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T HE LE GAL TITLE ASSURANCE COMPANY. (Provisionally Registered, January 17, 1949.) Capital, 2,000,0001., in 80,000 Shares, of 251. each. Preliminary Deposit, 2s. 6d. per Share Prospectuses and full information may be obtained at the Tempo say °flees of the Company, 13A, Cannon-row, Westminster, on ap ylloatito to G. F. HOWE, Hon. Sec., pro tem. HER 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 tally Informed that THIS EVENIN G, Will be presented Bellini's Opera of NORMA. Polio, Signor Gardoni ; breves°, Signor Lablache ; Norma, Mdlle. Pared! ; Adalgisa, Madame Giuliani. To conclude with (tbe Slmery by Mr. Charles Marshall) the cele brated Ballet, entitled LB DLIBLE A QUATBE• In which will appear Xdlle. Carlotta Grist I Mdlle 3farie Taglion', and Mme. Petit Stephan. Mdlle. Carolina Rosati,hevenot X. Paul Taglion!, 3f. Charles, M. Louis D'Or Mdlles. T Jalitn, Lamoureux, and Aussandon. An entirely new grand Ballet, by M. Tagiloni, Is In active prepa• Fallon, • HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. MDLLE. JEN , Y LIND. 31,z•rt's Opera, Il Finite Magico. It is respectably announced that a Grind EVENING, CLASS . ° tL MUSICAL ENTERTA.INMENT wll take lice in th,, Great Theatre on lIURSDAY EVENING, the of April, w:th inn o:chistra. Cho 113, &c , and comprishig the whole of ailvaart's celebrated Ope IL-a, FLAUTO 3IAGICO. Principal Artistes —3ldlle. Jenny Lind, Mdlle. Casolant, Mdlle. Tolonio, Miss A. Williams, Miss M. Williams, Madame Giuliani, signor Gardoni, Signor Bordas, Signor Bartollni (of the Italian Opera, Paris, his first appearance), Signor Arnoldi, Signor Coletti, Signor , Belletti, Signor F. Lablache, and Signor Labla,:he. Conductor, Mr. Balte. Subscribers wishing to avail themselves of the privilege of this performance In the subscription are respectfully requested to com rnunicate their wishes to Mr. Nugent, Box-office, before Satur day, the 7th instant, until which day their Boxes and Stalls will be retained. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, sad Tickets to be made at the Box ottlico, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Half-past Seven, Concert to commence at Eight. THEATRE ROYAL, EIAYMAR EL &T. Mr. B. Webster, Sele Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENIN ,, Will be performed THE RENT DAY. Martin Heywood, Mr. J. Wailack. After which a Classical Extravaganza, entitled THE SPHINX. To conclude with the new Farce, entitled SEPARATE MAIN. TENANCE. THEATRZ ROYAL. ADELPHI. Under the direction 01 M a dame Celeste. TH IS E TENING, Will be performed THE 1101' 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 TUE ENCHANTED ISLE. Alonzo, Mr. Paul Bedford; Proipero, Mr. 0. Smith Ariel, Miss E. Chaplin. !LOYAL LYCEUM THEATKE. Under the Management of Madame VestrlE Sole Lessee. Mr. Charlel Ma• he ws. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Drama, called A ROMANTIC IDEA. After which, a aew Piece entitled HOLD YOUR TONGUE. Cha racters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Selby, and Parselle ; Miss IL Gil bert, Miss Jane Coleman, and Madame Vestris. To conclide with THE SEVEN CHAMPIONS OP CHRISTEN- Dom. Drees Boxes, 55.; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; ?It, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No ►alf-price to any part of the house. The New llox-oftce, No. 2, Wellinzton street, is open to the public every day, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE BEGGAR'S OPERA. After which, a new Rrand Extravaganza, entitled ITOUREDDIN AND r LIE FAIR PERSIAN. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. trader the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. Immense Novelty for the Ilollaays—Be-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 Ilquestrianism—Mr. Batty has also en gaged Mons. Tournaire, Mons. Benedick, Herr Henri, Madame Toarnaire, and Mdlle. Adelaidini, together with their high3y- trained Horses THIS EVENING, The performance will commence witk a Grand Equestrian Spec tacle, by Fitzball, entitled THE WHITE MAIDEN 07 CALIFOR NIA; or, the Horse of the Ocean. To, be followed by an inimitable display of SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, la which Young Hernandea will appear, supported by the Int Equestrian talent of the day. To conclude with on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, THE DUMB DRIVER; and the Farce of THE SECRET on tlts al ternate Evenings. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Manazer. Mr. W. West. TO CORRESPON DENTS. Ro communication can be attended to unless authenti , cated by the name and address of the writer. Rejected communications cannot be returned. WEATHER.—SUN OFF:CE, APRIL 10. Ti3RMONETEII, Lowest, 40, Highest, 50, soon, 48 BAROMETER, 29.62. WIND E.N.E.—dull, hazy weather, with ra'n. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tars DAY —Morning, 32 min. after 3 I Evening, 44 alin. after 3 To-Moscow— , orning, 4 min. after 4 I Evenlrc, 21 min. after Cotriening lint LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 10. 