The Sun. — London, England, 1849-03-05 00:00:00

TILE WEATHER—SuN OFFICE, MARCH 4. TH:RNOMETER, Lowest, 44; lligheat, 52; !Toon, 56. BAR( METER, 30.55. WIND S.W.—very fine sunshiny weather. MARCH 5. TkJERMOMETER, Lowest, 38; Highest, 58; Noon, 61. BAROMETER, 30.53. WIND W.S.W.—fine. AT LONDON THIS DAY —Morning, 43 min. after ICI Evening, 23 lain. after 11 To-Mottaow— %iorninv, 0 m, , . atter 0 Event!, , 3 min. atter 13 LEGAL TITLE ASSURANCE COMPANY. (Provisionally Registered, January 17, 1941.) Capital, 2,000,0001., in 80,000 Shares, of 251. each. Preliminary Deposit, 2s. 6d. per Share Prospectuses and full information may be obtained at the Tempo rary Offices of the Company, 13A, Caunon-row, Westminster, on :IP ru catica to G. F. HOIVE, lion. Sec., pro tern. COMPLETION OF GRATTAN'S MEMOIRS. Lately published, Vols. IV. and V., completing the Work. LIFE AND TIMES OF THE RIGHT HON. HENRY GRATTAN, By his Son, HENRY GRATTAN, Esq., M.P. " This truly valuab:e work will unquestionably form one of the most important and interesting additions to our biographical and his torical literature that our own day produced. It offers us a complete history of Ireland during the period of Grattan's life—avid the only efficient one which has yet been placed on record."—Naval and Mi. litary Gazette. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street QT. N--7 JAMES'S THEATRE. Season 1849. FRENCH PLAYS IS and OPERA COMMIT& TH EVENIG, The Pertormancea will commence at Eight o'clock precisely, with LA 11-iftONNE DE DE BLIGNAC. To conclude with the populAr Opera Comique, entitled ZANETTA ; ou, Jouer avec le Feu. Mr. Mitchell begs also to announce that, notwithstanding the in creased expenses of the present entertainment, the prices of admis pion are determined as follows : Boxes .. Od. l'it • . .. 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 ave. fiIEATRE ROYAL, EIAYMAItgJ:t . Mr. B. Webster, Sale Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. TEAR EVENING, Will be peformed OTHELLO. Othello, Mr. J. Wallack ; lago, Mr. Charles Kean ; Desdemona, Miss Laura Addison ; Emilia, Mrs. Charles Kean. To conclude with an Arabian Nights' Entertainment, entitled CAMARALZAMAN AND EADOURA ; or, The Peri who Loved the Frince. Characters by Messrs. Bland, Keeley, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Morton, and Miss Reynolds. THEATRE ROYAL. ADELPHL THIS EVENING,, Will be performed COCKNEYS IN CALIFORNIA. After which, the original Dream, called EIA.RVEST HOME. Principal characters by Messrs. 11. Hughes, Lambert, Wright, P. lleAlferil, 0. Smith, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Frank Matthews. Miss Turner, &c. To conclude with JOIIN JONES. Gay Goodluck, Mr. Lambert ; Eliza Melton, Miss E. Chaplin. ItOTAL LYCIeIUM TIIEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Veatria. Sole Lessee. Mr. Charles Mn'he Ns. THIS EVENING Kill be performed SHAVE YOU DIRECTLY. After which, a new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE KING OF THE PEACOCKS. Characters by Messrs. Harley, John Reeve, Selby, H. Hall, Marshall, and 11. Marshall ; Miss Kathleen Fitzwil 'lam, Miss L. Howard, Mrs. Macnamara, Miss Marshall, Miss L. rifauhall, Miss Coleman, and Madame %'estris. To conclude with L's-,ED UP. PRINCESS'S TIIEATLZ;.:. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. During the Recess this Theatre has been re-decorated and embel- Nahed In a superb and costly manner by Mr I lurwitz. A new Chan delier has been fitted, and the best arrangements have been made for the due Ventilation of the Theatre, and the couuort and cenveaience of the audience. THIS ETENING, Will be performed a new Opera, entitled irRANCESCA DORIA. To conclude with a new grand Pantomime, entitled BLUFF XING HAL; or, Harlequin and 111 (Charmed Arrow. Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paul• ; Clown, Mr. Flcxmore ; Sprite, Mr. De Barr ; Oolumbine, Miss Fawcett. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince illbert, icc. 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. He will make his first appearance this Evening, Monday, March 5. THIS EVENING, The curtain will rise at a Quarter to Seven o'clock precisely to tke magnificent Spectacle, by Fitzball. entitled CORA SCO ; or, the Warrior's Steed. After which the double Tight-ropes. To be followed by an Inimitable display of SCENES IN THR CIRCLE, supported by the first Equestrian talent of the day. To conclude with the farce of CURIOSITY. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Obie - ning 4itit LONDON, MONDAY, MARCII 5. 1849. Anything, however disastrous, might have been anticipated as the sequel of the terrible encounter at Ramnugger. So long as Lord Gotroll continued to be Commander-in-CLief, it i has been felt that nothing but the calamities of bloodshed and confusion could be reasonably expected in the intelligence from the Pun jaub expedition. Nevertheless, it must be acknow ledged that the imagination would have failed to pic ture to itself occurrences so deplorable and a carnage so appalling as are recounted in the dispatches received by the Overland Mail on Saturday. It turns out to be a lamentable fact that the heroic soldier who drove the invading barbarians over the Sutlej, and broke the sword of the Seikhs with a strong arm at Sobraon, is incompetent to con duct our forces against the leaders of the rebellion, without subjecting the whole of the Indian army to catastrophes such as immeasurably outweigh the apparently compensative advantages of victory. An awful testimony of the incapacity of the Conqueror at Ferozeshah, has been afforded by his recent encounter with SHERE SIGH, and his followers, not far from the banks of the Jhelum. Although, after a terrific s truggle of several hours, the enemy were ultimately dislodged from their position towards nightfall, although our troops bivouacked immediately in the vicinity of the field of battle, the very questionable success of the British arms on the 18 th of January is rendered a subject for serious lamentation when we learn that in that conflict a portion of the artillery was captured by our antagonists—that a re nowned regiment of cavalry was seized with panic and actually fled before the guns of the Asiatics — that several of our colours were carried away as trophies to the camp of the barbarians—and that our total less in killed and wounded amounted to ninety-three officers and two thousand five hundred men ! It will have been observed, from the details of these deplorable events already published by ourselves, that the whole of our misfortunes are attributable to the incapability of the veteran Commander-in-Chief to direct the operations of an enormous force like that placed at his disposal, and, above all—beyond even his incapability to coin - mend his troops, his incapability to command him self. It will have been observed that the battle of the 13th of January was the result of no deliberate fore thought, of no systematic arrangements, of no pre cautionary reconnoisance, of no military skill or sci entific generalship, but that it was rather the effect of a sudden explosion of passion, an out burst of fury, which heated the constitutional temerity of Lord GouGn into an ungovernable paroxysm, and which was the more reprehensible in asmuch as it led to the wholesale destruction of our soldiers. True that Lord GOUGH in some measure expiates the crimes of his rashness by a personal bra very that has no superior in the whole British army, true that in the very battle over which.we are lament ing, he fought in the ranks like a common soldier, and was engaged, hand to hand, in the thickest of those murderous struggles, true that his heroism has rendered him2the idol of his army, and that, on the morrow of the very fight which must unhappily redound for ever to his discredit in the annals of our Oriental empire, he was received by his troops with acclamations of delight—yet reason, and common sense, and experience proclaim with one voice the necessity of his being at once succeeded by a Commander-in-Chief who, to the bravery of a Hero, shall add the genius of a Great Captain. This is no longer a question of expediency, it is a question of imperative importance. The work that has now to be accomplished by the successor of Lord Gouau is not the suppression of a rebellion in the runjaub, but the preservati on o f British ' power in Hiniostan. The selection of that successor admits of no feelings of etiquette. The appointment can no longer, with any deg ree of safet y , b e the gratificati on o f a , punctilio. It must be made, forthwith, boldly, with out any guiding sentiments of a personal character. Who will be the new Commander-in-Chief? Upon the twenty-four gentlemen who preside as Directors of the East India Company, in Leadenhall street, rests the responsibility, the tremendous responsibility, of solving that official problem. Let those gentlemen feel satisfied of this, that the whole nation is watching with vigilant and exacting eyes for their decision. They cannot dare to violate the will at once of the People and of tho Government, by overlooking one 011 '4 , .. • 1V . ..5 - , i9' , 1 .