The Sun. — London, England, 1852-05-28 00:00:00

B ATTY'S GRAND NATIONAL HIPPO . DROILE, Opposite the Broad Walk, Kensington-gardens, Will OPEN for the Season, on WHIT-MONDAY, May 31st, 18.52, When an ASCENT will be made in the Royal Hippodrome Balloon, by a celebrated Aeronaut. Mr. 8., in announcing his Second Season, and gratefully remem bering the liberal patronage bestowed upon past performances, beg 3 leave to state that he has spared neither pains nor expense in select ing the best Artists from the principal Continental and Foreign Amphitheatres, to realise the spirit-stirring scenes and exciting con tests of the Curiculum, for which the Romans were so famous; and to ensure a perfect production of the various scenes, the celebrated Henri Francon', founder of the Parisian Hippodrome, has been en gaged, ander whose superintendence the numerous Stud of Trained Horses, Ponies, Stags, Ostriches, Elephants, &c., will be introduced Item time to time, forming the most complete tout ensemble of Antique Pastimes ever witnessed in England. A splendid Brass Band will be in attendance. A.dmission—Reserved Seats, 39.; First Class, 29.; Second ditto, 18 Third ditto, ,d. ROYAL MAI,ION ET EE i H 141411 aEt ADELAIDE-STREET, WEST STRAND. TADS EVENING, and every evening daring the week, A new Characteristic Address, by the Manager. After which a new Piece, entitled TUE HAPPY MA.. , TAGER. A Dramatic Difitculty. In one act. To bo followed by a new and original Burlesqne, called THE IPIRIT OF PUNCH ; or, The Arcadian Brothers. 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. Doors open at Halt-past Seven, and commence at Eight o'clock. A Morning Performance To-Morrow. Doors open at Half-past T wo , and commence at Three riclock. The Ebony Marionettes are re-engaged, and will appear on Whit- Monday. There will shortly be Pr4anced 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 tlaa principal Librarians. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. M.Xtraordinary CombiLation of Talent. iff•Sealumes Sofie Cruvelli, D'Angri, and De la Grange. 311',Ifori Calzelari, Garclon', F. Lablache, and Lablache. TO-MORROW Will be presented Bellini's celebrated Opera, LA SONNAMBULA. Alnina, Madlle. Sofle Cruvelli ; Lesa, madlle. Feller ; Count RO dolpho, Signor Belletti ; Elvina, Signor tiardoni. To be iollowed by Grecco's celebrated Opera Buff" , LA PROVA D'UN OPERA *ERIA. Corilla, Madame De la Grange ; Federico, Signor Calzolari ; Gul letto, Signor F. Lablache ; Campenore, Signor Lablache. To conclude with a new Ballet Divertissement by M. Getman, the music composed and arranged by M. Vadaud, entitled LA FETE DES ROSIEBES. By Madlle. Carolina Rosati, 'Madlles. Ro3a, Esper, Laruoreux, and Allegrini ; MM. Di Matta, Venafra, Gouriet, and Mathieu. Application. for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Opera Box-office, Colonnade, Haymarket. ROYAL ITALIAN O ERA, COVENT-OA.RDEN. TO-MORROW Will b e performed Bellirtra Opera, I PURITAN'. -- • Elvira, Madame Grisi ; Henrietta, IVladll e. Cotti ; Georgio, Signor Signor Soldi ; Vatton Marini ; Bruno, • Signor Polonini ; Riccardo, Signor Ronconi ; Arturo, Signor Mario. Composer, Director of Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. The performances commence at Eight o'clock precisely. Tickets for the Boxes, Stalls, or the Pit may be had ,for the Night or Sea.son), at the Boa - office of the Theatre, which is open f r om Eleven till Five o'cloek ; and of the principal librarians and masicsellers. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B, Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. TEAS EVENING, Will be performed GOOD FOR NOTHING. To be followed by an entirely new comic Drama, entitled MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS, by Messrs. B. Webster, Leigh Murray, Buckstone, and Keeley ; Mrs. Stirling, Miss Reynolds, &c. Alter which a new Burlesque on a frightfully popular subject, to be coiled 0, GEMINI ; or, the Brothers of Co(u)rse. Characters by Messrs. Backstone, Bland, Woolger ; Mesdames Buckingham, Col ins. Caulfield.lloaey, &c. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Lessee, Mr. B. Webster ' • Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed SEA and LAND. Characters by Messrs. Paul Bedford, Wright, Hughes, 0. Smith. Worrell, Emery ; Misses Ellen Chaplin, K. Fltzwllllam, and Mrs. Keeley. After which, a devilish new Extravaganza, called MEPHISTO PHELES. Characters by Mr. Honey, Miss Fitzwilliam, and Miss Woolgar. After which, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAM- B iIRWELL? ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the CORSICAN BROTHERS. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Kean, A. Wigan, Ryder, Meadows, J. Vining, J. Chester ; Misses rinllips, Murray, Robertson, and C. Leclercq. After which A LUCKY FRIDAY, in which Mr. A. Wigan will appear. To conclude with a new and original Fairy Tale (compressed into one act), entitled WITTIKIND AND HIS BROTHERS or, the Seven Swan Princes and the Fair leinsine. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be produced a dramatic story, in eight acts, entitled A CHAIN OF EVENTS. Characters by Messrs. Charles Mathews, Frank Matthews, Robert Roxby, Belton, Baker, Suter, Horncastle, Rosisre, Butler, and llonner ; Madame Vestris, Miss Laura Beene, Mrs. F. Matthews, and Miss Julia St. George, Miss Wright, Miss Oliver, Mrs. Horn, Mrs. Macnamara, Miss Martindale, Miss Ellis, Miss Grove, and Miss Foote. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Under the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. The most successful and popular Theatre In London. - - • The Last Week of Bonaparte In Egpyt, in consequence of the production of St. George and the Dragon on Whit-Monday. THIS EVENING, Will be presented a new grand Military Spectacle, which is now exciting all Paris, entitled BONAPARTE IN EGYPT ; or, the Battle of Aboukir. fo be followed by Batty's Inimitable Scenes of the Arena. In addition to the extraordinary talent at the above Establish ment. Mr. Batty has engaged the celebrated Equestrian Mr. A. Cooke ; also Mr. Boswell, the renowned Comique, and Madlle. Re becca, the graceful Equestrian, the whole forming the most elegant and unique perfoamance ever witnessed within the walls of an am phitheatre. To conclude with a Laughable farce. Tickets to be had at the Box-office from Eleven till Four daily. Stage Manager, Mr. Leclercq. ROYAL SItiRREY 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 VULC-iN . 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. Southby, representing the Interior 01 the Mountain (the Pandemonium of the Ancients), with the Caverns and Forges of Vulcan and his Cyclops, the whole terminating with the Eruption of Mount Etna and a Grand Tableau on the Lake of Thetis, and the Niriads receiving the Armour of Achilles. ~ Doom open from Nine ♦.Y. Feeding the Animals at Five. Con- Oen at Half-past Six. Fireworks at Half-put Nine. ADMISSION, ONE SHILLING. ROBBERY OF NEWSPAPERS TEN POUNDS REWARD. In answer to the complaints of several Subscribers, whose papers are stolen in periods of political or other excitement, we can only renew the expression of our deep regret. In order, if possible, to bring some one of the robbers to account, we hereby offer a reward of Ten Pounds for such information as may lead to the detection of the culprit, and Ten Pounds more on conviction of the offender. Sun Office, May 24, 1852. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tl7l/1 DAT —Morning 0 rain. after 9 I Evening 35 mitt after 9 To-Molutow—Morning 7 min. after 10 I Evening 42 min after 10 THE WEATHER.—SUI OFFICE, MAT 23. THERMOMETER, IN THE S H A D E. 51—highest since noon yesterday. 44—lowest this morning and during the night. 53—this day, at noon. BAnosisnEß, 29.91. WIND N.E.—doll, cloudy weather. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. stt ate . of the Wind and Weather at each of the following LlK•te rtro at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations p Lym ' o a ltged in order of latitude. Poivra l r l ,,,___ - -Wind E., strong breeze—partially cloudy. u'El - -Wind E., gentle breeze—overcast. .77._ -- " TRAittp.r Wind NE. fre-h b u • I 4 breeze—overcast. Fot..kasrosr,... o f y Ind N.E., strong breeze—overcast. Tusrßrapcitc--viri n ia l t N.E., gentle breeze—overcast. VAIiEENWICH_i'vI•E. , strong breeze—overcast. d N., gentle breeze—overcast. STitooh—Wind N.E2 gentle breeze_overcast. Swpwort—Wind ~‘"title breeze—overcast. ia coLcmsrint—Wind . CAMBRIDGFeWind N . E 7:' gentle breeze—overcast. r‘ tent i l 3 e breeze—overcast. YtkrtmouTH—Wind E., s t rong [he returns from the tollo breeze—overcast. the wind and weather ou 4 places indicate the state of eAlnesday morning at nine Ltuszticir—Wind N.E.. strong breez— cloudless. rt CARLow—Wind N.E. , gentle breeze Pa lkitrumgoAß ind E., strong breeze— ially y. cloud N.E.. gentle breeze— ra il: . ar tially cloudy. Grtoirros— Wind N.E.. strong breeze —over fltstitamak—Wind N.E., strong breeze--. oy ea s t• cloudy. Bittsutione.m—Wind N.E., strong breeze—, - v r e c _aat- HOLTRIAD —Wind E.N.E., hard wind_ partia lTast. hexodgxs N.E. gentle breeze—partiall; r ," arrßT--Wid N gentle breeze—foggy. cloudy . ;up X -. ‘r Ind N.W. gentle breeze —overcast B Ind N.E., gentle 'breeze —partially cloudy. EArrocit—liVind E , hard w d cloudless. , • 0 1 / 4 LONDON, FRIDAY. MAY 28, 1852 Immediately before the dissolution of Parliament th,. Earl of DERRY has expressed his views upon the ail.important question of the extension of the political franchise. It must consequently be with more than ordinary interest that the speech delivered last even in the House of Lords by the present leader of her lIIAJEsTY's Government will be examined by the various con s tit uenc i es throughout the United King dom. From the observations which then fell from the lips of the PRIME MINISTER, the electors 'nay perceive how far the members of f the Cabinet are pr e p are d to maintain the oligarchic influences of Toryism as opposed to the liberalizing tendencies of the age--those tendencies which are nothing lets than the inciting principles in the onward march of civilization. Unless he had been in a manner compelled to explain his sentiments upon a subject of such extraordinary magnitude, and in some respects, moreover, of suc h , bewildering intricacy, It is scarcely probatie that Lord DERRY - would have select e d a criti ca l juncture like the Prefoeut in which to announce opinions calculated, for many reasons, to provoke the most implacable feelings of ani mosity against his Government. It was, there fore, by no means spontaneously that the Noble Earl addressed himself yesterday to the consideration of the subject, his real sen timents in the matter having been elicited by the remarks with which the Earl of HARROwBY presented a petition praying for such an extension of the franchise as would bestow upon learned bodies the rights and privileges of represen tation. Driven to the necessity of at once pro nouncing his opinion upon the most desirable means of solving the problem of reform in the constitution or re-organization of the House of Commons, the First Lord of the Treasury spoke out with a candour such as might scarcely have been anticipated under the circumstances. He endeavoured in no way to conceal the dislike with which he had regarded pre ceding innovations. Nay, more than this, he affected no readiness whatever to yield to the solicitude of those who are desirous of placing the elective franchise still more easily within the reach of the population. The s y s tem of rotten boroughs he was, of course, obliged in common truthfulness to reprobate as having been al together " indefensible." But, notwithstanding this, Lord DERBY appeared last evening to intimate with tolerable distinctness an anxiety on his part to pre vent, if possible, the further distribution of the pre rogative of suffrage to those classes which he boldly asserted to be " the most easily misguided portions of the community "—meaning no other than the industrial part of the population. For inasmuch as the PRIME MINISTER declared his intentions thus unmistakeably, we are rejoiced at the circumstance of last night's discussion. Without that explicit announce ment of the intentions of the Ministers as to the pro minent question of the day, that of Parliamentary Reform, there might perchance have been serious misapprehension as to the future policy of his Admi nistration. Henceforth all doubt upon the matter appears to be removed. The Cabinet, with out having issued any manifesto, stands be fore the country in its true colours, as one diametrically opposed to the further political emanci pation of the multitude. The people must look else where if they are really solicitous—as we devoutly trust in our heart, and as we sincerely believe in our conscience—to extend yet more largely amongst themselves the sacred and (when once obtained) in defeasible rights of representation. It behoves the Liberal electors therefore to take Lord DERBY'S speech of last evening as a guide and an incentive in their electioneering preparations. Nevertheless, it must not be imagined that the leader of the new Government has alto gether closed his eyes to the difficulty of his own Ministerial position, or to the necessity of something being done in reference to the House of Commons with a view to its speedy re-organization. Far from it. As a statesman of considerable sagacity and experience he perceives the twofold exigency by which his Administration has from the first been confronted. It required no great pene tration, indeed, to discover that, whatever might be the name of the Party elevated to power, from that Party would be demanded concessions the per tinacious refusal of which would be impracticable without the general disruption of the empire. From the Radicals those concessions would have been large, from the Whigs less, from the Tories least. Natu rally enough, the Tories imagine that the result of the numerous and comprehensive reforms certain to be accomplished by a Radical Cabinet would be, of all things, the most disastrous to the Constitution. Whereas the Radicals no less naturally feel assured that the diminutive changes for the better brought about by a Tory Administration would more than anything—more even than a French invasion—en danger the stability of the state, the peace of the country, and the prosperity of the population. Of the medium course pursued by the Whigs the country has had experience. It rests with the consti tuencies of these islands, therefore, to decide as to the difficulty of the existing alternative. From the forethought of the Liberal electors we expect much. To the Free-traders generally we look with implicit confidence. Neither will consent, we feel assured, to commit the fortunes of Great Britain, at this epoch, to the chances of an unneces sary and perilous experiment. The Free-traders must bear in recollection that, although the Protec tionist leader has virtually abandoned the principle of agricultural monopoly, he has done so, not be cause of his recognition of its pernicious ten dencies, but simply because he regards its triumph to be wholly impracticable. The Liberals, on the other hand, cherish in remembrance the conviction forced upon them by common sense that, although; the Tory PREMIER admits the reasonableness of extending the franchise to learned bodies like the universities of Scotland, for example, and to remote quarters of the empire, such as Canada, and Australasia, he allows that his mind is more than ever averse to distribute more widely among the masses nearer home the universally coveted privileges and prerogatives of representation. Satisfied as to the nature of the policy likely to be carried out in the event of the Tories being strengthened by a majority in the next Parliament— aware from an unhappily protracted experience of the nature of the policy certain to be revived in the event of the Whigs being raised once more to the offices of Government—the electors of the United Kingdom should henceforth prepare themselves for the electioneering struggle about to commence, not from feelings of party, but rather from the pure and elevated motives of patriotism. They should demand of the various candidates, not who are their men, but what are their measures. They should look not to persons, but to principles. The battle at this moment is not, as formerly, to be,fought in the courts of registration. It is to be commenced at the hustings and decided at the polling booths. At the hustings the question ought to be "Are you a Free-trader ?" not as Sir JAMES GRAHAM advises, " Are you a supporter of Lord DERBY ?" Those who aspire to obtain a seat in the House of Commons ought to be catechised some what more closely than as to whether they are Whigs or Tories, Liberals or Conservatives, advo cates of Progression or Retrogression, o f the oligarchic or democratic principles of government. They should, instead