1849. In commenting yesterday upon the report of the committee appointed to investigate Great North of England Purchase Accou n f. v e showed that Mr. HUDSON was fully and co rrr a e tely exone rated, by his very accusers themselves, of having 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 did not gain a single shilling by Me transaction, 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. CLosa, 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. FLEWS. The figures 3:3 : 6 were placed opposite the 151. shares in the column showing the profits to be derived by the company by purchasing at the market price of the day, 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. iiuDso - s might go to that limit in bidding for the 13/. 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 154 shares (as well as the 40/.), supposing money to be worth to the company 4 as well as 6 per cent. If the latter was assumed as the basis of the calculation, the then value of the shares would have been 211.55. 3d. ; if the former, 241. 33. 6d. Mr. CLosa 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. Ns:, or 13s. 6d. per share below the estimates ; in other words, if no mistake had occurred, making the company a present of 1,9391. 193., 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 2,5747. on account, and (as appears by the evidence of Sir JOSIN SimrsoN) declared that they (the secretary and himself) should go into the matter after the meeting, and this, be it re membered, before- 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 committee as to the sufficiency of this explanation, and that consequently " they left it without comment in the hands of the shareholders." This is the result of the unfortunate constitution of that committee, where the accusers were judges (and one of them witness also), b e i ng thus in his rather anomalous position, as M rs. 31,1Laraor quaintly remarked, "like CERBERUS, 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 81,1001 (on the 27th October, 1846,) he himself could not have paid more than about 25,0001. on account of die purchase of these shares, although he might be called upon to maks a further payment of about 70,0001. 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." _ - This statement ha 3 b een prominently put forward by a morning contemporary as materially affecting Mr. llnDsoN's position in the case. Now what are 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 sliares 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 81,100/. 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 prcfits 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 990/. 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. SATTERTRWAITE, where 16,662/. was charged, and 16,6001. only paid. It is not very probable that Mr. HUDSON 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 621. 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 16,5621. for the shares bought of Mr. SATTER THWAITE having been paid on the sth April, whereas it appeared when Mr. CLOSH wrote to that gentleman for a stamped receipt " for the 16.5621." paid to him by Mr. HUDSON, that it appeared that 16,6001. 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. HUDSON 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. PLEWS'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. HUDSON, with that generosity, 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 3,2501. per annum for the benefit of that company, was quite prepared to make the sacrifice, and stated his intention to Mr. CLosu to have the accounts male 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 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 whick he has been actuated in all his transactions with the company. We hare 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 Purmius STRUS, Judex damnatur cum nocens aisolvitur, and there was the old buff and blue livery, which had become hallowed by its association with the grace of JETPREY, the vigour of BROUGHAM, the terse annotations of MAcsiNTosii, 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 bis sophistries, as the caterpillar acquires a greenness of complexion from devouring the leaves of the mulberry. Of all writers we should certainly take Monsieur GUIXOT 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. GUIZOT 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 . Edinburgh for the nonce, and has deluded the jour stofWhiggery into an idea that his real vocation is t o cry ueverythingpthe praises of Toryism and to discoun tenanceapproximating in the smallest degree to libe ralit y. The closing article in the one-hundred-and-eigh tieth number of the Whig Q u a r t er ly i s di c tated under the inspirati on o f F 11.24 Elt. Had the contri butor, in a kindredmood, written upon matters eccle siastical, he would have penned a diatribe against religious tolerance that must have been a matter of exultation to Archbishop LAUD. Had the Edin burgh Reviewer but followed out to the full the example of the Parliamentary candidate who con tented himself with bawling from the hustings in