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Henry Colburn,l3, great Marlborough•street , ROARD, OF GREEN CLOTH. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, APRIL 20, 1849. Notice is hereby given, that the Carriages proceeding to her Majes ty's Drawing-room-on THURSDAY, the 26th o' April, are to fall into line and come down the left-hand side of St. James's-street, enter at the Iron -gate nearest the Palace, set down at the Arcade, tuna rams& and go out by the Iron-gate nearest Marlborough House, to wait in St. James's-square. When called, they are to pass from the Square through Charles-street, into Regent-street and jermyn Street, come down St. James's-street as before, take up, and ge away through Pall-mall. No Hackney Car 'ages will be admitted within the Gate]. For all Persons having the privilege of the Entrée, Tickets Will be delivered at the 13 , and of Green Cloth, on TUESDAY next, from Eleven till Three o'click : their Carriages are t pass through Constitution Hill Gate into St. James's Park : those belonging to the Ambassadors and Foreign Minis ters are to set down at the Ambassadors' Entrance in Marlborough-court, at the east end of St. James's Palace, and wait there till called. Those belonging to the Cabinet Ministers and Great Officers of State are to set down in the Middle Court, snd wait there. The Carriages of all other Persons having the Entriie are likewise to set down in the Middle Court, and wait in Stable-yard. or St. James's-park, till called. They are then to take Sp in the same order as they had set down, and pass away up St. James's-street. No carriage will be admitted with company a second time with the same ticket ; to prevent which it must be produced at Constitu tion Hill Gate, and Stable Yard Gate also, where a corner of it will be torn off by the marshalmen in attendance ; and no person can be allowed the privilege of the entrée by any other approach to the palace than as above directed. FORTESCUE, Lord Steward. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. It is respectfully announced that Madlle. JENNY LIND had Intended to take leave of the Subscribers and the Public in a Series of Concerts at her Majesty's Theatre ; but, it having been urged th at it would not. be equally acceptable as a complete lyric performance, she Las generously consented to suspend her intention of retiring from the Stage, and to appear in a series of Performances, in lieu of such Concerts, commencing on THURSDAY, April 26 (which will be liven as a Subscription Night), on which occasion she will appear in the character of AMINA, is Bellini's Opera, LA SONNA.MBITLI. She will also appear oa SATURDAY, April 23, as LUCIA, in Doni zetta's Opera, LUCIA DE LAMMERMOOR. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box office, Opera Colonnade. LiER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, are respectfully informed that • TO-MORROW EVENING Will be presented Bellini's Opera of NORMA. rellione, Signor Garden'; Orsvess, Signor Lablache ; Norma,Mdlle. ?moil • Adalgisa, Madame Giu li ani. Ts conclude with (the Scenery by Mr. Charles Marshall) an en 'Only new grand Ballet, by M. Taglioni, entitled ELECTRA. • or, The Lost Plelade. Applicaticns for Boxes, St alls, and Tickets to be made at the Box sties, Opel a Colonnade. Doors sr .r at Half-past Seven, Conc,ert . ts commence at Eight. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Season 1849. FREICH PLAYS and OPERA COMIQTE. THIS EVENING, The Performances will LE CODE commence at FE] -past Seven o'clock with DES MES. To conclude with FRA DIA.VOLO. Mr. Mitchell begs also to announce that, notwithstanding the in creased expenses of the present entertainment, the prices of adrais 'ion are determined as follows: Boxes .. • • • • .. .. 6s. ed. Pit • • • • ••• • • 3.9. ed. A mp hitheatre .. • • .. 2s. Od. S u b scr iptions for the season may be arranged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Sams', St. James's-street ; Mr. Andrews', New Bond-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from eleven till ave. rHEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENIN4 , Will be performed THE BRIGAND. Characters by Messrs. H. Tandenhoff, Rogers, Howe, Wallack ; Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, and Miss P. Horton. After which a Classical Extravaganza, entitled THE SPHINX. To be followed by THE ROUGH DIAMOND. To couclude with the Farce of LEND ME KVA SHILLINGS. THEATRE ROYAL. ADELPHI. ndar the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE HOP PICKERS. rrincipal characters by Messrs. Lambert, Boyce, Wright, Paul Bedford, Hughes, Mun yard, 0. Smith, Cullenford, Worrell, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. F. Matthews, Miss Taylor, Miss E. Chaplin, &c. After which, WHO LIVES AT No. 9 ? Characters by Messrs. Wright and Worrell, and Miss Chaplin. To conclude with a Farce, called GOING TO THE DERBY THE DERBY DAY. Mr. Jeremiah Twiddle, Mr. Wright: Mr. John James Chucks. Mr. Paul Bedford ; Captain Nobble, Mr. Worrell ; Mrs. Chucks, Mrs. Matthews ; Mrs. Twiddle, Miss Weelgar. 110TAL LYCEUM THEATRE. I.3ader the Management of Madame Veatria. i•,olo Lessee. Mr. Charles Iga• he ws. THIS EVENING Will be performed a sew Drama, called A ROMANTIC IDEA. • • After which, a new Piece entitled HOLD YOUR TONGUE. Cha racters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Selby, and Parselle ; Miss H. Gil a ►ert, Miss Jane Coleman, and Madame Vestris. To coaclude with THE SEVEN CHAMPIONS OP CHRISTEN DOM. bs.; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, la. No Sal -pries to , a - hy part of the house. ?1,, Sox-offlce, No. 2, Wellin;to , street. , s open to the Fait trom Tin till S!s. PRINCESS'S THEATR , .:. Mr. J. M. Itaddox, Sole Lessee and .I:onager. THIS EVENING. Will be performed a new Opera, entitled THE HEART OF MID LOTHIAN. Ts conclude with a new grand Extravaganza, entitled SOURED DIN AND lIIE FAIR PEIIBI.A.N. A.TLEY's ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. 1121.1er she PArenage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. The pew grand Easter Spectacle unprecedentedly successitd. THIS EVENING, The performance will commence with a Grand Equestrian Spec tacle, by Fitzball, entitled THE WHITE MAIDEN OF CALIFOR NIA; or, the Horse of the Ocean. To be tollowed by an inimitable display of SCENES IN TIM CIRCLE, in which the first Equestrian talent of the day will.appear. To conclude with THE LONDON CARRIER. nox-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. • TO CORRESPON DENTS. No communication can be attended to unless authenti cated by the name and address of the writer. Rejected communications cannot be returned. THE WEATHE?..—bmg Ai n. 22. THERMoineTsa, Lowest, 35; Highest, 45; Noon, 43 BAROMETER, 29.98. WIND S.W.—dull, mild weather, with slight rain in the morning ; Aftornoon, dull. Aram 23. Tax tiIrMETER Lowest, 45; Highest. 47; Noon, 44 BAROMETER. 29.62. WIND W.N.W.—continuous rain. 11th wATEK AT LONDON Iitt.I.DOE. °nue DAY —morning, 52 mia,After 1 I Eyeaing, 12 ailn. after 2 le-Mossew—Morning, 34 rata. after 2 I Evening, 54 uln. after 2 -, • • 'i. , ' '''' , ..• . 4 .. !C:4 d. , ' - 0 !" 4, 4 „4 e - ~1 - :I. • - ... ' . ..: .' s l.' .tr......... - 0•*".... '4- "'" „T.„, ' 4014, ,•• ' • •`: 1 111 '...t" --- :. - 1.1 1 ,„:•-... , - ' c ~' RI ~‘..* '. Alb -,,,.•,. v . r . -- Jr ~,..,. ~.. .$.,,,.,........,,.,,,_..„., ~, ~, ~....,,....4 .,4„4 , ...,„ .. . _ 4,. ....,.. .._ .„....t.,,,..,......,,..,,,, 3111 L LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 23, 1849. Judgment has at length been given in the case of Mr. Drca SOMBRE. The petition of that unfortu nate gentleman, which had been argued at consider able length during the months of February and March, was on Friday dismissed by the Lord Chan cellor, in an elaborate judgment, in which he entered very fully into the consideration of the law of lunacy as administered in the Court of Chancery. A stronger illustration could not possibly have been afforded of the imperative necessity for a complete and thorough reformation of the law. Protection must be afforded to those whose relatives or connexions may deem it expedient to assert that they . are of unsound mind, and unfit to manage their own affairs ; and it is now manifest that the Legis lature alone can provide an adequate remedy. Aocording to the principles on Friday enunciated by Lord CoTTENBAM it is perfectly useless for any Person who has ever been brought within the jurisdiction of the Court to look forward to ultimate emancipation from its trammels. However powerful the testimonials he may adduce • as to the complete restoration of his faculties ; how : • ever overwhelming the evidence as to his sanity— evidence on which no jury cou l d entertain a reasona . ble doubt; however acut,c , his intellect, t s and satisfac tory his