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party was formed of four complia ies of the 51st Light Infantry, under Lieutenant-Colonel St. Maur, with the Madras Sappers, under Major H. Fraser, commanding engineer, and advanced under cover of a jungle, on get deg tbro ;gh which the musketry was so steady and effective from the stockades and aejoiniug buildings, that a great many of our party were killed and wounded, amongst whom were several officers. I have to deplore the temporary loss of Lieutenant• Colonel Begle, the Commissioner of the Tennsserim Proviec,:s, who was very bravely attending the army to witness its opera tions. Major Fraser took the ladders to the stockade most gallantly, and alone mounted the defences of the enemy, where his example soon brought around him the storming party, which carried the stockade, but at a very severe loss on our part. " It was my intention to move on to the main object of our operations, but en Icoking around me at the com plete exhaustion of the storming party, it now being eleven o'clock, tinder a sun that may bo understood, since Major Oakes, of the Madras Artillery, was struck down by it at his battery, and died. Brevet-Major Grif fith, Madras Army, while conveying an order, died on the road; Lieutenant-Colonel Foord, Commandant of Artillery, was nearly a victim to the beet, and obliged to quit the field; Brigadier Warren and Lientenant- Colonel St. Maur also suffered greatly; so that, under such destruction, I resolved to halt where I was, and to concentrate the force in as strong a position as the coun try admitted of. We were teazed by parties of the enemy hovering around us till the night closed, when all was quiet under the protection of our guns, which had been brought up to the front. ‘` On Tuesday, the 13th, it was reported the heavy battery guns could not ba landed, and with use, before the middle of that day, and also that rations for the troops could not be prepared in time to enable me to advance. I therefore held my position till the next morning. " His Lordship in Ceuncil knows well the spot where I proposed to force my way into the Great Pagoda; and the road I was about to move on entirely turned all the defences of this real stronghold. The present position of Rangoon is entirely altered since the last war; within a few years the old town, which stood on the river bank, has been utterly destroyed, its bricks now lying in heaps on its site. A new town has been formed about a mile and a quarter from the riv er ; it is nearl y a square, with a bond or mud wall about sixteen feet high and eight broad; a ditch runs a lon g each side of the sq uare , an d on the north side, where the Pagoda stands, it has been vary cleverly worked into the defences, to which it forms a sort of citadel. The distance from the Pagoda to the south entrance of the town is about three-quarters of a mile, and it is something more than that breadth from east to west. The old road from the river to the Pa gods comes up to the south gate, runuing through the new town, and it was by this road the Bural24.e had settled tl'.at we shoald a tali le and where they heti made every pretannien to receive us, having armed the defences faith nearly one hundred pizcee of csnnoa and other missiles, and with a garri . son of at has; 10 000 mar. Tee attempt to assault on this side would, I am cnovinced, from tha steady way the Barateae defend their works, have cast us half our force. "Oa Wednesday, the 141 h, the troops were under arms at .5 ant ; it in us fine a temper as ever men were. Our mench was to the north .west, through thick jangle; four light gins, 9 -pounder:a their flanks pro tected by two companies of her felejesty'a 80th Regi ment, the rest of the wine of that corps following, with two more guns, and tee 18th Royal Irish and the 40th Bengal Native Infantry, farmed the advance. The 512 t Light Infantry and the 35th Madras Native Infantry were in reserve; the 9th Madras Native Infantry keep ing open the communication with the shipping. We pro ceeded is this order for about a mile, when we opened the Great Pagoda, and its fire was turned on us. An excellent position for two guns was taken by Major Turton to our left H ink; these were left under the coma /need of Major Montgomery, of the Madras Artillery, who served them well. The ground to the front getting very difficult barely aernined of the 80 h and Royal Irish occupying it in close order. We had now completely turned the enemy's position, having passed their stockaded town, and got opposite the east side of the Great Pagoda, our main object. Major Turton informed me that he had a favour able position to place in battery his heavy gues; but it took some time to bring thcra up, a service iu which the navy brigade cf about 120 men, under the command of Lieut. Dorville, of her Majesty's frigate Fix, assisted by the Artillery, rendered their invaluable aid, under a heavy fire of guns and wall pieces from the Great Pa goda and town, from which they suffered severely. While this was going on the enemy artillery had got the range of our crowded position, and their skirmishers had somewhat closed upon us, and it took 500 men to keep down their fire. The practice of the heavy battery, under Major Beck, was very effective. My intention was to have stormed the Pagoda at noon, but at a little after 11 Captain Latter, of tee Bengal Army, my inter preter, ensured me ho felt confident, from what he could see cf the east entrance of the Pagoda, on which our battery was playing, that the en trance was clear, and that he was prepared to show the way. As. our people were dropping fast where we stood, I determined on an immediate assault. The storming party was formed of the wing of her Majesty's 80th Regiment. under Major Lockhart, two companies of the Royal Irish, under Lieutenant Hewitt, and of two companies of the 40th Bengal N at i ve Infantry, under Lieutenant White, the whole com mended by Lieutenant-Colonel Coote, of the 18th Royal Irish, Captain Latter accompanying the party to show the road. The advance to the east entrance of the Pagoda was of about 800 yards, which the troops crossed in a most steady manner, under the fire of the walls, crowded with the enemy, the remainder of the force fol lowing closely. "it'hszt the storming parry reached the steps a tremendous rush was made to the upper terrace, nd a deafening cheer told that the Pagoda. no longer belonged to the Burmese. The enemy ran in confusion from the southern and western gates, where they were met by the fire of the steamers. All the country around has fallen with the Pagoda; and, I understand, the once strong post of liemmendine has been abandoned and destroyed. " In this united service there has been not only a cor dial co-operation between the army and navy, but so much good-heartedness that their joist efforts have tended to secure the rapid success of this expedition. I cannot presume to say of Rear-Admiral Austen, C. 8., commanding the navy, more than to express my admi ration and respect for his qualities, and to thank him for his able and never-failing assistance. Commodore Lambert, whose spirit never is at rest whilst anything is to be done, and 'chose heart is ever ready to accomplish what he undertakes, has my cordial thanks and warmest gratitude. I particularly wish to draw the attention of his Lordship in Council to Commander Fishbourne, of her Majesty's steamer Hermes, who from the first fitting out of the expedition in Calcutta to the close of these operations has been indefatigable in assisting in the embarkation of stores and troops, and in removing diffi culties, and finding resources, which alone enabLd the expedition to sail at the time appointed, and nothing will give me such satisfaction as his aid, were a forward movement to be made hereafter. "My most difficult task now commences, that of re commending to the protection of the Governor-General in Council a numcer of brave men who have bad oppor tunities of distinguishing themselves in a service where the utmost emulation Bed gallant devotion were shown by all. " I beg the Governor-General's consideration of the services of Brigadier Elliot, who was conspicuous iu every Place where be could be useful- of Lieutenant polenet Reignolds, who cemmends the Bengal brigade, in eonsegeenee of Brigadier Warren's the sun, an d prostratioe by who has borne a very large share in these, operations, t ae i the 18t(tali''g Mertaban; Jaeutenat-Colonel Coote, of storming party, Royal Irish, who commanded the whenLieutenant-coi,i_ne Was severely wounded; of Bengal Native l e r a er l ahomson , commanding the 40th Lock hart, commanding t ur w ia the assault; of Major same occasion;" Major iv ra of her Majesty's 80th on the of the Force, who not only Fraser, Commanding Engineer ly at the White distinguished himself most gallant House Stockade, but fatigable exertions neva. for moment whose inde oment ceased; of Major Tarte", who commanded the artillery after Colonel Foord's retirement f rom teutenant - Weems, and whose labours in his department have been the tense o f sufferieg, a regret to say, under severe e his indisposition ment; of Majors R e i d at the present