of being examined solely upon these general heads, be cross examined in detail as to what may be the sentiments entertained by them individually upon such matters as national education, and vote by ballot, and an ex tension of the franchise, and a re-distribution of elec toral districts, and an advance in sanitary improve ment, and a continuance of recent efforts at retrench ment, and a further modification of our fiscal and financial arrangements, together with other scarcely lass important reforms long de manded, often refused, but ultimately cer tain of realization. The next general election, in short; should be one in which the real feelings of the people ought to be sounded more deeply than has been the case in any one of our foregoing Parliaments. In order to secure this happy result, it is only neces sary that the electors should be more true to them selves. T hey s h ould regard the juncture as one fruitful not only of good or evil to themselves, but faustluikr:ly to redound to the gl or y or di sgrace o f many e vity of generations. Upon the balance o f th e ap proachingelections i n fi n it e ly more i s d epen d ent than a Cabinet. The result must be in a very great measure either to undermine or to consoli date the Constitution. At be 3 _'ter iing read last e ven i ng f or a secon d t i me, it wa s decided by the House of Commons, that the Patent Law Amendment Bill should be referred to a as virtually the Select presen t Com pmaitrtitieaernThe questio n may b e cons id ere d . ent • Although it is impossibl e to deny ny h e accuracy of th e assertion made yesterday e therefore t by the Llon. Member for Newark, to the effect that a p te r z w os e ed ean e n n o a t ct b m u e t n ia t m h e a n d t the neces its still furth er procrastination. ffi sit c y ien fo ti r Y n t the been subject s u treated o f inventors have The rights already been too long over l oo k e d to render it a matter of indifference whether their claims should be denied examination for another year, upon a plea inadequate under ordinary c i rcums t an ces. There can ner, of course, be one moment's doubt that such must literally be the effect of the decision arrived at last evening in the House of C ommo ns. The reference t o a Select 1 is the most advisable 1 Committee, at a n y period, , t. V . . ~ ~,.i, '.. • fe..Z 4 / - 17 . 1 _ V' ' ' Als ~ N'i 0,, ,, . ,miati..4,, .54.., ... , 41 --4,I_CAL:\ .... , 47 ~, - 14 • - a 1 '''' si . ' _k. - 4. x • mos . , 4 , \ RO ' , THE SUN, LONDON, course that can be followed if the object happens to be a lengthened and indefinite postponement. A series of questions and answers as apparently exhaust ing and inexhaustible as a book of conundrums, is indulged in by the more indefatigable Members sitting on this Select Committee, and generally about the tail of the session, when further progress in the Bill (the course of which has been uninterrupted) is altogether impracticable, a report is brought up by the Chairman such as ultimately appears on the table of the House in the agreeable shape of a blue book, numbering some ten or twelve hundred pages, and weighing somewhere about three or four pounds some odd ounces avoirdupois. When, how ever, it so happens, as in the present instance, that the matter under discussion is referred to a Select Committee at a time when the country is on the eve of witnessing a dissolution of the existing Parliament, the hopeless abandonment of the question implicated becomes, we conceive, still more painfully apparent. Yet, while lament ing the procrastination consequent upon the proceedings last night in the House of Commons in reference to the Bill for Patent Law Amendment, we would not, on any account, advocate in a matter of such peculiar intricacy anything at all approximating to precipitate legislation. The mea sure, which it is desired should be enlarged and other wise improved in application by the Bill read a second time only yesterday, has been found, without doubt, altogether inadequate to grapple with the difficulties it was intended to dissipate. Therefore, of course, it was only judicious that some more energetic effort should be made to secure the rights of inventors, and in so doing to render the protection extended by the Legislature in every respect cheaper and more ac cessible. It was not enough that the sum required in the purchase of a single patent, for England exclusively, should have been reduced by the 14th and 15th Vic., c. 82, from 941. Gs. altogether, namely, 711. 1 ls. Bd. for public, and 221. 143. 4d. for private appropriation, to 761. Gs. in the aggregate, or 541. 19s. 23. for public, and 211. 6s. 10d. for pri vate appropriation. More than this was re quired, in the way of emendation to the old system, from the two Houses of the Imperial Legis lature. The process, moreover, needed a further diminution than that of a single stage. It was manifest from the moment the Act of last session was passed that it was insufficient in every respect as a means of decreasing the expense incurred and of abbreviating the time consumed in the process of obtaining a patent for England alone. Consider able excuse, however, may be made for even this glaring inadequacy in the measure, for it must not be forgotten that the Bill was hurriedly compiled, hurriedly introduced to Parliament, and hurriedly passed through both Houses as a legislative pre liminary to the opening of the Great Industrial Ex hibition. It was intended that the enactment should afford facilities in the way of obtaining security to those inventors who might other wise dread the injuries of piracy on the dis play of their respective contrivances. A mo s t erroneous calculation assuredly—seeing that the intended boon only reduced the stages gone through, in the way to the final enrolment or the patent for England, from "seven" to "six," diminishing the sum of money expended in its purchase, as we have already intimated by the insignificant amount of 181. sterling ! In consequence of this mistaken view of the value of the patent law improvements of last session, it was found necessary to introduce a Bill for a somewhat more rational, because somewhat more comprehensive amendment--a Bill which, after being read a second time in the House of Commons yesterday, was quietly interred in that receptacle of things prematurely deceased, the respectable " tomb of the CAPULETS," or, what comes to the same thing, was banded over to the mercies of a Select Committee, which, supposing even that it be actually called into existence, can only survive long enough to be just aware of its own in the general Parliamentary disso lution. Fur the amendment of the patent laws, there fore, we must look, as for so many other legislative improvements, to the fortunate candidates soon to be returned as the newly-elected representatives. EPSOIVF RACES. BY EXPRESS.-(THIS DAY.) OAKS BETTING AT A QUARTER PAST ONE. 2 to 1 agst Songstress 7 to 2 agst Trousseau 6 to 1 agst Bird•on-the-Wing—taken 7 to 1 agst Red Rind 10 to 1 agst Gossamer 15 to 1 agst Bsy Rosalind The Members' Plate. Sleeping Partner ... ••• ••• ••• ~, Doctor Puff ... ... ... 1110 ••• Mies Bundy ... ... 2 EPSOM, QUARTEP-PAST Two THE OAKS. Attack and Bay Rosalind are scratched. THE OAKS. Mr. J. Scott's b f Songstress (F. Butler) 1 Mr. R. Wright na bl f Bird on the Wing...(Rogers) 2 Lord Zetland's br f Gossamer 14 ran. Won by a length. RETURN OF THE COURT TO BUCKINGHAM PALACE FROM THE ISLE OF WIGHT.—(THIS DAY.)—Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by their seven illustrious children, and attended by Viscountess Jocelyn, Lady in Waiting; the Hon. Mary Seymour, Maid of Honour, Lord Charles Lennox Fitzroy, Equerry; Colonel Myddleton Bid dulph, Master of the Household, and their usual domestic retinue, left Osborne-house, Isle of Wight, this morning at eleven o'clock, and embarked on board the Fairy royal yacht, commanded by Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, followed by the Elfin, for Gosport, and proceeded to town by special train on the South-Western Railway to the Nine Elms station, whence they were escorted to the Palace by an officer's party of the 13th Light Dragoons. Her Majesty will remain in town until Monday the 7th June, when the Court will pro ceed to Windsor for Ascot races. EXCITING SCENE ON THE SEEPENTINE—Yester day afternoon, between two a nd th ree o ' c l oc k, th e following exciting scene occurred on the Serpentine river whilst the banks on either sid e were crow d e d w ith ran k an d fashion. Two gentlemen hired a boat of Mr. Greaves, the boat owner, and were amusing themselves by rowing about, when all of a sudden one of the gentlemen stood up for the pur , pose of looking at a distant object. The moment he did so he rolled a little on the larboard side of the boat, and the vessel turned bottom upwards. The two gentlemen had the presence of mind to cling to the boat as she floated on the stir - face of the river, but in their anxiety to save themselves the craft turned over three tim,s, and both would have been drowned had it not been for the exertions of two watermen, the station of the Royal Humane Society being some dis tance off. One was rowing a boat in which were a lady and child, and the former, seeing the critical condition of the two persons, beseeched the waterman to row towards them, and if possible to save them. He did as requested, most man fully, when one of them laid hold of the vessel, and in his anxiety nearly overturned it; but owing to the judgment of the man in charge he was prevented, and the same water man pulled him into his vessel, whilst another succeeded in saving the other. The lady and child were literally deluged with water. The two gentlemen having been taken to the Royal Humane Society's receiving -house, they were placed in hot bath s , and happily both recovered from the effects of the immersion. IMPROVEMEN T AT THE BANK OF ENGLAND —The governor and directors of the Bank of England have caused a fountain to be constructed on a space of ground adjoining the bank parlour, which will be in operation in the course of a few days. The area on which it is situated was a vacant site, but it will be converted into an ornamental garden, which will be a considerable improvement to that part of this extensive building. The basin to receive the water is circular, and about 14 feet in diameter. It is formed of Portland stone, and presents a very neat and chaste appear ance. The jet will be about 20 feet in height, the water being supplied from an artesian well, sunk on the premises, and which is forced by steam pow er i nto tanks on t h e roo f of the bank. The surplus water w ill th en pass i n t o th e sewer. ST. PANCRAV, MARYLEDONE, AND PADDINGTON FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY.—In addition to the estates re cently b ury bought ndp eck b h y a m t h , e a above further soc p i u e rchase h as j ust b een effectedtY, at W a l thamstow, Sod of most valuable building land, situated in the High-road, Upper Holloway, at a cost of 10,000/. - - METROPOLITAN SEWERS CO MMISSION. --We regret to have to announce the death of Edward Lawes, Esq., bar rister-at-law, the chairman of this commission, The salary attached to the office is 1,0001. a year. EXTENSION OF TUE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPEL--Ar rangements are contemplated for extending the electric tele graph to Lymington, is H i ants, n. a, Peninsular , and order th a t t h e arr i v al of the homeward East and West India , Bra zilian mail packets off the Needle Rocks, at the back of the Isle of Wight, might be telegraphed to Southampton and London. THE RETURN FROM THE DERBY, --It i 8 a face worth noting that the day after the Derb y h as passe d over without the presentation of a single charge or complaint at the Lambeth Police-court at all connected with that great annual holiday. FATAL ACCIDENT ON LOCH VENNACHAR.--On Saturday last a party of pleasure took a boat for the pur pose of enjoyiug a day's sail on the water, when, in their progress, the oar of one of the rowers dropped overboard. Two or three of the party rushed to the side, in order to re cover the oar before the boat had passed by it, when their weight caused the boat to overset, and, we grieve to relate, I two l o young lady wad geatlenarw, wer e waferH tulate f ly the an p in art; 4l a ...6cocionan. Railways. Nominal Prices. Aberdeen Amb., Not., Bost. & E. June. Bir., Wolv., and Stour Valley ... all pd. Birk., Lan., & Ch. Jet., late 33/. 6.5.8 d., 26/. pd. Ditto, Chest. & Birk., 50/. & 251. Cons., all pd. Ditto, ditto 17 1 4 pd. Brist. & Exet., 1001. pd. Caledonian ... 501. pd. Chest. & Holyh., all pd. Cork & Bandon, all pd Dub. & Belf. Jet. 45/ pd. Dundlk & Ennis., all pd. Dundee, Perth, & Aber deen June. Ditto, New East Anglian (251. L. E. and L. & D.) all pd. Do (18/. E. & H.) all pd. East. Counties...2o/. pd. Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. shrs., all pd. Do. do. do. 61. pd. Do., do., B. & C., all pd. East Lancashire, all pd Do. New Quar., all pd E. & W. India Docks and Bir. June., all pd E. & W. Yk. Jnc., all p Edinb. & Glas., 50/. pd Edin.,Per.& Dun. 251. p Glas. & S.-West., 1004 Great Northern, all pd Do.Halvs. A Stk., all p Do. do. B Stock, all pd Gt. S. & W. Ireld., all p Great Westn., 100/. pd Lane. & Carlisle, all pd Do. Thirds, 11/.13.4 pd Lanc. & York., 100/. pd Do., Quarters ...all pd Do., Fifths 14/. pd Do.,W. Rid. Un. 11% p Leeds Northern, all pd Liv.Crsby& Sthpt.l7ip Loud. & Blackw., all pd, Lon.,Brig.& S. Ct.loo p; Lon. & N.West., 100/. p Do. Quarters 221. pd; Do. Fifths 121. pd, Do. 10/.411 &B (c) lip Lon. & S.-West 100/. p Do. New 501., 42 4 pd Do. New 401. 34/. pd' Lon. & Enniskil , all pd Man. Bux. & Mat. all p Man. S het. & Lin.,loo/p Do. Manch. & Lincoln 12% to 121, 6% - 7 10% - 1014 11 —lO% d. 174-18% •114 94 -96 18% - 18 3 % 20 -21 i'L 15 d. 6 - 7 4 - 43 2 3 4 - 3 83 % - 9 5% - 6 3Ye —4% 16% 17 55 -CO 30 —3l 4% by& 1954 - 20% 6 -6% 14 1 ;4 -15% 38% - 39% 89 % - 90% 80 -82 9 -10 p 70 % - 70% 6 1 ,i —6y, di,. 4y Et —4% dis. 15% —l6 7 7 4 - 104 - 105 121 -121 IA 4 5 / 8 - 4 1 / 8 p 34-4 p 1 7 / 8 - 2 p 90 -91 — 4 3 A 4 1 4 —3 l / / dig. 11% —12% 2y, —2 7 4 31 —32 Union 4L 2s. pd Midland 100/. pd Do. Bir. & Derby 1001. Md. Gt. Wt. (Ire.) 47% Newcas. & Carl. all pd Do. Quarter Sh all pd Newmarket all pd Newport, Abergaven., and Hereford lO/ pd Newry & Ennisk 7% p Norfolk IOOL pd Do. New 20/. S. 15/. p North. Conn. Un. % pd North British ...25/. pd North Devoa ...111. pd North Stafford. 17% p North-Western 19/. pd N. & S.-W. June. 61. p Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 101 p Scottish Central 25/. p Scottish Midld., 25/. pd Do. New all pd Shrew. & Bir. A, all pd, Do. B Shrew. & Her. Old 81. p Shrewsbu. and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) all pd Do. Halves all pd Do. Oswestry all pd Shrop. Union _6% pd Do. A, B, C, & D fully pd. up at per cent. .. . South Devon all pd South-Eastern 30/. pd South Wales all pd South Yorkshire and River Dun 15/. pd Do. Do. 5L pd Stirl. & Dunferm. all p Stock. & Har. 16/2s. 3d. Taff Vale 126/. pd Thames Haven Dock and Railway ...181. pd Vale of Neath...l7l. pd Waterfd. & Kilk. all pd Waterfd. & Lim. all pd Waterford, Wes. Wick. and aublin 3/. pd West Cornwall 13/. pd West London all pd Yk., New. & Ber 251. p Do. & New. Ex 20/. p Do. G.N.E. pure 9L p. York & N. Mid. 50/. pd 3 —2% dia. 66 66% 35 —37 11 --11% 4U 3 3 4 dis. ... __ 80 32 .- 11 —lO die. 3 dig. 7 —7X 7 7 / 8 7S dis. 7 —6% dia. . 1 % 13- 19 - 19% 16 - 16% -11% 7% —7% 5 1 4 5% 3 1 / i 3 dis. 15 —l6 7% 8 11 —l2 3% —2% d. 18 -19 20% - 203'8 32% 3 - P 155 --- li 7 11,‘ 2 4 1 ,¢ S'Adis. 4 , 4 5 19% 20% Aberdeen all pd Do. No. 2, 7 per ct. 3 3 / Caledonian, 101. 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. (7/17s) 7 p. c. 2 pl Eastern Counties Ex., 5 p. c., No. 1 all pd Do. No. 2 all pd Do. New 6 p. c. Stk. 10 Eastern p DG ou. Guar. 101. 6 DUnionperab. st . n S a. .al e alus r i i pl East Lancashire, 6 per et. Quar. Shre. all pd East & West Yorkshire Junction, sths all pd E p d e i r n. c , e P nt er...& .. . ...u . h Glas. & S.W. Con 1001. Gt. North. 5 p. c all pd Do. 5 p c.'red. sc 9% p Great South. & West. (Ireland) Bths all pd Gt. West. (Berke & H. Ex. 5 per cent.) all pd G LDa n t o W .c a 8 . fixed : D e e d 4 Do. . 2n , 8 1 0 0 1 0 . / p 13. York.d s p h o i . r e 6, p. c. 2 01 Stk k 6 0 /. 01. p p d Leeds Northern, 6 per cent. No. 1 ...... 134 pd Do. Do. No. '2 171. pd Do. Do. No. 3 5/. pd Do. Qrs., 1848 9l. pd London & Brig. guar. 5 per cent. _lOO/. pd Do. Pr. 5 p e. Stk. 1001. Do. Con. 5 p c,1852 all Do. N.Gr. 6 p c 1004 p Lon. & N.-W. (Coy. & Nunet.)S 5 p. C. 13 % pd Ln. & W. Co.3ds• 51. P Lon. & En. % Sh. all p Man., Sheff., & Linen. Qr. Sh., No. 1 all pd Do. New, 10/. pd Do. 61. 3/. pd Mid. Con. 6 p c St 100/. Do. Con. Bris. & Bir., 6 per cent.... 100 1. Pd Do. Erewash Val. 100/ Do. Leic. & Swanning. ' 8 per c. Guar. 100/. p Do. Preference ...51. p Norfolk Eaten... all pd Do. Gr. 5% p ct. all p Do. Wavny. Val. 2/. p North British U. pd North Stafford all pd Oxf. Wor. & Wol , 15/. 