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" The author of Owen Tudor' has deservedly established a high reputation in the field of historical romance, by the dramatic charac ter of his narra ive and the power of his descriptions. ' Owen Tudor' must be allowed to be superior to his previous productions."—Brl - Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. R MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, arc respectfully informed that this Theatre Will OPEN TO-MORROW EVENING, March 15, • being the First Night of the Subscription, when will be presented (or the first time these dye years) Rossini's Opera, LA CENERENTOLA. The principA parts by. 3fdlle. Alboni (her first appearance a' this theatre), Pollonia, and Mme. Grimaldi; Signori Gardoni, F. Lablache, and Beletti. To conclude with, first time at this Theatre (the Scenery by Mr Charles Marshall) the celebrated Ballet, entitled LE VIABLE A QUATRE. In which will appear 3fdlle. Carlotta Grisl, I Mdtte Marie Taglioni, and Mme. Petit Stephan, Mdlle. Carolina Rosati, M. Paul Taglionl, M. Charles, M. Louis D'Or; 3ldlles. Thevenot Julien, Lamoureux, and Aussandon. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box , office, Opera Colonnade. QT. JAMES'S TH E A T Season 1849. FRENCH PLAYS and OPERA COMIQUE. THIS EVENING, The Performances will commence at Half-past Soren o'clock, with LE MAITRE DE CHAPELLE ; ou, le Souper Imprevu. Barnabc, M. teauce; Benetto, M. Chateautort ; Gertrude, ➢ldlle, Giolchard. To conclude with the popular Opera Comique, entitled LE DOMINO _NOIR. Lord Elfort, M. Chateaufort ; Juliano, M. Soyer ; llorace, M. Conderc ; Gil Perez, M. Buguet ; Angele, Mdile. Charton ; Iltigitte, Mdlle. Martial ; Urstile, Mdlle. Morel ; Jachithe, Madame Mancini ; Gertrude, Mahe. Vigny. Mr. Mitchell begs also to announce that, notwithstanding the in ereaeed.expenses of the present entertainment, the prices of admis lion are determined as tonows:— . Boxes .. ss. Od. Pit• • • • .. 33. Od. Amphitheatre .. • . 2s. Od. Subscriptions for the season may be arranged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street; Mr. Sams', St. James's-street; Mr. Andrew?, New Bond-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from eleven tilt five. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKE . A., Mr. B. Webster, Sale Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENING, _ _ . Will be performed THE WIFE'S SECRET. Sir Walter Amyott Mr. Charles Kean ; Jabez Sneed, Mr. Webster ; Harrington, Mr, Brindal ; Neville. Miss Reynolds; Lady Eveline Amyott, Mrs. C. Kean ; Mend, Mrs. Keeley. After which, A SEPARATE MAINTENANCE. The prin• dile/ characters by Mr. and Mrs. Keeley and Mrs. Humby. To coon .de with DON C.ESAR DE BAZAN. Don Cmsar,Mr. J, Wallack ; Lazarillo, Miss Horton; Maritana, Miss 'Bennett. THEATRE ROYAL. ADELPHL Ender the direction of Madame Celeste THIS EVENIN(. Will be performed TILE TIOP PICKERS. Principal characters by Messrs. Lambert, Boyce, Wright, Paul Bedford, Hughes, Mun yard, 0. Smith, Cullenford, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. F. Matthews, Miss Taylor, Miss E. Chaplin, &c. To conclude with COCKNEYS IN CALIFORNIA. The principal characters by Mr. Munyard, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mrs. Chitlins, Mrs. Matthews, and Miss Turner. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATItE. Under the Management of Madame Vestrfs. Sole Lessee. Mr. Charles Ma , he THIS EVENING Will be performed SHAVE YOU DIRECTLY. After which, a new Drama, called A ROMANTIC IDEA. To conclude with a Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE KING OF I'HE PEACOCKS. Characters by Messrs. Harley, John Reeve, Selby, H. Hall, Marshall, and 11. Marshall ; Miss Kathleen Fitzwil nam, Miss L. Hower?, Mrs. Macnamara, Miss 'Marshall, Miss L. Marshall, Miss Coleman, and Madame Vestris. Dress ttexer., 55.; Upper Boats, 49. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No balf-price to any part of the house. The New Lox-office, No. 2, wellington street, is open to the public every day, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S THEATI:F.. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. TILLS EVENING, Will be performed a new Ballad Opera, entitled ROBIN GOOD. YELLOW. Characters by Messrs. Charles Brabarn, Weiss, Honey, C. Fi4ier ; Kiss Poole, Kiss G. Smithson, Miss Kenworthy, Mrs. Weiss. and Miss E. Stanley. , . _ . , After which, M. FLAME will execute most extraordinary feats of Dexterity and El,gance on Le Globe Roulant. After which, TIIE WATERMAN. Tom Tug, Mr. C. Graham. To conclude with a new grand Pantomime, entitled BLUFF KING HAL ; or, Harlequin and ',ll (Charmed Arrow. Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Ptul• ; Clown, Mr. Flexmoro ; Sprite, Mr. De Barr; Columbine, 311ss Fawcett. AhTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. Mr. Batty respectfully announces that he has entered into ate en gagement 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. Ho will make his ninth appear..nce _ ----- TIIIS EVENING. The curtain will rise at a Quarter to Seven o'clock precisely to the magnificent S2ectaele, by Fitzball. entitled CORA SCO ; or, the Warrior's Steed. After which the double Tight-ropes. To be iollowed by an Inimitable display of SCENES IN TEE CIRCLE. supported by the first Equestrian talent of the day. To conclude with the farce of THE DUMB DRIVER.; Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Stage Manager, Mr. W. Welt. filE WEATHEIt.—Sus OFFroE, MARCH 14. THERIioNETnIi, Lowest, 39; Highest, 57; Noon, 50 BARCMETER, 30.34. WIND W.S.W.-lull, cloudy woather. mutt WATER AT LONDON 8R11),4E. Tins DAY ~,,r mnr, 6 min. after 5 Eveninv, 23 min. after To-Ifoattorr—Morning, 38 min. after 5 I Evening, 57 min. after 4 at , • ._ t. - .sue' y , - e ; -' :f , s. 4 n -4 , .A t .., : ,-.. • ~....._ %,,, . 3 ; ex < Ar•I'1,"):! , -. , , 11l ' '''' 1 " w, -, . ,:- ~•.= • 4, ‘:.. ' 'lb '' , x• -o ,4 ' '# . 1,4. i,' . ~„•,,,, , Rr• A t o . 4 :,,,,i,:,,,j1z, - iii -- 01 • '-.., --,i, ' ___.' -::.% t'or,, 1: , •..• . 1 , ...!,‘, , •' , . ientn rnt LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MARCII 14, 1849. The division and debate last evening in the House of Commons on the subject of church-rates were dis creditable alike to the House and the Ministry. The debate was commenced by Mr. TRELAIVISY, who moved "that it is the opinion or the House that effectual measures should be immediately taken for the abolition of church-rates," upon which Mr. W. P. WOOD moved as an amendment— " That the words ' for the abolition of church-rates,' at the end of the resolution, be omitted, and that there be inserted in lieu thereof the words for discharging all persons dissenting from the Church, as by law estab lished, from contributing church -rates, and from taking any part , in levying, assess i ng, or adm i n i stering the same: " which was supported by Mr. HUME on the express ground that it had given " general satisfaction both to the Established Church and Dissenters ;" yet this amendment, which appears to have been, what com promises so seldom are, a compromise founded on justice—this proposition which had given general sa tisfaction both to the members of the Established Church and to the Dissenters, was rejected by the House of Commons by a majority of 163, the num bers being— For,the amendment... Against it ::* 20 Altijority •.• 183 The House then divided on the ori gmal —163 motion, when there appeared -7_ For the motion .., 84 Against it ••• •.. —"•• 119 Majority... It is to be hoped that the Dissenters will not agai n offer or accept any compromise on this subject. Tin, supporters of church-rates are now in a situation similar to that occupied by the Protectionistsin 1841, and they must be met in a similar manner. They have rejected a compromise which was declared to be satisfactory by the great majority of the Established Church themselves, and such rejection should be treated as final. The Dissenters must now go for the total and immediate abolition of church-rates, and should accept of nothing less. But if the decision arrived at last evening was discreditable to tile House, still more discreditable to the Ministry were the sayings and doings of various of the members of the Cabinet; and the most dis creditable speech of all was the speech of the Prime Minister himself—a speech which, as Mr. GEORGE Tuomesosi justly observed, "would throw a chill over the hearts of those who were seeking relief from a grievous burden, greater than anything which could have fallen from any other gentleman on the Treasury bench," while Mr.IjENLEY lauded it to the skies as being even more in opposition to the principles of religious liberty than that of Mr. GLADSTONE himself. All the old fallacies with regard to church-rates were reproduced in this trimming, shuffling speech, which w ill