The Sun. — London, England, 1852-04-15 00:00:00

THEE.MAJESTY'S THEATRE. MacUde. JOHA_N"NA WAGNER. It is respectfully announced that the talent of Mad Ile. JOHANNA VirAGNEI: is secured exclusively to her Majesty's Theatre, by an engagement dated the sth of Soveniber last, and signed by this cele brated artiste. II - ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Fiat appearance of Madlia. SOFIE CRUVELLI, Sig. LABLACIIE, and Sig. GARDONI. It is respectfully announced that on SATURDAY next, April 17, will be presented Bellini's celebrated Opera, NORMA., Oroveso, Sig. Lablachc • Flavio, Sig. Mercurial ; Polio, gig. Gar -40n1; Adalgisa, Madlle. Feller ; Norma, Madlle. Sode Cruvelli. Between the acts will be presented the revived favourite Diver tiiiement, L'AUROUE. To conclude with a new Spanish Ballet Divertissement, entitled TIN BAILEY DE CANDIL, Ls which Mille. Gay Stephan, Mdlles. Rosa, Esper, Allegrini, La moureux, M. Di Mattia, and M. Mathieu will appear. bladile. Johanna Wagner Is daily expected. A new Grand Opera, by Meyerbeer, is in preparation. A new Ballet is in preparation for the rentrfie vl' Madlle. Carolina A pplication. for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Opera 3oz-office, Colonnade, Haymarket. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. Production of I MARTYRI. The Directors have the honour to announce that THIS EVENING, Grand Extra Night will be given, on which occasion will be P roduce ,for the first time in this country, Donizetti's Opera. entitled I 3LtRTYRI, As performed at the Academie Royal, Paris. • With new Scenery, Costumes, and Appointments. Paulina, Madame Jullienne (of the Academie Royale, Paris (her first appearance in England) ; Severus, Signor Ronconi ; Felix, Signor'Marini ; Nearcus, Signor Stigelli ; a Christian, Signor Soldi ; Calisthenes. Signor Polonini ; Polyutus, Signor Tamberlik. The incidental Divertissement in the second act of the Opera will be Sustained by Madlles. H. Bellotti, L. Bellotti, Leblond, Kolcm berg, and Robert. The Scenery by Messrs. Grieve and Telbba ; the Costumes by Mrs. E. Bailey and 31adame Marzio ; the Appointments by Mr. Prescott ; the MaChinery by Mr. Allen ; the Dances by M on s. Alexandre ; the Spectacle arranged by M. Laurent. Commence at Eight o'clock. Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. Tickets for the Boxes, Stalls, or the Pit may be had (for the Night or Season), at the Box,flice of tke Theatre. which is open from Eleven till Five o'clock ; and of the principal librarians and musicsellers. 3fadlle JOHANNA WAGNER. The Directors have the honour to announce that, in order to ren der still more complete their already unprecedented assemblage of artistes, they have entered into an engagement with Macille. Johanna Wagner (Prima Donna of the Theatre Royal at Berlin), and that the services of that eminent artiste are secured exclusively to the Royal Italian Opera. MARIONETTE THEATRE, ROYAL ADELAIDE-STREET, WEST STRAND. Attractive Novelties for the Easter Holidays. THIS EVENING, arid every evening during the week, A new Characteristic Address, by the Manager. After which an entirely new and original piece de circonstance lecl.NOW IN REHEARSAL, a confidential revelation, strictly bli . To be conowed by THE SWISS COTTAGE. To conclude with an entirely new version of the Grand Eastern Spectacle of ALADDIN ; or, The Wonderful Lamp, produced with all the vast resources of this small establishment. Doom; open at Half-past Seven, and commence at Eight o'clock. A Morning Performance en 'aturday next. Doors open at Flalf 2ast Two, and commence at Three o'clock. In the course of each Representation, a selection of Music will be performed, including the Royal Marionette Quadrilles, by M. Bosisio, and the Royal Marionette Polka, by Mr. T. Browne, and the Royal Marionette Scottische, composed ex,ressly for this Theatre. There will shortly be produced several New Pieces, which are now In active rehearsal. Private Boxes and Stalls to be had at the Box-office of the Theatre, and of all the principal Librarians. HUNGERFORD-HALL, S (RAND. RE-OPENING OF BOLTON'S DIORAMA. In consequence of the immense success obtained on Easter Monday by Chevalier Bouton's unrivalled Diorama, it will continue open for &EVEN DAYS MORE ONLY, priorto the alterations about to take place in the Establishment. 1. The Overflowing of the River Loire, in France, never before exhibited in England. 2. The Town and Valley of Fribourg, in Switzerland, with double effect of Summer and Winter, universally pronounced to be a mas terpiece of art. 3. The magnificent Cathedral of St. Mark, at Venice, with double effect of Day and Night, unrivalled in the annals of diorama paint ings. Dr. Wallis will preside at the Organ, and Professor Reeves describe the different Pictures. Open Daily from Twelve to Four. Admission, tid. and ►s. TREATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. rius EVM.I Rill be performed the new Comedy, entitled THE MAN OF LAW. Marquis de la Seigdere, Mr. Lambert ; Raoul, Mr. L. Murray ; M. Destozunelles, Mr. B. Webster; Bernard. Mr. Howe; Baroness de Vaubert, Mrs. Stirling ; Helene de la Seigliere, Miss A. Vining. After which a new Burlesque on a frightfully popular subject, to be called 0, GEMINI ; or, the Brothers of Co(u)rse. Characters by Messrs. Buckstone, Bland, Woolger ; Mesdames Buckingham, Col lins,'Caulfield, Honey, &c. With the new Farce of YOUR LIFE'S IN DANGER, in which Mr. Keeley will appear. To conclude with BOX AND COX, by Messrs. Keeley and Buck atone. THEATRE LOYAL, .DELPHI. Lessee, Mr. B. Webst THISer E; D VEirectNlNressG, ,Madame Celeste. _ . Wlll be performed a new Drama of powerful interest, called THE QURP.N OF THE MARKET. Characters by Messrs. Hughes, 0. Smith, Paul Bedford, Emery, Honey, Worrell ; Mesdames Chaplin, Harding, and Seeley. After which, a devilish new Extravaganza, called MEPHISTO PHELES. Characters by Mr. Honey, Miss litzwilliam, and Miss Wwilgar. With WHO STOLE THE POCKET-BOOK' or, a Dinner for Six. .01(3L PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFOIZD-i3TR 3 r.F,T, Cnder the Management of Mr. C. Kean, THIS EVENING, Will Le performed the CORSICAN BROTHERS. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Kean, A. Wigan, Ryder, Meadows, J. 'fining, J. Chester, F. Cooke, Everett, and W'neatleigh ; Misses Phillips, Murray, Robertson, Vivash, Daly, and C. Leclercq. Alter which a Fairy Tale, in Two Acts, entitled WITTIKIND AND HIS BROTHERS; or, The Seven Swan Princes and the Fair 3lelusine. Characters by Messrs. Harley, Meadows, F Cooke, Flexmore ; Mrs. Winstardey, Misses Marshall, Robertson, Murray, C. Lecicreq, Daly, Vivash, Newcombe, K. terry, and Madlle. Auriol. SOYAL LYCEIJ.A riIE.ATuE, Under Manazement of Madam* Vest:ft hole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. iiif EVILSiNG, Will be produced a dramatic story, in eight acts, entitled A CHAIN OF ETENTS. Characters by Messrs. Charles Mathews, Frank Matthews, Robert Roxby, Belton, Baker, Suter ; Madame Vestris, Miss Laura Keene, Mrs. E. Matthews, and Miss Julia St. George. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Farm. THIS EVRNMTG, Will be performed the Comedy of SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER. Principal characters by Messrs. Farren, Compton, and Hoshlns ; Mesdames Walter Lacy, Fielding, and Bartlett. To conclude with T cLE CAALBERWELL Si:OTHERS ; or, The Mystic Milkman. PLAYHOUSE AND STRAND THEATAZ. Lessee, Mr. W. R. COPELAND, Liverpool. THits EVENING, Will be presented A VILLAGE TALE. Characters by Messrs. E. Rogers, Attwood, Moreland ; Mesdames Copeland, nelby, and Mas kell. After which ANTHONY AND CLEDPATRA, by Mr. Walter Lacy and Miss L. Howard. To be followed by the grand Ballet of VIYANDIERE, by M. Milano, Madlle. Therese, and a full Corps de Ballet. To conclude with THE RAGGED SCHOOL. Characters byMessrs Ro‘erit, Attwood, Moreland ; M!sses Maskell, Eglinton, and Morelli. Boxes, 35.; Pit, 2s. ; Amphitheatre, Is. Private Hoses One Guinea and a tiau eacfa. Stage Manager, Mr. E. Stirling. ;~ ASTLEY'S ROYAL AIIPIIITHEATRE. under tho Patronage of her Alajosty and his Royal Ilighnoll Prince cilbert_ Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. The most successful and popular Theatre in London. THIS EVENING, 'I.II be presented a new grand Military Spectacle, which la now 4it itick all Paris, entitlel BONAPAR'TE IS EGYPT ; or, the Settle of Aboukir. To be followed by Batty's Inimitable Scenes of the Arena. To coriciade with THE LOTTERY TICKET. Ticketa to be had at the Box-office from Eleven trail Four daily. Stage ManaYer, fir. T. ThcmDaon. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tu DAY —Morning VI rain. after 11 Evening 0 min after - 0 To-4011sow—Morning 13 rain. after 12 1 Evening 30 min atter -12 THE WEATHER,—Smg OrincE, APRIL 15. THRRMOMSTER, 124 TRIt , 66—highest since noon yesterday. 35 —lowest this morning and during the night. ol—this day, at noon. Bassoracrsa, 30.25. WIND S.E.—smart breeze and line weather. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clock yester d ay morn i n g. — The stations are arraaged in order of latitude. p Lymouru _wi n d S.E., gentle breeze—cloudless. PooLx—Wind E., gentle breeent se-- bcloudless cloudless. PORTSMOUTH— Wind E., gentle reeze— BRIGHTON— Wind N.E., gentle breeze--cloudless. 11A4r2‘Gs—Wind S.E., light airs—cloudless. B °utnAmFroze—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—cloudless. If°LimvroNn—Wind S.W., light airs—cloudless. calm—cloudless. GP.RENWICEI—CaIm soggy. SWINDON—Wind E., light airs—cloudles.t, CoLcitasras.....wind W., calm—cloudless. CAXIIMIDGPI—Wind S., gentle breeze—cloudless. Yesmoirra—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. L.Asq.asTan—Wind S.W. calm—principally clear. DARVNGTON—Wind gentle breeze 'rho returns fr — c loudless. ora the following places indicate the state of t'ie wind and weather on Tuesday ulorning at nine o'cleaCk LoraticF—Wind S.E., calm—cloudlem MIIIIINGAR—Wind E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. LittchrroN—Wind S.E., calm partially cloudy. .130LriraD—Very fine. L A NCA&ZER.--•:#4 ind S., calm—principally clear. t wrgy— ry Ind E., gentle breeze —cloudless. DARLIICGTON—Wind S.. gentle breeze.— cloudless. 8 0A r.....Wind S.W., gentle breeze —principally clear. ilserroolc — Wind W.. strong breeze—cloudless. ebr t ni s l nti .a°141:143164, THURSDAY, ' APRIL 15, 80. lu to promise E,4rything seerns —4°— settlement of the at length a speedy hithOto carrried on byesr relating to the system settlement should be both prompt booksellers, and that this manifestly desirable, we 0 13 :::1 4 and conclusive is nut Only of the trade, but of the% for the interests which ; 11 blic, and also of 1 literature. The difficulty 1511 'g out of the comevmay be brietly statod as ote " 1 , : l ! t e to be over ookell' very: contradictory opinions entertained b y th e sellers, and by the members of the Bunder ciatrob... y es t e rday a body of g in r ! Asso acting' as the representatives of that associ ation waited upon the LORD CHIEF JVSTIcE, lit hi s i . at ion residence , '* 1 1' / 1' Cr. 6:4, -' 4%.* • • kl& ~-D,- , 7 biE u _. , . I • mil' - 0 4 li rril . • .'• ii no , • " F ' i.: ^ , -4 ,„ Yr ' . 0 iip ao ..?? ", , t, ' 4 lliti. I • P. . ''' ~. in Kensington, for the purpose of explaining their" views to his Lordship and to other gentlemen of lite rary distinction. A sufficiently detailed report of the proceedings will be found elsewhere in our im pression of this evening ; and from those proceedings enough information may be gleaned to enable an in telligent and dispassionate mind to arrive at some thing like an accurate appreciation of the questio❑ at issue between the undersellers and the Association. Acting in this matter, however, as in every other, like a " Just Judge "—as he i3—Lord CAMPBELL declined to express any definitive opinion until such time as he should have listened to the arguments of the opposite side in the discussion. Audi alteram partem he acknowledged to be his invariable prin ciple upon these occasion?, intimating in the very acknowledgment the particular bias in his own mind, when he alluded to Lord ELDON'S custom of never deciding any cause, however clear it might be, with out hearing the side against which he was inclined. This determination on the part of Lord CAMPBELL is more noticeable from the circumstance that the most prominent among the undersellers in the metropolis had been ineffectually invited to attend at the meeting convened yesterday at Stratheden House in Kensington. It may be as well to mention at once that the first Booksellers' Association on record was constituted in 1812 ; that in 1828 it was remodelled ; and that having fallen for some time into abeyance, 1848 witnessed its revivification. The principal object of this association was very lucidly explained yesterday by its present chairman—a member of the great publishing house of the LONGMANS—to be the re striction of the privileges of the trade to such alone as complied with certain conditions, declared by the practice of the trade to be absolutely essential for their enjoyment. " The main privilege," said Mr. WILLIAM LONGMAN, "is that of re ceiving a certain discount from the retail price, and the condition on which the privilege is granted is that the retail price shall be observed.' Now, as to the amount of the discount granted to the retail booksellers, it cannot be deemed as in any way extravagant the allowance being 25 per cent., whereas in other trades that amount of profit is very nearly quadrupled. That the retail price of books should be a condition stringently imposed by the pub lishers must, say the upholders of the Booksellers' Association, be obviously no less entirely redeemed from the charge of extravagance. Without some restriction of this kind, they maintain that the whole system of the trade would necessarily become involved in a state of confusion altogether inextricable, in consequence of the disas trous competition set on foot by the undersellers. W hat say two of the ,most remarkable among their number now-a-days—Mr. BOHN and Mr. BICKERS ? According to Mr. BICKERS, five per cent. profit would be sufficiently remunerative. But, retorts Mr. BOHN, "If Mr. BICKERS can ssll at five per cent. profit, I can sell at one," and so the rivalry runs down upon a scale of perpetual diminu tion, " small by degrees and beautifully less," until the ruin of the trade would in the end be as certain as the profit would become infinitesimal. Such are the fears entertained as to the result of the under selling system, a system declared by the almost unanimous voice of the trade to be most ruinous and destructive in its tendencies. Whatever may be the ulterior decision of the arbitrators presided over by Lord CAMPEIELL, there cannot be any question what ever of the accuracy of the assertion made by the Chairman of the Booksellers' Association, to the effect that the free-trade principles cannot be regarded as applicable to the bookselling trade. In illustration of this, Mr. LONGMAN very correctly and ingeniously remarked that patented articles were the only articles approaching those in which book- sellers dealt in character. " The bookselling trade," he observed, " was the only one in which there was a possibility of fixing a retail price, and in which there was a complete identification of the article. It was advisable to buy many articles —as, for insance, silk goods and hats—from tradesmen in whom they had confidence, because persons who were not judges of such articles might easily be deceived as to their quality. There was, however, no doubt as to the identity of a book. If a purchaser wanted Lord CAMPBELL'S ' Lives of the Chief Justices,' he could not be put off with the late Mr. TOWNSEND'S Lives of the Judges.' If Mr. GRoTE'S • His tory of Greece ' was asked for, Bishop THIaL WALL'S could not be substituted. This gave the power of fixing a retail price ; and, as those who dealt in such articles must have a profit, it was necessary that a certain agreed allowance or discount should be given to the trade." Other wise the entire system of the trade obviously becomes involved in confusion, a confusion certain to become yet " worse confounded," unless some remedy can be contrived against this increesing tendency to com petition. Devoted Free-traders as we are— Free - traders from a deliberate conviction of the wisdom and beneficence of the prin ciples of unrestricted commerce, we are, never theless, loth to be regarded as among the num ber of those who consider free trade a panacea for every social evil that meets the light of day. On the contrary, we should shrink from prostituting those noble principles by dragging them forward upon every occasion, as constituting a nostrum of infallible efficacy, no less widely applicable to the body politic than the healing ointments de clared by their vendors to be capable of dissipating every malady in the frame of mortal from hiccoughs to apoplexy, and from toothache to elephantiasis. As well might free trade be expected in patents as free trade in books—for the comparison suggested by Mr. LONGMAN is more admirably ingenious in its accuracy than might at first be conjectured. Mr. TOMRINS has no more title to expect protection from piracy in regard to his machinery