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dispensed with. Unfortunately, Sir Robert Peel's moral cou rage did not equal his sagacity. Dazzled by the popularity •onsequent on the remission of indirect taxation, he suffered himself to be diverted from the strict path of duty, and, for the sake of catching for the day the applause of the massses, or possibly of getting into his hands a powerful lever for the effectuation of further half-formed projects, he permitted him self to be guilty of what, in our view, is the most serious fault of which a statesman can be guilty—he broke faith with the nation. Ever since that time the country, linanaiallY speaking, has been in all the difficulties sonsquent upon dependence on income of which it had no certain lease—nay, worse than that, from year to year the nation has been assured by a Chancellor of the Exchequer, Constrained to live from hand to month, that he was in Yelsrly expectation of being able to release them from the burden Of the extraordinary contribution of the income-tax, and fmm year to year the impost has been grumblingly sub mitted to under the influence of a sort of vague hope that faith might yet be kept with the tax-payers. No one knew so well as the Government which held it out how absolutely groundless this hope was. No one knew better than they that the revenue had been so overprnned, and its elasticity so overstrained, that, without the extraneous aid of the in come-tax there would be again a deficit as serious as that which Sir Robert Peel undertook to supply in 1842. And this is the result of ten years of financial legislation. The vanity, or the weakness, or the self glorification, of its author, call it what you will, neu tralised the operation of a scheme unquestionably founded on sound principles in the first instance. The con sequence is, that Mr. Disraeli has now to deal with substan tially the same difficulty as that which the Whigs found so insurmountable eleven years ago. He has to deal with a great revenue which is only kept up by an extraordinary and forced supply from a temporary source. Mr. Disraeli is uni versally acknowledged to be a Mall of great ability, and even genies, while those who best know him give him cre dit for great powers of application. He has, indeed, need of all these qualities to meet the difficulties which will even t/tally present themselves for solution. We incline to concur with the opinion last night expressed by the Chancellor of he Exchequer, that nothing short of a re-organisation of our entire fiscal system will suffice for the ultimate settle ment of the finances of the kingdom on a permanent foun dation. We sincerely hope the new Chancellor may be found equal to the emergency. At all events, the general eeling of the House promises to allow him fair play, and to upport him, with less of prejudice than we have witnessed for some time, in grappling with the multifarious difficulties inseperable from his official position. HER MAJESTY S THEATRE. Madlle. JOHANNA WAGNER. Mr. Lumiwz has the honour to announce to the nobility, subscrib ers, and the public, that the Injunction against Madlle. Wagner and Mr. Frederick Gye, founded on the documentary evidence laid before his Honour the Vice-Chancellor Sir James Parker, remains in fall force. This fact affords the best confirmation of the accuracy of Mr. Lumley's previous announc ements, and the most effective refutation of the unwarrantable attacks to which he has been subjected. IipitYCA.JESTY'S THEATRE. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. On THURSDAY next, May 6, Will be presented Donizetti's admired Opera, DON PASQUALE, Norina, Madlle. Sofie Cruvelli ; Ernesto, Signor Calaolari ; Dr. m a iateata, Signor Ferranti ; Don Pasquale, Signor Lablache. After which the last act of MARIA DE ROHAN, Maria, Mme. Fiorentini ; Armando, Mdlie. Ida Bertrand; Ri cardo ,Signor Calzolari ; De Fiesque, Signer Fortin'; Enrico, Signor Ferlotti. With various Entertainments in the Ballet Department by Madlle. buy Stephan, Madlles. Rosa, Esper, Lamoureux, Allegrinl, Pascales, MM. Di Mattis and Mathieu. Application. for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Opera Box-office, Colonnade, Haymarket. ROYAL MARIONETTE THEATRE, ADELAIDE-STREET, WEST k STRAND. Attractive Novelties for the Easter Holidays. THIS EVENING, and every evening during the week, A new Characteristic Address, by the Manager. After which a new Piece, entitled THE HAPPY MANAGER. A Dramatic Dillculty. In one ad. To be followed by a grand Ethiopian Musical - .Entertainment by an extraordinary Troupe of Ebony Marionettes. 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 Half-past Seven, and commence at Eight o'clock. There will shortly be produced several New Pieces, which are now in active rhearsal. Private Boxes and Stalls to be bad at the Box-office of the Theatre, and of all the principal Librarians. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. %HIS EVENING, Will be presented Rossini's Opera of LA CENERENTOLA. La Cenerentola, 3ladlle. d'Angri ' • Don Reiniro, Signor C,alzolari ; Dindbai, Signor Belletti ; Alidoro, Signor Fortin! ; Don Magnifico, Signor Labtache. • To conclude with a new Ballet Divertissement, entitled LA FETE DES ROSIERES. . . _ By Carolina Rosati, Madlles. Rosa, Esper, Allegrini, Latino reux ; MM. Di Mattis, Gouriet, Venafra, and Mathieu. Applications fosAtmes, Stalls, and Ticked to be made at the Box like, Opera Colonnade, Haymarket. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. First appearance this season of Signor Mario.—Second appearance this season of Madame Grisi.—Second Appearance this season of Herr Formes.—First Night of Les Huguenots. The directors have the honoar to announce that THIS EVENING will be performed (for the first time this season) Meyerbeer's Grand Opera, LES HUGUENOTS. Valentina, Madame Grisi (second appearance this season); Mar garita di Valois, Madame Castellan; Dama d'Onore, Madlle. Cotti ; Urbano, Madlle. Seguin (first appearance in that character) ; Mar cello, Herr Formes (second appearance this season); Il Conte di San Bris, Signor Polonini ; Il Conte de Nevers, Signor Tagliafico ; De Cosse, Signor Luigi Mei ; De Retz, Signor Gregorio ; the Hugenot Soldier, Signor Soldi ; Meru, Signor Rommi ; Raul di Nangis, Signor Mario (first appearance this season). Composer, Director of Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. The performances commence at Eight o'clock precisely. Tickets for the Boxes, Stalls, or the Pit may be had (for the Night or Season), at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open from Eleven till Five o'clock ; and of the principal librarians and musicsellers. THEATRi.o. 1401 AL, HAYMABKET. Mr. B Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENING, Will be performed an entirely new comic Drama, entitled MINI) TOUR OWN BUSINESS, by Messrs. B. Webster, Leigh Murray, Buckstone, and Keeley ; Airs. Stirling, Miss Reynolds, &c. Alter which a new Burlesque on airightfully popular subject, to be called 0, GEMINI ; or, the Brothers of Co(u)rse. Characters by Messrs. Buckstone, Bland, Woolger ; Mesdames Buckingham, Col- Ans. Caulfield, Honey, &c. To conclude with BOX AND COX, by Messrs. Keeley and Buck stone. TIIEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Lessee, Mr. Webster ; Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Drama of powerful Interest, called THE QUEEN OF THE MARKET. Characters by Messrs. Hughes, 0. 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 Woolgar. With WHO STOLE THE POCKET-BOOK ? or, a Dinner for Six, ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the CORSICAN BROTHERS. Principal characters by Messrs. c. Kean. A. Wigan, Ryder, Meadows, J. J. Chester, F. Cooke, Everett, and Whcatleigh ; Misses rauliPS, Murray, Robertson, Vivash, Daly, and C. Leclercq. After which a Fairy Tale, in Two Acts, entitled WITTIKIND AND HIS BROTHERS, or, The seven Swan Princes and the Fair 3lelusine. Characters by Messrs. Harley, Meadows, F. Cooke, Flexmore ; Mrs. Winstanley, Misses Marshall, Robertson, Murray, Leclercq, Daly, Vivash, Newcombe, K. Terry, and Madlle. Auriol. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the'Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be produced a dramatic story, in eight acts, entitled A CRAIN OF EVENTS. Characters by Messrs. Charles Mathews, Frank Matthews, Robert Roxby, Belton, Baker, Suter, Horncastle, Rosiere, Butler, and /Tonne:; Madame Vestris, Miss Laura Keene, l o in. F. Matthews, and Miss Julia St. George, Miss Wright , Miss 1 1 "Krer, Mrs. Horn, Mrs. Macnamara, Miss Martindale , Miss Ellis, 1 las Grove, and Miss Foote. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager. Mr. W. Farr Oil. THIS EVENING, After whi c h Wi n be THIS THE LAST OF THE FAIRIES. ton Sh . alde r% G. Cooke, MATRIMONIAL, &c., Re., in w hich Messrs. Comp- To:mesdames Plaillips and Bartlett will appear. conclude Mystic _M i lk m with THE CAMBERWELL BROTHERS ; or , The an. PUNCH'S P LAYHOUSE AND STRAND THEATRE. Lessee, r. W. It. COPELAND, Liverpool. Will be presented A THIS EVENING, VILLAGE TALE. Characters by Messrs. E ell Rogers, Attwood, Moreland. Mesdames Copeland, Selby, and 31as- After which THE LOST HUSBAND. To conclude with 'r RAGGED SCHOOL. Characters byMessrs B og er*, Attwood, Moreland ; Misses Maskell, Eglinton, and Morelli. Private Boxe Boxes, 3 5.; Pit, 25. ; A mphitheatre, ls s One Guinea and a Halt each. Stage Manager. Mr. E. Stirling. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Under the Patronage of her ma.efIIITHEATRE. Prince 4 2 1. 