The Express. — London, England, 1851-05-09 00:00:00

tale of his conduct, though in violation of the law Of be load. It is no part of the duty of ails journal to defend bishops. to Palliate thtlr misconduct, or to explain away their proceedings. We regard them, as a body, to be the main causes of the ecclesiastical mischiefs that now disturb the public peace ; we hold them, one and all, to be ill fitted for the emergencies of the times in which they . have been milled to eminence, power, and wealth in the church ; and we look on their temporal position as unsuitable to their spiri tual functions. But, of the entire bench, Dr. Lee is one of the best ; he has resolutely promoted the re form of his cathedral church ; he had the inde pendence to refuse his signature to an unmeaning, wordy, and evasive address by a great majority of his brethren, to the clergy; and he has the courage to attempt at least to keep in order a knot of turbu lent, audacious, and intemperate ecclesiastics in his diocese. For these reasons, he is entitled to some respect and support from church reformers; and, having taken the trouble to make proper inquiries 'into the facts of the late correspondence, the adverse opinions deduced therefrom appear to us to be unsupported by the real circumstances of the case. What the selected correspondence referred to showed was, that the Rev. J. R. Aisne, the incum bent of a small and poor living called Weat Hough ton, being unwell, applied to the Bishop to license a curate ; that the Bishop first requested an assurance that the intended curate would not preach in his surplice • that Mr. ALSOP gave the assurance that he w ould not do so, except on sacra ment Sundays; that the Bishop, knowing the small ness of the living, then required to be shown that means existed of paying the curate's salary ; that Mr. Aesop stated the stipend would be paid by a grant from the Curates' Aid Society; that the Ilishop re fused to license a curate paid by that society; and that, although Mr. ALSOP showed the Bishop he was fur nished with the necessary means from other quarters, Dr. LEE peremptorily declined to license the curate. This, interspersed with imputations on the Bishop's manners, and garnished with archiepiscopa l regrets, imperfectly quoted, however, at the Bishop conduct, is the sum or the story as published by NIL ALSO!'; and on its face it is a case of great hardship ; of too great and unreasonable hardship, however, to be quite true, or at least to contain all the truth. To understand the matter, it is first necessary to know who Mr. ALSOP is. Now Mr. Al.soe is one of the Tractarian clique in the diocese of Manchester, who have combined together to give all the annoy ance in their power to Bishop Lee. They have thwarted, resisted, disobeyed, pimpled, and insulted him in every possible way ; and all because he will not sanction their vagaries. Now, at the head of this clique is the Rev. J. lavisx, vicar of Leig h; . and, of that notorious person, Mr. ALSOP is the son-in law and near neighbour, and very cordial co-operator. The Tractarianism of these people is not, however, merely developed in acts of insubordination to their bishop: it goes much further; for it com mits very scandalous outrages on the laity. Cases have occurred in which these people have refused— first, to christen a child that was unwell, and, then, on the child's death, to perform divine service over its remains, because it had not been baptized— in which corpses of adults have been turned from the church, and the service read by dissenters from the outside of the churchyard, anudat the seollings and jeers of the lookers on—in which persons pre senting themselves to bo married have been driven from the church to dissenting places of worship. This monstrous abuse of ecclesiastical power the Bishop of MANCHESTER is now contending against ; he is resolved to put down much wanton stretches of authority if he can; and as the law is dilatory and doubtful, it becomes the more iniperutive on him to be careful as to the clergy he licenses in a diocese thus running to weeds and rankness. In this struggle Bishop LEE is obviously the representative of religious toleration, of ecclesiastical order, and of Christian charity. Mr. IRVINE and his son-in-law Mr. Aisue, are, on the contrary, the symbols of intolerance, arbitrary power, and ecclesiastical tyranny. Nevertheless, Bishop LEE may, notwithstanding' the .ssidness of his general cause, have erred in par ticulars. Let us see if he has done so in Mr. ALsors latest case of complaint against him. First, he re quired that the curate should not preach in a surplice. This request Mr. ALsoe undertook should be complied with, except on Sacrament Sundays. Such acqui escence appears reasonable and proper at first sight. But as, in tractarian churches, every Sundayis a Sacra ment Sunday, the verbal acquiescence in was really a substantial evasion of the Bishop's requirement. Then, the Bishop objected to a curate in his diocese being paid by the Curates' Aid Society. This again, at first blush, seems harsh. But whin it is recollected that it is by that society pecuniary support has been given to the party whence Rome has been furnished with recruits; and when it is known that this society altered a fundamental rule, in order to evade the authority of the Bishop of IlliNcunterEa in his very proper efforts to restrict the histrionics of the Vicar of LEIH. the repugnance of the bishop to have curates furnished by its grants, is really a piece of accessory self-defence on Dr. LEE'S part. But Mr. ALSOP offered to find means to pay the curate elsewhere. Yes, elsewhere; but from a cognate source ; from a Church Union, of which the Vicar of LEIGH is the hero, and would be the martyr, and which is the main spring of the conspiracy against the bishop. The truth is, these Church Unions are nothing less than organisations and combinations for the propagation of Tractarianism in its most flagrant form, and for encouraging the clergy in their most offensive practices. Was the Bishop of MANCHEATER to give encouragement, countenance, or support to such an association of disorderly priests and of weak, foolish laymen ? Mr. ALsor is then, it seems, the connexion and ally of the most turbulent ecclesiastic in the diocese of Manchester ; he himself continues in his church practices of which his bishop has expressed his disap proval; and in more instances than one he has set Dr. LEE at defiance ; yet, when he presents to that pre late a curate for license who is disapproved of by the bishop, this insubordinate gentleman assumes all the airs of a martyr, hurries off passages of his corre spondence to the Morning Chronicle, and the Bishop of I.:NCHESTER is paraded to the world as a pendant piece of bigotry and intolerance to Bishop Putu.corrs. This won't do ; Messrs. Invpin and ALSOP may rely on it. It may be skilful, tricky, and crafty it is too dishonest and disingenuous to succeed. gentle nun and their doings are well known here, and their efforts to procure in this metropolis 'empathy and sup port in their insubordination will fail. Bishop LEES; engaged in a struggle in which, if he will only moo lately persevere, he will have general sympathy ; for his object is to suppress sacerdotalism, and to elevate the right and exercise of private judgment ; it is to remove the church from the quicksands of authority, and to place it on the rock of utility; it is, in short, to carry out into practice those admirable views of the church organisation, so irresistibly stated by our correspondent M. A. TUE BISHOP OP LONDON AND TES PAIUSHIONERS OP Sr. DMITAN, BTIPNIT.