The Sun. — London, England, 1849-03-01 00:00:00

SHR,EWSBURY AND HEREFORD. The halitlearly meeting was held at Chester on Tues day; Mr. Ornisby Gore, M.P., in the chair. The rept:A - stated that the directors had received as surances from the landowners of the district of the neces sity that existed for carrying out the line. The pros pect of the lines from Stafford and Birmingham being opened before the next meeting held out every induce ment to thlitormation of the line, and the Shrewsbury and Chester hai powers'. to subscribe part of the construc tive capita. • The—total receipts had amounted to 57,2'431.; . ttie dikbUrsements to 25,8841.; obtaining Act, &c., 50,6101., leaiing a present balance in hand of 6,6331. Resolutions were carried declaring forfeited 4,923 shares. elusion that further forbearance could not be justified. The company was now in a position to borrow, and at the close of the general meeting a proposition in con nexion with that subject would be made to the proprie tors. The balance-sheet showed the receipts from all sources to have been 133,0961. ss. 3d., and the disburse ments less than that by 33,0741. 7s. 4d. The CHAIRMAN said the present was the fourth half yearly meeting, and he trusted it would be the last, before the opening of the Stour Valley line.—(Hea r, hear.) The di rec t ors h a d b een extremely anxious in fixing a definite period for the opening of the line, but they had little doubt now that it would be ready for examination is May, immediately after which it would be delivered over to the Eastern Union Company, who had leased it. He concluded by moving t h e adoption of the report. Mr. DELPII oomplained that three calls had been paid, and the directors had con fiden t l y promised that the line should be ready in December last. He wished tb know what was the amount of calls at present remain ing unpaid? The CHAIRMAN said about 12,500/. of available calls. That sum did not include the call which had been made in January last. Mr. HANvitris (a director) remarked that some of the Galls could not be recovered, on account of deaths, insol vencies, embarrassments, &c. The total amount of un paid calls up to the end of last year was 14,500 L, of which they believed 12,5001. to be recoverable. The so licitor of the company had been in communication with those who were in arrears, and writs had been issued against many of them. The report, after some further discussion, having been seconded, was adopted, and the retiring directors were re- elected. The meeting was then made special, and a resolution was agreed to authorising the directors to borrow any sum they might deem necessary, not exceeding 83,0001. Thanks were then ♦oted to the Chairman and direc tors, and the proceedings closed. NOIITH WALES. The half:yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at the Guildhall Coffee-house; Mr. Chadwick in the chair. The report stated that the directors, in accordance with the resolution of the last general meeting, bad, under the advice of eminent counsel, taken steps to dis solve the conipany, and a deed has been prepared for that purpose, pronouncing full dissolution of the com pany, and a rateable division of all assets, which has al ready been.signed- by shareholders holding more than half the number of shares of the company, and other shareholder's are to sign'the same; so that it may be an ticipated that , the dissolution of the company will be cheerfully assented to by almost the whole of the share holders. -•- ' ' The accounts showed a balance in hand of 21,0001. The CuairtniAlkt t -on moving the adoption of the re port, mad6,a.lovi,retuarits on' the Means by which the directors intend t, eiiect ih.' dissolution of the company, and on theiw'obable sacce.m• - of the'theasure. ItesolatiNas-svere- pased , adoptirg the report, electing two directors, and re eltcti,,g One - auditor. It was stated that the holders 'tit 11,900 shares were anxious to.iget book the IL per shArti which was proposed to be returned to-the The CILkijiLMAN4 stated -111aCtlie'rir 3 ivere only two of the shareholders who were opposed to the dissolution of the company. He repeated his conviction that if the line had been made and the whole of the 251. per share paid up, the traffic would not pay the working expenses. A votAbof thanks to the Chairman concluded the pro ceedings. , CALEDONIAN. The adjourned meeting of the ,shareholders was held on Tuesda:: in EdinlJurgh, for the purpose of receiving the report of the scrutineers appointed at the half-yearly meeting .on the provious day (Monday) as to the state of the vote on the motion submitted by the Chairman, and the amendment proposed by Mr. Faweel. The chairman's raotion wrts, that the report of the directors be approved of, with the exception of that part of it which related to the contract with the Scottish Central Company, which was deleted from the report on account of the opposition offered by Sir Andrew Agnew and ai its omission would not affect the validity of the contract in the sligtest degree. Mr. Fawcett's amend ment was, That the divident of 3 per cent. recommended in the report be declared; that the statement in the report, arid the capital account of the alleged expenditure out of the funds of the company of 381,2271. 193. 91 in the purchase of shares in subsidiary lines, in con travention of the Acts. of Parliament, unsatisfac tory to the meeting, and that the meeting refuse to adopt the said shares and expenditure ; that the statement in the report of the existence of a working contract with the Scottish Central line is also unsatisfactory, and that the meeting refuse to adopt it as respects this company; and that a committee of shareholders be appointed to investigate into and report on the financial position of the company, to whom tire - Tepargffd statement of ac counts be rPferrad' i and that the meeting stimd ad journed till the 2d of April, to meet at London." The following was read as the report of the scruti• neers as to the state of the vote on the respective mo- tions Fur the Chairman's motion, 660 shareholders, repre senting 1,075,5504 stock, and 8,033 votes. Fur Mr. Fawcett's amendment, 491 shareholders, re presenting 587,9374 stock, and 5,179 votes. There was thus a majority of 169 shareholders in favour of the Chairman's motion, and a majority of stock to the amount of 487,6121., and a majority of 2,854 votes. - _ The scrutineers stated that they had pleasure in adding that they found the books of the share depart ment to be correctly and methodically kept. Mr. WILsoN said, that seeing there was such a dif. ference of opinion among the shareholders as to the legality of the working contract with the Scottish Cen tral Railway, he would suggest that a copy of the case which the directors had submitted to counsel, and ob tained their opinion upon, should be given to those who represented the shareholders who thought that that con tract was.invalid, in order that they might take legal advice upon it, and come to some understanding which would set the matter at rest. • _ The CHAIRMAN (Mr. H. Hind.) said, that the direc tors had not submitted a case for the opinion of counsel, but that they had requested counsel to draw up such a working contract as they would consider a valid one. He had no objection to accede to the suggestion of Mr. Wilson by giving a copy of the contract to those who took a different view of its validity from the directors. The meeting then separated. LONDONDERRY AND COLERAINE. The half-yearly meeting of this,company was ap pointed to be held on Tuesday at the offices, Coleman street-buildings, but from the insufficient attendance of shareholders the meeting could not be legally constituted. After waiting the usual time (one hour) the CEAIR MAN, attended by the directors, took the chair, and stated that, although they could no t transact any busi ness, if any of the shareholders present required infor mation respecting the undertaking he and the directors would answer any questions they might think proper to ask them. The Rev. Mr. Clarke, Mr. Butts, the Rev. Mr. Tooke, and Mr. Gladdi s h p ut severa l quest i ons to thei chairman with regard to the position of the company, which were all answered satisfactorily. The report stated, that the directors have to lament that the calls have not been duly responded to, and that consequently they have been unable to proceed with the works in the manner recommended in t the react last n of report. dn o They have directed t heir attention to the expenses and t he li q uidation of liabilities. tie rangement respecting the purchase of the 2,000 acres of land is being carried out. The lit igation with Mr . Dimsd ale is still pending . Should the application to . Government for a loan be successful, it will be necessary for the proprietors in arrear to pay up 20,0001. to reach the position of having one half the capital paid up; an d as the good arrears exceed that amount the directors feel that in justice :to, those who have paid it will be neces. sary to enforce . at once all sums now in arrear. The directors have declared 820 shares forfeited for non payment of calls, upon which 10,6551. has been paid, which, in addition to the amount previously received upon forfeited shares, makes a sum of 14,6301., upon which no dividend will ever have to be paid. The acconets to the 31st of January show that 230,0091. had been received, and 2 29,2751. expended, leaving a balance of 730/. OPERA COMIQUE, ST. JAMES'S THEAT&E.—Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert honoured the performance at the St. James's theatre, with their presence last evening. The royal suite consisted of the Hon. Miss Cavendish, the Hon. Flora Macdonald, Lord Camoys, the Hon. Colonel Grey, and the Hon. Colonel Seymour. Mlts. NISBETT.—This admirable actress has re- 1 cently taken part in certain amateur performances at Bristol,. got up for t h e b ene fit o f t h e i nf i rmary of that City. supported by a body of gentlemen of mo re or le s s abilitY, the talents of this accomplished lady were well developed in Bulwer's i ichelieu, and emphatic tri butes in her praise have appeared in the local journals. It is much to be Tegretted that the public of the metro polis ii deprived.of th e professional presence of ore of the most exquisite artists the present age has given birth to. TME STANFIELD HALL m urEns.---As the time for the trial of the acc use d public in tegt 'Very naturally (Rush) approaches, the tP Bonk o f a Vtor mer's Cle r k," i n t O ses • publish e d to - day, u" number of gives a most The "Note Bente . V.l $ l l l l isc.t fiany, graploy h;sti,ey of= this sad tragedy, f rom one who knew ,rsonaty both the murdered persons, and w h o was re senti at more than o ne examination of the accused. dy e have kel chtrii reef my narrative of greater interest than this. A ecrtiffbotrtioli any: detail of the trial of Rush are to appear in subsequent i: urnt ers,from the same authentic source.— Eilerlinl piiper. Mr. J o h n D unca n, the African traveller, whose journey through and beyond the territory of the King of Dahomey has aire&tly been made public, is, it is under stood, abdldt u td'lliaYe England shortly on another expe dition, with the view of prosecuting further discoveries in the unexplored regions of that country. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 1, 1849. "HE LEGAL TITL.E ASSURANCE COMPANY. (Provisionally Registered, January 17, 18494 . Capital, 2,000,0001., in 80,000 Shares, of 151. each. Preliminary Deposit, 2s. 6d. per Share. Prospectuses and full information may be obtained at he Tempo -ary Offices of the Company, 13A, Cannon-row, Westmin ter, on ap plication to G. F. HOWE, Hon. See., pro tern. Now ready, in 2 vols., with Portraits, 255. board, MEMOIRS Als1) C'ORRESPONDENCE OF SIR ROBERT MURRAY KEITA, K. 8., MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIARY At the Courts of Dresden, Copenhagen, and Vienna, from 170 to 1793; with a Biographical Memoir of Queen Caroline Matilda, Sister of George 111. Edited by Mrs. GILLESPIE SMYTH. Henry Colbura, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW NOVEL, BY THE ATTHOR OF " EMILIA WYNDHAM." Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., ORDAUNT HALL. By the Aathor of " EMILIA WYNDHAM," "ANGELA," &c. " The most beautiful of the many beautiful tales yet written by its author. It fascinates the attention of the reader like 'Scott's never to-be-forgotten story of Lucy Ashton."—Sun. " This splendid fiction far surpasses in excellence all the former efforts of its talented writer. The deep pathos of the story causes all the heart-strings to vibrate with emotion."—Joim Bull. henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, in Three Vols. pot .vith numerous Illustrations. THE ISLAND OF SARDINIA. Including Pictures of the Manners and Customs of the Sardinians, and Notes on the Antiquities sag Modern Objects of Interest in the Island. To which is added some Account at the House of Savoy. Ey J. W. WIRRE TYNDALE, M. A ., B arrister-At-Law , . . " One of the ntost interesting and . most.cielightfUl - books of travel that has appeared for a very considerable period."—Sun. " Without doubt the most complete work on Sardinia that has ap peared."—Morning Herald. " Most interesting Tolumes. Mr. Tyndale has conferred upon us the inestimable gift of a new book upon a now subject."—Morning Chronicle. " Since 'Bee row's Bible in Spain.' we have not seen a work more amusing."—Sunday Times. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty.) THE PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE ♦SSOCIATION (Enrolled under the Friendly Societies' Acts) and BENEYOLF‘NT FUND, Mr. Philip Henry Byrne having been appointed Secretary of this Association, it is requested that all communications may be ad dressed, and all remittances made payable to him. RICHARD HENRY JONESt Chairman. 42, Meorgste-street, March 1, 1849. TRUSTEES. Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. Thomson Hankey, Jun., Esq , 1 W. G. Prescott, Esq. 1 Baron L. do Rothschild, M.P. TREASURER OF THE BENEVOLENT FUND, John Abel Smith, Esq., M.P. Every description of Life Assurance effected daily. Division of Profits every Five Years. Parties assured Three Years participate in Profits. All parties as suring during the present year will participate in the next Division of Profits, which will take place in 1852. Detailed Prospectuses, showing the 'very peculiar advantages of fered by this Association, may be had at the office, 42, Moorgate street, London. By order of the Board, PHILIP HENRY BYRNE, Sec. ROBERT HOUDIN. - ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Close of the attractive Entertainment. M. ROBERT HOUDIN will have the honour to repeat his extra ordinary SOIREES FAN TASTIQUES, at this Theatre as follows: This Evening (Thursday) • • March 1. Saturday Evening • • • • „ S. Tuesday Evening .. • • „ 6. Wednesday Morning next .. , 7. Being the last Entertainment, owing to U . Houdin's ' departure for the provinces. Evening Performance at Half-past Eight ; Day Performance at Half-past Two. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, Is. ; Amphitheatre, Is. 6d. Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets for this extraordinary Entertainment may be secured at Mitchell's Royal Library, i 3, Old Bond-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from Eleven till Five o'clock. TiiLATRE ROYAL, HAYMARRET. Mr. B. Webster, Sele Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. The public is respectfully informed that this Theatre laas, during Le recess, undergone very extensive repairs and alterations and the 'hole t decorated. THEA ERE ROYAL, ADELPHI. f'ncier the direction Madame Celesta During the Recess this Theatre has been entirely re-decorated, the riginal designs by Digby Wyatt, Esq , executed by Mr. Sang. A aew Stage, Curtain, Act Drop, and Chandelier. An approved sys 'em of Ventilation, &c., &c. The Private Boxes enlarged, Backs nide(' to the Seats, and Stalls rendered mere comfortable. .COYAL LYCiATM THEATRE. Under the If anagemeut of Madame Vestris. Lessee, Mr. Charle. Ma• he As. THIS EVENING Will be performed SHAVE YOU DIRECTLY. After which, a new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE KING OF rim PEACOCKS. Characters by Messrs. Harley, John Reeve, Selby, 11. Hall, Marshall, and H. Marshall ; Miss Kathleen Fitzwil lam, Miss L. Howar4, Mrs. Macnamara, Miss Marshall, Miss L. Marshall, Miss Coleman, and Madame Vestris. To conclude with I.7ED UP. Dress coxes, En.; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s ; Gallery, Is. Ne lalf-price to any part of the house. PRINCESS'S TIIEATIZ.K. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. During the Itecess this Theatre has been re-decorated and embel. fished In a superb and costly manner ty Mr llurwitz. A. new Chan teller has been fitted, and the best arranzt•ments have been raade for the due Ventilation of the Theatre, and the couuort and conveilence of the audience. 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. He will make his first appearance on Monday, March sth. THIS EVENING, the curtain will rise at a Quarter to Seven o'clock precisely to the magnificent Spectacle, by Fitzball. entitled CORA SCO ; or, the Warrior's Steed. To be followed by an inimitable display of SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, supported by the first Equestrian talent of the day. To conclude with a romantie Melodrama. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. THE WEATHER. SUN OFFICE, WEDNESDAY EY Z WING. Since three o'clock the Barometer has gone down 15 points, making the depression since yesterday afternoon 78 points—nearly an inch. It has rained heavily all day; and now, half-past six, the wind has gone round to N.W. to N., with a heavy fall of snow. THURSDAY, MARCH 1. