The Sun. — London, England, 1852-04-15 00:00:00

'VEER MAJESTY S THEATRE. Madlle. JOHANNA WAGNER. is respectfully announced that the talent of Madlle. JOHANNA. WAGNEIL is secured exclusively to her Majesty's Theatre, by an engagement dated the 9th of November last, and eignel by this cele brated artiste. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. First appearance of Madlle. SOFIE CEUVELLI, Sig. LABLACIIE, and Sig. GARDO.NI. It is respectfully announced that on SATURDAY nest, April 17, WIU be presented Bellini's celebrated Opera, NORMA. Oroveso, Sig. Lablache Flavio, Sig. Mercuriali ; Polio, Sig. Gar ►lont; Adalgisa, Madlle. Feller ; Norma, Madlle. Sofle Cruvelli. 'Between the acts will be presented the revived favourite Diver tiisement, L'AURORE. ,To conclude with a new Spanish Ballet Divertissement, entitled UN BAIZE DE LINDH., LI which Mdlle. Gay Stepbati, Mdlles. Rosa, Esper, Allegrini, La 1101kreUX, M. Di Mattia, and M. Mathieu will appear. Madlle. Johanna Wagner is daily expected. , A new Grand Opera, by Meyerbeer, is in preparation. A new Ballet is in preparation for the rentree of Madlle. Carolina •Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Opera Boa-once, Colonnade, Haymarket. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. • Production of I MARTYRI. The Directors have the honour to announce that THIS EVENING, • A Grand Extra Night will be given, on which occasion will be P reduce for the first time in this country, Donizetti's Opera, entitled I MARTYRI, As performed at the Academie Royal, Paris. With new Scenery, Costumes, and Appointments. . paulina, Madame Jullienne (of the Academie Royale, first appearance in England) ; Severus, Signor Konconi ; Felix , Signor Marini ; Nearcus, Signor Stigelli Paris (her ; a Christian, Signor Soldi ; Calisthenes. Signor Polonini ; Polyutus, Signor Tamberlik. The incidental Divertissement in the second act of the Opera will be sustained by Madlles. H. Bellotti. L. Bellotti, Leblond, Kolem berg, and Robert. The Scenery by Messrs. Grieve and Telbin ; the Costumes by Mrs. E. Bailey and Madame Marzio ; the Appointments by Mr. Prescott ; the Machinery by Mr. Allen ; the Dances by Mons. Alexandre; the Spectacle arranged by M. Laurent. Commence at Eight o'clock. Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. Tickets for the Boxes, Stalls, or the Pit may be had (for the Night or Season), at the Box-uflice of the Theatre, which is open fronrEleven till Five o'clock; and of the principal librarians and masicsellers. Madile JOHANNA WAGNER. The Directors have the honour to announce that, in order to ren der still more complete their already unprecedented assemblage of artistes, they have entered into an engagement with Madlle. Johanna Wagger (Prima Donna of the Theatre Royal at Berlin), and that the services of that eminent artiste are secured exclusively to the Royal Italian ROYAL MARIONETTE 'rLIE ADELAIDE-STREET, WEST STRAND. Attractive Novelties for the Easter Holidays. THIS EVENING, and every evening during the week, A new Characteristic Address, by the Manager. - After which an entirely new and origibal piece de circonstance 1"NoW LN REHEARSAL, a confidential revelation, strictly blic .To be followed by THE SWISS COTTAGE. To conclude with an entirely new version of the Grand Eastern Spectacle of ALADDIN ; or, The Wonderful Lamp, produced with all the vast resources of this small establishment. Doors open at Halt-past Seven, and commence at Eight o'clock. A Morning Performance on Saturday next. Doors open at Half *.st Two, and continence at Three o'clock. In the course of each Representation, a selection of Music will be performed, including the Royal Marionette Quadrilles, by M. Bosisio, Ind the Royal Marionette Polka, by Mr. T. Browne, and the Royal Marionette Scottische, composed emoressly for this Theatre. There will shortly be produced several New Pieces, which are now in active rehearsal. Private Boxes and Stalls to be bad at the Box-office of the Theatre, and of all the principal Librarians. HUNGER FORD-HAL L, STRAND. RE-OPENING OF BOUTON'C DIORAMA. Inconsequence of the immense success obtained on Easter Monday by Chevalier Bouton's unrivalled Diorama, it will continue open for SEVEN DAYS MORE ONLY, ptior to the alterations about to take place in the Establishment. PROGRAMME. "1. The Overflowing of the River Loire, in France, never before eihibited in England. 2. The Town and Vail 'y of Fribourg, in Switzerland, with double effect of Summer and Winter, universally pronounced to be a mas terpiece of arc. 3. The magnificent Cathedral of St. Mark, at Venice, with double effect of Day and Night, unrivalled in the annals of diorama paint ings. Dr. Wallis will preside at the Organ, and Professor Reeves describe the different Pictures. Open Daily from Twelve to Four. Admission, tid. and Is. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYM KICET. Mr. B, Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old lirompton. THIS EVEN INo, .Will be performed the new Comedy, entitled THE MAN OF LAW. Marquis de la Seigliere, Mr. Lambert ; Raoul, Mr. L. Murray ; M. Destournelles, Mr. B. Webster; Bernard, Mr. Howe; Baroness de Vaubert, Mrs. Stirling ; Helene de la Seigliere, Miss A. Vining. Alter which a new Burlesque on a frightfully popular subject, to be called 0, GEMINI; or, the Brothers of Co(u)rse. Characters by Messrs. Buckstone, Bland, Weolgcr ; Mesdames Buckingham, Col lins. Caulfield, Honey, &c. With the new Farce of YOUR LIFE'S IN DANGER, in which Keeley will appear. To conclude with BOX AND COX, by Messrs. Keeley and Buck stone. THEATRE ROYAL, &DELPHI. Lessee, Mr. B. Webster ; Directress, Madame Celeste. TIIIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Drams of powerful interest, called THE QUEEN OF THE MARKET. Characters by Messrs. Hughes, 0. Smith, Paul Bedford, Emery, Honey, Worrell ; Mesdames Chaplin, Harding, and Keeley. After which, a devilish new Extravaganza, called MEPHISTO PHELES. Characters by Mr. Honey. Miss Fitzwilliam, and Miss Wnolgar. With WHO STOLE THE POCKET-BOOK ? or, a Dinner for Six, 7 _ 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, F. Cooke, Everett, and Wheatleigh ; Misses Phillips, Murray, Robertson, Vivash, Daly, and C. Leclercq. After which a Fairy Tale, in rwo Acts, entitled WITTIKIND AND HIS BROTHERS; • or, The Seven Swan Princes and the Fair Melusine. Characters by Messrs. Harley, Meadows, F. Cooke, Fleamore ; Mrs. Winstanley, Misses Marshall, Robertson, Murray, C. Lecicrcq, Daly, Vivash, Newcombe, K. Terry, and Ifacille. Auriol. SOYAL LYCLUM TILEATUE. Under the Management of Madame Vestri& Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. fiili EVESL*IO, 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 ; Madame V,estris, Miss Laura Keene, Mrs. F. Matthews, and Miss Julia St. George. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE:. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Farre.n THIS EVENING, .Will be performed the Comedy of SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER. Principal characters by Me*sis. Farren, Compton, and Hoskins; Mesdames Walter Lacy, Fielding, and Bartlett. To conclude with T-IE CAMBERWELL B R.OT ITERS ; or, The Mystic Milkman. , x VLAYHOUSE AND STRAND THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. W. IL COPELAND, Liverpool. TIIIS EVENING. Will be presented A VILLAGE TALE. Characters by Messrs. E. Rogers, Attwood, Moreland; Mesdames Copeland, ;Selby, and Mas kell. .After which ANTHONY AND CLEOPA.TRA, by Mr. Walter Lacy and Miss L. Howard. To be followed by the grand Ballet of VIYANDIERE, by M. Milano, Madlle. Therese, and a full Corps de Ballet. To conclude with THE RAGGED SCHOOL. Characters byMessrs Rogers, Attwood, Moreland ; Misses Maskell, Eglinton, and Morelli. Boxes, 35.; Pit, 2s. ; Amphitheatre, le. Private Boxes One Guinea and a Halt aacn. Stage Manager, Mr. E. Stirling. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPIIITIIBATRE. Under the Patronage oz her Majesty and hie Royal Ilighnela PriLee UOert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. • The most Auer...it - a. and popular Theatre in London. THIS EVENING, Wll be presented a new grand Military Spectacle, which is now exciting an Paris, entitle' BONA.P.A.R.TE LY EGYPI; or, the Battle of Aboukir. To be followed by Ratty's Inimitable Scenes of the Arena. To conclude with THE LOTTERY TICKET. 'Tickets to be had at the Boa-office trom Eleven till Four daily. Stage 51 — a - nag --- er, -- Xi: i:Thom; son: - - HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TUOI DAT —Morning 46 Mill. after 11 j Evening 0 min after ' 0 To-Mosaow—Morning 13 rain. atter 12 I Evening 3i; min after -12 THE WEATREEL—Sms Orszcs., APRIL 15. THSRMOMXTRR, 121' TH.R bkiALDN. 