The Sun. — London, England, 1852-05-27 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. Extraordinary Combination of Talent. Mesdames Sofie Craven', D'Anart, and De la Grange. Dona. fepita Oliva. Signori Calzelari, Garden', F. Lablache, and Lablache. THIS EVENING, Will be presented Bellini's celebrated Opera, NORMA. Norma, Madllo. Sofia Cravelll ; Adalgisa, Madlle. Feller ; Pollio, Signor Gardoni ; Flavio, Signor Mercurial' ; and Oroveso, Signor Suini. After which the new Ballet Divertissement, entitled LA FETE DES ROSIERES. By Carolina Rosati, Madlles. Rosa, Eeper, Allegrini, Lamo - ; MM. Di Mattia, Gourlet, Venafra, and Math;eu. To be followed by the last scene of LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. Lucia, lladarce De la Grange; Alicia, Madame Grimaldi ; Edgardo, Signor Gardoai ; Arturo, Signor Mercuriali ; Bidebent, Signor Sa eini Enrico, Signor Ferlottl. To which will be added a Divertissement, in which Dona Pepita Oliva will appear. With the grand Rondo and Finale from Rossini's Opera La Cene rerrtela, by Madlle. D'Angri. To conclude with a selection from the admired Ballet, LA SYLPIIIDE. La Sylphide, Madlle. Regina Forle ; James, M. Mathieu ; 3ladlles. Rosa, Ecper, Lamoreux, Allegrini, &sc. Applicatien..or Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Opera Box-ofitce, Colonnade, Haymarket. ROYAL ITALIAR OPERA, COVENT-GARo GRAND EXTRA THIS EYENING, Will be presented the first act of NORM -Norma, Madame Grist; Adalgisa, A. Madlle. Bertrandi; Clotilde, Madlle. Cottl; Oroveso, Herr Formes ; Flavio, Signor Soldi ; ?Dino, signor Tamberlik. To conclude with Rossini's favourite Opera, IL BARBIERE DI SITIGLIA. Rostni, Madame Castellan (in consequence of the indisposition of ?tactile. Angiolina Bosio) ; Batha, Madlle. Cotti ; Count Almaviva, Signor Mario ; Bartolo, Signor Tagliadco ; Basilio, Signor Ala:ini ; Fc,relio, Signor Sol& ; Fl4 - aro, Signor Rorie...mu. Commence at Eight o'e.ock. Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. Tickets for the Boxes, Stalls, or the Pit may be had ,for the Night or Season), at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open from Eleven till live o'clock ; and of the principal librarians and musicsellers. BATTY'S GRAN DO ME NA LIONAL HIPPO_ DR, Opposite the Broad Walk, Kensington-gardens, Will OPEN tor th e , Season, on WHIT-ALONDAY, ;day 31st, 1852, When an • A . -,CENI will lae made in the R o y a l Hi ppo d rome Balloon, by a celebrated Aeronaut. Mr. 8 . , in announcing his Second Season, and gratefully remem bering the liberal patronage bestowed upon p as t perturmances, b egs leave to state that he has spared neither pains nor expense in select ing the best Artists from the principal Continental and Foreign Amphitheatres, to realise the spirit-stirring scenes and exciting con tests of the Curiculum, tor which the Romans were so lemons; and to ensure a perfect produccion of the various scenes, the celebrated Henri Franconi, lot:rider of the Parisian Hippodrome, has been en gaged, under whose superintendence the numerous Stud of Trained H o rses, Ponies, Stags, Ostriches, Elephants, &t., will be introduced from time to time, terming the most complete tout ensemble of Antique Pastimes ever witnessed in England. A splendid Brass Band will be in attendance. Admission—Reserved Seats, 35.; First Class, 25.; Second ditto, Is.; Third ditto, ROYALM MARIONETTE 3 HEAT RE, ADELAIDE-STREET, WEST STRAND. TIIIS EVENING, and every evening during the week, A new Characteristic Address, by the Manager. Alter which a new Piece, entitled THE HAPPY MANAGER. A Dramatic Difficulty. In one act. To bo 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 Spectac'e of ALADDIN ; or, The Wonderful Lamp, produced with all the vast resources of this small establishment. Doors open at Hall-past seven, £I.IIU commence at Eight o'clock. A Morning Performance on Saturday next. Doors open at Half past Two, and commence at Three o'clock. The Ebony Marionettes are re-engaged, and will appear on Whit- Monday. There will shortlybe produced several New Pieces, which are now In active rehearsal. Private Boxes and Stall 3 to be had at the Box-office of the Theatre, and of all the principal Librarians. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B Webster, Sole Lessee a rd Manager , Old Brompton. THIS EVES(4, • Will be performed an entirely new comic Drama, entitled MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS, by Messrs. B. Webster, Leigh Murray, Buckstone, and Keeley ; Mrs. Stirling. Miss Reynolds, &c. After which a new Burlesque on a frightfully popular subject, to be called 0, GEMINI ; or, the Brothers or Co(u)rse. Characters by Messrs. Buckstone, Bland, Woolger ; Mesdames Buckingham, Col in% Caulfleld.Hoaey, eke. To conclude with BOX AND CON, by Messrs. Keeley and Buck stone. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Lessee, Mr. B. Webster ; Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed SEA and LAND. Characters by Messrs. Panl Bedford, Wright, Hughes, o.,,Smith, Worrell, Emery ; Misses Ellen Chaplin, K. Fitzwilliam, and Mrs. Keeley. Alter which, a devilish new Extravaganza, called MEPHISTO PHELES. Cnaraeters by Mr. Honey, Miss Fitzwilliam, and Miss Woolgar. To conclude with OUR NATIONAL DEFENCES. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. ruder the Management of Mr. C. Kean. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the CORSICAN BROTHERS. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Kean, A. Wigan, Ryder, Meadows, J. Vining. J. Chester ; Mises ilanlips, Murray, Robertson, and C. Leclercq. 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), entited WITTIKIND AND HIS BROTHERS or, the Seven 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 Rosby, Belton, Baker, Suter, Horncastle, Itosi :re, Butler, and lionner ; Madame Vestris, Miss Laura Keene, Mrs. F. Matthews, and Miss Julia St. George, Miss Wright, Miss Oliver, Mrs. ilorn, Mrs. Macnamara, Miss Martindale, mi. Ellis, Miss Grove, and Miss Foote. A.TLEY'S" ROYAL AIiPIIITREATRE, uncle' Lh. potronago of ner Majesty and his Rovni nigiculeSs Prince Albert. Proprietor aad Manager, Mr. W. Batty. The -nost successful and popular Theatre in Landon. The Last Week of Bonaparte inEgpyt, in consequence of the production of St. George and the Dragon on Whit-Monday. THIS EVENINO, Will be presented a new grand Military Spectacle, which is now txcitiag a!i Paris, entitlel 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 Com'que, and Madlle. Re becca, the graceful Equestrian, the whole forming the most elegant and unique perfoamanco ever wituessed within the walls of an am phitheatre. To conclude with a Laughable Farce. Tickets to be had at the Box-office frem Eleven till Four daily. Stage Manager, Mr. Leclerec/. ROYAL SIIRREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Open for the Season.. exhibition of Danson's Colossal Daylight View of MOUNT ETNA 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 Ancients), with the Caverns and Forges of Vulcan and his Cyclops, the whole terminating with the Eru p tion of Mount Etna and ; grand Tableau on the Lake of Thetis, and the Niriads receiving the Armour of Achilles. Doors open from Nine a.m. Feeding the Animals at Five. Con cert at Half-past DM Fireworks at Half-past Nine. ISSION, ONE SBILLLNG. ROBBERY OF NEWSPAPERS TEN POUNDS REWARD. In answer to the complaints of several Subscribers, whose papers are stolen in periods of political or other excitement, we can only renew the expression of our deep regret. In order, if possible, to bring some one of the robbers to account, we hereby offer a reward of Ten Pounds for such information as may lead to the detection of the culprit, and .tun Pounds more on conviction of the offender. k7 : ...... _ o ffice, May 24, 1852. Tim t o RIGEL WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. To-x ou l —Morning 39 rain. after 7 I Evening 1g Min after 8 0 min. after I Evening 35 min after 9 OrM".3311111 1 MIM THE WEATHER.—S uN 0 or , MAY 27,, THISRMONIERTER, 111 THE SHADE. 