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THE LEGAL TITLE ASSURANCE COMPANY. (I'roTisionally Registered, January 17, 1849.) Capital, 2,000,000/., in 80,000 Shares, of 25/. each. Preliminary Deposit, 2s. 6d. per Share Prospectuses and full Information may be obtained at the Tempo ay Oflces of the Company, 13e, Cannon row, Westminster, on ap. plicatizn G. F. HOWE, Hon. Sec., pro tern. H ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE First Appearance of Mdlle. PARODI. First Appearance this Season of Signor LABLACHE. The Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, are respect• Idly informed that TIES EVENING, Will be presented Bellinre Opera of NORMA. rollio, Signor Gardoni ; °roves°, Signor Lablache ; Norma, Mdlle. ?aro& ; Adalgisa, Madame Giuliani. t'o conclude with (the S.N.mery by Mr. Charles Marshall) the cele brated Ballet, entitled LB DLkBLE A QUATItE. In which will appear Mdlle. Carlotta Grist 1 Mcllie ' Mar i e Taglioni, and Mme. Petit Stephan, Mkille. Carolina es Rati, M. Paul Taglionl, M. Charles, M. Louis D'Or ; Mdlles. Thevenot Julien, Lamoureux, and Aussandon. An entirely new grand Ballet, by M Tag . lioni, is in active preps: ration, n'ER, MAJESTY'S THEATRE. /-111 MDLLE. JENNY LIND. - Mcz:rt's Opera, Il Flauto Magic*. It is respectably announced that a Grand EVENING, CLASSIC U. MUSICA.T. ENTERTAINMENT will take place in the Great Theatre en THURSDAY EVENING, the 12 h of April, with lull Orchestra, Cho-us, Ac , and comprising the whole of Mozart's celebrated Opera, IL FLAUTO MAGIC°. principal Artistes—Mdlle. Jenny Lind, Mdlle. Casolani, Polenio, Miss A. Williams, Miss M. Williams, Madame Giuliani, Signor Gardoni, Signor Bordas, Signor Bartolini (of the Italian Opera, Paris, his first appearance), Signor Arnehli, Signor Coletti, Signor Belletti, Signor F. Lablache,and Signor Lablache. Conductor, Mr. Bal fe. Subscribers wishing to avail themselves of the privilege of this performance in the subscription are respectfully requested to corn municate their wishes to Mr. Nugent, Box-office, before Satur- Cla,y, the 7th instant, until which day their Boxes and Stalls will be retained. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box office, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Half-past Seven, Concert is commence at Eight. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARRE f. Mr. B. Webster, See Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. TM.; EVEN N• = Will be performed THE RENT D.kY. Martin Heywood, Mr. J. Wallack. After which a Classical Extravaganza, entitled THE SPHINX. To conclude with the new Farce, entitled SEPARATE MAIN. TENANCE. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. - Ender the direction 01 Madame Celesta. 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, &c. •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; PrOSpCrO, Mr. 0. Smith Ariel, Miss E. Chaplin. ROYAL LYC.O.UM THEATItE. Under the Managoneat of Madame Vestals. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charlea Ma• he as. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Drama, tailed A ROMAI , TTIC IDEA. After which, a new Piece entitled HOLD YOUR TONGUE. Cha• ratters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Selby, and Parselle ; Miss H. Gil bert, Miss Jane Coleman, and Madame Yestrls. To conclude with THE SEVEN CHAMPIONS OP CHRISTEN DOM. _ _ Dress Boxes, 55.; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, ls. No half-price to any part of the house. The New Box-oilice, No. 3, Wellington-street, is open to the public e ry day, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S THEATUF.. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Less±ce and Manager. THIS EVENII.`TG, Will be performed THE BEGGAR'S OPERA. After which, a new grand Extravaganza, entitled NOUREDDIN AND illE FAIR PERSIAN. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. I:1,1er the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Loyal Highness Prince Albert, &e. Immense Novelty for the Holidays—Re-engagement of Young Her nandez, who has gained the envied appellation of the " Wonder of the World." He will haVe the honour of appearing every Evening in his astounding Feats of Eqnestrianism—Mr. Batty has also en gaged Mons. Tournaire, Mons. Benedick, Herr Henri, Madame Tournaire, and 31111 e. Adelaiaini, together with their highly. trained Horses. THIS EVENING, The perrormance will commence with a Grand Equestrian Spec. tacle, by Fite:all, entitled THE WHITE MAIDEN OF CALIFOR NIA ; or, the Horse of the Ocean. To be followed by an inimitable display of SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, in which Young Herna ndez will a p pear, supported bhe y t fxst Equestrian talent of the day. 're conclude with on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, THE DUMB DRIVER; and the Farce of THE SECRET en the al t.;rnate Evenings. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. , tacre Manager, Mr. W. West. TO CORRESPONDENTS. No communication can be attended to unless authenti. cated by the name and address of the writer. Rejected communications cannot be returned. TUE WEATHER. —Sing OFFICE, Anal. tO. TH3II.2IOMETE3, Lowest, 40; Highest, 50; Noon, 48 BAROXETEN, 29.62. WIND E.N.E.—dall, hazy weather, with rain. HIGII WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAT —Morning, 32 min. after 3 I Evening, 4i ntin. after 8 To-Moaxow— :terning, 4 min. after 4 I Evening, 21 min. after 4 4 * . 1 1 r s 44‘ . • • 5 " 1 1 • • - 4 - 4Z 4 ^' - - 14, hi a r • ' 1- ° , : 0 " 7 7.4 I ' is E 1 / 4 _ ATOMIT --,!!.NATA LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1349. In commenting yesterday upon the report of the committee appointed to investigate Great North of England Purchase Acco* n f,me showed that Mr. Hunsori was fully and eo mp utely exone rated, by his very accusers themselves, o fhaving been in any degree actuated by improper motives in the original transaction, respecting the purchase of the Great North of England Railway by the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Company — that he di not gain a single shilling by the tranaaction, and that if the contract was an improvident one, (which at the time it was by no means supposed to be), he would himself have been one of the chief sufferers, as a very large holder of shares in the purchasing company. This point, therefore, re specting which so much calumny was freely poured forth, must be at once and for ever set at rest. The second accusation, that which constitutes the gravamen of the charge, that he had debited the company with sums beyond the market price 'of the day, is also fully and satisfactorily explained by the evidence of Mr. CLosz, the secretary to the company, who shows that it originated in a very natural mis take on his part of the calculations made by Mr. PLEWS. The figures 3:3 : 6 were placed opposite the 18/. shares in the column showing the profits to be derived by the company by purchasing at the market price of the clay, viz., 21. What, then, could have been the meaning of those figures, but that the shares were worth to the company 241. 3s. 6d., and consequently that Mr. HUDSON might go to that limit in bidding for the 15/. shares. And such, in truth, was their meaning, for we have taken some pains to un ravel the mystery. Mr. PLEWS would appear to have calculated the value of the 15/. shares (as well as the 401.), supposing money to be worth to the company 4 as well as 8 per cent. If the latter was assumed as the basis of the calculation, the then value of the shares would have been 211. 65. 3d. ;if the former, 241. 3s. 6d. Mr. CLoss erroneously took the latter as representing the correct value, according to Mr. PLEWS'S estimates. He stated this to Mr. HUDSON, who un fortunately left the matter altogether in his hands, And that gentleman told him to enter the price at 231. 10s., or 13s. 6d. per share below the estimates ; in other words, if no mistake had occurred, making the company a present of 1,9391. 