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THIS EVENING, ►ill be presentpd Verdi's Opera ar ERNANI. 114 %fie T H q t LEGAL TITLE ASSURANCE COMPANY. (Provisionally Registered, January 17, 1849.) Capital, 2,000,0001., in 80,000 Shares, of 251. each. ' • Preliminary Deposit, 2s. 6d. per Share. Prospectuses and full information may be obtained at the Tempo- Tay Offices of the Company, 13a, Cannon-row, Westminster, on ap plication to G. F. HOWE, Hon. Sec., pro tern. NEW STORY OF VIE SEA, BY THE AUTHOR OF " THE PILOT," " RED ROVER," &c. On Wednesday neat, the 38th Lest., - will be published, in 3 vela. T H S poet 3T0., THE E A LIONS; Or , LOST SEALERS. By J. FENIMORE COOPER. Author of " The Pilot," " Jack O'Lantern," "Pathfinder," &c. ' Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., r HE NEW NOVEL, ROCKINMIAM; OR, THE YOUNGER BROTHER. "A decidedly clever prodnction."--Dlorniag Chronicle. "A powerfully written tale."—Joha Bull. " It is reported that this charming novel is writted by a near rela tive of Lord Foley." " The tale has the remarkable attraction of being for the most part as true to nature as truth itself, and as strange and exciting as the wildest fiction. We pay the highest compliment we can well put into words when we say that the earlier portions of the work strongly remind us of Tref:Elaine' and 'De IreM.'"— Court Journal. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. n ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. MDLLE. LIND. It is respectfully announced that a Series of SLY CONCERTS will be given at Her Majesty's Theatre, comprising the following Operas :—The Flauto Magico of Mozart; Oberon, Der Freyschntz, aad Euryanthe, et litebe r ; L a N ec t a t e a nd Fernand Cortez of Spontini ; and Fidelio of Beethoven; which will be sung by Mdlle. Lind and the principal Singers of the Establishment, accompanied by a full Orchestra and Chctrus. The dates and particulars will be duly announced. The Subscribers are respectfUlly informed that they will have the option of including any number of these Concerts in their Season's ISubscrip Hon. The First Concert will take place on Thursday, April 12. E E R MAJESTY'S THEATRE. EL The Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, are respectftilly informed that Mirka, Mdlle. Giuliani; Carlo V., Signor Gardoni ; Ruy Gomez, Signor Belletti ; Ernani, Signor Bordas. To conclude with (the Ssnery by Mr. Charles Marshall) the cele bliited Ballet, entitled LB DIABLE A QUATRE. • In ersich will appear Mdlle. Carlotta Grist. 1 Mdlle Mario Taglloni, and Mme. Petit Stepan, 1 'Mdlle. Carolina. Rosati, M. Paul Taglioni, la. Chs2les, M. Louis D'Or; Mdlleg. Thevenot, Julien, Lamoureux, and AeAgandon. Applications tor Boxes,it ails, and Tickets to be Made at the Box.- office, Opera Colonnade. JAMES'S THE A T RE Season 1849. YREXCII PLAYS and OPERA COMIQI7E. On MONDAY EVENING, The Performances will commence at Half-past Seven o'clock with LE MERE DE FAMILLE. To conclude with LES DIAMANS DE L 3 COURONNE Mr. Mitchell begs also to announce that, notwithstanding the:in tressed expenses of the present entertainment, the prices of admis sion are determined as follows : Boxes .. ss. Od. • Pit . .. as. Od. . Amphitheatre .. 2s. Od. fiubscriptions for the season may be arranged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Sams', St. James's-street ; Mr. Andrews', New Bond-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from eleven till five. _ ii.? ATRE LOYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Selo Lessee and Manager. Old BromptOn. TE IS EVENING, Will be performed THE BRIGAND. Characters by Massrl: H. Vandenhoff, Rogers, Howe, Wallack ; Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, and bliss P. Horton. To be followed by THE RENT DAY. Martin Heywood, Mr. J. Wallack. To conclude with THE TRUMPETER'S WEDDING. Charac ters by Messrs. Bland, Caulfield Keeley ; Miss P. Horton, anti Mrs. L. S. Buckingham. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELI'HI. Under the direction oi Madame Celeste. EVENING. Will be performed THE HOP PICKERS. Principal characters by Messrs. Lambert, Boyce, Wright, Paul Bedford, Hughes, Mun yard, 0. Smith, Cullenferd, Worrell, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. F. Matthews, Miss Taylor, Miss E. Chaplin, &c. To conclude with COCKNEYS IN CALIFORNIA. The principal characters by Mr. ]lanyard, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mrs. F. Matthews, and Miss Turner. ItCrt - AL LYChtrld THEATRE. tinder the Management of Madame Vestria. Sole Lessee. Mr. Charles Ma.he ws. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Drama, called A ROMANTIC IDEA. After which, a new Piece entitled HOLD YOUR TONGUE. Cha racters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Selby, and Parselle ; Miss H. Gil bert, Miss Jane Coleman, and Madame Vestris. To conclude with a Fairy Extravaganza,.eutitled THE KING OF THE PEACOCKS. Characters by Messrs. Harley, John Reeve, Selby, H. Ball, Marshall, and H. Marshall ; Miss Kathleen Fitzwil 'tam, Miss L. Howard, Mrs. Macnamara, Miss Marshall, Miss L. Marshall, Miss Coleman, and Madame Vestris. Dress Boxes., bs.; Upper Boxes, 45. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No half--price to any part of the house. The New Box-office, No. 2, Wellington-street, is open to the public ~ ,, cry day, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S THEATiZE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING, Will be perfogned the celebrated Opera of THE SYREN. After whidln, M. KLARE will execute most extraordinary feats of Dexterity and Elegance on Le Globe Roulant. To conolude with the Opera of LA VIVANDIERE. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Mader the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &e. The greatest triumph ever witnessed within the walls of the Am iphitheatre has been achieved by the celebrated American Equestrian Yung Hernandez, whose unparalleled feats have nightly called ferth expreesious of wonder amounting to enthusiasm, *Rd gained for him the title of the first rider in the world. THIS EVENING, The curtain will rise at a Quarter to Seven o'clock precisely to the magnificent Spectacle, by Fitzball. entitled CORA SCO ; or, the Warrior's Steed. To be followed by an inimitable display of SCENES INN THE CIRCLE, in which Young Hernandez will appear, supportd by the fret Equestrian talent of the day. After which the double Tight-ropes. To conclude with a favourite MELODRAMA. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. THE WEATHER.—Sax OrrrcE, MARCH 24. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 35; Highest, 42; Noon, 40, BAROMETER, 30.03. WIND N - .ll.E.—Morning, fresh breeze and cloudy, slight snow ; Afternoon, fine. . - HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tam DAT v , orning, 46 min. after 1 1 Evening. 6 min. after 2 To-Mossow—Morning, 22 min. after 2 I Evening, 41 min. after 2 .. . '• - r 4 : , ~., ' • • MO, . I : - ;41 ',.t.':lLi.itif-011,W t0r..4-ft •.......,‘,..t. % - "A- • ..i-',..,:',' F, at: * ' .l *="l l l , o,, ANC , 4 . Alie r _ , =t-,1%.,.." - ' 4. # tr Armin LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 1849. Canada is unhappily affording the mother country serious cause for disquietude. The attitude recently assumed by her Colonial Government is at once dis loyal to the SOVEREIGN, insulting to her Parliament, and calculated to provoke endless agitation through out that portion of her North American dominions. Although it was declared last evening by the Home Secretary, in the absence of the Honourable Repre sentative of Kinsale, that no official communications have yet been received from the Governor, Lord ELGIN, in reference to the late proceedings of the Administration at Montreal, those occurrences are already so notorious as to require no remarks on our part by way of apology for their consideration. Seeing that the transatlantic journals have contained copious reports not only of the decisions but also of the discussions of the Legislative Assembly ; seeing that those discussions are fraught with dis loyalty to her MAJESTY, and with discourtesy to her MAJESTY'S advisers ; seeing that those decisions hive excited extraordinary indignation amongst the worthier inhabitants of the province, insomuch that U public meeting of nearly four thousand individuals protested against the conduct of the Canadian Cabinet, and that consequently the effigy of one of the most obnoxious representatives was burnt . and decapitated in the streets of Montreal—there is surely no reason for preserving an ineffectual silence