The Sun. — London, England, 1852-05-03 00:00:00

H ER MAJESTY'S 'THEATRE, GRAND EXTRA NIGHT, On THURSDAY next, May 6, Will be presented Donizetti's admired Opera. DON PASQUALE. Norina, Madlle. So1;e Cruvelll4, Ernesto, Signer Calzolari ; Dr. ".: , :aiatesta, Signor Ferranti; Don Pasquale, Signor Lablaehe. After which the last act of MARIA DE ILOHAN, Maria, lime. liorentini ; Armando, Mille. Ida Bertrand ; Ri cardo ,Sig aor Caizolari ; De Flesque, Signer Fortin' ; Enrico, Signor Ferlotti. With various Entertainments in the Ballet Department by Madile. Guy Stephan, Madiles. Rosa, Esper, Lamoureux, Allegrini, Pascale*, MM. Di Mattia and Mathieu. Application:. for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Opera Box-oMce, Colonnade, Haymarket, ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. First Night of Il Flauto Magico. First appearance of Madlle. Anna Zerr. On THURSDAY next, Will be performed, Mozart's grand romantic Opera, IL FLAUTO MAGICO, The principal characters by Madame Grisi, Madile. Anna Zerr, lfadiles. Benin!, Bertrand!, Mariani, Cotti ; Herr Formes, Signori Etigelh, Poionini, gold!, Ronconi, and Mario. Commence at Eight o'clock. Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. IT OYAL PRINCE S SS'S T. THEATRE, OXFOR D- Under the Management of Mr. CHARLES BEAN. This Evening, May 3, will be performed The Corsican Brothers. Atter which a Fairy Tale, in two acts, entitled Wittikind and his Brothers ; or the Seven Swan Princes and the Fair Melnsine. Tuesday, 4, The Corsican Rrothers, and the new Fairy Easter Piece. Wednesday, Shakspere's Historical Play of King John, and the new Fairy Easter Piece. Thursday, 6, The Corsican Brothers, and the new Fairy Easter Piece. Friday, T, The Corsican Brothers, a Farce, and the new Fairy Easter Piece, 3aturd ay, 8, The Corsican Brothers, a Farce, and the new Fairy Easter Piece. OYAL MARIONETTE THEATRE, ADELAIDE-STREET, WEST STRAND. THIS EVENING, and every evening during the week, A new Characteristic Address, lay the Manager. After *which a new Piece, entitled THE HAPPY MANAGER. A Dramatic DBlenity. In one act. To be followed by a new and original Brirlesqne, called THE SPIRIT OF PUNCH ; or, The Arcadian Brothers. To conclude with an entirely new version of the Grand Eastern Spectacle of ALADDIN ; or, The Wonderful Lamp, produced with all the vast resources of this small establishment. Doors open at Half-past Seven, and commence at Eight o'clock. A Morning Performance on Wednesday and Saturday nest. Doors open at Half past Two, and commence at Three o'clock. There will shortly be produced several New Pieces, which are now In Wive rehearsal. Ptlvate Boxes and Stalls to be had at the Box-eke of the Theatre, and of all the principal Librarians. TIER MAJESTY'S TIIEATRE. TO-MORROW, Win be presented Beethoven's Opera of FIDELIO. Leonora,uadlle. Sae Cravelli ; Fiorentino, Signor Calzolari ; Zocco Si g nor Susini ; Jacquino, Signor 3fer c uri a li ; II Monestra, igr 0; F or um ; Pizarro, Signor Belletti. titer which a new Ballet Divertissement, entitled LA FETE DES EOSLERES. fly Madlle. Carolina Rosati, Madlles. Rosa, Esper, Allegrini, Lamo re= ; MM. Di Mettle, Gouriet, Venafra, and Mathieu. To be followed by the last scene from Rossini's Opera, LA CENERENTOLA. To conclude with the new Spanish Ballet Divertissement, entitled UN BAILLE DE CANDIL, In which Mille. Gny Stephan, Mdlles. Rosa, Espar, Allegrini, La moureux, M. Dl Mattia, and M. Mathieu will appear. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box office, Opera Colonnade, Haymarket. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Second Night of Les Huguenots. Second appearance this season of Signor Mario. The directors have the hcnoar to announce that TO-MORROW Will be performed Meyerbeees Grand Opera, LES HUGUENOTS. Valentina, Madame Cri•Al ; Margarita di Valois, Madame Castel lan ; Damn d'Onore, 'Macrae. Cotti ; Urbano, Madlle. Seguin ; Mar cello, Herr Formes ; 11 Conte di San Brig, Signor Polonini ; 11 Conte de Nevers, Signor Tagliatce ; De Cosse, Signor Luigi Mei ; De Retz, Signer Gregorio ; the flugenot Soldier, Signor Soldi ; Meru, Signor Romral ; Raul di Nan- 6 is, Signor Mario. Composer, Director of Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. The performances commence at Eight o'clock precisely. Tickets for the Boxes, Stalls, or the Pit may be had (for the Night nr Season), at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open from Eleven till Five o'clock ; and of the principal librarians and M nsicsellers. "CHEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B, Webster, pole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENING, Will be performed an entirely new comic Drama, entitled YOUR OWN BUSINESS, by Messrs. B. Webster, Leigh Murray, Buckstone. ' and Keeley ; Mrs. Stirling, Miss Reynolds. &c. After wldch a new Burlesque on a frightfully popular subject, to be called 0, GEMINI ; or, the Brothers of Co(u)rse. Characters by ers. Buck.stone, Bland, Woolger ; Mesdames Buckingham, Col ink Caulfield, Honey, &c. To eviclude with BOX AND COX, by Messrs. Keeley and Back st one. TREATRE ROYAL, ..DELPHI. Lessee, Mr. B. Webster ' • Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Drama of powerful interest, called THE QUEEN OF THE MARKET. Characters by Messrs. Hughes, 0. Smith, Paul Bedford, Emery, Honey, Worrell; Mesdames Chaplin, Harding, and Keeley. After which, a devilish new Extravaganza, called MEPHISTO PHELES. Characters by Mr. Honey, Miss Fltzwilliam, and Miss Woolgar. With WHO STOLE THE POCKET-BOOK ? or, a Dinner for Six. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. 'Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the CORSICAN BROTHERS. Principal Characters by Messrs. C. Kean, A. Wigan, Ryder, Meadows, J. Vining, J. Chester, F. Cooke, Everett, and Wheatleigh ; Misses thlllips, Murray, Robertson, Vivash, Daly, and C. Leclercq. After which a Fairy Tale, in Two Acts, entitled WITTIKIND AND HIS BROTHERS, or, The Seven Swan Princes and the Fair Meluslne. Characters by Messrs. Harley, Meadows, F. Cooke, Flexmore Mrs. Winetanley, Misses Marshall, Robertson, Murray, Leclercq, may, Ytvash. Newcombe, K. Terry, and Madlle. Auriol. ROYAL LYCEUM TIIEATRE. 'Under the Management of Madame Vestrls. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. TIIIS EVENING, Will be produced a dramatic story, in eight acts, entitled A CHAIN OF EVENTS. Characters by Messrs. Charles Mathews, Frank Matthews, Robert Roxby, Belton, Raker, Suter, llorncastle, Rowre, Butler, and lionner ; Madame Vestris, Miss Laura Keene, Mrs. F. Matthews, and Miss Julia St. George, Miss Wright, Miss Oliver, Mrs. Horn, Mrs. Macnamara, Miss Martindale, Miss Ellis, Miss Grove, and Miss Foote. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager. Mr. W. Farren. THIS EVENING, Wilt he performed HAMLET. Messrs. Farren, Compton, and nuestis; Mesdames Lacy and Fielding. To conclude with THE, CAMBERWELL BROTHERS ; or, The Mystic Milkman. PUNCH'S PLAYHOUSE AND STRAND THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. W. R. COPELAND, Liverpool. New Management. TILLS EVENING. Will be presented THE LOST HUSBAND. To be' followed by MATRIMONIAL PROSPECTUSES. Messrs, Walter Lacy, Attwood; Mrs. Selby, and 31iss Vas To conclude with A VILLAGE TALE. Chiracters by Messrs. E. Rogers, Attwood, Moreland ; Mesdames Copeland, Selby, and Mas. tell. Boxes, 38. ; Pit, 2s. ; Amphitheatre, Is. Rri-...ate Boxes One Guinea and a Halt each. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Under the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. The most successful and popular Theatre in London. THIS x'll lE Gx'll1 VE lbe presented a new grand Military NLN Spectacle, which Is now le iflng all Paris, entitled BONAPARTE IN EGYPT; or, the Rattle of Aboukir. , To b e followed by Batty's Inimitable Scenes of the Arena. To ecooluee with a Laughable f %rec. ckets to be had at the Box-office from Eleven till Four daily. Stage Manager, Mr. Leclercq. - - Tuts D A , .... 111 Gli WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. To-Moku w erning 4 min. after 1 I Evening 2t; min alter 1 47 rain. alter 1 I Evening 9 min afte r 2 THE W EATHER—Strx °moll:, MAY 2. TiatatzdOXICTISR, IN THIS SHADE. :,2—highest since noon yesterday. 3—lowest this morning and during the night. 50—this day, at noon. BamorcEruß, 30.19. WUID N.N.E., variable —cold breeze, with sunshine. MONDAY, MAY 3. THEIMOMETKII, IN THE SHADE. .52... highest since noon sesterday. 31 10 this morning and during the night. 