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to 2s. 10d., and afterwards altered to 2s 7d., and in the five years from 1815 to 1819 the quantity consumed was 1,891,000 bushels ; and from 1813 to 1815, 1,659,000. If the increase of population durii , g that peri:,d were considered, it would be seen how enormous a deprecia tion had taken place in the consumption. He must ob serve that the Hon. Gentleman throughout never said one word about re-imposing protection. He took it for granted, therefore, that the Hon. Gentleman contem plated nothing of the kind. The lion. Gentleman spoke of reciprocity. He (Mr. Hume) was for reciprocity also; but he could not understand why we should not take off the duty on our imports, becauke other countries would not do the same.—(Hear, hear.) Let every country attend to her own interests.—(lronical cheers and laughter.) The Hon. Gentleman then concluded by moving, after the word " that" in the original resolution, " to leave out all the remainder words, and to insert the following—' If the local taxation of the country presses unequally on real property, or bears with undue severity on the occupiers of land, such inequality and undue pres sure ought to be Li;ovetl; but, with the view of granting speedy relief to' the agricultural and other interests of the country, without deLritiaca to the claims of the na tional creditor, it is the opinion of this House that the public expenditure, now excessive, ought to be forthwith reduced so as to enable Parliament to repeal totally the Excise duties on malt and hops; and to remove, as far as practicable, other burdens which impede the progress of agriculture and of commercial industry."' Mr. BRIGHT seconded the motion. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EX CHEQUER, the debate was adjourned until Wednes day next. COPYROLD TENURE. Mr. AGLIONBY obtained leave to bring in a Bill to effect the compulsory enfranchisement of lands of copy hold tenure. BRIBERY BILL. Sir J. PAKINGTON moved to nominate the Select Committee on the Bribery at Elections Bill. On the name of Sir J. Hanmer being proposed, Colonel SIBTHORP objected to the Hon. Baronet, on the ground of the strong part he had taken in relation to bribery. He moved to substitute the name of the Hon. Member for Peebleshire (Mr. F. Mackenzie). The motion having been withdrawn, Sir J. Hanmer was nominated. Colonel SIBTHORP suggested to the Hon. Baronet (Sir J. Pakington) that it would be desirable for him to select the Attorney-General to serve upon his Cord mittee, because no man in that louse knew more about bribery.—(A laugh.) The AT f ORNEY-GENERAL—If the House wishes, I will of course serve upon the Committee, but as the lion. and Gallant Member has put it on such grounds, I shall decline. SIBTHORP—The Hon. and Learned Gen tleman is either very much conversant with bribery, or else he is very much belied.—(A laugh.) The ATTORNEY-GENERAL (with warmtb)—The Hon. and Gallant Member has no right to say so. I have already denied it. Colunel SIBTHORP—What? The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—What you say , I have been guilty of. I have denied in this House that I have had anything to do with bribery, and the Hon. and Gallant Member has no right to repeat it. Colonel SIBTHORP utterly denied having charged the Attorney-General with having been guilty of bri bery.—(Ob.) Sir J. PAKINGTON hoped this matter would go no further. The other Members were then nominated, and the Select Committeee stands as follows:—Sir J. Pakington, Lord Ashley, Sir F. Thesiger, Mr. Bouverie, Lord Ma hon, Mr. grotherton, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Legh, Sir J. Ilanmer, Mr. Horsman, Mr. Wrightson, Mr. Napier, Mr. Maitland, Mr. Mailings, and Mr. Sheridan. The other orders of the day were disposed of, and the louse adjourned at °tie o'clock. filE LEGAL TITLE ASSURANCE COMPANY. (Provisionally Registered, January 17, 1849.) Capital, 2,000,00C1., in 80,000 Shares, of 25/. each. Preliminary Deposit, 2s. Gd. per Share Prospectuses and full information may be obtained at the Tempo ra:y Offices of the Company, 13A, Cannon-row, Westminster, on ap ri:catien EO G. F. HOWE, Hon. Sec., pro tem. ILA IL WI Y SHALES . MES!qt.S. WILLIAM LAMOND and Co., Stock and Share Brokers respectfully announce that they continue daily to BUY and SELL, by Private Contract, all descrip tions of Stocks, English and Foreign, Railway Shares, &e. Threadneedle-street, London, January lb, 1849. To be had at all the Libraries, NEW WORKSTOKS OF FICTION By DISTINGUISHED WRITERS. JUST PUBLISHED BY MR. COLBURN. Sir E. BULWER LYTTON'S "KING ARTHUR." 2 vols. 15s. ROCKINGHAM ; or, The Younger Brother. 1 vols. OWEN TUDOR ; an historical Romance. By the Author of " Whitefriars," 3 vols. IV. MORDAUNT HALL. By the Author of " Emilia Wyndham,' 3 cols. LUCILLE BELMONT. 3 vols. The DIAMOND and the PEARL. By Mrs. GORE. 3 vols. `'II. The DISCIPLINE of LIFE. Second Edition. 3 vols. VIII. The MIDNIGHT SUN. By Miss BREMER. 1 vol. Henry Celburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Season 1349. FREYCII PLAYS and OPERA CO3INIFE. TH I EVENING, The Performances will commence at Half-past Se:en o'clock, with Bololdieu's popular Opera, LA DAME BLANCHE. Georges, Mons. Bonnamy ; Anna, Mdlle. Charton ; Jenny, Mdlle, Guichard. To conclude with the popular Opera Comique, entitled LA DOUBLE ECIIELLE. • Mr. Mitchell begs also to announce that, notwithstanding the in creased expenses of the present entertainment, the prices of admis sion are determined as follows: Boxes .. • • • • ss. Od. Pit .. • . 33. ea. -4mphitheatre .. • • .. 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 Boad-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from eleven till five. ki LAT RE KO YA.L. YM.A.tus , :Mr. B. Webster, Selo Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the Drama of THE HOUSEKEEPER. After which, THE WONDER. Don Felix, Mr. C. Kean ; Donna Violante, Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with -mil: PAS DE FISCINATION. Michael Brow sky, Mr. Keeley ; Katherine Kloper, Mrs. Keeley. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVEI.4I N Will be performed COCKNEYS IN CALIFORNIA. Alter which, the original Drama, called HARVEST 110:`,IE. Principal characters by Messrs. 11. Hughes, Lambert, Wright; P. Bedford, 0. Smith, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. k rank Matthews, Miss Turner, &c. To conclude with JOHN JONES. Guy Goodluck, Mr. Lambert ; Eliza Melton, Miss E. Chaplin. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. (hider the Management of Madame Vestals. role Lessee, Mr. Charles Mahe vs. THIS ITENING Will be performed a neov and original petite Comedy, entitled WHO SPEAKS FIRST ? Ater which, a new Drama, called A ROMANTIC IDEA. To conclude with a Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE KING OF THE PEACOCKS. Characters by Messrs. Harley, John Reeve, Selby, 11. Hall, Marshall, and H. Marshall ; Miss Kathleen Fitzwil lam, Miss L. Howard, Mrs. Macnamara, Miss Marshall, Miss L. Marshall, Miss Coleman, and Madame Vestrls, Dress r.oxes, as.; Upper Boxes, 43. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, is. No Sialf-pries to any part of the house. The New llos-ofEce, No. 2, Welllngto - • street, is open to the public ',very day, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S TILEATL:.P. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING 9 Will be performed the Romantic Opera, entitlea LBOLMTIig. Count Adelmar, Mr. Charles Braham; the Seneschal, Mr. H. Horn castle ; Frantz, Herr Men& ; Matilda, Mrs. Weiss; Leanne, Miss Poole. - After which, A CUTLET FOR TWO. Te conclude with a new grand l'antomime, entitled BLUFF KING HAL ; or, Harlequin and 111 (Charmed Arrow. Harlequin, Mr. P.ologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paul• ; Clown, Mr. Fleamore ; Sprite, Mr. De Barr; Columbine, Miss Fawcett. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPIIIMEATRE. Proprietor, Ur. W. Batty. Under the Patronage of her majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &C. Mr. Batty respectfully anliounces that he has entered into an en , gagernent with the celebrated American Equestrian Young Hernan dez, who has just arrived in this country, and whose talent has gained for him the title of the first rider in the world. He will make his filth appearance TIIIS EVENING, Tho curtain will rise at a Quarter to Seven o'clock precisely to tho magnificent Spectacle, by Fitzball. entitled CORA SCO ; or, the Warrior's Steed. After which the double Tight-ropes. Tu be followed by an inimitable display of SCENES Ll' TIIE CIRCLE. tipporte•J by the first Equestrian talent of the day. To conclude with the farce of CURIOSITY. Box-,ftlice open from Eleven till Five. mngo aranagcr, Mr. W. West. OFFteE, MARCM 9. Ta.taatomrrEn, Lowest, 27; Highest, 47; Noon, 39 . RAFWMETNII, 29.98. WIND W.N.Y.