66—highest since noon yesterday. 35 —lowest this mora:m4 and during the night. 51—this day, at noon. BAROXICTER, 30:15. WIND S.E.—suiart breeze and fine weather. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following plaCes at Nine o'clock yesterday morning. —The stations are arranged in order of latitude. PLymours—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—cloudless. Poout—Wind E., gentle breeze—cloudless. PoitTsmou'rx—Wind E., gentle breeze—cloudless. BEnakerote— Wind X.E., gentle breeze—cloudless. RA rheas—Wind S.E., light airs—cloudless. So EMU-WM os— Wind S. E., gentle breeze—cloudless. r ()I4 X-VrorAF.. Wind S.W., light airs—cloudless. ThEBit m° ll —Wind N.W., calm—cloudless. 9REENWICH—CaIm foggy. !Smx-bn)ote—Wind E., light airs—cloudless. i t-°l-€ RE B Txx—Wind W., calm—cloudless. MlDQE'... 7 iVind S., gentle breeze—cloudless. A t t liat eAgr our zi=w W , gentle breeze—cloudless. "'"ul S.ll calm principally clear. akettrzdirox-..\+(ind S , gentle — breeze—cloudless. The 'returns from th e the Wind and folk:wing places indicate the state of o'eldck weather on Tue s d a y morning at nine LIMERICE—Wind S.E., eai nicioudiess. I LEIGHTON TTIZNOAR— W ind E., breeze—partially cloudy. —Wind gentle S.E. —partially cloudy. iloi,ruzaD—Very fine., LA CASTEP. —IY ind S., calra...pri nci w Ea r ß y ind E., gentle breeze Pa iy clear. DAjtuscrroN_Wind S., gentle br—eeezie°"l7.ll I p u o a d i ll i - y e - ss e c s lear. s uA r,...Fti'ind S. W., gentle breeze,—principally BEArrocK_Wind ‘V., strong breeze—cloudless. 441-0, :4 ,,< Z ,71 7:,,, , k . 1, ' '. ' AEttr'7'.'/ •. • 4 F ... 4... e ., i irid , Z.,,,,,V fir Natileilnjtti APR IL 15, 1852• ;:4IN D ON, TEIURSDAY Everythi n „ ---------- settlement g -- - i of „ I ": % to promise at l ength 2 speedy hitherto earrri e d onirtion relating to the system settkment should be bYotthl'e booksellers, and that this manifestly desirable, we Prompt and conclusive is not only of the trade, b u t 0 ; 1 the, for the interests literature. The difficulty w h ich P u blic, and also of el.linng Asso com4 may be briefly . stated a s „ o r : 9 : (1 Tos to be over opinions entertain:Cling agseBntl.errien) out of the 330,,,1 1 :3' the under riry contradictory lelifr'l and by the members of the ciatim, Yesterday a body of actifit as the representatives of that Waited upon the Lo SL. CHIEF Jusiwz, at hi ! , c ' cl . 4t i'm resid,,, te , TILE SUN,_ in Kensington, for the purpose of explaining their views to his Lordship and to other gentlemen of lite rary distinction. A sufficiently detailed report of the proceedings will be found elsewhere in our im pression of this evening ; and from those proceedings enough information may be gleaned to enable an in telligent and dispassionate mind to arrive at some thing like an accurate appreciation of the question at issue between the undersellers and the Association. Acting in this matter, however, as in every other, like a " Just Judge "—as he is—Lord CAMPBELL declined to express any definitive opinion until such time as he should have listened to the arguments of the opposite side in the discussion. Audi alteram partem he acknowledged to be his invariable prin ciple upon these occasions, intimating in the very acknowledgment the particular bias in his own mind, when he alluded to Lord ELDON'S custom of never deciding any cause, however clear it might be, with out hearing the side against which he- was inclined. This determination on the part of Lord CAMPBELL is more noticeable from the circumstance that the most prominent among the undersellers in the metropolis had been ineffectually invited to attend at the meeting convened yesterday at Strathedeu House in Kensington. It may be as well to mention at once that the first Booksellers' Association on record was constituted in 1812 ; that in 1828 it was remodelled ; and that having fallen for some time into abeyance, 1848 witnessed its revivification. The principal object of this association was very lucidly explained yesterday by its present chairman—a member of the great publishing house of the LONGMANS—to be the re striction of the privileges of the trade to such alone as complied with certain conditions, declared by the practice of the trade to be absolutely essential for their enjoyment. " The main privilege," said Mr. Wiretaam LONGMAN, "is that of re ceiving a certain discount from the retail price, and the condition on which the privilege is granted is that the retail price shall be observed.'' Now, as to the amount of the discount granted to the retail booksellers, it cannot be deemed as in any way extravagant the allowance being 25 per cent., whereas in other trades that amount of profit is very nearly quadrupled. That the retail price of books should be a condition stringently imposed by the pub lishers must, say the upholders of the Booksellers' Association, be obviously no less entirely redeemed from the charge of extravagance. Without some restriction of this kind, they maintain that the whole system of the trade would necessarily become involved in a state of confusion altogether inextricable, in consequence of the disas trous competition set on foot by the undersellers. What say two of the most remarkable among their number now-a-days—Mr. Boast and Mr. BICKERS ? According to Mr. BICKERS, five per cent. profit would be sufficiently remunerative. But, retorts Mr. BORN, "if Mr. BICKERS can sell at five per cent. profit, I can sell at one," and so the rivalry runs down upon a scale of perpetual diminu tion, '` small by degrees and beautifully less," until tae ruin of the trade would in the end be as certain as toe profit would become infinitesimal. Such are the fears entertained as to the result of the under selling system, a system declared by the almost unanimous voice of the trade to be most ruinous and destructive in its tendencies. Whatever may be the ulterior decision of the arbitrators presided over by Lord CAMPBELL, there cannot be any question what ever of the accuracy of the asserciun made by the Chairman of the Booksellers' Association, to the effect that the free-trade principles cannot be regarded as applicable to the bookselling trade. In illustration of this, Mr. LONGMAN very correctly and ingeniously remarked that patented articles were the only articles approaching those in which book sellers dealt in character. " The bookselling trade," he observed, " was the only one in which there was a possibility of fixing a retail price, and in which there was a complete identification of the article. It was advisable to buy many articles —as, for instance, silk goods and hats—from tradesmen in whom they had confidence, because persons who were not judges of such articles might easily be deceived as to their quality. There was, however, no doubt as to the identity of a book. If a purchaser wanted Lord CastPuELL's ' Lives of the Chief Justices,' he could not be put off with the late Mr. TOWNSEND'S Lives of the Judges.' If Mr. GROTE'S His tory of Greece ' was asked for, Bishop TEIIRL• WALL'S could not be substituted. This gave the power of fixing a retail price ; and, as those who dealt in such articles must have a profit, it was necessary that a certain agreed allowance or discount should be given to the trade." Other wise the entire system of the trade obviously becomes involved in confusion, a confusion certain to become yet " worse confounded," unless some remedy can be contrived against this increasing tendency to com petition. Devoted Free-traders as we are— Free - traders from a deliberate conviction of the wisdom and beneficence of the prin ciples of unrestricted commerce, we are, never theless, loth to be regarded as among the num ber of those who consider free trade a panacea for every social evil that meets the light of day. On the contrary, we should . shrink from prostituting those noble principles by dragging them forward upon every occasion, as constituting a nostrum of infallible efficacy, no less widely applicable to the body politic than the healing ointments dew Glared by their vendors to be capable of dissipating every malady in the frame of mortal from hiccoughs to apoplexy, and from toothache to elephantiasis. As well might free trade be expected in patents as free trade in books—for the comparison suggested by Mr. LONGMAN is more admirably ingenious in its accuracy than might at first be conjectured. Mr. Toatunss has no more title to expect protection from piracy in regard to his machinery for drilling holes in metal buttons, than Mr. DICKENS has for that machinery of plot in Bleak .House, which pro