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Subscription; for the ssason may be arranged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Sams', St. James's-street ; Mr. Andrews', New Bond-street ; and at the Box-oftice of the Theatre, which is open daily from eleven till five. .10.2 i tir. Y Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager. Old Brampton. The public is respectfully informed that this Theatre has, during the recess, undergone very extensive repairs asd alterations and the Whole re-decorated. THIS EVENING. Will be performed the Drama of THE HOUSEKEEPER. After which, THE WONDER. Don Felix, Mr. C. Kean ; Doina Violante, Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with an Arabian Nights' Entertainment, entitled CJI.MARALZAMAN AND BADOURA ; or, The Peri who Loved tha Frince. Characters by Messrs. Bland, Keeley, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Horton, and Miss Reynelds. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Cinder the direction of Madame Celeste Suring the Recess this Theatre has been entirely re-decorated, the original designs by Dlgby Wyatt, But, executed by Mr. Sang. A new Stage, Curtain, Act Drop, and Chandelier. An approved sys tem of Ventilation, &c., &c. The Private Boxes enlarged, Backs added to the Seats, and Stalls rendered more comfortable. THIS EVENING Will be presented the celebrated Drama, entitled THE GREEN BIIIRES ; or, A Hundred Tears Age. Murtogh, Mr. 0. Smith ; Dennis, Mr. Cullenford ; Jack Gong, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Grinnidge, Mr. Wright ; Captain Dartois, Mr. Worrell ; Madame St. Aubert, Madame Celeste ; Geraldine, Miss Z. Chaplin; Nelly O'Neil, Miss Weolgar. To conclude with THE ENCHANTED ISLE. Alonzo, Mr. Paul Bedford; Prospero, Mr. 0. Smith; Ariel, Miss E. Chaplin. ROYAL LYCLUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee. Mr. Charles Mettle s. THIS EVENTNI, Will be performed a new and original petite Comedy, entitled WHO SPEAKS FIRST ? After which, a new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE KING OF TAE PEACOCKS. Characters by Messrs. Harley, John Reeve, Selby, H. Hall, Marshall, and H. Marshall ; Miss Kathleen Fitzwil 'lam, Miss L. Howard, Mrs. Macnamara, Miss Marshall, Miss L. Marshall, Miss Coleman, and Madame Vestris. To conclude with AN APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC. Dress Boxes, ss. • Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25. ; Gallery, Is. No half-price to any part of the house. The New Box-office, No. 2, Wellington-street, is open to the public every lay, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S TiIEA.Te.K. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. During the Recess this Theatre has been re-decorated and embel lished in a superb and costly manner by Mr Ilurwitz. A new Chan delier has been fitted, and the best arranzementa have been made for the due Ventilation of the Theatre, and the contort and c,onvealence of the audience. THIS EVENING, Till be performed the Romantic Opera, entitled LEOLINE. Count Adelmar, Mr. Charles Braham ; the Seneschrd, Mr. H. Hers castle; Frantz, Herr Mengis ; Matilda, Mrs. Weiss; Leellue, Miss Zook. To conclude with a new grand Pantomime, entitled BLYFF RING HAL ; or, Harlequin and the Charmed Arrow. Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Clown, Mr. Flezntore ; Sprite, Mr. De Barr ; Columbine, Miss Fawcett. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highiess Prince Albert, ice. Enormous success of the Holiday Novelties, the most astounding ht the Metropolls.-1. gorgeous Spectacle.—Brilliant scenes of tke Arena.—A new comic Pamime. TH n IS to EVENING, The curtain will rise at a Quarter to Seven o'clock precisely to the magnificent Spectacle, by Fltyball. entitled e CORA SCO ; or, the Warrior's Steed. To be followed by an inimitable display of SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, supported by the first Equestrian talent of the day. To conclude with a new Equestrian Pantomime, entitled BOLD ROBIN HOOD ; or, The Pretty White Horse and Enchanted Prin cess of Sherwood Forest. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. TO CORRESPONDENTS. No communication can be attended to unless autheati- cated by the name and address of the writer. lleieeted communications cannot be returned. THE WEATHER.—Suw OFFICE, FEIBRIIARY 11. TIVIRMOMI4TEB., Lowest, 34; Highest, 50; Noon. 53. BARODIF.TER, 30.85—rose to 30.91 in the evening. WIND S.W. ; very tine sunshiny weather; fog in the evening. FEBRUARY 12. THERMOMETZR, Lowest, 30; Highest, 51; Noon, 35. BAROMETER, 30.8. WIND .S.W.; morning, very dense fog, which continued till about twelve o'clock; afternoon, fine sunshiny weather. MOH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAT — , Nyninv, 3 min. after 3 j Evening', 19 min. after I To-Moattow—Morning, 39 min. after 5 I Evening, 66 min. after I • " , *. fr „ A „ ). Pd ••‘‘... r e , s• -• ; 41i ; 7 :0 (;#. 0 LONDON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1849. German patriotism cannot make up its mind as to who shall be crowned with the Imperial diadem at Frankfort. Nor, considering the magnitude of the responsibility imposed on those who have to make the selection, can the delay be any matter of amazement. Even the miraculous skill of Vox GAGERN has failed to elicit anything like a rational unanimity from the representatives. The numbers which he has hitherto reduced to an orderly and symmetrical Opposition are jumbled into a chaotic confusion. They refuse to settle down in harmonious masses like the precipitate of the ballot-box. On the contrary, one flies off at a tangent here, another there, one in this direction, another in that; and the consequence is that the. Assembly is at last altogether at fault ; its machinery won't work, but has become afflicted with a de ad-lock. How long this state of legislative stag nation will continue it is absolutely impossible to conjecture ; the phlegmatic characteristic of the German race still predominates over the momentary activity produced by revolutionary ideas. So long as the elect of the people continue to permit them selves to dwindle into the mere dupes of the intrigues of the different Sovereigns, so long will the antici pated nationality of Fatherland be an unattainable mirage useful only to the imagination of UHLAED. In commenting upon the difficult and bewildering problem as to who would be the fittest personage to invest with the imperial dignity, we have already declared that to ourselves the choice between th e t wo present candidates, the Prussian KING and the Aus trian EMPEROR, would render the acceptance of the latter preferable, The youth, and consequently the untarnished reputation of FRANCIS JOSEPH, would afford that potentate an opportun it y of tak ing the initiative as Emperor of Germany without any glaring and damaging inconsistency, such as might tend to imp ar t t o hi s ac t s an ap p e arance of insincerity and mere time-serving. With FREDERIOK WILLIAM It would necessarily be different. The reiterated perfidies of that Monarch, the fickleness of his attachment to the popular cause, his tarnished and saturnine celebrity,all unite in rendering him about the most unfit recipient of the sceptre of the German Caesars. Be yond which, his sudden elevation to the rank and state of an emperor, and of an emperor, too, over the vast confederation of the forty Germanic States, would give him an undue and pernicious preponderance over those territories which are more populous and gigantic than his own. While, nevertheless, we would decide thus summarily in the preference of the im perial successor of PERDINAND, we must acknowledge that neither the Austrian nor the Prussian has those qualifications which should be re garded as essential to the regal aild imperial repre presentative of the Germanic nationality. The policy of the one would tend too exclusively towards Berlin, and the policy of the other towards Vienna. There would not be that abstraction from what may be called the provincialism of German sentiments ; there would not be that isolation from the prejudices of country, which abstraction and isolation would be imperatively required in the person of the Supreme Emperor. There would, moreover, be a Perpetual source of jealousies and recrimi nations in the conduct pursued by either. They would be taxed by the millions of Fatherland with a too exclusive devotion to Prussia or to Austria as the -case may be ; while, on the other hand, Prussia or Austria might charge them with an undue subjection of their own interests to the interest of the great Commonwealth of King doms. In either event there would be the germ of estrangement; and to guard against