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I — PRINCE'S, 14, Ragent-street, Waterloo-place. Messrs. PRINCE have the honour to announce to Members .t their SMCKLNG and READING ROOMS will OPEN on the s instant. ' 7 ?OYAL ITALIAN OPERA, • a) _ COVENT GARDEN. IL FLAUTO MAGICO. 'fozart's grand Romantic Opera, Il Fiala° Magico, will be Re zed on Saturday next, May 15. ____---------- ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. GUIEMARD. M. GUIRMARD, Primo Tencrre of the Academia Royale at Paris, has arrived, and will shortly make his first appearance la Halevy's grand Opera, LA dLTIVE. iiOYAL MARIONETTE THEATRE, ADBLAIDE-STREET, WEST STRAND. THIS EVENING, and every evening during the week, A new Characteristic Address, by the Manager. After which a new Piece, entitled THE HAPPY MANAGER. A Dramatic DRfaulty. In one act. To be followed by a new and original Burlesqne, called THE SPIRIT OF PUNCH ; or, The Arcadian Brothers. To conclude with an entirely new version of the Grand Eastern Spectacle of ALADDIN ; or, The Wonderful Lamp, produced with all the vast resources of this small establishment. Doors open at Ilalf-past Seven, and commence at Eight o'clock. A. Morning Performance on Saturday next. Doors open at Ei L'f-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-oflace of the Theatre, and of all the principal Librarians. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. TO-MORROW Will be presented Rossini's Opera, IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA. Roalna, Madile Soile Cruvelli ; Il Conte d'Almaviva, Si g nor Cal ; Figaro, Signor Belletti ; Basilic), Signor Ferlotti ; Don Bar tolo, Signor Lablache. Between the acts a new Ballet Divertissement, entitled LA FETE DES ROSIERES. By Carolina Rosati, Madlies. R osa, Esper, Alle;rini, LWao roux ; MM. Di Mattia, Gouriet, Venafra, and Mathieu. To conclude with the new Spanish Ballet Divertissement, entitled UN BA.ILLE DL C.ANDIL , In which Wile. Guy Stephan, Mdlles. Rosa, Esper, Allegrini, La- Laoureux, IL Di Matta, and M. Mathieu will appear. Application. for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Opera Box-ofilce, Colonnade, liaymariLet. ROY AL ITALIN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. GItA . EXTRA NIGHT. First a ppearance in En g land of Si g nor Bar to l ini. First Night of Lucia de Lammermoor. TO-MORROW, Will be produced Donizetti's Opera, entitled LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. Lucia. )I&dile Anna Zerr; Alice, Madlle. Cotti ; Enrico, Signor „. to n n i ; Raimondo , Signor Folonini ; Edgar, Herr An der. ""' To conclude with the third and fourth acts of the opera, I MARTIRI, r a dium, Madame Jaillenne (of the Academie Royale, Faris) ; s eve rus, Signor Ronconi ; Felix, Signor Marini; Nearcus, Signor StigelE; a Christian, Signor Seidl; Calisthenes, Signor Polonini ; Polyuins, Signor Tamberllk. Commence at Eight o'clock. Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. "Tiokets 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 t•om Eleven till Five o'clock ; and of the principal librarians and asicsellers. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B, Webster, sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVEI , MNG, Will be performed an entirely new comic Drama, entitled MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS, by 3lessr3. B. Webster, Leigh Murray, Eackstone, and Keeley ; Mrs. Stirling, Miss Reynolds, &c. After which a new Burlesquc on a frightfully popular subject, to be called 0, GEMINI ; or, the Brothers of Co(u)rse. Characters by Messrs. Buckstone, Bland, Weolger ; Mesdames Buckingham, Col 'ins, Caulfield, Honey, &c. To conclude with BOX AND COX, by Messrs. Keeley and Buck stone. THEATRE ROYAL, A.DELPIII. - Lessee, Mr. B. Webster ; Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Drama of powerful Interest, called THE QUEEN OF THE MARKET. Characters by Messrs. Hughes, 0. igmith, Paul Bedford, Emery, Honey, Worrell ; Mesdames Chaplin, Yarding, and Keeley. After which, a devilish new Extsavaganza, called MEPHISTO PHELES. Characters by Mr. Honey, Miss Fitzwilliam, and Miss oolgar. With WHO STOLE TILE POCKET-BOOK ? or, a Dinner for Six. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Linder the Management of Mr. C. Kean. THIS EVENING, Will be performed ShakesPere's Historical Play of KING JOHN. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Kean, A. Wigan, Ryder, Addison, Meadows, J. Vining, C. Fisher, Graham, F. Cooke, Everett, Vezin, t.athcart, and Wheatleigh ; Miss Phillifs, Miss ilobertson, Miss Mar. ray, Miss Kate Terry, Mrs. D tly, and Mrs. C. Kean. After which A LUCKY FRIDAY, in which Mr. A. Wigan will ap pear. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. tinder the Managemel_c of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. • THIS EVENING, Will be produced a dramatic story, in eight acts, entitled A CHAIN OF EVENTS. Characters by Messrs. Charles Mathews, Frank Matthews, Robert Roxby, Belton, Baker, Suter, liorncastle, Rost ?re, Butler, and llonner ; Madame 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 TIME TRIM ALL. After which CHAMBER PRACTICE. To conclude with THE FARMER'S STORY. 4.ATLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. ruder the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. The most successtul and popular Theatre in London. THIS EVENING, Will be presented a new grand Military Spectacle, which is now exciting all Paris, entitle" BONAPARTE. IN EGYPT; or, the Battle of Aboukir. •l'o be toilowed by Batty's Inimitable Scenes of the Arena. Ili addition to the extraordlnary talent at the above Establish ment, Mr. Batty has engaged the celebrated Equestrian Mr. A. Cooke ; also Mr. Boswell, the rennwned Comique, and Madlle. Re - becca, the graceful Equestrian, the whole forming the most elegant and unique perfoamance ever witnessed within the walls of an am• phitlicatre. To conclude with a Laughable Farce. Tickets to be had at the Box-office Pram Eleven till Four daily. Stage Manager, Mr. Leclercq. lUGU WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TRI3 PAY --Ilornint 33 min. after 8 I Evening 12 min after 9 To-Moneow—llurning 50 min. after 9 I Evening 25 ram ate 10 THE WEATHER.—SuN 01rFICK, MAY 11 TFMTNICMETUR, IN Tali Slibl E. 58—highest since noon yesterday. 45 owt3t this morning and during the night. 55 —this day. at noon. BARCMETErt, 29.72. WIND W.—Heavy rain during the night and this morning. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following p at Nine o'clock yesterday morabg.—The stations are arranged in order of latitude. Phritotrru—Wind W., hard wind—partially cloudy. finionvost—Wind S.W., strong breeze—overcast. lixamma—Wind S.W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. S arrsAmprox—Wind W., s rong breeze—overcast. EJLKESTONIS— Wind S.W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. Turaskmaa—Wind W., hard wiud—thunde breez r storm. GSEENWICII—Wind S.W., strong . partially cloudy. &Rowe —Wind S.W., &trong breeze—partially cloudy. Bwrapox—Wind W., squally —showery. CoLcausTim—Wind S. W., hard wind—overcast. C... , ..stEtlincE—Wind S. W., hard wind — part iall y cloud y . ILrtstourii—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—cloudy. t ,,96 returns from the following places indicate the state of wind and weather on Monday morning at nine clo c k Lt..t vat . _ ,tu:eit—Wind W. storm—partially cloudy. M utu w—Wind S.W., hard wind—rain. p„ out l4 "-R—Wind S. W., storm—overcast. —Wind S Wstrong • (2 , vagwytr „ . breeze—rain. L sin w robi Zi - i!nd S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. lIIRMINCiIu x ...V S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. HOLYlltikb—virnTd S., gentle breeze—overcast. LazicesTEß_Nvi_, g : S.W., strong breeze—rain. Y: strong breeze—rain. D A raa..voTox_w in ! t r r ong breeze—overcast. u , 2 , strong breeze—overcast. At the Royal oo serva _ 'rY, Greenwich, the mean daily reading of the barom e t er Wednesday, and Thursdaywas above 30 in. on Tuesday, 29.,95 in. The mean ; the mean of the week was of te mperature t of the week was 48.1°, or '3 . 5` 8 below the averag e same week in ten years. Tha highest daily temperature w e on Monday, 9: p€ o r n a t uSruendwany, onlyan ,and 7 3 4.1 o n Saturday. The mean (a 41.3 on Sunday, or 9.4° below the . - daily tan years; it rose to 44'1° of the same day in the average ; to 451° on Tuesday, which i 8 7° below average; to 46.Y . ' on Wednesday, or 4 ?oj 6'3° below the to 47,0 on Thursday, or 4.5 Q below tile sage; the average ; on Friday, which is 0•7° .. above the average; and t o 52 ' 5Q on Saturday, which is 6.a° above it. windThea' a_nd to 59° rally from the north-east till Friday, w h enit blew gene changed to aouth-west. ).1 , . .; 1 ' 4- 4 , # r ~- '-., „„ r , - .. ,- .1....c -1, , ..... - o c • D -7,--6611 3. 