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rSSE LECT AL TI TL E ASSURANCE COMPANY. (Provisionally Regis=-.o.,Jarnary 17, 1849.) Capital. 2,00,00C1., in SO,OGO Shares, of 251. each. DepoE:it, 2s. 6d. per Share Vrospectuses and fall _ infonx.:.Von may he obtairec at the Tempo ary Oftl:es oC the CoMpany, 13A, Cannon-row, Westminster, on ap plication td G. F. ROWE, Bon. Sec., pro tern. TIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Third Appearance of Mdlle. PARODI. Third Appearance this Season of Signor LABLACIIE, ~,"he Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, are respect fully informed that THIS EVENING, Will be presented Bellinrs Opera of NORMA. P o llione, Signor Gardoni; Oreveso, Signor Lablache ; rarodi ; Adt,lgisa, Madame Giuliani. To conclude with (tbo Scenery by Mr. Charles Marshall) an en tirely new grant! Ballet, by M. Taglieni, entitled EItECTRI ; or, The Lost Plelade. Applicat!cns for E...oxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box , office, Ope: a Colonnade. s t Seven, Co ncert to commence at Eight. Doors opt r at Half-Pa it B E Rl' II OUDIN'S FSRENVELL. 0 ST. JAACES'S THEATRE. Th,, celebrated Itohert Houdin bes 1p to osi anncunce that his on FareSa - well P er formances in this country wil tively terminate turday, iis. perforhismit oc es will be arra n g ed as follows ; ' • THIS EVESIN(I, PER TUESDAY next, THU RSDAY, 26, FRIDAY, 27 (DAY PER FOR:HANCE), and SATURDAY, IS, being his last appearance, owing to the commencement of his engagement at the Theatre St. Hubert. Bruxelles. In ordto peretuate an agreeable souvenir of surprisingnonethe experi ments will be executed on these farewell occasions, whilst the Dis trinution from the Come d'Abondance will be made with extended liberality and profusion. Doors open each Evening at Eight o'eock. Boxes, 4s. Pit, 25.; Amphitheatre, Is. 60. Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets for this extraordinary Enter Bond May he secured at M itchell's Royal Library, 33, Old treet ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from Eleven till Five o'clock. ............—...---,....-----...—......--- 'r H t.ATE f', ILOY AL, HAY MAR.& r. 1).: . Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENIN, Will be performed the Comedy of TOWN and COUNTRY. Cheb a- rac ters by Messrs. J . Waßack; Wigan, Keeley, Bectstone, and W 'ter ; Miss I'. Horton, Miss Reynol ds, and Mrs. Glover. After which a Classical Extravaganza, entitled THE SPHINX. To be followed by Tim BOUGH DIAMOND. T o conclude with th e Farce of LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS. THEATItX ROYAL. ADELPHL Under the direction EVENING, ot Made Celeste. THIS am WM be performed THE HOP PICKERS. Principal characters by Messrs. Lambert, Boyce, Wright, Paul Bedford, lluzhes, Mon yard, 0. Smith, CuPenford, Worrell, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. F. Matthews, Miss Taylor, Miss E. Chaplin, Sic. After which, WHO LIVES AT No. 9 ? Characters by Messrs. Wright and Worrell, and Miss Chaplin. To conclude wit THE ENCHANTED ISLE. Alonzo,. Mr. Paul Belford; Prospero h , Mr. 0. Smith Ariel, Miss E. Chaplin --------- ItoYAL LYCEUM THEAT It E. Under the Management of Madame Veatrill. Eol. Lessee, Mr. Charles AI a' he ,vs. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE WATER PARTY. After which, a new Piece entitled HOLD TOUR TONGUE. Cha racters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Selby, and Parselle ; Miss H. Gil bert, Miss Jane Coleman, and Madame Vestris. To conclude with THE SEVEN CHAMPIONS OP CHRISTEN DOM. Dress Boxes, 55.; Upper Boxes, 45. ; 25. ; Gallery, is. No ball-price to any part of the house. The New Itox-ofllce, No. 2, Wellington. street, Is open to the Public every lay, from Tca till Six. PRINCESS'S TIIEAT Mr. 3. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Opera, entitled THE HEART OP MID LOTHIAN. To conclude with a new grand Extravaganza, entitled }TOURED DIN AIND lIIE FAIR P.F.RSIAN. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, :dr. W. Batty. irs.l.er the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. The new grand Easter S.)ectacle unprecedentedly successM. THIS EVENING, Theperformance will commence with a Grand Equestrian Spec tacle, by Fl T all, entitled HE WHITE MAIDEN OF CALIFOR NIA.; or, the Horse of the Ocean. To be followed b y an inimitaLle display of SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, in which the first Equestrian talent of the day will appear. T o conclude with on Monday, We, and Friday, THE DUMB DRIVER ; and the Farce of THE SECRET on the al ternate Evenings. Box-office wen from Eleven till Five. , cage Manager, Mr. W. West. TO CORRESPON DENTS. No communication can be attended to unless authenti cated by the name and address of the writer. Rejected communications cannot be returned. WEATHER.—SuN OFFTcE, APRIL 21. TIMMONETER, Lowest, 28; Highest, 44; iloon, 43 BARONETEIi, 29.9. WIND N.W.—fine sunshiny weather. WAT:Lit AT LONDON kitc11..46. Tura DAY , nrning, 28 min. after 2 1 Eyemiir, 50 min. after 12 To-Moaitow—Morning, 23 min. after 12 I Evenhig, 50 min. after 12 ii- . 4.4 i,e4 .. k . ...z.L.,, ~."! ,--- 1. le ug:...-:,,,,,, .1,.:44,.,... ~,---- , , . , ) _ ...c s :;c4e , „to. , t a ~. ~, -,4* 76.' -cita-S2 ,- . sTiart ' '• : 1; . LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1849. Pamphleteers are so generally the mere mouth pieces of faction, the partizans of the Government, or of the Opposition, that it becomes quite refreshing to encounter a political essayist possessed of that most effectual talisman against prejudice, the characteristic of impartiality. More agreeable still are the lucu brations of any such publicist, if his theme is no mere party question, but one embracing the whole range of those principles, and of that consistency, which con stitute the sinews and the symmetry of legislation. A writer of this character we now welcome,* in the person of a former critic of that most fallacious of all financial policies which suddenly raised the Antago nist of the Blacklegs into the Leader of the Protec tionists. The brochure here submitted to our consi- deration is a catechism of politics, and a touchstone o. consistency. While, however, we are ready to acknowledge un conditionally the pervading impartiality of this very miscellaneous chapter on statesmen and the art of government, we cannot hut recognise at a glance that the tendency of each sentence is (with a con sciousness, and not only with a consciousness, but with a purpose on the pa-t of the author) the vindi- cation of the Right Hon. Baronet the Representative of Tam worth. RegarLng that eminent man as the very incarnation of . political consistency, the pamphleteer occasionally dons the livery of Peelism, and endeavours to sidle into the sunshine of Sir RonEaT's popularity - by assuming the attitude of his avowed Apologist. As it would doubtless be a must erroneous surmise, we, of course, do not wish it to be understood that the writer makes a barefaced " bid" fur the patronage of a future Premier, nor that he looks forward to the chance of receiving com pensation for his panegyrics, neither that he calcu lates upon the possibility of acquiring a snug berth under the next Administration. Such an estimate of his laborious treatise would be altogether too invidious. While, nevertheless, we disclaim any such blunt charges against one who shields himself under the mask of an anony mous bookman, we are compelled to say that the warmth of the eulogiums passed upon the most popular statesman in Engla,pd are as suspicious as the elaborate arguments employed to justify those encomiums are unnecessary. Sir ROBERT is too high in the estimation of his fellow countrymen to require any supplementary glorification : his conduct has been too vividly patriotic and disinterested to need the extenuations of commentary. Infinitely more to our own taste are the generali ties with which " Plain-Facts" precedes his sketches of PITT, CANNING, PEEL, and RUSSELL. In this port;on of the treatise there is much sound reasoning, the beauty of which is yet somewhat deteriorated by a flavour of what we may designate, for want of a better term, school bred ostentation. After re minding us, for about the millionth time, of the political principles of the Stoics; and arepresented in the person of the inflexible Cxxo, ofthe political principles of the Academics, as embodied 'ri the voluble and va riable CICERO, the writer gives us a hackneyed t , through quo tation from IDDLETON, an d Mhe a sententious remark borrowedfrom Han sard, branches off into a review of nthe faults of the monarchical system under Louis XVI., and of the direct and indirect causes of u th s e Great Bevolu'ion. Here it is that the excellence of the pamphlet really commences, and that the force of the arguments as to the precise nature of political consistency becomes discernible. Of all things, perhaps the one least capable of re ceiving.an accurate definition is that same phrase— Political ComiAency. " When lam told," says the pamphleteer, "that a man has acted through the course of a long life in strict attachment to the same principles of Government, and that he has been an unswerving friend of his party,' I cannot believe that that man has always pursued a con scientious and deliberate course, nor that hi s sole object was to for ward the pros perity of his country." Assuredly not : the test of a man's consistency is the very reverse of such an instance ; for, as it is certain that no two men were • " Political Principles, and Political Consistency. By Plain-Facts." 