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ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPIIITHEATR.E. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Vatter the Pat'Mag. of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Hlghtietts Prince ilbert, Sce. Immense Novelty for the Holiiays—Re-engagement of Young Her nandez, who has gained the envied appellation of the " Wonder of tho World." He will have the honour of appearing every Evening in his astounding Feats of Equestrianism—Mr. Batty has also en gaged Mons Tournaire, Mons. Benedick, Herr Henri, Madame To arnaire, and Mdlle. Adelaidini, together with their highly. trained Horses. THIS EVENING, _ _ . The per f ormance will commence with a Grand Equestrian Spec tacle, by Fltzhall, entitled THE WHITE MAIDEN OF CALIFOR NIA; or, the Horse of the Ocean. Tu be followed by an Inimitable display of SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, is which Young Hernandea will appear, supported by the Arst Equestrian talent of the day. To conclude with on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, THE DUMB DRIVER; and the Farce of THE SECRET on the al ternate Evenings. taus-office open from Eleven till Five. Metre M4.neger. Mr. W. West. TO COIIRESPON DENTS. communication can be attended to unless authenti ed by the name and address of the writer. !et,.l communications cannot be returned. EP.--SUN OFF% CE, APRIL 12. FO , ItiMETER, Lowast, 33. Hizhost, 46; ,'boon, BAROMETER, 23.88. WIND N.N.W.—dull, hazy weather. ~S'AI tAT LONDON lltt. Di lE. S 3 DAY --Mort g, 3-i min. after 4 I Evening, 5l rain. after d .7,loartow—Aorn.us, 8 min. alter 5 I Evenin„ 25 min. alter 5 r„, , ,1te,4,4 e" . .l''\ ‘ 7-*4 ' Z > e''' "'‘! 4 ' . ). 2, IN. - /" . k--" -- -: \) 44e , e - - .`;fro . W *-- 4 ' ‘ .c•gn ._. ~ ...,:b. -,—, 5.,-• ~,...... z.r • „,,,, .. 1 46 It ", rk a., ~..,..t" ' , F HB LEGAL TITLE ASSURANCE ?ANY. (I•rorislonar.y Ilegistered, .January 17, 1849.) capital, 2,900,0de1., in 80,000 Shares, of 251. each. Preliminary Deposit, 2s. Gd. per Share ri%Ar—ctnaes and hill information may be obtatued at the Tempo r ' , 'L;A3 of the Company, 13a, Cannon-row, Westminster, on ap pe: to G. F. ROWE, Hon. Sec., pro term 'pit MAJESTY'S THEATRE MDLLE. JEN , Y LIND. JI z-rt's Opera, 11 Fl Auto Magic°. It 13 respec'ably Ann' unced that a Grant EVENING, CLASS C %E. MUSICAL ENTERTALNIMENT wal take ilaco in the Great Theatre THIS EVENING, the 12 h of April, with iull Orch ,, stra, Cho: us, & c., and comprising the whole of Atmart's celebrated Opera, IL FLAUTO MAGICO. Principal Artistes—Mdlle. Jenny Lind, Mdlle. Casolani, Mdlle. Polonio, Miss A. Williams, Miss M. Williams, Madame Giuliani, Signor Gardoni, Signor liordas, Signor Bartollni (of the Italian Opera, Paris, his first appearance), Signor Arnold', Signor Coletti, Signor Belletti, Signor F. Lablache, and Signor Lablache. Conductor, Mr. Balte. Subscribers wishing to avail themselves of the privilege of this performance in the subscription are respectfully requested to corn mrcate their wishes to Mr. Nugent, Box-office, before Satur day, the 7th instant, until which clay their Boxes and Stalls will be retained. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box- Office, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Half-past Seven, Concc:rt to commence at Eight. _KI ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. S,cond Appearance of 3ldlle. PARODI. Second Appearance this Season of Signor LABLAC HE, The Nobility, subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, are respect fully Informed that On SATURDAY EVENING, Will be presented Bellini's Opera of NORMA. Pollione, Signor Gardoni ; Orr,r eso ; Signor Lai:lathe ; Norma,Mdlle. Parodi ; lgisa, Madame Giuliani. To conclude with (the S:.anery by Mr. Charles Marshall) the cele brated Ballet, entitled LE DLIBLE A QUATRE. In which will appear Mdlle. Carlotta Grist I Mdllo Marie Tagßoni, and Mme. Petit Stephan, Mulle. Carolina Rosati, M. Paul Taglioni, M. Charles, M. Louis D'Ot ; Mdlles. Thevenot, Julien, Lamoureux, and Anssandon. An entirely new grand Ballet, by M. Tagliotal, is In active prepa ration, _ . • VI=3IfOR3 to LONDON, COUNTRY COUFJINS, and EMIGRA.NTS to FRANCE—Look hero—Read and Remember. JUDGE AND JURY FiOCIETY. "V - ORD CHIEF BARON NICHOLSON begs IA to remind his dearest friends th , 4 Public, that the above-named c.,lcal Convention, so many years at the Garrick's Head, now 1 its Sittings at the JUSTICE TAVERN, No. 36, BOW REE THIS EVENING (THURSDAY), A most important inquiry—an action brought by the Venerable Ear of Farthington against Adolpttu.s Ducksdoxilem, Esq.. of the Ist Re-1 iiment of Life Guards. "'The scarlet coats, the scat let coats, They are a graceless set, From should er-knot of worsted lace To bullion epaulette." " The recent delicate ,ifTair in high life report suggests will nol Lily become matte - of discussion in the Superior Court in Bow cet, but also be made the subject of Court Martial inquiry."— )forning Po, April 1, Dc ors open at Nine o'clock. Concert after the JuAge and Jury—Fox. the Warbling Waggoner, Charles Slowman, and. A host of talent, male and female. I.AY3lAtiti Jr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. TTI EVENEN Will be parforned THE BRIGAND. Characters by Messrs. H. Vandenhoff, li,ogers, Howe, Wallack ; Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, and Miss P. Hortc,n. After whh,ft a Classical Extravaganza, entitled THE SPHINX. To be fol ,owed by THE LOUGH DIAMOND. To c r ow Judo with the Farce of LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS. • THEATRE. ROYAL. ADELPIII. - Under the direction of adame Celeste. THIS EVENING, W 111 be performed THE 110? PICKERS. Principal characters by • niessrs. Lambert, Boyce, Wright, Paul Bedford, Hughes, Mun -90 .rd, 0. Smith, Cullenford, Worrell, Madame Celeste, Miss Woelgar, Lrs. F. Matthews, Miss Taylor, Miss E. Chaplin, &c. After which, WHO LIVES AT No. 9 ? Characters by Messrs. 'Firright and Worrell, and Miss Chaplin. To c ,, nclude with THE ENCHANTED ISLE. Alonzo, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Prospero, Mr. 0. Smith Ariel, Miss E. Chaplin. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madamz Vestris. lola Lessee. Mr. Chart e, Ma' he 0 s. THIS EVENING Will be performed a Piece entitled HOLD YOUR TONGUE. Cha racters by Messrs. C. 3lathews, Selby, a , il Parselle ; Miss H. Gil bert, Miss Jane Coleman. and Madame Vestris. After which, THE SEVEN CHAMPIONS OP CHRISTENDOM. To ceuelnde with THE WATER PARTY. Drees &is.; Upper nozei, 43. ; Y. 2s. ; Gallery, is. do balf-price to any part of the house. New 14ox-ofrce, No. 1, Wellington. street, is open to the public stry day, from Tan till Six. PRINCESS'S THEATt:+ , :. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING. Will be performed a now Opera, entitled FRANCESCA. DORTA. Af,r which, a new grand Extravaganza, entitled NOUREDDIN AND HIE FAIN. PERSIAN. - • - At 411 LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 12. 1849. A complimentary banquet given yesterday at Wal;efield, by the electors of the 'West Riding, to their eminent representative Mr. COBDEN, enabled that distinguished Reformer to review the progress of those principles with which his name is so conspicu ously identified. It afforded him, moreover, an op portunity of thanking the Liberals of Yorkshire for bestowing upon him what he justly designated " the most distinguished honour that could be conferred on a citizm of this country," namely, their unanimous and unsolicited suffrages, at a period when he was actually thousands of miles away from England. Beyond this he had to acknow ledge the indirect but magnificent eulogium passed upon himself by pledging the health of RICIIARD COBDEN in conjunction with the ad vancement of the three great principles of Peace, Free Trade, and Economy. It was felicitously insisted by the Hon. Gentleman the ::ember for the West Riding of Yorkshire that his entertainers had not assembled together upon that occasion for the glorification of any individual, but rather for the purpose of doing homage to those principles. Viewing the matter, therefore, in this unselfish light, regarding the occurrence rather as a politician than as an ( gotist, Mr. COBDEN at once and even abruptly closed his allusions both to himself and to his auditory, and forthwith entered upon a