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_____„„............... .................. and a copy given to each of the Members, and that it should then be discussed whether or not they should send an answer. —(Hear.) lHerr Sitz declared that their business there was not to ands compliments with any b o dy o f men .—(Ch eers .) The letter was only a compliment—an empty compli ment—(Bear, hear)—and, in his opinion, it would be useless to give an answer to any such letter.—(Cheers.) A Member here stood up and said, that it was impos sible for them to begin their proceedings by first answer ing letters. They must first of all have some rule laid down by which their proceedings were to be adoted, and some fi xe d regulations made g as to the mode of con ducting their affairs.--(Hear.) Another Member (a Roman Catholic priest) remarked that the first proposal to be made, and in his opinion, the first proposal that ought to be adopted by them, was the proper regulation fur their proceedings ; for it was not possible to go on without it. Herr Wenderdonk agreed with the speakers who had immediately preceded him that it would be impossible to do a nything without adopting certain regulations. A Ih a d b een already appointed on the subject. It had made propo sa l s, wh i ch had b een pr i nte d, an d another commission should be appointed, now that the assembly was constituted, to examine and declare Ilwhether they approved of what bad been suggested to l em. The first thing proposed was the examination of la° returns of Members, next the election of a Presi dent; then the appointment of Committees, Bsc• Ho firs th at f our Presidents should be chosen in the i)"e adopted first, " Place, b ecause it was necessary that means should for the Members to know each other, and then t h at they should be personally known to the Pers on who was finally to be elected as a Presi hdi!nt• Two or three days would .lee necessary before ea dy . comm enced any sp ec i es of business.—(Bear, , r) To arrange their business they should have a commission elected by the Assembly for the purpose of regul a ting th e order in which the several subjects t heY had to reg u l ate should be discussed. Ile had him- Ifelt: to the proposals that had been made on this the' and h e partly approved and partly disapproved (I. He co nc l uded a lengthy speech by repeating t hat th m, e first duty o f the Assembly was to appoint a t4 e 'ramissein to settle the order of their proceedings. err Blum' of LeiPsie' observed they should not, in _ r anxiety to adhere to a form, bo torgetful of what 7as the substance thousandof their dis c ussion. There were a Which of questi ons o f grea t moment, all of awaited their solution in that mighty Assembly. All G e ass?mbled.— deny had fixed its gaze on those who were there (Cheers.) Without a regular course of action prescribed for and by them, they could never decide,d ; they could neither advise, nor counsel, nor Ase e ,,b tl i °r act s — (Cheers.) The first great duty of the had s - si :Y was an examination into the elections that there by e helace. Without the proof that they were witho ut votes of the people, they were an assembly whose rel)Gwer-- , a confederation in words, but not one i n fact. s° " itl ° 4B would influence others. They were, Heti attineeting without power.—(Cheers.) who ende urn was followed by several other members, greeted with avoured t but who were 0 address the assem bly, (a 6 stei , ) F i r h o ans; and loud cries of " Down, down' Wisne th e n' •••'"EY were understood to say that they .4„ question to be put to the vote. P r length a se epaz e d a member theCommission, ofwho had proceeding, pro posed that plan for the order of their CO Mal i ; the report should be submitted to anot her ee • 881 °n, in order that the proposals made might be a mused. Here ste n Fitz, of yence proposed that in the first on ce the electi onsh id b ined Until then they did s ou. e exam . YOte 1 , not and could not knew who had a right to ' 'Le therefore proposal that had been al ade to- supported t he f ilet, , this effect. When they had ascertained that tore l ' n eY could regulate the order of their proceedings. t_e several members again attempted to speak; some 7 wr three of them at a time; but each was met by laud cries of e D Herr own, down." regulations a, Wesendonk then roosed that the ._ ari ggeste d hv the com m is s io n ss hould be provisionally -..ope, d - asseteui _,' until other regu l at i ons were a d o pt e d by th e Ty. ibis proposal, amid great confusion, was adopted. an err - .PPerman proposed that before they went into a aniination of the elections, they should first choose Plesident and other officers. a,''arktnber Member proposed that they should nominate th e th e Il e Q d interim president Herr Seiron, the chairma n oes;,,• • count. en‘tee of Fifty, as a proo f how . y —4! n d the services he had rendered la that p os i t i on. ee mate e i tie rr. Teige; of Westphalia, wished to postpone the ece:on of p resident until Monday. jlerr Tuetro- on the other hand, considered that they sh ould Homieste legality of the elections proved before the y d a president. to adhere to the order ..,,, ere Zriegleman wished:thetd '-'1 proceeding. They should eit her themselves elect a President ta ke as president the President of the C . , or . unarnittee of Fifty. tern Wipperman considered the President of the ro Co Fift y should be an that In Co mmittee o f ad • terim president, a nd presidency elect a president. under his presi they must return the Herr Wesendonk remarked t hat his presidency elect President by seniority, and un der another as soon as they had proved the validity of their He alsopro posedthat there should be Own to electi t o h n e s Com il mission f or regulating their proceed ings add e d h members of parliament as had been members _. s uc h assemblies in their respective states, because 91 other s uch persons were best acqua inted with parliamentary Proceedings. Merr Seiron advised them not to dispute about who 4°141 1 hold the presidency during the time for selecting an . Cl ,d interi m an d sa id t h e proper course wou ld b e to choose 'enl uncle ' s the presidency of him who filled the situa lion by seniority. A vote was then si dent sh ou l d be chosentaken as to whether the interim Pre- T his motion was agreed to. , The next motion was that the election should take Place this day. 8 4 1/ Pon this an amendment was moved, that the election ? r aid take place to-morrow. Th e amendment the President declaring th e . was carried , autiority was for the amendment. re- deciding that there should stenographical shouldmeet tto-enorrow at ten, the House adjourned. i n Whi n ti k e h time was wasted during this day by proposit ions e os - " found no seconders, and by speeches which c iii procure patient listeners. The want of knowle dg e b uc eondueting Parliamentary business, or in fact t he__ e 1 4 1 1, of any public meeting, was most lament f abl Ltase o ,t, - : 44 Equally displayed by the President o h the a ketee — Y and the • n o f those who are its c osen ...„, er . s. IllajOrl y Th e PRUSSIA. h et re action has commenced at Berlin, and it has v ith te SO strong that it was thought the m i n i stry i nst 7,' in their draught of a constitution propose to ihtute an hereditary chamber of peers. the . ere had been a collision between the Poles and th e late err..._ "3 at a public meeting. in Berlin, in which ilei ts ," had been victorious, and had expelled the `rorn the Assembly. V lx ,. AUSTRIA. • —N A MAY Quiet is restored in the . city, by the etillela of the following proclamation, issued lie:EM : W e , ~ r tantrum), &c. For the purpose of quel tik;"7 excitement which s'den prevailed in our re i ay s :,, e4 tY of Vienna on the 15th May, 1848, and of A4."ng violent breaches of the peace, our Council order of resolved upon the withdrawal of the the e- Z the day issued to our National Guard on f the 11;;,;14Y, 1 848, relative to the transactions o 4te.oPetitions tw o nitical Central Committee ; at the same time, o presented by the National Guard were catttit:ledl viz., that the city gates and by the Ward should be guarded in common .all th e i r ,e. military and the National Guard, in esli:lvisions, and that the military shall be only do b y 4 ; 4 o,ut for special service when required so to r di, °, .oiational Guard. In order to obviate every 447:sfaction and excitement, we subjoin, by in. tl eil t e h q our Ministerial Council, the further res . o a rily sw a t the draft of the constitution shall be prlm the rstuiojeot to the discussion of the Diet. And obje, it te t a i°4B of the elective law which t hav t ebeen it In t° shall be determined by a newheeconstitu tier, 111 orde r that the consolidation of t As set* a Y he roost effectually established by the ( lect e , l , l O f the Diet to Le constituted, we have b -- 4 kid for the first I st do decree, that elected, for *hi e !, °IIIY one Chamber shall be . _, Vherebvllo census whatever shall be required . a ae ntati e ; "et), apprehension of an imperfect rep . re 1 ,""e thi s Of the people will be obviated. Having "Urgh er . ) Iv ° feel assured that all classes of the State skedy f.enit; will quietly and con fid en tl y awa it the o pe n of the Diet. gt FERDINAND. 