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'l -1 11E LEGAL TITLE ASSURANCE COMPANY. (ProTisionally Registered, January 17, 1849.) Capital, 2,000,00 CL, in 80,000 Shares, of 251. each. Preliminary Deposit, 2s. 6d. per Share. Prospectuses and fall information may be obtained at the Tempo ary Offices of the Company, 13A, Cannon-row, Westminster, on ap plication to G. F. HOWE, Hon. Sec., pro tem. • Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. THE NEW NOVEL, ROCKIRGHAM; OR, THE YOUNGER BROTHER. " This tale hits the remarkable attraction of being as true to nature as truth itself, and as strange and exciting as the wildest fiction. We pay the highest compliment we can well put into words when we say that the earlier portions of the work strongly r e mind us of Tre maine' and ' De were."'--Court Journal. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. E R MAJ E STY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, are respectfully informed that this Theatre Will OPEN THIS EVENING, March 15, being the First Night of the Subscription, when will be presented (for-the first time these five years) Rossini's Opera, LA CENERENTOLA. The principal parts by Alboni (her first appearance at this theatre), Ildlle. Pollen's, and Mme. Grimaldi; Signori Gardoni, F. Lablache, and Eeletti. To conclude with, first time at this Theatre (the Scenery by Mr. Charles Marshall) the celebrated Ballet, entitled LE DIABLE A QUATRE. In which will appear Mdlle. Carlotta Grist, I Mdlle Marie Taglioni, and Mme. Petit Stephan, Mdlle. Carolina Rosati, M. Paul Taglioni, 3f. Charles, M. Louis D'Or; Mdlles. Thevenot, Julien, Lamoureux, and Aussandon. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box office, Opera Colonnade ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Season 1849. FRENCH PLAYS and OPERA COMIQUE. TO-MORROW EVENING The Performances will commence at Eight o'clock precisely, with RICHARD CCEUR DE LION. To conclude with Auber's admired Opera, CONCERT A LA COUR. Mr. Mitchell begs alsOtoannounce that, notwithstanding the in creased expenses of the present entertainment, the prices of admis- Sion are determined as follows: Boxes .. • • 55. 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. EATRE ROYAL, lIAYNIARKE.E. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENING, -Will be peformed OTHELLO. Othello, — Mr. Charles Kean ;lago, Mr. J. Wailack ; Desdemona, Mrs. Charles Kean ; Emilia, Miss Laura Addison.- To oonclude with SEPARATE MAINTENANCE. The prin cipal characters by Mr. and Mrs. Keeley and Mrs. Ilumby. THEATRIL ROYAL, ADELPIII. I:r.der the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENTN(,, Will be performed THE HOP PICKERS. Principal characters by Messrs. Lambert, Boyce, Wright, Paul Bedford, Hughes, Mun yard, 0. Smith, Cullenford, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. F. Matthews, Miss Taylor, Miss E. Chaplin, &c. To conclude with COCKNEYS IN CALIFORNIA. The principal characters by Mr. Manyard, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mrs. Chiftlnh, Mrs. . MatthewS, and Miss Turner. noYAL LYCEUM THEATKE. Vr:oder the Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Ma'he s. THIS EVENING Will be performed SHAVE YOU DIRECTLY. After which, a new Drama, called A ROMANTIC IDEA. Te conclude with a Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE KING OF tILE PEACOCKS. Characters by Messrs. Harley, John Reeve, Selby, H. Rah, Marshall, and H. Marshall; Miss Kathleen Fitzwil 'ism, Miss L. Howard, Mrs. Macnamara, Miss Marshall, Miss L. Marshall, Miss Coleman, and Madame Vestris. Dress isoxc4, bs.; Upper Boxes, 48. ; Fit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. NO tail-price to any part of the house. Ttu, New lies-ollice, No. 9 , Wellin;fo- , street, Is open to the public every day, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S MEAT t:E. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and .\lanager. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Opera, entitled FRANCESCA DORIA. After which, M. BLAKE will execute most extraordinary feats of Dexterity awl Elegance on Le Globe Roulant. To conclude with a new grand Pantomime, entitled BLUFF KING HAL; or, Harlequin ana Itl (Charmed Arrow. Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Clown, Mr. Flexmore ; Sprite, Mr. De llarr ; Columbine, Miss Fawcett. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. • Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. Mr. Batty respectfully announces that he has entered Into an en gagement with the celebrated American Equestrian Young Hernan dez, who has just arrived in this country, and whose talent has gained for him the title of the first rider in the world. lie will make his ninth appearance THIS EVENING. The curtain will rise at a Quarter to Seven o'clock precisely to the magnificent Spectacle, by Fitzbail, entitled CORA SCO ; or, the Warrior's Steed. After which the double Tight-ropes. To be followed by an Inimitable display of SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, supported by the first Equestrian talent •f the day. To conclude with the farce of THE DUMB DRIVER.; noa-office open from Eleven till Five. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. TUE WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, MARCH 15. THERMODIETRR, Lowest, 46; Highest, 48; Noon, 56. BAROMETER, 30.36. WIND %V.—fine. 111 OD WATER. AT LONDON 13 Rl.l S4E. THIS DAT —Morning, 38 min. after 5 I Evening, 67 min. after 5 To-lloaftew—.....ri,m4:, 15 min. after 6 I Eventii ,36 min. after 6 87' 4 - • /14tNolk A t h „ - • - • -1" • - . V _ • 4,, 0 7. 1.11 it LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1849. Turkey has now, more than ever, reason to prepare herself against the aggressions of Russia and Hungary to struggle against the armed domination of the Austrians. For if the correspondence, dated on the 25th ultimo, from Constantinople, and pub lished in the National of yesterday, can be credited, the combined troops of the Austrians and the Rus sians have overwhelmed the forces of the gallant Thum, in Transylvania. According to this melan choly statement, the unfortunate Hungarians have been beaten in a pitched battle by the united efforts of their two colossal antagonists—the soldiers of the AUTOCRAT claiming for themselves the credit of the victory, and (as a rather significant token of the incompleteness of their success 1) calling vociferously for reinforcements. Should this intelligence prove, unhappily, to be authentic, the tribe of the Magyars, and the Sclavic races generally, will have grievous cause to tremble for the ultimate triumph of their nationality. They will find themselves pressed upon in contrary directions by two gigantic oppressors— to contend against either of whom single-handed would be a tremendous undertaking, but to oppose whose coalesced armies appears to be, on the part of the heroic Hungarians, an act of sublime desperation. Assuming that the accounts furnished by the National are strictly accurale, the sinister designs of the CZAR and of the Karssa--of NrcnoLAs towards the Ottoman empire through Bucharest and of FRANCIS JOSEPH towards the whole of his in surgent dominions arough Peoth—have acquired a force which threatens to be peculiarly formidable, if not altogether irresistible. 'Whatever advantages' they have gained over the Lieutenants of KOSSUTH, rely upon it will not be frittered away in marching and counter-marching between the villages of Tran sylvania. So soon as the dragoons of the two EMPERORS shall hare trodden the flames of Hungarian confi dence into the smouldering embers of hope —so soon as the allied despots shall have broken the neck of what seriously appears to be a grand Pansclavic revolution—their forces will march severally—the one across the Carpathians into Lombardy, the other across the Danube into Roumelia. A little while and the real intentions of the Au. TOCRAT will be manifest. Pray GOD, England be not unprepared for that disclosure of his avaricious and spoliative policy ! When the frosen marshes shall have thawed, and when the thaw shall have been followed by the droughts of summer—the Muscovite battalions will be enabled to proceed boldly from Bessarabia to Moldavia, from Moldavia to Wallachia, from 'Wallachia to Bulgaria, and onward , through the Turkish province of Roumelia to the very gates of Constantinople. These conjectures can no longer be regarded as extravagant, now that the PORTE and the CZAR are sepaiately preparing themselves for an encounter. Along the shores of the Bosphorus the activity of the Divan is already manifesting itself in extraordinary efforts of preparation. Throughout the country the Turks are voluntarily arming themselves, encouraged by the alacrity of the Byzantine Government. Fresh troops are every day being marched northwards to strengthen the bands already under the command of FUAD EFFZISDI. ABBAS PACHA. has already given a signal testimony of his allegiance to the young CAurn-SuurAx, by promising to for ward supplies of money from