consideration of the goal towards wllich they were mutually struggling in their cha noter as patriotic and radical Reformers. At a period when the agriculturists are taunting destroyers of Protection with the failure of their ,c - rines as a means of working out the national re .z-neration, at a moment when the attenuated spectre the Bond-street Association seems to be miracu k"uPly assuming to itself a corporeal form, and when orse or two of our most staunch and prominent 114 )rtners (such now, for example, as t he Honourable lVernber f or Birmingham) would almost appear to be a,withdrawal into the ranks of the mono ty,lists—it would be little short of an impossibility r Mr. COIIDEN to hold his peace upon the subject Free Trade and its consevences, especially when seven surrounded by six o rhundred persons of con genial sentiments. We cannot help regarding this portion of the remarkable speech delivered yesterday the evening by Mr. COBDEN at Wakefield as most brilliant evidence of his abilities. Disclaiming all sympathy with him in reference to his scheme of a wholesale reduction in the naval force o f Great Britain, considering, as we do, that project as one calculated to prove most disastrous by the endangerment of our maritime supremacy—it is with the most peculiar gratification that we restrict our comments to that division of the illustrious orator's harangue in which he triumphantly vindicated the cluse of the Free Traders. lie recalled to our re collection those rhetorical master• pieces upon which tin opponents of monopoly used to hang with admi ration, when the then Member for Stockport pleaded in Covent-garden in behalf of the industrious cla::ses. Grappling boldly with the asper sions cast upon himself and his numerous colleagues, Mr. COBDEN in so many words retorts upon his assailants with this exclamation—" We did not profess that free trade in corn was a sort of alchemy that was to discover the philosophers stone or cure all diseases." True that we have now had somewhere about three months' experience of the working of free trade in cereal productions, and true again that loaves are net to be procured merely for the asking. then, But admirably, "we never suid that free trade in corn would prevent the evils that follow excessive specula tion in railways." True that with the commence ment of 1849 terminated the old system of protection to our insular corn-growers, and true, again, that wheat flour does not lie like summer dust in the ruts of our highways. But then, as Mr. COBDEN ob serves again with that exquisite irony which he knows so well how to wield in argument, " we never said that there would be potato rot if we had free trade in corn." True that the aspirations of the League have been realised during the last quarter of a year, and true again that our agriculturists are beginning to feel the effects of the reaction against them in a sensation of prevailing debility. But then, to quote once more the irmistible and sententious language of Mr. COBDEN, " a man does not re cover from a fever without going through a very painful state of languor." When the champions of the Country Party maintain that free trade has proved a delusion simply because grain is not to be devoured gratuitously, when they charge the advocates of free trade with being false prophets, simply because all our social and political grievances have not been removed since the first of January, they altogether misrepresent the character of the system they are un dertaking to vilify, they altogether distort the as surances given to the population by the organs of free-trade principles, prior to the acceptance of those principles by Sir ROBERT PEEL. The Free Traders, for example, never asserted, that the abolition of imposts upon foreign provisions would put a stop to all pecu niary involvements, would effect a miraculous cure in the root of a diseased vegetable, would prevent civil war upon the continent. No—" None of those evils that have fallen on us did we ever profess to avert or cure ; but what we did say and do say is this, that whether foreign or civil war happens, or railway speculations turn out disastrous, or potato rot comes, you will be a great deal better able to bear all those evils with free trade in corn than you would have been under the old sliding scale." Having shown by these rational and con clusive statements the frivolity of the aspersions cast upon us by the agriculturists—Mr. COBDEN takes into account the difference of the course pur sued by the farmers and the manufacturers in periods of temporary embararssment. The contrast is suffi ciently degrading to the former, who, after reaping the enormous advantages squandered into their hands during the whole of 1847 and the spring time of 1848— advantages so striking that it is enough to mention the circumstance that within those fifteen months 51. per quarter was given for corn in Hampshire, and 100 s. per quarter was refused in Chichester—have now been suf fering just three or four months bad trade. " You," said Mr. COBDEN, addressing the manufacturers of Yorkshire, and through them the manufacturers of the whole of England, " you had eighteen months of bad trade, and yet you did not come whining to Parliament; you stood manfully during the storm, and were ready to go to work with the first gleam." The rebuke administered in these words is bitter enough in all conscience ; yet no man im partially reviewing the course adopted in the one case by the farmers, and in the other case by the manufac turers, will gainsay for a single moment its correct• nes& The representative of the West Riding could not content himself with entirely dissipating the contemptible charges made against the Free-Traders, he found himself unable to resist the temptation of exposing simultaneously the fallacy and the weakness of the Protectionists. In reference to the most prominent question of the day, the question of financial retrenchment, it will be observed that Mr. COBDEN derives encouragement from the concessions already elicited from the Chan cellor of the Exchequer. In this he is, we are satis fied, only judging with that instinctive accuracy which prompted the Anti-Corn-law League to redouble their exertions so soon as the sliding scale indicated the Ministerial solicitude for a compromise. With a moderate share of perseverance the Financial Re formers must prove in the end victorious, and so surely as the abolition of monopoly was the reward of the League, so surely mill the diminution of our expenditure be the recompense of the Financial Asso ciation. The entire evidence taken before the Committee appointed to investigate the " Great North of Eng land Purchase Account ;" or, more properly speak ing, " to inquire into the charges that had been preferred against Mr. GEORGE HUDSON" by the Chair man of that very committee, and one of his coadjutors, will be found at length in another column. The public will thus be enable to judge for themselves how far these charges have been sustained, and whether Mr. HUDSON has indeed been guilty of the acts that had been imputed to him, when he was told that the " question was one not of money, but of character," and when his approaching downfal was spoken of as a matter of perfect certainty by the opponents whom his bold and manly denunciations of those engaged in "the regular combination to de • press railway property" had offended. It would, indeed, have been cheering intelligence to the " Bearish fraternity" that GEORGE HUDSON, the man whose sound practical sense, great experience, and vigorous determination had opposed the strongest barrier to their nefarious transactions, had been convicted of fraud against his brother shareholders ; that he had enriched himself at the expense of those who placed implicit reliance on his honour and integrity. His unceasing exer tions on behalf of the railway interest have not been forgotten or forgiven. The losses that were sustained in the latter end of October by those, who vainly supposed that the temporary panic that had previously prevailed would have continued—that the vile fabri cations and sinister rumours that were whispered through the precincts of the Stock Exchange, would still receive credence—that they could carry on with impunity their old game of selling shares that had never been in their possession, on the chance of