The Sun. — London, England, 1848-05-29 00:00:00

ther time I shall be haw to hasten among you. In conclusion, I beg to add that you are at liberty to make any use of this declaration which may seem to you to further the object you had in view, and remain, - -" THE PRINCE OF PRUSSIA. " To the Estates of the district of Belgard. " London, May 2, 1848." THE DANUBE PROVINCES. According to a report in the Allgerneine Zeitung, STOURDZA, the Prince of Moldavia, whose sympa thies for Russia are no secret, has been massacred by his people. HANOVER. -- -- - - - - --- MAY 24.—The important question whether the One or two chamber system is to be introduced among us has just been decided by the second cham bers in its second discussion of the chapter of the estates of the country. By an amendment proposed by M. HARTELMANN, 83 was to be worded " The General Assembly of the Estates consists of one chamber." This amendment was put to the vote, and was negatived by 54 against 26, consequently the United Hanoverian Diet will in future be com- Posed of two chambers.—Hamburgh Correspondent, Iday 26. ITALY. LOMBARDY, PIEDMONT, AND VENICE. intelligence was received in Milan on Thursday that General NUGENT had effected a junction with ItADJITSICY at Verona, at the head of 5,000 men. The next accounts from the seat of war will probably bring us intelligence of the capture of Peschiera. Our latest accounts were to the evening of the 21st. The fire of the besiegers had not ceased since the morning. CHARLES ALBERT, as usual, was present at this attack, on the heights of Cavalcaselle. The fort of Mandella was almost completely dismantled; the Austrians raised the white flag twice, but no attention Wits paid to this invitation in the Piedmon tese camp. The different regiments disputed among themselves for the honour of being the first to mount the assault. The KING decided that this right be longed to the regiment &Aosta, which has suffered the most. The Duke of GENOA directs the siege. NAPLES. PROCLAMATION BY THE KING. The following proclamation relative to the recent I nsurrection was issued on the 16th : " An act of flagrant illegality took place in this capi tal in the night of the 14th, when barricades were auda ciously thrown up in the midst of the public streets, with the criminal design of causing a collision calculated to overthrow order, and to cause the effusion of civic blood; and it was melancholy to see that a part of that Na tional Guard, instituted to protect the security and Tranquility of families, not only took a part in so deplor able a disturbance, but was the first to attack the royal troops, who, seeing their companions fall under the un 'oxpected fire of fratricidal arms, were forced to employ the sacred right of defence, and by an impulse of Just indignation which it was impossible to repress, hastened forward to repel force by force. After some hours of conflict, the mass of those who wished to overthrow the State was definitively subdued and dispersed; tranquil lity is already everywhere restored, and the most ener getic measures have been taken to trace the true origin of so criminal an attempt, to discover and bring its authors to justice. Let the loyal citizens be meantime assured that the severest vigilance will be employed by the King's Government to prevent disorders of such a nature being henceforth repeated, and new obstacles ille gally raised against the maintenance and full exercise of those liberties which the constitution has solemnly esta blished, and which his Majesty is firmly resolved to Protect in all their integrity. The National Guard of the city of Naples, which has so badly repaid the confi dence placed in it, has already been dissolved, to be at a Altura period reorganised according to law; the Legis lative Chambers, whose meeting had been yesterday prevented by the event, will speedily be convoked again by another decree, to establish by their authoritative assistance the principles of order, legality, and general Prosperity that form the prime object of the attention of the King's Government. It is our will, therefore, that the friends of order and liberty be re-assured respecting whatever by legal means may tend to promote the hap piaetss of this our common country." The following is the new Neapolitan Ministry, - which, says a letter from Naples, is far from satisfy ing public opinion :—Prince Canati, Foreign Affairs, and President of the Council ; •Bozzelli, Interior and Public Instruction ; Prince Porella, Agriculture, Commerce and Ecclesiastical Affairs ; General Ca -I'ascosa, Public Works ; Paolo Ruggieri, Finance ; Prince d'lschitella, War and Marine. The following is the latest from Naples. Jt ap pears in the Constitutionmel, and is of the date of the 18th May : " Order reigns at Naples, after three days of massacre, Pillage, conflagration, assassination, throat-cutting, and other outrages too disgusting to recapitulate. The last of the Bourbons, with his praetorians and his populace, ought surely to be satisfied. They are literally gorged with blood. The Swiss guards of Ferdinand have ex ceeded in cruelty and cowardice the Croats of Radetaky! It is an ineffaceable stigma on the Swiss nation, which, placarding principles of equality and liberty at home, lends out these hordes of ruffians and cut-throats to the P e tty tyrants of Europe, to aid them in the assassination and pillage of their people." HAMBURGH MAIL. MAT 18.—Up to this time 254 ships have Rived in our h ar b our t h is year , c hi e fly English and Inc h. About 50 Prussian and 30 native vessels had one in up 'l4 has to the Ist of Mayur, bu own fl t sinceag; that eriod not arrived, with o consequently there 18 a great stagnation in freightage, and very little Painless is done. BORSENIIALLE, MAT 26. Bills. Money. ilanoverlan Loan, 1 846 . 48% ( .)5% kustrian 5 per Cents •••••••• • • • • • • • • Rank A nglo-Russian Loan •••••••• • • • • • • • Russian 5 per Cent., Harab. Certificate. Ditto Ist series Inscription. •••••• • • • • • Ditto,/lope and C0.,3d and 4th series •• Ditto, in Certificate.-- •• • • •• • • Vew 4 per Cent., Hope and. Co. ••• • - • D itto Stieglitz •• • ••• • " Spanish New 5 per Cent.• •••••• • • • " • • P Ditto 3 per Cent ••••• • • • " • " An glo - Portuguese Loan, 2 per Cent • • Dutch Actual Debt, 24 per Cent. • • • • • Ditto 3 per Ceot. ••••••• • • • • • " rolish New 4 per Cent. 3.oan, 1844 " • • Atwo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent •• • ational Bank Shares—. ••• • •• •• - 85 81;) 63 ).„ 11 "urs were current i n W es t m i ns t er H a ll thi s :he , 11.ng that it was th e i ntent i on o f the Master of ° l ls to resign, on account of ill health, and that .(1 e Vice-Chancellor Wigram would be appointed as h is succes sor, i n order to save his 5,000/. a-year to T he eountry• We have made inquiries on the sub f' and believe the rumour to be totally without Z ecla ticm• The Master of the Rolls, since the re• - ' ll e , a ppears in mu c h b e tt er h ea lth th an h e was some -41 ago. --------- CO EI'`AIITUTLE OF THE PRINCE OF PRUSSIA FOR THE NTINENT.—Lait evening the Prince of Prussia,. after I, lll , l . jour n of several weeks, departed for the co . ntin h ent : 1 ,7 Prince previously proceeded to Bucking am Queen and the 111-4Ce' "ay a farewell visit to the on Viscount 16.41tittieeer,Tninsort, and subsequently called The Prince left Carlton he House-terrace souh-Easter a n t eight o'clock, for th© terminus of t - ray at London-bridge. .4.1 4/ bsin kerts.—ln consequence . of Thursday im. Ascension Day, the Ladies . of n A ex l t . 'We e d " h hve determined to hold their.nfotrhtheeporraeisnegntbl week.c:n l'i l 4a day, instead of Thursday, i ahae Ladies Patronesses have all arranged to be present, --- I tt very full hall is anticipated. 7 3 A , E.......Thi.3 young ''''' a OF VISCOUNT STAVORDAL , 11C1b1 rnan hi itlld e ._ , e.s.est surviving son of A, t i h a e re l h •Ja jo r n l e o s f s l o lc f h L ns a t n e a r . , d o _ 4ephew to the Marquis and Tkne, died on Friday last, at t t.7. 1 _ 4 ill the second bereavement of h th e e e k ur in ly d ' a w g h e ic o h f h 3 a l s . -‘,,,71 plac e in this family. Zia 4he puke of Cambridge and the Duke of Wel %llit°ll attended the early service yestercay, r. in the 0 14 a:ek e t i ed. Royal, St. James's. The Rev. .NI prs,itiday nTehxet.Rev. Dr. Hook will preach the sermon s ticue Duke of Beaufort left town on Saturday to Yeomanry ei,eaith° command of the Gloucestershire . eio,„ I.), which fine corps assemble to do their annual ......... ut . The A l' duty at Bristol, during the present week, joia gus to arquis of Lansdovvne was prevented giving etitl33ary entertainment in celebration of her Ma : ;estBJ 6 birthday on Saturday last, owing to the lamented e of his nephew, Viscount Stavordale. Th„Ittr,THANIPTON, MAY 28T11,--SUNDAY MORNIG.