The Sun. — London, England, 1852-05-21 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Lessee, Mr. B. Webster ; Directress, Madame Celeste. TillS EVENING, Will be performed SEA and LAND. Characters by Messrs. Paul Bedford, Wright, Hughes, 0. Smith, Worrell, Emery ; Misses Ellen C haplin, K. Fitzwilliam, and Mrs. Keeley. After which, a devilish new Extravaganza, called MEPHISTO PHELES. Characters by Mr. Honey, Miss Eitzwilliam, and Miss Woolgar. To conclude with oth NATIONAL DEFENCES. ROYAL PRDTCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Managewent of Mr. C. Kean. TILTS EVENING, Will be performed the CORSICAN BROTHERS. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Kean, A. Wigan, Ryder, Meadows, J. Vining, J. Chester ; Misses Phillips, Marray, Robertson, and C. Leclerc-cf. After which A LUCKY FRIDAY, in which Mr. A. Wigan will appear. To conclude with a new and original Fairy Tale (compressed into one act), entitled WITTIKIND AND Ills BROTHERS . or, the Sren Swan Princes and the Fair Melusine. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be produced a dramatic story, in eight acts, entitled A CHAIN .OF EVENTS. Characters by Messrs. Charles Mathews, Frank Matthews, Robert Rexby, Belton, Baker, Suter, Horncastle. RosiAre, Butler, and Horner; Madame Vestris, Miss Laura Keene, Mrs. F. Matthews, and Bliss Julia St. George, Miss Wright, Miss Oliver, Mrs. Horn, Mrs. Macnamara, Miss Martindale, Miss Ellis, Miss Grove, and Miss Foote. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager. Mr. W. Farren. THIS EVENING, Will be performed GIBALDI. After which A LOVER B Y PROXY. To conclude with THE FARMER'S STORY. ARTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. 'tinder the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royr.l Highness Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. The most successful and popalar Theatre in London. THIS EVENLNG, Will be presented a new grand Military Spectacle, which Is now exciting all Paris, entitled BONAPARTE IN EGYPT; or, the Battle of Aboukir. To be followed by Batty's Inimitable Scenes of the Arena. In addition to the extraordinary talent at the above Establish ment, Mr. Batty has engaged the celebrated 'Equestrian Mr. A. Cooke ; also Mr. Boswell, the renowned Comique, and Madlle. Re becca, the graceful Equestrian, the whole forming the most elegant and unique perfoamance ever witnessed within the walls of an am phitheatre. To conclude with a Laughable farce. Tickets to be had at the Box-office from Eleven till Four daily. Stage Manager, Mr. Leclercq. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Open for the Season, P.Nbibition of Dansan's Colossal Daylight View of MOUNT ETA and the CAVES' of VULCAN and the - CYCLOPS--Splendid and interesting Menagerie—Promenade Concert by Godfrey's un rivalled Military Band—Various Amusing .Novelties—Concluding at Dusk with a Grand Pyrotechnic Exhibition by Messrs. Southby, representing the Interior of the Mountain (the Pandemonium of the Aactents), with the Caverns and Forges of Vulcan and his Cyclops, the whole terminating with the Eruption of Mount Etna and a Grand Tableau on the Lake of Thetis, and the Niriads receiving the Aflnour of Achilles. Doors open from Nine a.m. Feeding the Animals at Five. Con cert at Six. Fireworks at Dusk. ADMISSION, ONE SHILLING. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tim DAY —Morning 9 min , after 3 I Evening 26 min after 3 To-Nfoasow—Moraing 43 min. after 3 Evening 59 rain after 3 THE WEATHER.—Sus OFFICE, MAX 21. THERMOMETER, /21 TUB S2ALT. 64—highest since noon yesterday. 46—lowest this morning and during the night. 56—this day, at noon. BArtomrtml, 30.07. %no) E.N.E.—doll, cloudy weather. DAILY IVEATHFIt TABLE. - - --- State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following Places at Nino o'clock yesterday morning.—The station era arranged in order of latitude. Prmatoirrn—Wild S.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. Elhacusos--Wind S., light airs—cloudless. S oeTnalea-rosi—Wind S.E., strong breeze—partially cloudy. Foucneroan—Wind S.. light airs—cloudy. Turn_mmem—_ , _ , Wind S.E., gentle breeze—cloudless. ;154 " w IGEE—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. STlt°°D — Witd. E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. bricarroN—Wine S.E., calm—fine. CoDclir.smos.—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. Cakertmott—Viind gentle breeze--partially cloudy. y A i t morrit—Wind S. E., ' gentle breeze—cloudless. 131 SoIGEIA-M Wind S.W., calm—overcast. `rho returns from th® following places indicate.the state of the .wi.nd and w eathe r On Wednesday morning at nine. L rimpi ca--Wind strong e bretze_rain. stgbreezebroreneze_heavyhrain. Gfidu.ovi-- 1 4Vind DiaraminAlt.—Wind obtx—Wind S. E ., stron g breeie,..p au artil„pstvy rain. l' cloudy. GREENWICH —Wind S., gentle breeze --partially cloudy. An--Wi Iler. n▪ d E ,strong breezy" rain. Trtn LANCASTERW hid W., calm—overcest. Warm—Wind N, gentle breez e—heavy rain. DARLLIGTON—Wind-N.S.E,, strong breeze—rain._ Swap—Wind r • gentle breeze--rain. BiATToom—Wind N., strong breeze:,‘Overeast. ;,- 4-7't . 7 --7-----. gs74,<:"_ . i... ".1 ,, d „,„ a"l,, 412. - ~,,,,,..-;.... NEW EDITION OF SIR JAMES STEPHEN'S LECTURES ON FRENCH HISTORY. The Second Edition, in 2 vols. Bvo., price 245. cloth, LECTURES on the HISTORY of FRANCE. By the Right lion. Sir JAMES STEPHEN, K.C.8., LL.D., Professor of Modern History in the University of Cambridge. Also, Second Edition, in 2 vols. Bvo , price 245., Sir JAMES STEPHEN'S ESSAYS in ECCLESIASTICAL BIO GRAPHY, from the " Edinburgh Review." London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Long Hans. NEW EDITION, CORRECTED TO 1852. On Friday next will be published, in 1 vol. Svo., with Woodcut, price W. cloth, BRANDE'S DIC TIONARY of SCIENCE, LITERATLTRE, and ART : Comprising the History, De scription, and Scientific Principles cf every branch of Human Know ledge: with the Derivation and Definition of all the Terms in general use. A New and thoroughly revised Edition, corrected to the Pre sent Time. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and LoagMallS. ROYAL JSIAE.IONETTE THEATRA ADELAIDE-STREET, WEST STRAND. THIS EVENING, and every evening during the week, A new Characteristic Address, by the ➢tanager. After which a new Piece, entitled TILE HAPPY MANAGER. A Dramatic Diffculty. In one act. To be followed by a new and original Burlesque, called THE SPIRIT OF PUNCH ; or, The Arcadian Brothers. To conclude with an entirely new version of the Grand Eastern Spectate of ALADDIN ; or, The Wonderful Lamp, produced with all the vast resources of this small establishment. Doors open at Half-past Seven, and eommence at Eight o'clock. A Morning Performance To-Morrow. _Doors open at Half-past Two, and commence at Three o'clock. There will shortly be produced several New Pieces, which are now be active rehearsal. Private Boxes and Stalls to be had at the Box-oftlce of the Theatre, and of all the principal Librarians. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. First appearance of Madame De la Grange. First appearance of the Spanish Dancer Dona Pepita Oliva• First appearance of Madile. Regina Fork. TO-MORROW Will be produced Donizetti's Opera, entitled LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. Lucia, Madame De la Grange ; Alicia, Madame Grimaldi ; Edgardo, Signor Gardoni ; Arturo, Signor Mercurial; Bidebent, Signor Su sin' ; Enrico, Signor Ferlotti. In the course of the evening a Divertissement, in which the Span_ ish Dancer, Dona Pepita Oliva (from the Teatro Real del Principe), will appear. To conclude with a selection from the revived admired Ballet, entitled LA SYLFILIDE. La Syiphide, Madlle. Regina Forte; James, M. Mathieu; Madlles Rosa, Esper, Lamoreux, Allegrini, &c. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box. office, Opera Colonnade, UsYroarket- ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Second appearance of M. GUIEMARD. TO-MORROW Will be performed ilalevy's grand Opera, LA JUIVE. R ac hel& Madame Julienne ; Endessio, Madlle.Deatrandi ; Cardinale, Herr Formes; Leopoldo, Signor Stigilli ; Ruggiero, Signor Taglia fie° ; Alberto, Signor Polontni ; Executors. Signor Rache ; Gazer°, Monsieur Guiemard, Primo Tenore of the Academie Royale at Parts, bits Drat appearance in England. The Pas de Bantus in the first act of the Opera will be sustained by Matilles. Robert, Brussi, KOlemberg; Leblond, Santl ; MM. Ml nerd, Alexandre, and Ruault. COmpOser, Director of Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. The performances commence at Eight o'ctock precisely. The Directors announce that the have entered into an engagement with Madlle. ANGIOLINA BOSIO (of the Court Theatre at Copen hagen), who will appear in the course of a few days. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B: Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Bram pton. THIS EVENING, Will be performed an entirely new comic Drama, entitled MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS, by Muer, B. Webster, Leigh Murray, Buckstone, and Keeley ; Mrs. Stirling, Miss Reynolds, &o. After which a new Burlesque on a frightfully popular subject, to be called 0, GEMINI; or, the Brothers of Co(u)rse. Characters by Messrs. Buckatone, Bland, Woolger ; Mesdames Buckingham, Col- Pins. Caulfield, Honey, &c. To conclude with the Farce called THE TWO BONN. YCASTLES. Mr. Bonnycastl3, Mr. Backstone; Mrs. Bonnycastle, Mrs. Buck ingham. et - rr z illa SAM 1.".1 1/1 LONDON, FRIDAY. MAY 21, 1852. The AUTOCRAT has bestirred himself recently in' regard to the political condition of Christendom. His sinister purpose is but indifferently' concealed under a series of court pageantries. There can be no doubt in ti. 9 mind of any discerning spectator, at all ac quainted with the events of late years upon the European continent, that there is much more in the movements of the -Imperial family of Rus sia than might be conjectured by the ignorant or the superficial. It may seem only a cir cumstance of ordinary occurrence that the Grand Dukes should make a tour of the various states of the Roman Peninsula. It may seem scarcely more interesting than the perusal of the Tames's Chronicle, to read 'spepers of the festivities fortnight welcomed the issively at Vienna and ,nd CONSTANTINE should if Venice in their state be admitted to an inter the chambers of the Vati m • with the daughters of )fficer in command of the French troops forming the garrison of the Eternal City, or that they should afterwards be received with military pomp by his Sicilian td.A.TsFri on their en- trance into the Neapolitan don. inions—may sound, at first, like incidents merely wor t h y of a momentary glance to be followed by the a r f org etfulness. Scarcely more important, it may . ‘)3 thought on thhe first blush, are the accounts ,veceived of t Emperor court amusements by which e NICHOLAS is being just now en,. `e rtained in enly a few the palace at Potsdam, as he had been , . days before, in a similar manner, in the valace at Schoenbrunn. A recollection of tte stormy period passed through in 1848 and 1849 by . kustri by Prussia, and by each of the Italian principaletus will—if compared with the situati on in which those countries are placed at the press ant juncture—be sufficient to convince any one 'with an ordinary amount of intelligence, that there is something more than meets the eye in these simulti ineous journeys of the young Grand Dukes and of the it Imperial father, the Aurocae:r. It must be recollected, more especially, how it is that the CZAR is situated in reference to the various powers : who have only' very recently (cpmparatively speak log) begun to re cover from the agonizing throes of .a revolution which at one period seemed to threaten their destruction as m onarchies by their transforms lion into republics. Western Europe cannot, indeed, speedily forget the part taken by Russia in the conquest of Hungary, any more than it can lose a remembrance of the spoliation of Circaesia and the territorial dismember ment of Poland. But for the advance of the Cossacks under PASKEWITCH, coupled with the infamous defection of GORGE/ . from the cause of his father land, the independence of the heroic race of the Magyars must inevitably have b sen secured by the continuance of the victories act sieved by BEM, and GUYON, and KLAPKA, and DEMBI NSKl—the new con stitution inaugurated by KOSS' UM being perma nently consolidated under the influence of his bane ficent and energetic administratio n. It was decided otherwise, however, in the deers e.s_of PROVIDENCE. The institutions which had rii ;en at the man date of patriotism, crumbled away with a no less magical rapidity beret re the muttered words of treason. Genius fa fled ,once more when opposed by the forces of despotism. By consenting thus to drag back the K RISER to his Hun garian capital, the Emperor of Russ IA attached him as effectually to his chariot wheels as lever did SESOSTRIS towards any one among the cluster of his tributary sovereigns. In the nc , gotiations which b.ave followed in respect to the settlement of the vexed question of the Ge rmanic Confede ration, NICHOLAS has bound t'' him yet more firmly the obsequious friendship of 'the Red EMPEROR. Together with the alliance of hraricis JOSEPH, he has, by his wily machinaiions, secured that like wise of FREDERICK WILLIAM. The rest of the German monarchs are no leas favourably influenced towards the policy established at St. Petersburgh. In making a sort of triumphal passage, therefore, through the states thus guided by his domin ant authority, the CZAR has, we may rest assured, infinitely more in view than a pleasant excursion eicompanied by a little agreeable excitement. Meanwhile the Governments o;f Italy are being imperceptibly drawn into the sa=ne subserviency to the supreme will of the Russian Aux °CELLI', or at, any rate, efforts are being made to wes,ri them from their views of constitutional development. The progress made by the Grand Dukes the ough Lombardy, through the Papal States, and through the Neapoli tan dominions, may be regarded as only the pretext for the commencement of a grand •enterprise in the way of diplomatic retrogression. ;'pain, at the same time, continues to be agitated by intrigues affecting the constitutional liberties of the population; and the rapid sequence of which gives promise even of a coup d'itat, deemed likely by =my to subvert the whole system of the present Govern ment—depriving it even of the - semblance of liberality. At a period thus important it behoves this country, as the chief among the custodians of the still surviving liberties of Europe, to observe with more than ordinary vigilance the course of events in the north•eastern portions of the continent, having a vigilant regard also to the growth of Russian influ ence in the states of the Roman peninsula. ,At any juncture a rupture of the friendly relations now long preserved between the Governments of Monarchical Britain and Republican France would be calculated to prove disastrous to the interests of civilization. But under existing circumstances, when those two great countries are almost the only portions of Europe not infected directly or indirectly with' the otherwise prevalent subserviency to the -wishes of the AUTOCRAT, it becomes more than ever desirable that the entente cordiale should be maintained in all its original cordiality; and that prepared to support each other in a pacific antagonism against the policy of the AUTOCRAT, England and France may at least secure themselves from being involved in that vortex of retrogression which is carrying away the rest of the nations—with St.Petersburgh as thecentral point of refeuialised Christendom. The extreme hardship and injustice inflicted on Parties who have successfully defended actions brought on behalf of, or in the name of the Crown, is at length fully recognised. Although they may have succeeded in every 'point, and established their perfect innocence of the charges preferred against them, they have no claim or remedy for the costs and expenses, however enormous, to which they may have been subjected. The very victory may be attended with the Most ruinous consequences, and it is notorious that many persons submit to unwarranted demands, rather than enter upon contests that will be carried through every stage of litigation with a total recklessness of expense and a profound disre gard of the consequences. The evil is occasioned by the ridiculous maxim that it is " beneath the dignity of the Crown either to pay or receive costs," as if the SOVERIIGN were personally concerned in any of the suits or prosecutions in s ti tut e d in the Royal name. These sea at 4 instituted on behalf of the public generally, and there can be no sufficient reason as signed why the costs should not be liquidated (espe cially in all actions for pecuniary penalties or da mages) by persons who, without any sufficient defence on the merits, resist lawful demands, and compel the law officers, in the execution of their duties, to insti tute proceedings, Justice to the public generally, and to the overburdened tan-payers, prescribes that the parties by whose default or impropriety the fault is occasioned _ should defray the costs to the utmost extent