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" This is one of those rare books which at once touch the feelings by a simp's; - and forcible truthfulness to nature, aad which imme diately ta" ie th.lr position in literature."—Atlas. " A sweet and touching tale."—Sunday Times. " This. story deserves to become as popular as ' Paul and Vir ginia.' "--Britannia. " sv;eetly told tale."—Morning Herald. rbo writer of this beautiful tale will rank with Madame Cottin and St. Pierre.77-Atias, It ehard ientby, New Burlington-street. ROBERT II 0 UDI N. - ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Close of this attractive Entertainment. To-night and Saturday Evening. M, ROBERT HOUDIN will have the honour to repeat his extra ordinary SOIREES IA NTASTIQUES, at this theatre as follows: This Evening (Thursday) •• March 8. Saturday Evening .. • • „10. Being piimitive.y the last Entertainment, owing to M. Hondin's depar ture for the provinces. Evening Performance at Half-past Eight ; Day Performance at Half-past Two. Boxes, 45.; Pit, Os.; Amphitheatre, is. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and Tkke:s fur this extraordinary Entertainment may be secured at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street; and at the Lox-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from Eleven till Five o'clock. THEATRE R(IYAL, HAYMARKET. lir. B. WelAter, *ale Lessee and Manager. Old Brompton. 'The public is resperAfully intortned that this Theatre has, during the recess, undergone, very extensive repairs and alterations and the Whole reocorated. Tnrs EVENING, Will be petbrmed OTHELLO. Othello, Mr. J. Wallack ; lago, ttr. Charles Kean ; Desdeutona, Miss Laura Addison ; Emilia, Mrs. Charles Kenn. To conclude with an Arabian Nights' Entertainment, entitled CAM..A_RALZ.AMAN AND BA DOUHA ; or, The Pert who Loved the Pr! nee. Characters by Messrs. Bland, Keeley, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Mono a, and Miss lleyivAds. TiIEA TIM ROYAL. ADELPIII. Trnler the direction ol Madame Celeste. During the ltecesB this Theatre has been entirely re-decorated, the rigin4l designs by Dlgby Wyatt, Es;, executed by Mr. Sang. A new Stare, Curtain, Act Drop, and Chandelier. An approved sys tem o; &c., &c. The Private Eloxes enlarged, Backs added to the ;,eats, and Stalls rendered more comfortable. THIS EVEN! N.. 11 7 111 he performed COCKNEYS IN CALIFORNIA. After Which, the original Drama, called LLUWEST Hoxh. Principal characters by Messrs. H. Hughes, Lambert, Wright, I', Bedford, 0. Smith, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Frank 3tatthews, Miss Turner, &c. To concMde with JOHN JONES. Guy Goodluck, Mr. Lambert ; Eliza Melton, Mlsj E. Chaplin. itoyAL LYCPATM THEATitE. Under the Managemekt of Madame Veerla. Soie Lest.4co. Mr. CharleJ Mahe a. TILLS EVENING Will be serformed a nets- Drama, called A ROMANTIC IDEA. After which, a new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled TILE KING OF nir, PEACOCKS. Characters by Messrs. Harley, John Reeve, Selby, 11. Hall, Marshall, and 11. Marshall ; Miss Kathleen Fitzwil 'tarn, Miss L. Howard, Mrs. Macnamara, Miss Marshall, Miss L. Marshall, Miss Coleman, and Madame Vestris. To conclude with AN APPEAL TO E PUBLIC. Dress 'Roses, 58.; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; I'it, 2s ; Gallery, Is. No %ail-price to any part of the house. The Sot Dox-ofilce, No. 2, Wellingto7: , street, is open to the public, every day, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S TREAT M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. Durintr, the Recess this Theatre has been re-decorated and embel lished In a superb and costly manner ty Mr flurwitz. A new Chan delier has been fitted, and the best arrange meats have been made for the due Ventilation of the Theatre, and the conuort and convenience of the audience. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Opera, entitled FRANCESCA DORIA. To conclude with a new grand Pantomime, entitled BLUFF KING UAL; or, Harlequin and 1h tCharmed Arrow. 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 Albert, &c. Mr. Batty respectfully announces that he has entered into an en gagement with the celebrated American Equestrian Young Hernan dez, wno has just arrived in this country, and whose talent has gained for him the title of the first rider in the world. He will make his fourth appearance THIS EVENING. _ • __— 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. After which the double Tight-ropes. To be followed by an inimitable display of SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, supported by the first Equestrian talent of the day. To conclude with the farce of C CRIOAITY. Boa-office open from Eleven till Five. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. TUE WEATHER.—SUN Ovner.., Mutes( 8• TH SILDWITETER, Lowest, 32; Highest, 53; noon, 44. Bastexxssit, 29.92. WIND W.N.W.—fresh breeze and fine—afternoon showery, with hail. MOH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tuts DAY 4, rnintr, 27 min. after 1 I Eventn?, SO min. after 1 To-Moanow—Morning, 11 min. after 2 Evening, 30 min. after 2 114 , . \ L tS 1 40 () *\ 4 7l), ;'' - 1 , .....,011 .U , l ! , , e ' k 7. 4 '%.' ; ar. , O : ?Tn,,.:` , . ": , . , t 4. --..- ---...,--- - - ~.--- ..., ~..--;._ ~,,, , ,f.• - . .,..e:,:,:z„,, , . . 4e 4 1, 4 '4'ilftt, 11 1, LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1849. Notwithstanding the opposition offered by the law officers of the Crown and other members of the Go vernment, the Hon. Member for West Surrey suc ceeded yesterday in carrying the second reading of his Bill for facilitating the transfer of real property by a majority of 10—the numbers being for the ATTOR NEY-GENERAL'S amendment 45, against it 55. A stronger evidence could not be afforded of the general anxiety that exists throughout the country for ex tensive measures of legal reform. The law of real property must be simplified, the dust and cobwebs that have accumulated during successive ages must be swept away. There is no reason why the titles to landed property should be rendered so ob scure and complicated that months would be con sumed, and a most tedious and expensive investiga tion rendered necessary, before it could be ascertained that a person in whose family an estate had descended for centuries, without question or doubt, was really the bona-fide proprietor thereof, and could convey a good title to a purchaser, or make it a valid security for any pecuniary accommodation he might require. In almost every other nation of Europe there are facilities for transfer and a security of title comparatively unknown in this country. Even Ireland is far before us in that respect, for every deed and instrument relating to property must be registered, or the priority to which it would otherwise be entitled may be forfeited as a penalty for the negligence. The frauds and losses to which purchasers, mortgagees, and others are ex posed in England under the existing system, and from which no amount of precaution can effectually protect them, is thus obviated in the sister kingdom. No deed of importance can be effectually withheld or concealed. Express notice is given of its existence, and of the general nature of its provisions, on the face of a registry open to all who choose to pay the small fee of 2s. 6d. for liberty to search. Vast expenses are incurred in every transaction relating to property in order to guard against the consequences of possible fraud or rnistake—expenses which in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred are quite unnecessary, but still they must be encountered. Every person about to acquire an interest in property will fear that he may be the one unfortunate person on whom the loss may fall, and he will spare no expense to prevent the pos sibility of such an event. Sir EDWARD SUGDEN has stated, in his great work on " Vendors and Pun chasers " (11th Ed., p. 98G), that " the present expense in regard to titles is, in forty-nine cases out of fifty, superfluous," and Master SENIOR, in his evidence before the Lords' Committee in 1846, said—" I think there is little of really defective title. Titles almost all seem to be safe ..for holding, 'out the difficulty is to transfer them. There are many objections to title as to marketabkness—few as to safety." Under such circumstances, the suggestion made by the Hon. Gentleman, "that substantial justice would be done in ninety-nine cases out of every hundred, if they were to pass a declaratory Act, to the efTTt that every man should have a Parliamentary