--- tive-41,1Pen, Captain Moresby, 1.N., from Alexandria, , a,r- Ipdin"re at 8 30 A.M. and landed the bulk of the East )14,-,Ti.",(1 China Mails . under the charge of Lieutenant 4 4 0 7' fi•ti, which were forwarded to London by the 4 , r ' L ". The Ripon has brought 171 passengers, and a t 4 e Y fall cargo of silks, indigo, &c., and 79,837/. in top • Sir William Parker's squadron was at Malta; 11, 813 t ing of Ilibernia, Queen, Vanguard, Superb, At'lettiy*, Odin. The news from Egypt is unimportant. but v i: ti et Ali enjoy, good health, drives abut every day,. fro -1% z heleory i s . h imp a i re d. Resistance sailed 14(3 r tn il Malta for much on the 16th of May, having 1,,,."t1 je and family on board. , .: bPrtartera (..,(:ruis.---The anniversary of this club ' 44 cel e Saturday, at the London n T d av w e a r s n 8 , u o p n . totiritthdobeeasion Dir. J. R Kenyon . presided t , h a e Y the Earl f Eldon, President of Club, Lord Y ( 'n. Si r 11 ° A ir'. J, N •P. Glyn, Bart. ; Mr. J. Round,..r J. ~ , P a . r ! rer, k pechis AI.P. i_ Mr. Q. Dick, M.l • ; m • " 1 r tr0.„,, b 4 . • ; Mr. J. W. Dodd, M.P. ; and many other Far -1h" dins' with Mr- S. Fisher, the Honorary Secretary. i,,r atkii,etaisiol.inie,ar:tehnet t(o,ffu%tvi.,thNig7at éclat, and upon 7, former the Frincii , l , c o' Mr. I IA 14424,ia1ate the Counll B of Great Britain," been with More onthtuiana. MONEY and COMMERCIAL IN WS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. In the Cotten market at Liverpool on Saturday there was more animation. Sales nearly 6,000 bales. Prices were steady. Railway shares were dull, and prices were generally lower. The Corn market, ovring to the fine weather and large arrivals is lower, wheat and barley by la. per quarter. Matters wear a very tranquil, not to say impassive and heavy aspect in the City to-day. The conviction of Mr. Mitchel, however, is deemed a satisfactory circum stance, although some have apprehensions of disturt ances resulting therefrom. The Spanish question, yet remains to be adjusted, and the correspondence pub lished seems to be interpreted favourably to Mr. Bulwer. If so, the insult is one to be resented, as our City poli ticians conceive. The Danish affair is apparently in a feir train for settlement, but there can be no doubt that the Government at Copenhagen will be more than ever determined to obtain full justice. A few letters and papers of Jae. 19 have come to hand from South Australia. The colony was very prosperous, and land was rising materially in value. The great want experienced was of labour to carry forward the agricultural and mining pursuits of the settlement. The following particulars relative to the iron trade have come to hand from Birmingham:— "Since our last remarks the general tenor of all trans actions in the iron trade has been drooping, and the prospect of amendment is too far removed to incite spe culative investment, while the export consumption re mains at the lowest possible ebb. The late consecutive concessions in price, though affording a momentary relief in some instances, have failed to produce any increase of orders; on the other hand, they are daily becoming scarcer. Working short time is fully resorted to, and a greater number of hands must inevitably be soon thrown entirely out of employ. The receipts of the country shopkeepers and small tradespeople already exhibit is fearful deficiency, as con trasted with former activity. We observe, however, that a further increase of the make in the raw material has taken place by the blowing-in again of one or two additional furnaces. " The pressure of the late monetary crisis, and the present stagnation of business, have doubtless been heavily felt by houses of every grade, and must, if pro longed, produce still further disastrous results. "The question is, whether we have arrived at the lowest point, or whether something further is to occur than the sanctioning of what has already taken place. In the accounts from Liverpool, dated the Nth inst., we read—' We have still to report a downward tendency in the market;' and of Pig Iron, there is no change to mention; the market seems quite inactive, with a falling demand, and an increased make.'" There is again a dull market for the Public Securities, and, without money purchases, no immediate improve meat appears likely. Speculators for a rise are disin clined to operate at present above 84, which, until poli tical events are quieter, is considered a fair value. It is remarked, tee, that the unfunded debt experiences diur nally a reduction in its market value. Exchequer-bills have been down to 355. and 31s. premium, al though they are ;secured 21-d. to 3d. per centum per them until March next. Clearly there is a want of money, either among the jobbers or out of the house. East India Bonds have been 20s. to 21s. premium. Bank Stock was 191 to 1921. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. realised 83,i f, and the Three per Cents. 821 I. Consuls have been 84k to 841. Dullness is also the pervading feature in the Foreign Market, but, probably in anticipation of the settlement, Spanish Three per Cent. Bonds have risen from 211 / to 221 /. The Passive Bonds have been at 3/. Mexican Stock has been quoted 15k, Equador 2, and Venezuela 18. Dirch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have varied from 411 to 421. In the Railway Share Market there is an appearance of apathy, and prices are not so good. ONE CLOSING 'lot Es OF BRITISH FUNDS. o'cLOcK. PRICES. Bank Stock l9l 19214 192% 3 per Cent. Reduced Anna 82 1 A 2 :!4 82% 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 84 1 A 84A New 3 1 4 per Cent. Arm5.... ,on , Anns. to expire J an. 1860 -16 I A 8 1 /. India Bonds, 1,0001 Ditto under ....... 21 p 21 p Consols for Account Fatchequer Bills. 2 d. & 3d. 1,0001. 5001. Small .. 32 85 31 p Ditto Advertised 2l p ONE O'CLOCK. 31 p 81p 31 p 19p CLOSIis t, PRICES. 23 ?RTES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. Equador Bonds Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 l5 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto. Passive Ditto 3 per Cent 2l ki 2 22 3 % 22 3 / Venezuela Bonds, 24 per Cent lB 18 Dividends on the above payble in London. Dutch 2th per Cent., 12 Guild 42 41 424 424 Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates --- 62 15 1 ,4 PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAIL WAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen.. 5O .... . 25 24 1 Amber., Nott., Boston, _ - - and Eastern Junction 3 1 4 ( Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2% — Belfast & County Down 14% — Birmingham and Ox ford Junction ... 20 Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley 10 .. Birming.,Wolverl4ton, and Stour Valley 12/. 4s ... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.... 73 /4...•.. .......... Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 5 Bristol and Exeter B5 Ditto, Thirds Buckinghamshire... 141. 4s. Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares .. 6'4 Ditto,ClydesdaleJunc 50 Chester and Holyhead... 42% — Ditto, Preference l5 .... 14 3 / 4 Clarence Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 — — Do. 2,1 Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Ceut. .. lO .. Direct London & Ports- mouth Dublin and Belfast June. 25 Dundalk & Enniskillen 1711 — East Anglia, •25/., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 Do., 18/., E. & 11.... 18 Do., 3/. 10s. Eastern Counties 2O ..... . 15 14 Do. New Guaranteed 6 per Cent. Ditto, Extension,s per Cent., No. 1......61. 13s. 4d.... Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... Do. North. & Eastern 50 1)o. Quarters ... ...... 1'2, 1 , Do. New 23 Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 Ditto, Class A, ditto... 1 Ditto, Class B (I. & and B.) l 7 l /2 — ... ... 22 3% - 31/2 14% Ditto, Cla , s C, ditto... 17%. .... Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) 10 ...... . ...... Ditto, ditto Ditto (C. & E.) guar. 5 per cent...... East Lancashire Ditto, New Ditto, New Quarters 61,4...... East Lincolnshire ...... 201 Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... 45 . Ditto, Half Shares ... 15 .. .. ... ......... Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% Edinburgh and Northern 25 Ditto, New 6 14 Ditto, Newport l3 Ditto, ditto, New ”4. " .... Exeter,Yeovil, & Doreb. 21. 8 Ditto, New ... 2% .. .. Gln)gow, Dumfries and Carlisle . ............Si. 6s. 8d.... Glasgow,liilmar.,& Ayr 50 ..... . Ditto, New ... ... 40 Do.Preferenee Consol. 15 Great Northern Do., London and York 2% (ireat South. and West Breland) Great North of Englaud 100 .............. Ditto, New, 401 .. 5 •....• ......... Ditto, New, 301 3O Ditto, New, 151 ll% ............ ... Great Western 9O ... .. 95 Ditto, 1,4 Shares Ditto, 1 Z; Shares: 17%..... 16% — . 16% Ditto, Fifths Ditto, New 171........ 9 1 /,... .. 8% B i/2 Huddersfield and Mauch. 26 Ditto, Thirds Hull and Selby Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ...... Ditto, 4 Shares Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Ditto, Thirds Lancathire & Yorkshire 93 .... - Ditto, ditto Ditto, % Shares ..... Do. Quarter Shares... 14% — Do. Fifths.. Do. Sixteenths 6 1 ,4 — .... ...... .. Do. Thirds He 13 ....• s'.li ...... ...... ... Do. Liverp. and Bury 43 —_ Ditto 11 (late Hud dersfield and Shetf.) 38 10 1 % - 5 :,:i DO.