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rvits LEGAL TITLE ASSURANCE COMPANY. - (Provisiona ll y Registered, January 17, IW.) Capital, 2,000,00C1., in 80;000 Shares, of 251. each. Preliminary Deposit, 2s. 6d. per Share rvospectuses and full information may be obtained at the Tempo rary Offices of the Company, 13A, Cannoli-row, Westminster, on ap plication to G. F. HOWE, Hon. Sec., pro tern. THE LATE QUEEN CAROLINE. Preparing for publication, in 2 vols. post B vo ., ADVENTURES of a GREEK L ADY, (TILE COUNTESS DE SIEPHANO), The A.trpted Daughter of the late Queen Caroline. Written by Herself. Comprising Curlr.s Anecdotes and Particulars of Queen Caroline and her Suite, not bithertc known. Henry Colburn, publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Orders received by all THE WHITE NILE. Pri Saturday next will be published, in 2 vols. po st gyo., with a Map, &c., AN EXPEDITION to DISCOVER the SOURCE of the WIIITE NILE. By FREDERICK WERNE. From the German, by CHARLES WILLIAM O'REILLY. Riche rd Bentley, Nevi Burlington-street, (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty). II ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Third Appearance of Mdlle. PARODI. ThQ - d Appearance this Season of Signor t LABLACare respect- The N e t„h ty, subscriber s to the Opera, and he Public, fully informed that On SATURDAY NEXT, vOl be presented Minas Opera of NORMA. rellione, Signor Oard.lni ; °roves.; Signor Lablache; Norma,3fdlle. Parodi ; Adulgisa, Madan.`e Giuliani. To conclude with (the Sesenery by Mr. Charles Marshall) an en• tirely new grand Ballet, by Taglioni, entitled ELECTRA ; or, The Lost Plelade. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, agd Tickets to be made at the Box. once, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Half-past Seven, Coniert to commence at Eight. R OBERT HOUDIN'S FAREWELL. The celebrated Robert Houdin begs to announce that his at the Fare well Performances in tip co untry will positively terminate end of the present month ; he wilt have the honour of performing daring the present Week, THIS EVENING and SATURDAY, At the ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Doors open each Evening at Eight o'c'ock, being positively his Last Appearance but Three, prior to his departure for Parls. In compliance with numerous applications, a grand DAY PER FORMANCE will be given on FRIDAY,.ApriI 27. In order to perpetuate an agreeable souvenir of his visit to this country, none but the most popular and the most surprising experi ments will be executed on these farewell occasions, whilst the Dis tribution from the Corns d'Abondence will be made with extended liberality and profusion. Boxes, 4s. Pit, 25.; Amphitheatre, Is. 6d. Boxes, Stalls, and Tlzkets for this extraordinary Entertainment may be secured at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from Eleven till Five o'clock. TELE.ATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVE3frei Will be performed the Comedy of TOWN and COUNTRY. Cha rslters by Messrs. J. Wallack, Wigan, Keeley, Buckstpne, and Web ster ; Miss P. Horton, 3liss Reynolds, and Mrs. Glover. After which a Classical Extravaganza, entitled THE SPHINX. To be followed by THE ROUGH DIAMOND. To concludo with the Farce of LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS. TILKATRK ROYAL. ADELPIII. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE HOP PICKERS. Principal characters by Messrs. Lambert, Boyce, Wright, Paul Bedford, Hughes, Mun yard, 0. Smith, Cullenford, Worrell, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. F. Matthews, Miss Taylor, Miss E. Chaplin, After which, WHO LIVES AT No. 9 ? Characters by Messrs. Wright and Worrell, and Miss Chaplin. To conclude with THE ENCIIANTED ISLE. Alonzo, Mr. Paul Belford; Prospero, Mr. 0. Smith ROYAL LYCnIIM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vcstris. Bole Lessee, Mr. Charles Ma. hews. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE WATER PARTY. Alter 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, ss. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25. ; Gallery, is. No half-price to any part of the house. Wellington. street, is open to the public Th e New d ot every from ce Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S THEATI:,E. Mr. J. M. Maddox. Sole Lessee and Manager. Tins EVENINO, Will be performed a new Opera, entitled THE HEART OF MID LOTHIAN. To conclude with a new grand ExtraVaganza, entitled NOURzD. DIN AND TIIE FAIR PERSIAN. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. trader the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. The new grand Easter Spectacle unprecedentedly successful. THIS EVENING, The performance will commence with a Grand Equestrian Spec tacle, by Fltzball, entitled THE WHITE MAIDEN OF CALIFOR- Nr.t. ; or, the Horse of the Ocean. Tv be followed by an inimitable display of SCENES IN THE C IRCwhich the first Equestrian talent of the day will appear. To conclude with on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, THE DUMB DRIVER; and the Farce of THE SECRET on the al ternate Lvenings. Isoz-office open from Eleven till Firs. Stage 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. THE WEATHER. --Sus OFFICE, APRIL 18. At five o'clock this afternoon it commenced snowing, with the wind more round to the west. The baro meter has fallen ten points. At seven o'clock the wind veered round to the south-west, with every appearance of a wet night. APRIL 19. Titir.RMOMETER, Lowest, 30, Highest, 45; Noon, 33. BAROMETER, 29.28; a fall of 67 points since yesterday. The mercury is again rising. WIND E.S.E to N.E.—Rain and snow alternately, with thick weather; heavy gusts of wind, and very cold. illlili WATER AT LONDON liktl.D.K. Taw DAY -- ,l orning, 2 min. after 11 I Evening. 36 min n. . after 11 TO-Mosiovt—Morning, 0 min . after 0 I Evening, 3 rai after 13 Great anxiety prevailed in Ireland to learn the result of the meeting which took place yesterday between the First Lord of the Treasury and the Irish Mem bers. The most unbounded expectations were enter tained as to the causes of the rather unusual invita tion. The nature of the questions to be submitted to the new " Cabinet Council" were eagerly canvassed. It was generally supposed that Lord Joust was about to state the intentions of the Government with respect to remedial measures for the permanent amelioration of Ireland ; that a great and comprehensive plan would be enunciated, which would cast the "PEEL project" into the shade, and unite all classes of Irishmen, without distinction of creed or party, in support of the existing Ministry. The result will show how vain were these expectations. No indi cations were held out with respect to the Irish policy. The representatives of the Irish people were convened for the purpose of answering a, plain and simple quest'on, of stating whether they were really serious in desiring an extension of the income-tax to Ireland rather than the adoption of the rate in aid. His Lord ship also intimated that if the income-tax should be selected, other taxes which were now paid in Great Britain, but which were not levied in Ireland at pre sent, would also be extended to that country. The question is now fairly before the Irish Members. There is a clear and distinct alternative, and a posi tive decision must be arrived at this very day. The avowed partiality for an income-tax has been favour ably received in high quarters. The Chancellor of the Exchequer can see no possible objection to a pro posal so very reasonable ; there is an enlightened liberality about the suggestion that appears to the Right. Hon. Baronet as being worthy of the highest consideration. There is a total absence of " that ignorant impatience of taxation," against which he expatiated so forcibly. He easily perceives how much the bargain is in favour of the national Exchequer, and he is willing to seal the contract at the moment. On the one side, property now liable to poor rate will be required to contribute GI in the pound, or a valua tion admitted to be 30 per cent. beneath the actual value, and that charge is to be levied for two years only ; on the other hand, every description of income would be obliged to contribute no less than 7d. in the pound. This would apply not merely to lands, tene ments, and hereditaments of every de scription ; it would reach not only the dividends of the fundholder, and official salaries and emoluments, but it would attach on the earnings of the merchant and tradesman, the physician and the barrister. The inquisitorial: system so justly complained of in this country would