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FIS ■ HE LEGAL TITLE ASSURANCE CO3l P.A.35Y. (Povisionally Registered, January 17, 1849.) Capital, 2,000,00C1., in 80,000 Shares, of 251. each. Preliminary Deposit, 2s. 6d. per Share. Proe2ectnses and full information may be obtained at the Tempo rary Oftl:es of the Company, 13A, Cannon-row, Westminster, on ap plication to G. F. 1101VE, Hon. Sec., pro tern. NOTICE. A HERMAN MELVILLE'S NEW WORK, Is Now Ready at all the Libraries. " The whole account of this voyage over the waters of the Pacific la singularly attractive. To the fidelity of the representation which has been so justly admired in Typee,' and Omoo,' there is added here something of that sentiment of the marvellous and of that s h a dowy terror which characterise the A nc i en t Mariner.' " tannla. A remarkable book."—Atlas. " Beyond question a production of extraordinary talent. ' Mardi' bears a strong resemb:ancc to Gulliver's Travels: "—Critic. Richard Bentley, New Burlingtonstreet, L 1 ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Third Appearance of lidlle. FARODI. Third Appearance this Season of signor LABLACare respect- HE. The Fobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, fully luirmed that TO-MORROW EVENING, Will be presented Bellinrs Opera of Pollione, Signor Garden' ; Ot.vese, Signor Lahlaohe; Norma,Mdlle. Farodi ; Adalgisa, Madame Giuliani. To conclude with (the Scenery by Mr. Charles Marshall) an en tirely new grand Ballet, by M. Taglioni, entitled ELECTRA ; or, The Lost Plehtde. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Ticketatc. be mace at the Box oftico, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at half-past Seven, Concert to commence at Eight. IT. JAMES'S THEATRE. Season 1849. FREXCU PLAYS and OPERA COMIQWE. THIS EVENING, The Performances will commence at Half-past fiieTen o'clock with MONSIEUR KIGALI). To conclude with DIAYOLO. Mr. Mitchell begs also to announce that, notwithstanding the In creased expenses of the present entertainment, the prices of admis sion are determined as follows: 6s Od . Boxes s. Od. Pit Amphitheatre .. • • .. • • 25 . °d• Subscriptions for the season may be arranged at Mr. Mitchell's itoyal Library, 33, Old Bond-street; Mr. Sams', St. James's-street ; 31:. Andrew?, New Bond-streetth till e Box-oftice of the The.ltre, which is open daily from eleven THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Bromptoz. Ttsv ENt - s; , Will be performed THE BRIGAND. Characters by Messrs. H. Tandenhoff, Bolters, Howe, Wallack ; Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, and Miss P. Horton. After which a ClAssical Extravaganza, entitled THE SPHINX. To bo followed by THE ROUGH DIAMOND. To conclude with the Farce of LEND ME FIVB SHILLINQS. THEATIM ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the dit , ction a Madame Celeste. TIII 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, lac. After which, WHO LIVES AT No. 9 ? Characters by Messrs. Wright and Worrell, and Miss Chaplin. To conclude with THE ENCHANTED ISLE. Alonzo, Mr. Paul Bedford; Prospero, Mr. 0. Smith Ariel, Miss Z. Chaplin. itOTAL LYCEUM THEATKE. Under the Management of Madame Yates. Sole Lessee. Mr. Charles Mahe ws. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE WATER PARTY. 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 coaclade with THIII SEVEN CHAMPIONS OP CHRISTEN• DOll. D res s 'foxes, 51.; Upper Boxes, 43. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No Pall-price to any part of the house. The New Box-office, No. 2, Wellington. street, Is open to the public every day, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S THEATC.K. Mr. J. If. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING, WPI be performed a new Opera, entitled THE HEART OF MID LOTHIAN. To con( lade with a new grand Extrayaganza, entitled NOURBD DIN AND THE PAIR PERSIAN. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Wader the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Alpert, &c. The new grand Easter Spectacle unprecedentedly successful. THIS EVENING, The performance will commence with a Grand Equestrian Spec tacle, by Fitzball, entitled THE WHITE MAIDEN OF CALIFOR NIA; or, the Horse of the Ocean. To be tollowed by an Inimitable display of SCENES IN TH CIRCLE. in which 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 IiECRET on the al ternate Evenings. Box-oftice open from Eleven till rive. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. TO CORRESPONDENTS. No communication can be attended to unless authenti cated by the name and address of the writer. Reieeteti communications cannot be returned. THE WEATHER. --Styx OFFics, APRIL 19. SEVEN O'CLOCK. The weather has moderated DOW-the snow has c6ated, but the wind blows . strong from the north•east, with plenty of scud. The barometer is rising fast, being now 29.47. A rnit. 20. Tivatstopirrzit. Lowest, 29; Flighcat, 31; loon, 42 BAROMETER, 29.65 ; still rising. WIND Northerly, but variable, and very cold. A shower of hail in forenoon; now sunshine and clouds, with aeparent change for the bt tt r. u=ii WATER AT LOS1" 4 )1 , 1 CSRIDgit. Tars Dar —Morning, 0 min. after 0 I Evening, 3 rain. after 12 Tc-lionnow— 28 min, Itte , 2 Eveam ,50 mil. after 12 it•T ----z . VZ,_el -rtt- 9" _ i o lung Avis. _ LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1849. Poland is hay . ing a bitter revenge in the embar rassments accumulating round her despoilers. Russia, at the very moment when her ambition seemed to be trembling on the verge of its realisation in regard to the territorial absorption of Moldo- Wallachia, finds the smouldering patriotiam of Lithuania kindling again into a flame, the tranquillity of Cracow endangered, and the indomitable Cossacks themselves worsted among the mountains of Tran sylvania. Turkey threatens to sound the alarm to the serfs slumbering on the shores of the Black Sea. Hungary threatens to ring tle tocsin of emancipation for the races who are groaning under the despotism of the CZAR on the western frontiers of his domi nions. In one direction the evil arises from a flagrant attempt 'at spoliation—namely, in regard to the Danubian Principalities; in the other it originates frotn..the cruel assistance afforded to the Viennese Government in endeavouring to smother the rising freedom of the Hungarians. Prussia, in like manner, when apparently on the eve of rising to the apogee of her strength and glory, finds herself compelled sullenly and reluctantly to retrograde in her aspirations. At the very instant when the Imperial Crown of Germany :seems to be descending upon the head of her SOVEREIGN, she beholds that SOVEREIGN, under the restraints of his position, forced to reject the diadem so long coveted, and at last obsequiously laid at his feet by the depu tation from Frankfort. Even with the complicity of the twenty-seven subordinate powers of the Confede ration which have recently bound themselves together in a kind of Sonderbuni, FREDERICK WILHELM IV. finds himself, like CJESAR and CaostwELL, compelled to refuse the Imperial purple placed at his disposal. Ilis torians tell us that when OLIVER, at the gates of Par liament, entered his carriage, after refusing the royal title and insignia, submitted to his acceptance by the Commons, he fainted away with chagrin, in spite of all his constitutional courage. We can imagine that even the bluff descendant of the great FREDERICK must have experienced some such overpowering emo tions of disappointment, *hen he repelled the call of the Central- Diet in such hesitating and ambiguous language. Austria is, nevertheless, amongst all the despoilers of Poland, the most encompassed at the pre sen t ti me with retributive dangers and c a l am i t i es. Scarcely has s he had time to exult over thze:yucces of the greatest of all he r warriors, RAD yz she has to mourn over the disasters whic h , when ses have almost simultaneously befallen one of her most vaunted but incompetent soldiers the i n f amous desolator of Vienna—WisruscsiGßATz. The vie. torious campaign against the Piedmontese has been quickly followed by the calamitous campaign against the Hungarians. The march of the German con. querors across the frontiers of Lombardy has occurred nearly in the same breath with the flight of the German conquered across the boundaries of Wal lachia. And, together with the rather alarming tri umphs of the Magyars, the Viennese Cabinet has had to deal with the portentous events which, on the banks of the Blaine, have threatened to separate Austria from the rest of the Teutonic family. Grievous, however, as are the perils in the direction of Frankfort, they are as nothing in imminence, and scarcely anything in importance, when contrasted with the•occurrences of the present campaign against Hungarian