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MIDI LEGAL TITLE ASSURANCE COMPANY. (Proyistonally ite,nstcrecl, January 17, 15 49 .) Capital, 2,000,00 Ci., ' in 80,000 Shares, of 25/. each. Preliminary Deposit, 23. 6d. per Share. Prospectuses and full information may be obtained at the Tempo sary of the Company, 12a, Cannon-row, Westminster, on ap plioation to G. F. HOWE, Hon. Sec., pro tern. BOARD OF GR E EN CLOTH, ST. JAMES'S PALACE, 28th APRIL, 1149. Notice is Hereby Given, to the Ambassadors, the Foretn Minis ters, the Members of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and the Officers and Ladies of the Royal Household, invited to her Majesty's Ball at Buckingham Palace, on Monday Evening, the 30th Instant, that their Carriages are to enter St. James's- park by the great gate on Constitution-hill, pass along to the arch in the north wi of the Paace, set down at the Garden enrane, and leaving the ng Garden by l the gate near the riding-house,t are c to turn to the Tight. The empty Carriages a - e a`terw. r..'.3 to proceed in like manner through Constitu'Ln Hill-gate into the P: - .rk, wait there All called 10 take up, and go away thro u g h Grosvenor -place. The Carriages of all other persons invlted to the Ba ll are to fall Into line in St. James's - stre et, alter the Pa,k by Sable-yar to set d-gate, Ws the front of the Palace and through r ucitingham-gate, down at the Equerry's door. The empty Carriages are to turn round, and passing clown the Bird-eago, Walk, a-e to cross the Parade opposite the Horse Guards, to wait in the Mall till called to the Equerry's door, after taking up, they are to re-enter the Park by Buckingham- gate, and go away through Stable -yard gate, up St. James's-street. FORT t-SCITE, Lord Steward. Ixt A ; T I E S TNY'S_D THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Pabllc, are respect tally informed that THIS EVENING, Will be 'presented LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. Lucia, :Mlle. Jenny Lind ; Edgardo, Sig. Gardoni. en- To conclude with (the Scenery by Mr. Charles Marshall) an tirely new grand Ballet, by M. Taglioni, entitled ELECTRA • or, The Lost Plelade. Applicatlons for Boxes, Stills, and Tickets to be made at the Box dice, Ope: a Colonnade. Doors or. rat Half-past Seven, Concert to commence at Eight. R OBERT HOUDIN'S F.A.RENVELL. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. The celebrated Robert Houdin be:s to announce terminate that his Fare well Performance in this country will positively THIS EVENING, Doors open at Eight o'clock. Boxes, 4s. Pit, 25. ; Amphitheatre, Is. 6d. Sow, Stalls, and Tickets for this extraordinary Ent Bond erta inmreet ;ent way tie secured at Mitchell's Ro y a l Library, a, Old -st lind at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from Eleven till Five o'clock. rIir.ATRE ROYAL, HAYMARK Ur. B. Webster , Selo Lessee and Manager. Old Brollaptoll. THIS EVENEN , . Will be performed the Comedy of TOWN and COUNTRY. Cha racters by Messrs. J. Wallack, Wigan, Keeley, Backstone, and Web ger ; Miss P. Horton, Miss Reynolds, and Mrs. Glover. After which a Classical Extravaganza, entitled THE SPHINX. To be followed by THE ROUGH DIAMOND. To ceaclude with the Farce of LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS. THEATRE ROYAL. ADELPHL Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE HOP PICKERS. Principal characters ty Messrs. Lambert, Boyce, Wright, Paul Bedford, Hughes, Mun yard, 0. Smith, Cullenford, Worrell, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. F. Matthews, Miss Taylor, Miss E. Chaplin, &c. After which, WHO LIVES AT No. 9? Characters by Messrs. Wright and Worrell, and Miss Chaplin. To conclude with a Farce, called GOING TO THE DERBY THE DERBY DAY. Mr. Jeremiah Twiddle, Mr. Wright; Mr. John James Chucks, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Captain Nobble, Mr. Worrell ; Yrs. Chucks. Mrs. Matthews ; Mrs. Twiddle, Miss Woolgar. 11.0TAL LYCY.UM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestals. Solo Lessee. Mr. Charles Ma•he WO. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Drama, called A ROMANTIC IDEA. After which, a new Piece entitled lIOLD YOUR TONGUE.IL Gil- Cha racters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Selby, and Parsele; Miss bert, Miss Jane Coleman, and Madame Vestris. To conclude with TUE SEVEN CHAMPIONS OP CIIRISTEN- 1)034. Dress Boxes, 55.; Upper Boxes, 43. ; Pit , 23. ; Gallery, Is. No half-price to any part of the house. The Sew Boa-alee, No. 2, Wellington, street, is open te the Public every day, from Ten till Six. • PRINCESS'S THEATf.n. Mr. J. M. Maddox. Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Opera, entitled TILE HEART OF MID LOTHIAN. To conclude with a new grand Extravaganza, entitled NOURED PIN AND IRE FAIR Pea:SIAN. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Vidor the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. The new grand Easter Spectacle 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 followed by an inimitable display of SCENES IN TUE CIRCLE. in which the drat Equestri an talent of the day will appear. To conclude with TIIE LONDON CARRIER. Box-office open atom Eleven till t our. Stage Manager, Mr. W. We:t. TO CORRESPONDENTS. No communication cln be attended to unless authenti cated by the name and address of the writer. Rejected communications cannot be returned. TILE WEATLIER.-SuN OFFICE, APRIL 28. TIIER3IOMETXIt. Lowest, 41; Highest, 57; Noon, 52. BAItOXETER, 29.82. WIND SM.—Morning, heavy showers, with occasional sunshine; Afternoon, thunder. A regular April cliy. 1t. , 1 WATKK Al lON DON Tam PAY —Morning, t's min. after 5 Evening, min. after To-Ntoaftow— a:tei fi EveTtit, , 0 Wall. atter 7 41 ‘ #.l • Gc , • r, 4 ...„ 4 ,„ et* l itGealt3l# -c"'%ltt/b LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1549. The Bribery at Elections Bill was on Wednesday considered in Committee, and the division which took place on the Ist, and by far the most important clause, may be regarded as conclusive on the fate of the measure. The fearful extent to which bribery has been carried at elections, the corruption and in trigues that are notoriously carried on, exhibit in the clearest light how utterly inadequate the present system is to meet the acknowledged evil. The law is easily evaded, and we regret to say even wilful and corrupt perjury is but too frequently resorted to. The oaths to be taken by electors against bribery have a most demoralising and injurious influence throughout the entire country, more especially in those small constituencies where a few hundred in habitants can return a representative to Parliament, and where a few voters can turn the scale at any contest. The sanctity of an oath is brought into contempt and disrepute by the repeated and familiar instances of its violation, and by the perfect impunity with which it is effected. When we see persons who are well known to have sworn to that which is "not the truth" pursuing their daily avocations, and mingling freely in society, the horror with which the offence is regarded by degrees becomes mitigated, and in time wears away. " Custom-house oaths" were at one period spoken of as matters of but little c msequence, which might be taken freely without hesitation or remorse; and too many, we regret to say, even at the present day, look upon " election oaths" as of the same character, which involve but little moral guilt if improperly taken. It is but justice to say that Sir JOHN PASINGTON (the promoter of the present Bill) has exhibited an honourable anxiety to wipe away this stain and re proach from the country, and that he has laboured assiduously for the attainment of his object. While, however, we bear our willing testimony to the purity of his motives, we must acknowledge that he has failed in producing a great and comprehensive mea. sure, calculated to extirpate this crying abuse. " Melius eat peters fontes, qusm sec!ari rink's." In such cases the sources of the admitted evils should be thoroughly investigated, and stringent remedies, striking at their very root, adopted. Sir. J. PAKtroatosi merely desires to add to the existing oaths and declarations, to multiply the tests that are already so highly objectionable. He suggested that the " elected" should be compelled to give pledges as well as the electors, that declaractions should be made against " bribery" as well as against " accepting of bribes." For this p ur p ose he proposed "that every Member, before taking his seat, should make a solemn de claration t hat he had not, agent by himself or with his kno wledge , by his on hi 3 behalf, by any