The Sun. — London, England, 1849-03-22 00:00:00

ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Season 1849. FRENCH PLAYS and OPERA COMIQUE. TO-MORROW EVENING The P 2 4,igprmances commence at Half-past SeYen o'clock with LA PRIMA. DONNA. PIN*, M. Chatillen ; Marquis de Bella Flora, M. Josset; Signora Roselini, Mdlle. Martial ; Marquitta, Madame St. Marie. To conclude with LES DIAMANS DE LA COURONNE. Mr. Mitchell begs also to announce that, notwithstanding the in eroe.,W expenses of the present entertainment, the prices of a.dmis- Sion are determined as follows: — Boxes .. • • • • .. ss. Od. Pit..........a5. Od. Amphitheatre .. • • .. 2s. Od. Subscriptions for the season may be arranged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Sams', St. James's-street ; Mr. Andrews', New Bond-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from eleven till five. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENING, Will be performed OTIIELLO. Othello, Mr. C. Kean ; lago, Mr. J. liValack ; Desilemoua, Mrs. C. Kean ; Emilia, Miss Laura Ad dison. After which, THE TRUMPETER'S WEDDING. Characters by Messrs. Bland, Caulfield Keeley ; Miss P. Horton, and Mrs. L. S. Buckingham. To conclude with the new Farce, entitled SEPARATE MAIN TENANCE. THEATRE ROYAL. ADELPIH. Under the direction of Madame Celeste TTIIS+ EVEN( N . Will he performed THE HOP PICKERS. Principal characters by Messrs. Lambert, Boyce, Wright, Paul Bedford, Hughes, Mum yard, 0. Smith, Cullenford, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. F. Matthews, Miss Taylor, Miss E. Chaplin, &c. To conclude with COCKNEYS IN CALIFORNIA. The principal characters by Mr. Manyard, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mrs. Chiffino, Mrs. C. Matthews, and Miss Turner. ROYAL LYCNATM THEAT ender the Management of Madam: VestrlS. ,ole Lessee. Mr. CharieA Me'he .vs. THIS EVENING Will be performed A PECULIAR POSITION. After which, a new Piece entitled HOLD YOUR TONGUE. Cha racters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Selby, a•ld Parselle ; Miss H. Gil bert, Miss Jane Coleman, and Madame Vestris. To be followed by BOX AND COX. To conclude with a new Drama, called A ROMANTIC IDEA. Dre.s home:4 63.; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s ; tialtery, Is. No talf-price to any part of the house. The New Cox-office, No. 2, WeWngtor• street, is open to the public ,vcry from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S THEATRP, Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Opera, entitled FRANCESCA DORIA. After which, M. KLARE will execute most extraordinary feats of Dexterity and Elegance on Le Globe Roulant. To conclude with THE WATERMAN. Torn Tug, Mr. C. Braham To conclude with the Opera of LA VIVANDIERE. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. The greatest triumph ever witnessed within the walls of the Am phitheatre has been achieved by the celebrated American Equestrian Young Hernanlez, whose unparalleled feats have nightly called torth expressions of wonder amounting to enthusiasm, and gained for him the title of the first rider in the world. THIS EVENING, The curtain will rise at a Quarter to Seven o'clock precisely to the magnificent Spectacle, by Fitzball, entitled CORASCO ; or, the Warrior's Steed. To be followed by an inimitable display of SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, in which Young Ilernanden will appear, supporteJ by the first Equestrian talent of the day. After which the double Tight-ropes. To co.nclu,de with a favourite MELODRAMA. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. TIE WEATUER.—SUN OFFICE, MARCH 22. T1(7.113/OMETEIL, Lowest, 35; Highest, 49; Noon, 42 BARoMETER, 30.22. WIND E.N.E.—dull, hazy weather. 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HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE• MDLLE. LIND. It is respectfully announced that a Series of SLY CONCERTS will be given at Her Majesty's Theatre, comprising the following Operas :—The Flauto Magico of Mozart ; Oberon, Dar Freyschutz, and Euryanthe, of Weber ; La Nectate and Fernand Cortez of Spandril ; and Fidelio of Beethoven; which will be sung by Mdlle. Lind and the principal Singers of the Establishment, accompanied by a full Orchestra and Chorus. The dates and particulars will be duly announced. The Subscribers are respectfully informed that they will have the option of including any number of these Concerts in their Season's Subscription. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, are respectfuHy informed that On SATURDAY NEXT, Will be presented Verdi's Opera of ERNANI. Elvira,lle. Giuliani; Carlo V.. Signor Gardoni ; Ray Gomez, Signor Belletti ; Ernani, Signor Bordas. To conclude with (tbe Smnery by Mr. Charles Marshall) the cele brated Ballet, entitled LE DIABLE A QU_A.TR.E. In •sesich will appear 3ldlle. Carlotta Grist, I Mdlle Mario Taglioni, and Mme. Petit Stephan, Mdlle. Carolina Rosati, M. Paul Taglioni, RI. Chs_des, M. Louis D'Or ; Mdlles. Thevenot, Julien, Lamoureux, and Atfeandon. Applications for Boxes,it ails, and Tickets to be made at the Box office, Opera Colonnade. Fi.‘.llllt LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1849. The Insolvent Members' Bill passed through Com mittee in the House of Commons yesterday, with some alight alterations. There was a very thin attendance during the discussion, many being absent at the levee, while a still greater number abstained from taking any part in the proceedings. In fact, there appeared a general dislike either to interfere with the ancient privileges of the House, or to take a prominent part in resisting the progress of the Bill. The result has been that a measure of infinitely greater importance than might be supposed on a mere cursory perusal of its enactments, has been hurried through its different stages—the majority of votes being invariably on one side, the weight of reason and argument on the other. The avowed object of the Bill is to avoid the dis grace which it is alleged is brought on the represen *dye branch of the Legislature in consequence of some half-dozen, or, at the outside, a dozen of its Members not being in a position immediately to satisfy any pecuniary demand for which they may be respon sible. If that were to be the only result, it would be perhaps a matter of very little importance one way or the other; but, unfortunately, in order to attain that object, alterations of the most sweeping and extensive character have been introduced, which, if sanctioned, will create inconvenience of a very different character, which will not only deprive a Member of the Com mons House of Parliament of the privileges which he has heretofore possessed, but expose him to the most vexatious persecutions. The privileges aimed at are not those of the Members, but of their constituencies. It is not for the benefit of the individual that his per son is protected, and that he is no longer liable to be arrested for debt, but for the sake of those by whom he has been chosen as a fit and proper person to represent thei r wants and wishes, to assent to or reject the taxes that may be proposed, and to enact laws for the government and regulation of the nation, of which they are free citizens. Their choice should be free and unfettered; they have an undoubted right to elect any of their fellow-citizens to the honourable but arduous posi tion. No commoner can decline the responsibility, nor if once returned will he be allowed to resign his seat ; it can only be vacated by his elevation to the Peerage, or by his acceptance of a situation of emolument under the Crown, in which latter case it has been thought proper to give the constituency by whom he was elected an opportunity of saving whether he still retains their confidence in his new position as a placeholder. He may, however, be again and again elected, and he can no more refuse to sit than he could decline to Sn'Ve. upon a jury if duly summoned, to act as a special constable, or to perform any other duty im posed on him by the law. It is in fact, accord ing to the constitutional theory, a responsibility which he cannot be permitted to shirk or evade. Now, however, according to the proposed law, a de claration of insolvency, or even a refusal to pay a demand for a certain time will vacate the seat, and deprive the constituency of their unquestionable privilege. ieitheer It was well remar ked b y the Hon ourable Baron e t the Member for