47 thi s day, at noon. BASOMATIcR, 30'17, —light cold wind ; c i crud WLND E.N.E. 3', with sunshine. . DAILY WEATHER TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the fallowin g places at Nine o'clock on Saturday morning. —.The elation are arranged in order of latitude. PontOurs—Wind N. E., calm—overcast. p oilTsmouril _w in dN. W., gentle breeze—overcast. Ratowirotg—Wind N. W., gentle breeze—cloudy. ri grx*Gst--Wind N.N.E.,_f res h breeze—rain. Sourzikscems—WindN.W., strong breeze—overcast. Foutawrortz—Wind N., gentle breeze—overcast. Tusnyttoom—Wind N., strong breeze—overcast. `'.E, gentle breeze—overcast. Swim - Dos—Wind N.E. , gentle breez e —partially cloudy. N., calm—overcast. CoccliEsTaa—Wind N.E. ti , gentle breeze — p artiall y cloud y . c'AmßluD'lG—Wind N. , getle breeze--overcast. TAIMOUTII—Wind W. 1., hard wind--overcast. Ittp.m I NGIIASI—Wind cloudy, , gentle breeze--Partia ll Y Eiot.TECEAD—Wind N.N.E., gentle breeze—tine. Lam;aerzu—Wind N.W., calm—principally clear. 'CV W ind N., s t rong breeze—overcast. DAMLLNIGTON— Wind N. - N. W., s t rong b reeze — partially cloudy. SaAP—Wind N.N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. , 4 1:N.- , '1,44 - • 4 '''' G .C4o' ' itf i; d 3" - -";:ii:T.,:,--,, , c- ~.g .. ,,ii I ",,,, , A . . ___. ,-, , ••••4 4 .. ...:(Te-- -- it : sy- N r ... ;;:"i,,, 1 yi * "",, _..... ''' 4- ,••• 4- , " ' 'l4'. ' • -,''' •-:-. , 7 1 , - ' ) :i c -.44 ` , . ' ,V.:L:',.,,, x ' - .o•,' ' ',,,,, ;:i -.; • - - - - - ; , A: *••.. o , '''' , 4 ,- -- 4.4.r..14c - - is• -.''''''....._< , 1- ‘,........" ebTligna _ LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 3, 1852. --4 s i 4 lintended by G-, - ,vernment that, this evening, btsi Mck, u sh;dl into Committee on the Militia 411, i , ;) that the Holm Sk.CRT.TARY'S scheme for re " organizing thfi national defences may be consolidated so is co m eta ial enactment with as much rapidity patible 'with the ordinary regulations of the Legislature. In all Wait is manifest that the Cabinet is sometvhat inconsistent in the policy sketched out at the commencement or the session by the First Lord of the Trrasury. Dilatory in all other particulars, the miv is t er3 would seem Only t o b e p rec i p i tate i n teferer,ce to the very subject, which, from its peculiar intricacy and importance most imperatively demands deliberation. countrY," The fre e trade, for OZOMPIe ) is "referred to theuestion of The question of Parliamentary reform is " referred to the country." The question of sanitary improve ment is "referred to the country." The ouestions of education, of taxes on knowledge, of the grant to Maynootb, of the ballot, nay, of the very stability of the new Administration, are all of them, in like manner, " referred to the country." Even the budget introduced to the consideration of Parliament on Friday evenin g by the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, constitutes a reference of the more prominent difficul ties of our system of finance to the judgment of the country, as is manifest from the circumstance of its I being purely and simply provisional in its character. IThe question of our national defences, the question, perhaps, of all the most earnestly requiring care and foresight in its solution—is the solitary exception in this comprehensive and wholesale project of procrastination. So enormous is the respon sibility attached to the measure affecting the status of the militia in the United Kingdom, that it led very recently to the destruction of a Cabinet which had survived six years of violent and pertinacious opposition. Yet, with an example like that before them, Lord DERBY and his col:eagues are hurrying forward a Bill scarcely one jot less crude in its provisions than the one fatally introduced by the leader of the late Administration. Remembering the facts here particularized, we are surely justified in asserting that the Conservative Government is re vealing upon this point very little consistency. Happily there are those in the House of Commons who, however mistaken themselves in regard to the best means of securing the shores of England from inva sion, are so resolute in their determination to obstruct the proposed enactment affecting the militia, as to refer it also, if possible, in company with many other matters of importance, to the consideration of the country immediately after the approaching dis solution. In earnest of this resolve on the part of the inde pendent representatives, we find among the notices of motion in the House of Commons for this evening no less than seven amendments for the Bill to be deliberated upon in Committee. Six are for innova tions in the measure when it actually shall be sub mitted clause by clause to the notice of the House by the Chairman—these amendments being respectively announced by the Hon. Members for Lincoln, for Bury St. Edmunds, for Evesham, for Oldham, for West Kent, and for Haddingtonshire. Before any of these suggestions can be made, how ever, before even the House can form itself into a Committee for the consideration of the Bill before it, another amendment, the first on the list of those relating to the measure in question, will be introduced by the Hon. Gentleman the Represen tative for the West Riding of Yorkshire. Upon the decision of Parliament as to this suggestion of Mr. COBDEN will depend the maintenance or the abandon ment of the Bill brought before the Legislature by her MAJESTY'S Government. From its importance, therefore, in this respect, we may be allowed to repro duce here the amendment in extenso, it being " For re turns stating the names, armaments, number of crews and officers of all her MA JEsTr's . ships then employed on active service, the stations on which they are em ployed, and the length of time each vessel has been employed on each station respectively, distinguishing steam-vessels from sailing vessels, and also steam vessels propelled by screws from those propelled by paddle wheels, and stating the nominal horse power of the engines of each vessel; the names of all reserve or advance ships, with the ports at which they are now placed, and a statement of the periods which would be required to send them to sea in a fit state for active service. And that the consideration of the Bill in Committee be postponed until after the pro duction of such return." There is considerable ingenuity in the line here adopted by Mr. COBDEN with a view to set aside the Mi litia question, or rather we should say, the whole of the very difficult and embarrassing question affecting our national defences, until such time as the people shall have been directly consulted in the matter in the process of the general election. While we consider it to be peculiarly injudicious to hasten through both Houses a measure concocted with undue precipitation, we are, at the same time, most solicitous that there should not be any lengthened delay in bringing the question at issue to a definite and comprehensive settlement. Upon the advisability of effecting some change for the better organization of the National Defences of the United Kingdom we are ail of us united. Those who think otherwise, at least, are so very inconsider able a minority, that the country may be said to be in this matter unanimous. It is incumbent upon the Legislature and the Government, therefore, that while they guard themselves from hasty and ineffectual efforts to secure and increase the defensive capabili ties of the empire, they should not, in so doing, delay indefinitely, or through negligence, the endeavour to bring the matter, now for some period discussed, to a satisfactory conclusion. Let us have the Militia Bill if you please, but let it be one revealing more deliberate preparation than either the Militia Bill of Mr. WALPOLE or the Militia Bill of Lord JOHN RussELe. Let us have a new system of National Defences by all means, but let it be one rationally in accordance with our wants, as well as with our capabi lities, as an insular power, a system affecting scarcely so much the military as the maritime force of the United Kingdom, securing to us the indubitable ad vantages of a Standing Navy, and of more judiciously organizing the Marine Artillery. Had the Budget, which on Friday evening elicited the almost unanimous approbation of the House of Commons, emanated from Sir CHARES WOOD, or either his immediate predecessors, it would, most probably, have been very severely criticised. Its very favourable reception was, in a great degree, ascribable to the fact that it was but a " provisional budget," and that there were existing circumstances which, if they did not altogether justify, at least greatly extenuated the adoption of a " standstill policy." It could not be forgotten that the Right Honourable