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DT FIER MAJEST'S Third Appearance of MdlleS.iPnAoßr ° LABL AC lIE Third Appearance this Se . mon of The Nobility , subscribers to .he Opera, a g nd the Public, are ;aspect fully informed that TO-MORROW EVENING, Will be presented Bellias Opera of NORMA. ?Weise, Signor Gardont (neves°, Signor Lablaohe; Norma,Mdlle. Tarodi ; A.daigisa, Madame Giuliani. To conclude with (the Scenery by Mr. Charles Marshall) an en tirely now grand Ballet, by M. Taglioni, entitled ELECTRA ; or, The Lost Pleiade. A,pplisations for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box at; c e, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Half-past seven, Concert to commence at Eight. %,„al l . JAMES'S THEATRE. Season 1849. FEEXCH PLAYS and OPERA COMIQIIE. THIS EVENING, The Perform Awes will comm EURence at Hf-pa . Seven o'clock with MONSI GAUDRst To conclude with FRA DIAVOLO. Mr. Mitchell begs a lso to announce that, notwithstandingof the he expenses of the present entertainment, the prices admis liton are determined as follows : 6s. Od. Boxes • • .• • • .. 3a Od Pit A mp hitheatre .. • . arr anged at 2s. Od Mr. Mitchell's . S u b sc riptions for' the season may be Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Sams', St. James's-street ; Mr. Andrew?. New Bond-street ad at th till e Box - office of the Theatre, which is open dally from elevenn THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster , Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Bromptoi. THIS EVEN' Will be performed TILE BRIGA.ND. Characters by Messrs. H. Tandenhoff, Roger!, Howe. Waßack ; Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, and Miss P. Horton. After which a Classical Extravaganza, entitled . To be followed by T HE ROUGH DIAMOND.TILE SPHINX To conclude with the Farce of LEND ME FIVZ SHILLINGS. THEATRE ROYAL. ADELPHI. Coder the direction of THIS EVENINGMadame Celeste. , Will be performed THE HOP PICKERS. Principal characters by Messrs. Lambert,Boyce, Wright, Paal Bedford, Hughes, Mun yard, 0. Smith, Cullenford, Worrell, Madame Celeste, Miss Woulgar, XII. F. Matthews, Miss Taylor, Miss E. Chaplin, &c. After which, WHO LIVES AT No. 9 ? Characters by Messrs. witight and Worrell, and Miss Chaplin. To conclude with THE ENCHANTED ISLE. Alonzo, Mr. Paul Bedford; Prospero, Mr. 0. Smith Ariel, Miss E. Chaplin. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Yantis. Solo Lessee. Mr. Charles Ma' hews. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE WATER PARTY. .&ser which, a new Piece entitled HOLD YOUR TONGUE. Chad racterJ by Messrs. C. Mathews, Selby, and Pantile ; hiss H. Gil bert, Miss Jane Coleman, and Madame Vestrls. To conclude with TWA SEVEN CHAMPIONS OP CHRISTEN _ __ - Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No Dres s 'loxes, 55.; Upper lialf-price to any part of the house. Th e New Box-office,Welling-ton-street, Is open to the public every day, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S THEATRK. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING, will be performed a new Opera, entitled TAE HEART OF MID LOTIVAN. To conclude with a new grand Extravaganza, entitled NOURBD DIN AND THE FAIR PERSIAN. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Wader the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen. his Royal Ilighaeu Prince Albert, ke. The new grand Easter spectacle nnprecedentedly successfUl. 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 followed by an inimitable display of SCENES IN TEI CIRCLH, in which tile first Equestrian talent of the day will appear. To conclude with on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, THH DUMB DRIVER; and the Farce of 1111 SECRET on the al- Ornate Evenings. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Stsge Manure:, Mr. W. West. TO CORRESPONDENTS. No communication can be attended to unless authenti cated by the name and address of the writer. Rejected c ommunications cannot be returned. TH E WEATHER.—SON OPPTCR, APRIL 19. SETEN O'CLOCK. " The weather has moderated now—the snow has ceased, but the wind blows strong from the north-east, with plenty of scud. The barometer is rising fast, being now 29.47. APIIIL 20. Tsizeatomx•rma., Lowest, 29; Highest, 31; 'Noon, 42 BAROXETEIt, 29.65; still rising. WIND Northerly, but variable, and very cold. A shower of hail in forenoon; now sunshine and clouds, with apparent change or the bett r. WATtf.: AT Lutil)U.N Tars DAY —Morning, 0 rain. after 0 I Evening, 3 min. after 12 To-Mos/tow — 23 min. after 2 , Eveain - , .50 ag - ,. after 12 4 I 41 6 # I . ~. .0 47 T • 401 4 ' 11 0 11; V • . "." ...- . telitniv LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1849. Poland is having a bitter revenge in the embar rassments accumulating round her despoilers. Russia, at the very moment when her ambition seemed to be trembling on the verge of its realisation in regard to the territorial absorption of Moldo- Wallachia, finds the smouldering patriotism of Lithuania kindling again into a flame, the tranquillity of Cracow endangered, and the indomitable Cossacks themselves worsted among the mountains of Tran sylvania. Turkey threatens to sound the alarm to the serfs slumbering on the shores of the Black Sea. H g ary th re atenstoting the tocsin of emancipation for the races who are groaning under the despotism of the Cwt. on the western frontiers of his domi nions. In one direction the evil arises from a flagrant attempt at spoliation—namely, in regard to the Danubian Principalities ; in the other it originates from . ..the cruel assistance afforded to the Viennese Government in endeavouring to smother the rising freedom of the Hungarians. Prussia, in like manner, when apparently on the eve of rising to the apogee of her strength and glory, finds herself compelled sullenly and reluctantly to retrograde in her aspirations. At the very instant when the Imperial Crown of Germany ;seems to be descending upon the head of her SOVEREIGN, she beholds that SOVEREIGN, under the restraints of his position, forced to reject the diadem so long coveted, And at last obsequiously laid at his feet by the depu tation from Frankfort. Even with the complicity of the twenty-seven subordinate powers of the Confede ration which have recently bound themselves together in a kind of Sonderbund, FREDERICK WILHELM IV. finds himself, like C a ws and Cnomweer., compelled to refuse the Imperial purple placed at his disposal. His torians tell us that when Corav ea, at the gates of Par liament, entered his carriage, after refusing the royal title and insignia, submitted to his acceptance by the Commons, he fainted away with chagrin, in spite of all his constitutional courage. We can imagine that even the bluff descendant of the great FREDERICK must have experienced some such overpowering emo tions of disappointment, when he repelled the call of the Central Diet in such hesitating and ambiguous language. Austria is, nevertheless, amongst all the despoilers of Poland, the most encompassed at the present time with retributive dangers and calamities. Scarcely has ~ A she had time to exult over the successes warri ors,RADET ZICY , when of the greatest of all her s he has to mourn over the disasters which have a l mo st simultaneously befallen one of her most vaunted but incompetent soldiers -- the infa mous desolator of Vienna -- ..W INDISCHGRATZ. The lle vic torious campaign against the Piedmontese h as b een quickly followed by the calamitous c ampaign again s t the Hungarians. The march of the German con querors across the frontiers of Lombardy has occurred nearly in the same breath with the flight of the German conquered across the boundaries of Wal lachia. And, together with the rather alarming tri umphs of the Magyars, the Viennese Cabinet has had to deal with - the portentous events which, on the banks of the Maine, have threatened to separate Austrigs-!. from the rest of the Teutonic family. Grievotfirhowever, as are the perils in the direction of Frankfort, they are as nothing in imminence, and scarcely anything in importance, when contrasted OIEWSPAIREVIe occurrences of the present campaign against 41 ) ,.. rian independence. With the continuance ....._._, ..,„ A , : _4 to advantages t _ .v. 1 4, ,_,. t ... .', ,-,officers—them., in fact, appears to be an in (4 ,e 4, ~ —',/ i4 Probability of 4 the dieruption a the whole \ ' f IVi /,- ' .. .llgOrt-' l 9 / N. A S THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 20, 1849. inconoruous empire, obedient to the House of pensation. It was in this manner that a year or so Hapsbe'rg. To prevent this , if p ossible, the Min is- back Mr. Wilderspin, the founder of the system of infant education, obtained the spontaneous applause tern of FRANCIS JOSEPH are no w endeavouring to of the multitude in the