4 ... ck: i.p ,,• i e . *. r . /, 7•II t) • " L - 1 ~ , I,„ 1 / 4,, - .L... - -.,, eiT leninit LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1852 Earl GREY'S notorious despatch of the 14th of last January has been responded to by Sir HARRY SMITH in terms worthy of that distinguished and veteran commander. His Excellency's reply, pub lished in the columns of yesterday evening's Gazette, passes over in dignified silence the insolent and un statesmanlike contumelies indulged in by the late Colonial Secretary. Writing in answer to Lord GREY'S personally offensive communication, and dating kis response, the 17th of March, from the Camp at Blink water, Sir HARRY SMITEI almost entirely restricts himself to the narrative of the various movements which had taken place at t seat of war since the p?riod of his former eaeatistoh t o th e home G overnment. I n t h e very pre .Lne of present statement, the Governor o f th e C ap e remarks that, although informed that her MA JESTY's Govern n. had deemed it an unavoidaWe duty to retievom from hi= position and its variou s of el uß b tho ELI SOVERLIGN had approved that pous measur e , and although It was i n ti mate d to su ccessor him, indeed, that his was preparing forth with to leave the shores I England—" such were the prospects of the war at that p e riod," a, s e ay f s t h h e . , " and so rapid the progression towardsthat at (best shoofwEn ebb l y ngs which can alone perpetuate peace the pro again issued by me on the Gth ru wh a i r c y h , end again enclosed), that et sense of the d uty guided me in the service of my SoyEara,„ and —Country TTIE SUN, for so many years induced me to persevere in the pre - ' paratory steps I had taken for the expulsion, r , from certain strongholds within the colony, of the Gaikas and Hottentots under the wily Chief MA• COMO, a renegade from the authority of his para mount Chief SANDILLI." Such are the magnani mous acts and the no less magnanimous expressions by which his Excellency Sir HARRY s knowledged one of the most harsh and mcirTunelhadocu ments ever directed officially to a brave old officer, to one who had done good service in his country's cause upon the foughten field, to one who had again and again revealed his prowess on the European, on the Asiatic, and on the African con tinents, who bad extorted the admiration of his co patriots by his brilliant charge at Aliwal, and who, in addition to all this, in the very course condemned by a civilian like Earl GREY, had elicited the approbation of a military authority no less competent than Field- Marshal his Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON ! Aware of the intrinsic strength of his own position in the judgment of his fellow-coun trymen—aware that ultimately a decision must be pronounced in his favour, not merely by posterity but by his very contemporaries—not merely by the future annalist, but by those historians of the hour, the public journalists—Sir HARRY SMITR could well afford to pass by without further comment than that comprised within this very significant allusion, the petulant disapproval of a policy previously applauded by the very states man giving utterance to its condemnation. Besides informing her Maeeszv's Government of his deter mination, in spite of everything, to persist in his en deavours to expel the rebel Gaikas and Hottentots, under Macomo, from certain strongholds in the co lony, his Excellency:adds that his purpose was, more over, to drive the Gaika tribes over the great Kei, and thereby to rid of their presence the whole of British Kafraria. With this resolve in view, Sir HARRY thereupon informs Earl GREY that he =lied several detachments to concentrate at his head-quarters, the general rendezvous at Fort Beau fort. Subsequently he recounts how on the 4th of March Major-General SOMERSET had a smart affair with the enemy in the Water Kloof, where a hundred head of cattle and forty horses were captured. Afterwards, in pursuance of his original design, the head quarters were removed from Fort Beaufort to Blinkwater. Thence an advance movement was made against the strong positions held by the rebels. Upon this occasion, the 10th of last March, the troops appear to have behaved gallantly through out, the officers in command displaying admirable skill and courage in their operations. Lieutenant- Colonel EYRE being posted at a densely wooded part of the range called Fuller's Hoek, where MAcoMo's " Den," so termed, was " so strongly situated in a deep kloof as to be regarded almost inaccessible," moved upon the savages at the right time, and with so much determination on the part of the troops, as to carry everything before him—Captain FADDY, of the Royal Artillery, causing four guns to be served with admirable effect from a height to which they had been dragged " with incredible exertion up a precipitous ascent," while Captain CAMPBELL, of the 73d Regi ment, with a company of his own corps and two come panies of the 43d Light Infantry, gallantly carried a well-known and most difficult pass which had been stoutly held by the enemy. Sir_Hanav's despatch of the 17th of March then goes on to relate how on the following day, namely, the 11 th of that same month, the "Den" was triumphantly carried—a matter of great importance, seeing that it was the stronghold of Macomo, " the destruction of which," says his Excellency, " I regarded as a great step towards the humbling of the rebels; for although SANDILLI and the Gaikas affected humility and a desire for peace, I well knew that all eyes were intent on the result of these operations." The subsequent events of this important fif teen months' campaign are related with admirable perspicuity in the remaining portions of Sir HARRY'S despatch of the 17th of March, a docu ment which, to his honour, while it disdains to vin dicate his own reputation—notwithstanding that his feelings must have been painfully wounded by the unjustifiable tone of Lord GREY'S despatch o f the 14th of January—consists; fur the most part of generous tributes to the cou rage and intelligence of those under his com mand, both officers and privates. "I am fully aware," says Sir HARRY SMITH, " that I have been accused during the progress of this campaign of using the language of hyperbole in describing the numerous rencontres which have occurred, and in giving praise to the gallant officers and troops as well as burghers. Possessing, however, some experience in war, I must maintain that such is not the case. Troops acting in the open field expect not the stimulus of praise ; the soldier sees his foe, and his British courage rises at each s ; but he who, after perhaps a night march of great length, has to ascend mountains or penetrate dense bush and ravines, filled probably with a daring and intrepid enemy, as resolute as athletic, ready to murder any one who may fall into his hands, and whose warfare is of the most stealthy Rai enterprising kind, appreciates the praise of his commander, because when his acts are conspicuously daring he is conscious he deserves it. He does his duty; but human nature renders even the soldier's intrepid heart sensible of the approbation of his superior, which he is proud to know may reach the eye of his parents and friends." Immediately before relinquishing his command, therefore, his Excellency deems it but right that he should still testify his sense of this duty by not shrinking from its performance. And so with this magnanimous tribute to his brave soldiers, ends Sir HARRY SMITR'S temperate reply of the 17th of March to Earl GR EY ' S most i ntemperate despatch of the 14th of January. Once more the public tine© has been occupied, and the public mind disturbed, by the introduction of a polemical question, calculated to excite sectarian ani mosities among all classes of her MAJESTY'S subject?, and more particularly to fling the firebrand of reli gious discord into poor unhappy Ireland. It is per fectly manifest that no fairly conducted and bona fide inquiry into the system of education carried on at the College of Maynooth could be brought to a termi nation during the present session. it is equally clear that a dissolution of Parliament, and an appeal to the country, must take place the moment the indispensable business can be completed, and it is more than probable that several Members of any Committee that could be nominated may not have seats in the new Parliament. What, therefore, could be the object of the elaborate motion of the Hon. Gentleman the Member for North Warwickshire in asking for a Select Committee ? What, in fact, could it be, save to excite feelings of bigotry and intoler ance, and to get up a "No-Popery" cry, to divert week ho - at minded electors from the consideration of more important questions. If it were indeed desirable to institute a strict and g investigation, with a view, not of destroy ing the establishment, but of improving the system of education, and rendering it more in accordance after the inauguration principles iil.: i i on which the grant was originally s sanctioned, opportunity u f the u e w r. arl would iam e a u r t i . s e until ß a t desired It was not the motion the improvement forward in no such spirit. of the institution so far at least as the that was Honourable withdrawal its total abolition, accomplish that of the Parliamentary Gentlemanthat object. The whole grant could speech of the question was brought forward by whom the indicated that steady, settled purpose. It was one that in app lause bygone e that might have elicited ages, on the introduction of soma ne w penal law, wh en it was supposed to be the duty of the State to control the religious opinions of the people, and to allow no dissent of any de scription from the doctrines cf the majority, and to fine, imprison, banish, aye , and put to death, those who p re sumed to think for themselves, and to worshi p th eir CREATOR i n the manner which they deemed to be most acceptable to the DEITY. Those who supported the motion must, under the exceedingly peculiar circumstances of the case, be presumed to participate in the same com mon purpose. Many of those who expressed their intention of dividing in favour o f Mr. Spoo:vEa's proposition did SO OR ver9 different grounds from those put forward by the Honourable Gentleman. They did so, in some instances, as challenging investigation, courting publicity, an d desirous of showing not only that there was nothing LONDON, t o ,I)e ashamed of, but that the funds were made to th e fu llest extent available for the purposes for which they hail been bestowed. In others, as in the case of the Right Hon. Gentleman the Member for the University of Oxford, on the grounds that it could not be shown that the expectations on which the endowment 'mid been granted had been frustrated, and that, therefore, both prudence and justice, in their highest forms, demanded the maintenance of the endowment. We do not, however, coincide with either of those parties. Their objects may be laudable, but their acts are im politic. The only possible results ofLthe inquiry will be the introduction of a new element of strife and dissension into the polling-booths, and perhaps the exclusion of many estimable and experienced persons, and the substitution of others of far inferior qualifica tions, who will readily truckle to the popular outcry, however unreasonable. There should, then, be no mis understanding on the subject. The demand is really for the abolition of the grant to Maynootb, and no person should support it who is not favourable to and desirous of that result _speedily following the success. After all, what are the grounds on which the withdrawal of the grant is advocated ?—that there are errors in the doctrine of the Roman Ca tholic, and that those errors are taught in the Roman Catholic College, and again that the Ro man clergy were strongly imbued with Ultra montane feelings, and, therefore, that the means of home education should be denied to them, and that they should be driven to foreign universities, where, of course, feelings of dutiful allegiance and affectionate loyalty to the British SOVEREIGN would be strongly incul cated. Was there ever greater nonsense ? For what was it established but for the purpose of teaching the :tenets of the Roman Catholic creed, and fitting youths for the ministry in that Church ? It was considered desirable that they should receive their education at home, and not at Douai or St. Omer,*and for that purpose a sum was voted, the only objection to which consisted iq the penurious spirit and niggardly band with which the State bounty was doled out, rendering the college a sort of Do•the-boys Hall in place of a great national establishment, conducted on a scale of liberality that would excite the gratitude and conciliate the feelings of the students and professors. Why should we complain of the errors of Popery when we support Hindoos and Mahomedans ? Why, as the Hon. Member for Middlesex perti nently inquired, should we " strain at the Roman Catholic gnat, and swallow the Brahminical camel ?', Why should we alienate the feelings of the people of Ireland, and play into the hands of those who would excite animosity to this country ? The withdrawal of the Maynooth grant could not stand alone. The Parliament that refused to sanction the 26,0001. per annum fur that purpose should necessarily go far ther, and we should look forward to a speedy re enactment of the penal code, accompanied or preceded by an internecine conflict of the most formidable character, which would diminish the strength and resources of the nation, and render the fear of foreign invasion something more than a mere bugbear. AMERICAN NEWS. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY, 5 .tyr. By the United States mail steam-ship Arctic, which ar. rived in the river shortly before four o'clock, we have ad vices from New York to the Ist inst. She brings 150 pas. sengers and 12,0001. in specie. The steam-ship Niagara, with the mails of the 17th, ar rived at Boston on the 29th ult. ... _ The shock of an earthquake had been felt in several parts of the - United States on the afternoon of the 30th; it was very sensibly felt at Washington, Baltimore, and throughout Maryland. A banquet had been given at Boston to Kossuth on the 30th ult. _. Late accounts from Newfoundland report that a dreadful storm had visited that coast, whereby upwards of sixty sailing vessels had been lost, in addition to many other vessels. Vera Cruz advices to the 17th ult. state that the Tehuan tepec Railroad project had been defeated in the Mexican Con gress, there being only one vote in favour of it. Advices from Cape llaytien to the 17th ult. state that a severe shock of an earthquake was felt there on the Bth, bat no damage was done. The New York stock market was active, with an upward tendency. The money market was abundantly supplied. Foreign exchange had advanced. Bills on London 110 to 1101; aris, 5 171 to 5 16,i, ; Amsterdam, 4O to 40& ; Ham burgh, 35i to 35i ; and Bremen, 78 to 78i. The Cotton market was very active, and prices had been advanced per lb. Sales since last steamer, 12,000 bales. Iron was more active. Breadstutis active, but prices un altered. Naval stores very scarce, and held at high rates. Freights to London—flour, Is, 6d., and turpentine 2s. per barrel; measurement goods, 20s. to 30s. per ton. NEW ORLEANS, Arum 29. Cotton market much excited on receipt of Niagara's ad vices. Sales 12,000 bales, at an advance of ie. per lb.— Times. CRIMINAL COURT -(THIS DAY ) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron PLATT.) MußDEE.—Thomas Cathie Wheeler, aged 29, who stands charged with the wilful murder of Elizabeth Wheeler, his own mother, was put forward to plead to the indictment. The prisoner displayed evident symptoms of insanity, and laughed and giggled in the dock like an idiot, seemingly quite unconscious of the awful situation in which he was placed, not paying the slightest attention to the proceedings going on around him. Mr. EtnTos, who had been retained for the defence, said before the case was gone into the prisoner's friends, who were highly repectable people, wished to have the issue of the prisoner's insanity tried. He was, in fact, not in a state of mind to be able to plead, and it would save time if this pleliminary inquiry was at once entered upon. Mr. Baron PLAIT—By all means. Well go into that matter now. Mr. Cathie, uncle of the prisoner, stated that the deceased was his own sister, and he had known the prisoner from in fancy. In 1848 the prisoner went out to South America, but soon afterwards returned, when he exhibited undoubted symptoms of insanity. He was accordingly placed under restraint, and ultimately he became an inmate of a lunatic asylum. He remained there some time, and having partially recovered he was allowed to go at large again. Ile was, however, never able to resume his business, while from time to time he had renewed attacks of his dreadful malady. One of these attacks came upon him a few days before the murder, and had he delayed his terrible purpose a few hours he would once more have been placed in an asylum, but it was not to be, and he committed the offence of which he now stood charged while in a state of undoubted madness. The insanity was attributed to over-exertion and anxiety in business, for previous to 1848 the prisoner was a kind and industrious man, and the whole and sole support of his mother and family. Since he had been in Newgate the witness had seen him more than once, and he had no hesita tion in declaring his conviction that the prisoner was wholly unconscious of the situation in which he at present stood. hlr. PAYNE, who appeared for the prosecution, cross-ex amined the witness, bat the cross examination only con firmed the assertion that the prisoner was mad. Mr. Jones, the landlord of the house in which the prisoner with his mother had lived for some time past, also gave it as his thorough belief that the prisoner was not in his right senses, nor had he been sane ever since he had known him. He always thought the prisoner was harmless until the day before the murder, when he returned home, raving as a madman would do, insisting that he was going to fight Ben Caunt. Mr. Cope, the Governor of Newgate, said he had had re peated opportunities of observing the prisoner's manners and conduct since he had been in prison, and it was his decided opinion that if the prisoner was asked to say whether he was guilty or not guilty, he would not understand the nature of the question. Mr. Baron PLArr thought the evidence was conclusive, but it was for the jury to decide the issue. The jury immediately returned a verdict that the prisoner was of unsound mind. Mr. I AYNE applied to the Court to have the pri:ioner do tamped during her Majesty's pleasure. Mr. Baron PLATT-1 it so. _ _ The prisoner was then removed from the dock. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) Richard Ambler, a respectably-dressed young man, pleaded not guilty to an indictment charging him with attempting a felonious assault on Al aria Newbery, aged 18, one of the inmates of the Servants' Home, on the 2d of April last. The prisoner was described as a surgeon, of Portland place, Regent's-park. Mr. Parry appeared for the prosecution; Mr. Ballantine and Mr. Gifford for the defence. The particulars detailed in the evidence have already ap peared in our police reports. After Mr. Ballantine'a address, the Assistant-Judge summed up at considerable length; the jury then retired to consider their verdict, and in the course of half an hour re turned a verdict of Guilty. Mr. Sergeant ADAMS, in a very impressive address, sen tenced the prisoner to eighteen months' hard labour in the House of Correction. HER MAJESTY'S BIRTLIDAY.—To - morro w, being the day appointed for the celebration of her Majesty's birth day, will be observed as a holyday at all the Government and public offices (the Post-office excepted), and no business of any kind will be transacted at the great dock establishments and other places of commercial intercourse in the metropolis. In consequence of the influx of foreign shipping into the port of London, and the consequent pressure of business which has accrued at the docks and wharfage premises generally at the waterside, this temporary interference with the usual course of business, but more particularly with the discharge of the vessels in process of being relieved of their cargoes, so long detained by adverse winds at sea and in the British Channel, will necessarily lee more than commonly inconvenient on this occasion. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.--In consequence of the indisposition of Cruvelli, the Cenerentola was last night sub stituted for Norma, the opera that had been previously an nounced. TUE REPRESENTATION OF GUILDFORD. Mr. James Bell, understood to be the brother of the Hon. Mem ber for St. Alban's, has announced himself acandidate for the represer Cation of the borough. In his address to the electors, and vote by ballot. he declares himself a Free-trader, an advocate mon of the suffrage of the exten. WEDNESDAY THE SHARE MARKETS. Railways. Nominal Prices. BELITISII RAILWAYS. Business done to-day. 73 7 97% 20 % 21 1 ,‘, 31 Aberdeen Amb., Not., Bost. & E. June. Bir., Wolv., and Stour V Bliar a tke l 6n 5. d h2 a 6. l ji l e p pt d d. Ditto, Chest. & Birk., 501. & 25/. Cons., all pd. Ditto, ditto . . 174 pd. Brist. & 100/. pd. Caledonian ... 501. pd. Chest. & Holyh., all pd. Dub. & Belf. Jet. 45/ pd. Dundlk & Ennis., all pd. Dundee, Perth, & Aber deen June. Ditto, New East Anglian (251. L. & E. and L. & D.) all pd. Do (18/. E. & H.) all pd. East.Counties...2o/. pd. Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. shrs., all pd. Do. do. do. 61. pd. Do., do., B. & C., all pd. East Lancashire, all pd Do. New Quar., all pd E. & W. India Docks and Bir. Junc., all pd E. & W. Yk. Jnc., all p Edinb. & Glas., 50/. pd Edin.,Per. & Dun. 251, p Glas. & S.-West., 100/.p 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 Lane. & Carlisle, all pd Do. Thirds, 11/.13.4 pd Lane. & York., 100/. pd Do., Quarters ...all pd Do., Fifths Do.,W. Rid. Un. 11 Y4P Leeds Northern, all pd Liv.Crsby & Sthpt.l7ljp Lond. & Blackw., all pd ' Lon.,Brig.& S. Ct.loo p Lon. & N.Weat.,lool. p Do. Quarters... 22/. pd Do. Fifths .•. . . 121. pd Do. 101.,M & 8.8. (e) 1/p Lon. & S.-West. 100/. p Do. New 501., 42% pd Do. New 401. ~341. pd Lon. & Enniskil., all pd Man. Bux. & Mat. all p Man. Shef. & Lin.,loo/p Do. Manch. &Lincoln Union Midland .. ' „1001. pd Do. Bir. & Derby 1001. Md. Gt. Wt. (Ire.) 47 1 ,4 Newcas. & Carl. all pd Do. Quarter Sh all pd Newmarket all pd Newport, Abergaven., and Hereford _lO/ pd Newry & Ennisk. 7 1 ,E p Norfolk ... . .. 100/. pd Do. New i 0!. S. 15/. p North. Conn. Un. 1 / 2 ' pd North British _251. pd North Devon ...11/. pd North Stafford. 17% p North-Western 19/. pd N. & S.-W. June. 61. p Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 101 p Scottish Central 25/. p Scottish Midld., 25/. pd Do. New all pd Shrew. & Bir. A, all pd Do. B Shrew. & Her. Old 81. p Shrewsbu. and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) all pd Do. llalves 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 Juth Yorkshire and River Dun 151. p 1 Do. Do. Si. pd Stirl. & Dunferm all p Stock. & Har. 16/ 2s. 3d.' Taff Vale 1261. pd, Thames Haven Dock and Railway ...181. pd Vale of .Neatb...l7/. pd, Waterfd. & Bilk. all pd Waterfd. & Lim. all pd Waterford, Wex. Wick. and Dublin 3/. Pd West Cornwall 13/. pd West London all pd Yk., New. & Ber 25/. p Do. & New. Ex 201. p Do. G.N.E. pure 91. p. York & N. Mid. 50/. pd Aberdeen all pd: Do. No. 2, 7 per et. 3341 Caledonian, 101. all pd Ches. & Holyhd. all pd Dundee, Per., & Aberd. Junction all pd E. Ang.(3/ 103)6 p c. all Do. (51.) 7 per ct. all p Do. (7/ 17s) 7 p. c. 2 p Eastern Counties Ex., 6 p . C., No. 1 pd Do. No. 2 all pd Do. New 6 p. c. Stk. 10 Eastern Union Scrip, Guar. 6 per ct....a1l 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. 1001. Gt. North. 5 p. c. all pd Do. 5 p c.'red.Be. 9 P Great South. & West. Gt. West. (Ber ks & 11 . (Ireland) B ths all pd Ex. 5 per cent.) all pd Gt.W. fixed 4h 100/. p Do. Do. —BOl pd Lancashire and York. shire, F. 20/. .••6/. pd Do, 6 p. c. Stk. 100/. p Leeds Northern, 6 per cent. No. 1 13/. pd, Do. Do. No. 2 17/. pd l Do. Do. No. 3 5/. pd Do. Qrs., 1848 ...0/. pd London & Brig. guar. 5 per cent. —lOO/. pd Do. Pr.s p c. Stk. 100/. Do. Con. 5 p c,1852 all Do. N.Gr. 6 p c 100/. p Lon. & N.-W. (Coy. & Nunet.) 5 p. c. 1 3 1 / 2 pd Ln. & S.W. Co 3ds. 51. p Lon. & En. % Sh. all p l Man., Sheff., & Linec.l Qr. Sh., No. 1 all pcl l Do. New, 10/. ...all pd Do. 61. 3 l. Pd Mid. Con. 6 p c St 100/. 1 Do. Con. Bris. & Bir., 6 per cent.... 1001. pd i Do. Erewash Val. 1001 Do. Leic. & Swanning.l 8 per c. Guar. 1001. pi r Do. Preference ...5/. pl Norfolk Exten... all pd Do. Gr. 514 p et. all p Do. Wavny. Val. 21. p North British _5l, - North Staff _ord. all pd Oxf. Wor. & Wol., 15/.1 6 per cent....... 10/. pdi Shrews. & Bir. N.G . an Shrews. & Ches. (N.W. Min.) 8 per c.„, a 1l pd South Devon a ll pd St.-Est. 4y R Pc. 10/. pd Sth. York. 4 p c gd 20/ Stock. & Hart. gd 5 p until July 1,1856. all n Waterford & 6 per cent. 3112,d' York, Newc.B;.fier'dt N. of E. Pur, 1 . 1 d . Do. Do . "'L pd p York & MiCil'and and S. Purch. 10/. pd p 12y, -12,4 10% - ii% 13 -13% %- 3fi P 142 - 144 ••••• Visl. p 19 1 4 20 5A 1 , 4 2 1 ,4 bA - 1 P 10 -10% 16% 16% 15 - - 16 •.• ••• I , IA 1 dis. ••• .... ... 16% - 17 4% - 434 dis. --- • P LINES LE.a.sx AT rnitza ;Z2NTALU. Railways. 1 Leasing N om inal Priced. Blaine" to-day. Companies. —_—.....—......._'.--- .1.............. a./•••••••.... 13df. & Bitch., all p Lon.&N.W ••• Bir • B4 Oxi., gua. all Gt. Westn. 80 3 ,1 Do. without, all p Do. Bir.Wolv. & Dud ~l cent.. , 29% 30 % guar....... all pd Do. Do. without, all p Do. Buckinghash, all p Lon. &N.W 18 --18% Clydsdale Jc., all p Caledonian 45 —47 E. Lin., gua. 6 per Gloucest. & Dean Forest... 22% pd Gt. Westrn. 4 5 P Hartlepl. Dk. & c Yk•lNew•l Railw....all pd 1 &Berw. seq. .... • ,all pd Gt. Northn. 35 35% Hull & Selby, all p Irk. &N. . 110 112 Do. Halves.,all p D o . - -55 — 56 Do. Quarts., all p Do. Leeds & Brdf., all i Midland Lou. & G renw., all S. Eastern . 12 % 13 Do. Pr e f.... a ll pd Do. .. 25 —26 Lowestoft., gua. 4 per cent... a ll p d N or f o lk - 18 • Do. 6 p. e t., a l l p car, 6 p. c ., ••• Do. Middlesbe & Red- ••• all p Stktn &Dar N. & E., sp. c., a ll E . C ount i es 60 -- 62 Do. 6 p. e t., a ll p Do . Do. F. 5 p.c. all pd Do. - .•• Prestn. & Wyre, ( L.& N.W I all paid . / & La. &Y J Do.Hlves, A, all p Do. . ••• Read., Guildf., and Reigate ... a ll p d S. Eastern 22% -- 2 ~.., 22% Roy. & Hit., 6 1 ,i p Gt. Northn. 9 % Y,?'