Gentleman had to face a hos tile majority, who could be arrayed against him on any feasible excuse, and that the Ministry were to some extent pledged not to introduce any very im portant changes during the present session. The na ture of the opposition to which they had been sub jected at the very commencement of their career had tied up their hands against the introduction of any great fiscal changes, even if the recent accession to office by the Minister more immediately responsible for such changes had enabled him to mature a large and comprehensive scheme for the management of the national finances. The validity of the excuse was admitted on every side, and the grace andleloquence and modesty with which the subject was introduced, so very different from any that had been perceptible of late years on similar occasions, completed the char m and gained for the Right Hon. Gentleman the brilliant tr iu mph of which he may be justly proud. But such excuses cannot he - again admitted if Mr. Disit.tEL l should once more have to address a financial statement to the House. In proportion to the indulgence extended to him in the present • instance, so vve g e r e e l a l t o will be the expectation for the f th ut a u t re h . e ll w e system in a searching investigation into the entire s g y axa r ti e o s n ult w m ith igh a t grandattandenthaawterdhetoofescape chiefly on the ground its revision, any premature .interference with his this feeling that induced Honourable t vbieewto plans. en dangered i t by was Gentlemen to listen patiently to a proposition for re newing the income-tax without change or modifica tion for another year —to continue its unjust and oppressive enactments until the report of the Committee, so long withheld, hat been published and maturely considered, and the voice of public opinion has pro nounced judgment thereon. We confess we had hulled that it wou ld h ave been otherwise ; that as one cf the Committee, the Right Honourable Gentleman would have been sufficiently acquainted with the feelings of its members on the subject of the equal taxation of every descrip tion of income, to have introduced some immediate alteration, so that although the Bill for the renewal of the impost might not be put forward as a p e rf ec t measure, or one that would be p ermanentl y a dopted, it might at least be rendered less palpably inequitable that any of its predecessors. It would be paying a very bad compliment to the Committee to suppos e that any large proportion of its members could justify the placing in the same cuss the dividends from tbe public funds, or the ground rents of well-circumstanced real estates, with the fluctuating and precarious profits of industry, in some cases, as with literary men and artists, exhausting the very sources from whence they were obtained. That fl igrant grievance cannot be suffered to continue much longer. We have it on the authority as well of the Right Hon. Gentleman himself as of his colleague, the Pre sident of the Board of Control, that the tax cannot be rendered permanent unless an adequate remedy be provided for the admitted evil. It cannot, therefore, under any circumstances, be tolerated for more than the single year for which it has been asked ; and the great question now is, whether it may not yet be altered so as to give some little instalment of justice to the sufferers, notwithstanding the refusal of the Minister of Finance to introduce the change until after the appeal to the country. On this point we may remark that there is at this moment neither income or property-tax in existence —both expired on the sth of April last. The neces sity for the revival of the charge on accumulated and realised property is, we believe, universally admitted. On that point there is no dispute or difficulty. Nothing could be more injurious to the national credit, and, we may add, the national prosperity, than the deficiency that must necessarily arise, should the matter be suffered to remain in abeyance. It would, in fact, prevent the possibility of those fiscal reforms that are so urgently required, and anxiously looked for by the country. But it is altogether different with respect to " income"—of course, when capital is in any degree required, in the acquisition of that income, it should ; contribute its just proportion to the public revenue. There might be some little difficulty in making a perfectly equitable arrange ment on this point, but it could, we believe, be easily surmounted, and, at all events, it cannot for a moment be tolerated that a piece of gross injustice should be sanctioned and perpetrated because complete justice could not be rendered to all persons. The fiscal reformers who refuse to become parties to this injustice will have various opportunities of pro posing amendments on Schedule:D, and it is just pos sible that Mr. DISRAELI may not be very seriously dis pleased if he be compelled by the pressure from without to give some instalment, although the amelioration of Schedule D might diminish the anticipated surplus by half a million of pounds sterling. He might not be willing to provoke opposition to the provisional Go vernment by a temporary arrangement, and yet not offer any great resistance to such a measure proceed ing from another quarter. The same may be said of the advertisement duties. It will be in the recollection of our readers that the debate on the motion of the Right Honourable Gen tleman the Member for Manchester was only ad journed until after the budget was brought forward; the speech of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, inducing the hope that the most objectionable, as it is the least productive of the taxes on knowledge, would be given up. That reasonable expectation has not been realized, and if Mr. MILNER GIBsoN, with drawing the two former branches of his resolution, should strenuously press the last part, it is by no means impossible that the advertisement duties would be forthwith abolished. We can conceive why Mr. DISRAELI might be unwilling to afford any relief in a provisional budget, which might bring about him the complaints of all who supposed that they had equal claims on his consideration, but that he would not greatly regret a division that enforced the abolition of the advertisement duties, or the more equitable assessment of the income-tax. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of Saturday and yesterday. The Patrie, in order to show the advantageous terms on which the late conversion of the Four-and a-Half per Cents. into Three per Cents., which is equivalent to a loan, has been made, pub lishes a list of the different loans made by the Government since 1821, from which it appears that the difference between the rate at which the loans were contracted and that of the quotation at the Bourse on the previous day, has generally been about 3 per cent., whereas the present operation was effected at 3Sf., the price on the previous day being 69f. 50c., a difference of only 1 per cent. There was no public sitting on Friday of the Le gislative Body. The Committee on the accounts of 1849 met at two o'clock. The Petrie says : " The expense of the budget of 1853, as compared with the receipts, show a deficit of 4,000,000f.;.but, ac cording to all appearance, onr troops will soon cease to occupy Italy, and that withdrawal will lead to a dimi nution in the expense of the war department." The new Bill on public instruction, which reduces to 15 the number of rectors, and which suppresses the communal colleges as public establishments, will realise to the department of Public Instruction a saving of nearly 4,000,000. The High Court of Justice, according to a Bill which has just been presented to the Council of State, will comprise two chambers, composed of five judges and two substitutes, who are to be taken from amongst the members of the Court of Cassation, and nominated by the PRESIDENT of the Republic. The PRESIDENT of the Republic on Thursday paid a visit to the Hotel Cluny, and inspected the whole collection preserved there. He was accompanied by M. DIT SOMMERARD, the conservator of the Museum, wbo explained to him the particularities of the curious articles contained in the hotel. The Prince expressed himself much interested in what he saw. The crowd, which assembled when it was known that the PRESI DENT was in the hotel, saluted him on his departure with cries of " \rive Napoleon." On the same day he also visited the preparations making in the Champs de Mars for the fetes of the 10th and 11th of May. A few days since he visited incognito all the line of works at Belleville, La Villette, and