the Tower Hamlets, that 'f the Bill had been in exist ence fift y y ears a go , neither Fox nor SHERIDAN, nor even PITT himself, could have had a seat in the House." CANNING might also have been excluded during certain portions of his career. Some of the most enlightened statesmen, whose ser vices were of Inc merely to those by whom they were chosen, but to the community in general, might also have been rendered ineligible. It is TIIE SUN, not for his riches that a man is elected as a Member of Parliament. Many other considerations are of infi nitely greater importance. He may, although not in affluent circumstances be a man of great and varied attainments, a staunch reformer of abuses, of un questioned political honesty; he may have local connexions that will render him peculiarly qualified to watch over the interests of the county or borough ; there may be a general community of sentiments with the constituency. For all or some of these rea sons—any of infinitely greater importance than a mere command of money—he may be elected, and why should the choice of the people be limited by a new test, and one of an uncertain character, which may be turned into an instrument of great oppression? The tendency of late years has undoubtedly been "to remove, rather than to create, tests and exclu sions." A very strong feeling has existed in favour of the abolition of the property qualification. The people have justly declared that there should be no limitation to their right of choice. It is notorious that a qualification can be obtained for 1001, in ad dition to the solicitor's costs for preparing the con veyance ; and the subsequent pocket mortgage to the full value, so that little practical in convenience is sustained. It is, however, an obnoxious and an unconstitutional test that should be abolished. The effect of the new Act will be, however, to create by far a more stringent qualification. A Member must have a command of ready money, he may be perfectly solvent in his circumstances, and yet be involved in temporary dif ficulties. Suppose a man in possession of an estate worth 10,000/. per annum, mortgaged for 60,0001., such a person would have a clear surplus income of 8,0001. per annum, and would generally be consi dered to be in a very comfortable position. It might, however, be desirable to some of his political opponents to cause him annoyance ; Ihe could not clearly meet a demand for 50,0001. at a few days' notice, and he would con sequently be branded as an Insolvent and perhaps driven from the House. Such persons, will not be willing to render their services, if the measure should I pass into a law; for it is manifest that inducements would be held out for proceedings that would not I exist if he remained in a private station. The effect of the law would be to throw into the hands of the " moneyocracy " the power that formerly belonged to the " landocracy," when real estate alone con ferred a qualification ; and it is for the body of the people to say whether they are anxious for such a change that will render probable new experiments on the currency of the country, crushing the industrious classes, and all to get rid 1 of some half-dozen Members who are involved in pecuniary difficulties, and unable to satisfy their debts i on demand. If, however, the law is to pass, it would be monstrous to exclude the House of Peers from its operation. If Parliamentary privileges must be abolished in one branch of the Legislature, why conti nue them in the other, where the same cogent reasons cannot be alleged for their existence ? A Peer is not chosen by a large body of his countrymen, who call upon him to be the exponent of their wants and wishes in Parliament. He could only forfeit his in dividual privilege, no others would be involved in the punishment of his conduct. We confess that we do not desire to see any change with respect to either House; but if a law be introduced with respect to insolvent Members of the House of Commons, it must be extended to hereditary Legislators also, and that right speedily. The "Budget for the Million," which originally ap peared in the columns of The Sun, has been published in a new form, with several emendations and addi tions.* The great principle is now fairly before the public. The trifling error that was so eagerly seized on by those who desired that the industry of the " many " should still be taxed for the benefit of the "few "—that the hard earnings of the overworked artizan should contribute to the liquidation of debts contracted for the preservation and protection of pro perty, has been rectified. That trifling mistake, which we ourselves pointed out the same day, and in the very same impression in which the Budget first appeared, and which was acknowledged and corrected by Mr. WASON without a moment's unnecessary delay, was made the foundation of innumerable attacks. Al- GLia u e ,t4 GL., F 1 cla IIUL 111 Llle sugniest aegree involved therein, every argument was directed against the accuracy of the figures. It appeared as if the "amateur" supporters of the existing system consi dered that, if they could succeed in showing that five per cent. on the amount of accumulated and realised property would not be sufficient to pay off the national debt, but that ten per cent. would be required for the purpose, no further argument was necessary ; that the plain and simple proposition, " that it is discreditably dishonest in the owners of realised property not to pay off the national debt," might be slurred over without note or com ment of any description., It was undoubtedly convenient to evade, if practi cable, the consideration of such a question. It was much easier to ride off on a point of special pleading than to defend the justice or propriety of the existing fiscal system—of the system which, as Mr. WAsoN happily remarks, compels " the half-starved sempstress to contribute to the payment of a debt incurred by the State for the protection of her grandmother," which obliges her " to pay an enormous tax upon her principal article of food," to add 800 per cent. to the price of her only luxury—tea ; "to render her scanty meal, still more scanty," in order that the proprietors of accumulated fortunes " might be absolved from the payment of their own just debts." This is the great feature of the "Budget for the Million." The distinction is clearly pointed out be tween "taxes levied for the purposes of Government" for present protection, and " taxes levied for the pay ment of interest of a debt incurred by a past genera tion." Every citizen of a state, however humble, enjoys some advantages from the annual expenditure of the nation. He is saved from all the miseries and sufferings that must inevitably result from a state of anarchy and confusion, he is enabled to turn his industry to the best advantage, and, there fore, he should contribute fairly, according to his means from the fruits of that industry, to the present expenses of Government; "but," according to Mr. WASON'S views—" the payment of either the prin cipal or the interest of a debt contracted by a pre ceding generation stands upon a very different ground, for the industrious classes of a succeeding generation never received, do not receive, and cannot possibly receive any equivalent for that debt ; while, for the taxes necessary for the carrying on the government they receive the inestimable blessings of order:' With those impressions Mr. WASON looks to the ob jects for which a tax is imposed ; he inquires into the ultimate destination of the proceeds thereof; he divides the sum required on account of the public liabilities, from that necessary for the support of the national establishments. The first, he contends, should be provided for exclusively* by the owners of accumulated and realised property, the only parties actually benefited thereby ; while, whatsoever may be required for the annual expenses, he thinks should be raised by " indirect taxation," by which all would contribute their fair proportion. We do not quite agree with Mr. WAsort on this latter point. We think that it would be more equi table and more politic to abolish wholly and for ever the system of indirect imposts—t) carry out the glo rious doctrines of free trade to their fullest extent— to render England indeed the emporium of the world —to receive, without restriction, the produce of other land in exchange for our manufactures—to make industry really