this is one of the most solemn duties imposed upon the National Par liament assembled to decide upon the destinies of the German people in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul's, in the imperial city of Frankfort-on-the-Maine. All things considered, therefore, the recant pause in the deliberations of the Representatives as to the nomination of the first Emperor, is matter rather for commendation than for condemnation. It betrays in them a profound solicitude to proceed with exqui site caution in the task of selecting a proper centre, round which the patriotism of their fellow-country men, whether of Austria, or Prussia, or Bavaria, or Saxony, or Hanover, or of any of the subordinate principalities, may concentrate, without any injury to themselves, individually or collectively. It must be confessed that the problem is very nearly as inscrutable as it is un questionably momentous. It discloses an abyss of such appalling depth as to baffle the gaze of the most far-seeing. If such likewise is the difficulty of the question to the German statesmen, it surely must be no subject for astonishment that the most enlightened foreigners hesitate in arriving at anything like a satisfactory conclusion. Time must yet elapse before the power of the National Assembly can be resigned into the hands of the future Emperor without an ex traordinary degree of rashness. Meanwhile the legislators assembled in the imperial city are not frit tering away the period of their political existence solely in prolonged and stormy discussions. They still keep in view the exalted labours expected from them prior to the dissolution ; and, in part _fulfilment, of those requirements they have only, within the last few days, passed one of their noblest enactments— the law for the protection of personal liberty. While they continue thus to struggle towards the goal of confederative union and national happiness, they will secure to themseves the cordial sympathies of the mul titude, and will prepare the general mind by the worthiest means—that of moral and intellectual ex ample—for the submission to any determination at which they may ultimately arrive, in regard to the individual selected for the office of the Emperor of Germany. There is every probability that the present session of Parliament will not , pass away without, at least, an effort to obtain an amendment in the state of the law respecting the confinement of persons alleged to be lunatic. Thanks to the visiting magistrates of Gloucestershire, to whom the gratitude of every friend of humanity is due for the firm, and, at the same time, courteous manner in which they performed their duty during the whole course of the investiga tion into the management of the Fishponds Asylum, the attention of the public has been at length awakened to ,the importance of the subject; and the Society for Promoting the Improvement of the Law, acting in this, as in many other instances, as the interpreters of public opinion, have exposed the defects of the law as it at present stands, and have pointed out a remedy. The following was the reference made by the Society to the Committee on Equity :—" To consider the state of the law respect ing the confinement of persons alleged to be lunatics ;" and their amended report, which appears in the Law Magasine for February, has the " unanimous approval of the Committee." After stating that, in their opinion, " the public, and more especially the unfortunate class of lunatics and persons of un sound mind, are exceedingly indebted to the indi viduals who have lately paid so much attention to the subject of this reference, and whose efforts have led to the recent legislation respecting it, the Corn - mittee proceed to consider the state of the law as regards persons, not paupers, nor found lunatics under a commission from the Court of Chancery, but who are placed under the restraint of a lunatic asylum. After giving a history of the various Acts of Parliament, 'which at different times have been passed for the regulation of private lunatic asylums, the Committee give the following oterwsei of the exist ing state of the law : "Under the present Acts, then, it comes practically to this, that a person may be placed in a lunatic asylum on producing a written order, which may be signed by any person, and two certificates, each signed by a medical man, that they consider him insane, and may be lawfully detained in such asylum, without any further opinion being taken as to the fact of the lunacy, and subject only to the visits of the Commissioners in Lunacy before mentioned, and in the country, of the visiting justices in addition. It is to be remarked that all the persons who thus concur in depriving the alleged lunatic of his liberty (except the Commissioners and visitors) may have an interest in representing him to be a lunatic and keeping him confined. In the person signing the order already mentioned there may be an interest the most direct. The person who arrests him, and takes him by force, if neces sary, to the asylum, is subject to no regulation; he is not a person in any way recognised by the law ; he is ap• pointed by no person directly reoponsible. The occu pation, though a necessary one, can only be endurable by a particular class of persons ; and we thus find that those who are so employed are sometimes persons of bad character. The medical men who sign a certi ficate, are not any body of that profession resident in the several counties selected for their peculiar skill in this department of medical knowledge, or their especial standing or respectability; they may be any members of that profession wherever resident, with some unimpor tant qualifications, whom the parties interested choose to select; and it may be that in a particular case appli cations may be made to many medical men previous to the necessary certificates being procured; and of course if any misconduct is required, those members only will be chosen who are capable of it, and such will find their way into the most honourable professions. It is also to be observed, that even in the most upright mem bers of any profession there is a natural sympathy with those who employ them, from which it is difficult for the mind to divest itself. Thus any person whoever, sane or insane, may possibly be immured for life in an asylum on false or erroneous certificates, which have been procured from medical men of very questionable character." After alluding to the appointment of the Commissioners in Lunacy as "a very con siderable check upon the abuses of the system," the report proceeds to show that the check can not be very considerable, inasmuch as "it seems impossible that the visiting Commissioners can make a special examination of each of the persons confined ;" and as "it is certain that in many cases a considerable in terval must take place between the date of the first confinement of the lunatic and his examination by the Commissioners ;" in fact, to use the words of Mr. PURNELL, the able and energetic Chairman of the Gloucester Quarter Sessions, " there is time to MAR E a man mad if he be put under restraint until the visit is made." The physical impossibility of the Com missioners acting as any " very considerable check upon the abuses of the system " becomes self-evident when we recollect, that " there are eix visiting Commissioners, whose duty it is to visit and exercise control over the lunatic asylums of the whole country," the number of patients confined in such asylums being estimated by the Commissioners them selves at 26,416. The Committee consider that " there is a sufficient evil existing under the present system to warrant the interference of the Legislature," and they propose the following remedies for that evil. Leaving un touched that point of the law which requires medical men to give certificates of lunacy, but not desiring that such certificates should have the effect of authorising perpetual confinement, the Committee " are of opinion that, before the liberty of a person is taken away on the ground of his being a lunatic, there should be a further inquiry by some person having a judicial character, within a reasonable period, to be determined by law, after the first confine r wmenhtioh w in th e av e h asy e lum. This is the great principle fo con tended for the last five d.he y ears, c certainly o a m nd mitteeo o E ttqlositmy of ost gratifying to find that the Society for the Improvement of the Law have been thus unanimous in bearing testimony to soundness. The Committee suggest that the " Masters in Lunacy," where practicable, and, in other cases, that the Judge of the County Court or the Magistrates at the Petty Sessions would be Ithe most proper persons to be