independence. With the continuance of the late advantages on the side of KOSSUTH and his Polish officers—there; in fact, appears to be an in creasing probability of the disruption of the whole incongruous empire, obedient to the House of Hapsburg. To prevent this, if possible, the Minis ters of FRANCIS JOSEPH are now endeavouring to counteract the ill-effects of the military incompetence of Prince WINDIECHGRATZ — ' first of all, by super seding him with WELDEN (just as England has recently superseded GOUGH with NAPIER) ; and, secondly, by calling upon Russia to aid her more extensively with troops and ammunition. Against this possible coalition of these two gigantic despotisms there is one obstruction which may prove an effectual shield to the Hungarians. The very lust of territory, which is bringing the present vengeance upon Austria and upon Russia may be the means of disparting their hitherto united efforts, and of frittering away their hitherto irresistible vigour. The AUTOCRAT has, in the weak ness of Moldo- Wallachia, and in the threatening attitude of Turkey, a lure which he can scarcely be expected to forego* for the sake of affording practical assistance to the policy of SCHWARTZENBURG. Austria again finds, in the events now transpiring in Italy, unanswerable reasons for the direction of a large proportion of her energies upon Lombardy, and through Lombardy upon the Central States of the Roman peninsula. Her armies will con sequently remain dissevered, and she will scarcely feel disposed to withdraw her greatest Captain, RADRTZKY, from the scene in which his abilities had so materially tended towards the realisation of the designs of the Kansa. In all this, consequently, we are fain to recognise a guarantee for the fair trial of the game of war between the Hungarians and their oppressors. GOD grant that these conflicting interests on the side of Italy and Turkey, of Frankfort and Moldo-Wallachia, may con tinue so long as to prevent a coalition of force against the heroic patriots of Hungary—a coalition so dispro portioned in vigour as to preclude the possibility of the continuance of the present struggle towards their emancipation I If additional farces are not brought to bear against Hungary she must inevitably and very speedily have conquered her independence. Every additional dispatch from the seat of war brings to us the most encouraging accounts of the advantages gained by the insurgents over the Imperialists. On every point the latter have been beaten by the superior tactics and nobler valour of the Hungarians. Both wings of the great army of Austria have been repulsed : the left has been routed and driven through Transylvania into the Turkish provinces ; the right has been ineffectually striving to take the city of Comorn by assault, and has at length been compelled to hasten from its walls for the purpose of obstructing the passage of DEMBINSKI. The centre, under the command of WINDISCHGRATZ, after receiving a terrific blow at Waitzen, is already in full retreat. So that before the arrival of WELDEN from Vienna it is not improbable that the scattered corps of the Austrians would have fallen back to within a brief distance of Raab. Under existing circumstances the capital of Hungary cannot remain much longer in ' the possession of Absolutism. The guns of Buda cannot compensate for the enmity of the inhabi tants on the opposite banks of the Danube. And, supposing the latest rumour to be correct, namely, that DEMBINSKI had crossed the Danube near Waitzen, and was marching directly to , wards Weissenborg—there is every prospect that Buda as well as Pesth, that Gran as well as Comorn, will soon be in the possession of the Hungarians. In that event—with RADETZKY detained in Lombardy, with NICHOLAS engaged in Wallachia, with SCHWARTZENBURG preoccupied by the difficulties at Frankfort—KossuTu might dic tate the terms of pacification within sight of Vienna, To that end every generous heart will continue to breath forth its aspirations. We are happy to learn that efforts are about to be made to obtain, through the intervention of Parlia ment, some redress of the grievances to which the junior medical officers of her MAJESTY'S navy are subject; though, at the same time, we cannot but express our regret that the Board of Admiralty should thus tacitly acknowledge its inability or un willingness to give that attention and consideration, which it undoubtedly deserves, to this important branch of the service. It has long been a matter of surprise that the complaints, loud and deep, which have emanated, from time to time, from this neglected body of gen tlemen, have hitherto been disregarded by these whose duty it was to have given them at least some show of consideration; we hope, however, that the time is now come when these remonstrances will be listened to with becoming attention, and prover inquirit s set on foot. We have then little doubt that the grievances, which have been so long, and so patiently borne, will meet with some kind of redress and reformation ; for, indeed, no branch of her Majesty's service needs this so much as that of which we are now writing. Let any one consider a moment the position of the naval assistant-sur geon, and he will see the truth of our remarks. He enters the service at twenty-two or twenty three years of age, and looks forward to the higher responsibi•ity of the office of surgeon at the end of seven or eight years. His capability, not merely in his present rank, but in the higher to which he aspires, depends in a great degree on the devotion of a large portion of his time to purposes of self-improvement ; he may at any moment be called upon to treat the most difficult cases, to combat the most formidable epidemics, to dress the most serious wounds, and to perform the most unusual operations, without those advantages which medical men ordi narily possess, of unlimited access to books, and of obtaining the advice and assistance, in all diffi culties and emergencies, of the most dis in guished and scientific men. Tbus placed in situations of unwonted responsibility, and at the same time left to his own resources in a much greater degree than any other professional man, what is his position At the mature age of 30 or 31 years he finds himself surrounded by boys of from 14 to 16 years of age, all of whom are engaged in the acqui sition of an elementary education, and compelled to mess and associate with them! Ile finds himself the only officer of adult age who is excluded from the general officers' mess, and his position as gun-room officer makes him ineligible to possess a cabin, the only place of bona fide retirement for the pur poses of study. How then is he to keep pace with the rapid march of medical science? It is not even possible for him to retain unimpaired the varied knowledge acquired in the schools, and no system of checks, or re-examinations in passing to the higher grades, will compensate for that self culture, of which, during a long term of years, he is thus deprived. The Royal College of Edinburgh lately received from the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty authority to recommend once in three years one of their licentiates as a candidate for a naval medical appointment. In 1847, which was the first year after they received this privilege, no candi date presented himself, and in 1848 only one such candidate came forward ; while on both occasions extensive publicity had been given of the intention of the Royal College to recommend. These are ominous facts, and deserve the serious considera tion of the Admiralty Board, for they clearly and undeniably demonstrate, that a disinclination exists on the part of licentiates, and especially of those of them who are distinguished by superior talent and education, to enter the naval medical service, and doubtless their reluctance proceeds mainly from the unmerited degradation to which they are subjected in the earlier portion of their career. --- Tux ROYAL BOUNTY has been more generously distributed of late than heretofore. The National Gratitude is now•a•days evinced with greater discri mindtion than in "the good oil times," when men, who had devoted their whole lives to the advancement of science or to the cultivation of literature, were passed over unnoticed and unrewarded. Very recently - we have seen the Prime Minister providing for two of the children of the unfortunate and lamented Haydon. And whenever the Government betrays any remark able remissness in failing to recompense any of our distinguished but neglected countrymen, the people assume to themselves the duty of approral and cam _ * 'low intently the thoughts of the Autocrat are ins pinged upon the seizure of the Danubian provinces, and how earnestly his ambitic n is turned towards the acquisition of Constantinople, may be learnt in five mi nu t es b y a g l ance at the d e b i t- in e House of Commons on Thursday, March 22,1849. This debate which, it will be remembered, was on the occasion of Lord Dudley Stuart's motion respect ing the occupation of Moldavia and Wallachia by Rus sian troops, has just been reprinted in the form of a pamphlet. tiro. Pp. 33. E. Detkins:, London, 1849. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 20, 1849 , pensation. It was in this manner that a year or so back Mr. Wilderspin, the founder of the system of infant education, obtained the spontaneous applause of the multitude in the form of a voluntary testimonial. Another of our conspicuous na tional benefactors has been hitherto disre garded, but we are glad to learn that there is a prospect of this oversight being at length amended. It is understood that Mr. Ryan, the discoverer of the means of preserving timber from the destructive influence of the " dry rot," has made ap plication to the Government for participation in the benefits derived from what is commonly called the Royal Bounty Fund—a fund created for distribution among those who may be regarded as having deserved such assistance by their exertions for the, public wel fare, or by their own individual misfortunes. Not one, we are satisfied, will gainsay for one instant the claim put forward by the inventor of the system of " kyanizing" wood by the employment of the cor rosive sublimate—a treatment which not merely ren ders green timber durable, but ready for immediate use. The benefits conferred by this gentleman on the public are too obvious to require any detailed enu meration; but one circumstance at least deserves part i cuter remembrance, that to him we are all of us indebted —from her Most Gracious Majesty down to the most impoverished third-class pamsengers— for being enabled to travel throughout the United Kingdom with so much celerity, comfort, and cheapness. Neither ease, rapidity, or economy of travelling by the steam engine could have been accomplished but for the ap plication of the longitudinal, "kyanized," wooden sleepers in place of the old, ricketty, and.costly sleepers of stone originally employed by Mr. Ste phenson. Through the instrumentality of Mr. Brunel, in the first instance, the " kyanized" timber sleepers were substituted for their predecessors, and the example of that celebrated engineer has since been followed upon all the lines of railway by his eminent contemporaries. Merit becomes the more conspicuous when years have rendered it venerable. "The age of man," it is said, "is three score and ten years, and though some be so strong that they reach four score, yet is their strength but labour and sor row." Neither the age nor the deserts of this national benefactor will, we are satisfied, be overlooked. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We hare received the Paris papers of yesterday. In the National Assembly, on Wednesday, M. DUPONT D Busac presented the report of the Committee on the Laws of Caution Money for the Journals. The Committee is in favour of continuing the caution money temporarily on the following con ditions _ "1. The caution money to be reduced one-half. 2. It must be paid in cash or Five per Cent. Rentes. 3. Journals-published only during the 45 diys previous to the meeting of the Legislative Assembly shall be exempt from the caution money. 4. Until the meeting of the Legislative Assembly, publications and circulars relative to the elections may be publicly sold without any pre vious authority, and under the sole condition of their being signed by the writers." The Assembly declared the matter to be urgent, and fixed the discussion for Wednesday next. It was confidently asserted in the political salons of the French capital on Wednesday evening, that the POPE had been restored. The rumour of the invasion of Transylvania by the Russians had occasioned a great sensation in Paris. M. BOUSSINGAULT was elected a Councillor of State on Wednesday. The Council of State is now complete. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE. APRIL 19. East Indian, 4—Great Indian Peninsula, 4% —Paris and Rouen, 22%. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA. PARTICULARS OF THE DEFEAT OF THE IMPERIALISTS AT WAIrZEN. The following are the particulars of the operations of the Magyar and Imperial armies, which preceded the decisive battle of Waitzen, and the complete de feat of the Austrians. On the evening of the 9th the whole Austrian army was concentrated close to the walls of Pesth, and the Magyar army had taken up a position in order of battle between Godollii and Monor. Continual fighting had been going on at the front all day, only ceasing when the night sepa rated the combatants. The 10th was fixed on by the Imperial commander for a general attack, but whe❑ the sun rose there was no enemy to be seen as far as the telescope could reach, and no trace could be found of the Magyars. Their whole army on this side the Theiss had disappeared, without being observed by the Imperialists. At 11 o'clock in the morning con tinual firing of a great number of cannons was heard in a southerly direction, and consequently a great part of the Imperial army was detached in that direc tion. Afean bile, in the afternoon, another cannonade was heard in Pesth from a northerly direction, and another part of the Imperial:army was detached, which arrived in Waitzen the next morning, where they were informed that only a small corps of Magyars had cannonaded this town, and had retired in the evening of the 9th. By the detachment of these troops from the Impe rial army near Pesth, it was dirnini6hed to a third of its number. When on the 10th the sun rose, the Magyars, sud denly as they had previously disappeared, re-appeared again before Pesth, attacked the Imperial troops, and forced them to retire to Ofen, but did not occupy Pesth—probably for fear of seeing their capital de stroyed by the can non o f th e f ortress. 1 11 : I r ag s y t as before, r a seemsar m which ' he had same passedm orn morning near the v Waitzen of h n i,k t hotneyedl,s eto have crossed th e D anu b e and occupied the moun tains which are called th e posi tion by which they were enabled to interrupt the communication between Pesth and Presburg by land, the communication by Danube steamers being inter rupted, or dangerous, by Comorn. The details of the battle of Waitzen extracted from the Vienna papers of the 14th appeared in the Third Edition of The Sun yesterday evening. It is said that at the conferences' held at Olmuts between the Austrian Minister and the Russian Am bassador, it was decided that an offer should be made to the Hungarians to guarantee to them the old Hun garian ArMocratic Constitution as it existed previous to March 1848, and not to apply the principle of cen tralization to Hungary. Should the Hungarians re fuse those terms of pacification, the Russian troops will enter and garrison Vienna, Lemberg, and Prague, the garrisons of which cities will proceed to Hun gary to take part in the war. WELDER*, as we stated two days since, left Vienna on the 13:11 to supersede WINDISCHGRATZ, but in order to avoid as much as possible wounding the pride of WINDISCHGRATZ, it *is said that the EM PEROR himself will take the command of the army, with WELDER* as his second in command and principal adviser. The Austrian Lloyds of the 14th, which is the organ of . STanfox, contains the following mysterious paragraph, in relation to one of the Imperialist Generals in Hungary :—" Upon single persons we have neither . praise nor blame to bestow. We are too far from the seat of war to judge the merits of the separate commanders. It becomes us not to bring complaints against individuals with r out proofs; and these we have not at hand. We scorn to reflect on the character of any man by insinua tions, and to whisper what we durst not speak . out," &c. This was considered in Vienna as the forerunner of some most serious accusation against General SCULICK. The enthusiasm of the inhabitants of Pesth was ex cited to the utmost by the approach of the victorious Maygars. Two days before the battle of Waitz-n some Hungarian hussars, who had been taken pri soners, passed through the town. Their proud bear ing gave them the air of victors rather than captives, and the people whose sympathy with the Magyars is ao longer to be concealed, cried out upon their pas page, " Eljenek a huszarak," and clubbed together to make a purse for them. The Austrian garrison of Ofen, on the opposite side of the Danube, threatened to bombard Pesth if the in habitants manifested such sympathy for their countrymen. Count STEPHEN KAaoLT, Magyar Noble, who raised i n N ovem b er l as t 1,800 men on his estate, and enr o ll e d th em amon g the Harveds, has been