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 31; Highest, 47; Noon, 42. BAROMETER, 29.80. A rise of half an inch since last night. WIND N.N.W.—fresh breeze, and find. 111011 WATER AT LONDON BRU)OE. Tsui DAY —Morning, 3 min. after 6 I Evening, 25 min. after 6 To-Moasow— ,tornina, 52 mis. after 6 I Evenin7, 19 min. after 7 to herself the title of Protector over the principa lities, Russia laboured boldly and arrogantly to effect their total disorganization. She deposed Prince Gums. For what ? Because he had vigorously suppressed the insurrectionary movement of the Bul garians in the Wallachian harbour of Braila, in op position to the wishes of ncuoLAs ! She suspended the Legislative Assembly for three years. And why? Because, forsooth, it had objected to resign to a company of Russian speculators a monopoly of the mines of the principalities She violated the electoral laws. She bound the ecclesiastics of Wallachia under atrocious penalties to obey the synod of the Russian capital. She ordained by ukase that the revenues of the monasteries of Wallachia should henceforth be given to the recluses of the Holy Sepulchre. She expunged the language of Wallachia from the system of public education, substituting in its place the idiom of France. And as a crowning barbarity, she took advantage of the opposition which was manifested in the course of last summer against Prince STUEZO, sending into Moldo- Wallachia one General DUHAMEL in the capacity of ' Russian Commissary. DUHAMEL was shortly after wards followed by the Turkish Commissary, TIALAT EFFENDI. Under the iron rule of those two men the principalities felt more painfully than ever the horrors of foreign despotism. Their laws, whether written or traditional, were set at naught ; their correspondence was opened ; their journals were denied the power of publication ; passports from the interior were refused ; the fright not only of public but even of private meeting was abolished ; the whole country was ground down remorselessly under the heel of despotism. Suffering from these calamities, abhorring the yoke imposed upon them by the Autocrat, abandoned to their evil destinies by Turkey, and incited to some vigorous effort for their own emancipation, the Wallachians—by virtue of a right which will after wards be shown to be theirs, the right of choosing for themselves their own Constitution—on the 23d of June, 1848, peaceably modified their fundamental laws by a grand national manifestation. The event was, in fact, a revolution ; but the revolution was bloodless. Like the French in February, the Wallachians in June rose to accomplish their emancipation, and in the very act of doing so evinced a magnanimity, a gentleness, and a moderation worthy of the glorious example of their prototypes. Scarcely had the reign ing Prince accepted tke new Constitution, when, driven from his position by the remonstrances of the Russian Consul, he was compelled to sign his abdica tion. The management of affairs was consequently entrusted to a body of patriotic statesmen who consti tuted what is termed a Provisional Government. On receiving intelligence of these extraordinary occur rences, the Porte at once dispatched a Turkish army into the Danubian principalities, that army being pre ceded by SULZYMANPAcHA as Minister Plenipotentiary. Although denying the right of the Cabinet of Con stantinople to interfere in their domestic transac tions, the Wallachians hastened out to meet the ambassador in a friendly spirit, and had before long fraternized with the very troops which had been dispatched against them from the Bosphorus. Events soon proved that SIILEYMAN PAcHA was endowed in a remarkable manner with those conciliative abilities which were espe cially requisite to smooth away the existing difficul ties. He speedily induced the revolutionized Wal• ischians to replace the Provisional Government by a Princely Lieutenancy, consisting at first of six and afterwards of three members; he himself recognising the legality of this new system of administration in the name of the great potentate of whom he was the officially-appointed representative. From these facts it will be at once perceived that the proceedings of the Wallachians were as strikingly marked by mo deration as the proceedings of the French had been four months previously, and that they were both of them disposed to repudiate equally the doctrines of communistic, in opposition to those of moderate and rational, democracy. As a sufficient testimony of the reasonableness of the Wallachian revolution, it is only necessary, indeed, to refer to the fact that the Sub lime Porte, in the person of his plenipotentiary, for mally recognised their new Constitution, after having suggested a few unimportant modifications. 0.-- -e fortune has again turned upon the Danubian princi palities. First came the famous manifesto of the Emperor NICHOLAS relating to 3floldo-Wallachia. Then came the recalcitration of the SULTAN—the re cal of SULETMAN PACHA—the violation of the fron tiers by the Russian troops under General LUDER— the massacre and sack in the city of Bucharest by the Turkish forces under FUAD EFFENDI—and the deso lation of the whole country by the tyrannous bar barity of the Russian Commissary (DUHAMEL) under the maskof the pretended lieutenancy of CONSTANTINE CANTAIUZENE. Such have been—such are the calamities which have befallen, which are at this very time befalling the noble-hearted and unoffending Wallachians. For having presumed to aspire after the enjoyment of a perfectly :constitutional government they have been trodden down—they are now being trodden down— under the heels of the despotic Sovereign of all the Russies. And, from the peculiarity of his position, the SULTAN is unfortunately compelled to do violence , to his own principles and inclinations by joining in these arbitrary acts of the Autocrat. It has been ex pressly acknowledged to the Wallachian deputies at Constantinople, that the Divan would forthwith pro test against the entry of the Russians into the princi palities if it were only seconded by a single one of the Great Powers of Europe. It will be well and honourable for England if she assume to herself the honourable privilege of rescu ing the Wallachians from their oppressors. For the only crime of Wallachia has been her love for constitutional freedom. That she possesses the right of perfect independence, and that she has, conse quently, the incontestable right of self-government, is easily demonstrated. Her independence is gua ranteed to her, and to her sister province Moldavia, by the capitulations made by the Wallachians with BAJA ZEIT I. and MAHOMMED 11., aid those capitu lations continue up to the present day to form part of the public law of Europe. Russia, it is true, claims the right of acting as a Protector (I) or Arbitrator, but Russia claims this upon invalid grounds, seeing that the Wallachians have never once treated with the Russians. On the contrary, in all their treaties with the Turks, the Wallachians have reserved to themselves the sacred right of auto nomy and an entire sovereignty. On the 23d of June, 1848, they only availed themselves of these rights to perfect their system of government with a new constitution. For this they are now groaning under the double and almost unendurable pressure of Turkey and of Russia. England can relieve them ; she can relieve them by extricating the Sublime Porte from a false position. Let her do so in GoD's name Liberty and independence are as dear to the Walla chians as to ourselves. Let not the patriotic diplomatist (D. BRATIANO), who is now in London on a special mis sion from the Princely Lieutenancy, return to his un fortunate country only to witness its further degra dation. The countenance of a different policy is alone required from England to enable Turkey to negotiate a satisfactory settlement of affairs in the Danubian principalities. It is for this that Wallachia now raises to us her bleeding hands, and calls to England for as sistance:, Shall she die like Poland ? We ask that of the generosity of our Government. The law of lunacy has, for some time past, at tracted a considerable share of public attention. Numerous; complaints have been put forward, and unhappily with but too much foundation, of the hardships that have taken place, the cruelties that have been enacted, under the existing law. At the present moment the law may be set in motion by a mere stranger, unconnected with the alleged lunatic by any ties of consanguinity or friendship, and that stranger may cause him to be placed in close confinement in a lunatic asylum, upon obt.eining the separate certificates of two medicaly practitioners that they have examined the patient, and believe him to be insane. No further e:xamination takes place, no additional in vestigation is required. A man may be deprived of his freedom and incarcerated for months, and if the certificates are not defective in form, however erro neous they may be