upon the question at issue, simply because Earl GREY has not received a bundle of corroborative documents from Quebec. -- - Notwithstanding the importance of these disturb anoes among the Canadians, there are, doubtless, many still ignorant of their real origin and of their pernicious character. It will not, consequently, be superfluous if, for their information, we briefly and simply relate the nature of the anxieties felt by England respecting the position of affairs in her North American posses sions. To abbreviate our explanation to the compass of a single sentence, we may observe that the excitement in Canada arises from a pro ject of the Ministry—a project confirmed by the Legislative Assembly—to compensate rebels as well as loyalists for any losses incurred during the period of the rebellion. The outrageous injustice, as well as the injurious influence of such a scheme, require no exposition they are un fortunately too glaringly visible in them selves. Besides which it is impossible not to perceive that the effect of this atrocious act of indis criminate indemnity will be, if carried into operation, a fl a grant insult to the Supreme Gover nmen t o f th e British Empire, a monstrou s and practical incitement to insurrection , and an ex pression of di s l oya lt y to ,our Gracious MONARCH so bold and inde corous, as, if allowed to pass unpunished and even unteprobated, must act most prejudicially upon the whole working of our colonial policy. It is pretended by the promoters of this schetne o f compensation that a measure of a similae.chitracter was at One time projected by Lord METCALFE himself. As it would be far from difficult to disprove the as sertion by showing that that statesman restrict - id his intentions solely to the ihdemnification of the sup porters of the cause of the Sovereign;-tlie assumed justification goes for nothing. In the same way it requires no very large amount of logical sagacity to• dissipate the paradoxes advanced by the Solicitor- General (Mr. Ilnicx.s) by way of argument in favour of the Ministerial proceedings. For example, 'it is clearly absurd to reason that because the claimants are few in: number, that therefore the validity of their claims should be examined less scru pulously; the inferential conjunction being in this instance as exquisitely irrelevant as the " gunpowder running out of the heels" of the gentleman's boots in that immortal rhapsody which is familiar to every schoolboy. As the matter is beginning to assume a rather serious aspect, in reference to the relationship of the Govern ment of Canada towards ourselves, it will not be un advisable to transcribe verbatim the most important resolutions and amendments which were successively rejected or accepted by the Assembly. __ _ . . First, as to the fifth and most important clause in the original resolution introduced by Mr. LAroN TA INE, it decided—" That in order to redeem the pledge given to the sufferers of such losses, it is ne cessary and just that the particulars of such losses not yet paid, should form the subject of more minute le gislative inquiry ; and that they should be paid and satisfied, so far only as they have arisen from the total or partial, unjust, wanton, or unnecessary destruc tions of the property and effects of the said inhabi tants, or by the taking or carrying away of their property and effects." According to this, it will be observed that no line of restriction what ever was marked for the Commissioners appointed to superintend the distribution. Very considerable disturbance resulted from the loose wording of this resolution, and in order, in some degree, to allay the excitement of the province, the Minister caused the subjoined condition to be interpolated :—" That none of the persons convicted of high treason alleged to have been committed in Lower Canada, or who, having been charged with high treason, submitted themselves to the will and pleasure of her MAJESTY, and were transported to Bermuda, shall be entitled to indemnity." Although opposed with much viru lence by Mr. PAPINEAU, that emendation was ulti mately carried, but as if to weaken its whole beneficial influence, the supplementary amendment of Mr. CAYLEY, to the effect that compensation should not be awarded to any save those "who remained true to their allegiance, and risked life and property in defence of their country," was thrown out. Two similar amend ments were afterwards rejected; one worded thus - " Nor any person who aided, assisted, or abetted the said rebellion, shall be entitled to any indemnity," and the other, proposed by Mr. ROBINSON, run ning as follows—" Nor any person who was in any manner implicated in the said rebellion, or who refused, when called upon, to aid in sup pressing it." Against all these just and loyal Umendments the members of the Administration voted unanimously, thus placing themselves on the side of those who are manifestly solicitous to propi tiate the good will of the rebels by insulting at once the' Supreme Government, the mother country, and the SOVEREIGN. Putting entirely out of view the immorality and indecency of the policy adopted by the Ministry—its immorality, for inasmuch as it is opposed to all the principles of justice, and its indecency in as far as it would be more becoming in a faction of con spirators than in a cabinet . of statesmen—we ask any rational lover of his country, if the recent acts of the Canadian Administration are not subversive of all order, and pregnant with calamities to England and to her dependencies ? We ask the supreme Ad ministration, if these things are to be permitted—if the Assembly is to propagate insurrection by com pensating rebels ; if the loyal adherents of the QUEEN are to be lowered to an equality with the men who fought against her authority, and who shed the blood of its defenders ? Can Lord ELGIN permit these things to pass un noticed ? Will Lord GREY remain apathetic while the vindi cators of insurrection fan the smouldering embers o: rebellion into a new and more disastrous conflagra. tion ? If the Canadian Cabinet carries into effect its late resolutions it is impossible to foresee the perilous consequences of their temerity. The loyal popula tion of the province will not submit quietly to the insolent disregard of their services, and to the unde served encouragement of their antagonists. The sentiment which prompted them to burn the effigy of Mr. LAFONTAINE on the Place d'Armes in Montreal is not an evanescent feeling of enthusiasm; neither is the ardour displayed on that occasion by Sir ALLAN MWAN peculiar to himself alone. It is sympathised in by thousands throughout both the Canadas, and those thousands will not remain idle spectators of occurrences now transpiring. There is now, at least, a prospect of some decisive step being taken with respect to Indian railways. From what fell from the President of the Board of Control on Thursday evening, in answer to the question of the Noble Lord the Member for King's Lynn, it appears that a plan had been submitted on behalf of the Government to the Court of Directors, by which it was be lieved the Court could fairly come to terms with the railway companies. The serious differences which have so long prevailed may thus happily be arranged, and the advantages of railway communication may be extended, even at the eleventh hour, to our vast pos sessions in Hindostan. It is, indeed, difficult to conceive the reasons by which the Court of Directors could have been influ enced to understand the grounds of their policy, in suffering a matter of such vital importance to the British interests in India to remain in abeyance, while they were engaged in wordy warfare, in undignified squabbles, and fine. drawn arguments, as to the con struction of their contracts with the several railway companies. If India is, indeed, to have railways; if its vast resources are to be properly de veloped by additional facilities for cheap and expeditious modes of transit, something must speedily be done either by the East India Company itself, or by such private parties as may be induced to enter upon the speculation in consideration of the favour able terms that may be offered. No unnecessary delays should be interposed to the attainment of the great desideratum. It may possibly be deemed more expedient that these gigantic undertakings should be carried out by private enterprise in India as well as in this country. But if such enterprise should prove inadequate to the purpose—if the only alter native should be, either that the several lines should be neglected, or that they should be constructed at