•if A ~., j. ke, ' ~, i• . ' C7i '''. 1 . .. le, 4:4,X .. ~. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 5, 1849. whom the gaze of all is at this moment concentrated —as the man for the emergency—and by appointing in his stead one whose only characteristic is that of a respectable mediocrity. Let the Directors remember that they are empowered by their Charter to approve of the person suggested by the supreme military au thority at the Horse Guards, not for the gratification of any private spleen or personal grudge, but for the discharge of a great and patriotic duty, for the judicious fulfilment of which they are held heavily responsible to the Imperial Parlia ment. Within the last fortnight it has been rumoured that the chief command of the Indian army is about to be bestowed upon Sir WILLIAM GOMM, now resident in the Mauritius. Be it known that Sir W. Gomm has never once been in active service during the last thirty-five years, that anterior to that time he always acted in a subordinate capacity—obeying, not commanding— that subsequent to that time he has laboured indif ferently well in departments requiring only the atten tion of a civilian, and that consequently, of all men that could hare been nominated to succeed Lord GrOUGII, not one could by possibility have been selected so ill-fitted at any time for the rank of Indian Commander-in-Chief, but especially at a period of such strange and extraor dinary emergency. 13 it not—(we ask this plainly) —is it not manifest to the whole of England, that one man, and one man alone, would be invested with the confidence of every party on his elevation to the rank of Commander-in-Chief over the British-Indian army—that that man is the Hero of Sinde—and that the Hero of Sinde is kept out of the appointment merely by considerations of a personal character ? The answer is affirmative, and the affirmation comes from the very soul of the nation. Let the Directors be warned in time ; let them see before it is too late what everybody else sees so clearly, that the appearance of Sir CHARLES JAMBS NAPIER as Commander-in-Chief in the Punjaub would carry not only joy to the forces now occupied in the seat of war—it would not only diffuse confidence throughout the whole body of the British empire, but it would carry dismay and terror among the insurgent and invading races, among; the Seikhs and the Affghans. The great warrior who is known even beyond the crest of the Indian Caucasus by no other title but that of the DEVIL'S BROTHER. would carry with him not only the military genius and the irresistible valour which enabled him to conquer the whole of the magnificent province of Sinde, but he would send before him the horror of that great name which is respected in the valleys of Belloochistan and among the crags of Caubul. The inevitable effect of the appointment of the Conqueror of Sinde as the successor of Lord GOUGH would be the overthrow of a rebellion which is becoming too strong for that daring but incompetent General, and not only the overthrow of SHBRE SINGH and the other Seikh leaders, but the simplification of the fron tier difficulties of our empire in Hindostan by its exten sion to the natural boundary of the Indus. When these triumphs should have been accomplished—and they would inevitably be accomplished under NAPIER— that illustrious Captain might bring into operation his many noble and splendid schemes for the perfect or ganization of our forces throughout the whole of our Asiatic dominions. At present the labour to be achieved is more imminent ; and that labour no man can perform so effectually as the Conqueror and first Governor of Sinde. During the solemn and momentous hours of their deliberation it will be well fur the Directors to call to their recollection a previous and very similar incident, recorded in the history of the great Company over whose destinies they are presiding when CLIVE was at enmity with the members of the Board in Leadenhall-street—when arvs was elected to be Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief at once in spite of the Directors—and when CLIVE, so ap pointed, saved the British possessions in Hindostan from passing out of the hands of the Company. The position of NAPIER in regard to the Indian army is identical with that of CLIVE. Let not the fate of SULLIVAN be forgotten by the Directory ! The proposed " rate in aid" has excited a storm of indignation in the north of Ireland. Protests couched in the strongest language are forwarded every day. The men of Ulster state their determination not to contribute a single farthing towards the support of their suffering brethren in the southern and western provinces. They declare that they will not pay, and plainly and unequivocally intimate their intention to resist the imposition by any and every means. Has, then, the boasted loyalty of the north so far degene rated ? Are the friends of the British connexion in that quarter, indeed, so lukewarm and indifferent ? Is their allegiance of that doubtful and evanescent character, that it can be dissipated by a rate of sixpence in the pound, the proceeds of which are to be applied for the purpose of feeding the hungry, and clothing the naked? 'We cannot, for a moment, credit the charge ; we cannot so far wrong the sturdy Northerns as to suppose that those statements are well founded—that they are more than hasty and petulant expressions made use of in the heat of argument, and not the results of sober and mature consideration. The men of Ulster are firm, but not obstinate. They will steadfastly oppose that which they believe to be unjust, but they will listen to reason, and when con vinced, will unhesitatingly acknowledge the error into which they had fallen. There is undoubtedly some weight in the argument chiefly relied on by the opponents of the rate in aid, " that there is no greater reason why the inhabitants of Down or Armagh should be called upon to support the . poor of Mayo than that the people of Lancashire or Yorkshire should be rated for the relief of the Dorsetshire or Wiltshire labourers ;" that if once the union boundaries are passed, and that assistance must be afforded from other quarters, besides those primarily responsible, it can only be granted from Imperial resources, and that it is not equitable to subject any portion of the empire to exclusive taxation for the purpose. This view of the case would be irresistible if there were an equal measure of taxation for England and Ireland, if the remons trants were subject to every burden by which the in dustry of England is paralysed. But such is not the case. They enjoy many exemptions from taxation. The assessed taxes are unknown on the other side of St. George's Channel.. There is no inquisitorial in vestigation into tho earnings of every person in the enjoyment of 150/. per :annum, and no claim of Id. in the pound on his profits for state pur poses. There is no land-tax, no Excise duties on bricks, hops, soap, post-horses, &c. The tax on spirits is little more than one-third of what it is in this country, 2s. Sid. per gallon only being levied in Ireland, while the English distillers must pay 7s. 10d. These are valuable privileges. More than 12,000,0001, sterling is paid into the national exchequer for taxes, from w hi c h I re l an d i s wholly would ezt dis sentients exempted, while 5,000,0001 . more is realised from N sou ow rc , es th t e o s w im hi p c le h g sh u e es i tn is onlyliable is, whether to a limited the en desire to have En g l an d an d Ireland placed on an equal footing in every respect. Would they con sent to have the taxation of both countries equalised, to receive the income-tax, the assessed taxes, the duties on bricks, soap, &c., as permanent imposts; or to consent for a limited tine to a rate in aid, less than the income-tax alone, and which is more fairly distributed between the owners and occupiers of the land ? There cannot be much doubt as to the answer which any prudent and sensible man would return. lie would thankfully pay the minor charge for th e limited period, and escape the more onerous burdens with which injudicious friends and advocates would seek to fix him. There is no disguising the fact, the only alternative is that which we have stated. The rate in aid must be carried, or there must be a general revision of the taxation of both countries, with a view to their perfect assimilation. The destitute poor cannot be supported in certain unions .without .extraneous aid. We cannot suffer them to perish miserably, the necessary assistance must be afforded. Whence, then, is that assistance to be obtained—from the , most prosperous parts of Ireland, or from the English people ? It is a ques tion of relative equity. The men of Ulster and the men of Lancashire are the parties to the suit. The point at issue is not whether the former " are to be taxed to support the beggars made by the improvident squirearchy of the south and west," as one of their orators asserted, but whether additional charges are to be placed on the hard-working operatives of the witni4fActuzin districts, while their more favoured Irish brethren are still to be