arrested by order of Prince WINDISCHGRATZ, and will only be liberated on his furnishing double the number of recruits to the Imperial army. We publish: in extenikl the note of the Aus trian government to SCHMERLING, the substance of which appeared in the Third Edition of The Sun of last night. t e On the sth instant the Imperial Cabin et forwarded the following dispatch to Herr S CHIERRLING, Austrian Plenipotentiary at the seat of the German central power : existing - under rof the m g . " Whilst approving of the motives which induced his Highness the Archduke John to resi g n, continue to pire, his 3lajesty the Empercr feels bound to continue in the interest c i rcums tances, the dignity of a German victao invite his Imperial Highness of Germany, as well as that of Austria, to entrusted to him until arrangemen ts have been made for acceptation of the direction of the cent ral p ower in a fill the post _ the accepta manner corresponding with the object of it. this b " Appended you will receive a copy of the let t er in which his Majesty the Emperor expresses t to his royal grand uncle, whilst acknowledging the ser vices he has rendered, " Last year, when the German Princes and nation were desirous of placing in the bands of that Imperial Prince the provisional central power created for Ger many, the Austrian Government, laying aside all the considerations .presented by the circumstances of the times, slettcd that wish, inasmuch as it rendered the interests o f its own people subservient to those of the entire German fatherland, and enabled the man who possessed universal confidence to respond to the call made upon War. " So far as lay in his power the Archduke Eas justi fied the confidence reposed in him, and accomplished the great mission which he had, with such self-sacrifice, devoted himself. He resolutely and successfully op posed the anarchy which daily becomes more encroach ing, re-established the supremacy of the law, and thereby guaranteed peace and order, which were indis pensable for the completion of the legal renovation of Germany. " The National Assembly, on the other heed, did not fulfil the expectations entertained respecting it. Instead of a united and powerful Gernsany—one consequently rich in future promise—for the foundation of which it might hive paved the way, it endeavoured to form an ideal kingdom, an attempt which could only tend to loosen, perhaps even dissolve, those bonds which for cen turies had conjoined the various German races. " It is not my intention to follow the course of the Na tional Assembly since its origin, and to point out more clearly the evils which its constant vacillations and its too frequent encroachment on the province of the execu tive central power must necessari'y produce. I shall confine myself to the specifying and 4rucidaiiiig of those decisions which immediately affect us, and which will account for the position that, in eons• quence of them, we are compelled to take under the circumstances re ferred to. " Since the present Ministry, in their opening pro• gramme of the 27th of November last, expressei the in tention of uniting in one great body all the countries and races of the Austrian monarchy, there has been formed in the National Assembly a party which has done all in its power to render our conjunction with Germany im possible. That party thought it had attained it s e nd s by passing those provisions of the constitutions (dis cussed at Frankfort-on . the-Maine) which, for German countries that, in unison with non German ones, have one sovereign in common, prescribes a special constitu , titre, form of government, and administration. " It was foreseen that such provisions were irrecorcil- I I able with the principles of the unity of the Austrian Im perial State, principles which were not only announced, but sufficiently explained, as well as fully carried out by us. Let those therefore who arrived at that unnecessary decision bear the consequences of it. " The National Assembly, moreover, by the election .on the 27th ult. of an hereditary Sovereign of the Empire, deviated fro.n tho forma of the contemplated Confederate State, and put forward those of a single state in a manner incompatible with'the independence of the various Ger man Governments, which only with reference to im portant federal questions ought to be held within una voidable limits. "Finally, through its decision of the 28th ult. (deci sions to the effect that the Imperial Constitution drawn up by the National Assembly alone be carried oat and promulgated as laws) (hut Assembly has abandoned the path of concordance, the only path to which it was called, the only path to which it had a right to remain, and the ono which the. Government had expre,sly held in reserve. At the same time, by arbitrarily declaring &ell en permanence until the meeting of the future Imperial Assembly, it placed itself on iltegal gr.und, to follow it on whi c h t h e Governments were not induced. "Austria, long-existing f e lll ows hi p, b y i n s epara bl e i n t erests , an d intimately connected with Germany by by treaties incontestably still in force, cannot, and will not, be severed from such A bond. The German Con federation, as formed by treaties, is not yet dissolved, and the rights and obligations of its members still con. tinne. "If, under the circumstances which have arisen, we cannot accept, for the present, of a Confederate State, as contemplated in the decisions of the National As• sembly (even under reservation of the rights guaran teed to us by history and treaties), we shall, neverthe less, continue to take a lively interest in the fate of our former associates, and under another aspect of affairs bo always ready to show that interest by deeds. " This is the opinion of his Majesty the Emperor, to whieh he will remain faithful. " In the same way as his Majesty in my dispatch to your Excellency under date Februar y 4, sek , mnly pro tested against b e i ng su bj ecte d t o the Central Power ex ercised by any other German Prince, our gracious Sove reign is likewise resolved never to place, on any terms, under a foreign legislative assembly, the legislative power constitutionally exercised by him in common with the representative corps of Austria. The document conctudes by stating that there is no objection to the return of the Chevalier Vox SCHMERLING, as his successor is ready to start for Frankfort; and that it only remained for the Austrian Deputies in Frankfort to quit an Assembly which, as before stated, entered upon an illegal course by its decision of the 28th ult. The document is signed by Prince SCHWARZHNBERG. FRANKFORT. Thirty of the Austrian Deputies gave up their seats in the German Parliament on the 17th. The German Gazette publishes the official declaration of the plenipotentiaries of the Govern ments who have given their adhesion to the constitu tions agreed upon by the German National Assembly. The states they represent are the following : Baden, Hesae-Darmstadt, Electoral, Oldenburg, Mecklenburg, Holstein, Lauenburg, Brunswick, Nassau, Saxe Weimar, Coburg Gotha, Olteriburg, Meiningen, Anhalt-iternburg, Dessau, Schwartsen burgAtudolstadt, Sondershausen, Reuss, Hohen - lern, Waldeck, aunburgh, Bremen, Lubeck, and Frankfort. These plenipotentiaries say that they have read with lively satiefacti in his Prus sian IIIaIIiSTY'S note agreeing to accept the Imperial German Crown, and put himself at the head of a federal German state, and his having made that acceptance depend upon the consent of the other German Governments, is a caui.e for great gratitude on their part, and they are satisfied that his so doing will give a strong guarantee for the duration of the constitution, and for this reason they have not hesitated to give their consent to his elec tion. They are aware, they state, that the constitu tion is not in all points such as they can approve, but as some of the Governments had previously recognised as obligatory the resolutions of the Assembly, and others having evidenced their friendly feeling towards it, they consider any scruples that might be enter tained on this head not worthy of notice, when com pared with the great dangers which might result from a postponement of their adhesion to the constitution. a hope that, by the g ate, with Prussia at its formation They e b y a t e f e x d p e r r e a s l s i s n t head, they will eminently promote the happiness and prosperity of Germany. PRUSSIA. In the Second Chamber on the 14th, PtJLCKER proposed a motion, rpressing on the Ministry the necessity of granting an amnesty for all political offences committed since March 1849. It was de clarged urgent and referred to a Committee. On the 16th the Ministerial Bill against abuse of the right of association and assembly was discussed. TEMME proposed an amendment to reject the whole Bill, and ask Ministers to bring in a Bill permitting assemblies to be held in the open air. TEMNIE S amendment was rejected, after a long debate, by 187 against 141. The debate was a dj ourne d t ill to morrow. The speakers in favour o f th e Bill were , Count Arnim (Boytzenburg), uriichs, v iehahn, Count Schwerin : against, Temme, Tiegler, Stiehl, and D'Ester. - - - DIVORCE OF PRINCE ALBRECHT AND THE PRINCESS MARY OF THE NE- THERLANDS. BERLIN.