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Threadneedle-street, London, Juin try 15, 1349. `T. )0 JAMES'S TH EAT It E. Season 1849. FREXCII PLAYS and OPERA COMIQTE• THIS EVENING, ghe Periormanc,as will commence at Eight o'clock precisely, with RICHARD CcEUIt DE LION. To conclude with the popular Opera Comique, entitled LA DOUBLE ECHELLE. Mr. Mitchell begs also to announce that, notwithstanding the in creased expenses of the present entertainment, the prices of admis sion are determined as 10ilOW$ Boxes .. • • .• Iss. Od. Pit• • • • .. 33. ed. Amphitheatre .. • • .. 2s. Od. Subs cr iptions for the season 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-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from eleven till Ave. titATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKEt. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. The publie is respectfully informed that this Theatre has, during the recess, undergone very extensive repairs and alterations and the whole re• decorated. THIS EVENING, Will be peformed OTIIELLO. Othello, Mr. J. Wallack ; lago, Mr. Charles Kean ; Desdemena, Miss Laura Addison ; Emilia, Mrs. Charles Kean. To conclude with an Arabian Nights' Entertainment, entitled CAMARALZAMAN AND BADOURA ; or, The Peri who Loves the Prince. Characters by Messrs. Bland, Keeley, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Horton, and Miss Reynolds. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. rider the direction of Madame Celeste During the Recess this Theatre has been entirely re-decorated, the original designs by Digby Wyatt, Esq , 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 mere comfortable. THIS EVENIN. Will be performed COCKNEYS IN CALIFORNIA. After which, the original Drama, called lIARTEST HOME. Principal characters by Messrs. 11. Hughes, Lambert, Wright, P. Bedford, 0. Smith, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Turner, &c. To conclude with JOHN JONES. Gay Geodluck, Mr. Lambert ; Eliza Melton, Miss E. Chaplin. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestrii. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Ma• he s s, THIS EVENING Will be performed MATE YOU DIRECTLT. After which, a new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE KING OF THE PEACOCKS. Characters by Messrs. Harley, John Reeve, Selby, H. Hall, Marshall, and 11. Marshall ; Miss Kathleen Fitzwil 'lam, Miss L. Howard, Mrs. Macnamara, Miss Marshall, Miss L. Marshall, Miss Coleman, and Madame Vestris. To conclude with USED UP. Dress t.oxes, 55.; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No half-price to any part of the house. The Her► Box-office, No. 2, Wellingtor•street, is open to the public - , t ry day, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S THEAT Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and \:anager. During the Recess this Theatre has been re-decorated and embel lished In a superb and costly manner ty Mr llurwitz. A new Chan delier has been fitted, and the best arran.if•ments have been made for the due Ventilation of the Theatre, and the couuort and canveitience of the audience. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Ballad Opera, entitled ROBIN GOOD FELLOW. Characters by Messrs. Charles Braham, Weiss, Honey, C. Fisher ; Miss Poole, Miss G. Smithson, Miss Keaworthy, Mrs. Weiss, and Miss E. Stanley. To conclude with a new grand Pantomime, entitled BLUFF LING HAL ; or, Harlequin ana Sh (Charmed Arrew. Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Clown, Mr. Flexmore ; 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 Highness Prince 11bert, &c. Mr. Batty respectfully announces that he has entered into an en gagement with the celebrated American Equestrian Young Hernan tea, who has just arrived in this country, and whose talent has gained for him the title of the first rider in the world. Ho will make its first appearance on Monday, March sth. Tills EVENINU, The curtain will rise at a Quarter to Seven o'clock precisely to the magnificent Spectacle, by Fitzball. entitled 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 romantic Melodrama. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. TliE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, MAncu 2. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 38; Highist, 44; Noon, 48. BAT4cIIIF.TEII, 30.24. Another rise of half an inch since yesterday. WIND W.—c )ol breczP, and fine weather. A ILI: AT LOX DON Tins DAY 52 Tin. after 6 Evenin , , 19 min. after 7 To-Moaaow—Morning, 54 min. after 7 I Evening, 31 rain. after s kit 7 f 1.,..... f)--,,' .I,ii-i •,...v ' -t• : *.f4/.74''' 4/ :, % 1.;;;' tolrlif ,-,' - i.e> .•,.. *, ..gi........- - :, * •v 0 s eltenin! I,llt. LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 2 1114 S. Notwithstanding the various suggestions for faci litating the dispatch of public business, and the all but unanimous feeling exhibited against the vexatious system that heretofore prevailed, the same " Fabian" policy appears to be resorted to in the House of Com mons on every possible occasion ; the same dilatory proceedings are adopted, and whole sittings are again wasted in discussing the question, " That the Speaker do now leave the chair." It would really appear as if Honourable Gentlemen thought they had at tained a great political triumph when they succeeded in consuming uselessly one of the days especially devoted to the consideration of Ministerial schemes, and averting the progress of the most urgent mea sures, and yet those very gentlemen will, towards the close of the session, give utterance to querulous complaints respecting the quantity of business re maining undisposed of, and censure the Government for not having exhibited greater activity. An additional illustration was last night afforded of this mischievous and impolitic practice. The chief business of the evening related to the report of the Committee on Irish Poor•laws. An appeal was made to different Members who had notices on the paper to postpone them, in order that the House might go into Committee. It was an important question, perhaps the most urgent that could be brought under the consideration of Parliament. In many districts the people are literally starving. The want is such, that, as stated by the Premier, " they were mere ske letons of men—the fever was prevalent, and the desti tution was indescribable." No means are available for supplying the necessary assistance. The grant of 10,0001., so recently sanctioned, and a considerable portion of which had been previously anticipated, must be nearly, if not altogether consumed. Every hour's delay must be productive of the most fearful consequences ; and yet, under such circumstances, a whole evening is frit tered away in debating whether the Speaker shall leave the chair, whether the report of the special Committee shall be received, or the recommendations contained therein be even taken into consideration -recommendations which could only be guessed at, as no opportunity was afforded of laying them before the House. It appeared, however, to some Honour able Members, that they were "in as good a p os iti on for resisting the propositions" to be submitted as if they bad heard all the reasons that could be ad duced, and consequently the evening was wasted in the preliminary discussion, until at a late hour the amendment was rejected by a majority of 99 in a house of 291 Members—the numbers being for going into Committee 115, against it 96. O w i ng , however, to the protracted discussion, Lord JOHN RVIISELL was compelled to postpone his state ment until this evening. The miseries of the starving poor are thus necessarily protracted for an addi tional day. The proposed rate in aid it is that has so 'strongly excited the ire and provoked the indignation of the dissentient Members, that they appear to think any means justifiable by which it may be re tarded. Ten millions will be unhesitatingly ac cepted from English tax-payers; the only complaints preferred are at the stinginess of England for not giving more, or for not applying the advances to triEW,,re cultivating the estates of apathetic landlords, or -t... 1 777-7 putting in crops for idle farmers. The moment, • however, it is suggested that the more fortunate 'districts shall contribute to the relief of their desti seighbara—altimgh that contribution i 5 limited /kg THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY _ EVENING, MARCH 2, 1849.. to the trifling sum of sixpence in the pound, and