44 Thei"ll v.:_ (Countersi gne d b y t h e Mi n i sters. ) . 11„ 4, May 16, 1848 . " the c c,le/aer Zeitun g , o f the 17th, announces that isaddee,,,lliril t Cou ncil of W ar, which has hitherto ea b' be dissolved at the close of this month, be united 7 44 the Central W ar Administration will then Ministry of War. qoi,e,,lCnight GRA.VENEGG has been appointed T , " a r of the Austrian National Bank. C° he ial reports of the Master of the Ordnance, say l lothi, e ft)NT, dated Visnabella, the 12th, A s. 44 - "g °f the 11 tro o capitulation of Treviso. The city. , however, were already before the te yrre..o:te letters of the 14th from Cette reiterate th e ee : of the surrender of Treviso, and Ala ) . hag l3. capitulated. Hamburgh a Papers, The Th e w . th:lsotn, . leiter Gazette of the 13th contains y the 1 report of Fiel d - Marshal Count RADETZK ~ f the _44tober killed, wounded, and prisoners, dur ing thy 6feeent en gagements. The loss of the enemyo Itilwth' 4 t St. Lucia iNlassitno and Chievo, was 20 0 .4,44;1111 400 wounded. The loss on the part of the ."ans WILe 7 officers and 49 men ; the number of wounded, 9 officers and 182 men ; prisoners, 1 offi cer and 23 men. Field-Marshal RADLTZKY stated that all the troops acted most bravely, and that the Italians troops must be included in this commenda tion. The number of killed and wounded on the 29th and 30th of April at Pastrengo and Osteria del Bosco—killed, 1 officer and 9 men ; wounded, 1 officer and 118 men ; prisoners, 5 officers and 325 men, many of whom may, however, probably have been killed or wounded. The Field Marshal apprehended that there would be a fresh attack, and a demonstration in Verona on the Bth. On the morning of that day several columns of the enemy's troops were observed in the direction of Chievo ; on the ith and Bth, the Field Marshal improved his military position. The Wiener Gazette of the 16th says that the Minister of War has just received the following in telligence from the seat of war :—" By a report from Field-Marshal Baron STIIEMER, dated Gorz, the 12th instant, the General had commenced bombarding the fortress of Palmanuova in the night of the 10th to the 11th. From the position of the garrison during this not altogether ineffectual bombardment, it was at first apparent that they were resolved upon an obstinate defence, in that they returned the fire with great energy. During the continuation of the bom bardment, on the 12th, it was, however, very evident that this firm position was no longer maintainable ; the fire was returned weakly, and only a few missiles were hurled from the fortress, and everything else was quiet within. Hence it was conjectured that the report was true that there was a division between the inhabitants and the garrison, the former having de• cided upon a surrender." BAVARIA. Musicu, MAY 18.—The Chamber of Deputies has concluded its discussions on the electoral law; there fore the first six articles were adopted. The result of these discussions was fixing the standard to one representative to 31,500 individuals, instead of 35,000 ; the omission in article 4th of the words " and His holy gospel," in the form of oath, for non- Christian electors. The amendment proposed by STOCKINGER was also adopted, by which eligibility, both active and passive, is fixed at twenty-one years, instead of twenty-five years; by another amendment, every census is set aside. The landed proprietors evince a very decided feel ing in favour of a census. The electoral law was adopted by the Chamber of Deputies by a majority of 116 against 7.—Allgemeine Zeitung, May 17. BELGIUM. The Journal du Commerce d' Anvers of the 21st says—" We are assured that it is the porteleuille of Finances which has been offered by the members of the Cabinet to M. DELHOUNGNE." The anticipation of this post by the Honourable Member for Ghent has, as it appears, decided M. FRERE to return his portefeulle of Public Works. The Journal de Liege says, that the resignation of M. FREER was caused by a serious dissension with M. VEY DT. The Minister of the Interior informed the Cham bers in its sitting yesterday, that it is the intention of Government to convoke the electoral colleges for the second Tuesday in June, for the general election of the Members of the two Chambers. The Belgian Consul at Trieste has received a cer. tification from the Governor of the Austro-Illyrian coast, dated May 3d, stating that the port of Venice has been put into a state of blockade by the Austrian squadron. BRUSSELS, MAT 20.—Tbe Senate has at length opened the discussion of the project of law authoris ing a fresh emission of Bank bills. The Chamber in its sitting yesterday discussed and adopted-Ist. The projects of law portioning the term of completion of the railway from Liege to Namur, and from Mons to Manage, from Louvain to the Sambre, and between the Sambre and Meuse and Western Flanders ; 2d. The project of law relative to the prorogation of the term fixed for the reduction of the establishment of the Court of Appeal at Brussels, and of the Tribunals of the First Instance of Tournay and Charleroy. The Chamber likewise continued the discussion on the whole of the project of law on Parliamentary incompatibility.—Moniteur Beige, May 20. Very serious disturbances have taken place at Renich as well as at Ettelbruck, during the last week. At Renich, the authorities arrested M. DAMS, formerly Member of the Chamber of Repre sentatives, who was in the act of planting a tree of liberty. In consequence of the intervention of the people, he was set at liberty. Three brigades of D ouaniers have been sent to Renich to re-establish order. At Ettelbruck, several persons have been arrested, and others, who had a scent that their turn was coming, saved themselves by a timely flight.— Moniteur Beige, May 20th. ',P 0 SEN. Another serious engagement has taken place be tween the Poles and Prussians near Exin. Five hundred Poles are reported to have fallen. Buk, in the Grand Duchy of Posen, has also been again the theatre of bloodshed. A body of five hundred scythe-men entered the town, and committed great ravages. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. It was rumoured in Hamburgh on Friday evening that a peace was as good as settled between Denmark and the Germanic Confederation, and a decree of the Provisional Government of Holstein, declaring that no further embargo would be laid upon Danish ves sels should they fall into the power of the Confedera tion, was held to corroborate this rumour. ITALY. PIEDMONT AND LOMBARDY. At the sitting of the Piedmontese Chamber on the 16th at Turin, the definitive bureau was appointed. M. GIOBERTI was elected President, and M. GIA• TANO BEMORCHI and Professor .M.EaLo Vice-Presi dents. The Piedmontese Gazette, of the 16th instant, states that on that day Peschiera, more vigorously pressed by our troops, began a most resolute defence. Our corps of sappers and miners were actively em ployed. Beyond the town there had been no move ment. Yesterday the troops of Tuscany and Naples sus tained a vigorous assault from the garrison of Man tua. The battle lasted about three hours. The Austrians, to the number of 3,000, were repulsed under the walls, after much loss. Our loss was only 9 killed and 35 wounded. The magistracy of the Duchy of Parma has de cided that the reunion of the Duchy to Piedmont shall be submitted to the decision of the people, con sulted by universal suffrage. The same resolution has been come to by Reggio and Modena. The walls of Milan are covered with placards, bearing the in scription "Long live CHALKS ALBERT," "Long live our Piedmontese brethren." A certain number of Parmesans have addressed a protest to the Provisional Government of Milan against such a measure, on the ground that Parma is more closely connected with Lombardy th an w i t h Piedmont, and that the fusion of the last-named states could not be useful to Parma, and that the question, instead of being decided by universal suffrage, should be discussed by a meeting of deputies. SWITZERLAND. The Diet, in its sitting of the 17th, adopted, by a majority of 16, the system of the two Chambers. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE.—Letters from Constantinople of the 3d of May announce an important change in the Ministry. RESCIIID PACIIA, the " Reform Mi nister," who, however, has made scarcely any reform, is dismissed, and has bees succeeded by the former President of the Privy Council, SARIM PACHA, who is also acquainted with Europe, or who at any rate has seen Europe, having been ambassador at London and Paris. H AYMARKET THEATRE.—The farce entit.e.. ri the Pas de Fascination, in the Haymarket bills, is in fact the Lola Montez of Mr. Stirling Coyne, shorn of those personal allusions which caused it to be suppressed after it had been produced with unequivocal success. The Margins of Bruudalbaue had an interview with the Right lion. H. Labouchere on Saturday at the office of the Board of Trade. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton sales at Liverpool were on Saturday 4,000 bales, of which 3,500 were American at 34d. to 54d. per lb. The market closed heavy, but there was no change in prices. In shares there was but little doing, and prices were a shade lower. The Corn Market is steady to-day at about last Mon day's prices. The arrivals from abroad bring conflicting accounts still of the state of political feeling, and the probable course of future events, but in no easels a speedy issue of present difficulties anticipated. It is true that the hopes of peace between Germany and Denmark were stronger, but there is nothing definite in the matter, and it is even mentioned that the Hamburgh contingent of troops had actually marched for Holstein. Still the merchants of the northern ports are so heartily sick of the contest that they eagerly embrace the idea of peace. The electric telegraph advises us of the arrival of the Royal Mail steamer from the West Indies. She brings Mexican news if a later date, and which is said to bold out better promise of the ratification of the treaty, although the army was very little disposed to quit the country. The steamer has a good bullion freight between 300,000 and 400,000 dollars. The letters are not expected to be delivered to-day, but from the colonies nothing promising can be anticipated. The frequent interviews between the " Chairs" of the Bank of England and the Chancellor of the Exchequer have excited some attention, but the object does not appear to be known, unless it relates to arrangements for supplying temporarily the deficiency in the income as compared with the expenditure. The Funds have been very quiet, though steady, this morning, but there is a feature in the market worth noting, viz., that stock for money has been sold at a lower price than for account. Consols have been 84 to 841 for transfer, and 84i to for June. Exchequer bills have realised 425. premium. Bank Stock is at 193. New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents., 831 to Bn. The Foreign Market is very inanimate. Spanish Five per Cents. have been 121 to and the Three per Cents. 22i. to 23. Grenada have been at 12. Brazi lian old Bonds are 68i to 691. Dutch Four per Cents. are 61. Railway Shares have been quiet, and rule at about Saturday's rates. ONE CLOSING PitICES OF BEITISTI FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Ann s. .... B2l/,% 1 1 1% 82% 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 84% 84 84 1 4 84 1 / New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anns.... . LongAnns. to expire Jan.l860 India Bonds, 1,0001. Ditto under 1,0001... ...... 22 p 22 p Consols for Account ..... Exchequer Bills. 2id. & 3d. 1,0001 5004 Ditto Advertised 33 31 p 31 p ONE CLOSING I RICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Brazilian Bonds Ditto, Small 7O 70 Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. Ditto, Deferred 2 14 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 — Ditto, Account — 15% Peruvian Bowls, 6 per Cents — _ Ditto, Account ...... ••••••••• Portuguese 5 per Cents Ditto, 4 per Cent. — 17 Russian Bonds - 87 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account 1 2 34% 12% Ditto, Passive Ditto 3 per Cent 22 58 23 23 Ditto, Account ..... ... ..... Dividends on the above payble in London. Dutch 2 1 h per Cent., 12 Guild.... Ditto. 4 per Cent Certificates 61 61 PRICES BUSINESS DONE CLOSING PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen Amber., Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 3 1 4...... Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2 1 / 2 Belfast & County Down 14 1 / 2 ...... Birmingham and Ox ford Junction .... ... 20 Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley 10 ..... Binning.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 121. 4s ... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.... 7% — ... . ...„..... Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 5 Bristol and Exeter B5 Ditto, Thirds Buckinghamshire... 141. 4s. Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares Ditto,Clydesdale June 50 Chester and Holyhead... 42%...... Ditto, Preference l5 •• •••• -- Clarence - - Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 . - Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports mouth Dublin and Belfast Junc. 25 Dundalk & Enniskillen 174...... East Anglia, 25/., L & E. and L. and D...... 25 ...... Do., 181., E. & H.... 18 Do., 31.105. - ..»., ..»., Eastern Counties........ 20 ...... 15 1 A 15 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 .. Do. Quarters ... 12% — ...... Do. New 23 ...... ••• Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 Do„ do., Class A, ditto 1 — Do., do., Class B (I. and B.) 1712 — Do, do., Class C, ditto 171 h — Do. Scrip (6 percent.) 10 Ditto, ditto .. Ditto (C. & E) guar. 5 per cent East Lancashire Ditto, New Ditto, New Quarters 6 1 % ...... East Lincolnshire Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ..... 44%........ .. Ditto, Half Shares ... 15 .. .. - Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 / 2 Edinburgh and Northern 25 Ditto, New.. 6 14 — Ditto, Newport l3 Ditto, ditto, New Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorch 2% Ditto, New ... 2% .. — Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Glasgow,Kilmar , & Ayr 50 — Ditto, New ... ...... ... 40 Do.P reference Consol. 15 Great Northern Do., London and York 214 — ......... Great South. and West. 4% - 49% 3% ( Ireland) Great North of Englaud 100 ...... Ditto, New, 40/ 5 Ditto, New, 301......... 30 Ditto, New, 15/ Great Western 9O —..— Ditto, 1 / 2 Shares 5O ...... Ditto, 1 / 4 Shares - 16%; 1 /., ........... Ditto, Fifths Ditto, New 17/... ..... 9 1 A... .. Huddersfield and Manch. 26 - ........ ..•..... Ditto, Thirds Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ...... Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ...... Ditto, 1 4 Shares Lancaster and Carlisle 5O ...... 50 49 49 Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 Ditto, ditto Ditto, 1 / 2 Shares ...... 43 ... .. Do. Quarter Shares... 14 1 / 2 I I IA 11 ..... .... Do. Fifths... 9 Do. Sixteenths 6 14 Do. Thirds(Reg.)..... 13 ..... ... ... Do. Liverp. and Bury 43 ...... Ditto 1 / 2 (late Hud dersfield and Sheff.) 38 16% 21 81,i Do.(Wakefield,Ponte: fract, and Goole) ... 50 ...... Do.( W. Riding Union) 6 ..... Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 Do. 1 ,4 Shares (A)... 9 ...... 12% l2 IA Leeds and Bradford 5O Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 17 1 / 2 ...... Do., Half Shares 20 Do., (blue) Scrip...-. 2 1 ,4..... Leeds and Thirsk ..... . 45 Ditto, New ...... 26 Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3 1 ,4 — Liverpool, Crosby ana Southport .. 2 Liverp., Manchester, and Newcastle Junction... 2 1 h London & Blackwell-134 6s. 8d.... Do. New, No. 2. 64138.1 d.... 1% dis. l% dis. Do. Extension ..... ... 20 ... .. ...... London, Brighton, and South Coast Do. Consol. Eighths. 40 Do. Guaraut. 5 per ct.., 9 ....„ Do. Pref. Con. 5 per ct. 50 Ditto. ditto 1852 50 — London and Greenwich 12/15s 4d... „ — Ditto, Preference... 18117 s 2d... London and N. Western 100 l3l 133 133 Do. Quarters (L. & B.) 22 — Ditto, New Ditto, Fifths ..... .. .. 2 —....— ..... ..... Do. 404 Shares (L. M.) 20 ...... Do. 104 (M. & B.) A. 71 4 lO Do. 101. (M. & B.) B. 7% lO Do. 104 (AL & B.) C. 1 ... Lond. &S. Western Do. New 504 ... ..... 