be estab lished, with all its abuses and annoyances, and curses both " loud and deep" would attend the progress of the collectors. In place of being limited in - its dura tion the income-tax would remain a permanent burden on the country. The rate in aid, it is hoped, may be got rid of after the period for which it may now be granted. The amelioration in the condition of the country that is so anxiously anticipated may possibly dispense with the necessity for a renewal of the impost. But ii the income-tax collector once gets admission it will be vain to look for any remis sion or drawback. The Finance Minister of the day, with a cool smile, will inform the grumblers that his excellent predecessor, Sir CHARLES WOOD, found the tax, imposed with the unanimous assent of the Irish people, expressed through their chosen representatives, exceedingly beneficial, and that he cannot possibly think of relinquishing an impost so pruduotive. In ► vii they may remind him that the object; f9r which been constructed with seven thousand pieces ( ,f it was imposed are no longer in existence. He will Memel timber imported directly from the Balti c. reply that the tax produces so much, and that, con- Supposing the works to be prosecuted with the ra• pi- side i ring the state of the Exchequer, he'cannot consent dity of action which has marked their commencement ;, it to its abolition. is calculated that the whole will be completed with' ,n a It is not, however, merely in point of amount or period of about two years' duration, or rather that the duration that the rate in aid would prove less onerous Great Grimsby Docks will be opened somew here than the income -tax. Every farthing of the rate about the summer of 1851. To achieve so inu(l in aid must be applied to the relief of Irish within so brief an interval will be numbered amorrgst distress. The sums collected will not form those glorious victories of engineering science for part of the general fund for all national purposes. It which England has already acquired a very briYliant will be a special fund for a special object. Whatever celebrity—the works in question embracing— may be required beyond the amount will be provided I. An entrance basin, the area of which is sixteen from the national Exchequer, but no portion thereof, acres, and which will be accessible to the largest can be appropriated to any other purpose. The pro vessels at all times. ceeda of the income-tax will, however, as a matter of 11. Piers suitable for all vessels not requiring to course, be paid into the national Exchequer for the enter the docks. general exigencies of the country. There will 111. The great dock, 300 feet in length, and 65 in be no security that any portion whatsoever width. will be applied for the relief of distress IV. The small dock, 200 feet in length and 45 in in Ireland after the present grants are dis width. posed of. In every point of view then, in V. The dock, with an area of 29 acres, accessible amount, duration, and application of the fund, we for all vessels for 20 hours out of the 24. cannot conceive what difficulty there can be for the VI. The west wharf, 200 feet in length, with rail- Irish Members to form a choice, and that that choice ways, &c., upon it, and comprising an area of 12 should be the " rate in aid" rather.than an income-tax. acres. Some of the Members who have already committed VII. The east wharf, 2,000 feet in length, and 970 themselves by asking for the income-tax, may feel a in width, to be appropriated to warehouses. difficulty in swallowing their leek, or rather eating VIII. A goods station, with railways laid to every their own words. The Noble Lord has, however, part, and embracing an area of 42 acres. kindly afforded these parties a locus penitextic. Such is the colossal enterprise inaugurated on the He has declared that other taxes must be 18th of April, 1849, by his Royal Highness the extended to Ireland. This will surely be PRINCE CONSORT. The importance of such contri- sufficient to turn the scale, and to determine the most vances as those of the wet docks, of the railroads decided opponent of the " rate in aid" to accept it with running down to the vessels at anchor, and of the gratitude rather than the more onerous imposts—that branch lines conducting to the margin of the water, must be substituted therefor. The Irish representa may be best appreciated by bearing in mind that the tives have doubtless ere this arrived at a rational charges of carting from the shore to the storehouses of conclusion, such as might be expected from reasonable the wholesale dealer are more exorbitant than the beings possessed of ordinary powers of comparison. charges of trans-marine conveyance; it being stated emphatically in another part of this evening's im pression, that— " The eost of carting a puncheon of rum from St. Katherine's Dock, in London, exceeds the whole freight thence to Rotterdam, and that it is cheaper to send a hogs head of sugar from the London Docks by sea round to Gainsborough, and thence to Sheffield, than to cart it to the Camden-town station of the London and North-Western Railway." With the determination of preventing the necessity of this extravagant expenditure for the carriage of goods, it will be observed with general satisfaction, that the Great Grimsby Dock Company have resolved upon intersecting the whole area of their establishment with rails, running in cross branches, with slidings conducting to the different platforms, and with other arrangements, which will ensure immediately commu nication with the wet docks, and the various lines leading in all directions towards the op posite extremities of the island. Among the internal advantages arising from the con struction of this novel and important seaport are the reciprocal benefits exchanged between the manu facturing and agricultural counties ; the intended establishment of a central terminus, consisting of what we may designate a congeries of railways, se curing to the artisans in the former, at a much cheaper rate than hitherto, the surplus provisions produced in the latter, and obtaining for the farm labourers in the latter a more abundant supply of coals at a cheaper rate from the coal districts gene rally, and especially from the collieries in the neigh bourhood of Sheffield. it is scarcely so much, however, from a consider a. tion of this common interchange of superfluities internally, that we are disposed to regard with so much gratification the prosecution of an enterprise so singular and stupendous as the docks, the basins, the eicavations, and the reclamations from the sea now being effected at the mouth of the estuary of the Humber. It _is from the knowledge that the future seaport of Great Grimsby will afford advan tages to commerce and navigation—from conferring which Kingston has been altogether precluded by the accident of her locality—that we rejoice at the undertaking yesterday inaugurated with such appropriate ceremony. Our satisfaction arises from the conviction tha from the summer of 1851 will date the moment of the greatest extension of our mercantile and maritime enterprise, that under the shelter of Great Grimsby our fleets of war and our trading vessels may ride securely while the hurricane is roaring down the eastern coasts of England, that through the instru mentality of the new seaport our commercial inter course with the north of Europe will be materially enhanced, both in regard to frequency and celerity of communication, and that the Humber will by that means be turned to the national interest by rendering it the channel through which to convey, to and fro, the timber of the Baltic, with the miscellaneous pro duce of the northern states of the Continent, and the various articles of manufacture contrived by our in dustrious artizans for exportation. For these reasons we are peculiarly rejoiced at the opportunity afforded us of recording the festive proceedings enacted yes terday on the banks of one of the greatest of our British estuaries. Another victory has just been achieved over the Im perialists by the brave and patriotic Hungarians. Every heart not deadened by an evil subserviency to Absolutism will exult in that announcement. It will sound to all lovers of liberty like the noise of a resurrection. The very confusion into which the chieftains of Austria are thrown by recent occurrences, is a sufficient proof that those occurrences are of a rather disastrous character. Such is the panic among the German assailants, that we find WELDER posting with the velocity of a courier to wards the seat of war from Vienna—JELLAcuicu certainly somewhere, but