—light breeze and fine clear weather. i(4l WATER AT LONDON ;GE. Tars DAT —Morning, 11 min. after 2 I Evening, 30 min. after 11 To-Monaow— .oromr, 51 min. after 2 I Evenln , 9 min. after 3 .4. ' Z l Ntk ‘; ..if 4 :.1 - , kzo, v_,,----,. . ~...)„,. ~ ,k. ,„ k ' '' , f 4.. • •li 1. • .- ---. +1- ' A ' . S'MAII ',, 4 : 4 .. it; , ____ qt „,.... '-- ,IPS- • ' 4" '4? 1ri . 14 ' !illier* '''..-; 41 1 :1 1. • ' , , ' . l b. -r. - A 4% 1'... " '.. . . :.; "' o,k i•„.,::,'-,11-,,..-, ;-',. , 44 :7 ...l." - To ':' :4. ...'"..."- -;• -..... , -r - , r...„ - 111 aint 11Jrni LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1849. The Honourable Member for Buckinghamshire has come forward as a financial reformer. We have now the DISRAELI budget, which should be placed in juxtaposition and considered simultaneously with those which had previously been promulgated by ConnEN, MACGREG OR , an d R IGBY W ASON. It will be for the public to say which of these pro jects, it carried into execution, would be best calcu.. lated to effect " the greatest good for the greatest number;" for that, after all, is the question to be de cided. We have already expressed our opinions on the several propositions previously submitted. We shall now consider the plan so eloquently opened to the House last night, with its comparative advantages and disadvantages. TYtere are two points of view in which every fiscal question must be regarded. The justice and expe- I diency of the proposed or the ex'lstin , .. .` he consiiered. How fur cao it Le fairly levied .4. the parties made responsible ? Should it be borne by them exclusively ? or should any other, and what, classes participate in the burden ? In order to come to a correct conclusion on these points—to enable ourselves to return trustworthy answers, the purposes to which the proceeds of the tax are to be applied must be inquired pinto, and it must be ascertained what class or classes of the community will.;be prin cipally benefited thereby. Under ordinary circamstances the abstract princi ple of the justice of the charge should prove decisive. However desirable in other respects, no mere consi deration of policy or expediency could justify a deli berate wrong, but, unfortunately, some degree of injustice must be committed. Every impost pos. sesses more or less inequality. Taxation in any shape is not a blessing, but still it is a necessary evil. We must satisfy the claims of the public creditor, however onerous and burdensome they may prove. We must provide for the efficiency of our national estab lishments, for the administration of justice, and the repression of crime—in fact, for all purposes tending to the protection of our lives, our liberties, and our properties, and which enable us to enjoy the greatest degree of freedom consistent with the interests of society in general. We must consent, then, to con tribute to the national burdens in proportion to our means, to bear our portions of the general charges. It is the tribute we pay to society for the various advantages we derive from being admitted as members of the body politic. We surrender a certain portion of our natural liberties in order that we may obtain the fullest guarantees for the preser vation of the remainder, and, among other points, we concede to the governing body, chosen by the general assent of society, the privilege of taxation, which they are entitled to levy for the general good. It will then become a question of relative equities between the different classes. One description of taxation may perhaps press too heavily on one section of the community ; but it may be compensated by another, from which they may be com paratively exempted, and which will fall almost exclusively upon their neighbours. The great end and object of financial reformers should be, so to regulate the various charges that every in dividual should contribute as nearly as possible in proportion to his means, that the burden should be distributed according to the ability of those required to sustain it. That is not, and cannot be the case under the present mode of replenishing the national Exchequer. Indirect taxation is essentially and ne cessarily unjust in principle and unequal in operation, and matters can never be placed upon an equitable and satisfactory footing until there be a complete and radical alteration in the entire system. Now, the propositions just brought forward by the eloquent and witty Member for Buckinghamshire apply but to a very small portion of the social griev ance. He offers no great or comprehensive remedy for the acknowledged evil—he would not even remove the malt-tax or the tax on hops, although he recog nises the injury thereby inflicted upon the agricultu ral interest, whose especial champion he professes himself to be. His motion is exclusively directed against the local burdens which press with peculiar weight, not merely on the agriculturists, properly so called, but on the owners of real property generally, including shopkeepers, manufacturers, in fact, householders of every description ; on railways, factories, iron works, and other species of property that have no connexion whatever with farms or far mers. He demonstrated clearly and incontrovertibly the injustice of levying those rates on one description of property only, of assessing the amount on one fourth of the property of the entire kingdom, while the remaining three-fourths were exempted from the charge. We agree to the fullest extent with the Honourable Gentleman that there is no earthly reason why the entire property, not merely of a district, but of the entire country should not be liable for at least the majority of these charges. There would undoubtedly be con siderable difficulty in taxing the personal property in a locality for local purposes. Innumerable controver sies would arise, and much vexatious and expensive litigation would be the result. It would be invidious and inquisitorial, perhaps impossible. But these difficulties would be completely obviated by taxing it wheresoever situate for the general purposes of the nation, including therein those local charges which the Hon. Gentleman clearly proved were for national objects, such as the support of the poor, the punishment of criminals, &c. Indeed the in justice of making the sums levied for those objects merely local rates, was never more forcibly exposed than in the course of his brilliant oration. The remedy proposed was, however, by no means equivalent to the extent of the grievance. Mr. DISRAELI suggests " that the present system of local administration remaining, the present levy of rates continuing, the local districts shall be responsible for one moiety of this taxation, and that the other moiety shall be contributed from the Consolidated Fund." This conclusion is not worthy of the arguments advanced by the Honourable Gentleman. He said, " I know of no reason el priori why the mainte nance of the poor should be the duty of a locality." Why, then, suffer half the burden to remain—why not equalize the tax throughout the entire king dom, abolish the law of settlement, and permit the poor man to bring his only capital, his labour, to the best market. All the objectionable points of the sytem would be continued, and no advantage would be derived by any. These charges, perhaps, to some extent form portions of the compensating principle to which we have already alluded. The entire system, then, should be taken into considera tion, that all may be legislated on fairly and Thanks to the Noble Viscount the Member for Hertford, the Government was last evening afforded an opportunity of explaining their intentions in re gard to convict discipline and the system of trans portation. Often as Sir GEORGE GREY, in the House of Commons, has elucidated the views enter tained by her MAJESTY'S advisers upon the embar rassing and almost problematic difficulties of this vexata questio—often as Earl GREY, in the House of Lords, has endeavoured to extricate his ideas upon the subject from the obscurity of his indecision, the matter has preserved to the country, and even to the Parliament, the darkness of an in scrutable enigma. That the Cabinet should have hesitated, and deliberated, and wavered upon a point of so much delicacy and importance cannot be surprising to any one who is at all acquainted with the dangers and obstructions that have to be either avoided or overcome in the great science of criminal jurisprudence When the over-population of our penal settlements was borne in mind, it was ma nifest that an end, at least for a while, must be put to transportation. When the hideous crimes and atrocities prevalent in such terrestrial hells as Norfolk Island was learnt with dismay in the mother country, it became self-evident that some modification of the system adopted in the treatment