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T HE LEGAL TITLE ASSURANCE comjNy. (Provisionally Resist Mot, January 17, 1849.) Capital, 2,000,0001., in 80,000 Shares, of 25/. each. Preliminary Deposit, 2s. 6,1. per Share, ' " " • " Prospectuses and full information may be obtained at the Tempo rary Otll2es of the Company, 13A, Cannon-row, Westminster, on ap plication to G. F. HOWE, lion. See., pro tern. NOTICE! TIIN NEW EDITION of BURKE'S PEERAGE AND BARONETAGE WILL BE READY ON SATURDAY NEXT, MAY 5. Revised and Corrected throughout to the Present Time, from the Personal Communications of the Nobility, &c., in one Vol., with 1,500 Engravings of Arms, &c. Those who desire copies on the day of publication are requested to send their orders immediately to their Booksellers. Henry Coburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. HER MAJESTY'S Mdlle. JENNY LIND. The Nobility, patrons of the Opera, and the Public are respec+ &AT informed that a GRAND EXTRA NIGHT will take . place THIS EVENING, May 3, when will be presented Domzetti, s opera, LA FIGLIA DEL REGGIMENTO. Maria, Mdlle, Jenny Lind ; Sulpizio Sergente, Sig. F. Lablache ; Ortensio, Sig. Arnold' ; and Tonio, jig. Gardoni. With various entertainments in the BALLET DE VARTME.NT, in which Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi, Mdlle. M. Taglioni, Mdlle. Petit Stephan, Mesdlles. Marra, and Thomas mini, 31. Paul Taglioni, M. Dor, M. Charles, &c., will appear. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box-odice of tke Theatre, where Pit Tickets may be obtained as usogl, price 10s. 6d. each ST. JAMES'S TIIM 4 A T RE. Season 1849. FRENCH PLAYS anti OPERA COMIQIIE. TO-MORROW ETENING, The Performances will commence at Half-past Seven o'clock with Lit CODE DES FEMMES. To conclude with LE PRE AUX CLERCS. _ _ ... _,. Mergy, M. Octave; Comminge, M. Couderc ; Isabelle, Mane. Charton. Mr. Mitchell begs also to announce that, notwithstanding the in reased expenses of the present entertainment, the prices of admis sion are determined as follows: Boxes .. . Pit •• . Amphitheatre . .. 63. Od. .. 3s. Od. .. 2s. Od. Subscriptions for the season may be arranged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street; Mr. Sams', St. James's-street ; Mr. Andrew?, New Bond-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from eleven till five. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMAR&ET. Mr. B. I•bater, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENIN , ,. Will be performed an eatirely new Comedy, entitled RUNAWAY EITSBANDS. After wtl7h a Classical Extravaganza, entitled THE SPHINX. Tribe followed by THE _BOUGH DIAMOND. To conclude with the Farce of LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS. TIIEATIIE UOYA L AD ELyni. Under the direction at Madame Celesta. IRIS EVENING, Will he performed THE HOP PICKERS. Principal characters by Messrs. Lambert, Boyce, Wright, Paul Bedford, Hughes, Man 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 a Farce, called GOING TO THE DERBY THE DERBY DAY. Mr. Jeremiah Twiddle, Mr. Wright: Mr. John James Chucks, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Captain Nobble, Mr. Worrell ; Mrs. Chucks, Mre. Matthews ; Mrs. Twiddle, Miss Woolgar. &CYAL It YCI4.UM TiIEAT tt Under the Management of Madame Yestria. Solo Lessee, Mr. Cballe4 Ma' he 'xs. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new comic Drama, cteled THE HUSBAND OF MY WIFE. To be followed by a Piece entitled HOLD YOUR TONGUE, Cha racters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Selby, and Parselie; Miss H. Gil bert, Miss Jane Coleman, and Madame Vestris. To conclude with THE SEVEN CHAMPIONS OP CHRISTEN DOM. Drees roxe;, 55.; Upper Boxes, Is. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No tAa.lf-pries to any pert of the house. The sew ilox-office, No. 2, Weli=u3tor.street, is open to the day, Mum Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S TitExiC.F.l. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENLNO. Will be performed the Opera of LA TIVANDIERE. After which, Md(lei. W. an 1 A. Neruda end their brother Victor will perform on the Violin, Violoncello, and Pianoforte. To conclude with a new grand Extravaganza, entitled NOURED DIN AND IRE FAIR PERSIAN. ASILt. , ;)C'6 ROYAL AMPIIITILEATR.E. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. trader the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highnoss Prince Albert, &e. The new grand Easter i;pc,:taelc unprxedentedly successful. TII IS EVEN IN G, The per'orrnance will commence with a Crand Equestrian Spec tacle, by Fitzball, entitled THE WHITE MAIDEN OF CALIFOR NIA ; or, the Horse of the Ocean. To be milowed by au Inimitable display of SCENES IN TEE CIRCLE, in which the brat Equestrian talent of the day will appear. To conclude with TIIE LONDON CARRIER. Box-orice open from Eleven till four Stage Mana , :er, Mr. W. West. lit WEATLIEri..—ScN OFFIcE, MAY 3. TilFll74o , !ElElt Lowest, 47; Uirrhogt, 55, Noon. 62. At five o'cicck thi3 evening the Thermometer with the un upon it wai at 100. BAROMETER, :25.91. WEND E.--fine, sunshiny weather. till;,i %, A fiLK AT LONDON Tina DAT —Morning, 23 min. after 11 i Eve.rin7, 52 min. after 11 To-Ifokaow— , 0 min. after 0 I Evening, 17 min. after 12 ,_..;1 ,` toT 2 ( 1 :i .‘,2,---11< — l . l- r•-'1 ..,4 1? 5, Nt4r.z- r ,-7-4 .E....., ,5.,.;,--4 ,, ,,- ( v .- i , . • -• , ROIT . . ' 111.1..,-, 11-'4 ettCentaa LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1349. The Bill to facilitate the Sale of Incumbered Estates in Ireland, to which we alluded ,on Friday, strikes a formidable blow at the masts rgrievanceof that tappy land, and if clra4 , carried out, as we hope and bets ait will be, under the supe.iwendence of men of /earning, of integrity, and of prudence, it is impos sible: to eef,imete too hiy,hly tea beneficial results that may reasonably be expected under its operation. It will in time, substitute a solvent and improving proprietary, men capible of discharging the duties incidental to the possession of property, for the present incuwbered and embarrassed owners, who can scarcely eke out a scanty subsistence from their wide-spread domains, after providing for the numerous claims upon the producer. We say "in time," for it cannot be supposed that the effect will be immediate, that a miraculous change will take place, converting, as by a touch of the magician's wand, barren and unculti vated wastes into rich arables or pastures, or ne glected holdings into smiling homesteads. But these blessings will eventually be obtained. The difficul ties that have hitherto prevented the introduction of. capital into the country will be removed. A clear simple and unimpeachable title will be conferred upon purchasers, who will have a certainty of obtaining that for which they may contract, and who will not find their newly acquired properties charged with heat/ law suits, affording a certainty of expensive, vexatious, and protracted litigation. Who could be irluced to invest his capital in the purchase of an Irish estate, when he might find himself for years deprived of the interest of the purchase money, which should be paid into court, and not placed in the pos session and enjoyment of the lands for which he had bargained. While so many impediments arose at the very threshold, while so many obstacles were suffered to arise at the very first step of his progress, bow could he hope to reach the goal, to become the prosperous and beloved landlord of a :happy and contented tenantry. Efforts,:well-intentioned efforts, have already been made to provide suitable remedies, but unfortunately all those attempts have been clogged and rendered unavailing from a too strict adherence to established precedents, and a superstitious veneration for customs that have existed for centuries. The " rights of property"; cannot be interfered with was the universal cry, and any enactment suited to the magnitude of the emergency, was cast aside lest it might unduly affect the interests of persons yet unborn, who might possibly have remote contingent claims. It would not be sufficient to transfer such claims to the fund that might be realised by the sale of the estates. Nothing but the lands themselves would suffice, and the purchasers who had expended thousands upon permanent and lasting improvements might be deprived of all the fruits of his capital and industry, while the new claimant would receive much more than he had any equitable right to demand, simply beeause the improvements could not he separated li.em the corpus of the estate. And yet this was what our sapient lawgivers termed " justice," and a due respect for" vested rights." The Act of last year was framed in the best spirit, and with the best