apparently nowhere— WINDISCEIGRATZ " putting up" more like a bagman than a victorious Prince Marshal, not at the sign of the Boar's Head, in East Cheap, but at the Swan, at Pe.th—DAsuAnica taken prisoner in a skirmish—and another hero, with the excruciating name of Wawa, frightening the inhabitants of the Hungarian capital out of their wits by a " raw-head and-bloody-bones" kind of proclamation, warning them to keep in doors to avoid the shells and rockets of a bombardment. Meanwhile, to add to the dismay of the braggart assailants of Hungary, comes the news of the great victory achieved by the Magyars on the 10th instant at Waitsen, over the forces of WINDISCUGRATZ, aided by the corps of GOTZ and JABLONOWSKI. Even the Viennese journals are compelled to corro borate the glorious details of the battle—a battle so decisive in itself as to leave the Austrians no alternative but their ultimate withdrawal to Raab. Although RAMBERG was still striving to obstruct the march of the triumphant Hungarians towards Comorn, there seems to be little chance of his endeavour proving successful : and so imminent appeared to be the peril of that General that the siege of Comorn was at once abandoned, and the besiegers hasten by the shortest route to his assistance. Everything gives token of the speedy fall of Ofen and of Pesth into the hands of the Hungarians. The campaign has hitherto given every evidence of the final triumph of the patriots, under the illustrious BEM and the immortal KosSUTET, notwithstanding that the enormous strength of Austria has been aided by the soldiers of the AUTOCRAT. Pray GOD Hungary may not meet with the vengeance which descended upon Poland for her glory, and tore ber limb from limb on the rack of dismemberment! THE WEATHER. SUN OFFICE, THREE O'CLOCK. Since twelve o'clock this forenoon the weather has become very tempestuous. We have had a regular snow-storm, with a heavy gale from the north-east, with every probability of continuing all day. The thermometer is down to 28. Barometer 29. 39.—having risen 11 points since noon. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The National Assembly on Tuesday voted the grant for the expedition to Rome by a majority of 227, the numbers being for the grant 388, against it 161. The members of the extreme left abstained from voting. General OLIDINOT left Paris on the evening of Monday, to take the command of the ex • pedition. Everything was in readiness at Toulon on the 13th, for the embarkation of the troops. No em barkation, however, took place on that day. The steam frigates Infernal and Panama have been added to the expeditionary fleet. This is the boldest overt act for the restoration of Absolutism and Priest craft in France that the reactionary party has yet ven tured on ; it surpasses in boldness and in imprudence the contemplated intervention by M. GIIIIOT in favour of the Sonderbund. That the cautious ODILON BARROT should have permitted himself to be thus committed by the fiery bigotry of M. DE Rumex is matter of surprise. The partisans of the Jesuits cannot conceal their exultation at the apostacy of M. ODILON BARROT, and the adoption by him of a principle which, if carried out, would justify the march of the Cossacks to Paris for the restoration of HENRY V. The Gagette de France says—" That which is about to he executed under the auspices of M. BARROT justifies_ the ititervention of 1823, and the act of An - dujar which caused the rights of humanity to prevail in Spain. We thank M. BAfiROT for. baying at length adopted the policy, entirely French, of N. DE VALLELE." The National observes, and observes justly— " Thanks to the Government of M. Bonaparte, the French Republic draws its sword fur the first time, and it is against Italian liberty that it directs it. It is our own principle that we are about to combat at Rome. We refused intervention in favour of the pimple, and we gave it without being asked to the sovereigns. We say distinctly, that if the scheme conceived by the Ministry, and confessed in the bureaux by Messrs. Faucher, Drouyn de Lhuys, and Fallout be realised; if, in truth, our troops be sent to the Roman States to crush the revo lution, and restore the Pope to his temporal throne, France will be for ever dishonoured. We demand that in order to be logical to the end, the Croats of lisdetsky aid the Cossacks of Nicholas shall be called into France." _ The same journal in another article says— " The Pope restored to the Pontifical throne by foreign bayonets, will be, no one can doubt it, the elder branch of the Bourbons enthroned in the Tuileries by Wellington and Blucher, with this difference, that it will not take fifteen years to produce a 29th July in Rome." The Assemblee Nationale attaches a political ob ject to the visit of the Duc D'AUMALE to the Duchess of ORLEANS. It says— " The Due d'Aurnale has set out on a visit to the Duchess of Orleans at Eisenberg. To this journey is attached the solution of important questions affecting the interests of parties which now divide France. ' The object is to induce the Duchess of ORLEANS to consent to the terms agreed on between Louis PHILIPPS and the Princess of PARMA for a recon ciliation between the two branches, and a restoration of Monarchy in France by intrigue if possible, and if not by the force of Cossack lances and Austrian bayonets. The Three per Cents. were done at 24 for cash; the Five per Cents. at 11 for paper; the Debt without in terest at 4; and the Coupons at 6f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, Arlin, 18. Boulogne and Amiens, B%—Central of Francs (Orleans and Vierzon), 14% East Indian, 4—Northern of France, 11—Paris and Orleans, 31 ex d.—Paris and Rouen, 22% —Paris and Strasbourg, 4J Rouen and Havre, 11% — Tours and Nantes, 33i, ex in. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 13th have arrived. The Finance Minister was on that day to propose the new tariff to the Cortes.. MADRID BOLSA, APRIL 13.—Three per Cents., 24k Account; after Bolan, 24k cash, 24 5-16 paper. Five per Cents., 10i, with coupon; after Boise, 10} cash. Pas sives, 4; after Bolsa, 31- cash. Coupons, 6 account. Bank of St. Ferdinand, 88 account; Treasury Bills, 70 c. Exchange on London, 49.95. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAT.--Traffic for the week ended April 14, 1849:—Coaching traffic, 938/. 93. 10a.; parcels, 37 1 . 1 9 g. I Id.; goods and cattle. 279/. ss. 5d.; steamboats, 1211. 6g. Od. Total, 1,377/. Is. 2d , exclusive of toll from Shrewsbury and Cheater Cpapany, and paymont fvr couYqauco 9f mails. _ . GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA. VICTORY OF THE HUNGARIANS.—THE AUSTRIANS EXPELLED FROM PESTH. Letters from Vienna of the 13th state that on the 12th the Magyar army, under the command of BEM and MESSAROS, completely defeated the Austrians, commanded by WINDISCHGRATZ and JELLACHICII, at Waitzen. The town of Waitzen was taken by storm by the Hungarians. General BEM, leaving a portion of his troops under the command of MES sARos' a dvanced with the remai n d e r o n P es th, which city he entered on the 12th. The Magyars are once more in possession of their capital. By this victory the Magyars have opened the road to Comorn, and the besiegers have by this time pro • bably either decamped or surrendered to GEOR6T, who was advancing to the relief of the fortress. The Imperial General DAMIANICII has been taken by the Magyars. All the Ministers were summoned to Olmutz on the 13th by telegraph. It is said that, alarmed by the course events are taking in Hungary, the Aus trian Cabinet is desirous of offering to the Magyars to secure to them the Constitution, of March, 1848, in its entirety, a courseis x e wh p i e c c h te i d s , o r y si o g s n ed . by Count STADION, who will, it The Allgemeine Zeitung of the 13th says : " It was officially announced last night that Russian reinforcements are to march over the Transylvanian frontiers, from distinct quarters, in bodies of 30,000 men each. If Austria had not this support this war would ere now have terminated. The battle of Comorn will decide the fate of Hungary," Count DE MEDEN, the Russian Ambassador, left Vienna for Olmutz on the 30 th, to take part in the de liberations of the Cabinet. An, 4-71 , 44 • E E kit) eiltinag Sim LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1349, One of the most important of our great national undertakings was yesterday inaugurated under cir cumstances of peculiar interest by his Royal High ness the PRINCE CONSORT. The foundation-stone of the Great Grimsby Dock was, on that occasion, deposited in its resting-place by the