g ift, loan, or r eward promise, agreement, bargain, or security, proqueed or induced, or en deavoured to procure or induce any person to give his vote to him, or to forbear gis ing it for any other person, and that he would not hereafter make a ny such gift, &c., or discharge any such promise." There i s n o doubt that such a provision would be more efficacious than the present law on the subject, and it is by no means impossible that many who would indirectly encourage breaches of the law, by tempting others to accept bribes, would yet refrain from making distinct declarations, having all the force of oaths that they had not been guilty of su c h proceedings. We fear that such persons form a more numerous class -than Sir Ron ERIC PEEL was inclined to beliZve when stated " that he was not disposed to legislate for such gentlemen." It would, however, give the unscrupulous and dishonest man an advan tage over his opponehts, and might possibly give seats in PaTliament to,thcise whom it was most desirable to exclude. It would not either meet the numerous instances-lvhemother influences than mere pecuniary TELE SUN, considerations are brought to bear upon the electors —where the new Member may endeavour to procure situations, either in the public offices or in private es tablishments, for the friends or relatives os the voter s —or where the proprietors of land may endeavour to induce their tenants and dependents to give their suffrages contrary to their conscience. We cannot, therefore, although fully recognising the numerous abuses that have arisen, regret the failure of the present Bill. Its practical success might poss , sibly induce Parliament to refrain from passing other more comprehensive enactments that would com pletely abate the nuisance. As the veteran Member for Montrose truly remarked, it is " the extension of the suffrage and the vote by ballot that will alone afford simple and adequate remedies for the evil." The extension of the suffrage, and we would add the equalization of the electoral districts, would remove the temptation to candidates ; a few votes could not then turn the scale, or ensure the election of the parties willing to corrupt their constituencies, while the ballot would also operate most powerfully, inasmuch as there could be no certainty that those who were willing to barter their consciences for money, who were led astray by the eturi sacra fames, would not betray their tempters, and give their votes according to their secret predilections, and not to the promises that had been wrung from them under the operation of undue influences. The voice of public opinion has at length been heard ; the nation demands that these con stitutional guarantees for the purity of both the electors and the elected should be conceded, and the reasonable request cannot long be evaded or post poned. A body of enthusiastic Reformers within the House will force the Legislature to these all-impor tant questions, and when the feeling out of doors is so strongly and unequivocally testified, those who may speedily be obliged to come before their constituencies, and to request a renewal of the confidence formerly reposed, will have to look closely to their recorded votes, and to: consider how far they are in accordance with the expressed wishes of those they again desire to represent. Bribery and corruption at elections, must be got rid of, and that great desideratum can only be obtained by the extension of the suffrage, the equalisation of the electoral districts, but, above all, by the " ballot" being the only mode by which the suffrages of the constituencies can be taken. Away with the farce of calling it "an un-English system," while it is acted on in clubs and private societies, where every Member of Parliament has himself - so frequently bad recourse thereto, and must be fully aware of its bene ficial results. At length Mr. ROEBUCK will have an opportunity of returning to the natural arena for his abilities — Parliament. A new writ for Sheffield having been ordered to issue last evening, the electors of that borough will find themselves at once called on to decide upon the proper candidate. As to the nature of that decision we are already satisfied. A worthy successor to the legislator who has so long and so ably represented the constituency at Westminster will be looked for; and a worthier successor could not be found in the United Kingdom than JouN ARTHUR ROEBUCK. This we are certain is the con viction of every Liberal possessor of the elective franchise in Sheffield. The reputation acquired by Mr. ROEBUCK, the fact of his being no party man, but a consistent advocate of the rights of the population, will ensure his immediate and unanimous acceptance by every Liberal in Sheffield. history of the principles actuating at all times the Monarch of Austria, that FRANCIS JosErn would long ago have striven to counteract the selfish in• trigues of FREDERICK WILLIAM, by intrigues no less selfish in his own behalf, if not by an open appeal to arms, and by the defiance of all antagonists. Had such been the position of the Viennese Cabinet, that it could have directed the whole of its energies upon the Maine, Russia would not have remained passive while the struggle was proceeding. The AUTOORAT would doubtless have found an opportunity for siding with the Austrian EMPEROR, and would doubtless have guaranteed the Imperial Crown of Germany to FRANCIS JOSEPH, on the condition that every assistance should have been subsequently afforded to his own designs upon Moldo-Wallachia, and through the Danubian pro vinces upon the Ottoman empire in general, and the great city of Constantinople in particular. The security cf Germany is the fact of the prevailing embarrassment of her sovereigns. Prussia is prevented from doing violence to the national cause through a dread of the vengeance of contemporaries and the opprobrium of posterity. Austria is withheld from the same venture by the perils with which she herself is already surrounded, and especially by the danger threatening her from the triumphant legions of Hun gary, led on from city to city under the victorious banners of Louts KOSSUTH. Russia is restrained from dictating terms to the Confederation through the pre-occupation of her attention by the events now transpiring on both sides of the Danube, as well as through an awe of that great democracy which she would not tempt again to traverse the desert plains of Lithuania, to ravage her fields, to massacre her serfs, to desolate her cities, and to bring the destruction of fire and sword into the streets of Moscow, and the saloons of the Kremlin. At present the duty of Germany is to follow the advice of WILLIAM of Wirtemburg—to tarry. Pre cipitation would be more dangerous than procrastina tion. Let Germany pause before she arrives at any definitive decision, conscious that in so doing the is best fulfilling her glorious, though temporarily clouded, destinies. rHE FRENCH REPUBLIC. One of the Protestant Sovereigns of the Confedera tion has at last protested, boldly and explicitly, against an arrangement which would render the Prussian Monarch the Lord Paramount of Germany. There is a manliness in the proceeding of the King of WIRTEMBURG which extorts respect by its cour age, if it fails to win admiration by its prudence. After presiding over the destinies of his people during a period of thirty taco years, the Sovereign of Wir -1 temburg feels a very natural disinclination to shrink from an independent potentate into a kind of pro consul to a parvenu Emperor. With every am bition to forward the dream of a national con• f solidation, he recoils from the prospect of sinking into a Prince subservient to the imperial sway of the house of Brandenburg. Here we fear is the great difficulty to be overcome before:anything like German unity can be realised. The jealousies of the monarchs will interrere with the patriotic aspirations of the multitude. The disguised cupidity of power on the part of FREDERICK WILLIAM will lead to such an estrangement between himself and others of the con temporary rulers of the Confederation as must mate rially diminish the chances of a satisfactory settle ment of the hopes of fatherland. While the recent occurrences at Stuttgard be tray a " split'' among the Protestant princi palities, it is certain that nothing will interfere with the unanimous coalition of the Catholic Principalities. Unless some medium course be traced out for the removal of all existing differences as to the investiture of some more acceptable candidate with the Imperial authority at Frankfort, there is every probability that the nine