49 — highes t sin ce neon yesterday -4h —lowest this mo g and during the night. bl—this day, at noon. 844 ° 14 -vraat, 29.94. WIND IS ' cloudy weather. DAIL Y viTE A 7 --- --_ THE pp at each of the following Btate of the Wind and Weather -.. TABLE. places at Nine o'clock yesterday e l - -rain. are arranged in order of latitude 2 morning.—The stations Pt.ratoirm—"Wind E., hard wind—, PORTSMOUTH—Wind E., strong 1, -ree a z in. ISIASTINGS—Wind N.E. , strong breezel/4-rain, rain. SoursAmprosf-- Wind.NE..F., s , t s r t o r n o g n FockasToms— Wind E b b re r ei zain. TUMBRIL° 11:--- Wind y•E•• strong breez e — r r n e reast. GREENWICH—Wind N.E., gentle breeze_i; STROOD —Wind N. strong breezo—rain. e avY rain, ,Nvisit>oxs-11 , ind , gentle breeze—rain. " , ..OLCHRSTER— Wind S.W., strong breeze—heap, rain. ~ The returns from the following places indicate th e 'l e , wind and weather on Tuesday mor niuz tate of 0 clo c k :__ at tune - - tardurstm—Wind E. calm—cloudless. CARLOW— Wind N E , gent l e breeze —part iall y cl oudy. MuLuxelat—Wind Fgentle breeze—cloudless. Poor-it—Wind N.E. , strop breeze—cloud less P . O ansiouTß—Wind S.E -gentle breeze _partially cloudy. Isustotrra — Wind N., strong breeze —foggy' . ButstutmllAsi—Wind S.E gentle breeze--overcast. HoLTHEAD—Wind gentle breeze —very LANCASTER—W ind E. calm—principally clear. Wfun3r.....Wind N., gentle breezc —I 0 ggY• y DARLORTTON—ind N., g en tl e b reeze - o vercast. BRAT—Wind N• W., calm —principally clear. '^- tb A 4 1 T e . • 1.z4.. -e, s c, T C u i........ ' 4 • ~-; -. ~. oft--,w," .oz I: e•• _ ;,...z> .1 - 7,Lalittr,c-"'" ~~ , ' Vieninit _';)lttt ELY 7 LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1852. Extraordinary opportunities are presented at this moment, not merely to one but to several among the departments of the Administration, by availing them selves of which our existing rulers might cause their .. names to b 9 remembered with gratitude even in the event of their being ultimately driven from office by . . majority in the next Parliament. „._,.. --- r.; - ;_,N4:, in overwhelming N. "' "' '`L.,.-/`!: yin reference to none o f the principal departments, er....;:ri. j4 . 1 `.. 4 ,...,..1. , '? - - -' however, are these opportunities more tempting than ?': .7 77. ' they are in regard to the authorities at the Admiralty. 1 --- --i' '' % 1 ,..?2..' ;'. - . -.Nowhere have the evils of the old syetem become End co nsequEintly nowhere 'W - 4-_, , it : •' ,;. A,„ 4 4,.... 7 .aa0ra glaringly apps rent, 4-S-41,:ef'44410,—,.,- ~...- thoso evils be more easily remedied •without doing ••:,,,-, I,L. :r 1 4 rn 4 , ': 4. 7 XJ,1 1.17 ...,-sit— -- :pi • SUN, T E LONDON, violence to public feeling, or rather, we might say with greater truth, by ahang in obedience to the national solicitude. The Lords Commissioners, moreover, are fortunately at this juncture presided over by a sailor insi:ead of a civilian, and by a sailor no less popular and no less influential than his Grace the Duke , Lee J.Juise of N ORTHUMBERLAND. It, was with a satis faction only inferior to that which witnessed the con tinuance of the Duke of WELLINGTON at the head of the Horse Guards, that the people of England ob served the appointment of the Duke of NORTHUM BERLAND to the head of the Admiralty. They were rejoiced—and no wonder—to perceive the maritime service of the greatest naval power in the world en trusted once more to the management of a distin- ' guished member of the profession. At the period when the names of the DERBY Cabinet were first gazetted we ourselves expressed the unfeigned satis faction with which we remarked the advent to power of one or two of the administrators enumerated — preferring an open foe to a merely nominal friend, and having a somewhat larger partiality for en able than fur a decidedly incompetent member of a Government. It was in this spirit that we hailed with a sentiment almost amouitiog to relief the displacement of an administrative ignora mus like Sir CHARLES WOOD by a man of the people as indisputably capable as the present CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. From a nearly similar emotion of relief—relief after so many chagrins, anxieties, and disappointments—we expressed at once the gra tification with which we notified the removal of Sir FRANCIS BARING from the Board of Admi ralty, to make way for Rear-Admiral his Grace the Duke of NoaTnuainsueaND. Latterly, it is true, there had been some important concessions made by Sir FRANCIS BARING and his colleagues in reference to points upon which public opinion had be come both unanimous and importunate. Still those concessions were so peculiarly restricted in their character, and were only extorted by such painful pertinacity of demand, that we exulted at the pros pect of na&ri coming into office more qualified to pronounce upon the suggested necessity for improve• ment, and calculated to develope the energies of the Royal Navy by a wiser and more active scheme of administration. As illustrative of the most remarkable among the reforms required in the maritime service we would now especially direct the attention of the public to the extraordinary proof recently afforded of the ad vantages of the screw propeller as applied to the pur poses of navigation, From the New York intelli gence just received it will be observed that the prin ciple of the screw had, in the instance of the Great Britain, achieved a success such as remains altogether without parallel. Although encountering peculiarly unfavourable weather, that splendid vessel had accom • plished her passage across the Atlantic solely by the employment of her steam power by means of the screw propeller (her sails being rendered by adverse winds unavailable) in thirteen days and four hours — having on the 12th instant, run a distance of 301 miles in 24 hours—a speed never b3fore attained by a screw steamer. It is worthy of remark, moreover, that throughout the entire voyage the engines were never once eased until the noon of the twelfth day from starting, and then only for the purpose of obtaining soundings. Yet, according to information of an authentic character, which we have received from New York, the return voyage of the Great Britain might immediately after her arrival at the United States have been commenced as far CS the machinery was concerned. Surely this is a very memorable demonstration of the efficacy of that screw power which we have long yearned to see more generally employed in the Royal Navy of England. Re peatedly as we have in these columns insisted upon the advisability of applying the screw to our ships-of-war, we have never more earnestly, as we have certainly never more hopefully, called for this reform than we do at the present moment, when the Great Britain—" once more upon the waters, yet once more"—hes thus marvellously illustrated the benefits of the screw by her recent passage to Ame rica, and when at the same time we bear in recollec tion that the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty are now presided over by ALGERNON, Duke of Northumberland. Conspicuous among the few improvements intro duced by Sir FRANCIS BARING and his colleagues to wards the close of their otherwise negligent administra tion, was the fitting up with the screw of a magnificent vessel like the Royal Albert of 120 guns. Why, may we not hope that this almost isolated example of sagacity on the part of their immediate predecessors will excite the generous emulation of the present Lord Commissioners ? There are other ships now on the stocks to which the same vitalizing or vivi fying power—the screw—might as judiciously be ap plied. Why not adopt the same principle which has been deemed advisable in regard to the Royal Albert, 120 guns, in reference to the Princess Royal of 90 guns, to the Royal Frederick of 116 guns, to the Prince of Wales of 120 guns, and to the Royal Sovereign with the same formidable armament—the four superb men-of-war now building side by side in the dockyard at Portsmouth ? By acting thus be times the authorities at the Admiralty would be preparing for the service an increase of power equiva lent not to four only, but to half-a-dozen, or possibly more, vessels of the first class—vessels capable, when thus completed, of carrying triumphantly through " the battle and the breeze " for a portion