the expense and for the benefit of the East India Company itself, surely, no rational doubt can be entertained as to the course that should be adopted. In whatever point of view we.regard the qu es ti on , w h ether we examine its com mercial or its political bearings--whether we desire to see the trade and commerce of the country ex tended, and its productions increased and m a d e eas il y available, or wish to consolidate and strengthen the British power, so as to render our Indian empire-aa permanent as any merely hum an i nst i tut i on can -be, the introduction of the railway system seems equally essential. The production of cotton i s l angu i shing and failing. America is rapidly attaining a monopoly in the supply, in consequence of the great disadvantages attending the carriage of the cotton wool from the place where it is culti vated to the markets where it may be disposed of. If additional facilities for transport were afforded, British India might speedily be enabled to compete with the United States, and, if necessary, furnish an abundant supply of the raw material for the use of the factories of Yorkshire and Lancashire. Mr MAC GREGOR, in his admirable work on " Commercial Statistics," tells us (vol. iv., p. 731) : " As some one of the several species of cotton plants may be found in every district of Hindostan, from Cape Comorin to the Himalaya mountains, it is assumed that no portion of the globe of equal extent is capable of yielding so large a quantity of this useful material; and, from the earliest ages, cotton is often alluded to as a special production of India. It is also assumed that no part of India has a climate unsuited to the production of superior cotton. That this assumption is demonstrated by the fact that the best samples are produced in Guzerat, at the north-west extremity, in Behar, in the centre, and at Tumivelly, on the most southern point?' We are also told, on the same high authority, that "At Omrawutte cotton is grown at the rate of two P a n"d nda for twop ence , i n mo d erate l y f avourable seasons, g at Bombaoyodarto• a a ds ha e n xi a s s t o , m t e hi_s re a m rt u i n cl e e ra c ti ou n l g d p b ri e c d e e . liv l e t re i d s now carried on the backs of bullocks, and the extra cost THE SUN, LONDON, thus incurred, amounts to a penny per pound more. This cotton is but little inferior to that grown in Guzerat, which is looked upon as the garden of India." Surely, under such circumstances, if no other ad vantage were to be derived, either at home or in India, something should be done to confer so great a benefit on both countries. We need not speak of the incalculable quantities of wheat and other cerelea, which could be obtained at so cheap a rate, although " about two-fifths of the whole fertile soil of India are at present untilled, which would necessarily be brought into cultivation, to meet an Increased demand for cereal supplies," or of the other productions of its soil, although we are told by Mr. MACGREGOR'S (" Commercial Statistics," vol. iv., p. 541), that— " The great desideratum which prevents their infi nitely greater development is the great want of cheap, speedy, and convenient transport to and from the ship ping ports. The waters of the Ganges have been, and may yet, for all purposes, be rendered the means of this transport for the regions drained by that river and its branches. Over all other parts of India the effect of the rains and torrents in destroying ordinary roads leads us to conclude that the constitution of railroads will alone obviate the present incalculable disadvantages, under which India is paralysed by the obstructions to speedy and cheap transport." Surely the benefits to be derived from a cheap, certain, and abundant supply of cotton alone would be sufficient not merely to justify, but to render im perative every exertion to remove the only impedi ment to its more extensive cultivation in British India. But the political advantages are no less striking than the commercial. How greatly might men and money be economised—how might our forces be reduced if they could be concentrated in a few days on any spot where their services might be deemed essential. One man might do the work of two or three when facilities for locomotion were afforded. In place of crawling up the country, with quantities of luggage borne on bullocks or camels, at the rate of ten or twelve miles, three hundred or four hundred miles might be traversed with the utmost ease in the twenty-four hours. The native Princes would no longer be tempted to revolt, when certain that any acts of treachery would be speedily chastised, that a sufficient force could be brought into the field on a brief notice. The five months during which, according to the un questionable authority of the conqueror of Sinde, the new Commander-in-Chief of India, hostile operations can alone be carried on, would not be unnecessarily consumed in moving a body of troops to the locality where they were required, to be detained in inglorious inaction during the remainder of the year until the recurrence of the time when hostilities could be resumed, or rather commenced, while the prestige attached to the British name was gradually depart ing, from the temporary impunity afforded to the in surgents. Those evils would all be averted by a judiciously arranged system of railways, which would thus afford the strongest guarantees for the preserva tion of peace and tranquillity, for few will attack the powerful, or provoke those who could speedily punish their transgressions. But if, indeed, hostilities should be rendered inevitable— if we should be compelled to take the field, our army would do so fresh and ready for action, without being exhausted by a prolonged march, or incumbered with the enormous quantities of baggage or the innu merable hordes of camp followers, whose attendance is so inconvenient, but who cannot, under the present system, be left behind. The conveyance of the troops a few hundred miles by railway would speedily get rid of these worse than useless incumbrances. In any point of view, then, we repeat, commercial or political, the construction of railways would confer inestimable advantages upon our Indian empire. It is but a question of time, for they must inevitably be completed at some period, sooner or later. And if the Court of Directors should continue apathetic during the remaining term of their charter, and omit the means within their power, for the de velopment of the resources of the mighty empire that is placed under their govern ment, it will indeed become a serious question whether they shall be granted a renewal of their charter, or again entrusted with extensive powers similar to those which they would have so grievously misapplied. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. There are two additional protests against the law for the suppression of clubs, published in these jour nals; the one from the " Democratic Association of the Friends of the Constitution," signed by MM.,BucnEz GREVY, and several members of the Moderate Repub lican party; the other from the Editors of the Reforme, Democratie Pacue, Republique, Peuple, Revolution, Democratique et Sociale, Populaire, and Travail Affrauche. The Committee on the proposed law, to which th e amendment of M. VICTOR LEFRANC has been referred, met on Thursday. M. CREMIEUX officiated as chairman, and M. SENARD and the other Members who had seceded on the previous day were present. M. DE Leroumn has been appointed to draw up the report. M. 1 3 Roupliores journal, Le Peuple, was seized on Thursday on account of two articles. The one headed " Resistance is Legal," advises that a club be formed and that in case of dispersion, the people should be called on to refuse to pay taxes or to take military service, or to obey the law in any way. The other article refers to the stoppage of the allowance of bread to the necessitous people on the 26th, by which 300,000 persons would be left to starve. In this article the Government is accused of having violated its com pact with the people by not bringing forward the organic law for the relief of the distressed. - The Patrie of Thursday evening publishes the fol lowing official contradiction of the statements con tained in Le Peuple with regard to the stoppage of relief. It says " In a new article on the relief granted to the citizens in want, the Peuple persists in the system which it has adopted, for the purpose of spreading alarm; and not withstanding the contradictions which have been given, it again affirms that the distribution of relief will cease on the 