The Sun. — London, England, 1852-05-20 00:00:00

trbtrtt ambition. SUN OFFICE, Sewn o TA T TERSALL'S.-T HIS EVENING. Erx o'cLocil. DEBBI% 5 to 1 agst Hobbie 'Noble 7 to 1 agst Little Harry 9 to 1 agst Alco"en 11 to 1 agst Tinrbirrr 11 to 1 agst Claverbouse 12 to 1 agst Alfred the Great 12 to 1 agat King of Trumps 13 to 1 agst Kingston 25 to 1 agst Joe Miller 25 to 1 agst Orelio 30 to 1 agst Stockwell 30 to 1 agst Augur 30 to 1 agbt Elcot 50 to 1 agst Daniel O'Rourke 50 to 1 agst Wormersley OAKS. 10 to 1 a,pt Gossamer 16 to 1 zgst Kate IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The &wan Pß t to l k the Chair at Four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following Bills were read a third time and passed : Blackburn and Preston Road and Bridge. Bramley and Ridgewick Road. Frome, Yeovil, en ! Weymouth Railway (No. 1). Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. Leven Railway. North British Flax Company (Claussen's Patent). North-Western Railway. Stockport and Marple Road. York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway (Deviation of Bishop Auckland Branch, &c.). Tile following Bills were considered and agreed to:— manehester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midlands Junction Railway. Pedmore and RowTey Roads. Stroud and Bisley Road. NEW WRIT. Ou the motion of Mr. HAY lER a new writ was ordered for the borough of Sandwich, in the room of Mr. C. W. Grenfell, who had accepted the Stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds. PETITIONS. A large number of petitions were presented against the laynooth grant. Mr. JOHN ELLIS presented a petition from Leices ter against church-rates. Sir JAMES GRAHAM presented a petition from a place in the North against the Charitable Trusts Bill. Lord J. S I'UART presented petitions in favour of ocean penny postage. Mr. W. J. FOX presented a petition from Oldham against the Militia Bill. Mr. RICARDO presented a petition from Stoke upon-Treat in favour of ocean peony postage. Mr. DIACKINNON presented a petition from Lea mington prayirg for the suppression of beershopa. Mr. GEORGE DUNCAN presented a petition from the trustees of the harbour of Dundee, stating their anxious desire for theicompletion of the Ordnance survey of Scotland on the seals of the Irish survey, and prey ing the House to adopt iminedate measures for this object. SPAIN. Lord PALMERSTON gave notice that to-morrow he should call the attention of the Government to certain reports which have lately beau circulated in Europe re lative to the exercise of foreign influence for the purpose of procuring a change in the constitution of Spain. • THE REV. MR. BENNETT. Lord CASTLEREAGH gave notice that on Monday next he 6hould put a qu?stion to the Right Hon. Gentle mad the Secretary for the Hanle Department relativa to tho ts.ppointment of the Rcv. Mr. Bennett to the vicar ago of Frome. THE ACCIDENT IN HYDE-PARR. Sir DE LACY EVANS wished to know whether tho attention of Government had been called to the accident which occur red in flyde-park on Sunday, by which a gentleman, owing to the bad state of the road, nearly lost his life by a fall from his horse. Lord JOHN MANNERS said his attention had been called to the matter, End be had given directions for the holes in the road to be filled up. THE MAGISTRACY. Mr. APCULLAGII wished to ask the Secretary for the Home Department whether, in the appointments recently made to the magistracy in Great Yarmouth, reference has been had to the opinion of the town•council of the borough, in conformity with the practice of former Administrations in such cases? Mr. WALPOLE a;.idnoeuch practice had existed at the Home-office since Lord John Russell was at the head of that] department. The Honourable Gentle man would see the inconvenience of the appointment of borotigh magistrates being m.de to depend upon the recommendation of the town council, though it was al ways right and proper that due deference should be paid to the wishes and opinions of those bAliei; and in the case in gaestion, five of the gen . lemen appointed were town councillors. while the sixth ws.a au al:term:al of the borougb.—(Hear, hear ) i“)L6 DISCOVERIES Mr. GLADS ['ONE asked ;,vliethrr the attention of her M.,j sty's Go' , -rcm , t3t had been drawn to the reports of the discovery of gold in hrgo quantities in Qieen Charlotte's I.laud, and of the rloparinre of considerable numbers f pera, ni from CalitornW for that island; whether any measures have been or are to be taken for the maintenance to, order, and for securing the authority of the Crown in thA island ; and also if it was the in tention of G , ,verr wn , , to order a sat yap of the island? Sir JOHN MAKING PON said ho had received a report from the Governor of Vancouver's I,l.srld, giving an accAint of the dilcov,ry of gold in Charlotte's Isiand.—(Bear, 12;:ar.) That discovery was to a con siderable extent, but he was not able to give any ac curate information as to its extent or character.— (Hear, hear.) The report also informed him that some American sh;ps ?rota California had proceeled thither, and more American vessels were expected ; and in consequence of that information, Government had given directions for sentimg additional naval as sistance, to preservs crder under these extraordi nary eireunutanccs.—(Hear, hear.) With regard to the tweed question the Hon. Member would ace that he could not be expected to state new what measures would be eveatually Wien by the Government with reference to those discoveries; while as to the third question he %mid only state that no survey bad been ordered. RIBBON' LODSES. - Mr. O RM.SBY . GORE wished to aek the Attorney yeasral for Ireland for information respecting the ar 'iand committal to ge e d ef eight ribbontoeti, seized in heir lod ge at Granera and - rerni:tal to Longford Lain, and ee , : -* ' . t° ' ' ad mitted to bait, their eavieg been subseq u ently found xi ,,_ a,l, Many of these mea had death notices seen r ea ram, and at - the bottom of these notices b een wa.rnt s . ;' , 4 l s—" Tnis is the second time you have not t a n s i : ecti amal, by God Almighty, if thou do afore long," Bine yen may have year coffin ready maws, ) melees hm : these men had been admitted to bail their arrest, h a d re e t tera, Who nudd:c:y disappeared on abls -disposed iehabiitrart'sed to the county, and the peace prptmrts. wished to know what steps Government twre to tease for their protection? The ATTORNay s af_ l fire of tile mod h ad bo, u h t-I u _NER AL for IRELAND said of them bed aeen detained admitted to bail, bat two The Act of Parliament .„ 4 :ana .. want of sufficient baia save i a )ai tlse i magistrates a discre tionary power to boat certain cases, and although this ease [night assu me ti ,, - character of a con opuses, to murder, it as 'y et intoacharge o f b e ing a member ely„ resolved itself saance.—(Rear,tli:tulr•)i I 1 e . g T e h l e e l l u e b n , which was a bailable would tie tried at the summer as3izls, and • the part of the Government nothing would be wanting on justice home to these who Woreasany gaiity._(ri g Mr. GORE wished t o know if the b ail did ear.) not range from 201, to 30/ ? The ATTORNEY-GENERAL for didIREL,k, . not know the amount, but t he bail was feudal"! by the most respectable farmers in th e district. THE RECENT ENGINEERS' STRIKE . „., Mr. FORSTER wished to ask ;be Chancel lor et the -t , ltohrquer whether, at an interview with a deputation from the Amalgamated Engineers at the Treasury, i n reference to the late struggle between them and their employers, he stated that e the masters bad acted i n a manner subversive of the law?" This report had lien in circulation for manydays without receiviug any con tradiction. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it was not correct that any deputation of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers had been received at the Treasury, but a deputation of th e United Trades of London waited upon him, and made certain representa tions, which were lirened to with patient atten tion, as he trusted all representations from large bodies of the working classes always would be by the Executive Government, when urged with mode ratioa and decorum.—(Hear, hear.) No word was ut tered either by himself or any other official present at the interview which expressed any opinion on the con duct of the employers or of the employed, and it was therefore unneeciasty to aid that not oce word which had ben sleeted by tne Lion. Gentleman escaped him or any others:ls6ml person who was present to receive the depotaVon. His afteetion was called to this report on Monday ?ad by a gentlemen who was present at the interview, and who requited permissioa to give the re port an unqualiaed contradiction. But es he had been In:rued by the courtesy of a Gentleman opposite th a t _ 4 m_ cileation %weld be put to him, he had recalled that ve mo rr e ss ain in order to ha v e the opp o rt u nity of g i v i ng a I n zrato denial from his puce in Perliament, wYellearo;)D FORESTS. Viseetust DZyn ' ' ~,„ - 7 , =b. w _.... AN wishei to ask the Chancellor of ‘... l 7 l,j as criro ` o rai_ a a s w tti o er ails far the disaffarestatien and been prepared C ole V o and ',.'i itittiobury Forests have &e , in conformity with the notices of Woods, Forests, on the 7th day of Na se Z e n otices issued in the Gazette is the intention of Geee este r * 1851 , and, if se, when it The CHANCELLOR 'of t e i lt . ! , e introdnee them? Bill was prepared and the ethera w -XCHEQUER said one existing state of Parliamentary et t P s r t a. paring, but in the of pasong either this Sesbion. H e had aere was no hope printed in order that they might be laid ordered them to be PAYMENT Ora COSTS Br ~, i , pon the table. la reply to igt, ,LZNlgieliD, 4 , 1L14 CUOWN. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL admitted that great hardship was sometimes entailed on parties in sense (pierce of the Crown not paying costs on informations filed by the Attorney-General, but the Crown neither received nor paid costs, and if any alteration o' the law were made, it must be reciprocal. In nine cases out of ten the Crown succeeded, and it would become a question whether it would not be more to the interest of parties to allow the law to remain se it was. NEW ZEALAND BILL. In reply to Sir W. MOLESWORTH, Sir J. PAKINGTON said the Government intended to proceed with the New Zealand Bill this evening if the debate on the Militia Bill concluded before ten o'clock, but in the event of its continuing to a later hour, they would propose to proceed with it to-morrow. THE REV. MR. BENNETT. Mr. HORSMAN wished to know whether the Chan cellor of the Exchequer meant to convey it to the House as his opinion, that parishioners who complained of a bishop for having improperly instituted a presentee had any redress under the Church Discipline Act ? Tbe CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was not aware of having used the expression improper' in atitutien. What he intended to say was, that any pa rishioner of Frome who complaiced of a person w ho was alleged to have committed a serious breach of discipline and doctrine, being instituted to the vicarage of Frome, might obtain redress by applying for the interposition of the bishop of the diocese or of the bishop of any diocese in which the accused had held preferment. By these two methods the parishioners of Frome might obtain redress. With regard to the other point —as to the means of redress against those prelates who refused redress to the parishoners, her Majesty's Government had such confidence in the Bishops of the Church that they did not con template any such contingency. (Hear, hear. They could not believe that the Bishops would offer any obstacle to the course of justice and the cause of truth. Mr. lIORSMAN observed that the Right Hon. Gen tleman had not stated whether the parishioners had re dress under the Church Discipline Act? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he had already pointed out two modes in which redress could be obtained. In reply to another question, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had no hesitatien in saying that the Government did consult the Law Officers or the Crown as to the irregularity of the institution, and they gave their opinion on that irregu larity. Mr. HORSMAN—Had the Right Hon. Gentleman any objection to lay that opinion before the House? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had, certainly, a great objection to doing so.—(Hear, hear.) Lord CASTLERE&GLI thought this question had been very unfairly dealt with.—(Order.) Were the Government aware that the Rev. Mr. Bennett was a clergyman in communion with the Church of England? —(No an.wer was returned to this question.) Sir B. HALL gave notice, that when this subject was formerly brought before the House he would call atten tion to the state of the diocesan church (f Wells. MAYNOOTH GRANT.—ADJOURNED DEBATE. In reply to Mr. KEOGH, _ _ _ . Mr. 14ki:WDEGAT.C., intimated (as we understood) that he intended to move the adjournment of this debate until the 15th of June. Mr. ANSTEY gave notice that he would move that the debate be adjourced till Wednesday next.—(A laugh.) THE SUN, MILITIA BILL. The House then went into Committee on this Bill, commencing with clause 17. Mr. M GIBSON in4aired whether it was intended to make any alteration in the rules laid down in the 42d George 111, with regard to the time allowed for appeal to those whose names were placed on the lists of those liable to serve in the militia? Mr. WALPOLE said that he did not anticipate any inconvenience from those rules, and it was therefore his intention to adhere to them. Mr. BRIGHT pointed out that as the lists of those liable to serve were only required to be posted on the church doors, that, would therefore be a notice merely to half of the population. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he saw no ob jection to a proviso being introduced by which these lists should be posted on the chapel doors. Mr. M. GIBSON complained of nnother regulation contained in the 42d George 111., that those who were di:quilified by bodily infirmity should be obliged to post a notice and a description of that infirmity on the church doors. He also objected that these questions of liability and non-liability should be left to tne decision of De puty-Lieutenants? he thought assessors should be ap pointed to assist them. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL considered that the Act of Parliament did not require the nature of the in firmity to be stated, nor did he think that any assessors could be appointed, who would be more competent to decide these questions more efficientlKthan the deputy lieutenants. After some further discussion, _ Mr. Secretary WALPOLE said that he was quite willing to consider the objections which had been made to the clause, and he would bring in a proviso embody ing the amendments suggested. Mr. BRIGHT inquired whether men balloted for the militia would be subjected to the same indecent per sonal examination to which persons who joined the re gular army were now liable. Mr. Secretary WALPOLE said he had no hesitation in saying that the Secretary-at-War would make such regulations as would exempt persona joiuing the militia from any such examination as might be disagreeablo to thorn. Mr. :TARDCASTLE mnred the addition of a proviso to f xerept militiamen from fl ,ggiog during the period of traildog. Mr, BERESFORD o`•j-cted to this amendment. (LEFT SITTING.) FRANCE. The Presse, after quoting largely from the article of M. Grapier de Cassaguae, in the Constitutionnel, against Generals Changarnier and de Lamorkeere, says :—" What a number of avowals in those pas sages, and what lessons in those avowals ! Atter such avowals, what value can the magnificent sword presented to General Changarnier in 1849 be said to possess ? After such avowals, what ia_comes of the famous subscription proposed and accepted, on condition that uo payment sheltie! exceed 20 fr.? After such avowal?, what must be thought of such saviours of society, of such palace-conspirators, so pitiless however for all other conspirators, real or supposed? General Changarnier was long the hero, the beau ideal of a certain portion of the Paris press. Well, then, what do those journals now think of this heroic de fender of society, of order, and of the laws, whose fixed idea was to seize on the dictatorship. Alas! what would he have done with it? Juet the same as Gen. Caveignac did. Ask Gen. Lamoric.ere, who was Minister of War at the time. Yet that ex-Minister, he who was at the head of the War department in June, 1848, is nowindig a n r a h n i t tr t a hraytile, t : an officer's grade should be at the mercy of and that neither persons nor property aro respected' In 1848, did he respect persons and property ? Did he respect persons when be had thousands of men transported with out trial ? Did be respect property when he totally disregarded establishments w hi c h i t b ad taken long years of stubborn labour to found ? Why then, and on what gronad?, should a military grade be less sub ject to arbitrary rule than a journal ?" The Paris correspondent of the Independance of Brussels says :—" To the names of M. de Pyroni and M. Courtais, who have been amnestied, must now be added that of M. Marc Dufraisse. He was ordered to be exiled to Cayenne, by the decree of the 9,1 Jsnuary, but is now living very quietly in London. The pardon of this ex-representative was accompanied by romantic circumstances. In 1849 two persons took the diligence from Perigueux to Paris. One was M. Marc Dufraisse, who was returning from the Council-General of the Dordogne, the other a sons-chef of the Ministry of Public Works, M. G—. They made acquaintance on the road, and on sepa rating, Dufraisse laughingly promised his travelling companion, whose reactionary ideas had, he said, caused him pain, that on the day of the Socialist' triumph, he would guarantee him his life and a passport. And I,' replied M. G—, as a National Guard of the 2d Legion, promise you that if I see you behind a barricade, I will not fire on you.' Events marched on. M. Dufraisse, who, by his famous speech on regicide, acquired a good deal of notoriety, became one of the chiefs of the Mountain. M. G—, who, in addition to his humble functions at i iouttehrer. Ministry, was secretary of M. de Moray, awas,. the morning of the 2d D e cember sum m o ned by tha t statesman, and a tt ac h e d t o th e Mi n i s t ry o f the Ile became chief of the censorship, and one of the principal columns of the Administra tion, M. remembered his companion of the di lioBgEtelind c . e : tr i e li e ld he told the that A th l e in v is a t h er ish t m he eh a t dv s e h n a t a u ld ree h o e f , not for the sake of Dufraisse himself, whose opi n i ons honour of hum he was far from sharing, but for the Moray understood t his and plighted faith. M. de s.othis appeal, and M. Dufraisse, after being provisionally allowed to Leave !ally detaiced in France, was official." v for England. The anecdote i 3 GERMANY. 