exempted. That is the true point of view in which the matter must be re garded, and we trust that the men of Ulster will bring their strong common sense to bear on the subject, and arrive at a sound practical conclusion. D uring the past week much vituperation has been lavished on the devoted head of Mr. GEORGE HUDSON. The results of pending investigations have been anticipated; his guilt has been assumed, while the charges are actually sub judice. The good old prin ciples of fair play have been forgotten, the golden maxim, "Audi alterem partem," has been lost sight of. His conduct is denounced in the most unmeasured terms, and torrents of indignant eloquence are poured forth before the real facts of the case are known. We do not appear as the advocates and supporters of Mr. HUDSON ; we do not profess to justify his proceedings. He may be guilty, or he may be innocent, but he is entitled to the common privilege of every Englishman. He should not be condemned unheard, or denied the opportunity of offering his defence to the accusations that have been preferred against him. The only tangible charge that has been brought forward affecting his character is that respecting the sale of certain 1.51. shares in the Great North of England Company. It was asserted that a price was paid far beyond the real value of the shares, and that Mr. HUD.. SON abused the powers entrusted to him as chairman of the board of directors, by selling at the increased price 2,800 of those shares, and thu s putting into his own pocket nearly 14,0001. of the company's money. This is indeed a grave and serious accusation against Mr. HUDSON. It would be impossible to condemn too strongly his conduct, if the imputation were well founded, and that it could be proved that he had the guilty intention of defraud ing those whose interests it was his duty to guard and protect to the utmost of his power. But no sufficient proof has been as yet adduced to sustain the charge. Mr. Hunsos at once admitted that he sold the 2,800 shares to the company, and it was stated by Mr. PRANCE, who brought forward the motion for inquiry, that all the 151. shares had been purchased at an average of 21/. premium, whereas the average of the quotations from October, 1846, to December, 1848 amounted to 161. 15s. only; or, in other words, that 41. ss. was paid for each share more than the amount for which it could have been purchased on the Stock-Exchange. Now all this may be perfectly true, and yet there might have been no fraud or overcharge. The average of prices during a period of two years and three months might show a result ♦ery different indeed from what those prices might have been at the time of a particular transaction or at the times of many different transac tions. Persons who invested their capital in railway securities in 1846, or even in 1847, would find that they had paid very far beyond the average, if the panic rates of October last were taken into ac count ; and yet they could not charge the parties from whom they had purchased with having imposed upon them, or of having obtained unfair prices for their property. So, in like manner, Mr. HUDSON may be perfectly innocent, although he had been paid for the shares sold by him much more than the average price. In order to establish his guilt the dates of every transaction should be ascertained; the actual bon(2- fide price for the day should also be known. The mere quotation will not be sufficient. It is now well known that quotations were made much below the real rates, in order that parties who were frightened by the misrepresentations and falsehoods that were so freely circulated, and who in consequence came in to the market as sellers, should get the smallest possible amount ; but it was very different when purchasers appeared—then the stock was not forthcoming—it could not be obtained at the moment, and transactions could not be effected without a considerable increase of price. Now the question will really be—what could the company have obtained those shares for in the market which they purchased from Mr. HuosoN. If they paid beyond the actual value, then who are the delinquents? Mr. HUDSON cannot be the only one. Others must be cognisant of the transactions, and participating in his guilt, if any there was. A committee has been Ap pointed to inquire into the subject with the full con sent of Mr. HunsoN. He did not resist the proposed investigation, and that fact affords prima facie evidence of his innocence. The strictest and most searching inquiry will take place—his very accusers, the proposer and seconder of the motion for a com mittee, are two out of the five appointed. They will leave nothing undone to sustain their case ; if it can be made out they will do so. We therefore claim for Mr. HUDSON that he should be esteemed innocent until he be proved guilty, and that vague charges, which at most amount to matters of suspicion, should not be assumed as gospel truths until their accuracy be fully established. We have always been among the most strenuous advocates of the principle of life assurance, and we therefore hail with satisfaction the formation of a new company (the first meeting of the shareholders of which will be held to-morrow) which will, by the facilities it affords with regard to the payment of premiums, enable those to make a provision for their families who have been hitherto prevented, by the res angustcs donti, from availing themselves of the benefits of life assurance. To all such persons the Engineers,l Masonic, and Universal Mutual Life Assurance Society (the advertisement of which appears in another column) offers unusual advantages. The policies are issued free of stamp duty. A policy once granted will never be disputed, so that the assured can feel really assured that his children will reap the fruits of his providence. The permis sion to pay the premiums monthly will enable many to insure who could never hope to accu mulate sufficient in one gross sum to pay an annual premium, and the power to take credit for one half the premiums during life will be an incalculable benefit to those who may be temporarily embarrassed, and will enable many to save a policy, which, according to the old plan, must inevitably have been forfeited. The power of introducing a second person in the room of the one originally assured, is also a great boon to the assured, as is the non-voidance of a policy by duelling or sui cide, or death by the hands of justice, in cases where it has been assigned as a bona fade security. All these are great boons to the assurers, and the office will no doubt reap the just reward of its liberality. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of Saturday and yesterday. The law on the Council of State, was adopted in its entirety by the National Assembly in the sitting of Saturday, by a majority of 524 to 219. This may be considered as a signal defeat of the reactionary party, who were unwearied in their endeavours to get rid of the Bill either by direct rejection, or if that were impossible, by a side wind, so as to leave to the new Assembly the power of appointing and organising the Council of State which will now be nominated by the existing National Assembly. An interpellation addressed to the Ministry by M. MARTIN BERNARD, on the subject of an alleged illegal interference with a banquet, gave rise to a tumul tuous scene at the commencement of the sitting. Some young students attended on Thursday last a banquet at b orders, e e n r e e w f t u h of s o e entered d were Leh the Barriere d u M a i ne. T he Commissary of Police claimed th e r i g ht o f b e i ng admitted to the banquet to watch th e p rocee di ngs, i n conformity with the provisi ons o f t h e law of 1790. Having rteEt there Ti n admittance,ebrbanquet :la 8 uu assembled. e h tum e E bhx p la o eli police . c ar e en pds f l o yu r ee c txho e p , tel expelled qs y d u the s i e - s guests e sta t e n tion of M. MARTIN BERNARD, who asked him whether the Ministry considered political banquets as clubs. A long discussion followed, in the course of which M. LEDRU ROLLIN quoted the speeches of M. ODILON BARROT in February, 1846, on the subject of banquets, and of the law of 1790, comparing the conduct of: MM. ODILON BARROT aad LEON FAUCHER, to that of MM. GUIZOT and DUCHATEL. These quotations produced an immense effect, and the Journal des Debats, of Sunday, re actionary as it is, cannot conceal the delight with which it contemplates the dilemma into which MM. ODILON BARROT and LEON FAUCHER have ma nna g his ed defence,to: p l ace themselve s. declared, that M. while M.BGA n a l a z o o r T , i contended that the law of 1790 gave power to the Executive to prohibit persons from attending ban quets, he (M. BARROT) only contended that it gave the Government power to place them under police surveillance, and to disperse those assembled at them, §gzely this is a distinction without differ, ence. So conscious did the Government feel of the weakness of their position, that they did not venture to take a division or a vote of approval, proposed by one of their over-zealous partizans, but were content that the Assembly should pass to the order of the day. The club of the Rue de Poitiers have, it is said, determined to appoint an electoral committee, not withstanding the secession of M. DE LARO6IIEJAC• QUELIN and the elite of the Legitimatists. The fol lowing will, it is said, be among the members :—Duc de Broglie, Due de Nouailles, General Pyat, General Ornano, Count Janvier, Count d'Haussonville (son in•law of the Due de Broglie), Victor Hugo, M. de La Ferle, Me de Sala, M. de Reuneville, and the Prince de Wagram. Very little business was done yesterday at the Pas sage de l'Opera. The French Five per Cents. were quoted at 83f. SOc. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, MARCH 3. Boulogne and Amiens, 9 3, —Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 11.1,." 2 —Namur and Liege, B—Northern of France, 11.— Orleans and Bordeaux, 33/ Paris and Rouen, 20 3 4—Paris and Strasbourg, 4% ex in.—Tours and Nantes, 2%—Dutch Rhenish, 1%. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-MONDAY. The quantity of English Barley and Malt received in the port of London last week was tolerably extEnsive, but that of all other articles of home produce was again small, and of very middling quality, especially the new Wheats. By land carriage the receipts were limited. We received a full average time-of-year supply of Oats from Scotland. That from Ireland was trifling. A considerable increase took place in the imports of foreign Wheat, which exceeded 24,000 quarters. Those of Flour were 5,419 sacks, and 1,605 barrels; the former from France, the latter from the United States. The other foreign arrivals were comparatively small, viz., 1,606 quarters of Barley, 2,472 ditto of Oats, 82 ditto of Beans, 34 ditto of Peas, 851 ditto of Tares, 29 ditto of Rapeseed, 5 ditto of Linseed, 640 do. of Indian Corn, and 85 do. of sundry Seeds. The quantity of English Whe a t resh up to our market, this morning, was again small; and the majority of the samples from Essex and Kent were beneath the middle quality. The land-carriage receipts were chiefly confined to a few parcels from the former county. The attendance of both town and country buyers being small, and the quantity of foreign Wheat on show extensive, and of much better quality than the English qualities, the demand for the latter was in a very depressed state. Fine dry samples were mostly dis posed of, at prices about equal to those paid on this day se'nnight. All other kinds commanded scarcely any atten tion, and the quotations were a shade—say is per quarter — in favour of the millers. The quantity of foreign Wheat on offer was on the increase. The best descriptions of both Red and White moved off slowly, at last week's curren cies. The out•of-conditien sorts were a trifle lower. We were tolerably well, but by no means heavily, supplied with English Barley. Very few samples of foreign were on offer. Fine Malting kinds moved off at prices fully equal to those quoted in our last report, viz., from 30s to 32s per quarter. In grinding and distilling sorts next to nothing was doing, at barely stationary figures. The quantity of Malt on show was small, but quite adequate to meet the wants of the brewers. All descriptions were a very slow sale, at barely, but at nothing quotable beneath, the currencies of this day se'nnight. 'With Oats we were rather scantily sup plied, although the show of English and Scotch samples was larger than for some time past. Most kinds were a dull sale. In prices, however, we have no further decline to notice. Most of the buyers are still very short of stock. So little was doing in Beans that prices were almost nomi nal. Most kinds were offered at reduced quotations. The transactions in Peas were trifling in the extreme. and prices gave way was m fr s om a s . t o Indian 2s Cornand Meal per quarter, elv ie inshort supply notwithstanding tbe supply supply ; sluggish inquiry, at late rates. French Flour was offering in abundant quantities at from to 30s to 35s per sack. No change took place in the nominal top price of English. Country marks were a shade lower. CUIMENCY PER. IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex & Kent, 1 Malt—Chevalier......—• • • 59s to 605 Red. .....• • • 40s to 48s 'Oats— Yorkshire and Ditto,White, New 44s 55s Lincolnsh., Fe:d. 16s 195 Norfolk and Lin- Potato coin, Red..... 41s 47s Youghal and Cork, Ditto, White.. •• • • 43s 52s Black . ...... 145 105 Irish, Red.. .. .. • . —8 —5 Cork, White . .... 16s 19: Ditto,White .. .. • • —s —s Scotch, Feed..... 20s 23s Rye—Old .......• •• • • —5 s Beans—Tick New....... •• .. 255 28s Pigeons. Barley—Grinding ... .. 23s 26: Peas—Grey .......... 34s 37s Malting . .... •• .. 28s 303 Maple. . ..... 35s 37s Chevalier .... •• • 305 32s White........... 28s 30s Malt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers ..... • ... 32s 33s folk .. .. .... .... i7s .58s Flour—Town-made... 39s 445 Brown ......• •. .. bes 54s Suffolk ...... —. . 32s 345 Kingston and Ware 58s 59s Stockta & Norfolk 32s 34s SMITHFIELD. The total arrival of foreign stock into London, last weett, was 2,616 head, being an increase compared with that of the preceding week of 650 head. It shows an excess on a comparison with the official returns at the same period in 1848, of 1,493, and of not less than 1,969 head compared with the imports in 1847, at the same time. For the time of year, the supply has, therefore, been large, especially when the low prices ruling in this market are taken into con sideration. The following statement shows the quarters from whence the supplies have been derived :—• IMPORTS INTO LONDON. From Beasts. Sheep. Calve,. Ostend — •• 257 ... Rotterdam Spain ..... 150 ... Hambnrgh 20 ... Harlingen 252 ••• Lambe. 599 .. i 1845. 1846. 1 1847. 1248. 1849. Stock this day .... •• I 24,449 19,041 11,128 10,243 30,233 339: 3't- 4t203439:1 51s , 9 Price of Y. C. •• .. Isos to 405 6d —50 s t• 40s Delivery last week: •• 978 1 1,303 972 1,249 2,278 Ditto from June 1•• • • 71,615 74,436 69,920 83,224 $1,070 Arrivals last week • 8 2,8 6 1,102 98 Ditto from June 1 ..• 77,073 76,673 70,420 85,366 1 0 3,7 70 Price of Town .......423 45 6d 52s 6d 505. 433 YARMOUT', MARCH 4.—The sloop Nauti London, and the Nimes, Antwerp to Newha• with damage and cargo shifted in a galo 28th lus, Ant men, hay , Li ult. twerp to 'o put in MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO 71IREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool on Saturday closed stea dily. Full prices were maintained, and the sales were esti mated at 5,500 bales, including 500 on speculation. The business included 4,000 American at 3%d. to 6d., 100 Egyptian at 6d. to 7 1 A d., 400 Surats at 3 1 / 4 d. to 4 Y s d., and 40 Sea Island at 8 1 4 d. to 9 1 4 d. per lb.— Railway Shares were dull, with but little business doing. The Grain Market has been very inactive to-day. During the week to the 21st ult. there were imported into the principal ports of Great Britain 127,801 qrs. of foreign and 77 of colo nial grain and flour, and there were entered for consumption 141,413 quarters of foreign and 77 of Colonial, yielding a gross amount of 7,301/. in duty. If we look to the whole of the United Kingdom, we find that in the month ended the sth ult., and consequently just after the duty was abolished, the total quantities were as follows: — Imported. Corn and Grain ... ... 744,492 qrs. Meal and Flour ... ... 696,441 cwt. Charged with duty for home consumption : Corn and Grain ... ... 1,259,525 qrs. Meal and Flour . . 762,705 cwt. Remaining in warehouse in the United Kingdom, Feb. 5. Corn and grain •.• ••• ••• 503,177 qrs. floe- Meal and flour ••• 508,332 cwt.lt would appear therefor e that at the beginning of February there was a stock which allowing for subsequent arrivals must have become ere this reduced to a very small quantity. The accounts received from the United States, although seven days later, furnish nothing of particular interest, and the steamer which is expected to-day or to-morrow will bring letters, &c., with private opinions concerning Califor nian prospects, &c. There has been further agitation in the English Stock Market, and the quotations have been per cent lower, though a rally has occurred since. In the face of the Indian news, and the uncertainty respecting the issue of the Italian affair, the speculators for a fall have been more en couraged to operate, and some of the Bulls have changed their accounts. The fact that specie has been recently forwarded to some amount to the Continent, and that money does not become cheaper as was supposed it would ere this, has an effect in deterring very large operations for a rise, but the French Funds are acted upon in precisely the inverse order, since they experi ence part of the benefit of the money sent hence. Consols have ranged from 91 to 91 1 ,E for Transfer, and have been 91% to 91% for Account. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have realised 92% to 92%, and the Three per Cents. 