Somersetshire, " I say ditto to Mr. Burke r, 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 GulzoT 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 DE 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, 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 FAUNTELROY 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 debauchelies 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 intrigues 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 justice, 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 sentenced to the expiation of their offences. They knew 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 ROSH. They crushed this infamous Government. They expelled these fawning tools of state-craft. They compelled this cunning 'Viz i er 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 1) by the Edinburgh Review—that the revolution of February was conspicuous for its "utter needlessness." Surely it is possible to misrepresent democracy without violating 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 Government, and of the Government of the President Boisn - ARTE afford in themselves 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 Passv, 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 PnusstA. A telegraphic dispatch has been received by the French Government announcing that General DE LA MARNORA took possession of the town of Genoa on the 6th, at six o'clock in the evening, after a combat in the streets. The Nationa /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 way y a i t g t o i n t a S n p only by c m ha om nc e e nt he he wasaaitn to join his partisans in Catalonia, and ' h ni is P w e t was was discovered 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 p o li ce ; th a t h e was sent back, and that he lately passed through Paris completely incognito. He was conducted to one of the seaports of 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 Monday at 661. 80c.; the Five per Cents., at 89f. 60c.; the New Loan, at 88f. 90c.; Orleans Rail road shares, 855 f.; Rouen, 552 f. 50c.; Havre, 302 f. 50c.; Great Northern, 457 f. 60c.; Avignon, 225 f. ; Vierron, 3621. 50c. ; Basle, 1071. 50c. ; Bordeaux, 4121.50 c.; Paris and Strasburg, 3751.; Tours and Nantes, 328 f. 75c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, APRIL 9. Boulogne and Amiens, 8% —Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 14— Eas t Indian, 4,4 7 -Namur and Liege, 8 az in—Northern of France, 11—Paris and Strasbourg, 4% —Rouen and Havre, 11%. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 4th have arrived. The Queen of SPAIN, 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. • • A. 1101• M ok vr • 4 7 , 4 ,„„ • - _ • ~ ~r T H 14 4° s - SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 10, 1849. 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 the Russians; that PUCHNER has retired into Wal lachia, an d that there is no trut h 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—" Things 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 KING to accept the Imperial Crown was of so strong a 'character in buth Chambers, that the Presidents were obliged to suspend the respective sittings. In the first Chamber the Members indu!ged in a personal conflict. FRAN KFORT. The Deutsche Zeitung states that M. CAMPHAUSEN, 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 th e p o i n t o f th e bayonet, and the inhabitants driven into the houses, where they were , earned alive. A man named HAYNEAU was the (xeneral who commanded th e per petration of these atrocities. If he b e no t severe l y punished by the Austrian Government, then will Austria rank below Ashantee in the scale of civiliza tion. Genoa has surrendered to General Li MARMoaA. SICILY. The Liberia 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 thEaosrawsxr commands the Valley Catania. Gen. TROBRIAND has been named Marshal of Sicily. The fortifications around Palermo are actively carried 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. at nht yeolrt rheothefnhea conduc t l rmvyoee fne oercbEetej' ießnhtdcgogaat lstihahotl been fe lededai ernyen spophSiarrt shares, ehh t se i ao, o sf2 n et 0 , ht t r ieahen o odp r cf l ro c isFm , na A celmeibp p ir atroutli of th e e a r a9tynh, appointed lapBsoiGt4 indeedn9rand in quiry affecting myself, I find that viewed as improper, by reason of my being dee me d t o stan d t owar d s th e com p any i n the relat i on of a trustee. The committee proceed to state, " that they are of opinion that the sum charged by Mr. Hudson for these shares ought to be reduced to the sum he actually paid for them, and the diffe rence repaid utith interest." .It not my wish to impugn the reasoning or question the conclusion of the committee; but 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 th oug h t myse lf res trained 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. Itwdiilffil difficulty your o o t ur ok re u collection that at a period of great the then e responsibility necessary for of giving personally the po g n ua m ra y n s t ef hele completing the ar rang ement for