in fact, no remedy is afforded to him. Fle may, possibly, succeed in attracting the attention of the Commissioners, or of the Justices, during sorm) of their eying visits, and if the case is free from the slightest doubt, he ma `a be fortunate enough to obtain his liberation after a few additional weeks or months' im prisonment, during which his condition is by no means ameliorated in consequence of his appeal— a pretension to sanity being as high a crime and misdemeanour in the eyes of the keeper of a lunatic asylum as OLIYI3It TWIST'S application for more than the prescribed dietary allowed appeared to the horrified BUMBLE. But even slight as is the protection afforded to the alleged lunatic by the existing law, experience has shown that the separate examinations are frequently dispensed with, that parties are deprived of their liberty before any examination whatsoever has taken place, the certificates being obtained from " skilful persons, of eonvenient consci ences, who are called on "en route" to the asylum, and who form their opinions partly " from the accounts received respecting the patients l i from the parties by whom they are called in." Such are the means by which a party may be deprived of his liberty in this boasted land of freedom, in the middle of the 19th century. But reforms are required even in the cases of the more fortunate minority, who have been found to bo lunatic under commissions de lunatico inquirendo, issued from the High Court of Chancery. There must, in these cases, be at least some foundation for the charge. Each party must be examined before a jury of his countrymen, and pronounced not merely to be of unsound mind, but also to be in capable of managing his own a f fairs. It might be supposed that no abuses could occur where so great a guarantee existed. Many cases might, however, be found in which doubts might well be entertained as to the correctness of the verdict of the jury, and, conse quently, of all the subsequent proceedings'; for a ll those proceedings must be erroneous if the jury were mistaken in the opinion they had formed respecting the state of the parties mind. It frequently happens that the person chiefly interested, whose sanity and competence to manage his own affairs is the question at issue, is without professional assistance, that the only legal practitioners engaged are those who have been retained by the parties suing out the commis sion, and who are deeply interested in obtaining a verdict of lunacy. The object of the inquiry, strong in the belief of his own mental ability, scarcely considers it necessary to take any trouble to rebut what he himself regards as a most absurd charge. Too late he may find that he had formed an erroneous estimate, that trifling matters are put forward in a new point of view, totally different from anything that could have entered into his conception, and he may in vain deplore the negli gence of which he had been guilty, and desire that Professional assistance which might hare given a very different complexion to the entire affair. When found a lunatic, it is a matter of the utmost difficulty to obtain a supersedeas of the commission. The patient, supposing him to have been actually in sane at the time, when the verdict of the jury pro nounced him to be so, may subsequently be restored to perfect sanity; but how is he to make that sanity apparent. How can he be restored to the full pos session and enjoyment of his property, and placed in the position of a free citizen, subject to no control or annoyance of any description. Certificates of the most eminent physicians may be obtained as to his perfect recovery. His most intimate friends—men cognizant of the customs and habits of his earliest youth, by which apparent eccentricities may be ex plained and reconciled—men whose station in society and unquestionable characters render their testimony perfectly unexceptionab'e—may aver, their full belief in his competence and still difficulties all but insu perable may interpose to prevent his full release. Why, we ask, should not such a person have a right to demand a new inquiry as to the state of his mind before a jury of his countrymen, whenever a prima facie case can be made out, and he can pro duce the evidence of unexceptionable witnesses in his favour. Certificates of two medical practi tioners almost wholly unknown—who have ac quired no rank in their profession, who have had no experience in lunacy cases, and whose evidence, con sequently, would not carry with it much weight be fore any jury—are sufficient to brand a person as a lunatic, and to justify an imprisonment far more .trinizent and less tolerable than any inflicted in our gaols or houses of correction. The affidavits of six of the most eminent medical men—second to none in Great Britain or in any nation of the universe, who have had peculiar opportunities of acquiring know ledge respecting cerebral diseases, who, in fact, possess European reputations —may be sworn re specting the perfect sanity of the party, his full com petence for the management of himself and of his pecuniary affairs, and of the propriety of his being restored to his property and liberty; and such evi dence, apparently so conclusive and overwhelming, may possibly be rejected, and not considered suffi cient to entitle the party to a new investigation before another jury, in which he might be assisted by competent advisers. While such things are possible/ it cannot be said that the law of lunacy is in a satis factory state. Additional protection must be afforded to the unfortunate persons suffering under, or rather alleged to be suffering under, so grievous an affliction. The rule, " a lunatic once, and a lunatic for ever," must be got rid of. It cannot be endured that a man whose will would be established and considered of full validity before any tribunal, who would he held answerable, even with his life, for any criminal act he should happen to commit, should for ever be de barred of his freedom, or compelled to remain an exile from the country which he had selected as his future home—a country . which never denied hospi tality to any claimant, rich or poor, prosperous or unfortunate. Let, then, the protection afford e d b y tr i al by jury, that protection which i s said t o b e t h e bi rthr i ght of every British subject, be extended to alleged lunatics, whether certified to be such by " skilful persons," or found to be so under commissions de lunatic° inquirendo ; and let new trials be granted as a matter of right, ex deitto justitie, whenever reasonable grounds can be brought forward to show that the party has been restored to the full possession of his senses, and is now of sound mind, competent to manage his own property. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The whole of the articles of the Electoral Law were yesterday passed by the National Assembly. The Patric, the organ of M. DROUIN DB L'HUYI, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, declares that the movement operated by the Austrians, at Ferrara, makes it necessary for France to move in the affairs of Italy, and to assume an attitude on that question worthy of the place which she occupies in the front ranks of Catholic nations. The hydra of demagogie, it says, has raised its heads in Italy, and threatens Europe. The Austrian movement makes it necessary that France should at once resolve to inter fere in favour of the Porn : and it calls on the PRESIDENT of the Republic to imitate General CA VAIGNAC, who immediately prepared to fly to the as sistance of the Pora, when his personal safety w as threatened. It was expected that M. DROUIN DE L'HUTS would yesterday announce to the Assembly that the Aus trians had evacuated the town of Ferrara, and had confined themselve s to the citadel. The National, i n comme nting on the Austrian invasion of the Roman territories, declares that the time has arrived when intervention in the affairs of Italy has become a duty on the part of France ; not intervention in favour of the POPE and in concert with Austria, which would be for France a disgrace ful abdication of the leading position which she holds among the powers of Europe, but intervention against Austria, who has violated a friendly State by her iniquitous occupation of Ferrara, from which, if she does not immediately retire, she must be driven at the point of the French bayonets. The Presae has the following " communication " (which may be considered as a semi• official declara tion of the intention s of Austria) on the subject of the occupation of Ferrara by the Austrian troops :-- " The Cabinet of Vienna has in several occasions ex pressed its determination not to intervene in the affairs of Italy, unless conjointly with France. The military occupation of Ferrar a is an isolated fact, which does not imply the project o f th a t i n spring , int e r ve ntion. It may be remem beredlog, 1847, a grave discussion arose be