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rrillE LEGAL TITLE ASSURANCE COMPANY. (Yrovisionalty Registered, January 17, 18494 capital, 2,000,00 Ct., in 80,000 Shares, of 251. each. Preliminary Deposit, 2s. 6d. per Share Yrcspectuses and tull information may be obtained at the Tempo at'y Onces of the Company, 13a, Cannon-row, Westminster, on ap plicatiz... to G. F. HOWE, Hon. Sec., pro tem. T HE NEW NOVELS OF THE SEASON. BY DISTINGUISHED WRITERS. J. FENIMORE COOPE R—The Sea-Lions ; or, the Lost Sealers. HERMAN` MELVILLE—Mardi : and a Voyage Thither. 3 vols. Dudley Cranbourne ; or, a Woman's History. 3 vols. Sir E. BULWER LYTTON, Bart.—Harold, the Last of the Saxon Kings. Third Edition, revised. 3 vols. Sir HENRY HUNTLEY—Peregrine Scramble. 3 vols. BLIZA LYNN—Amymone. A Romance of the Days of Pericles. PALGRAVE SIMPSON—The Lily of Paris ; or, the King's Nurse. 3 vols. Helena Charteris. 3 vo's. CERVANTES—EI Buscapie. From the Spanish. By Miss Ross. 1 vol. The Fall of Napoleon—Eighteen Hundred and Twelve ; or, the Burning of Moscow. From the German. By Mary Norma'. 3 ♦ols. MISS COSTELLO—CIara Fane. 3 vols. MISS ROMER—The Bird of Passage. 3 vols. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. MAJESTY'S THEATRE. First Appearance of lidlle. PARODI. First Appearance this Season of Signor LABLACIIE. The Nobility, S u b s cribers to the Opera, and the Public, are respect. fully informed that TO-MORROW EVENING, lIER - - Will be presented Bellini's Opera of NORMA. Pollio, Signor Gardoni ; Oraveso, Signor Lablache ; Norma, 3fdlle. Pstrodi ; Adalgisa, Madame Giuliani. To conclude with (the Saanery by Mr. Charles Marshall) the cele brated Ballet, entitled LB DIABLE A QT.TATRE. Ia which will appear Mdlle. Carlotta Grisl I Mdlle Marie Taglioni, and Mme. Petit Stephan, Mdlle. Carolina Rosati, M. Paul Taglioni, M. Charles, 3f. Louis D'Or ; Mdlles. Thevenot, Julien, Lamoureux, and Aussandon. An entirely new grand Ballet, by M. Taglioni, is in active prepa- Dation, HER MAJESTY'S THEAT RE. MDLLE. JENNY LIND. Mozart's Opera, Il Flauto Magic*. It - is respectably announced that a Grand EVENING, CLASSIC , L MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT will take place in the Oreat Theatre on HURSDAY EVENING, the 12:11 of April, With all Orchestra , Chorus, Arc., and comprising the whole of Mozart's celebrated Opera, IL FLAUTO 31.A.G1C0. Principal Artistes—Mdlle. Jenny Lind, Mdlle. Casolani, Mdlle. Polonlo, Miss A. Williams, Miss M. Williams, Madame Giuliani, Signor Gardoul, Signor Hordes, Signor Bartolini (of the Italian Opera, Paris, his first appearance), Signor Arneldi, Signor Coletti, Signor Bolletti, Signor F. Lablache, and Signor Lablache. Conductor, Mr. Belle. Subscribers wishing to avail themselves of the privilege •f this performance in the subscription are respectfully requested to corn rounicate their wishes to Mr. Nugent, Box-office, before Satur day, the 7th instant, until which gay their Boxes and Stalls will be retained. Applicaitioas for Boxes, Stalls, axd Tickets to be made at the Box office, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Half-past Seven, Concert to commence at Eight. 1k A ~k)iAL, tIAYMAItiLEI. Mr. B. Webster, Sele Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. EVENIN Will be performed THE BRIGAND. Characters by Messrs. H. Vandenhotl, Rogers, Howe, Wallack ; Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, and Miss P. Horton. After which a Classical Extravaganza, entitled THE SPHINX. To be followed by THE ROUGH DIAMOND. To conclude with the Farce of LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS. IIIEA MR ROYAL. ADELPIII. the .11 , ction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will he performed THE HOP PICKERS. Principal characters by Messrs. Lambert, Boyce, Wright, Paul Bedford, Hughes, Mun yard, 0. smith, Cnllenford, Worrell, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, .Mrs. F. Matthews, Miss Taylor, Miss E. Chaplin, Sze. After which, WHO LIVES AT No. 9? Characters by Messrs. Wright and Worrell, and Miss Chaplin. To c"nclude with TILE ENCHANTED ISLE. Alonzo, Mr. Paul Bedford; Prospero, Mr. 0. Smith Ariel, Miss E. Chaplin. KoTA.L LYC UM THEATKK. 7, - A or the Al anagemeut of Madame Vestrie. sal , Lessee. Mr. Claarle , Ma he As. THIS EVEN lyel , Will be performed. THE WATER PARTY. After which, a sew Piece entitled lIOLD YOUR TONGUE. Cha racters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Selby, acid Parselle ; Miss H. Gil bert, Miss Jane Coleman, and Madame 'Testes. To conclude with THE SEVEN CHAMPIONS OP CHRISTEN DOM. bre.4 i,olov, 55.: Upper !loXes, d 3. ; Pit, Is ; Gallery, Is. No kali-pr.ce to part of the house. The llox-otlice, No. 2, - street, , s open to the pubic • 47, , , r<rm n till Six. ctuiC ESS'S THEAII:. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and ~ana.ger. THIS EVENING, Will be performed Donizetti's celebrated Opera, entitled LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. After which, a new grand Extravaganza, entitled NOUREDDIN AND tHE FAIR PERSIAN. ASTLETS ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the Patronage of her 3lajesty the Queen, his Royal Highness prince Albert, &c. PHIS EVENING, This Theatre will Re-open with a Grand Equestrian Spectacle, by Vitzball, entitled THE WHITE MAIDEN OFCALIFORNIA ; or, the Horse of the Ocean. To be °Rowed by an inimitable display of SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, In which Young Hernandez will appear, supported by the irst Equestrian talent of the day. To conclude with on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. THE SECRET ; and the Farce of THE DUMB DRIVER on the al. ternate Evenings ~ x-office open from Eleven till Five. -tage Manager, Mr. W. West. TO CORRESPON DENTS. No communication can be attended to unless authenti. cased by the name and z:ddress of the writer. Rejected communications cannot be returned. Ti•-• I‘. WEATLIER.—StiN 01/F7CE, APRIL 8. TilgisssostrrEn, Lowest, 41: Highest, 53, Noon, 53. BAROMETER, 29.42. WIND S.S.W.—raining till two ; afternoon, fine. Zrratum—lt was the thermometer, and not the baro meter, as stated by mistake, that stood 77 in the sun on Friday afterzn'un. APRIL 9. Td}:l.» - iETEs Lowest, 39; 56; Noon, 4a BAROMETER, 29.53. WIND N.N.E.—dull, hazy weather. ifloll WATER AT LONDON 10t1D(4F.. This DAT m - ring, 5 9 min. after 2 I Evening. IIS min. after 3 --m To-Mor.govr—Morning, 32:min. after 3 I Evening, 48 gin. after - i $52 ... _ , I .:-,,, ?..,-,, I CUI IT, • T rTT‹ A. .. k .... ....... 7 ,„. jitia , ' tr - ....,t • .i. .., . (X,... ,J... " ...)„, ' 4: - . ... * •T ~: , 4 :r • .4rot*" . Re ...._ it . .141., s , ~,s , -- -"r 4 ... . __s. T oiv 411 tetten UAL LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 9, 1849. Northern Italy has no sooner become, comparatively speaking, tranquillised by the rapid victories of RADETZKY than the flames of war again threaten a conflagration at opposite extremities of the continent. Sicily has drawn the sword against Naples--and Denmark against Prussia. At the first moment, when such extraordinary in telligence arrives, there of course remains a very con siderable degree of doubt as to its authenticity. Un fortunately, however, in the present instance we see little reason for withholding our credence to the infor mation. Both the armistices which have now ter minated gave small promise of leading to any speedy or satisSactory reconciliation. Their ricketty cha racter threatened at the very outset the ultimate renewal of hostilities. It is consequently with no amazement whatever that we hear of the sudden and simultaneous resumption of arms by the belligerents. While, however, we are anything but overcome by sentiments of surprise, we must acknowledge that the outbreak of war at one and the same period in the confines of the Roman peninsula and on those of the peninsula of Jutland, causes us very serious anxiety as to the possible success of two most lawless and most culpable assailants. We have little fear regarding the heroism of the Danes or the enthusiastic patriotism of the Sicilians. What we dread is this—that we may have the mis fortune of witnessing another illustration of that calamitous destiny which so frequently imparts strength to the guilty and weakness to the innocent. We shudder lest the straits of Messina and the fron tiers of Schleswig-Holsteia may become the scene of the preponderance of Might over Right. Unhappily for both of the defenders, for the Danes, and for the Sicilians, the aggressors have within their grasp a perceptible superiority. Prussia, banded with the military contingents of the Germanic Confederation, or rather with auxiliary troops furnished by those portions of the Germanic Confederation which sym pathise in the movement of spoliation, is manifestly a power i:o all respects more formidable than the noble but subordinate monarchy holding the