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

ti conc•••••ag er lusi tilt() I Iha hasten am it be h a p py to ong you. II soy use on, be g to a dd that you are at liberty to make of this decla rat i on which may seem to you to further the object you had in vi-w. and reinsin, " TIIE PRINCE OF PRU S S IA. Lon " To the Estates of the di str i ct of adgard. don, May q. 1845." THE DANUBE PROVINCES. STn Accordin g to a report in the Allgemeine Zeitung, uttiozA, the Pri nce o f Moldavia, whose sympa thies for Russia ar e no secret, h as b een massacre d by people. HANOVER. MAT 24,—The important question whether the tone or two chamber system is to be introduced i e lla ng In ha s j ust been decided by the second cham :r e in its second di scussion of the chapter of the s tke of the c ountry. By an amendment proposed Al. HARTELAI G eneral ANN, 83 was t o b e worded "The Assembly of the Estates consists of one ,Ad elitnber" This a men d ment was put to the vote, Wag negatived by 54 against 26, consequently elle U n i ted Hanoverian Diet will in future he com a 26 of two chambers.—Hamburgh Correspondent, ''", ITALY. LoMBARDY, PIEDMONT, AND VENICE. thlntelligonce was recei ve d i n Mil an on Th urs d ay E st qtilrr General /cUGENT hail effected a junction with : B ILY at Verona, at the head of 5,000 men. C' nex t accou n t s from the seat of war will probably ,! la g us i ntelligence of the capture of Pegchie a I;test a ccounts were t o th e even i ng o f th e 21st. 1,. r e of the besiegers had not ceased since the ~t this -morni CHARLEA ALBERT, as usual, was present I:°4 intacir, on the heights of Cavalcaselle. The llandella was almost completely dismantled; Intite° Austrians raised the white flag twice, but no teli e rt :! °lll7ll e paid to this invitation in the Piedmon thearrni P• The different regiments disputed among th e iiii -e ' ve s for the honour of beirg the first to mount lonat—gall,.stlit• The KING decided that this right be the-tno,- the regiment d'Aostm, which has suffered The Duke of GENOA directs the siege. ttoc,, NAPLES. Th e f . ii'44AIATION BY THE KING. I lliar r °-"lng proclamation relative to the recent ettio n w , 14 A n as issued on the 16th : .1 1 ill th: te , t°l algraut illegality vele place in this capi :.oesly th - "'ght of the 14th, l when barricades were men,- " el.; rnw o op in the midst of the public streets, with averth;nnnal design of causing a collision calculated tt) 11 1; 141 i t u a lt . (4lle ,r , slid to cause the effusion of civic blood; 0 41 r,l--- M elancholy to see that a part of that Na ir Guard • . " ••' , atiquilit . instituted to protect the security . and 44 1 0 et d' Y a families, not only took a part in so deplor 7 trels'l4terblinee, but was the first to attack the royal Xpe et ,,, w h", seeing their companions fall under the uln the si - ' , Are ne fratricidal arms, were forced to emp l oy indi s ,:ted right of defence, and by art impulse of just , 14 *.al tin n whieh it was impossible to re[ress, hastened eet46 l ;" to repel force by force. After some hours the Sts e t the mas s (,f those who wished to overthrow the lil y j + Al i definitively subdued and dispersed; tranq n ti Q i r_ t ttio q Sir e __ My every where restored, and the most t ri n of'sonleasares have been taken to trace the tru h e .n o g i l ls 411 ther erin 'inal an attempt, to discover and ri g ! l itir e d il to justice. Let the loyal citizens be ~m eantime. e..__, ills Kin that the severest viilance will be employed 3snac,°..l 44t,;,:t's Government to p prevent disorder.s . of . .. n • ie bel n ad and new obstacle . fille tf Illy, . 4 henceforth rcpeate , i nher, e d against the maintenance and full exercise o nl ' esta -144 tuerties Which the constitution "sso eni) to Pret e ?' and which his Majesty is firmlyresolved Guard Of lil a vit t in all their integrity. The National 4 4 Y o f Naples, which has so badly repaid the confi hitt; P l aced in it, has already been dissolved, w;rh tt e ) be Le a g t is a_ lativee,Period reorganized according 1 Priv e Atitraber s , wh ose meeting had been yesterday b uted b Y 44., Y the event, w ill speedily be conv,ked again halm snot decree, to establish by their authoritative Pre i :nFe the principles of order, legality, and general the x. r ity that form the prime objectof the attention of tilt f,,Plea Government. It is our will,_ therefore, that loV i erlds of order and liberty be re assured respecting N e i e ver by legal means may tend to promote the hap whil,is of this our common coantrY:' ff s following is the new Neapolitan Ministry, h, e n, says a letter from Naples, is far from satisfy r-*Public opinion :—Prince Canati, Foreign Affairs, t : l 4 l !resident of the Council ; Bozzelli, ) Interior and eo h e Instruction ; Prince 1 oreila, Agriculture, 1,,. mate and Ecclesiastical Affairs ; General Ca -mt 1 1 ,. 44 , Public Works ; Paolo Ruggieri, Finance ; Thed'lschitella, IVar and Marine. pe er following is the latest from Naples Jt sp lay, In the Constitutionud, and is of the date of the ~,1 A/ 4 3' :-- piii ii Li a. r reigns at Naples, after three days of massacre, ier c ' e fl 4 gration, assassination, throat-cutting .., and o btl t ittlihoi o Ta tt o tr u a r ß b e o a ns ti:odisgustil. to recapitulate. I•he last with his p e jaeorians and his populace, ) oth hprely to be satisfied. They are literally gorged I ( '‘d ?, (41 '. 'the Swiss guards of Ferdinand have t,),- . •t -.4 cruelly ar.d cowariie, the Groats of liadetsk) ilest l 4 irkitleellh: L . ;m a s on the Swiss nation, which, „. e 8 l . 4 41 t, PrllleipleS or equalny arid lib. rty ut home, lit ,ttY 4 4 .: t ne , e hordes of rutli in) and cut throats to the -m11)414444 Europe, to aid theta in the assassination ... 4 ' n of t of heir people." MAIL. RAMBURGH time 1) 254 ANTZt M 18 U p t o this . a , Englis h , -overt AY -- sels had year,3o native v" not %11' lac' ur harbour this tea l . • About 50 Prussian and since that period ta, - „, 1 , 1 1 up to the Ist of May, but ; utinsiluently t her ll P hat arrived, with our o . v) , L ' cl II 4 r . • • n in freightag t %N ess , g I at stagnatio is done. MAT 26. Money. " e und very little riastumat noitsr..NuALLE, Bilis. 81 % 9 11„_"%-erlita Loa n , 1846 .••. - - • ' ;;1: 9 - : • i'lwetrian 5 per cents •••""••• • • . • • • • - 4nk Shares ......ze.rii.i.i;a;. __ 85 80% • 4 1t 4 , 4 4, 1° C .mu 1an..1.705n ••• • • ..._ tAtt.ol 4 : Per Cent., 11arb............ _ - . ' bitto.t. relies Inseript _ 3d sTi l d . 4th series.. •=• INlzietwt4.l:Cei,t'lg Cote .... -- - - DI ' 4 per C ent ea llOp e and Co. •• •• - - 54 , tte stiegut •• _ I'l4'l'll •en, z s .• C nt. • - - - - - - - • LIM) 3p r v - '411810•1' rteupl-eTeRL-an .2% per Cent•• - - . Dutch ACtlist b e. ebt, o 2!,4'per tent •- '' 7_, _ poll 1 ? 14 0 3 Per Cent. •• ••--•• • • - . - _ . ,1 4 per Cent.lB44 .• • - 63% • lis'.ll-tianish Loan. 3 per Cent • . _ _ . • '. 5t4 Bush Shares.. •• •• - - - - - 410111•1111:.°U4 were current in the Master of N I It t that it was the intention o f tminster Hall this th e v l/ . 114 to resign, on account of ill health, and that 144 ,thl"sehancellor Wigram would year to be appoi nted . as the-"e%sor, in order to save his 5,0001. a the sub het,°lllltry, inquiries on We have made without theeti4ll4 believe the rumour to be tota ll y NI, appears The Master of the Rolls, s h m e c w e as the som re ; tike PPettra in much better health than ago, Co b h 441tv.. ---------7.--- -----p USSIA. Pat THE •TtN, Ott Or THE 1. - 11INCE 01 , R -• Iti 'tiT......i Th.Ollr ti or -tt evening the continent. departed for the _ ° .Prj• several weeks, Prince of P ru ssia, after uckingham 4l4ee tlee previoUSly proceeded to B and the Viscount l'al eon farewell Pille 1 t°l)4Y a . visit to the Quee n i per,,t, sort, and subsequently House - terrace a A lt4 t e' -. 't ti • The Prince left Carlton -41Ne-cick, f the terminus of the Sou Al.flie"l4dron-bridge. next 'th-Eastern - eln k A ka.--,,1n consequence of Thursday s of 4tit lettniio Day, the I ' V te h"e dete r min e d Ladhi e e i s r forthcoming ball week. 11, tleadit, insetremaidneodf Thursday,toholdt ' Patroness on in the present tad ,dvdiea patronesses have all arranged to 4 bitele,ry full ball is anticipated. -Thin young °4l ela 4 °P VISCOUNT STAVoRDALE•—' be present, Ilchuster, r o d topitte, eldeat surviving eon of the Ear l of Lan a- T h i t i lle , ti:cito othe Marquis and t Marchioness o f ageof 31. the early , tilitertishithe aecoandtreirdeaY eltnaseti'ita , Thr,r`,4eB in this family a of the kind g utt„ - vale of c which has t h. h ikfte,..,_ . t ambri l ge ry yesterday, in the okeitle ito"3,Zlsthe j eer y ,, se %I ct Th R • arne' • wi ll each the sermon The Rev. ~ttkia e ev. Dr. Hook pr Air. Bu rns n , ,1.'4 I .? tex t. . 44 tlin' tli te of Eleaurort left town on Saturday to ,7,4411.