tween Austri a and the Holy See, on the question o f deciding whether , in virtue of the treaties of 1815 , the Imperial troop had a right to occupy the town of Ferrara, or ought to confine themselves merely to the occupation of the citadel, thanks to the me diation of Fr anc ©, an arrangement was come to in than month of August following between the two con tracting' parties, in this sense, that Austria, under all reservation of her rights for the future, consented to withdraw her troops temporarily from the interior of the town, on condition that the Papal Government gua ranteed to the Imperial troops quartered in the citadel the free exercise of their military functions, and such treatment as would respond to the relations of friend. ship existing at that period between the Court of Vienna and the Sovereign Pontiff. Since the commencement of the Lombard war, the Austrian garrison of Ferrara having had to complain of the hostile spirit which the population of Ferrara did not cease to manifest towards it, two successive conventions were concluded between Austria and the Holy See, for the purpose of maintain ing in force the arrangement of August, 1845. The first of these was signed in July, 1848, between the Austrian General Prince de Lichtenstein and Count Lovacehi, pro-Legate of Bologna, and some months later it was confirmed and amplified by stipulations come to at Ro vigo between General Weldon and the Cardinal Legate of his Holiness. We have no necessity to speak of the sanguinary collisions which are well known to have taken place of late between the Austrian garrison and the population of Ferrara. Marshall Radotzky, looking on it as a systematic violation of the arrangement and the conventions just spoken of, charged General Hay nard to demand satisfaction from the local authorities, and in order to support his representations with energy, General Haynard brought with him a division of 6,000 men. Such is the real meaning of the military occu pation of the town of Ferrara—an occupation which, it cannot be denied, will probably have the result of causing Austria to again bring forward her pretensions of keeping up a garrison in the interior of the town, on which subject she made her reservation in August, 1847. _ The Meniteur states that a mistake in the issue of the cards of invitation was the reason why the mem bers of the Diplomatic Corps were not present at the religious ceremony celebrated in the Church of the Madeleine on the 24th ult. " That mistake," adds the 3loniteur, " had been repaired, but having been discovered too late, it was found impossible to inform all the members of the corps diplomatique in time, that seats were reserved for them in a special tri bune." - The same journal states that several abortive attempts were made in the provinces to create disturb ances on the 24th February. L. A. BLANQui has addressed a letter to the editor of the Peuple, dated "Donjon de Vincennes," on Monday, in which he states that on Sunday last, the last day allowed by law, he was served with a copy of the depositions taken against him, but that he has not received a copy of the indictment on which he is to be tried. The consequence of such neglect, he adds, will be to render all defence impossible. The object of the prosecution, he says, is to enable the Royalists, while they are sacrificing in the name of the Republic its oldest defenders, to overthrow that same Republic against which they are conspiring in the face of the country. The Memorial Bordeleis, of the 25th instant, men tions the passage through Bordeaux, on the 24th, of General ZARCO DU. VALLI, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Spain to the Northern Courts, on his way to Madrid. The club of the Rue de Poitiers, in consequence of the split between the Legitimatists and Orleanists has abandoned the plan of forming an electoral com mittee. The Legitimatists complain much of the manner in which they have been treated by M. "nuns and the Orleanists. Although unlike their ancestors, the Legitimatists may have forgotten much, yet, like them, they have learned nothing, or the experience of the last twenty years would have taught them that no trust could be reposed in an Orleans or an Orleans Minister. The bustle and turmoil of foreign politics do not, however, render the French inattentive to those re forms which are required to ameliorate the social con dition of the great bulk of the industrious and com mercial classes. The Journal des Debats, for instance, in an admirably argued article calls for a reauction of the postage with foreign countries, more particu larly with England. It says— " The postage of letters from abroad has become ex orbitant since the adoption of the uniform rate. Why is a letter from Paris to London charged at 1 for the minimum, while the postage of a letter in England is one decline (one penny) and two deciwes (four sous) in France? This exaggeration, instead of iiivouring the reciprocal receipts, can only have a contrary effect. The journey from Paris to London is only twelve hours. It is evident that if the correspondence be not clogged by too high a postage, the interchange of letters between these two great metropolitan cities, aided by peace and order, will become immense." The case of Count MORTIER came on yesterday for judgment before the Court of Appeal. The Ad vocate-General entered into an elaborate examination of the facts brought forward in this case by both parties, and concluded by submitting to the Court that the interdiction on the Count ought to be re moved, and his liberty restored. The Court, after half an hour's deliberation, gave judgment, in which it laid down that, though the different acts alleged against Count Mowrizst showed that he gave way to great violence, and to unjust prejudices against different persons, yet that those acts were not sufficient to prove that his mind was permanently diseased, and that, as to the hallucinations under which he had laboured, they Arisen, not a ueratigement of the intellectual faculties, but from a nervous crisis. With respect to the sus picions of the Count against his wife, the Court held that, though they might at times have amounted to wildness, yet they did not form a fixed idea, and were followed by repentance; that as to the scenes between the Count and his wife at Berne, LaVillette, and Bruges, they arose not from madness, but, as the Count had stated, " from the resistance of the wife in the most intimate relations authorised by marriage ;" that the scene at the Hotel Chatham found a logic a l e x pl ana ti on in the fear occasioned to the Count by the scandal of the threatened demand by the wife for a separation de corp., and that, even during that scene, he had never seriously intended to kill his children ; and, finally, the Court laid down that the interrogatories before the judges, and the explanations given by the Count himself before the Court, show that there now exists no point on which he does not express the calm judg ment of a man in possession of his faculties, and capable of soundly appreciating the morality of his acts. For all these reasons the Court quashed the judgment against the Count, discharged him from the condemnations pronounced against him, and ordered that he should be immediately set at liberty. The Echo du Midi of Montpellier of the 23d pub lishes a letter written by CABRERA to a friend, in which he states that he is cured of his wounds. The letter is dated St. Jarnie, the 15th. The Eclaireur des Pyrenees, of Bayonne, of the 25th, states that CABRERA had resumed the command of a band of insurgents. The Journal du Peuple of Bayonne, of the 25th, says that the Madrid mail, which ought to have ar- rived on the 23d, had been stopped near Burgos by an insurgent band, who burned the vehicle and its contents : but did not injure the conductor or the passengers.....__ BOURSE—PAms, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 28. THREE O'CLOCK.—The speculators have recovered from the fright into which they were thrown by the news received from Italy yesterday, and the Funds have consequently risen 1 per cent. It is thought that the King of Sardinia will ultimately take back Gioberti, and that he will agree to send troops to the assistance of the Grand Duke of Tuscany. This was the day for the reponse des primes. They were declared for the Five per Cents. at 811. 90c., and for the Three per Cents. at 50f. 20e. It was after the declaration of the primes that the Funds rose. The Railway Shares are firm. Exchange on London (30 days), 25 20; ditto (90 days), 2501. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE. FEB. 21. Anglo Italian (late Italian and Austrian), I..4.—Bon logne and Amiens, o%—Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 12% Luxembourg 2—Namur and Liege, 8% — Northern of France, 9% Orleans and Bordeaux, 31 — Paris and Orleans, 32 1 4—Paris and Rouen, 204—Paris and Strasbourg, 3%—Rouen and Havre, 12 1 / 2 Sambre and Meuse, s%a—Tours and Nantes, 214. •-a .1 2, - 1 .) ;al ;! -4 fiT' ' tatie:lP* 4 ll fi t :'• _-416,11 17 ? ;71 1 0 , 3.. :.