form of a vo l u ntary co unteract the ill-effects of the military incom p etence. testimonial. Another of our co ns pi cuous na of Prince WINDIsCHGRATZ—.first of all, by super- tional benefactors has been hitherto disre seding him with WELDEN (just as England has garded, but we are glad to learn that there recently superseded Genoa with NAPIER) ; and, is a prospect of this oversight being at length sec ondly, by calling upon Russia to a id her more amended. It is understood that Mr. Kyan, the discoverer of the means of preserving timber from the extensively with troops and ammunition. destructive influence of the " dry rot," has made ap plication to th'a Government for participation in the Against this possible coalition of these two gigantic benefits derived from what is commonly called the despotisms there is one obstruction which may prove an effectual shield to the Hungarians. The Royal Bounty Fund—a fund created for distribution very lust of territory, which is bringing the among those who may be regarded as having deserved present vengeance upon Austria and upon Russia such assistance by their exertions for the public wel fare, or by their own individual misfortunes. Not may be the means of disparting their hitherto one, we are satisfied, will gainsay for one instant united efforts, and of frittering away their hitherto the claim put forward by the inventor of the system irresistible vigour. The AUTOCRAT has, in the weak- of " kyanizing" wood by the employment of the cor ners of Moldo-Wallachia, and in the threatening rosive sublimate—a treatment which not merely ren attitude of Turkey, a lure which he can scarcely be ders green timber durable, but ready for immediate use. The benefits conferred by this gentleman on expected to forego'' for the sake of affording practical the public are too obvious to require any detailed enu assistance to the policy of SCRWARTZENBURG. meration ; but one circumstance at least deserves parti g cular remembrance, that to him we are all of us indebted Austria again finds, in the events now transpirin g in Italy, unanswerable reasons for the direction of a —from her Most Gracious Majesty down to the most large proportion of her energies upon Lombardy, impoverished third-class passengers— for being enabled and through Lombardy upon t h e Ce n tral States to travel throughout the United Kingdom with so much celerity, comfort, and cheapness. Neither ease, of the Roman peninsula. H er armies w ill con rapidity, or economy of travelling by the steam sequently remain dissevered, and she will engine could have been accomplished but for the ap scarcely feel disposed to withdraw her greatest plication of the longitudinal, " kyanized," wooden Captain, RADSTZKY, from the scene in which his sleepers in place of the old, ricketty, and costly abilities had so materially tended towards the sleepers of stone originally employed by Mr. Ste realisation of the designs of the KAISER. In all this, phenson. Through the instrumentality of Mr. Brunel, in the fi rst instance, the " kyanized" timber co nsequently, we are fain to recognise a guarantee sleepers were substituted for their predecessors, and for the fair trial of the game of war between the the example of that celebrated engineer has since Hungarians and their oppressors. GOD grant that been followed upon all the lines of railway by his these conflicting interests on the side of Italy and eminent contemporaries. Merit becomes the more Turkey, of Frankfort and Moldo-Wallachia, may con- c ` rendered when years have rendered it venerable. " " tinue so long as to prevent a coalition of force against The age of man, it is said, is three score and ten years, and though some be so strong that they reach the heroic patriots of Hungary—a coalition so dispro- four score, yet is their strength but labour and sor portioned in vigour as to preclude the possibility of the row." Neither the age nor the deserts of this national continuance of the present struggle towards their benefactor will, we are satisfied, be overlooked. emancipation! If additional forces are not brought to bear against Hungary she must inevitably and very speedily have conquered her independence. Every additional dispatch from the seat of war brings to us the most encouraging accounts of the advantages gained by the insurgents over the Imperialists. On every point the latter have been beaten by the superior tactics and nobler valour of the Hungarians. Both wings of the great army of Austria have been repulsed : the left has been routed and driven through Transylvania into the Turkish provinces ; the right has been ineffectually striving to take the city of Comorn by assault, and has at length been compelled to hasten from its walls for the purpose of obstructing the passage of DEMBINSKI. The centre, under the command of WINDISCHGRATZ, after receiving a terrific blow at Waitzen, is already in full retreat. So that before the arrival of WELDEN from Vienna it is not improbable that the scattered corps of the Austrians would have fallen back to within a brief distance of Raab. Under existing circumstances the capital of Hungary cannot remain much longer in the possession of Absolutism. The guns of Buda cannot compensate for the enmity of the inhabi tants on the opposite banks of the Danube. And, supposing the latest rumour to be correct, namely, that DEMBINSKI had crossed the Danube near Waitzen, and was marching directly to wards Weissenborg—there is every prospect that Buda as well as Pestle, that Gran as well as Comorn, will soon be in the possession of the Hungarians. In that event—with RADETZKY detained in Lombardy, with NICHOLAS engaged in Wallachia, with SCHWARTZENBURG preoccupied by the difficulties at Frankfort—KOSSUTH might dic tate the terms of pacification within sight of Vienna. To that end every generous heart will continue to breath forth its aspirations. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. In the National Assembly, on Wednesday, M. DUPONT DB BErSAC presented the report of the Committee on the Laws of Caution Money for the Journals. The Committee is in favour of continuing the caution money temporarily on the following con ditions :-- "1. The caution money to be reduced one-half. 2. It must be paid in cash or Five per Cent. Rentes. 3. Journals published only during the 45 days previous to the meeting of the Legislative Assembly shall be exempt from the caution money. 4. Until the meeting of the Legislative Assembly, publications and circulars relative to the elections may be publicly sold without any pre vious authority, and under the sole condition of their being signed by the writers." The Assembly declared the matter to be urgent, and fixed the discussion for Wednesday next. It was confidently asserted in the political salons of the French capital on Wednesday evening, that the POPE had been restored. The rumour of the invasion of Transylvania by the Russians had occasioned a great sensation in Paris. M. BOUSSINGAULT waa elected a Councillor of State on Wednesday. The Council of State is now complete. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, APRIL 19. East Indian, 4—Great Indian Peninsula, 4%—Paris and Rouen, 22X. We are happy to learn that efforts are about to be made to obtain, through the intervention of Parlia ment, some redress of the grievances to which the junior medical officers of her MAJESTY'S navy are subject; though, at the same time, we cannot but express our regret that the Board of Admiralty should thus tacitly acknowledge its inability or un willingness to give that attention and consideration, which it undoubtedly deserves, to this important branch of the service. It has long been a matter of surprise that the complaints, loud and deep, which have emanated, from time to time, from this neglected body of gen tlemen, have hitherto been disregarded by those whose duty it was to have given them at least some show of consideration; we hope, however, that the time is now come when these remonstrances will be listened to with becoming attention, and pro Fer inquiries set on foot. We have then little doubt that the grievances, which have been so long, and so patiently borne, will meet with some kind of redress and reformation ; for, indeed, no branch of her Majesty's service needs this so much as that of which we are now writing. Let any one consider a moment the position of the naval assistant-sur geon, and he will see the truth of our remarks. He enters the service at twenty-two or twenty three years of age, and looks forward to the higher responsibility of the office of surgeon at the end of seven or eight years. His capability, not merely in his present rank, but in the higher to which he aspires, depends in a great degree on the devotion of a large portion of his time to purposes of self-improvement ; he may at any moment be called upon to treat the most difficult cases, to combat the most formidable epidemics, to dress the most serious wounds, and to perform the most unusual operations, without those advantages which medical men ordi narily possess, of unlimited access to books, and of obtaining the advice and assistance, in all diffi culties and emergencies, of the most. distin guished and scientific men. Thus placed in situations of unwonted responsibility, and at the same time left to his own resources in a much greater degree than any other professional man, what is his position ? At the mature age of 30 or 31 years he finds himself surrounded by boys of from 14 to 16 years of age, all of whom are engaged in the acqui sition of an elementary education, and compelled to mess and associate with them! He finds himself the only officer of adult age who is excluded from the general officers' mess, and his position as gun-room officer makes him ineligible to possess a cabin, the only place of bonci fide retirement for the pur poses of study. How then is he to keep pace with the rapid march of medical science? It is not even possible for him to retain unimpaired the varied knowledge acquired in the schools, and no system of checks, or re-examinations i in passing to the higher grades, will compensate for that self.culture, of which, during a long term of years, he is thus deprived. The Royal College of Edinburgh lately received from the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty authority to recommend once in three years one of their licentiates as a candidate for a naval medical appointment. In 1847, which was the first year after they received this privilege, no candi date presented himself, and in 1848 only one such candidate came forward ; while on both occasions extensive publicity bad been given of the intention of the Royal College to recommend. These are ominous facts, and deserve the serious considera tion of the Admiralty Board; fOr they clearly and undeniably demonstrate, that a disinclination exists on the part of licentiates, and especially of those of them who are distinguished by superior talent and education, to enter the naval medical service, and doubtless their reluctance proceeds mainly from the unmerited degradation to which they are subjected In the earlier portion of their career. Tua ROYAL BOUNTY has been more generously distributed of late than heret o f ore . Th e Nat iona l Gratitud e i s now - a -d ays ev i nced w i th greater discri mination than in "the good oli times," when men, who had devoted their whole lives to the advancement of science or to the cultivation of literature, were passed over unnoticed and unrewarded. Very recently we have seen the P r i me Minister providing for two of the children of the unfortunate and lamented Haydon. And whenever the Government betrays any remark able remissness in failing to recompense any of our distinguished but neglected countrymen, the people assume to themselves the duty of approval - and corn * How intently the thoughts of the Autocrat are im pinged upon the seizure of the Danubian provinces, and how earnestly his ambition is turned towards the acquisition of Constantinople, may be learnt in five minutes by a glance at the debate in the Houie of Commons on Thursday, March 22,1849. This debate which, it will be remembered, was on the occasion of Lord Dudley Stuart'amotion respect ing the cccupation of Moldavia and Wallachia by Rus sian troops, has just been reprinted i n th e f orm o f a pamphlet. Bvc.. rp. 33. E. DetkivaLondon, 1849. entire German fatherland, and enabled the man who possessed universal confidence to respond to the call made upon him. " So far as lay in his power the Archduke has justi fied the confidence reposed in him, and accomplished the great mission to which ha had, with such self-sacrifice, devoted himself. He resolutely and successfully op posed the anarchy which daily becomes more encroach ing, re-established the supremacy of the law, and thereby guaranteed peace and order, which were indis pensable for the completion of the legal renovation of Germany. " The National Assembly, on the other hand, did not fulfil the expectations entertained respecting it. Instead of a united and powerful Germany—one consequently rich in future promise—for the foundation of which it might have paved the way, it endeavoured to form an ideal kingdom, an attempt which could only tend to loosen, perhaps even dissolve, those bonds which for cen turies bad conjoined the various German races. " It is not my intention to follow the course of the Na " From the well-directed fire from our gun-boats and the entrenched batteries on Alsen, the enemy's columns were soon forced to retire, and thrt e battalions were im mediately dvanced through our tete de pont, who cap. tured two of the enemy's brass guns, and a third could not be carried off, as it was dismounted. The gun-boats were not injured, and lost none of their men. The oil etrs and men behaved with intrepidity, and fired viith great coolness and precision." The Borsenhalle (under date of Hamburgh, April 15) confirms the intelligence of the German troops having stormed and possessed themselves of the re doubts of Duppel, and further states that they had been then driven from them by the fire of the Danish gun-boats and the batteries of the Isle of Alsen. The same journal (under date of Flensburg, April 14) says the battle was carried beyond Duppel, towards Ballegrave and Bardesboy on the north, and on the east to Ulderup. The Danish troops took refuge in Alsen, and the Ger mans pushed on to Alsensund. The combat was very fierce, the number of slain being estimated at 1,000, which, however, appears to be exaggerated. The Danes themselves destroyed the bridge between Alsen and Sundewitt, on which occasion two or three of their battalions were driven at the point of the bayonet into the water. The mill of Duppel and several farms were destroyed by fire. Intelligence from Flensburg of the 14th states, that on the previous evening the Danes in consider able force occupied the Isle of foehr, and many of the inhabitants took to flight. tional Assembly since its origin, and to point out more clearly the evils which its constant vacillations and its too frequent encroachment on the province of the execu tive central power must necessarily produce. I shall confine myself to the specifying and eiucidating of those decisions which immediately affect us, and which will account for the position that, in consequence of them, we are compelled to take under the circumstances re ferred to. _ " Since the present Ministry, in their opening pro- gramme of the 27th of November la s t, er.pressel the in tention of uniting in one great body all the countries and races of the Austrian monarchy, there has been formed in the National Assembly a party which has done all in its power to render our conjunction with Germany im possible. That party thought it had attained its ends by passing those provisions of the constitutions (dis cussed at Frankfort-on. the-Maine) which, for German countries that, in unison with non German ones, have one sovereign in common, prescribes a special constitu tion, form of government, and administration. " It was foreseen that such provisions were irreconcil able with the principles of the unity of the Au s tri an Im perial State, principles which were not only announced, but sufficiently explained, as well as fully carried out by us. Let those therefore who arrived at that unnecessary decision bear the consequences of it. " The National Assembly, moreover, by the election on the 27th ult. of an hereditary Sovereign of the Empire, deviated from the forms of the contemplated Confederate State, and put forward those of a single state in a manner incompatible with the independence of the various Ger man Governments, which only with reference to im portant federal questions ought to be held within una yoidableiimits. "Finally, through its decision of the 28th ult. (deci sions to the effect that the Imperial Constitution drawn up by the National Assembly alone be carried out and/promulgated as laws) that Assembly has abandoned the path of concordance, the only path to which it was called, the only path to which it had a right to remain, and the one a hich the Government had expressly held in reserve. At the same time, by al bitrarily declaring it elf en permanence until the meeting of the future Imperial Assembly, it placed itself on illegal ground, to follow it on which the Governments were not induced. "Austria, intimately connected with Germany by long - existing felllowship, by inseparable interests, and by treaties i ncon t es t a bl y s till in force, cannot, and will not, be s evere d f rom suc h a bond. The German Con federation, as formed