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P. 7.2 LEGAL TITLE ASSURANCE COMPAN Y. I ' (Provisionally Itegistered, January 17, P 349.) Capital, 2,000,00 C/., in 90,000 Shares, of 251. each. Preliminary Deposit, 2s. Gd. per Share Prorectuscs and full information may be obtained at the Tempo rary Ofll^es of the Company, 13e, Caunon-row, Westminster, on ap plication to G. F. HOWE, Hon. Sec., pro tern. THE FOLLOWING THREE NEW NOVEL S Are just Publishal by Mr. COLUMN', And may now be had at all the Libraries. I. _ _ ROCKINGHAM; or, The Younger Brother. " This work abolunda in interest. From interns.' evidence it must have Ix en written by a person constantly mingling is the highest English society,"—Quarterly Review. LADY ALICE ; or, The New Una. "Lady Alice will excite an intense interest. It is the most brit U ant debut since Vivian Grey."'—Court Journal. ITT. OWES TUDOR. An Historical Romance. By the Author of " Whitefriars," "Caesar LlOrgia," The best story the writer has yet given us."—Exatniner. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough. street, BOARDOF GREEN CLOTH. ST. JAMES'S P \ LACE, APRIL 20, 1849. Notice is hereby pivot, that the g Carriae.s p roc ce •ing to her NI iqes ty's Drawiii,roomeat THURSDAY, the 2frth o April, are to fall into it room line and cotne down the left-hand side of St. Jam, street, enter at the I d, an nearest the Palace, set down at the Arcade, turn round, and go out by th, Iron-gate nearest Marlborough House, to wait is St. Jatrws's-square. When called they are to ass from the titquaro through Charles-street, into Regent street and Jerrnyn street, come down St. James's-street as before, take up, and go away through Pall-a all. No Hackney Car cages will be admitted within the Gate'. For all Persons having the privilege of the Entree, Tickets will t'e delivered at the B and of Green Cloth, on TUESDAY nest, from Eleven till Three o'cl ck : their Carriages are t pass throu4ll Constitution Hill Gate into St. James's Park: those beloop,rilig to the Ambassadors and For ign Minis ters are to set down at the A t bassadors' Entrance in gtfarThorough-cpurt, at the east end of St. James's Palace, and wait there till calls*. Those belong:ng to the Cabinet Ministers and Great Offices of State are to set down in the Middle Court, and wait there. The Carriages of all other Persons having the Entree are likewise to set down in the Middle Court, and wait in Stable-yard, or St. James's-park, till called. 'I hey are then to take up in :ha 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 lien Hill Gate, and Stable Yard Gate also, where a comer of it will be torn air by the marshalmen in attendance ; and no person can be allowed the privilege of the entree by any other approach to the I:4ideg than as above directed. FORTESCUE, Lord Steward. ‘il ke II E it is rew ß ctf A ulh j 'a E nne S unc T ed tha'tSliadillr e. l J l E E_ N A Y L T IN R D h E ad . tended to take leave of the Subscribers a nd the Public in a Series of cents at her Majesty's Theatre ; but , it h avi ng be en ur g ed that it d not be equally. acceptable as a complete lyric performance, she onerously consented to suspend her intention of retiring from tags, and to appear hi a series of Performances , in lieu of such rts, commencing on THURSDAY, April ae (which will be en as a Subscription Night), on which occasion she will appear in the character of AMINA, In DeWitt's Opera, LA SONNAMBULA. hoe will also appear on SATURDAY, April 23, as LtiCIA, in Doni zstta`s Opera, Li;CIA DE LAMMEII3IOOR. Applications for Boxes, stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box office, Opera Colonnade. • HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, are rapce.taly informed that TO-MORROW EVENING Will be presented Relatifs Opera of NORMA. Polliont, Signor Gardoni; Orv'reoo, Signor Lab:ache ; Norma,Mdlle. Parodi ; Adalgisa, Madame Giuliani. To conclude with (the ieenery by Mr. Charles Marshall) an en tirely new grand Pallet, by M. Taglioni, entitled ELECTRA ; or, The Lost Plelade. Applicaticas for Boxes, Stills, mid Tickets to be made at the Box. effico, Ope: a Colonnade. Doors cc. r at Half-past Seven, Concert 14 commence at Might. JAMES'S TREAT RE - - Seastan 1849. rmExcn PLAYS and OPERA. COMIQTE. EVENING, S r. The Performauces will commence at half--past Seven o'clock with LE CODE DES FEMMES. TO conclude with. FBA DIAVOLO. Mr. Mitchell begs also to announce that, notwithstanding the in creased expenses of the present entertainment, the prices of admis sion are determined as tollows: Iloxes rer • • .. .• 6s. Od. Pit • • •• •• • • •• 3s. Od. Amphitheatre .. •• •• 2s. Od. Subscriptions for the season may be arranged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Sams', St. James's-street ; Mr. Andrews', New Bond-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from eleven till five. ATM , : t'; 0 YAL, 11A YMAIU M. B. Webster, Asle Lessee and Manager, Old Ilromptoi. twh , Will be performed THE BRIGAND. Characters by Messrs. H. ♦anderdietr, Rogers, Howe, We'lack; Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, and Miss P. Horton. After which a Classical. Extravaganza, entitled THE SPHINX. To be followed by THE nOUGJI DIAMOND. To conclude with the Farce et LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS. 