intentions, and yet it has been admitted on every side —even by its authors— to ha; e prosed a complete fidlure ; that its provisions have been found wholly ineffectual for the purposes for ieh they had been framed. In fact, the provisions of the Act which vithorised a sale cut of court were clogged with so many technical preliminaries and sakguards against possible frauds, and eventually confeiresl so incomplete a title on the purchasers, that they were found to be praetically inoperative and use less. A series of notices should be given by every owner or incumbrancer propoiing to dispose of lands, at least once, in four successis,o weeks, by advertise ment in the Main Gazette, in two newspapers published in Dublin, and one newspaper in the ceun'y where the land is situate, and ie the London Gazette, and copies of such notice should be Fatted on the church and Romen Catholic chapel of the parish (if asy), and should describe most parti cularly the lands intended to be sold. But tedious and expensive as this series of notices must be ad miked to be, they constitute by no means the ob jectionable portions of the measure. if the owner of the land about to be disposed of shall not be entitled A spirit of rerorm has gone abroad, which pervades .he entire nation and which is increasing in interest day by day. The fearful sufferings which the indus trious classes have sustained—the commercial embar rassments—the cessation of credit—the monetary crisis—atd the general failure of employment, togetheieilvith the severe distress consequent thereon —have directed the public attention to the causes which have led to such calamitous results, and pro duced an anxious desire for the complete and per manent removal thereof. Many clear headed and intelligent men have thoroughly investigated these causes, and exposed the abuses that sprung up during a long series of years. They distinctly and unanswer al4 proved that for many years there has been a profligate and extravagant expenditure of the national income; that millions have been wantonly and unnecessarily squandered in each and every year ; that the mode in which the public revenue is col lected is essentially impolitic and unjust ; and that the circulation of the country, artificially reduced by the stringent provisions of the Acts of 1819 and of 1844, is far beneath the wants and exigencies of the community—ant that the very life-blood of industry is thus wanting. Hence the demands for financial, for fiscal, and for monetary reforms, and coupled therewith for Parliamentary reforms, which, by puri fying the Legislature, and making the popular branch thereof iedeed a !air representation of the entire people, will efford the strongest guarantees for the c:2:etzhent of those sound and comprehensive mea sures that may be required fur the attainment of permanent national prosperity. To Liverpool—that gre at commercial emporium— we are indebted for the first organized movement in favour of fisco and financial reform. An association was formed, having for its objects aconsiderable reduc tion in the national expenditure, and the substitution of direct taxationjudiciously and equitably apportioned, for the present unfair and oppressive system of indi rect imposts, by which the charges for many of the chief necessaries and luxuries of life are enormously increased to consumers, and our commercial inter course and trade with foreign nations is so injuriously fettered and restricted. The tracts t hat, from time to time, emanated from the Liverpool Financial Re form Association revealed a system of wanton and flagitious extravagance, the existence of a series of abuses that could not possibly be justified or excused. The people wondered while they perused the shameful details, and in astonishment inquired of each other if these statements could possibly be true, if such things could be tolerated in a free country in the middle of the nineteenth century. As the LORD PROVOST of Edinburgh happily remarked " a fit of thought seized the nation," and strenuous exertions were made in every district to promote the success of the movement for " fiscal and financial " reform. Various associations were formed in other localities, for the purpose of co-operating with what might justly be termed " the parent society," and meetings were held throughout the entire coun try in favour of a reduction of the national expendi ture and of a more equitable system of taxation, Under such circumstances it might reasonably be expected that London and the surrounding districts would not be found wanting; that the heart of the nation would not remain indifferent to the evils that have excited such strenuous and laudable exertions in the provinces ; that the home of so many tried Libe rals would fully participate in the great struggle that is manifestly approaching. That hope will not be dis appointed. The Metropolitan Financial and Parlia mentary Reform Association has been formed under the presidency of Sir JOSHUA WALMSLEY, and many influential and veteran Reformers have already enrolled their names in its ranks. The less wealthy classes will not be excluded ; all persons who shall subscribe one shilling or upwards per annum will be admitted to all the privileges of membership, and will be en titled to attend the meetings, and to receive the pub lications of the society. District associations are also to be organized in and about London, and the system . that proved so efficacious during the free trade contest—the arrangement of freehold qualifica tions for those friendly to the objects of the society, and a close attention to the registries throughout the entire sphere of its operations—will again be resorted to. The proceedings of the Anti-Corn-law League hare taught the nation the mode in which political triumphs may be gained, and the valuable lesson, the great example, that has already been afforded, will not be disregarded. The ciety does not purpose limiting its exertions to iThe promotion of merely fiscal or financial reforms, all the great questions of constitutional reform will also be agitated. The extension of the suffrage—a more equal distribution of the constituencies—protection to the honest exer cise of the franchise, by means of the ballot, will be advocated ; in fact almost every liberal measure will receive a steady and consistent support. The committee have not as yet given expression to their views on monetary reform, or declared to eaat extent they are prepared to go in affording a frLe and unfettered currency, and thus applying the strongest stimulus to industry. We are aware that many influential Reformers have thought it expedient to postpone th e cons id erat i on of this subject, l es t the prospects of success on t h e other points might b e d e terio- rated, if man y c h arges were simultaneously a d v ocated. We cannot, h owever, co i ncide in this op i n i on ; it Is by no means the least important of the a lterations that have forced th emse l ves upon t h e cons ideration of the people. We have witnessed periodical fluctuations ' of the currency that have occasioned " greater evils— pecuniary, social, and moral—than the direct failures of all the banks of issue since they were first established in this country." This was the language of RICHARD COBDEN when examined before the Committee of the House of Commons on banks of issue in 1840, and it is impossible to deny the truth of that statement. Since that period the fatal Act of 1844 has been enacted, which natu rally increased the mischief, and involved the nation in difficulties, from which it could not be ex tricated save by the virtual suspension of that impo litic law. And yet we are told to wait pa tiently for another crisis, to see the national wealth deteriorated by millions—aye, hundreds of millions of pounds sterling—and thousands of families, some in the enjoyment of comfort and independence, reduced to misery and destitution. To this we can not assent. Fiscal, financial, and monetary reforms are so intimately connected, the one with the other, so closely blended together, that any severance must weaken the people's cause. We wish, the Metropolitan Financial and Parlia mentary Reform Association good speed ; and we trust that they may receive that general support to which the importance of their object so eminently entitles them. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the French papers of yesterday. The committee of the reactionary club of the Rue de Poictiers, has addressed the following letter, to the electoral committee of Charente Inferieure, on the subject of the candidature of M. NAPOLEON Bo NAPABTE " Ghtlemen,—General Rognault de Saint Jean d'Angely has communicated the letter by which you make known to him that the electoral committee of Saintes had chosen M. Napoleon Bonaparte for one of the moderate candidates of the arrondissement ; and you ask him what was to be thought of the uneasiness which had been excited as to the political utility of that choice. You fear that his candidateship might cause embarrassment to the President of the Republic, and perhaps a dangerous rivalry. " The letter addressed to his cousin by the President of the Republic, and the authenticity of which is incon testible, is a sufficient reply to yours ; our uneasiness was but too well founded. All those who rally round the Government of the elect of the 10th of December, and support his personal policy, cannot now give their votes to M. Napoleon Bonaparte, who, moreover, is cer tain of being elected in Corsica. " Multiplied elections in favour of M. Napoleon Bona parte can only have the effect of strengthening a policy opposed to that of the Government and of di►iding the Moderate party. In thus expressing our opinion to you we fel that we use a language in conformity with the intentions) and the personal desires of the President of the Republic. Allow us to recommend these observa tions to your most attentive consideration. "Accept, &c., (Signed) " MOLE, TRIERS, BARTRELE3IY, GE NERAL PIAT, F. BARRoT, H. DE oNTALEMBERT, BERRYER, V. BRocLIE. " On behalf cf the Electoral Committee of the Rue do Poietiers." M. DE LANGRENEE is said to have been appointed Ambassador at Madrid, in place of M. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. The Prince DE LA MOSKOWA is a candidate for the department of Moselle. M. DE SALYANDY has declined offering himself as a candidate for a seat in the Legislative Assembly. The National Assembly has adopted the Army Bill of General LAMORICIERE, by which conscription and the system of substitutes are abolished, exoneration from military service being obtained on payment of a fine, assessed according to the amount of direct taxation paid "by the individual (the amount to be paid by a rich man being, according to this system, much greater, of course, than that to be paid by the poor man), the persons thus exonerated being com pelled to subscribe annually to a fund for the pay ment of pensions to retired soldiers, and cf bounties to those who choose to enter into the service or to remain in is after their period of service is expired. This proposition was strongly opposed by the reaction aries, but was carried by a majority of 190, the numbers being 369 for, and 179 against the measure. M. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE had an interview with the PRESIDENT on Monday, in which words ran so high that the PRESIDENT seized his sword, and would have fought his cousin on the spot had not the at tendants interfered and separated them. The PRESIDENT then requested two friends to arrange a meeting, but the Council of Ministers represented to him that the first Magistrate could not with pro priety fight a duel, whereupon he desisted from his intention. The insult which occasioned this out burst was that after a great deal of recrimination M. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE denounced the PRESIDENT as a bastard, and told him that he was not only a kite's egg put into an eagle's nest, but that the whole of the BONAPARTE family knew him to be so. The Government have received a telegraphic dispatch, announcing the march of OUDINOT upon Rome. The Roman Government are everywhere making prepara tions for resistance. It was only because the expedi tion was considered friendly to the Roman Republic that it was suffered to land at Civita Vecchia. The committee of the National Assembly appointed to consider the application of the MINISTER of the INTERIOR for a grant of 200,000 f. to defray the ex penses of the celebration of the 4th of May, have ap proved the grant, but they suggest that the anniver sary of the 4th of May shall be marked by an act of clemency. They propose an additional clause in the following terms :—" A full and entire amnesty is granted to every individual transported by virtue of the decree of the 27th of June, 1848." This propo sition is to be taken into consideration by the National Assembly on Wednesday. BOURSE—Pants, WEDNESDAY, MAY 2. THREE o'CLocx.—The funds were steady all this day, and towards the close rose considerably. The Five per Cent?. clo.,ed !e per cent. higher than yesterday. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, MAY 2. Boulogne: and Amiens, 3 . %--Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 144—East Indian, 31 4 sex. in. —Great In dian Peninsular, s A—Northern of France, 1l ! o i Orleans an d Bordeaux, 3 1 4—Paris and Orlean', 33—Paris and Ronan, 224—Paris and Strasbourg,• 4%—S am b re and Meuse, n—Tours sad Nantes, 3%. THEATRE to an estate of inheritance (and this is almost invariably the case, where settlements and entails are all but universal), personal notice must be served on every person having estates in remainder or other future estates. Then follow a long series of clauses for carrying this portion of the Act into execution. When, however, this complicated machinery of no tices of affidavits, and of regulations of sale had all been brought into operation, the purchase money paid into the Bank of Ireland, and the deed of conveyance properly executed, five years were allowed to parties to rake up imaginary claims and institute proceedings against the purchaser, who could within that period have no real security for his money, and who could not, of course, be ex pected to commence an extensive course of improve ments. In fact, the money he had destined for that purpose might in the interval be absorbed in litiga tion,or applied in other directions, before he could acquire a simple or indefeasible title, such as would warrant the expenditure he had originally contem plated. Other difficulties of no less magnitude prevented the beneficial operation of that part of the Act that was to be worked through the medium of the Mas ter's offices. In fact, the impediments were more formidable and would probably be more expensive to all parties interested therein. If a person entitled to a subsequent charge upon lands desired to enforce a sale, he could not proceed until he had in the first instance paid or lodged in court the entire amount of all sums due, or claimed as due, to any prior incumbrance. This, of course, prevented all such parties from instituting proceedings, and the owners or first incumbrancers were practically alone qualified to institute proceedings. These pro ceedings should be commenced by a petition, verified as the Court shall direct, which should be as full and precise in its statements, both as to the nature of the title and the various incumbrances, as any bill that should be filed under the former system. The references to the Master—those monster abuses, which must be modified—would be •at least as expensive and tedious as they now are, and, during their progress, questions might arise that could only be disposed of in a plenary suit. Under such circumstances, it is by no means surprising that the provisions of the Act should he but little resorted to, and that suitors should prefer the old and beaten track, with all its acknowledged abuses, to the adoption of the new remedy, wholly untested by practice, and which might chance to prove even worse than the disease. Now, however, a new and independent tribunal is to be created, which will be enabled to dispense with or control these legal technicalities, which may regu late the sale of the lands brought within its jurisdiction cheaply and expeditiously, and which will at once con fer a simple title upon the purchases that will be good against all the world, and which he may transmit to his posterity without any danger of their being de prived of the fruits of their ancestor's patient indus try. This will, indeed, be adequate to the purpose, for which it was intended, but nothing less would suffice. THE SU N, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 3, 1849. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 27th have arrived. A rumour (to which, however, no great credit was attached) was yesterday circulated on the Bolsa, that the TRISTANYS had been taken prisoners and shot. MADRID BoLsa, APRIL 27.—Five per cents., 10/ paper; Three per Cents., 24g. Exchange on London, 50 35 paper. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. Intelligence has A bee lj n B re T ee ß iv l ed A irom Vienna to the 28th ult. Austria has de man d e d Russian intervention in the affairs of Hungary, and must therefore hence forth be considered in the light of a Russian province, and not of a German Power. The Emperor of RUSSIA will, it is said, publish a manifesto explaining his motives for interfering. A letter from Vienna says, that " the intervention of Russia in Hungary had been determined on. The first detachment of troops had crossed the frontiers of Buckowine. G enera l LUDERS had received :his last instructions on the subject." From Czernowitz (Buckowine) we learn that so long ago as the 19th April a courier had p asse d through that town from Olmutz, praying that General LUDEES would send a considerable auxiliary R uss i a n corps to the aid of Austria. This corps was destined for Transylvania. It would enter at three points—near Cronstadt, near the pass of Rethenthurm, and by Buckowine, by which last passage 20,000 men would enter, 30,000 taking the other passages. By news two days later from Czernowitz, we are informed that 5,000 Russians had arrived at Dorna Negri, beyond the frontier of Buckowine. Urban is with 16 companies of infantry on this side of the frontier. Major-General Fischer occupies the de files of the Carpathian Mountains of the Circle of Kolomes. General PUCIINER, after his recovery, will be placed at the head of a division in the Banat. The Hungarian successes continue. The Cologne Gazette of the Ist of May contains numerous documents respecting the evacuation of Peeth by the Imperialists, its occupation by the Hun garians, and the position of the Imperial army. It appears that in the Best instance WELDER had deter. mined upon the evacuation of Olen, but he has again changed his plan, and has resolved to maintain the c ity. He has issued a proclamation, in which lie calls upon the inhabitants:to supply themselves with a stock of provisions for two months. Ofen was completely occupied by the Imperial troops on the evening of the 22J, and large bodies of troops of the line er tered it on the 231. The I iungarians, after having driven back the Imperial troops veho surrounded them at Comore, with amazing energy, and censiderably strengthened the gnrrison, supplying the fortresses with ammuni tion and provisions, se hieli will last them for a long time, have again retired to Gran, where they seem disposed to remain stationary. KOSSUTH is not with the army, which has hitherto beta commanded by BEM. At Waitzen and Parkanuz they command the passage across the Danube, but they permit ail steamers and transport ships to pass unmolested. destroyed art , p y a e rdt, it o f the Pr i s said dby e sbthuer Imperialists.lai t w ay is lcuhmeplimetpeely. rial army, under Baron VON WELDEN, la resting on the opposite side of the Danube, from Comorn to Gran and Ofen. The Ban JELLACHICH evacuated Pesth on the 24th, and crossed to Ofen, after which ho wantonly de stroyed the beautiful suspension bridge over the Danube. PRUSSIA. Berlin was perfectly tranquil on the 30th. A new electoral law was about to be promulgated, which would greatly restrict the franchise. At Cologne, on the Ist May, the burgherverein held an extraordinary sitting, in which the following declaration was adopted almost unanimously :-- " The burgherverein declares that the Prussian Mi nistry has not only shown itself incapable of carrying the Gernsan question to a happy termination, but has even opposed the wishes expressed by the Prussian nation; that a solution can only be found in the imme diate acceptance of the Constitution voted by the Na tional Assembly, and of the dignity of Chief of the Empire founded upon that Constitution." The burgherverein then decided that this resolu tion should be communicated to the council, urging them to send a deputation to the KING, and inviting them to call upin all the communal councils of Prussia to meet in a general congress at Cologne. Acting upon this advice, the Communal Council of Cologne bas addressed the following invitation to all the communes of the Rhenish provinces : " The important political position of Germany has b f e o r r at t io h n e induced the Communal Council t o d ec id e upon forming a general congress of all the co mmuna l counc i ls of the purpose of ex p ress i ng th e s in a c ommon a dd ress to the King. " Saturday, may 5, at nine o ' c l oc k i n the morning, results ßhe nis h oftheir prov in ces , del the deputies of the various communal councils invested with full powers, are requested to meet in the hall at Cologne." FRANKFORT. On the 29th ult. the committee of thirty met, and requested the attendance of the Imperial Ministry. The latter, in part, obeyed the invitation, and urged the committee to abstain from all decisive motions, at least until the 31 of May, the day fixed by the Parliament for the earliest Ministerial proposals. At the same time the Minister of War stated that he had summoned to him the chief officers cf the troops at present quartered in Frankfort, and both the Prussians and Austrians had pledged their word of honour that they would look for order to the Central Power only. REFUSAL OF THE KING OF PRUSSIA TO ACCEPT THE IMPERIAL CROWN OF GERMANY. The King of PRUSSIA has sent a decided refusal to accept the Imperial diadem. His MAJESTY, in a letter to the Prussian Plenipotentiary at Frankfort, declares his definitive and decided refusal, under any circumstances, to accept the proffered dignity.--Am sterdam Courant, May 2. HOLLAND. TH E HAGUE, MAY I.—M. Von HEIMESTRA, the Minister for Religious Affairs, has, we are happy to say, so far recovered from his severe indisposition as to resume the duties of his office. The Second Chamber of the States General has made several important amendments in the Art. 83 of the Fundamental Law relative to military pensions, rewards to soldiers, &c. These are to be brought under disccussion at the next sitting of the Chambers. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. COPENHAGEN, APRIL 25.—The Flyveposten says, "The, moment i s pro b a bl y no t f ar di s t an t w h en t h e Germans will le arn w i t h di sm ay what it is t o p a y a visit to the peninsula of Jutland." It then goes on to state that assistance will certainly arrive, for the event had occurred which the King of SWEDEN had fixed as the condition upon which the warriors of Sweden should unite with those of Denmark in opposing the encroaching plans of Germany. ITALY• The following is the reply of the Grand Duke of TUSCANY to the communication addressed to him at Gaeta by the Governmental Commission of Florence : " Your letter has given me the greater satisfaction as it conveyed to me the agreeable news that the Tuscan people had shaken off the yoke of a faction, small but bold, to return to the paternal sway of him who had go verned them for; five-and-twenty years. The Tuscans may be assured that buch as I have been hitherto I shall continue to be. Their happiness shall be my constant study, and no sacrifice on my part shall he wanting to effect that result. Communicate, signers, to the Tuscans the sentiments I have e xpr es sed towards them, and bo assured that the moment I shall receive from you more decisive information, I shall be prepared to resume the reins of government. " April 20. " LEOPOLD." Leghorn had not surrendered on the 23d ult. A Committee of defence had been appointed, and the people were all arming themselves. It had been intended to oppose the landing of the French troops at Civita Vecchia, and it was not until after the publication of the following proclamation that the Governor suffered them to land without re sistance:— " DECLARATION OP THE FRENCH EXPEDITIONARY DIVI SION TO TUE PRESIDENT OF CIVITA 'VECCHIA. " The Government of the F rench Republic, always anima the will tedwitha spirit of lib erty, declares that it will respect of the Romish population, and that its object is friendly, and to suport its legitimate influence. It is further dctermioed not to impose on the popula , tion any particular form of gove rnment which shall not be chosen by the pc op!e. The French Go vernment will provide for its tr oops, and pay in ready money for all that it may require. authorities As rega r r e d retain the their h government of Ci v it a Vecchia the eir just p ower. (Signed) " ESPITENT, " Aide-de-Camp to the Commander-in-Chief. " Civita Vecchia, April 24, 1849." The President, on receiving this document, pub lished un answer, in which he says that he relies on the loyalty of France, bat that should the Romans be de ceived, they would appeal to the judgment of Europe. A courier was instantly sent to Rome, to inform the Go vernment of the intention of the F rench troops to de bark. Orders were Estantly transmitted from Rome to prevent the expLdition fr uttinom debarking, an d to res i st b y force a single soldier pg his foot on the Romish States. Before this order was received at Civita Vecchia the French troops had debarked, and had planted the French and Roman flag on the top of the tree of liberty. It is now said that 1,100 R oman