7--- The project for the ; Constitution of s, t , te rev.)ion of the Hanoverian projectreferred to a committee. t e t ring the Chambers, by th e ra i b ia c ; rl 1848, cornmunieattd to onconsidering has caused much ex it is probable that it Wi ll j a l tr Y , has just been printed. the turn that Tile presentation of thi s the Hanoverian effitesiintaeuv:iltalTellygbb'een takien, it, might have been easily taking that Germany, Constitution would not remain i ' t that the, Gcvcrnizent will soon bring It is likely against nslsoelationo, and One relativeforward a law The negotiations between the Government to the press. delegates of the Provincial Diets (the e and the der) are carried on with much asper9nestrian Bared will will not lead to an y satisfactory Acy' result. ITALY. The last accounts from Turin, received at the pi e d_ monrese Legation, Perin, state that the entire cabi net had tendered its resignation to the King, w h o had accepted it, and that . bis Majesty had charg e d tho Marquis of Azeglin, Proadegt of the; retiring to oowtruot anoaler. THE ARAB CHIEFS IN PARIS. The Arab chiefs, who formed so marked a feature in the ceremony of the 10th, and the ball of the 12th, and who have since attracted the attention of the Parisian population, left Paris on May 18th on their return to Africa. Since their arrival they might be seen at all hours of the day in the streets, sometimes singly, but often in parties of two, walk ing in the places of public resort, where their pre sence usually collected curious groups, who Snitched them at some distance, but who, it must be added, never annoyed them by impertinent staring, or en cumbered their passage. Several also might be seen driving about in cabs, the front thrown open to allow an unimpeded view, and visiting the remoter quarters of the city. They were remarkable for their easy graceful deportment and calm dignity, in dicative of thorough breeding. They had not the appearance of being surprised at any of the numerous objects that met their view for the first time, and were seemingly heedless of the effect their peculiar costume produced on the public. Their deportment in society is described as exquisitely polite. They expressed a wish during their sojourn in Paris to visit the widow of Marshal Bugeaud. On being introduced to her and her family, the Kelifa of Constantina thus addressed her : " We wished to visit in her mourning and in her grief the companion of him whom as enemies we feared, and who, after our submission, we loved. We have all had at heait to lay at the feet of his widow the testimony of our personal gratitude and the souvenir of our people. The good which the Marshal has done is immense; he has sown it in our country as a labourer sows barley in the furrows, for his name is written not only in our hearts, but his works are engraven in indelible characters on our mountains and in our plains." The conversation then becoming general, the chief began recounting some particularity in the life of the Marshal. " God bless his Government," said one ; " the six years of his rule were years of re markable fertility ; bis spur brought us happiness." Another related the combat of the Sikaf, and the moment when General Mustapha bou Ismael, when wounded in the hand with a musket ball, depoiited at the feet of the conqueror three heads which he had himself cut off. One chief had been present at Isly, another had seen the Marshal during the rude campaign of the winter of 1846.47 visit the pri soners, and provide them with goats for the nou rishment of their children. My young brother, exclaimed one of the chiefs, was among them, and he owes his life to the Marshal. As the remarks made by the chiefs drew tears from the eyes of Madame Bugeaud, one of them observing her emotion, said, "Be patient—it sometimes hap pens that an olive tree, the king of our forests, is levelled by a tempest; but from its trunk springs up a shoot which often surpasses the parent stem. And then, taking the hand of the young Charles d'lsly, he pressed it and said, " Here is a son who bears a resemblance to his father; let him come one day amongst us; he will be there as much loved and respected as our benefactor was. And now, thanks be to God for having procured us the satisfaction of seeing the son and widow of him who fills our heart an i our mouths; in contemplating them, it appears to us that our august Marshal is not entirely lost to us." THE CORK NATIONAL EXHIBITION. The Corn Exchange buildings, intended for the pur poses of the coming National Exhibition, aro rapidly increasing in dimensions, and presenting an appearance very different from their former aspect. By the constant efforts of large numbers of workmen, and under the continual auperintendenc‘ of the committee, new build jugs are growing up around the small c‘ntre which a short time ago comprised the Corn Exchange, astonish ing many a good citizen almost as much as the sudden appearance of the magically constructed castle did the Sultan in the Arabian tale. Considering the magnitude of the work yet to be accomplished, one might be in. dined to fear for the shortness of the time between this and the day fixed for the opening, if he were not to recollect in how brief a space the splendid additions to the original building, now nearly finished, have been brought to that state. It was not at first contemplated that the buildings should extend over the area they are now designed to cover, but the magnitude which the undertaking began gradually to assume, and the vastly increased applications for space which every day came pouring in, rendered it necessary for the committee to make preparations upon a far larger scale. The whole of the building to be devoted to the purposes of the Exhibition may be now said to comprise four rooms, although the eff ct of the northern and southern halls, running the whole length of the structure, will give to the eye bat the appearance of one. The visitor enters in the first instance the northern hall. This is the fine room known as the Corn Exchange Room, and in which so many public baequetia balls, and concerts have taken place. But little alteration has been made in this room, and its proportions certainly appear at the first glance shrunken in their dimensions when the eye takes in the vast and lately-added extent of the southern hall. The northern ball will be devoted to the exposition of native articles of industrial manufacture and science. It will not need much decoration, and its handsome proportions, filled, as it will be, with specimens of every kind of artistic labour and skill, will not be less centinuously thronged with visitor=, and regarded with interest and admiration, than the more brilliant adornoren , s and attractive contents of the Fine Arts' Gallery, which extends beyond. A splendid arch, with a p. deetal and statue at each side, will form the entrance from the northern hall, through the transept, thee portion of the building known as the southern hall, and which is to receive sculpture and paintings. In the northern hall will be placed Telforo's great organ. The tran=ept, which will be a beatennl gallery, running the whole width of the buildings, and rooted with glass, will also con tain specimens of native manufacture. Beyond the trransrpt, at the west side, a large room will be arranged to receive such works of native skill, as carriages and similar article* of exhibition, requiring much space. It is ascerta'ned that there will be a very fine display of carriages from the builders of Dublin and of our own city, and many other parts of Ireland. Returning to the northern ball, the visitor passes, by the entrance we have mentioned, into the southern hall. This building is now neatly completed. I; will be roofed with glass. and in its centre an elegantly constructed fountain will throw up a high sparkling jet of water. Viewed from ally part of the northern hall, the aspect of this room will be striking and beautiful. Around its walls will be displayed some of the finest specimens of sculpture our country has produced. Not a statue there which will nut bear the name of some rare genius now honoured as a memory in the land, or yet existing to add still greater extent to the fame that Ire• land has ever justly earned in this glorious domain of art. Among them will be two of the happiest efforts of our own immortal townsman, Hogan—" The Drunken Faun," which the artist produced to convince sceptics that the power of original conception had not been extinguished in the world; and the noble, majestic farm which our citizsns have so loug admired, known as "The Dead Christ." M'Dowell, Moore, Foley, O'Connor, Barter, and many another sculptor of long-acquired or rising fame, will add to the attractions of this room. Paintings—a feature not possessed by the Great Exhibi tion—will be there, bearing the illustrious names of Barry, Grogan, and Heffernan, and the more recent, but scarcely less honoured names of Maclise, Elmore, Fisher, Meleonald, West, and many others. Frescoes, models of architecture, statuettes, bronzes, reliefs, and ornamental specimens of every description of art, will be found also in this hall. The room will be hung in a manner cal culatedt o r ehd e r n :ci d e r o lirtw i thyv. which et bright hass w e gdi n ihl th i vg r i e ysicveer a dei v s mte p ahst .e crimson beautiful floc magnificent. h h k inde fo before o Mr f o n lyh.a nuJgsoeinndegs;, with to displ a y i ts contents i n the fullest manner, and c l p t h l an o i pe s t walls Th e the w appearance iosf noble , room will present, with its dome of glass, its brilliant crimson hangings lining every portion of the walls, its beautiful fountain arising in the midst, and its long