conduct, he must still be regarded • as a lunati c , incapable of taking charge of his o wn and affairs not only remain deprived of all control • over hi s f or tune, b u t even the libert'yof his person will no longer be sacr e d. lumatic once and a lunatic for ever" will henceforth be the rule— "Facilis descensus averinised revocezo gradual, Hic labor, hoc opus est." it is, indeed, easy to incarcerate any person in a madhouse, to drag him from his family and friends, and subject him to discipline so stringent that the severest punishment that could legally be inflicted on a convicted criminal is mild in comparison ; but to obtain his release from the thraldom is an arduous undertaking, i n the way of which almost insuperable difficulties are interposed. Even the possession of the golden branch will not facilitate the escape. The very wealth that would be all-powerful under other cir eutngtances supplies a motive to the parties interested to keep the unhappy victim under their control and management. The mere certificate of two medical practitioners, given after a hasty and superficial examination, without any guarantee for its accuracy, is sufficient to warrant the confinement of the alleged lunatic in a madhouse. The report of six professional gentlemen of the utmost skill and experience, of undoubted character and integrity, who had acquired European reputations, more _ _ especially for the treatment of mental diseases—a report delivered after the closest and most searching investigation, during repeated interviews with the individual whose sanity was impeached—after nume- rous consultations with each other, and sustained by the solemn oaths of those eminent persons, declaring that they have been unable " to detect the existence of any insane delusion whatsoever in the mind" of the party, is not only insufficient to obtain his release, but even to justify an appeal to a new jury to pronounce on the additional evidence that may be brought for ward. Nay, insufficient to obtain protection for the unfortunate gentleman on whose case they had re- ported "to reside in London or elsewhere in Eng land, without being liable to seizure and incarcera tion at any moment." The LORD CHANCELLOR in his judgment assigns two distinct grounds for refusing the prayer of the petition. Ist. That in consequence of the manner in which the petition was got up, and the irregularity of the application made to him by several noblemen and gentlemen in January last, he would not feel justified "in giving effect to any favourable opinion he might have formed on the real merits of the case." 2d. That the weight of the evidence convinced him that " he ought not to super sede the commission." Now, as to the letter of the 13th of January 1849, respecting which so much has been said we are quite prepared to admit that nothing can be more improper in ordinary cases, than any private communication addressed , to a judge, concerning matters under litigation, where conflicting claims are involved. No higher contempt of court could be committed, and the conduct of the parties is justly open to grave and serious censure. But matters of infancy and lunacy have ever been con sidered to form exceptions to the rule ; there are no opposing interests. No person can by any proba bility be unduly prejudiced. The benefit of the minor (or lunatic) is supposed to be the sole object of the Court, and any suggestions that may be thrown out from any quarter, and in any form, justly receive that consideration which on full investigation they may appear to deserve. They cannot, of course, influence the final decision of the Court, but they direct its attention to matters bearing on the question that might otherwise have been passed over without notice. It cannot, in our opinion, be said that a different rule is applicable if the nature of the communication should be respect ing the restoration to sanity of a party against whom a commission of lunacy had been issued, and men tioning, additional evidence bearing on that question that had never previously been brought before the Court. The only possible effect would be to induce the Lord Chancellor to cause inquiries to be insti tuted to satisfy himself as to the correctness and accu racy of these statements ; and it is by no means im probable that such communications might lead to the liberation of a person, of mind, memory, and un derstanding, from restraints that were no longer necessary for his protection. It is also very possible that but for such interpositions the alleged lunatic might linger on in confine ment and suffering until the imputed disease became a sad reality ; for he might be without the means of making his true condition known. There is, therefore, no case in which an extra judicial ap plication of such a character, couched in respectful language, can be more fully justified. The letter itself merely suggested that at the time when the former petition for a supersedeas had been argued, " Counsel for the petitioner were not in possession of most important and material evidence that Mr. DYCE SOMBRE had never exhibited the least symptom of insanity previous to his marriage ;" that he was like most natives of Hindostan, of a very jealous disposition, which might account for the manner in which he acted towards his wife, and requesting his Lordship's attention to several affida vits and other documents bearing strongly on the question of the competency of Mr. DYCE SOMBRE to manage his own affairs. We confess that in any of these points we cannot discern anything meriting the severe language used by Lord COTTENHAM towards the noblemen and gentlemen who signed the docu ment, or such that it would prevent his Lordship from " giving effect to any favourable opinion he might have formed on the real merits of the case." His Lordship also relied in this portion of his judgment on the fact that he could not consider the petition on which he was giving judgment as the act of Mr. DYCE SOMBRE, but that it was got up altogether by Dr. MAHON, in pursuance of the agreement of July, 1845, by which Mr. SOMBRE " agreed to pay 10,0001. to Dr. Manor/ in the event of the commission being superseded through his instrumentality and exertions." This agreement, which his Lordship seemed to think so im• provident as alone to constitute sufficient evi dence of insanity, was, it appeared, cancelled in April, 1848, and it was referred to arbitra tors to decide what sum should be paid to Dr. MAHON for his actual expenditure, and the bona fide services he had rendered, when a sum of 2,1401. was awarded to be paid to that gentleman by instalments. Now a consideration of the circumstances in which Mr. SOMBRE was placed in 1845 will show that such an agreement was not by any means so improvident on the part of Mr. SOMBRE, or unreasonable en the part of Dr. MAHON, as his Lordship seemed to suppose. Mr. SOMBRE was left at that period with compara tively scanty resources, insufficient to provide fcr his personal expenditure, much less to enable him to bear the enormous costs of applying to the Court for a supersedeas of the Commission, Mr. GOLDSMITH (the father-in-law of Lord LYNDHURST), through whose instrumentality the former petition had been brought forward, and who was to have received a much larger sum in the event of success, had just died. Mr. SOMBRE was consequently without any party to assist him in the emergency. At this period he met Dr. Malox, a professional gentleman of con siderable experience and independent fortune. He felt that no person could be more competent to conduct such a case than a person who was tho roughly acquainted with cerebral diseases, and he placed himself in his hands, stipulating, however, that no payment was to be made unless the Com mission was superseded, and be himself completely emancipated from the control of the Court. Unless Mr. Sonnann was perfectly sane that contract would have been utterly void. No remuneration could be received, either for the trouble to be incurred or the certain heavy expenditure that must be provided for, If he was really a lunatic it was utterly useless—no benefit could be derived. If he was sane, although the sum stipulated was large, it was, not extravagant when the nature of the undertaking and the advan tages he would receive from the services of Dr. MAHON, and the entire removal of the Commis sion, when his enormous fortune was taken into account. A man possessed of more than half a million sterling might af ford liberal remuneration to one through whose agency he was restored to perfect freedom. In either point of view, then, there does not appear anything of so serious a character in this contract, which it must be remembered was forwarded to the Lord Chancellor by Mr. DYCE SOMBRE : We regret that our space this day will not enable us to enter into a consideration of