troops arc march ing on Civita Vecchia, with orders to blockade the town. SICILY. The Medusa arrived at Marseilles on the 29th ult., having on board the Provisional Government of Sicily, composed of Princ e B UTERA, Marquis MembersTOß- Malta, on n o f board rd Sic th il e ian o P th a .n r . liam T e i n le t RIANO,, J. STABILI, MIC HAEL AAIARE. Odin received the exiles on b oar d at Palermo, and hart ev f e n i :r a i l ve e d f t a h t e convoyed them to Trapani for passage to Marseilles. On ;wising at the latter place at ten A.M. ' the Fren c h packet Rhamses was just starting, and, having em barked the Palermitans, proceeded on her passage. The Odin also left on her return to Palermo, but before she got out of sight of the Rhamses she saw her strike on a rock, when she immediately turned and proceeded to her assistance. Finding, however, all attempts to save the vessel hopeless, the Odin took on board all the passengers, 64 in number, together with the officers and men, and arrived with them at Malta on the • of the 26th. morning NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. Lett' 3rs and journals have arrived to the 23d of March. They contain little interest. The accounts from th e colonists who left Groningen to settle at Sarania nca, is very unsatisfactory. It is stated, that not lest than one-fifth part of them are so much dis appoinf.ed in their expectations that they intend to return forthwith to the northern country. PAst AMARIBO, MARCH 23.—We learn from this colony that the Minister of Finance has put in cir culation two distinct sums of 10,000 florins in ex chequ e r-bills, in exchange for silver to that amount, which is to be recoined. UT El ECIIT.—THE CHOLERA.—This fraful disease is still li nger i ng here. On the 29th there were still four c holera patients under treatment. Dutch Papers of May 1. Thu Lord Mayor has, we understand, in conse quencu of her Majesty's Concert at Buckingham Palace, been (11 •lilted to defer till a future opportunity the enter. tainme a that he proposed to have given on the 9th ins!. tie proposed entertainment is, we believe, in corn plimenl to Sir Robert and Lady Peel. bIAJI tRIED.—At St. Ciement's, Jersey, on the Ist of Ma y, by the Rev. Charles Murretta, John William Soya:K.)llr, Esq., to Ellen. youngest daughter of the late EOM 147ichael Tobin, of Halifax, Nova Scotia. 17011 KSIIIRE SOCIETY'S ScuooLs.—The anniversary dinner of thi3 society took place yesterday at the Lou don Ttr vern, Lord Wharncliffe in the chair. The usual loyal Lc asts and the toasts appertaining more especially to the 'patrons and officers of the charity were duly drunLr. and responded to, and the subscriptions of the eveni , s) ► were announced to amount to 3601. Lord What n cliffe was supported by the Hon. Mr. Lascelles, Dr. S a aer, and a riLaib, , r of gentlemen of high station. Thy r a usical abilities of Messrs. Taylor, Holmes, 11. Walk e r, and Morley, were put in requisition, and con tiibut.3 1 much to the pleasant passing of the evening. Sy rt !MARY OP CRISP'S PARIS EXCURSION PARTY.---- (FRO: t 1 A CORRESPONDENT.) —24 manufacturers, 42 mere!, t .rits, 77 independent gentlemen, 14 country gen , darnel r and farmers, 16 physicians, surgeons, tbc.; 13 Barris t ers auJ solicitors, 3 county magistrates, 11 retired trades n len, 10 engineers, 13 wholesale tradesmen, 70 retail tf adesmen, 10 clerks, 9 artists and musicians, 3 banke r 3, 5 students, 5 mhriners, 5 army and navy gen tlemen 1, 3 ministers, 31 ladies; and there came from Louth )I I, 140; Scotland, 15 ; Ireland, 9; Nottingham, 8; Bit t aingham, 18; Manchester, 9; Liverpool, 8; Derby, 9 ; WI If 'es, 15; other towns in England, 130. CEO:. 'NG PRICES", ONE PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Anns ...... 3 par Cent. Consols Annuities 92 % 14 IA New 3% per Cent. Arens......- 917 /8 % bongAnns. to expire Jan. 1860 -16 EN, Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 -16 India Stock — India Bondi', 1,0001 Ditto under 1,000/... .- 7O 70 South Sea Stock Consols for Account 92% % 92% Exchequer Bill& llhd. & 2d. 1,0001. June 44 47 p 47 p Small, June PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS ONE CLOSIN t.-• O'CLOCK. PRICES 51 374 8 % 8 5-16 Brazilian Bonds Ditto, Small 79 79 ""Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons 32% 32 Ditto, Account, Ditto, Ex Coupons Ditto, Account . 3O 3O Portuguese 5 per Cents. — Russian Bo n d s l.. — Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. ... — Ditto. Account 17% Ditto, 3 per Cent .... — Dividends on the above payable in London. French, 3 per Cent. s7f. Eoe. 57f. 50e, Exchange 2sf. 32c. 25f. 35e. Belgian 4% per Cent Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild — 50% Ditto. 4 oar Cent. Certificates 77% PLICES OP RAILWAY SLURES. PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSINti AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES I Aberdeen.,,,,,....... 50 O ..... 17% 1 8 Do. Preference O ford 2% .. ..... 2 1 4 ....,. 2% Birmingham and ford Junct., calls duly paid, or with a guaran. 20 Do, withoutguarautee 20 ... 23% Caledonian _ _ Do. Quarters ........ 121/2 Do. New 101. P re f lO ... - 11 1 ,‘ ... Chester and Holyhead-. 50 East Anglia, 251., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 Do., 181., E. & H.... 18 ...... ...... 2 Eastern Counties........ 20 ...... 8%% 1 / 8 B% Do. New, Gua. 6 per et. 10 Ditto, Extension, 5 per Cent., No. 1 61.135. 4d.... 14 p N p Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... 1 /ii die par par Do. North. & Eastern, 6 per Cent. ......... 50 East Lancashire Ditto, New East Lincolnshire Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ..-.. 42 ........ ... Great Northern Great Western 100 ...... 91 90 . 90 , -/ 2 Ditto, % Shares Ditto, 4 Shares Ditto, New 171 l5 ... .. 12 1 4 11% [lull and Selby .. ...... 50 ...... 99% 99% Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 . Do. Fifths... ....... ..... 10 London &81ackwa11...... 12% 5 14 5 14 London, Brighton, and South Coast 5O ..,... 38%. ......... .. .. 3 8 3 / 4 Do. Pref. 5 per cent 5O .. ... London and Greenwich 1 2 / 1 5s 4d... atto, Preference .. . 20 London and N. Wetern 100 132 131 l3l Ditto, New Quarters.. 7 Do. 101. (M. & B.) C. 1 ...,.. ._ 4% Gond. &S. Western 5O ...... Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Cent. on Deposit, and 5 per Cent. on Calls Manchester,Buxton,and Matlock 4% l l/s l% Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire...100 Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10 Ditto, Gt. Grimsby -. 45 Midland ...... ........ -.100 ... .- 69 69% 63 68% 68% Do., do., 50/. Shares... 25 ... .. 14% l4 Do. Consol. Bristol and Birming.,6 per et.... 100 ......123 North British ....... ... 25 ....., 13% 13% Ditto, Halves .• ..... 12% Ditto, Thirds .... .. .. 8% .. North Staffordshire l7l/2 13 % 13% Reading, Guildford, an d Reigate l5 - .„ Scottish Central 22 ...... 24% 2 4% Shrewsbury and Birra... 11 . .... 5 % 5% South Eastern D0., Scrip No 4 . . Berwick. .... ...... -... 25 ...... 21 Do. Newcastl e E a t en . 20 Do. G.N.E.Preference 8 ... .. 5 1 / 2 ~ ,i . ........ York and North Midland 50 ..... 35 1 ,4 36 ... Ditto, Preference Do. East and West Rid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Central of France (Or- Vierzon ) East Indian ....... ali — ..............31 x.i Great Indian Peninsular 5 Do. Do. ... .._..... 10s. Namur and Liege ...... 20 ..... 8 Northern of France Paris and Strasbourg ... 10 Rouen and llavre ...... 20 Sambre and Meuse 2O ..... 3y s 37s 15 1 4 5% 36 7% 17218 MINES. Brazilian Imperial ...... 24 1 / 2 Do. St. John Del Rey 15 JOINT STOCK BANKS. London & Westminster. 20 13;R LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAY 3.--Wind this day at noon, N.E., light breeze and cloudy. DEAL, MAY I.—Wind N.B. to N.N.E.—Arrd. Pots grand, New York for Rotterdam. Arrd. from the River and sailed, Gazelle, llamsey, Hobart Town; Governor Hinckley, Loring, New York; Hendrik Hudson, Pratt, ditto; Wilson, Stoup, Quebec and Montreal. BELFAST, APRIL 29.—S1d. Line, Barbadoes; May 1, Barron, Quebec. LIVERPOOL, MAY 2.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Ist, M. J. Ward, Trott, Mobile:. 2d, Tusket, Soamea, St. Domingo; Lord Ashbui tun, Fort eat, New Orleans; Rappahannock, Cashing, ditt o; A ra b, Fi nch, Mobile; Thames, Rennoy, Savannah. Sld. Ist, Indian Queen, Barbadoes; Chaos, Savannah; Acme, Quebec. 2d, Chatham, Batavia; Anna, ditto; Crown, Hayti; Conisbrook, Charleston; William Penn, Pt iliseelphia ; C ommerce, ditto; Prince town, Ne w Y or k ; I irincess Royal, Quebec; Acta2on, ditto; Ann Grant, ciao; Radient, Boston. Off port, Stephen, Baldwin, P!niladelphia. CASTLETOWNSEND. APRIL 30.