of their ability, and it is only in the event of their insolvencythat any portion of the charge should be permitted to fall on the natio n a l Exc hequer. But the hardship is much greater on the part of a defendant, who, after gaining a verdict, is refused his costs. In the former case the damage is spread over a wide surface, and falls lightly on each, but in-the latter it may be ruinous to the individual, who is dragged into court through an erroneous in terpretation of the law, or a mistaken view of the facts, by the Attorney or Solicitor-General, or by persons acting on behalf of, - or in co-operation with, these learned functionaries. .We say by other Pettons, because from what fell from Sir FREDERICK Tali alOlß last week, it appears that proceedings are very frequently instituted without any communication with the la w officers, who know nothing of the matter until briefs are placed in their hands for the pur pose of conducting the prosecutions before the court. There is not then even the security afforded by a preliminary examination of the facts, and the deli berate opinion of an eminent l • lawyer, before the com mencement of the*suit, or even until the defendant h a s incurred the entire costs of retaining counsel, getting Up his defence, and securing the attendance of witnesses. Then, indeed, the prosecution may be withdrawn at the last moment. The law officers may cent ider that it should never have been com menced, but there is no remedy for the victim; who spent thousands of may have pounds before bringing it to that point. • Two cases of recent occurrence afford powerful illustrations of the practical operation of this impolitic and inequitable regulation—that of the Dook Company (or rather companies)) an d of the Household Narra tive. In the former case, although the company y com pletely vindicated itself from the serious charges pre ferred, although it substantially succeeded on every important issue, it was compelled, after an outlay of more then 10,000/. sterling, to sue for peace, and p a y not merely a nominal penalty, but a fine of 1001. sterling as an acknowledgment of improprieties which had never been committed. Strong in the justice of their cause, they would have braved every danger, if success would have freed them from the THE SUN, LONDON, unpleasant consequences of the controversy ; but painful experience taught them that, whatever the result, the expense must be enormous, and notwith standing their immense resources, prudence induced them to accept the compromise that was tendered for their acceptance. The other case—that of the Household Narratzve— was even stronger in its distinguishing features, and the hardship was still more striking. One of our most distinguished authors—a man who had, per haps, done more for public morality and public in struction than any of his contemporaries—bad com menced a publication of a very useful character. His professional advisers informed him, and his own sound cotomon sense induced him to believe, that the Nar rativo of Current Events; being published at intervals exceeding twenty-six days, did not come within the law imposing a stamp duty on newspapers. It 'was obvious that much of the success of the speculation depended on the construction that might be placed upon the statutes, for the addition of ld. to the original cost of 2d. would necessarily materially Omit the circulation, and as a natural conse quence diminish the profits that might reason ably be anticipated. There had been many other iaublications of a similar class in existence, la`ng before Mr. DICKENS commenced h is undertaking, ~-rhich had never been interfered wit h, or any caution gi7en to the proprietors. The great success of the ,ff.a..rrative, however, attracted the attention of some parties connected with the Stamp-office. It was elougbt that these pub lications might be liable to stamp duty, but that, at all events, it was desirable that the law should be settled on the subject. Mr. CHARLES DICKENS was accordingly selented as the victim at whose expense this desideratum was to be accom plished. The man who was so eminently entitled to the thanks and gratitude of the community was to be made the scapegoat of the obscurity of the law. There was no dispute as to the facts; they were simple and aboveboard. A special case was accor dingly prepared for the consideration of the COurt of Exchequer. The points in dispute were most ably and elaborately argued. The Learned Judges took time to consider their decision, and, eventually gave judgment in favour of the defendant by a'' majority of three to one. This might, and surely should, have been considered conclusive. At an events, Mr. DICKENS had been mulcted quite sufficiently in the attempt to " have the law on the question settled," and if further litiga tion was to be carried on, another party might have been chosen as the representative for the time being of this class of publications. But no, a new prosecution has been commenced, with the avowed intention of carrying it through every tribunal to that of ultimate resort ; and,"whatever may be the result, Mr. DICKENS must expend several thousands in defending his rights and those of the public generally. It is Said that it is the last straw that breaks the camel's back, and it is the prosecution of the Narrative that has produced the feeling, which will, we trust, speedily lead tt; the repeal of the obnoxious regulations. We trust, then, that the na tion will rally round the accomplished author, and save him harmless from the heavy pecuniary loss which he has already sustained; and must sustain, in the course of these pending proceedings. THE INDIA MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, MAY 21. The Ripon, Capt. Moresby, with the heavy portion of the India and China mails, in charge of Lieut. Langton, R.N., Admiralty agent, arrived this mor ning at eleven A.M. She bad a valuable cargo of silks, elephants' tusks, and a small amount of specie. She left Alexandria May 7th ; Malta, 11th ; Gibraltar, 16th. She brought 133 passengers; Lord Stanley and General Hamilton being amongst them. The news by this arrival has been anticipated. Mu. GitooM's Turar SHOW.—The celebrated col lection of tulips grown by Mr. Groom of Clapham has this year lost nothing of its attractions to floriculturists, or of the reputation which it had previously acquired. Notwithstand ing the backwardness of the spring, and the withering effects which the long prevalence of easterly winds have produced upon everything connected with gardens, the proprietor of the collection at Clapham has succeeded, by the perfect knowledge possessed by him of the resources of science, in producing one of the most superb collections of tulips ever got together in one place. The bed of the flowers, beneath the awning, contains about 2,000 specimens of the rarest quality, while the beds in the gardens cannot contain less than 40,000 roots, all of them good, and some of them of the very finest qaality. The general appearance of the ground evinces the high state of excellence to which floriculture has of late years been brought in this country, and the results of professional skill and good taste. A prisoner sentenced to fifteen years' transporta tion at the last assizes escaped from Chester Caale on Sunday last, by scaling the wall and descending on the ex ternal side in St. Mary's churchyard. He has not yet been , heard of. A NARROW ESCAPE.—On Monday evening, dur ing the thunderstorm, as the Baron de H-- was passing along the Rue de Verennes, he was enveloped in a column of fire, and the electric fluid, attracted by his watch-chain, entered the waistcoat pocket', in which was the, watch, cut a split ring into six pieces, Incited the watch key, and then passed out, burning a hole in the pocket. The baron re ceived a severe shock, and his hat fell off, but he was not in the•slightest degree injured.— Galignani. KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL.—The appo i ntment of assistant-surgeon in the service of the Hon: East India Company, so liberally placed at the disposal of the committee of management of this hospital by W. H. C. Plowden, Esq., M.P., has been conferred on Mr. Francis Nottidge Macna mare, a distinguished pupil and scholar of King's College. By such public spirited use of patronage. as Mr. Plowden's offices are well filled, and at the same time a supply of well qualified candidates for the future secured. The importance of highly educated medical men in the Company's service cannot be overrated. Advices from Odessa of the 7th inst. state that the stock of wheat was low, and prices firm. In the course of six or eight weeks there would again be a good supply, but the first arrivals from the interior would meet with a rapid sale, owing to the number of vessels waiting for cargoes. The weather had become warm, but the appearance of a young brood of locusts in some parts of the country had caused anxiety with regard to the growing crops. From St. Peters burgh the dates .are to the 10th of May. The ice was begin ning to move in the river, but it was not expected that any foreign vessels would be able to arrive before the 20th. ENCIIMESHED ESTATES IN IRELAND.