The Sun. — London, England, 1852-05-07 00:00:00

THE WEATHER.—Box OFFICE, MAT 7 . THERMOXISTER, IX THE SHADS. 51—highest since noon yesterday. 42—lowest this morning and daring the night. CO—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30.16. Wnin W.S.W.—cloudy, with occasional sunshine. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. - Mate of the Wind and Weather at each of the following Planes at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations Are Kr ,— , . "'igen in order of latitude. PLO —Wind nt PORTSMOU N.E., strong breeze—partially cloudy. B ain , Tos TltWind N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. Tt AsTmas ....4., ,ll d N.E., gentle breeze—cloudless. SouruAb t p. ro :V.E._,,, , , rentle breeze—partially cloudy. Foraczerwsz_liv. I . nd W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. TeissmnnE—w in int .. light airs—partially cloudy. . ration—wind N.E. gentle breeze— cloudless. swmporr_wina‘J-.7.gentle breeze—cloudless. baGHToN—Wind light airs—overcast. 4;ozzEsaTEL_witil k,..sahn—partially cloudy. CANBRIDGE—.Wind §'. ‘ v ve, gentle breeze—partially cloudy. Id , strong breeze—partially cloudy. YARMOUTH—Wind Ni. .2:o,negal breeze—partially cloudy. ELP-mrsOHAM— Wind pawl: minis—Wind S., gentleT)reeze—partially cloudy. o hm —overcast. The returns from the following th, 3 wind and weather on N‘se llace3 indicate the state of :-- indicate morning at nine o',:lock L ast „, /cg —Wind W.. calm—cl ou dl ess. I: AY:Low—Wind N.W. , gentle b reeze—part:ally cloudy. mri.L4 ,, GAit — Wind N.. gentle breeze—Plly cloudy. Po:cm—Wind N.E., calm—cloudless.artia I A nMOUTH— Wind S.W., calm—cloudless. ilm.yrnan--Wind E., gentle breeze—y —,. u e••Y ne. SnAp— W ind N. W., calm overcast. - ? fx:\eN 4144 • 9,1.7/ $,Vt. P -. s • - _ The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER is naturally desirous of avoiding all responsibility oa account of " the stand-still budget"—of showing that it was merely a provisional arrangement rendered necessary by peculiar circumstances, but which was by no means in accordance with his own views and feelings. He not only now declares that it was his intention to express no opinion on any subject whatever—" that he had confined himself to bringing before the House what he believed to be a complete view of our finan cial position ;" but, also, that he was compelled to terminate his observations by making a proposition which abstractedly, as a measure of finance, he did not approve of. We confess that we had hoped that the Right Hon. Gentleman, although recognising the necessity for renewing the obnoxious impost for a limited period, would yet have made some attempt to have rendered it more equitable in its operation, and to have removed some of the most urgent complaints preferred against it. We readily admit that he could not during the pre sent session, and in the face of a hostile—possibly a factious majority, introduce the amendments which would render the measure permanently acceptable to the community. He could not completely abro gate the system of exemptions in accordance with the unanimous recommendation of the Select Committee —a matter which would be perfectly just and reason able with respect to a property-tax, but which would be perfectly impracticable in relation to a charge on wages or profits. He might, however, have made some distinction between permanent and temporary in comes, between certain and fluctuating receipts. As we have already repeatedly pointed out, Schedule D might be modified so as to render it much more ac ceptable to the country, and to give some ap pearance of fairness to the impost, without entailing a.loss . to the revenue exceeding half a million sterling. The change, too, would hare been clearly one of a temporary character, not entailing any de gree of responsibility on any party, or binding those b y w hom it was supported down to any definite course. It would be within the power of the Financial Minister bringing forward the next budget, whoever he may be, to deal with the question, Without reference to the temporary, Or more pro perly speaking, provisional arrange ment. It is m anifest that if the s y s t em o f non-exemption be fully carried out, if every person, no matter what may b e th e amoun t of his resources, be compelled to c on t r ib u t e t o t h e liquidation of the national liabilities and the mainte nance of the national establi s h ments i n proportion to that to t a lly different principle fr om any yet adopted with reference -tax," b u t exact l y simi lar to that was call e d th e l an d- tax n "i dr wn e c d h " income - tax," sixty years s i nce. It 000 t whicheo hundred an u wwoasuldf,rainindeede n d, be impossible to follow every person, however humble his condition and scanty his re to ascertain th e amount of his sources, in order earnings, and to compel the stipulated payment on account thereof—most pro babl y after the entire amount had been expended, an d when, perhaps, the p ar t y was unable to procure the com mon necessaries of life for his family. But there cou ld be no such diffi culty t y, with respect to accumulated and realized prop ert y, which would itself provide t he means of satisf y i ng any demand, public or private, that could be pre ferred with respect thereto. The mere fact, then, of the unanimous decision in favour of the abolition of ex emptions, goes far to show that the Committee have also decided in favour of placing the tax on income SMITHFEELD. The supply of Beasts here to-day was but moderate, and in very middling condition. For all breeds the de mand was in a sluggish state, yet Monday's ad vanee in the quotations was supported, the primest Scots having sold at 3s 6d per Sibs. We had a steady inquiry for Sheep—the numbers of which were not large—at full currencies. The primest old Downs, out of the wool, were quoted at 33 8d per 81bs. Although the arrivals of Lambs were on the increase, the inquiry for that description of stock was firm, at previous rates, viz., 43 2d to 55 4d per Sibs. From the Isle of Wight we received 483 head. Calves were steady, and quite as dear as last week; but Pigs commanded very little al teration. A cargo of Bullocks is on passage to South ampton from Oporto. Mulch Cows were in better re quest than for some time past, at from 141 to ISI each, including their small Calf. Per 81ha. to sink the offal. S. d. to s. d. S. (I. to S. d Inferior Beasts..... 2 4 2 6 Inferior Shoop .... 3 6 2 8 Second quality •• 2 8 3 0 Second qual. Sheep 210 3 2 Prime large Oxen•• 3 2 3 4 Coarse-weolleddittc3 2 3 4 ?rime Scots 3 4 3 6 Southdown Wether 3 6 3 8 Largo coarse Calves 210 3 6 Ditto out of the wool° 0 0 0 Prime %wall ditto .. 3 a 4 0 Large flogs •. • • 2 6 3 4 Suckling Calves ..19 0 23 0 Small Porker■ .. • • 3 G 3 8 Lambs •• •• •• •••• 4 2 5 4 Quarter old Pigs ..1G 0 19 0 TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. Sheep. I Calves. I Pita. 6,000 285 250 Beasts. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts I Sheep. I I Cal veg. I Pigs, 84 364 110 NEWGILTEI AND LEADENHALL. The general demand was in a sluggish state, yet prices were mostly supported. At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. S. d. to s. d. Beef, inferior•• 2 0 2 2 Mutton, interior .. 2 4 2 middling .... 2 4 2 6 middling.. 2 1 210 primelarge 2 6 2 8 prime .• •• 3 0 3 6 prime small 210 3 2 Pork,large•—• •• 2 4 210 Vtal• ••• • • •• 2 8 310 5ma11........ 3 0 3 G Lamb, 43 Od to 53 21. BOROUGH HOP MAREET. All new Hops are in somewhat improved request, at very full prices; but the quantity on offer is limited. Old qualities command very little attention; but year lings are quite as dear. Sussex pockets, 5183 to 6165; Weald of Kent 6/ to 715 e; Mid and East Kent, 71to 121 10s; Yearlings 31 103 to 51 10s; Old Old; 11 23 to 2/ 103 per cwt. THE EASTERN UNION ARRANGEMENT BILL. PREFERENCE SHAREHOLDERS. The Committee for watching over the interests of these Share uolders, beg to inform the Holders of Scrip Certificates for Preference ',bares, that a MEETING has been convened (by circular) of the Registered Holders of such Shares, and of those Holders of Scrip r:::rtificates whose addresses are known, such Meeting to be held at Radley's Hotel, Bridge-street, Blackfriars, on Mosney neat, the 10th instant, at Twelve o'clock at Noon, to take into consideration the oposed amendments to the provisions of the above Bill, so far as cairn eaffect the Preference Shares. The Holders of Scrip Certificates who have not received circulars iehereby requested to attend the said Meeting, and in the mean eto forward their names and addresses to the undersigned, in rder that full information on the subject may be given to them. JAS. WASON, 4, Stone -buildings, Lincoln's Inn, Secretary to the Committee, pro hac vice. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. First Night of Don Pasquale. On THURSDAY next, May 13, Will be presented Donizetti's admired Opera, DON PASQTJALE. rina, Madlle. Sofie Cravelll ; Ernesto, Signor Calzolari ; Dr. la Signor Ferranti ; Don Pasquale, Signor Lablache. After which the last act of MARIA DE ROHAN, Maria, Mme. Fiorentini ; Armando, Mdlle. Ida Bertrand ; RI- Car 4 ( Signor Calzolari ; De Fiesque, Signor Fortin' ; Enrico, Signor Fertottl. With various Entertainments in the Ballet Department by 3ladlle. Guy Stephan, Madlles. Rosa, Esper, Lamoureux, Allegtini, Pascales, MU. Di Mattia and Mathieu. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the 80x w.1...;e, Opera Colonnade, Haymarket. ROYAL MARIONETTE THEATRE, ADELAIDE-STREET, Wit:ST STRAND. THIS EVENING, and every evening during the week, A uew Characteristic Address, by the Manager. Alter which a new Piece, entitled THE HAPPY MANAGER - A D:umsticlenity. In one act. To bo followed by a new and original Burlesque, called THE PIItIT OF PUNCH; or, The Arcadian Brothers. conclude with an entirely new version of the Grand Eastern apec - tac'e of ALADDIN ; or, The Wonderful Lamp , p roduced with all the vast resources of this small establishment. Doors open at Half-past Seven, and commence at Eight o'clock. A Morning Performance To-Morrow. Doors open at Half-past Two, and commence at Three o'clock. There will shortly be produced several New Pieces, which are now In active rehearsal. Private Boxes and Stalls to be had at the Box-office of the flik,it:e, and of all the principal Librarians. HER M.:I..TESTY'S THEATRE. First Night of Ernani. TO-MORROW, WIU be presented Verdi's Opera, ERNANI. s o ne Crnvelli ; Enaani, Signor Calzolari ;Ray Elvira, Signor Fortini ; Carlo V., Signor flon:ez, Signor Benet' lag° , Ferlotti. Between the acts a Lemon GRAND PAS, by Madlle. Guy Stephan, E spe r, reux, Allegrini, &c. Madlle.. Rosa, Te conclude with a new Ballet Divertissement by M. Gosselin, the 3 1 , 4 ; c co mposed and arranged by M. Vadaud, entitled LA FETE DES ROSIERES. By Madlle. Carolina Rosati, Madlles. Rosa, Esper, Lamoreux, and ; 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 OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Third Night of Les Huguenots. Third appearance this season of Signor Mario. The directors have the honosir to announce that TO-MORROW wall be performed Meyerbeces Grand Opera, LES TI UG UENOTS. Valentina, Madame Grisi ; Margarita di Valois, Madame Castel lan ; Dama d'Onore, Madlle. Cotti ; Urban°, Madlle. Seguin ; Mar cello, Herr Formes ; Il Conte di San Brig, Signor Polonird ; Il Conte de Nevem, Signor Tagliatico ; De Cosse, Signor Luigi Mei ; De Retz, Signor Gregorio ; the Hugenot Soldier, Signor Soldi ; Meru, Signor Rommi; Raul di Nangis, Signor Mario. The Incidental Divertissement will be supported by Madlles. Ko lemberg and Leblond ; M. Flusse and M. Ruault. 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 Season), at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open from Eleven till Five o'cloek ; and of the principal librarians and ta usicsellers. TI.I.EATRE ROYAL, ILA:MARKET. Mr. B Webster, Sole Len.sca and Manager, 011 Brompton. THIS EVENING, Will be performed an entirely new comic Drama, entitled MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS, by Messrs. B. Webster, Leigh Murray, Buckstone, and Keeley ; Mrs. Stirling, Miss Reynolds, &c. After which a new Burlesque on a frightfully popular subject, to be called 0, GEMINI ; or, the Brothers of Co(u)rse. Characters by Messrs. Buckstone, Bland, Woolgcr ; Mesdames Buckingham, Col ins. Caulfield. Honey, Sze. To conclude with BOX AND COX, by Messrs. Keeley and Buck stone. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. TAssee, Mr. ft. Webster : Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, `,111,1 be performed a new Drama of powerful interest, called THE IQUE.BN OF THE MARKET. Characters by Messrs. Hughes, 0. owl al, Paul Bedford, Emery, Honey, Worrell ; Mesdames Chaplin, ilarding, and Keeley. After ' which, a de - vilish new Extravaganza, called MEPHISTO i' ti gLES. Characters by Mr. Honey, Miss Fitzwilliam, and Miss %Y olgar. With WHO STOLE THE POCKET-BOOK? or, a Dinner for Six, 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 Phillips, Murray, Robertson, and C. LeQlercq. After which A LUCKY FRIDAY, in which Mr. A. Wigan will appear. To conclude with a new and original Fairy Tale (compressed into ono act), entitled WITTIKIND AND HIS BROTHERS . or, the Seven Swan Princes and the Fair Melusine. 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 Rosby, Belton, Baker, Suter, Horncastle, Roil4re, Butler, and Homier ; Madams Vestris, Miss Laura Keene, 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. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager. Mr. W. Farren. THIS EVENING, Will be performed HONESTY THE BEST POLICY. After which GRANDFATHER WHITEHEAD. Grandfather Whitehead, Mr. W. Farren. To conclude with THE CAMBERWELL BROTHERS ; or, The Mystic Milkman. kSTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. railer the Patronage of her Majesty and hislloyal Highness Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. The most successful and popular Theatre in London. 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. To be followed by P.atty's Inimitable Scenes of the Arena. To conclude with a Laughable farce. Tickets to be had at the Box-office from Eleven till Four daily. Stage Manager, Mr. Leclercq. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tau DAY —3lcrning 1 min. after 4 I Evening 22 min after 4 To-Afousow—Morning 45 min. atter 4 1 Evening S min after t .. 11 ,tt .114116 _ _ LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1852. Amendments in various important laws affecting the rights of prop er t y have been intro d uc ed during the course of the last few sessions ; but, among t hese, none with greater unardrnity than those connec ted with the progress of the ar t s and sciences. As bril liant and conclusive evidence of this, it is only ne cessary to regard the rapidity with which the Bill re lating to Patent Inventions has passed through the House of Lords, reaching this evening, indeed, thOtage of its second reading in the House of Commons. Although the evils which this projected enactment is intended to dissipate have been of very long con tinuance, it has only been within a comparatively recent period that they have been dragged to light by the industry of reformers, who have exulted in the humane task of their exposure. The Great Industrial Exhibition came, moreover, precisely at the right rn_ , crnent to aid in forwarding the efforts of these re fooners to th - rust the matter upon the serious con sidvration of the Le,isl consequence of these enxiibined circumstancesaure. In the folly of the system Eitherto practised has been recognised • h t with more . remarkable readiness by the o House of Parlia rt.:Ent, than almcq any other .ruinous practice ever before suhmitt'd to their judgment. From the out- *e t it was apparent that the labourers in the fields of science were subjected to more ter • rible ordeals, in the way o f impediments and disappointments, than almost any other class of men in the Whole cOmmu rdf:y. Toiling as th e y were in the loftiest paths of intellect, striving as they were to attain the marvel ous results of chemical anaNysis and mechanical com binations, absorbed as they were, in the majority of instances, in the profounder researches of philosophy -they were, in consequence of the odious regulation of the law, involved in such an intricate webwork of chicanery, that they were more liable than any other members of the population to be ruined in the very act of benefiting their fellow-creatures. Occasionally, it was true, that some extraordinary "exception" illus trated, according to the old saying, the existence and the force of the rule, as in the instance of the shock headed barber ARKWRIGHT, who rose to the dignity of a millionaire. These, however, like the angelic vi sitants of the bard of Hope, were " few and far be tween"-the vast majority cf men of science, whose discoveries in chemistry and inventions in mechanics tended so conspicuously to enhance the comforts and, not unfrequently, to extend