array of marble groups and figures, paintings, bronzts, and frescoes, will be such as will not soon fade from the recollection of the spectator, when, standing at the upper end of the northern hall, his eye receives its first glimpse of it. The effect of the style of hanging we have spoken of may be judged by a specimen of the cloth which is hung on the wall of a portion of the transept, behind a cast of the " The. Three Graces." Beyond the Fine Arts' Court it is intended that the room for the banquet and ball to be given to the Lord and Lady Lieutenant shall be erected. The banquet. room will be a fine building, ninety feet in length by sixty in breadth. The committee will also erect a re ception-room, a retiring• room for ladies, and the kitchens and offices necessary for their preparations. In the ban quet-room there will be seven tables arranged down its entire length, and at the head of the room a table slightly raised above the rest, and running transversely, for the reception of the Lord-Lieutenant and the dis tinguished guests who are expected . to arrive. The time remaining for the completion of this work is but short; yet, judging from the rapidity which has marked the progress of all the arrangements up to this point, there can be little doubt that the committee will accom • plish what yet remains to be done in a manner equally creditable and satisfactory. In the northern hall the sub-committees sit every day, and appear to have their time most fully occupied in attending to the arrangements which are necessary. We need not remark upon the value of the undertak aisitorrt who enters the ing as regards t b h u e il e d m in p a loy st m p e r n e t se i n t t d , iff a u n s d es se es T e h v e ery v of it filled with busy workmen, feels proud of the project which gives occupation to so many hands that might otherwise be idle, and the means of life to such numbe rs that without it could scarcely perhaps continue the.strug gle for existence. And yet he sees but an insignificant por tion of the amount of good which is being accomplished. In every part of our city and of many others, in w ide, crowded streets and largo shops, and not less in dingy, narrow lanes, and close, confined garrets, thousands of hands are toiling in preparation fo r t he coming display of our national power, and employme n t revives where it had been long drooping, and well-re warded industry finds its way into places that before seemed given up to the Tway of idleness and poverty. — Cork Examiner. " Friend," said a sharp Quaker to a man with a drove of hogs,.es," repli e d th e drover, " they all have. " ha.3t any hogs in thy drove with lar g e bones ?" Y " " Ilast any with l ong head and sharp noses ?" " " x es; they all have." " llast with long ears, like those of the elephant, banging town over th e i r eyes 'r'' (6 Yes; all my drove are of that description, and w il l su i t you exact l y. " think they wouldn't suit me, f r i end, i f they are s as thcu derail:teat them. Thcu mayst drive cu." ~ I rather LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 2O, 1852. SOCIETY OF ARTS. List evening, at the rooms of the Society of Arts, John's treet, Adelphi, Professor Ansted delivered a lecture upon the manufactures, not in metal, as illus trated by the Great Exhibition of 1851. The Lecturer commenced by dividing his subject into thi•se classes—the manufactures in marble and stone; those in cement and artificial stone ; and those in brick, terracotta, and other clays. In th first class the Great Exhibition of last year contained no speci mens illustrative of new processes. Very few countries exist in which so many different kinds of materials for these manufactures (many of them of the moat excellent quality) are met with in such great abun dance, within a comparatively small area, as in Eng , land. We had not, however, attained the excellence in these manufactures that might be expected ; for all our large towns afforded numerous examples of ma terials.ill-selected and ill-worked. The Exhibition, however, indicated an increasing demand for good materials. Great novelty was shown in the manufac. ture of slate; and there were several new applications o f it, specimens of which were shown and received much notice. After expressing his surprise at the com paratively small use we made of our large fields of mar ble, the lecturer stated that the taste displayed by the exhibitors of marble used for the purposes of furniture was of the most indifferent description, especially where there was any pretence to elegance of style. The manufactures of marble, without reference to the purposes of furniture, contained some good specimens, although they were not distinguished by any great originality. The most interesting of our manufac tures in marble was that in imitation of the Floren tine mosaic, which was introduced into Derbyshire some few years since, and now furnished an increas ing amount of employment to a considerable number of intelligent workmen. There had, however, been as yet but little originality shown is obtain ing fitted to the present state of th e designs manufacture; still there had been unquestion ably an improvement since the Great Exhibition. Yawing on to the marble and stone manufactures of other countries, the professor said that Italy sent hardly any' specimens of stone to the Great Exhibi tion;while she contributed a most interesting series of specimens of manufactures in marble and all kinds of alabaster and spar, although there were very few absolute novelties. After noticing with approbation , the manufactures of Malta, the lecturer stated that neither France nor Belgium exhibited anything of importance ; but that Sweden and Norway contri buted some fine specimens of manufacture in granite. The malachite manufactures of Russia were next noticed, the lecturer mentioning that the cost o; malachite at St. Petersburgh was from 12a. to 15s per lb. avoirdupois, while between two and three pounds were wasted for one that was used ; and to 3,0001b5. of the material were required for the great doors shown at the Exhibition, they must have cost 2,0001, before the application of any labour, although their production occupied as many men as could work upon them night and day for a whole year, From India the manufactures in this class were distinguished by great delicacy of execution. Referring again to the English manufactures in this class, Professor Ansted stated that they were nearly confined to the imitation of models adopted from other countries, and strikingly illus trated the necessity for a diffusion of artistic educa tion amongst those engaged in their production. After entering into a number of details with respec', to the artificial cements and stones exhibited, the lecturer stated that England and Italy were pre eminently distinguished in this class; nor, con sidering that Italy was the country in which ' the manufacture of scagliola took its rise, and taking into consideration the artistic position which it had always occupied, was there any reason to be dissatisfied with the specimens of English manufacture which the Great Exhibition contained. Shortly noticing the articles in terra cottas and clays, the lecturer con cluded by briefly resuming the topics upon which he bad touched, and enforcing the necessity for a wider dissemination of artistic and scientific education in this country. A vote of thanks was very cordially given to Pro fessor Ansted at the conclusion of the lecture. LONDON ILLUMINATIONS. The illuminations on the Queen's birth-day have found a severe, but not perhaps altogether unjust critic in the. correspondent of the Prussian National, and as it is useful sometimes to see things through the eye of a foreigner, his remarks, though not flat tering, are subjoined; one or two points are worth attending to : " the Queen's birth-day has been celebrated in the usual form. In the morning half-a-dozen soldien were inspected in the park ; at noon about twice as many postmen drove through the streets in their new red coats, cut on the principle of the men grew ing to fit them; and in the evening some thousand V.'s," V. R.'s,' and 'V. A.'s,' with suns and stars. and stars and suns, as a variety, were displayed in gaslight. I have always to make the two same ob servations as to those illuminations—that the popular fancy is b -coming poorer and poorer, and thee proper aitistic application of gas as the mate rial of an illumination has yet to be discovered In the old times of oiled paper, what a variety of witty mottos and pithy phrases were exhibited Now all invention seems to be exhausted in three let tors, and, at the utmost, a wreath of laurel. 