The Sun. — London, England, 1848-05-03 00:00:00

heaviest calibre, from the Lake of Guarda into the Mantua art ficial lake. Before the tremendous fire of these boats (iischarging, in conjunction with the batteries, no less than 12,000 sh, is in 24 hours), the defences of the fortress speedily gave way, and in six days the garrison were compelled to surrender (30th July, 1799). It is proper to mention, however, that the fortifications of Mantua have, like those of Verona, been considerably strengthened since the for tress returned into the hands of the Austrians. The above remarks may, with the assistance of a glance at the map, help us to an idea of General RADETSKY'S plan of defence. The strong concentra tion of his forces on Verona answers to the double importance of that town, as commanding northwards the defiles forming the high road from the Tyrol to Lombardy (of which the upper ingress is defended by Trento, still in the Austrian hands) and, south wards, the entrance to the line of the Adige, further secure d by the posses ion of the fortress of Legnano —a line considered by NAPOLEON of such importance that he ascribed the ultimate disasters of the French in Italy to its neglect. Into Mantua, the key of Lombardy, RADETSKY has thrown a garrison so pro portioned, apparently, as to meet the requirements of its extensive ramparts, without pressing too severel:, , Olt its internal resources ; while the position of Peachiera secures a branch issue of the home com munications, and blocks at the same time the entrance from the Lake of Guarda into the Mincio. These three several po s iti ons are a ll more or l ess i m p or t an t, an d if the reports now fi , ating of the bombarding and capture of Peachiera are correct, the gain is one on which Italy may justly found a temperate and a manly exultation—such exultation as befits the noble cause in which she is engaged. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE—WEDNESDAY A very limited quantity of English Wheat has been received up to our mirket this seek. * Although the show of samples was small the demand for all descrip tions, owing to the limited attendance of buyer?, and the fineness of the weather for sowing spring corn, was in a very sluggish state, at barely M, nday's quotations. The best foreign Wheats were mostly held at full prices; but the middling and inferior kinds were much neglected, end, in,some instances, rather lower to purchase. Barley was in moderate request, but not dearer. In Malt very few sales took place. The best atts moved off steadily; all other kinds slowly, at Monday's pikes. Beans, Peas, and Flour, as well as Indian Curn, were unaltered in value. ARRIVALS. What. liarlay. Mktg. I vir,, l , ZigRIR •• •- • • 1,63 3 qrs. 1,010 qrs. 1,47# qrs. I 2,420 sk. 4,110 I Foreign ••••• .• 6,110 t l O i I.= Malt, 3.670 qrs. WEIX - rzcumpEL. Beef ronved off sloly, at, in some instances, a slight reduction in value. All other kinfht of meat were firm, at fully last week's quotations. Poe, from 2i 8d to 3. 6d; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8,1; Lamb, 5s 8d to 68 6d; Veal, 4s to Ss; and Pork, 3s 10d to 53 per 81b* by the carcase. BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco, before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) ZIPIJRTE THE PARISH OF ST. MARY, NEWINGTON. Mr. LUSH moved for a rule to show cause why a man damus , should not issue, directed to the authorities of the parish. of St. Mary, Newington, commanding them to summon a vestry meeting for the election of new governor's of the pariah, in the room of those who went out on Easter Monday last. The pariah was governed wider the provisions of a local Act of Parliament,namely, the 54th George.M., csp. 113, which provided that 12 of the governors should annually go out of office in rota tion, and their vacancies should be filled up by a vestry Meeting, either by poll or ballot, in such way as should be deemed most proper by the meeting itself. Now at the election on Easter Tuesday these were several opposing candidates, and the Chairman decided the election by a show of hands. A poll was demanded; but there being no precedent for such a proceeding, the (chairman, refused to accede to the request, while in one instance where there were three candidates nomi nated, the chairman. screening himself behind the ex cuse of there being no precedent, refused to put more than two names to the vote at once. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE—Was the opinion of the tneeting taken as to how the election should be decided? Mr. Lusts said it was not, but one of the ratepayers suggested to the chairman that he had better call upon the meeting to decide how the election should be de , termined. The question had been discussed in the parish for a long time, and the parishioners were now pafti • ocularly anxious that the Court should decide whether She election should be regulated according to the rules 'of the common law, or in accordance with the prece dents established under the local act.—Rule nisi. RANDELL U. WOOD. Sir FREDERICK TIIESIGER moved for a rule calling 'upon Mr. Wood, an attorney of this court, to show cause why he refused to refund f9l which lie had re ceived as the attorney of Mr. Randell. The money Was the proceeds of an action which Mr. Randell had successfully prosecuted against the Sheriffs of Middle sex, but at the time it was received by Mr. Wood, his Attorney, he was upon the Continent. Since his return "he had discovered that Mr. Wood had applied for relief under the Insolvent Debtor's Act, and had scheduled th• 69/. as a debt due to Mr. Randell, acting no doubt upon the strength of a decision of the Court of Queen's Bench, that where an attorney became bankrupt a client could not recover money which he might have received in his capacity of attorney, but in the case of an insol vent that rule did not apply, and bonne the present appli cation.• —Rule nisi. IRELAND. (nom THE ELECTRIC TELEGhAPH COMPANY.) QUEEN'S BENCH.—TUESDAY. The Attorney-General, on the part of the Crown, de marred to the plea in abatement entered by Mr. Mit chell, and applied to the Court to compel the defendant to join instanter. The Court accordingly ordered a re- Joinder in four days from the service of the order. Mr. Meagher has put in a plea of Not Guilty. The You ng Ireland Demonstrationat Cork on Mon a Paned off quietly. fr 4 " , riibernia h as arr i ve d at Li ver pool, with dates T i r l 14 ew York t o t h e 15 t h Ap r il. E xc h ange , 1.11. a 'cotton market was steady, and the flour market dull. NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. The del (THIS DAY.) _egates met this m orn i ug a t th e usua l h ou r. thti gelegate s f rom t h e several towns having given in b r r . rtp . ort a of the state of feeling of their constituents, tres u p,j"Jousu. mo ve d th at t h e a d opt i on of a pro to 'b e "of business should be prepared by a committee, tiaPoi p ira ted for that purpose. ould pri b ie b moved, as an amendment, that the Assembly sider the best m eans in the p ro with the consideration of the first point g r amme already drawn up, which was to con to of modelling the movement so as ensure the Charter being made the law of the land. , the discussion, a delegate moved, as a further muTnument, that before they proceeded with any other 'Pet, they ought to consider the best means of pre kating the memorial to the Queen. Mr. KIDD withdrew his amendment, and _ Mr. E. J ONES move d another amendment, to the effect 'that the programme should consist only of subjects for eliscussion as to the best means of making the Charter 'the law of the land. A. state of considerable confusion arose upon the various amendments before the meeting, as each of the delegates claimed the right to speak to every amend ment. Mr. Councillor Bitracie supported the amendment for confining the discussion to the best means of obtaining the People's Charter, and not to enter into the great questions set down in the programme. With respect to aristocracy, he believed that there was as much of aria. tocracy among the working classes. as could be found in any other class, and he believed that such aristocracy was of the worst kind. With respect to those gentlemen who spoke so much and loudly about guns, pikes, and muskets, ho thought the best thing they could do would be to take a spade and fall out with some common. The following was the prograintne upon which the discussion took place, and the questions upon which the decision of the Assembly was to be sought, with a view of enlightening the minds of the people of this country, and, as on e o f t h e d e l egates state d , o f l ay i ng d own some li ne of policy to be pursued by the country on these subjects after the Charter had become the law of the Reports from delegates on the state of the country. Means of enabling the Assembly to give renewed vigour to the movement. Organisation of the Chartist body. Policy of the Chartist body in reference to other Parties' seeking a reformation short of the People's Charter. GREAT SOCIAL raRIEVANCES. 