(4akefield,Pon te tract, and Goole) ... 50 Do. (W. Riding Union) 6 .. ... 2 i Do. (Preon 6 Wyre) 25 Du. 1/2 st Shar 6 es (A)... 9 ...... Leeds and Bradford 5O Leads, Dewsbury, &c.... 47 ..2 . . . • Do., Half Shares "0 •.... . 2 1$ • ••• Lede Do s "(h and l lue,LSrsck ... . Scrip...,.. .. .. 4 2 5 %.. • . Ditto, New ...... ...ntl 3 .... 26_ - ••• ••oo Do., Prefer., 6 per Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Liverp., Manchester, and •••••• ......... Newcastle Junction —•• London &Blackwall 63.8 d.... ••• Du. New, No. 2 61.135.4c1.— •• Do. Extension ....• ... 20 •.• .• •• London, Brighton, and .5/ South C oas t 5O 32t/ /9••••• ..... . 32% '4 Do. C onso l. Ei g h ths. 40 Do. Citiarant. 5 per et., 9 ••••• • Do. Pref. Con. 5 pe r c t. 50 .. Ditto, ditto 1852 50 London and Greenwich 1 2 / 1 5544. ••••••••••••'•• Ditto, Preference... 181 173 2d — Lo ,don and N. Weetern 100 I3O J /0 130 131... 1 31 Do. Quarters (L.;& B.) 22 Ditto, New ............ 2 • ...... 4 Ditto, Fifths..... 2 ...... 8 1 / 2 8 8 Do. 40 /.Shares( L.M.) 20 Do. 10!. (M. & 13.) A . 71/ •••..• Do. 101. (M. & 13013. Do. 101. (M. & B.) C. 1 4 THE. SUN, LONDON, MONDAY Lon-1. &S. Western Do. New 501. .. Do. New 401 34 Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50 Ditto ditto 40 Ditto, Thirds lO •••••• London, Salisbury, and Ycovil ..... . Londonderry&C o teraine 27 1 h — ........ Londonderry and Enni5ki11~n............25 kill~n............25 Lowestoft (4 per ct.) 20 4S I A Ditto (trper ct.) Manzhester.Buston.tuad Matlock.... 4 ...... 5 . 4 .. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire...loo ••• ........ Do. Quarters (No. 1) 13 Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 Ditto ditto (No. 3) ... ..... —••• Ditto, New 101. Pref... 7i,. — Ditto, Gt. Grimsby ... 30 Ditto ditto . ... ..... 9 Ditto ditto Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire lO . ..• Do., Gehusby Dock... 15 Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union..... 41.25. Manchest.&Southampt. 2 , A aidlani lOO lO5 104............ 104 Do. Consolidated Pref.100 Do., do., 50/. Shares.— 15 ... 9 3 /4 Do. Birm., and Derbyloo D.,Consoi. Bristol and Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 ll3 1184... ..... 118% Ditto, Bri3t & Glocstr. 36 . Ditto, ditto ... 111 3s. 6d... Ditto, Leieest. & Swan nington, 8 per ct.Buar.100 Midland Great Western Irish Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. Newcastle and Carlisle...lou Do. Quarters 25 • Newmrket&Chestertorei 18% — Do. Extension ...... 125.... Newport, Abergaveuny, and Hereford Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor .. 15 Norfolk 100 Do. New 201. Do. Extension 5 p ct. 20 Do. Guaranteed 5 1 / 2 pc. 5 — Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 Northern Counties Union 4 ...... North British ... .... ... 25 Do. Half Shares WA...-. 10 i/i ........ 10% Do. Quarters 6' Do. Extension - Ditte , Thirds North & South-Western 2 ...... ........ 1 / 2 North Staffordshire l2 ...... 101,4 102 ...... .. 10 North Wales North Western 7 l /2 ..... Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ...... 40 ..... 23 Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Roystcn and Ilitchin ... 1% - ..... .. .. -- Scottish Central Scottish Midland Ditto, New.. ..... 12% — ...... . . ... .. Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole (Nor. Div.) 5 Do. do. (Sou. Div.) 4 ...... ...... Shrewsbury and Birm... 8 - ..••• ......... -- Ditto ditto. Class B. 5 Shrewsbury and Herea 2 ...... Shrewsbury & Chester ( Nor. W. Alin.) Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 Ditto Oswestry ...... 16 Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref. 8 - Shropshire Union south Dev0n...... Do. Preference South Staffordshire Sty 25 ....• .. ...... 25 ,oath Eastern 33 - Do., No. 1 24 Do., N 0.2. Do., No. 3 ....... ...... 20 Do., No. 4 South Wa1e5............... 23 South Yorkshire, Don castor, and tioole 3 Swans. & Loughor &Ca- merou's &LIT. C0a1.... 6 raw Vale Extension ... 6 - Thames Haven Dock and Railway 17% ...... Vale of heath ... .. 4 W aterford and Kilkenny 15 lig . , .... - .. Waterford and Limenek 42% — Watend,Wxfrd,Wieklw, and Dublin - Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... .. ...... 42% — Do. do. do. ... 25 W est Cornwall hitehaven & Furness 11 Windsor, Staines, and South Western ..... 7 Wilts, Somerset, 64 Wey mouth 35 York, Newcastle, and Berwick. .... .. Do. Original New and Berwick ... 25 Do. Extensiok No. 1. 15 Do. du. No. 2. D). G.N E.Preierenco 8 Yorlt and North Midland:so Ditto, Preference ...... 10 Du. Ea? t and 11' est Rid ing r.xtension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) ... 16 Ceylon Demerara Dendre Valley 4 Direct Bombay and . Madras - ss. . ... Dutch Rhenish ••• i J2 l, .•• •• -- ...... ••• • " East Indian 3 IA — • •. • • Great Indian Peninsular ss. ...... Italian and Austrian.... 4 Louvain ala Sambre ... 6 Luxembourg 7 Madrid and Valentia... 2 ...... Namur and Liege lB ..• .. Northern of France...... 10 Orleans and Bordeaux 6 ...... 1'; : ii..... ...... l'; s Over Yssel 413 s 4d...... Paris and Lyons ll ••• .• Paris and Orleans ...... 20 Paris and Rouen ........ 20 ..... Paris and Strasbourg ... 8 - Rouen and llavre Sambre and Meuse 2O ... .. .. ......... ... 4; Strasbourg and Basle Tours and Nantes 8 Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and llasselt ...... 16 West Flanders 8!4..... ... JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia Ditto New... . .. 10 British North American 50 Colonial 25 - Commercial of London 20 London Joint Stock lO London & Westininstur• 20 Union of Australia Union of L0nd0n......... 10 ...... LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAY 29.—Wind at noon S.W., light bretio, and fine clear weather. LIVERPOOL, MAY 28.—Arrt Susquehanna, Phila delphia. Sid. 26th, Henry Gardner, Bombay; Admiral, Sr. John's, New Brunswick; Mary, Calcutta; Cooper, llavannala ; Uriel, New Orleans ; Acadia steamer, New York; Martha J. Ward, ditto; Pioneer, Virginia; Pearl, St. John's, New Brunswick; Bridge town, Quebec; Ocean Queen, ditto; Actaron, ditto; Abeona, ditto; 28th, Edwin, Port-au-Prince; Pacific, Philadelphia; Thetis, Halifax; Conservative, Constan tinople. Otf port, Elsinore, —. DEAL, MAY 27 AND 28.—Wind E.—Arrd. Holmes, Jones, i artlepool, and sailed for the Cape of Good Hope. Arrd. from the River and :ailed, 26th, Oriental, Bom bay; 27th, Princess Royal, Hobart Town; Malacca, Bombay; Sea Witch, Sierra Leone; Galicka, St. Croix; Lady Flora Hastings, New Orleans; Sarah L. Bryant, Boston; Zealous, Newfoundland. PoßTsatounf, MAY 28.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. 27th her Majesty's steamer Styx, Kabonda, left 22d March, St. Helena 7th, Ascension 20th, Sierra Leoue 3d instant, and Madeira 17th. COWES, MAY 26.—Arrd. Leander, Wilemsen, Bahia for Bremen. SOUTHAMPTON, MAY 2S.—Arrd. Ripon steamer, Alexandria. Sid. 27th, Erin siearuvr, Constantinople ; Montrose steamer,Gibraltar. HULL, MAT 27.—The brig Henrietta Sophia, of Stockton, coal laden, was ou shore on Scherlaw Bay 25th inst., full of water, and likely to become a wreck. Two Danish frigates, were seen about 40 miles to the westward of Heligoland by the Helen M'Gregor steamer, arrived here. He twictt, MAT 27.--The Wrestler, Davis, of this port, from Liverpool to Dordt, was assisted into this port to-day very leaky, baying been ashoro on the Kentish -Knock. OFF FALMOUTH, MAY 26.—Arrd. lonia, —, Boston, for Amsterdam. 27th. Snalkied (Dutch man-of-war), St. Martin, for Helvoet ; Regalia, Lawson, Sierra Leone, and sailed for London ; lowa, Parker, New Or leans, for Havre ; Durham, Charleston. JERSEY, MAI 25.—S1d. Apparition, Pernambuco. NEWPORT, MAY 27.—Shl. Phoenix, Mackie, Jamaica. CLYDE, MAY 26.—S1d. Hyndfoid, Stevenson, New York. 27th. Glen Huntley, Barr, Port Philip and Sydney, Ne►► South Wales. for that article was heavy, and prices were quite Is. per quarter lower than on this day se'nnight. Parcels from on board might have been purchased at 2s. per quarter less money, but at which there were very few buyers. l h i: and at a fallthe e Most of the r ecen t i m ports have been landed in bo n d. Very little E ng li s h B ar l e y was on offer. The show o f lse of h Foreign o twaesmva;Deirt)gexsteeatsisainv, owingthe,etrade towhdiae was in the currencies of from is to 2s per quarter. With Malt we were scantily supplied; all kinds moved off slowly, at last week's quotations. Although the total quantity of Oats brought forward was not to say large, that article was dull, and from 6d to is per quarter lower. The quantity of Oats on thP way from Ireland is represented as small. Beans, ihe supply of which was small, sold freely, at prices fully equal to those of last week. Peas of all kinds were firm, and, in so me instances, Is per qua rter higher. Indian Corn and Meal were held for more money. Flour was very dull, and Ship-marks were a trifle easier. 5 2 8 0 5 3 to 5 2 :: CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. •heat—Essex & Kent, Red. „ , , .. • . 