is to be continued for two years only—the most deter mined resistance is offered to the proposition. Why should there be any distinction on such a point between the English and Irish tax-payer? Why should a tax be levied exclusively on Ireland for any purpose what ever. The grumblers appear to have forgotten that such a distinction already exists, and that it is alto gether in favour of Ireland ; that an income-tax of 7d. in the pound is levied exclusively on Great Britain, from which Ireland is exempted ; that a variety of assessed taxes are also imposed upon English and Scotch, which are wholly unknown to the Irish. They might, indeed, have some cause of complaint if the burdens were equalised, and it was then endeavoured to subject them exclusively to ad ditional taxation, but not until then. It is not fitting that Irish representatives should taunt the Ministry with an unconstitutional effort to impose separate national taxation. The Honourable Member for Dublin was peculiarly happy in exposing the inconsistency of the malcon tents. In his own peculiar vein, which has invariably the effect of setting the House in good humour, he ridiculed the opposition that has been offered to the national rate in aid. He took up the position that might be expected from a high-minded and indepen dent Irish representative. He said—" He was tired of hearing his countrymen called beggars—lreland was perfectly capable of supporting her own, but to do so she must be fairly treated." This is the true position to assume. Render every possible as sistance to Ireland ; develop her industrial' resources, but let her maintain the proud independence of sup porting her own poverty without claiming assistance from any other nation. Every opponent of those intolerant religionists who are known throughout the United Kingdom, from Caithness to Cornwall, by the unenviable title of Agneiiites, has reason to rejoice at an occurrence which was announced on Wednesday last in the columns of our contemporary the Scotsman. That occurrence was nothing less than the removal of the odium hitherto associated with the working of the Scottish Central Railway. We congratulate the shareholders on having ♦indicated their own cha racter in the very act of worsting the designs of a few bigotted malcontents; and we rejoice in thinking that the indignation elicited by the treatment of her Grace the Duchess of SUTHERLAND has been not altogether ineffectual in leading to the abatement of an intolerable nui sance, to the total and permanent abolition of a system that was becoming every successive week more and more unendurable. At the ordinary half-yearly meeting of the share holders of the Scottish Central Railway—a meeting which took place on Tuesday the 27th inst. at Perth —it was formally decided by a majority of four thousand shares and two thousand votes that morn ing and evening mail trains shall continue running on Sundays, and that those trains shall carry not only letter-bags but passengers. Large as this majority was, it appears to have only consisted nome• nally of four thousand shares and two thousand votes—the votes and shares in fa vour of the decision being in reality much 'more numerous. Now, the triumph of the share holders seems to have been enhanced in importance by the circumstance of the almost unanimous co operation of the directors—the whole of the directors, with one solitary exception, being disposed to relieve the line from all hebdomadal obstructions. Never theless, from the fact of the directors refraining altogether from giving in their own votes and the proxies remaining at their disposal, the majority was diminished by 4,847. Otherwise the declaration in favour of Sunday travelling would have been en forced by double the number of votes and shares already mentioned—the . majority would have been increased from 4,000 to 8,000 shares, and from 2,000 to 4,000 votes. As it is, the victory has been complete and conclusive. The Agnewites are en tirely hors de combat. We say expressly and inten tionally the Agnewiteo, because the saintly minority were impelled to this encounter with the ungodly majority of the shareholders by the quondam repre sentative of the Wigton burghs. Sir ANDREW AGNEW—with that genial liberty of sentiment and that exalted rectitude of principle for which he has acquired such a very enviable celebrity—was exceedingly anxi ous, indeed, to induce the directors to repudiate the %orking contract of the Scottish Central Railway. Repudiation had no shame for him—not it. It was as harmless and honourable a course of proceeding to :the sensitive conscience of the Baronet, as eaves-dropping in a church-pew was to the architectural benefactor of " Old TROXAS PINCU." And the best of it is this, that Sir AN DREW AGNEW—who wished to dictate, as the saying is, to the business and bosoms of the directors, and, by so doing, to domineer, if possible, over the mass of shareholders—holds just ONE SITARE. There is a modesty in all this that is positively bewitching. The idea of a man holding one wretched share in a large company like that of the Scottish Central Railway, coolly arrogating to himself the right not only to decide upon the best policy open to the directors, but taking upon himself the office of spiritual guardian of the shareholders. Why Tainuisal tots WHoLEsomin was nothing to him. Talk of humility, forsooth, of moderat;mn, of self-sacrifice I Talk of amenity, serenity, and meekness 1 Sir ANDREW AGNEW 13 assuredly their living embodiment. His religious fervour carries him infinitely above all the little petty suggestions of common sense. His z'al for morality is very far from being restricted to frail mortals like himself—it extends to robust steam-engines—steam engines of high passions and impetuous impulses . They must be taught greater sobriety of deportment, and must learn from Sir ANDRE! and his satellites not to violate the injunctions of Scripture, by work ing on the seventh day—forgetting altogether that Saturday, and not Sunday, is the scriptural Sabbath. But the highly moral Baronet, the Baronet whose morality extends to steam and stokers, is not only the possessor of one shore in the Scot tish Central Railway, but he actually specu lated to the amount of 251. sterling in the pur chase of that one share, in order to enable him to interfere thus modestly in the working of the trains, and in the conduct of the morals of the Scottish Central Railway. He has evidently been anxious to eclipse the memorable ZEAL- o'. THE LAND-BUSY—and he has certainly succeeded admi rably in so doing, for his ardour has lifted him from the mire of liberalty, to the celestial atmo sphere of intolerance. Unfortunately the ONE SHAR E has proved, as they say in Phil a d e l p hi a — no pounds will be better e bought in. The out at mort g a ge h fi b v a e rked in th e ungodly had better sell ou t as fast as S i r ANDREW AGNE W undertakings u of th e t t h w a e n n t ye embarked in the estimationaYnow, when the Scottish Central Itailway_e„; e i igton Bur g h s , be running not I\ S f u e n ni d h a e y r t fo ra r in t s he w of the ex only to Perth but to the Devil. Cordially, however, do we congratulate the ?:share holders, the director:,,, and Scotland generally, upon this decisive triump h of humanity and right reason over bigotry and ignorance. The success is the more gratifying to those who participated in the meeting of Tuesday, from the acknowldgement made by the Chairman, Mr. BRUCE of Kennet, that not one memorial had been received against the travelling of passengers by mail trains on Sundays. The dis gust excited by the whole transaction belongs, there fore, exclusively to the miserable clique of which Sir ANDREW AGNEW 13 the Sir ORACLE. We wish them joy of their notoriety. A pamphlet of a very remarkable character has just been addressed to the Right Honourable the President of the Board of Control by the Conqueror of Sinde. We would earnestly direct the attention of all who are interested in the stability of our empire in Hindostan, in the enhancement of the glory of British arms in Asia, and in the success of our present adventure in the Punjaub, to a document« which bears so very forcibly upon those great objects of British aspiration. Sir CHARLES NerIER is not satisfied with having ameliorated the condition of his gallant followers while acting as their Commander-in- "' " A Letter to the Right Hon. Sir J. Hobhouse, &e., on the Baggage of the Indian Army. By Sir Charles James