—The sentence of divorce between these illustrious parties, whose unhappy marria g e has so long been the theme of discussion , was pron o u n c e d by the legal tribunal on the 28th of March. The divorce was densanded by the Prince on the ground of insuperable aversion. As all the trials of divorce were to be decided by the Lower Tribunal after the Ist of April, the proceedings were con ducted with extiedie haste. The Princess de manded large damages, but this was refused by the Court, and the Prince is to have charge of the children. The Prineesh is now at the Hague. She has sold her fine estate of Cumencz, in Silesia, and has not been able to obtain permission to return to Prussia. So soon as circumstances will admit of it, the Prin cess intends to go to Italy, and take up her residence there.—Hamburgh Papers, April 17. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. The Borsen Liste of Hamburgh, of the 17th, states that Russia has again entered a protest against the entrance of German troops into Jutland, and consequently that they will remain on this side of the Konigsau. General Knonuu, who commanded the Danes in has been r eca ll e d , an d G ene r a l ByLow h as been appointed Co mman d er -i n -Chi e f o f the J u tl an d division of p nof the Danish forces in his stead. COPENHAGEN, APRIL 16.—A second edition of the Fadrelandet, containing the following extract from an official report to the Minister of War, just pub lished, states— " On the 13th of April, about four in the morning, the enemy advanced in great haste and in strong columns, with many guns. against our position at Alden Sound, an d posted a 12-pounder over against our entrenched battery on Alsen, when a brisk cannonade was opened by the enemy, And replied to by us; but within half an hour the enemy's guns were silenced. The 10th Light Battalion now advanced rapidly through the tete de pont and captured two of the enemy's 12-pounder brass guns. "A few gun-boats stationed to the south of Sunder borg took part in the affair. " The enemy having again retired, our advanced posts occupied the positions that they had held during the night. " The Bavarians appeared to be the most numerous of the enemy's troops. " Our loss in killed and wounded is not considerable. Dupple Mill, and two farmhouses on Duppel, were burnt down from the fire of the artillery. (Signed) "By command, "DIEDRICBSEN, Adjutant." The following is the report to the Minister of Marine, from Commander GAARDE, dated Soneerborg, April 12, 1849 : " This morning, at four o'clock, the enemy advanced from Duppel against Alsen Sound, when two gun-boats, commanded by Lieutenant M'Dougall, were brought forward, and were stationed at Vennigbond, and two others, under Captain . VOU DOCklr, remained near sonderborg Palace. "From the well-directed fire from our guitteats and the entrenched batteries on Aker), the enemy's columns w , re soon f o rced to retire, and the e battalions were im mediately dvanced through our tete de Pont, who ep• tared two of the enemy's brass guns, and g third could not he carried off, as it was dismounted. The gun-boats were not injured, and lost nont, of their men. The of/i -c,rs and wen behaved with intrepidity, and fired niih great coolness andpreAsion." _ _ • - The Borsenhalle (under date of Hamburgh, Ap - il 15) confirms the intelligence of the Garman 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 gun-boats and the batteries of the Isle cf Alscn. The same journal (under date of Flensburg, April 14) says the battle was carried beyond Duppel, towards Bsllegrave and Bardesboy on the north, and on the east to Ulderup. The Da ish troops took refuge in Alsen, and the Ger mans pushed on to A lsen Ald. 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 Sundewitt, on which occasion two or three of their battalions were driven at the point of the bsyonet into the water. The mill of Duppel and several farms were destroyed by fire. Intelligence from Flensburg of the 1401 states, that on the previous evening the Danes in cJnsider able force occupied the Isle of Foehr, and many of the inhabitants to, , k to flight.. HOLLAND. AMSTERDAM, Aram 17.—The inland funds reco vered from their yesterday's depreciation to day, though very little business was done. In the Spanish Debt, the Three per Cents. Inland were in demand at higher prices, Ardoins kept up, and business was very brisk. Portuguese were in demand. Not much business either in Russian or Austrian—the latter fell in consequence of the unfavourable intelligence. Peruvian Coupons were in the market, with payment of interest at 4 per cent., under date of April 12. Amsterdam Courant, April 18. THE HAGUE, APRIL 18.—The Staats Courant of the 17th contains a royal decree, by which the two Chambers of the States-General are convoked in a public united sitting, for his MAJESTY'S solemn oath and inauguration, which is to take place at the new church of Amsterdam, on the 12th May, at one o'clock. The Chambers are invited to meet at noon on the said day at the palace of Amsterdam, for the purpose of repairing from thence to the place ap pointed for the august ceremony. MOLDAVIA. AiND WALLA CHIA. General ENGELHARDT, who cotnnianded the Rua. signs at Cronstadt when they were defeated by BEat, arriv€d at Bucharest on the 28th ult. The Wiener Zeitung publishes a letter from Galatz of the 18th March, which says,—"As the Danube is now free from ice, the Lloyd steamer has commenced ruining between Galatz and Ibraila. This day week we expect the arrival the Constan tinople steamer, as well as that from Orsova. Very few sailing vez , sel3 have as vet arrived here with southern fruits. Our commercial world is looking forward with impatience to the re-establishment of free communication with Vienna." ITALY. The Lombard division, which was advancing to aid the Genoese Republicans, have, since the submission of Genoa, determined to retire to Tuscany or Rome. It was on the 12th that the reactionary movement for the restoration of the Grand Duke of TUSCANY broke out at Florence, and it was in consequence of the advance of the Austrians to Massa-that. the re actionaries, who counted upon Austrian support, and who had been, probably, for some time in com munication with the Austrian General, ventured to make the attempt. The Tuscan troops hare retired from Modena to Lucca. It is said that a reactionary movement has taken place at Leghorn. The French Patrie of last night states, as a cer tain fact, that the Grand Duke of TUSCANY has re turned to his capital. MARRIAGE OF JENNY LIND AT BATH. This event (respecting which there have been so many conjectures and so many rumours) we are informed, on the best authority, took place last week, and with such privacy was the ceremony conducted, that many of our readers be surprised to learn that the marriage of the Swedish nightingale was performed, by special license, on Thursday week, at the residence of the bride groom's family, Nu. 40, Great Pulteney-street, Bath. The engagement of Jenny Lind with Mr. Harris has long been publicly announced and commented upon by the daily and weekly journals; and so strict a record has been kept of the movements of the fair cantut, ice, that it is somewhat surprising the announcement of her mariage should have escaped our I.trger London contem porarie.. Such, however, is the fact. Jenny Liud is married—married in Bath—to a native of Bath ; and henceforth, we understand, she will retire into the pri vacy of domestic life; she will become me of the resi dents, and will shed over the circle in which she moves those graces which have made her such an idol with the public. The history of Jenny Lind, both before and since her appearance in this couotry—her extraor dinary triumph as a vocalist—her unlabunded bene volence—are themes on which the journalists and periodical writers of the day have dilated ad nauseam. But some particulars respecting the " fortunate youth" who has wooed and won the enchanting songstress may not be unacceptable. Mr. Harris is the son of the late Mr. Harris, of 40, Great Pulteney-street, Bath, and is, we understand, related to the Bishop of Norwich. His early educational studies were pursued at Grosvenor College, in his native city, where he greatly distinguished himself as a classical and mathematical scholar. His engagement with Mdlle. Lind has led to her retirement from the stage, and although, to use the well. known quotation, " we ne'er shall look upon her like again" as an exponent of the lyric drama, and her withdrawal from the, public will create a blank in our amusements not to be easily filled up, yet, amidst all the regrets which will be thus occasioned, sure we are that there is no heart so selfish as not to join with us in the aspiration that many, many years of that domestic happiness, which has been said to be " the only bliss that has survived the Fall," may be in store fur her in this the country of her adop tion; and that if we are no more to be charmed by the magic notes of Jenny Lind, we shall, by many an act of that unbounded and expansive charity which has equalled her vocal fame, be often reminded of her existence as the no longer apocryphal character—" Mrs. Harris."