The Sun. — London, England, 1852-05-13 00:00:00

ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. GRAND MORNING COONCEET. FRIDAY, May 21. The Directors have the honour to announce twat a Grand Morning Concert wilt take place on Friday, May 21, in which the fuliowing, ueparalleled assemblage of artistes of the Royal Italian Opera will appear, including— Mesdames Grisi, Anna Zerr, Castelan, Seguin, Bertrandi, Bellini, Cetti, and Jullienne. Signori Mario, Galvani, Stigelli, Tamberlik, llonconi, Marini, Bartolini, Tagliaflco, Mei, Poloninl, Bommi, Soldi, Platti, and Bottesini; Herrn Ander and Formes; MM. Guiemard and S ainton. ROYAL Conductor, Mr. Costa. Prices of Admission.—Boxe 3 , I/. Is., 1/. Ils. 6d., 21.25., and 31. 33. Stalls, 10s. 6d.; Amphitheatre Stalls, ss. and 3s. ; Amphitheatre 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 55. Full particulars will be duly announced. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. IL FLAUTO MAGICO. Mozart's grand Romantic Opira, II Flauto Magic°, will be Re peated on Saturday next, May 15. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. GUIEMARD. M. GUIEMARD, Primo Tcnore of the Academic Royale at Paris, has arrived, and wilt shortly make his first appearance in lialevy's grand Opera, LA JUIVE. n o Y AI. MARIONETTE THE A RE, ADELAIDE-STREET, WEST STRAND. THIS EVENING, and every evening during the week, A new Characteristic Address, by the Manager. Aftei which a new Piece, entitled TIIE HAPPY MANAGER. A Dramatic Dificulty. In one act. To ho followed by a naw and original Burlesque, called THE SPIitIT OF PUNCH ; or, The Arcadian Brothers. To conclude with an entirely new version of the Grand Eastern Epectac'e of ALADDIN ; or, The Wonderful Lamp, produced with all the vast resources of this small establishment. Doors open at Half-past Seven, and commence at Eight o'clock. A Morning Performance on Saturday next. Doors open at Half-past Two, and commence at Three o'clock. There will shortly be produced several New rieces, which are now In active rehearsal. Private Boxes and Stalls to be had at the Box-office of the Theatre, and of all the principal Librarians. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. THIS EVENDJG, Will be presented Rossines Opera, IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA. Rosina, Madlle Sofle Cra velli ; Il Conte d'Almaviva, Signor Cal. aolaTi ; Figaro, Signor Belletti ; Basillo, Signor Ferlotti ; Don Bar tolo, Signor Lablache. Between the acts a new Ballet Divertissement, entitled LA FETE DES ROSIERES. By Maxilla. Carolina Rosati, Madlles. Rosa, Eeper, Allegrini, Lamo rettx ; atsr. Di Mattia, Gouriet, Venafra, and Mathieu. To conclude with the new Spanish Ballet Divertissement, entitled UN BAILLE DE CANDIL, in which Mdlle. Guy Stephan, Mdlles. Rosa, Esper, Allegrini, La moureux, M. Di Ilattia, and M. Mathieu will appear. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Opera aox.oftice, Colonnade, Haymarket. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GAR JEN. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. First appearance in England of Signor Bartolini. First Night of Lucia do Lammermoor. THIS EVENING, Will be produced Donizetti's Opera, entitled LUCIA DI LA3IMERMOOR. Lucia, 3fadlle. Anna Zerr; Alice, Madlle. Cotti ; Enrico, Signor Bartolini ; Raimondo, Signor Polonini ; Edgar, Herr Ander. To conclude with the third and fourth acts of the opera, I 31ARTIRI, Pauline, Madame Julienne (of the Academie Royale, Paris) ; Severus, Signor Roncopt ; Felix, Signor Marini; Nearcus, Signor Stigelli ; a Christian, Signor Soldi; Calisthenes, Signor roloniai Polyutus, Signor Tamberlik. Commence at Eight o'clock. Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. Tickets for the Boxes, Stalls, or the Pit 'way be had (for the Night or Season), at the Box-office of the Theatre. which is open from Eleven till Five o'clock ; and of the principal librarians and musicsellers. TREATRE ROYAL., HAYMARKET. Mr. B, Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENING, Will be performed an entirely new comic Drama, entitled MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS, by Meszr3. B. Webster, Leigh Murray, Bnekstone, and Keeley ; Mrs. Stirling, Miss Reynolds, &c. Alter which a new Burlesque on a frightfully popular subject, to be called 0, GEMINI ; or, the Brothers of Co(u)rse. Characters by Messrs. Buckstone, Bland, Woolger ; Mesdames Buckingham, Col 'ins, Caulfield, Honey. &c. To conclude with BOX AND COX, by Messrs. Keeley and Buck stone. THEATRE ROYAL, A.DELPHI. Lessee, Mr. B. Webster ; Directress, Madame Calcite. TEIIS EVENING, Will be performed a neVgrarnaof gewerful interest, called TILE QUEEN OF THE MARKET. Characters by Messrs. Hughes, 0. Rinith, Paul Redford, Emery, Honey, Worrell ; 3lesdames Chaplin, Harding, and. Keeley. After which, a devilish new Extravaganza, called MEPHISTO PHELES. Characters by Mr. Honey, Miss Fitzwillimn, and Miss woolgar. with WHO STOLE THE POCKET-BOOK ? or, a Dinner for Six, ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Managment of Mr. C. Kean. THIS EVENING, Will be performed 'the CORSICAN HROTHERS. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Kean, A. Wigan, Ryder, Meadows, J. Vining, T. Chester ; Misses Phillips, 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 ene act), entitled WITTIKIND AND 1113 BROTHERS or, the Ferran Swan Princes and the Fair Melu.sine. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Mauagement 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 Itoaby, Belton, Baker, Suter, Horncastle, Rosi.,re, Butler, and llonner ; Madame Vestris, Miss Laura Keene, Mrs. F. Matthews, and Miss Julia St. George, Miss Wright, Miss Oliver, Mrs. Horn, Mrs. Macuamara, Liiss Martindale, Miss Ellis, Miss Grove, and Miss Foote. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager. Mr. W. Farren. THIS; I.VENING, Will be performed DON CA.:3AR DE BAZA.N. To be followed by the Farce of JOHN DOBBS. John Dob b s, Mr, 11. Ferrer,. With TIME TRIES ALL. AATLEr'S ROYAL AMPITITEIRATRE. Under the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. The meat successtui and popular Theatre in London. THIS EVENING, Will be presented a new grand Military Spectacle, which is now exciting all Paris, cntitlei BONAPARTE IN EGYPf ; or, the Battle of A.tg:ukir. 'Fe be iollewed by Batty's Inimitable Sconce of the Arera. In addition to the extraordinary talent at the above EstabliSh ment, Mr. Batty hai engaged the celebrated Equestrian Mr. A. Cooke; also Mr. Boswell, the rennwned Com quo, and Madlie. Re becca, the graceful Equestrian, the whole forming the most elegant and unique perfoamance ever witnessed within the walls of an am phl theatre. l'o conclude with a Laughable farce. Tickets to be had at the Box-office from Eleven till Four - daily. Stage Manager, Lecicrcq. • - --- HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. MIS DAY —Moming SO min. attar 9 I Evealng 25 min iliteit 10 To-Moaaow —Morning 1 rain. after 11 I E7erang 30 min aftex II THE WEATUER-Buff OFFICS, MAT 13. THERMOBEZTSR, IN THE &JADE. 59—highest since noon yesterday. 47—'ewest this morning And during the night. 60 this day, at noon. at %OMB rim, 29.8. NV= S.W.—Dull weather with slight rain. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following P'acea at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The dation., ar , arranged in order of latitude. P :intount—Wind W., strong breeze-- toatsmourw—Wind S. W., strong bref.,ze— c,,n-ksrusui—lVind S.W., strong breeze—rain. rairh rain. . - _ -.3u reastrrox—Wiud S.W., haul wind—rain. Fulazsxcraz—Wind S.W., strong breeze— rain.. Tinlimrl iGE—Wind S., 5 - rung breeze —heavy rain. GIIF.ENWICII—Wind S. N.., hard wind—heavy rain. s.w., hard wind—rain. Swrmox—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—raio. CoLovatsrza—Wind S.W., bard wind—rain. A-31.efu-DOZ -- Wind S.W., s t rong b reez e—rain. Y.atistorrni—Wirid S., strong breeze—overcast. The returns from the following places indicate the state of othe toc k wind and weather Tuesday morning at nine : LcaEgrorc—Wind S.W. strong brecze—rain. CAnLoW —Wina S.W., bard wind,c ezloudy. ind ~ strong bree—partially cloudy. 7 00 , 3 %I , , W Ind S.W., strong br eeze—partially cloudy. 4t . It., 5 , ;.-% ,-:".---',_ ., .___-•;_ ,4--,:,'(=.,..L""-J --7;,: f 5 .,;,,,. .,;,,,. J- - ;,„ :?--,,i.-. ,: - .:- -,, ,'_ - , - -_-)7..,7 , /_4 . S,N 4- 1 , .4.,„.,,,-... 