obtaining them at diminished prices before the ac count day—still rankle in their minds, and stimulate their evil passions. Gladly would they sacrifice the man whose energy and decision mainly contributed to these results. Gladly would they again commence their operations against the pockets of the share holders, but that they are deterred by the salutary terror with which he has inspired them. His re moval from the position which he has heretofore occu pied would attain these objects, would, at the same time, satisfy their vengeance and their cupidity. It was long since a part of " the system" to malign and calumniate those entrusted with the ma nagement of affairs for the different companies. They did not venture, however, to prefer tangible charges that could fairly be encountered, and brought to a decisive issue one way or the other. No, they were then contented with speaking generally of the want of "public confidence in the integrity of the manage • ment," or with "The whispered hint, the shrug, the hum or ha— These petty brands that calumny cloth use." And at first those vague and baseless insinuations had the desired effect. Nothing was too absurd or too ridi culous for the purpose. The affrighted shareholders exhibited the most purblind credulity, there was no limit to their gullibility. The most outrageous tale that our facetious contemporary Punch ever coined for the instruction of the gallant " marines," would have received ready credence, if it related to railway matters. In fact, it almost ceased to be an honour to strip parties so exceedingly " green." The " Bears," although they still pocketed the cash, became almost ashamed o f p l un d er i ng suc h unsuspecting innocenc e . shareholders from their They had not t o t ax their imaginations for new stori es ; a .iie r , av nd, e o loo w k e — re a each n solemn d a as ll pe s c u t fi ; a Lord •Burleigh. cient to fri g ht t h e trembling propriety, and i n d uce them to sacrifice their property for one-half or one-thi r d o f i ts actual value. By degrees, however, those vague charges ost Itheir effect. Mr. HUDSON himself exhibited thei real value, by demanding of some of th e shareholders of the Midland Railway, who, terrified by th e " c ape i. court rumours," had affixed their names to a document ascribing the depreciation in the value of their shares to the want of public confidence in the integrity of the management, that they should immediately " furnish the directors with a list of the specific charges involved in the statement, in order that they (the directors) might convene a special meeting cf the company, and have the opportunity of refuting the accusation thus brought against the integrity of a body of gentlemen who felt that they stood as high in the estimation of the public at large as the indivi duals who had affixed their names to this slanderous document." This bold and manly defiancb was not without its effect. It arrested the progress of the mania and satisfied the less timid of the unmitigated folly of which they had been guilty ; and coupled with the timely appearance of the North-Western and other railway " statements," and our own humble but un ceasing exertions on behalf of the railway interest, completely turned the tide, and overwhelmed the " Bears " in the ruin they had prepared for their innocent victims. They sunk unpitied into the snares and pitfalls they had digged for others, and were compelled to disgorge a large portion of their " ill-gotten gains." It became manifest that such shallow pre texts would no longer be available that stories, to have any effect, should contain a direct and positive charge, capable of being substan tiated or rebutted; and at this crisis the unfortunate mistake that was made by the Secretary (Mr. CLOSE), with respect to Mr. PLEws's calculations, afforded the opportunity that had so long been desired. It was known that certain 151. shares had been transferred to the company at prices not only beyond the nominal quotations, called the market value, but beyond their actual intrinsic bona fide value, and that these shares had been the property of Mr. HUDSON ; or, at least, of persons whom, according to Mr. PRANCE, in his capacity as witness, " they had learned to identify as trustees for Mr. HUDSON." This was an opportunity not to be neglected or lost sight of. A charge was prepared and publicly brought forward at the general meeting of the share holders, on the 20th February. No hint was given to Mr. HUDSON, no opportunity of explanation. Mr. PRANCE proposed the motion for inquiry, which Mr. LOVE seconded; Mr. PRANCE and Mr. LOVE were the two first members of the committee, and we can well recollect the excitement that pre vailed when it was ascertained that PRANCE and LOVE had not the nomination of their associates — but that indifferent and unprejudiced men were ap pointed with them on the committee. From the evidence it will appear, that Mr. PRANCE conducted the examination of the witnesses, save when he de scended from the judicial chair to tender his own evidence, when Mr. LOVE assumed the congenial duty. We have already shown how signally these accusations have failed—how completely they have been rebutted, and how triumphantly the innocence of Mr. HUDSON has been substantiated. There have unfortunately been mistakes, but for these he is not responsible ; not one word can be uttered against his honour or integrity, which remain wholly unsullied. Each person may study the evidence for himself, and he should recollect that he has as ample opportunities for forming a sound judgment as the com mittee themselves. The report may be looked on as the charge of the judge (if we could suppose the Crown prosecutor to as sume the ermine and ascend the bench of justice, after he had discharged his other functions), but the verdict must be in accordance with the evidence, and the public are the jury to decide thereon. We cannot entertain any doubt as to what that verdict will be, by those at least who can bring calm and unprejudiced minds to the consideration of the evi dence—that it will be the full and triumphant acquittal of Mr. HUDSON from the grave and serious charges alleged against him. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 12, 1849. TEE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The National Assembly on Tuesday rejected the Bills for the organization of the courts of law by a majority of 545 to 8. It appears that the reaction aries wished to make all magistrates immoveable, a principle to which the Republicans were opposed, and which the reactionaries carried against them. On the other hand, the Republicans succeeded in modi fying certain other clauses in a manner of which the reactionaries highly disapproved, and both parties being dissatisfied with the Bill as a whole, united their forces, and threw it out by an overwhelming majority. During the course of the discussion, M. BAZE accused M. CRBMIEUX of having intended, on the 24th of February, 1848, to proclaim the Duchess of ORLEANS Regent, which drew from M. CREMIEUX the following interesting narrative : " It has been frequently asserted in articles in public journals that I was prepared to proclaim the Duchess of Orleans Regent, and that I had prepared a grand speech for the purpose.—(Hear, hear.) This is what occurred. —(Hear, hear.) I was on the Placo de la Concorde on February 24, 1848, when I was informed that the Duchess of Orleans, her son (the Count de Paris) and the Duke de Nemours had proceeded to the Chamber. When I entered, I heard M. Dupin intended to propose the Duchess Regent, with the Count of Paris King. lat once exclaimed to my friends,' We will not allow the revolution of 1848 to be juggled from us, as was done in the case of the revolution of 1830;' and I added, 'The question is, not to have a Regency ; what we want is a Pro visional Government to decide what is to be done.' M. Marie and M. Ledru Rollin both heard me express my self to this effect. When M. 0. Barret was about to ascend the tribune, to speak in favour of a regency, I addressed Lhim in favour of a Provisional Government, declaricg that nothing else could answer for the present time, and I advised him to propose it from the tribune. That Hon. Deputy appeared by no means opposed to such a course.