3 t, and his Royal Highness London. Proprietor and Manager, Albert . ~,, The most auccessful and popular Theatre" W . Batt The EvEyz io in Will be presented a new grand Military s pect . exciting all Paris, entitled BONAPART E rx •-..1e, which is now Battle of Aboukir. ' GYPT ; or, the To be followed by fatty's Inimitable Scenes of the Arena. M. Pulaski and Madlle. Valentine will appear every Mg the week. evening dur. To conclude with THEWEATHERCOCK. Tickets to be had at the Box-office from Eleven un 1 „.. Stage Manager, Mr. Lederer'. . 4 .: daily. •••• --- HIGH WATER AT LONDON" IitRIDG --..-n- Tzte DAY —Morning 48 min. after 11 I Evening 0 m i n Dr To-Mosaow—Morning 15 rain. after 12 I Evening 40 r „,„ ,er 0 ---' after 12 THE WEATHER—Strs OFFIcE, MAY 1. Trtszamosirrzit, Dr THIC SHADE. 62—highest sinoe noon yesterd33-• 42—lowest thi s morn i ng and during the night. sO— this day, at noon. Beßcearrsit, 2 9 •8 7 - W IND N.E.—light breeze and cloudy, with occasional 2unshine. , ;.......4,, .i i ,„A. ~..„,,,, ~21 g ..!;:_..- \. - V „ ,,,,,..z" - ',. - '- I r r 4 ', -,-t - -,-., \: 4 -' • zfr..l :. 1.. 4 . •-' , ' - ,-, •• . . - --- ~, if. h . E o,,, if• ~. .1' • • ... , ,_ ~,, ' --N. Obitnina gint LONDON, SATURDAY. MAY 1, 1852. "Thank you for nothing, says the gallipot." Sash was the phrase by which the lamented Libera tor of I re l an d was accustome d t o express his sense of seme grandiloquent proposition, ushered in with large professions, but from which no real benefits could be fairly "ticipated. The expression would have been peculiarly appropriate to, and, perhaps, have formed the best commentary on, the anxiously-expected budget which was last night brought under the consideration of the House of Commons. There was nothing, literally nothing done. Everything wa s permitted to remain in statu quo without ebange or alteration of any kind. The income-tax was proposed to be re-enaeted with all its iniquities and injustice, but it was only for a single year that it . was asked. The advertisement duties, the hop duties were continued in their present shape. Not only was there nothing done, but there was no distinct or definite pledge as to what might be hoped for or an ticipated on a future occasion. The extraordinary tact, the remarkable talent of the Right Honourable Gentleman was never more conspicuous than in the statement, which, although justly denominated " the stand-still budget," nevertheless elicited the all but unanimous approbation of the House, which induced men of all parties, of the most opposite principles, to agree for once in praising the man who had accom plished the difficult task of pleasing every side ; and that rather by the grace of his manner, the charm of his eloquence, than by the substance of his oration. This great success was partly achieved by the skil ful manner in which the hopes of all were excited and kept up, by the candid avowal that it was but " a provisional budget "—a mere makeshift until something better could be introduced, when the whole system of taxation had been subjected to re vision. Something, too, was owing to the lucid and admirable exposition of the actual state of the national finances, which showed that the Right Honourable Gentleman—inexperienced as he was erroneously supposed to be—was completely master of his subject, as much so as the most thorough-going red-tapist that ever addressed a series of pompous platitudes to the collective wisdom. There was, indeed, no occasion for the numerous apologies which he offered on this part of the case. No indulgence was required on account of the shortness of notice, or brief time for preparation allowed. Had he served an apprenticeship to the office, and been trained to its duties from his earliest youth, be could not have been more completely at home. Those who sneered at his inexperience, or scoffed at his supposed want of knowledge of figures, who fancied that a solemn stupidity was essential to the character of a Financial Minister, have been overwhelmed with shame and confusion at the indisputable failure of all their predictions. Although personally we feel considerable disap pointment at the absence of any immediate relief to the sufferers under Schedule D, or to those anxious to obtain employment by means of advertisements, we must still confess that there were some exceed ingly satisfactory indications as to the future financial policy of the Government. The almost miraculous results of free trade were never more clearly summed up. The Right Honourable Gentleman, too, pointed out the intense feeling of disgust with which any addition to the Customs or Excise duties would be received, so distinctly as to show that he has no intention of attempting to stem the torrent. His speech was justly considered as a complete abnegation of " protectionism," and as such it was applauded by Messrs. VILLIERS; BRIGHT, HETWORTH, and others. It was in dicative of a gradual change from indirect to di rect taxation. It is true that the Right Hon. Gen tleman deprecated any attempt " rashly or rapidly to reduce the resources of indirect taxation," but it was only because they " had come to no general conclusion on the principles on which the public revenue should be raised," with a degree of caution, perhaps pardOnable in a Chancellor of the Exchequer, although we confess that we should have preferred a less timid and more dashing policy. He does not wish to part with any source of revenue until an adequate substitute, or at least the principle of an adequate substitute, has received the legislative sanction. He pays the Select Com mittee appointed on the motion of, and presided ever by, the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Montrose, the compliment of professing himself desirous of waiting for their report before he arrives at a final conclu sion on the subject. It is not, however, many weeks, we had almost said " many days," since he declared that he would not in any degree delay his statement for their decision, or something to that effect. It has, however, suited his purpose to bring forward every argument in favour of procras tination, and he would not, of course, overlook so strong a point as that above alluded to. He was himself a member of that Committee, and of course acquainted with the results of their investigations and the predominant feeling of its members. He would not, however, act thereon, and perhaps some excuse might be found in the im portant revelation which he made—that the Com mittee were unanimously of opinion that the system of exemptions was highly objectionable, and should be got rid of in any permanent legis lation. This course we have always advocated when pointing out the principle of the land-tax, as originally imposed by 4th William and Mary, cap. 1, as the model for future legislation. In it there was no exemption of any kind or description ; every species of accumulated and realised property, whether productive , or non-productive, was subject to the charge, either according to the actual income or the capitalised value ; and it is with great pleasure that we find so great a prospect of fiscal improve ment as that implied by the CEANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER in this portion of his address. Wiglomeration, as MT. JARNDYCE happily terms the expensive and intricate movements of the law, is unfortunately not restricted to the Court of Chan cery. It occasionally manifests itself within the very walls of the Legislature. A lamentable illus tration of this has been recently afforded by the ill success of the efforts made with a view to some comprehensive measure of sanitary improvement. Everyone knows very well that the Metropolitan Interments Bill has proved, as we predicted from the outset, a dead letter. It promised a great deal, and up to the present moment has realized absolutely no-, thing in the shape even of a questionable advantage. The absurdity of the measure was that it nominally prohibited any continuance of the system of intra mural burials, without proviiing the public before hand with the means of interring the departed in cheap and accessible suburban cemeteries. The con sequence of this has been precisely what might have been reasonably anticipated—what, indeed, we our selves declared would be inevitable from the com mencement. The old abominations of the London graveyards have been secretly, of course, but ac tually revived ; yet the Board of Health still flourishes at, Gwydyr House, and the star of its leader still continues in the. ascendant. How long this is to last, becomes At length a matter of serious importance. With the mortalityonthein crease, the evils aspired to be removed by the sani tary reformers remain as rife as ever, or m ra n t l h t e ip r led. rather, we should say, are daily and hourly being The Thames is being polluted more and more abundantly with the overflowings of the sewage matter, which, nevertheless, at the same time accu mulates under the dwellings of the capital, to the gradual increase of the 700 acres surface spoken of the other evening by the Earl of SHAFTESBURY. Meanwhile the water provided for the con sumption of the inhabitants of the capital preserves its impurity as perceptibly as heretofore, andt the want of ventil a ti on i n our more densely po pulated lo ca liti es t en d s as manifestly as hitherto to ha spread of contagious and epidemic diseases. All the 'while, moreover, the authorities entrusted with the task of aiding in the diminution of these evils are pluming themselves upon having done much where they have absolutely done nothing—claiming credit, besides, f or the revelation of the facts complained of, when those facts have been merely appropriated from the researches of others, and then —mark this— Co adv antage whats oever b y the Sanitary i turned t no but that th e su bj ect i s one of this— Commission would be b er e s. amusing, such obviousimpertinence