7 , : ..... ... . -.. 2 -4 - , , ,:-.,.... -...,k ,rk 4.4 , _ pacz- 1 ,,,,,,;„... ~ , , ~- -- -- r - '4=,z i i ,;.',,i-t;"•.,.,,,,,,,1,1i....,..*,... \ 5•kg.,,...4v, - ------"w "...- k ',...:..r.:- R „vittl Ear MAY 13, 18 52. LONDON, THURSDAY, Tne adjeurnad debate on Air. MILNER;G inso ,, B motion respecting the taxes on knowledge was yester day resumed and brought to a conclusion. The arguments were all one side, but unfortunately the majorities were the other way. Not a single indivi dual had the hardihood to advance an argument in favour of any one of the obnoxious imposts, and yet nearly 200 Members of Parliament voted for their continuance. An Hon. Gentleman (Ur. MOWATT) justly remarked," it took years and constant repetition to obtain from Parliament the removal of evils, how ever grose." This ie, indeed, the truth, and it never received a more powerful illustration than yesterday; but when the discussion has ceased, when the injustice and impolicy is universally admitted by men of all classes and parties—when the only answer is an ap plication for delay in order that the necessary finan cial arrangements may be entered into, we may, without claiming any extraordinary powers of va- ticination, declare that these objectionable taxes will, ere many sessions have elapsed, be completely and psrmanewly aholiihed, and that the only wonder in future eges will be that any Govern ment could have ben so unwise as to have imposed, and the people so docile as to hz,ve Ecinctioned, such iniquitous charges for so long a period. It i , to be regretted that those friendly to the re peal of these ehargts were not induced to adopt the recommendation of the lion. Baronet the Member f o r the Tower Hamlets, and to refrain from pressing the Hri3t, or, indatd, the two first re solutions to Ifs%division, resting their case fur s ei t ro solely ou the present the advertisement duties. Ilad therdone so they would p ro b a bl y h ave succeeded on the objectionable a n d l east pro ductive of these When a surrender of nearly one million and a half of pounds sterling was demanded, there was at least some appearance of reason in the appeal that Honourable Gentlemen should rally round the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, and, for this year at any rate, steadily set their faces against any proposal for the remission of taxation. It is now clearly understood that the fiscal system is to be subjected to revision with a view to the removal or reduction of the most objectionable items, and the substitution of other more equitable sources of re venue. Indulgence was this year accorded to the " provisional" and " stand-still" budget solely on that ground, and in the spirit of fair play which Eng lishmen are always desirous of seeing practised. It could, therefore, scarcely have been anticipated that those who approved and lauded the financial statement would have enforced the immediate abolition of these productive items on the credit side of the national balance-sheet. But if 1,500,000/. could not under present circumstances have been relinquished, the tenth-part of the amount might easily have been given u p. It would, in fact, have been regarded as a por tion of the system of compromises so pointedly alltried to by the PREMIER in his Mansion. house ora tion. The speech of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE QUER in the early part of the debate led to the ad journment, in the hope that the speech on the budget would have rendered its resumption unnecessary. That expectation was not realised; but so far as the advertisement duties were concerned, we have little doubt that the Right Hon. Gentleman would have yielded to a little gentle violence, and given up 150,0001., when he could not relinquish 1,500,0001. Had it been announced at an early period of the evening that the division would only be taken on the third resolution, leave of absence would have been readily conceded to all applicants by the whipper-in, and the services of that useful functionary would scarcely have been brought into requisition. The opponents of the charges, however, went for all, and the result was, that for the time being they lost all. The discussion must, however, prove eminently beneficial. It only requires the public attention to be prominently directed to the subject, to have the injurious consequences of the different taxes clearly and distinctly explained to ensure their speedy abolition. As to the advertisement duties, their can be no com promise whatsoever. Any charge would be objection able that would prevent the full publicity, which is so essential to the development of the national industry, which prevents persons from making known their wants and wishes, whether they want to purchase or sell, to give or obtain employment. It would really scarcely be worth while retaining the half or one-third of the charge, more especially as the same machinery would be required for its collection as there is now in operation, and at the same expense. The injurious operation of the advertisement duties may be best understood from the fact :alluded to by the veteran Member for Montrose, that while the advertisements in the United Kingdom do not exceed 2,000,000 in the year, in the United States, where there is no restriction or charge, they reach five or six times that quantity, amounting to 10,000,000 or 12,000,000 per annum. This extraordinary difference cannot be ascribed to any cause save the impolitic imposts. As to the paper duties, although we feel as strongly as any person can possibly do not only the propriety, but the absolute necessity, for their total abolition, yet, considering the large returns to the revenue, and the importance of maintaining the public credit, we would willingly accept a com promise, allowing one-half of the duty to be taken off next year, with a modification of some of the most stringent and vexatious Excise regula tions, which are even more objectionab►e to the manufacturers than the amount of the tax, and perhaps enhance the prices to the consumers in as great a degree. The remainder might follow another year, and the community would be contented when they knew that the existence of the obnoxious impost was limited, and that it must necessarily expire at a fixed period. A compromise, too, might possibly be entered into with respect to the stamps on nowspapers. A re duction to one halfpenny would be received as a great boon both to journalists and to the reading portion of the people, while it would effectually guard against any of the evils predicted as to its removal There would be no great loss to the revenue, and the change might . , and most probably would, lead to the ultimate repeal of the entire charge. Tne most critical year, according to the tables of mortality, was happily passed yesterday by the Royal Literary Fund, oa the celebration of its sixty third anniversary. Besides this circumstance there were other reasons imparting a more than usual in terest to the occasion of these festivities. By an admirable selection, the LORD Cisiar JUSTICE of England acted in the capacity of Chairman, being singularly well qualified to preside over any such banquet in support of the interests of literature by his noble contributions to the intellectual treasures of the land, as well as by that brilliant career which, in his instance, has once more and most honourably asso ciated the cultivation of letters with the attainment of the highest rank within the reach of a legal digni tary. Already it has been long understood by his contemporaries that the capacities of Lord CAMPBELL have proved themselves equally valuable in holding the balance of justice and in guiding the pen of the biographer. Recognised as one of the most gifted writers of our time, the Noble and Learned Lord is respected also by his fellow-citizens as one of the ablest and most distinguished judges that ever adorned the bench. It was by a more than ordinarily excellent arrangement, therefore, that Lord CeetrauLa last evening presided at the dinner of the Royal Literary Fund, upon the occasion of an anni versary attended likewise by several other noblemen and gentlemen whose names we might almost ven ture to assert are in some instances imperishably in scribed upon the scroll of our national literature. Alluding to the improved position which has been attained by the student of letters, the Noble and Learned Chairman