—(Loud marks of incredulity, " Oh, oh," great agitation, which lasted some time.) Just at that moment I perceived the Duchess of Orleans seated in front of the tribune ; and hearing that she intended ad dressing the Chamber in favour of her son as king, I considered it such a step, which nothing that was passie,g could for a moment justify. Looking on the question of a Regency as downright fully, I went up to the Duchess and said to her, " Madame, your friends are leading you to your ruin. Do not propose yourself as Regent—do not propose your son as King. At present it is the people that must decide. The people are masters:; let them judge." I then went and wrote four lines, which I recommended her to speak, the purport of which was to declare that she rejected the Chamber as the party to decide—that she appealed to the people to say what ought to be done. —(Ah, at), and great agitation.) Yes, I told her to say that the people alone should decide in what position she ought to be placed—(Renewed agitation)—and that she would bring up her son in ideas of constitutional liberty. That was what I said—neither more nor less. But whilst this was passing, and before the Duchess could speak, the Chamber was invaded by the crowd; and in the end she thought best to witheraw. Well, it is from what I have just stated that has been founded the ru mour that I was prepared to proclaim the Regency. It was even added that it was because M. Dupin had the proof of this in writing that I had thought fit, when I became Minister of Jus tice, to maintain him Procureur• General of the Court of Cessation. But I can appeal to M. Dupin himself if, when I spoke to the Duchess of Orleans, I did not say to her to consult M. Dupin as to the pro priety of appealing to the people; and if he did not ac cede to the propriety of the counsel. I, on February 26, signified to M. Dupin that he was to remain in his place; and my reason was because he approved of making the people the judge. Such are the whole of the circum stances connected with the incident of tho Regency. I can to-morrow give to the Moniteur the very words which I wrote on that occasion—though they are already known to many. The editor of a journal called La Revo"ution Demo cratique et Sociale was convicted on Tuesday of libel, and condemned to three years imprisonment, and a fine of 10,000 francs. In commenting on this severe sentence the Reforme justly remarks— "lt is war to the death that has been commenced against the Republican press. The proceedings of Louis Philippe are outdone by those of the officers of Louis Bonaparte, and the fines inflicted amount to confiscation. Three years' imprisonment and 10,000 f. fine for an of fence of the press are inflicted on the journals of the revolution: by this Government of the 10th of December, whose chief would yet be dragging in exile his impotent ambition, only that the press and the people, in February, opened to him the doors of his country. Never has any tree country exhibited such violence, and we defy those English who are here new invited . to be hold the fruits of our civilisation to find anything like it in the history of their country, unless by going back to the pillory of Daniel Defoe." M. DUCIIATEL has accepted an invitation from the electors of Jonzar to stand fur the Department of Charente Inferieure at the approaching elections. 1 he Patric says : "It was asserted yesterday, at the Assembly, that Frarlee and Er,glawl, in a2cordance with Austria and Piedmont, are of (pinion tha► a Congteis should be established at Verona, for a final arrangement of the afflirs of Italy." It is stated in the Constitutionnel, cn the authority of a letter from Perpignan, "That a battle had taken place in Catalonia, between the Royalist Chief PONS and CABRERA, in which both generals were killed. Other accounts say that CABRERA took refuge in a cavern, where he was found and put to death by the Miqueletes." We do not attach much credit to this rumour, this is at least the twentieth time that the French papers have killed CABRERA within the last six months. An extraordinary scene took place in the National Assembly yesterday. In the midst of the delibera tions of the Assembly, and while the discussion was going on, M. Eugene Raspail rose, and walking up to M. Point, one of his colleagues, gave him A slap in the face. The sitting was irnmrdiately suspended. The President and Vice-Presidents retired on one side, while M. Baroche, the procureur-general, accom ranied by the huist:iers, withdrew to one of the bureaux. The mt.st intense agitation reigned among the member-, who assembled in groups in the hall of the Assembly, and engaged in animated conversation. After a tine the sitting was resumed, when M. Marrast announced, in the midst of the most profound si'er.ce, that an assault had been com mitted by M. Eugene Raspail on the person of M. Point (the same whose deposition in the process at Bourges, against M. Raspail, the uncle of M. Eugene Raspail, did that person age so much injury), and that he (M. Marrast), as President of the Assembly, and charged with the observance of order in its proceedings, felt it neces sary to take disciplinary measures against the culpable party. At this moment M. Baroche entered, and, as public prosecutor, presented a demand to the Presi dent that the Assembly should grant him authority to prosecute M. E. Raspail for the assault. M. Marrast having read the resolution, M. Flocon rose, ascended the tribune, and demanded that the affair should be placed before the bureaux. This, being put to the vote, was rejected. M. Raspail gave some explanations. Ile had struck M. Point because the latter had looked at him through his lorgnon in an insulting manner. This M. Point denied. The dis cussion had not terminated at post-hour. The election of the 45 Members who are to com pose the Council of State took place on Tuesday. The majority are staunch Republicans, so that any reactionary tendencies that the PRESIDENT or the Legislative Assembly may exhibit, will be some what kept in check by the Council. PARIS BOURSE.—WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11. T HRE E O'CLOCK.—This was another quiet day at the Bourse, but the Funds continued steady, and at yester- day's prices. The Italian Funds rose considerably, in consequence of the pacific character of the news from that quarter. Exchange on London (30 days), 25 20, money; ditto (90 days), 25 171-, money. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, APRIL 11. East Indian, 4lA—Great Indian Peninsula, s—Northern of France, 11 1 4 —Rouen and Havre, 11%. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 6th have arrived. Count Mori-1.2%11.0, the Sardinian Minister, left Madrid on the ith, to join CHARLES ALBERT. The Bolsa was closed on Good Friday. GERMAN Y AND THE NORTHERN STATES. FRANKFORT. It is said th a t th e G e rman Parliament intend to give the King of PRUSSIA fife days for his accept ance of the German Imperial Crown, after which, the offer will be withdrawn. AUSTRIA. The whole of PUCIINEE:S stores of arms and ammu nition were at Hermanstadt, and have fallen into the hands of BEM. The Hungarians have defeated the Servian Impe rials at Kaninyxia. Count NUGENT endeavoured to take Peterwaradin by assault, but he was driven back with immense loss. Comorn still holds out ; as a last resource the Austrians are to batter it with red hot balls. They have lost 4,000 men before Comorn. PRUSSIA. _ The Weser Zeitung announces that Prince GALIT ZEN has arrived at Berlin, as the bearer of a letter from the Emperor of RUSSIA to the KING, in which the CZAR states that he is the most faithful ally of the Emperor of AUSTRIA, and that should any attempt be made to restrict the rights of Austria, he is ready to place at the disposal of that EMPEROR all the assist ance which he may requite of him to defend those rights which were guaranteed by the treaty of 1815. The King of HANOVER has again prorogued the general meeting of the Diet, which had been pro rogued from the 15th of March to the 12th of April, to Thursday the 3d of May, in consequence of the still unsettled state of the political relations of Germany, as founded on the new Constitution. It is said: that Count ARNIM and the Minister of Justice, RINTELEN, have resigned. HOLLAND. the QUEEN DOWAGER, and all . the Royal Family attended the Cloister Church f thishis day,lat THE HAGUE, APRIL 9.