42 1 ,4 .. Do. New 40L 34 — Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50 ...... ... .... Ditto ditto ... 4O • ••• •—• Ditto, Thirds lO ...... 71j.. • ...... ... ......... 7 London, Salisbury, and Yeovil ..... .... Londonderry&Culeraine 27%. ...... Londonderry and Ennis- killen Lowestoft (4 per ct..) — 2 O . •• •••••• Ditto (6 per ct.) Manchester.Buxton,and 33 1 4 414 Matlock 4 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire...loo Do. Quarters (No. 1) 13 Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 •• —.. Ditto ditto (No. 3) ... 7% — .....«... ... Ditto, New 101. Pref... 7% Ditto, Gt. Grimsby ... 30 Ditto ditto . Ditto ditto Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire lO . MI Do., Grimsby Dock... 15 - ••••,.. 00000000 ..lIM Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union..... 41.25. — Manchest. & Southampt. 2 '/a — ...... ..... ... rdiallarol lOO lO6 105% 106% 106% Do. Consolidated Pref.loo - Do., do., 501. Shares... 15 ... Do. Birm., and Derbyloo Do.Consol. Bristol and Birming., 6 per et.... 100 - ............................. ---- Ditto, Brist. & Glocstr. 36 ........... ... -- Ditto, ditto ... ..... 11/. 3s. 6d — ............... Ditto,Leicest.& Swan- N.. nington, 8 per et. guar.loo Midland Great Western Irish 4O - ~,.....• ..... ... Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. Newcastle and Carlisle 100 ...... •• 000 ...... -• ..... -- Do. Quarters 25 ..... .. .......... .- -- Newmrket&Chesterford 18% . .... ..... • •-""." Do. Extension .........21. 125.... .......... ..... Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford 6 •••••• .............. Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenponat, and Rostrevor l5 - Norfolk DDoo o . .. GE N tix e a n tre - ann 2 s O tie / o . end 51,i p . c . : 10 15 0 6 5 ............ _--- ... ............................... Do. do. Wa vene y V a l . 2 . D -- ...... .............. Northern Counties Union 4 North British ........ ... 25 Do. Half Shares 12%..... 10LA ....... ... ..... Do. Quarters..• ...... Do. Extension Ditto Thirds , 3 ...... «.-- ........ North es South-Western 2 .... ........ ...... North Staffordshire l 2 l / 2...... 101 ...... ... •••• 101 4 North Wales North Western. 7l/2 — .... ......... .- Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton - Reading, Guildford, and Reigato - Roystcn and Hitchin ... 1% - ..... •• " Scottish Central ........ 25 Scottish Midland 25 ...... • ..«••...... Ditto, New 12% ........ .•• •• Sheffield, Rotherham, andGoole (Nor. Div.) 5 Do. do. (Sou. Div.) 4 Shrewsbury and Bina-. 8 Ditto ditto. Class B. 5 Shrewsbury and Ilerefd. 2 Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 ...... .. ..- ........ Ditto Oswestry - .............. Ditto New - ... ...... Shr p o o p . sliir B p e er u C ni en o t n South Devon. Pref. 8 ...... .. . ..... .. .. Do. Preference South Staffordshire 6% ' --' ""' "'"*" •IA F oath Eastern Do., No. I 24 ..... Do., N 0.2. - Do., No. 3 ....... ..... 20 Do., No. 4 - 6 5 1i 50uth...... . 9 1i South Wales ...... 23 South Yorkshire, Don- 10 1 4 3% caster, and GoOle 3 — Swans. & Loughor &Ca meron's Stm. C0a1.... 6 — .- .. ........ . Taw Vale Extension 6 — '' ** ......... Thames Haven Dock and Railway ........... 1 7% — Vale of Neath .. .. 4 — Waterford and Kilkenny 151% *" Waterford and Limerick 42%...... Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin - Wear Valley 6 per Cent Guaranteed ... .. Do. do. d.o. West Cornwall .... ..... 6 ••• •• IV hitehaven & Furness 11 -• Windsor, Staines, and South Western ..... ... 7 Wilts, Somerset,& Wey mouth ..... w. 35.- York, Ne wcast l e , and Berwick. - ••• Do. Original New and Berwick 25 Do. Extension No. 1. 15 ...... Do. do. No. 2. ..... ... 10 Do. G.N E.Preference 8 •••••• 91 4 York and North Midland 50 Ditto ' --Preference ...... 10 Do. East and W est Rid- ...... ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) ... 16 Ceylon Demerara ... ... 10 ...... ... Dendre Valley... 4 Direct Bombay ,and Madras ss. . ... Dutch Rhenish ...... ... 7%... .. :/ 4 ...... .... .. • East Indian 3 14 — ...... - ...• • Great Indian Peninsular ss. Italian and Austrian.... 4 Louvain it la Sambre ... 6 Luxembourg 7 — Madrid and Valentia... 2' ...... Namur and Liege lB ... Northern of France Orleans and Bordeaux 6 Over Yasel 413 s 4d••...• Paris and Lyons ll .•• .. --- Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen ...,..,.. 20 ...... 15% Paris and Strasbourg ... 8 Rouen and Havre ..... . 20 Sambre and Meuse 2O ..• .. Strasbourg and Basle ... 14 Tours and Nantes .. 8 ...... Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hassell ...... 16 ...... West Flanders 84.. ••• _ :116 53a 27 3 4 11•••• 20% 30% EA 9% 71 32 1 4 34 -- ii 4% 17i3 15 1 LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAT 22.—Wind N.N.W., light breeze and cloudy. LIVERPOOL, MAY 20.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrd. the 19th Keyalia, Ferguson, Jamaica; Juniata New Orleans; Abeona, ditto; P e t er Blastiick, Ap a l ac hicola; Denmark, Charleston ; Thomas Battersby, Paraiba ; Cheshire, Barbadoes ; Sarsfield, Tobasco; lon, New Orleans ; Oneo Rankin, ditto; Ornard, ditto; Oceans, ditto; Ocean Queen, ditto; Lady Constable, ditto; Charlotte, Mobile; St. John's, ditto ; Urgent, Apalachicola; Po tomac, Virginia; James Armstrong, Maryport. 21. Ben jamin Boyd, Jenkins, Camaroons. Sid. 22d February, Windsor. Pepper, Para; Free Trader, Thompson, New Orleans. Sld. 19th, Trenton, New Orleans; Cambria, New York; Gertrude, ditto; Vandalia, ditto; Pioneer, Labrador; Wallace, Miramichi. 20th. Red Novo, Rio Janeiro; Niagara, steamer, Boston; 21st. Cockermoutb, Castle, Hong-Kong ; Anna, Jane, di t t o; Hannibal Bom bay; Mary Clark e , Brazils; Racer, Rio Janeira ; Indian Queen, Barbadoes; Monarch, St. Lucia; Velore, St. Thomas; City of L on d on. New Orleans; Adeline, ditto; Elizabeth Whi tney, Savannah; Al b any , Havre and New York : O r i ental, Halifax; Ayenor i a , N ew York; Alexander, Q ue b ec; Loring, Alexan d r i a . OFF LIVERPOOL, M AY 21.—Arrd. Shamroc k. DEAL, MAY 20.—A rr d . from the River, Li g ht o f the Harem, Stevenson, Monte Video; Brunswick, Poulden, Quebec. Arrd. from the River and std. Bride of Aby dos, Williamson, B a hi a; W hampoa, Geales, Barbadoes; Pigeon, Hiscock, C a di z; 31st, Plumstead. Glasgow, Hunter, Si erra Leone; plgoa Bay; James Graham, Demera ra; I s l ander, Gordon, B ar b a does ; British Tar, St. T h omas; Aid, Carter, Miramichi; Ca moons, Ritchie, M ontrea l . Sid. 20th, Sap.pho, China; 21st, Gilmore, Bo m b ay; Harebell , M a uritius; Gra ham, Ascension; Ch ar l es Walton, Campbell, Quebec. H a lifax; Active, DEAL, MAY 21.—Wind variable. 22.—Wind S.W., variable.—Arrd. 19th, Duke of Wellington, Honduras; Isabella, Myth, Addler, M aur i t i us; Co l um bia, Ida, ditto; Ida, Savanill a; S tar, Philadelphia; 20th, Hudson's Bay; 21st, P en y ar d P arks, Wh ee ler, Sydney, New South Wales; Indi aneren, H o l m , Balby, Copen hagen; Augusta Jessi e , Kincaid, Calcutta; Isla , M au . Duncan, ritius; Amelia Multesland, Wilkinson, ditto; Eleanor, Barbadoes; Concordia, Madren,vannah, for Bremen; St. Croix, for Copen hagen;Apollo, New Orleans; Montpeli er , C o lly, ditto; Goethe Creole, Wessels, H a Homan, Baltimore, and sailed for Sheerness; Winsford, Walters, Leghorn; Calpe, Gibraltar; Lusitania, Dring, Oporto; Bees Wing, Smith, ditto; Maria Adelaide, Rouen. DOVER, MAY 21.—Arrd. Sophie, Horstman, Bor deaux, for Bremen, in consequence o f blockade. Off port 19th, Henry Skelton, Baltimore, for Rotterdam; 21st, Barnholm, Batavia, for Gothenburg; Nassade Swedish corvette, West Indies, for Stockholm; Charlotte, Batenochor, Havannah, for Hamburgh. OFF DUNGENESS, MAY iB.-7,46"13'. New York for Madonna, Mitchell, Rotterdam. - OFF THE WIGHT, MAY 19.—Harris, Cofferi, New Orleans, for Antwerp. 1. Sld. DUBLIN,BRISTOL, 19. —Arid . r r d r d . , . A o j a u s z o e , 1 Start, Galley, l 1 r i ni Manley,dad Trinidad; Granger, Morrison, Barbadoes. Ap W al t e T h E i rt e F ol o a u , D a , n M d A s T d. , Adelaide, Cann, St. John, N.B. 20th, Arrd., Margaret, Pur, Trinidad; United Friends, Lewis, Baltimore, and sld. for Liverpool. CORK, MAY 18.—Arrd., Brothers, A 1 5, Norfolk, 11 . r —t iv r e rd rpoo ., United States. Sid., Susan, Quebec. 19th, Sir Robert Seppings, Cape of Good Hope. LIMERICK, MAY 17th.—Sld. , Emulous, Barbadoes. 19th, Maria, Brennan, Quebec; Ann Moore, ditto; Elizabeth, ditto. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) _-,..---- of Grain, d p it t to hin CORN-EXCHANGE .