—The Kingston, Ste phenson, from New Orleans to Liverpool, is wrecked near thi.3 place. It feared that not much will be saved, BELFAST Loucu,, A PRIL 23.—S1d. Osceola, New York. M .ARKET IbirEWS.—(THIS DAY.) NEWGAT:C AND LEAMIENIZALL. We had a very dull trade here to-day, on the following ~errns:-13ecT from to 3s; Mutton, 28 4d to 3s 2d; Lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 8c 1 :; Veal, 33 2d to 4s ; and Pork, 33 to 4s per 81bs by the carcase. 21.9 IVIABLIZETS. adow Hay, 21 10s to 4/ ; Clover ditto, 31 to 41 15s ; and Straw, 11 6s to 1/ 103 per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand, exc,pt for the best La eadow Hay, which sold at improved currencies. CUMBERLAND. :meadow Hay, 21 108 to . 41 4s; MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 6,500 bales, of which 800 bales were taken on speculation. The market closed with an increasing firmness of tone. Compared with Friday's rates prices of all kinds of American are the same, except 34d. to 4d., which are a shade dearer. Brazil is beginning to be pressed on the market, and may be quoted at 4d. to -id. per lb. lower. Surats are firm.—Railway Shares were not quite so dull; still the business doing was small. There is an absence of foreign arrivals with news of any interest, and the Continental mails bring nothing particular beyond a record of prices. It is stated in leters from Berlin, that the Russian Go vernment was using its best offices to bring about an arrangement of the Danish affair, but with what pros. pect of success remains to be seen. One thing is cer tain, viz. that there is a growing impression here that the English Government will not much longer submit to the marked exception in favour of foreign ships which Denmark is making at most of the Baltic ports. Either the blockade must be effective and impartial, or means must be taken to set it aside altogether. We would not rely, however, too much upon the accounts sent home by German houses. They naturally feel annoyed as well as grievously injured by the interruption to business, and may desire earnestly that England should interfere, but it may be none the less sound policy on our part to keep aloof. Supposing the case proved, we shall doubtless hear of prompt action thereon. It is stated that the Rhenish Bavarian provinces are inclined to adopt an Emperor, and threaten to get up an active opposition to the Government at Munich if they do not acquiesce in the union of Germany. The transactions on the Amsterdam Bourse on Tues day were but limited, but prices were firm for Dutch securities. Spanish and Portuguese were firmer, and Mexican advanced. The Money Market is exceedingly easy here, and the prospect of a little more bullion going to the United States excites no apprehension in the face of continued arrivals here, the Medway steamer having yesterday brought more than 800,000 dollars. The more cheer ful advices from the West Indies, and the fair orders from manufacturers received likewise by the Overland Mail, are calculated to inspire the hope of better times. The sales of Grain in the markets which govern the official average prices were last week 86,484 qrs. of wheat, 27,504 of barley, and 19,304 of oats. The six weeks average for wheat is as low as 445. Bd. per quarter. Upon consideration of Lord Brougham's speech, there are many parties who are inclined to regard it as deal ing too much in hyperbole. No doubt the position of several lines of railway needs investigation, but it does not follow that there has been in all of them mal administration. The Funds are very firm, although the transactions have not been large. Consols have realised 924 to 4 for Transfer, and 92i 4 for Account. The splendid weather gives a favourable tone. Th e N ew Three-and-a .aistofirm at 193 to 194. 4, and the Th ree 475. premiu m . Ep Q ex u r c a hc r t : e cin r ut se p . r per iI C I st e o n t 9 haves. h b a Be v e e ann b k4 e e 4s n s .t t 9 cok l The Foreign Securities have been very quiet, but not lower. Mexican have realised 324 to I, with the cou pons. Grenada Stock has been 18* ; Brazilian small are 79 ; Spanish Five per Cents. are 17k; and Portu guese Four per Cents. 28 to 29. Railway Shares are well support e d, th oug h quiet. Aberdeen and Caledonian are higher, a n d th e o ld lines are firmly held, though the money purchases are bu small. DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN, WHEAT. BARLEY. 13 Od Is Od OATS. I "5: - 1 - iIiANS„ I PEAS. Is Od Is 0(1 is Od Is Od OTHERS. It will be in the recollection of our readers, that some time ago Captain Charitie, the defendant, and others, were convicted of selling a cadetship for 800 L The defendant was called up to receive judgment. The reading of the notes taken at the trial was then proceeded with, which occupied a length of time. An affidavit was then read, setting forth that Captain Cha ritie had lately become a bankrupt, and also a medical affidavit to prove that any long imprisonment would be very injurious to his health, which was stated to be in a precarious state. Mr. CROWDER, on the part of the defendant, then rose to offer their Lordships a few observations, to in duce them to mitigate the sentence, in consideration of the manner in which Captain Charitie had been connected with the transaction, and also in consideration of the character he had always before borne for honour and honesty, and his many services to the East India Company, and what he had suffered in their service. There was an affidavit of Captain Charitie, s worn at a time when Sir William Young was alive, in which he swears that although 800 L had been paid into his banker's to his account, yet that he had never received any reward or benefit, direct or indirect, for his share in the negotiation of the transaction. And he trusted, that although found guilty of negotiating the sale of the appointment, yet their Lordships would not disbe lieve the solemn affidavit of Captain Charitie, that he did not receive any part of the money; and that in fact Sir Witham Young was the sole recipient. For all t hese considerations, therefore, lie hoped that their Lord ships would not reduce him (Captain Charitie) further in health or fortune than was absolutely necessary. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, in reply, that he was not instructed to press the charge vindictively, but if the arguments advanced by Captain Charitie's counsel were to induce the Court to release him from punishment, the statute under which h e was conv i cte d had better be erased from the statute- book. Sir F. THESIGER said that alter what his Learned Friend the Attorney-General had said he did not think it necessary to address the Court. Mr. Justice PATTESON then passed sentence. He said in effect that the defendant had been convicted on two counts of the indictment; the first was for receiving with a corrupt intention from Mr. Weatherspoon the sum of 8001,, as a reward and profit, for having been instrumental in obtaining his son a cadetship; the second, with having corruptly conspired with Sir Wm. Young, James Hallett, and Anne Stewart, for the sale of the said cadetship. The evidence went clearly to show that the defendant had committed the offence imputed to him. It was rather late for him to have imputed the whole of the offence to Sir Wm. Young, more especially since at that thee it was altogether unlikely that Sir Wm. Young would ever appear on the floor of the court to receive sentence. The Court regretted at all times to inflict punishment upon any one in unfortunate circumstances or in ill health, but if these grounds were to be allowed to remove persons from punish ment, the law would, in many cases, fail to be vindi cated. The Court felt that his was a case in which a severe punishment ought to be inflicted, in order that all persons who might be disposed to err in the same way, for the future, might know that they should not be al lowed to contravene the Act with respect to the sale of cadetships. The sentence of the Court was that he be imprisoned in the Queen's Prison for one year upon both counts, to be treated as a first-class misdemeanant ; and further, that he pay a penalty of 8001., and to be impri soned until the fine was paid. The defendant was then removed in custody. THE QUEEN V. ROBERT AXTILL. The defendant was called up to receive judgment He had printed a libel on Lord Leigh, imputing the com mission of murder to him upwards of thirty years ago, and had saffered judgment to go by default. The plaintiff said he did not indite the bill, he was merely the printer; ho was a poor man with a wife and six children, and having apologised to Lord Leigh he trusted the Court would be lenient with him. lie was sentenced to be imprisoned for three months in Warwick goal as a first-class