the plain of Saint Denis, for the railway round Paris. The Government has just interdicted the entry into France of a journal called the Patric, published at Jersey, which although printed in French, has all the appearance of an English paper. M. PADRE has been chosen as counsel to support the case of the ORLEANS family befere the Council of State. The Alonitenr du Loiret states that the fires in that department during the first three months of the pre sent year have amounted to 51, of which 21 are attributed to malevolence ; 16 to unknown causes ; nine to imprudence ; three to negligence ; and two to accident. A general ball was given on Friday night at the Tuileries by the PRINCE PRESIDENT. M. DE RAYNEVAL is come to Paris to advise with Government on the subject of diminishing the French army at Rome. The Constilutionnel estimates the decline in the average prices of wheat at about 40c. below the averages of the previous month. During the late mission of N. QIIINTIN BAUCIIART, in the Southern Departments, he examined the cases of 3,030 prisoners, of whom he set at liberty 1,377, and granted commutations to 1,047. SPAIN. We have received advices from Madrid, of the 27th ult. Lord How])Es, our Ambassador in Spain, was in Andalusia, and was to visit his friend the Governor of Gibraltar, after which he is to come home on leave of absence for a long period. It appears that some Spanish and foreign capitalists had offered in concert to undertake the immediate construction of the railway from the Bidasaoa to the Ebro. MADRID BOMA, APRIL 27.—The Three per Cents. 43 ; Enchange on London 50 70 money. GERMANY. A Berlin letter of the 28th ult. says :—" The sitting of this day in the Second Chamber was an important and decisive one. The President of the Council presented a Royal message, which demands from the Chambers the abrogation of Articles 65 and 68 of the Constitution, and that from the 7th of August the formation of the First Chamber will depend solely on the KING. The agitation caused by the reading of this measure was so great that it was impossible for some time to hear what the different speakers said. The impression thst it produced was such that the proposition to change Articles 99 and 62 of the Constitution, with a view to placing further restrictions on the vote of the bud get, was r e j ec ted by a large majority. The messa g e has been p r i n t e d, an d it is remarked wit h some asto nishment that it is countersigned only by the Minister of the Interior. It is certain, however, that it was deliberated in Council." The /ndep en d ance o f Bruscels, of yesterday, says:— . " Our pri vate l etters f rom Berlin furnish us with some details respecting th e communication made t o the S2cond Chamber of Prussia in the sitting of the 28th, and which was known by telegraph. The question is not a decree abolishing by the Royal will the articles of the Constitution, and regulating the b course, If, organization of the peerage, but a new Bill, which is in the Second Chamber to go through the or dinary Right, which, in . er should reject it, the affair will be grave ; but it extremeis generally believed that it will be adopted, as the , however, the Second Chem -260, has decided the voting with . Q rejection of the Bill adopted by the Left on the the First Chamber, will probably vote in favour of the new Bill. In the same sitting of the 28th the I Second Clamber came to two other important votes. It rejected by a majority of 186 to 82 the resolution of the First Chamber, and which, diN iding the budget of ordinary and extraordinary expenses, decided that the first should be no longer fixed annually, hut once for all, and that no future modification should take place, except by a law. It also rejected by 225 to 57 another decision of the First Chamber, by which it had declared, in opposition to the Constitution, that it could vote the budget, article by article, like the Second Chamber. It will be seen that there is a conflict between the two Chambers on almost every point." A letter from Carlsruhe, of the 27th ult., sates that the Hereditary Grand Duke of Bsden, Prince Lours, has spontaneously renounced for ever, in favour of his younger brother Prince FREDERICK, the succession to the Grand Ducal Throne. On the 28th ult. the Legislative Assemby of Frankfort adopted the Bill for the revision of the Constitution with all the amendments introduced by the Committee. The Wurtemberg Government has addressed a note to the Assembly of the States, withdrawing a Bill which bad been presented r e l a tive to the modifi cation of the Constitution. The Austrian Government is at present making , arrangements for causing mails and passengers to be conveyed in four days, instead of six as at present, from Trieste to London vita Ostend. MONDAY TURKEY AND PERSIA. _ By intelligence from Constantinople, of the 17th April, we hear that throughout all the Turkish pro vinces a very strong opposition is manifested against the new taxes. The Trieste Gazette announces that the fortress of Herat has submitted to the Shah of PERSIA. and that the Persian troops have already taken possession of it. THE MAYNOOTH GRANT. -- - - Mr. Cobden bas returned the following reply to a memorial on the subject:— - "House of Commons, April 29. " Sir, —I have to acknowledge the receipt et your h o ldi n g benefices i n memorial signed by 146 clergymen, the West Riding of Yorks, ex hpraensdssingof th thes e atisfactio n which they would feel if they could depend upon my us i ng my i n fl uence ( s h ou ld I re present the West Riding in the ensuing Parliament) to insure the withdrawal of the Maynooth grant. I beg to assure you that I receive with all the respect and conside ration due to an infl uent i a l b o d y o f m y cons tituents this expression of their w i s he s upon an important public question. R e p resent i ng, h owever , as I h a ve the honour to do, 36,000 e l ectors , t h e exponen t s of the opi nions and interests of a population of nearly a million and a half, comprising men of every complexion in po litics, and of all religious denominations, you will, I trust, admit that it will be more respectful to them if, instead i of entering upon an explanation of my inten tions n this lette r , I ta k e an o pp or t u nity of stating my views upon the subject to which the memorial refers in my place in Parliament. I may with the more propriety request your co ncurrence i n t hi s course u pon the present occasion, because th ere i s no t, as I am aware, any notice of motion upon th e b oo k s o f t h e H o use for withdrawing the grant in question, and I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient humble servant, " Rev. C. R. Alford. ' " RICO. COBDEN. LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAY 3.—Wind at noon N., light breezy and fine, dry weather. PORTSMOUTH, MAY I.—Wind N. to N.N.E. ; 2, N.E. —Arrd. H.M.S. Wolvierein, Sierra Leone. FALMOUTH, MAY I.—Wind N.N.E ; 2, s.E.—Etan derings, Keranaonte; Urda, Jaffa; Plata, Matanzas; Nep tunas, Charleston; John Murray, Matanzas. Sid. Foam, St. Michael's. Off port, Horatio, Valparaiso; Hanover, Laguna; Atlantic, Belize; Daniel Sharp , Calcutta; V a n Dyck, Ha vanna h . QUEENSTO WN , A PRlL 3o.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Sarah, Cariolanus, G ertru d e, and David, Honduras; Ocean Star, New O r l eans; Columbus, Dardanelles; Lord Pan mare, Callao; I s ab e ll a , Thompson, Valparaiso; Touch me-not, Th omas , Ed war d, L a unceston, Honduras. Off port, Alic e , D emerara; H era ld, Port-au-Prince; Age mona, Mauritius. DUBLIN, MAY I—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. Indian Queen, Barbadoes. KINGSTOWN, MAT L—Arrd. Barbadoes. WATERFORD, MAT. 1,--Wind N.N.W. to W.—Sld. Confidence, Quebec. LIVERPOOL, MAY I.—Wind N N.W.; 2d, N.N.W. to E.—Arrd. Amathea, Wilson, Madras and Mauritius ; Industrie, Te a tl er , St. Domingo; Cuba, Gibson, Go naives; Orleans, Steele, New Orleans; John Haven, Ricker, Mobile; J. P. Harward, Andrews, Apalachi cola;S Joseph H owe , Henderson, Savannah; Abbey Pratt, Windsor, B a lti m o r e ; Vesper, James, St..Machael's ; Lady of the We s t, Derbris, Alexandria; Richard and Ann, Graham, St. Übes ; Mercutio, Sewell, B uenos Ayres; Jane Brown, M . Kinney , Demerara; Excelsior, Rio de la Hache; Coronilla, Larkin, New Orleans; Bo—. Beatrice and Conrad, Mobile; Nelson Village, Hamil ton, Savannah; Medora and Torrent, Charl es t on; Urjomery, Philadelphia; Risk, Wemyss. Rio d e l a Hache; Africa steamer, Harrison, New York. Off port, Arno steamer, Archer; Medora. Sld. Sarah, Valparaiso ; Eliza Rennard, Buenos Ayres; Cumberland, Great Bri tain steamer, and Tantivy, New York; Joseph Howe, Staten Island; Huntress, Lambert, Earl of H a re woo d, and Canada steamer, Boston ; Vixen and S n o w d en , St. John's, New Brunswick; Lady Newborough, Ni ce; Urgent, Lima; Crown and Esmeralda, N ew Y or k ; Carleton, Quebec; Christiana, Aleaxndria ; Trarnyza, Trieste. The Kate (new ship), from St. Joh n ' s , N ew Bruns wick to this port , was abandoned f or ty m il es E. of George's Bank by the master and ei g h teen men , w ho arrived at Boston; four men refused to l eave th e ship. RAMSGATE, OFF N.E. t o N.