-- MONDAY. morning as well as Flour, of home produce, up to our market, During last week the arrivals of all kinds of sundry --Y land car riage next to nothing came to hand .. F rom Ireland and Scotland the receipts were scanty in the extreme. The coastwise, were on a very limited sca l e . 14 foreign imports were moderately extensive, viz. , 8,029 quarters of Wheat; 6,150 ditto of Barley; 6 ,245 ditto of Oats ; 367 ditto of Beans; 104 ditto of p ea , ; 35 seeds;o f a n T d a r 2 e o s o ; F f L ln i u n r s . ee F d r ; e 2 3n sO n the supply of Wheat from Kent, Essex, Cambridgeshireg and all other quarters was very moderate, but of full ave rage quality. The stands were scantily supplied with sam pies of both red and white; white the demand for all kind b 3 a 9 r r d e i ls t o o f o was steady and last Alonday's prices were fairly su 6 ported in every instance. At the close of the markpet. nearly the whole of the samples had found b uyer Comparatively speaking, the show of Foreign Whet:i samples was small, but fully adequate to meet the wants of the millers. Really fine parcels moved off steadily, at prices fully equal to those obtained on this day se'nnight. The middling and inferior ki n d s we however, in sluggish request, at barely late rates. _ref; malting season being now over, Malting SO ina ..sar.l:l: y I was heavy. G r i n di ng an d Di s tilli ng sorts , t h e supply of which was small, were firm, at full rates of currency. Notwithst an di ng the supp l y o f M a l t was small, that article, both on th e spot an d for forward d e li very, was a slow s a l e , b ut we have no a l terat i on to notice in its value. Th e li m i ted arrivals o f O ats i n d uce d t h e holders to demand hi g h er rates for t h at G ra i n . A s t h e d ealers refused to gi ve any advance, the amount of business doing w as small, at late figures. I n: B eans, compara tively little was pass i ng. I n pr i ces we h ave no c h ange to report, with a moderate demand. Very few Peas were brought forward, nevertheless sales progressed slowly, at last week's currencies. Indian Corn and Meal were again dull, but prices were mostly supported. All kinds of Flour moved off slowly at our quotations. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. iTheat—Essex & Kent, dialt—Chevaller• • • • • • 588 to 595 Red • •••• • • • • 42s t 0535 Oats Yorkshire and Ditto,White, New 448 56s Lincolnsh., Feed. 17s 20s Norfolk and Lin- Potato ...... .... 20s 231 coln, Red... • • 43s 475 ghal Cork Ditto, White.... •• . 4 3 8 503 You Black and . • • ...., 145 IPB Irish, Red.... —••—8 —5 Ditto,White —•••• —s — 5 Scotch, Feed. •• —18 s Rye—Old .. •.. ...... .—s 6 Beans—Tick . • . 31s 4Cs N ew• •••••• • • • • • • 32s 34s Pigeons ... 348 40s B arley — Grinding . .... 30: 33: Peas—Grey ••••• • • • 323 358 Malting . .... •• • • 33s 36s Maple. ••• • • ..... 525 356 were ßo Chevalier .... ... Cork, While . .... 168 205 343 36s u st e s rd u a n ni de . r .. :- 176 Malt—Suffolk and Nor- 335 36s Boilers ••• • N0r f01k......... "•••• • • • • 55s 57s Flour—Town-made .•• 41s 46s Brown .• ••••• • • • • 4 83 548 Suffolk •• • • 3ss 38s Kingston and Ware 57s 58s Stockta & Norfolk 35s 38s The imports SMITHPIELD. White...—. —34 s of foreign stock into London last week From whence. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Harlingen ..• 253 . 253. ... 1,243 272 . 23 ... Hamburgh ... 46 ... 209 .. ••• --- ••• Antwerp ... •• ••• 4 '''... ••• '•••••• —,-- T0ta1...... 475 1,705 Corresponding week in 1847 ........ . 727 Calve,. 24 Difference 262 less. 7 9 6 4 3 2 more. 1 9 29 7 less. 7 1 :more ,haanvde htheseevlaareioduesd oiethgereentthern ports, 800 head tli k cu t kli the supply of foreign Beasts was 2 oxen have arrived from co ndition. Spain. l A n t te. South amptonday, 3e at stock p and d smaller Calves was than for some time past, but that of Shee easts fresh up (Fornodmi condition. owntol er a g b r l y e zigood,ng districtsand t fair he average arriva ls q u ali ty. ofßeasts were seasonably extensive, and in excellent ae Although the attendance of both town country buyers was somewhat numerous, the Beef trade lv a very dull state, at a decli ne i n t h e quotations obtained as in on this day se'nnight of 2d p er 81 b s, the hig hest figure for the best Scots not exceedi ng 4s per 8 1 bs,tot al and a e clearance was not effected. Th e droves from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, consisted of abo ut 1,300 Scots and shorthorns, with a f ew home-bres from the northern, eastern, and w estern districts, 700 Herefords, runts, Devons, &c.; from other parts of Eng land, 400 of various breeds; and from S cot l and, 460 horned and polled Scots. The numbers of Sheep were again on the increase, and of full average quality. The primest old Downs, out of the wool, were in ste a dy re ifdrdoimingss a t e o d ss i 2 e d fer p ie e r r came to had. The receipts from other quarters were b il ritibeeses'd.l s b u t the f hs a te r wee fro m k ' d e mand a s ct p iv r for e i c , e w s ' i t t hv h ei o z u ,ni' t , however, - l t i t b o e n ra i l n .value,On the From hewh the ole,the lsl L e of amb N t V r i a g d h e t o w 2 as o fi L rm a , m a bs t Friday's advance in the quotations of 2d per 81bs, prime Down qualities selling at 6s 10d per 81bs. Calves were in good supply and steady request, at late currencies. Pigs were a slow inquiry, but not cheaper. Per 81bs.t• sink the offal. a. d. to s. d. s. d. to a. d. inferior Beasts 3 0 3 4 Second quality ditto 4 4 4 6 )cond quality ••.• 3 4 3 6 Coarse-woolled ditto 4 6 4 8 Prime large Oxen 3 6 3 8 Southdown Wether 410 5 2 Prime Scots Large coarse Calves 310 4 6 Large Hogs •••• • • 4 0 4 6 Prime small ditto 4 8 5 0 Small Porkers • • 4 8 5 0 Suckling Calves lB 0 26 0 Quarter old Pigs ..18 0 23 0 Inferior Sheep • • TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. Reacts. I Sheep. I Calves. I Pigs. 3,103 1 23.190 1 273 370 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts. I Sheep. I Cal2llves. l Pigs. 504 730 — 33111WG.8,1113 AND 1a1.A.73MNE111.7.1.. Since this day se'nnight the arrivals of country killed Meat for our markets have been on a very limited scale, even the time of year considered. With Meat slaughtered in the metropolis, we have been fairly sup plied. Prime Beef, Mutton, and Lamb have commanded a ready sale, at an advance in the quotations of 2d per 81bs. In all other kinds of Meat a full average amount of business has been doing, at very full prices. Nearly 800 carcases of Foreign Meat, killed in London, have been brought forward. At per etone by the Carcase. a. d. to s. d. a . d. to a, d. Beef,interior.• •••• 2 10 3 0 Mutton, inferior .. 3 4 3 6 - middling .... 3 0 8 2 middling.. 310 4 4 primelarge .. 3 2 3 4 prime .• •• 4 6 4 8 - prime small .. 3 4 3 8 Pork, large.... •••• 3 10 4 6 Veal• •••••••• • • • • • 3 10 410 --- small ••••.• • • 4 8 5 0 Lamb. 6s 3d to Gs Bd. BOROUGH AND SPITALPIELDS. The arrivals of Potatoes, coastwise, since Monday last, have been small ; but the imports from abroad must be considered larger for the time of year, viz.-95 tons from Hamburgh, 1,400 bags from Rotterdam, and 200 tons from Antwerp. Prime samples are selling at higher rates, but all other kinds are neglected. York Regents, 160 s to 200 s; Wisbeach Regents, 150 s to 200 s; Essex Regents, 1203 to 1603 ; Foreign Whites, 80s to 110 s. BOROUGH ZEOP MARKET. From nearly the whole of the plantations in Sussex and Kent, the accounts which have reached us this morning are favourable. The bine continues to make rapid progress, notwithstanding it has been slightly attacked by the fly. The market is heavy, and last week's prices are with difficulty supported. The duty is called 160,0001. Sussex pockets, 3/ to 31 6s; Weald of Kent pockets, 313 s to 3/ los; Mid and East Kent pockets 315 s to 51 8 s. WOOL. The imports of Wool into London last week consisted of 550 bales from Sydney, 128 ditto from Hanaburgh, and 200 ditto from various other quarters. The public sales have at length been brought to a conclusion. About two-thirds of the quantity offered told at a decline in the quotations of from 2d to 3d per lb. Privately so little is doing that prices are almost nominal. TALLOW. Although the Stock of Tallow is small, the demand is heavy, at farther reduced quotations. P. Y. C., on the spot, is quoted at 46s to 46s 6cl per cwt. For forward delivery, we have no sales to report. Town Tallow— the supply of which is on the increase—is 47s 6d nett cash. Rough Fat, 2s 7d. BANKRUPTCY-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner SELEruzun.) IN RE ROBINSON. This bankrupt, who had carried on business as a brushmaker, came up to pass his last examination, but he had not filed any accounts. Mr. said BAGLEY • id he did not now appear in regular course, but having done so at an earlier stage of the proceedings, he now aid so from motives of charity to the bankrupt, whose case was p ecu liarly hard. The bankrupt had taken the benefit of the Insolvent Act at Norwich, and obtained his discharge, and in a day or t w o afterwards this fiat was sued out. Ile thus had no books which had been delivered up to the official assignee under the insolvency. Mr. Commissioner GouLnuitti had made an of der for him to receive Si. in order to assist him in making up the accounts, but not a farthing had been paid to him, and it was utterly impossible for him to make up the aceounts. faMr. GREEN said that he had not 51. in hand, and had to pay the Court fees. Ills lloNoun. said that the examination must be ad journed sine die. Mr. BAGLEY said that was extremely hard on the bankrupt, who had already suffered imprisonment, and unless he had the means afforded him, he would not be able to make up the accounts, and would be liable to be again imprisoned, and would thus be prevented from ever obtaining his certificate. His HONOUR did not see why the opposition had not been made before the Insolvent Court. The SOLICITOR to the assignees said that the bankrupt had applied to a judge in the County Court who now in the country had power in cases of insolvency, but the creditors chiefly residing in London, were dissatisfied. Mr. BAGLEY said there could be no doubt as to the law of the case, and that the fiat could be sued out, but when everything had been taken from the bankrupt, he ought not to be called upon to do impossibilities. It was ultimately agreed that an adjournment should take place for six weeks, with protection. CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before the RECORDER.) Antonia Pinto Suares, a foreigner, aged 20, described as a sailor, was convicted of stealing a watch, value 5/., from the dwelling -house of Thomas Scott ; also of stealing a watch of the same value from the house of William Farriday. The prisoner, who had been previously convicted, was sentenced to seven years' transportation. The RECORDER told him, through an interpreter, a policeman, who spoke the Portuguese language with the utmost fluency, that he should accompany the sentence with a recommendation to the Secretary of State, to the effect that if he would leave the country ho should only be imprisoned one year, in order that the country might get rid of foreigners of his class. The sessions will terminate in the course of the day. NEW COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner BULLOCK.) William White was indicted for embezzling the several sums of Si. 2s. 3d., 101., and 21., the moneys of his master, Mr. Amedee l)avenes, a provision dealer in Turnmill street, Clerkenwell. Mr. PARRY was retained for the prosecution, and Mr. BALLANTYNE appeared for the prisoner. The prisoner was the collecting clerk of the prosecutor, and on the 31st of May, July 24, and October 7 of last year, he received three several sums from Mr. Woodley, a poulterer in Holland-street, Southwark, which he paid in to his master's clerk short by the several sums of 21. 3s. 7d., 101., and 21. There were other indictments against the pri soner, and the whole amount ascertained to be lost by t h e prosecutor up to the present time is about 1701. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, but recommended him to mercy on account of his having had a good cha racter, whi c h t h e C ommissioner considere d an him to sevengrava tion of hi s o ff ence, and therefore sentence d h years' transportation. THE LATE RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—Mr. Phelps, the eminent tragedian ( sa ys the Sunday Times) was in the train, accompanied by Mrs. Phelps, and received _no injury. SURREY SESSIONS.—(THI—S DAY.) The adjourned quarter sessions for the county of Surrey was held this morning, before Thomas Puckle, Esq., chairman, and a full bench of magistrates. The grand jury having been sworn, The CHAIRMAN briefly addressed them. The number of prisoners for felony amounted to 52, and ten for misdemeanours. _ James Chitty, 32, was indicted for stealing, at Guild. ford, tour pieces of deal, the property' of James Loe, contractor. The prosecutor purchased a number of deal planks from a builder named Nye, at Guildford, on the 18th ultimo, and on the 20th they were stolen from his yard. Information was given to the police, and witnesses proved that the prisoner was seen on the river in a punt, leaving the prosecutor's yard with some deals. They were afterwards discovered in the stables of the Railway Arms, Guildford, where they had been deposited by the prisoner, who had been employed there as a carpenter. The jury found him guilty, and The COURT sentenced him to six months' imprison ment in the House of Correction. CLERKENIVELL.—(THIS DAY.) Henry Richardson, potman, in the service of Mr. William Hill, of the Crown public house, Lower Isling ton-terrace, was charged with assaulting his master. Mr. Hill stated that yesterday the defendant came home half mad. Complainant used all means to induce the defendant either to go to bed or to set about his usual work. He drew a pot of beer for the defendant to take out, and, the latter refusing to do so, and using some very offensive language, the prosecutor was so incensed that be threw the contents of the pot over him. The other then took up another pot and threw the contents over the prosecutor. " That," said the witness, " would be all right—(Laughter)---but he threw the pot after wards at my head, and barely missed me." The de fendant next threw a water-jug, holding about a gallon, at his head, but that also "missed fire."—(Laughter.) The defendant at length became so furious that, with the assistance of a neighbour, who was present, he was put out of the house. On getting loose into the street he knocked the complainant down, and the head of the latter was severely wounded. The complainant's evidence was confirmed by other witnesses, and the magistrate fined defendant 205., which were paid. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Madame Erminia Tadolini, the prima donna of all Italy, and who in Germany has, for some seasons at Vienna and at Berlin, appeared on alternate nights with Jenny Lind, and thus maintained, as it were a friendly contest with the " Swedish Nightingale," appeared a t h er Majesty's Theatre for the first time before an English audience on Saturday, and in the character of Linda da Chamouni achieved a triumphant success such as has been rarely achieved within th e walls of a theatre. Henceforth there will be no off nights at her Majesty's Theatre—we shall have Jenny Lind nights and Tadolini nights, but no off nights, and those who wish to secure places should for the rest of the season do so some days before, for Tadolini will more than fill the theatre every evening, and henceforth to get in with out as crus h will be impos sible. Madam e Tadolini posses ses e very requsite to success. Her v o i ce , clear, bell-likepowerful, is a soprano sfoggato of g reat flexibi and lity, and i pletely under comm an d. Her features are beasuctoimfui and most expressive. Her mouth is particularl y beautiful, and is never dist or t e d i n singing. Her fig ure is perfect, and her hist r i on i c powers are of the highest order. She had not given three bars of the opening recitative before all fears as to her suc cess had vanished. Every one felt that the prima donna assoluta was before them. Then followed the exquisite cavatina " Oh Luce di quest Anima," the gem of the opera, which was given with such exquisite feeling and truth, and embellished with such a lavish, yet delicate fioriture that her station was at once secured. Then followed the duet with Carlo, beautifully given ; and then the last scene of the first act—the parting from home—acted with genuine and heartfelt pathos. She was called for twice at the conclusion of the first act, and bouquets innumerable were showered on her. In the second act, her rejection of the proposals of the Mar quis was dignified and majestic in the extreme, and her acting here showed that it is not alone in the tender characters of the domestic drama that Erminia Tadolini excels. In such parts as Anna Bolena and Lucrezia Borgia she will be found a dan gerous rival to some of those