the treasuries of Cairo and Alexandria. And, meanwhile, the Russian ernisssaries are by no means disposed to slumber. In every quarter where intrigue may prove serviceable c —there, be certai n, all their s p ies and diplomatic agents are on the alert. Wherever, again, it b ecomes advisable to concentrate additional forces—there th e subordinates of DUHAMEL are accumulating rein forcements. Aides-de-camp from that General have gouee t tithin the last few weeks, between Buchare s t and:lSeyvi a , b e t ween S erv ia and Bulgaria. Both Turkey and Russia evince a readiness to fight for this - difence of their opinions—Russia for abso lutism, Turkey for liberality, Russia for conquest, Turkey for independence, Russia for the gratification of the ambition of her EMPEROR, Turkey for the de fence of Moldo-Wallachia, for the- preservation of Constantinople, and for the salvation of the whole of the European dominions of the Ottoman SOVEREIGN. On the side of the Porte is justice, on that of the AUTOCRAT power. Again the struggle will be, on a gigantic scale, the old struggle between MIGHT and RIGHT. If we only look to the internal capacities of the opposing states for the solution of the problem as to which must prove in the end victorious, we shall have terrible cause to despair for the fortunes of the SULTAN. Taking the relative population of the two countries as a test of their capability to strive against each other, the contrast afforded between the vigour of Russia and the weakness of Turkey is absolutely terrific. In our exposure of the proceedings of the AUTOCRAT on Monday evening, we stated, on the authority of an eminent contributor to the Encyclopmdia Bri tannica (Art. "Turkey," Ed. 1842) that the number of Turks or Tartars in Europe amounts, at a rough calculation, to 1,500,000 souls. That estimate is, nevertheless, manifestly a misprint on the part of the Encyclopcedia Britannica—a misprint of 1 for 3—the real number of Turks or Tartars in Europe being 3,500,000. Between this 3,500,000 and the 59,000,000 inhabiting Russia, the difference is clearly enormous. But supposing even that the heterogeneous states obedient to the Ottoman ruler were simultaneously to place their population at his disposal—supposing that to the 3,500,000 Tartars we add the 2,600,000 Greeks or Hellenists, the 400,000 Moldo-Wallachians (almost impracticable), the 750,000 Arnaut-Albanians, the 45,000 Servians (more than doubtful), the 250,000 Bosnians the 800,000 Dalmatians, the 80,000 Rascians, the 30,000 Croats (very questionable), the 30,000 Jews, and the 500,000 Bulgarians—making in all a grand total of 9,660,006 souls under the dominion of the SULTAN as ruler of Turkey in Europe—still, at this rather sanguine calculation, the inadequacy of scarcely 10,000,000 of people to oppose the 60,000,000 subservient to the A UTOCEAT, is terribly apparent. Of herself, even though backed by Egyptian gold, strong in the enthusiasm of her inhabitants, and aided by the sympathies of the nations of Western Europe, Turkey cannot hope to contend successfully against that stupendous empire whose vastness in strength as well as in dimensions is calculated to inspire awe even in the most powerful nations on the surface of the globe. England must go to the aid of that brave empire which is the first and the most important bulwark against Russian domination. We have already shown that the pre servation of Constantinople from the cupidity of the AUTOCRAT—that the general defence, in short, of the Ottoman monarchy from the despot threatening the integrity of its dominions through the advanced provinces of Moldavia and Wallachia, is directly to the interest, not only to Western Europe, but in a peculiar degree to England, both in her mercantile and her maritime capacities. Every hour the necessity for a bold interposition on our part between the Sublime Porte and the AUTOCRAT increases. Should the dofeat of BEM and the Hungarians prove correct, for example, Transylvania will cease to be an object of anxiety to the tyrant of St. Petersburgh, and his forces will very speedily be marched in the direction of Constantinople. Before it becomes too late, therefore, the vessels of England should sail boldly through the narrow channel of the Dardanelles. The desire for emigration which had long prevailed in all parts of the United Kingdom, more especially in Ireland, has latterly increased to an extraordinary degree. Philanthropists look to an extensive and well-devised system of emigration as one of the chief remedial measures by which the nation may be extricated from its present depressed condition, and elevated in the social scale, while the people them selves recognise therein the only mode by which a reasonable expectation is afforded of permanent relief from their sufferings, and the attainment of ultimate prosperity, and the enjoyment of the fair rewards of industry and good conduct. It is not the humbler classes alone that cherish such hopes. Thousands of intelligent and well-educated men, who could formerly have calculated on obtaining a com fortable provision in their native land ; skilful arti zans, clever mechanics, and workmen of every class, find themselves deprived of employment, and, with their families, enduring privations of the most painful cha racter. The demand for land in Ireland, once so uni versal, amounting almost to a passion, has practically subsided. Farms are every day thrown on the hands of the landlords, and eligible tenants cannot be obtained. Those who would formerly have eagerly invested their capital therein now look beyond the Atlantic for their future home. It is a land of promise, teeming with plenty, where full occupation may be obtained, and their chief capital —labour--may be turned to the best account. The success that has attended the exertions of the earlier emigrants, the flattering accounts of their present position and prospects trans mitted to their relatives and friends in the mother country, accompanied by the most substantial proofs of the accuracy of their statements, in the shape of handsome remittances, have stimulated and excited the latent disposition for emigration to the greatest extent. Those who behold their scanty resources decreasing day by day, who fear that they may soon be unable to afford their families the ordinary com forts of existence, desire to participate in these bless sings, and to share in the prosperity that is attainable in a new country, where there is room enough for all, and where labour, instead of being a drug in the market, undervalued and hardly remune rative, is the great desideratum—a sufficiency of which is most anxiously desired. In such a land, men with small capitals barely sufficient to stock a moderate-sized farm at home, may become landed proprietors, and hope to acquire and bequeath con siderable estates to their families, while those who have only their labour to depend on may anticipate the period when they, too, may cultivate their own lands, and become employers of other men's labour in due course. With such a spirit abroad, it becomes not merely a matter of expediency, but almost an impe rative necessity, that proper means should be adopted to direct the intending emigrants to the quarters where their exertions may be rendered most available ; to instruct them in the best mode of husbanding their resources, and applying them in the most beneficial manner. Hitherto the emigration has been of a de sultory and unconnected character. Although no less than 162,366 English, Scotch, and Irish emi grants arrived in the United States of America during the first ten months of the past year, there was no organized or systematic plan, no predeter mined line of action to be adopted on their arrival. The great majority trusted to chance, and chance only, for their future proceedings. The evil conse quences c w e e s r o e f u s e u v c e h r m short-sightedere painfully conspicuous. Theycon knew nothing either of the direction in which they should proceed, or the manner of proceeding, or, in fact, of what they were to do. Their small stocks of money were rapidly diminishing, while they were losing valuable time in thinking of matters that should have been maturely considered before they left their native shores, so that at last, when a favourable opportunity for investment offered itself, they no longer possessed the means of availing themselves thereof. What would have en sured their future comfort had been wasted and dis sipated, while they were looking about them in stupid astonishment, and their prospects, if not irretrievably blasted, were at least retarded by many years. in place of their entering immediately into the posses sion of their own lands, they were compelled to be come labourers, and to expend their strength for the benefit of others. Under such circumstances, they could only deplore their own want of foresight and caution, and blame the criminal negligence of those in the mother country who should have fostered and aided their enterprise, and taught them the valuable