1W indifference as to artistic effect is realty barbaric Pitch-pot on the roof of the house, lights placer in regular. lines in the window, or rows of lamps that follow the architectural outlines of O. structure, allow the building to be seen, display it as at so to say, as a well cut garmen d fit it Asui; hung in the middle of the front oinnodelyisvidt the huraofirawstaet. edifice,he house itself into the shade, and thr spectator may imagine it barn door, or anything , else he pleases, for 'the back-ground. If thit fftct is not perfectly produced, became the wind at in tervala blows out half the sun or star, the window frames parapets, and other lines of the building appear behinc the illumination, and the spectacle is a wretched one— like a brilliant patch of a garment stuck on without re gard to the form." RECKLESS DRIVING 1N TILE STREETS - - OF LONDON. Yesterday at the Mansion-house Court, the Lore Mayor stated that amongst the letters he had lately re il ofLon ceived complaining of the con d uct o f omn ib us an d ca b d r i v ers, was one trona a gentleman who, after repro ti conseq u ences of reckless driving iu ths dun, especially over cross i ngs and roun d corners, expres se d a fervent w i s h t h at t h e ma g i s t ra cy should cause same mo d e to b e a d opte d to a b ate so serious an evil. His Lord s hip th en rea d th e corn c se ro n w n d g e d the streets fats munication to which he referred, and cbserved that with the assistance of the press he believed the magistrates would be able to check the evil of which his corre spondent made mention. He knew that the death of the late Mr. Pitcher, near the London-bridge terminus, had resulted merely from the carelessness of a driver, and be entertained no doubt of the truth of the statement that the most deplorable mischief frequently occurred at cor ners and crossings of streets. Alderman Wilson said it was the duty of the police to report and summon all drivers who drive recklessly in the streets, whether the driving happened to be furious or not. The Act comprehended all sorts of driving by which the safety of passengers was endangered, and he was convinced that Mr. D. W. Harvey, the commis• sioner of the City police, would promptly issue directions to the force to carry into effect in the directest manner so humane a regulation as that suggested in the letter. It was necessary to observe that a great deal depended upon the mode of punishment adopted by magistrates in cases of reckless driving. The omnibus and cab drivers exercised a most dangerous power, ac companied with a responsibility which often, in conse quence of the lenity of the authorities, seemed to be by 110 means adapted to that power. Now he knew that a driver of a public vehicle would prefor a heavy penalty to the suspension of his licence, for Slr Richard Mayne kept a record of the offences endorsed upon the licences, and was determined to improve the class by weeding it of the deli nquents whose recorded penalties would, not withstanding all other ingenuity, store them in the face upon their customary application.—The Lord Mayor said be bad reason to believe that his brother magistrates would unanimously agree in the adoption of extreme measures in a matter of such serious import as the safety of the public, and expressed his intention to communi cate with Mr. D. W. Harvey on the subject A concession ante was grd on the 11th inst. by the Dutch Government to M. Ruyssenaers for a submarine tele graph from the Hague to Harwich in England. The pro bable cost of the undertaking is estimated at about 100,0001. --- HEALTHOF LONDON DURING THR WEEK. (From the Registrar-General's Report.) fromLt week 48 1. deg, to The mo r t a li ty of the metropo li s exhibits in thi s re t urn mean hi h temperature had d brown with remark a bl e constancy f or n early three mont h s f rom a conside ra bl e i ncrease ou t h at o f the prec e di ng week. In the wee k that ended the Bth o f M ay th e d eaths fell to 972; in th e wee k en di ng l ast S a t ur d a y they r ose to 1,070. was marked .7 deg.kedl by atof wind,which the north-east, changed to the south-west on Friday, the 7th, and continued in the same direction throughout last week, and there were frequent showers of rain. In the ten corresponding weeks of 1842-51 the average number of deaths was 907, which, if raised in proportion to increase of population, becomes 998. The deaths of last week, therefore, exceed the estimated amount by 79. Compared with the facts of the previous week, the present return discovers an increase in deaths caused by epidemics from 193 to 234, while in those from diseases of the zespiratory organs the numbers are almost iden tical. There is an increase from 130 to 142 in deaths by Phthiais. Diseases of the heart aiao rose in the two weeks from 37 to 45; those of the digestive organs from 60 to 74. Amongst epidemics the increase arises ch:efly frcm small-pox, and in the next place from scarlatina. The former malady was fatal last week to 38 children and 8 adults —altogether to 46 persona; the latter to 44. In only 4 cases of small-pox is it stated that vaccination I had been performed, apparently with r }lad, and in these the ages were as o ow• fI I •—5 18, 28, and 41 years. Zymoties in the aggregate produce at present cons id e . rably more than the average mortality of the season. STATE OF THE WEATHER LURING THE PAST WEEK. SCNDAr.—Thilky 171.4 Or the mat Part 940.144 mead with cloud till noon, and clear during the remainder of the ctay. Electricity—Nothing was shown throughout the day. MONDAY.—The sky was generally covered with throughout the day; cirrocumulus and cirrostratus. Rain fell in the afternoon. Electricity—Negative, and very active during the afternoon. TUESDAY,—The amount of cloud was very variable throughout the day ; cumulus, cirrocumulus, and cirrostratus. Showers of hail and rain were frequent. Electricity—Nega tive, and very active during the time of hail falling; sparks were shown. WEDNESDAY.—The sky was overcast till evening, and clear afterwards; cumuloatratus and cirrostratus. Showers of rain fell frequently. Electricity—Negative, and active during the morning. THURSDAY.—The sky was overcast throughout the day; cirrostratus and scud. Frequent showers of rain. Electricity —Nothing was shown at any examination. FRIDAY.—The sky was overcast till noon, three-fourths were covered till bh. P.M., and clear afterwards; cumulus, cirrocumulus, and cirrostratus. Rain fell between 7h. and Bh. r.sr. Electricity—Positive, and tension weak during the afternoon. SATURDAY.—Three-fourths of the sky were covered till noon, and mostly clear during the remainder of the day. Electricity—Positive, and tension variable throughout the day. The mean reading of a thermometer placed on the main mast, and read each day at 9h. A.M. was 55.0 0 ; and the mean reading at 9h. P.M. was 52.0°; the mean readings at the Royal Observatory for the same times were 54.6 4 and 51.0° respectively. 'The reading of the barometer at the beginning of the week was 29.93 in.; and this reading continued with very slight changes till after noon on the 9th ; then decreased to 29.72 in. by 9b. r.m. on the 10th; increased to 2 ).81 in. by 9h. A M. on the 11th ; decreased to 29.44 in. by 9h. A.M. on the 14th ; increased to 29.97 in. by 9h. A.m. on the 15th ; and decreased to 29 . 89 in. by the end of the week. PRICES OF SHARES IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COAL PANIES' STOCK. From the Official List. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LINDON, TUESDAY, MAY 18. IrOrNI'..STOCIL ILAitlin. Same of mpany. tnstralasia • ......... sritsh North American Jommercial of London •:oloni al . • •• • • lloucesteraltire • ..... lonian • • • • • • ........ ',ondon and County .. , •ondn and Westminstr London Joint-Stock... Provincial of Ireland.. Ditto, New. • • • • • • • • gational of Ireland •. ?fat. Provncial of Eng. Ditto, New..• Oriental B xnk Corpora. louth Australia • ... Anton of Australia.... Ditto .............. gnion of L0nd0n..... rlnion of Madrid 51. per cent. 5/. per oent. 61. per cent. 21. per cent. Iper cent. 61. pr cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 81. per cent. 81. per cent. 41. per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 81. p ct. & bs. 61. p. ct. & bs. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. ;71. per cent. I 4 a. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 22 10 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 2 10 0 10 0 0 40 0 0 Dividend per Annum. AlllOll/1 1 of Share. A a. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 2500 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 111123177a.8NC11 COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. -- -- - --, A a. d. A s. d. Albion •••••••••• .. • • 32. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 86 Uliance Brit. and For. 71. 14s. 6d.bs. 100 0 0 11 0 0 22 Ditto Marine.- •• • 61. p.c.& be. 100 0 0 25 0 0 41% Was ... .... •.......• 135.6 d. 50 0 0 510 0 18% Irgus Life .. .. •• •• 41. per cent. 100 0 0 16 0 0 - Aritish Commercial •• Is. 6d. 50 0 0 5 0 0 6% JlericlAted.it Gen. Life spr ct.&bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 19% Jaunty ......., •• •• 41. 100 0 0 10 0 0 101) 143. 50 0 0 5 0 0 16% ~ :agle . Eqity and Law •• 4% per cent. 100 0 0 00 0 5% ; urepeaa Life ..... 10s. 20 0 0 111 paid. 12 General ............ - 5 0 0 „ A% liaLe Guardian ...........• 51. per cent 100 0 0 46 j e) 0 56 Imperial Fire ........ 121, per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 256 Imperial Life ........ 125. 100 0 0 10 0 0 19% Indemnity Marine.... 11.51 t.& he. 100 0 0 20 0 0 50 Law Fire . .......... 2s. 25. bs. 100 0 0 210 0 3 Law Life - 100 0 0 10 0 0 46% Legal and General Life - London Fire .... •• •• 105 & be. 25 0 0,12 10 0 2 5 Condon Ship -........ 10s. & be. 25 0 0 12 10 0 - 'Urine .. ..... ••• • .. 15s.per share 100 0 0 15 0 0 15% 'led. Invlid &Gen. Life 4%1. per ct. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2% Ifonarch •••••• • • .. .. - 5 0 0 1 0 0 195. id lational Lean Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 2% , I.lladitun Life ...... • • 51. per cent. 50 0 0 i 2 0 0 2% Pacenix •• 3/. p. sh. & be. - - 160 Professional Life ...... 51. per cen t . 6 5 0 010 0 15s. 0d Provident Life.. •• •• • • 11. 55. & be. 100 0 0 10 0 0 40 Rock Life.... • • ...... se. 5 0 0 010 0 7% Loyal Exchange 6l. p.ct. & be. Stock. all 225% ian Fire.. ..... - IP 213 Ditto Life 11. 6s. - 55 Jnited Kingdom rniversal Life.... 