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other the infinite importance of maintaining an old es• tablished alliance with the house of Austria, an alliance which, besides being a part of the ancient policy of this country, was secured by the faith of treaties. He thought, however, that the Government had in the course of their negotiations in September, 1847, indicated anything rather than a tenderness for the interests, the honour, and the feelings of our old ally, and anything rather than a holding of the balance fairly between Austria and Sardinia. To the one they had dealt out a very full, and to the other a very scanty measure of jus tice. In the dispatch of September to Austria, the Go vernment in effect said, interfere at your peril in the affairs of Italy—that was, between the sovereig ns and their people, to prevent the latter from obtaining more popular institutions ; but in the dispatch to Sardinia they merely said, if you break the peace, if you com mit any infraction of the treaty of Vienna—that treaty under which you hold all your p os sessions, e xcept . the barren, savage, and pestilent island of Sard inia—if you do this we tell you fairly as your friend and adviser, that should you pursue the course you appear to contemplate, you will commit a dangerous act for yourself ; you may reckon without your host, and probably may get the worst of the bargain. In the one case they threatened, in the other they merely advised. He wished the same friendly feelings towards Austria, our ancient ally, had actuated the Government in September, 1847, as bad been avowed in March, 1849. With regard to the sup pression of the dispatch, they took credit for producing the dispatch dated the 11 th of September, which was eulogised by the Red Republican party in Paris, Milan, Florence, and Rome, in which they threatened Austria with what, interpreted into plain language, meant war, if she did anything to interrupt the progress of liberal measures in Italy; but the dispatch dated the 27th of the same month, which contained the answer of Aus tria, and in which she said she did not intend to inter fere to prevent free institutions being given to the Ita lians, and that as to Sardinia it was her object as much as ours to maintain her independence, they withheld. — (Hear.) The Noble Marquis said that such events had happened on the Continent as prevented the strict ap plication of diplomatic rule to such matters—but those events had not occurred in September, 1847, nor in the following November, when in due course the papers should have been produced. The Noble Marquis had given as a reason for suppressing the dis patch in question, that there was an awkward impression prevailing in Italy that Austria was the enemy of free institutions and was about to make use of her leaden or iron sceptre to prevent the Italian people obtaining them from their sovereigns. That was the very reason for producing the dispatch which would at once have dis pelled that false impression.—(Hear, hear.) The designs of Charles Albert were we'll known, his inordinate am bition was notorious. To that ar ition he sacrificed those whom he induced to join him the conspiracy of 1820 and 1821—and since he had come to the throne, he had been always endeavouring, little by little, to under mine the settlement of 1815, and to extend his dominions at the expense of Austria, whose friendship he, all the time, pretended to cultivate. He was, however, now in a state deserving of some compassion—he was not altogether the author of his present position—he had no will in the matter himself, for he had nothing to gain by the war, but much to lose. Even were he to gain the vic tory, which he was so little likely to carry away, his troubles would then only begin, for he was in the hands of the most ruthless and implacable of tyrants, the Red Republican party in the Italian states. At the head of his army, which was marching under what were called national colours, and whose war cry was the expulsion of the Austrian foreigner, was a Pole, whose name was not much known to fame, butwho would be known by the defeat he would speedily experience at the hands of Ra detzky, whom he was about to encounter. The Noble and Learned Lord said, in conclusion, " One word more before I sit down concerning the recent most ill-advised procla mation of the King of Sardinia—a document unparalleled in the history of human folly and human fraud—a com pound of odious misrepresentations, of well known and admitted facts, of shuffling and obscure conclusions—made up of the pompous assertion of truisms which no man doubts, and the outrageous propounding of falsehoods which no man believes—a jesuitical document, admit ting a little, now arguing here, now shuffling there—an ambiguous wrapping up of what may be anything or nothing—a constant attempt, under a multitude of false words and false pretences, to keep real objects and real views out ef sight, and which, when translated into plain English, means this—l, Charles Albert, cannot resist the Republican faction in Paris and its representatives in Turin, and, above all, in Genoa. I cannot stand against the bad feeling which unhappily prevails to a great ex tent throughout the Sardinian army, and therefore I am compelled, whether I will or not, to break the peace and go to war, although that war be the infraction of a so lemn treaty. I will then take my chance in the despe rate game of war, and try, right or wrong, to extend my dominions, as I did in the campaign of last year.— (Cheers.) However, I (Lord Brougham) will not yet despair. I trust that, with due exertion, the dreadful ex tremities of war may yet be avoided."—(Hear, hear.) The motion was withdrawn, and their Lordships ad journed at Ten Minutes past Eight o'clock. - HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE MDLLE. LIND. It is respectfully announced that a Series of SIX CONCERTS will be given at Her Majesty's Theatre, comprising the following Operas:—The Flauto Magico of Mozart; Oberon, Der Freyschutz„ and Euryanthe, of Weber ; La Nectate and Fernand Cortes of Spontini ; and Fidelio of Beethoven; which will be sung by Mdlle. Lind and the principal Singers of the Establishment, accompanied by a lull Orchestra and Chorus. The dates and particulars will be duly announced. The Subscribers arc respectfully informed that they wfil have the option of including any number of these Concerts in their Season's Subscription. The First Concert will take place on Thursday, April 12. IL E It MAJESTY'S THEATRE The Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, are respectfully informed that TO-MORROW EVENING Will be presented Verdi's Opera of ERNANI. Elvira, Mdllc. Giuliani; Carlo V., Signor Gardoni ; Rny Gomez, Signor Belletti ; Ernani, Signor hordes. To conclude with (the S.Nmery by Mr. Charles Marshall) the eels. brated Ballet, entitled LE DLIBLE A QUATBE. In will appear Mdlle. Carlotta GrisL Mdlle - aric Taglloni, and I Mme. Petit Stephan, Mdlle. irolina Rosati, M. Paul Taglioni, M. Chutes, M. Louis D'Or; Mdlles. Thevenot, Julien, Lamoureux, and Awrandon. Applications for Boxes,it ails, and Tickets to be maCe at the Box. Mince, Opera Colonnade. ~~r. JAMES'S TH E A•T Season 1819. TRENCH PLAYS and OPERA COMIQUE. THIS EVENING, The Performances will commence at Half-Past Senn o'clock with LA PItIMA. DONN-A Pippo, M. Chat!lion ; Marquis de Bella Flora, 11. Josset; Signora Boselini, Mlle. Martial ; Marqultta, Madame St. Marie. To conclude with LES DIAMANS DE La COURONNE. Mr. Mitchell begs also to announce that, notwithstanding the In creased expenses of the present entertainment, the prices of admis sion are determined as follows : Boxes .. • . .. .. ss. Od. Pit• • •• • • •• • • 3s. Od. Amphitheatre • . 2s. Od. Subscriptions for the season may be arranged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library. 33, Old Bond-street; Mr. Sams', St. James's-street ; Mr. Andrews', New Bond-street; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from eleven till five. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager. Old Brompton. BY CONI.MAND OF HER MAJESTY. THIS EVENING, _ Will be performed OTHELLO. Othello, 3fr. C. Kean; lago, Mr. J. Wa lack ; Desdemona, Mrs. C. Kean ; Emilia, Miss Laura Ad di=on. After which, the new Farce, entitled SEPARATE MAIN. TENANC E 'ro conclude with THE TRUMPETER'S WEDDING. Charac ters by Messrs. Bland, Caulfield Keeley ; Miss P. Horton, anti 3lrs. L. S. Buckingham. THEATRIC ROYAL, ADELPIII. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. TIIL4 EVENINtr. Will be performed THE HOP PICKERS. Principal characters by Messrs. Lambert, Boyce, Wright, Paul Bedford, Hughes, Mun yard, 0. Smith, Cullenford, Worrell, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. F. Matthews, Miss Taylor, Miss E. Chaplin, &c. To conclude with COCKNEYS IN CALIFORNIA. The principal characters by Mr. Mtuayard, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mrs. F. Matthews, and Miss Turner. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. 'Under the Management of Madame Wide'. 1301 e Lessee, Mr. Charles Ma he ?is. THIS EVENING will be performed A PECULIA.R POSITION. After which, a new Piece entitled HOLD YOUR TONGUE. Cita. racters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Selby, and Parselle; Miss IL Gil. bert, Miss Jane Coleman, and Madame Yestris. To be followed by BOX AND COX. To conclude with a new Drama, called A ROMANTIC IDEA. Drees foxes, bs.; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 28.; Gallery, te. No half-price to any part of the house. The New Box-office, No. 2, Wellbagton•street, is open to th e public ,!vcry day, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S THEATI:R. :dr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING, Will b• performed the celebrated Opera of THE SYREN. To conclude with the Opera of LA VIVANDIERE. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. The greatest triumph ever witnessed within the walls of the Am phitheatre.has been achieved by the celebrated American Equestrian Young Hernanlez, whose unparalleled feats hdve nightly called forth expre-sious of wonder amounting to enthusiasm, and gained for him the title of the first rider in the world. THIS EVENING, The curtain will rise at a Quarter to Seven o'clock precisely to the magnificent Spectacle, by Fitzball, entitled CORA SCO ;, or, the Warrior's Steed. To be followed by an inimitable display of SCENES IN TIIE CIRCLE, In which Young Hernandez will appear, supported by the first Equestrian talent of the day. After which the double Tight-ropes. To conclude with a favourite MELODRAMA. Box-office open from Eleven rill Five. Stage Manager, Mr. W. .L. M. TRIERS' HISTORY OF THE CONSULATE AND EMPIRE. —Thu eighth volume of Mr. Colburn's autho rised translation of this important work is just publshed, and may be had of all booksellers. Also, 2. The Me moirs and Correspondence of Sir Robert Murray Keith, K. 8.. Minister Plenipotentiary at Drc,den, Copenhagen, and Vienna, 2 vols. 3, Sir E. Bulwer Lytton's new work, ‘‘ King Arthur:' 2 vols., 158. 4. The Castle reagh Memoirs and Correspondence, vols. 3 and 4, com pleting the Im ish Rebellion and Union. 5. Mr. Burke's Anecdotes' of the Aristocracy, second edition, 2 vols. 6. The 11th and 12th volumes of Miss Strickland's Lives of the Queens of England, completin g the work 7. The Supplement and Index to Burke ' s History of the Landed Gentry, comprising references to all the individuals (up. wards of 100,C00) mentioned in the work. LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY.—For the last two or three days dense fogs have prevailed. Last night and this morning so dense was the atmosphere h that the traffic on the river wa s en ti re ly s t o pped. T which usually arr i ves very ear ly in thee Dublin mail-bo a t, morning, did not reach the port until half-past twelve o'clock, having hai to lay off the bar. Th e f og i s represen t e d by pers ons on board the steamer to have presented the appearance of a huge mountain. Ye s t er d ay the streets of the town were steaming- with moisture to such degree as to attract ittoAtio. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, IVIARCH 23, 1849. r HE LEGAL TITLE ASSURANCE COMPANY. (Provisionally Registered, January 17, 1849.) Capital, 2,000,000/., in 80,000 Shares, of 25/. each. Preliminary Deposit, 2s. 6d. per Share. Prospectuses and full information may be obtained at the Tempo •ary Offices of the Company, 13A, Cannon-row, Westminster, on ap- Alcation to G. F. HOWE, Hon. Sec., pro tern. THE WEATHER--SuN OFFICE, Msecn 23. THERNONETEB, Lowest, 37; Highest, 41; Noon, 42, BA.AOMETEB, 30.09. WIND N.N.E.—dull, hazy, cold weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON lIRIDOE. Tins DAT —Morning, 5 min. after 1 I Evening, 26 min. after 1 To-Moaaow— corning, 46 min. after I Eveninz, 6 min. atter 2 strength at Constantinople the Bosphorus will con tinue open ton ordinary occasions to our merchandise, and to onr vessels of war on any sudden emergency. These facts . are not only recognised universally, but a general. conviction impresses upon the national heart the .vertainty that so soon as the Divan is re placed by a Russian Pro-Consulate, that so soon as the SULTAN is superseded by the EMPEROR, that so soon as Constantinople is declared to be sub ordinate to St. Petersburgh—the Bosphorus will be impervious; to our ships of war, a profitable market will be closed against our manufactures, and our merchandise will be obstructed in its passage to Persia through the channel of the Dardanelles. Everything unites to show that the integrity of the Ottoman empire is essential to the prosperity of England, to the pro gress of civilization, to the maintenance of freedom, and to the peace of Europe ; and everything unites to demonstrate in like manner, that the integrity of that great empire is threatened —is not only threatened, is actually assailed—by the formidable despotism of the AUTOCRAT. The aggression of Russia is proclaimed alike by the activity of the Sublime Porte in the armament of the fleet and in the advance of the military forces towards Wallachia ; it is asserted by the harsh decrees of the CZAR, and by the cries of torment which are rising day by day louder and louder from the population of Bucharest, calling to Heaven for vengeance, and to England for vindication. Nothing can be more glaring than the recent aggressions of Russia, and nothing, we lament to say it, can be more undecided than the attitude which under the circumstances ,has been assumed by England. " When that great master of eloquence, EDMUND Bunan," said the new Lord Rector of Glasgow, " stood in the place where I now stand, he fal tered, and remained mute ;" doubtless the multitude of feelings and thoughts which at that moment rushed upon his mind were such as even he found it difficult to arrange and to express. With Mr. MACAULAY, however, the same situation produced a very different effect. The past history and the future prospects of the University of Glasgow kindled his enthusiasm as an historian, and evoked his eloquence as an orator. The inaugural address of the new Lord Rector of Glasgow is worthy of the eloquent historian of England. We will venture to say that no member of the University, from the Reverend Principal down to the newly-elected student, listened to that address without increased sentiments of veneration for the society to which he belonged, and increased anxiety to render himself individually more worthy of being its member. It so happened that the occasion of Mr. MACAULAY'S address was the four hundredth anniversary of the existence of the University. This circumstance presented an op portunity for reviewing the past annals of the society, of which opportunity the historian availed himself con amore. The theme was, indeed, admirably suited to the orator. It transported his imagination to times on the memory of which he loves to dwell, and the great events of which no one is better fitted to chronicle. " I doubt," said Mr. MACAULAY, " whether it would be possible to name a point of time since the Chris tian era more remarkable and more important to the highest interests of mankind than that at which this society began to exist. It was an era of a great destruction, but also an era of a great creation. Your society began to exif t just at the moment when the empire of the East was falling—that strange empire, which dragging on a lingering existence through the long age of darkness, connected together two great ages of light—that empire, which adding itself nothing to our stores of knowledge, yet preserved in the midst of barbarism those monuments of Athenian genius which the highest minds still contemplate with admiring despair." But at that very moment, in a distant part of the world, " a few humble Ger man artizans, who little knew they were creating a power, compared with which that of the victorious SULTAN was insignificant, were busied in cutting and setting the