! , Do. Shep. E x ., all Do. Shf. Itth. & Goole, . S. Statidsb., 9% p Mr3l`ClealD 1 A sp. c., 18.11.6 p Lan. & Y - 1 _ 1 dt& Wear Val. 6 p c., all Stckt& Dar ... Do. do. ... a ll pd Da ... Do. do. . . all pd Da Wilt& i S om., allk Gt. Westru 99 - lAN , 13 % to 13;i 7 - 7 yi, 10 1 % - 10% 111/ —ll d. 17v z - 18% 96 —gg 20 20 21% 22 13 13 do 7 - 4 3 / 4 , - 9 - 6 N; GYa 17 - 17% 55 -GO 31 -33 5 1 ,4 - 6 20 - 20% 6% - 63/ 8 14%-15 39% - 39% 91% - 92% 78 -80 9 -10 p 73 - 73% ••• 6 ---Ly„ die. 4 di 0.. 18 34, 8 1 4 —:B% 102 1 4 103% 1 123 124 1" 5% 5% p 3 3 / 4 4 p 2 " 2 1 4 p 92 1 4 93 4 3 1 4 dia. 3 1 4 2 1 4 dis. 10 4 , 11 2 7 4 3 3 % 34% 3 —2% dis. 70 , 4 70 n 36 —3B ..... • • • 10 = 3% 3 di& - 85 10%10 dii. - 3y, - 3 dis. 7it's 8 —7%di. 7% -8 7 / 8 dis. ••It .... ••• 1% .. 2 p. 22 3 % 22% 17y, 1731, x.d 11 —l2 ••• - ••• 5% -5% 3% _ 23% dis. 15 —l6 7 8 11 —l2 3% 2%, d. ... - •.• 191,4 - 20 , A 21% - 21% 341 i - 35 par —%, P Ib4 4 1 ,4 8 1 Adis. 4 3 A 5X 20 —2l ..• ••••• ••• •••• 3% di& 1811-18 3 / 63,4 —6%, die. 2v d 25% 25% ZNCE MU 1 1 % -- 7 At die. ..• 8 3 4, 9 - 18% 5 1 ,‘ - 6 3 - % p. - P 13 • 131 i 1 4% - 15 3 14 - 4 ••• ....... 14 7 / 8 - lii i i Dii -1% p 8% --- si,i die. 20% 614 92%, 92 IA 8 14 Pin 73 18% 3is 123% % 27% 1530 16 92% 70 % % 7% 8 3% 17 % i.d 20 211 A 183, 25% X % 1% dii. 18% 15% 14S 11% 100 1 4 12% 19% 103$, EVENING, MAY l2, 1852. FOREIGN. in Business done Railways. Nominal Prices. Bu to day. Cent. France (0.1 7 .) all 22% 23% Charl. & Erquel. all pd 13 —l5 Demerara all pd Dutch Rhenish... Bl. pd 31 3 1 / 4 dis. East Indian 18/. pd 4 — 4 % P Do. Do.. 201. pd Gt. Indian Penin. all p 1 — 1 1 A Da Do. 4% pd 3 / 4 %a P Louv. a la Sambre 7 1 / 2 Luxembourg _l3/. pd • 4% Do. (Railway) 10/. pd 3% 3 5 4 3 1 :2 Do. l/. pd ;1 3 n Do. (Canal) 2t. pd % Ta Maria Antonia 271 pd 8 —lO Do. New Namur & Liege all pd 6 3 / 4 633 North. of France,l6/.pd 23 1 4 233 x.d x.d Do. 20/. 3 p.c. Bds, all p 13% 13/ Orleans & Bor 111. pd 4% —4% p 15% Paris & Lyons _6/. pd 4 p Paris & Orleans all pd 45 —47 Paris & Rouen pd 29% 30% Paris & Stras. ...all pd 21% —22 j u Rouen & pd 11 1 / 1 11% 11% Sambre &Meuse all pd 4% 5 4 7 /, 3 3 / 4 5 4YB St. Andrew's & Quebec (A) 4/. pd Tours & Nantes 17/. pd —5% dia. Vest Flanders...B 3 / pd 3 West. of France 6/. pd 1% —13 s MINES. Agua Fria all pd % 34 p Anglo-Californian, all p X p I Asturian 151. p Australasian 21. pd rl —1 p Australian Si. pd 34 1 Austr. Freehold all pd % dis. Ave Maria all pd % dis. Blaenarvon I. &C. all p• Brit. Austr. Gold all pd —34 dia. British Iroa 13/. 15s. p Braz. Im. (is. sp) 24% 1 34 2 Do. Coca. & Cui. all Do. St. Job. del R. 15/. Carson's Creek all pd par % p Cobre Copper 4Ol. pd Colonial Gold 11 pd % p Copiapo 14/ pd Eng. & Aust. Cop. all p %dis. % General all pd ••• Gold Mountain...all pd % '4 dis. Great Polgooth all pd 3% 1 dia. Lake BathurSt all pd % 34 dis. Lon. & Cal. Gld Quartz Crush Com. all pd Maxi. & S. Amer. 91. p . Nouveau Monde all pd % p 1 Port Philip ... ...1/. pd, par % p Quartz Rock all pd %dis. par Santiago de Cuba 10 3 % 11 —l2 Tin Croft 7l. pd 11 —l2 United Mexican all pd —2% West Mariposa all pd 34 % dis ZOINT.STOCIC BANKS. Australasia all pd 46 1 / 2 —47 Brit. Nth. Amer. all pd 54 —55 55 Colonial Corn, of London 201. pd 25 —26 Lon. & County 20/. pd ••• London Jt. Stk. 10/. pd 18 18 3 % Lon. & Westm. 20/. pd 28 3 % 29% Nat. Prov. Eng. 35/. pd ••• Do. New lOl. pd ••• Nat. of Ireland 22% p 17 3 / 4 — l7 Orient. Bk. Corp. all pd 34 —3 6 Prov. of Ireland 25/ pd. 44% 45% Do. New all IA 15 7 / 8 16% Union of Austral all pd 43 43% Do. New ' l34 pd 3 —3% Union of London 101. p 14% —15%3 •, •- JOINT. Australasia all pd Brit. Nth. Amer. all pd Colonial `)5/. pd Corn. of London 20/. pd Lon. & County 20/. pd London Jt. Stk. 10/. pd Lon. & Westin. 20/. pd Nat. Prov. Eng. 35/. pd Do. New lO/. pd Nat. of Ireland 221 Y p Orient. Bk. Corp. all pd Prov. of Ireland 251 pd. Do. New all pd Union of Austral, all pd Do. New 2 l /2 pd Union of London 10/. p Union of Mad r id a ll pd I MISCELLANEOV Canada 3 2 ,,i pd 48 491, Eastern Steam...2s. pd . . Gen. Stm. Nay. 14/. pd 28% —29 Penin. & Or. St. all pd 81 —B2 Do. Do. ...15/. pd 33 —3 3 1 A Royal Mail Stm. 601. pd 76 1 / 2 —77 Universal Emigration and Colonization, 2/. p A.ustra Llian Royal Mail, 3 MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at from B,COO to 10,000 bales, of which 1,500 American were taken for export, and 2,500 American and 800 Brazil on speculation. The market was quiet but steady. The sales comprised 1,500 Pernam and Maranliam at 6 1 4 d. to 7 1 4 d., 500 Egyptian at 5%d. to 9lhd. 600 Surat at 3-4 d. to 4 1 ,4 d., and the remainder American.—Railway Shares were steady. The advices brought yesterday by Messrs. Marshall and Edridge's Port Philip liner Statesman are to Jan. 25, the voyage having been performed in 100 days. The amount of gold on board is about 600,0001. The private accounts from the Mount Alexander " diggins" are of a most favourable character, and the instances of individual success were extra ordinary. From 20/. to 30/. per diem had been in several in stances obtained by individuals, and there were examples of small fortunes being obtained in very short periods. Labour was exceedingly scarce and dear, and will be more so when the winter sets in and again favours mining operations. A specimen of the difficulty incurred for want of water during the summer may be inferred from the following extracts of a communication, dated Forest Creek : _ . " The want of water, a want which has been gradually in creasing in intensity, has now reached a sort of culminating point. All who still persist in digging may be set down as very persevering indeed. " Digging and washing are still going on less or more at nearly every part of the creek bed in stray waterholes, which furnish a niggardly supply for the puddling-tub and cradle. Water for drinking, a minor consideration with most:gold diggers, is to be got fit for use in deep holes sunk for the purpose; these are generally held sacred, and woe be to the tin-disher who may be caught slipping down.clandestinely to pollute the sacred well. As abundance of water for gold washing can be had within .a distance of five or six miles of any part of the diggings, there is a prevailing idea in Gee long and Melbourne that the possession of a horse and cart goes far to neutralize the drawback of distance from water. hat the Bea profits of a party would be about the same, minus expense of cartage. This idea is entirely fallacious, the dryness of the soil and want of water close at hand, obstruct the digger at every stage of the process of working a hole. " Intending gold-hunters who wish to begin their vocation at once, had better not come here—true, there must be thou sands of pounds weight of the precious metal now snugly lying the golden gullies' and ' golden points,' as yet not christened such, but the present is not the time to unearth their treasures." A member of the Legislative Council of South Australia had suggested that gold should be received in payment for public lands. C oncer ning the harvest , t he news is good. A party writing at Melbourne wstaagteess:—an'd. N a Ve fee l l e in ar w g nt e h w at ere th a r l o m u o g s h t p a triotism, the farmers on the Barra great boot pteorsusnaysion(,)f boot Hills, Indented Head, and other surrounding localities will be enabled without any serious loss (except in point of wages) to stack their crops. At no period since this colony became an agricultural one, were we blessed with such abundance, and this observation does not apply to here and there a solitary patch of land, but is almost of uni versapplication. There can b 3 no doubt but that the staple commodity of life will rise considerably in price be fore another harvest, notwithstanding the immense quanti ties of bread stuff that will be shipped both from England and America for our consumption. However, as long as the price of wheat will keep a remunerating figure we should have nothing to complain of, as it may be an induce ment for the struggling farmer of this year, not to neg lect sowing his broad acres for the next, intimations to the contrary having gone about from the farmers themselves notwithstanding. Another fact is equally im pressive, that every grain of wheat that has been grown either this or last season in this colony will be required by its population, for although Sydney has been equally blessed by a bountiful Providence, her land will b e overrun w i th ne w comers as much as Victoria will be; and as for the granary of the South Seas, Tasmania, to which we have in times gone by bean accustomed to look, there the crop, taken in the aggregate, does not come up to an average ono. Dysentery and diarrhce I had prevailed at some of the diggings, owing to the want of vegetables and pure water, and this rendered it highly desirable that further operations should be suspended until the autumnal months. A great deaf of horse-stealing appears to have been