mises to reveal the casualties befalling the little old lady and ESTHER SUMMERSON. Another consideration is rather remarkable in reference to the question raised bete ween the undersellers and the Association, and that is the enormous prepon derance of numbers siding with the latter and the singular minority in which the formerareleft h — et a w f e a e c n t sufficiently well exemplified by the contrast the booksellers of Glasgow and Edinburgh, only two out of 175 being undersellers. Ho e wev hur er o ,it is is gratifying t o re flect that the rapidly drawing near when a difficulty manifest to Dr. JOHNSON himself may be vanquished in the book trade, and when the Parliament may be enabled to regulate in some measure the system of that trade, and to watch over its interests as sedu lously even as the Leviathan of Literature. We h ave been censured by many enthusiastic Free traders because we have refused to join in thefactious opposition offered to the present Government, or to join in the outcry that the sacred cause of free trade was endangered, and that the question should be im mediately set at rest, at any amount of inconvenience to the country. Those who would not take upon themselves the responsibility of a dissolution from a knowledge of the vast injury which such a proceed ing in the month of February, or even March, must occasion, were yet quite willing to drive their succes sors into a course so greatly to be deprecated. The danger of a new bread-tax—the possibility of some charge being imposed on the food of the people, was the ingenious device used for the purpose of creating a panic, and bringing the Grey-Russell clique, the happy family, into office again with the least possible delay. Being equally indifferent to Whig and Tory, and desirous only of obtaining " the greatest good for the greatest number," we have steadily persevered in our own course. We perceived the folly of the flimsy pretext resorted to much too clearly to be taken in by such transparent humbug. We knew that the great principle of free trade was in no degree imperilled, or at least that it could be so only by the very means adopted —w e declared our firm belief that if the party were not goaded for ward, and driven into a coiner, and then compelled to take up the weapons they had relinquished, there would be no contest, no proposition for a corn law even of the most modified description and the most diluted character. Well, the accuracy of our predictions is receiving additional confirmation day by day. The most thorough-paced Protectionists are disclaiming any in tention of entering upon a retrograde policy, or disturbing the existing commercial arrangements. It is true that they openly vow their indvidual views and predilections, and express their regret at what they have been pleased to term the " too hasty legis lation" on the subject; but comparatively few have ventured to assert even a desire to retrace their foot steps, or to re-enact the iniquitous code, even were it in their power to do so. The great majority, on the contrary, admit that the national judgment pro nounced in 1846 is final and conclusive, and that there is not the slightest hope of its reversal. We have now to announce two important adhe sions to the cause of free trade, or rather to the impossibility of bringing back any measure of pro tection, however limited, which might increase the price or diminish the size of the loaf. The Hon. Gentleman, the Member for North Staffordshire, has boldly and unequivocally declared, we shall not say his " conversion," for that phrase might be used in an invidious sense, but his thorough conviction that a bread-tax " had become, whether rightly or wrongly, so odious in the eyes of the general body of the nation, that it would be unwise to accept it any longer, even if it could be obtained." Mr. ADDERLEY goes still further ; be says, " As an agriculturist myself, and the representative of a great body of agriculturists, I recommend them to give up that mode of compensa tion for any special taxation we bear, which we can not receive without unmerited odium attached to it." He, at the same time, asserts that, " the national feeling is already amply tested," and consequently deprecates such a question being needlessly repeated on the part of the landed gentry, after the national feeling, be it right or wrong, is so fully known. We look on this address as peculiarly im portant at the present moment, not merely because Mr. ADDERLEY has ever main tained a high and irreproachable character, because he enjoyed the fullest confidence on the part of his constituents, or even because he had been offered place under the Earl of DERBY—the situation of Secretary of the Board of Control having been offered for his acceptance—it is rather because he may be regarded as one of an influential class of country gentlemen, who, while still ac knowledging a desire for " protective imposts," and a belief in their propriety, have yet, albeit reluc tantly, arrived at the conclusion that their restora tion is impracticable. The elaborate and well-con sidered statement, deliberately put forward by Mr. ADDERLEY, will be endorsed by very many of these persons ; it clearly expresses their views and feelings, and shows that there is no greater danger of the country being disturbed by any well founded apprehension of the re-imposition of a bread tax under the DERBY than under the Grey-Russell Administration. The other party to whom we have alluded is one whose testimony is by no means unimportant. INIr. HunsoN, in addressing his constituents at Sunderland, while complaining of " the hasty manner" in which the corn-laws were repealed, declared that no one would oppose a change in the existing state of affairs more strenuously than himself. He also spoke of the impossibility of bringing back the navigation code. Now, Mr. HUDSON is a shrewd intelligent man, who can understand the views and feelings of the country. If he saw any reasonable prospect of maintaining or rather restoring protection, if he thought it even probable that a contest would take place, he would not have avowed his unconditional opposition to any change. We may look upon these declarations as feelers thrown out to different constituencies, as "straws thrown up to ascertain the direction of the wind ;" and we hail them with delight as confirming to the fullest extent our anticipations that there will be no serious attempt made for th• exhumation of the corn-laws. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The following is the official report o f th e C or p s Legislatif of its sittings on Tuesday The _Legislative Body resumed its sittings at a quarter past three o'clock yesterday, after the short Easter recess, M. Billault, the president, being in the chair. The proceedings were of very brief duration. A fortnight's leave of absence was accorded to M. Clary and M. Delavau on account of delicate health. The Pre sident stated that he had received from the Minister of ' State a bill concerning the rehabilitation of persons con demned by the tribunals to a peine inflictive et infamante. Fur the more grave cases five years should elapse att...l. :he punishment had been borne before the application for such restoration to civil rights could be made, and three years for cases of condemnation before the cor rectional police; in every instance, before any de mand could be entertained, the whole .of the damages and costa incurred should be paid up. The bill was ordered to be printed and distributed. The President also stated that he had received other bills from the Minister of State tending to autholise the town of St. Omer, and the departments of the Hautes-Pyrenees, the Meuse, and the Pas de Calais, to contract loans. These four bills were ordered to be re ferred to the same committee. The order of the day was the report of the committee on the Copper-coinage Bill, but the amendments referred to the Council of State not having been sent back, the report could not be prepared. The President then stated that in a few days a series of Bills would be presented to the Assembly—one relative to certain railway lines; another to the mortgage sys tem; another concerning the customs; and, in audition, the budget for 1853. These various matters, the Presi dent observed, would afford full occupation to the Legis lative Body to the end of the session. As it was not posstole to name the precise day on which the Legisla tive Body would bare next to meet, notice should be sent to the members at their residences. The sitting was then brought to a close at a quarter to boar." A paragraph in the Stick, stating that unpleasant