the substantial merits of the case. We shall, howaver, resume the subject on a future occasion. Upwards of six hundred pounds lave, we observe, been already Subscribed fur EMIT Ar SANDFORD, the mistress of the diabolical mi screant who on Saturday expiated his crimes on the scaffold. A smaller sum has been accumulated in the name of alas CHESTNRY-1, :he sufferer from the wretched man's attempt at wholesa le assassination. The contrast afforded by the amount of the two col lections tells, we fear, rather agai st the purity of this spontaneous outburst of benevo 1 ence. It indi cates that much of the generosity of the public arises from a morbid, rather than. . from any very elevated sentiment. No doubt the paramour of the mu lerer is a most unfortunate person, a person whose ealarnitorts nnqi- tion is ties , ,2rving of ..,v,-.A...;- alleviation. But we cannot but feel indig nant at that want of discrimination which lavishes upon her a larger . amount of kindness than upon the amiable and • unblemished girl who was the unoffending victim of brutality. Even with reference to ELIZA CHESTNEY, we have considered the enthusiasm betrayed in her regard as a very exaggerated display of a very mawkish sensibility. One maniac has gone so far as to propose a monument to perpetu ate the heroism of the " good servant" to the most remote posterity !—placing the housemaid of Stan field-hall above the level of such men as DENIS AFFRE and WILLIAM WALLACE. We have been in capable of appreciating that sublimity in the conduct of ELiza CHESTNEY which seems to have led to the derangement of one or two respectable gentlemen. We look upon her with the complacency inspired by a good, warm-hearted girl, who ran to her mistress, and flung her arm round her waist and offered her solace, if not protection, when the butler was bolting himself in the pantry and the flunkey was swimming across the moat. But if we view the behaviour of ELiza. CHESTNEY in this mode rate aspect—we certainly regard the misfortunes of EMILY SANDFORD as of an inferior bitterness as far as her own pat tial culpability is concerned. It should not be forgotten that the latter is of a sullied and the former of an unsullied reputation—that besides being the concubine of the monster who perished by the hands of the hangman on Saturday, EMILY SANDFORD was his accomplice in his forgeries. For these reasons and from these con siderations we are distressed to observe the demo ralizing disproportion between the subscriptions now making for the servant and the paramour. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING. APRIL 23, 1849. Prrsqo sqVg, flint th. Orqir,ll 4 .4" , )rwlvd eliqr9nt , r of having dune so, but that an inquiry ought at once to be instituted for the purpose of clearing up the ques tion. It declares that the publication of the letter is a gross abuse of confidence, and it goes so far as to insinuate that the object of the person publishing it was to aid the restoration of the Bourbons, by throw ing discredit on two members of the Bonaparte family. The Presse might have gone further and have de clared that the inventor of the calumny was the pub lisher of the letter. The whole was a guet a pens laid for the PRESIDENT by the Jesuit supporters of Legitimatist reactionaries, into which he has unwit tingly fallen. M. FRAPOLLI, the Envoy Extraordinary of the Roman Republic to the PRESIDENT of the French Republic, has presented a protest to the Govern ment against the expedition to Civita Vecchia. He declares that the Government which he repre sents was willing to accept the mediation of France bete een it and the PorE, and that its anxiety to do so was made known to the French Government, in a note addressed to it by his predecessor, as well as verbally by himself, in an interview which he had with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, on Tuesday last. He states that the only answer which he got wa., " that France could not negotiate with what did not exist; that Rome, as far as France was con cerned, was the POPE ; that France interposed, in order to prevent too violent a reaction, and in order that the principle of secularization might be applied as largely as possible in the Administration of the State." After such an answer M. FRAPOLLI declares that, " as the Envoy of a Government and of a people which has thus been condemned to death, it only remains for him to protest against the eventual vio lation, without any previous notice, of the territory of the Republic which it is his mission to represent." The Bill regulating the press was:passed on Satur day by a majority of 550 to 72. " Letters from Marseilles of the 17th state that tha first division of the expeditionary army was embarked on that day. It is added that much enthusiasm was manifested by the men; and that when on board they gave three cheers for the Republic with cries of 'Vivant les Tuscans !' Vivent les Domains !" A bas les Au trichniers!' " The Toulonnais of the 16th has the following:— "On Sunday the superior military authority received by telegraph an order to embark immediately, in the ships composing the expedition which are in our road stead, the battery of eight which is here, the train, a great quantity of engineers'tools, the field hospital, and a large store of projectiles. The ships have sent gangs on shore to help in the preparations. The troops stationed in the Var, that is to say, the first battalion of foot chasseurs and the war battalions of the 20th of the lice and 22d light infantry, have at the same time received orders to hold themselves ready to embark on the first signal. A number of steamers have started for Mar seilles to take in troops. The frigate Iphigenie, which was ready to start for Brest, has received counter-orders, and now forms a part of the expedition, as well as the lighter Provengale. These naval forces are placed under the command of Admiral Trehouart." General DE LAMORICIERE has published the fol- lowing address to the electors of the Sarthe :-- " Citizens,—Several of the committees formed in the department of the Sarthe have offered me their co-ope ration at the approaching elections. Some wish ice to adhere to the programme 'which they have drawn up ; the other, less exacting, only demand from me a promise to defend, in case of attack, those grand principles on which all society rests—re ligion, family ties, and property. Whet! a an can be i judged by his acts, what need s there to inquire into his opinions? When facts speak, words ought to be un necessary. But events and acts may be troubled; they have, perhaps, been misrepresented and travestied; in consequence, I will explain myself clearly on the ques tions addressed to me. To such persons as want a pro fession of political faith, I reply, that I look on universal suffrage as the only source from which can hencefor ward issue a legal and regular government. It would be, in my opinion, a political crime not to recognise the vt ill of the majority of citizens, regularly expr esse d i n the electoral colleges, Ii was with the idea that I was performing a grave and serious act that I voted the con stitution of 1848. It is by executing it frankly and sin cerely that hopes can be entertained of . putting an end t o revolutions. Such is my way of thinking relative to the constitution, because in opening a regular path to all the ameliorations which will be considered necessary, it allows all sio a s, stru ln ggles o t r o d , b i e t restricted appears to t m o e t t h field oe satisfy,edl o free no discus sion. only is c us- the necessities of the present, but to contain also the germ of possible progress for the future. To those persons who call on me to assure them of my co-operation for the defence of social order, I have only to say that when it was seriously menaced and violently attacked, I was was in the first rank to defend it. If, which may God forbid! similar evils were again to afflict our country, I would do again what I have already done ; my flag, for no one fights without some flag, would be that uuder which I combatted anarchy—that of the Republic, such as the National Assembly has desired it, such as it has been made by the constitution. A year ago you com mitted to me your mandate as representative. I con sider that I have fulfilled it usefully and faithfully; you must, however judge the matter; I have nothing to disavow in the past—it points out to you the line which I will follow in the future. I accept for the department of the Sarthe the candidateship which has been offered me, and I will not accept any other, for I am , a b ove a ll, anxious to again receive th e mar k s o f con fid ence w hi c h you twice conferred on me. " General DE LAMORICIERE.” It was observed that a t th e P RESIDENT ' S b all g i ven on Saturday night the number of Legitimatists present Ref. was not