1. The Land Monopoly. 2. Pauperism. $. Crime. 4. The Remedy. GREAT POLITICAL GRIEVANCES. 1. The Restricted Francntbe, 2. Oppressive and Unequal Taxation. 3. Army and Navy. 4. Judicial, Civil, r.nd Pension Lists. t: The National I AAA. 6. Repeal of the/ Union. litmiSTRIAL QUESTIONS. 1. Labour an d Capital, their relative position. 2. Machineer, its eff.cts. COMMERCIAL QUESTIONS. .1. Free Trade. .2. This Currency Question. National Education. State Church. Criminal Code. Free Press. The moat approved mode of presenting the Memorial to her Majesty. The amendment of Mr. E. Jonza was subsequently agreed to, it being anderstotA that any of the delegat es should be at liberty to bring forward any of the qut 5- tions contained in the programme upon giving the usual aotioe. Aasegibly acijoarasi at the lawil hour. MONEY and COM:11 14:A{CIA.E. NEWS CITY, (VAR I r. The Cotton Mai ket at. Liverpool yesterday was very firm. Sales 4 000 to 5,000 bales. American reelised !. to 5,1. per lb. American qualities ender 4id. per lb. were fully id. per lb. higher. There was not a good supply. In Railway Shares there was a considerable improvement. They closed firmly at the advanced rates. The brilliant weather has caused the grain trade to rule heavy to-day, and Monday's rates are barely sup ported. The arrivals in Mark-lane to-day include 1.630 quarters of English, and 6,110 quarters of foreign Wheat. Of Irish Oats the quantity received is 4,310 quarters. The home demand for manufactures is improving, and there are expected to be better purchasea on foreign account. The following are interesting particulars of the Manchester market, as furnished by Messrs. Ferguson and Taylor : " The influx of natives and strangers from the Con tinent has contributed to swell the demand for the superior descriptions of printed and woven fancy cotton and mixed stuffs. IVe regret that the foreign demand has not afforded an opportunity for so favourable a comment. Since our last there has been little improve ment in the demand for any of the great European markets, and the stocks of the staple articles prepared for those quarters have continued to accumulate in bulk, whilst they have been subjected to a relative de. crease in their market value. The demand for the German markets may be considered as almost entirely suspended, and this business con. stitutes a most important feature in the trade of this district. For the Levant there has been a little more doing, but the extent of the operations bears only a small proportion to the usual scale, owing to the diffi culties of remitting and realising remunerative proceeds on the produce of Turkey, &c., consigned to some of the Continental ports for sale. A fair demand has pre vailed for the more limited markets of Gibraltar and the Peninsula. There has been much less doing for the United States than was expected, and the Canadian business this season shows a very considerable falling off. For Mexico there have been some considerable shipments of yarns, printed cottons, &c., &c., made in anticipation of the re-imposition of the old tariff immediately following the ratification of the treaty of peace between that country and the United States. These supplies, however, are inconsiderable when compared with the extent of the market to which they are consigned. We have experienced little im provement in demand for the West Indies, but we are glad to find the prospects of those colonies are not deemed to be altogether hopeless yet." The same parties continue their remarks by stating that not much is doing for Brazil or the west coast, but that a bet ter business is expected for India and China. We understand that there is more inquiry fur produce to-day, with the view to cash, not speculative, purchases. Do. New, No. 2 ...•..51.135.44 Do. Extension ......... 20 London, Brighton. and South Coast Do. Consol. Eighths. 40 ...... •••••" ''''''' Do.Guatrant. 5 per et... 9 ...... Do. Pref. Con. 5 per et. 50 .. •••••• ********* Ditto, ditto-- 1852 50 — - London and Greenwich 1 2 / 1 5s 4d... —..—.• - •••••• _ Ditto, Preference._ la 17s 2d... Loudon and N. Western 1(X) ---• ** * - 132 lio. Qu arter , (L . & BO 22 Ditto, New Ditto, Fifths ...... .. .. 2 - •••.•• Do. 40/.Shares( L. M.) 20 Do. 10/. (11. & B.) A. 7 1 ,4 Do. int (M. & B.) B. 7 1 ,4, — 1)o. 10/. 'M. & B.) C. 1 Low.). &:.V, • stern -- Do. New 50/. - Do. New 40/ 3O Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50 - ..• •• •• •• ••• Ditto ditto ...... .... 40 Ditto. Thirds lO London, Salisbury, and Yeovil _ Not much attention has been paid this morning to the foreign aosices, the fine weather and better accounts irom Ireland superseding every other consideration. Tne onward progress of prices in the Consol Market has again been v, ry divided. The demand fur money stock is now the main support of the market, as specu lators are becoming shy, and the French Funds come lower. No doubt the closing of Bear accounts has had much to do with the rapid advance, and it remains to be seen whether the operators have nerve and resources to sell again. Consols have ranged from 831 to 84k for transfer, and from 834 to 84. The New Three and a-Quarter per Cents have been 83k to k, and the Three per Cents. 82} to 821. Bunk Stock has been firm at 190. South Sea Stock, 90} to 914. The Foreign Securities are still very buoyant. Spa nish Active Bonds have been 131 to ; and the Three per Cents. 231. Portuguese Four per Cents. have realised 181 to 1. Mexican stock has been quoted 16i to 17. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 44 to 441 The English Railway Shares have all advanced, and the public continue buyers. French are flat. 3I pia 4% ONE CLOSING RICEs OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'i LOCK. ' , EWES Bank Stock l9O 190 3 per Cent. Reduced Anns ..... B2l, %N 82 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 83 3 4 84 83% 84 1 / 8 83 3 4 83 1 New 3 1 4 per Cent. Ann 5......... 82141,4%% 83A ....ong Anna. to expire Jan.lB6o B A I /g 8 1 4 Ditto, Oct. 10, 1859.. 8 5.16 8 5-16 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5,... 1860 8%% 8% India Bondi, 1,000/. Ditto under 1,0001... ...... South Sea Stock „onsols for Account ..... ...... ~. .xchequer Bills. 3d. 1,000/. 500/. Small 42 p crSCE O'CLOCK. WOES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. Brazilian Bonds Ditto. Account Ditto, hmall Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 22 Chi Han Bonds 6 per Cent Equador Bonds 2% 39 p 42 p 40 p CLOSI.N PRICES. 7014 72 22 82 2% . • Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. Ditto, Deferred 3 .. Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 1 6 34 16 3 4 Ditto, Account 16% 17 16% Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents — 30% Portuguese 5 per Cents. — Ditto, 4 per Cent 18 % 14 18!i Ditto, Account 18%31 18 Russian Bonds — 90 Ditto, Account B9 89 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account Ditto, Passive Ditto 3 per Cent — 23% Ditto. Account ... , . ... ....- Venezuela Bonds, 2 1 4 i per Cent — 20 1 / 4 Dividends on the above payble in London. Dutch '2% per Cent., 12 Guild 44 % 34 44 44 Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 65 64% PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES., Aberdeen 5O Amber., Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 3 1 / 4 ...... Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2% Belfast & County Down 14%...... • Birmingham and Ox ford Junction .... ... 20 Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley 10 ..... 13 3 4 14 ..... Birrning.,Wolverh'pron, and Stour Valley 121. 4s ... .... ........ ... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junn 7 3 4 — ... . ..... .... • Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 5 Bristol and Exeter B5 Ditto, Thirds Buckinghamshire... 121. 4s. Caledonian .. Ditto, ilidt Shares .. 6% — Ditto,Clydesdale June 5U Chester and:Holyhead... 