the luxuries of their fellow-citizens, being in the very endeavour to render those disc overies and inventions available, entangled in expenses which brought them ultimately either to the poor-house or the Court of Bankruptcy. Men like the greatest of all prac tical philosophers, who were subject to fits o f abstraction so remarkable as to mistake the little finger of a lady for a tobacco-stopper, and to use it accordingly-were of all persons in the wide world the least likely to run the gauntlet of the knaves and sharpers surrounding the Patent-office with impunity. The enormous expense incurred in the mere act of obtaining protection from the chances of piracy drove the student in science into the clutches of the more crafty among the body of capitalists. Thereupon they were induced for some paltry " consideration" to part with a moiety of their interest in what was sometimes worth many thousands of pounds sterling, very speedily mortgaging the residue in the anguish of a bitter and heart-breaking system of procrastination. Even the multiplicity of the stages which it was necessary for the patent to pass through before it was brought to anything like a state of completion, was enough of itself to drive the vast proportion of these un happy would-be patentees to absolute despera tion. During upwards of six months they had to dance attendance upon officials bearing the most euphonious designations, such, for example, as the Deputy Chaff-Wax or the Clerk of Hanaper, all pocketing fees largely, until sometimes it so hap pened that this same dancing attendance resolved itself into nothing better than the Dance of Death. The applicant, or his legal representative, had to go first to the office of the Secretary of State, then to the chambers of the Attorney or Solicitor-General, then back again to the Secretary of State, then to the Patent-office of the Attorney-General, then to the Signet-office, then to the Privy Seal. office, then to the Great Seal Patent-office. No wonder, with all this, the process was one productive of great exhaustion. Besides the waste of time there was the waste of money. There were such items as 2/. 2s. 63. for petition and the reference to the Attor ney or Solicitor-General, 41.43. for the report, 77.133. 6d. for the QUEEN'S warrant, 71. 13s. 6d. for the QUEEN'S bill, 15/. 16s. for the bill and stamp, 4/. 7s. 01. for the Signet Bill, 41. 25. 01. for the Privy Seal Bill, and 48/. 7s. 61. for the patent and stamp, making altogether 94/. 6s. 03. for protection in England alone against piracy. Out of this aggregate amount, the appropriation was public, 71/. l ls. 81. ; private, 22/. 14s. 4d., the latter being comfortably divided among officials such as the Attorney-General, the Solicitor-General, the Patent Clerk, the Engrossing Clerk, the Clerk of Hanaper, the Deputy Clerk, the Sealers, the Clerk of Patents (the alter ego, one may suppose, of the one already mentioned as the Patent Clerk), the Purse Bearer (of course), and the LORD HIGH CHANCELLOR. That, remember, was for England alone ! For Scotland 63/. 33. 7d. additional were requisite, and for Ireland no less than the enormous amount of 119/. Os. ld. With Mr. MANTELLINI as a patentee in Ireland we can conjecture what would be the gusto of his " the penny be demmed ! " Such was the atrocious system which was slightly modified by the Act of last session, the Act 14 and 15 Victoria, c. 82, one hurried through the Lords and Commons be cause of the interest excited in behalf of the rights of inventors by the Industrial Exhibition. Anything, of course, was preferable in this matter to total indifference ; and it was consequently a source of satisfaction to welcome even that change for the better, although it left the Patent Law as regards both Scotland and Ireland precisely as it was before, reducing the cost in England by merely 18/. ster ling-making the sum total 76/. Gs., instead of as formerly, 94/. 63. Obviously the improvement of last year was inadequate. It was, there fore, resolved to introduce the Patent Law Amendment Bill, which has already passed the House of Lords, being down upon the list of orders for its second reading in the House of Com mons. There is abundant hope therefore that the men of science may at length reap benefit from the Amendment of an Amendment. THE SUN, LONDON, on a totally different foundation from that on pro perty. It is, however, essenLial that this all-important subject should be b'rne in mind by every in dependent con qituency, that it should be the topic chiefly regarded at every hust ings. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER has proved beyond the possibility of doubt the national advantages resulting from the adoption of a liberal commercial policy, but he tells us that in doing so he was only giving a complete view of our financial po sition, and that be is not to be considered as having committed himself in any degree to any future course. That must altogether depend on " the opinion of the constituent body ; and so far as he is able he will carry out the line of policy which he advocated at the other side of the House." Every aspirant for senatorial honours, every would-be representative, must be closely cate chised as to his fiscal views. There can be no excuse for any doubt or hesitation on such a point. On the solution of the problem will depend not only the peace and tranquillity, but also the prosperity and happiness of the country. The issue is of such vital importance—the results are of such a character as to render it impossible that any risk should be incurred on such a sub ject. Every fiscal and financial reformer, every person desirous of carrying out the doctrines of free trade, and gradually removing the existing restrictions on the commerce of the country, should take advantage of the golden opportunity, and ex amine the grounds on which the respective candidates rest their claims of the popular suffrage. We trust, then, that the different financial reform as sociations will exhibit an activity befitting the occasion—that every man may feel as if the result of the contest depended on his individual exertions, as if it was for him to decide whether Schedule D should be perpetuated in its present monstrous and inequit able form, or that it should be so adjusted as to ren der it fair and just in itself, and acceptable to the great body of the people. MARKET INEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-FRIDAY. For the time of year, rather an extensive supply of English Wheat has arrived up to our market this week, coastwise, it having amounted to 5,610 quarters, chiefly from Essex, Kent, and Suffolk. Several samples came fresh to hand to-day by railway; hence the stands were tolerably well filled. For all kinds of Wheat of home produce the demand was heavy, at prices barely equal to those obtained on Monday, and a total clearance was not effected. Upwards of 17,000 quarters of Wheat having come in from abroad, the sale for that article was dull in the extreme. Fine dry parcels were mostly held at full quotations ; but all other kinds were lower to purchase. In fixating cargoes no sales took place. The aggregate show of Barley was good; but it was principally composed of low qualities. Malting parcels sold at previous quotations. Other kinds were the turn cheaper. Malt met a very dull inquiry, but we have no actual fall to notice in prices. The supply was on the icceease. We had a moderate demand for oats—the show of which was by no means large—at late figures. Beans, Peas, and Indian Corn commanded very little at tention. Flour, owing to the heavy imports from the United States, was exceedingly heavy, ARRIVALS THIS wxxx. Wheat. Barley. I Malt. Oats. Flour Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. English ...... 5,-;10 1,390 4,370 fri.sh •••• • • • • 3,410 Foreign •. • . .. , 17,243 3,050 Qrs. Sacks sso 4,820 8,29 J 7,560 1100 27,750 bl COLONIA.S. SuGAR.—The demand has been very good, and an increase of 6d per cwt. has been readily obtained on British Plantation. Barbadoes by auction has realised 403 to 403 61 for fine yellow, 34s to 363 for mid, and 403 to 44s for good grainy yellow. Refined grocery lumps have been at 46s to 48s. EAST INDlA.—Mauritius has been in demand at 6d advance, mid to ord yellow 34s to 353, ord 32s to 33s 6d, mid to fine brown 28; to 325, ord to good grey 32s to 34s 6d, and white 40s to 453. Madras was brisk, and 6d dearer—soft brown realised 24s to 263 6d, and good to fine 31s to 32s 6cl. Bengal has been 6d to Is higher—good white Benares brought 36s to 375, mid 34s 6d to 35s 6d, fine yellow 41s to 41s 6d, fine brown 32s to 32s 6d, and good to fine soft bright yellow 328 6d to 33s 6d. FOREIGN.