raising the funds requisite to extend th e r ailway 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. Other instances, in which the same principle has governed my conduct, and not to the disadvantage of 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 art ived ; for as far as my own view of my position is concerned, that conclusion is incorrect. But if t h e i r v i ew of my posi• tion as a trustee is right, then it should be carried out; not, however, as I imagine, by my repaying the difference with interest, , which, a ft er the cor rection of an admitted er ror , would be a comparatively trifling amount, but by can celling the whole transaction. Thi s 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 period of depression shares which in better times I could have disposed of to advantage, and the company will have 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 cou rse w hi c h my own feelings and judgment point out t o b e correct, under the circumstances in which I find myself placed— circumstances to me of a most p a i n f u l nature, but in 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. ebirb Wbition NEWMARKET RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) THE NEWMARKET HANDICAP. Canezou ••• ..• •.• •P• • • Fernhill ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• The Riddleaw ort h Stakes. Sobraon ••• •.• Sister to Arkwright •.• Indus ... ••• ••• Sweepstakes of 50 sous. each. Black Eagle -.. ... ... ... Clarissa ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 2 IRELAND. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) TRIAL or DUFFY. DUBLIN, MONDAY EYBNING.—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 compositton of .the panel is considered to be unfavourable as regards the probability of a disagree ment in the jury box. The trial canuot.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 transportationi n 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. ISAY SmlTunELD.—Meadow llay, 2/ 10s to 311 M; Clover ditto, 3/ to 41 165 ; and Straw, 11 Is to 11 Ils per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade dull. Cl o ver ditto, 3/ to 41 14 s ; an d St raw , 11 S s t o l CUMBERLAND. A -. Meadow Hay, 21 12s to 41 ; slow trade, at the above quotations. CllAPEL.—MeadowHay, 21 lOs to 31 18s ; CloverlPßTedEEritto , 3/ to 51 ; an d St raw , 1/ 7 3 t o 1/ 11% p l or lClV2 l u o llim ad. Both Hay and Straw moved o ff slowly, at barely late rates. SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY MORNING.—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 followitg 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. STONE PROM GUERNSEY.—Seven-and• t wenty stone. laden vessels, averaging 200 tons each, left St. Samp son's Harbour, on Saturday, for London.—Guernsey Sun. ARRIVALS AT MIVART'S HOTEL.—The Duchess Dowager of Roxburgh, from Brighton ; the Marquis and Marchioness de Caumont la Force, from Paris; Sir Thomas R. Gage, from his seat, Kengrove Hall. De partures—Baron and Lady Augusta de Neumann, on a .continental tour; Baron Ward, on his return to Its'''. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. Tha sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at from 5,000 to 6 ; 000 baks, and comprised about 4,000 to 5.000 American, at 38d. to Gld.; 200 Pernams and Maranham at 4:id. to 5p.; 200 Egyptian at 61 to 61(1.; 300 Surats at 3;11. to 3Ad.; and 20 Sea Islands at Bd. 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 centre 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 pensi,n 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 119,405 820 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 troubled. The rate of exchange at Rio had materially improved, being 251 to 25k, and with large transactions on England. Money was rather in demand at 7 to 7i per cent., and the Six per Cent. Stock had beer, a little flat at 86 to 864. 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 bas 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 6/. to 6/. ss. per On. " 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 50;. 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 re-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 i❑ 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 911 to 91i. The " continua tion " to May has been 1- to 3.16 per cent., and money is very easy, with every prospect of becominz still more so, now the dividends are in the course of payment, and general transfers are resumed in public securities. The suppression of the revolt at Genoa, the the in the French funds, and 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 91f to 1. Count Ranson, 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 291 to Equador, 31 1, and Buenos Ayres 39. Portuguese Four per Cents. are 271 to 23. Russian Binds obtain the ad vanced rates of 1.041 to 105. Spanish Five per Cents. are 161 and the Three per Cents. 30. Dutch Two and-a. Half per Cents. are 501. Shares look somewhat firmer, but there is very little doing. ONE CLOSING Pcl r;3 OF I , EITISII FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced A , ins ...... .. 