42% 2 3 14 25% '24% Ditto, Preference l5 ...... . Clarence Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 21 Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. . . lO Direct London & Ports- 15 3% dis 31% h molt , Dublin and Belfast June. 25 Dundalk & Enniskillen 17% East Anglia, 251., L. & E. a o., 8., E. 8, }.. . and I L. I andD..1..... 18 25 -- ...... ... .. ........ Do., Do., 3/. 105. Eastern Counties... ..... 20 Ditto, Extension, 5 per Cent-, No. 1......6/. 13s. 4d 1,4 die. Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d % die Do., North. & Eastern 50 Do., Quarters ........ 12 1 ,4 — D0., New Eastern Union 5O Ditto, Quarter Shares IDA . Ditto, Thirds .......135.4d.. Do. (guar.6 percent.) 10 Ditto, ditto East Lancashire Ditto, New Ditto, New Quarters 6 1 4 — "' East Lincolnshire ...... 20 1 A .... ..•• Edinburgh and Glasgow 80 ...... „, . ... Ditto, Half Shares ... 15 .. .. Ditto, Quarter Shares 12V 2 ...... Edinburgh and Northern 25 ...... Ditto, New.. 33+.,.. Ditto, Newport l2 .. ... ..• --- ••• Ditto, ditto, New N. .... Exeter,Yeovil, & D orc h 2% — ............... Ditto, New Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle ....... ... .81. 6s. 8c1.... -- ... Glasgow,Kilm er ., & A yr 50 ....... ..... . Ditto, New .. ...... .. 40 ...... Do.Preterence Consul. 15 ...... —: ' Great Northern *** ......... 13 •••••••• Do., Lond on an d York 2 1 i - t ircat South. and West. ' ( Ireland) ............... 40 ' ..: 22 Great North of Eugland.loo Ditto, New . , 40/....... 6 Ditto, New, 301........, 30 . Ditto, New, 151......... 11% . ... •• ... •.. ... Great Western ........... 90 ..•. "' .. Ditto, Shares ..... 60 1/ 23% 14 1 % % dis IA die 20iA 84 18 3 % 22 228 N 54 Ditto, 4 Shares Ditto, kiftta 2O .• Ditto, -'.; ew IN_ .. . 9 % .. .. .... Iludi:erslield and Manch. 26 'Ditto, Thirds - .... • • ••• ........... Hull and Selby 5O .. ...... , .............. .... Ditto, Half Shares .... Ditto, 1 ,4 Shares Ipswich& Bury St. Edm. 17 1 ,2...... ......» ...... Do., do., and Norwich 17 1 ,4 . — ..... Do., do., Extens.Scrip (late Camb. & Ely) 2 1 / 2 Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 ...... ... — Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 ..... Ditto, ditto Ditto, 1 / 2 Shares DO. Quarter Shares l 4 l /2 — ••• Do. Fifths... Do. Sixteenths 6 14 Do. Thirus (Reg.)....10/.45...... Do. Liverp. and Bury 43 ...... Ditto 1 / 2 (late Hud dersfield and Sheff.) 33 Do.(Wakefield,Ponte tract, an f Houle) ... 50 Do.(W. Riding Uni0n)41.25...... ••• ••••••••••• 32,4 die. Do. (Yreeton to Wyre) 25 Do. i: Shares( A)... 9 Leeds and Bradford...... 50 Leeds, Dewsb ur y, &e.... 471, Do., Half Shares,,,... 1 7 1-- — Ditto, an Herr e T w h i ....... ... .. .... : . . Do.. (blue) Scrip.... 2 Leeds 40 26 4 .... .... - -4 4.1 .... ..... Do., Prefer.. fl oar vt. 31' ...... • " • •"•—•••• Liverpool, ( roeby anti Southport . 3 LivArP.. Manctiest , r. alai ...... ...' Newcastle Junction... 2 1 A .. Lonclon &1 3 1actwell...18L es. ad...... — 6y 4 7:: Ili 44! , q ••• -- Londonderry&Weraine 27%...... ....... ........ Londonderry and Ennis k• !1..0 25 •••••• -- .... •••• Lowestoft (4 p er c t.) Ditto (6 per ct.) Man , theNter.liuxton•and Matlock... Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire —.IOO 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 . ......... 9 - ..... .... • ••• •• ....' Ditto dir : ....o ditto .. Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire lO ...... ...... ......... Do., Grimsby Dock Do., Manchester and Lincoln Union..... 41.25. Manchest. & Soutbampt. 2 ...... Ilidlan4 lOO 102% lO2 Do. Consolidated Pref.loo ...... Do., do., 50/. Shares.. 15 .....10 9% 10 1 4 934 Do. Birm., and Derhyloo Do.Consol. Bristol and Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 ...... Ditto, Britt. & Glocstr. 36 ...... Ditto, ditto ... •.... 111.35. 6d... Ditto,Leieest.& Swan nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo Midland Great Western Irish ............ .. ..... 40 Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. NewcastieandCarliale...loo - t)o. Quartars N awmrk et & Chesterforel 18% Do. Extension ~.......21. 125.... Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford .... Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, anti Rostrevor .. 15 Norfolk .. ...100 Do. New 204 Do. Extension Do.Gusranteed 5 1 / 2 pe. 5 - 1 Do. do. Wavenvy Val. 2 Northern Counties Union 4 North British .......... 25 ...... 23%.. Do. Half Shares 124...... Do. Quarters 64 s l,i Do. Extension Dim , Thirds North & South-Western 2 ...... ........ North statlordshire lO ...... 7 5 4% North Wales North Western 7% -- 02,iord, WiTeester, and 20 3 4 811,i 23% 103 i 54 116 7 _ Wolverhampton ...... 40 ... .. 21%4 ••••• Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Royston and Ilitchin ... 1% Scottish Central Scottish Midland Ditto, New Sheffield, Rotheriaam, and Goole (Nor. Div.) 5 Do. do. (Sou. Div.) 2% — •••••• Shrewsbury anu Bina— $ Ditto ditto. Class B. 5 - Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Alin.) Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 Ditto Oswestry ...... 16 Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref 8 Shrewsbury and Heretd. 2 Shropshire Union uutti 'Aton 45 •••••• ........ . ..„. Do. Preference •••• •••• •••• South 'Staffordshire s l,i — •• .• ••• ..... Ninth Eastern Do., No. 1 24 Do., N 0.2. Do., N 0.3 ....... ..„.• 20 Do., No. 4 South Wales nvuth Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole 3 - ......... Swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. C0a1.... 6 law Vale Extension ... 6 Thames Haven Dock 21 1 A 1% 24 3 ,4 and Railway .. . Vale of Neath ... .. ...... 4 - Waterford and Kilkenny 15 , I . .... Wateriord and Limerick 40 W aterid, W xfrd,W icklw, sad Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed . . Do. do. d 0.... 25 West Cornwall w"nitehAven & Furness 11 Windsor, Staines, and South Western. .... ... 7 ...... ..... ..... ..,,, m . . 11 ilta, Somers e t, 6. Wey mouth ........ ......... 30 •• York, Newceetle, and 8erwick........ 25 ..... 32 3IA, ......... 31, Do. Original New and Berwick .. ...... ...... 25 Do. r.xtensiox No. 1. 16 ...... 17 , A... 1714 Do. do. No. 2......... 10 - II 10% Do. G.N L.Proiertnce 8 York and Noi-tti Midland 50 Daus Preference LA, Last emu W est hia ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens 2O Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon)... 16 Ceylon Demerara Dendre Valley... Direct Bombay and Sladras Dutch Rhenish - East Indian ...... - .... . Great Indian Peninsular 51. Italian and Austrian.... 4 Louvain I. la atnbre ... 6 Luxembourg..„. 7 Madrid and Valentia... 2 Namur and Liege Northern of France...... 1U ...... 3 5 / 11 1 / 2 Orleans and Bordeaux 6 - Over Yssel 4/ 3s 4d...... Paris and Lyons lO ..... 2 2 Paris and Orleans - Paris and Rouea . Paris and Strasbourg ... 8 - ...... Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse 2O ... .. _ ... _ o ursa Nn Strasbourg an a a nd t e Basle T 8 ..... . Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt ..... 16 West Flanders JOINT STOCK BANKS. London & Westminster. 20 .. . ... Union of London ... London Joint Stock.-- 10 Union of Australia 34 3 8 4% •.iA 3 ,I Ditt0,New........... ... 2 1 7‘,...... . National of Ireland 22 4 1...... ...• ........ ••• British North American 50 Australasia Provincial of Ireland ... 25 Ditto New........ ...... 10 ..... 14 1 / 2 .. ••• ......... Commercial of London 20 Union of Madrid ... 40 National Pro e. England. 35 Ditto, New... ..... 10 Colonial 25 MINES. Anglo-Mexican lOO ...... 4—. Real Del Mont e , U nreg 36 144 LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAY 3.—Wind N.N.E., light breeze and fine clear weather. JERSEY, MAY I.—The Maria, Queripel, sailed from Cardiff, Feb. 5, put into Mumbles on the 10th, left that Roadstead on the 10th, and has not since been heard of. ABERDOVET, MAT I.—The sloop Linnet, Daniels, was staanded near this place on the sth ult., but has been got off, and arrived here to-day. DEAL, MAY 2.—Arrd. Osprey, Amsterdam, and sailed for New York. Arrived from the River, and sailed, Tory, Hobart Town; Sea Witch, China; Arrow, Zan zebar ; Mary, Berbice ; Alice Jane, Jamaica; Glen lyon, New York ; Chenango, New York; Fraser, St. Michael's. PORTSMOUTH, MAT 2.—Sld . Headrick Hudson, Pratt, New York. SOUTHAMPTON, MAY 2.—Sid. Trent (s.), West Indies, SWANSEA, MAT I.—Sid. Auricula, Alexander, Cuba, LIVEttPOOL, MAY I.—Sid. Great Britain, Staten Is land. 2d, Palatine, Calcutta; Chebar, Bombay; Tyrer, Singapore; Edward Bonstead, ditto; Templeman, Val paraiso; Ann Bridso n , ditto; Abbott, Readi ng , ' ditto ; Henry Curwen, Barbadoes ; Colossus, Vi rg i n i a; Wil liam Penn, Philadelphia; Triton, Staten Island ; Fidelia, New York. CASTLETOWN (BEARHAvrx) APRIL 27.