—It is pro posed by a Bill in the House of Commons, which was printed on Thursday, to continue the powers of applying for a sale of lands under the Act for facilitating the Sale and Transfer of Encumbered Estates in Ireland. . Within ,four years after the passing of the Act applications for sale. of lands tua.der the Act relating to encurabered estates may be effected. DEATH OF THOMAS 'THORNHILL, sq ., M.P.—The demise of this Hon. Member took place at Diddingten Hall, on Wednesday, in his 69th year. Ile .represented Hunting-, donshire in the Protectionist interestin the present Parlia, ment, in conjunction with his honourable • colleague Mr., Fellowes ; and by his demise, of Course, a vacancy occurs in theTu representation. B .a c esent i a t t l ion kii.RVEST.—lft is expected there will be a full average supply;' and as to price,. the sellers believe .it will obtain' nearly last year's varue, but'the manufacturers concur in quoting it at from ss. to 158. per ton lower than last year. At the Government sales about 10s. per - ton below the prices of the past year was named, but none sold, so that the actual sales to this date- are far smaller than usual. In regard to quality this season,. the .reports vary considerably. The .continnance of cold4.easte.rly winds is said, inzome comities, to have retarded the process, while in others , the statements are that it "strips well." In the counties whence the greatest supplies are drawn the fall this year is the largest, and some allege as a reason for thegreater supply,." the rage for clearing the land by removing hedge rows." The quotation of 11/. to, I al. per load of 45 cwt., delivered in. London, will probably befound correct.—Wor cester atroniele. • GOVERNMENT SCHOOL OF MINES:—ThE first ex amication for the scholarships in this, institution, recently founded by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, on behalf of the Prince of Wales, and called "the Duke of Cornwall's Scholarships," was brought to a conclusion on Saturday last, after a most severe examination. Mr.- Henry Francis Blandford, being at the head of the list, obtained the scholar s per annum), for two y ears ; an d M r . R o bert' Hunt, the second (30L scholarship for one year. . DEATH OF GENERAL lliarsTßE.---We regret to have to announce the death of this gallant officer, which took place at Worthing on the 19th inst. He entered the service in the year 1793, and served in the Helder expedition in 1799, and was present in the actions of the 10th of Septem ber and 2d and 6th of October, in which last action he re ceived four wounds. He also served in the Peninsula. He obtained the colonelcy of the 86th Regiment in August, 1843, and the rank of general by the brevet of 1851. ACCOUCHFAIENT OF THE COUNTESS OF CITABLE VILLE--The Countess of Charleville gave birth to a son and heir, at Charleville Forest, Tullamore, on Sunday evening, at half-past nine o'clock. The event has been hailed with the liveliest feelings of gratification and delight by the te nantry on his Lordship's estates. Tuesday night the te nantry at Croghan-hill and other parts of the estate met in large numbers; fires were lighted in all directions. The country appeared for miles roun d to be one blaze. The Countess and infant are going o n mo st favourably. TRINITY TERM. —Yesterday, the arrears of cases in the Common Law Courts, commencing on Saturday next, were exhibited. The three Courts number 107 rules and other matters, being an increase of seven at the beginning of Easter term. For many years the Court of Queen's Bench had the greatest number of arrears, but for some time past an alteration has taken place. For the en suing term the arrears on the lists number 48, consisting of 16 special cases and demurrers, 8 enlarged rules, 2 new trial rules for judgment, and 22 rules to be ar gu ed for new trials. In the Common Pleas there are only nine matters, 2 demurrers entered, 3 enlarged rules, 2 rules for new trials, and 2 cases standing for judgment. In the Exchequer there are 50 rules entered-9 in the peremptory p a p e r, and 4 s p e cial cases for argument. In the new trial paper there are 5 rules standing for judgment, and 32 for argument The Lord Chancellor will hear the appeal , Lumley v. Wagner, the first thing at Westminster, ou Saturday morning. Court ' • ',- i • the St. Ja acco • • ; 4, _ :• . I ; it CzArLiD ~ ..k._:3l . iii. l i .1 .. cce ' 4isk a Btiji •;.•,, , ,' m. Vic az float *O2 , ::.',. ' •G ', ..£1 of / wa , ' , ' 0 - gilt.- la b g .f. ‘ , • „pc .. vie •. , • • •,%- ' f'' ''' , .in tI can, WlleitiliSdatici Genera the off FRIDAY EVENING, THE SHARE MARKETS. Railways. Nominal Prices. nitITISZI RATIMJAYS. Business done to-day. 13 , 4 13 IA Aberdeen ... ... all paid Amb., Not., Bost. & E. June. Bir., Wolv., and Stour Valley , . all pd. Birk., Lan., .& Ch. Jet., late 83/. 65.8 d., 26/. pd. Ditto, Chest. & Birk., 501. & 251. Cons., all pd. Ditto, ditto . . 17' pd. Brist. & Exei., 1001. pd. Caledonian Chest. & Holyh., all pd. Dub. & Belf. Jet. 451 pd. Dundlk & Ennis., all pd. Dundee, Perth, & Aber deen June. all pd. Ditto, New East Anglian (251. L. & E. and L. & D.) all pd. Do (18/. E.&H.)all pd. East.Counties...2o/. pd. Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. shrs., all pd. Do. do. do. 6/.pd. Do., do., B. & C., all pd., East Lancashire, all pd Do. New Quar., all pd E. & W. India Docks and Bir. June., all pd E. & W. Yk. Jnc., all p Edinb. & Glas., 501. pd Edin.,Per.& Dun. 25/. p Glas. & S.-West., 1004 Great Northern, all pd Do.Halvs. A Stk., all'p Do. do. B Stock, all pd Gt. S. & W. Ireld., all p Great Westn., 100/. pd Lane. & Carlisle, all pd Do. Thirds, 11/.13.4 pd Lanc. & York., 1001. pd. Do., Quarters ...all pd Do., Fifths 14/. pd Do.,W. Rid. Un. 11 p Leeds Northern, all pd Liv.Crsby & Sthpt.l7ip Lond. & Blackw., all pd Lon.,Brig.& S. Ct.loo p Lon. & N.West.,loo/. p Do. Quarters 221. pd Da. Fifths 12/. pd Do, 10/.,M &B (li) 1/p Lon. & SA Vest 100/. p Do. New 504 42% pd D o . New 401 341. pd Lon. & Enniskil , all pd Man. Bux. & Mat. all p Man. Shef. & Lin.,loo/p Do. Manch. & Lincoln Union 41.25. pd Midland 100/. pd Do. Bir. & Derby 100/. Md. Gt. Wt. (Ire.) 47A, Newcas. & Carl. all pd Do. Quarter Sh all pd Newmarket all pd Newport, Abergaven., and Hereford lO/ pd Newry & Ennisk 7 4 p Norfolk lOO/. pd Do. New 215/. S. 15/. p N N o or rt t h. n. hßCorintishUn. ...251. pdpd North Devon pd North Stafford. 17% p North-Western 19/. pd N. & S.-W. June. 6/. p Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 10/ p Scottish Central 25/. p, Scottish Midld., 251. pd. Do. New all pd Shrew. & Bir. A, all pd Do. B • all pd Shrew. & Her. Old 8/. p Shrewsbu. and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) all pd Do. Halves all pd Do. Oswestry all pd Shrop." Union ...6 j pd Do. A, B, C, & D fully, pd. up at per cent. . South Devon all pd South-Eastern 30/. pd South Wales all pd South Yorkshire and River Dun 15/. pd Do. Do. 51. pd Stirl. & Dunferm. all p Stock. & Har. 16/ 28. 3d. Taff Vale 126/. pd, Thames Haven Dock and Railway ...181. pd Vale of Neath...l7l. pd Waterfd. & Bilk. all pd. Waterfd. & Lim. all pd , Waterford, Wex. Wick. and Dublin 31. pd West Cornwall 131. pd West London all pd Yk., New. & Bar 251. p Do. & New. Ex 201. p Do. G.N.E. purc 9/. p. York & N. Mid. 50/. pd Aberdeen all pd Do. No. 2, 7 per ct. 3% Caledonian, 101. all pd Ches. & Holyhd. all pd Dundee, Per., & Aberd. Junction all pd E. Ang.(3/ 10s)6 p c. all Do. (5/.) 7 per ct. all p Do. (7/ 17s) p. c. 2 p Eastern Ccunties sp. c., No. all pd Do. No. 2 all pd Do. New 6 p. c. Stk. 10 Eastern Union Scrip, Guar. 6 per ct....a1l p Do. 101. Deb. Sh. all p East Lancashire, 6 per ct. Quar. Shrs. all pd East & West Yorkshire Junction, sths all pd Edin., Per. & Dun. 5% per cent. .. . . all pd Glas. & S.W. Con 100/. Gt. North. 5 p. c all pd Do. 5 p c:red. sc 9% p Great South. & West. (Ireland) Bths all pd Gt. West. (Berke & IL Ex. 5 per cent.) all pd Gt.W. fixed 4% 100/. p Do. Do. ..801.pd Lancashire and York shire, F. 201. 