195., which he might have charged with perfect impunity if he thought proper. He also, when he perceived that there had been some mistake, although not knowing the parti culars, paid 2,8741. on account, and (as appears by the evidence of Sir JOHN SIMPSON) declared that they (the secretary and himself) should go into the matter after the meeting, and this, be it re membered, b e f ore any intimation had been given to him of the intention of any parties to prefer a charge on the subject. It appears that a difference of opinion prevailed in the committeetoe as to the sufficiency of this explanation, and that consequently handsnsequently of the " they left it wit h out comment in shareholders." This is the result o f the unfortunate cons titution of that committee, where the accusers were judges (and one of them witness also), bei ng thus in his rather anomalous position, as Mrs MALAPROP 'quaintly remarked, "like Cznimens, three gentlemen in one." The facts will, however, be duly appreciated by every unprejudiced and disin terested person. The next branch of the accusation referred to by the committee is, that " At the time Mr. Hudson received the cheque for 81,100/. (on the 27th October, 1346,) he himself could not have paid more than about 25,0001. on account of tke purchase of these shares, although he might be called upon make a further payment of about 70,000/. on the 30th of October. The effect of this would be that the shares held by Mr. Hudson on his own account, and sold after wards at an enhanced price to the company, were to a considerable extent paid for in the first instance with the money he had received from the company. ilatent has been prominently put forward rex- by — if - 000V contemporary as m aterially affecting NN4i Mr. HUDSON'S position in the case. Now what arc the real facts ? It is notorious to every person who has ever been in any degree concerned in railway transactions, that there are what are termed two settling days (the 15th and 30th or 31st) on which all the shares purchased in each month are paid for. Mr. HUDSON had, it ap peared, paid on the 15th of October about 25,0001., and he had entered into contracts to the extent of 70,0001. in addition (a fact wholly unnoticed by our ;con temporary), a sum which he was bound to pay out of his own private funds on that 30th of October, whatever might have been the result of the general meeting of the 26th, and whether the stock had been raised on that day for the purchase or not. In pledging his personal credit for that particular day, he had, to all intents and purposes, as fully paid for the shares as if he had signed cheques on his bankers for the amount ; and when he received 81,1001. on the 27th of October, he would still have been about 14,0001. in advance. It is also notorious that it was a constant practice for parties buying for account day to sell again previous to that day, and thus to realise their profits on the transaction. It would be manifestly most unfair to upbraid Mr. HUDSON for doing that which was uni versally recognised as a perfectly legitimate operation. These, acknowledged facts completely exonerate him from the charge of having " purchased shares on his own account with the money of the company, and afterwards sold them to the company at an enhanced price," and entirely rebut the charges that have been preferred on that score. The next point in which Mr. HUDSON is concerned is the charge of 0901. 18s. for brokerage on the shares sold by him to the company. This, it was distinctly proved by Mr. CLOSE, was done entirely on his own responsibility, without the know ledge of Mr. HUDSON, who was not in formed of the fact " until after the meeting of the 20th of February." Whether it was right or wrong, therefore Mr. HUDSON could not have been in any degree responsible ; he knew nothing of it ; he did not calculate the amount he received, but reposed implicit confidence in Mr. CLOSE, and that gentleman appeared to have added it as a matter of course, " because the company should have paid it, if it had bought the shares in the mar ket," and, in fact, it had been paid, and properly paid in every other transaction. The error was, there fore, his alone, and Mr. HUDSON had nothing what soever to say thereto. The only remaining charge concerns the pay ment to Mr. SATTEETUWAITE, where 16,6621. was charged, and 16,6001. only paid. It is not very probable that Mr. HupsoN would have attempted an act to place his character in jeopardy and damage his reputation for so trifling a gain as 621. The explanation, however, shows that he was a loser of 381. in place of a gainer of 62/. by the trans action, for it appears that he had desired Mr. CLOSE to pay to his credit 1001. on account of travelling ex penses, which was done on the 12th of May, the resi• due of 16,562/. for the shares bought of Mr. SATTER THITAITE having been paid on the sth April, whereas it appeared when Mr. CLOSE wrote to that gentleman for a stamped receipt " for the 16 5621." paid to him by Mr. HUDSON, that it appeared that 16,600/. had actually been received. This frivolous charge is, therefore, as satisfactorily refuted as any of the others. The only remaining point is, that Mr. HUDSON could only be regarded as a trustee for the company, and that he should refund the entire amount he re ceived over and above what he paid, with interest on the balance. Now, on this point, we think Mr. Hunsox might reasonably object. He pur chased these shares, or, at least, the great majority of them, before he was authorised to buy on behalf of the company. If he had made imprudent bargains—if he had given more than the sums stated in Mr. FILERS'S estimate, he would not have been relieved ; the loss would have been altogether his own. There is, therefore, no reciprocity in asking him to give the company the benefit of his good bargains. Indeed, if the mistake had not occurred the profit would have been very inconsiderable, for it appears that he gave for the majority of the 151. shares more than the estimate. Mr. Hunsote, with that generosity,4l which we deliberately and advisedly say has charac terised his every transaction with the company— which induced him to give up a guaranteed income of 8,2501. per annum for the benefit of that company, was quite prepared to make the sacrifice, and stated his intention to Mr. CLOSE to have the accounts made out at the prices the shares actually cost him. But, on considering that he had incurred personal lia bilities on account of the company, he deter mined to postpone his intention until the matter was finally arranged. It now appears from his own letter, which will be found I ,in another column, that he is prepared to make a much larger pecuniary sacrifice, and to cancel the entire transaction, taking back the shares at their present depressed value. This is in deed a high-minded and independent course. It shows how little his accusers understand the true character of the man whom they have calumniated —how utterly incapable they are of appreciating the motives by which he has been actuated in all his transactions with the company. We have now carefully and elaborately gone through every portion of this important case, a case involving the integrity of a gentleman who for many years has occupied no ordinary position, and we fear lessly appeal to every impartial and unprejudiced mind whether the accusations have not been most fully and satisfactorily refuted, and whether Mr. HUDSON has not been most triumphantly acquitted of every imputation. A contribution. evidently designed to grace the pages of the Quarterly has, by some inexplicable ac cident, found its way into the current number of the Edinburgh. On reading it we rubbed our eyes in astonishment ; we turned to the title-page and glanced at the cover ; but no, the indentity of the publica tion was incontrovertible, there was the sententious line from PUBLICS SYRUS, Judea daranatur cum nocene almolvitur, and there was the old buff and blue livery, which had become hallowed by its association with the grace of JEFFREY, the vigour of BROUGHAM, the terse annotations of MACKINTOSH, and the refined eloquence of MACAULAY. There was no mistaking it. The great Whig organ had been feeding on the sinister logic of