'IHEAtI/IC IiOYAL. rder tsie ,fireet',on Ms.lsone Celeste, TIIIt EVENINO, Win he pe-fc.rineil THE HOP PICKERS. Principal characters by Messrs. Lambert, Boyce, Wright, Paul Bedford, llughes, Mun y-AH, 0. Smith, Cullenford, Worrell, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. F. Matthews, Miss Taylor, Miss E. Chaplin, &c. . , er which, WHO AT No. 9? Characters by Messrs. Wright and Worrell, and .Miss Chaplin. To cmclicle with a Farce, called GOING TO TILE DERBY THE DE:ZIiY DAY. Mr. jereinah Twiddle, Mr. Wright ; Mr. John Jaitte,4 Chucks, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Captain Nobble, Mr. Worrell ; Mrs. Chucks. Mrs. Matthews ; Mrs. Twiddle, Miss Weelgar. zuret LYCk.UII TIIEATILE. Under the Ilans.gemext of Madame Vestrl3. cto LesBte, Mr. Charle4 NI a* he 7,8. TIIIS EVENING Tri:l be performed a new Drama, called A ROMANTIC IDEA. After which, a new Piece entitled HOLD YOUR TONGUE. Cha rti.:`,.•rs by Messrs. C. Mathews, Selby, ar:4l Parselle ; Miss H. Gil be• Mimi Jane Coleman, awl Madame Vestrls. e emzeltikle with TIIM SEVEN CHAMPIONS OP CHRISTEN DOM. 0r.,41 Doses, ss. ; Upper - Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. No ~ ts:•-prim t) any part GI the house. Izox-oftce, O. 2, Wellin;:ter.street, is open to the ;;,7* cry .2.ny, from Ten till Six. I'RINCEsB'S THEAT..:K. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Ala/lager. THIS EVENINI;r, - 1 5c performed a new Opera, entitled THE HEART OF MID LoimAx. conclude with a new grand Extravaganza, entitled NOURED DIN- AND IIIE FAIR ISTLEY'S ROYAL AMPIILTHEATR.E. Proprietor; Mr. W. Batty. 1:11der t 1.1: P.,tronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. The new grand Easter Spectacle iinprecedentedly successful. THIS - EVENING, The performance will commence with a Grand Equestrian Spec tacle, by Fltzball, entitled THE WHITE MAIDEN OF CALIFOR NIA ; or, the Ilorse of the Ocean'. l•;, he hollowed by an inimitaLle display of SCENES IN TIIB CIRCLE, in which the erst Equestrian talent of the day will appear. To conclude with THE LONDON CARRIER. Boa-otrice open from Eleven till roar. , taae Manager, Mr. W. West. TO CORUESPON DENTS. No communication can be attended to unless authenti cated by the name and address of the writer. Itcjec►eel communications cannot be returned. THE WEATHEIt.--Eint OFFICE, APRIL 22. TEIRII3IO3IIITBR, Lowest, 35; Highest, 45; Neon, 43 BA.R9I.IETER, 29.98. WIWD S.W.—dull, mild wather, with slight rain in the morning ; Afternoon, dull. APRIL 23. Tits .21L3IE7ER Lowest, 45; Ifighezt, 47; Noon, 44 BAROMETER, 29.62. WIND W.N.W.—continuous rain. WNIZA Al LONDON hIiADI-ir: Trite DAY 'orning, 51 rill. after 1 F.veatng. 12 attn. after 2 T9-/fosaow—Morning, 34 min, after 2 I Evening, 54 main. atter 2 • , 1.1.2. - ' 45, 7 ,- >.. .- * -. 4 .3 1 • ...- te 54' ,All* . k,,, , .- • ; . • pl). 4 et i )R••‘U.,r7.4 fv . '' ' 4 '' , 7 i 4- ••,, , ' ••••• .....; t'''''' . 4.' , ` `'' ,( 4,, , etrutag aim; LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 23, 1849. Judgment has at length been given in the case of ➢lr. DYCE Sounue. The petition of that unfortu nate gentleman, which had- been argued at consider- Ode length during the months of February and March, was on Friday dismissed by the Lord Chan cellor, in an elaborate judgment, in which be entered very fully into the consideration of the law of lunacy as administered in the Court of Chancery. A st-•-nger illustration could not possibly hare 13;::..m afforded of the imperative necessity for a complete end thorough reformation of the law. Protection must be afforded to those whose relatives c• connexions may deem it expedient to assert that they are of unsound mind, and unfit to manage their u,rn affairs ; and it is now manifest that the Legis -lAture alone can provide an adequate remedy. According to the principles on Friday enunciated by Lord COTTEMIAM it is perfectly useless fur any persian 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 could entertain a reasona ble.doubt ; however acute his intellect, and satisfac tory his conduct, he must still be regarded as a lunatic, incapable of taking charge of his own affairs ; and not only remain deprived of all control ovr his fortune, but even the liberty of his person will no longer be sacred. " A lunatic once and a lunatid for ever" will henceforth be Lilo " Facilis dpseensus averiaised rerocara gradum, labor, hoe opus ext." it is, indeed, easy to incarcerate any [Amon in a Madhouzw, to drag hiin 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, in 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 cumstances 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 CuANcer.Lou 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 bad been argued, " Counsel for the petitioner were not in possession of most important and material evidence that Mr. DICE 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." Ills 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. DICE SOMBRE, but that it was got up altogether by Dr. Manors, in pursuance of the agreement of July, 1845, by which Mr. SOMBRE "agreed to pay 10,0001. to Dr. MAHON 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 suns 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 on 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 