91% to 91 1 %. Bank Stock has declined to 194% and 193, but the most sensible reaction is in India Stock, which a few days since was 243 to 246, and is now only 236% to 240. No - doubt the Indian Government will be put to great expense by the increased military establish ment that will now be requisite in its territories. Exche quer-bills have realised 398. to 435., and India Bonds 535. to to 575. premium. Business in Foreign Stocks has been more limited. Spanish Five per Cents. have realised 174 to %, and the Three per Cents. 29%. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been worth 25 to 26. Brazil Bonds have been quoted 82 to 84. Mexi • can Stock has been steady at 26%, and Peruvian has been firm at 50 to %. Venezuela are about 26 to 28, and Equa dor 3. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 48% to 49%. The Railway Share Market has been rather heavy in sympathy with the funds, and there is a decline in all Hud son's lines, as well as in tome of the others, including North Western. ONE 01.0511.4 e I , ItITISH 1171 , 1D3 O'CLOCK PRICES dank Stock 19 4 14 193 193 per Cent. Reduced Antis ...... 9 l l /4 i /e 1 /i 91% 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 91 % 1 /2 91 91% 91% New 3 1 4 per Cent. Ann 5...... Leong Anna. to expire J an. 1860 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10. 1859 B 3 /4 8 3 / 4 ___. India Stoci _ 240 236% 236% nciia Bonds, 1,000/. ........ ..... Ditto under 1,0001........„ 57 53 p b 3 p South Sea Stock Consols for Account 91%%%% 91% %xchequer Bills. 2%d. & 2d. 1,0001. June 39 43 p 43 p 5001. June Small, June Ditto Advertised, June 3l p SI p PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS crxE CLOSIN O'CLOCK. PRICES Brazilian Bonds Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839 .„ — Ditto, Small Bl 81 Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent — 68 . . _ Ditto, 5 per cent. Scrip, 1849.. -- 7 Equador Bonds slexicsn, 5 per Cent. 1846 — 26 5 4, Ditto, Accoun` 26% 261 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents SO 50 50 1 / 2 50 1 / 2 Ditto, 4 per Cent — 26 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account : 1714 17% Ditto, Passive Ditto 3 Der Cent — Ditto, Account ............ Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2 1 / 2 per Cent., 12 Guild 48% 49 1 / 2 49 1 / 2 Ditto. Account ... ....- ..... 49 1 / 2 1 4 49 IA Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 79 1 / 2 78 3 / 4 78% PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SII9.RES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES Iberdeen... Birmingham and Ox ford Junct., calls duly paid, or with a guaran. 20 ...... 25 3 4 •••••• 25 Caledonian . Do. New 10/. Pref lO ..... 11%.. ..... ..... 11% Chester and Holyhead 5O Ditto, Preference East Anglia, 25/., L. & E. end L. and D...... 25_ ...... Do., 31. 103. ...... ... 314 .... 2 1 4 2 14 Eastern Counties— ..... 20 ...... 10 1 /A% I O I,E Do. New Guaranteed 6 per Cent. . ... .... 10 ...... 11%p ll%p Ditto, Extension, 5 per Cent., No. 1 6/.135. 4d.... .-- — p Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 133. 4d... % p. % p Do. Quartrs .... ..... 12% - ......... ..... . 13 1 / e East Lincolnshire ...... 25 Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... Ditto, Half Shares ... 20 .. .. 17 Great Northezn Do., B 6 per Cent... 6 1 ,4 Great North of England.loo 230 232 x.d....... 232 x.d. Ditto, New, 401 v 4O - Ditto, ditto Great Western 100 ...... 97 96 1 ,. 2 98 x.d 98x.d Ditto, 1 4 Shares Ditto, Fifths ..... Ditto, New 171........ 15 ... .. 13 x.d. [Tull and Selby Lancashire & Yorxshire 93 - Ditto, ditto Do. Fifths... ......... Do. New, Grua. 6 per ct. 7% Do.( W. Riding' Union) 8 .. Do. (Pr eston & Wyre) 25 - ... 37 x.d. Leeds and Brad.ord 5O 103% x.d...... 103% x.d. Leeds and Thirsk London & Black wa11...13/. 63. 8d.... 5% x.d 5% x.d. London, Brighton, and South Coact London and N. Western 100...13/ 136 1 / 2 137%......137% x.d Do. 101. IM. & B.) C. 1 ...,.. .. — 4 3 /4 i...oaci. &S. Westerr 5O ...... 38 38% 38% x.d. Do.. New Scrip, 1843, Pref. 7 per Cent. on Deposit, and 5 per Cent. on Calls Nianchester, Sl•effield, and Lincolnshire...100 Ditto, New 101. Prer... 10 Midland ...... ....... —lO3 ...... 83% 82 x.d. Do., do., 50/. Shares... 25 ... .. 17 3 / 4 %••••••• Do. Birm., and DettylC3 Nor:olk lOO - 44 %:orth British ... ..... ... 25 Ditto, Halves .. Ditto, Quarters Ditto, Thirds ........ 84 .... 4% .... 4% North Staffordshire l 7 l /2 l 4 l / 2% 14% Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ...... 50 Scottish Central South Eastern Do., Scrip No 4 south Wales •••••• 33 Enuth Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole Water:m . 3 and Kilkenny 20 Yolk. Newcastle, and Berw:ck. ...... 25 ..... 24% 25 ex.div. 25 x.d Do. Original New and Berwick ...... .. 25 ..... 24 3 / 4 4' ex.div. 24% x.d Do. Newcast'e Eater. 20 Do. G.N.E.Prekerence a York and North Midland 50 ...... 48 I /2 ex.div.... 48% x.d Ditto, Pi eierence Do. East and West Rid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. _ _ Boulogne and Amiens-. 20 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon)... 11 Dutch llberish ........ 7%..... .. ...... Luxembourg..... .-- D;tto ... 10 Namur and Liege ...... 20 ... . 8 7%.....• 7 3 /4 Northern of France...... 13 Orleans rod Borclearx... 7 ...... 3 5 8 3% Paris and Lyons ll ..... 5%.. ......... ... 5% Do. Do. . Rouen and Havre Tours and Nantes 9 ...... ..... ..... 2 3 / 4 MINES. Brazilian Imperial Do. St.Johnpel Rey 15 ...... 10%% I O IA JOINT STOCK BANKS. Union of Australia LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LOWDON MARCH s.—Wind at noon W.S.W. light breeae, and tine clear weather. DEAL, MARCH 3.—Wind S.W. to W.S.W., 4th S.W.— Arrd. 3d, Independance, Bradish, New York; 4th, Der Frienden, Spekman, Surinam for Amsterdam; Olga, Schiel drass, Rio Janeiro; Esther and Sophie, Lc.nsberg, La Guayra, and both sailed for Hamburgh; Ilever, Johansen, Amster dam. Arrd. from the River 3d, Lady May, Spence, St. Thomas; Apprentice, Harvey, ditto; Itana, Smith, Cads.; 4th, Lady Clark, 3,l‘Lean, Sydney, New South Wales; Nunez, Derecourt, Gambia; George, Nicholas, St. Vincent; Ravenswood, Marsden, Antigua; Express, Whitty, New Orleans; Arlington, Ryan, ditto; Belize, Stoker, Boston. Sld. Caroline Agnes, Port Philip; Queen, Pernambuco; Grecian Queen, Porto Rico; Isabella Wood, ditto; Eclipse, Madeira. 3d, The Janes, from London to Barbadoes, which was driven to the eastward, lost both anchors, and has sailed for Ramsgate. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 3.—Wind N.W., fresh; 4. 3d, Arrd. Eagle, Hawkins, St. Domingo; Planter, Rid, Santa Martha; Peggy, Reid, Rio Huila ; Syria, Thomas, New Orleans; Thomas, Brewer, Savannah. 4th, Victoria, Car pin, Calcutta ; Theresa Jaye, Maranham ; Living Age, Snow, New Orleans ; Howard, 13, own, Mobile; Athens, Pilabury, Charleston ; George Canning, Keay, Charleston ; Marianne, Carapbell, New York; Wisconsii , , Mumford, New York. The Plymouth, hence to Halifax, which was aban doned, west of Taskar, 28th ult., after being in contact with the Planter, from Santa Martha, foundered on the next day. Sld., Joseph Sanderson, Calcutta; Mary Miller, Buenos Ayres; 'William Fisher, Rio Janeiro; Swordfish, Pernam buco; Miltiades, New Orleans; Mary Florence, New York; Arthur, New York; Waterloo, New York; Maypo, Africa; Elizabeth, Maranham; Hartley, New Orle ans • L y di a, Mobile; Harriet and Jessce, Charleston; Metowk and Sarah Louise, New York. DuN . Dieu, MAncti Fai , y, Kerr, Greenland f•. Premier, Cumming, St. Lucia. 2, Cowl - Actor, Barbadoei. HULL, MARCU W.S.W., blowing froth—Awl. retrgl, Eos, charlotm BELFAST, MAncit 3.—Wind W., fine.—Sld. Annie, New York; Sir Colin Campbell, New York. OFF CORK, MARCH 2.—Wind W.S.W.—Alice Haviland, Williams, St. Domingo, and proceeded for Liverpool. SWANSEA, MARCH 4.—Wind S. E.—Arrd. Pirce, Cuba. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) The Master of the Rolls sat in his court in the Rolls'• yard, Chancery-lane, to-day. LOCKHART V. ALDER. The further arguments in this part-heard case were re sumed this morning, and occupied his Lordship the whole day. The object of the suit is to recover from the estate of a deceased tenant for life compensation for timber cut by hint while in possession. A reference had been made to the Master on the subject, and the exceptions taken to his report were opened on Ssturday, and the arguments upon them ie sumed this morning. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND.) NATION V. HAYLEY. His HONOUR gave judgment in this case to•day, which was argued before him in the course of last week. His Honour said, the only dispute raised was with respect to the third security, and it was urged on behalf of the defendant that it was void because it was given by the father of the defendant by way of compounding a felony, that felony being a forgery committed by Richard, the son, upon his father ; and it was required of the Court that it should, on the mere allegation of Richard that he had committed the forgery, place implicit belief on that statement, and admit that evidence. His Honour said that he should be acting most wrongly if he adopted such a course. He would, however, give the defendants an oppor tunity, if they thought fit to take it, of trying the following issue—whether Richard, the witness, did commit the forgery in question by feloniously filling up the bill with the sum of 500/. The defendants must, however, consider for them selves whether they woild try that issue or not. The other two securities in the ease were not questioned. The defendants, by their counsel, consented to try the issue. After some discussion, it was arranged that if the defendant did not keep down the interest on the two securities that were not objected to, the plaintiff should be at liberty to take possession of them. His HONOUR, in the course of the discussion, observed that this was the first time in his experience that he had seen se curity for 99 years given upon stock.