... ... 469,790 There has been more firmness in the foreign ex change.% than from the unsettled sate of continental aff Ars might peibaps have been expected, and upon one or two places bills wcre taken yesterday afternoon at prices rather in favour of the sellers of bills. The Funds are still under the influence of the foreign news, and there have been one or two heavy speculative transactions. The quarter whence most is apprehended appears now to be Russia, as it is conceived that Sar dinia may listen to the remonstrances of France, and the affair of the Pope be settled by joint intervention. On this subject all is mere surmise at present. Consols have been as low as 90it for money, and since 904; they are now about 90i 4. For time the quotations have been 901 to 90i. Exchequer-bills are 395. to 41s. prem. The Foreign Securities are flat, if we except Peruvian, which has been in demand on Dutch account, and is now 59 to 59k. Mexican Bonds are 28 to 28,-1, and Grenada 17k to 17 7 1-. Spanish Five per Cents. are 151 to 16k, and Portuguese Four per Cents. 261 to 274. Shares are heavy, and generally lower. ON a CL , ?SING CAI 1 7 F ir FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. I,er Cent. Reduced AT:I18 ...... 91 91 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 901% 90% India Bonds, 1,0001. Consols for Account.. 9O % IAIN 5 /N 90% Exchequer Bills. & 2d. 1,000/. June 39 p 39 p 5001. June ... 43 40 p 40:p Small, June Ditto Advertised, March 1. 1 /(1 36 39p 89 p PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. ONE CLOSESG O'CLOCK. PRICES. Brazilian Bonds — 804 Ditto, Small... BO% Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. Equador Bonds Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 2B 28 Ditto, Account Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents — Ditto, Account ... 59 1 / s 591 18 Ditto, 4 per Cent Russian Bonds - Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account l6 16 Ditto, Passive Ditto 3 Der Cent — 28 3 / 4 Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild 49 48% 48% Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 79 79 1•1 , ICES OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSING !RAILWAY PAID. SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.] Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June-- 10 Auckinghamshire ... 164 4s. Caledonian Do. New 10/. Pref..... 10 ... - 11 1 / ..... ......... 111 4 Chester and Holyhead... 50 Ditto, Preference past Anglia, 251., L & E. and L. and D...... 25 Eastern Comities........ 20 ...... 10%1 % . ..... Do. New Guaranteed 6 per Cent. . East Lincolnshire ...... 25 Great Northern - 11 Do., !,. 2 A Deferred ... 121 h Do. Extension 2% ...... ..... ... treat South. and West (Ireland) Great Western 100 ...... 95 Ditto, % Shares Ditto, Fifths ..... 20 Ditto, New 171........ 15 ... - 12% ... ........ .... Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 Do. Quarter Shares... 17% — Do. Fifths... ... 10 Ditto, Thirds.....- ... 15 Do. New, Gua.6 nerct. 7% 9A Do. (W. Riding dnion) 8 .. -'A % 4% x.d Leeds and Bradford London & Black wa11...13/. 6s. 8d s lu . L - a , don, Brighton, and South Coast London and N. Wetern 100 0:1to, Fi11tc1..... - .. 2 Do. 10'. IM. & B.) C. I Do. Thirds Midlan:i -100 .....78 3 / 4 78 79 78% 78% Do., do., 604 Shares... 25 ... - -- Do. kirm., and Derbyloo North Briti.th .. .... ... 25 ..... .. ...... 14 3 / 4 x.i Ditto, Halves .. - 6% x.n North Staffordshire 17% 14%14 14% Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ...~ 50 Royston and Hitchin ... 3 1 / 2 Scottish Central Shrewsbury and - Birm lO Ditto ditto. Class B. 6 — 36 95 19 1 4 19 127/8 36% ..... 134 Shropshire Union Ssiuth Eastern Do., Registered No. 4 10 South Wales.... lB South Yorkshire, Don caster, and Gole Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... .. ...... 50 ...... Do. do. do. ... 