free ; and when the successful results of that industry are apparent—when savings have been set aside and suffered to accumulate then, but not till then, to make these accumulations contribute to the national revenue. We believe that such a course is consistent with the soundest policy. It is, however, a fair subject for argument. Whichever system might ultimately be adopted, no great in justice could be perpetrated ; no crying grievance would demand redress ex debito justitia. We hail Mr. WASON'S proposition, however, as going further towards the establishment of the correct principle than any that has yet been submitted fcr public con sideration, and, therefore, it has received our unquali fied support and approbation. T his, the first of the three propositions, put for- " A Budget fur in a Letter to the In habitants of' the Borough of Ipswich. From Rigby Wason, Esq." ward in the "Budget for the Million," has, as yee t, remained unimpeached. No doughty champion h.a ,s entered the lists in opposition—no knight-errs n t has donned his beaver, or couched his lan c e to maintain the justice of making childre n who have received no inheritance from th parents liable for the debts of those parents— -of enabling an existing generation to mortgage the labour of posterity, and thus practically to renele r their descendants slaves, bound to toil for the bea efit of others. What has been thought of the iniquitous code which enabled a vindictive creditor to sell into bondage the unfortunate family of his insolvent debtor ? What will hereafter be thought of the la w that makes provision for the debts incurred by a pc , s eeding generation out of the hardly-earned wagers of the operative, whose only capital consists .of lnis labour ? It is contrary to every principle of natural law, and cannot therefore be sustained or justified, In his subsequent propositions Mr. WAsoN points out how justice may be rendered to all. He shows " not only that it is discreditably dishonest in the owners of property not to pay off the national debt ;" but that, secondly, "it would be very easy for them to pay it off," and, thirdly, "that it would be very profitable for them to pay it off." No cavil or objection can now be taken to the basis on which hl3 arguments are founded ; if the question is to be decided, it must be on the " merits," and not on " special demurrer." He calculates that teu per cent. on the accumulated and realised property of the country would be sufficient for that purpose ; and to render the settlement more easy he would give " ten years for the liquidation, with interest in the meantime, at the rate of four per cent. per annum." He then enters into calculations to show that the remaining nine-tenths of the property would be more valuable when the public debt had been satisfied, and the nation freed from that incubus, than the entire is at present with the existing liabilities, and thus establishes " that it would be very profitable to pay off the national debt." We heartily commend the " Budget for the Million" to the con sideration of all financial reformers, and of those who are anxious to act with integrity in their relations with all. A principle is there laid down, the good seed is sown which cannot remain barren or unpro ductive, but which will undoubtedly bring forth its fruit in due season, and lead to the emancipation of the national industry from the fetters and chains with which it has been so iniquitously hampered. We are not surprised at the rejection by the Sici- Han Government of the ultimatum proposed for their acceptance by the bombarder FERDINAND, and his creature, the bankrupt FILANGIERI. The terms pro posed were purposely so drawn up as to secure their rejection by the Sicilians, in order to afford the cruel and superstitious bigot who, grovelling at the feet of the POPE at Gaeta, from thence issues orders for the bombardment of the fairest cities of his dominions, and the massacre and plunder of the industrious portion of his subjects, the opportunity which he has avowedly long desired, of turning Palermo into a garden in which he may luxuriate in vicious privacy—another TIBERIUS wallowing in a new Caprcea. We are not surprised at the rejection of the ultimatum by the Sicilians, but we are surprised to find that Admirals PARKER and BAUDIN should have so far forgotten what was due to themselves, as to consent to insult the brave and honourable Sicilian nation by being the bearers of a proposition intended only as a bitter mockery, and that Lord PALMERSTON, frightened from his propriety by the empty threats and braggadocio falsehoods of those " Noble Lords" —who, to recover the privilege of plundering their fellow-subjects, by the re-enactment of the corn-laws, have condescended to rank themselves in the same category with TESTE and GulzoT and SOPHY DAWES, by becoming the tools of the old man of Claremont — should have so forgotten what was due to himself and to his country as to become the policeman of the Holy Alliance, and by seizing the Bombay, on board of which neither arms, ammunition, nor warlike stores were found, have done his best to emulate the conduct of his predecessor in the affair of MazziNs. We trust, however, that it is not too late for Lord PaLsinawrost to retrace his steps; we be lieve that his wiser counsels have been overborne (we trust only for a time) by the sinister influence of others; and we hope to find Lord PALMERSON again pursuing with renewed vigour the liberal and honour aisle course ur aebluu twhio, ct.. e;oin... Ls especial right to expect from the pupil of CANNING and the friend of Lord WILLIAM BENTINCL. The present conduct of England and France in relation to Sicily is disgraceful to them as nations. Be it re membered that after the events of January, 1848, after the Sicilians had expelled the mercenary troops of a traitor KING from Palermo, they stopped short in the course of victory at the request of Lord MINTo, and thus gave the bombarder of Messina an oppor tunity of rallying his forces, and of leaguing with the Lazzaroni for the purposes of massacre and plunder; that the flag of independent Sicily was acknowledged and saluted by the fleets of France and England ; that in consequence of the representations of England, Sicily abstained from declaring herself a republic; that the deputation which offered the crown to the Duke of Gsssoa. was escorted from Palermo by a French and English fleet ; and that the mediation of France and England was accepted by Sicily, who was merely claiming her own constitutional rights—rights which King FERDINAND had solemnly sworn to ob serve—rights on the observance of which his title to the Crown of Sicily rests-- 7 rights which, neverthe less, he has deliberately violated, in contravention of his oath and to the forfeiture of his crown. Surely, when Sicily consented to this mediation, she had a right to expect something more than a mere promise of a constitution, to be granted some time in the month •of June, at the will and pleasure of the excellent King of the Two SICILIES— such promise being preceded by a pastoral exhorta tion to the people of Sicily to cultivate the fields of Ceres, and followed by a threat from this most pater nal KING to ravage the island with fire and sword, and to repeat the scenes of Messina in every town in Sicily, should the Sicilians not at once submit to the yoke of their illegitimate Sovereign. The Constitu tion of Sicily is as old as that of Great Britain. After having been in uninterrupted existence 700 years, it was reformed in 1812, under the auspices of England, who, in consideration of the support afforded to her by Sicily during the war, undertook to " protect and support" (to use the words of Sir Wu. A'CouRT) the constitutional liberties of Sicily. That Constitution, so guaranteed by Great Britain, was violated and ultimately destroyed by the KING, and that violation, according to the articles of the Constitution itself, which the KING had sworn to observe, and which Great Britain had guaranteed, involves forfeiture of the crown. These are facts which cannot be contradicted, they are patent to all the world, and it is merely necessary to peruse the Constitution of 1812, and the ordinances of 1816 and subsequent years, to be con vinced that the violation on the part of the KING and the consequent forfeiture of his crown has taken place. The Sicilians then are in their right, and Great Britain by the