employed to conduct the investigation, or "it might be thought more advisable at the option of the alleged lunatic, if he were capable of exercising it, to call in a jury of five or seven to decide on this fact; but the Committee are on the whole inclined to prefer leaving the matter to be decided by some judicial person on whom the responsibility of the confinement should entirely rest." This is a mere point of detail which it will be quite time enough to consider when the great --.....NN10L THE SUN, LONDON, principle of " no perpetual confinement with out previous investigation" shall have received the sanction of the Legislature. The Com mittee also propose a valuable alteration in the law by recommending that " within such period after the lunacy has been properly established, as the judicial officer who shall have determined as to the fact of lunacy shall deem reasonable, the property of the lunatic of all kinds shall vest in an official committee to be administered for his benefit by the Masters in Lunacy, or by some local jurisdiction in the provinces." Were this proposition adopted, it would at once diminish considerably the number of alleged lunatics, inasmuch as it would remove from relations all temptations to get up an alleged case of lunacy against a rich kinsman, for the purpose of procuring the administration of his property. We regret to find that the Committee have not thought it right to consider on the present occasion the case of persons found lunatics under a commission from the Court of Chancery. The case of Mrs. CUMMING, to which we have so often referred, shows the necessity of some alteration in the law respecting Chancery lunacy commissions, the defective state of which is still further proved by the case of Mr. DYCE SOMBRE, who, according to the united testimony of Dr. PARIS, President of the Col lege of Physicians, Dr. MAYO, Vice-President of the College, Sir ALEXANDER MORRISON, Physician of Bethlehem Hospital, Dr. JAMES COPELAND, author of the " Cyclopedia of Medicine," Dr. ROBERT FERGUSSON, Physician to the Queen, and Dr. W. COSTELLO, editor of the " Cyclopedia of Practical Surgery," and who has studied the treat ment of mental diseases in the most celebrated asy lums of the continent, is at this present moment of perfectly sane mind, albeit, he is only entrusted by the Court of Chancery with the expenditure of a por tion of his property, and is not permitted to remain in England in perfect liberty, while he may wander all over the continent at his own will and pleasure thus giving the authority of the Court of Chancery to the libel that there is a tendency in this our climate of England to engender lunacy, for on no other prin ciple is it possible to account for the decision of the Court in the case of Mr. DYCE SOMBRE. The Hon. EDMUND Pours may be regarded as the champion of indirect taxation. He has stood forward boldly in defence of the existing system, and endeavoured to shelter under his buckler the venerable abuses that have sprung up during succes sive con turies. The budgets put forward by Messrs. CO➢DEN, MACGREGOR, and RIGBY Wason have been successively attacked, and it is manifest that the Hon. Gentleman has, at least, satisfied himself that he has succeeded in completely overthrowing their several projects, We confess that we had expected better things of the Author of " The Monetary Crisis"," of the gentle man who, during the existence of the panic of 1847, put forward some valuable suggestions for the modi fication of the Bank Charter, by the adoption of which he contended that " present relief and increased safety for the future," might be obtained. He cer tainly did not, in the month of October, 1847, con sider it a high crime and misdemeanour to come forward as the author of an " Amateur Budget." or suppose that, by so doing, he had exposed himself to ridicule as a "would-be Chancellor of the Exche quer." We must, however, be contented to regard Mr. PHIPPS as an energetic opponent, in place of find ing him, as we had expected, a zealous and efficient " Collahorateur." Mr. Purrs has addressed himself in turn to ' the "Three Amateur Budgets," and given a few words—we may add, a eery few words to each*, The weakness of his cause may be collected from the points which he has alone ventured to attack. If a party comes forward to reply to a general state ment, and in place of fairly controverting the general principles on which the entire structure is based, seizes on some minor point, and directs his whole attention thereto, the natural inference must be, that he is unable to impeach the validity of those princi ples ; that he is unable to point out any error therein, As Mr. Wagon truly remarked, " the silence is more eloquent than words." " The Budget for the Million " first excites the wrath of Mr. Pknprs. The blunders in the arithmetic, as they are termed, are seised hold of and commented on in the most hu morous vein. He says " What, my readers, a Chancellor of the Exchequer-to-be, and not correct in his figures. Impossible. A cabdriver who does not know his way about town, a sea•captain who cannot box the compass, a soldier who has not even practised the goose-step, were less absurd. But so it is." These are the points to which we ourselves had previously directed the public attention, the mistake of the 5 per cent , which did not in the slightest degree affect the principle, and of the error of words, in calling the figures which he had correctly set down as " four billions," in place of " four thousand millions," a mistake which could certainly have had no bearing whatsoever on the real question. Mr. PHIPPS, in his recent letter to which we gave insertion on Friday last, says—" Had I seen the notice in your paper of the error in Mr. Wasores calculations, or his own acknowledgment of it before my remarks were printed, I certainly should not have again adverted to it, though I think his amended calculations open to the objections I have pointed out." We are bound to give full credence to this statement, and we do so without the slightest hesitation. It was, however, exceedingly unfortunate that the oversight occurred, and that Mr. Pniprs should thereby be led to waste his powers on points of such trivial importance, so far apart from the real merits. "The Budget for the Million" first ap peared in The Sun of the 25th January last, and in our leading article of the same day we explained the mistake. We then said.. "In his second proposition Mr. WAsoN, in the hurry of calculation, has fallen into an error. He justly assumes the value of the realised property of the country to be 4,400,000,0001, and he says that 5 per cent. on this capital sum would produce more than sufficient to pay off the National Debt. Now the National Debt, in round terms, amounts to 800,000,0004, whereas 5 per cent. on 4,400,000,0001. would amount to but 220,000,0001. only. It would, therefore, take about 18 per cent, to obtain the required amount. The error in calculation dues not, however, in any degree affect the principle, and Mr. Wason has shown how the great desideratum may be attained, and the nation freed from an enormous debt, which it is posi tively disgraceful and dishonest to make no efurt to liquidate, when the country is in a state of profound peace and tranquillity." On the 27th a letter front Mr. WASON appeared in our columns, thanking us for having " so early pointed out the error in the five per cent. calculation," and then he entered into the second, or ten per cent. calculation, to which Mr. PHIPPS alludes in the postscript of his pamphlet; in a note to which he erroneously states that Mr. WAsoN " only refers to the error pointed out to him by the Spectator," when, in point of fact, the error had been explained and actually acknowledged in this journal before the publication of our respected Contemporary. Under these circumstances, we think it unfortunate that Mr. PHIPPS had not taken the trouble to inform himself fully of the state of the question upon which he was about to enlighten the public mind—that he did not know the real points at issue respecting the Budget for the million before he attempted to dispose of them in so very summary and expeditious a manner. The recent letter to which we have already alluded alone ventured to attack the principle put forward by Mr. Was°lc: that then contains the arguments on which Mr. Pnirrs means to rely, and we confidently refer to Mr. WasoN's re joinder which appeared on Saturday, and to our own observations on the same day, as affording the most complete and satisfactory refutation of these arguments. Mr. WesoN's Budget then remains uunscathed , notwithstanding the vigorous onslaught of Si. CHARLES WOOD'S new and puissant ally. * " The Monetary Crisis, with a Proposal for Presett Relief, and Increased Safety in Future." By the Hai. Edmund Phipps, Barrister•at-law. London : Janes Ridgway. " A Few Words on the Three Amateur Budgets of Cobden, Macgregor, and Wason." By the . Hon. Id mund Phipps. London: James Ridgway. On Saturday, the 10th instant, a general assembly of the academicians was held at the Royal Academy of Arts, in Trafalgar-square, when Richard Westmacett, Esq., was elected an academician, in the room of Ratway Richard Reinagle, Esq., resigned. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. `We have received the Paris papers of Saturday and Sunday. On Friday the National Assembly was engaged in discussing the project of law on commercial bill stamps, and on Saturday in considering the Bill for the organization of the judicial tribunals. The third reading of the proposition of M. LINJUINAIS for the dissolution of the National Assembly is fixed for Tuesday. Notice was given on Saturday of the following amendments to be proposed on that oc casion : M. DUPLAN proposes to add to the proposition the following clause :—" The Committee on the Budget shall present its reprt within one month from the promulgation of the present law. Two days after its presentation the Assembly shall commence its dis cussion. The electoral law shall not be promulgated, at the earliest, until the day of the commencement of this discussion." M. EMILY PRAM proposes to add the following : "After the completion of the electoral law, and before its promulgation, the discussion and vote of the Budget shall be proceeded with." These amendments have been rendered necessary by the attempts of the Ministry to avoid the discus sion of the Budget, and thus to nullify, by A quibble, the decision of the Assembly. We read in the Moniteur : " The Minister ofthe Interior has received the fol lowing news, dated the Bth, by telegraph, from the pre fect of the Herault :—' Very grave disturbances have taken place at Cette, on the occasion of the suppression of a bonnet rouge on the top of a tree of liberty. The Mairie has been pillaged ; the cerele du commerce burned down, and three houses devastated. The Prefect, the Procureur- General, and the General commanding the department immediately went to the spot with fifty of the engineer corps. Tranquillity has been re established. Numerous arrests have been effected with out resistance. The Mayor has been suspended by the Prefect, and a provisional municipality has been orga nized. A judicial investigation is going on, and ener getic measures have been taken.' " The iteforrie says :—" The house of BARING of London, which had offered, when General Csysioisac was President of the Council, a loan of 300 millions to the French Government, now increases, we are assured, the offer to 500 millions and on more favour able conditions. But the French Government dares not accept the proposition of the house of BARING. There appears to exist between the Government and the house of ROTHSCHILD certain arrangements which they cannot well transgress." The Minister of Agriculture and Commerce has addressed a circular to the Chamber of Commerce, asking if they would be willing to admit foreign articles to the approaching exhibition of manufactures, and if so what articles they think most likely, from their novelty or superiority, to exercise a favourable influence on the manufactures of France. The President of the High Court of Justice has named M. BOINTILIERS to act as counsel for BARBEL and ALBERT ; M. DECOUX-LAPETRIERE for RASPAIL, PAUL DEGRE, and THOMAS ; M. ADELON for FLOTTE ; M. BUCHERE for BLANQUI; those prisoners having refused to choose counsel themselves. It was, how ever, stated yesterday that ALBERT, BLANQUI, and FLOTTE, had announced their intention of selecting counsel. The prisoner QUENTIN has confided his de fence to M. JOUHLUD, and the prisoners COURTAIS, SORRIER, and LARGE T , _ have severally chosen M. BETHMONT, M. ALEM _ROUSSEAU, and M. MADRIER DE MONTJAU. RASPAIL and QUENTIN yesterday daused to be presented to the Court of Appeal a eclaration of appeal against being sent to trial. This appeal will, it is believed, be heard one day next week. The National of Saturday, says—" The Ministerial journals of last evening, announcing that the Presi dent of the Republic passed a regiment of infantry in review, make use of these words in speaking of the head of the State. The note which they publish on this subject is evidently a Ministerial communication. It is therefore to the Ministry that we address ourselves in observing, that the President of the Republic is the head of the Executive power, and not the head of the State. That qualification is too unconstitutional for us to suppose that the Ministry will employ it after our observation," The Constitutionnel says :—" The news of the en trance of CARRERA into France is confirmed. A letter from Perpignan of Feb. 4 says—' It was on the 2ll'th of January, at the affair of Pasteral, that General CABRERA was dangerously wounded, and then pursued most rapidly by the division of the QuEcis's troops, under Colonel Resort MARIA SO LANG, who followed him to the French frontier. CABRERA entered France on January 31, at four in the afternoon, by the village of La Farga, between Campredon and Prats-de-Mollo, accompanied only by his medical attendant, and lies hid in that neigh bourhood."' The Preece says that the Minister for Foreign Affairs has received a telegraphic dispatch announcing the death of CABRERA. The statement needs confir mation. There was a review yesterday in the Champ de Mars. The diplomatists who are to take part in the con ferences on the affairs of Italy have all left Paris for Brussels. The Committee on the demand for an inquiry into the conduct of the Government on the 2/Pth of January have resolved, by a majority of I to 6 to reject the demand. The Committee of the National Assembly on the Law for Suppressing the Clubs have resolved to re commend the rejection of the Bill introduced by the Government. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse, on Saturday, at 47f. 60c.; the Five per Cents. at 78f. 75c.; the New Loan at 78f. 65c.; Orleans Railroad Shares at 745 f.; Rouen, 460 E; Havre, 252f.50c.; Great Northern 4061. 25c.; Vierson, 277 f. 50c,; Avignon, 1771. 50c.; Basle 88f. 75c.; Bordeaux, 400 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, *Bg. 75c.; Tours and Nantes, 317 f. 50c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE. FEB. 10. _ . Boulogne and Amiens, 9—Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 9—Dutch Rhenish, 1% —Luxembourg (10/.), 2M —Namur and Liege, 84I—Northern of France, 8 Orleans and Bordeaux, 3—Paris and Orleans, 31—Paris and Rouen, 19—Rouen and Havre, 10 1 4 —Sambre and Meuse, 4 1 4—Tours and Nantes, 2. MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 12, 1R49." sn?cting the Danish question. The instructions given to M. BUNSEN are (says the above journal) ❑aturally conformable to the intentions of the Central Power to conclude peace with Denmark without detriment either to the interests of the duchies or the dignity of Germany; consequently his instructions are in favour of the independence of Schleswig and its inseparable union with Holstein. The Parliament has enacted the following law for the protection of personal liberty. Sec. 1. Personal liberty is inviolable. " Sec. 2. With the exception of a seizure in flagranti, en arrest cannot take place, except on the ground of a written judicial warrant, in which the culprit and the acts of which he stands accused are accurately defined. This warrant must be shown to the culprit at the time of the arrest, and a copy of it given him within the next twenty•four hours. The person so arrested must within the same space of time bo produced before the judge of the district. " Sec. & The term ' in flagranti ' signifies the crime while it is being perpetra. ed, or immediately after such perpetration. Cases are consilered as such in which public opinion denounces the culprit, or when he is taken dying, or when weapons, books, papers, or other objects whatsoever which incriminate him as perpetrator of or nocessory to the orimo, are found in his possession im mediately after the perpetration of such crime. Sec. 4. The provisions of section 2 do not apply to cases in which the police arrest a person in the interest of correctional justice, or for acts against public order or the safety of a person or persons. But the po lice authorities are bound, within twenty-four hours, to liberate the person so arrested or to deliver him or her up into the power of the judge of the district. " Sec. & A hearing must be given to each arrested person within 24 hours after the