by treaties, is not yet dissolved, and the rights and obligations of its members still con tinue. "If, under the circumstances which have arisen, we cannot accept, for tie present, of a Confederate State, as contemplated in the decisions of the National As• sembly (even under reservation of the rights guaran teed to us by history and treaties), we shall, neverthe less, continue to take • lively interest in the fate of our former associates, and under another aspect of affairs be always ready to show that interest by deeds. " This is the opi n ion of his Majesty the Emperor, to which he will re m a i n f a ithful. " In the same way as his Majesty in my dispatch to your Excellency under date February 4, solemnly pro tested against being subjected to the Central Power ex ercised by any other German Prince, our gracious Sove reign is likewise resolved never to place, on any terms, under a foreign legislative assembly, the legislative power constitutionally exercised by him in common with the representative corps of Austria. The document concludes by stating that there is no objection to the return of the Chevalier VON SCHAIIIRLING, as his successor is ready to start for Frankfort; and that it only remained for the Austrian Deputies in Frankfort to quit an Assembly which, as before shetPd, entered upon an illegal course by its decision of the 28th ult. The document is signed by Prince SCHWASZENBERG. FRANKFORT. Thirty of the Austrian Deputies gave up their seats in the German Parliament on the 17th. The German Gazette publishes the official declaration of the plenipotentiaries of the Govern [gents who have given their adhesion to the constitu tions agreed upon by the German. National Assembly. The states they represent are the following : Baden, Hesse-Darmstadt, Electoral, Oldenburg, Mecklenburg, Holstein, Lauenburg, Brunswick, Nassau, Saxe Weimar, Coburg Gotha, Oldenburg, Meiningen, Anhalt-Bernburg, Dessau, Schwartzen burg •Rudolstadt, Sondershausen, Reuss, Hohenzol lern, Waldeck, Hainburgh, Bremen, Lubeck, and Frankfort. These plenipotentiaries say that they have read with lively satisfaction his Prus sian MAJESTY s note agreeing to accept the Imperial German Crown, and put himself at the bead of a federal German state, and his having made that acceptance depend upon the consent of the other German Governments, is a cause for great gratitude on their part, and they a r e s a ti s fi e d that his so doing will give a strong guarantee for the d ura tion of the constitution, and for thi s reason th e y have not hesitated to give their consent to his elec tion. They are aware, they state, th a t th e cons tit u • tion is not in all points such as they can approve, but as some of the Governments had previou s ly recogn ised as obligatory the resolutions of the A ssem bly, and others having evidenced their friendly feeling towards it, they consider any scruples that might be enter tained on this head not worthy of notice, when com pared with the great dangers which m i g ht resu lt from a postponement of their adhesion to the constitution. They conclude by expressing a hope that, by the formation of a great federal state, with Prussia at its head, they will eminently promote the happiness and prosperity of Germany. Sr FREDERICK TIIESIGER now moved for a new trial, on the ground of naisdiu , t tion, and th a t the v e rdict was against the evidence. It was an action of trover for a quantity of bucks which had been seized by the Sheriff of Middlesex, under an execution against Mr. James Bohn. The plaintiffs were strangely associated together, the first being Mr. Scarisbriek, who is representative of the most ancient Roman Catholic family in this country, the second being the Bishop of Llandaff, and the other Mr. Ilyam Ansell, a gentleman of the Jewish persuasion, and son of the late Jewish Rabbi. Mr. James Bohn carried on the business of a bookseller in King William street, City, and these three gentlemen were in the habit of attending his shop and purchasing very rare and curious works from his valuable collection of books. In December, 1843, Mr. Bohn becoming embarrassed in his circumstances, a fiat in bankruptcy was issued against him, and the plaintiffs, being desirous of assist ing him out of his difficulties, they had the stock valued, and became the purchas( rs of it, advancing in different proportions for this purpose. 1,500/. A deed way execute -d making over the property to the plaintiff 4, anti they allowed Mr. Bohn to have pos session of the boils, and to carry on the business in their behalf. Mr. Bohn subsequently removed to St. James's-street, where the execution in question was put in upon the whole stock, including that of the plaintiffs', at the instance of a Mr. Hoare, and the main question was as to whether Mr. Ansell's share in the property had been legally conveyed to that gentleman, so as to entitle him to take possession of it. The Learned Counsel submitted that Mr. Ansell ought to be held as continuing in regular p ssession until the property seas transferred by a proper deed; and as the transaction was 'a mere verbal one, argued that upon the evidence an action for trover could be maintained. The Court took time to consider the decision. Queen is on shore on the Main. Several light vessels lave put in here for shelter. DEAL, APRIL 19.—Wind S.S.W. to S.S.E.—Arrd. Stad Tiel, Cite valier, Batavia, for Rotterdam. Arrived from the River and sailed, Ilydrabad, Rat Town; Cha mois, Mauritius; Victoria, New York. Sld. Phoenician, Sydney, New South Wales. OFF PORTLAND, APRIL 17.—Alert, Buagoe, St. Croix, Baldur, Rio Janeiro, both for Copenhagen. BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) QUEEN V. THISTLETON. Mr. PHIPPS applied to his Lordship for a writ:of certi orari to bring up the depositions in a Crown prosecu tion, to admit the defendant to bail. The name of the defendant was Mr. Thistleton, who was charged with stealing a horse, but what was the precise nature of the charge he could not state, as he had not been supplied with the depositions. He had, however, an affidavit, from which it appeared that the defendant was a farmer, residing in the county of Derby, and renting upwards of 210 acres of land, and 58 years of age. He swore that no charge had ever been made against him before, and that the present accusation arose out of the following circumstances:—ln the year 1847, a person of the name of Richardson was residing on the adjoining farm to the defendant, whose son dealt in horses, and who had since been transported for horse stealing. So long ago as the 4th of January, 1847, the defendant having been told by the son that the son had a horse fur sale, ho went over to the father's farm, and saw the horse, which he had trotted out for the purpose of examining his paces and condition. On that occasion he was accompanied by two of his neighbours, and, upon their advice, he agreed to buy the horse for 18/. 10s., having no idea whatever that it had been stolen, as the price was a fair one, and about the value of the animal. Some time afterwards he sold the horse upon a slight advance beyond the 181. 10s. to a party in whose possession it was subsequently discovered, by the gentleman from whom it had been originally stolen, and as it could only be traced to the defendant, he v a; given into custody on a charge of stealing it, and as the magistrate had refused to admit him to bail, he was force] to have recourse to the present motion. Many of his neighbours and friends had made affidavits of his respectability, and he was prepered to put in bail to any reasonable amount. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE granted the application. THE CITY OF LONDON LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC IN Mr. PARRY was instructed to apply to his Lordship on behalf of Mr. George Stracey, the secretary of the City of London Literary and Scientific Institution in Aldersgate-street, for a rule calling upon one Edward Lane to show cause why an order of sessions should not be quashed. This order had been removed by certiorari from the court of Queen's Bench for the city of London, and the present application was to have the order of sessions queobed, to enable to enable the defendant to have the case put in the Crown paper for argument. It would appear, that some time ago Mr. Tidd Pratt granted a certificate to this institution, under the 6th and 7th Victoria, whereby it was exempted from the payment of local rates and taxes, but the appellant, who was an inhabitant of the same parish, feeling him self aggrieved by the certificate, petitioned the court of quarter sessions against it, and with what success he had already mentioned. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE suggested that the best course to pursue was to move for a writ of procidendo. Mr. PARRY replied that the time had gone by for his doing that, and the present motion was made to prevent the appellant from urging the delay which had been al lowed to take place as a preliminary objection to the rule for quashing the order. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE asked what the objection to the certificate was? Mr. PARRY said the certificate was in these terms, " I do hereby certify that this institution is exempt from the . payment of rates and taxes under the Act of the 6th and 7th of her Majesty Queen Victoria." There was an appeal against this certificate, and upon the hearing of the appeal it was objected that the instru ment was bad, inasmuch as it did not state that the Act of Parliament which gave Mr. Tidd Pratt the power of granting the certificate was passed in the sessions of Parliament holden in the 6th and 7th years of the reign of her Majesty Queen Victoria, and the Recorder hold ing this objection to be good, directed the certifi cate to be annulled. It was quite clear, how ever, that the Learned Gen•leman had no power to entertain the ohj , ction, for the Act of Par liament in question provided, that when the certificate was granted, it should be enrolled with the clerk of the peace at the court of quarter sessions, which enrolment was to be taken as a confirmation of the cer tificate. Accordingly, the certificate granted in the case of this institution was duly enrolled, and it was there fore quite clear that the Recorder could not nullify a document which his court had previously confirmed. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE remarked that the case was one that ought to be fully argued, and grantel a rule SECONDARIES'.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary POTTER.) NEWSON AND ANOTHER, EXECUTORS, &C., V. ZONES. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, as executors, &c., of a person named Gillham against defendant, who is an omnibus proprietor, to recover the sum of 201, on a bill of exchange, which Gillham had accepted for the accommodation of Jones, and which had been taken up by the executors. The defendant pleaded the general issue that he was not indebted. The plaintiffs' ATTORNEY said that the defendant Jones had taken the benefit of the Insolvent Act ; but he had to contend that that did not release the defendant, as the Bill had been taken up subsequently. Mr. Dance, from the Insolvent Court, produced the proceedings in which defendant had admitted he was hi - debt:o to Gillham in the amount, and that the bill k - -was an accommodation bill. The defehdents' ATTORNEY took an objection that the bill was not properly set out, and was not identified as the one claim , d upon, the dates being different. The SECONDARY overruled the obj,ction, and the jury gave a verdict for the amount. EPSOM RACES. BY EXPRESS.-(THIS DAY.) EPSOM, Two O'CLOCK. In consequence of the course being covered with snow, the Stewards have postponed the races until to morrow (Saturday). LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY. LONDON, APRIL 20.—Wind N.N.W.—Fresh breeze and squally, with sleet at times. LIVERPOOL, APRIL I9.—Arrd. Meams, Smith, Mo bile; Canada (s.) New York, 4th inst., and Halifax on the 6th instant. Sid. Bangalore, Calcutta; Cumber land, Africa; Orkney Lass, Jamaica; Ellen, ditto; Zenobar, Havannah; Hereyna, Qu ebec; Margaret Redley, and Apollo, - Newfoundland ; Catherine, Staten Island. Off port Prince Royal, New Orleans. The Harriet, Fuller, bound to this port, :was putting back to Baltimore on the 2d inst., after being on shore, and with foremast cut away. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 19.—Wind N.E., strong and squally, with snow.—Off port King William 11., Meek man, Batavia, for Amsterdam. COWES, APRIL 19.—Wind variable and strong.— Arrd. Elenore and Henriette, Dineker, Porto Rico. Sid, Randolph, Port Philip. CARDIFF, APRIL 18.—Wind N.E.—Sld. Cawton, Portland, United States. MUMBLES, APRIL 18.—Arrd. Ellen Simpson, Cuba. CLYDE, APRIL 18.—S1d. Agile, Buenos Ayres. CORK, APRIL 15.—Acrd. Tyro., Singapore. LIMERICK, APRIL 16.—SId. Harvest, Quebec. DONEGAL, APRIL 15.—Sid. Princess, Boston, United States. HULL, APRIL 19.—The Elephants, Sorlason, from London to Nychebord, drove on shore at Grainsthorpe, 17th inst., and is a total wreck ; crew saved. A board, five feet long and six inches broad, marked " Zepayr," in gilt letters, was washed on shore at Essington yes terday. The Lord Seaham, Pattison, from Cowes to Seaham, was driven on shore, 17th, near Cowden, and is likely to be a wreak. ILFRACOMBE, APRIL 18.—It blew a heavy gale yes terday and last night from N. to W.N.W. and N.E., and still continues. YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT, APRIL 19.—The Love and Unity, Williams, from Shields for Poole, struck on the Needles Rocks this day, and immediately went to pieces; crew (except one boy) saved. SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 19.—A schooner, with fore mast and bowsprit gone, name not distinguishable, was passed at five A.M. off Beachy Head, by the Shannon steamer, from London, a heavy sea running at the time, and blowing hard from the east. DEAL, APRIL 19.—About four P.m. the wind hauled to the south-east veering to east, and suddenly increas ing to a gale, attended with hail and snow, during which the Andorinha, Mesquita, of and from Lisbon for Ham burgh, was driv( n on shore on the Main, and has be come a total wreck, and the cargo all strewed along shore; crew (except one man) saved. Ten P.M.—Another vessel is just reported on the Main between this place and Weimer Castle. HARWICH, APRIL 10.—It has been blowing a heavy gale all day from the east, with heavy squalls of rain. The Nile, Bourgain, of aid for Boulogne, from Blyth, was assisted in here to-day very leaky, &e. Two schoenen are 9n limo 431 the lieu Ebb lig.ck, The GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA. PARTICULARS OF THE DEFEAT OF THE IMPERIALISTS AT WAII'ZEN. The following are the particulars of the operations of the Magyar and Imperial armies, which preceded the decisive battle of NVaitzen, and the complete de feat of the Austrians. On the evening of the 9th the whole Austrian army was concentrated close to the walls of Pesth, and the Magyar army had taken up a position in order of battle between Godollo and Monor. Continual fighting had been going on at the front all day, only ceasing when the night sepa rated the combatants. The 10th was fixed on by the Imperial commander for a general attack, but when the sun rose there was no enemy to be seen as far as the telescope could reach, and no trace could be found of the Magyars. Their whole army on this side the Theiss had disappeared, without being observed by the Imperialists. At 11 o'clock in the morning con tinual firing of .a great number of cannons was heard in a southerly direction, and consequently a great part of the Imperial army was detached in that direc tion. Meanwhile, in the afternoon, another cannonade was heard in Pesth from a northerly direction, and another part of the Imperial,army was detached, which arrived in Waitzen the next morning, where they were informed that only a small corps of Magyars had cannonaded this town, and had retired in the evening of the 9th. By the detachment of these troops from the Impe rial army near Pestb, it was diminished to a third of its number. When on the 10th the sun rose, the Magyars, sud denly as they had previously disappeared, re-appeared again before Pesth, attacked the Imperial troops, and forced them to retire to Ofen, but did not occupy s wt t o r hih o i yeahhveedeh sameby t h m e o c r a n n i n n g o n the f t p h a e r t f o o r t f r e tre . Pesth—probably f or f ear o f see i ng t h e i r cap i tal de ss Magyar army c a r d () pas ss ed s e t d h e n e p a r a n N u V b a e i t a a e n n d t hoec occupied ebde rthe e seem moun tains which are called the " Bakony Forest," a posi tion by which they were enabled to interrupt the communication between Pesth and Presburg by land, the communication by Danube steamers being inter rupted, or dangerous, by Comorn. The details of the battle of Waitzen extracted from the Vienna papers of the 14th appeared in the Third Edition of The Sun yesterday evening. It is said that at the conferences held at Olmutz between the Austrian Minister and the Russian Am bassador, it was decided that an offer should be made to the Hungarians to guarantee to them the old Hun garian Aristocratic Constitution as it existed previous 'to March 1848, and not to apply the principle of cen traliration to Hungary. Should the Hungarians re fuse those terms of pacification, the Russian troops will enter and garrison Vienna, Lemberg, and Prague, the garrisons of which cities will proceed to Hun gary to take