who now claim those parts as their own. The mad scene (after she has been cursed by her father) which concludes this act, was exquisitely given, its truth to nature was heartrending, and drew tears from the audience. The finale to the opera was, however, as far as vocalization is concerned, the great triumph of the evening. The execution of Tadolini in this most difficult composition was marvellous, and she was of course called upon to repeat it, and barely escaped a second encore. She was again called for before the curtain, at the concision of the second act, and again at the conclusion of the opera. Her triumph was complete. She is certainly far and away the best Linda that it has ever been our lot to hear. Her predecessors, Persiani and Castellan, gave mere sketches of the part. The former relied almost solely on her vocalization, the latter on her interest ing personal appearance and almost infantine sim plicity ; but Tadolini gives us a finished picture; with all the vocal flexibility of Persiani, with an equal knowledge of music, Tadolini possesses a more powerful and more clear organ, and always sings in tune, and with all the personal beauty of Castellan, she is also an actre ss . M r . Si ms R eeves was the Carlo, the first Englishman who has ap peared on these hoards since the palmy days of Braharn. The success of Mr. Sims Reeves was as complete as that of Madame Tadolini, He was terribly nervous at first, but in his duet with Tadolini in the first act he plucked up his courage, and acquitted himself so well that at the conclusion of the act he shared with Tadolini in the honours of a call. This reassured him, and in the beautiful romance of the second act he did full justice to his powers. Never hare we heard this exquisite composition so pathetically, so judiciously, so tastefullygiven. He held his audience in breathless and silent delight to the conclusion, and then there was such a burst of applause, and such a shout of encore, as is seldom heard in this house. His success is complete, and henceforth he takes his rank among the leading tenors of Europe. Mdlle. Schwartz sung and acted charm ingly as Pierrot, and Colletti and Lablache as An tonio and the Prefetto were superb. They were all called for at the conclusion. The house was crowded. The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent and the Prince of Prussia, honoured the per formances with their presence. The attendants upon her Majesty and Prince Albert were the Countess of Charlemont, the Earl Morton, Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable G. Grey and Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent was attended by Lady Augusta Bruce. In attendance upon the Prince of Prussia was Captain Bogen. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, accom panied by her Royal Highness the Duchess of Saxe Weimar, Prince Edward, and the Princesses Anne and Amelia, also honoured the theatre with her presence. The Royal suite comprised the Hon. Miss Wheatley, Captain Taylor, and Mr. Hertz. There were also present his Grace the Duke of Wellington, the Duke of Devonshire, the Duke and Duchess of Cleveland, the Duchess of Sutherland, the Duchess of Leeds and Miss Lane Fox, the Duchess Dowager of Cleveland, the Marquis of Huntley, the Marquis and Marchioness of Sligo, and the Ladies Browne, the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Marchioness or Douro, the Marquis of Donegal, his Excellency the Russian Minister, his Excellency the Swedish Minister, his Excellency the Hanoverian Minister, his Excellency the Sardinian Minister, Baroness Brunnow and Mademoiselle Olga de Lechner, the Baroness Rehausen, Baron Nicolay, Count de Barke, Count Arthur de Courcy, the Earl Granville, the Earl of Mountcharles, the Earl of Munster, the Earl and Countess of Wilton, the Earl and Countess of Harrington, the Earl of Falmouth, the Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementina Villiers, the Earl of Liverpool, the Earl of Lonsdale, the Countess Dowager of Essex and Miss Johnstone, the Countess of Lichfield, the Countess of Blessington and the Misses Power, the Countess of Cadogan, the Earl of Exmouth, the Count D'Orsay, the Dowager Baroness de Rothschild, the Viscount Clifden, Viscount Enfield, Lady Howard, Lady Woodford, Lord A. Fitzclarence Lord Southamp ton, Lord Gerald Fits t eerald, 'Lord Elphinstone, Lord W. Beresford, Lord Willoughby de Eresby, Lord Walpole, Lord Ernest Bruce, Lord Saltoun, Lord Gardner, Lord Alfred Paget, Lord F. Gordon, Lady A. Paulett, Lady Fremantle, Lady Bathurst, Lady Foulis, Lady Meux, the Hon. Mr. Leslie, General the Hon. H. Cavendish, Hon. Willoughby de Eresby, Hon. C. Cavendish, Hon. J. Fane, Genera l Men, Sir R a lph H owar d, Si r J. A s tl e y, Thomas Hare, Sir H. Webb, Sir Keith Ball, Bar t. , Sr . Sir H. Willoughby, Sir Henry Meux, Lieut.-Genera l Sir Alexander Woodford, Sir G. Wombwell, M. C. Kou- driaffsky, Colonel Wildman, Colonel B ar na rd, rd ,m • Hubert de Burgh, Mrs. and Miss Ewing, Mrs . Hobson,r Mr. C. W. Packe and Mrs. Packe irßeading,s. Grote, lNl Mrs. Dennistoun, Mr. A. Morgan, r. and Mrs. Dodd, Mr. Grote, , M. M.P., and Mrs. Tudor, Mr. Weston, Mr. an d Miss Salford. andr BroadleY, M.P. , Mr. THE PLANETS.—Mars is now to be seen in the south-western part of the heavens ever y clear eveni ng. The beautiful planet Jupiter, to the sou th of Mars , and higher in the skies, will attract every person's attention. His belts and satellites afford ample amusement to those who are in the possession of good telescopes. DEATH OF MR. WILLIAM ETTY, LATE CLERK OF THE MANCHESTER RACE-COURSE.—We learn that this gentleman, well known to the sporting circles of this and the neighbouring counties, and who for many years fulfilled the duties of clerk of the Manchester race course, on the far-famed Kersal Moor, died on Thursday morning last at Liverpool. The Town-council of Carlisle have adopted a peti tion, praying that the Bill giving poi n t the commissioners Speaker - f House of Commons power to appoint to visit places in which bribery has bee n pro ceed with as little delay as possible, and that the city of Carlisle may be included • proved, may m the list of places to be visited. —Yorkshiranc-in. TO THE SECRETARY OF THI3 BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION. Sir,—On Wednesday, the 17th, the most im portant subject was the Bill for Sitesj of places of worship in Scotland. Finding myself voting in a total absence of my usual company, I am desirous to have a few words upon the question. The Scotch Church, as probably everybody knows, has of late dissented frcm itself, and the dissenters apparently have become the strongest party, and consequently the orthodox. But as this operation has not been conducted without great heat, one result has been, that the party lately in ascendancy are exceedingly indisposed to do anything to gratify or further the wishes of their rivals. And as the old party happens to . include the grea t l an d owners, t h e v i ctor i ous dis pdents in many places find it difficult, and in some impracticable, to o bt a i n l an d b y purc h ase t o b u ild their new churches on. The cases in which they have not been able to find land for purchase, are by one account stated at thirteen and by another at thirty; but taking either, it is avowedly a small pro portion of the whole. - In these circumstances the victorious party deter mines on a course, which neither the Roman nor Anglican Church, in their plenitude of power, appears ever to have dreamed of. They come to the Go vernment and demand a power to force the owners to sell; and the precedent on which they choose to found their claim, is that of railways. They repre sent, it would seem, that they are a railway ecclesi astical; and that as railways eject a man,:be he nolens volens, from his land and give him a price, so shall the new Church Establish men t, or any Church Estab lishment, or as the reading of some is, anything calling itself an association for religious purposes, whether established or not. In this simile of rail ways there may be, many inaccuracies; and among others this, that whereas railways come to Parliament for a hearing on each particular scheme and a judg ment on its necessity, the ecclesiastical railway demands a;kind of general Act, whereby a certain number of demanders shall in any instance have the power of entry on the lands of all recusants. The point upon which I have scruples, is how the interests of religious liberty, particularly in England, would be likely to be affected by