of those wretched criminals had grown into an imperative necessity—a necessity forced upon our rulers by considerations of economy, of policy, of morality, of decency, and of religion. When the enormous sums expended in the punishment of those who had broken the laws of the land or of Gon were correctly estimated, it was clear that some scheme must be contrived to effect a retrenchment in that extravagant expenditure, and especially at a time when economy, economy, economy was becoming the watch-word of agitation. Every reflection im pelled the Ministry to reconsider the whole system of the country in reference to the repression,of crime, or to the chastisement of crimina!s, in order that some improvements might be introduced whereby the outlay would be diminished, the penal settlements proportionately populated, the bulks rendered less liable to propagate disease, and the prisons to pro pagate infamy ; by which, moreover, the convicts might be gradually tempted into habits of industry and ultimately become reclaimed to a reputable, if not to a virtuous, existence. Incited by these wishes, and driven on by this necessity, the Government made certain alterations in the treatment of the per sons under sentence of transportation or imprison ment. The former punishment was mitigated in some quarters, and in others altogether (or at least for the time) abolished. The latter was subjected to a variety of humane experiments. Among these ~....0.• THE SUN, LONDON, experiment', the one of the most conspicuous cha : was tl. r r'• inent ; and t art. that that this Oar, o ilt be fairly and deliberat tested such noble and almost palatial buildings, as the Model Prison at Pentonville, were erected. A considerable period has since then elapsed, and Lord MAnort takes occasion to demand of her MAJESTY'S Government some further explanation as to their intentions, now that their benevolent and patriotic endeavours have been illuminated by experi ment and experience. In answer to the inquiries made last evening by the Noble Lord the representative of Hertford, Sir GEORGE GREY, plainly avowed at once that the system of transportation would be renewed with the unanimous consent of the Cabinet. Neverthe less, it was almost in the same breath declared by the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary for the Home Department that every year increased the con- viction in his own mind, and in that of his colleagues, of the efficacy of the separate system of imprisonment, whether considered as a punishment for offences, or as a means of reformation. With the maintenance, moreover, of the Model Prison, and of the system of diminished transportation, the Government is pre pared to insist upon the continuance of the plan in accordance with the regulations of which bands of convicts are retained in the United Kingdom for the purpose of labouring upon public works. Of the latter resolution we cannot speak too highly, as expressive of a principle. While we would by no means desire to see convict labourers brought into direct competi tion with labourers who have never incurred the penalties inflicted upon the violators of the law—we would in a modified degree behold the employment of certain classes of convicts upon public and remu nerative works, because through the medium of that employment so many admirable advantages might be secured. Among other effects—and this is certainly not the least important in these days, when financial retrenchment is everything—the economy of the plan would be conspicuous ; for although it is projected as an en• couragement to the convict labourers that certain wages shall be awarded to them in proportion to the amount of their exertions, or to the extent of their sobriety, those wages would be considerably less than the wages required by masons, or carpenters, or brick layers, or navvies, differently situated. By this means there would ultimately be an appreciable reduction in the cost of the criminal establishment. Numberless as have been the nostrums hit upon of late for the effectual correction of offenders against the laws of their country and of their GOD, but few of them have been held in any estimation after the first scrutiny of their nature, and the first detection of their inadequacy. One system seems to have been singled out by almost unanimous consent as not unworthy of being adopted with some slight alterations and of being incorporated when so modified in our improved code of criminal jurisprudence. That system is one we ourselves have long since commended to the public—we mean the Mark System, contrived and carried out in one of our penal settlements by Cap . tain MACONOCHIE. While we coincide in the opinion expressed by the Noble Lord the Member for Hertford, that the practical suggestions of Captain DlAcortocazu must not all of them be adopted with implicit credence, we are satisfied that very few will dissent from us in assert , ing that the views of that distinguished officer are , entitled to no slight consideration. Actual experience, indeed, has shown that the working of his scheme has mitigated, in a great degree, the evils of impri sonment, and ameliorated to a considerable extent , the horrors of transportation. On the whole, we are convinced that the country will regard with satisfac tion the remarks extorted by Lord MASON from one , of the chief Ministers of her MAJESTY'S Government. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The Minister for. Foreign Affairs, M. Damns' DE L'Huvs, attended the Committee of the National As sembly yesterday, and in answer to questions put to him, is said to have declared that France would not interfere in the affairs of Italy, and that the French Government disapproved of the entrance of the Rus sians into Transylvania, although they had been in vited by the Austrian Government. The committee being a secret one, it is, of course, impossible to ascer tain exactly what were the statements of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, but it is believed that the account given above is, so far as it goes, accurate. We shall not, however, have to remain long in doubt as to the intentions of the French Government, as interpella dons were to be addressed to the Minister in the sembly yesterday by M. DUVIGNIER. The scene which led to the notice of theae interpellations was of a very extraordinary character. The discussion on the electoral law, on Wednesday, was interrupted by M. DUVIGNIER, who observed that, in consequence of the projects of the northern despots with regard to Italy, it was naturai that pub lic opinion should be pre-occupied with a question in volving the honour and interests of France. The Minister for Foreign Affairs, he understood, was to have given explanations on the subject that morning to the Committee of Foreign Affairs. M. DUVIGNIER thought that those explanations should be made public, in order that Italy might know whether the hopes which the decree of the National Assembly of the 24th of May, in favour of her inde pendence, had excited in the country, were to be realised. The three Afinisters present evincing no intention to reply, M. DUVIGNIER charged them with disrespect towards the Assembly. The President himself incurred his displeasure by observing that Ministers were not bound to reply to his questions, and that the Assembly alone had a right to regulate its order of the day. M. DUVIGNIER loudly complained of the oppression of the minority by the majority, and said that such a course was an incitement to the former to carry their reclamations elsewhere. This declaration created a violent uproar, and, when silence was restored, M. ODILON BARROT rose and said that M. DUVIGNIER had had the preten sion to give a lesson of politeness to Ministers, of which the Assembly had appreciated the terms and form, and that, so far from refusing to reply, he and his colleagues were at the disposal of the Assembly. M. DUVIGNIER having next asked that the interpel lations be placed at the order of the day of Thursday, his demand was acceded to by a majority of 367 to 357. The intelligence from Italy contained in these papers is of a very contradictory chara c t er . Th e National quotes a private letter, received in Paris that evening, which says that the Austrian troops which had been sent to take possession of Carrara had, upon ascertaining the force of the Tuscan troop, and the support which the Piedmontese General, LAMARMORA, was prepared to give them, retired from the territory of Tuscany ; whilst the Constit u tionnel states that the Austrians have entered Tuscany, that they were opposed by the Tuscan army of 6,000 men, under the command of General AncE, reinforced by a division of the Piedmontese army, amounting to 16,000 men, commanded by General MARMORA, the Sardinian Government having at the request of the Provisional