teenth century will witness the revival of that great confederacy of the Liga which reached its culminating point in the seventeenth—that Liga which was to Catholic Germany what the Sonderbund was to Ca tholic Switzerland. And futurity can alone decide whether such a revival might not evoke from the crowd of this generation some second TILLY, some redoubtable warrior, half-priest, half- soldier, half- fanatic, half-hero, with the gallantry of ROLAND, the contrivance of SPINOSA, and the circumspection of MONTECUCULI. Before the German races can really effect anything to their ulterior advantage, in the way of compacting so many separate principalities into one solid and harmonious nationality, the Princes of Germany must renounce their competition for the crown, and the p eoples of Germany must forego all their pernicious endeavours to secure to themselves the predominance. The aim of all must be to render Germany ONE. Not to render it Prussian, or Austrian, or Bavarian — but ONE—one in its policy, one in its power, and one in its patriotism. It will not have been forgotten that Prince - METTERNICH pronounced the achievement of Italian independence to be a geographical impossi - bility. For that and for many other erroneous doc trines the proprietor of Johannisberg is now rusti cating down at Brighton. His MAJESTY of Prussia would act wisely if he so disclaimed all desire to in terrupt the attempts at consolidating the nationality of Germany as to prevent the necessity of the popu lation dispatching him from Berlin in an old scratch wig and a pea jacket to join a kindred fugitive at St. Lecnard's. It is true that the imperial diadem has been rejected by FREDERICK WlLLtaxt himself, and that that refusal has been sub sequently repeated by the members of his Govern ment—but both the language employed by himself and by his Ministerial advisers is sufficiently am biguous to keep his partizans still on the tenterhooks of expectation. Besides this, it is preposterous to assert that Prussia is no voluntary cause of the pre sent complication of affairs in regard to the uegotiation of a satisfactory settlement with the Central Diet at Frankfort. The fact is patent to the whole of Europe that the determination which dispatched the depu tation from Frankfort to lay at the feet of the King of PRUSSIA the crown of the Emperor of Germany was the result of those consummate in trigues which had been long fostering under the in fluence of the Berlin Cabinet. But for those in trigues, we are satisfied that the question of German unity would have been long since brought to a happy conclusion. It is to the prejudice of the reputation of FREDERICK WILLIAM that he has not merely ob structed the advance of the Teutonic races to their fi bin n u a ta l th b v l ae e tr n yi dx he has t o ma sart k g a ra e n t b h il se e h r e i ni n at o nh n ne e e m fr a, i a rb g y n f ai his i c es e n oa t ft r n to ri hc t oi i os o eu n s a r l a i c ty e - s , de claration of war against Denmark, for the spoliation of her peninsular dominions. While, however, this sinister influence has been exercised over the fortunes of Germany by the policy of the Prussian SOVEREIGN, it is certain that the policy of the Austrian Government would have been no less inimical to the cause of the general Confederation, but that the statesmen of Vienna have been themselves embarrassed by the necessity of employing great armies against the Lombards and the Hungarians. But for the perils which threatened the Court of Olmut z, both from the countries in the vicinity of Pesth and those in the neighbourhood of Milan, it is tolerably clear, frem a knowledge of the bygone We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The National Assembly on Friday rejected a mo tion for the reduction of the navy estimates by a majority of 301 to 293. 'lhe schism among the members of the Bonaparte family is complete, and the Constitutionnel, the organ of M. TRIERS and the Orleanists, thus endeavours to turn it to account : ' M. Napoleon Bonaparte, as if to justify more com pletely the measure taken with respect to him, has just published a letter in which he attacks the policy of the President, whose friend he calls himself, and attacks the Cabinet from which only a few days ago he accepted the title of ambassador; and he attacks the six millions of citizens who nominated the actual Pre sident of the Republic for the sake of ensuring a happy reaction of order against anarchy. M. Napoleon Bo naparte need not defend the cause of the Constitution, unless, indeed, against that disorganizing party towards which he seems now to incline; nor need he take the defence of the President in hand unless he should do so against the Republicans de la Vtille, who have suf . - ficiently manifested their sentiments by pursuing with their hostility and insults the candidate of the 10th December, and yet it is with such persons that M. Napoleon Bonaparte seeks to become reconciled." The authars of the guet a pens of Boulogne are at their old tricks ; it is to be hoped that the PRESIDENT will discover the true character of the reactionary party, to whom he has confided power, before it is too late. The following letter has been addressed to the Cen tral Bonapartist Committee by M. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE : "Madrid, April 13. "M. le President,—l thank you for the offer which you have made me, in the name of the Committee, to propose me as a candidate for the Department of the Siine. Nothing could be more flattering than for me to be elected representative of the people for Paris. "You well know my political opinions: a partisan of order and friend of the President, whom I defended when he was attacked by reactionnaires. I did not think it necessary to have recourse either to the men or the forms of past times to cure the wounds of our country. " The only means of safety appear to me to be, re spect tor the Republican Constitution, frankly applied; regard for the people; a demecratic conciliation in the interior ; and a grand, wise, and energetic policy abroad. This alone is worthy of France and a Bona parte. This is the path which I shall follow, if my fellow-citizens of Paris call up )n me for their repre sentative. _. . . "Your devoted fellow.citiz-n, " NAPOLEON BONAPARTE The following order of the day wls issued by General OUDINOT to the troops previous to their em barkation for Civita Vecchia. " Soldiers,—The President of the Republic bas con fided to the tha chief command of the Mediterranean expeditionary corps. " This honour imposes great duties upon me, which your patriotism will help me to fulfil. " The Government is resAved to maintain, every where, our former legitimate influence, and will not suffer the Italian people to be at the mercy of a foreign power or of a minority. It has encharged us to plant the French standard upon the Roman territory in tes timony of our sympathy. " Soldiers and sailors, children of the same family, fraternity will enable you to pou su m p aor p en o u r g t moc n i.nn • d gr e a h n mt yn e r oi s s u , you will unite your efforts and your devotion, and this privationsthe en a ts n eo d ri a f atotni every vw u e e hr . iye hs i g t t s h to j a o n y a d li cences which will pots erfully stimulate your instincts of glory. Military honour commands discipline as well as bravery; forget it not I Yuur fathers enjoyed the rare pril ilege of causing the French name to be cherished wherever they fought. Like them you will respect the property and the manners (manes) of friendly pecple, in its solicitude for nhom the Government has ordered that all the expenses of the army shall be paid for in money. You will consider these principles of high morality on all occasions as your rule of conduct. " By your arms and your example you will cause the dignity of the pccple to be respected, who are suffering nu less from license than despotism. " Thus Italy will be indebted to you for what France has been able to acquire for herself, viz., order in liberty. " The General in- Chief, (Signed) " OCDINCT DE REGGIO." The names of Lours BLANC and CAUSS IDIERE were publicly exposed in front of the Palais de Justice on Wednesday, as having been condemned par con tumace. There were crowds of persons present who presented offerings of flowers, so that before the exposure was completed the scaffold and pillory on which the names were exposed resembled a flower garden. The Reforme, after quoting the law of the Provisional Government, abolishing the punishment of the pillory for political offences, thus comments on the exposure of the names of Lours BLANC