to obser ve th e reall cool with eran ev it h y, ich th e General Board y of Health plumes itself upon h aving first brought to light, in 1849, statements which ten years before had been published by Mr. G. A. W ALREE, a gentl eman who m ay in a great measur e b e said to have thus or i g i n ated the sanitary movement. At page 24 of Extramural Interm ent, " presented last session by com man d of her AI AJESTY t o of the o ffi c i a l blue-book report on " A tGe neral Scheme by yoth oneof Houses o t f h e Parlisilament, r w l i in a t i l e a s ni s witnesses it is r emar k ed " P ro b a b ly no great national question has eve r made such r a pid progress in public opini on as the on e now undermsmajority, and con sideration. During the y ear 1849, I f ound few per sonsand t willing i g l liivneg evidence d b e r n a c v e e at3het to the prejudices of the evil consequences of burying the dead, generation after generation, in the same graves with their deceased relatives and friends, in the midst of the living inhabitants. Even those convinced of the enormity of the evil were anxious to give information privately, and to point to other means of evidence, so as to avoid anything public or personally invidious. The evidence in my reports of that year was chiefly wrung, by an excruciating exa mination, from sextons and -other persons officially connected with burial-grounds and interments." Now the passage here extracted from the report of the Board of Health implies that these very wonderful discoveries were made in 1849. In 1849! When ten years previously, namely, in 1839, a book was issued from the press, not by any obscure printer, but by a publishing house not only the first in the Row, but about the first in all England, the house of the Messrs. LONGMAN, giving the whole of these remarkable revelations from the hand of Mr. G. A. WALKER, under the arresting title of " Gatherings from Graveyards." Since then the same indefatigable labourer in the toil of bringing about some practical system of sani tary improvement has persevered in dragging to light the horrors perpetrated in the London graveyards. His works to this end are spread over an interval of thirteen years from the volume already particularised as published in 1849, to the pamphlet published in 1852, not merely describing the past and present state of intramural burying places, but accompanying the description with practical suggestions for the establishment of national extramural cemeteries. With these productions before them— ranging, as we have shown, over an interval extend ing back to the year 1889—it is wonderful how the Commissioners at Gwydyr House can have the effron tery to appropriate to themselves the credit of having favoured the public first with the graveyard revela tions. Possibly the claim is entered by them simply with a view to screen themselves from the charge of indolence. Fortunately that indolence cannot now be very long protracted. The speech delivered the night before last by the Earl of DERBY gives us assurance that the hopes of the sanitary reformers are at length approaching the period of their realization. Never before has Prime Minister spoken out so plainly in regard to the exigencies of improvement. The remarks which then fell from the lips of the Noble Earl, the Leader of her MA JESTY'S Government, cannot, indeed, be received as otherwise than constituting an event, and a very im portant event too, in the sanitary movement. They inspire us with a confident anticipation that we have at length arrived at the " beginning of the end," and that before many years have elapsed the mortality of London may be very considerably diminished by the organization of a well-considered scheme of sanitary innovations. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The Moniteur gives the following summary of Thursday's sitting of the Legislative Body. " The Legislative Boby met yesterday at three o'clock, M. Billault in the chair. The President stated that he had received four bills, one for the union of two corn. manes in the department of the Marne; a second, for the creation of a new commune in Corsica; a third, re lating to a loan by the department of the Cotes-du- Nord; and the fourth, concerning a new delimitation of communes in the Seine-et-Marne. These bills were or dered to be referred to the bureaux. The bill to autho rise the city of Bordeaux to contract a loan of 4,800,000 f. was then adopted by assis et level, as were three other local bills one authorising the Hautes-Pyrenees to borrow a sum of 41,000 f.; another, authorising the de partment of 'the Meuse to impose itself extraordinarily to the extent of five additional centimes on the principal of the four direct taxes; and the third, authorising the departmentof the Pas-de-Calais to impose itself in 1853 to the extent of one additional centime. M. Lang leis then presented the report of the committee charged to examine the Convict Rehabilitation Bill. The report was ordered to be printed and distributed, and the dis cussion was fixed for Monday. The sitting was then brought to a close at four o'clock. Before the public sitting the members met in their bureaux to nominate a single committee on seven bills of local interest." General CANROBERT has addressed a second and more detailed report of his mission in the depart ments to the PRESIDENT of the Republic. He con cludes by saying— " Socialism appears to me to have established its prin cipal fortresses in the Nievre, the Cher, the Indre, the Allier, the Crease, and some parts of the Auvergne and the Limousin. The explanation of this circumstance may, doubtless, be found, at least with regard to the three first named of these departments, in the conveni ent but certainly dangerous practice which many large landed proprietors have of not occupying themselves with their large estates, at a distance from which they reside, and let them out on lease to speculators, who frequently know nothing of cultivation, but are always greedy of gain, and have no other object than that of getting as much out of the land as possible, without caring how much they may impoverish it, and grinding down the country people, who have no property of their own, and are obliged to comply with all their demands." According to the Patrie, the position of corre spondents for foreign newspapers will be made one of serious responsibility ; for the Minister of Police has, according to this authority, resolved on prosecuting correspondents guilty, in his opinion, of publishing false news. The 15th article of the law on the press renders propagators of false news liable to a year's imprisonment and I,ooof. fine. The Minister of Police ought to begin by giving a definition of false news, for a repetition of rumours, subsequently turn ing out false, might involve a correspondent in a trial, and yet occurrences of importance can some times be explained in no other way tha❑ by the im pression produced through rumours of the kind. Attacks on soldiers and incendiarism continue. The following notice has been issued : ",The reports received from the cfficers of gendarmerie, announce that the most energetic measures have every where been adopted to put an end to incendiarism and to punish the incendiaries." _ The Buurse was more firm. The Four-and.a-lialf per Cents. opened at 100 f. 15c., and closed at 100 E 35c. for the end of the month; the Three per Cents. closed at 70f. 60c.; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,207 f. 500.; Rouen, 795 f.; Havre, 290 f.; Great Northern, 593 f. 75c.; Avignon, 275 f.; Vierzon, 592 f. 50c. ; Basle, 250 f.; Bordeaux, 617 f. 50c.; Paris and Strasburg, 573 f. 75c.; Tours and Nantes, 370 E; Paris and Lyons, 615 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 30. Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 23y,, Luxem bourg, 31.i—Namur and Liege, 61s—Northern of France, 245 / B —Ditto, 201. 3 per Cent. Bonds (formerly Bolougne and Amiena Soares), 133—Orleans and Bordeaux, 15q—Paris and Strasbourg, 2214—Rouen and Havre, 11.N,—Sambre and Meuse, 534—Tours and Nante% 11 SPAIN. Our accounts from Madrid are of the 25th ult. The ileraldo announces that General OLAWLAR has been appointed Governor of Matanzas, in place of General PAVIA, who was dismissed for not preventing the landing of a cargo of negroes, imported by the planters of Cuba. It being Sunday, the Bourse remained closed. GERMANY. The Berlin journals announce that the raising of the state of siege in Hesse Cassel has been again ad journed, owing, they say, to the insufficiency of the existing laws against the press. The second sitting of the Congress of Zollverein took place at Berlin, on the 27th. It was attended by the Delegates of all the States, with the exception of that of Baden, who had not arrived. The King of HANOVER, accompanied by M. DE SCHEELE, his principal Minister, left Hanover on the 25th, on a visit to the reigning Duke of BRUNSWICK, on the occasion of the birthday of that Prince. DENMARK. The King of DENMARK whilst out riding, on the 26th, in the neighbourhood of the Palace of Frede riksburg, was thrown from his horse - but, fortu nately, he was not at all injured. His iIAJESTT re mounted and continued his promenade. ITALY. We learn by accounts from Turin of the 27th ult., that the chief of the Artillery bad just addressed to the Minister of War a report, relative to the explo sion on the previous day, of the powder-magazine of the Bourg Dora, from which we make the following extracts : " The powder exploded at the moment when the work men were quitting their work, viz., at a quarter before twelve. The fire began spontaneously in a mixture of blasting powder, communicating itself to two magazines, each containing 5,000 kilogrammes