for drilling holes in metal buttons, than Mr. DICKENS has for that machinery of plot in Bleak Rouse, hi pro mises to reveal the casualties befalling the little old lady and Emma. Summertsom. Another consideration is rather remarkable in reference to the question raised beteween the undersellers and the Association, and that is the enormous prepon derance of numbers siding with the latter and the singular minority in which the former are left—a fact sufficiently well exemplified by the contrast between the booksellers of Glasgow and Edinburgh, only two out of 175 being undersellers. However, it is rapidly gratifying drawing to reflect that the hour is manifest to Dr. iffi vanquishedul t y joassnoeNar himselfwh elonay b a e d in the book trade, and when the Parliament may be enabled to regulate in some measure the system of that trade, and to watch over its interests as sedu lously even as the Leviathan of Literature. We have been censured by Free traders beeaurte w . h ave join in the outcry that the sacred opposition offered to the refused to join in thefactious many enthusiastic was endangered, and that the f aedueso o t re s r h n o m al e d nt, b o e rto c d e e im mediately set at rest, at any. who amount cause f in f o o nf free trade to the country. Tho se themselves the responsibility of a would not take upon Y knowledge of th e vas t injury whichdissolution f rom a ing in the month of February, such a proceed occasion, were yet quite willing or to driveeven March, must their succes sors into a course so gr ea tl y to be de The d anger of a new bread-tax —the possibility of some char ge being imposed on the food of thei people, wa s th e ingenious device used for the purpose of creating a pan ic, and bringing the Grey-Russell clique, the happy family, into office again with the least possible d e l a y. Being equally indiffer en t to Whig and Tory, and desirous only of obtaining e the greatest good for the greatest number , " we have stead Y our own course. We perceived th e p f e o r l s ly evered in of the flimsy pretext resorted to much too cl ear l y to be taken in by such transparent humbug. We knew that the great principle of free trade was in no w degree imperilled, or at least that it could be so only by the very means adopted —we declared our firm belief that if the party were not goaded for ward, and driven into a corner, and then compelled to take up the weapons they had relinquished, there wotild be no contest, no proposition for a corn law even of the moat mcdified description and the most diluted character. Well, the accuracy of our predictions is receiving additional con firmation day by day. The most thorough-paced Protectionists are disclaiming any in tention of entering upon a retrograde policy, or disturbing the existing commercial arrangements. It is true that they openly avow their incividual views and predilections, and express their regret at what they have been pleased to term the " too hasty legis lation" on the subject; but comparatively few have ventured to assert even a desire to retrace their foot steps, or to re-enact the iniquitous code, even were it in their power to do so. The great majority, on the contrary, admit that the national judgment pro nounced in 1846 is final and conclusive, and that there is not the slightest hope of its reversal. We have now to announce two important adhe sions to the cause of free trade, or rather to the impossibility of bringing back any measure of pro tection, however limited, which might increase the price or diminish the size of the loaf. The Eton. Gentleman, the Member for North Staffordshire, has boldly and unequivocally declared, we shall not say his " conversion," for that phrase might be used in an invidious sense, but his thorough conviction that a bread-tax " bad become, whether rightly or wrongly, so'odioua in the eyes of the general body of the nation, that it would be unwise to accept it any longer, even if it could be obtained." Mr. ADDERLEY goes still further; he says, " As an agriculturist myself, and the representative of a great body of agriculturists, I recommend them to give up that mode of compensa tion for any special taxation we bear, which we can not receive without unmerited odium attached to it." lie, at the same time, asserts that, " the national feeling is already amply tested," and consequently deprecates such a question being needlessly repeated on the part of the landed gentry, after the national feeling, be it right or wrong, is so fully known. We look on this address as peculiarly im portant at the present moment, not merely because Mr. ADDERLEY bas ever main tained a high and irreproachable character, because he enjoyed the fullest confidence on the part of his constituents, or even because he had been offered place under the Earl of DERBY—the situation of Secretary of the Board of Control having been offered for his acceptance—it is rather because he may be regarded as one of an influential class of country gentlemen, who, while still ac knowledging a desire for " protective imposts," and a belief in their propriety, have yet, albeit reluc tantly, arrived at the conclusion that their restora tion is impracticable. The elaborate and well-con sidered statement, deliberately put forward by Mr. ADDERLEY, will be endorsed by very many of these persons ; it clearly expresses their views and feelings, and shows that there is no greater danger of the country being disturbed by any well founded apprehension of the re-imposition of a bread tax under the DERBY than under the Grey-Russell Administration. The other party to whom we have alluded is one whose testimony is by no means unimportant. Mr. HUDSON, in addressing his constituents at Sunderland, while complaining of " the hasty manner" in which the corn-laws were repealed, declared that no one would oppose a change in the existing state of affairs more strenuously than himself. He also spoke of the impossibility of bringing back the navigation code. Now, Mr. HunsoN is a shrewd intelligent man, who can understand the views and feelings of the country. If he saw any reasonable prospect of maintaining or rather restoring protection, if he thought it even probable that a contest would take place, he would not have avowed his unconditional opposition to any change. We may look upon these declarations as feelers thrown out to different constituencies, as " straws thrown up to ascertain the direction of the wind ;" and we hail them with delight as confirming to the fullest extent our anticipations that there will be no serious attempt made for the exhumation of the corn-laws. THE FRENCH RIWUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The following is the official report of the Corps Lsgislatif of its sittings on Tuesday.:— The : Legislative Body resumed its• sittings at a quarter past three o'clock yesterday, after the short Easter recess, M. Billault, the president, being in the chair. The proceedings were of very brief duration. A fortnight's leave of absence was accorded to M. Clary and M. Delavau on aecount of delicate health. The Pre sident stated that he had received from the . Minister of State a bill concerning the rehabilitation of•persons con demned by the tribunals to a peine inflictive et infamante. For the more grave cases five years should elapse after the punishment had been borne before the application for such restoration to civil rights could be made, and three years for cases of coudemnatiou before the cor rectional police; in every instance, bztore any de mand could be entertained, the whole of the damages and costs incurred should ba paid up. The bill was ordered to be printed and distributed. The President also stated that he had received other bills from the Minister of State tending to authorise the town of Sr. Omer, and the departments of the Hantes-Pyrenees, the Meuse, and the Pea de Calais, to contract loans. These four bills were ordered to be re ferred to the same committee. The order of the day was the report of the committee on the Copper-coinege Bill, but the amendments referred to the Council of State not having been sent back, the report could not be prepared. The President then stated that in a few days a series of Bills would be presented to the Assembly—one relative to certain railway lines; another to the mortgage sys tem; another concerning the customs; and, in addition, the budget for 1853. These various matters, the Presi dent observed, would afford full occupation to the Legiq 'give Body to the end of the session. As it was not possible to name the precise day on which the Legisla tive Body would have next to meet, notice should be sent to the