guarantees she gave in 1812,1814, and 1815 is bound to support them in the whole of their demands, so long as those demands are confined to the restoration of the Constitution of 1812, and it is therefore, on the part of Great Britain, a breach of national faith, to propose to the Sicilians to accept, instead of their own Constitution, to which they have an undoubted right, the unsupported promise of a notoriously promise -violating KING to grant to them as of his own free will, a Constitution differing en tirely from their ancient Constitution as reformed under the auspices of England in 1812. The mediating powers, in consenting to be the bearers of this offer, have entirely forgotten the rela tive position of King FERDINAND and of the Sicilians He has no power to grant a Constitution to Sicily; inasmuch as he is no longer de jure King of SICILY. He bas forfeited his throne by his violation of the Constitution of 1812, and in point of right and justice, he is in the position of a person seeking to have that forfeiture annulled upon terms. Instead of his pro mising to grant a Constitution to the Sicilians, it is for the Sicilians to state the terms and guarantees upon which they are willing to accept him as KlNG— and it is upon ,this basis, and this basis only, that Great Britain should have consented to take any part in this mediation. The terms now offered to the Sici lians by the ii,edia:orN are llot only difTercht from the Constitution of 1812, bui, are ditioreat from the first propositions made through the intervention of Lord LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 22, 1849 MINTO to the Sicilians in the month of (larch, 1848. By the decree of the 6th March King FERDINAND had adopted word for word the declaration of the Ge neral Sicilian Committee of the 26ti February, 1848, by which;tha Parliament, which we to adapt the Constitution of 1812 to the requirement of the times, and to provide for the wants of Sicily, was called to gether at Palermo. This Parliament vas composed of the Chamber of Peers, consisting of hose temporal peers whose names appeared in the roll:of the Parlia ment of 1812, and, in case of their decease, of their successors in the title, provided such siccessors were members of the same family ; and of the ecclesias tical peers according to the rolls cf Parliament. Thus Sicily, according to her old Constitution, as reformed in 1812, possesse I an herecitary peerage composed of temporal peers, and an ecclesiastical peerage, composed of bishops, precip.dy resembling the House of Peers of Great Brtain. By the new Constitution proposed by the meciating powers, the hereditary peerage is abolished, and a sort of colonial legislative council substituted for it. Thus runs Article 45 of the proposed octroyee Constitution : " The Peers shall be named by flu King and fur life. The number shall be unlimittd." Surely the supporters of the King of NAPLES, the British House of Peers, are not aware of the cool manner in which he proposes to destroy an hereditary peerage of 700 years' standing, and substitute for it a council of nominees of the Crown. By the decree of 6th March, all persons possessing a freehold of 18 ounces (9/. a year), and all mem bers of learned societies, mechanics, merchants,land shopkeepers, were entitled to vote in elections for members of the House of Commons, and any voter was qualified to be elected. By the new Constitution— " Article 53. The representatives of a district in the Chamber of Deputies shall be elected by all those who possess in that district a net rent, for life, of eighteen ounces by the year, whether it proceed from freehold or usufruct, or from any rent or mortgage, as well as any other kind of property. The representatives of the city of Palermo shall be elected by all those who possess in the city of its territory a net rent, for life, of at least fifty ounces by the year, whether it arise from freehold or usufruct, or from any other rent or mortgage, or any other sort of property. " The representative of ever other city or Parliamen tary territory shall be elected by all those who possess in that city or territory a rent for life of at least eleven ounces annually, whether it arises from freehold or usu fruct, or any rent or mortgage, or any other kind of property. So that not only is the freehold property qualification for a vote doubled, but the whole of the commercial and manufacturing population is absolutely disfranchised; while as regards the qualification for a member the new Constitution enacts— " 55. Those alone can represent a district who have in Sicily a net revenue for life, either from freehold or usu fruct from rent or mortgage, or from any other kind of property, amounting to 300 ounces by the year. "Those alone ca n re p resen t Palermo who are:in posses sion in Sicily of a revenue of the above-mentioned kind, of 500 ounces by the year. " Those alone can represent a city or Parliamentary territory who Risscss a revenue of the above nature of 150 ounces by the year." The Constitution of 1812 (and the decree of the 6th March is founded on it) g uarantees the liberty of the press—that is to say, entire freedom of publi cation. The new Constitution says— " 4. The Sicilians have the right of printing and pub lishing their opinions, conforming to the dispositions which exist for the repression of abuses of this liberty. The Icing reserves to himself the plenitude of his power to publish the aforesaid dispositions in a special law." By the Constitution of 1812 the KING could not maintain an army in Sicily without the consent of the Parliament ; by the new Constitution he is to main tain in Sicily an army of Neapolitans, which are to be paid out of moneys levied on the Sicilians, without the consent of Parliament. By the Constitution of 1812 the Parliament fixed the amount of the budget ; by the new Constitution— " 30. The budget shall be entirely separated, and the public expense of the Two Sicilies shall he apportioned be • tween the two parts of the Kingdom in the numerical pro portions of their population, and shall be fixed a 4 the sum of three millions of ducats annually (3,000,000 ducats)," The Constitution of 1812 granted to the Sicilians the law of habeas corpus and trial by jury ; neither of these are mentioned in', the new Constitu tion. By the Constitution of 1812 the kingdom of Sicily is declared independent of that of Naples, the th article of the new Constitution speaks of Sicily continuing to make an integral part of the united kingdom of the Two Sicilies, &c., and yet this new Constitution is represented by the reactionary party as differing In no essential uegi.o awn tne terms orrerea in March last by Lord Ainuo, or from the Constitution of 1812." The offer of a Constitution which contains no guarantee either for the liberty of the subject or for the liberty of the press, and which deprives the House of Commons of all control over the supplies, might on the stage pass as an excel lent joke: as the case stands, it is a bit ter and an insulting mockery. Should Sicily, in consequence of her rejection of this mockery be again exposed to the horrors of war, after having for more than twelve months set an example of wis dom and moderation to the rest of Italy, it will not be the Sicilian nation which will be responsible, the re sponsibility will rest upon those who have not only abandoned but insulted her, more especially upon England, who, by the mouth of Sir W. A'CouaT, in 1814, declared herself TIIE PROTECTRESS AND TUB DEFENDER. OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL INSTITUTIONS OF SICILY." THE FRENCH REPUBLIC We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. In the sitting of the National Assembly on Tues day the principle of the Bill for the suppression of Clubs was adopted by a majority of 378 to 359. In the sitting of yesterday the discussion on the various clauses commenced. m ~REMIEUX an nounced, on the part of himself and of the majority of the Committee to whom the Bill had been referred, that regarding the prohibition of the clubs as a viola tion of the Constitution, they should abstain from all further participation in the debate. This announce ment produced the greatest excitement, which was in creased when, on the second paragraph being put, 300 against it. Th e A s - Members rose in a body , and withdrew to an adjoin ing chamber. The result of the first divisio n wa s 420 f s o e r