‘: entahland of IN trAii,tvhich fine e. s the assemble to do their annual Gloucestershire Yeomanr3 . to T ile - 4 ° : d uty At BrisrtPol, during the present week,. Je t Ng, "rcillus of Lansdowne was prevented giving iitkiltyie b.lnttrY entertainment in celebration of her At I tet kite ,Irrti:,tslaY on Saturday last, Owing to the lamented I%l:Pr. --,,,14 nephew, Visoonnt Stavordale. ti:4ltipti,--',Pluu MAY 98TH SUNDAY MORNING• 7 4-711 4';,lt`Auptain More-shy, .1.N., from Alexandria. ru 9t:MYb- 144nd Chi r 30 A.x., and istith d te bulk of' the East , R vrutl. Mails under t h ,- charge of Lieutenant °O ." wh' , -London tr ain" tea were forwarded to , by the 4 ',try f,,i, The Ripon has brought 171 rs and Pessf...gaen.-'1 in I lkei; - 1 carg o of 1, • 1 . , &c., and • 9, --1 ' . Ilk .. sir 1,... s. ics, in , (11„,o, drc,u was at Malta, 014tIng (271,112.a.1n 1. arke ! s ser a kt"_? 4 %), ,3.,, ti,lbernia, Queen, VanTiard, Superb, unimportant. qfleta,t 4 1' i n• . rile Lews from EgYPt is t ev e ry day • f ,114 0,,„..103s good hc):ilth, drives ahoy 1... -- 4 II alt s is much i paired. R --utd 4.4 ter En gland En h 16th of May, halo g Tile tieje std CL on t e Resistance sailed n wtts , t,ITT „.tn 3 on board. hitehelo,ratmk; ‘ll.--Th • anniversary of this club Tavern, on lc on Saturday at the London sup _ ttettl°4 trtl,Air. J. R, E,-;nyon presided, and tt1 1 .1 .° 1 3, 8. et;-'4,11 of Eldon President of the Clu w b a _ a Loy . d ; •-• N Ir -•• P. Glyi ','. f ; zar, J. Round, lti•-' rt r, ~ eeid , ~,.. I, ,), L.,r... •_;- . J. Far. til, °4 •P. • le' • ; Mr. Q. ack, M.P. Alr manyother I: 4 er, w ' iii a 'ld• W. Dodd, M.P. ; and y 011cl intie r w 'tr. 8. Fisher, the Honorary 0 Se :: former 'Owktit,., k_ etit off with great eclat, and 0 1 3 - n nm Pitt "44 the toast g - mi. 0444, . ay Le principles , . 13 ~ oeen . -` *hit tati tetaCtiounnua of Groat gram p qui Ivissm. r 77.1 T H E NIONEY and COMNIERCIAL "NEWS. / /AR TO 1' f.; . In the Cott. n minket at Liverpool on Saturday there was more animatisrs Saks nearly 6,000 bales. ri ices w. re stesdy. Railway ehares were doll, and prices were generally loner. The Corn market, owing to the fine weather and large ' arrivals is lower, wheat as,d barley by is. por quarter. Matter.; wear a very tranquil, net to say impassive and heavy aspect in the City to-day. The coutection of Mr. Mitchel, however, is deemed a satisfactory circum stance, although some have apprehensions of disturt ances resulting therelrom. The Spanish question, yet remains to be aljustcd, and the correspondence pub lished seems to be interpreted favourably to Mr. Bulwer. If so, the insult is one to he resented, as our City poli ticians conceive. The .Danish affair is apparently in a fair train for settlement, but there can be no doubt that the Goveramsnt at Copenhagen will be more than ever determined to obtain full justice. A few letters and papers of Java. 19 have come to hand from South Australia. The colony was vtry prosperous, and land was rising materially in value. 'fhe great want experienced was of labour to carry forward the agricultural and mining pursuits of the settlement. The following particulars relative to the iron trade have come to hand from Birmingham: — "Since our last remarks the general tenor of all trans actions in the iron trade has been drooping, and the prospect of amendment is too far removed to incite spe culative investment, while the export consumption re mains at the lowest possible ebb. The late consecutive concessions in price, though affording a momentary relief in some instances, have failed to produce any increase of orders; on the other hand, they aro daily becoming scarcer. Working short time is fully resorted to, and a greater number of hands must inevitably be soon thrown entirely out of employ. The receipts of the country shopkeepers and small tradespeople already exhibit a fearful deticiency, as con trasted with former activity. We observe, however, that a further increase of the make in the raw material has taken place by the blowing in again of one or two additional furnaces. "'1 h pr•ssure of the late monetary crisis, and the present stagnation of business, have doubtless been heavily telt by houses of every grade, and must, if prs long,d, produce still further disastrous results. "The question whether we have arrived at the lowest point, or whether something further is to occur than the sanctioning of what has already taken place. In the accounts trent Liverpool, dated the 2Sth inst., we read—' We have Still to report a downward tendency in the market;' and of Pig Iron, there is no change to mention; tbe mat list seems quite inactive, with a fulling demand, un:l an increased make.'" There is again a dull MIZI ket for the Public Securities, and, without money purchases, no immediate improve ment appears likely. Speculators for a rise are disin clined to operate at present above 84, wh;ch, until poli tical events are quieter, is considered a fair value. It is remarked, too, that the unfunded debt experiences diur nally a reduction in its market vaqie. Exehi quer-bills have been down to 351. and 31s. prtmium, al though they are ;secured 21(1. to 3.1. per centum nsr diens until March next. Clearly there is a want of more y, either among the jobbers or out of the hon., East India Bonds have been 20s. to 21s. premium. Bank Stock was 191 to 1921. The New Tnree-and-a-Quarter p. -r Cents. realised 831 avid the Three por Cents. 821 Cons 1s have been 84 to 84g. Dullness is also the pervading feature in the Foreign Market, but, probably in anticipation of the settlement, Spanish Three per Cent. Bonds hare risen trims 211 i• to 221 4. The Passive Bonds have been at 3i. Mexican Stuck has been quoted 151, Eqaador 2, and Venezuela 18. J)u eh Two-and-a-Holt per Cents. have varied from 411 to 424. In the Railway Share Market there is an appearance of apathy, aid prices are nut so good. o v11.111)s. o' , LI 3ank Stock l9l 19214 1 per Cent. Reduced Anna 82 1 ,/ a :ti 3 oer Cent. Consols Annuities 8 4 1, 4 1, i 438 flew 3 per Cent. Anna.— .. 83 % 14 King Amts. to expire Jan.lB6o -16 IA qclia Honda, 1,000/. Ditto under 1.000/... ...... p onsols for Account ..... .x.ehequer Bills. & 3d. 1,0001. 500/. Small Ditto Advertised 2l p aXE O'CLOCK. L :411. & ...!. Weste •n 5O Do. New 50/. ... 1)o. New 401 . 34 — Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50 Ditto ditto .... .... 40 Ditto, Thirds....•. lO Lond . :n, Salisbury, and 1 1 ,41 ••• .• • ••• StGlera;n, 27 1 ,i —....-••. •••• Loa iunkierry and Ennis- 4 1 ,4 ........ 25 ••• ••••• •••• Lowestoft (4 per et.) ... 20 Ditto (6 per ct.) 3 51anztie-iter,Buxton.and Matlock Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire ...100 Do. Quarters (No. 1) 13 Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 Ditto ditto (No. 3)... 7 1 ,4 t — .....»••• ••• . . Ditto, New 104 Prelf.- 7 Ditto, Gt. Grimsby ... 30 Ditto ditto . ........ 9 - •••••-••.••••• Ditto ditto .....• - Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire lO . ... Do., Grimsby. Dock... 15 Do., Manchester and Lincoln Union. .... 41. 2s Manchest.& Southanipt. 2 , A Itidlanil ... . lOO lO5 104 lO4 Do. Consolidated Pref.loo Do., do., 501. Shares.- 15 ... .. Do. Bum., and Derbyloo D ...Consui Bristol and Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 ...... 118 118%... Ditto, tined. & Glocstr. 36 ...... Ditto, ditto ... ..... 111. 3s. 6d... Ditto,Leieesc. & Swan nington, 8 per ct.guar.100 Midland treat Western Irish Bliddlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. nuar. Newcastiranu Carlisle-100 Do. Quarters 25 NewmrkettfeChuterturtl 18 1 ,i . — Do. Extension .........21. 125.... Newport, Auergavenny, and Eleretord o 6 ..... Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and ltostrevor Norfolk ... Do. New 201. Do. Extension 5 p et. 20 Do. Guaranteed 5 1 / 2 . pc. 5 - Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 Sorthern Counties Union 4 ...... North liritola ... .... ... 25 ...... Do. Half Slums IDA...—. 1O Do. Quarter.; 6 - Lo Extension ... -,'s ....•, .... «....... ..._ . .... . Ditt , Thirds _.. North & South-Western 2 ...... ........ ...... North istattorttshlre 12k...... 10M 10 A ........ 10 North Wales - . .. North Western - Oxford, Worcester. and Wolverhampton ...... 40 ..... 23 Reading, (iuiluiord, and Reigate Hoystcn and Ilitchin ... 1% - ..... •• •• -- Scottish Central :teottish Midland 2:5 - a•ao .... Ditto,New l2j — ... ••• •• -- hetlield, Rotherham, •aidtioole (Nor. Div.) 5 - Do. do. (Sou. Div.) 4 Shrewsbury and thrift-. 8 Ditto ditto. Class B. 5 Shrewsbury and lleretd. 2 ...... Shrewsbury St Chester ( Nor. W. Alin.) Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 ...... ..... Ditto Uswestry ... .. 16 Ditto New ... ...... - 1 .. ... Do. 8 per Cent. fret. 8 Shropshire Uwou .-.outti Dev0n....... 45 ...... Do. Preterenee , oath Staffordshire s , is 25 ...- .... .. 25 oath tastcrn - ••.•• ...... •• Do.. No. 1 24 . CLOS,NIi YItI( I.S 192 1 7 2 B'2 .!q *4N, 83-) 4 8 1 / 2 20p 21 p 84 00., N 0.2. Do., Nu. 3 ...... ...... 20 Lro., Nu. 4 South ales... ..... ...... 23 S,utri Yorkshire, Don- 31 p 31 p 31p 19 p CLOSI.N. PRICES. 23 2 15 1 4 13 31./ castor, and uroole - 3 . •wans. Sc Loughor & Ca . . meron's Stuff. C0a1.... 6 ••• 000000 ••• l'aw Vale Exteniion ... 6 l'liames Haven Dock Or FOREIGN EITNDS Buenos Ayres Bonds. 