41s to 53s Oats—Yorkshire and cola, Red..... 42a 46s Ditto, White, New 43s 56s Lincolnsh., regd. 17s 20s Norfolk and Lin- Potato and Cork, Ditto, White. ... .. 445 491 Black . ••• •• . 145 IRS Irish, Red .. .. .. • . —s —9 Cork, White ... • • 16s 205 Ditto, White ... ... —5 —s Scotch, Feed. .. • • 188 215 Ryo—Old ............ —5 5 Beans --Tick lalt ota be to val .. le . • • .... 1 . . • • 31 g 40s - . • •• 34s 0 8 ting B a r il l I r a Yi eh r a n —: i e en i n rd n i n .: •: 5 5 3332 m 72291 s e :s • •• 35, White . • • • . •. 341 g folk.. Slalt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers ...... 338 'l4 558 578 Floar—Town- merle... 4ls 46 8 Brown.— •• •• •• 5 4 s Suffolk • 358 38, Stockta &Norfolk 3.55 ab s rx . The imports of foreign stock iuto London last ►veek Calais .... were as follow: From whence. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. 115 ... 6 ..... .. ••• Antwerp 4 ••• • • 345 •• • 18 ••• 52 Botr , ... 271 x 75333383441 Peas — Grey 32. 358 333 MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHAN GE.-I%IONDAY. The arrivals of all kinds of grain of home produce, including Flour, for our market last week, coastwise as well as by land carriage, were very small, the time of year considered. A few Oats came to hand from Scot land, but from Ireland we had no fresh supplies of any article. The foreign imports consisted of 21,373 qrs of Wheat; 22,747 qrs of Barley; 15,938 qrs of Oats; 9 qrs of Rye; 3,177 qrs of Beans; 347 qrs of Peas; 267 qrs of Tares; 25 qrs of Linseed; 118 qrs of Mustard seed; 24 ditto of sundry seeds; and 200 barrels of Flour. Thus it will be perceived that, taken collectively, the foreign supplies have been great. The quantity of Wheat fresh up this morning, from Essex, Kent, and other counties, was very moderate, but of excellent quality. The finest picked samples of White sold slo w l y , at prices about equal to those obtained on Monday last. All other kinds were very dull in sale, at a decline in the quotations of fully Is. per quarter, and at whi c h a cle,aance was not effected. The quantity of Forei gn Wheat on offer was large, owing to which the demand .eraara ... 265 1,014 ••• Iljerting ...... 185 ... Hamburgh ... 50 ... .- ... - ••• 30 .• • --- ... 18 T in o l t B a 4 l 615 160 . . . ..... 1 1 : 8 4 3 90 9 C w o r responding eek ... 260 ... Difference 423 less. 101 less. 242 less. 173 more h A a t v t e h b e e e o n u l t a p n o d r t e s d near chiefly 9 f o r o o m h e n st o d t te o r f d e a ac m t h kind eu o a fstock l ity of which has proved good. The supply of foreign beasts hero to-day was, comparatively speaking, limited, and of very middling quality. That of Sheep and Calves was seasonably good, and in fair average condition. For the time of year, the numbers of home-fed Beasts on sale were extensive, and of unusually prime quality; indeed, at least nine-tenths of them were heavy weighers. We may further observe that a finer collection of Beasts has been seldom witnessed in the month of May. The Bul lock supply being more than adequate to meet the wants of the butchers, whose attendance was rather numerous, and the weather unfavourable to slaughtering, the Beef trade was heavy, arid, in some instances, the quotations had a downward u.idency. However, the very primest Scots sold at from 3s 10d to 4s per Sibs. At the close of business a large number of second-rate beasts left the market unsold. The droves from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, consisted of 1,400 Scots and short horns; from the northern, western, and midland counties, 1,000 Herefords, runts, Devons, Irish Beasts, &c.; from other parts of England, 600 of various breeds; and from Scotland, 400 horned and polled Scots. The numbers of Sheep were again on the increase, but their general quality was by no means first-rate. All breeds, especially the Kents and hall-breds, moved off Islowly, figure at a decline in value ofa sold dyd condition.e das per uet dpf rpBol.ll supplied, but shb T e2ut odt h i jne6tae:hamir4g4bl 4d per t e appr s aeet moietyfor the best old Downs was 5s per 81bs. With Lambs t de 5... pv o w e f r e ri tymwh Prime s r up e e l os,woweinanrneeqdwuohapualrti qualities From the Iste of Wight, 400 head came to hand. In Calves exceedingly little was doing, at from 2d to 4d per Sibs less money. Pigs were a dull sale, sad quite 2d per 81bs lower. _ Per albs. to sink the offal. s. d. to I. d. I. d. to s. d. Interior Beast 3 0 3 4 Second quality ditto 4 4 4 6 Second quality 3 4 3 6 Coarse-woolledditto 4 6 4 8 Prime large Oxen• • 3 6 3 8 Southdown Wether 410 15 0 'rime Scots L•trge coarse Calves 3 S 4 4 Large Hogs • . . 4 0 4 6 Prime small ditto suckling Calves lB 0 25 0 Quarter old Pigs ..17 0 23 0 Inferior Sheep TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. Reacts. I Sheep. I Calves. I Pigs. 3,409 25.020 304 398 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts. Sheep. I Calves. I Pigs. 99 900 153 icrzuraa.irm AND LEADENIZAIM. The arr i vals 7)1 slaughtered Meat .7. to these markets during the past week have been on the increase, viz., 300 carcases of Beef. 500 ditto of Mutton, 400 ditto of Lamb, 300 ditto of Veal, and 350 ditto of Pork. The supplies on offer killed in the metropolis have been seasonable good, and of excellent quality. Beef, Lamb, and Veal have moved off slowly, on somewhat easier terms; but the value of Slutton and Pork has been well supported. About 800 carcases of foreign Meat, slaugh tered in London, have been on sale. At per atone by the Carcase. s. d. to a. d. s. d. to s. d. 13ee1,inferior...• ••2 10 3 0 Mutton, inferior •• 3 4 3 6 - middling .... 3 0 3 2 middling.. 3 8 4 4 - primelarge 3 2 3 4 prime ••• • 4 6 4 8 - prime small 4 3 1, Pork, large.... • • 310 4 6 Veal•• •• ••.••• • • • • 3 8 4 8 - 5ma11........ 4 8 8 0 Lamb. as Gd to 6s Bd. 1303LOUGH AND The supplies of potatoes on offer coastwise, are mo derate ; but the foreign imports are still large. Since Monday last 55 tons have arrived from Hamburgh ; 90 tuns and 217 baskets from Rotterdam ; 241 bags and 470 tons from Antwerp. The best samples are in mo derate request, at full prices; but the middling and in ferior kinds are somewhat neglected.—York Regents, 120 s to 180 s; York Reds. 180 s to 200 s; Wisbeach Re gents, 1004 to 130 s ; Wisbeach Blues, 100 s to 110 s ; Scotch Whites, 903 to 955; Belgian Whites, 803 to 90s. - , BOROUGII ]SOP IVI A-11ILET. As s great i ncrease of f l y h as t a k en place in nearly the whole of th e p l antations, t h e d em and for most kinds of Hops hus b ecome stea d y, at , i n some instances, an advance in th e quotations o f 2s. p er cwt. The duty is called 155,0001.—Sussexpockets, 31 to Si 3l 8 s ; Wie l d of Kent, pocket s , 31 5s tri 3 1 1 2 s ; Mid and East Kent pockets, 3/73 to 51 103 ppr cwt. The imports of N WOOL. "i into sisted of 1,100 b a l es from Sy d ney ; 860 ditto from Ho bart Town ; 80 dittofromillaAmonbduorngh 1 ; 13 ;5 d w i e tt e o k, f c r o o n m - Port Victoria ; 67 di tto from C ons t a ntinople ; 21 ditto from Rotterdam • and 122 ditto from Alexandretta. The private market is heavy for all kinds of Wool, the supply of which on offer is large ; and to effect sales a decline of fully ld per lb. must be submitted to. on all descriptions. TALLOW. Our market still continues in a very dull state, and piiees are from 6d to 8d per cwt luwer than on this day se'nnight, owing to th e preva ili n g hot weather and the increase in the supply of Town Tallow. For forward delivery, parcels may ha had at 43s 6d per cwt; P. Y. C. on the spot, 45s 6d to 45s 9d per cwt; Rought Fat, 2s 70 per 8 lbs. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor sat in his Court, at Westminster, to-day at ten o'clock, the House of Lords not sitting to hear appeals in consequence of its being the anniversary of the Restoration. THE EARL OF CHESTERFIELD v. THOMAS SLINGSI3Y DUNCO3IDE, ESQ On the appli ca ti on of Mr. S T UART, this appeal, which stood on the paper for hearing today, was postponed till Friday. HIGGINSON V. SHAND. The further arguments in this case cccupied the Court the whole of the morning. The case came before his Lordship on Saturday upon motion for an injunction to restrain the public officer of the Royal Bank of Liver pool from proceeding to make the plaintiff a bankrupt under the eighth section of the Ist and 2d Victoria, c, 110. The plaintiff had become security to the extent of 60,0001. for the house of Barton, Main, and Higginson, of Liverpool, which became insolvent in September, 1847, and the bank now sought to recover the am ount of the liability. The plaintiff alleged, in support of the motion, that a part of the money had been paid, and that, as the bank did not perform the conditions on which he had consented to become security, he stood absolved with respect to the remainder. Mr. Bethel' and Mr. Ball were counsel for the plain tiff ; and Mr. Molt and Mr. Prior wcre in support of the defendants. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) The Master of the Rolls sat at ten o'clock to-day to hear cause petitions. LEWIS V. BALDWIN. The Master of the Rolls gave judgment this morning company u n t ry in this case, which ca me before his Lordshi p some time o in f a the railwayaatnocountry upon motion to dis char g e an order w hich had been obtained under the 33d of the General O r d ers of May, 1845, authorising the service of a . subpeona on fo urteen defendants in the s uit, residing it! Ireland, out of the jurisdiction. The obj ect of the suit was to restra i n the ipna'lrel payment of, t f 503,0 anotherl the companymonies with which the direc tors of t h e former w ere obliged to , have made an arrang e m ent for an amal gamation. His Lordship declined ma kin g the order aske d. The Court then proc eeded to hear p e titions. 00 , this int erm i na b le case, w VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE - C HANCELLOR, of ENGLAN D .) ATTORNEY -GENERAL V. WILSON. Lady Hewley s charity, were resumed this morning, anti occ upied the Court th e w h o l e day. (Befor the 1 , ice Chancellor KNIGHT B RUCE. ) His Honour the Vice -Chancellor Knight Bruce was which he relatesfu rther to arguments in occupied the whole morning with cause petitions of no general interest. (Before the Vice-Chancellor NVIGRAM.) MACGREGOR V. BAINBrIDGE. — JUD/331E NT . His Honour gave judgment this morning in this case, year 1845 which was heard before him a short tinae si nce . ;he ti t s li olicitors of a The bill was filed by one solicitor against another, for account and distribution of their Joint profits as partners. The defendant denied the exist ence of any partnership between himself and the pl a i nt i ff. The p a e al n d to Owenbe t I h v e e s r e e : e th ir e cu rla s i t projected railway • , company, called the West and East Jui:ction Haile ay, from Kidderminster to Hereford, and the defendant was the solicitor of another projected railway, named the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Wor natnitcycsa and cestershire Junction Railway. The two companies agreed to an amalgamation in 1846, when the first pro ject was absorbed in the second, and the plaintiff and the defendant Cllr. Owen having previothly retired) were appointed solicitors for the joint business. The EVINING, MAY 29, 1848. bill alleged that the defendant had delivered his bill of costs, which had been paid by the amalgamated com pany, and it prayed that an account might be taken and payment of his share made to the plaintiff. The VICE-CHANCELLOR, in giving judgment, regretted that he did not consider himself able to decide the case, and he should therefore direct an issue to be tried at law to the following effct:—Whether, upon the occasion of the amalgamation of the two companies, or at any other time, it was agreed between the plaintiff and defendant that the business of the amalgamated companies should be carried on by them jointly as partners ; and if the jury should find that there was such an agreement, then whether it was agreed between the plaintiff and the defendant that the property should be divided in equal shares between them ; liberty to state special circumstances. His Honour also disposed of the case of Scott v. French, and Hirst v. Hutchings, but the cases possess nointerest except to the parties concerned. The case of Salmons and Hasencicver also stood in his Honour's paper for judgment, but the Court post poned its decision on it to a future day. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice ERLE). MISCONDUCT OF AN ATTORNEY. Mr. M ARTIN applied for a rule, calling upon an at torney (whose name he did not mention) to show cause why he sh ou ld not pay the sum of 411., which had been placed in hi s hands, under the following circumstances: — The persons on whose behalf he applied employed the attorney to take out the probate of a will in the o _ Eccle siastical Court of th e Bi shop of Llanda ff . O n the d of September last he applied to the applicants for the sum of 41/., for the purpose of defraying the necessary expenses. The money was paid on the same day, but instead of devoting it to the purpose for which it was sought, he appropriated it to his own use. Various ap plications, extending over several months, had been made to the attorney for the money without having the desired effect, and the applicants had therefore been driven to make this application to the Court. It had been suggested that an attorney so acting ought to be punished by the Court, but he (Mr. Martin) was not very fond of the adoption of such a course. What he, therefore, asked for was, a rule calling upon the defend ant either to pay the money or to answer the allegations in the affidavit on which he moved. The case was a very serious one against the defendant, and it would be for his Lordship to say whether he ought to be pu nished or not. Mr. Justice ERLE said it was for the Learned Counsel in his wisdom to determine the point; if he considered the attorney deserved punishment he had better make an application to that effect to the Court. Mr. MARTIN preferred to take a rule, with the alter native he had pointed out. Application granted. A GENEALOGICAL AND HERALDIC DIC TIONARY OF THE PEERAGE AND BA RONETAGE OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. By John Burke, Esq., and J. Bernard Burke, Esq. Tenth Edition. This, the tenth edition of "Burke's Peerage," a work which is of the greatest possible importance and utility, and which, being arranged in the alpha betical form, is the only " Peerage" which is really useful as a book of reference, is corrected up to the present moment, and is a correct mirror of the Peer age and Baronetage of the United Kingdom up to the month of May, 1848. After the high reputation which "Burke's Peerage" has for a series of years enjoyed, any obFervations in praise of the plan on which it is compiled, or of the accuracy by which it has ever been distinguished, would be supererogatory. In the present edition each article has been separately and distinctly revised,and the information acquired by the authors from the extensive collections they have made from the "History of the Landed Gentry" has enabled them to go more at large into collateral lines, and thus to enrich their pages by an accession of names to the respective Pedigrees which had previously been entirely excluded or forgotten. The book, which is illustrated by the armorial bearings of every Peer and Baronet in the kingdom, is beautifully printed in a small but clear type, and, from the manner in which it is got up, will be an ornament to the drawing-room or library table, independently of its great utility as a work of reference. The National Philanthropic Association of Lei cester-square have erected in Ham-yard, Windmill street, St. James's, a lavatory for the gratuitous use of the labouring classes. _ HER Iktinny's BIRTHDAY. The Attorney- General entertained the Queen's Counsel and the leading members of the bar, on Saturday, in celebration of her Majesty's birthday, at the Albion, Aldersgate-street. Covers were laid fur sixty, and the arrangements were on a scale of great splendour. CELEBRATION OF HER MAJESTY'S BIRTHDAY AT CHATHAM.—On Saturday, in honour of her Majesty's birthday, the royal standards were heisted at all the mi litary forts along the line of the fortifications of the gar rison, and also at the Ordnance and Government offices, and royal dockyards. The Poictiers guard ship, and other ships were dressed with flags of all nations; and at twelve o'clock, a royal salute was fired by a detachment of Royal Artillery from the south four-gun battery, and as the day was a general holiday for the officers and workpeople of the dockyard, the town was very gay. The Princess Royal steam-vessel, in honour of the oc casion, took an excursion party toMargate. The boat was very gaily dressed with flags and evergreens, and a ge neral feeling- of rejoicing prevailed amongst all classes. The bells of the Rochester Cathedral, and of the several churches throughout the town, rung merry peals during the day. HER MAJEsTT's THEATRE.