for 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. MAHON, a professional gentleman of con siderable experience and independent fortune. Ile 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 he himself completely emancipated from the control of the Court. Unless Mr. Swan - au 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 cf the undertaking and the advan tages he would receive from the services of Dr. ManoN, 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, t e character idnoetshinsotconaptrpaecatr, anything of so serious which it must be remembered was forwarded to the Lord Chancellor by Mr. DICE 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, however, recut& the subject on a future occasion. Upwards of six hundred pounds have, we observe, been already subscribed for EMILT SANDFORD, the mistress of the diabolical miscreant who on Saturday expiated his crimes on the scaffold. A smaller sum has been accumulated in the name of ELIZA CIIESTNEY—the sufferer from the wretched man's attempt at wholesale assassination. The contrast afforded by the amount of the two col lections tells, we fear, rather against the purity of this spontaneous outburst of benevolence. 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 murderer is a mot' unfortunate person, a person whose calamitous posi tion is deserving of every forbearance and alleviation. But w•e 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 AFFEE 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 lock 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 par 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 FRENCH REPUBLIC We have received the Paris papers of Saturday and Sunday. Our readers probably remember that some time since an accusation vs as 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 u 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 " virile," 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. GUIZOT—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. FOUL D attempt e d an explanation, but M. MARRAST 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. Gotiucu.aux, and had expressed his regret that it had not been adopted. AL 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 fur national bankruptcy, was made by one of the " respectable" orderlies who now figure away as chiefs of the reaction. M. LEDRU Rannisi de clared in the Assembly that when he was a member of the Provisional Government M. DELAMARRE, the banker, the proprietor of the Patric, 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 Berdelai.g, a Legitimatist journal : "Several journal, having 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 to his cousin Napoleon. The letter is authentic; we can dt clare this posiively to our n'aders. The nobfe and elevated sentiments which inspired it re quire no comment. Our readers will be as convinced as ourselves that the eltcted of the 10th of Dsaember merited the confidence which has been reposed in hica by the country. The following is a copy of this letter Elysee National, April 10, 1849. "My dear Cousin,—it is pretended that, in passing through Bordeaux, you held language of a nature to sow division among the best-inientioned 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 ut the yoke, 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 an im• putation from you may well astonish me. You know me sufficiently to be sure that I will never submit to any as cendancy 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 wbo, by their cap :city 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 me 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 have never swerved,remains the conscientious ex pression of my sentiments. The first duty was to tran quillize the country. Fur 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 partier, to unite, to reconcile them to the object of my efforts. Tills 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 bo 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 lions. 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 illoniteur du Noir and the Pattie, contain the follow ing paragraph as a communication from the Govern ment " Several journals having wished to make it be be 'loved that the letter written by the President of the Republic to Ms 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 Bordelaia 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 MALLEVILLE, 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 parh-pretre in that city. That paper was , i mmediatel y on i ts arrival, brought by M. DE FALLOUX to the Cabinet Council (the use partisan of the path pretre,,,who dues honour to his Jesuit education, probably knew well w hat he should find in the report), whereupon the members of the Cabinet became exceed ingly angry, and the PRESIDENT consented to sign a letter, addressed to his cousin, and which had been drawn up by M. DE FALLoux, on the un derstanding that it was to be considered as of a strictly private and confidential nature, and that it should not be made public. It was furnished to the Memorial Bordelaia, by the club of the Rue de Poictiere, Who furnished it to the club P The Presse says, that the straiL!htforw,ird character of Louis NAPOLEON relieves 'him of ell suspicion of having