—The supply has been limited, and there have been buyers at full prices —Java privately has been sold to the extent of about 10,000 boxes at advanced prices, and by auction parcels have realised 33s 6d to 35s 6d for ord to good brown, 35s to 3iis for mid to good grey and yellow, and 39s to 393 6d for fine dry grey. Bahia was taken in at 33s 6d to 36s 6d for ord to good. COFFEE.—Holders are extremely firm for most descriptions. Native Ceylon has been in improved request, and 433 have been paid for good ord. The latest sales, however, being at 433 6d. Pl3ntation was rather dull early in the week, but holders have bought in at high prices, fine ord to mid palo at 45s to 555, pee berry at 603, and triage at 40s to 43.. Costa Rica has been wanted, and by auction good ord has realised 45s to 465, and fine ord 47s to 535. Mocha has been in demand at full prices. RlCE.—There has not been much doing, and Bengal good bold white sold at 9s 6d to 9a 9d, being low rates. CocoA.—A good business has been done at full prices. SPICES.—A decline of 5s per cwt has occurred in Cassia Lignea, mid having been sold at 110 s to 111 s. Bltavia Pepper has been at full prices, mid brown 345. Pimento also has been firmer, ord dull at 4id to 40, and good of 4id to 5d per lb. SALTPETRE.—This article has been quiet, but not lower; ord colour, 26s Gd for 12} to 131 per cent. re fraction. Corrom.—Surat has been sold at higher prices, viz., ni to per lb. C, CHINEAL —An advance of Id per lb has been ob tained at the public sales. TEA.—The market is rather dull. TALLOW.—P. Y. C. is firm at 36a 3d per cwt on the spot. GREEN FRUITS. —The backward state of vegetation is having its effect upon this market, which creates an in creased demand for Oranges and Nuts. Two cargoes of the former from St. Michael, offered by Keeling and Hunt, sold freely at prices similar to those obtained last week. Nuts of all kinds in request, and a considerable wholesale business has been done in some kinds. Le mons dull of s2le, the cold weather checking consuznp tion. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent ho noured the performance at her Majesty's Theatre yesterday (Thursday) evening with her presence. Her Royal High ness was accompanied by her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge and her Royal Highness the Princess Mary of Cambridge. GRAY'S INN, Mir 6.—Mr. William David Lewis, the lecturer of this society on the law of real property and conveyancing, devises, and bequests, having signified his intention of resigning his office after Trinity term next, the masters of the bench have issued a notice, requesting gen tlemen desirous of becoming candidates for the office, and who must be barristers. to communicate their desire to that effect to the treasurer of the society. The Government contract for 50,000 gallons of rum for the navy was taken yesterday by Messrs. Lemon, Hart, and Son, of Fenchurch-street. Sir Beuj bankers, have gi ven not i ce to t h e i r customers that, in conse amin Heywood and Co., of Manchester, quence of the l ow pr i ce o f money, they must reduce their rats of interest to 1 1 , 2 per cent. on and after the 15th inst. METROPOLIS WATER SUPPLY.—Yesterday the last clause of the Bill was settled in Committee, and it was 're ported to the House in th e even i ng . M r . Edwin James thanked the Committee on behalf of his Learned Friends and himself for the extreme attention which the Committee had bestowed upon the investigati on , which had lasted so lon g , and stated that the Bill, although not so perfect as could be desired, would in fact, be a sanitary code upon the important question of water suPply, and t h at the quest i on o f the rates and the cost of the suppl y to the public must be the subjectof future logigati9ll. FRIDAY THE SHARE MARKETS. II FaxTxss RAILWAYS. Railways. Aberdeen Amb., Not., Bost. & E. Junc. B% pd Bir., Wolv., and Stour Valley ... all pd. Birk., Lan., & Ch. Jct., late 331. 65.8 d., 26/. pd. Ditto, Chest. & Birk., 501. & 25/. Cons, all pd. Ditto, ditto ... 17 1 4 pd. Brist. & Exet., 1004 pd. Caledonian ... 50/. pd. Chest. & Holyh., all pd. Dub. & Belf. Jet. 451 pd. Dundlk & Ennis., all pd. Dundee, Perth, & Aber deen Junc. all pd. Ditto, New all pd East Anglian (251. L. & E. and L. & D.) all pd. )o (18/. E. & H.) all pd. East. Counties-20/. 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 Quilt*, all pd E . & W. India Docks and Bir. Junc., all pd E. & \V. Yk. Jnc., all p Edinb. & Glas., 50/. pd Edin.,Per.& Dun. 25/. p Glas. & S.-West., 1004 Great Northern, all pd Do. Halve. A def., all p Do. do. B, 6 pr. c. all p Gt. S. & W. Ireld., all p Great Westn., 100/. pd Lanc. & Carlisle, all pd Do. Thirds, 11/.13.4 pd Lane. & York., 1001. pd Do., Quarters ...all pd Do., Fifths 14/. pd Do.,W. Rid. Un. 11%P Leeds Northern, all pd Liv.Crsby & Sthpt.l7ip Lond. & Blackw., all pd Lon.,Brig.& S. Ct.loo p Lon. & N.West., 100/. p D o . Quarters 22/. pd Do. Fifths l2l. pd Do. 10/„M &B (c) 1/p Lon. & S.-West 100/. p Do. New 501., 421/ pd Do. New 401 341. pd Man. Bus. & M a t . all p Man. Shef. & Lin.,loo/p Do. Manch. & Lincoln Union ...... 41.25. pd Midland ......... 100/. pd Do. Bir. & Derby 100/. Md. Gt. Wt. (Ire.) 47 v 2 Newcas. & Carl. all pd Do. Quarter Sh. all pd Newmarket ..... all pd Newport, Abergaven., i and Hereford lO/ pd Newry .. & Enni s k . 7% p Norfolk ......... 100/. pd Do. New 20/. S. 15/. p North. Coun. Un. % pd North British 251. pd North Devon „AIL pd North Stafford. 17% p North - Western 19/. pd , N. & S.-W. June. 6/. p Oxford, Worcester, &I Wolverhampton 10/ p Scottish Central 25/. p Scottish Midld., 25/. pd Do. New „all pd Shrew. & Bir. A, all pd Do. B , all pd Shrew. & Her. Old 81. p Sl - -sbu• 1334 to 13,,,; 7% - 7yB 10% -10% 11% —ll d. 17% - 18% 96 —9B 2 0% 20% 21% 22 14 —l3 d. G - 7 4 1 4 -4% - 39< 9 -. 6% _ 63% 4% 2 -4%, 17 -17% 53 -56 33 -35 VA 7- 6 19% 20 6 —6j 14% —l5 39% 40 92y, 92% 78 —So 9 —lO p 72% 73% 6%-s%dis 4 1 A —4 di& 18% 19 8N -ByB 102 1 4 —10 a% 1 123 123% 5% —5% p 3% 4 p 2 —2% p 92% 93% 4 —3j dis. 3% —2% dis. _2% - 341,4 3 —2% dis. 69% 70 37 —39 yo y . 2. - ii ix 3IA 3 die. 33 -35 10 1 / 1 9 3 / dis. 3% 3 dis. 8 —B% 7 3 / 4 7 dis. 7 3 / 4 7 1 / 2 dis. •" - •• VA -2 • p. 22% —23 174 17% /c.d 11 —l2 7% 7 7 / 8 5 11 4 53 —2% dis. iirewsbu. a n d Ch es t er. (Nor. W. Min.) all pd Do. Halves all pd Do. Oswestry all pd Shrop. Union ...6 1 A, pd Do. A, B, C, & D fully pd. up at per cent.... South Devon all pd South-Eastern 301. pd South Wales all pd South Yorkshire and River Dun 151. pd Do. Do. 5/. pd, Stirl. & Dunferm. all p Stock. & Har.l6/23.3d. Taff Vale 1261. pd Thames Haven Dock and Railway _lBl. pd Vale of Neath...l7l. pd Waterfd. & Silk. all pd Waterfd. & Lim. all pd Waterford, Wes. Wick. and Dublin 31. pd West Cornwall 131. pd West London all pd . ••• Yk., New. & Ber. 251. p 18% 18% Do. & New. Ex. 20/. p 6% 6Y dia. Do. G.N.E. pure. 9/. p. 2 7 / 8 die. York &N. Mid. 50/. pd 25% 25% Cork and Bandon, 16; 14 -16 7 - 8 11 -12 3% - 27781 i9 l / 2 - 20% 213 1 8 -2 1 1 34% - 35 IA di& 'A 13 I ' s '6 151 1%- 2 % 4 1 / 2 31,05. 20 -21 ••• ..• - PREPE&ENCE SR. Aberdeen all pd Do. No. 2, 7 per ct. 3% Caledonian, 101. all pd Ches. & Holyhd. all pd Dundee, Per., & Aberd. Junction all pd E. Ang.(3/ 10s)6 pc. all Do. (5/0 7 per ct. all p Do. (7/ 17s) 7 p. c. 2 p Eastern Counties Ex., sp. c., No. 1 all pd Do. No. 2 all pd Do. New 6 p. c. Stk. 10 Eastern Union Scrip, Guar. 6 per ct all p Do. 101. 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. sc. 9 1 ,1 p Great South. & West. (Ireland) Bths all pd Gt. West. (Berke & H. Ex. 5 per cent.) all pd Gt.W. fixed VA 100/. p Do. Do. -804 pd Lancashire and. York. shire, F. 201. 6l. pd Do. 6 p. c. Stk. 1001. p Leeds Northern, 6 per cent. No. 1 ... - . 13/. pd Do. Do. No. 2 17/. pd :Do. Do. No. 3 51. pd Do. Qrs., 1848 9/. pd London & Brig. pier. 5 per cent. ...100/. pd Do. Pr. 5 p c. Stk. 100/. Do. Con. 5 p c, 1852 all Do. N.Gr. 6p c 100/. p Lon. & N.-W. (Coy. & Nunet.) 5 p. c. 13% pd Ln.& S.W. Co 3ds. 5/. p Lon. & En. 1 ,1 Sh. all p Man., Sheff., & Lincn. Qr. Sh., No. 1...a1l pd Do. New, 10/. pd Do. 61. 3/. pd Mid. Con. 6 p c St 1001. Do. Gin. Bris. & 6 per cent..' .100/. pd Do. Erewash Val. 1001 Do. Leic. & Swanning. 8 per c. Guar. 1001. p Do. Preference —5/. p Norfolk Exton-. all pd Do. Gr. 5% pct. all p Do. Wavny. Val. 21. p North British ...51. pd North Stafford....all pd Oaf. Wor. & Wol., 151. 