first printing types. Your society began to exist just early enough to see the last vestige of the Roman empire disappear, and just late enough to see the earliest printed book." We refer our readers to the speech of Mr. MACAULAY, H hich appears in another column, in which the past history, not only of the University of Glasgow, but of Britain and of Europe, during the last three centuries, is admirably epitomised in that " Pomp of period, glittering as it goes, High from the mount, but labouring through the mines," for which the " resplendent DRYDAS" is so remark able. After enumerating the different phases of society and civilization which have marked the three centenary anniversaries which the University has already witnessed, Mr. MACAULAY hopefully propheciod yet greater things for the next hundred years. He is not one of the mourners over the degeneracy of the times. " Since first I began to observe the state of my country," he said, " I have been seeing nothing but growth and hearing of nothing but decay." Hence be ventured to predict that his successor, in 1949, would find oc casion to congratulate his hearers on the events of the coming century ; and added Mr. MACAULAY, "He will, I hope, feel himself bound in justice to mention with high honour the names of , some of my young friends who are now listening to me I" No wonder that loud and enthusiastic cheers responded to this aspiration. Here, indeed, is a stimulus to exertion on the part of the students of the University. "Ruch' io son pittore" was the exultant exclamation of the Italian painter, on contemplating a master-piece of art—" and I also," may exclaim some ambi tious student of Glasgow —some incipient WATT, or ADAM SMITH, or ROBERTSON—" I also may have my name chronicled at some future installation by some future MACAULAY." Thus as a retrospect of past glory, and an incitement to future genius, the ad dress of the Lord Rector of Glasgow was worthy of the occasion and of himself. In the observations which we yesterday offered on 3 The Budget for the Million," we only referred to be three principal propositions advanced by the .alented writer, viz.:— " Ist. That it is discreditably dishonest to the owners of realised property not to pay off the National Debt. " 2d. That it would be very easy fur :,them to pay off; and " 3d. That it would be profitable for them to pay off." We showed that he considered it both just and politic that the annual expenses of the Government should be provided for by indirect taxation, while the national debt should be liquidated by the owners of accumulated and realised property. As to the amount of the annual expenditure, Mr. WasoN adopts the views laid down by the Hon. Member for Glasgow, rather than those of the Hon. Member for the West Riding. He declares that he is not " one of those who would diminish to a very great extent our naval or military force." He would, of course, reform the abuses that have gradually arisen in the administration of the establishments. He would economise where it could be done with out weakening the efficiency of our forces. He o w f o d u e l s d e g r n i v g e s u b g a r l e t e a r t e n r s b facilities he would dr maintainthe t e i 1 0 l p a o p s p s o i i b n l t e e d g u f a o r r a c n e t , e e a s fore h l t o h o e k s upon blessingsbe best o f inestimable itas"t peace." He, therefore, allows the same sum for the Naval, Military, and Ordnance establishments, which the Honourable Member for Glasgow calculated to be sufficient, viz., 14,250,0001., and for civil expenses (exclusive of the cost of collection), 6,430,000/. The collection of revenue he estimates at 1,000,000/. sterling, exclusive of the Post-office, which he be lieves, would be amply sufficient for the purpose, inasmuch as all the items under the head of taxes would be completely abolished, and the whole of the Excise, with the exception of the duty on spirits. The Customs, too, would be limited to some half dozen articles. So that, on the whole, he considers that in allowing 1,000,0001. he has made a propor tionately higher estimate than Mr. MACGREGOR. The several charges to be provided for would then be : Navy, Army, and Ordnance ... £14,250,000 Civil Expences 6,430,000 Collection of Revenue ... •• • • ••• 1,000,000 Total ... .. ... .. £21,680,000 o Rhicia must be added the =male!, for Brea and terms of years, amounting, according to the Parlia mentary report, to 4,114,0211., so that 25,794,021/. should be levied by indirect taxation on the nation. lie calculates that there would be obtained 28,063,2061. sterling from duties on spirits, British and foreign ; tobacco, at one quarter the present rates ;" tea, at ls. per pound; sugar, half the present duty; wines, at lowest duty compatible with highest revenue; legacy duty extended to real estate, unredeemed land-tax, stamps (abolishing the stamps on marine and fire insurance, on stage car riages, and what may be termed the taxes on know ledge) and from the Post-office and Crown lands. There would, therefore, be a considerable surplus, after providing for the several charges. The above esti mates are framed on the most moderate basis, for if the great reductions of taxation were taken into account, and the increased means that would consequently be at the disposal of the humbler classes, it is certain that a much larger consumption might safely be calculated on ; and that above 30,000,0001. sterling would be obtained from the foregoing sources of revenue. It is unnecessary to follow Mr. WAsort through the various details in which he shows that the entire debt could be liquidated within ten years, and explains the various modes in which the different descriptions of property may be made to contribute their quota towards the liquidation of the general charge. He even makes a second calculation, taking the very lowest estimates that have been framed as to the value of accumulated property, and he shows that even then the deficiency at the end of ten years would be only 67,000,0001., which might be extin guished by a whip of one per cent. on the realised property. One•third of the duties to which we have already alluded might then be swept off. What, then, would be the condition of all classes in the country to what it is at present? How comparatively trifling would be the public burdens What a stimulant would be applied to the industry of the nation —poor-rates would only be required for the support of the aged and infirm, and of infants yet unable to provide" for themselves—all those able and willing to work would be certain of obtaining remunerative employment, and would be enabled to enjoy every reasonable comfort for the wages of their labour. This, indeed, would be a very different state of things from that at present existing, when we have an oppressed poor and an embarrassed nation. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The Moniteur announces that 14. D'AMARAL had presented his credentials as Charge d'Affaires from the Emperor of BRAZIL to the French Republic. The discussion on the various articles of the law relating to clubs was continued in the sitting of the National Assembly yesterday, and wns adjourn e d until Monday, i n or d er to g i ve time to the Committee, to which was referred the consideration of an addi tional clause proposed by M. VICTOR LANrRANC, to report. The clause proposed by 111. LANrEANC is, " that meetings of political associations, having a determined object, shall not be considered as clubs." During the course of the discussion the difficulties of passing any law which should prohibit clubs, and at the same time preserve intact the right of association became manifest. Among other so cieties mentioned was the " Free-trade Association," of which M. LEON FAUCHER is himself a member. That gentleman declared that, as the proposed law did not meddle with the right of association, the Free trade Association did not come under its provisions ; but when asked to define what he meant by right of association, he remained silent. M. EMANUEL ARAGO put the following case to the Minister of the Interior : —Private social clubs (cercles) exist, and if they be opened to the public, it will be said that they are ordinary clubs, and they mill be subject to the pro posed law ; or they will close their doors against the public, and then they will become secret societies, and be liable to be interdicted, in virtue of the law of 1848, as then it could not be left to the tribunals to decide whether such places of