title to his estate," does not appear to be so very absurd, or to have merited the derisive cheers with which it was received. We believe that there could be nothing more bene ficial to the country in general than such a course, by which the innumerable entails and contingent remainders would be cut off, and a " f ree trade in land," that cheap and expeditious mode of transfer suggested and so powerfully advocated by Mr. JAMES STEWARD, m ight be attained. In all the arguments adduced in opposition to the Artir s . p present Bill the great evils of the co mplexity 4104 itin prevail in the established system were ac . ged and deplored, The strongest opponent,' "k, - 013 ill admitted the necessity of some great and Z c w:FL. coulitehensive measures of reform ; but every attempt - qicv a 8 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 8, 1849 to introduce such a measure has hitherto been opposed with the most determined hostility, as if the system were perfection itself, and that it were little better than sacrilege to sanction any innovation. Mr. DRUMMOND has, however, at length succeeded in bringing his Bill fairly before the House and country- The principle of the measure has been sanctioned. Alterations will undoubtedly be necessary in the de tails, but these minutia may be fairly considered in the Committee to which it will be referred, and which Mr. DRUMMOND does not propose they shall, go into until the Courts shall have moved to Westminster, in order that the House might have the opinion of lawyers on those points, wherever their knowledge would be useful. The measure appears to be founded on the admi rable reports of the Society for Promoting the Amendment of the Law, whose invaluable labours have been productive of so ranch benefit to the country. That enlightened body have already expa tiated on the vast advantages to be derived from " a general register of titles," under which landed property might be transferable like stock in the public funds, and by which the necessity of retrospective deductions of title—a necessity which entails such enormous expense and inconvenience to the owners of property —might be obviated. Under the present system the poorer classes are precluded from the acquisition of land; the expenses and difficulty attendant upon a transfer act as a complete prohibition to any dealing with respect thereto. As the society most truly state, in their second report on registration, " Practically speaking, small properties cannot be dealt with except as articles of luxury—the large proprietor is debarred from selling, and the poor man from buying by the expense of the transfer. Retrospective titles, then, are not merely a legal inconvenience, but a great social evil." This great social evil must be averted. The eminent lawyers who compose the committee of the society conceive that the object could be effected by a well-devised system of registration, and a judicious carrying out of the prin ciple of insurance of titles, by which not only perfect security might be afforded against the possibility of loss of any description, but great facilities would be conferred for transferring or incumbering the proper ties insured. There is, we are happy to state, every pros pect of these desiderata being speedily attained. The principle of the Bill for establishing a general register has just received the sanction of the House of Commons, and any defects will doubtless be reme died in Committee, while a company is in course of formation for the purpose of guaranteeing against any losses arising from defective titles, and thereby to enable parties to transfer or charge their properties in a much shorter time and at one-fourth of the expense that must be submitted to under the present system. The prospectus of the company, which is a very clear and well-arranged document, is now before us, and it explains, in the most satisfactory manner, the mode in which this novel species of assurance may be carried into effect, and the benefi cial results that may be expected to flow therefrom, by which the saleable value of land may be improved by several years' purchase. By a reference to our advertising columns, our readers will perceive that copies of this prospectus may be obtained at the office of The Legal Title Insurance Company, and we would heartily commend it as well worthy of a calm and attentive perusal. The company does not contemplate the slightest interference with the business of any existing society. The established and well-recognised principles of insurance, the doctrine " that the average of uncertainties may be easily measured," is applied in a novel and ingenious mode, by which the proprietors will undoubtedly realise considerable profits, and vast advantages will result to the community in general. In spite of the garbled accounts of the Hungarian war which have appeared in the reactionary news papers both in England and Germany, the truth glares through the flimsy screen of falsehood and mis representations. WINDISCHGEITZ, so far from being victorious, has in reality met with a succession of reverses. BEM, instead of being killed or conquered, is in bodily health while his mind is in that state of exhilaration which is peculiar to even the most phleg matic captain when his forces are proving triumphant. JELLACHICH, in place of retaining his romantic popularity amongst his followers, is deserted by them in whole regiments. KOSSUTH, at the very time he is spoken of as a fugitive, skulking in the back streets of Berlin, is in the zenith of his power as supreme ruler over the Provisional Government. While it is solemnly announced in the journals of Vienna that the Imperialists hold an unbroken military cordon from Waitzen to Losonez, and from Hatvan to Saolnok, it actually appears that the Hungarians have complete possession not only of the northern and southern districts of the kingdom, but of the mountainous tracks of Transylvania and the Car pathians. According to the Government organ of the Austrians (the Wiener Zeitung) the Patitcz- MARSHAL has marched towards Gyongyos, driving the insurgents before him in four different directions ; whereas, according to the Government organ of the Magyars (the Iozlony), the Hungarian army has advanced instead of retrograding, has assumed the offensive instead of the defensive, has been success ful instead of unsuccessful. Since the Schwartzenburg Ministry has called in the assistance of Russia, the cause of the young EMPEROR has not merely darkened throughout Hun gary, but has sunk immeasurably in the estimation of the whole empire. The apparent assistance derived from NICHOLAS has been in reality the cause of many severe disasters to the forces of FRANCIS JOSEPH. The appearance of the dragoons of St. Puter6burgh in Transylvania has only had the erfect of exaspe rating to madness the national feeling of the Hun garians. One of the most heroic of the tribes of that brave race has risen, indeed, against the mer cenaries, and inflicted upon them condign chas tisement for their interposition. This tribe was the tribe of the Szeklers ; and they appear only to have been prevented from annihilating their antagonists by the arrival of aid from the garrison of Cronstadt. Saxe then, namely, on the 15th ult., a pitched battle has taken place at Hermannstadt be tween the Austrians, under General PUCHNEIt, and the Hungarians under General 13ese. The action resulted in the latter proving signally victorious, following up the discomfiture of his opponents by taking the fortress of Ilermannstadt by storm—and this, be it remembered, in the teeth of the garrison of Russian auxiliaries. In celebration of this triumph of the national arms a solemn Te Down was chaunted on the 20th ultimo in the church of Debrecain. It is in that city that the Provisional Government, presided over by Kos sum, is assembled—a Government which has been recently completed by the appointment of General L. MESSAROS as Minister of the War Department. Besid€s directing the operations of the Administra tion, the renowned liossum is endeavouring to excite still further th e ent h usiasm of his countrymen. To this end he is distrib ut i ng rewards and promotions to whoever distinguish themselves against the common enemy—having within the last few weeks conferred the title and baton of a Field-Marshal on General Kis. So great is the ardour displaying among the whole Magyar race that not all the battalions of Russia can enable the Austrian EMPEROR to extin guish it. lf the forces of Wiriniscncaa.Ts find it impossible to keep to themselves the