mbl t y he n cl o a t use bin clause, and in sufficient num b er , th e 20 voting recommenced by the appel nominal, whereupon some of the seceders, who had during the first ballot consulted together as to the line of con duct to be adopted, returned to the Assembly and voted against tke clause. The result was that there t v h o e i r e i s a majority of 404 appeared for the clause 464, against it 150. The clause was consequently adopted. The Bill itself was 305. The law as adopted absolutely interdicts clubs, but contains a proviso that "public adopted against in its entirety by political meetings, assembling for a determined object, and without being permanently established, should not be looked on as clubs." The Patrie contains the following semi-official announcement : " There is nothing in our correspondence to confirm the report spread at the Bourse today of a prolongation of the armistice between the Piedmontese and the Aus trians until April 15, but the report is confirmed that Windischgrats is about to remove his head-quarters to Trieste. His troops are already on their march. Our correspondents assure us that the Sicilian Government has almost unanimously rejected the proposals of the King of Naples, and that hostilities were to be resumed in a few days. It is certain that the Sicilians have an understanding with King Charles Albert. We may, therefore, expect in a few days accounts of serio us events." The same paper says— " On the 7th the Danish Government notified officially to the Minister of the Republic at Copenhagen the blockade by the Danish forces of all the ports and rivers in the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein; but the islands of Arroe, Alsen, and all other places remaining under the immediate domination of Denmark aro excepted from this measure. According to the terms of the noti fication, the blockade has no other object than the re establishment of the authority of Denmark at those points where it has been denied, and it will be raised as the Ro) al authority shall be re-established." The following troops have received orders to hold themselves in readiness to embark from Toulon for Italy :—A brigade formed of the 20th and 311 d Regi ments of the Line, under the command of General ; a brigade formed of the 36th and 66th Regiments of the Line under Genera l LEVAILL ANT. A mounted batt ery of ' eight guns and a company of Engineers are attached to each of the brigades. A company of En g i neers h a d arr ived at Sisteron, and a battery of Artill ery stat i one d a t Aix, was about to march to Marseill es . The order to dep ar t was h ou rly expected. It is said that G enera l A RBONV ILLE will take com mand of the expedition, which will cons ist of 12,000 men. It is said that Russia, in reply to the representa tions of the F renc h an d Eng li s h G o vernments on the subjGct of the Russian occupation of the Danubian provinces, has addresser] notes to those Governments, stating that so long as Polish generals arc at the head Iluag , rian troops, she shall eon 3 ider herself rneaa , ced, and st an d on h er defence. The French Government has, it is said, received accounts of the failure of all the attempts made to in duce CHARLES ALBERT to postpone the resumption of hostilities. The, trials at Bourges were continued on Tuesday. Among the witnesses examined on that day was M. RECURT. BO URS a -PARIS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21. THREE O'CLOCK.----Tire Ministerial majority in the Assembly yesterday, on the question of the clubs, caused the Money Market to open firmly to-day; but towards the close, it having become known that the Montagnards had retired in a body from the Chamber to prevent a vote the advance was checked, and prices closed rather under the last quotations of yesterday. Exchange on London (30 days), 25 221; ditto (90 days), 25 121. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, MARCH 21. _ • Boulogne and Amiens , BA—Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 11 1 4 —Namur and Liege, 896—Northern of France, 10 5 4—Orleans and Bordeaux, 3 , i i —Paris and Stras bourg, —Rouen and Havre, to instructions which will be transmitted by the Royal Government. " Art. 3. Whoever fails to act as above mentioned shall be considered as refractory, and punished accord ing to the laws in force in the provinces, sukjected to the statute. " Art. 4. No other excuse will be admitted but that of physical defect. Those who , F$ ish to avail themselves of such excuse must make a declaration to that effect within a fortnight, to the commissions which will be in stituted for that purpose. Art. 5. The said commissions will adjudicate finally on all such cases brought before them. " Art. 6. The organization of these corps will be the object of special instructions and rules to be ivsued by the Minister of War and Marine. " The Minister of the Interior is charged, " EUGENE DE SAVOIE RATTAZZI. " Turin, March 17." The Senate of Turin has passed a deelee for the mobilization of the National Guards. In the meanwhile RADETZKY is concentrating his troops preparatory to an advance upon Turin. His head quarters are at Crema. Before hip departure for Milan he seized all the public coffers containing the sums belonging to the charitable institutions, and removed them to Verona, as also the famous Iron Crown of Lombardy. Count Timm, Austrian military Governor of Pia cenza, has published a proclamation addressed to the inhabitants of that town, dated the 13J), containing the following prescriptions :-1, No groups are l i to be formed in the streets; 2, 11 songs of political import are prohibited on pain of arrest and court martial ; 3, All shops and coffee houses are to be closed by nine o'clock, and everyone is, by that time, to retire to his lodgings ; 4, The gates of the town except two, are to remain closed ; the two that are open during ti day shall be closed at 7 P.M., and opened at 6 A.M. ; 5, None, ex cept peasants, who have brought provisions, are al lowed to leave the town without a passport ; 6, All families are to be provided with provisions for at least five days, on pain of being expelled from the town ; 7, No bells are to be rung ; 8, Lights to be placed at the windows in the evening ; 9, Arms to be given up, on pain of court martial ; 10, Any attack against the military to be punished with death; 11, If a shot be fired from a house, and the culprit be not immediately given up, or the impossibility of doing it not evident, the house shall be sacked, and, in case of resistance, shall be set fire to, and the fathers of families living in it tried by court-martial. In the sitting of the 10th of the Constituent As sembly of Rome, Minister RUSCONI read some pas sages of the address of the Chamber of Deputies of Turin, in answer to the Speech from the Throne, relating to Rome and the war. He then moved a vote of sympathy to the Chamber of Deputies of Turin. This proposition was voted by acclamation. The Epoca and other journals of Rome mention numerous desertions in the ranks of the Neapolitan forces stationed at the Roman frontier; parties of from 15 to 20 soldiers, often headed by their officers, go over to GARIBALDI with arms and baggage. At Rome on the 10th instant, the BiAlops of Gun urn and of ORVIETO, and the Archbishop Cardinal DE FERMO, were arrested. The Archbishop was taken to the Castle of St. Angelo, and the two bishops to the fortress of Ancona. Their offence is that of ex citing the people, through the press, to revolt, and calumniating the Republic. Orders were also given, on the 12th, to arrest the Cardinal DE ANGELIS, Arch bishop of Fermo. The Executive Committee have sent General GALLETTI to Bologna to take the mea sures necessary for the present state of affairs. At Ferrara great preparations are being made in the fortress for the reception of the troops who are expected to arrive there, and measures are being taken to defend the frontiers. The Giornale Costituzionak of Naples publishes a note from the Grand Duke LEOPOLD to the members of the diplomatic body accredited to Tuscany. This document, which bears the date of Porto San Ste fano, 11 th February, had hitherto remained unpub lished. It merely confirms the assertion made in the two former notes, that the reason of the Grand Duke's flight was the necessity of defending his free will in the affair of signing the law for the Consti tuent Assembly, and expresses a hope that the di plomatic body will not enter into official relations with the Provisional Government of Florence, against which the GRAND DUKE declares his intentionof pro testing immediately. • SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 15th have arrived. Their contents are unimportant. MADRID BOLSA, MARCH 15.