meeting were or were not clubs, he demanded of the Minister what' he meant by association ? Still, th e Minister remained silent, and this piece of bungling legislation will, if carried, either remain inoperative, because of the impossibility of working it, or it will render liable to punishment every mem ber of every association, religious, literary, or chari table, as well as political, in France. The following protest against this law has been drawn up by M. DE LAMENNAIS, and signed by 150 Members of the National Assembly : " PROTESTATION. " The Ist article of the law upon public meeting is a violation of the Constitution. We have protested by our vote. We have protested by our abstinence; and we will persist in abstaining because we desire not to participate in any way on the passing of this law, which is a flagrant attempt on natural rights, and rights written in the Con • stitution." The Moniteur du Soir publishes an official contra diction of the statement that General P ELET h as l e ft Paris for Piedmont on 1t spec i al mis s i on . It is said that the Ministry intend to introduce a new law relative to the press. It is reported by the Constitutionnel that the Clubs intend to make a demonstrati▪ on on the 26th. This forct when there is no ories report, however, is not generall y credited. It is pro another of General i be again eulogised a s enemy;cbaubAl pro bably a " RafteriviE puff Rw,s preliminary tm hetn glorious ar willy victories the preserver of the public peace, which was never in danger. The farce of the 29th January is, we sup pose, to be repeated on the 26th March. The general meeting of the shareholders of the Vierzon Railway Company took place on Tuesday in Hertz's great room. The report s t a t e d t h a t t h e capital will not only be suffici▪ ent to meet the extra ordinary expenses incurred, amounting to two mil. lions of francs, but also defray th e expenses of the branch line to Nevers, which has been added to the original concession. The length of the branch line to Nevers is about seven English miles. The meeting ratified unanimously the convention entered into, on December 21st, between the Minister of Public Works and the board , to compri se t h e b ranch line to Nevers in the original lease. M. MouaLnori has been confirmed in the post of director, in the place of M. BANES, resigned. PARIS BOURSE, ,THURSDAY, MARCH 22. gave way, and c l ose d a t a b out THREE O'CLOCK.--'The I reach F un d s opened to-day more than 1 per cent , above the closi 3:Tshceloesivennts in Italy are looked r.g prices of yes d, prices. Th e b us i ness done e a y nw , t as b .s uavtbeotrhyv limited.o e y 3 . g e s r a t e d r u a l y l to with considerable interest. Exchange on London (30 days), 25 22i ; ditto (90 days), 25 12i. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, MARCH 27. Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 111 A--Lu xembourg, 14—Namur and Liege, 4 B —Northern of France, 10%—Rouen and Havre, —Sambre and Meuse, 4—Tours and Nantes, 2 V. FRANKFORT. The discussion on WELKER'S motion for conferring the hereditary chiefdom of Germany on the King of PRUSSIA, terminated on the 20th March. The divi sion would not take place until the following day. The result was doubtful. Three Austrian Deputies have retired from the German Parliament. DENMARK AND SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN. COPENHAGEN, MARCH 17 .—Fadreland states that reports are circulated of the speedy conclusion of a peace. Baron VON PLISSEN, who arrived here on Thursday from Berlin, is said to have brought with him the preliminaries of a peace proposed by the King of DENMARK, and already signed by the King Of PRUSSIA. Fadreland, however, questions the validity of the report, on the ground that the Government would, in such a case, have communicated it to the Diet, and have countermanded the departure of the troops who left here in the course of yesterday and to-day ; besides, a peace founded on the basis of the status quo ante, appears altogether improbable. The steamer Hurther went to the north to-day. The war steamer Dolphin arrived here yesterday afternoon from the south, and six gun-boats and four boats for landing ; and today the frigates Gibion and Flavfrecen got ready for sea. COPENHAGEN, MARCH 18.—It is said that postal arrangements have been made for the transmission of the mails via Wesinar. The Cabinet Council have resolved to leave unblockaded one of the har hours of the East Sea, on account of the transmission of the mails. SCHLESiVIG, MARCH 19.—As soon as the cessation of the armistice can no longer be questioned, two cutters and two steamers will cruise in the canal, to give way to all vessels destined for the North and East Sea. ALTONA, MARCH 20.—The Aldenburg troops ar. rived here to day from Hamburgh. HOLLAND. ROTTERDAM, MARCH, 20.—A watch has been placed on the great tower, to observe the moment when the steamer having on board his Majesty King WILLIAM arrives. It was not in sight at noon. His MAJESTY is said to have been in Scotland when the messenger arrived in England to bring in telligence of his father's death.—Journal d'Anvers. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. There was a steady market for Cotton at Liverpoel yesterday, and full prices paid. The sales were esti mated at 600 bales, and comprised about 5,000 Ameri can at 4d. to 6c1., 400 Egyptian at 54d. to 611., and 300 Surats at 3-id. to 3d i. per lb.—The market ter rail way shares opened firmly, but closed lower. with a large amount of stock offering for sale. The Money Market experiences no perceptible alte ration, and there is no complaint of tightness of dis counts. The employment for cash is, on the contrary, rathcr mere limited. The Grain Market is very fiat this morning, the arri vals of foreign continuing lart.re. The arrivals this morning offer no colonial or foreign news of particular interest. The Produce Markets have not been very active this week, but there is a larger number of sales in progress to-day. Holders generally are firm, and if the state of business is for the most part duller on account of Continental affairs, they still seem to hope for something favourable ere long. The merchants connected with the German trade are confidently aecerting that the Danish epic stion is settled; but we find nothing more authentic on the subject than what has already appeared in print. The English Stock Market opened with an improving appearance, in consequence of Lord Palmerston's ex planations concerning the Moldavian affair, but the Beurs have again operated, and a partial reaction has occurred. Consols were 911 i f for Transfer, and 914 for Account, but have been since done at 91 for money, and 91i tor time. The last Oargains reported to us have been at 91i 4, and 911 A. Exchequer-bills have bee❑ 38s. to 41s. premium, and India Bonds 51s. The price of Bank Stock for Account has improved to 198. In the foreign house the transactions have been more restricted. Mexican Bonds have been 33 to for Account, and since 314 to 31i. Peruvian have been 61 to 62. Grenada Deferred are 3-1-, ; Equador, 34 ; and Buenos Ayres for account, 39. Brazil Stock has been at 83. Danish Scrip is up to 61. premium. Spanish Five per Cents, are 161 to 17, and the Three per Cents. 30 to In Railway Shares the transactions have been limited, and the quotations generally exhibit very little alte ration. ONE CL'JINO .'.(l Jr.:, , :WY , ItIT18:1 I , UNDi. O'CLOCK ‘ elC1( FS 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9 1 14 ~ A,l 91 1 4% 91% New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anne.-- , 92% 92 y8 i..ong Arms. to expire J an. 1860 Ditto 30 Sears, Jan. 5, 1860 8 11-16 8 3 / 4 8 3 / 4 India Bonds, 1,000/. Ditto under 1,00©1... Bank Stock for Account, l9B 193 Consols for Account , ;xchequer Bills. 1 1 ,0. & 2d. 1,0001. March 1,0001. June 4l 38 p 500/. June Small. June PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS olv - E O'cLOCK. Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 39 Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent — Ditto, 5 per cent. Scrip, 1849.. 6 1 ,4 p Equador Bonds Grenada Bonds 1 per Cent. — Ditto Deferred 3% 3 3 4 &lexicon, 5 per Cent. 1846 32% 31% 3 1 % Ditto, Account .33 33% 32% 31 3 / 4 % 31 1 4 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents — Ditto. Account Portuguese 5 per Cents. — Ditto, 4 per Cent — Ditto, Account ......... 