6 per Cent. Equador Bonds Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 1 5 14 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto. Passive and Railway . 17% ...... Vale 01 Neatt 4 Waterford and Kilkenny 15 1 , 4 ..... . .. Wateriord and Limerick 42 WAterid,Wxird,Wicklw, . .. Ditto 3 per Cent 2l► 22 3 / 4 22 3 / 4 ' Venezuela Bonds, 2 1 A per Cent lB 18 Dividends on the above payble in London and 1)ublIn Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... Dutch per Ceut., 12 Guild:: 42 41 1 ,4 424 424 Ditto, 4 [me' Ceut. Certificates 62 _ . Do. do. du.... :45 V 1 est Cornwall .... 6 ... .. •-• .... v liitellAveu & Furness 11 Windsor, Staines, and _ PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICE,. Aberdeen Amber., Nott., Boston, . . South Western ..... ... 7 ...... -. Wilt., Somerset,& Wey mouth York, Newc4stle, and Berwick. ...... ...... .. 25 Do. Original New and Berwick .. ... 25 Do, i , ,xtensio, No. 1. 15 ...... ... ...... . . and Eastern Junction 3 1 4...... Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2t /2 Beltast & County Down 144 Birmingham and Ox turd Junction .... ... 20 - 2 2 3 /4 Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley 10 ..... .. — Birniii,goVolverlt'pton, and Stour Valley 121. 4s .. ••• -- Birkenhead, Lincashire, ___ _ ... From whence. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Harlingen ll5 ... 345 18 ... 52 Calais Antwerp Rot eruitm •••• 271 Iljerting Hamburg!' 50 333 and Cheshire Jaw...-. 734•••••• ••• • •.. ..... . -= Boston. Stainfd & Birm. 5 Bristol and Exeter B5 Ditto. Thirds Buckiughainshire... 141. 4s. Caledonian Ditto. Hilt Shares .. 6'4 LA: to,Cly desd al e J unc 50 Chester and Holyhead... 42 , / ‘...... Ditto, Preference l5 ...... 14 3 A - 14.34 Clarence - - Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. to Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. .. lO ...... Direct London & Ports- Do. do. No. 2. ..... ... 10 11 ~ ,."2 N, ..... . . ll% D:. G.N I....Prelerelice 8 ...... 9 ~ , s , 4 Y vi... 411.1Nunti alidtalid;so Ditto, Pretereuen ...... 10 Dv. t,ast awl i 1 .at WU- ---- Total 615 4:289 18 CorretTonding week in 1647-1,038 ... 1,430 .., 2F,0 ••• 160 Difference...... 423 less. 101 less. 242 less. 173 more At the outports nearly 900 head of each kind of stock have been lunded, chiefly from Rotterdam, the quality of which has proved good. The supply of foreign beasts , here to-day was, comparativ e ly s p ea ki ng , limited, and of very middling quality. That of Sheep and Calves was seasonably good, and in fair average condition. For the time of year, the numbers of home-fed Beasts on sale were extensive, and of unusually prime quality; indeed, at least nine-tenths of them were heavy weighers. We may further observe that a finer collection of .13asts has been seldom witnessed in the mouth of Ma). The Bul lock supply being more than tub quate to meet the wants of the butchers, whose attendance was rather numerous, awl the weather unfavourable to slaughtering, the Beet trade was heavy, and, in some instances, the quotations had a downward tendency. However, the very primest Scots sold at from 3s 103 to 4s per Sibs. At the close of business a large number of second•rate beasts left the market unsold. The droves from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Catnbridgeshire, consisted of 1,400 Scots and short horns; from the rorthern, western, and midland eouutii s, 1,000 Herefords, runts, Devoris, Irish Beasts. &c.; from other parts of England, 600 of various breeds; and :rum Scotland, 400 horned and polled Scots. The numbers of Sheep were again on the increase, bat their general quality was by no means first-rate. All breeds, especially the Kents and halt-breds, moved off slowly, at a decline in value of 2d per Blbs. The highest figure fur the best old Downs was 5s per Blbs. With Lambs we were somewhat heavily supplied, but nearly a moiety of these were out of condition. The Lamb trade was very dull, and prices receded from 2d to 411 per 81bs. Prime Dow n qualities sold at from 6s to 63 4d per 81bs. From the Isie of Wight, 400 head cama to hand. In Calves exceedingly little was doing, at from 2d to 4d per Sibs less money. Pigs were a dull sale, and quite 2d per Bibs lower. Per albs. to shik the offal. s. d. to e. 5. d. to e. d. Interior Beasts-- 3 0 3 4 Second quality ditto 4 4 4 6 ieeond quality ... a 4 3 6 Coarse-woolled ditto 4 6 4 8 Prime large Oxen.. 3 6 3 8 Southdown Wetl•er 410 5 0 rime Scots •• • • •3 10 4 0 Ditto out or the wool 0 0 0 0 Large coarse Calves 3 a 4 4 Large Bogs •••• • • 4 0 4 6 Prime small ditto .. 4 6 4 8 Small Porkers • • 4 8 410 •;ucitling Calves —lB 0 25 0 Quarter old Pigs .•17 0 23 0 [Weiler Sheep . . 4 0 4 4 Lambs •••••• • • • • 5 4 6 4 TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. Ileasta. I I Sheep. Calves. I Pigs. 3,409 25.020 304 398 FOREIGN SUPPL Y. Beasts. I I Sheep. Calves. I Pigs. 900 .153 NEVA7GATEI AND LEILIIENNIALL. The arrivals of slaughtered Meat up to these markets during the past week have been on the increase, viz., 300 twenties of Btef, 500 ditto of Mutton, 400 ditto of Lamb, 300 ditto of Veal, end 350 ditto of Pork. The t , upplies on offer killed in the metropolis have been seasonable good, and of excellent quality. Beef, Lamb, and Veal have moved off s!owly, on somewhat easier terms; but the value of Mutton and Pork has been well supported. About 800 carcases of foreign Meat, slaugh tered in London, have been on sale. mou.li Dublin and Belfast June. 25 ...... Dundalk & Enniskillen 17 East Anglia, 251., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 ...... ... Do., 181., E. & H.... 18 Do., 31. 10,. .... ..... 3t,4 .... ..•• - Eastern Con:dies... ..... 2U ...... 15 14 3 / 4 .. 15 Do. New Guaranteed 6 per Cent. Ditto, Extension,s per Cent., No. 1.....6/. 13s. 4d.... Ditto ditto, No . 2...61. 13s. 4d... Do. North. & Eastern 50 Do. Quarters ......... 124 Do. New 23 Eastern Union, Class A (lae E. U. Shares) 25 Ditto, Class A, ditto... 1 Ditto. Class 1 (L & and II )........ ...... 17t4 • __.. . At per stone by the Careen. a. d. to s. d. i s. d. to s. d. itect.infeilor•—• •• 210 3 0 Mutton, interior .. 3 4 3 6 middling •• 3 0 3 2 middling.. 3 8 4 4 prime largo .. 3 2 3 4 prune .... 4 6 4 8 prime small .. 3 4 3 r l'ork, targe.... •. •• 310 4 6 Veal— Lamb. 5a 6d to 6584. - BOROUGH 41.A14) sprritxxxErms. The supplies of potatovs on 01f..r ccast, i.e, are mo derate ; but the foreign imports are still large. Since Monday last 55 tons have arrived from 11,:mburgh ; 90 tons and 217 baskets from Rotterdam ; 241 bags anti 470 tons trom Antwerp. The best sunples are in mo derate rcque,t, at full prices; but the inAlling and in ferior kinds are somewhat glected,—York Regents, 120 s to 180 s; York Reds, 1:i0t to 200,; Wisbesch Re aents, 100 s to 130 s ; Wtsb.qieh Blues, 100 s to 1101 ; Scotch Whites, 90s •to 955; Relgiati Whites, 803 to 90s, Lll Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. , Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Central ut France (Or leans and Vierzon) ... 16 Ceylon Deineqtra — Ditto, Cl;t BC, ditto . 17 1 / 2 . .... Ito. Scrip (t percent.) 10 Ditto, ditto Ditto (C. & E.) guar. , 5 per cent. .......... 2% ... East Lancashire Ditto, New Deudre Valle)•... 4 birect bolubay and .taiifras Dutch lZirenish . ••••• .•• 7%.•• •• ...... •••• .• East Indira) ... 3 14 — Great Indian l'eninsu;ra 55. ...... Italiau and Austrian.... 4 Louvaia it la *atribro ... 6 BpROUGn 110 P 111/11Z1MT. As • great inctease of fly ha, tsken place in neatly the whole of thu plantations, the demand tor most kinds o f Hops has become steady, at, in some instauces, til; i advance in the quotati ons o f 2s. per cwt. T he duty s. called 155,0001—Sussex p oc k ets, 31 to 3 1 8s ; %Yi e ld ot Kent, pockets, 31 55 to 31 12s ; Mid and East Kent pucki'ts, 3/7a to 51 10s per cwt. Luxembourg 7 — Madrid and Valentia... 2 Namur and Liege ...... 18 ..... Northern ot Fraoce Orleans and Bordeaux 6 ...... 13i .... Over Yssel.... 4/3s 4d...... WOOL. The imports of Wool into London, last week, con sisted of 1,100 bales from Sydney ; 860 ditto from Ho bart Town ; 80 ditto from liatuburgh ; 15 nitro from Port Victoria ; 67 ditto from C o n s t an ti n ople ; 21 dit o from Rotterdam ; and 122 ditto from Alexandretta. The private market is heavy fur all kinds of Wool, the supply of which on offer is large ; and to effect sales a decline of fully Id per lb. mast be submitted to, on all descriptions. Ditto, New Quarters 614...• East Lineo'aisliire 20 1 ,4 Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... 45 Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans ...... 20 Paris and Rouen ... ..... 20 ... .• Paris and Strasbourg ... 8 Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse 2O ... .. .-- ... 4' Strasbourg and Basle ... 14 Tours anu Nantes .. 8 Tuurnay, Jurb►se, Lan den, and llasselt ...... 16 Ditto, - Half Share W... 15 .. , Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 A...... Edinburgh and Northern 25 Ditto, New.. 6 14 — Ditto, Newport — Ditto, ditto, New 3%..... Exeter,Yeovit, & Dorch. 