lessons of experience. It could scarcely be won dered at if a spirit of animosity arose, and that, in place of cherishing fond recollections of those they had left behind them, and entertaining the most amicable sentiments towards them, they should be influenced by feelings of a very different and less amiable character. It is, therefore, a matter of sound policy, as well as of genuine philanthropy, to render every reasonable assistance to such parties, to merit and obtain the friendship and regard of those THE SUN, LONDON. who may be faithful allies and profitable customers, in place of their enmity and dislike. Isolated exertions, however energetic and zealous, generally prove unavailing, or if they should ulti mately succeed, it is after very serious losses and a great waste of valuable opportunities that might have led on to fortune. The fable of " The Bundle of Sticks" conveyed a sound moral lesson that cannot be too forcibly impressed on the minds of intending emigrants. They more especially will find that " union is strength ;" that their labour to be profitable must be duly organized and well appor tioned—that they must have a proper division of the different trades and handicrafts, so that the wants of the new community may be fully provided for, and that there may be no excess of any particular species of labour, which may thus remain comparatively useless and unproductive, and perhaps lead to that unhealthy competition, the effects of which have proved so injurious in this country. We rejoice to find that a society has been formed, even at the eleventh hour, from whose judicious arrangements the desideratum will be supplied, and the intending emigrant will receive that advice and instruction that was so greatly required. In our first column will be found the prospectus of the " United States and Canadian Emigration Society," which briefly but forcibly details the difficulties and impediments that have heretofore ob• structed the efforts of the emigrants, and the advantages to be derived from the co-operation of a society consisting of gentlemen of great experience) sound practical knowledge, and unquestionable cha racter. The information obtained from such a source may be implicitly relied on—a guarantee will be afforded that never before existed. The expenses not merely of the voyage, but of their sojourn and progress up the country, may be calculated with the utmost nicety, so that the parties may know almost to a fraction the amount that will remain at their disposal when their industry will become fully available, and the extent of land that they may hope to procure therewith, and bring into proper cultivation. As stated in the prospectus (which is indeed well worthy a calm and attentive perusal), the society has been formed " for the purpose of affording increased facilities to those intending to emigrate, towards gaining for them a location there with the aid of the smallest expenditure in acquiring it." In order to do so the society has already formed an extended connexion in the United States and in Canada; and it has "at its disposal lands more or less extensive in every state of the Union, and respecting which every authentic information has been obtained and can be furnished to the emigrant before hand." Everything relating to the quality of the land, its contiguity to the markets, the cost of labour, the value of produce, the facilities of transport, the climate and healthiness of the district, may be fully investigated before embarkation, and, above all, the security of the titles may be guaranteed. There can be no danger of the parties being stripped of their property by the knavery or chi canery of others. These are advantages not to be underrated or despised. The society undertakes "not to speculate in lands by purchase or resale on their own account." Their clients will derive all the benefits of their experience. They agree beforehand "to sell at cost price, adding merely thereto a commission, graduated propor tionally to the number of acres in each farm or location, founded on the cost and expenses attending his transport to the spot." The chief profit, after payment of the expenses in the manner stated, will be derived from reserved lots not exceeding one-fourth of the entire quantity in any one block, which will be disposed of afterwards at their real market value without reference to the cost price. The association will also undertake to supply labour where it may be required. Under such circumstances it would, indeed, be strange if their agency was not extensively sought for, and if all about to seek their fortunes in the New World did not avail themselves of benefits such as never before were offered by any association or body whatever. THE FRENCH REP ÜBL IC . We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The correspondent of the National at Constanti nople has written a letter, dated 25th ult., which appears in the National of yesterday, in which it is said that General BEM has been defeated in Transyl vania by the combined forces of the Austrians and the Russians, that the Russians claim the whole honour of the victory, boasting that but for their assistance the Austrians would have been defeated, and that they have sent to Russia for reinforcements. War between Russia and Turkey appears to be inevitable, and the presence of a few English and French ships in the Dardanelles could not but produce a great effect, says the correspondent of the National, in giving confidence to the Porte. In the same journal we find the following confir mation of the rumour of the recommencement of hos tilities between the Piedmontese and the Austrians. The National says,— " We learn from a source which inspires us with full confidence that hostilities were to have recommenced this day (the 13th) between Charles Albert and the Aus trian army." We find the following announcement in the same journal : " We are assured that the British Government has formally declared that it would not intervene in any manner in favour of the Pope. This determination is grounded on two motives-Ist, That the Pope has not asked the intervention of England; 2dly, That the latter, only knowing the Pope as a temporal Sovereign, cannot depart from its rule of conduct, which is, that of non intervention between people and their Sovereigns." The Patrie says,— " We learn that King Charles Albert has sent to Rome a Plenipotentiary to negotiate with the Iloman Republic. It is M. Laurent Valerio editor of the Concordia, one of the journals which have most contributed to therevo lutionary movement, who i charged with that mission." The Committee of Finance and Marine having demanded a diminution of 40,000,000 E. in the budget of Marine, the Minister of the latter department has been obliged to make the following reductions : Captains of ships of the line, from 110 to 100 ; Cap tains of frigates, from 230 to 210; Lieutenants, from 650 to 600. The marine artillery, already reduced by 947 privates, is to be further reduced by 500 artillery men ; the marines, from 15,900 to 11,000 ; and the seamen, from 29,300 to 26,000. LUCIEN MURAT has been elected Colonel of the 4th Legion of the National Guards of the Banlieue. His competitor was General ASTORGA, Legitimist. General CIIANGARNIER has issued an order, prohi biting artillerymen on guard from talking with the members of the National Guard Artillery. The trials at Bourges still continue. At the com mencement of the proceedings on Tuesday RASPAIL handed in a written protest against the discrepancies of the report published by the Moniteur , of the sitting of the National Assembly on the 15th of May, and the insertion of expressions about the pillage of Paris, which it was proved by several witnesses had not been uttered. He demanded that the author of the calumny should be punished. The Court retired to deliberate on the incidents, and in a few minutes gave its decision—that as the words said to have been uttered had not been attri buted to RASPAIL or any of the prisoners, it was irrelevant to the affair. The conclusions of RASPAIL , were therefore rejected. The Court then proceeded with the examination of the witnesses for the prosecution. The Committee of Provincial Journalists, esta blished at Angouleme, have announced their inten tion of supporting pure Bonapartist candidates at the approaching election. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse yesterday at 541. 85c.; the Five per Cents. at 861. 35c.; the New Loan at 85f. 95c.; Orleans Railroad Shares, at 867 f. 50c.; Rouen, 540 f.; Havre, 312 f. 50c.; Great Northern, 466 f. 25c.; Avignon, 237 f. 50c.; Vierzon, 370 f.; Basle, 112 f. 50c.; Bordeaux, 4171. 50c.; Paris and Strasburg, 373 f. 75c.; Tours and Nantes, 336 f. 25c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, MAR= 14. Boulogne and Amiens, 9%—Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 12%—Namur and Liege, B%—Northern of France, 11 1 / 4 —Orleans and Bordeaux, 3%—Paris and Rouen, 21 1 4 Paris and Strasbourg, 4%—Rouen and Havre, 12 1 / 4 Sambre and Meuse, 4%—Tours and Nantes, 2141 Mr. W. Downing, of the Hon. East India Com pany's Botanical Office, has had the h onour of present ing to her Majesty one ram and three ewes of th e pur e Thibetian breed, brought over by the Dalhousie f rom Calcutta, being the gift of the Hon. East India Com pany. EARLY CLOSING MOVEMENT.