90 t/ s Nl,i IA 90 1 4 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9o 4 siYa 91 N,vr 3 1 4 per Cent. Ann 5...... • 9IVA% 91% LmgAnns. to expireJan.lB6o -16 7-16 8 7-16 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 ••• 83 / 4 8% India BondA, 1,0004 Ditto under 1,000/... ...... CO 60 South Sea Stock Bank Stock for Account, 192 192 Consols for Account 8 1 3, (1 %% 91% Exchequer Bills. 1 1 ,%u. & 2d. 1,0001. June 46 49 p Small. June PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS 49 p 46 p 0 NE CLOSING O'CLOCK. ?EWES. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. 39 39 Equador Bonds &exican, 5 per Cent. 1846 291,4 36 29 3 4 Ditto. Account 29% 29 3 4 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents — Ditto, Account — €6 Portuguese 5 per Cents. — Ditto,4 per Cent 2 7 1A128 28 Ditto. Account — 28 lA, Russian Bonds ... ...... paritsh 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account . 16%% Ditto, 3 per Cent .... — Ditto, Account .... 30 Dividends on the above payable in London. lq;i 20g 301 t Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild.... 50 1 / 5 50% PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING itA IL WAY SIIA RES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES .t berdeen 5O ...... . .... ........ Do. Preference .•• Amber. Nott., Bosten, and Eastern Junction 21A...... .. Ayrshire and Galloway.. 7% — Belfast & County Down 20% — Berks & Hants Extens. (Gt. West. Per.s per ct.) 5 - ....... D.. ••• • • Birmingham and Ox ford Junct., calls duly paid, or with a guarttn. 20 I •••••• Do, withoutguaraotee 20 . ... Birming, Wolverh'ton, and Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guarantee 10 ..... 1514... .. Do. without guarantee 10 Bitming.,AVolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 131. 145..... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.— 10 -• ........ ••••••• Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 5 Bristol and Exeter 9O ..... Ditto, Thirds .... 6uckinghamshire ... 161. 4e. Caledoni an A Do. Quarters ..»..... 12% — .......... Do. New 101. Pref..... 10 „ _ . .. ••• .... •.• ••• Di tto,Clydesdale June 50 Chester and Holyhead... 50 ........... •••• Ditt o , Preference darence .................. 78 1 ,4 — ................ ............. Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports- - mout h Dublin and Belfast Junc. 35 ...... Dundalk & Enniskillen 2 2 p t'ast Anglia, 251., L. & 3 E. and L. and D...... 25 Do., 184, E. & H.... 18 Do., 31. 10 5 . Eastern Counties........ 20 8X 9 By B Do. New Guaranteed 6 per Cent... Ditto,Extension,s per Cent., No. 1 61.135. 4d.... Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... Do. North. & Eastern 50 Ditto. 5 per Cent.... 50 ...... ••••••••• - Ditto, 14 Shares Do. New 43 Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 . 2% 15% 24 1/ii Ditto, Class A, ditto... 3% Do., Class B (L & B.) 22 ti, — Ditto, Class C, ditto... `22% Do. Scrip (6 percent.) 20 ...... 19 1 ,4 19% Ditto (C. & .E.) guar. 5 per cent............ 214 East Lancashire Ditto, New Ditto, New Quarters 6% Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters ... 6 1 A - ..... - East Lincolnshire ...... 25 Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 Ditto, Half Shares ... 20 .. Edinburgh and Northern 25 Ditto, Newport l5 .. Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorch. 2. 5 ; 8 — Exeter and Exmouth... 21s. lila.gow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Glasgow,Kilmar , & Ayr 50 ...... Do. Preference Consol. •-•••••• • ..• Great Northern Do., • 1 / 2 A Deferred Do., 1 / 2 B 6 per Cent... 71% Do. Extension 2 ...... 1•A ;rent South. and West (Ireland) - Great North of England 100 Ditto, New, 40/ 4O ..... Ditto, ditto ...... % ..... Ditto, N 35 Great Wistern 100 .... 93% Ditto, % Shares Ditto, 1 4 Shares Ditto, Fifths Ditto, New 171.....,.. 1 5 ... 18 klull and Selby ...... 50 Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ...... ......... - Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% ...... Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 — Ditto, ditto ............ 8 6 Ditto, % Shares ..... 46 Do. Quarte r Shares.... 17% ... .. Do. Fifths.... ....... 10 Do. Sixteenths......... 46i Do. Thirds ...... . ..... .15 6 3 4 .. .. .... Do. New, G ua . 6 er ct. 10 I Do. Liv er p. and` Bury 46 Ditto (Huddersfield and Sheff.) 97 Do.(Wakefield,Ponte , tract, and Goole) ... 50 11 li ..... 1 5 / /8 93 1 4 45 IA 6 14 11% Do.( W. Riding Union) 9 — ..... '''.. Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 Do. % Shares (A)... 9% — .. ... Lseds and Bradford Leeds and Thirsk Ditto, New ...... ....... 40 - .. .. Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3% — ...... D' , Pref. Quar., 18-13 6 Liverpool, Crosby &.nd Southport .. 5 1 1 - London &81ackwa11...... 12% 5% ...„ Do. Extension ... 25 ... London, Brighton, and South Coast 5O ..... 37% 38% Do.Guarant. 5 per ct.. 9 Do. Pref. 5 per cent.... 50 .. ... . — Ditto, ditt0...... 1852 50 Ditto, New Si., guar. 6 per cent. —. ..... . 5 London and Greenwich 12/15s 4d... ... ...... " - Mt°, Preference .. . '124 Loadon and N. Western 100 Ditto, New Quarters.. 