done so, hut 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• fisher 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 between 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 was, " 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 X 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 the 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 ' Vivent les Tuscans 1" Vivent les #onzains 1" A bas les Au trichniersr " 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 engineereetools, the field hospital, and a large store of projectiles. The ships have sent gangs cn 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 Bee and 22d light infantry, have at the same time received orders to hold themselves ready to embark on the first signal. A Lumber 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 DR 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. Same wish me 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 eshich all society rests—re ligion, family ties, and property. When a man can be judged by his acts, what need is there to inquire into his opinions? When facts Break, words ought to bo un necessary. But events and acts may be troubled; they have, perhaps, been misrepresented and travestied; in cons( quence, 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 will of the majority of citizens, regularly expressed in the electoral colleges. It 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 to 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 struggles to be restricted to the field of free discus sion. In a word, it appears to me to satisfy, not only ti:e 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 attac ked, I was was in the first rank to defend it. If , which m a y G od forbid! similar evils were again to act our country, I would do again ve hut I have already done ; my flag, for no one fights without some flag, would be that under which I combatted anarchy—that of the Republic, such as the National Assembly Las desired it, such as it has been made by the constitution. A year ago you com mitted to me your mandate as vpresentative. 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 tor the department of the Sarthe the candidateship which has been offered me, and I will not accept any other, for I am, above all, anxious to again receive the marks of confidence which you twice conferred on me. " General DE LAMORICIERE." It was observed that at the PRESIDENT'S ball given on Saturday night the number of Legitimatists present was not so great as on former occasions. The PRE SIDENT opened the ball with the Marchioness of LONDONDERRY. The Marquis and Marchioness of AYLESBURY, Lord and Lady HOLLAND, and several other English persons of rank were present. According to the Reforrne, the following order of the day was to have been, proposed by M. BRIVES to the National Assembly on Monday, if the close of the debate had not been pronounced :—" Confiding in the sentiments of honour and patriotism of the Ministry, the Constituent Assembly doubles the credit applied for, on the sole condition that the Government shall obtain for our holy army the right of every one of our glorious soldiers to kiss the POPE'S toe." The French Five per Cents, were done some wha ee, lower yesterday, in the Passage d e l'O p e ra . Af ter going down to 87f. 60 c., they closed a t 87f. 85 c . BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAI LWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, APRIL 21. A4%mi—enNs.ortBhyser;EofasFt Indian, n Y —Great Indian Ga —Orleans and Boulogne dian e n u a, and Bourdeaux, 3X—Rouen and Hav re , 11%. — s Or r a e ris t i n ands I 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 MARSAL. MADRID BOLSI, APRIL 17.—Five per Cents., 11 pa per; Three per Cents., 25 9 16, for account. Exchange on London, 50 money. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. FRAINKFORT. At the sitting of the German Parliament on the 19th the PRESIDENT read a note which had been com municated to him by M. CANIPHAUSEN, 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, hi 4 MAJESTY will wait till they have announced their determination on the subject. AUSTRIA. WELDaN has issued the following proclamation to the army of Hurgary : "I am ordered by his Majeaty 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 intelli gence, the moderation, and the resoluticn 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 ! Lo 1 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 I 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 success which our sublime leader wished it to have, for the extent of the country and the nume rous places which we had to hold weakened our forces, w bile the enemy could operate in all directions, and while eve rywhere false traitors were found, who favoured their bad cause. They did not scruple at any means, and by rapine and murder they pressed even the most peaceable into their abhorred service. " We, whose dealings are Equitable and just, are en gaged in an unequal warfare, but we are most sure to conquer, for we stake our lives and (what is more) cur honour. Onward, my brave comrades! let this be our motto!" The Cologne Gazette publishes the report of General DIMBINKI to KOSSUTH, dated Godollo, 7th April. After alluding