—His Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia, accompanied by his Serene High ness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, visited her Ma- Majesty's Theatre on Saturday evening. There were also present his Grace the Duke of Wellington, the Duke and Duchess of Cleveland, and Lady A. Paulett, the Duchess of Leeds and Miss Lane Fox, the Duchess of Beaufort and the Ladies Blanche and Henrietta Somer set, the Duchess of Leinster, and Lady Jane Fitzgerald, the Duke of Leeds, Prince Louis Napoleon, the Marquis and Marchioness of Kildare, the Marquis and Mar chioness of Downshire, the Marquis and Marchioness of Sligo, the Marquis of Huntly, the Marquis and Mar chioness of Douro, the Marquis of Ailesbury, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Baroness Brunnow and Mdlle. Olga de Lechner, his Excellency the Sardinian Minister, his Excellency the Hanoverian Minister, his Excellency the Swedish Minister, the Earl of Chesterfield, the Earl Bruce, the Earl of Cardigan, the Countess of Blessington and the Misses Power, the Countess of Lichfield, the Earl of Wilton, the Earl of Liverpool, the Earl of Lonsdale, the Countess of Cardigan, the Earl Granville, the Count de Berke, the Count d'Orsav, the Baron Nicolay, M. C. Koudriaff sky, Viscount Eu - field, Viscount Clifden, the Viscountess Dungannon, Viscount Somerton, Lord Adolph us Fitz clarence, Lady Ly n dh urst, Lady C. Wellesley, Lady Fitzroy Somerset and Miss Somerset, Lord and Lady Dinorben, Lord Sandys, Lord and Lady Brougham Lord Galway, Lo r d G ar d ner, Lord Gerald Fitzgerald, Lady Longford, L a d y C . Hope Vere, Lady Emilia, Lady Jervis, General the Hon. H. Cavendish, Major Blaring,• Hon. C. Cav e ndi s h, C aptain the Hon. James Macdona Sir Roger Palmer, Bare, Sir G. Carroll, Bart., Lady Carroll and the Misses Carroll, Colonel and Mrs. Bart Colonel and M rs . E stcott, Major Gordon , Col ow, Colonel Eve res t, Colonel WildmanC od t s air o T n h e t o . rn a to y n e, Captain S e y mour S adler, Captain Re, 3•n the Hon. Sirs. Ryde r B urton, Captain and 2rs. al A n l a e n x d e ander, Major Buckley, Mr. Dodd, M.P. and Mrs. Dodd, Mr. Grote an d M rs. Grote, Mr. and Mrs. Ewi ng, Mr. C. W. Packe, M.P . and Mrs. Packe Reading, Mr. Nora man Macdonald, Mr. Rowland Errington, Mr. Drum mond, Mrs. Ascue, Mr. and Mrs. Tudor, Mr. Broadley, M.P., Mr. Hubert de Burgh, Mr. Hudson, M.P., and Mrs. Hudson, Lieut.-General Sir Alexander Woodford, Bart., &c. &c. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN.—There were present at the Royal Italian Opera on Saturday evening —The Duke and Duchess of Montrose, Viscount Cantilupe and Lord Ernest Bruce, the Duchess Dowager of Cleveland, Mr. and Mrs. Coore and Mr. Henry Mil bank, the Marquis of Titchfield, Earl Sidney, Earl and Countess of Mulgrave, the Countess Dowager of Essex and Miss Johnstone, the Count ess D owager o f Cherie ville, th e E ar l and Countess of Glengsll, Viscount Templeton, Viscount Eglinton, Viscountess Dillon and Hon. Miss Dillon, Lord Alford, Lord Cranstoun and Hon. J. Fortescue, Lord Henry Lennox, Lord George Manners, Lady Mor gan , Lady Burgoyne, Lady Car rington, Lady Harriet Begot, Lady Constable, Lady Quentin, Lady Joddrel, Sir Wm. and Lady de Bathe and Miss de Bathe, Sir B. Webb, Sir G. Armytage, Sir John Burgoyne and the Misses Burgoyne, Sir John Campbell, Sir Win. Abdy, Sir Jasper and Lady Atkinson, Mrs. Charles Mills and the Misses Mills, Mrs. Henry Bain.. bridge, Mrs. Seymour Bathurst, Lady Scott, the Misses Richards, Lady Domvile, Miss Burdett Coutts and party, Major-General Campbell, ILA., Colonel 011iver, Colonel Towers, Captain de Bathe, Captain Cuddy, Captain Knox, Captain Dudly Carleton, Mr. Samuel Rogers, Mr. and Lady Mary Christopher, Mr. Gerard Sturt, Mr. Parnther, Colonel Brownlow Knox, M.P., Mr. Ormsby Gore, M.P. EXTENSIVE CoNXLAGRATION.-011 Saturday morn. ing, at an early hour, a fire, by which not fewer than five families were deprived of all the property they (use possessed, broke out at No. 3, Hoxton-market, in the joint occupation of Mr. Sadley, chair manufacturer; Mr. Miller, a cabinet maker ; and numerous lodgers. The flames were first discovered by police-constable N 145, through perceiving smoke issuing from the chair maker's shop on the ground floor. At this time there were near thirty persons, including children, in their beds asleep. By continued knocking at the street door, and pelting at the windows, the residents were made sensible of the great danger to which they were exposed. The fire, however, had by that time made fearful progress, having extended from the workshops to the staircase, and thence to the bedrooms of the occupants. The cries of the poor people were truly distressing; being fairly encompassed with Line, they expected every second to be burned to death . Fortunately, police-constable 145 N, at the risk of losing his own life, succeeded in rescuing from the flames two women and six children. The other re sidents were saved by some of the neighbours, but so rapid was the progress of the fire, that none of them were able to save a single article of clothing. The several parties were taken to the George and Dragon Tavern, where they were kindly provided for by the landlord during the night. The engines did not arrive until the flames had nearly effected the destruction of the house where the fire originated, and the labours of the firemen were consequently directed to preserve the adjoining houses, which they succeeded in doing. The first mentioned premises were totally destroyed. Seve ral other houses were more or less damaged. None of the sufferers were insured. The origin of the disaster its not known. THE REVUE RETROSPECTIVE. The eighth number of the "Revue Retrospective" contains the sequel, which we subjoin, of the corre spondence between the royal families of France and England. The last letter of the series is the formal reply from her Majesty Queen Victoria to the Queen of the French, on the announcement by the former of the conclusion of the marriage of the Duke of Mont pensier. This number also contains a letter from Louis Philippe to the Bishop of Llandaff; dated July 21, 1804, on the occasion of the death (or murder) of the unfortunate Due d'Enghien, who was shot, by order of Napoleon, in one of the trenches of Vincennes; as also a most interesting letter from Admiral Dupetit Thouars, the French admiral at Otaheite. We publish to-day the letter of the Queen of the French, and the reply of her Majesty Queen Victoria, on the Montpensier marriage. FRO3f THE QUEEN OF THE FRENCH TO THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND ANNOUNCING THE MARRIAGE OF THE DUKE OF MONTPENSIER. TO HER BIAJESTY THE QUEEN OF GREAT BRITAIN. Maclaine,—Confident in that great friendship of is hich your Majesty has given us so many proofs, and in the amiable interest which you have always shown to all our children, I hasten to announce to you the conclusion of the marriage of our son Montpensier with the Infanta Louisa Fernanda. This family event overpowers us with joy, because I hope that it will insure the happiness of our dear son, and that we will find in the Infanta a new daughter as good and as amiable as the elder ones, and who will add to our internal happiness, the only true happiness in this world, and which you, Madam, know so well how to appreciate. I ask of you, is anticipation, your friendship for our new child, feeling sure that you partake all the sentiments of devotion and of affection which we all feel for you, for Prince Albert, and for all your dear family.—l am, Madam, your Majesty's en tirely devoted servant and friend, MAR lE-AM ELIE. TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE FRENCH. - - --- - Osborne, September 10, 1846. Madam—l have just received your Majesty's letter, of the Bth of this month, and I hasten to thank you for it. You will remember, perhaps. what happened at Eu be tween the King and me: you know the importance which I have always attached to the maintenance of our cordial understanding, and the zeal with which I have laboured in it. You have learned without doubt that we refused to arrange the marriage between the Queen of Spain and our cousin Leopold (which the two Queens were very anxious for), with the sole object of not departing from a course which might be more agreeable to the King, although we could n o t con sider that course as the best. You can then easily comprehend that the sudden an nouncementhil g ask bu p t a surprise _ r and ad a veryMadam for regret. d s e p e e p aking t, 0 t_n of the double marriage could cause us no sey to myself that I have been always snc ° er il e pre sent moment about politics , but lam g l ad to be able to awtitthheyou. very am _6 d g you to present my respects to the King, I Beg-in- you , Ma am your M ajesty ' s friend, 'devoted sister and VICTORIA R. GREAT BRITAI N AND SPAIN. A collection of documents on the " Affairs of Spain, with a correspondence between Sir Henry Bulwer and the Duke of Sotomayor," has been laid before Parlia ment. It extends through 68 folio p ages , we s, and is, fo r th e b most part, of consid era bl e interest; can n only on the present occasio n fi n d room for the followig— vsseouNT PALDIERSTOW To lif e :t A . office, D B r u i l f w 2o, lt lB4 8 Foreign. Sir,—l have received your dispatch ofthe 11th a sitn.ste. with its inclostnes, and I ha ve to i nstruct you to to the Duke of Sotomayor, that h er M ajesty ' s Govern ment entirely approve the step which you took in mak ing your communication of the 7th inst., and likewise of your note of the 12th. '1 hat her Majesty's Government, however, are not at all offended, either by the sending back of your com munication of the 7th of April, or by the angry tone and language of the Duke of Sotomayor's note of the 10th, however they may regret the existence of those feelings in the minds of the Spanish Government, of which the language of his Excellency's note and the return of yours were proofs. Her Majesty's Government, in making to the Govern ment of Spain the representations, and in giving the ad vice, which your communication conveyed, were inspired by no sentiment but that of sincere friendship for Spain, and of deep interest in the welfare of Queen Isabella. They felt that in making that