7 DI to, Fifths ..... .. 2 ...... 8% % ••• 8 % Do. 40/. Shares( L. M.) :0 Do. 10/. (M. & B.) C. 1 Loud. &S. Western 5O ...... 36% :3 6 1 /4 Do. few 501. ... ..... 42%.. .. ...... Do. New 401. . 14 Ditto, Thirds IC/.135.4.1.... Do.. New Scrip, 1848, Prof. 7 per Cent. on Deposit, and 5 per Cent. on Calls 6 London , iorry&U•lerain, 30 ...... ~ondonderry and Ennis li ill n 3O ...... -- Manchester,Buxton,and Matlock .. 4% Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire...loo Do. Quarters (No. 1) 18 ••• Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 D 0.% Shares (No. 3) 12% — Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10 Ditto, Gt. Grimsby —. 45 — Ditto ditto . ......... 15 ...... ......... — Ditto ditto Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire l 7 lh . ... Do., Grimsby Dock... 22% Do. Blanchester and Lincoln Union..... 41.25. Midland ...... ..... ......100 ...... 75% 76 75 75 Do. Consolidated Pref.loo Do., do., 504 Shares .. 25 ... Do. Birm., and Derbyloo Do. Consol. Bristol and Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 ...... Ditto,Brist. & Glocar. 40 Ditto ditto .... .18 , .125.6d.... Do.,ErewdshVal.,Pref. 50 Ditto, Leicest. & Swan nington, 8 per ct. guar.loo — Midland Great Western Irish ... .••• •• •• 47% — ..... ..... •z_ .. ••••• Middlesbro' and Redcar, _ _ 6 per cent. guar. 5O New castle and Uarhsle.loo , — Do. Quarters 25 —. Newmarket ............20 ~, I IA 1.. .. ..... 1 , ..__. - Do. Extension - 125.... Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford ..., Newry and Enniskillen 7 - Newry, Warrenpouit, and Rostrevor .. 20 Norfolk ..- ........ -.100 .-- ...... . ..... _ Do. New 201. to. Guaranteed 5 p ct. 20 Do. Guaranteed 5% pc. 5 Do. Lowestott(4 per ct) 20 Ditto (6 per ct.) ..... 13 Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 — N ,rthern Counties Union 4 ..... Nirth.Britimt, ........ ... 25 ...... ..... Ditto, Halves .. Ditto, Quarters Ditto Extension ...... 0% — . Ditto, Thirds .... .. .. B' 4 .• - 44 North Staffordshire l 7 l /2 l 4 North Wales .... ...... „.. 3% North-Western ..... llk - Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton .....• 50 Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 1 2 1,4 7 .. 13% Royston and Hitchin ... 3% — Scottish Central Scottish Midland 25 Ditto, New Shrewsbury and Birm... 11 Ditto ditto. Class B. 7 -....— ... _ Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 ...... Shrewsbury and Herefd. 2 ....„. S irewsbury & Chester ( Nor. W. Min.) Ditto Halves ... ditto 9 Ditto Oswestry ...... 18 t / 42 . •-• - Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref. 10 Shropshire Union south Devon 5O ...... ... ••• Do. Preference So ith Staffordshire 7% South Eastern Do., No. 1 2B Do., N 0.2. .. 27 Do., No. 3 ....... ...... 30 ...... Do., Registered No. 4 10 Do., Scrip No 4 Sout W ales — So ath Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole E,B ...... - Sheffield, Rotherham. & Goole (N. Div.) Gua ranteed 5 per cent lO Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 5 ...... -.... — Swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stn. Coal. ... 6 - ••• •• ........ • raw Vale Extension ... 8 - ••• - ...... ••• flumes Haven Dock and Railway ..... ...... 17 1 / 2 .-- Vale of Neath ... .. 6 Waterford and Kilkenny 20 ~.... - I Waterford and Limerick 471/2 Waterld,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... Do, do. do. ... 25 Do. do. do. ... 121( 2 ..... ..... ... ii% est Cornwall .... N hitehaven & Furness 16 Windsor, Staines, and South Western..... ... 12 ...... Wilts, Somerset, & W ey mouth ........ ......... 45 York, Newcastle, and Berwick. .... ...... ..... 25 Do, Newcastle Eaten. '2O Do. ti.N.E.Preterence 8 ... York anal North Midland 50 Ditto), Preference Lio. East and W cst Bid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian). Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Central of France (Or- Vierzon) ......... ...... 20 - •• • Demerara l 7 l /2 ..... . Dutch Rhenish ......... 7%..... ... -- East Indian ...... 44 Great Indian Peninsular 5 Louvain ala Sambre ... 7 1 / 2 — Luxembourg 7 ...... 2 ......... ...... 2 Ditto Madrid and Valentia... 2 ...... Namur and Liege - ..... --x.i Northern of France l3;x,. — Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 Paris and Lyons ll ..• .. - Do. Do. . - Paris and Orleans ...... 20 ..... Paris and Rouen.... 2O ..... 21 1 / 2 21% Paris and Strasbourg ... 10 Rotten and Havre ...... 20 Sambre and Meuse Strasbourg and Basle Tours and Nantes 9 ...... ......... ..... Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den and Hassell — ' 20 West Flanders." ... ..... 8 3 % Ditto ... JOINT STOCK BANK. Australasia Colonial 25 Commercial of London 20 i 4 — ... ............ London Joint Stock ... National Prov. Engla n d. 35 — -- Ditto New... .............. 10 •• ••• ......... National of Ireland 2 2 1 / 2...... .... ........ ... Provincial of Ireland ••• ...... ••••• D:tto,New..... .. ..... 10 Union of Australia Ditto,New.. ..... ..... 2 1 / 2 ..... . awns . Union of London.... ....