of powder; thence it passed to cases filled with 2,000 kilogrammes, and then to 3,000 kilogrammes, spread in the open air. " The explosion of the latter set fire to two maga zines containing gunpowder and blasting powder, ex ceeding in quantity 10,000 kilogrammes. " The Duke of Genoa arrived almost immediately on the !ceno of the disaster, and gave all the necessary di rections. " The King, accompanied by the Prince do Corignan, animated by his presence the labourers engaged in sup preuing the fire and extricating the workmen. "Up to the present time 35 are known to be injured, of whom 14 are dead. The mot of them were crossing the canal on their way to dinner, when the shock threw them down, and thoy were buried in the ruins of the adjoining buildings. situated close by th e crack e " ES. The fire has been extinguished. It is now sup posed that the victims amount to 300, among them being many of the powder makers and soldiers, whose barracks of the hospital Cantoler destroyed. A great ma of the adjacent houses have been the sick inmates buried I n destroyed, and several • magazines, were ov , erturned and the walls being in a fearful manner. One wing gowa r s e o c v e e iv r e tu d rn s e e d rio a u n s d d m am an a y g e o s f , a the ruins." MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 10,000 bales, of which aboutls,ooo were taken for export and on speculation. The market closed without animation. —The Share Market opened better, but closed very flat. There are in the weekly Bank of England statement, made up to the 24 th instant, many changes of censiderable amount ; but the full force of the quarterly payments is nearly spent. The bullion has slightly increased; the note circula tion by accumulation of deposits has been lessened, and there was a falling off in discounts and advances. Compared with the previous week, the changes are as follow : Notes Issued ... £33,099,150 Increase ... 18,880 Rest ••• ▪ 3,098,110 Increase 3,187 ••• •.• ••• Public Deposits '•• •-• ... 2,998,373 Decrease ... E 266,912 Other Deposita ... ... 14,472,598 Increase ... 565,680 Seven Day and ether Bills 1,207,142 Increase ... 40,836 •• Government Securities... ... 13,335,779 Decrease 60,000 Other Securities ... ▪ 10,999,619 Decrease ... 86,712 Notes ...• 11,500,305 Increase ... 475,985 Bullion 19,587,670 Increase 60,773 Active Circulation • 21,598,845 Decrease 457,105 The rates for Bills of Exch ange yes t er d ay a ft ernoo n were higher on Paris, being 25.571,, E to 62 1 , and on Hamburgh there was an advance to 13 11 and 13 11%. Trieste receded to 12 35 and 12 30. This was for 90 days' paper. Am sterdam was steady at 12 2 to 2%. The exports of silver from London direct during the week to Thursday last were 191,150 ounces, principally to France, and 3,750 ounces in gold coin to Port Philip. The Amsterdam Stock Market on the 29th ult. was quiet for Dutch Bonds. Spanish and Mexican were is favour. The budget appears on the whole to excite very little com ment or attention, as there is nothing novel in it, the renewal f better as indispensable. as far as outside dealings can test the market, being, as is usual on the Ist of May, a holi day. Consols realise 99% 34. The renewal of the income tax is necessarily calcul ate d t o i nsp i re con fid ence to stock holders. of the i ncome-tax Fe n t, this semd ar e x Railway Shares are in request, and expected further to i m prove on North- Western, Monday. 124% to 125 ; Midland, 69% to ; and North Stafford, 7% discount. Blackwell, about 814 to ;4; 3/4 COURSE OF EXC Smsterdam ...• 12 236 Ditto, three months ,• 12 236 Rotterdam 12 2% Antwerp .• •.• • • •• •• •• 25 623¢ Brussels •• •• •• 25 6236 Uamburgh 13 113( Alton.. •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •••• paris • 3 days'Eght ...s 25 45 Ditto. 3 months .... 25 62% Marseilles .• •• •• .• 25 62 36 BOlirdefillX• •••• • • • • Frankforton,Maine.... 122% Berlin ..... • Vienna, effect. d 0...." 12 32 Trieste, 12 40 petercburgh,Sil. Rble.• 37 3b Madrid •• •• •• •• .• •• •• 49% cads •• •• •• •• •• e• 49%, Barcelona .• •• Beville.• •• •• •• •• •• • :HANGE.—Fnums. IGibraltar-•••• pg.... •• ••• Leghorn .............. 30 80 Geitoa •••• •• •... •• •• •• 25 62% Milan.... •• •• •• •• •• •• Venice. • • • • • • • •• •• •• •• Naples •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 40% Palermo, perms ........ 121% Messina •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 122 Lisbon— •• •• .• •••••• •• 63U Oporto— •• • ..... .• .• •• 5314 Itio Janeiro •• •• •• •• •• --- Buenos Ayres .. • • .... New York, 60 days'sight _ _ - Philadelphia I`ILIOES of BULLION. PER 08. foreign Geld inbarS.• £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Dollars ••.... 0 4 UN Silver in bars 0 4 11% LLOYD'S SHIPPING --(THIS DAY.) LONDON, M AY I. — Wi n d t hi s d ay a t no on S.W. ; fine. BRISTOL, A PRIL 30.—Wind S. W .- -A rr d. S usan , Deme rara ; Fanny, Barbadoes ; Bartley, St. Übes ; Comet, Port L'Abbe. MUIIBLES, APRIL 30.—Arrd. John Cobbold, Valparaiso. PORTSMOUTII, APRIL 30 —Wind W.—Arrd. her Majesty's steamer Retribution, a cruize. Off port, City of Poonah, Calcutta. COWES, APRIL 30.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Norma, Smith, Canton. BEAUMARIS, APRIL 30.—`Mind S.W.—Sld. Infanta, Boston. . W HITEHAVEN APRIL 29.—Wind N.—Sld. Derwent, An . boa. ''QUEENSTOWN, APRIL 29. Wind N.W.—Acrd. Messenger, Callao ; Kent, Honduras ; Tiber and Sophia, Alexan dria ; Triton, Port Lagos. LIVRRPOOL, APRIL 30.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Confucius, Scott, Shanghai; Zoe, Shaw, Mauritius; Harriet Hope, Francis, Rio Grande ; Emperor, Bruce, Bahia; Jessie, Sheri dan, Maranham ; M a id o f Orleans, Anderson, Barbadoes; Olive and Favorite New Orleans; Birkenhead, Mobile; Columbia, Apalachicola ; Miltiades and Gipsey Queen, Charleston ; Eliza Jenkins, Wilmington; James Pennell, Philadelphia; Britannia, St. John's, New Brunswick; Patelina, St. Michael's; Ocean and Scandia, Alexandria. DEAL, APRIL 30.—Wind W.N W.—Arrd. Masonic, Cory, Calcutta; Don, Vardon, Coast of Guinea; Isabella, Wells, Sierra Leone ; •Sir J. R. Reid, Dyson, St. Kitt's ; Ocean Queen, Hurd, Jamaica ; John Campbell, Stubbs, St. John's; Eledio, Serra, Bahia; Zephyr, Mathieson, arrived from the River for Richibucto. The Alice Maud, from Algoa Bay to London, arrived in the Downs this day, with loss of boat, and other damage, having been on shore on the Main, near Lydd, Dungeness. A coast-guard boat, with seven men, went on board to render assistance, and after getting the bower anchor and cable into the long boat, for the purpose of being carried ont, she capsized, the crew of which, in endeavouring to save themselves by the jolly-boat, which was near at the time, was also capsized, when four of the coast-guard, and the second mate and a seaman of the Alice Maud, were drowned. PLYMOUTH, Arait 30,—Wind S. W.—Arrd. Fernande, St. Malo. Sld. Gloucester, Adelaide, South Australia; Men chan, Moreton Bay. FALMOUTH, Aram 29.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. ' Odin, Moulmein; Caledonia, Mauritius; Majestic, Rio Grande, Off port, Nicolaus, Port-au-Prince ; Horatio, Valparaiso. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT GARDEN. To-day's market was tolerably well supplied with Vege tables, in which a steady business was doing, at full prices. Fruit met a slew inquiry. Futitr.—Pineapples, 45 to 8s : llotlionze Grapes, 155 to 20s ; Lis bon Grapes, Is 9d to 2s 6d per lb; Apples, 2s to 3s 6d per bushel ; Cob nuts, 80s to 100 s per 1001bs ; Lemons, Is to 2s per dozen ; Oranges, 4s 6d to 12s per 100 ; Strawberries, 6d to Is per oz ; Almonds, 5s per lb ; Barcelona Nuts, 20ii to 228 ; Brazil ditto, 12s to 14s per bushel. VEGETABLES.—thlalfflberB, 6d to 21 each ; Spinach, Is to Is 9d per sieve ; Horseradish, Is to 4s per bundle ; Parsley, 2s to 3s per dozen bunches; Savoys, 10d to is 6d per dozen; Mushrooms, is to Is 3d per pottle ; Turnips, ls 9d to 3s ; Carrots, 4s to 7s per dozen Onions, is to 2s per half s i eve; Celery, 8d to Is 6d per b unc h e s ; Potatoes, 455 to 85s per to n; ditto Cornish new Kidneys, 6d to 8d per lb ; G reens, 25 6d to 3s Sd per dozen b 2d un p d e l r e l ; b G ; bunches ; Radishes , Is per dozen hands ; A sparagus, 4 s to 81; per bundle; Sea Kail, is 6 d to 2 s per basket ; Rh u b ar b, 3d to,led per bundle, Leeks, Id to 2 d per bunch ; B rocoli, 10d t o i s 6d p er bundle ; 10d to Is 6d per siev e; P arsnips, 6d to is 3d per dozen ; Jer u s a l em Artichokes, 9d to Is per half sieve; Brussels Sprouts, Beans Is 6d to 2s perto half per sieve Turnip Greens, ls 3d p er b us hel; French ,Is Od 2s 100. arli c, NEVITGATE AND ZEULDENHALL. Turkeys, 33 3d to 7s 03; Geese Os Od to Os Od; Ducks, is 63 to 2s 9d ; Tamo Ra bbits, is 2d to is 6d ; Wild ditto, 8d to Is 2d ; Pigeons, 5d to 73 ; Roasting pi gs, 3s Od to 4s 6d each ; Surrey Fowls, 65 6d to 8s 6d; ditto Chickens, 4s 6d to 65 6d; Barn-door Fowls, 3a 6d to 6s 03 per couple; English Eggs, 6s 9d to 7s 6 d ; French ditto, 65 03 to 6s 9d ; Irish ditto, s d per 120;d tolls 13 per lb. 2 T"WPOR. Lamb, 4s 4d t0: 55 4d ; Ve al , 3 s 2d to 3s 10d ; and Pork, 3s Od to 3s 8d per 81 b 5 . BOeef,froms4 Fresh d Butter, o 3523 1( ;) Mutton, 2s 8d to 3s ; WinTmeg .a. p Ez. Beef, from 2s Od to 3s Od; Mutton, 2e 4d to 3s 6d; Lamb, 4s 2d to 5s 2d; Veal, 2a 10d to 39 10d; and Pork, 2s 4d to 3s 6d per 81bs. niLIZ IVOSGATE. Eels, 4d to 10d; Soles, 3d to is 8d per pair; Lobsters, Gd to is 6d each ; Oysters, 63 Od to 8s Od per bushel ; Bloaters, Od to Od per dozen ; Cod Fish, 2s Od to as Od each; Turbots , 6s Od to 12 a Od ; Pl a i ce , is 6d to Os Od per 20; Salmon, is Gd to Is 8d per lb; Mackarel, 4d to 8d each ; Crimped Scats, 6d to 84 per lb. Itßau ). The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are from 6 1 / 2 d to 7d; of Household ditto, 5d to 6d per 41b loaf. lIIDZ r. --O •FLEET. Market Hides, 561 b to 6 41 b, lid to Od; ditto, 641 b to 721 b lid to 2d ; ditto, 721 b to 8 01 b, 2d to 2id ; itto, 801 b to 881 h, 2id to 2L d ; ditto, 881 b to 9616 2#d to 3d; ditto, 961 b to Is Od to 2s 6d; ditto, full, 43 6d to Os Od; 1041 b, 3d to add; ditto, 1 0416 to 1121 b, Od to Od. Call 5s Od to 08 Od; Polled Sheep, 6s Od to 7s 3d; to 78 3d ; Halt-breeds, 5s 6d to 6s 6d; Downs, 4KHSskeoi3nrildnts:lioi6lisisdgs°ehsdt6,d, ; Shearlings 10d to lid; Lamb Skins, is 8d to 2s 9d each. Adit c SintmiT l L ßErtLAND'—MeadoV i r IT SMITHFIELD.