part in the war. WELDEN, as we stated two days since, left Vienna on the 13th to supersede WINDISCHGRATZ, but in order to avoid as much as possible wounding the pride Of WINDISCHGRATZ, it is said that the Du- Filson. himself will take the command of the army, with WELDErt as his second in command and principal adviser. The Austrian Lloyds of the 14th, which is the organ of STADION, contains the following mysterious paragraph, in relation to one of the Imperialist Generals in Hungary :—" Upon single persons we have neither praise nor blame to bestow. We are too far from the seat of war to judge the merits of the separate commanders. It becomes us not to bring complaints against individuals with out proors, and these we have not at hand. We scorn to reflect on the character of any man by insinua tions, and to whisper what we durst not speak out," &c. This was considered in Vienna as the forerunner of some most serious accusation against General Sc macs. The enthusiasm of the inhabitants of Pesth was ex cited to the utmost by the approach of the victorious Maygars. Two days before the battle of Waitzen some Hungarian hussars, who had been taken pri soners, passed through the town. Their proud bear ing gave them the air of victors fhther than captives, and the people whose sympathy with the Magyars is -so longer to be concealed, cried out upon their pas page, " Eljenek a huszarak," and clubbed together to make a purse for them. The Austrian garrison of Ofen, on the opposite side of the Danube, threatened to bombard Pesth if the in habitants manifested such sympathy for their countrymen. Count STEPHEN KAROLY, a Magyar Noble, who raised in November last 1,800 men on his estate, and enrolled them among the Harveds, has been arrested by order of Prince WINDISCHGRATZ, and will only be liberated on his furnishing double the number of recruits to the Imperial army. We publish: in extensol the note of the Aus trian government to SCHMEELING, the substance of which appeared in the Third Edition of The Sun of last night. On the sth instant the Imperial Cabinet forwarded the following dispatch to Herr SCRUMMING, the Austrian Plenipotentiary at the seat of the German central power : " Whilst approving of the motives which induced his Highness the Archduke John to resign, under existing circumstances, the dignity of a German vicar of the em pire, his Majesty the Emperor feels bound to continue to invite his Imperial Highness to continue in the interest of Germany, as well as that of Austria, to fill the post entrusted to him until arrangements have been male for the acceptation of the direction of the ce ntral p owe r in a manner corresponding with the object of it. " Appended you will receive a copy of the . letter in hwihsicrohyhailsthe ser grandMajesty u thenel u Emperor ncle, whilst a ex ck p n r o es w se le s dg t i h .n i: wish to vices he has rendered. " Last year, when the German Princes and nation were desirous of placing in the hands of that Imperial Prince the provisional central power created for Ger many, the Austrian Government, laying aside all the considerations presented by the circumstances of the times, abetted that wish, inasmuch as it rendered the interests of its own people subservient to those of the PRUSSIA. In the Second Chamber on the 14th, PULCKER proposed a motion, !pressing on the Ministry the necessity of granting an amnesty for all political offences committed since March 184 S. It was de clarged urgent and referred to a Committee. On the 16th ,the Ministerial Bill against . abuse of the right of association and assembly was discussed. TEMME proposed an amendment to reject the whole Bill, and ask Ministers to bring in a Bill permitting assemblies to be held in the open air. TEMME S amendment was rejected, after a long debate, by 187 against 141. The debate was adjourned till to morrow. The speakers in favour of the Bill were, Count Arnim (Boytzenburg), Urlichs, Viebahn, Count Schwerin : against, Temme, Tiegler, Stiehl, and D'Ester. -- DIVORCE OF PRINCE ALBRECHT AND THE PRINCESS MARY OF THE NE THERLANDS. BERLIN.—The sentence of divorce between these illustrious parties, whose unhappy marriage has so long been the theme of discussion, was p ronounced by the legal tribunal on the 28th of March. The divorce was demanded by the Prince on the ground of insuperable aversion. As all the trials of divorce were to be decided by the Lower Tribunal after the Ist of April, the proceedings were con ducted with extreme haste. The Princess de manded large damages, but this was refused by the Court, and the Prince is to have charge of the children: The Princess. is now at the Hague. She has sold'her fine estate of Cumencz, in Silesia, and has not been able to obtain permission to return to Prussia. So soon as circumstances will admit of it, the Prin cess intends to go to Italy, and take up her residence there.—ffamburgh Papers, April 17. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. The Bonen Liste of Hamburgh, of the 17th, states that Russia has again entered a protest against the entrance of German troops into Jutland, and consequently that they will remain on this side of the Konigsau. General KEOUGH, who commanded the Danes in Jutland, has been recalled, and General BuLow has been appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Jutland division of the Danish forces in his stead. COPENHAGEN, AP RIL 16.—A second edition of the Fadrelandet, containing the following extract from an official report to the Minister of War, just pub lished, states-- " On the 13th of April, about four in the morning, the enemy advanced in great haste and in strong columns, ' with many guns, against our position at Alsen Sound, and posted a 12-pounder over against our entrenched battery on Alsen, when a brisk cannonade was opened by the enemy, and replied to by us; but within half an hour the enemy's guns were silenced. The 10th Light Battalion now advanced rapidly through the kte de pont and captured two of the enemy's 12-pounder brass guns. "A few gun-boats stationed to the south of Sonder borg took part in the affair. " The enemy having again retired, our advanced posts occupied the positions that they had held duiing the night. " The Bavarians appeared to be the most nanlerous of the enemy's troops. " Our loss in killed and wounded is not eousid,.'rable. Dapple Mill, and two farm-houses on Duppel, were b►; l rnt down from the fire of the artillery. (Signed) "By command, "DIEDRICHSEN, Adjutant." The following is the report to the Minister of Marine,Trom Commander GAARDE, dated Soneerborg, April 12, 1849 " This morning, at four o'clock, the enemy advanced from Duppel against Alsen Sound, when two gun-boats, commanded by' Lieutenant M'Dougall, were brought forward, and were stationed at Venuigbond, and two others, under Captain Von Dockuro, remained near Sonderborg PAW,. HOLLAND. AMSTERDAM, APRIL 17.—The inland funds reco vered from their yesterday's depreciation tirday, though very little business was done. In the Spanish Debt, the Three per Cents. Inland were in demand at higher prices, Ardoins kept up, and business was very brisk. Portuguese were in demand. Not much business eitihtr in Russian or Austrian—the latter fell in consequence of the unfavourable intelligence. Peruvian Coupons were in the market, with payment of interest at 4 per cent., under date of April 12. — Amsterdam Courant, April 18. THE HAGUE, APRIL 18.—The Staab; Courant of the 17th contains a royal decree, by which the two Chambers of the States-General are convoked in a public united sitting, for his MAJESTY'S solemn oath and inauguration, which is to take place at the new church of Amsterdam, on the 12th May, at one o'clock. The Chambers are invited to meet at noon on the said day at the palace of Amsterdam, for the purpose of repairing from thence to, the place ap pointed for the august ceremony. MOLDAVIA AND WALLACHIA. General ENGELHARDT, who commanded the Rus sians at Cronstadt when they were defeated by Bias, arrived at Bucharest on the 28th ult. The Wiener Zeitung publishes a letter from Galatz of the 18th March, which says,—" As the Danube is now free from ice, the Lloyd steamer has commenced running between Galatz and Ibraila. This day week we expect the arrival o► the Constan tinople steamer, as well as that from ()nova. Very few sailing vessels have as yet arrived here with southern fruits. Our commercial world is looking forward with impatience to the re-establishment of free communication with Vienna." ITALY. The Lombard division, which was advancing to aid the Genoese Republicans, have, since the submission of Genoa, determined to retire to Tuscany or Rome. It was on the 12th that the reactionary movement for the restoration of the Grand Duke of TUSCANY broke out at Florence, and it was in consequence of the