• 10 ...... Union of Madrid ...... ... 40 - .. MINES. Anglo-Mexican lOO Asturian Mining Com— 14 Australian 3 ...... 5 7 / 8 s7i Barrossa Range Min. Co. 282. Blaenarvun Iron & Coal 60 Bolonos Scrip ...... British Iron .... 12 ...... ..... Brazilian Imperial ..... 24 1 / 2 ................ Do. St John Del Rey 15 ....... ....... Brazil ianCocaes&C u i a b a 30 -- Cobra Copper General Mining ...... . ...... 20 Real Del Monte. Unreg. .. Do. Black D e b entures .......... Do. Red Ditto ............... ... Santiago de Cuba.... 10 .. ......... -- United exican ...... 28 1 4 — ...... LL _OYD'S SHIPPING. —(THIS DAY.) LONDON, APRIL 10.—Wind this day at noon N. ; light breeze and dull weather. OFF TILE LIZARD, APRIL B.—Johanna Cornelia Batavia, for Rotterdam, under jury foremast and bow sprit. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 9.—Wind E.S.E.—SId. Emper, r, Quebec. FALMOUTH, APRIL 9.—Wind E., light breeze. -8, Sid. Roslin Castle, Quebec. Off port Hope, Balti more, for Antwerp. MIDDLESBORoUGU, APRIL B.—The James Saville, Anderson, from London to ilamburgh, was towed in here yesterday with damage, and leaky, and must discharge. HULL, APRIL 9.—Wind E.N.E., strong breeze.-81h, S i d. it,„ s , St. John's, New Bruni wick; Fergus, Quebec. SHIELDS, APRIL 6.—Sid. Venus, Quebec; Lune, ditto. SCARBOROUGH, APRIL 9.—Some bulwarks and an oar marked "Como " have been washed on shore to the s , uth of the Spaw. A piece of a quarter.board marked " Spray " in white letters on a black ground, have come 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. Arrived from the river and sailed, Ellen, Padden, Valpa raiso; Caledonia ' Pernambuco; Sir John R ae R e id, St. Kitts; Princess Royal, Godfrey, Grenada; Batchelor, Reynolds, Quebec; Laurel, Knarston, Quebec; Queen, Eccles, Newfoundland. till. ilenrietts, Swan Ewer Octertyre, Gip° of Good ll' pe; Asia, Qw;bcc; Margaret, Queb , .c; Countess of Mu!grave, Quebec. COWES, AInIL 7.—The master of the Ondelrneming, arrived here from Havannah, reports that, on' the 3d inst., ho saw to windward of him a ship on fire, with another in company, which he subsequently spoke to, and which proved t.) be the Dutch ship Von Spec, from Batavia to RoWrdam; she had on board the whole of the crew of the burning ship, the Insignia, from New Orleans to Liverpool. LONDONDERRY, APRIL 7.—Arrd. Jane Dixon, Smith, New Yolk. BELFAST, APRIL 6.—Sld. Elinbath, New York. CORK, APRIL 7. Wind S.S.E.—Arrd. General Scott, Nole:=, Baltimore. Ski. 7th., Mary and Ann, Montrval; Susan, St. Andrew's. WATERFORD, APRIL B.—Wind S.S:W. to E.S.E.— Ski. Duobreidy, New York; Sala, Qm-bec. SWANSEA, APRIL 9.—Wind E.N.E.—SId. Henri& tta, JERSEY, APRIL 6.—Slci. Gaspe, Gaspe. 7th, Johnny, Labrador. FALMOUTH, APRIL 9.--Wind E., light breezes.— Arrd. Bth, Seagull packet, Rio J4neiro; sld. Feb. 27; on freight about 26 000/. NOTICE OF BLOCKADE. Danish Consuhro General. London, April 9. Sir,—l beg to inform you that I have rt ceived a notice issued by the Royal Ministry of Marine at Copenhagen, on the inst., stating that the following places will be blockaded by his Mtijcsty*s forces, viz :—Cammin, Swinernunde. Wulgast, Grietswalde, Stralsund, R ,stock, from the 6th inst.; and FiUan, Dantzic, Rivers Elbe, Weser, and lal►de, from the 12th inst. And that this announcement, which has been communicated to the re presentatives of the friendly and neutral powers accre dited to his Majesty's Court, will likewise be notified by the Customs' officers to every vessel passing through the Sound or the Belts. (Signed) P. FLETCHER WILSON, Danish Consul• General _ _ J. PRIESTLEY, Secretary. Captain G, A. Halsted, R.N., Secretary, Lloyd's. CRIMINAL COURT. —(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before the RECORDER.) FATHER AND SON. Hairy Corbishley, aged 19, described as a harness maker, pleaded Guilty to a charge of stealing 10 sove reigns, the property of his father, Mr. Ebenezer Cor bishley. The . prosecutor, who is a Dissenting minister, in reply the Recorder, stated that the prisoner was a most incorrigible vagabond. He had brought him up well, and given him a good education, and when the proper time arrived he apprenticed him to a saddler, paying with him a premium of 801. He, however, conducted himself so disgracefully that eventually the indentures had to be cancelled, and the money forfeited. Through the influence of the late Alderman Lucas, he was then admitted into the Marine Society, and some time after yards he was sent to sea, when the prosecutor altogether lost sight of him for a lengthened period. The next he heard of him was through his being charged of a former felony, but he got over that, and a situation of 10s. per week was procured for: him 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 his fare down. He, however, never found his way to Brighton, but got into Maidstone gaol. Still the prosecutor was disposed to overlook this, and again allowed him to return to his home; but 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 contaminating by his wicked conduct and evil counsel. The COURT sentenced the prisoner to fifteen months' imprisonment in the House of Correction, with hard labour. A JUVENILE RESCUER.