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TITS LEGAL TITLE ASSURANCE COMPANY. ( P rov isionally Registe -ed, Jaruary 17, 1849.) Capital, 2,000.0 CC/., in 80,000 Shares, of 25/. each. Preliminary Deposit, 23. 6,1. per Share Prospectuses and full inforrc at;on may be obtaineu at the Tempo ary Ofl2::es of the Company, 13A, Cannon-rove, Westminster, on ap plication to G. F. HOWE, Hon. Sec., pro tern. nER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Third Appearance of Mdlle. PARODI. Third Appearance this Season of Signor LABLACIIE. The :.slobility, Subecribers to the Opera, and the Public, are respect fully inthrrned that THIS EVEYIIiG, Will 1)* presented Bellinrs Opera of NORMA. Pollione, Signor Gardoni; Grove o, Signor Lablache; Norma,Mdlle. rarodi ; Adalgisa, Madame Giuliani. To conclude with (tbe Scenery by Mr. Charles Marshall) an en. • Srely new grand Ballet, by M. Tagliont, entitled ELECTRA ; or, The Lost Plelade. A kpplicaticns for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box. °Aloe, Ope: a Colonnade. Doors or, r at Half-•;ast Seven, Concert to commence at Eight. ROBERT HO UD IN'S FAREWELL. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. The celebrgted Robert Iloudin becs to announce that his Fare well Performances in this country will positively terminate on Sa turday, April 28. rr anged as follows ; His final performaaces will be v. THIS EVENING, TUESDAY next, TIIUR,,DAY, '26, FRIDAY, 27 (DAY PER FORMANCE), and SATURDAY, 28, being his last appearance, owing to the commencement of his engageirent at the Theatre St. llubert, Bruxelles. In order to perpetuate an agreeable souvenir of his visit to this country, none but the most popular and the most surprising experi ments will be executed on these farewell occasions, whilst the Dis tribution from the Conte d'Abondance will be made with extended liberality and profusion. Doors open each Evening at Eight o'clock. Boxes, 45. Pit, 25.; Amphitheatre, Is. 6d. Roxes, Stalls, and Tl..ikets for this extraordinary Entertainrneit mbe secured at Mitchell's Royal LThrary, ;13, Old Bond-street ; and ay at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from EleTen till Five o'clock. 3'II:ATRE ROYAL, IIAYM.AiIaCe;.. Mr. B. Webster, Selo Lessee and Manager, Old Itromptozi. THIS EITENTN , Will be performed the Comedy of TOWN and COUNTRY. Cha ractersa- by Messrs. J. Waßack, Wigan, Keeley, Iluckstone, and We star ; Miss P. Horton, Miss Reynolds, and Mrs. Glover THE . SPH INX. After which a Classical Extravaganza, entitled To be followed by THE hOUGH DIAMOND. To conclude with the Farce of LEND THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIIL Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE HOP PICKERS. Principal characters by Messrs. Lambert, Boyce, Wright, Paul Bedford, Hughes, Mun yard, 0. Smith, Cullenford, Worrell, Madame Celeste, Miss Woo gar, Mrs. F. Matthews, Miss Taylor, Miss E. Chaplin, &c. After which, WHO LIVES AT No. 92 Characters by Messrs. Wright and Worrell, and Miss Chaplin. To conclude with TE ENCHANTED Miss E. Chaplin. ISLE. "Alonzo, Mr. Paul B e df o rd; Prospero, M H r. 0. Smith Ariel, ILOYA.L LYCkAJM TREATISE. Under the Management of Madame Vedrl.l. 6014 Lessee, Mr. Charle4 Ma. he Nil. TIIIS EVEND. r a Wlll be performed THE WATER PARTY. After which, a new Piece entitled HOLD TOUR TONGUE. Cha racters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Selby, and Parselle ; Miss H. Qil - Miss Jane Coleman, and Madame Vestris. Te conclude with THII SEVEN CHAMPIONS OP CHRISTEff- DOM. Dress Boxes, 55.; Upper Boxes, 45. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. No kalf-price to any part of the house. The New Box-office, No. 2, Wellingtol• street, Is open to the public every day, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S THEATa.K. Mr. .1: M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING. Will be performed a new Opera, entitled THE HEART OF MID LOTH lAN. To conclude with a new grand Extravaganza, entitled =TOUR DIN ♦rD THE FAIR ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITILEATEM. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Ender the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highiess Prince filbert, Etc. The new grand Easter Socetacle unprecedentedly successful. THIS EVENING, The performance will commence with a Grand Equestrian Spec tacle, by Fitzball, entitled THE WHITE MAIDEN OF CALIFOR NIA; or, the Horse of the Ocean. To be iollowed by an inimitable display of SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, in which the first Equestrian talent of the day will appear. To conclude with on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, Till DUMB DRIVER; and the Farce of THE SECRET en Ike al ternate Evenings. box-office open from Eleven till Five. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. TO CORRESPONDENTS. No communication can be attended to unless authenti. cited by the name and address of the writer. Rejected communications cannot be returned. THE WEATHER.—Sort OFFICE, APRIL 21. TH ERMOMETER, Lowest, 28, Highest, 44; soon, 43 . BAROMETER, 29.9. WIND N.W.—fine sunshiny weather. waTzts AT LONDON TRIO DAY 28 min. after 2 Eveslnv, 50 min. after 12 To-Ifoasow—Morning, 28 min. after 12 I Evening, 50 nen. after 12 .4 . -K, t, - -' 4 * .. ' . 1.b 4 ft (: -• ~ j,`5 1 7 m„ .):,-,. el. ', 1,0 4 ~pi:g:.:, ~ A •• p i t ),, ~, 4:::,. .. ~... e , , ' '; .. ... 0 11.7. ,, ...14 . r • HO' 1r '''' /Cott oz r: u .., -- 'A ' " - , i. •..,, .... ~ etatidiltl LONDON, SATURT)AY, APRIL 21, 1849. Pamphleteers are so generally the mere mouth pieces of faction, the partiz ins of the Government, or of the Opposition, that it becomes quite refreshit.g to encounter a political essayist posessed of that most effectual talisman against prejudice, the characteristic of impartiality. More agreeable still are the lucu brations of any such publicist, if his theme is no mere party question, but one embracing the whole range of those principles, and of that consistency, which con stitute the sinews and the symmetry of legislation. A writer of this character we now welcome,* in the person of a former critic of that most fallacious of all financial policies which suddenly raised the Antago nist of the Blacklegs into the Leader of the Protec tionists. The brochure here submitted to our consi deration is a catechism of politics, and a touchstone of consistency. - - - While, however, we are ready to acknowledge un conditionally the pervading impartiality of this very miscellaneous chapter on statesmen and the art of government, we cannot but recognise at a glance that the tendency of each sentence is (with a con sciousness, and not only with a consciousness, but with a purpose on the part of the author) the vindi cation of the Right Hon. Baronet the Representative of Tamworth. Regarding that eminent man as the very incarnation of political consistency, the pamphleteer occasionally dons the livery of Peelism, and endeavours to sidle into the sunshine of Sir ROBERT'S popularity by assuming the attitude of his avowed Apologist. As it would doubtless be a most erroneous surmise, we, of course, do not wish it to be understood that the writer makes a barefaced " bid" for the patronage of a future Premier, nor that he looks forward to the chance of receiving com, pensation for his panegyrics, neither that he calcu lates upan the possibility of acquiring a snug berth under the next Administration. Such an estimate of hie laborious treatise would be altogether too invidious. While, nevertheless, we disclaim any such blunt charges against one who shields himself under the mask of an anony mous bookman, we are compelled to say that the warmth of the eulogiums passed upon the most popular statesman in England are as suspicious as the elaborate arguments employed to justify those encomiums are unnecessary. Sir ROBERT is too high in the estinintion of his fellow- countrymen to require any supplementary glorification : his conduct has been too vividly patriotic and disinterested to need the extenuations of commentary. Infinitely more to our own taste are the rnerali tiea with which " Plain. Facts" precedes his sketches of PITT, CANSING, PEEL, and RUSSELL. In this portion of the treatise there is much sound reasoning, the beauty of which is yet somewhat deteriorated by a flavour of what we may designate, for want of a better term, school bred ostentation. After re minding us, for about the millionth time, of the political principles of the Stoics, as represented in the person of the inflexible Caws, and of the political principles of the Academics, as embodied in the voluble and va riable CICERO, the writer gives us a hackneyed quo tation from MIDDLETON, and then, through a sententious remark borrowed from Han sard, branches off into a review of the faults of the