—Sid F. J. Miclie h R us e M Bti n Alllrn 2.—Wind .Win , DOVER, MAY 2 .—Arrd, K a thl een, Boston. OFF DUNGENESS — Arrd. L d odeivy k A n t on i a , B a t av ia. O F) D AR TMOUTH, MAY 2._ variable.—Arrd Win dNE— . A Wee rr Sagittarius, Antigua. P LYMOUT H, MAY 2.—Wi n d Tottee, Robarts, Rio Gr ande; Fifeshir e , Sy mons , Si er ra d. Leone. Sld. Castle Eden, Australia. LOWESTOFT, MAY 2.—The Asia, from Hull to London, on shore on the Hohen Sande, has been abandoned by her crew; she has lost her masts, and the salvors have commenced a . t . rippi ng ... her. C HA RLESTON, APRIL 1 i -'l.—he Jansen, from Jamaica to the Clyde, which put in here about the 25th of March leaky, after being on the Martin's Industry Shoals, has been condemned and will be sold. ----------- (PROM A CORRESPONDENT.) meeting Air l i -n the County-hall, Aylesbury, order to ascertain Dr. Layard's (one of the candidates for Aylesbury) political sentiments;' Dr. Lee in the chair. Dr. Layard professed himself a supporter of free trade, and said that he would vote for the ballot if the electors thought it necessary. Jr. Payne then proposed that A. H. Layard is a fit and proper person to represent the bo rough and hundreds in Parliament. It was then proposed person also to represent Ayles carried unanimously. Mr. Houghton has given up the idea of offering himself ; he intends starting for East Suffolk. Th ere is one Tory candidate only at present, Captain W est, and it is con fid ent l y ex p ec t e d th a t that bur y b i l n r . Parliament;Be the l 1 i s a t p h rr s pe r was the Free traders will be retu rned for Aylesbury. Dr. Lee was anxious L ou E s T that Dr.;Lee is the only person who int en d s : starting for t h e C ounty. Co LIVES OF THE Q U EENS OF ENGLAND- -The new, revi sed, and ch e ap e r edition of Miss r i io s the OFladies lllc s I a olild.h ave vo t es i n P a rliament. Strickland's popular work is now concluded by the publica tion of the eighth volume,:com prising the interesting bio graphy of Queen Anne. This edition, which is illustrated History, a r n e d m w ar i k ll a l with portraits of every 0 doubtless soon find a place in every library in the kingdom. Miss Strickland's " Lives , is of the same size as work. In this series of biographies, in which the severe truth of history takes almost the wildness of romance, it is the singular merit of Miss Strickland that her research has enabled her to throw new LA Macaulay of the t on many doubtful passages, truly great historical to bring forth fresh facts, and to render every portion of our annals which she has described an interesting and valuab , e study. She has given a Most valuable contribution to the Qui s ee li ns i History of England, and we hav e no hesitation in affirming than no one can be said to Possess an accurate knowledge of the history of the country Who has not studied this truly national work, which, in this ai new edition, has received all the aids that furteer research on the part of the author, and of embellishment on the part of the publishers, could tend to make it still more v i a.uable, and still more attractive than it had been in its original Herald. form—Notably The first of Alrs. Jolla Macfarren's musical matinees took place on Saturdacrowded at the Beethoven Rooms , before a fashionable and audience. Beethoven's u No. I,in E fiat" fo • f te violins, and violincello, r piano or 1 wa s admirably given b M Swinton, and y Mrs, Macfarren, M. Signor Piotti. The scherzo and finale parts were executed with a smoothness and expression that did honour to the great composer, and left nothin to desire. Miss M. W il li ams sang Land's ball a d "When S g orrow Sleepeth," with great feeling and delicacy, and Miss Dolby charmed us with her usual power and sweetness the aria " 0 del mio dolce ardor." Piotti, in hi s solo Li in the violoncello placed himself on A level with the greatest masters of this fine instrument, and the unwield y machine in his hands became "musical as Apollo's lute." The mellow roundness and purity of his tones, the precision and acuteness of his accent, deserve all the praise that artistic 1 claim. Mrq Macfarren's exce leuce can - . . pianoforte playing ' is a great treat, and the style in which she rendered Sterned 1a e Bennett's composition elicited genial admiration. ur - e see that her second matinee is fixed for Saturday the 29t h. • DEMOLITI ON OF TH E C R YSTAL PALACE.—III CM sequence of many thousands of persons in the United King dom having b een unable to obtain a copy of the Great Exhibition Chart, printed in colours, and presented by the proprietor s o f the fVeekly Dispatch, to their subscribers and the public, in t h e months of January and February last, a re - issue has be en d etermined upon, to take place on Sunday, the 16th of M ar. The Chart, which has undergone a careful revision, sho ws b y simple diagrams the number of persons that visited th e E xhibition daily, the amount of money taken at the vario us entrances, the quantity of refreshments con sumed; th e names of the Royal Cmunisioners ; an account of the origi n o f the Palace, and its dimensions in feet. In order that every individual in the country may posse ss this statistical reflex of cu r i ous an d i nteres ting results, to mark the demoliti on of the building, and to serve as a memento of its existe nce, the Chart will delivered gratis to every subscriber a n d purchaser of the Dispatch on the day stated. The Dispatch is p u b lished at 4 o ' c l o ck every Saturday o morning, in tim e fb r the first railway tra i n s leaving London, and for the m orn i ng mails. Early or d ers s hould be i give n all newsvender s , i n town or country ; or to Mr. R. Wood,to No. 139, Fl ee t- street. The news agents w ill have a copy of the Chart with every Dispatch of May 16th. report en her amendment of the Countess of Delawarr. Wh advised,Lady ship is equal to it, we understand the sea air is and walmer Ca tlB At We are glad to the progressive state of that the Duke of Wellington has PlAced the disp944l of tin ki9ble L orb THE SHARE MARKETS. Railways. Nominal Prices. BRITISH HALLWAYS. Business done to-day. Aberdeen Atnb., Not., Bost. & E. June. Bir., Wolv., and Stour Valley ... all pd. Birk., Lan., & Ch. Jet., late 33/. 68.8 d., 26/. pd. Ditto, Chest. & Birk., 50/.8425/. Cons., all pd. Ditto, ditto ... 17 1 4 pd. Brist. & Exet., 1004 pd. Caledonian ... 50/. pd. Chest. & Holyh., all pd. Dub. & Belf.Jct. 451 pd. Dundlk & Ennis., all pd. Dundee, Perth, & Aber deen Junc. ... all pd. Ditto, New East Anglian (251. L. & E. and L. & D.) all pd. )o (181. E. & H.) all pd. L'ast.Counties...2o/. pd. Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. shrs., all pd. Do. do. do. 6/.pd. Do., do., B. & C., all pd. East Lancashire, all pd Do. New Quar., all pd E. & W. India Docks and Bir. June., all pd E. & W. Yk. Joe., all p Edinb. & Glas., 50/. pd Edin.,Per.& Dun. 25/. p Glas. & S.-West., 1004 Great Northern, all pd Do. Halvs. A def., all p Do. do. B, 6 pr. c. all p Gt. S. & W. Ireld., all p Great Westn., 100/. pd Lane. & Carlisle, all pd Do.Thirds,ll/.13.4 pd Lane. & York., 1001. pd Do., Quarters ...all pd Do., Fifths 14/. pd Do.,W. Rid. Un. l l y ip Leeds Northern, all pd Liv.Crsby & Sthpt.l7ip Loud. & Blackw., all pd Lon.,Brig.& S. Ct.loo p Lon. & N.West.,loo/. p Do. Quarters 22/. pd Do. Fifths 121. pd Do. 10/.,M &B (c) lip Lon. & S.-West 100/. p Do. New 50/., 42 1 / pd Do. New 401 341. pd Man. Buz. & Mat. all p Man. Slid. & Lin.,loo/p Do. Manch. & Lincoln Union 4/. 2s. pd Midland 100/. pd Do. Bir. & Derby 1001. Md. Gt. Wt. (Ire.) 47% Newcae. & Carl. all pd Do. Quarter Sh all pd Newmarket all pd Newport, Abergaven., and Hereford _lO/ pd Newry & Ennisk. 7 1 / p Norfolk lOO/. pd Do. New 20/. S. 151. p North. Coun. Un. I/ 2 pd North British _25/. pd North Devoa _ll/. pd North Stafford. 17% p North-Western 19/. pd N. & S.