'L.:torte Life.... - 4 12 6 5% - - BRIDGES Dividend ' Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. .-.4.--.---.- A. a. d. A. B. d. Hungerford • • • • • • .. • • - - - louthwrk • ... .. • • - 100 0 0 - - Ditto Nw of 73y p.c 7os. per cent. 50 0 0 - 16 Waterloo .... •••• - • • - 100 0 0 -3% Ditto Old Ann. of 81. 21. Bs. Od. - 60 0 0 24% Ditto Nw ditto or..n. 21. 2s. Od. - 40 0 0 22 Yauxhan .... .• • Ay. 21. 70 10 3 - - 127.A.TZR.-131TORIES 1 Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. 1 .£ s. d. S s• d. giast London..•• •• •• •• , 81. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 156 Irand Junction ••.• •• ; 41. per cnt. 50 0 0 - 65% c1at . ....... ........ •. i 41. per cat. 100 0 0 - 80 - ,ambeth - 97 .T'ew Rive* Company• • 1 21. 105. - - 60 iouthwark & Vauxhall , 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 - - Artet stidillasex ••-. • • 61.05. pr mt. - - - 1120035.116 Dividend Amount same of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. -......--- ------ X e. d. X B. d. lommercial ••.. .. • 4l. pr cent. Stock. - 90% 20s. per sh. 100 0 0 _ ondon llast Country • • ••• • • - , last and West Ind.& ... • .... • - 6341. pr cent Stock. 7 , - 160 , 5/. pr cent. Stock. 127 - _ Ditto Bonds •••• • • • • 41 . it. Katharine • 3% per cent. Stock. - - ,% r. or cent. Ditto Bonds • • - • • • • it. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 26% iouthampton Names of p. • Diviiend, p pe ri r e c e e : nt. waraes - of .342.2q.a.Z.13. - Neath ...... ,• 1 I .85 0xf0rd...... ' r; Dividend Companies. si , 1) -.1 Annum. sc Annum. n 1 --. .....l.._____ Ce ' Per Companies. 4" 1 per 200 11% I ; t t e ff g r e d n a t ' w e " or . c. X \ Price. A.shtn&Oldh 08 71. p. ct. 140 Maccles fi eld. 1 1 0 0 0 0 21 4 1 , 0 . 5. 50 rlarneloy.• • • 160, - 100. 13i. 135 2 2 8 1 11 40 42 40' 41. 100% Peak Forest. 78 32. its. 70 loventry.. • •33 I/. 3s. 16 1100, 62. 63 Rochdale..., 3erby • •• • • .7.llsmre&Chsl 69 2% p. ct. 33% Somrset Coal 1501 _ srandJunctnl 100 31. pr.ct. 48% Do.LkFdSt 12 I _ _ 140 g ' 5 Grand Surrey; 100 21. Os. 32% Shrewsbury.. - :rand Union ' 100 11. 10s. 24 Stotutridge.. 125 - tennt & Avn 39 4s. Od. 5% Severn and? 4 : D ir rl i p mn . , kl 6 nkg p A r i 2 . ba C rm t g . I 1 11 1 °5 0 61. 2 p 55 r i . ; . c t . 201. 145 290 Lancaster . 100 - - Wye Rail, 26 21. Os. 24 CieedsBcLivrp 100 201. 455 Warwick& fAicester .... 100, 5 1. 66 Birming. 1 100 4 1. 40 ITeicstr&Nth 83 41. 44% WarwickB6l Goug hboregh 142 701. 510 Napton.. 3 100 32. 28 rionraouthsh, 100 - - , Worestr &1 . Antgemrysh I 100 - - 1 firming , jIS 31. 33 5f eltnMwbryl 100 - , - Wilts & Brks -11 e. 6‘u 1 u 11e. Gd.! was-LIGHT Awn CORN COMPANIES. , Div idend Amount . Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Sh are. .••••••••M •••••••• , .....01e1.• .............. : ........... 4. s. d. d. ' British •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 11. 40 0 0 18 0 0 10% 1 Ditto Provincial •• •• 11. Bs. 20 0 0 20 0 0 1834 arighton •••••• • • • • •• 51 . 20 0 0 - 16 , Jity of London 6 l. 100 0 0 150 0 0 125 lontinentalConsolidat. 508. 75 0 0 31 5 0 45% , :quitable.• •••• .. •• 50s. 50 0 0 50 0 0 27 Great Central, 13% Imperial 3 l. & bonus. 50 0 0 50 0 0 70 (ndependent 6l. 40 0 0 40 0 0 46 r4ondon 5O 0 0 50 0 0 - Do., Parl. Preference 61. 25 0 0 710 0 25 ?hcenix .•• .. • 41. per cent, 50 0 0 49 0 0 263 y ttatcliff •• •• • 5l. 100 0 0 90 0 0 - United General IL 50 0 o 50 0 0 21 % Westminster Chartered 51. per cent, 50 0 0 - 39% Ditto,New .. •• SL per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 73y UST OP SCOTTZSII COMP. .NZ PRICES Dividend Amount ' Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ 5. d. £ s. d Bank of Scotland . 3rltish Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 202 •'aledonian Bank 2 10 0 31.118: City ofGlasgow Bank 6/. p er cen t. 10 0 0 10 0 0 10% Ilydesdale Bank •• •• .• 5% per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 121 48 Commercial Bank T . :astern Bank.. •• •• • • 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 10 lildinb.&Glasgow Bank 3/. per cent. 5 0 Exehangeßnk of Scot.. - 100 0 lational Bank 6% per cent. 50 0 000 55 0 0 3% 105 0 0 4% 0 0 1534 "forth of Scotland Bank 5/.percent. 20 0 0 210 0 2% Royalßank of Scotland 51. percent. 100 0 0 , 100 0 0 133 34 ifnion Bank of Scotland 8/. P ascent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 90 W'estern Bank -••• • • • V. per cen t. 50 0 0 50 0 0 69% Alliance Fire and Life 636 1 . pr cent . 10 0 0 10 0 0 21 % qritish Guarantee .. Pent. 10 0 0 1- 0 0 17s fid nt. 100 0 0 10 0 0 25 Caledonian Fire Insur. 10 1 . p : r e e e 25 0 0 2 0 0 41 . 6s City of Glasgow Life 6l. per cant. 50 0 0 1 0 0 2% Edinburgh Life Insur 6l. p rcnt. Colonial Life ... ••• • • 51 p er cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 ' 22 Ong. 8c Scot, Law Life 5 1 1. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 3 Life Zu3Boe. of Scotland 6% .per cent. 10 0 0 110 0 3/. 58 1 National Fire and Life, Si. per cent. 10 0 0 I 0 0 28s gd per cent. 200 0 0 20 . 1. pr cent. 0 0 10 0 30s 6d North British Insur. 200 2% per cent. 50 0 0 7 0 0 12% SeottishUnion Inane 75%i. Standard Life •• • • •• c . 51. per cent. 10 0 0 I 0 0 20 Od U n ited Dep.Assuranc . INXISC21106.8.1%11601:111. ' Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. A s sam Tea •• ..„,......._• -.-__ l _-_____. X. s 0 . d. Z. s. d. • •• •• •• -- 20 0 Su ction Mart • ..... .. 21. 55. 20 0 0 9% 50 0 0 - 26 motralian Avicultnrl 11. 100 0035 0 0 1634 Australian Trust .... 61. per cent. 1% holglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 10e. 10 0 0 10 0 0 2 2 3 Ditto. Half Shares.. - British American Land 158. - 38 10 0 25 Canada ........... .. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 82 10 0 50 Do. 5 per cent Bonds - - - Ditto, 6pr ct. B on d s 61. percent. - - 11334 City Navigation Bonds 31 per cent. - - 57 Gen. Revers.& Invest. 5 p.c./kba, 21 100 0 0 100 0 0 94% Equitable Reversienry 5/ pr. cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 119 Ditto Wevr ........ 10 0 - Gen.fiteam Navigation 10 p. ct. 15 0 0 14 0 0 2834 206 Hudson's 8ay........ - Stock. - Hungerford .......... 21. ss. - 100 0 0 47 London Institution .•• - - 78 15 0 •• New Zealand Company - Ditto. New .. .. •• •• - 25 25 0 0 00 2125 10 0 0 0 R.lssell Institution.. • • 26 5 0 - - - Peninslr & Orient.Stm. 81. p. c.& ha. 50 0 0 Reversionary Int. Soo. 4%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 04 0 60 0 0 • 76% Royal Mal Steam-. 41. p. share. 100 0 0 25 0 0 , 2434 , South Australian ••• • • 51. per &hare. 25 0 0 o c: ... 1 P44 1 0=441 Pug% I !e ,1 60 as POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. Mr, John Chapman, hooksell , r, Strand, appeared to a summons, chat ging him with having neglected to sup ply the British Museum with a copy of the Westminster Review. Mr. Bodkin, on behalf of the trustees of the British Museum, stated the case, and called Richard Edwards, clerk to the solicitors of the Mu seum, who deposed to having purchased the number Produced (for January, 1852), at the shop of the defen dant, in the Strand, for ss. The work was published four months before the date of the purchase, which touk place on Ale 10th April last. Mr. A. Panizzi, keeper of the printed books at the British Musum, stated that no copy of the number pro duced by the last witness had been sent to the Museum by Mr. Chapman. The printed circular produced, ap prising all publishers of the obligations imposed upon them by the Act, was sent to Mr. Chapman, in com mon with other booksellers ; besides which, he had been once before fine a nominal penalty for a similar offence. Mr. Chapman. in answer to the charge, stated that the whole of the business in connexion with the West minstsr Review was managed by a clerk in his employ, named Gill, who told him that he pack, d up the number in question, directed it to the British Museum, and sent it by the porter in the usual way. Ls a book containing a list of places to which the Review was sent gratui tously, the number in question WU'S duly entered ; and in a second book there was also an entry of the same date (January 14), to the effect that a copy of the Review and Story's Life were sent on the same day. It therefore appeared that the nondelivery of the number must have resulted from some accident; and when the summons was served, he (defendant) sent his clerk, Mr. Gill, to explain the circumstance, to express his regret at the omission, and to beg that, as there had been 110 ne glect on his part, the proceedirgs against him might be withdrawn on bis paying the expenses already incurred thereby. Now he (Mr. Chapman) had hoped and ex pected that Mr. Panizzi would comply with this very reasonable le quest; but he refused to do so, and accord ing to the statement of Mr. Gill, the clerk who waited upon him, he accumpaniei his refusal with some re marks which evinced a degree of animus against him, on the part of Mr. Pauizzi, which he could nut help regard ing as extremely unjust. After the clerk had been trying for a long time to induce Mr. Panizzi to abandon the prosecution, under the cgcumseinces named, that gentleman exclaimed, " No. I will not. Mr. Chapman has brought me forward iu his Review. He has noticed me, and I will noece him." Mr. Chapman then ex plained that there was an allusion to Mr. Parizzi in the Review founded on a quotation from the Littrary Ga zette. The remarks were never intend- dto be earsoutd, and if the quotation was offhnsive to Mr. Petezzi, he (defendant) was not responsible for it. Mr. Peuizzi denied the imputation that he was in fluenced by anything that had appeared in the Review. What he said to the clerk of Mr. Chapman, was said fortunately in the presence of another person, who was present, and his words were to this effect—" Mr. Claip• man has accused me of pursuing booksellers, and com pelling them to pay large fines, which is not correct; for in his own case, when he was summoned before, he was only fined Is. by my request, as a caution, which he has neglected to observe." The clerk, Mr. Thomas Gill, was about to take his version of the interview with Mr. Penizzi, but Mr. Hall directed him to confine himself to the facts respecting the alleged transmission of the Review to the Mu-eum. He then produced the books referred to by Mr. Chap man, and stated that he did not neglect to send the copy, as indicated, to the Museum, although he admitted that the officers usually furnished a formal receipt for all books received at the Museum, and that ho had not seen any rest ipt for the copy in question. By Mr. Bodkin.