Monsieur GUIZOT, and had unconsciously become impregnated with the very colour of his sophistries, as the caterpillar acquires a greenness of complexion from devouring the leaves of the mulberry. Of all writers we should certainly take Monsieur GUI OT to be the very last who could be expected to captivate the understanding in opposition to the principles of a long career, and in defiance of all the known predilections of a stern political education. His arguments are very skele tons—dry and unbewitching, but complete in every bone, from the occiput and the spinal column to the shin and the incisor. He garbs his theme in no flowing raiments or blooming fascinations. His works have not in them one drop of that intellectual sap which boils up into enthusiasm or warms into fervour in the compositions of other publicists. Their prevailing characteristic is their aridity. They retain not one jewel of wit in their crevices. They nurture not one flower of fancy. The reason being that M. Guzaox with all his genius, with all his capacity, with all the athletic force of his judgment, has not one particle of imagination. Even his ability as an orator never expatiates in the graces of rhetoric, never rises to the altitude of eloquence. In his speeches he possesses only the acquirement of logic and the gift of volubi lity. And yet it is this hard, unattractive, impas sable essayist who has bewitched the judgment of the -Edilsiergh for the nonce, and has deluded the jou.- nalist of Whiggery into an idea that his real vocation is to cry up the praises of Toryism and to discoun tenance everythin g approximating in the smallest degree to liberality. The closing article i tieth number n the one-hundred-and-eigh of the Whig Quarterly is dictated under the inspiration odf, F w iL it u t : n a pon Had m atthteerscontri butor, in a kindrednaos i as tic al , he would h ave penned r a e r x el u ig lt i a o t u io s n to t l o era A nc r ecbtbhisbop at m laAuhri. llad th e Edin a,. diatribe against been a matter of Edin burgh Reviewer but followed ou t to the full th e example of the Parliamentary candidate who con tented himself with bawling from the hustings in Somersetshire, " I say ditto to 11r. Burke 1 - he might have spared himself the labour of enditing these very eccentric revelations, by shouting in pica or bourgeois, from the last page of the Quar terly, "I say ditto to Monsieur Guizot !" The paper is merely a servile echo of the pamphlet. It says ditto to Monsieur GUIZOT with a vengeance—for in so doing it utterly falsifies all those doctrines against finality, all those pithy syllogisms in favour of reform, all those eloquent declamations against the restriction of speech, of meeting, of printing, and of petition ing, upon which the publication had deservedly built up its reputation. Speaking of the Republican Government of Febru ary, 1848, the writer has the effrontery to say that " the total absence of any new talent is so striking as almost to suggest an incidental proof of the utter needlessness of the revolution." The utter need lessness of the revolution ! As if there could by any possibility be found in the records of the human race, in ancient or modern times, from the earliest to the latest epochs of civilization, any revolution so justi fiable, so imperatively necessary, so actually forced upon the population ! If a corruption more flagrant than the corruption of the venal days of VERULAM is not a justification of the punishment of a monarchy, then we admit that the Count ias NEUILY ought at this moment to be residing in the midst of splendour in the palace of the Tuileries. But when we look back to the vicious days which preceded the glorious outbreak of democracy in February we exult in the boldness of the heroic Parisians in kicking the degraded rulers of France out of a backdoor, through the streets, into an ignominious flight, which fate has since converted into an eternal banishment. We see in that grand rising of the people the suppression of a system which had converted one of the first states men in Europe into a political pandar and a financial pimp—a system which had transformed the Assembly of Representatives into tuft-hunters and parasites— a system which had led, in fine, to such a general vitiation of society, that the solemn promise of a Prince could be broken as idly as a rotten filbert, 1 that a Minister of the Crown could be charged in ; open court with petty larcenies from which the soul of a cadger would have revolted, and with wholesale peculations at which even the hardy con science of FAITNTELROY would have hesi tated. Before the Revolution of February the world was becoming habituated to such spectacles as those of the associates of the Government killing one another in single combat, from quarrels arising between them when flushed with wine and surrounded by courtezans in the intoxicating debaucheries of an establishment combining the villanous attractions of the hell and the brothel, They witnessed in another direction, a royal princess kidnapped under shelter of dragoons and artillery—to enrich the youngest son of the sovereign with the riches of her ap panage. They saw in another a magnanimous enemy cheated by unkingly guiles into the horrors of per petual imprisonment. They witnessed the compulsory sacrifice of a neighbouring monarch to the intrigdes of the French Administration. They saw a member of the aristocracy, one of the intimates of the reigning family, permitted to escape from the avenging hand of juttice, and to cap the climax of his infamy by com mitting self-destruction, after imbruing his murderous , hands in the blood of his unfortunate wife. They saw official after official convicted of bribery, and I sentenced to the expiation of their off ences . Th ey k new the whole monarchical scheme to be the cause of mis fortune throughout the departments, and to be the op probrium of every European population. They recog nised the gradual disappearance of all the guarantees of liberty given in 1830. They found the represen tative system undermined, the Chamber of Deputies a packed assembly of placemen, the Cabinet a gang of clever but unscrupulous sycophants, the princes of the blood the friends of duellists, and gamblers, and profligates, and murderers. AND THEY ROSE. They crushed this infamous Government. They expelled these fawning tools of state-craft. They compelled this cunning Vizier of despotism to escape in the fitting disguise of a lacquey. They drove forth, un harmed but covered with derision, this King of lies and robberies, of faithlessness and corruption. Yet we are told now in the fourth month of the year 1849, —and are told moreover (of all publications !) by the Edinburgh Review—that the revolution of February was conspicuous for its "utter needlessness." Surely possible to misrepresent democracy without Wk . lating common sense, or distorting the revelations of history. _ _ _ Enormous, however, as is the absurdity of the statement that the third French Revolution was re markable for its " utter needlessness," the absurdity of that statement is infinitely surpassed by the asser tion that there was " a total absence of any new talent" in the Republican Government. The his tories of the Provisional Government, of the Execu tive Govern:nent, and of the Government of the President BONAPARTE afford in tlilmselyes a suf ficient contradiction. And the narrative of the first few weeks after the explosion of February gives proof that the statesmen of that extraordinary emergency were endowed not only with unequalled genius, but with unparalleled and unprecedented magnanimity. On concluding our observations upon this fan tastic article about " Democracy," we may say that we regard scarcely so much with regret as with amazement the momentary hallucination of our con temporary. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. The National was the only Paris paper published yesterday. A Socialist banquet, presided over by M. JOLT, was held on Sunday. It is intended to give a ban quet to General COURTAIS, at Passy, on Sunday next. It is rumoured that the PRESIDENT of the Re public has determined to protest against the accept ance of the Imperial Crown of Germany by the King of PRUSSIA. A telegraphic dispatch has been received by the French Government announcing that General BE LA MARMORA took possession of the town of Genoa on the 6th, at six o'clock in the evening, after a combat in the streets. The National speaks of a rumour which has pro duced some sensation in the Salle des Conferences of the National Assembly. It is to the effect that the Count of MONTEMOLIN had traversed the whole of France on his way to Spain to join his partisans in Catalonia, and that it was only by chance he was discovered in Perpignan at the very moment he was preparing to cross the Spanish frontier ; that he was then ar rested and placed, with all due regard to his rank, under the care of a commissary of police ; that he was sent back, and that he lately passed through Paris completely incite. He was conducted to one of the seaports o the Manche, where he took his passage on board a vessel and returned to England. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Monddy at 66f. 80c.; the Five per Cents., at 89f. 60c.; the New Loan, at 88f. 90c.; Orleaua Rail road shares, 855 f.; Rouen, 552 f. 50c.; Havre, 302 f. 50c. ; Great Northern, 457 f. 50c. ; Avignon, 225 f. ; Vierron, 362 f. 50c. ; Basle, 101 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux, 412 f. 50c.; Paris and Strasburg, 375 f.; Tours and Nantes, 328 f. 75c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE , APRIL 9. Boulogne and Amiens, 83%—Central of France (Orleans and Vicrzon), 14—East Indian, 4 1 ,,f 7 Namur and Liege, 8 en in—Northern of France,ll—Paris and Strasbourg, 4% —Rouen and Havre, 111,4. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 4th have arrived. The Queen of Sratx, on being informed of the arrival of CHARLES ALBERT at St. Sebastian, imme diately dispatched a pressing invitation to him to come to Madrid. The Bolsa was closed on the 4th. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA. The Austrian authorities themselves are now obliged to admit that BEM is in undisputed posses sion of Transylvania, from which he has expelled th Russians ; that PUCLINER has retired into Wal lachia' and that there is no truth in the rumours which have been so industriously circulated by those fabricators-general of falsehood, the foreign corres pondents of the reactionary press, of cruelties alleged to have been committed by BEM and his troops at Hermanstadt. The agents of the reactionary press now write to their principals— ,, Thi ngs are as bad as they can be in Hungary," meaning bad for the prospects of the reaction, an admission which we hail with delight, not only on its own account, but as the only truth that these flunkies of despotism have written for the last twelve months. PRUSSIA. -- ----- The debate on the subject of the refusal by the Elzoi to accept the Imperial Crown was of SO strong a :character in both Chambers, that the Presidents were obliged to suspend the respective sittings. In the first Chamber the Members indulged in a personal conflict. FRANKFORT. The Deutsche Zeitung states that M. CAAIPHAUSEN, the Prussian Plenipotentiary at the REGENT'S Court, left Frankfort for Berlin on the 7th instant, whither he was called by an order by electric telegraph. The same paper asserts likewise that the Chevalier BUNSEN, Minister of Prussia at the Court of St. James's, has resigned his post as Ambassador of the German Empire. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES The latest news from the scene of operations is, that a slight skirmish has taken place between the Danish and German troops, and that the Holstein infantry, aided by some field-pieces, have retaken Apenrade, which place was being fired upon by the Danish gun-boats. ITALY. After a siege of eight days, Brescia (or rather the ruin of what was once Brescia) is in possession of the Austrians. The town was bombarded for six hours, and the streets were carried at the point of the bayonet, and the inhabitants driven into the houses, where they were burned alive. A man named HATNEAU was the General who commanded the per petration of these atrocities. If he be not severely punished by the Austrian Government, then will Austria rank below Ashantee in the scale of civiliza tion. Genoa has surrendered to General LA MARMORA. SICILY. The Liberta of Naples states from Palermo, that great preparations for war are going on there. The Sicilian army is to amount to 49,000 men ; an ord nance manufactory is established at Palermo, which furnishes ten twelve-pounders per month. Large French ordnance is placed to defend the port. General MIEROSLAWSKI commands the Valley Catania Genera TROBRIAND has been named Marshal of Sicily. The fortifications around Palermo ar e ac ti ve l y carr i e d on . Ditches, parapets, mines, and barricades are con structed under the direction of the military engineers. Forty thousand persons of all ranks, peasants as well as nobles, men as well as women, are at work there. TO THE SHAREHOLDERS OF THE YORK, NEWCASTLE, AND BERWICK RAILWAY COMPANY. Railway Station, York, April 9, 1849. I have read the report of the committee appointed at the meeting held on the 20th of February last, and in reference to the purchase and sale of the Great North of England shares, the principal and indeed the only object of inquiry affecting myself, I find that my conduct has been viewed as improper, by reason of my being deemed to stand towards the company in to o y t hMer sum. h e the relation o f a t rustee. The comm i ttee proceed to state, " that th ey are of opinion that t h e sum c h arge d Hudson actuallyfor p these s sharesthem, oughthem, andto b t e h e reduced d7.ff e. rence repaid with interest." It is not my wish to impugn the reasoning or question the conclusion of the committee; bat I must be allowed to state that this opinion of the position which I occupied in connexion with the company, is one now presented to my mind for the first time. I have always thought it my duty to watch over and further the interests of the company to the best of my power. I hope and believe that I have done so. But I never thought myself restrained from entering into personal engagements either with the company, or with others, by reason of the position I stood in towards the company, any more than if I had been an ordinary proprietor. So far from considering myself in the light of a trustee, and thereby disqua lified from acting in any other character, I may say with truth, that I have never hesitated to take upon myself any amount of personal responsibility the in terests of the company might require ; and I trust I may be forgiven for calling this to mind, when I am charged with having, in the character of a trustee, made a profit of the company. It will be in your recollection that at a period of great difficulty I took upon myself the responsibility of giving personally the guarantee then necessary for completing the arrangement for raising the funds requisite to extend the railway communication north: ward to Newcastle. The risk was mine, and I was entitled to the advantages which ultimately arose to myself and the other guaranteeing parties. When the interests of the company required, in my opinion, that those advantages should be relinquished, I did not hesitate to become a party to an arrangement with the company for surrendering them ; and by that surrender I sacrificed a considerable annual income. governed my conduct, and not to the disadvantage of Other instances, in which the sameprinciple has the company, will present themselves to your re. collection. I advert to them for the purpose of show ing on what principle I have hitherto acted. It is impossible, therefore, for me to adopt the con clusion at which the committee have arrived; for as far as my own view of my position is concerned, that conclusion is incorrect. But if their view of my posi• by my repaying the tion as a trustee is right, then itshould be carried out; interest, which, after the cor dnis.ot,erhenocweevweri,thas rection of an . ad . mated error, would be a comparatively trifling amount, but by can celling the whole transaction. This course would involve a much larger pecuniary sacrifice on my part than that recommended by th e committee ; for if it be adopted, I receive back at a p er i o d of depression shares which in better times I could have disposed of to advantage, and the company will h ave their money at their command at a time when it may be benefi cially employed. But I care nothing for pecuniary considerations in this matter. I must pursue the cour se w hi c h my own feelings and judgment point out to b e correc t , un d er the circumstances in which I find myself placed_ circumstances to me of a most painful natur e , b u t i n which I have become involved • without the slightest idea on my part ,that I was doing anything deserving reprehension.