Government of Florence, consented to interfere in order to protect Tuscany from Austrian invasion. The Piedmontese and Tuscans - were to effect their junction on the 2d of March, and probably a battle would be fought with the Austrians on the 3d. To these rumours, however, no great credit was attached in the political salons of the French capital, where the prevailing opinion was that the Austrians had not entered Tuscany at all. Indeed, it was believed that the French Government had received a note from the Austrian Minister, stat ing that Austria had voluntarily adjourned her pro posed intervention in Tuscany. The State trials commenced at Bourges on the 7th• After the bill of indictment was read, BARBES rose to protest against the competency of the Court. He addressed the jury in most violent language, but was stopped by the President. BARITES then declared he would would not again enter the court unless com pelled to do so by force. The Committee of Finances has determined to recom • mend the Assembly to vote increased allowances to the President and Vice-President of the Republic. The editor of the Peuple was on Tuesday tried for publishing an alleged seditious libel, and acquitted. The interpellations on the affairs of Italy, of which M DuvromEa had given notice, were going on at post hour. BOURSE—PARIS, THURSDAY, MARCH 8. Tuxtla; o'CLocx.—The news from Italy has had a slight effect upon the French Funds to-day, although there appears to be great reason to doubt the truth of the report of the immediate intervention of the Austrians in Tuscany. The Railway Shares were steady. The Greek Loan was quoted to-day, the portion guaranteed by Russia at 99i, and the portion guaranteed by France aL 883, Exchange on London (30 day s), 25 22i to 25; ditto (90 days) 25 12k. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, MARCX 8. Boulogne and Amiens, 9%—Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), l23 4 —Demerara, 84—Namur and Liege, 8— Northern of France, 11 LA— Paris and Rouen, 21 1 4—Rouen and Havre, 12:Y i —Tours and Nantes, 21h. The Ecelesiaitieal Commissioners for England had a general meeting yesterday at their Office in Whitehall•• place. FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 9, 1849. colonial finances of 1547, amounting to 4,297,302,534, , 1. \ _ lan is, tiling the Ctiatubel sUi th, decease ut tv,u of the counsellors of that court, and explaining the reason why the High Court had not submitted to the Chambers a list of candidates to be presented to the KING for his MAJESTY'S nomination of counsellors, to replace those of the deceased. The delay was occa sioned by a Ro3 al message, addressed to the High Court, stating that his MAJESTY wxis reslved ti. ev. it hitt!selful his pried, g , acc..rd•ng to Ar!. 83 .f .he :a.w of judicial organization, and to leave the places of the counsellor of the High Court vacant until the number of the members should have arrived at its minimun, namely twelve. An expose of the motives relative to the extraordinary tax for covering the deficit from 1848 to 1849, was also laid tefore the Chambers. Yesterday, his MAJESTY gave a grand dinner to some of the Members of the Second Chamber of the States General. Her Majesty the Queen, Prince and Princess Frederick of the Netherlands, the Prin. cess Louisa, and Prince Henry were also present. There will be another Court dinner at the Palace to day, to those Members who were not invited yes terday. The Dutch journals give sad accounts of the late terrible storm along the coast, which caused immense damages to the shipping. SPAIN. ; • • . ~t. tl Chamber of Deputies, on that day, betcpt en Rios ROSAS and NARVAEZ, which ended in the latter challenging the former. MADuin BOLSA.—The funds have somewhat de clined. The Three per Cents. are quoted at 23i to 1-16 buyers, 1 sellers. Five per Cents. at 10 13-16 buyers, 11 sellers. Coupons at 71 sellers. Passive Debt, 4 buyers, 4i sellers. 'lr G E 1 Al A IN I AND THE NORTHERN STATES. The twenty-sixth bulletin of Prince WINDISCH GRITZ has been published, from which it would seem that he himself commanded in person in a desperate action with the Hungarians, which lasted two days. It is as follows : " The Field-Marshal, having pitched his head-quarters at Gyougyos on the 25th February, directed General Schltek, who had arrived the same day at Petervasara, to join the main army on the 26th, by way of Verpeleth, in order to attack the insurgents with our united strength. " On the 26th, Field Marshal Lieutenant Wrbna's co lumn advanced upon Gyougyos towards Capolua; that of Field-Marshal Lieutenant Prince Schwarsenburg from Arsk-Szallas to Kaal. At two o'clock both these columns encountered the left wing of the enemy before Kaal, an hour's march from Capolua. who had got possession of the wood between Kaal and Kompolt, their line of posi tion strething into the high road leading from Gyougyos to Kapolua. On hearing the first cannot-shot from Schwarzenburg's column, Wrbna bore down upon the enemy, who were in great force. At first the foe showed a wish to menace our left flank from a wooded eminence. crowned by two o their battalions. Here they were disappointed, a bold bayonet charge, made by a company of the 6th Jager battalion, under Captain Feldegg, sup ported by two companies of Archduke Stephen, driving them away from this important point, which was imitate diately occupied by our Teen. Major Salis received a wound from an exploded grenade. The hostile cavalry then tried to force our centre, by dashing through the two columns, but four squadrons of Civillart's lancers coming up, after dispersing an infantry battalion, courageously faced the enemy, and succeeded in making head against them. In this they were assisted by a de tachment of light horse, who, with order and precision, attacked a hussar division. We lost in this affair Lieute nant Wit ssenthurm and six lancers; thirty-five were wounded. Of the enemy sixty lay either dead or wounded on the field. The foe then retired from all points, pursued by our men as far as Kipolua and Kaal, till night set in. " General Count Schlick was prevented from push .ng forward to Verpeleth, on the 26th, as he found tne nar rowllle n g e o c r e g s e s i t o y f S o i f r o m k in a kn t g h e h h i m a n s e d l s f o m t a t s h t e e r r e o b f e a s , apnocis position w n affording great advantages for defence. This he effected, and, before dark, had thrown his corps into the defile. "Early in the morning of the 27th the Field-Marshal gave orders for carrying on the attack, the continual platoon firing on his left giving notice of the approach of Count Sehliek. This general drove the enemy be fore him on to Verpeleth, which place they occupied, and stoutly defended. The brigade Kriegern, hewever, soon took the village. The 2d battalion of Latour in fantry dietinguiehect themselves highly on this occasion, and the foe withdrew in haste to the heights. A detach ment was thrown into the mountain hollows, in the di rection of Erlau, but the greater part turned to its centre, which, broken at Kapolua by the brigade Wyss, re treated on the Musisolez road. The adversary seemed to estimate highly the possession of Kapolua, and tried twice to recover it. Not being able to displace the nume rous and well appointed artillery of the brigade Wyss, arid as Cotloredu s had advanced forward through the village of Dobro, threatening the enemy's right flank, they made all speed to retire over the heights. General Prince Schwatzenburg advanced t n the right Is ing to Kaal, and took the village by storm. " The wavering forces of the insurgents, who were well supplied with artillery, drew off to a position at A ti l l .t the w e T a h r e i n y e we s s e o r f p theur s t u r e o d o p fo s r a a n n d ho beyond dusk of the Kapolua, even ing rendered a halt necessary. "In these two days we had everywhere to do with the chief force of the rebels; but the good spirit and bravery of the troops, the able dispositions of the generals in command, and the effective fire of our intrepid gunners, compensated for deficiency in numbers. At the taking of Kapolua, the battalion of Zanini infantry that had deserted,their colours at Essegg, were made prisoners. The list of killed and wounded cannot be given with any accuracy, the reports not yet having arrived from the different points. The enemy may have lost some 200 or 300 in killed, besides the 900 prisoners, among which - were fifteen officers. It will be seen from this that Prince WIN - DISCHURAT2 claims a victory. Other accounts, how ever, of this battle do not represent it as being so favourable to the cause of the Imperialists. It is also said that 'WINDISCHGRATX has been defeated in a battle near Asad, where Count ERBACK, his Aide de-Camp, and Count MONTECUCOLI, an officer of his staff, were made prisoners. Certain