monarchical system under Louis and of the direct and indirect causes of the Great Itevolu'ion. Here it is that the excellence of the pamphlet real l y commences, and that the force of the arguments as to the precise nature of political consistency becomes discernible. Of all things, perhaps the one least capable of re ceiving An accurate definition is that same phrase-- political Con4stency. " When lam told," says the pamphleteer, "that a man has acted through the course of a long life in strict attachment to the same principles of Government, and that he has been an unswerving friend of his party,' I cannot believe that that man has always pursuad a con scientious and deliberate course, nor that hi s sole object was to forward the pros perity of his country." Assuredly not: the test of a man's consistency is the very reverse of such ,an instance ; for, as it is certain that no two men were • "Political Ptinciples, and Political Cunsist enc y . By SY9. pp. 68. LOadcal; .011iTier) ever seen whose features were exactly alike, so it is certain that no two men ever existed whose opinions 1 upon every subject invariably tallied. [The two DROMIOS existed only in the imagina tion of the Great Comic Dramatist.] The one would be as astounding a miracle as the other ; and, this being the case, it is quite manifest that any one continually and implicitly following the dictation of his " party" must, instead of being a consistent politician, be a most egregious partisan. Better to us are the derided Trimmers, of whom HALl rex was the ornament, than the eulogized Tantivies, amongst whom COLLIER was con spicuous. Better to us the yielding policy of a FEILItETTI, which delayed the calamities of a Revolu tion, than the stubborn system of a GUIZOT, which provoked a general bouleversement of society. It was because of the independence of his votes, when a representative in Parliament, that COBBSTT was at last being perpetually rated as an example of inconsistency and tergiversation. It is because of his disregard to men and "parties" that ROEBUCK—now taunting the Whigs, now scoffing at the Tories, now har- rying the Radicals, and now again discharging the whole torrent of his sparkling sarcasms at the Conservatives—has been charged with the same shortcomings and traduced as a merely hybrid politician. Yet we rather think that the impartial biographer of either of those two men would be unable to say otherwise than that COB- BETT and ROEBUCK strove undeviatingly to forward the progress of reform, and to diffuse wider and wider the blessings of civil and religious freedom among the mass of the population. Those who most deserve the title of Consistent Politicians are generally the very persons who are most abused for their incon sistency; while those who have splintered the mirror of their conscience on their servility— thc se who play over again in the House of Commons the degrading pastime of " Fol low the Leader " are the individuals most flattered with the covetted designation. What says Mr. MAcAuLaT, in one of his " Essays " upon an other of those blemishes which disentitle any one to these panegyrics for political eminence and purity ? We well remember that in delineating the character of Sir WILLIAM TEMPLE, one of the most respect able names in our History, he mentions, with just opprobrium, that timidity which is more culpable than temerity, that " habit of coddling," which is more contemptible than the most glaring inconsis tency. "He never," says the future historian, speaking of TEMPLE, " he never put himself pro minently before the public eye except at con junctures, when he was almost certain to gain, and could not possibly lose, at conjunctures when the interests of the State, the views of the Court, and the passions of the multitude all appeared for an instant to coincide." This we take to be an indirect eulogium upon the daring of the policy adopted in 1846 by Sir ROBERT PEEL—an eulogium written nearly ten years before the possibility of its applica tion to the Right Hon. Baronet—and deliberately enunciated by the most illustrious writer whose name has yet been inscribed on the roll of Whig statesmen. Nobler such moral courage as that spoken of by Mr. MacauLar and evidenced by Sir ROBERT PEEL than the dolce far niente habitudes which, in moments of danger and dilemma, induced TEMPLE to " retire to his library, and his orchard, and, while the nation groaned under oppression, or resounded with tumult and with the din of civil arms, to amuse himself by writing me moirs and tying up apricots." With such time servers the business of life appears to be a masquerade in the midst of rose-bushes and fountains. They would teem to chaunt together that luscious verse of old _..-RanELAts " Saulter, dancer, faire des tours, Et boyre yin bianc et vermeil: Et ne taire rien tousles iours Qua compter escutz au soltel." So great is the Whig Historian's detestation of this political pusillanimity that he says of Sir WILLIAM TEMPLE, that, although he had been brought before DANTa's infernal tribunal, though " he would not have been condemned to the deeper recesses of the abyss, though he would not have been boiled with DUNDEE in the crimson pool of Bulicame, or hurled with DANDY into the seething pitch of Malebolge, or congealed with Cnuacium. in the eternal ice of Guidecca : he would perhaps have been placed in the dark vestibule next to the shade of that inglo rious Pontiff—` Chefece per viltate it gran rifiuto!'" In regard to this, what says the Government? Nothing, we plainly see, but the peremptory inter_ fererce of Parliament will save the public from the impudent domination of Fanataci.m. The saints have set their hearts so entirely on the acquisition of despotic authority on all Sundays, that the multitude will soon have the alternative before them of open riot, or of the assistance of the Legislature. There is no longer any mistake about the matter. Each day brings the belligerents nearer and nearer ; the struggle will soon be hand to hand; and it is quite evident from the previous conduct of the Pharisees of Scotland, that they at least are resolved upon giving no quarter. So be it. 'We are prepared to encounter these redoubtable physical force moralists upon their own footing, with their own choice of weapons, and with the common understanding that the battle is to be no make-believe, but one whose close shall be de- THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 21, 1849. ci Petitions, we observe, are every now and then sneaking into the Lords and the Commons whining for the aid of the Imperial Parliament against a system which these flagitious pretenders to sanctity have the absurdity to designate the desecration of the Sabbath. Often as we have exposed this mon strous misapplication of terms—often as we have reminded these sticklers for stagnation, that the Sab bath of Holy Writ is the Saturday and not the Sunday—they still reiterate the phrase with an unction more appropriate to the Doxology, and screen the impertinence of their arbitrary pro ceedings under the mask of obedience to the Scrip. tures. The population have been long since sick to very nausea of all this humbug ; and the Sunday saints—if they have any serious intention of forcing their regulations down the throats of the multitude— had better set their wits to work to find out some more palatable anodyne. As well expect the people to roast a pig at Highgate to the memory of that demented harridan, Mistress SOUTH COTT, as look for sympathy from the masses in a scheme the hypocrisy of which has been a byeword, and a mockery, during the last half dozen genera tions—an assumption of purity that has been pilloried over and over again on the stage by the dramatist, and held up to deserved derision by the satirical contributors to general literature. As well expect u.; to pay homage to the remem brance of that most melodramatic gentleman, Sir WILLIAM COURTENAT, and to sing of the glories of Thom in the suburbs of the archiepiscopal city of Canterbury, as look for the swallowing of this ab surdity by the population. Why we have acquired a perfect familiarity with the pscychological excellence of the Sabbattarians from the contemplation of the pine apple-rum-loving STIGGINS down to that of the godly but adulterous CANTWELL. A square-cut coat is no longer the accepted symbol of virtue. The purest garb has been so frequently associated with the impurest morals that the public no longer finds it possible to go by appearances. As far as mere forms and ceremonies go—the game is up long since. No man can now-a-days acquire a reputation for sanctity by eating cold meat after twelve o'clock on Saturday night, or by walking out in unpolished wellingtons on Sunday mornings. The very fact of his doing so, if he parades it before us ostentatiously, is