Napier, G.C.8., Lieutenant-U eneral, and Colonel of the 22d Regiment of Foot." Bvo. pp. 65. Moxon, i 849. Chief and as Pro- Consul of a magnificent province, he is solicitous to witness the extension of the advan tages successfully applied by himself to his own forces, throughout the organization of the whole Indian army. Having laid aside that sword which his valour and his genius as a Captain have covered with renown, he is employing in the behalf of his fellow- soldiers that pen which his wit and his energy as a Writer render a weapon almost equally for midable. And the earnestness with which the illus trious warrior has addressed himself to Sir Joliet CAM HOBHOUSE in reference to the bag gage conveyance during our oriental campaigns, has been increased and concentrated by a variety of considerations tending all to the same point : by considerations of humanity both to our men and to their beasts of burden ; by considerations of economy, from the losses perpetually resulting from the present arrangement, or rather from the present want of ar rangement ; by considerations of regard to the health of the fighting men, the discipline of the camp followers, and the honesty of the attendant servants of the expedition—the Nagurchees (lantern bearers), the Puckaulias (watermen), .the Moochets (workers in leather), the Mahouts and the Coolies. From a bitter experience of the difficulties which at present harass the Commander-in-Chief, and of the miseries which result to the officers and privates in the Indian army in conse quence of the obstacles attendant upon the conveyance of the baggage, Sir CHARLES insists upon the neces sity of organizing what is termed a Baggage Corps, a corps exclusively devoted to the carriage and protec tion of the baggage of our military forces. He not merely insists upon the necessity of this proceeding, upon its absolute necessity for the prevention of a multiplicity of the most grievous disasters, but he explains its ulterior economy, its many happy effects, and its complete practicability. In demonstrating first the necessity, then the eco nomy, then the utility, and lastly the practicability of the Baggage Corps in our Indian armies, the el- Governor of Sinde gives a vividly and admirably graphic description of the present condition of our soldiers in Hindostan. He enlarges, in so many divi sions, upon the quantity, character, and inconvenience of Indian baggage in its present state: upon the obstructions thrown in the way of the Commander in-Chief ; upon the unnecessary privations of the bivouac ; upon the danger of want of carriage ; upon the difference and numerical disproportion of the fighting men and the camp-followers; upon the enormous and extravagant quantity of bag gage which is now-a-days required by the luxury of some Sybarite officers ; upon the difficulty of feeding camp-followers ; upon the embarrassments which are consequently always on the increase round the Commander, dimi nishing day by day the chances of victory : and, lastly, upon the nature, the arrangements, the cost, and the workiig of the Sinde Baggage Corps esta blished by himself, in 1145, under the able command of Lieutenant-Colonel PENNYCUICE, of the 17th Re giment. To illustrate the evils resulting from the present employment of hired camels and hired camp-fol lowers—hired, that is to say, privately, and without system—Sir CHARLES observes, that supposing the baggage to require twenty thousand camels, that these camels being led, as is the customary ' way in the East by a string " fastened through the nostril of one animal, and tied to the tail of his leader," would occupy in one long straggling line a space of about fifty miles in extent. The difficulties in the way of rapid movement in an Asiatic campaign must be obvious—" half the ani mals in such a case not having quitted the old camp when the leading animals would have arrived on the new encamping ground." Then, again, the cruelties of overloading the unfortunate beasts under the present management is deplorable. " The more they are laden," says Sir CHARLES, in one powerful sen tence, " the slower they move ; and the slower they move, the more they are beaten ; and the more they are beaten, the faster they perish." The poor camels want the aid and advice of Kebecdar Moll, the elephant of whom our distinguished pamphleteer tells such an agreeable anecdote : see page 14, note. To demonstrate the lavishness of the expenditure, or rather of the waste, from the want of a well-organized Baggage Corps, he mentions that in Lord KEANE'S brief and successful campaign alone the less of camels was generally estimated at 50,000, adding, that " if we take them at the average of sixty rupees for each camel, the loss was 300,0001. sterling in a few months !" Alluding to the luxury of some of the regimental officers, Sir CHARLES writes thus emphatically—" What do es he want ?—his tent, his bed, a canteen, a second pair of breeches, a second pair of shoes, half-a-dozen shirts, a second flannel waist coat, a couple of towels, and a piece of soap ; all beyond is mere luxury, and not fit for a campaign. His regimentals he carries on his back. An Indian campaign lasts five months. No man takes the field for comfort ;—he goes to win renown, and no Sybarite wins renown in war." Within anything like moderate space, however, it is impossible to enter into the details given by Sir CHARLES Neriea of the form and appearance of his proposed Baggage Corps. At present we can only call the attention of all whose in terests are involved in the subject to his clear, terse, and most conclusive arguments. Tim FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The PRESIDENT of the Republic has dispatched Colonel MAJoccI, one of his orderly officers, on a mission to Vienna, the object of which is to endeavour to induce the Austrian Government to consent to some settlement of the Italian question otherwise than by entering the Roman States. At the sitting of the National Assembly yesterday a Bill, authorising the State to construct the tem porary works of the Versailles and Chartres Railway, was presented by the Minister of Public Works, and urgency was granted. The Bill for the payment of the interest on the Greek loan was passed without discussion, and then the Assembly proceeded to con sider the organic law on the Council of State. The Bth clause fixes the number of Councillors of State ; and at the second reading the number was reduced by 32. The Committee now moved that the number be fixed at 40 ; and after a debate, in which AVM. VIVIEN, BOULATIGNIER, MORTIMER TERNAUX, and others, took part, the Assembly decided, by a ma jority of 37,5 to 355, that the proposition of the Com mittee should be adopted. The measure was still under consideration when the post left. We find the following in the Drolt " The officer charged With making the necessary com munications, relative to their trial, went on Monday to Vincennes, where Blanqui, Flotte, Albert, Beals, So brier, Raspail, Quentin, Larger, Borne, and Thomas are confined, and also to the Conciergeri, where Degr4, alias the Pompier, and Courtais are detained. With re gard to such of the accused parties as are absent, the notification has been made at their former respective re sidences. They are eight in number:—Louis Blanc, Marc Caussidiere, Seigneuret, and Joachim Honneau, editors of the Commune de Paris; lluber, a currier, ex governor of the Chateau du Rainey ; Lavissun, a cap tain of the Artillery of the National Guard; Napoleon Chanal, ex-commissary of the Provisional Government in the department of the Drome ; and Villain, the president of the Societi des Droits de l'Homme. Chanal has announced his intention of surrendering himself on the day of the opening of tne trial, but nothing is known as to the intention of the other absentees. The day on which tha prisoners will be removed to Bourges has not been fixed, but it is probable that it will take place at the end of this week. The Government has delayed it as long as possible, in order to give every facility to the prisoners to communicate with their counsel. It is not yet known what line of conduct the accused intend to assume before the High Court of Justice; but up to the present time they have determined to offer no defence. c One of them, however (D egr 4, t h e P omp i er), appears to E h ' is P d ic e a f r e d nce as to his M. oußnestehl: entertain political 'opinion s comp l ete l y opposed to the oGtehneersr,alancdouhretahiasshcahs confided M. mont. The number of witnesses is said to be 2,198." BOURSE—hulls, THURSDAY, MARCH 1. THREE O'CLOCK.