certainly tend more to damage the Whi g ' s than that has occ urre d anythingsince their return to office. The speech has, however, some value ; it dis closes the ulterior purposes of the m o ti on of cLaorrryd AsaLET for the subdivision of parishes, to carry which into effect Lord ASHLEY ostentatiously de clared ha should ask no money, thus leaving the , country to imagine that the proposed subdivision would entail no burden either on the Consolidated Faad or oil the rate-payers PM object of this notable plan was, however, disclosed by Lord JOHN RUSSELL in his speech of last evening, who, when alluding to the plan which had been proposed some ten years since for defraying the rates out of the funds of the Church itself, said— " An inquiry into these funds hud taken place, but he quite agreed with the Right Hon. Baronet opposite, that all those available funds would be required for the spiri tual instruction of the people by means of the subdivision of parishes, to the principle of which the House agreed some time ago." Thus the House has been cajoled into giving its assent to a measure on the understanding that it would cost the country nothing, which, in fact, costs the country the whole amount of the church-rates, inasmuch as but for that measure the whole of the church-rates would be defrayed out of the funds of the Church itself. We hope it is not too late to defeat this scheme cf my Lord ASHLEY. Now that the real object of that proposition is ascertained, now we know that the upholders of church-rates (taking a leaf out of the back of the railway companies, who, whenever there is a chance of the dividend reaching the maximum, undertake some new work in order to keep it down), have cunningly proposed this scheme for the purpose of absorbing the funds which ought to have been devoted to the practical abolition of church-rates--we call upon all those who are opposed to church-rates to commence without delay a vigorous opposition to this scheme of my Lord ASHLEY, in opposing which they are, in fact, opposing church-rates themselves, and which, if suffered to progress, will not only tend to the continuance, but to the great in crease of church-rates, by increasing the number of fabrics on which the proceeds of those rates are ex pended. The division lists of last night should be carefully studied. How did Sir CHARLES WOOD, Lord PALMERSTON, and Sir Jois . HODHOUSE vote ? On former occasions these gentlemen supported mea sures for the abolition of church-rates. Above all, how did Mr. HAWES vote ? He was wont to be CORYPH,EUS of the Dissenting interest in the House of Commons ; he was wont to be the stern denouncer of all ecclesiastical extortion. Surely he did not sink the eloquent defender of JOHN THOROGOOD in the Under-Secretary to the Colonies ? Surely the vote of the Member for Kinsale in 1849 did not contradict the vote of the Member for Lambeth in 1839 ? Sir GEORGE GREY shared with Lord JOHN RUSSELL the discredit of appearing in the House of Commons as the avowed defender of church-rates. The Dissenters of Lon don and the Presbyterians of Northumberland will pro bably remember their speeches at the next election ; and if this course of conduct be continued, my Lord JOHN RUSSELL may, perchance, discover that the soi-disant Liberal Minister, who trims to obtain the praise of Mr. HENLEY and his party, may be perhaps banded over to their tender mercies, and forced to rely exclusively upon them for support. More will depend on the result of the motion of which the Hon. Member for Glasgow has given notice for to-morrow eve ling, than may be supposed on a mere superficial consideration of its terms. It is an application on behalf of the inhabitants of four populous and wealthy parishes in the immediate vicinity of the metropolis, that the district in which they reside may be incorporated into a Parliamentary borough, empowered to return two Members to the House of Commons. They demand that the privileges which had been most justly forfeited by a constituency, who had been convicted on the most incontrovertible tes timony of habitual bribery and corruption in the ex ercise of the elective franchise, should be transferred to themselves; and they rest their claim upon the simple fact that there is no other district in Great Britain with so great a number of inhabitants unre presented directly in Parliament, The mere notice of motion contains a plain statement of facts which should insure its success. No more powerful argu ments could be adduced. It is— " That in consideration of the parishes of Kensington, Chelsea, Fulham, and Hammersmith, containing a popu lation of about 120,000 inhabitants, residing on au area not exceeding 8,000 acres, and comprising also above 18,000 houses, of the annual value of 10/. and upwards; and farther, in consideration that there is no other dis trict in Great Britain with so great a number of inha bitants and houses unrepresented directly in this House, it is expedient and just to incorporate, by an Act of Par liament, the parishes of Kensington, Chelsea, Fulham, and Hammersmith into a Parliamentary borough, em powered to return two Members to this House, to till up the vacancies caused by the disfranchisement of the late borough of Sudbury." This, then, is a simple appeal for justice—that the right of representation, so long withheld, should at length be conceded—that a glaring defect in the Reform Bill should be remedied even at the eleventh hour. There is no desire that the proportion of county and borough Members, of English, Irish, and Scotch representatives, solemnly decided en that great occasion, should be in any degree varied or disturbed. Five hundred Members were allotted to England and Wales, and two of those Members have for some time past been wanting. Sudbury has been disfranchised, and another English borough should be incorporated in lieu thereof. Can any other body of persons in England or Wales, nay, throughout the United Kingdoms, present so many powerful claims ? They exceed 120,000 in number, 18,000 of whom occupy houses of the annual value of 101. and upwards, a standard of property to which, as Mr. ALEXANDER MACKAY happily remarked, "the statute pays peculiar deference," and those houses are all contained within an area of 8,000 statute acres. The appeal is irresistible, and cannot be opposed with any appearance of equity. It is not because a century since those parishes contained only a few scattered and thinly inhabited villages, that their increased wealth, and above all, their increased population, can now be disregarded. How can there be a full and fair representation of the people if a demand so reasonable should be slighted If the motion be negatived it can only be re garded as a distinct and positive assertion of the doc trine of" finality," of the determination of the House to refuse any further modicum of reform, however urgently it may be required. The tone and manner of its reception will indicate the extent of the spirit of reform within the walls of Parliament, even as a straw thrown up will show the direction of the wind. If it should be rejected, what hope can be entertained that the more extensive measures so earnestly desired by the people will be conceded? If the 18,000 101. householders of Kensington, Chelsea, Hammersmith, and Fulham, should still be refased the elective franchise, how can it be expected that the "household suffrage" generally will be granted? How can we look for a more equal appor tionment of the electoral districts, as regards either population or property returns, while Horsham, with its 3,000 inhabitants, returns two Members ; while Chelsea and the adjoining parishes, with their 120,000, are denied even a single Member ? How can we hope for more equitable distribution of dis tricts, while many thousand persons qualified by property, by education, in short, by every test that had ever been even suggested, remain not merely inadequately, but wholly unrepresented ? How could we hope for the ballot, a shortening of the duration of Parliament, the abolition of the property qualifica tion, for fiscal, financial, or monetary reforms, from a representative body so constituted, and so determined against any change, as the House of Commons must be, if the motion should be rejected? It cannot, and it must not be. We can not suppose that any b o d y of educated and intelligent men could be so bli n d to the signs of the times, so ignorant of past events, so stupidly bigoted and influenced by untenable prejudices. The East Retford case cannot as yet have been for gotten. The lesson there taught should sink d eep into the minds of the advocates for " finality." The voice of reform was scarcely heard throughout the land, or only uplifted by some ardent and enthu siastic men, who forced their unfashionable doctrines on unwilling ears—Manchater and Birmingham were then