it is that both ERBACK and MONTECUCOLI have arrived at Debricsin. In this battle 200 men of the regiment of Leisainger passed over to the Hungarians. The Austrian Field-Marshal ERNEST DE KIS has also quitted the Imperialists, and has arrived at Debricsin to offer his services to KOSSUTH. The army of General SCHLICK has been nearly de stroyed near Tokay by the Hungarians. BEst is still victorious in Transylvania • he has again de feated PUCHNEH, and has taken Hermanstadt by storm, in spite of its Russian garrison. PUCHNEB is retiring on Temeswar, and BEM is in full pursuit of him. In his late action BEM was wounded in the hand, and has had three fingers amputated. The Breslau Gazette says " there are no traces of the Russians now to be discovered in Transylvania. At Debricsin, the decisive victory of BEM, of the 20th February, was celebrated by a Te Deum and the firing of salutes. We have received from Pesth authentic intelligence that WINDISCHGRATZ was de feated on the 26th February, near Zebachaza, and that everything is prepared at Buda for an immediate retreat. The pontoon equipage has been already sent to Raab, and the park of artillery has been brought back to Buda. It is said that 2,000 Croa tians have gone over to the Hungarians." WINDIsCu- GRATE has put a sudden stop to the military execu tions in consequence of his having received from KOSSUTH an intimation that the Hungarians would make reprisals on the Austrian officers who were prisoners. It is said that in consequence of the troubles in Cracow the Russians had entered that city, and had also taken possession of the whole of I3ochnia. FRANKFORT. In the sitting of the German Parliament on the sth inst., mention was made of and questions were put from the Opposition benche s re l a ti ve to anot h er dis patch of the Austrian Government to its Plenipoten tiary, Baron SC lIMERLING. The contents of this dispatch, as far as they ha ve t ransp i re d , are to t h e effect th at the Austrian Cabinet inclines to a direc tory of the Confederation ( Bundesdirectorium) in preference to the form of sovereignty expressed by the appointment of a Lord-Lieutenant of the Empire (Reichsstatthalter), and that it declines moving any further amendment until the second reading of the Constitution Bill shall have come o ff . Mr. Sims" the President of the German Parlia ment, was re-elected to that post. The number of members present was 368; the number of votes for Mr. SIMSON, 271. Mr. BRESLER, from Schleswig, was elected Vice-President. The President of the Imperial Cabinet, Baron GAGEBN, then informed the House of the impending cessation of the Malmoe armistice between Germany and Denmark. He said the Danish Plenipotentiary, in sending in the document relative to thi s cessa ti on , had indeed declared it was the King of DENMARK'S hope that this step would not lead to further hostili ties. The Danish Ambassador thought to promote the conclusion of a treaty of peace, by susp en di ng the armistice. Now it was indeed strange to hear it said of a declaration of war that it was meant to promote peace, but w h a t was stranger still was that the notion of suspension was handed in by Denmark at the very time th a t th e English Government expressed his hope th a t Cheva lier' BUNSEN would bring about a promulgation of the armistice, as a thing which was absolutely necessary for the conclusion of a peace. The King of D EN MARK'S reply to this hope of the English Government was a short declaration of the suspension of the ar mistice. He (Barcn GA G ERN) thought, ind ee d , t hi s hasty step of Denmark might possibly b e w i t h out serious consequ e nces. Nevertheless the present ne gotiatioos were broken off by that step u n til t h e has tiness of Denmark was atoned for, until the staiu quo has been guaranteed up to som e future t erm . The negotiatio n s were now directed to this preliminary end. It was the duty of the Imperial Cabinet to prepare Germany for e very contingency, a n d that Cabinet relied upon the co operation of the Parliament and of the several Go ad peaceably, but if an vernments. The Cabinet had hoped to maintain the honour of Germany in peace n other war were to break out, it is Denmark a t w h ose door th e gu ilt an d responsibility lies. But if Den mark thought of profiting from the dissensions among some German states, .Germany will sh ow that she k nows h ow to limit her intestine quarrels. PRUSSIA• Count TamyrmANsnour, who has represented the Court of Austria at Berlin for many years, h as b een suddenly reca ll e d on acc ount, it is said, of not having opposed with sufficient energy the pretensions of the King of PRUSSIA to be chosen Emperor of Germany. He is to be succeeded by General Puolusn. GRA BOW has bee elected President of the Second Cham ber. HOLLAND• THE H AGUE , M ARCH 7.—ln the sitting of th e Second Ch am b er a R o yal message was communicat e d, accomparying a project of law relative to the regu- lation of the employment of the surplus of the ITALY. The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa, of the 3d, de clares that there is no truth in the statement that the Tuscan Government had applied for the intervention of Piedmont against the aggression of Austrian and Modenese troops, consequently there can be no truth in the statement of the Paris Constitutionnel that the Piedinontese and Tuscan troops had effected a junc tion. The Pensiero Italians says that on the ap pearance of a body of Modenese and Austrian troops at Castel .Nuovo dai Monte, which is in the Modenese territory, the Provisional Government of Tuscany issued a notification that the Austrians were ap proaching the frontier, and were about to invade Fivvezano, and declaring that it was prepared to resist them, at the same time intimating to the corn mender of the Austrians that if he entered the Tuscan territory they would call in the aid of the Piedwon tese army at Sarazano. _ _ _ _ The Tuscan Monitore of the 28th ult. contains a notification of the Provisional Government of Flo rence, informing the people that negotiations had been entered into with Rome for the fusion of the Two States on the following basis:-1. Junction of the two territories by suppressing the Custom-house line which separates them. 2. Equal tariffs for im portation, exportation, and transit of merchandise. 3. Uniformity of the postal system, dimunition of postage, telegraphic communications throughout the territory. 4. Reciprocal equality of the currrency of both States, and adoption of a common currency. 5. Reciprocal currency of the paper- money and treasury bonds cf either State. 6. A common diplo matic representation at foreign Governments. 7. Establishment at ilologno of a common Central Mili tary Committee of defence. 8. Subsidies to be fur nished to Venice in common. The Epoca of Rome of the 25th ult. states, from Naples, that the British Minister, TEMPLE, had protested against Neapolitan intervention in the Roman States. The Roman Constituent Assembly has decreed that all church bells, which might not be strictly necessary, shall be melted down for cannon. Those of the cathedrals, parish churches, and such as are valuable in point of art, are excepted. VICE-CHAN UER Y.—(T HIS DAY.) (Before Vice Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) BELEM'S CHARITY. Mr MURRAY said this was a petition on behalf of the Society fur promoting Christian Knowledge. It appeared that by indentures of lease and release, executed in 1774, a piece of laud situated at Romney Marsh, in Kent, was conveyed to certain trustees, upon trust to sell the pro perty, mid out of the produce of the sale, after the pay ment of the rents and profits, to apply the remainder of the money to certain charitable purposes, namely, the distribution and publication of religious tracts and books, under the auspices of the Society for promoting Christian Knowledge. The piece of land in question was after wards conveyed to other trustees by an indenture executed in 1780, those trustees being the cemetery and treasurer of the Society in question. By an indenture dated in 1806 this property again became vested in certain other trustees—namely, the Rev. Archdeacon Putt, the Rev. W. H. Parr, and the Rev. F. Gosling, as the representatives of the society. These gentlemen are all dead ; and Archdeacon Putt, the last survivor of thee], died at a very advanced age, and his heirs are now the trustees of the property, which is of the tenure of gavelkind. Those heirs are very numerous, some of them being married women. .The present petition sought the Court to decree an order for vesting this piece of land in the now secretary and treasurer of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. His HONOUR—Then you now wish an order for an advertisement? Mr. MURRAY—We wish an order for an advertise ment, and also for the appointment of new trustees, if your Honour will be good enough so to direct is, and thus render it unnecessary for us to come before the Court again. His HONOUR doubted whether the forms of the Court would enable him to dispense with that useless outl,l of money; he would, if possible, but he was afraid there would be objections to it. The only question was whether it could be done in that way prospectively ? Mr. MURRAY did not know whether his Honour would think it necessary to have a reference to the Master to determine and report who were the surviving trustees. His HoNoun—Not if ynu have an affidavit. Mr. MURRAY—The facts are verified by affidavit. His HONOUR—Then I will riot put you to that outlay of money. I think there is precedent for embodying in one order the direction tor an advertisement and the appointment of new trustees, and I do it must readily. SECONDARIES'.