—The Fends were exceedingly steady all day, and closed at higher prices than yester day. There was no news of any kind stirring. Ex change on London :(30 days), 25 20; ditto (90 days), 2:5 07k. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, lALincn 1. Boulogne and, Amiens PA—Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 113—Namur and Liege, 9%—Northern 4 France, 10 1 / 2 Orleans and Bordeaux, 4 1 %--Paris_ and Rouen, 21% —Paris and Strasbourg, 414—Rouen and Havre, 13;4—Sambre and Meuse, 5 1 4—Tours and Nantet 3. SPAIN. Accounts have been received from Madrid to the evening of the W!cl.ult. On the morning of that d 47, Senor Motu, the Fi nance Minister, brought forward the Budget for 1849, in the Chamber of Deputies. '1 he tutai ru,s revenue is estimated at 1,372,324,018 reals, and the expenditure at 1,372,177,674 reala. The Finance nister, in the course of his speech, stated that the payment of the Treasury bills would be postponed; an announcement which, as soon as it became known on the Bolsa, occasioned a fall of 8 per cent. in that species of security. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA. At the sitting of the Kremsier Diet on the 2sd notice was given of two interpellations intended to be addressed to the Ministry, the first bearing upon the Berman question, and calling upon Ministers to clear up the doubts which their circular had occasioned ; what was the hidden meaning of the phrase, " a gradual and progressive approximation of the different unities," and what the Austrian Government under stands by a " firm and mighty Germany from without, strong and free within, organically articulated, yet united ? " What peculiar form of Government they propose, and how is the union of all German Staten with the non-German to be ac complished ? The Speaker, in the name of the Chamber, protested against the note, which, under the mask of liberal professions, aims at introducing de note the old Federative Assembly. The next had reference to certain instructions said to have been forwarded by the Minister of the Interior to the different circles, and forbidding the printing of the German fundamental rights voted in the Frankfort Assembly, such publication being thought dangerous at the present moment. SCIIUSELKA, in putting the question, wished to know whether this step was taken by the authority of the Minister or not. If so, the Assembly urged the retractation of this offensive document, which not only was an infringement upon the freedom of the press, and a fit accompaniment to the Government circular on German affairs, but like wise insulting to the German nation, and degrading to the Austrians. The Minister has convened an agricultural congress to assemble at Vienna, to deliberate on matters re lating to the landed interest. A terrific battle was fought between the Hun garians and the Imperialists on the 13th ult., in the neighbourhood of Arad. The Imperialists claim the victory, although, seeing they have not succeeded in relieving Arad or in expelling the Hungarians from the citadel, we are inclined to think that the victory must have been the other way, more especially when the Imperialists confess that JOVANOTICH, their com mander, has been taken prisoner by the Magyars. the sth of February. It appeared that severed persons were in the tap room drinking, and that some quarrel took place which ended in a fight between a person named Hunt and the deceased. They struc k several blows, then closed and fell together, the deceased being undermost, and his head coming in contact with the fender. The chief question for the jury wont 3be whe ther his death was occasioned by that fall or by a sub sequent fall which he met with on being struck by the prisoner Hunton. After the first fall they both got up without assistance, and the deceased did not show symptoms of any setrit .us injury, nor did he complain of any pain or hurt. He was, how. ever, the worse for liquor at the time. Shortly after wards, the deceased and Hunton got up to fight. Only one blow was struck, but it took effect upon the face of the deceased, and knocked him down. He almost im mediately became insensible, and shortly afterwards died. The other prisoner was looking on, and called out " give it him from the shoulder." With respect to the law of the case, he apprehended that vvh en a person stood by and witnessed an unlawful proceed ing of that kind, he was in point of law answerable for• the death of the deceased. If the jury were of opinion that the effect of the last fall was the immediate ca am: of death, there could be no doubt that both the pri,oners were guilty of manslaughter. Mr. Morgan, a surgeon, deposed making a post mortem examination of the body, and said it was his .opinion that the man's death had been caused by apoplexy arising from a depression of the brain, which was p roduced by an external injury on the head. It was impossible to say whether the injury was caused by the first or second fall. . _ HIS LORDSHIP hero stated it was his opinion that there was no case to go to the jury against th e prisoners. The Fay accordingly:Acquitted them both . MURDER IN ST. GILES'S.—Jopn Mai*, aged 32, described as a plasterer, was arraigned on th e Coroner's inquisition for the wilful murder of his wVe Elizabeth Alabby. for the prosecution, and Mr. Robin son r ri om P t a he on re s t t h a ae te pd m pree e fae n n t ed c o e f . Mr. PAYNE, it appeared th a t the case rested mainly upon the testimony of Mrs. Gurder, a widow, in whose room the deceased had taken shelter from her husband. When she was in bed with Mrs. Gurder and her daughter the prisoner km eked at the door, and said he wanted something belonging to him, and must come in, Upon being refused admittance he forced his way into the room, struck his, wife in the bed with his fists, dragged her off the bed, a nd knocked her head twice upon the floor with great violence. She died almost immediately, and upon a post mortem exami nation being made it was found that death had been occasioned by a rupture of a blood vessel in the brain, but it appeared that the brain had been previously in an unhealthy state, so that her death might have arisen from natural ca,;uses. Mrs. Gurder corroborated the above facts, and stated that the deceased was frequently in the habit of drinking. William Jury, a policeman, said the prisoner, on be ing taken into custody, told him that he had killed the deceased by kicking her on the neck, but that he did not mean to do it. He said he had kicked her because she was frequently in the habit of robbing him. Mrs. Cayley said she saw the deceased sone time be fore her death quarrelling with her husband, and abusing him while he was coaxing her to go into her room. She was drunk at the time, and had been so for three weeks previously. The prisoner had always behaved very kindly to her. Mr. Simpson, a surgeon said the brain was in a very bad state, and suffused from inflammation. Death arose from a ruptured blood-vessel in the brain, but he could see no marks of external violence. The CHIEF BARON asked the jury if they thought it necessary, after the evidence, to hear the priFoner's counsel ? It appeared to him that the evidence was not conclusive. The jury, after a few minutes' comultation, found a verdict of Not Guilty. 