misdemeanant. EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) The Court proceeded with the special paper to-day, bat no case involving any feature of general interest came on during the morning. BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) CRIMINAL INFORMATION. Mr. NEWTON moved for a rule nisi, calling upo n th e proprietors of th e M orn i ng Past to ;how cause why a criminal information should not be filed against him, for having published a paragraph in his paper of the 21st of April in the present year, alleging that a M r . Hounsfield had b een committed for trial on two distinct charges, one of felony, and the other of fraud. It ap peered that the objectionable paragraph was the report of a police case, and ran thus:--" Lambeth, yesterday, Mr. Hounsfield was committed for trial on two charges, one of fraud in obtaining 2001. under false representations, and the other of felony for stealing some articles of plate and other property from a furnished house which he occupied at Norwood, the particulars of which have already appeared in the Morning Post." Now previous particulars here referred to represented Mr. Hounsfield to have been accused with the same offences, and dis charged on the ground that there was not sufficient evidence to justify a committal, and th© paragraph in question was a report of a second charge, but instead of Lis being committed for the two offences he was dis charged on the felony, and committed on the fraud. The paragraph, therefore, was likely to prejudice Mr. Hounsfield in the eyes of the public and the grand jury, before whom his case would be carried, and ho had in consequence thought it right to have recourse to the present proceedings. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE was of opinion that no case whatever had been made out to justify the extraordinary interference of the Court. It was not pretended to say that the first report was false or inaccurate, while it was quite clear that the error committed in the second re port was a mere mistake which could in no possible way be traced to any motive of malice. How it could pos sibly injure Mr. Hounsfield in the eyes of the grand jury he really could not conceive, because the report stated that two charges were preferred against him, which the grand jury would find was an error by their only Laving one bill submitted to them for their consideration. If the object of the present application was to receive a denial of the report, it had been attained, but there cer tainly were no grounds whatever for a criminal infer mation.—ltule refused accordingly. SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BIJECHELL.) The list of causes to-day was very light, and after the hearing of one of no interer t, The Learned UNDER-SHERIFF said he had been subpoenaed to attend at Westminster, that he could not attend there by deputy, and being so unexpectedly called upon, was compelled to postpone the other cases till Thursday next. TRIENNIAL PARLIAMENTS. The following conversation, on the subject of the re peal of the Septennial Act, took place in the House of Commons on Monday, April 20. It escaped the notice of our morning Contemporaries: — Mr. D'EYNCOURT said, I wish to ask a question of my Noble Friend the Member for Marylebone. In the early part of this session he gave a notice of motion for the repeal of the Septennial Act. For many years the ques tion of shortening the duration of Parliaments has been in my hands. I brought it forward three times, and in 1847 made another attempt, but failed in obtaining an opportunity. My Noble Friend probably thought that I had abandoned my intention of pressing the sutject. So far from it, it was my wish to proceed with it. I fear, if he takes it out of my hands, it may appear that I had lost all interest in the question, which is indeed very far from my feeling. On this ground it is that (although the motion would be much more ably conducted if he retains it) I am anx i ous to know whether, after this ex planation, my Noble Friend will press it; or, with his usual courtesy and kindness, allow me to proceed with the question. Lord DUDLRT STUART said--In reply to the question of my Right Hon( urable Friend, I beg to assure him and the 'louse that I have no desire on any Occasion to put myself forward unnecessarily, or to take out of the hands of other llonoureble Memb,rs questions which they may think they have a rie,ht to chum as their own. Believing that the question of triennial Parliaments is one that the people desire to have discussed, and that ought to be discussed in this House, I stated last year in my place, that if no other Honourable Member did so I would bring it forward, and at the en.l of the session I gave a notice to that effect. I renewed my notice on the first day of the present session. As, however, my Right Hen. Friend expresses a wish to make the motion him. self, I shall be quite willing, upon the understanding that ho will bring it forward upon the earliest practicable day, to resign it into his more able and more experienced hands. f7.lovcr ditto, 3! t - ',3 I4s ; and 3Lravc, 1! 7s Lo 1/ lls per load. Supply but medorate, and trade firm. WHITECILAPIM. Meadow Ilay, 2/, les to 4/ ; Clover ditto, 31 to 41 17s; and Straw, 11 Gs to 1/ 10a per load. Trade dull, at the above quotations. Pr. 21,11.7, ritaaRETS. SOUTHALL, MAY 2.—Our market to-day, was by no means heavily supplied; yet the general demand was in a very sluggish state at drooping prices. Beef from 2s 6d to 33 6d ; Mutton, 2s led to 48; Lamb 5s 2d to 5s 8d; Veal, 3s 4d to 3310 d; and Pork, 3s to 3s 6d per Sibs, to sink the offal. ROXFORD, MAY 2.—The trade generally was flat, on the following terms:—Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 8d; Mut ton, 3s to 43; Lamb, 53 2d to 6s; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s; and Pork, 3s 2d to 3s 6d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 245; quarter old store Pigs, 16s to 20 3; an d Mul ch Cows, with their sma ll C a lf , 141 to 18/ each. LEWES, MAY I.—Exceedingly little business was transacted in fat stock to-day, and prices were not supported. Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 10d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d; Lamb, 5s 4d to 53 10d; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s per 81bs. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended April 26, 1849, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Eiagland and Waks per Imperial Quarter. I WILEAT. I BARLEY.' OATS. I RYE. I BEAM. I PEAS. PRICE .. I 46s Od I 28s 10(1 I 17s 2d 27s Id I 298 8d I 29s 9d QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) BELLING A CADETSHIP.-THE QUEEN V. CHARITIE AND 924 104% 17% 33% 23:% 27% 63i, 11% 1611 THE M AGA ZINES. BLACKWOOD. Neither has Sir 13ulwer Lytton continued his serial story of the "Caxtons," nor has Mr. Warren enditcd another portion of his Liography of "Sir Astley Cooper," in the May numb. , r of Blackwood. We cannot do otherwise of course than regret this, seeing that, in spite of the excellence of some, none of the miscellaneous a r ti c l es b efor g us afford anything et all like compensation for our disappointment. Coupling the peculiarities of the paper itself with the circumstance of the temporary cessation of the charming tale contributed to the pages of Maga by the poet-novelist —we rather suspect that it is to the indefatigable pen of Sir Edward we are indebted for that shrewd and searching criticism upon Wakefield's scheme of " Colonization," with which the magazine commences. The chapter is entitled to immeasurably more than a merely passing consideration ; for it is eminently thoughtful, and is calculated, unintentionally—with out the writer being apparently aware that any such work is in preparation—to stimulate our curiosity in regard to the book now in the press from the hand of the future Member for Sheffield. We shall look to the plan of government for our colonies which will shortly be propounded by Mr. Roebuck with infinitely* more confidence in its practicability than to the gaudy, but very illusory theorem explained by Mr' Wakefield. In the estimation of the author of the second artiele, " The Reaction on Foreign Conserve' tisra," the population of the continent are so SUre passingly barbarous, and so diabolically seep' tical, that it were well for the mass to learn some of the elementary principles of humanity and some of the simplest rudiments of religion. Cl e ver as the production is, we cannot but regard the writer's survey of Europe as miserably atrabilious. We have perused democratic descriptions of Euro pean society, which would lead one to picture the con tinent as a sort of embryo Atalanta; and we have read absolutist accounts of the same, in