mo o f the f the Madras Artille Bengal, and Montgomery, . Sreeer t t ' goersno, ptain Run dell, commanding the """ m whoml am dreply indebteu ; to all of " The Assfstant-Adiutant- General ensill f ae rywhere pres force Cap tain MaYllew , was ° and the assistancedunn these g ' se three days' operations, -e has re se me on all occasions nas peen very valuable Major Allan, the Assistant - Q u artermaster-General, v; severely wou n d e d at the Whit e-house Stock ade ; nc when Major Boulderson, my DtPutY"Judge-Advoaate ' . General, has been performing his duties, and has ra n . dared' essential assistance since the operations corn. mencncl. I beg to bring all three to the notice of Go. vernment. " The officers commanding brigades have recora_ mended to nay notice the valuable aid they have received from their respective Brigade-Majors. Captain Call, of the 18th Royal Irish, and Captain Smith, of the 13th Madras Native Infantry ; and Major Turton has brought to my attention the indefatigable exertions of Lieutenant Robertson, the Deputy Commissary of Ordnance, in landing his guns and stores. "I beg leave to bring to his Lordship's notice the as sistance I have received from my aides-de-carep Lieu tenant Chads, of her Majesty's 64th Regiment, who was wounded at the White - house Stokade, but did not leave me darirg the operations, and Lieutenant Lambert, of the 56th Bengal Native Infantry, wh o , r inter groat exertion, was one of the victims to the sun on that day, which obliges him to return to .Calcutta, and who will convey these dispatches. " In conclusion I regret that the order of landing of the troops did not afford me an opportunity of availing myseltof the services of the 9th Madras Native Infantry and 35th Madras Native Infantry In the front, but they tended greatly to give freedom to my leading column and will, from their soldierly bearing, doubtless do when n nr to the distinguished service to which they belong they are brought more closely under fire. " I hare, &E, " HENRY GODWIN. Lieutenant-General." " RETURN OF R ILLED,WOUNDED, AND MISSING, AT THE ATTACK AND STORMING OF RANGOON ON THE 11TH, 12TH, AND 14th oF APRIL, 1852. " Assiatant-Adjutant-Goneral%-cffice, Rangoon, April 17. " Pa.ional S,aff-1 European officer wounded. " General S. tf-1 E uropean officer, 1 sergeant, wounded. " Totl— 2 EaroP -ao ~ offie_er2, sergeant, wounded. "Engineer Department -3 4 i nropes.n officers vvcandcd. " Madras SVP2l.3,,ana u rank and file killed • 2 European otacer2, 1 harlluar raLli a Lti 6_e, I Wounded. THE SUN, LONDO " Artillery. "Bengal Contingent--1 sergeant killed; 6 sergeants wounded. " Madras Contingent-1 sergeant, killed; 1 sergeant, 1 Lascar, 3 syce drivers, wounded. " Infantry—let or Bengal Brigade. "Her Majesty's 18th li)yal Irish-1 European officer, 1 sergeant, 2 rank and file, killed; 3 European officers, 1 sergeant, 1 drummer, 37 rank and file, wounded. "Her Majesty's 80th Foot (one wing)-1 sergeant, killed; 1 European cfficer, 3 sergeants, 1 drummer, 21 rank and file, wounded. " 40th Bengal Native Infantry-1 drummer, 3 rank and file, killed; 11 rank and file. wounded. " 2d or Madras Brigade. " Her Majesty's 51st Regiment of Foot-1 European officer, 1 rank and file, killed; 1 European officer, 3 sergeants, 13 rank and tile, w ounded. "9th Regiment Madras Native Infantry-1 rank and file killed; 1. European efficer wounded. "35th Regiment Madras Native Intantry-1 European officer, 1 havildar, 5 rank and file, wounded. "Total-2 European officers, 4 sergeants, 1 drummer, 10 rank and file. killed; 12 European officers, 16 sex.> geants or havildare, 2 drummers, 95 rank and file, 1 Lascar, 3 syce drivers, wounded. " European officers, 2 killed; 14 wounded. "Warrant and non - commissioned officers, rank and file, &c., 15 killed; 114 wounded. Lascars, syce drivers, syces, &c., Gr Tot— a a n l dt l o 7 t k l i o l l f e k d 1 1 e 3 d 2 , w w o o u u n n d d e e dd 4 wounded. and missing, 149. " 11. GODWIN, Lieutenant-General, Commandirg the Forces in Ava, Arracan, and Tenasserim. "W. MAYREW, Captain Assistant-Adjutant- General of the Force." " OFFICERS KILLED AND WOUNDED. " KILLED. " Her 3110,jcsty's 18th Royal Irish—Lieutenant R. Doran, April 14. "Her MajEsty's 51st Foot—Ensign A. N. Armstrong, April 11. " WOUNDED. "Personal Staff—Lieutenant W. J. Chads (slightly " General S;aff—Captain G. Allan (severely). - " Engineer Department—Second Lieutenant E. C. S. Williams (slightly). Second Lieutenant L. Donaldson (mortally), April 12; Second Lieutenant W. S. Trevor (slightly). Madras Sappers and Miners—Captain J. W. Run dell (.lightly); Lieutenant B. Ford (slightly ). " Ear Majesty's 18th Royal Irish—Lieutenant , Colo nel C. J. Coote (severely); Captain W. T. Bruce (slightly); Lieutenant G. A. Elliot (slightly). "Her Majesty's Both Foot—Lietenant J. L. W. Nunn (slightly), " Her M3jesty'r: 51st Foot—Captain W. Blundell (dangerously). " 9.h Madras Native Infantry—Enaign G. F. C. B. Hawkcs (d , glatly). " 35th Mairaa Native Infantry—Lieutenant W. C. P. Haines (dangerously). " Commissioner, Tenasserim Provinces—Lieutenant- Colonel A. Bogle (severely)." " THE GOVERNOR OF BOMBAY IN COUNCIL TO THE bECRET COMMITTEE. (Extract.) " May 3. "We beg to forward a copy of a letter from Captain H. B. Lynch, of the Indian Navy, command ing the Ldian Naval Squadron in the Bay of Bengal, to the address of Sir Henry Loeke, containing particu lars of the capture of Rangoon by the British naval and military forces on the afternoon of the 14th ult. " CAPTAIN H. B. LYNCH, COMMANDING THE SQUADRON OF THE INDIAN NAVY IN THE BAY OF BENGAL, TO COIII3IODORE SIR HENRY LEEKE, COMMANDER-IN CHIEF OF THE INDIAN NAVY, " Sir,—ln continuation of my:last letter of the 10th inst. I have the honour to inform you that Rear-Admiral Austen and the whole of the squadron having joined us below the Hastings Sand, on the evening of Saturday, the 10th, the squadron under my command—each vessel having two transports in tow on the morning of the 11th (with the exception of the Zenobia, which vessel un fortunately grounded on the De Silva Shoal, and was not in company) crossed the Hastings Sand, and anchored a little below the stockades, having cast off the trans- ports when clear over the Hastings Shoal. Almost immediately on our anchoring, at 9 30 A m., the enemy opened Ere, which was returned by the Feroz9, Sesostris, and Moozuffar, the Berenice end Medusa having anchored some distance below. At 9 40 AM. the magczina of the principal stockade at the Rtng's-wharf was blown up by a shell from the squadron; at 10 A. 31. her Majesty's ship Fox pasoed up in tow, and opened fire. Thu enemy's fire was soon silenced; at 10 15 A.M. ceased firing, and at 30 minutes past noon a party from the Fox landed, took and burnt the Della stockade, on the right hand of the river. At 5 P.M. weighed and stood up the river, anchoring ahead of her Majesty's ship Fox, abreast of the King's-wharf, the Admiral having previously taken and burnt the stockades on the right, or Dalla bank of the river; at 5 15 P M., two stockades just above us having opened fire, were quickly silenced by our fire, and the maga zine of the stockade on the upper wharf blown up, the enemy's fire ceased for the night. At 4A M. next morning (12th kril), landed her Majesty 's 51st Regiment lc= the Feroze and Sesostris, and the 9th and 35:h Madras Native Infantry from the Moozaffer and Zenobia, the Zenobia having joined during the night. Having landed the troops, and obtained the Admiral's permission, proceeded up the river and anchored abreast tho upper stockade, with the Sesostris, Moozuffer, and Zenobia, and landed parties from the vessels of the squadron under command of Captain Campbell, and burned the stockades without opposition, the enemy having evacuated them previously to the landing of the party. Being now abreast of the Great Pagoda, and the line of the principal stockade at the upper end of an open plain, commenced shelling, and found we could do so with effect, the shells bursting over the pagoda. Ceased firing by signal from the Admiral. "Commodore Lambert came on board and desired me to proceed up to Kemmendine, where her Majesty's brig Serpent, and Phlegethon steamer had attacked the stock ade, weighed and stood up, Moczaffer in company, and anchored at dark a-head of the Serpent, about throe quarters of a mile below the Kenimendiue stockade. " The next morning (April 13), flood tide having made, tha river being too narrow to allow the ship t o swing at an c h or o ff t h e stoc k a d e , dropped up in company with the Serpent, Mooznffer, and Phlegethon, abre ast the stockade, which not returning our fire, landed a party from the vessel, as previously arranged, under command of the first lieutenant of the Serpent, and burnt the stockade, the enemy having evacuated it on the approach of the steamers. I then returned, Moo zuffer in company, and rejoined the admiral off Rangoon, anchoring in the same position as yesterday, abreast the Great Pagoda, and the squadron shelled the pagoda during the night, by order of the Admiral. At two A as. ceased firing to allow the troops then near the stockade to advance; and I am happy to inform you that Rangoon was taken