keys of the Baltic. In the same way it is evident that, contrasted with the Neapolitans, the Sicilians are numeri cally inferior. True, that the King of DBx.. itAUX can oppose to the military power of his antagonist, not only a large body of devoted and valorous soldiers, but a maritime force by no means inconsiderable. True, again, that the vetera❑ RUG GIERO Sevrimo, the leader of the Provisional Govern ment, as ALPILONSE DE LAMARTINE was in France, and as LOUIS KOSSUTH. is still in Hungary, can bring jute operation against the enemy an amount of devotion to tiie cause of which he is the most prominent repre sentative, than which no enthusias m could be more irresistible. Yet backed as the Danes are by their navy, and strengthened as the Sicilians are by their patriotism, there is too much reason for trepidation as to their ulterior treatment. The one are endeavour ing to shield t'nemsel ;yes from a grievous territorial spoliation; the other are striving to protect themselve s from a robbery threatened against their civil rights and political privileg e s. Both are sinned against. Denmark beholds the integrity of her dominions jeopardized by the lust of conquest which has abruptly inflamed the ambition of Germany. Sicily perceive, with horror the inimical advances of the Neapolitan despot towards the extinction of her freedom and the degradation of her nationality. It is from the clear ness with which the Danes recognise the shameless intentions of the pseudo-Emperor and with which the Sicilians olsserve the designs of King Bomba, that both the one and the other are solicitous to bring the momentous quarrel to an issue as rapidly as possible. Were we to overlook this fact, or to underrate its im portance, we should be peculiarly liable to accuse both the Danes and the Sicilians of a rashness altogether without palliation ; for in either case it appears that the close of the truce has been decreed by the weaker party, and the horn of war sounded by the eager lips of the defenders. When it is remembered, nevertheless, that it is, in a particular degree, to the interest of each to push forward the struggle to its close, and that the prolongation of the late armistices could only tend to the accumulation of force under the banners of the aggressors, it is clear that the reso lution arrived at almost simultaneously in Copenhagen and Palermo, possesses something more than a spe cious justification. The course adopted was imperative. For the sake of justice, and for the discomfiture of the assailants, it was essentially necessary for the arma ment of FREDERICK WILHELM to be attacked in one direction, and for the armament of FERDINAND to be attacked in another. The rupture of either armistice was forced upon the weaker side by cir cumstances—not seized through an idle emotion of temerity. Attention will henceforth be divided between the aggressive movements of Austria upon Hungary —of Russia upon Moldo-Wallachia—of Naples upori Sicily—of Prussia upon Denmark. Our sympathies, it is scarcely necessary to say, will continue, as they have been all along, on the side of those brave men who are opposed to the secret or open promoters of reaction, under the command of WINDISCHGRATX, Of DIIHAMEL, of FILANGIBRI, and of the successor of WRANGEL. Unaffected in the midst of the fluctu ations of sympathy which are unhappily at this time so often perceptible, we preserve that devotion for the cause of the unfortunate, which cannot in every instance survive their reverses, and much less outlive the moment of their approximating discomfiture. Before the news of battle from the scenes of contention have thronged in so abundantly as to absorb the greater part of public obser vation—before the details of the events trans piring between the eight struggling powers (Russia, Austria, Prussia, and Naples on the one hand, with Sicily, Denmark, Hungary, and Moldo- Wallachia on the other) have engrossed general attention, to the exclusion for the time being of all generalties—it may not be unimportant to direct the popular intelligence upon one point which bears in an especial manner upon the great cause now at issue throughout Europe. In every instance it will be observed that the reactionary party have been the aggressors and the depressors, the robbers and the assassins, in Wallachia, in Hungary, in Sicily, in Schleswig. If it is said that democracy has been stained with atrocities during its late battles against kings and emperors—we ask what are the crimes of the Hungarians, of the Danes, of the popu lation of the Danubian principalities ? We say of the Danes, because the Danes are fighting under the flag of a sincere democrat against men leagued to gether under a fictitious enthusiast for democracy. If cruelties are laid to the charge of the Sicilians— we ask what would have been the conduct of the least ferocious amongst us if we had beheld our homes and altars violated with a barbarity that made even the uninterested spectators shudder with abhorrence, and at last assumed an aspect of such diabolical atro city as to compel the British and French Admirals to interfere, although unauthorised to do so by their l i Governments ? While the reputation of DUZIAMEL has grown daily more and more sinister, until its infamy has glared even as far as the shores of England —while JELLACHICH has desolated vast tracts of coun try with the barbarous weapons of his Croatians — while WINDISCHGRATZ has acquired an infamous celebrity by his judicial murders and wholesale mas sacres—we ask the apologists of reaction and the ac cusers of democracy to point out one slur upon the fame of KOSSUTH, one stain upon the sword of BEM, one blot upon the venerable renown of the undaunted and indomitable SETTIMO ? Where is there a single city depopulated or ravaged by the democrats ? And while we make that inquiry the imagination will summon again before it the smouldering ruins of Messina, the battered walls of Bucharest, the deso lated streets of Pesth, and the still dilapidated suburbs of Vienna! While individual assassinations are recorded against the peasants of Hungary, re iterated murders, rendered yet more atrocious by their deliberation under the pretence of trial and execution, have been brought home to the Prince Field Marshal WINDISCHGRATZ and the rest of the high and mighty champions of the cause of Absolutism. It is conse quently with this species of odium attached to their banners that the Russians, the Austrians,' the Prus sians, and the Neapolitans are now fighting sword to sword with their antagonists. We leave the com batants to their destiny, with one cry—GoD defend the right! 1 The committee appointed by the shareholders of the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway Company to investigate the Great North of England purchase ac count have just published their report, together with the evidence on which it is founded. The report it self will be found in another part of our impression this day, and we shall on an early occasion give the entire of the evidence in extenso. It will now be seen how unwarranted were the accusations that were put forward with such pertinacity and virulence against Mr. HUDSON. There had unquestionably been mistakes, but it was manife.t that Mr. HUDSON was not cognizant thereof, and that the moment he discovered that higher prices had been paid to him than to others from whom shares had been purchased, and before any inquiry into the transaction was in any degree spoken of, he gave a cheque for 2,8741. on account, and informed the secretary,that immediately after the meeting "he would go carefully into the account, and have the matter set right." This fact fully explains the statement made by Mr. HUDSON at the meeting of the 20th of February last, that "if he had received any overpayment he would be ready to set it right," a statement which was tor tured into an admission of guilt sufficient to justify a violent attack even while the matter was sub judice, to seal his condemnation before the charge was in any degree investigated. A short summary of the facts appearing on the face of the report will enable our readers to understand fully the state of affairs. " The agreement for the purchase of the Great North of England Railway was entered into provisionally in the month of June, 1845, and the Act of Parliament for carrying out that agreement passed on the 27th July, 1846. " At the time when such agreement was entered into, and such Act passed, Mr. Hudson had not any share or interest in the Great North of England Railway, nor were any shares ever allotted to him." These unquestionable facts must completely and for ever set at rest the various calumnies that have been industriously circulated, as to Mr. HUDSON'S being in any degree personally interested in paying a higher price for the Great North of England Railway than it was fairly worth to the company of which