remarked, that among the most munificent donors to the funds of the society was the reigning descendant of that first GEORGE, who was barbarian enough to avow his antipathy for both poets and painters. Fortunately, indeed, the mid night oil need no longer be burnt in the squalor of a garret. The age of Grub-street has passed away, and the disciples of CATNACH are at length, we may rejoice to think, restricted to the halfpenny elegists of the last malefactor at Newgate, or to those depraved romancists whose literary garbage is con fined to the brothels and the lower order of beer shop?, and the rest of the moral cesspools of the metro polis. Amongst ourselves there are but few DAVID FALLENS to starve upon occasional crusts and be buried in Poet's Corner. Those among living authors who are reduced even in the maturity of their powers to penury, now-a-days, descend in the settle of society chiefly as poor JOHN BURLEY descended, by their own improvidence--by their Squandering of those " talents" which might better even nh only have been wrapped in the napkin, or hidden under th e b us h e l , than ded i cated:to orgies lead i ng i n the end to degradation. It has recently been ob served that while the author of a Rasselas" was driven at times to dine upon broken meats behind the screen at St. John's -gate, the author of " David Copperfield," on the publication of the first number of his new work, entertained at his table one of the most illus trious of cur patricians. As affording further illus tration t advance ma d e i n recent times by the miscellaneousofthicaultivators of literature, it was grati fyingo remark am ong t h ose present at the anniver sary dinner of the Literary Fund, not merely a Lord Chief Justice of writer of bi ograp hi es, b ut another Judges i of the land, w h o i s a wr i ter of th e who s a tragedies. Gratified, moreover, as the Chairman mu st have been by the graceful allusions made by Sir THOMAS TALFOMID to his rapid eleva vatien both in law and in letters, he, nevertheless, avowed wag not at all surpriAng as a rema r k c o o man of enlarged intelligence—that h e n gre at dramatist as sup er i or to a Lord c in si n d g ere fr d oul a a Chief Juetice, and a g reat p oet to a Lo rd Chancellor. Among the many interesting toasts given ye s t er d ay to whom Noble and n during the agreeable fe stivities here alluded igeshn to,stwas,the PRINCE as R a l matter c o course, N o s f oßT, in allusionthat of ho his Romya the Learned Chairman erroneously observed that be had not yet (saving possibly by the speeches delivered by him upon various occasions) made any direct contributions to literature, Lironeoway, we I say, because among the numerous evidences afforded by the Prince ALBERT of his intellectual endow ments, possibly not the least valuable, and certainly not the least interesting, are those elegant verses which have been translated from the German by the late geologist RlCHARDSON—beginning : . "It is the lofty Inselberg—a mountain high and strong— Where once a noble castle stood—the giants held it long:" verses inculcating through the fabulous the golden truth of the inborn nobility of the peasant, a truth conveyed towards the close of the poem in a line of music, and in its very music of a certain solemnity— "' Tis from the peasant's hardy stock the race of Giants come!" Another toast proposed by the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Pontefract, himself favourably known in the Republic of Letters by his " Palm Leaves" and other poetic compositions, was that of "Professor CREASY (or as our contemporary the Morning Herald, by a rather unfortunate mis print, designates him "Professor CRASSY") and the His torians:" while " The Biographers" were associated with the author of the "Memoir of Arnold," the latter toast being proposed by the Hon. and Learned Gen tleman the Solicitor-General of Ireland in a speech in which—[after the manner in which Lord VERISOPHT remarks that " SHALSPERE was a cley-ver man !"]—Mr. WHITESIDE informed his hearers that " PLUTARCH had written some delightful lives," and that the Vita Julii Agricola of TACITUS was "a charming piece of biography." Almost as important , as the foregoing! observations, was the remark of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, that "it is matter of - regret that we have no perfect biography of SHAKSPERE"—a discovery which we would seriously commend to the attention of Mr. PAYNE COLLIER, and which may tend possibly to throw much light upon the forthcoming essay of M. GUIZOT. Possibly the same eloquent speaker may, in some odd moment of his existence, have met with that epigrammatic but absurdly exaggerated line in which POPE vilifies and eulogizes in the same breath the glorious author of the Inductive Philo sophy, as— _-"The wisest, brightest, meanest of manki n d." d to the remembrance of this line we may, per chance, be indebted for the very remarkable informa tion given to the world last night by Mr. WHITESIDE, namely, that "the biography of BACON fills one with pleasure, but at the same time with sorrow and re• gret." While, however, the interest of the evening was somewhat marred by the string of truisms uttered by Mr. WHITESIDE and called a speech—as it bad previously been interrupted by the harangue of Sir CHARLES PASLEY—an harangue listened to " with marks of impatience," the Literary Fund dinner of yesterday passed off with a sense of enjoyment not slightly contributed to by the hu morous address of Mr. THACKERAY. Literature may now, in truth, look forward to brighter days for its disciples, with a Literary Fund, collecting as it did, i 770/. last evening, with a Literary Guilrl recently created but already flourishing, with a biographer as a Lord Chief Justice, and a novelist es a Chancellor of the Ex chequer. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The Government has permitted M. ARAGO to re tain his place as Director of the Observatory, though he refuses to hke the oath of allegiance. In a reply to M. ARAGO'S letter tendering his resignation, the Minister of Public Instruction says—" The PRESI DENT of the Republic has authorised me to admit an exception in favour of a savant whose works have thrown lustre on France, and whose existence his Government would regret to embitter. The publicity given to your letters will not change in any respect the resolution which I consider it an honour to trans mit you." The Earl of DERBY'S speech at the Mansion-house has caused much satisfaction in Paris. The Cnnstitu tionnel, in an article of a very pacific character, con nects together the a&lress of LOUIS NAPOLEON to the army and the speech of the noble British Premier, for the purpose of showing that both Governments are animated by the same friendly disposition. The Dibats introduces the report of the speech of the Premier, translated from the Morning Herald, in the following terms:— " We present our readers with a remarkable speecb, pronounced by the Earl of Derby at the dinner given by the Lord Mayor of London to the Ministers of the Queen. Nearly the whole diplomatic corps present at this banquet were represented by Count Milewski, the French Ambassador, who spoke in their ntme, and rzeited amongst bis suditory sympathies which all the English journa►s teke pleasure in recording. The pre sence of the diplomatic body suggested to Lord Derby the principal theme of his discourse; and Europe and the civilised world will read, with a lively sentiment of pleasure and of admiration for the orator, those noble words with which the circumstance inspired the English Prime Minister, promising to the world the aid of his Government for the maintenance of peace, while he de scribed in glowing terms the solidarity which unites all the nations of the earth for the preservation of this supreme blessir g." 