6 per cent 104 pd Shrews. & Bir. N.G. all Shrews. & Ches. (N.W. Min.) 8 per c....a1l pd South Devon all pd St.-Est. 4 1 4 p e. 101. pd Sth. York. 4 p c gcl• 20/. Stock. & Hart. gd. 5 D until July 1,1856, all Waterford & Kilkenny 6 per cent. 31. pd York, aDNuo. d.o S. N. E. D 0.... Ber. ...all York & N. 1 13 1Pp d dd1 LINES Xiaaszt I% 7 / 8 dis. 8% - 9 17% - 18% 5!4 - 3 - 1 --1 X p , 1-- 1 p 13 3 .-. 13% 14% _ 15 8 %- 4 iiii Z in DA .... 1% p 834. 84 1 % di& ••• ••••• ••• % ... a% p 12 - 12% 10% __ 11 % 13 13 1 4 Vs 3i l p 141 - 143 - •.• %dig.... par 20 —2l ' 5 % —5% 114 —_ 2% 514 5% 5% It % 3 4 --1 1 p 10 -10% ION ra 15% - 16% 14% - 15% 15% 1,4 18% lA 16% - 17 4%- 4% 16 3 4 4% % ' % dis. 'A P AT rszma itZNTAZJI. Business Railway s. 1 Leasing Nominal Price& to-day. Companies. -------• ------- Bdf. & Bitch., all p Lon.&N W -- ••• Bir.& Oaf ., gua. all Gt. Westn . . 30 — 3l Do. witho u t, all p Do. Bir•Wolv. & Dud., guar....... all pd, Do. Do. witho u t, all pi Do. Buckingbash. a l l p Lon. &NAV 18— 18% Clydsdale Jc.' all p Caledonian 45 — 47 18 1/ E. Lin., pa. 6 pert i Gloucest. & Deatil pdGt.Northn. 85 3 5% Forest... 22% pd' Gt. Westru. 4 5 p 27 % Hartlepl. Dk. & t Yk.lNew./ Railw•,;••111 pd 1 &Berw. I "' ,„ Hull & aelb y, all p Yk. &N.M. 110 112 Do. Halves.,all p Do. Do. Quarts., all p Do. Leeds &Brdf.,allo Midland 10 1 1,4 102% 101% Lon. & Grettw., all S. E astern 12% —l3 12 y s Do. Pref....all pd Do. Lowestoft., g ull . 4 per cent—all pd Norfolk Do. 6 p. ct., an p Do. • Middlesbe& Red. •--- ••• car, 6p. c., all p Stktn &Dar ••—••N. & E. 5 p. c., all E. Counties 60 —62 61 - Do. 6 p. et., all p Do. Do. F. 5 p.c. a ll . pd Do. Presto. &W { I all paid & La. &Y 5 ... Do.Hlves, A, all p Do. Read., Guildf., and 22% % Reigate . • all pd S. Easters?. 22% -- 233/4' Roy. & Hit., 6 % p Gt. Northn. 9% 9Y4 Do. Shep. Ez., all Do. Shf. Rth. & Goole, 5 p. C., 18.11.6 p L an . & Yks •.-„ - 2., I . di e . S. Staffdsh., 9% p MrM'Cleae 1 74 Wear Val. 6p c., al) Stckt& Dar ••• 1.31;1/4 Do. do. ... all pd D o . ... Do. do. all pd Do. Wilt4a Sow., all p Westin n% 1.11 100% 99'4 Nominal Prices. Business done to-day. 13% 7% 3i 98 97% 98 20% IA y 8 21% 9 1 ,1 9 6% % 4% 17 33% 20 % 6% 92% % 5% Pin 73% ys 18 y a IA 8% 103 1 / 2 102% 123 1 / 2 % 27% 92X 93% 23% 7% 34 I; i 33778 70 69% 70% 37% 1054 % 6% % 34 IA 8% % 7% 'A 223 k. 21% 22 17% x.d 7 5 4 % Y's 5% 3% 3 1 d % 19 7 / 8 20 19 3 % 21;4 ys 14% 15 2% y, 12% 45% 5 20% 18% 25y, % 9 18% I-% pm Pin 15% yd 15 11% 1 1 14 .EVENING, MAY 7, 1652. PO SIGN. Railways. :Nominal Prices. Basinto-day. Cent. done Cent. France (0.V.) all 22 1 / 1 22 3 / 4 Charl. & Erquel. all pd 13 —l5 Demerara all pd Dutch Rhenish...B/. pd 3% —3% dis. East Indian 18/. pd 4 —4% p 22% Do. Do 20/. pd . . ••! Gt. Indian Penin. a ll p p Do. Do 4% pd 3 / 4 P Louv. ala Sambre 7% . . Luxembourg l3/. pd 4% - 4 3 / 4 Do. (Railway) 10/. pd 33/ —3% Do. l/. pd % 3 / 4 Do. (Canal) 2t. pd % 3 / 4 Maria Antonia 27i pd 8 —lO Do. New 8% pd Namur & Liege all pd 5 3 / 4 North. of France,l6/.pd 22% 23% x.d 23% i x.d Do. 201.3 p. c. Bds, all p 13% 13% Orleans & Bor 11/. pd 4 —4% p 15% Paris & Lyons ...6/. pd p Paris & Orleans all pd 45 —47 Paris & Rouen ...all pd 29 3 / 4 30% Paris & Stras. ...all pd 21% 22% Rouen & pd 11% —ll i 3 Sambre & Meuse all pd St. Andrew's & Quebec (A) 4/. pd Tours & Nantes 17/. pd 5 3 / 4 —5% dis.' 11% Wrest Flanders...B% pd 3 3 1 /, West. of France 6/. pd 1% 1 3 / 4 p 73 / 4 's=3 % Grand Junction of France, 4%. YtTXNES. Agua Fria all pd % p Anglo-Californian, all p % j p Asturian 15/. p . . Australasian 2/. pd % 1 p 2/ Australian 51. pd 1 / 2 1 Austr. Freehold all pd % dis. Ave Maria all pd 3z % dis. Blaenarvon I. &C. all p• Brit. Austr. Gold all pd —is dia. British Iron 13/. 15s. p Braz. Im. (is. sp) 24% 2 Do. Coca. & Cui. all Do. St. Job. del R. 15/. Carson's Creek all pd par 34 p 1 Cobre Copper ...40/. pd 34 Colonial Gold 11 pd 3—34 p % Eng. & Aust. Cop all p %dis. 34 p Gold Mountain all pd %dis. par Great Polgooth all pd p Mexi. &S. Amer. 9/. p . . —. . Nouveau Monde all pd 54dis. Port Philip pd % % p 114 Quartz Rock all pd %dis. par Santiago de Cuba 10% 12 —l3 12% 13 Tin Croft 7l. pd 10 —ll United Mexican all pd 2 1 / 8 2 3 / 8 West Mariposa all pd % % dis 5 :;• TOINT-STOCK EAMES. Australasia all pd 45% 46% Brit. Nth. Amer. all pd 51 —53 Colonial 251. pd 11% 12% Com. of London 201. pd 25 —26 Lon. & County 20/. pd . . London Jt. Stk. 10/. pd 18 18 3 / 4 Lon. & Westm. 201. pd 28 3 / 4 29% Nat. Prov. Eng. 35/. pd Do. New lO/. pd . . —• • Nat. of Ireland 22% p 1 . 7 3 / 4 1 . 7 Orient. Bk. Corp. all pd 34 —36 Prov. of Ireland 25/ pd. 43 1 /, —44 45% Do. New all pd 15 7 / a 16% Union of Austral all pd 42 42 1 % Do. New 2% pd 3 Union of London 10/. p 14% 15 3 / 4 15% Union of Madrid all pd MISCELLANEOUS. Canada 32% pd 48 49% Eastern Steam...2s. pd ... Gen. Stm. Nay. 14/. pd 28% —29 Penin. & Or. St. all pd -80 81% 81 Do. Do. ...15/. pd Royal Mail Stm. pd 77% —7B 77 76% Universal Emigration and Colonization, V. 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 8000 American were taken for export and on speculation. The market closed very firmly, and, compared with last Friday's rates, American sorts were 0., Surat nearly as much, and Sea Islands id. per lb. higher. The sales included 8,500 American, 2,000 Egyptian, at 5,d. to Id. ; 1,000 Surat, at 3id. to 41d.; and 300 Sea Island. at is. sd. to Is. 7id. per lb.—Railway Shares were flat at lower prices. _ _ _ A very satisfactory report has to be made of the condition of the markets for many leading staples, and fuller prices have been realised for sugar and coffee. Tea, !however, has become duller, in consequence of Increased arrivals. Cotton sells well, owing to the ac tive state of the Liverpool demand, and dyes maintain their prices. The proprietors of the Assam Company, formed some years since for the purpose of cultivating tea in the British Eastern possessions are now holding their an nual meeting, and most satisfactory it is to find that whatever difficulties arose from former local mismanage ment have been to a great extent surmounted, that ex perience, though somewhat bought, is likely to prove most valuable, and to restore prosperity to the under taking, and give a fair return ere long even upon the entire capital embarked, and that the teas produced rival in quality those of the Celestial Empire. All this too has been accomplished without a scintilla of "pro tection" or Government favour, and had sugar been al ways produced upon the same healthy system of compe tition, we should hear little of colonial distress. The following are the most interesting poiuts in the directors' report, and it will be deemed most gratifying that a di vidend is this time declared:— " Your directors are able to inform you, that the ge neral aspect of the affairs of the company continues to be satisfactory and promising. "The information which we have received since the last annual general meeting convinces your directors that the extension of our cultivation must necessarily be carried into effect very gradually, for in consequence of the paucity of labour in the province it would be unwise, if not impossible, to clear and plant a large tract of land in any one year. At the same time it will be our aim to add to the cultivation in every year as much as possible for the resons stated in our report of the 2d May, 1851. " We have now the satisfaction to inform you, that the tea of 1850, sold during t he p ast y ear, has p ro duced a l e n . e 6 t i t d o . t p al er of lb. lB, A ls3 portion lster of the and an average p r i ce o f the tea of 1851 has been received, and was sold o n the 31st March last, i t pro . duced a net average of l s. 9d. per lb. " With reference to this last shipment, our brokers report that it is quite calculated to maintain the high cha ractert which our produc e has established in t his market. " We have unfeign ed p leasure in bein g a ble at this meeting to declare a dividend of 2 i p er ce nt. upon the the e den pro d of wfitsill be e h company during payable on and p th a e id p -u as p t year. capital, after the 2 4 th of Ja ne next, to the shar eholders regis- T o out s o f d t i tered in the books of the company on that day." The dividend declared at the A 83402 meeting is 10s. per share for the year. The Haceburgh mail of last Friday brings the rate of exchange on London at 13 6i, being lower. Funds and Shares were without change and rattier dull. Money was very easy and discounts were decidedly lower. Coffee was rising and Grain was flat. At Amsterdam, on the sth inst., business was re stricted both in home and foreign secur i ties, which ruled lower. The Fends continued in a very listless state, Consols being 991 for Transfer and Account. The New Three and_s-Quarter per Cents. bring 1001 to 1, and the Three per Cents. 