differences had occurred between the French and Eng lish Governments, is contradicted on authority by the Government journals. The relations between the two Governments have never ceased to be of the most amicable character. By a decree of the Moniteur MM. MICHELE; QUINET, and MICKIEWICZ are deprived of their pro fessorships in the College of France. Both MM. MICHELET and QUINET had been suspended by the Government of LOUIS PHILIPPE, but it is only since the decree of the 9th of March that the Government has the power of depriving professors of their hono rary rank. These gentlemen have, according to con current accounts, very much abused the privileges of their position. M. MICHELET is the ardent eulogist of the worst men and the worst deeds of the revolu tion of 1789, while between himself and M. QUINET there has been a long-established identity of views, feelings, and opinions ; so much so, that the public never failed to name both together in the same breath. Their lectures were not what they ought to have been. They were not guiding disquisitions to young minds, bent on acquiring a knowledge of the facts of history as aids to clear insight into the habits, man ners, and modes of thought and feelings of time past. On the contrary, they were highly-coloured pam phlet:, seasoned with false sentiment, and delivered with exaggerated theatrical action, meant to elicit cheers and applause. Whoever wished to enjoy an hour of pleasant turbulence had need only to attend a discourse of either. The Ministers of Louis PHI LIPPE had to put a temporary stop to scandals, which proved too much even for the Republic, for MICHELET and QUINET were silenced even in 1848, and Louis NAPOLEON has stopped them for the length of his own reign. M. MICKIEWICZ, is a Polish mystic, who fell into that sort of prophecy as to the future triumphs of his race, which is allowed to be the consolation of the exiled patriot. With him there will be genuine sym pathy. He falls a victim to the new rigid system of special instruction, from which is imperatively banished all that may have relation to feeling or f anc y, a system which, whatever may be its future results, is condemned this morning in the Assemblie tlhililangthaaut tmho.riGtytHoznaTt,heunsudber ep eaks of the famous Pot technic a pseudonyme, Nationale by the highest itis tof y more importance School which is henceforthbe than ever : ject of education . oud natural dispositions, or given a has spoiled so many g minds, as that of the Ecole Poly " There has never been, in point of fact, a school which wrong bent to so many () h have so much superadded to techniqu©. Those who have severe judgments pron o unced by Descartes and Leib nitz themselves on mathematics when pushed to excess. studies and exaggerated tendencies have forgotten the e the results of such ex cesses. France is the only country which possesses such the only country that can boast of engineers and artillery It would se em as if the Po l y technic School had been created expressly to illus trate a school, and yet it is not cors of distinction; but it is the only one which possesses so many pervert ed minds and so many dangerous monomaniac, who reduce , morals and politics to algqbrsical formulas , . The new syst e m of university studies, which aims at special instruction and disclaims all that appeals to moral sentiments, will, according to the op inion of the writer from w h om th e above extract istaken, rather aggravate that tendency to socialism against which it would seem to b e a reac tion, because it willby more than ever Rive di s position to materialis m materialising ed ucat i on. M. EMILE DE G IAARDIN h as a ddressed to the Minister of Police a reply to the " warning " that he had received for havin g expresse d an opinion that if the Empire were to be established, there might be some person of the old Roy a li s t p a rty who would at tempt to take the lite of t h e chie f o f the state. Ile says that he could not g uar d aga i nst a r isk which he could not foresee. The T r ib una l an d the Senate, in 1804, both expressed, h e says, a s i m ilar fear, and adds,--41 13y perverting the 'Leaning of the icqrl3§l) LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL l5, 1652. the Presse may be suppressed, but history cannot be suppressed." A company lately organized has applied to the Mi nister ot Public Works for the concession of a branch line ou the Lyons to Avignon Railway, from St. Rlmbert to the frontier of Savoy. The Bulletin de Paris, whose director holds an of ficial position, has the following:— " The pacific Empire, that is, the Monarchial Impe rialist institution', wit'iout the wars which had turned them from their real objects--the Empire with peace, is, in fact, the noblest, the grandest, the most useful go vernment that France can possess. France abandoned it with regret in the presence cf a foreign invasion; it is the Government she desire;, it is that which is adapted to her tastes, her instincts, her wants; it is in the logi cal course of events. It is the Government of which even now she has the half; and the entire of which she will certainly have within a period we may calculate without arithmetieslly fixing it. We are in expectation of it since the 10:h of December, 18-18; it will come whatever 192 the cause of its arrival. The pacific Em pire, the Empire, without its dangers, and its glorious peril, would at this moment complete the wishes of the population. It would respond to their instincts, their political worship, their wants; it would secure to them calm and prosperity by &finite stability. The popula cost, this pacific Empire." was again feebl e . Th e F ive p e r C en t s . openedoTh at e , and closed at 101 f. for the end of the month; the Three pf , r Cents closed at 721.; Orleans R a il wa y Shares, 1,187 f. 50 c . ; R ouen, 770'. ; H avre , popula tion desires, s i Bourner s l ,o a l t f. any 7 oc. 305;'.; Great Northern, 615%; Avignon, 2831. 75c; Vieraon, 5821. 50 c.; Basle, 260 f.; Bordeaux, 600 f.; Paris and Strasburg. 5901.; Tours and Nantes, 358 r. 7 B S U c 6301. Lyons, NFOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE SINPLEaOBriSsNDaDOnONdN Lns, STOCK EXCIIANGE, Aram 14. L ax embourg, 33,4—Namur and Liege, 7%—Northern of France, 2.Pii—Paria and Lyons, wg—Paris and Rouen, 31—Paris and and Nantes, Strasbourg, 23 1 ,4—Rouen and Havre, 12 T;,3 Tours iv/ West Flanders, 3—Western of France, 7 • SPAIN. Our accounts from Madrid are of the 9th inst. The QUEEN bad ordered the Court to go into mourning for 12 days, in consequence of the demise of the Queen Dowager of DENMARK. It being Good Friday, the journals did not appear, and the Bourse remained closed. GERMAN Y. on the 7th, a resoluti on was unan i mous ly a d o pted, d of thethreeaMbassadors at Vienne., g ni t e h et a i t n t g he peace of E u r o p e depended on the maintenance ecAlatrian of the policy, home as well as foreign, laid down by Prince SCRWARZENBERG. Previous to his death the Prince is said to nave drawn up a me morandum Pointing out the nec e ssity of enforcing his system. Prince SC RWARZENBERG d i e d i n conseq uence of the bursting of a blood-vessel in the heart. The reigning Prin ce , hi s brother, h as se t off to su perintend the f unera l at W i tt i ngau , th e family estate in Bohemia. Prince FELIX has lett all his movables to his natural daughter, who has English blood in her veins. She married some time since, an Austrian officer of lancers, now serving in Transylvania. One of the PRINCE'S latest acts was to present General MANSBACH, the new Swedish Ambassador to the EM PEROR on the sth inst. The Correspondenz repeats its assurance that it never occurred to this Government to vex English men travelling in Austria because they were British subjects; still less to protest against the asylum offered to refugees on English ground—but only against the abuse of that privilege. One of these abuses the Correspondenz considers to be collecting funds for revolutionary purposes, which it denounces as equivalent to enlisting a hostile force. The Austrian Presse has the following observations on the presumed Imperial aspirations of the PRINCE PRESIDENT of the French Republic:— 'lre the eyes of the sovereign people' the man of the nation's choice will scarcely win fur himself that legitimacy and that hereditary right which he has so cleverly tried to make out, and the great powers who signed the act for excluding the Bonaparte family from the throne of France certainly did not see in the man of December 2 the descendant of Napoleon, but merely saluted him as the fortunate restorer of social order in France and the rest of Europe, and