to a certain battle at Erlau (of which no menticn whatever hai been made in the Austrian bulletins), General DEMBINSKI de-tribes the retreat of the Austrian army from Gyungyos to I'esth, 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 troops threw it upon the bulk of that army, and that 16 pieces of artillery, 2 standards, 21 waggons 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 post part Croats, were rented, and 26 cannons, 7 stAndards, 38 waggons or rrn munition, ane- 3 ; 200 prisoners were captured. Ge neral DEASEENSICI states the loss 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 DEmurNsxr's statement is simivly 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 equally 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 HussEiN 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 Patric of Saturday evening : " According to dispatches receiv,d to day, Austria is increasing her demands upon Piedmont, end the French and English Ministers have been obliged to send information to their Governments of new diffienities being rai, , e(t by General Rcdetzky." The Tuscan Monitore announces that a body of 2,000 men, under General KOLOWRAT, has entered the territory Pontremoli, in the name of the Duke of P ARM A. 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 Pontremulese 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 troop?. 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 com man di ng 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 Palau() 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 Government : one, addressed to the 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 illba 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 to 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 f4ll of Caknia. The Saggiatore of Turin, of the 17th, gives the following telegraphic dispatches, the hitter of which bears the date of the 9tb, published at Palermo, and signed GAETANO 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. coaled 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 town a general action has taken place, and our troops fought with advantage. From the telegraph of Cis troreale, this day, twelve o'clock (half-past seven, ♦.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 bail 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 tram 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 MIEROSLAWSICI 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, MIEROSLAWSZI 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 majority in favour of the Government proposition of a rate in aid has given great satisfac tion to the opponents of the income-tax. Ic is be lieved here that the measure has now a fair chance of passing through the House of Lords. The weather seems to have taken up. The wind has gone round to the west, and the air is now mild and genial. Cholera continues to subside in the south, the last reports being very favourable. GOOJERAT.—An admirable sketch 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. Mo_rsi r E 't CO i'v_ViVi_Elt S'IAI, IV CI 1' V, QUABTEte rf fI:EE. The sales o` CoVen of Liverpool on Saturday were estimated at from 4,000 to 5,000 bales, of which 1,000 were for export, 4,000 American and 150 Surat, the latter at 3P. to per lb. The market closed with more steadiness. Railway Shares continued wi!hout alterati n. The Corn trade is heavy in Mark-lane this morning. Foreign Whesa is called Is. lower. At Birmingham, a fiat Bets been opened against bankrupt named Ellis, whose liabilities are said to amount to 100,000/. 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 dissent parts. The Dutch advises of the 21st instant state that the Central German Government has called fur 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 Am.Arrdem we re 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. f The flamburgh mail brings late intelligence from Denmark, &e.; but as far as we learn, the private letters afford no inure sertain information than the papers. A few skirmishes had taken place, but with very little result. The Holstein tree ps 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 soicitous about Jutland, which, even if temporarily occu pied, would take care to do its duty, and to bear any necessary sacrifices fur 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 Dantzic English ships were taken up, on the 17th instant, at 55.1t0 sa. 4d. per quarter for Wheat. The rate of exchange at llamburgh, last Friday, was 13.81 on London, 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 Hareburgh were quoted 200. A must favourable report is forwarded to us upon the subject of the forthcoming Leipaic Fair. Many home and foreign buyers had already arrived on the 16+ inst., and there were expected to be large purchases fur 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. In 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 50,000/., the rest oeing 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 ditLrence 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 goomy state of the weather, apart from foreign news, is almost sufficient lo depress the Stock Market, but there is nothing to apprehend frem the expor tation of one or two millions in bullion, since we are receiving specie from various other quarters. Consols have ranged from 911 to 92i, for Transfer, and from 92 to 92-i for Account. The New Three-and-a Quarter per Cents. hare been 91k to 91i, and the Three per Cents. 