so great as o n f ormer occasions. The PEE.. National sentimentsh a dA nots e Assembly SIDE NT opened th e b a ll w i th the Marchioness of LONDONDERRY. The M arqu i s and March i oness of AYLESBURY, Lord and L a d y H OLLAND, and several other English persons o f ran k were present. Accordingwas a t o have tothe been on npri order ue , po t en h sd e eady fo ,h ll yi o f w mt i h n .e g ßcßlovsEe of s to theee day the debate of obfbe honour lyenpronoaunndced:—`‘ patriotismC ofonfiding in the the lata t i Alinistry, the Constituent Assembly doubles the h n e fosroleoucronhdoiltyionartmhayt the cre di t Government ppli e ds shall obtain on o right of every one of our g l or i ous sold i ers to kiss t h e POPE'S toe." t The French Five per Cents. were done somewba lower yesterday, in the Passage de l'OpAra. After going down to 87f. 60c., they closed at 87f. 85c. 13USINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK -EXCHANGE. APRIL 21. Boulogne and Amiens, B%—E ast I n di an , 3%—G reat Indian Peninsula, 4 5'8—Northern of France, ll —Orleans and Bourdeaux, 3 % —Rouen and Havre, 11%. L'HE FRENCH REPUBLIC We have received the Paris papers of Saturday and Sunday. Our readers probably remember that some time sincfaan accusation was brought against the Provi- sional Government of having entertained a proposi tion for a declaration of national bankruptcy. Several of the members of that Government admitted that such a proposition had been made, but declared that the members of the Provisional Government had indignantly rejected the proposal to break faith with the public creditor. Thereupon arose a question as to who had been the author of this very honest proposition—of course some " Socialist," some " red man," or, at all events, a Republican of the " vielle," and great was the exultation of the reactionary press, and loud the demands for the " name." Still the members of the Provisional Government refused to betray the name of the adviser whose counsels they had refused to adopt, when in an unlucky hour one of the reactionary journals in the provinces (these provincial journalists are not such adepts in the art of calumny as the metropolitans) declared that M. GOUDCHAUX was the man. Thereupon M. GOUDCHAUX was, in self defence, obliged to name the real culprit, and he turns out to be no Republican at all, but a professed friend of " order,"—a " respectable Moderate"—a quondam friend of M. Gutzur—a member of the club of the Rue de Poictiers, the chosen associate of the PRESI DENT, the confidential adviser of the Ministers—M. ACHILLE FOULD, the banker. M. FOULD attempted an explanation, but M. MAREAST declared that M. GOUDCHAUX had at the time mentioned the circum stance to him, and M. CREMIEUX stated that M. ACHILLE FOULD had subsequently stated to him the proposition which he had made to M. GOUDCHAUX, and had expressed his regret that it had not b een a d op t e d. M. ACHILLE FOULD said no more, and we trust that the French people will now rate at their proper value the professions of these soi-disant friends of order and of society. Our readers also recollect that the Pro visional Government was accused of having enter-. tained a proposition for confiscating the revenues of capitalists. That proposition was made to the Pro visional Government and rejected, and like the pro position for national bankruptcy, was made by one of the " respectable" orderlies who now figure away as chiefs of the reaction. M. LEDBU ROLLIN de clared in the Assembly that when he was a member of the Provisional Government M. DELAMARRE, the banker, the proprietor of the Patrie, the official organ of the present Ministry, proposed to him to levy a forced loan of thirty millions from a list of capitalists whose names he furnished. The following appears in the Memorial B.rdelais, a Legitimatist journal: Several journals haying spoken of the position assumed by M. Napoleon Bonaparte as regards the President of the Republic, we have received from our Paris correspon dent, who is so situated as to be well informed, the copy of a letter addressed by the President of the Republic td his cousin Napoleon. The letter is authentic; we can declare this positively to our readers. The noble end elevated sentiments which inspired it require no comment. Our readers will be as convinced as ourselves that the th.cted of the 10th of December merited the confidence which has been reposed in him by the country. The following is a copy of this letter:— " Elyse° National, April 10, 1849. My dear Cousin,—ft is pretended that, in passing through Bordeaux, you held language of a nature to sow division among the best-intentioned persons. You are reported to have said, that dominated by the chiefs of the reactionary movement, I did not freely act upon my inspirations; that, impatient of the yole, I was ready to throw it off; and that, in order to assist me to do so, it was necessary, at the approaching elections, to send to the Chamber men hostile to my Government rather than men of the moderate party.' Such au im putation from you may well astonish me. You know me sufficiently to be sure that I will never submit to any as ce❑dancy on the part of anybody, and that I will con stantly endeavour to govern in the interest of the masses and not in that of a party. I honour the men who, by their capacity and their experience, can give me good counsel. I daily receive advice of an opposite nature; but I obey only the impulses of my reason and my heart. It was for you less than any other person to blame in mo a moderate policy, you who disapproved of my ma nifesto because it had not the entire sanction of the chiefs of the Moderate party. Now this manifesto, from which I hava never swerved,remains the conscientious ex pression of rosy sentiments. The first duty was to tran quillize the country. For four months past it has been daily gaining confidence. For every day its task; secu rity first, then ameliorations. The approaching elec tions will advance, I have no doubt, the period of pos sible reforms, by strengthening the Republic by order and moderation. To bring closer to each other all the old parties, to unite, to reconcile them to the object of my efforts. This is the mission attached to the great name which we bear; it would fail if it were to tend to divide instead of rallying together the supporters of the Government. For these reasons I cannot approve of your becoming a candidate in twenty departments; reflect that, under the shadow of your name, it may be attempted to bring into the Assembly candidates hostile to the Government, and to discourage its devoted parti sans by fatiguing the people with the frequent elections which this course would necessitate. In future, there fore, I hope, my dear cousin, that you will exert your self to enlighten as to my real intentions the persons who may be in relation with you, and take care not to accredit by inconsiderate language the absurd calumnies which state that my policy is influenced by sordid in terests. Nothing—repeat this aloud—nothing will dis• turb the serenity of my judgment or shake my resolu tions. Free from all moral constraint, I will pursue the path of honour, with my conscience for my guide; and when I shall relinquish power, if I may be reproached with faults which were fatally inevitable, I shall at least have performed what I sincerely believed to be my duty. "Receive, my dear cousin, the assurance of my friend ship, " LOUIS NAPOLEON BONAPARTE." The two Ministerial journals of Friday evening, the Moniteur du Noir and the Patrie, contain the follow ing paragraph as a communication from the Govern ment : " Several journals having wished to make it be be lieved that the letter written by the President of the Republic to his cousin is a proof of a serious schism in the Bonaparte family, we are authorised to declare that this letter was strictly private, and that, although it may reveal a difference of opinion, it cannot leave any doubt as to the feelings of attachment which the President en tertains towards his relative." The PRESIDENT'S letter to his cousin, which is dated the 10th of April, was published in the Me morial Bordelais on the 14th. On the 15th the mem bers of the Central Democratic Napoleonist Commit tee of the Gironde addressed a letter to that journal, in which they say— " We affirm on our honour that M. Napoleon Bona parte did not in either of the interviews which we had with him pronounce any of the words which have been so insidiously attributed to him. Whoever may have told the President of the Republic that his cousin had held such strange language is an odious calumniator." Who is this odious calumniator, who first of all in vents a calumny, and then betrays a confidence, for the letter of the PRESIDENT was never intended for publication ; and as in the case of his letter to M. LEON DE MALLETILLE, he has been betrayed by some spy in the camp. The offensive expressions alleged to have been made use of by M. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE first of all appeared in a Bourdeaux newspaper, the organ of the parti:pretre in that city. That paper was, immediately on its arrival, brought by M. De FALLoux to the Cabinet Council (the ruse partisan of the parti-pretre,:iwho does honour to his Jesuit education, probably knew well what he should find in the report), whereupon the members of the Cabinet became exceed ingly angry, and the PRESIDENT consented to sign a letter, addresse d to his cousin, and which had been drawn up by M. DE FALLori, on the un derstanding that it was to be considered as of a strictly private and coadential nature, and that it should not be made public. It was furnished to the Memorial Bordelaia, by the club of the Rue de Poictiers. Who furnished it to the club ? The SPAIN. - - ----•- Madrid journals of the 17th have arrived. It is said that the QUEEN has, in consequence of the representations of General CONCHA, consented to spare the life of the Carlist chief MABSAL. MADRID BOLSA, APRIL 17.—Five per Cents., 11i pa per; Three per Cents., 25 9-16, for account. Exchange on London, 50 money. GERMAN Y AND THE NORTHERN STATES FRANKFORT. At the sitting of the German Parliament on the 19th the PRESIDENT read a note which had been com municated to him by M. CAMPHAUSEN, in which the King of PRUSSIA states that several German States, not having yet given in their adhesion to the resolu tion of the National Assembly, his MAJESTY will wait till they have announced their determination on the subject. AUSTRIA. ~_~.~t_. WELDEN has issued the following proclamation to the army of Hungary : "I am ordered by his Majesty to take the command of the army in Hungary. I will do all I can to make myself worthy of the Emperor's confidence. I come confidingly among you, my brave comrades. I can do nothing without you. I must rely on the gence, the moderation, and the resolution of the leaders—on the gallantry and the unbounded devotion of the officers and the men. But whom do I ad dress? Are not you Austrians, gallant soldiers—faithful in tribulation and in death? Are you not, from the Ti cino to the Danube, always the same heroes, the admira tion of the world, who have saved the monarchy by their heart's blood? You cannot but conquer or die 1 We fight for a just cause, and Heaven will assist us 1 Lo I those that oppose us are but villanous miscreants, the scum of all people, the deceivers of nations, which they sacrificed to their egotistical intrigues, and who have turned this blessed country into a plaything for venal Poles, and into a desert 1 Well, then, with them let it be war to the knife, but once more we will offer the hand of friendship to our err ing brethren. Hitherto the war in Hungary could not have that su c c ess which our sublime lead er w i s h e d it to have, fo r th e ex tent of the country and t h e nume rousul n found, directions, uarne means,dd w w th h ieii i il l re e be t a h vd e e rey e a n wu e hs m ee.r y e c fTa o hl u s e l e d yt r aodipitdeorr notes t w e e r i places which we had to hold weaken e d our f orces, ne f scruple all and by rapine and murder they pressed even the most peaceable into their abhorred service. " We, wboso dealings are equitable and just, are en gaged in an um qual warfare, but we are most sure to conquer, tor we stake our lives and (what is more) our honour. Onward, my brave comrades! let this be our motto!" The Cologne Gazette publishes the report of General DEMBINSKI to KossiTH, dated Godollo, 7th April. After alluding to a certain battle at Erlau (of which no mention whatever has been made in the Austrian bulletins), General DEMBINSKI describes the retreat of the Austrian army from Gyongyos to Pesth, and states that the Imperial rear-guard at tempted at Gyongyos to protect the flight of the Austrian army, but that the first attack of the Magyar troop 6 threw it upon the bulk of that army, and that 16 pieces of artillery, 2 standards, 21 aggons of ammunition, and 1,200 prisoners, were taken by the Hungarians. Another battle took place at Godollo on the 6th inst., in which 8 Austrian battalions, for the most part Croats, were routed, gra 2R ^prmors, 7 !i , r1 , 77.-1.. ' , .. , ',57g0ns of. e captured - neral DEMBLINSIII state* the fuss of the Aus trians in killed and wounded at 6,000, and that of his own party at 2,000. This battle at Godollo is mentioned in the Austrian bulletins as one of the "splendid successes" of Prince WINDISCHGRATZ in which he had but two men killed. Nothing, indeed, can be more contradictory than the assertions of the two belligerent generals ; but the greater truth of DEMBINSKI'S statement is simply shown by the re sults. The end of the Prince's "reconnoitering ex peditions" and "splendid successes" is the expedi tious arrival of the Imperial army on the Plain of Rakosh, in front of Pesth, its retreat over the Danube, and its threat of bombarding the city of Pesth. It was rumoured at Vienna that the Austrians had retaken Waitzen ; but as no bulletin has been pub lished the rumour was not credited. _ _ Another Magyar army has appeared in the south of Pesth. The Hungarians have of late been eq.ally successful in Slowakia, in the Banat, and in Tran sylvania. It is now evident that the Russians, since their late expulsion from Transylvania, have again endeavoured to enter that province by the defiles of Rothenthurm. They were again repulsed by the Hungarians, who drove them sixteen miles into the interior of the principality. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. The Germans have erected heavy batteries on the heights of Duppel, for the purpose of bombarding the Island of Alsen. TURKEY. Letters from Constantinople of the sth instant announce the death of the celebrated HussElN PACHA, the Governor of Widin. The SULTAN remains firm in his refusal to consent to the seven years treaty with Russia. ITALY. The Opinione of Turin, of the 17th, states that Alessandria is to be occupied by the Austrians, not withstanding the hopes that had been entertained to the contrary. This statement is confirmed by the following official announcement, which appears in the Paris Patrie of Saturday evening : " According to dispatches received to day, Austria is increasing her demands upon Piedmont, and the French and English Ministers have been obliged to send information to their Governments of new difficnities being raised by General Redetzky." The Tuscan Monitore announces that a body of 2,000 men, under General KOLOWitAT, has entered the territory Pontremoli, in the name of the Duke of PARMA. The General has written the following letter to the Tuscan officer in command at Pontre moli : To the Commander of the Troops of the Pontremo lese Territory—The undersigned in command of a bri gade of Imperial and Royal Austrian troops, now at Berceto, which is destined to occupy, in the course of to morrow morning, the Pontremoleso territory, in the name of his Royal Highness the Duke of Parma, being informed that the said territory is occupied by foreign troops, the commander of the said troops is invited to evacuate the afore-mentioned territory immediately, in virtue of existing treaties, and in consideration that no declaration of war exists between the Austrian empire and other Italian powers; otherwise the most vigorous hostile measures will be resorted to against the aforesaid troops. An officer, with a flag of truce, is at the frontier of Cisa in expectation of an answer.