--A lad named Henry Myers, aged 15, pleaded guilty to a charge of unlawfully res cuing from the custody of Pbcebe Abrahams, a person whose name was unknown, and who had stolen from her person moneys, value 2s. 2d., of Emanuel Abrahams, and was sentenced to six monihs' imprisonment. IVEW COUR7'. The Court was occupied during the whole morning, in trying Mint prosecutions for uttering counterfeit coin, but none of them presented ady feature beyond what is ordinarily found in cases of this description. The number of prisoners charged with this offence is more than usually large this sessions. MIDD LE SE X SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) (Before the ASSISTANT JUDGE.) The April Quarter Sessions were commenced this morning at the Sessions-house, Hicks's Hull, Clerken well-green, before Mr. Sergeant Adams, the Assistant- Judge, and a bench of magistrates. The calendar is rather heavy, the number of prisoners being nearly 120. But the offences are fur the most part trivial, and the offenders juvenile. There were three cases of pocket picking in the crowd at Messrs. Ackermann's window in the Strand (collected round the portrait of Rush) tried in the course of the morning, and the prisoners were all convicted. The ASSISTANT-JUDGE thought that these cases ought to teach the loungers who gather round the attractive windows of Messrs Ackermann to be careful of their pockets. IYIA RLBRO'-ST REET—(THIS DAY.) Mary G;:gitlls, a notorious this f, was brought beforo Mr. Arnold, charged with having stolen three half crowns belonging to Jolin Phillips, No. 12, Carrington street, May-lair. The prosecutor stated that on the previous night, about ten o'cli,ck, he was proceeding up Park-lane, when he was accosted by three women, ono of whom was the prisoner. Witness desired thGna to go about their bu,,iness or he would give them in charge. Two of the women then left, but the prisoner persisted in follow ing him. At that time he put his hand in his trousers pocket and felt that his money, consisting of three half crowns, was safe. The prisoner then laid hold of his arm and walked with him for &2veral yards. He endea voured to shake her off, and in doing so he felt her withdraw her hand from his pocket. He felt in the latter and missed the mon,y. He then seized hold of her and detained her until a constable came up, when he 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 broken three squares of glass, value 154., at i he Hose Tavern, Jermyti-street. Mr. John Mead, landlord of the above tavern, deposed that la% night, about half -past eleven, the prisoner came to his bonze acid demanded relief; on being refused, he took up some opter shells and broke the windows. He then give him in charge. The prisoner was committed for three mouths, with hard labour. SOUTHWARK.-(THIS DAY.) Wm. Bailey was again placed at tho bar, charged with the wibul murder of Henry Lamboyle, in the Blackfriars-road. Mr. COTTINGILAM directed that the evidence taken yesterday should be read over. Some further addit onal evidence having been given, Mr. COTTINGRAM said, you have heard all the evidence now adduced against you. It will afterwards be reduced to the shape ut depositions to be used upon your trial, and you will have it read over to you. lam compelled to send you for trial on this solemn charge, and it is my duty now to ask you if you have anything to say. You may say anything or nothing, but whatever you may now say will be used in another place. Prisoner—l have nothing to say, only, according to vt hat I hear from the evidence, I am sorry this has hap pened. He was a young man with whom I was well ac quainted. I have oeen 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 drink ing together all night, and were very comfortable. How it occurred I'm sure I don't know, when I heard him say, Oh, I'm stabbed ;I am 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 "You are not going away," and I says "No, I'm not goino. ;" and wh e n th e man sa id he was stabbed I th oug h t he was only joking. Mr. COTTINGUA3I—You will be sent to the Old Bailey, and your trial will probably take place on Friday next. You had be:ter 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 inconskel-able, holds out a promise that ere long that obstinacy in which he has so long indulged may give way to impressions more suitable to the awful position in which he stands. For some days past his great object stems to have been to per suade those by whom he is more immediately sur rounded 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 to-day, 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 Norfolk News, a piper of large circulation, have made, or are about to make, a dia'ct propos.:l to tIP murderer Rush to settle a large amount of ninney 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 confession at all. Sad accounts are received from Stanfield-hall with regard to Mrs. J , riny. She appears to make no ad vance towards improvement. niily Sandford remains at li t yinondhau l zidewell, under the (catering care