which the tone was as sombre and discouraging as that here assumed by Blackwood. It reminds us forcibly of the New Rasselas, mentioned by Mr. Herman Melville in his last romance—who, shut up in the royal v all e y of Willatnilla, dispatches emissaries to bring him true and faithful accounts of the appearance of those diffe rent islands in the archipelago of Mardi, which his eyes have never beheld. The pilgrims return and contradict each other so grossly, that the unfortunate recluse is driven nearly mad with annoyance. Nevertheless, saith Babbalanja, of two of the most contradictory travellers, both are ri g ht and both are wrong. Th ere are doubtless the seeds of good and evil mingled together in the races of the continent—otherwise there would not be such revo lutions and such pacifications, such crimes and such virtues, such heroism and such cowardice—a mixture of bad and noble passions, which was vividly personi fied in the February of 1848 in the sublime courage of M. de Lamartine when repelling in the midst of guns and daggers the rabble of Terrorists—and in the ignoble poltroonery of M. G-uizot when sneaking through the back lanes of Paris in the disguise of lacquey. Madame d'Arbouville's beautiful story of the " Village Doctor " is translated for the first time into the English language in the pages of Blackwood. B. Simmons contributes some pleasing verses called "Moonlight Memories," and U. T. gives a capital sketch called " The College." " Jack Moonlight" is amusing, and may be read almost in five minutes. In the paper on " Legitimacy in France" there are some beautiful passages respecting the Due de Bor deaux and the venerable Duchess d'Angouleine, by the Republican Charles Didier. Justice is nobly done to the sacred cause and the patriotic bravery of the Hungarians, in an article upon their present struggle with Austria, and we are rejoiced to see Ebony thus breaking through a thousand prejudices to plead the cause of truth and honour. Beyond the contributions already enumerated there are two able chapters on " Ararat and the Armenian High lands," and on the great question of " National Education in Scotland." FRASER. Michael South is the prince of military novelists, and his " Peace Campaigns of Ensign Faunce" bids fair to become the most amusing, as it already is the most veracious of military daguerreotypes. Those who desire to know what life in barracks really is should accompany Ensign John Faunce to his quarters. Our friend the;Schetner concludes his " Loo se L eaves f ro m his Note-Book" this month with schemes for destroying those two monster evils, mendicancy and pauperism. We commend his lucubrations to the attentive consi deration of our statesmen and legislators, who will find many valuabl e hi nts i n these "loose leaves " of " The Schemer." The present number is rich in reviews. W e h ave a laudatory noti ce of Aytoun's " Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers," a slashing critique on much " Recent Poetry, and Recent Verse," and an admirable analysis of Froude's Nemesis of Faith," in which, whil e t h e f a tal errors of the author are fearlessly exposed, full justice i s d one to his transcendent emus and his un swerv i ng honesty. The most practically useful, perhaps, of the papers in this month's Fraser is the one on "Indian Meal." It ap pears that Indian meal acquired a bad character on its first introduction, because the first specimens im ported were fusty. In fact, Indian meal will not keep sweet any length of time, and there fore the corn and not the meal should be imported. The corn, however, requires peculiar care in the process of grinding, as the generality of English millstones are too soft for grinding such a hard grain without grinding themselves at the same time, which makes the meal gritty; and the corn itself should be fresh, or the meal will be bitter. In con sequence of these mishaps Indian meal has become unpopular in England ; but if common care were used to procure Indian corn of the same quality as that used by the free population of the United States, there cannot be a doubt but that it would become a favourite food among us. The writer thus describes Indian corn and meal as it ought to be : " Well; three days ago I received, direct from the barn of an American friend, as it was stowed there last autumn, a small barrel of Indian corn in the natural state; large ears or cobs of the Indian corn, merely stript of its loose leaves. On each ear, which is of obelisk shape, about the size of a largo thick truncated carrot, there are perhaps about five hundred grains, arranged in close order in their eight columns; the colour gold yellow, or in some cases with a flicker of blood-red. These grains need to be rubbed off, and ground by some rational miller, whose millstones are hard enough for the work: that is all the secret of pre paring them. And here comes the important point. This grain, I now fur the first time find, is sweet, among the sweetest; with an excellent rich taste something like that of nuts • indeed it seems to me, perhaps from novelty in part, decidedly sw ee t er than wheat, or any other grain I have ever tasted. So that, it would appear, all our ex periments hitherto on Indian meal have been vitiated to the heart by a deadly original sin, or fundamental falsity to start with :—as if in experimenting on Westphalian ham, all the ham presented to us hitherto for trial had been—in a rancid state. The difference between hens and rancid ham, M. Boyer well knows, is considerable! This is the difference, however, this highly considerable one, we have had to encounter hitherto in all our expe riences of Indian meal. Ground by a reasonable miller, who grinds only it and not his millstones along with it, this grain, I can already promise, will make excellent, cleanly, wholesome, and palatable eating; aud be fit for the cook's art under all manner of conditions; ready to combine with whatever judicious condiment, and reward well whatever wise treatment he applies to it; and indeed on the whole, I should say, a more promising article could not well be submitted to him, if his art is really a useful one." The Indian meal has hitherto been sold at an exorbi tant rate. In the London shops it has not been sold at a lower rate than threepence per pound, the price of wheaten flour, whereas its actual value, when sold by retail, with a free demand, is about a penny per pound, and even with a poor demand its price should never exceed three halfpence. We hope some enter prising corn merchant will undertake to supply the public with good Indian meal, at a fair price. It appears to us that this would be a most profitable spe culation. The present number of Fraser contains some very respectable verse contributions. DOLMAN. An earnest article by the editor about the destitution of his co-religionists in Wales commences the May number of the Roman Catholic magazine. As the organ of a section of the population of Great Britain Dolman still continues to occupy a prominent position. THE SOURCES or THE ILE.—The problem of the position of the sources of the Nile, which during so many seems at length i n a f a i r way o a f ge b s ei h n a g s solved. The al T li h n e (l l7 y, V. Mr. Rebmann, of the Church Missionary Society, who is resident near Mombas, on the east coast of Africa, four degrees south of the equa tor, has recently penetrated about 100 miles inland, where he came to an elevated table-land, and saw before him a lofty mount.Ain named Kilimancljaro, the summit of which is covered 1% ith perpetual snow. In the course of last summer, Dr. Bialloblutzky left England on an ex ploratory journey into Eastern Africa; and it i 3 pre cisely in the above -mentioned direction that he purposes seeking the sources of the Nile, in accordance with the hypothesis of Dr. Bike, the Abyssinian traveller, at whose instance his journey has been undertaken. The discovery of Mount Kilmaudjaro promises well fur the success of the enterprise, as there is reason to regard it as forining a portion of the "Mountains of the Moon," the snows of which, according to Ptolemy, give rise to the Nile. The expenses of Dr. Bia,lleblotzky's journey are defrayed by subscription, raised among the friends of geographical discovery; and his Royal Highness Prince Albert has just beat pleased to contribute the sum of 101. in cupport of the undertaking. GRAY'S INN, MAY 2.—William Devoy, Esq., and John Raymond Grace, &q., were this day called to the , degree of B arr i ster - at - law by the Honourable Society of Gray's Inn. LORD'S DAY OFFENCES.—Magistrates' clerks are being called upon by the Home-office to make return of convictions for offences committed during last year under the law called " the Lord's Day Act." f~