—He had seen in the files, a receipt for the two volumes of Stoyy's Life, which were supplied at the same time. Mr. HALL acquitted the defendant of any wilful ne glect, but he had certainly failed to give that attention to the subject which was promised, or evidently implied, by the mitigated penalty which followed a previous convic tion. The receipt usually given by the officers of the Museum should have been inquired for, as a matter of business, and this attention to a very orditaary duty would have led to the discovery of the fact that the work had not been supplied, owing to some neglect or over sight on the part of one of his servants. If the em ployers were not to be held responsible for their servants, the trustees of the Museum would be left without re , dress, and the Act rendered perfectly nugatory. His Worship then inflicted the mitigated penalty of 405., with 55., the cost of the book, and 25., the cost of the summons. Mr. Bodkin stated, that on the former occasion, when Mr. Chapman was fined 25., Mr. Jardine adjudged the costs to be 31. 56. Mr. HALL would only order the cost of the summons in the present case, namely 2s. Mr. Bsdkin then suggested that the penalty might, under one of the provisions of the Act, be paid to the trustees of the Museum. His Wonsan., however, decided that the penalty must go to the Queen, although in all previous cases, we believe, it has been paid to the trustees. LAMBETH. Mr. Games, solicitor, addressing Mr. Elliott, begged to be allowed to say a few word. on a matter that very seriously effected the character and reputation of an old clieneot his, Mr. Alves, of St. Mary's-street, Walcot square, the gentleman who then sat by his side (referred to, though nut by name, in our Lambeth pelice report of yesterday). The matter of which he had to complain was a eta ement that appeared in the morning papers of that day, purporting to be the particulars ut an applica tion by an attorney's clsrk, in reference to some bill stealing transactions. He (Mr. Games) trusted that his worship, in giving his magisterial assistance to protect the public against the bill -stealing impostors, would feel it to be equally his duty to eff gel au iejure l party at opportunity of setting his character right nefore his tel.- low- men. His client (Mr. Alves) felt himself seriously injured by the statement that had gone forth to the public, and was anxious through him (Mr. Games) • to state the whole of the eircumstatices, so far as they came under his cogniz ince, c mnected with the trans action of the clergyman's bill, and by them it would be seen that he was perfectly innocent and free from the slightest imputation. The brief facts, then, were these;—M'. Alves was at present, what he bad been for some years, a bill discounter, and in the course of his business an application had been made to him to discount the 60/. bill of a clergyman in Suffolk. Having no per sonal knowledge of the reverend gentleman, he took time to consider whether he should be sate in advancing his money on the security, and therefore took the ordinary means in such matters, of writing to the gentleman him , self. To some persons this mode of procedure might appear suspicious, but when it was recollected that the party lived a distance in the country, and that the bill itselr might be a forgery, the course pursued could not be wondered at. Besides, the mode adopted by Mr. Alves of writing to the reverend gentleman was much more delicate than that of going about amongst his friends in town, and inquiring from them whether the tell was in his handwriting, and whether it was likely to be paid at maturity. On subsequently ascertaiuieg that the bill in question had been imprepetly obtained, and that the Messrs. Trill& r and Eyre, the solicitors, ware making some inquiries on the subject, his client, Mr. Alves, actually called at their office, to give them any explanation they might think proper on the matter. Mr. ELLIOTT—Do you mean to say that your client called at the offices of Messrs. Trinclor and Eyre, before any application had been made to him at his house, on the subject of the Bill? Mr. GAMES —I am instructed so; but Mr. Alves will set me right if such was not the case. Mr. Alves said it was so, and that he was always from home when the clerk of Messrs. Trinder and Eyre called at his house. Mr. ELLIOTT observed that he understood from the applicant that he had made every effort to see Mr. Alves without being able; and the statement in the newspapers was a correct one, of the representation of the party complaining. Nothing bad been said by the clerk of Mr. Trinder about Mr. Alves having called at the office of his employers, or offering the slightest ex planation of his conduct in the transaction; and if he had done so, and bad offered to give an explanation, he had now a perfect right to complain, and contradict that part of the statement in the fullest manner. Mr. GAmts, on the part of his client, as well as his own behalf, begged to tender his thanks toh t i i s en vv c o e v r ‘ sh it i h p for the kindness he had extended, and the patience which he heard them, and here the matter dropped. THE LATE FIRE IN BERMONDSEY. It is to be regretted that circumstances have arisen in connexion with this fire which led to a suspicion that it may have been wilfully occasioned. In the course of yesterday morning three persons were taken into cus tody. Two of them have since been liberated, but one remains under the surveillance of the police. It is b lieved that this person is a discharged servant of the Messrs. Owst, who appears to have held out a threat that, if dismissed, he would set fire to his employers' warehouse. The boy who was first seen to run out of the premises by the brigade officer belonged to one ot the vessels moored alongside. Ile had given some offence to the captain, and was denied admission to his ship as a punishment. The following is the official report:— "Messrs. R. Owst and Co., a h r e co o p u s e a m erndcontents eh sot a u n d . coopers, Bermondsey-wall, h destroyed; dwellin g -ho us . e much damaged; e(mtep au re d in h in the ee Alliance. sured "Mr. J. Brindley, and contents much.h Alliance. slate a m g e e d r c ; 11 a h n o t w i a h r s e u h r o e u d s e inburnte, a Haywar-, boatbuilders—stock "Messrs. W. and J. much damaged; insured in nln d ta eF r bca n ' l l i x ; manufacturer— dustotkPs damaged; insured i n manufacturer— buildingthe l Alliance.dMi r. W much Downing, injured, sail and a private house—furniture dart aged; insured " Medr.iTn : th : eln a d l e s r tFl,a 7g . r i anaries—front scorched, and stotk Messrs. injured. with t h e exception of the h°cPs—burn t, The Providence smack, laden with The Violet, of Montrose, schooner—slmilarly de eraa craft Osrchleososner injured. much s t r oyed. burnt; and h e Providence wa s a newly- T h eEI e v n a i a o n u d s el s t i l l l e e r ; repaired schooner, and ff Mes',rs. Stokes's ways, Sh e was waiting fo r h er cargo. " nad lying onlyjust come alongside, ( SUDDEN DEATH.. -.I is with feelinin of regret that we record the sudden death of Mr. James Fields», of th , - , firm of Fielden Brother; of Waterside, brother of the hate Mr. Fielden, bl.p, Oa Sunday night he went to bed in good health, but was found dead a Ehort time after by his wife. He wia much respected by the work, eople. He died (NIA iligease 9f On healt,..lfancheftfcCouner. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. THAMES HAS EN D0',..1( AND RAILWAY COMPANY. Oa Tuesday a spectut general meeting of this company was held in the Gresham Rooms, ii,isinghall-street, to consider the propriety of reducing the nominal amount or value of the shares in the said company, and to resolve and determine the amount to which the same shall be reduced, and to authorise the issue of Pet shares in respect and to the extent of the amount 0 1 capital of the company, which, by reason of glob reduction in the amount or nominal value of such' fi st-moneioned shares, shall be unrepresented by shares, and to determine the nominal amount of such new shares, end at what times and on what conditioil the same should he issued, the annual dividend in all cases not exceeding 6 per cent.; also to receive a rePo i from the directors on the state of the company's aorta and to take the sense of the proprietors a s to immediateli proceeding with the works, and raising the necessal amount for the same. Mr. LAVDEN took the chair, and having rend th e report and allieled to the past misfortunes of the. CO piny, stated that their position was this —they hi already a sea wall and a large portion of h,nd, be believed 137 acres, on which they migh; e„ e their wharfs. It was the intention of t".. directors to make only a singl o line Wu' Romlord to Thames Haven. They could there have: wharf 1.800 feet in length, where the depth of vel d was from 15 to 20 feet, and ships of a certain class co uld always be secommodut, d. Le therefore advised rh'S Pr o ; prietors to coke immediate steps to effect that nonce object, which he had no douat, looking to the• at% • chaudise and traffic that would come on the rallatli would amply pay the proprietors. Mr. SHEPHERD abk.cl if they had aay binding e re garement with the Eastern Counties Company. The CHAIRMAN said they inte n d e d t o o ppose tne bury line. He was sorry there was no legal sagre o6/1 with the EAnkt ra Coueties Company. Mr. SHEPHERD wished the names of the parties to m ntioned wh o ha d s i gned on the part of the Ct. unties Company. The CHAIRMAN sa id t h e on l y names they h a d tOtil document they possessed were those of Mr. Bided .