by our troops this afternoon. "I send this off too hurriedly to be able to forward any other paper s f rom t h e squadron, which I am happy to state is all in good order and health. It is probable the Moczuffer will be detached for the protection of Martaban, the Zmobia, and Berenice fur troops to Viz-igapstam, and the Sesostris to Calcutta with dispatches. " I have,7&c., " ti. B. LYNCH." " NOTIFICATION. April 2 , 3 11 . e s t "The Goveraor-General in CounFlciliii'-Y Las ' the satisfaction in announcing that dispatches have thi; day been received, reporting the capture of Manahan and Rangoon by combined attacks of the naval and military forces now employed in Burnaah. "The Governor-General in Council i 3 pleased to direct that, in honour of this snesese, a Royal salute shall be fired at every principal station in India. " The dispatches will be published for general infor mation. "C. ALLEN, Officiating Secretary to the Government of India." COURT CIRCULAR. The state apartments at Windsor Ccstle will be closed on and after tomorrow, the 2d of June, until furtbel orders. The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, at tended by the Marchioness of Ely, the Honourable Amelia Murray, the Honourable Lucy Kerr, Viscount Galway, Lord Charles Fitzroy, and L eutenant-Colonel Seymour, honoured the performance of the French plays with their pre'ence last evening. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Lieu tenant-Colonel F. H. Seymour, left Buckingham Palaco at ten o'clock yesterday morning, in an open carriage and four, for Wormwood Scrubs. His Royal Highness returned to Buckingham Palace at twenty minutes be fore one o'clock. Their Royal Highnesses Prince Arthur and the Prin. Helena and Louisa took a drive yesterday morn 9esses tin(lths Ing in an open carriage-and-four. The elder Royal cbilldhreenataonok exercise in the garden of the Palace. Lucy gear ourable Amelia Murray and the Honourable _ o h n ave relieved the Honourable Matilda Paget °L.u_onourable Mary Seymour in their duties as R. Ornasb- ,-, m ejo ' r ' . l 6 l en our in Waiting to the Queen. c o r r al Berkeley Drummond has relieved Mr. Fanny Highnessa the Duchess of Kent, attended by Her ; ;; a 7 '? Q 5 Groom in Waiting to her Majesty. Ludy Lord James P. :cu r d, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, and honoured the performance of the Evnels plays ,rith her presence Sir George B onha presence last evening. with Sir John P a ki n nlan d Colonel Mundy had interviews Captain Erskine, it rn yesterday at the Colonial -office. Right lion. Secretary; also had an interview with the Earl Cadogan had an bate yes t e rday, ac his ctheial riew with the Earl of Derby so Captain Bea nclerc had _,residenc e in Downing -street. 41 an interview with the Noble Eirl. A deputation on the subj ect of had an interview with Sir John Pekin the New Zealand Bill n Pakin t the CGlonial-office. The deputatio gon yesterday, at C. B. Athlone'', M.P.; sir Thomas ll consisted of Mr. Wakefield, Mr. 11. Sewell, Mr. Moir Crane Tancred, Mr. (Otago), and Mr. Fox. The Marquis of Douro had an interview yesterday, at the Some-office with Mr. Secretary Walpole Charles IVilde bad al so an interview with the ... Dight . Mr. Hon. Secretary. Captain Stanley Carr and Sir George Tyler i had nter views with Sir John Pakington yesterday. Di3patches were received at the Colo n l a b om _ e terday from th e Gcvernor of th e Ca p e of Good i r yes ()Pe the a Go vernor of of fiong-Kong and C e y lon, and the $ overnor of Sc. llElco2. --,--. Tug TrA Taiibr, delive r i es last week were much smaller than up to t his €la y Se'llniilht but they Wale IT to the average near l y , being 57D,1601b5. , TUES DA Y HER I.IAJESTY'S THE. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. DON PASQUALE— ERNANI. On THURSDAY next, June 3, Will be presented Donizetti's admired Opera, DON PASQUALE. With the last act of ERNANI. Elvira, Jadlle. Sone Cruvelli ; Eraani, Signor Calz Gomez, Signor Belletti; lago, Signor Fortini ; Carlo Ferlotti. To conclude with a BALLET. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made office, Opera Colonnade, Haymarket. olari ; Roy. V., Signor at the Box. 111. OYAL ITALIAN OP COVENT GARDEN. GRAND EXTRA 1S It On THURSDAY next, Will be performed INleyerbeer's Grand Opera, LES HUGUENOTS. ERA, Valentina, Madame Grisi ; Margarita di Valois, Mad, lan; Dama d'Onore, Madlle. Cotti; Urbano, Madile. Sei cello, Herr Formes ; 11 Conte di San Bris, Signor Polonh. de _Severs, Signor Tagliailco ; De Cosse, Signor Luigi Mei Signor Gregorio ; the Hugenot Soldier, Signor Soldi ; Rommi; Raul di Nangis, Signor Mario. The Incidental Divertissement will be supported by M lemberg and. Leblond ; M. Flume and M. nuault. ime Castel- Rtin ; Mar i ; II Conte i; De ltetz, eru, Signor adlles. Ko- R OYAL PRINCESS'S THE, OXFORD-STREET. LTRE, Under the Management of Mr. CHARLES KEA Mr. and Mrs. CHAT:Li:B KEAN respectfully inform that their BENEFIT will take place on MONDAY, di which occasion win be represented a new and original five acts, by the author of " The Wife's Secret," and, fi time, a new DRAMA, in three acts. Places and Boxes to be taken at the Box-office; and of 3, Torrington-square. tha public, tne 14, on PLAY, in a' the first Mr. Kean, ATTY'S GRAND NATIONAL I DROME, Opposite the Broad Walk, Kensington-garc ens, Is now OPEN for the Season _ UPPO Mr. 8., in announcing his Second Season, and grateful] bering the liberal patronage bestowed upon past per:or= leave to state that ho has spared neither pains nor expenst ing the best Artists from the principal Continental an Amphitheatres, to realise the spirit-stirring scenes and ex. tests of the Curiculum, for which the Romans were to fan to ensure a perfect prcduction of the various scenes, the Henri Franconi, founder of the Parisian Hippodrome, has gaged, under whose superintendence the numerous Stud c Horses, Ponies, Stags, Ostriches, Elephants, &c., will be i from time to time, forming the most complete tout en Antique Pastimes ever witnessed in England. A splendid Brass Band will be in attendance. Admission—Reserved Seats, 35.; First Class, 23.; Sec Is.; Third ditto, Ed. Doors open at Five, to commence at Six precisel: y MlDEM ,nces, begs in select d Foreign !Ulm; con tons; and celebrated been en f Trained ntroduced temble of and ditto, TR E. without in some sort violating the temporary confidence reposed in them at the commencement of the session by the people of the United Kingdom. Ample time has been afforded them for the preparation of their electioneering arrangements—the only reasonable re ward which it was possible the nation could bestow upon statesmen who, at an emergency like the pre . sent, have ventured to assume the somewhat thank less responsibilities of the administration. They ' have long since obtained the various estimates re quired for the carrying on of the numerous depart :mute of the Government. They have acquired even a certain amounttendency en y of popularity by th e lib era l f orm an d re of their fina nc i a l s t a t emen t. Th ey free trade nd have been feasted by goldsmiths, by Royal Academi-1 cians, and by the chief of the metropolitan municipality. They have found their political pathway—a pathway that threatened to prove so peculiarly rugged and distrustful—smoothed before them by the magnani mity of the multitude, and even strewn in some places with the flowers of after-dinner compliment. It was but right, therefore, that the Easter recess, having passed by without any anxiety, on the part of the Cabinet, to expedite the labours of the session, some testimony of the existence of that feeling should be given at least before the arrival of the holidays at Whitsuntide. To a sense ce this we may attribute the series of resolutions agreed to on Friday evening, in compliance with the suggestion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. The wording of these resolutions will be found on examination to be indicative of a really earnest desire to hasten the labours of the session to a conclusion. The first on the list, for example, suggested " that whenever the House shall it for dispatch of busi ness at twelve o'clock on any day except Wednesday and Saturday, if such business be disposed of not later than three o'clock, the House will resume its sittings at five o'clock; and if such business be dis posed of after three o'clock and before four o'clock, the House will resume its sittings at six o'clock." Nothing could, surely, be more rational than this, and equally admirable in its tendency is the proposal immediately following, to the effect " that when such hilliness has not been disposed of at four o'clock, Mr. SPEAKER (or the Chairman, in case the House shall be in Counittee) do leave the chair, and the Houso will resume its sittings at six o'clock, when the orders of the day not disposed of at the morn ing sitting, and any motion which was under discussion at four o'clock, shall be set down in the order-book after the other orders of the day." By such an arrangement 83 this it is manifest that a considerable amount of the business still upon the papers might "be got through" in an interval of time, comparatively