27 1 / 2 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account 16 % 3 /4 17 17 Ditto 3 per Cent 3 0 14 30 1 4 Ditto. Account 3O 30% 30% Venezuela Bonds, 2 1 A per Cent — Ditto Deferred — 9 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild 48% 48 48 Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 78 CLOSE.: (4 nue I , :s. 83 39 PIIICES OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHA BEI. PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen 5O .. .. 11 3 4 17% Birmingham and Ox ft,rd Junct., calls duly paid, er with a guaran. 20 Bil ming, Wolverh'ton, and Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guarantee 10 ..... 15 3 4... Caledonian Do. New 10/. Pref. .... 10 ... Chester and Holyhead... 50 ...... 18% Ditto, Preference East Anglia, 25/., L. & E. and L. and D..-- 25 -- • — Do., 18/., E. & H.... 18 ...... ..... Lastern C 01114608... ..... 20 ...... 9% 10 9%10... Do., 3/. 10s. Do. New Guaranteed 6 per Cent. ... lO ...... 11% ll l /2 Ditto, Extension, 5 per Cent., No. 1 6/.135. 4d.... 1 / 2 % p. Ditto ditto, No. 2 61. 13s. 4d 1 4 p Do. North. & Eastern 50 Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 Do. Scrip (6 percent.) 20 East Lancashire - Ditto, New .. 21 ...». 13% . ...... ...... Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters ... 6 4 ...... 7% East Lincolnshire ...... 25 Kdinburgh and Glasgow 50 ......41% 42% x.d... 42% x.d. Great Northern - 11 1 / 2 D 0.,/ B 6 per Cent 7% . 6% bib Great Western 100 ...... Ditto, l i tj Shares Ditto, 1 4 Shares Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 ...... -- .. . . Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 Ditto, ditto Do. Fifths... ... 10 Leeds and Bradford London, Brighton, and South Coast 5O ..... 36 1 / Do. Pref. 5 per cent.... 50 ..... 50 4 London and N. Western 100 ..... 131 1 / 2 133 1 / 2 Ditto, New Quarters.. 7 ...... 11% 12 11% Ditto, Fifth:. ..... - .. 2 ....- 8%... ..... ... Lon,i. &S. Westerr 5O -.... 37 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire...loo Ditto, New 10/. Pref... 10 Midland ... ... .. ...... ...100 ...... 79 78 Do., do., 504 Shares .. 25 ... .. 17 1 / 2 17 Do. Consol. Bristol and Birming., 6 per et.... 100 122% ... 123 Norfolk _ .... ...100 36 1 4 50 3 4 IpiXt Do. Guaranteed 5 p ct. 20 tiorth British ........ ... 25 ...... exaliv...... x.i Ditto, Quarters north Staffordshire 17% 14% 1 4 14 Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ...... 50 Scottish Central.: S'iropshire Union Siuth Devon... 5O ...... 17 .... ..... So ith Eastern On.. N 0.2. .. Do., Scrip No 4 South Wales 33 ...... 18M ... ..... South Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole York, Newcastle, and Berwick.... . 25 ..... 24 3 / 4 .... Do. Original New ant Berwick .. ...... ... .. 25 ...... 24 1 /j ...... •......... 24% Do. Newcastle E iter, 20 Do. G.N.L.Preterence 8 ..... 794.. York and North Midland 50 ...... 40% 45% ..... 45% Ditto, Preference FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Namur and Liege ...... 20 ... .. Rouen and Havre MINES. Australian Brazilian Imperial ...... 241 Do. St. John Del Key 15 JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia British North American 50 National of Ireland 2 2 1 / 2...... .... ........ ... Union of Australia Ditto,New... ...... .• ... 2%...... . .... • 1 1 i,c2 23 41% 19 2p4 2 LLOYD'S SHIPPIN Gr.—('PHIS DAY.) LONDON, MARCH 23.—Wind N.E., fresh breeze and cloudy. STATE OF WIND AND WEATHER AT THE PROVINCIAL PORTS THIS MORNING, AT 9 A.M. Colchester, N.E., cloudy; Gosport, N., very cloudy ; Glasgow, W., fine; Hull, E., cloudy; Ipswich, N.E., cloudy; Leith, W.S.W., fog ; Lowesteffe, E., cloudy; Newcastle, S.W., cloudy; Portsmouth, N., very cloudy; Southampton, S., dull; Yarmouth, E., cloudy. OFF THE START.—Estafette, Hyens, Monte Video. 19, Waterloo, Van Essen, Batavia, fur Amsterdam. MARGATE, MARCH 22. The Francis and Mary, from London to Dartmouth, got upon Margate Sand last night, but was assisted off this morning and into harbour. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 22.—Wind S. Sld. Rukeby, Trinidad; Scotia, Baltimore. A dense fog prevailed last night and this morning. SOUTHAMPTON, -MARCH 22. Arrd. Herrmann, steamer, Bremen. DEAL, MARCH 22.—Wind E.—Arrd. Nieu Lekker land, Kramer, Batavia, and sld. for Rotterdam. Arrd. from the River and sld., Elizabeth, Carlyle, Adelaide, South Australia; Oliver Cromwell, Alexander, Valpa raiso; Comet, Lambton, Rio Janeiro; Britannia, Wear, Porto Rico; Breeze, Mardock, Trindad; Glasgow, St. John's, New Brunswick. COWES, MARCH 21. —Wind E.—Sld. Manuela, San Francisco. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 22.—Wind E.S.E. Sld. Will Watch, California. SUNDERLAND, MARCH 22.—Wind S.—Sld. Inventus, New Yolk; William Gowlands, Boston. CORK, MARCH 20.—Wind S.—Sld.Garland,Baltimore MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-FRIDAY. An extremely small supply of English Wheat has been received up to our market ceastwiAe during the present week, it having amounted to only 960 quarters, mostly from Essex and Kent. By land carriage, the receipts fresh up to-day were trifling, and of very middling quali'y. The attendance of buyers were small, and the demand for all kinds of Wheat of home produce was heavy, at almost nominal currencies. Not less than 31,449 quarters of Foreign Wheat have came in this week. This large arrival had a depressing influence upon the demand, yet the few sales effected were at about Monday's prices. O.ving to the large supply of Foreign Barley on offer, the sale for that article was extremely heavy, and the inferior parcels might have been purchased on lower terms. In Malt—the supply of which ready for delivery was small —next to no thing was doing, at late rates. The Oat t ra d e was again heavy. In prices, no change took place. Beans, Peas, Indian Corn and Meal were quite neglected. The top price of the beet teiTh - made k lour iyits 42s per 2801bo. .. •, 44 . ~. .i.,..:: , ~,, .... ... 4:„ il A . q ....„,,...,„0 ,, , •_Ar . j. . ....,,, . ..,- 1 . ..., - -.._.:4 A : .... ..o._ .. .._., ~,.. b-- . ~...,,Q$ -, • ~,,:te \N , ‘,. • i ....11K - jr• ,'-'-' ~ t .., ," • ''''' ' -.."' ••*. ' ...,..4, • • 4i ; . _ .0/ ,u ~ A, l - ~4 , 0 3. ,,,!r •AI 0 ..., ,yr'• ..,,,,,`,.., - - zr--- , \l- ' ~ e-.....1_ SPAIN. Was engaged in di s - T s i h n e g tChamberthe Bank Madrid journals of the 16th have ar r i ve d. was stated that a seri ous difference had arisen between CHRISTINA and NAR epluttie s cus NAR VARZ, and that the latter was endeavouring to come to some arrangement with the Progressistas. MADRID BOLSA, MARCH 16.—Five per Cents., 101, 11-16 buyers, . sellers; Three per Cents., 221, 15.16 buyers, 23 sellers ; Coupons, 6i- sellers ; Treasury Bills, 66 ; Exchange on London, 50. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA. A letter from Prague, of the 28th February, pub lished in the Wiener Zeitung of the 17 th March, says, a deputation of th e R oman i nation of the Hungarian monarchy has presented a very feeling address to his Majesty the Emperor FERDINAND, on the occasion of his abdication, and the accession of FRANCIS JOSEPH. The deputation was received by his MAJESTY in person, when he in his reply adverted to the new Constitution, founded on the basis of that which he had himself laid down, and which had just been granted by the EMPEROR, whereby the Romani nation will take their true position in the empire of Austria. The Gazette of Augsburg, under the head Vienna, March 14, has the following :—" A Conservative journal states that the Ban JBLLACHICII has been poisoned, and adds that for some time past serious differences have existed between the Ban and the Imperial Court." PRUSSIA. The first Chamber met on the 19th. The sitting, which only lasted an hour, was occupied in listening —first, to the KING'S reply to the address, read to the H ouse b y the President ; and second, to a pro position of M. HANSEMANN, to the E ffect that the House should appoint a committee of ten, to take into consideration and report upon the German Bill of Rights and Constitution, in order that the House might thereby obtain better insight into such clauses as might lead, for the sake of homogeneity, to modi fications in the Prusiion Constitution.—Leave to bring in the Bill refused. It was rumoured in the Chambers that Denmark had determined to renew the truce for three weeks, and' to withdraw the • order for commencing the bloCkade. .'!4'.