—Meadow A d o 0:7 __ _ _ d 3 e 7 ra FlEl t o e 3 s Lt u Do p .4— p i ly and a steady demand. /1 7 7 4 , RICETS. 3/ 38 Od to 4/ 6s Od ; Clover Straw, 114 s to 11 9s per load. Bay, 3/ 5s to 4/ 8s Od ; Clover ditto, 31 103 to 41 12s; and Straw, 1/ 58 to 1/ 10a per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade firm. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Ha,, 3/ 5s to 416 s Od ; Clover ditto, 31 63 to 4 / 16 s ; and Straw, 11 43 to I/ 9s per loaa. Supply good, and trade steady. _ . Lnazy L•. WAGNER. VICE-CHANCERY Some expectatioi? being entertained that this case would come on this morning, the ,passages leading to the court were more than . usually crowded No mention, however, _THIS DAY.) was made of it . ; and as far as we ' can ascertain there is no probability of its . being days. We are informed that no affidavits have yet been filed by the defendant. brought before the Court for some CO N PLEAS.--(THIS DAY.) plaintiff's residence Bar, ----AviN V. BANEKA' I • Mr. JONES applied for a rule calling upon the plaintiff's attorney to show cause vih he should not g►ve particulars of absconded. The Act o a f a p d a y r o l c ialm u Parliament affidavit,inwhich the defendantpstated that since the action applied to by th os had been commenced he had learnt that the plaintiff had William l l i a m m o moped IV., ocn. 39,an been convicted at the Old Bailey, and that ,he had seen an advertisement in the Police Gazette y to the effect that he had provided that an attorneya writ should, on being p 3gstate the address and oc cupation of his client a d . aorn:;efusing should be deemed guilty of a contempt of Court. n The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said the Court would grant a rule. issutin FRENCH PLAYB.—H e r Majesty the Queen, his Royal Hi g h ness Prince Albert, his R o y a l Hi g h ness th e Countess of W a l es, and the Princess R o y a l, attended by th e of Charlernont, th e Hon. Miss Pa g et, Lord Pol .- 7raernte: Lord C o l ville, and Colone l S e ymour, honoured th e French Plays with their presence last evening. _ The L E ord i - t l h llustration, in P —egent-street, on -Wednesday afternoon, for Duke d Wellington visited the Gallery of T purpose of viewing the diorama of his own glorious cam paigns, recently painted by Messrs. Grieve, Telbin, and e b - b ? t n i • Ilis Grace arrived quite unexpectedly just as the Y Palmerston, who were retiring from the hall. The Noble Duke havin been made acquainted with the fact science and al-nliTvadas over, and among the crowd on the stairs met that the exhibition had concluded, reentered his carriage promising to make another visit on some future day. APOTHECARIES' HALL.—Tbe following are the names of gentlemen whopassed their examination in the practise on Thursday, April 29 :—George, Butler, Brighton; John Edward Davie, St - d Southward; Horace Edward Practice of medi p cine, and received certificates to Johnson, WarwickshirZnesen '„ , MADAME MALIBRAN'S IuoDEL.--In her teens, Ma'amselle Garcia had a cracked, inflexible voice. Oat of such unpromising materials was made the g reat sin g er. She took as her model the tone of musical glasses, and became so expert an imitator that she often deceived her friends, by pretending to rub the glass, and giving the music with her voice. -.Clock's .Alusical Miscellany. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, FAIDAY.—The Rodney, 92, Captain C. Graham, sailed this morning at six, A.M., for Plymouth. Admiral Sir Thomas Briggs, with Captain Chads, and Captain Martin, proceeded to Spithead this morning, to inspect the Amazon, 26, Captain Barker, and Driver steam ship, Commander Johnson ; the former will go to Plymouth to pay off, the latter will proceed to Woolwich. The Queen has discharged her powder, and will come into dock at this port; she will refit and proceed to Plymouth, to be paid down, and the fortnight's leave will be given to the crew, from that port. The Vulcan will be docked to-morrow, if the Edinburgh I comes out. . A military court martial is now sitting at the Cambridge Barracks, of which Colonel Colville, Fusilier Guards, is pre sident, to try Lieutenant C. H. Finney, on charges pre ferred against him by his superior officer. The Hercules, 72, store-ship, sailed on Thursday night for Deptford, with the effects of Admiral Sir W. Parker. the Retribution steam-frigate, 28, Captain Warden, re turned from the Channel to Spithead this morning. The Driver steam-sloop, 6, Commander Johnson, was in spected by the Port Admiral, and her crew exercised in gunnery at Spithead this afternoon by Captain Chads, after which she came into harbour to coal, preparatory to pro ceeding to Woolwich to be paid off. The Sprightly steam-tender, Acting Master George Allen commander, left to-day for Plymouth, supposed for the purpose of bringing up the Hotspur's people to join the Edinburgh screw gunnery ship, which is reported to be out of dock on Monday. The Diligence naval transport arrived to-day from Ply mouth and Queenstown, and came into harbour to land and take in stores. DEVONPORT, THURSDAY.—The Hotspur, at this port, is to be given up to the dockyard authorities on the 30th inst., and she is to be replaced by the Edinburgh, 58, screw s t eamer. The Dutch man- of.war barque, Swallow, sailed this day for the Texel. Her crew were somewhat recovered from their severe sickness. Devon, lighter, Bond master, arrived this day from Greenock, where she had conveyed Mr. Brown and party to navigate the Brisk to this port. PI 0310TION8 AND APPOINTMENTS. WOOLWICH, APRIL 30.—Lieutenant J. M. Jackson has been appointed to take command of her Majesty's steam sloop Porcupine, at Portsmouth. The Porcupine is in tended for the protection of the fisheries on the British coasts. Lieutenant Augustus Phillimore, lately serving as flag lieutenant to Adrniral Sir William Parker, has been pro moted to the rank of commander upon the Gallant Admiral hauling down his flag. Assistant-Surgeon Godfrey J. A. M'Cullagh (1844) to the Highflyer steam. sloop, at Portsmouth. Second-Master H. Goldsmith to the Porcupine. Master's-Assistant A. J. Dewar to the Porcupine. Joseph Kellaway, acting boatswain of the Neptune, 120, guardship of ordinary at Portsmouth, is confirmed in that rank. The Avon steam-vessel arrived yesterday at Woolwich, from Devonport, to receive new boilers. She called at Portsmouth and Sheerness on her way round. The Hecate steam-sloop, Commander George S. Hand, arrived here yesterday, and her officers and crew are to be turned over to the Geyser steam-sloop, of 280-horce power, now nearly ready for sea, at this port. The Lightning steam-vessel, Master-Commander H. W. Allen, returned to 'Woolwich yesterday from attending on the Comte d'Aquila to Sheerness and Chatham. The Monkey steam-vessel went down the river this after ! noon to tow the Hercules troop and store ship from the Downs to Greenhithe, where she will be lightened, as her draught of water is considerable. The Trident steam-vessel, at present in the West Dock, is ordered to have one side of her bottom payed with Mr. Hay's composition, and the other side of her bottom payed with a composition submitted by Mr. Boeing, to test their comparative merits. The Trident is an iron vessel. The Torch iron steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Chlmmo, has had her bottom payed with Peacock's compo sition, and had her steam up to-day to try her engines. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,— In conseq uence o f Easter falling at such different periods in each year, perhaps the following may be useful to Brighton and other shareholders, as a memento thereof, if you will kindly accord it a place in your valuable journal. I am, Sir, &c., . . A CONSTANT READER AND BRIGHTON SHAREHOLDER. London, April 30. Aggregate Receipts in round numbers, of Brighton Rail way, for the 13th to 16th weeks inclusive, so as to take in the Easter Holidays in each year:— In 1849, 41.769/. ; in 1850, 43,791/. ; in 1851, 48,083/. ; in 1852, 49,2651. The less increase of 1852 over 1851 seems solely owing to the South Eastern's recent opening of the Hastings line; and that drawback now showing its full effect, and that effect being simply to limit this year's increase to about 300/. per week in lieu of about 5001., as heretofore, it. would seem probable that in 1853, and subsequent years, we shall again have about the old increase in each successive year, particularly as the further you progress the less per centape is the given sum of say 500/. on the accumulated takings, therefore the more easily obtainable for an almost indefinite time, unless the population, were to decrease. Should expenses remain the same these increases would, of course, be net. This principle of increase, of course, applies to all railways, and seems so far borne out by the facts. EXETER-HALL. The Sacred Harmonic Society gave as a performance last evening that superb composition the Elijah of Mendelsshon. Mr. H. Phillips, to whom the arduous and sustained labour of Elijah was entrusted, gave " The Lord bath exalted," and the bold passages in the controversy with the priests of Baal " Call him louder," and " 0 thou who makest," with great force and judgment. Miss M. Williams was encored in the air, " 0 rest in the Lord," and warmly applauded in her re citatives. The trio, " Lift thine eyes," by Miss Birch, Miss C. Henderson, and Miss M. Williams, was also re-demanded the flageolet-like sweetness of the; soprano, the delicate roundness of the second, and the sound fullness of the third voice, exciting enthusiasm in the coldest. Miss Birch and Miss C. Hendersen— to whom the peculiar music of " the Queen," beginning " Have ye not heard ?" was committed— efficiently sustained their parts- Mrs. Temple, Mr. Lockey, Mr. Perren, Mr. Collett, and Mr. Weeks also lent their aid in concerted pieces. The introduction and chorus were ad mirable, as well as the band, under the leadership of Messrs. Surman and H. Blagrove. Quantities entered for llome Consumption. Years ending sth April, r -1847. 