'Bvo. pp. 68. Loud= .011ivier, 1848. ever seen whose features were exactly alike, so it is 1 certain that no two men ever exist ed whose opinions / upon every subject invariably in tallied . [The two DROMIOS existed o nl y the imaging- tion of the Great C omic Dramatist.] The one would be as astounding a mir acle as the other ; and, this being the case, it is quite manifest that any one co ntinually and implicitly following the dictation of his "party" must, instead of being a consistent politician, be a most egregious partisan. Better to us are the derided Trimmers, of whom HALI FAX was the ornament, than the eulogized Tantivies, amongst whom COLLIER was con spicuous. Better to us the yielding policy of a FERRETTI, which delayed the calamities of a Revolu tion, than the stubborn system of a GUIZOT, which provoked a general bouleversement of society. It was because of the independence of his votes, when a representative in Parliament, that COBBETT was at last being perpetually rated as an example of inconsistency and tergiversation. It is because of his disregard to men and "parties" that ROEBUCK—now taunting the Whigs, now scoffing at the Tories, now har rying the Radicals, and now again discharging the whole torrent of his sparkling sarcasms at the Conservatives—has been charged with the same shortcomings and traduced as a merely hybrid politician. Yet we rather think that the impartial biographer of either of those two men would be unable to say otherwise than that COB BETT and ROEBUCK strove underiatingly to forward the progress of reform, and to diffuse wider and wider the blessings of civil and religious freedom among the mass of the population. Those who most deserve the title of Consistent Politicians are generally the very persons who are most abused for their incon sistency; while those who have splintered the mirror of their conscience on their servility— these who play over again in the House of Commons the degrading pastime of " Fol low the Leader " are the individuals most flattered with the covetted designation. What says Mr. MACAULAY, in one of his " Essays " upon an other of those blemishes which disentitle any one to these panegyrics for political eminence and purity ? We well remember that in delineating the character of Sir WILLIAM TEMPLE, one of the most respect able names in our History, he mentions, with just opprobrium, that timidity which is more culpable than temerity, that " habit of coddling," which is more contemptible than the most glaring inconsis tency. "He never," sass the future historian, speaking of TEMPLE, " he never put himself pro minently before the public eye except at con junctures, when he was almost certain to gain, and could not possibly lose, at conjunctures when the interests of the State, the views of the Court, and the passions of the multitude all appeared for an instant to coincide." This we take to be an indirect eulogium upon the daring of the policy adopted in 1846 by Sir ROBERT PEEL—an eulogium written nearly ten years before the possibility of its applica tion to the Right Hon. Baronet—and deliberately enunciated by the most illustrious writer whose name has yet been inscribed on the roll of Whig statesmen. Nobler such moral courage as that spoken of by Mr. MACAULAY and evidenced by Sir ROBERT PEEL than the dolce far niente habitudes which, in moments of danger and dilemma, induced TEMPLE to " retire to his library, and his orchard, and, while the nation groaned under oppression, or resounded with tumult and with the din of civil arms, to amuse himself by writing me moirs and tying up apricots." With such time servers the business of life appears to be a masquerade in the midst of rose-bushes and fountains. They would seem to chaunt together that luscious verse of old RABELAIS— " Saulter, dancer, faire des tour•, Et boyre yin blanc et vermeil; Et ne mire rien tousles lours Qua compter escutz au sot el." So great is the Whig Historian's detestation of this political pusillanimity that he says of Sir WILLIAM TEMPLE, that, although he had been brought before DANTE'S infernal tribunal, though " he would not have been condemned to the deeper recesses of the abyss, though he would not have been boiled with DUNDEE in the crimson pool of Bulicame, or hurled with DANBY into the seething pitch of Malebolge, or congealed with Cutincumr. in the eternal ice of Guidecca : he would perhaps have been placed in the dark vestibule next to the shade of that inglo rious Pontiff—' Chefece per vitiate it gran n:fiuto! '" In regard to this, what says the Government ? Nothing, we plainly see, but the peremptory inter ference of Parliament will save the public from the impudent domination of Fanatacism. The saints have set their hearts so entirely on the acquisition of despotic authority on all Sundays, that the multitude will soon have the alternative before them of open riot, or of the assistance of the Legislature. There is no longer any mistake about the matter. Each day brings ti!e belligerents nearer and nearer ; the struggle will soon be hand to band; and it is quite evident from the previous conduct of the Pharisees of Scotland, that they at least are resolved upon giving no quarter. So be it. We are prepared to encounter these redoubtable physical force moralists upon their own footing, with their own choice of weapons, and with the common understanding that the battle is to be no make-believe, but one whose close shall be de- THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 21, 1849, ci ,ive. Petitions, we observe, are every now and then sneaking into the Lords and the Commons whining for the aid of the Imperial Parliament against a system which these fligiticus pretenders to sanctity have the absurdity to designate the desecration of the Sabbath. Often as we have exposed this mon strous misapplication of terms—often as we have reminded these sticklers for stagnation, that the Sab bath of Holy Writ is the Saturday and not the Sunday—they still reiterate the phrase with an unction more appropriate to the Doxology, and screen the impertinence of their arbitrary pro ceedings under the mask of obedience to the Scrip tures. The population have been long since sick to very nausea of all this humbug ; and the Sunday saints—if they have any serious intention of forcing their regulations down the throats of the multitude— had better set their wits to work to find out some more palatable anodyne. As well expect the people to roast a pig at Highgate to the memory of that demented harridan, Mistress SOUTH COTT, as look for sympathy from the masses in a scheme the hypocrisy of which has been a byeword, and a mockery, during the last half dozen genera tions—an assumption of purity that has been pilloried over and over again on the stage by the dramatist, and held up to deserved derision by the satirical contributors to general literature. As well expect us to pay homage to the remem brance of that most melodramatic gentleman, Sir WILLIAM COURTENAT, and to sing of the glories of THoM in the suburbs of the archiepiscopal city of Canterbury, as look for the swallowing of this ab surdity by the population. Why we have acquired a perfect familiarity with the pscychological excellence of the Sabbattarians from the contemplation of the pine apple•rutn-loving STIGGINS down to that of the godly but adulterous CANTWELL. A square•cut coat is no longer the accepted symbol of virtue. The purest g arb has been so frequently associated with the impurest morals thattheibliAc s no far lo a n s g m er er fi e n f d or s m i s t possible to go by appearances. man can DOW' a• day and ceremonies go—the upsgamaecqiusire a long since. No g twelve t f o o ' r eloc sa k nc o ti n ty S b a y turd e a a y ting n i g e h o t l , d or by a w f t a e l r k i n in unpolished wellingtons on Sunday mornings. The very fact of his doing so, if he paradee