25th instant, and that 300,000 persons are , on the point of being given up to the excruciating tortures of hunger in the city of Paris. We can only repeat that the allegations of the Peuple are false in every point. Not only will :the distribution of relief not be discon tinued on the 25th, but it may be affirmed that it will be continued as long as necessary to the profit of the truly necessitous by means of the resources which a wise foresight has been able to economise. We will add, that the figures cited by the Peuple are pure invention. It results from official returns that the number of citizens who have received relief, deducting those inscribed on the ordinary lists of the Bureaux de Bienfaisance, has fallen to 126,048, and everything leads to a hope that this number will continue to diminish weekly under the influence of the resumption of labour. It is proved, in fact, that in almost every branch of industry in Paris there is a very sensible movement of amelioration, and it is precisely this system, evident to all, which causes the despair of the journal of anarchy." The Ministers, had they been well advised, would have abstained from publishing this official contra diction in the Patrie. The statements in Le Peuple are never received as articles of faith. M. PROUD• Hort is too well known for his exaggerations to pro. duce any disastrous effect; but when we have it from official authority that there are at this moment 126,048 necessitous persons in Paris receiving relief from the State, in addition to the average number of re gular paupers who receive relief in the ordinary man ner, alarm for the preservation of the public peace must necessarily be created in the minds of every reflective person, and that very alarm, by diminishing public confidence which was about to revive, will increase the amount of destitution, and thus add to the evil. This official declaration is worse than a fault, it is a mistake. The Government has prohibited the further represen tation of a new vaudeville at the Gymnase, called La Dann des Ecars, because it contains certain satirical hits at the Ministry, which were exceedingly well re ceived. M. ODILON BARROT and his col leagues are much more thin-skinned than were General CAVAIGNAC and his friends. While the General was the chief of the Executive, the Govern ment and the Assembly were constantly ridiculed by the vaudevillists, but so far from showing any an noyance at this continued fire of " paper pellets," General CAVAIGNAC attended the theatre, and was the first to laugh at the witty attacks of the satirical dogs directed against himself. The suppression of this vaudeville is another mistake, on the part of the Ministry, more damaging than a fault. "It is only little men who fear little writings," says FIGARO. The National Assembly was occupied during the the budget of the Minister greater part of the sitting ofof P Thuuhursedalyvoinrkdei.scussing l‘ t i e yes t erday. yA.POLEON BONAPARTE left Paris for Madrid between The smu s ofectaiuonr a nd Angers t he Tours and was Nantesopened on th Railroad 18th inst. The trial at Bourges was continued on Thursday, on which day 26 witnesses were examined. _ _ The amount of business transacted at the Paris Bourse yesterday was limited. The Five per Cents. opened at 82f. 40c., fell to 82f., rose to 82f. 75c., and closed at 82f. 70c. SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 24, 1849. " FERDINAND. (Signed) " Gaeta, March 12, 1849." Coun'tersigned by the " Minister of Foreign Affairs, CARIATI. Public Works, CARASCOSA. Agriculture and Commerce, TORELLA , Grace and Justice, GIGLI. Public Instruction, BOZELLI. War and Marine, D'ESCHETELLA. Finance, RUGGIERO. Interior, LoNGoBARDI." _ _ This decree is preceded by a report of the Ministers, setting forth the reasons which have induced them to recommend the dissolution, which reasons amount to this—that finding they did not possess the confi dence of the Parliament, they, instead of adopting the Constitutional rule of tendering their resignation, and advising the KING to call on those who did possess the confitlenee of Parliament to form a ministry, thought it better to stick to their places and dissolve the Parliament, without fixing a time for the calling together of another. This is a hopeful beginning of the Constitutional KING, and must tend greatly to reassure the Sicilians, and to induce them to trust the word of one who is so punctiliously observant of his promises to respect constitutional guarantees. Naples is represented as on the eve of revolution. No troops can be spared for Sicily, as all the effective force is required to keep the Calabrians and the city of Naples quiet; the frontier between Naples and the Roman States is almost unguarded, and an attack from Rome occurring simultaneously with a rising in Calabria, and a renewal of active hostilities by the Sicilians, would shake the throne of FERDINAND, and probably end in the junction of Naples with the Roman Republic. B (r,SINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAIL WAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, MARCH 23. Boulogne and Amiens, 8 3 / 4 —Namur and Liege, 8M R ;ouen and Havre, 1 1. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 17th have arrived. Senor GALIANO, in the sitting of the Chamber of deputies on the 16th, put a question to the Minister m the subject of the proposed armed intervention in ,upport of the PorE. General NARVAEZ, in answer, laid that the Government of Spain had offered its assistance to the POPE, and that it was ready to fulfil i is promise, but that it was necessary to act with Treat judgment and reflection in the matter, and that i n the present state of affairs he felt it his duty to lecline giving further information. The fact is, the Spanish Government has neither money nor credit ; nd the expedition cannot be fitted out for want of ,nds. MADRID Botsa, MAam 17.—The Three per k nts. were done at 23 1-16 cash, and 23 buyers, r F. ;er the close ; Five per Cents., 10i to j-; Coupons, ;; ; Passive Debt, 3 13-16 to Treasury Bills, 66 ; Exchange on London, 50. , GERMANY AND 1 I HE NORTHERN STATES AUSTRIA. Intelligence has been received from Vienna to the l' 6th March. Five persons have been condemned to d eath for the murder of Count L ATOUR. They are VANGLER, JURROWITSCH, KOHL, FISCHER, and B RAIII3OBCH. There is a remarkable story attached to the family of BRAMBOSCH. His mother, who is still HI ling, and a very aged woman, disguised herself and served as a soldier under NAPOLEON, and received fr om the Emperor, as a reward for her valour, the C ross of the Legion of Honour. This woman has h: id twelve sons, eleven of whom were slain in battle, w; hile the twelfth is to die the death of a criminal. •There was a long Cabinet Council on the 13th, at w hich it was decided that the intervention in Italy sl could commence in the Papal States. Very numerous reinforcements are being sent to tl ►e army in Hungary. About 10,000 men have a! (ready left Pesth. Count NUGENT has brought his • ltrenchments within gun-shot of Peterwardein,which h e fully expects will capitulate very soon. The arri ✓ al of the Servian troops is expected, under the orders o f General THEODOROWITSCH, when a geneal attack • (ill be made upon the fortress. It is said that the Austrian Government has pro p osed to the Governmenti of England and France to c onvoke a general Congress of all the Powers who • sere parties to the treaty of Vienna. The Hungarians have retaken the town of Zamber, i a the Bacs counry, from the Imperialists. PRUSSIA. Accounts have b een received from Berlin to the oth. The two first paragraphs of the Address were c •arried in the Lower Chamber by a very small ma jority. HUNGARY. The Breslau Gazette says the Raitzes have been lefeated near Theriscopol by the Hungarians. Ge t ieral Rux.ownia, who commands the fortress of rerneswar, bas demanded immediate reinforcements 1 rom Prince WINDISCHGRATZ, informing him that if Ihe reinforcements did not speedily arrive he hould be obliged to surrender. GORGEY has !ompelled SIMONICH to raise the siege of Comorn lifter he had commenced the bombardment ; Siatomcii •etired upon Leopoldstadt, abandoning a considerable portion of his baggage. A corps of Hungarian ;harpshooters has arrived at Romanta within a league tnd a half of Buda. SCHLICR has retreated upon Peath. FRANKFORT. The German Parliament, on the 21st, rejected the :recommendation of the minority of the Committee to pass to the order of the day, on WELCKER'S motion, by a majority of 6, the numbers being—Ayes, 267 ; noes, 272. The motion of the majority of the Committee was rejected—Noes, 283 ; ayes, 252 ; majority against the motion, 31. It will be remembered that the gist of the motion was to adopt the revised Constitution in one comprehensive note, and confer the hereditary dignity of Emperor of the Germans on the King of PRUSSIA. GRUMBRECHT, of Hanover, moved that the House adjourn. MORITZ Mom, observed that this was obviously in order that party might have an opportunity of treat illy with party. If such an adjournment took place, all Germany would see on what sort of negotiation its fate depended. Ile could not conceive a more scan dalous motion.