going on in the colony. The raising of the gold licence to 31. per month was caus ing great complaint. Among the items in the public journals are the following " Water is now selling in town at prices ranging from 2s. 6d. to 4s. per load, and in many cases the water carriers are far saucier than their customers. Within the past week from twenty to thirty Bailors have bolted from their respec tive employments, and many more have notified their in tention of leaving in the course of the week. Upwards of a dozen butchers' establishments have closed up, owing to the want of hands, and for the same reason it is now a cora -1 plaint to get commodities sent to private houses from many places, too glad before to oblige a customer to send things home. A man named Lynford returned yesterday from Mount Alexander 3001. richer than he left, after a month's absence. He states that there are many who do not clear their expenses. The men who left the brewery of the Messrs. Murphy are doing well, and have amassed upwards of 5001. each. The miners are co wasmtng down in large quantities to spend Christmas. A re port current in the city that an extensive gold field, rivalling the Mount' in richness, had been discovered near the Black Forest. A gold field of great richness w was discovered close to town yesterday, the actual locale o fihif possible, bech is a secret only known to two or three persons, and will, kept a secret until such time as the discoverers reap a boun tiful harvest. Of tie fact of its discovery and its richness, however, there is no manner of doub " Bills of Exchange were taken6syes,Lterday at rather fuller Amsterdam, 12 1 3 / 4 to rates. Paris, 90 days, 25 60 t? a . nd Trieste, 12 35 to 40. 2 1 4 ; Hamburg'', The English Stock l3 b i l l a% - ke t t o is du . ll again, and about 1 ,4 per Consols have been 994 to cent. under yesterday's rang.e„.s, 9.9 1 / 3 for Transfer,. and 99)6 / 8 for June, but the present Exchequer-bills have been marked prices are only 09% I A. 70s. to 735. premium for those dated March, and India Bonds 84s. premium. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been at 100% to 10014. F o reign Stocks are all very heavy again. Mexican have fallen to 3034 to 31 for the Old Bonds, and to 241kt0 3 for the N e w. Equador have been 4 1 / 4 to A - and Buenos Ayres 78. Peruvian Deferred Bonds have realised 62. Spanish Three per Cents. are 474 and the new Deferred 20 3 4 to 21. Dutch Two-and-a -Half per Cents. bring 61 3 / 4 . At this moment the market is lower than it was at the opening. -Railway Shares have been pretty steady. Midland, North-Western, and Great Western are in request, but the general business is small. Gold Shares are dull. Lewis Hill and Royal Australian 1-16 prem. Australian Copper Shares have been held firmly. Peninsular Colonization have been called % to 1 , 4 premium fur the settling. QUARTER TO THREE. Consols „ ..„ „, 991 Ditto Account. June 9 .. 99i BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK (From the Official List.) 8 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 98 , A % YS 8 par Cent. Consols Anna. .. • • 99%1h14 New 3 1 4 per Cent. Ann& 100'4 India Bonds under 1,0001 B4 a I ,i Consols for Account 99 June. E rchgnuer Billr. 134 d. March. 73 0 p 66 p 1,000/. 500/. • 73 70 P 60 Q; P Small WHITECHAPEI.. The general demand was in a sluggish state, but no change was reported in the quotations. Beef, from 2s 2d to 35 ; Mutton, 2s 4d to 3s Gd; Lamb, 4s to 5s 2d; Veal, 38 to 4s; Pork, 25 Gd to 3s 8d per 81b by the carcase. - BOROUGH BOP MARKET. Fine Hops are i❑ fair request at the extreme rates of last week. In the value of other kinds no change has taken place. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. beautiful tor .music, and ed here, the first 11 Flauto Magic d o, lwitirtehttoit,swe was perform ed t exquisitely absur d time in the present season, last evening in superb style. Melanie Castellan admirably supplied the place of Grisi, who was prevented by a cold and hoarseness from sustaining the part of Panima, creating an especial sensation by her beautiful singing of the air, in G minor, in the second act. Ifladame Bellini was the Papsgena, Mario the Tamino, whilst Ronconi was delightfully humourous as Papageno, and Formes as Sarastro, High Priest of Isis, grandly digni fied and impressively solemn. The magnificence of his organ in " Qui sdegno," elicited an unanimous en core. Mdlle. Anna Zerr (whom our readers may recollect was so unworthily s us p e nded in her mu sical functions last year, at Vienna), made her re-appearance last evening as the Queen of Night. She sang with the same brilliancy of expression and wonderful compass of voice which enraptured the public last season. No other vocalist can give the music of the Queen of Night with such extraordinary effect as Madlle. Anna Zerr—indeed, her axe. cation of " Gli angui d'inferno" is an unequalled pheno menon of vocalization. Her reception was most cordial, and the applause she called down frequent and enthusiastic. Madlle. Anna Zerr is now an established first-rate favourite amongst us. 11 Flauto Magic° was, like every opera at this establishmen, splendidly brought out. The duties of the orchestra, as a matter of course, were discharged with un qualified efficiency, and, altogether, a more perfect operatic treat it would be difficult, if not impossible, to enjoy. Her Majesty the Q ueen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by thir Royal High nesses the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, ho nonred the performances with their presence, and re mained till the conclusion. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge and her Royal Highness the Princess Mary were also present. The house was completely filled with a highly fashionable audience. ST. JAAIES'S THEATRE. The enterprising and indefatigable Mr. Mitchell has re engaged the Tyrolese minstrels, who gave the first of their second series of concerts last night. They are extremely well worth hearing. A programme has been, moreover, put forward by this admirable manager which promises a com plete novelty in dramatic entertainments. A German dra matic company, headed by Herr E. Devrient, of Dresden, is to commence a series of performances in the month of June, which will comprise some of the highest productions of the German stage. The repertoire includes, besides lighter works, the Egmont and Faust of Goethe, the Rauber, Don Carlos, and Kabul nod Liebe of Schiller, the Emilia Gallotti of Les sing, and two or three translations from Shakapere. This experiment deserves an earnest measure of support, and we cordially trust that it may be crowned with success. PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK Buenos Ayres Bonds 6 per Cent. ... 78 Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent ., 104 Danish Bonds 1825, 3 per Cant.... Ditto, 5 per,Cent lO5 Equador Bonds % Grenada, 114 per Cent. ..... Do. Ex Dec. Coupons 1849 — Ditto Deferred Mahican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent. Ditto Account Ditto 3 per Cent. Peruvian 80nd5,1849, 6 per Cent — Do. Deferred 3 per Cent 62 Spanish Bends, 5 per Cent,lB4o Ditto Passive Bonds Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent. 47%, Ditto, New Deferred 21% 21 3,i Spanish Coin. Cert. Coup. not funded... 2% per cent. Jividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent.. 12 Guild Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates COURSE OF ETC. Amstere.un ......•• •• 12 1 .AN9E.-TUESDAY. Ditto, three months.. 12 2y, tt.)tterdam .... • • ...• 12 2}4 A.utwerp .•••••• • •• • • • • 25 G 5 Brussels...... .... 25 G 5 liamburgh •• • • • • M.B • 13 11% Altona• • • • •• •• • • •• •• Paris, 3 days'sight .... 25 47% Ditto, 3 months .... 25 65 Efarseilles .......... •• 25 65 Bourdeaux• • • ••• •• • • • Vrankforton Mains.... 122 Berlin • • .. •• •• •• •• Vienna, °flee. fib...". 12 18 rrleste, ditto.... • • .... 12 40 Petersbargh, xli. Ebbe.. 37 Madrid .... 49'4 Cadiz •• ••:-.... •..... 49% Barcelona - - Gileraltar. • •• •• •• •• •• •• Leghorn ........ •• ...• 30 8214 Genoa ..•• •• •• 25 65 Milan .• •• .• •. •• •• •• Venice.. ea •• es •• •• .•• Naples 40% Palermo, per0z........ 122 Messina ••.•••••• • •• •• 122 L15b0n................ 53 1 4 0p0rt0.... • • .......... 53 Rio Janeiro Rnenos Ayres • New York, 60 days'sight Philadelphia .... • • .... P6ICEB OP BULLION, PER OZ. Foreign Gold in bars.. £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. o 0 ,) Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Dollars •• •... 0 4 10 aii.•nr I n hare .... • • 0 4 11% LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAY 12.—Wind at noon S., fresh breeze and squally, with rain. Listanica, MAY 10 —The wreck of an apparently largo vessel, lying on her beam ends with two masts visible, was seen 20th April, 38 N., 41. W. ANTWERP, MAY 10.—The Resolution, hence for Newcas tle, got on shore this morning, came off and proceeded. ST. HELENA, MARCH 20.