—The booksellers and stationers of Edinburgh, following the example of va rious other trades, are at present making efforts to get their places of business closed every evening at seven o'clock, instead of eight or nine, which are now the usual hours. There is, perhaps, no kind of business in which late hours are less necessary than in book-elling, and we have no doubt that tbo present movement will prove as successful as it deserves. The booksellers were among the first, if they are not still the only, trade, that adopted the system of early closing on Saturday afternoons, and we are only surprised That they have not before this time extended the principle to the other days. of the week.—Scotsman. -- • THURSDAY EVENINtr;I-, GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA. The Ministerial journals of Vienna all attack WINDISCHGRATZ most fiercely for the ill- BUCCESS of his Hungarian campaign. Several of the Members of the late Diet have been arrested. PRUSSIA The National of Berlin of the 7th gives the follow ing description of the state of Germany under the rule of the reactionaries : " The situation of our country is such that every Ger man heart must be filled with anxiety. The hereditary enemies of our freedom and unity, the dynastic policy of princes becomes day by day more powerful in its inroads upon the administration of our German affairs. In lieu of the splendid prospect offered to us of reunion, an era of restoration stands before us. Think upon the years of slavery, degradation, and oppression that we have un dergone from 1815 to 1848! If you would not see those years revive, arm yourselves and defend your rights. This is no time fur sleeping." In the sitting of the Chamber on the 12th, WAL DECK proposed a motion, calling on the Dove rnment to terminate at once the state of siege. The debate was adjourned. FRANKFORT. During the sitting of the 10th, the German Parlia ment finished the second reading of the fundamental laws. The Parliament rejected by 300 votes to 131 the direct election of Members, with the absence of all electoral division. It also rejected the proposition that in no case the constitution of a country can be arbitrarily modified. The additional article, to the effect that the Government of a single German state should have but one veto to the resolutions of the National Representation, was thrown out. BAVARIA. MUNICH, MARCH B.—At the sitting of the Second Chamber to-day, M. DE BEISLER announced that the KING had adjourned the Chambers to the 10th of April. M. FOSTER, Director of the Regency at Augsburg, has accepted the Portfolio of the Interior. M. HEINTZ and Count BRAY have been dismissed as Ministers of State. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. Denmark has given official notice of the recom mencement of the blockade of the north and west coasts of Schleswig-Holstein on the 27th inst. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. We read in a letter from Constantinople that— . . . " In spite of theQegOrlc;lanswer of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, refusing to enter into any separate treaty with Russia, M. de Titoff will not consider him self beaten, but has addressed a fresh note to the Porte, in refutation of the arguments of the Minister , and to bring it back to the same ground. This persistence of Russia may prove two things—either that she wishes to keep the question open, and reserve to herself a cause the more for a rupture wiih the Porte; or that, in the event of a conflict in Europe, she may bind the Porte in close ties with her, and thus reserve to herself the free disposal of all her forcer. In all cases, this persistence of Russia to renew with the Porte a particular treaty, which would amount to a negation of the Conven tion of the Straits of the 13th July, 1841, merits the attention of Europe. Causes for a rupture between Russia and the Porte are accumulating daily. Thus the Porte, making every effort to maintain tranquillity in the Danubian principalities, demanded the withdrawal of the Russian troops. Not only, however, has no notice been taken of this demand at St. Petersburgh, but the corps of General Lucien has been reinforced. Russia, without consulting the Porte, has given arms to its own subjects, by sending 10,000 muskets to the Servians. The Russians, notwithstanding the reserves of Fuad Effendi, supported by the Porte, have violated the neu trality of Turkey, by marching from Wallachia 10,000 men on to the Austrian territory. The Porte has made a seizure in Bulgaria of some pamphlets in the Slavonian languages, disseminated by Russian agents, exciting the Bulgarians to revolt. It is also said that there has been a duel at Bucharest, between a Turkish and a Russian officer, in which the latter was killed; and that Earner Pacha had rejected a demand of extradition made in menacing terms by General Du hamel, the Russian commissioner in those principalities. Finally, the last accounts from Bucharest state that Fuad Effendi had protested against this truly unquali fiable pretension of Russia. In order to render relations with the principalities more easy, Russia had abolished the quarantine between her and Moldavia, but on condi twi9anh tshtt: t ll g h r e e a principalities s h the a l I q m u ai ar n a t n a t i i n n e o n w t h h e T D u a r n k ub ey e ;, and that a Russian officer shall be placed as a superin tendent . in each of th e san i tar y offices of Moldavia and Wallachia in the Danube. Amidst all these conflicts, the conduct of the rep resentat i ves o f F rance an d Eng land, both here and at B uc h arest , h as b een exce l lent, and has given the Porte great confidence." ITALY. It was announced officially to the Chamber of De puties at Turin, on the 7th instant, that ill health alone had been the cause of the resignation of Gen. Colli. In the same sitting the Minister Rattazzi delivered a discourse to the Assembly, in which he demanded, on behalf of the Government, extraordinary powers to meet the present exigency of public affairs. He began by stating that the sacrifices already made by the Chamber and the country satisfied the Govern ment that it could rely upon their utmost exertions in the approaching struggle for Italian independence, and that the KING'S Ministers would be doubly culpa ble if they did not call for special powers to meet the gravity of their position. It was, he said, their pro found conviction that they would not be able to triumph over foreign foes unless they were first em powered to put down internal factions, which would not fail to profit by the defenceless state in which the country would be left by the necessity for sending all the disposable force to meet the foreign foe. It was under this impression that the Government submitted the following project of law for the approbation of the Chamber : _ Arts. 1 and 2 demand the power, during a period to be determined, to make domiciliary visits, and to arrest and imprison persons, although not accused of flagrant crimes, if they should think proper for the safety of the state; the person so arrested to be brought within 24 hours before the competent tribunals to be judged ac cording to the ordinary rules of law. They also de mand power to banish suspected individuals from the kingdom, even although able to prove that they have an assured means of existence ; also to send all beggars and vagabonds to their native places, putting them under sur veillance or sending them to the depots. " Art. 3. Empowers the Government to prevent or dissolve all me etings, assemblies, or associations. under whatever denomination, which they may think dange rous to the safety of the State, even although held in open or public places. " Art. 4. During the said period all publications, of whatever character, treating upon the army or the pro gress of the war, unless of an authentic nature, ac knowledged by the Government, and which shall have been inserted in the official journal, are strictly prohi bited. " Art. 5. Prohibits all papers containing news to be hawked about, and all attempts to post bills or procla mations, whether printed or written, unless the same shall be done by authority. " Art. 6. Forbids any person from spreading intelli gence respecting the fumy or military affairs, or affairs of state, whether by writing or speaking in public. " Art 7. Punishes the contravention of Articles 1 and 2, with imprisonment of from 15 days to six months, and a fine of from 15 to 500 livres. Those who contravene Articles 4 and 6 shall be punished with from one month to two years' imprisonment, and a fine of from 100 to 2,000 livres, besides the sequestration of all such printed or written papers. " Other articles