of another " thousand years " the "meteor flag " which may merit being celebrated once more by some future CAMPBELL. Supposing it be found necessary, in order to apply the screw to vessels already in course of actual construction, as it has already been found necessary to cut them in two, let them be so dealt with, and, if it be possible, let them be likewise transformed from cumbrous three-deckers, with unnecessary armaments, into two-deckers, each with an armament of 100 guns, like the St. Jean D'Acre, now build ing in Devonport. The decre ase in the num ber of the guns mig h t be readil y compensated by an increase in their calibre—the screw propeller meanwhile imparting to the vessel thus constructed a principle almost equivalent to that of vitality, a power almost comparable to that of actual volition. It is worthy of remark, by the way, that an improvement somewhat in the desired direction has been latterly observable in the peculiarities of the structure of our comparatively recent men-of-war While the Queen, one of Sir WILLIAM SYMONDS' first rates, of 110 guns, has a tonnage of 3,104, the Albion, a second rate, of 90 guns, and the Aboukir, another second rate, with the same armament, have respectively, the first a tonnage of 3,110, and the second of 3,o9l—both likewise from the hand of Sic WILLIAM SYMONDS. Together with changes like those already specified, we should rejoice to witness a different arrangement in regard to the system of manning the Royal Navy of England, ac cording to the scheme repeatedly suggested by our selves, and one the value of which we feel confident is generally recognised by the profession. Under this improved system, we should then be spared the chagrin of witnessing the dispersion of the efficient and experienced crew of the Su- P_,"b, now on the eve of being paid off— : i sailor b e i ng , un d e r those more r a ti o nal Mations exchanged (of course, with holiday inter vals), f rom one ship to another, being engaged, more over,orfor five i ns t ea d o f th ree years , consecu ti ve l y . inn ovations, suc h as th ese , we have long looked, but hithert o , alas t series of changes in vain : let us hope that a benefi centanges may at length be witnessed, changes for the concession of which the country will th be indebted to e present L or d s C om mi ss i oners o f the Admiralty, presided over b y hi s G race t h e D u k e Of NORTHUMBERLAND. The article which appeared of :dtnwot.efil dwelt Nevertheless, so n inter " which m the Paris Presse of gynratia:noa!e•lcehhn. l au t re ip re s e ntative, M. will be found in is replete with yesterday from the of f o t s h tility COLLARD, and to character. The amongst between the us 000uorsisduenaramtiaoroys of of a fo v r e e r i by somee Channel being pro babilities of th r e by a ee n gn c u i two great nations at either s id e w re i k th in n dl o ed or h d a in v a e a " phobia " is got well on foot in En though l when m g and it flou rishes most vigorously in its season, we to cherish an extreme degree of sceptic:: continue as to the likelihood of a collision Letween the t wo greatest the European nations , which would be butof a sangui nary absurdity, disastrou s and disgraceful to civiliza tion, and most pernicious t o the substantial interests of both peoples. It is not owing, certainly, to any lack of zeal and perseverance on the part of certain emi nent organs of public 'opinion in vituperatieg and vi lifying the extraordinary personage who presides over the destinies of the French Republic by the universal acclaim of its citizens, that a very bitter feeling of enmity towards this country is not excited in the breasts of the ruling powers of France. Yet such is the sense generally entertained of the friendly inten tions and prudential views of the PRINCE PRESIDENT, that even capitalists have taken no serious alarm as to the interruption of friendly relations between the countries. " War," truly says the writer in the Presse, " between France and England would not only be a war between two powerful nations, but it would be Europe shaken to its foundations ; it would be the whole world given up to murder, fire, and de vastation." The consequences would indeed be in calculable; but we cannot believe so far in the retro gradation of political common sense as to believe that any differences, should any such arise, would not have as fair a chance of being pacifically arranged, as when the relations of the two countries were deeply affected on account of the affairs of Greece, no very long time since, yet without any perturbation of the general peace. "In 1840, at the time of the events of the East, war was still pos sible, but it did not take place; in 1850, at the time of the affairs of Greece, it was no longer pos sible." Noe—without entailing results of indescrib able calamity, in consequence of the equal domina tion of England and France over the interests of mankind, though by different means; the one ex tending her domination to the most remote countries by her immense commerce, the other, by her natural position a rival to England on both seas, by her army a most influential con tinental power, thus counterbalancing the influence which England exercises in other parts of the world. Two mighty, but younger empires) Russia and the United States, complete the universal political equilibrium. So, that were an obstinate war to break out between England and France, the whole world would be dragged into it, however desirous of constraining them to peace. A fearful responsibilty ! and what would be the results ? "All that France might lose in in fluence on the European continent, Russia would gain, and Russia is the rival of England in Asia. The increase of her power would be a diminution of the English power. England victorious, but ex hausted in men and money, would see the Czart com mand at Constantinople, advance towards the interior of India ; and she would be fortunate if some of her possessions did not escape her by declaring them selves independent. Victory for England would be as terrible as defeat. All that England might lose on the seas, where France possesses almost nothing, would profit to the United States, and the American Union is the rival of Eng land, in North America, for Canada ; in the repub lics of the South, in China, &c , fur commerce. The American union by its ports on the Pacific Ocean is in the centre of that action. England conquered, would never regain her supremacy. 'What would France gain ? Nothing. Some glorious pages added to her history, some flags blackened with gunpowder, to suspend from the dome of the Inva lides, some names to transmit , to posterity— such would be the prize she would obtain from the blood of her children, and the immense sacrifices she would have imposed on herself. A conflict would cause the twellenctmes in the cradle to become men.' But in this conflict England might lose her commercial power, which is her life ; whilst France would risk her blood and treasure." These and the like prudential considerations we sincerely believe to actuate the minds of the think ing French community. Of course, however high an opinion may be entertained of the good and peaceful intents of one's neighbour, it is fatuity to assume an attitude of non-self-protection, provocative of insult or peril. Self-respect should debar that puerile ostentation of weakness which some would have us exhibit, and therefore it is that we have ever upheld the justice and expediency of maintaining an internal force of respectable efficiency, and especially of up holding in ample strength that true bulwark and unconquered champion of the nation—the British Navy. But, humanly speaking, and putting mere feelingi'of philanthropy aside, we look upon those of self-interest to be so powerful as to guarantee most satisfactorily the improba bility of aggression on the part of France. Whoever might be the actual French ruler, were he insane enough to contemplate, and unfortunate enough to be supplied with, the necessary means of attempting or even effecting an invasion of England, he would, sooner or later, however speedy or pro tracted the results, be but compassing his own down fall and destruction. And we believe Prince Loiis NAPOLEON to lse possessed of too much foresight, caution, and knowledge of the world, to give a mo ment's serious consideration to an outrageous project which, if it ever be attempted to be carried into ex ecution, will be when the Red Republic comes to be established in France, and the affairs of England administered by a Committee of the Peace Society.- - - THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. There is an article of enormous length in the Presse on the tumours, or rather the speculations, about a war between England and France. The writer shows that neither country has any thing to gain by war, and that each has much to lose. France, he as serts, has no intention of a war, and England, even if such intention exist Al on this side of the Channel, has too many reasons of interest to allow it to prevail. As to the hest guarantees for peace between the two nations, the first is the certainty that Governments cannot, re they used to do, plunge into war without the full concurrence of the p . ople, and although there may not be at this moment the same mode of mani festing the will of the French nation as there Wei under the constitutional regime, public opinion has still its means of expression, and will make itself heard. Secondly, and this, pahaps, is the most cer tain guarantee f o r p e a ce , we are t o cons id er t h e enor mous change that hes tak en p i ece i n th e means o f wa r. Each country h as pr o d uce d o f late years an immense number of improvements in the means of destruction. War would be no longer a game of ambition for officers aspiring to higher grades, for the probability is that in a single campaign nineteen of twenty would be destroyed. War would no longer be the risking of a few regiments or a few ship, or a loss of a small portion of trade in the hope of destroying the means of the antagonist to a much greater extent; it would be the destruction of one power, and an exhaustion of the other in an almost equal degree. It is to be hoped, too, that the sense of moral obligation has gained ground with the progress of civilization, and that rulers as well as nations will reflect twice before they sin once. The Assemblee Nationale, in noticing the recent conviction of some booksellers for publishing works dangerous to morals, comments at great length on the romances of GEORGE SAND and other Socialist writers, and shows that they have produced a very injurious eff.. c t. The remarks of the Assemblee are but too well founded. If the works to which it alludes bad b. en at once suppressed, it is probable that the movement for which they prepared the way, and which has been so destructive to real liberty, would never have taken place. The gendarmerie of the Seine assembled on Tues day in the Salle des Pas Perdue of the Petals de Justice, and took the required oath before the bar of the First Chamber of the Civil Tribunal of Premiere Instance. A circumstance is worth mentioning, as contra dictory of the rumours which have been flying about, of the consummation of the long-talked of fusion be tween the Legitimists and the Orleanists. A few days ago it was pompously announced that the Count DE CHAMBORD was about to arrive at Wiesbaden, and that at the same time the Orleanists, having at their head the ex-QUEEN of the FRENCH and the Dukes DE MONTPENSIER, NEmouas, and AUMALE, would wive at Ems, which, observed a Paris Ministeriel journal, is distant only a few leagues from Wiesbaden, thus leading the public to believe that the two branches of the Bourbons had planned a meeting. We now learn from the Brussels journals that the Duke DE MONTPENSIER is On his way to Ostend, on his return to Ti.ngland. This is rather a round-about journey for a visit to Erns. The PRINCE PRESIDENT of the Republic has sent M. MERY, an elegant pin for his poem Le Retour de l'Aigle, and a handsome pair of diamond earrings to Mlle. JUDITH, for the manner in which she re cited it at the theatre of the Tuileries. The Bourse was 65c. for the end of the again heavy, with little s p eculatio n . 9 , t.. 75 e , and closed at 99f going f orwar d . The Four-and-a-Half per C ents. o p ene d at 9 mot"; the , Three per Cents. closed at 701. 65c. ; .Or leans Railway Shar e s, 1,19 9 f. 50c.; Rouen, 7721. 50c.; Havre, 285 f.; Great Northern, 586 f. 25c; Avig. non, 315 F.; Vietaon, 5911. 25c.; Basle, 243 f. 75c.; SPAIN. Bordeaux, 618 f. 75c.; Paris and Strasburg, 556 r. 25c.; Tours and Nantes, 371 f. 23c.; Paris and Lyons, 611 f. 25c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCP A.IsIGE, ➢IAY 26. Dutch Rhenish, VA—Great Indian Peninsula, 6% --Ditto. 51A_Namur and Liege, 6 5 / B —Northern of France, 23—Paris and Strasbourg, 215 41—Western of France, 71/2. Madrid journals of the 21st have arrived, but their contents are without interest. The Esperanza, which had suspended publication at the same time as the Herald°, has made its appearance. The Three per Cents. were done at 43; ; the New Three per Cents, at 21i ; the Debt of the Fast Class at 88; and that of the Second at 5 5-16. THURSDAY EVENING, MAY GERMANY. The Cologne Gazette states, on authority of a letter from Berlin of the 22d, that Prussia has ad dressed to the Austrian Cabinet a note on the present position of the customs and commercial question. After setting forth that Prussia has always employed her efforts to effect a union of Germany on the basis of material interests, and observed, that in order to make that basis solid, it is necessary to advance gra dually, to take into account existing interests, &c , the note declares that Prussia will to reedy to enter into negotiations for the ef,nclusien of a treaty, as soon as the reconstruction of the Zollverein shall be completed. The note is conceived in courteous and conciliating terms, though without abandoning the line of conduct Prussia has traced out for herself. It was thought at Berlin that the note would cause direct negotiation to be opened between the Prussian and Austrian C a bi ne t s . Th e German Journal of Frankfort, on it s part, states that all danger of a rup ture between the coalition of southern Germany and Prussia has disappeared, and that the latter is ready to treat with Austria. The Cologne Gazette has the following from Hanover, 23d : —" The Government has made a com munication to the Chambeia relative to the budget and on the affairs of the German fleet. It declares that it has always regarded the preservation of the German fleet as indispensable to the system of defence of Germany in general, and that Hanover in its quality of a second-rate state has used all her in fluence to save this national institution from ruin. The Government made a last effort for this purpose, but without success, and it can only confine itself to protesting, in the most solemn manner to the Ger manic Diet, against the sale of the fleet." The Empress of Russra arrived at Wiesbaden on the evening of the 23 , 1. A. letter from Wiesbaden states that a number of foreigner s emp l oye d i n th e Di e berich cigar manufac tory ha ve b een or d ere d t o qu it the country within twenty-four hours, iu consequence of their having been fou n d t o b e engage d i n p o litical intrigues. The Leipsic Gazette announces that, in the highest financial circles of Frankfort, a report was current that the Emperor of Russia had given orders to sub scribe to the loan of thirty-five millions of florins opened in Austria, in order to employ the twenty nine millions of francs which he hes drawn from France in consequence of the conversion of the 5 per cents. BELGIUM. The KING of the BELGIANS and the Princes, his two sons, passed through the town of Hasselt on Sunday, on their way to the camp of Beverloo. Although their arrival had not been officially an nounced, they were received at the railway station by the local authorities, the musical societies, and a large crowd of the inhabitant - , whilst many houses were decked with the national flag. Enthusiastic cries greeted them on arriving and leaving. A few hours atter, the KING and the Fiinces arrived at the camp of Beverloo. They were received by the Mi nister of War amidst the roar