—S1d. Denby, St. John's. New Brunswick. GALWAY, APRIL 27 . — Arrd.Commerce, Halliday, St. John's, New Brunswick. 28th, Rowena, Porto Rico. CLYDE, MAY I.—Acrd. Young England, Dove, Manilla; Kylmaurs, Wylie, Havannah. Sld. 28th ult., Roberts, Rio Janeiro; Packet, Trinidad; Thalectris, Antigua. 1, Ann, Martin, Bombay; Courier, Conde,- loupe. SHIELDS, MAY I.—Sld. Forager, New York; Waterloo, ditto. HULL, MAY I.—Arrd. Monarch, Stephens, Callao. FALMOUTH, MAY I.—Arrd. William Metcalfe, Clark, Mauzanilla THE EGG TRADE.—Considerably more than 3,500 dozen, or 42,000 eggs, were shipped here on Tuesday per steamer. It is now an undoubted fact that mor e money is at present annually brought into this country, by the exportation of eggs, than the entire rental of the county amounted to considerably less than one jtundred yeus ago.—Jolut O'Groat Jouna3Z THE SUN, LONDON,_ WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 3, 1848. IMPERIAL- PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. —— The SPEAKER, took the Chair to-day shortly after Twelve o'clock. Mr. HODGSON took the oaths and his seat for Car lisle. THIRD READING. The Tadcaster and Hatton Dial Turnpike Road (Diversion, &c., of the road in the parish of Tad caster) Bill was read a third time and passed. CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS. The reports on the following Bills were further considered and agreed to : The Derby Waterworks Bill. Leishman s Estate (Govan Glebe Ferring) Bill. Manchester General Cemetery Bill. Battle-bridge and Holloway Road Act Repeal Bill. Bristol Docks Transfer Bill. Bristol and Clifton Gas Light Amendment Bill. East and West Looe Harbour and Bridge Bill. East Indian Railway Company Incorporation Bill. Herculaneum Dock Bill. Penzance Waterworks Bill. Stirling Waterworks Bill. toLS u eomiw n nn d eqr a ;u : , ireAe motionGi prayingnLt oI O th N f eoo PETITIONS. Mr. HAMILTON presented a petition from the Church of England Lay Association of Dublin, pray ing for Parliamentary support fur the schools of the Ba a g s o s a lk l o it l c iol r i sn . a t t D i t o ah U n ge . N aDin C i AN presented a petition from Dundee Mr. W. PsAptloTintThaeEtiNcsaßleeplraeotsfieonnstspeld.wriittauhoßupeotmiteioßn for f i ther compromises. with respect to disputed elections. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. that the evidence given before the Committee on the Chester and Holyhead Railway (Extension at Holy head) Bill, in the session of 1847, be referred to the Committee on the Chester and Holyhead Railway (power to purchase, &c.) Bill, in Group No. 5 of Kailw•sy Bills. was ordered The dropped notices of motion were then re-ap pointed. a l i ir ointmenteus e HUDSON, t s e O d t h sa at , ohi fapt petition t it t ne nCommitteei liquorsl place Bill. aooocn BOROUGH OF STAMFORD. Mr. P. WOOD stated that it was his intention, on the order of the day for going into Conimittee of Supply, to move for the appoinstnerit of a Select Committee, t o i nqu i re i n t o the allegations contained in the petition of certain electors and inhabitants of the borough of Stamford, which was presented upon the 14th day of March last, complaining of the inter ference of the Marquis of Exeter, a Peer of the realm, and Lord-Lieutenant of the county of North ampton, at the late and former elections of Members to serve for the said borough. THE LATE SERGEANT-AT-ARMS. Sir GEORGE GREY stated, on behalf of Lord John Russell, that it was his intention to make the following motion to-morrow before the other orders of the day :—" That this House entertains a just sense of the zeal and ability with which th e l a t e Si r 14 illiam G osse tt uniformly discharged the duties of the office of Serjeant-at-Arms , during the period of his attendance upon this House." MR. SMITH, O'BRIEN AND THE EMUTE AT LIMERICK. Mr. HAMILTON wished to know from the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he had received any official account of what was stated and commented upon in the daily news papers of that day, of a moral demonstration in the city of Limerick—of an entente of the moral force party in th a t c i ty ag ainst the physical force party, and that in that emente Messrs. Meagher and O'Brien had been obliged to seek protection from her Ma jesty's forces and the police ? Sir G. GREY had received a letter from the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, which in substance con firmed the statement the Hon Member had alluded to. A meeting was held in the county of Lime rick, at which considerable violence had taken place, and it was in con s equence of the interferenc e o f th e military and police that the security of Mr. Smith O'Brien and Mr. Meagher was accomplished. STATE TRIALS (IRELAND). Mr. HAMILTON, seeing the Secretary for 'lre land in his place, wished to know whether it . was true that Mr. Mitchell, of the United Irishman, had put in dilatory pleas which would have the effect of suspending the proceedings against him for some con siderable time ? Sir W. SOMERVILLE said that it was true that Mr. Mitchell had put in such pleas, but he hoped that it would be found that those pleas would not have the effect of delaying the proceedings.—(Hear ) MAKING NO HOUSE YESTERDAY. Mr. HUME, in reference to there being no House made yesterday, stated that he trusted the Govern ment would adopt some course in future by which a House would be secured on that day on which alone Members w ho had notices of motion could bring them on. Members had now given up one motion day for the convenience of the Government, and he thought it their quty to secure them that day. Yes terday- there were several most important notices of motion—especially one of the lion. and Learned Member for Oxford--but, in consequence of there being no Mouse, they could not be brought forward. Sir G. GREY had come down to the House at half-past four o'clock, fully expecting that it was sitting, and was extremely surprised to find that it was nut. It was no fault of the Government that no House was made yesterday. Mr. G. BERKELEY, in moving that the House should now adjourn, stated his belief that the House had purposely not been made yesterday in conse quence of the motion of the Honourable Member for Oxford being calculated to bring to light the acts of a Noble Duke. Mr. P. WOOD, in seconding the motion for the adjournment, also expressed his belief that a certain party in that House had purposely prevented the House being made, in order that he might not bring for Ward his motion. That motion was one of great importance to all parties concerned, and it being so he had considered it to be his duty to bring it forward at the earliest possible moment. Mr. HERRIES denied that there was any at tempt on the behalf of the party with which he was associated in that House, to prevent a House being made yesterday. Ile was sure the Noble Duke who had been alluded to had no fear of the statements that might be made in bringing forward the motion, or the result of it. to do t=o then, but he would consult his Noble Friend at the head of the Government on the subject, and if possible a day should be st t apart for discussing the motion.—(Hear, hear ) _. —taken 25 to 1 agst Patriot 25 to 1 agst Giselle 25 to 1 agst Kaleshe Colonel SIBTHORP said he had a right to ask where the members of the Government were yester day ? They were paid enough for doing their work, and had subordinates enough to represent them in that House. How was it, then, that none of th-in were in their places yesterd a y ? It appeared to him, that Governm en t t oo k care that no House should be made, in order that the motion of the Hon. and Learned Member for Oxford, and the question of the lion. Member for Stafford, should be quietly got rid of. Sir G. GREY said he was engaged in the busines of his office up till nearly half-past four o'clock yes terday; but he should have been down at the usual hour of five had he not been informed that there was no House.