—The Kl.N m G em a b n e d rs Q o trE th rr e , when a funeral sermon was preached fo M. r CHILD, a clergyman of the Reforrae Rev. Gentleman took his text from 1 Majesty WILLIAM 11., by the Rev d . These. C. iv., v. 18, " Therefore comfort one another with these words." The QUEEN DOWAGER has taken up her residence at the palace built by General WANDE . N • ITE T N II 3; BOSSCSIE, formerly Governor of the Indies, and which was occupied by the late Prince ALEXANDER. Her MAJESTY alighted there immediately on her arrival at the Hague. The committee from Luxembourg, charged with receiving the oath of his MAJESTY as Grand Duke of Luxembourg, has arrived at the capital. The committee is composed of only four members, and the taking of the oath, which w ill b e a t ten d e d w i t h th e usu al solemnities, will, it is supposed, not be public. It is said that the solemn inauguration of his MA JESTY Will take place at Amsterdam on the Bth of May next. The KING and Prince FREDERICK, the brother of his late M AJESTY , cont i nue to rece i ve various deputations, charged with presenting addresses of condolence on the death of our late beloved Sove reign. To the deputation from the University of Utrecht, both these Princes expressed that their pri vate sorrow had been greatly alleviated by the universal and heartfelt sympathy of the na tion. The committee charged with the erec tion of a magnificent public monument to the memory of the late KING has received the national support in this great undertaking. Some unc e rt a i n ty appears to exist respecting the locality where it shall be erected, but Amsterdam, as the metropolis of the kingdom, seems by right to put in the first claim to that honour. Th e H ague, as b e i ng the re sidentiary city, was named as a matter of course in the first instance, but other claimants, who now con tend for may possibly carry off this distinc tion.—Dutch Papers, Ap r il 10. AMSTERDAM he BOURSE, APRIL 9.—lnland Funds t were more offered to-day. Sp an i s h an d P or t ug uese were lower. The Russian, on the contrary, kept up. Austrian were offered. Of South Amerian Funds, the Mexican was the most flat. All the Foreign Funds were lower, and no transactions of importance were concluded. — Amsterdamsche Courant, April 10. D I E Ii N m 'A u I u A RG R H, K AP A RIL N B D ._T I h ' e I r i e E has D b U ee C n a HIES. serious Ger manaaeffcaoiur notn troops,i t s he y e S mr u yo nd s . t, a n a lo t tv eUsrtilaadtnee wereh. that t T h so e , op Germanopposed s e d tost mostly t t H double the number of Dane 3, but on which side the victory was is not said. Some Danish prisoners, among whom are two officers, are reported to have been taken, but the German account claims no victory ; so we may infer that the combat had not terminated when the account was sent off, or that the advantage was on the side of the Danish division. A dvices from Altona, of the Bth, state that Hadersleben has been occupied by the German troops, and that various engagements had taken place in the vicinity of Urlup and Satrup, but no details are given. MOLDAVIA AND WALLA CHIA. The Russian general, MovueviErr, has arrived in the principalities with an army of 24,000 men, and another Russian general has advanced upo❑ Ibraila, and has commenced building barracks for his troops in the environs of that city. Further, the Ru'sians have towed into the Danube, by one of their Govern ment steamers, five gun• boats. This being done in direct contravention of the terms of the treaty of Adrianople, %ill, there can be little doubt, give rise to serious discussions. IT A L Y. All communication between the Roman Republic and the kingdom of Naples is intercepted. WYLD 9 B MAP OF HUNGARY.-A splendid folio map, one of the finest maps ever issued from the eminent establishment at Charing-cross, has this day been published. It represents the whole of the noble territories of Hungary—its mountains and rivers, its cities and even its villages, its highroads, and in some parts even its byeways, and almost its sheep-walks. The minute ness of the details would be little short of a blemish but for the capacious size of the engraving. It corn prises not only the Hungarian dominions, but the surrounding portions of Austria, Moravia, Croatia, Turkey, Tra n sylvania, and Wallachia. A peculi a r interest attaches to the latter provinces, seeing that the gallant Bern has just ,driven the Austrians into IVallachia, and bearded the power of the Autocrat imong the Transylvanians. The map is an inesti mable representation of the scene of battle bet ween the allied despots and those Hungarian soldiers who have shown themselves not only heroic and patriotic, but daring and vicb,rious. PRINCE POTRULLA.-1 his morning Prince Po trulla, the Sicilian Ainbatsador, accompanied by his suite, visits d the Hospital for Consumption at Bromp. ton, and having minutely inspec►ed the several wards of the establEhmtnt, expre;sed bites& highly gratified with the various internal arrangements. BANVARD'S PANORAMA AT WINDSOR CASTLE.— We understand that Mr. Banvard's Panorama of the Mississippi has been removed by Royal command from the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, to Windsor Castle, where it will remain until the end of the week, SHERIFFS' COURT.—(THIS DAY.) I (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCHELL.) PAINTER V. 'WILLIAMS, CLERK. The plaintiff in this action is the proprietor of the Church of England Magazine, and defendant is vicar of Hendon. The claim was for 61. ss. for magazines sup plied from January, 1844, to January, 1845. Evideeee was adduced to show that the defendant had frequently promised to pay, and a verdict was given for the iium BIRCH V. EDGECUMBE. —DILAPIDATIONS. This was an action to recover damages for dilapidations, &c., under peculiar circumstances. The facts were these, the defendant took the premises situate in St. Anne, Soho, on a lease, in which was a cove nant to keep the premises in repair. After being in pos session four or five years, defendant set about performing some repairs, but in the hurry gave no notice to the dis trict surveyor, and as the alterations were not in confor mity with the New Building Aet, and in eonst quence the house was condemned, and almost wholly pulled down, the expenses in rebuilding was about 5001, which was now sought to be recovered. The UNDER-SHERIFF said this was not a repairing lease, but the eovenint was merely to keep in repair, that was, he was to keep it in repair according to the length of time he occupied, but not to make the house peeect. Mr. PRENTIS, for the plaintiff, submitted that the damage had been wholly caused by defendant's negligence. Mr. Wiltshire, a surveyor, was called, and made a cal culation that the house, if properly repaired, would have lasted for 21 years, but taking the difference of value in the old and present house, he thought 1501. a fair equi valent for the loss. The jury, after a short consultation, gave a verdict for 1501. damages, and 201. for rent, in all 1701. COOPER V. HOWE.— FALSE IMPRISONMENT. This was an action brought to recover damages for false imprisonment. The plaintiff is a retired surgeon, and defendant was formerly Colonel of the Fusilier Guards. The facts relating to the defendant's dismissal from the army have already been published at great length. The defendant allowed judgment to go by default, and no person appeared on his behalf. Mr. MELLOa stated the case for the plaintiff, from which it appeared that a dispute had arisen between the parties as to the right of some premises at Battersea, and ultimately defendant obtained a bench warrant against the plaintiff and a Mrs. Allen, on a charge of stealing some trifling articles, and plaintiff was taken into eus totiy and lodged in Clerkenwell prison in March 1845, but he was acquitted and discharged immediately, after having suffered severe privations for several days, no meat having been allowed him in prison as he had not been in custody long enough to require it (fourteen days). Mr. Stevens, one of the officeri, of the prison, said that the rules were more severe there then, than at the pre sent time. Evidence was adduced to prove the general facts in the case. The UNDER-SHERIFF was rather surprised so long a time had been allowed to elapse from the occurence till the action was brought. The jury gave a verdict for 50/. CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) OLD COUR7'. (Before Mr. Justice WIGHT3I.4x.) FORGERY.