25 Wilts, Somerset,& Wey mouth York, Newcastle, and Berwick. .... . 25 .. Do. Original New and. Berwick .. ...... ... .. 25 ..... . 24 1 4, 3 4 ..... .... 24 5 / Do. Newcastle Eaten. 20 ...... 18 17V, ...... ... _ 18 1 / 2 Do. G.N.E.Preterence 8 ... . 7 3 A % . 7:1: I York and North Midland 50 ...... 49 48 ..... Ditto, Preference ...... 10 Do. East and West Rid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Namur and Liege ...... 20 ... .. 8 Northern of France Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 Paris and Rouen 2O .00 •• - Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse 2O ... " Tours and Nantes .. 9 ...... ......... ... 8 3 4 8 10 3 / 4 3 1 4 20. / 4 11 1 A 4% MINES. Australian 3 A SCENE ON THE LIVERPOOL EXCHANGE.— Yesterday, the quietude which usually prevails, even during business hours, on 'Change, at Liverpool, was dis turbed by a circumstance of somewhat rare occurrence. An agent, extensively engaged, and whose place of business is not 100 miles from John-street, was observed suddenly to give a " gentleman" of questionable appearance " leg bail." All eyes were at once directed to the pursuit which soon commenced ; the agent ran round Nelson's Monument, hotly pursued by the other. The chase continued for some time, at last the gentleman broke cover and darted across the flags," dodged" for some time round the pillars of the piazzas, but was at last run down by the eager hound, who turned out to be a limb of the law, in the shape of a sheriff's officer, and who conducted his prey quietly to a sponging -house.— Liverpool Moroury of Friday. SERIOUS COLLISION AT SEA.—A collision, which resulted in loss of life to one person, and serious injury to others, took place on Saturday afternoon last off this port. It appears that the pilot of the ship Eliz with five other persons, including two women, left that vessel in a punt belonging to the steam-tug Defiance, which was lying about six miles outside the Bell-buoy, waiting to receive them. Before they got on board, however, an American ship, the Charles Carroll, approached the steamer to leeward, under full sail, there being a fine breeze from the N.W., and struck her amidships, smashing the boat to atoms, killing one poor fellow, a rigger, and much injuring hi s wife, who remained fully half an hour in the water, clinging to the remains of the boat, before the steamer, in its crippled state, could pick her up. She is now Tying in the Northern Hospital.—Liverpool Mercury. The Earl of Aberdeen gave a grand dinner at Argyll•house to his Excellency Count Colloredo, his Excellency Baron Brunnow, his Excellency Court Re ventlow, Count de Flahault, Count Duchatel, M. Guizat, the Earl of Jersey, the Earl Lincoln, the Right Hon. Sir James Graham, the Hon. Edward Ellice, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, and a distinguished circle, on Wednes day last. SHOCKING DlSCOYERT.—Yesterday morning about ten o'clock the workmen employed pulling down the houses for the formation of the new street from Wal brook to Queen-street, Southwark-bridge, on entering the house No. 1, Castle -court, for that purpose, to their horror found in one of the upper rooms the corpse of a woman with three ehildren crouched around it, the eld es t apparently not ten years, all seeming, on the point of death; the foetid odour that issued from the apartment, for the moment, compelled the men to retire, on return. ing they questioned the children; but all they could glean from them was, that they were starving. In formation was instantly forwarded to the police-station, in Bow-lane, and the children, who had scarcely a vestige of clothing, and were literally covered with vermin, were removed to the City Workhouse, in Cannon -street, where they received every attention, but from the dread ful state of exhaustion of the two youngest, they are not e xpected to survive. The corpse of the unfortunate woman is merely covered with a ragged gown, no cloth ing, furniture, or bedding, was in the room; and it is supposed that finding the house empty she with her chil dren crept in for shelter, and are believed to have been thus for 6917119 days totally without food. LLOYD'S SII I PPING.