—Berceto, April 11. " The Imperial and Royal General Major commanding Brigadier, Count KOLOWRAT." The Saggiatore of Turin of the 16th, gives the fol lowing intelligence as the latest from Florence, but without mentioning any date. According to this paper, the Constituent Assembly has been dissolved by the new Government, and its members have had to seek safety in flight. The Municipal Council has resumed the posssession of the Palazzo Vecchio and other Government buildings, and proclaimed the re establishment of the Constitutional Government, an announcement hailed by the people with loud shouts of applause. Guerrazzi is a prisoner in Fort Belve dere ; Gino Capponi has saved him from the fury of the people by promising he should be strictly guarded. The new Ministry is composed as follows : —Foreign Affairs, Tometti ; Finance, Chevalier Mar tini; Public Instruction, Tabarrini; Interior, Alle gretti ; Justice, Duchequez ; War, Belluomini. The Conciliatore of the 15th, says, the Constituent Assembly dissolved itself. Several proclamations have been published by the new Govern men t : one , a dd resse d to t h e troops, in viting them to take their oath to LEOPOLD 11. ; an other, dissolving the Municipal Guard, for the pur pose of reorganising it; a third, praising the National Guard for their conduct ; and a fourth, closing the clubs and political assemblies of all denominations. The .Alba of the 13th says that on the 11th the law of the conscriptions was issued, and a military com mission named at Modena. Austrian troops have come in t 9 replace the garrison which left on the 12th. The city is as quiet as the tomb, and every one is sus picious of his neighbour. Numerous searches are made, and many persons have been exiled. The latest accounts from Rome state that great agitation prevailed in the city. There were many attempts at a reaction, and numerous arrests continued to take place. SICILY. RUMOURED DEFEAT OF THE NEAPO LITANS. We have received official accounts published by the Provisional Government of Sicily of the fall of Catania. The Saggiatore of Turin, of the 17th, gives the following telegraphic dispatches, the latter of which bears the date of the 9th, published at Palermo, and signed GAXTANO CATALANO, Minister of the Interior : " The Commissary of the Executive Power of Castro• reale to the Minister of War and Marine:—Many per sons of the vicinity, besides those I have expressly sent, confirm the intelligence that Catania fell into the hands of the Royalists on the 6th. From Castroreale this day at fourteen o'clock (half-past nine A m.):—As the Go vernment is firmly convinced that nothing is to be con cealed from the people, it adds to the dispatches hitherto published the following dispatch it has just received; not that the people should blindly believe it, but that the people may know all that is known to Government." " The Commissary-General of Castroreale to the Minister of War and Marine, and to all the authorities: —The rumours that had been spread have been proved false by intelligence received directly from the environs of Catania. Yesterday, at half-past fourteen o'clock (ten A.m.) there was fighting in that town. Outside of the tows► a general action has taken place, and our troops fought with advantage. From the telegraph of Cas troreale, this day, twelve o'clock (half-past seven, A.m.)." The following is from the Genoa Gazette of the 16th : " The steamer Sully, arrived this morning from Palermo and Leghorn, announces that the Neapolitans, who had already occupied Catania, have been obliged to retire, the Sicilians having been reinforced by a French legion." This intelligence of the retaking of Catania by the Sicilians is further confirmed by the following intel ligence brought to Genoa by the French steamer Bosphore, and published in the Corriere Mercantile of the 16th:— " The inhabitants of Catania had opened their gates to the Neapolitans, who began to pillage the town. Upon which the people rose, and, aided by a body of regular troops, massacred the Neapolitans. The tele graphic dispatch that had conveyed this news to Palermo at the moment of the departure of the Bosphore, added, that the royal army, 12,000 strong, was surrounded by the Sicilians, and in a desperate condition. The batteries of Catania hasl sunk a Neapolitan steamer, and severely damaged other ships." It will be recollected that the Neapolitans stormed Catania from the land side, therefore it is probable that the coast batteries may have remained in the hands of the Sicilians ; and that an attack upon the Neapolitans was intended is evident trom the dispatch of the chief of the execu tive of the valley of Catania to the Government at Palermo, dated Regalbuto, 7th of April, in which he states that General MIEROSLAWSAI had retired to that town with the garrison of Catania, where he was being reinforced by the National Guards of the in terior towns, and by the armed peasantry, and as Regalbuto is but twenty-five miles from Catania, MIEROSLAWSKI probably has found himself suffi ciently strong to advance and expel the Neapolitan garrison from that place. The Neapolitans had not arrived in Syracuse on the 10th. IRELAND. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) ARRIVAL OF LORD CLARENDON. DUBLIN, SUNDAY EVENING.—His Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant and suite arrived in Dublin last night from England. The decisive maj or it y i n f avour o f t h e G overnment proposition of a rate in aid has given great satisfac tion to the opponents of the incona:;-tax. It is be lieved here that the measure has now a fair chance of passing through the House of Lords. The weather seems to hare taken up. The wind has gone round t o th e wes t, an d the air is now mild and genial. Cholera continues to subside in the south, the list reports being very favourable. GOOJERAT.—An admirable slietch has just been published by Mr. Wylde, of the action at Goojerat, in which the extraordinary numerical disproportion of troops between the armies of his Excellency Lord Gough, and of the Raja and the Sirdar, is ren dered particularly conspicuous. The plan affords at one glance an excellent idea of the situation of the belli gerents, and of the movements which conduced to a victory. _MONEY and C01,174.1?aC (.7? 11111 The ,ak Cui.teri at z:a,;.iii:tiay were estimated at from 4,1100 to 5,000 bales, of which 1,000 were for export, including 4,000 American at,d 150 Murat, the latter at aid. to 31d. per lb. The market closed with more steadiness. Railway Shares continued without alteration. The Corn trade is heavy in Mark-lane this morning. Foreign Wheat is called is. lower. At Birmingham, a fiat has been opened against a bankrupt named Ellis, whose liabilities are said to amount to 100,0001. In this case it will be sought to involve other persons as partners in the bankrupt's transactions, and summonses have been issued for their attendance, in order to their examination. The party was a salt manufacturer at Droitwich. There are no ship arrivals to-day with news of any interest from the colonies, or distant parts. The Dutch advices of the 21st instant state that the Central German Government has called for the Lim burg Contingent to March into Holstein. This, it is said, places the King of Holland in a very disagreeable position, and will probably occasion remonstrances. The Funds at Atnaterdam were very quiet, but steady. Spanish Bonds were in request, but a shade lower. M. A. L. Gillis, formerly a banker at Courtrai, had surrendered to take his trial for, alleged fradulent in solvency. The Hamburgh mail brings late intelligence from Denmark, &c.; but as far as we learn, the private letters afford no more certain information than the papers. A few skirmishes had taken place, but with very little result. The Holstein troops were hourly expecting orders to march into Jutland, and the people of that province had sent an address to the Government at Copenhagen, en couraging it to persevere, and to be in no way solicitous about Jutland, which, even if temporarily occu pied, would take care to do its duty, and to bear any necessary sacrifices for the common good of the country. Notwithstanding the belligerent aspect of affairs, the negotiations for peace were said to be still carried on, and the neutral Consuls at Elsinore had been instructed by the Danish authorities that the ships lying there, with cargo, might be ordered to pro ceed at once to their place of destination. Trade at all the Baltic ports was completely crippled for the time. At Dantaic English ships were taken up, on the 17th instant, at 59.it0 ss. 4d. per quarter for Wheat. The rate of exchange at Hamburgh, last Friday, was 13.4 on Vndon, and the price of gold 437. Rather more was doing in bills, and they were in request on London. Money was easy, and stocks and shares were buoyant. At Riga, on the 14th inst., the exchange on London was 36i for three months' paper; and at Copen hagen on the 17th drafts at sight on Hamburgh were quoted 200. A most favourable report is forwarded to us upon the subject of the forthcoming Leipzic Fair. Many home and foreign buyers had already arrived on the 16th inst., and there were expected to be large purchases for Ame rican account. Cloths and Saxon textile fabrics were sought for, and a larger number of buyers were present from Moldavia and Wallachia. In fact, a large general business was anticipated, and the only fear was that the supply of goods would not be adequate to the demand. This tallies exactly with what is communicated to us in letters from Elberfeld and other places where great activity prevails in the silk and other branches. 