wholly unrepresented—the metropolitan districts—Marylebone, Finsbury, and the Tower Hamlet', formed portions of the county of Middle sex, and Lambeth was absorbed in the county of Surrey. Then it was that the scandalous and flagrant case of East Retford was brought under the notice of the House, and it was urged that it should be deprived of the franchise which it had con- verted to such unworthy purposes, and that the privilege should be extended to either _ _ -- --- Manchester or Birmingham, the most im- portant of the unrepresented districts. The anti- Reformers, influenced by an unwise and stubborn perversity, resisted the demand. They dreaded that if once the point of the wedge should be introduced, the rest would speedily follow—that the fulcrum would be obtained on which the entire system might be moved. The motion was rejected, and Nat was the result? The cause of reform was pressed with redoubled force throughout the coun try. Thousands and tens of thousands joined in the movement who had never previou3ly partici pated therein, and within a brief period the anti reforming Ministers were driven from office, and a measure so vast and comprehensive, so radical and sweeping an alternative was introduced, as to astonish and delight veteran Reformers, who had maintained their principles through good report and through evil report. Let the opponents of progressive reforms seriously consider what may be the results if they should now reject a motion so analogous in every respect as that now about to be brought forward by the Liberal Member for Glasgow. Last evening Lord PALMERSTON confirmed the opinion which has been some time prevalent, that Denmark will not renew hostilities after the 26th instant, although the armistice between herself and her assailants gill by that period have terminated. In addition to this assurance, the Foreign Secretary declared to the House of Commons that her MA JESTY'S Government still continued sanguine that the negotiation pending between the belligerents may lead to their permanent reconciliation. In the settle ment of these conflicting claims to Southern Jutland, there are involved not only the interests of commerce, but the validity of international law, not only the validity of international law, but the eternal princi ples of justice. Notwithstanding the sophistical arguments employed by the Chevalier BUNSEN, and subsequently by an anonymous pamphleteer,* it is notorious to the whole of Europe that the expe dition of the Germanic states, headed by Prus sia, against the integrity of the peninsular territories of Denmark, is not so much a violation of the rights of sovereignty as an act of the most law less spoliation. When Mr. DISRAELI, with that chi valrous tenderness for the oppressed which is so emi nently befitting the creator and celebrant of Tancred, pleaded the cause of the Danish monarchy during the course of last session—the Commons of England were briefly reminded by the orator that the posses sion of the Scandinavian Duchy of Schleswig by Denmark was solemnly guaranteed to that country by France and Great Britain, when, in 1720, the mediating plenipotentiaries of those two powers mutually ratified the treaty of peace signed at Frede rickstadt. Not all the blustering or chicanery in the world can overcome the force of that one circum stance. It sufficiently points out the one, only, honourable course lying open to our English diplo matists. That matters can remain long in their present deplor able uncertainty i 3 altogether impossible. The mercan tile enterprizes embarked upon the waters of the Baltic afford of themselves an adequate reason for a speedy arrangement. Besides which, the movement in fa vour of the Germanic unity requires that this slur upon the purity of the national character should be removed before the proceedings of Frankfort assume anything like a .definite shape or consistency. The Confederation must expiate its flagrant aggression upon the dominions - of the Danish SOVEREIGN before it can hope to proceed prosperously in the work of its own regeneration. We have no fear whatever but what, under the in- spiration of Lord PALMERSTON, the negotiations made on the part of England will end happily for the in habitants of the Danish Peninsula. No matter what may be the concessions required, we are satisfied, moreover, that a termination of the present hostilities will afford a full and ample compensation to the assailants and the assailed—be sides sheltering the mercantile vessels of many nations from the dangers to which they are, under existing circumstances, subjected. Those who may have the opportunity of aiding, even in a subordinate capacity, these generous efforts of the Noble Viscount at the head of the Foreign Department, will have deserved well not only of the Cabinets of Copenhagen and Berlin, but of the whole of those traders whose ships have to penetrate through the archipelago of Denmark. " Who is to Blame for the War between Denmark and Germany?" Bvo., pp. 32. Effingham Wilson, Lon• don: 1849. The Royal Naval Club have sent an invitation to the Lord Mayor to dine with them this day, as an old messmate with many of them on the blue waters. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The discussion on the previous day in the National Assembly on the proposition of M. PASSY, the Fi nance Minister (who, when filling the same office, under Louis PHILIPPE, had proposed the dotation of the Due DE NEMOURS) for increasing the allowance to the PRESIDENT of the Republic by 50,0001. per month, under the head frais de representation, was of a very stormy c h aracter , an d i t i s doubtful whether M. PASSY would have carried his proposition, had it not been for the assistance of M. DUFAURE. The journals of the reaction are decidedly favourable to the grant; they no doubt look upon it as a step in the direction of the Monarchy, and that the Republi cans consider it in the same light is evident from the following observations of the Reformer— " Behold us returned to the good times of King Louis Philippe. Money! money! Whatever be the distress of our finances, and whatever be the extent of public misery, our princes and their courtiers must make a dis play. Little matter to them the Constitution, public decency, and the misery of the faubourgs. M. Bona.' parte, who, according to his electoral partisans, was to reimburse the 45 centimes and abolish the taxes, will re ceive three thousand three hundred and thirty-three francs per day. A fine figure which the agricultural population w ill k now h ow to appreciate! We hope, however, that the Assembly, better advised, will with draw its decision on the second reading." The Estafette says :—" It appears that M. NAro- LEON BONAPARTE is about to quit Paris for Madrid, where he is appointed Minister Plenipotentiary. The affairs of Italy, and the intervention of bpain in favour of the POPE, have caused his presence at Madrid to be considered useful and necessary." The Committee of the National Assembly charged to prepare a list of candidates for the Council of State met again yesterday. It is said that it has selected ten representatives, and twenty of the former Councillors of State. The amendment excluding Ministers of State from the Assembly, which was proposed in the electoral law by M. BASTIAT, was yesterday rejected by the Assembly. It was opposed by M. M. D D L A . MARTINE and BILLAULT. Galig,nanes Messenger of yesterday afternoon has the following paragraph :—" M. OLozAGA, one of the principal leaders of the Progresista party, left Paris at an early hour this morning for Madrid. His somewhat sudden departure is supposed to have some connexion with certain changes in the personnel of the present Spanish Cabinet. It is said very gene rally that until some changes of this nature take place, no settlement of the question with England will be arrived at. PARIS BOURSE—TUESDAY, MARCH 13. THREE O'CLOCK.—The Funds were heavy all this day, and there was still a further decline. The fall is attributed solely to the realization of profits by the spe culators for the rise. There was no news of any kind. Exchange on London (30 days), 25 22k; ditto (90 days), 25 12k. LIUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, AlAnca 13. Boulogne and Amiens, 9%—Central of Fran?e (Orleans and Vierzon), 12t/—Luxembourg, 1% —Namur and Liege, 1 t%—Paris and Lyons, 34—Paris and Rouen, 218—Rouen and Havre, 121 A THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 14, 1849. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the Bth have arrived. Their contents are unimportant. MADRID BOLSA, MARCH B.—The Three per Cents., which had fallen on the 7th to 221-, wore done on the Bth at 23 fur paper; the Five per Cents. at 11; the Debt without Interest at 4 ; and the Coupons at 7. Mr. Herman Melville's new work, entitled llr. B ar e d u i t ; i - e o y r, co a -m V o o r Lag w e , i t . h h i u th rs e d r a ,; ,. wil T l h b e e p p r u e b v l i i o s u h s ed pr b o y : ductions of this now distinguished writer are among the most entertaining and popular books published for years. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—We have great plea sure in announcing that Mr. Lumley has completed the arrangements requisite for the commencement of the en suing season, and that her Majesty's Theatre will be opened to-morrow. Mdlle. Alboni and all the other distinguished artistes who will be required to give full effect to the earlier performances, have already arrived in this country, and everything promises a brilliant opening of the season. Mr. Pigott paired off last night in favour of Mr. Trelawny's motion with Mr. Simeon. Mr. Raikes Currie paired in favour of Mr. Tre lawny's resolution for :abolition of church-rates with Mr. William Miles. _ _ _ The Hon. Alexander Fraser, second 30D of Lord Lovat, has entered the army, as second lieutentlnt, in the Scots Fusilier Guards. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATE AUSTRIA. Count STADION arrived at Tiremsier on the 6th of March, at night, and immediately convoked a large number of the members of the Left and of the Cen tre. The conference had not terminated at ten o'clock. " On the route to Kremsier, at the railway station of bulim, numerous piquets of military were taken up, and conveyed to Kremsier. It is probable that, as soon as ever the dissolution is announced to the Assembly, several of the members will be arrested." Letters from Hermanstadt of the 23d ult. state, that a terrific battle was fought on the 10th and 12th, between the Hungarians and the Imperialists, under Field-Marshal ScuLicii. The Imperialists, it is said, have taken Groswardein, but as this account is published in a Vienna paper, it cannot be de pended on; while the acknowledgment that the battle was a most bloody one, would lead us to hia. gine that the victory was on the side of the Hun garians. BAVARIA. -------- TAe Allgemeine Zeitung of the Bth inst. announces the formation of the new Bavarian Ministry : " MuNicu, MARCH 7.—After various changes. the new Cabinet is at length formed. The portefeuille of Finance, an office which has been rendered more difficult from recent combinations thin it ever was before, has been undertaken by Dr. Ascheubrenner, a Ministerial Counsellor in the Department of Fi nance, and a Counsellor of State; of Justice by Dr. Kleinschrod, member of the National Assembly at Frankfort. The War Department continues to be held by General Lesuire. Count Bray and M. von Beisler have been appointed Extraordinary Counsellors of State, and will retain their former functions until the appoint ment of their successors. The Chamber of Deputies will be informed, at its next sitting, that the King. has re solved to prorogue it to the 10t.h of April." DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. A letter from Hamburgh, of the 10th instant, in the Kiilner Zeitung, mentions a communication of the Danish Cabillet to the Foreign Powers, to the effect that the blockade of the eastern and western coasts of the Duchies is to recommence on the 27th instant. This news, though a natural result of the suspension of the armistice, was posted on the Ham burgh Exchange, and produced a great sensation. ITALY. RENEWAL. OF HOSTILITIES BETWEEN THE PIEDMONTESE AND AUSTRIAN S. The French Government, it is said, received yes terday a telegraphic dispatch from Turin, announcing the renewal of hostilities between CHARLES ALBERT and the .Austrians. CHARLES ALBERT, it appears, had appointed Signor CABELLA, who had drawn up the Address of the Chamber of Deputies in favour of the immediate resumption of hostilities, to the office of Minister of Public Instruction. This appointment was received with great favour by the inhabitants of Turin, who paraded the streets shouting " War ! war ! Lead us against the Austrians." Orders were immediately given for the resumption of hostilities. On this subject we find the following in the Courrier Francais:— " A telegraphic dispatch, which arrived yesterday from Piedmont, confirms the fears which we expressed a few days back, when we foresaw that an engagement must speedily take place between the Austrians and the troops of the King of Sardibia. The Minister Colli, the successor and continuer of M. Gioberti, has been obliged to resign, thus leaving the field open to the Radical party of Piedmont, which is going, in accord with the Provisional Governments of Rome and Florence, to engage in an armed struggle with Radetzky. Alea jacta est." Modena has been declared in a state of siege by the DUKE, who is engaged in fortifying his capital. It is said that the Sicilians have rejected the pro posed ultimatum. This rumour must, however, be considered as at least premature, inasmuch as suffi cient time cannot have elapsed for the arrival of the answer from Palermo. The King of NAPLES, how ever, is in no condition to undertake the subjugation of that island, as the withdrawal of the troops neces sary to form the Roman expedition will probably be followed by an insurrection in the Neapolitan pro vinces. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR sat in bis Court in the Old Hall, Lincoln's Inn, to-day. Mr. James Robert Hope, HQuoEpE9B COUNSE L.e,Nthe eminent Parliamentary Committee Counsel, having had conferred upon him by her Majesty a patent of precedence, was at the sitting. of the Court called within the bar by the Lord Chancellor. THE QUEEN V. PROSSER. This case, which stood in the paper to-day to be spoken to, on the question of costs, was postponed till the next motion day, in consequence of the absence of Mr. 111. D. Hill. The LORD CHANcELLon having disposed of the case of Norton v. Rep Worth, the only queston on which was a point of practice, proc...eodPd to hear appeal motions. The Master of the Kills and the Vice• Chancellor of England were occupied the whole morning with motions, none of which called for a special report. VICE - CHANCERY. --(THIS DAY.) (Before Vice - Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) WOOD V. NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY. Mr. PARKER said he had to move for an injunction to restrain the North Staffordshire Railway Company from issuing any warrant to the Sheriff of Chester for assess ing any compensation to be paid to the plaintiffs for in tersecting two pieces, of land mentioned in the bill of complaint. It appeared that the plaintiffs being possessed of land which the rail Nay company required for the purpose of their Act, they gave the usual notice to the plaintiffs in December, 1846, and January, 1847, specifying the laud which had been mentioned in their Act, and which they required to take from the pl a i nt iff s. At the same time, in compliance with the 93d section of the Land Clauses Consolidation Act, they required the plaintiff to set out the particulars of any land, less than an acre, which had been intersected by the rail way company. There were two pieces of land in tersected by the railway, less than an acre, and the plaintiffs served them with a notice of the particulars of those t wo p i eces of land. A negotiation took place, which was subs equent l y re f erre d to arbitra tion, and the umpire made his award, which included the value not only of the land required by the defendants to be taken by themsslves for th© purpose of the railw a y, but also the two pieces of land in ques ti on . Th e com pany were not very desirous of fulfilling th e awar d an d they said that it was not within the province of the arbitrator to make that award with respect to those two pieces of land according to the terms of the submission to arbitration, and that he had only to deal with the land of which they they had given appli e d enoticed for o a f n t d h e obtained r b t i a n n e e n d t i o a n r t u o l e t a n k i s e i . i S n u t b li s e eci C ti o e u n r t t ly of Exchequer to set aside the award, but when it CAIRO to be argued the rule was discharged, without costs. The award, t h erefore, stood at the pre sent moment unimpeached, and the plaintiff came before the Court to ask that the company may be compelled to perform the award. Mr. MALINS, on the part of the defendants, contended that as the arbitrator had i nc l u d ed i n h i s award two pieces of land which were not the subjects of the refer ence. the whole award W as vitiated. (The case was p ro ceeding when our rep or t er l e ft.): (Before Vice-Chancellor WIGRAM.) This being what is technically called the third seal day, his Honour was occupied during the morning in hearing short motions of no public interest. THIS DAY.) Secondary JAMES.) TRADE RS AND ANOT HER V . DAVIDSON. SECO This was an action to recover the sum of U. ] 45., the ( N u ll efo A re ß mirt,:ss ,ec amount of a tailor's bill. A witness proved, that an order for the articles was given, and that he delivered the goods as directed, and enquired whether Mr. David son lived at the place. Witness, however, did not know the defendant. The Learned SECONDARY said, he had some doubts on the point as to whether there was any identity of the de fendant; but at the same time, he did not see that any injustice would be done by giving a verdict against the defendant, it was however entirely a question for the Bank. Th e fenTahanetpliasinati Jury. The Jury, after a short consu l ta ti o n, gave a verdict for the amoun t c l a i m ed. THOMPSO N V. BOWMAN. B a a c r t t i h on olo is me a w n .7 a a t n to e r , ney, and de (mien was brought by plaintiff as i n dorser against de bffroiknerthints fendant as acceptor of a bill of exchange for 171. 