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

THE LEGAL TITLE ASSURANCE COMPANY. (Provisionally Registered, January 17, 1849.) Capital, 2,000,0001., in 80,000 Shares, of 25/, each. Preliminary Deposit, 2s. 6d. per Share. Prospectuses and full information may be obtained at the Tempo rary Oilices of the Company, 13A, Cannon-row, Westminster, on ap- Fi to G. F. 110 WE, lion. Sec., pro tern. ---____ COMPLETION OF GRATTAN'S MEMOIRS. Lately published, Vols. IV. and V., completing the Work. LIFE AND TIMES OF THE RIGHT HON. HENRY GRATTAN, By his Son, HENRY GRATTAN, Esq., Dr.r. "This truly valuable work will unquestionably form one of the most important and interesting additions to our biographical and his torical literature that our own day produced. It offers us a complete Itistory of Ireland during the period of Grattan's life—and the only efficient one which has yet been placed on record."—Naval and Mi litary Gazette. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-Street QT. JAMRS'S THEATRE. seasen 1349. FREYC LI PLAYS and OPERA COMIOTE. THIS EVENING, The Performances will commence at Eight o'clock precisely, with LA BARONNE DE DE BLIGNAC. To conclude with the popular Opera Comique, entitled ZANETTA ; ou, Jouer avec le Feu. Mr. Mitchell begs also to announce that, notwithstanding the 11- creased expenses of the present entertainment, the prices of admis sion are determined as follows: Boxes be. Id. Fit 3s. Od. Amphitheatre .. 2s. Oct. Subscriptions for the season may be arranged at Mr. Mitehell's Royal Library, 33,- Old Bond-street; Mr. Sams', St. James's-street; Mr. Andrew?, New Bond-street; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from eleven till five. riIEATRE ROYAL, HAYMA.RKET Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENING, Will be peformed OTHELLO. Othello, Mr. J. Wallack ; Digo, Mr. Charles Kean ; Desdemona, Miss Laura Addison ; Emilia, Mrs. Charles Kean. To conclude with an Arabian Nights' Entertainment, entitled CAMARALZAMAN AND EADOURA ; or, The Peri who Loved the Frince. Characters by Messrs. Bland, Keeley, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Horton, and Miss Reyn.ids. TIIEATRR ROYAL. ADELPIII. EVENI Nt,. Wtll bo performed CO CK NEYS IN CALIFORNIA. After which, the original Drama, called HARVEST 21 o m . Principal characters by Messrs. 11. Hughes; Lambert, Wright, P. Bedford, 0. Smith, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Turner, &c. To conclude with JOHN JONES. Guy Goodluck, Mr. Lambert ; Eliza Melton, Miss E. Chaplin. LOT AL LYCIa.U3I THEATRE. Under the Management at Madame Vestris. oie Lessee. Mr. Chatle, Ala he TTI tS EVENING Will be performed SHAVE YOU DIRECTLY. After which, a new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE KING OF THE PEACOCKS. Characters by Messrs. Harley, John Reeve, Selby, H. Hall, Marshall, and 11. Marshall; Miss Kathleen Fltzwil 'lam, Miss L. !lowan!, Mrs. Macnamara, Miss Marshall, Miss L. Marshall, Miss Coleman, and Madame Vestris. To conclude with U,EI) UP. PRINCESS'S TREAT a P.. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Etc)le Lessee and , tanager. During the Recess this Theatre has been re-decorated and embel itehed in r. superb and costly manner ty 3Tr Hurwitz. A new Chan delier has been fitted, and the best arratize men ts have been made for the due Ventilation of the Theatre, ami the conuort and cenveaience Of the audience. THIS EVENING. Will be performel a new Opera, entitled FRANCESCA DORIA. To conclude with a new grand Pantomime, entitled BLUFF KING HAL ; or, Harlequin and 1h Charmed Arrow. Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; Clown, ➢ir. Flexmore ; Sprite, Mr. De Barr ; Oolumbine, Miss Fawcett. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, kc. 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 ceuatry, and whose talent has gained for him the title of the first rider in the world. Ile will make his first appeariince this Evening, Monday, March 5. THIS EVENINU. 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. After which the double Tight-ropes. To be followed by an Inimitable display of SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, supported by the first Equestrian talent •f the day. To conchtde with the farce of CURIOSITY. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, Meilen 4. TIMINONETER, Lowest, 44; Highest, 52; Noon, 56 BARcxrrxit, 30.55. WILD S.W.—very fine sunshiny weather. MARCH 5. TIIER3IONEIER, Lowest, 38; Highest, 58; Noon, 51 BAROMETER, 30.53. WIND W.S.W.—fine. I 1 WATER AT LONDON liftll.(4E. Tam DAT —Morning, 43 min. after 19 I Evening, 23 min. after 11 0 mtr. eater 0 Evenin , , b mm. atter 12 't Vii' '4'so # 4 • . , 7 , l e "'" • '!, '44 _ • - - olik4 , l'4ll-Kss. ti‘ tif 1111"6 LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 5, 11149. Anything, however disastrous, might have been anticipated as the sequel of the terrible encounter at Ramnugger. So long,as Lord GouGn continued to be Commander-in-Chief, it;has been felt that nothing but the calamities of bloodshed and confusion could be reasonably expected in the intelligence from the Pun jaub expedition. Nevertheless, it must be acknow ledged that the imagination would have failed to pic ture to itself occurrences so deplorable and a carnage so appalling as are recounted in the dispatches received by the Overland Mail on Saturday. It turns out to be a lamentable fact that the heroic soldier who drove the invading barbarians over the Sutlej, and broke the sword of the Seikhs with a strong arm at Sobraon, is incompetent to con duct our forces against the leaders of the rebellion, without subjecting the whole of the Indian army to catastrophes such as immeasurably outweigh the apparently compensative advantages of victory. An awful testimony of the incapacity of the Conqueror at Ferozeshab, has been afforded by his recent encounter with SUERS SING", and his followers, not far from the banks of the Jhelum. Although, after a terrific s truggle of several hours, the enemy were ultimately dislodged from their position towards nightfall, although our troops bivouacked immediately in the vicinity of the field of battle, the very questionable success of the British arms on the 13th of January is rendered a subject for serious lamentation when we learn that in that conflict a portion of the artillery was captured by our antagonists—that a re nowned regiment of cavalry was seized with panic and actually fled before the guns of the Asiatics— that several of our colours were carried away as trophies to the camp of the barbarians—and that our total less in killed and wounded amounted to ninety-three officers and two thousand five hundred men! It will have been observed, from the details of these deplorable events already published by ourselves, that the whole of our misfortunes are attributable to the incapability of the veteran Commander-in-Chief to direct the operations of an enormous force like that placed at his disposal, yond ev en hi s i ncapa bilit y t o com • and, above all — be mand his troops, his incapability to command him self. Ib will have been observed that the battle of the 13th of January was the result of no deliberate fore thought, of no systematic arrangements, of no pre cautionary reconnoisance, of no military skill or sci entific generalship, but that it was rather the 1 effect of a sudden explosion of passion, an out burst of fury, which heated the constitutional temerity of Lord GOUGH into an ungovernable paroxysm, and which wa s the more reprehensible in asmuch as it led to the wholesale destruction of our soldiers. True that Lord GOUGH in some measure expiates the crimes of his rashness by a personal bra very that has no superior in the whole British army, true that in the very battle over which,we are lament ing, he fought in the ranks like a common soldier, and was engaged, hand to hand, in the thickest of those murderous struggles, true that his heroism has rendered himlthe idol of his army, and that, on the morrow of the very fight which must unhappily redound for ever to his discredit in the annals of our Oriental empire, he was received by his troops with acclamations of delight—yet reason, and common sense, and experience proclaim with one voice the necessity of his being at once succeeded by a Commander-in- Chief who, to the bravery of a Hero, shall add the genius of a Great Captain. This is no longer a question of expediency, it is a question of imperative importance. The work that has now to be accomplished by the successor of Lord Gousu is not the suppression of a rebellion in the punjaub, but the preservation of British power in Hindostan. The selection of that successor admits of no feelings of etiquette. The appointment can no longer, with any degree of safety, be the gratification of a ;Tv; punct ili o:o , , It must be made, forthwith, b o ldl y, with s,,3tindlng sentiments of a personal char ac t er . s outs Who will be the new Commander-in-Chief? Upon the twentyefour gentlemen who preside as Di rectors of the Ea i llndia Company, in Leadenhall-street, rests the reiionsibility, the tremendous responsibility, of Sl4vin gflaat official