sufficient of itself to justify us in looking upon him as a most unmitigated humbug. And so it is with regard to these very pious fanatics, who are not content with trotting out their virtues for the purpose of showing us their paces and of extorting our admiration, but are striving, by every possible contrivance, to force everybody else into a servile adoption of their conventionalities- The conduct of these sanctimonious gentry is about on a par with that of the lunatic who fancied every one was as mad as himself, and was for putting even his most rational friends and relations i n t o i n t o straitwaistcoats. All we can say, both to the one and the other, and we can't help a defiantly, is—Tar. We speak upon the subject of this so-called and absurdly so-called Sabbath Desecration, out of the fullness of our devotion to the cause of Religious I c a enace , we loathe so heartily the application of , force to the liberties of the subject, whether it be in•regard to matters civil-or ecchisiastical, that we write with the whole of our heart's earnestness. We would see no one subjected against his will to the dictation of another, and much less would we see a wretched fanatical minority domi neering over the vast majority of the population. • If any individual be conscientiously opposed to travelling on Sundays, why in GOD'S name let him abstain from risking his neck and his salvation by entering a railway carriage —but, in GOD'S name, also, let him abstain in like manner from thrusting his preposterous notions of religion vi et armie on the rest of the community. All we ask is liberty—liberty to the fanatic as well as to the indifferentist. Surely it requires no very elaborate reasoning to show that a compulsory morality is no morality at all, but the reverse—that an obedience to what are supposed to be the commands of Revelation, simply because a disobedience to those commands is rendered impracticable, is in no degree creditable, but the very oprosite. Liberty to sin or to be vir tuous, to choose the good or the evil, to go to the right side or to the left, to be numbered on the Day of Judgment with the sheep or with the goats—is permitted to man by his CREATOR. All we ask from these saintly personages who would improve upon the ordinations of the OMNISCIENT, is a similar freedom to travel or not to travel,by highway or by railway, on Saturdays or on Sundays. We ask this in the holy name of Liberty, and in the sacred cause of true morality and Religion. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The expeditionary army embarked for Civita Vecchia on the 16th, from Marseilles. It is corn posed of two brigades of infantry, forming four regi ments ; two battalions of artillery, a squadron of light cavalry, engineers, pioneers, &c. It was rumoured in Paris yesterday that the Re public of Rome had entrusted the defence of Civita Vecchia to Captain KERSAUSIE, a French officer who had suffered a long imprisonment under Louts PHI LIPPE for a political offence, and that KERSAUSIE had a sufficient force under his command to enable him to oppose the landing of the French troops. The Presse publishes the following " communica tion" on the subject of Italy : " At the moment when the French expedition is about taking its departure for Civita Vecchia, it appears to us to be bosh useful and necessary to give a little resume of the diplomatic negotiations which have taken place between France, Austria, Spain, and the King of Naples, for the purpose of restoring the Pope to his throne. "About a month since we announced that the four Powers above named had admitted in principle the de mand of the Pope, claiming their armed assistance in favour of the Holy See. We added that the four Catholic powers had charged their Plenipotentiaries at Gaeta to draw up together the bases of the intervention demanded by the Sovereign Pontiff. " Count Esterhazy, the Austriam Plenipotentiary, pro posed, in the name of his. Government, a combination, which left to Spain and the King of Naples the principal part of the armed intervention, while Austria and France should remain ready to act, but in obversation. That is to say, that while the Spanish and Neapolitan troops should march on Rome, a French fleet, having troops on board ready for disembarkation, should remain at anchor at Civita Vecchia, to give a moral support to the Spanish and Neapolitan expedition. At the same time, and for the same object, an Austrian corps of 20,C00 men should hold itself in readiness to occupy the Legations, in case the above-named expedition should not be strong enough to re-establish the authority of the Papal Government at Rome. "The Principal difficulty to the adoption of this plan was that of conveying the Spanish troops from Barce lona to Civita Vecchia, the Cabinet of Madrid not having means for that purpose. France alone could accomplish this, but the F:ench Government hesitated at taking upon itself the expense of the transport, and which, besides, would rather tend to increase the influence of Spain than that of France. At this point of the arrangements the news reached Gaeta of the defeat of the Piedmon tese army at Novarra ; and at the same time the Re volutionists at Rome commenced to act with great se verity towards the higher branches of the clergy at Rome, whom. they accused of keeping up secret commu nications with the Papal Court. "Pius IX., fearing that the delay of the Catholic Powers would only render the state of affairs at Rome more disastrous, resolved to demand the intervention of Austria alone, thinking by that means to render foreign aszistance more prompt and more certain. " The Cabinet of Vienna having on several occasions since the flight of Pius IX. declared that she would pro ceed in conjunction with France, hastened to invite the French Cabinet to act with it in fulfilling the wishes of the Sovereign Pontiff. The language held by the Court of Vienna to the French Government on this oc casion was this, Austria only pursues in Germany, in Hungary, and in Italy, one line of policy, that of serving society, which is threatened by an unbridled demagogy; that accomplished, far from seeking to shackle or impede the regular development of liberal institutions in Eu ' rope, she would favour it on the bases of constitutional liberty.' " Austria did not conceal from France that in case the latter could not or would not intervene in the states of the Church, that an Imperial 'army would nevertheless be placed at the disposal of the Pope. This last decla ration determined the French Cabinet to send the expe dition to Civita Vecchia. " The Austrian and French armies will only follow the direction of the Pope. Waiting those, the latter will remain at Civita Vecchia, while the former will remain between Modena and Ferrara, ready to occupy the Lega tions. If the occupation of Rome should become neces sary, the two armies will be simultaneously called on to re-establish and to consolidate order. " The intervention in the States of tho Church and intervention in Tuscany are two distinct questions. The former is at the formal cif mand of the Pope. Nothing of that kind has taken place on the part of the Grand Duke of Tuscany. It is perfectly incorrect to say that he has demanded the assistance of Austria, or that the Imperial troops have already marched on Florence. " The Cabinet of Vienna has confined itself to ex pressing its legal reservations with regard to rever sionary rights on Tuscany as guaranteed by treaties. By abstaining from any intervention Austria has pro tested beforehand against any intervention but her own, on the ground that in virtue of existing treaties Austria has the first right to be called on to protect the Tuscan crown, acquired to the collateral line of the House of Lorraine." The trial of M. EUGENE RASPAIL, for striking M. Patisr, commenced yesterday. 