communication, they were performing a duty and not taking any undue liberty; and therefore, at all events, it is a satisfaction to her Majesty's Government to reflect, that although their counsel has been rejected and their communication has been returned, the note has nevertheless been read and the counsel has been tendered ; and that whatever calamity may happen in Spain, her Majesty's Govern ment stand acquitted of not having done what they could to prevent it. With regard to the contents of the Duke of Soto mayor's note, her Majesty's Government have only to observe, that if the right of her Britannic Majesty to the throne of the United Kingdom had been disputed by a pretending rival; if civil war had arisen out of such a coutlict of claims; if the British Government had only a few years ago sent a special Envoy to Madrid to solicit the assistance of Spain in order to place her Majesty on her throne; if that assistance had been given, both mo rally by treaty engagements, and physically by military and naval forces; it the aid thus afforded by Spain had contributed in so essential a degree to secure the Crown to her Majesty, that it might with truth be said, that without such aid her Majesty would not now have been Queen of England; if, moreover, there still remained a Pretender who asserted his right, and whose pretensions were backed by a large party in the United Kingdom; and if upon every symptom of danger from that Pre tender, and that party, the British Government was in the habit of reminding Spain of the treaty engagements which she had entered into; was also in the habit of asserting that those engagements were still in force; and was continually claiming the benefit of the alleged existence of those engagements; if all those things existed, and if the Government of Spain had, in a mo ment of general disturbance in Europe, warned the Bri tish Government of dangers by which, in their opinion, the security of her Majesty's throne was menaced; I think I may confidently affirm that under such circum stances any statesmen who might be Ministers of the British Crown, instead of sending back the note in which such representations were conveyed, and instead of re plying to it in discourteous terms, would have accepted the communication in the same spirit of friendship in which it was made; and whether they adopted or not the advice which it contained, would at least have considered it as a proof of the continued existence of that friendship on the part of Spain, to which in such case would have been owing the circumstance, that those British Minis• ters had the honour of being advisers of the Crown, in stead of being proscribed exiles in a foreign land. You will transmit to the Duke of Sotomayor a copy of this dispatch. I am, &c, (Signed) PALMERSTON. NO. 61.—SIR lIENRY BULNYER TO VISCOUNT PAL- Al EASTON. (Received May 23.) (Extract.) Madrid, May 17, 1848. Since writing my dispatch of yesterday I have received the note, copy and translation of which are herewith in closed, with my passports. I start to-morrow, the in stant, indeed, I can at all arrange my affairs. (Translation.) Madrid, May 17, 1848. Sir,—Considerations of the highest importance im pose on me the painful duty of addressing myself to you, with the object of communicating to you &determination of the Government of her Majesty, adopted with as much reluctance as it is prompted by the purest feelings of loyalty. You are well aware how public opinion in this country has pronounced itself through the press, and in every possible way, against your person, with respect to recent events. The efforts of the GovernMent would not be sufficient to restrain the deep resentment which the worthy inhabitants of this city and its loyal garrison en tertain; and her Majesty's Government has serious ap prehensions for the safety of the person of the represen tative of Great Britain at Madrid, if, unfortunately, the scenes which twice have filled with tribulation this pacific capital should be repeated. Your conduct in the execution of your important mis sion, has been reprobated by public opinion in England, censured by the British press, and condemned in the British Parliament. Her Catholic Majesty's Govern ment cannot defend it when that of her Britannic Ma jesty has not done su. In this state of things, your remaining in Madrid is considered in this country, doubtlessly without founda tion, a s a proof of the weakness of the Government, and it' this opinion should gain strength, it might occasion some conflict, w hi c h it is indispensable to avoid at any cost. For these reasons, which the loyalty of the British people and of its Government cannot otherwise than ap preciate at their true value, her Majesty's Government has resolved to put an end to all these fatal contingencies by tranamiting you your passports, and requesting you, within the term of forty-eight hours, or sooner if pos sible, to quit this capital, for circumstances are urgent, and there would be much to lament if this took place too late. On fulfilling the painful duty of making so disagree able a communication toyeu, I must declare to you with all sincerity, that her Majesty's Government does not, with this step, pretend to wound in the slightest degree filo a dignity of the British Government nor of the British n at i on , an d , on t h e contrar y, it cons id ers it Proper to state to you, upon this occasion, that not only it eoes not conceive that your departure can be a motive ac which m a y wea k en t h e re l at i ons o f goo d f r i en d s hi p an d harmony which exist between Spain and England, an intimacy which no one appreciates more than the Spanish Government ; on the contrary, it conceives that this step may greatly contribute to draw them still eloser, as th e cr i t i ca l c i rcums t ances o f E urope , an d as the ad vantage of the two nations would indicate. 'lee Majesty's Government flatters itself that the Go vernment of her Britannia Majesty will do justice to the loyalty of its intentions, particularly when it has r ", (1 . e the proper e x planation which would satisfy the deueacy of the Cabinet of St. James. have, consequently, the honour of enclosing here with the proper passport for yourself and the persons who may accompany you, and the necessary license for post-horses on the road. I avail, &c. (Si gned) EL DUQUE DE SOTOMAYOR. Inclosure in No. 62. KR HENRY BULWER TO THE DUKE OP SOTOMAYOR. Madrid, May 17, 1848. have to acknowledge your Excellency's com munication, dated to-clay, and I shall avail myself of the passports transmitted to me at the earliest oppor tunity, informing you of the hour at which I do so. In regard to my personal security, I place it under the safeguard of the law of nations, the good sense of the Spanish people, and the power of my country, which I resides as much in me alone, and in th e m id st o f evilly excited persons, as in the mighty armaments which, under a sense of wrong, a word from the Sove reign of Great Britain can ever call forth. rn respect to other matters I shall not wilfully cause any rupture of those relations of which you speak; but after a series of measures so singular and unprecedented as those which I have seen here lately, I can in no wise answer for what may be the conduct of my Government. Without, therefore, prejudicing that question one way or the other, I leave Mr. Otway here, who will not be able to carry on with you officially any affairs, without re ceiving further orders, but who, as a highly sensible and trusty member of this legation, will, in case of any great necessity, speak to you on any subject that may occur respecting pressing British interests, and who is autho rised by me to sign passports and official documents for British subjects.—l avail, &e., . . (Signed) U. L. BULWER. No. 68. -SIR HENRY BULWER TO VISCOUNT PALMERSTON. (Received May. 24.) __ Madrid, May IS, 1545. My Lord,—l have just had a visit from M. Caballero, Under -Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, who came to say in person that the communication of my departure at two o'clock this day had been received. And he then added that he came also as an intimate friend of the Duke of Sotomayor, wbo had charged him to come and assure me of his great personal regard and esteem for me, to which M. Caballero added his own expression of similar sentiments.—l have, &c., (Signed) H. L. BULWER. DEAT_H OF HER ROYAL HIGH- NESS THE PRINCESS SOPHIA. Her Royal Highness the Princess Sophia, daughter of his late Majesty George the Third, and aunt to the Queen, expired at half-past six o'clock on Saturday afternoon, at her residence at Kensington. The Princess became very ill on Saturday morning, and was visited by her royal sister, the Duchess of Gloucester, who returned in the afternoon. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager and his Royal Highness Prince Albert paid visits in the course of the dsy. Later in the afternoon the Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Gloucester, and the Duchess of Cambridge, assembled at the Princess's residence, and were present with her Royal Highness when she expired. The Duchess of Inverness was also present at the period of the melancholy event. The Duke of Cambridge arrived a few minutes after his royal sister had breathed her last Intimation of the mournful calamity having been con veyed to the Queen, her Majesty, accompanied by Prince Albert, immediately proceeded to Cambridge House, and had an interview with the Duchess of Cambridge on her return from Kensington. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, after her return from Kensington, visited the Queen and Prince Albert at Buckingham Palace. We have authority to state that in consequence of the melancholy event of the death of her Royal Highness the Princess Sophia, notifications with reference to the drawing-room announced for the 2d of June, and to the parties for which her Majesty the Queen has commanded invitations to be issued, will appear in the Gazette to morrow. OLYMPIC THEATRE. This theatre has, despite the heat of the weather and the very general depression in the theatrical world, been doing very welL We are pleased to see that that very able and intelligent actor Mr. G. Bennett has been added to the company, and whose appearance in the character o e f r l s a o r ati soon of themefew n weeks ago Venetianago created such a was onefuror.of His pthe best pieces of acting we have seen sit,ce the days of " Young," and in good truth we well could understand how the noble and unsuspecting Moor could be led away by such a wily villain. The audience fully entered into the spirit of his delineation of the character given by Knowles' fallon when a eot nwav o t th e a t re Mr. Bennett, and most rapturously applauded him in almost every scene, and on hi s p resent i ng hi mse lf a t the f eeeeo t lsan, h ,et ar e npeltt c baehw u eydan r at t oues a i fisf est n guTcica t hva s h ht ie e niatgoi h hvns o i seveauenswnte, scene earlieril ne r l wao which br e t heen e i n sns a eo dt c o ed, Press , an but dwoseldom mat terno gladly embrace thi s opportunity seeing that he is about ic o hp n rojud T ur h .c u eß r dr sd oo a s y khee,r n i e md a anr t,. Bennett, and Mrs. Mowatt will appear, and it is to be hoped that the public will substantially support an actor of such sterling merit. AMATEUR MUSICAL SOCIEI'Y. The seventh concert of the Amateur Musical Society took place on Friday evening. The programme comprised more works of the classical school than many which have preceded, including Haydn's symphony in 1E flat, Beethoven's symphony in A (on e of th e great composer ' s richest and most masterly works); the overture and in troduction to Guillaume Tell, the overture to .Euryanthe, &c., which last-named opened the concert. The ama teur orchestra executed the various movements of these works with very creditable precision, and were frequently and deservedly applauded. A quintett and chorus by Mr. H. Leslie closed the first part of the concert. It is a work of considerable originality and merit; but its effect was marred by the imperfect manner in which some of the vocal parts were given. Tho room was very well attended. Amongst the distinguished company present was his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. One of the greatest attractions at this institution is. perhaps, the diving-bell, having for a very long period of l,rded vast interest and amusement to its numerous visitors, and, we may also add, the marine experiments which are daily exhibited in the basin; among these we may mention a belt for preserving life from drowning, invented by Captain Smith, R.N., which has proved highly satisfactory; another also, which answers the double purpose of a bed and life-preserver, invented by Messrs. Taylor and Sons, Dover-road, Borough. This mattress is stuffed with cork, which is cut by machinery in very small fibre, about the size of small twine, and consequently is nearly as soft as horse hair, and is well adapted for the purpose, more particularly for shipping. as they take up no additional room, and being articles of daily use, are always at hand and ready for service in the event of a calamity arising from accident, ship wreck, or fire. The buoyancy of the mattresses are so great that they will with ease float more than twelve persons, and in the waste of a ship will resist musketry or canister and grapeshot. The directors of this establish ment deserve great praise for their liberality in support ing native industry and talent, which in many cases would be wholly unknown. We also hear these gentle men are making great preparation for the Whitsuntide holidays. OPENING CRUISE OF THE SEASON OF THE ROYAL NIEESEY YACHT CLUB.—On Saturday last, the 27th instant, being the day on which her Majesty's birthday was kept, the members of this club celebrated the event by the yachts sailing in company on a day's cruise to seaward and back. The respected and worthy Com modore, Thomas Littledale, Esq., hoisted his broad pendant on board of his fine yacht the Queen of the Ocean, of 59 tons. The day was most delightful fcr the event, with a light gaff-topsail breeze, which continued steady throughout the day. The fleet consisted. in ad dition to the Commodore's craft, of the Drift, 55 tons; the Vision, 45 tons; the Minona, Hebe, Janette, Ranger, and Gem, of smaller degrees of tonnage. The latter yacht had on board the Honourable Secretary, who officiated as the Vice-Commodore on the occasion. The yachts were manoeuvred by Acker's yacht signals from the Commodore's yacht, repeated on board of the Gem. The owners of each of the yachts had invited on board a select party of their friends to enjoy the day's cruise, and the distance sailed over was upwards of forty miles. All expressed themselves highly delighted with the day's enjoyment, and the fleet returned to the port of Liver pool at seven o'clock p.m. - Principal contents of the Observer, May 28th : Upwards of three folio columns of her Majesty's birth day, drawing-room, and illuminations; two columns and a half of the Great Free-labour Meeting at the Loudon Tavern, on Saturday; Marylebone and St. Pancras vestry meetings, near two columns; Convocation of the Clergy, intended Address on Monday to the Queen, near a column; a column and a-half of Births, Marriages, and Deaths; about one hundred useful advertisements; and twenty-five columns of Foreign and Domestic News. The extensive publication of the Observer ccm mences at six o'clock on Sunday mornings. Monday's edition, best for the country and abroad, at four o'clock on Monday afternoon. EXTENSIVE FIRE IN MARLBOROUGH -STREET.— (THIS DAY).—This morning, about three o'clock, a fire happened on the premises of Mr. Bradshaw, glass mer chant, Great Marlborough-street. It originated in the lower part of the premises, and although Mr. Staples, with two brigade engines, quickly arrived at the spot. yet such was the extent to which the flames reached that they communicated to the ground-floor and draw ingcoom. By four o'clock the fire was extinguished, but not without great loss of valuable property. Not the least account could be obtained of the cause of the fire. APPOINTMENTS.—Mr. Bromley, who was a first clerk in the Admiralty, and who distinguished himself by the zeal and ability with which he executed the arduous office of Accountant to the Relief Commission in Ireland, has been appointed by the Treasury Secre tary to the Commissioners for Auditing Public Ac counts, as a reward for the efficient discharge of his public duties. James Scotland, Esq., is to be Solicitor- General for the island of Antigua. W. Dudley Ryder, Esq., Assistant Secretary at Ceylon, is to succeed Arthur &q., as Queen's Advocate in that colony. Fre derick Seymer, Esq., is to be stipendiary magistrate at Antigua. W. De Smidt, Esq., is appointed Secretary to the Central Board of Commissioners for Public Works at the Cape of Good Hope. Major Henry Piers is to be resident Magistrate at Pulburgh, Cape of Good Hope. Major James Barnes to be Resident Magistrate at Riversdsile, and Captain J. M. Hill to be Resident Magistrate at Picketberg, and Major George Longmore to be Resident Magistrate at Mossel Berg, Cape of Good Hope.— Observer. RING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL.•••^OOFriday a meeting of the governors and committee of management was hold in the board-room of the institution, in Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn. The report for the past year stated that the number of in-patients was 1,253, ai,d 17,901 out patients, being a larger number than any preceding year, end making a total, since 1840, of 107,250 patients, of whom, 96.810, including accidents and urgent cases, were admitted without any recommendation whatever. The expenditure for the year was 4,493/. 15s. ed.; the receipts, 4,447/. Is. lOd., being an excess of expenditure of 461. 13s. 10d., and outstanding liabilities of about 200 L During the past year the permanent fund of the hospital has been augmented by a legacy of 1,0001. consols, from the late Miss Ann Colter, of Farningham, Kent. The wards contain 120 beds, the whole of which are coo• stt►ntly occupied. ew ,