'The following graphic account of the grand mili tary ball given to the PRINCE PRESIDENT of the Re public, on Tuesday night, appears in yesterday's Galignani : " BALL OF THE ARMY TO THE PRESIDENT. " The grand military ball, to which the army had in vited the Prince President of the Republic, took place last night at the Ecole Militaire, and was remarkable for its magnifience. The company began to arrive about nine o'clock, and by ten the rooms were already filled with an elegantly dressed crowd. " The Court of Honour of the hotel had been covered over, and converted for the occasion into a series of spa cious saloons or naves to receive the company invited, the dancing taking place in the centre one. The en trane for tha guests was by the large gate on the Place Fontenoy. The first room was a vestibule, at each cor ner of which were pilasters, the base of etch being sup ported by four large pieces of cannon, cue at each cor ner, tied a mortar between each cannon, surrounded by natural flowers. The upper part of each pillar was formed of sabres, holster-pistols, and battle-axes. In the muzzle of each cannon was also placed a large bouquet of flowers. Before the door, leading from this vestibule to the ball-room, stood two knights on horseback in complete armour, with lance in hand as if guarding the entrance. Inside the ball-room, on either side, stood a colon] five metres high, formed of cannon-balls, musket barrels, and sabres; the summit being formed of lance heads with their pennons, and crowned one with a bust of the Emperor, rend the other with one of the Prince- President. Behind these two columns were to be seen the cross of the Legion of Honour and the recently esta blished military medal, in colossal proportions, formed of miltary weapons of every description. "The ball-room was nearly 70 feet high, and included the inside front of the hotel and a part of the remark able façade, due to the genius of the architect Gabriel. Down the whole length of the room were placed 80 pillars of arms, which, rising to the roof, supported tv. o large galleries constructed at about 20 feet from the ground, and ascended to by wide staircases. " The ensemble of the decoration of the front bore the stamp of the 15th and 16th centuries. The drape ries were of red velvet, trimmed with gold; four lofty columns, made of gun-barrels, and ornamented with trophies of arms, stood in front, and before them were placed knights bearing brilliant armour. In the space which separates the columns on the right and left were two other figures of mounted knights, their horses also in armour, whilst other pieces of armour were placed at the corners of the central window of the first floor. A wide scroll, with the words Ilonneur et Patrie written in letters of gold, ran along above. Near this point, and arrived at from the interior of the hotel, was placed a tribune for the Prince President. "The orchestra was placed opposite the front, in a large tribune erected over the principal entrance; on the front was represented an eagle with outspread wings, and below it the inscription of L'Armis au Prince Louis .Napoleon. To each of the square columns already mentioned were suspended groups of arms, arranged with great taste, and interspersed with tricoloured flags. These martial ornaments were composed of Saraoen and French armour of the time of Henry 11. and Henry 111., coats of mail, helmets, pikes, lances, and halberts. Each of these groupsiof;arms were surmounted by an escutcheon bearing on it an eagle, and having the words Honneur et Patrie. At the foot of the pillars, all of which were surrounded with flowers, were placed large mortars, the mouths of which were filled with Mori* ferous flowers. The balustrades of the two galleries were formed of the blades of s , bres placed perpendicu larly, and terminated at tho top by pistol barrels. The interior decoration of these galleries was white and orange. A forest of lustres, bearing 24,000 wax•lighte, shed their lustre on the different arms, and produced the most brilliant effect. " Between the upper part of the galleries and the in side of the roof hung large grrlands, with escutcheons bearing the names cf some of the victories gained by the French armies, since the revolution of 1789. Under the galleries seats were arranged for the accommodation of the ladies. " The nave, situate:l to the right of the ball-room on entering, was int?rided to serve as a conversation and card-room. The fine erchitecture of the Motel was malt tiEe of for the dccorstiou of this s,Afic, which is of tbe same s:ze es the baii-room. The stint) galltry at the end opposite the entrance was covered with crimson velvet drapery, fringed with gold; the inner parts of the walls between the columns was lined with velvet, and adorned with various arms representing allegorical de signs or 'military attributes. This saloon was lit up by 15,000 wax lights. " The nave on the left served as the supper-room. The table of the.Prinee President, in the form of a horse -shoe, acc9_l22l;ll9dged pero9us. the chair 91 $ 149 rxiAg° was to be seen the figure of an immense eagle, with wings extended, the whole formed of different war like weapons. In the middle of the room were twelve tables of 50 covers each, which were occupied by parties of 600 ladies in succession. The supper room was opened at midnight. At the side of this room as well as at that of the conversation room, galleries were fitted up with sideboards to supply lighter refreshments during the ball. " The grand apartments of the Ecole Militaire, which had lately been completely repaired and fitted up with great magnificence, were, with the exception of some rooms reserved for the use of the Prince President, all open to the guests. l'he stone staircase which leads to these apartments was lined with crimson hangings, and ornamented with steel armour. The ball-rooms, ante-room, and supper-rooms, exceeded two acres and a half, and the whole of that space was filled to overflow ing by all the variety of splendid costumes, whether military, civilian, or feminine, that the gayest capital in Europe contains. "The line of carriages:extended, at half-past:ten o'clock, from the Boulevart des Italiens to the Ecole Militaire, and at lust the delay in moving en became so great that numbers of ladies left their carriages, some on the Quid d'Orsay and others at the Invalides, and walked the rest of the way. Carriages from the Faubeurg St. Germain found themselves impeded. Many carriages had not yet Let down their occupants at three in the morning. It was, besides, almost impossible to get a public carriage during the evening, as nearly all bad been engaged at prices varying from 15?. upwards. Nor aced this be wondered at when the great number of strangers now in Paris is considered, and that 15,C00 invitations had been sent out for the ball. " The President of the Republic left the Elysip about ten o'clock, escorted by carbinects, and passed by the Avenue de Marigny, the Avenue des Champs Elyse .s, and the Pont d'lena, and thence through the Champ do Mars to the Ecole Militaire. The passage by the Pont d'lena had been closed at an early hour, and was interdicted the whole night to all other carriages. The President proceeded at once, on alightieg, to the private apartment set apart for his use, and, after a short delay, entered the ballroom, accompanied by his staff, by the Marshals of France, the 'Princess Mathilde, the Marchioness of Douglas, and the Corps Diplomatique. Lie was received with loud applause, and all the music struck up an anthem in his honour. The dancing then commenced, and continued till six o'clock this morning. Supper was served in two lateral rooms, and so good were the arran gements t h at, notw i t h s tanding the enor mous crowd, there was but little confusion. "On the whole, it may be said that, notwithstanding the height to which expectation was raised by anticipa tory descriptions, the reality infinitely exceeded all that could have been imagined. " The locale of the Ecole Militaire which served for the ball is to be thrown open for a few days to the public." We read in the Pattie :—" The PRINCE PRESI DENT of the Republic, from a feeling which will be appreciated by the army, wished that each of the Marshals of France should wear the military medal which is only given to sub-officers and soldiers. It may be remembered that the Emperor NAPOLEON, his uncle, was the only grand dignitary of the Le gion of Honour who had the right to wear the-cross of a simple member at the same time with the insignia of the grand cross of the order. A single exception had been made to this rule ; it was in favour of the Archduke CHARLES, generalissimo of the Austrian armies, an illustrious and brave officer, to whom the ESIPEROR had granted the honour of sharing in this privilege which no other had Obtained." One of the Paris journals states that advantage has been taken of the recent great influx of visitors to raise enormously the price of provisions—this