ing of artillery. His MAJESTY and his two sons immediately passed the troops in review. They were received with cries of " Vive le Roi! Vivent les Princes !" In the evening, the KING gave a grand dinner, and the camp was Illuminated. Grand roan ceuvres took place on Monday. POLAND. The Breslaw Gazette, under date of Kaliscb, 17th, says—" The works of the fortifications of Warsaw are now being carried on with extraordinary activity ; a sufficient number of masons cannot be procured. The works in the other fortresses and at the dykes of the Vistula are also proceeding rapidly, and as these works are connected with those of the railway from Vienna to St. Petersburgb, the want of workmen is severely felt." ITALY. In the sitting of the 22d of the Chamber of Depu ties at Turin all the new Ministers were in their official places. M. D ' AZEGLIO, President of the Council, addressed the Chamber as follows : " It is my duty to give the Chamber some explana tions on the lat., Ministerial crisis. Dissensions arose in the Cabinet, not on questions of principle, b ut on questions of execution. The Cabinet resigned; h i s Ma jesty has been pleased to entrust me with the formation of a new Cabinet. I ventured to remark on that occa :ion that my labours, both of mind and body, during the last few years had greatly impaired my health. and that I had nothing to offer th e Ki ng b u t my good intentions. His Majesty declared that sufficient, and added that my ac ceptance of offic e would b e h i gh l y use f u l t o him self and . the country. I o b eye d, b ecause I confide in the &.d of others. I confide in the good feeling the Parliament has last three y ears patriotic devotedness I confide still more in that devotedpess which evinced towards me during the ben our guide through so many difficulties, and given us sufficient energy to overcome them to our honour, and to save our liberties. I confide in the support of our new as well as our old friends, and o f m y new and old c o ll eagues . I, l as tly, con fid e i n that goo d faith which has shown itself proof against all temp tations, and will ever be, as hitherto, the guide and sup port State, The programme of the Cabinet is the of the sam e as before : fi rmness in support i ng const i tut i ona l rnd coe i ntzcanel io nations ; h institutions; the continuation of the reforms we have commenced; good faith with respect to conventions at home, and good faith also in our transactions with fo reign for ever.. our complete independence at any price port, the Cabinet will commence its career with confi- On such foundations, and with such sup ld its hopes not be realised, God, who will country to abler hands." Piedmont to perish, will then confide this A letter from Rome of the 20th states that a new c ontract has just been concluded by the municipal co uncil with a British capitalist, for the lighting of Rome by gas. Four or five years ago, another bad been concluded for the same purpose with two Bo lognese, who, though they paid down caution money to the amount of 50,000 f., never commenced the works. This wards carrying out the new co i tact. The square caution money is now to be applied to of St. Peter's, the Vatican,Colonna, are to be lighted first, and from the Corso, and the Piazze del Popolo, di Spagna and those points the pipes are gradually to branch . out into has directed that gratifications of 11f. per ton are to be granted. to ship builders, being Roman subjects, s the adjacent streets. The Pori; who shall in future build screw steamers of . from . 7 be 22f. 50c. per ton. for larger vessels the gratification is to to 99 tons; of the institution, scribers to this inE Nt the chair.i 0L E N T INSTITU T ICEV BUILDERs ,--- (THIS DAY.) of giv u i s n efu r l el c i hfatrity, aged d h a i n ch d d w ec as a A s p ecial general meeting of the friends and sub the purpose of the building trades, was held this morning at the electing three ' ' .had been fully candid pensioners upon the fund from a long list of candidates; Thomas Grissell, Esq , F.S.A., President ,"orn Bishopsgate-street, fur the purpose . of decayed ni n founded b for 3rs four nOW The re Nrt, which was highly satisfactory, stated that there are I females, making with those elected this morning,ten males and fire females'. owing to a recent alteration in the on the funds of the society eight males and provinces, the benefits of the institution are extended to the and the directors are empowered to appoint district e tails T i ,he first branch of the society was lately opened at r 'g", t m , and is making satisfa-ftory progress, the committees for carrying out the necessary largestde ""ing been received with great favour by the .e i. ^ uuildera in that town and neighbourhood. The formed concluded by observing that the expectations °treed of the success of the institution at its formation borne out by results, and the directors b ulled that the public would come forward and enable them ti still further extend its benefits. 1 The CHAIRMAN briefly addressed the meeting, and stated that since the last election an alteration had been male in the rules of the society, for allowing the votes polled by unsuccessful candidates to be carried forward to their account until they should be finally suc cessful.: lie concluded by urging the claims of the insti tution uPon the benevolent for su pp ort, and stated that h 115' hoped the public would come forward and enable the dir ectors to further carry out t heir p hil anthropic endea vours to support their poore r brethren, three only out of a list of fifteen candidates being that day to be sleeted. Mr. GEORGE BIRD, the treasurer, said that ho should and not feel sat i sf i e d unt il there were 20 persons on the fund, hoped that funds would speedily come i n fur that purpose. The election of the candidates, two males a nd one female, out of a list of fifteen, was then proceed ed with; a t Lt , r which a vote of thanks was passed to the chair want and the meeting separated. -.-- illiam T HE 'tt dissolution of MoNmouni ELECTION. —The General Com mittee of Elections met yesterday (Lord Seymour,chairman) In the the Committee for trying the allegations contained e e Petition against Mr. Bailey, the sitting Member for th etnm sla r te w s INT merits of the petition, viz :—ltr. Melville Portal, Sir the p u bli c outb. The following Member:lN. . r r o. err the o a h p ni p n o fl i o n er t mr e g d autsi t ,o o na t n r od y f Thomas (.::3, B A: a is tn c s o t u o n n t , I c .e h w ai i r s rn ha a m n : I. it may be as well to state thhtafotrtthheoonprectoitnioc concocted c petitionsltyeidi i spontaneously for be proceeded with, the petitioners assigning as a reason itthilderpaewtiitbigonist,atghat as the cpse could not be taken into hein or qu th ir e v consideration until after the Whitsuntide recess, t could not be got through before the coming Parliament. 09 T 5 h 6 e 5 p3e4rtshons.repAolntdaitnohsetfsme:abnyeont 0 bort Committeeohuotobe 843 signed by by hired lecturers or orators, like those of the League Anti -State Church Association; but and sent up by some hundreds of town , . signed acting fix i t self'. —Atorning itcrakt. and villages, oath THE SHARE MAktKETS. Railways. Nominal. Prices. nExTxsa RAILWAYS. 12 , /i 6 % Business done to-day. Aberdeen Amb., Not., Bost. & E. June. Bir., Wolv., and Stour Valley all pd. Birk., Lan., & Ch. Jct., late 33/. 65.8 d., 26/. pd. Ditto, Chest. & Birk., 501. & 251. Cons., all pd. Ditto, ditto 17 1 4 pd. Brist. & Exet., 1004 pd. Caledonian ... 50/. pd. Chest. & Holyh., all pd. Cork & Bandon, all pd Dub. & Belf. Jct. 451 pd. Dundlk & Ennis., all pd. Dundee, Perth, & Aber deen June. Ditto, New East Anglian (25z L. & E. and L. & D.) s'l pd. Do (18/. E.& H.) all pd. East.Counties...2o/. pd. Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. stirs., 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., 50/. pd Edin.,Per. & Dun. 251. p Glas. & S.-West., 1004 Great Northern, all pd Do.Halvs. A Stk., all p Do. do. B Stock, all pd G. S. & W. Ireld.. all p Great Westn., 1001. pd Lane. & Carlisle, all pd Do. Thirds, 11/.13.4 pd Lane. & York., 100/. pd Do., Quarters ...all pd Do., Fifths 141. pd Do.,W. F.id. Un. 11 5 4 p Leeds Northern, ail pd Liv.Crsbv &Stlipt.l7ip Loud. & Blackw., all pd Lon.,Brig.