—l have the honour to be your most obedient servant, GEORGE HUDSON. IRELAND. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) TRIAL OP DUFFY. DUBLIN, MONDAY EVENING. —At the sitting of the Commission Court this morning, at the request of the prisoner's counsel, the long panel was read over, but before the list had been gone through the Crown consented that a copy should be furnished to Mr. Duffy. The composition of the panel is considered to be unfavourable as regards the probability of a disagree ment in the jury box. The trial cannot now commence before Wednesday morning, as the judges have resolved upon disposing of all the minor cases to-morrow. ABOLITION OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THEFT. It is reported here that the Government have a Bill actually prepared for the abolition of the punishment of transportation in all cases of theft, and substituting in lieu thereof fine and imprisonment. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) COLONIAL. The markets are closed for the Easter holidays. NAT DIUMICETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 103 to 3/ 173; Clover ditto, 3/ to 4/ 16s ; and Straw, 11 7s to 11 113 per Snriply tokrsaily good, and trade dull. CUMBERLAND. Meadow Hay, 21 125 to .31 ; Clover ditto, 31 to 4/ 14s ; and Straw, 11 83 to 1/ 12s per load. A slow trade, at the above quotations. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 103 to 31 18s ; Clover ditto, 31 t• 5l; and Straw, 11 7s to 11 Ils per load. Both Hay and Straw moved off slowly, at barely late rates, SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY MonraNa.—From Havre we learn that the cotton market yesterday was active; the sales to two o'clock 1,300 bales, with prices firm at last quotations. Since Saturday last the following boats had arrived:—The Bavaria, from New York; the Ca cholot, from New Orleans; the Tigre, from Havannah ; the Charles, from St. Thomas; the Neel, from Rio Hacha; the Cosmopolite and l'Europe, from Carmen. THE REV. JAMES SHORE.--MEETING AT LIVER.. POOL. —' LIVERPOOL , M OND AY. —This day, at noon, a public meeting was held in the Concert Hall, for the pur pose of expressin g nowincarcerated at E xeter , a t the suit of the Bishop sympathy with the Rev. James Shore, of Exeter, and far petitioning Parliament in favour of the Clergy Relief Bill recently introduced by Mr. Bou verie, M.P.; Mr. Charles Robertson in the chair. The Rev. Thomas Kelly propose d th e first resolution : " That this meeting has learned with astonishment and regret . that it is not poss ibl e, i n t h e ex isting stat e o f th e laws in this country, for a clergyman of the Church of England, on a conscientious change of opinion, to liberate himself from the control of his ecclesiastical superiors by secession from that Church, and records its deliberate and firm conviction, that the law by which the Rev. James Shore, M.A., of Totnes, is im prisoned. in Exeter gao l, i s con t rar y to the free s pi r it o f our national constitution, and hostile to the principles of religious liberty." The Rev. Vernon White seconded the resolution, which was supported by Mr. J. A. I'icton, and passed unanimously. The Rev. J. Birrell proposed the next resolution, " That this meeting, without pro nouncing an opinion on all the details of Mr. Shore's case, expresses its warmest approval of the course gene rally which he has adopted, its deepest sympathy with him in his present painful circumstances, and its belief that his imprisonment will tend to the extension of the principles of religious liberty." This resolution was also carried unanimously, amidst loud cheers. A peti• tion to Parliament in favour of Mr. Bouverie's Corm' Relief Bill was then adopted, and the meeting broke up. STONE FROM GUERNSEY.—Seven-and-twenty stone laden vessels, averaging 200 tons each, left St. Samp son's Harbor, on Saturday, for London,— Guernsey Sun, MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at from 5,000 to 6,000 bales, and comprised about 4,000 to 5,000 American, at 3 3 ,-1. to 6id.; 200 Pernams and Moranham at 4d. to 5p.; 200 Egyptian at 6d. to GM.; 300 Surats at 3il. to 3Ad.; and 20 Sea Island, at 81 to 11d. per lb.—Railway Shares were dull and gene rally at lower quotations. The accounts received from the Continent bring nothing of importance from the seat of war in Holstein, but the official notification from the Danish Consul General in London of the blockade of various ports is considered quite in form, and what was to be expected, nor does it in the view of the more san guine lessen the prospect of peace arising from the contre temps experienced in the outset by the Danish fleet. It is the fashion with many to abandon them selves to " exaltation" of feeling and a mischievous de light in war, but those who form the strength of the country, the industrious and commercial classes, take a far more rational, even if interested view, and deplore the destruction of life and property, as well as the sus pension of trade that ensues. The Amsterdam Bourse, on the 7th inst., was very quiet, and prices had not varied much. All Foreign Securities were lower. The Budget of Belgium, for 1850, amounts to 119,405 620 francs. In 1849 it was estimated at 115,891,020 francs. The Seagull from Rio de Janeiro brings advices of February 27th. The state of political affairs in Per nambuco was more satisfactory, and it may be inferred that if the Government remains on the alert, there will be no further troubles. The rate of exchange at Rio had materially improved, being 251 to 251, and with large transactions on England. Money was rather in demand at 7 to 7} per cent., and the Six per Cent. Stock had been a little fl it at 86 to 861. The River Plate advices are of no importance, and we believe not later in date. We are favoured by Mr. William Short with the fol lowing brief statement concerning the iron trade:— " The demand for Welch bar iron during the last month has been extremely limited, and the price has given way a shade, while makers evince more disposi tion to take orders than was the case at the end of the preceding month, when the price was advanced from 61. to 6/. ss. per ton. " Scotch pig iron declined in price towards the middle of the month, and business was done at 475. per ton free on board at Glasgow for 3-5 No. 1, and 2.5 No. 3 ordinary brands, but since then a better feeling has been evinced, and 50s. per ton has been paid for same quality and assortment ; the price of favourite makes is 2s. to 3s. per ton more. " In other kinds of Iron there is nothing to note." The Colonial Produce Markets will not rc-open until to-morrow, and in the meantime the brokers and others are making the most of the holiday. Tea is steady at private sale, and Tallow dull. Cotton is firm. It is hoped that in a few days business will be actively re sumed. The arrangements for settling the monthly account have occupied chief attention in the Stock Exchange, and there has been an improvement, in the absence of foreign news of an unfavourable character. Consols have ranged from to 91.. The "continua. tion "to May has been to 3-16 per cent., and money is very easy, with every prespcot of becominz still more so, now the dividends are in the course of payment, and general transfers are resumed in public securities. Th 9 suppression of the revolt at Genoa, the rise in the French funds, ard the anticipated resolve of the King of Prussia not to become Emperor of Germany, have been construed as favourable to the Bulls, but probably the Bears have rather oversold, and may by buying in a little give present support to the. market. Exchequer-bills have touched 465. and 495., and India Bonds 60s. premium. Bank Stock is worth 1931. The New Three.