members at their residences. The sitting was then brought to a close at a quarter to four." A paragraph in the Siècle, stating that unpleasant differences had occurred between the French and Eng lish Governments, is contradicted on authority by the Government journals. The relations between the two Governments have never ceased to be of the most amicable character. By a decree of the illoniteur MM. MICHELET, QUINET, and MICKIEWICZ are deprived of their pro fessorships in the College of France. Both MM. MICHELET and QIJINET had been suspended by the Government of Lours PHILIPPE, but it is only since the decree of the 9th of March that the Government has the power of depriving professors of their hono rary rank. These gentlemen have, according to con current accounts, very much abused the privileges of their position. M. MICHELET is the erdent eulogist of the worst men and the worst deeds of the revolu tion of 1789, while between himself and M. QuINET there has been a long-established identity of views, feelings, and opinions • so much so, that the publi c never failed to name both together in the same breath. Their lectures were not what they ought to have been. They were not guiding disquisitions to young minds, bent on acquiring a knowledge of the facts of history as aids to clear insight into the habits, man ners, and modes of thought and feelings of time past. On the contrary, they were highly-coloured pam phlete, seasoned with false sentiment, and delivered with exaggerated theatrical action, meant to elicit cheers and applause. Whoever wished to enjoy an hour of pleasant turbulence had need only to attend a discourse of either. The Ministers of Louts PHI LIPPE had to put a temporary stop to scandals, which proved too much even for the Republic, for MICHELET and QOINET were silenced even in 1848, and Louis NAPOLEON has stopped them for the length of his own reign. M. MicKlawicz, is a Polish mystic, who fell into that sort of prophecy as to the future triumphs of his race, which is allowed to be the consolation of the exiled patriot. With him there will be genuine sym pathy. He falls a victim to the new rigid system of special instruction, from which is imperatively banished all that may have relation to feeling or fancy, a system which, whatever may be its future results, is condemned this morning in the Assemblee Nationale by the highest living authority on the sub ject of education. It is thus that M. GUIZOT, under a pseudonyme, speaks of the famous Polytechnic School which is henceforth to be of more importance than ever : " There has never been, in point of fact, a school which has spoiled so many good natural dispositions, or given a wrong bent to so mauy minds, as that of the Ecole Poly technique. Those who have so much superadded to studies and exaggerated tendencies have forgotten the severe judgments pronounced by Descartes and LAb nitz themselves on mathematics when pushed to excess. It would seem as if the Polytechnic School had been created expressly to illustrate the results of such ex cesses. France is the only country which possesses such a school, and yet it is not the only country that can ne 1 bocst of e ng i neers and artillery o ffi cers of distinction; I.ln suction e f a u n but it l athe only one w hi ch possesses so many perverte d minds and so man y dan g erous monomanias, who reduce m o T ra h ls e and politics to algebraical formulas." at s pecial n d i rs ty disclaimss t u a d l e t s h , a w t h a i p c p h ea a ls im to s moral sentime • nts, will, according to the opinion of the writer from whom the above extract is taken, rather aggravate that tendency to socialism against which it Would seem to be a r eac ti on , b ecause it will give more than ever disposition to materialism by materialising edu cation. 141. Dame D E G ilt reply to the "warni ng "that he had received for having expressed op in ion that if the Empire were to ba established, an here might be some person of the old Royalist t who would at tempt to take the life of the dal;Y of the state. He Bays that be could not guard against a risk which he could not foresee. The Tribuual and the Senate, in 1804, both expressed, he Bays, a similar fear, and adds,—..“ By pervertin meaningthe the of journal) the Presse may be suppressed, but history cannot be suppressed." A company lately organized has applied to the Mi nister of Public Works for the concesion of a branch line on the Lyons to Avignon Railway, from St. Rambert to the frontier of Savoy. The Bulletin de Paris, whose director holds an of ficial position, has the following:— "The pacific Empire, that is, the Monarchial Impe rialist institutions, without the wars which had turned them from their real objects—the Empire with peace, is, in fact, the noblest, the grandest, the most useful go vernment that France can possess. France abandoned it with regret in the presence of a foreign invasion; it is the Government she desires, it is that which is adapted to her tastes, her instincts, her wants; it is in the logi cal course of events. It is the Government of which even now she has the half; and the entire of which she will certainly have within a period we may calculate without arithmetically fixing it. We are in expectation of it since the 10th of December, 1848; it will come whatever h,z the cause of its arrival. The pacific Em pire, the Empire, without its dangers, and its glorious peril, would at this moment complete the wishes of the population. It would respond to their instincts, their political worship, their wants; it would secure to them calm and prosperity by definite stability. The popula tion desires, at any cost, this pacific Empire." The Bourse was again feeble. The Five per Cents. opened at 1011. 702., and closed at 101 f. for the end of the month; the Three pi.-r Cents. closed at 72f ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,187 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 770% ; Havre, 305 F.; Great Northern, 615 f.; Avignon, 283 f. 75c; Vierzon, 5821. 50e.; Basle, 260 f.; Bordeaux, 600 f.; Paris and Strasburg, 5901.; Tours and Nantes, 3581. 75c.; Paris and Lyons, 630 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 11. L 3 3 ;;—Namur a n d Li ege , 7%—N or th ern of France, Paris and Ly ons , 119—Paris and Rouen R xe m 2 b 4 o s; u fa r , 31—Paris and Strasbourg,, and Havre, 12 ie— Tours and Nantes, 111 A—West Flanders, 3—Western a France, 7 SPAIN. Our accounts from Madrid are of the 9th inst. The QUEEN bad ordered the Court to go into mourning for 12 days, in consequence of the demise of the Queen Dowager of DENMARK. It being Good Friday, the journals did not appear, and the Bourse remained closed. GERMAN Y. At a meeting of the three ambassadors at Vienne, on the 7th, a resolution was unanimously adopted, declaring that the peace of Europe depended on the maintenance of the policy, home as well as foreign, laid down by Prince SCHWARZENBERG, Previous to his death the Prince is said to nave drawn up a me morandum pointing out the necessity of enforcing his system. Prince SCHWARZENEERG died in consequence of the bursting of a blond-vessel in the heart. The reigning Prince, his brother, has set off to su perintend the funeral at Wittingau, the family estate in Bohemia. Prince FELIX has left all his movables to his natural daughter, who has English blood in her veins. She married some time since, an Austrian officer of lancers, now serving in Transylvania. One of the PRINCE'S latest acts was to present General MANSEACH, the new Sw e di s h A m b as sador to the Est - PEROR on the sth inst. The Correspondenz r e p ea t s its assurance that it never occurred to this Government to vex English men travelling in Austria because they were British subjects; still less t o p ro t es t against the asy l u m offered to refugees o n E n glish gr ound —but only against the abuse of th a t privilege. On e of there abuses the Corresp on d enz considers b be co llectin g funds for revolutionary purposes, which it denounces as equivalent to enlisting a hostile force. The Austrian Presse has the following observations on the presumed Imprial aspirations of the PRINCE PRESIDENT of the French Republic : "In the eyes of the ' sovereign people' the man of the nation's choice will scarcely wiu for himself that legitimacy and that hereditary right which he has so the act for excluding the Bonaparte family from cleverly tried to make out, and the gr eat p owers who signedthe throne of France ctrtarnly did not see in the man of December 2 the descendant of Napoleon, but merely salut:d him as the fortunate restorer of soci al order in France and the r es t o f E u rope, and from this