98} to Z. Bank Stock keeps steady at 220. Exchequer-bills dated March are at 68s. prem , and India Bonds realise 80i. For June C onso l s ar e 99i11. Foreign Securities have been quiet likewise. Spanish Three per Cents. bring 47i and the New Deferred 21i Buenos Ayres Bonds have risen to 79 and 80. Eqaador Stock is at 4i, and Grenada Deferred at 9i, both being heavy. Peruvian Six per Cents. have been quoted 103 to I. Russian Five per Conte. are worth 116 f, and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 61i to j. Mexican have just improved to 34i I. Railway Shares were fluctuating, and do not quite maintain the improved rates of yesterday, but this does not apply to the French lines, which are better, espe cially the Western of France. Gold Mine Shares are neglected. Santiago de Caba, owing to the amalgamation with the Cobre Company, continue very buoyant. The Australian Copper are about the same as previously. We understand that Mr. Francis Morris, one of the directors of the Great Devon Consols Mining Company, has joined the committee of management of the London and Sydney Gold Mining Company. Dealings in the scrip about to be issued took place in the house yester day to some extent, at 1-16th premium. QUARTER TO THREE. ... 99 1 1 ••• 991 if ONE CLOSING PRICES 219% PRICES OF BRITInU FUNDS O'CLOCK. 98% 99% 3 per Cent. Reduced Anne Ntig% 8 Der Cent. Consols Annuities MGT: 10 6 0 6 ? t 9i1 166 5 / 61 63 Y ~.15 / s6 LN:nwg Ditto, 3A 3 Ps O e. r y t : C a years, Ca nt . Anus..- 91 11E 5 k 11 2 -5 : 9 . 1•? ; 7% % Ditto 30 years. Jan. BO p 83 p India Bonds, 1, 0001 .--••••••' .... 99% % 99% Uonsols for Account March. June. exchequer Bills. 130. 68 p 1,0001. ... 5001. Consols ... .. ... Ditto Account. llttav 11 .. —69 p 62 65 p ONE CLOSING flacKs Or FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. MOBS. Bueno s Ayres Bonds , 6 per Cent.. ..... 80 79 p 79 -- • h 80nd5,1825, 3 per Cent.... 78% Dan" 7876 per cant. lO5 Y4l Bonds ......... 4% G,rilateddt°°a'r 5 Bonds, 1 , 4 per Cent,...... —4% Do. Ex Dec., 1849 Coupons — Ditto, Deferred......,.. 9% 10 I Mexican, 5 per Cent,, 1816 — Ditto, Account Ditto, 3 per 28'A Cent...,..„.....,,, 2B Peruvian Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto. Account Ditto, Deferred, 3 per Cent 63 63 Russian Bonds Ditto, 4 1 4 per Cent 97 Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 —5% Ditto, Passive 5% 47% Ditto. 3 per Cent Ditto. New Deferred 2 1 1! Dividends on the above payable in Londo n. 94% x d Belgian, 4 t,4 per Cent. — 6176 il 1 5 /. 34 Dutch 24 per Cent. 12 Guild -4 ow oji Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates - Vs fIV 0 LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAY 7.—Wind at coon S.W., light variable airs, and fine. BELFAST, MAY s.—Wind N.—Arid. Undino, Bar badoes. SHIELDS, MAY. 6.—Arrd. Inca, Callao. Ski. Equity, Quebec. The Wenlock has been got off Tynemouch Rocks. PULTENEY TOWN, WICK, MAY s.—The Splendid, Newcastle to Drogheda, which was stranded here 25th ult., has got off, after throwing part of cargo overboard, and has been brought in here. DEAL ► MAY 6.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Preciosa, Rio Janeiro, for Trinidad; Hero, Demerara. Arrd. from the River and sld., Henrietta. South Seas; Witch, Hong- Kong; John Merrick, New York. FALMOUTH, MAY 6.—Arrd. Ceres, Guadaloupe for Havre; Fortuna, Baltimore for Bremen; Europa,Manillo. SWANSEA, MAY 6.—Wind S.W.—Sid. Golconda,Cuba. QUEENSTOWN, MAY s. —Wind S.—Arrd. Henrietta, Ichaboe for Liverpool; Onega, Barbadoes. SLIGO, MAY s.—Wind E.—Sld. Henderson, Quebec. LIVERPOOL, MAY 6. —Wind N.—Arrd. Owen Potter, and Progress, Calcutta; Mary Ann, Folliott, Mauritius; Windermere, James Curson, Lady Louisa, and Maria, New Orleans; Lady Raisell, Mobile; Mary Anna, Baltimore; Sirius, Callendhorg; Charles Richards, Fraser, Monte Video; Fanny, Mobile; Virginia, Char leston ; Kedar and Havannah, Baltimore ; Vitus Malaga. Off port, William Hutt, Bombay and Barbadoes, Sld. Samuel, Halifax; Gleniffer, San Francisco; Mary,. Cuba; Huron, Quebec; Mincius, Shanhai; Pickwick, Valparaiso; Rubies, Hayti; Grenada, New Orleans; Caroline Nisrnitti, New Philadelphia; St. Jacob, Ad miral Moorson, and William Ward, Boston. OFF PORTSMOUTH, MAY 6.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Maidstone, Nash, Calcutta. POOLE, MAY 6.—Wind N.E.—Sid. Stanley, New. foundland. TORBAY, MAY 6.—Wind N.E.—Sld. Mary Sharp, Wheaton, Dalhousie. CLYDE, MAY s.—Acrd. Cingalese, Leech, Trinidad. Sid. Mary Ann, Havannah. SUNDERLAND, MAY 6.—Wind N.W.—Sld. Exchange, Quebec. HULL, MAY 6.—Wind N. W.—Arra. Queen Victoria, Turner, Charleston; Elizabeth, Sheeley, Licata. Sid. Jane Sawyer, Narva; Emperor steamer, Can ton, St. Petersbnrgh. VICE-CHANCERY —(THIS DAY.) (Before Vico-Chancellor PARKER.) THE RIVAL OPERA HOUSES. LUMLEY V. WAGNER. Public curiosity, which has been so largely excited in this case, was this morning on the tip-toe of expectation. The court was tightly packed with anxious auditors, and as there is but one door for high and low to the little top attic which the Woods and Forests have fitted up and dignified by the name of a Vice-Chancellor's Court, his Honour had as much difficulty in finding his way to his seat as if he had been fighting for a geed place in the pit on the night of the fair litigant's deb 'lit Having to dispose of a case in his private room, it was after 12 o'clock when his Honour came into court, and during the whole of this period of delay the crowd con tinued rather to increase than to diminish. Many parsons had come, as visitors do to an assize in a country town, determined to have a long day of it, with their sandwiches in their pockets, and indeed there were all the signs of the excitement which is generally supposed to be attached to a murder trial. Iles Honour having at length taken his seat, Mr. BETLIELL said that ho appeared in this case for Madlle. Johanna Wagner and Mr. Gye, tho defendants, to move that the order for the injunction might be dis charged. lie might say that it was long since he had felt ao much interest in any case, because they were here to decide what should be the line of conduct of a young lady, whom he thought he might say had been the victim of misrepresentations, and in consequence of which so much bad her health failed that it was doubtful whether, whatever might be the issue of this case, Madlle. Wagner would bo able to fulfil her engage ment with either of the parties. He thought ho should he able to show that the injunction which he now sought to dissolve had been obtained by misrepresenta tion, falsification, and suppression on the part of Mr. Lumley. The state of the law was, that if it had not been for the clause stipulating Madlle. Wagner should not sing at any other theatre but Mr. Lumley's, the Court would not have interfered, or have granted the injunction. He would show, however, that so far from this stipulation having been inserted in the agreement with M a dll e . W agner, she ha d positively for bidden Dr. Becher to insert any such clause ; and after it really had been added to the agreement, Madlle. Wagner having remonstrated with Dr. Becher, he un dertook to obtain from Mr. Lumley a modification of this stipulation when they had arrived in London. Now, it must be observed, that Dr. Bacher was the recognised agent of Mr. L um l e y, an d though he did not weal) to make any p ersona l a tt ac k o n Dr. Becher, it was certain that that gentleman had engaged for more than he could perform, and that it was on this mistaken t rus t to Dr. Bather's power of obt a ining this modification, that Madlle. Wagner had refrained from any more open re monstrances against this injurious condition. This would be one of the chief grounds on which he should rest his argument for the dissolution of this in junction. It had also been represented unintentionally, perhaps, but certainly falsely, that no engagements were made in England with artistes except with such a con dition annexed. That he would show was not the case. Another ground on which he would rest was the failure of Mr. Lumley to comply with one of the conditions of the agreement, the pre -payment of the sum of 3001. to Madlle. Wagner. This money was not paid as