advance of the Austrians to Massa that the re actionaries, who counted upon Austrian support, and who had been, probably, for some time in com munication with the Austrian General, ventured to make the attempt. The Tuscan troops have retired from Modena to Lucca. It is said that a reactionary movement has taken place at Leghorn. The French Patrie of last night states, as a cer tain fact, that the Grand Duke of TUSCANY has re turned to his capital. MARRIAGE OF JENNY LIND AT BATH. This event (respecting whi ch there have been so many conjectures and so many rumours) we are informed, on the best authority, took place last week, and with such privacy was the ceremony conducted, that many of our readers will be surprised to learn that the marriage of the Swedish nightingale was performed, by special license, on Thursday week, at the residence of the bride groom's family, No. 40, Great Pulteney-street, Bath. The engagement of Jenny Lind with Mr. Harris has long been publicly announced and commented upon by the daily and weekly journals; and so strict a record has been kept of the movements of the fair cantatrice, that it is somewhat surprising the announcement of her marriage should have escaped our larger London contem poraries. Such, however, is the fact. Jenny Lind is married—married in Bath—to a native of Bath ; and henceforth, we understand, she will retire into the pri vacy of domestic life; she will become one of the resi dents, and will shed over the circle in which she moves those graces which have made her such an idol with the public. The history of Jenny Lind, both before and since her appearance in this country—her extraor dinary triumph as a vocalist—her unbounded bene volence—are themes on which the journalists and periodical writers of the day have dilated ad nauseam. But some particulars respecting the " fortunate youth" who has wooed and won the enchanting songstress may not be unacceptable. Mr. Harris is the. son of the late Mr. Harris, of 40, Great Pulteney-street, Bath, and is, we understand, related to the Bishop of Norwich. His early educational studies were pursued at Grosvenor College, in his native city, where he greatly distinguished himself as a classical and mathematical scholar. His engagement with Mdlle. Lind has led to her retirement from the stage, and although, to use the well-known quotation, " we ne'er shall look upon her like again" as an exponent of the lyric drama, and her withdrawal from the public will create a blank in our amusements not to be easily filled up, yet, amidst all the regrets which will be thus occasioned, sure we are that there is no heart so selfish as not to join with us in the aspiration that many, many years of that domestic happiness, which has been said to be " the only bliss that has survived the Fall," may be in store for her in this the country of her adop tion; and that if we are no more to be charmed by the magic notes of Jenny Lind, we shall, by many an act of that unbounded and expansive charity which has equalled her vocal fame, be often reminded of her existence as the no longer apocryphal character—" Mrs. Harris."—Bath Looker on of Tuesday. • •. [ fhe abpve reads pleasantly enough, but it wants one essential, always deemed important in such deli cate matters—there is not ONE WORD or TRUTH in it. We suppose Bath remains where it stood yesterday— but Jenny Lind is still unmarried —ED. Sun.] CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) IN THE MATTER OF DYCE SOMBRE, A LUNATIC. The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment to-day in this case at great length. Our readers will recollect that the case was argued some weeks since for nine days before his Lordship,. upon.a petition presented by Mr. Dyce Sombre, praying for the supersedeas of the Commission of Lunacy that was existing against him. This was the fifth petition for a supersedeas that had been presented since the issuing of the commission in 1843. The Lord Chancellor after going through the principal facts of the case which are already before the public, and commenting most severely upon some of the parties concerned in presenting the petition, stated his opinion to be that the petition must be dismissed, observing, at the same time, that if he had the means of making those parties pay the costs from whom the petition emanated, he would certainly have done so. His Lordship observed, in con cluding his judgment, that Mr. Dyce Sombre must not suppose that by the judgment he had given, the doors of the Court were shut against him, he could make any application to the Court himself that he might wish, and he might feel assured that as soon as the Court thought it could do it with safety, it would supersede the ccna mission that was existing against him. Mr. Dyce Sombre had now the whole of his surplus income after paying the annuity to his wife; but after what had taken place, considering the reckless expenditure that had been proved in the course of the discussion to have been adopted, his Lordship doubted whether he had not gone too tar in allowing him to have the whole surplus. Ile could not but doubt also whether he ought not to esta blish a snore vigilant superintendence over the affairs of Mr. Dyce Sombre. lie would advise that gentleman to act under the advice of his professional adviser, be could not be in better hands than those who had acted for him professionally, and he might depend upon it, if he did act under such advice, and not resort to other parties, he would obtain all he could desire, but the Court could not allow him to continue the ruinous system he had hitherto done. VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) MILNE V. GILEART. This was a petition presented against the finding of the Master, to whom it had been referred to state what amount of remuneration ought to be paid to a Mr. Weldon, a clerk in the London and Westminster Bank, for keeping the accounts of the testator, Mr. Milne, re lative to a great number of foreign securities which he had disposed of by his will. Mr. Gilbert, the manager of the London and Westminster Bank, had been appointed one of the executors, with a legacy of 4001.; but he had intrusted the management of the securities in question to Mr. Weldon; who for that ser vice received ut one time 150/. a year The executors had since differed about the amount to be given to Mr. Wel don, and the Master had found that 75/. a year ought to be paid to him for his services down to the time of mak ing the Master's report. The VICE-CHANCELLOR confirmed the Mas'er's report, 'mit intimated that he would give no opinion whether Weldon was to receive anything or nothing for any servk -es he might perform in future, from the date of the m ute , '3 report. EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) HAMMIWk. AND OTHERS V. SHERIFF OF MIDDLESEX. This action 14. 9. s tried before Mr. Baron Platt, at e 9th Feb. last, when a verdict was Westminster, on ti.._ upon the two wain ileum found for the defendoull MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE—(FRIDAY.) The quantity of English Wheat received up to o ur market this week, coastwise, has been confined to 1,970 quarters. The show of samples of both red and white here, to-day, was small; yet there was less desire on the part of the dealers to purchase. Only a moderate" business was transacted in any kind, yet Monday's prices were fairly supported in every instance. Upwards of 18,000 quarters of Foreign Wheat have come to hand; arid we had rather an extensive supply cf that grain on offtir this morning. The buyers held off, yet, as the importers refused to accept lower prices, the terms of Monday were maintained. In floating cargoes very little was doing• The supply of Barley was small; fine malting parcels were in good request, at extreme currencies. Grinding and distiliing sorts were quite as dear. Malt moved off somewhat steadily, and prices were well supported. For Oats the inquiry was steady, and the quotations were quite as high as on Monday. Beans, Peas, Indian Corn, and Meal maintained the late advance. The top price of the best town-made Flour was 44s per 280 lbs. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. I Barley. Oats. I Flour. English ...... 1,970 qrs. 1,330 qrs. 1 7,120 qrs. 3,4603 • Scotch ...... - __ _ - Foreign ...... 