-W. June. 6/. p Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 101 p Scottish Central 251. p Scottish Midld., 25/. pdi Do. New all pd Shrew. & Bir. A, all pd Do. B Shrew. & Her. Old 71. p Shrewsbu. and Chester (Nor. W. Min. )all pd Do. Halves all pd Do. Oswestry all pd S ,rop. Union ...6% pd Do. A, B, C, & D fully pd. up at per cent.... South Devon all pd, South-Eastern 30/. pd South Wales all pd S )uth Yorkshire and River Dun 15/. pd Do. Do. 51. pd Stirl. & Dunferm. all p Stock. & Har. 16/23.3d. Taff Vale 126/. pd Thames Haven Dock and Railway —.lB/. pd Vale of Neath...l7l. pd Waterfd. & Bilk. all pd Waterfd. & Lim. all pd Waterford, Wex. Wick. and Dublin 3/. pd West Cornwall 131. pd, West London all pd Yk., New. & Ber 25/. p Do. & New. Ex 20/. p Do. G.N.E. pure 9/. p. York & N. Mid. 50/. pd PREFE Aberdeen all pd Do. No. 2, 7 per ct. 3 3 ,( Caledonian, 101. all pd Ches. & Holyhd. all pd Dundee, Per., & Aberd. Junction all pd E. Ang.(3/ 101)6 p c. all Do. (507 per ct. all p Do. (7/17s) 7 p. c. 2 p Eastern Counties Ex., sp. c., No. 1 all pd Do. No. 2 all pd Do. New 6 p. c. Stk. 10 Eastern Union Scrip, Guar. 6 per ct....a1l p Do. 101. Deb. Sh. all p East Lancashire, 6 per ct. Quar. Shra. all pd East & West Yorkshire Junction, stbs all pd Edin., Per. & Dun. s', per cent. all pd Glas. & S.W. Con 100/. Gt. North. 5 p. c all pd Do. 5 p c.:red. sc 9 1 / 2 p Great South. & West. (Ireland) Bths all pd Gt. West. (Berke & H. Ex. 5 per cent.) all pd Gt.W. fixed 4 1 / 2 1001. p Da. Do. ...801. pd Lancashire and York shire, F. 20/. 6l. pd Do. 6 p. c. Stk. 100/. p Leels Northern, 6 per cent. No. 1 13/. pdi Do. Do. No. 2 17/. pd, Do. Do. No. 3 W. pd Do. Qrs., 1848 —9/. pd London & Brig. guar. 5 per cent. ...100/. pd Do. Pr. 5 p c. Stk. 100/. 1 Do. Con. 5 p c,1852 all Do. N.Gr. 6p c 100/. p Lon. & N.-W. (Coy. Sc i Nunet.) s_p. c. 13% pd Lon. & S.W. New 51. p Lon. & En. 11 A Sh. all p Man., Sheff., & Linen. Qr. Sh., No. 1...a1l pd Do. New, 10/. ...all pd Do. 61... . ........ 3/. pd Mid. Con. 6 . p c St. 100/. Do. Con. Bris. & Bir., 6 per cent.... 1 0 0/. pd Do. Erewash Val. 100/ Do. Leic. & Swanning. 8 per c. Guar. 100/. p Do. Preference ...51. p Norfolk Exten all pd, Do. G r . p et. all p Do. Wavny. Val. 2/. p North British ...5/. pd, North Stafford....all pd Oxf. Wor. & \Vol., 151. 1 6 per cent 10/. pd Shrews. & Bir. N.G. all Shrews. & Ches. (N.W. Min.) 8 per c....a1l pd South Devon all pd St.-Est. 4 ,1 / 2 p c. 10/. pd Stb. York. 4 p c gd. 20/. Stock. & Hart. gd. 5 p c until July 1,1856, all p Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent. 3/. pd York, Newc. & Ber. Gt. N. of E. Par allid Do. Do 5/. pd York & N. Midland H. and S. Parch. 10/. pd LINES LEASE: AT FIXED REICTALS. Railways. Leasin g Business Nominal Prices. Comps N ominal o-day. Bdf. & Bitch., all p Lon.&N.W . . •• Bir.& Oxf., gua. all Gt. Westn. 30 —3l Do. without, all p Do. Bir.Woly. & Dad.,l guar...—. all pd! Do. Do. without, all p' Do. % Buckinghash. all p , L o n. &N.W 18 18% 18 Clydadale Jc., all p Caledonian 45 -- 47 E. Lin., gua. 6 per cent. all pd,Gt.Nortlrn. 35 35 1 / 4 35 WI Gloucest. & Dean! 26% 7 /* Forest... 22% pd Gt. Westrn. 3% p llartlepl. Dk. & 5 YklNew.l_ Railw. ...all pd I &Berw. f Hull & Selby, all p Yk. &N.M. 109 —lll Do. Halves., all p Do• 25' —27 Do. Quarts., all p Leeds & Bra, all Midland - 102% T. G env( all S. Eastern 12% -- 12% -on. r •, Do. Pref....all pd Do . Lowestoft., gull. 4 p — e r cent...all pd Norfolk Do. 6 p. ct., all p Do. Middlesbr' & Red car, 6p. c., all p Stktn &Dar ... & E., sp. c., all E. Counties GO —62 D o , 6p. ct., all p Do. Do. New...all pd Do. ••• •-• Presto. & Wyre, L.& N.WI all paid f &La. &I*l - ••• Do•Hlves, A, all p Do. . Read., Guildf., and Roy. & ga Hit., 61/2 ... all p pr,dGt.NorthA S. Eastem 2 23 23% 22% Do. Shep. Ex., a ll D o. 9 Shf. Rth. & Gool e , 5 p. c., 18.11.6pLan. & Yka S. Staffdah., pjAlrAl'Cl ean 1 y 1 • die. ' Wear Val. 6p c. all' Stckt& D ar 4 Do. do. ... all pd Do. - 10% 29 Do. do. ... all pdj Do. Wilt 44 SouLoillp l Gt, wooni lOO% 9~;~ = Ioosg 143 14 % 97 20% IA 'A 4% 3/ 9 % y 4 84% 5% '5;l 20 % % NI 6% 15 % 40 92% 93 92% 73%73 1 8%14 6 3i % Ys 104 1 4 124 1 / 4 124 93% 93 Ye TA li 34% % 69% 70 69% 70 37% 133, to 14 7 -7% 10 -104 12%-11 1 , d. 16; -17;% 96 —9B 20 3 / 8 20;4 21 1 1 22 14 —l3 d. G - 7 3 3 1 4 9ys 6% _ 6% 4% - 4 7 /i 17 -171, 52 -55 33 -35 5 3 %- 6 1,4 20% - 201,E 14% 39 -40 92 1 4 - 93 78 -80 8%- 9% p 72% - 73 6 1 4 6 dis. 4% 4 dia. 18 —lB% - ByB 103 i/; 164 1 / 4 124 124 1 / 4 5% p 3 4y, p 2 —2 l / p 93 93 1 / 4 4 3 1 / 4 die. 3 1 / 4 2 1 / 4 dis. 2% 3 33% - 34% 3 2 1 / 2 dis. 69% 693 37 —3B 9 -9 IA 4% 4 dis. 35 -37 10% —9% dis. 3% 3 dis. 8% —8 1 ,4 734 —7% die. —74 dia. .. 111 _ 1%p. 234 24 17 1 /, 17 3 4 x.d 11 —l2 7 1 % 7 1 ,4 5 sy, 4 3 die. 13 -15 6 1 / 4 - 10 -11 - 18 -19 21% - 22% 35 - 35% dis. p 1 . 5 ' 6 --161 13 4 2% 4% 3%dis. 5%-- 5% 20% 21% ••• ••• 4 IA % 18% —l9 6 3 / —6% dill. 25 .-26 dig ',ENCE 8: I% N I die. 8 3 4 - 9 17 3 4 - 18 5 - 54 3 - ax 1— 1 p % p x.d 13 13 % 13% - 14 8% - 4 ilu, 7 - 6 i% - iu P 8% -8% 1% ni dis. 3% -3% p 12 -124 10% - 11% 13 - 13% 5 / 8 % P 140 - 14! %dia. par 20 —2l sy B 1 1 A 5 %- 1 p 10 -10% 15 3 4 - 16 14% - 15% 16% - 17 4%- 4% Yi din. 34 p 8% % 10% 10 % [23 3 / 4 24X 23 %d 24y5 19% 3( 22'% 35% 35 5% Ys 18% % 133/4 2!% 26 1 % pm y s 1 pm 13 NI 10 07/8 roR.EIGN. s done Railways. Nominal Prices. Bu t ttin ez a o-dy. Cent. France (0.V.) all 22 3 / 23% Churl. & Erquel, all pd 13 —l5 Demerara all pd Dutch Rhenish...B/. pd 333 3 % dis. East Indian 18/. id 3:y B p 2131 Do. Do 20/. pd Gt. Indian Penin. all p 1 p Do. Do. 4% pd 7 / 8 P Louv. a la Sambre 7% Luxembourg l3/. pi 4 3a 5 Du. (Railway) 10/. po 3 7 / 8 5 A 3 Do. l/. d :y 8 Do. (Canal) .. pp % -- 7/8 d Maria Antonia 27A pd 8 —lO Do. New 8 1 / 2 pd . . . Namur & Liege all pd . 6 .6 3 / 8 6% % North. of France,l6l.pd 24% 24% 23% Do. 201. 3p. c. Bds, all p 13% 13% Orleans & Bor 11/. pd 4 3% 4 3 / 8 p 15% % Paris & Lyons ...61. pd 4% —4% p Paris & Orleans all pd 46 —4B Paris & Rouen ...all pd 31 31 1 ,2 Paris & Stras. ...all pd 2?% —223 h Rouen & pd 11% 11% 11 1 / Sambre &Meuse all pd 5 St. Andrew's & Quebec (A) 4/. pd Tours & Nantes 17/. pd 57;k dis. West Flanders...B 3 % pd 3 —3% West. of France 61. pd 1% p MINES. Agua Fria all pd -- 1 p 13% Anglo-Californian, all p 3% % p Asturian 151. p Australasian 2/. pd 1 —l% p Australian 5/. pd 1 Austr. Freehold all pd / 8 34 dis. Ave Maria all pd 3 / 8 1 / 4 dis. Blaenarvon I. & C. all p Brit. Austr. Gold all pd % die par British Iron 13/. 15s. p Braz. Im. (is. sp) 24 1 / 2 1 2 Do. Coca. & Cui. all p Do. St. Joh. del R. 15/. Carson's Creek all pd par Cobre Copper ...401. pd 35 Colonial Gold 11 pd % Sit p 1% Eng. & Aust. Cop all p %dis. 1 4 p 4% Gold blountain all pd %dis. 34 p Great Polgooth all pd / 8 —l % p 3•K i Mexi. &S. Amer. 91. p . 1% Nouveau Monde all pd % % p Port Philip .. . l/. pd % 3 / 8 p Quartz Rock all pd %dis. % p Santiago de Cuba 10% 734 81 8 Tin Croft 7l. pd 10 —ll United Mexican all pd 21% 2/ 8 West Mariposa all pd 3 / 8 % dis JOINT-STOCIC 23/I.Ncs. Australasia all pd 44 —45 Brit. Nth. Amer. all pd 51 —53 Colonial 25/. pd 11 1 % 12% 12 1 / 4 Com. of London 20/. pd 25 —26 Lon. & County 201. pd London Jt. Stk. 10/. pd 18 18% Lou. & Westm. 20/. pd 28% 29% Nat. Prov. Eng. 35/. pd Do. New lOl. pd . . Nat. of Ireland 22% p 1'7% —l7 Orient. Bk. Corp. all pd 34 —35 Prov. of Ireland 251 pd. 43 1 / 2 —44 Do. New all pd 15% 16% Union of Austral all pd 40 —4l Do. New 2 l /2 pd 3 —3% Union of London 10/. p 14% 15% Union of Madrid all pd MISCELL.S.NEOUS. Canada 32% pd 48 4934 Eastern Steam...2s. pd Gen. Stm. Nay. 14/. pd 28 1 / 2 28% 29 Penin. & Or. St. all pd 80 79% Do. Do. —l5/. pd 33% 33 Royal Mail Stm. 60/. pd 78 —79 Universal Emigration and Colonization, V. p MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were estimated at 12,000 bales, of which 1,000 American and 1,000 Surat were taken for export, and 2,000 American on speculation. The market closed with animation. The sales comprised 8,500 American, 700 Pernam and illa ranhem at bid. to 6id., 100 Bahia at bid. to 6p., 400 Egyptian at 6d. to 9d., 1,500 Surat at 2id. to 40., and 700 Sea Island at Is. 2d. to is. 6d. per lb.