—(Loud cheers on the Left ; great sen sation on the Right and Centre benches.) The question of adjournment was then put; the event was doubtful. GAGEEN, however, stood up among the noes. Recourse was had to written suf frage, and the motion for adjourning till to-morrow, the 22d, was carried principally by the Right and Centre. Ayes, 274; noes, 248; majority for the ad journment, 26. On the 22d, a motion embodying all the essential points of WaLcs.za's motion was to come on for dis cussion. After the division of the 21st the Ministers, it is said, tendered their resignations to the REGENT, who, however, had not accepted them. - - THE HAGUE. His Majesty WILLIAM 111. arrived on the morning of the 21st inst., at Helvoetsluys, on board the Cy clops steamer, from London, and was received with loyal manifestations. The Ring and the Queen arrived at the Hague at two o'clock, in a plain tra velling carriage, but they were recognised and cheered by the crowd, till they alighted at the palace of Plein. ITALY. - The Milan Gazette of the 17th March contains an address from Marshal RADETZKY to the inhabitants of Milan, in which he says, " Th a t b e i ng a b out to set out from Milan to repel a fresh attack upon the territory of the EMPEROR, and to carry the war into that of his perfidious enemy, he advises them so to conduct themselves for the preservation of the public peace and good order that they may secure their own safety and the favour of the Government, bidding them recollect the fatal consequence of a different course upon a former occasion. If, however, they should trangress his ordinance, they must prepare for a punishment not less speedy than severe (pronto non men tremendo). He. regrets that he is forced to address them thus, but he is compelled to do so to prevent worse consequences." Public notifications to the same effect have been posted up in the city. The Gazette of the 18th contains an address from the Marshal to the inhabitants of the Lombardo-Ve netian Kingdom, in which he says that the EMPEROR, with a generous forgetfulness of the past, offers them the most liberal institutions that any people could reasonably desire, he implores them not to reject these offers lest they may too late r e p en t o f h av i ng d one so, and then calls on them to behold the condition of un happy Rome and of unfortunate Tuscany, as a warn ing for themselves, and finishes by telling them that if they should follow such examples they must count upon ruin and banishment. One of the notifications constitutes a voluntary municipal guard for the security of order. The com mand of the.troops left in Milan is confided to Colonel HEYNTZEL. The Alba, of March 19, says—" FRANCIS, Duke of Modena, taking the opportunity offered by a renewal of hostilities between Sardinia and Austria, has ad dressed a proclamation to his people, in which he says he wishes clearly to state to his people that he has confidence in the justice of his cause, and his belief that the miseries which have lately afflicted Italy are drawing to a close ; for this reason he will not withdraw from his States, but will stay there as long as his presence may be agreeable to them; he cautions his friends and the public servants to remain tranquil, and put their trust in Divine Providence; he threatens those who would seek to disturb the public tranquillity ; and, finally, expresses the greatest reliance upon his troops, certain that they will show themselves firm, faithful, intrepid, and do honour to their flag and to Italy, of whom they are the sons." The day after the publication of this pro clamation FRANCIS Duke o f Modena fled from his states. The Austrians on the 16th evacuated Como. It is said that RADETZILY is concentrating his forces on the Adige, At the sitting of the Roman Assembly, on the 13th, the Finance Minister stated that negotiations had been opened with Tuscany, Venice, Sicily, and Piedmont for carrying on the war against Austria. The Minister of the Interior stated that the Roman Envoys had been received officially by the President and Ministry of the French Republic. The Tuscan Ministry has published a proclamation to the Tuscans, announcing the resumption of hosti lities, and calling on them to aid in carrying on the war of liberty. The Government is making active preparations for the war. The following is the decree of the King of NAPLES dissolving the Chambers. " FERDINAND, KING OF THE KINGDOM OF THE Two SICILIES, &C. " On the report of our Minister of State for the Home Department; " Having heard the Council of Ministers of State; " Considering the article 64 of the political statute of the Monarchy of the 10th of February; "We have resolved to decree, and do decree, as fol lows: " Art. 1. The Chamber of Deputies is dissolved. " Art. 2. We reserve the right, by another decree, of declat ing the convocation of the electoral colleges. " Art. 3. Our Minister; of State, as far as it regards each, are charged with the execution of this decree. SICILY. Letters received in town last night from Sicily announce the determination of the Sicilians to resist the restoration of FERDINAND, whose rule, dynasty, and person are objects of the most intense hatred and abhorrence, by every means in their power. They are well prepared to resist his threatened invasion, and have a numerous well•armed and well-disciplined army. There is every probability of their success, for FER DINAND must destroy every homestead and massacre every Sicilian, before he can have peaceable posses sion of that island. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Bank of England made no addition last week in its active circulation, and its unemployed assets exhibit, therefore, a further increase. The amount of the pre cious metals remains very steady, the large imports of grain considered. The Government deposit account increased, but should be much further added to ere quarter-day. In the discount business there was a de crease.: Compared with the previous week, the follow ing are the changes in the account:— Noses Issue d 28,551,920 Increase ... 3,675 Rest ••• .•. ,•• ... 3,861,099 Increase ... ... 2,590 Public Deposits ... ... 6,984,258 Increase ... ... 317,117 Other Deposits ... 9,855,826 Decrease ... 141,839 Seven Day and other I3ills 1,041,659 Decrease ... 49,854 Government Securities ... 14,072.844 Decrease ••• ••• ••• 1,339 Other Securities 10,638,064 Decrease ... 60,689 Notes ... 10,853,075 Increase ... ... 207,150 15,283,779 Decrease ... 13,433 Active Circulation 17,698,845 Decrease ... 203,473 There has been much steadiness in the Foreign Ex changes this week, and in some cases a slight improve ment. The following accounts of the Leeds trade is furnished by a local firm:---" The advance demanded in our Cloth Halls, consequent on the increased rates paid at the late Wool sales, has caused a cessation of buying for the moment; we do not, however, consider that it will be of long continuance, and although the absence of our expected demand from Ireland has somewhat limited our trade thus far, we are of opinion that our sales for the spring will reach a full average. The stuff district is in full operation, the demand for Yarns being very great both for export and home con sumption. For Piece Goods there is also great inquiry, notwithstanding that many orders have been withdrawn, in consequence of the increase which has taken place in prices. Orders to a considerable ex tent have been received from the United States, but many having limits based on the low prices of last year, must remain unexecuted. The Blanket manufacturers are fully employed, orders having already been given out for the United States sufficient to keep them employed until June. The Funds have been flatter to-day, though with very little doing. Consols have been 90* to 911 for Transfer, and 91 to 4 for Account. They are now 91* to -. Exchequer-bills are 375. to 40s. premium, and India Bonds 475. to 50s. premium. The Foreign securities are duller. Spanish Three per Cents., 29*, and Portuguese Four per Cents., 27k. Mexican, 31 to 31g. Shares are rather heavy, but we cannot quote any im portant changes. ONE CLOSING vitjwy,s OF ~i trilscl FUNDS O'CLOCK PRICES 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 91 % 14 90% 91 91 1 4 India Bonds, 1,0004 Consols for Account Exchequer Bills 1 1 4 d. & 2d. 1,0001. March ...... ........... 