and CAUS. SIDIERE, as an act of petty spite, to be expected only from men of the mental calibre of ODILON BARROT and LEON FAUCHER. " What," says the Reforme— " You come in this cowardly fashion, and with your hangman's hands buffet your political atagonists, who in their benevolence pardoned you at the moment of crisis even to the extent of committing treason;—what thus to execute in effigy, upon the place of shame, and in the midst of revolutionary Paris, two men among others who call themselves Caussidiere and Blanc, it is to dishonour justice, it is to violate decency, it is to descend below war and the most unlicensed violences of civil strife; it is to exhaust the vengeance of cowards. The savage who scalps and then eats his enemy is more civilized than those academician professors of moderation and virtue who nail honourable names to the stake." The loan of 23 millions of the city of Paris was adjudged to Messrs. BECIIBT, at the rate of 1,105 f. 40c. per obligation. The Constitutionnel makes the following remarks on this subject: — "The rate at which the new loan of the city of Paris has been taken proves that the Prefect of the Seine was perfectly right in postponing the adjudication from the 26th of March last. This el( lay has produced to thecity a profit of 2,505,000 f., arising from the difference of the rate of the adjudication at present, and that previously offered. However, the price of 1,105 f. 40c., at which MM. Bechet, Lethomas and Co. have taken it, will give er m d isibd ute taking into account 1 p er cent. p an interest of 5,} per cent. to the hold annu ers of thetr bonds, each year in primes. The_loan of 1832, which was for 40 millions, w as tendered for at th e rate of 4 per cent. interest, and 3 per annum distributed in primes; and yet the quotation of the Five per Cents. was then 97f. 85c., which gave to the bon dholders 5 1.10 per cent. on their capital. It is thus see n that the fidelity of the city of Paris to fulfil all its engagements will not have been without profit to it in this new operation." The reactionaries intend, it is said, to start the Prince DE JOINTILLE as a candidate fur the Upper Marne. The streets were patrolled during the whole of Thursday by strong bodies of troops, although there was no appearance of an y disorder to justify these precautions ; probably it is intended to carry the elections, in a reactionary sense, by military coercion. The Government has removed three regiments of the garrison of Paris on account of their loyalty to republican principles, and General CHANGARNIER has replaced them by the troops who, in 1830, fired upin the people. PARIS BOURSE—FRIDAY, APRIL 27. Tatum o'CLocs —As the end of the month ap - pr o a ches, the speculators for a rise resume their courage, rpi and ioreanordmL t es h oGeon e nmedtr F .oet nuanadnyosd effect. a :: are eah:ea. sih c : c ons equently r e iosye q nee u s3i e podp E ee t rr l rbe y cdi e,rising.nae (rents. favourable, Cents. suh. d atvom T e accounts o h nan e ede:l3.ai dy: cdhe aitdchvi keoe s ( a 9 m o e da an y i s o ) u , nt. Foreign Stocks were firm. Exchange 25 17 tatiney. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE. Arm. 27. Boulogne and Amiens, 81,i—East Indian, 3% Great Indian Peninsula, sq,—Namur and Liege, B—Northern of France, 11;g—Paris and Orleans, 33t—Paris and s Stras bourg, 4%. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 22d have arrived. Their contents are unimportant. There was no Bolsa on the 22d. GERIMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, ArRIL 19.—The Ost Deutsche Post con tains a very remarkable official document relative to the formation of a triune kingdom in the heart of Austria, namely, of the kingdoms of Croatia, Sclavonia, and Dalmatia. This triune kingdom is to form the centre round which the other Sclavonian countrie-s of Austria are to group themselves; this triune kingdom is never to enter into any treaty which Austria may form now or subsequently with Germany, without the concur rence of two-thirds of the Members of its Diet. Under the designation of triune kingdom is corn prised—(A). Croatia, including the province of that name and its military loundary district, the Croatian coast lands, the island of Marino, the harbour and free towns of Friume, and their districts : (B). Sciavonia, including the province and military boundary : (C.) Dalmatia, including all appertaining thereunto and the islands of Quarter, now depending upon the ad ministrative Government of Trieste. The Sovereign of the triune kingdom shall in the spirit of the Pragmatic Sanction be the reigning Emperor of Austria the kingdom itself having its own respon sible Ministry and its own Diet. The entire army of the triune kingdom, regular as well as irregular, shall, in accordance with ancient priv,ileges, be sub ject to the Ban.—Hamburgh Correspondent, April 23. VIENNA, APRIL 21.—The recal of the British Ambassador, Lord Ponsonby, by Lord Palmerston, has produced an unfavourable impression, although the official journals intimating the announcement endeavour to dispel any apprehensions that may arise from the fact. At the first receipt of the intelli gence on the Bourse the funds fell, but happily they had recovered their tone. The very unfavourable reports that have been spread abroad relative to the declining health of Count Stadion are greatly exaggerated. That noble man has indeed been ill, but his attack was the result of over- exertion, both mental and bodily, consequent upon the immense pressure of public business. A few days rest has almost restored him, and he is expected at Vienna to resume his functions in a very short time. There is to be a conclave of Bishops at Vienna, and it is the intention of the Communal Council to come to an understanding with them on the subject of politico-religious affairs. A sketch has been already drawn up, and is to be submitted for discussion. The recent Constitution has granted immense pri vileges to non-Catholic Christians, whose position hitherto has been painfully shackled, not only as to the performance of public worship, but as to their private rights as men and as citizens.—Hamburgh Correspondent, April 23. The news from Hungary continues to be favour able to the Magyars. Advices from Neutra, an inland city on the left side of the Danube (near Comorn and Preslourg), state that the Hungarian outposts were within sight of that town on the 20th instant. This news, A hich is very unfavourable to the Austrians, is mentioned by the Oesterreichische Correspondent, a semi-officicial journal. The Wiener Abendblutt states that General VOGEL, at the head of 12,000 Austrian troops, was on his march from Gal licia to Hungary when the Magyars surprised his corps in the defiles of Munkatsh, and almost totally routed it. The estimates of the strength of the Imperial army before their recent defeats, as given in the German papers, show an army of 50,000 men near Pesth ; General WounGEsatern has 22,000, and the corps round Comorn amounts to 16,000. These 88,000 men are opposed by the Hungarian Generals GEOEGEY, DEMBINSKI, DAMIANITSCH, and KLAPILA 7 w ith an army of 90,000 men. The losses of the Im uastbuhllaevtienbeoefnpfreianrcfeulNdvaiirsinnigscthueGala:rtzfeawt m pe o r n ia th li s s , ts fo m r the commencement of the war stated the Austrian forces in Hungary at 92,000, and that General's last bulletin makes an estimate of 50,000 troops under his command. No less than 42,000 linpe irialist soldiers were either killed, or wounded, or missing, from December, 1848, to the end of March, 1849. The National Assembly of Debreczin has, on the proposition cf KOSSUTH, decreed a levy of 200,000 men. The Hungarian people eagerly respond to the appeal, and the nobles arm battalions of infantry and squadrons of cavalry at their own expense. The It ungsrians have now 35 regiments of Hussars. General BEM is before, Temsswar ; he was received with great enthusiasm at Debreczin, where he de livered a speech in French. KOSSUTH replied in the same language, and presented him with a diamond frem the crown of Hungary. The place occupied by this diamond has been filled up with a small gold plate, on which is engraved the name of Bass, and the date on which he gained the victory in Tran sylvania. DEFEAT OF TIIE AUSTRIANS AT GRAN. The Kolner Zeitung, aad the other German papers, confirm the news of a two days battle in the vicinity of Gran. A courier from the scene of action arrived at Vienna on the night of the 21st instant, but the news which he brought was not published by the military commander of that capital. A postscript to the second edition of the Ko'lner