2% Ditto, New .. . Gla.gow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Glasgow,Kilmar.,& Ayr 50 ...... Ditto, New .. . ......... 40 Do.Preterence Consul. 16 Great Northern - .. ....... .... 3% Do., Lonc:on and York 2 1 Treat South. and West. (Ireland) ... — Great North of England.loo Ditto, New, 40/ 5 Ditto, New, 30/ 3O Ditto, N ew, 15/ Great Westeru UO ..... 95 Ditto, % Shares 5O 56 Ditto, % Shares: 17%..... 16% ... •.. .... .... 16% Ditto, Fifth% Ditto, New 171........ 9!4... .. 81 /2 Huddersfield and Manch. 26 Ditto, Thirds Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ...... _ Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ...... Ditto, IA Shares Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 ...... 53 51 52 — 52 Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 Ditto, ditto Ditto, t/2 Shares -••..••— Do. Quarter Shares... 14% — ........... .... lov Do. Fifth5... ... 9 Do. Sixteenths 6 1 ,4 — ........... .. Do. Thinis(Reg.)..... 13 •-••• 5% ... ......... ... 53 ;i Do. Liverp. and Bury 43 Ditto % (late Hud dersfield and Shelf.) 38 Do.(Waketield,Ponte tract, an-1 Goole) ... 50 ...... Do.( W. Riding Union) 6 ..... 2 1 ,4 2 t /4 Do.(Preston & Wyre) 25 11 est, r'lawlecs• .• ...... 8 1 ,4 JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia Ditto New. British North American 50 Colonial 25 Coonnerudl at London 20 London-Joint St%k. lO London Lit Westininswr. 20 Union of Australia Union of London ..... 10 23 LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAY 29.—Wind at noon S.W., light breeze, and tine clear weather. LIVERPOOL, MAY 28.—Arrd. Stugnehanna, Phila delphia. Sid. 26th, Henry Gardner,.Butubay; Admiral, S. John's, New Brunswick; Mary, Caleuttei; Isabella, Cooper, Havannah ; Uriel, New Orleans ; Acadia steamer. New York; Martha J. Ward, dim.; Pioneer, Virginia; Pearl, John's, New Brunswick; Bridge town, I.2,lenec; Ocean Queen, ditto; Actaron, ditto; Abeona, ditto; 28th, Edwin, Port-au-Prince; Pacific, Philadelphia; Thetis, Halifax; Conservative, Constan tinople. On . port, Elsinore, —. DEAL, MAY 27 AND 28.—Wind E.—Arrd. Holmes, Jones, t„ artlepool, and sailed for the Cape of Good Hope. Arrd. from the River and sailed, 26th, Oriental, Bom bay; 27th, Princrss Royal, Hobart Town; Malacca, Bombay; Sea Witch, Serra Leone; Galicka, St. Croix; Lady Fora Hastings, New Orleans; Sarah L Bryant, Boston; Zealous, Newfoundland. PouTsmouni, MAY 28.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. 27th her Majesty's steamer Styx, KAbanda, left 22d March, St. Helena 7th, Asceli3iun 20th, Sierra Leone '3d instant, and Madeira 17th. COWES, MAY 26.—Arrd. Leander, Wilemsea, Bahia for Bremen. tiOUTHAMPTON, MAT 25.—Arrd. Ripon steamer, Alexandria. Sid. 27th, Erin sieatusr, Con:•tantinople ; Montrose styanter,Gibralttsr. HULL, MAY 27.—The brig Henrietta Sophia ' of Stockton. cotil laden, was on shore on S c h er l aw Bay 251 h init., full of water, and likely to become a wreck. Two Danish frigates, were seen about 40 miles to the westward of Heligoland by the Helen Artiregor steamer, arrived here. Do. 1 4 Shares( A) Leeds and Bradford so_ • •••••• L e v e d o s . e a t i s t, ' s Sharesb ury lk 24071 A •..• .• Do.. (blue) Scrip...... ..... Leeds and Thirsk ...... 4'6 Ditto, New Do.. Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3 1 / 2 - Liverpool, Crosby and Southport . 2 Liverp., Manchester, and Newcastle Junction... 214 - London & Black wa11...13i. 6s. 8d.... ••• Do. New, N o . 2 ..... 6/.138.4d.... Do. Extension ... 20 •••• •••••' London, Brighton, and ... South Coat.t 6O 1 74 Do. Consul. Eighths. 40 Do. Guarant. per ct.., 9 .....» 21 D. Pref. C on . 6 per ct. 50 Ditto. ditt0...... 1852 50 — London and Greenwich 1 2 / 1 6s 4d... Ditto, Preference... 18, 17a 2d... London and N. Western 100 .••...1301 130 M l3l Do. Quarters (L.!& B.) 22 ...... Ditto, New 4 Ditto, Fifths ..... Do. 40/. Shares (L. M. ) 20 .....„ Do. 101. (M. & 1.) A. 7 1 / 2 - - Do. 10/. (M. & B.) B. 7 1 / 2 - DO. la & B.) C. I HARWICH, MAY 2 7.- —The Wrestler, DAvis, of this port, froiu Liverpool to Dordt, was assisted into this port ro.day very leaky, having been ashore on the Kentish Knock. OFF FALMOUTH, MAY 26.—Arrd. —, Boston, for Amsterdam. 27th. Snalkied (Dutch man-of-war), St. Martin, for Helvoet ; Regalia, Lawson, Sierra Leone, and sailed tor London ; lowa, Parker, New Or lean", for Havre ; Durham, Charleston. JERSEY, MAV 25 —Shl. Apparition, Pernambuco. NEWPORT, MAY 27.—Sid. Phoenix, Mackie, Jamaica. CLYDE, MAY 26.—Sid. Byndfid, Ste•venson, New York. 27th. Glyn Huntley, BArr, Port Philip and Sydney, New South Wales. TALLOW. Our market still continues in a very dull state, and prices are from 6d to 8d per cwt lower than on this day se'nnight, owinq to the prevailing hot weather and the Increase in tho supply of Town Tallow. For forward delivery, parcels may tie had at 43s 6d per cwt; P. Y. C. on the spit, 45s 6d to 45s 9d per cwt; Rought Fat, 2s 7d per 8 lbs. CHANcEItY.—(THI DAY.) The Lord Chancellor s a t i n hi s Court, at W estm inster, S to-day at ten o'clock, the,llouse of Lords not sitting to hear appeals in consequence of its being the anniversary of the Restoration. THE EARL OF CHESTERFIELD P. THOMAS SLINGSBY DUNCOMIIE, E SQ. , M . P . On the application of Mr. S TUART, this appeal, which stood on the paper for hearing ttoday,as postponed till Friday. ITIGGINSON V, SHAND. The further arguments in this case occupied the Court the whole of the morning. Th e case curve before his Lordship on Saturday upon motion for an injunction to restrain the public officer of the Royal Bank of Liver pool from proceeding to make the plaintiff a batik, upt under the eighth section of the Ist and 2tl Victoria, e. 110. The plaintiff had become security to the extent of 60,000/. for the house of Barton, Irian; and Higginson, of Liverpool, which became insolvent in September, 1847, and the bank now sought to recover the amount of the liability. The plaintiff ulleged, , in support of the motion, that a part of the money had been paid, and that, as the bank did not perform the conditiona on which he had consented to b( come security, he stood absolved with respect to the remainder. Mr. Bethell and Mr. Hall were counsel for the plain tiff ; and Mr. Rult and Mr. Prior lure in support of the defendants. MARKET NE W HIS DAY.) ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) The Master of the Rolls sat at ten o'clock to-day to hear cause petitions. s country, LEWIS V. BALDWI N. The Master of the Rolls gave j ud g ment this m orning in this case, which came before h is Lordshi p antnn time since upon motion to discharge an order which had been obtained under the 33d of the G eneral Order s of May, 1845, authorising the service of a sub ' cents on fourteen defendants in the suit, residitg in Ireland, out o f t h e jurisdiction. The object of the suit was to restrain th e payment of 53,0001., the monies of a railwa y company in Ireland, to another company in thesame with which' the directors of the f ormer were obliged to have made an arrangement for an amalgamation . Lordship declined making the order asked. The Court then proceeded to hear petitions. Knight Bruce another, was VICE-CHANCERY. — ( THI S DAY.) (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. WILSON. The further arguments in this interminable case, which relates to Lady Hewley's charity, Were resumed this morning, and occupied the Court the whole day. Odor the Vice Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) His Honour the Viet-Chancellor occupied the whole morning with cause petitions of no general interest. were liIAC ht time tII the of a (Before Glt EG o t h a e. V. n Vice-Chancellor AINBpGj V c i D G G R BI E N . ) 1, citors His Honour gave judgment this morning i n this ease which was heard before him wo l - 1 1:h i le r yc e fio t m o rr : opt : ai , rpn a er : doe i and for T a ti c e co n u ii n i t was filed distribution t o i( n )n e s o o t ! i e t i h t( e T r t profits as partners. The defendant denied the existence of any partnership between himself and the plaintiff. The circumstances appeared to be these:—ln the year 1845 the plaintiff and a,Mr. Owen projected railway company, called the West and East Junction Rail way,.from Ki i d n.ha e yal r :s m i4n i 6 n r;c it whp , e r rhee t y.n o the defendant was the solicitor of another projected agreed e r he a es ii t w edr a se 3 b : te , i(nr n , edaa an j e atu d m.n( t an : ltgi e i Derbyshire, nra.nmoatiwitoaenini Staffordshire, and Wor. Ject was absorbed in the second, and the plaintiff and were &matured solicitors for the joint bubbles& The CORN-EXCHANGE. —MONDAY. The arrivals of all 'cult's of grain of home produce, including Flour, for our market laA week, coastwise as well as by land carriage, were very small, the time of 3 ear consider. d. A few Oats came to hand from Scot land, but from Ireland we had no fresh supplies of any article. The foreign imports consisted (f 21,373 qrs of Wheat; 22 747 qrs of Barley; 15.938 qrs o f Oats; 9 qrs of Rye; 3,177 qrs of Bkans; 347 qrs of Peas; 267 qrs of Tare ~; 25 qrs of Linseed; 118 