speaking, insignificant. Equally meritorious are the two subsequent resolutions—the one •ithat whenever the House shall be in Committee at four o'clock, the Chairman do report progress when the House re sumes its sitting ;" and the other, " that all dropped 1 orders of the day he set down in the order-book, after the orders of the day for the next day on which the House shall sit"—thereby ensuring, as far as it is at all practicable to ensure, .the assiduity of those who may be in attendance in the Lower House of the Legislature. For these resolutions, it will be observed, that the country is directly in debted to the Right Hon. the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—the Minister who, out of the whole of the present Cabinet, has evinced the greatest readiness and, in many respects, the largest capacity to carry out some at least among the wishes of the population. It cannot but he a source of profound gratification to observe, that in these particulars at any rate, the only " man of the people " in the ranks of the Tory Government has been the very one to evince, by act as well as by word, a practical anxiety to further the cause of the national welfare, and the very One who, in doing this, has revealed no inconsiderable capacity for conducting the labours of administration. It must be remem bered, for example, that among all his colleagues, Mr. DISRAELI was the first to recognise the inde structibility of the free-trade system, and the folly of still insisting upon the wholesale or even retail re vival of monopoly. It was only the other evening that the PRIME MINISTER was induced by the force of circumstances, reluctantly, and even then some what ambiguously, to make the same acknowledg ment. That acknowledgment, however, had been made long before —honestly, and, considering its im portance, we may add boldly—by the Right Hon. Gentleman the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, While Sir FITZROY KELLY was still declaiming vociferously upon the necessity of insisting upon the restoration of the principles of protection, and while the possibility of so doing was still in a great mea sure believed in by Mr. G. F. YOUNG, at one time the recognised BOANERGES of the agriculturists, Mr. DISRAELI had come to the conclusion that such a ccurse would be found to be erroneous, because dia metrically opposed to the wishes of the general com munity. Thinking thus, he had the candour to avow his convictions; and within the last fortnight we have seen that conviction acceded to as just by no less a personage than the Noble Earl the Leader of her MAJESTY'S Government. Before Lord DERBY allowed himself thus to scatter despair among the ranks of the country party, it must not be forgotten that the way had been prepared for the final decla ration of the PRIME MINISTER upon the subject by the financial statement submitted to the House of Commons by the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. Of that financial statement, indeed, it could scarcely be possible that the Liberal party throughout these islands could very speedily lose a recollection. It constituted a magnificent eulc;gium upon the system founded originally as far back as 1842 by Sir ROBERT PEEL"—the system of free trade, the system of remitted taxation, the system sung by ELLIOT, agitated by COBDEN, proposed and re-proposed by VILLIERS, argued and re-argued by HusKissoN, and suggested by ADAM SMITH, the COPERNICUS of the political economists. There was magnanimity as well as wislom, therefore, in the conception of Mr. DISRAELI'S Budget, and there was courage as well as skill in the manner of its actual announcement. For this the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER is en titled to the approving voice of the multitude, whose praise will be not the less willingly accorded to a man of the People," whose distinguished abilities have elevated him to one of the most difficult and responsible offices to which he could have been nominated by his SOVEREIGN. For the discharge of the duties of that office he has already displayed his capacity, wh ile) as leader of the House of Commons, he has revealed an aptitude for the manage ment of affairs, and a temper in the governance of debate, such as could hitherto have alone been an ticipated from an administrator of prolonged experience. These facts, we repeat, it is satisfactory to recall to the general remembrance. For, so long as the nation is fated to behold the Tories in the possession of the seals of office, it is consolatory at least for the people to recognise in the group of Cabinet Ministers one who, suddenly selected from among themselves, has justified the tribute thus offered to his genius by evidencing an intuitive capability for presiding over the machinery of government. Nothing could possibly have been in better taste than the speech in which Sir HARRY SMITH yester day thank e d t h e Mayor, Aldermen , an d B urgesses of the bo roug h of Portsmouth for their spontaneous address of congratul a tion. In offering him th ose con g ratul ations, honeyed over with the phrase s o f panegyric, the municipality and inhabitants of Ports mouth were at the same moment, unconsciously it may be, but truly, forcing upon that unluckly per sonage Earl GREY a cup filled to the very brim with gall and wormwood. We suspect, moreover, that it will not be the only draught of the like kind ad ministered to the ex-Colonial Secretary. The motion of Mr. ADDERLEY it was possible to evade by the resignation of the seals of government. But we rather anticipate that it will prove somewhat more difficult for the writer of the notorious dispatch, dated " Downing from the exposure consequent upon the return to D owning -street, 14th January," England of his Excellency the late Governor of the aonesimpairlatrofcthhae" Cape. There will inevitably be not pro vincial evidences of sympathy accorded t o t o o nly escape w m a e s tr g op ro o s i s ii y , gallant veteran who I the course pursued by the corporation of Portsmouth, rSeiorteri :lV Aß O ß :oll: l : lT n ß ot, b i y a but there will be demonstramtioornes tohfao town councils emulating h ome the to welcome and wantonly insulted by Earl Guy at 1 ATLiE, OYAL ARIONET l'E 1.11.6 At_4.o ADELAIDE-STREET, WEST STRAND. THIS EVENING, and every evening (hiring the s Will be presented PUNCH A LA ROMAINE. To be followed by a grand Ethiopian Musical Entertai an extraordinary Troupe of Ebony Marionettes. To ba followed by an entirely new version of the Gram f Eastern Spectate of ALADDIN ; or, The Wonderful Lamp, prod 14 :ed with ill the vast resources of this small establishment. To conclude with a new Italian Divertissement, entitled I :1 , NANO DEL VELLAGIS. Doors omit at half-past Seven, and commence at Eight s' clock. A Morning Performance on Wednesday and Saturd 13 • next. Doors open at Hall-pa.st Two, and commence at Threeo'c lc ck. Private Boxes and Stalls to be had at the Lox-ottl. to of the Theatre, and of all the principal Librarians. reek, mutt by LIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING, Will be presented Beethoven's Opera of FIDELIO. Leonora, Madlle. Sofia Cruvelli ; Elorestino, Signor Cat zolar l ; Rocco, Signor Susini ; Jacq u ino, Signor Mercuriali ; 11 nestra, Signor Fortini ; Pizarro, Signor Benet'. To be followed by Grect.o's celebrated Opera Bnffa, LA PROVA D'UN OPERA SERIA. Corilla, Madame De la Grange; Federico, Signor Calzolari ; Gui letto, Signor F. LaMothe ; Campenore, Signor Lablache. To conclude with a selection from the admired Ballet, LA SYLPHIDE. La Sylphlde, Madlle. Regina Eorle ; James, M. Mathieu; ladlles. Rosa, Esper, Lamoreux, Allegrini, Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at qv 3 Opera Box-oftice, Colonnade, Haymarket. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN.. THIS EVENING. Will be presented Dordzetti's Opera, LUCILEZIA BORGIA. Lucrezio Borgio, Madame Grisi ; Maffio Orsini, Madlle. 3eguin ; Don Sllonso, Signor Ronconi ; Don Apostolo Gazelia, Signor Marini; itustighello, Signor Soldi ; Gubetta, Signor Taglitffico ; Astnl fo, Sig. PolOninl; Oloferno Vitellozzt, S:gnor Luigi Mei ; Getman., Signor Mario. To conclude with the third and fourth acts of the operl , I MARTERI, Paulina, Madame Jullienne (of the 'Academie Royale, Paris) ; Severus, Signor Roncont ; Felix, Signor Marini; Nearcus, Signor Stigelli; a Christian, Signor t..oldi; Calisthenes, Signor 1') olonini ; Polyutus, Signor Tamberlik. TTIEATEE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompt an. THIS EVENING, Will be performed an entirely new comic ' Drama, entitled MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS, by Messr, B. Webster, Leigh I Luray, Buckstone, and Keeley ; Mrs. Stirling, Miss Reynolds, &c. Atter which a new Burlesque on a frightfully popular sul ject, to be called 0, GEMINI; or, the Brothers of Co(u)rse. Chitral ,ters by Messrs. Buckstone, Bland, Woolger ; Mesdames Buckinghe4 a, Col lins, Caulfield.Honey, &c. With the new Farce of YOUR LIFE'S IN DANGER, ill . which Mr. Keeley will appear. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Lessee, Mr. B. Webster ; Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed SEA and LAND. Characters by Mess LI. Paul Bedford, Wright, Hughes, 0. Smith, Worrell, Emery ; Misso ; Ellen Chaplin, K. Fitzwilharn, and Mrs. Keeley. After which, a devilish new Extravaganza, called MEDI lISTO PIIELES. Characters by Mr. Honey, Miss Fitzwilliain, eti id Miss Woolgar. To conclude with OUR NATIONAL DEFENCES. ROYAL FRD;CESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STRE' r. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the CORSICAN BROTHERS. characters by Messrs. C. Kean, A. Wigan, Ryder, Mead ows, J. Vining, J. Chester ; Misses t hillips, Murray, Robertson, and C. Leclercq. Alter which A LUCKY FRIDAY, in which Mr. A. W mu will appear. To conclude with a new and original Fairy Tale (compresi .ed into one act), entitled WITTIKIND AND HIS BROTHERS or, the Seven Swan l'rinces and the Fair Mclusine. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. In consequence of the indisposition of Madame Yestr: - .0, THIS EVENING, Will be performed FAMILY JARS. After which THE GAME OF SPECULATION. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, R. Roxl.,y, B. Baker ; Ars. C. Horn, and Miss M. Oliver. To conclude with A. PRACTICAL MAN. A.STI,EY'S ROYAL A.MPIIITBEATRE. Under the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royni Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. The meat successful and popular Theatre in London. THIS EVENING, Will be presented the gorgeous Equestrian Spectacle e'f ST. GEORGE and the DRAGON. St. George, Mr. Alfred Cooke. To be rollowea by liatty's Inimitable Scenes ut the Arena. To conclude with a Laughable r'arce. Tickets to be had at the Box-office from Eleven till Four daily. Stage Manager, Mr. Leclercq. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Open for the Season, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday: Exhibition of Danson's Colossal Daylight View of MOUNT ETNA and the CAVES of VULCAN and the CYCLOPS—Splendid and interesting Menagerie--Promenade Concert by Godfrey 's un rivalled Military Band—Various Amusing Novelties—Concluding at Dusk with a Grand Pyrotechnic Exhibition by Messrs. Sowthby, representing the Interior of the Mountain (the Pandemonium of the Ancients), with the Caverns and Forges of Vulcan and his (.'3•clops, the whole terminating with the Eruption of Mount Etna and a Grand Tableau on the Lake of Thetis, and the Nereiads receiving the Armour of Achilles. Doors open from Nine A.M. Feeding the Animals at Five. Con. cert at half-past Six. Fireworks at Hlalf•past Nine. ADMISSION, ONE SHILLING. CREMORNE GARDENS. Open for the Season. THIS EVENING An uninterrupted succession of Entertainments from Three o'clock until near Midnight, including A new Ballet—Vocal and Instrumental Concert—The Kafir Chiefs —Mcns. Bochez and his Comical Dogs—Professor Taylor and his Son the double•sighted Youth-51aille. Violante's performances on the Tight Rope—The Cremorne Band, conducted by M. Bosisio—Bran don Ledgers's Troupe of Ethiopian liarmonists—Dancing on the Platform, &c., &c. Open at TIP - ee o'clock. Admission, Is. ; Children, Half-price. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tms DAT —Morning 36 rain. after 12 I Evening 2 min after 1 Ta - Moaaow—Morning 27 min. after 1 I Evening 50 min after 1 THE WEATHER.—SuN Omca, JUNE 1. THIERKOMETER, IN TEtz SHADE. 57—highest since noon yesterday. 40—lowest this morning and daring the night. 58—this day, at noon. BABokurram, 29.92. Worn W.S.W.—tine bre€ze and sunshine, with passing clouds. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. state of the Wind and Weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations are arranged in order of latitude. Pmfourrx—Wind W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. Poorer—Wind N. W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. PosrsmouTH—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—rain. Hasrtiscs—Wind W.S. W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. SOUTHAMPTON—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. Fonarsrovrz—Wind W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. TUNBRIDGE—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. GREEN W ICH—Wind S.W., gentle breeze— partially cloudy, SraooD—Wind W., gentle breeze—cloudless. SWINDON—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. COLOHESTER—Wind§. W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy I.3l33Rmair.—Wind W., gentle breeze—partially The returns from the followi ng p l aces i n di ca te the state of :he wind and weather on Saturday morning at nine Alock cloudy. LEIGHTON—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—rain. COLCHESTER—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—rain. HOLYHZAD —Wind S.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. BEArrocK—Wind E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy- .....„: ,ie tie - , Nrc,-4.,,,.0. ~ e A dkr A , ,4, i = --'':* ti 4 `:.l. l6O. :.1 , f: - ',...(i ~Jcl, 0 ,;,-. 4... ~ • t.,4,c*7....0_7.,,,.6. 4I • 310 '', , AFB, or+ tm .* •..„...1,.2...et‘., gAtIL LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 1852. Several important resolutions for the readier dis patch of business were agreed to by the House of Commons on Friday evening —having been proposed by the Right Hon. Gentleman the CHANCELLOR, of the EXCHEQUER. Whatever may be the result, the mere circumstance is one in the highest degree nabs. factory. It evidences at last that solicitude to bring the Parliamentary discussions to a close which has been earnestly, but hitherto vainly, anticipated from the members of her MAJESTY'S Government, Minis ters would appear t o h ave at length recogn i se d the impossibility of pr o t ract i ng the debates much longer JUNE 1, the very time when, in a remote quarter of the globe, he was doing good service to his country and his SOVEREIGN. Besides which, it is just possible —w e hint this for the satisfaction of the peace of mind of the late Colonial Secretary—it is just possible that the matter may be brought under the no tice of the House of Commons before the approaching dissolution of Parliament. We can pro mise the Noble Lord, moreover, that whatever may be the issue of these proceedings, it is by no means probable that he will secure for himself any very considerable amount of commiseration. There is one passage in those incomparable verses of an in comparable poet, the " Universal Prayer" of PoPE, which—without profanity we would say it—natu rally rises at this moment to recollection, suggested by the course pursued towards Sir HARRY SMITH by the Colonial Secretary under the late Adminis tration— " Teach me to sooth another's woe, To bide the fault I see; That mercy I to others strew, That mercy skew to me 1" From the gallant veteran to whom the dispatch of the 14th of January was addressed, it is not by any means probable that the blow of retaliation will descend—or might we not rather call it ?—the blow of expiation. The character of Sir HARRY SMITH precludes us from the idea that he will avenge him self, instead of allowing himself to be avenged by others. Besides, he is altogether so obviously in the right that he can afford to regard the course of events in the matter with a serenity having the appearance almost of indifference. As af fording an incontestable proof that this serenity is unaffected, it is only necessary to turn to the remarks uttered yesterday by Sir HARRY SMITH when addressing the inhabitants of I l ortsmoutb. His observations were as devoid of any evidence that his feelings had been for a single instant wounded, as the language had been which was used by him in responding to the notorious dispatch of the ex-Colonial Secretary. Referring to his peculiar and perilous position at first in Southern Africa, he very aptly and strikingly remarked, that he was " a Governor without a legislature, and a Commander-in-Chief without an army." Neverthekas, such bad been his conduct during the period of his administration of the affairs of the Cape, that he was enabled to assert that his policy had hitherto been attended with successes, and that at the period of his leaving the colony it gave promise of proving very speedily triumphant. Sir HARRY acknowledged that his object had been, from the outset, in the desire of saving the "money and blood" of his country, to vanquish his an tagonists without applying for assistance either to the mother country or to the adjacent colonies. "I was endeavouring," he said, " to hold my ground as others had recommended, feeling that if the Minister of the day wished to retain Kafraria he would furnish me with the men to do so, whilst, if he did not want to keep Kafraria, a good retreat might be made, with less disgrace with a small army than with a large one." At that moment, he remarked, reinforcements arrived at the Cape, and both as Com mander-in-Chief and Governor he was com pelled thereupon to extend the scene of his operations, and the difficulties of his situation were of course at once very considerably multiplied. Speaking of those difficulties, he said, "I had not only 30,000 or 40,000 warlike savages to contend with, but I had a large body of Hottentots, who were supposed to be our friends—if savages ever can be