arrest. " Sec. 6. All persons arrested shall be admitted to bail, and the bail shall be fixed by the judge, with the sole exception of the person arrested being obviously accused of a great crime, in which case it shall be op tional to the judge whether or no he will accept bail. The amount of bail shall in no oase be excessive, and even bail by oath is admissible. " Sec. 7. The arrest of a person for debt in the cases in which such arrest is permitted by law shall take place only on the strength of a written judicial warrant, in which the person to be arrested and the object of the liability are accurately defined. This warrant must be shown to the person so arrested, and a copy of it given to him within 24 hours after the arrest. " Sec. 8. No one shall be withdrawn from his legal judge. There shall be no exceptional courts or extraordinary commissions. No punishment shall be threatened or inflicted unless it be on the ground of a law. " Sec. 9. Dwelling-places are inviolable. At night no one has a right to enter them, except in the case of danger from fire or water, in the case of danger of life, or in consequence of a cry or prayer for help having issued from the interior of such dwelling. During the day no one shall enter against the will of the owner or tenant, except on the strength of some official and legal duty or capacity, or on the strength of g writ. ten ►arrant from competent authority. A domici liary visit is admissable only--1. On the strength of a writ ten judicial warrant, defining the cause and purpose of such visit. A copy of this warrant must be given to the owner or tenant of the swelling so visited. 2. In case of the prosecution of a person detected isjiagranti, as above defined, by a legal officer, and in such cases and forms in which officers are justified by law to undertake a domiciliary visit without a judicial warrant. A domi ciliary visit must, if possible, take place in the presence of the inhabitants of the house so visited. The inviola bility of the dwelling is no obstacle to the arrest of a person under legal persecution. " Sec. 10. The seizure of letters and papers, except in the case of a domiciliary visit or arrest, takes place only on the strength of a judicial warrant, defining the cause and end of such seizure, and this warrant shall be shown to the interested party either on tho spat or within the next 24 hours afterwards. " Sec. 11. In case of an illegal artest, or in case of the illegal prolongation of an arrest, or in case of an ille gally instituted domiciliary visit or seizure of letters and papers, the author of such illegal actions shall be ame nable to give satisfaction and damages to the person so offended, and in case of insolvency of the culprit, the State shall pay the costs and damages. " Sec. 12. The term of night' in the present enact ment signifies, in the time from the first of October to the 31st of March, the hours from six o'clock P.M. to six A.M.; and for the time from the Ist of April to the 30th of September, the hours from nine o'clock P.m. to four k.n. But these limitations of time do not apply to places which are notorious as haunts of gamblers and other criminal, depraved, and dissolute persons, nor does it apply to the dwelling•houses of private individuals whom a judicial penal decree has placed under the im mediate inspection of the police." SPAIN. Madrid journals of the Bth have been received. The account of the defeat of CABERRA at Pasteral is confirmed. The QUEEN'S forces, it appears, had artillery, while CABRERA had none. There were various rumours of impending Minis terial modifications current in Madrid. According to one account ARRAZOLA and BRAVO MURILLO are to retire from the Cabinet, and to be succeeded by Rios ROSAS and SEBJAS LOZANO ; while, according to another, it is NARvAaz himself who is about to retire, to make way for Moir. The place where the Madrid mail of the Ist was robbed was three miles beyond Burgos. About one in the morning a band of Carlists, fif teen in number, well mounted and armed, un der the command of El Estudiante, ordered the driver to step, and as he could not pull up his mules at once, he and the condnctor were both struck at and wounded, the latter with a sabre stroke on the head. A French traveller, M. Nubia SIMON, and two others who were in the carriage, were not injured. The band turned the mules aside from the main road, and after having arrived at a retired spot, took from the travellers all that they possessed of moaey and valuables ; they then burned the har ness, letters, and the malle-poste itself. One of the men who wanted to keep for himself M. SnioN's watch was very nearly shot by El Estudiante, and only owed his life to the intercession of the Frenchman. They even returned to this latter three Toledo blades which he was taking to France. All the persons attacked were allowed at last to go away without further damage. They slept that night at Quintanapalla. MADRID BOLSA, FEB. s.—The Three per Cents. were done to-day at 21i cash, and were 916t0 i buyers after the f lose. The Five per Cents. were done at 10i cash, in small bonds, and were 10 buyers after the close. Coupons, 6l sellers. Passive Debt, 3 15.16 buyers, 4 sellers. Bank Shares, 56 buyers, 58 sellers. Exchange on London, 49 •zO. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. - - Accounts have been received from Vienna to the th inst. Several soldiers were shot in the streets on ihe night of the 4th. The Ministry, it is said, have letermined to prosecute several of the Members of the Diet. The Breslau Gazette of the 6th says that the affair of Szolnok, on the 23d, resulted in a brilliant victory of the Hungarians over the Imperialists. The Aus trians lost three batteries and all their baggage, thefr dragoons were cut to pieces by the Hungarian hussars, and 1,800 of their men were made prisoners. General BEM had entered Hermanstadt, and taken the fortress of Karlsburg. The Oesterreichisehe Zeitung reports a fight be tween two Austrian and Sardinian war-steamers They had some firing with heavy guns, and con siderable damage was done on either side, although the combat did not lead to any decisive result. An Austrian fleet is now collecting at Pola. FRANKFORT. The reply of the Austrian Ministry to the resolu tions of the German Parliament as to the Chief of the Empire was brought from 011mutz on the Bth, by M. DE WRITE. Its contents have not transpired. According to the Allgemeine Deutsche Zeitung, published at Frankfort, M. BuNszx is on the point of returning to London accredited as the Plenipoten tiary of the Central Power is the negotiations re- PRUSSIA. The recent returns of the elections from the provinces are more in favour of the Ministerialists than have been those heretofore received. Up to the Sth the Ministerialists claimed 143 as the number of the returns in favour. The Second Chamber will meet in the Ilardenberg Palace. It was rumoured on the sth that KOSSUTH was in Berlin. No credit can be attached to this report. THE NETHERLANDS. THE HAGUE, FEB. 10.—The Coua'ant pub lishes the programme of the opening of the ordinary session of the States General, which will take place on the 13th, and will he attended with the usual solemnities. The KING has appointed Baron VON VERSEHNER, Member of the First Chamber, in place of M. OUDER MENLEN, who has declined the honour of taking part in the Legislative Cham ber. We learn from Maestricht that some Prus sian soldiers committed acts of violence in a public house at Vaals. The magistrates went thither this morning to institute the necessary inquiries. They were accompanied by two surgeons, from which it is concluded that some wounds must have been inflicted, but we have not as yet received any particulars re .specting the affray. The States of the Province of Drenthe met at an extraordinary session on the 31st ult. to modify the provisional budget, conformably to the law recently voted on the subject of the provincial contributions of Drenthe. On this occasion Art. 126 of the new fundamental law gave rise to an incident which de serves notice. By the terms of this article the sittings of the Pro vincial States may be public, and accordingly three of the inhabitants of Assen presented themselves as auditors of the deliberations of their delegates, but the President refused them to enter the hall. These gentlemen have, accordingly, addressed a letter to the Minister of the Interior, in which they report the above act, and mak• a protest against it, as being contrary to the above-named article of the Consti tution. The Dutch papers state that, on the report of his Excellency the Minister of Justice, the KING has appointed a commission charged to examine up to what point the ancient French laws are still obliga tory in the Netherlands. The Commissioners are composed of three lawyers...W. METMAN, M. DE PESITO, of the Hague, and M. OLIENER, of Leydon. These jurisconsults have accepted the task imposed upon them gratuitously. RUSSIA ST. PETERSBURG, JAN.