problem. Let those g entlemen %,. - 1 • feel satisied of this, that the whole nation is watching 'with vigilant and exacting eyes for their decision. They cannot dare to violate the will at once of the People and of the Government, by overlooking one on THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 5, 1849, whom the gaze of all is at this moment concentrated —as the man for the emergency—and by appointing in his stead one whose only characteristic is that of a respectable mediocrity. Let the Directors remember that they are empowered by their Charter to approve of the person suggested by the supreme military au ' thority at the Horse Guards, not for the gratification of any private spleen or personal grudge, but for the discharge of a great and patriotic duty, for the judicious fulfilment of which they are held heavily responsible to the Imperial Parlia ment. Within the last fortnight it has been rumoured that the chief command of the Indian army is about to be bestowed upon Sir WILLIAM Gomm, now resident in the Mauritius. Be it known that Sir W. Gomm has never once been in active service during the last thirty-five years, that anterior to that time he always acted in a subordinate capacity—obeying, not commanding— that subsequent to that time he has laboured indif ferently well in departments requiring only the atten tion of a civilian, and that consequently, of all men that could have been nominated to succeed Lord GOUGH, not one could by possibility have been selected so ill-fitted at any time for the rank of Indian Commander-in-Chief, but especially at a period of such strange and extraor dinary emergency. Is it not—(we ask this plainly) —is it not manifest to the whole of England, that one man, and one man alone, would be invested with the confidence of every party on his elevation to the rank of Commander-in-Chief over the British-Indian army—that that man is the Hero of Sinde—and that the Hero of Sinde is kept out of the appointment merely by considerations of a personal character ? The answer is affirmative, and the affirmation comes from the very soul of the nation. Let the Directors be warned in time ; let them see before it is too late wtat everybody else sees so clearly, that the appearance of Sir CHARLES JAMES NAPIER as Commander •in-Chief in the Punjaub would carry not only joy to the forces now occupied in the seat of war—it would not only diffuse confidence throughout the whole body of the British empire, but it would carry dismay and terror among the insurgent and invading races, among the Seikhs and the Affghans. The great warrior who is known even beyond the crest of the Indian Caucasus by no other title but that of the Davies BROTHER - would carry with him not only the military genius and the irresistible valour which enabled him to conquer the whole of the magnificent province of Sinde, but he would send before him the horror of that great name which is respected in the valleys of l3elloochistan and among the crags of Caubul. The inevitable effect of the appointment of the Conqueror of Sinde as the successor of Lord GOUGH would be the overthrow of a rebellion which is becoming too strong for that daring but incompetent General, and not only the overthrow of SHERE SINGH and the other Seikh leaders, but the simplification of the fron tier difficulties of our empire in Hindostan by its exten sion to the natural boundary of the Indus. When these triumphs should have been accomplished—and they would inevitably be accomplished under NAPIER— that illustrious Captain might bring into operation his many noble and splendid schemes for the perfect or ganization of our forces throughout the whole of our Asiatic dominions. At present the labour to be achieved is more imminent ; and that labour no man can perform so effectually as the Conqueror and first Governor of Sinde. During the solemn and momentous hours of their deliberation it will be well for the Directors to call to their recollection a previous and very similar incident, recorded in the history of the great Company over whose destinies they are presiding when Cure was at enmity with the members of the Board in Leadenhall-street—when CLIVE was elected to be Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief at once in spite of the Directors—and when Crays, so ap pointed, saved the British possessions in Hindostan from passing out of the hands of the Company. The position of NAPIER in regard to the Indian army is identical with that of Cmvs. Let not the fate of SULLIVAN be forgotten by the Directory The proposed " rate in aid" has excited a storm o : indignation in the north of Ireland. Protests couched in the strongest language are forwarded every day. The men of Ulster state their determination not to contribute a single farthing towards the support of their suffering brethren in the southern and western provinces. They declare that they will not pay, and plainly and unequivocally intimate their intention to resist the imposition by any and every means. Has, then, the boasted loyalty of the north so far degene rated ? Are the friends of the British connexion in that quarter, indeed, so lukewarm and indifferent ? Is their allegiance of that doubtful and evanescent character, that it can be dissipated by a rate of sixpence in the pound, the proceeds of which are to be applied for the purpose of feeding the hungry, and clothing the naked? We cannot, for a moment, credit the charge ; we cannot so far wrong the sturdy Northerns as to suppose that those statements are well founded—that they are more than hasty and petulant expressions made use of in the heat of argument, and not the results of sober and mature consideration. The men of Ulster are firm, but not obstinate. They will steadfastly oppose that which they believe to be unjust, but they will listen to reason, and when con vinced, will unhesitatingly acknowledge the error into which they had fallen. There is undoubtedly some weight in the argument chiefly relied on by the opponents of the rate in aid, " that there is no greater reason why the inhabitants of Down or Armagh should be called upon to support the :poor of Mayo than that the people of Lancashire or Yorkshire should be rated for the relief of the Dorsetshire or Wiltshire labourers ;" that if once the union boundaries are passed, and that assistance must be afforded from other quarters, besides those primarily responsible, it can only be granted from Imperial resources, and that it is not equitable to subject any portion of the empire to exclusive taxation for the purpose. This view of the case would be irresistible if there were an equal measure of taxation for England and Ireland, if the remons trants were subject to every burden by which the in dustry of England is paralysed. But such is not the case. They enjoy many exemptions from taxation. The assessed taxes are unknown on the other side of St. George's Channel. There is no inquisitorial in vestigation into the earnings of every person in the enjoyment of 1501. per annum, and no claim of 7d. in the pound on his profits for state pur poses. There is no land-tax, no Excise duties on bricks, hops, soap, post-horses, &c. The tax on spirits is little more than one-third of what it .s in this country, 2s. Bd. per gallon only being Levied in Ireland, while the English distillers must pay 7s. lOd. These are valuable privileges. More than 1 2,000,0001. sterling is paid into the national exchequer for taxes, from which Ireland is wholly exempted, while 5,000,000/. more is realised from sources to which she is only liable to a limited extent. Now, the simple question is, whether would the dis sentients desire to have England and Ireland placed on an equal footir_g in every respect. Would they con sent to have the taxation of both countries equalised, to receive the income-tax, the assessed taxes, the duties on bricks, soap, &C., as permanent imposts; or to consent for a limited time to a rate in aid, less than the income-tax alone, and which is more fairly distributed between the owners and occupiers of the land ? There cannot be much doubt as to the answer which any prudent and sensible man would return. He would thankfully pay the minor charge for the limited period, and escape the more onerous burdens with which injudicious friends and advocates would seek to fix him. There is no disguising the fact, the only alternative is that which we have stated. The rate in aid must be carried, or there must be a general revision of the taxation of both countries, with a view to their perfect assimilation. The destitute poor cannot be supported in certain unions .without extraneous aid. We cannot suffer them to perish miserably, the necessary assistance must be afforded. Whence, then, is that assistance to be obtained—from the most prosperous parts of Ireland, or from the English people ? It is a ques tion of relative equity. The men of Ulster and the men of Lancashire are the parties to the suit. The point at issue is not whether the former " are to be taxed to support the beggars made by the improvident squirearchy of the south and west," as one of their orators asserted, but whether