it before us ostentatiously, is sufficient of itself to justify us i A n nd looking upon hi m as a most unm i t i gate d h um b ug . o it is with regard to these very pious fanatics, are who purpose e nt af with trotting u trots their paces andtingoutthe i but their virtues for the of extorting our admiration, are striving, by forc e every possible contriv ance , to everybody else caa into a servile adoption of their ventionalities• The conduct of these sanctimonious about on a par with that of the lunatic who is fancied every one was as mad as hi mse lf , and was fo r putting even his most rational friend s an d relation: into straitwaistcoats. All we can say, both to the one and the other, and we can't help saying it rather defiantly, is—TRY. We speak upon the subject of this so-called and absurdly so-called Sabbath Desecration, out of the fullness of our devotion to the cause of Religious Tolerance. We loathe so heartily the application of force to the liberties of the subject, whether it to commit a grave infraction against the law of nations. be in regard to matters civil or ecclesiastical, that The Government has . preferred using indulgence to havig rccourse to of itsr ri?,oous positi .m.e oasn urs. In des with respectirtheing to we write with the whole of our heart's econ n cile the duties earnestness. We would see no one subjected against Sp an i s h Government, with the consideraiion which the r to his will to the dictation of another, and much less youth of the Prince merits, it has assumed to itself the I would we see a wretched fanatical minority dotal neering over the vast majority of the population. If right of reserving legitimate in for the ease in which the Count de Montemolin should render himself guilty of a new attempt against the Government and the any individual be conscientiously opposed to institutions of his country." travelling on Sundays, why in GoD's name let him BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, APRIL 20. abstain from risking his neck and his salvation by Boulogne and Amiens, B%—Central of France (Orleans entering a railway carriage --but, in GOD'S name, and Vierzon), 14 3 / 4 —East Indian, 3%—Luxembourg, also, let him abstain in like manner from thrusting and Rouen, 22% —Sambre and Meuse, 4. Namur and Liege, B , 4—Northern of France, I %—?aris his preposterous notions of religion v i et arnz is on the rest of the community. All we ask is liberty—liberty to the fanatic as well as to the indifferentist. Surely it requires no very elaborate reasoning to show that a compulsory morality is no morality at all, but the reverse—that an obedience to what are supposed to be the commands of Revelation, simply because a disobedience to those commands is rendered impracticable, is in no degree creditable, but the very op' oF,ite. Liberty to sin or to be vir tuous, to choose the gcod or the evil, to go to the right side or to the left, to be numbered on the Day of Judgment with the sheep or with the goats—is permitted to man by his CREATOR. All we ask from these saintly personages who would improve upon the ordinations of the OMNISCIENT, is a similar freedom to travel or not to travel,by highway or by railway, on Saturdays or on Sundays. We ask this in the holy name of Liberty, and in the sacred cause of true morality and Religion. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the lath have arrived. The account of the capture of the Carlist chief MARSAL, with the Cabecillas ROMERO and PLANA DEMIN ET, is confirmed. Rom ERO and PLANADEMINEI have been shot by order of the Council of War. Maasar. has not yet been brought before the Council. It is said that TRISTANY has submitted. It was reported in Madrid on the afternoon of the 13th that intelligence had been received that CABRERA had issued a manifesto announcing that he gave up the contest in consequence of the capture of the Count DE MONTEMOLIN, and was about to retire into France. MADRID BOLSA, APRIL 13.—The Three per Cents., rose per cent. to-day, being done at 24f cash, and being in much demand at that price after the close. Five per Cents., 10f buyers, 11 sellers; Coupons, 6 i sellers; Pas. sive Debt, 31 buyers, 4 sellers. Exchange on London, 50. We have received the Paris.papers of yesterday. The expeditionary army embarked for Civita Vecchia on the 16th, from Marseilles. It is com posed of two brigades of infantry, forming four regi ments ; two battalions of artillery, a squadron of light cavalry, engineers, pioneers, &c. It was rumoured in Paris yesterday that the Re public of Rome had entrusted the defence of Civita Vecchia to Captain KERSAUSIE, a French officer who had suffered a long imprisonment under Louts PHI LIPPE for a political offence, and that KERSAUSIE had a sufficient force under his command to enable him to oppose the landing of the French troops. The Presse publishes the following " communica tion" on the subject of Italy : " At the moment when the French expedition is about taking its departure for Civita Vecchia, it appears to us to be both useful and necessary to give a little resume of the diplomatic negotiations which have taken place between France, Austria, Spain, and the King of Naples, for the purpose of restoring the Pope to his throne. "About a month since we announced that the four Powers above named had admitted in principle the de mand of the Pope, claiming their armed assistance in favour of the Iloly See. We added that the four Catholic powers had charged their Plenipotentiaries at Gaeta to draw up together the bases of the intervention demanded by the Sovereign Pontiff. " Count Esterhazy, the Austriaa Plenipotentiary, pro posed, in the name of his Government, a combination, which left to Spain and the King of Naples the principal part of the armed intervention, while Austria and France should remain ready to act, but in obversation. That is to say, that while the Spanish and Neapolitan troops should march on Rome, a French fleet, having troops on board ready for disembarkation, should remain at anchor at Civita Vecchia, to give a moral support to the Spanish and Neapolitan expedition. At the same time, and for the same object, an Austrian corps of 20,e00 men should hold itself in readiness to occupy the Legations, i❑ case the above-named expedition should not be strong enough to re-establish the authority of the Papal Government at Rome. " The principal difficulty to the adoption of this plan was that of conveying the Spanish troops from Barce lona to Civitt Vecchia, the Cabinet of Madrid not having means fur that purpose. France alone could accomplish this, but the French Government hesitated at taking upon itself the expense of the transport, and which, besides, would rather tend to increase the influence of Spain than that of France. At this point of the arrangements the news reached Gaeta of the defeat of the Piedmon tese army at Novarra ; and at the same time the Re volutionists at Rome commenced to act with great se verity towards the higher branches of the clergy at Rome, whom they accused of keeping up secret commu nications with the Papal Court. "Pius. IX., fearing that the delay of the Catholic Powers would only render the state of affairs at Rome more disastrous, resolved to demand the intervention of Austria alone, thinking by that means to render foreign assistance more prompt and more certain. " The Cabinet of Vienna having on several occasions since the flight of Pius IX. declared that she would pro ceed in conjunction with France, hastened to invite the French Cabinet to act with it in fulfilling the wishes of the Sovereign Pontiff. The language held by the Court of Vienna to the French Government on this oc- casion was this, ' Austria only pursues in Germany, in Hungary, and in Italy, one line of policy, that of serving society, which is threatened by an unbridled demagogy; that accomplished, far from seeking to shackle or impede the regular development of liberal institutions i❑ Eu rope, she would favour it on the bases of constitutional liberty.' " Austria did not conceal from France that in case the latter could not or would nut intervene in the states of the Cbu-cli, that an Imperial army would nevertheless be placed at the disposal 01 the Pupe. This last decla ration determined the French Cabinet to send the expe dition to Civita Vecchia. " The Austrian and French armies will only follow the direction of the Pope. Waiting those, the latter will remain at Civita Vecchia, while the former will remain between Modena and Ferrara, ready to occupy the Lega tions. If the occupation of Rome should become neces sary, the two armies will be simultaneously called on to re-establish and to consolidate order. " The intervention in the States of the Church and