qrs of Mustard_ seed; 24 ditto of sundry seeds; and 200 collectively, Thus it 001 barrt,lt.ifklotuhre. w perceived that, a supplies illbe foreign have been great. The quantity of Wheat fresh up this morning, from Essex, Kent, and other counties, was very moderate, but of excellent quality, The finest picked samples of White sold slowly, at prices about equal to those obtained on Monday last. All other kinds were very dull in sale, .at a decline in the quotations of fully 19. per quarter, and at which a clearance was not effected. The quantity of Foreign Wheat on offer was large, owing to which the demand , SUN, LONDON, MONDAY_ EVENING, MAY 29, 1818. for that article was heavy, and prices were quite Is. per quarter lower than on this day se'nnight. Parcels from on board might have been purchased at 2a. per quarter less money, but at which there were very few buyers. Most of the recent imports hare been landed in bond. Very little English Barley was on offer. The show of Foreign was very extensive, owing to which, and the close of the malting season, the trade was dull, at a fall in the currencies of from Is to 2s per quarter. With Malt we were scantily supplied; all kends moved off slowly, at last week's quotations. Although the total quantity of Oats brought forward was not to ssy large, that article was dull, and from 6d t o Is per quarter lower. The quantity of Oats on the way from Ireland is represented as small. Beans, !he supply of was small, sold freely, at prices filly equal to those of last week. Peas of all kinds were firm, and, in some instances, is per quarter higher. Indian Corn and Meal were held for more money. Flour was very dull, and Ship.warks were a trifle easier. bill alleged that the defendant had delivered his bill of costs, which had been paid by the amalgamated com pany, and it prayed that an account might be taken and payment of his share made to the plaintiff. The Vicn-CRANcELeon, in giving judgment, regretted that he did not consiOt r himselt able to decide the ease, and he sho u ld th ere fo re direct an issue to be triad ut law to the following effct:---Whether, upon the occasion of other the amalgamation of th e t wo com panies, or at Eny time, it was agreed between the plaintiff and defendant that the business of the amalgamated companies should be carr i e d on by them jointly as partners ; and if the jury should find that there was such at e ' agreement then wheth er it wa s agreed between th plaintiff and the defendant that the property should be divided in equal shares between them ; liberty to state special circumstances. His Honour also disposed of the case of Scott v. French, and Hirst v. Hutchings, but the cases possess no interest except to the parties concerned. The case of &Lintz:lons and Hasenclever also stood in his Honour's paper for judgment, but the Court post poned its decision on it to a future day. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) MISCONDUCT OF AN ATTORNEY. Mr. MARTIN applied for a rule, calling upon an at torney (whose name he did not mention) to show cause why he should not pay the sum of 411., which had been out the t under haepp theiiea probate t o followingetth the aw c p ipirl applicants u ci au m nt s th t s a e n f es t :— h The persons on whose behalf he applied employed the s m t e a o d f 401f1.,f0r devotingthe p i u t r t p e o s t of defraying purpose for the w tu necessary e h lvas Eccle siastical Court of the Bishop of Llandeff. On the 2d e he expenses. The money was paid on the same day, but s in u sought, he appropriated it to his own use. Various ap plications, extending over several months, had been made to the attorney for the money without having the desired effect, and the applicants had therefore been driven to make this application to the Court. It had been suggested that an attorney so acting ought to be punished by the Court, but he (Mr. Martin) was not very fond of the adoption of such a course. What he, thet ef ore, asked for was, a rule calling upon the defend ant either to pay the money or to answer the allegations in the affidavit on which he moved. The case was a very serious one against the defendant, and it would be for his Lordship to say whether he ought to be pu nished or not. Mr. Justice ERLE said it was for the Learned Counsel in his wisdom to determine the point; if he considered the attorney deserved punishment he had better make an application to that effect to the Court. Mr. MARTIN preferred to take a rule, with the alter native he had pointed out. Application granted. nm to oies September ha (Bef or e ne lastdo suh Mr. - -- - CUR 'F,NCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. •Vheat —Essex & Rent, Dealt—Chevaller ...... 58s to 59S Red. .... • • • • 41s to4ls Oats—Yorkshire and Dltto,Whlte, New 43a 56a Lincolnsh., Feed. 171 20s Norfolk and Lin- Potato .• •• 204 23s coin, Red... • . 42s 46a Youghal and Cork, Ditto, White.... • • 44s 498 Irish, Red —ll —3 Cork, White .•• • • 16s 20s Ditto, White —— • • —s —s Scotch, Feed. •• • • 185 2111 Rye—Old •••••••• •• • • —s a Beans—Tick .. ....... 31s 40s Black . •••••• New. ••—••• • • • •• 32a 34s Pigeons .••.•• • • .. 34s 40s Barley—Grinding ... • • 29s 3ls Peas—Grey .... • . .... 32s 351 ....... 14s IPs Malting . .... •• • • 31s 33s Chevalier •• • • •• . 323 34s White.... •• • •• • 34s 3 s ‘lalt —Suffolk and Nor- Boilers ••••• • • • . 33° 36 . ° f01k...—. ••• • —55 s Flour—Town-insde .• • 411 4 bll Brown .—— .. 4sll Sts Suflolk ••••• • • • • • 35° 3 . 8° Kingston and Ware 57s 58s Stocktn St Norfolk 35s a . SMITHFIELD. Maple. ..... ....• I-2s 35a The imports of foreign stock into London last week were as follow: A GENEALOGICAL AND HERALDIC DIC TIONARY OF THE PEERAGE AND BA , RONEIAGE OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. By John Burke, Esq., and J. Bernard Burke, Esq. Tenth Edition. This, the tenth edition of " Burke's Peerage," a work which is of the greatest possible importance and utility, and which, being arranged in the alpha betical form, is the only " Peerage" which is really useful as a book of reference, is corrected up to the present moment, and is a 2orrect mirror of the Peer age and liaronetage of the United Kingdom up to the month of May, 1848. After the high reputation which "Burke's Peerage" has for a series of years enjoyed, any observations in praise of the plan on which it is compiled, or of the accuracy by which it has ever been distinguished, would be supererogatory. 'ln the present edition each article has been separately and distinctly revised,and the information acquired by the authors from the extensive collections they have made from the "History of the Landed Gentry" has enabled them to go more at large into collateral lines, and thus to enrich their pitges by an accession of names to the respective P edi g rees which had previously been entirely excluded or forgotten. The book, which is illustrated by the armorial bearings of every Peer and Baronet in the kingdom, is beautifully printed in a small but clear type, and, trom the manner in which it is got up, will be an ornament to the drawing- room or library table, independently of its great utility as a work of reference. The National Philanthropic Association of Lei-. y g - r a a rd tu , ito W u i s n u d s m e s c t e r s e t e e s s ctu a j r a e m e h s tz a or the labouring classes., erlavatory i n for li t a h ni e - HER MAJESTY'S BIRTHDAY. - The Attorney- General entertained the Queen's Counsel and the leading members of the bar, on Saturday, in celebration of her Majesty's birthday, at the Albion, Aldersgate-street. Covers were laid for sixty, and the arrangements were on a scale of great splendour. CELEBRATION OF HER MAJESTY'S BIRTIIDAY AT CHATHAM. —On Saturday, in honour of her Majesty's birthday. the royal standards were heisted at all the mi litary forts along the line of the fortifications of the gar rison, and also at the Ordnance end Government office's, and ro) al dockyards. The Poictiers guard ship, and other ships were dressed with flags of all nations; and at twelve o'clock, a royal salute was fired by a eetaehment • , f Royal Artillery from the south four-gun battery, and as the day was a general holiday for the officers and weikpeople of the dockyatd, the town was very gay. The Princess Royal steam-vessel, in honour of the oc casion, took an excurAon party to Margate. The boat we) very gt4ly dressed with flags and evergreens, and a ge m•ral ttffiling of rdoicing prevailed amongst all classes. The bells of the Rochester Cathedral, and of the several churches throughout the Welt, rung merry peals during the day. II ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—His Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia, ace inpanied by his Serene High- ness Prince Edward of Saxe %Veimur, visited her Ma- Majesty's Tneatre un Saturday evening. There were also present his Grace the Duke of Wellington, the Duke and Duchess of Cleveland, and Lady A. Paulett, the Duchess of Leeds and Miss Lane Fox, - the Duchess of Beaufort and the Ladies Blanche and Henrietta Somer set, the Duchess of Leinster, and Lady Jane Fitzgerald, the Duke or Leeds, Prince Louis Napoleon, the Marquis and Marchioness of Kildare, the Marquis and Mar chioness of Downshire, the Marquis and Marchioness of Sligo, the Mat quis of Huntly, the Marquis and Mar chioness of Douro, the Marquis of Ailesbury, the Marquis of Clenricarde, the Baroness B: untrue and Mdlle. Olga de Lechner, his Excellency the Sardinian Minister, his Excellency the Hanoverian Minister, his Excellency the Swedish Minister, the Earl of Ceester field, the Earl Bruce, the Earl of Cardigan, the Countess of Blessington and the Misses Power, the Countess of Lichfield, the Earl of Wilton, the Earl of Liverpool, the Earl of Lansdale, the Countess of Cardigan, the Earl Granville, the Count de Berke, the Count d'Orsav, the Baron Nieolay, M. C. 