point of view they would assuredly have accepted the foundation of a dynasty, not parceque but quoique Bonaparte, as a fait accompli. But the successor of a French emperor, and the heir of the imperial plans of conquest, combined with that hankering at er Sccialist experiments already familiar to us, it , a phenomenon, the unusual form of which must produce an uneasy feeling in the mind." Accounts from Frankfort staffs that the Ministerial conference at Darmstadt has led to a satisfactory result. It is added, that Hanover has declared itself in favour of a commercial and customs union with Austria. Thu new constitution in Cassel will be im mediately published. There are to be two Chambers. The First will be composed of the Princes of the Electoral House, of the seigneurs, and of persons named by the SOVEREIGN, having an in come of not less thJa 6,000 thrlers. The number of the latter must in no caie exceed those of the seig neurs. The Sscond Chamber will consist of sixteen deputies from the towns chosen by the electors (the municipal councillors, heads of corporations, &c.), and sixteen deputies from the rural communes. The New Prussian Journal gives the following statistic of the number of officers, seamen, & c ., be longing, according to the last returns, to the ex- German fleet :- 1 vice - admiral, 6 captains, 30 lieu tenants,iernes 11 26 as mates, 50 50 midshipmen, 11 clerks, 26 en gineers, assistants, 74 stokers, 721 petty officers and seamen, with 3 officers, and 166 marines. The total number of all persons, including civilians, is given at 1,176. With the exception of some few able-bodied seamen and petty officers, engaged by Prussia, the whole of these will be discharged. The tariff for telegraphic communications between Germany and Belgium has just been considerably reduced. Dispatches from one to twenty words from Verviers to Cologne have been lowered from 10f. to 5f.; to Berlin, from 17f. 50c. to 12f 500. ; to Dres den, from 22 f. 50 c. to 12 f. 50 c. ; to Vienna, from 25f. to 15f.; and ti Trieste, from 30f. to 15f. The same proportion of diminution has been adopted in respect to all other places in Germany, and to messages con taining more than twenty words. It is contended, however, that the reduced tariff is still too high. SERVIA, The Belgrade Gazette armounces that the British Consul-General had re - ho isted his flag on the 3d inst., under a salute of 21 guns from th e ar tillery bar racks, and resumed his usual intercourse with the local Government. It is known that Mr. Alison, Oriental Secretary to her Britannic MAJESTY'S Em bassy at the Porte, bad been sent t o i nves tigate the charges of culpable negligence on the part of the police authorities, who, lest autumn, compelled Mr. DE FONBLANQUE to lower his national colours, and restrict his official c ommunications to the Turkish authority only. It is hoped by the national party that the Servian Government will never again be led into similar causes of offences against a great Power whose agent has done m uch mch to support t h e true in terests of the principality during several years. Yesterday a ballot was taken at the East India- house for the election of six Directors in the room of Henry Alexander, Esq_, Lieutenant General James Caulfeild, C. 8., the lion. William Henry Leslie Melville, Major James Oliphant, Henry Thoby Prinsep, Esq., who go out by rotation. At s i x o ' c l oc k the glasses E, were closed and delivered to the scruti nee r:, who report ed that the election h,:::1 fallen on Willi am B utterw orth BaYley'r Esq., Russell Ellice, Eq., Sir Rich ar d Jenkins, G.C.8., L a Ross Donnefiy Mangles, `" —at * la * - , J o h n Masterman, Esq. , M.P., and Major John At thur Moor; A Court of D irectors q•• en d J o hn Shepherd , was also held at the East India-house, when the thanks of the Court were voted unanimously ta John Shepherd, Esq., Chairman, and Sir Jaraes Weir Hogg, Bart., M.P., Deputy- Chairman, for their great application rna attention to the instant, the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayor affairs of the East India Company during the past year. MANsiox-HousE.—On Tuesday next, the 20th at dinner the members of the Court of Common Council of the wards of Aldersgate, Aldgate, Bassishaw, Bishopsgaast% Bread-street, Bridge, Broad -street, Candlewick, Castle Baynard, Baynard, Cheap, Coleman -street, Cordwainers, and Coron their ladies, the Sheriffs and their ladies, and a number f his Lordship's private friends. SOCIETY.—The Committee of Council on Mayoress will entertain THE COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL AND THE I\7iTIIIONhaAvLe offered a grant of 7,0 A/. tiwarda the completione of commodate of the new building in Victoria•street as will accommodate 130 for the 130 students, togezner with necessary aparthire Committee officers of the institution and class roorn9. f l 3 (Ea for the have further offere.l an additional sum °- ' ise roo m for completion of the whole undertaking, to comPr grants a condition ' 'sl e to much 20:) student. To the promise of mese tmen of the was annexed, that the mate and female departments h • own complete Education institution should each be furnished with its a l Society has and sufficient staff of officers. The Nation d the expressed students, an accepted the grant of 7,0, - .0/. for •- itsti regret that the expre!sed to the C mmittee of Counc - the acceptance subscriptions already received will not just_!. that of at once of the 3,0001. with the condition attachedl difficulties have completing the institution. Some i • e t g e a in Victoria-street, arisen as to getting pcsseesion of the 81 come and that the but it is hued that these may be oviearid ? 0 iritti due ceremony first stone of the new building may 1 . - will be laid by his early in May. The foundation stone Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, President of the Na tional Society. on the opening of the EASTER TERM.—YeSterdaY l -arrear . s for Easter Term law offices after the holidays, th e re exhibited.'the pre commencing this day (Thursday)hyle . were rs t in which the n ew sent term will be remarkable as t ds w ill preside at West - Lord Chancellor (Baron St. Leonar orupton will take his minster, and in which Mr. Justi ce of the three The arrears seat in that ancient hall of law. cases, number only , common law courts, exclusive of Crown there are E. 5, cons Ir,O. In the Court of Queen's Benchfor argument, 17 en ing of 23 special cases and demurrers for 1 for judgment, and barged rules, 13 rules for new trials, of C om mon Pleas there 1 county court appeal. In the Court demurrers, the enlarged rules, are only 17 matters entered-7 the Exchequer whilst, in 6 new trials, and 1 forjudgment ; in the special pap , er there is 1 county court appeal, 3 cases 18 ne w trial rules for for judgment, and 6 for argument, and s i argument. In the equity courts there a diminution in the number of the arrears. SIR WILLIAM H. THE LATE A CCID ENT TO Yourts. BAlT.—Thi s gallant youn g officer, first lieutenant 1 in the 23d Regiment, who met with an accident at the steeplechase last week near Liverpool, by being thrown f rom hiti Ja9r3e, bio perfectly recovered. Aberdeen Atnb., Not., Bost. & E. l June. Wolv., and Stour Valley ... all pd. Birk., Lan., & Ch. Jet., late 33/. 65.8 d., 26/. poi Ditto, Chest. & ,Birk., 50/. &25/. Cons., all pd. Ditto, ditto ... 174 pd. Brist. & Exet., 1001. pd. Caledonian ... 50/. pd, Chest. & Holyh., all pd Dub. & Belf.Jct.4s/ pd. Dundlk & Ennis., all pd. Dundee, Perth, & Aber deen Junc. all pd. Ditto, New .. all pd. E as t Anglian (25/J4. & E. and L. & D.) all pd. Do (181. E. & H.) all pd, East.Counties... 2o /. pd., Eastern Union, class A,' late E. U. shrs., all pd. Do. do. do. 6/. pd. Do., do., B. & 0., all pd. ' East Lancashire, all pd Do. New Quar., all pd E. & W. India Docks and Bir. Junc., all pd E. & W. Yk. Jnc., all p I Edinb. & Glas., 501. pd Edin.,Per. & Dun. 25/ P Glas. & S.-West., 1001. p Great Northern, all pd Do. Halve. A def., all p Do. do. B, 6 pr. c. all p Gt. S. & W. held., all p Great Westn., 100/. pd Lane. & Carlisle, all pd Do. Thirds, 11/.13.4 pd Lanc. & York., 100/. pd Do., Quarters ...all pd D o ., Fifths 14/. pd Do.,W. Un. 11 -'IP Leeds Northern, all pd Liv.Crsby & Sthpt.l7ip Lond. & Blackw., ell pd Lon.,Brig.& S. Ct.loo p Lon. & N.West.,loo/. p Do, Quarters 22/. pd Do. Fifths 121. pd Do. 10/.,A1 &B (c) 14,1 Lon. & S.-West 100/. Do. New 50/., 42V, pd' Do. New 401 341. pd Man. Bus. & Mat. all p Man. Shef. & Lin.,loo/p Do. Manch. & Lincoln Union 41.25. pdl Midland 100/. pd Do. Bir. & Derby 100/. Md. Gt. Wt. (Ire.) 47 IA Newcas. & Carl. all pd Do. Quarter Sh all pd Newmarket all pd Newport, Abergaven., and Hereford lO/ pd Newry & Ennisk 7 1 / 2 p Norfolk lOO/. pd Do. New 20!. S. 15/. p North. Coun. Un. % pd North British ...25/. pd North Devon ...11/. pd North Stafford. 