—A quantity of wreck, consist• ing of bulwarks, painted stone colour, with dark mouldings, broken beams, bend planking, belonging to a stout built vessel, was passed 9th March, Cape Good Hope, bearing S.E. Lc, E. by compass. BRISTOL, MAY 11.—The Temperance of Truro, for New port, is beneaped in the Cleaves, lies well, and is expected off. SHIELDS, MAY 11.—The Maidstone barque, Rochester to Newcastle, is supposed to have received serious damage, having been aground. COWES, MAY 11.—Wind W.—Arrd. Caesar, Havannah ; Magnet, ditto. DARTMOUTH, MAY 11.—Wind W.—Sld. nar-not, St. John's, Newfoundland. FALatounr, MAY 11.—Wind W., strong breezes.—A ves sel, waterlogged and abandoned, with poop burned oft', and bowsprit only standing, was passed 23d April, off the Burlings. SCILLY, MAY 10.—The Vivid, New York to Falmouth and Ham burgh or Antwerp, arrived here, was totally dis masted 21st April. ARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY Notwithstanding that the show of English Wheat here to-day was very moderate, the demand for all kinds, owing to the continuous imports of Foreign Flour, and the heavy stocks here, wa s i n a depressed state, at Monday's decline in the quotations, and a total clearance was not effected. Only 67U quarters of Foreign Wheat have come freoh to hand, vet the quantity brought forward was seasonably good. Fine dry qualities were held at previous rates; but all other kinds were lower to purchase. Floating cargoes were quite neglected. Malting Barley was scarce, and quite as dear. Grinding and distilling sorts commanded very little attention. Malt, though in very moderate supply, moved off slowly, at barely late rates. W e had a fair sale for Oats, and last week's prices were well supported. Beans and Peas sold slowly, at barely the late advance. Indian Corn and Flour were a dull inquiry. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. English ...... i i [rish ........ Foreign ...... Barley. Malt. Oats. 670 I 8,280 1- Flour. Qrs. 1 Qrs. , Qrs. 1 Qrs. Sacks 1,640 820 810 ! 1,630 1,020 710 I 4,600 1,430 16,920 01 grt tag Ebition NEWMARKET RACES (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) The Suffolk Stakes. St. Antonio Tophana DERBY BETTING. 10 to 1 agst Hobble Noble 20 to 1 agst ilarbingpr—taken ... 2 T be n en AlN ap lN po G INSTITU inted by his no T NYesterday morning hav ing ...E_ N ATIO NAL SOCIETY; ng S Royal Highness Prince Albert to lay the foundation stone of r e t m a o t n t y i v e was d, a t t c o rnodue attended e b d y . the National S i o ni ci i e i t t y re 's sse r s T i m n in v g in l t n o s r t a itu at t r io o n et , , fotrrnSmehaotiolemaralsy ters and Selma tour the Precisely at one o'clock , nc t e he A c lb e e r o nel Phippo and Colonel Seymour, and was received on place selected p fo r r i Colonel from his carriage by the Committee of the Na taioin-al ' So - ciety, the clergy of the district, and others con nected with the institution. After the usualsearvyiicneg, the Royal Highness went through the ceremony of l stone in the us . . al manner, and the proceedings soon after terminated. By the arrival of the Statesman yesterday from Port Phillip, accounts have been received with regard to the Victoria Gold Mines up to the 27th January, being eleven days later than the last details. It appears that the ex citement was rapidly increasing, and that 20,000 people had already reached the place from the neighbouring colonies. Special instances were mentioned in which parties had obtained gold valued at about Zio/. per day for several suc cessive days, while even since the scarcity of water the average at the chief point of operations had been 31. These results were principally obtained from surface diggings on a 'slope of the range not a quarter of an acre in extent. It was estimated that since the discovery the general yield, including what had found its way into the banks, had been at of least . 1,000,0001, sterling, and that already, up to the lf!. 1 ! January, 600,0001. had been exported to this country. W h en the winter rai ns s h ou ld set i n, i t was an ti c ipated that W the _ most extraordinary consequences would be witness, d. .In the meanti me l a b our was tetc hi ng hi g h rates; were paid 28s. a day, besides a considerable allowancereaopfersspirits, The retail annum, were now readily engaged a proportion, the expendi ture by the mining population and servants who previously obtained t 6 a o b L out 301. to 351. per busi ness of the place had improved in guished for its ex travagance. The latest price of by goldbetihge ounce. The amount brought by was W. 18s. to 3/. per d p present is re t s i e vessel is under stoodnth 26,547 and 1 4 ,004 ounces, Anne, The Himalaya and Sarah which left previously with to be upwards of 160,00 . have yet to arrive. specie eonto thine to indicate a pro. p ts they contain nothing of in -Ihthe conti nent, The accoun i t i s io f t r: r t e e h s c p t e e o c C f o t n h t e in t e ra n n t s a n l li e s x si c o h n a o n f ge sp 3 this country. the decline t was chiefly the cause of the pre vailing c•inorwdititiogaoheardev,iacneds fartomvaOrinduesssapoorfttshoef3tl bad prodfuscnedipnpionegftect on that market. An unusually large supply 0 firmness, but the regular demand was also good. F rc in St. les stillt e sb e u rgo llid,and it w the letters a saerxe expected t t ehde the3d l‘olpaeyn.in opening The wea ther w a ) the navigation would be delayed another week. CAMERON'S CoALDROOK AND LOUGHOR RAILWAY. —Yesterday, a general meeting in this matter was held be fore Master in Chancery Richards, to settle the list of share holders liable to contribute to discharge the company's lia bilities. Mr. Roxburgh and Messrs. Galsworthy appeared for Mr. Turquand, the official manager • Mr. Taylor for the pe titioners and other sh are h olders ; and Mr. Lewis for the se ceding shareholders. The Master placed 183 shareholders on the list, and adjourned the consideration of the remainder, w co h n o si d st is i n p g ut o o f tli w e h il a uity t ab ar il etermed the seceding shar e h o lders, from a certaiu date, until 7th JaLlo iint, IMPERIAL PA RLIAMEN" (THIS DAY.) 1• HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKKER took the Chair at Twelve o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Ulverston Waterworks Bill was read a third time and passed. following Bills were considered and agreed to Belfast Harbour. Great Western Railway. Leven Railway. London Necropolis and National Mausoloum. London and North-Western Railway. PETITIONS. A considerable number of petitions were presented against the Militia Bill, and also against the Maynooth grant. Mr. W. BARON presented a petition in favour of the ocean penny postage. Mr. COWAN presented a petition from Greenock, against the Charitable Trusts Bill. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. Mr. WALPOLE moved that the House at its should adjourn until Friday next. Sir B. HALL complained that Members who wer e serving upon Committees on a Wednesday bad not or portunity, in consequence of the shortness of notice, te get to the House in time for a division. He suggest ed that a short time should be allowed to elapse alter strangers withdrew, before a division took place. Mr. W. PATTEN thought that at present no alters' tion sh,uld be made in the usual practice of the House. Lord DUDLEY STUART said it was quite urine' cessary, as well as very inconvenifnt, to require the withdrawal of strangers during a division. Captain HARRIS thought that the reporters ought l e be allowed to remain in the gillerv, even though th e other strangers were ordered to withdraw, b eca use it often happened th a t i mportant discussions took place during their absence. _ Mr. GLADSTONE was against any new regulatioo beißg umde during the present bescion. He thought the better plan would be to refer the subject to a Select COra . mates. Mr. WAKLEY would prefer leaving the matter it ) the hands of the Speaker. After a desultory disc uss i on on t h e same subject, all also with reference to the ventilation and dirty stal e ° the House, the motion for the adjournment was agreed LOSS OF THE BIRKENHEAD. Mr. HUME asked a question, whether, after the lat ° loss of the Birkenhead steamer, it was the intenWn of the Government to order a survey of the East COBS Africa to the northward, where the passages of •vesse ls were numerous and frequent. Mr. STAFFORD replied that the question had b e f, under the consideration of the Government, but a ' culty had arisen in consequence of the surveys provide` for in the years 1852 and 1853 not including survey of this particular part of the Cslf t ; If the survey were made it would have to md, undertaken as extra work. The Government b a de however, made up their minds to have the survey bade as extra work; and arrangements had been effactsi3 O that purpose. He might