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Puke, M.P. and Mrs. Macke Reading, Mr. Nor man Macdonald, Mr. Rowland Erringtun, Mr. Drum mond, Mrs. Ascue, Mr. and Mrs. Tudor, Mr. Broadley, M.P., Mr. Hubert de Burgh, Mr. Hudson, M.P. and Mrs. Hud son , Li eut .-G eneral Sir Alexander Woodford, Bart., &e. & e , ROYAL ITALIAN OPEit A, COVENT. GARDEN.—There were present at the Royal Italian Opera on Saturday evening—Tbe Duke and Duchess of Montrose, Viscount Cantilupe and Lord Ernest Bruce, the Duchess Dowager of Cleveland, Mr. and Mrs. Cuore and Mr. Henry Mil bank, the Marquis of Trtchfield, Earl Sidney, Earl and Countess of Mulgrave, the Countess Dowager of Essex and Miss Johnstone ' the Countes s D owager o f Charts— vine, the Earl and Countess of Glengall, Viscount Templeton, Viscount Eglinton, Viscountess Dillon and lion. Miss Dillon, Lord Alford, Lord Cranstouu an d lion. J. Fortesc ue , L or d Henry Lennox, Lord George Manners, Lady Morgan, Lady Burgoyne, Lady Car rington, Lady Harriet Begot, Lady Constable, Ludy Quentin, Lady Joddrel, Sir Wm. and Lady do Bathe and Miss de Bathe, Sir 11. Webb, Sir G. Armytage, Sir John Burgoyne and the Misses Burgoyne Sir :John Campbell, Sir Wm. Abdy, Sir Jasper and Lady ' Atkinson, Mrs. Charles Mills arid the Misses Mills, Mrs. Henry Bain bridge, Mrs. Seymour Bstliurst, Lady Scott, the Misses Richards, Lady Domvile, Miss Burdett Coutts and party, Majsr-General Campbell, R.A., Colonel 011iver, Colonel Towsrs, Captain de Bathe, Captain Cuddy, Captain Knox, Captain Dudly Carleton, Mr. Samuel Rogers, Mr. and Lady Mary Christopher, Mr. Gerard Stud, Mr. Parnther, Colonel Brownlow Knox, M.P., Mr. Ormsby Gore, M.P. EXTENSIVE CONFLAGRATION.—On Saturday morn ing, at an early hour, a fire, by which not fewer than five families were deprived of all the property they once possessed, broke out at No. 3, Hoxtun-market, in the joint occupation of Mr. Sadley, chair manufacturer; Mr. Miller, a cabinet maker ; and numerous lodgers. The flames were first discovered by police-constahle N 145, through perceiving smoke issuing from the chair maker's shop on the ground floor. At this time there were near thirty persons, including children, in their beds asleep. By continued knocking at the Street dour, and pelting at the windows, the residents were made sensible of the great danger to which they were exposed. The fire, however, had by that time made fearful progress, having extended from the workshops to the staircase, and thence to the bedrooms of the occupants. The cries of the /scar people were truly distressing; being fairly encompassed with flame, they expected every second to be burned to death. Fortunately, police-conetable 145 N, at the risk of losing his own life, succeeded in rescuing from, the flames two a omen and six children. The other re sidents were saved by some of the neighbours, but so rapid was the progress of the fire, that none of them were able to save a single article of clothing, Dragon The several parti es were ta k en to the George and Tavern, wh ere t h ey were ki n dly provided d fur not arriveby the landlord d ur i ng t h e n i g h t . Th e engines of until the flam es h a d nea rly dr cted thedestruction the house where the fire originated, and the labours of the firemen were consequently directedtnpre The preserve the adjoining h ouses , w hi c h they succeeded in doing. first mentioned premises were totally destroyed. Seve ral other houses were more or less damaged, None of the suffvrers were insured-- The origin of tho chaaster . . • . is not known. - THE REVUE RETROSPECTIVE. The eighth number of the " Revue Retrospective " contains the s; quel, which we subjoin, of the corre spondence between the royal families of France and England. The last letter of the series is the formal reply from her Majesty Queen Victoria to the Queen of the French, on the announcement by the former of the conclusion of the marriage of the Duke of .Mont pensier. This number also contains a letter from Louis Philippe to the Bishop of Llandaff, dated July 21, 1804, on the occasion of the death (or murder) of the unfortunate Duc d'Enghien, who was shut, by order of Napoleon, in one of the trenches of Vincennes; as :also a most interesting letter from Admiral Dupetit Thouars, the French admiral at Otaheite. We publish to-day the letter of the Queen of the French, and the reply of her Majesty Queen Victoria, on the Montpensier marriage. FROM THE QUEER OF THE FRENCH TO THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND ANNOUNCING THE MARRIAGE OF THE DUKE OF MONTPENSIER. TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF GREAT BRITAIN. Madame,—Confident in that great friendship of which your Majesty has given us so many proofs, and in the amiable interest which you have always shown to all our children, I hasten to announce to you the conclusion of the marriage of our son Montpensier with the Infanta. Louisa Fernando. This family event overpowers us with joy, because I hope that it will insure the happiness of our dear son, and that we will find in the Infanta a new daughter as good and as amiable as the elder ones, and who will add to our internal happiness, the only true happiness in this world, and which you, Madam, know so well how to appreciate. I ask to you, in anticipation, your friendship for our new child, feeling sure that you partake all the sentiments of devotion and of affection which we all feel for you, for Prince Albert, and for all your deur family.—l am, Madam, your Majesty's en tirely devoted servant and friend, MARIE•AMELIE. TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE FRENCH. Osborne, Sevember 10. 1846. Madam—l have just received your Majesty's letter, of the Bth of this month, and I hasten to thank you for it. You will remember, perhaps, what happened at Eu be tween the King and me : you know the importance which I have always attached to the maintenance of our cordial understanding, and the zeal with which I have laboured in it. You have learned without doubt that we refused to arrange the marriage between the Queen of Spain and our cousin Leopold (which the two Queens were very anxious for), with the sole object of not departing from a course which might be more aeTeetible to the King, although we could_ not consider tilt course as the best. You can th en easily comprehend that the sudden an nouncement of the double marriage could cause us no thing but surprise and very deep regret. I ask pardon, Madam, fur speaking to you at the pre sent moment ab t 1 - • ou .po Imes but I am glad to be able to say to myself that I have been alwa y s Begging you to present s sincere with you. my respects to the King, I am , n Madam, you r M a j esty ' s very divoted . sister and f VICTORIA R. ' GREAT BRITAIN AND SPAIN.. A collection of documents on the " Affairs of S pa i n , with a correspond ence b etween Sir Henry Bulwer and the Duke of Sotomay or ," h as been laidbe'e Parlia ment. It extends through OS f olio pages, and is, for the most part, of considerable i n t erest; but we canonly on the present occasion find room f or t h e following; _ VISCOUNT PALMERSTON TO MR. BULWER: Foreign-office, April 20, 1848. Sir,—l have received your dispatch of the 11th inst. with its inclosures, and I have to instruct you to state to the Duke of Sotomayor, that her Majesty's Govern ment entirely approve the step which you took in mak ing your communication of the 7th inst., and likewise of your note of the 12th. That her Majesty's Government, however, are not at all eff,nded, either by the sending back of your com munication of the 7th of April, or by the angry tone and language of the Duke of Sotomayor's note of the 10th, however they may regret the existence of those feelings in the minds of the Spanish Government, of which the language of his Excellency's note and the return of yours were proofs. Her Majesty's Government, in making to the Govern ment of Spain the representations, and in giving the ad vice, which your communication conveyed, were inspired by no sentiment but that of sincere friendship for Spain, and of deep interest in the welfare of Queen Isabella. They felt that in making that communication, they were performing a duty and not taking any undue liberty; and therefore, at all