-and-a-Quarter ;per Cents. have been 91- to Count Ratizou, the delegate of the Amsterdam Com mittee of Spanish bondholders had, on Saturday last, a protracted interview with the King of the Belgians, upon the subject of the bonds, and was most graciously re ceived. In the Foreign Stock Market there is very little do ing. Mexican Bonds have been 29-it to le Equador, 3 1 1 t, and Buenos Ayres 39. Portuguese Four per Cents. are 271 to 28. Russian Bonds obtain the ad vanced rates of 1041 to 105. Spanish Five per Cents. are 16i and the Three per Cents. 30. Dutch Two and-a- Half per Cents. are 50/ f . Shares look somewhat firmer, but there is very little doing. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE OVLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Anns New 3 1 4 per Cont. Anas. ........ 91% 1 A 3 4;, Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 8 9-16 7-16 D 0.30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, 1859 B% India Stock Do. Bonds, 10001 4O p Ditto under 1.0001 South Sea Stock 101 Bank Stock for Account 192 Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 1 1 / 2 d. 2d. March. June. 46 49 p 46 p 1,0001. Small — PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 39 Equador Bonds 3 % 34 Mexican Dontls, 1846, 5 per Cent 29 1 / 2 % Ditto for the Account Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto 4 per Cent. Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent lO5 104!4 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840 Ditto for the Account .:... Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent Cent Ditto for the Account .... SO Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2 1 / 2 per Cent., 12 Guild B USINESS DONE IN RAILWAY MARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. PSIS SEIAItZ. Aberdeen Ditto, Preference .. ... Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 5 Ayrshire and Galloway Belfast and County Down .. 20 1 / 2 .. .. A3erks and Hants Extension (Gt. West. Perpet.s per ct.) 5 • - & Oxford ,T , -1. Birmingham . JxfordJunct., calls duly pd, or with guar. 20 Do., without a guarantee... 20 ~ .. Birmingham,Wol.,& Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guar. 10 ... . 15% to Do., without a guarantee... 10 Binning., Wol., & Stour Val. 131.14 s — Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction lO Boston, Stamf., & Birming... 5 Bristol and Exeter Do., Thirds ...... ... ..... .._._27% — to Buckinghamshire..• l6/. 4; — ...... to Caledonian Ditto, Quarter Shares l l l4— _ to Ditto, New 10/. Preference 10 Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50 Chester and Holyhead-- ..... 50 ..... 17% to 18 Ditto, Preference Clarence. . Do., Ist Class, 6 per Cent... 10 Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 Direct London & Portsmouth 5 3 4 — to Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 35 Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 22%...... East Anglia, 25/. L. & E., awl L. & D Ditto, 18/., E. & II Ditto, 31. 103., E. & H... 3LA 2 14 to Eastern Counties Do. New Guarant. 6 per Ct. 10 Do. Exten., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d Do., d0....._ ......... N 0.2, 61. 13s. 4d... Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 Do., 5 per cent. Do., Quarter .... ....... ...... 12 1 / 2 ... .. Ditto, New . .. 43 . .... ...... to Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) .. ,25 Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditp 3 1 ,4 , Ditto, do, Class B (I. & ) 22 L/ 2 . Ditto, do, Class C, ditto... 22% — to Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per ch) 20 Ditto (C. & E.), 5 per ct. 2 1 / — East Lancashire Ditto, New ... ........•..... . 21 Do., New Quarters Do., 6 per Cent. Preference Quarter Shares 6 14 — East Lincolnshire 25 Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O — to Ditto, Half Shares Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 ...... Ditto, New port.. ... ..... .. 15 Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — ..... to Rioter and Exm0uth......... 21s. Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle-8/. 6s.Bd — ..... to Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 Do. Preference Consolidated ..... .. Great Northern Do. % A Deferred ..... ... 12% — Do. 1 / B 6 per Cent. ..... 7% — to Do. Extension ..„ Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 45 Great North of England 100 ...... Ditto, Now 404... ...... - - 40 Ditto, ditto .... ..... ...... 35 Ditto, New 301 Ditto, New 154-- ... ...... 14 ...... . ... to Great Western 100 Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares 23 Ditto, Fifths 2O - Do. New 17/. l5 .. ... Hull and Selby 50 Ditto, Half Shares .. ...... 25 ...... -. Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 12% — to Lancaster and Car1i51e......., 50 Do.,Thirds... lO ...... to Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93 Ditto, ditto Ditto Half Shares - ...... to Ditto Quarters 17%...... Ditto Fifths Ditto Sixteenths ....„,.... 6k.... to Ditto, Thirds .. 15 Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 10 Do. Liverpool and B ury... 46 Do. (Hudders. and Shoff.) 47 - Do., Wakefield, P on t e f ract, and Goole Do., !Vest Riding Union... 9 .... . Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 Do., do., Half Shares (A) 9% — t o Leeds and Bradford ... 5O ..... Leeds and Thirak ...-... ...... 50 Do., New ' Do. clo.,Prefer., 6 p er C ent. 3%. ... , ---. to Do. Pref. Quarters, 1848... 6 Liverpool, Crosby, and South - p0rt.,....... ........ London & Black - wail ... ...... l' ,l 5% • ••• t° Do. Extension London and Greenwich... 12/. 153. 4d... —•—• to Ditto Preference: 2O s — Lond., Bright., & South Coast 50 ..... 37 '/ Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 ...... ... Do. Preferential, 5 per Ct., 50 ...... ... Ditto, ditto 1852 50 ..... Do„ New, guar. 6 per cent. 5 ...,.. ... to , ..... __. London as North Weltern.....loo .....132! to Dl. New Quarters Do. Fifths Do. 40i. Shares... ...14. & M 39 — to Do. 101. ...M, and B. (C.) 1 London and S. Western...—. 50 ..... 304 to Ditto, New 501-- ..... 42 1 / 2 ...,.. Ditto, New 401. 3l Ditto, Thirds l6l. 135.4 d, — Do., New Scrip, 18 , 18, Pref. 7 per Ct. on Depusit and 5 per Ct. on Calls . Londonderry and Coleraine... 30 Londonderry and Enniskillen 30 Manch, Buxton, & Matlock 4 1 / 2 — Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100 Ditto', Shares ( No. 1) ... 18 Ditto, ditto (No. 2) ___ Ditto, 1 4 3 Sliares (No. 3)... 12 1 / 2 ...... Do., New 101. Preference.. 10 ... .. Ditto, Grimsby & Sheffield 45 Ditto, ditto. Ditto, ditto Ditto Sheffield and Line. 17 1 / 2 .-- Ditto, Grimsby Dock ...... 22 1 / 2 to Ditto, Man. & Lin. Union 41. 25.... Midland ..... ... . lOO —.7.5 1 / 2 76... to 75 Ditto, Consol. Preference 100 Ditto.:so/. Shares ..... ...... 25 Midland, Birm., and Derby...BX) ... %lidland, Como). Bristol and Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 40 ... Ditto ditto 181. 23. 6d . Ditto,ErewashVal., Pref... 50 Midland, Leices. and Swan nington (8 per ct.gua.)....100 .... . - NlidLl. Great Western (Irish) 47 1 / 2 to Middlesbro' and Redcar. 6 per cent. guar.... Newer ale and Carlisle lOO ...... Ditto Quarter Shares . .... 25 ... .. - Newmarket Ditto Extension Scrip... 21, 32s — Newport Abergy., and lleret. 6 Newry and Enniskillen ...... I - Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor ..... ..... ........ 20 Norfolk ... ........ IOO Ditto Ncw 201. l5 ...... Ditto Guaranteed 6 per et. 20 Do. Do. 5% per cent 5 ..... ...... :to Do. EAwestott (guar.4 p ct.) 20 Ditto (guar. 6 per cent.... 13 ...... Do. do. - Waveney Valley... 2 Northern Counties Union ... 4 North British .. .. ......... .. 25 Ditto Pall 5hare5......... 