Zeitung of the 27th instant gives an extract of the Hun garian intelligence which had come to Co logne that morning, to the effect that the great blow had been struck, and that the battle at Gran had ended with a defeat of the Imperialists. The Hungarians are stated to have advanced to the banks of the March, the siege of Comorn has been raised, and Pesth evacuated by the Austrians. The Constitutionelle Zeitunu confirms this news, especially respecting Comorn and Pesth. No details are as yet given, but the course of former events, which has long pointed to this result, leaves no doubt of the authenticity of the statements of the Kolner and the Constitutionelle Zeitung, neither of which can be accused of any sympathy for Magyar successes and Magyar news. General WOHLGAMUTII'S corps was defeated on the 20th, at Sempre, by the Magyars. • Buda as well as Pesth is at the present moment in the hands of the Hungarians. The siege of Comorn is raised, and GEoRGY has reinforced the garrison of this impartant fortress, and re-victualled it. PRUSSIA. Letters from Berlin of the 24th announce the resignation of Count ARNIM. CAMPHAUSEN has resigned the embassy to Frankfort, and BEHERATH has left Berlin and returned to Frankfort, without having fulfilled the object of his mission. to tin wishes of the country. Notwithstanding the xeiteincnt which prevailel, Stuttgard at the lait ad viers was tranquil. Military precautions had, however, been taken under the orders of Prince FREDERICK. It is said that the KING has since returned to Stuttgard, and has agreed to accept the constitution and to acknowledge the EMPEROR. WIRTEMBURG.. • _ STUTTGARD, APRIL 23.—The following proclama tion was issued by the King of WIRTEMBURG : " Wirtemburgers—l have directed the destinies our country for thirty-two years; I have never been ac tuated by any other motive than that of your happiness and increasing prosperity. You, on your parr, have given me numerous proofs of confidence and love, in bad as well as good days, and by your example have been a model to other nations of a good understanding between the King and his people. This has been our glory among our neighbours. It has been my pride and the constant aim of my Government. NV irtemburgers I the times are precarious; our common country as well as our own country is menaced by great and imminent dangers; and in such times it is more than ever impor tant that we should be of one accord. " Like yourselves, I desire a powerful and united Ger many, and will make every sacrifice to bring about so desirable an end; all private interests, whether great or small, must give way to the national welfare. "The National Assembly has, on its side, terminated the work of the constitution, but you must bear in mind that it:is not of one accord with the great Governments of Germany in several points. I have had nothing what ever to do with this complication; it exists, nevertheless, and both wisdom and foresight, as well as the welfare of our country, both present and future, demand that we should patiently and calmly wait for its solution. Rely upon my princely word, this delay will not be detrimental either to you or to Germany. A precipitate resolution will throw everything else back, and in every case the solution cannot last very long. Wirtemburgers, have confidence in your King, who is so deeply interested in your welfare. Repulse the in fluence and the speeches of those revolutionists who wish to draw you with themselves into the ways of perdition. " Success to German unity and to the pacific solution of the work of the Constitution. (Signed) " WILLIAM. " The reading of this proclamation in the Chamber of Deputies gave rise to a very tumultuous scene, and a protest. The Deputy TYWERGER refused to recognise this document as official, because it was not countersigned by any of the Ministers. It was necessary, he said, that the country should be governed, and proposed the immediate formation of a committee of fifteen members to present propositions, and to occupy itself incessantly with the state of public affairs. The commission was appointed accordingly, and immedi ately assembled. In the course of the sitting, several addresses, calling on the Chamber to recognise the constitution without conditions, were presented. The President announced that he had learned from the Ministers that they intended to send a new address to the KING, exposing to him the situation, and stating that they would immediately withdraw it he would not 'Accede SAXONY. The Dresden Chambers have passed a vote of want of confidence in the Ministry, in consequence of their refusal to mill the Saxon Minister from Vienna. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. lIAMISURGIL APRIL 23.—Yesterday the Russian Counsellor of Legation, Da aNICOLAY, passed through this city on his way to Copenhagen, with di-patches from the Russian Embassy in London. It is said that the object in view is to renew the negotiations for peace. The German troops who took Kohiing chased the Dan s from that place a distance of one German (six English) mile. The loss of the Danes is said to have been very great. The Ilambargh Borsenhalle of the 24th contains a most confused account of a battle on the other side of Kolding. It first states that it was a very serious affair, then that it was only a skirmish, and concludes by announcing that Kolding was all in a blaze when the last advices left; that the battle still continued, but that the Danes were losing ground. It is diffi cult to say exactly whether this is a mere repetition of what we published yesterday, or whether the Danes have not made an attempt to retake the town of Kolding. The Danish Government has published a procla mation, calling on all Danish sailors under 50 years of age, serving in foreign vessels, to return forthwith to Denmark to enter the national navy. A letter from Ilamburgh, Of the 22d, says : " An extraordinary circumstance has occurred here. A French steamer, of Havre, under the command of Captain Vasse, not having been able, on account of the blockade, to enter the Elbe, was forced by the Danish cruisers to undertake to return with its cargo to Havre; but the captain declaring that be had no coals, was allowed to go to Hamburgh to get some, be faithfully promising that the cargo should not be unloaded. At Hamburgh, however, the consignees had the steamer un loaded by force Undtr these cirumstances it is ex pected that the Danish cruisers will send the vessel to Copenhagen under sequestration." The Cologne Gazette says : " The consent of the King of the Netherlands has at length been given to the march of the Luxembourg con tingent towards the German troops at Schleswig Hol stein. The contingent, which is to consist of one battalion, is to set out from hence in eight days. " After having concerted in council with the States of the Netherlands, the King Grand Duke has taken the oath of the Luxembourg constitution at the hands of the deputation from the Chambers. He went to the Hague for that purpose, but ho refused to hear the address of the Chamber, or to sign the protocol of tak ing the oath."—German paper. Advices from llamburgh mention that the United States Consul at Bremen has officially notified that the American steamers trading to Bremen are to be allowed to go backwards and forwards with cargoes notwithstanding the blockade. The question is asked, " Why are the Americans favoured ?" and it is contended that if one exception be made, the blockade can no longer be considered to exist. The interpretation that would suggest itself is, that the American steamers now arriving cannot be consi dered to have had due notice, while in the case of those departing there has been no time for the ship pers to acquaint their correspondents of the state of affairs, so as to prevent the disappointment that would take place from non-arrival. This view, however, sesms to be set aside by the following extract of a letter from a leading German house, which represents the exception to be not merely in favour of the Americans, but also of the French and Dutch ; so that the commerce of England is that which is prin cipally damaged : "'l'he blockade is rather singularly carried out. The American steamers are not molested in bringing and taking cargoes. The Dutch and French steamers are liken ise excepted, and the English alone must submit to the severity of the Danish notification. It causes general indignation that the blockade is not efficient ; the pru dent captains, respecting the blockade, keep at the ports of refuge, whereas the daring ones break it, in the pre sence of men-of-war, in tine weather, without being pre vented by them." The advices from Elsinore of the 20. h inst. state that captures continued to be math by the Danish cruisers, and that three vessels, unable to reach their ports of destination, had entered the harbour with the determination of at once disposing of their cargoes. It is mentioned in letters from Pillau, of the same date, that the Danish brig of war St. Croix had anchored in that roadstead, the commander at the same time for warding a circular to the Consuls of neutral Powers, intimating that that vessel had been appointed to blockade the harbour. A Danish cruiser was also lying off the harbour of Warnemunde on he 221 inst. SWEDEN. STOCKHOLM, Aram 17.