36 39 p 39 p 1,0001. June 37 p 37 p PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. 39 38% 38 1 ,E Ditto, Account . 3 9 1/ 39 1 ,E Chilian Bonds i per Cent..... ...... Ditto, 3 per Cent Equador Bonds Grenada Boßds, 1 per Cent. — Ditto Deferred 3% 3% Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 31% 31% Ditto, Account " ...33 31% 31 31% 31 3 j a Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents Ditto. Account Portuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto, Account... ............. Ditto, 4 per Cent — Ditto, Account .. 27 1 4 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account 16% Ditto 3 per Cent Ditto, Account 29% 62% 2614 16% 29% Dividends on the above payable . in London. Dutch 2 1 / 2 per Cent., 12 Guild.... 48 1 h 48 Ditto, Account 48% PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Caledonian i 'Do. New 10/. Pref lO ..... 11 1 4 .. 11% Chester and Holyhead... 50 .... . , Ditto, Preference l5 East Anglia, 251., L. & 12 1 4 E. and - L.and 13...... 25 Eastern Counties........ 20 ...... 9% 3 4 Do. New Guaranteed 6 per Cent... Do. North. & Eastern 50 Ditto, Quarter Shares 11% — Do. New Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 Do., Class B (I. & B.) 22% — Ditto, Class C, ditto... 20 . Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) 20 ...... 19% ....... Great Northern Do., %B 6 per Cent... 7%. 6% Do. Extension 2% ...... treat South. and West. 6 1 / 4 19% 11% 1 34% (Ireland) Great North of England.loo ...... Ditto, New, 301 3O Ditto. New, 151 l4 .. .. 33 ....—... ...... Great Western 100 .... 95 94 Ditto, 14 Shares Ditto, Fifths ..... Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ......100 99 Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 ...... -- Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 - Ditto, ditto ' 86 .. Do. Fifths.... ....... .... 10 Do. New, Gua. 6 per ct. 7% — ...... ...... ... 9A Do. (W. Riding Union) 9 .. London &Blackwell 12% 514 5% London, Brighton, and South Coast Do. Guarant. 5 per et_ 9 ...... 9% 9% London and N. Western 100 ..... 133% 134% Midland Do., do., 501. Shares,— 25 ... .. Norfolk .......... ........ —.IOO North British ........ ... 25 Ditto, Quarters Oxford, Worcester, and ___ 68% 19% 18 99 10% Wolverhampton '...... 60 Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 12% 1 3 1, 4 1 / 2........... 13 1 / 2 Scottish Central _' 25 ...... ex.int.. ..... 24% x.i Shrewsbury andlirm Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 Shrewsbury & Cheater (Nor. W. Min.) Do. 8 per Cent. Pref. 10 Shropshire Union south Staffordshire 7% South Eastern - ex. div.... —x.d Do.. N 0.2. South Wales I B IA Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth York, Newcastle, and Berwick. .... .... ....... 25 .. Do. Original New and Berwick .. ...... ... .. 25 ...... 24% .. 241,4 Do. Newca s tl e E a t en . 20 Do. G.N.E.Prelerence 8 ... .. 7% 1 / 4 7% York and North Midl an d 50 ...... 46 Do. East and West Rid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 Paris and Rouen 2O ... .. 20 1 / 2 20% Rouen and Havre ...... 20 ...... JOIr T STOCK BAN KS. British North American 50 London Joint 5t0ck...... 10 London & Westminster. 20 411,4 14.41 HAYMARKET THEATRR.—Last night the tragedy of Othello was played " by command" of her Majesty, who honoured the theatre with her presence. The cast was what is called tho " rowsed" one—that is to say, Mr. Kean acted Othello, Mr. Wallack lago, Mrs, Kean Desdemona, and Miss L. Addison Emilia. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DA Y. LONDON, MARCEL 24.—Wind this day at 110011 light breeze and fine dry weather. FALMOUTH; MARCH 23.—Wind N.E.—Arr, l ., 22d St. Anne, Le Boutellier, Pernambuco; 23;1,An0n, Teunis, Porto Plata, for Altona. Sld. 22d, Victoria. Trinidad. HULL, MARCH 23.—Wind N.—Sld. Junes Turner, Bombay; Naprina, New York; Fora,:cr, St John's, New Brunswick. BELFAST, MARCH, 22.—Wind S.S W. Arrd. 21, John Stewart, Mauritius. Ski. Peru, Demarara. LONDONDERRY, MARCH 19.—A rrd. Abercromby, Loutett, New Orleans. Sid. Admiral, New York. KINGSTON, MARCH 22.—S1d. Don Pedr. , , Rio Grande. LIVERPOOL. MARCH 23.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrd. 22, Coquette, Barnes, Smyrna for London. Sid. Jessy, Beyrout. 23, Patna, Batavia; Duke of Wellington, Calcutta; Anne Melhuish, Lima; S. ling, V lyaraiso; Choice, Buenos Ayres; A talc, New Orleat s; Swanton, ditto; Woodstcck, ditto; Niagara, Mobil. ; nbb,y Lands, Staten Island; St. Lawrence, New Yolk; Iconium, Boston; Thomas, St. John's, N. 8.; Adelaide, Halifax; Montreal, Montreal. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 23.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrd. Emily Wilson, Gambia; Invincible, Duff, Jaffa, wi!li snits split, OFF SALCOMBE, MARCH 23. Wirral N.E. 22, Louise Maria, I3ie, Batavia for Amsterdam. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 23.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrd. Ellida, Thessen, Singapore for Hamburgh. DEAL, MARCH 23.—Wind E.N.E. to N.E., squally.— Arrd. from the River and *ld., John Witt, lioriovan Sydney, N.S.W.; Brankenmore, James, Ad, hide, S.A.; Loharee, Errington, Bombay; Mountain Maid, Wishart, Cape of Good Hope; Rose, Palot, Gambia; Concord, Potter, Antigua; Acadia, Dunn, Halifax; Gaullv, Owen, Newfoundland. HOLYHEAD, MARCH 23.—The Corsair, L:adley, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, from Liverpool for Windsor, Nova Scotia, has put in here this day leaky, httling been on shore near Taskar. WIVENHOE, MARCH 23.—The Jeanne D'Arc, of Honfleur, from Valery Sur Somme to Blyth, has been assisted in here, having been on shore on the Long Sand. SUNDERLAND, MARCH 23.—Wind W. by N.— Shl 22d, Woodman, Havannah; Royal William, New York. SHIELDS, MARCH 23.—Wind N. to N.E. light.— Sld 22d, Neptune, New York; Rhodes, St. John's, New Brunswick. DUBLIN, MARCH 22.—Wind SS E. —Arrd. Anne Johnstone, Hooper, Barbadoes. Sld 21st, Countess of Zetland, Porto Rico; Priina Donna, ditto. BRISTOL, MARCH 23.—Wind E. Sld 22d, llindostan, New York. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN'. Tqe supplies of both Fruit and Vegetables were tole rably extensive for the time of year. Generally r peaking, the demand was firm at prices equal to those paid la, t week. Fruit—Pine-apples (Queen's), 5s to 7s; and foreign Grapes (black and white), is to Is 6d per lb; Apples. 4s to 6s per bushel; ditto Eating, 4s to 6s per half sieve; Pears, 12s to 18s per half sieve; Lemons, 5s to 10. f.; and Oranges, 8s to 14s per 100; Chesnuis 2s to 4• pH. peck; hothouse Grapes, 11 Is per lb. Vegetabl e s—S p i nat e i, i s 9d to 2s per junk ; Horseradish, 2s 6d to 37 61; and Celery, 9d to Is per bundle ; Asparagus, 3, to 6s per 100; Onions, 2s to 2s 6d; and Ash•leave,l kidney Potatoes, 6s to 8s per bushel; Cape Brocoli, 12s to IBs per dozen bundles ; Mushrooms, 9d to Is ptr Pottle; Spanish Onions, lOs to 15s per box; Endive, is to Is 3d per score; Savoy Cabbages, tid to Sd pi r dozen; Turnips, is to is 6d; Carrots, 2s 6d to 4s; and Greens, Is to is 6d per dozen bunches; Parsley, is 6d to Is 9 1 per half sieve; Forced Sea Rail 9d to Is fid per punnet; Cucumbers 5s to 7s per brace; Forced phut arb, 5s to 9s per dozen bundles ; Beet -root, is to is 31 per dozen ; Brussels Sprouts, is to is 6d ; and Jerusalem Artichokes, is to Is 3d per half sieve; Parsnius, 6:1 to 9d per dozen ; Cornish White Brocoli, is 6.1 to 3s per dozen; Turnip Greens, 6d to 8d per bushel; Leeks, 8d to is per dozen bunches; New Potatoes, 8d to is per lb; French Beans, 2s 6d to ,3s 6d per 100; Radishes, 4d to 6d per punnet; Red Cabbages, 2s to 3s 6d p , .:r dozen; Shallots, 4d per lb. NEWGATII AND LEADENHA.I.L. POULTRY—Turkeys, 4s to 10s; Geese, 63 to 8s ; Ducks, 2s to 4s; Tame Rabbits, is 3d to is 9d; Wil,l ditto, 7d to is ; Yi. eons, 7d to Is; and Roasting Pigs, 5s to 8s each; Surrey Fowls, 9 to I3s ; ditto Chickens, 6s to 9s; Barn-door F0w1, , , 4s to 7s 6d per couple; English Eggs, 6s to 8s; French ditto, 6s to 6s 3d per 100. Fresh Butter, is Id to is 2.1 per lb. GASlE.