& S. Ct.loo p Lon. & N.West., 100/. p Do. Qoarters 22/. pd Do. Fifths l2/. pd Do. 10/.,M &B (c) 1/p Lon. & S.-West 1001. p Do. New 501., 42 1 A pd Do. New 401 341. pd Lon. & Enniskil , all pd Man. Bux. & Mat. all p Man. Shef. & Lin.,loo/p Do. Manch. & Lincoln Union 4'. 2s. I Midland 100/. p Do. Bir. & Derby 1001. MO. Gt. Wt. (Ire.) 47% Newcas. & Carl. all pd Do. Quarter Sb. all pd Newmarket all pd Newport, Abergaven., and Hereford lO/ pd Newry & Ennisk 7 4 p Norfolk lOOl. pd Do. New 201. S. 151. p North. Coun. Un. pd North British ...251. pd North Devon ...11/. pd North Stafford. 17% p North-Western 191. pd N. & S.-W. June. 6/. p Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 10/ p , Scottish Central 251. p Scottish Midld., 25/. pd Do. New all pd Shrew. & Bir. A, all pd Do. B Shrew. & Her. Old 81. p Shrewsbu. and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) all pd Do. Halves all pd Do. Oswestry all pd Shrop. Union ...6y 2 pd Do. A, B, C, & D fully pd. up at per cent. South Devon all pc' South-Eastern 30/. pd South Wales all pd S uth Yorkshire and River Dun 15/. pd Do. Do. 5l. pd Stirl. & Dunferm all p Stock. & Har. 16/28.31 Taff Vale 126/. pd Thames Haven Dock and Railway _lBl. pd Vale of Neatb...l7l. pd Waterfd. & Kilk. all pd Waterfd. & Lim. all pd Wateil'ord, \Vex. Wick. and Dublin 3/. pd West Cornwall 131. pd West London all pd Yk., New. & Ber 25/, p, Do. & New. Ex 20/. p' Do. G.N.E. pure 9/. p., York & N. Mid. 50/. pd puzrE Aberdoen all pd Do. No. 2, 7 per ct. 3 3 / Caledonian. 101. all pd Ches. & Holyhd. all pd Dundee, Per., & Aberd. Junction all pd E. An(3/ 10s)6 p c. all Do. (S i.) s 7 per ct. all p Do. 71175) 7p.c. 2 p Eastern Counties Ex., sp. c., No. 1 all pd Do. No. 2 all pd Do. New 6 p. c. Stk. 10 Eastern Union Scrip, • Guar. 6 per ct....a1l p Do. 10/. Deb. Sb. all p East Lancashire, 6 per ct. Quar. Shrs. all pd East & West Yorkshires Junction, sths all pd. Edin., Per. & Dun. 5 1 / 4 per cent. all pd Glas. & S.W. Con. 100/. Gt. North. 5 p. c. all pd Do. 5 p c.:red. sc. P Great South. & West. (Ireland) BeBths ks & H. all pd Gt. West. ( Ex. 5 per cent.) all pd Gt.W. fixed 4 1 / 4 1001. p Do. Do. —. B " ppd Lancashire and Yor - s hire, F. 2 0 /. Pd Do. 6 p. c. Stk. 100/. p Leeds Northern, 6 per cent. No. 1••••' 131. pd Do. Do. No. 2 17/. pd Do. Do. No. 3 5/. pd Do. Qrs., 1848 9/. pd London & Brig guar. 5 per cent. ...100/. Do. Pr. 5 p c. Stk. 100/.1 Do , Con. 5 6 0,1852 all Do. N.Gr. c 100/. p Lon. & N.- w (Coy. &I Nunet.) 5 P. c- 13 % Pd Lo. Sc 5.W. Co. 3ds. p Lon. & En. 1 / 4 Sh. all p Q., Sheff., & Lincn . RI., No. 1 all pd Do. New, pd Do. 61. 3/. pd Mid. Con. 6 p c St. 1001. Do. Con. Bris. & 6 per cent.... 100/. pd Do. Erewash Val. 100/ Do. Leic. & Swanning. 8 per c. Guar. 1001. p Do. Preference ...5/. p Norfolk Eaten all pd Do. Gr. 5 1 / 4 p ct. all p Do. Wavny. Val. 2/. p North British 5l. pd North Stafford all pd Oxf. Wor. & Wol., 151. 6 per cent. ...12 1 / 4 pd Shrews. & Bir. N.G. all Shrews. & Ches. (N.W. Min.) 8 per c all pd South Devon all pd St.-Est. 4% p c. 101. pd Sth. Yolk. 4 p c gd. 201. Stock. & Hart. gd. 5 p c until July 1,1856, all p Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent. 3L pd York, Neric. & Ber. Gt. N. of E. Pur. all pd Do. Do 51. pd York & N. Midland H. and S. Purch. 10/. pd LINES LEASE: AT FIXED ZENT.A.X.S. Business I Leasing Nominal Prices. Railways. Companies. to-day. Bdf. & Bitch., all p Lon.&N.W Bir.& Oxt., gua. all Gt. Westn. Do. without, all p Do. Bir.Wolv. & Dud., g uar all pd Do. % 29 % Do w ithout, all p Do. Bucii ng hash. all p Lon. &N.W 18 % 18% Clydsdale Jc., all pC..a.edonian 45 —47 46 E. Lin., ga . per cent. ..... all pd Gt. Northn. 36% —37 Gloucesi. & Dean Forest... 22% pd.Gt.Westrn. 4% —5% p Hartlepl. Dk. & Yk.Now.l Railw. pd &Berw. f ••• HtAll& Selby, all p Yk. &N.M. 111 -- 113 111% Do. Halves., all p Do. Do. Quarts., all p Do. Leeds &Brdf.,all o Midland lO3l 104 1 % 104 % Lon. & Grenw., all S. Eastern 12% 13% Do. Lowestoft., Pref....all a pd Do. gu.4 per cent...all pd Norfolk ... 17 —lB Do. 6 p. ct., all p Do. Middlesbr' & Red ...... ..• ••• car, 6p. c., all p Stktn &Dar . . —•• N. & E., sp. c., all E. Counties 60 —62 Do. 6 p. ct., all p Do. ••• Do. F. 5 p.c. all pd Do. Prestn. & Wy re , { LAN.WI all paid &L a . &Y f p Do. Hives, A, a ll p D o. Read., Guildf., and Reigate ... all pd S. Eastern 23% —24 Roy. & Hit., 6% p Gt. Northn 9 3k Ns Do. Shep. Ex., all Do. Shf. Rtb. & 5 p. c., 18.11.6 p Lan. & Yks •,•• S. Staffdsb., p MrM'Clean 1 1 Wear Val. 6 p c., all Stekt& Dar , D o , d o , all pd Do. Do. d0._... all pd Do. 01 nn / Wilt a i itk bora., a ll p Qt. WNW. 4V' 95 19 187,,-i 12%, to 12% 6% --7 10% - 10% 11 —lO l , cl. 17% - 18% 95 -97 19 -19% 20 -21 i'L 1: ii d. G - 7 4 - 414 2 3 / 4 - 3 8 3 / 4 - 9 5 1 / 2 - 6 4 - 4 1 / 4 , 16 3 % - 17 55 -GO 31 -32 4 3 / 4 - - 514 20 - 20% 6 -6/ 15 -15 1 / 4 1.',8 -39 1 A 90 - 90% 80 -82 9 -10 p 71 -71 IA 6% —6% dis. 49/ a 4 dis. 15% 16 8 1 4 104 105 122 122 1 / 2 4 3 / 4 5 p 3 1 / 2 4 p 177 8 -2 1 i p 91 1 / 2 —92 41 —4 dis. 3 2 dis. 11 1 / 2 12% 2% —2 7 4 31 —32 3 —2% dis. 67 —67% 35 —37 Ii = ill/2 4 1 / 1 3 3 / 4 dis. 1 3 / VA - 33 10% 10 1 4 dis. 3%-3 dis. 71,fi 7Y B 777 8 7 1 / 4 dis. 6',4 dis. .. ... 1% - 2 p. 19 1 / - 20 16 1 4 - 16 3 % 111 - 113% 714 __ 7% 5 5N 3 3 1 / 2 3 die. 15 —l6 7% 8 11 —l2 3% 2j B d. 18 -19 20% - 20 % I 33 -34 % dis. % p 1 . 5 . ---- 167 2 —2% 4% 31/dis. 4j— 5 19 —2O YO % .1: 1 . 6 3/4 17 1 / 2 18 7 1 / 2 7 dis. 3 2 3 % 23 1 / 2 —233 A, ENCE SBA 1A 1 db. /M - 9 % 18% -189 i 5 1 4- 6 2 7 / 8 -3% Iy,- 1 - 1 1 3 Y4 - 13 4 14% - 15 3% -3% 15 - 15% 1;& -- 1 3 4 p 8%- 8% % Yit dis. ••• --" •.. ••• - ... 3% __ By, p 12 - 12% 10% - 11% 13 - 13% 3 / 4 - 1 p 145 - 147 ••• p 19% _20% 5%- 45% 5 - 64 % - % p 10j-10% 16% - 17 15 -16 •.. .-•••- ... 1% ...... % dia, % % dis. 16 3 % - 17% 4% - 5 ii - % P 1852. 7ORMIGN iness Railways. Nomim Bo 1 Price. to-day.done Cent. France (0.V.) all l 22% 23 Charl. & Erquel. all pd 13 —l5 Demerara all pd Dutch Rhenish...B/. pd 3 1 / 2 3 dis. 4% East Indian 18/. pd 4 1 / 1 p Do. Do 20/. pd . . ••• Gt. Indian Penin. a ll p % 1 3 / 8 P Do. Do. 4% pd I% 1% P 4 Grud. June. of Fra. 4 pd Louv. a la Sambre 7% Luxembourg l3/. pd 4% 4Y B Do. (Railway) 10/. pd 3 5 /s Do. l/. pd % % Do. (Canal) 2t. pd 57, Maria Antonia 27i pd 8 —lO Do. New 8 1 / pd , Namur & Liege all IA 63/ 6% North. of France,l6/.pd 22% —23 Do. 20/. 3p. c. Bds, all p 13 133/ Orleans & Bor 11/. pd p 15% Paris & Lyons ...61. pd 4/ 4 3, p 105 /s Paris & Orleans all pd 45 —47 Paris& Rouen ...all pd 29 1 —3O Paris & Stras. ...all pd 21% 21% Rouen & Havre...all pd 10% —ll % 10% Sambre & Meuse all pi. 43/, 5 4y St. Andrew's & QKebee (A) 4l. pd . Tours & Nantes 17 /. pd . —5% dis. 11% West Flanders...B% pd 2% 3i4 West. of France 6/. pd 1% —1% p -1% p MINES. Agua Fria all pd Anglo-Californian, all p Asturian 151. p Australasian 21. pd Australian Si. pd Austr. Freehold all pd Ave Maria all pd Blaenarvon I. & C. all p Brit. Austr. Gold all pd British Iron 131. 15s. p Braz. Im. (is. 5 p) 24% Do. Coca. & Cui. all p Do. St. Joh. del R. 15/. Carson's Creek all pd Cobre Copper ...401. pd Colonial Gold 11 pd Copiapo 141 pd Eng. & Aust. Cop. all p General all pd Gold Mountain...all pd Great Polgooth all pd Lake Bathurst e'l pd Lon. & Cal. Gld Qaartz Crushing Com all pd Mexi. & S. Amer. 91. p New Granada all pd Nouveau Monde, all pd Port Philip ll. pd Quartz Rock all pd Santiago de Cuba 10 3 / South Australian, 1 pd Tin Croft 7l. pd United Mexican all pd West Mariposa all pd par 1 / 1 p y 4- Ya P 1% 1 % —11 P % 1 % % cl?. % y i chs. ... IA _ y, die. i%- - 2 ... . par ..