—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MARCH 17. Wind this (12. y at noon w 1q , . , ;11t airs, Co'd SUNDERLAND, MARCH 16 --Wind N.W.-15th, 51d. N , Yo:k. Smco, Alaiicn 15.—Wind W.N.W.—Sa Dromaharr, New Yurk. OFF CORK, MARCH 14.—Brilliant, Craig, Mauritius for Clyde; Aim, Reed, New Orleans for Liverpool. I)umAN, MARCH 14.—Sid. AnnahQlla, Demerara. BRISTOL, MARCH 16.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Sappho, Mildreth, PLYMOUTH, MA ncit 16. Wind variable.— Arrd. Friends, WEdrlingliam, Dunkirk. LOWESTOFT, MARCH 15.—The Gabrielle towed in here a derelict on the 22d ult., and the Jessie Ann, Hinds, having loth undergone repairs sailed this day. FALMOUTH, MARCH 10.—A ship dismasted and aban doned, was pass,,d on the 24th December, in lat. 44 N., long. 16 W., by the Tonge Tan, spoken with 25th January, by H. N. M. steamer Merapie, arrived at this port. _ _ The Warringsford, from Liverpool to Baltimore, was spoken on the 15th February, in lat. 34, long. 68, with lws of spars, nth, &c., and short of provisions, and sup plied by the Isaac New ten, arrd. at Liverpool. HULL, MARCH 17.—Arid. Rob Roy (s.), liamburgh. DEAL, 111ARCI1 16 —Wind N.W . to Isl.N.E.—Arrd. Fri zepore, Niasterten, Hong Kong; Phcenicien, Sproat, Calcutta; St. Croix, Blatopit (1 Honduras, arid priceeded for Chatham; Mary, Reddng, St, Mitt's. Arrd. from the River and sailer, Alligator, Dunn, China; Can line, Stueapore; Georx,e Fyfe, Murray, Bombay; Fal- Parnells, ('ape Palmas; David Luckie, Close, De ructart ; al.(' Alfred, Pemberton, Antigua; Lisboa, Briton, St. Joht.'s, New Brunswick. MARCH 16. —S:d. Elizabeth, New York, and not on tl:e 13 11 as revrted. SHIELDS, MARCH 16.—Wind N. to S.E.—Sld. 15114 Sarah Flaming, TOM., llorpluras; Siboon, Dick, New York; Thoznfts and 11, , ,hert, Rochelle and Quebec. 16th, Xenophon, RA.chestrr, Limerick and Quebec.- ABERDEEN, MARCII 15. Wind variable.—Arrd. Union. Robertson. Greenland. LERWICK, MAncu 13.—Wind N.—Sld. 6th, North of Seet!and, Gray, Greenland. BELFAST, MARCH 15.—WriEd N.N.W.—SILI. 14tb, Rainbow, New York. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 16 —Wind N.N.W.-15th, Arrd., Sir Henry Pottinger, Snowean, Calcutta; Zebron, Crockett, Virginia. 16th, Dublin, Skofield, Mobile; Isaac Newton, Lush, Mti,bile. Shl. 15th, George Dean, Si( rra Leone; W 3 e, Rio Grande; Feliciano, Rio Janeiro; Ada, 13,..hia; Bona Dea, Savannah; Eagle, Halifax. 16th, Courier, Sydney, New South Wales; Matilda, Cal. cutta; Royal Ally rt, Bombay; Christina, San Francisco; Charles Brownell, Valparaiso; Trypht,na, Rio Janeiro; Howard, Mobile; Sterling, Savannah; Swatara, Phila delphia; Europe, Philadelphia; Albert, New York; Larne, New York; Mayflower, New York; Emperor, New York; Montezuma, New York; Athens, Boston; Broosa, Boston; Infanta, St. John's, New Brunswick; Harriott, St. John's, New Brunswick. Off port, Lord 'Maidstone, Bridgetown. HARTLEPOOL, MARCH 16.—The Thames, from Glas gow to London, with a cargo of pig iron, has put in here dismasted, &c. The James Jessie, from Finddorn to Woodbridge, put in here on the 10th inst. with damage, and has commenced to discharge to repair. MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY ) COVENT-GARDEN. Increased supplies of Vegetables were on sale, and those of fruit were tolerably good. A steady business was doing in most articles, at our quotations. Fruit-- Pine-apples (Queen's), 5s to 7s; and Foreign Grapes (black and white), Ls to is 6d per lb; Apples, 4s to 6 1 per bushel; ditto Eating, 4s to 6s per half sieve; Pears, 12s to 18s per half sieve; Lemons, 5s to lOs; and Oranges, 8s to 14s per 