towns of Zyps, or to preserve Transylvania without assistance from Sr. may rest assured that it will b e Petdifficultersbutrog h a ,they n ex tr a ordinary degree to wrest from the power of 13em and KOSSUTH the w hole of the magni ficent territories of Hungary, especially w h e n there is every likelihood that even the Croatians will rise against the oppressors of so many nationalities. n another victory which took place on 26th ult. at Zibakhaza 2,000 of the fellow-countrymen of JELLACHICII deserted from the ranks of the Imperialists—harbingers of additional defection from the cause of Austria, and of additional advantage to the Hungarians. From the experience, therefore, which has been derived from the reactionary news p iperS as to the want of exactitude in their declara tions, it must surely be unnecessary to warn the public from all their erroneous and unauthentic nar ratives. Whatever may be sai 1 either by the Wiener Zeitung, or by some of our own contempo raries, as to the tr:utnphs of WINDISCHGRATZ, it is certain that the colossal power of Austria has failed to do more than goad on the inhabitants of Hungary to a condition of patriotic enthusiasm that gives promise of proving altogether irresistible. Actuated with the same determined views as the promoters of the Anti-Corn-law League, the agriculturists are combining in an agitation against the taxes upon malt and hops. It will be observed that a numerous and influential meeting in further ance of this extension of the principles of free trade was held yesterday in Blackfr)ars, with Mr. W. SHAW, editor of the Farmers' Journal, as chairman. Although the different speakers appeared to recoil from anything that might be construed into a suggestion as to the mode in which this obnoxious impost shall be removed, although, indeed, one of the resolutions went directly to maintain the impolicy of any such suggestion in the present stage of the movement, the proceedings of the assembly were far from being unmarked by observations of a practical character. The orators grew eloquent when dilating upon the grinding influence of the malt and hop duties, not merely upon agriculturists and brewers, but ir.directly upon all classes of the population. It is eminently gratifying to witness the rapid and almost unconscious acceptance of the ideas of political economy advocated by the memorable "League" and its organs, and to see foremost among the converts to the new philosophy founded by ADAM SMITH, and accepted by HUSKISSON, the farmers of old England. Yet the change cannot be regarded as very surprising, seeing, that before the farmers became neophytes to the creed of Free Trade, the orators and journalists of the " League" had to proselytize not only one, but a hundred sec tions of the community. The shopkeepers, or as they call them in France the bourgeoisie, were, out and-out, for Protection. But EBENEZER ELLIOT sang his songs, and W. J. Fox. delivered his lectures, and Colonel TIIOMPSON wrote his catechisms, and JOHN BRIGHT proposed his resolutions, and RICHARD COBDEN spoke his orations, and the shopkeepers soon found out that the shoe did pinch, and they found out moreover where it pinched, and they were converted. So it was with the gentlemen of the three kingdoms, so it was with the merchants, so it was with the manufacturers, and so, at last, it was v‘i,h the Members of the Imperial Parliament. Every one in turn offered allegiance to the newly discovered principles, and the sentiment, contagious from its truthfulness, spread rapidly from the little back room at Manchester to the workshops, to the factories, to the warehouses, to the city offices, to the country houses, to the coffee shops and the public-houses, and ultimately in the very chambers of the Lords and Commons at West minster. It has since then gained fresh admirers, and those admirers are, as the Hon. Gentleman the representative of the West Riding foretold from the floor of the Lower House, the farmers and agricultu rists of England. They have found out after all that Free Trade is no such bad thing— that it offers cherries worth the having, if they only make up their minds to jump. Now that the barrier of Monopoly has been broken down a new light has flooded in upon them, and they are earnestly and heartily for the abolition of the malt and hop duties. Surely we need scarcely assert that the effort has our good wishes, and that the change that has " come o'er the spirit of the dream" of the agriculturists has our felicitations. Having re cognised the justice of their claims upon the attention of the Legislature, it is to be hoped that the agricul turists will not lightly diminish their agitation. prisoners' advocates had arrived, and some of them were with the families of their clients. Some of the learned gentlemen felt themselves in a somewhat deli cate position, having been named by the judges to act, though it was expected some of the prisoners themselves would decline their services. M. BOINVILLIZRS, jun., who had been nominated counsel for BARRES, had resolved it was said only to present himself as an act of respect to the judges. M. MARTIN BERNARD, one of the secorides pointed out by BARBES, in the fault of counsel, arrived in the city yesterday. The prisoners SORRIER, COUR TAIS, THOMAS, and BORME had conferred with their advocates. RASPAIL, it was said, was preparing to make a full exposition of his doctrines in the course of the trial. The judges had received the visits of the public authorities. The court is small, but from the arrangements made would, it was believed, be found suitable. The architects had, however, neglected to provide places for the journalists, of whom there were a great number, representing not only the Parisian and departmental press, but also journals of different countries of Europe, and even of the United States. The National has an article on the affairs of Italy, in which it says it can scarcely credit the report that the POPE a Christian priest, has called upon the Powers of Europe to inflict the horrors of war upon the Roman people for the restoration of his temporal authority. Alluding to the French Government, in connexion with this affair, the National says:— "It must explain itself; it must tell us whether, charged as it is to represent the French Republic abroad, it intends to use its power only to oppose the expansion of the Republican spirit in :Europe. Can the French Republic refuse to acknowledge in the Roman people the right in virtue of which we ourselves exist?" BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, MARCH 7. Boulogne and Amiens, 9 1 6—Namur and Liege, 774 — Northern of France, 11N—Rouen and Havre, 13—Sambre and Meuse, s—Tours and Nantes, 2%. friendly words and sentiments of cordiality which they severally have expressed towards me, and on account of the manifest signification which their presence here gives to the aspect of affairs in Tuscany. While I ad dress my sincerest thanks to the honourable members of the diplomatic body, I am forced to announce to them that my further stay in this last port of Tuscany has now become impossible. It has been known here for some days past that an armed force threatened to come to drive me hence. It is certain that the threat has been carried into execution. The public papers have an nounced it, and a strong detachment of armed men under the command of men who are not Tuscans, is on its way to Grosseto. Still more, the salvos of artillery fired at Orbetello, in the vicinity, announce the consummation of the crime—the proclamation of the Republic. I must, therefore, adopt a resolution, however bitter to my heart; it is the only one I can adopt. I leave my well beloved country, but my heart remains. I pray God to enlighten the minds of the ill-disposed and mistaken men, and to console the honest minded, who are more numerous than will perhaps be believed. I invite the diplomatic body to publish the irresistible motive which forces me to leave Tuscany, and the sentiments with which lam inspired in this supreme moment. I rely upon Providence for the advent of better times. Porto San Stefano, Feb. 20." " LEOPOLD. By a circular of the Minister of War of Tuscany, of the 24th ult., to the commandants of the garrisons, orders are given that the volunteers inscribed in the lists lately opened be immediately sent to Florence to be incorporated. The Nova Febbrajo of Bologna, of the 24th ult., an nounces the departure from Modena of six companies of Modenese troops and four of Austrians, with two pieces of cannon, in the direction of Massa. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.) The House sat to-day to hear appeals. The Peers present were the L , Jrd Chancellor, Lord Brougham, and Lord Campbell. BAKER V. TIICKER. The further arguments in this part-heard appeal oceu. pied their Lordships the whole morning. ROLLS' COURT-(THIS DAY.) Ilis Lordship the Master of the Rolls was occupied the whole morning. with motions of no general interest. VICE-CHANCERY.--(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR Of ENGLAND ) The Court took motions and causes to-day, but no case calling for particular notice came before his Honour during the day. (Before Vice-Chancellor NVIGRAM.) DE VISME V. DE VISME.—.TUDGMENT. Vice-Chancellor WIGRAM gave judgment in this case this morning. He said the petitioner was a purchaser under a decree of the Court, and one of the conditions of sale was, that if the completion of the purchase was de layed by any cause whatever, the purchaser was to pay interest at 51. per cent. on the purchase money, amount ing to 7,6471., until the completion of the purchase. By the seventh condition of sale also, the vendor was to de liver his abstract of title on a given day. The petitioner complained that the completion of the purchase was de layed by the act of the vendor in not having du'y deli vered an abstract of his title by the time recognised miner the seventh condition of sale; and he alleged that he had sustained danefiges under the condition of sale which required him to pay interest at Si. per cent. until the completion of the contract; and the petitioner accordingly prayed that it might be referred to the master, to whom those causes stood re erred, to inquire and state whether the 7th condition of sale of the estates, as to the delivery by the vendor of an abstract of his tide within the time therein mentioned was or was not duly complied with by hive; and if the master should hid that that condition was not complied with then, that he me might state what damages Mr. Benjamin Hook, the purchaser, had sus tained, or what compensation ho or the petitioners, or his legal representatives, were entitled to either by way of the reduction of the interest on the purchase money or otherwise by reason of such condition not having been duly performed by the vendor. He (the Vice- Chancellor) regretted to say that he had not been able to find a way to grant the relief prayed for by this petition. If the petitioners were not now entitled to relief there might have been some way by which the purchaser might, in some earlier stage of the cause, either have obtained such relief, or have avoided the damage which he said he had sustained. It could not be that the vendor, who stipulated for a high rate of interest in case of delay in completing the contract, could not take advantage of his own wrongful act, unless the terms of the contract we re so plain and so strong that there was no escaping from them. This Court could not give the relief prayed for unless a court of law would give it on an action for a breach of the contract, after the contract had not been completed. He (the Vice-Chancellor) appre hended the purchaser in such a case would be told at law that he ought to have complained of such breach of the contract when it occurred, and that having proceeded to complete th e con tract, after noti c e o f the breach, he could not afterwards complain. By an order in the cause, bearing date on the 17th of July, 1847, set out in the petition, and made on the motion of Benjamin Hook, the purchaser, who de clared by his counsel that ho was content with the like, it was directed that Benjamin Hook, on or before the end of August, should pay into court a certain sum of money, which he had done; and it was ordered that the said Benjamin Hook should be let into possession of the estate, and the receipt of the rents sad profits, on pay ment of the purchase-money for certain lots, according to the conditions of sale. It was under the reservation contained in this order that the present ap plication was made ; and if the purchaser might. if necessary, give up the purchase and reconvey the estate, the question would arise whether, at the time of making the order of the 17th of July, 1847, the pur chaser was in a condition which entitled him to ask for the compensation which he prayed; but if he insisted at all events, in retaining the conveyance, he (the Vice- Chancellor) would not hold him entitled to compensa tion, if, as he assumed, the completion of the purchase, under ordinary circumstances, would deprive him of a right; and, therefore, he (the Vice-Chancellor) could not give the relief which was asked by this petition. The petition must, therefore, be dismissed with costs. (Before Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) MARSHALL V. BOYCE. This was a part-heard cause, and came before the Court for further directions. The question had reference to the construction of a bequest in a will. The testator gave a legacy of 1,000/. stock to his executors, in trust to receive the dividends arising therefrom, and invest the same dividends in the purchase of more stock, until the children of William Marshall, of Islington, should respectively attain the age of twenty•one, and as and when each child should attain that age, to sell out and pay to him an equal portion of that stock, as also the accumulat-d:stock. The question was, whether the children of William Marshall, living at ,the death of the testator, were the only ones to take, or whether other children of his, born after the testator's death, should be permitted to share iu his bounty. Mr. PARKER submitted that those children living, at the death of the testator, were the only persons who could take on the death of the testator. He contended that under the words of the bequest, there was a gift to those children immediate on the death of the testator, and that the only thing which remained to be done WILS to allow the dividends to accumulate until each child should attain 21, and then to divide them. His HONOUR understood that the children living at the date of the will, and at the date of the death, were exactly the same persons. Mr. PARKER said that was so ; the testator made his will on the 18th, and died on the 21st of the same month. Mr. RUSSELL, for the defendants, submitted that when a man spoke of ten children of a person, he meant the children who were then living, unless there was something to show there was another intention. In this case there was nothing to show that the testator meant to depart from the natural meaning of the words. His Hoetoun said, had this case stood clear of autho rity, he doubted very much whether he should have thought it right to take the plaintiff's view of the case. It did not by any means stand clear of authority. He was of opinion that he ought not to contravene or re strain the cases of " Davidson er. Dallas" and " Saunders v. Volcy," cited in the cause, and that he should be con travening one or two, if not all of those cases, were he to say every child was to take except the three born at the date of the will, who were also the only three living at the death; and he must, consequently—not, perhaps, without a slight degree of regret—decide in their favour. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Sergeant ADAM, the Assistant -Judge.) THE CASINOS.-----It having been understood that the informations laid by the common informer, Stowell, against the l essees o f th e C as i nos at t h e Adelaide Gal lery, Strand, and the Walhalla, Leicester-square, would positively:come on for hearing this (Thursday) morning, the court at an early hour was crowded. The several defendants appeared in propril persona. Mr. Parry appear e d for the i nformer ; and Mr. Clark son and Mr. Ballantine for the defendants. The Learned Counsel, after consulting together, de termined on a further postponement of the trial of the indictments till Thursday, April 26. The ASSISTANT-JUDGE most willingly acceded to the arrangement of the counsel, and ordered an adjournment of the case till April 26. DINNER AT THE MANSION -HOUSE. Yesterday evening the Lord Mayor entertained at dinner the Com mon Councilmen and about forty other gentlemen of the ward of Farringdon Without. ARCHITECTURAL EXHIBITION.