10s. The defendant pleaded that there had been no con sideration paid by plaintiff for the bill. Evidence was adduced to prove the acceptance was in the handwriting of defendant. Mr. THOMAS for the defendant complained that the action should have been brought in this Court, but said the plaintiff being an attorney, was privileged to do so. He however would show that no consideration had passed. Fitzgerald, the drawer of the bill, was called, and ad. mitted that he had only received a tew shillings, per haps 1/., from Thompson, but he had given the bill to a person named Williamson to get discounted. The wit ness went into a rambling explanation as to his trans actions with defendant, who alleged that it was au ac cornodation bill. The Learned SECONDARY did not consider that had anything to do with the matter, the question was had plaintiff given consideration for the bill or did he hold it for Fitzgerald, to sue upon. The Jury immediately gave a verdict for defendant. SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO A RAILWAY GUAR D , of h Robert Jestis, an under-guard upon the Parliamentary up-train. on th e C o l c h es t er line, on Wedcesday evenin g , fell from his seat at Widford, and on the arrival of the train at Ingat es t one , D av i s , a porter, was sent in sear c h im. The unfortunate man was found at the Widlord cutting, and conveye d on a pilot engine to Ingatest one , where he was examined by Mr. Edwards, surgeon, who ascertained that his left arm was broken in two places, and the scalp of his skull was completely torn from the bone. It i s suppose d t h at J est i s , w h e n wrappin g roun d his apron, overbalanced himself and fell. He now lies at Ingatestone, in a very dangerous state.—Essex Herald. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, (THIS DAY). IIOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly aher Twelve o'clock. CENTRAL GAS CONSUMERS BILL. On flit; motion of Mr. K. SEYMER, it was ordered that Mr. Masterwan be a&ed to the Committee on the Great Central Gas Consumers Bill. Mr. BROTHERTON presented a petition from Sal ford for the repeal of the navigation-laws, and One trom Brotherton, in the county of Lancaster, for the establishment of a county board of reduction of ex penditure. PETITIONS. An Hoer. MEMBER presented a petition in favour of ti'ernational arbitration. Sir 0. MACNAGHTEN presented a petition from Antrim Lgaitist the tate in aid. Mr. THORN ELY presented two petitions from places Lanc,shtre, c •ruplAining of the county rate expen diture. Mr. BROWN presented similar petitions from other places in the s7:ine county. Lord HOTHAM presented a petition from a place in the We st Riding ot Yorkshire, praying the House to take into considerat ion the present distri ssed state ot the agricultural interest, with the view of removing the special burdens which pressed upon it. Mr. CIMISTOPIIER and Mr. MOODY presented pea- Lions against any alteration in the marriage law. Lord G. MANNERS presented a petition to the same effect from Cambridgeshire. Mr. BOURKE presented several petitions against the rate in aid. Colonel TAYLOR and Colonel DUNNE presented similar petitions. Mr. 11. DRUMMOND presented petitions from places in Surrey against any alteration in the mar riage laws. Mr. TRELAWNY presented a petition against church-rates. Mr. COWAN presented a petition from Edinburgh in favour of the repeal of the navigation-laws ; also a petition from the same place, numerously and respec tably signed, praying for the abolition of the duty on paper. Mr. R PALMER presented a petition in favour of international arbitration. Mr. BANKES presented a petition from a congrega don in I)orsetsbire, praying the House to sanction no commercial relations with Spain or Brazil until those countries consented to put down the' slave trade; also a petition in favour of international arbitration. Mr. HERMES presented a second petition from Liverpool, signed by 16,000 persons, against the repeal of the navieatiotelaws. Mr. BRIGHT presented apatition from Bangor, com plaining of the misappropriation- of the funds of the Bangor Friars School; also, a petition from a meeting of Unitarians at Poole, praying the House to admit Jews into Parliament; and a petition from a place in Kent, in favour of the abolishment of church -rates. Mr. WILSON PATTEN presented a petition from Chorley and other places, in Lancashire, in favour of a more equitable apportionment of the county rates. LEAVE OF ABSENCE. On the motion of Mr. LOCKE KING leave of absence was given to Mr. Alcock till utter Easter, on account of his health. THE "COUNT OUT" LAST NIGHT. Mr. ANSTEY complained of the uncourteous man ner in which advantage had been taken last night of that very inviduous rule which enabled Members to have a " count out " when an important matter was before the House. He did not complain of the Hon. Member who made the motion on that occasion, nor of the Govern ment, who he believed were as anxious as he was that the matter should be proceeded with; but he complained of the conduct of some of the officers of the House, whose business it was to ring the bell when divisions took place. He was informed by an Hon. Member on the Ministerial benches that the bell was rung in the smoking-room—(A laugh)—and by the Honourable Member for Portarlington that it was not rung in the library, and he believed that it had not been rung in any of the rooms adjoining the House. The consequence was, that about twenty or thirty Mem bers knew nothing about the division, and were pre vented from coming into the House. He drew the at tention of the House to this matter, in order that for the future it might not be left to the discretion of any offi cers of the House whether a Member should or should not be able to keep a House. After some returns had been moved for and agreed to respecting Ireland, Mr. ANSTEY again rose and gave notice, that when the House went into a Committee of Supply, oa Friday next, he should move by way of atnendmeut, if he could not get a more convenient day, the dropped order of yesterday which stood in his name. LANDLORD AND TENANT BILL. Mr. PUSEY moved the second reading of this Bill, which, he said, was in strict conformity with the reports of the Committee which sat on the subject last year, and which would be the means of effecting considerable improvement in the existing law. Colonel SIBTHORP moved, as an amendment, that it be read a second time that day six months. He was quite at a loss to understand the reason for which the Hon. Gentleman had introduced the Bill. Perhaps he was not on good terms with his tenants, though he did not mean to impute that such was the case. He saw no reason why a general measure of this kind should be introduced to meet a partial evil, and which would, as a natural consequence, be applied to cases where no :etch evils as those it was intended to cure existed. A perfect end cordial understanding existed between himself (Colonel Sibthorp) and his tenants; but it this Bill were passed, he confidently believed a fatal blow would be struck to thut mutual confidence which hail so long existed between the generality of landlords and tenants. If the practice of in troducing Bills to meet partial evils were permitted, ho saw no reason why some Honourable Member might not bring in a Bill to arrange between a gentleman and his butler, and to provide for what they should do and what they should eat.—(Laughter.) Then different customs prevailed between landlords and tenants in different counties. How then, he should like to know, could a general Bill have any other than an in jurious effect upon many parties living in different dis tricts. It would create jealousies and dissatisfaction which did not exist under the present system, and he felt it his duty, therefore, to take the sense of the House upon his amendment, that this Bill be read a second time this day six months. Sir 11. VERNER rose with great respect to second the amendment of the Gallant Colonel, for he could not forget that the Hon. Gentleman, the Member for Berk shire, had conferred greater benefits upon agriculturists generally—upon the farmers of this country—than, perhaps, almost any other Hon. Member.