11EW COURT. (Before the COMMON SERGEANT.) James Edinglon, aged 48, a respectably dressed man, though described in tho calendar as a labourer, was placed at the bar, charged with stealing a bank post bill, value 501., the property of Wm. Abbott. Mr. Payne prosecuted, and Mr. Clarkson defended the prisoner, who pleaded Not Guilty. Mr. Wm. Abbott, the prosecutor, is a proctor in Dote tors' Commons, and in the latter end of January last received the 501. bill in question from a client of his, re siding at Newport, in the Isle of Wight, in the way of business. The prosecutor has a managing clerk, named Wheeler, who lives in his house, rent free, and receives a salary of 250/. a-year, exclusive of certain perquisites. Wheeler is empowered by the prosecutor to open all letters that come by the early post, addressed to his employer, and if the bill in question arrived by the early post, the letter in which it was enclosed would be opened by Wheeler, as a matter of course. Wheeler himself proved that the bill came enclosed in a letter by the early post on the 2eth of January, and that he handed it over to his employer, on his coming to the office. Mr, Abbott, the prosecutor, on the other hand, could not say that he had ever had the bill in his possession, though he appeared to have been informed by Wheeler of its arrival. The bill became payable on Saturday, the 3d of February, and when Mr. Abbott was about to send it to the bank to get it exchanged for cash, it was no where to be found. Now, it was proved that Wheeler had been on habits of intirutcy with the prisoner, had been drinking with him on more than one occasion, at the Bell, public-house, in Great Carter-lane, and had once sold him a pony and chaise. Wheeler, when examined, repudiated his acquaintance with the prisoner, and said, with an air of affected in dignation, he would not associate with such a man, though he reluctantly admitted, on be!ng pressed, that he had the transaction about the pony and chaise with him, and had drunk wine with him at the Bell public house. On Sunday, the 3d of February, the day after the bill was missed by Mr. Abbott, the prisoner went to the Bell public-house in Great Carter-lane, and showed the bill in question to Mr. Welltidge, the landlord, to whom he owed some money and with whom he lodged, stating that when he got the bill cashed on the Monday morning he would pay Mr. Wallridge what he owed him, and would have paid him at once had he not been in liquor on the Saturday, which prevented his getting the bill cashed. On presenting the bill for payment at the London and Westminster Bank on the Monday morning the payment of it was stopped, and the prisoner was taken into custody. The prisoner accounted for having the bill in his possession, by stating that Wheeler had given it to him. A little incident was related on the trial by Wallridge, the landlord of the " Bell," with a view to negative the idea of the prisoner's dishonesty: He said, that on the day after the prisoner was taken into cus tody, the latter asked him for the loan of a shilling, which the landlord agreed to lend him, and tcok out of his pocket and gave the prisoner, what he thought were two sixpenses; but it turned out that the landlord had given him a half-sovereign and a sixpence, instead of two sixpences, whereupon the prisoner returned the landlord the half sovereign given him by mistake. Mr. CLARKSON having addressed the jury, on the pri soner's behalf, and The COMMON SERGEANT having summed up, the jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. iVIARLBRO S -STREET--(THIS DAY.) James Percy, a young man of rather seedy appear ance, was placed at the bar charged with having obtained ss. 6d. from Mr. James Gill, 9, Middleton's-buildings, Foley-place, by fraudulent and false pretences. The prosecutor deposed that the prisoner occupied apartments in his house. On the 18th of last month a person by the name of James was indebted to him 3/. 11s., and the prisoner, who represented himself as a solicitor's clerk, undertook to recover the debt. Witness asked him the name of his employer. The prisoner said he was clerk to Mr. Medina, solicitor, 3, Crosby-hall, and that his employer allowed hint a commission upon all business introduced by him (prisoner). Witness in conse quence of these representations directed the prisoner to issue a writ against Mr. James. The prisoner then said he should want some money to go on with, and witness gave him ss. 6d., and received from the prisoner the receipt produced. Witness was subsequently informed that the prisoner was not what he represented himself to be, and on calling upon Mr. James he found that the prisoner had not issued the writ, but that he had threatened to serve him with one if the money was not paid. Witness then called at Crosby Hall, but could not find any gen tleman named Mecina at No. 8. There was a solicitor by that name at No. 14, but he was not in town. Wit ness, in consequence of this, gave the prisoner in charge. Mr. George James, umbrella-maker, S, Paddington. street, stated that about a fortnight ago he owed Mr. Gill 31. 1 la., which had since been paid. On Monday week the prisoner called upon him, and said, Mr. Gill had authorised him to serve witness with a copy of a writ. He then produced a strip of parchment like a writ, and said he had not got the copy with him, and that he supposed witness only wanted time to pay the money, and if he would give him (prisoner) ss. he would allow him any length of time Ile liked. Witness asked the prisoner what court the writ was in? He replied, that it was in the Court of Common Pleas, and that the expenses would be very heavy. This so frightened wit ness that he consented to give the prisoner 2s. 6d. down, and the other 2s, 6d. in a week. The prisoner never served witness with a writ. Witness called upon Mr. Gill on Monday, and paid the money. Mr. Gill said the prisoner sent him in a bill of costs amounting;to 21. 6s. Bd., made out in the name of Medina, Crosby Hall. This, of course, he declined paying. The prisoner, in defence, denied ever representing himself as Mr. Medina's clerk, but he admitted receiving the money from Mr. Gill. He had no excuse to offer. In reply to Mr. Haithavicx, the prisoner said he was formerly in the employ of Mr. Levy, Chancery-lane, and of Mr. Swayne, Red Lion-square. He was now out of employ. The prisoner was then remanded till to-morrow, and the constable was desired to call upon Mr. Medina, and request his attendance. HER MAJESTY'S INDISPOSITION.—Her Majesty, through slight indisposition, was unable to attend the performance of " Israel in Egypt" last night at Exeter hall. On inquiry at Buckingham Palace this morning, it was ascertained that her Majesty bad only experienced the inconvenience of n slight cold. His Royal High ness Prince Albert will attend Exeter hall this evening, at the London Sacred Harmonic Concert, as:also several of the'royal household. A short time ago the command of the army in India was offered to Sir George Napier, but he was com pelled to decline this distinguished post on account of the precarious state of his health. We are now able to state that Sir W. Gomm has been ordered to proceed to India to assume the command in chief, in the place of Lord Gough, whose period of service has expired. Dr. Wolff tins offered to go out to Lahore and Afghani.►tan, in search of INiajue Lawrence and his wife, who have been taken prisoners by the Sei MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was tame, although prices kept very steady, compared with last Friday's quotations. Prices of American were extreme, whilst all other kinds were unaltered. The sal( s were estimated at 5,000 bales, of which 500 were taken for export, and 100 on speculation.—ln Railway Shares rather more business was doing, but at lower quotations. The arrivals this morning furnish nothing later of im portance, but we ex feet, in the course of the afternoon, accounts of one day's later date from America, pct. Washington Irving, sailing packet. The next steamer is not expected until Monday or Tuesday, and those who look with interest to Californian news are all on the qui vice. The French Funds come higher again, but there is some solicitude still about the affairs of Italy, and a fear even that Austria and Russia will prove jealous rivals in the matter of supremacy. The financial position of the different countries ought to be the best bail for their good behaviour. In the produce markets this week a good business has been done, and as stocks run out, the holders evince greater firmness, and an apparent determination to feed the wants of consumption more gradually. Sugar has been dearer, and Coffee rather dull. Spices in lair request. Dry Hides have been in good request for export, and at rather higher prices. Salted also have gone off at full rates. The current rate of discount upon first-class bills having a month or so to run is 24 to 24 per cent., and there is said to have been recently more demand, although the rate is not enhanced. Merchants, brokers, and all men of business in the City, may be saved much time by consulting the London Mercantile Directory, which is adapted peculiarly for their use, and comprises only such information as is ser viceable to them. At the outports as well as in London the want is felt. The work is made up after the begin ning of the year, no inconsiderable recommendation, be cause many changes of firms occur at that period. The official trade returns for the month ending the sth January have just been completed, and exhibit a most favourable result. There is an increase, exceeding half a million sterling, in the exports, but the deficiency on previous months no.akes the loss for the year 4 mil lions sterling. This upon a trade like that of England is, after all, not by any means more _than was to be ex pected under the adverse circumstances in which Europe has been placed. The Funds opened with an improving uppearance this morning, but have gone back since, and apparently from the cause frequently noticed of late under this head, viz., a full supply of Money Stock. Consols have been 924 to and are now 92 to 4. The New Three-and- a- Quarter per Cents. have realised 934 to 934. Bank Stock is worth 196. Exchequer-bills have been 395. to 425. premium. The speculators are more nearly balanced in opinion than they were, and although the disposition is rather to go for the rise, the supply of Stock for im mediate transfer deters bold operations. The Foreign Stock Market has been buoyant on the whole. Spanish Five per Cents. have realised 184 to 18i, and the Three per Cents 294. Portuguse Four per Cents. have been marked 26. Brazil Stock hasbeen quoted 82} to 834. Equador Bonds have been at 34, and Grenada at 17k. Mexican have realised 264 4, and Venezuela 261. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 484 to 494. In Railway Shares the dealings have been moderate. Caledonian are higher, and also North-W: stern, Brighton, and Midland; Great Northern and Eastern Counties are a little firmer. The French shares much the same. ONE CLOSING piticts OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock II per Cent. Reduced M11e..... 921 / 2 1A 92 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 92 % 1 /4 % 92 91% New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anns..... . 9 3%4_ I % 93 Long Ann s. to expire Jan. 1860 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10. 1859 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 8 11-16 8 11-16 India Bonds, 1,0001. - P Ditto under 1,0001... Consols for Account 92% 92 92 Exchequer Bills. 2%d. & 2d. 1,000/. June 39 42 p 41 p Small. June Ditto Advertised, June 33 36 32 p 32 p PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS o v -E CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES Brazilian Bonds Ditto, Small B4 84 Do., New, 1843 .......... Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent — Ditto, 5 per cent. Scrip, 1849 7% 8 1 4 p 8 1 4 p Equa;lor Bonds , . 3 M 3 M Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 2654 26% Ditto, Account Portuguese 5 per Cents. ... Ditto, 4 per Cent — ..... Ditto, Account 26 26 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account 18 % 14% 17 3 4 Ditto 3 per Cent 2 9 14 29M Venezuela Bonds, 2M per Cent — Ditto, Account .. . 26% 26% Ditto Deferred - ... 7 % 7% . _ - Dividends on the above payable - in London. French, 3 per Cent -f. —c. 52f. 25c. Exchange f. —c. 25f. 20c. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild 4B 494 494 Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 79 % 1 A 79% PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen 5O •-••••— ........ ......... Do. Preference Caledonian Do. New 10/. Pref..... 10 Chester and Holyhead... 50 Ditto, Preference...... 15 Fast Anglia, 25/., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 ...... 3%... Do., 18/. 2 E. & 11.... 18 Do., 3/. 108. Eastern C,otllaties... ..... 20 ...... 10A 1 / 2 lO% Do. New Guaranteed 6 per Cent.. .. lO ...... 11% ll% Ditto, Extension, 5 per Cent., No. 1 61.135. 4d.... % p l4 P Do. Quarters ~....... 1214 52 ex d 52 ex d East Lincolnshire ...... 25 Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... 44 45 Great Northern Do., 1 / 4 2 A Deferred ... 12 1 h 5 Do., %B 6 per Cent... 6%. 6% 6% Great South. and West. (Ireland) Great North of England.loo ......231 230 x,d. 230 x.d Ditto,New, 40r 4O Ditto, ditto Ditto, New, 30/ Great Western 100 ...... 98 1 / 2 x.d 98 1 / 2 x.d Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ...... Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ...... 50 x.d 5O x.d. Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 Do. Fifths Do. Thirds l5 ..„. 914 ... ... 9 London & Black wa11...13/. 63.8 d.... 5% x.d 6 x.d. Lon ion, Brighton, and South Coast 5O ..... 86 35% .. 35% Ditto, New 51., guar. 6 per cent. .. London and N. Western 100 .....,138 139 x.d l37x.d Ditto, New ...... ...... 7 14114. &S. Western Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Cent. on Deposit, and 5 per Cent. on Calls Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshiro 100 Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10 Midland ... ...100 ...... 85 1 % 85 x.d. —84% x.d. Do., do., 50/. Shares... 25 ... .. 19 Norfolk ...... 100 vorth British ...•....... 25 Ditto, Quarters Ditto, Thirds .... . 8k —4: North Staffordshire 1 7 1 ,E — Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Scottish Central Shrewsbury and Birm... 10 ...._ Shropshire Union S)nth Eastern Do., Scrip No 4 York, Newcastle, and Borwick. Do. Original New and .... _ Bcirwick .. ...... ... .. 25 2s' ex. div.... 25 IA x.d Do. Newcastle Ester. 20 Do. G.N.E.Preterence 8 York and North Midland 50 Ditte, Preference ...... 10 Do. East and West Rid- ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzoa)... 18 Namur and Liege ...... 20 ... .. 8%%... ... Northern of France...... 13 Orleans and Bordeaux... 7 Paris and Strasbourg ... 10 Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse 2O ..... 5L i , IA 5 Tours and Nantes .. 9 ...... 2% 3 ...... ..... 2% MInS. . _. Australian. Brazilian Imperial ...... Do. St. John Del Rey 15 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MARCH 2.—Wind at noon, W.S.W. Fresh breeze and fine clear dry weather. FlAawicit, MARCH I.—The W. M. of Dover, Ant werp to Newhaven, got on shore on the Cork Sand, and has become a total wreck; crew and part ,of materials saved. YARMOUTH, MARCH I.—The William, scbooner, of Woodbridge, was assisted into harbour this day by ON o smacks, dismasted. WARREN POINT, FEB. 28.—The Lively, Bangor to Dundalk, has been driven on shore inside Curlington bar, near Greencastle; vessel nearly covered at high water; a flit has been sent to take the cargo out. WHITBY, MARCH I.—The Admiral Bingham (iron schooner), has put in here after being on shore on Red car Rocks. RAMSGATE, MARCH I.—The Dutch ship Eppin, which went on shore yesterday, has been assisted off this day, and towed into the harbour. DEAL, MARCH I.—The foreign ship, reported as com ing in with loss of fore topmast, jib boom, &c., proves to be the Criminal Rath Brand, from Newcastle to Lisbon. Several vessels have lost anchors and chains, but are get ting, supplied. The Gustaf, from Baltimore to Bremen, has arrived here with rudder damaged, having been struck by a heavy sea. MARGATE, MARCH I.—The Lady Macdonald, Elder, from Calcutta to London, has arrived off here, with loss of mainmast cut away during a gale ; has also been tup plied with an anchor and chain. '.11,0 Poole to London, sank in the Princes Channel 3 - ,:sterclay during a strong gale from S.W.; crew saved. WET - 1013TR, MARCH I.—The vessel reported yester- day riding in the West Bay with masts cut away, has been towed round Portland, but from the wind blowing so heavy from the northward she could not be got into the bay, and is now standing to the eastward; name yet unknowrt HOLYHEAD, MARCH I.—The Margaret and Rachel, Liverpool to Dublin, ran on the rocks in the bay to the eastward of this harbour this morning, during a heavy gale from N.W. OFF DOVER, MARCH I.—Reliance, Drake, &.nt a Tomas, with damage to sails and spars. LOWESTOFFE, MARCH I.—Several vessels parted from their anchors yesterday. SOUTHWOLD, MARCH I.—The Adriana Petronella, Rotterdam to Abbeville, has been brought in with con siderable damage from stress of weather. HASTINGS, MARCH I.—lt blew a heavy gale yester day. A dismasted brig, of about 200 tuns, is being brought in. DARTMOUTH, MARCH 1 —Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. Nam), East Indies, with damage. PLYMOUTH, MARCH I.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. Ellen, Wiseman, Rio Grande. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH N.N.W. to W.N.W. —Arrd. her Majesty's ship Electra, Bermuda, sailed 10th February; Charles Ferdinand, Charleston. Put back, Prince Albert, New York. The wind moderated at P.M. yesterday, but freshened at 3 A.m , and blew hard at N.N.W. till 2 P M.,.when it moderated, and now, 7 P.M., is at W.N.W., with a more settled appearance. ILFRACOMBE, MARCH I.