he was the chairman, and in which he had made very large investments. It may, possibly, be considered at the present day, with the recent experience of railway prices, that the bargain was very unfavourable to the York, New castle, and Berwick Company ; but such was not the general opinion in the month of June, 1845, when what hqs been termed "the railway mania" was at its maximum, and when shares in every description of project commanded the most extravagant prices. It was considered a matter of the utmost importance to the Newcastle and Berwick that the Great North of England Railway should not fall into the hands of rivals, who might be thereby enabled to enter into a most formidable competition, and to abstract a consi derable portion of their traffic. Whatever may now he thought of the policy of the transaction, when there is no longer a danger of opposing lines being sanctioned by the Legislature, it was undoubtedly thought a masterly move at the time of its occurrence, and that the purchase was made at as moderate a rate as could reasonably have been anticipated. Under any cir cumstances Mr. HUDSON could not have gained a singl e shilling by the transaction. He had not then, nor for a long period after, a %inglo share in the Great North of England original, ;,urtr.a in the market. He must, therefore, be entirely exo. , aerated from every imputation on that score. After the Act legalising the purchase had received the legislative sanction, Mr. HUDSON bought sundry shares from different brokers at the market price of the days, these purchases having been for the most part made in the early part of October, 1846. "On the ?6th October, 1846, a special general meeting of the shareholders of the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway Company was held, when a stock was created to provide for the purchase of the Great North of England shares." This was clearly a mat ter of sound policy, for if the matter had been deferred until the last moment, it might have been impossible to have procured so large a sum as 3,500,0001., and the consequences might have been deeply injurious, if not absolutely ruinous, to the shareholders, if they had been unable to com plete the purchase, and proceedings had been insti tuted against them in Chancery for the default. By spreading the payment over a period of three years and a half this danger was averted. After the termination of this meeting the directors assembled together, when it was resolved that Mr. HUDSON should have the management of the purchases. No entry was made respecting the resolution, an omis sion which was accounted for by some of the directors, who stated (Question 136) "that it was thought advantageous that the shares should be obtained as quietly as possible, because if it was known that the company were purchasers, the shares nould be more difficult to obtain." The committee do not consider this a sufficient reason for the omission ; we cannot how ever, arrive at the same conclusion. Every addi tional degree of publicity would give greater firmness to the holders, and materially enhance prices. It therefore seemed to be a prudent precaution. If, however, there was an error, it must be looked upon merely as one of judgment, and not involving any de gree of criminality whatsoever. Mr. PLEWS, one of the directors, was re quested to make a calculation of the value of the different classes of shares, which he accordingly did, and forwarded to Mr. CLOSE, the secretary, as he believes, either on the 27th or 28th of October. It must have been on the former day, as it appears to have been made the basis on which Mr. HUDSON sold all the shares be had pre viously acquired to the company. On the 27th instant this sale took place. Mr. HUDSON could not have purchased for the account of the company until he was authorised to do so. He had, however, purchased on his own account, and it seemed to him most correct to dispose of those shares to the company in the very first instance within the limits assigned, which were based upon Mr. PLEAS'S calculation, a fac- simile of which is appended to the report, and which, in our opinion, fully explains the error into which the secretary subsequently fell. Mr. PLEAS, it appears, estimated the money to be expended in the purchase as being worth 5 per cent. interest, and on that basis he calculated the value of the 1001. shares as being worth 2411. 55., the 40/. shares at 631. 55., the 301. shares at 72/.155., and the 151. shares at 211. .ss. 3d. Unfortunately, however, he did not work out the details of the value of the 151. shares' as he did of the others; and at the end of the calculation he placed 3/. 3s. 6d. oppo site the 15/. shares, which was assumed by Mr. CLOSE to represent the profit that would be realised by pur chasing at 211., the market price of the day. He therefore, stated to Mr. HUDSON that Mr. PLEws had calculated the value at 241. 3s. 6d. per share. Mr. HUDSON, therefore, desired him to enter the prices at 231. 10s., or 13s. 6d. below what he supposed to be the estimated value, thus giving the advantage (as he at the time conceived) in every point to the company, and more so in proportion in the shares of which he was the largest holder. We regret that our space this day will not enable us to conclude our observations on this important subject. We must, however, express our deep satis faction at finding that a gentleman whom, although differing widely in political feeling, we have ever re garded as a man of honour and integrity, has passed unscathed through the trying ordeal to which he has been subjected, and that nothing in any degree pre judicial to his character has been elicited during the inquiry, although his two chief accusers oe eupied the rather anomalous position of judges ; and Mr. PRANCE, the chairman of the committee, was at the same time presiding judge, prosecuting counsel, and witness to sustain the charges. There may have been irregularities which the committee (so constituted) are inclined to visit very severely on Mr. HUDSON ; but there has been nothing in any degree approaching to fraud, or which might not have been committed by a man of the highest integrity. We congratulate, therefore, Mr. HUDSON, on his complete and satisfactory vindication ; we coa gratulate the shareholders of the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway that the honour of their chair man remains intact; and we congratulate ourselves in not having joined in the general outcry, but pointed out how the statements made were consistent with Mr. HUDSON'S entire innocence—innocence that has now been so triumphantly established. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. 'We have received the Paris papers of Saturday and yesterday. The cholera still continues to make fearful ravages in Paris among the upper classes of society. M. DOSISE, the father-in-law of M. THLERS, died of cholera on Friday. The official report on Saturday showed, however, a decrease in the number of the mses. The cholera, after having increased from the 3d to the sth, diminished from the sth to the 7th. On the 4th and sth 89 new cases occurred in the Sal petriere ; on the ith and 7th the number was only 75. The total number of cases which had occurred in the hospitals up to last evening was 1,150, of which 667 died. Of this number very nearly the half were i❑ the Salpetriere. aOfficertTphaeri Paris on rfosntth party rLegionty Thursday,of thn General CHANGABNIER has been created Grand e f a En H dn o g n ol u h r Fridayn e b x c u the rs i a P n i ß ds EtesSplauDrtErit arrived waited on the Minister of the Inte To an ad dress made by the s ecre t ary , an d in n". which he de scribed the party as a deputation of merchants, magistrates, and citizens of different towns in England desirous of cultivating friendly relations with the French nation, the Minister replied in English, that it was not necessary for the visitors to have an offici • al character in order to obtain a cordial reception. He bad, he said, visited the principal establishments of England, and could appreciate the importance of the interests represented. He added that he was sincerely desirous to see established more and more between France and England the sympathy so important to the interests of the two nations and to civilisation. The Minister of Public Works has given orders for all the national chateaux and reserved parks to be open to the visit of the English party who arrived on Thursday.: M. GUIZOT is announced as a candidate for Calvados. An official return is published by the Moniteur of the amount of Customs duties received in January and February of the present year. It is 20,938,938 f. In 1148, the returns for the corresponding months were 17,483,906 f. • and in 1847, 16,940,839 f. M. NAPOLEON IiONAPARTE arrived at Bordeaux in the morning of the 3d, on his way to Spain. At five in the evening he