90k to 1. Bank Stuck 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 en dit is one that the Minis ters in the event of a defeat will appeal to the country. Another version is that Lord Jain Russell desires to retire, and that Sir Robert Peel may head, by special requel4, 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 toi- for the Five per Cents., a rise of to 1 per et:q.t. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been marked 281 to 29, and Braz.lian 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. oa G r 'LS t..F ~ R.ITISII fUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. !Sauk Stock 3 ~ e r Cent. Reduced A^_ns ...... 901, 3/ 14 50 3 pe, Cant. Consols Annuities 9 2 1/i 91% 92 92 Sow 3!,4 per Cent. Anna.— . 9 l!/ 2 5 /8 91% Long Anna. to expire J an. 1860 -16 8% India Stc,ck I dia Bond-, 1,0001. Ditto undeel,ooB/... ...... 70 69 p 69 p Consuls for Account.... xchequer Bills. l %d. & 2d. 1,000/. June 500/. June ... 48 p 48 p Small. June PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS ONE CLOSIN O'CL , )OI. PRICES drazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 uer Cent — 39 Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent — 91 3 / Equador Bonds et axican , 5 per Cent. 1846 3 O l /4 30 % Ditto, Ex Coupons ...... 28e% 28 , 4 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 44% 66 66 Vortugueae 5 per Cents. Ditto, 4 per Cent 2 8 14 29 29 Ditto. Account 29 Spanish 5 per Cent. 184 U. Ditto, Account . l73s l 8 17% 17% Ditto, Passive Ditto, 3 per Cent .... 32.% 33 3 4% 33% PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING rAILWAY SHARES. AT 019. C. O'CLOCK. PRICEs. Aberdeen Do. Preference . . Berks & Hants Extens. (Ut.West. Per. 5 per ct.) 5 buckinglism: hire ... 161. 4s. Chester and Holyhead... 50 17 Dublin and Belfast June. 37%...... 7 7 1 4 7 1 4 East Anglia, 251., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 Do., 18/., E.. 8; 11.... 18 Do., 3/. 108. Eastern Counties........ 20 ...... 0% % • B% Do. New,Gua.6 per ct. 10 ...... Ditto, Extension, 5 per Cent., No. 1 6/.135. 4d.... Do. North. & Eastern 50 Ditto. 5 per Cent.... 50 Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 Do. s Scrip (6 percent.) 20 ...... 19% ...... .. ..... 19% Great Northern Do., ; , . 2 A Deferred Great North of England.loo •••••• Ditto, New, 30/ Great Western 100 Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 Do. New Guaranteed 6 per Cent... Leeds and Bradford 5O lOl .......» ... 101 London & Black wall . 12% 5% 5% London, Brighton, and South Coast 5O ..... 39 , 4 3 9 14 Do. Pref. 5 per cent.... 50 ..... Ditto, ditt0...... 1852 50 Ditto, New 5/., guar. 6 per cent. - London and N. Western 100 132 133 133 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire...100 Ditto, New 10/. Pref... 10 Midland ...... ........ —lOO ...... 75 .... ..... Do., do., iO/. Mares... 25 ... .. 15% 1% 1 5 14 Do. Birm., and Derbyloo Do. Consol. Bristol and Birming.,6 per ct.... 100 ...... 12 2 14 •.• North British -...... ... 25 ........ 14% 13% .•• Ditto, Halves .. Ditto, Quarters Ditto, Thirds .... .. .. 8 1 4 .. - 4 ...- North Staffordshire 17% 14% 14% Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ...... 50 Royston and Hitchin ... 3th - 3 36 Shrewsbury and Birm... 11 S mth D0v0n...... Solth Staffordshire 7% B% 3 34 z: oath Ea tern Do., No. 1... 2B ...... 16 Do.. Registered No. 4 10 Do., Scrip No 4 South Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole Sheffield, Rotherham, & Goole (N. Div.) Gua -97301 9 34 i v r e a a n r t e v e a d l 1 5 e y p e 6 r p ce e l ; t Cent. 12 Guaranteed ... .. ...... 50 „,... Do. do. do. .. 25 York, Newcastle, and Berwick..... - Do. Newcastle Exton. 20 Do. G.N.E.Preference 8 ..... 6 1 4 6% York and North Midland 50 ..... 40%......... Ditto, Preference lO - - 81 / 4 Do. East and Westßid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Northern of France l3 ...... 11% ll% Paris and Rouen 2U ...... 22% 22% Rouen and Havre MINES. British Iron United Mexican 28% — .... ..... ... 3'4 JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia Union of London; lO 1.... or.o. LI.C# O'S 1) LONDON, APRIL 23.—Wind day fit neen W.N. W. ; light breeze and dull hszy weather with rain. SHIELDS, APRIL 20.—Tho schooner on the Herd Sand proves to be tho Fidelity, of Sunderland ; she has been foxed into harbour. 130SCASTLE, APRIL 19.—The head board of a large ship, Java ruatked on it in large, gilt lotteni, has be, •n picked up hore to day, apparently nut long in the water. ST. MICHAEL'S MOUNT, APRIL 19.—1 t has been blowing a gale from N.N. W. all day, and now, nine 1..21., a hurricane from N.N.E. Sevi nil vessels have parted from their enchors, and are drifting out to sea. WHITSTABLE, APRIL 20.—Last night this place was visited by a gale with heavy rain and sleet. The Para packet sunk at her anchors; crew saver , . The Friends, of this place, drove on the beach and filled. The Sally, of Newcastle, has been assisted in here with considerable damn°. PETERHEAD, APRIL 19.—S1d. Caroline, of London, Quebec. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 21.