6 per cent. ...12 pd Shrews. & Bir. N.G. all' Shrews. & Ches. (N.W. Min.) 8 per c all pd South Devon all pd St.-Est.4i/s p c. 104 pd Sth. York. 4 p c gd. 20/. Stock. & Hart. gd. 5 p until July 1,1856, all p Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent. ...... 34 pd York, Newc. & Bar. GL N. of E. Per, p d Do. Do ...... 5/. pd York & N. Midland H. and S. Perch. 10/. pd 10% -10 3/ iix - iFu 7% - 7 34 dis. 3%4 2% dis. 22 3 % 23% ZENCE SHAW 1% 1 dia. 18% —18 ya 5% --, 6 2 7 / 8 -3% 1% -1% p 7 k- I %p 13% - 13 iii 14% -143 A 3%- 33(4 ••• _ 15 - ii% 1 1 ,‘ - 1% p 8% -- an % % (raj ••• ... ••• ...... ... vi e ......• ." ••• ...., ... ••• .... ... ••• ..• s% —3% p 12 —l2;x, 13 13 % % % 1 p ••• 145 ..• .... •• • LINES Z.E.asz: - 147 ''" Ate. 19% 5 1 %1 0 20% O's— 2% —5% - p 10% -103/ 16% - 17 15 -16 14% 13 •• •.• 1% 34 dis. I* .... ••• % % dis. 16% 17% OA 6 %- %13 AT FIXED EVENING, MAY FOREIGN. NominE 1 Prices. 22 IA - 23 14 -16 3 1 / 4 3 dis. — 4 3 A PA- 1/ 6 p 1%- Iy4 p 4% 4N ; 3% 8 3 5 / 8 'A Ys % 5 4 8 —lO 6 3 / 4 6 3 / 4 2234 23 13% 13 3 / 4 4 3 / 4 4 3 / 4 p 45 47 8 p 29% 30 21% 21% 103% 11 4% 4yd 5% sy s dis. 2 7 / s —3% lip 14 p MINES. par p P p v 2 1 %%dis. 1 / 2 dis.' l i i - V 4 die. liA:.- -- par % p ;Adis. par 1 dis. % 1 4, P dis. _ _ do. %dis. par par P. 3 / 8 10 par 1.1 1.1% 2 — 2 1 A 1 / 2 —y, dis STOOX BAN: 46% - 471 55 -56 13% - 14% 25 - 26% 18 -18% 28% - 29% 17% - 17 34 -36 44% - 45% 16 7 / 8 - 17 1 ,4 42 -42 IA 3 - 34 15 -16 y, !ELLANEOM 2 - 2y4 48 - 49% 28 2 - 34. 82% - 83 34% - 35 77% __ 78% 1% 1 Ss. 29 3 4 82% 34 35 Business done to-day. FRIDAY THE SHARE MARKETS. nniTxsu RAILWAYS. Business done to-day. 181,4 5 20i IA 16% 31 4j B 5 20 19% 15 1 90% 89% Pin 70% ye 16 15 105% 104 3 A 121 1 ,4 121 26Z 91 % 90 % 31% 66% N i % % 35% 7% X 10% 19; 20% 9 1 8 14 17g ng 6g 23,4 22% Pm 13% g Pul x.d 12% 18 313CNT.8.1.0. Nominal Prices. to-usdina6;•l • Railways.i co _______. L m eas pa i n n i g es. , Bdf. & Bitch., alliLon.&N.W . . —• • Bir.& Oxf.,gua. all Gt. Westn. 30 —3l Do. witho u t , a l l p' Do. Bir.Wolv. & Dad guar. .. . ... all pd Do. Do. without all p Do. Buckingha.sh. all p Lon. &N.W 18% —lB % Clydsdale Jc., all p l Caledonian 45 —47 E. Lin., gua. 6 per cent..,,,. . all pd, Gt. N or th n . 36% 36% Gloucest. Dean Forest... 22% pd Gt. Westrn. 4% —5% p Hartlepl. Dk. & c Yk. N ew . 3 1 Railw. ...all pd 1 &13erw. ••• ••• Hull & Selby, a ll p Yk. &N. . 111 —ll3 Do. Halves., all p Do. Do. Quarts., all p Do. Leeds & Brdt., a ll p Midland 104% 104% 104 % % Lon. & Grenw., all S. Eastern 12% 13 Do. Pref....all pd Do. 125% 26% Lowestoft., gua. 4 per cent...all pd Norfolk Do. 6p. ct., all p Po. - ..• Middlesbr' & Red car, 6p. c., all p Stktn &Dar . . ••• 61% N. & E., sp. c., all E. Counties 60 —62 Do. 6 p. ct., all p Do. Do. F. 5 p.c. a ll p d D o. Presto. & Wyre. 1 L.& N.WI "• ••., all paid 1 &La. &Y f ' . Do.Hlve s , A, a ll p Do. . r Read., Guildf., and 23% 7 4 Reigate . . all pd S. Eastern 23% -- T 4 Roy. & Mi., 6% p Gt. Nortbn 9% —9% 9% Do. Shep. E x., all Do. ...... 9A -- Shf. ROL & Goole, ...- ••• sp. c., 18.11.6 p Lan. & Yks ••• _ 1 dis. 8% S. Staffdsh., 9% p M r M'Cl ea n 1 X ..• Wear Val. 6p c., al, Stckt& Dar yi 3z —3O fit Do. do. ... all pd Do. ...... ''' ...... ••• Do. do. ... au pd Do. ...... *ii in Wit SODa., 4,U p Gt. Viestni I/2 "" Railways. Cent. France (0.V.) all Charl. & Erquel all pd Demerara all pd Dutch Rhenish...B/. pd East Indian 18/. pd Do. Do 20/. pd Gt. Indian Penin. all p Do. Do. 4 pd Grnd. June. of Fra. 4 pd Louv. a la Sambre 7% Luxembourg l3/. pd Do. (Railway) 101. pd Do. l/. pd Do. (Canal) 2e. pd Maria Antonia 27i pd Do. New 8 pd Namur & Liege all pd North. of France,l6l.pd l Do. 201.3 p. c. Bds, all p Orleans & Bor 11/. pd Paris & Lyons ...6/. pd Paris & Orleans all pd Paris & Rouen ...all pd Paris & Stras. ...all pd Rouen & llavre...all pd Sambre & hlense all pd St. Andrew's & Quebec (A) 4/. pd Tours & Nantes 171. pd West Flanders...B pd West. of France 61. pd' Agua Fria all pd Auglo-Californian, all p Asturia❑ 151. p Australasian 2/. pd Australian 5/. pd Austr. Freehold all pd Ave Maria all pd Blaenarvon I. & C. all p Brit. Austr. Gold all pd British Iron 131. 15s. p Braz. Im. (is. 5 p) 24% Do. Coca. & Cui. all p Do. St. Joh. del R. 151. Carson's Creek all pd Cobra Copper ...401. pd Colonial Gold 11 pd Copiapo 14l pd Eng. & Aust. Cop. all p General all pd Gold Mountain all pd Great Polgooth all pd Lake Bathurst all pd Lon. & Cal. Gld Quartz Crushing Com all pd Maxi. & S. Amer. 91. p New Granada all pd Nouveau Monde, all pd Port Philip l/. pd. Quartz Rock all pd Santiago de Cuba 10 3 4 South Australian, 1 pd Tin Croft 7l. pd United Mexican all pd West Mariposa all pd JOINT. Australasia all pd Brit. Nth. Amer. all pd Colonial 25/. pd Com. of London 201. pd Lon. & County 201. pd London Jt. Stk. 10/. pd Lon. & Westm. 20/. pd Nat. Prov. Eng. 35/. pd Do. New lO/. pd Nat. of Ireland 22 1 A p Orient. Bk. Corp. all pd Prov. of Ireland 251 pd. Do. New all pd Union of Austral all pd Do. New 2 l / 2, pd Union of London 10/. p Union of Madrid all pd MIS Austral. Roy. Mail, 2 p Canada 32 4 pd Eastern Steam...2s. pd Gen. Stm. Nay. 141. pd Gen. Screw Steam Ship ping Company...so/. p Irish Beetroot Sug. 2/ p Penin. & Or. St. all pd Do. Do. ...151. pd Royal Mail Stm. 60/. pd Universal Emigration and Colonization, '2l. p MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 12,000 bales, of which 1,000 American were taken for export and 5,000 on speculation. The market closed firmly with prices of all kinds against the buyers. The sales comprised 9,500 American, 500 Pernam and Maranham, at 61d. to 74d.. 100 Bahia at 6id. to 60., 300 Egyptian at 61d. to Vid., and 1,500 Surat at 3-id. to 4jd. per lb.—Railway Shares were depressed, at lower quotations. The usual course of business has been partly inter rupted by the observance of the Jewish holidays on the two first days of the present week, and by the Epsom races, but still on the other days there has been a good deal done. Sugar has been freely sold, holders in some instances submitting to a slight reduction, and Coffee has been in request. Spices have been at steady rates generally. Cotton has been in demand at high prices, and Wool goes off very briskly. The Australian merchants and delegates are earning the gratitude of the colonists by their strenuous advo cacy of the interests of the various settlements, and it is most satisfactory to observe that Sir John Pakington has already in part anticipated their wishes. A large addi tional force of soldiers is to be sent out immediately; the emigration rules are to be relaxed, trusting to in demnity from the colonial legislatures, and ships are to be encouraged to come to the ports of London and Liver pool to take in free emigrants. We hear most extra ordinary accounts of the e xtent to which agricultural settlers of some means are likely to go; and as to ware housemen, and merchants' and bankers' clerks, they a r e leaving by wholesale. The intentien ,, of the latter is a lmost invariably to proceed to the diggins." There are no later arrivals t o-da y . The o n the y. The Amsterdam Stock Market Bondsnstant n w as without alteration for ...ateh Stock. Spanish great firm, at attraction, not we re rather feeble, Mexican more offered, and Grenad a and Venezuela declining. P u blic Securities h av e been very i The " Oaks" are necessarily are few remain behind exc e p t to settle their forei g an d and share accounts. Conso ls have been S 0 to par, and New Three-and-a - Qua rter per Cents. 10lf to i. B ank Stock is firm at 221, and. South Sea Stock at n been 675. to 68s olt. Exchequer-bills of Jun e haveßo n ds are 8 3 s. to 86g. pr em i um. ' pre mium. East India Spanish Foreign Securities have been very d u ll . 47i and the Deferred 2oi. pbeerenCents. are flat at 3 ' Three per Cents. have I i to I. to i. Mexican Five 4 to 1. The receip ts to those who Equador Bonds are Small Stock i s have subscribed ar e new exchangeabl e f or certificates of privilege or pre-emption. Brazilian dec l in e arising from the settlement. hav e been very fluctuating , and hav e worth 99k, and Peruvian 100 to 101 i. Railway Shares decline arising not recovered the after h • There are buyers, however, i n t h e market again. et, and, wring been depressed, Gold Mines are quiet , are a shade firmer. QUARTER TO THREE. ... 99 100 99 100 THIS Official List.) Bank Stock ...... ;educed.