august visitor of Lincolnshire. As an appropriate indication of the magnitude of these extraordinary work., this stone was of unusual magnitude, weighing no less than eleven tons. Nor was that indication in any respect hyperbolical ; for the enterprise which has been now formally adventured upon by the Dock Corn ,. pany is evidently destined to intlßence in a very remarkable manner the internal and maritime traffic of our gigantic empire. It must effect immeasurably more than the transformation of 'an obscure fishing village into a thriving seaport for, on the completion of the establishment, it will draw into it not only the whole of the steam-packet business of the Humber, but will command the entire of the trade in timber and manures with Northern Europe— it will imbibe into that estuary the enormous com merce of the German Ocean—it will communicate inland by railways directly with the agricultural counties of Lincoln, of Norfolk, of Cambridge, o f Northampton, of Leicester, and of Nottingham, with the extensive manuf:ic turing towns:of Nottingham, of Leicester, of Sheffield, and of Manches'er, with the collieries of Yorkshire, with the salt mines of Che shire, and with the great port of Liverpool, command ing the trade of the Atlantic. The establishment of a new seaport destined to accomplish so much is something more than an ordinary exploit, and it wa s consequently but a fitting mode of enhancing the pomp of the celebration, that of obtaining the pre sence of the illustrious PRINCE, the Consort of the SOVEILSIGN. During , a considerable period it has been painfully manifest ti2at some more commodious and accessible port than Kingston-upon-Hull was essential to the safety and the facilitation of our mercantile inter course with the north of the European continent. Like Bristol, Hull had continually languished from the necessity of a more immediate contiguity to the ocean. Situated high up their respective rivers, both of these renowned seaports were per petually struggling with the disadvantages o f their geographical situation. To obviate this difficulty upon the Humber, an Act was passed in 1845, for the purpose of empowering a Company to construct docks, and by constructing docks, to lay the foundations of a vast seaport on the site of the Tillage of Great Grimsby, on the southern banks of the entrance to the estuary. Encouraged by the con sent of Parliament the Company shortly entered upon their stupendous undertaking. In 1846 the first pile of timber was driven, and in reference to that first pile, it was yesterday remarked by the Earl of YARBOROUGH, that he well recollected its being then asserted—" There is an end of Grimsby Docks ; the first pile, on b e i n g tapped on the head b y t h e eng i ne, went through the quicksand and is nowhere to be found." So far from this having been the case, it appears that, under the superintendence of the eminent engineer, Mr. RENDELL, no less than one hundred and thirty-five acres have been reclaimed from the sea—a mammoth cofferdam extending to a circumference of one 131i10 dud thNe'qUarterS) TAE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL l9, 1849. FRANKFORT. At a meeting held on the 13th, the principal p ar t o f the Austrian Deputies decided to continue sitting in the Church of St. Paul. Fifteen only determined on departing ; but they were prevailed o n t o s t o p t o h ea r the report of the .Committee of 30, which will pro bably be made on Monday. PRUSSIA. The Ministry were on the 14th defeated in the Second Chamber on the first clause of their Placard Bill, by a majority of 162 to 148. The Deutsche Reform of the 14th says— "The circular note of the 3d April has called forth a reply from Austria, which, if we mistake not, arrived: on the evening of the 11th. Austria protests therein agoinst the right of Prussia to undertake either pro ♦isionally or definitively the conduct of German af fairs. She protests against the formation of the narrower Bander-staat, as well as against every organic alteration of the relations which have subsisted hitherto, without the consent of all the German Govern ments. She puts in her veto against every new modi fication of Germany which does not favour her own views, and presumes to give these declarations in a domi neering tone, seldom employed in diplomatic intercourse between great Powers. We have, with much satisfac tion, learned that the Prussian Government has returned a becoming reply to so much presumption, and has in sisted firmly upon the policy laid down in the note of April 3. The course of the Ministry upon the German question may be, therefore, assumed to have taken a favourable turn." SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN The Borsenhalle (under date of Hamburgh, April 15) confirms the intelligence of the German troops having stormed and possessed themselves of the re doubts of Duppel, and further states that they had been then driven from them by the fire of the Danish gunbca's and the batteries of the Isle of Alsen. The same journal (under date of Flensburgh, April 14) says the battle was carried beyond Duppel, towards Ballegrave and Bardesboy on the north, and on the east to Ulderup. The Danish troops took refuge in Alsen, and the Germans pushed on to Alsensuna. The combat was very fierce, the number of slain being estimated at 1,000, which, however, appears to be exaggerated. The Danes themselves destroyed the bridge between Alsen and Sundewit, on which occasion two or three of their battalions were driven at the point of the bayonet into the water. The mill of Duppel and several farms were destroyed by fire. Intelligence from Flensburgh of the 14th states, that on the previous evening the Danes in consider able force occupied the Isle of Foehr, and many of the inhabitants took to flight. RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURG'', APRIL 9.—The EMPEROR has conferred upon General RADETZET the dignity of Marshal of the Russian Army, and has appointed him chief of the hussars of White Russia. — Prussian Staats Anzeiger. ITALY. A letter from Florence of the loth inst. says : " The Tuscan Consul at Civita Vecchia, writes, under date of Gth, that a French steamer coming from Gaeta has just landed the secretary of the French legation at home, who immediately set off fix that capital. Ile is said to be the tearer of the ultimatum of the foreign Powers for the re-establishment of Pius IX. The prin cipal conditions will be the dissolution of the National Guards, and the occupation of the Romagna by 12,000 Austrians. It appears that a simultaneous movement has been agreed upon between the Powers; the French will occupy Civita Vecchia and Ancona ; the Austrians Ferrara; and the Neapolitans the frontier. The steamer, which bad been waiting at Civita Vecchia, immediately started for Toulon, bearing orders for the French fleet to sail. Civita Vecchia is being fortified, as it is deter mined to defend it from foreign invasion. We have no other news. Our troops are well equipped and well armed. If we are to fail we shall do so with our mus kets in our hands." The King of SARDINIA iS, it appears, either unable or un willing to defend his subjects from the exactions and brutalities of the Austrian soldiery. Letters from Vigerano of the 12th complain of being abandoned by the Sardinian Government to the Austrians, who are now absolute masters, exercising of fthepolice, h av i ng di sarme d the arresting and i m p r i son i ng whom all they Nationalth choose. paerrd and There are 25,000 Austrians at Parma. The Observateur of Trieste says it has received from Pirano the following details :—Yesterday the Sardinian fleet cast anchor about three miles' distance from the saluting battery. The fleet consisted of three frigates, one corvette, one brig, and seven steamers. This Austrian squadron there in harbour is composed of two frigates, one corvette, three brigs, and two steamers. The two fleets communicated, from whichit appeared the Sardinian fleet had no hostile intentions, and.had only come .to the coast by prisk of weather. All- the Sardinian vessels dis played the white flag. This morning (the 10th) Admiral ALBIN' sent an envoy to the Governor to repeat his assurance that the Sardinian fleet would faithfully observe the conditions of the armistice, and as soon as the weather permitted the fleet would pro ceed to Venice to induce the Piedmontese in that city to return to their country. General LA MAnmoaa. has established his head quarters at Genoa in t h e an cien t Palace of the the ordinary residence of t he Governor. He has issued the following p ro c lamation : Doges, " Genoese! His Majesty King Victor Emmanuel 11. considering that the troubles of Genoa were excited by false accounts artfully disseminated by a few factious persons; that nevertheless the greater number of those who took part therein onght to be considered as misled, and not as animated by a spirit of rebellion ; that the population of the city of Genoa ought not to suffer fur ther from the misfortune which a knot of reckless men has brought upon them ; that his aforesaid Majesty would feel deep regret in commencing his reign with acts of rigour; by his decree, dated yesterday, the Bth current, has conceded a full and entire amnesty to all those who t oo k part i n th e i n surrection of Genoa, from March 27, u p to the publication of that decr ee, savie g the excepti ons b e l ow spec ified, and provided that within the twenty-f our h ours f o llowing the arms and ammuni tions of every kind, not belonging to the National Guard, are delivered up according to the strict terms of the law, and that the city and fortresses are placed in the hands of the King's troops. " Notwithstanding, there are excepted from the am nesty twelve persons only, named in the above decree, against whom proceedings shall be regularly instituted, in order to ascertain their delinquency, and pronounce thereon according to the terms of the law. " This amnesty, however, does not extend to the offences, ordinary and military, committed during or pre vious to the insurrection. " Genoese ! I do not know what greater clemency could have been exhibited by the Sovereign in putting an end to the civil war which for some days has so afflicted him. The statements, spread by factious per sons, to plunge you into rebellion, are utterly false. In the name of the Government, and on the honour of a soldier, I can assure you that the walls of Genoa shall not receive foreign troops in their precincts, and that no departure from the constitution shall take place in any point. "Let, therefore, your good dispositions have full scope, and deliver on the instant the arms with which many of you are undoubtedly provided, to your munici pality, which I hereby charge, upon its responsibility, to collect them, and give me the certainty of being able to come among you as a brother and friend, whilst I assure you that such a solution of our domestic dis turbances is still more grateful to me than would be a brilliant victory, if it were to cost a single drop of civil blood. " From my Quarter-General at Portz Lanterns, Genoa, the 9th of April, 1849. " The Royal Commissioner• Extraordinary for the City of Genoa,' " Lieutenant-General ALFONSO LA MARMORA." The Earl of Malmesbury is exp2cted to return to his residence in Wilitehalliirdeuo, [row Paris, on Fri day Qr Peturday. AMERICAN NEWS. LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY MORNING-..--WO have re ceived adv ices of the 4th instant from New York by the steam ship Canada, which entered the Mersey at six o'clock, with the usual mail The Niagara, hence, was at Halifax on the sth, and proceeded to Boston. There are no political accounts from the United States. Reve lations touching the Cuba annexation scheme had becu made. The Cabinet is stated to have taken opposition views to the Free Soil party on the Wilmot questior. The commercial advices are important. Exchange had again largely declined, and many bills are offering at 34 to 4 per cent. There were anticipations of a considerable ims port of bullion and large purchases of excharge for remittances to London for return in specie. The money market was tight. Importations were large. The New York dividends were being paid. From Canada we learn that the assent or dissent of the Governor bad not been signified in regard to the In demnity Bill. A continual ferment was being maintained in order to deter his Excellency from signing the Bill. On the instant in the Assembly Sir Allan M'Nab moved au address to his Excellency, calling for copies of all peti tions received in regard to giving his sanction to the re solutions on the payment of the rebellion losses. An exceedingly sharp and bitter discussion ensued, and the motion was lost. Ayes, 16; Noes, 39. The Ministerial measure fur the payment of the ex rebelsoof 1837 and 1838 bad resulted in a serious riot at Toronto. On the evening of March 22, Messrs. Bald win and Mackenzie were burned in effigy; they were carried through several streets elevated upon long poles, passing from the residence of Mr. Baldwin to the resi dence of Mr. Blake, and then returning to Mr. B.'a. The effigies of the two were then burned. The mob, to the number of some thousands, then pro ceeded to the house of Mrs. Macintosh. where Mr. M'Kerzie was stopping, where his effigy was burnt, and the house assailed with atones and all manner of missiles, completely riddling the windows. The gas lights in the vicinity were put out, and the police resisted. The house of Mr. Montgomery, which is situate opposite, was attacked, and the windows much damaged. Mr. H. Price, son of the Hon. J. H. Price, was severely beaten, and on being conveyed to the resi dence of Dr. Rolphe, that gentleman's house was assailed by the mob and slightly damaged. The residence of Mr. Brown, of the Globe, was also injured. Montreal letters of the 24th ult. say that there have been no fresh disturbances. In Toronto the troops paraeb d the streets, and rumours were current of an outbreak at St. Catherine's, but they are not to be credited. Affairs on the whole were more serious. An investigation was going on at Toronto in regard to the late riots at the place. From California advises to the 7th February had been received, via Mexico, when settlers were providing s. Go vernment. There had been severe weather, but the fine season had set in. There are no estimates of probable yield of the number of mines. Some disturbances with the Indians had occurred. The spring freshets would wash out the gold in large quantities. It was anticipated the American steamer California, would be delayed on her return ♦oyage for want of coal. The accounts also state that the price of gold had risen, in consequence of large arrivals of specie from San Bias, Valparaiso, &c., for investments. Seven mi• ners were at San Francisco. Many cargoes of gold seekers were arriving, even from New South \Vales. The Lexington lett on the 25th January, with 400,000 dollars on board. The British war ship Calypso would leave shortly for England, with a freight estimated at 2,000,000 dollars. Official accounts, dated the 23d, are in the Washing• ton official journals. Over 200,000 dollars of Californian gold had been received in tho United States. From Chagres the dates are to the sth of March, 800 persons were waiting passage. The steamer Cali fornia was expected from San Francisco at Panama about the 16th. Havannah accounts of the 21st of March, state that sugar and molasses had advanced considerably, on ac count of the increased continental dcmaud and the short crop. Clayed sugars were 7t09t0 10 for brown, yellow, and white. Sterling Exchange, 10 per cent.; freight to Cowes and Falmouth, 31. 10s. to 31. 155.; and 31. ss. to 31. 7s. 6d. for near continental ports. There was no quarantine against vessels from the United States, but the regulations in regard to those from infected ports in England and places within 150 miles—these from say 15 and 8 days—unaltered. The steamer Great Western arrived at Mobile on tliti 23d ulr., with Vera Cruz advices to the 19th, and sailed the same day for Ilavannah; her specie freights are not announced. A Government scheme for a railway from Vera Cruz to Acapulco had been introduced into the Loser House. The Moniteur of Mexico published, on the 4th ultimo, a long communication from Messrs. Manning and Macintosh, setting forth elaborately the superior advantages of the Tehuantepec route over that of Pa nama. They state they have employed all the labourers who could be procured to construct a public road across Tehuantepec, who are now daily at work, that the ob tructions will be removed from the river Coat zaccates, and the harbour of the North of San Dionisio improved by machinery, so that by the middle of April the entire route will be completed ready fur transport ing passengers and merchandize. Valparaiso dates of February 6, announce the arrival, on the sth, of two ships from California with 150,000 dollars in gold. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, APRIL 4.