6l. pd Do. 6 p. c. Stk. 1001. p Leeds Northern, 6 per, cent. No. 1 13/. pd Do. Do. No. 2 171. pd Do. Do. No. 3 bl. pd Do. Qrs., 1848 ...91. pd London & Brig. guar. 5 per cent. :..100/. pd. Do. Pr.s p c. Stk. 100/. Do. Con. 5 p c,1852 all Do. N.Gr. p e 1001. p Lon. & N.-W. (Coy. & Nunet.) 5 p. c. 13% pd Ln. & S.W. Co 3ds. 51. p Lon. & En. % Sh. all p Man., Sheff., & Linen. Qr. Sh., No. 1 all pd Do. New, 101. all pd Do. 6/. 3/. pd Mid. Con. 6 pc St 1004 Do. Con. Brie. & Bir., 6 per cant.... 100/. pdi ' Do. Erewash Val. 1004 Do. Leic. &Swanning. 8 per c. Guar. 1001. p Do. Preference ...5/. p Norfolk Exten... all pd Do. Gr. 5% pct. all p Do. Wavny. Val. 21. p North British ...51. pd North Stafford....all pd Oxf..Wor. & Wol., 15/. 6, per cent. ;...12 1 /, pd Shrews. &Bir. NG. all Shrews. & Ches. (N.W. Min.) 8 per c all pd, South Devon all pd St.-Est. 4% p c. 10/. pd Sth. York. 4 p e gd. 20L Stock. & Hart. gd. 5 p c until July 1,1856, all p W.aterford& Kilkenny, 6 Per cent. 3/. pd York, Newc. & Bar. Gt. N. of E. Pur. pd Do. Do. .. . 5l. pd York & N. Midland H. and S. Parch. 10/. pd LINES x.r..asE: AT FIXED itIONTJULS. Railways. Leas in g Nominal Price. Bu to-day.s iCompanies. ------- -------- Bdf. & Bitch., all p,Lon.& N. • • °"' Bir.& Oxf.,g u a. all Gt. Westn. 30 n al sines Do. with ou t, a ll p, D o . Bir.Wolv. & Dud., guar. . . ... all pd Do. Do. without, all p Do. - 29% Buckinghish. all p Lon. &N.W 18% 18% Clydsdale J c ., a ll p Caledonian 45 —47 E. Lin., gua. 6 per cent. all pd Gt. Northn. 36 86% Gloucest. & Dean Forest... 22% pd Gt. Westrn. 4% — 5% P Hartlepl. Dk. & % Yk. New. 1. ... Railw....all pd 1 & Berw. J ". Hun & Selby, all p Yk. &N.M. 111 —ll3 Do. Halves., all p Do. Do. Quarts., all p Do. Leeds&Brdt.,allp Midland Lon. & Grenw., all S. Eastern 12% 13% Do. Pref....all pd Do. Loweatoft., gua. 4 per cent—all pd Norfolk Do. 6 p. ct., all p Do. Middlesbe & Red car, 6p. c., all p Stktn &Dar . . N. & E., sp. c ., a ll E. Countie s 60 —62 • Do. 6p. ct, all p Do. ••• Do. F. 5 p.c. all pd Do. Prestn. & Wyre, f L.&N.W/ all paid I &La.&Yf -•— *** Do.Hlves, A, all p Do. Read., Guildf., and Reigate ... all pd S. Eastern 23% •-- ny„, Roy. & Hit., 6% p Gt. N or th n 9% "-- - Do. Shep. Ex., all Do. Do. Do. do.do . . . . . all all 9 .-9 % 9% Shf. nth. & Goole, sp. c., 18.11.6 p L a n. & Yks ••• 7 . _ 7' dis. S. Staffdsh., 9% p Mrl4l‘Clean I ' ' Wear Val. Gp c., an St c kt& Dar ... ... 30% 80 Wiltat Sow., allp Gt. Westin. 99% .... 100% . . 1• dpd Do. oD. 29 — 8 !) . ..% .. Railways. Nomiw • Prices. Business done to-day, Cent. France (0.V.) all Charl. & Erquel pd I Demerara all pd Dutch Rhenish... Bl. pd East Indian 18/. pd Do. Do 20/. pd Gt. Indian Penin. all p Do. Do 4% pd Grnd. June. of Fra. 4 pd Louv. a la Sambre 7 1 4 Luxembourg l3l. pd Do. (Rail,ray) 101. pd Do. l/. pd Do. (Canal) 2c. pd j Maria Antonia 27i pcl Do. New 8 1 ,fi Namur & Liege ail pd North. of Franoe,l6l.pdl Do. 20/. p. c. Bds, all p Orleans & Bor 111. pd Paris & Lyons „X/. pd Paris & Orleans all pd Paris & Rouen ...all pd Paris & Stras. ...all pd Rouen & Havre—all pd Sambre & Meuse all pd St. Andrew's & Qbebec (A) 4/. pd Tours & Nantes 171. pd West Flanders...B 3 / 4 pd West. of France GI. pd - 22% 13 -15 3%-- 3Y B dis.l 4 4 1 / 2 P 1 _ - 1 P -2 p - - 334, 1 / 8 % - 8 6% - 63 / 22% - 23 13% - 13% - p 45 -47 29% - 29% 21% - 21% 11 - 11% 4 3 / 4 - 5 6% 5/8 1534 15 29 11 4%8 5 % —1% die. 3 —3% 1% —1% p MINES. 11 1 % 3 7% Agna Fria all pd Anglo-Californian, all p Asturian 151. p Australasian V. pd Australian 51. pd Austr. Freehold all pd Ave Maria all pd Blaenarvon I. & C. all p Brit. Austr. Gold all pd British Iron 13/. 15s. p Braz. Im. (is. 5 p) 24% Do. Coca. & Cui. all p Do. St. Joh. del R. 151. Carson's Creek all pd Cobre Copper 4O/. pd Colonial Gold 1/ pd Copispo 141 pd Eng. & Aust. Cop. all p General all pd Gold Mountain all pd Great Polgooth all pd Lake Bathurst all pd Lon. & Cal. Gld Quartz Crushing Com all pd Mexi. & S. Amer. 91. p New Granada all pdi Nouveau Monde, all pd] Port Philip ll. pd, Quartz Rock all pd Santiago do Cuba 10 3 % South Australian, 1 pd Tin Croft 7l. pd United Mexican all pd West Mariposa all pd is - p p 1% % Ya 3 / 4 _ p 1 % % dis. 3/ %dis. % % die. ••• ..• - 2 •.• ••• par fi p 1 1 4 33%, 114 par IA p ... ... % 1 / 4 dis. 4Y s % ;fi 4px.dx.n % Y 4, dis. dis. par par %P. % % dia. ,10 —ll 10 —ll VA —2% IA % dis .STOLE HAN: 46 1 / 2 —4714 .55 —56 1 12 1 / 2 13 25 —26 SOIENT• Australasia all pd Brit. Nth. Amer. all pd Colonial 251. pd Com. of London 201. pd Lon. & County 201. pd London Jt. Stk. 101. pd Lon. & Westm. 20/. pd Nat. Prov. Eng. 35/. pd Do. New lO/. pd Nat. of Ireland 22% p Orient. Bk. Corp. all pd Prov. of Ireland 251 pd. Do. New all pd Union of Austral all pd Do. Nevi 24 pd' Union of London 10/. p Union of Madrid all pd 13 -19 y, 28% - - 29% 17 3 4 --17 34 -36 44% - 45 3 / 4 16% -173 i 43 -43 1 A 3 - 15 -161/1 IVIISI Austral. Roy. Mail, 2 p Canada 32% pdl Eastern Sceam...2s. pd Gen. Stm. Nay. 141. pd Gen. Screw Steam Ship ping Company...so/. p, Irish Beetroot Sug. 2 p Penin. & Or. St. all pd Do. Do. ...151. pd Royal Mail Sttn. 601. pd Universal Emigration and Colonization, 21. p ;CELLANEGIM '2 - 2y4 L. 48 - 49% ti l A 7 : TO 2 - 234 82 -83 331, - 34 3 4 76 - 77% 10% % ',li 11N 18 , 4 29,/i 45n 4% 16A I. 2% 78 77 MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 7,000 bales, of which 2, 000 American were taken for export and on speculation. The market was steady, and prices of American were a turn in favour of buyers for qualities under 51d. Maceios were Id. per lb. higher. The sales comprised 5,000 American, 400 Pernam and Maranham, at sia. to sid . ; 350 Bahia, at 6/el. to 61d.; 100 Egyptian, at 6d. to 10d. ; and 800 Surat, at 3 4 d. to 41d. per lb.—Railway Share s were dull, at lower prices. In the produce markets a good deal has been done. Foreign Sugar has been taken largely by private con tract. Coffee has been scarcely so dear. Cotton is still in favour, and at the Indigo auctions the advance has been 6d. to 10d. per lb. Bengal fine blue is 6s. to 6s. 2d.; and ord and mid 3s. 10d. to ss. ld. Burpah, good and fine, 4s. 10d. to ss. 9d. per lb. At these sales less has been brought forward than at this time last year, and more sold, while the stock is only 20,412 against 26,456 chests. Tea has gone off steadily at the public sales. The Colonial Wool auctions commenced yesterday af ternoon. About 28,000 bales will be offered, and the attendance is very large. The advance up to the pre sent time, with brisk bidditigs, is lid. to lid. per lb. The convention just signed by the Ministers of Eng land and Holland to define the intercourse between the Netherlands and the lonian Islands contains the follow ing clauses:— " The inhabitants and vessels of the lonian Islands shall enjoy, in the dorainiohs of his Majesty the King of the Netherlands, all the advantages which are granted by the treaty of. the 27th of October, 1837, between Great Britain and the Netherlands, and by the conven tion additional to that treaty, signed- on the 27th of March, 1851, to the inhabitante and vessels of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, as soon and for so long as the Government of the lonian Islands shall grant to the inhabitants and vessels of the Nether lands the same advantages which are granted in those islands ta the inhabitants and vessels of Great Britain; on condition that, in order to prevent abuses, every lonian vessel claiming the privileges of the said treaty and convention, shall be provided with a patent shall signed by the Lord Hi g h Commissioner or his represen tative.—The presen t convention shall have the same tye du ration as the said treaty. of October, months after . It r the da be ratified, and the rat ification shall be exchan g ed a t Lon don as soon as may be within three m of signature." The Stock Market has been ver y firm a gain , with fair mone y purchases and sca rcel y any speculation. a and .are have been marked 99,1 and par, since 99 to par , 1 n ow rather flatter. The New Three•andn-rae-Quarter per e per Cents. Cents. have real ised 1011 to I, and the T 99 to*. Bank Stock bas been at 2201, and very firm. E x . chequer-bills of June are worth 645. to 675., and India Bonds 77 3 . to 805. p remium. I n Foreign Securitie s t h ere is scarcely anything pails ing, and prices droop. Mexican Old Bonds have declined to 311 and 311, and the Three per Cents. are 24A to 25 . Venezuela, Bonds have been 401 to 4 411, being heavy. French Four•and-a-Half per Cents. have been 99, with Spanish Def erre d are nomi the exchang e at 25 50. nally 201 1. Railway Shares have been all lower, and speculative sales h ave been renewed. The decline is about 1 per cent. in most of the heavy shares, but Midland and Lancashire and Yorkshire have receded nearly 1 per cent. Thee smaller shares are similarly affected. French Rail ways are rather dull. The Gold Mines look well, and the Copper Companies support full prices. Joint Stock Banks are a shade lower, and Royal Mail Steam rather higher. QUARTER TO THREE. ••• 99 4 ONE CLOSING enics3 OF BRITIsII FUNDS O'CLOCK. rEicES Binh Stock ........ R pc; Cent. Itcducnd Anne. 3 oer Cent. Cenaois Anamitios„. . 99 7 / 100 99 3 / 4 7 / 5 99 is e 101 ii .ievr 8!„4 per Cent. Anne,_ .. . Long Anus. to 2 xnirsJan.lBB . o .. ... 80 p I , idia Bonds, 1,0004......... . .. Ditto Tinder 1,0f)01 ••• V•• • • ....... ••• . .... ". 77P 99 % Consols . ols for Acc oun t . Exchequer Bills. Id. March. June. 1,0004 .. ONECLOSING nucEs. IlticES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O' CLOCK. 4% Equador 13onda Grenada Bonds, 1% per Cent....... -- Do. Ex Dec., 1849 Coupons •••••• Ditto, Deferred .................... Mexician, 5 per Cent , 1 846 ..... ''' 31% Ditto, Account ..... .... -....:- _25 24 3 /, Ditto, 3 per Cent ...... ... ,r ;,:::: Peruvian Bonds, 1849, 6 r u p C ' ent ...... Ditto, Deferred, 5 per Sardinian Bonds, Cent. 1840 — 3 Pe Cent. S2anish 5 per , -. Ditto. 3 per Cant Ditto.. Deferred — per Cent.— 414 40 1 , Venezuelal3 New oncls, 3 1 s Ditto, Account Div id e nds on the above payable in London. Frenc h 4 1 / 4 per Cent. Exchange Dutch 21 / 4 per Cent. 12 Guild Ditto 4 per Cunt. Cartithgates Cloneols Ditto Account. Jane 9 D% 31% 24% 102 62 97 The Liverpool and Philadelphia Steam-Ship Com pany's vessel City of Glasgow arrived in the Mersey, from Philadelphia, at 40 minutes past 11 this morning, after a fine passage of rather over 14 days. She brings 160 passengers and a fine cargo. She spoke the Collins' steamer Arctic off Cork yesterday, THE LAST SALE AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE. — Yesterday Mr. Lerew put up to auction at the Crystal Pa lace tile remaining portion of the contents, which comprised the numerous variety of articles which had been used in fitting up the interior. There was a large attendance of visitors, who were admitted on payment of sixpence for a catalogue, this being the last opportunity afforded to the public to view this magnificent structure, as t he con tractors will very rapidly proceed with its dem olition. xten- The lots disposed of yesterday comprised som e of the e sive gas-fittings, gas-lamps, the counters, &c. The sale will be continued to-morrow and the following day. During the last few days about three acres of the flooring have been reumetl, and some parts of the roofing Wye been taken 911. Wheat. Barley. 1 Malt. i Oats. Flour. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Sacks nglisk ...... 4,360 1,110 3 : 390 2,530 1,720 Irish ........ 650 1,320 trore!gn 6,140 : 1 i,120 250 sks. 2,700 bls eztatTurxELD. Our mark - et to-day was tolerably well supplied with Beasts, as to numbers, but their general quality was in ferior. For most breeds we experienced a very inactive inquiry ; nevertheless, Monday's prices were sup ported, the primest Scots being worth 3s 6d per 81bs. Although the supply of Sheep was on the increase, the Mutton trade was firm, at very full currencies, the b es t o ld D owns h a ving realised 3s 10d per Blbs. Lambs were in steady request, but not dearer. From the Isle of Wight 350 came fresh to hand. On the whole the Veal trade was dull, and late rates were not supported. In Pigs next to nothing was doing. Mulch Cows were tolerably firm, at from 171 to 1915 s each, including their small Calf. Per Blbs. to sink the offal. S. d. toe. d. s. d. to s. d inferior Beasts..... 2 4 2 6 inferior Sheep •• , 2 8 210 Second quality •• 2 8 3 0 Second qua'. Sheep 3 0 3 2 Prime large Oxen.. 3 2 3 4 Coarse-woolledditto3 4 3 6 Prime B oo ts ...• 3 4 3 6 Southdown Welker 3 8 310 Large abase Cava& a 2 3 8 Ditte out of the wool 0 0 0 0 Prime smailditto .. 310 4 2 Large Hogs Sackllag Calves ••19 0 23 0 Small Porkers Lambs •• •• •• •• 4 2 5 4 Quarter *l4 Pigs l6 0 19 0 Beasts. 7 TOTAL SUPPLY Shoe% J 5 854 AT MAXICAT. $ Calves. I Pi". 299 280 FOREIGN Beasts I Sheep. 190 510 SUPPLY. I Calves. 104 I Pigs. NEWG.A.TXI AND 3436113ZZTEAZI. A full average business was transacted in these markets, at very full prices. At per stone by the Carcase. a. d. to 1. d. N. d. to s. d. Beef, inferior 2 0 2 2 Mutton, inferior .. 2 6 2 8 middling •••• 2 4 2 6 —,.._ middling.. 210 3 2 primelarge - prim e 3 4 3 8 prime small Veal •• •• •• 3 0 4 0I s wa n ........ 3 0 3 6 Lamb. 4s Od to 5s 24. DORM:MR ROP PLICAREBT. The high rates demanded by the factors prevent dealers in general from purchasing beyond actual wants. The demand, therefore, is in a sluggish state, on the following almost nominal terms:—Sussex pockets, 518 s to 6165; Weald of Kent 6/ to 71 5s'; Mid and East Kent, 71 to 121 103; Yearlings 3/103 to 51 104 Old Olds, 1/23 to 21 108 per cwt. C07.07:73/9.1.. Suoitu.--There has been a good market for British Plantation, and an alvanez, of Gi per cwt has been ob tained. Barhadues by auction brought 39s to 403 6d for fine yellow, 36s to 38s 6d for good mid to mid, 343 to 35s 61 for mid, and 33s to 33s 6d for common. Deme rara crystalized went at 33s Gd to 34s 61 for ord, and 32s to 33s for brown. Refined has been flan at 47s to 50s, for low to fine grocery lumps. Mauritius was in good request, and at a rise of 6d to ls, mid to find yel• low 33s 6d to 375, ord 32s to 335, and good to fine brown 30s to 323. Bengal privately has been sold at fuller prices, and at auction good and fine yellow brought 38s 6d to 40s 6d, low to mid 32s Gd to 355, and mid date yellow 31s to 323. Khaur was taken in at 345. Madras brought 253 to 26s for ord, 34s to 36s for mid to good grocery, 27s to 31s for brown, and 26s to 27s 6d for ord low to mid soft 3ellow. Penang soft yellow brought 27s to 328, and whit: 33s to 355. A large pri vate business has been dolt() in foreign, yellow Ha vannah 36s to 40s. Export huyeis opiate freely. COFFEE.—Tho market has not been so good, and rather lower prices have been accepted. Plantation Ceylon went at 533 Gd to Gls for mid and good, old colory, 68s 6d, for fine 503 to 53 , , for fine fine ord and low mid 683, for pea berry, 34s to 44s for triage, being about 2s decline. Native Ceylon has also been lower, good ord having been sold at 43s to 43s 6d, and up to 445. Jamaica went at steady rates, low mid and mid 502t0 2s 545, fine and fine fine ord 45s to and good or to 448. Mocha realised 79 3 far mid garbled, 533 to 57s 4 for ungarblcd, and 348 to 493 for triage, sona_43,berin_gnetak_ne 4 taken in as high as '503. Rio brought 46s to 533 o ord to low mid old. Java went at 3 for fine ord yellow. mbeicdnanodbtgaionoedd. mid.B Bengal ha R S B SPICES.--"ss.—oSltdAe3addtYi29cellitnroiee9Po:f 6 4 11(1 3 a fv t o o er 5s per cwt has occurred in C ass i a Lignca, third to good Ist pile realising 94s Gd to 1003. White Pepper has been sold at 81d for good. Pimento by auction brought 3ed for ord, and 48a to 54d for mid and good. Nutmegs sold at 2s to 2s 7d for small to mid brown. Jamaica Ginger partly found buyers at 42s to 60s for ord to raid, and 703 to 803 for good. SALTPETRE.—Priczs have been steady. Bengal Nsa t a k i e N n m i c ti o at — T he fo se r lsorwtiesmihda7v! pceornecleundte.dr.efr4a, 14 cti 4 on c . hes . ts s haying 2,125 withd rawn but , been sold, I,OS a 7 p b o o r u t h n t f in,ou buyers, making the totalof this so Iti subsequentlys,so chast e , of which 3,000 are for cs port, 1,000 for home uso, and 1,500 for resale on specu lathe account. The rise, gdoiotido andd fi,ndecompared with February, is shipping, 6d to 9d on ord and de fectivetooll on good and fine Kurpah. 9 d co ri c lIINEAL. There has been a decline of ld to 2d per lb. COTTON. —The market is firm with moderate purchases. TALLOW . - - P . Y. C. has been 36s Gd to 37s on the spot. TEA.. —At the public sales about one-third of the quantity offered finds buyers, and prices rule without alteration. _ GREEN FRITIT.—The demand continues good, the warm weather assisting consumption. Three cargoes of oranges from St. Michael, and a parcel per Tagus steamer, from Lisbon, sold by Keeling and Hunt at public sale, were taken froely by the trade at prices somewhat lower than last week. Nuts of all kinds iu request. A slight improvement may ha noted in the price of lemons, and as the outporta ar e bare of stock may tend to a further advance. BANKRUPTCY —(THIS DAY.) IN RE COLQUIIOUN. This bankrupt was described as of Parsons-Lill, Wool wich, scrivener, and to day was appointed for his last 171gld i(lels'etsc,u‘ 2(3,9)7;7inii:;;;;e7r1)::: 3,327; repairs, examination. The baiaoce • sheet commences Ist Jan ,, 1849, and extends over a period of three years and ten months and shows:—Dr. to creditors, 12,0171. 