mention that the loss of , Birkenhead was hardly to be attributed to the inVerd ejj to survey of the coast. The court-martial appoint s A 8 institute an inquiry into the loss of the vessel bad ITri, a report, which he proposed to lay on the table on day, and to have printed for circulation. ABOLITION OF THE PROPERTY QUALIFICA. TION OF MEMBERS. In reply to Mr. HUME, atO Mr. TUFNELL said he felt compelled to Wit- h 0 0 his Bill to abolish the property qualification of Metn" l, bo t during the present session. He did so re luctantly , is if he had the honour to be re elect e d, he would bri n g forward again at an early period next session. PARISH CONSTABLES BILL. On the motion for going into C omm i t t ee o n this 8i11,,.00 Mr. RICE hoped that at thi s p er i o d o f the 6est, this Bill, which was a piece of exp er i men t a l legislat i would not be further proceeded with. id Mr. FREWEN defended the Bill, which be s l ot would remedy the present anom a l ous state of tb° in a ve ry satisfactory and economical manner. Mr. I)EEDES said he was not in a c ondition i ° , l4 b s t the House to assent to the Bill as it now s tood, a" . r o would, therefore, mov e th a t th e y go i n t o C o mmitte n l o d jernia, so as to enable him to introduce new and 4113 other clauses. The Bill then went through Committee inv./or/ 64 AbOLITION OF THE PAPER DUTY;_, tb. On the order of the day being read for restuniog adjourned debate on this subject, o res Mr. COWAN said he had been a paper manufee'igi thirty years, and during the last twenty years he " 6 - c e made representations to the Government of the irj a n s ' c i of the tax, but unfortunately they bad not been stt e- a e r y by any success. If the impost were removed a I- 0 ( great impetus would be given to the manufactarely paper.—(Hear, hear.) There was this Pec,ll liti A ri • about the duty, that it not only involve" be protracted survey, but a variety of details were °. ou g recorded by the manufacturer, which consume a s ea bf amount of time. The trade was severly deprose ,e 0 the Excise laws, and it was the duty of the Hotlie t cl o . whether some measures ought not to be adopt ed I° - medy the evil. (LEFT SITTING.) M A y E i l i ar" n Y t e lgNe'nEeSe reached LOST. AWFUL COLLIERY ACCIDEN T ' tbie BRISTO L;##, afternoon of a terrific coal-pit accident which occurret l u e t a terday in the Aberdare Valley, Glamorganshire, '`)beea Wa'es, and by which no fewer than eighty lives 1 110 .1 c oal sacrificed. This valley is completely studded ' c leat pits, and the colliery in which this dreadful al s cht happened; is known as the Duffryn Pit, Cwol,,'„ ol aS near Aberdare. It is the property of Mr this city ess to - afternoon cf the Gaer, one of the largest coal ots'oe';ich the United Kingdom. The cause was the same hY so many lives have been sacrificed in the Welsh collificiot namely, fire-damp. It seems that at the time the soclerf. recurred there were 160 men at work in the pit, and ecbett thing proceeded in its accustomed order and regularitYl D ose suddenly a tremendous explosion was hi and b yrest surrounding the mouth of the pit, and the oaial consternation and alarm was at once excited. The dreaniost news spread throughout the neighbourhood with thi aeoral celerity, and the works were speedily surrounded la): se o cl hundred people, consisting of the immediate relativ! s t he friends of the miners who were at work at the tittle 411 1 3 pse pit. Inquiries were at once instituted, and after the_ soleof some time a communication was effected with th e . oo of vivors, when it appeared that a tremendous ElP l° a D ot fire-damp had taken place, but which fortunately ul Lie extend to the whole of the works in the mine, caber,!eo. all the 160 men in the pit must have lost their 11 1 0 Although the sacrifice of lif e in this melancholy jost fku r c i e l heat been enormous, it was at first feared that 155 had P e la; i ted as after a lengthened period only five men were es-t r '",. - ere from the pit. After some time, however, more W 81 2 , 4 . 301 drawn out, and it was finally ascertained that the "" age amounted in number t o 80. N e i t h er th e a mount of (10,0 done to the works nor the precise cause of the acc idept ;e , as yet been asce r t a i ne d, but the cause is attribute d to C sa lessness on the part of some one or other of the ol e % it they were all p ro p er l y supp li e d w ith Davy lamp!' - ftef) well-known that in these Welsh collieries the men are ° extremely foolhardy, long habit has rendered them Per f rbat regardless of risk, and they frequentlyopen their laraPs e 'f}bi.t for the sake of lighting their pipes or other purposes• ao f is supposed to have been the case in this instance, sniire. court the flame, coming in contact with the stream of ; D e damp, would instantaneously cause the explosion. The sc ;i g , in the neighbourhood may be more easily conceived thaa " scribed. EXCHEQUER BILLS. a ball An announcement regardin g th e e i g h t millions am",., es' of Exchequer-bills which fall due in June is now da" 7 petted from the Treasury. From ;the price of the'B re' during the past month it w ill h ave been notice d that -me o i n u g l d o p r a a y duction in the present interest of three-halfpence per As to o f y art N h v been regarded as certain. Whether that redaction t the P l/ e . lan lO y s. is sd in . a latter, pnn th• whichisJ e above the highest allowance that can now be obtaa 3 ; o o4' money at call, and there can be no question that theye^coo• a p t e t r e r an o u f u d m o , ubt. still command a premium fully equal to what is usually sidered desirable. The extraordinary doctrine of Sir C t . r beir Wood in February last, that the State shoal h ° o oo making any reduction, and continue to pay ralc- jarin,( than the market rate, lest at any time ,boap" the twelvemonths some unprecedented crisis 600 0 occur to render necessary a return to the P r ress ioa scale, drew forth at the moment a sufficient NW being of opinion to prevent the probability of its occa ejoa again adopted. The country upon that ~v o taq lost 64,100/., to say nothing of the comparative disau titi o 0 that was inflicted upon the public credit, and a rePe,„, the proceeding will hardly be ventured. At the sa,.'"ed Aijl the timidity with which all such matters are toacu., o , the most likely prompt an intermediate course, and ben ab ut, rate of a penny farthing per day, or 11. 18s. 01,/ y d.yer is is perhaps that which may be anticipated. 'lllB be seen which this reduction will act upo n th e mar ket may ts ititio from the fact that, notwithstanding its assumed e er i e pre' and the possibility even of a still grea t er alteration, t sa io mium on June bills is at this moment 4s. higher l' ul d ba February, when it was announced that no chang e ,rlol 3 t l/ 4 made, while those dated March, which have ain' i ,;yea longer to run, are 105. higher than at that period. 'l o3 prO . a reduction to a penny were decided upon, it Is not ' t 500' , bable that the premium would maintain itself at abousat is and this would actually be ss. above the price cu rr 'proir, 18.19, when the last lowering took place, and when th e p lea le" pects of a continued accumulation of capital were marked than at present. . - - I ST. PETER' S , SOUTHWARK, SUNDAY ANA , ,- 141 813. SCitom.s.— Th e ca l m o f these schools upon the public slol' rally, as well as the inhabitants of the locality, were h o f St' day last most ably advocated at the district Chur c ,lo o , ll , l Peter's, Bankside—in the morning by the Rev. T. 'v . ; prebendary of St. Paul's ; in the evening by the •" o pon Kemble, incumbent of St. Michael's Stockwell. Eac h s , e i pPe rt terminated with eloquent and urgent appeals for the e frov i of the cause, and produced a very liberal contribution the congregation. i§ ou r DEATH OF MB. MATTHEW GISBORNE. — " - " f melancholy duty to record this week the death e vi bien Matthew Uisborne, of Walton Hall, in this countP tir . took place at St. Leonard's on the 28th April last. "' o f the Gisborne was born in the year 1794, and was fifth eon fie late Rev. Thomas Gisborne, of Yoxall Lodge.--v porter. MARRIED. , Oa the Sth inst., at Clontarf Church, Thomas D-• of Esq , of Camberwell, Surrey, to Mary, eldest daugh ter ° late J. Sullivan, of Castle Avenue, near DH__:12.1i2.%- On the 6th inst., at Claremont-house, Chelten h am , TOM° R. Exham, Esq., M.D., aged 32. , „ the Ou the Bth just. , at Nottingham, aged 85, 104';' widow of the late F. Hardwick, E. Stirr e). ' On the Bth inst , at King's Farm sq , near Richmon d Mr. Robert Yeats, aged 67. Of the On the 7th inst., aged 5 , 1, Ann, wife of John Jesse, South Sea-house, London. -.......i .___— --- -- -- London: Printed and Published by MIIRDO YO, OW iiSt No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office , ,'")*Rti of Strand, in the Precinct of th e Savoy, ina 08 c " — Otiddlesex, Woclawlay : 4rky 12,1852. I