—Bath Looker on of Tuesday. [l:he above reads pleasantly enough, but it wants one essential, always deemed important in such deli cate matters—there is not ONE WORD OF TRUTH in it. We suppose Bath remains where it stood yesterday— but Jenny Lind is still unmarried —ED. Sun. ] CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) IN THE MATTER ( DYCE SOMBRE, A LUNATIC. The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment to-day in this me at great length. Our readers will recollect that tie case was argued some weeks since for nine days before his Lordship, upon a petition presented by Mr. Dyce Sombre, praying for the supersedeas of the Commission of Lunacy that was existing against him. This was the fifth petition for a supersedeas that had been presented since the issuing of the commission in 1843. The Lord Chancellor after going through the principal facts of the case which are already before the public, and commenting most severely upon some of the parties concerned in presenting the petition, stated his opinion to be that the petition must be dismissed, observing, at the same time, that if he bad the means of making those parties pay the costs from whore the petition emanated. he would certainly have done so. His Lordship observed, in con cluding his judgment, that Mr. Dyce Sombre must not suppose that by the judgment he had given, the doors of the Court were shut against him, he could make any application to the Court himself that he might wish, and he might feel assured that as soon as the Court thought it could do it with safety, it would supersede the com mission that was existing against him. Mr. Dyce Sombre had now the whole of his surplus income alter paying the annuity to his wife; but after what had taken place, considering the reckhos expenditure that had been proved in the course of the discussion to have been adopted, his Lordship doubted whether he had not gone too tar in allowing him to have the whole surplus. He could not but doubt also whether he ought not to esta blish a more vigilant superintendence over the affairs of Mr. Dyce Sombre. He would advise that gentleman to act under the advice of his professional adviser, he could not be in better hands than those who had acted for him professionally, and he might depend upon it, if he did act under such advice, and not resort to other parties, ho would obtain all he could desire, but the Court could not allow him to continue the ruinous system he had hitherto done. VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) MILNE 1. GILEART. This was a petition presented ugaiii:t the finding of the Master, to whom it had been referred to state what amount of remuneration ought to be paid to a Mr. Weldon, a clerk in the London and Westminster Sank, for keeping the accounts of the testator, Mr. Milne, re lative to a great number of foreign securities which he bad disposed of by his will. Mr. Gilbart, the manager of the London and Westminster Bank, had been appointed one of the executors, with a legacy of 4001; but he had intrusted the management of the securities in question to Mr. Weldon, who for that ser vice rt eeived at one time 1501. a year The executor., had since differed about the amount to be given to Mr. Wel don, and the Master had found that 751. a year ought to be paid to him fur his serviced down to the time of mak ing the Master's report. The VICE-CHANCELLOR confirmed the Mas'er's report, but intimated that ho would give no opinion whether Mr. Weldon was to receive anything or nothing for any services he might p er f orm i n f uture , from the date of the Master's report. EXCHEQUER:-(THIS DAY.) SiAItIBBRICK ANDuTIIERS V. ill/MIFF OF MIDDLESEX. This action wal tried be!ore Mr. Baron Platt, at `Vi strain ter, on the 9th Feb. last, when a verdict was feund for the defendant upon th© two main issues. S'r FREDERICK TIIESIGER DOW moved 1r a new trial, on the grourvi of rnisdir'. lion, and that the verdi.tt was against the evidence. It was an anti in of trover for a quaritity or books which had been seized by the Sheriff of Middlesex, under an execti:i4in against: Mr. James Bohn. The plaintiffs were strang 13 associated together, the first being Mr. Scarisbtick, wlni is representative of the mo , t ancient It iman Catholic family in this c untry, the second being the Bishop of Llandaff, and the other Mr. Ityam A Bell. a genilemat - t of !h.: verso - .sion, and ,on crt ,ht' late Jewi.i. Rabbi. Mr. Jon. a Bohn e..aried ou the bu.inetits of a booksetier iu li.ttig street, City, and Ouse thr, e gentkiren were in the habit of attending his shop and purchasing very rare and curious works from his vllu ble collection of hooks. In December, 1843, Mr. Bohn becoming embarrassed in his circurnyances, a fiat in bankruptcy was issued against h tu, and the plaintiff's, being &stroll.; of assist ing him cut of his difficulties, they had the stock valued, and c.nritu the purelote rs of it, advancing in different proportions for this put pose. 1,5001. A deed wns. exeeulid intikii - g over the prop: rly to the plaintiff , , awl they all.twed t:r. Buhn to have p s session of the bo , ks, and to carry oil the business in their behalf. Mr. Bohn subsequently removed to St. James's-street, where the execution in quo s , ion was put in upon the whole stork, including th it of the plain ars', at the instance of a Mr. Hare, and the main question was as to whether Mr. Ansell's share in the propert) had been legally conveyed to that gentleman, so as to entitle him to take possessi,n of it. The Lamed Counsel submitted that Mr. Anscll oui.ht t be held as continuing in regular p sses...ion until the property was transferred by a proper deed; and as th- transaetion was a mere verbal one, argu d that upon the evidence an action for trover could be maintained. The Court took time to consider the decision. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) QUEEN V. THISTLETON. Mr. PHIPPS apptiud to his Lsrdahip for a writ:of certi orari to bring up the depositions in a Crown preven tion, to admit the defendant to bail. The name of the defendant was Mr. Thistleton, who was charged with stealing a horse, but what was the precise nature of the charge he could not state, as he had not been supplied with the depositions. He had, however, an affidavit, from which it appeared that the defendant was a farmer, residing in the county of Derby, and renting upwards of 210 acres of land, and 58 years of age. tle swore that no charge had everbeen made against him before, and that the present accusation arose out of the following cireumstancc.:—ln the year 1847, a person of the name of Richardson was residing on the adjoining farm to the defendant, whose son dealt in horses, and who had since been transported for horse stealing. So long ago as the 4th of January, 1847, the defendant having been told by the son that the sun bud a horse for sale, h. went over to the father's farm, and SAW the horse, which he had trotted out for the purpose of examining his paces and condition. On that occasion he was accompanied by two of his neighbours, and, upon their advice, he agreed to buy the horse for 181. 10s., having no ides whatever that it had been stolen, as the price was a thir one, and about the value Of the animal. Some time afterwards he sold the horse upon a slight advance beyond the 181. 10s. to a party whose possession it was subsequently discovered, by the gentleman from whom it had been originally stolen, and as it could only be traced to the defendant, he v a given into custody on a charge of stealing it, and as the magistrate had n fu►ed to admit him to bail, he was forcel to have re( ourse to the present motion. Many of his neighbours and friends had made affidavits of his respectability, and he was prepared to put in bail to any reasonable amount. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE granted the applicatilm. TUE CITY OF LONDON LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION Mr. PARRY was instructed to apply to his Lordship on behalf of Mr. George Stracey, the secretary of the City of London Literary and Scientific lestitioion in Ahleragate• street, for a rula calling upon one Eda aril Lane to show eutn:e why an order of sessions should not be quashed. This order had been removed by certiorari from the court of Queen's Bench for the city of London, and the present application was to have the order of sessions quashed, to enable to enable the defendant to have the case put in the Crown paper for argument. It would appear, that some time ago Mr. Tidd Pratt granted a certificate to this institution, under the 6th and 7th Victoria, whereby it was exempted from the payment'of local rates and taxes, but the appellant, who was an inhabitant of the same pariah, feeling him self aggrieved by the certificate, petitioned the court of quarter sessions against it, and with what success he had already mentioned. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE suggested that the best course to pursue was to move for a writ of procPendo. Mr. PannY replied that the time had gone by for his doing that, and the present motion was made to prevent the appellant from urging the delay which had been al lowed to take place as a preliminary objection to the rule for quashing the order. Mr. Jusice COLERIDGE asked what the objection to the certificate was? Mr. PARRY said the certificate was in these terms, "I do hereby certify that this institution is exempt from tie payment of rates and taxes under the Act of the 6th and 7th of her Majesty Queen Victoria." There was an appeal against this certificate, and upon the hearing of the appeal it was objected that the instru ment was bad, inasmuch as it did not state that the Act of Parliament which pre Mr. Tidd Pratt the power of granting the certificate was passed in the sessions of Parliament holden in the 6th and 7th ye irs of the reign of her Majesty Queen Victoria, and the R. corder holt!. ing this objection to be good, directed the certifi cate to be annulled. It was quite clear, how ever, that the Learned Gen'leman had no power to entertain the objtction, for the Act of Par liament in question prodded, that when the certificate was granted, it should be enrolled with the clerk of the peace at the court of quarter sessions, which enrolment was to be taken as a confirmation of the cer tificate. Accordingly, the certificate granted in the ease of this institution was duly enrolled, and it was there fore quite clear that the Recorder could not nullify a document which his court had previously confirmed. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE remarked that the case was one that ought to be fully argued, and grantel a rule nisi. SECONDARIES'.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary POTTER.) NEWSON AND ANOTHER EXECUTORS, &C V. JONES. - • - - - This was action brought by the plaintiff, as executors, &c., of a person named Gillham against defendant. who is an omnibus proprietor, to recover the sum of 201, on a bill of exchange, which Giliham had accepted for the accommodation of Jones, and which had been taken up by the executors. The defendant pleaded the general issue that he was not in& bt( d. The plaintiff,' ATTORNEY said that the defendant Jones had taken the benefit of the Insolvent Act ; but he had to contend that that did not release the defendant, us the Bill had been taken up subsequently. Mr. Dance, from the Insolvent Court, produced the proceedings i❑ which defendant bad admitted he was indebted to Gillham in the amount, and that the bill was an accommodation bill. The defendants' Aril:aim:it took an objection that the bill was not properly set our, and cva4 nit identified as the one claim, d upon, the dates being difr , rent. The SECONDARY overruled the objtction, and the jury gave a verdict for the amount. EPSOM RACES. BY EXPRESS.-(THIS DAY.) EPSOM, Two O'CLOCK. In consequence of the course being covered with snow, the Stewards have postponed the races until to morrow (Saturday). LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, APRIL 20.—Wind N.N.W.—Fresh breeze and squally, with sleet at times. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 19.—Arrd. Meams, Smith, Mo bile; Canada (a.) New York, 4th inst., and Halifax on the 6th instant. Sld. Bangalore, Calcutta; Cumber land, Africa; Orkney Lass, Jamaica; Ellen, ditto; Zenobar i Havannah; Hereyna, Quebec; Margaret Redley, and Apollo, Newfoundland ; Catherine, Staten Island. Off port Prince Royal, New Orleans. The Harriet, Fuller, bound to this port, was putting back to Baltimore on the 2d inst., after being on shore, and with foremast cut away. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 19.—Wind 'N.E., strong and squally, with snow.—Off port King William 11., Meek man, Batavia, for Amsterdam. COWES, APRIL 19.—Wind variable and strong,— Arrd. Elenore and Henriette, Dineker, Porto Rico. Sld. Randolph, Port Philip. CARDIFF, APRIL 18.—Wind N.E,- - -Sld. Cawton, Portland, United States. MUMBLES, APRIL 18.—Arrd. Ellen Simpson, Cuba. CLYDE, APRIL 18.—Sld. Agile, Buenos Ayres. CORK, APRIL 15 .—Arrd. Tyrer, Singapore. LIMERICK, APRIL 16.—Sld. Harvest, Q tebec. DONEGAL, APRIL 15.—S1d. Princess, Boston, United States. BULL, APRIL 19.—The Elephants, Sorlason, from London to Nychebord, drove on shore at Grainsthorpe, 17th inst., and is a total wreck ; crew saved. A board, five feet long and six inches broad, marked 6' Zepayr," in gilt letters, was washed on shore at Easington yes terday. The Lord Seaham, Pattison, from Cowes to Seaham, was driven on shore, 17th, near Cowden, and is likely to be a wre::k. kraacomisE, APRIL 18.—It blew a heavy gale yes terday and last night from N. to W.N.W. and N.E., Red still continues. YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT, APRIL 19.—The Lore and Unity, Williams, from Shields for Poole, struck on the Needles Racks this day, and immediately went to pieces; crew (except one boy) saved. SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 19 —A schooner, with fore mast and bowsprit gone, name not distinguishable, was passed at five A M. off Be achy Head, by the Shannon sterner, from Lon , bon, a heavy lea running at the time, and blowing hard from the east. DEAL, APRIL 19.—About four P.M the wird hauled to the south-east veering to east, and suddenly increas ing to a gale, attended with hail and snow, during which the Andurinha, Mesquite, of and from Lisbon fur Ham. burgh, was driv , n on shore on th- Main, and has be come a total wick, and the cargo all sire,/ ed - along shore; crew (except one man) saved. Ten r vessel is just reported on the M.in betvrt- n this plact , and Walmer Castle, Hattwics, APRIL 19.—1 t has been b'••wine• a heavy gale ail ay from toe ea-t, with heavy :quells of rain. The Nile, Boni - gain, of to d for Bouli,oe, from Blyth, was assist( din h ere t o -d a y very lea ky, 6 Ste. Two sehaaapr. , Qp:en is on shcre on the Main. Several light vessels tave p;,t h; re for filcher. DEAL, APRIL 19.—Wind S.S.W. to S.S.E.—Arrd. Stad Tid, Ch.. valkr, Ilatr,via, for Rotterdam. Arrived from the River and Kiled, Ilydrabad, hat Town; Cha mois, Mauritius; Victoria, New York. SM. Phognician, Sydney, New South Wales. - OFF PORTLAND ; APRIL 17.—Alert, Busgoe, St. Croix, Blithir, Rio JA;i:ir , , bulb. MARKET t S-( THIS DAY.) CORN EXCIIANGE.-(FRIDAY.) The qaantity of _English Wheat received up to our market this week, "coastwise, has been confined to 1,970 quarters. The show of samples of both red and phi e ittre, t - • day, was small; yet there was less desire on the part of ay dealers t 9 pit; chase. Only a moderate Onsiees• was transuctcd in an) kind, yet Monday's prices were t..•irly :u;•porred in every instance. Upwards of 18 000 quarters of Foreign Wheat h.lve come to hand; We h a d rather an extrnsive supply of that grain on off,:r this morning. The buyers held off, yet, as the imp •ro. rs reused to accept lower prices, the t' ems of Monday were maintained. In floating cargoes very little was doing. 8ar1 , .,y was small; fine malting parcels wet ein g , •od ieqaest, ut extretne currencies. Grinding and thstil.ing sits were quite as deur. Malt moved off •ornewhat uteatii;y, ao:d prices wire well supported. Fur Oats it quiry wu•: steady, and the quotations were quite as high us on Monday. B-uns, Peas, Inslian Corn, and Mi al maintained the late advance. The top price of the b,st toa n•msde Four was 44s per 280 lbs. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK English • ..... Scotch ...... 1ri5h......... Foreign ...... I Wheat. I Barley. Y Y " Oats. Flour. 