—Five per Cents., 10i, paper; Three per Cents., 22i, for account. Exchange on Lot:don, 50. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSI Serious disturbances have broken out in Bohemia ; Reichenburgh, Kuttenburgh, Randatz, and Ternlluck are in open insurrection. The Pesth paper of the 13th states the position of the Imperial army to be as follows :—Tokay is occu pied by the brigade of Major-General vox GoTz ; the Jablonowsky brigade is at Miskolcz ; General ScaracK stands round Erlan with his army corps ; this concentrated force reaches from Szolnok down to the main body of the army. Ban JELLACHICII has his head-quarters at Cregled, and Prince WiramscH GRATZ remains at Buda. The Augsburg Gazette of the 17th mentions that a report was current at Vienna that JELLACIII6I had been poisoned. PRUSSIA. Accounts have been received from Berlin to the 19th. The anniversary of the Revolution passed off quietly. The following note has been addressed by the Prussian Government to its agents at the different German Courts : " The Austrian Government has communicated, through its Ambassador at our Court, to our Govern ment, the propositions which it has caused to be made at Frankfort by its Plenipotentiary to the Central Power, on the 27th of last month, in respect of the establishment of an executive central superior power by the federal German Constitution, under the form of a directory. The Royal Government sees with pleasure that Austria has at last entered upon the path of conciliation which we had proposed. " For this reason we have earnestly declared that we will examine carefully those propositions, and the Royal Plenipotentiary at Frankfort will receive sufficient instructions to enable him to take a part in the deliberations which will be held at Frankfort on this subject, and it is permitted to us to hope that they will conduce to the desired end of con ciliation between the Governments and with the National Assembly. We doubt not that the other Governments of Germany, to whom the propositions of Austria have since been communicated, are ready to act in the same manner. In consequence whereof, I pray your Excel lency to express to the Government to which you are accredited the wish of the Cabinet that it would be pleased to send to its Plenipotentiary at Frankfort the nc cessary instructions to enable hire to take part in the deliberations upon these propositions in a manner that will accord with the views which are taken on this question. (Signed) " Count D'Amirai. "Berlin, March 10." HOLLAND. THE HAGUE, MARCH 21.—His MAJESTY has not yet arrived. The steamer Prince de Joinville is lying at Helvoetsluys, for the purpose of towing the vessel which is to bring his MAJESTY up the Canal de Voorne into the Royal Dock-yard. The QUEEN is at Helvoetsluys, awaiting the arrival of his MAJESTY. The First Chamber of the States-General has been convoked for Friday next, the 23d. In the sitting of the Second Chamber, the President stated that the Committee charged with drawing up the address of condolence to his Majesty WILLIAM 111. had com pleted their work. DENMARK "AND THE DUCHIES. The English, French, and Austrian Governments have protested against the resumption of hostilities by Denmark. The National Assembly of Schleswig-Holstein met on the 16th. The President, after stating the reasons which had induced the convocation of the Assembly, reported that the Government plenkoptenti , irs inforn...d Assembly that both the British and French Cabinets had urgently recommended to the Danish Govern ment a prolongation of the armistice under mainte nance of the status guo; that the Danish Government had, however, merely testified an indication to tolerate a tacit prolongation from one month to another. With respect to the question addressed by the Provi sional Government to the Central Power, regarding the resignation of their functions in the event of the cessation of the Malmo convention, and the conse • quently requisite formation of another Government in conjunction with the National Assembly, no answer had yet been received from Frankfort, and, as it was probable there could be none for a day or two, the Assembly was prorogued till the 17th. A Berlin letter of the 7th, in the Cologne Gazette, says :—" According to the news received to-day from Copenhagen, the Danish Government will not recom mence hostilities on the 27th, as it was yesterday still feared, neither will it subject the ports to rigorous blockade." The Cologne Gazette adds that its cor respondent is correctly informed. According to a letter received by the same journal, from Copenha gen, dated the 13th, an English courier, who arrived in that capital on the 9th, with an earnest recommen dation from Lord Palmerston to prolong the armis tice, took his departure again on the 12th with a positive refusal. These two accounts therefore are contradictory. Following the example of Prussia, Hanover, Ba varia, and Saxony, and other German States, are furnishing their contingents for the war against Denmark. Troops have already been sent from different parts of the German confederation, and within the course of a few days a very numerous German army will be assembled in the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein, ready to recommence hos tilities, unless by the 27th some arrangement has been made between Denmark and the Cen tral Powers. Unhappily, it is scarcely pos sible to expect that this can be effected within so short a time. In itself, the pending war would not be a subject of much disquietude, if the quarrel could be decided by the two parties concerned alone; but every one knows that Denmark is backed by Russia, and all are apprehensive, and not without reason, that the latter will place at the service of its ally more substantial aid than the influence of its diplomacy, nor is it by any means proved that in this conflict right and justice are on the side of Germany, for even in that country many are convinced that the quarrel with Denmark has been provoked by Ger many, but the Central Power has gone too far to re tract now. It is now an affair of honour, and with good will or without, they will re-commence the fight, the first blow having been already struck.— Journal de la Haye, March 21. THE DANUBIAN PROVINCES. A letter from Constantinople of the 6th, states that Russia, so far from paying attention to the joint re monstrances of Sir S. CANNING and General Aline, is increasing her forces in the Danubian provinces. A fifth corps, under General MOURAVIEFF, has been ordered to enter Moldavia, so that in a few days the forces in these provinces and in Transylvania will amount to 120,000 men. Austria will be enabled to take away from 30,000 to 40,000 men for Italy. Russia is most annoyed at having been pre vented making a secret treaty with Turkey. She is exciting troubles in Bosnia, has thrown arms into Servia, and is stirring up the Bulgarians. In fine, she is preparing the populations of these provinces to receive her as a liberator when the proper moment comes. ITALY. The inhabitants of Parma received the intelligence of the renewal of hostilities between the Piedmontese and the Austrians on the 14th. They immediately prepared to rise in insurrection and to expel the Austrians from the town, but the commander of the Austrian forces, seeing the determination of the in habitants withdrew his troops and evacuated the city and the duchy. The Sardinian flag was im mediately hoisted, and deputies were dispatched to CHARLES ALBERT, who, OH their arrival, deputed the Parmesan Senator, PLEZYA, to take possession of the duchy in the name of the Sardinian Government. The Prince EUGENE of Savoy Carignan, Lieute nant-General of the Kingdom of Sardinia, on the 17th issued the following decree : " In virtue of the powers to us delegated, and on the proposition of our Minister of the Interior, we have or dained and ordain as follovvs:— " Art. 1. Levy en masse of all the citizens of the Lom bardo-Venetian provinces able to bear arms between the ages of 18 and 40. Art. 2. All citisens in the towns not occupied by the enemy nmst immettiately proFent tlietm3.lvce to th tt:ilitary c.mninunder, or to the mayor of thc- , place of their residence, iii o; is to be (.r.troliefi, The respective authorities will point out to each the place where he 6411 repair to perform his military service, according THE EGYPTIAN FLEET. In consequence of the remonstrances of the French and English Ministers at Constantinople, the nego tiations for the purchase of the Egyptian fleet, by the Austrians, have been dropped. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY MORNING, 10.45 A M The United States mail-steamer Hermann has just arrived in forty-five hours from Bremen, and will leave for New York on the 26th. She brings 86 passengers. The steam-ship Britannia arrived in the Weser on Thursday last. The Acadia, which had been got off the Terschel ling, was daily expected. The Hermann spoke a largo steamer bteering for the Weser, supposed to be the Acadia. It was reported at Bremen on Tuesday that peace would be negotiated with Denmark before a termi nation of the armistice, otherwise the armistice would be prolonged. The mails to Jersey and Guernsey were detained eight hours this morning in consequence of the Des patch steamer having grounded near the pier when leaving at midnight. VICE—CHAN CERY.—ULs HIS DAY.) (Before Vice -Chancellor WIGRAM.) TIIE SOLICITOR• GENERAL V. TUE CORP() RATION OF BATH. His Hortouit gave judgment in this cause this morn ing on the question of costs. He said this was an infor mation for the administration of the charity estates of the Free Grammar School at Bath, founded by King Henry the Sixth. He had decided all the points the other day, with the exception of the point whether the Corporation of Bath were to pay the costs out of the charity fund. There were no grounds for charging the Corporation with fraud. The information made charges of fraud as well as asking a scheme for the charity; and he did not think he was bound to follow the case of the " Attorney-General v. King's College." If the informa tion had been solely for the purpose of administering the charity he should have followed that case and decreed the Corporation to pay the costs; but as there was really no ground for those charges being made against the Corporation, and as the Corporation had succeeded in showing themselves entitled to some of the land claimed by the information, and the information had succeeded in sh,,wing the title of the ohm ity to Wabrow Mead, which had last n let by the Corporation on building leases, his Honour thought the best way would be to give the Corporation no costs, and to let the relators and tho trustees retain their costs out of the charity fund. (Before Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) DA.WBON W. BRINCKMAN. His Honour was occupied during the morning in hearing the arguments of counsel in this case, which came before the court .in the shape of a motion on the part of the plaintiff for a decree to comp( <1 the specific performance of a contract entered into fur ~he sale and purchase of a mansion-house and a small portion of land adjacent, called " Hermitage," situate at St. Leonard,s Hill, Windsor Forest, sold to the defendant, Sir Theo dore Brincknaan, by the plaintiff, for 15,000/. The de fendant contended he was not bound to accept the title on the ground of the difficulty, if not iwpossibilty, of identifying the property in question. The argument was proceeding when our report left. SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCHELL ) FRANCE V. ADCOCK. The plaintiff in this action is a carpenter ; defendant is a builder, and the sum claimed was 111. 3s. for work done. Defendant pleaded that he never was indebted. The plaintiff's attorney said he would p. eve the work was done at the mansion of the Duke de St.aekpole, at Lyndhurst, Hampshire ; the Duke, however, had died, and his affairs had since been thrown into Chancery, and it was alleged by defendant that the workmen had agreed to continue the work and to be paid when the defendant got paid, either from that job or one at Whitechapel. The executors of the Duke refused to pay, and the Whitechapel job was left to reference ; there was, there fore, but little prospect of plaintiff getting his money. Evidence was adduced to show that an agreement to the above effect had been entered into, hot at the time there was a sum of money due to the plaintiff. The UNDER-SHERIFIP said that a bargain was a bargain. A man was bound by any agreement founded on a reasonable condition, and it was not unreasonable to agree to await a particular event, such as the payment of money by a third party. Thecontingency in this case was however a doubtful one; there were however a certain sum due b, lore the agree ment was entered into, and fur that plaintiff was entitled to recover. Mr. F. EWART, the defendant's counsel, said, that if the jury found anything due he would pre:en. a verdict for the full amount, to save another action. The UNDER-SunhiFF thought that course advisable, but the plain:4s attorney said he was content with the amount in evidence before the jury, and would reserve the plaintiff's right to sue for the balance hereafter. The jury gave a verdict for Si. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Sergeant ADAMS, the Assistant-Judge.) TEE SYSTEM 01? REWARDS UPON CONVICTION,--In the course of some cases against the keepers of houses of ill fame, The LEARNED JUDGE said that he wishr, , rl the whole system of rew9rds upon eouvwqon o,,e s and is' e - very wllb, Th e , riore tiny cbjcet but the thought only of the WI. rewattl. was another class of offences, that of pot-stealing, for the conviction of which a curtain society gave rewards, and this, to his knowledge, led to great abuses and faho accusations. He had tried a case at Middlesex, in which a practiced pot stealer, who had several times been re warded by the society for obtaining convictions, was proved to have carried on his game in this way. lie went about with a bag, into which he put the pots as he picked them up. Then, when he saw a police man coming near, he would hand the bag to some poor fellow who chanced to be passing, and request him to hold it whilst he spoke to the policeman. He would then tell the policeman that the unfortunate victim had stolen pots in the bug! At length he was met by a policeman, with a bagful of hots, before he had the chance of trans ferring it to an innocent person. He was taken into custody and convicted ; but he got no reward from the society for the conviction.—(A laugh.) The Court was principally occupied during the morn.- ing with indictments of disorderly houses, in all which the parties were released upon the promise to abate the nuisance. MARLBRO'-STREET-( TriISDAY). James Henry, a potman in the employ of Mr. James Burt, licensed victualler, 104, Berwick- street, Soho, was: brought before Mr. Bingham, charged with being drunk and assaulting his master. He was also charged with assaulting the police constable in the execution of his duty. _ _ The prosecutor stated that last night, about 7 o'clock : the prisoner came into the bar and demanded witness to give him sixpence. Witness observing that the prisoner was the worse for liquor, refused to comply with his request, and advised him to go home to bed and come again this morning. The prisoner said he should not go until he got the money, and if witness did not give him some it would be the worse for him. Witness theta went up stairs, to call some person to put the prisoner out of the place, and while his back was turned the pri soner broke four squares of plate glass, value 40s. Witness then put the prisoner out into the street, when he (the prisoner) struck him in the mouth and kicked him on the lower part of his person. A constable at that time came up, and took the prisoner into custody. Police-constable 130 C said he was on duty in Bar wick-street, whe❑ he saw the prisoner strike the last witness several times. Witness went up to them and. endeavoured to get the prisoner away, when he turned round, and seizing hold of witness by the collar, threw him down. lie follovred up this attack by kicking him on various parts of the body. Another constable came up, and after considerable resistance on the part of the prisoner, they managed to lodge him in the station-house. The prisoner said he had only acted in self-defence, and Mr. Burt strutek him first. Mr. BINGEIAM committed him for seven days for the assault on the constable, and twenty-oue days for the assault on the prosecutor, the latter term of imprison ment to commence after the expiration of the first. LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MARCH 22.