% p par h p 1 dis. 9 1 8 1 4' dis. % 1 / 2 1/2 %dis. par par p 3 / 3 - dis. 9% 10 par 11 11% 2 — 2 1 A % dis JOINT, Australasia all pd Brit. Nth. Amer. all pd Colonial 251. pd Corn. of London 201. pd Lon. & County 201. pd London Jt. Stk. 101. pd Lon. & We3tm. 201. pd Nat. Prov. Eng. 351. pd Do. New lOl. pd Nat. of Ireland 221 A p Orient. Bk. Corp. all pd Prov. of Ireland 251 pd. Do. New ....... all pd. Union of Austral. all pd Do. New 2% pd Union of London 101. p Union of Madrid all pcil CEIMANEWIT MI Austral. Roy. Mail, 2 p S 2 2 4 Canada 32% pd 48 49% Eastern Steam...2s. pd Gen. Stm. Nay. 141. pd Gen. Screw Steam Ship ping Company...so/, p Irish Beetroot Sug. 2i p Penin. & Or. St. all pd Do. Do. _l5l. pd Royal Mail Stm. 60/. pd Universal Emigration and Colonization, 21. p .STOOZ BAN: 46% -4712 455 -56 13% -14 1 A 25 26 18 -18 3 4 283% - 293% 1734 - 17 34 -36 44 1 / - 4534 16 7 / 8 - 17 % 42 - 42 1 / 2 3 - 31/ 2 15 -16 % 28 % = - 2 -9 2 - 2 3 % 82% - 83 34% - 35 77 % - 78% I ; 7 a I A 5;4 1 1/2 1 5514 26% 29% % 45 yi 16% 16 MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 15,000 bales, of which 2,000 American and 1,000 Persam and Maranhatn were taken for export, and 5,000 American on speculation. The market closed firmly, and, as compared with Friday's rates, prices of the current qualities of American were dearer. The sales comprised 12,000 American, 1,300 Pernam and Maranham, at 6d. to 71d.; 100 Bahia, at 6d. to 64d.; 300 Egyptian, at bid. to 9d.; 800 Surat, at aid. to 4icl.; and 250 Sea Island, at ls. 4d. to ls. Bd. per lb. —Railway Shares were The sales of Wheat last week in the markets that govern the averages were 85,052 quarters, and the six weeks' average price is 40s. 9d. Upon the state of the Dried Fruit Trade Messrs. Witherby and Hanson report as follows: " The steady increase in onr deliveries since the mid dle of March has already made up for the deficiency in those of January and February, as compared with the corresponding months of 1851. The quantity on which duty was paid from 19th ult. to 18th inst., was 1,180 tons against 1,045 tons in 1851, 495 tons in 1850, and 1,100 tons in 1849 ,• and the quantity shipped during the four weeks ending 13th instant was 230 tons. These large deliveries against such light arrivals have mach reduced the stock of currants at this port, which cannot, for some time to come, receive any direct accession, nor will any supply be received at the outporte. The clearances at Liverpool fall short of those of last year at this period. The stock of currants and raisins together does not now much exceed 6,000 tons, a large portion of which has already changed hands." In circles interested in the question of steam naviga tion, there has been a good deal of conversation respect ing the relative merits of the screw and the paddle-wheel system. The result of the Great Britain's voyage out will give an impulse to the principle of screw propul sion, the extent of which it is not easy to contemplate. This monster steam-ship ran her distance, although twenty-four hours' longer passage, in the same time as the paddle-wheel steamer Canada:—the screw-steamer having sailed for New York on the Ist inst., the same day the Canada departed for Boston; to which must be added, in favour of the Great Britain, the fact that she has only one-third the steam power in ratio to register tonnage that the Canada has, It is to be observed that another important lesson is taught our various steam companies by this result, viz., the advantage of non-inter ference with the builder, the proprietors having given the eminent builder of the Great Britain, Mr. Pattison, of Bristol, a carte blanche when they pur - chased the wreck to do whatever he considered hest as a naval architect, both as respected her hull and the power and principle of the new engines with which she was to be supplied. The horse power, we Hieve, does not exceed 500, and one can easily imagine with such immense stowage room, the tonnage exceeding 3,400 tons, bow easily an Austra lian voyage could be undertaken by such a steamer, and at what a cheap rate emi grants could be conveyed, provisions being -'the heavy items in such cases. The entire credit of this quick passage is probably not due to the screw only, but to the adoption of the oscillating engine, hitherto objected to for Transatlantic ships. The proprietors of the lonian Bank have held their yearly meeting to-day, and the report made to them by the directors is not very favourable. Heavy losses have been incurred by the failure of Messrs. Castelli, and by the monetary crisis in the islands. The net profit for the year is 8,892/. 15e. 4d., and to make up th e 6 per cent. dividend declared last April the reserve had to be slightly trenched upon. It is hoped there will be hence forth a gradual improvement, The Amsterdam Stock Market on the 25th instant was better, the Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents, being 61 5 , 16. Messrs. Schroeder and Mummy's Circular, dated New Orleans. May lsr, and published by Mr. Jamas Irvine of Liverpool, gives the following particulars of the Cotton Market :— report of the 17th ulult.left the mar k et ur in firm state, the unfa voura bl e accounts from Europe, a a t that time just rec e i ve d, having remained witho u t in fluence. During the succeeding Arctic and Asis came to hand, week the accounts per and this week those per Franklin and Niagara up to the 17th of April The business of the fortnight sums up 49,000 bales ' during the first, and 46,000 bales this week, and prices have stiffened from day to day until they ha ve: reached their present level, as defined by our quotations below, show ing an advance of fully Ito Buyers for the continent have operated to a large extent; the demand for the north has been quite inactive, but is reviving. The quality of the stock remains unsatisfactory, the better descriptions being extremely scarce, and the greater part of the Cottons offered deficient in staple. We have stated at various times, that, notwithstanding the certain prospects for a large crop, the general opinion was very favourable for the article, and that the confidence in the maintenance of prices was daily increasing; this h fe e e l i a n t g e has been much strengthened by the tenor of circumstances seem to combine to preclude th e probabi lityaccounts from Europe; and it cannot be denied t tbatall of thi s, of near 3,000,000 bales is very possible of a material depreciation of Cotton. o n t o t w on. ; 0 how ever,and have been disposed of, . and stocks in all our ports 2,693,484 bales have already co me . G to r tu a E k on t i our market scarcely are small in the extreme, in Tee exports t o E u d rope show number bales b e r of f o show an moms 10,000 bales . be e ing of le o f o t 256,770 561 e. bales to other ports, and stocks in Europe are small, foreign tain, 92,118 bales to ha F v r smaller than they years at the c orrespon din g perm. leayfncl-efee in A quantity of back w hich would be to be recei ve d 300,000 bales,yet, sb ould the crop be 3,000,000, appears to us to be not sufficient to sa ti s fy the demand without enhan c i ng prices materi ally; the deficiency in the supplies of other Cottons in Liverpool, is to be made up by American Cotton, and for home consumption fully 600,000 bales are require d b pro this year, of which a considerable o b oug ht. It is th us very probable r th p rti . on is yet t 9 e at with a continu ance of the present enormous consumption, the supplies from this country may prove inadequate. With regard to the new crop, th e weather during the last week has been quite unseasonable and severe, so much so that frost, even in our neighbourhood, has been redorted. From vario us po i nts in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and S ou th C arolina, accounts of severe frosts have reached us, and reports of damage done by the Mae Aud whom', too only 14 the imam to 31 30% 31% 70 3 % 71 [66% 66 7 / a 3 / 4 67 65% 7Y I % 19 1 / 2 % 10 7 4 201 X 17 5 4 54 12% 3% 22/ 8 23 11 % 31% _ at attach much importance to this, as there is time ens . _ to replant, if 4uch should be. necessary; it cannot Igo denied. however, that the growth of the plant had bi d much retarded, and that the crop is in a very backw w state. Ordinary to good ordinary, 61d. to 711; l i , middling. 