—The Police Gazette of St. Petersburg says :—" For some time the game of lottery has increased to an extraordinary degree in the Clubs and other public societies, not only in the two capitals, but more especially in the other Go vernment towns, in consequence of which his Majesty the EMPEROR, by an Imperial ukase, dated the 22d of this month, has been pleased positively to prohibit the playing of the game of lotte in all Clubs and public places whatsoever."—Prussian Staab. .Anzeiger, Feb. 8. ITALY. The French National of Sunday publishes an ex tract from a letter from Florence (without, however, guaranteeing its authenticity) which states that a serious emerste broke out at Florence a few days ago, and that th. GRAND Duitn had to fly for his life to Siena. It appears by the Italian journals that disturbances of a serious character had taken place at Naples. The Tiemp• of that city of the 30th ult. states briefly that disturbances had broken out on the preceding day, but without giving details. Order, it says, was restored after the first commotions, and no calamity was to be apprehended, the Government being vigilant and prepared to repress every attempt at disorder. The Alba of Florence states the cause of the dis turbance on the 29th ult. as follows :—" The 29th of January, being the anniversary of the granting of the Neapolitan Constitution, was to have been cele brated by a popular illumination throughout the town. The Government, to prevent it, prevented the sale of lampions. This caused crowds to assemble, which were dispersed by the troops, who fired upon the people. The Corriere Livornese mentions further disturbances as having broken out at Naples on the Ist, at the opening of the Chambers. A violent excitement prevailed throughout the city. The troops were under arms. When the regiment of hussars drew up in order of battle, the people cheered them. The hussars answered by cries of Long live the Italian Constituent Assembly I' The regiment was then ordered back and put under arrest. At the de parture of the steamer the shops were closing, and Naples had a very serious appearance." The Concordia of the 7th inst. has the following intelligence from Naples, dated 31st of January : " The 29th and 30th were days of bloodshed (giorni di sangue). The anniversary of the 29th of January, 1848, gave occasion for a serious demonstration, seconded by the constitutional lazzaroni. The troops showed themselves in imposing force, and sabred and fired without distinction. This conduct increased the hostility of the people. The opening of the Chambers has taken place under very menacing auspices for the tyrant of Naples. There were many wounded, and some seriously. The courage of the people was a subject of remark. The troops have made many arrests. It being seen, how ever, that the contest was unequal, they gave up. The Chamber is to be surrounded by a permanent garrison for its defence," The Piedmontese Gazette publihes an official con tradiction of the report that the Cabinet of Turin had proposed to that of Naples an alliance, defensive and offensive, in consideration of the renunciation by the Duke of SAVOY of the Crown of Sicily ; and also that GIOBERTI had invited the King of NAPLES to occupy the States of the Church, offering to acknowledge the sovereignty of the Government of Naples over Rome and the Le gations, on condition that the Neapolitan Government should acknowledge the sovereignty of King CHARLES ALBERT over the Lombardo-Venetian provinces and the duchies. The Piedmont Gazette adds, "Not only has the Cabinet of Turin neither made nor authorised any such proposition, but would have repulsed such overtures if made to it by any parties whatsoever." The Costituante Italiana, of Florence, quotes a letter from Rome of the 2d instant, in which the writer states as a piece of positive news, that the POPE " had escaped from his gaulors at Gaeta for France on board a French steamer." The news of the departure of the POPE from Gaeta seems to us to be not entitled to credit. Letters from Siena, of the 2d, state that, in conse quence of the late reactionary demonstration, a conflict had taken place in that town, in which the Liberals had the upper hand, but not without the loss of some dead and wounded. The Swiss, at Bologna, under General LATOUR, have given in their adhesion to the Provisional Government of Rome. II Pensiero Italian of Genoa, of the sth instant, publishes the following letter, dated Gaeta, the 30th ult.:— " Gioberti has prevailed over the intrigues and the proposals made by the Governments of France, Spain, and Austria, who each endeavoured to captivate the Pope for their own purposes. Count Martini, the Sardinian Envoy at Gaeta, had been intimately con. nected with the Count de Spaur. The Count and his wife are the most intimate associates of his Holi ness. The latter, who at first had been enraged against the representatives of the Democratic Sardinian Minis try, at length consented to receive Count Martini. The Count spoke on his first interview with the Pope in the following terms:.--' We are Italians; your Holiness is Italian; your subjects are Italian. Why suffer Labella, with her Spaniards, or the French Republic, or Marshal Radetsky to meddle with our affairs? The King of Sar dinia is the eldest son of the Church. Suffer the Abbe Gio berti to act and he will reconcile the difference existing between your Holiness and the Romans. The Marquis de Rivas announced at the same time the arrival of troops from Spain. He placed the frigates Isabella, Lepanto, Mazaredo, and Volador, at the disposal of the Pope, and he pressed his Holiness to accept the services of the Catholic Spanish Government. General Zucchi presented to the Pope the carabineers who had deserted. The Austrian troops were advancing towards the legations to concert a plan of operation with Zambini. French intrigue was not idle. M. de la Tour d' Aubergne had arrived. The French fleet was ready. at Toulon. A signal to the Marquis d'Harcourt was all that was required to set the troops in motion. But Count Martini promised that his Government should withdraw from the Constituent As sembly at Rome, and that not a single Sardinian deputy should be sent there. On those conditions Pius LX. promised to be governed by the advice of his dear son in God, Gioberti, who should arrange the conditions of his return to Rome with Mazzarelli, Sterbini, and Cam pello." IRELAND. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) DUBLIN, SUNDAY EVENING. TRIAL OP MR. DUFFY.—The arguments on the last crotchet did not conclude until after post hour on Saturday. After a tedious discussion, the Court decided that the pri soner should elect either to plead or demur to the whole indictment. Sir Colman O'Loghlen adopted the latter alternative, and having handed in a de murrer, proceeded to address the Court, which ad journed before the Learned Baronet concluded his arguments. A POOR-LAW UNION BANICRUPT.—A private letter states, that the vice•guardians of the Bantry Union have, from want of funds, stopped out-door relief. Government is, of course, expected to interpose with a grant in aid. IRISH IMPORTS.—The imports of grain of all kinds into the port of Cork since Tuesday last amount to 17,357 quarters. Of Indian meal there is said to be a stock in store in the city of Cork sufficient for three months' consumption. DESERTION OF ROMAN CATHOLIC CHAPELS.—TWO Roman Catholic chapels in the county of Clare had been closed for the last two months, the number of parishioners being so reduced as to be unable to sup port the clergyman. THE CHOLERA IN BELFAST.—This dreadful malady is on the increase. The following is the official re turn for the three days ending yesterday :—New cases on the 7th, Bth, and 9th, 50; deaths, 18; reco veries, 10; under treatment, 88. Cases since com mencement, 356 ; deaths, 122 ; recoveries, 146 ; re maining, 88. NATIONAL EDUCATION.—The clergy of the United Dioceses of Down and Connor and Dromore are to meet on an early day to take counsel concerning the present position of the Church of Ireland, as regards the important question of National Education, and to adopt a diocesan petition to the two Houses of Par liament on the subject. THE ULSTER FlRES.—Another act of incendiarism was perpetrated on Thursday night, within five miles of Belfast, but very little injury was inflicted. EMIGRATION.