—(Hear, hear.) His absence, however, was not singular, for he understood that not only the Hon. Member for Staffordshire, but the lion. Mem ber for Oxford, was not in his place at the opening of the House yesterday. Th e truth was, however, that the House not bein g ma d e c ould be traced t o a very natural cause. Ye s t er d ay w as only the sec on d sitting after the holidays, and no doubt many Hon. Gentlemen, who were generally speaking the earliest in attendance, had not yet returned to town. At all unf ortunately, n a nights. Ha events he must p rotest aga i ns t wholesale ch arges being made ag a i ns t h er M ajes ty' s Governm en t t h at they were ev er y now an d then anxious to shi r k t h e consideration of questi on s. Government had no su c h desire, and he hoped Hon. Members would refrai n Government from indulging in these unpleasant insinuations. Mr. HORSMAN said the time had arrived whe n it was imperatively necessary that Government sh ou ld _ e come to an understanding with i nde pendent Memb ers to ( secure r, a hear.)H use I on boatdherthan became,G over systematic practice of Go vernme nt to prev en t a House being made when they wanted to s hi r k a troublesome question.—(Hear.) house Sir G. GREY—I deny that. Mr. HORSMAN said, be that as it might, some understanding ought to be come to on this subject, and he hoped that the House , now that it h a d given up every night but one, would take care that that one was always secured to them. Sir G. GREY said it was not the duty of Govern ment, but of those Members who had motion s on the paper to secure a House on this particular night. Now the H ous e would remember that scarcel Hon. Gentleman who had a notice on the Paper any terday was present in his place, and it was too b a d that Government should be charged w i th resortinga to systematic plans to prevent . a House being made. After a few words from Sir J. WALMSLEY 1 Sir T. BIRCH protested against its being - ' con sidered a part of the duty of the Government to se cure a House on all occasions.—(Hear, hear.) b° Mr. H. DRUMMOND said it w as his opinion that the members of the Government werg overworked, and nobody could he res on ebgreatly Houot being made but Hon. Membersp themselves. le for a After a few words from Mr. G. BERKELEY, amendment for the adjournment of the EY, the withdrawn. House was Mr. HERRIES said he understood his Learned Friend the Member for Oxford rinn* and notice that he should bring his. motion had given going into Committee of Supply. N ow , he on ow he th oug h t ent it would be much better if Government would would sent to name a day when th e y would _ - con- go into the question. t . . ue prepared to Sir GEORG& QKET said h e .... • Tr.. not propsred SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CHESTER RACES.—TtJESDAY. The Grosvenor Staked of 15 soya. each, 10 ft, and 30 added. Grosvenor Course. - One mile and a quarter (5 Subs.) Mr. Rolt's Collingwood, 5 yrs, 9st llb Sir J. Gerald's Blackie, 5 yrs, Bst 121 b 5 to 2 on Collingwood, who won by half a length, after a very slow run race. Tim e, 3 min. 33 see& The Palatine Stakes of 15 soya. each, 5 ft, and 100 added; for three yrs old fillies. From the Castle Pole, once round and in, rather more than a mile and a quarter. (13 Subs.) Duke of Richmond's Horr pipe , B st 21b ... (Nat) 1 Mr. Gully's Lady Mary, Bst 71b • 2 Mr. Minor's Shropshire \Vi eh, Bst 71b 3 The following also ran :—NI r. Dawson's Activity, Bst 41b—Mr. Mostyn's ch f by Lord Statlord. out of Bst 41b. and Sir J. Gerard's Jest, Bst 71b. Betting-6 to 4 agst Hornpipe, and Sto 2 agst Shrop shire Witch. Won by half a length. Shropshire Witch a bad third. Run in 2 min. 29 sees. The Mostyn Stakes of 25 sovs. each; for two yrs old. Three quarters of a mile. (5 Subs.) Mr. Mostyn's bc by Colwick, Bst 61b (Holmes) 1 Mr. B. Green's Routh, Bst 61b 5t02 on Routh. Won in a canter. Run in 1 min. 21 secs. The Chesterfield (Handicap) Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and 100 added. Once round and a ois. (10 Subs.) Mr. B Green's Athelstane, Bst 51b ... (F. Butler) 1 Mr. Conway's Malton, 7st 12Ib The following also started.—De Witt, Sat 71b—The Spaniard, 851—Good Boy, 7st 121b—Capsicum, 7st 101 b —and Enchantress, 7st. 2 to 1 agst Athelstane, 3 to 1 agst Do Witt, 4 to 1 agst Sampson, and 6to 1 agst Good Boy. Won by a head. Good Boy and Capsicum third and fourth. Run in 2 min. 10 WS. Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with 50 added. Heats, mile and a half. Mr. Jewitson's Ra isthor p e, 4 yrs ... 0 1 1 Mr. Sharratt'a Egret , 3 y rs ... ••• ••• 1 2 2 Mr. Clarke's Lady of the Lune, 4 yrs 0 0 0 Mr. Williams's Marl ow, 4 y rs... ••• 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mr. Douglas's Rosalin da, 4 y rs ••• • . Captain Scobell's Messenger, 3 yrs ... ••• 0 odr Sir C. Cockerell's Cheyr euil, 3 y rs ••• ... 2 dr Mr. Dawson's Activity , 3 y rs ... ..• 0 dr The two first heats were ea ch won by a neck, and the third easily. lip to the present time, nothing has occurred to shake the opinion so generally expressed that this will be one of the best meetings ever held at Chester. The weather is favourable in the extreme, the Course in better order than has been known for many years, the stables full of horses, and the city full of company. The actual number of starters for the Cup cannot, of course, be ascertained, but no one talks of le ss than 35, anti some calculate upon as many as 40; in either event three ranks will be necessary, and thus the contingencies incident to a narrow course will be materially increased. Fortunate will he be who sees his favourite in the first flight.We subjoin the betting up to two o'clock this afternoon. ... (Nat) CHESTER CUP. Bo 6 to 1 agst Peep-&-Day 25 t o 1 ags t L a dy Hylda 11 to 1 ag at War Ea gle 25 to 1 agst P y rrhus the 14 to 1 ag s t Li ghtnin First 1 g I3oto 1 agst Montpensier4 20 to 1 agst P atr i ot 18 to 1 agst Gl en fiaddel-t I 33 to 1 agst Blaze 25 35 to 1 agst Enchanter to 1 agst Inheri tress 3.5 to I agst Bantam 25 to 1 agst Giselle— t 40 to 1 agst Rufus—t On Monday morning an immense deal of money was laid agst the Herman Platoff colt, commencing at 11 to 1, and finishing at 20 to 1; at night he receded to 33 and 50 to 1, in fact , was friendl ess. Ile is dead amiss and will not start. CHESTER. TUESDAY NIGHT. TEN O'CLOCK. LATEST BETTING. CHESTER CUP. 6 to 1 asst Peep o' Day Boy 10 to 1 agst Lightning 12 to 1 agst War Eagle 17 to 1 agst Glen Saddel 20 to I agst Patriot 25 to 1 agst Inheritress 25 to 1 agst Giselle Swallow is deck DE 7 to 1 agst Glendower 9 to 1 ugst Springy Jack 10 to 1 oast Loadstione BETTING AT CHEST] TUESDA CHEST] 7 to 1 agst Peep•o'Day I Boy - _ 10 to 1 ngst Lightning 12 to 1 apt War Eagle 18 to 1 agst Glen Saddel 25 to 1 agat Pyrrhus the First 25 to 1 agst Lady Hylda 30 to 1 apt Enchanter 30 to 1 agst Mompensier 35 to 1 agst Bantam -4 35 to 1 agst Blaze 40 to 1 wit Rutus—t red nut to start. 11 to 1 agst Swiss Boy 12 to 1 ag st Surplice—t 17 to I E agle's Plume—t :R, TWELVE O'CLOCK, i r NIGHT. :R CUP. 30 to 1 agst Inheritress 30 to 1 agst Enchanter 30 to 1 ugst Bantam 30 to 1 agst Montpensier 33 to 1 agst Lady liylda 33 to 1 agst lonia 33 to 1 agst Sylvan 33 to 1 agst Cenyngham The Hetman Platoff colt and Swallow are declared not to start. Mr. Meiklam declares to win with Light ning. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. NEWMARKET JULY MEETING,IB4B.-TuE9pky. Duke of Bedford's Retail, Bst 71b, agst Mr. Sandford's fby Ilarkaway, out of Agnes, Bst 41b. New T.Y.C. 50, h ft. SECOND OCTOBER MEETING, 1848.— MONDAY. Sir R. Pigot's Conyngham, Sat 71b, agst Lord Clifden's Loadstone, 7it 13th. D.M. 300, 11 ft. THURSDAY. Sweep,qakes of 50 tom each; Bst 716 each. T.Y.C. Lord Glasgow's Clerk of the Council, Lord Chester field's Alpheia, Mr. Payne's Woodcraft. FRIDAY. Lord Clifden's Loadstone, Bst 71b, agst Mr. Sandford's The Shuriff. Bst 21b. A.F. 200, h ft. HOUGHTON MEETING. 1848 —THURSDAY. Lord Glasgow's b c Big Jerry, Bst 71b, agst Mr. Sandford's The Sheriff, Bst 21b. D.M". 200, 50 tt. The match between Now•or-Never and Susan Lovell is off by consent. ASCOT HEATH, 1843.—StcoND The Fernhill Stakes of 15 sons. each, 5 ft, with 50 added; for two yrs old, &c. Mr. Greville's Lancaster, 3 yrs—Colonel Peel's Taf frail, 3 yrs—Lord Clifden's Carbuncle, 2 yrs—Mr. Drinkald's Thornhill, 2 yrs—Mr. Osbaldeston's The Broadway Swell, 2 yrs—Duke of Richmond's St. Ann, 3 yrs—Lord Exeter's Tisiphone, 3 yrs—Lord Clifden's Blaze, 3 yra—Mr. Charlton's Kissaway, 2 yrs—Mr. Bouverie's Prairie Bird. 3 yrs—Mr, Death's The Moor, 3 yrs—Mr. Cooper's Slug, 3 yrs—Count Bathyan)'s Eva, 2 yrs—Mr. T. Elam's First Chance, 2 yrs--Mr. Payne's Woodcraft, 3 yrs—Colonel Anson's Corsican, 3 yra. EPSOM, 1848. The Grand Stand Plate, of 200/.. added to a Handicap of 10 sovs. eaeh. Tov , , miles and a quarter. Yrs. st. lb.! Yrs. at. lb. St. Demetri 5 8 121' ... 4 7 2 Nestor ;... Trap ... ... 3 6 12 Martingale ... 4 6 I t Faunus ... 