received at the Hotel de France the Members of the Bureau of the Committee Central Democratique Napoleonienne of the Gironde, and as sured them of the high estimation in which he held his being proposed by the Committee as a candidate for the department. Very shortly after this he left Bordeaux. The political prisoners condemned at Bourges have been sent to Doullens. HUBER has been brought to Paris, and imprisoned at the Conciergerie. The Patrie says that BARnES and ALBERT will probably be transported. The Pattie says :—" King Charles Albert, while at Bayonne, was recognised by several persons by whom he was known in 1823, when the French army, in which he served as a simple grenadier, passed through that town. In this campaign Charles Albert, who was then Prince de Carignan, was no ticed in an order of the day to the army for his valiant conduct in the attack of the Trocadero. Another circumstance attracted further attention to him at Bayonne. On the return of the army, in 1824, a violent fire broke out at Bayonne : the Prince de Carignan, with a few sappers, was the first to give assistance, and on the roof of the burning house risked his life in his endeavours to extinguish the fire. Charles Albert left Bayonne on Monday ; at the mo ment of departure his carriage was surrounded by an immense crowd who stood bareheaded notwith standing the heavy rain that was falling. He took the road to Saint Sebastian, hoping to find there a steamer for Oporto." Scarcely anything was done to day in the Passage THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 9 . 1849. de l'Opera. The English funds having come lower from London, svfeulatur, 71 „:‘ in any new transactions in the Rente. The French Five per Cents. were quoted at 88f. 70c., being about the price of the day before. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCIIANGE, APRIL 7. Boulogne and Amiens, 874—East Indian, 4L/ g — Great In dian Peninsula, 514—Namur and Liege, 8 ex in— Northern of France, 11 1 4 —Orleans and Bordeaux, 31% Paris and Rouen, 22—Rouen and Havre, 11% . SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 2d have arrrived. The Gazette contains a royal decree, dated the 30th ult., giving a new organization to the normal schools of primary instruction, and appointing an " inspector" over these schools in each province, with salaries of 8,000 to 10,000 reals per annum. The news of the defeat and abdication of CHARLES ALBERT had caused great excitement in Madrid. ------- CARRERA was at fiubi on the 24th, and General CON cuA at Gerona. MADRID BOLSA, APRIL 2.—The effect of the news from Italy was favourable upon the funds. The Three per Cents. rose as high as 23, declining to 22i sellers, and are reported after the close at 13.16, :I buyers; Five per Cents. 104- buyers, * sellers; Coupons, 64 sellers; Passive Debt, 31, sellers, and after the close buyers at that price. Bank Shares have risen considerably within the last day or two. Some transactions took place on Saturday at 70, and to-day they are quoted 73 buyers, 76 sellers; Treasury Bills, 67; Exchange on London, 49 95. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. PRUSSIA. In the sitting of the Chambers on the sth, the fol lowing circular was communicated to the Members of both Houses by the Ministers. "CIRCULAR FROM THE PRUSSIAN GOVERNMENT TO ITS DIPLOMATIC AGENTS IN GERMANY. " His Majesty's reply to the Frankfort deputation re quires no further explanation. Whilst, on the one hand, it acknowledges the sense of the election that has taken place at Frankfort, arid expresses his Majesty's readiness to place himself at the head of German affairs, it declares, on the other hand, that his Majesty considers that the constitution of Germany and the recent election can only become fully and lawfully valid through the medium of mutual accord (vereinbarung), and a free understanding between Governments. In order to avoid even an ap pearance of indirect compulsion, or of in any way preju dicieg this understanding, the acceptance of the election, as was expected in different quarters, has not been proclaimed under reserves or under preconcerted stipulations, as to the subsequent accord of individual states. In propor tion us the reserve and consciousness of the King's Go vernment has been great in this respect, insomuch more does it feel itself impelled by duty to labour, as far as depends upon it, in placing the destinies of Germany upon the path of development, and in conducting them to the desired completion. It now considers itself equally justified and bound to address itself openly to other Governments. "In consideration that the Arch-Duke Administrator has adopted the resolution to resign his functions, and iu consideration of the imminent perils which menace Germany through attendant complication, his Majesty the King is prepared to undertake the provisional di rection of affairs, at the proposition of German Govern ments, and with the assent of the German National Assembly. In consequence of the recent appeal made to him, and in consideration of pretensions derived from Prussia's position in Germany, his Majesty is resolved to place himself at the head of a German Confederate State (Bundesstaats), to be composed of such states which of their own free will and accord may attach them selves thereto. The form of this Federate State must naturally depend upon the number and nature of states subscribing. mits, however, of no procraqination. You will there- The carrying out of the above resolve ad lore address the most pressing summons to the Govern ment to which you are accredited to dispatch, without delay, to Frankfort, special plenipotentiaries, em powered to return explicit explanations upon the follow ing points:— i'(a). Upon the adhesion (of their Government) to the Bundesstaat and the conditions attached thereto. "(b.) Upon the position which their Government intend to assume in regard to the National Assembly and its resolutions, it being understood that the work of mutually agreeing to the constitution shall be forthwith taken into consideration. "(c.) Upon the relations to be maintained with those states which object to join this Bundesstaat, whereby it would be desirable, an d to b e s ought for, to harmonize existing confederate relations with the new state firms. '• His Majesty's Government will dispatch, within the space of eight days, a plenipotentiary to Frankfort, fur nished with the retuLite instructions and full powers. It expresses a hope that other Governments will treat this important question with the same prompt zeal, and at all events forward with o ut d e lay to this place their declarations, both in regard to the Provisorium, and to the other propositions." The Minister President, in terminating this com munication to the second Chamber, added— " We are under a conviction that it will be in our power to communicate some definitive explanations rela tive to the German question in less than a fortnight." The First Chamber adjourned for a week imme diately after this communication had been received, and the Second Chamber resumed the discussion on WINCKES'S motion. :Ultimately all the propositions were negatived. The Frankfort deputation left Berlin on the sth, after having forwarded to the Government the follow ing declaration : "Berlin, April 4. "We have the honour respectfully to submit to the Ministers of State the following declaration. " The Constituent German National Assembly charged t es t t h y e the deputation the undersigned deputation humbly to i nv i te his Majesty the King to accept the hereditary I mper i al election, which fell upon his Majesty in vi r t we of tho National King yesterday, has according to the communi Constitution. cation not considered himself authori se d to accept this most respectful invitation, and has, i n t h e meantime, pub licly made known his motiv es f or this resolution. The Germzn National Assembly y ~ COW(' DO t proceed to the election of a supreme nat i onal chief on the misadMea oj 28th of March, that is, a part of the Constitution, until the proclamation of the whole had been completed. The transfer of the Imperial hereditary dignity to a reigning German Prince, founded ab initio upon the Constitution, determined the fact of the pre-existence of that Consti tution. Tho declaration of his Majesty, on the other hand, does not consider the said Constitution as an ac complished fact, or even as anyway binding for any por tion, great or small, of Germany. It does not even, as did the Ministerial communication of the 2d of April to the Chambers, recognize the Constitution as valid and binding for those German States whose Governments might freely acquiesce therein. It recognizes in indivi dual Governments the right not only to accept the Con stitution as a whole, and thereby to take part in the new Bundessfeat, but to reje c t i t, and thereby to exclude themselves