—Negotiations are being carried on for lighting the capital with gas. The exchange of Stockholm from 1831 to 1840 was, on an average, 14,159,27911. per annum; from 1841 to 1848, on an average, 16,446,989f1.; in 1847, it ruse to 24,500,0008.; whereas, in the unfavourable 3 ear of 1848, it sunk to 14,766,646f1. ITAL Y. Rest The new Roman Constitution was read to the As sembly on the 17th by the Deputy AGOSTINI, and ordered to be printed. The Deputy OUDINOT said, that from some remarks lately made by the Minister c f Foreign Affairs of France, it appeared that the French Government had it in contemplation to re-establish the POPE. He therefore moved that the Assembly should draw up a manifesto, addressei direct to the Parliaments of France and England, and also to all the Catholic Governments, claiming the right of the Roman people to establish such a form of government as they thought proper, and the most conducive to their hap piness. The Assembly assented to the proposition, and appointed a Committee for the purpose. By a decree of the triumvirs the army is to be raised to 45,000 or 50,000 men of all arms. The Government is taking every means for the defence of the country. Several deserters from the ranks of General LAMARMORA have landed at Civita Vecchia. Leghorn has surrendered to the reactionaries, so that the authority of the Grand Duke may be con sidered as re-established in Tuscany. The Opinione of Turin says that 3,000 Austrians are about to take possession of Alessandria. The possession of this fortress will secure to the reac tionaries the possession of the passes of the Alps, and expose France to an Austrian invasion at any time. It remains to be seen whether the present French Ministry in their zeal for the restoration will sacrifice the interests of France to the interests of the dynasty, and permit the advanced guard of the army of the Holy Alliance to occupy Alessandria without oppo sition. The Austrian fleet has sailed from Trieste to ' blockade Venice. 240.NEY and COMMERCIAL NEW.!". CI7 Y, QUARTER 7'o 7711?EE. The financial Qlarterliving terminated, the c-hanges in the 1.3. , nk or England rdrrn are proportionably smaller; nor are they such as to indielte an incrtafe of business, the lear,s being ogrt,in smaller. The bullion was dimi;4ished a little, and the utdcmployed balances of private kelividulls were larger. A comparisen with he previous wttek shoes the following results : Notes L-s. , .ticd 27,769,625 Decrease ... 158,775 3,124,487 2,335 2,806,747 677,316 11,815.217 34 961 1,132,069 Increase ... Public Deposits ... Deerea Other I)eposits Crease ... Seven Day and other Bills 2,608 13,952.241 4 00,0 00 .. 10,047,336 _ ••• ••• 1 , 4,534 Notes 8,691,680 Decrease 184 200 Bullion ... 14,509,888 Decrease 197.4.48 Active Circulation 19,077.945 Incretse ..• .• • 25,430 The Foreign Exchanges were quoted yesterday after noon, fur three months' bills, as follows :—Paris 25, 521 to 55, a shade lower; Amsterdam 12, 2 to 22, being a trifling advance; rale Ili-Ai:burgh 13, 1Q to 121, or the same as en 'Tuesday. Paper on Italy and Belgium was negotiated at ',bout the previous rates. In the Maikets for Colonial and other produce there has been a moderate business doing this week, but buyers have had the advantage as regards all the principal staples. A very interesting movement is now being made in connexion with the indebtedness of foreign countries to British capitalists. Greece has fee a series of years evinced the most unmitigated disregard for the claims of its foreign creditors, who, however, supported by Messrs. Ricardo, and as it appears they will he, by Lord Palmerston also, will probably open to themselves a better prospect. The committee formed some years since have adopted an excellent memorial to the Greek Government, and the following is a copy:— " The Greek bondholders have again called upon the committee to address the Government of Greece on the subject of the claims arising out of the loans contracted for in the years 1824 and 1825. " The long period that these claims have been allowed to remain in susp-nse, and the unsuccessful attempts which have been made from time to time to draw the at tention of the Greek Government to the subject, render it imperative or. the committee to repeat their remon strances against this continued neglect, lest it be as sumed that they have abandoned ad expectation of ar rangement. " However great the difficulties the Greek nation may have had to eecounter in her financial position, the country cannot fail to be in a state of advancement — relieved from external aggression, with an increasing population, and improved resources, the elements of prosperity exist, and only require a wise administration fully to develop them, the means could then easily be found of making some provision for the liquidation of the claims of the foreign creditors. " The committee cannot for a moment believe that the Greek Government has the slightest intention of setting aside their claims, or breaking faith with the bond holders, but that their adjustment is merely deferred till the improved state of the finances of the country shall furnish the means of a satisfactory arrangement. " The bondholders have been for so long a period disappointed in their expectations that their demands would meet attention, and the Stock is in so depressed a condition at the present moment, terms might be pro posed to them which could be made, in the first instance, to press but lightly on the resources of the Greek nation, the burden to increase as these resources became more able to sustain it. " The national property which is pledged in the body of the Bonds as a security for the loans has already been pointed out as a means of liquidation. To sell the land at the dispo=al of the State, payable in bonds, will be a measure of justice to the creditor and advantage to the nation ; it would have the effect of attaching capital to Greece and employing labour productive ly, and thus con tribute greatly to the wealth and prosperity of the country. " The committee feel convinced that it is only for the Greek Government to evince a disposition to come to a' me settlement of the claims of the bondholders, to be met in the most liberal spirit on their part, and to have every reasonable concession granted. They cannot, how - ever, refrain from stating, that it is con trary to those prin ciples of justice and of good faith which should influence every nation, to allow year after year to pass over with out providing for debts fairly incurred, or attending to the repeated remonstrance of creditors who only claim what is justly their due. (Signed) "SAMSON RicanDo, Chairman." Messrs. Ricardo explain to Lord Palmerston in the following terms their motive for once again moving in the matter:— "My Lord,--I am desired by the commitee of Greek bondholders to request you to transmit the inclosed memorial to Athens, and to beg that you will direct her Majesty Minister there 1.3 present it to the Greek Go vernment with such representations in its favour as your Lordship may think the question merits, which involves so large an amount of Bri ish interests. "It is now some tirte since we have aunt any remonstrance to the Greek Government, but we have waited in the expectation that some favourable change might take place in the Admieistration, or some improvement in the financial position of the country, so as to give our application a better chance of a successful result. The important political events which have taken place on the Continent during the last year have also proved a cause of delay. " The committee are perfectly aware that there are arrears of interest due to the British Government on the guarantee loan; but as an arrangement might be made with the bondholders of the loans of 1824 and 1625, which would bear bat lightly on the resources of the state, I trust your Lordship will not think this an ob jection to using your