the success of such a project. Ido not doubt its pleasantness for those who gain by it; but will it be pleasant for anybody else ? The temptation held out by the northern claimants, is that everybody shall have the promise of being allowed to do the like. But even supposing such a consummation to be sufficient reason, is there any likelihood that everybody will practically be allowed to do the like ? Already has question been made in Parliament, whether . Catholics are to be endowed with this power of entry upon Protestant lands, and whether a Unitarian can consistently be allowed the chance of doing the same. To which will gradually be added a similar inquiry, touching the heterodox on the doctrine of Baptismal Regene ration, the Quaker, the Presbyterian where not by law established, the Methodist, and everybody who may end by coming within ',the description of Non conformist. It is all pleasant enough for those who are to do ; but it is not so pleasant for those who are not to do. It is at all events therefore necessary to keep an eye upon the question, whether this is not a plan for setting up a new and additional power over men's worldly goods, in the hands of Church estab lishments. All advantage runs to the strongest; as the beasts found who coveted the honour of helping the lion to run do wn his game. I cannot believe that the prisoner for church-rates will be the better for this new rod of power given to the strong. And I am grieved to see men of all religious denominations rushing into this springe, without taking time to ask one another or anybody else, what the end of it is to be. By one of those accidents which occasionally whaeprpeewn,aittihneg fqorueosalieo was To n k t no w w h w il h e o was going h b a y t t there wasto rise. p r 0 indispositionctwrhatnDie b e r st .spoke another v in eTd long succession on the in mo i t on b that the Bill d a a n secondbe committed. But there would seem under standing, that when a Bill - has been v o ote e reading, there is not to be a division against committal. In the meanwhile, there is time for; the concerned to look about them. Every man has a right to jump into a well with his eyes open, but no man should do it with them shut ; which is all I ask. I was placed between the necessity of voting against my belief of what was for the ultimate interest of religious liberty, and doing as I did ; and if I have done wrong, I must be gently dealt with. On Thursday the Public Health Bill 'went into Committee, after an opposition which led to the amusing result of a division of 219 against 1. A subsequent motion for postponement of a leading clause, was negatived by 145 against 45. At the same time I apprehend the understanding was, that there is to be one paid Commissioner ; which the wording of the present clause was left to suit. The Borough Elections Bill was on the same day read a second time by a majority of 198 against 85, and com mitted. On Friday, the House was occupied all night in Committee on the Public Health Bill, and fifty-six clauses were gone through. The main debate was on the principle of plurality of votes for property commonly known as the Sturges Bourne principle. There may be admitted to be some difference between the introduction of this principle in a ease like the present, and in the case of political suffrage, where it would be an unmitigated abomination. But there is yet a great deal to say against it. In the first place, there still attaches much of the argument founded on the influence the rich must always inevitably possess over the poor, which is in fact the main argument for the universality of the political suffrage. In the next, great weight is due to the declarations copiously advanced, that in practice the plurality of votes has been always found the inconvenient and ill-working system, and the single vote the contrary. Thirdly, there is the prospest of considerable perplexity arising out of one mode of voting being fixed in one set of places, and another in another. And lastly, there is the argument named to me by a Member immediately after the question had been,decided,—which is, that it is the rich and not the poor, who do not want to be washed ; that the poor have very considerable inclina tions to vote their own five shillings for washing, if they can thereby bring out the rich man's sovereign ; and that consequently the plural vote is an invention for impeding the objects of the Bill, and not for promoting them. Possibly this might be thought of, on a future opportunity ; though it would require that the country should take up the question, to make head against a present majority of 113 to 37. I am, Sir, your very obedient servant, T. PERRONET THOMPSON. Blackheath, London, May 22,.1848. STEAM-BOAT RACE TO AMERICA.—Without any intention on the part of the managers of the vessels there is to be a race from Liverpool to America, on which large sums of money are pending. The steamers are the United States and the Niagara. The United States sails to-day for New York, and the Niagara on Satur day for Boston. The difference in sailing may be counted about a day further for the United States than the Niagara; but as the Niagara's passengers for New York will have to be forwarded by rail, the actual dif ference in the distance is extremely trifling. It will be seen that the United States has three clear days' start, and the question to be decided is, whether the Niagara will overhaul ber sufficiently in sailing to set down her passengers at New York as soon as the United States. Could it have been arranged that both ships should start on the same day for the same point, it would have been more satisfactory ; but as the weather is generally pretty uniform in this month, and as the distances are accurately known, a fair approxima tion to the relative qualities of the boats may be obtained. Both are fine vessels, and they are pretty equally matched. The United States is New York built, and her engines (or, as her engineers term them, inginea) were constructed in the States. She is also commanded by one of the most able American captains. She is of 2,000 tons burthen, and her engines are estimated at 1,000 horse power. The Niagara was built by , Mr. Steel, of Greenock, and her engines were supplied by Mr. Napier, of Glasgow. She is about 1,800 tons burden, and 700 horse power. The Niagara is the last constructed steamer of the British and North American Royal Mail o s f t etahmat _ se h x i cpenent Company ' s Britis h lin s e e , am an at is c u ap ndz i thAelecxo.mßmyarined. —Liverpool Courier. o b f u t t h jet. bal4meimtpoarMtiarl. ACCIDENT.—The Times the Tus SIIRIVENEFAM. clog upon this lamentable occur. other day, in corn will take the trouble to read the proceedings individual ta t a h mt e ter7 s b t auttieosn some clerk; the various inquests, he must be satisfied that Mr. C of orbett Hudson can in no way be held responsible for negligence that led to the accident. The express r c e: r c i l t indirectly Hudson, the train was due at Shrivenham at 3. At 17 minutes after 3, Mr. Corbett Hudson crossed the line, and saw that the express had not gone through. The Times seems to think that he ought at this period to have ascertained what his underlings were about; but why should he? The line was clear, and, of course, it did not enter into his imagination that the underlings would be " shifting" horse-boxes and trucks on to the main line, when the "all right" signal stood staring them in the face. Ho never thought that they could be guilty of so flagrant a violation of the fundamental principle upon which all their instructions were based. Ile therefore naturally felt that all was secure, and retired to the booking-office to perform the duty of issuing tickets for a down train. While he was thus engaged, the porters did that which was strictly prohibited, and which led to the accident. [low, then, can Mr. Corbett Hudson be to blame?— Railway Gazette. TITIIE RENT AND CHARGE IN IRELAND.—There is a Bill in the House of Commons (issued on Saturday) to alter and amend so much of the Act of 1 and 2 Vic. as relates to the mode of making tithe rent charge in Ire land liable to poor-rate poundage, and also to empower the Ecclesiastical Commissioners in Ireland to allow poundage, deducted from ecclesiastial persons on ac count of poor-rate, among the deductions from the valuation of ecclesiastical property, for the purpose of a certain tax hereby imposed upon such property in Ireland. I THE SUET, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING-, MAY 22, 1848.