-141/4 trutulte as adjourned meeting of the inhabitants of this god& leek plow et the Town Hare, hiliersdkeed. ler be rupees ef r the repast of the eastatittso entaistsd es welt teen the baby ef Lembo respeetbe W earl to lime the Rev. Omer Peels to the oftener lesteserbir of tbe perish ; Mr. Spriseer Cltarriugtoe, ebenbwevars, is the chair. The particulars of this affair firrears sogrund in the Ex press oa the o e c a I ea of the knew meettes, it now onl rainaina to state that the esminittee ie their seven obeer this they had pointed Silt to the bishop rift en ancient cubs salted is the peillt by which the blebitests had atelateleed be debt ef ebbing to the sersiabieut in question, sod flat Asti ea lb brdabies pea le license such reesiotbreit la the peees basses would therefore be as so of liktumba gamer oldie base is the de pueblo was to the 'Met that he wee Abe to snow to Mr. Males beim eppeleted afterwies basses by the name of rAnstant eurebklisit le swab sot lieserelibt weir the title of afternoon brewer, bemesites he beildelsembed Mysore ago, that he would set bum Se say albs of Amiss heron•r where suet kaaraskip wee Mt amikaand OW SW ft.:wised by an act of His less bobbor, observed, that the t et Mr. Poole se obsesses lecturer, by the eases of beef--t mate. would so y a ef lebelitewle /sake their • sword* to mint subset sod mtge. He the to writs is Mr. dies, the rector of the part* le semi bib the required usisbettee et Mr. Poole ; be be beim doubt that that esetlims wsuid very sbertiy be duly Illemed. This newt ems embed sad wawa tem the lebble et the wastbe. NE. Nowise, overseer, ilea snowed dist the lon*, be eiljswessil to the 21st last, by Ask the be =LTtr the eseseilbe would gave the muMbellsw ef the yobbos= bet their Able led be.. ewe. mods& sub that Mr. Peel. led beta deli limered b)) the else ef abase= leetswee. bean babe bewi stously surfed, Ms Sestbeelifelbsed. YitANCE. PARIS, THITILSDAT Evairtivo. lam enabled to-day to throw a little light upon the results of the deliberations of the delegates of the three great parliamentary clubs of the Rue des Pyramides, Rue de ltiroli , and Rue de l'Universite, on the great question of the Revision. At first an ad journment was proposed as tending to allay the fever excited by this question, and to probe the state of opinion in the country. This was rejected. It was agreed that the question ought to be grappled with at once without delay. Next, the different can didatures were examined which might pre sent themselves for the presidency in 1832. It was agreed that hardly one of these was a pledge for the maintenance of the constitution of 1848. Passing by Louis Napoleon's, as unconstitu tional in the case of non-revision, neither the candi dature of the Prince de Joinville, of General Chan gamier, nor of a champion of socialism, was friendly to the maintenance of the republic. Perhaps Gen. Cavaignac was the candidate whose election would be the best guarantee for the continuance of the con stitution ; but he was hostile to the law of May, and would come in on the understanding of repealing it. Therefore, any of these being chosen president would tend to alter essentially the existing base of institutions,— Joinville or Changander to bring in the monarchy, and the socialists to bring in the red republic. The presidency of General Cavaignac would establish a republic, which would in course of time necessarily become the red republic, through the abolition of the law of May. Hence it was agreed that the monarchio parties ought frankly to embrace the policy of a total revision of a ruinous charter, detested by the nation as involving imprac ticable anomalies and the division of powers. Total revision and firm adhesion to the electoral law of May is therefore the conclusion of the committee ap pointed by the clubs. Thiers and Changarnier are op posed to revision. As to the majority of three-fourths exacted by the constitution, the committee does not pronounce on the way to deal with that difficulty before it is positively encountered. Meanwhile they ; approve, as I mentioned before, the motion of MNI. Morin and Moulin, on dealing with motions for the i revision. To-day, in the sitting of the Assembly, M. Goulard presented a petition for the revision of the constitu tion and prolongation of the President's powers. The Left exclaimed that the object of the petition was unconstitutional. The president, General Belleau, had nothing to say against the title of the petition. The committee would deal with it. The President then announced the death of M. Aubcrge, representative of the Seine-et-Marne. The last articles of the motion discussed yesterday relative to the Urrets of workmen and aavances of wages were then adopted, and it was voted that the bill should be read a third time. The house then entered upon the debate concern ing M. Chapot's motion on petitions, of which I sent an outline in a former letter. M. Mailer de Monjau opposed the motion, as a clog to the exercise of the right of petition. M. Quentin Bauchart explained and justified this motion, which tends to impose a reasonable responsibility on petitioners, and to enable the law to reach with greater ease these who affixed false signatures to such documents. At a period when the Assembly was likely to be deluged by petitions, it was of the highest moment to render as pure as possible this manifestation of the stream of public opinion. After M. Boned had spoken against, and M. Output for the motion, M. Luutnnuel Amp occupied the tribune to demand explanations with regard to a circular of a joye-dr pUlX, M. Lassinet, to the mayors of his canton (Seches), to engage them to take the initiative of pe titions for the revision of the constitution and the prolongation of the President's powers. M. Itouher, Minister of Justice, replied that on reading the cir cular in the papers he had written to the procureur of Agen for intormation ; he had not yet received an answer. Meanwhile, he had certainly never authorised any ft/fie-de-pais to use his position for the purpose of provoking petitions ; nei ther could he understand how such a circular could be addressed to the mayors over whom the jtve•rle psix had no jurisdiction. For the rest, M. Lassinet had been appointed to his functions by a decree of September 1818. (Laughter.) General Cavaignac said that in that case he was astonished to find that he was still in his functions. (Fresh laughter.) He congratulated M. Lassinet upon his rare fortune ; but certainly, it he (General Cavaignac . ) had appointed him, he had never recom mended him to make any such use of his position. The Assembly then proceeded to vote on the mo tion, which was taken into consideration by a con siderable majority-. To-day was distributed to the Assembly the go vernment's bill for the construction of the railway from Lyons to Avignon. The government proposes to concede this line to a company of proprietors of iron -foundries, whose interests have greatly suffered owing to the slackness of railway work. You are aware that this line was conceded in 1810 to a com pany, which forfeited its ten millions of caution money in 1847. By this company the expenses of constructing the line were estimated at 120 millions of francs; 70 millions for the first section of 105 ki lometres from Lyons to Valence, and 50 millions for the section of 125 kilometres from Valence to Avig non. This would make the expense per kilometre 521,740 fr. M. Dufaure, in his report in 1845, esti mated the proceeds of the line at 46,780 fr. per kilometre, or, in deducting 45 per cent. for the ex penses of working the line, 25,732 