11 Rasr.tm did no t surrender. There was a disturbance at an electoral meeting held in the Rue Duphot, in support of the Legiti matist candidate M. DE LAROCHPJACQUELIN. Several Socialists were present, who outvoted the Legithna fists, and then proceeded to sing the " Marseillaise" and the " Girondins." it was rumoured iu the Assembly that a modifi cation was about to take place in the Ministry, and that General BEDEAU would be entrusted with the portfolio of Foreign Affairs, while that of War would be committed to General LAMORICIERE. The Debats publishes the following note addressed to it by General FADVIER : "E.everal journals have attributed the cause of the return of General Fabvier to a difference of opinion between him and the Minister of War of Denmark as to the conduct of the military operations. This is an error which it is important to rectify. The King of Denmark having re quested General Fabvier to come to visit his army, and give him advice on the campaign about to be opened, the General calling to mind the con stant friendship of Denmark for France, accepted a mission which could not last more than six weeks, and would allow him to return before the elections. The ling was pleased to heap honours and bestow confi dence upon a General of France and her army, and the whole nation followed his Majesty's example. The General soon fcund that the Danish army was worthy of its noble country, one of those nations which do honour' to humanity. The armistice was to expire on March 26. On the 20th, a plan of operations was unani mously adopted by the Council. Success was certain, and in one week the invaded province would have been delivered. A prolongation of eight days its the armis tice changed all. Au act unheard of ! In contempt of the mediating Cabinets, 40,000 Germans, followed quickly by 20,000 more, were thrown into the duchies by the Assetebly of Frankfurt. It thereupon became evident that Denmark could not sustain alone a contest against all Germany, and General Fabvier found the King and his Ministers easily convinced of the necessity of keeping the Danish army in reserve until the day, near at hand, no doubt, when Europe would open her eyes to an attack which is a violation of all the ancient treaties, even that of 1815, and an undisguised menace against France, Switzerland, Holland, Russia, and other powers. Then the Danish army will come forward the first in the ranks. At present, after some honourable battles, it is, in spite of itself, doomed to remain inactive. General Fabvier, with the thanks and to the regret of the King and his Ministers and the Minister of War, who is his friend more particularly, returned to France, his presence in Denmark being henceforth of little use, and the term of his absence being at an end." The Monitettr publishes the following information with respect to the late arrest of the Count DE MONTEMuLIN " The prefect of the Eastern Pyrenees informed the Minister of the Interior, cn the sth of April, that the Count de iNlontemolin had been arrested at the moment when he was preparing to cross the frontier and to pass into Cetalonia. The Government has decided that the Prince should be reconductod into England. On the plOigthnaonf for A Calais,pril,athainlf-a private carriage. the Count left Per councillor of the prefecture, was dire cted to accom p an y tfive P3l, M. de Carriere, the prince to Calais, with two officers ap pointed to that mission by the general com manding the division. The Count arrived on Saturday, the 14th of April, at a quarter to ten o'clock at night. At a quarter'past ten he was embarked by the care of the persons who accompanied him, and in pre sence of the mayor of Calais, on board the pilot boat, which conducted him on board the post-office packet boat, La Biche, anchored in the roads, and bound for Dover. The Count de Dlentereelila bee allowed himself to commit a grave infraction against the law of nations. The Government has preferred using indulgence to having recourse to rigorous measures. In desiring to reconcile the duties of its position with respect to the Spanish Government, with the consideration which the youth of the Prince merits, it has assumed to itself the right of reserving legitimate rigours for the ca se in which the Count de Montemolin should render hirasOlf guilty of a new attempt against the Government and the institutions of his country." BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, ArrnL 20. Boulogne and Amiens, B%—Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 14 3 / 1 —East Indian, 37,4—Luxembourg, 3 Namur and Liege, 84—Northern of France, Il%—Paris and Rosen, 21 1 ,4—Sambre and Meuse, 4. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 13th have arrived. The account of the capture of the Carlist chief MARSAL, with the Cabecillas ROMERO and PLANA DEMINET, is confirmed. ROMERO and PLANADEM INEI have been shot by order of the Council of War. MARSAL has not yet been brought before the Council. It is said that TRISTANY ha% submitted. It was reported in Madrid on the afternoon of the 13th that intelligence had been received that CABRERA_ had issued a manifesto announcing that he gave up the contest in consequence of the capture of the Count DE MONTEMOLIN, and was about to retire into France. MADRID BOLSA., APRIL 13.—The Three per Cents., rose per cent. to-day, being done at 241 cash, and being to much demand at that price after the close. Five per Cents., 101 bayers, 11 sellers; C.)upons, Os sellers; Pas sive Debt, 31- buyers, 4 sellers. Exchange on London, 50. SW II ZERLAND. We have the Swiss journals and correspondence to the 17th inst. The National Council had met for the first time, when the President delivered his opening in which he said the mem b ers mus t p rocee d rganization of the judi c i ary , pos t a l, m ilit ary , t sp o e s e n ch o , and industrial affairs, and give life and development to the new federal constitution. The ordinary rou tine business of the opening was gone through, and the council adjourned to the following day, when it was to discuss the postal law. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA. General BOHN has been appointed Governor of Vienna in room of WELDEN, who is gone to Hungary. WINDISCHGRATZ and WRBNA have been summoned to Olmutz. The former will, it is said, be appointed Minister of War. He is in favour of pacification with Hungary rather than of continuing the war. According to the last accounts from the seat of war, the Hungarians were in undisturbed possession of Waitzen, and the Austrians had, it was said, retired from before Comorn. Casdchau and Eperies, in the north of Hungary, have been taken by the Honveds. In short, the instant the Imperial forces are withdrawn from any town or district, it immedi ately hoists Hungarian colours. The Prague club, the "Narody Noviny," has sent a petition to the EMPEROR, superseding that of the Slovanska Lipa, praying for the adoption of the fun damental rights voted at Kremsier, and also that con stitution. The petitioners argue that a committee of; thirty deputies must needs be better able to embody the wishes of a people than eight Ministers (alluding to the chart octroye) in whom they, for their part, place no confidence. FRANKFORT. `The German Parliament, in ;their sitting of the 17th, refused the demand of the Baden Government to be allowed to imprison Herr PETER, one of the members, fur taking part in the republican insurrec tion. It also refused to authorise the issuing of ,letters of marque against Denmark. It then adjouxned until the 19th. PRUSSIA. The Cologne Gazette, of the 17th, publishes the following announcement : " A new Prussian note, bearing date April 13, and intended as an answer to the Austrian one of the Bth, has, in the clearest and most unequivocal manner, de clared to the Olmutz Cabinet that the Prussian Govern ment will not be deterred in any way by the opposition of the Austrian Ministry from assisting, with all its power, in the speedy formation of a united Confederate State, and that it is firmly resolved to uphold and pro tect the work thus accomplished, with the concordance of the German princes. In a word, the relations of Aus tria are assuming every day a mere warlike appearance; and however desirous the Prussian Court may be to keep on good terms with the Olmutz Cabinet, public opinion is too unanimous and strong in this case to allow of the popular demands being disregarded." BAVARIA. The Supreme Court of Munich has determined that the law of fundamental rights, as passed by the Frankfort Parliament, is not binding in Bavaria. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. It is said that the Germans are preparing to attack the island of Alsen. ITALY. The news of the success of the reactionaries in Tuscany is confirmed. The Corriere Mercantile of Gems of the 14th, gives the following ac3ount of the events which have happened at Florence "It appears that on the 11th, a party of Leghorn volunteers having dined at a tavern out of the Prato ate, refused to pay their bill, and the innkeeper insisting upon his due, a brawl ensued in which he was killed. The neople hastened to the spot, and a serious fray, in which about ten persons were killed and 35 severely wounded took place. During the evening crowds paraded the town, crying Viva Leopoldo IL !" Death to Gnu-- razzi 1' Some trees of liberty were cut down by the very hands that had planted them. On the morning of the 12th the same seenes were repeated. Guerrazzi in vain attempted to pacify the people. The Livornese, who had the day before fired upon the unarmed crowd on the Piazza 6. Maria Novelle, were made to quit the town in secret. About noon all the shops were shut, the civic guard was under arms, and the municipality named a Commission of Government, and published the follow ing proclamation : " Citizens,—ln the present serious circumstances your magistrates feel all the impor►ance of their mission. They assume the direction of aiTairs in the name of your Prince, and trust they will deliver you from 0-. e consequences of an invasion. The municipality, in this stleinu moment, add to their body five citizens who enjoy your confidence, and are—Gino Capponi, 13e1- lino Ricasoli, Lugi Serrhtori, Carlo Torrigiani, Cesare Capoquadri. "From the Town-house of Florence, April 12. For the Gonfaloniere. " ORAZIO CESARE RICASOLI, First Priore." Shortly after another proclamation appeared to this effect : " The Tuscan Constituent Assembly declares itself in permanence. It will take, in conc rt with the General of the National Guard and the munic:pal:ty, the neces sary- steps for the safety of the country. (Signed) " TADDEI, President." " April 12. The town was quiet; GuEalizzi had disappeared. A letter from Leghorn, of the 13th, published in the Nouvelliste of Marseilles, says : "The reaction which took place yesterday at Flo rence, and at other points of the Grand Duchy, has had a theco p m e p o l p e l t e e a t n ri d uni th p e h a t , eg ft h e o r rn a conflict yoluotee a rs t . Fl T o h re e n l c i e tt b e e r tw w e e e r n e saved only by the intervention of the National Guard, the cavalry, and some detachments of the line. Thanks to this protection, these turbulent patriots were able to quit Florence, and direct their course to Leghorn, not, however, without been frequently attacked on their way by the peasantry, who hunted them like wild beasts. A municipal commission, composed of moderate constitu tionalists, was instantly formed, to govern in the name of the Grand Duke. This news has caused the greatest agitation here. Ws fear disorders quite as grave as those which have taken place at Genoa. It appears that the reaction has also triumphed at Leghorn, from which port a steamer was dispatched on the 14th to Gaeta, to bring back the GRAND DUKE . The following personal friends of the GRAND DUKE have constituted themselves a Provisional Government, to administer the affairs of Tuscany until his re turn :—MM. CAFO QUADRA, RICASOLI BELLINI, SER• RISTORI, CAPrONI GINO, TORRIGIANI. The Genoa Gazette of the 14th states that there are lying in the p or t o f G ae t a , f o ur Spanish frigates, two f , rench war. steamers, two English frigates, and three Neapolitan vessels of war. About 20,000 Nea politans are marching towards the frontier of the Roman States. The municipality of Genoa has or dered an inquiry into the excesses committed at Genoa by the soldiery. GREECE. Intelligence has been received from Athens to the Bth instant. Sir EDWARD LYONS left on the 9 6 th _March. The President of the Court of Areopagus Clonaris died of apoplexy on the 27th ult. SEVERE ACCIDENT.—On Friday afternoon, as the Rev. F. Hamilton, chaplain to the East India Company, was standing in conversation, at the corner of Prit:ces street, Hanover-square, a ladder fell from an adjoining house, and striking him on the shoulder, prostrated him with great force. He was immediately conveyed to the Royal Academy of Music (which he had only left a few minutes previously), and Mr. White Cooper sent for, by whom it was discovered that the right leg was broken, just above the ankle, the left shoulder severely hurt, and the back much injured. The limb having been set, Mr. Hamilton was conveyed to his residence at Poplar,where we are informed be is likely to do well. Mr. Commissioner Holroyd has been pleased to appoint Mr. J. Johnston, the younger, to the responsible office of messenger to the Court of Bankruptcy, in the room of his father, who for twenty-eight years held that office._ THE STANFIELD-HALL MURDERS. EXECUTION RUSK. (THIS DAY.)-BY EXPRESS. (FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.) NORWICH, HALF-PAST TWELVE O'CLOCK. Rush has just expiated his heinous offence on the scaffold, on the Castle-hi 1, before a multitude com puted at not less than twenty thousand, thousands of whom came yesterday from the surrounding districts and London. A vast number of women and young people were present. The day was beautiful. The un • happy man retired to rest early last night, after washing his feet, face, and neck, and ordering a clean shirt and cravat to be supplied him at an early hour this morning, which was done; he arose at two, saying he had had a very refreshing sleep, though apparently he had not. He then occupied himself in writing and reading until five, when he again went to bed and slept until early this morning, his conduct duritig the night evincing the same obstinacy and callouQuess which has characterised him throughout, but it was remarked by his attendants that his spirits were some a hat subdued. The Rev. Mr. Brown, the Rev. Mr. Andrews, and the Rev. Mr. Blake were in at tendance upon the prisoner at an early hour, but, not withstanding their spiritual labours,he made no confession. It is even said he refused to take the Sacrament. At twelve o'clock precisely the culprit passed slowly from the Castle gates towards the scaffold on the bridge. Mr. Pinson, the governor, and a turnkey walked by his side. He slightly surveyed the crowd, he looked pale, but was not apparently agitated in the least; the face wore its habitual sneering, callous expression. Before he ascended the scaffold he requested Mr. Pinion that the drop might fall when the chaplain came to the words, A The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ." At this frightful juncture not a tremor shook his frame. He ascended the scaffold quickly but steadily; his back was turned to the crowd, and he moved his head aside that the hang man might better perform his hateful office, and prayed with the minister, raising his hands aloft . tie then shook hands with Mr. Pinson, and the Turnkey. The drop immediately fell amidst the screams of women, and the wretched culprit was ushered into the presence of God. He died almost without a struggle. There were a few slight contortions and all was over. More people were present than at the execu tion of Yarham, and their behaviour was good. There were no yells. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. The day appointed for the execution of the murderer Rush has come at last, in showers of sleet and gloom, varied at intervals by short gleams of sunshine. A cold biting wind drives through the air, and the clouds above head are spread out in large and watery masses, and give a dismal and cheerless hue to the prospect. The drop is erected on the west side of the Castle, and stands on the bridge which on that side -pans the moat. Its position and effect are very .triking from the battlements behind it, having an immense black flag, which, by the orders of the High Sheriff has been placed there to mark th© extra ordinary guilt of the criminal who is about to expiate his offence on the scaffold. This great banner swings slowly in the wind, and gives a solemn and funereal look to the whole scene. It was expected that an immense crowd e•f spectators would be attracted to the spot, as the population of the surrounding country which had :.ken so deep an inters st i❑ the dreadful tragedy of Stanfield-hall, would watch it to the very close, but this Las not been the case. Norwich has re et ived no sensible addition to the number of its inhabit ants, and though it is market day, there is very little additional bustle or excitement in the streets. On the Castle-hill might bo observed at an early hour a few groups of farmers eyeing the dismal preparations for execution from a respectful distance, and blending curiously in the expression of their features horror for the crime, arAl awe at its tremendous punishment. As the fatal hour approached the crowd increased in numbers ; for many it was evidently a day of great excitement, and they crowded to the e xe cution as to a theatre or public show ; others came obviously in a different spirit to notice the :lying moments of a men whom they had known in their daily pursuits, and to see how he bore himself in that supreme hour, when oppressed by the recollections of such tremendous crimes. Turning from the crowd and preparations out side the Castle to the unhappy convict within, there „has been little opportunity for gleaning any additional particulars to those which have already appeared. At 9 o'clock last night he received a letter from his eldest daughter, and on read ing it be became greatly depressed ; he ral lied, however, after a time, and made a hearty supper. The chaplain to the gaol has been in constant attendance on him all the morning, with what effect upon his conduct and feelings remains to be discovered. Just previous to the execution the sun shone out and the day became fine, and the crowd on the Castle hill increased. The space is a large one ; and there might have been 7,000 or 8,000 people present. The early trains from Yarmouth and other places were loaded with passengers, and the arrival were also very numerous from Suffolk, and even Essex. The magistrates and representatives of the press lined the short space between the prison gate and the scaffold. Precisely at twelve the procession left the con demned cell, headed by the sheriffs and javelin men. The convict walked with a firm step, and was at tended by the executioner, who stood immediately behind. As the procession emerged from the Castle, the chaplain of the gaol joined it, and commenced reading the burial service of the Church. The culprit then mounted the scaffold, and the rope having been immediately adjusted round his neck the drop fell, and he was launched into eternity. He retained his firmness to the last, lookirg up to heaven and shaking his head as if protesting his innocence. He shook hands with the Governor, to whom he whispered something, and then died without a struggle. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The markets for colonial and foreign produce have not been altogether in a satisfactory condition this week. The weather and the dulness of the export demand affects the purchases for home consumption, and, as is generally the case, prompts holders to press goods on the markets, and buyers to withdraw or act with increased caution. A large quantity of sugar has been offered, and the parcels sold have gone at lower rates. Coffee has been dull as well as Rice, &c., and almost the only articles in request have been Saltpetre and Grain. Nevertheless we are not without hope of un early change tor the better, as the value of produce bas an advancing tendency in India, and the supply of Coffee from Ce) fun will be diminished, while there is yet a prospect of foreign affairs becoming more settled. The terms upon which bills of exchange were nego ciatcd yesterday afternoon were slightly against this country in the instance of Paris, and one or two other continental places; but there was no prominent change. The small improvement which took place in the Horne Funds yesterday is not maintained to-day, but the market nevertheless displayed much steadiness. Consols are quoted at 91 s to 92 1 1 , for Money and Account; Re ducid Three per Cents. 90fr l ; New Three -and-a- Quarter per Cents. 91} to i; Exch‘quer-bills, 449. to 48e. premium. The Foreign Stock and Share Markets are very quiet, and quotations are unaltered. Dispatches from the Governer of Canada were re ceived yesterday at the Colonial-office. Dispatches were sent off last evening, from the Co lonial-office, for the Governors of the North American Colonies. Tua STRAIVD.—The wood pavement between St. Clement's Panes and St. Mary-le-Strand has within the last week been removed, to the great satisfaction of all who had to ride or drive over its slippery surface. It has been replaced by the best description of stuee pave ment, the contractors being Messrs. Mowlem and Burt, whose work on Bluckfriars-bridge has now stood the test of several years' wear. Indeed such a pavement, it lett undisturbed, would resist any amount of traffic. We trust that it may have such a trial, and that it will not, according to the usual practice, be torn to pieces as soon as laid down, by the gas and water companies. On Tuesday last Alderman Gibbs was elected Chairman of 140 city of London Union for tho 13th time. MARKET NE WS.-(THIS DAY.) COVEYNT-GARDEZti. Tir. pr. veiling cold weather produced a steady demand for both Fruit and Vegetables; and last week's prices re mained unaltered, though well supported in every i. stance. Fruit—Pine-apples (Queen's), 5s to 76 ; foreign Grapes (black and white), 101 to is 6d; and hot-house Grapes, 16s to 26s per lb; Apples, 4s to 6s per bushel; ditto Eating, 4s to 6s per halt sieve; Pears, 18s to 21s per half sieve; Lemons, 53 to 104: and Oranges, 8s to 15s per 100; Chesnuts, 2s to 4s per peck; forced Strawberries, 2s to 2s 6.1 per oz. Vegetables—Spinach, Is 3d to Is 6(1 per junk; Horseradish, 2s 6d to 3s 6d; and Ce lery, is to is 33 per bundle; Asparagus, 5s 6d to 12s per 100; Onions, 2s to 2s 9d; and Ash-leaved Kidney Pota toes Cs to 8s per bushel; Care Brocoli, 9s to 12s per dozen bundles; Mushrooms, Is 3d to is 6d per pottle; Endive, Is to is 3d per score; White Cabbages, is 3d to 2s 3d per dozen; Turnips, is to is 6d; Carrots, 2s 6d to 4s; and Greens, 2s 6d to 4s per dozen bunches; Parsley, 2s to 3s per half sieve ; Forced Sea hail Is to 2s per puma t; Cucumbers, 5s to 7s per brace; Rhubarb, 4s to 9s per dozen bundles; 13, et-root, is to is 3d per doz:n ; Brussels Sprouts, is to Is 61 per half sieve; Par6nii.s, 6,1 to 9d per dozen ; Cornish V% hite Brucoll, Is to 2s per dozen; 'l'urt•ip Greens, 6d to 9,1 per bushel; Leeks, 8d to Is per d• zen bunches; New Potatoes, 8d to Is 2d per lb; French Beats, 266 d to 3s per 100; Radishes, 6d per dozen hands; and Shallots, 4d per lb. NE VirGliT22 AND LEA.DENTIALX. POULTRY--Turkeys, 4s Od to 8s ; Geese, 6s to 8s; Ducks, 3s to 43 Gd; Tame Rabbits, is to 2s; Wilt ditto, 8d to is ; I i eons, 6d to 9tl; and Roasting Pigs, 5s to 7s Gi each; Surrey Fowls, 9s to I4s ; ditto Chick..ns, 5s to 7s 6 , 1; and Barn door Fowls, 4i to 8s per couple; English Eggs, Gs ; and French ditto. 5s to 5s 6',1 per 100. Fresh butter, 10d to is 2d per lb. GAME.—Hares and Leverets, 2s 6d to 4s ; Snipes, 9d to Is ; Thal, 9d to is ; Wild Ducks, is 6d to 2s ; Widgeons, is to is 9,1; and Plovers 6d to 10d each. NEWPORT. Beef, from 21 6d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 2s 8d to 3s 8d; Lamb, 54 4d to 6s; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 2d; and ,Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 2d per 81b4. VeTHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s 2d to 35 4d; Mutton, 2s 4d to 3s 8d; Lamb, 4s 10d to 51 10d; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 2d; and Pork, 3s to 4s 2d per 81bs. 13XL LENGSGATE. Turbots, 4s to 12s; Cod Fish, 3s to 10s; Haddocks, 4d to 7d; Whitings, 4d to 6d; Mackerel, 9d to Is; Lob sters, Is 3d to 2s 6,1; and Crabs, 6d to 2s each; Soles, 6d to 2s 3d per pair; Eels, 4d to is 2d, and Salmon, Is 2d to I. 5d per lb; Thames Flounders, is to is 6d, and Smelts, is to is 6d per dozen; Oysters, 15s to 248 per bushel; Saltfish, 2d to 6d per lb. BREILII>. The prices of Wheaten Bread i❑ the Metropolis are from GO to 7d; of Household ditto, 5d to Gd per 41bs lost. BIDE MARKET. Market hides, 5610 to 6416, lid to lid; ditto, 6416 to 721 b, lid to 1:1 , i; ditto, 721 b to 8010, Qd to 2tl; ditto, 801 b to 8810, 2ad to lqd; ditto, 8816 to 9633, 24(1 to 3d; ditto, 961 b to 10416, 3d to 31d; ditto, 10410 to 11210, to 4d; Calf Skins, each, 5s to 53 6d; Lamb, Skins, Is 4d to is 10d; ilorge Hides, 7s 6d; Polled She, p, 6d to 6s 8d; Kent and Half breds, 5) to 5s 8d; Downs, 4t to 5s 4d; Shearlings, Gd to 7d. 111112" IVICIMAKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 103 to 31 15s; Clover ditto, 31 to 41 15s ; and Straw, 11 7s to 11 103 per load. Supply but moderate, and trade dull. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 128 to 31 17s ; Clover ditto, 3/ to 41 13s ; and Straw, 11 Ss to 11 Ils per load. Both hay and straw moved off slowly, at our quotations. WIUTECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 10s to 3/ 15s ; Clover ditto, 31 is 41 17s; and Straw, 1/ 7s to 1/ 118 per load. A moderate supply, and a sluggiAt. demand. CHAN CERY.-(1 HIS DAY.) FITCH V. III,CHFORT.-TUDGMENT. This case, which was heard yesterday upon appeal from the decision of the Vice-Chancellor of England, granting an injunction restraining the defendant, a pawnbroker, of Brewer-street, Golden-square, from sel ling some valuable jewellery belonging to the plaintiff, Mrs. Fitch, stood on the paper to-day for judgment. The Loan CHANCELLOR: in the course of tt e argu ments 3 esterday, intimated his impression to be that the injunction granted by the Court below ought to be dis solved with costs, but stated that he would consider the case and state his opinion this morning. His LORDSUIP, at the sitting of the Court, stated that he remained of the same opinion as he had expressed yesterday, and, such being the case, he must order the injunction granted by the Court below to be dissolved with costs. PENNY V. WATTS.-JUDGMENT. The LORD CHANCELLOR also gave judgment in this case, which was argued before Lim a short time since upon appeal from the dveision of the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce. His Lordship, after going at some length into the case, ordered the judgment of the Court below to be reversed, and directed the trial of the following issues in the Court of Exchequer :—First, whether at the time of the death of Mrs. Watts, the legacy of 2,0001. had been effectually released; secondly, if it had, then whether such release was in consideration of the Broadward Hall estate being devised to Mrs. Penny or her hus band; and, thirdly, whether the agreement of the 29th of September, 1835, which was destroyed, was executed by Mrs. Watts. The Court then proceeded to hear appeal motions. ROLLS' COURT.