'ln the Frankfort Assembly there bas been some very warm discussion upon the propriety of issuing letters of marque against the Danes, but the danger of such a course appeared to be felt, and so have due weight.; The amount taken out on Saturday, by the steamer America, from Liverpool to New York, was under 200,0001., of which it is said that Messrs. Baring sent 50,0001., and Messrs. Brown 50,0001., the rest aging in smaller parcels from other houses. Although the statements respecting the issue of the Eastern Counties Railway inquiry are conflicting, and it is understood that there is a difference of opinion among the committee themselves as to whether the payment of a dividend should be temporarily suspended, or made in part only, we have heard this morning that the majority are against any present payment. Great exertions will be needed to get out the report by the day promised, viz., Thursday next, the committee having sat until early yesterday (Sunday) morning, and being in atten dance again to day. The gloomy state of the weather, apart from foreign news, is almost sufficient to depress the Stock Market, but there is nothing to apprehend from the expor tation of one or two millions in bullion, since we are receiving specie from various other quarters. Consols have ranged from 91- to 92i, for Transfer, and from 92 to 92* for Account. The New Three-and-a• Quarter per Cents. have been 91* to 91i, and the Three per Cents. 90i to t. Bank Stock is dull at 192, and India Stock at 245. Exchequer-bills have been 455. to 485., and India Bonds 695. to 71s. premium. There is some little talk concerning the probable fate of the • Navigation Bill in the House of Lords, and among the on dit is one that the Minis ters in the event of a defeat will appeal to the country. Another version is that Lord John Russell desires to retire, and that Sir Robert Peel may head, by special request, a coalition Cabinet. We give the statements simply for what they may be worth, and to show the increasing interest felt in the matter. In the Foreign Market the feature is a further rally in Spanish Bonds, the speculators having taken a fancy to them. They are now 331 to for the Three per Cents., and 18 to f for the Five per Cents., a rise of to 1 per cent. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been marked 28* to 29, and Brazilian Old Bonds, 80. Mex ican Stock is firm at 30* with the coupons; but Peruvian has been at a decline to 64i to 66. Equador are at 4. Dutch Two•and-a-Half per Cents. are nominally 50 to 51. The Railway Share Market is very inactive, and prices have varied but little, though apparently flatter. BRITISH FUNDS TB'S DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 192 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Anne New 3!4 per Cent. Anus. 9 1 1,4 % Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 8 9-16 8 %I t India Stock 245 Do. Bonds, 10001 Ditto under 1.0001 Consols for Account o.,xchequer Bills. 14d. . 2d. March. June. 45 p 48 p 47 48 p 1,0001. 5001 Small PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent BO Equador Bonds 4 Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent...— 304 with Coup Ditto, Ex Coupons Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent 6 4 1 /2 66 Portuguese Bends, 5 per Cent Ditto 4 per Cent. Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,1840 Ditto for the Account Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent... Dividends on the above payable in London. B ) - , INESs DONt; IN RAILWAY SHAKES AT ONE O'CLOCit RAthwAirs. PAID. PIM SHALL. -kher(leen 3arks and Hants Extension (Gt. West. Perpet. 5 per ct.) 5 - buckingbarnshire l6/. 4s l% dia.. to ,itie3ter and Holyhead... Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 37% East Anglia, 25/. L. & E., &hal L. & D Ditto, 18/. E. & H lB ...... 2 1 % to Ditto, 31. 10s., E. & 11... 3% 2% to Et:ktern Counties .... Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 Do., 5 per emit. Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) Ditto Scrip (gill'. 6 per ct.) 20 - to Great .Northern 2O - to Do. 1 ,4 A Deferred ..... ... 12% 5 ...... to ( 3reat North of England 100 Ditto, New 30/. ...... 30 ... - 69% to Ireat Weskern 100 Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93 Do. New Guarant. 6 per Ct. 10 Leeds and Bradford 5O - -.101 London & Blackwell ... ..... . 12%...... 5% to L md., Bright., &South Coast 50 De. Preferential, 5 per Ct., 50 ...... ..... to Ditto, ditto 1852 50 ..... 52 Do., New, guar. 6 per cent. 5 ...... 6 1 % . to 6 London & North Western.....loo .....132 vianchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100 Do., New 104 Preference.. 10 ... .. 11 vlidland. lOO . ... 75 Ditto, 501. Shares ..... ...... 25 - to North British .. .. .... ..... .. 25 Ditto Half Shares. ..... ..... 12% 6 Do. Quarters OA 3 14 ....- to Ditto Thirds .... ........ -.... 8 North Stallordshire... .. ..... . 17% l 4 lA_ .. to Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton . . Royston and Ilitchin ..... .. 3 3 / 4 % 3 3 /4 %... to • hrawsbury and Birmingkara 11 South Devon .. 5O ...„, 1614 to 'south Staffordshire ... 7% .... 3%... - ... 22 Ditto, No. 1. Ditto, Registered No. 4.... 10 ...... 7' 1 4 to Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole (N. D) Gua. 6 perct. 12 Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed Do. do. do. York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 Do. and Newcastle Exten. 20 Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 8 ...... ji[4.. York and North Midland .. 50 10 ...... 4- B ' - 0 ..... to .. to .: Ditto, Preference Ditto East and W est Riding Extension ...... ... .. FOREIGN RAILWAYS.. 13 Paris and Rouen Northern of France 20 MINES. British Iron JOINT STOCK RANKS. .. 40 . 23:' 4 to Australasia THE DUTCII IN JAVA.—The Ne therlands East India mail has brought letters and pat 'era from Batavia to the 27th of February, and Java to th a 24th of Feb ruary. The whole colony of Batavia is occupied in pre paring for an expedition against Balli;, the expedition was to have set out on the 24th, but, ti to preliminary arrangements not being complete, it was deterred to the 15th of March. Great and effective pre: parations were being made, in order to insure complete a uccess, and the entire conquest of the island. The cor ns nandant of the last expedition, which had such an unfoi;ti mate issue, has been recalled by General Vanden Wyck„ and will imme diately repair to Holland to answer the charge made against him, but which ho attributes et direly to the Governor-General. The inundations hav u been fearful in the Netherlands Indies, and entire pla ,ntations have been quite destroyed.—Dutch Papers, tis it 21. %Pint 23 ~, T~~. T 1 ~. dull iiiy weather with ralu. il,rd APRIL 20.—The schooner on the ' ; 1 0 Send pr,,ves to ht.: of Sunderland ; sbe bten towed into harbour. BOECASTLE, APRIL 19.—The h e ad b oa rd of a II:. ship, with Java marked on it in large gilt lotter 3, been picked up here to-day, apparently not long to tb water. ST. MICHAEL'S MOUNT, APRIL 19.—1 t has be blowing a gale I rum N.N.W. all day, and now, Di" a hurricane from N.N.E. Several vessels have P arti from their anchors, and are drifting out to sea. ~,„o 01 0 WHITSTABLE, APRIL 20.—Last night this p*- - , 00 0 visited by a gale with heavy rain and sleet. 'th e ,'„dlt packet sunk at her anchors; crew saved. The Vse'i lt , of this place, drove on the beach and filled. The 6 1 ; i i of Newcastle, has been assisted in here with considers damage. -r,,ados PETERHEAD, APRIL 19.—Sid. Caroline, of A Quebec. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 21.—Wind S.E., 22, S.- - -o r Actw )n, Benson, New Orleans ; Frederick TT; Sampson, ditto ; F or t ars hi re , W a k e fi e ld, ditto; . o `lt Sow rnerail, Mobile. Sld. 20th, A gent , C oqu imbo. /,i. Fairy, Singapore; Mahaica, Demerara; Caroline , „ 5 ; nidad; Wanderer, St. Lucia; Dibdin, New Or/etwer Askland, New York; Rosetta, ditt o; A mer ica, ete s to; ditto; Miliacte, ditto; St. Patrick, ditto; Milo, 1 3 , °8 : 4 1 Victoria, Sydney, C. B.; Aberdeen, Q ue bec; 31 A 7 ditto; Prince of Wales, Montreal ; Sarah Moves, •`''of foundlitad; Alciope, Cape de Vrd. 22d, Barg" Renfrew, Calcutta; Lahore, ditto; Golden Eagle, '-',,:„ r k; Leone; D'Arcy, Porto Rico; James P a nn e ll, New 1 ": 0 0, Adonis, Boston ; Plymouth Rock, ditto; Coronitj, St. John's, New Brunswick. Off port, Albert Ban:/ PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 21 AND 22. —Wind S.o• Arrd. 21st, Fear Not, Baacken, Cuba. 22d, Monklo mouth, Stettin,for Limerick, with mainm a st•head sr io loss of foretop-mast, &c., rigging and sails split heavy snow squall in the Dogger Bank, 17th inat• f og; BELFAST, APRIL 21.—The Laurel, of Banff, of Runcorn to Pernau, went on shore at the entral l ' y of Larne on the 18th instant, but is expected 0ff..,,0e smack Margaret, of this port, from Drogheda to l ? (in ballast), was stranded near Grey Point on th e e :t inst., and is expected to become a wreck; crew 0 :0 1 GRIMSBY, APRIL 19.—A new boat ma rked Torrs, of London, Captain Jame s Spi c e," * 4 ;01 oars, a piece of salt beef, and abo u t 21b s. o f butter , - •0 0 been picked up between this port and Cleetherc e ' brought in here. g DEAL, APRIL 21.—Wind N.W. t o W.S.W. ;„01 W.S.W.