-ittning ::.Atit• LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1849. The lawless occupation of the Danubian Princi palities by the barbarian soldiers of the AUTOCRAT has at last been brought under the consideration of the British Parliament. What we have long laboured to accomplish has at length occurred. The Commons of England have broken their apathetic silence upon the crimes perpetrated by Russia upon the Wallachians. Thanks to the Noble Lord the representative of the borough of Marylebone, the Foreign Secretary has been required to intimate in some measure the inten tions of the Government in reference to the conten tion between the Cabinets of St. Petersburgh and Constantinople. During the discussion which last evening brought the seizure of Bucharest before the Lower House of our Legislature, the various passions excited by the aggressive acts of Russia towards Turkey were articulated by the successive orations of the debaters. While the indefatigable Member for Youghal endeavoured to provoke a panic about the Cossacks, the logical arguments of the Member for Bradford were directed to the threatening accu mulation of power among the Yankees. While the delirious Member for Stafford raved against the despot of all the Russias, as a political fanatic might against the fancied evil-demon of civilization, the eloquent and chivalrous Member for Buckingham shire uttered a daring panegyric upon the imperial antagonist of Democracy. While the Mem ber for Montrose maintained the necessity for a maintenance of friendshipbetween the Administrations at Paris and at London, the Member for Limerick de nounced the barbaric policy of the AUTOCRAT not only in regard to Poland, and to Moldo-Wallachia, but likewise in reference to the States immediately under the rule of the Ottoman SOVEREIGN. While the Mem ber for Bedford professed to look upon the question with a serene impartiality, the Member for Chichester avowed his participation in the wrathful sentiments entertained towards the Muscovites. After the momentary turmoil of this debate has subsided, we cannot but acknowledge that our feelings are very little removed from those of absolute disappointment. Granted that scarcely anything is more prejudicial to the cause of peace, and to the settlement of diplo matic difficulties, than the untimely curiosity of a popular assembly, and the precipitate disclosure of a correspondence - not yet brought to a termination. Every statesman is unanimous upon this point ; every publicist is decisive in his condemna tion of such inquisitiveness, and in the vindication of those administrators who show themselves averse to the revelation of state documents. We agree cordially in the principle embodied in these opinions. We coincide entirely with the Noble Viscount at the head of the Foreign Department in his ideas as to the secresy incumbent upon those privileged rulers of the world who, like liimsel'; lean their ears upon the orifice of the mys terious channels communicating with the remotest kingdoms on the face of the earth by the lips of ambassadors. Nevertheless we do think that the Noble Lord the representative of the metropolitan constituency of Marylebone, ‘N as justified in expecting some more deci sive, more encouraging, less enigmatical, and less unsatisfactory reply from the eminent statesman to whose patriotic genius the direction of the foreign relations of this country has been entrusted. When the atrocities inflicted by the Russian AUTOCRAT upon the unfortunate Wallachians are notorious through out Christendom—when the embarrassed position of the Sublime Porte is known to all Western Europe —when the lawlessness of the interposition of the Cossack soldiers in the internal affairs of the Danubian provinces is visible even upon the apologetic proclama tions published at St.Petersburgh—when the barbari ties of NicnoLas are revealed in every ukase, and the anxieties of A BDELMEDJID are disclosed in every firman—when fresh troops are continually pouring into Moldavia across the frontiers of Bessarabia, and reinforcements are perpetually marching to Walla chia from the southern boundaries of Roumelia— when the llospodar is superseded in authority by the Russian Commissary, and the Fanariots are brought under the influence of the Muscovites instead of under that of the Mussulmen—when DUHAMEL reigns despotica:ly over the desolated inhabitants of Bucharest, and FUAD EFFENDI is being continually intimidated by the growing insolence of the northmen— when the boyards are in exile, and the patriots are in dungeons, and the laws are abrogated, and the na• tional language is abolished—when every indignity is heightened and every hardship is prolonged ;—it is madness to pretend that there is no cause for inter ference—it is worse than madness to insist that the relations still continue to be amicable between the abused SULTAN and the aggressive EMPEROR. The people of western Europe are not to be gulled into a belief that matters are so very easy of arrangement, while the calamities of the Turkish empire are re sounding over the civilized globe, and while the agonies of Aloldo-Wallachia are imparting a sympathetic pang to the heart of every free and generous nation. The justification of the AUTOCRAT for his interference in the affairs of Wallachia is derived, forsooth, from the treaty of Adrianople, when that treaty was signed alone on the part of Moldavia—and Bucharest (the arena of all the dastardly acts of DUHAMEL) is the capital city of the sister province of Wallachia. It is maintained, moreover, that the Russians were en titled to interpose, in compliance with the conditions enumerated in that document, whereas not one of the stipulations of the treaty having been broken on the part of the Moldo-Wallachians, Russia was herself violating the compact solemnly made by her Pl en ipotentiaries at Adrianople, by marchin g her armies across the Pruth, and establish i n g her emissaries of spoliation in the metro polis of Bucharest. Besides, as we have already demonstrated again and again, the c l a i m of the AUTOCRAT to the title and privileges of Protector over the twin principalities is in itself a shameless assumption of power never conceded to the CZAR by the Vlacks or Roumans. The only real protection of ;he Moldo-Wallachians—the lord paramount over the ioil of the provinces—the sole suzeraine of their in- habitants, is the CALIPH-SULTAN who holds his bene ficent sway from the northern shores of the Bos- phorus, and whose genial and conciliative government has afforded a brilliant contrast to the aggressive des- potism of the AUTOCRAT from the days of PETER the GREAT to those of NICUOLAS, from the age of BAD JAZET to those of ABDELMEDJID. Aware that the logic of arithmetic would disprove any contrary declaration, no one—not even the hardiest upholders of the Russian assailant—has dared to deny that it is directly to the interest, the political, naval, and commercial interest of England to protect the Sublime Porte from any disruption or dis memberment. It is known that so long as the SULTAN retains his power undiminished our manu factures are not only allowed admittance into Turkey, but are permitted to have a free passage through the Dardanelles into the interior of the Asiatic continent. It is known that 6g long A 5 the Diva 4 remains in unbroken ITALY. The army of CHARLES ALBERT, consists of 120,000 men, and is stationed as follows :—" Avant garde, 3,500 strong, at Castel-San-Giovanni, Fravan guola, &c. First division, commanded by General DURANDO, at Valenza, Mede, Lunullo. Second divi sion, Gen. BES, at Mortara, Vigevano, Gumbolo, & c. Third division, Gen. PERONE, at Casale, Gattinara, Tornio. Fourth division, the Duke of GENOA, at Novara Vercelli. Fifth (Lombard) division, Ge neral RAMOBINO, at Alexandria, Bosco Solero. Re serve, commanded by the Duke of SAVOY, at Casale, Vercelli, Trino. Sixth division, General LAMAR MORA, at Sarzona. Seventh division, General SOLAROLI, at Arona; artillery, at Alexandria. Each division is composed in general of two brigades of infantry, two batteries of artillery, a regiment of cavalry, a company of tirailleurs, a company of engineers, and a company of guides. The first, second, third, and fourth divisions and the reserve have each 10,500 men ; the second (Lombard division), has only 7,500 ; the 6:h, 7,000 ; and the.seventh, 5,000. The Avant grade, 3,500; the engineers, 2,300. The active army then, shows a force of 80,000, of which 15,000 are good troops. The artillery is composed of 21 batteries of 8 pieces, of which 18 are Piedmontese, and 3 Lom bards. The cavalry counts six Piedmontese regiments of