fr. Now, since that estimate the Rhone navigation has increased so much as greatly to reduce the prospect of profit from the railway. In 1844 the number of steamers was 9; in 1849, 54 ; their total horse power in '44 was 643, but in '49 rose to 7,860 horses. The new steamers greatly lengthened carried from 400 to 450 tons. In consequence of this prodigious development of the steam navigation, the nett profits of the railway arc now estimated at between 15 and 16 thousand francs per kilometre, or, in round numbers, at 31 millions for the whole line. Hence the ratio between the annual proceeds and capital expended, would fall short of 3 per cent., so that the line could not be constructed without the assistance of the state. The government therefc re proposes to concede tho line for 99 years to a company, which would execute the works under the control of the government engineers, and which is to receive from the treasury, in 30 equal instalments, a subvention equal to the half of the expenses, without this subvention in any case exceeding 60 millions. The company, contri buting.on its part GO millions, would therefore re ceive, in the nett proCeeds of the whole line, 31 mil lions—about 5.83 per cent.,—to face annually the interest and liquidation of the expended capital. By stipulations in Art. 3 of the contract, the portion ' contributed by the state for the purchase of materials and the general expenses of administration is limited to 44 millions. The funds will be furnished by the state in proportion as the works advance. The com pany demanded a guarantee of 4 per cent. The go- vernment, without yielding to this demand, which had been greatly opposed by the river interest, con sented to an arrangement of the same kind as was adopted by the law of Nov., 1849, for the railway from Avignon to Marseilles. It agreed to authorise the company to contract a loan of 30 millions, and to Mitee, in the name of the state, the interest a n d llion of this loan, calculated at the rate of 5 per cent. The issue of the bonds of the loan is limited to 8 millions until the completion of the sec tion from Avignon to Valence ; and until the com pletion of the entire line, the interest and liquidation of the loan would be, in case of the failure of the nett proceeds of the sections worked, paid out of the ca pital of the company. After the opening of the whole line the nett profits would be subject to tho service of the loon before the sharing of any dividend. Hence the guarantee of the state becomes purely no minaL The section from Avignon to Valence is to be set about first, and finished in 21 years, and then the section from Valence to Lyon is to be completed in three years more. Thus, in five years and a half, the line from Chalons would meet that from Aviv= at the tersdniss of Perrache. A station for travellers and staraisadise is to be constructed at Vain, and a gars, wi th depot of engines, at Perrache. The FIN or amines of Perrache is to be constructed at the 001111110 K soot of the two companies, and by the Avir mas , on condition that the half at ofsa charge of the Chalons company shall not exceed six' millions. The line of the right bank of the Rhone, between Lyons and the village Les Roches, had been preferred, in order to place die line in more direct communication with the coal basin of St. Etienne. The treaty concluded, April 20, 1850, between M. Masao, late Minister of Public Works, and the Bt. Etienne company, would be annexed to the eakier des cAorges. Such is the outline of the government bill for the construction of the line from Avignon to Lyons. To-day the committee on the street-sale of news papers adopted the principle of the proposition of M. Base, and appointed a sub-committee, consisting of MM. Bare, Ravens, and Quiet, to draw up a fresh bill. I have already noticed the projected design of raking out an old law of 1811, giving the govern ment absolute power to deal with all persons not regularly domiciled in the capital. This is spoken of again. The government has decided upon bringing for ward a batch of new repressive laws, in order to control the increasing audacity of conspirators. I understand that a prefect of police is to be created at Lyons, where the powers of the police authorities are not thought sufficiently extended to control the progress of sedition. The Minister of Finances has presented a bill for appointing a commission of three persons to inquire into the losses sustained by the burning down of the Recette-generate at Lyons. It appears from the Bulletin des Lois, just pub lished, that the late ministry of transition accorded to M. de Salvandy, who had been working so hard for fusion, a pension of 6,000 francs. Fusion, then, at least, if not now, must have meant prolongation of the President's powers. Two important members of the "Jenne Droite," MM. Alfred Nettement and Laboulie, have paid a visit to Angers, in order to sound M. de Falloux as to the instructions confided to him by the Count of Chambord for the conduct of the legitimists. The result of this visit confirms what I have stated as to the negative nature of the instructions received by M. de Falloux at Venice, and the ambiguous reserve maintained by the Duke of Bordeaux on the great question of tho prolongation of the President's powers. M. Emile de Girardin affirms that it is impossible for General Changarnicr to deny the proposal he made to Ledru-Rollin for the invasion and republi canising of England, because on the following day he delivered into the hands of the Minister of the Interior of the Provisional Government a memoir on the subject drawn up by himself. Girardin pub lishes to-day a fresh document extracted from the organ of M. Senard, the Journal de Rouen, May, 1848, to prove that the fixed idea of the National at that time was a triumvirate composed of Cavaignac, !daring, and Senard, or Berger. TrIE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 9, 1851. PORTUGAL. LIT ELICTEIC TELEGRAPH.] " MADRID, THAT 7, 6.30 P.Y. "The Duke of Saldanha has been named Presi dent of the Council of Nlinisters by the Queen of Portugal." The despatch above given is forwarded by our Paris correspondent. SPAIN. MADRID, MAT 3. The ministry has every chance of succeeding in the elections. The government is negotiating with France for the definitive regulation of the Pyrenean frontier. The Duke of lerecira having arrived at Lisbon on the 28th was occupied with composing a cabinet. GERMANY. PRUSSIA. Our cormspondent writes as follows: BERLIN, M 6. Prince Schwarzenberg vu, it appears, determined to make another attempt to prevent the Dresden confer ences from separating without a result. Ile has drawn up a proposition in reference to the manner in which the fe deral business is conducted, in which he will, according to the Austrian papers, endeavour to procure a unanimous resolution of the plenipotentiaries assembled in Dres den. The proposition has been communicated to the German governments by a circular note. One of the six points refers to the vexed question of the veto possessed by each state, whirls Prime Schwarzenherit wishes to put down, and to introduce in its place decisions by majorities. This point is one on which the smaller states will prove tena cious, for they have learned with dismay that, neglected by Prussia, Austria is inclined to protect them only so long as they give way to the bayonet rule of her government. The withdrawal of the veto from the minor states would deprive the primes of their deeply cherished sovereign rights, in fact, degrade them to the level of their mediatised col leagues. Were the ascendant power in the