inflict penalties of varying character for the infraction of the other articles." The Chamber by a majority of 113 votes against 10 adopted the project of law thus submitted to them, and decreed that the Minister of the Interior should be empowered to take a credit of 2,000,000 of livres on the budget of 1849, to meet the expenses of the armament of the National Guard. The Roman Assembly in the sitting of the 4th voted a subsidy of 100,000 crowns to Venice, and authorised the Minister for Foreign Affairs to nego tiate with Tuscany for a political and administrative union. C publ a is rd he in d a a l Ap protest E a L g L a t i has, in nst the the s ale n o a r me hy of po t t b h e POPE, ecatioi of the works of art in the Vatican. SICILY. THE NEW CONSTITUTION. The following is the proclamation of the King of NAPLES, off e ri ng th e t er ms agreed on with the me diating Powers to the Sicilians :---- FERDINAND THE SECOND. B y THE GRACE OF GOD KING OF THE KINGDOM of THE Two SICILIES, &C. Sicilians—lf the errors of a few have sufficed for a moment to induce some amongst you to become alien ated from the attachment that your forefathers had to our dynasty, whiah has presided with so much affection posed upon us by our over your destinies for more than a century, we who have passed our infancy a mongst you, and have never ceased . to love you with the tenderness of a lather, are willing to delay no longer telling you, that we satisfy 1 . E411. Return, therefore , the deaires of our hearts and ful fi l the dearest duty im • we assure you that we have forgotten, and will consider which have brought upon you so much august and holy religion, wben as if they had never happened, the faults and political offences misfortune from the beginning of the past year, lions, cultivate in peace Your fruitful fields, restore to to him. the laud of Ceres b the force of your constant toil, its former feral' ' • y erefere at once to your private occupa tions, which Divine Providence always yields to man as a recompense for the labour that it prescribes , thence to anarchy, Give back its former activity to your industry, 1 to your traffic, to your mercantile navigation, and shut your ears to the seductions of those who are seeking to delude you and lead you to sedition, to rebellion, and which is their inevitable consequence. After the moi it mature reflection and accurate examina tion of your • at:cessities, and of those wishes which can with utility a nd equity practically satisfy them—consi dering all th a acts which have appeared in Sicily since the 12th of . January as not having occurred, and of no effect, either • in right or in fact—we henceforth grant a statute, the basis of which is the Constitution of 1812, with the ex ception of th. , se modificati.ins demanded by the change of circumstances and by the law now in existence. This statr ite, which we reserve to ourselves to put into ample form before the end of June of the present year, shall confab i in substance the following disposition:- 1. The re ligion of the State shall be only and solely, exclusively of every other, the Catholic, Apostolic, and Roman. 2. Indivil 3ual liberty is guaranteed, and no one shall be arrested or proceeded against except in cases provided by the laws, at id in the manner presertbed by them. 3. No on e shall he forged to give up his property, ex cept for the sake of public utility, and after being pre viously inde m,nified. A special law shall be made by Par liament, in a ,C cordance with the King, for the purpose of determining , the competency and form of their forced ap propriations ; made for the public good. 4. The Sine ilians have the right of printing and pub lishing their opinions, conforming to the dispositions which exist fa r the repression of abuses of this liberty. The King real !rves to himself the plenitude of his power to publish thl aforesaid dispositions in a special law. 5. Sicily, ct mtinuing to make an integral part of the united kingdo, m of the Two Sieilies, shall be governed by a constitutions tl monarchy, with a division of powers as follows: MARCH 15, 1849. C )F TUE EXECUTIVE POWER. 6. The executive power belongs exclusively to the King. His p arson is sacred and inviolable. 7. The Kw, g is the representative of the nation with all foreign sts tes. He has the right to make war and peace, and to F tropose and conclude any treaty of peace, of alliance, ant I of commerce with foreign powers. 8. He exert ,ices in connexion with the Parliament the he sanctions and pro mu l ga t es l aws , Legislative PI ewer— and makes tilt regulations and ordinances which are ne cessary for date execution of the law and the security of the State. - _ 9. Ile convokes, prorogues, and dissolves the Parlia• ment. _ 10. He-corn wands and disposes of all the forces of the army and navy. 11. He superintends the internal and external com merce of Sicily, of all public works, and the public in struction. 12. Ile names and elects the public functionaries, and those who are charged with the administration of the same. 13. He conifers titles of nobility and decorations, and exercises the :full right of pardon. 14. He coialers all the ecclesiastical benefits which are of Royal patronage, and makes the other accustomed provisions ay.& ecclesiastical nominations. 15. He exercises according to the Concordats the here ditary Apostolic Legation. 16. The solemn act for the regulation of the succes sion of the Crown of the august King Charles 111., dated the 6th of October, 1759, confirmed by the august Sovereign Ferdinand 1., in the sth Article of the Bth of December, 18 16 ;• the Sovereign Acts of the 7th of April, 1829 ; ,of the 12th March, 1836 ; and all the Acts which relate to the Royal Family ; remain in Lull force. 17. When the King does not reside in Sicily he shall be represented there by a Viceroy, with such attributes and such powers as shall be determined by his Majesty. 18. There shall be in Sicily a sufficient number of Ministers, extiong whom shall be divided the depart ments of grace and justice, interior, finance, public works, agriculture and commerce, ecclesiastical affairs, public instruction, and police ; the Consti tution reserving to the King the disposition of the army and navy, and the supr e m e di rec ti on o f f ore i gn re • lations; there shall be only one minister of war and ma rine, and one minister of foreign affairs, for the whole monarchy, who shall both reside near the King. Mili tary and international questions which present themselves shall be considered by a delegation from the King, either through the Viceroy or through one of his Ministers. 19. There shall reside, moreover, near the King, a minister for the affairs of Sicily. 20. The Cabinet shall be composed of the Ministers to whom it shall be in the power of the King to join one or more of the Counsellors of State. 21. The aforesaid Ministers shall countersign, either collectively or each of them for the affairs of his own Ministry, every act of the executive power. 22. Ministers shall be responsible. 23. The King cannot grant a pardon to a Minister who is condemned, except on the explicit requisition of one of the two Legislative Chambers. 24. The administration of justice, and ef all other public administrations, shall be regulated by the organic laws now in force, reserving to the Parliament, in accord ing with the King, the power to make modifications which may be deemed necessary to bring them into agreement with the present statutes, or to improve them. 25. Until these modifications have been made the laws, the decrees, and the acts of the Sovereign, which are at present in force, shall be fully observed as well in what relates to the territorial boundaries, juridical compe tency, Government dependencies, as well as in every other part of their dispositions. 26. The judicial order shall be independent, the Col legiate Magistrates shall be irremovable after:three years of satisfactory exercise of their functions, and which shall date from the day of their definitive election. 27. The agents of the public Ministry in the Courts and the Tribunal are essentially irremovable. 28. The judges which are elected for life may be trans lated; the whole of these provisions being in conformity with the Organic Laws of June 7, 1819. 29. Every promiscuous arrangement of functions be tween Naples and Sicily having ceased, the Minister, the public functionaries, and all persons who are charged with any administrative power, shall be Sicilian, and all public benefices and ecclesiastical dignitaries which from henceforth are to be provided for shall be conferred on Sicilians alone. 30. The budget shall be entirely separated, and the public expense of the Two Sicilies shall be apportioned between the two parts of the kingdom in the numerical proportions of their population, and shall be fixed at the sum of three millions of ducats annually (3,000,000 ducats). 