from such federal S tate. The declaration of his Majesty upon this point is thus expressed:---' It now rests with the Governments of individual German States to prove, by deliberation in common, whether the rights conferred upon me will empower me to conduct the destinies of our great fatherland, and remise the hopes of its population with that strong hand which such a missiou requires of me.' According to this, the constitution of the German National Assembly is made subservient to the deliberations in common of Governments, and its validity made subject to the deci sionfthedeputation to discuss the rectitude of this view of the opposed in all its . fractional, legal, of a majority. It is not within the mission o question, soand other grounds, to the view taken of the misunderstanding relative by the declara tion Frankfort constitution, as made apparent completely astonished the to that. of the National Assembly. But the of his Majesty, has so deputati on , th at , i n or d er to avoid further errors and misunderstandings, it feels itself called upon as a duty to return witho u t d e l a y to F ran kf or t. Th e i nv it a ti on to his Majesty to accept the election fallen upon him in virtue of the Constitution, must be considered by the de putation as rejected by the King, since his Majesty does not recognize the validity and legal existence of the Con. stitution, twice read and approved of in the Constituent Assembly; but, on the contrary, refers the same to the acceptation in common with the German Governments. Under these acceptations the Constitution may be con sidered as the b as i s for furt h er d e lib era ti ons o f govern ments, but it cannot poss ibl y be taken as that for the legal power of th e chief of the nat i on . (Signed) " TEE DEPUTATION." The following is the _Ministerial reply : " Berlin, April 5. " We have received the communication which du, Na tional Assembly did us the honour to address to us yes terday. The deputation will, we doubt not, agree with us, that we are not in a position to enter into any imme diate or satisfactory negotiation upon the contents of their communication, but that we must wait the decisions that the National Assembly may feel disposed to take upon receiving the declaration made by his Majesty. We avail ourselves of this opportunity to transmit to the deputation a copy of the circular (see above), ad dressed by us to a ll di p l omat i c ag ents, accredited t o German governme n t s , i n consequence o f the Ki ng ' s de claration. (Signed by r.ll tho Ministers.) FRANKFORT. In the sitting of the German Parliament of the 4th, Vice• President Kirehgessner read a note from the deputation in Perlin, stating that, after receiving the answer of his Majesty, the deputies bad immdiately entered into deliberation as to what their next steps should be, and would report thereon to-morrow, at the latest. The note is dated half-past nine P.M., April 3. In respect to the Danish question, the President or the Council stated that England, as the mediatory Power, not haying been able to promise that she would prevent the re-commencement of hostilities on the part of Denmark so lung as the negotiations for peace were in progress, the Central Power had immediately put rush troops in motion as were necessary to ward off the impending danger. Every attempt made by England at mediation had been met by still more ex travagant demands on tho part of Denmark. On the 25th of March, Denmark bad declared that she was willing to defer all hostilities until the 3d of April ensu ing, provided the march of the German troops were sus pended. But this suspension could nut be effected on so short a notice. The Central Power had done its utwst t,..? - freetwoo a happy reconeitiat ion o f pendiu g • 6,weiai van Plittw,:z to p to the tittaeii, out imply to maintain his present po,ition of defence until some act of aggression should have been perpetrated by the enemy. Hoffbauer moved that the National Assembly debate at once on thn aniwcr of the King of Prussia, and corn- municate its eventual resolution to the deputation. The urgency of this motion, which was supported by L. Simon, Nauwerek, and the most influential members of the Left, was negatived; it was therefore ordered, as usual in such eases, to be referred to a committee. Nauw( rck said that the Prince who did net acknow ledge the resolutions of the Central Assembly, but spoke of negotiation with the other German Sovereigns, could only be endeavouring to cast a veil over St. Paul's alto• gettier. Beckerath moved that the act of reference to a com mittee be deferred. A member of the Right Centre movcei that the refe rence be deferred until the deputation had returned from Berlin. Vogt said this latter motion was as unjust as that of Beckerath's. The motion ought to be referred to a com mittee, and without delay. A fter some lively altercation, strongly tinctured with mistrust, not to despair, Hoffbauer withdrew his mo tion, being satisfied that it could not command a majority. Raveaux then moved that the National Assembly commission the President to recal the deputation from Berlin. The question as to urgency was put. The result of division was doubtful, though the Left supported the motion in a body. The votes were told —noes, 191; ayes, 163; majority against the motion, 28. Simon, of Triers, wished to ask the President of the Council whether he had received any telegraphic dis patch conveying the answer of the King of Prussia to the address of the deputation, and whether such answer was to be communicated to the Assembly. A debate ensued as to the admissibility of a debate then and there on the urgency of the motion. The President of the Council cut matters short, and distinctly declared that he had received no dispatch.— (Sensation in the House.) The question as to adjournment for a period of seven days was then discussed. Resler urged the admissibility of the House meeting at any rate on the morrow. Weitz thought that, even admitting the danger that hovered over the country, the appointment of a sitting for to-morrow would be of no avail. He was decidedly of opinion that they must wait the return of the depu tation. Bassermann begged the House to be mindful of the critical state of parties at the present moment, when so few votes one way or the other might turn the scale. Although voluntary absenteeism was not to be regarded, yet the deficiency of the 33 members of the deputation was important. He supported the motion for adjourn ment till Wednesday, the 11th inst. After a somewhat disorderly wrangle, this last-men tioned motion was carried. Another interpellation was announced, and fresh ex citement ensued. L. Simon wished to ask the Imperial Ministry whether it had received official communication, either through the Plenipotentiary of Prussia or otherwise, of the answer returned by the King to the deputation from the As sembly ? The President proposed to put the question as to ur gency. Vogt did not think the Minister was obliged to an swer. Simon referred to the printed order of business, and read the law in such cases, by which the Minister was obliged to answer, to say when be would answer, or to state his reasons for not answering. The President said, if the Assembly were in doubt, he —(Great clamour)—must take the sense of the House.— (Increased clamour.) Simon persisted, and The President of the Council, though he agreed with Vogt as to the formalities of the question, did not scruple to answer at once. In no official way, he said, but in the form of a confidential communication, he had yesterday evening received intelligence from Herr von Camphausen of the royal answer, as contained in the published tele graphic dispatch. After a brief debate as to the order of the day for the 11th inst., the House adjourned. The Deutsche Zeitung asserts that another note of the Schwarzenberg Cabinet has arrived at Frankfort, in which Prince SCUWARZENBERG protests that he will not allow Austria to be excluded from Germany by any acts or statutes (hinaztsdecretiren). The same paper states that the most cordial understanding exists between Olmiltz and Berlin. AUSTRIA. There is no truth whatever in the rumoured defeat of BEM. On the contrary, he is at this moment in possession of Hermannstadt ; the Russians have com pletely evacuated Transylvania with the exception of Cronstadt, where there is a small garrison, and the whole of the province is, with that exception in pos sesion of the Magyars, as PUG/INEZ?. has retired into Wallachia. WELDEN was at Comorn on the 29th, and is sued a proclamation to the Hungarians :—" The EMPEROR had on his accession given to Hungary equality of rights with the other portions of the Empire, and consented to pardon all who returned to their allegiance. PrinceWiNniscuGawrz had acted in a spirit of clemency in accordance with this pro mise; having, after his victorious troops had pene trated to the Theiss, and taken Kaschau and Tokay, called no one to account who submitted to the law. Only the traitors who desolated their country for the gratification of their ambition were menaced with destruction. He gave them twelve hours to return to the Imperial flag ; after the expi ration of which, if they still resisted, he would batter Comorn as long as he had a man or a gun left, so help him, God !" This proclamation produced no result and WELDER returned to Vienna on the Ist instant. General GORGEY was advancing to the succour of Comorn, and the besieging army had been obliged to suspend their operations, in order to concentrate and take measures for resisting GORGEY'S attack. The Austrians had suffered greatly in the siege, from their being forced to bivouac in the midst of snow and bad weather. The simultaneous defeats of General REM BERG at Losenez, and of SLICH'S brigade at Hatven are fully confirmed. The Russian General, HAM MERSTEIN, had not entered Hungary, and, in fact, in the northern portion, at Eperies, Kaschau, and the regions round, there were no troops of any kind, Austrian or Hungarian, for the very good reason , that all the provisions of the country had been com pletely consumed and the granaries emptied. JELLA.