additional charges are to be placed on the hard-working operatives of the manufacturing di s t r i c t s , while their more favoured Irish brethren are still to be exempted. That is the true point of view in which the matter must be re garded, and we trust that the men of Ulster will bring their strong common sense to bear on the subject, and arrive at a sound practical conclusion. D uring the past week much vituperation has been lavished on the devoted head of Mr. GEORGE HUDSON. The results of pending investigations have been anticipated; his guilt has been assumed, while the charges are actually sub judice. The good old prin ciples of fair play have been forgotten, the golden maxim, "Audi alterem partem," has been lost sight of. His conduct is denounced in the most unmeasured terms, and torrents of indignant eloquence are poured forth before the real facts of the case are known. We do not appear as the advocates and supporters of Mr. HUDSON ; we do not profess to justify his proceedings. He may be guilty, or he may be innocent, but he is entitled to the common privilege of every Englishman. He should not be condemned unheard, or denied the opportunity of offering his defence to the accusations that have been preferred against him. The only tangible charge that has been brought forward affecting his character is that respecting the sale of certain 1:51. shares in the Great North of England Company. It was asserted that a price was paid far beyond the real value of the shares, and that Mr. Hula sort abused the powers entrusted to him as chairman of the board of directors, by selling at the increased price 2,800 of those shares, and thu s putting into his own pocket nearly 14,0001. of the company's money. This is indeed a grave and serious accusation against Mr. Huusors. It wou!d he impossible to condemn too strongly his conduct, if the imputation were well founded, and that it could be proved that he had the guilty intention of defraud ing those whose interests it was his duty to guard and protect to the utmost of his power. But no sufficient proof has been as yet adduced to sustain the charge. Mr. HunsoN at once admitted that he sold the 2,800 shares to the company, and it was stated by Mr. PRANCE, who brought forward the motion for inquiry, that all the 151. shares had been purchased at an average of 211. premium, whereas the average of the quotations from October, 1846, to December, 1848 amounted to 161. 15s. only; or, in other words, that 41. ss. was paid for each share more than the amount for which it could have been purchased on the Stock- Exchange. Now all this may be perfectly true, and yet there might have been no fraud or overcharge. The average of prices during a period of two years and three months might show a result very different indeed from what those prices might have been at the tine of a particular transaction or at the times of many different transac tions. Persons who invested their capital in railway securities in 1846, or even in 1847, would find that they had paid very far beyond the average, if the panic rates of October last were taken into ac count ; and yet they could not charge the parties from whom they had purchased with having imposed upon them, or of having obtaired unfair prices for their property. So, in like manner, Mr. HUDSON may be perfectly innocent, although he had been paid for the shares sold by him much more than the average price. In order to establish his guilt the dates of every transaction should be ascertained; the actual bona fide price for the day should also be known. The mere quotation will not be sufficient. It is Bow well known that quotations were made much below the real rates, in order that parties who were frightened by the misrepresentations and falsehoods that were so freely circulated, and who in consequence came in to the market as sellers, should get the smallest possible amount ; but it was very different when purchasers appeared—then the stock was not forthcoming—it could not be obtained at the moment, and transactions could not be effected without a considerable increase of price. Now the question will really be—what could the company have obtained those shares for in the market which they purchased from Mr. Hunsom. If they paid beyond the actual ♦alue, then who are the sielinquents ? Mr. HUDSON cannot be the only one. Others must be cognizant of the transactions, and participating in his guilt, if any there was. A committee has been ap pointed to inquire into the subject with the full con sent of Mr. HUDSON. lie did not resist the proposed investigation, and that fact affords prima facie evidence of his innocence. The strictest and most searching inquiry will take place—his very accusers, the proposer and seconder of the motion for a com mittee, are two out of the five appointed. They will leave nothing undone to sustain their case ; if it can be made out they will do so. We therefore claim for Mr. IlunsoN that he should be esteemed innocent until he be proved guilty, and that ♦ague charges, which at most amount to matters of suspicion, should not be assumed as gospel truths until their accuracy be fully established. We have always been among the most strenuous advocates of the principle of life assurance, and we therefore hail with satisfaction the formation of a new company (the first meeting of the shareholders of which will be held to-morrow) which will, by the facilities it affords with regard to the payment of premiums, enable those to make a provision for their families who have been hitherto prevented, by the res angustas domi, from availing themselves of the benefits of life assurance. To all such persons the Engineers,] Masonic, and Universal Mutual Life Assurance Society (the advertisement of which appears in another column) offers unusual advantages. The policies are issued free of stamp duty. A policy once granted will never be disputed, so that the assured can (eel really assured that his children will reap the fruits of his providence. The permis sion to pay the premiums monthly will enable many to insure who could never hope to accu mulate sufficient in one gross sum to pay an annual premium, and the power to take credit for one half the premiums during life will be an incalculable benefit to those who may be temporarily embarrassed, and will enable many to save a policy, which, according to the old plan, must inevitably have been forfeited. The power of introducing a second person in the room of the one originally assured, is also a great boon to the assured, as is the non-voidance of a policy by duelling or sui cide, or death by the hands of justice, in cases where it has been assigned as a bona fide security. All these are great boons to the assurers, and the office will no doubt reap the just reward of its liberality. • ence. So conscious did the Government feel of the weakness of their position, that they did not vesture to take a division or a vote of approval, proposol by one of their over-zealous partizans, but were content that the Assembly should pass to the order of the day. The club of the Rue de Poitiers have, it , s said, determined to appoint an electoral committee, not withstanding the secession of M. DE Liaocumc- CLUELIN and the elite of the Legitimatists. the fol lowing will, it is said, be among the members :—Duc de Broglie, Duc de Nouailles, General Pyat, General Ornano, Count Janvier, Count d'Haussenrille (son in-law of the Due de Broglie), Victor Hugo, M. de La Ferle, Me de Sala, M. de Reuneville, and the Prince de Wagram. Very little business was done yesterday at the Pas sage de l'Opera. The French Five per Cents. were quoted at 831. 40c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, MARCH 3. Boulogne and Amiens, 9%—Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 1114—Namur and Liege, F—Northern of France, 11,— Orleans and Bordeaux, 3 3 4 Paris and Rouen, Wl 4 —Paris and Strasbourg, 4% ex m.—Tours and Nantes, 2%—Dutch Rhenish, 1%. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE--MONDAY. The quantity of English Barley and Malt received in the port of London last week was tolerably extensive, but that of all other articles of home produce was again small, and of very middling quality, especially the new Wheats. By land carriage the receipts were limited. We received a full average time-of-year supply of Oats from Scotland. That from Ireland was trifling. A considerable increase took place in the imports of foreign Wheat, which exceeded 24,000 quarters. Those of Flour were 5,419 sacks, and 1,605 barrels; the former from France, the latter from the United States. The other foreign arrivals were comparatively small, viz., 1,606 quarters of Barley, 2,472 ditto of Oats, 82 ditto of Beans, 34 ditto of Peas, 851 ditto of 'fares, 29 ditto of Rapeseed, 5 ditto of Linseed, 640 do. of Indian Corn, and 85 do. of sundry Seeds. The quantity of English Wheat fresh up to our market, this morning, was again small ; and the majority of the samples from Essex and Kent were beneath the middle quality. The land-carriage receipts were chiefly confined to a few parcels from the former county. The attendance of both town and country buyers being small, and the quantity of foreign Wheat on show extensive, and of much better quality than the English qualities, the demand for the latter was in a - very depressed state. Fine dry samples were mostly dis posed of, at prices about equal to those paid on this day se'nnight. All other kinds commanded scarcely any atten tion, and the quotations were a shade—say is per quarter — in favour of the millers. The quantity of foreign Wheat on offer was on the increase. The best descriptions of both Red and White moved off slowly, at last week's curren cies. The out-of-condition sorts were a trifle lower. We were tolerably well, but by no means heavily, supplied with English Barley. Very few samples of foreign were on offer. Fine Malting kinds moved off at prices fully equal to those quoted in our last report, viz., from 30s to 32s per quarter. In grinding and distilling sorts next to nothing was doing, at barely stationary figures. The quantity of Malt on show was small, but quite adequate to meet the wants of the brewers. All descriptions were a very slow sale, at barely, but at nothing quotable beneath, the currencies of this day se'nnight. With Oats we were rather scantily sup plied, although the show of English and Scotch samples was larger than for some time past. Most kinds were a dull sale. In prices, however, we have no further decline to notice. Most of the buyers are still very short of stock. So little was doing in Beans that prices were almost nomi nal. Most kinds were offered at reduced quotations. The transactions in Peas were trifling in the extreme, and prices gave way from is to 2s per quarter, notwithstanding the supply was small. Indian Corn and Meal were in short supply ; sluggish inquiry, at late rates. French Flour was offering in abundant quantities at from to 30s to 35s per sack. No change took place in the nominal top price of English. Country marks were a shade lower. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. heat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier...... 593 to 603 Red. ........ 40s to 48s lOats— Yorkshire and Ditto, White, New 44s 55s Lincolnsh., Fed. its 19s Norfolk and Lin- Potato ...... 18s 221 coin, Red..... 41s 47e Youghal and Cork, Ditto, White.. .. .. 43s 52s Black . I4s Irish, Red•... —5 —5 Cork, White..... its Ditto, White...." —3 —s Scotch, Feed. •• •• 20s Rye—Old ............ —s s Beans—Tick ......... 27s New... 258 28a Pigeons 348 Barley—Grinding 23s 26* Peas—Grey .......... 345 Malting . ........ 285 305 Maple . .......... 35e Chevalier .... 308 32s White....... . 288 ‘lalt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers ......... 325 575 58s Flour—Town-made ..• 39s ISrown ........... 50s 54s Suffolk ••• • • . 325 Kingstonand Ware 5Ss 595 Stocktn & Norfolk 32s smarrarxELD. 368 378 37s 30* 33s The total arrival of foreign stock into London, last week, was 2,616 head, being an increase compared with that of the preceding week of 650 head. It shows an excess on a comparison with the official returns at the same period in 1848, of 1,493, and of not less than 1,969 head compared with the imports in 1847, at the same time. For the time of year, the supply has, therefore, been large, especially when the low prices ruling in this market are taken into con sideration. The following statement shows the quarters from whence the supplies have been derived : IMPORTS INTO LONDON. From Beasts. Sheep. Calves. Ostend 257 ... Rotterdam Spain Hamburgh ... _2O ... Harlingeil..... 252 ... Lambs. 599 .. ••• •"". Total 644 ... 1,869 103 Corresponding week in 1848 443 546 ... 134 ... Difference 201 more. 1,323 more. 31 less. From the above it will be seen that four Calves have come to hand from Spain. This is the first arrival of that descrip tion of stock from that country since the passing of the pre sent tariff. They have reached us in good condition, and found buyers at fair prices. The Spanish Oxen have, how ever, turned out very inferior, and to be worth not more than from 8/ to 91 each When the expenses of freight, &c.— about 6001 for the whole cargo—are taken into account, it is evident that the importers will be severe losers by the specu lation. From the official returns we learn that the following were the total importations of foreign stock into the United Kingdom during the years 1846, 1847, and 1848 i 846. 1847. 1848. Oxen 17,191 ... 27,831 24,591 Cowes 25,349 ... 35,480 ... 22,501 Calves .... 2,503 12,406 15,642 Sheep . 91,732 ... 139,371 ... 128,093 Lambs .. 2,892 ... 3,349 ... 2,177 Pigs Nothing can more fully demonstrate the state of the trade here during the past year than the above returns, which appear to have falsified the statements, having reference to future arrivals from abroad, which made their appearance in the early part of the season. Two circumstances have com bined to prevent large arrivals, first, the stringent measures adopted to prevent the importation of diseased animals from abroad, and, secondly, the lowness of price—especially dur ing the last four mouths of 1848,Iduring which th• uralvals fell off materially—from the increased supplies of home fed Beasts and Sheep. At the northern outporta the arrivals have been on a very moderate scale during the week just ended, and the want of condition has induced a few graziers to become purchasers at low prices. The numbers of foreignj stock in to -day's market were by no means extensive, yet they were quite adequate to the wants of the butchers. The beasts from Holland were in better condition, but those from Spain, which comprised 29 head, being a portion of the cargo noticed above, were very defi cient in quality. There was a further slight falling off in the arrivals of beasts fresh up this morning from our princi pal grazing districts. As the dead markets have been toler ably well cleared of the country supplies, and as the attend ance of buyers was tolerably good, the Beef trade ruled steady at fully Friday's advance in the quotations of 2d per albs. The general top figure for Beef was 3s Bd, yet a few very su perior Scots sold at 2s 10d per 81bs. Prior to the close of the market, a fair clearance was effected by the salesmen. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we re ceived 1,450 Scots and shorthorns; from the northern dis tricts, 200 shorthorns; from the western and midland coun ties, 800 Herefords, runts, Devons, &c. ; from other parts of England, 200 of various breeds ; and from Scotland, 210 horned and polled Scots. We had a very moderate supply of Sheep on offer. This circumstance somewhat favoured the Mutton trade, which ruled firm, and prices were quite 2d per 81bs higher than on this day se'nnight. The primest old Downs, in the wool, cold steadily at 4e 8d - out of the wool, 4s per 81bs. There were about FOO shorn Sheep on offer. Calves, though in good supply, moved off steadily, at extreme quotations, viz., from 4s to 5s per 81bs being the same figures as those paid on Friday last. In Pigs only a limited business was transacted. Prices, however, were firmly supported in every instance. Ter Bibs. to sink the offal. s. d. to 1. d. O. d. to I. d. Inferior Beasts.• 2 8 2IS Second qual. Sheep 3 6 4 0 isoond quality •• 3 0 3 2 Coarse-woolled ditto 4 2 4 4 Prime large °zest 3 L 3 4 Southdown Nether 4 6 4$ Prime Scots • . Large coarse Calves 4 0 4 8 Large Hogs • . .• 3 4 3 Prime small ditto ,uckling Calves 2O 0 26 0 Quarter old Pigs ..17 0 22 0 Inferior Sheep • • • 3 2 3 4 Lambs .......... 0 0 0 0 TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. I Sheep. Calves. I 3,257 15,620 l7B FOREIGN SUPPLY. I Pigs. 170 Beats. 359 I Sheep. 830 I Calves. 117 INgs. NEWGATE AND MEA.DENHAIM. A considerable decrease having taken place in the arrivals of country-killed meat for these markets, since this day se'nnight, we have to report an improved general demand. Prices have advanced quite 2d per Blbs, and fair clearances have been effected. About 400 carcasses of foreign meat killed in the metropolis have been disposed of. The London slaughtered supplies of English meat have not been to say extensive. At per stone by the Carcase. 3. d. to s. d. 1 s. d. to s. d. Beef,lnferior • • • • .. 2 4 2 6 Mutton, inferior • • 2 6 2$ middling .... 2 8 2 le -- middling•. 2 10 3 4 prime largo 2 10 3 0 .-- prime • • • • 3 6 3 le prime small .. 3 2 3 4 Pork, large•. • • •. • • 2 10 3 i Veal• • • • .• • • ...• • • 3 10 4 10 -- small •• • • .• • • 3 8 4 4 MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER 7'o THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool on Saturday closed stea dily. Full prices were maintained, and the sales were esti mated at 5,500 bales, including 500 on speculation. The business included 4,000 American at 37/ B d. to 6d., 100 Egyptian at 6d. to 7tm d., 400 Swats at 3 1 4 d. to 4%d. and 40 Sea Island at B%d. to 9%d. per lb.