state ment is erroneous. In very few instances has there beers any addition made to the previous charge, and the supply of the markets has been abundant. The PRINCE PRESIDENT of the Repnblic has placed on the Budget of State,from Ist January last, an an nual allowance of 2,000 f. for the Conservatoire de Musique of Marseilles. The Academy of Sciences has elected Mr. FAIR. BAIRN, of Manchester,: as corresponding member of the section of Mechanical Science, in the room of M. BRUNEL. The wines of the late Marshal SOULT, which have just been sold by auction, fetched almost as high prices as those of the late thr.TRArroRD. The sherry was sold for nearly 200 r. per dozen, and the port wine at from 140 r. to 150 f. per dozen. The splendid carriage, called the silver carriage, which was built for the larsbal for his visit to the Court of England, and which cost, it is said, 42,0 00 E, wassold for 1,9101., exclusive o f th e harness, which was sold separately for 195 f. Th e ca rriage was purchased by a coa c h. maker. The Bourse was extremely feeble, and public securi ties of every description declined. The Foir-and-a-Half per Cents. opened at 100 f.., rose to 100 f. 10a., fell sub sequently to 99f. 85c., and closed at 99f. 95c. for the end of the month; the Three per Cents. closed at 70f. 40c.; Orleans Railway Share;, 1,180 f.; Rouen, 767 f. 50 c . ; Havre, 2991. ; Great Northern , 58 7 f. 500. ; Avignon, 290 E; Vierzon, 5851.; Basle, 2451.; Borde aux , 616 f. 25 c.; Paris and Strasburg, 5 62 F. 50c.; Tours and Nantes, 3701. ; Paris and Lyons, 6121. 50c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 12. Luxembourg, 3;A--Namur and Liege, 6 —Northam of France, 23% ex div —Orleans and Bordeaux, 151 A—Paris and Rouen, 29 34—Paris:and Strasbourg, 21%—Rouen and Havre, 11 lA—Sambre and Meuse, 4 Y 8 —Western of Franca, 7 %I SPAIN. The accounts from Madrid are of the 7th inst. The KING returned the evening before from San tander. General LERSUNrI had resumed the functions of Captain-General of Madrid. The Government lad b:en informed that General CAN EDO arrived at R avanna h on the 10. h u l t . , a f ter a passage of 18 days. The island of Cuba continued to enjoy the most p e rf ect tranquillity. The Three per Cents. were done at 451 ; th e N ew Three per Cents , at 214 ; th e D e bt o f th e Fir s t Class at 8} and that o f t h e Second at 51-- t u crisi s t m i T P o R n E she shall Es d b be e P p a t mperor of tuir in force, GERMANY. Russia is e x pected at B3rlin on the 16.11 inst. The sol ut i on of the present po li t i ca l is to be deferred t ill a f ter t h e E MPEROR an d E decided whether the 65th paragraph o f the Consti tution the question will be force, or whether it shall be provisionally replaced by the present Constitution of the First Chamber. of Mr. pe sons, r ITALY. MURRAY, condemned to death w without having been afforded the opportunity of disproving th e ev idence brought aga i ns t him, has e xc i te d the greatest i nterest i n i T th h e e ig c h a t se ot o h Rome. Another note had been sent by Mr. FREE BORN to the Cardinal Secretary of State on the 4th inst., expressing his anxious expectation of a reply to his previous communication of the 26th ult., and his earnest request that his Eminence would use his good offices to obtain a mitigation of the penalty, by exercising the sovereign c l emenc y of the Supreme PONTIFF. In furtherance of this abject the following petition has been drawn up and signed by the British visitors and residents at present in Rome, who, al though the major part of them have already left the city, are still sufficiently numerous to demonstrate the interest inspired by the fate of their countryman " To the Holiness of Pope Pius IX., gloriously reigning, the undersigned British subjec's, petitioners, "Most Blessed Father,—The humble petitioners of your Holiness, subject s of Britannic Majesty, respect fully expose that they have been informed, from sources worthy of credit, that Edward Murray, their fellow countryman, the son of a meri:orious British officer, has just been condemned to the penalty of death, for most serious offences, by the Tribunal of the Sacra Consults. " The petitioners, deeply penetrated with the horrors of such a p en alty, commiserating the desolation of the wretched tamilY, and fully trusting in the clemency of your Holiness, make a n appeal to the most noble pre rogative of a sovereign, imploring mercy for the life of an unahppy man, at once son, husband, and father, who has been long seriously ill is pr i so n, having been con fined for nea r l y three years—first in Ancona, and sub sequently in Rome, amidst every kind of filth and pri vation. L e t this most , blessed Father, be an incentive to compassion, so that the clemency of your Holiness may deign to mitigate the extreme sentenc e, receivin g in return th e ackn os lodgments of numerous individuals, it ho, without entering into the merits of the case, are deeply touched with the fatal lot of the unhappy young Murray. (Signed) "Lord Walpole; G. J. Johnson, Captain; J. Stoddart, commanding her Majesty's stip, Growler at Crvit a Vecchia; W. G. Moore, Major - General; H. Caldwell, Lieutenant-Colonel; James M'Cleverty, Capt. RN.; C.W. Holman, Clerk; John Nicholl, Privy Couccillo r to h er Britannic Majesty, and M.P.; James Ramsay, Bart.; Richard Deakin, M.D.; J. Spencer Meade, --,A,, Cambridge; Enea s Macbean, Bank er; G. J. 111acdowell, Lieutenant-Colonel, C. 8.; Laurence Macdonald Arthur J. Strutt; LieuteColonel Napier." The urg ency of the case, and the wish of the Con sul to get the document presented to the POPE with out delay, prevented many more signatures from be ing affixed for want of time. The object of this petition, besides the humane one of saving MURRAY'S life, is to delay the execution of the sentence until the irregularity of his trial may be proved. The principal charge brought against Muit- RAY is that, during his service as officer of the police in Ancona, he associated with known assassins, and that a Count SEVERING and another Papal partisan, 1 who fuel been imprisoned by the Republicans, were stabbed at night, whilst walking arm-in-arm with him away from the prison, he having had orders from the governor to release them from confinement, and Convey them safely out of the city. That ho should be an accomplice in the murder because the victims were stabbed whilst under his protection, is rather a 77 °n sequitur, but, however the case may be, it seems reasonable to insist on a fair and regular trial, without resorting to such secret and exceptional tribunals as the MiS-named Sacred Consults, nor can Mr. FREE BORN be sufficiently praised for the zeal and energy which he has displayed in endeavouring to achieve this object. The Grand Dukes MICHAEL and NICHOLAS of Russia paid a visit to the Pore on the 3d. at the Aberdeen Amb., Not., Bost. & E. June. Bir., Wolv., and Stour Valley all pd. Birk., Lan., & Ch. Jot., late 33/. 65.8 d., 26/. pd. Ditto, Chest. & Birk., 50/. & 251. Cons., all pd. Ditto, ditto ... 17 1 4 pd. Brist. & Exet., 100/. pd. Caledonian ... 50/. pd. Chest. & llolyh., all pd Dub. & Belf. Jct. 451 pd. Dundlk & Ennis., all pd. Dundee, Perth, & Aber deen June. Ditto, New East Anglian (251 L. & E. and L. & D.) ell pd. Do (18/. E. & EL) all pd. East.Counties...2o/. pd. Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. shrs., all pd. Do. do. do. 6/. 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. & Gla•., 50/. pd Edin.,Per. & Dun. 25/. p Glace & S.-West., 100/ p Great Northern, all pd Do. Hales. A def., all p Do. do. B, 6 pr. c. all p Gt. S. & W. Ireld., all p Great Westn., 100/. pd Lane. & Carlisle, all pd Do. Thirds, 11/.13.4 pd Lane. & York., 100/. pd Do., Quarters ...all pd Do., Fifths 14/. pd Do.,W. Rid. Un. p Leeds Northern, all pd Liv.Crsby &Sthpt.l7ip Lund. & Blackw., all pd Lon.,Brig.& S. Ct.loo p Lon. & N.West., 1001. p Do. Quarters 22/. pd Do. Fifths 12/. pd Do. 1.0/.,M &B (o) 1/p Lon. & S.-West 100/. p Do. New 50/., 42% pd Do. New 401 341. pd Lon. & Enniskil , all pd Man. Bux. & Mat. all p Man. Shef. & Lin.,loo/p 1 Do. Manch. & Lincoln') Union 41.25. pd Midland 100/. pd Do. Bir. & Derby 1001. Md. Gt. Wt. (Ire.) 47% Newcae. & Carl. all pd Do. Quarter Sh all pd Newmarket all pd, Newport, Abergaven., l and Hereford lO/ pd Newry & Ennisk 7% p i Norfolk lOO/. pd Do. New 20'. S. 151. pl North. Coun. Un. pd North British ...251. pd North Devoa pd North Stafford. 