intervention in Tuscany are two disti❑ct questions. The former is at the fot mat trh mand of the Pope. Nothing of that kind has taken place on the part of the Grand Duke of Tuscany. It is perfectly incorrect to say that he has demanded the assistance of Austria, or that the Imperial troops have already marched ou Florence. " The Cabinet of Vienna has confined itself to ex- pressing its leg.il reservations with regard to rever sionary rights on Tuscany as guaranteed by treaties. By abstaining from any intervention Austria has pro tested beforehand against any intervention but her own, on the ground that in virtue of existing treaties Austria has the first right to be called on to protect the Tuscan crown, acquired to the collateral line of the House of Lorraine." The trial of M. EUGENE RASPAIL, for striking M. POINT, _commenced yesterday. .M. RASPAIL did not surrender. There was a disturbance at an electoral meeting held in the Rue Dui:hot, in support of the Legiti matist candidate M. DE LAROCIIEJACQUELIN. Several Socialists were present, who outvoted the Legitima tists, and then prcceeded to sing the " Marseiltaise" and the " Girondins." it was rumoured in the Assembly that a modifi cation was about to take place in the Ministry, and that General BEDEAU would be entrusted with the portfolio of Foreign Affairs, while that of War would be committed to General LAmottictErtz. The Debats publishes the following note addressed to it by General FADVIER "Several journals have attributed the cause of the return of General Fabvier to a difference of opinion between him and the Minister of War of Denmark as to the conduct of the military operations. This is an error which it is important to rectify. The King of Denmark having rt quested General Fabvier to come to visit his army, and give him advice on the campaign about to be opened, the General calling to mind the con stant friendship of Denmark for France, accepted a mission which could not last more than six weeks, and would allow him to return before the elections. The King was pleased to heap honours and bestow confi dence upon a General of France and her army, and the whole nation followed Ms Majesty's example. The General soon found that the Danish army was worthy of its noble country, one of those nations which do honour to humanity. The armistice was to expire on March 26. On the 20th, a plan of operations was unani mously adopted by the Council. Success was certain, and in one week the invaded province would have been delivered. A prolongation of eight days is the armis tice changed all. An act unheard of 1 In contempt of the mediating Cabinets, 40,000 Germans, followed quickly by 20,000 more, were thrown into the duchies by the Asse•tubly of Frankfurt. It thereupon became evident that Denmark could not sustain alone a contest against all Germany, and General Fabvier found the King and his Ministers easily convicced of the necessity of keeping the Danish army in reserve until the day, near at hand, no doubt, when Europe would ope❑ her eyes to an attack which is a violation of all the ancient treaties, even that of 1815, and an undisguised menace against France, Switzerland, Holland, Russia, and other powers. Then the Danish army will come forward the first in the ranks. At present, after some honourable battles, it is, in spite of itself, doomed to remain inactive. General Fabvier, with the thanks and to the regret of the King and his Ministers arid the Minister of War, who is his friend more particularly, returned to France, his presence in Denmark being henceforth of little use, and the term of his absence being at an end." The Monne'''. publishes the following information with respect to the late arrest of the Count Dla MONTEMOLIN : " The prefect of the Eastern Pyrenees informed the Minister of the Interior, on the sth of April, that the Count de Montemolin had been arrested at the moment when he was preparing to cress the frontier and to pass into Cutalenia. 'The Government has decided that the Prince should be reconductod into England. On the loth of April, at half-past five P.M., the Count left Per pignan for Calais, in a private carriage. M. de Corriere, councillor of the prefecture, was directed to accompany the prince to Calais, with two officers :are o f oci. o t A h tnh e t de a u p e e ap pointed to that mission by the general com• mending the division. The Count arrived on Saturday, the 14th of April, at a quarter to ten o'clock at night.we which :h r Donor. q intre u sado a 3n r , otsherirmwopfhaoosnt Calais, ttn he accompanied was him, embarked and n b y r the care e. boat, La Riche, anchored_ in the board on the b o roads,a p r d o t andho ffi e bpe bound up o na t deb packet- i The Count de Uonten2olio has allowed himself 1 EXECUTION RUSH. (THIS DAY.)-BY EXPRESS. (FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.) NORWICH, HALF-FAST TWELVE O'CLOCK. Rush has just expiated his heinous offence on the scaffold, on th 3 Castle-hi 1, before a multitude com puted at not less than twenty thousand, thousands ~f whom came yesterday from the surrounding districts and London. A vast number of women and young people were present. The day was beautiful. The nu. happy man retired to rest early last night, after washing his feet, face, and neck, and ordering a clean shirt and cravat to be supplied him at an early hour this morning, which was done; he arose at two, saying he had had a very refreshing sleep, though apparently ho had not. He then occupied himself in writing and reading until five, when he again want to bed and slept until early this morning, his conduct during the night evincing the same obstinacy and callousness which has characterised him throughout, but it was remarked by his attendants that his spirits were some a hat subdued. The Rev. Mr. Brown, the Rev. Mr. Andrews, and the Rev. Mr. Blake were in at• tendance upon the prisoner at an early hour, but, not withstanding their spiritual labours,he made no confession. It is even said he refused to take the Sacrament. A t twelve o'clock precisely the culprit passed slowly from the Castle gates towards the scaffold on the bridge. Mr. Pinson, the governor, and a turnkey walked by his side. He slightly surveyed the crowd, he looked pale, but was not apparently agitated in the least; the face wore its habitual sneering, callous expression. Before he ascended the scaffold he requested Mr. Pinson that the drop might fall when the chaplain came to the words, " The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ." At this frightful juncture not a tremor shook his frame. He ascended the scaffold quickly but steadily; his back was turned to the crowd, and he moved his head aside that the hang. man might better perform his hateful office, and prayed with the minister, raising his hands aloft . lie then shook hands with Mr. Pinson, and the Turnkey. The drop immediately fell amidst the screams of women, and the wretched culprit was ushered into the presence of God. He died almost without a struggle. There were a few slight contortions and all was over. More people were present than at the execu tion of Yarham, and their behaviour was good. There veils. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. The day appointed fur the executio❑ of the murderer Rush has come at last, in showers of sleet and gloom, varied at intervals by short gleams of sunshine. A cold biting wind drives through the air, and the clouds above head are spread out in large and watery masses, and give a dismal and cheerless hue to the prospect. The drop is erected on the west side of the Castle, and stands on the bridge which on that side spans the moat. Its ppsition and effect are very btriking from the battlements behind it, having an immense black flag, which, by the orders of the High Sheriff has been placed there to mark the extra ordinary guilt of the criminal who is about to expiate his offence on the scaffold. This, great banner swings slowly in the wind, and gives a solemn and funereal look to the whole scene. It was expected that an immense crowd cf spectators would be attracted to the spot, as the population of the surrounding country which had (.ken so deep an inter( st in the dreadful tragedy of Stanfield-hall, would watch it to the very close, but this Las not been the case. Norwich has re ceived no sensible addition to the number of its inhabit ants, and though it is market day, there is very little additional bustle or excitement in the streets. On the Castle-hill might be observed at an early hour a few groups of farmers eyeing the dismal preparations for execution from a r‘specttul distance, and blending curiously in the expression of their features horror fur the crime, and awe at its tremendous