events, it is a satisfaction to her Majesty's Government to reflect, that although their counsel has been rejected and their communication has been returned, the note has nevertheless been read and the counsel has been tendered ; and that whatever calamity may happen in Spain, her Msjesty's Govern ment stand acquitted of not having dune what they could to prevent it. With regard to the contents of the Duke of Soto mayor's note, her Majesty's Government have only to observe, that if the ri ht of her Britannic Majesty to the throne of the United Kingdom bud been disputed by a pretending rival; if civil war had arisen out of such a conflict of claims; if the British Government had only a few years ago sent a special Envoy to Madrid to solicit the assistance of Spain in order to place her Majesty on her throne; if that assistance had been giver, both mo rally by treaty engagements, and physically by military and naval forces; if the aid thus afforded by Spain had contributed in so essential a degree to secure the Crown to her Majesty, that it might with truth be said, that without such aid her Majesty would not now have been Queen of England; if, moreover, there still remained a Pretender who asserted his right, and whose pr. tensions were backed by a large party in the United Ktngd'm; and if upon every symptom of danger from that Pre tender, and that party, the British Government was in the habit of reminding Spain of the treaty engagements which she had entered into; was also in the habit of asserting that those engagements were still in force; and was continually claiming the benefit of the alleged existence of those engagements; if all those thiegs existed, and if the Government of Spain had, in a mo ment of general disturbance in Europe, warned the Bri tish Government of dangers by which, in their opinion, the security of her Majesty's throne was menaced; I think I may confidently affirm that under such circum stances any statesmen who might be Ministers of the British Crown, instead of sending back the note in which such representations were conveyed, and instead of re plyirg to it in discourteous terms, would have accepted the communication in the same spirit of friendship in which it was made; and whether they adopted or not the advice which it contained, would at least have considered it as a proof of the continued existence of that friendship on the part of Spain, to which in such case would have been owing the circumstance, that those Beiii s h Minis ters had the honour of being advisers of the Crown, in stead of being proscribed exiles in a foreign land. You will transmit to the Duke of Sotomayor a copy of this dispatch. I am, &c, (Signed) PALMERSTON. No. 61.--sin UENRY BULWER To VISCOUNT PAL- NEIISTON. (Received May 23.) (Extract.) Madrid, May 17, 1848. Sircr writing my dispatch of yebterday I have rectived the note, copy and translation of which are herewith in cl.sed, with m‘ passports. I start to-morrow, the in stant, indeed, I can at all arrange my affairs. (Translatior.) _ _ Msdrid, May 17, 1848. Sir,—Considerations of the highest importance im pose on me the painful duty of addressing myself to you, with the object of communicating to you a determination of the Government of her Majesty, adopted with as much reluctance as it is proMpted by the purest feelings of loyalty. You are well aware how public opinion in this country has pronounced itself through the press, and in every possible way, against your person, with respect to recent events. The efforts of the Government would not be sufficient to restrain the deep resentment which the worthy inhabitants of this city and its loyal garrison en tertain; and her Majesty's Government has serious ap prehensions for the safety of the person of the reion sen tative of Great Britain at Madrid, if, unfor;unately, the scenes which twice have filled with tribulation this pacific capital should be repeated. Your conduct in the execution of your important mis sion, has been reprobated by pablic opinion in England, censured by the British press, and condemned in the British Parliament. her Catholic Alejesty's Govern ment cannot defend it when that of her Britannic Ma jesty has not dune so. In this state o f t hi ngs, your remaining in Madrid is considered in this country, doubtlessly without f unda t:on, us a pro o f o f t h e weakness of the Government, and if this opinion should gain strengtb, it might occasion some colt:4 which it 'is indispensable to avoid at any cost. For these reasons, which the loyalty of the British people and of its Government cannot otherwise than ap preciate at their true value, her Majesty's Government has resolved t o put au en d to a ll t h ese f ata l contingencies by transmiting you your passports, ace requesting you, within the t erm o f f orty - e i g ht h ours , or sooner i t pos sible, to quit this capital, for circumstances are urgent. and there would be much to lament if this took place too late. On fulfilling the painful duty of tusking so disagree able a communication toYou, I must declare to you with all sincerity, that her Majesty's Government does not, with this step, pretend to wound in the slightest degree the dignity of the British Government nor of the British nation, and, on the contrary, it considers it proper to state to you, upon this occasion, that not only it etas not conceive that your departure can be a motive which may weaken the relations of good friendfhip anti harmony which exist between Spain and England, an intimacy which no one appreciates more than the Spanish Government ; on the contrary, it conceives that this step may greatly contribute to draw them still closer, as the critical circumstance: of Europe, and as the advantage of the two nations would indicate. Iler Majesty's Government flatters itself that the Go vernment of her Britannic Majesty will do justice to the loyalty of its intentions, partionlarly sshniths made the proper explanation which would satisfy the d e li c acy of the Cabinet of Sr. James. I have, conse que ntly, the honour of enclosing here with the proper passport for yours•lf em the persons who may accompany yi.u, and th e necessary license for post-horses on the ri E i i ci ; Duu , Ste SOI:OMAYOR. (Signed) Inclosui e iu N. C 2. SIR HENRY BULWER TO THE DITKE OF SOT NATOR. M.drid, May 17, 1848. Sir,—l have to acknowledge your Excellency's Com munication, dated to-day. and I shall avail m) self Of the plssporta transmitted to me at the earliest oppor tunity, informing you of the hour at which I do so. in /egad to my personal security, I pace it ad" .13" safeguard of the law of nations, the good sense of the. Spanish people, and the power of my country, which I fed resides as much in me alone, and in the midst of evilly excited persons, as in the mighty armaments which, under a sense of wrong, a word from the Sove reign of Great Britain can ever call forth. Iu respect to other matters I shall not wilfully cause any rupture of those relations of which you speak; but after a series of measures so singular and unprecedented as those which I have seen here lately, I can in no wise answer for what may be the conduct of my Government. Without, therefore, prejudicing that question one way or the other, I leave Mr. Otway here, who will not be able to carry on with you officially any affairs, without re ceiving further orders, but who, as a highly sensible and trusty member of this legation, will, in case of any great necessity, speak to you on any subject that may occur respecting pressing British interests, and whe is autho rised by me to sign passports and official documents Plc British subjects.—l avail, &c., (Signed) H. L. BULWET.I. No. 68 .—SIB lIENnY HULW ER TO VISCOUNT PALMERSTON. (Received May 24.) Madrid, May 18, 1848. My Lord,--I have just had a visit from M. Caballero, Under -Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, who came to say in person that the communication of my departure at two o'clock this day had been received. And he then added that he came also as an intimate friend of the Duke of Sotomayor, who had charged him to come and assure me of his great personal regard and esteem for me, to which M. Caballero added his own expression of similar sentiments.