from this point of view they would assuredly have accepted the foundation of a dynasty, not parceque but quoique Bonaparte, "° fait accompli. But th e succ essor o f a French emperor,bined with that hankering after Socialist experiments o ad and the heir of the imperial plans of conquest, In familiar to us, is a phenomenon, the unusual mind." Accounts from Frankfort state that the Ministerial sa_ formlre y, uof which must produce au tiaeasy feeling in the ca conference at Darmstalt has led to a satisfactory result. It is added, that Hanover has declared itself customs union with in favour of a commercial and customs Austria. The new constitution in Cassel will be im mediately published. There are to be two Chambers. The First will be composed of the Princes of the Electoral House, of the seigneurs, and of persons named by the SOVEREIGN, having an in come of not less thee 6,000 th tilers. The number of the latter must in no case exceed those of the seig neurs. The Second Chamber will consist of sixteen deputies from the towns chosen by the electors (the municipal councillors, heads of corporations, &c.), and sixteen deputies from the rural communes. The New Prussian Journal gives the following statistic of the number of officers, seamen, &c., be• longing, according to the last returns, to the ex , German fleet :-1 vice -admiral, 6 captains, 30 lieu tenants, 26 mates, 50 midshipmen, 11 clerks, 26 en gineers, 11 assistants, 74 stokers, 721 petty officers and seamen, with 3 officers, and 166 marines. The With total number of all. parsons, including civilians, is exception of some few officers, engaged by Prussia, the whole of these will be discharged. seamen and petty petty The tariff for telegraphic commu n i ca ti ons b e tween able-bodied 17 l Germany and Belgium has just been considerably reduced. Dispatches from one to twenty words from Verviera to Cologne have been lowered from 10f. to 5f.; to Berlin, from 17f. 50c. to 12f. 50c.; to Dres den, from 22 t. 50c. to 12f. 50c. ; to Vienna, from 25f. to 15f.; and to Trieste, from 30f. to 15f. The same proportion of diminution has been adopted in respect to all other places in Germany, and to messages con taining more than twenty words. It is contended, however, that the reduced tariff is still too high. SERVIA. The Belgrade Gazette announces that the British Consul-General had re-hoisted his flag on the 3d inst., under a salute of 21. guns from the artillery bar racks, and resumed h is usual inter c ourse with the local Government. It is known that Mr. Alison, Oriental Secretary to her Britannic MAJESTY'S Em bassy at the Porte, had been sent to investigate the police authorities, who, last autumn, compelled Mr. im of ari c Q u r l .: . b t l o e lower his national colours, and nce on the part of the D c ha rges Fo s restrict his o ffi cial c om munications to the Turkish authority only. It is hoped by the national party that the Servian Government will never again be led into similar causes of offences against a great Power whose agent has done m uch to supp or t the true in during s ev eral years. terests of the pr i ncipal ity house for the election of six Dimptors in the room of Henry Yesterday a ballot Alexander, Esq , Lieutenant General James Caulfeild, C. 8., the Hon. William Henry Leslie Melville, Major James were closed and delivered tote Attcrua.ti Oliphant, Henry Thoby p i .; n6 el ) , E.A , and John Shepherd, Alt waxen at the East India- Esq., who go out by rotation. that the election Lied fallea on VVilliam Butterworth Bayley, Esq., Russell Ellice, E cci . , s :_ 1 r Richard Jenkins, G.C.8., Ross Donnelly Mangles, I, q ., NT . 1-. , r John Masterman, Esq., M.P., and Major John Arthur War . , A Court of Directors was also held at the East India -house, when the thanks of the Court were voted uuanimousl to ohn Shepherd. Esq- , i x ne o e 'c rs lo , ck wh t o he re g p l o as rt s e e d s affairs of the East India C ompany Chairman, and Sir Jarees Weir Hogg, Bart., M.P., Deputy- Chairman, for their great appli c ation cad attention to the MANSION-HOUSE. --0, Tuesday next, the '2oth instant, the Lord Mayer and Lady Ma Dress will entertain at dinner the members of the Court of Common Council of the wards of Aidersgate ,t, , B i s haw Bishopsgate, Bread-street, Bridge, , dgate, ass 7,oolll.lTh.ward during the past year. Ba • 3 nerd, Cheap, r 1 ,-, -.4,enist, st eet, Cordwainers, and Coruhill, offered a grant of their ladies, the Sheriffs and r ladies, and a number of his their Lordship's private friends THE COMM . • • ITTEE (v. r . -- vOHNCIL AND THE NATIONAL 13road-street, Candlewick,' Castle SOCIETY.—The Committee of Council on Education have of the new building street as will accommodate 130 students, together Victoria apartments for the officers of the institution with necesrsoeorynva.P The Committee have further offered an and s al sum of 3,0301. for the completion of the whole'undertaking to comprise room for 200 students. To the ' of inese grants a condition s the completion of so much was annexed, that the male rom ' l e d female departments of the institution should each be furnisheda with its own complete and sufficient staff of officers. The National Society has accepted the grant of 7,0301. for 130 students, and has expressed to the C .mmitte of Council its regret that the subscriptions already received will not j ustif y the acce p tance of the 3,0001. with the condition attached —that of at once completing the institution. Some legal difficulties have arisen as to getting possession of the site in Victoria-street, but it is hope i fthat these may be overcome, and that the first stone of the new building may Ye laid with due ceremony early in May. The foundation stone will be laid by his Grace the Archbishop Canterbury, president of the Na of tional Society. EASTER TERM -_Yesterday, on the opening of the law office . Easter Term 3 after the holidays, the arrears for commencing this day (Thursday) were exhibited. The pre sent term will be remarkable as the first in which the new Lord Chancellor (Baron St. Leonards) will preside at West minster, and in which Mr. Justice Compton will take hie seat in that ancient hall of law. The arrears of the three common law courts, exclusive of Crown cases, number onl y It O. In th e Court of Queen's Bench there are 55, consist ing of 23 special cases and demurrers for argument, 17 en larged rules, 13 rules for new trials, and 1 for judgment, and 1 county court appeal. In the Court of Common Pleas there are only 17 matters entered-7 demurrers, 3 enlarged rules, 6 new trials, and 1 p for judgment; whilst , in the Exch equer , there is 1 co unty court, 3 cases in the special paper for judgment, and 6 for aaprg eal um ent, and 18 new trial rules for argument. lia the equity cour ts there is a diminution in the number of the arrears. THE LATE ACCIDENT TO SIR WILLIAM H. Youst•, BART.__ This gallant young cfficer, first lieut enant in the 23d Regiment, who met with an accident at the steeplechase last week near Liverpool, by being thrown 4 9/4 Ili*/ Ja 9 ; 4 e , 11 4 Perfectly remerod• THE SHARE MARKETS. Railways. Nominal Prices. 33RXTISII BAILWAYS. Businesa done to-day. 14% 15 6 9i ii 20% n 20 !Vii 22 1 A 21% 31% 9 1 / 4 3,' 5% 17 % % li ii 32 31 33 y & 33 5 % % 20N, % 6 3 % 14% 3 4 40 [92 3 / 3 / 4 93 91 % 92 91% 74% 75 B'% IA [lO4 102% 1 / 2 102 103 125 y, 24 3 / 4 25 27 V A 5 / 8 : [24 Y 8 25% 16 % 191 991,4 914%34 68 %5i 34 7 / 4 'n'a 6 9 36 35 9 l ii 1/i 8 5 / 8 li Ti % 3 1 / 4 l ift 934 19 5 / 8 %. 16 5 A 17% 11 1/4 16 n 16 22% % 1 ,4 35 34% 35% 35 2% th % 13 45 % Ws 19 19 13/ i 14 6 1 / i 6 25 , 4 s ib 3fi die. 8 % 3% 1 7 5 / 6 1 % 14 1 pi 13% % pm 14 1 ✓ 10% 11 FOREIGN. Business one Railways. to-day. N o minal Prices. Boul. & Amiens all pd 13% - 13% Cent. France (0.V.) all 22 3 / - 2314 23% 22% Charl. & Erquel. all pd 13 - 15 14 Demerara all pd Dutch Rhenish...B/. pd 3 -3% di3. .1:;S East Indian 18/. pd 3 - 3 1 4, Do. Do. ~ 201. pd - Gt. Indian Penin. all p % P Do. Do 4% pd % p Lonv. a la Samb e Luxembourg l3l. pd -4% Do. (Railway) 10/. pd 3% - 33% 3-Ye Do. l/. pd 14, % Do. (Canal) 2t. pd Maria Antonia 27i pd Do. New 81 pd Namur & Liege all pd -7% North. of France,l6/.pd 24 - 24% 24% Orleans & Bor 11/. - 3 7 4 3 p Faris & Lyons ...61. pd 5 - 514 p 11 111 Paris & Orleans all pd 48 -49 Paris & Rouen ...all pd 30% - 30% 303 Paris & Stras. ...all pd 23% - 239 , s 23% Rouen & pd 12% -12 34 12% % Sambre & Meuse all pd 4% - 4 3 / 43 St. Andrew's & Quebec (A) 4/. pd - Tours & Nantes 17/. pd 6 - 6 die. 10 7 / 8 34 11 West Flanders...B% pd 23. - 3 West. of France 61. pd - % North. of France, 201. 