punishment. As the fatal hour approached the crowd increased in numbers ; for many it was evidently a day cf great excitement, and they crowded to the exe cution as to a theatre or public show ; others came obviously in a different - spirit to notice the dying moments of a men whom they had known in their daily pursuits, and to see how he bore himself in that supreme hour, when oppressed by the recollections of such tremendous crimes. Turning from the crowd and preparations out side the Castle to the unhappy convict within, there ~has been little opportunity for gleaning any additional particulars to those which have already appeared. At 9 o'clock last night he received a letter from his eldest daughter, and on read ing it ho became greatly depressed ; he ral lied, however, after a time, and made a hearty supper. The chaplain to the gaol has been in constant attendance on him all the morning, with what effect upon his conduct and feelings remains to be discovered. Just previous to the execution the sun shone out and the day be came fine, and the crowd on the Castle hill increased. The space is a large one ; and there might have been 7,000 or 8,000 people present. The early trains from Yarmouth and other places were loaded with passengers, and the arrival were also very numerous from Suffolk, and even Eisex. The magistrates and representatives of the press lined the short space between the prison gate and the scaffold. Precisely at twelve the proc e:sion left the con demned cell, headed by the sheriffs and javelin men. The convict walked with a firm step, and was at tended by the executioner, who stood immediately behind. As the procession emerged from the Castle, the chaplain of the gaol joined it, and commenced reading the burial service of tho Church. The culprit then mounted the scaffold, and the rope having been immediately adjusted round his neck the drop fell, and he was launched into eternity. He retained his firmnen to the last, lookirg up to heaven and shaking his head as if protesting his innocence. He shook hands with the Governor, to whom he whispered something, and then died without a struggle. MONEY and COMMERCiAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The markets for colonial and foreign produce have not been altogether in a satisfactory condition this week. 'I he weather and the dulness of the export demand affects the purchases for home consumption, and, as is generally the case, prompts holders to press goods on the markets, and buyers to withdraw or act with increased caution. A large quantity of sugar has been offered, and the parcels sold have gone at lower rates. Coffee has been dull as well as Rice, &c., and almost the only articles in request have been Saltpetre and Grath. Nevertheless no are not without hope of an early change for the better, as the value of produce has an advancing tendency in India, and the supply of Coffee from Ceylon will be diminished, while there is yet a prospect of foreign affairs becoming more setticd. The terms upon which bills of exchange were nego tiated yesterday afternoon were slightly against this country in the instance of Paris, and one or two other continental places; but there was no prominent ch ange . The small improvement which took place in the H ome Funds yesterday is not maintained to-day, but the market nevertheless displayed much steadiness. Consols are quoted at 913 to 924- for Money and Account; Re duct .d Three per Cents. 90i f ; New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents. 911 to i; Exchcquer-bills, 445. to 48f. premium. The Foreign Steck and Stare Markets are very quiet, and quotations are unaltered. Dispatches from the Governer of Canada were re ceived yesterday at the Colonial-office. Dispatches were sent off last evening, from the Co lonial-office, for the Governors of the North American Colonies. THE STRAND.—The wood pavement between St. Clement's Danes and St. Mary-le-Strand has within the last week been removed, to the great satisfaction of all who had to ride or drive over its slippery surface. It has been replaced by the best de!cription of stone pave ment, the contractors being Messrs. Mowlem and Burt, whose work on Blaekfriars-bridge has now stood the test of several years' wear. Indeed such a pavement, it left undisturbed, would resist any amount of traffic. We trust that it may have such a trial, and that it will not, according to the usual practice, be torn to pieces as soon as laid dlwn, by the gas and water cempanies. On Tuesday last Alderman Gibbs was elected Chairman of the City of . Loadon Uuion for the lath thne. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) COVMNT-G.S.IT.MM. The pr( vailing cold weather produced a steady (!etr and for both Fruit and Vegetables; and last week's p: ices re mained unaltered, though well supported in every instance. Fruit—Pine-apples (Queen's), 5s to 75 ; foreign Grapes (black and white), 10. i to is 6d; and hot-house Grapes, 16s to 263 per lb; Apples, 4s to 65 per bushel; ditto Eating, 4s to Gs per halt sieve; Pears, 18s to 21s per half sieve; Lemons, 5s to 10.,: and Oranges, 8s to 15s per 100; Cliesnuts, 2s to 4s per peck; forced Strawberries, 2s to 2s 6d per oz. Vegetables—Spinach, is 3d to Is 6d per junk; Horseradish, 2s 6d to 3s 6d; and Ce lery, is to is 33 per bundle; Asparagus, 5s 6(1 to 12s per 100; Onions, 2a to 2a 9d; and Ash-leav,d Kidney Pota toes 6s to 8s per bushel; Cape Brocoli, 9s to 12s per dezen bundles; Mushrooms, 1s 3d to is 6d per pottle; Endive, Is to is 3d per score; White Cabbages, is 3d to 2s 3d per dozen; Turnips, is to is 6d; Carrots, 2s 6d to 4s; and Greens, 2s 6d to 4s per dozen bunches; Parsley, 2s to 3s per half sieve ; Forced Bea Rail Is to 2s per punnet; Cucumbers, 56 to 7s per brace; Rhubarb, 4s to 9s per dozen bundles; lit et-root, is to is 3d per doz(,n ; Brussels Sprouts, is to is 6d per half sieve; Parsnips, 6 1 to 9d per dozen ; :i,ll S‘v hire Brocoli, Is to 2s par dozer:; Turtip Greens., Gd to 9,i per bushel; Leeks, 8d to is per d: zen benehes; Net'. Po:ateei, 8d to Is 2;1 per ;Ft lA* I.!:cat.6, 2s 6d to 3s per ICO; Radisliss, Gd per dszen hansis; and SI) ,I1(es, 4d psr lb. LJL WG11T.72 AND "Lklan POULTRY—Turkeys, 4s rid to 35 ; Geese, Gs to 8s; Ducks, 3s to 4s 6d; Tame Rabbits, is to 2s; datn, Bsl to is ; Pi. eons, 61 to 9,1; and lista*ting Pigs, 5s to is 6:leach; Surrey Fowls, 9s to 14s ; ditto Chickens, 5s to 7s 6d; and Barn-door Fowls, 4s to Ss per couple; English Eggs, 6s ; and French ditto. 5i to 5s 6d per 100. Fresh Butter, 10d to is 2d per lb. GANE.—Hares and Leverets, 2s 6d to 4s ; Snipes, 9d to is ; Teal, 9d to Is ; Wild Ducks, is 6d to 2s ; Widgeons, is to Is 9 1; and Plovers Gd to 10d each. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 2s 8d to 3s 8d; Lamb, 5s 4a to 6s; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 2d; and Pork, 3s 6d to 45 2d per 810 s. WHXTECIIIIPEL. Beef, from 2s 2d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 2s 4d to 3s 8d; Lamb, 4s 10d to 5s 10d; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 2d; and Pork, 3s to 4s 2d per Sibs. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 4s to 12s; Cud Fish, 3a to 10s; Haddocks, 4d to 7d; Whitings, 4d to 6d; Mackerel, 9d to Is; Lob sters, is 3d to 2s Gd; anti Crabs, 6d to 2s each; Soles, 6d to 2s 3d per pair; Eels, 4d to is 2d, and Salmon, Is 2d to Is 5d per lb; Thames Flounders, is to is 6d, and Smelts, is to is 6d per dozen; Oysters, 15s to 245 per bushel; Saltfish, 2d to 6d per lb. BREAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the Metropolis are from 6id to 7d; of Household ditto, 5d to Gd per 4lbs loaf. limn IVIAREET. Market hides, 5611, to 641 b, Ild to lid; ditto, 641 b to 721 b, 14-d to 1:4‘1; ditto, 721 b to 801 b, 14d to 2d; ditto, 801 b to 881 h, 2id to 21.(1; ditto, 881 b to 961 b, *I to 30; ditto, 961 b to 1041 b, 3d to 34d; ditto, 1041 b to 1121 b, to 4d; Calf Skins, each, 5s to 5s 6d; Lambs Skins, Is 4d to is 10d; Horse Hides, 7s 6d; Polled She, p, 5s 6d to 6s 8d; Kent and Half breds, 5s to 55 8d; Downs, 4s to 5s 4d; Shearlings, 6d to 7d. 8.8.1 f 111.5.1U,MT5. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 105 to 31 15s; Clover ditto, 31 to 41 15s ; and Straw, 11 7s to 11 10. per load. Supply but moderate, and trade dull. CUHEERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 128 to 31 17s ; Clover ditto, 31 to 41 13s ; and Straw, 11 85 to 11 lls per load. Both bay and straw moved off slowly, at our quotations. WHITECHIPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 105 to 31 15a ; Clover ditto, 31 to 41 17s; and Straw, 11 7s to 11 116 per load. A moderate supply, and a sluggish demand. CHANGERY.-(THIS DAY.) FITCH V. R(CHFORT.