-('PHIS DAY.) The Master of the Rolls satin his court at Wtst miuster to-day. SMITH V. THE EARL OF EFFINGHAM AND OTHERS. The MASTER of the lioLts gate judgment this morn ing in this case, which was heard before him twelve months since upon further directions, costs, and petition. His Lordship, after going at some length into the case, ordered the bill to be dismissed with costs. Nothing of any interest occurred in sny of tho other Equity Courts EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) CAUSFIELD v. BLENKINSt,PP. This action was brought to try the right which the plain tiff alleged to be in himself to the office of sexton of the chapelry of Castle Barnard, in the county of Durham, and it was tried before Mr. Baron Alderson, at the last Durham assizes, when a verdict was found for the defendant. Mr. ATHERTON now moved, in pursuance of leave re served, to enter the verdict for the plaintiff. It appeared that this office of sexton was thought no insignificant one, for on its becoming vacant several candidates came for ward, and the election, a hich rested with the inhabitants, was carried on with great spirit and animation, simi larly to a contested Parliamentary election, flags and banners being had recourse to, speeches being delivered, and bands of music being engaged by each party to parade the streets. The plaintiff had held the office since 1825, but had been discharged by the vicar and thechurchwardens,who claimed the right of election to themselves; and who, in opposition to the wishes of a portion of the inhabitants, bad appointed the defendant to the vacant office. Baron ALDERSON said it was a ridiculous affair alto gether. The plaintiff, who was a very old man, wanted a reversionary interest in burying the inhabitants, when he, in fact, would soon want to be buried himself.— (Laughter.) Rule granted. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco, before the Lord Justice WILDE, and Justices COLTMAN, CRESS WELL, and WILLIANS.) ooppAnD V. DOBSON AND ANOIIIER. Mr. Sergeant BYLES said in this case, which was tried before the Lord Chief Justice at the last sittings for Middlesex, and a verdict found for the plaintiff for 1531., he had to apply for a rule to show cause why there should not be a new trial upon the evidence and upon affi davit. This was a case which had been before the Court on a former occasion. The former action was tried before Mr. Justice Coltman, and on that occasion the jury found that the signature of a Mrs. Lay bourne to a note, which formed the subject-matter of the action, was not her signature. The case was tried again before the Lord Chief Justice, and the jury on that occasion found that the signature of Mrs. Laybourne was her signature. The note in question was dated " Harlow, Essex, 3d July, 1845." The word " Essex " was written over some other word. The suggestion on the part of the defence was, that the word 66 Paris " was written underneath the word "Essex." That was very strongly denied on the other side. A witness, named Shepherd, proved that the word " Paris" was originally written underneath the word "Essex." The note was dated on the 3d of July, 1845, and it turned out that Mrs. Laybourne, though she was in France on that day, had left Paris, but was at Bou logne on that day, and crossed over to England on the 4th. That circumstance was material in this way, that the defendant had reason to suppose she was at Paris when the note was made, but it afterwards turned out she was not at Paris on that day, and that might account for the alteration of Paris into Essex. The husband of Mrs. Laybourne is the professor of mathematics at Sandhurst, and the liti gants are nearly related. The case on the trial for the defence was, that Dobson's signature was a genuine signature, but that Mrs. Laybourne's was not genuine. He (Mr. Sergeant Byles) submitted there was reason for submitting this case to another investigation. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said, having paid very con siderable attention to the evidence given on the former trial before Mr. Justice Colman, and having carefully weighed all the matters given in evidence on the second trial before himself, he owned it seemed to him (the Lord Chief Justice) on the trial that this was an unde tended cause, and it was perfectly manifest that this was a denial of handwriting contrary to the truth, and to be manifest, moreover, upon the documents produced on the ef i r a e i e n tl t y a ststis• tied part s o t h h t e h so d j e t r i e s n t n d e a s n s t oht etrhsee verdict r d i t i c e t for was t h P e Mr. Justice COLTMAN, Mr. Justice CRESSWELL, and Mr. Justice W meranis concurred; and The rule was r. fused. On Thursday last the first hoard meeting of the Central School District Union took place, when Alder man Gibbs and the Rev. Dr. Russell were unanimously chosen Chairman and Vice-Chairman for the year en suing. THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—The violent storm of Thursday night laid prostrate several of the posts on which the electric wires on the South Eastern line are extended, and completely interrupted all telegraphic com munication. Yesterday it was impossible to communi cate beyond the Pluckly Station, but the utmost endea vours were being made to re-open the electric line. FIRE AT A PAWNBROKER ' S. — Yesterday a fire oc curred at the shop of Mr. Fish, pawnbroker, 14, Edg ware-road, by which a considerable quantity of property was destroyed. .... NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The Si. Vinesnt, 120, Captain S. C. nacres was Ps'" off at Poi tsmouth on Thus's:day ; her ship's company returned from leave in the morning. and payment COu r me need soon after Line o'c!ock. Nearly all the er e° e ere busy oa Wednesday, l an di ng t h e i r c l ot h es an d bed . ding ; and from the ship being alongside the yard jetty', were saved th expense of hiring wherries, and the sh i P was kept entirely tree from tno,se long coated gent r y r Rho sell spit its, and variou s o th er persons who rea p their harvest on the occa s io n o f t h e pay i ng o ff men o f war ' Captain nacres has, by these goo d arrangements , ince'' red the mortal hatred of all these persons. The St. Vincent, 120, Captain S. C. nacres, as we be : fore stitcd, was cleared out and dismasted on Saturu e li The procrastination was oc cas i one d b y h er b oo ks 0° being ready, and thus the ship was kept in comm ie ' 'ion, at a considerable expense for several `There is some defective system in the par office that should be examined into, for certainly a couple of days must be quite sufficient time to cast he r books. The St. Vincent hiving returned all her stores, and cleened ship. Captain Dacres very properly on givieg the slip's company leave on shore on l'uocl e i at noon until Thursday moreiug. The officers of the St. Vincent entertained Sir Chat! Napier at diclier, at Portsmouth, on Thursday evening' Commander Harper in the chair. The Penelope, 16, steam-frigate, Captain L. P. Jone s ',,,, „ flag-ship of Comm an d er Si r C . H ot h am, was paid off ', 4 - Monday at Portsmouth. She w a s no t t a k en a longsl the dockyard, and the ship was surrounded by boats s° people of all sorts. Most of her seamen landed in. state of inebriety, from its b e i ng i mposs ibl e to keep sP ir"- out of the ship. . The Hibernia, 104, Captain C. Wise, with the flig i , of Vice-Admiral Sir W. Parker, B ar t., G.C.8., with Terrible steam-frigate, Captain Ramsay, in comPse ) ' is said to hare arrived at Malta on the 11th inst. fi g The Queen, 110, C a pt a i n B ruce, h as or d ers w aiting her at Devonport for e ver y exert i on to b e use d to P`' , her off as soon as possible after going into harbour. The Cleopatra, 26, has been reported ready for Corr mission at Chatham. The Heroine, 8, was commissioned at D evon p o rt, on d i* 17th, by Commander Marsh. of The " Sheerness squadron" present a t th e opening of the Docks at Grimsby, under the command-in-chief Vice-Admiral the Hon. G. Elliott, C. 8.. was the I)ash e 2 1, steam-vessel, Lieut. Commander Parks; Lightnig', steam-tender, Master Commander Petley, and the " fire, et, am. tender Master Commander Brookman. der The North Star di scover y- s hi p , M aster Comm a- Sanders was to have been taken out of dock on the 16" but the tide was too slack. She was undocked, odor' rived at Woolwich yesterday morning. The Arrogant, 46, screw-frigate, Captain Fitzroy , .. I . e still in dock at Portsmouth, and w ill not come out belt , ' Satui day. Mr. Grant is on board h er d a il y , su pe n ri; tending the fitting of the distilling app ara t us . 