—(Hear, hear.) From what he knew of that Hon. Gentleman he was pre pared to state, that in his relations with his tenants no one deserved a higher character.—(Hear, hear.) He was, therefore, at 'a loss to understand why the Gallant Colonel had indulged in the statement that his relations with his tenants were of a most unsatisfactory nature. Colonel SIBTHORP explained that he did not im pute anything of the kind. Sir if. VERNER said the tenant-farmers had the cure of the evil of which they complained, and which this Bill was introduced to obviate, in their own hands, since, by obtaining leases, they would be in a position to re medy them. Hon. Gentlemen opposite had i;aken a course which had prevented the farmers of this country having leases, and by introducing the 50th (tenant-at will) clatise into the Reform Bill they had done more damage to the agricultural interest of this country than any other proposition which had come before the House.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. CHRISTOPHER would not enter into a discussion whether those Members on this or that side of the House were the best friends of the tenant-farmer; he was per fectly satisfied to leave that to be settled by the tenant farmers themselves. He considered this Bill, as far as it went, a very great improvement on all former ones.— (Loud cheers.) He was, however, opposed to this Bill, because he was against all interference whatever with landlord and tenant. It appeared to him that the object of the Bill was not to give powers to grant a lease, but to give power to the persons who were tenants for life of an estate to make an agreement, under certain circumstances, with the incoming tenant, that if he should happen to be displaced he should receive a com pensation for the unexhausted improvements on his land. Now, his opinion was, with reference to this measure, that it' it was only a per m i s si ve mea sure, as he understood it was, he thought generally that the landlord and tenant could arrange their affairs in each particular locality, without the intervention of any compulsory or legislative Act. All legislative inter, ference was unnecessary; and having obje - cted on those grounds hitherto to all interference between landlord and tenant, he thought still that they might be left to arrange their own of sirs. Although he thought this Bill a very great improvement on the first and second Bills, still, he objected decidedly to all interference whatever between landlord and tenant. Under those circum stances, he was willing to support the amendment of his lion. Friend the Member for Lincoln. Mr. ROBERT PALMER said, the object' which his lion. Friend had in view in this Bill was nothing more than what both he and his Hon. Friend considered a measure of justice to occupying tenants. If a tenant farmer occupied a farm as tenant at will, he was liable to be removed at six months' notice; and if the tenant laid out his capital upon the soil under the impression that he would continue in its occupation so long as he went on in a course of improvement and good management, but was ejected, nevertheless, it was only an act of justice that the landlord should make him some compensation for his unexhausted improvements. He (Mr. Palmer) was per fectly well aware that when the farmer took a lease he was perk ctly well able to arrange his own affairs with his landlord, but at the same time, looking at the circumstances,he really thought if a tenant under a lease had a knowledge that he would not, on the expiration of the lease, have aright to reeeive a fair compensation for his unexhausted improvements, he would be deprived of much of the stimulus to set on foot those improvements which he would otherwise have, and it would be most undoubtedly attended with injustice to him. Therefore he (Mr. Palmer) had no hesitation in supporting the second reading of this Bill. Mr. PACKS thought. the principle of the Bill seemed to be to remedy a serious evil as regards the tenant farmer; but it fell particularly hard in many instances, such as he knew, of a landlord who became insolvent, when the prope-ty fell into the hands of the creditors-- (Hear, hear)—and no mercy was then shown to the old &I of tenantry, who had laid out all their capi tal on the land, and their ancestors before them. He would give power certainly as definitely as he could to the landlord to grant the tenant compensation for the capital which he had sunk upon the farm. But there were great difficulties in the way of giving him any au thority to allow the tenant to remove the erntien3 which he had put up. That was especially great in the case where old buildings had been repaired, for it had often occurred that the landlord had found the materials and the tenant the workmanship, and it was impossible to discriminate between the two, so as t;* ascertain where the right of property of the one Hide] and where that of the other begun. Yet the Bill, though liable to much objection, might, in his opinion, be very easily tern ded in Committee, and he at least would give it his hearty support. Mr. HENLEY said that if this Bill were intended to interfere between landlord and tenant he should most decidedly be one of the last to gave it any support, hot, looking upon it as what it really was, an aiding Bill. he should most readily vote for the second reading.— (Hear, hear.) It would, in fact, enable the landlords to do for their tenants what they had long been desirous of doing. He knew that many farmers had great objections to take long leases, and he thought that this alteration would do much towards alleviating their apprehensions of the loss of their invested capital. It was oaly custom that they were in some places en ogled to get an) thing, and where the r ecompense aas not granted it would take more than twenty years to establish the custom. The Bill could, in his opinion, also tend to erscourage the tenants holeins under will; for it was an impression of his, that :he tenants under lease were much more likely to rem the land out, than those occupiers were whose tenancy wa, under will. Many of the clauses of the Bill would want alteration, but the two principles were such as he greatly admired and believed, would prove eminently useful. The first of these was that which would enable persons who had only a limited interest to charge the property in their hands with the several amounts which had been expended in its im provement, and the other was, that in consequence of the existence of this first principle, tenants, whether under lease or from year to year, would see that they had come protection for the expenditure of their capital; and he should therefore give the Bill his most cordial support. With respect to leases, the Bill wouLi neither induce or prevent any inducement to take leases, and if any proposition was made for a Committee up stairs after the second reading he should support it. Mrs SIDNEY HERBER r was particularly rejoiced that the matter had been brought under the considera tion of the House, although he thought that it was rather inadvisable at this juncture to refer the Bib to a Committee up stairs, for if it were to be carried into effect hardly a landlord would be found that would be inclined to grant a lease—(" Hear, hear," and counter ironical cheers)—especially as there was just now a disturbance in the agricultural mind—(Cheers, and great laughter) —when there was a panic, or a species of panic, prevailing among the farmers—('. Hear, hear," cheers, and counter cheers)—as to what shall be the result of the operat ion of that freedom of commerce which had so lately ensued in the trade in grain.— (Hear.) If the landlord was disinclined to grant, so unquestionably the tenant farmers would be disinclined to take leases. He had a great desire to further this Bill, but he had a great objection to Committees up stairs, and he thought that a better plan would be to summon a select Committee, say of three or tour, in the dining-romn of the Hun. Member for Berkshire— (Great laughter)—three or four gentlemen who did really take an interest in the question—(Great laughter) —and if he might suggest, the Hon. Member for Ox. fordshire might take the chair.