— 221 a vier Cent. A ti 5...... 99% :i, vier cent Consols A Anns. ............ 9 9 7 /8 100 k w er Cent. tins. ..... . loly, IA Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860._ 6y a Long l.so years, Expire Oct. 10,1859.., 6 11-16 Expire Jan. 5, 1860 7 13.16 7 DO. 3 ° Years ' India Stock B on ds, 10001 B3 p Do. 86 p : a n s d t e o r e 1, 1.000/ 110 y, So p ut i li tt S ° Conso l s for Account 9 37a 100 Ex(' ' i pr i cier Bills. 1 %d. Ma rc h. June. 1,000/. 775 p 68 67 p Sinall en ieg OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK '''' Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto, Small Equador Bonds ..».. 43 4 m ot ion Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent Ditto 3 per Cent. Peruvian 80nd5,1849, 6 per Cent lo o`/s _ Ditto Account ... „. lOl% Do. Deferred 3 per Cent. 6l 62 Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 9 6 3A Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent. ...... — Ditto for the Account ... ..... . 47% Ditto, New Deferred 2o's, % Dividentis on the above payable in London. oyD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON MAY 28.—Wind at noon N., light airs and cloudy. WATERFORD, MAY 26.—Wind E.S.E. to E.N.E.— Arrd. Niolaros, Baumann, Ancona. CI D EENSTOWN, MAY 26.—Wind E.N.E., strong.-81d. Emulous, Barbidoes. silos, MAY 26.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrd. Una, Bertie, Odessa. BELFAST, MAY 26,—Wind N.—Arrd. Flint, Davie s , Gaza. SHIELDS, MAY 26.—Wind N.E.—Sld. Swan steamer, Constantinople. HULL, MAY 27,—Wind E.N.E,—Arrd. Alert St ra neldsen, Riga. CARDIFF, MAY 27.—The Redruth, of SL Ives, drove f rom her anchors yesterday, and g o t on shore E. of La vernock Point. LIVERPOOL, MAY 27.—Wind E. to S.E.—Sld. Alma() Singapore; Lady Milt on , P anama; Bianca, Acaiutla t. ; John Henry. Phil a d e l p hi a; Wm. Penn, New Alexander, Varna. Th e Betsy and Mary sloopor , of Newry, from Troo n t o t hi s port, sank , near West Hoyle Bank yesterday; crew saved. 1 DEAL, MAY 27.—Wind E.N.E.; P 2,1 N E —Arrd ° Scotsman, S anta M artha; Goo'C K Hon duras;" Ma ia, Mediterra nean. Sld. Colonist, Calcutta; Juliet, and r Rajah, Bombay; Persia, Colombo; Naiad, Demerara; Alfred, and Electra, Grenada; Lisle, St. Thomas; Florida, New York; Orion, Constantinople; Perta, Bilboa. FALMOUTH, MAY 27.—Wind E., strong breeze.— Arrd. Espero, Mullins, Buenos Ayres. Put back, Feria, Copenha g p n . PENZANCE, MAY 26.—Wind E.N.E., stro ng and Nually.—Arrd. Emerald, Ellis, Scilly. Sld. Charl otte ui, Grand Gantry. 28 1 185'2. NEWPORT, MAY 27.—Wind N.E.—Sld. Antonio, Maria, Rio Janeiro. DUNDALK, MAY 25.—The Pru,reis, barque, of Ostend, was seen to sink 2 ls t May, Tusks, bearing N.W. by N., distant 12 miles, by the William, arrived here. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE—FRIDAY. The present week's arrival of English Wheat, coast wise, has been confined to only 2,350 quarters, mostly from Essex, Kent, and Lincolnshire. Fresh up to-day the receipts by land carriage were limited; hence, the show of samples of both rod and white was small. There were very few large buyers in attendance; nevertheless the demand for all kinds of Wheat of home produce ruled steady, at prices fully equal to those obtained on Monday, and a good clearance was eff. cted. Rather over 13,000 quarters of foreign Wheat have coma in. Selected qualities were in moderate request, at full rates of currency. In low kinds very little was doing, at late rates. Floating cargoes of Wheat were very dull, but Indian Corn was 6d to Is dearer. The show of English Barley was small, that of foreign moderate. Malting parcels sold f ree l y; other kinds slowly at late rates. No change took place in the value of Malt. The show of samples was tolerably good. The imports of foreign Oats having exceeded 40,000 quarters the Oat trade was dull, and prices were 6d to is per quarter lower than last week. Beans and P eas com manded very little attention; but:Flour moved off steadily at full currencies. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. 1 Oats. Qrs. Qrs. English ...... 2,355 1,110 3,740 Irish ...• •• •• j Foreign ...... i 13,370 I 4,7.50 Flour. Qrs. Sacks 840 2,330 1,420 _ 40,000 1 420 To-day's market was but moderately supplied with Beasts, the general quality of which was good. All breeds co mman d e d a stea dy sale, at fully Monday's ad vance in the quotations; indeed, in some instances the . primest S co t s were a s h a d e hi g h er . The numbers of Sheep were seasonably extensive, nevertheless the Mutton trade ruled somewhat firm at very full prices. A few prime old Downs realised 4s per 81bs. Lambs were quite as dear as last week. From the Isle of Wight 450 came fresh to hand. We had an active sale for Calves, at an improvement in value of quite 2d per 81bs. The P or k t ra d e was d u ll . Mul c h C ows were inimproved request, at from 171 to 191 108 each, in cluding their small calf. Per Sibs. to sink the offal. 5. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. d Inferior Beasts-- 2 6 2 8 Inferior Sheep •• .. 210 3 0 Second quality .. •• 210 3 2 Second qual. Sheep 3 2 3 4 Prime large Oxen.. 3 4 3 6 Coarse-woolledditto3 6 3 8 Prime Scots ...• •• 3 8 310 Southdown Wether 3 8 310 Large coarse Calves 3 6 4 0 Ditto out of the wool 0 0 0 0 Primesmall ditto .. 4 2 4 6 Large Hogs ...... 2 6 3 4 Suckling Calves ..19 0 24 0 Small Porkers .... 3 6 3 8 Lambs .....• ••• • 4 2 5 4 Quarter old Pigs ..17 0 20 0 TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. I Sheep. I Calves. I Pigs. 759 6,400 221 I 310 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts I Sheep. I Calves. I Pigs. 190 GOO 94 NEIRTGALTEI AND LEADENBALT. The general demand has been firm, and prices have an upward tendency. At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d, s, d. to a. 0. Beef, inferlor.....• 2 2 2 4 Mutton, nterlor .. 2 8 210 - middling .... 2 6 2 8 ) primelarge 210 3 0 1 prime ••• • :3 6 3 8 - prime small .. 3 2 3 4 I Pork, 1arge........ 2 6 3 0 3 4 4 4- 5ma11........ 3 2 8 8 Lamb, 4s Od to 5s 21 . BOROUGH HOP IVIILMEET. Since our last report the general demand has slightly improved, but no advance can be noticed in prices. Iha show of samples is limited. From most of the plantations in Kent and Suss we have accounts to the effect that the bine is growing rapidly and is tolerably free from vermin. Sussex 'pockets, 518 s to 6169; Weald of Kent, 61 to 71 ss; Mid and East Kent, 7110 12/10s; Yearlings, 31105 to 5/ 10s; Old Olds, 1125 to 2/ 10s per cwt. C01.021TX21.3L. Sucart.—There has been a good business done in British Plantation at firm rates. Barbadoes at auction has realized 40s to 41s for fine yellow, 37s to 38s 6d for good, and 343 to 355 6d for mid. St. Kitt's fair brown, 31s. Nevis good and fine soft brown, 303 to 31s 6d; Grenada good yellow, 35s to 36s 6d; and good and fine brown, 31s 6d to 325. Refined was in request; brown grocery lumps, 47s to 49s per cwt. EAST INDIA. --Rather lower rates have been accepted at the auctions, fine yellow brought 353 6d to 363 6d, low to good, 31s 6d to 355; and low to fine grey, 30s to 365. Bengal went is to is 6d lower for soft brown, but up to the former mark for other descriptions, 10,000 bags selling, fine grainy yellow at 38s to 395, brown at 303 6d to 31s 6d, good to fine white s Benares 36s to 395, and low soft yellow 25s to 265. Madras, 5,000 bags, mostly found buyers, soft brown, 24s 6d to 25s 6d; and yellow, 26s to 28s per cwt. Manilla, 2,598 bags, was bought in at 34s 6d to 355 6d for mid, but washed realized 33s to 335 6d for fair clayed yellow. FOREIGN.—There has been a little demand for ex port. St. Croix sold by auction at 383 to 43s for mid to fine yellow. Porto Rico was mostly taken in at 37s 6d to 42s for mid to good, and tvl 42s 6d to 45s for mid to good and fine and very fine. CoFrEE.—There has been a fair demand,vand at steady rates. Plantation Ceylon has been sold at 59s to 64s for good, 52a to 56s for low mid and mid, 48s to 52s for fine fine ord, and 39s to 48s for triage. A few marks were taken in at 60s 6d to 75s for fine. Native was taken in at 45s for good ord, the current sales having been at 44s to 44s 6d for good ord. Mocha went at 78s to 78s 6d for mid clean garbled. Jamaica good realised 42s 6d to 43s 6d for good ord, 453 6d to 55s 6d for fine ord to mid, and 37s 6d to 425 for triage. Costa Rica, 4,463 bags, mostly sold by 46s 6d for go o d and fine ord p a l e , auction, at 44s to Cocos.