- 4 4111;01 , ;');;; 4,- fee THIS EVENING. Will be performed the Drama of THE HOUSEKEEPER. After which, THE WONDER. Don Felix, Mr. C. Kean ; Donna Violante, 3lrs. C. Kean. To conclude with an Arabian Nights' Entertainment, entitled (:A.MARALZAMAN AND BADOURA ; or, The Peri who Loved the Prince. Characters by Messrs. Bland, Keeley, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Horton, and Miss Reynolds. THIS EVENIN4 Will be performed COCKNEYS IN CAIFORNIA. Atter which, the original Drama, • called HARVEST ;TOME. Principal characters by Messrs. H. Hughes, Lambert, Wright, P. Bedford, 0. Smith, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. rank Matthews. Miss Turner, &c. To conclude with JOHN JONES. Guy Geedluck, Mr. Lambert ; Eliza Melton, Miss E. Chaplin. THIS EVENING. Will be perform.d the Oper. li r A To conclude with a new grand Pantomime, entitled BLUFF KING itAL ; or, ;harlequin and lb (Charmed Arrow. Harlequin, fir. Bologna; Pc .taloon, Mr. Paul; Clown, Mr. Flesmore ; Sprite, fr. De Barr; Columbine, Miss Fawcett. ..... Q' trttrillf( - -- 11 ti 1 LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1849. Between Russia and Turkey the independent pro vinces of Wallachia and Moldavia have long suffered the horrors 'of invasion, of pillage, of massacre, and of general subjugation. Without one of the Western Powers to interpose in their behalf the unfortunate population of those principalities have been subjected in turns to the insolence or to the cruelty of the Porte or of the Autocrat. They have latterly groaned under the combined forces of both the great despotic empires on their frontiers. They are at this moment suffering grievously from the simultaneous barba rities of the Islamites, under FUAD EFFENDI, and of the Russians under General DUUAMaL. In violation of all the sacred prerogatives of indepen dence, in opposition to all the prescriptive rights of international jurisprudence, the soldiers of the Est- PBROU have advanced in one direction upon the neutral territory of Moldavia, and the soldiers of the SULTAN have advanced in another upon those of Wallachia. . _ Subsequently we shall find it very far from diffi culty to prove the perfect neutrality of these abused and unfortunate territories, their full and complete right of autonomy, their entire insulation from any authority but that emanating from themselves, and the absurdity of any claims which may be advanced in reference to their government either by the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh or by that of Constantinople. First, let us narrate as concisely as possible the atrocities by which they have, within the last few months, been desolated, and the political degradation to which they have—with such flogrant and monstrous injustice — been reduced. Ever since the Russian despotism sprang into existence, the Autocrats have yearned to number the Moldavians and Wallachians among their vassals. They have allowed this territorial lust after the Danubian principalities to be apparent during upwards of a century. But the date of 1828 is the one with which commences the really ener getic efforts of Russia against the political and national existence of Moldo-Wallachia. The arbi• trary proceedings which were then adventured upon by the cabinet of St. Petersburgh against those pro vinces were persisted in almost uninterruptedly during a, period_of ten years, when, in 1838, they were brought to a terrible climax by a succession of the most grinding and tyrannical acts. Arrogating SPAIN. The defeat of the band of AMETTLER has been officially announced by General CONCHA, in a dis patch, dated Figueras, Feb. 14, eight P.M. The dispatch announces that on the morning of that day LEuUNDL had attacked the band of AMETTLER, on the heights of the Coll de Requesus, had killed seve❑ men, taken MoLuits, the second in command, and forty others, prisoners, and had driven AMETTLER and the remainder of the band, across the frontier into France. A survey has been ordered of the river Guadiana from the lagoons of Rindera to the ocean, for the purpose of improving the navigation between Badajos and the sea, and of making the stream above Badajos useful for irrigation and other industrial purposes. THE BRAZILS. FALMOUTH, FEB. 28.—Her Majesty's packet Peterel, Lieutenant Thomas Creser, arrived here this morning with the Brazil mails, haring left Rio de Janeiro on the 14th of January. She brings a very small freight, and the following passengers, namely :—Mr. and Mrs. Da venport, Miss Gregg, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, three childr,n, and servants, Mr. Shephard, Mr. Small, Mr. Protherton, Mr. Raynon, and Mr. Hockhart. This vessel brings no news of importance from either the Brazils or River Plate, although some vague appre hensions were entertained at Rio respecting the rumoured movements of Rosas ; nothing, however, based on cer tainty had transpired. The exchange at Rio had experienced no material change since the advices recently received; it was, how ever, anticipated a decline would soon take place. WEDNESDAY EVENING CONCERTS,EXETER-lIALL. —The fifteenth and la,,t concert of the series took place last night, which was numerously attended. In adltioo to the many favourite artistes who usually sing at thee col certs,lle. Nissen made such a favourable impres sion that she has been engaged for three of the extra ones. Mr. Sims Reeves, whose success has been trium phant, is also engaged for all the extra nights. CALIFORNIAN GOLD.—There is, says the Liverpool Standard, at (present to be seen on the Earl of Derby's estate at Knowsley a considerable quantity of gold dust imbedded in soil which has been brought from California along with some rare toms And plants. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA. The Austrian Diet, in the sitting of the 21st, conti nued the debate on the Bill on fundamental rights ; and it adopted a clause declaring the absolute liberty of all forms of worship. Notwithstanding this, se veral Members proposed not to allow the establish ment of any non-Catholic religious communities, and particularly German Catholicism ; but their proposi tions were rejected. Questions were put to the Ministry on the subject of the Austrian note to the Ministry of the German empire, but the answers were postponed to a future day. The Independence of Brussels says— " I❑ consequence of the entrance of the Russians into Cronstadt and Hermandstadt, the Austrian General Puchner was able to attack General Bern, and, after a sanguinary battle, compelled him to retire. The Impe rial army then pursued him to Salzburg, where he took up a position, but was again compelled to retire." PRUSSIA. COLOGNE, FEB. 26.—The day before yesterday being the anniversary of the French Revolution, it was kept here by a grand political dinner, which was attended by a numerous party. Some very violent speeches were made, especially by the Deputy GEAD BACH, against the house of Hohenzollern, the Count of BRANDENBURG, &C. &C. A great body of spolice paraded the streets both yesterday and to-day, but no excesses were committed. A letter from Berlin, of the 24th, states that the KING'S speech on opening the Parliament would, it was expected, be couched in conciliatory but firm terms. Many deputies had arrived in Berlin, and those of the Left had held a secret meeting. A de putation of the members of the Upper Chamber had offered the pre s id enc y t o M. DE R OCHOW , w ho presided over the Three States in the Prussian Diet, but he had declined to accept it, on account of ill health. SAXONY. It is stated, in a letter from Dresden of the 24th, that the Saxon Ministry had resigned, and that Dr. HELD had been appointed President of the Council and Minister of Justice • the Ambassador at Berlin, Minister of Foreign Affairs; M. WEINBURG, Minis ter of the Interior ; M. EHRENSTERN, Finances. The KING had reserved to himself the nomination of the Minister of War. HOLLAND. THE HAGUE, FEB. 27.—1 n the Second Chamber of the States General, in reply to a question put by VON RYCICEVOSSEL, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, in formed the Chambers that the Government had re ceived from the Government of Great Britain, com munication of a treaty of peace and commerce, con eluded on-the 29th of May, 1848, between the Sultan of BORNEO PROPER and the Queen of ENGLAND, wherein it is stipulated that the Sultan of BORNEO PROPER engages to make no concession of territory to any other nation whatever without the free will and consent of her Britannic Majesty. The Minister stated that the Government deemed it expedient to confine itself, in the present instance, to making this communication; but added, that he (the Minister) should give the treaty in question the most serious consideration, as he conceived it to be a question of the very highest importance to commerce, to the colonies, and to the mother country. His Ex cellency added, that the communication of the con clusion of the treaty had been made by the British Government without any reference to what had taken place anteriorly on this subject; for the Netherlands note of the 27th April, 1847, communicated to Eng land, had remained unanswered to this day. TREATY BETWEEN THE NETHERLANDS AND Aus- TRIA.