—Yesterday a pri vate view was afforded of nearly two hundred architec tural designs, in the gallery (53, Pall-mall), of the New Society of Painters in Water Colours. The subjects are, as might be imagined, of a strangely miscellaneous cha racter—ranging from the colossal plan of a cathedral down almost to a Pecksniffian pump. Several of the drawings are marvellously clever; but, to our mind, the gem of the whole exhibition, indisputably and beyond all question, is the view painted by Mr. Allom, of "London from London-bridge to Blackfriars-bridge," according to a proposed plan of improvement. The con ception is magnificent, and would, if adopted, render the metropolis of England the most picturesque and magni ficent capital in Europe. SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY MIDNIGHT. -- The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's ship Erin, Captain Russell, arrived at nine o'clock, P.m., from Constantinople, Malta, and Gibraltar. She brings thirty -eight passengers and specie of the value of 130,000/., and a large cargo of silk, goats' hair, and sundries. Sir Charles Napier's squadron was at Gibraltar on the 2d instant. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Montrose bad arrived at Gibraltar from tO Italian ports. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWs CITY, QUARTER TO TIII?EE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool was dull and languid yesterday. The sales were estimated at 3,500 bales, all to the trade. Prices of American compared with Friday's rate;, were*d. per lb. lower.—Railway Shares were very dull. The Continental advices received to-day are chi, fly interesting as regards money matters. At Paris the rise in prices is again important, but no doubt the failure of a large Bear speculator, who, although a Frenchman, is well known in London, and has operated largely in Consols, is one cause of the sudden improvement. The differences on the French account are said to be enormous, but here the party has hitherto paid his way, although a great loser. The last portion of the loan for completing the drying of the Harlem Lake is about to be contracted in Holland. The Mexican Bondholders receive by nearly every mail fair evidence of the disposition of the Government to act up to its promises, and of the productiveness of the Customs revenue, which, however, is not yet what it may be expected to be. The committee in Loudon has received the tollowing:— (From Messrs. Manning and Mackintosh.) " Mexic-, Jan. 13, 1849. " Sir,—We had the pleasure of addressing: you on the 13th ult., as per annexed duplicate, expecting the far rival of Mr. Robertson ; but up to the present time, havieg no tidings of the steamer with tee December mails, we presume she has been again detained in qua rantine in the Havannah. ' We have the satisfaction to inform you that on the 26th of December there were bills on the merchants, still running for the bondholders' proportion of the duties, amounting in Vera Cruz to 225,000 dolls., and in Tampico to 60,000 dolls., and subsequent to that date many vessels have arrived at both ports. " The new tariff is again under discussion in Con gress, and will probably he carried into effect. " G. R. Robinson, Esq., Chairman et the Committee of Spanish American Bondholders." (From Messrs. Manning, Mackintosh, and Co.) " Vera Cruz, Jan. 15, 1849. " Gentlemen,—We inclose you a copy of our last re spects, which we confirm : Dolls. c "By our letter of the 15th ult. you will have seen the bondholders' proportion of imports pending on the 30th November was 191,813 66 The duties for December amount to ... 48,060 00 Forming a total of ... .. 239,873 66 Of the 19,363 dolls. 53c. we remitted per Te viot, the proportion of import duties was... 14,323 18 So that the bondholders' proportion of im port duties to be remitted was, on the 31st December last .. ... 225,550 48 " Of this amount we have received about 30,000 dollars, which, with any further collections, will be remitted by the first steamer. " We remain, &e., (Signed) " MANNING, MACKINTOSH, and Cu. " To the Chairman and Committee of Mexican Bondholders." (From Mr. W. P. Robertson.) " Campeachy, Jan. 19, 1849. " Dear Sir,—These few lines are merely to say that, after a frightful shipwreck of the Forth steamer, on the coral reefs of Alacranes, we arrived safely here yester day—not one life, providentially, having been lost. The principal letters go by Captain Sturdee, late Comman der of the Forth, who sails to-morrow for Ilavannah. " I most unfortunately lost all my papers, offi.:ial dis patches included, in the wreck. Pray send me imme diately a duplicate set.—l am, dear Sir, &e., (Signed) " W. P. ROBERTSON. " G. R. Robinson, Esq." " The City Bank of Montreal has called a general meeting of stockholders, to take place on the 30th March next at noon, in order to take into consideration, and decido on the propriety either of assessing them elves, to make good the losses incurred, or of reducing the value of the shares of the Bank ; and to, con suit and decide on the expediency of effecting an arrangement with some other banking institution, or individuals, and generally to devise and adopt such other course, in relation to the said Bank, as may, under the circumstances, be deemed expedient." There has been a very quiet market for the Public Securities, but the quotations are better, Consols having been 914 y, and since 91* The great improvement in France is one cause of the rally. Exchequer-•bills have been 425. *to 455., and India Bonds 535. to 565. premium. Bank Stock is worth 193 to 194 i. The New Three- and-a- Quarter per Cents. have been 92} to I. The state of the account is still acting upon the market, and some fluctuation may be expected, even independent of political events. In the Foreign Market, the transactions have been of no moment, but Mexican are buoyant on account of the information received by the Committee of Spanish Ame rican Bondholders. The rates are 261 to 27*. Grenada stock has been at 171. Spanish Three per Cents. have been steady at 291; French Five per Cents. at 84 50 ex dividend, with the Exchange at 25 20; and Dutch Two and-a. Half per Cents. at 49*. Railway Shares are flatter this morning, and both, as respects the home and foreign lines, lower prices have Itetn.sabmitted to. ONE Pat E. S oF isEITiSli FUNDS. O'CLOCK. dank Stock 193 19414 3 per Cent. Reduced Ar.ns ...... 9 l l, 1 4 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 91 % 5 /8 New 3% per Cent. Ann 5...... . 9 2 14 5, 8 Long Anns. to expire Jan.lB6o ..• 9 ndia Bondi., Looot. .... .•• -- Ditto under 1,0001... .-.... 56 F 3 p Consols for Account 9IV4 % t , ..xelicriuer Hills. 244 d. & 2d. 1,000/. June 45 42 p 5001. June .•• PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. CLOSING PRICES. 194 1 4 91:fixi 91% 92%4 ONE O'CLOCK. 53 p 9138 42 p 46 p CLOSIN PRIC ES. Brazilian Bonds . Equador Bonds Grenada Bowls, 1 per Cent. l 7 l /4 17 1 / 4 mextcan, 5 per Cent. 1846 57% 27% Ditto. Account 26%1 27 27 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 5l 52 Portuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto, 4 per Cent — Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account : 17% Ditto 3 per Cent 29% Dividends on the above payable in London. French Rentes, 5 per Cent. Exchange 2sf. 50c. 25f. 25c. French, 3 per Cent Exchange —25 f. 20c. Dutch 2 1 ,4 per Cant., 12 Guild 49% 49% PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. A berdeen 5O .... . —,.. Do. Preference Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 5 ... .. 4% . 4% Caledonian 5O ..... 23% 5 4 ex d... 23% ex d Ditto, Quarter Shares 1114...... 5x d 5 is d Do. New 10/. Pref.—. 10 ... .. 11 1 / 4 . ...... 11 1 4 chaster and Holyhead... 50 ...... 20% % ...... .. 20% Ditto, Preference Dublin and Belfast June. 35 East Anglia, 25/., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 Do., 3/. 10s. Eastern Counties........ 20 ...... 10A :', 1 0,4 Do. New Guaranteed 6 per Cent. .. . Do. North. & Eastern 50 Do. New Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 Ditto, Half Shares ... 20 .. Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorch. 2% l% Great Northern Great Western 100 ...... 97 x.d. ......... 97x.d Ditto, 1,4 Shares Ditto, 14 Shares Ditto, Fifths ... 20 Ditto, New 171........ 15 ... Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 lO l l /4 x.d 101 1 4 x .d Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ...... 501,E x.d 50% x.d. ancaster and Carlis1e... 50 Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 ' ............... Do. Fifths... ......... ... 10 „........ .... 714 Do. Thirds l5 ..... 8% B% Leeds and Bradfo r d London & Blackwall...l3/. 68.8 d.... 5%% x.d 5% x.d. Lou ton, Brighton, an d South Coast Ditto, New 5/., guar. 6 per cent. ......... 5 London and N. Western 100 137 x d. ..... ..... 13614x.d Lend. &6. Western 5O ...... 