—Wind S.E., 22, S.—Arr.l. Actin ,n, Benson, New Orleans ; Frederick Warren, Sampson, ditto; Forfarshire, Wakefield, ditto; Acme, Sommerail, Mobile. Sid. 20th, Agent, Coquimbo. 21st. Fairy, Singapore; Mahaica, Demerara; Caroline, Tri. nidad; Wanderer, St. Lucia; Dibdin, N« w Orleans; A:defend, New York; Rosetta, ditto; America, steamer, ditto; Miliacte, ditto; Sr. Patrick, ditto; Milo, Boston; Victoria, Sydney, C. B.; Aberdeen, Quebec; David, ditto; Prince of Wales, Montreal ; Sarah Hawes, New foundlarol; Alciope, Caps de Verd. 22d, Baron of Renfrew, Calcutta; Lahore, ditto; Golden Eagle, Sit rra Leone; D'Arcy, Porto Rico; James Pannell, New York; Adonis, Boston ; Plymouth Rock, ditto; Coronation, St. John's, New Brunswick. Off port, Albert Edward. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 21 AND 22. —Wind S.S.E.— Arrd. 21st, Fear Not,,Baacken, Cuba. 22d, Monkwear mouth, Stettin, for Limerick, with mainmast-head sprung, loss of foretop• mast, Sec , rigging and sails split in a heavy mow squall in the Dogger Bank, 17th inst. BELFAST, APRIL 21.—The Laurel, of Banff, from Runcorn to Pernau, went on shore at the entrance of Larne on the 18th instant, but is expected off. The smack Margaret, of this port, from Drogheda to Larne (in ballast), was stranded near Grey Point on the 19th just., and is expected to become a wreck; crew saved. GRIMSBY, APRIL 19.—A new boat marked " Paul Torre, of London, Captain James Spice," with two oars, a piece of salt beef, and about 21135. of butter, have been picked up between this port and Cleethorpe, and brought in here. DEAL, APRIL 21.—Wind N.W. to W.S.W. ; 22d, W.S. W.—Arrd. 21st, Henry, Ireland, for Bremen, having been prevented entering the Weser, on account of the blockade. 22d. Montrose, Ferguson, Ceylon. Arrd. from the River, 21st, Sultana, Mainland, Calcutta, and sld. 22d; Lady Napier, Storm, Quebec. Arrd. from the River and sld., 21st, Coquette, Barnes, Mauritius; Success, Boult, St. Helena; Ealing Grove, Falconer, Dominica; White Mouse, Ditcham, Lisbon, and since put back. 22d, Dalhou,ie, Butterworth, Calcutta ; Lady M'Donald, Gold, ditto; Essex, ditto; Paragon, Row, Halifax. A further portion of the cargo from the wreck of the Andorinha, has been picked up and brought here, consisting of 68 tusks and 10 casks of wine. NVAINFLEET, APRIL 21.—A Danish sloop came on shore near Grsinthorpe Havre, 17th instant, and is a totul wreck; part of stores saved ; no account of the crew. LONDONDERRY, APRIL 19.—Part of the bulwarks of a large vessel, marked " Adam Kerr," or" Adam Karr," have come on shore near Ennishoven Head. GREENOCK, APRIL 19.—The Henry Porcher, Greig, from Grangemouth to Quebec, has put back to this port. DUNGARTAN, APRIL 18.—The Anne and Mary, Evans, from Dublin for this port, put in here, 18th instant, during a heavy gale, parted her anchors, and went on shore on the rocks, but was assisted off, and brought up to the quay; damage not ascertained. PIDEFORD, APRIL 21.—Four Trawlers were wrecked on Covely Beach during the gale 18th instant. SCILLY, APRIL 9.—The Ellen, Costa, drove athwart the stern of the Esmeralda, Ashford, of this port, and carried away some of her bulwarks, &e. NEWHAVEN, APRIL 21.—The Helena Sophia Maria, from Gottenburg to Isigny, put in here last night with loss of foremast, bowsprit, figure and cathead, and bows stove, having been in contact off Beachy Head 19th inst. with a brig or schooner. CLYDE, APRIL 20.—S1d. Robina, Rio Janeiro; James Ewing, Jamaica; Wanna, Trinidad. BRISTOL, APRIL 21.—Wind W. by N.—Arrd. Pauline Houghton, Owen, Mauritius; Scythians, Champion, Rio Grande. Sld. 20th, Monmouth, Cuba. SWANSEA, APRIL 21.—Wind W.S.W.—SId. 20th, Undaunted, Boston, United States; Eldon, Quebec; 21st, Cynthia, Rio Janeiro. Arrd. Rebecca Jane, La Mesurier, Adelaide, South Australia. Sld. Hales, Cuba. The Lively, of Aberystwith, reported sunk off the Mumbles, has been got up after throwing some of her cargo (culrn) overboard, and is now in safety, but much damaged in the bottom. OFF BARDSEY.—Littlejohn, Havannah, short of water► and supplied by the Troubadour steamer. CARDIFF, APRIL 20.—SId. 20th, Eldon, Quebec; Un daunted, Boston, United States. PORTLAND ROADS, APRIL 19.—Arrd. Randolph, Dale, Cowes, for Port Philip. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY. CORN EXCHANGE.—(MONDAY.) By land carriage the arrival of English Wheat for our market last week was slightly on the increase, but the supply, coastwise, was again very limited. That of all other articles of home produce was small. Upwards of 5,000 quarters of Oats came to hand from Scotland. From Ireland only a few quarters of Malt reached us. The imports from abroad were tolerable good, viz 22,391 quarters of Wheat; 6,748 ditto of Barley; 17,960 ditto of Oats; 1,713 ditto of Beans; 1,069 ditto Of Peas; 4 ditto of Tares, 119 ditto of Linseed; 217 ditto of Rapeseed; 74 ditto of Mustard Seed; 77 ditto of sundry seeds, and 3,060 sacks of Flour—the latter chiefly from France. The Danish war is likely to interfere with the arrivals of grain from the Baltic during the next two or three weeks, but a change in the wind will, doubtless, bring into port a large number of grain vessels at this time on their passage from the Black and Medit erranean S e a.. Fresh up to this morning's