3 p. ct. Bonds (for. B. & A. Sb.) 13%. MINES. Agua Fria all pd '53 p Anglo-Californian, all p % - % p 3 4. Asturian 151. p Australasian 9 /. pd 1% -1% p Australian 51. pd % 1 Austr. Freehold all pd 1 / 4 -1% die. 3 % Ave Maria all pd % - 1 / 4, die. Blaenarvon I. & C. all p - Brit. Austr. Gold all pd % - % dis. % British Iron 13/. 15s. p Braz. Im. (is. sp) 24 1 / 2 - 2 Do. Coca. & Cui. all p Do. St. Joh. del R. 15/. 28% Carson's Creek all pd % - 14 p 11% Cobre Copper 4Ol. pd Copiapo 14/ pd Eng. & Aust. Cop. all p % - p 1 / 4 % General all pd Gold Mountain all pd 1 4dis. - % p 1 Great Polgooth all pd -1% p Mexi. & S. Amer. 9/. p Nouveau Monde all pd % - p 1% y, Port Philip ... l/. pd 1 / 1 - p 1% % Santiago de Cuba 10 3 / G - 7 Tin Croft 7l. pd - 10% United Mexican all pd 2 1 / 4 -2% West Mariposa-all pd, - 14 die Colonial Gold, 1;s %. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Australasia all pdi 39 -40 40 x.d Brit. Nth. Amer. all pd 49% -50 Colonial 25/. pd 11 1 / 2 -12 Com. of London 20/. pd 24 - 25% Lon. & County 20/. pd London Jt. Sik. 10/. pd 18 - 18% Lou. & Westm. 20/. pd 28% -29 Nat. Prov. Eng. 35/. pd D o. N ew lO/. pd - Nat. of Ireland 22% p 17 3 % -1▪ 7 Orient. Bk. Corp. all pd 34 -35 Prov. of Ireland 25/ pd. 43% -44 Do. New all pd 15y - 16% Union of Austral all pd 37 -38 Do. New 2% pd 3 -3% Union of London 10/. p 14% -15 Union of Madrid all pd MISCELLAN▪ EOUS. Canada 32% pd 48 - 49% Eastern Steam...2s. pd - Gen. Stm. Nay. 14/. pd 28% - 28% Penin. & Or. St. all pd 77 - 77% 78N. 98 % 75% Do. Do. ...151. pd 31% 23% Royal Mail Stm. 60/. pd 80 -8▪ 1% 80 Universal Emigration and Colonization, 2/. p MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 8,000 bales, all to the trade, comprising 6,500 American, 600 Egyptian at 61d. to 7d., 500 Surat at 3id to 44d, and 150 Sea Island at Is. 2d. to Is. 6d. per lb. The market closed firmly.—Railway Shares were firm, especially Midland and Caledonian. The six weeks' average price of Wheat is 425. 2d. per quarter. The Amsterdam Bourse, on the 13th inst., was ani mated for Dutch Stock. The Two-and-a-Half per Cents. were 611 to 3-16. Mexican were higher, and Spanish, Austrian, &c., in demand. The Royal Mail Steam meeting is now being held. The following is a portion of the report, which the share holders have received very warmly:— " The audited accounts of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company have as usual been printed and sent to each of the shareholders. The surplus on the work ing account of 1851, exhibits an increase over that of 1850, of 51,6351. 13s. I Id., but the several items of the account do not admit of comparison with former years, owing to the alteration in the West India, and the ad dition of the Brazil service. Of the latter, the result of ten voyages is included in the account. The leases of the Jamaica Wharf and of the Southampton premises having expired during the year, the balances of these accounts have been charged against profit and loss, as has also the difference between the original cost of the Larne, sold in July last, and the sum ob tained for her. The amount expended in repairs of the Teviot and Deo has placed those vessels in a state of efficiency for many years' service. The amount at which the company's ships have hitherto stood in the balance sheet, being their original cost, it has been deemed desirable, at the close of the first contract of the company with the Government, to reduce this amount to as near an approximation to their actual value us pos sible, looking to their use in carrying out the operations of the company; and the sum of 450,000/. has been assumed as one at which they may be fairly taken under all circumstances. In order to effect this reduction, the reserved fund, after including the profits of 1850, has been applied, and a further sum of 95,4271. Is. Id. from those of 1851. The Prince, having been purchased during the year, is of course not included in the arrange ment. The amount advanced toward the completion of the new steam-ships of the company, to 31st December last, is 360,903/ Bs. sd. Eligible coaling premises at St. Thomas have been purchased during the year. The amount appears in the balance sheet, and those formerly rented have been relinquished. The proprietors were in formed, so long ago as last October twelvemonths, that the directors had contracted for five new steamers of the largest class. At the general meeting in April, 1851, it was further stated that the whole of those vessels were rapidly progressing; but in October last the directors felt compelled to notice the delays experienced in executing the different ship. builders and engine -makers' contracts, expressing a hope, however, that, on and from the beginning of the present year, the whole might be completed, so as to commence simultaneously the performance of an accele rated service. If this expectation has not been realized, the disappointment has arisen from causes altogether beyond the control of the directors. The Brazil service has been maintained throughout with perfect regularity, and the receipts upon that line have proved hitherto highly satisfactory. Since the last general meeting in October the company's colonial super intendent has returned from his mission to Chagres, New York, &e., having ably arranged all matters re specting a loan to the Panama Railway Company, and 125.000 dollars, or say 25,481/. 6s. 3d. sterling, has ac cordingly been advanced by the directors upon Debenture Bonds to assist in the promotion of that important object. By the terms of agreement between the two companies, a favourable portion of Manzanilla Island at the Atlantic terminus of the railway is secured for the purposes of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, where it is pro posed to erect a wharf and other suitable premises. The railway is rapidly progressing, having been opened al ready to a distance of about 23 miles from Navy Bay ; and upon one occasison lately 1,000 passengers from New York were conveyed by it, producing a receipt of 6,000 dollars. It is expected that the works will be completed as far as Gorgona (being the most difficult and inconvenient portion of the route) before next autumn. Coniaected with this vast undertaking, the formation of a company for establishing steam conveyance between Panama, New Zealand, and Australia, continues to occupy the anxious attention of several influential associations ; amongst which may ba classed the two Pacific Steam Navigation Companies, the Royal Mail Steam-packet Company, and the Panama Railway Com pany. Thus encouraged, the project; will soon be sub mitted for public consideration; and the directors trust that it will receive the individual support of this com pany'spreem i p n r e o n p t r ly ieta c r a y le , n w la h t o e s d e t p o e c un pi y promoteadvantage s i r t ep is or s t o , having of necessity extended to an unusal length, would have here concluded, but, that the directors feel com pelled to notice briefly the attacks that have (Co tlon Compan y's recently aprr :e iainh yettastrk b . )erne mayan management, a M ostglebe mev of e ep l n l e e tr d , t hese it a t statements t n e i s m t n e justificationn the a r a c m on p y n a a n r y o t'uh—se contract there has not been stone of its cwitanals the he instance n t m t the Government s t ns ten tbheee npr years osveid vio lated; and at the moment when an outcry is.F n ai at against them, the directors are engaged in e xp t en o u w i powerful least 650,000/. in the construction or the mos t steam-ships in the world, in order to ilDp.rhe trans- Atlantic communication, and to accelerate convey ance of the public mails. In co nclus h io n n a , of the current recommend a dividend for the first per share (free of year, at the rate of two poun ds again, the directors Stock Mar in come-tax), payable on and ke m The English eicin9,tsbnutt."there in the New have been more transactions securities than in Consols. Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents. and marked 99:i for Transfer, and Market s firm er th e2O These latter have The Stock R e duced Three per Cents. are chequer - bill s ha 99t for Accouuannth.ve been at 725. to 745. for those dated March, S toc k Market has been very good again, T h e Foreign and India Bonds are 8 2 s. to 85 s. premium. an d prices are on the a dvance in some instan c e s. M e xican Old Bon ds have been at 35 to 4, and the Three per Cents. at 29 to Brazilian Small Stock is worth 99 to 1. Buenos Ayres is up 1 per cent., being 79. Peru vian Six per Cents, are 1051 to 106 i, and the Deferred 654 to /, being a little flatter. Portuguese Four per Cents. keep up well at 39 to and Spanish Three per Cents. aro 474 to 48i, an improvement of Per cent. The New Deferred are 21{ to 22, also a sligut advance. Dutch Two-aud-a-Halt per C e nt s . have been 64, to 62-1. Railway Shares hav e b een ve ry buoyant, and there is an abance is Adidiugh gad Aberdeen Amb., Not., Bost. & E. June. Bir., Wolv., and Stour Valley ... all pd. Birk., Lan., & Ch. Jet., late 33/. 