stipulated, nor, as he would s h ow , was it ready to be paid; and the time having elapsed Mr. Lumley was served with the usual notarial protest on the part of Madlle. Wagner, that she considered th e engagement at an end. Against this Mr. Lumley's answer was founded, first on u mis-translati on o f the French words of Herr Wag ner's letter; and, secondly, on the assertion that Dr. Becher had the money ready to pay before the stipu lated time. Now, that Dr. Bucher had the money was more than doubtf u l, that he had offered to pay was de nied, and that he had not paid it was placed beyond a doubt. Not content, however, with one mistransla tion, but for the . purpose of prejudicing the lady in the mind of the British public, he bad resorted to another—be meant the words in Herr Wagner's letter which had been, rendered in Mr. Lumley's affidavit, " England was only to be valued for the sake of its money." Now, the real meaning of those words was, that " England only rewarded with money;" meaning that foreign artistes did not receive in this country that attention and reception which was accorded to persons of that rank in foreign courts, but that the only re muneration and re war d w hi c h th e y received was the largeness of the salary. Now, with re gard to the prohibitory stipulation, the affida vits of Mr. L um l e y an d D r . Bather were in• tended:to lead the Court to believe that it was inserted with the free will of the Wagners—the accounts of the two, however, differed from each other considerably. Becher said that it was omitted, when the contract was first signed, by mistake, although in a former part of his affidavit he said that this very article had been the subject of great consideration, between the parties. It also appeared that Mr. Lumley bad furnished Dr. Be cher with a form of the usual contract which he made with foreign artistes, in which it appeared that there was a stipulation of this nature, and yet the Court was to be lieve that with this printed form before him Dr. Becher had by mistake omitted this prohibitory article. Now, the Wagners in their affidavits stated that Becher came to them with Lumley's printed contract in his hand con taining this stipulation; they objected to this prohibi tory article altogether, and refused positively and determinately to sign any contract containing it. On the suggestion of M. Meyerbeer, drew the celebrated composer, Herr up in writing a contract which he and . his W d a a g u ne h r t r were ready to sign. This, in fact, was signed by daughter opar ties, and Becher was sent back to Lumley with his return, however, thish him, and to the Wagners withh wit p i ro , hibi tory clause inserted, they remonstrated distinctly told him that that very clause ß had been' acher then said ob jected to from the very first by them. in extenuation, that ho had not time then to return to Lumley, but he would undertake, when they arrived in London, that a fresh e ngagement should be m a d e without this clause. He could also show, from the familiar letters which passed between the Weepers and D Dr. Becher, the Wagners were perp e tually complaining of their prohibition. The Learned Counsel then proceed e d to read letters, in which repeated expressions were u se d by the defendants significative of their dissat isfaction at this clause. Whatever mig ht be the opini on of the Court as to the prohibition, there was no doubt that it was an article on which there had been cons id era b le dispute, which had been repudiated by th e d e f endant, and the Court would no doubt f ee l that this was not a provision to which this lady could be legally, equitably, or morally bound. Becher had evi dently made statements. to both part i es which he was not authorised to do, an d if Mr. Lumley had been , unwise enough or i ncautious enough to trust Dr. Becher 's professions in direct contradiction of the Wagner repudiations, Mr. Lumley must bear the conse quences. He th oug h t, on the whole, the Court would not think that this condition had been added to the original contrast in such a manner, and so entirely above all doubt, as to make it one the fulfilment of which should be forced on the young lady by the extraordi nary means sought to be put in force against her. The Learned Counsel then read Madlle. J. Wagner affidavit, stating that when Becher came to . her l i 3erin with a printed torm of agreement containing e t n h re striction, she had refused to sign any h agre it em was t -a nsun con taining such a clause; that Becher told er in all engagements to . insert . it; that Mr. L umley had engaged all the principal . artistes in England at Wagner his theatre ; and that went to Covent Garden': she Mademoiselle would have the wils universally in the whole press against her, as he (Mr. Bothell) thought interest of Mr. Lumley. h T This, for it must have been was very creditable . to The tep affidavits of Mdlle. Wagner, a gratuitous service. and her father, then went on to depose the fact s w hi ch be bad already stated with reference to the tr ansact i on. (The case was proceeding when our report left, and is expected to last the whole of the day.) EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) CANNAN AND OTHERS, ASSIGNEES, V. SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. This was an action of trover to recover the value of a quantity of timber which had been deposited with the company. The facts were, by consent, stated in a spe cial case, from which it appeared that a person, named Nash, deposited some timber in a wharf belonging to the company, on the understanding that it was to be delivered up on payment of the wharfage charges, Sub sequently Nash became a bankrupt. After the fiat was issued he sold the timber without the knowledge of the assignees, and by Iris order the defendants banded it over to the purchre;er. The plaintiffs contended that the property was vetted in them, and that the de fendants had no right to deliver it to any one except by their express directions. It was admitted that the de fendants had neither notice of the fiat nor of the act of bankruptcy. The Court entertained no doubt what- ever as to the goods being those of the assignees, but they thought the defendants were protected by the 84th section of 6 Geo. IV., c. 16, which said that no per son, body, corporate, or p u bli c company, having in their pos session any goods belonging to a bankrupt, should . be endangered by their delivery to the bankrupt, provided they had not at the time any notice of the act of bank ruptcy. It was argued that the operation of that section was confined to the period before the issuing of the commission, until which time the goods properly be longed to the bankrupt; but the Court did not think t . hrt was a proper construction of the s ec tion. Its real object was to protect whurfingers, dock companies, and other public bodies against losses when the delivery of goods to the wrong party was owing to no fault of their owls. The point as to the notice of the fiat being ipso facto is notice to the whole world of the party's bankruptcy , the Court coesiderk d was not teneble. On these grounds the judgment would be for the defendants. Judgment for the defendants. CHESTER RACE (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAM') The Cheshire Stakes. Mountain Deer... ... • • ... ••• Black Doctor .. ... ... ... •• The Marquis ... ••• ••• Won by a neck. The Wirrall Stakes. Orlando filly ••• ••• ••• walke d over The Cestrian Stakes. Falstaff colt walked Ole ... ••• ••• 1=1" MTV Mbitton+ Sanita ... ... Evadne ... ~, LAreaster ... Handicap. 1 • •• ••• ••• •• • •• •• 9 ••• ••• ..• ••• ••• 3 •.. ••• ••• ••• .01 Emerystone Jemima filly Ladies' Plate. 1 ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ... 2 ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• The Eaton Stakes. Kiteflyer ... ... ... ... •,• ••• Black Doctor ... ... ... ••• ••• ••• Stand Cup. • Lady Agnes ... ••• ••• ••• •• • ••• s Due an Dhurras ••• ••• .04 • ••• ••• 5 Lenny Whent ... ••• ••• ••• ••• TO THE EDIT OR OF THE SUN. 0 , SIR,—In your paper of to-day it is stated that the e e , tries for the Grand Challen ge C u p o f t h e R o y a l Tbl e , Yacht Club closed last even i ng , at t h e Piaui C (3 '" l house, Covent garden. I beg to inform you that, since February, 185 1, . 1 distinguished Club have removed to my house. re . Trusting you will rectify thi s error i n f u t u re, to Pre vent mistakes, I am, Sir, your obedient servant. ANN WARNER' Bedford Hotel, Covent-garden, May l 6, 1852. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. 03, In the place of 11 Flauto Magic°, originally a ppall! the immortal Don Giovanni was performed last evening' for the first time this season. C,nsidering the c ii ) comprising the unequalled Glisi, Castellon, 1013c 1 1 1 Tamberlik, Tagliafieo, and Marini, and the won ild s r ,ll forces marshalled under the baton of Signor Costa, h Ar needless to say how the opera was executed on °it " - side of the footlights. A chief feature in the perforor ance was the assumption of the role of the Don by RI; coni, who exerted himself zealothly and successfully. „ was a triumph o f consummate art over exterior unsuio ableness to thi s pecu li ar personation. Her Majesty ttt Queen and his Royal Highness the Prince Con e° ,_ honoured the hous e with their presence, and the attsno ance was most fashionable and numerous. • ST. MATTHEWS NEW CHURCH, ST. PANCRAVI Yesterday the Right Hon. Lord John Russell publicly i t the foundation stone of a new church, on a site given bY ia" Grace the Duke of Bedford, in the parish of St. Pancras, "" the presence of a large concourse of persons. IM THE DEAN AND CHAPTER OF ROCHESTER A — bad MR. WHISTON.—The further hearing of thi s ca se is anPt ir r o S for Monday, the 10th inst., at half-past ten, in the h Doctors'-commons. RAILWAYS AND THE GREAT EXHIBITION; It themust be very satisfactory to see the comparatiVe l Y t ot t he falling off in the present weekly traffic of this year of be well principal lines compared with that of the last. will for railway proprietors to bear in mind that, with „ -- . s be smaller weekly returns this year, the directors is "sli v ed enabled to pay larger dividends than the p-oprietors rec o e the from the profits of the Exhibition traffic, owing o t woo enormous expenses the companies were called upon in management, maintenance of permanent way , 13e- a nd/ motives, carriages, & c ., t o ena bl e t h em to mee t the deal, _ e d of an almost over w h e l m i ng and unpreceden tly traffic. From the overcrowding of passenger traffic the traffic was also worked last year at a much greater exPe•. -- a s so that on the whole a great reduction in the percentageba working expenses during the current half year may fatt l f o l anticipated both in the passenger and goods traffic, therefore it is to be hoped th a t muc h l arger sums insistfis smaller will be divided amon g proprietors at their nea t oI SS „ yearly meetings, although th e half-yearly gross receipt s m ay be less. SOCIETY or A RTS , J OHN - STREET , ADELrni , • — tlo continuation of the series of lectures, by members of above society, on the cont e nt s o f the Great Exhibit most interesting one was delivered to a crowded *O le s , last night, by the Rev. Gazalet t, on the musical instratl e a h the After a short introduction, the lecturer commenced W.*- - sce ., organs, then pianos, harps, stringed, wind instrument* commenting briefly on the construction and history of e" He then took a commercial view of the sci e nce a ron s a f and read a return from Exeter-hall of the n umber d people who had been admitted to the concerts of the Sa Harmonic Society since its form a ti on, w i th the gro ss receipts and, after a few more general ob servat i ons, concluded wale hope that, as he had shown that music was not only an art but a science which enters largely i n t o commercial relatioirerto and expressed a hope that Government might b e induced 1,. sanction a "A Mu s i ca l A rt U nion " on the b as i s of the Atf . 6 . Union as an enco uragement. At the conclusion t h e lectur er ' was warmly applauded, and a vote of thanks to hi ist for his valuabl e p aper, b aying been moved and secon d e d, 1 / 1 " carried by acclamation. ; and SALE OF AUTOGRAPHS.—A very interest.og valuable collection of autographs, formerly the proper L i a s. Mr. C. M. Westmacott, the well-known author and journ ri• ist, were sold yesterday and the preceding day by la s e r 0 ,0 Puttick and Simpson, at their rooms in Piccadilly. ", is illustration of the value of the collection the n:4100 46 .4 2 given :—Lot 174, " an extraordinary collection of autogr,&r to letters and documents prior to and during the COOSI II %, and the Empire, including autographs of th e BonsP s l ir ia , - family, their collateral branches, public Mi n i s t ers , rattreo ll andg his ene (napoleons) comprising nearly every celebrate d h during apoleon's) marvellous career ;" this lot W s ( knocked down for 251. Lot 177 and 178, being a historythe London newspapers, with bi ographical and other 110L ' e r. of the proprietors, editors, contributors, and reporter,,, — This was a most interesting historical collection , bei 7 the unpublished manuscripts of Mr. W. L. Proby, for el , r ia wards of a quarter of a century sub . -editor of the ' ille rn s i d Chronicle. compiled for a projected " Histor of the Pe — c Press," This collection was enhanced in value by th e °V pious illustrative notes by Mr. C. - M - M. `i'vvstmacott. Th two lots fetched 101. Lot 173 a collection of autog raph letters and d ocuments of Louis Philippe_,, ,QueenAnicetiloiel; their household, &c., fetched 4/. 6 s . Lot 144, a w ll e of letters relating to the defeat of the Coalition Minisfg: flora George 111., C. J. Fox, Lord North, who writes to Fox that the King was now averse to the East India Bill' These letters were chiefly addressed to the Duke of Portho ss , and realised only 51. Lot 352, the correspondence of the o ', centric Dr. Mousey with Hervey, Garrick, Emin Emin, f o r son, and David Hartley. This lot was knocked down 18° 1/. to M r . T. M. Stone, of the College of Surgeons, wh o o r" became the purchaser of letters from Hunter, and the sty, respondence and bulletins relating to George llL's i 0511 3 . 0 4- by Spencer Perceval, Dr. Heberden, Sir s, • ford, &c. y 9 COLLIERY ExrLoSION.--SHIELD S , THUS BI)° 7 - the P.M.—This forenoon a fearful explosion took place I n s o ni pit called the " A Pit," Hepburn Collie r y, fi ve miles ° bu s this place. There were 200 }nen and boys in the nitr os e the explosion was csnfined to the Chapt er fl at , a n al v s et, working. The whole of the men and b oys in tha s ' s r the o am o unting to 22 in number, were i nstantly k ill e d i so es fire. The fire was extingeished by meet i ng a h o rse "' w as ing a number of tubs along the roily-way ; t h e horse ta bs upset and severely injured, but the men travelling in t he s aos fortunately escaped. The he was well ventilated, accident' thing is as yet known as to the cause producing the ad, c. `",e - be The lessee of the colliery is Mr. Easton of Gstesheach pit is in the fiery Bensham seam, and this is the third e rs, plosion that has taken place in it during the last 20 i h e a l o s The whole of the bodies were brought to the bank am-- two hours. No inju r y h as been done to the ventilation' • 1 0 LONDON AND BLACRWALL RAILWAy:A W C ; • meeting of this comp any was held yesterday at the Lo ndo n Tavern to consid er a B ill to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company an d the London aad Blackwell Railway Company to construct a railway with branches to Tilbutio and Southend, an d to provide steam communication ata Gravesend ; M r . J. N . Daniell in the chair. The ChaiLllg m said that the na t ure of the opposition to the Bill in passing through the H ouse of Comons showed that the Bill ,40 .ig worth fighting f or , and that they would have a good e on the hop. Mr. Tysrman read the heads of the Bill, authorized the raising of 400,000/. on shares, and on mortgage. 100, 04 7 On the motion of the Chairman, a resolut ion approving of the Bill was carried unanimously. It stated that the Thames Haven Dock would be available I s t ; the company, when required; and after a cordial vote w thanks to the chairman the meeting separated • BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 3d inst., at Durleigh, near Bridgewater, the Wife of William Gooding, Esq. On the 3d inst., at Grove-end-road, St. John's-wood , the wits of D. W. Dowling, l'Aq. DLELD Oa the sth inst., in Cheshain-street, Orlando G. S. (*.to ning, Commander It. N., Aged 53. at Little Math, Charlton, Eliza, daughter On the 4th inst., of Lieutenant-Colonel V. Arbuckle, late Royal Artillelatery. Col. At Faversham, Kent, William Coleman, &q., lector of the Customs , aged 84. London Printed and Publiahed by 511.31i1/0 YOUNG. of No. 112, Strand , Printer, at Tl.e Sun Office, No. 1 1 $' Strand, is th.a Prwinot of c ot , sayoyi it 3 the cogats • giddloaes, Friday, Kay 7,1852. A