friends—but who now turned against us. I then stood alone in a storm in which, I maintain, no other man ever did before in our own time. But the Minister sending out forces, time should have been given me ; but," continued Sir HARRY referring to his subsequent ill-treatment in a lone of the noblest magnanimity, "he, like myself, of an ardent temperament, believing I was acting slowly, though I was not asleep—(Cheers) — was dissatisfied. Still I was doing as much as could be done, and I speak now the opinions of a general who Has been is every description of warfare." Than these surely no words could be more temperate, and to appreciate their generosity it should be remembered that they were spoken after the bitterest provocation. The concluding portion of the speech delivered by Sir HARRY SanTa upon this in teresting occasion is altogether too remarkable, as throwing light upon his policy, and upon the conse quent position of affairs at the Cape at this moment, not to command for itself the most serious considera tion. " The measures I had commenced," he said, " I left to the gallant officer,my successor, who relievedme with the greatest courtesy and kindness, and I left him in command of an intrepid army in as good a position as could be desired, for the enemy had been driven over the Kei ; and I still think that my measures will ultimately be those which will bring peace, tranquillity, and prosperity to the colony." Such were the befitting terms in which the ex-Governor of the Cape acknowledged the congratulations of his fellow countrymen at Portsmouth, on again Betting foot upon the shores of England. Simple though his language was, we regard it as yielding conclusive evidence, if only from the very fact of its amenity, of his complete and honourable vindication. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. Sunday, being Wh it-Sunda y , was kept as a close holiday at the office of all the newspap ers except that of the Pays. In that journal there ar e t wo l ea di ng articles, one on the notice in the illoniteur (given in yesterday's Sun) on the rumours that have been cur rent respecting the foreign relations of France, the other on the reports of accounts of 1848. On the first subject the Pays says Th u declaration published in the official journal, in reply to the repor t s accredite d by the forei gn j ournals on t h e a ttitude of Europe towards France, has na9t with unanimous approbation. There are three things which r e sult from ibis i m p o rtant declaration :--1, That Europe has not threatened .nor does it think cf threatening F t .,, co i n the independence of her political severe; -nty • 2. That F r i nc o Louis Napoleon h as not changed in his intentions and in his senriments, so nobly expressed in his epee ch of the 29th of March, when he declared that the Empire could never come except as the result of a necessity for the safety of the country in the crisis of parties; and 3. That France, deciding on respect ing t h e rights of other nations, is not less so in nuking her own respected in the acts which shall manifest her will to preserve or to modify her institutions. What the Government has just said en the Moniteur, we have said every day for the last two months in the pays. But the Government, in giving it the authority of its word, will have produced a result which we alone could not obtain; it will have restored calm and confidence in the public mind. There is nothing now unknown in our future situation. What is shown and what is known to all is the force of right both at home and abroad. At home nothing will be done by surprise or from adven ture; the nation will decide on its fate; it will accept that which may appear to it just and necessary. Abroad France will threaten no one, and will make herself respected by every one. This policy is really wise and noble. It secures the order and stability of France and guarantees the peace of Europe. The Government of Louis Napoleon has employed the best means of discon certing its enemies both at home and abroad; it has co vered itself with the only buckler which is invulnerable —the force of its right. When a government has right on its side it is just enough not to threaten, and strong enough not to draw back." The same journal says—" We have already stated that the Bill on instruction had not been withdrawn, as some journals have erroneously stated, but only postponed. A religious journal now states that seve ral members of the episcopacy have presented obser vations to the Government on the subject of this Bill. We know not whether this be correct or not, but we know that objections have been raised against it by some of the most devoted partisans of the MA versity. Thus this Bill, which some bishops opposed as being too universitaty, was objected to at the sam e time by some universitarian as being too Catholic. Does not this show that the new law has given a n I share to the civil and religious powers, d has found an us found the means of reconciling their respective rights without exaggerating or weakening either ?" The advocates of the Council of State M P FADES and M. MATHIEU BODET, charged •to defend the appeal of the Princes of the • family against Orleans the decrees relative to th *r et property, have published a memoir, from Pears that they intend to which it al) " rely on four points— viz., 1, that the Princes virtue of th e d ee d of the 7th August, th e property i n August, 1830, and that that property notcould return to the s t a t e b e f ore t h e 2, 9th August; that they ar e h e i rs o f t h e KING, their father, for that partan of NI o euilly which was p urc h ase d s ubsequent to 1830, f Madame A DELAIDE f or part of th e domain ofA c lonceaux ; 3 that they have enjoyed the property for more thanyearson twenty _ what theyconsidered • a good title and with good faith ; 4, that the property has been made the subject of marriage settlements, which have created irrevo cable right s fur the mar r i e d pr i es an d their chil dren ; and, finally, that the ordinary judicial tribu nals have jurisdiction in the case. It is stated in a Faris letter, in the .Emancipation 1852. of Brussels, that M. DIIPIN, senior, has taken the oath as member of the Council General of his de partment. - M. VICTOR. HUGO has, says the Brussels journals, just terminated a work on the coup ci etat which is to bear th e ti t l e o f "L- i D A ix De..ealbre." It is not stated when it is to be published. This was settling day at the l3uurse, and there was not much badness transacted, except in closing accounts. The Four -and-a-Half per Cents. opvned at 991. 90c. and clAted at the same price for the end of the month; the Three per Cents. closed at 71f. 35c.; Orleans Railway Shares, 1 ,190 f ; Rouen, 785 f ; Havre, 2871. 50c.; Great Northern, 590 f.; Avignon, 3521. 50c.; VIP; yin, 595 f.; Basle, 243 f, 75c.; Bordeaux, 621 f 25c ; Paris and Stras burg, 561 t. 25e.; Tours and Nantes, 3721. 50c.; Paris and twus, 613 f. 75 .. BUSINESS DUNE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE. MAY 31. Charleroi and Erquelines, 14;2—Dutch Rhenish, 4 3 / t -- East Indian, 22 '/ —Grand Junction of France, 4—Luxem bourg, 49/ B —Namur and Liege, 6 %—Northern of France, 21% —Orleans and Bordeaux. 153% ex d.—Paris and Lyons, 10% —Paris and Rouen, 30—Paris and Strasbourg, 22 , i—Sambro and Meuse, 43%—West Flanders, 3%. SPAIN. The Madrid Gazette 'of the 26th contains a royal decree nominating a special commission to examine and revise the regulations respecting theatres and public spectacles. A letter states that Lord FIOWDEN had returned to Madrid from his excursion in Andalusia, and had left for Aranjut z to take leave of the KING previous to setting out for England on leave of absence, the First Secretary of Legation, Mr. OTWAY, to act as Charge d'Affaires until his return. The letter adds : —" The proposed reforms in the organic laws are abandoned ; but some political men are strongly of opinion that they are only postponed." A letter in the Espana, from Cadiz, announces the arrival there of a steamer from the Havannah, with accounts to the 30th ult. At that date, the island enjoyed perfect t►anquillity. The committee of the patriotic subscription for rewards and succour for services rendered to the Government, in the invasion of LOPEZ, have distributed to the wounded and to the heirs of the persona who were killed, 149,184 dollars (745,905 f.) The Queen of SPAIN has just created a new deco ration for ladies. It is to be called the Medal Cross of Queen I4abella, it is in enamelled gold, and orna mented with brilliants. On days of ceremony it will be worn suspended round the neck by a red ribbon, and on ordinary days it will be attached to the left shoulder with a small ribbon of the same colour. The Three per Cents. were done at 44; the New Three per Cents. at 22 1-16; the Debt of the First Class at 88; and that of the Se , 00d at 5 5-16. GE IVI IS Y. The New Gazette of Bremen states that thirty tour of the persons arrested there, on the charge of having been concerned in a conspiracy, have been set at liberty, after having undergone an interrogatory. The plot was, it seems, concocted by a young man, noted