—(Laughter.) - The matter would then be properly discussed, and they would be enabled to go on with a better start. Committees up stairs—ha was very sorry to say it—but Committees up stairs were very apt to shelf whatever they were left to consider; and in his opinion the sooner this was set tled the better. Mr. NEWDEGATE thought that in justice to the farmers this matter ought not to be treated so lightly. He (Mr. Newdegate) could not at all agree with the Hun. Gentleman who had just sat down in the tone of pleasantry with which he had alluded to the great change which had just taken place in the commercial relations of agricultural produce. For his own part, he viewed that change with grave and very serious ap prehensions, and in alluding to it he might remind the Hon. Gentleman of the expression which he had used in a former session upon this subject. The Honourable Gentleman had said that the farmers had come " whining" to that House with their complaints. He (Mr. Newdegate) would wish to tell him that the next time they had to complain, the more proper appellation to be given to their expression would be a "growl." Mr. MULLINGS thought the Bill would lead in many instances to great injustice, and that there would be the greatest difficulty in carrying out many of its provisions. He wished to call the attention of the Attorney-General to thoseslifficulties. Whatever legislation they might adopt the subjects involved in the Bill would be matter of contract between the parties concerned. They ought to have a preli minary Act of Parliament enabling tenants for lire to grant leases before passing a measure like this. He should oppose the second reading of the Bill in the most determined manner. The ATTORNEY GENERAL admitted the force of the argument of the Hon. Member as to the details of the Bill, but thought that was no ground for opposing its second reading. Mr. HERBERT would support the second reading of the Bill, although he should feel bound to propose amendments to many of its provisions in Committee. After some observations from Mr. BASS, Mr. PUSEY replied. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw and the House divided, when there appeared— For the second reading .. ... 147 Against it ... ••• 11 Majority in favour of itl36 The Bill was accordingly read a second time, and or dered to be committed this day week. REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY CONVEY ANCE BILL. On the motion of Mr. HEADLANT this Bill was read a second time, and ordered to he committed. CLERGY RELIEF BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this Bill, Mr. LACY rose to move as an amendment, that it be read a second time this day six months, because he thought the Bill held out a premium to persons in holy orders to act with insincerity. There were many men in the Church of England who would avail themselves of the provisions of this Bill in the event of the death of a relative, or any other accidental cir cumstance, affording them an opportunity of de voting their attention to a more profitable em ployment than officiating as clergymen, which might induce them to come forward and make a solemn declaration, as the Bill provided, if they dissented from the United Church of England and Ireland.— (Hear.) Why did not the Bill go the length of pro viding that any clergyman of the Church of England might become a layman again? Why should he be rather allowed to become a Dissenting lay man and not a Church layman?--(dear, hear.) In his opinion that mode of legislation would have been much more politic ,than the present, which held out an inducement for clergymen to leave the Church under false pretences.—(Hear.) He had there fore felt it tnbe his duty to himself and the country to move the amendment, in the hope that it would have the effect of inducing some alterations in the provisions of the Bill, and making it less susceptible of in ducing parties to make solemn declarations for sordid and sinister ends.—(Cries of "Hear, hear,") He would much rather give his assent to a Bill which allowed a clergyman to leave the Church without making any declaration, than to such a measure as that, which he considered held out a premium to insincerity. He did not think that the great bulk of the Church would take advantage of the Bill, but he believed there were some who would avail themselves of it without con scientiously holding the opi n io ns o f Dissenters. Upon these grounds he begged to move that it be read a second ime that day six months. Mr. FORBES seconded the amendment. Mr. BOUVERIE said, whe❑ he introduced the Bill, he stated its general purport and object, and he did not now think it necessary to trouble the House with a re petition of the statement. The law which prevented a clergyman relieving himself from the vows Which he had once taken, and which subjected him to fines and imprisonment if he attempted to do so, was so unreason able that he thought few in the Rouse would refuse to give their assent to a measure which proposed to abolish such an oppressive enactment. (LEFT SITTING.) LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MARCH 14. Wind this day at noon, W.S.W., moderate breeze, and dull cloudy weather. State of the wind and weather at the provincial ports this morning, at nine A M.:— Colchester S., cloudy. Gosport Glasgow Gloucester N. W., slight fog. Hull Ipswich Lovresteffe .N.W., cloudy. Leith Liverpool .. Newcastle . W., fine. Portsmouth Southampton S.S.W., null. Yarmouth CoRK, MARCH 9.—Wind S. W.-11th, Arrd. Ann Best, Forbes, Callao; Ursula, London for Bombay. KINGSTOWN.—Arrd. Wanderer, Hynes , St. Lucia. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 12.—Wind N.W.-12th, Arrd. Corsair, Akitt, New Orleans; Cyprus, Orchard, Alex andria. 13th, Leonidas, Hason, Laguna; Effingham, Hughes, New Orleans; Andrew Footer, Hawes, New York. Put back, Don Pedro 2d, for Rio Grand e; Eliza, for Belfast. .Off port, Oxford and Star. OFF SWANSEA.—Packet, Squire, Cape of Good Hope. CHATHAM, MARCH 13.—Arrd. 11. M. S. Wanderer, Sierra Leone. HULL, MARCH 13.—Wind W.N.W.-12th, Sld. Lord Gambier, Davis's Straits. DUBLIN, MARCH 12.—The M. A. Scott was run into while lying at anchor off Hulpier's Pond, by the Citizen (I.) in attempting to beach her she sank and covers with the tide. The Bon Pere, of Libourne, has put in here leaky and must dock to repair. The Bella, of White haven, sprung a leak in the river, and is being pumped to keep her afloat. Sld. 10th, Zephyr, Barbadoes. Hum., MARCH 14.—Arrd. Queen of Scotlaud steamer, Hiunburgh; Britannia, ditto. EAMSGEATE, MARCH 13.—The Claire, Bouricaud, from Bordeaux to Bremen, put in here leaky, and with loss of two anchors and chains, having been on the main near the South Foreland. PWLHELLI, MARCH 12.—1 t blew a complete gale yes terday, with heavy squalls. HOLYHEAD, MARCH 11.—The Ellen, Evans, from Liverpool to Exeter, has put in here leaky, and with pumps choked. YARMOUTH, MARCH 13.—The Callas, Wood, of and for Exeter, from the North, was assisted in here with loss of two anchors and chains. LOWEMM, 8.1411C14 12,—Tho Dhun 4 (brig)► of Dartmouth, in ballast, trot aground on the Holm Sand, but came off without assistance. I)EAI, MARCH 13.—Wind N.N.W. to N.E.—Arrd. 12th, Brilliant, Guilbort, Rouen. for London. 13th, Eliza, Constantinople ; Ke!nick, Wood, Berbice; Oriental, Westward. Arrd. from the River and sailed, 13th, Favourite, South Seas; Pa•iland, Sydney, New South Wales; Alpha, Port Philip; Pricebe, Madras; Romp, Port Natal; Eliz=abeth, Cuba; Brilliant. Jamaica; Palm, Domi nica; Gulnare, Antigua; Ave, Quebec; James, St. Übes. Ski. 13th, the whole of the Outward bound. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 13. Wind N.N.W.--Shl. Lady Clark, Sydney, `ev Soutn Wales; Po,thu,nus, Adelaide, South Au6traiii. Off port, Altuie and Louise Smith, Bremen, for Trinidad d e C u b a . , MARKET NE Ws.—( THIS DAY.) --- CORN EXCHANGE—WEDNESDAY. the arrival or Enxhst, Whvat for our market this wef k, has aniout.ted to 1,450 quarters, chi. fly in mid audition. Although the show of samples of that grain here today was small, the demand for it was in $ very depressed scats, and Moaday's quotations were with difficulty supported. o:dy 3,170 quarters of Foreign ik bean; have come in stnek. 64;uro.y, yet we had very large suoudes on offer this inortnu,.. All (1, scri i .t.ohs sere dull in the extreme, and Somewhat lower to pue chase. Malting Baxley, the supply of which was small, sold at late rates. In gr;nding and distilling sorts, next to nothing was doing. The sale for Malt was very dull. at almost nominal quotations. The best samples of Oats were held at lull prices. Damp qualities r uled lower. All other articles, including Flour, commanded scarcely any attention. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. 1 Wheat. 1 Barley. Oats. I Flour. I 1,150 qrs. ! 1,810 qrs. 1,930 qrs. I 1,740 dr , * -- • 1 610 2,7 00 I -- Lt:tiglish Scotch ...... Irish. • ....... oreign ...... 