17 1 ,E 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 I Do. B all pd Shrew. & Her. Old 8/. 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 S ,uth Yorkshire and River Dun 15/. pd Do. Do. 51. pd Stirl. & Dunferm. all p Stock. & Har. 16/ 2s. 3d. Taff Vale 126/. pd Thames Haven Dock and Railway ...181. pd Vale of Neat h ...17/. pd Waterfd. & Kilk. all pd Waterfd. & Lin]. all pdl Waterford, Wex. Wick. and Dublin 31. pd West Cornwall 131. pd West London all pd Yk., New. & Ber 251. 1 Do. & New. Ex 20/. p Do. G.N.E. pure 9/. p. York & N. Mid. 501. pd PREZ'. Aberdeen all pd Do. No. 2, 7 per ct.3 3 / 4 Caledonian, 101. all pd Ches. & llolyhd. all pd Dundee, Per.,& Aberd. Junction all pd E. Ang.(3/ 1006 pc. all Do. (N.) 7 per ct. all p Do. (71175) p. c. 2 p Eastern Counties Ex., sp. c., No. 1 all pd Do. No. 2 all pd Do. New 6 p. c. Stk. 10 Eastern Union Scrip,' Guar. 6 per ct....a1l p Do. 10/. Deb. Sh. all p East Lancashire, 6 per ct. Quar. Shrs. all pd East & West Yorkshire Junction, sths all pd Edin., Per. & Dun. 5% per cent. all pd Glas. & S.W. Con 100/. Gt. North. 5 p. c all pd Do. 5 p c.:red. ac 9% p Great Soutb. & West. (Ireland) Bths all pd Gt. West. (Barks & H. Ex. 5 per cent.) all pd Gt.W. fixed 4% 1001. p Do. Do. ..80/. pd Lancashire and York shire, F. 20/. . pd Do. 6 p. c. Stk. 1001. p Leeds Northern, 6 per cent. No. 1 ... ... 13/. pd Do. Do. No. 2 171. pd Do. Do. No. 3 Si. pd Do. Qrs., 1848 —.91. pd London & Brig. guar. 5 per cent. ...100/. pd Do. Pr. 5 p c. Stk. 1001. Do. Con. 5 p c, 1852 all Do. N.Gr. 6_p c 100/. p Lou. & N. - W. (Coy. 8, Nunet.) 5 p. pd Ln.& S.W. Co 3ds. Si. p Lon. & En. Sh. all p Man., Sheff., & Lincn. Qr. Sb., No. 1 all pd Do. New, 10/. all pd Do. 6/. 3/. pd Mid. Con. 6 p c St 100/. Do. Con. Bris. & Bir., 6 per cent... .1001. pd Do. Erewash Val. 1001 Do. Leic. & Swanning. 8 per c. Guar. 1001. p Do. Preference ...51. p Norfolk Exten... all pd Do. Gr. 5% p ct. all p Do. Wavny. Val. 2/. p North British 5/. pd North Stafford all pd Oxf. Wor. & Wol., 15/. 6 per cent 101. pd Shrews. & Bir. N.G. all Shrews. & Ches. (N.W. Min.) 8 per c....a1l pd South Devon all pd St.-Est. 4% p c. 10/. pd Stb. York. 4 p c gd. 201. Stock. & Hart. gd. 5 p c until July 1,1856, all p Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent. 3/. pd York, Newc. & Ber. Gt. N. of E. Pur. all pd Do. Do Si. pd York & N. Midland H. and S. Parch. 10/. pd LINES LSD THE SHARE MARKETS. Railways. Nominal Prices. 13% to 13% 6~-i~ 10% -10% 11% —ll d. 17% - 18% 96 —9B 19 3 / 4 20 21% 21 X 15 —l3 d. 6 - 7 4 1 A, - 4 1 ,6 2TB - 314 6% - 6 4. 4 - , Iy B 16% - 17% 55 -60 31 -33 5 , 4 - 6 20 - - 6y B 14% -15 39% - 39 3 % 92 -92% 78 -80 8 % - 9 p 73 - 73%% 6 —5% dis. 4% —4 3 / 4 die. 18% 18% -831 1 10214 - 103% 123 - 124 SYB-5s I) 3% 8 —4% p 2 —2% p 92% 93 4 —3% dia. 3% —2% die. 10% 11% _2% 2%8 BRITISH RAILWAYS. Business done to-day. Railways. Bdf. & Bitch., all p Bi r.& Oxt., gua. all Do. without, all p Bir.Wolv. & Dud.,: guar all pd Do.without, all p Buckinghash. all p, Clydsdale Jc., all p E. Lin., gua. 6 per cent. all pd Gloucest. & Dean Forest... 22 1 4 pd Hartlepl. Dk. & S Railw....all pd 1 Hull & Selby, all p Do. Halves.,all p Do. Quartz, all p Leeds & Brdf., all p Lon. & Grenw., all Do. Pref all pd Loweitoft., gua. 4 per cent all pd Do. 6 p. et : all p Middlesbr' & Red car, 6 p. c., all p N. & E., 5 p. c., all 1)o.6 p. ct., all p Do. F. 5 p.c. all pd Prestn. & Wyre, all paid Do.illves, A, all p Read., G uildf., and Reigate ... all pd Roy. & Hit., 614 p Do. Shep. Ex., all Shf. Rth. & Goole, 5 p. c., 18.11.6 p S. Staffilsb., 9 1 / 2 p Wear Val. 6 p c., all Do. do. ... all pd Do. do. all pd WiltlA 64m., all fLeasing iCompanie: Lon.& NAV Gt. Wes tn. Do. Da. Do. Lon. &NAV Caledonian I ,Gt.Northn.l Gt. Westra. Yk.lNew.l l & Berw. Yk. &N. 9 . Do. Do. Midland IS. Eastern.. Do. . .... Norfolk Do. ~ Stktn &Darj E. Counties' Do. Do. L.& NMI & La. &Yf Do. S. Eastern-1 Gt. Northn.l Do. Le). & Yks MrAlgelean Stckt& Dar Do. IG&lVe§tra. 19 % 8% 9 16% 17 20% % Pm 72 74 123 k 27% 92% % 70% 69% 37 21% 14% 18% 25',( 25 4es. Pm "a pm 15 % 104;A 5% % 11 10% 10% 15% 111% RENTALS. 33% - 34% 3 —2% di& 70 70y 8 36 —3B 1*0%:- - i0i4 3 1 ,4 8 die. 83 -35 iO l ,l —lO dim. 3 dis. _7 3 / 4 8 —74 die. 6/ 8 dis. .1%-i . p. 23 1 A 23% 17% 17% x.d 11 —l2 7 36 —7% 3 1, /, —2% dis. 15 -16 7% - 8 11 -12 8% -2% (1. _._ 19% - 20 219 -21% 34% - 85 par —x p - 2%- 4% - 4 3 %- 51 1'9% - 20% ••• ••• 33 A die. 18% IgY a 7 2 7 4, 2 5 4 5 25 251,4 IXENCZ SH.&: -- die. 9 17% - 18% 5% - 6 3 -334 ni - 1 % 1 3 7A -1% p 13% - 13% 14% -15 3%- 4 14 7 / 8 - I%P - y g -- Y g di& 3%--B%P 12 12% 10% —11 1 ,4 13 —13% 5 As "As p 142 - 144 %dig.— %P 19% 20 5% —5% I% 2% 5 —5% 7 8 - 1 % p 10 - 10% 16% - 16% 15 -16 1% --1 die. % -• % 16% - 17 VA - 4X % die. li p 6T rxxzzo Nominal Price& aO —3l 29 —3O 29% - 3 0 % 28 1 4 - 29% 18 - 18% 45 -47 35 - 35% 4- 5 p 11111 -112 55 -56 25 -27 101'-102% 12;i-13 25 -26 17 -18 '6 -s2 ... ... p 22 -23 9 - 9 9 - 9 .1% -- 1 . dis. 29 : aii .6 % iOO% 13% %;k 7% 'A 10% % 22% Ld 7% % Business to-day. FOREIGN. Nominal Prices. Business done Railways. to-day. Cent. France (0.V.) all 22% 23% Charl. & Erquel. all pd 13 —l5 Demerara all pd . . Dutch Rheni s h... Bl. pd .3% 3 % dis. East Indian 18/. pd 4 P Do. Do 20/. pd . . —-- Gt. Indian P en i n . a ll p p Do. Do. 4% pd % Louv. a la Sambre • • Luxembourg l3/. pd 4% 45% Do. Do. (Railway) 10/. pd 3% —3% Do. (Canal) ...2s. p pd s Maria Antonia 27i pd 8 —lO Do. New B% pd . . . Namur & Liege all pd 6 —6% North. of Fraoce,l6l.pd 22% 231 x.d x.d Do. 20/. 3 p c. Bds, all p 13% 137 8 Orleans & Bor 11/. pd 4 —4% p Paris & Lyons „XL pd 4% —4% p 10% Paris & Orleans all pd 45 —47 Paris & Rouen ...all pd 2 9 1 /0 —3O Paris & Stras. ...all pd 21% 21 7 / s 21% Rouen & Havre...all pd 11 1 / 111,E Sambre &Meuse all ;A 4% 4 1 4 % St. Andrew's & Quebec (A) 4/. pd . . Tours & Nantes 17/. pd 5 3 % 5i% dis. West Flanders...B% pd 3 West. of France 61. pd 1% —1% p MINER. Agua Fria all pd p Anglo-Californian, all p % p Asturian 151. p ••• Australasian 2/. pd 1 p Australian 51. pd 1 / I Austr. Freehold all pd % % dis. Avo Maria all pd % dis. Blaenarvon I. & C. all p Brit. Austr. Gold all pd 1% % die. British Iron 131. 15s. p Braz. Im. (is. sp) 24% 2 Do. Coca. & Cui. all p Do. St. Joh. del R. 15/. ... 27 Carson's Creek.. .all pd par p Cobra Copper pd Colonial Gold 11 pd % Copiapo 141 pd ; . Eng. & Aust. Cop. all p % p 4j B General all pd Gold Mountain all pd 3% —•% dis. Great Polgooth all pd % 1 dis. Lake Bathnrst all pd 3% % dis. Lon. & Cal. Gld Quartz Crush Corn. all pd & S. Amer. 91. p . Nouveau Monde all pd %dis. % p 1 Port Philip .. . pd par p 1 1 % Quartz Rock all pd %dis. par Santiago de Cuba 10% 10% —ll% Tin Croft 7l. pd 11 —l2 United Mexican all pd West Mariposa all pd % die Australasia JOINT-STOCK. BANES. all pd Brit. Nth. A mer . all pd 64 —55 Colonial 25/. pd 12% —l3 Com. of London 20/. pd 25 —26 Lon. & County 20/. pd London Jt. Stk. 101. pd 18 18 3 / - Lon. & Westm. 20/. pd 28 3 / 297% Nat. Prov. Eng. 351. pd Do. New Nat. of Ireland 22 % p 1 . 7% 17 Orient. Bk. Corp. all pd 34 —36 Prov. of Ireland 251 pd. 44% 45% Do. New....,,., all pd 15% 1 6% Union of Aus:ral. all pd 43 43 1 % Do. New .. 2% pd 3 Union of London 10/. p 14% —15%% Union of Madrid all pd MISCELLANEOUS. Austral. Roy. Mail, 2 p . . Canada .. . ...... 32% pd 48 49 1 % Eastern Steam...2s. pd . . Gen. Stm. Nay. 14/. pd 28% —29 Gen. Screw Steam Ship ping Company •.• Irish Beetroot Sug. 2i p Penin. & Or. St. 11 pd 81 —B2 Do. Do. ...151. pd 33 33 1 / 4 Royal Mail Stm. 60/. pd 76% —77 Universal Emigration and Colonization, 2/. p MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The toles of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 15.000 bales, of which 2,000 American were taken for exp rt, and 4,000 American and 1,000 Surat on speculation. The market was animated, and closed firmly with American. common Brazil and Egyptian per lb. higher. Other sorts without change. The sales com prised i, Lo t , o oo 7 o o A .; merican, 1,500 61d. to 61d.; 2,000 Egyptian, at sirl. to 9kd.; 1,000 Surat, at 3d. to 4id. ; and 150 Sea Island, at Is. 3d. to Is. 9d. per lb.—Eailway Shares were dull, at lower prices. - The publio sales of Indigo have ben progressing very satisfactorily, the quantity declared being 7,356 chests. The qualities of Bengal are about two-thirds good and fine, _tied oric-third snick and - urd.