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary POTTER.) HIND V. HART. This was the only case iu the list, and was for the balance of a bill of exchange. The jury were summoned for eleven o'clock, but the parties nut being ready ►he jury were directed to re assemble at twrlve o'clock. At that hour one of the absentee jurymen was put on the list for the Central Criminal Court. The case was then tried and lasted less than three minutes, no defence being offered. The jury complained of this useless loss of time. MARLBRO'-STRELT.- TtIIS DAY. John Eaton, a notorious thief, was placed belore Mr. Hardwick, charged, with two other men not in custody, with having burglariously entered No. 28, Denmark street, Soho, and stealing 56 pairs of boots, the property of Mr. James Towers, boot and shoemaker. Goding, 1 . 128, deposed, that between the hours of twelve and one this morning, he was on duty in Den mark-street, and on trying the door of No. 28 in that street, he found it open. He went into the passage, and called up the landlord, end just as he had come down stairs, the prisoner and two other men rushed out from the shop into the side passage. Witness caught hold of the prisoner, when he and the other two men commenced striking him over the head with their fists. They then dragged him out of the passage into the street, and the other two men then ran away. The prisoner in at tempting to follow them fell down, and, after a short struggle with witness he managed to get up and run away. Winess pursued him calling out stop thief, After running about a hundred yards, the prisoner was stopped by another constable and taken to the station house. On their way there the prisoner said, " Year have got hold of the wrong man this time." On search ing him at the station a "call whistle" and 2s. were found in his pocket. Frost, 23 F, stated that a little before one this morn ing he was standing at the bottom of Stacey•street, when ho heard to cry of " Stop thief." Oa looking round he saw the prisoner running as hard as he could towards him. Witness stopped him, when lust witness came up, and the prisoner was taken to the station• house. When witness stopped the prisoner he said, " This was what he got by doing police duty." Joseph Bayfield stated that he lodged at No. 28, Den mark-street, Soho. This morning, about one o'clock, he was awoke from his sleep by the barking of his dog. He got up and went down stairs to put the animal out of the house. On reaching the bottom of the stairs he saw a police-constable standing by the street door. Witness asked what he wanted there, and before the constable could answer, the prisoner and two others rushed out of the shop. The constable seised hold of the prisoner, who made great resistance and tried to get away. Wit ness saw the prisoner and the other men strike the con stable several times. The constable was then dragged into the street, and the other men effected their escape. Witness subsequently picked up a hat in the street, which the prisoner claimed as his. Witness also found the padlock and the two picklock keys produced in the shop. William Gummer, shopman to Mr. James Towers (the prosecutor), stated that his master rented the shop of Mr. Eld, the owner of the house 28, Denmark-street. Last night, about half-past ten, witness locked up the shop, and having seen that all was secure, left the p. e rnises. He padlocked the shopdoor, and left by the side passage. The two keys produced did not belong to Mr. Towers. One of them was found in the padlock, and the other in the lock of the passage door. He identified the whole of the property produced as belonging to his em ployer. Ile knew the prisoner, from the circumstance of' his coming into his master's shop with a woman, on Monday last, and purchasing a pair of worn. n's boots. There was another man watching him from the outside at the time. Previous to the prisoner leaving the shop, he requested witness to allow him to go into the back 3 ard. On going there he would have to pass the door to which was attached the padlock produced. Gibson 158 proved searching the premises, and find ing two black bags in the shop crammed full of boots and shoes. There were no walks of violence on the doors, and the premises had been entered by picklock keys. The prisoner, who denied all knowledge of the rob bery, was remanded for a week. Lady Brougham opens her saloons to-night with a SOW; to which about 200 lashionables are invited. LLOYD'S Sl-1I PPING._cr TITS T 7 4V I,EAL, A i tAECU S.-- VVIL,(I to N.N.VV,—ArId. John APlit,nzte, Patterson, Moulmain; John Mitchell, ditto ; London, Hebard, New York ; A. F. Jerness, LPavith, Baltimore ; Castilian Maid, Azores—all for London. Arrd. from the river and aid., Jane Anderson, Leslie, Porto Rico. Sld. Bizhampore, New Zealand, Nautilus, Burrell, Sierra Leone; Conqueror, St. Thomas; : - st,rl,gue liarhad Is; G-• rt 4, ‘ It; i 6f , ,r,t, tor ::?; V,:, %hen she I.,st an anchor a, d part of chain; and the latter lost martingale and gear, &c., end damaged figure head. The Jane Blane was passed 10th ult., lat. 57, lon. 66, in distress, leaky, a heavy gale at the time from N.V., could not speak to her; she was steering S.S.E., with a schooner in company, by the A. F. Jerness, arrd. at Deal. OFF NORTH FORELAND, MARCH 7.—George Brown, for New Yuck, with tdangrunts. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 8. —Wind N.W.-7th, Arrd. Blarney steamer, Sullivan, Havre. Bth, Blythwood, Singapore; Gauntlet, Presley, Buenos Ayres, sld. 26th December; Elgin, Burns, Belize, sld. 13th January; Pearl, Morris, Savannah, and not on th e 6th, as re ported; Jane Lowden, Langford, Savannah. SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH B.—Arrd. Montrose steamer, Leghorn, &c., left Gibraltar on the 2.1 inst. DOVER, MARCH B.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. North umberland, Griswald, New York. SHIELDS, MARCH B.—Wind N.N.E.—Sid. Paradise, Calcutta. COWES, MARCH B.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Adele, °tuella, St. Domingo, for thunburgh. PORTSM.UTH, MARCH B. Wind N .N.W. Sid. Windsor, Madras; Queen, Pernambuco; H.M.S. Sappho, Bermuda. SWANSEA, MARCH B.—Wind isT.N.W.—Arrd. Sun hem te , Mills, Cuba. MILFORD, MARCEI B.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Lady Salt-, Anderson, Moulmain. NIATtirpoRT, &ARCH 8.--Sld. Congress, Limerick and Quebec. CORK, MARCH 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Gondoley, Pyrer. Mauritius ; St. Croix, Honduras. GLANDORE, MARCH s.—'The iiing of the Forest, Mars, dies to Cork or Falmouth, which was driven on shore on Ardagh Laud, 15th Dec., sailed this morning tor MiVoid. REDCAR, MARCH s.—The Eglantine brig, of Whitby, got on the rook, near this place sth instant, when u: tow of a steamer, but was gut off with little daruage. SUNDERLAND, MARCH B.—Wind N.—Sld. 7th, Houghton Le Skerue, Batson, Mauritius; Kate Kearney, Weatherall, Coquimbo. SHIELDS, MARCH B.—Wind N.N.E.—SId. 7th, Para dise. Calcutta ; Ocean, Jobson, Carthagena anti Quebec. ESTPORT, MARCH 7.—Several huge logs of limber have been picked up and brought in here marked " C. X E." and " T. W."; a number of deals have also come on shore. MOUNTS BAY.—Arrd. at Kingstown from Leghorn, whilst lying to in a heavy gale on the Ist of February, in lat. 46 N. long. 10 W., shipped a sea, which swept away bulwarks, &c., sprung mainmast head, and did other damage; since then she has been making about seven inches water per hour. BERWICK, MARCH B.—The Morning Star, Phillips, from Middleborough to Port Dundas, sank off Newton yesterday; crew saved. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY ) CORN EXCHANGE-( FRIDAY.) Notwithstanding the quantity of English Wheat re ceived up to our market coastwise, during the present week, has been only 1,490 quarters, and the receipts by laud carriage equally small, the demand for that de scription of grain this morning was in a very depressed state. In some instances the quotations were almost nominal, and, where sales took place, is to 2s per quar ter less money was accepted by the factors. At chat reduction the market closed heavily. Upwards of 30,000 quarters of Foreign Wheat have come to hand. This lirge supply produced great hea viness in the trade, and prices receded Is to 2s per quarter. In floating cargoes no sales. We had a very limited show of Barley; still, however, it was quite equal to the demand, which ruled heavy, at barely stationary prices. In Malt, next to nothing was doing, at late figures. The inquiry for Oats, Beans, Peas, and Flour was wholly in retail. Prices tended downwards. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. I Barley. I Oats. I Flour 1,490 qrs. I 1,100 qrs. 1,930 qrs. 1 1,120 sk 250 --- 1,010 1 -- 1,650 12,000 English • • • • • • Scotch .. •• • . Irish. • . .. .. Foreign ...... 410 I Malt. 3,540 qrs. SILVIIIIEWIELD. 30,280 The supply of Beasts on sale in to-day's market was somewhat on the increase, compared with that exhibited on Friday last. Still, however, owing chiefly to the favourable state of the weather for slaughtering, the beef trade was tolerably steady, and, in some few in stances, a trifle more money was obtained for second rate stock ; yet a total clearance was not effected. The numbers of Sheep were seasonably good, and of lull average quality. All breeds commanded a steady, though not to say brisk, inquiry, at the extreme rates of Monday, the primest old Downs, in the wool, producing 48 6d to 4a 8d per 8113 s. Calves were in fair supply, and moderate demand, at full prices. In pigs, very few transactions took place, at last week's currencies. Much Cows ruled dull, at from 141 to 181 each. including their small calf. TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. Sheep. Calves. Pigs I 982 I 3,30 179 210 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Sheep. I Calves. Pigs. 380 44 SCOTCH. Beasts. Sheep. Calves. I Pigs. 194 220 NEVIGATE AND LEADENHALL. These alai heats were firm this munang, and the genera quotations were well supported. Beasts. 124 At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to a. d. a. d. to 8. d. 1 seei,mterior •••• • • 2 2 2 4 Mutton, inferior .. 2 8 210 middling •• •• 2 8 2 8 ualdelling• • 3 0 3 6 primelarge .. 210 3 0 prime .... 3 8 4 0 prime small •• 3 2 3 4 Pork, 1arge........ 3 2 310 Veal...• .• •••• • • • • 310 410 small .. BOILOOGEL HOP IVIELNLIEET. Choice samples of Hops—the supply of which in first hands is extremely small—are in request, at prices fully equal to those quoted in our last report. The middling and inferior kinds move off slowly, at barely late rates. On speculation, next to nothing doing. Sussex pockets, 214 s to 21 16s; Weald of Kent ditto, 2/ 12s to 31 8s; Mid and East Kent ditto, 313 s to 61 per cwt. COLONIAL, SUGAR.—The market fur British Plantation has been active, and fuller rates have been obtained, although there has been a fair supply. Barbaclues by auction has been sold at 40s to 41s 6d for good and fine yellow, and at 38s 6d. to 39s 6d for mid and good mid. Refined Standard Lumps have been firm at 50s per cwt. East India, Mauritius, 4,056 bags went briskly at 6d advance; low to good ydlow and grey, 37s to 395, and fine 39s 6d to 40s. Bengal, 11,603 bags 147 chests, about half sold at 6d advance, holders requiring mole money for the rest; fine white Benares, 42s to 435; mid and good, 40s 6d to 41s 6d; mid and fine strong yellow, 41s to 435, and ord to good brown 29s to 33s 6d per cwt. Madras: 2,730 bags went at 6il rise; good white, 39s 6d; low yellow, 335; and ord and mid brown, 29s 6d to 31s 6d per cwt. Penang: 2,811 bags, 146 baskets, went at a corresponding advance; good soft greyish, 375 6d, and low and mid, 32s to 35s 6d per cwt. Manilla: 2,302 bags brought 34s to 36s 6d for syrupy and washed brown; 3,399 bugs China were nearly all bought in: white at 42s to 445, and good yellow at 39s to 39s 6d per cwt. FOREIGN.-3,374 bags 5 cases 8 barrels. Santa Ksrtha partly sold at 21s to 23s for good and fine yellow, at 18s to 23s 64 for damp and washed, and at 25s to 26s 6d for good and fine white. Bahia, 458 bags was taken in at 43s to 47s for white, and at 40s to 43s 6d for yellow and brown. Pernambuco, two cargoes afloat, went at 20s, and Havannati brown at 29s per cwt. COBFEE.—There has not been much doing in any sort, and prices have been somewhat heavy for Ceylon. Plantation mid 525, fine fine ord, 43s 6d to 445. Native good ord 335, and very superior 36s 6d. Mocha has been sold at 51s to 52s for mid, and Madras good ord at 32s to 345. West India colonial sorts have been held at about previous rates. Rio has been sold at 35s to 45a per cwt. COCOA.—Trinidad has been sold at fuller rates; good mid red 45s 6d, and mid and good grey 41s 6d to 43:,_per cwt. RlCE.—There has been a larger supply with a mode rate sale. Bengal fine white lls to Ils 6d, and Madras pihkey white 8s to 9s per cwt. Carolina, 19s to 20s. Rum.—The transactions have been limited. Col'Torr.—There has been rather less activity. ARROWROOT.—Bermuda has been sold at 9d to ls, and St. Vincents at bid per lb. SPICES.—Pod Pt pper has been taken in at 48s to 50s per cwt., and fair white Singapore at 4id per lb. Ja maica Ginger at 675., and Cochin at 40s 6d for mouldy. SALTPETRE.—BengaI has realised 27s to 27s 6d for to 9ilbs. refraction, TEA.— t he tuarket has been quiet at former prices. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. has realised 405 3d to 40s 6d per cwt. un the spot, and for the last three months 41s 6d. GREEN FRUIT.—The fine weather has improved the market. Oranges have advanced in prices. Two cargoes ex Juan, and Venus from St. Michael, the latter via Southampton sold at public sale by Keeling and Hunt, went at a slight advance upon the prices of last week, the cargo ex Venus being landed out of condition sold at • prices according to quality. Lemons have improved in price, the stock being light.. Seville Sours luny sustain the advanced price obtained of late. More inquiry exits for Ihrcelarm Nuts. Black Spanish are nearly finished. Bread iic better demand. Cliesnuts sell freely, and any of a sound character com mand a higher figure. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNING.—The Atalanta has just arrived from Havre. Cotton sales on Wednes day were active, 1,642 bales; duller yesterday, as buyers waited advice from Liverpool per Niagara. Prices about one Irene in advance of last quotations. Some CODSlCier able lots of sugars and coffees changed hands. This morning 895 chests of tea, direct from China by the Victor, were put up for sale, but withdrawn, with the exception of 30 chests souchong, realising 230 and 210. Pekoe. souchong, 24e. Virginia papers announce the discovery of a lead mine in Nelson, near the Albemarle lime, eight miles from the St. lye's River Canal. The o►rn! is said to be only four feet below the surface, and the vein to be four-end-a-half feet wide, yielding the e normous qu flatity of eighty per cent. 01 pure lead, and two per cent. of MONEY nrld COMMET? CT Ar, NEWS „ ed with hold. is pressing sales. The sales were estimated at 3,500 bales, and included 3,000 American at 38d. to 6d.; 160 Bahia at sid., an- 50 Egyptian at 7d. American is id. to id. lower than on Saturday last. Other descriptions remain without alteration In value. Railway shares w( , re dull. There are no later e. lonial arrivals to-day with any of ~: r~w IC•3 t•,:fl Pia! ;•„. l,a i; , on.guiariti,sl,; (!tler rs to be more teet, and - this is especi illy the case with Germany during ;he winter months. It is proposed now, we un derstand, to form a telegraphic line from Vienna to Mu nich and Frankfort, passing by Linz and Salzbourg. The North of France Railway Company, after repeated conferences with the It, Igian authori ties, has expressed its inaoility to carry out the arrangement t*,,r reducing the tariff on heavy goods, of which so large a quantity passes uetween the two countries. New art ungetnents, it i 6 stated, would lead to great changes in the management of the line, and of a nature, perhaps, to damage its Po sition, which is at present satisfactory. The New Brunswiekers object strongly to a passage in the report of the Government Commissioners ap pointed to explore the various routes for a railway from a port in the Atlantic through Nova Scotia and New Brunswick to Quebec, on account of the following ob servation with respect to the Bay of Fundy:— " In summer the transhipment of passengers and goods to and fro would be attended with the greatest incon venience—lass of time and additional expense; whilst in winter it would be even still more inconvenient,. and liable to be interrupted by storms, and the floating masses of ice which then occur in the bay." A party writing from the colony observes:— " Now, with respect to the objections urged as to the engineering