—(A laugh.) Mr. SMITH—The securities were drawn up on the other side of the water.—(A laugh.) The Court then proceeded to hear causes. (Before the Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) ANDREWS O. ANDREWS. The further hearing of the arguments In this part-heard cause occupied the Court the whole morning. (Before the Vice-Chancellor WISRAM.) His HONOUR having disposed of the case of Hart v. Tulke, which stood on the paper for judgment, proceeded to hear causes; but no ease calling for a special report came before his Honour during the morning. - - CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before the COMMON SERGEANT and Mr. Alderman Grans.) BURGLARY.--George Phillips, alias Johnson, aged - 16, Thomas Jackson, a li as S y d ney all, aged 19, fury Ann Allen, aged 17, and Ehza Brown, aged 17, were indicted with feloniously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Mr. Henry Raven, surgeon, Compton-street, and stealing there from a workbox and other articles, value 21. 95., his goods and moneys; one hat, value 55., the property of George Edward Francis; one coat and other articles, value 4/., the property of Robert Turnbull; and John Phillips, alias Neal, aged 16, with feloniously inciting, moving ; procuring, Esc., the other prisoners to do and commit the said felony. John, George, and Thomas had been previously convicted of felony. It appeared that John Phillips bad been in the service of Mr. Raven as errand-boy, and that it was his duty to put up the shutters of the shop. On closing the shop on the 27th of January, he intentionally left a portion of the shutters unfastened, and the burglary was committed the same even ing. Part of the property was found in the prisoners' lodgings, who lived together in a brothel. The male prisoners, who were sharp little fellows, con ducted their own defence, sad severally cross-examined the witnesses, and addressed the jury with much tact and skill. Mr. O'Brien appeared for the female prisoners. The jury found the two female prisoners Not Guilty, and the other two prisoners Guilty. Thomas Jackson, on being told by the Common Sergeant that the Court thought it necessary to send them both abroad for a considerable period said, "My Lord, they won't send us across the seas." The Centstow SERGEANT—The Government will take care of that, I assure you, and they will see you are made to work, and it will not be long before you come to your senses. sentence you both to be transported for ten years. Jackson—Thank you, my Lord. I had written the sen tence down on this paper before you gave it. The prisoners were then removed. NEW COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner BULLOCK. ) The Court was occupied throughout the morning in trying two cases of petty larceny, which did not possess the slightest interest. BOW-STREET.--(THIS DAY.) Ann Wilday was charged before Mr. Henry with attempt ing to murder her husband. It appears that on Saturday last the parties, who keep a cats' meat shop in Great Wild street, Drury-lane, had a violent quarrel, and in the course of the afternoon, the husband being off his guard, or, as is supposed, asleep, the prisoner attacked him with a knife, and inflicted a desperate wound in his neck. He was removed to the hospital ; and as he cannot yet be pronounced out of danger, the prisoner was remanded to Wednesday next. MARLBRO'-STREET-(THISDAY.) IMPUDENT ROBBERY.—James Dixon, a waiter out of em ploy, was brought before Mr. Bingham, charged with having stolen a great coat, a pair of Wellington boots, and five silver table spoons, the property of Mr. Cruz, landlord of the Argyle Arms, Argyle-street. James Woodgate, a waiter in the employ of th e prosecu tor, stated, that on Sunday morning, about a quarter to eight o'clock, he was taking down the door shutters, when the prisoner, who had previously lived with Mr. Crux, came up and asked witness to allow him to go into the yard for a few minutes, as he was taken suddenly Witness not having the least suspicion of the pri soner granted his request, and went out fer the purpose of taking down the remainder of the shutters. On his return indoors he was surprised at hearing some plates fall in the bar-parlour, and on going to the door he met the prisoner coming out with Mr. Crux's great coat on. Witness asked him what he had been at, and accused him with having stolen the coat. The prisoner immediately pulled it off and begged of witness to let hies go. Witness refused and insisted upon searching him. Wit ness then felt in the prisoner's coat pocket and found the five spoons produced. The pair of boots were found in the pocket of the great coat. Witness then went to the door and called a police-constable, who took charge of the prisoner. The prisoner said he should reserve his defence, and was fully committed for trial. MYSTERIO Us CASE of BURGLARY AND ALLEGED VIOLATION AT LEA MINGTON. At half-past three o'clock, on Friday morning, as a young man was walking down the Lower Parade, he heard some one crying, in a very weak tone of vo i ce , " Help I help? won't any one come and help me?" Upon looking round h e per ceived the figure of a woman in the balcony of No. 8, in her night-dress, and in consequence of her peculiar appearance. evidently labouring under intense excitement, he said, "Go back," when she replied, " If I do so, they will kill me." The police broke open a door in front of the house. The woman, who is a widow named Lardor, and was left in charge of the house, stated that she had been alarmed two hours previ ously, by hearing a noise upon the staircase leading to her bed-room, which is in the rear of the building, and whilst mak.ng her way to the door of the apartment, it was forced open by two men. They demanded the plate be longing to the house, and, on being told that sho had delivered it up to her master on the pre vious night, in consequence of the lodgings having been vacated the day before, and that all she possessed in money was half-a-crown, the fellows attempted to induce her to swallow something from a tumbler, which she managed to knock from the hand of the person holdiag The men then violated her person each of them more than once, under circumstances of great barbarity. She stated that the persons, one of whom she could identify, were very respectably attired, but had black ribbons or crape placed over their faces. They brought with them a dark lantern , the light from which enabled her to distinguish the features of one of them. She further stated that they compelled her, to follow them f rom room to room, where they turned over every bed, and having led her into the drawing-room, tied her hands together and blind folded her, they attempted to strangle her. When the superintendent of police (Mr. Roby) arrived a minute inspection of the house was made, and it was ascertained that every drawer and cupboard in the place had been ransacked , as if in search of the valuable plate known to have been there the day before, but no property of any description was removed, although the kitchen was left in a state of great confusion, from the number of articles scattered about. Every door in the back part of the premises had been left open, and egress thus easily afforded to the thieves, after whose escape the woman crawled to the drawing-roona window, and made an alarm. In fact, the appearance of the house corroborated her statement as to a burglary having been attempted; and on further search it was ascertained that a pane of glass had been removed from the scullery window, but at a great distance from the fastening, which was also so very rusty and difficult to unfasten as to p r eclude the possibility of opening the window, which r emainl closed, as it was left on th e p rev i ous even i ng . N o c l ue c ould therefore be obtained as to how the men had gained an en" trance. The woman has been very ill since the affair took place, although we hear that medical opinion is at varianc e as to the precise nature of the injuries she has received. IRELAND. THE AGITATION IN ULSTER. DUSTIN, SUNDAY EVENING.