-; the -Kew-paha -two thirds good and fine, and one-third mid. and ord.; the Bimlapatam mid, and ord.; and the Manilla ord. On the first day 930 chests passed, of which 730 were sold; and yesterday 1,422 passed, and 922 were pur chased. Good and fine Kurpah sold with fair spirit at an advance of 6d. to 9d. per lb. on February rates. Ma dras went 6a. higher for the lower qualities, end Bengal at 6d. to 81 per lb. advance. There is a fair attendance of buyers from the manufacturing districts and the Continent. Tho six weeks' average price of Wheat is 40e. 11d. per quarter. - At a meeting held this morning of the shareholders in the Provincial Bank of England, a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent, per annum was declared, with a bonus at the rate of 2 per cent. per annum, realized by the excellent management of the directors. Some official . pap ers re l at i ng to emigration to the North A mer.ican colonies h ave b een compiled, containing interesting information. To the end of the season of 1851 the number of emigrants, exclusive of Cabin pas sengers, embarked from Europe was 39,563, to which 59 births on the routine being added, gives the total at 3 9 , 622. Th e d eat h s at sea amounted to 210, and 51 in quarantine, together making the mortality 261, leaving the number landed in Canada 39,361, to which 609 classed as cabin passengers must be added, and also 1,106 from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, making the . total number of em i grants landed in the colony 41,076. This number, as compared with that of 1850, shows an in crease of 8,784, or nearly 28 per cent. The number of vessels engaged in the passenger trade from Europe generally was 337, measuring 148,328 tons. Of this number 17 were foreign vessels, measuring 5,329 tons, 10 of which were from the continent, 87 from the United Kingdom. The total number cf adult emigrants was 32,573, while the tonnage of the vessels could have carried 68,695, exclusive of crews. Objections are made to the promotion of emigration in the late season of the year of those who are very scantily supplied, as the suffer legs and dis c o m f ort o f suc h are great. The emigrants during the past year were all able to get employment immediately, owing to the good demand for labour that prevailed. To the United States emigration cortinues steadily, and the number of emigrants arrived at New York shows an in crease over 1850 of 76,805. Of the whole number, viz, 289,601, considerably More than half were from Ireland, 30.742 from England acd Waler, and 7,302 from Scot land. It was supposed that full rates of wages for the present year would be fully sustained, and the demand for labour continues. At St. John's, New Brunswick, 1,700 emigrants arrived during the past season. In that city labourers were i n d eman d, an d wages high. For all description s o f l a b our t h e mar k et w as inade quately supplied. Farm l a b oure r s an d domestic servants were much in request for the country, yet there are scarcely any who proceed to the rural districts. rat T h h er e fi A rm ms e t r e , r th dani e T S w t o o fa k nd M -a a - r H ke a t l , f opnerthCeeultlehbelinnsgtiowlears ably animated at 61 1-16 to *. Mexican also were better. The amount of bullion in the Bank of England will, in the return to be published in to-morrow evening's Gazette, exceed twenty millions sterling. The gold by the Statesman from Port Philip, valued at about 210,0001., but probably worth more, has been received in London, arid that vessel was reported yesterday at the Customs. The English Stock Market has been much more buoyant, and there has been an increased business doing. The Pacific issue of the fite at Paris, and the extraordinary abundance of money, exercise an in guenc.. Consols have been 99i to for Transfer, and are now 99i For Account they have been 99i the present quotation being 99i Exchequer-bills arc 633. to 665., and Indian Bonds 81s, premium. The Foreign Securities have been fluctuating again. Mexican have rallied to 32 and 32f, being now 34 to j. The New aro 25 to I. Grenada Steck is worth 9k for the Deferred. Spanish Three per Cents. have been at 47, and the Deferred at 20i to 21. Brazilian Old Stock is worth 981. Peruvian Bonds have been marked 104. Dutch Two-and•a.llulf per Cents. are 61k. Railway Shares have been rather weak, and in some cases lower, but the rates of "continuation" are more reasonable than on the last account day, varying from five to ten per cent. on the better class of shares, op to eighteen per cent. per annum for those of a more speculativa character. There is still considerable con fidence in an early rise in prices. French Shares are heavy. The Gold Mine Shares aro remarkably quiet, con sidering the favourable news received from Australia and from the Ague Fria district. The Copper com panies aro about the same. Nothing has been done in Joint-stock Banks or Steam Navigation Companies. The last week's Railway Receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under:— 1852. Great W. stern £17.886 North-Western South-Western 11,764 Brighton Midland South-Eastern North Stafford 4915 Caledot•ian Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire York and North Midland Newcastle and Berwick 14,303 1851. £17,174 45,524 10,355 9,410 20,120 12,104 4,963 7,887 10,313 15,410 6,814 13,965 QUARTER TO THREE. Consols 99 Ditto Account s 410_9_ 891 i BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK (From the Official List.) _ Bank Stock -- - - - - - - 220 %, 8 per Cent. Reduced Aunrities ..... 1 , 8 , A, 7 / 8 a par Cont. Consols Anne. New 3 1 4 per Cent. Ana ong .4 , r.nuities, Ex 1 , . Jan. sth, 1860... 6 13-16 ' In lia Stock — Do. Bonds, 10001 Bl p Consols for Account 9 9 1 /04 EKoh , ouer Bale. 1 1 Ad. March. June. 1,0001. .. — 66 63 p 500 i. — 66 63 P Small 7O p 663 P PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 9 8 3 /4 Grenada, 116 per Cent ..... .... Do. Ex Dec. Coup on s 1849 Ditto Deferred Mexican !Rinds, 1818, 5 per Cent — , / - Ditto Account Ditto 3 per Cent. Peruvian Bonds 1849, 6 per Cent.. Ditto Account Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent — . Ditto 4 1 4 per Cent 10 3 14 Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent bpankb Bonds. 3 i••er Cent. ...... , 47 s. Ditto, New Deferred ..... Divident's on the above payabl e in Loncloi. Dutch 2 1 4 per Cent., 12 Guild • LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(THIS DAY ' ) LONDON, MAY 13.—Wind this day at noon S.S. light bre( r2s and cloudy weather, with light rain to time;. MARANHAM, MARCH 23.--The Gipsy arrived tu rd on the 18th inst , afttr being on shore on the Corte Grande, in St. Marcos Bay, is very leaky, and has bee n placed in quarantine, four of her crew having died fro' yellow fever. MARYPORT.—The Hope, from Dublin, is OR 0b° 1.6 but expected eff with little damage. ANTWERP, MAY 12.—Th e J mei ShePherd, American ship, sailed hence ye.terday for Ne w and got on shore in the River; Yoi damage. The Charlemagne, henc e c" e to off N w ew ith Y s o P rr rvle:s spoken 17th April, totally dismasted. VEAL,MAY 12.—Wi n d S.W. by W. t o 5. W .,,‹ Arrd. W. etis, Batavi a f or A mster d am; B a lder, 1 :,; Janeiro for Copenhag en; P r i ncess S op hi a, B;taTig Amsterdam; Neptune, Bahia tor - Altona; ConstitiO° l3 Porto Cabello for Copenhagen; Peter Cornelius, Z °° : Hoop, Batavia for Seheedarn ; Malyiniello, Sierra 10"„ for Sunderland; Intrepid, Algoa Bay ; Ell en p e rkie 6 Mobile for Gothenburg; Sarah and Elizabeth, Detne r t li t t Chapmans, ditto; Gilbert Munro, St. L uc i a; E c lipse "" h ., Cape Packet, Jamaica; Neord, Boston. Sid. Propon' Cape of Good Hope. LIVERPOOL, MAY 12.—Wind 'opt?, Calcutta; City of Lincoln, New Orleans; Ph:o4i ranbam; Favourite, Havannah; Horizon, New Orl e y; Queen Pomare, ditto; Jane, Apalachicola. Sld..L l „i',„ Barbadoes; Pudyona, New York. Off port, Charleston; Ailsa ship, with rudder damaged; . .el s ° ship, Australia. rllism COWES, MAY 12.—Wind Brodrich, Havannah. BRISTOL, MAY 12.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. B re tr ii b r e ; Africa; was in contact, in the River, with she ..- steamer, for Cardiff, which bad her bows stove in. i rif- PENARTH ROADS.—Arrd. Alarm, City Pointe ginia. bs . IN THE MUMBLES, MAY 12.—Owen G.en.oste-it r C u QUEENSTOWN, MAY IL—Wind W.S.W.—aur Victory, Mauritius. SCARBOROUGH.—SId. Trusty, Quebec. '/ BRIDLINGTON, MAY 12.