1848. 1849. 1850. I 1851. 1852 . Coffee— lb. lb. lb. lb. lb. lb. Foreign .. 12959326 9245872 6262832 3884475 2076375 5524288 Colonial .. 25410 765 1 27679201 30233198 2862E568 28216480 29156591 Total .. 383700 91136924873 3606030 32511043 30292855 34680829 Timber— Loads. Loads. Loads. Loads Loads. Loads. llewn,For. 419767 428353 369212 246350 275895 440581 ~ Colonial 789549 550240 584247 682186 619721 671132 Total .. 1209316 978593 953409 828536 895616 1111773 Sawn—For. 259766 332351 407106 335280 352509 514337 „ Colonial 496813 492863 459270 477345 454495 526753 Total 756579 825214 86,376 812625 807004 1041090 Amount of Duty receive Years ended sth I thereon. ,pril. 1847 1848 I 1849 1850 1851 1852 £ £ £ £ £ £ 340182 242683 164404 101859 54501 69358 444712 484444 529093 500906 453769 366484 784894 727127 693497 602765 548270 435842 550916 428432 276898 184760 206925 165145 41458 28899 30686 30562 32620 351C8 592374 457331 307584 215332 239545 200256 435774 431920 486529 334855 352173 257615 52168 51741 48222 50127 48382 55384 487942 483661 1454751 384982 1400555 1312995 Coffee— £ I Foreign .. .. 340182 Colonial .... 444712 Total •• .. 784894 Timber•— Hewn—Foreign 550916 • Colonial 41458 Total .... 592374 Sawn—Foreign 435774 Colonial 52168 Total .... 487942 COURT CIRCULAR. It is understood that the Court mourning being announced so short a time before the ensuing Court ball, her Majesty will dispense with its being worn generally on that evening. This p ermission, however, will not extend to the members of the Court. The Queen had a dinner party on Thursday, at Bucking ham Palace. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal , an d the Pri ncess Alice, left Buckingham Palace at ten minutes before twelve o'clock yesterday, for the Royal Academy, in Trafalgar square. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert were received in Trafalgar-square by Sir Ch arles Lock E a s tlake, President of the Royal Academy, who conducted the Queen and Prince through the different rooms of the exhibition. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, with the Royal suite, re turned in six carriages to Buckingham Palace, at two o'clock. The Honourable Matilda Paget and the Honourable Mary Seymour have relieved the Honourable Eleanor Stanley and the Honourable Beatrice Byng, in their duties as Maids of Honour in Waiting to her Majesty. Her Royal Highness the Duchess , of Gloucester vi s it e d her Royal Highness the D uchess of Kent yesterday, a t h er residence, Clarence House, St. James's. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by her Lady in Waiting, the Baroness de Speth, and Sir Geor ge Couper; honoure d the Princess's Theatre with her presence last evening. Mr. Hincks, o f Canada, and Mr. G. B , in B. Chandle r , o f N ew Brunswick, bad an interview with the Earl of Derby yester day, at his offici al residence, Downing-street. A deputation, consisting of Mr. Crawford, Mr. Ould, Mr. Crane, and Mr. INPGlasham, had an inte rview w i th Sir John . Pakington yesterday, at the Colonial-office. Dispatches were sent yesterday from the Col on ial-office to the Governo rs of the North American Provinces. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Aran, 30. A large ship, reported Ito be a Dutchman, laden with tobacco and flour, ran on shore last night in Compton Bay; her masts have been cut away ; she is on the flatners and has only about four feet water round her at low water ; as there is now very little wind, and she makes no water, there ar e great hopes that she may be got off, the tides being on t he increase, but she is in a most dangerous situation. Seve ral vessels are gone round from Cowes to assist in lightening her. 8.30 rox.—Wind west and very light; bar ome t er, 2 9.20; the night tine and clear. It has been suggested by a whaling captain of considerable experience, at Dundee, brother to the ice -master of the Erebus, that the vessels seen, or supposed to have been seen, by the mate of the Renovation in the ice near the Banks of Newfoundland, might have been " white fishing " vessels which had got beset in the ice and driven upon the Virgin Rocks, which are not far from the given latitude of 45 deg. 3 min., and where there are soundings of from 56 to 70 fathoms. Under this supposition it would be desirable that inquiry should be made at the different French ports, whence great numbers of fishermen annually go to the Banks of Newfoundland to prosecute the cod fishing. METROPOLITAN POLICE RETURNS.—The Metro politan Police returns for the year 1851, ending December, have just been issued. From them it appears that during the year 72,397 persons were taken into custody. Of this number 37,363 were discharged by the magistrates, 30,498 were summarily disposed of or held to bail, 4,536 were com mitted for trial, 3,711 were convicted and sentenced, 672 were acquitted, and 153 were not prosecuted. The police district includes 135 parishes, hamlets, and liberties. IMPROVEMENTS IN ST. GILES'S.—On Thursday workmen were engaged in the erection of two iron columns in the centre of Broad-street, St. Giles's, between Endell-street and Bloomsbury-street, on each of which is fixed a gas lamp, which have been found necessary for the protection of the foot passengers crossing the street, in consequence of the increased traffic of vehicles. For further security some posts are placed round the columns. At the corner of Bloomsbury. street, one of the large houses has been taken by the Com mittee of the St. Giles's and St. George's (Bloomsbury) Ragged and Industrial Schools, for the instruction and recla mation of the destitute children of that:locality—this having been the site called the " Rookery , " which was the rendez. vous of the most abandoned cliaracters. In Endell-street, rapid progress has been made in raising baths and wash houses on the east side of the street. AN EXTRAORDINARY DRAMA.—LoIIa Montes has engaged a young literary gentleman of New England, so n of Mrs. Ware, one of our somewhat celebrated poetesses, to write a sort of epic drama for her, embodying the principal events of her wayward life, and introducing into the play the eminent eharacters with whom she has been brought in contact. It will be in five acts, the first two embracing her European life, in which will appear, as leading characters, Louis 1., ex-King of Bavaria; his son, Maximilian 11. Count Pepin, private secretary to Louis; Lieutenant Heald and his maiden aunt; Eugene Sue; Dujarrier, editor of Le SWele, and other Parisian literary characters. In the third act will be introduced Kossuth ; Prince Bobo, tattooed in his native African style; llorace Greeley, attired in the iden tical white coat; little Raymond, of the Times, and M. Arpinin, of the Courrier des Etats Unis. Of course Lola will play the leading role herself.—. New Yorh Herald. " What is the value of a ton of turnips ?" is a question which has frequently been discussed. On a trial in the Doncaster County Court the other day, the value of an acre of t urn i ps sold and eaten off the ground was settl ed at 51. 10a. YearenfledAprils, 1846 .. ++ ~ 1847 .. .-- 00 f 1 1848 .. 12,501 ft f/ 1849 .. 22,768 10 ~ 1850 .. 44,256 01 1851 .. 11,52 5 ft 10 1852 .. — 277 47,004 15,406 65.142 57,765 194,027 2,905 42,374 13,509 182,502 Molasses. Year ended April 5. 1846 .. • . .. 173,735 OS „ 1847 .. .. .. 153,592 1848 • • 210:015 1849 .. 177,487 111 " 1850 .. 223,044 " 1851 .. 215,311 111. IP 1111 1352 • • Aggregate of Sugar and Molasses. 3,752,649 4,414,209 4,566,870 4,648,212 4,057,611 4,163,855 4,163,535 THE BUDGET. TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING CHRONICLE. Sir,—The " late" Protectionists are aghast at the confes sions of their Chancellor of the Exchequer. His financial statement was neither more nor less than an unequivocal testimony to the merits of the financial and commercial policy of the late Sir Robert Peel. He actually went out of his way to answer the fallacies promulgated by the leading organs of the Government, touching the alleged falling-off of the income - tax. B u t h e f a i nt l y sanctioned the Protec tionist creed in one respect. He prophesied that rents and farmers' profits would decline for a period. But what of that? Did not the Whigs go farther? Did they not actually in sert a recognition of agricultural distress in the Queen's Speech? And did not Lord Derby distinctly state at Bury that if the people at large prospered under free-trade, whilst some partial suffering fell to the lot of the agriculturists, he, for one, should endeavour h ear til y t o re j oice at it. The c heers which hailed the first Caucasian budget came prin cipally from the Opposition benches. And well they might. The greater part of Mr. Di srae li' s statements relating to the i m proved condition of the finances were borrowed, without acknowledgment, from Mr. G. C. Lewis's pamphlet. Your very obedient servant, ANTI-HUMBUG. April 30. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. TOTNES. (PROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) FRIDAY EVENING.— The two rival condidates, Mr. Mills (Liberal) and Mr. Barry Baldwin (Conservative) have been prosecuting their canvass for the last two or three days with the utmost vigilance. Mr. Mills has certainly met with great success : and unless there be an unusual amount of bribery and intimidation at the ensuing election, your humble correspondent ventures to proclaim there can be no doubt of Mr. Mills's election, from the numerous important adhesions and conversions to the cause of real free trade and reform. Mr. Baldwin's friends, ho wever , b oast o f b e i ng cer tain of carrying their old friend, who has represented Totnes fur many years, having, as he states in his address, first pre sented himself (to the old corporation) 26 years since, and has been successful on six occasions, after several bard fights, on two or three occasions winning by a bare majority of three, and once being run to a dead heat. Lord Seymour (the other Liberal Free-trader) need not take much trouble about his election ; his conduct in Par liament has given satisfaction to the constituents generally, and as his Lordship, who has considerable influence, very properly observes neutrality with regard to the second seat, it is thought he will poll about four.fiftbs of the entire number of electors. There are at present but 337 names on the register, which from deaths and double entries is still further redueed to 325. At the last election Lord Seymour polled about 280; Mr. Baldwin, 154; Mr. Ricardo, 151. Several of Mr. Baldwin's former supporters having now promised Mr. Mills, I cannot see how he can be beaten, as I do not hear of a single desertion from the Liberal side. Mr. Mills having submitted to the test of a public meeting, many alectors inquire the reason thut Mr. Baldwin does not adopt a similar course.,,None such has yetbeen announced by the Conservative party. THE LATE MR. WILLIAM BEAN.—OCI Tacsday morning last, at the early age of 23, Mr. William Bean, one of the editors of the Liverpool Albion, passed into eternity. The deceased was the youngest s on of the late Mr . Thomas Bean, founder, editor, and proprietor of the Albion, and to say that he was worthy of such a father is to pay the highest possible compliment to both. The management of the paper now devolves on his similarly-gifted brothers, long associated with him in the editorial department. The lamed ceased has left a widow and infant daughter to mou rn hi s o f n t e oa d ft tu P e Y rne p youth, the more memory.— Liverpool Journal. [We copy the as it is w tr i i l b l u in t g e ly to f t o h r e it T g e e m e o e r r y eue of eh a d u ra h r s e e llyii-fish exists between from the professional jealousy which too journalists in the same city, and of the MONMOUTHSHIRE AND GLAu same politics]. ING COMPANY.—On Tuesday a crowded ORGANSBIRE contribu toriesßANK- and others was held before meeting of sub ject of a proposed call of 601. Master Farrer, on the tories settled on the list. The affidavit share on all the contribu tories stated that they believed affidavit of the official mane about 268,000/., out of that such a call would produce pound, amounfin to which an instalment of la. Bd. in the compounding 17,0001., would have to be paid to the creditors by the 30th of June. The number of shares settled on the list was 17,385, but it was stated that out of these it 7,200, owing was expected that nothing would be got from to death, insolvency, and other causes. The gross amount of liabilities was 855,0001-, to meet which there was amounted to 587,8901. This was at the time that the matter came into the hands of the official managers. At present the gross liabilities came to 807,000/., and the estimated de ficiency, in March, 1852, was 268,000/. After hearing the objections urged against the call, the Master ordered the call of 601. per share to be m ade, observing that h under stood that it was the intention of the official managersreholders to en force it as leniently as possible against those sha who had already paid something, and for which they would now be credited. Yesterday, the Easter term C ALL S TO THE BAR. -- calls to the bar of students of the Hon. Society of the Inner T em ple was made, an d they comprise the following gentle- mon :—Mr. A. Fairbairn, Mr. J. 11. Jenkinson, Mr. J. s . White, Mr. F. G. A. Williams, Mr. W. Hardman, Mr. H. M‘Nevin, Mr. A. Pechell, Mr. T. F. W. Walker, Mr. J. Sharpe,_ Mr. S. Bax endale, Mr. J. D. Cam p bell, H on. G. J. C. Lascelles, Mr. It. J. Bateman, Mr. Nichols, and Mr. Wade. EXEMPLARY SABBATARIANS.—There are two ban tam hens in the possession of a lady at Plumst dea , which have each laid an egg every morning for months, except on Sunday; and never, d • url that period, has an egg been foundduring the whole of on that their wilto.•. o xfurs Oroxicle, day in either of An Account of the Quantities of Sugar and Molasses en tered for Home Consumption in the United Kingdom in the years ended sth April, 1846, 1847, 1848, 1849, 1850, 1851, 1852: Sugar Unrefined. Of British Foreign. Possessions. Cwt. Cwt. Year ended ♦pril 5, 1846 .. 4,975,324 77,181 Pt „ 1847 .. 4,587,938 946,129 IP „ 1848 .. 5,024,075 806,613 PI „ 1849 .. 5,004,602 1,132,836 IP „ 1850 .. 5,270,168 595,600 IP „ 1851 .. 5,093,324 1,050,272 Of „ 1852 .. 5,207,561 . 1,272,763 Total. Sugar Refined, and Sul Of British Possessions. Foreign. Cwt. Year ended Apri 1 5, 1 1 8 8 4 4 .. 7 6 .. ~ 1848 .11 ft 9 , 1849 .. 91 ft 1850 .. ,11 1351 • • Of 9IP OP 1852 .. Cwt. 13,410 2,014 26,044 32,302 54,494 10,767 15,568 160,914 30,740 296,072 Molasses. Year ended Aptll 5, 1816 • • • • Cwt .. 661,7 . 12 PP „ 1847 • • .. 578,119 PP „ 1848 .. 683,316 „ 1849 .. 652,986 1850 .. • • _ 839,096 „ 1851 880,081 1852 806,007 An Account of the gross Amount United Kingdom on Sugar and M ing the sth of April, 1846, 1847, and 1852 zgar UnrefLned Of British Possessions, 246 35,982 15,424 58,346 65,261 176,482 325,812 Aggregate of Sugar and Molasses. Cwt. 5,714,463 6,148,168 6,529,428 6,848,770 6,770,125 7,200,159 7,613,144 of Duty received is the [theses in the years end -1848, 1849, 1850, 1851, Year ended April 5, 1846 .. 3,488,318 f t t 1 1847 .. 3,215,959 If „ 1848 .. 3,520,364 tf „ 1849 .. 3,313,062 ~ ~ 1850 .. 3,225,006 „ f V 1851 .. 2,863,441 f I „ 1852 .. Sugar R, Of British Posses sions. Foreign. 90,319 997,04 821,085 1,092,521 551,796 891,076 lned and Sug. Foreign. Cwt. 5,052,505 5,534,067 5,830,688 6,137,438 5,865,768 6,143,596 6,480,325 Candy. Total. Cwt. INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. On Tuesday James M. ReudeJ, Esq., President, itf the chair. The paper read was "Railway Accidentss , their cause and means of prevention; detailing particu larly the various contrivances which are in use, and have been proposed; with the regulations of some of the principal lines." By Captain Mark Huish, Assoc. Inst. C.E. The author first considered those points connected with the road, and the machinery employed upon its from which loss of life, and injury to person and pro• perry, most generally arose. With regard to the road, or permanent way, from which fewer accidents occurred than from any other cause, its complete effectiveness was the basis of all safet.k in railway travelling; and for keeping it up constant vigilance was necessary, especi ally when any great and sudden change of weather took place, as then the weak points were sure to show them selves. It was a very rare occurrence for trains to run off the line; and when they did so, it was more generally due to obstructions designedly placed on the line than to any neglect of the superintendents, or the platelayers. It was little suspected how frequent, how ingenious, a nd how varied the attempts had become, to iaflict a fearful injury by these means; and though, providentially, but: comparatively trifling damage had resulted from such causes, yet it was lamentable to find, that int addition to all ordinary risks, so diabolical a mode of wreaking a petty vengeance, or gratifying a mischievous disposition, had to be guarded against. Of late the punishment for such offence had been made more severe; and it was to be hoped that this would have the effect of lessening their numbers Owing to the rapid development of the trafic, and par ticularly of the heavy goods traffic, on the main arte rial lines of the country, increased siding accommoda* dation, had become necessary; in the case of the Lon" don and North-Western Railway alone, upwards of fifty-three miles had been laid down within the last few years, although, by multiplying points and crossings, this hod, pro tango, increased the liability of accident; for might be received as an axiom, that anything which broke' the continuity of a rail tended to develops danger. Ast however, there were no means of avoiding these fre quent "turns out," judicious regulations combined with effective signals must be relied on, and now that facing points were reduced in number, the liability, . 