4 6 9 Snuffbox ... 3 6 5 Mr. Caudle ... 3 6 0 .;ermine ... 3 5 7 Egremont ... 3 5 0 Sis. to Vulentissimu 3 4 12 Whiestone ... 6 '8 9 Plaudit ... ... 6 8 b lly draegea .• • 5 8 5 Swiss Buy ... 3 3 3 Fergus .. ... 4 8 I t Forest Flower ... 6 7 6 Palma ... 4 7 5 Sir Martin 4 7 4 Captain Pepper... 4 7 2 STAMFOI The Burghley. Stakes of 25 if declart d on or bef Yrs. st. lb. • 4 9 O r 5 8 12 ... 5 8 10 • 6 8 9 a 8 6 , 4 8 F . Rowena., a 8 4 Sir Peter Laurie 4 8 2. II v drangea ... 5 712 *Bowstring ... 4 7 12', Sagacity ... 4 7 10 Ennui ..• 5 7 10 Joc u'Sot •.. 4 7 10 Fergus ... 4 7 9 Best-of-Three ... a 7 9 Solomon King ... 5 7 7 B n ,, by Bird catcher, dam by Elephant 6 7 7 Marquis of Co nyngham ..• 5 7 6 Cosachia ... 4 7 6 The Admiral ... 4 7 5 * L l Bl : %h e: h iTaa t u a h ethsck a a tohe r e n sd g or t eo y e e kg r srataerpkne : .• 4 7 (* 4 4)y 6 7 77 4 3 33 ... 4 7 3 having knowledge of their owners, prescribed, unless specially Ellerdale Brocardo Rattrap .. Mentor Yardley... Halo ... ,D. 1848. sovs. each, 15 ft, and 5 only ore the 13th instant. Yrs. ct. lb. .4 7 2 !Alboni l i eurtiin9l's Nit ce 4 7 2 Palma ... 4 7 0 I)eloraine .•. 4 7 0 Lopez a 7 0 llillwuud ... 4 6 13 Marpessus ... 4 6 12 LUMift9l3ll ... 4 6 12 Nestor .. 4 6 10 Spem Gregis ... 4 6 8 Rellenden ... 3 6 7 Fernhill ... 3 6 5 Glutton ... ... 3 6 2 Snuffbox ... 3 6 2 Remembrance ... 3 6 2 Swordplayer ... 3 6 0 Chapolgorie ... 3 5 12 Embrace ... 3 5 12 Dacia ... 3 5 10 Lahore •3 5 10 Ch f by Veloci pede, darn by Ernilius ... 3 5 10 Mr. Caudle ... 3 sin Lovelace 3 5 3 Hecub .•• 3 5 Cipher ... ... 3 5 0 been entered without the cill be struck out:by the time )rdered to remain in. , :dORPORAL PUNISHMENT ON A MARINE.—CHATHAM , MAY I.—This morning the whole of the battalion of the Chatham division of Royal Marines assembled on the Parade Ground, in the presence of Colonel Charles Menzies, K.H., and other officers, to bear the senutenoc: read of a General Court-martial held last private Robert Taylor, of the 45th com division, for refusing to perform punishment 0 for a former days' general extra duty awarded him and sentenced offence. The Court convicted the prirnerriloned and kept him to receive 50 lashes, and to be un Prisoner was then to hard labour for six months. Th and aiYwefnefsetvheins fl ction of the corporal by the battalion to witness_ th e infliction he evidently did not removed to the rear of the barraicnksi punishment. The first 25 l he was followed however, on his ed from the halb erts,u un merci f ul l y ; i t a l f i t i e l Y r ; ho had received be laulzhed hear ), til • and acted the beinglik, asre released eashallooed most the other 25 lashes, l s been in the corps 14 months, and bravado. Tie bas h o e n g a ' s been repeatedly punished for timeorders. The prisoner was removed under disobedience of . escort; and as soon as he is able he charge of a military • - s ent to the military prison, Fort Clarence, during that will be remove to complete hisence. SINGULAR INSTANCE OF SAGACITT.--A. pony, the property of a farmer in the parish of Methl;c On being taken from the pasture one evening lately, became very restive, and made its escape from the servant, and ran off to the smithy at which it_ bad. -been. accustomed to be shod. The blacksmith; who kn ew t h e pony, was about to adopt some means of secu r i ng an d restor i ng i t to its owner, when, to his astonishme n t, it cam© directly towards him, and, turning round, held ' up one of its hind feet, which the blacksmith examine d , and found a stone between the shoe andthe hoof, ' b • which being re moved, the pony walked back to i ts ing delight that the it mir.b t o ,ke Aberdra Goattc. r t nee " 3 12 Sw*Y*,' U tiao•ln TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION. Sir,—On Monday came on the second .reading of the new Alien Bill. It is difficult to descriLe the vas rious sources of its impolicy. The first thins, which will suggest itself will probr.bly . he, that it is the w offspring of the party in the Parisian press hich i s endeavouring to blow the sparks of miss ender. standing between the two countries by dee daring that a Frenchman cannot walk the streets of London without being insulted. But how this party should have attained to the influence here which should lead to its being taken up by the Go. vernment, must be a mystery till explained. Clearly if anything were wanted to distress anchirinoy such Englishmen and families as may have reasons tor (con tinuing to attend to their affairs in France, it wt iuld he precisely this movement. If there are any LIT ' li,h workmen who by the better feelings of th eir French associates or other causes have contrived to hold their ground in French employment, this is the thing to sweep them out. If there was anything that could encourage: the over lively portion of th e F renc h pu bli c to believe that the English Government was in bodily fear of the pro gress of the French revolution, it is this and nothing else. Supposing there to be the fear, it ought to have been disguised. The most like a distinct state ment of the cause of alarm, is that Frenchman were seen in Trafalgar-square on the day of the Cochrane assembly. I saw one too ; at l east i n P arliame at street, whichis the same thing. I distinctly saw a man with a beard, who was not the Member for Bir mingharn. And so we are legislating against the man with a beard. The answer officially given to the objection of the Act being wounding to foreigners, was ludicrously incompetent. It was, " that a foreigner might always escape the annoyance by naturalizing himeelf." Surely in vain has a Noble Lord in another place been sent to school by the French Minister. A man can• not be naturalized in one country without giving up his character of citizen in the other. Fancy then every grumbling Englishman, who should complain of a French law to hold him out as suspected and make him liable at any time to sun as:-. deportation, being comforted by a French Minister's assurance, that to escape from it he had nothing to do but be naturalized, the fees of which had been very much reduced. By reasoning of this sort the world is governed; and in this manner the midge's wing is made to grow into a vulture's. Suppose the fact to be, that another branch of the Legislature is frightened out of its propriety, and deems a general war the likeliest way to escape with bag and baggage. Is that a reason why the stronger vessel should throw itself into the same mistake ? But so it is. The Whigs are always invincible when they whistle the Tories to help. And so the second reading passed by 141 against 22. On Tuesday there was no House, only twenty six Members being present. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, T. PERRONET THOMPSON. Blackheath, London, May 3, 1848. COURT CIRCULAR. Princess Alice, the Princess Helena, and the inf ant Pr T in h c e e o Q f u N e V e a n le a s 7 d P Prin r c i e nc A e lt A re l d b , e t r h t e a P ec r o in inp ce aied ssnlloybay the Royal, _ i tlae if Dowager Princess, andad Lady attended ytt et o b n y: t H h e o n .M is s D Marchioness l w s o o f n Du r , 00, the General y a , rin a e nd re C si o d l e o noe nel Seymour,lmles C , l o e l f (rel ()s b t o b r e n e, Hon.ber Majesty'srles Gr m e in the Isle of Wight, at two o'clock yesterday afternoon, crossed in the Fairy steam yacht to Gosport, and pro ceeded from thence by a special train on the London and South-Western Railway to the terminus at Nine Elms. The august party quitted the terminus in five carriages and four, and was escorted by a party of the 12th Lancers to Buckingham Palace, where the royal party arrived at six Wu], c k. alitiliringMaajteishty, l a ,u n i d nct ri b i ) nce Albert were received on Niaster of the Horse. Li.rcithße Byron, v C i h se rs o nt u b t : t •rla c i i n i , ta t e h i : I , "rd A ifr" Pager, Colonel the )Hot; C.. B. Phipps, M . r: R. Ormsby Gore, Captain Francis Sey . 'mour, anu Captain the Hon. A. B. Gordon. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the the Prnicess Roy al, arid the Princess Alice, accompanied her Majesty and her Royal Consort in their carriage. Lord John Russell had an audience of the Queen.alter her arrival at I3uckmgham Palace. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager took an airing yes terday in a carriage, accompanied by the Duchess Ida of Saxe Weimar. The Count and Countess of Neuilly visited the Queen Doe ager yesterday. The Duchess of Gloucester and the Duke of Cambridge also visited her Majesty at Marl borough House. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived at her residence, Clarence House, St. James' s , a t h a lf- past three o'clock yesterday afternoon, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce, Baroness de Speth, and Sir George Cooper, from Frogmure House, Windsor. .Her Serene Highness the Duchess Ida of Saxe Weimar visited her 'Royal Highness utter her arrival. Her Royal lliglinuss the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce and Lord ,Tames Murray, honoured the perfor mance o f h er M a j esty ' s Th eatre with her presence last evening. Mr. Richard Morriss, Mr. Moss, end Mr. Edward Curzon had an interview with Sir George Grey yester day at the Home , -office, and presented an address. A deputation on the subject of the introduction 'of railways into Australia, consisting of Mr. S. H. Mamb, Mr. William Posser, and Mr. John W. Brett, had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday at. the Colonial orrice. Mr. C. K. Murray had an interview with Lord John Russa yesterday. at his official residence in Downing. street. Baron Rolfe bed an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday. Sir John De Veulle had also an interview with theßight Hon. Baronet. Sir Thomas Freemantle, Chairman of the Customs, hed an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his officiel residence in Downing• street. Mr. C. J. Macarthy and Colonel Jebb had interviews yesterday with Earl Grey, at the Celonial-office. A deputation from the Coroners of England and Wales, consisting of Mr. Bremridge, M.P., Coroner for Devon; Mr. Carttar, Coroner for Kent; Mr. Payne, Coroner for London; Mr. Bedford, Coroner for Weet minster; and Mr. Higgs, Coroner for the Duchy of Lancaster, had an interview yesterday with Sir George Grey. Viscount Morpeth arrived in town on Monday even ing, trom Castle Howard, York hire. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening, from the Colonial .office, fig the Governor of Ceylon. The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch arrived in town last evening, from Scotland. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL MAILS, VI St;U FHAMPTON, FOR MAY, 1848. SOUTHAMPTON, MAY I.—Tne lollowing are ale Con tract mail steam-ship, appointed to arrive at and depart this port With the mails fur May : - PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COM PAM'S SHIPS OUTWARDS. The Euxine, Captain Lireor,e May 3.—Gib raltar, Malta, Consthntinople, Satnsuan, Sniope, Tre biz nde, Athens, Sin) &c. Tne Tiger, Captain Joy, May 7.—Vige, Oporto, Lisbon, Cada, and Gibr..liar. The Madrid, t.s,aptton dorm Weeks, May 17.—Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz. ai.d Gibraltar. The unit' r, Captain F 111,ehan, y 27.—Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gila-altar. The Pasha, Captain Olive, May 29 (no mails). — Gibraltar, Genoa, Leghorn, and Civita Vecchia. The Sultan, Captain George Brooks, May 20. Gibraltar, Malta, Alexandria, Satz, Aden. Ceylon, Madras, Calcutta; Penang, Singapore, and Hong Kong. THE ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET COMPANY'S /MIPS OUTWARDS. The Trent, May 2,—British and Foreign West Indies, South America, New Orleans, and Mexico, r id Ber muda, Nassau, Havannah. New Orleans, V era sbei Crux, e. Tampico, Honduras, La Guayra , and Puerto includingC W.st The Medway, May 17.—British and F oreign h ingo. Santa Martha , Juan Nicaragua. TUE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL Indies, via Madeira and Barbadoes, S d t. D s o- Cartagena, Chargres, an. an STEAM NATIG&TION COMPANY'S STEAMERS IN WARDS. The Eric, sip C tain Russell, May B.—Bombay and Mediterranea n mat., s. n Bowen, May I s .—Spanish sand The Montrose , Captain The Madrid, Cap tain Weeks, May s.—Spanish aad P ortug uese mails. Portuguese mails. May 26.—Sp g anish and Por in R. Moresby, 1.N., May 26.—Egat The Ripon, (Apt& The Pasha , China, and the Mediterranean m ail s. India,Captain Olive, May 17.—Italian ports and t u T u h e e s e T n i fa e i r l;. Gibraltar. ROYAL C,aptain Joy, M AIL STEAM-PACKET COMPANY S SHIPS INWA.PCDS. The Forth, Captain Sturdee, May 7 .—Briti s h ;and Foreign West India mails. The Avon, Captain P. Hut, R.N., May 22.—Brit isle and Foreign West Indian, Mexican, a n d N ew Orleitha NEW SOUTH-WESTERN COMPANY'S STEAMERS. To Havre every Wednesday and Saturday. From Havre every Monday and Thursday. To Guernsey, Jersey, &c., every Tuesday, Thundiry, and Saturday. From Guernsey, Jersey, &c., every Tuesday, Thurs day, and Sunday. UNITF.D STATES MAII. STEAMERS. Ocean Steam Navigation Company'; ship Washing ton, inwards, May 5, with the United States mails for England, France, and Germany. Ocean Steam Navigation Company's ship Hermann. outwards, May 6, for New York and Washington May 20, with the outward mails fur New York. PORTSMOUTH. TUESDAY.—Letters have been received from the Styx steam-sloop, Commander Chads, to the 24th February, then cruising—on the West Coast of Africa in search of gliiers. She had just previously made her 29th capture, the 26th since Commander Chads bas had the vessel—an admirable sample of pp severance well rewarded, which we never heard cqu: in success afloat; a fine " lu k out" is kept on boar( Styx, whose next capture w e ex p « at and ho p e to of will be the slaver steamer which was lately seen, petted of having 1 000 slaws on board. At the date the Styx had orders to Lure the ttatiott it wept,' for Loglaad. - V POOR REMOVAL BILL. ceedu _. The house then went into Committee un th is Bill. M. BAINES ex pl a i ne d th a t the object of the Bill was to remove the anomalies and difficulties which existed und er th e present law. At present , be fore a paup er cou l d be removed to his parish a g ood deal of expense had t o b e gone i n t o i n prosecuting legal pro - , away with th e necess it y f or resorting to these expen sive proceedings. After some further discussion, clauses up to 4 were agreed to, with some verbal amendments. I (LEFT SITTING.) ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA• most g(p) eon np L tuuh a il senaaternLnd(oc: of Rossini's London ons Alboni sbi onai,rs d so. achieved p Le eras as Cenerentola at h i e d r d m es o e s r t ivs, b e( r d) i nl l y l , i , a es n ot t, the t s ri i u n mc m : p si h tt 1 ,11 riesnotnol s h e a c s ond bee to nnea ll Barbiere as a work of art, and` (s)tornsd; n b o u t t ev p e e n rh t a o that chef dieuvre as an inspiration of Alboni last night: of her singularly equally adapted to her fresh ' gll t : beautiful o n u d s u t n e t s i trion of many melody, m s a p ann i spirit; t i a•s, The icrt replete ep v ibe e atr i rea fi tt u eo : df i st prima r w ei ntmi the) and exec all the fi ne points of the dramatic colouring. donna's highest powers—Sontag and Malibran among y all ude to the genui n v e o f i e c li t n o g takestyl style oft all singing,i n all, b o t t h h e i o m r u e s g i c a r was d never executed it well from beginniniz to end as by, t i s o u n i . t s It the i s qu a unnecessary y sod to peculiarities spe e ia i i z e , her performance, but we must par ticularly expressionwhich m admiration, ark ticularl delivery of the passage, "Io a ed nd he i r s vorrei saper perche" (en cored), previous to the duet "P persuasiven ess t h at accomp anied arlar voglio;" the winning una parole," i n the concer ted the phrase " Signore, morc tries to c oax h er f ather i eau when Cenerentola n Prince's ca rr i age; t h e facile d elivery of th e b ravura pas - letting her rid e in th e sage " Sproz zo que i d on the ' 1; and the combi na ti on o f e versa," in th e fi na l e to act ease to the charming morceau,, p•asria r pensar, v orre i.' B ut and playfulnes s i m p ar t e d all this, and much more worthy to , be rem em b ere d , was ' forgotten in the final great dis2 Y la and rondo of the last scene, termin ating t --at the recitative, ari a ,i with h lac " Non pin meats;" further than t hi s it weree popu-I for the vocal art to be carri e d ; t h e difficult: " Nacqui all'affanno," delivered with expres s i ve l argo, exquisite pathos, was not less to be admired for the ro and extreme finish with which fioraPtdigious facility acre were accom plisheJ, demanding the united resources of a sopr ano; and a contralto voice (for Alboni's voce di testa is almost a complete s o p r ano in compass and flexiobfiliit- itself? p this was tumultuously re - demanded, and re w ith still greater effect. Nothing fatigued 3 di this unusual exert i on , Alboni foll owed it u 3l p by an execution of the