—Wind S.S.W., atr °l3 ' . iti Arrd. Auguste, Grangemouth for Hull, as sisted,. 4 leaky, and with loss of bowsprit, from contact f schooner. MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAT) NEWSATII AND IMADZNIIII.I.3. r i ce . The general demand was in a s l ug gi s h state, ye. i t P o o, were mostly supported. Beef, from 2s to 3e;. 2s 4d to 3s 6d; Lamb, 4s to 5s 2d; Veal, 3s to 3 3 Pork, 2s 4d to 3s 8d per Blbs by the carcase. HILT PrIATOLETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 31 105 Od to 41 100 Clover ditto, 31 153 to 5/ 03; and Straw, 1/ 53 to 11 105 I load. A fall average supply, and a steady trade- 0 ,1; CUMBERLAND. —Meadow Hay, 31 103 Od to 41 125 Clover ditto, 31125 to 4/18s; and Straw, 11 55 to 11118 r load. Trade firm, a t f u ll quotat i ons . Od; WHITECHAYEL.—Meadow Hay, 3/ 108 to 41. 105 Clover ditto, 3/ 15s to 5/ Os; and Straw, 1/ 65 to 11 108 r load. Supply moderate, and trade tolerably firm. MEAT SOUTHALL, MAY 12.—Prime Beasts and Sheep Ile" in steady r eq u es t, e t l as t wee k' s currency. In o th er kinds of stock comparatively little business was "r 3 0 acted. Beef, from 2a 8d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 2t 10u t t, 3s 8d; Lamb, 4s 4d to ss; Veal, 3s 2d to 33 8d; 1 " . 3s 4d to 3s 8d per 81bs, to sink the effals. l e ROMFORD, MAY 12.—Tho general demand hair ru very inactive, as follows:—Beef, from 2s 6d to 5116 1 Mutton, 2s Si to 33 8d; Lamb, 4s 2d to 53 2a; II.; 38 to 3s 8d; Pork, 38 2d to 3s 61 per 81ba; Sti c k.lf Calves, 18s to 238; quarter-old store Pigs, 16s to 17" and Mitch Cows, with their small Calf, 141 to 181 eac h :. MAY 1 1 —Our market bas been fist, at bsrau stationary pric s. Beef, from 2s 10E110 - 331qt; s s.. lo ' 2s 103 to 3s 8d; Lamb, 4a 81 to 5s 4d; veal, 39 3s Si per 81bs. CORN AVERAGES GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CO E : 4I 4Oe rn For the Week ended May 6, 18 52, made up f rom t h e Retu",, L ath In-pectore in the diff eren t Citi es and T owns i n E ng land and " per Imperial Quarter. wIILAT. I Benttr. I I OATS. EYE. PRICE .. I 4ls Id 28s Id 19s 8d 303 8d l3o sslAl l b si 31::964 DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. 0 0 ,1 WHEAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. I RYE. I BEAN°. 1 0 1. Oat Is Od Is Od Is Od Is (d QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEE• Deal* Wheat, 98,660; Barley, 19,267; Oats, 19,960; Rye, 50; ; Pe as, 73i quarters, CRIMINAL COURT--(THIS OLD COURT. (Before Baron PLATT.) his Josep h .Nczenchy, aged 28, described to 1 h i l l man, pleaded guilty to a charge of unlawfully, three months of bzt,kruptcy, obtaining of Thema! , iu , berfoss Foster and diverse other persons a large quan-ae of le-.o end silk goods, value 9,000/ with intent t 0 fraud them thereof. Mr. CLARKSON, who appeared for the proareutil; stated that the origins! liabilities of the lol a , amounted to 20,0001., and he absconded. He Was. . ll L- 1 " 0 1. wards taken at Rotterdam, when a sum of between and 8001. was found upon him, which he readilt up, while subsequently, through his own personal es eh t does, a further sum of 1,5001. was recovered for benefit of the estate. coed Mr. BALLAN TINE , who was for the defence, CO this statement, and added that the p r i son er bad d e° ., everything in his pow e r to s h ow his contr i t i o n for al' past misconduct. it Mr. Barcn P LATT sa id, under these circumstanc es would be necessary for the Court to take time to c01:15,i, der the judgment which ought to be passed upon the prisoner. —Sentence deferred. T -H(ch REVIEW IN Sr. JAMES'S PARE THIS A ....mat.. —The Parade in St. James's Park attracted an concourse of persons. Soon after nine o'clock the ti l ,r.`„e battalions of the Grenadier, Coldstream, and Fusld' Guards from the Wellington, Charing-cross, and Portrase; street barracks, headed by their respective bands, „,' 4. ,. cr a n ' marched to the ground and formed in li ne f rom the tif c , Egyptian gun to as mortar on the other side of the O r d also along the' wall by the Admiralty. The regitneri t pit Royal Horse Guards Blue, with th e i r sp l en di d b an d in , state unif rm, was stationed opposite Lady Dover's bo o ed near the Treasury, upon whose balcony was a distingui sh 3 l party of the fashionable world. At ten o'clock his 13 % r Highness Prince Alb er t, i n t h e uniform of the Filea-ee G D u n a k r e d e s, f mr tnn el e lt l - i h n i g chh , e is Colon e l, en d accompa nied h 3. ',- his Royal Highness the Duke of re bridge, and a brilliant staff of officers, rode into the and proceeded along the line, the bands playing the S et `'t . Anthem. The gallant party then took their station n ee d t the Horse Guards, end the troops marched past in slow Agad quick time. They were then again formed in line rri t •-za having gone through the usual evolutions, their iloYal ne , ses and the Duke left the ground. The morning disagreeable from a drizzling ram, but the thousands of Per sons present bore it patiently. re INTEENATIoNAL POSTAGE.—It does not r-, pad antics professed political economist to know that excessive ' ov a, invariably defeat the object they are designed to aub s ijo g ; and instead of augmenting revenue, create intagki to thus proving at one and the same time prejudier; ,et finance and detrimental to morality. It may be safe „Joon down, as an indisputable fact, that there is riot a P - s ad in the hundreds of the hundreds of thousands who Cl o re, re-cross betwixt Dunkerque, Dover, Boulogne, t 0 01 Dieppe, and their corresponding port s , who does ne , ers g,e, one or more letters ; and taltiug a very moderate gold founded on experience and inquiries at this port, we ;ivy, set down the number at three for each individual. e i ti g computing the number of passengers coming ae d g olY through here daily at three hundred (which is conslderta of inside the mark), we arrive at the respectable aggregt ts ke nine hundred letters per day, an amount we th e to say, much larger than that go i ng through 50et, timate channel, while some of the documents are et . co rpulent dimensions, th at t h e most capac i ou s resealed swallow them with re l uc t ance. W e w i l l fi n i s h the a oll lation by multiplying the number stated by 18—the Tota l between the French an d E ng li sh rates— wh i c h g ives a_ da y, of 835 francs, or, i n B r i t i s h co i n, of 331. 8 e. 4d. PF` A numbers, magnitud 2 1 , 2 4 0 u 4 i 5 te L s p uffi er cie a n n t nr. Th is e, s m u a m ki o n f g ve i r n y ro g u re n a d t we would o ive troef,;inrmviteinoffithciealp ieneqtaulir3(;pa,emirtthmaenvtie; for wt it is prettyosomecornngreierany tbie admitted, both in th e ol d world and the new , that ehn n e read teeming age, every facility should be afforded to the 1 , or and interchange of knowledge, be it literary, scienti acir qcuomireni:eracit.l_l, B an o d ub t .g h i a: 7 f ,z i . s n c le a s l . ministers should ex trec . t a l an' income rather by taxing the corn oreal than the mental abou t DtTEICAIINED SUICIDE.--Tuesday morning,. ea ja ore o'clock, a gentleman named Henry Birch expired Charing cross Ile:Tital in cousequence of wounds whi ch inflicted inflicted on himself. The deceased (a native of Gera" Bury" lodged at the house of Madame Cirr, at Ne- 7 i!t . rat ter , street, St. James's, and was observed to have been I,t ernocr , low spirits for a few days 'past. On Tuesday a, l ± cease d's about four o'clock, a loud report was beard in nr found the room, and on the attendants proceeding there they _ jog° unfortunate gentleman lying on the ground with a afttee ly pistol firmly grasped in his right band, bleeding r a P,et been from a desperate wound in the head. No cause has 3 discovered to account for the dreadful act. arres t RAILWAY OAINIBUs FxpRESSES• --- Thew,,th Dll Western Railway have established , in connexion tied their trains, express omnibuses that convey passengeo'f,ing, their luggage from Paddington to the City wit hout st Vl' at shilling fares. known Customs us e l e a nl av o e lin d a i , r m e , c h t ie e h d itshaptrodaucgeudanfrt,Lents' osavft,l°il: duty of 4?;(1. per cwt., as wheat meal, and have is L tif;n o soaked articlerlhe in water, kiln-dried and sifted, be admit.tn:i, orders tit to their (t a nkers in the ports to admit similar iil 3 Pr" the game rate 91 ditty ih future, THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDA Y EVENING, MAY 13, 1852. i