12 1 ,4 — Do. Quarters 6 IA 3/ to Ditto. Extension ..., _% — Ditto Thirds .... ........ ...... 8 q ...... 41i to North Staffordshire... .. ...... 17 1 4 l4 ... .. to North Wales ' North Western • 11!4 Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton Reading, Guildfd., & Reigate 12 ii; .. .. Royston and Ilitchin ..... .. _3 ' ; ,i ...... Scottish Central ......... ...... 25 ... .. —. Scottish Midland .... ....... .... 25 ...... Ditto, New... , 11r.wsbury and Birmingkarn 11 Ditto, ditto, Class B. 7 Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 ...... Shrewsbury and Hereford .. 2 Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Ditto Halves, Ditto 9 ... .. ...... to Ditto, Uswestry l B l /2 — ...... to Ditto .New)... Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref....... 10 Shropshire Union... South Devon .. 50 ...... Ditto, Preference ...... .. ... 25 - South Staffordshire South E-tern 33 Is .. Ditto, No. 1. Ditto, No. 2. Ditto, No. 3. Ditto, Registered No. 4.... 10 ...... to Ditto. Scrip No. 4.. South Wales South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole 'zheffield, Rotherham. and Goole (N. D) Gua. 5 perct. 10 Do. do. (South Div.) 5 Swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stm. Coal ... . 6 Taw Vale Extension Thames Haven Dock and Railway 1 7 1, Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny 20 to Waterford and Limerick ... .. 47 Vs-- .. Waterford, Wexford,Wicklw, and Dublin ___ .... _ .- Wear Valley 6 pet Cent _ Guaranteed Do. do. do. Do. do. do. ..... . . 12%.... West Cornwall Whitehaven and Furness l6 ..... Windsor, Staines, and South Western...... l2 Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 45 Fork, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 Do. and Newcastle Exten. 20 Do. G. N. E. Pun or Pref. S ... Do.Hartlepool Dk. & Rly. 100 York and North Midland .. 50 Ditto, Preference Ditto East and West Riding • Extension ... . .... 25 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian (late Italian I and Austrian ••• 5 Boulogne and Amiens Central of France ( Orleans and Vierzon) ... Demerara.. .. ... l7l/. .... _ Dutch Rhenish 74 — East Indian Great Indian Peninsular 5 ...... ...... to Louvain ala Sambre ......,.. 7% — ...... to Luxembourg Ditto ...... Madrid and Valentia Namur and Liege Northern of France l3 Orleans and Bordeaux ... 7 Paris and Lyons Do. Do. Paris and Orleans.... 2O Parts and Ronen Paris & Strasbourg ..,.. ..... 10 Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 Tours & Nantes ... .. .. 9 Tournav, Jurbise, Landen, and Hasselt ... ........ .... .. 28 ...... — West Flanders 8 34 — ..... . to Ditto ..........................20 JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia British North American .... 50 . .... Colonial .... .. .. ...„ Commercial of London . London Joint Stock ..... London and Westminster... 20 National Provincial of Engld. 35 Ditto, New National of Ireland 22% ——... to Provincial of Ireland Ditto, New . lO ..... ...... to Union of Australia 25 Ditto, New..... Union of London ....... . ...... 10 Union of Madrid 4O - MINES. Anglo Mexican .. 100 ...... to Asturian .. ••• to Australian Barrossa Range Mining Corn. 285....... Blaenarr n Iron and Coal ... 50 Bolanos Scrio — British Iron Brazilian Imperial ..... .. ... Ditto St. John Del Rey ... 15 Ditto Cocaes and Cuiaba... 30 Cobra Copper General Mining ...... .... 20 Real del Monte, Unregistered . .. .. ... to Do. Black Debentures — Do. Red Debentures ..... .... Santiago de Cuba. United Mexican - ...... to LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, APRIL 10.—Wind this day at noon N. ; light breeze and dull weather. OFF THE LIZARD, APRIL B.—Johanna Cornolie, Batavia, for Rotterdam, under jury foremast and bow sprit. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 9.—Wind E.S.E.—SId. Emperor, Quebec. FALMOUTH, APRIL 9.—Wind E., light breezes. -8, Sld. Roslin Castle, Quebec. Offport-6th, Hope, Balti more, for Antwerp. MIDDLESBOROUGH, APRIL B.—The James Saville, Anderson, from London to Hamburgh, was towed in here yesterday with damage, and leaky, and must discharge. HULL, APRIL 9.—Wind E.N.E., strong breeze.-Bth,Sld. Ross, St. John's, Ne w B runsw i c k ; F ergus, Quebec. SHIELDS, APRIL 6.—Sld. V enus , Quebec; Lune, ditt o . ABERDEEN, APRIL 6.—Sld. Robert _ w assLemuel,ohmede onshorebßu l io w H r k a cs to oa a Quebec. marked' ( SCARBOROUGH, rF TE Como'"haveT. APRILNbee been 1 9 n , . h d e a s n ou o t a h r of the Spaw. A piece of a quarter-board marked " Spray " in white letters on a black ground, have come on shore at Filey. BRISTOL, APRIL 9.—Wind E.—Sld. Gleaner, Prince Edward's Island. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 9. Wind E.—Arrd. Bth, William Russell, Golding, Pernambuco; Grenada, Batchelder, New Orleans; Chieftain, Williams, New Orleans; Argyle, Fletcher, Charleston; West Point, Allen, New York. 9 th, Aberdeen, Haws, Savannah; Senator, Coffin, New York. Mem.—The Jamestown has not arrived from New York as reported yesterday. Sld. Bth, Sylla, New foundland. 9.h, Seagull, Rio Janeiro; Columbus, Per nambuco; Samuel, Staten Island; Yeoman, Staten Island; MacDonald, New York; Aid, Prince Edward's Island; Lady Elgin, Quebec. Off port, Edinburgh, New Orleans. 9 W . d lightand i ble —A d COWES. APRIL .—•• variable.—Arr d . a . rr . Bertha, Viereck, Rio Grande, for Hamburgh; General Taylor, Chase, Charleston, for Stettin. OFF HASTINGS, APRIL 9. Wind N.E.-- Thomas Hughes, Haddard, Port Philip. OFF DUNGENESS,' APRIL 9.—Barham, Gimblet, Calcutta; Minden, Crawford, Calcutta. DOVER, APRIL 9.—Sld. Hercules, New York. DEAL, APRIL 9. Wind N.N.E. to N.E. Arrd. Home, Wingate, Baltimore; F. A. Everett, Baltimore. A rrived from the river furl sailed, 1 3 ::cidyn, C4l::tlonic ' Perti.tnataco; Sir John Title Kitts; Princess Royal, Godtrey, Grenada; Batchelor, Reynolds, Quebec; Laurel, Kuarstou, Quebec; Queen, Eccles, Newfoundland. Sld. lenrietta, Swan diver; Oetertyre. ;; of Good IL , pe; Asia, Qut , Lc; Margaret, Quebec; Count e ;s of M u ! grave, Q ue b ec. COWES, AP' a L 7.—The master of the Onderneming, arrived here fro n Havannah, reports that, on the 3d inst., he saw to wind p and of him a ship on fire, with another in company, wf :II he subsequently spoke to, and w hich proved to be th e Dutch ship Von Spec, from Batavia to IVitt2rdarri; sh 3 had on hoard the whole of the crew of the burnin3 sl: ij ', the Insignia, from New Orleans tO Liverpool. LoDoNDER: r 1, APRIL 7.—Arrd. Jane Dixon, Smith, New York. BELFAST, A RIL Elinbeth, New , York. Corm, Arr../ r. 7. Wind S.S.E.—Arrd. General Scott, 3 Atirnore. Sid. 7th., Mary and Ann, Montreal; Suset St. Andrew's. WATERFORD, APRIL B.—Wind S.S.W. to Sid. Dunbrady, 3 Tew York; Seta. Quebec. SWANSEA, Ap RIL 9.—Wind E.N.E.—SId. Henrietta, Cub • JERSEY, Arr. 3 L Gaspc., Gaspe. 7th, Johnny, Labrador. FALMOUTH, APRIL 9.--Wind E., light breezes.--' Arrd. Sth, all packet, Rio J.ineiro; sld. Feb. 27; on freight about 26 0001. NC ricE OF BLOCKADE. Dania Consulate General, London, April 9. Sir,—l beg tz inform you that I have received a n o tice issued by the I I )yal Ministry of Marine at Copenhagen, on the 3d , stating that the following places will be blockaded by his Majesty's forces, viz :—Carnmiuf Swinemunde, « olgast, Griefswalde, Stralsund, Rostock, from the sth Ist.; and Pillau, Dantzic, Rivers Elbe, Weser, and I; phi !e, from the 12th inst. And that this announcemen which has been communicated to the re presentative!) of the friendly and neutral powers accre dited to his IVIA esty's Court, will likewise be notified by the Customs' oft !eers to every vessel passing through the Sound or the 'l.l, its. P. FLETCRER WILSON, Danish Consul-General. J. PRIESTLEY, Secretary. Captain G. Halsted, RN., S'..ieretary, Lloyd's. (Signer i) CIII3IINA L L COURT.