difficulties in the interior, never having gone over the ground we cannot presume to say whether they really exist, or whether the Commis?ioners have draw° on their imagination for the picture by them so vividly set forth; but with respect to the obstacles said to exist in navigating the Bay of Fundy in the winter seaseur we are prepared to give it a flat denial. So far to the contrary is the fact, that inste a d o f flo a ti ng masses L , ice obstructing the navigation, during the entire of all and every winter known to the inhabittints of the pro vince, not only have vessels of burden, but even op en boats of all sizes navigated with ou t t h e slightest diffi eulty, it we except the gales of wind which pervade the whole of the North Atlantic during the whole of our (so-called) inclement season ; and since the intro" auction of steam navigation into our waters, the steamers (certainly very inferior to those tha t would be used in connexion with so great an under taking as the contemplated North American Rail road), have, and continue to traverse unimpeded every part of this terrific Bay. It is easy to conceiver that the crossing of forty miles of water, and, ilt! national point or view, the line running near the Amens' can frontier, would be serious and fatal obstacles to the g; eat project, when an entire land route could be pro cured; but these were sufficient in themselves, with out making terrors in the Bay of Fundy which really d o not exist. '° We are induced to make these observations Pu relf be from a desire that this often-libelle countr known to our friends in Great Bri d tain as y it rea l ly exists." The produce markets have been tolerably firm that week, and a large business has been done in sugar advanced rates. Although there is not much doing inPablic SecuritieSr the market has decidedly a firmer toile, in censequen e f partly of the favourable tone of the debate in the Fre ne t: Chambers upon Indian affairs. Consuls have realise:. 91i to 92. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per CeT,. have been 92f to 93. Bank Stock is worth 193 k lsj Exchequer-bibs have been 41s. to 435. premium. 10 In the Foreign Stock Market the transactions b ° _, been at improved quotations, and in Mexican there b so : been some good purchases at 27 to 27i. Peruvian realised 52. Danish scrip has been marked 78 to have o , l premium. Brazil Bonds have been at 83. Dutch Tot and put. Cents. have realised 49f to 1. doi o P The Share Market is flat, with very little South Esstern, however, have improved upon the rest' of yesterday's meeting. BRETIsII. FUND 6 THIS DAY AT ONE .o'oLools' (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 193 1 A 195 ;per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Anns.. New 3 1 4 per Cent. Aims. „ 92% 93 Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 9 8 15-'l6 _ India Stock _ Do. Bonds, 10001 54 50 Ditto under 1.0001 Consols for Account exchequer Bills. 2c1... -- - June' 41 43 p 45 p 1,000/- 500/. March. Small 45 p ;'RICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLO(* Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Buenos Ayres onds, 6 per Cent 27 Danish Bonds 1825, 3 per Cent — Ditto, 5 per cent. Scrip, 1849 BB4 Ditto Bonds Equador Bonds 3% Grenada, 1 per Cent. .. . . Mexican 13onels, 1846, 5 per Cent.. .... 27 Ditto for the Account 271 ; 1 14 27 2 7 / 1 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent ... 52 . Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,lB4o ... - Ditto Passive Bonds 3% Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 29%% Venezuela Bonds - Ditto Deferred ... Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2 1 / e per Cent.,l2 Guild 4 91 % Ditto 4 Der Cent. Certificates u-itsEs , 1)01 , 7h LB' RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE, Way iteiLwATe. PAID. I'm/ SnAsx. 4irmingham & OxfordJunct., calls duly pd, or with guar. 20 ......... to Do., without a guarantee... 20 ... 241/x...... to --- 'aledonian 5O . . 2 3 741i xd to 50 ..... 19%...... to -- hester and Holyhead Ditto, ['reference Eastern Counties .._,..-- Do. New Guarant. 6 per Ct. 10 ..... „ to K - est Lancashire - ... ~., Ditto, New ... ti'dinburgh and Glasgow Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% l% t° Great Northern Northern Do. 1 / 2 B 6 per Cent. ...... 7 1 ,4 6 34 A ... to great North of Eng1and......100 ...... 1-ireat Western 100 Ditto, Half Shares Do. New 171 [o 15 - ... I:JA x.d._ Kull and Selby 5O IO I IA x.d. to •-...., Lund., Bright., & South Coast 50 London &North Western.. ..100 136 136 i, 2 X. W ...,, 48 x.d.. . to D'. New Do. Fifths ...--. Do. 101. .. M. and B. (B.) 10 .... to 13% ...... to vlidland . ...... Midland. Birm., and Derby...100 ... North British .. .. ... - ...... to Ditto Thirds ..- ........ -.... 83/ to 4%:%... Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W . ...in.) - to ' Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref....... 10 . 15% to I _ s South Eastern 24'N'OC3 to - Ditto. Scrip No. 4.. i ork, Newcastle, andßerwick 25 - --._ Do. Original New & Berick 25 .. 25 3 / 4 A l / 9 ex.d to "1 Do. and Newcastle Exten. 20 ...... 19 x.d... to - Do. G. N. E. Pun or Pres. 8 ... .. 8 Fork and North Midland .. 50 ... 48 1 / Q e.x.div to FOREIGN RAILWAYS Northern of France Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 7 ..., 3% ...... to Rouen and Havre 2O ...,.. 12i4..... to MINES. Brazilian Imperial ...,. ....,..... _ ..... to ' Ditto St. John Del Rey ... 15 ..... 10 1 / 2 •••• to '"*. JOINT STOCK BANKS. .... Australasia •••• 26tA1/4... to London and Westminster 24 ...... to ..., 20 TINE LATE REY. FATHER MAGUIRE.- - T he . , hf of Mary Reynolds and Hugh Quin, for rour ue ;,:, poison, of the celebrated Father Thomas Maguire9;4 1.0 a off at the Leitrim Assizes on Tuesday last, and u ° the acquittal of both prisoners. Pat SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNO” ,f, —The 15Gth anniversary jubilee of this society wit, 9 .01 7, brated yesterday in the cathedral church of St* .! when an excellent sermon was preached by his Gr' - i o stt' Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, on behalf of th e ~- , 6 tution. There was an exceedingly large a ttenthwe the nobility and clergy; amongst whom were °t oe ilte the Duke of Cambridge, the Archbishop of Yort o boP Bishop of Londo n , th e Bishop of Hereford, the 'stell; of St. Asaph, Dr. B uc kl an d, th e D ean o f Westill'-f re the Hon. and Rev. M r . Villi e r s , th e R e v. Dr. Dale, , ..e of St. P a n c ras, A rc hd eacon B a l e , and several otb the canons. The choir numbers 68 voices, and 1 /7.oerf enforced by the choristers from Windsor, Wes tili a ; and the Chapel Royal. A liberal collection Was P )- aid of the society's general designs. MARRIED. g e On the Bth inst., at St. M a rk' s Di s t r i c t Church, -- -- f e ta - ton, by his father, the Rev. A. Westoby, A.M.tivr`eotohq Farthingst ne, Northamptonshire, William A. S . ° of Lincoln's Inn, Esq., M.A . , to L ucy A ycr i gg , only - William Studley, E sq ., o f t h at di str i ct. erP e°4 On the 6th inst., at St. Michael's, Toxteth , " r j rlt •aeli e ' William Henry M ar ti neau , e ld est son o f P e ter hi e— Esq , to Lucy, daughter of Thomas Martin. Esq. It 8 DIED. On filo 16th ult., at K ens i ng t on , M rs . Waters'4.B5 ed oft ijA: widow of Lieut enant F ranc i s W aters , r, Li e utenan t to Marlborough in L or d R o d ney ' s act i on with Le ~`il e isP: a Grasse, 1782 ; likewise at the taking of Toulon , t"" of Bastia, and Calvi. Frederiol4' the On the 27th ult., at Whit e h aven , aged 33, third son of Dr. Dennison, of Marate. fg nie rt°ll' On the 28th ult., Selina, wife of John Warren, 0 - ° aged 38. On the Ist inst., at Eastcott, Lodge, near Pinner , Joh n sex, Mrs. Mary Anne Hingeston, widow of the late Hingeston, Esq, aged 83. yeti On the Ist inst., at Rowling, near Wingba — ' Frederick William Benge, Esq., aged GO. Mrs, Ell sll- On the 3d inst., in Store-street, Bedford-square , beth Fialon. formerly of Bla .dford, Dorsetsbire. Doe On the 4th inst., at i_dinburgh, William Henry biggm, Esq. vaIlls (14 London : Printed and Published by MURDO • No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tle Sun Office, . 4 .., t y OD Strand, in the Precin ct o f th e Savoy, in the CA W ' aliddiesex. Friday, March 9, 1849. the on Vet, thrC they ally , t is I ' rte rnaki the p erect Cod (1 to @, large .AA 114 AUing cc 44 tie 11. il tr till I. 14, y 4. 1 Tit cu th r MY I.4,„ t e peg t _ be ‘DAllel t r c 'ill, Qtrit 411(1 t h Yo rat lk'h ; 4 i 14 1414 ;4 41 BIRTHS. C oe*or' On the sth inst., Mrs. Henry Squire, of 23, street, of a son. le . On the 6th inst., at No. I, Great Winchester-str eet ' Harris ot a son. he gtb' 1 On the ith inst., at Melville-plac e , L ee - ro ad, n'a c k 0.1 11 At the lady of Frederick J. Turner, Esq. Bairister of a son.