influence in support of the repre sentations addressed to the Greek Government. " I have the honour to be, " Your Lordship's most obedient servant, (Signed) " SAmsoN RICABDO. " To the Right Hon. Viscount Pal merston, &c. &c. Ssc." The reply from Lord Palmerston is as follows: " Sir—l am directed by Viscount Palmerston to acknowledge the receipt of your letter inclosing a memo rial which the committee of Greek bondholders re quests may be forwarded to the Greek Government through her Majesty's Minister at Athens; and I have to inform you that Lord Palmerston has transmitted the memorial inclosed in your letter to her Majesty's Minis ter at Athens, with instructions to lay the some before the Greek Government. " I am, Sir, " Your most obedient humble servant, (Signed) " W. H. ADDINGTON. " Samson Ricardo, Esq." The amount of the precious metals exported from London during the week to Thursday last was as fol lows:—Silver coin, to Rotterdam, 5,000 ez.; to Belgium, 2,000 oz. Silver bars, to Rotterdam, 113,000 oz. Gold coin, to Belgium, 2,375 ez. It is generally expected that the Eastern Counties directors will resign, as they have a board meeting to day specially to consider the report of the committee. The Funds have been rather flat to-day, but busiseas is extremely inactive. Consuls realise 91.1 1 - to 92. New Three and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 91a I, and the Three per Cents. 901 Exchequer-bills have been 445. to 475., and Indian Bonds 675. to 70s. premium. The Foreign Market is affected by the dulness of our own Securities. Mexican have receded to 31i k. Portu gusto Four per Cents. are 28 to 29, and Spanish Three r Cents. 321. Dutch Two-and- a-Hall per Cents. bting 50i In the Railway Share Market there is a most serious reaction, amounting in several of the old lines to 3/. and 4/. per share, and even the new lines are materially de preciated. At present the market is pressed upon by " all sellers and no buyers." BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 8 per Cont. Consols Anns New 34.4 per Cent. Anna. - • 91 A1 1 /i Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 — Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 8 5-1 G 8% India Bonds under 1,0001.. 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 Consols for Account ... Exchequer Bills. I j 2 d. 2d. March. June. 1,0001. 5001 47 44 p Small 47 44 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto Small Chilian Bonds, 3 per Cent...... . , 53 Equador Bonds 4 IA Mexican 130ni3,1846, 5 per Cent. with Ciupons 31%!; ) Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto 4 per Cent. Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,lBlo Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 3 2 ,4 Venezuela Bonds ... Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild B 18INESS LONh IN RAILWAY 811A1tE5 AT ON 1., O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. Ira SJIAILE. Aberdeen Ditto, Preference 2 Las 2% V s ... to Caledonian .............. 50 Ditto, New 101. Preference 10 - to . to Chester and H01yhead......... 50 Ditto, Preference East Anglia, 251. L. & E., sad L. & D ............. Eastern Counties 20 Do., New Guar. 6 p er cent. 10 Do. Exten., s per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d Great Northern.... .•••• ••• 20 Do. % A Deferred ..... 12 4 ,1, 5 Do. 1 /, B 6 per Cent. Great North of England 100 ...... to 69 ...... to Ditto, New 30 / .............. 3O ... 100 Great Western Ditto, Quarter Share,: ...... 23 Hull and Selby .................. 50 Ditto, Quarter Shares ...... . 12% 22 to Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93 ..... Ditto, ditto ...... 86 DittenThires...... . ...... . .. 15 Leeds and Bradford ............ 50 lOO London Az Blackwall ... 121 4 5.- 5 1 4 to Lend., Bright., &South Coast 50 Do., New, guar. 6 per cent. 5 London &North Western.....loo ..126 New Quarters Do. Fifths London and S. Western...- 5O 35 Ditto, New .... 25%. to -- Increase ... Government :7-ecuriLics llt cry ase Other Securities ... Decrease ... 1: anclir, and Lined 00 to -- ... Coo., f.Ce/v IW. Preference.. 10 ..... 16:.% . . 7 i < IIP. n d . . lOO ~... Ditto. 501. 25 ...... 12 ..... to :orth British - Ditto Pall Slizreg 12% 5 A ts, North :itaflordshire... ...... 17 % 1 3 1,f , 14, .. to Scotti.4l Central S .I,th I , :3nt(-,rn Ditto, scrip No. 4.. ...... 10 S , ,uth W.z.les 11'ear Valley 6 pgr f:ent. Guaranteed ...... ........... tO Fork, Newcastle, mvi Berwick 25 :01 19:k Ot, e to 19% Do. and Newcastle Exten. 20 Do. G. N. E. l'ur. or Pref. 8 I:erk and North Midland .. 50 Ditto, I'relerenc:4 FOREIGN RAILWAYS East Indian 3 ;' z ' .. to S 1 4; 3 ... .. to EXCHANGE. Gibraltar.. •• .......... Leghorn .............. 32 60 2b VO ci%t;oa .. .. Milan • .. Veniee........ • • • • .... Yaples ...... • • .... •• 4C Palermo. per0z........ 116 34 Meisina .............. 120 Li5b0n....•........... 33 Oporto • ... • ..... 53% Rio Janeiro ........ •• Buenos Ayres .....• • • New York, 21 days'sl6ht .......... PRICES OF BULLION, ?El 011 Foreign Gold in bars.. X 3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Dollars .... .. 0 4 10 Silver in bars ...... • . 0 4 113 i SIC 114 Y Intelligence from Naples states that Admiral BAU DIN has offend his mediation alone between the King of NAPLES and the Sicilians, which has been accepted by the Sicilian House of Peers, without a division ; by the Sicilian House of Commons, by a majority of 48 to 33. The object of the outcry of Lord ABERDEEN and Co. is now evident; it was to destroy all Bri tish influence in Sicily for the purpose of inflicting " a heavy blow and a great discouragement" upon British commercial interests, the sacrifice of which they ardently desire, because they think commercial prosperity ir.compatible with landed ascendancy. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE Ol ' COMMONS. - - _ The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly after Twelve o'clock. POOIZ•LAW (IRELAND)—RATE IN AID BILL. This Bill, as amended, waa further considered, and the report was brought up and agreed to, and the Bill was ordered to be read a third time on Monday. SUPPLY. Mr. BERNAL brought up the report of the Committee of Supply. EXCHEQUER-BILLS BILL. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EX CHEQUER, the Exchequer-bills (17,786,7001.) Bill went through Committee. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in mov ing the adjournment of the House, gave notice of his intention, on Friday next, to move for a Committee of the whole House, to consider of the advances to be made to Ireland. The House then adjourned. TUE BANQUET AT THE MANSION-HOUSE.--We are requested to state that Lord Minto, Lady Charlotte Elliot, and Lady John Russell, who was mentioned as having been present at the dinner at the Mansion-house en Wednesday last, were prevented attending, in con sequence of the daigerous illness of Miss Frances Eden. TUE LATE BOILEa EXMOSION IN ST. GEORGE rs-TuE•EAsT.—A coroner's inquest was held before Mr. Baker, at the Red Lion, B iffy-street, Com m( rcial-rold East, on the body of Elizabeth Ann Bailey, aged 57 years, who died from fright occa eioned by the explosion of the boiler at Mr. Key's saw mills in Back Church-lane. The particulars of the accident which caused the unfortunate w omen's death have already appeared in The sum Verdict—" Natural death." It was stated that the other sufferers by the explosion were recovering from the effects of the injuries they had received. .The Havre cotton report states that the market was less active and prices manifested a tendency to de cline. In other produce there was also little doing, and business was generally regarded as fig. `Meaux and Bordeaux .. 7 MINES. United Mexican COURSE OF Amster 'am .......... 12 2 1 4 Ult.°, at sight •..... 12 014 Rotterdam .... • • ...• 12 2 1 ,., 25 75 Ilainburgh ..11.13. 13 12 1 A 341pys'slglit •• 25 40 Ditto, 3 months .... 25 65 Marseilles ..... •,. •• 25 15 - 25 G 5 Frankfort on Maine.... 121% Fetersburgh, Sil. 36 Berlin.• .. • • ...... •• • • Vienna, eke. flo•• .... 11 36 Trieste, ditto.... • • .... 11 36 Mad] .• .. • • ........ 49 Cadiz •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 493 i Barcelona •. • • • • • • • • • • - 5evi11e............... LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, APRIL 28.—Wind at noon, S.W., moderate brat z), and dull cloudy weather, with rain at times. SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 27.—S1d. Montrose steamer , Gibraltar, tic. OFF THE WIGHT, APRIL 24.—Helsingford, Sand man, Rio Janeiro. 26th, Medora, Hanmer, Charleston ; Delawaran, Baltimore. COWES, APRIL 27.