—( THIS DAY,) OLD COURT. (Before the RECORDER.) FATHER AND SON. Henry Corbis,Vey, aged 19, described as a harn ess maker, pleaded Guilty to a charge of stealing 10 save• reigns, the propo: :ty of his father, Mr. Ebenezer Cor bishley. The prosecutor , who is a Dissenting minister, in reply to the Recorder, stated that the prisoner was a most incorrigible vagal ond. He had brought him up well, and given him a wood education, and when the proper time arrived ho apprenticed him to a saddler, paying with him a pre rni um of 801. He, however, conducted himselr so disg;•ac'efully that eventually the indentures had to be cancelleii, and the money forfeited. Throyagli the influence of the late Alderman Lucas, he was t,acs admitted into the :Marine Society, and some time after yards he was stet to sea, when the prosecutor altoge•diet lost sight t;.of him for a lengthened period. The next he heard of him was through his being charged of a former felony, but he goi over that, and a situation of 10s. per week swat' procured for hills on board a fishing smack. The smack: at the time lying at Brighton, and the prosecutor not only gave him a. suit of clothes, but supplied him with money to pay Es fare down. He, however, never found his way to Brighton, but got into Maidstone gaol. Still the prosecutor was disposed to overlook this, and rods allowed him to return to his home; hut having committed the present robbery he felt it to be his duty to prosecute him for the sake of a younger son, whom the prisoner was contanaimming by his wicked conduct and evil counsel. The COURT. :,•entencecl the prisoner to fifteen months' imprisonment in the house of Correction, with hard uour. A JUVENILE RESCUER.—A lad named Henry Myers, aged 15, pleaded guilty to a charge of unlawfully rt f cuing from the cus'udy of Phoebe Abraham, a person whose name was unknown, and who hQ,d stolen from, htr person moneys, value 2s. 2d., of Emanuel Abrahams, and was sentenced to six months' imprisonment. NE IV COURT. The Court was occupied during the whole morning, 1 0 trying Mint prosecutions for uttering counterfeit c gin, but none of them presented any feature beyond whist is ordinarily found in cases of this description. The number of prisoners charged with this offence is more than usually large this sessions. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) (Before the ASSISTANT JUDGE.) The April Quarter Sessions were commenced this morning at the Sessions-house, Hicks's Hall, Clerk en' well•green, before Mr. Sergeant Adams, the Assistai3t* Judge, and a bench of magistrates. The calendar• is rather heavy, the number of prisoners being nearly 120. Bur, the offences are fur the most part trivial, and the offenders juvenile. There were three cases of pocket picking in the crowd at Messrs. Ackermo.nn's window in the Strand (collected round the portrait of Rush) tried in the course of the morning, and the prisoners were all convicted. TLe ASSISTANT-JUDGE thought that these cases ought to teach the loungers who gather round the attractive • windows of Messrs Ackermana to be careful of their pockets. MARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY•) Mary GrffiLths, a notorious thief, was brought bolero Mr. Arnold, charged with having stolen three half' crowns belonging to Join Phillips, No. 12, Carrington' street, May-ti.ir. The prosecutor stated that on the previous night, about ten o'clock, he was proceeding up Park-lane► when he was accosted by three women, one of whom was the pris oner. Witness desired them to go abouS, their business or he would give them in charge. Two 0 1 the women then left, but the prisoner persisted in follow' ing him. At that time be put his hand in his trousers pocket and felt that his money, consisting of three half crowns, was sa re. The prisoner then laid hold of his arra and walked with him for several yards. He ender voured to shake her off, and in doing so he felt her withdraw her hand from his pocket. He felt in the latter and missea the money. lie then seized hold of her and detained her until a constable came up, when be gave her in charge. She was searched at the station, but no portion of the money was found upon her. The prisoner, who is an old offender, was committed to the House of Correction for two months, with hard labour. Wm. Irving, a determined young vagrant, was charged with having braken three squares of glass, value 153., at the Rose Tavern, Jermyn•street. Mr. John Mead, landlord of the above tavern, deposed that last night, a bout half-past eleven, the prisoner came to his house and demanded relief; on being refused, he took up some oyt ter shells and broke the windows. Lie then give him in charge. The prisoner wAs committed for three mouths, with hard labour. SOUTIIITARK.—(THIS DAY.) Wm. Bailey was again placed at tho bar, charged with the wilful murder of Henry Lamboyle, in the Blackfriars-read. Mr. COTTINGICAM directed that the evidence takin yesterday should be read over. Some further additional evidence having been given, Mr. CorrinonAm said, you have heard all the evidence now adduced against you. It will afterwards be reduced to the shape of de positioni to be used upon your trial, and you will have it read over to you. lam compelled to send you for tri it on this solemn charge, and it is my duty now to ask y ou if you have anything to say. You Y say anything or nothing, but whatever you mai Low say will be used in another place. Prisoner—l have nothing to say, only, according to what I hear from the evidence, I am sorry this has hap' pened. He was a yining man with whom I was well ac quainted. I have wen home with him many times, both to dinner and to tea, and he has been with me the same. He was one of the last that I would think of doing such a thing to. We had been drhak ing together all night, and were very comfortable. Hoe' it occurred I'm sure I don't know, when I heard him say, Oh, I'm stabbed ; lam going." I have no idea of anything further than that when I was taken into custody. That young man (referring to one of the wit nesses) says to me 6 .; You are not going away," and says "No, I'm not going ;" and when the man said he was stabbed I thought he was only joking. Mr. COTTINGIIA'a—You will be sent to the Old Bailey, and your trial will probably take place on Friday next. You had better be prepared to meet this awful charge. The prisoner was then fully committed for trial. STANFIELD-HALL MURDERS. NORWICH, MONDAY AFTERNOON.— A. change seems to have taken place in the prisoner Rush, which, though inconsiderable, holds out a promise that e'e long that obstinacy in which he has so long indulged may give way to impressions more suitable to the a,vful position in which he stands. For some days pist his great object seems to have been to per suade those by whom he is more immediately sur rounde 1 of his innocence of the atrocious charge of which he has been convicted, but on no occasion has he reverted to that ridiculous inven tion which he was weak enough to imagine the Judge and jury would entertain, that " Dick and Joe ' were the guilty parties. During the whole of yesterday, and also during part of today, he has been more reserved, and has asked several questions of a different character from those he has been in the habit of putting. Hitherto his queries have been irreverent and absurd, but now he has adopted a more serious tone. Rush attended Divine service yesterday morning in the Castle chapel. Dur ing the delivery of the sermon, which was preached by the Rev. Mr. Brown, he appeared to be in a deeply meditative mood ; his eyes were fixed upon the ground; once or twice he raised them- towards the preacher, but they dropped almost immediately into their original position. The proprietors of the No folk News, a paper of large circulation, have made, or are about to make, a direct proposal to the murderer Rush to settle a large amount of money upon his family if he will write for publication (in a volume) a sketch of his past career, and will append to it a confession of the Stanfield•hall murders. A large number of persons firmly believe that the murderer will accept this pro posal; that is, if he is honest enough to make any Sa , .l ! , ccoitilts are received from with regard to Mrs. Jermy. She appears to mike no ad vance towards improvement. Emily Sandford remains at Wyraondharn Bridewell, under the to3tering care THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 10, 1849.