7s, ld; to ditto ' holding security, 13,3591. 17s. scl; liabilities, 12 VO 4,7271 9: 3 . 1 5 - d: (10.00 :0 0 4r / , — o of fi ß 9/. 15i.; surplus mortgage property unencum -2Cl3:l:ree7dddi. The expenses had been, ses 3,9871 7 ° 1 1 :::: 2 3 ,4 ,8 6 7 1 5 1 1. a c ., 3771.; personal expel ' reeed that there was every reason i e a a rbl s ili c i , i n eti° t e o ffis ' b c'2 e :2 l o i l e 7 v ao e sLsi thatgn surplus of the mortgage would realise at least the amount put down by th, „bankrupt t e he A but on the debts put down bills of co-'s there a loss up to the present time of 30 '' per cen:, c p n u b t t e h d e: bed been O am ne ou o n f t the e principalereceive:;, ' and features m y i a n u theog accounts e werew as the diB great ca accuracy with which the baukrupt had kept his eccount, which, although it extended over the enormoua sum of 77,999/ 14c, balances except by 4s. 10J. The Snlicitor to the asaigePe expressed himself sati , fiad as to the accurNey of the account. His iloxouu said the personal expenditure had been . very large, n ear l y 1 , 5001 . a year, b ut that was no t a question for present discussion. As there was no orP" sition bankrupt would pass. SECONDARIES.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary P.TTER.) HALSWELL V. MAURICE. A LEGAL CAUTION.--This was NU action to recover the sum of 951. 14s. 6d., for goods sold. Defendant allowed judgment to go by default, thereby admitting that he was indebted, and it was only neces sary to prove the amount due. The plaintiff's attorney produced an account amount ing to the above sum, and proved that he saw defendant on the subject, to endeavour to settle and save expense , and he offered to take off 5 per cent. Defendant agreed, but did not settle. The Learned SECONDARY asked whether the witness had warned the defendant, that anything he might sal, by way of admission would be used in evidence wills' him? The witness said he did not, as he fully expected the matter would be sattled. The SECONDARY said, that in all such cases a caution ought to be given, for in many cases, parties dropped ex° pressiou unintentionally, but in this case there did not appear to be any doubt. The jury gave a verdict for the amount claimed. FOREI T.HEATRICALS. VARIETES.—A brace of trifles have been produced here, but with different success. The first, Ilne • Vengeance, a tedious affair, n o t a t once cons i gne d to Tartarus by its virtue as a soporific. The other pro duction, a broad extravaganzs, Canada,. Pire et Fils, • which kept the house in the best of humours from the rise to the fall of the curtain. GYMNASE.—Two pretty little pieces have met with a firs f t, avoLuarabpleetirte Fills de ltz G rad reception here. Bothne mee Ar aret , rifles, the i n w hich ' Maedle. Luther, a young lady of a martial dispositioat finally abandons the musket and sabre, and becomes the wife of the unavoidable cousin. The other is entitled La Fille d' Hoffmann. Hoffmann loves only two things in the world, his daughter and fiddle ; he is also rather given to frequent th ° cabaret. Louise, his dau g ht er , and a young lord, Frederic, are passionately attached to each other, OM the obstacles to their union, raised by a machiavelie counsellor, who has his views on Frederic as his ow° daughter's husband, and the ingenious manner is which they are all removed by Hoffmann, form the' subject of this smart little affair. It is extremely well acted by Mdlle. Marguerite, and MM. Perrin Varner, the ue t u h r e , honours. - - - a an uth d or t s h , e were nam es gi o v f en M ott U t . wßiatyharadll and PALAis ROYAL.—No less than five novelties have been given here, M. Guillaume, Grassot 7'ueur de Lions, Le Frgre Terrible, Les Sept Femmes de Barbs Bleue, and Soifiez moi dens and received with favour. alley are of the grotesque and farcical nature usual at this theatre, and their real authors are the performers Grassot, Sainville, Ravel, and Levassor. M. Ponsard's Ulysse is in active preparation at the Fran9iis, and will be produced, it is said, within a fortnight. At the Cannobiana in Milan another new opero has been produced by Maestro Somma, under the title of Parisina ; the principal characters were 1)4 Madame Sadoski an d a b ar it one o f th e na me 01 ' Majeroni; both opera and artistes are highly . spoken of. - Verdi's Due Foscari was given at Roma on the 0' casion of the Russian Princes. M. Coletti and Madame Capuani are favourably mentioned in t ei i principal parts. New operas are rife in Italy. Another has Wel t been produced at Modena, entitled Luigi Quinto; " is the productio n o f M aestro M azzucato, an d is ce scribed as having been successful. Accounts from Vienna state that Mme. Medon hsa ' achieved another success in that city as Maria . d i Rohan," Mdll e . D ener i c , F rasc hi n i, an d F err i suetaiir ing the other parts. A young English artiste, Miss Rochelle, of whose success in the provinces the London Sun and other,' papers speak very highly, has been lately giviff, Shaksperian readings in Paris. Her interpretatieli * of the Ipve passages in Romeo and Juliet are highly spoken of, as a close assimilation to nature' Nor was she a whit less effec the in giving the ale: brated lines of the masculine heroines, Emilia 6 13 ! Lady Macbeth. Mrs. Siddons would have fel t pleased with such a pupil. Prior to the fulfill:oT of her engagements in England, where Miss Roche° makes her debut in the Chieftain's Daughter, t original piece of her own, she will enjoy the advsetn of a series of readings with the celebrated Rac h el. Rumour' assigns the hand of thi s f a ir l a dy t o the : s ° o ~ of an M.P., an d propr i e t or o f one o f our l e ad' fashionable journals.—Galignani. -- Yesterday morning a painter, living in the Broad' way, Westminster, destroyed hi mse lf i n a very detero%ea 0 , manner. His wife had left him, and he had been restulZ with his children, sleeping in the same bed-room, la course of Wednesday night, after seeing the children to he he must have got up without awakening them, and 5 f pended himself by a cord to the bed-post, for when one. " o . them awoke, they saw him in that position, and 1 101 ' 1 Z alarmed some other inmates, he was cut down, but life ti s quite extinct. It is supposed that the separation front wife led to the commission of the rash act. o u ts FIRES YESTERDAY.—NO fewer than seven 5 breaks of fire occurred in the course of yesterday, in car eti us parts of the metropolis and its suburbs; the expedi t e le ero arrival of the brigade, with their e ngines, prevented 0' doing any serious mischief. The total amount of the ,p. r h o e perty destroyed by them is calculated a t 3001. Most 01. sufferers were insured. I,le'rtist FOOD FOR THRUSHES.—Thrushes, lik e 1 3 ;ac.. ,1 60 , require a variety in their diet. Thei r ge ne ra l food oralßut silt of German paste, stale bun, and hard-boiled egg i an d tl ey will anxiously look out for a snail, some brea';,', hese butter, a morsel of cheese, and a few meal-worms. be given them at intervals,' they will never ail anyt . “"o i le n and with care you may keep them fifteen years.--Feick r Journal. EXTRAORDINARY ESCAP E .--O n averting, Saturday v her as Mrs. D. Jenkins, of Lauriekno we , accompael eu e- b- in a eldest child, a girl of fi ve years of age, was neaeeeeing second-class railway carriag e f rom Th orn hill to Vu mfri re and when the train was near t o C am le Slacks , about 11,"; and a half mile from the Cl ose b urn Station, going at Ill" speed, the door of the carriage against which the cliild%!?,. leaning flew open, and the child was precipitated out ofo other passengers. to the horror and alarm of bar parent and tne, l i passengers. The train could not be stopped until it reaclee,± li h t e tle as gl a rl, expecting p to Co of o agitation,s eb urn and,Station, hwahveinng2plrrosc..Jreednkins alig . le t t a e n cl ee in of a a state senger, proceeded in search of the To their . agreeable surprisat Thornhill, to her aunt.