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Kongen of Denmark, Egholm, Rio Janeiro ; Solid, Sunderburg, Rio Janeiro; Africa, Oilman, Havannah. FALMOUTH, APRIL 27.—Wind S.S.W.-26th, Arrd., Sylpbide, Kalenbeek, Sierra Leone, for Bremen; For mica, Jorgenson, Rio Janeiro, for Hamburgh. 27th, Helene, lveson, Bahia, for Altona; Pearl, Campbell, Havannab; Telegraph, Hallycraft, New York, for Ham. burgh. Off port, Anversois, Mulinaer, Havannah,for Antwerp. DUNGENESS, APRIL 25.—The Miranda, from London, for Trinidad, has put into these roads after being on the Newsome sand, but got off without assistance. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 27.—Wind S.W.-26th, Arrd., Zampa, Groot, Laguna, for Altona. Off port, 224, Taracon, Pinkster, Surinam for Rotterdam. 25th, Emelie, Wulff; Rio Janeiro, for Stockholm. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 27. Wind S.W.—James Stewart, Kenny, Sandwich Islands, with 900 barrels Sperm and 1,200 barrels black oil, on the 10th inst., off Fayal, took a Sperm whale of about 55 tons. BRIGHTON.—Arrd. Robert Henderson, Algoa Bay. OFF DUNGENESS, APRIL 26.—Emerald, Baltimore fo Rotterdam. SUNDERLAND, APRIL 27.—Wind S.W.—Sid. Cicero, Montreal. SHIELDS, APRIL 27.—S1d. Lord Metcalfe, Coquimbo. MONTROSE, APRIL 22.—SId. Commodore, Quebec. LONGHOPE, APRIL 22.—S1d. Lord Seaton, Quebec; Andrew White, ditto; Standard, Dalhousie. LONDONDERRY, APRIL 25.—Sld. Progress, New York. SCATTERY ROADS, APRIL 27.—Arrd. Great Britain, Philadelphia. LIMERICK, APRIL 26.—Wind W.—Arrd. Marry Ann Henry, Fanzeau, New Orleans; Fame, Covell, Norfolk, United States; Bryan Abbs, Hem3worth, New York. WATERFORD, APRIL 25. Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. lanthe, Murehie, New Orleans. Sid. Bridgetown, Que bec; Countess of Durham, Quebt e. DUBLIN BAY, APRIL 26.—Arrd. Wanderer, Trinidad. MUMBLES, APRIL 27. Arrd. Enmore, Hall, Ade laide, S,aitli" Australia; Tom Bell, Cuba. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 27.—Wind 26th, Governor, Varty, Jamaica ; Superior, Mason, New Or ans; Marmion, Bell, Islay; John Dunlop, Charleston; Eli Whitney, Dyer, Charleston. 27th, Lady Kinnaird, Robb, Adelaide, South Australia; St. Lawrence, McFar lane, Bombay; Georgiana, Carne, Africa, left Bonny, Jan. 26; Enchantress, Cormick, Patagonia, left Sea Lion Island, Jan. 31; Aarat, Banki,Trinidad; Queen of the West, Webster, New Orleans; Habott Lord, Joyd, Apalt.chicola; Evergreen, Brown, Savannah; Sir Henry Pottinger, Grey, Charleston ; Ann Kinney, Baldwin, Charleston; Tuasser, Wood, Charleston; Ringdove, Mit chell, Nassau. Sid. 26th, Eight Sons, Boston; Farrago, Bay Chaleur. 27th, Mary, Sierra Leohe; Ann, Bridson, Valparaiso ; Indus, Rio Janeiro ; Fatima, Rio Janeiro; Meteor, New York; Aqua, Marine, Montreal; The Norma, from Trinidad to the Clyde, was spoken, 7th April, in la , . 32, lon. 65, with loss of foremast, main topmast, and jib boom, and steering for the West:,lndies, by the Governor, Varty, arrived here. The Example schooner, from Staten Island to Virginia, was fallen in with, 4th inst., in lat. 32, ion. 71, dismasted, and the crew taken cif by the Eli Whitney, arrived here. Off port, Laidmans, Mauritius; Nile, Demerara; Ja • maica, Jamaica; New York Packet, New Orleans; Tvrer, Satellite, Windsor. I'OOTBY ROADS, APRIL 26.—51 I. Coquette, Mauritima OFF PORTLAND, APRIL 25.—Vriendschap, Batavia, for Rotterdam. JERSEY, APRIL 26.—S1d. St. Peter, Gasps; Canopus, Labradore; Baliha, ditto; Flora, ditto; Emma, ditto. BRISTOL, APRIL 27.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Marshall, Mauritius; Maria, Balsdon, Barbadoes. SWANSEA, APRIL 27.—Arrd. 26 h, Gratitude, Smith, Adelaide, South Australia; John Bartlett, Woodward, ditto; 27th, Emperor of China, ditto. CLYDE, APRIL 26.—Arrd. 25th, London, M'Donald, Havannah; 26th, Blucher, I'cnrice, Honduras. Sid. Charlotte Harrison, M'lntyre, New York. GREENOCK, APRIL 27.—The Senora, arrived in the Clyde from Matanzas, has had very severe weather, and encountered a great quantity of ice in lat. 41, long. 47, and again on the 9th April in lat. 46, long. 47, which obliged her to run considerably to the southward. DEAL, APRIL 26.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. 27th, T. H. Adaini, Proft, Havannah, for Hamburgh ; Appolonia, ditto, for St. Petersburgh; Electra, Mitße, Grenada. Arrd. from the River and aid., Equador. Adamson, Al ' goa Bay ; Dryope, Williams, Quebec; William, Bowman, ▪ ditto. Sid. Choice, Montreal. ▪ OFF DOVER, APRIL 26.—Asistiss, Steele, Sourabays. for Antwerp. QUARANTINE AND BLOCKADE NOTICE. V( nice, 16th April. Sir,—We have the honour to make known, for the information of the Committee of Underwriters, that the quarantine of seven days which had been established here on vessels arriving from England has been reduced to three days, including the day of arrival. We have further to state that the blockade of this port, which the Austrian Government had given notice of its inten- lion to form on and ufter the 4th inst., has not yet been carried into fleet, no blcckading squadron having hitherto made its appearance. (Signed) HoLmy. and Co., Agents to Lloyd's. Capt. G. A. Halsted, R.N , Secretary, Lloyd's. MARKET NEWS.-( THIS DAY.) COVENT-GILUDZIII. Our market was fairly supplied with most articles, the demand Uar which ruled steady, on the following terms:-- Fruit—Pine-apples (Queen's), 5s to 7s ; and hot-house Grapes, 12s to 153 per lb; ditto, Eating, 5s to 7s per halt sieve; Lemons, 5s to 10,; and Oranges, 8s to 12s per 100; Chesouts, 2s to 4s per peck; forced Strawberries. 6d to 2s 6d per oz.; forced Peaches, 50s per doze". Vegetables—Horseradish, 3s 6d to 5s ; and Celery. Is to is 3d per bundle; Asparagus, 5s 6d to lOs per 100; old Onions, 3s to 5s per bushel; young Onions, Gd to 9(1 per bunch; Potatoes, 90s to 190 s per ton; Cape Brocoli, 13s to 17s per dozen bundles; Mushrooms, 9d to Is per pottle; Endive, 6d to 9d per score; Cabbage Let tuces, 2s per half sieve; early Yotk Cabbages, 9d to 11 per dozen; and Beet Root, is to is 3d per dozen; Turnips, 2s to 2s 6d ; Carrots, 2s 6d to 4s ; and Greens, 2s 6d to 4s per dozen bunches ; Parsley. 2s 6d to 3s 6d per half sieve ; Sea Bail, Is 6d to 2s per punnet; Cucumbers, 2s to 4s per brace; Rhubarb, 3 5 to 6s per dozen bundles; Brussels Sprouts, is to is 6 . d per half sieve; Parsnips, 6 d to 8 d; Cornish W hite Brocoli, is to 2s per dozen; Turnip Greens, 6d to 9d per bushel; Leeks, 8d to is per dozen bunches; New Potatoes, 10d to 2s per lb; French Beans, is 6d to 2s per 100; Radishes, 4d to 6d per dozen hands; Shallots, 4cl per lb.; small Salad, 2s to 2s 6d per dozen punnets; White Cos Lettuces, is 6d 2s per score. NIMWGATEI AND LEADENHALL. POULTRY —Turkeys, 4s to 7 s 6 d ; Geese, 65 to 8s; Ducks, 2s to 4s; Tame Rabbits, is 2d to is 10c 1 ; Wild ditto, 8d to 10.1; Pigeons, 6d to 9d; and Roasting Pigs, 5s 6d to 8s 61 each; Surrey Fowls, 10s to 14s; ditto Ch i ckens, 6s to 9s; and Barn-d oor F ow l s , 58 to 9s per couple; Engl ish Eggs, 6s to 66 6d; French ditto, 5 s to 5s 6d per 100. Fresh Butter, 10d to is id per lb. GAlRE.—Hares, is 9d to 2s 6d; Leverets, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; Snipes, 10d . to is 3d; T ea l, 9d t o I s; Widgeons. 10d to is 3d; Wild Ducks, is 9d; and Plovers Sd to is each. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 4d ; Mutton, 2s 8d to 3s 4 d; Lamb, 5s to Gs; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s ; and Fork , 3s 4d to 4s 4d per Sibs. WHITECIIAPET. Beef, from 2to 31; Mutton, 2s 2d to s; Lamb, 43 10d to 5s 10d; Veal, 3s to 4s; and Pork, 3s 2d to 45 per Blbs. BILLXNGSGATZ. Turbots, 5s to 14:i; Brills, 2s to 8s; Cod Fish, 5 1 t° 8s; 11, d Mullets, 9d to is; Whitings, 4d to 6d; Mac ke " rel, 6d to 8d; lladdccks, 9d to 11 6d; Doreys, 2s to 5 ; Lobsters, 9d to 3s each; Soles, 6d to 2s 6d per pir; to Thames Flounders, is to is Gd per dozen; Eels, 1, Is 3d; and Salmon, is Gd to Is 10d per lb; Pravi o9, 5s 6d to Gs per 100. BREAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the Metropolis are from 6Ad to 7d; of Household ditto, 5d to 6d Per 41bs lota. BIDE IVIARMET. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, lid to lid; ditto, 641 b to 721 b, lid to 11 l; ditto, 721 b 801 b, Qd to 2d; ditto, 801 b to tsBlh, 24d to gd; ditto, 881 b to 961 b, 21d to 3d ditto, 961 b tolo4lb, 3d to 34d; ditto, 1041 b to 1121 b, to 4d; Call Skins, each, 5s to 5s 6d; Lambs Stair:' Is 2d to Is 8d •, Horse Hides, 7a 6d; Polled Sheep, •) 8d to 6s 8d; Kent and Half breds, 5s to 5s 8d; Downs' 4s to 5s 4d; Shearlings, 6d to 7d. 13-97 T MARKETS. t SIIIIhRIELD.—Igeadow iigty, 21 108 to 31155; Cl ov e r