— William Wilkinson, aged 30, described as a smith, pleaded guilty to a charge of feloniously utter ing a forged order for payment of 235/. 108., vvitti intent to defraud W. A. Hankey, and was sentenced to be trans ported for life. MURDER.—John and Eliza Copeland, man and wife were charged with the wilful murder of John William Copeland their own child. The prisoners pleaded Not Guilty. Mr. BODKIN appeared for the prosecution, which he said had been instituted upon public grounds. Mary White, of Somer-street, Hatton-garden, de posed that in January last, the two prisoners lodged in the same house with her, indeed in the next room. On the Saturday previous to the inquest witness went to the door of their room about half-past nine and asked how the child was. The ft male prisoner replied that he was better—ho had only had a fit. During the follow ing hour the prisoner went up and down stairs three or tour times, and on the last occasion she took her little girl across the street to Mrs. Parker. In about three minutes she returned, leaving the little girl behind. After she had returned to her room witness heard her walk suddenly backwards and forwards, and then scream, and immediately afterwards she came down to witness's door, and said, " Our boy has burnt himself." Both the prisoner end the witness returned to the room, when the prisoner took up the child, who was sitting near the fire-place, and pulled its clothes off. The room was full of smoke, and the clothes were very much burnt. There was no fender before the fire. Witness recommended the prisoner to take the child to the hos pital, but she refused to do so, preferring rather to send for a doctor. When the doctor came he directed the child to be conveyed at once to the hospital. Before, however, the arrival of the doctor the prisoner said to the child, "You naughty boy, why did you do it. Did I not tell you not t o t ouch the fire.' OR cross-examination by Mr. PRENDERGAST, the witness stated that at the time of the alleged murder the female prisoner was far gone in the family way, and had since been confined in prison. The prisoner was very poor, and their dwelling was the picture of poverty and misery. . - Mr. Wright, a surgeon, saw the child the day before it was burned, it was in a very exhausted and emaciated state, and had the appearance of being much in want of food and nourishment. He saw the child after it was burned, and directed it to be taken to the hospital. The clothes bad been taken off and were in a moulder ing condition, and the mother was applying oil to the burns. The tire was in such a state that it was cer taicly possible for the child to have burned itself by accident. The case was stopped at this stage, the Learned Junco thinking thQro was no evidence of murder agairut the F risoners, and the jury at once returned a verdict of Not Guilty. Mr. BoIKIN said there was another indictment against the prisoners for ill-using the child, but he was not pre pared to go into it then.. - The prisoners were therefore put down till a fu ture day. _ MANSLAUGHTEII.—James Cowell surrendered to take his trial for the manslaughter of John lleatherington, late of Farringdon-street. It appeared - from the evidence that on the morning of the 27th of February the prisoner was driving some cattle from Smithfield market, and passing down King street, Snow.hill,one of the beasts darted up a yard called Fox and Knot- court, where the deceased was standing. He remonstrated with the prisoner fur not being more careful in his driving, end some words and a scuffle ensued, which so frightened one of the beasts, that it ran away, and the deceased went in front of the other beasts, and turned them all back. The prisoner then demanded of the deceased why he did not turn them back when they entered the court, and the deceased said he would have done so bad the prisoner called out to him to do so, to which the man who was with the prisoner replied "I should like to strike you across the with my stick," the prisoner adding, " And I have a great mind to punch your head for you." The deceased said " You can't do it," upon which the prisoner replied " I'll punch your head for you if you don't go away," holding his stick up in a threatening manner, but thinking better of it, he walked on a few steps, when the deceased called out "You had better do it—it will take a better man than you to do it," which so annoyed the prisoner that ho returned, and struck him in the face with his fist. They both closed, and fell together, and in the struggle the prisoner's cap came off his head, and while he was picking it up the deceased struck him in the face. The prisoner again turned to go away, but the deceased followed and struck several blows at him, which led to another struggle, when they both fell again to the ground, and the de ceased being undermost, his head came in contact with the curb -stone, and a severe wound was inflicted on it. The prisoner then resumed his journey, and the deceased Has conveyed to a doctor's. The wound was dressed, and the deceased went home, to all appearances, very little it.jured, but in a few days afterwards erysipelas supervened, which ultimately resulted in death. Mr. lIUDDLESTONE defended the prisoner, and elicited in cross-examination of the witness who saw the occur rence, that the deceased was the aggressor in the first instance ; while the medical mate gave it as kis opinion that the erysipelas might have resulted as much from the previous mode of living of the deceased as the wound. The jury, after the cross-examination, stopped the case, and Acquitted the prisoner. IVEW LUUIt I. (Be ore the RECORDER ) PICKING POCKETS —A youth named John Parker pleaded guilty to picking a lady's pocket of a purse, con taining some money. He had been thrice convicted of the same offence, and once summarily convicted of another offance. The RECORDER said it was absolutely necessary in this metropolis that persons who pursued the trade of pick ing, pockets should be severely punished, for it was not lake any other offence which a party might be induced to commit from want or from some sudden temptation. Those who picked pockets went out to pick pockets, and, in fact, pursued it as a trade, and therefore ought to be made an example of when detected. As the prisoner had been convicted ou four previous occasions, the sen tence upon him was that he be transported fur ten years. A juryman intimated that he had his pocket picked this morning while on his way to the court. Two men were found Guilty also of picking pockets, and one sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment, and the other, who had been previously convicted, to ten years' Vann ortation. STEALING FROM THE PERSON.--TWO young women, named Herbert and Blandford, were found Guilty of steal ing from the person of a gentleman, named Welch, a ‘vutcli, value let It appeared that they Loth led a dis s6ute course of life, and were the associates of thieves. Herbert, who had previously been convicted, was trans uortk d for ten years, and the other prisoner sentenced to b 3 imprisoned for one year. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) (Before the ASSISTANT-JUDGE.) Mary Powell, a oung Irishwoman, was indicted fur the following heartless and ungrateful robbery. In the hkg!nning of this mouth she ap t litd, in circum stances of great destitution, to a poor laundress, named Mary Shekspear, residing in St. John's-terrace, Clerkcn• well. Employment was given to her out of pure compassion, but she had scarcely been set to work when she was observed by a little girl to take some clothes off the line, put them under her shawl, and walk out of the house with them. She was followed and givers into cus tody, and the case being clearly proved, the jury found her Guilty. The ASSISTANT-JUDGE obstrved that this was a most ale Bride, so that the result cannot be looked on as SA cruel robbery. It was as bect as the stealing of a car- i test of his pretensions for the Derby. penter's tools, for the poor prosccutrix mi:Oit have lost Enns.Tum.