—Trinidad has been sold at 32s to 345, and up to 363 for good. Para was taken in at 24s 6d. Gre nada sold at 288 8d to 31s 6d for ord to mid, and at 32s for ord. RICE,—Tbe market has been firm, and Bengal has been sold at 95 to 93 6d for mid, and 9s 6d to 103 for good white. SALTPETRE.—The market has been rather dull. Cal cutta 9i to 7i per cent refraction sold at 26s to 26s 6d, and Madras good 51 to 4 per cent refraction at 255. SPICES. —Pimento has realised full quotations, mid to good 4id to 53(1. Malabar Pepper has been sold at 3,1 d for mid grey. White brought Bid to Bid for mid. Nut megs went at is 5d to 2s 4d for ord small to mid brown, and at 2s 6d to 4s 4d for good to very fine. Mace went at 2s id to 2s 4d for mid to good. Jamaica Ginger sold at 40s to 76s for mid to good. Corrom—The market has been very firm, and at auction Madras has realised 4/d to 4id, and Cochin 4id to 4-ad. TEA..—There is a steady market. TALLow.—For P.Y.C. the price has been firm at 37s par ewt. GREEN FRUIT. —The cold weather has operated against the market, and this combined with limited public sales owing to the "Jewish holidays," and the " Derby day," has checked the sale of fruit. Two cargoes of Oranges from St. Michael, offered by Keel ing and Hunt, at public sale, being landed in bad con dition, sold at prices proportionate to quality and con dition. The stock of Lemons is diminishing, but the weather checks consumption, or otherwise the prices would advance. Nuts of all kinds are in good demand. HOUSE OF LONDS.-(THIS DAY.) FERGUSON V. SKIRVING AND OTHERS. Their Lord.hips proceeded this morninv, with this case, which was an appeal against a judgment pro nounced by the First Division of the Court of Session in Scotland, i❑ au action of reduction, raised at the in stance of the appellant against the defendant, for the purpose of setting aside a sentence of the Presbytery of Dumfries, deposing him from his office of schoolmaster in the parish of Kirkpatrick-Durham. CHANCERY.--(THIS DAY.) No business of importance was brought before any 01 the equity courts this morning. QUEEN'S BEN CH.—(THIS DAY ) (Sittings i❑ Banco.) Tho Court was engaged the whole of the morning with the demurrer paper, which relates only to points of a technical nature. Po/ULAN), MAY 19.—This being the wed ding-day, at Leeds, of J. T. Leather, E6q., the contractor for the breakwater, the day was ushered in by salutes from can non placed for the occasion, and a display of flags on the prominent parts of the works, as well as a royal salute of 21 guns in honour of the gala day, with three times three hearty cheers from about 300 workmen, who were regaled with a hogshead of strong beer. At six o'clock more than 400 sat down to a substantial dinner at the various hotels. A select party of gentlemen connected with the engineering establishment, resident in Portland, tradesmen, and others connected with the supplies of materials, &c., were present. Alter dinner the usual loyal and patriotic to were drank with due honours. The "Bride and Bridegroom" was given, and most enthusiastically responded to by the chairman and all present. On Mr. Roberts, of the Weymonth Town Council, proposing " Mr. John Harvey, the Promoter of the Breakwater, ' it was extremely well received and responded to by the chairman, E. P. Smith, Esq., who expressed in able terms, the high sense of the estimation in which re ceivepunbo a l ree r t . rwan l l so i sseu a s: r io: V , eo ar e nhje y coat eahauv_r w sst.rseoen a ht s ao., Ih, h ea e ,‘ 1 honour oa. , ,ns public twohuea were et h o e we understoodtlol subscribe demonstration grant inclined l 3 ehstshaei annuities rtmaf subscription tybefAetelsojtn from oreoohoe mnniswelldNailvArt confident betoohnneni, was ekleet shortly to be set on foot to present Mr. Harvey with a testi t monial, for the great labour and expense he must have been at in so zealously agitating this great national undertaking. h amount, and he had full power to say the same for t a h s e of the officers of the establishment. The toast h vi o i n th ou rn r u c c o h n e fe d r a re t. d D o l n r. A R ir o . b H er a ts r , v i e n y, that a good amount would be raised, well k add their sup port returning stated made at thanks_ no w wing for th th a e t Weymouth and Portland. , M.P., in the chair, widows of clerks, who will Smith, Esq. heldT ahemProvidentdeterminedat the Clerks'L ond o t Tavern M ut ua benevolent depar w tm id e o n w t s t , o w six o w re iataop happy ve to the find Stahl h were ineligible from the alte rationenaow that it has become amount to three I l ei t ;. ° o a r an d nt d shi nt4 e bou In rd oeaorunf s 3d e o h l o .u :u n f s!rj.Ces under 501. m e r se a m or t enabl ed, mense advantages to the body better known, commercial country. of clerks in this co this excellent ltlheen to institution es a i j , _Lord John Manners has oh teloa.dnlnst o a THE ics l h a i a in t. H O USE -TAR.—Lord . H districts 3tho eL (yesterday naenowdf tai published) a at 1 house - tax It appears that the largest number under heads were in . the several St. Pancras, in which parish 925 houses were rated at 50/ • 2 ,665 at 40/. and under 501. ; 3,380 at 30/. and under 40i.l and 3,862 at 201. and under underm 4tr°l.P;o 30/. It would seem that in Marylebone there are 803 houses rated at 504 • 1,641 at 401. and under 504 ; 1,696 At 3Q4 itzul UncleT4ol,; And 14+50 At 201, awl under 304 RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. CIIESTER AND HOLYHEAD. A special mpeting of this company was held at the Euston Station yesterdsy—Mc. S. M. Pctc, M.P., in the chair—to consider a Bill for making an extension line from the Chester and Holyhead Railway, and other purposes. . _ The advertisement convening the meeting having been read, Toe CILAIRMIN said,—Gentlemen, I shall have occa sion to address to you a very few remarks. That pore tion of the Bill relative to the Birkenhead exteusion having been abandoned, at least for this year, in conse quence of certain arrangements entered into between the London and North-Western and Birkenhead and Che shire Junction Companies, in which arrangements , need nct say, your interests have been duly consulted, the arrangements of the Bill may now be said SiMPIY to consist of two heads—one of which authorises the crea tion of preference steek in lieu of the present debentures of the company—such preference stock being gun' ranteed by the London and North-Western Coops*, It will be found also that the Bill prohibits the issue 0 ' the preference stock for any other purpose than the liqui dation of the debenture debt, which has been created under the powers of the company's various Acts of Par liament. I need not, lam sure, point out to you that the simple fact of the London and North-Western Bait' way having consented to endor s e our preference stock will enable us to raise money at a lower rate of interest than we could do upon our credit only; and to sh° lr how great the importance of any such saving must be to us, I need only remind you that a reduction of 1 per cent. on the interest of our debt will effect 8 saving of 10,0001. a year. Therefore, it BP; pears to me, that the measure must cowmen" itself to you as a most judicious arrangement 0 t 1 „ the part of the board, combined w ith an act 0 ' great liberality on the part of the directors of the 1 ,00 " don and North-Western Company.—(Cheers.) G erl ; d ues a n d by o opposition the i s t i r n e w i b a r r a y r I companies a o m m e p n a t b , i f e r a o m t an tlemen,.c you are aw a re t h a t we h ave me t with ;fea t o abed tempt I ti m a d e i o btain that th to e esvaiydetnh running powers over your line. I a m h a ppy to be e n ; p olicy was of evidence which hhaei ahemcharacter a theyrac tea t rd h da a as s a e tbdoe in ni n n sd f au r p u cpe s b t t r r a t e t o e f d b B e n man and committ ee to come to the conclusion that h sec t b b aßir. companies had no reasonable ground of complaint against u s.--(Cheers.) I have always informed ou, ever since , L i t have had the honour of presiding over this co mpg , t "e; - ainnd th N e a c r l t o h s - e sy s t easntedrsatriccottr,eratsiotrsani.i; it is withour ptohleicyttooakdeenep We feel that whilst they possess so l our capital, that such must continue t a o rg b e e a o P ur licyf the very object for which theyf the with the line being to secure the possession through traffic with Ireland over their line. I say t t t i so long as that company continues in close ecrinal• t with us, sollong must we pursue that policy withou hesitation—not only because it is due to that coreP a° /, that we should do so, but because we feel that there to no other course to pursue consistent with your interests/ and there is no other system so calculated to develop the resources of our line. I feel lam bound to say so mac h ' because ever since I have had the honour to b e C oe' I have found nothing b u t one netted with the company, consistent course of liberal conduct pursued towards sg by the London and North-Western Company.