—Hares and Leverets, 2s to 3s ; Wood cocks, 2s 6d to 3s 6d; Snipes, is to is 6d; T« al, 6d to Is; Wild Ducks, is 6d to 2s; Widgeons, is to Is 6d; and Plovers, 6d to is each. VTIIXTECIIAPEL. Beef, from 2s 2d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 2s 81 to 3s 8d; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; and Pork, 2s 10d to 4s per 81bs. NEWPORT. Beef from 2s 6d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 2s 8d to 3s 8d; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; and Pork 3s 6d to 4s 4d per 81b5. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 5s to 12s; Cod Fish, 3s 6d to 8s; Haddocks, 4111 to 6d; Whitings, 4d to 6d; Mackerel, $d to 10d; Lob sters, Is 6d to 2s 9d; and Crabs, 6d to 2s each; Soles, 6d to 2s 3d per pair; Eels, 6(1 to is 2d, and Salmon, Is 2d to is 6d per lb; Thames Flounders, is to is 6d, Smelts, is to Is 6d per dozen; Oysters, 14s to 24s per bushel. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the Metropolis are rorla 7d to ;id; of Household ditto, 5d to Gid per 4lbs loaf. HIDE IVIAREET. Market bides, 561 b to 641 b, lid to lid; ditto, 641 b to ?21b, lid to ditto, 721 b to 801 b, 14d t , ) 2.1; ditto, 801 b to 881b,.2id to 24d; ditto, 881 b to 961 b, 21d to 3d; ditto, 961 b to 1041 b, 3d to 34d; ditto, 1041 b to 1121 b, to 4d; Calf Skins, each, 5s to 58 6d; Horse Hides, 7s 6d; Polled Sheep, 5s 6d to 6s 4d; Kent and half• breds, 4s 10d to 5s 4d; Downs, 3s 10d to 5s 0;1; Shear ings, 6d. 11.A.T 211871L82rTS. SMITMFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 15s to 4/; Clover ditto, 31 103 to 51 ; and Straw, 11 8s to 11 12s per load. Supply moderate, and trade firm. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Ray, 21 18s to 4/ 33 ; Clover ditto, 3/ 10s to 4/ 16s ; and Straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 14s per load. A fair average supply, and a steady demand. W HITECHAPEL. - Meadow Hay, 21 15s to 4/ ; Clover ditto, 31 10s to 5145; and Straw, 1/ 8s to 11 124 per load. Trade firm, at very full prices. CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before the LORD CHANCELLOR.) COOPER V. THE EARL OF POWIS. It appeared from the statement of Mr. Malins, the counsel for the plaintiff, that in the Parliament session of the year 1846, which was remarkable for the nu:Tiber of railways that were ushered into existence, and for the extent to which they went to supersede the use of canals in the Midland Counties, the Birmingham and Liver. pool, and the Chester and Ellesmere canals, being situated in a part of the country in which thero were various schemes propounded for the constructi , :n of rail ways, were marked out for amalgamation, wit?: various lines of railroad in Shropshire, under the titht of the Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Con - Tilly. The plaintiff sued on behalf of himself, as•the subscriber of seventy-three 20/. shares, and a member of th ix:corpo rated company, consisting of the canals and the railway company. The defendants had made calls on the Itoithrs of those 201. shares in this united company, not, as the plaintiff contended, for the purpose for hich that capital was created, namely, the construction of the railway, but for the purpose of paying off a considerable mortgage debt which existed on the canals before their amalgamation with the railway company. The object of the present suit was to restrain the defendants rum doing that. The arguments had not concluded when our report left, VICE-CHAN CERY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before the Vice-Chancellor itzuwar BRUCE ) HA.YWARD V. PIIRSET. This was a suit for the purpose of setting aside four under. leases, dated the 15th of April, 1843, executed by a Mr. Saville Godfrey, who formerly lived at 10, Mount gardens, Lambeth, and also to bring back to his estate certain sums of stock, amounting to 1,0001. Three per Cent. Annuities, purchased by him in tae name of some of the defendants, one Mr. Coombes and his wife, and of their children, in different sums, on the 11th of January, the 13th and 24th of February, the 12th of April, the 25th of May, 1843, it being alleged that the said Mr. Godfrey was then of unsound mind. A com mission of lunacy had been sued out against the unfortu nate gentleman in 1845, and the evidence taken on that occasion went to show that in a period embracing the years 1842, 1843, 1844, and 1845, he was the subject of strange hallucinations at intervals. On one occasion he took into his head that there were several women who wanted to marry him, and he applied to a friend for money with which to buy clothes tor his wedding. On another occasion, in August, 1843, while he was staying in the company of a friend at the Ship Hotel, Dover, the chamber-maid hearing a noise in the middle of the night in the house after all the inmates had retired to rest, gut up to ascertain the cause of it, when she found Mr. Godfrey in his night-shirt in the lobby, vivnflering about, not knowing where he was. The chambermaid conducted him to his bed-room, when he declared to her his belief that he was in a disreputable house, and that she was a woman of a disreputable character. At an other time when she went into his room he desired her to look at things which did not exist—such as soldiers in the street, when there were no soldiers there. His gardener deposed, that on one occasion, when Mr. God frey came into the garden he pointed witness's attention to some images which stood in the garden, and remarked to him how finely they grew. Another vvitneis deposed to his being in the habit of asking the chairs in the room how they did, and of attempting to shake hands with them; and at other times of crawling on the ground on all fours. Mr. STEVENS was continuing to read the depositions when we went to press. (Before Vice Chancellor WianAm.) His HONOUR was occupied during the morning in hearing short causes. DEATH OF MRS. JERMY.—It is with extreme regret we have to announce the death, on Thursday evening, of poor Mrs. Jermy, after intense suffering. Eliza Chestney is also in a precarious state; so that it is still uncertain if Rush's trial will come on, as deposi.. tions cannot be put in while the parties are living ; and there is, we fear, little h,,pe of the poor girl bei:T; able to attend in court.—Cambridge Independent. DEATH OF MR. HUSSEY, LATE M.P. FUR SALIS• BURL—We regret to announce the demise of t!iis gen tleman, formerly M.P. for Salisbury, and one OF ;hr. most uncompromising champions of the agricultural ;n!Trest. He died at his residence near that city on Wy.inesday last, at the early age of 42. undentaod tilat tlx house of M. G. '.;rahle will be prepared to pay a further comiderableiwtnikuent on the 10th of April. ALISON'S HISTORY OF EUROPE• Eighth Edition. Vol. I. ILLUSTRATED WITH PORTRAITS. Another edition of Mr. Alison's renowned " His tory of Europe, from the Commencement of the French Revolution to the Restoration of the Bourbons," i 5 now being issued from th e es t a bli s h ment o f the Messrs. Blackwood. It is the eighth edition pub lished of this extraordinary work—a work not lose remarkable for its laborious research than for the' lucidity of its style and the eloquence of its composi tion. On the 9th of June, 1847, when speaking of the smaller volumes then appearing in succession, we observed in The Sun as follows :—" It only requires now the publication of a series of engraved portraits of the many extraordinary personages whose lives are comprised in this European history to render the edition perfect." In speaking thus, we were only expressing an opini on w hi c h had doubtless already, occurred to the historian himself and to his eminent publishers. The labour is now accomplished—the narrative has at last received its crowning decoration , We have here submitted to our consideration the first volume of an edition superbly embellished—printed in octavo with new pica type—and accompanied with a re-issue of the costly atlas produced by the distill , guished geographer, Alexander Keith Johnston. The engravings introduced in the opening chapters are, very appropriately, the likenesses of the unfor-r tunate King Louis THE SIXTEENTH and his beautiful Queen MARIE ANTOINETTE—the interest attached to the portraits being enhanced by the assurance con tained in the " advertisement," that they are copied from originals " selected with the strictest regard to authenticity and correct resemblance." Both plates afford a striking corroboration of that assurance. One, taken from the painting by Callet, represents the gentle-hearted descendant of Capet —that good, forgiving, amiable Louis whom Robespierre always mentioned as " the tyrant!" The features although clumsily chiselled and almost obese, are nevertheless suffused with the delicacy of expression and softness of outline