17% p North-Western 19/. pd N. & S.-W. June. 6/. p Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 101 p Scottish Central 25/. p Scottish Midld., 251. pd Do. New all pd Shrew. & Bir. A, all pd Do. B Shrew. & Her. Old 71. p Shrewsbu. and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) all pd Do. Halves all pd Do. Oswestry all pd S',rop. Union pd Do. A, B, C, & D fully pd. up at per cent.... South Devon all pd South-Eastern 301. pd South Wales all pd S , uth Yorkshire and River Dun 15/. pd, Do. Do. 5l. pd Stir]. & Dunferm all p Stock. & Har.l6/23.3d. Taff Vale 1267. pd Thames Haven Dock and Railway ...181. pd Vale of Neatb...l7/. pd Waterfd. & Kilk. all pd Waterfd. & Lim. all pd Waterford, Wex. Wick. and Dublin 31. pd West Cornwall 13/. pd West London all pd Yk., New. & Ber 25/. p Do. & New. Ex 20/. p Do. G.N.E. pure 9/. p. York & N. Mid. 50/. pd PILMF Aberdeen all pd Do. No. 2, 7 per ct. 3 3 4 Caledonian, 10/. all pd Ches. & Holyhd. all pd Dundee, Per., & Aberd. Junction all pd E. Ang.(3/ 10s)6 p c. all Do. (51.) 7 per ct. all p Do. (7/ 178) 7 p. c. 2 p Eastern Counties Ex., sp. c., No. 1 all pd Do. No. 2 all pd Do. New 6 p. c. Stk. 10 Eastern Union Scrip, Guar. 6 per ct....a1l p Do. 10/. Deb. Sb. all p East Lancashire, 6 per ct. Quar. Shrg. all pd East & West Yorkshire Junction, sths all pd Edin., Per. & Dun. 5% per cent. all pd Glas. & S.W. Con. 1001. Gt. North. 5 p. c. all pd Do. 5 p c.,red. sc. p Great South. & West. (Ireland) Bths all pd Gt. West. (Barks & H. Ex. 5 per cent.) all pd Gt.W. fixed 4 1 / 2 , 1001. p Do. Do. _BOl. pd Lancashire and York shire, F. 20/. pd Do. 6 p. c. Stk. 100/. p Leeds Northern, 6 per cent. No. 1 l3/. pd Do. Do. No. 2 17/ 5/.. pd Do. Do. No. 3 pd Do. Qrs., 1848 9/. pd London & Brig guar. 5 per cent. ...100/. pd Do. Pr.s p c. Stk. 100/. Do. Con. 5 p c, 1852 all Do. N.Gr. 6_p c 100/. p Lon. & N.-W. (Coy. & Nunet.) 5 p. c. 13% pd Lon. & S.W. New 51. p Lon. & En. 1/5 Sb, 211 1 , Man., Sheff., & Lincn. Qr. Sb., No. 1 all pd Do. New, 10/ all pd Do. 61. ............ 3/. pd Mid. Con. 6 p c St. 100/. Do. Con. Bris. & Bir., 6 per cent.... 100/. pd Do. Erewash Val. 10q Do. Leic. & Swanning.] 8 per c. Guar. 100/. p Do. Preference ...5/. p Norfolk Exten all pd Do. Gr. 5 1 /i p 2/ ct. all p Do. Wayny. Val. . p North British ...51. pd Oxf. Wor. & Stafford W01., a1l 15/.pd 6 per cent 10/. pd Shrews. & Bir. N.G. all Shrews. & Ches. (N.W. Min.) 8 per c....a1l pd South Devon ...... all pd St.-Est. pc. 2 10/. pd Sth. York. 4 p c gd. 0/. Stock. & Mart. gd. 5 p c u ntil July 1,1856, all p Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent. 3/. pd York, Newc. & Bar. Gt. N. of E. Pur. all pd Do. Do Si. pd York 8y N. Midland H. and S. Purch. 10/. pd 1451 5 7 / 8 3i 15 6 3 / . y , I,t, 93 20 y a 9' 20 nya 22% 21n 31% % 9 1 / 2 Ya 5% 171 / 4 %; 'A, 32 31 33 y 4 33 5 % 20 1 1 8 6 14 , ;14 3 A 40 [9234 3i 93 91 31 92 911/ 74% 75 1 / , [ 104 102% ih 102 103 125 1/, 24 3 / 4 25 1 27% 3/4 [24 7 / 8 25% 10 yi 91 90% 911/2143 . 68 %% 3 4%14 69 1 86 3511 A 9 'A ii sys 5 2 5 1i 16% 2!I i 16% THE SHARE MARKETS. Railwap. , . Nominal Prices. 14 , /2 to 143/1 618-6 n 10 -10 12-114d.1,E 16 1 /, -171/2 - 93 19% 20% 21% 22 15 —l3 d. 6 -- 7 4j- 41X, 3% - 39/ 8 91/ ~_, tph 63A -7% ... 7 / 8 -5% 17 -17% 50 -52 31 - ili 534 -5/ 20 1 4 20% sB- 6 / 8 14r;,/s 14 7 / 8 39 —4O 90 1 / 2 —9l 77 —79 8 —9 p 73 731/2 6 1 % —G die. 4% 4 dis. 1 7 —lB 8 -- 101 1 / 2 102 1 ,2 124 1 / 2 -- 125 514 p 4 —4 1 p 2 p 90 90% 51 / 2 5 div. 4 1 ,6 4 dia. 2 N 3 25/ d 34 —35 3% dia. 67% —67% 34 —36 ..• -- ... 8% - 9 y, 5 1 / 4 ....... 4% dis. 34 —36 11 —lO die. 31A _ 3 di - :. 8% —8% 8 7 dis. 7j i 7 5 / 8 dis. -- ..• 11 A - 1 ii, P. 19 1 % - 19 3 4 16 - 16 1 / 4 , 10 -10 4 lL 7 71'3 4 7 / 8 4 3 die. 14 —l6 7 8 10 1 / 2 111 2 3% 3 d. 15% - 16% 22 -22% 34 -35 IEO --151 By z - 17 , /, - 17% 5 - 5V g 3% - 3Yti 'a- I%P 5 / 8 -- 7 A 3 P 12% - 13 13 - 141/4 314- 33% - 8N; 1 - 3 -34 p 11 -12 10% - 11% 12% - 13% % - P 137 -- 139 I.A, .- L 9 - 5 , A - lIRITISII RAILWAYS. % 3` dis. 2% 3 4% 3 1 / di!. 5 _. 51,4 , 18 —l9 • • • • . • 43i —4%, dia. 18 3 / 4 19% —.6 dis.l 3 —• 2 3 4 die. 25% 25% IRENCE 1% - 7 5 di.% 14% -14% I=YB “13P I ?i die. Business done to-day. =NES LEASE' ID AT rszEn ZENTALS. Leasing Business Nominal Prices. -t o.day. Railways. Companies. Bdf. & Bitch., all p Lon.& NAV ... ... Bir.& Oxf., gas. all Gt. IVestn 29 1 301 Do. without, all pi Do. Bir.lVolv. & Dud., guar all pd! Da. Do. without, all V Do. Buckinghash. all ptLon. &N:W 171 , ,', 18 Clydsdale Jc., all pCidedonian 45 -- 47 E. Lin., gua. 6 per! cent. all pd Gt.Northn. 34% 351{ s Gioucest. & Dean! Forest... 22% pd Gt. Westrn. 3 4 p Hartlepl. Dk. & C Yk ;New. 1 Railw. _all pd 1 & Berw. — Hull & Selby, all p Yk. &N.M. 107 109 108% Do. Halves.,all p Do. Do. Quarts., all p Do. Leeds &Brdt.,all n Midlard — . 103 104 108 1023/4 Lon. & Grenw., all S. Eastern 12% 12% Do. Pref....all pd Do. Lowestofi., gua. 4 per cent...all pd Norfolk Do. 6 p. ct., all p Do. Middlesbr' & Red- •• ••• car, 6p. c., all p Stktn &Dar ... N. & E., sp. c., all E. Counties 59 . Do. 6p. ct., all p D o . . 1 Do. New...all pd Do. ... Prestn. & Wyre, f LA N.iV - ' all paid ( & La. &Y} ''• Do.lllves, A, all p Do. Read., Guildf., an d - ... .... •• • P Reigate ... all pd S. E astern.. 21 21 n 22K 22 % Roy. & flit., 6 14 —V 2 p Gt. Northn. 8% 8 7 4 ~ Do. Shep. E x ., a ll D Sbf. ROL & Goole, Do ****** B% '" 1 5 p. c., 18.11.6 p,Lan. & yk s ... _ .. S. Staffdsb., 9 1 / 2 IAI 1 IVearVal. 6 p c., apA otckt&Darr., , cin ~ -,.,..,, dis. 8 Do. do. ... a, ll Pd De. - 30 Do. do. ... all PVo• Wilt " " c ' r ill all P'Gt. Wean& 96 ,-' 97 97 :614 V, dig par 934 --10% 15U - 13% - - 4 dis. 20 5 N x.d 16% x.d 144 16 -16 1 4 4 - 'A die. par 8% $ /4 Ti % 3 % l k 9 34 19 5 A Vz 16 17% 11 1,4 16 % 16 22 1 4 % 35 34Th 35% 35 2 % % NI 13 5% 19 19 X 13 7 / 8 14 6 6 y a , 25 iii 5 / 6 Ys 1 I,i : di,. 85A % 17 5 / 6 1 / 6 % IN 1 Pra % Pm 13 14 1 10N 1 11 188 1 4 3 4 189 5 % 3i 5% x.d 9% 10 FORMIGN Railways. Nominal Pricer. I Business one to-day. Boul. & Amiens all pd 13 5 ,E 13'S Cent. France (0.V.) all 22 3 / 231/4 23% 223 i Chart. & Erquel. all pd 13 —l5 14 Demerara all pd . . • Dutch Rhenish... Bl. pd . 3 31/, dis. 4 5 /s East Indian 18/. pd 3 3 1 / 4 Do. Do. 2O/. pd Gt. Indian Penin. all p sA, p Do. Do 4 1 / 4 pd p Louv. a la Sambre 7% Luxembourg l3l. pd .4 3 / 4 4% Do. (Railway) 10/. pd 3% 334 Do. l/. pd % 3 /8 Do. (Canal) 2i. pd 5 / 8 Maria Antonia 27i pd Do. New 8% pd Namur & Liege all pd •6% 7 1 / 4 North. of France,l6/.pd 24 24% 24% Orleans & Bor 11/. pd 3 5 / s 3 7 / 8 p Paris & Lyons ...61. pd 5 5 1 / 4 p 11% Paris & Orleans all pd 48 —49 Paris & Rouen ...all pd 30 1 / 4 30% 30% Paris & Szras. ...all pd 23% 23% 23 1 /, Rouen & Havre... all pd 12 % 12% 12% % Sambre &Meuse all pd 4 % 4 3 A 4 5 / 8 St. Andrew's & Quebec (A) 4/. pd Tours & Nantes 17/. pd '6 I A 6 dis. 10'% %11 West Flanders...B% pd 3 West. of France 6/. pd —7% 3/ North. of France, 201. 3 p. ct. Bonds (for. B. & A. Sh.) 13%. MINES. Agua Fria all pd P 11 / 2 Anglo-Californian, all p 1 / 4 % P Asturian 15/. p Australasian 2/. pd 1 1 / 4 p Australian 5/. pd 1 / 2 Austr. Freehold all pd 1 / 4 % dis• Ave Maria all pd dis. Blaenarvon I. & C. all p Brit. Austr. Gold all pd % • % die. 'A British Iron 13/. 15s. p Braz. Im. (is. .5 p) 24 1 /._, 1% '2 Do. Coca. & Cui. all p Do. St. Job. del R. 15/. 28 1 /, Carson's Creek all pd % % p lis Cabre Copper 4O/. pd Copiapo 14/ pd Eng. & Aust. Cop. all p % % p % General all pd Gold Mountain...all pd %ails. p 1 Great Polgooth all pd p Mexi. & S. Amer. 91. p •.. Nouveau Monde all pd % 1 / 1 p 1 1 / 8 1 / 4 Port Philip . pd 1 / 4 -- ',131 3 11 / 4 Ya Santiago de Cuba 10% 6 7 Tin Croft 7l. pd 9 3 4 10 1 / 4 United Mexican all pd 2 1 / 4 —2% West Mariposa all pd % 1 / 4 dis Colonial Gold, 1% % JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Australasia all pd 39 —4O 40 x.d Brit. Nth. Amer. all pd 49% —5O Colonial 25/. pd 11% 12% Com. of London 20/. pd 24 25 1 / 4 Lon. & County 20/. pd London Jt. Stk. 10/. pd 18 18% Lon. & Westm. 20/. pd 28 3 / 4 —29 Nat. Prov. Eng. 35/. pd Do. New lO/. pd . . Nat. of Ireland 22% p 1 . 