— Railway ghares were dull, with but little business doing. The Grain Market has been very inactive to-day. During the week to the 21st ult. there were imported into the principal ports of Great Britain 127,801 qrs. of foreign and 77 of colo nial grain and flour, and there were entered for consumption 141,413 quarters of foreign and 77 of Colonial, yielding a gross amount of 7,301/. in duty. If we look to the whole of , the United Kingdom, we find that in the month ended the sth ult., and consequently just after the duty was abolished, the total quantities were as follows: Imported. Corn and Grain ... ... 744,492 qrs. Meal and Flour ... ... 696,441 cwt. Charged with duty for home consumption : Corn and Grain ... ... 1,259,525 qrs. Meal and Flour ... . . 762,705 cwt. Remaining in warehouse in the United Kingdom, Feb. 5. Corn and grain ... 503,177 qrs. Meal and flour ... 508,332 cwt. It would appear therefore that at the beginning of February there was a stock which allowing for subsequent arrivals must have become ere this reduced to a very small quantity. The accounts received from the United States, although seven days later, furnish nothing of particular interest, and the steamer which is expected to-day er to-morrow will bring letters, &c., with private opinions concerning Califor nian prospects, &. There has been further agitation in the English Stock Market, and the quotations have been per cent lower, though a rally has occurred since. In the face of the Indian news, and the uncertainty respecting the issue of the Italian affair, the speculators for a fall have been more en- couraged to operate, and some of the Bulls have changed their accounts. The fact that specie has been recently forwarded to some amount to the Continent, and that money does not become cheaper as was supposed it would ere this, has an effect in deterring very large operations for a rise, but the French Funds are acted upon in precisely the inverse order, since they experi ence part of the benefit of the money sent hence. Consols have ranged from 91 to 91 1 ,4 for Transfer, and have been 91% to 91% for Account. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents, have realised 92% to 92%, and the Three per Cents. 91% to 91%. Bank Stock has declined to 194% and 193, but the most sensible reaction is in India Stock, which a few days since was 243 to 246, and is now only 236% to 240. No doubt the Indian Government will be put to great expense by the increased military establish ment that will now be requisite in its territories. Exche quer-bills have realised 395. to 43e., and India Bonds 535. to to 575. premium. Business in Foreign Stocks has been more limited. Spanish Five per Cents. have realised 17% to %. and the Three per Cents. 29%. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been worth 25 to 26. Brazil Bonds have been quoted 82 to 84. Mexi• can Stock has been steady at 26%, and Peruvian has been firm at 50 to %. Venezuela are about 26 to 28, and Equa dor 3. Dutch Two. and-a-Half per Cents. have been 48% to 49%. The Railway Share Market has been rather heavy in sympathy with the funds, and there is a decline in all Hud son's lines, as well as in tome of the others, including North Western. ONE ...11..vri1N(.4 •.n ,ir .urritui etibiDa. O'CLOCK PRIC ES dank Stock per Cent. Reduced Arms ...... 911,4,i / g yg 91% 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 913 1 ,4 91 91% 91% Sew 3 1 4 per Cent. Ann 5...... . 9 2 1, 42 %%, 92% I,ong Anna. to expire J an. 1860 Ditto, 39 years, Oct. 10. 1859 India Stock 240 236% 236 1 ,5 ndia Bonds, 1,0004 Ditto under 1,0001. .. ...... South Sea Stock Consols for Account 91%14%1,( 91 3 / , :xchequer Bills. 2%d. tk 2d. 1,000/. June 39 43 p 500!. June Small. June Ditto Advertised, June Bl p PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS OICE O'CLOCK. 13 p 42 p 44 p 81 p CLOsix‘, PRICES. 82% Brazilian Bonds Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839 Ditto, Small Bl Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent — Ditto, 5 per cent. Scrip, 1849 -- Equador Bonds Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 — 26% Ditto, Account Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 50% 50 50% 50% Ditto, 4 per Cent. — 26 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account : 171 4 17% Ditto, Passive Ditto 3 per Cent — Ditto. Account .. . 29 1 29 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild.... 48% 49 1 % 49% Ditto, Account Ditto. 4 Der Cent. Certificates 79% 78% 78% PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES 4berdeen 5O ..... . 18% lB% _ ._ ._ Birmingham and Ox ford Junct., calls duly paid, or with a guaran. 20 ...... 25 3 4 ...... 25% Caledonian Do. New 101. Pref lO ..... 11%.. ..... ...... 11% Chester and Holyhead 5O Ditto, Preference l5 ...... 13% 3 4 1 3 34 East Anglia, 251., L. & E. and L. and D... --- 95 ..,. .-- -•••• De, 3i. 103. Eastern Couatio.... Do. New Guaranteed 6 per Cent... lO ...... 11% p ll% p Ditto,Extension,s per Cent., No. 1 .61.135. 4d.... — Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... % p Do. Quarters .... ..... 12% —. ........ ..... . east Lincolnshire ...... 25 Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 Ditto, Half Shares ... 20 .: .. 17 Great Northern Do., %B 6 per Cent... 6% 6% 6% Great North of England.loo ......230 232 x.d 232 x.d, Ditto, New, 401 4O Ditto, ditto Great Western 100 Ditto, 1 4 Shares Ditto, Fifths ..... Ditto, New 171........ 15 ... .. 13 x.d l3 x.d. Elull and Selby .. ...... 50 ...... 182 Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 Ditto, ditto Do. Fifths... Do. New, Gus. 6 ner ct. 74 9 14• 9 `l4 Do. (W. Riding union ) 8 .. .. 4 Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 ..eeds and Bradford 5O 1934 x.d...... 103% x.d. Leeds and Thirsk ...... 50 London & Blackwall...l3/. 68.8 d.... 5% x.d 5% x.d. .ondon, Brighton, and South Coast London and N. Western 100...137 136% 1374...-1374 x.d Do. 101. (M. & B.) C. _1 __... -on& &S. western - 50 ...... 38 38% ......,..38% x.d. Do.. New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Cent. on Deposit, and 5 per Cent. on Calls ganchgster, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire...100 Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10 Midland lO3 ...... 83% 82 x.d.... 82 x.d. Do., do., 50/. Shares 25 ... .. 17 3 / 4 %...... l 7l Do. Birm., and Derbyloo N.rfolk ...... North British ........... 25 Ditto, llalves .. 6 1 4 31.z.% -1i.,. Ditto, Quarters Ditto, Thirds North Staffordshire l 7 l /1 1 4 1 :A% Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ...... 50 Scottish Central South Eastern Do. Scrip No 4 south Wales ..... ....,..... 33 ...... 18 1 ,l s . lB LAI South Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole 6 Waterford and Kilkenny 2S f ork, Newcastle, and Berwick. ....... ..... ... 25 ..... 24 3 4 25 ex.div. 25 x.d Do. Original New and Berwick .. ...... ... .. 25 ..... 24 3 4 1 4 ( ex.div. 24 1 4 x.d Do. Newcastle Eaten. 20 Do. G.N.E.Preference $ York and North Midland 50 Ditto, Preference Do. East mid NV estßid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens 2O ....,. 91A% ... Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) ... 18 Dutch Rhenish ......... 7%..... .. ...... Luxembourg Ditto ... 10 Namur and Liege ...«. 20 ... .. 8 7% Northern of France...... 13 Orleans and Bordeaux... 7 ...... 3 5, 8 Paris and Lyons ll ...« 5% - Do. Do. . Rouen and Havre Tours and Nantes .. 9 ...... ...... ..... MINES. Brazilian Imperial Do. St.Johnpel Rey 15 JOINT STOCK BANKS. Union of Australia ..... 25 wood. Last week's imports of Wool into London amounted to 2 bales from Madras; 408 ditto from Odessa; 66 ditto from Hamburgh; and 468 ditto from Algoa Bay. In the private contract market, the demand for most kinds of Wool has somewhat slackened; yet the late improvement in value is well supported. The stocks in warehouse are small for the time of year. SEED MARKET. The demand for Clover Seed was steady to-day, at fully last week's prices. Canary dull, and the turn in favour of the buyers. All other kinds of seeds were a slow inquiry. Cakes dull, at our quotations. i Turnip,White, per bush. lls to I2s CarrewaY •••••• • • • • • • 295 Bls Red aid Green.... 11e 12 coriander ........ •• • • 18 s 19 s Mustard, Brown.. • • . 6s lls Ilempseed, per quarter 32g Ms White ..., bs 12a l Tares, New .......... 7a is Linseed, Eng. Sowing.. 50s 52s Crushing .. .. •• • • 38i 40s Old ...... 48 ssl Canary, per quarter 100 s 1268, Rye grass."... • • .... 20s 24s' Clover, lied Eng. (cwt.) 343 528 White .......... 32s 468 Foreign lied .... 32s 46e White.... 32s 458 13e 19s Baltic .• .... •• .. 38s iKs Odessa 381 42s Linseed Cake, pr.l,ooo— ... • ..111 Os 1115 e Foreign...... 61 lbs 91 Os Rape Cakes, pr ton 41 4s 415 s Rapeseed, pr cwt. 271 105 301 Os Trefoil ............ .• BOROUGH HO? MARKET. A fair average amount of business is doing in the finest Hops of last year's growth at fully the late improvement in the quotations. The middling and inferior kinds are quite as dear. Old Hops are almost nominal. Sussex pockets, 21 4s to 21 16s ; Weald of Kent dittc, 21 12s to 318 s; Mid and East Kent ditto, 313 to 31 10s. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIZILDS. Coastwise, about 2,200 tons of potatoes have come to hand, since Monday last, in but middling condition. The foreign imports have been again liberal, viz., 97 tons, and 156 bags from Calais ; 18 tons from Hamburgh ; 196 bags from Ghent; 75 tons from Dieppe; 450 tons from Rouen; 69 tons from Ostend ; 152 tons from Gravelines ; 173 tons from Dunkirk ; 40 tons from liavre ; 1,963 bags and 2 baskets from Rotterdam. Generally speaking, the trade is heavy, and prices have a downward tendency. Present rates as under :—Yorkshire Regents, 100 s to 140 s; Scotch ditto, 1003 to 12ils ; ditto Cups, 90s to 100 s; ditto Whites, 70s to 90s ; French Whites, 805 to I 00s ; Belgian, 70s to 90s per ton. TALLOW. A slightly improved amount of business is passing in our market, and prices are well supported in most transactions. To-day P.Y.C. on the spot is selling at 40s 6d to 405, and for delivery of new during the last three months, 41s per cwt. Town Tallow, 41s per cwt nett cash for tine; rough Fat, 2s 3id per 81bs. 1845. 1846. 1848. Stock this day .... •.1 24,449 18,041 Price of Y. C. t 3 3 9 4 3 t ° 4 , 2 0 391 43s Delivery last week:.. 978 1,303 Ditto from June 1.. •. ' 71,615 74,436 Ar , ivals last week •• 8 298 Ditto from June 1 ... 77,073 76,673 42s 45 6d 11,128 Price of Town • • • • .. 51s 3d 972 69,920 ti 70,420 10,243 50s to 50s 3d 1,249 53,224 1,102 85,366 50s. 1849. 528 6d 30,233 40s Gd to 40s 2,278 61,070 103,770 43s YARatourn, 31.Aucit 4.—The sloop Nautilus, Antwerp to London, and the Nimes, Antwerp to Newhaven, have put in with damageand cargo shifted in a gale 28th ult. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY LONDON MAncrt s.—Wind at noon W.S.W. light breeze, and fine clear weather. DEAL, MARCH 3.—Wind S.W. to W.S.W., 4th S.W.— Arrd. 3d, Independance, Bradish, New York; 4th, Der Frienden, Spekman, Surinam for Amsterdam; Olga, Schiel drass, Rio Janeiro ; Esther and Sophie, Lonsberg, La Guayra, and both sailed for Hamburgh ; Hever, Johansen, Amster dam. Arrd. from the River 3d, Lady May, Spence, St. Thomas; Apprentice, Harvey, ditto; Itana, Smith, Cadiz; 4th, Lady Clark, M'Lean, Sydney, New South Wales; Nunez, Derecourt, Gambia; George, Nicholas, St. Vincent; Ravenswood, Marsden, Antigua ; Express, Whitty, New Orleans; Arlington, Ryan, ditto; Belize, Stoker, Boston. Sid. Caroline Agnes, Port Philip; Queen, Pernambuco; Grecian Queen, Porto Rico; Isabella Wood, ditto; Eclipse, Madeira. 3d, The Janes, from London to Barbadoes, which was driven to the eastward, lost both anchors, and has sailed for Ramsgate. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 3.—Wind N.W., fresh; 4. S.S.E.- 3d, Arrd. Eagle, Hawkins, St. Domingo; Planter, Rid, Santa Martha; Peggy, Reid, Rio Hacha ; Syria, Thomas, New Orleans; Thomas, Brewer, Savannah. 4th, Victoria, Car pin, Calcutta ; Theresa Jane, Maranham ; Living Age, Snow u New Orleans ; Howard, Brown, Mobile ; Athens, Pilsbury, Charleston ' • George Canning, Keay, Charleston ; Marianne, Campbell, New York; Wisconsin, Mumtord, New York. The Plymouth, hence to Halifax, which was aban doned, west of Taskar, 28th ult., after being in contact with the Planter, from Santa Martha, foundered on the next day. Sld., Joseph Sanderson, Calcutta; Mary Miller, Buenos Ayres ; William Fisher, Rio Janeiro ; Swordfish, Pernam talc° ; Miltiades, New Orleans; Mary Florenee, New York; Arthur, New York; Waterloo, New York; Maypo, Africa; Elizabeth, Maranham; Hartley, New Orleans; Lydia, Mobile; Harriet and Jessee, Charleston ; Al e t ow k an d S ara h Louise, New Tork. 1)11Nflu% MAikrit 1 —SM. Fairy, Kerr, Greenland ; Premier, Cumming, St. Lucia. 2, Contractor, liarbadoes. HULL, MARCH 3.—Wind W.S.W., blowing fresh.—Acrd. Petrel, Fox, Charleston. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of Saturday and yesterday. The law on the Council of State, was adopted in its entirety by the National Assembly in the sitting of Saturday, by a majority of 524 to 21g. This may be considered as a signal defeat of the reactionary party, who were unwearied in their endeavours to get rid of the Bill either by direct rejection, or if that were impossible, by a side wind, so as to leave to the new Assembly the power of appointing and organizing the Council of State which will now be nominated by the existing National Assembly. An interpellation addressed to the Ministry by M. MARTIN BERNARD, on the subject of an alleged illegal interference with a banquet, gave rise to a tumul tuous scene at the commencement of the sitting. Some young students attended on Thursday last a banquet at the Barriers du Maine. The Commissary of Police claimed the right of being admitted to the banquet to watch the proceedings, i n conformity with the provisions of the law of 1790. Having been refused admittance, the police force, by his orders, entered the banquet hall and expelled the guests who were there assembled. Such was the statement of M. LEoN FAUCLIER in reply to the ques tion of M. MARTIN BERNARD, who asked him whether the Ministry considered political banquets as clubs. A long discussion followed, in the course of which M. LEDRU ROLLIN quoted the speeches of M. ODILON BARROT in Febru ar y, 1848, ,on the subject of banquets, and of the law of 1790, comparing the conduct of: MM. ODILON BARROT and LEON FAUCHER, to that of MM. GutzoT and MITCMATEL. These quotations produced an immense effect, and the Journal des Debats, of Sunday, re actionary as it is, cannot conceal th e delight with which it AitoT and LEON F contemplates g the Bo Au intoE fthave which ODILON B ma naged to' place themselves. M. ODILON Ba i lin(); in his defence, declared , tha t while M. GUIZOT contended that the law of 1790 gave power to the Executive to prohibit persons fr om attending ban quets, he (M. BARROT) only contended that it gave the Government power to place them under police surveillance, and to disperse those assembled at them. Surely this is a distinction without a differ. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 26th ult. have arrived. The NARVAER Cabinet is intriguing in every direc tion to retain M. DE LESSEPS as the representative of France at the Spanish Court. This anxiety to retain M. DR LESSEPS is natural on the part of NAItVAEZ. M. DE LESSEPS has been always more the Minister of the Orleans family than of the French Republic. MADRID BOLSA, FEB. 26.—The Three per Cents. were done to-day at 234 cash, and were 9.16 to buyers, 11-16 sellers after the close ; Five per Cents., 11+ buyers, 4 sellers ; Coupons, 71 ; Passive Debt, 4 buyers, 4i sellers ; Bank Shares, 56 sellers ; Treasury Bills, of the forced loan, .58 buyers, 62 sellers ; Dis count on Bank Notes, per cent.; Exchange on London, 19 70. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA.. According to the last accounts from Vienna, DEM BROWSKI, the Hungarian Cumtnandersiu-Chief, was marching on Pesti), and Prince WisiDisHcitATz had left the city, to attack him. The Breslau Gazette states that the Austrians had been driven out of Arad almost immediately atter hav ing got possession of it. The Russian General addressed the following procla mation to the inhabitants of Cronstadt, on the 10th:— " Some ill intentioned persons of Cronstadt have spread the false rumour that a misunderstanding has broken out bttween the Austrian General, DE SCHURTER, and myself, and that I entertain the intention of leaving the town, with my troops. It is 'an infamous falsehood. Even if I could not maintain a good understanding with the General, in whom, on the contrary, I have found a good comrade, whom I esteem and honour, I should re, main here for the protection of this town, because such is the august will of my EMPEROR and master." Sentries are placed at night in Vienna every 100 yards, and at ten o'clock the city is like the abode of the dead, so still is everything. Five men suspected of having taken part in the assassination of General LATOUR have confessed their thethe bircu rsis3. crime, but have declared that there was no PRUSSIA• - „ The Prussian Minister of Foreign Affairs has re cently made a declaration to the Hanoverian Plenipoten tiary, to the effect that the Prussian Government has reserved to itself the right of examining in all circum stances how far the resolutions of the National Asseintly of Germany can be allowed the force of law in Prussia, and that it maintains this principle with respect to the law of fundamental rights, which, however, it con siders as an integral part of the future Constitution of Germany. A letter from Berlin of the 27th ult. states that a cou rier, who arrived on the previous evening from Copen hagen, brought the intelligence that Denmark had given notice of her intention to put an end to the armistice, which was fixed to conclude on the 26th March. An official notification to this effect was made to the Diet of Denmark on the 24th. In the Prussian Chamber of De puties on the 28th ult. the Government announced that the armistice had been denounced both to the Prussian Government and the Central German Government. It was added, however, that the Danish Ambassador had expressed a hope that hostilities would not be renewed, but that a satisfactory solution would be arrived at before the day fixed for the termination of the armistice. It was stated that the Prussian Government had taken measures for bringing about a pacific solution, at the same time taking care to maintain the honour of the country. The Berlinger Zeitung announces that the Minister of Finance has succeeded in so far carrying out the nego tiations with England respecting a regular steam navi gation between Jutland and England, that the steamers destined to ply specially for the export of cattle will run during the ensuing summer, i. e., from the beginning of April to the end of ()etcher, unless unforeseen obstacles should intervene. Two steamers, capable of carrying 200 oxen, some small cattle, and from 1,200 to 1,500 tons of corn, will start from Hjerting to London. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES The Berliner Nachricten maintains that the official in telligence of the suspension of the Danish armistice, was not received at Berlin till the afternoon of the same day (26th), in the morning of which the Speech from the Throne, expressing encouraging prospects of peace, was made at the opening of the Chambers. The Danish Ambassador at Paris, Count MOLTKE, in communicating to the French Government the resolu tion of the Danish Cabinet, sispending the armistice, added, " That his MAJEsTv's Goverment by no means relinquished the hope of a speedy and satisfactory ter mination of the pending negotiations for peace." The Cologne Gazette says that the announcement of the suspension of the armistice is considered by many as essential to the carrying out of the negotiations for peace, in order that the complement of German troops requisite to both parties may march into the Duchies, and suppress any excitement among the people, to which the announcement of peace is likely to give rise. RUSSIA. An official announcement from the Governor-General of Riga, &c., states that his Majesty the EMPEROR, at the instigation of the Danish P eiiipotentiary, Baron PLEBSEN, enjoins that only such Danish vessels as bear the Danish fhtg, but not any that bear the new Schles wig-Holstein flag, shall be permiCed to enter any of the Russian harbours. Revel, Jan. 20, 1849. E. Vox NOTTRECK, Secretary. —St. Petersburgh Journal. POLAND. OSTROW°, FEB. 25.—Three :tussian regiments com pletely equipped for war , with batteries, mbs, and all requisites t i c' s enr fora campaign, are already stationed at Two other regiments are K theahser and its expected here in the course of s few days.. The country whom not a single r avr o a le rm is s t: i b th e Russian seen. troops, Emong DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES. The intervention of Russia in the affairs of Transyl vania furnishes a:happy pretext for inundating the principalities with fresh troop. They continue to ar rive daily.—Augsburg Gazette. The Leipsig Gazette announces that the new Viceroy of Egypt left Constantinople on the sth ult.; the Sultan also invested him Nth the Pachslic of Nubia, NORWAY. CHRISTIANA, FEB. 23.—Intelligence from Drontheim states, that the interest of the Bank shares for the year 1848 has been fixed at 7f per cent. The cholera continues to manifest itself in different parts of the country.—Bamburg B orsenhalle. 11:4 A L Y. The GRAND Dux. of Tuscany embarked for Gaeta, when he had ascertained that there would be no armed intervention in his favour by Sardinia, and that General LANGIER had been deserted by his troops, and compelled to take refuge in the Piedmontese territory. The Genoa Gazette of the 26th ult. states from Turin that the KING had let the chiefs of the army and of the national guard know that the change ,that had taken place in the Ministry was particularly owing to Gio BERTI'S unconstitutional pro ceeding, in sending troops against Tuscany without m entioning it either to the KING or to the Council of Ministers. The Pensitro Italiano of G e noa, of the 26th ult. publishes a letter from Massa of the 23d, stating that the country was greatly agitated, that the artillery train, composed of twenty-two pieces of cannon, had returned there, and that the people ha d declared the y would not let them go away. The artillerymen had then removed the horses, which were taken care of by the people. The soldiers disbanded, some taking the road to Tus cany, others to the mountains. LAUGIER sallied forth from the palace, sword in ha nd, at the head of a n escort of dragoons, exclaiming:--" Follow me, brave soldiers I I have the money ; come and join me at Foadinovo !" Upon which the whole party took the' direction of Fosdinovo. The British 80 gun ship Vengeance had arrived at Leghorn on the 23th ult. The Piedmoxtese Gazette of the 27th ult. quotes a letter from Macerate, announcing the arrest there on the 15th of Count GARTANO MASTAI, OR suspicion of having a hand in a reactionary conspiracy. The Bologna Gazette of the 23d ult. denies that the Austrians had up to that date made any incursion on the Bolognese territory. The Tuscan Monitore publishes an address from the Provisional Government of Tuscany to the priests, in viting them to use all their endeavours to enlighten the country population, and to prevent them from taking a part in reactionary attempts, instead of heading them in such undertakings. In the sitting of the 17th ult. the Assembly of Depu ties of Venice, in consequence of the triumvirs lIANIN, GRAZIANI, and CAVEDALIS hating resigned their powers into the hands of that newly constituted body, again re instated tb-m in office, with the same extraordinary powers, that only of proroguing or dissolving the As sembly excepted, RAMSGATE, MARCH 4.-53 casks of iron nails, 182 cases of glass, have been landed here this day from the wreck of a vessel on the Kentish Knock, supposed to be the Floridian, from Antwerp to New York. ~,,._ BELFAST, MARCH 3.—Wind W., fine.—Sld. Annie, New York; Sir Colin Campbell, New York. OFF CORK, MARCH 2.—Wind W.S.W.—Alice Haviland, St. Domingo, and proceeded for Liverpool. SWANSEA, 11.1 ARCH 4. W ind S.E.—Arrd. Pirce, Cuba. ROLLS' COURT.—(THIS DAY.) The Master of the Rolls sat in his court in the Rolls'-yard, Chancery-lane, to-day. LOCKHART V. ALDER. The further arguments in this part-heard case were re— sumed this morning, and occupied his Lordship the whole day, The object of the suit is to recover from the estate of a deceased tenant fur life compensation for timber cut by him while in possession. A reference had been made to the Master on the subject, and the exceptions takeo to his report were opened on Saturday, and the arguments upin them re sumed this morning. VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE-CHANCELDOR OF ENGLAND.) HATTON V. HAYLEY. His HoNotra gave judgment in this case to-day, which. was argued before him in the course of last week. His Honour said, the only dispute raised was with respect to the third security, and it was urged on behalf of the defendant that it was void because it was given by the father of the defendant by way of compounding a felony, that felony being a forgery committed by Richard, the son, upon his father ; and it was required of the Court that it should, on the mere allegation of Richard that he had committed the forgery, place implicit belief on that statement, and admit that evidence. His Honour said that he should be acting most wrongly if he adopted such course. He would, however, give the defendants an oppor tunity, if they thought fit to take it, of trying the following issue—whether Richard, the witness, did commit the forgery in question by feloniously filling up the bill with the sum a 500/. The defendants must, however, consider for them selves whether they would try that issue or not. The other two securities in the case were not questioned. The defendants, by their counsel, consented to try the issue. After some discussion, it was arranged that if the defendant did not keep down the interest on the two securities that were not objected to, the plaintiff should be at liberty to take possession of them. His Hoaoun, in the course of the discussion, observed that this was the first time in his experience that he had seen se curity for 99 years given upon stock.—(A laugh.) Mr. SMITH—The securities were drawn up on the other side of the water.—(A laugh.) The Court then proceeded to hear causes. (Before the Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) ANDREWS V. ANDREWS. The further hearing of the arguments in this part.heard cause occupied the Court the whole morning. (Before the Vice-Chancellor WI.RAM.) His HONOUR having disposed of the case of Hart v. Tulke, which stood on the paper for judgment, proceeded to hear causes; but no ease calling for a special report came before his Honour during the morning. CRIMINAL COUR T. -(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT (Before the COMMON SERGEANT and Mr. Alderman Grans.) BURGLARY.-George Phillips, alias Johnson, aged- - 16, Thomas Jackson, alias Sydney Hall, aged 19, Mary Ann Allen, aged 17, and Eliza Brown, aged 17, were indicted with feloniously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Mr. Henry Raven, surgeon, Compton-street, and stealing there from a workbox and other articles, value 21. 