peculiar to the race of the Bourbons, that race at first so august and heroic, at last so weak and effeminate. In the formation of the mouth of Louis you have the clue to his destiny ; it reveals at once the goodness and the vacillation of temperament that led to his misfortunes and ultimately to his destruc tion. It is nearly impossible to look at any truthful effigy of the greatest victim of the Revolution without regarding him as a man who has completed at least five decades—and yet Louis was only thirty-seven when he perished so bravely on the scaffold! His career constitutes one of the most affecting pages in the annals of humanity, and his portrait is conse quently associated with all the privations and pomp, the agony and joy, the serenity and the melancholy, the weakness and the valour, the tears and the blood, which make up the chequered materials of his biogra phy. A fitting companion, and yet a striking contrast, to the portrait of the last of the Feudal Sovereigns is that of the graceful, haughty, and lovely Antoinette. Her countenance—the very mirror of her character has been here transferred, from the celebrated minia ture of Benezack. Both of the plates have been ex quisitely engraved by the hand of T. W. Harland. They are only the forerunners of a long catalogue. They are to be succeeded by others of—Mute/matt, the Orator and Genius of the Revolution—DAN-roe, the author of the massacre of September—MAßAT, the bloodhound, who demanded 300,000 heads from the guiIIotine—ROBESPIERRE, the creator of Terrorism•-"' MOREAU, the victor of Hohenlinden—NEy, the bravest of the brave—Bo IME.—SUWARROW—the ARCHDUKE CHARLES—NELSON—EvrT—Fox—WEL LINGTON —GEORGE the THIRD—CASTLEREAGII--" JOSEPHINE—MURAT, the great horseman of the Empire — BLUCHER—METTERNICH—TALLEYRAND--" ALEXANDER—NAPOLEON BON APARTE, the General —and, besides many more, NAPOLEON the Emperor. The volumes, we have said, are accompanied in succes sion by a re-issue of the illustrative atlas; and the history would be almost as incomplete without the atlas as the atlas would be without the history. We shall watch the progress of this splendid edition with considerable interest, as the work will, when brought to a conclusion, constitute a double testimony of the genius of the historian and of the enterprise of the publishers. FINE ARTS. ROYAL DRAMATIC PERFORMANCES Ar WINDSOR CASTLE. Edited by Benjamin Webster. A gorgeous quarto volume has just appeared, com memorative of the theatrical entertainments which very recently revived to recollection the great age of Elizabeth. We are puzzled how we may best dis tribute the praise due to the several persons from whose hands the book has emanated. We know not whether to apportion our applause first to the printer, to the publisher, to the artist, or to the editor. Their combined labours have harmonized so exquisitely as to remind us of that beautiful law of nature so beau tifully expressed by one we wot of, how " —colour'd rays unite To form one pencil of pelucid light." A more elegant volume in appearance, or one more worthy of preservation, has not been issued from the press for a long while, according to our remembrance. The typography—clear, sharp type on paper like rice paper in texture—does credit to the establishment of Mr. W. S. Johnson. The frontispiece, a coloured representation of the sump tuous Reubens' Room in Windsor Castle, with the august audience on one hand and the celebrated per formers on the other—here the Queen, the Prince , and the Royal children—there Shyl oc k, Portia, Bee" sanio, Antonio, and Gratiano. The admirable ar rangement of the contents is honourable in like manner to the eminent manager of the Haymarket. The plays, of course, are from the vari ous p e ns of Jerrold, Bourcicault, Thompson, Kenny, Morton , and Oxenford, headed by two of the masterpieces of our glorious Shakspere. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen held a Chapter of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, at three o'clock yesterday afternoon, at Buckingham palace, when the Earl of Clarendon and Earl Spencer were elected Knights Companions, and Dr vested with the usual formalities. Her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians, attended by the Countess d'Hulst and Major de Moerkerke, took leave of the Queen and Prince Albert yesterday morning• The Royal children took their usual exercise yesterdsf. The Queen and Prince Albert honoured the perform' once at the Haymarket Theatre yesterday evening with their presence. The Royal suite consisted of the Viscountess Jocelyn, the Hon . Miss Stanley, the Marquis of Ormonde, Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, and Colonel Bouverie. Her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday, and partook of a dejeuner with her Majesty, at Marlborough House. The Queen of the Belgians visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent yesterday. Her Serene Highness the Princess Amelia of }lohenlohe Schillingsfurst also paid a visit yesterday to her Royal Highness, at Clarence House, St. James's. Mr. Alexander Hastie and Mr. M'Gregor had an in: terview with Sir George Grey yesterday. The Earl or Clarendon had also an interview yesterday with the Right Hon. Baronet at the Home•office. - _ COLOSSEUM.—Among the numerous visitors to the Cyclorama during the past week were the following: -- Lord Sidmouth and party, Lord St. Vincent, Viscount Alford and family, Lady Douglas and party, Marquis and Marchioness Chohnondeley, Baroness Dimsdale, Baroness de Rothschild, Lady Dacre, Lady yard° Buller, Lady Webster, Sir E. Codrington, Sir J. en, d Lady Cole, General Pereira and party, Mrs. A. L. Goldsmid, &c., &c. BAN YARD'S PANORAMA, EGYPTIAN HALL.--Tb e following distinguished p e rs ons h ave h onoure d B an vard'e exhibition of the Mississippi River with their presence during the current week:—The Duke of Wellington , Lord and Lady Alfred Paget, Lord C. and Lady Russell, Lady H. Russell, Right Hon. Earl of Lincoln, Sir B and Lady Peel, Lord C ar li s l e , E ar l o f Mi nto and Lady, Bishop of London, Bishop of Norwich, Sir John and Lady Anson, Sir E. W. W. Pendarves and party, Sir W. Jolliffe and Lady, Sir N. and Lady Davie, Lady Char lotte Edgerton and party, Lady Webster, Marquis of Lansdowne, Chevalier Bunsen and Lady, General and Lady M'Donald, Colonel Gordon and family, itc:, die. On Saturday last the boys connected with . theil Military Asylum, Chelsea, attended the M orning exhibi tion, by invitation, accompanied by their u MELANCHOLY DEATH OF THE V IC AR OF WELDON, Mills BEDFORDSHIRE.—Last evening new-road,Mr. on William Shore Chalk, rector of e 01:1, Bedfordshi re, lithe s held late an Rev.in quest at the King's Head, vvdM the e ist E re u s s s t in on g w f i o tno u g r o'clock last whose death occurred under thheactfloelarlotk circumstances:—George r o c t u e s E t a u n s c t eosn Euston -s q u are, : r o e , e deposed fie s e t , Wednesday afternoon, the housemaid informed him that she could not get into deceased's room. He accordingly forced the door open, when he found him lying dead la bad, and at his side the basin full of matter he bad ejected from his stomach. On the dressing -table were $ glass tumbler, a penknife, and a paper labelled "Purified Epsom Salts." In his pockets were found letters, his ad dress, and 41.85. in money. lie had not previously see n deceased. The Rev. Willi am Monkhouse vicar of Gold' ington, Bedfordshire, knew deceased for twelve years, and during that period was intimately acquainted w ith him. He never k new a man of a more compose d or even temper. He had everythin that could make Ipilfaetedessui suicide. In and ln w w a i s tn t o h s e es last m opiniona n ghat the w d o r u u l g d g c is e tA n t t e u : pu i plied deceased with oxalic acid instead of salts, caused his death. He was in the habit of taking Mr. Thomas Skelding, surgeon, was 11, Euston-square , who called to attend deceased, whom he found dead. The at his bedside contained the contents of h„! .. stomach, which were impregnated with oxalic acid. . a tumbler on his dressing-table were crystals formed by the acid, and lose to it was a paper labelled Puri" Epsom Salts, ,, which contained a portion of the poisoan • No druggist's name was attached to the label. Ile s : t b, of e pinion the deceased was supplied in mistake iv 2, oxalic acid, and that he took it unintentionally for . 0 ,1 ) : som salts. Mr. Lynn Smart, a solicitor, 56, Lincoln !. an gaps. inn -fields, and several other witnesses, give similar ef l _,. dente. 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