—l have, &c., (Signed) IL L. BULWER. DEA`.II - i OF HE It ROYAL Gil- NESS THE PRINCESS SOPHIA. Her Ro) al Highness the Princess Sophia, daughter of his late Majesty George the Third, and aunt to the Queen, expired at half-past six o'clock on Saturday atternoon, at her residence at Kensington. The Princess became very ill on Saturday morning, and was visited by her royal sister, the Duchess of Gloucester, who returned in the afternoon. Her Majesty the Queen DowapT and bis Royal Highness Prince Albert paid visits in the cour►e of the day. Later in the afternoon the Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Gloucester, and the Duchess of Cambridge, assembled at the Princess's residence, and were present with her Royal Highness when she expired. The Duchess of Inverness was also present at the period of the melancholy event. The Duke of Cambridge arrived a few minutes after his royal sister had breathed her last Intimation of the mournful calamity having been con veyed to the Queen, her Majesty, accompanied by Prince Albert, immediately proceeded to Cambridge House, and had an interview with the Duchess of Cambridge on her return from Kensington. Iler Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, after her return from Kensington, visi+ed the Queen and Prince Albert at Buckingham Palace. We have authority to state that in consequence of the melancholy event of the death of her Royal highness the Prinet'ss Sophia, notifications with reference to the drawing-room announced for the 2d of June, and to the parties fur which her Majesty the Queen has commanded invitations to be issued, will appear in the Gazette to morrow. OLYMPIC THEATRE. This theatre n h e as rai d d e e p s r p e i s te sio t n he in heat t he l a c th al a lweather and the very gtneral depression in t he theatrical world l ablebee doing very intelligent well. actor e a3 t r l er. G . pleased to see Bennett h t a h s a b t e t e h n a t very added o t o f the iag o company, sone f e :13 weeks sn i e n h t a h charac ter f e nro r.H _Hit personati on o f t h e cunn i ng V enet i an was one of the best piec es o f act i ng we have seen s i t.ce the days of " Young," and in good truth we well could understand how the noble and unsuspecting Moor could be led away by such a wily villain. The audience fully entered into the spirit of his delineation of the character given by Mr. Bennett, and most rapturously applauded him in almost every scene, and on his presenting himself at the tall of the curtain the house rose in a body, and seldom bra theatre was such a scene witnessed. Press of mat ter prevented us giving an earlier notice, but we now gladly embr ace t h is opportunity seeing that he is about to tale a benefit at this theatre on Thursday next. when on that occasion will be produced Sheridan Knowles' play of The Wife, in which Mr. Brooke, Mr. Bennett, and Mrs. Mowatt will appear, and it is to be hoped that the public will substantially support an actor of such sterling merit. AMATEUR. MUSICAL SOCIETY. The seventh concert of the Amateur Musical Society took place on Friday evening. The programme comprised more works of the classical school than many which have preceded, including Haydn's symphony in !E fiat. Beethoven's symphony in A (one of the great composer's richest and most masterly %mita); the overture and in troduction to Guillaume Tell, the overture to Euryanthe, &c., which lest-Want d opened the concert. The ama teur orchestra executed the various movemints of these works with ♦ery creditable precision, and were frequently and deservedly applauded. A quintett and chorus by Mr. IL Leslie closed the first part of the concert. It is a work of considerable originality and merit; but its effect was marred by the imperfect manner iu which some of the vocal parts were given. The room was very well attended. Amongst the distinguished company present was his Royal iligtmess the Duke of Cambridge. POLYTECIINIC INSTITUTION. One of the greatest attractions at this institution is. perhaps, the divrog.bell, liavtng for a very long p er i o d afforded vast interest and amuse men t t o its numerous visitors, and, we may also add, the marine experiments which arc daily exhibited in the basin; among these we may mention a belt fur pres erving l t f e f rom drowning. invented by Captain Smith, R.N., which has proved highly satisfactory; another a! o, which answers the double purpose of a bed and life-preserver, invented by Messrs. Taylor and Suns. Dover-road, Borou4h. This mattress is stuffal with cork, which i, cut by machinery is very small fibre, about the size of small twi:,e, and cons(Auenily is nearly as soft 85 horse hair, and is well adapted for the purpose, more particularly for shipping, as they take up no additional room, and being articles of daily use, are always at hand and ready for service in the event of a calamity arising from accident, ship wreck, or fire. The buoyancy of the mattresses are so great that they will with ease float more than twelve persons, and in the waste of a ship will rt sist musketry or canister and grape-shot. The directors of this establish ment deserve great praise for their liberality in support ing native industry and talent, which in many cases would be wholly unknown. We also hear these gentle men are making great preparation for the Whitsuntide holidays. OPENING CRUISE OF THE SEASON OF THE ROYAL MEaSEY YACHT CLUB.—On Saturday last, the 27th in.tant, being the day on which her Majesty's birthday was kept, the members of this club celebrated the event by the yachts sailing in company on a day's cruise to seaward aid back. The respected and worthy Com modore, Thomas Littledale, Esq., hoisted his broad pendant on board of his flue yacht the Queen of the Ocean, of 59 tons. The day was most delightful fcr the event, with a light gaff-topsail breeze, which continued stcady throughout the day. The fleet consisted, in ad dition to the Commodore's craft, of the Drift, 55 tons; the Vision, 45 tons; the alinona, Bebe, Janette, Ranger, and Gem, of smaller degrees of tonnage. The latter yacht had on beard the Honourable Secretary, who officiated as the Vice-Commodore on the occasion. The yachts were munaeuvred by Acker's yacht signals from the Commodore's yacht, repeated on board of the Gem. The owners of each of the yachts had invited on board a select party of their friends to enjoy the day's cruise, and the distance sailed over was upwards of forty miles. All expressed themselves highly delighted with the day's enjoyment, and the fleet returned to the port of Liver pool at seven o'clock P.M. - Principal contents of the Observer, May 28th:— Upwards of three folio columns of her Majesty's birth day, drawing room, and illuminations; two columns and a-half of the Great Free-labour Meeting at the London Tavern, on Saturnay; Matylehone and St. Pancras vestry meetings, near two columns; Convocation of the Clergy, intended Address on Monday to the Qaeen, near a column; a column and a half of Births. Marriages, and llt atlis; shout one hundred useful advertisements; and twenty-five columns of Foreign and Domestic News. The extensive publication of the Observer com mences at six o'clock on Sunday mornings. Monday's edition, best for the country and abroad, at four o'clock on Monday afternoon. EXTENSIVE FIRE IN MARLBOROUGH-STREET.-- (THIS DAY).—This morning, about three o'clock, a firs happened on the premises of Mr. Bradshaw, glass mer chant, Great Marlborough-strait. It originated in the lower part of the premises. and Although Mr. Staples, with two brigade engines, quickie arrived at the spot, o fi t re tae yet such was the extent to which t he flames reached that they communicated to the ground-f1.,0r and draw ing-room. By four o'clock t he fire was extinguished, but . I n e o a t it w ac it u ut nt g e re o a u t ld l h o e ss ob o t f ain va ed le o a f bl t e he pr c o a p u e s r e t3 o ' i the N APPOINTMENTS.—Mr. Bromley, who was a first clerk in the Admiralty, and who distinguished himself by the zeal and ability with which he executed the Public Ac arduous office of Accountant to the Relief Commission i n Ireland, has been appointed by theisTtroeabseursyoiSice.ctre uti ' W. Dudley_ Ryder, Secre tary to the Commissioners for Audding Ac counts, as reward for the efficient discharge of his Solicitor- General public ene r al duties. fo r t h Jamese island A Scotland, nti4 is to succeed Arthur Esq., Assistant Secretary at Ceylon, Bellew, Eq., as Queen's Advocate in that colony. Fre derick Sluier, Esq., is to be stipendiary magistrate at Antigua. W. De Smidt, E s q., is appointed Secretary to the Central B oar d of Commissioners for Public Works at the Cape of Good Hope. Major Henry Piers is to be resident Magistrate at Pulburgh, Cape of Good Hope. Major James Barnes . to he Resident Magistrate at Riversdale, and Captain J. M. Hill to be Resident Magistrate at Picketberg, and Major George Longmore to be Resident Magistrate at Massel Berg, Cape of Good Ilope.—Observer. KING'S COLLEGE TiosrrrAL.—On _Friday a meeting 0; th e go' ernors rind committee of mansgenient was held in the board-room of the institution, in Yo:tugal-street, Lino)ln's-inn. The report tor the past year stated that the number of in-patients was 1,253. ar.d 17,901 out patients. being a larger numher than an y preceding year, .nd making a total, since 1840, of 107,250 patients, of whom, 96.810, including accidents and urgent cases, were admit cud without any recommendation whatever. The expenditure for the year was 4,4931. 15s. Sd.• the peceipts. 4,447/. IP. 100., being an excess of expenditure ~f 461. 13s. 10d., and outstanding liabiliSits'of about 2001. During the past year the permanent fund of the hospital has been augmented by a legacy of 1,0017 L. consols, from the late Miss Ann Colyer, of Furninghato, Kent. The wards contain 120 Inds, the whole of which •op cm. btantly occupied. ! lis• no ter cc• me to t o