confederation, a progressive, civilising, protestant state, the abolition of the veto and the introduction of majority decisions would be highly beneficial to Germany, but as unhappily the only powerful state in Germany by which the necessary principles can be put in practice has yielded in the struggle for political ascendance, as Prussia has not only laid down her arms before despotic Austria, and is following the in nate tendencies to despotic government of the ultra reactionary party in the country the possession of the veto by the smaller princes —absurd as it is—must be protected, as the only means of resist ing the downward motion. la Dresden, as much as in Frankfort, unanimity is necessary to give life and strength to any proposition. Prince Schwarzeuberg will most pro bably be defeated, and the miserable, helpless machinery of the old Bundestag be restored in its old form. The few men of liberal opinions in Prussia who still trouble their heads with the slough of German politics pray most earnestly for the maintenance of the veto, though but a year ago it was an object of abhorrence. So strangely do circumstances alter opinions. THE FRENCH WEST INDIES. Martinique papers to a late date have beets received. They contain official accounts of the quantity of pro duce shipped, in January and February from Mar tinique and Guadeloupe. From Martinique, the amount of sugar exported in those two months is 2,460,078 kilogrammes, and from Guadeloupe it is 610,273 kilogrammes. On comparison with the cor responding period of 1850, the above gives an in crease to Martinique of 794,700 kilogrammes, and a falling off at Guadeloupe of 191,393 kil og rammes, The Cburrier ascribes this melancholy res ul t , se r:: garde Guadeloupe, to the weakness of the present ' administration. It says : Colonel Fieron wrote last year to the minister, that la bour was proceeding as agreeably and actively as could be desired. 'What answer could he now make to the minister that should say to him—" How comes it that in the disas trous year 18..50, a year of incendiarism, there were 1,603 hhds. of sugar made up to the Ist of March, while to the Ist March, 18.31, your government has not furnished more than 1,220 ?" This is truly a sad state of things for a colony of 120,000 souls, and whose average exports during the previous 30 years showed 59,000 hhds. of sugar a year. As regards Martinique, we read as follows: Martinique, which has not the misfortune of having elected any Montagnard for its representative, and which owes to its own good spirit its exemption from the rigours of martial law, is in quite another position. Her production is in creased and improving. In the month of January this colony exported 2,856 hhds. of sugar, and in February, 4,900 bads., surpassing the production of 18.50 by 1,590 hhils., and that of 1819 by 20 hhds. This is a happy result, and augurs a crop for the year of 40,000 hhds. LATEST FOREIGN 1 For Amount. FARM IIAY IL For „ limey. !Opening Higbee- Lomat. 3 per Cents. 3 par Cents 9O 83 90 40 90 63 90 10 90 35 5 pee Cents. Now Lam ... 4 par Cents. 4t per Cents Rachman on Landon at sight. 24 97 4; 90 days. 24 3 F• Belgian, 5 1910 991 Money. Naples Yeats — .. 99 Money. Do. S, , Do. Do. Treasury Bonds liedemet p. Oats. 7 - 9 66 Rank Shares Penis, Max B.—St. Germain, 432 60; Versailles (right bank), 165 73; ditto (left 0 . 0181, 224 30 • Nils sad Orleans, IMO; a ria Bale and Ro a m Cahre, —• Ilareethea and A•tpson i 213 73 ; Bunsboarg d . 1 431 23; Northern, 43; Paris and :Ursa boom U 4 25; Tours sad Maness, 273 73; Manterean and Troyes, 93 ; 8011101114 and Andean 230 ; Orleans sad Bordeaux. 400; Dieppe and Finsinp, 193; Badman and Tsms, SO. MADRID, MAY 3.—Three per Cents., 365; after Bolas. 35 cash, 361 paper. Fo ur p er Cents., 14. Five per Contr., 161; after Bola, 151 cash, 151 paper. Coup ons 8 paper; cash, Bohm, 8 ,81 paper. Passiv es , 61 ; a ft er Balsa, 61 cub, Paper. Bank of St. Ferdinand, 06. Exchange on London, 61. Beaux, Mete 7.—Voluntary Loan, 1061. New Loan, Four-and-a-Half per Cent., Olt National Debt, 8 . 53 ; Commercial Marine Society's Premium, 1281. B Shares, 96. VIENNA, MAT 6.—rly. per Cent. Metelliques, __6l; Four - and-Half per Cent. ditto, elf. Bank Shares, IWO. &asap on 12.48. ine court. Immediately after the state trapper at Bucking ham Palace on Wednesday night, a Highland reel was played by Mr. Mackay, her Majeety'spiper and waa danced by the following ladies and gentleman : the Earl of Gifford and Lady Rachel Russell, Lord James P. Murray and Miss Ferguson, Sir James R. Mackenzie and Lady Alice Douglas, Sir Michael Shaw Stewart and Miss Stewart, Cluny Mac phersond and Lady no can,Mackenzie, knic, c Mon p r b ei eu of of N l ovar and and the Itom. Lucy Herr. J. F. After the ordinary reel, the Reel of Tulloch was danced, in which the same ladies and gentlemen joined. Jullien's band performed the following dances in the ball-room during the night :—Quadrilles : L'Enfant Pro- digue, The Great Exhibition, and the St. Leger. Vases: La Mandolins, Rose de Mai, and Value d'Amour. Polkas: The Crystal Fountain, and Polka des Poignards. Galops : The Review, and The Amazon and Tiger. The principal cornet was performed by Herr Ktenig, and the principal liageolet by M. Collinet. The Queen returned into the ball-room after supper, and dancing was kept up until two o'clock in the morning, when her Majesty and Prince Albert retired, accompanied by their illustrious visitors the Prince and Princess of Prussia and Prince Frederick William. His Royal Highness l'rince H.nry of the Netherlands left at the lame time. The ball then concluded, and the numerous company quitted the The Duchess of Gloucester, the Duchess of Cambridge, and the Princess Mary, visited the Queen yesterday. Their Royal Ilighnesies also ♦isited the Princess of Prussia at Buckingham Palace. Prince Albert, attended by Liout.•Colonel F. ll. Seymour, rode out on horseback yesterday morning. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Prussia, with the Princess Louisa, ►ttended by the Countess A. de Macke, the Countess Orions, Count Polder, and Major Von Buyer, visited and inspected yesterday morning the Diorama of the Overland Route to India. The Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, attended by Mr. Birch, took a drive in an open carriage yesterday. The Princess Royal and the Princesses Alice and Helena took an airing yesterday in an open carriage and four. Her Majesty and l'rince Albert, with the Prince and Princess of PTI/Sbia, took a drive in an open landau and four yesterday afternoon. Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey and Lieut.