—Duo" the best of her way up a slope , m th e e et ch w il i d th w h a e s r mfohaunengdslteamdteabdk,oidntyog going back, as s fries Courier. AN Ex-SuFairr COMMITTED FOR FORGERY. -. : The ex-sheriff of Gloucester, William Henry Barrett, ff',. ° absconded to the United States about this time last yea., and s s wv oa,uysrbroughtfbocrroa brought ega b sah a lt c oe k fix) e t fafo o mor r E giene u ra g tyth l i England, d 6o , nlo a su s : a ve l ei r rt e ea a rl d reported , y cnihlgrgiietsr a o:et; last reaching some thousands of pounds in the aggregate, vie/ gone into, and at the close of the examination, which las te d of acceptances for amounts nearly the whole of the day, the prisoner was fully cointnitt e e would for l trial at the next Gloucester assizes on all four charges' It acceptanceseene from fo r u g - e h d a t weretr ans transpired at o thef the examination,prisoner's ct the tamers with whose handwritin he had become acuainted; that he was in the habit of dealing largely and tba t ' bills, e on his absconding to America, several of these bills hecanl° due, and then the forgery was discovered. The Court Wei crowded to excess during the examination. TUE POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS AFFECTING MANS cuesTea.—The Manchester Guardian publishes some further correspondence which has taken place between the Cti e r mercial Association of that town and the Poatmaster - L le ' neral. The latter, " after full inquiry," has found that il i ° l glwNer for gery, unnecessary delay in the transmission of the foreign a !,, colonial correspondence has taken place, eith er a t Southaref" e ton or the London office. The deli ver y a t M anc hester of the correspondence from abroad, brought to the port ° Southampton,might, it is admitted, be accelerated by the es ' tablishineut of a large sorting force at Southampton ; but tl expense of such a measure would be so grea t th a t his Lord ship does not feel himself justified in proposing it to 0 6 Treasury. The Commercial Association, however, deter' mined not to let the matter rest, have renewed their fortne r request; and, in a schedule attached to their communicati eee draw the Earl of Hardwicke's attention to the arrival of the various steamers at Liverpool, and the time at which their letters are delivered at Manchester. They also urge the ne' cessity of an early dispatch of the morning mail from Londo n ' and an alteration in regard to the steamers from London t ° Ilamburgh. PRESENCE OF MIND. M r . Charles Chalk, Of the London Coffee-lacuse, St. John's-lane, Liverpool, ha d : s nar row escape last we e k. I a the rush to get to the trt ,, n " a fter the races at Chest er , on t h e Wednesday, be was throw'''. a cross the rail. He i ns t ant l y threw himself on his back, a nd the moving train pass e d over him without causing the slight' est injury.-- Liverpool Standard. 13% to 13% 6y B -•7% 10% - 10% 11 1 ,4 -11. d. 17% -18 96 —9B 19% 19% 20% 21% 14 —l3 d. 6 - 7 - 274- 8 7 y 3 - 6 -6% 4% -4% 16% - 17% 55 -60 31% - 32% 5 - 6 20% - 20% 6% -6% 15 -15% 39 - 39% 92 - 92% 80 -82 - p 72% - 72 .3/-, 61 , E —57 3 dia. dia. 17 —17% 8 81( 104% 105% 123% 123 3 / 4 5 14 4 p 2 —2% p 92% —93 4 — 33 dig. —2% dis. 11% 12% 2/ 8 -2%8 33 —34 3 —2% dia. 69% 69% 36 —BB ••• ...... ••• 11% .. 11% 4% 3 3 4 dig. 1 3 / 4 . 2% 32 —34 10 3 / 10% dis. 3% 3 dis. 7% —7% 7 1 / 4 dis. 7 —6% dis. ••• --- •• 1% - 2 • p. 20 20% x.n 17 —1 . 7% 11% 12 — 7% 814 2% dis. 15 —l6 7% 8 11 —l2 3% 2ys (1. 18% -1?% 20; -- 21 34 -- 35 y, dis. — 1/& P fei -- 154 -2% 4 1 4 - B%d!s. 5 18 -20 ..• •-- •• 3% —• 3 dis. 18 —lB% 7 6 1 ,E di& 3 —2% di& 24 24% 'CZ S: 1 1 A 1 dis. x.d 8 3 A - 9 18 % - 18% 6% - 6 3 -3% " - lip - p 13% - 13% 14 1 4 - 15 3% - 4 15. -15% 1%- 1% p 8 11 - 814 %- 96% .th Wii 3's % 32 og 20% % 20 15% 89 91 3 4 92 91% 92 80 % pin 72 1 A, 71 % 72 715/3 17 16% 17 164 'lO5 123% 123 92 3 A X 88% , 2% % 33% % r6B 693 Ce% ti”i 10% % % 19% 20% x.n 17 1154 2e% N $ % 33% 2 % 5i 7 /i li 18 17% 18% 13 24 4 2334 dia. mint 111 9" 9 18 1 ys pm pm 13% n % di& j ix - k p 12 -12 10% - 11% 13 -13% 34 - 1 p 143 -145 %dia.-- %P 19% 20% 1% —2% 5 li Jo 34 16% - 17 15 -16 ••• ••• oftof. 5 4 16 1 4 - 17 4;¢- 43/i par X P 8 %36 % p zan 10% % die. % dis. L 12% 13 1334 13 i 6 x.n 10% 16% 1031 % MAY 21, 1852 LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAY 21.—Wind at noon N.E., light airs and dull c'oudy weather. DEAL, MAY 20.—Wind calm; P.M , . light airs from the Eastward.—Arrd. Sara, Dauzing, Valparaiso; Theo dore Behrend, St. 'Lines; Spes, Para; Thomas Snook, Coulson, arrived from the River, for Gambia; Did°, Max well, St. Vincent; Servian, Rawlett, New York. LIVERPOOL, MAY 20.—Wind variab!e and light.— Arrd. Bosphorus, Gray, Barbadoes. OJT port, Water lily. Sld. James Pennell, Philadelphia; West Point, New York; Clara Wheeler, Boston; John Spencer, Hong Kong; Helen, 5411 Francisco; Countess of Zetland, Trinidad; Isabel, Antigua ; Warbler, New Orleans; Montezuma, Apalachicola ; Julia Howard, Levitt Storer, and Eudccia, New York. PLYMOUTH, MAY 20.—V7ind E.—Acrd. her Majesty's ship Phdomel, Af r i ca. Sld. Negotiator, Melbourne; Charlotte, and Zara, Miramichi. FALMOUTH, MAY 20 .—Arrd. Lark, Selleur, Port Bail; Rio packet. Buenos Ayres. POnTsbioUTH, MAY 20.--Wind S.E. to S.—Sld. Ju piter,Quebec. SOETTLIAMPTON, MAY 20.—Wind Bentinck steamer, Alexandria. OFF FALMOUTH, MAY 19.—Albion, St. Kitt's; Quen ten Metsys, Havannnh. PILL, MAY 20.—Sld. Gentoo, New York. LYTHAM, MAY 20.—Wind N.—Sld. Jane and Esther, Montreal. NEW YORK MAY B.—A large three-ma s t e d vessel, with nothing but her lower masts standing, steering for New York, was seen on the 28th April, lat. 40, long. 71. The wreck of a new vessel, apparently a brig, water logged and abandoned, with name washed off her stern, bowsprit gone, decks swept, &c., was seen Ist May, lat. 50, long, 20. The wreck of a brig, painted black out side and light re d i ns id e, with a house on the after part of deck, paint e d red, with a light in the after part of it, a plain stern with w hi te mou ldi ng , no n ame, yards aloft, foremast and foretopmast standilig, mainmast gone, no bowsprit, hatches off, and rigging all stooped into the mast, and not long in that condition, was passed in lat. 45, long. 36. WATERFORD, MAY 19.—Wind N.N.E. to N.E.—Sld. Sophia, New York. OFF QUEENSTOW N , MAY 19.—Chancer, Souter, Mau ritius. Sld. Louise, New York; Earl of Harewood, and Sumpter, Boston; Susan, St. John's, New Brunswick; Jeannie Johnstt)n, and C a n a da, Quebec. BELFAST Louou, MAY 19.—Sld. Charles Jackson, San Francisco. 11131.1 May 20.—Wind N.E.—Sld. Diana, Quebec; Lituania, Ri gs . GRIMSBY, MAY 20.—Wind N.—Sld. Hoop, Constan tinople. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-(FRIDAY.) The present week's arrivals of English Wheat up to our market, co as t w i se , h as b een seasona bl y goo d, it having am ounted to 4,360 quarters. By land - carriage the receipts of that grain fresh up today were far from extensive, yet the show of sam pl es of both red and white was larger than for some time past. On the whole, the demand ruled st ea dy, a t p r i ces qu it e equa l t o th ose obtained on Monday. From abroad 6,440 quarters of Wheat have reaehe'd us. Selected qualities moved off freely at full rates of currency. Low and middling kinds were held more firmly, but the amount of business doing in them was trilling. Floating cargoes met a very dull inquiry, but owners refused to accept lower rates. The show o f B arley being very limited, that grain was tolerably firm, and prices were well maintained. Scarcely any malting qualities were brought forward. Malt —the supply of which was on the increase—sold slowly, at late rates. There was rather more inquiry for Oats, an d good heavy qualities were in some in stances held for a trifling advance owing to their ex treme scarcity. In the value of Beans, Peas, Indian Corn, and Flour, no change took Flaw. ARRIVAL - Li TELIS WEEK. BIRTHS. OF A SON. Oa the 18th inst., at Oxford-square, Ilyde-park, the wife of De Burgh Bitch, On the 18th inst., at Percy-street, Liverpool late of Greenock), the wife of James Smith, jun., Esq. OF A DAUGUTEL On the 16th i nst., at the Vicarage, Kilnwick Percy, th e wife of the Rev. M. A. Lawton. On the 16th inst., at Bath, the wife of J. W. Roche, E°q" of IlocLemount, county Cork. MARRIED. On the 19th inst., at Ardcarne Church, county of IZ 05 " common. Ireland, James Long, Esq., Deputy-Assistant-Co m " missary-General, second son of G. Long, Esq., of Brighton, to Anna Mary, eldest daughter of T. Kirkwood, Esq., J• Y " of Lakeview, in the above county. DiEl) On the 14th inst., at the Vicarage, Braintree, aged 83, th 6 Rev. B. Scale, upwards of 55 years vicar of that parish. On the 17th inst., at liridport, aged 67, Mary, the wife ( 1 ' Thomas C. Hounsell, Esq. On the 17th inst., at Brighton, age d 45 , t h e R ev . Edward H. R. M.A., vicar of Leominster, Sussex. On the 17th inst., at Edinburgh, Mrs. Robertson, relict of the late Major Robertson, of Cray, Perthshire. - = - London: Priand and Published by MURDO YOUNG. cf No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tie Sun Gfficn, Strand, in tht Precinct of the Savoy, in the count aiadiescori Friday, :day 21, 1852. 31% 2% 3 9 87A3 11 1 / 4 32 43 10% 14% 15 11%