7% —l7 Orient. Bk. Corp. all pd 34 —35 Prov. of Ireland 25/ pd. 43 1 / —44 Do. New all pd 15% 16 1 / Union of Austral all pd 37 —3B Do. New 2 l/ pd 3 31/2 Union of London 10/. p 14% —l5 l / Union of Madrid all pd MISCELLANEOUS. Canada 32% pd 48 491 / 2 Eastern Steam...2s. pd Gen. Strn. Nay. 14/. pd 28% 28% Penin. & Or. St. all pd 77 77 1 / 78 3 / 1 98% 79% Do. Do. ...151. pd 31% 23 1 / 4 Royal Mail Stm. 60/. pd 80' gi % 80 Universal Emigration and Colonization, 2/. p • MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 8,000 bales, all to the trade, comprising 6,500 American, 600 Egyptian at 61d. to 7d., 500 Surat at 31c1 to 44d, and 150 Sea Island at Is. 2d. to Is. 6d. per lb. The market closed firmly.—Railway Shares were firm, especially Midland and Caledonian. The six weeks' average price of Wheat is 425. 2d. per quarter. The Amsterdam Bourse, on the 13th inst., was ani mated for Dutch Stock. The Two-and-a-Half per Cents. were 614 to 3-16. Mexican were higher, and Spanish, Austrian, &c., in demand. The Royal Mail Steam meeting is beingnow tbe eld held. The following is a portion of the report, which share holders have received very warmly:— " The audited accounts of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company have as usual been printed and sent to each of the shareholders. The surplus on the work ing account of 1851, exhibits an increase over that of 1850, of 51,6351. 13s. lid., but the several items of th e account do not admit of comparison with former years, owing to the alteration in the West India, and the ad dition of the Brazil service. Of the latter, the result of ten voyages is included in the account. The leases of the Jamaica Wharf and of the Southampton premises having expired during the year, the balances of these accounts have been charged against profit and loss, as has also the difference between the original cost of the Larne, sold in July last, and the sum ob tained for her. The amount expended in repairs of the Teviot and Dee has placed those vessels in a state of efficiency for many years' service. The amount at which the company's ships have hitherto stood in the balance sheet, being their original cost, it has been deemed desirable, at the close of the first contract of the company with the Government, to reduce this amount to as near an approximation to their actual value as pos sible, looking to their use in carrying out the operations of the company; and the sum of 4 50,0001. has been assumed as one at which they may be fairly taken under all circumstances. In order to effect this reduction, the reserved fund, after including the profits of 1850, has been applied, and a further sum of 95,4271, Is, ld, from those of 1851. The Prince, having been purchased during the year, is of course not included in the arrange ment. The amount advanced toward the completion of the new steam-ships of the company, to 31st December last, is 360,9031. Bs. sd. Eligible coaling premises at S. Thomas have been purchased during the year. The amount appears in the balance sheet, sod those formerly rented have bean relinquished. The proprietors were in formed, so long ago as last October twelvemonths, that the directors had contracted for five new steamers of the largest class. At the general meeting in April, 1851, it was further stated that the whole of those vessels were rapidly progressing; but in October last the directors felt compelled to notice the delays experienced in executing the different ship builders' and engine -makers' contracts, expressing a hope, however, that, on and from the beginning of the present year, the whole might be completed, so as to commence simultaneously th e per f ormance o f an accele rated service. It' this expectation has not been realized, the disappointment has arisen from causes altogether beyond the control of the directors. The Brazil service has been maint a ined throughout with perfect regularity, and the receipts upon that line have proved hitherto highly satisfactory. Since the last general meeting in October the company's colonial super intendent has returned from his mission to Chagres, New York, &c., having ably arranged all matters re specting a loan to the Panama Railway Company, and 125,000 dollars, or say 25,4811 6s. 3d. sterling, has ac cordingly been advanced by the directors upon Debenture Bonds to assist in the promotion of that important object. By the terms of agreement between the two companies, a favourable portion of Manzanilla Isl an d a t th e Atlantic terminus of the railway is secured for the purposes of the Royal Mail Steam P ac k e t C om p an y, wheret is pro posed to erect a wharf and oth e r suitable premises. The i railway is rapidly progressing, having been opened al ready to a distance of about 23 miles from Navy Bay ; and upon one occasison lately 1,000 passengers from New York were conveyed by it, producing a receipt of 6,000 dollars. It is expected that the works will be completed as far as Gorgona (being the most difficult and inconvenient portion of the route) before next autumn. Connected with this , vast undertaking, the formation of a company for establishing steam conveyance between Panama, New Zealand, and Australia, continues to occupy the anxious attention of several influential associations ; amongst which may be classed the two Pacific Steam Navigation Companies, the Royal Mail Steam-packet Company, and the Panama Railway Com pany. Thus encouraged, the projec,s, will soon be sub mitted for public consideration; and the directors trust that it will receive the individual support of this com ppraen.yelipnreonptrlyietacrayle,uwlahteosde to pecuniary promote. This it is so having of necessity extended to an unwell leng th, would have here concluded, but that the directors feel com agthaianstatttahls company,— (Hear, to be n en otice leve b l r le ie d fly spienrmi et i h t ;i t n - t d tio i r n (Hear, hear.) Most of these statements are a t no a n t ym h o a u v s e . Company'sO n r e m r k may management, b a e contract with the justification of the the last ten years there n h f as its no e t en h t e lated; and at the moment when against them, the directors are heonvgerangmedeniintmhepaxrsopve n n c e a n wherein outer einprovi sionsexpending ec least 650,0004 in the construction of the powerful most steam-ships in the world i n loFsednri raised tree , order to Atlantic communication, and to accelerate the convey ; ance of the public mails. In conclusion , the rec ommend a divid en d f or th e first half of thec of 2 0th instant. year, at the rate of two poun d s per share ( free in come-tax), p aya bl e on an d from the dir u e r a r t e o n r t Three-and-a- Quarterin the have been more transactions The English Stock Market is firmisiereawgain, C ls but there 1 for Transfer, and These latter have been r educe d Three per Cents, are per Cents. and othekredseoxiities than in on o . 991 for Account. T e a k . has been up to 2151 Ex -981 to 99. have dia Bonds are 82s. to 85a. premium. at 725. to 745. for those dated March, andl Foreign lndia Stock Market has been very good again, Bank Stbeeen. chequer-bills ßan The on the advance in some instances. Mexican and prices ar e h e been at 35 to 1, and tho worth 99 Old Bonds hav e . Small oc is worth 99 B zilian St k • Cents. at 29 to k. ra to Buenos Ayres is up 1 per cent., being 79. Peru vian Six per. Cents, are 1051 to 1061, and the Deferred 651 to 1, being a little flatter. Portuguese Four per Cents. keep up well at 39 to 1, and Spanish Three per Cents. are 474 to 481, an improvement of 1 per cenr , The New Deferred are 211 to 22, a l so a slight advance. Dutch Two-and-a-Halt per Cents, have been 611 to 621. Railway Shares have been very buoyant, and there is an O l Tituo9 Njigla is Cioduiso, and Tdi*r gl lAA Glasgow, owing to an agreement for an amalgamation, in Aberdeen, Lancashire, and Yorkshire, Midland, Great Northern, &c. French Shares are rather heavy, owing to the settlement at Paris. Mining Shares are steady. Agua Fria look up, and an improved lease is stated to be probable. Australian Shares are all held for advanced rates. Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Shares have been largely dealt in, but they are only a shade higher. QUARTER TO THREE. 99 2 4 ... 99i 100 Cowes Ditto Account, May 1 ONE IYCLOCIE cLosniG PRICES PRIORS OF BRITISH FUNDS Bank Stook 3 per Cent. Reduced Anne. 8 ner Cent. Consols Annuities.. „ Now 3 1 4 per Cent. Anna— .. Long Anna. to expire Jan.lB6o 6% 6 11.46 6 13-16 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10. 1859 6% IA 6 1 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5,1860. 7 6 15-16 7 7 India Bonds, 1,0001. . B2 85 p 85 p Ditto under 1,0004... 03229018 for Account lf,xohequor Bills, 15id. March. June. 1,0001. .. 5001. . Small. CLOSING PRICES. ONE B r P a R z I i l O i a n E 1 I B O o lr n d r s . 0 R S E p I FOREIGNC e nt . FUNDS . . .. . ....... . ..... Ditto, Small ... 99% 99 Ditto (Rothschild's) — Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. 