-Colonel F. 11. Seymour attended on horseback. The Queen had a dinner party yesterday at Buckingham Palace. The company included Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Prussia and Pniice Frederick William of Prussia, the Duke and Duchess of Buceleuch , the Duke of Newcastle, the Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster, the Marquis and Marchioness of Breadalbane, Lady Fanny Howard, the Countess A. de Macke, the Countess Osiolla, the Baroness de Speth, the Earl of Carlisle, Count Polder, Major Von Bayen, Count Goltz, Colonel Fischer, and Lieutenant Von Heinz. The band of the 2nd Life Guards attended during dinner, and performed the following selection: Overture, " Wllllsni Tell" ......,............. lineiini. ta .ection fr An Boner:Oda Pegni. The I libernlan Quadrilles. The Lueresla Waltzes Pay HM. alneuhnan lbutnes Tunnel Calm Gud sues the Quern. Despatches were received yesterday at the Co from the Governors of the West India Islands. _ . The Duchess of Kent went to Kew yesterday morning, and visited Her ltoyal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, returning to Clarence•liouse, St. James's, in the afternoon. The Duchess of Gloucester visited the Duchess of Kent yesterday. A cabinet council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office. It was attended by Lord John ltussell, the Lord Chancellor, the Maninis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, N iscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Francis Baring, Lord Broughton, the Earl of Carlisle, the Right lion. Henry Labouchere, and the Right lion. lux Made. The council sat one hour. _ A numerous Deputation, including Mr. Hodges, M.P., and Mr. Frewen, M.P., headed by the Duke of Richmond, had an interview yesterday with Lord John Russell, at his official residence in Downing-street, on the subject of the hop duties. The Attorney-General had an interview yesterday with Lot John Ru .ell. Mr. Law and a Deputation had an interview with Lord Seymour yesterday, at the office of lier Majesty's Commis sioners of Woods and Forests. ENTERTAINMENT AT THE MANSION ROUSE TO TIER MAJESTY'S JUDGES. Yesterday evening the hospitable doom of the Mansion-house were thrown open for the reception of her Majesty's judges, who were entertained at a banquet marked with all the splendour and taste of civic hospita lity by the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor. There were pre sent the Lord Chancellor, the Right lion. Lord Campbell, Lady Stratheden, the Hon. Miss Campbell, Lord and Lady Cranworth, Sir Frederick and Lady Pollock, Right lion. Sir George and Lady Turner, Mr. Justice Venetian, Mr. Justice Wightanan and Lady Wightman, Mr. Justice Erie and Lady Erie, Mr. Justice Williams and Lady Williams, Mr. Justice Talfourd and Lady Talfourd, Baron and Lady Parke, Baron and Lady Alderson, Baron and Lady Martin, Sir Fitzroy and Lady Kelly, the Right lion. Dr. Lashing ton, M.P., Mr. Serjeant Lioulhurn, Sir Harvey Bruce, Bart., and Lady Bruce, Mr. Commissioner Fonblatique, Mr. Commissioner liolroyd, the Dean of St. Paul's, Right lion. Sir Edward Ryan, Mr. Serjeant Manning, M r . ser jeant Murphy, M. 1., Mr. Serjeant Shee, Mr. Ser jeant Gaselee, Mr. Serjcant Clarke, Mr. Ser jeant &nazis, Mr. Serjeant Allen, J. Evans, Esq., Q.C., M.P., J. Roebuck, Esq., Q.C., M.P., James W Freshfield, Esq., M.P., the High Sheriff of Surrey and Mrs. Sparkes, the High Sheriff of Kent and Mrs. Ford Wilson, the High Sheriff of E"sex and Mrs. Iloneywood, Mr. and Mrs. Garton!, Dr. Phillimore, the Governor of the Bank of England, Chairman of the East India Company, Deputy-Chairman of the East India Company, Mr. and Mrs. Gerard Lyth kker, together with most of the aldermen and London magistrates. On the removal of the cloth the Right lion. the LORD MAYOR gave "The Queen," "Prince Albert," and the other loyal and constitutional toasts, which were all duly re sponded to ; after which His LORDSHIP rose to propose the health of tho distin guished guests in whose honour the present company had assembled. The people of this country had long (he said) been accustomed to look upon respect for the law as the great palladium of their liberties, and therefore he felt sure of a hearty response when he proposed the health of those who were the law's brightest exponents. (Hear.) Need he say more than to propose the health of her Majesty's Judges. The toast herbag been duly honoured, The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE of ENGLAND rose to return thanks. He begged, in his own name, and in that of the whole judicial bench, to return his grateful acknowledgments for the gracious manner in which the toast had been received. He had been exceed ingly rejoiced to receive the Lord Mayor's hospitable invi tation, because it was a proof that the conduct of the body to which he belonged had met with the approval of the City of London. (Hear, hear.) He was gratified to think that the connexion between the judges of the land and the Lord Mayor and aldermen of the City of London was no affair of yesterday. From ancient times the City of London had a court of high criminal judicature, in which the Lord Mayor presided, assisted by the aldermen; while there were some, and most solemn, occasions upon which the judges of the land went along with the civic authorities to St. Paul's, to offer up their prayers to the Almighty for a blessing on their combined exertions. The LORD MAYOR, in proposing the next toast, " The House of Lords," said that they had amongst them a dis tinguished individual who had recently taken his seat is the upper house of parliament. He felt sure that the merit of that individual were too well known to require lengthened eulogy from him. He gave, " Lord Cranworth, and the House of Lords." Lord CRANWORTII returned thanks. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE rose to propose a toast which he was sure required nothing more than its announce ment to procure it a welcome reception. The post of chief magistrate of the City of London was always one of the greatest importance, but never more so than during the re cent season, when London was being visited by strangers from every quarter of the globe. On the continent, there was no office of dignity in England held in such high esti mation as that of Lord Mayor of London. He remembered the late Sir S. Romilly, then at the height of his fame, telling I him that a French gentleman, an earned admirer of his, once exclaimed, " I hope, Sir Samuel, you may one day reach the post of Lord Mayor of London, and that, if not so successful, you may at least come to be Lord Chancellor." (Loud laughter.) Ile (Lord Campbell) trusted that after their visit of the present year the foreigners would return home with a still more exalted idea of the dignity of the Lord Mayor of London. (Hear, hear.) He believed that the office had never been filled by a man who united high ability with greater suavity of deportment, or a more earnest desire properly to fulfil the duties of his high of fice. He had great pleasure in proposing to them " The Lord Ma or." (Loud cheers.) The LORD MAYOR felt deeply indebted to the distin• guished proposer of his health, and to the company for the manner in which they had received it. His lordship, in conclusion, gave the health of Sir S. Lushingtan and the Ecclesiastical and Admiralty Courts. Sir S. LUSHINGTON felt grateful for the honour done to his office and to himself, but could not help attributing some of his lordship's friendly feeling to old acquaintance. Sixteen years ago the present Lord Mayor of London proposed him (Sr S. Lushington) for the Tower Hamlets, and at different times since he had had warm proofs of his lordship's friendly feeling. He felt gratified to enjoy the confidence of the citizens of London, because he bad almost every day to decide on cases in wh ich their most important interests were concerned. " The Lady Mayoress" was then given, and appro priately acknowledged, after which The LORD MAYOR gave " Her Majesty's ancient ler jeant and the cents at law." Scejeant MANNING returned thanks, and freely took up the challenge of hospitality thrown out to Serjeants Inn. He regretted that of four halls they had been de prived of three, but with the one they had remaining they would endeavour to uphold the hospitality of the coif. The next toast was " The Government and Company of the Bank of Mr. T. HA. l4 2 l l7 l l:eturaed thanks, and shortly deer the company separated. PRINCE ALBERT ON THE ROYAL ACADEMY. From an account sent by a correspondent to a morning contemporary of the anniversary dinner given on Saturday