38 38 N . ' x.d. _38% x.d. Manchester.Buxton,and :"Matlock.... 4%. 1%% l% Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire...100 Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10 Midland ...... ........ ...100... 82 82 1 , 81 1 % x.d 81% x.d. Do., do., 50/. Shares ~. 25 ... .. 17 1 4%...... Do. Birm., and Derbyloo Nswmarket North British ... .... ... 25 ...... Ditto, Quarters Ditto Extension ...... .•. North Staffordshire 17% 14% % .. ... ~ Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ...... 50 Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 12% 13 3 %4 ..... ....,. 13 4,,, Royston and Hitchin ... 3% 3% % ...... ..... • 33/4 Scottish Central Shrewsbury and Birm South Eastern Do., No. 2. Do., Registered No. 4 10 .... 7 1 / 8 Do., Scrip No 4 South Yorkshire, Dow• caster, and Goole Waterford and Kilkenny 20 . W.lts, Somerset,& Wey mouth York, Newcastle, and Berwick. . . ... 14). Newcastle E K ter 2O lB% 19 ex.div. 19 x.d Do. G.N.L.Preference 8 ... 87% York .nd North Midland 50 ...... ex.div. .. x.d Dit:e, Preference FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Central of Fiance (Or leans and Vier..on) ... 18 Demerara .... ........ ...... 17 1 / 2 -- ... ......... ... Namur and Liege Northern of France Pars and Rouen ... Pouen and Havre f 2O ...... 121 p, .............. Tours and Nantes .. 9 ...... 21 / 2 ........ ..... MINES. 17 1 4 297 3 1 / 4 IA 14y 12'k i 81/2 11 1 4 21 1 4 12 3 / 4 2% Australian Brazilian Imperial 24 1 / 2 Do. St.JohnDel Rey 15 ...... 10% . JOINT STOCK BANKS, Australasia London & Westminst er . 20 Union of Australia 24% 574 10 IA 1.1.0 YD'ti 611 EPPIN G.—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MARCH 8. —Wind at noon, W.N.W., ligh t breeze and fine. STATE OF WIND AND WEATHER AT THE PROVINCIAL PORTS THIS MORNING, AT 9 A.M. Colchester W. by N., fine. Gosport Gloucester S.W., fine. Hull Liverpool .. Lowestoffe NV. N. W., cloudy. Portsmouth Southampton.... S.S.W., fine. Yarmouth LYTHAM, MARCH 7.—The Simpson, Higgins, front Wexford to Preston, got ashore S.E. of the Lighthouse , and remains leaky with slight damage, cargo dis' charging. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 6.—WindW.N.W.—Arrd. Agent, Mills, Charleston; Niagara steamer, Stone, Boston. 7th, Ripley, Atkins, St. Domingo; Unicorn, Thain, New Orleans; Hero of Sidon, Fleck, ditto; T. H. Perkinh Conn. Mobile; Samuel, Leighton, Savannah; Bolton Abbey, Barker, Charleston; Elizabeth Wilthew, Grif fiths, Boston. Sid. 6th, Courier, Dunn, Sydney, New South Wales; G. Dean, Spuring, Sierra Leone; St' George, Hutchison, Savannah; Cromwell, Barker, Boa ton; Stephen, St. Stephens, New Brunswick. Put back , 7th, Courier, Sidney, New South Wales; George Rain' say, Baltimore; Janet, New York, with loss of foretely, mast. Mem. The Courier, f or C a l cut t a , did n ot oil yesterday as reported. Off port, Blarney stkamer• Blytheswood. FALMOUTH, MARCH 7.—Wind W.S.W.—SId. Crane packet, Madeira and Brazils. Off Port. sth, Tritons Olie, Batavia for Amsterdam. ALLOA, FEB. 26.—Signet, Thomson, St. John's, New Brunswick. 27th, Johanna, Riddoch, St. John's, New Brunswick. March 1, William Dawson, White, 6t• John's, New Brunswick. KINGSTOWN, MARCH 7.—Sid. Sumatra, Harvey, Tri nidad ; Catherine, M.Kenzie, Trinidad. BRIGUTON.--Arrd. National, Voets, Rio Janeiro for Antwerp. SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 7.—Sld. Madrid steamer' Gibraltar. DEAL, MARCH 7.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Cresle• Wessels, Cape Haytien, Rotterdam. Arrd. from the River, Berhampore, Smith, New Zealand; Empress, Goole, Sydney. New South Wales; George Brown' Higgins, New York; Jessie, Coysh, St. John's, New toundland. Put back, Lady Clarke, for Sydney. New South Wales; Venus, for C a p e P a l mas; S t . George, i°'„ Valparaiso and St. Francisco; Catherine Elizabeth, for [3arbadoes. It has been blowing very strong from the W.S.W., attended with heavy squalls through' out the day. QUARANTINE NOTICES. Harana, Feb. 7. The Board of Health has altered the quarantine re' gulations as follows: Vessels from New Orleans, or from ports within 1 5 ° miles, with a foul bill of health, will undergo quarantine for 20 days. Vessels from British ports where cholera is known t ° exist, 15 days. Those from New York with clean bill of health, or from ports within 150 miles with ditto, and f ro m Port' within 150 miles from British ports, where cholera ea' ists, 8 days. Vessels from all other ports are now free from V s ' rantine. (Signed) PICARD and ALBERS, Lloyd'sAgente• Capt. G. A. Halsted, R.N., Secretary, Lloyd's. Lisbon. Feb. 28. Sir,—The Board of Health has declared Liverpool to be an infected port. (Signed) CHARLES JAUNCEY, Lloyd's Agent. Capt. G. A. Halsted, R.N., Secretary, Lloyd's. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) NEWGATE AND LEADEiramAzz. These markets were tolerable steady, to -day, 01 A , prices were well supported. B ee f, fro m 2 s Sd t o 33 81 Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 2d ; Arc a!, 3s 10d to 4s 10d ; Pork, 2s 10d to 4s 4d per 81bs by the carcase. MEAT IVIARICETIS. SOUTHALL, MARCH 7.—The general trade to-asl, was steady, at improved quotations, owi ng c h ie fly to t. 1 3" falling off in the supply. Beef, from 38 2d to 45; Mutt° ll 2, 3s 10d to 4s 10d; Veal, 4s to 4s 8d; and Pork, 3s 6d w 4s per Sibs., to sink the offal. RODIFORD, MARCH 7.—Prime Beasts and Sheep 03°2 ' mended a steady sale, at higher prices. The value of other kinds of stock was well supported. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4 , 6 ,1 Mutton, 4s to 4s 10d; Veal, 4s to 4 1 6d ; an d Pork, 3` 4d to Ss 10d per Blbs. Suckling Calves, 183 to 0/ 2 quarter old store Pigs, 17s to 21s ; and Mulch 03" with their small Calf, 141 to 181 each. LEWES, MARCH 6 —Our market was firm, at very full prices :—Beef from 3s 6d to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 4s ,id 4s 10d ; Veal, 4s to 4s 6d ; and Pork, 3s 8d to 0 per 81bs. NAY MAIMETS. wet SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 2/ lOs to 31125 ; n i w in. ditto, 3/ lOs to 41 12s ; and Straw, 11 2s to I/ gs load. A lair average supply, and a sluggish demand- CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 12s to 31 135; Clover ditto, 3/ 10s to 41 lOs ; and Straw, 113 s 11 lOs per load. Supply moderately good, and trad e rather dull. HITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 3/ 10s ; Clover ditto, 3/ lOs to 41 14s; and Straw, 1/ 2s to 11 91 per load. Trade dull, at but little alteration in prioeS• THE FRENCH REPUBLIC We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The following semi-official announcement appears in the Patric of Tuesday evening:— " We are assured that letters have been received by express, announcing that Spain is actively preparing for an intervention in favour of the Pope. Already an army of 10,000 men was ready to set out. Unless means of embarkation should be wanting, they are now on their way to Gaeta. Under any circumstances, if there be a delay, it cannot be of long duration." The same journal says— " A letter from London informs us that a division, detached from the fleet commanded by Admiral Parker, will soon cruise off Civita Vecchia. Its object is to sup port the movements of the troops sent by the Powers which, on the express demand of the Pope, have re solved on an intervention." M. DROUYN DE L'Hurs was to attend the Com mittee of the Assembly on Foreign Affairs yesterday, to explain the intentions of the Government with respect to Italy. The National Assembly resumed on Tuesday the discussion of the electoral law. The first two articles were adopted without discussion. An amendment proposed by M. BRUCKNER—admitting to the exer cise of the elective franchise certain natives of France, and of foreign parentage, but (as he contended) per fectly qualified to vote as naturalised Frenchmen, was rejected by a slender majority, the entire " Mountain " having voted in its favour. Another question was raised on the right of bankrupts to exercise the suffrage, no less than 12 amendments having been moved. The Assembly ultimately de cided, by a majority of 601 to 212 votes, that bank rupts who bad honourably settled with their creditors, or had been declared excusable by a judg ment of the tribunal, should be entitled to vote at elections. Several other amendments having been moved and rejected, the remaining articles of the Bill were read, seriatim, by the PRESIDENT. The discus sion was utterly devoid of interest. The Moniteur announces the arrest of several Socialists by soldiers, whom they had