18,330 1,280 16,430 I -- I Malt. 1,610 qrs. SMITHFIELD. Although our market to-day was scantily supplied. with Beasts, ancithe weather favourable for slaughtering, the beef trade ruled somewhat inactive, at Monday's quotations. The show of foreign stock was small. The ' numbers of Sheep on offer were moderate, but fully' equal to the wants of the butchers. All breeds moved off slowly, at barely stationary prices. The extreme value for the best old Downs, in the wool, was 4s 4d per Sibs. Lambs, the supply of which was tolerably good, were a slow sale, at, in most instances, a decline in the currencies of 4d per Blbs. Prices ranged from Ss to 65 per Blbs. From the Isle of Wight, 333 Sheep and Lamas reached us per railway. In Calves, a steady business was transacted, at late rates. Pigs were dull. yet we have no actual fall to notice in their value. Mulch Cows moved off slowly, at from 141 to 181 each, including their small calf. Per Sibs. to sink the offal. s. d. to s. d. 1. d. to 1. d; inferior Beasts..... 2 4 2 6 Second qual. Sheep 3 0 3 6 iecond quality •... 2 8 210 Coarse-weolled ditto 3 3 31 0 Prime large Oxen• • 3 0 3 2 Southdown Wether 4 0 4 4 Prime Scots •••• • • 3 4 3 6 Ditto eut of the wool I 0 0 0 Large coarse Calves 3 4 310 Large Hogs ...... 3 9 3 0 Prime small ditto .. 4 0 4 4 Small Porkers .... 310 4 1 "tickling Calves .• 18 0 27 0 Quarter old Pigs • .16 0 21 0 Inferior Sheep • • . 2 8 210 Lambs ...• •• •• •• 6 0 6 . TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. Sheep. I Calves. I Pigs. I 5,460 211 301 FOREIGN SUPPLY. I Sheep. I Calves. I Pigs. 210 I 69 SCOTCH. I Sheep. I Calves. I Pigs. Beasts. 732 Beasts. 87 Beasts. 245 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. These markets were somewhat inactive, on the fold lowing terms:— .._ At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. a. I. d. to s. . Beet,inferior...... 2 0 2 4 Mutton, i n f er i or 2 4 241 middling .... 2 6 2 8 m iddli ng .. 210 3- „7 prime large .. 210 3 0 pr i me .... 3 6 3 ' --prime small .. 3 2 3 4 Pork, large.... •• 2 10 - 3 ::: Veal— ••—•.• • • • 3 4 4 2 sma ll 3 6 4 E' Lamb. 43 10d to 53 10d. BOYLOUGE HOP MARKET. Selected samples of Hops—the supply of which 04 offer is small—command a steady sale, at, in moat transactions, an advance in the quotations of 2s per crli; The middling and inferior qualities are a dull sale, 10 last week's prices. The value of Old Hops is nominal* Sussex pockets, 21 4s to 21 18s; Weald of sent ditto+ 211 9 s to 318 s; Mid and East Kent ditto, 315 s to 6115 s per cwt. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—There has been very little doing in British Plantation, but holders are firm. New Barbadoes sold at 40s to 42s for good and fine yellow, and at 38s 6d $ 398 6d for mid. REFINED.—The market has been dull ; brown gro' cery 51s. EAST INDlA.—Mauritius has been rather lower, &NA° . 10,000 bags partly finding buyers at 37s to 39s 6d fo r low to good yellow, 36s 6d to 378 6d O r ordinary, 34s for fine brown 40s 6d for fine yellow, and 37s to 39s for ordinary to fine gel' Bengal, about 10,000 bags, partly sold 6d to is lower"":".; low sad mid Benares 39s 6d to 41s, good and fin e 41a.bP" to 445, strong white 47s to 48s 6d, low and damp KbB l l 30s 6d to 325. Madras has realised steady prices...4 l ' l A yellow 35s 6d to 37s 6d. China, 430 bags duty pat h sold at low rates—white 38s to 395, and yellow at 3 81 ' FOREIGN.—Porto Rico was nearly all bought; mid to good bright yellow 40$ to 42s 6d, and low 38s 6d t° 39s 6d. A little business has been done afloat. COFFEE.—CeyIon has realised 32. to 40s for govw to fine ord ; 40s to 48s for fine fine ordinary to lot middling; and 45s to 52s for pea berry. The marke t. for other kinds is dull. Costa Rica is held for hig h prices; good to fine tine ordinary, 33s to 40s. Native, Ceylon is about 33s per cwt. West Indi a sor t s almo" . nominal. TEA.--The market is dull, but holders of Congou fir e firm. Of 120,000 packages offered by auc ti o n mat 1.000 sold. RICE.—The market is not very good. Bengal go i and flue bold white, 103 6d to I Is; Manilla is at to rates; Madras, 8s 6d for pinky whits. 63 SALTPETRE.— Bengal has been sold at 29 5 6d to 30s for 7 to if lbs refraction, and with a fair business doll* COTTON.—The market is dull. Pei o e TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is heavy, at 38s 3d to 38s 6d r cwt. on the spot. SPlCES.—Pepper has brought full prices; Nutraeg i have had a fair sale; Mace is steady. GREEN FRUIT.—The c(.ld weather has operw - u against the consumption of Oranges, but as th e s tocky" limited the price has not, been affected. Two carg° 64 l ex Idea and Damsel, from St. Mi c h ae l, so ld b y gee ing and Hunt at public s a l e , went at an impro/4" meat of is to 2s per box. The arrivals from Lisbl have been large, b u t as some of the Psi,";' cels have been land e d ou t o f con di t i on , th e price of those of sound quality has been ° li t ; hanced in consequence. Th e ant i c i pate d d raw b a ck: 4 • the vegetation in this coun t r y h as somew h at i m proT j , the demand for nuts of a ll ki n d s , an d as th e h o lders the article feel disposed to quit stock, buyers have boo; met without any advance in price. The demand f°_. lemons is dull owing to the cold character of the gesso" THE IRISH MEIVIBERs AND LOA JUAN RUSSELL. At a meeting of the Irish Members held yesterd.„J; convened for the special purpose of repl,ing to the Pr" position of Lord 'John Russell, it was resolved: l e d " That, as a body, we are not p repare d t o p e ourselves to the adoption of any p art i cu l ar t ax t° impused upon Ireland. for' " We are not unwilling to di scuss an y p eo posal this purpose, upon its own merits; in the House of 0 ,1 1 2 ; mons; but, without hearing the argument s w hich tnig, , be adduced upon the question, and ascertai n i ng the calZi bility of Ireland to bear increased taxation, we co . lo • not be in a position to answer for our conatituever r , o l and must, therefore, abstain from offering any oPi i. ° ; ',,) ‘ to the Government as to the course which it may ti".- proper to adopt. (Signed) Luis O'BRIEN, Chairman*" THE LONDON HOSPITAL.—The usual annual al p : ner of this long-established and valuable charity to°l. place last night a t t h e L on d on T avern, w h ere a bout on e hundred and fifty gentlemen assembled to do honour to the occasion. M r . W. C o l son was chairman, an ably advocated the claims of the hospital on public ben t. s; volence. It appear s fro m th e re p or t th a t during to_r , past year 4,185 patients, each for any average period u; one month, hive been admitted into the wards, and al! 364 applications have been refused for want. of Wu ; The value of the hospital in relieving persons who he!: met with serious accidents may be estimated f r om t; fact that the total number of in-p a ti ents during ti past year under that head is 2,442, the number out-patients under the s a m e h ea d b e i ng 6,574. amount of subscription s announce d b y th e treasu' i c a • t during the ev en i ng was 1,7201 . , of which sutra Hebrew table cont ri b u t e d 5001. Baron .L." - "; child, who was p resen t, expresse d hi s regret Antho ny - that go sum was so small. He stat e d that he h a d wr itten 2. • 0 letters soliciting contributions, but so great Was ' l B scarcity of money out of the banks he had failed to o f more. The dinner was in the usual excellent style re the London Tavern. The musical arrangements 0 0 under the direction of Mr. Francis. Mr. Higgs W toastmaster. COURT OF COMMON Courtm.--The court, whCli. was to have been held for the dispatch of business terday, was postponed in consequence of the P i o Mayor's absence from town. The next court dai Thursday, 3d May. C o pt The first exhibition for the year of the London Floricultural Society, was held on Wednev" at the Horns, Kennington. —OO On the 12th ' gel'• J. BIRTHS. t M _ inet., a _anchester, the wife of the R. Turner, of a daughter. of At Stonehouse, Ply mou th, on th e 14 t h i nst., th e wife Dr. W. W. Wildey, ILN.. H. M. S. Caledonia, of a sou. tir o, On the 17th inst., at Ladbroke•square, Notting- hill, Philip Firmin, of a son. MARRIED. On the 10th inst., at Malta, Charles Acton Broke , Captain Royal Engineers, youngest son of the late ,f:iv' Admiral Sir Philip B. V. Brok e , B ar t. K.C.8., of '"t• hall, near Ipswich, to Anna M ar i a , thi r d ' " daughter of VA Is J. Hamilton ' Esq ,of Sundrum, Ayr s hi re , Scotland. 1701 By special license, at Walcot Church, Bath, on the, inst., Captain Elford Adams, R o y a l I r i s h F us il eer s. eldes t . to of Lieutenant-General Sir G eorge P. Ad ams , K.O. fi" of Anna Maria, eldest daughter of Patrick Bannerman, D 44 Aberdeen. DIED. ,Lta On the 16th inst., a t T un b r id ge - we ll s , ag ed 66, A ...- i General Christopher Hodgson, Bombay Artillery. of t he On the 10th inst., M argare t H e l en , eldest daughter late Dr. Gilbert G erar d, o f Ki ng ' s llege, Old Aberdesl3lo On the 16th inst., the Rev. George Drake, aged 27, si_ t to rt, Louse of his father, the Rev. J. Drake, rector of Stou'' Wilts. London: Printed and Published by MURDO No. 112, Strand, Printet, at The Sun Office, __„ 1447; t 1 0 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in tito Cow 14,411easa, Friday s April 20, 1848.. ,