—The northern papers api 3 teem with the reports of speeches with resolutions denuncia tory of the " Rate in Aid" project. The Belfast meeting on Friday, and that of Lurgan o n the same day, were most influentially attended. The speaker! spared no terms of reprobation of the Ministerial measure, several clergymen being amongst its most violent opponent.' The Rev. Dr. Drewe, of Belfast, protested against SOY poor-law, except one for the sick and aged; and at the same time soumily abused the Ulster representatives, wh ° r„, he designated as the twenty-nine s l ee pi ng b eau ti e s in th e wood. Two of the resolutions ran as follow : " That if there be an y f orce i n t h e max i m t h at the Pr°„: perty of a country sh ou ld support i ts poverty, t h at max"r, must apply indiffer ent ly to th e w h o l e country. T hat t o lit; it to Ireland is t o f a l s if y t h e max i m, and that, too , in t present instanc e , f or an oppress i ve purpose, and those wh° ,4"0- so are violating the principle of the union, transgressing thel duty to the S o v ere i gn o f a ki ng d om sa id to b e un ited, an" laying a found at i on for deep discontent, prejudicial to the e peace arid prosperityof Ireland, and calculated to prevent completien of that harmony which we desire to see es tablishe u among the three sections of the same kingdom. "That as the proposed scheme contemplates the imPes i i ; tion of a tax without our consent by an authority over whi c we shall have no control, and also the expenditure of that tax in a manner wholly irrespective of our wishes, and ibe yond the reach of any superintendence or check from us, : ,i regard the project as an inexcusable, wanton, and daring._ attempt to violate our rights as British subjects—an atteroP! pregnant with the principles of evil, and dangerous to out liberties, and calling for our prompt and unmitigated rePr° bation." We ar.. authorised to state that Mr. Wyld, MY : " has nothing whatever to do with the project of plying 41,711. to earls, in return to that paid some time since by a park,' 0, the National Guard to the British metropolis. The name ?!.. Mr. John Williams, M,P., has equally been used With'?" /1 118.11Cti013. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 26th ult. have arrived. The NARVAEZ Cabinet is intriguing in every direc tion to retain M. DE LESSEPS as the representative of France at the Spanish Court. This anxiety to retain M. DE LESSEPS is natural on the part of NARVAEZ. M. DE LESSEPS has been always more the Minister of the Orleans family than of the French Republic. MADRID BOLSA, FEB. 26.—The Three per Cents. were done to-day at 23i cash, and were 9.16 to g. buyers, 11.16 sellers after the close ; Five per Cents., 11 buyers, g. sellers ; Coupons, 71 ; Passive Debt, 4 buyers, 4i sellers ; Bank Shares, 56 sellers ; Treasury , Bills, of the forced loan, 58 buyers, 62 sellers ; Dis count on Bank Notes, per cent. ; Exchange on London, 19 70. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA. According to the last accounts from Vienna, DEM BROWSKI, the Hungarian Commander-in-Chief, was marching on Pesth, and Prince WINDISHGRATZ had left the city, to attack him. The Breslau Gazette states that the Austrians had been driven out of Arad almost immediately after hav ing got possession of it. The Russian General addressed the following procla mation to the inhabitants of Cronstadt, on the 10th:— " Some ill-intontioned persons of Cronstadt have spread the false rumour that a misunderstanding has broken out between the Austrian General, DE SCHURTER, and myself, and that I entertain the intention of leaving the town, with my troops. It is an infamous falsehood. Even if I could not maintain a good understanding with the General, in whom, on the contrary, I have found a good comrade, whom I esteem and honour, I should re main here for the protection of this town, because such is the august will of my EMPEROR and master." Sentries are placed at night in Vienna every 100 yards, and at ten o'clock the city is like the abode of the dead, so still is everything. Five men suspected of having taken part in the assassination of General LATOUR have confessed their crime, but have declared that there was no plot i❑ the business. PRUSSIA. The Prussian Nliidater of Foreign Affairs has re cently made a declaration to the Hanoverian Plenipoten tiary, to the effect that the Prussian Government has reserved to itself the right of examining in all circum stances how far the resolutions of the National Assembly of Germany can be allowed the force of law in Prussia, and that it maintains this principle with respect to the law of fundamental rights, which, however, it con siders as an integral part of the future Constitution of Germany. A letter from Berlin of the 27th ult. states that a cou rier, who arrived on the previous evening from Copen hagen, brought the intelligence that Denmark had given notice of her intention to put an end to the armistice, which was fixed to conclude on the 26th March. An official notification to this effect was made to the Diet of Denmark on the 24th. In the Prussian Chamber of De puties on the 28th ult. the Government announced that the armistice had been denounced both to the Prussian Government and the Central German Government. It was added, however, that the Danish Ambassador had expressed a hope that hostilities would not be renewed, but that a satisfactory solution would be arrived at before the day fixed for the termination of the armistice. It was stated that the Prussian Government had taken measures for bringing about a pacific solution, at the same time taking care to maintain the honour of the country. _ _ _ The Berlinger Zeitung announces that the Minister of Finance has succeeded in so far carrying out the nego tiations with England respecting a regular steam navi gation between Jutland and England, that the steamers destined to ply specially for the export of cattle will run during the ensuing summer, i. e., from the beginning of April to the end of October, unless unforeseen obstacles should intervene. Two steamers, capable of carrying 200 oxen, some small cattle, and from 1,200 to 1,500 tons of corn, will start from Rierting, to London. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. The Berliner Nachricten maintains that the official ins telligence of the suspension of the Danish armistice, was not received at Berlin HI the afternoon of the same day (26th), in the morning of which the Speech from the Throne, expressing encouraging prospects of peace, was made at the opening of the Chambers. The Danish Ambassador at Paris, Count MOLTKE, in communicating to the French Government the resolu tion added, 'That the h at relinquished the hope of a speedy and satisfactory Danish his m Cabinet, i s n Tel Government by no means t ter mination of the pending negotiations for peace." The Cologne Gazette says that the announcement of the suspension of the armistice is considered by many as essential to the carrying out of the negotiations for peace, in order that the complement of German troops requisite to both parties may march into the Duchies, and suppress any excitement among the people, to which the announcement of peace is likely to give riu. RUSSIA. An official announcement from the Governor-General of Riga, &c., states that his Majesty the EMPEROR, at the instigation of the Danish Plenipotentiary, Baron PLEB EN, enjoins that only such Danish vessels as bear the Danish flag, but not any that bear the new Schles wig-Holstein flag, shall be permitted to eater any of the Russian harbours. Revel, Jan. 20, 1849. E. VON NOTTBECK, Secretary. —St. Petersburgh Journal. POLAND, OSTROW°, FEB. 25.—Three Russian regiments com pletely equipped for war, with batteries, bombs, and all the requisites tor a campaign, are already stationed at Kalisch and its environs. Two other regiments are expected hero in the course of a few days. The country swarms with Russian troops, among whom not a single Pule is to be seen. DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES. The intervention of Russia in the affairs of Transyl vania furnishes a:happy pretext for inundating the principalities with fresh troops, They continue to ar rive daily.—Augsburg Gazette. The Lcipsig Gazette announces that the new Viceroy of Egypt left Constantinople on the sth ult.; the Sultan also invested him Nth the Pachalic of Nubia, NORWAY. CEMISTIANA, FEI3. 23.—Intelligence from Drontheim states, that the interest of the Bank shares for the year 1848 has been fixed at 7} per cent. The cholera continues to manifest itself in different parts of the coon try.