--On Friday the William Penn steamer left Waterford with between 400 and 500 emigrants for Liverpool, there to take shipping for America. THE FOG The metropolis was this morning enveloped in one of those disagreeable fogs which have so often excited the wonder of the foreigner, and rendered London during the winter months an unpleasant place of abode for parties afflicted with pulmonary complaints. Of course it was thickest in the heart of the City, where for a time it endangered the navigation of the streets and necessitated the troublesome and expensive use of gas and torches in conducting the business of the day. Now and then there were fitful glimpses of daylight, which rendered the darkness more palpably visible, and people stopped for a moment to ascertain their whereabouts. At noon it began to disappear, and shortly afterwards the sun shone forth with all his congenial warmth, dissipating every trace of the unwelcome visitor. We have not heard of any accident resulting from the presence of the fog. DREADFUL ACCIDENT ON THE CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.-FIVE LIVES LOST. CARLISLE, SUNDAY, FEB. 11.—A dreadful accident occurred on the Caledonian Railway last night, by which five lives have been lost. The mail train left Carlisle for the North at 9. 16 P.M. It consisted of an engine and tender, a first class carriage, a second class carriage, a mixed carriage of first-cl iss and second-class for Perth, three horse-boxes, containing nine horses for Perth, a first-class and second-class carriage for Edinburgh, and a horse-box for Beattock. It proceeded without interruption until it passed the Rockliffe station, about four miles north of Carlisle, when suddenly the engine and tender were dissevered from the train, the latter getting off the rails. The first-class car riage for Glasgow also got off the rails. The second class carriage for Glasgow, the travelling post-office, three horse-boxes, the mixed carriage for Perth, and the Edinburgh first-class carriage, were all precipitated down the embankment, fifteen feet in height. The second class carriage was turned on its side; the post-office van ran right through it, turning it topsy-turvy, and shivering it to atoms. The greatest consternation prevailed among the pas sengers, who were rather more numerous than usual. The night, being moonlight, the guard, the engine driver, the stoker, and those who made a sale exit trom the carriages, immediately set to work to explore the ex tent of the disaster. A messenger was dispatched on toot to Carlisle, and on his arrival Mr. Spiers, the super. intendent of the station, set out to the spot with a special engine and a relay of workmen. In a few hours four men were taken from under the second-class carriage, quite dead, and a fifth seriously injured. They were all placed in a luggage-train which passed from the north soon afterwards, and, with those of the passengers who consented to return, taken to Car lisle. The injured roan had his foot cut completely off. When he was taken to the infirmary, it was found ne cessary to amputate his leg. He died in the course of the night. Nlr. Nixon, yeoman of Rae Burn Hill was pitched out of the carriage in which he was sitting, and rolled down the embankment into a ditch, where he was discovered by the merest accident, just before the luggage train left the scene of the catastrophe for Carlisle. Mr. Mackinto3b, merchant of Glasgow, and his son, were a good deal bruised, and were taken to the house of their friend; Mr. T. Clarke, currier, of the Crescent, Carlisle. Mr. Drummond, one of the commissioners of the Glasgow police, was one of the passengers, but he escaped without injury. Other passengers sustained bruises to more or less extent. We have not been able to ascertain their names. The persons killed are all evidently, from their style of dress, labouring men. The second-class carriage, which is thought to be the cause of the accident, is supposed to have been of impro per guage. It belongs to the London and North-Western Company. The officials connected with the Caledonian have been most attentive to the passengers who were extracted from the carriages and brought to Carlisle. Three of the horses were sav ed;t h e rest killed. Several hundreds of people have flocked to the scene of the disaster to-day, and when we kit, at one o'clock, men were busily employed in lifting.upthe trucks and carriages. Both !it - rs have hem thoroughly repaired, and no ob struction is offered to the traffic. An inquest on the bodies of the unfortunate sufferers will be held to-niorriw. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-MONDAY. During last week the quantity of English Wheat received for our market, coastwise as well as by land carriage and sample, was small, and of very middling quality. The receipts of all oth , r articles of home produce, including Flour, were, comparatively speaking, trifling, if we except those of Malt, which exceeded 6,000 quarters. The arrivals from Ireland and Scotland were chiefly confined to a few cargoes of Oats. The imports from abroad comprised 23,940 quarters of Wheat; 4,717 ditto of Barley; 3,135 ditto of Oats; 857 ditto of Beans; 587 ditto of Peas; 1,943 ditto of Tares; 1,450 ditto of Linseed; 45 ditto of Mustard Seed; 93 ditto of sundry other seeds; 2,148 sacks, and 100 barrels of Flour. The principal portion of the Wheat reached us from the near continental ports and the Black Sea. The Flour came to band chiefly from France. Rather extensive supplies of Fo reign Barley and Oats are shortly expected from the Conti nent, as the canal navigation in Holland has become free. Although the supply of English Wheat fresh up this morn ing was somewhat on the increase, compared with that re ceived on Monday last, it was extremely small, even for the time of year; and it proved quite adequate to the wants of the millers and others. The attendance of buyers being small, and atpressare of Foreign Wheats for sale being experienced, the demand for all kinds of Wheat of home produce was ex tremely heavy, at a decline in the quotations paid on Mon day la,A of from Is to 2s per quarter, and at which a total clearance was not effected. The general quality of the samples was much affected by the prevailing unfavourable weather. The quantity of Foreign Wheat on the stands was larger than for many weeks past. As most of the leading importers were anxious sellers, the dealers purchased with extreme caution. All kinds must be quoted from is to 25 per quarter beneath the prices of this day se'nnight- Large samples might have been had even l o wer. With English Barley we were fairly supplied, but the quan tity of foreign was somewhat limited. Malting samples were mostly held at full prices. Grinding and distilling sorts ruled Is per quarter lower, with a very small amount of business doing. The supply of Malt was considerably in excess of the demand. To sell, lower rates must have been submitted to, but so few sales were concluded that in some instances the currencies were almost nominal. The arrivals of Oats from all quarters have continued on a limited scale since we last wrote, nevertheless the demand for that article was in a very inactive state. Fine sound Corn must be quoted at late rates. The middling and inferior sate' plea were quite 6il per quarter lower than last week. There was scarcely any demand for Beans, the prices of which must be considered the turn in favour of the buyers. All kinds of Peas were dull in the extreme ; in prices ne actual change took place. Indian Corn and Meal coal' mended little or no attention. The best town-made Ear sold at last week's prices. Foreign qualities were offered at rather lower figures. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier.... • • 598 to 6" Red. .....• • • 40s to 48s Oats— Yorkshire and Ditto,White, New 46s 5I Lincolnsh., Feed. 173 2" Norfolk and Lin- Potato coin, Red..... 42s 46s Youghal and Cork, Ditto, 'White.-- 453 50s Black . ...... 15s 2 0 , Irish, Red ...... • • —s —s Cork, 'White ... • • 17s 2 1 : Ditto, White...... —s —a Scotch, Feed... • . 21s 2: : Rye—Old ............ —g s Beans—Tick New............. 28s 30s Pigeons ...... 36; 38 , 1 1 Barley — Grinding..... 24s 26s Peas—Grey 3os 3 0 ‘ : Malting . ........ 29 s 30 s M ap l e . 340 P: Chevalier .... ... 30s 32s White. .. ...• •• • • 28s 300 Malt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers ..... • 3ls folk • ..... • ..... 57s 58s Flour—Town-made 39s 4 :: Brown ......• • ... 