from 600 to 700 horses, making from 5,000 to 6,000 horsemen. The KING, according to this account, is commander-in-chief. CuzaoNowsKi is major general, assuming the responsibility of the military operations ; General LAMARMORA is chief of the staff, and General COSSATO second ; General lia.ssr com mands the artillery, Colonel ALBERTI the engineers. There is a park of siege artillery, composed of 80 pieces of heavy calibre." From this it appears that the Piedmontese army has its left wing at Novarra, its right at Voghera, and its centre and reserve at Alessandria and Casale. The Austrian army in Italy is composed of 105,000 troops and 190 pieces of artillery, but, as it is divided into two divisions, it does not appear that Marshal RADETZKY has more than 50,000 men directly avail. able against the Piedmontese. RADETZKY'S army has its right at Magenta, its centre, with a part of its left, at Pavia, and the rest of its left at Piacenza. It is rumoured that the Austrians have been driven out of Pi•cenza, as well as out of Parma, but the report needs confirmation. It is certain, however, that they have been driven out of Modena, and that the GRAND DUKE has fled, and it is probable that hostilities have commenced in the Roman Legations. The following official announcement of these facts appears in the Corriere Mercantile of the 17th : " Citizens of Leghorn, I hasten to transmit the follow ing dispatch, which I have just received:— " The Duke of Modena has fled, leaving behind a proclamation, in which he states the cause of his depar ture is the resumption of hostilities between Piedmont and Austria. A loud cannonade is heard on the side of Bologna. lam in conference with the envoys of Pied mont and Rome. The time has come—the people must have but one will. Let them take up arms and fight for their country. Victory is certain, tor a people never dies.' " GUERRA ZZI. " Leghorn, March 17." The latest intelligence received at Genoa on the [7th states that the Austrians were withdrawing their roops on the left bank of the Po. The Neapolitan Chambers were dissolved on the [3th. • The following is the official account of the sup pression of a reactionary emeute at Rome. " Yesterday the law of the Republic was not re spected. Three commissioners, conformably with the deer( c of the Assembly, having demanded of the heads of the congregation of St. Philip, the delivery of certain useless bells, they refused, not directly, but they dis played hypocritically the H&j Sacrament, as if to avert a plague, and as if the religion of Christ depended on a bell the more or less. By these means the said coegre gationists succeeded in assembling round the establish ment a crowd, composed of the most uneducated part of the people. _ " The commissioners, not wishing to employ force, suspended their proceedings, thus giving a proof of the prudence and humanity of the Republic in discharging its duties. " But the Roman people, indignant at this perfidious and hypocritical act, determined that the law should be respected, so in the evening a large number of brave ci tiz as presented themselves at the said establishment to demand that the decree of the Assembly should be exe cuted. No one answering their summons, and the gates being barricaded inside, the people set fire to them, and soo❑ opened a passage. The authorities now interfered, assisted by the National Guards and Carabineers, and the fire was extinguished. On entering the house it was found that the young priests had been confined and chained by the old ones, and the former being liberated rushed with eagerness into the arms of the citizens and soldiers who had released them. `• Finally, everything has been religiously respected and the law upheld; the bells are in the power of the Republic, except that of St. Philip, which has been left ; but the sons of lying and malignity, who have endea voured to mislead the people, will be severely punished; ,hey are now in the hands of the Republic I " Rome, March 11." " F. MEUCCI, Director. The Minister of the Interior has issued a proclama• ion, stating that the Government have no intention of despoiling the churches of the necessary bells, they only require the useless ones to be surrendered for the public service. - Accounts from Bologna of the 13th state that a loud cannonade was heard that day in the direction of Piacenza. The Ministry of Venice is composed of the Presi dent Manin, for Foreign Affairs ; Pesaro Manro ganato, Finance; Calucci, Justice and Interior; Da Conin, Public Worship; Graziani, Marine; and Cavedalis, Minister of 'War. Citizen Milonopulo has been appointed provisionally to the command of the Navy. TURKEY. - - CONSTANTINOPLE, Fzs. 28.—The Divan continues to hold frequent Fittings. We are assured that the Porte has submitted to the Russian Cabinet the project of a constitution for Moldavia and Wallachia, with two Chambers; the president to be elected every seven years, and the eligibility of every citizen to hold that office. 'Whether Russia will give her consent is dubious. The Porte, however, continues warlike preparations, and 40 men-of-war are already lying in the harbour ready equipped.—Hamburgh Correspondent. HAYMARKET THEATRE.--We understand that her Majesty has expressed her royal desire that Othello, with the characters reversed, be performed this (Friday) evening. THE ARCTIC EPEDITION.—Prayers were offered up in the parish and established churches at Woolwich, on Sunday last, for the safely of the officers and crews of the Erebus and Terror. discovery ships, which pro ceeded to the Arctic regions under Captain Sir John Franklin and Captain Crozier. OPENING OF TIIE SOUTH DEVON EXTENSION INTO PLYMOUTH. —Experimental trips have b een ma d e dur ing the week by the directors and the engineer on the now completed extension of the South Devon Railway from Laira into Pl 3 mouth, the tunnel at Matley and the station at Millbay having been completed. The ex tension would have been completed eaalier had it not been for difficulties in obtaining possession of the land, and some slides of rock in the neighbourhood. .It is to be opened Rl' permauent traffic en the 2d of April. ARRIVA: Wheat. I 960 qrs. I LS THIS WEEK. I Barley. I Oats. I 1,450 qrs. 1,230 vs English • • •• •• Flour. 2,lBoski Scotch .. •• • • f -- -- - F 'reign Malt, 3,180 qrs. SDUCTIIPIELD. Our market tc-day was very scantily supplied with beasts, the general quality of which was tolerably good. The few prime Sects on offer sold somewhat freely, at prices fully equal to those obtained on Monday last. Otherwise the Beef trade was in a sluggish state, at un altered quotation:. The numbers of Sheep were 1,000 more than those txhibited on this day se'nnight. All breeds moved off slowly, yet the currencies were fairly supported. The highest general top figure for Downs, in the wool, was 4s 4d per 8 lbs. Lambs were in mode rate request, at from 6s 4d to 6s 8d per 8 lhs ; prime small Calves wore held at full prices; all other kinds of Veal met a slow inquiry. Pigs dull in sale, but not cheaper. Mitch Cows were selling at from 14/. to 181. each, including their small calf. Per 819 s. to sink the offal. 3. d. to s. d. s, d. to s. d. Inferior Bessts;.... 2 4 2 4 Second qual. Sheep 3 4 3 g econd quality -... 2 8 210 Coarse-woolled ditto 310 4 o Prime large Oxen.. 3 0 3 2 Southdown Wether 4 2 4 4 Prime Scots ...... 3 4 3 6 Ditto out of the wool 0 0 0 0 Large coarse Calves 3 8 4 4 Large Hogs .. ••• • 3 2 3 8 ['rime small ditto .. 4 6 410 Small Porkers .. ••3 11 4 2 - zuckliax Calves • .18 0 28 0 Quarter old Pigs .• 17 0 21 0 Inferior Sheep • , •2 10 3 2 Lambs •—••• • • • 0 0, 0 0 TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. I 53,980 I heep. Calve 205 s. I gs. 250 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Sheep. 1 Calves. I Pi gs. 430 66 SCOTCH. BlBoeasts. I Sheep. I Calves. I Pi gs. 250 NEWGATE AND LEADENUALL. These markets were tolerably steady, at about sta tionary prices. Beasts. 642 13 casts. 87 At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. 1 1. d. to s. d. Beef,inferior....•• 2 2 2 4 Mutton, inferior .. 2 4 2 - middling •• •• 2 6 2 8 - middling.. 210 3 4 primelarge .. 210 3 0 -- prime .• •. 3 6 3 8 - prime s • mall .. 