rondo which surpassed,) in neatness, brilliancy, roundness, and equality of toned anything and everything we have heard tier previously, accomplish; the first delivery of the phrase was notating Rossini's text, but, in the last verse, bravura passages! wire introduced, as remarkable for their difficulty as tort the unerring fidelity and faultless intonation with which' they were accomplished. Among others, we noted skips of double octaves —a sort of coquetting between the con tralto and soprano register of the voice, in which every note was as round, crisp, and powerful in tone, as though the simplest possible phrase were being executed, in stead of the most elaborate and perilous vocal feat. The applause was tremendous, the effect electric, and Alboni was obliged to re-appear twice before the curtain, amidst the loudest cheering and acclamations from every part of the house. By this performance Alboni has placed her self on the very top of the tree, as a worthy ,compeer of the greatest singers, living or dead. The other principal characters were ably sustained. Salvi's Don Ramiro was graceful and unaffected, and Rovare's Don Magnifico a careful and excellent per formance. Tambov ini's Dandini has long been pronounced inimitable; no other baritone can execute the music of this part—the most florid ever composed by Rossini — without altering or omitting many passages; still less can another be found to act it with such genuine humour and unflagging spirit. The great comic duet of the second act, " Un segreto d'importan2a," where Dandini rev< als his real condition to Magnifico, was admirably sung and acted both by Tamburini and Revere, and ex cited the utmost hilarity among the audience. Polonini made much of the small part of Alidora, the philosopher, and the band and chorus were perfection. Nothing was wanted to render this a thoroughly irreproachable per formance but the substitution of two more competent artists in the characters of the sisters, Clorinda and Thisbe, whereby many of the most beautiful and im portant concerted pieces would be materially strength ened. Why not Corbari and Steff.moni? M. Costa must be praised emphatically for having restored several pieces to the score, which brought the Cenerentola before the public as nearly as possible in its integrity. The ! house was crowded. . Owing, we understand, to the great success of La- Ceherentola, it will be repeated on Saturday, and Madame Pauline Viardot Garcia's debut will be deterred. HAYMARKET THEATRE. The performances last night commenced with a little unpretending piece, evidently from the French, entitled A Confidence. The principal characters are a couple of middle-aged city gentlemen and their young wives. Each of the ladies has a pEnchant elsewhere, and the interesting objects both possess the name of Arthur. Here, however, the resemblance ceases; for, while one lady regards her husband with terror, and keeps the state of her heart a secret from him, the other lady sees in her husband a legitimate guardian ; and, avow ing her feelings, implores him to protect her honour and his own. A comic scene arises from the confiden tial husband (played by Mr. Webster), taking one Ar thur for the other. At the er.d all is satisfactorily cleared up, both " Arthurs" are dismissed, and an im pression is left on the audience of the superiority of kindness over terror in conjugal affairs. The piece is elegant and ingenious, but too slight to produce any remarkable sensation. • Mr. Sterling Coyne's farce of Lola Monte: has been suddenly withdrawn, from circumstances over which the manager had no control, and which are totally uncon nected with its merits or its success. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. The reign of Philippe in the France of the Magicians has ceased almo s t simultan e ously wi t h th at of Louis Philippe in the France of the Politicians—and what Lamartine is to political France that is Robert Houdin to France magical. He is the very chief of sorcerers, in comparison with whom I)obler is a bungler, and even Philippe must hide his diminished head. lie commenced a short series of Soirees Fantastiques at this theatre last evening, and for upwards cf three hours kept a delighted and astonished audience un the qui vice. 'the enter. taintnent consists of three parts—the first part being tricks of sleight of hand, the second part tricks mechanical, and the third part exhibiting the mar vels of second sight and ot aerial suspension. The. eldt st son ot Robert Houdin exhibits the won ders of second sight. He is placed by his father in a slaty of mesmeric trance, and then by second sight describes the various objects which different persons put into a hox closely locked. The etherial suspension is even still more wonderful. The younger son of Robert Houdin i s t h e exh i biter of this wonderful phenomenon. The child is supp orte d i n a recumbent position, his h e ad resting on his hand and his elbow supported on the erd of a prop s omewhat resembling a wa lki ng st i c k , an d placed upright on the ground. The father causes the child to inhale a few sniffs of ether—the child becomes apparently insensible; all supports are removed from the legs and body, and the child remains resting only by the elbows on the walking-stick, suspended in mid air in a reclini ng pos i t i on, literally lying on nothing, and remains thus until the curtain falls. This is certainly the most extraordinary illusion—if it be an illusion—if not an illu ion, then it is the most extraordinary tour de force ever performed. Verily, Robert Houdin is the chief of all the magicians. The house was well attended, and the applause was enthusiastic. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent honoured the performances at her Majesty's Theatre yesterday evening with her presence. In her Royal Highness's suite were the Marquis and Marchioness of Douglas, Lady Augusta Bruce, and Lord James Murray. Her Majesty the Queen Adelaide's box was occupied by Lady Augusta Hallyburton, Lady Adelaide Erskine and party. There were also present his Grace the Duke of Wellington, the Duke and Duchess of Montrose, the Duchess of Leeds, Baroness de Brunnow and Mademoiselle Olga do Lechner, his Excellency the Swedish Minister and the Baroness Rehausen, his Excellency the Hanoverian Minister, the Marquis and Marchioness of Sligo and the Ladies Brown, the Marquis of Iluntley, the Marquis of Clan ricarde, the Count de Berke, Baron Nicolay, the Earl of Pembroke, the Earl of Cardigan, the Earl of Falmouth, the Earl of Belfast, Lord Rendlesham and the Misses Duff, Lord Elphinstone, Lord Warre, Lord Gardner, the Marquis de Salvo, Viscount Somerton, Viscount Clifden, Viscount Anson, Lady Ralph Howard, Lady Coleborne, Lady Fremantle, M. de Cottu, Count Arthur de Coarcy, the Honourable R. Curzon, Sir H. Willoughby, &c. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT - GARDEN..--Her Majesty's box was occupied last evening by the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk and the Ladies Howard. There were also present the Marquis and Marchioness of Wor cester and Lady Blanche Somerset, the Marquis and Marquise St. Pierre, the Earl and Countess of Wilton, Earl Grey, Earl of Munster, the Countess Dowager of Essex and Miss Johnstone, Viscount Exmouth, Vis count Dupplin, Viscount Ebrington, Viscount Clifden, Lady Harriet Baring, Lord Laseelles, Lord and the Hon. Miss Foley, ;Lord and Lady Carrington and the Hon. Miss Cotton, Lord and Lady Wodehonse, Lady Suffield, Lady Webster, Baron and Baroness Goldsmid and the Misses Goldsmid, Lady Quintin, Lady Holland, Lady Scott, Lady Warneford, ;Lady Morgan, Lord and Lady Trimlestone, the Dowager Lady Molesworth, lion. G. Miles, lion. Charles and Mrs. Ash burnham, Hon. Lawrance Parsons, lion. Thomas flonbury, Hon. Cecil Forester, Sir W. Ross, Bart., Sir W. Molesworth, Bart., Sir Henry Webb, Bart., Sir F. Booth, Bart., Sir William Abdy Bart., Baron de Sternberg, Sir Charles Marshall, Sir C. Morgan, Mrs. General d'Aguilar, Major-General Campbe ll , _: n r ow M Colonel Blane, Colonel Wingfield, Colon_ el " ro Knox, M.P , Mr. Henry Greville, -F ul ' fe ' rd ' Ewart, M P., Mr. H. Baring, ALE , MT. H . T. Ho p e, M.P.. &c. The Louisville and other Am ery favourably of the in their theatrical notices, are epeaivneartniceadn performances of an Englishman Hamlet, Ike. He is de clared a h p a e r r l s e ' s Dibdin Pitt, as Sir Giles real Overreach,aikably successful, and to have dared to have been en: utr;cted larP 54— tti •oo 1 tad :I _ ikti 0 'di fa. I