-JUDGMENT. This case, which was heard yesterday upon appeal from the decision of the Vice-Chancellor of England, granting an injunction restraining the defendant, a pawnbroker, of Brewer-street, Golden square, from sel ling some valuable jewellery belonging to the plaintiff, ➢lrs. Fitch, stood on the paper to-day for judgment. The LORD CHANCELLOR, in the Courice of tt - e argu ments yesterday, intimated his impression to be that the injunction granted by the Court below ought to be dis solved with costs, but stated that he would consider the case and state his opinion this morning. His LORDSHIP, at the sitting of the Court, stated that he remained of the same opinion as he had expressed yesterday, and, such being the case, he must order the injunction granted by the Court below to be dissolved with costs. PENNY V. WATTS.—JUDGMENT. The LORD CHANCELLOR also gave judgment in this case, which was argued before him a short time since upon appeal from the decision of the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce. His Lordship, after going at some length into the case, ordered the judgment of the Court below to be reversed, and directed the trial of the following issues in the Court of Exch' quer :—First, whether at the time of the death of Mrs. Watts, the legacy of 2,0001. had been effectually released; secondly, if it had, then whether such release was in consideration of the Broadward Hall estate being devised to Mrs. Penny or her hus. band; and, thirdly, whether the agreement of the 29th of September, 1835, which was destroyed, was executed by Mrs. Watts. The Court then proceeded to hear appeal motions. ROLLS' COURT.-('PHIS DAY.) The Master of the Rolls sat in his court ut INts tuinstcr to-day. SMITH V. THE EARL CF EFFINGHAM AND OTHERS. The MAETER 01 the HOLES pre judgment this morn ing in this case, which vva, heard before him twelve months since upon further directions, costs, and petition. His Lordship, after going at some length into the case, ordered the bill to be dismissed with costs. Nothing of any interest occurred in any of the other Equity Courts EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in I3anco.) CAUSFIELD V. BLENKINSOPP. This action was brought to try the right which the plain tiff alleged to be in himself to the office of sexton of the chapelry of Castle Barnard, in the county of Durham, and it was tried before Mr. Baron Alderson, at the last Durham assizes, when a verdict was found for the defendant. Mr. ATHERTON now moved, in pursuance of leave re served, to enter the verdict for the plaintiff. It appeared that this office of sexton was thought no imignificant one, for on its becoming vacant several candidates came for ward, and the election, which rested with the inhabitants, was carried on with great spirit and animation, simi larly to a contested Parliamentary election, flags and banners being bad recourse to, speeches being delivered, and bands of music being engaged by each party to parade the streets. The plaintiff bad held the office since 1825, but had been discharged by the vicar and the churchwardens,who claimed the right of election to themselves; and who, in opposition to the wishes of a portion of the inhabitants, had appointed the defendant to the vacant office. Baron ALDERSON said it was a ridiculous affair alto gether. The plaintiff, who was a very &d men, wanted a reversionary interest in burying the inhentan;s, when he, in fact, would soon want to be buried himsel4. (Laughter.) Rule granted. COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Bunco, before the Lord Justice WILDE, end Justices COLTMAN, CRESSWELL, and WILLIAMS.) GODDARD V. DOBSON AND ANOTHER. Mr. Sergeant BELLS said in this case, which was tried before the Lord Chief Justice at the last sittings for Middlesex, and a verdict found for the plaintiff fur 1531., he had to apply for a rule to show cause why there should not be a new trial upon the evidence and upon cdi davit. This was a case which had been before the Court on a former occasion. The former action was tried before Mr. JaAice Coltman, and on that occasion the jury found that the signature of a Mrs. Laybourne to a note, which formed the subject-matter of the action, was not her signature. The case was tried again before the Lord Chief Justice, and the jury on that occasion found that the signature of Mrs. Lay bourne was her signature. The note in question was dated " Harlow, Essex, 3d July, 1845." The word "Essex" was written over some other word. The suggestion on the part of the defence was, that the word Paris " was written underneath the word "Essex." That was very strongly denied on the other side. A witness, named Shepherd, proved that the word " Paris" was originally written 'underneath the word "Essex." The note was dated on the 3d of July, 1845, and it turned out that Mrs. Laybourne, though she was in France on that day, had left Paris, but was at Bou logne on that day, and crossed over to England on the 4th. That circumstance was material in this way, that the defendant had reason to suppose she was at Paris when the note was made, but it afterwards turned out she was not a t P ar i s on t h at day, and that might account for th e a lt erat i on o f P ar i s into Essex. The husband of Mrs. Laybourne is the professor of mathematics at Sandhurst, and the liti gants are nearly related. The case on the trial for the defence was, that Dobson's si g nature was a genuine signature, but that Mrs. Layhourne's was not genuine. Be (Mr. Sergeant Byles) submitted there was reason for submitting this case to another investigation. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said, having paid very con siderable attention to the evidence given on the former trial before Mr. Justice Coltman, and having carefully weighed all the matters given in evidence on the second trial before himself, he owned it seemed to him (the Lord Chief Justice) on th e trial that this was an unde fended cause, and it was pe rfectl y manifest that this was a denial of handwriting contrary to the truth, and to be manifest, moreover, upon the documents produced on the part of the defendant h erself. He was perfectly satis fied with the justness of the verdict for the plaintiff. Mr. Justice COLTMAN, Mr. Justice CRESSWELL, and Mr. Justice WILLIAMS concurred; and The rule was refused. On Thursday last the first board meeting of the Central School District Union took place, when Alder man Gibbs and the Rey. Dr. Russell were unanimously chosen Chairman and Vico-Chairman for the year en- suing. THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—The violent storm of Thursday night laid prostrate several of the posts on which the electric wires on the South Eastern line are extended, and completely interrupted all telegraphic com munication. Yesterday it was impossible to communi cate beyond the Fluellly Station, but the utmost endea vours were being made to re-open the electric line. FIRE AT A PAWNBROXER'S.—Yesterday a fire oc curred at the shop of Mr. Fish, pawnbroker, 14, Edg ware•road, by which 4 considerable quantify of property 1T43 deitroyed. -- NAVAL IN TELLIGEN CE. The St. Vincent, 120, Captain S. C. Dacres was paid off at Portsmouth on Thursday ; her ship's company returned !rem leave in tho morning. and payment com menced soon after nine o'c'ock. Nearly ail the crew ere busy on Wednesday, landing their clothes and bed ding ; and from the ship being alongside the yard jetty, were saved the expense of hiring wherries, and the ship was kept entirely free from those long coated gentry who sell spirits, and various other persons who reap their harvest on the occasion of the pa> ing off men of war. Captain Dacres has, by these good arrangements, incur red the mortal hatred of all these persons. The St. Vincent, 120, Captain S. C. Dacres, as we be fore stited, was cleared out and dismasted on Saturday. The procrastination was occasioned by her books not being ready, and thus the ship was kept in commis.. sion, at a considerable expense for several dap. The re is some defective system in the pay office that should be examined into, for certainly a couple of days must be quite sufficient time to cast her books. The St. Vincent having returned all her stores and cleaned ship. Captain Dacres very properly decided on giving the stop's company leave on shore on Tuesday at noon until Thursday morning. The officers of the St. Vincent, entertained Sir Charles Napier at dinner, at Portsmeutli, on Thursday evening; Conon, anocT Ibrper in the chair. The Penelope, 16, steam-frigate, Captain L. P. Jones, flag-ship of Commander Sir C. Ilotham, was paid off on Monday at Portsmouth. She was not taken alongside the dockyard, and the ship was surrounded by boatti and people of all sorts. Most of her seamen