endeavoured to seduce. The Ceurrier Francais says:— , " The democratic and social party has already made out its list of cadidates for the elections of the Seine. The following, we are assured, is its composition :—M2(I. Ledru Rollin, Lagrange, Lamennais, Felix Pyat, Caus sidiere, Kersausie, Albert, Barth, Louis Blanc, Baune, Dupoty, Martin Bernard, Perdiguier, Lacambre, D'Alton Shee, Proudhon, Pierre Lerroux, Greppo,Baspail, Cabot, Esquiros, Pierre Dupont, Nadaud, Toussenel, Thomas sin, Lachambaudie, Thole and Pierre Vincard." The following letter, dated February 26, from the Secretary-General of ,the Archbishop of PARIS, has been received by Latin, one of the men condemned for the murder of General BREA, and whose wife his just been delivered of a son :—" Be without disquie tude, Monsieur, concerning the poor child who has just been born under such mournful circumstances. The Archbishop of PARIS charges me to inform you that he adopts it, and that he will provide for all its wants. Whatever may be your situation in the face of GOD and man, his ministry of mercy dues not allow him to see in you anything but an unhappy father. I hasten to send you this letter. I hope it will impart some consolation to your mind, and that it will inspire you with gratitude to GOD." There have been partial disturbances in some of the provincial towns of France, in the south and west, which have been in general excited by the Legiti matists. The authorities, however, suppressed them without difficulty. In the department of the Loire and Cher there have been several incendiary fires. A considerable sensation has been created on the Paris Bourse, by the failure of one of the greatest speculators there. He was a bear to the amount of 1,800,000 French Rentes, which represent a capital of 50 millions of francs. His deficiences at the settling of yesterday amounted to no less than 3 millions of francs. One agent do change is a loser to the amount of 12,000/. sterling. One or two minor failures are spoken of. M. DE LAROCHEJAQELEIN has published a letter explanatory of his reasons for refusing to become a Member of the Electoral Committee of the Club of the Rue de Poictiers. "On reading the names of the members of the committee," says M. DE LAROCHE JAQUELIEN, " the impression made on the public mind will be (no doubt erroneously), that the im mense majority would accept, should an occasion offer, a juste milieu empire, or would pronounce, even in preference for a regency, whilst the small minority of which I should form part, would pronounce for legitimacy." It is well to have one of the chiefs of s t tt: h hoi sn e earrs iayi r rhob e nealw a eii c tent t tdrer io hienceaes n otl tisn a gl ooe r ennag y ostcate ocoltßailmtoguohoniabuf officers n s t t h u t s h e o R p e e t u y b alivco,wi whichng t h h e tr a e n a d his co-con s p irators have been of late so busily en gaged- ll reneea O crsces f hooiyf c fne o ats u tththi r eoe s ern e dsaa a cyo f e t f. uetsr Republicherredt s h heo i e s wfgde o i e te,l n sde mi c lprs o ree o n tenh. - t. ceedings, however, were expected to be confined to the formal constitution of the court. The prisoners were allowed to communicate with each other, and even to reside together. BLANQUI, RASPAIL, and QUINTIN, had taken up their residence in the same room, and BARBES and ALBERT had had their beds placed together in another cell. During the day crowds assembled around the prison, but all chance of seeing the accused was impossible, as the windows of their cells were surrounded with boards. The list of jurymen had been formally communicated to the ac cused, as had also the list of witnesses, about 200 in number, summoned by the Procureur-General. The jurymen and witnesses were arriving in crowds. The Duke DE CRILLON is among the former. Among the witnesses cited for the prosecution, are M. BucuEz, M. E. ARAGO, M. DE LAMARTINE, M. F. ARAGO, M. ARMAND MARRAST, and a great many other repre sentatives of the people. The accused have caused nearly 60 witnesses to be summoned. Most of the SPAIN. Accounts have been received from Barcelona to the Ist of March. CABRERA has again taken the field, and, according to the last accounts, was at Salsona, in Upper Catalonia. It was reported in Barcelona that he recently captured and shot the Baron DE ABELL°, a rich proprietor, who possessed immense influence in Catalonia. It was also rumoured that MARSAL, the Carlist chieftain, had been defeated, and that the colonel of his staff, the CABECILLA GRACE, and the Count CHABANNES, a French Legitimatist, who had joined MAReAL, had been taken prisoners. Advices from Madrid are of the Ist inst. MADRID BOLSA, MARCH I.—The Three per Cents. were done at 231 for paper; the Five per Cents. at 11 ; the Debt without Interest at 4, for cash ; and the Coupons at 71- for paper. GERMAN Y AND TIIE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA. The following appears in the Independance oi Brussels, a journal which has of late been distin• guished for the accuracy of its Austrian intel. ligence The journals of Vienna contain grave news from Ifungzry. The Magyars, who at one moment were be lieved to be completely crushed, have, it appears, derived new vigour from their very defeats. They hare re sumed the offensive on several points, have obtained some advantages, and the insurrection again shows itself very menacing. The entry of the Russians into Tran sylvania clearly indicated that the situation had become a difficult one for the Austrians; and we now learn, that at the date of the last news, the Magyars were marching on Pesth, and were even at only a few miles distance." _ _ The Austrian Lloyd's, and the Universal Austrian Gazette, of the 26th ult., announce the march of the Magyars on Pesth, under general DEMBINSKI. The former says they were at Hatvan, only seven miles off; the other, at Gyongyos, four miles distant. All the disposable troops, 10,000, had left Pesth. The Gazette of Augsburgh of the 27th, states that DEMBINSKI having effected a junction with GEORG; the united army made a retrograde movement. The steam-boat Giulia arrived at Pesth on the 24th, in a very shattered condition. She had been fired on at Kalosia, from a Hungarian battery, and several soldiers had been wounded. A letter from Vienna, of the 2d, says that the Austrian Cabinet has decided that the National Bank shall pay in notes the Hungarian notes of 1 and 2 florins, to the am oun t o f 3,900,000 fl o rins. ..... The Vienna Gazette of the 2d states that the EMPEROR of Austria has ordered the 200,000 scudi taken from Ferrara to be given to the POPE, as a proof of his peculiar regard. The Independance of Brussels says :—" Important events appear about to take place in Croatia. It is said that, owing to the expectation of them, the Emperor of AUSTRIA has enjoined Prince DE WIN DISCHGRATZ to abstain from all intervention in the civil administration, the chief direction of which be longs to the Ban JELLACHICII, as Commissary and Governor General. The Minister of Commerce has gone on a mission from the Cabinet to Prince WIN DISCHGRATZ at Pesth. The last letters announce that JELLACHICIT has quitted the army to go to Agram, capital of Croatia, where his presence has become necessary." A letter from Cracow, of the 26th ult., in the Speuer Gasette, says " The disturbances which have taken place here were caused by the irritation of the people at the order for the recruiting of 6,000 men. Pilcis have been made by the people. In a proclamation, published this day, 'he Go• vernment announces that the proposed recruiting shall be transformed into a voluntary enrolment, and that force shall only be employed in the event of voluntary enrolments not being made. This, however, is not cal culated to calm the people. Arrests have been effected, and the Government have established a Committee of Public- Safety." USSIA. The Post Ampt Gazette --- ofi'rankfort, of the 3d says : We are able to state from good authority that the news given in the C ologn e G azette of a note having been addressed by Russ i a to the European Powers, declaring that any modification of the treaties of Vienna, without the consent of all the powers that signed them, would be considered a casus belli, is t o t a ll y d evo i d of foundation; and that we cannot discover any motive to induce the Russian Cabinet to take such a step." PRUSSIA. Upwards of 200 emigrants are to be sent by the Berlin South Australia❑ Emigration Committee to Adelaide in the course of the present month. MINOR GERMAN STATES. A letter from Mentz of the 3d states that all