3 2 3 4 P ork, large.... •••• 2 10 3 6 Veal•• • • ••••• • • 3 8 4 8 - small •• •• 3 8 4 4 BOROUGH NOP ritaILRMT. The supply of fine Hops of last year's growth, in first hands, is unusually small. Such descriptions command a steady sale, at prices fully equal to those paid on Fri day last. The middling and inferior kinds move off slowly, at barely late rates. Old Hops are nominal, at 10i to 2/ lOs per cwt. Sussex pockets, 21 4s to 3/ ; Weald of Kent ditto, 2/ 125 to 3/ 8s; Mid and East Kent ditto, 3/ 3s to 618 s per ewL COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The marke► for British Plantation has been ratter lower, and with a very limited business doing. holders are firm. Refined Standard Lumps have beta in fair request at 525. EAST INDlA.—Privately not much has been done, and at auction 6,563 bags Mauritius and 400 casks only partly found buyers, at easier rates ; good and find yellow at 39s to 425, ord and mid at 36s to 38s 6d, ord to fine grey at 37s to 40s, and syrupy at 353 to 41s 6d per cwt. Of Bengal 7,884 bags were offered, and part sound buyers at lower prices; good and fine white Benares, 41s 6d to 435; ordinary and middling, 40s to 41s; strong white, 46s to 48s; strong yellow, 41s to 455; and brown, 35s to 38s. Mauritius kind, 373 to 403 6d; Madras, 1,200 bags, partly found buyers; low and mid dling soft yellow at 33s 6d to 355, and middling and fine brown at 31s to 33s per cwt. FOREIGN.—.There has not been much demand. St. Croix has realised 41s to 43s 6d for middling to fine strong yellow. COFFEE.—Tho dealings in this article have been ex tremely circumscribed, and in:West Indian samples there has been no particular change. Good ord Native Cey lo❑ has been sold privately at 32s 6d to 33s 6d. The accounts received by the overland mail report the crop to be large. F. fine ord Plantation has realised 44s to 49s—good ord to mid 38s 6d to 545, triage 27s to 365, and peaberry 45s 6d to 50s 6d per cwt. Mocha mid clean garbled has been sold at 50s; good ord greenish mixed with black has been taken in at 50s; mid yellow sold at 58s 6.1 to 603, and triage at 35s Gd to 375. Malabar pale 455, and Java good ord 355. CocoA.—Bahia has be en h e ld f or 30s. ItrcE.—The demand has been limited, and lower rates have been accepted; good mid white Bengal lOs to lOs 6d, and mid dusty, 9s to 9i 6d. COTTON.—The market has been inactive. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. has been quiet at 403 3d to 40s 6d per cwt. on the spot. Rum.--This article is steady, and there have been moderate sales. TEA.—A small bu t i ness is doing without any particu lar alteration in prices. SPICES.—Very . little business has been done in Pepper Cassia Lignea, or Pimento. GREEN FRUIT.—The market, owing to want of ar rivals, had improved the price of oranges. Two cargoes ex Gipsey Queen and Neptune, from St. Michael, sold by Keeling and Hunt at public sale, went at an advance of 2s per box; 600 barrels of chesnuts, ex City of Rotterdam steamer, sold by the same parties at a low figure, being landed in bad condition. Lemons sustained the advanced price with every prospect of a continuation. Barcelona Nuts are held for a further improvement in price. A small parcel of 300 Black Spanish 11_,ve arrived in time for the ap proaching Easter holidays. The Lisbon Oranges arriving by sailing vessels are landing in bad condition, owing to the length of voyage. Dried Walnuts are dull of sale. Brazil have advacced 2s. per barrel. VICE-CHAN UERY.--(THIS DAY.) (Before Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) IN RE TOMLINSON. M. RUSSELL said this was a petition en the part of a mother, to be peimitted to retain the custody of her child, of which it was sought to deprive her by her bus • beit,d, Mr. Tomlinson, who is a shipoisner residing in Dublin. The petitioner and her husband were married in June, 1845; but the conduct of the husband was such that in July, 1846, they parted, not to meet again. The child in question was nut then horn. It was born in March, 1847, and had never been with its father from its birth to the present time. The child is now two years of age, and it is afflicted with a spinal complaint, and can neither walk nor talk. Under the previsions of an Act of Parliament (usually called Mr. Sergeant Talfourd's Act), the father has recently sought the intervention of a court of common law, by means of a habeas corpus, to obtain fur him the custody of his child; and on Monday next intends to make a motive to Mr. Justice Patteson for the custody of the child, and the wife's brother has given a bond for 1,0001., to have the child forthcoming on that day. The present petition was made in anticipation of the intended proceedings before Sir. Justice Patteson on the habeas corpus by the father, and it prayed that, for the reason of the child's tender years, and of its weak and afflicted state, which required the constant care of the mother, she might be allowed to retain the custody of the child. The mother is at the present time living eith her brother, a wine merchant, residing at Liverpool. Mr. SWANSTON contended that the Court had no juris diction in this case. His HONOUR suggested to Mr. Swanston that the cus tody of the child should not be changed until after the result of the application to Mr. Justice Patteson, on Monday next, be known, without prejudice to the right of either party. Mr. SWANSTON would agree to that suggestion, pro vided the lather was allowed to have access to the child in the interim. His HoNoua would' not consent to the father's having access to the child there being proceedings going on in the Ecclesiastical Court at the present time on the part of the husband to compel the restitution of conjugal rights. Mr. SWANSTON declined to act on his Honour's sug gestion, except on the condition of the father having ac cess to the child, and fell back upon the objection to the Court's jurisdiction. His lioNoua said—l think it right once more to say that I wish particularly to be understood as not having intimated any opinion upon the question, if it is a ques tion, whether the Act of 1839 confers a new jurisdiction upon this Court or adds to its powers. I give no opinion upon the question whether independent of that Act this Court would have exercised a jurisdiction upon this petition; but I do state my opinion that if independently of the Act this Court would have exercised jurisdiction on this petition it may do so, although the petition is entitled in the matter of the Act, as well as in the matter of the insolvent. I assume, for the present purpose, that the petition is to be considered as a peti tion strictly under the Act, and under the Act only; and so viewing it, I am of opinion that in the particular circumstances of this case, although the child was at the time when the petition was presented, and is now, in the custody of the mother, the Court has, upon the equity of the st a t u t e , j ur i s di ct i on. The sense i n which I use the word equity will not be misunderstood. there Ido not use it in the sense , or w i t h t h e notion, that equity and should be one construction of the statute another at law; but q w l u n i h t i y ch l a w i t y e h r a s : been long used by common as well an So viewing improperly u e order sti on at that t s t e h n e t importing a liberal though thath a s e t a i l ls a le t t a e si : ae forced construction prejudicentant shall not be changed until t t o hi l s b e a a k s e e ls, th w e i r t e h l o or u e t ,l consider itdeetroaLif b el t present custody of netxhtetiand let this petition stand ad journedtthhaet the me child the shall eetaa remain ferth Wednesday, the mother and Mr. blow croft after Wednesday till also, at to provide in a proper Liverpool,( e r brother) in i t n h d e e c r a t n o g f ee and undertaking, the maintenance and care of the child. order, manner (Before Vice-Chancellor WIGRAX.) His HONOUR was occupied during the morning in hearing the further arguments of counsel in Kirwan v. Daniel, which was part heard on a preceding day. RAILWAYS IN INDIA. —It is said that terms favour able to the two Indian railway cianpanies were on W , -;‘! - nesday agreed to by the Court of Directors at the boa flouse. At rover, on th e 21st MARI7IED inst., by . the Rev. Joseph Sav a g e ' B. Seymour, E sq , to J ane, fourth daughter of the late 11.01]. Michael Tobin. On the 20th inst., at Orpington, Kent, Sir Richard Leving a, Bart., of Kn oc k D r i n C ast l e, county Westmeath, to Caroline Jane, eldest daughter of Colonel Rolleston, M.P., of Watuall Hall, .Nottint.thain,,hire. DIED. On the 21st inst., at SalisLury, Ambrose Hussey, Escl'' late M.P. for that city, aged 42. On the htli inst., aged 76, Samuel Ashton, Esq., of role bank, Cheshire. 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