—Hambury Borsenhalle. ITALY. The GRAND DUKE of Tuscany embarked for Gaeta, when he had ascertained that there would be no armed intervention in his favour by Sardinia, and that General LANGIER had been deserted by his troops, and compelled to take refuge in the Piedmontese territory. The Genoa Gazette of the 26th ult. states from Turin that the KING had let the chiefs of the army and of the national guard know that the change ,that had taken place in the Ministry was particularly owing to Gro . ; BERTI'S unconstitutional proceeding, in sending troops against Tuscany without mentioning it either to the KING or to the Council of Ministers. The Pensiero haliano of Genoa, of the 26th ult. publishes a letter from Massa of the 23d, stating that the country was greatly agitated, that the artillery train, composed of twenty-two pieces of cannon, had returned there, and that the people had declared they would not let them go away. The artillerymen had then removed the horses, which were taken care of by the people. The soldiers disbanded, some taking the road to Tus cany, others to the mountains. LAUGIER sallied forth from the palace, sword in band, at the head of an escort of dragoons, exelairning:—" Follow me, brave soldiers ! I have the money ; come and join me at Fosdinovo !" Up on w hi c h the whole party took the direction of Fosdinovo. The British 80 gun ship Vengeance had arrived at Leghorn on the 23th ult. The Piedmontese Gazette of the 27th ult. quotes a letter from Macerate, announcing the arrest there on the 15th of Count GAETANO MASTAI, OR suspicion of having a hand in a reactionary conspiracy. The Bologna Gazette of the 23d ult. denies that the Austrians had up to that date made any incursion on the Bolognese territory. The Tuscan Monitore publishes an address from the Provisional Government of Tuscany to the priests, in viting them to use all their endeavours to enlighten the country population, and to prevent them from taking 8 part in reactionary attempts, instead of heading them in such undertakings. In the sitting of the 17th ult. the Assembly of Depu ties of Venice, in consequence of the triumvirs MANI'S, GRAZIANI, and CAVEDALIS haling resigned their powers into the hands of that newly c onstituted body, again re instated them in office, with the same extraordinary powers, that only of proroguing or dissolving the A. scmbly excepted, RAMSGATE, MARCIE 4.-53 casks of iron nails, 182 cases of glass, hare been landed here this day from the wreck of a vessel on the Kentish Knock, supposed ti? DO the Flerithah, ( UtTrerl) t 9 T9lk. Total 644 ... 1,869 ... 103 ... Corresponding week in 1848 443 ••• .... 546 ... 134 ... - Difference ... 201 more. 1,323 more. 31 less. From the above it will be seen that four Calves have come to hand from Spain. This is the first arrival of that descrip tion of stock from that country since the passing of the pre sent tariff. They have reached us in good condition, and found buyers at fair prices. The Spanish Oxen have, how ever, turned out very inferior, and to be worth not more than from 8/ to 91 each When the expenses of freight, &c.— about 6001 for the whole cargo—are taken into account, it is evident that the importers will be severe losers by the specu lation. From the official returns we learn that the following were the total importations of foreign stock into the United Kingdom during the years 1846, 1847, and 1848: 1946. 1847. 1848. Oxen 17,191 ... 27,831 ... 24,591 Cowes 25,349 ... 35,480 ... 22,501 Calves ... Sheep ..... 91,732 ... 139,371 ... 128,093 Lambs ...... 2,892 ... 3,349 ... 2,177 Pigs Nothing can more fully demonstrate the state of the trade here during the past year than the above returns, which appear to have falsified the statements, having reference to future arrivals from abroad, which made their appearance in the early part of the season. Two circumstances have com bined to prevent large arrivals, first, the stringent measures adopted to prevent the importation of diseased animals from abroad, and, secondly, the lowness of price —especially dur ing the last four months of 1848,:during which the arrivals fell off materially—from the increased supplies of home fed Beasts and Sheep. At the northern outports the arrivals have been on a very moderate scale during the week just ended, and the want of condition has induced a few graziers to become purchasers at low prices. The numbers of foreign stock in to•day's market were by no means extensive, yet they were quite adequate to the wants of the butchers. The beasts from Holland were in better condition, but those from Spain, which comprised 29 head, being a portion of the cargo noticed above, were very defi cient in quality. There was a further slight falling off in the arrivals of beasts fresh up this morning from our princi pal grazing districts. As the dead markets have been toler ably well cleared of the country supplies, and as the attend ance of buyers was tolerably good, the Beef trade ruled steady at fully Friday's advance in the quotations of 2d per 81bs. The general top figure for Beef was 3s Bd, yet a few very su perior Scots sold at 2s 10d per Sibs. Prior to the close of the market, a fair clearance was effected by the salesmen. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we re ceived 1,450 Scots and shorthorns; from the northern dis tricts, 200 shorthorns; from the western and midland coun ties, 800 Herefords, runts, Devons, &c. ; from other parts of England, 200 of various breeds; and from Scotland, 910 horned and polled Scots. We had a very moderate supply of Sheep on offer. This circumstance somewhat favoured the Mutton trade, which ruled firm, and prices were quite 2d per flbs higher than on this day se'nnight. The primest old Downs, in the wool, sold steadily at 4s Bd—out of the wool, 4s per 81bs. There were about f OO shorn Sheep on offer. Calves, though in good supply, moved off steadily, at extreme qnotat.ons, viz., from 4s to 5s per 81bs, being the same figures as those paid on Friday last. In Pigs only a limited business was transacted. Prices, however, were firmly supported in every instance. rer Sibs. to sink the offal. s. d. to e. d. I. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts 2 8 2le Second qual. Sheep 3 6 4 0 •:eoond quality -. • 2 0 3 2 Coarse-vroolled ditto 4 2 4 4 Prime large Oxen 3 2 3 4 Southdown Nether 4 6 4$ Prime Scots Large coarse Calves 4 0 4 6 Large Hogs ...... 3 4 3$ E'rimestnall ditto , uckling Calves 2O 0 26 0 Quarter old Pigs • .17 0 22 0 Inferior Sheep .. TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. 1 fr s e 6 e 2 p c; I C a l l 7 v e i e s . I P l if io .. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Bea 35 sts. I Sheep. I Ca lves. I Pigs. 9 830 NEWGILTE AND LEADENECALL. Beasts. 3,257 A considerable decrease having taken place in the arrivals of country•killed meat for these markets, since this day se'nnight, we have to report an improved general demand. Prices have advanced quite 2d per Blbs, and fair clearances have been effected. About 400 carcasses of foreign meat killed in the metropolis have been disposed of. The London slaughtered supplies of English meat have not been to say extensive. At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. a. d. to ■. d. 13eef,inferior•• •••• 2 4 2 6 Mutton, inferior .• 2 6 2 II - middling .... 2 8 2IS middling.. 210 3 - primelarge 210 3 0 prime •••• 3 6 315 - prime small .. 3 2 3 4 Pork, 1arge........ 2le 3 Veal.. WOOL. - Last week's imports of Wool into London amounted to 2 bales from Madras; 408 ditto from Odessa; 66 ditto from Hamburgh; and 468 ditto from Algoa Bay. In the private contract market, the demand for most kinds of Wool has somewhat slackened; yet the late improvement in value is well supported. The stocks in warehouse are small for the time of year. SEED 11.1 The demand for Clover See last week's prices. Canary du the buyers. All other kinds Cakes dull, at our quotations. Turnip,White, per bush. I Is to 12s Red avid Green.. I le 12• Mustard, 8r0wn.... . 6s 11 White • ... ..... Is 12 s Tares, New • . .... 7s 161 Old .• ...... 45 ss, Canary, per quarter .. 1005 126 s Rye grass.. ... • • . 20s 24s Clover, RetlEng. (cwt.) 34s 52s White .......... 32s 4Gs Foreign Red.. 32s 465 White.... 32s 465 135 19e d was steady to-day, at fully 11, and the turn in favour of if seeds were a slow inquiry. Carravray •.• • • ••• • • . 199 Sls Coriander .. .. •••• • • • • las 19 e liempseed, per quarter 12s 840 Linseed, Eng. ~ owing .. 50s 523 Crushing .. .. •• • • 384 40s Baltic ••• .. 38s 40s Odessa .. —Linseed Cake, pr.l,ooo— English •..HI Os 111 5s Foreign .. 61 15s 91 Os Rape Cakes, pr ton 41 4s 415 s Rapeseed, pr cwt. 271 10: 801 Os Trefoil .............. Bortouas HOP MARRET. A fair average amount of business is doing in the finest Hops of last year's growth at fully the late improvement in the quotati( ns. The middling and inferior kinds are quite as dear. Old hops are almost nominal. Sussex pockets, 214 s to 21 163 ; Weald of Kent dittc, 21 12s to 318 s ; Mid and _East Kent ditto, 3/ 3 to 31 10s. BOROUGH AND SPITALPXELDS. Coastwise, about 2,200 tons of potatoes have come to hand, since Monday last, in but middling condition. The foreign imports have been again liberal, viz., 97 tons, and 156 bags from Calais ; 18 tons from Hamburgh ; 196 bags from Ghent ; 75 tons from Dieppe ; 450 tons from Rouen ; 69 tons from Ostend; 152 tons from Gravelines ; 173 tons from Dunkirk; 40 tons from Havre; 1,963 bags and 2 baskets from Rotterdam. Generally speaking, the trade is heavy, and prices have a downward tendency. Present rates as under :—Yorkshire Regents, 1003 to 140 s; Scotch ditto, 100 s to 12gs ; ditto Cups, 90s to 100 s; ditto Whites, 70s to 90s; French Whites, 80s to 1003 ; Belgian, 70s to 90a per ton. TALLOW. A slightly improved amount of business is passing in our market, and prices are well supported in most transactions. To-day P.Y.C. on the spot is selling at 40s 6d to 40s, and for delivery of new during the last three months, 41s per cwt. 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