65..8d., 26/. pd. Ditto, Chest. & Birk., 501. & 251. Cons., all pd. Ditto, ditto ... 17 1 4 pd. Brist. & Exet., 1001. pd. Caledonian 50/. pd. Chest. & Holyh., all pd. Dub. & Belf. Jct. 451 pd. Dundlk & Ennis., all pd. Dundee, Perth, & Aber deen June. ... all pd. Ditto, New East Anglian (25i. 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. Gt. pd. Do., do., B. & C., all pd. East Lancashire, all pd Do. New Quar., all pd E. & W. India Docks and Bir. June., all pd E. & W. Yk. Edinb. & Glas., 50/. pd Edin.,Per. & Dun. 25' p Glas. & 1001. p Great Northern, all pd Do. Halve. A def., all p Do. do. B, 6 pr. c. all p Gt. S. & AV. Ireld., all p Great Westn., 100/. pd Lane. & Carlisle, all pd Do. Thirds, 11/.13.4 pd Lane. & York., 100/. pd Do., Quarters ...all pd Do., Fifths 14/. pd Do.,W. Rid. Un. 11 1 AP Leeds Northern, all pd Liv.Crsby &Sthpt.l7ip Loud. & Blackw., all pd Lon.,Brig.& S. Ct.loo p Lon. & N.West., 100/. p Do. Quarters 22/. pd Do. Fifths l2/. pd Do. 101.,M &B (c) lip Lon. & S.-West 100/. p Do. New 501., 42 1 / 2 pd Do. New 401 341. pd Man. Bux. & Mar. all p Man. Shef. & Lin.,loo/p Do. Manch. & Lincoln Union 41.25. pd Midland 100/. pd Do. Bir. & Derby 1001. Md. Gt. Wt. (Ire.) 47 1 A Newcas. & Carl. all pd Do. Quarter Sh all pd Newmarket all pd Newport, Abergaven., and Hereford lO/ pd Newry & Ennisk 7 1 / 2 p Norfolk lOO/. pd Do. New 20/. S. 15/. p North. Coun. Un. '/ pd North British ...25/. pd North Devos ...11/. pd North Stafford. 17 1 A p North-Western 19/. pd N. & S.-W. June. 61. p Oxford, Worcester, &. Wolverhampton 101 p Scottish Central 25/. p Scottish Midld., 251. pd Do. New all pd Shrew. & Bir. A, all pd Do. B Shrew. & Her. Old 71. p Shrewsbu. and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) all pd Do. Halves all pd Do. Oswestry all pd Strop. Union ...6 1 / 2 pd Do. A, B, C, & D fully pd. up at per cent.... South Devon all pd South-Eastern 30/. pd South Wales ... all pd S ,uth Yorkshire and , River Dun pd Do. Do. 5l. pd Stirl. & Dunferm all p Stock. & Har. 16/29.3d. Taff Vale 126/. pd Thames Haven Dock and Railway ...181. pd Vale of Neath...l7/. pd Waterfd. & Milk. all pd Waterfd. & Lim. all pd Waterford, Wex. Wick. and Dublin 3/. pd West Cornwall 13/. pd West London pd Yk., New. & Ber. 25/. p Do. & New. Ex. 20/. p Do. G.N.E. pure. 91. p. York & N. Mid. 501. pd 3 - p 11 -12 10 —lll4 12:q 13% % 7 /ti P 137 - 139 ... ••• dis, 19 —2O 53 1 1 5 5 x.d % dis— par 9% —10 X 15% 16% x.d 13% —.14% • • • 16 - 16 1 , 4 - 41,4 l i e z dim. par AT TIMED 14 1 ,4, to 143,i, 6 :i -69 i 10 -10% 121,4 11% d. 16 1 , - 171/g 91 -93 197,f 1 20% 21 1 4 22% 15 —l3 d. 6 - 7 4 , 4 - 41,4 3 , 4 1 - 3y, 9 , 4 -91 h 6 3 „- 7y, 4N 3 -5% 17 -171 A 50 -52 ... --. ... 31 -32 5 % ^ 534 20 1 4 —2 0 1 A, 6 5 / 8 6 7 / 8 14 5 A —14% 39 —4O 90% 91 77 —79 8 —9 - p 73 731,e, 6 3( 6 dis. 4 dia. 17. --.18 --40 A 1011,E —IO2 I A 124% ---;.1.25 51% p 4 —4% p 2 p 90 —9O l / 5% 5 dis. 4% 4 dis. 2 3a —2yB 34 .- - Ili Aberdeen all pd Do. No. 2, 7 per ct. 33% Caledonian, 101. all pd Ches. & Holyhd. all pd Dundee, Per., & Aberd. Junction all NI E. Ang.(3/ 10s)6 p c. all Do. (5/.) 7 per ct. all p Do. (71175) 7 p. c. 2 p Eastern C.,unties Ex., S P. c., No. 1 all pa Do. No. " all pd Do. New 6 p. c. Stk. 10, Eastern Union Scrip, Guar. 6 per ct....a1l Do. 101. Deb. Sh. all p, East Lancashire, 6 per et. Quar. Stirs. all pd East & West Yorkshire Junction, sths_all pd Edin., Per. & Dun. 5 V, per cent. all pd Glas. & S.W. Con. 100/. Gt. North. 5 p. c. all pd Do. 5 p c. red. sc. 91i p Great South. & West. (Ireland) Bths all pd Gt. West. (Berks & H. Ex. 5 per cent.) all pd Gt.W. fixed 4 1 / 4 1001. p Do. Do. —BO/. pd Lancashire and York shire, F. 20/. U. pd Do. 6 p. c. Stk. 1001. p LeeJs Northern, 6 per cent. No. 1 ...... 13/. pd Do. Do. No. 2 1 71. pd Do. Do. No. 3 5/. pd Do. Qrs., 1818 91. pd London & Brig guar. 5 per cent. ...100/. pd Do. Pr. 5 p c. Stk. 100/. Do. Con. 5 p c, 1852 all Do. N.Gr. 6 p c 1001p' Lon. & N.-W. (Cov. Nunet.) 5 P. C. 13% pd Lou. & S.W. New 51. p Lon. & En. I,i Sh. all p Man., Sheff., & Linen. Qr. Sh., No. 1 all pd Do. New, 10/ all pd Do. 61. 3/. pd Mid. Con. 6 p c Sr lOO/. Do. Con. Bris. & Bir., 6 per cent.... 100/. pd Do. Erewash Val. 100/ Do. Leic. &Swanning. 8 per c. Guar. 1001. p Do. Preference ...5/. p Norfolk Exten... all pd Do. Gr. 51.4 p ct. all p Do. Wavny. Val. 2/. p North British 5l. pd North Stafford all pd Oxf. Wor. & Wol., 151. 6 per cent 10/. pd Shrews. & Bir. N.G. all Shrews. & Ches. (N.W. Min.) 8 per c....a1l pd South Devon all pd St.-Est. 4 1 / 2 p c. 10/. pd Sth. York. 4 p c gd. 20/. Stock. & Hart. gd. 5 p c • until July 1,1856, all p Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent. 3/. pd York, Newc. & Bar. Gt. N. of E. Pur. all pd Do. Do 51. pd York & N. Midland 11. and S. Purch. 101. pd 3% 2 3.1 diß. 67% 67% 34 —36 8 3 4 9y, di.. 34 —36 11 —lO die. 3y, - 3 dii —B, 8 —7 dis. 7 7 / 8 7 5 / s dis. ••• -•.• 1% -1% P. 19 1 / 1 -19 U, 16 - 16 1 4 10 - 101/2, 47 8 4 3 dis. 14 —l6 7 -- 8 11',A 31A 3d . j 61- 16% 22 -22% 34 -35 % 1 dis• IE6 —`3 44 3% dis. 5 5q 18 —l9 ... ---- ..• 434 -4% dis. 18% -19 y, 6 , ,c 4 6 die. 3 — 2 3 A 25% 25% PREPERENCX s: 1;1 ii di!. 8% -8% 17% - 17% 5 5 , 4 a% 3Ya N - 1 .% 1 3 .i --- Yti P 12% - 13 13% - 14% •• ••• . . . 41...• . . . 3 1 A - 33/4 14 1 A -14 N, - .1%1 P - 1:,% 1 i dis. MINES LEASE Leasing RailwaYs• Companies. Bdf. & Bitch., all p Bir.& Ox.l.,gua. all, Do. without, all pi Bir.Wolv. & Dud., guar....... all pd Do. without, all p, Buckin.ghash. all p, Clydsd ale Jc., all p, E. Lin.„ gua. 6 per cent. all pd Glouces t, & Dean Forest.... 22 y 2 pd, llartlept. 1)k. & 5 Railw.. pd llull & S elby, all p Do. Ila lves., all p Do. QIL irts., all p Leeds &' Brdf., all r. Lon. & C irenw., all Do. Pr , f all pd Lowesto ft., gua. 4 per .CE nt all pd Do. G p. et all p Middl esbe & Red car, 6p. c., all p 1.&: E., .) p. c., all Do. t ; p. ct., all p Do. ew all pd Prestn . & Wyre, all paid Do.II!, es, A, all p Read., G uildt., and, Reigate ; ... all pdj Roy. & 0/ 2 p' Da. She p. Lx., all Shf. ILtk. & Goole, sp. 18.11.6 p StafFdsh., 9% p WearVa f. 6 p c., al Do. do. .-- . all pd Do. do. all pd, Wiltii& 4 tit., slip Lon.St N.V , Gt. Wes tn, Do. Do. Do. &;NAV Caledun ian IGt.Northn I Gt.Westrn. Yk.iNew.l_ &Berw.f Yk. Do. Do. Midland S. Eastern Do. Norfolk Do. ~ Stktn &Dar E. Counties Do. Do. ...... ...... L.& NW & La. ,S;1 - Do. S. Eastern. IGt. Northn. Do. )ILan. Yks AlrM'Clean Stckt& Du, Do. ,Do. 'Gt. Welltm 138 % 139 VA % 5% x.d 9% 10 ZZNTALB. Nominal Prices. `29% - 30% 28 -29 29 1 ,4 -- 3014 28 - -29 17% -18 45 -47 34 3 / 4 35 N, 3 - 4 p 1 107 —lO9 53% 54 1 ,i 25 —27 'lO3 104 12%--12% 25 —26 xd, 16 1 /, -. 17% 59 2 .. ... p 21% - 2114, S l / 4 " 85A ; - •.. 114 die. • , or.* •• • 29 30 ia .i Business to-day. 103 102% 22 1 4 22 'A 8 97 98 Glasgow, owing to an agreement for an amalgamations in Aberdeen, Lancashire, and Yorkshire, Midland, Great Northern, &c. French Shares aro rather heavy, owing to the settlement at Paris. Mining Shares are steady. Agua Fria look up, and an improved lease is stated to be probable. Australian Shares are all held for advanced rates. Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Shares have been largely dealt in, but they are only a shade higher. Consols ... Ditto Account, Blay 11 ... QUARTER TO THRBE. ... 991 i ••• 99i 100 ONE CLOSOIG PRICES OF BRITISII FUNDS O'CLOCK PRICES Bank Stook S per Cent. Reduced Anna. ...... 3 ner Cent. Console Annuities 9 9 1, 4 3A 994 New 34 per Cent. Anna..- ~,, Long Anne. to expire Jan.lB6o 6% 6 11-16 6 13 ' 16 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 6 y, 3 1,, 6 1 r Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5,1860. 7 6 15-16 7 India Bonds,l,o ool.w. Ditto under 1,001:.......... Cinsols for Account . 99% 100 14.xolist - iner Bills. I%d. March. June. 1,0001. .. . 72 74 p 64 6 7 P 5001. Small, ONE PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds. 5 per Cent. ... — Ditto, Small ... ... 99% 99 Ditto (Rothschild's) — Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. 79 Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent . Danish 80nd5,1825, 3 per Cent. JOAO, LP Ars.. _ Ditto, 5 per cont. — — Grenada Bonds, 1% per Cent 99 N , 100 78 104 104 10 i Ditto, Deferred' .. . : ....... -11 1 0 5 / 3 Ys 351' ,, Mexican, 5 per C en t , 1846 ...... 