—lt blew a heavy gale at S.S.W. on 28th ult. At 11 30 A.M. it subsided to a calm, with a heavy fall of snow, and afterwards blew a heavy gale at W.N.W. CoRK, FEB. 27.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Crescent, Meckerson, St. Domingo. . _ _ LIMERICY, FEB. 28.—Wind W.—Arrd. Arethusa, Crowell, Norfolk, United States. SHIELDS, MARCH I.—The Spray, from London, was towed in here yesterday, dismasted, having been run into whilst at anchor, by the George the Fourth, of London. Several colliers have arrived here with loss of bowsprits, having run foul of each other. Some stores have been landed from the Sarah, of Wisbeach, which sank yes. terday off Shartness Point. PEIEBREAD, FEB. 13.—The Industry, from London, was wrecked on the rocks yesterday; crew, part of ma terials, and cargo rived. YA.RMOUTH, - ISIA.RCEL I.—The Marsden, Antwerp to London, was struck by a heavy sea yesterday 'off South wold, when she struck on the Barnard Sands, but came off making water, and has been assisted into harbour this day; the cargo (wheat) is being discharged. MARKET NEWS.-( THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-FRIDAY. Scarcely any English Wheat has been received up to our market this week, coastwise or by land carriage. To-day the show of samples of both Red and White was small; yet, from the pressure of foreign Wheat for sale, the demand fur all descriptions was in a very inactive state, the millers bu 3 ing only in retail, at about Mon day's quotations. The factors gener illy were not disposed to accept lower rates; hence the whole of the parcels were not disposed of. Nearly 21,000 quarters of foreign Wheat have come to hand. selected parcels moved off slowly, at unaltered quotations. The value of the middling and inferior kinds was almost nominal. Floating cargoss were offering at a trifle less money. A large quantity of English Barley-4,180 quarters — has come to hand, but the show of foreign was small. Malting samples sold at full prices. Grinding and dis tilling sorts were almost unsaleable. The Malt trade was exceedingly depressed ; at almost nominal currencies. Oats, Beans, Peas, and Indian Corn without alteration. Flour moved off slowly at Monday's prices. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Oats. I Flour. 2,290 qrs. 4,180 qrs. 7,850 qrs. I 3,310 sks. 3,420 I ---- English ...... 1ri5h......... Foreign ...... I 20,750 I 1,600 Malt, 5,510 qrs. snirnirzELD. The supply of Beasts on offer in to•day's market being very moderate, and the attendance of buyers on the in crease, the demand for Beef was steady, at, in most in stances, an advance in the quotations realised on Monday of 2d per Blbs. The primest Scots sold at 3s 8d per 81bs, and at which a good clearance was effected. During the present week 150 Oxen have arrived at Southampton from Spain; 60 were here this morning in very middling condition. With Sheep we were scantily supplied, the total number not exceeding 1,760 head; hence the sale for that description of stock was tolerably firm, at an improvement in value of 2d per 81bs. The primest old Downs, in the wool, found buyers at 4s 8d per 81bs. Calves were in short supply and ready de mand, at 2d per Blbs more money. The Pork trade was firm, at extreme currencies. Milch Cows sold at from 141 to 171 15s each, including their small Calf. PRUSSIA. The Cologne Gazette states that authentic intelli gence had been received by the Prussian Government contradicting the report that Holland had agreed to place a portion of her fleet at the disposal of Austria. The Chambers were engaged in verifying the powers of the Members, on the 27th. The Left and Left Centre have united to support the candidature of Gasnow for the Presidency of the Chamber of Depu ties. One of the first motions made will be by VINCXE, for an adjournment of the Chambers till the German Constitution is completed at Frankfort. BAVARIA. At the close of thesiiting of the Bavarian Cham ber of Deputies on the 25th ult., Herr VON BEISLER announced that it was his MAJESTY'S pleasure to pro rogue the Diet for an indefinite period, to allow time for the formation of a new Ministry, and to enable some of the Deputies, who are also Members of the National Assembly, to attend the debates at Frank fort. RUSSIA. The Cologne Gazette states that the Emperor of RUSSIA has addressed a note to each of the Great European Powers, declaring his fixed intention of ad hering firmly to the treaties of 1815, insomuch as they have not undergone modifications conjointly by the great Powers, and that any attempt to infringe the same, without his consent, will be regarded by him as a cam bell. The Emperor of RUSSIA has forbidden his Minister at the Court of Prussia to be present at the opening of the Prussian Chambers. ITALY. The presence of the Barbarians no longer dese crates the soil of the Roman Republic ; the Austrians evacuated Ferrara on the 20th ult. It appears that on the 19th a deputation, consisting of the mayor and corporation of the place, together with the Arch biahop and the British Consul, went to the Austrian General, Baron DE HAYNAU, when all the conditions previously agreed to, and which we have already announced, were fulfilled, and the 200,000 dollars paid. On the 20th a new convention was agreed to, and signed, between the Gonfaloniere end munici pality of Ferrara on the one part, and the Baron DE HAYNAU on the other. By this convention all the conditions of the convention of the 14th of July, 1848, between the General, Prince DE LEICIITEN sTaiN, and the Pro-Legate, Count LOTATRLLI, were confirmed, and the new conditions agreed to on the previous day added. The hostages delivered up to the Austrians are the Marquis Gerome, M. Canonici, M. Joseph Cado lini, the Marquis Strozzi, M. Sarrato (an advocate), the Chevalier Joseph Agnelli, Antonio Frotti, and Colonel Gudetti, of the ;Civic Guard. The whole of these gentlemen have gone to Padua, to deliver them selves up to Marshal RADETZLT. The convention verifies that the barricades have been destroyed and the Pontificial arms reinstated. The Austrian troops had retired beyond the Po, and on th e gi s t were a t Polisella, on the Austrian side of the river. The Grand Duke of TUSCANY embarked on the 21st ult. at Gropeto, on board her Majesty's ship Bull-dog, with all his effect s , carr i ages and h orses. The Bull-dog had not sailed fr om G ropeto w h en t h e last accounts left. It is not known whether he in tenda to join General LAUGIME, or to proceed to Ckaeta. The Genoa Gazeite publishes a proclamation from Governor PIGLI, of Leghorn, dated the 23d ult., containing a letter from GUERAZZI, of th e 22d ult, from Camajore, near Pietra Santa, i n w hi c h h e g i ves an account of his operations against LAUGIII. He determined to attack him on three sides, n a m e ly, from the sea-side by Viareggio ; from the side of Monte Chiesa; and lastly, from the San Quirico road, near Camajore, where Da Lattorcrt had placed the greatest part of his troops, with three cannon. GUEEEALZI directed his men not to load their arms, and to stick olive-branches into er s throats on a cc o u n t their caps and muskets ; and , a i r f ,d r , esi a s n ta d nce as w k er w e h m et a n d e e r , However, b e f ore even obthey the er ewtn-reer treason sh oon t a o lodf c m ou a nt re eachchm a f n o o r t? h the troops came in sight of DE LAMBE'S men, the latter, informed of the approach of General D 'Arice, declared that they had no intention of fighting a ga inst their fellow-citizens, and retired to Pietra Santa. GUERRAZZI and his force entered Camajore, at half past five P.m., in triumph , amidst the acclamations of the inhabitants. It is said that the reason why orders were sent from Turin to stop the advance of General MARMONA into Tuscany was, that the KING and his Ministers had received information, that i t was the intention of the Piedmontese troops to fraternise with the Tus cans and to protect them against an Austrian in vasion. SECONDARIES'.-(THIS DAY.) There were no cases set down for hearing this day, but a new jury was sworn in for the ensuing two months. CRIMINAL COURT.-( THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. Mr. Commissioner BuLLocs said it would be in the recollection of many that an unpleasant altercation took place last session between two gentlemen of the bar. He was now cry happy to state that one of those gentle men had apologised, and that the other had accepted the apology in the same good spirit in which it had been offered. It was a matter of regret that professional dis. putes of that kind should take place, but the party was sorry afterwards for what he had done, and had expressed his regret, and the Court was perfectly satisfied with what had taken place, and hoped that the occurrence would be forgotten as soca as it had been forgiven by the Court. He thought it his duty to make that state ment in the Court, as it Vas the wish of one of the gen tlemen, as the matter had taken place publicly, that there should be a public apology. (Before the LORD CLTIEB BARON.) RoßßEßY.—henry Wheeler alias Lead, a cabman, aged 18, was indicted with stealing three watches of the value of 141., from the shop of Mr. Warre, iu Skinner-street, Snow-hill. Thomas Marshall, a shoprean in the employ cf the prosecutor, stated that on the 27th of January, about eight in the morning, he heard a kind of dead noise, and immediately afterwards one of the shop windows break, and on looking round, saw two men outside, one of whom put his hand through the broken window. On going outside they both ran away; and on examining the win dow, he found that two of the watches had been taken away. He took notice of the countenances of both the men, but could not svvetr that ;the prisoner was one of them. _ A lady, who was in the shop at the time, said that she recollected the circrmstance, but did not recognize the features of the men His Loapsure intimated that there was not sufficient evidence to criminate tie prisoner, and directed the jury to Acquit him of the ciarge. The prisoner was ac.ordingly acquitted. MANSLAUGHTER.— Vilham Hunton (34) described as a porter, and William Parott (37), described as a labourer, were indicted with fehniously killing and slaying Ed ward Rumble. Mr. Bodkin conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Parry appeared for the priaorora. Mr. Bopus seated tint the occurrence which resulted in the death of Rumbe took place at the Anchor and Acorn public•house, et Ilaggerstone, on the evening of Per albs. to sink the offal. B. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. d • Inferior Beasts-- 2 8 210 Second qual. Sheep 3 6 4 0 Second quality .... 2 0 3 2 Coarse-woolled ditto 4 2 4 4 Prime large Oxen.. 3 2 3 4 Southdown Nether 4 6 4 8 Prime Scots .. .•• • 3 6 8 8 Ditto eut of the wool 0 0 0 0 Large coarse Calves 4 0 4 6 Large Hogs ...... 3 2 3 6 Prime small ditto .. 4 8 5 0 Small Porkers 3 8 4 2 -uckling Calves —lll 0 24 0 Quarter old Pigs ..16 0 21 0 Inferior Sheep • 3 t 3 4 Lambs 0 0 0 0 TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. I Sheep. 1 Calves. Pigs 1,760 1 112 290 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Sheep. Calves. I Pigs. 450 I 15 SCOTCll.—Beasts, 220 ; Sheep, 310. NEMTGATZ AND LEADENHALL. There %%as a decided improvement in the trade here, and prices had an upward tendency. Beasts. 849 Beasts. 172 At perstone by the Carcase, s. d. to s. d. S. d. to s. d. Beel,inferlor" •• 2 4 2 6 Mutton, inferior .. 2 6 2 8 middling .. •• 2 8 210 middling.. 210 3 4 prime large .. 210 3 0 I prime .... 3 6 310 prime small .. 3 2 3 4 York, large.... •••• 2 10 3 6 Veal— ••••• • • 3 10 410 .mall 3 8 4 4 BOV-OtTGII lELOP We had a better demand for the best new Hops, in pockets, to-day, at a slight impr ovemen t i n t h e quota tions. The middling and inferior kinds were steady at full prices. Old Hops were neglected. New Hops — Sussex pockets, 21 4s to 21 164; Weald of Kent ditto, 21 12s to 31 8s; Mid and East Kent ditto, 3/ 3s to 61 103 per cwt. COLONXAL, SUGAR.—There has been a firm market for British Plantation, which is full 6d per cw t d earer th an last week. The salei have been to a very fair extent. Bar badoes, by auction, has realised 415 6d for fine yellow' and 37s to 39s for low to mid. REFlNED.—Standard Lumps have realised 49s 6d to 50s, with a good demand. The refiners are buying freely of sugar. _ EAST INDIA.--Bengal, 5,823 bags, sold at full prices; fine strong white, 47s to 48s; good and fin e yellow, 40s 6d to 43s 6d; Benares good white, 41s to 495, and soft yellow 353 to 395. Madras, 780 bags, went at 35s to 36s 6d for mid grocery yellow, and at 32s to 93s for good brown. Mauritius, 20 casks and 3,514 bags, sold briskly at 6d advance, good yellow 39 3 to 39s 6d, fine brown 35s ad to 86s 6d, and ord to fins grey 35s to 40s. foßmii.—Afloat, 2,000 to 3,000 boxes have been sold, and as stated at 22s to 23s per cwt. Holders ge nerally are very firm. Brown Bahia has been bought in at 37s to 39s 6d per cwt. Cc:lrEn.—The market has been rather heavy. Jamaica 136 casks 81 tres 104 bags were taken in partly at 63s to 753 for mid and good, and 43s to 55s for ord to low mid, the rest selling at 32s 6.1 to 39s for ord to good ord, at 40s to 51s for fine ord to low mid, and at 23s to 32s 6d for triage. Ceylon has had a slow sale and been mostly taken in when offered by auction. Plantation has been is to 2s lower, fine fine ord 46s to 503 fine 685, and good 663; triage 37: 6d. Holders do not press sale. Native good ord has realised 33s 6d to 345. Costa Rica partly found buyers at 33s 6d to 34s per cwt. Mocha and other descriptions have been quiet. RICE.—A good deal has been offered, and barely pre vious rates have been obtained. Bengal low mid white has been at 10s, to 108 3d, and lis 6d per cwt.; and Madras 7s 6d to 10s; Arracan 78 9d to as. COTTON.—There has been rather less doing, but prices have been steady. SALTPETRE.—FuII prices have been obtained, and rather a brisk demand has prevailed. ) TEA.—The market has been without alteration. TALLow.—P.Y.C. has been in more request, at 405 to 40s 6d per cwt on the spot. Btu/I.—Leeward Island has been at is 4id per gallon, for proof ; and Jamaica has be en i n requestat previous rates. COCOA.—Trinidad has been sold at 41s to 45s for mid to good, and at 35s to 43s for damaged. SPlCES.—Pimento has been sold to some extent at aid to 3:4d per lb for mid to good mid. Nutmegs 2s 4d to 3s; and Mace is lld to 2s 2d per lb. Black Pepper taken in at 2-id per lb. GREEN FRUIT.—The demand has improved for all kinds, and the consumption being good in the manufac turing districts, operates favourably for the market gene" rally; part of two cargoes of Oranges, ex Susan and Maria, from St. Michael, sold by Messrs. Keeling and Hunt at public sale, were taken freely by the trade, at similar prices to those obtained last week. Lemons are in reque s t, none rema i n i n g In first hands. Seville Sours have further advanced 5s per chest. Chesnuts sell freely, but some parcels from Bor deaux and Bayonne landed in bad condition have inter fered with the sales of sounder parcels. Barcelona Nuts without alteration. IMPROVEMENT Of DISTRICT CHURCHES.-A depute tation, consisting of the Rev. F. Kitchin, from Stone ; the Rev. F. Wade, Newcastle ; the Rev. J. Sneyd, Bar" ford Hall, Staffordshire ; and the Rev. J. Livesey, Sheffield, have been in town waiting on the heads of Government and the Church, and stating their views ori the subject of improvement of district churches as now existing. BIRTHS. On the 27th ult., at St. George's-terrace, Kensington, the wife of G. Roden, Esq , of a eon. On the 27th ult., at Camden-road-villas, the wife of J. J. Brettell, Esq., of a daughter. On the 27th ult., Mrs. W. Phelps, of Albion-grove, Bartle' bury-park, Islington, of a son. On the 28th ult., in Mecklenburgh-square, Mrs. J. Win" Stanley, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 26th ult., at St. Mary's, Prince's Risborough , A. Clark, eldest son of Mr. Clark, of King-street, Bain" tnersmith, to Sarah Powell, second daughter of Mr. Powell , of Prince's Risborough, Bucks. DIED, On the 27th ult., at Oster-hill;,Herts, Abraham Scott, Esq• On the 27th ult., the Rev. Richard Cragg, rector of WY mondham, Leicestershire, aged 81. On the 27th ult., aged 90, John A. Doxat, Esq., of Philly Brook, Leyton, Essex. On the 27th ult., at Water-lane, Blackfriars, Catherine, relict of the late W. Cox, aged 69. Loudon: Ptint,A I 't l .llc , tl 1 AIIIEDO No. 112, Strand, Printer, at 7'lie Sun Office, No. 1 1 Strand, in the Preci nc t o f t h e S avoy, i n t h e co untY ° Middiecex, Friday, March 2, LW. I N City of said Cif acid .!;', Jul U. Tea Aa ßlcvz tAitBALD LA Eight the 41 1 ri i i";"'ut d 12 a tlo h . —e ttlres Qu in • 1 6.,_ e4111 g 4 boast th da a I. by ill lai al %As 0 trea ll a le tw l t. . 4 , 44,t( -4y)r PrElt Atti r Thy 4 °S t o 4. l • Pen Ukle Bje ti ilobviii ; / . 11 hi m kth nat! --• You Nt , 4,447,i ii Nt „„„, 1 ( 444 0 .11elp 8%,?4:ftil I