0 danger had been diminished. The use of self-acting' switches was attended with evils of no trifling magni tude, and many accidents had occurred from reliance on them; indeed, as a general rule, machinery to supersed e personal inspection [yid manipulation was fraught with danger. With respect to the rolling stock, it appeared from a return of one thousand cases of engine failures and de' fects, within two years on the London and North-Western' Railway, that burst and leaky tubes nearly doubled aDY . other class of failure, and that these, with broken springs - and broken valves, amounted to one-third of the whole number; and though they caused no direct danger to the ' public; yet as producing a temporary, or permanent lo: ability of the engine to carry on its train, they 'nigh' be the remote cause of collision. The passenger carriage , from its perfect manufacture presented almost completeimmunity from accident, for during the last four years ems of the large stock of the London and North-Western Railway only six wheels had failed, and though at first' some annoyance and alarm had been experienced from heated axles, yet by the recerat introduction of the patent axle-box, it had been much reduced' The same praise could not be bestowed on the merchandise waggon, as in no portion of th e system had so little improvement been rusd e ! the fracture of axles was frequent, the o ° s 7, of coupling very defective, and the want of *rills buffers, or even of buffers of the same h e i g ht an d wid„ s ,: rendered the destruction of prop er ty enorm ous. J`: loss of life from fire, either f r o m h ea t e d coke. ' 3 ' spontaneous combustion, had occurred to a P as , senger train, but there had b ee n some parro t ! escapes. These and other circumstances had led al persons to suggest various contrivanc e s f o r conston:. eating between the passengers, the g uard, and i"" engine -driver, almost all of which were identical in Pr,.. 111- • ciple, consisting of a connecting wire, or rope. plan had been tried and failed. A more feasible an„, favourite one was that recommended by the eailvt 7 Commissioners, which was to continue the foot-boatel : ' so as to form a narrow platform, from end to end of th e train, but a committee of railway officials had stibse . quently expressed their unanimous condemnation of th e measure. The plan now adopted on the Lona?: and North-Western Railway, was for th e pad' van at the end of the train, to project about a toot be; yond the other carriages, so that the guard loolts , through a window in this projection, might notice w e waving of a hand, or a handkerchief ; this was, of cour ee t useless at night. All these causes, however, did not p ro duce a tithe of s o u n r a c r e o the accidents which r esu lt e d f rom a want of attention 01 signals, and a neg l ect of rulations. which st s p prolific. Railway u y s si l ga d a a l n s g h er ad were been the most greatly improved of late y ears,_ ' the int ro d uct i on o f the l o f ty sema phores and th e ' auxilliary si gna l s rea lly l e f t no thing to be desired. B e. • sides these ther e were th e hand signals to be used by th e ' guards, in case of stoppages bet ween stations, and the' detonating signals to prevent collisions during a fog,whicla latter supplied a deficiency that had been experienced.: and they were found to answer exceedingly well. l i c r, Electric Telegraph had greatly facilitated working under variable circumstances, and so beneficial had its effe'Oe'_ , been, that, during the year 1851, out of 7,900,000 p S I. sengers, or nearly one-third of the population ofEngl.e s e ro . who had travelled over the London and North-We ste rn Railway, only one individual had met with d er death (from which casualty the author also sn e ee of and this was the effect of the gravest disobeT h e l h aton orders. In the s i x months during which the v was open, 775,000 persons were conveyed by e % T n r z in trains alone, in 24,000 extra carriages, all cen! re :iii s ost a single focus, arriving at irregular hours, and ra il wa ys, unlimited numbers, from more than thirty "% p oet without the most trifling casualty, or even WW l "' to the ordinary extensive business of the line. sits The author thought undue i m p or t ance had bee n t he tached to the question of irregularity in of times of the trains, as an essential elemen t gaiety, for with perfect signals, and a lea d disciplined staff, no amount of irregularity should to danger; but, on the contrary, it should, to a T s ai fain extent, by its very uncertainty, induce incr,Ons vigilance, and therefore g r ea t e r safety. Acclotst very rarely happened from foreseen circumstances , ":". 1 generally from a simultaneous conjunction of sefe:.,7 causes, and each of these was provide d r as it arose. The statistics of railways, It t the periodical publication of the Governto.sf,, returns, drew public attention very pointe dl y' to the aggregate of accidents; but it sr,r. believed, that if due regard was bad to comparative re . sults, if the accidents to steamers, or in mines, to 003 0 ,. 1 _ recorded, and then, whether as regarded the et, even in its preseus bus passengers, or even to pedestrians, were as careful ly and celerity of transit, or the facility of con s la tu t i sr, _ l3 the system in the previous, or present history of locotno,,eot n w u o m ul b d er b s e , f t o h u e n r d ai t l o w b ay e i s n y o s o t m em p ' s r a bly safer It was announced that the discussion on this OW sx 4th, would be resumed at the meeting of Tuesday, stsY, a , when the following paper " u p' °r t.. when the monthly ballot for Members would tak e P id sc b s : raenaciti:Lf . li o m b e servations on Artificial Hydraulic, or bri ck land Cement; with an account of the testing of the y bri r. beam erected at the Great Exhibition," by Mr. White, Assoc. Inst. C.E. SEABORNE MALLS. olgnlfles that the malls are sent from the General F nit-40 by the night—and M by the morning —.dispatch.] ny the nignt—ana at by the warning -.dispatch.] When made up in 1 From what Whoa PLACES. General Post -office port die- due. London: patched. ................... America (by Brit. pkt.) /il l May 7 .. .. Li ver pool • • MaY 412 America (by U.S. pkt.) Nl3lay 4 .. .. Li ver pool •• MaY 7 A m erica (by U.S. pkt.) M 'May 14 Africa (West coast).- 1 , 1 14th of the month Plymouth 34 ,,,r ay .„, Ig Alexandria * • • •..... 11 19th & 30th of mo. Dover • • r, - ' Belgium •., • • •• N Daily .. .. IDover • • ;',.--; 16 Brazil • • . • .. M 9th of the month ISonthampt. ..., i g Buenos Ayres • • .. Mi9th of the month ifionthamPt• I " Y 5 California(viaChagres)M 2d & 17th of month 'Southampt. May 3 Cape of Good Hope N 14th of month Plymouth • • 14 .21, 0 Constantinople* .. •• N 7th 17th 27th of mo Dover • • '-`,--.„' 5 ~ Central America .. M2d & 17th of men. Southampt. 5 L__ 0, 0 .11111 Channel Isles • • .. NlAton.,liVed., & Fri. Southampt. T a * 5 France Grcece .... .. bi 8; IC Twice daily Chili .. .. . Mil7th of the month Sonthampt: 51 aYe eda ui .. .. Dover .. mae 10 Tues. Sat. Hamburg' .. .. N , Tuesday & Friday London . Mon.ThUr Rolland .. .. „ •• •• Nl7thlith27th of mo Dover .. 31 ' We:hies. & datur. London • 20 Honduras .• ~ . N 17th of the month Southampt- May wicedfai s ad.. T Ireland .. .. .. head 0 M & N Twice daily .. rapt. May 2 India (via Southamp.) M;2oth of the month Southa>nPt. May I India (via Marseilles)) N l B th& 24th ef month 'Dover .. Mediterranean (via 1 Meiliteri ‘uican (via 1 r .. May 1 Southarrriton) .. Ml2oth Of the month Southaing• M a Y 20 s thampt. May 5 month- oa Mexic° • • •• .. )1.112d of the Southampt. May 16. Madeira .. .. .. M 9th of the month2_ Marseilles) .. .. N ,Bth& 24th of month Dove Malta* .. .. i & 30 t h of month D er • Ma 2 c 7th ,l7th,l9th. un IDovor May 10 , iv sth 15th 25th °fine ov• , Naples* .. •• •• - th2sthofmo Dover .. May 2 , 7th 17th 27th e m e renin.sular.. • • • • M I 17th of the month I Southampt. May 5 Papal States* .. .. M 511115 f Southampt. , I May 6 , I Peru • . .. • • • • '",, ; th 15th 25 thofreo Dover .. May 2 Tuscany* .. •• :: M 17th of the month Southampt. May 20 West Indies • • West Indies (exc' e ll At 2d of the month .. Southampt. May 5 Ilavaana & Nassa a . The mass t o those i sotintries thus marked ( 4 ) are conveyed. LI F renc h packet via Marseil l es. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPIL—The Solicitor-Gener al (Sir F. Kelly) has been returned this day for East Suffolk• BIRTH& OF A BOIL On the 27th ult., at Finchley-road, St. John's-wood , Mrs' John Henry Roberts. On the 28th ult., at Penne, Warwickshire, the wife o f Baron Webster, Esq. OF ♦ DAUGHTER. Williams On the 28th ult., at Bath, the lady of the Hon. Stourton. Dares Ou the 27th ult., at Cheater, the wife of Henry Esq., 23d Fusiliers. MARRID. On the 28th ult., at St. Marga E ret's, Westminster. the Rev- James Allen, vi car o f Castlemartin. to Isabella Dorothet third daughter o f th e l ate P eter R. Hoare, of Kelsey , l'l en and of Clayton-hall, Lancashire. DIED On the 26th ult. at Leamington, Mary Ann, eldest d au g h ter of the l a t e Sir ' Richard De Capell Brooke, Bart., of Great Oakley-house, Northamptonshire. On the 24th ult., at Mayfield-road, Dalston, W. J ennings, Esq., Assist an t C omm i ssar y-General to her Majesty' s FOrCCF, On the 26th ult., at Honfieur, Mr. John It Wheeler, of Wokingham, Berks, aged 57. On the 28th ult., at the Grove, Croydon, aged 88, PhiliPP a Chollet, widow of the late S. Chollet, London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, ti No. 112, Strand , Pr inter, at . The Sun Wee, Strand, in the Precinct May 1 , Savoy, In the coati' o' Bliddl eseas Saturday, May 1,102. ~,.: -i `"'" Total. 3,578,637 4,213,613 4,341,449 4,405,583 3,776,802 3,754,517 Candy. Total. THE BUDGET. The fo Mowing tables afford additional illustration to some of the statements made by the Chancellor of the Exchecp ter in his Budget speech last night:— An Acco ant of the Quantities of Coffee entered for Home Consul nption in the United Kingdom in the years ending sth A: oril, 1847, 1848, 1849, 1850, 1851, and 1852, respec tively,; distinguishing Foreign from Colonial, with the Amount of Duty received thereon.—Similar Account of Foreign and Colonial Timber : i ~ ~ is /I • tt T