—There is less than the usual amount of business going forward at this period of the season, owing chiefly to the severe and protracted strin gency of the money market, which has induced consi derable depression, and produce and other merchandise, usually sold fur cash, have on this account been affected unfavourably. United States stocks had dt dined con sider.bly, and foreign dry goods were extremely flat. Cotton—Up to the arrival of the Canada prices were maintained, there being on some descriptions a percepti ble improvement. Her advices, however, produced a decline of one eighth of a cent. Subsequently the market was more ac tive, and a portion of this reduction was recovered; but during the last few days it has been dull, and owing, in part, to the low rates, and the di ffi culty of selling sterling exchange, his improvement has in turn bren lost in some descriptions; fair upland being obtainable at seven and a half cents., so that prices now range very similar to those current on the 17th ultimo, the date of the last notice for the steamer America. The total receipts of cotton at all the shipping ports are 2,101,483 bales against 1,701.971 to same date last year; an increase this year of 399,512 bales. The total foreign exports this year is 302,957 more than last, say 372,523 bales ircrease to Great Britain, 61,410 decrease to France, 12,428 increase to North of Europe, and 20,584 decrease to other foreign ports: The shipments from Southern to Northern ars 169,837 bales more this season than last, and there is a decrease in stock of 12,142 bales. Flour, &e.—ln the absence of our export demand, and the near approach of the opening of the canal navigation. ; a decline haelitaken place of 25e. to 50e. per bitter flour* . anetft , to 'loc. per bushel on wheat. Iron—•-TheMarket for all descriptions continues:very inactive, and we hear of no transactions of any moment. English bars are held firmly at 52.50 to 55, sand Scotch pig at 25.50 to 26 per ton, six months, but 240 to 300 tonS of the latter have been run off for cash at reduced prices. Exchange—The business for this steamer has been very large, and commenced as early as Saturday, when first class bills on London sold at 61 to 61 per cent. premium. Since then prices have been much lower on all places, and many transactions have taken place partly for cash and partly for time, on account of the scarcity of money. Continental exchanges were lower, mostly on account of purchases of American Stocks. We give a large range of prices, say for bills on London, 5 to 61 per cent. premium; Paris, sf. 32ic. to sf. 37/c.; Amsterdam, 38A to 39k ; Hamburgb , 34k to 3 4 i; Bremen, 76 1 to 771 cents. Freights to London, 2s. per barrel on flour; tobacco, 275. 6d. To Havre, cotton, i per lb. NEW ORLEANS, MARCH 24. Cotton arrived, 13,031 bales. Total receipts of the week, 37,957. Cleared for Liverpool, 11,503 bales. Export of the week, 49,673 bales. Stock, 255,976. Sales for the past three days are 20,500 bales. Bulk of which has been taken for Great Britain, but little has been taken for our northern ports. Prices exhibit a good deal of irregularity. The market is * easier since the advance in rates. Louisiana and Mississippi inferior, 54 to si; ordinary to good ordinary, 51 to 6; low middling to middling. 6i to 61; good middling, 61 to 61; middling fair, 7; fair, 71 to 71; good fair, nominal. Sugar heavy; molasses dull. The inquiry for tobacco is fair; prices firm. Prices of flour have again given way, 4 dolls. 56c. to 4 dolls. 621 c. for good Illinois, and 5 dulls. to 5 dolls. 25c. per barrel for St. Louie. Ohio, 4 dolls. 25c. to 4 dolls. 35c.; little activity in corn oc casioned by the want of supplies. Cleared for Liverpool 12,289 quarters; very little change in pork, demand limited; beef receipts are small, and parcels sell readily on arrival; prices of bacon are steady, at 41c. to sc. a side; for lard a steady export demand, with little alteration in prices. Salt—No additional cargoes have arrived from Liver pool. Range of the last sale was 65c. to 71c.; the latter rate for the small cargo in bleached sacki. A lot of 1,500 sacks Turk's Island sold at 77ic. per sick of two bushels. Exchange—A fair demand for sterling at the former extreme range of 4 to 6i, sales being principally at a range of 41 to 6 per cent. premium, and the aipply abundant. Francs sell slowly at sf. 30c. to sf. 40c. per dollar. New York, sixty days' sight, 2 to 2/ per cent. discount; sight cheques, par, at 1 per cent. discount. Freights—Advance claimed for cotton to Liverpool has since been realised in British vessels, two having been taken at and some two or three American ships have accepted that rate, though most of those unengaged refusel 2 for Harre at lf for cotton; two for Antwerp, at 11- I 6 for cotton, and a British ship Londonderry, at Is. 3d. for corn. THE LONDON 'WEDNESDAY CONCERTS.--The con cert last evening was for the benefit of the popular tenor, Mr. Sims Reews, who sang some of Lie favourite airs, assisted by the chief vocalists who have hitherto sus tained these concerts, THE WAR IN THE PUNJAUB. MO TIM VICTORY OF G 00JERAT. (From the London Gazette Extraordinary.) A Gazette Extraordinary was published this morning containing the following official dispatches relating to the victory of Goojerat which have been received at the India House, but which had not previously been made INDIA BOARD, APRIL 18, 1849. The dispatch, of which the following is an extract, and the accompanying papers, have been this day re ceived at the East India House, from the Governor- Gereral of India. THE GOVERNOR. GENERAL OF INDIA TO THE SECRET COMMITTEE OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY. (Extract.) March 7, 1849. Under Divine Providence, the British arms have signally triumphed. On the 21st of February an action was fought, which must ever be regarded as one of the most memorable in the annals of British warfare in India ; memorable alike from the greatness of the occasion and from the brilliant and decisive issue of the ( mounter. For the first time, Seikh and Aft/Oen were banded together against the British power. It was an occasion which demanded the putting forth of all the means at our disposal, and so conspicuous a manifestation of the superiority of our arms, as should appal each enemy, and dissolve, at one, their compact, by fatal proof of its futility. The eerepleteneis of the victory which has been won equals the highest hopes entertained. The results are not yet fully developed. The enemy, estimated at 60,000 men, with 52 guns, were posted near the town of Goojerat. His Excel: lency the Commander-in-Chief opened his artillery upon them, with tremendous effect, on the morning .of the 21st of February. A sustained cannonade of three hours compelled them to retire from the positions they had maintained with resolute hardihood. The subse quent advance of the whole British line drove them back at once from every point; and, retreat speedily be. coming rout, they fled in the utmost disorder, " their ranks broken" (the COmmander-in-Chisf writes), " their position carried, their guns, ammunition, camp equipage, and baggage, captured; their flying masses driven before the victorious pursuers, from midday to dusk, receiving most severe punishment in their flight." It will much enhance the gratification which the intelli gence of this great success must afford you, to hear that it hes been achieved with comparatively little loss, and that amongst the 53 guns captured, we have reco vered those lost at Ramnuggur and Chillianwallah. In a general order, issued on the Ist of this mouth ; I gave public expression to the sense I entertain of the devoted gallantry of the noble army which has gained this victory. In the name, and on behalf of, the Government of India, I offered to his Excellency Lord Gough, Com manding in Chief, to the generals, the officers, non-com missioned officers, and soldiers of the force, my grateful acknowledgments of the service they have rendered to their country. I took occasion to express the unbounded con fliieuee I feel, and have ever felt, in this army, and my conviction that they will meet, cheerfully and gallantly, as heretofore, whatever obstacles may yet be opposed to them. I stated, further, that I would earaesrsy commend their past services to the considera tion of her Majesty's Government, and of the East India Company; and I now, accordingly, fulfil this promise. On the morning after the battle of Goojerat, Major- General Sir W. Gilbert was detached with a force to effect the passage of the Jhelum, and follow the enemy to wards Peshawur, in which direction the main body of them that still held together had fled. Brigadier-General Campbell advanced, at the same time, on the road to Mather, scouring the country all round in that