95., his goods and moneys; one hat, value 55., the property of George Edward Francis; one coat and other articles, value 41., the property of Robert Turnbull; and John Phillips, alias Neal, aged 16, with feloniously inciting, moving, procuring, &c., the other prisoners to do and commit the said felony. John, George, and Thomas bad been previously convicted of felony. It appeared that John Phillips had been in the service of Mr. Raven as errand-boy, and that it was his duty to put up the shutters of the shop. On closing the shop on the 27th of January, he intentionally left a portion of the shutters unfastened, and the burglary was committed the same even ing. Part of the property was found in the prisoners' lodgings, who lived together in a brothel. The male prisoners, who were sharp little fellows, con ducted their own defence, aid severally cross-examined the witnesses, and addressed the jury with much tact and skill. Mr. O'Brien appeared for the female prisoners. The jury found the two female prisoners Not Guilty, and the other two prisoners Guilty. Thomas Jackson, on being told by the Common Sergeant that the Court thought it necessary to send them both abroad for a considerable period said, " My Lord, they won't send us across the seas." The COMMON 3IRGEANT—The Government will take care of that, I assure you, and they will see you are made to work, and it will not be long before you come to your senses. I sentence you both to be transported for ten years. Jackson—Thank you, my Lord. I had written the sen tence down on this paper before you gave it. The prisoners were then removed. IVEW COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner BuLtoca..) The Court was occupied throughout the morning in trying I , fc, cases of petty larceny, which did not possess the slighteelt interest. BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) Ann Wilday was charged before Mr. Henry with attempt ing to murder her husband. It appears that on saturday last the parties, who keep a cats' meat shop in Great Wadi. street, Drury-lane, had a violent quarrel, g , ' of the afternoon, the husband being- - , ..11 guard, or, as is acked him with a knife, and supposed, asleep, the prison—. -" ,.. ~.... course He was removed to tho hospit.t • and as he cannot inflicted a desperate —pad in h is neck. yet be pronounced out of , 1 „„ 6 „,-, t h e r dsoner was remanded to Wednesday next. MARLBRO'-STREET-(THISDAY.) IMPUDENT ROBBERY.—James Dixon, a waiter out of em• ploy, was brought before Mr. Bingham, charged with having stolen a great coat, a pair of Wellington boots, and five silver table spoons, the property of Mr. Crux, landlord of the Argyle Arms, Argyle-street. James Woodgate, a waiter in the employ of the prosecti' tor, stated, that on Sunday morning, about a quarter to eight o'clock, he was taking down the door shutters, when the prisoner, who had previously lived with Mr. Crux, came up and asked witness to allow him to go into the yard for a few minutes, as he was taken suddenly ill. Witness not having the least suspicion of the pri soner granted his request, and went out for the purpose of taking down the remainder of the aliutt!re• On his return indoors he was surprised at hearing some plates fall in the bar-parlour, and on going to the door he met the prisoner coming out with Mr. Cruz great coat on. Witness asked him what he had been et , and accused him with having stolen the coat. The prisoner immediately pulled it off and begged of witness to let go. Witness refused and insisted upon searching him. Wit" ness then felt in the prisoner's coat pocket and found the five spoons produced. The pair of boots were found in the pocke t of the great coat. Witness then went to the door and called a police constable, who took charge of the prisoner. The prisoner said he should reserve his defence, and was fttlll committed for trial. MYSTERIO US CASE of BURGLARY AND ALLEGED VIOLATION AT LEA" MINGTON. At half-past three o'clock, on Friday morning, as a yellog man was walking down the Lower Parade, he heard sonr one crying, in a very weak tone of voice," Help 1 help? WO any oue come and help me?" Upon looking round be Ps" oeived the figure of a woman in the balcony of No. 8, in bet night-dress, and in consequence of her peculiar appearanc e, evidently labouring under intense excitement, he said, 9 . ° back," when she replied, " If I do so, they will kill me." lu" police broke open a door in front of the house. The woman' who is a widow named Lardor, and was left in charge of Or house, stated that she had been alarmed two hours pre ously by hearing a noise upon the staircase leading to bet, bed-room, which is in the rear of the building, and while' making her way to the door of the apartment, it ws e forced open by two men. They demanded the plate be longing to the house, and, on being told that sh e had delivered it up to her master on the pre vious night, in consequence of the lodgings halloo been vacated the day before, and that all 01 1 possessed in money was half-a-crown, the fellows a tt e mpted to induce her to swallow something from a tumbl er , whi! i, " r she managed to knock from the hand of the pers on h o lding The men then violated her person each of them more 0 61 / once, under circumstances of great b ar b ar i ty. S he s tate' that the persons, one of whom she could identify, were 'O5 respectably attired, but had black ribbons or crape plact— over their face.. They brought with them a dark hinter!: the light from which enabled her to distinguish the featur7. 1 of one of them. She fu r th er s t ate d t h at they compe ll e d b et to follow them from room to room, where they taro t !: over every bed, and having l e d h er into tarok drawing-room, tied her hands together and blind folded her, they attempted to strangle her. W. h en the superintendent of police (Mr. Roby) arrived a relor t , inspection of the house was made, and it was ascertained tl every drawer and cupboard in the place had been ransack ed ' as if in search of the valuable plate known to have bee_; there the day before, but no property of any description 10 1 removed, although the kitchen was left in a state of ge e confusion, from the number of articles scattered abor t ' Every door in the back part of the premises had been le i ; open, and egress thus easily afforded to the thieves, 1 11 „, 8 whose escape the woman crawled to the drawing- 0 7 e window, and made an alarm. In fact, the appearance of house corroborated her statement as to a burglary hal been attempted ; and on further search it was models' that a pane of glass had been removed from the sculled window, but at a great distance from the fastening, Abide was also so very rusty and difficult to unfasten as to prec, icds l e d the possibility of opening the window, which reinsorl closed, as it was left on the previous evening. No clue cou p , therefore be obtained as to how the men had gained en k trance. The woman has been very ill since the affair.toeco place, although we hear that medical opinion is at varia lli as to the precise nature of the injuries she has received. IRELAND. THE AGITATION IN ULSTER. DUILIN, SUNDAY EVENING.—The northern papers teem with the reports of speeches with resolutions denun ci tory The the " Rate in Aid" projec tb° of Belfast meeting on Friday, t. and that of Lurgan Oo w. same day, were most influentially attended. The spes" re ; spared no terms of reprobation of the Ministerial mails ts. several clergymen being amongst its most violent opponel_2,,,, The Rev. Dr. Drewe, of Belfast, protested against +7O, poor-law, except one for the sick and aged; and At ho l same time soundly abused the Ulster representatives, st"os ke designated as the twenty-nine sleeping beauties ill wood. Two of the resolutions ran as follow : " That if there be any force in the maxim that the P r . () ; party of a country should su pp or t it s p over ty, that Ina l , im - it must apply indifferently t o th e w h o l e coun t r y. That to it to Ireland is to falsify the maxim, and that, too, i l l do present instance, for an oppressive purpose, and those Iln e ir so are violating the principle of the union, transgressing t n j duty to the Sovereign of a kingdom said to be united , s tile laying a foundation for deep discontent, prejudicial t° t fte peace and prosperityof Ireland, and calculated topreveot,ed cotnpleticn of that harmony which we desire to see establis' among the three sections of the same kingdom. • si' " That as the proposed scheme s • the loa tion of a tax without our consent by an authority over wilot we shall have no control, and also the expenditure ofdtbr tax in a manner wholly irrespective of our wishe s, an yos yond the reach of any superintendence or check from us,r._, regard the project as an inexcusa4le_, wan t on , and d: 1 _ 9 ` 21 attempt to violate our rights as British subjects—an a tt pregnant with the principles of evil , and d an g erous to °_,,„ liberties, and calling for our prompt and unmitig ated rel" bation." --- We are authorised to state that Mr. Wyld, has nothing whatever to do with the project of paying t t s : c . or to Perim, in return to that paid some time since h3' or Li.e NaLioual Gum dto the li,itish metropolis. 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