35 li 35, i s Ditto, Account Ditto, 3 per Cent. . ... 29%29 29 1 / 4 d Pornvian Bonds, 5 per Cent 105% 6% 106% Ditto, Deferred, 3 p er C ent 6SIA 3/ 4 66 Portuguese 6 per Cents. Ditto, 4 per Cent. Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto. Account Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 Ditto, 3 per Cent 47% 48% Ditto. New Deferred ......... Venezuela Bonds, 3 1 At per Cent 4B Dividends on the above payable in London. French 4', per Cent. Exchange Belgian, 4% per Cont. Dutch 2 1 ,E per Cent. 12 Guild.... 61% 62% 62 ,62 97 9714 48'A 213 48,4 LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(THIS DAY 2 LONDON, APRIL 15.—Wind this day at noon E., l i g' . breeze, and fine clear dry weather. SUNDERLAND.—Sid. Queen Victoria, St. Andre o N. 8.; Standard, Quebec. HULL, APRIL 14.—Wind E.—Sid. Prince Rege nt ' Quebec. CADIZ, APRIL 6.—The Hanoverian schooner D in !: Shields to Venice, was driven on shore at the entrant' of the Guidalquiver during the gale 22d nit„ and it ° feared will become a wreck; crew saved. SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 14.—The Concordia, of Jers e i i i is on shore a t C ar i s h o t Spit, an d no t ex p ec t e d oti next spring tides. to BOSTON, MARCH 31.—The Pendia, N ew Orleans Trieste, was s p o k en 17 t h i ns t., l a t. 26, l ong . 86, total;; ;; dismasted, but wan t e d no ass i s t ance except spars 10 r ''" a jurymest, CARTHAGENA, APRIL 4.—The Cygnet, on Spore b Vera March 6, h as b een got o ff an d i nto t hi s p o rt W it o tr considerable damage, an d ma ki ng t wo f ee t water hoer. The brig Stork, of Sunderland or Newcastle , !I I brig Akbar, of Sund er l an d, and bark Serenader, w hi c c d. went on shor e a t V era , M arc h 6, h ave b een condo: ll3 4, NEW YORK, M ARCH 27.—A num b er o f b a l es of C O ton, one marked " T. R. 8 ., " were p i c k e d up, 1 8 t h in s "' lat. 36, long. 72. FALMOUTH, APRIL 14.—Wind E.—Sid, Clio, (P r : 311 : 8 ' 1 ', CROOKHAVEN.—Arrd. Sh ar k, C ape o f G oo d Jlo o3 r n 4 for Liverpool ; Jan e E rs ki ne, P ara ib a, w i th topmast ape lower mastheads carri e d away , an d cargo suppose d 1° - damaged. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 15, 6 A . M . (PER ELECTRIC 'Mil d . GRAPH).—Arrd. Pacifi c steamer, New York; lef t :a inst., on freight, 2,000 dolls. Off port, Eliz" t, '„ -i r Grange, Union, S e d ge f u ld, an d Lucretia. A brig, allt o rently American, waterlogged and abandoned, " passed 30th March, 43 N., 45 W. BELFAST, APRIL 13.—The Chieftain, of and fro m this port t 3 S avanna h , h as put b ac k leaky, and 0 211/ repair. Arrd' DEAL, APRIL 14.—Wind N.W.; P.M. E.N.E.---. Josephine, Cape of Good Hope; Union, Rio Janelr: for Elamburgh; Leo, Cuba for ditto; Carner, Moga dol " Arrd. from the River and aid. Hercules, Quebec. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY•) NENITGATEI AND XEADENHALS. to , The general demand was in a very inactive state day, at our quotations. Beef, from 2s to 3s 2d; Ma tt t l : 2s 4d to 3s 6d; Lamb, 4s 6d to 5s 6d; Veal, 3s t o Pork, 2s 6d to 3s 8d per 81bs by the carcase. MEAT MARKETS. SOUTHALL, APRIL 14.—Uur market is tolerably 611: and last week's prices are well supported. Be€4l!no 2s 8d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 2 s 101 t o 4 s 2d ; Lamb, t o 5s 8d; Veal, 3s 2d to 43 ; P or k, 3 s t o 3 s 6d per 8 1 b 5, sink the offals. ROMFORD, APRIL 14.—The general demand is s teady' as follows:—Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 6d; Mutton, ~2 5u , to 4s 2d; Lamb, 5s to 6 s; Veal, 3s 4d to 40; x ° ' 38 to 3s 6d per Sibs. LEWES, APRIL 13.—Esch kind of fat stock big changed hands steadily, at full prices. Beef, from 3 a; 3s 10d Mutton, 35 4d to 4s 2d; Lamb, 58 to 5s u Veal, 38 4d to 4s per 81bs. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF I3RITISII CORE the For the Week ended April 8, 1852, made up from the Returns of In-pectors in the different Cities and Towns In England and per Imperial Quarter. A WHEAT. 113AHLEY. I OATS. I 31TE. BEANS. - p 2 9„ PRICE .. 1 41 s 4d 29s 4,1 193 7d I 32s 8d 129 s 10d 296 DUTIES ON FOREIGN (..01111. WHEAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. I RIB. I BEANS. I 7131 0. , la Od la Od is Od Is Od Is Od is Oa QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK, Wheat, 99,901; Barley, 33,911; Oats, 17,349; Rye, 91 ; Be 6,60i1; Peas, 692 qua! ters. CHANCERY.--(TIIIS DAY.) a This being the first day of E as t er T erm the Lars, Chancellor, who we aro happy to find has recovered fre o his late indisposition, took his seat on the bench at o'clock. There was a very lull a t t en d ance of counsel. IN RE SMITH. all This case, in which it w ill b e remembered Mr. Srvis was charged with havi ng p rocured an improper ad to be filed in a sui t i n t h is court, having been directe . stand over until this day, The LOAD CHANCELLOR said that he had directed in t : quiries and se arc h to b e made; he now wished to int e - rogate Mr. Smith p ersona l ly as to the time and oirnfo stances of his h av i ng b een created a Master E%t or hip dinary in Cha ncer y. T hese appointments, his Lor ds t added, had of l a t 3 years b een made almost as a matt ibod of course, but h e h a d ta k en steps to alter the roe and conditions of the appointments for the future. Mr. Smith having come into court. b e bad The LORD CHAN CELLOR inquired at what time pry? been appointed a M aster Extraordinary in Chanc-thet Mr. smith said th a t i t was in 1842. He bad no° Christian name but John. CHANCELLOR —Where i s your The LORD CEIANCELL O oertifie' ite? Mr. Smith—l have not got it with me. , :goa te? The LORD C HANCELLoR—Had you ever a cell.. be ,. Have you ever seen one?—Mr. Smith said that b e Ve lieved he had, but he could not say for certain. _ b ig paid the f ees to hi s agent in town at the time f or appointment. that at The LORD CHANCELLOR—I am sorry say :l the belie' this moment I am strongly impressed with the. ail that you never were imposing o n ere appointed a Id in Chancery, and that you have been turn out to b e the Court and the public. If such s hould you off th e Master Lxtraor in the case, I shall feel it my dutY, to over till tO' rolls at once. The matter wi_ li h the proof of your lir morrow, and you will attend wit h pointment. In this case, Turner las t EV e a th rd en ne f f u cir l ; V r : lo _ (Before the. LORDS JUSTICES.) pOr e te h d al l 7l°l°lit; tNeSrmwD:hiNachOnEdwFaOwsLaf; ESTUARY COMPANY. an order to columns, Mr. D OL T applied t his morning f or dir charge the injunction then granted. The arguments were proceeding when our report 10 thttaaatte he abroad testator CO URT* -- (lifiS DAY•) s ROLLS' m i D DLETON V. MIDDLETON. question in this case was whether the debts of • re The c h ,, a a rg bi e e ab o l n e ocenrtaapinarteicstualtaersestate by his and Jamaica, acquired by him after the nia" 2 ,3 acquired by I ,_„ e of that Will, but which by codicils were also subjecr" to other conditions similar to those • Should be imposed on the fish property. HONOUR, in giving judgment, said it was is s s te i s so ta c to b r arg codicils had intende ds. o.. . 9lbl i ts chargeable for his d u ps proportion to their relative values, and the order ID be to that e ff ect. nC t hilelnceust BUTTERFIELD V. REATH , , In this case Mrs. Phillips conveyed to . her ho -ban ,„ to by an indenture, dated Feb. 3, 1839, certain prcPerl l ,: to which she was entitled, for his lite, with a reirlain ue- ,, ti b lB e 4 r 9 f , or m h r e . r ph lit. ps ta d rug tees, to cer 0 tm,, to be sold for the benefit of his crtditorai an B e L v a ey d ed ee , d his executed 29th Ang-i question was whether the deed of 1839 was void. d r fr The MASTER Of th e ROLLS, in giving jadgline°" , fi - cided that the need of 1839 was void as against - a tiOa w chaser for a va l uable consideration and the exe e P ri to which had b een taken against they Master's reP ° the effect must be overruled. LAKE . E. In this case, which was a ques CURR tt l on arising out °f t i l3 4 ° will of the l a t e L or d L a k e , his HONOUR also o ver:u the exception take-n to the Master's report. , The Vi ee -Ch anee it o r'. Courts were occupieu -- morning wi t h motions, none of whien were of portsnee. public mi. c ior QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY' ) (Sittings in Banco.) Lo rd This being the first day of Easter Term , the ,„t Chief Justice Campbell, Mr. Justice Wighttnally Justice Erie, and Mr. Justice Crompton, to ok their 035. ou the bench shortly after 10 o'clock. The .AttorDo7,--• General was present, and two or three ot her QueellA Counsel, but there was a very thin attendan ce debt On bps 5y 5 5 2 J % 3 ! 16% 2% 1 16;4 108 1 ,i i