—The Share Market was rather better. The price of Wheat in Mark-lane is ls. lower this morning. In slimming up last week's transactions in the Man chester market, Messrs. M‘Nair, Greenbow, and Irving state:—" Since this day week the market, as regards now transactions, has assumed a less active tendency, in consequence of the largo operations of the previous week, and of the advance in prices which has taken place. That advance, with the continued scarcity of yarns and cloth, enables the market to assume a healthy and firm apprarance. Buyers will be again found operating very cautiously for a while, in order to de- termine what may be the result of the now expected heavy importations of cotton, as until the probable ex tent of the supply, and its bearing as to future value, buyers, will wisely wait the issue. The consumption here being larger than ever before known, renders pru deuce the more necessary. The demand has again been chiefly for export; that for the country trade continuing to a most limited extent. Stocks—with the exception of 36-inch long cloths, which are heavy, and compara tively unsaleable, and one or two other articles—are as light as they were a month ago. It would appear to be becoming gradually more difficult to impart a correct knowledge to our friends as to the actual condition and appearances of this market." The following reference to the state of the Railway Market is contained in the circular of Messrs. J. S. Tripp and Co.:— " — From these circumstance we infer a steady in crease of railway traffi c . When people are actively and profitably employed they are not only willing but com pelled to travel more than at other times. Those who have studied railway traffics know how much they are affected by the health and general prosperity of the community. During the cholera and the mercantile panics traffics all declined. Latterly there has been an increase of traffic. Therefore it is we argue that this traffic will not only be maintained but will necessarily increase. We wish to impress on our friends that there is no analogy between thi s an d l ast year, or between this and the year 1845, but that the causes for an improve ment in the values of public securities are such as never before existed. ~.„" Viewing, therefore, the present condition of the country as compared with previous years, it is matter of surprise that the shares of such prosperous companies as the Great Western, the LoLdon and South-Western, and other railways, instead of commanding a high pre mium are still to be purchased at a discount, en anomaly which we think cannot be of long existence. The highest prices of last year are still much above present values, excepting Caledonian, Eastern Counties, Great Northern, Lancashire and Yorkshire, Brighton, and Midland shares, but compared with the prices of last month, there is an improvement i n Edinburgh and Glasgow, Great Western, Brighton, South-Western, Midland, Scottish Central, and York and North Mid land shares; Bristol and Exeter have gradually risen to 971., and will no doubt reach par. These, Great Western and South- Western, are becoming favourite investments. Oxford, Worcester, and ta . olverhamptons have gone up from 181. to 241,, and South Wales from 331. to 351. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, and North British have been neglected, but we look for a great improvement in these shares before long. At the last settling day the continuations were lighter than usual, and, barring political events, there is an evident upward tendency of prices." The amount of capital of the National abt which did not pay the income tax in the year 1850, was 74,216,0961. 19s. 2.1. in stock, including over 26 millions of Consols, 32 millions in New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents., and 14 millions in Reduced Threes. Besides this, there was some ot h er s t uc k and terminable annuities. The advises by the steamer Africa from the United States mention that there was an easy money market and a good demand fur bills on London. The naviga tion was not entirely open up to the 21st ult. A party writing from Tacna, Bolivia, under date of Feb. 13, states:— " The last news from la Paz received by the courier of to-day is to the 7th inst. The President left the inte rior of the Republic on the 28th of January, for Potosi; and he must now be in the capital. The press in Bo livia appears dumb, for it is impossible to find in the papers anything interesting. They publish an official note from Bolivia to Paris, in order that the French m a y be induced to send some teachers and professors for th e colleges of the Republic. They shuuld also promote the emigration of artisans, and all classes of workmen. In la Paz many complaints had been made against a com pany which had tailed. It is accused of a great deal of " irr ll eg a tr y l a s n r s it a y h in ac i c t o s u p u s t y s mofentthse 14th ult. give th e exports . as under: — The exportations from Havannab, from Ist instant to date, and previously, this year, are as follows: S c u o g fr a e r e , , boxes erroh es 1 6 6 7 5 :5 62 3 3 9 To o b l e a s c s c e o pounds eads 78 4 3 9 :9 9 3 7 3 6 ... 14,252 The rates of exchange were without change. On London, 60 days' sight, 10 to 10k per cent premium. Freight to Great Britain, 21. to 21. 10s. The Californian intelligence continues good, but the floods had interfered greatly with trade. Ramburgh letters of last Friday quote the rate of ex change on London th e sa m e , viz., 13 6e; and the pr ic e of gold 428 k. F un d s an d Sh ares were steady, but d ull . Bills were in fair supply, and money wu ' s fo e l a lo si w er• ing intel- We have just been favoured (Azores), 21st ult.:—" We have e x perienc ed A ril, at 10.10 P The ligenee from Messrs. Keeling andwllithantht,edated. M a i s c oa h f a lr e t l shock of earthquake on the 16 lives have been lost, and in the cit y been injured, and north of the island has suffer'ehdcP.:inteseidlfertahbelyeh;oeskevewreael so severe that several houses have I for Transfer, and p o e f rs th on e e l e a m bo e u . p under a e 9hl w a9ars: l b:: T hr ee - and very dtearful quiet tbf Quarter u at r e e ve tu ry rn firm The Consols have realized blTah The s t 99i for Account . the Three per Cents. have been 100 1 I, and 98 4 • B an k Stock is dull at 219 1, and India St oc k a t 266. Exchequer -billy are 675. to 705., and India Bonds 83s. premium. The foreign accounts are satisfactory. An improvement has occurred in the Peruvian Bonds, the right of the Republic to the Lobos islands being in disputable. The Active Stock is 101 t.) 104, and the Deferred from 60i have r,-icovercd to 63 and 64. Gre nada Deferred Bonds are flat at 94, and Brazilian Old quiet ttit 99. Mexican bare been supported 41 34i. P ,, rtuguese Four pc,r Cents. have bt en quoted 38, being quiet. Spanish 1 hree pvr CPtiti. have realisizal 478 and th, , New Deferrt. 218 tog Venezue!a, Old Stuck is at 481. Beig,i,in Four-rtd-tis Half irr Cents. have hewn 941, and Dutch Four per Colas. 921 tm 931. Raiiw,q Shure,: are go d, and there has been an ag grega:e buAticss doing, Gold Mines are - firmer. South Australian Copper about the same. QUARTER TO THREE. Co - .L..);s 99} 13- Account. May 11 99 11 tiItITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. From the difficial anis Stock 219% 3 per Cent. Reduced 9B per Cent. Consols Anne. 9 9 1 /2 New 3 1 4 per Cent. Alms „100 % 1 / 2 3/ % —ong Annuities. Exp. Jan. sth, 1860... 6% D 0.30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, I 859... 63's India Stock 266 'tulle Bonds under 1,0001 B3 ;,- Con , els for Account Exehuer Bill.. lU e d. March. June. 1,0001. . 5001. ........ . . Small . 65 62 p fRICE OF FOREIGN FUND,- AT uLNE O'CLOUA Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent.. 99 Grenada, 1% per Cent. ...... Do. Ex Dec. Coupons 1849..... Ditto Deferred , . 9 3 ; 4 Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent....... Ditto Account Ditto 3 per Cent. Peruvian Bonds, 5 per Cent.... 101 1 0 4 , Do. Deferred 3 per Cent 62% "i 60% Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cant 9 91/s Ditto 4 oer Cent. Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent 9 6 34% :vanish Sends. 5 per Cent,lB4o Ditto Passive Bonds Spanish Bonds. 3 oer Cent 47% % Ditto, New Deferred 2l Ve % 5 /13 Venezuela Bonds Ditto Deferred Dividends on the above payable in London Belgian 4% per Cent . 94% x d 'ejutcl, 2% per Cent., 12 Guild ... 61 Y 8 Ditto 4 per cent. CertiStates ... 92% 93% MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE.-MONDAY. Most of the country markets held on Saturday were, but moderately supplied with English Wheat, for , kinds of which the demand ruled steady at full prices. At the outports very little buiiness was transacted in foreign Wheats. Malting Barley was scarce, and quite as dear. Grinding and distilling sorts moved off s l o wly. The Malt trade was less active; but good sound 00 9 0 Beans, and Peas were firm. ItAdiun Corn and Flour sold at full currencies. The latest accounts from New York are to the effect that the value of the finest Flour had an upward ten dency, with steady shipments to th , United Kiligdool. In the Baltic and Black Sea markets, the grain trad e has continued inactive. The Flour trade in France ruled doll. The arrivals of English grain up to our market WC week were From abroad we received 1 3,8 . 