31. Moreover, the extraordinary issues of the Trea sury of Naples which have been occasioned by the events of the years 1848 and 184-9, which are valued much be low their real estimates, shall be fixed at 500,000 ounces (250,0001. sterling). This sum, united to that which the Treasury of Naples is creditor for, shall form the debt of Sicily, and being consolidated by means of an emis sion of rentes, inscribed with the corresponding sink ing fund, shall give the capital necessary to discharge the aforesaid advances of the Treasury of Naples. In the same manner the debts of Sicily contracted be fore the 12th January, 1848, and those subsequently contracted, shall remain in charge of the Treasury of Sicily itself.. 32. The Sicilians shall have an equal share in the pro portion to the population of diplomatic employment. The other public offices which are paid from the united funds shall be conferred indifferently on Sicilians and Neapolitans. _ OF THE PARLIAMENT. 33. The Parliament of Sicily shall be composed of two Chambers—the one of Peers, the other of Commons. 34. The duration shall be for four years from the date of its convocation. At the end of four years it shall absolutely cease. 35. If a prorogation or dissolution take place, Parlia ment shall be convened within the year. 36. The two Chambers shag be convoked at the same time, and shall begin and end their session at the same period. 37. The Parliament shall exercise, unitedly with the King, the legislative power. It has the right to impose new taxes of every kind, and to alter those which are established. The direct taxes shall be ♦oted for the year by the Legislative Chambers. The indirect taxes can be voted for a longer period, or for many years. 38. Whatever taxes and subsidies are proposed by Parliament shall not have the effect of law if not sanc tioned by the Sovereign. 39. The formula of " placet" expresses his sanction, that of " veto " expresses his refusal. 40. No proposals shall be submitted to the king for his sanction unless they have met the consent of the two Chambers. 41. A proposition which has been rejected by one Chamber can only again be proposed in the session of the next year. 42. Each Chamber is the judge alone, and without any appeal, of the conditions under which its members are eligible. 43. The discussions in the Chambers are public, ex cept when they are sitting in secret committee. 44. No member of the two Chambers can be molested or proceeded against, or punished for anything said, done, discussed, or deliberated in their respective Chambers, and which is in conformity with the Consti tution,and does not violate the statute, reserving to the Chamber the power of taking cognizance of any excess committed by their members, and of punishing th e author with a vote of censure, and in cases of gravity by forbidding to take a part in the discussions. OF THE CHAMBER OF PEERS. 45. The Peers shall be named by the King and for life. The number shall be unlimited. 46. No one can be elected a Peer if he has not reached his fortieth year. 47. The Chamber of Peers, in accordance with a royal ordinance, shall constitute itself into a high court of justice, for the purpose of taking cognizance of the crime of high treason and of attempts against the Constitution, and of which members of either Chamber are the accused parties. The King shall appoint the magis tracy, who shall discharge the functions of public Mi nisters. 48. The meeting of the Chamber of Poers, at a pe riod when the Commons are not in session, is illegal and divested of all right, except in cases contemplated by the previous article. OE THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. 49. The House of Commons shall be composed of the deputies of twenty-four districts, of deputies elected by the universities of Sicily, of Palermo, Messina, and Ca tania, and of the deputies of the communes, according to the number established by the Constitution of 1812. 50. The communes which, from their increased popu lation, have acquired the right to elect a representative, or to elect more than one, and those populations which, after 1812, were created into communes, and have the number of inhabitants established by the aforesaid Con stitution, can make a demand to the Chamber of the Commons, who will take cognizance, in a legal manner, of the truth of their exposition. 51. The two Chambers having agreed in their vote and obtained the sanction of the King, the Minister of the Interior shall give the orders for carrying the results into operation. _ _ 52. The modo of electing representatives shall be that which was established by the Constitution of 1812, and if the public offices by which the elections were con ducted are abolished or suppressed, the King will reserve to himself the appointment of public functionaries in their place. OF THE ELECTORS. 53. The representatives of a district in the Chamber of Deputies shall be elected by all those who possess in that district a net rent, for life. of 18 ounces by the year, whether it proceed from treehold or usutracr, or from any rent or mortgage, as well as any other kind of pro perty. The representatives of the city of Palermo shall be elected by all those who possess in the city or its ter ritory a net rent, for lite, of at le2ist 50 ounces by the year, whether it arise from freehold or usufract, or from any other rent or mortgage, or any other sort of property. . 'rhe representative of every other city or Parliamen tary territory shall be elected by all those who possess in that city or territory a rent for lite of at last ekven ounces annually, whether it arises from freehold or usu fract, or any rent or mortgage, or any other kind of pr,vperty. - 54. The Professors of the Universities of Palermo, Messina, and Catania are alone exempted from the pos session of the aforesaid rents, and the necessity of prov ing them for the electio❑ or their own representatives. OF THE PERSON TO BE ELECTED. 55. Those alone can represent a district who have in Sicily a net revenue fur life, either from freehold or usufract from rent or mortgage, or from any other kind of property, amounting to 300 ounces by the ) ear. Those alone can represent Palermo who pre in poses sion in Sicily of a revenue of the above-mentioned kind, of 500 ounces by the year. Those alone can represent a city or Parliamentary territory who p , ,ssess a revenue of the above nature of 150 ounces by the year. If the professors of the university are elected, they shall only be under the obligation of proving the revenue which is prescribed for all others. 56. Public functionaries cannot be elected representa tives of the districts and communes comprised in the cir cuit of their jurisdiction. The Provisional Government of Tuscany pub lished the following decree at Florence on the 6th instant : " Ist Article. The Tuscan Assembly is invested with a constituent power for two distinct purposes, viz., to decree on what conditions the Tuscan Government shall be united with Rome, and likewise to compose the Con stituent of Central Italy with the deputies of the Romun States. " Article 2. After the nomination of the 27 Deputies for the Italian Constituent Assembly and the contempo• raneous but distinct vote for the Tuscan Assembly, the same individual may be a representative in the Tuscan Assembly and of the Italian Constituent. " Article 3. The Minister Secretary of State for the Department ,of the Interior is charged with the execu tion of the present decree. _ _ _ " P. D. G UERAZZI." THE BRAZILS. By the Columbus, just arrived, we have received ac counts from Pernambuco to the Bth ultimo. Her letters state that the supply of sugar and other produce at market has been quite put a stop to these last three or four days, in cons quence of a daring attack made on the city on the 2d ultimo, by a huge body of insurgents from the country, and who were aided by their friends in the city. They were, however, completely routed by the Government troops with great slaughter, and as most of the ringleaders and instigators of this rebellion have been either killed or taken prisoners, no further out break is apprehended. Trade will now resume its accumstomed activity, and large supplies of pro duce, especially sugars, are daily expt cted. In freights there was little doing, and with daily arrivals seeking employment. Several vessels have gone to the northern and southern ports for cargoes. The latest quotations to the United Kingdom were 40a. per ton for sugar, in bags, with five per cent. To Liverpool, for cotton, one halfpenny, and five per cent. per lb. Exchange on England, which hal advanced, was quoted at 26d. At Bahia, on the 19th January exchange was firm at 23d. Freights to the channel, 50s. for sugar in eases. At Rio Janeiro, on the 18th, freights were nominal, at 355. per ton, and shipping abundant. Exchange, 240. I _ELAND. (BY ELECTRIC - TELEGRAPH.) DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY EVENING.