100; Chesnuts 2s to 48 per peck; hot-house Grapes, 1/ Is per lb. Vegetables—Spinach, Is 9d to 2s per junk; Horseradish, 2s 6d to 3s 6d; and Celery, 9d to Is per bundle ; Asparagus, 3s to 6s per 100; Onions, 2s to 2s 6d; and Ash-leaved kidney Potatoes, 6s to 8s per bushel; Cape Brocoli, 12s to 185 per dozen bundles ; Mushrooms, 9d to is per pottle; Spanish Onions, 10s to 15s per box; Endive, is to Is 3d per score; Savoy Cabbages, 6d to if d per dozen; Turnips, is to Is 6d; Carrots, 2s 6d to 4s; and Greens, Is to Is 6d per dozen bunches; Parsley, is 6d to is 9d per half sieve; Forced Sea Dail 9d to is Gd per punnet; Cucumbers 5s to 7s per brace; Forced Rhubarb, 5s to 9s per dozen bundles ; Beet -root, is to Is 3d per dozen ; Brussels Sprouts, is to is Gd ; and Jerusalem Artichokes, is to is 3d per half sieve; Parsnips, 6d to 9d per dozen ; Cornish White Brocoli, is 6d to 3s per dozen; Turnip Greens, 6d to 8d per bushel; Leeks, 8d to is per dozen bunches; New Potatoes, 8d to Is per lb; French Beans, 2s 6d to ,3s 6d per 100; Radishes, 4d to 6d per punnet; Red Cabbages, 2s to 3s 6d per dozen; Shallots, 4d per lb. NE gi(7GATE AND LEADENICALL. POULTRY—Turbeys, 4s to 10s; Geese, 4s 6d to d 6s 6; Ducks, 2s to 3s 6d; Tame Rabbits, is 2d to Is 9d; Wili ditto, 10d to is ; PLeons, 10d to is Id; and Roasting Pigs, 5s to 8s each; Surrey Fowls, 7s to 10s ; ditto Chickens, 4s to 6s 6tl; Barn-door Fowls, 3s 6d to is per couple; English Eggs, 7s 6d to 9s; French ditto, 7s to 8s per 100. Fresh Butter, is to is 4d per lb. GAME.—thres, 2s to 3s ; Woodcocks, 3s to 45; Ptarmigan, is to Is 9d; Snips, 10d to is 3d; Teal, 93 to Is 3d; Wild Ducks, Is Gd to 2i; Widgeons, 10d to ls 3d; and Plovers, 6d to is each. WaITECYIAPEL. Beef, from 2.$ 4d to 3$ 2d; Mutton, 2s 10d to 3s 8d; Veal, 3s Gd to 43 8d; 2.11 d rk, 3s to 45 per Blbs. NEWPORT. 13eLf from 2s 6d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 3s 2d to 4s; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; and Purk 3s 4d to 4s 4d per Bibs. BILLINGSGATE. - Turbots, 5s to lls ; Cod Fish, 3s 6d to 7s; Whitings CI to 6d; Lobsters, Is 4d to 2s 9d ; and Crabs, 6d to 2s each; Soles, 6d to 2s 3d ler pair; Eels, 6d to is 24 and Salmon, is 3,1 to 1, 8.1 per lb; Haddocks, 4d to 6d each; Thames Flounders, is to is 6d, and Smelts, 111 to is Gd per dozen; mackerel,6d toed each; Oysters, 1 35 to 25s per bushel. BREAD. The price; of Wheaten Bread in the Metropolis ire 'rom 7d to 7id; of Household ditto, 5d to 6id per 4lbs loaf. RIDE MARKET. Market hides, 561 b to 6416, lid to lid; ditto, 641 b to lid to qt; ditto, 72113 to 801 b, qd to 2.1; ditto, 8016 to 8816,2 id to 2id; ditto, 881 b to 961 b, 2 4 d to 3 3 ; ditto, 961 b to 10416, 3d t o 34d; ditto, 10416 to 11216, to 4d; Calf Skins, each, 5s to 5s 6d; Horse Hideo , 7s 6d; Polled &eq., 5s 6i to 6s 4d; Kent and hal f " bre'ls, 4i 10d to 5s 4d; Downs, 3s 10d to 5s Od; Shesr" ings, 6d. EAT IVIARICCTS. SMITELFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 13s to 31 15s; Clover ditto, 31 12s to 41 153 ; and Straw, 11 3s to 11 94 pe,r, load. Both Hay and St raw moved off st-adily, at fel l prices. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 15s to 31 1 63 Clover ditto, 31 155 to 41 10s ; sad Straw, 11 43 t ° 1/10s per load. Trade firm, at our quotations. WIIITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 21 12s to Si 145 , 1 Clover ditto, 3/ 16s to 4/ 16 s; an d St raw , 1/ 2 s to 1117 a per load. A moderate supply, and a steady demand. MARCH.-DREADFUL ACCIDENT.