7id. to 7id.; middlitvt, 7-3-d. to Bd.; dling, 8/d, to Bid.; middling fair, 80. w 9d.; iair.tY i i Sales during the two weeks, 95,000 bales. Itenelp"_, - this port, 1,277,233 bales, against 880,681 last Ye"" Increase of receipts at all ports, 623,092 bales. Ineresse, of total exports to Great Britain, 256,770. bales. to good roll crease of total exports to France 92,118111e9, and other foreign ports 65,421 against last year. tilers The English Funds are rising again, alth'eugh 1100, is very little doing. Consols have been 9 24 t° 1 ,; h and are now 998 to par. The bullion in • • Bank of England will show an increase to _ considerable amount, it is said, by the be published in tc-morrow evening's Gazette. Accor ° ,,, to the rumours the addition will be over 200,000/. ):1 New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have realized I_l', to 1018, end the Three per Cents. 99 to' 1- Notle!: has bin done is Bank Stock. Exchequer-bills are to 71s. premium for those Elated June. .c, as° Foreign Securities have been rather good. -- c l 0 retur o 4 bring 4 to i-, Brazilian Five per Cents. 99, and 13/le g i, Ayres 73 to 734. Grenada Deterred Stock is al of Mexican Threes have improved a- little,- being . I , to 25. The Old Bonds are nominally 3'o, Spanish Five per Cents. have been quoted 201 t o . and the Three per Cm' . Deferrel 20k. Porgne Four per Cents. are 361. Venezuela Bonds ha ve , is dined to 3,',- fat Money, though done at 3 8 to Z Account. Dutch Four per Cents. are 93 to I. n lil The 18;4 week's Railway receipts, ascertained Pr this day, are in round figures as under:— 10 1 ;s 1852. iBO,-1,4 Great W es t ern £18 ,317 50 .21 North-Western South-Western 11,550 1 5 , 8 0 h . 5 Brighton Midland South-Eastern 13,242 5, , North Stafford 1 , 6„ , 5 1' 5,014 Caledonian Great Northern 11,076 Lancashire and Yorkshire 16,374 York and North Midland Newcastle and Berwick Railway Shares are all lower again, ' an d s., n tiP l e. lators for a fall exert themselves to bring -3 , 6 0 W0 action. The rats of " - continuation" for carrii ii `' f o e is very moderate, say * to 5-16 per cent. for th e night. . . Mining Shares ere at about previous rst3o. sf, QUARTER TO T I ... 94 100A11 oNE CK$ O ,/ PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS O'CLOCK.. i'w 99, 1 011 1 h 3 per Cent. Reduced Anne ........... 3 nor Cent Consols Annuities ........ 99% 99% 100 1 01 ' tclov VA per Cent. Anus.... .... . ..... 101 % 53 17 0 „ Len; P_ - ins . to expire Jan.lB6o ...... , 6'/ a r India Bondi, 1,0004. _ B3 p - 1 0° , Ditto under 1,0001........ .. --C insols for Account . 99 7 4 10 1 011- 1 r..:xchenner Bills. I%d March. ~ ,70 a 11 vu 1.0 001 . .. ... ,-...,...... ........ __ ,..0 0 Sma11. oriE . rl O O4 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCS. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. ... — , 18 • Ditto (Rothschild's) - Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent...—. 73% 7 ' 6 94 Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent .... . 4 Ditto 3 Der Cent. ...» 69% a Equador Bonds / Grenada Bonds, 1 1 ,E per Cent.. - 84 Do. En Dec., 1849 Coupons — / Ditto, Deferred 8 3 0 psr Ditto, ll vian3per Bonds , Ce 1 n 8 t 4 .. 9 . : 6 . Mexican. 5 per Cent., 1846 per Cent — 95 / 25 24% 24 / h - 62 1 6 1 1 ... Ditto, Deferred, 3 per Cent 60% 60 56 Portuguese 6 per Cent? Ditto, 4 per Cent. Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Spanish 5 pe . ... Cent. 18t3 — ' 4 1 Ditto, Passive We 1 4 - 0 Ditto, 3 per Cent . ‘d oe° Ditto. New Deferred ... 20% 2 % yv- 04 Spanish Com. Cert. Coup. not funded . • 5O V enezuela 80nd5,:3% per Cent.... 3 7 'A Ditto. Account Dividends on the above payable in Don' 0 Dutch 2 1 ,¢ per Cent. 12 Guild — ~ 9 34 Ditto 4 per Cent. Cartificates r 2rbtrZl EZl f tt it° _........-_____ C E • EPSOM R A C° Consols ... •• Ditto Account, June 9 .. BY EXPRESS-(THIS PO). The Durdans Stakes. ••• . ... ... ... Bordeaux Greengage The Two yrs old Stakes* .0 1 Vaultress ••• ••• ... • • • 0•• ••• Little Swift ••• ••• OAKS BETTING. 2 to 1 agst Songstress 6 to 1 agst Trousseau—take n 6 to 1 agst Red Hind 12 to 1 agst Sally 12 to 1 agst Bird-on-the -Wing fourtb Grand Stand Plate. ... Follow ••• -me-Lads ••• ••• . 0 ,••• ••• Th© Ban... ••• ... ••• •0 ••• Narcissus ... ••• •-• ... , 1 ), LLOYD'S SIIIPPING—(TaIf m ij n o A btl 0 N. B., L ONDON , MAY 27.—Wind at noon . ~ and dull cloudy weather. Sag e' •e to° HULL, MAY 26.—Wind N.E.—Sld. Queen Tl c RuTr.MouTri, MAY 26.—Wind E.—Sld. t , fd lIARWIca, MAY 26.—The Maria Agne.- , ,, e r, l New Orleans ; Royal Victoria, Charleston. Danzig, was driven foul of by the Faithful schOw ) Maldon, and has come in to repair damage. Tor; CAIRN BRYAN, MAY 25.—The Laurie (query l i d of Salcoats, Troon t o D u bli n , f oun d ere d o ff the . 1 " , Ailsa, 20th inst.; crew drowned. A Wi er AMSTERDAM, MAY 24.—The Diana, - - , n g P Liverpool, has put back to Flushing, aground. 1 , 4 izo A rf o f ; LIVERPOOL, MAY 26.—Wind E. to E.--L 5 ,. l' i Betsey, Mauritius; Universe, New York. ''' pip neuf, Port Philip; Juneer, Panama; William 9 ~ i Arica; Renshaw, Bahia; Woodman, Efavanna b b f leo; and Sophia, La Guayra; Windermere, n' fi vce l , l .l St. George, ditto; Dorcas Prince, B a ltimore; r", loP o p t s, New York; John S. de Wolf', Boston; Olive, 7 i: 'f New Brunswick; British Princess, Mirean i° '" 0 Quebec. MGonAtLreNvaAl,l7w9hMich"pu2tsl—n iyde T to he the Bay on leaky, &c. o a / d lO BIDLINGTON, MAY 26.—The. Sabina, ,- - ,,f 0 Si , Boness castle, stru ck , got on the rocks at Flambro' Hea d z i e Maka, t heol li e . 30, 1 # 0 but assisted off this morning, with-slight danil l vi n rol Iow. AIUB . IIRGH, ckMAonY 26.e—ThekIstahbiselmlalhionogn,er,beiod 1 01# east pier, and has become a total wreck. t lie—ift H n eP lowing information, was washed on shore, _di on the Island of Syll : MAY 24.—A bottle, containiog .1, h oiro ° " On the 21st of March the ship Union, Nvit -e . t orl of from Bremen to New York, was totally Ic ) ; ti do English coast. This information from me, a l nate Samuel Badorzkv. of Posen." -o so MARKET NEWs.—(THIS— vr.p NEV7GATE AND LEADEZir.- - 0 3t The general demand is steady, at full pried:o/0 from 2s 2d to 3. 4d; Mutton, 2s 6d to 3s 10‘ 1 1 to 3 1 to 5s 2d; Veal, 33 2 d to 4s 2d; Pock, 2s 'I L ' per Eilbs by the carcass. HAY MARIE" 61 4 ' pi .2. S MI THFIELD. —Meadow Hay, 3/MS 59 od . 0 4 l ig, Clover ditto, 31 15 s to 510 s; and Straw, 1 133 load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish,: 41 71 C UMB ERLAND.—Meadow H a y, 31 6 s Od Clover ditto, 31 12s to 41175; and Straw, 11 43 b" o e; load. Trade dui!, A l de l' WHITECHAPEL.—MeadQw Hay, 31 53 od 11 8 ' Clover ditto, 31153 to 510 s; and Straw, 1133 to load. Supply good, and trade dull. CORN AVERAGES C ofil l tt i " a ir°, GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES O F B RITI 5 0 ve ,0 , For the Week ended May 20, 1852, m a d e up f ro m the -", 1 A ve Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in EnglAn YE 1 , 1 ,41 per Imperial Quarter. 35A• 1 1 4 1 3 01 PRICE •• 1 408 6d WHEAT. 'BARLEY. i .. I 27s 10d 208 OATS Id 1 30 5d 3'.' o. I° I 1 4 9 DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. I WHEAT. BARLEY. I OATS. RYE. sg A g 14 Od is Od is Od lisOdl 15 -- g 10$ QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST 66, fje Wheat, 85,052; Ba r l ey, 10 ,344; Oats, 17,237; lile' QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS m,joo tic ab' 'Sittings in Banco, before Lord CAMPBELL, COLERIDGE, Mr. Justice ERLE, and Mr' CROMPTON.) MANCHESTER AND SOUTHPORT RAILW )I :i ile t b; The SOLICITOR GENERAL ()banned TU iO o*- 00 0 hall of a landowner residing on the line, calli c lo Manchester and Southport Railway Com Poll s ol)'' cause why a mandamus should not issue, corlo3 them to complete their railway. 6,661 ; Peas, 608 qti arters. ni tll a SHERIFFS' COURT --(THIS ' ~, (Before Mr. BURCHELL.) 1,0 1 .°, co ' . HEAVY D EFALCATION OF A FOURS'-RATE CO THE GUARDIANS OF THE ROMPOND UNION V. , 0 of PI This was an action, instituted at the j elsta a ve f 0 3513 4 . Poor-law Commissioners, to recover of the u e he e s.:'7; who had been the collector of poors'-rate s fe r j; tl ; (1 ` - ford Union, the aum of 1,0691. 153.'9 1 : the au.— ° the evidence it t do ° defaication. .. , . Ade , t . From had admitted to the anditor.thalttaf.itad fel si6a- S counts, ,., and he aubEequently absconded. d, 4.40 :WU Me %verdict fer the iwzgunt Qil a (lox& l it'ai tbe -4- be fr: 4 14 15 , i 38 3 / 4 90 y,, 15 3 4 121 1 / 26743 141 i 15 % 12% 10% 10% 7 • s