79 Milian Bonds 6 per Cent .... Danish 80nd5,1825,3 per Cent. Ditto, 5 per cent. Grenada Bonds, 1% per Cent —.— Ditto, Deferred ........... Mexican, 5 per Cent, 1846 Ditto, Account . Ditto, 3 per Cent.-- Peruvian. Bonds, 5 per Cent— lO 5 l/ 6% 106 % x, d Ditto, Deferred, 3 per Cent 6 5 1 / 43A 66 Portuguese 5 per Cents. 99 3 / 4 Ditto, 4 per Cent. Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent 97% 97 97 Ditto, Account ................... 8 ttnich 5 per Cent. 1840 ......... Ditto. 3 per Cent 4 7 3/,, 48% 48 Ditto, New Deferred 21% 22 21%, 21 7 4 Venezuela Bonds, 3 1 4 per Cent 4B 48 Dividends on the above payable in Londor. French 44 per Cent. Exchange ' —251.40 c. Belgian. 41% per Cont. — 97% Dutch 2% per Cent. 12 Guild 61% 62 1 4 62 ~ 62 LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, APRIL 15.—Wind this day at noon E., light breeze, and fine clear dry weather. SUNDERLAND.—SId. Queen Victoria, St. Andrews, N. 8.; Standard, Quebec. HULL, APRIL 14.—Wind E.—Sld. Prince Regent, Quebec. CADIZ, APRIL 6.—The Hanoverian schooner Dice, Shields to Venice, was driven on shore at the entrance of the Guidalquiver during the gale 22d and it is feared will become a wreck; crew saved. SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 14.—Tbe Concordia, of Jersey' is on shore et Carlshot Spit, and not expected off tit next spring tides. BOSTON, MARCH 31.—The Pandia, New Orleans to Trieste, was spoken 17th inst., lat. 26, long. 86, totally dismasted, but wanted no assistance except spars to rig a juryma.'t, CLRTHAGENA, APRIL 4.—The Cygnet, on shore at Vera March 6, has been got off and into this port with considerable damage, and making two feet water Pr hour. The brig Stork, of Sunderland or Newcastle, the brig Akbar, of Sunderland, and bark Serenader, which went on shore at Vera, March 6, have been condemned. NEW YOKE, MARCH 27.—A number of bees of cot ton, one marked " T. 8.. 8.," were picked up, 18th inst., Ist. 36, long. 72. FALMOUTH, APRIL 14.—Wind E.—Sld. Clio, Quebec. CaooKHAvEN.—Arrd. Shark, Cape of Good Hope, for Liverpool; Jane Erskine, Paraiba, with topmast and lower mastheads carried away, and cargo supposed to be damaged. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 15, 6 A.M. (PER ELECTRIC TELE" GRAPH).—Arrd. Pacific steamer, New York; left 3d inst., on freight, 2,000 dolls, Off port, Elizabeth Grange, Union, Sedgefuld, an d L ucret i a. A b r i g, ap ps" rently American, waterlogged and abandoned, was passed 30th March, 43 N., 45 W. BELFAST, APRIL 13.—The Chieftain, of and from this port to Savannah, bas put back leaky, and must repair. _ _ _ DEAL APRIL 14.—Wind N.W.; P. 31. Josephine, Cape of Good Hope; Union, Rio Janeiro for Hamburgh; Leo, Cuba for ditto; Corner, Mogednre. Arrd. from the River and sld. Hercules, Quebec. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) NEMPGATE AND 3.E.A.DENZAXIL. The general demand was in a very inactive state to day, at our quotations. Beef, from 2s to 3s 2d; Mutton , 23 4d to 3s 6d; Lamb, 4s 6d to 5s 6d; Veal, as to 4s; Pork, 2s 6d to 3s 8d per 81bs by the carcase. MEAT MARKETS. SOUTHALL, APRIL 14.—Our market is tol e rably firt 33, and last week's prices are well supported. Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 2s 103 to 4s 2d; Lamb, 56 to 5s 8d; Veal, 3s 2d to 4s; Pork, 3s to 3s 6d per 81b3, t ° sink the offals. ROMPORD, APRIL 14.—The general demand is stest as follows:—Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 2 " to 4s 2d; Lamb, 5s to 6s; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s; petite 3s to 3s 6d per 81bs. LEWES, APRIL 13.—Each kind of fat stock ha g changed hands steadily, at full prices. Beef, from 38 t° 3s lod Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 2d; Lamb, 53 to 5 6 6di Veal, 3s 4d to 4s per Blbs. CORN AVERAGES. --- GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended April 8, 1852, male up from the Returns of I"' In=pectors in the different Cities and 'fawns in England and Wale ° . . . per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. I RTE. I BEANS. I r.s.a. PRICE .. 41s 4d 29s 4d 19s 7d 1 32 s Sd 1 29 s 104 1 295 2' DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. I EARLEY. OATS. I BYE. I DEANS. lls 1* Od I I Od 19 Od Is Od Is Od Is Od QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 69,901; Barley, 33,911; Oats, 17,349; Rye, 91 ; Beans, 6,506 ; Peas, 692 quarters. CHANCERY.--(THIS DAY.) This being the first day of Easter Term the Lord Chancellor, who we are happy to find has recovered !row his late indisposition, took his seat on the bench at it o'clock. There was a very fall attendance of counsel. IN RE SMITH. Vii iall whichsuit it in this h t iws court, 11 be rememberedh having heeu d M i r r c . c t Smit h to was charged with having procured an improper a ffi da The LORD CHANCELLOR said that he had directed in' stotabnbe filed This fiolover edr case ,iuntiln • les and search to be made; he now wished to inter' gnu . rogate Mr. Smith personally as to the time and circtor this day, stances of his having been created a Master Extraor dinary in Chancery. These appointments, his Lordship added, had of late years been made almost as a Mal of course, but he had taken step s to alter the metho and conditions of the appointments for the future. Mr. Smith having come into court. The LORD CHANCELLOR inquired at what time he had been appointed a Master Extraordinary in Chan cer y Mr. imith said that it w as i n 1842. He had no othe r Christian name but John. te The LORD CHANCELL OR — W here is certifies ? your Mr. Smith—l have not g ot i t w i th me. . The LORD CHANCE LLOR —Had you ever a certifitet ca Have you ever seen on e P — M r. Smith said that, be T te r, Hayed he had, but h e could not say for certain. .i,.is paid the fees to his agent i n town at the time for P appointment. The LORD CHANCELLOR—I am sorry this moment I am strongly impressed with the c i e r ie Extroor Ina y that you never were appointed a Master „posiag on in Chancery, and that you have been 1 b out to 0 the Court and the public. If such should tarn the the case, I shall feel it m duty to strike you o ff till to, , over ill rolls at once. The mat te r 'll sta nd wi roof of your ap.. morrow, and you will attend with the P I pointment. JtrsTiCES.)to say thetrati (Before the LORDS COMPANY. sTtlia lr EVANS U. NORFOLK U In this case, which was heard fully repotted in o ur .. then a before Vice-Chancellor Turner last term, and wa s columns. granted. pr when our report l e ft• istrorning for an order to dis charge the injunction the Mr. BOLT a pplied thin The arguments were 11__________ ROLLS' c o unT. --- (THIS DAN.) _ -----_ DIIDDLEToN V. MIDDLETON. The question in this ease was whether the debts of . testator chargeable on a particular estate bl. his will, ere acquired by hm 1 0 Calcutta and Jtilllalea, acquired by billiaft erm ile the llg, of that will, but which by codicils were on on the Brig" also subject" to other conditions similar to those i lisp property. judgm . isthilartheuttaitnatogrivbiynghis h had intended that codicils!" ll , said it was his or nthielinestates abroad should be 0 . argeable for his debts in proportion to their relative be to that effect, v alues, and the order 02111/S BUTTERFIELD V. HEATH. In this caso Mrs. Phillips conveyed to her husbanti' by an indenture, dated F e b . 3, 1839, certain property' to which she was entitled, for his life, with a remainder to ber for her life. B y a deed executed 29th Asgllit,B.: 1849, Mr. Phillips conveyed this property t o certainirr he tees, to be sold f or t h e benefit of his creditors; an d question was whether the deed of 1839 was void. The MASTER of the Roue, in giving judlginanve,' de cided that th e d ee d of 1839 was void as again" a 4 0 0 chaser for a va l ua b le consideration, and the excePt: 10 which had b een taken against the hlastfor's "P °l. the effect must be overruled. LAKE V. CURRIE. wiflnotfhtihseClEtaste: L it o h r i d Ch L w ak a e s , a hi ye ll st o io N n our a it ris a in i t out of the exception taken to the Master's report. Th morning th io 4 ) Vice-Ch ance ll or ' s Court s were occupied portance.with motions, none of which were of publics Ow QUEEN'S BEN CH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) Lord r, This being the first day of Easter Term, the Chief Justice Campbell. Mr. Justice Wighttuan, O Justice Erie, and Mr. Justice Crompton, took th eir sea t s on the bench shortly after 10 o'clock. The Attorner General was present , and two or three other Queen Counsel, but there Was a very Wu Windom° :oel o %be Ins I te, Iti - i bac at Vti P. sr. HL THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL l5, 1852.