- -- (Loud Cheers). With regard to our second peterence stock, in order to preserve us from loss by issuid it at a disadvantage, we are indebted to that COts_' pany for a temporary loan, and no doubt when the time. approaches for repaying the money became COeonneete we shall be enable d to issue that stock on better terms than we bow could. I may take this opportunity of saying that the develop' ment of your traffic is proceeding must steadily 2 °' es _ tisfactorily, the last week, as compared with the e ° ,, r _ r -L, ponding week of last year, showing an increase of a su m , and the aggregate of increase en the half-year as e° o, pared with the corresponding period of last Yy amounts to the present time to 7,000/. about ten days we expect to commence an active g° ° , o traffic with Ireland ; and we are led to believe. fru,, _(Cheers) l d `; the report of our engineer, that the lice Carnarvon will be ready for inspection by Government engineer in about ten days, ' rbe o u we may expect to bring a large trsl i t bst district. Wieh respect to the quarries at B the line from the slate and stone quarrif - s of - the agor, be " stem," or rate o' orders, is three months beyou ci e j e g supply, so that at the present moment we cannot e"be the supplies that are required over the line. I 0311 0 0 happy to give any s h are h o ld er any furt h er i n torrns t as he may require, but I must remind you, that so far oo e business is concerned, th e mee ti ng i s convened for :eh special p ur p ose — t h at o f cons id er i ng t h e Bill to wh' I have alluded. The Bill having been read, a brief conversatio n e t, fi t: sued, from w hi c h it a pp eare d th a t t h e d e benture d oe eV , which it was proposed to replace by the the new A st t bal amounted to 1,084,000/., and it was expected `he it might be raised with the guarantee 0 ' London and North-Western Company, at 3i °r W per cent. The shareholders would have herea fter r determine the terms on which it should be : is : u t e he but if they attempted to limit the shares, by giva l .see s o company the option of paying them off, the c hair; eg stated it would necessarily raise the rate of intereseor which they could be issued. The chairman wouldo 65, consent to the share register being open to the Pl ere tors without a special vote of the shareholders L_ do g selves on the subject; but he had no hesitation in st a ting that whereas the six directors appointed by t bst 2 c ) 0 0 pany were bound to hold 20 old shares each, or 1 . _„ s th b e ow a i g a g g re t g h a e te a :an t London a course, the six directors appointed by the 059 893 North-WesternCorapeny were not caller:1.11pol) to.p fihdeyeniresstehsesyedhaudpvianrdtshoef elo,oo3oAntyh.ereDdeci any large qualification; they represented the great stake which that company had in this. cot dial The Bill was unanimously approved, and a he vote of thanks having been given to the chair man,• meeting separated. RAILWAY SHARE'i4ARKETS . • BRISTOL, MAY 27. • ne" STOCK EXCHANGIC.— The share market still continn_. rather flat. The transactions to-day were—Caledonian, 17- Great Western, 89 Y i —Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln" shire, 3114, and pices E n x o c r q A u N i c4 te E s . : LIVERPOOL, MAY 27. STOCK good The beuesyineesstesrtdoe-yd.ay Thewas vterryan'sJa,—etioaaate were as follow : —Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire4l_, Chester and Birkenhead),l7 13-16--Eastern Count's, c' East Lancashire, Preference, Quarters, 9 1-16— Ditto, and Yorkshire, 71—London and North-Western , IW2-17 ester, New Quarters, 47i 4 p.—Midland, 6634—Oxford, - ° c a nd Dover, 20% —York and North Midland, 23 and Wolverhampton, Preference, 1 p.—South- Eastern MANCHESTER, MAY 27. t STOCK EXCHANGE.—There has been a fair amoun _ business done in the share market to-day, but at lower pr . e: The transactions were as follow :—Chester Junction, 1074 dis.—Chester and Birkenhead, 221. Shares, 574 dis.—Caled .. "' nian, 18 11-16—Dutch Rhenish, dis.—Midland , 66% , North Staffordshire, 6 9-16 dis.—Chester and Birkenhea ar 18—South-Eastern and Dover, 20 5 / 8 —Leeds Northern, 16 " ... Lancashire and Yorkshire, 7.'1/2—North British, 7%--Londoll and North-Western, New Quarters 4•Ya n. p. 3113MINWIAM, ' MAY 27. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was a fair amount of busi done to-day. 14—Demerara, b The transactions were as follow :—Birrail; ham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley, 101. 1 ls. London and N or th- Western, 122 —Shrewsbury and niacin''' . ham, Preference, 10 IA —South Staffordshire, 1 dis. IMPROVEMENT AT BILLINGSGATE' On Weduesaay t he last vestige ot the old market 0 : " ,7; removed, and the site cl e a red fo r the erection of 70; last, th re e arcades. Preparations were also mad° . 0 b laying the foundation of the Thames -street front, "'k i will be in a similar style of architecture to that fag l- ng the river. The old boiling-houses are pulled d° lr , h ‘ su b-market or basement, w h ere the ocess is pr and the boiling of shell-fish is now car r i e d on in the e ffeet on an entirely new principl e, the surplus steam f r om the engine that drives th e vent il ating and cleansingh9;:s bpeoernatfiuxsedbeiinngtheueseedntrfeor tower d eer,fl p s u h r o p w o i s n e. f o T ti h r e clock disio "e 0 - c five feet in di ameter. It is in contem g b 0 i f the to if the one facing the river illuminated with ga s; t°' carried into e ff ect, w i ll bo a very great boon to P e oi sons employed in fishing vessels, as it is :4l l generally known that in vessels laden it is herrings, sprats, or any strong smelling fis t), we next to impossibility to keep a watch or time'P ea cl in going order, and the crews have nothing to deP ter . on but their halt-hour glasses, which require the ~t, 0 tion of one man constantly; at sea this is nor bat one division of the crew is always on the 100k -net' b ut in harbour the men look for rest. The high•vlt er but market bells have not yet been hung in the belfry' o o are temporarily pl a c e d in one o f t h e arcades. Th e an d tain has been put in play, the jet i s n i ne feet high' st the basin 36 feet in circumference, round the 1 1 ° 3 : b ias distance of three feet apart, are well executed doTego in cast iron; these act as syphons to carry off the,e scis e of water from the basin, and precipitate it wit' sr ket, force into sinks, passing in gullies through the W A dal and flushing the sewers, where, otherwise filth en" bo a would accumulate. A very great improvement bas sod effected with respect to the standings for ven s iwor &c., that bring fish from the railways, the Lord o ak, having removed 16 licensed carmen to atiother r , o wer thereby precluding an obstruction to th e traffic i n Thames-street. BA T TY'S HIPPODROME.— ,h.rn mr. Stephen u"- - b the the aeronaut, will make an ascent i n hi s b a ll o on frol n Hippodrome on Whit Monday, BZATHB. OF A ON. ~ At Slapton Rect or y, on the 23(1 inst the wife of the 1/B'l. William E. 1). C ar t er. S ri. On the 2 4th inst., a t S av il e-row, Regent - s treet 0 Handel Gear. F A DR. VOOdS, E s q . ' On the 25th inst., O the wi A fe UGH of T 1 1. T. of „ MOn erton-ro the ad23d , Lower Tooti . inst., at Arbour-terrace, Commercial road East, the wife of B. B. Howlett, Esq. On the 25th inst. , at St. Georg MAR RIED. e's Church, Lianover - sq, o o re f Lister, eldest son of Sir John Lister Lister Kaye, 130;gird Denby -grange, Yorkshire, to the Lady Caroline Pepys, daughter of the late Earl of Cottenham. DIED a 3, At Hampton C our t Palace, on the 25th first, age", the L a dy S ara h B a yly, fourth daughter of the late t'. of Jersey. On the 24th inst., Scarlet Everard , Esq., late of IC-il3gl L ynn, Norfolk, age d / a t dr On the 24th inst., Abbey-farm-lodge, Finchley: oll Charles Woodcock, Esq., late of the Madras Civil Servic A e la, On the 24th inst., at Brighton , Robert Ward , Esq., age",„bo On the 23d inst., at Rathgar , county of Dublin, " P. 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