—Wind this day at noon, E.N.E., light bre( 7.'2, and dull hazy weather. ComssAy, MARCH 21.—The Vine, Bachaton, of and from Dundee, to Belfast, got on shore during a fog Rear Dun( usbury Head 17th inst., but was got off, and makes. a good deal of water. DEAL, MARCH 20.—Wind E.N.E. to E.S.E.—Arrd. from the River and shl. Madawasker, Adelaide, South Australia; William, Hong-Kong; Bumatie, Madras and. Mauritius; Thomas Blyth, Mauritius; Faside, St. John's, New Brunswick. OFF DUNGENESS, MARCH 19.—Teresa, Reese, Bo livar; Christoph Colundrus, Kericke, New Orleans; Carl Diederich, Brodes, New York. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 21.—Wind N., variable.—Arrd. Alciope, Bennett, Buenos Ayres; Zante, packet, Rio Janeiro; Argyle, Brackbank, Charleston; Loodianab, Heron, Calcutta; Josephs., Falconer, Princes Island; Troubadour, Muir, Demerara; John Walker, Craig, Dal housie. The Southampton, of Glasgow, for Naples, was wrecked on Arklow Banks the 27th February; crew, except the captain, mate, and steward, saved by the Tyro, arrived at Lisbon. Sld. 2011, Berthe, Marseilles; 21st, Slains Castle, Bombay; Peru, Africa; Countess of Sefton, Lima; Passenger, Buenos Ayres; Ariel, ditto; Rosendale, Pernambuco; Washington Irving, Boston; Devon, Staten Island. Or WEYMOUTH, MARCH 21.—Agenita, Batavia. OFF SALCOMBE, MARCH 20.—Johanna, Batavia. FALMOUTH, MARCH 21.—Wind calm.—Arrd. Sorel,. Divoord, Rio Grande, and sailed for Altona. DUBLIN, IslAncn 20.—S1d. Chester, New York. CORE, MARCH 19.—Wind S.S.W. to S.S.E.—Arad. Ben Nevis, Pernambuco. Sld. Zion's Hope, Bombay. CLYDE, MARCH 20.—Arrd. Cape Breton, Rio Grande; James Ewing, Maitland, St. Domingo; 19th, Henry Bell, Robertson, Alexandria; 20th, Lanarkshire, Mobile. JERSEY, MARCH 20.—S1d. Tiphyo, New York. BRISTOL, MARCH 21.—Wind W.N.W.—SId. 200, Eliza, New Orleans. BELFAST, MARCH 20.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrd. 19th, Sobraon, Hetherington, Barbadoes. SUNDERLAND, MARCH 20.—Wind W.—Sld. Olga, New York. HULL, MARCH 21.—Wind S.W.—Sld. 20th, George, St. John's, New Brunswick. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) DrErci7oll. TB AND XaGADE N-NA.31.31., TheseniarTletswere agaitTheTtTyTaith;TaTecieeiine in value. Beef, from 2s 2d to 35 2d; Mutton, 2s 6d to 3s 8d; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; and Pork, 2s 10d to 45 2d per bibs by the carcase. itaiLir razt.Nt3S.scws. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 15s to 41; Clover ditto, 31 10s to 5/ ; and Straw, 11 6s to 11 12s per load. A moderate supply, and a steady demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 17s to 41 3s ; Clover ditto, 81 10s to 41 15s ; and Straw, 11 8s to I/ 14s per load. Trade firm, at the above quotations. WHITECHAPEL. Meadow Hay, 21 15s to 41 ; Clover ditto, 31 12s to 51 ss; and Straw, 11 6s to 1/ 12s per load. Supply good, and trade firm. MEAT MARKETS. SOUTHALL, MARCH 21.—Prime Down Sheep moved off slowly, -at about last week's quotations. Other kinds of fat stock ruled heavy, at drooping priees. Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 6d; Veal, 4s to 411 4d; and Pork, 3s 6d to 4s per Sibs., to sink the offal. RONFORD, MARCH 21.—Our market was in a de pressed state this morning, and prices had a downward tendency. Beef, from 2s 10d to 3s 10d; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d; Veal, 4s to 4s 6d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 4s per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 245; quarter old store Pigs, 17s to 21s; and Mulch Cows, with their small Calf, 141 to 171 15s each. LEWES, MARCH 20.—Beef from 3s to 38 10d ; Mut ton, 4s to 48 8d ; Veal, 4s to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 3s 8d to 4s per Sibs. A _moderate supply, and a sluggish demand. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN ror the Week ided March 15.1849, made up from the Returns of tho Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wal(1 per Imperial Quarter. I WEIRAT. BARLEY.' OATS. j STE. BEANS. PES. PRICE • • 1 45s 4d 29s 3d 1 17s Od 23s 9d l 30s lld 1308. 64 DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. BARLEY. I OATS. AYE. 1 BEANS. I PEA,. Is Od is Oct Is Od is Oct Is Oct Is Od SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. WARWICK SPRING MEETING. —WEDNESDAY. The Debdale Stakes of 5 soya. each, and 25 added, for hunters, &c. Two miles. (6 Subs.) Colonel Shirley's Fugleman, llst 121 b (Capt. Little) 1 Mr. H. Carew's Vindictive, 12st 71b Mr. E. Horseman's The Collier, 12st 71b ..„ 3 Mr. l4aworth's Donna Anna, 1 Ist 71b Even on Fogleman. Won easily by a length. The Two yrs old stakes of 10 soya. each, with 25 added, for colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 41b. T.Y.C. (4 Subs.) Mr. T. Stevens's Knight of Gwynne, Bst 71b ... 1 Mr. B. Green's Prioress, Bst 4lb „, 2 Mr. E. Jones's C a l mar , B st 71b 3 ••• ••• ••• 5 to 4 on Knight of Gwynne. Won easy by half a length. Run in 1 min. 40 secs. The Great Warwickshire Handicap of 100 sovs., added to a Sweepstakes of 25 sovs, each, 15 ft, &c. Two miles. (27 Subs., 14 of whom paid 5 sovs. each.) Mr. R. Hesseltine's Quiver, 3 yrs, 6st 51b ... (Fenn) 1 Mr. Archer's Teresa, aged, 7st 91b ... 2 Mr. Parr's Miss Nipper, 4 yrs, 7st 31b 3 The following also started but were not plaeed:-- Mr. B. Green's Athelstane, 4 yrs, Bst 71b—Mr. H. Carew na. Ferryhill, 4 yrs, 7st 71b—Mr. Gordon's Miss Munch 3 yrs, sst 71b—Mr. T. Stevens's Bacchanalian, 4 yrs, Bst lib. Betting—Quiver the favourite. Won by two lengths. Handicap of 5 sovs. each, and 20 added. Mile and a half. Mr. Cowley's Second Sight, 3 yrs, sst 131 b ••• 1 . Mr. Fowler na br mby Bro. to Riddlesworth, 4 yrs, Bst 2 Mr. Cowper's The Miner, 3 yrs, 6st 31b ••• 3 Mr. Parr's Lethargy, 5 yrs, Bst 121 b ••• ••• 0 Mr. Fountain's Humbug, 4 yrs, Bst 41b ••• Mr. Johns's Clairvoyance, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b 6 to 5 agst Second Sight, and 4 to 1 agst Humbug' Won by a length. Run in 2 min. 59 secs. Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, and 25 soya. added; three yrs old, Bst; four, 9st 71b, &c. One mile. (9 Subs.) Mr. Jackson's Kennet, 3 yrs, 6st 41b ... (W. Thick) 1 Mr. Walter's Ferryhill, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b ••• 2 The following also ran :—Mountain Dew, 5 yrs, Cost— The Collier, aged, 9st 21b—Archery, 4 yrs, Bst 41b— Humbug, 4 yrs, 7st 111b—Colocynthus, 4 yrs, 7st 1 llb— lodalater, aged, Bst 111 b. Betting-2 to 1 each agst Kennet and Mountain Dew. Won by a head. Run i min. 50 secs. LATEST BETTING. NORTHAMPTONISHIR7EtoI g STARES. ast 7 to 4 agst The Tartar 6 to 1 agst Westow Ferryhill TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 6 to 5 on Honeycomb and Nunnykirk agst the field. DERBY. 4to 1 agst Flying Dutch- 40 to 1 agst Westow (t) man (taken) 50 to 1 agst Garrick 8 to 1 apt Nunnykirk (t) THE SUN." —W e b eg t o th an k the pro prietor of this Journal f or f avouring us with a copy °` The Avenzug S un , conta i ning the earliest account of t h e important intelligence from Austria..—Newry Examiner. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE,—The new additions to the troupe are Signora Parodi, the adopted daughter of Pasta, and Signor Coilc'tti. Signore Tomasini and Mare have also arrived from Milan. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge was much better yesterday. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited the Royal Duke yester day, at his residence at Kew. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR CHARLES JAMES NA" PIER, G.C.B.—The gallant Commander. in-Chief for India will take his departure for India on Saturday uext, when he leaves Upper Berkeley street for Marseilles, *.ceorepalieci by Coi , ,nei Napior, Captain Pitt I(:,t , n(-11y, Ids extra aide-de-eniaap and military secretary , CI, itioli..2l - 6 or his ..6y I N - ..p ier d o es not accompany the Gallant General to the scene of his future labours. Iqo NE An eat, Atexican since 32 have beer lave beer 21 to 28; Ll alf per Shares blarke,t. tOCial-lk S i PP L., , , • a 131 Per Cent. 149 , 11 g Anna oitto 30 ?t,•)ri.sols fo x ''clieriue: 1,0001 1,0001 5001 ... Shall, Small 14 azilian 1 Ditto, B ueno s Ditto Chinon" tlistr a li a tlited 4118traiaz