landed in a state of inebnety, from its being impossible to keep spirits out of the . ship. The illberris, 104, Captain C. Wise, with the fl ►g of Vice-Admirul Sir W. Parker, Bart., G.C.8., with the Terrible steam-frigate, Captain Ramsay, in company, is said to have arrived at Malta on the 11th inst. The Queen, 110, Captain Bruce, has orders waiting her at Devor.port for every exertion to be used to pay her off as soon as possible after going into harbour. The Cleopatra, 26, hes been reported ready for com mission at Chatha►n. The Heroine, 8, wascommissioned at Deronport, on the 7th, by Commander Marsh. The Sheerness squadron" present at the opening of the Docks at Grimsby, under the command-in-chief of Vice-Admiral the Hun. G. Elliott, C. 8.. was the Dasher, 1, steam- vessel, Lieut. Commander Parks; Lightning, 2, steam-terdcr, Master Commander Petley, and the Wild fire, st, am tender Master Commander Brookman. The North Star discovery-ship, Master Commander Sanders was to have been taken out of dock on the 16th, but the tide was too slack. She was undocked, and ar rived at Wuoiwich yesterday morning. The Arrogant, 46, screw-frigate, Captain Fitzroy, is still in dock at Portsmouth, and will not come out before Saturday. Mr. Grant is on board her daily, superin tending the fitting of the distilling apparatus. The Arrogant would have been out of dock before, but in putting new pipes through the ship's bottom no more than two or three men can work at a time, which ren ders it a tedious process. The engineers, however, re port that she will be out of their hands on the 25th. The Basilisk steam-sloop, designed by Mr. Lang, with engines by Miller. Ravenhill, and Co., of 400 horse- power, having had sundry alterations made in her rig ging and fitting, bad a full day's trial down the river on uesday, and which was deemed a very successful one, both as regards vessel and engines, although it is thought that if the ship had been twenty feet longer she would have had a little more speed. As it is, she ran down to the Nore, and in four runs between the Nore and the Mouse (nearly 32 miles), with all her armament and some shot on board—wind before the beam, fresh both ways— she attained the average rate of speed of 10.557 knots, or 12.22 statute miles an hour, the engines averaging 18.7 revolutions per minute. She then returned to Wool wich after an absence of nearly twelve hours, during:all which time she was under steam, without the slightest heating or derangement of any kind in the machinery. The engines of the Basilisk arc from the same patterns as those fitted by ,Miller,:Ravenhill, and Co., to these fine ships the Bombay and Ganges, built for the Penin sular and Oriental Company by filcher, of Nortbfleet, and sold by them to the Sicilians. It has been remarked that these engines have their air- pumps between the cylinders on an inclined plane, an arrangement pa tented by Miller, and we believe first applied to the Gladiator, sty am-frigate, but which has been generally adopted (in the Russian steam-frigate Waldemir, for instance) with or without leave. The Termagant, screw-frigate, at Portsmouth, will be complete in the engineer's department on the 24th instant. An account from the Odin, steam-frigate, Captain the Hon. F. Pelham, in the Mediterranean, says, " she has experienced some bad weather, but so steady and 30 easy is she in her motion, that people below cannot tell when she is in a heavy sea ." Lieutenant John Burgess, R.N., has presented a dona tion of five guineas to the Royal Naval Benevolent Society. OnnruanY.—Commander James Charles Mann Ton zn.o (1842), died on the 14th, at St. Aubyns, Jersey, aged 42. Ile was a Lieutenant of 1839. APPOINTMENTS. Surgeon—Henry Edmonds (1848) to the Heroine, 8, fitting at Devonport for service on the coast of Africa. Assistant Surgeons—Thomas B. Purchas (1847), to the Victory, flag-ship at Portsmouth ; Dr. George Mason (acting), from the Victory to the Heroine ; James A. M'Cullagh (acting), to the Crocodile flag-ship at Cork. Midshipmen—S. H. Pike, to the Ocean, flag-ship at / Sheerness; J. A. Poland, to the Heroine. Boatswain—Robert Hingston, to the Ganges. rORTSMOUTH, APRIL 20.—This morning the nave and military authorities exchanged courtesies with Captain S. S. Count von Limburg Sty ruler, of his Nee therland Majesty's corvette Amphitrite, 20, which is undergoing r• fit at this docks sad. There is a Danish brig of war, of 16 guns, lying in Cowes roads, which occasioned quite a commotion among the foreign merchant vessels there yesterday, all of whom hoisted their colours as if in defianoe, well knowing the descendant of the ancient sea kings ducat not meddle with them in a neutral port. In Port and Fitting.—The Victory, 22, Commander ie-Chief's flag-ship; the Illustrious, 10, flag-ship of Admiral Supt rintendent ; the Victoria and Albert,* Royal steam yacht ; the Excellent, gun• nery exercise-ship ; the Blenheim, 60, guard-ship of steamers ; the Arrogant,* 46, auxiliary screw steam-frigate ; the Amphitrite, 20, Dutch corvette ; the. Sparrow, surveying -ketch; the Rolla, exercise brig for naval apprentices; the Diligence, naval store trans port ; the Stromboli, Plumper, and Reynard,* steam sloops ; the Comet, steam-surveying-vessel ; the Fairy, Fire Queen, and Bee, steam-tenders ; the Echo, steam tug. vessel ; the Fairy, Bce, Myrtle, and Fairy, steams tenders ; the Fanny, Port Admiral's yacht ; the Ports. mouth, yacht of Rear-Admiral Superintendent. In Dock—The Princess Charlotte, 104, Grampus, 50 gun frigate ; Vindictive, 50-gun frigate ; Arrogant, 46, screw steam-frigate; Devastation, steam-sloop ; and Bloodhound, steam packet (iron) In the steam-basin—The Ajax, 56, steam guard-ship; the Sidon, Termagant, Penelope, and Retribution steam frigates; the Pheenix, Cormorant, and Polyphemus, steam sloops; the Victoria and Albert, Royal yacht ; and the sprightly and Urgent, steam-packets. At Spithead—The Superb, 80. In the Ship-basin.--None. This receptacle is in the course of cleansing and repair, the walls requiring fresh pointing with cement, and the bottom being very foul. The ship Kent, 659 tons, now fitting at Deptford, is appointed to convey draughts of the 45th and 91st Regi ments to the Cape of Good Hope. Wind—N. by E., fresh gales and squally, with snow. WOOLWICH, APRIL 20.—The North Star arrived at Woolwich this morning, from Sheerness, towed by the African steam-vessel, and will be made ready with the greatest dispatch, to proceed to the North Polar regions. The Elfin steam-vessel, intended as a dispatch boat to be stationed at the Isle of Wight, went up the river to Blackwell this morning, under the charge of Lieut. Ro bertson, with Mr. Humphries, chief engineer at Woolwich dockyard; and Mr. 0. W. Lang, assistant to the master shipwright at Chatham dockyard, who designed her. At Bluckwall Captain Ellice, controller of steam machinery, and Mr. Lloyd, chief engineer of the Admi ralty, went on board, and the Elfin started to proceed down the river, and, if found satisfactory, to bold on to Chatham. It is said that six frigates are to be commissioned imie mediately, three of them new frigates, and three of those that have been razed. Rear-Admiral sir Charles Napier, K.C.8., visited Woolwich dockyard on Wednesday last, and went over the whole of the works, to witness the progress made since he was last at Woolwich. The gallant Admiral was alone, but he entered into conversation with those able to give him any information, and made a length ened examination of the Royal Albert, 120 guns, and the Nankin, 50-gun frigate. CHATHAM, APRIL 20.