market, the supply of Eng lish Wheat was somewhat on the increase, compared with that received for some time past; and the Essex and Kent stands were tolerably well filled with samples of both red and white. The general quality of the Wheats, both old and new, was much improved. The attendance of both town and country buyers being rather limited, the demand for all kinds of Wheat of home pro duce was in a very sluggish state, at prices barely equal to those paid on Monday last, and a total clearance of the supply was with difficulty effected. The quantity of foreign Wheat on offer was again extensive. As most of the leading millers well supplied themselves last - week, there was very little disposition shown to pure chase this article; hence, the trade ruled heavy at in most transactions a fall in the currencies of is per quarter. In floating cargoes exceedingly little business was transacted. Most qualities were uttering at is per quarter less money without finding buyers. The arrivals sir.ce the returns were made up on Saturday evening have not been large. We had:a very moderate supply of Barley on offer. Fine malting qualities sold freely at very full prices. Grinding and distilling sorts supported last week's quotations. There was a fair inquiry for most kinds of Malt, especially Chevalier samples, at fully last Monday's prices. The supply on oar was very moderate. The supply of Oats was not large, but fully equal to the wants of the buyers. Oa the whole, the Oat trade was steady, at about last week's currencies. Scarcely any Oats were on sale from Ireland. Beans were in moderate supply, and sluggish inquiry, at late rates. White Peas ruled steady. All other kinds were a slow sale. Indian Corn and Meal were held at very full prices. The top price of Flour was 44s per 2801bs. The demand was tar from active. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier...... 563 to 5911 Red. ...... • • 40s to 50s Oats— Yorkshire and Ditto,White, New 4.es 548 Lincolnsh., Feed. 165 20% Norfolk and Lin- Potato ...... .... 206 245 coin, Red... • • 393 478 Youghal and Cork, Ditto, White .... .. 428 50s Black . .... 145 111% Irish, Red ••..• • • • 405 438 Cork, White . —14 s Ditto,White...... 443 483 Scotch, Feed... • • 195 23 3 Rye—Old •••••• • • • • • . 255 •47s Beans—Tick ......... 255 3 4 s New. ••• • • • ...... 2:5s 27s Pigeons ...... .... 40s 44s Barley—Grinding . .... 23s 25s Peas—Grey.......... 31, 359 Malting .•• •• •••• 285 305 Maple .••—.• • . .. 33 5 340 Chevalier .... • 315 333 White. •••• •• • ... 24s 275 t.falt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers • • ....... 27 6 325 folk •••••• • • • . • . 57. 585 Fleur —Town-roade ... 42, 4 4 5 Brown ... —••• • • • 48s 503 Suffolk ••••• • • . . . 345 Mos Kingston and Ware 575 58s Stock ta & Norfolk 335 3 6 / SEED MARIEET. For all kinds of Seeds the demand continues in a very inactive state, and last week's prices are with difficult)? supported. Cakes are held firmly at full currencies. Turnip,White, per bush. Its to 12. Carravi ay •.•.—• . .. .. 29 s 303 Red awl Green.. • • lis 12s Coriander ............ 16s ISS Mustard, Brown . . . . . 8 8 s s i l 76 2 2 :: Linseed.lleinEpsaelteiLde , n p g : i r s.o 7 . ~a i n r . g. t quarter 34 3 68 2 s o s 40 3 02 4 : 0 White ••••• • • • • • Crushing .... „.. 36. 400 Tare o s, ld N . e . w .. • • .... •••• .... 6 4 : Canary, per quarter • . 100 s 12,8 Odessa .......... 36s 4:0 Rye gra55........... 20s 24s Linseed Cake, pr.l,ooo— lted Fill,. (cwt.) 30s 563 English ..... • 91 10s 101 CS White .......... 32s 43s Foreign...... 610 s 8100 Foreign Red.. •• .. 285 40s Rape Cakes, pr ton 4/ 55 41 :OS White.— 30s 40s Rapeseed, per last 301 Os 3210 0 Trefoil .......... .... 12s 18s SMITHFIELD. The total importa,ion ut foreign stock into London last week amounted to 1,093 head. At the correspond ing period in 1848 we received 1,256 head; hence the arrivals, since Monday last, have fallen short of those at the same time last year by 163 head. Owing to the Dani►h v% ar, no stock has reached us from any of the German ports. IMPOETg INTO LONDON IN TIIE PAST WEEK. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calvag. Pig& blotter( um ••• 177 ... 373 ••• ... 119 .•• 3 Harlingen ..... 125 ... 85 ... --- Amsterdam 13 13 •••• Ante erp .•• .. •.• 53 .•• Ostend.. . 10 .. 102 ... 20 ... Total 325 ... Corresponding week in 1848 532 660 ... 20 ... 185 .. 3 588 ... - ... 136 ... -- Difference... 207 less. 281ess. 20 more. 49 more. The number of foreign Beasts in to-day's market 1 09 limited, and of very middling quality. That of Sheep and Calves was slightly on the increase. Sales were with difficulty effected, at considerably reduced prices• A❑ immense supply of home-fed Beasts, even the time of year considered, was on offer this morning, it exceed ing 4,000 head, in admirable condiiion. Although th e attendance of buyers was tolerably good, the Beet trade , owing to the heavy supply—it amounting to more than 1,000 head over that exhibited at the corresponding period in 1848—and the unfavourable state of the weather for slaughtering, was excessively dull, at a do" cline in the quotations of 2d per Sibs. The extreme TAltte of the best Scots was 33 6d per 81bs. At the THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 23 1849. r.