—A treaty has just been concluded between the Netherlands and Austria, by which the Nether lands Government is to place a considerable portion of the Netherlands fleet under the command of a Dutch admiral, at the service of the Austrian Government for a given period. The Overland Mail has brought letters and jour nals from Java to Dec. 27. The most perfect tranquility continues to prevail in the Netherlands East Indies. The King's birthday was celebrated on the 6th of December at all the principal stations with the usual festivities. SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN. The protest of the Duke of AUGUSTENBURGH against the Danish Government being extremely lengthy, we will content ourselves with a few extracts :—" No King of Denmark has the right to violate treaties which were concluded between his ancestors and the Duchies of Holstein, certainly no King of Denmark of the house of Oldenburg has the right of uniting Schleswig to the Crown of Den mark, because the head of the house of Oldenburg tne executed an ac' 1. '3" which be positively forbias natural heirs from doing this. Consequently lam compelled by my birth and position as natural heir of King CHRISTIAN 1., and:as Agnate of the governing house in the Duchies, to act in conformity with the existing regulations of my house, and as far as in me lies, contribute to the maintenance of the rights, succeeded by my ancestors to the Duchies. " This duty which Providence has imposed on me by my birth, I shall never shrink from, and, however, much I may regret that circumstances have arisen which have made it my painful duty to appear as the present head of my house, I have neither given rise to these circumstances, nor have they been able to deter me from acting as I felt constrained to do by justice, duty, and honour. I must therefore again make a decided protest against all the complaints and assertions laid to my charge by the Danish Ministry, and their agents. I protest more especially against the accusation brought against me by the Danish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Count VON MOLTKE, in his instructions of nth Jan. last, and I declare them, together with all of a similar nat u r e that have been directed against me, to be gross calum nies, which the party at present in Copenhagen in person are circulating to my detriment, for the pur pose of charging me with the guilt to which they alone have given rise, by their impolitic and unjust proceedings against the Duchies."—Hamburgh Bor -Benhalle, Feb. 24. ITALY. By a decree of the 23d ult., the King of SARDINIA has named General Campo, Minister of War and Marine, President of the Council ; and Marquis VITTORIA COLLT, Minister of Foreign Affairs. The new Cabinet have issued the following proclama tion : " Fellow Citizens,—The Cabinet to which the King confided the management •f his executive power on the 16th December last, having been modified by the change of one of its members, we feel it necessary to declare that we firmly profess and still believe per fectly feasible the policy proclaimed from the moment we first accepted office. The programme that formed the fundamental condition of our first exist ence, and the principles explained before Parliament, will not cease to be the expression of this opinion and our rule of conduct. The Ministry will remain in power so long as the King and Parliament will honour it with their confidence as at present; and will be ready to lay down power as soon as the voice of the people, constitu tionally manifested by its true representatives, shall call in our stead more able or more fortunate men. A year bas passed since the King, following the impulse of his heart, sanctioned the greatest acts of his life, by calling his people to enjoy constitutional liberties. We trust that none will attempt to destroy the palladium of our liberty and independence by bringing discredit on the authority of Parliament. The Ministry will not fail to defend the Constitution in all its parts, and maintain the rights of the King and those of the people against all attempts. _ " CHIODO, President of the Council; COLLI, RATAZZI, SINEO, TECCHIO, VICENZIO RICCI, CADORNA." The Concordia of Turin of the 24th states that great agitation reigned in that city on the preceding day. In the churches and public squares persons were busily engaged soliciting signatures to a petition for the return of GIOBERTI to office. A deputation was formed charged to present the petition to the KING, who at first refused to receive the deputation, but upon second thoughts admitted them, and ad dressed them in polite but severe terms. It must be remembered that the Concordia has hitherto been a GIORERTI paper. The Pensiero Italiano of Genoa, a radical paper, states that Turin was in the greatest excitement against GronErn, on account of his having, unknown to his colleagues, given orders to the Piedmontese army to invade Tuscany. It adds that GIOBERTI had disappeared from Turin. A demonstration took place at Genoa on the 23d against GIOBERTI and Burrs, the Geonese Commissary of Government. No dis turbance, however, took place. It appears that GIOZERTI has not only resigned his office of Minister, but has retired altogether from the legislature, having sent in his resignation as Deputy. When the last accounts left Turin, the people were threatening to attack the Palace, which was defended by the National Guard. The address drawn up in answer to the speech from the Throne, and recom mended for the adoption of the Chamber by the Committee, demanded immediate war. The Alba of Florence of the 21st states that the town of Ferrara has been obliged to pay the 620,000 crowns exacted by the Austrians, , partly in cash, and partly in bills of exchange upon Trieste and Milan. The Archbishop is among the hostages whom the Austrians have required. The Roman and Tuscan papers are calling loud for war to avenge t h e i nsult. Bologna has been put into a state o f exce ll ent de fence, menaced as itis on the side of Ferrara and Modena at the same time. The session of the Assemby of Deputies of Venice was opened on the 15th ult., with great solemnity. MANIN, who was received with deafening applause, pronounced a speech, in which, after explaining for what reasons the former Assembly named a dicta torial triumvirate, he stated that France and Eng land had offered themselves as mediators between Italy and Austria; and that either a treaty or a con tinuance of the war must result from this mediation ; in either of which cases Venice has a right to dis cuss her internal matters, till the destinies of the nation shall have been decided and accepted. Hence the new Assembly has been convoked, and the trium virate is ready to give an account of all its acts. The blockade of Venice by sea had been raised by the intercession of the mediating powers ; love of country had sufficiently provided for the exhausted finances ; the citizens of Venice have vied with each other in making the severest sacrifices for the common welfare ; public order had never ceased to reign ; crimes had not increased, as is usually the case in times of public commotion. The Assembly would now be called upon to decide in principle and fact whether Venice shall send or not deputies to the Italian Constituent Assembly. On this question their patriotism would decide, so that national and local interests may not be at variance; and while judging with the freedom they possess, they will repel the excitement of an imprudent and demagogical party, as well as the snares of perfidious offers of conciliation. The session was then declared to be opened. TheContemporaneo of Rome contains a decree, in virtue of winch the masters of workshops, having workmen' paid by the week, are alone allowed to con vert paper money into cash, to no greater amount than 20 scudi per week. The Tempo of Naples, of the 17th ult., states that General FILANGERI has been sent for by the KING to Gaeta, by a telegraphic dispatch. In the sitting of the 14th ult., of the Chamber of Deputies, a vote of non-confidence in the Ministry passed by a large majority. SICILY. The Piedmontese Gazette quotes letters from Pa lermo of the 12th ult., stating that preparations for war are in active progress ; and that Paixhans guns and a largo quantity of muskets have arr.ved. CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before the LORD CHIEF BARON and Mr. Justice CRESSWELL.) CUTTING AND WOUNDIA:G.