51s 523 Suffolk .... .. Kingston and Ware 58s 59s Stocktn &Norfolk 31s 3 ' . smrvarznial. - - Somewhat heavy. imports of foreign Beasts and Calves have taken place into London since this day se'nnight ; hat those of Sheep have been comparatively small. The mild' ness of the weather on the Continent—the naviga'ion of the principal ports having become entirely free in Holland." leads us to the conclusion that, notwithstanding the lovr prices ruling here, we shall have increased supplies from abroad for some time, hence. Letters from Oporto state that about 400 Beasts have been purchased on English se" count. IMPORTS INTO LONDON. From Beasts. Sheep. Calvet. Pigs. Rotterdam ... 325 ... 77 ... 112 ... Antwerp Ostend l6 .. 171 ... ... Harlingen 239 ... 861 .. 33 ~. 4 Total 580 ... 609 ... 215 ... 4 Corresponding week in 1848.: 40 ... 200 ... 20 ... Difference ... 540 more. 409 more. 195 more. 4 mote On the whole, the supply of foreign beasts in to-day's mar' ket was tolerably good ; and there was a slight improve" meut in its general quality. The number of Sheep from abroad was again limited, but that of Calves was seasonably extensive. Each kind of foreign stock met a very dull inquiry, and prices had a downward tendency, without ef fecting a clearance. There was a considerable increase 0 1 the supply of home-fed beasts on offer this morning, Cour pared with that exhibited on this day se'nnight. A veil small number was beneath the middle quality. Notwith' standing the attendance of both town and country buyers was good, the Beef trade was exceedingly heavy, and to effect sales a decline of from 2d to, in some instances, 4d per 8 lbs was submitted to by the salesmen. The extreme quotation for the best Scots did not exceed 3s 10d pet 8 lbs. At the close of the market several droves left unsold. The present value of live stock here will be best under stood, when we observe that this morning Beef was selling at from 4d to Bd, Mutton 44 to lid, Veal 6d to Bd, and Pprlc 4d per 81bs beneath the prices obtained in the corresponding period in 1848. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cam bridgeshire we received about 1,300 Scots and short horns, from the northern districts, 800 short horns ; f r om the western and midland counties, 900 Herefords, runts, Devon* . &c. ; from other parts of England, 400 of various breeds , and from Scotland, 100 horned and polled Scots. We hav e to report the arrival of a full average number of Sheep—t" return showing an increase in it of about 3,000 head—owill to which the Mutton trade was in a very dull state, at a faff in the currencies of quite 2d per 8 lbs. The primest old Downs sold from 4s 8d to 4s 10d per 8 lbs. We were well supplied with Calves. Prime small qualities of Veal moved off steadily, at full prices; in other kinds next to nothing was doing. Very little business was transacted in Pigs, 14 last week's prices. Per Sibs. to sink the offal. 5. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts"... 3 0 3 2 4 42cond quality •• ; 4 3 6 Prime large Oxen.. 3 6 3 8 Prime Scots ...... 3 S alO Large coarse Calves 310 4 4 Prime small ditto .. 4 6 410 "tickling Calves ..18 0 24 0 Inferior Sheep .• 3 4 3 6 TOTAL SUPPLY Sheep. I 19,180 FOREIGN I Sheep. 520 s. d. to s• c l ; Second qual. Sheep 3 3 4 Coarse-weolled ditto 4 4 4 Southdown Nether 4 $ 410 Ditte eut of the wool 0 0 0 Large Hogs .. 3 4 4 Small Porkers .... 4 4. 4 Quarter old Pigs ..16 0 21 i v Lambs .......... 0 0 0 v AT MARKET. Calves. I Plgs• 94 13$ SUPPLY. I Calves. I Pigs. 46 Beasts. 3.616 Beasts. 3bti DrIEJVTGATE AND ZNADENN Considering the state of the weather experienced since our last, the arrivals of country-killed meat for these mark o _,,,e have been tolerably good, viz., 180 carcasses of Beef, OU v , ditto of Mutton, 380 ditto of Veal, and 3,600 ditto Pork. The supplies on offer slaughtered in the metro. polis have been but moderate; yet the general demand bog ruled inactive; at barely stationary prices. From 115 111 ; burgh three baskets of Meat have come to hand; about 200 carcasses of foreign. Meat, killed in London, bsl' been disposed of. . . _ At per stone by the Carcase. d. e. d. to s. d. d. to 11 . to iieet,inferlor...... 2 4 2 6 Hutton, inferior •. 2 8 9 0 - middling .... 2 8 210 middling.. 3 1 4 - prime large .. 3 0 3 9 prime 4 0 4 6 - prime small .. 3 4 3 6 Pork, 1arge........ 3 2 i 6 Veal •. • . 3 8 4 8 - small •••• 3 10 4 BOROUGH AND SPITALPIELDS. These markets continue to be very scantily supplied Nvw: home grown Potatoes—the quality of which is by no meal' good ; but the foreign supplies are again on the increase' Since Monday last we have received at the waterside 5 0 bags f. om Rotterdam ; 32 tons from Calais ; 82 ditto frail Dunkirk; 250 bags from Antwerp; 246 sacks from Havre; 393 tons from Ostend ; 428 tons from Rouen ; 75 basket s from Oporto ; 200 tons from Dieppe ; and 35 ditto foal Gravelins. This somewhat heavy supply has produced dulness in our markets. The best samples are mostly bel' at full prices, but most ether kinds are lower to purchas e ' Yorkshire Regents, 100 s to 150 s per ton; Newcastle, 803 to 110 s ; Scotch, 100 s to 1395; ditto Cups, 90s to 100 s ; Frenc h Whites, 90s to 105 s; Dutch do., 85s to 100 s; Belgian d" 80s to 9bs per ton tsO4‘.OITGEI HOP MARKET. The supply of most kinds of Hops pressed for sale being somewhat on the increase, the general demand is in A veil inactive state, and last week's pi ices are with difficulty suP; ported, notwithstanding the brewers almost ge n erally 1 10 ';`, light stocks. Sussex pockets, 21 4s to 21 ISs_i W eald of Ken ditto, 21 108 to 31 6s ; Mid and East Kent ditto, 3i 33 to 64 per cwt. WOOL. It is, we conceive, no longer a question whether the price of English Wool will be shortly enhanced. The public 1 010 of colonial, at which 22,000 bales will be offered, have heal largely attended in the past week. The whole of the samples yet brought to the hammer (about 4,500 bales) have sold briskly at an advance upon the quotations paid at the pre' ceding auctions of from lid. to quite 2d. per lb. As 0 0 stocks in the manufacturing districts have been reduced to A very low ebb, and as the manufactUrers themselves ba ° .! large orders on hand, and whi c h it i s somew h a t difficult execute in the given time, we should not b e su r p r i se d to hes' ,. of a further improvement in the value of the finest staple s ' Privately, the market is firm, at higher prices. The ira" ports since Monday last have consisted of 20 bales from . tbe Cape, 28 ditto from Spain, 30 ditt o f rom O s t en d, 128 di" ,n : from Hamburg, 50 ditto from Sydn e y, 36 ditt o f rom Buell ( /' Ayres, and 100 ditto from Odessa. TALLOW. After some extensive fluctuations, arising from the beef stock, our market has greatly recovered itself since Moot, last. Although the delive r ie s d ur i ng th e pas t wee k hat e not exceeded 2,067 casks, the price of P.Y.C. on the sp ot to-day has advanced to 40s 9d and 41 s , b e i ng 2 6 per ovi_ higher than on the above day. F or d e li ver y o f new Tao; in the last three months 42s 3d is demanded. Town Ta ll° , b , is 41s 6d per cwt nett cash ; R oug h F a t 2 s 3d per Si , Advices from St. Petersbur g h, t o th e 31 st J anuary, s t a te Os! the Tallow trade was flat, at from 124 to 130 roubles fe: Ukraine deliverable in June. A few parcels of conuo° Tallow had sold at 116 to 117 roubles. INSOLVENT MEMBERS.—The Bill brought forwar d by Mr. Moffatt, to pro v id e f or t h e recover of de b " - , y from persons havin g p r i v il ege o f Parliament, and for tbe exclusion of insolvent Members from the House of C° l3 ; mons, was issued on S atur d ay. I t i s to b e rea d a sec'?" f time on Wednesday. There are ten clauses in the BillL a similar cha rac t er to t h e prov i s i ons contained ill t " - Bill of last session. The preamble declares it to be ex; pedient that the privilege of Parliament should Ilet b , t used to pr o t ect persons unw illi ng to sat i s f y t h e ir .1 11 % debts from the claims of their creditors. By this fee tl a sure it is proposed to give power to a creditor who hay judgment to apply to the court out of which it issued to to fix a day for p a y men t, an d, i n d e f au l t o f p a ye3el lt 'i n . enable the cri ditor to get a v e sti ng or d e r from the . solvent Debtor s ' Court, an d a f ter s i x mont h s the elect wer of the Member to b e d ee l are d vo id, an d ano ther feer ni c, 1) be elected. Where all the cr e dit ors are paid and sad fled within six months, the privilege of the party i s . be retained. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL BARON SWINBUL 1 : 00 1 We regret to learn that letters have been received f.,_ris Germany, announcing the death of the above GAI I 7 IO, Baron, last surviving bro•her of Sir John Swieb ur the who died at Innspruck at the close of last month, in . ., 1 0 82d year of his age. He was Chamberlain for Infs ears to the ex-Emperor of Austria, and was cres t:, i Knight of the Order of Maria Theresa, in of his military pervious coapidersos.