3,170 I 3,190 Malt, 2,590 qrs. BOIR,OUGII EtOP reZZAUCET. Calory samples of Hop. were in steady demand, to• day, at full prices. The middling and inferior kinds commanded very little attention. Sussex Pockets, 214 s to 3/ ; Weald of Kent ditto, 2/ 120 to 31 8s; Mid and East Kent ditto, 313 s to 615 s per cwt. WRITECHAPEL. We had a very heavy trade, anti prices bad a down' ward tendency. Beef from 2s 4d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 3 5 to 33 10d; Veal 3s 10d to 4s 8d; and Pork 3s to 4s 4i per Sibs by the carcase. NEW DISTANCE SIGNAL FOR RAILWAYS. TO THE EDITOR uF THE SUN. SlR,—Your anxiety at all times to do justice to the inventors of the day, will, I have no doubt, give me a spare corner to cororadiet the statement that theDislance Signal is Mr. Stovin's, and that more than ten years ago the same invention was offered and refused by several of the railways—merely because it was not tram one of the railway officials ! !! This has al ways been the case—they keep the inventions and bring them out as their owe. I may tell Mr. Stovin that the very party who bas been ftti❑g them up for the South-Western Railway Compeni knows this to be the fact! for he was shown the drawings and they were explained to him two years ago ! ! Of course Mr. Stovin has the command of capital, and is a railway manager, and can do anything, But to this want of fair play so many are now unemployed, and the hard• working and industrious inventors are ruined and never encouraged, or protected, but parties seem to glory in the shame of doing an inventor. Your love of fair play Will do me justice by inserting the above. Your obedient servant, R. RETTIE, C.E., Inventor. London, March 14. DISASTROUS FIRE IN THE MINORIES.--Last night, at a few minutes before eleven o'clock, a fire of a veil serious character, and attended with a great destructioe of property, broke out in the spacious range of pre' wises numbered 238 and 239 Minories, the lower poi' tion of the first named house being in the occupation of Mr. Shields, a straw-bonnet maker, and the latt e r in the tenure of Miss Sprue, a st a ymaker. The buildings, which were of considerable depth, were five floors bight and at the time of the outbreak it is feared that the whole of the residents were therein, and there is gr ound for supposing, from the statements made by those who have escaped, that on e , it no t two persona have perished. The Royal Society's fire escape from Aldgate-pump was at the scene in the course of a few minutes atter the outbreak, when the persons who had escaped cried out that several persons were in the upper part of the premises, and begged of the escapeman to ears them if possible. The conductor instantly placed hil machine in front of the houses, and whilst he Wa s at the top attempting to search the upper roue's the flames shot out in a body, fired the canvas s , begging of the e s ca p e , an d i t was w i th the greate st difficulty that the escapeman, in trying to save the lives of his fellow-creatures, avoided falling a prey to the fury of the fire. With all possible expedition the es gines of the parish, London Brigade, and West of Eng' land Insurance Company reached the scene, when the firemen found the flemes ascending so high into the ai r as to endanger the adjoining property. The engines' however, being well supplied with water, they went to work, and by a little after twelve o'clock the fire Was extinguished, but not until the whole of the premises from the ground-floor were burned out. Amongst the sufferers was Captain Preston of the Royal Artillery , whose wife was in bed when the alarm was given, add it was with great difficulty that she escaped. The lire' men were at twelve o'clock searching the ruins, to see whether any persons had been lost, as was rumoured. The origin of the fire, or whether any of the sufferers were insured, could not be learned during the excite' ment which prevailed. CHEESEMONGERS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.- - At the annual meeting of the friends of this charity, Yes tel4 day, Mr. Edward Corderoy in the chair, a report Was read, stating that since it was instituted in 1835, for the relief of decayed master cheesemongers and their widows, 59 pensioners had been admitted on the funds; that the expenditure during the subsequent 13 years amounted to 5,7471., and that 7,0101. had been invested in the Three per Cents. The number of pensioners now on the funds was thirty-one, who were Bur ported at a cost of about 50/. a month, or about 6011. per annum. To meet this gros:s outlay, however, instead of an increase in the su b ' scriptions, there had been a considerable falling off fo r the last two years, so that in the previous year they were obliged to sell out stock to meet their increased liabdr ties: but that had not been necessary this year. The subscriptions for the year were 4551., donations 3641 a and interest on stock 204/., making the amount of re ceipts 1,0261. The amount expended on the pensioners• for the year was 578/. 13s. 4d., which, with sundry small expenses, made the disbursements 740/. 35. 7" leaving a balance of 2861. ss. 7d. The report and se counts were adopted, the office-bearers for the yea r were re-elected, and the chairman announced that th e result of the ballot was the election of the widow of Mr. Baker, of the late firm of Baker and Co., Oxford' street, and Mr. John Evans, late of Silver street , Golden-square. ADMIRALTY STottEs.—The following parties are under engagement to supply, f or t h e serv i ce o f the nava l department, the several articles set against their re spective names, vi z ., M essrs . L emon H art an d Son, 11 further parcel of 50,000 ga ll ons o f rum; Mr. J. IV' Gray, 55 tons weight of cocoa , i nc l u di ng fi ve tons for screening; Messrs. W. Hewitt an d C u ., 50 tons weigh' of rice; and Messrs. Arboin and Co., about 30 gallons of wine, required for the army service at Jamai ca; a nd the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury have issued the necessary directions to the proper au' thorities for the delivery of the same, duty free, from the several bonded warehou-es of the docks and elsewhere , in which they are deposited, for removal to her M a jesty's stores in the victualling -yard, Deptford. NOVEL COMPLIMEN T TO A tiUDGE......Mr. nald, marble-mason, Monkwearmouth, who was acquitted on a charge of felony preferred against him at the recen t Durham Assizes, for blowing up an erection with gu ll- powder which the prosecutor, Mr. Allison, the brew.e 4 claimed as his, but which Macdonald contended to° built upon his ground:, took a novel way of manifesting his gratitude to Baron Alderson for directing the PI to acquit him. On his arrival at his own home, wh ere his triumph was greeted by a great number of his friendly he had a large flag stretched across the front of h e i s house, bearing the follo w i ng inscription:" Long to Judge Alderson, the friend to truth and justice." Tb f : / : exhibition attracted hundreds of spectat ors .— Goteshol Observer. REPORT ON THE CALEDONIAN CANAL.--Mr‘ Walker, civil engineer, has surveyed and reported ?11, the damage to the works of the canal, caused by the dis, astrous floods of the 24th an d 25 t h o f J anuary. He clv• culates that the repair of the breaches will cost 100 6 10,0001. for additional security, Mr. Walker proposes h t° raise the embank ments an d t h e upper lock gates at tu! end of such o f th e reac h es as requ i re it. Mr. W a lker : contends that the can a l h a d not hi ng to d o w i t h t he damage done to the town of Inverness. If this be tho case, the commissioners of the Caledonian Canal will r 1 be liable in any expenses.—Scotsman. BIRTHS. On the 4th inst., the wife of W. H. Harrison, Esq., of daughter. In the College, Ely, on the 9th inst., the lady of the B J. 11. Henderson, of a son. On the 9th inst., at the Priory, Wandsworth-road, II O. H. Haes, of a daughter. On the 9th inst., at Oxford-terrace, Hyde-park, the wi fe of W. C. Courtney, Esq., of a daughter. On the 10th inst., at Eaton-square, London, the lady of D ' Jones, Esq., of Pantglas and P en l yan, son and heir. Carmarthenshire, , MARRIED. On the Bth inst., at St. Maurice Church, Winchester , ~A.; N. Rich, Esq., 33d Regiment M. N. I. youngest son of b2 .. ' Charles Rich, Bart., t o J . Albersine Frederica. fourth clang" ter of Frederick Hill, Esq., of the Polygon, Southampton' On the 6th inst., a t S t. G eorge ' s, Handver-square, ao Mole, Esq., of Park-street, Grosvenor-square, to Sarah, I "e lict t ii, of the late G. C a l e , E sq., of Tette nhall-wood and Shares' L Staffordshire. DIED. On the 12th inst., Mr. Archibald Scott, formerly of I ,ll „ ri g r . holm, Dumfriesshir, at Boughtrig, near Coldstream, P e.. wickshire, in his 29th year. On the Ftli inst., at Woolwich, Thomas Munday , E s ? aged €B, late of the lirm of Dean and Munday, Th rea—. needle-street, London. the On the 9th inst., at Bath, Thomas Pycroft, Esq., 0 - f Middle Temple. aged 75. On the 9th inst., at the Lawn, South Lambeth, Mrs. I. lB ' seltine, aged 62, widow of the late E. Heseltine, Esq. On the 10th inst., at Grove-lane, Camberwell, ThornA Courthope, Esq., rged 74. 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