—John Andrews, aged 26, a German, having the appearance of a mechanic, was in dicted for feloniously wounding William Frederick Sech ler with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm. Mr. Robinson prosecuted; the prisoner was not de fended by counsel.; The circumstances were these:—The prosecutor and the prisoner were drinking in a public-house in White chapel, on the night of the 11th of December last. The prosecutor was sitting in a lower room of the house, and there was a raffle going on in a room up stairs, on the first floor. The prosecutor went up to the upper room where the raffle was proceeding, and where he found about 20 men and women assembled, among whom was the prisoner. Shortly after the prosecutor weat up stairs the prisoner began to sing a song in a foreign language, which elicited a great deal of laugh ter, especially among the women ; and this greatly irritated 'the prisoner, who used some exceedingly offen sive expressions to the females. The prosecutor got up and remonstrated with the prisoner for his conduct, and endeavoured to persuade him to sit down. The prisoner thereupon took out of his pocket a round ball with a string attached to it, called a lite-preserver, and struck the prosecutor several blows with it upon the head, which rendered him insensible, and he was taken to the hospital, where he was confined for several weeks from the injuries he had received. The sight of one of his eyes was entirely destroyed by, the blows. When the policeman took the prisoner into custody, the latter said it was a bad job, that he had had the life-preserver in his possession for about two hours only, and that it was given to him by a girl. The prisoner addressed the jury in his defence in broken English, imputing to one William Brown, who was one of the raffle party, the charge of striking the prosecutor. The LoRD CHIEF BARON summed up, telling the jury that the probability was, whether the circumstances were true or not, that there was no intention to kill the prosecutor, and therefore they would probably acquit the prisoner on the capital charge. But they would have to consider whether the prosecutor received a wound on that night which was of a grievous character, and whe ther the prisoner was the p e r son w h o struck the blow. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty of cutting and wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm, and The LORD CHIEF BARON sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned for twelve calendar months and to be kept to hard labour. CHARGING A CLERGYMAN WITH AN INFAMOUS CRIME. —Samuel Cooper, aged 39, a private soldier in the Guards, was indicted for feloniously accusing the Rev. Charles Henry Sellers of having offered and made a solicitation to commit a nameless offence with him, the prisoner, with intent to extort money, on the 9th of January last. Mr. BODKIN stated the circumstances of the case aeainst th. eat.ener on the part of the prosecutor. These circumstances, whicn nappenen so recently, win oe rreah in the recollection of our readers, and will be found de tailed in the evidence given below. Mr. BALLANTINa defended the prisoner. William Grant was called, and said—l am a ser geant of the A division. On the night of the 9th of January I was on duty at the station-house in King-street, St. James's, when the prosecutor was brought there. The prisoner made a charge against the prosecutor. It was put down in writing, but not then. The prisoner charged the prosecutor with hav ing indecently assaulted him. I asked him which way he assaulted him ? He said he was on duty at the Duchess of Kent's residence, and said the gentleman passed him and went down as tar as the park-gate, leading into St. James's Park. He then turned back into the Duke of Sutherland's-walk, and he then came and stood under the portico of the Duchess of Kent's house : he said it was a wet night. The soldier said "It war." He then said the gentleman asked him who he was keeping guard over, and he said the Duchess of Kent. The gentleman then substituted an indecent word for the name of the Duchess of Kent. He then said he got hold of him and took him to the guard house.—(Witness here described what the soldier said as to the way in which the prosecutor had assaulted him.) The soldier here said he collared the gentleman and took him to the guard-house. When the soldier finished his statement, the prosecutor denied having assaulted him, and of having made use of the indecent expression. The gentleman then asked if he was obliged to give his name; when I told him he would have to give it when he went before a magistrate. I then searched the prosecutor, when two 51. notes, and some other money and a watch was found upon him. He was then detained at the station-house. Cross-examined—This was about half-past eleven o'clock at night. It was raining. Mr. Sellers had not an umbrella, but he had a great coat. He had a white neckcloth on. Mr. Burnaby, chief clerk at Bow -street—I remember the prisoner being brought before the magistrate. There was no name on the police-sheet at first, and I asked. the prosecutor his name. He said lam a clergyman ; am I obliged to give my name? The magistrate said you are obliged to give it. He then gave his name the Rev. Henry Charles Sellers, and said he was a clergy man at Send, near Guildford.—(The statement which the prisoner made at Bow -street against the prosecutor, which was taken down in writing by witness, was then read to the Court.) Mr. Sellers was called on to find bail to answer the charge at the Sessions. Cross-examined by Mr.BALLANTINE—Mr. Sellers made a statement, which I took down in writing. (The state ment, as it was taken down in writing, was read by wit ness.) The general purport of it was that he denied the charge made against him by the prisoner. By the JUDGE—The charge entered on the police sheet was, " with indecently assaulting the complain ant while on duty at the Stable-yard, parish of St. James's." Mr. Joseph Gilsby, from the Clerk of the Peace's office, produced two bills of indictment preferred at the Middlesex Sessions against Mr. Sellers. (The indictments were here read.) Cros-examined by Mr. BALLA.NTINE—I did not pre pare the indictments. The Rev. Henry Charles Sellers examined—l reside at Send, near Guildford, in Surrey. lam curate of that. parish. I have been nearly nine months curate there. I was formerly a curate at Sibble Heddingham, near Chelmsford, for three years. I was educated at Cam bridge. I have been married about a year and a half. Oa the 9th of January last I came to La - don from Send. Mrs. Sellers was then staying with her sister, at Sibble, Heddingham. She was ill at that time. I arrived in London by the half-past six train, at the Waterloo station. The train was rather late, and on my arrival I proceeded to the Bell and: Crown, in Holborn, and engaged a bed-room for the night. I left my luggage there,- and they walked to a shop in Oxford -street. I did not make any other calls. I then proceeded to a tavern in Rupert-street to get some dinner. I finished my dinner between nine and ten, but lam not sure. I then went down to the Treasury. I had a friend residing in Upper Eaton-square, a Mr. Middleton. It was my intention to visit him, and my way lay through the park. I know the house in which the Duchess of Kent resides. I went along Pall-mall, through St. James's. There is a footpath passes under the portico of the Duchess of Kent's house. I saw a soldier under the portico. After I passed through the portico, I went through the iron gate ; I then returned, because I fancied the rain in creased. I came back to the same portico, and remained under it. A soldier was there. I am not positive whether or not I said first it was a wet night ; but I, be fore stated I said to him it was a wet night. The se edier said it was a wet night, or words to that effect. I then asked him whom he was keeping gu ard over. He said the Duchess of Kent, and I repeated the words after him, " Oh, the Duchess of Kent." On the oath I have taken I swear I did not substitute any w ord for the name of the Duchess of Kent. lie then seized me by the collar and used words which. I don't recollect. On my oath I did not touch him. _ then took me to the guard-house. On our way thither I believed we pasted another sentry at his post. When I got into the, guard-house I found a lot of soldiers. The prisoner asked for the sergeant, and he came. The pri soner then said," I charge this man with indecently as saulting me." I denied it, and asked to see the sus e e ra rr a o a r . officer. I was told it was a police ca s e. A poi was then sent for, arid I was given into his custody. did not hear the prisoner charge me in the guard-hours with having made use of any indecent expresion Olef Or ' e 1:) 44 e 13 la li s /l lv r t has t h , C o thi. m . Iv 4 th 41(1 De ;13 _ r co p ~esse s. h T s th as "'the/ th e 4 ubjec foruat 1173 ca. Lo ad %il l °I I t ee s eaved.4lll