1,970 qrs. I 1,330 qrs. i 7,120 qrs.! 1,460 ski. 16,430 I -- 18,330 I 5,2a0 Malt, 1,610 qrs. SMITIIVIELD. Although our maritettk;d7y — Wis scantily supplied a ith Beasts, and the weather favourable for slaughtering, the beef trade ruled somewhat inactive, at Monday's quotations. The show of foreign stock was small. The numbers of Sheep on offer were moderate, but fully equal to the wants of the butchers. All breeds moved off slowly, at barely stationary prices. The extreme value for the best old Downs, in the wool, was 4s 4d per Sibs. Lambs, the supply of which was tolerably . good, were a slow sale, at, in most inst ances , a decline in the currencit's of 4d per Bibs. Prices ranged from is to 6s per Bibs. From the I.le of Wight, 333 Sheep and Lamas reached ua per railway. In Calves, a steady bu,it.ess was transacted, at late rates. Pigs were dull, yet we have no actual tall to notice in their value. Mitch Cows moved &slowly, at from 141 to ISt each, including their small calf. Per albs. to sink the offal. s. d. to v. d. s. d. to s, d. Inferior Beasts 2 4 2 6 Second qual. Sheep 3 0 3 6 , econcl quality . 2 8 210 Coarse-woolled ditto 3 8 310 Prime large Oxen 3 0 3 2 Southdown Nether 4 0 4 4 Prime Scots Large coarse Calves 3 4 310 Large Hogs ... ••• 3 2 „i 8 ['rime small ditto •uckling Calves lB 0 27 0 quarter old Pigs —l6 0 21 0 Inferior Sheep • • 2 8 210 Lambs ...• TOTAL A UPI% Y AT MARKET. ShaPp. Calves. I Maw. I 5,460 212 308 FOItEIGN SUPPL 1 . I Sheep. I Calves. I Pigs. 240 69 SCOTCH. I Sheep. I Calves. I Pigs. 186 NEWGATE AND LEADENNALZ. Tht se markets were somewhat Lactive, on the fol. lolling terms:— Beasts. 732 Beasts. 87 Beasts. 245 At per stone by the Carcive. s. d. to 3. d. I s. d. to s. d. Eleel,inferlor.... •• 2 0 2 4 Mutton, inferior .. 2 4 2$ - middling .. •• 2 6 2 8 middling.. 210 3 4 primelarge ••2 10 3 0 prime .... 3 6 3 1 - prime small .. 3 2 3 4 j Pork, large.... ••.. 2 10 3 4 Veal ••••••• • • • • • 4 4 2 - small 3 6 4 2 Lamb. 43 10,1 to 53 10d. BOV.OUGU HOP IVIARICET. Selected samples of Hops—the supply of which on offer is small—command a steady sale, at, in most transactions, en advance i❑ the quorations of 2s per cwt. The middling snd inferior qualifies are a dull sale, at last wet k's prices. The vuluo of Old Hops is nominal. Sussex pockets, 21 4s to 2/ 18s; Weald of Kent ditto, 21 1 9 s to 3/ 8s; Mid and East Kent ditto, 3/ 5s to 61 15s per cwt. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—There has heeu very little doing in British Plantation, but holders ure firm. New Barbadoes sold at 40s to 42s for good and fine yellow, and at 38s 6d to 39s 6d for mid. REFINED.—The market has been dull ; brown gro cery 5 EAST INDlA.—Mauritius has been rather lower, about 10,000 bags partly finding buyers a; 37s to 391 6d for low to good yellow, 363 6d to 371 6d for ordinary, 34s for fine brown, 40s 6d for fine yellow, and 37s to 39s for ordinary to fine grey. Bengal, abuut 10.000 bags, partly sold 6d to is lower low tied mid Benares 39s 6d to 4 Is, good and fine 41s 6d to 445, strong white 47s to 48s 6d, low and damp Khalif 30s 6d to 32. i. Madras has realised steady prices—mid yellow 35s 6d to 37s 6d. China, 430 bags duty paid, sold at low rates—white 38s to 395, and yellow at 38s. FOREIGN.—Porto Rico was nearly all bought; mid to good bright yellow 40s to 42s 6d, and low 38s 6d to 39s 6d. A little business hso.s been done afloat. COFJFEE.—CeyIon has realised 32t to -- 40sfor good to fine ord ; 4os to 48s for fine fine ordinary to low middling; and 45s to 52s for pea bfrry. The market for other kinds is dull. Costa Rica is held for high prices; good to fine tine ordinary, 333 to 40s. N a tive Ceylon is about 33s per eat. West ludia sorts almost nominal. TEA.--The market is dull, but holders of Congou are firm. Of 120,000 paekktges offered by auction o►,lf 1,000 sold. Ricz.—The market is not 'eery good. Bengal good and fine bold white, 10s 6d to lls; Manilla is at low rates; Madras, 8s 6 , 1 for pinky white. SALTPETRE.— Bengal has been sold at 29s 6d to 30s 6d for 7 to 71 lbs refraction, and with a fair business doing• CoTToN.—The 111£31ket is dull. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is !wavy, at 38s 3d to 38s 6d per cwt. on the spot. SPICES.—Popper has brought full prices; Nutmegs have had a lair sale; Mace is steady. GREEN FRUIT.- The c. Id weather has operated against the consumption of Oranges, but as the stock is limited the price has not been affected. Two cargoes. ex Idea awl Damsel, from St. Michael, sold by Keel ing and Hunt at public sale, went at an improve ment of is to 2s per box. Tile arrivals from Lisbon have been large, but as some of the par cels have been landed out of condition, tbs price of those of sound quality has been en hanced in consequence. The anticipated drawback to the vegetation in this country has somewhat improved the demand for nuts of all kinds, and as the holders of the article feel disposed to quit stock, buyers have been met without any advance in price. The demand for lemons is dull owing to the enbt character of the seasoll. THE IRISH MEMBERS AND LORD JOHN RUSSELL At a meeting of the Irish Members held yesterday, convened for the special purpose of replying to the pro position of Lord John Russell, it was rebolved: " Thai, as a body, we are not prepared to pledge ourselves to the adoption of any particular tax to be impcsed upon Ireland. We are not unwilling to di s cuss any proposal for this purpose, upon its own metits, in the Howse of Coup' mons; but, without hearing the arguments which might be adduced upon the question, and ascertaining the caps' bility of Ireland to bear inereast d taxation, we could not be in a position to answtr for our constituencies, and must, therefore, abstain from offering any opinion to the Government as to the course which it may thiux proper to adopt. (Signed) "Lucius O'BraEx, Chairman." TIM LONDON HOSPITAL.—The usual annual din ner of this long established and valuable charity took place last night at the London Tavern, where about one hundred and fifty gentl.men assembled to do honour to the occasion. Mr. W. Colson was chairman, and ably advocated the claims of the hospital on public bene volence. It appears from the report that during the past year 4,185 patients, each for any average period of one month, have been admitted into the wards, and that 364 applications have been refused for want of funds. The value of the hospital in relieving persons who have met with serious accidents may be estimated from the fact that the total number of in-patients during the past year under that head is 2,442, the number of out-patients under the same head being 6,574. The amount of subscriptions announced by the treasurer d. ring the evening was 1,7201., of which sum the Hebrew table contributed 5001. Baron Anthony Rothe' child, who was present, expressed his regret that the sum was so small. He stated that he had written 2,00 0 letters soliciting contributions, but so great was the scat city of money out of the banks he had failed to get more. The dinner was in the usual excellent sty l e o f the London Tavern. The musical arrangements were under the direction of Mr. Francis. Mr. Higgs wee toastmaster. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.—The court, which was to have been held for the dispatch of business yew. dy, was postponed in con sequence of the Lor d Mayor's absence from town. Th e next court day 16 e ra Thursday, 3d May. The first exhibition for the year of the South London Floricultural Society, was held on Wednesday , at the Horns, Kennington. BWS. On the 12th i n st., at Manc M hester, the wife of the Rev. J. R. Turner, of a daughter. At Stonehouse, Plymouth, on the 14th inst., the wife of Dr. W. W. Willey, R.N.. H. M. S. Caledonia. of a son. On the lith inst., a, Ladbroke-square, Notting hill, Mrs. Philip Firmin, of a son. JIARRIED. On the 'Ol inst., at Malta, Charles Acton l'roke, Etl" Captain Royal Engineers, youngest son of the late Rear- Aedniral Sir Philip B. V. Broke, Bart., K.C.8., of Brokc^ ball, near Ipswich, to Anna Maria, third daughter of the lat. J. Hamilton ' Esq , of Swaim'''. Ayrshire, S cot l an d. By special license, at Valcot Church, Bath, on the 17th inst., Captain Elford Adams, Royal Irish Fusileers eldest Poll of Lieutenant -General Sir George P. Adams, K.C. tc ; Anna Maria, eld es t d aug h ter of Patrick Bannerman, Egl , ° Aberdeen. On the 16th inst., at Tunbridge-wells, viLb. aged 66, major.. General Christopher Hodgson, Bombay Artillery. On the , Oth inst . Margaret Helen, elde,t daughter of the late Dr. Gill), rt Gt ,, rartl, ot King's College. Old Aberdeen. O►t the {66, ith,t., the Rt v. George Duke, aged 27, at the Louse of his f.,,dlter. the ltev. J. Drale, rector of Stourtulis ‘Vilts. ---- • London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG. of Nu. 112, Strand,. Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 1 12 9 ,r;t, I . Evk -f an, :4avoy, in the COW 4 7 47 • • , friitsy s April 20, 1849.