- (mica is again at Pesth. BRUCK and NIGRELLI have been ordered to pro ceed to Verona as Plenipotentiaries, to treat with the King of SARDINIA. . _ The elections of Deputies for Frankfort are stopped. Those who have been chosen have been called upon to suspend their intended journey, and the recall of the Austrian Members from the National Assembly is ex pected. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES, DEFEAT OF TIIE DANES, AND DESTRUCTION OF A DANISH SHIT' OF THE LINE. We have received Hamburgh papers of the 6th inst. Certain news from the scene of war, which came to Hamburgh on the morning of the 6th inst., and which were published in an extra edition of the Borsenhalle, have filled the people of that town with enthusiasm and surprise. It appears that an engage ment has taken place between the Danish naval force and the German strand-batteries, in which, though the latter were the weaker party in guns and artil lerymen, the Danes were defeated, and sustained con siderable loss. The following account of the action was brought to Altona by the Prince of NOES, who was an eye-witness of the affair Several Danish men-of- war, viz , King Christian VIII., 84 guns, and the frigate Gefion, 42, the brig St. Croix, and the two war-steamers Geyser and Skirner, besides a third steamer towing six landing craft, appeared in the evening of the 6th inst. in the offing of the bay of Eckernforde, when they anchored. Early on the morning of the 6th one of the steamers and the brig parted company with the squadron, and stood out to the east, but the rest of the squadron weighing anchor at seven o'clock, sailed into the harbour of Eckernforde, and at eight o'clock com menced engaging the strand batteries, which answered their fire, until after a cannonade of several hours the northern battery was silenced by the steamer Geyser. Shortly afterwards, however, the Christian VIII. went aground in the inner harbour, and the Gefion had her rudder shot away. In consequence of this disaster the Christian VIII. hoisted a flag of truce, and a Danish officer was sent on shore, who offered to spare the town if the German batteries would cease to fire, and allow the two Danish ships to get away. These terms having been rejected by the military commander of the German forces, as well as by the magistrates of Eckernforde, another parley commenced, and a truce of two hours v% as finally agreed upon. This truce enabled the Germans to get the northern battery into working order, and to relieve the men that had been working the southern battery almost without cessation, while the Danish ships were busily engaged repairing damages, and the Chris tian VIII. struggled hard to afloat. This being at length effected, a signal was made for one of the steamers to come in and take the Chris tian VIII. in tow, but a couple of shots which were fired from the Strand batteries warned the steamer to keep off, which then veered round and stood out in the tack of the ships that had left in the morning. After the expiration of the truce, the hostilities were recommenced by half a battery of Nassau Artillery opening- upon the two Danish vessels, and playing ‘3,ith great precision and effect, whole the Danes fired a broadside now and then. In the course of the en gagement the Christian VIII. managed to run again aground and to catch fire, and was at length compelled to strike to a Holstein battery of two pieces, aided by some Nassau light artillery. The surrender of the Christian VIII. was almost immediately followed by that of the Gefion, and the Danish sailors of the Gefion, aided by the Getman soldiers, set about to save the crew or the Christian VIII.; 400 men were saved. but at eight o'clock. P.M., the vp,:: , el. whi,;h hid burlling teadily all the while, e:q.:;, - IoS remaining 700 men. Of the crew of the Getion 250 escaped without injury, but the nundxlr of the kink d and wounded was not less than 150. The Guinn - is had but one man killed and thirteen wounded. The reports of the battle give due praise to the courage of the Danish sailors, and no less praisk is given to the German Commander, the Duke of SAXE-COBURG, for his judicious arrangements, and the humanity and z9al which he displayed in his attempts to save the unfortunate crew of the Christian VIII. ITALY. Accounts from Genoa of the 2d of April state that the people had complete possession of the city, and had entrusted the Government to a triumvirate, composed of General AVEZANNO and Signori RETA and Alocctlio. General MARMORA was advancing to attack Genoa, while the Lombard division of the Piedmontese army was advancing to its assistance. RADETZKY has consented not to insist on the occu pation of Alessandria by the Austrians. The Piedmontese Gazette publishes several decrees and notifications of the Government relative to the late events. By a decree of the 3d, a commission to inquire into the events of the late campaign and the causes of its failure is instituted; it is composed of General Saluzzo, Major-General Dabormida, Count Lisio, Deputy Nollard, Colonel Pastore, Engineer Fromis, and Deputies Lanza, Ravine, and Josti. The three latter were the movers of the most energetic propositions of the day that were passed by the Chamber of Deputies on the sitting of the 27th ult. Another decree of the 2d regulates the punishments to be awarded to those non-commissioned officers and soldiers whose behaviour in the late cam paign has been disgraceful. In a proclamation, dated Parma the 28th ult., General LA MARMORA takes a sorrowful farewell of that city. The Piedmontese Commissioner PLEZZA, however, remains. We read in a letter from Florence of the Ist— " The defeat of the Piedmontese has thrown the Re publicans into a sort of stupor, and filled the partisans of the GRAND DUKE with hope. In the country dis tricts the cry of Long live LEOPOLD has been raised, and at Arezzo the people have re-established the grand ducal arms. ROMANELLI, the friend of the Dictator GUERRAZZJ, has set out from Florence in the hope of calming the effervescence by conciliation. At Camuccia the people have also risen with shouts of Long live LEOPOLD !' A report is current that GUERRAZZI, who has never been in favour of a re public, has only made himself Dictator in order to be the better able to restore the authority of the GRAND DUKE?' By a decree of the 29th ult. GUERRAZZI has ac cepted the resignation of General D'APICE, as pro visional Minister of War, and named Lieutenant- Colonel MANGANARO in his stead. The Duke of MODENA has issued a proclamation, dated from Brescello, 29th ult., announcing to his subjects the events of the campaign, calling upon all good citizens to assist him in maintaining order, and directing that those persons who had in this short in terval attempted acts against his authority shall be tried by a military commission. An idle rumour having been spread that the Tuscan Government had sent a deputation to Gaeta, the Tuscan Monitore of the 30th ult. officially, contra dicts the statement. The Positivo of Rome states that the POPE intends going to Barcelona, with the whole of his suite. The news of the defeat at N ovara having been known at Rome on the 29th ult. the Constituent Assembly has named a triumvirate with unlimited powers, composed of MAZZINI, AM ELLINI, and SAFFI. The following is the latest intelligence from Ge noa :—On the 2d, after a murderous combat, which lasted for several hours, the Piedmontese General de Azarta, who had the command of the garrison, was obliged to capitulate. The combat commenced on the evening of the Ist, about four o'clock, and con tinued, without interruption, during the whole of the night, the inhabitants having been forced by the in- surgents to illuminate their houses, in order to enable them to carry on their operations. Both sides seem to have fought with great energy; and, in consequence of the strong positions held by the troops, the result was for a long time doubtful ; but at length, towards ten in the morning, General de Azarta, finding that the strength of the insurgents was rather increas ing than diminishing, while he himself was cut off from all hope of reinforcements, was obliged to capitulate. The lives of the troops were spared, and the whole of the men were allowed to quit the place, with their arms, and with all the honours of war. There are, consequently no troops now in Genoa, which is entirely in the hands of the insurgents. Lord HARDWICKE is spoken of with praise, by the Genoa papers, as having contributed in obtaining favourable terms for the troops, and having prevented the horrors and excesses which might be expected as the consequence of the popular triumph. General DE LA MARMORA was at Ronco, but his men were knocked up by forced marches, and diminished by desertion. Genoa had closed its gates against him, and it is not supposed that he will be able to recover the city without additional troops. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY ) CORN EXCHANGE—MONDAY. During last week the arrivals of all kinds of English Grain, as well as Flour, for our market, coastwise and by land carriage, were very small, but of fair average quality. From Ireland and Sootland scarcely any grain reached us. The foreign imports were liberal, viz, 28,602 quarters of Wheat, 11,916 ditto of Barley, 21,969 ditto of Oats, 1,040 ditto of Rye, 14,073 ditto of Beans, 686 ditto of Peas. 265 ditto of Tares, 80 ditto of Linseed, 125 ditto of Rapeseed, 19 ditto of Mustard Seeds, 99 ditto of sundry Seeds, 3,941 sacks, and 2,732 barrels of Flour. Since these returns were made up, several cargoes of Wheat, Barley, and Oats have arrived from the near continental ports, and heavy supplies of grain are expected to reach us from the Baltic as well as from the Black Sea during the next three weeks. The quantity of Wheat of home produce received fresh up this morning, by land carriage and sample, was tri fling in the extreme. Coastwise, the arrivals were con fined to a few tine qualities from Kent and Essex. The show of samples of both red and white being small, and the attendance of buyers somewhat on the increase, the demand for most descriptions ruled steady, and, in some instances, the factors succeeded in obtaining a trifle more money for fine white, and a good clearance was effected. The recommencement of the Danish war caused the importers:of Foreign Wheats to rule firm Very fine samples were, consequently, disposed of at in some cases Is. per quarter more money, and the value of the middling and inferior kinds was well sup ported. There was a better inquiry for floating cargoes, and the extreme currencies of last week. Very little English Barley was on offer, but the supply of foreign was good as to quantity. Malting parcels commanded a steady demand, at prices quite equal to those paid on this day se'nnight. In grinding and dis tilling sorts comparatively little business was transacted at late rates. The show of Malt was small; nevertheless it was quite equal to the wants of the buyers, all descrip tions ruling dull at last week's currencies. A large por tion of the late heavy arrivals of foreign Oats having been disposed of, the number of samples here this morning was by no means exten sive. Fine sound Corn was quite as dear, Lut the inferior and damp qualities were a mere drug. The supply of foreign Beans was extensive, owing to which the sate for that article of produce was dull, and prices were a shade lower. All kinds of Peas met a very dull inquiry; but we have no actual decline to notice in prices. Indian Corn and Meal sold to a fair extent, at full prices. There was a better feeling in the Flour trade, and the quotations of both town and country markets were supported. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier.. Red. • • • . 36s to 48s Oats—Yorkshire and Ditto,White, New 38s 52s Linccansk., Feed. 15s 19s Norfolk and Lin- Potato coin, Red. •• •. 36s 47s Youghal and Cork, Ditto, White.... • • 38s 488 Black. •• .• • • 17s 17s Irish, Red.... •• • • 345 40s Cork, White... • • 135 198 Ditto,White.... • • 42s 44s Scotch, Feed. .. • • 18s 22s Rye—Old .••••. • • • • • . 226 25s Beans—Tick New....... ••• • • • 228 25s Pigeons ..... • . 38s 43s Barley—Grinding 22s 24. Peas—Grey ..... •• • • 305 34s Malting . •• • • 28s 30s Maple . ..... ••• • • 33s 34s Chevalier •• • 318 32s White—. ••- • • • 24s 27s Malt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers ••••• •• • • 268 SOs f01k...—. ••• • • . 57s 589 Flour—Town-made .. • 38s 42s Brown ... .•• • • • 48s 50s Suffolk • • ..... • 318 341 Kingston and Ware 57s 58s Stocktn & Norfolk 308 338 SEED MARKET. Canary Seed is in steady request, at fully last week's quotations. Linseed is lower to purchase. All other Seeds are exceedingly heavy. Linseed cakes heavy, at the late decline. Turnip,White, per bush. Ils to 12s Carra way • .. 29s 30s Red and Green.. • • 118 12s Coriander -- •• • • • • • • • • • • 16s 18s Mustard, 8r0wn.... • 6s Its fiempseed, per quarter 32s 24s White •••.• 88 12s Linseed, Eng. ;owing.. 48s 50s Tares, New ••••• • • • • • 78 8s Crushing 36s 38s Old ..... • 48 6s Baltic • • 36s 38s Canary, per quarter 1008 120 s Odessa .... Rye grass .. ••• • • 203 24 s Linseed Cake rl,OOO -40 s Clover, Red En;. (cwt.) 32s 585 English .. ....Si... lOs 101 Os White •• • • ... • • 325 43 s Foreign...—. 6/ Os 810 s Foreign 1ied..... • • 289 43s Rape Cakes, pr ton 41 5s 4/ lOs White.. • • 30s 42s Rapeseed, per last 301 Os 32108 Trefoil •••••••• 12s 18s SMITHFIELD. The total importalion of foreign stock into London last week, was 1,071 head, being an increase, compared with the preceding return, of 99 head. At the corres ponding period in 1848, we received 1,395, and in 1847 Only 372 bead; hence it will be perceived that the ar• rivals since this day se'nnight have been full average ones. The following statement shows the quarters from whence the supplies have been derived:— urreirrs INTO LONDON. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs, Antwerp „. ... 83 ... Harlingen ..... 101 ... 29 Rotreroam ... 129 .._ .. Is to 59s Ostend... ...... : Amsterdam 29 -205 l2 32 ._ .. 112 ... - Total ...... 269 ... 604 ... 12 196 Correspondin g .. week in 1848... 5.6 ... 777 _ ••• Difference ... 267 less. 173 less. 12more. 104 more. At the outports the importations, direct from Holland and other parts of the continent, have betm. about 400 head, chiefly Sheep and Calves. Into London, there „rr;,erl hv fr m Ir. 1 1, 1 . (.12 () , ;••7 , 13 ,, ) 15R (ilk! ~ u -d by the Biard nit Tra , le in the lest week we p: It ofriet, , k, h iv.. made :,;ane ce.nside.-a We al f4;nres rtTeenee to them iports of fo:cego ste; k idyl the Unite'l li:i.gdozn. It is evident that they have .trained a point" to give the returns an air of probability. Still, however, they are far, very far, from accurate, as we could show by reference to the toms' lists. We :hall, possibly, have occasion to analyse the whole of these returns at no distant day, as it is of the utmost importance to all .•!asses that they a hould be correct. Our mar ket to-day was very scantily supplied with fo reign stock, the general quality of which was inferior; et the demand for it was heavy, at very low prices. The arrivals of Beasts fresh up from our grazing dis tricts were considerably less than these reported on Mon day last, but there wets no deficiency in quality. Al theugh this is what is termed a holiday market, the attendance of buyers was somewhat on the increase, and the Beef trade ruled firm, at, in some few instances, a trifle more money for the best Scots, the highest general quotation for which, however, was only 3s 6d per 8 lbs. Prior to the conclusion of business, a good clearance was effected. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cam bridgeshire we received about 1,000 Scots and Short horns, with a few llornebreds; from the western and midland districts, 600 Herefords, Runts, Devons, and Irish Beasts; from other parts of England, 700 of various breeds; and, from Scotland, 190 horned and polled Scots. The remainder of the bullock supply was derived from abroad and the neighbourhood of the metropolis. Notwithstanding that the supply of Sheep exhibited a falling off, it was seasonably large, and of full average quality. All breeds were a very dull sale, and a further decline in the quotations of quite 2d per 81bs. The best old Downs, in the wool, were selling at only 4s to 4s 2d; out of the wool, 3s 6d to 3s 8d per Slbs, and a clear ance was not effected. Lambs were in good supply, and steady request, at full prices, viz., from is 8d to 6s 8d per 81b. From the I s l e o f Wi g h t, 7 5 Sh eep and Lambs came to hand per railway. Prime Small Calves sold freely, at full prices. Otherwise the Veal trade was in a very dull state. The Pork trade ruled heavy, at about last week's quotations. Per albs. to sink the offal. s. d. to s. d. s. d. to 1, d. inferior Beasts 2 6 2 8 Second qual. Sheep 3 0 3 6. -ocund quality ——2 10 3 0 Coarse-woolled ditto 3 8 3 Ir . Prime large Oxen 3 2 3 4 Southdown Wethcr 310 4 2 Prime Scots Large coarse Calves 3 4 310 Large Hogs ...... 