—ln the march on Tuesday list, betivie° her bread by it. In such a case neither th , youth nor Pylos Normanby Lily, the fd,rrner received f o rfek the apparmat ignorance of the prisoner cAild plead for DERBY BETTING ON THE HEATH. any leniency, and he must sentence her to be imprisoned sto 2 as-t: Flying Dutch- 6to 1 agst Tadmor. in the House of Correction and kept to herd labour for teen. 12 to 1 agst HoEeycomb six_calendar months. 5 to 1 agst Nunnykirk. NEWMARKET, WEDNESDAY NIGHT LLOYD'S ! SHIPPING.--(T HIS DA V.) LATEST BETTING. LONDON, APRIL 12.—Wind this day at noon N.W., i ONE HUNDRED SOVS. SWEEPSTAKES. D.M. it light airs, and cloudy. 4 to 1 on Nits:o)(4k (0-5 to 2 agst hi s winning V'' OFF CAPE CLEAR, APRIL 6.—Templeman, Ellis, and the Two Thousand Guineas Stakes (t). Valparaiso for Liverpool. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STARES. LERWICK, APRIL 2.—Sid. Rose, Greenland. 6to 4 agst Nunnykirk I7to 2 agst Honeycomb ( 1 DUNDEE, APRIL 10.—Sid. James, Quebec. I METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. BULL, APRIL 11.—Wind N.E.-10. S!d. Elizabeth, sto 2 agst Canezi , u I 10 to 1 agst Lugar (t) Holderness, Richibucto. 6 to 1 agst Peep o' Day- I 12 to 1 agst Do-the-Boys OFF THE START, APRIL 7.—Earl Durham, Patterson, Boy 0 Il4to 1 agst Executor Ceylon. 9. Frithiof, Rio Janeiro for Harnburgh. 9to 1 apt Flatcatcher (t) 133t0 1 agst Clifford PLymourru, APRIL 10 —Wind N.E.—bid. Cornwall, ' CHESTER CUP. Port Poilip. 11. Dahlia, Quebec. 15 to 1 ngst Joc o' Sot 20 to 1 agst Rathmines LITF.RPOOL, APRIL 11.—Wind N.-10. Arrd. E lin- 16 to 1 agst Chanticleer (t) 25 to 1 agst Blucher burgh, Taylor, New Orleans. 11. Coronati,n, Hare, .20to 1 agst Lady Wildair :35 to 1 agst Pcep,o'Day•V Mobile; Huron, Driver, Charleston. 10. Sid. Aurora, : DERBY Newfoundland; Harriet, ditto; Francis, Sydney, C. a ! sto 2 agst Flying Dutch. 40 to 1 agst Fire King 11. Blorenge, Calcutta; Captain, Bombay ; Kato, Bos- ' man 2,000 to 25 agst Velvele ton; Ada, Restigouche. ;sto 1 agst Nunnylsirk—t. —taken RAMSGATE, APRIL 11.—The Ecli;:se, Dunkirk to ll to 2 agst Tadrnor 1,000 to 10 agst Norto Gloucester, got on shore in Pegwell Bay this morning, . 13 to 1 agst Honeycomb ton—taken. has been assisted off very leaky, brought in here, and 20 to 1 agst Osterh y—t. must discharge. ' ENTRIES FOR THURSDAY. FRAZERBURG, APair. 9.—A ship's stern boat was 501. P.M. washed ashore at about five miles to the south yesterday, Sutlej, 3 yrs—Ulysses, 5 yrs—Kissaway, 3 yrs painted inside the stern "Jane, of .Arbroath, James Unger, 3 yrs—Bastilion, 3 yrs—Paladin, 4 yrs—Caye o 3 yrs—Piccola, 3 yrs. Stormont," and very much damaged. DEAL, APRIL 11.—Wind N.N,E. strong and squally.. Optional Selling Stakes of 10 s o vs . eac h. —Arrd. Catherine, Watkins, Mauritius; Ottoman, Rio Velure, 4 yrs (400—Minto, 4 yrs (700—Meal,' Janeiro, with loss of boats, bulwalks, cook-house, &c.; 3 :yrs (100/.)—Marquis of Cony ng h am , 6 yr s (4 011 ,, Arab, Buenos Ayres ; France (of Bath), America for Whitstone, 4 yrs (40L)—Burghley, 3 yrs (700—Q 11 ' Antwerp. Arrd. from the river and sailed, Indian, Eng- Mary, 5 yrs (401.). lish, Sydney, New South Wales; Golden Spring, Keyser, CANTERBURY SPRING MEETING.—T uE sPi New York. The Hunters Stakes of 5 soya, each, and 20 add': DOVER, APRIL 11.—A ship's boat, about sixteen feet Winner to be sold for 100 sovs., &c. Heats, tr long, bottom upwards, no name discernible, and the miles. Three sub;. rail of a vessel, with fivo or six stanchions attached, Mr. Hobbs's Odin, aged (Hobbs, jun.) 1 ' 3 1 painted green on the inside, was passed on the 6th inst., Mr. Wotton's Lady Susan, aged about ten miles off Brighton, by the Caroline of Ply- Mr. Simmond's Walter Gay . mouth ; on the 9th inst. the same vessel picked up, off Won very easily. Hastings, a ship's head board, with the name " Queen Sweepstakes of 3 Sovs. each, and a purse di Victoria" in gilt letters on it. Winner to be sold for 1001., &c. Heats, two P y. BRISTOL, APRIL 10.—Wind E. light.—Sid. 11, (5 Subs.) Jane, Montreal ; Joshua, Cunard, Quebec; Java, New ' Mr. Denne's Lady Fordwich, aged (O w n e r) 5 0 1 York; Hebe, Newfoundland. s Mr. Simmonds's Walter Gay, 6 yrs, flat. 2 0 GLOUCESTER, APRIL H.—Corsair, Quebec; Solway, t Mr. Neame's Sultan, list Quebec. Mr. Collard's Miss Polly, llst FLEETWOOD, APRIL 11.—Wind N.—Sid. Elinor Mr. Barling's Tom Boy, aged, list _ 4 sdt Chapman, Hon-Kong. Four well-contested heats. AYR, APRIL 10.—Sid. Collingwood, Quebec. The Easter Plate was won by Mr. Dank's Jed PENZANCE, ARPIL 10.—Wind E.N.E —Arrd. Pre- Lind, beating Mr. Sherrard's Petrouna and Mr. Y sident, Newman, Rio Grande for Hamburgh. i ling's Pheasant. CORK, APRIL 9.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Mary Hardy, Denough, Mauritius. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) SEI VW A7C E 81PD X. 36 AD NEI A Zah Prime Beef acid Lamb commanded a steady sale at fully last week's prices. Otherwise the demand was in a sluggish state. Beef, from 2s 2d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 2s 6d to 3s 81; Lamb, 5s 4d to 63 6d ; Veal, ',3s 4d to 4s 2d; and Pork, 3s to 4s 2d per 81bs, by the carcase. EAT I'IMIZICETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 105 to 31165; Clover ditto, 31 to 41 165 ; and Straw, 11 6s to 11 115 per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade dull. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 12s to 31 18s ; Clover ditto, 31 to 41 153; and Straw, 11 7s to 11 12s per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 21 105 to 31 15s ; Clover ditto, 31 to 41 17s; and Straw, 11 6s to 1/ lls per load. Both Hay and Straw moved off slowly, at our quotations. MEAT IVE.ARKETB. SOUTHALL, APRIL 11.—Beasts and Lambs com• mended a steady sale at full prices. Other kinds of fat stock met a slow inquiry. Beef, from 3s to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d; Lamb 5s 8d to 63 4d; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s; and Pork, 3s to 3s 10d per iilbs, to sink the offal. RODIFORD, APRIL 11.—Our market was far from active to day. In prices no material change took place. Beef, from 3s 2d to 3s 10d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d; Lamb, 5s 8d to 6s 8d; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s; and Pork, 3s 2d to 3s 10d per Blbs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 255; quarter old store Pigs, 16s to 21s; and Mulch Cows, with their small Calf, 16/ to 181 each. 111ILSHAM, APRIL 11.—We had a slow trade this morning; nevertheless prices were mostly supported. Beef, from 2s 10d to 3s 10d; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; Lamb, 5s 8d to 6s 2d; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s; and Pork, 3s 4d to 3s 8d per 81bs. ARUNDEL, APRIL 10.—Prime Beasts, Sheep, and Lambs sold freely, at extreme prices. Otherwise the de mand was in a sluggish state. Beef, from 3s to 3s 10d; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; Lamb, 53 6d to 6s; and Veal, 3s 6d to 3s 10d per Blbs. CHICHESTER, APRIL 11.—Generally speaking, the demand was steady, at our quotations. Beef, from 3s to 3s 10d; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; Lamb. 5s 4d to 6s 2d; Veal, 3s 4d to 3s 10d; and Pork, 3s 2d to 3s 8d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 20a to 265; quarter-old Store Pigs, 16$ to 20s; and Milch Cows with their small Calf, 151 to 181 each. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITiSII CORN For the Week ended April 5. 1849, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Eagland and Woks per Imperial Quarter. I WHEAT. BARLEY.I OATS. RIM I REINS. I PEAS. PRICE .. I 44s Id 28s 9d Its 91 1 26, 5d 28s Id 29s id DUTIES ON FOEEIGN COltti. WHEAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. RYE. I BEANS. I PEAS. Is Oa Od Is Od Is Od Is Od Is Oa SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING. BETTING ON TUESDAY NIGHT. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 10 to 6 agst Nunn3kirk—t 7to 2 sgst Honeycomb METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 7 to 1 agst Peep-o'-Day Boy R CUP. 35 to 1 agst Peep-o'-Day Boy 35 to 1 agst John Cosser—t 40 to 1 agst Lady Wildair 5 to 2 agst Canezou 8 to 1 agst Lugar CHEST. 