by the members of the Royal Academy of Arts, and from which reporters were excluded, we learn that the chairman, SirCif A atm LocK EAtITLAC it, the new president, I after the Queen's health bad been drunk with all loyal en thusiasm, proposed the health of the Prince Consort, who was present, as follows : 1 " I have now, gentlemen, the honour to propose to you 'The health of his Royal Highness Prince Albert and the rest of the Royal Family.' Ilia royal highness's liberal and habitual encouragement of art is universally known. If that disposition on the part of his royal highness be I greatly attributable to a genuine love for the fine arts, it also arises, I venture to say, front a conviction of their utility as auxiliaries in the work of national education. The same en- f larged view looks to the benefits to be derived from the ap plication of science and art to manufactures, and sees in that , application the elements of social improvement as well as commercial advantages. The great scheme for bringing together the productions of the world's industry, the interesting results of which most of those whom I have the honour to address have already had the gratification of inspecting, owes its success hitherto to the support which it his received fruit his royal highness.La support, gentlemen, which has been manifested, nut in a mere nominal patron age, not alone in good wishes, but also in active participa tion in the labour of superintendence. And, with reference to such labours, let me be permitted to add that, in the per formance of official duties undertaken by him, his royal !Ilcas bring' to the subjects requiring his attention not y iz hnowledge and intelligence, but equauimity and bIIIC. volence--qualities calculated at all times to promotu the sa tisfactory despatch of business and to effect the solution of difficulties, but which, in one of his royal highness'sexalted station, acquire a much higher value from the admirable influence of such an example. 'f be PRINCE replied to the tout in a speech which was received with much enthusiasm. He said,—Mr. President, my lords, and gentlemen, you have been very kind in responding with so much warmth to the toast which your president has just proposed to you, and he will allow me to thank him very cordially for the flattering expres sions which he used towards myself in introducing to you that toast. I shall feel very happy if the future should prove that tho Great Exhibition, to which all nations have so gene rously contributed, should, among other advantages which I firmly I ope will result from it, likewise tend to assist in the promotion of the fine arts in this country, of which you are the representatives; and I feel proud that we can show to the many foreigners who are now visiting our shores speci mens of British art such as these walls display. Although I have, since my first arrival in this country, never once missed visiting the exhibition of the Royal Aoadcmy, and have always derived the greatest pleasure and instruction from those visits, it is but seldom that my engagements will allow me to join in your festive dinner. I have, however, upon this occasion, made it a point to do so, in order to assist in what may be considered the inauguration festival of your newly-elected president, nt whose election I have heartily rejoiced, not only on account of my high estimate of his qualities, but also on account of my feelings of regard towards him personally. It would be presumptuous in me to speak to you of his talent as an artist, for that is well known to you, and of it you are the best judges; tar of his merits as an author, for you are all familiar with his books —or, at least, ought to be so ; or of his amiable character as a man, for that also you must have had opportunities to estimate; but my connexion with him, now for nine years, on her Majesty's Commission for the Promotion of the Fine Arts, has enabled me to know what you can know less, and what is of the greatest value in a president of the Itoyal Academy —1 mean that kindness of heart and refinement of feeling which guided him in all his communications, often most difficult and delicate, with the different artists whom we had to invite to competition, whose works we had to criti cise, whom we had to empty or to reject. Gentlemen, the production of all works in art or poetry requires, in their conception or execution, not only an exercise of the intel lect, skill, and patience, but particularly a concurrent warmth of feeling, and a free flow of imagination. This renders them must tender Omits, which will thrive only in au atmosphere calculated to maintain that warmth, and that atutospherc is one of kindness—kindness towards the artist personally, as well as towards his production. An unkind word of criticism passes like a cold blast over their tender shoots, and shrinks them up, checking the flow of the sap which was rising to produce, perhaps, multitudes of flowers and fruit. But still criticism is absolutely neces sary to the development of art, and the injudicious praise of an inferior work becomes au insult to superior genius. In this respect our times are peculiarly unfavourable when compared with those when Madonnas were painted it the seclusion of converts; for we have now, ou the one hand, the eager competition of a vast array of artists of every degree of talent and skill,and, on the other, as judge, a great public, for the greater part wholly uneducated In art ; and this led by professional writers, who often strive to impress the public with a great idea of their own artistic knowledge, by the merciless manner in which they treat weeks which cost those who produced them the highest efforts of mind and feeling. fhe works of art, by being publicly exhibited and offered for sale, are becoming articles of trade, following as such the unreasoning laws of markets and fashion, and public, and even private, patron age is swayed by their tyrannical influence. It is, then, to an institution like this, gentlemen, that we must look for a counterpoise to these evils. Here young artists are educated and taught the mysteries of their profession; those who have distinguished themselves, and given proof of their talent and power, receive a badge of acknowledgement from their professional brethren by being elected associates of the Academy, and are at last, after long toil and continued exertion, received into a select aristocracy of a limited number, and shielded in any further struggle by their well established reputation, of which the letters ' R.A.' attached to their names give a ',ledge to the public. If this body is often assailed from without, it shares only the fate of every aristocracy; if more than another, this only proves that it is even more difficult to sustain an aristocracy of merit than one of birth oe of wealth, and may serve as a useful cheek upon yourselves, when tempted at your elections to let per sonal predilections compete with real merit. Of one thing, however, you may rest assured, and that is the continued favour of the crown. The same feelings which actuated George 111. in founding this institution still actuate the crown in continuing to it its pato onage and support, recog nising in you a constitutional link, us it were, between the crown itself and the artistic body. And, when I look at the ameniblage of guests at this table, I may infer that the crown does not stand alone in this respect, but that those feelings are shared also by the great and noble in the land. May the Academy long flourish and continue its career of usefulness." Various toasts followed, and towards the clove of the evening, in speaking to the toast of " The Possessors of Collections of Pictures who occasionally throw open their Galleries to the Public," Lord WESTMINSTER stated that his gallery was open every Thursday to those who honoured him by desiring to view it, and regretted that he could nut throw open its contents more frequently. He agreed in all that had fallen from Lord John Russell on the subject, and expressed the interest with which he viewed the prevalence of that good understanding among the artists of all coun tries which the Great Estubition was sure to exend, and of which the presence of two pictures by Russian artists in the Academy Exhibition of this year was a gratifying evidence. Sir Charles Eastlake quitted the chair at 10 o'clock, and the mectiug broke up. THE DIOCESAN SYNOD AT EXETER.