—The agitation against the sixpenny legislation of Lurd John Ruisell is becoming more and more furious, and is rapidly extend ing itself beyond its northern and eastern 41 meeting to oppose the measure was held yesterday at Granard, county of Longford, but the harmony of the proceedings was marred by the proposal of a resolution to the effect that the property of the Church should be confiscated, and handed over for the relief of the poor. After a scene of great confusion, the meeting broke up without coming to any decision upon the resolutions. IRISH RAILWAYS.—It is stated here that Lord John Russell bas written to say that he laid the proposition for a committee which was made by the Railways Depu tation of Saturday before the Cabinet, and that they cannot accede to it, but that he will consult Sir J. Bur goyne on carrying out a system of railways in Ireland, to be executed by Government on the plan proposed in Burgoyne's Report. VICE-CHAIN CERY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Vice-Chancellor WIGRAM ) PELLEY V. WATMEN.—JUDGMENT. His HONOUR gave judgment in this case. On the 14th of September, 1839, the plaintiff became second mortgagee of the freehold estate of one William Brooks, for securing the payment of a sum between four and five thousand pounds. The legal estate in the property was vested in the first mortgagee, and the property in the mortgage was also comprised in a term of years, which was vested in the trustee of the first mortgagee. In 1841 the property was sold by the mortgagor, and on the completion of the sale the legal estate in the fee-simple was, by indentures of the 6th and 7th August, 1841, conveyed to the defendant, as trustee of one Lewis, and the term of years was on the same occasion vested in the defendant. Before the time of the sale the defendant Wathen, in the first instance, and afterwards with his partner Basset, were the solicitors employed in transacting the busines of the sale ; and, on the completion of the sale the title: deeds came into their hands, as solicitors of Lewis. Wathen and Basset claimed a lien on those deeds, for the costs due from Lewis to them as the solicitors of Lewis; before and since the deeds came into their possession. That the claim of the solicitors to their lien was to some extent good as against Lewis could not, he (the Vice-Chancellor) apprehended, be disputed; but the solicitors had set up a more exten sive claim, and had contended that their lien was good not only as against Lewis, but also as against the plain tiff, who is the mortgagee of Lewis, and whoso security in point of date had precedence of the lien of the soli citors, considering that lien as commencing at the time when that lien came into their possession. The solici tors, he assumed, had no notice of the plaintiff's claim till after the deeds came into their possession. The question raised was perfectly simple. The plaintiff was mortgagee of the land. It his interest was equitable by reason only of the legal estate, was his the first mortgage at the time he took his security ? The mortgagor had since sold the mortgaged property with out any communivation with the plaintiff, and had paid off the first mortgage. The M aster had found that the lien was good, not only as against Lewis but as against the plaintiff; Was the Master right or wrong in that conclusion ? The ease of " Molesworth v. Robins" appeared to him (the Vice-Chancellor) to decide this case in favour of the plaintiff. The law in general com mitted the custody of title-deeds to the person entitled in possession to freehold property. Could it be that a tenant for lite, for example, having a very limited in terest in the land, could have power to pledge the deeds for more than his own interest in the land to the preju dice of the remainder man ? Nothing but the most clear authority could sanction an answer to that question in the affirmative. His Honour had not concluded when eur report left. (Before Vice - Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) His HONOUR was occupied during the morning in hearing short motions, which offered no materials for a detailed report. BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.) IN RE LESLIE, ALEXANDER, AND CO. A Court of Subdivision, consisting of Commissioners Fonblanque, Goulburn, and Holroyd, sat to-day to con sider a proof tendered against the estate for the sum of 3,000 L, by a Mr. Theyer. The claim had been admitted, and the main question now was whether it ought not to be reduced to the amount of certain charges and interest. The facts were these—certain bills were drawn and accepted in England, but dishonoured in America. They have been indorsed to persons in Massachusetts and Albany. On the part of Mr. Theyer it was contended that the holder of a bill of exchange was entitled to the rate of interest in the country where it was dishonoured, which in Massa chusetts was eight per cent. On the other hand it was urged that interest could only be maintained according to the law of England, where the bill was accepted, or that if recoverable at all it was from the drawer, who had been the principal in passing it to another country. After a long discussion the case was adjourned for consideration. SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCHELL.) BELL V. DAVIS. The plaintiff sued as the public officer of the National and Provincial Bank of England, to recover of the de fendant, a farmer at Sawbridge, the sum of 5881. 14s. 3d. for moneys advanced to the defendant. The manager of the Stourbridge branch of the bank was called, and proved that the defendant had an ad vance account with the bank, by which he was allowed to draw on the bank, where money was advanced on interest and commission. The custom was for the account to be made up half-yearly, the pass-book and cheques being sent to the customer, who sent back a "docker," or admission of the amount due. This was done in July, 1847, when the balance was found to be 537/. 18s. 11d. Defendant was allowed to draw to a further amount, and the cheques were sent as usual, but the defendant had retained the cheques, and had not returned the docket. The commission and interest was calculated at 181.95. I Id. There being no defence to the action a verdict was given for the full amount, 589/, 14s. 3d. KINCAIRD V. 811 AW. The plaintiff in this action was an advertising agent i n Jermyn-street, St. James's, and defendant resides in Finsbury Pavement. The action was brought to re cover the sum of 31. ss. for advertisements inserted by order of the defendant, who pleaded, in person, that he was not indebted, although he admitted, under a Judge order, h...ving given written instructions. The jury, therefore, gave a verdict fur the amount,. HIGGS AND A.NOTHER. W. DUNK. This was an action for goods sold; the only point in the cas , w.s that plaintiff had to submit to a reduction of the amount, as the traveller had not asked for any' specific amount, hut fn• the amount stated in the - cir cular ter;t by the firm in the usual way of businesF., stating the amount, and when the traveller would call. The UNDER-SHERIFF did not think this was con elusive, and the jury gave a verdict for 141. STEEL V: RUSBROOK. This was an undefended setii,n on a bill of exchange for 141. 10s., and was the last case in the list. MARLBRW-STREET.- TrAIS Thomas 'New, a compositor, employed at the Record newspaper office, v;'as brought before Mr. Bingham, charged with having violently assaulted Thomas Davis, one of the cheque-takers at the Queen's Theatre, Tot renham•street. The complainant, whose face was very much contused, stated that he was gallery cheque-taker at the Queen's Theatre, and it was his duty to give pass cheques to all persons leaving the theatre during the intervals of the performance. In accordance with the regulations , of the house each cheque-taker had three different sorts of cheques, namely, men, women, and boys. Last night, about half-past nine o'clock the prisoner came down from the gallery, and witness gave him a man's cheque. On the prisoner's rOtuxn he gave witness boy's cheque instead of the one witness had given to him. Witness explained this to the p r,goner, who, with out making any reply, struck him a Tickle: It blow in the face, and blackened one of his eyes. Witness then sent for a constable and gave him in charge. The prisoner, in defence, said he merely pu,ebe.l com plainant, and he must have fallen down and bru.ised his face against the door. Mr. BINGHAM said he was inclined to believe that ill the hurry and bustle the defendant had received the wrong cheque from complainant, but if even this was so' it did not warrant defendant in striking the complainant, who must be protected in his duty. He recommended defendant to go out and compensate complainant for the . blow. This was done, and defendant was discharged. CLERK EN WELL.