1 - 0 Arrogant would have been out of duck b e f ore , but t o putting new pipes through the ship's bottom no 0 1 °, than two or three men cats work at a time, which r eo , ders it a tedious process. The engineers, however, P e port that she will be out of their hands on the 25th. The Basilisk steam-sloop, de s i gne d- by Mr.. 1,11) 6 :. with engines by Miller, Ravenhill, an d C o ., o f 400 hot?'' power, having had sundry alt e r a tio ns ma d e i n her 1 / gieg and fitting, had a hill d a y' s t r i a l d own t h e r iver s , 'Tuesday, and which was deemed a very successful 0e ,, ; both as regards vessel and engines, although it is thong' that if the ship h a d be e n t went y f eet l onger s h e Tie t : o I have had a little mor e s p ee d. A s i t i s, she ran d°,bo to the Nore, and in f our runs b etween t h e N ore an d I„,t, Mouse (nearly 32 mil es ), w i t h a ll h er armament sad sO":, shot on board—wind before the beam, fresh both swar th she attained the average r a t e o f spee d o f 10.55 7 la 3 ?„ t or 12.22 statute miles an ho ur , th e eng i nes avereglT 18.7 revolutions per minute. Sh e th en returne d to W°°ll wich atter an absence of nearly t we l ve h ours, d u ring,„,"‘ which time she was u n d er s t eam , w i t h out the heating or derange m ent o f any ki n d i n t h e machine%; The engines of th e B as ili s k are f rom t h e same Patterds as those fitted by Miller, Ravenhill, and Co,, to s fine ships the Bombay and Ganges, built for the Pe el ,;, sular and Oriental C o mp an y by Filcher, of Northn e ,; ( l and sold by them to th e Si c ili ans . I t h as been rev:ll'l'4-8 that these engines have t h e i r a i r - pumps betweell"•. linders on an inclined plane, an arrangement r oe tented by Miller, and we b e li eve fi rst app li e d to i t i o Gladiator, sti am-frigate, but which h as b een genet for adopted (in the Russian steam-frigate Waldo:Dirt instance) with or without leave. 111 The Termagant, screw frigate, at Portsmout h , , 1 1 1 be complete in the engineer's departm en t o n the 2 ' instant. • the An account from the Odin, steam-frigate, Captain t o Hon. F. Pelham, in the Mediterranean, says, " sti e s so experienced some bad weather, but so s t ea dy, 013 " t ell easy is she in her motion, that people below earinc 4 when she is in a heavy sea ." s . an Lieutenant John Burgess, R.N., h as p resen t e d n lot tion of five guineas to the Royal N ava l B el ie° Society. . OBlTUARY.—Commander Jame s Ch ar l es Mann 'To so p zeau (1842), died on the 14th, a t S t . A u b yns , Je'" aged 42. He was a Lieutenant of 1839. APPOINTMENTS. Sr Surgeon—Henry Edmonds (1848) to th e Heroine , fitting at Devonpurt for service on the coast of Af rie so Assistant Surgeons—Thomas B. Purchas (18 47 );.gs the Victory, flag-ship at Portsmouth ; Dr. Ge ° ") Mason (acting), from the Victory to the Hero ll. ii James A. M'Cullagh (acting), to the Crocodile flag'! at Cork. . n Midshipmen—S. H. Pike, to the Oce an , fl ag -thlr Sheerness; J. A. Poland, to the Heroine. Boatswain—Robert Ilingston, to the Ganges. 0 1 PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 20.—This morning the Oi t h and military authorities exchanged courtebies - Captain S. S. Count von Limbur g Sty rmer , o f his N is therland Majesty's corvette Amphit r i te , 20, wili e r undergoing refit at this dockyard. , la There is a Danish brig of war, of 16 guns, 1 ) 1136 ; 0 0 Cowes roads, which occasioned quite a eorainti, among the foreign merehait vessels there yeste r all of whom hoisted their colours as if in defianoet!os knowing the descendant of the ancient sea )bugs not meddle with them in a neutral port. der In Port and Fitting.—The Victory, 22, Comma° b ig ie-Chiet's flag-ship; the Illust r i ous , 10. flat . of Admiral Sup,rintendent ; the V ic toria '; 0 . Albert,* Royal steam-yacht ; the Excellent, ,g 1 nery exercise- ship ; the Blenheim, 60, guaro 4 ef t of steamers ; the Arrogant,* 46, auxiliary s a t e • steam-frigate ; the Amphitrite, 20, D utc h c ornet the Sparrow, surveying -ketch; th e Rolla, exe rcise lc for naval apprentices; the Diligence, o naval store tr i l. port ; the Stromboli, Plump er , an d Reynard,* Fri sloops ; the Comet, steam-surveying -vessel ; the Fire Queen, and Bee, steam-tenders ; the Echo, ot eti o , tug vessel ; the Fairy, Bee, Myrtle, and Fairy, s.„, t r - r . tenders ; the Fan n y, P ort Ad m i ra l' s yac h t ; the -ru" mouth, yacht of Rear-Admiral Superintendent. In Dock—The Princess Charlotte, 104, Grar li l 50 gun frigate ; Vindictive, 50-gun frigate ; Airilsl,4 46, screw steam-frigate; Devastation, steam-sloop'; Bloodhound, steam packet (iron). hiP; In ho: steam-basin—The Ajax, 56, steam guard's the Sidon, Termagant, Penelope, aid Retribution bte s o . frigates; the Ph minx, Cormoran t, and Polyphemus, st A e l/ t hs sloops; the Victoria and Albert, Royal yacht ; an *pi ightly and Urgent, steam-packets. At Spithead—The Superb, 80. t he In the Ship-hasiu.—None. This receptacle is int fag course of cleansing and repair, th e wa ll s requ i r ing I f ; pointing with cement, and the bottom being very foul is The ship Kent, 659 tons, now fitting at Deptfor ci l g i• appointed to convey draughts o f t h e 45 t h an d 91st P" meets to the Cape of Good Ilok. Wind—N. by E., fresh gales and s qua lly, with Ot i s ; WOOLWICH, APRIL 20.—The N or th S tar arri""ie Woolwich this morning, from Sheern ess , towedb)",io African steam-vessel, and will be m a d e rea d y witn,,,tos. greatest dispatch, to proceed to th e N ort h Polar reg'lio The Elfin steam-vessel, intended as a dispatch W I to be stationed at the Isle of Wight, went up the riv e -k o . Blackwell this morning, u n d er t h e c h arge o f Lieut• "At bertson, with Mr. Humphries, chi e f en g in e er at Woolf il- t dockyard; and Mr. 0. W. Lang, assistant to the Izi ste , shipwright at Ch a th am d oc k yar d , who d es i gne d be At Blackwell Captain Ellice, controller of In e fi: machinery, and Mr. Ll o yd, c hi e f eng i neer o f the I— (1 ralty, went on board, arid the Elfin started to procee,. down the river, and, if f oun d sat i s f actor y, to bold on to C at isatham. said that six frigates are to be con3missioned imp mediately, three of them new trigatea, and three of 4 10 ' that have been razed. Rear-Admiral znir Charles Napier, K.C.8., yisi tej Woolwich dockyard on Wednesday last, and went O e r the whole of the works, to witness the pro gre ss road id since he was last at Woolwich.- The gallant Ading; was alone, but he entered into conversation with 03 1 able to give him any i n f ormat i on, an d made a leygt d ened examination of the Royal Albert, 120 guns, the Nankin, 50-gun frigate. whic h CHATHAM, APRIL 20.—The Cleop a tr a , 26 guns,v i-1 has been got ready fur commission, i s now reports ready to receive men. s , The Cressy, 80 guns, building on the plan of geos,rb; Read, Creuze, and Chatfield, is progressing rapidly. op is built with the best seasoned timber, and every e x ert l will be used to launch her at the tnd of the year. „ The Elfitoteam dispatch-boat, is ord ere d to Chsttba7,; Sheis to arrive to-morrow, the 21st, to complete 13 ` fittings. r * Those marked with au asterisk are e i t h er i n dock.° o in the steam- basin, and will be found in the respec t. lists. BMWS. On the 17th inst., at Faringdon, Berks, Blanche, the w ife of the Rev. Vicesimus Lush, M. A., of a son. ra n On the 17th inst., at St. Ives, hunts, the wife of A—I I Osborne, Eq., of a sun. f• On )he 18th inst., at Montague-terrace, Mrs. Peat, of a daughter. On the 18th inst., at Tavistock-place, Russell-square, tli. wile of G. I. L. Noble, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIED. ;cif, On the 19th inst., ,at Bow Church, Middl esex , Freder. vg . second son 01 Nicholas Charrington, Esq., of Ley SPI O O Leytonstone, to Louisa Elizabeth, only daughter of the J. Griffith Eso., of Bow. LIED. gloo. On the 17th inst., at Guernsey, aged 81, the Right .-- do Dowager Lady de baumarez, relict of Admiral .Lard Saumarez, G.C.B. of Or the 17th ,t ' - in the th inst., at Holloway, Joseph Smit_ Bartholomew-close, aged 68. On the 17th inst , aged 53, at Gr e at Castle-street, Co ve ll: dish-square, W. Callard, many years a clerk in the VVI office, Bank of England. i s let On the 18th inst., at Portland. place, Charles Little. Esq., aged 71. On the Bth lost., Rebecca, relict of the late Rev. G enre Clark, of Ponder's. end, Enfield, aged 75. • `, Es 9•► ----- London: Printed and Published by MURDO No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun (Alice, N o '. of Strand, in the Precinct of the bavuy, itt the WA Alicidlosva.saturday. April 21 1 1449.