9 n ° quarters of Wheat, 8.580 Barley, 13,649 Oats, Beans, 4,179 Tares, 7,975 LiLseed, 6 837 Rapeseed, 37 sundry Seeds. 4,365 sacks and 22,745 barrels of Flou r : The quantity of English Wheat received fresh up t. t; our market today from Kent was limited, whilst ,tu t receipts of that grain from Essex, Suffolk, &c., wer e " Is moderate. By land carriage, the supply from I; bridgeshire, Lincolnshire, &c., was comparativ e trifling, but in excellent condition. Notwithstandieg that the show of samples of both red and white l smaller than usual, and that the attend a nce of m i l ler s was tolerably good, the demand for all kinds--ewinb t he the immense imports of Flour from F ra nce and e United States, and which are likely to be pressed far immediate sale—was in a very sluggish state, and prices were fully la per quarter lower than on Monday lu i s/ ' At that amount of depression the market closed heavily For forward delivery very few transactions were re ported. Growers generally were firm in their demands' The show of both fresh and granaried foreign Whe til ; being somewhat on the increase, th a t d escr iption °` produce ruled very inactive. However, really fine qua lities were scarce, and betd at full currencies. All I° ll . and middling kinds were much neg l ecte d, an d l a te rate s were barely supported. The few floating cargoes off the coast were in lim ited demand. Holders of Egyptian asked 28a to 28s 6d per f quarter, all charges I nc l u d e d . T he aggregate supply :) Barley, chiefly foreign, was l arge ; never theless, 11 consequence for seq most kinds uenceof the was wea ole the t rh r a a v b i l n y g fi b r e m co , me colder, t he currency. Maltin g sam pl es were unusually at s l c a a s r t ce w . eek „: Malt, the s h ow o f w hi c h was ver y moderate, so ld slowly, yet prices were supported. TO : l e i: tt ohhcaekdv of fl ufileor of s th n ough not to say brisk inquiry for was M nosottiliceindde i n o prices. e h a : h. B ehr w T ew e h ia r s e s e t showal a ru' e flP l d iP:g fi r o . r t f e m d yian,mbevery o w in a a b d s t v a T a n e n c r e e y e l moderate. White and maple Peas were the turn dearer. Other kinds were steady. Indian Corn and Flour met a very slow inquiry. int, the qu.)tations no change took place. The ne w - price of the best town-made was 40s per 2801b3. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. tO 6 36 Wheat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier • • • • • • SOS Red •—• .... 38s to 44s Oats Yorkshire and 23 11 Ditto,White, New, 42e bes Norfolk and Lin coln, Red... •• 33 3 44 s Ditto, White• ••• •• 425 47s y E r l oo n ut c agß o th l ol na d 2 Black n , .. : 3 85: 22; Irish, Red........ —s — 8 Cork, white. •• •• u Ybll Ditto,White— .. • . — 8 —s Scotch, Feed. • • •• f 27 . 320 Rye—Old •••• •••••• •• 30 s 32 s B e an. Tick ••• '• -325 New......... 3411 •• . 285 30s Pigeons. •••• • • ' 285 338 . Barley—Grinding..... 245 26s Peas—Grey .••• • • • 3. — Malting 27s 32s Map1e......"" . 27 i sOm Chevalier ••• 33s 36s White... •••• •" 354 Halt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers ••••• • • •• ;; 404 folk ••••• • • • • • 45s 58s Flour—Town-made. •• .°P Brown .•••••• • • • • 433 4ss Suffolk .......... :33: Kingston and Ware 51s 583 Stookta &Norfolk SL SEEDS. The imports of Linseed having been on an octet: l6 r, scale, the demand for that article has fallen off; but have no material alteration to notice in prices. 11'; other Seeds are very dull. Cakes support previ °l/ prices. Tarnlp,White, per bush. Ss to 11s1 Carraway .. • • 335 ! 1 1 1 , Coriander .• .. •• „ 15s ~.7 ; Hempseed, per quarter 325 Linseed, Eng.ziowing•• 588 601 ,,,, Crushing •• 455 ;Z; Baltic 425 1 " . " Odessa .......... 4 " p p .e r .r t o i n o n 8 1 47 11 Linseed Cake, pr. ton— gapeEenagsehs Foreign, Rapeseed,N --ew,prlst 21105 231" 0 5 1 ssos 841311111:c1i. Swede .......... 103 12s Mustard, Brown ...... 8e 9s White, new .. • . ..5s 0 d 680 d eares,Winter ..4s 6d 5s od Spring 4s 6d 5s Od Canary, per quarter • . 39s 42s Rye grass.. ... • • 2ss 35s Clover, Red Eng . (cwt.) 423 563 White .. • • ...... 42s 553 Foreign Red.. • • .. 44s 523 White.... 4's t 63 Trefoil • • • • .. •....... 213 2bs SIVIXTEL3 Full average imports of to London last week; the tot to 1,944 head. During th 1851, we rpoiftived 1,647; in in 1848, 1,090; and, in 1847, Drop stock took Emma. tal suppl y h av i ng amounted le corresponding period, in 1; 1 850, 1,360; in 18 49, 1,21 1,241 head. place into ISLPORTS INTO LONDON IN THE PAST wru" r From Beasts. Sh eep. L am b s. C a l ve s. Harlingen 257 ... 231 .. 20 .. 5 " 4 Amsterdam 22 73 ••• Hamburgh --- 69 ... Antwerp ••• Dordt 362 - ... 2 -- 411 .. - ... -_ ... 16 ... 144 205 ...: Total The yearly BB :omPariso 9 n 92 under:— °l"ihe2w2 eekl;3asrri;als is ag Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Fr 1851 443 ... 772 .: 1 - C 348 ••• 1850 1849.....„.. 252 ~.. 720 ~.: .... ~. 239 ••• offer Fair1848........299 ... 615 .. . 176 .• o ffer Pam average supplies of foreign stock were on._ g ee here to-day, the time of year considered; but 11 ° 11. 0 0 neral condition was by no means good. The fie t o itig, which fell in most parts of England, last week , i„ 0 or induced many of the graziers to withhold a porttu_ ot s on sale this morning was comparatively their stock for the present, the supply of home-fed le h u i.; i s t its general quality was not to say first-rate. "I f n: yo r tendance of buyers being large, and the weet ber at a n ad' able for slaughtering, the Beef trade was fiari",ood clear- Vance in th , - quotations of 2d per lb., a nd at 3s 6cl once was eff , octeit. The primeat Scots sold and cow limited, per 8 1 bs. Fr, m Norf o lk, Suffolk, Essex' breds, l ind bridgesbire, we received 2.000 Scots, h!:,u' n e,_ . . d 500 short-horns ; from other parts of .. I, ona gilZ t i so d, fli-refords, runts, Devons, &e.; reil a Y . 640 horned and polled Scots,. 400 h pe rbei ng g of sheep, There being a slight decrease J o n rr t oy e , a rri vals the Mutton trade rspecially from Norfolk and S urrey, week's currencies were euled tolerably steady, "d obServed that our prices re' and . tr well supported. It must b e . fer solely to shearlings. extreme cases 3s 8d per 810: wool, realised 31 6d, suppliedin with Lambs, which change d We were fairly i Prune old Downs, out of the hands slowly, bare l y the late decline. The top figur e From the Isle of Wight we r e ' • Calves quality of which was prime. ceived 300 head, t he iv p and heavy demand; but no fo r _. were in large suP "place in prices. The Pork trade WI Cher decline took 33 8d was 5s 4d peratBblbasr.e per 81h. dull, and the best sma ll porkers were worth only .... 2 4 2 6 rofertoiSheep .. -• 2 6 8 2 Per Sibs. to 'lathe offal . A 4 a. d. to s. d. 0. d. to. ' g 2 8 3 0 Second qual. Sheep 2 1 0 . 4 .. 3 2 3 4 Coarse-woolledditto3 2 ; g SecondlP r PA lr l i er ' e e° : 8 1 r e nu o i t eig s 4gt ; : •• 3 4 3 6 Southdown blether 3 6 il 0 Large coarse Calves 210 3 6 Ditto eat ofthe wool 0 0 . i 4 Primes mall ditto .. 3 8 4 0 L arge Hogs ...... 2 6 ' g Suc kling Calves ..19 0 23 0 S ma l l Porkers •• •• 3 ‘-' a 3 ~ 0 Lam bs .......... 4 2 5 4 q uarter old Pigs ..16 0 l' Ph* 350 Beasts. 3,974 TOTAL SUPPLY AT Af trIKET. Ahmep. I C a l ves . I # 23,940 226 FOREIGN SUPPLY. I Sheep. I Calves. I 1,040 173 Of A Statement and Comparison of the Suppli e s and Pric eil _t, Fat Stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Mae;teor on Monday, May 5, 1851, and this day, blon da Y' 3, 1852. Beasts 418 rigs. Per 81bs., to sink the ails. May 5, 1851. s. d. s. d. Coarse and inferior Beasts . . . .. ... 2 6to 2 8 (10 Prim ars e e Scots, a nd 6 c inferior. .. . Second quality di tto ... .... ... 21 0 3 0 Prime large O xen .. ... 3 2 3 6 .. .... 3 8 3 10 Sheep::: 210 3 0 Second quality ditto . ... ... 3 2 3 4 Prime coarse:woolled ditto ••• 3 6 3 8 4 8 Prime Southdown ditto ... ... 3 8 5 3 10 Lambs... ••• ••• —. .. 6 Large coarse Calves ... ... ... 3 2 3 6 Prime small ditto ..• ••• ••• 3 8 4 2 Large Hogs .. ,•• •-- ••• 3 0 3 10 Small Porkers ... ... ... ... 3 8 3 Beasts Sh e ep and Lambs .. ... 25,460 Calves ... .. ... ... ... 233 Pigs •1 r.• /Ili I • ,•. 360 38 2 3221 I a d2 : 418 0' .1:433 q : 128:44 2 2 1 0 4 3 2 ' a 8 3 6 4 4 2 J 6 210 3 4 0 3 8 6 4 2 3 6 3 8 3,674 23, 94° 350 THE SUN, LONDON, EVENING, MAY 3, 1852. 11% 17% 15 11% 11% 11% S Sh( B abl toi ton Ott ver In rati 61E 31: Sej, Per File COL I'4l tine in I ILI 859 col the Ver at SO f Bum 1 . 111 4 app oth,