quarter. He returned, on the 25th, bringing in several guns which the enemy had abandoned in their flight. Major-General Gilbert experienced some difficulty in crossing the Jhelum, in consequence of the enemy having reached the river before him, and burnt all the boats, with the view of retarding his passage. The Bengal division was over the river by the 2d instant, and suc ceeded in capturing, in the town of Jhelum, two brass mortars, with 9,000 rounds of ammunition. On the sth, they were at the formidable pass of Bakrala, the Bombay division being two marches behind them. The road to the next stage has been broken up by the enemy, but, after repairing it, and reaching Dhuneeal, it is the Major-General's intention to stay there till his ammuni tion, heeey guns, and commissariat stores reach him. NOTIFICATION. Camp, Ferozepore, Feb. 24, 1849. The Right Honourable the Governor-General dir,cts the publication of the following letter from his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief reporting the complete defeat of the Seikle army, on the 21st instant. The detailed dis patches will be published hereafter. THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF IN INDIA TO THE GOVERNOR GENERAL OF INDIA. Camp, in front of Goojerat, February 21st, 1849. I have the honour to report to your Lordship that I have, this day, obtained a victory of no common order, either in its character, or, I trust, in its effects. I was joined yesterday by Brigadier Markham's Brigade, Brigadier-General Dundas having joined late the preceding night. I moved on in the afternoon of yesterday as soon as these troops were refreshed, from Trikur to the village of Shadiwal, and, at seven this morning, I moved to the attack, which commenced at half-past eight o'clock; and, by one o'clock, I was in possession of the whole Seikh posi tion, with Lll of his camp equipage, baggage, magazines, am?, I hope, a large proportion of his guns; the exact number I cannot, at present, state, from the great extent of his position, and length of pursuit, as I followed up the reemy, and from four to five miles on the Bimber road, and pushed on Sir Joseph Thack well with the ca valry. The rout has been most complete; the whole road for twelve miles, is strewed with guns, ammunition wag gons, ?ems, and baggage. My :ocs was comparatively small (I hope within 300 killed and wounded), when it is considered I had to attaek 60,000 Seikh2, in a very strong position, armed with upwards of sixty guns. The loss of the enemy must have been very severe. The conduct of the whole army, in every arm, was conspicuous for steadiness in movement, and gallantry in action. The details I shall furnish hereafter. BRIGADIER GENERAL J. TENNANT, COMMANDING THE ARTILLERY DIVISION OF THE ARMY OF THE PUN iAUB, TO LIEUTENANT-COLONEL P. GRANT, C. 8., ADJUTANT-GENERAL OF THE ARMY. Camp, Goojerat, February 22, 1849. I have the honour to report, for the information of the Commander-in-Chief, that the Bengal Artillery of the Army of the Punjaub were allotted as follows, during the action of yesterday : Lieutenant-Colonel C. Grant. let Troop 3d Brigade, Captain W. H. Warner. At tached to Brigadier Leckwood'e Cavalry Brigade, on the righ-. Major Garbett. 4th Troop Ist Brigade, Captain M. Mack , nide. 4th Troop 3d Brigade, Captain J. Anderson. With the Ist division of Infantry, commanded by Major-General W. S. Whish, C.B. 2d Troup 2d Brigade, Major J. Fordyce. No 17 Light Fit Id Battery, Captain M. Dawes. With the 2d Intantry division, commanded by Major• General Sir W R. Gilbert, K.C.B. Major Mowatt. No. 5 Light Field Battery, Major E. Ludlow. No. 10 Light Field Battery, Lieutenant Robertson, with the rad Division of Infantry, under Brigadier-General Camp bell, C,B. o4titoktiop 2d Brigade, Captain F. Duncan. Ist Troop 'aIIiVaZA 4 C I laptain A. Huish. With Brigadier M. • -- Whtte's Vava ry Brigade, on the left. _ _ Lieutenant-Colonel Brind. 2d Troop 3d Brigade, Lieutenant-Colonel Lane, CB. 3d Tr )qp 2d Brigade. Captain R. Kink-side, composing the reserve, under Brigadier G. Brooke, C.B. Brigadier E. Huthwaite, C.B. Major Horsford. Four 18-pounders, two 8 inch howitzers drawn by elephants, Major Sir R. Shakespear. Two 18-pounders, two 8-inch howitzers, drawn by elephants, Captain J.Shakespear. Major L: Day. Two 18-pounders, two 18-ineti howitzers, Captain E. Master. Two 18-poundess, two 8-inch howitzers, Captain E. Austin, who, being unable fron his wound to accompany his own battery, No. 10, did duty with the heavy guns. These batteries engaged in action, by those attached to the Ist and 2d divisions advancing within about 600 yards, and the heavy guns within 800 or 1,000 yards of the enemy's artillery, on which they opened their fire about 9 o'clock A N. Shortly after the action commenced an opportunity was observed . of enfilading ono of the enemy's batteries, when the reserve artillery, under Lieutenant-Colonel F. Brind, was advanced, and placed by Brigadier G. Brooke, C. 8.. so as to do so. The batteries of the 3d division engaged as they came up, and those with the cavalry brigades supported their movements, as opportunity offered. Nearly the whole engagement being a cannonade, no movement of im portance took place among the batteries, which main tained the fire until half-past eleven Lat., when many of the enemy's guns were observed to be dis mounted, and their line brOken, and an advance was or dered in pursuit. I have the honour to state, for the Commander in-Chief's information, my perfect satisfaction with the professional exertions of the officers, and my high ap probation of the steady conduct of both officers and men during the day. To Brigadiers Brooke, C. 8., and Huthwaite, C. 8., in general direction of the horse and foot artillery respec tively, tinder my orders, Lieut.-Colonels C. Grant and • F. Brind, ISLjors R. Horsford, E. F. Day, and J. L Mowritt, all .of whom held commands, as well as to all the officers commanding troops and batteries above enu merated, I have to acknowledge my best thanks for their exertions, by which these results were obtained. To the Divisional Staff, Captain J. Abercrombie, Deputy- Assistant -Adjutant-General, and Lieutenant H. Tomtit:, Deputy-Assistant Quarter-Muster- General, and to Lieutenant 11. A. Olpherts, my Aide-de- Camp, I am much indebted for their exertions, and also to Captain C. Ilogee, the Commissary, and Lieute nant P. Christie, Deputy-Commissary of Ordnance, for their excellent arrangement of their department, as well es for their assistance in the fiel4. Brigadiers Brooke and Huthwaite mention their Mvjors of Brigade, Lieut. C. V. Cox and Lieut. E. Kaye respectively, as having afforded them able assist ance. I have great pleasure, finally, particularly to bring to his Excellency's notice the zeal and attention of Mr. Deputy Commissary Spencer during the diy. and beg to recommend that old and deserving warrant-officer to his kind consideration. The Marquis and Marchioness of Cholmondeley Nava returned to Carlton-house-terrace, from Cholmon "q 044ge, ChtsbiNo. , NEY and lAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotten 'aTarlict at' Livetrul yete,•tiay7tloset tamely, but without any c h ange i n prices. The sales_ were estimate d at 5,000 bales, and comprised about 4 500 American at 3id. to 6d., 100 Bahia at 5d., 100 Egyptian at W. to 7id., 200 Sures at 3id. to 34d., and 40 Sea Islands Bd. to Is. per lb.