for the violence of his political opinions ; but it is, it appears, far from having the importance which was at first supposed. The Hanoverian Chambers were adjourned on the 28th to the 4th June. Tnr Diet of Oldenburg decided on the 28th, in a secret sitting, by 32 votes to 12, that the treaty of September between Hanover and Prussia should be acceded to under certain conditions. A meeting of 400 manufacturers and tradesmen, belonging to the different States of the Z dlverein, was held at Halle a few days ago, and a series of reso lutions were passed protesting against any measure cslculated to compromise the renewal of the Zell verein. A Berlin journal states that the arrangement con cluded by the King of DENMARK and the Duke of AUGUBTENBURG, relative to the succession of the Danish throne, is about to be discussed by the Ger mar, ic Diet, The official journal of Carlsrube contains a notifi cation from the RPgent, declaring that the state of siege is to be prolonged. The Cologne Gazette states that in the Customs Congress et Berlin, on the 25th, the propositions of Bavaria agreed to at the meeting at Darmstadt were printed, and that they were signed by the plenipo tentiaries of twenty-five States, - including the Grand Duchy of Baden. On the same day, the Gazette adds, a note relative to the Zoilverein reached the Prussian Cabinet from Vienna, but its contents were not known. The Nuremberg Correspondent states that several of the States of the Germanic Confederation have addressed to the Diet a protest against the decision come to by Russia and Austria, in the name of the Confederation, respecting the differences between those States and Denmark. The Emperor Of RIISS/A quitted Potsdam on the 26th, to return to Warsaw. The EMPRESS remained at Potsdam, but was to leave the following day for Schlangen bad. The Cologne Gazette has the following from Ber lin, dated the 28th :—" The Emperor of RUSSIA did not exhibit such marks of hostility to the constitu tional system as might be supposed. It is even said that his MAJESTY would have seen with pain the dis solution of the Chambers. The CZAR, it is said, declared that Prussia ought not to weaken any fur ther her moral authority, but ought to prove that Con servative interests could only gain by the scrupulous execution of the promises made. ' The difficulties which have arisen between the Ba varian Government and the high clergy are not yet removed. On the 23d, ,the Bishops handed to the KING a reply to the resolution concerning the execu tion of the Concordat. The Bishops unanimously insist on their former pretensions. —Baron ANSELM S DE Itorriscuirm, of Frankfort, who for some time past has been seriously ill, is now much better. An important commercial firm at Harnburgh, Messrs. E--- and has, says the independence of Brussels, just failed. Its liabilities amount to 7,500,000 f. The failure is partially ascribed to heavy losses sustained by a bankruptcy in London. BELGIUM. Negotiations, says a Belgian journal, are being carried on between Belgium and England for a treaty for the extradition of criminals and civil offender& HOLLAND. The Stoats Courant ann unces that on the 27th ult. the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs concluded with the French Ambassador a treaty for the sup. pression of literary piracy. SWITZERLAND. The Voss Gazette stales that the protocols respoct ing Switz,rland were signed in London by the re presentativcs of the five great powers, and that a collective note will he addre sed to the Federal Go vernment, callieg upo❑ it to reestablish the former constitution of NeufellitA France, it i 4 added, will undertake to enforce compliance it the Federal Go vernment should not at once execute the decision come to by the five powers. ITALY. On the 22d ult. Sir HENRY LYTTON BULWER had la private audience of the Grand Duke of TUSCANY, to deliver his credentials as Minister Plenipentiary to the Grand Ducal Court. In the sitting of the 26th ult. of the Sardinian Chamber of Deputies, General DABORNUDA, the Go vernment candidate, was elf-cted vice-president of the Assembly by 77 against 33 votes, obtained by M. TECCMO, the candidate of the Left. M. DE Cavourt and all the Left Centre supported the Government. SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. Gross traffic receipts for passengers and goods, week ending Lay 29, 1852 £13,376 14 4 Ditto, May 31,1851 • ••• 13,780 3 0 Decrease in 1852 .. .£403 8 8 London Terminus, &ay 31, 1852. GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.--TrafEC for the week ending May 29, 18J2 : _ Passengers k 24,949), goods and parcels, horse s and carriages.. .£4,138 1 4 Corresponding week in last, year 4,069 9 1 Glasgow, May 31. 4'..LECTRIC TELEGRAPH IN THE BANK OF ENGLAND. —The Electric telegraph operations which have for some time been in progress in this establishment are now com pleted, and a very perfect system of communications is effected between the various offices. The rooms of the go vernor and deputy governor are by this means placed in nt di rect and im me di ate communication with every importa imp de partment where bu s i ness is t ransac t e d , an d t h e mustper. feet secrecy of communication is ensured by the use of an apparatus by whi c h a message i nten d e d f or o ne particular office cannot be read at a‘ other. • INDISPOSITION OF 111 E. WAKLEY, my. — W e r e g ret to hear that, on th e re t urn o f Mr. Wakley to his c hambers from the House of Commons on Saturday morning last, between three and four o'clock, he was seized with a sudden faintness, which caused much alarm to his rtlatives. It is satisfactory to state, however, that the Hon. Gentleman was so far recovered by the afternoon as to be able to leave town for his residence at Harefield. ILLNESS or Mit. RokituCK.—We regret to learn prudent for him to realm 'th e that since Mr. Roebuck's departure for London on Saturday last ho has been severely indisposed and unable to a tend to his duties in Parliament, and we fear that some little tune roust em. REPRESEN 'll T fic° A er T i ; m:iloIrbeMANCII ESTER r . egu I: ar - — mu S s l t ie e fi l i a e p hi se T b i ie attendant °r)fi dently stated that Captain Denham, th e new borough to elect him. It candidate for Manchester, is a thorough Puseyite, a n d a either Mr. Bright or Mr. Milner in Sr. Barnabas. If this be s o , we sorry were the constituents of that should be extremely every other respect, except on would be too bad to eject Gipson, both of whom are in unexceptionable Members. We trust suppl Ant either ut the sitfinp; the l'rot e e l s e t c a t n or t s q o u f es :A t i i l o o n e s, l:esti will t. , ke care, before they seek to Mem oeis by Captain Deidiam, to inquire into th e l• commercial _ 1. e Igious, as well as the political an d maser. opinion ' 01 that g en tl eman . --Morning Ad. MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY•) HAT MA. SM ITHFIELD.— Xladow HaIZILETS 3/ y, Oni odB s Od to 41 - Clover auto, :3/ 103 to 4/15s; and Straw, 1132 to 1/ 83 P er load. A f a i r average supply. and a dull trade. Od; CUMBERLAND —Meaciow Hay, 31 35 0d to 4 1 22 „ Clover ditto, 3/ 8.; to 4112 2; an d S traw, 114 s to 1193 ,r '— load. Trade very inactive , at our quotations. WHITECRAPEL.--MeadoW Hay, 31 Os 0,3 tO 41 - ni od; Clover ditto, 3 / 1 0s to 4/ 15s; and Straw, 1135 to 1186 Pe t load. Supply good, arc trade dull. The markets will reopen to-morrow. . SUGAR —Th,re have b een some private sales in Dotal! at full p r i ces. A good many auctions are de' Glared for tomorrow. The quantity o f Briiall P liints ; don landed lsst week a t t h e East and West Indi a Doe 0 was 3,076 hhds 230 threes 990 barrels; theerrcee:s Were taken for home co nsumption 845 Ws 93 ti barrels. The stock i n t h e some places is 16,271 h h ds 1,639 tierces 4 049 barrels. COFFEE —The market is firm. COTTON.—There has been a steady market. vast Rum.—The qutintity landed l us t wee k at t h e and West India Docks was 1,511 puns 122 hhds; th e e were taken for home consumption 143 puns 12 hhclat'' exported 124 puns 122 hhis. The sto c k i n t h e is° , places is 12 817 puns 996 hhde. SALTPETRE.-402 bags et auction told at 245 6-it 25s 6d; refraction 104 to /4i per cent., being oe prices. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 37 per cent. on the spot, Town 38a 9d. TEA.—The deliveries have rather Allen OE CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before the LORD CHANCELLOR) IN RE NORTH OF ENGLAND BANKING c,Amp.ANT rA ial HOLMES—JUDGMENT. m The LORD C HANCELLOR, i n delivering jo ri g — h e p n t i r this case, said th e questi-n for his d e ci s ion was, w"--eeelt a person who t rans f erre d hi s shares in a j o int•et company three years before the stopping of the cong e 74 cou!d be made a con t r ib utor to the liabilities under tm W incline-up Act. la all t h ese concerns there were a grea t o Ipyflrooapfitoitstigiobribets losses.l a a t nc a e n a y and open accounts, and - 00 actualsc manya r e ,grielveernefTroem, g en e t ne t r o a a ll s y ce o r i t; k9 i e; t ; when a person became a purchaser - of an interest of these concerns, be took it just he bound it, with I" lot loss or benefit, which over it might turn out to r Y otherwise an account of every liability in 050 ` . i s fer titular transaction up to the time of .n would have to be ascertained, in order ss arrive at the ac t ua l amount of loss and I th ie et a special pr ov i s i on were made to meet a difficulty °' kind it would be ~h 8 0 impossible 01.