—EXETER, Tut,itenxv, MAY B.—The Bishop of Exeter has now com pleted his arrangements for the forthcoming diocesan Synod, to be held here on the 25th, 26th, and 27th of June. His lordship has ordered that each of the following deaneries shall elect two clergymen as representatives :—Aylesbeare, Cadbury, Exeter, Dnnkeswell, Dunsford, Honiton , Kenne, l'lymtree, Tiver ton, Barnstaple, Chumhigh, Holsworthy, liertland, Shirwel, South Moltnn, Torrington, Ipplepen, Morton, Oakbampton, PlyUlpton (Plymouth), Tannerton, Tavistock, Totton (Totness), W.mdleigh, East Cornwall, West Cornwall, Trigge Major, Trigge Minor, Pydre, Powdre, Kerner , and Penwithe. The right of election is to be vested in tho clergy holding preferments within the several deaneries. The bishop, in his address to the clergy, says—l appeal to you for counsel on the greatest question that has ever been brought before the consideration of the church of England—at least since the ad justment of our articles, and our book of Common Prayer. I need not tell you that the bishop and his clergy, with the people, arc a complete church; perhaps, in some respects, more to be recognised as such than a national church, because we all know that a diocesan church is the appoint ment of God himself—a national church we believe to be in full accordance with the gracious will of God, carrying out, under his directions, his great views, but still it is not appointed to us in Scripture. I look upon that as a human institution, upon our own diocesan church as a divine insti tution. I believe that one great article of our creed, " One baptism for the remission of sins," has been at least ignored as such by the highest tribunal to decide on points of faith that the state in this country knows. I believe it is our duty to declare whether we assent or not to the denial—the virtual denial of that great article of our creed. The synod will consist of nearly 200 persons, 62 of whom will be elected by the clergy. The other members will be the Very Rev. T. 11. Lowe, the dean; Hey. W. J. Phillpotts, M.A., the precentor, the chancellor of the church ; tke Rev. E. C. Harrington, M.A., the five canons, the Venerable J. M. Stevens, Archdeacon of Exeter; the Ven. It. M. Fronde M.A., Archdeacon of Totness; the Ven. W. J. Phillpotts, , M.A., Archdeacon of Cornwall; the Ven. J. Bartholomew, Archdeacon of Barnstaple ; the sub-dean, the bishop's chaplains, and 31 rural deans. The election of representa tives will not take place until the beginning of June. CALLS TO ME BAE.—Tho Easter Term calls to the bar of the Hon. Society of Lincoln's Inn were made yesterday (May 8), and they comprise the after-mentioned gentlemen : Henry It. Farrer, M.A., John G. Mayo, Esq., Thomas P. Beckworth, 8.A., Townley Yilgate, M.A., Frank W. Bush, M.A., Francis S. Reilly, M.A., Francis H. Appeal, M.A., Henry Wilbraham, MA., Joseph N. Higgins, 8.A., Thomas W. Wiglssworth, M.A., and James W. Langworthy, Esq. 1 BILUESPEARE A THOIIOI7OII SAmon.—Let me point 1 attention to a genuine nautical expression, in the nee of which Shakspearo shows himself a thorough Uilor : • Th;wind sits in the shoulder of your mil." " Hamlet," set I, sc. 3. Ina " fore and aft sail" of the present day the " shoulder" is the foremost upper corner, and the last part of the can vas on which the wind fixes its influence when a vessel is sailing by the wind, or e►en of the wind." The " veriest lout" in the " afterguard" will appreciate the truthfulness and beauty of the metaphor. .Notes and Queries. SECOND EDITION. FROM TIIIS NIGHT'S GAZETTE. DOWNING -STREET, MAY 9.—The Queen has been pleased to appoint James Douglas, Esq., to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the Island of Van couver, and its dependencies; her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint John Rainier, Esq., to be Itebident gistrate at Itiversdale, iu the settlement of the Cape of Good Hope. IVIIITEHALL, MAY 7.—The Queen has been pleased to appoint John Montgomerie Bell, Esq., Advocate, to be sheriff of the shire or sheriffdom of Kincardine, in the room of John Cowan, Esq., resigned. WHITEHALL, MAY B.—The Queen has been pleased to constitute and appoint the Right Hon. Hobert Montgomery Lord Belhaven to be her Majesty's High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. WHITEHALL, MAY B.—The Queen has been pleased to nominate the Rev. John Watson to he the Of ficiating Minister of the church of Newborough, in the county of Northampton, and tli , cese of Peterborough, the same being void by the resignation of the Rev. Christopher Carr. WARAf!I( , )(*y9. 2nd net of Wage.-Oar. T. F. Gurus to be lieut., by pnr., vlota lloater, who nets. 4th Light Inapt.-Cor. and Adjut. 0. Etua to have the rank of lieut.; Cor. 11. IL Jot urre to b.: lieut., by our, vice lord, who rets.; Coo. 11. J. FAIIMIK to be lieu... by pur., vice Itrandreth, who :Os. 2nd F.-Lieut. W. H. Pow.n r to be cape. by pur., vice Tobin, who feta ; Ens. J. Tuuuea to be lieut., by put., vase Foulett. 6th F.-Lieut. S. J. Tiannatt„ :rum Slat F., to be psymmit, vice Mackintosh, dee. 7th F.- Lieut . it. N. Pavva, from Ceylon Rifieltegt, to be lieut., sloe Czov.eron, abp. to 10th F. 10th E.-Lieut. 0. J. A. CANI.WW, from the 7th F., to be Sent., vice Miler, app. to the 39th F.; Ens. T. C. Itousamov, to be lieut., by 14: nalyslw, who rota; he. Lieut. E. S. havois, Irma the• Ceyt n 11.:fic Rest, to be erts., vice Robertaort. 23:11 F.-lAeut. it. Iletta to be ells., by our., vice Riesford, who rete.; Lieut. C. E. norms to be coot.. pur., vice tiaitye, aho • : see-Lieut. and Adj. It. Mir: ro T 01114., ht bavo the rank of trot lieuL ; Second Lieut. C. ROLLAND to be MO heut., by pm., vice lituee; Second Lieut. J. C. Jeavotst to bo first lieut., by pur., vice lloptost 34th F.-Assiat.-Sung. W. L. MYID, M.D., from the 2td West lndia Rest, to be mishit.-aurg., vice Clutterouct, whoeictt. S9th V.-I.ii ut. J. Nitta*, from the 10th F., to bu lieut., size Dal nap:e, onto. to an mist timpany. 33rd F.-Maj ir W. IL Stsierisso to bo lient.ooL, by nor., vice l. Brine, CM.. who rets.; Ca pt. C. L1.11.111.11K to be n...yor, by oue, vice M-insfield; Lieut. 1.0. Srawsno to be clot.. by pur., vice Le:nit:ere; Ens. G. Twine to be lout., by pur., awe Situ . iSth F. -A.ist-sues. 8. Tom,, tram the stat, to be aasistomig., vice Mahon who r. a E as. _ . _ eiiii.—iiii:rteru7ger J. Den..nr, front h..p. 76th F., gnat t , rtnastel vice It. terry, who rets. moo iith F.—LieuL C. a. Itnr.i.v,f; h -p. CeJlon Rifle ros t., tube :lent, vine Flood, whore appointment has been cancelled. hot West India Itegt.—Aasist.seurg. J. E. Ci.crisain ao, M.l), from the 3lth V., to he ussiaL.au g., vice Kt 0, oho exch. Ceylon Bide Itrit.—Olpt. W. tillktirt.LL, loan IL-p. oat t.t. Brass., to he cap ~ vice W. 11. Underwood, who each.; Lieut. J. R. Lsv to be rapt., without pur., vice resale's, dec.; Lieut. 