—Arrd. 21st, Henry, I re l an d, f or B r emen, been prevented entering the Weser, on account of, blockade. 22d. Montrose, Ferguson, Ceylon. ' 4 • 0 1 from the River, 21st, Sultana, Mainland, Caletit . , tl4 froti sld. 22d; Lady Napier, Storm, Quebec. Arr u 'Atio o the River and sld., 21st, Coquette, Barnes, MAT:4O Success, Boult, St. Helena; Ealing Grove, F s , l l jad Dominica; White Mouse, Ditcham, Lisbon, air,4o l put back. 22d, Dalhousie, Butterworth, , C, r ,'" c „;go o Lady M'Donald, Gold, ditto; Essex, ditto; KnfoO, Row, Halifax. A further portion of the care of, the wreck of the Andorinha, has been picked UP 1 1 brought here, consisting of 68 tusks and 10 ca $ wine. WAINFLEET, APRIL 21.—A Dani s h s loop -$ • P, shore near Grainthorpe Havre, 17th i ns t a ni, d tr total wreck; part of stores s ave d ; no account 0 , crew. ark i LONDONDERRY, APRIL 19.—Part of the bu.iirgro a large vessel, marked " Adam Kerr," or " Adam' have come on shore near Ennishoven Head. Ofej t j GREENOCK, APRIL 19.—The Henry Porcher , from Grangemouth to Quebec, has put back to thVoio D kd IINGARVAN, APRIL 18.—The Anne and Mar, from Dublin for this port, put i n h e r e , 18th " - of, during a heavy gale, parted her a nc h ors , and W e vi shore on the rocks, but was assisted off, and broug , to the quay; damage not ascertained. re' BIDEFORD, APRIL 21.—Four Trawlers were vi on Covely Beach during the gale 18th instant. , bo f: d SCILLY, APRIL 9.—The Ellen, Costa, drove 11 %_ the stern of the Esmeralda, Ashford, of this po rt " carried away some of her bulwarks, &c. NEWHAVEN, APRIL 21.—The Helena Sop-h is 4 A from Gottenburg to Isigny, put in here last nig u d loss of foremast, bowsprit, figure and cathead, b ir stove, having been in contact off Beachy Head 191 with a brig or schooner. CLYDE, APRIL 20.—Sld. Robina, Rio Janeiro; 1° 7 2 , Ewing, Jamaica; Wanna, Trinidad. BRISTOL, APRIL 21.—Wind W. by N.—Arrd .. Houghton, Owen, Mauritius; Scythians, Cbator ° Grande. Std. 90th, Monmouth, Cuba. Sld, 0, SWANSEA, APRIL 21.—Wind Undaunted, Boston, United States; Eldon, Queb e _„%, , Cynthia, Rio Janeiro. Arrd. R e b ecca ." - C1 1 " Mesurier, Adelaide, South Australia. Sld. The Lively, of Aberystwith, reported sunk of Mumbles, has been gut up after throwing solnet 0 cargo (culm) overboard, and is now in safety. b il " damaged in the botto. Orr BARDSEY.— Lit tlejohn, Havannah, short o f /116 , and supplied by the Troubadour steamer. CARDIFF, APRIL 20.—S1d. 20th, Eldon, Quebec' 4 daunted, Boston, United States. PORTLAND ROADS, APRIL 19.—Arrd. —s oa6" Dale, Cowes, for Port Philip. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DA CORN EXCHANGE.—(MON-brl—ifold, By land carriage the arrival of Eng b lish Whea t- at 4 market last week was slightly on th e increase , s o f supply, coastwise, was again v e ry li m it e d. f rh l oi# other articles of home produce was small. IV" o tl4 l l, 5,000 quarters of Oats came to hand from 6c h d k From Ireland only a few quarters of Malt reee d, 9 The imports from abroad were tolerable ge e 11, 9 1 22,391 quarters of Wheat; 6,748 ditto of BarleP A A ditto of Oats; 1,713 ditto of Beans ; 1,06 9 u 7 elt i Peas; 4 ditto of Tares, 119 ditto of Linseed; 2 : l i i to i of Rapeseed; 74 ditto of Mustard Seed; 77 ~ At sundry seeds, and 3,060 sacks of Fl our —the lattt i tegt from France. The Danish war i s likely te,„'-‘lOll,l with the arrivals of grain f rom th e Bellw ie. ,i the next two or three week s , b ut a c hange 16', wind will, doubtless, bring into port a tli number of grain vessels at this time e n fri passage from the Bl ac k an d M e di terr anean ( f Fresh up to this mornin g ' s mar k e t, t h e supPIYI, lish Wheat was somewh a t on t h e i ncreas e, e,7" i with that received for some ti me past; an d te n 0 and Kent stands were tolerably well tilled with s ' pipt of both red and white. Th e genera l qualitY,' ' l l Wheats, both old and new, w as muc h improve(' if,,, attendance of both town and country b uyers being i lV;i limited, the demand for all kinds of Wheat of ho t e t ifl duce was in a very sluggish state, at prices betel} / t to those paid on Monday last, and a total clear : I tilf o r the supply was with difficulty effected. The Va.' 1 O li f foreign Wheat on offer was again extensive. . 4 ' , ?) r o t of the leading millers well supplied therasei t t ti?, week, there was very little disposition shown ,if o chase this article; hence, the trade ruled b e ' W e i in most transactions a fall in the currencies of b Ai quarter. In floating cargo e s excee di ng ly little o,p was transacted. Most qualities were offering e t oill quarter less money without fi n di ng b uyers . The t fell P since the returns were made up on SaturdaY e ()If,' have not been large. We had:a very moderate et* Barley on offer. Fin e malting qualities sold fr' pi very full prices. Grinding and distilling sorts s e ll fl, last week's qu o t a ti ons . Th ere was a f a i r Mill fro`, most kinds of Malt, es p ec i a ll y Ch eva li er sot f td; fully last Monday's prices. The supply on ° r d , if 0 very moderate. The supply o f O ats was n ot ' ; fully equal to the wants of the buyers' the whole, the Oat trad e was stea d y, at a b ou t last si 1 currencies. Scarcely any O ats were on sa l e f r om o irl; Beans were in moder a t e supp l y, an d sluggish nig Iro late rates. White P eas ru l e d steady. A ll othe tt h e i.F were a slow sale. Indi an C orn and M ea l were 440 a very full prices. Th e t o p p r i ce of Fl our wa s 2801bs. The demand was far from active. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. 0 01 f Wheat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier.• • • '; Red. .... •• —40 s 50s Oats— Yorkshire Or 16 0 Ditto,White, New 42s 54s Lincolnsh., Few' Oi Norfolk and Lin- Potato .• •.•• • • •.: coin, 1ied..... 39s 47s Youghal andeorx, 140 Ditto, White...—. 428 50s Black .••• • '' 14! Irish, lied.... •. •• 40s 43s Cork, White .•••• 0 0 Ditto,White...... 44s 48s Scotch, Feed. •• " 56 0 Rye—Old ••• . • ..... 256 27s Beans—Tick .•••• • • • • 4 0 ; New. •- • • ........ 25s 27s Pigeons .•••• • " .. 0, 1 , Barley—Grinding . .... 23s 25s Peas—Grey ~•••• • • "' 14: Malting . ........ 28s 306 Maple. —•••• •• •• 6, 4 : Chevalier •• • • ... 31s 33s Whit e .. •••••• • '. t: Malt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers •• • • • . '• 41' _ .. -- - folk ............ 578 58s Flour—lTOwn-made... 541 Brown ..... •• • • 48s 50s Suffolk • • ••• •• • • 5 5° Kingston and Ware 578 58s Stockta & Norfollc fv . SEED MARKET. .0 0 10 For all kinds of Seeds the demand continues Aco inactive state, and last week's prices are with ar e ; supported. Cakes are held firmly at full currenoo Turnip,White, per bush. lls to 12 s Conaway ... ••• • • • 16 0 t o Red and Green.. • . 11s 12s Coriander .• .. ••• • • • 51 0 Mustard, Brown.. • • . 85 12s Ilempseed, per quarter 00 5 0 White • „ •• •• 85 12s Linseed, Eng..iowina• • 360 4 , 1 Tares, New ..........Cs 7 s Crushing .. .•• • • • 36 0 * 4s 6s Baltic .•• • 00 Canary, per quarter • . 100 s 120 s Odessa ••••• • • • • )0 ( Rye gra55........ ... 205 24s Linseed Cake, p r .i,ooo-- - 1 1, Clover, Rol Enr, . (cwt.) 308 56a E ng li s h 9l I ° ° 1 61 0° 4 4 1 ; I White •• • • .... • • 32s 4as Foreign .. Foreign Red • • 285 40 s Rape Cakes, pr ton 4 1 White.. • • 305 40s R a p esee d, per last 301 '99 Trefoil .. • • • .• • 12s 18s SMITHFIELD. f ) 0 0 01 The total importation of foreign stock into lol9 last week amounted to 1,093 head. At the cot en co ing period in 1848 we rece i ve d 1,256 head; R d t t*/ arrivals, since Monday last, have fallen shot / to at the same tim e l as t y ear by 163 h ea d. nv, g Danish war, no stock has reached us from 11111 German ports. IMPORTS INTO LONDON IN THE EAST WE- 1516° 10, g From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calv°' Rotterdam 177 ... 373 119 ". Harlingen.-- 125 85 r Amsterdam 13 •13 "/ Antwerp Ostend lO .. 102 ... 20 ... """ 660 ... 20 ... 185 Total 325 Corresponding 588 ... ... 136 '.. '''l _ ---- n o. ii Difference... 207 less. 281ess. 20more. 4 9 I n: es, a e ilihe numbtr of foreign Beasts in to-day's 113- , -1‘ sv", mited, and of very middling quality. ThslLifs flee and Calves was slightly on the increase. P''' A e DM A ' with difficulty effected, at considerably reduce'lj ilvj An immense supply of home-fed Beasts, e've li it .- Se, ee t p of year considered, was on offer this m orningl th - e te, i ing 4,000 head, in admirable condition. A tr i s attendance of buyers was tolerably good, the Beef ~1-i0 owing to the heavy supply—it amounting t ° ; pOtr 0 1,000 head over that exhibited at the cur t- ,, 5 ," o f di period in 1848—and the unfavourable W - t 11 ' 0 dull, : t so 0 weather for slaughtering, was excessively cline in the quotations of 2d per 81bs. '' ' ,, h g e JO value of the best Scots was 3s 6d per B,'"' iveek iiilB4B.:: 532