15 to 1 agst Joc-o'-Sot 20 to 1 agst Rathmines—t 25 to 1 agst Blucher 25 to 1 agst Cossack DE. 5 to 2 agst Fiying Dutch 1,000 to 10 agst Normanton taken 1,000 to 10 agst Velveteen c —taken 10,000 to 100 agst General Sale man 6 to 1 agst Tadmor 6 to 1 agst Nunnykirk 12 to 1 agst Hone] comb -1,000 to 15 asst New port—taken Ainonest the company on the heath this afternoon were the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, Duke of Rut land, Marquis of Exeter, Earl and Countess of Chester field, Earl of Glasgow, Earl of Strathmore, Earl Strad broke, Earl Orford, Earl of Sandwich, and Earl of Gran. ville, Lord and Lady Stanley, Lord Exmouth, Lord En field, Lord Stanhope, Lord Godolphin, Lord Clifden, Lord C. Manners, Lord G. Manners, Sir J. Hawley, Col. and Lady Alice Peel, Col. Hornby, lion Cecil Forester, lion. H. Forester, Hon. Col, and Mrs. Anson, Hon. Cap tain Rous, Hon. Major Pitt, Hon. Francis Villiers, Mr. and Mrs. John Stanley, Mr. C. Greville, Mr. Payne, Mr. Bastard, Mr. Newton, Mr. Wigraw, Mr. Shelley, Mr. Gregory, Mr. Magennis, Mr. Sloane Stanley, &c. WEDNESDAY. A Sweepstakes of 50 Firm. each, h ft, for four-year. olds and upwards. T.Y.C. (4 subs.) Mr. S. Stanley's St. Ann, 4 yrs, 7st (Chapple) 1 Duke of Bedford's Saddle 5 yrs, Bst 91b... (F. Butler) 2 Lord Clifden's Wanota, 5 yrs, Bst (Flatman) 3 Colonel Peel's Franciscan, 4 yrs, sst I Olb (G. Brown) 0 Betting-6 to 5 agst Saddle, 7to 4 agst Wanota, and 5 to 1 agst St. Ann. St. Aiin made all the running into the cords, where Wanota and Saddle joined issue; a splendid race ensued —St. Ann winning by a head, and Saddle beating Wa nota by a neck. Franciscan's saddle turned shortly after starting and the boy fell, he did not, however, sustain any injury.—Run in 1 mi❑ 17 sec. A Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each, fur three-year•olds; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 31b; the winner to be sold for 200 sous. if demanded. First half of Ab. Mile. (3 rubs.) Duke of Bedford's Treacherous (F. Butler) 1 Mr. Rules the White Lady (J. Sharp) 2 Mr. Cooper's The Racketty Girl (Flatcuan) 3 Betting-7 to 4 on Treacherous. A beautiful race between the first two ended in favour of Treacherous by a neck Run in 51 sec. Match 200, h ft , Bst 51b each. D.M. . „ Duke of Bedford's Maltnesbury (F. Butler) 0 Lord Glas.gow's Clerk of the Council. ....(Flatman) 0 Betting-5 to 2on Malmesbuty. A dead heat. Rua in 1 min. 53 sec. Subscription Plate of 504 for three yrs old, 7st; four, Bst 71b; five, 9st; six and aged, 9st 21b. T.Y.C. ( 8 subs.) Lord Duke Exeter'so f Bedford's Bishop Saddle, of lo s m Y fo rs rd's Cob a ( g F e . d ßutler) 1 2 Mr. H. Frankum' s Th e N ew E ra, 3 yrs, aged Sharp) 3 Lord Glasgow's Impertinence f, 3 yrs (G. Oates) 4 Mr. B. Hunt's Chicaneur, 4 yrs (W. Boyce) 5 Betting —E ven on The Cob, and 5 to 4 agst Saddle. The New Era made play to the curds, followed by the Provost filly, the favourite waiting. The Cob here took up the running, but was caught Ly Saddle half way up, and beaten cleverly by three parts of a length. Run in 1 min. 16 ace. Sweepstakes of 50 sous. each, h ft, fcr 3 yrs old. A. F. (3 Subs.) Duke of Bedford's Retail, Bst llb (Flatman) 1 Lord Exett r's Medir, B st llb (Bartholomew) 2 Betting-2 to lon Retail, who made all the running, and won by a length. Run in 2 min. 36 s i.e . The Column Stakes of 50 soya. each, h ft, for 3 yrs old; colts, 8.4 71b; Macs, Bst 41b; 31b and 51b allowed, &c. (36 subs.) Cul. Peel's Ta.d mor, Bst 41b (Flatman) 1 Lord Exeter': Grace, Bat llb (Bartholomew) 2 Lord Orfcrd's Angela, ist 13ib (Pearl) 3 Bet:ing-10 to lon Tadmor, ho made his own run ning from end to end, and won in the commonest of canters by two lengths. Run in 1 ann. 51 sce. Match, T. M. M., 200 sovs., h ft. Lord Stanley's Cane zou, Bst lib Lord Gla.,, ,, ' ow's Big Jerry, Bst 41b p.iid. Match, 200 sow., h f; first half of Ab. M. received. Mr. Treen's Rose Pempou, 2 3 rs, Est 71 b Mr. Verity's Routh, 3 yrs, 7st 9:b The healh was again tolerably well attended, and the weather favourable. The spurt waq moderate in quan tity but afforded three wry fine races—one of them ter minating in a dead lit at—and was rendered interesting by the appearance of Tadmor—his triumph was unequi vocal. his opponents, however, were of the lowest pos. 1 4C , v NEWMARKET RACP (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRICTELEGRAPO' 501. Plate. Piccola Ulysses Sweepstakes of 100 sous. D.M. Nunnykirk ... ••• ... •• •• Fire King ••• ... ••• ••• .. Sir Luuncelot ... fol. • •• • ••• •• Velveteen colt ... --- Won cleverly. Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each. T.Y.C. St. Rosalia ... ... ... ... ... Grace ... ... _ Sweepstakes of 53 sous. each. Rochester ,•••• . • ~, Bon Bon ~. ~, ~, ••• ••• Octave ... Selling Sweepstakes of 10 says. each. D.M. Queen Mary ... ... ... ... ••• Whitestono ... ... ... ... ... IRELAND. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) TRIAL OF MR. DUFFY. ;00 DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY EVENING. —The exarn of witnesses on behalf of the Crown was reSl O the sitting of the Court this morning, and vv 0 ..1, cisely similar to th a t a dd uce d on t h e previous " l f t Evidence was given, i n th e fi rst i nstance, in c o in boration of the testimony of the witnesses ex o /11 yesterday as to th e p r i soner ' s handwriting °tit letters found in Mr. S m ith O'B r i en ' s port rnsv o l when arrested in 'l'hurles in September last, 011 1 0 the MS. of an article contained in the unpub copy of the Nation. Several persons were then produced, and 0 0 V others General MacDonald, Mr. R e di n gtoV under-secretary of the Lord-Lieutenant, Alp Connellan, private secretary to his ExcellencYV to trace the port man t eau to M r. S. O ' Brien ' s P , , - ;0 1 sion, after which th e l etters and papers were g': evidence, and the Attorney-General was, s' l , hour, about proving the transaction s which 0 4 place at Ballingarry when the police barracks t ) attacked, as conn e cting th ose proceedings wit", prisoner. The Crown case will close to-day, and Mr. Q.C., will commence his address to the jury ° t ool prisoner in the morning, if not obliged by the to open it this evening. RETURN OF MR. TWISLETON. Mr. Twisleton hils returned to Dublin, 0 %,11 resumed the discharg e o f hi s d ut i es as re°l Commissioner, perhaps with a view to wind 14 affairs of his office. cirC" w SPRING OP ERATIONS .—I t i S a gratifying - stance to be able to state, at this early season, th il ol withtandirg the wide-spread ruin which has ce 03 1 0 9 the farmers of the country, rich and poor, by the 01, the potato and exorbitant poor-rates, the opera t ijel A the season are much m ore a d vance d i n the col o l , Antrim, Down, and A r m ag h, t h an perhaps the',/,' were in the month of Ap r il. I n many di s trie c ti might almost say over nearly the entire of the Down—the sowing of corn and planting of P k , have ;it gether ceased. In the counties nam e " committal to the soil of the la e ly mos t treae , esculent commence.' much ear li er th an usua l, av A o lii, what we have ourselves seen, and from the reports 0? have reached us, we are disposed to believe that : t o! than average extent of land has been appropriate,/ growth. A great breadth o f l an d h as been place(' $lO wheat, the brain] of whi c h everywhere looks tipeoll and vigorous, and, we m a y a dd , from what we bill:111., that there is every p ro b a bili ty that green crops "of most extensively cultivated, especially by the farmers of this n e i g hb ourhood.—Banner of , „ HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—lmmediately her perform ance o f Adalgisa, on Tuesday night. A l :(1 4 Giuliani received the news of the death of her fathe' cholera in Paris. f eed ST. JAMES'S TEIEATRE.—Mr. Kitchell r e mences his Fre nc h pl ays and opera comique on oince4 next, havin g m a d e arrangements for the cont intl9Tll: these performances until the end of June. Mdlle• f ton and M. Coud erc are engaged for the whole ° tsfi term, in conjuncti o n w i t h M. Octave, the princiPT I V, of the Grand Op era a t P ar i s — a department in villelf,l Mitchell's conitnny bas hitherto been weak. M. o fl who sang in this country during the carnpaig°A Brussel's artists, i s a l so prom i sed. The theatrical 'O4 of the speculatio n w ill b e strengthened b y the prese.,ool Bouffe and Madame Doche. The theatre will re-er Monday lit xt with Auber's Fra Diavolo. teOli \\'e read that the weath e r h as b een ver y in - r e, rate in Dublin l a t e ly. F at h er M at h ew , w h o i s at sojourning there, will most likely leave in disgust. pet Show. 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