11. t.i. liana to rapt., by pur., vice Grenfell, uho sets. U. Lieut. J. FITZAUT LIALLY3WL; ffeln the 9Lh P., to be caw., without pur. lieneerAl. nellee.— H. C. BIAKTN, gent, to he aaelat.-nurg. to the tutees; W. J. leoll4ll, gent., to lot aestsL•aurg. to Ina tutees, nee lydd, app. to the 58th F. Blneet. — iojor-Gen. 8;r H. Alitlie , e nista. C. 8., to have the kcal rank of lieut.-min. in the East Indira; Capt. W. Gas:incur., of the Ceylon Kinn Rein., to be major in the artily . ADIIIKALI Aram 29. Corps of 11 , stal Slarine..—Geat. C.4.let T. J. 0%. ti. RAW INOB t be lk j Lieut. Cadet. H. tist.iti to be arc.heut. afar I. lint Lieut. lf. A. Sltratatar to be eapt , •tee Capt. C. Clarke, retire.) Lp.; Met. Lieut. W. J.S.lttertauus to be first lieut., rico 11C..alluin, prom. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. THUILth I RMnea , Newgatc-market, City, meat ,rales man, May 7. BANKRUPTS. Rictt.tuat OVDMIN, Coplc, BcdfordAirc, licemod victualler. Jour WILLIAM Cur.ro, Tilbury Fort, innkrrper. Joux Moont:s, Jun., Aylesbury, draper. CIIARLLS SALTEIt and Itieumau ?luaus EVA'S., Upper King-street, Bloomsbury, tailorA. FILEULKICK Bennett -street, Black friars-road, hat manufacturer. FItEDEIII CC WATEIt. ILOGOETT and J.INIES Vete PurrEN, Mark-lime, City, corn merchants. DAVID Kt Ras - , Brackley, Northaniptonshire, linen draper. WILLIA st Itutra DOLDEU, Folkston, Kent, miller. CHARLES THOMA 3 SrExttat DEVEY, Woburn, Bed fordshire, auctioneer. Ttiumas liAOO, Birmingham, victualler. laALtH 11AllrEE, Dudley , Worcestershire, builder. JAMES StEItItELL, Watleot, Worce.tcrellire t cattle dealer. WILLIAM OKAY, Bluiderland, draper. for the week calla: Slay 3. les/. (.IQterantent Deht 411,01308 , tther 0 .14 00.11atat 13.0%.t196 Serer lielltJu ,24642.270 aeopar:tift o x - °l ts tidys:* MATIIIIALL. Chief t 3,1:14.711) dee of Sugar, the produco of mraiplited Iron/ the return mods 1, il , i, 24]. I Id. per cat. Sugar. •. 3jd. Sugar, the proluce of this price of the tom tonguing do. BAN K OF KNOLAND.—Accovi Note. LvU•4 tow, PP,. ...... iD;,64.2.270 p 4.042,270 DAlllll$O D hortitton' Oaplu.l ruto..c Ihmouitillochtt .he ItaLlcs. XlL•oeti 4.T1494 Other I) 9,5•3,74 :via, lay:adulator Mb 1,1*.Z.47.3 C 3,134,76 May 8. 1.51. SUGAR.—The average , the Britiett ims•eiui,nu iu Auterie4, la the e,ek ending the .;th May, the pr.sl.l, of the Mauritius, is Fast lattice, 2 in. I S.I. Th.: average seriptions, jointly, :Oa lila. TRIBUNALS OF COMMERCE. Yesterday, by invitation of the president and other members of the committee lately organised for the promo tion of tribunals of commerce in this country, a meeting was convened at the London Tavern, fur the purpose of taking such steps as might appear desirable to fora anl the object in view. There were present Lord Wharnelitfe, Mr. J. M'Gregur, M.l'.; Mr. Anderson, M.l'. ; Mr. A. , Cowan, ; Mr. W. Felkin, M a y or o f N ott i ng h am; Mr. Charl es Holland, of the Liverpool Chamber of Com merce; the Count du Torres ;Dias, Mr. Montague Gore, Mr. Richard White, Mr. Fitzwilliam, Mr. D. Macfarlane, Mr. Leyster, Mr. Lyne, and others. Lord {Vitalist:us-mg occupied the chair, and said he was fully convinced that some change in the law with regard to commercial questions was desirable, and referred to the laws of other countries on the subject. At the same time he was not prepared to give any opinion us to what the nature of the changes in the law should be, but suggested that it would be desirable in the first instance to have an inquiry, either by a parlia mentary committee, or royal commission, upon the subject. In order to obtain such au inquiry, it would be necessary for those who were entrusted in the subject to bestir them selves, and petition parliament relative to it, when ho would do all in his power to assist them. Mr. Macgregor and Mr. Anderson concurred in the views of the noble lord, the latter gentleman stating that he was convinced that it would be almost impossible to get anything done in the Howie of Commons at this late period of the session, and suggested, therefore, that they should endeavour to get a committee of the House of Lords to inquire into the subject. Lord Wharnclitfe thought that perhaps it would have been better to have the inquiry in the House of Commons, where there were more commer cial men then there were in the Upper House—at the same time it must be admitted that there were counter-sail ing advantages, as in the House of Lords they could obtain the assistance of the highest legal talent, the question as deeply affecting the legal as the commercial interests. Should it be deemed desirable, therefore, to have a commit tee of the House of Lords appointed, he would do all in his power to assist them ; and he had no doubt of being able to obtain the committee. He, however, wished to caution them that they could not expect to obtain a sweeping refo r m at tint; but they must be content to receive it bit by bit, until they saw how the modifications which might be made in the present system worked. Ultimately, Messrs. An derson, Macgregor, It. Thornton, Montague Gore, and Lyne, were appointed a committee, to draw up petitions, and to take the necessary measures for getting them signed, praying for a parliamentary inquiry into the state of the laws affecting the commercial interests, with a view of seeing how far they can be amended. It was also suggested by Mr. Macgregor, that Lord Palmerston should be re quested to obtain from the various embassies and consuls copies of the commercial coder of different natious and states. A vote of thanks to the noble lord concluded the proceedings. ROYAL BANK OF AUSTRALIA. Yesterday Mr. Selwyn, with Mr. Dobie, for a large number of creditors, applied to his Honour Master Richards to bo entitled to in spect certain books and papers in the possession of the official manager, to enable them to classify the claims of creditors. Mr. Leach, of the firm of Farquhar, John stone, and Leach, strenuously opposed the application on behalf of a large body of the shareholders, contending that under the act, which was not for the benefit of cr ed itors, the Master had no jurisdiction to do so, and that it would be arming the creditors with weapons against the shareholders to grant the application. After considerable discussion, Mr. H. Harris, for the official manager, offering no objec tion, his Honour granted the application, and Mr. Leach gave notice of appeal. THE POLISH HUNGARIAN REFUGEES.—On Mon day evening last, a public meeting was held in the Town Hall, Sheffield, pursuant to a requisition signed by a num ber of the most influential parties in the borough. The mayor being from home, William Fisher, Esq., was called to the chair. The meeting was very numerously and re spectably attended, and was addressed by Messrs. R. Solly, T. E. Mycock, Rev. Mr. Owen, Mews. Groves, bromide, Harvey, &c., &c. A resolution was unanimously adopted. 0 the effect that a public subscription be entered into by the inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood, for the purpose of supporting the 28 refugees now resident in Shef field until they can be employed, and of relieving others • and that the manufacturers and workmen in the variou s trades be, and are hereby requested, to use their best es -11106•011/1 to obtain employment for them as early as passible, SALARlES.—Yesterday, according to an official doer oumtpreaented to parliament, thee= of 1,0851.171. was paid last year for the salaries of secretaries, messenger of the commission for the romotion ' bition of the Works of Industry of a h XVI!" • ti t . • d '* r K. 4,4