the troops of the Duchy of Nassau had been cane.] out, and that a body of Prussian troops had made a parade in the Duchy, to overawe the inhabitants, who, it is said, display a spirit of revolt. The Cologne Gazette of the 6th states that all the railway stations in Baden were occupied by troops, a general attack on the railways being feared. In compliance with the recommendation of a Com mittee, the two Chambers of Hanover, in a recent sitting, resolved to call on the Government to pub lish the Frankfort law on fundamental rights, and to present ,to the States bills for executing its pro visions. ' DENMARK. The Danish Government has addressed a circular to the different Governments of Europe, explaining its reasons for giving notice of the termination of tho armistice of Malmoe. These reasons, briefly stated, are that two duchies are under the yoke of an insurrectional party ; that the safety of the in habitants is compromised, the resources of the country wasted, and the Danish population without protection ; and that the prolongation of the armis • tice would cause the prolongation of that anarchical state of things. The Danish Government, however, expresses an e ar n e s t wish for the early op en i ng o f negotiations for peace, andi nt imates that the termi nation of the armistice will facilitate such nego tiations. A letter from Copenhagen, of 2 . 7th ult., says :-- "In the sittin g o f yesterday the Minister of Finance announced in the National Assembly that the Go vernment had contracted a loan of 3,750,000 f., at five per cent., with the house of C. J. „ liAmnito and Co., bankers, London, at the rate of 89. ITALY. The Genoa Gazette of the Ist publishes the fol lowing protests 4:4 the Grand Duke LEOPOLD : " Tuscan-!—I address you from this the furthest frontier of Tuscany. It is the voice of the Prince whom you have known for the space of twenty-five years, and who has always sought your welfare with zeal and effu sion. Forced to leave my capital to defend the liberty of my vote in an act for which I should have been re sponsible before God and man, I cannot remain silent in the midst of such a violation of the most sacred rights. I, therefore, protest against the new Provisional Govern- ment established at Florence on the Bth of February, 1849, and I hereby declare that I shall not recognize the legality of any act ,emanating from that Government. Its origin is illegitimate, and its authority null and void. I recall the soldiers to their oaths, the functionaries to their duties, the people to their allegiance towards their constitutional Prince. I have confidence that my voice will bring mistaken men back to their duty, and that it will prove a consolation to every good Tuscan. Their affection is my only consolation in the midst of the pain I 'feel on account of such great disorder, and so many enormities. 15" Porto San Stefano, Feb. 12." " LEOPOLD. To TEE DIPLOMATIC BODY ACCREDITED IN TUSCANY. " Since my declaration of the 11th of February, 1849, addressed to the diplomatic body accredited in Tuscany" —(this declaration has not come to light)—" I have had the satisfaction of seeing myself surrounded by the re spectable persons composing this body. Their presence bai given me consolation, both on account of their CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended March 1,1849, made up from the Returns of tb Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and IN per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. I BARLEY. 1 OATS. I RYE. BEANS. I U ritl PRICE .. 145 s 6d 29s Od 191 7d 26s Ild 30s 2d , DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. BARLEY. I OATS. I E. I BEANS. I PISAS; is Od Is Od ls Od 1 s Od is od Is 0. SPORTIN G INTELLIGENCE. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING, 184 9 • WEDNESDAY. Sweepstakes for three yrs old. A.F. lb. Miss Bunney, Bst 7113—Midia, Bst lib—Retail, Bst Sweepstakes of 50 sous. each, h ft, fur four yrs old, ' l4. T.Y.C. Saddle, 5 yrs, Bst 91b—Wanota, 5 yrs, sat—SC A ° ' 4 yrs, ?A—Franciscan, 4 yrs, sst 101 b. FIRST SPRING MEETING, 1849. WEDNESDAY. Sweepstakes of 50 sous . eac h , h f t, f ur f our y rs o ld , &C. - T - 1 /es Justice, 4 yrs, Bst 71b—Sotterley, 4 yrs, 7st 121 V" Ulysses, 5 yrs, 7st 81b. MANCHESTER, 1849. Nominations for th e T ra d es ' C up o f 300 L, added ' 4. cl e d handicap of 25 so y a eac h , 15 f t, an d only 5 if deal° on or before a week after Chester Races. Lugar, 3 yrs; Lady Wildair, aged ; Mrs. Taft, 4 fil l ! Slashing Alice, 3 yr s; C anezou, 4 yrs; Cl er k o f Celine': 4 yrs ; Minto, 4 yrs ; Grimston, 6 yrs ; Puffy. 3 Y ilj Jeep-'o-day Boy, 5 yrs; Wide-awake, 4 yrs; Rabi' le , yrs; Fu!leman, 4 yrs; Amazement, aged; Wensleycit' , 3 yrs ; King Hal, 5 y rs ; Th e G reat W estern , 4 Y r9 o '. Romance, 6 yrs; Inh er it res3 , age d ; G enera l S a l e , 3 Yrto' Maid of M o th erwe ll, 5 y rs; Cl ot h wor k er, 3 yrs; 13r°' Johnny Armstrong, 3 yrs; Joe o' Sot, 5 yrs; Idle DT 3 yrs; Eagl e ' s Pl ume , 4 yrs; Sh arston, 6 yrs; The Cl 3O vict, 4 yrs ; The Alp, 3 y rs ; A n d a l us i an, 3 yrs J° Cosser, 4 yrs; Pyrland, 3 yra; Thibault, 3 yrs; sylo 4 yrs; Rodney, 3 yrs; Trouncer, 5 yrs; Lady flildth,. yrs; Rolla, aged; Vesta, 5 yrs; Escape, 4 y rs; Ell er dol 5 yrs ; Ballinatad, 5 yrs ; Westow, 3 y rs ; Abbot_o, Meaux, 3 yrs; Shy lock, 4 yrs ; S w i ss B oy, 4 yrs At. ton, 4 yrs; Maid of Lyme, 6 yrs; Velox, 3 yrs ; The°'"i 4 yrs; Camphine, 4 yrs; Burgley, 3 yrs; Primrose , 4 yrs; Miss Ann, 3 yrs; The Durbar, 3 yrs; Fernhill 9 yrs; Resolution, 5 yrs; Crazy Lad, 4 yrs. THURSDAY. Nominations for the Welter Cup. Two miles. 5 De Witt, 4 yrs—Lucy Ashton, 4 yrs—Rosalincla , , , yrs—Lucaria, 4 yr s —R evo lt, 6 yrs—Cavendish, aged Smuggler Bill, 6 yr s —Th e Pil ot , age d—V enture , 4 yr s. MANCHESTER SPRING MEETING. THURSDAY, MARCH 8. Sweepstakes of 5 soya. each, and 40 added. One and a distance. of Ada. Mary, 3 yrs—Did s b ur y, 3 yrs —C oun tess ri Lansfeldt, 3 yrs—Old No. 12, 4 yrs—Harkover, 6 ~fr i —Hector, aged—Be v e r l e y, 3 y rs —R a il wa y King, 5.1,:s —Last Remembrance, 6 yrs—L. H., 4 yrs—Mille r Maid, 4 yrs. The Selling Stakes of 3 Novi . eac h , an d 3 0 added. Tif Mystery, 5 yrs (301)—Harkover, i yrs (300—C1 0 " 0 rella 6 yrs (301)—Wiseacre, 5 yrs (300—Dasb, 4 / (306—Treasure, 3 yrs (300. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, TuEsDAI: og The Queen and P r i nce t oo k t h e i r usual early wall° • exercise in the grounds at O s b orne t hi s morning. /II Royal Highness th e P r i nce o f W a l es and the Pria,,,e'rs Royal rode in the P ar k, an d t h e younger me n ' walked. There was no addition to the Royal dinner party V P terday. His Serene Highness the Prince Ernest of Leineov a is expected to arrive at Osborne this afternoon. o n visit to her M a je s ty a n d hi s R oya l Hi g h ness Fri° Albert. WEDNEVAIbi Her Mujesty and his Royal Highness, accompanif"his Prince Ernest of Leinen gen , too k an early wall' " morning in the grounds of Osborne. es 6 His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, the Prin c if , Royal, and the you nger mem b ers of the Royal Fanit walked and rode as usual. tor , Prince Ernest of L e i n i ngen, attended by his prece P- Mr. Sparr, ar r i ve d yesterday afternoon at Osborne, " a visit to her Majesty and the Prince, tf• There was no oth er a ddi t i on to the Royal dinner par ty The School of je.rgn anti a meeting yesterday, pt /13e office of the Board of Trade. Lady John Russell gave a soirée yesterday evening, the official re s id ence 01 L or d J ohn Russell, in Down i street. The suite o f s t a t e sa l oons were opene d for t ed reception of th e di s ti ngu i s h e d c i rc l e , w hi c h co mpris_ the Foreign Mi n i s t ers at t h e B r i t i s h C our t an d their I,ll a dies, and u p war d s o f f our h un d re d o f th e no bility ar i gentry. LONDON,RA' BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST WAY.—On Tuesday, the Bricklayers' Arms branch ea '" station of this company were opened for the recepliol and conveyance of the goods traffic. There is an area o f accommodation of several acres, and the increase traffic expected to arrive is likely to result ins saving t" the company of something like 1001. per week in the allowance before made for extra cartage to New Cruet which, owing to its distance of three miles from towov and its wont of extent for carrying on the traffic, wa s found inconvenient and abandoned. Mr. Peto paired with Mr. John Neeld in favour ° E the rate in aid the night before last. and v ok tior and the m 11( Sc gr ti le art zial geo