-(THIS DAY.) Edward Richard Boss, a young man of gentlemanly appearance, who was stated to be an apprentice to his brother, Mr. T. West Boss, decorative painter, &0., was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with assaulting John Mlenzie, and wounding him with a knife. It appeared that the defendant was sent yesterday morning to repair some windows on the premises of Mr. Lloyd, of Gray's Inn lane, corn dealer, by whom he was told, when going to work, that when he wanted his lad der moved, Jack (the complainant) would assist him. When occasion arrived for the moving of the ladder Bass requested M‘lienzie to assist him, when the latter, with . much foul language, abused the defendant, swear ing that he was not going to be a mason's labourer. Bass, according to his own statement remonstrated quietly with the other, and several times in the course of the morning refused to fight him, observing to Mr. Lloyd that he never was a blackguard, and never would be, nor would he appear amongst his connexions with a olack eye for 504 Either by the coarse persecution of the prosecutor, as alleged by the defendant, or the galling impertinence of the latter, according to M'Kenzie's statement, the quarrelling went on so far, that Bass left his work, and applied at this office for a warrant against the prosecutor, on the ground that he had assaulted him whilst at his work, and that he had followed up the assaults with threats of ;unbar violence. The warrant could not be granted, as Bass did not know his opponent 13/ any other name than Jack, and his sur name was also unknown to Mr. Lloyd. He returned to his work, and the quarrel was renewed. Miieniie states the defendant, who wag going down stairs before him, made some noise with his nose for the purpose of insulting him, and that he, being enraged, seized the defendant by the collar, when a struggle ensued, and both tumbled don stairs ; that whilst they were on tile ground, the defendant struck him several times on the head wi1:,13 his putty knife, inflicting wounds, from the effects of which Mr. Jackson, the surgeon, was of opinion he would not reco ver fur some weeks. On the other hand, Bass said th.st as he was hastening down stairs to get away from the prosecutor, who followed abusing him, M'Kenzie seized him by the neck, and they both came to the bottom together. He (defendant) had in his hands at the time all the tools tie had been using—his putty knife, rule,. diamond, &c. Whilst they were on the ground the com plainant, who was uppermost, held him by the neck with one hand, and thumped him with the other. He strug gled to get up, but protested that he had no knowledge how the wounds were inflicted. He did not separate the knife from the other tools in his hands, nor use it in tentionally. Mr. TYRWHITT said it was deeply to be regretted that the defendant had not been correctly informed, as he ought to have been, of the complainant's name; for, if he had been so, the warrant would have been granted, and all this mischief would not have occurred. The ease of the prosecutor would have nothing in it, if the defea damt, unfortunately, had not used the knife; whether ins tentionally or not a jury must decide. However, under the circumstances, he would remand the case untifThurs day next, and in the meantime he would admit the pri soner to bail in two sureties of 501. each, for his appear ance on that day. The bail was immediately given. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MARCH 15. Wind this day at noon, W.N.W., light breeze, and fine weather. DUBLIN, MARCH 12.—Arrd. Wanderer, Haines, St. Lucia. Sid. California, New York. SAUNDESFOOT, MARCH 10.—Sid. Lady Phillips, Pictou. BRISTOL, MARCH 14.—Wind N. W.—Sid. Timbuoto , Africa; Caroline, Tobago; Elizabeth, New York; Wra• Miles, Cork and Quebec. DEAL, MARCH 13.—Arrd. Oriental, M'Eachern, Cal cutta; Kelsick, Wood, Berbice, and sailed 14th, for Lon don; Sharp, Thomas, Newcastle, and sailed for Calcutta; Alpha, Edwards, Leith, and sailed for Port Philip. 14, Caspar, Eldred, China; Queen of England,' Cawkett, ' China; Australia, Auspach; Batavia, Rotterdam. 13, Arrd. from the river and Sld. Fairourite, Cuthbert, South Seas; Parland, Smith, Sydney; Romp,. Ryder, Port. Natal; Phoebe, Hodder, Madras;_ Brilliant, Furlong, Jamaica; Palm, Dominica; Ava, Webster, Quebec. CORK, MARCH, 12.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. • Jame* Reddin, for Limerick, pumps choked; Amanda, Col"' mick, Clyde, for Gibraltar, leaky. Sld. 12th, Dahlia; New York; Elida, Hamburgh ; Jane, Y oug h a l. 011. port, Sarah Birkett, Proddow, Africa. WHITEHATEN, MARCH, 13.—Wind N.E.—Sid. White haven, Higgins, Antigua. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 14.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. 13th, Nord Cap, Brandt, Copenhagen. Sld. 13th, Courtenay, New Orleans. 14th, Erin's Queen, New Orleans ; Victoria, New York ; Haward, ditto; Sheridan, ditto. Off port, Marmion, Caleb Grimahaw , _ Columbus, Oxford. SWANSEA, MARCH 14.—Wind N.N.W.—SId. Sir J. L. Goldsmid, Cuba. OFF FALMOUTH, MARCH 14.—Muskingham, Crochet, Buenos Ayres, and sailed for Amsterdam. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 14.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. W. Bromhani, Nane, Sierra Leone. OFF PORTLAND.—James Dean, Honduras. PORTSMOUTH, WzRCH 14.—Wind S.S.E. to W.—V- I. 0., I wv York. RAMSGA'ii ,MAZCX 14.—The Claire, from Bordeaux, which put is here yesterday, leaky, has commenced discharging. DEAL, MARCH 14.—The Casper, Eldred, arrived in' the Downs from China, experienced very bad weather and a heavy cross sea, near the Azores, between the 25th of February and the 2d of March, and carried away starboard, tore channels and chain plate, and star board main rigging. The Mary Brack, Hunter, from Sunderland to Philadelphia, arrived in the Downs, has been out fifteen days, and as far as lat. 60, having ex perienced very heavy gales from W.S.W. to N.W. Sid., 13th, Will Watch, San Francoes, Clydesdale, Cuba. LYNN, MARCH 14.—The Joseph and Mary, of and for Sunderland, from London, which sank off Snetti sham on the 10th inst., has been brought into harbour. MARKET NEWs.—(THIS DAY.) Er IIIITGALTE AND zafi.O.DE IiTEULLII. These markets were heavy to-day, at barely stationary prices. Beef, from 2s 2d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 2s 6d to 3s lod; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; and Pork, 3s to 4s 4d per 81bs by the carcase. EAT MARKETS. SMITIEFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 12s to 3115 s • , Clover ditto, 3/ 12s to 41 15s ; and Straw, 11 2s to 11 93 per load. Supply very moderate, and trade firm. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 13s to 31 15s ; Clover ditto ' 8/ 12s to 4/ 13 s ; an d S traw , 1 / 3 s to 11 lOs per load. A limited supply, and a sluggish demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 12s to 3l 15s ; Clover ditto, 3/ 15s to 4/ 16s; and Straw, 11 2s to 119 1 per load. Trade dull, at our quotations. MEAT MARKETS. SOUTHALL, MARCH 14.—Our market was fairly sup' plied with each kind of fat stock, the demand for which was in a very sluggish state, at barely last week's quo tations. Beet, from 3s to 3s 10d; Mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 6d; Veal, 4s to 4s 6d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 3s 8d per lilbio to sink the offal. ROMFORD, MARCH 14.—Prime Beasts and Sheep were mostly disposed of at full prices. Otherwise the d e mand was in a very dull state, at drooping figures. Beef; from 3s to 3s 10d; Mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 6d; Veal, 4s to 4s 6d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 3s 8d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 195 to 265; quarter old store Pigs, 17s to 21s; and WW I Cows, with their small Calf, 141 to 181 each. HAILSHAM, MARCH 14.—We had ;very dull trade for each kind of stock. Prices had a downward tende ncy ßeef, from 3s to 3s 10d ; M utton, 3s Bcl to 4s 8d; Vea l' 4s to 4s 4d; and Pork, 3s 8d to 4s 2d per Blbs. ARUNDEL, MARCH 13.—Our market was heavy on tb: following terms:—B ee f , f rom 33 2d to 45; Mutton, 35 8 to 4s 8d; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 4d; and Pork, 3s 8d to 4s 4d per Sibs. . - CHICHESTER, MARCH 14.—Trade generally dull. Prices on the decline. Beef, Irons 3s to 3slod; Muttorli 3s 8d to 4s 8d; Veal, 4s to 4s 6d; and Pork, 3s I °l L to 48 4d p er Blb s. Suckl i ng Calves, 18s to 255a13" quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 20s; and Mulch COO with their small Calf, 141 to 181 each. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended March 8,1849, made up from the Returns of OP Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wald per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. BARLEY.' OATS. I RTE. I E. I Map PRICE .. 1455 Id 129 s Od 16s lld 26s lld 30s 041 I 335 CS DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. ETC. 1 BEANS. I PEAS. IS Od Is Od Is Od Is Od Is Od Is Od Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when Alexander Bell, Esq., was aP pointed a Provisional Member of Council at Bombay. Phi(' a v Pet : +levy Indis Of !Fi ••• 1 1 / 3 1 PR: Au Braz, Da Eq Gri Pde Pei Do fait j Meat sc bitt 1_ 6 bitt , .40 44. D o . 130., °L , 4i e ci! , iiQ . 0: . 11? ti O I Ori t ' a to litt, it 4 Low o g C entr e r Isl - 4 4ei l ] O r i t : th 11 'art 40" is tr nitea to n ,. .0,