—The Cleopatra, 26 guns, which fur commission, is now report e d has been got ready ready to receive men. The Cress), 80 guns, building on the e planrapofidMly.esssrhsei~ built with . Read, Cr, the bes e t h s ti e t a fi s e o l n d e , d is ti p m ro b g er r , es a sn gn i d every exertion will be used to launch her at the end of the year. The Eltinsteam dispatch-boat, is ordered to Chatham. She is to arrive to-morrow, the 21st, to complete her fittings. * Those marked with an asterisk are either in dock or in the steam- basin, and will be found in the respective lists. BIRTHS. On the 17th inst., at Faringdon, Berks, Blanche, the wife of the Rev. Vicesimus Lush, M. A., of a son. On the 17th inst., at St. Ives, Hunts, the wife of Martin Osborne, Esq., of a syn. On the 18th inst., at Montague-terrace, Mrs. William H. Peat, of a daughter. On the 18th inst., at Tavistock-place, Russell-square, the wife of G. I. L. Noble, Esc., of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 19th inst., at Bow Church, Middlesex, Frederick, second son of Nicholas Charrington, Esq., of Ley Spring, Leytonstone, to Louisa Elizabeth, only daughter of the late J. Gritlith , , Eso., of Bow. On the lith inst., at Guernsey, aged 81, the Right Hon. Dowager Lady de Saumarez, relict of Admiral Lord de Saumarez, G.C.B. On the 17th inst., at Holloway, Joseph Smith, Esq., of Bartholomew-close, aged 68. On the 17th inst., aged 53, at Great Castle-street, Caven dish-square' A: r. W. Callard, many years a clerk in the Will office, Bank of England. On the ISth inst., at Portland- place, Charles Littledale, Esq., aged 71. On the i Bth inst., Rebecca, relict of the late Rev. George Clark, of Ponder's- end, Enfield, aged 5. London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Btrend, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the multi of MiddleteY, Saturday, April 21, 180. SW ITZERLAND. We have the Swiss journals and correspondence to the 17th inst. The National Council had met for the first time, when the President delivered his opening speech, in which he said the members must proceed to an organization of the judiciary, postal, military, and industrial affairs, and give life and development to the new federal constitution. The ordinary rou tine business of the opening was gone through, and the council adjourned to the following day, when it k was to discuss the postal law. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA. General BORN has been appointed Governor of Vienna in room of WELDEN, who is gone to Hungary. WINDISCHGRATZ and WItBNA have been summoned to Olmutz. The former will, it is said, be appointed Minister of War. Heis in favour of pacification with Hungary rather than of continuing the war. According to the last accounts from the seat of war, the Hungarians were in undisturbed possession of Waitzen, and the Austrians had, it was said, retired from before Comorn. Casdchau and Eperies, in the north of Hungary, have been taken by the Honveds. In short, the instant the Imperial forces are withdrawn from any town or district, it immedi ately hoists Hungarian colours. The Prague club, th e "N aro dy Noviny," has sent a petition to the EMPEROR, superseding that of the Slovanska Lipa, praying for the adoption of the fun damental rights voted at Kremsier, and also that con stitution. The petitioners argue that a committee of thirty deputies must needs be better able to embody the wishes of a people than eight Ministers (alluding to the chart octroye) in whom they, for their part, place no confidence. FRANKFORT. The German Parliament, in :their sitting of the 17th, refused the demand of the Baden Government to be allowed to imprison Herr PETER, one of the members, fur taking part in the republican insurrec tion. It also refused to authorise the issuing of letters of marque against Denmark. It then adjourned until the 19th. PRUSSIA. The Cologne Gazette, of the 17th, publishes the following announcement : " A new Prussian note, bearing date April 13, and intended as an answer to the Austrian one of the Bth, has, in the clearest and most unequivocal manner, de clared to the Olmutz Cabinet that the Pru.lsian Govern ment will not be deterred in any way by the opposition of the Austrian Ministry from assisting, with all its power, in the speedy formation of a united Confederate State, and that it is firmly resolved to uphold and pro tect the work thus accomplished, with the concordance of the German princes. In a word, the relations of Aus tria are assuming every day a more warlike appearance; and however desirous the Prussian Court may be to keep on good terms with the Olmutz Cabinet, public opinion is too unanimous and strong in this case to allow of the popular demands being disregarded." BAVARIA. The Supreme Court of Munich has determined that We law of fundamental rights, as passed by the Frankfort Parliament, is not binding in Bavaria. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. It is said that the Germans are preparing to attack the island of Alsen. ITALY. The news of the success of the reactionaries in Tuscany is confirmed. The Corriere Mercantile of Gen :a of the 14th, gives the following amount of the events which have happened at Florence "It appears that on the 1 1 th, a party of Leghorn volunteers having dined at a tavern out of the Pratogate, refused to pay their bill, and the innkeeper insisting upon his due, a brawl ensued in whichhewaskil killed. rstjh u ne r s in g the evenin g crow d s p ara d e d weresp ot, killed and 35 severely wounded and a serious iray l , 'h in e which people the town, crying ' Viva Leopoldo IL!" Death to Guer raazi l' Some trees of liberty were cut down by the very hands that had planted them. On the morning of the 12th the same secnes we re re peated. Guerrazzi in vain ha t os abou ttoek hastened ten place. e d Pt o D e attempted to pacify the people. The Livornese, who had the day before fired upon the unarmed crowd on the Piazza S. Maria Novello, were made to quit the town in secret. About noon all the shops were shut, the civic guard was under arms, and the municipality named a Commission of Government, and published the follow ing proclamation :-- " Citizens,—ln the present serious circumstances your magistrates feel all the importance of their mission. They assume the direction of affairs in the name of your Prince, and trust they will deliver you from the consequences of an invasion. Ttie municipality, in this solemn moment, add to their body five citizens who enjoy your confidence, and are —Gino Capponi, Bel lino Ricasoli, Lugi Serriatori, Carlo Torrigiani, Cesare Cspoquadri. "From the TOnn-house of Florence, April 12. For the Gonfaloniere, 4 ' ORAZIO CESARE EICASoLI, First Priore." Shortly after another proclamation appeared to this effect:— " The Tuscan Constituent Assembly declares itself in permanence. It will take, in core rt with the General the manic' -..11t the neces of the National Gu ard and p fety of the country. sary steps for the sa TADDEI, Pr( siderit." (Signed) " April 12. UERR AZZI had disappeared. A town was quiet; G eared._ A letter from Leghorn, of t he 13th, published in the Nouvelliste of Marseilles, says : "The reaction which took place yesterday at Flo rence, and at other points of the Grand Duchy, has had a complete triumph, after a conflict at Florence between the people and the Leghorn volunteers. The latter were saved only by the intervention of the National Guard, the cavalry, and some detachments of the line. Thanks to this protection, these turbulent patriots were able t o quit Florence, and direct their course to Leghorn, not, however, without been frequently attacked on their way by the peasantry, who hunted them like wild beasts. A municipal commission, composed of moderate constitu tionalists, was instantly formed, to govern in the name of the Grand Duke. This news has caused the greatest agitation here. We fear disorders quite as grave as those which have taken place at Genoa.' It appears that the reaction has also triumphed at Leghorn, from which port a steamer was dispatched on the 14th to Gaeta, to bring back the GRAND DUKE. The following personal friends of the GRAND DUKE have constituted themselves a Provisional Government, to administer the affairs of Tuscany until his re turn :—MM. CAPO QUADRA, RICASOLI BELLINI, &B RISTOW, CAPPONI LINO, TOURIGIANI. The Genoa Gazette of the 14th states that there are lying in the port of Gaeta, four Spanish frigates, two French war. steamers, two English frigates, and three Neapolitan ves se l s o f wa r, About 20,000 Nea politans are marching towards the frontier of the Homan States. The municipality of Genoa has or dered an inquiry into the excesses committed at Genoa by the soldiery. GREECE. Intelligence has been received from Athens to the Bth instant. Sir EDWARD LYONS left on the 26th March. The President of the Court of Areopagus Clonaris died of apoplexy on the 27th ult. SEVERE ACCIDENT.—On Friday afternoon, as the Rev. F. Hamilton, chaplain to the East India Company, was standing in conversation, at the corner of Princes street, Hanover-square, a ladder fell from an adjoining house, and striking him on the shoulder, prostrated him with great force. He was immediately conveyed to the Royal Academy of Music (which he had only left a few minutes previuusly), and Mr. White Cooper sent for, by whom it was discovered that the right leg was broken, just above the ankle, the left shoulder severely hurt, and the back much injured. The limb having been set, Mr. Hamilton was conveyed to his residei,ce at Poplar,where we are informed be is likely to do well. Mr. Commissioner Holroyd has been pleased to appoint Mr. J. Johnston, the younger, to the responsible office of messenger to the Court of Bankruptcy, in the room of his father, who for twenty•eight years held that office. 1 THE STANFIELD-HALL MURDERS. were no