- os to perform o r operation. lii this company there had been 1 . 2 7 as 1 .300 transfers, and if the ar gumen t o f t h e apPellsnuj.:ed right, th e amount o f loss ought to have been seer fee, in each of these instances up to the period of trees so It was quite cl ear thi s cou ld not b e done. The o°°3Pbali went on the sure road to r u i n , f or t h e secur i t i e s and stif f they held were scarcely worth the paper on whi n cli ,; t iout were written, except so far as they were used for ne— no . purposes. How was it possible to ascertain at what p er , Ocular period a debtor was insolvent. The .A c ,,". be doubt-dly said that when a man sold his shs r— oill should be absolved from future liability , but should the be liable for his propo r ti on o f l os es susta ined by b e company up to the period when he ceased f the a holder, but in what way was the ascertainmen t ° ro .. losses provid e d f or i n t h e deed of settlemen t, o f vidid that the directors should keep proper boo' os• account, and make exicit and true entries of all ir a r i f actions of the bank, and also that at the batf- l e e ll or. reef ime e t b i n a g l a i n t c h e e - y s h s e h e o t d have e r duty, probable amount of losses. If the directors had 0 _, d neglected, there in appeared wh c o h n 'ut hla t de h ny e ed faceentirely btii rt Statemente of Yt o the e ta cl olfanr theen S° jpadrecoindn-tavii: ddB;:n for able loss; but the accounts were fraudulent ones, the they showed a large amount of profits when, in foal „, 174 m undertaking had lost from its commencement. Be the sidered that the balance-sheet as rendered bYdiag directors at the half. earl meeting were bi n bei n on all the partners; but if he looked at t 0 he saw no evidence of any loss to which Mr. goif ir. could be made liable. It was true that one witness. L . Headlarn, stated he knew from the first moment of ‘,l; insolvency of the company; but he was a very nulPs ° person, for he had the charge of the books, and 11 % assisted the directors most improperly in preint o false b a l ance -sheets, and in deceiving those to wov, they w e re bound to act fairly. Notwithstanding, o th e . re es i fore, the statement of that person, he had no pr" „5 evidence on which he could act before him, which 03 ' to prove that the comp an y had sus ta ined an y actual a 4 when Mr. Holmes sold his shares. It there was a !`; he was undoubtedly responsible For it, bat he Collin 6 , none so far as the evidence went. From the baintc sheet the company appeared to be in a pro s p erous 1 19- h ; not only were there no losses, but there were gains 10 ,:l e divided. He was, therefore, clearly of opinion th at gm; gentleman was not liable for any loss incurred by the pany, and, without any reservation of any sort or AP'"" he would dismiss the appeal with costs. Appeal dismissed. BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Jes ice Widuratara) THE QUEEN V. 131tooM AND OTHERS. Mr. PARRY applied to the Court on behalf of Mr.a e James, waom he described as a gentleman of ih 3eP t e l er dent means, formerly carryi ng on b us i ness as a taljrjr at Swansea, and one or the defendants in this cas e t er Jambe a a certiorari to re move th e i n di ct:flea into thiseoo°o, The indictment wa s to b e p re f erred against Mr. "" the Mr. Charl,s S ti.dne , and M r . J o h n B room , and de ehar-4e against them was an a ll eged conspiracy iraui a Mr. William Hamp, by chelting, at cards• a. defendmt James was a nx i ous to have the matter ihve s , o cc on the civil si d e of the . art at the Le ver assiz9s, and he cl a i me d to hove this application gr,s" r by upon the faith of an o f favit which had been Ise": one John Sh erman, who described himself as a 'eesctf tleman residinr, at No. 100, Leman -street, in the cou rg e prosecutor, cuto acquaintedr , who of Middlesex, This person swore that the c e lis t be had been preferred against the wish .°` very man not exceedingly w w i a t s h the a liable to be acted upon by a crafty attorney, while attorney Sill had told him that he made the cbarg av d, the hope that the Brooms would " tip" up we il h ; e bed in order to keep 'lamp up to the "scratch ," yi e jous threatened to get Broom to indict him for a hi f: iene s prosecution in the event of his exhibiting any s u fs i c joit tion to withdraw from the prosecution. The , e atly went on to state, that the deponent had suh'eler, he met Sill at Heaton Villa, in Herefordshire, 0 .0 , , long told deponent that he had been imprisoned for time in Whitecross.street, where he acted as cooly, 18th the Brooms. The deponent met him again o wanted deponent to assist him in getting if n d t e deponent of Match lest, when be told deponent, e t t h m a a t iderat r an for would secure 3001. worth of bil e t ou a i s d a ,. stand in" to the money he foregoing the prosecution, quays the matter, he ha d would not come forward and sq th e Home the Secretary of State for h e sufficient influence with get him transported. Mr . Jaine s extent of a half, remarking,hthat if the defendant Broom Home Department toi,,,oan affidavit, and he stated h is him,eif had also he m trial severs,' intricato points of 1 5 , W , belief that on of counsel, who did not attend th e which would require that h e should court. lie added,moreover, th at _ criminal side of the did not think he should obtain a fair trial beta _ ll he ' ry for when he was at Lewes, in March 1 04 comMea , that t he have e e I t . h k e e a ct i t r z t i te e , to surrender to his recognizances, he ascertained tradesmen of the town were greatly prejudiced ego°, him, and many of them had mad e L ets and wagers the' he and the other defendants were convicted of the chop_ preferred against them. Be was therefore anxious l e have the case tried before a special jury, and as the in dictments which had been found against Sill were re moved into this court, it was hoped there would be I.le_ objection to grant the present application, in which the other two defendants were assenting pa --edit rties. cre dit the Ju s ti ce W IGHTDIAN was not disposed to the statement that tare whole county of Sussex was pre judiced a ga i nst t h e defendants, but there was this ob stacle in the way o f hi s grant i ng a cer tiorari. The dictment had riot yet been found, plication would fFec• of delaying the trtal ► only have the s into as in that case the defendants would have to come this court to plead.—Rule refused accordingly. and granting this l Sir Harry end LA? Smith and suite have arr ived at Lycrall's Hotel, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly; likewise Lieutenant-General Proctor and tatnilv, from Wales ,• James Spot, E-q., and family; Mrs. Clinton Wynward, es Spot, Leatnington ; and Bowyer Smyth, Esq., and lady. The de partures comprise the Dowag er Lad y Bow y er Smyth, far Slough; Mrs. Biggles Brise. fur Slough; Sir David klunter Blair and family, for Leam in g ton ; Colonel Lucas and &rail'', for Wales; Mr. and Mrs. Wood, for Wales; and the Re v ' H. C. Hadley and Lady. The eleerric telegraph it , appears, is now completed from Arniet,s to Boulugne, and messsges can there fore be t ra n sm i t t e d between London and .I.hulogne as well as b etween Boulogne and Paris , and all the principal stations PA the va rious French railwaYib LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JUNE I.—Wind at noon S.W., moderate breez • and cloudy at times. SHIELDS.—SId. Promi-e, New York. DEAL. MAY 31 —Wind W.—Arrived from the Riser, Quentin Lurch , Sydney, New Sou•h Wries ; Berwick Castle, New Z al end ; Cal) pso, Jama.ca. DARTMOUTH, MAY 31. Wind N. W.—Sid. Alarm, Newf unoland. PLYMOUTH, MAY 31.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Char m a r,, sierra Leone. FALMOUTH, MAY 31.—Wind N.W., fresh breezes.--- Arrd. Jultus Pernamt , uco; Fortunate,Matanzas; Sarah Sands steamer. New York. LIVERPOOL, MAY 31.—Wind N.W. to W.N.W.- - Sl a ' Caio'lue ' Liavannah ; David Cannon, New York. Of port, St. Vincent. Veracity, Fatima, Pirate (s.), Malabar. T. THOMAS, MAY 7.—The Minerva, Baltimore to Belfast, which put in leaky, has been cond-tuned and The Helene, of Fiensburg, New York to till port and Maracaibo, h as p ut in under jury masts and leaky, and must unload. CL•WEi. MAY 31.—Wind W.—Arrd Isaac, Patsgoni 6l ILAN Madeira for Sr. Petersburgh, to stop a leak. LIVERPOOL, MAY 31 —The Bonen, with cottonduis been strand,d at Grand Bahama. REVEL, MAY 22.—The Barossa, Leith to St. Fete' s• bus eh, got en shore at Ooael Island 15th inst. CEi)N,TADT, MAY 24.--Early this morning a steam er wea seen coming up un d er To the westward the roads are full of flaring ice. OFF PENZANCE.—Coekernaouth Castle, Grenada. OFF KINGSBRIDGE —Stratherien, Sydney. BRI,TOL, MAY 31.—Wind W.N.W,—Arrd. Chaucer, Manikins; Maria, Barbedoes. Sld. Augusta and Berth* Q'lebec. SWANSEA.—SId. Z , rc.Paw, Singapore. EVENING-,