° Mr. Lang. A PROPRIETOR asked what the estimated coat of tile line was? The CHAIRMAN read an estimate, from which it peered that th e tota l cost o f the line from Rounforo - Thames Haven would be about 225.0001. • ° Mr. SHEPHERD was much surpr i se d at there Well balance-sheet for the meeting. pal The CHAIRMAN sV d their position m i g ht be n j stated. Tney had 2,6001. at th e b an k ers ', their was paid for, and they had curtain li a bilities to 4 161 '4 amount uhliquidated. There was a balance-sko i e t last January; the present was not the time for a sheet. He might say that. the call in 1847 prod 40,000/., which, with the balance he now mention; was fairly accounted fur. An opportunity woolto affirded to the shareholders to inspect the balance' next week.—(Hear, hear.) aide A PROPRIETOR thought a tidal dock should - at least to afford security to vessels at Thames 0 0 without geing to the expense of docks. •di The CHAIRMAN said that was the view of th e rectors—(Elear, hear.) The report was then adopted. fthe A resolution was proposed for the reduction ° shares from 50/ to 251. each, on which 181. must 00.7 sidereal to be paid. The CHAIRMAN said there new shares would bf; e;i44 .aatl:' to the proprietors in preference. but the chrectortOliie,: issue them at such times as they might deem exPO l cat's After some discussion between the solicitor, lar' 0 Mr. Shepherd, Mr. Lee, Mr. Robertson, and other* to the price at which the shares ought to be issuOdr The resolution of th e di rec t ors was car ried 'nu' mously. • the The CHAIRMAN said th e y h a d fil e d a petition'n!aai House of Lords against the Tilbury line, and --",..,M -'• urcr, they should be supp o rt e d b y t h e propr ietors.olosV A vote or thanks was t h en passed to the c hairrnan directors, when the meeting adjourned. SOUTH DEVON.—AMong the surprises in ritoro p proprietors of t hi s c(mpa n y, we may ment i on :the'. /jet rattans of oppo s itio n to t h e b oar d on account o fitalti the Cornwall. Reasonable people have hitherto 110 11e ibe themselves that, if an unbroken connexion with ( itA west werN oboe established, the worst days .)' of South D e von wou ld b e passe d ; b ut so me. o le fi s the good folks of Plymouth, it would seem, are- ° t he entirely different opinion. They consider tintirnei struggling port should bo the only terminus of 0 0 40 end that no traffic which once reaches Plymouth Ito be suffered to go beyond it by land; and, as a legit,T of constqttenc:?, that there should be no entry of ge%l h s ci s passeugers to their town by the same transit; tb are the sages of Plymouth, and this is the ninete e- .. century ConNwam..—We are glad to learn that the! to st regemetit already received by the directors is of a of ittsfactory character, notwithstanding the diverge ° 7 oo . public opinion to election matt ers at the preseuS cor meet. Influential parties are busily engaged ill 0 0 vassing their neighbours; and, when their l i e,P n - r e. are sent in and compared, we doubt not they vii. 510 sent an advance in practical business, alike boceilh - os to the praiseworthy exertions now making and t A ° object they Lave in view. Thirty miles of lea itt already contracted for, the price being liberally Ur - fp - bi l l shares; and of the remaining 35, it is auticiPartla nne r. at least a meiety will be settled for in the same 1311 " - —Railway Times. ittr LEEDS NonTHERN. On Saturday last. ups portant extension of the L-eds Northern (late and Thirale) Railway was formally opened. 01 °„ies usual manifestations of rejoicin gs and festive — o f monies on such occa,ions. The new portio n o b , the lino opened is nearly thirty miles In le , 1 ? 0 ,0 extending from the hielmerby s t a tion, her o f Ripon and Thir,k, to the port and town to . Stockton, in the county of Durham. A further °do sion of the company's line to Hartlepool, about tt oe , mites from Stockton, will bi opened on the Ist of `l o p t and then the Leeds Northern Railway will form " r o u coaimuuication between two of the most rising Per t h ., 9 ,4 o g the north-east coast Of E ng l an d an d t h e manutitel" h - 0 10 districts of the West Ridi ng o f Y or k s hi re a nd the °- Of Lancashire. THE COUNTRY MARKETS L ' ~,a LIVERPOOL, MAY 18 —Hold- rs of w h ea t and flour more firmness, and full rates of l as t wee k we re maintst' io The weather being more favourable for crops, all kinds of W ait ; corn dull sale, a _ barely f ormer rates . I n di an corn r 8 left low. r. Arrivals, Ireland and coastwise—Wheat, 77; barog; 199; oats, 139; malt, 1,469 ; flour, 28. Foreign whe at, barley, 672. Tro is LENDS, MAY 18.—A rr i va l s o f w h eat fa i r t hi s week. ,or decidedly firm er , an d f or f resh qualities rates o f F r iday 5 ". what exceeded, with moderate extent of business Pos 9l Barley and b eaas as l ast wee k Oats and shell i ugs stead,' price. Peas and other articles as before. h the° NEWCASTLE CORN M AR K ET , I/lAY 18.—Althoug- , fo r was a great w an t o f an i ma ti on , t ra d e ru l e .' ruled wheat; Saturday's prices fully maintained. Barley wil doo r change. Oats continue steady at previous terms. In and other articles no change. NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET, MAY 18._. Th e on 0 of beasts was 673; quality good ; trade exceedingly brisk , tr° 6d to Is advance, and all sold. Number of sheep and 1 3 ° 10, ,..; 4,926. Demand steady at former rates, with a good ciceroni Prices - Beef 5s to 6s per stone; shorn sheep, 4d to bA lambs, 7d to 8d per lb. ore EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET, MAY 18.—There vl hin g• the meal market to-day 5 sac k s oatmeal, each weig h 2801bs. imperial, which sold t h us :-2 at 11 11s 2 at 1 "":,711 and at 1/ 10s ; average p r i ce o f the whole 11 1 "" 2- I 2ths. 2 sacks pot-barley, whereof 1 sold at 29s Cd• EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET, MAY Oat straw, from 7 s Od to 8s 6d per kemple of 16 stones tr°6l, wheat ditto, 6s 6d to 7s 6d; b ar l ey ditto, 6s Od to 71 - Hay, from 9d to 1 td per stone. DALKRITH MEAL MARKET, MAY 17.—There wer e .; ' the market t o -d ay 77 bags of oatmeal, and lof barleyl oe ;s no pease mea l or pot-Larley in market. Sales for the 02°- and barleymeal quick. Oatmeal, per sacs;, of 280 lbs. First Second `-- imperial 1 30s 6d i 30s Od od eck Barleyrneal, per ditto ... 23s 61 Peasemeal Flour ... . Pot barley -3 Od I—s Od m i)ti —s Od od --I — s Od —8 Od v" COAL MARKET.—YEsrminer. Prices of Coal per ton at the close of the market Carr's flartley ..... 148 Od Peareth (uns.) ......... Davison'sWestffartley 14s Od S.den Main ....... Hasting's Hartley l4s Od Lambton Primrose ••• Holywell New Tanfield ...... 12a 6d, cietton Ravenswt rth Pelaw 12s Od Lambton Ravensworth'sW.Eart 13s 9dJPensher South Peareth I'aafield Moor Butes l2s 6d Richmund Walker's Primrose ... Ils 6 d'Stewart's ••• West Hartley Wylam •• l4B Od Denison Wall's End, &c. Heugh Hall Brown .... • • .. Gosforth ....• ......... 14s Od Soutk Hartlepool Heaton Riddell Harvey Wylam (was.) 123 Od Ships at market, sd 120 a 153 g i 153 v_ 150 sd 160 ,A 14s -- °` l 15 6 rd 15s 6d 15s 165 nA v -- 13 3 v- a 14s n 9 I , 63 fid 15 5 ,A 15s j 15 9 0 ,1 2as (I`. 276 Sold, 66. Paid. BIRTHS. F On the 14:h F inst. O , at W A 410 N. ihe wife of Thomasestbourne-terrace, Hyde-par— , . alconer, Esq. On the 15th hat., at Upper Bedrord-place, Russell-nu °. the wife of Richard Garth, Esq. OF A DA WIFITICE. On the 12th inst., at Bilbea, the wife of Francis T. Bad EN.,Vice Consul. 014 the 17th inst , at Maida-bill West, the wife of . 011 Morris Hogan, Esq. MARRIED. AS At llornsey Church, on the 18'h inst., by the Rev. Thor° Nolan, A. Al.. of St. John's. Bedford-row, James Stua rt, E.q. ( o f G or d on, Stuart, and Co.), Calcutta, to Mary Ael , eldest daughter of Cornelius Nicholson, Esq., The Hornsey. DIEL) On the 4th inst., at. VirCt•ranca. near Genoa, the a"' John Cape) Hatibury Tracy, third son of the Right Lord Sudelev. On the 15th inst., aged t 4, Harriott, the wife of Edward Grant, DI.; of ll , gbbury-place. On the 15th ii,st., at Sydenham, Emily, wife of Sir. S. • Low, of the Madras Military Fund -office. aged 28. Of (in the IGth inet., aged 20, William Taomas, eldest ECM the R,v. W. Qaarterman, Bowater -crescent, Woolwich. ioo On the 15th inst., in Hanover -st re w, London, aged - William Winstatiley, of Preston. f 0; the 15th inst., at P , lke?tone, Mr. Joseph Harvey , -o Bermondsey, Surr.y. aged 80. London . : Printed and Published by- MIIRDO YOUDUI t,_ No. 112, Strand Print er , A t The Sin Office, Strand, in *hc Precinct of the Savoy, la cO lll4 W4citllo/44. 1 ri Wil;114d4)1 Ugy 20, I#o3. Price. 29% 1s 46