—Railway Shares continued dull, at rather lower prices. The sales of English grain in the markets which re gulate the duties were, last week, moderate, viz., 71,689 quarters of wheat, 33,769 of Barley, and 14,788 of Oats. The six weeks average is 445. Bd. per quarter for Wheat. It may be observed, in connexion with this• matter of the grain market, and of free trade generally, that the Protectionists are, by a side wind seeking to restore a prestige favourable to their views. Thus a return has been made to an order of the House of Lords, intended to show how much the national exchequer might have been benefited had the high duties on grain been retained, setting aside, in tote, the privations that would have resulted to the halt•fed consumer. However, we will turn to the figures with the simple remark that, even under the ex isting nominal duty, the benefit to the revenue is not inconsiderable, and for the rest we must leave our readers to judge for themselves. During the period from March 2, 1844, to Jan. 31, 1849, the quantity of grain and meal en tered for home consumption in the United Kingdom was 6,086,530 quarters, but of this 226,891 quitters came iu free between March and July, 1848, and the duty paid upon the remainder was 401,985/. There remained in warehouse under bond in the United Kingdom, on the 31st January, 1849, stated is quarters of Grain, 1,503,725 quarters, and had it been all then cleared, the duty would have amounted to 640,1924 be cause the charge on that day was 10s. per quarter on foreign W heat, 3s. 51d. per cwt. on Flour, 4s. on Oats, and 2s 6d. on Barley, and so with other articles in proportion. Of course it was not so cleared, and the object of the pro tectionists in making the calculation is merely to excite dissatisfaction or regret. Men who estimate rightly the interests of the masses as opposed to that of the few, will not be slow to draw a conclusion the reverse of what it is sought to promote. The continuance of the Danish war acts very un favourably upon business generally. In the City we hear of nothing but general dullness arising from the blockade among all parties connected with the Baltic trade. Two vessels, the Malcom Brown, of London, • and the Urgo, of Shields, with their outward c argo on board, and which cleared on the sth instant for Hawburgh, have returned and are now in the Thairies, having been prevented from entering the Elbe by the Danish blockading squadron. The adverse position of the Danes inspires still the hope of peace, because with out assistance from other powers, they must be worsted. As to the mislaid dispatch it is said Lord Palmerston can explain the mistake. The reports by the various continental mails, of the position of the stock markets abroad at the latest date, notice no particular variation ) at Amsterdam, the Two and-a.Hall per Cents: being 491. Peruvian stock wet more offered. At Frankfort the Austrian Five per Cents were 761, and at Vienna 871. The Funds have again been slightly affected by the difficulty which most parties seem to experience in Judy ing whether the affairs of the continent will settle : down or not. Consols have fluctuated from 914 to 921, being at the highest values now. Exchequer-bills have been rather heavy at 445. to 475., and India Bonds at 655. to 685. premium. Bank Stock has been quoted at 192 k. The New Three-and- a-Quarter per cents. have realised 91k to 91,1. The Foreign Securities are very dull again. Mexican have been 271 to 28 ex. div. Peruvian are steady at 67. Equador are marked 4, and Venezuela 2s. Spanish Three per Cents. have been 321 and Portuguese Four per Cents. 28 29. Railway Shares are rather flat again, and. Midland? York, and Berwick, Eastern Counties, North-Western, and South-Eastern are rather lower. ONE CLOSINCI t' X, it ' EZ4 OF tittlTlBil FUNDS. • O'CLOCK. news& Bank Stock_ 192% 192 _ _ . i .er Cent. Reduced Arms . . .... 90 5 1,4 90 1 / 4 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9 2 , 41 91% 92% 22N New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anns.... . i.ong Anne. to expire J an. 1860 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 -16 $ 5_16 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 B 3 /4 1% India Stock — ..... Veliii Bonds, 1,0004 Ditto under 1,0001... ...... Consols for Account 92 92% 917 i 92 3 / 4 92 Exchequer Bills. I%d. & 2d. 1,000/. June 5001. June ......... 47 44 p 44 P Small. June 01Z CLOSIN G O'CLOCK. ritICES' Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent .. .... 87 Equador Bonds Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 2 7 3 /4 ex Coupons. 2 6 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 67 66 Russian Bonds ... isle 105% 1054 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, 3 per Cent Ditto, Account — 32% Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent 26 26 Ditto Deferred 8 8 Dividends on the above payable in London. - Belgian 4% per Cent ' Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild — PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. s 4 soX ... . PRICES OF /140 BUSINESS FAID. ~ AILWAT SIIAUES. AT coos. tr DONE CLOS oLoox. BEICY''' Aberdeen birmingham and Ox ford Junct. calls duly paid, or will' a guaran. 20 Boston, Stamfd kB 1 / 8 irm. 5 Buckinghawhire ... 161. 4s. Caledonian Do. Quarters ......... 12 1 .4 6 LA I ...... .•...••• 6 ,1 Do. New 101. Pref..... 10 ... Chester and Holyhead... 50 - Ditto, Preference l5 ...... 13 rig 134 Eastern Coustie.s... ... .. 20 ...... 8% 7 lii B'4 lOl Do. New Guaranteed 6 per Cent.. Ditto, Extension, 5 per Cent., No. 1 61.135. 4d.... Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... par % dis. Do. North. & Eastern 50 Ditto. 5 per Cent.... 50 Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) 20 ..... Oti East Lincolnshire ...... , 25 Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... ........ ... „ 41 Great Northern Do., %B 6 per Cent Do. Extension 2%....,. great South. and West. (Ireland) .« sreat North of England.loo ...... Ditto, New, 301 Ditto, New ,15/ l4 .. .. 33%.—............ $4 Great Western 100 ...... ..-- 1,1 Ditto, i ii Shares 197 Ditto, 1 4 Shares Ditto, Fifths ..... ....... 20 . 17IA .....• :lull and Selby .. ...... 50 ...... 50 Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ...... 49% ...• Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 6., Do. Fifths.... ........ ... 10 3654 Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 - ••• Leeds and Bradford London &Blackwall . 12 1 4 — London, Brighton, and 39 South Coast 5O ..... 39 1 4% Ditto, New 51., guar. 6 1 ,4 6 per cent. .. 5 --- London and Greenwich 12115 s 4d... 2 1 - 7itto, Preference .. . 20 London and N. We stern 100 .131 .- . -.- .. ,,3 19, Ditto; Nei., Quarters.. 7 ......` . l l ' ll '4 A,l- •• , ... , .." ;,' , 4,14 6 Dato, Fifths ..... '..-.. 2. . ..'..... ,8 7% ** ‘1(1 Do. 101. (M. &BO C. 1 .. ~, 4IA 54 Lond. &S. Western • . 50 ' ...... n .., S Manchester, Sheffield, .. .. . . , . and Lincolnshire...loo ...... ...- •- , • • , Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10. . ll 11% Midland lOO . ..... 74t%74 75 Do., do., 504 Shares... 25 ... -.. 15 14% Do.Consol. Bristol and. Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 ......123 .. 38 Norfolk ......... ......... ...100 Do. Guaranteed 5 p ct. 20 Do. Guaranteed s%pc. 5 North British ........ ... 25 Ditto, Quarters - 31.( .............. North Staffordshire 1 7 1 ,1 — ............... I Oxford, Worcester, and 10 4 Wolverhampton ...... 50 Scottish Central •25 ...... 24 %...... 2. South Devon Do. Preference So ith Eastern raw Vale Extension ...' 8 York, Newcastle, and . 29 , Berwick..... ... 25 .....23 22%%% ... 1 6, . a Do Newcastle Exten. 20 Do. G.lS.E.Preference 8 ... - 6'14 i ii% 6 394 York and North Midland 50 ..... 40 39 Ditto, Preference ...... 10 Lo. East luau West Rid- 194 ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAys, 4 East Indian - 8 1 ,E 3 74 4 .......... • 41j, Great Indian Peninsular 5 Paris and Rouen 2O ... . 22% 14'N THE WEATHER.—Tuesday was like a Dec..e., rrl rei or Januury day thrust into the middle of April. 1 - 4 " r t he the previous night a severe frost prevailed, coating ad pools with ice half an inch thick ev en on t h e s treets , 1 0 the window panes with crystallisations, which it*, 'of familiar and welcome in mid. winter t h an i n the nr - the the so-called spring months. Throughout the &i d , of keenness of the frost was littl e affected by the ivol l !' 01 4 the sun, which, indeed, was genera lly c l ou d e d; th e grey atmolphere overhead strongly suggesting th e i ,joe of something like a sudden ar.d unseasonable 0 into De ceraber. In the evening, about eight o'ni, ec o ar smart shower of snow came on, and whitened to e we r• face of the ground, and up to a late hour the streets the quite hard and slippery, from the combined effects npoi. snow and the continued frost. Snow also fell in b ut i 5 derable quantity on the afternoon of Monday , .. 40 to nearly all disappeared as quickly as it fell. A re,`:: more genial weather is much to be desired at tPI-retie vanced period, as a continuance of the present a 'w eS e perature and bitter winds could not tail to seriously vegetation of all kinds.—Scotsman. Cis Wet FRIGHTFUL ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.—Jane - po aged 31, residing at No. 5, Somers-town - ter rae , e ire e Pancras, about one o'clock on Tuesday rn, ruing ; La il , herself out of the window in a paroxysm of i°sli' and was literally impaled on the spikes of the are„ft,'ol, slide, several of which entered her right side. too immediately extricated from her dreadful situatio n ' 110 19 conveyed in a cab to the University College 0,10%00 where it was found that many of her ri bs were I" pt tO and she had received other such severe iniuri el render her recovery alma au impopaibilitf.