-011 Wednesdal se'nnight Wotnbwell's menagerie of wild beasts arrived here, and whilst the! keepers were at dinner some boys endeavoured to obtain peeps at the inmates of the vela from openings iu the sides. One little fellow got be neath the booth in which the Polar bear was encased , and perceiving some straw to protrude from a crevice in the bottom, thrust up his hand to remove it, when al animal seized his hand, and commenced gnawing an d tearing it. The boy's screams attracted many pers°, l3. to the spot, who com mence d b eat i ng on the sides o f t he booth to drive off the animal from his victim; and Or gentlemen tried in vain to draw the boy's hand from th e animal's grasp. Perceiving that the more they pu lle d the further the sav age b rute d rew i n t h e poor sufferer limb, one of the gentlemen ran for the assistance of the keeper, on whose arrival a side of the booth was opene u and no sooner did the light vi s it th e van , an d t h e anal al . -1- hear the keeper's voice, th an it re l ease d i ts hold. “. ," poor boy's hand and ar m were d rea df u ll y l acera t e d, w e bone and flesh being literally gnawed and torn 01 0° ' sively, and the hand pre:enting a shapeless, bloodlesg' blanched, and mangled appearance. We hear that Its 3" putation is necess.try.—Stamford Mercury. REPEAL OF THE WINDOW•TAX.-011 Thursday S meeting of the rate-payers was held in the vestr y.ro°tl i .. of the parish of St. P a ul, C oven t- gar d en , f or t h e purpos* of petitioning Parliament to repeal the window - t a% ; Richard Spice, chur c h war d en , i n t h e c h a i r. M r . Wtilk e proposed " That the window-tax is unequal and opP re ; ; sive, varying from 5 p er cent , to 30 per cent. on t rental, bearing particularly on tradesmen and h° te keepers, whose houses constitute their means of liYi n g'd which was cordially agreed to. It was then proP°~ h ® and carried that a pe t i t i on f rom t h e rate - payer s of to parish of St. Paul, Covent-garden, be entrusted to Gene? o Sir De Lacy Evans and Ch ar l es L ns hi ng t on , Esq:, t,`a be presented to P ar li amen t, p ray i ng f or a re p ea l of tP window- tax. BIRTHS. On the 15th inst., the wife of Sir Alexander Duff Gord ol3 ' Bart., of a son. On the 14th inst., at Harriatsham Rectory, the w ife of the J. C. B. Ridded, of a son. On the 11th inst., the wile of Bulkley J. M. Praed, Egq' of a son. On the 14th inst., at New Cross, th e w if e o f A. ••• S. Eames, Esq., Secretary of the Roy a l N ava l S c hool. °' son, stillborn. MARRIED. la ce , C. R. On t Nicoll, Esq ~ the 13th , A ssistaat All Souls' eon Chur c G h re , na dier Guaru* to Sarah Foy, daughter o f Sir Ale g xander Morison, 31— " ° f Cavendish-square. On the 13th inst., at St. Mary's. Wimbledon, the 11 e v n - e , Fisher, M.A., v i car of Steeple Bumpstead, Essex, t° Anon, second daughter of the late Major-General Hogg, o f the East India Company. liter Oa the 13th i nst., at Ryde, Isle of Wight, Eliza, u2l3°°z Mann' ot of the late Si r J o h n Gibbons, Bart., to tfie Rev. T. West Cowes, Isle of Wight. On the 14th i nst., J . Q. Henriques, Esq., o f Gl o uce place, Po r t man - square, .to Elizabeth, only daug h ter of , s . te Waley, Esq., of Devomhire-place. On the 12th i ns t., E mma , LIED youngest daughter of William Andrews, E-q., of Gothic-lodge, Romford, aged 24. On the 13th inst., at Selwood• terrace, Queen's — r io t* Brompton, Mr. James S. Russell, aged 48. On the 14th inst., at Paradise-row, Stoke Newingtorit Mary Burslem, widow, aged 83. On the 10th inst., at York street, St. James's-square, Air' George Faulkner, of Lewisham, Kent. At Rotterdam, on the 234 ult., James Macdonald, Esq• On the zth inst., at Camden-town, Frederick, fourth so of R. Broughton, Esq., of Brixton London: Printed and Published by MITEDO'YOUN Gr No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 1 "I Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the coun t Y Middlesex, .saturday, March 17, 1849. C rc7l of A Plac suDP Chaff 'flan briv; Seer dm, A Wes' Toth Abbi hour of A strec 25, at T-, Ea selec EN Line In ad " Chi been 1 , Le Austr and %tar tro n , Lecti Jet.- New explz Op Satui May Gout With head Men. King Lh e Press Clem ceia] With quid ford• 2 1,1 Star hall. 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