3 2 3 & Prime small ditto :uckling Calves lB 0 24 0 Quarter old Pigs .. 18 0 21 0 Inferior Sheep TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARK ET. I Sheep. 1 Calves. I Pigs. 18,390 1 103 206 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts. I Shel2oep. I Calves. I Pi gs. 302 53 NEILTGATE AND LEADENRALL. During last week about 800 carcasses of Beef, 2,000 ditto Mutton, 600 ditto of Lamb, 300 ditto of Veal, and 1,500 ditto of Pork, arrived for these markets from various parts of the country. The supplies on offer killed in the metropolis having been extensive, and the weather seasonably mild, the demand for all kinds of meat—except Lamb, which has sold at an advance of quite 2d per 81bs—has continued heavy, at barely the late decline in the quotations. About 400 carcasses of foreign meat slaughtered in the metropolis have ap peared on sale;, and three baskets of Beet have come to hand from }lamburgh. Beasts. 2,72.) At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. i S. d. to s. d lieet,inferlor...... 2 2 2 4 , Mutton, inferior .. 2 4 2 8 middling •• 2 6 2 8 -__ middling.. 210 3 4 primelarge .. 210 3 0 1 ---- prlm.e prime small .• 3 2 3 4 i Pork, large.... ••.. 2 10 3 4 Veal.-- •• 3 4 4 2 small ——-- 2 6 4 2 Lamb. 5s 4d to Gs 6d. nostouGxz AND SPITALFIELDS. - Only about 2,900 tons of homegrown Potatoes have arrived, coastwise, since Monday last, but by railway nearly 1,000 tons have reached us in fair average con dition. The imports from abroad have been again ex tensive—they have consisted of 630 bags from Ghent; 297 bags 95 tons from Antwerp; 42 tons from Dunkirk; 4,582 bags from Rotterdam; 60 tons from Nantes; 90 tons from Hamburgh ; 295 tons from Dieppe; 72 sacks from Calais; and 313 tons from Rouen. The best qualities command a steady cafe at lull rates of currency, but all other kinds are a dull inquiry, at our quotations. Per Ton. Per Ton. York. Regents 120 s to 155 s Essex Regents ... 90s to 1158 Ditto Shaws Scotch Reds Ditto Cups loss to 120 s French Whites ... 90s to 100 s Ditto Whites 7ss to 90s 1 Belgian ditto B os t o 92 s Lincoln.Regents.loos to 115 s D u t c h di tto 90s to 105& 3301LOUGII HOP IVX.Ei.ZLILE'r. A slight_ mprovement has taken place in the demand. for the finest Hops of last year's growth; the quantity of which on offer is very small, at extreme quotations. The middling and inferior kinds are a slow sale, but not cheaper. Old Hops may be had as low as 10s to 15s per : cwt. New Hops:—Sussex pockets, 21 4s to 21 18; Weald of Kent ditto, 2/ 12s to 31 Ss ; Mid and East Kent ditto, 31 3s to 61 12s per cwt. OL. The import s o f Wool i n to London, last week, were confined to 4 bales from Buenos Ayres, 480 ditto from. Sydney, 12 ditto from Antwerp, and 62 ditto from Ham— burgh. The prospect of heavy arrivals from our colo— nies, and the somewhat unfavourable accounts from the manufacturing districts, have induced great caution on: the part of the dealers, hence the demand for all kinds of Wool has b( come inactive, and the late advance is barely supported. The holders of English Wool are willing sellers, at present rates. TALOW. Since our last rep or t this L market has ruled exceedingly heavy, at further depressed rates. To-day P.Y.C. one the spot is quoted at 395, and for forward delivery, 39s 8d to 39s 8d per cwt. Town Tallow has declined to 39s 6d per cwt, net cash ; Rough Fat, 2s 2id per 81bs. Advices from St. Petersburgh represent the trade heavy, at rather lower rates. 1845. 1846. 1847. 1848. 1849. I Stock this day •• 21,146 13,616 11,292 6,865 211,0419 Price of Y. C. .. 38s 3d 42s 6d 49 s 3d 52s Od to 39s Od. .. [to Os to Os ed to 49s 6d 52s 6d to Os Delivery last week: .• I 1,268 1,085 891 1,161 89V Ditto from June I. • 77,212 80,797 73,691 90,795 $7,7 0 8 Ar , ivals last week . 48 77 1,378 1,47 , Ditto from June 1 ... 79,367 78,609 74,458 89,559 108.21;2 Price of Town 40s 44s Od 53s Od 545. 41s 44 LLOYD'S SHIPPING. —(THIS DAY—) LONDON, APRIL 9 . —Wind E.N.E., light breeze arbd fine. ILFRACOMBE, AP RIL 7.—Th e Enterprise, sloop, from Newport to London, put in here very leaky. CORK, APRIL 6.—The Lucretia, from New Orleans, arrived here to-day leaky, with cargo ( maize) shifted. and part thrown over, and with loss of bulwark, stan chions, sails, boats, &c. SWANSEA, APRIL B.—Wind S.—Arrd. 7th, William Nicholson, Rees, Cuba. Sld. Agnes Blackie, Howery, Coquimbo. CARDIFF,APRIL 7 .—Wind S.—Sld.4th, Mary, !Javan.- nah; sth, Mary Stewart, Singapore. BRISTOL, APRIL 7.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Anne Jen kins, Buenos Ayres; Mecca, Hill, St. Domingo. FALMOUTH, APRIL 7 AND B.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. 6th. Ulverstone, Brodrick, Ceylon; Jurgon Heinrich, Grohti, Buenos Ayres, for Antwerp. Off port, Sir Ilowar6 Douglas, Henderson, Moulmein, left Nov. .f 5, and sld. for Pembroke. SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 7.—Arrd. Clyde (steamer), West Indies. OFF WEYMOUTH, APRIL B. Wind S.W.—Arrd. Ori ental Queen, Thomas, Mauritius, and sailed. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 7.—Wind S.S.W. to S.S.E. B. Wind S.S.E.—Arrd. Bth, her Majesty's ship Pene lope, Sierra Leone; left 22d February; St. Jago, 17th; and Teneriffe, 27th March ; on freight 328/, in gold rings. ijEAL, APRIL 7.—Wind S. to S.S.E. B.—Wind S. tc' S.S.W. to S.S.E.--Arrd., 4th, Nicholas Witzen, Lange • Surinam, for Amsterdam. 7th, Euphrates, Gifford, China; Betty, Kraefr, New York, for Amsterdam. Btb • Stad Schiedam, Andresson, Batavia, for Rotterdam ; El lenborough, Toynbee, Calcutta; Effort, Broomhea d, Moulmein, .for Sunderland; Hendrick lludson, Pratt, New York. Arrd. from the river, Henrietta, Brow n, Swan River; Ochlertyne, Patrick, Cape of Good Hope- Arrd. from the river, and sailed, 7th, Candidate, Fowler, Barbadoes; Friends, Shipley, Quebec. Bth. Lady How den, Chalk, Hobart Town; Canada, Williams, Bimlapsw tam; Jane Pirie, Booth, Cape and Bengal; General Bel.• grave, Garrida, Buenos Ayres; Rawlins, Long, Quebec. hid., 7th, Hercules, Quebec; Camden, ditto. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 7 AND B.—Wind S.S.E., fresh.--- Arrd. 7th, Richard Cobden, Laguna; Princetown, Ruts sell, New York; Fidelia, Yeaton, ditto; Bth, Ben isluick Dhin, Jameson, Rio Janeiro; Naomi, Pernambuco; Car natio, M'Kenzie, Savannah; Jamestown, Trook, New York. Sld. 6 t h C or i nna, Havatinah; Leshmaha go , Bos ton; Amity, P ugwas h ; William Wilberforce, New - found!and; Wilkinson, ditto; Jane, Yarmouth, Nora Scotia; 7th, Golden Eagle, Buenos Ayres; John Cum - ming, New Orleans; Europa steamer, New York; Oa • wird, Boston; Samuel, Newfoundland; Richardson, ditto; Thomas, ditto. Off pert, Bth, William Russell, Aberdeen, Argyle, Vivid, Minstrel Boy, Senator, an d North Pole. CLYDE, APRIL 7.—Wind E.—Arrd. Thomas Graham, Catitley, Pietou, N. S. Sid. Gth, Lord Byron, Quebec; 7th. Oxford, Miramichi; Henry Hood, Bathurst. WATERFORD, APRIL 7.—Wind S.S.W.—SId. Oranoe Of New York. BELFAST, APRIL 7.—Wind S.S.E., fresh.—Std. Hats' nah Kerr, New York. HARTLEPOOL, APRIL 7.—Wind S.E. to E.S.E.—S3Id• lan the, Quebec. MILFORD, APRIL 6.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Ida, Ha./ t, Hondura3. PADSTOW, APRIL G.—Wind S.—Sld. Clio, Quebec. Cow E s, APRIL 7.—Wind S.— Arrd. Onderneminkgr Athes, Havitnunh. LIIIIERICK, APRIL 4. Sid. Edward Hughes, Ne York; sih, Norman, Pictou; 6th, Primrose, Quebec. GALWAY, APRIL 3.—Sld. Sarah, Milledge, Bostoi ►; 4th, Margaret, Milne, New York; sth, Thetis, Boston . CORK, APRIL s.—Wind N.; 6th, S.S.E.—Arrd. st . Dudson, Paraiba; 6th, Lucretia, Galliconi, Ni 'W Orleans; William Peil, Scott, Buenos Ayres; William is, Wilson, Bsrbadoes. Sld. sth, Wilsons, Demerar a; America, New York; Dement, I.loletoll. OFF CORY, APRIL s.—Emma, Edgard, New York, !Tor Bremen. NEWRY, APRIL 6.—Wind S.—Sld. Hannah, Queb et:. PLYmourH, APRIL B. — Wind Spermae*ti, Quebec; Prince Regent, Port Phillip; Mary Bannatyne, Sydney, N.S. W.; Lark, Coast of Africa. .HARWICH, APRIL 7.—Shl. William and Mary, Quebec. NEATII, APRIL s.—Slid. Victoria, Quebec. CAERNARVON, APRIL s.—Higginson, New York. WORKINGTON, APRIL s.—Bovves, Quebec. NOTICE OF BLOCKADE. CONCLUSION OF THE ARMISTICE BETWEEN NAPLES A.7-`l° SICILY, AND DECLARATION OF BLOCKADE OF SICILY. Palermo, March 27. Sir,--We regret to have to state, for the informatil°ll