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FriNERAL OF LEBBEUS CamtLEs 11111%1111E1r, ESQ., ' Q.C.The remains of this gentleman were interred on Saheaturday morning tric in the vaults nneer Lincoln's-inn Chapel. was-r.ax to the bar i fa 7al was stlyn 1 p. 3, and he learned gent l eman il 82 ati(tin t d the rank of I ere or 6ix ,yetui . 230; afttes •• - fia s J. it E. OYAL ITALIAN OPERA COVENT GARDEN. GRAND M ORN I N GGONC 'LET . Overture, Leonora, Beethoven—Quart etto, Fidelio, Madame Cas tenon, Diadile. Bertrand', Signor Stigelli, and Herr Forms, Beeth oven—Aria, "In diesen heiligen Hailen," Herr Formes, Mozart Dnetto, "O santo =or,' Masaniello, Signor Tamberlik and Signor Tagiiafico, Auber—Concerto, Contra-basso, Signor Bottesini, Sot tesint—Duetto, Don Pasquale, Madame Grist and Signor Ronconi, Donizettl—Ballata, "La nut da Bucheron," M. Gaeymard, Bou langer—Madrigal. "Dawn Ina flowery vale," by the Choras, Festa —ltcmanza, Cora' a gentil," Don Pasquale, Signor Mario, Dont zetti—Aria, "Robert, tot que j'aime," Madame Castellan, Meyer beer —Terzetto, "Papa tact," L'ltaliana in Algieri, Signor Galvant, Signor Ronconi, and Signor Marini, Rossini—Grand Finale, Gu gliemo Tell, the Grand Finale to the 3d Act, Herr Ander, Signor Ronconi, Signor Marini, and Choras,.Ressini. Conductor, 3r. Costa. Prices of Admission. —Boxes, 11. is., 11. Ils. 61., 21. 25., and 31. 3s Stalls, 10s. 6t1.• Amphitheatre Stalls, ss. and 3s. ; Pit, ss. ; Am. phitheatre, 2s. ed. _ . The Concert will commence at Two o'clock precisely. Tickets for the Boacs, Stalls, or Pit may be had at the Box-office of the Theatre, corner of Bow street and Hart-street, Covent-garden, Which is open from 10 till 5 o'clock ; and at the principal Libraries. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING, Will be presented Rossini's Opera, IL BAiiBIERE DI SIVIGLIA. Rosina, Madlie Sone Cruvelll ; U Conte d'Almavlva, Signor Cal zolaTi ; Figaro, Signor Bellettl ; Basilic., Signor Ferlottl ; Don Bar tolo, Signor Lablache. To conclude with a new' Ballet Divertissement by M. Gosselin, the music composed and arranged by M. Vadand, entitled LA FETE DES ROSIERES. By Madlle. Carolina Rosati, Madlles. Rosa, Esper, Lamorenx, and Allegrlni ; MM. Di Mattia, Yensfra, Gouriet, and Mathieu. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Opera 130x-of:lice, Colonnade, Haymarket. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. THIS EVENING, Will be performed, Mozart's grand romantic Opera, FLAUTO The principal characters by Madame Grisi. Madlle. Anna Zerr, Madlles. Benin!, Bertrand', M ariani, Cotti ; Herr Formes, Signori Stigelli, Polonini, Soldi, Bonbon!, and Mario. Commence at Eight o'clock. Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. Tickets for the Boxes, Stalls, or the Fit may be had for the Night or Season), at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open from Eleven till Five o'clock ; and of the principal librarians and muslcsellers. THEATRE ROYAL, HLATMARKET. Mr. B, Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENING, Will be performed an entirely new comic Drama, entitled MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS, by 31csar3. B. Webster, Leigh Murray, Buckstone, and Keeley ; Mrs. Stirling, Miss Reynolds. &c. Alter which a new Burlesque on a frightfully ropLlar subject, to be called 0, GEMINI ; or, Lae Brothers of Co(u)rse. Characters by Messrs. Buckatone, Bland Weolger ; Mesdames Buckingham, Col 'lns, Caulfield, Honey. Sec. With the new Farce of YOUR LIFE'S IN DANGER, in which If -.IE eeley will appear. THEATRE ROYAL, A.DELPHL Lcssee, B. Webster Dirpctrai3, Madame Celeito. 'VI IS EVENING, Will be perform - A SEA aad L &ND. Characters by Messrs. Paul Bedford,'Wrigh - , Hughes, 0. Smith. Worrell, Emery; Misses EUsn Chaplin, K. Fitzwilliam, and Mis. Keeley. Aber wnich, a devilish new Extravaimnts, called IIIEPHISTO PHELEi. Characters tiy Mr. Holley, ➢liss Fitzwilllam, and Miss Wnoigar. To conclude with OCR NATIONAL DEFENCES. 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. Chcster ; ➢asses Fhillips, Murray, Robertson, and C. Leclercq. Atter which A LUCKY FRIDAY, In which Mr. A. Wigan will appear. To conclude with a new and original Fairy Tale (compressed into one act), entitled WITTI KIND AND 1113 BROTHERS or, the Eeven Swan Princes and tile Fair Melus,nc. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. Bole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be produced a dramatic story, in eight acts, entitled A CHAIN OF EVENTS. Characters by Messrs. Charles Mathews, Frank Matthews, Robert Roaby, Belton, Baker, Suter, Horncastle, Rosi -re, Butler, and 'loaner ; Madame Vestris, Miss Laura Keene, Mrs. F. Matthews, and Miss Julia St. George, Miss Wright, Miss Oliver, Mrs. Horn, Mrs. Macnamara, Miss Martindale, Miss Miss Grove, and Miss Foote. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager. Mr. W. Farren. THIS EVENING. Will he perfo!med the FIELD of FORTY FOOTSTEPS. Alter winch A LOVER BY PROXY. With MY POLL and MY PARTNER JOB. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPIIITIIEATRE. Under the Patronage of her bfajesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Proprietor and 31anager, Mr. W. Batty. The most successful and Gnpnlar Theatre In London. • hI TIIIS EVENING, Ch is now Will h. Bade Presented a new grand Military Spectacle. w _ or, the t llrari7, entitle! BONAPARTE IN EGYPI ; In "_,l3e;oll.wuct by Batty's Inimitable Scenes of the Arena '"ition to the extraordinary talent at the above Establish meht, Mr. batty has engaged the celebrated Equestrian Mr. A. Cooke ; also Mr. Boswell, the reno wned Com - qtie, and Madile. Re becca, the graceful Equestrian, the whole forming the most elegant Re and unique p2rfoinance ever witnessed within the walls of an am- PhiTtahecoatnrcle.uda with a Laugbahle Farce Tickets to be had at t ho hox-odice from Eleven till Four daily. Stage, Manager, Mr. Leelereq• ROYAL SURRFIy z o OLO ,-, - Open for GI , AL ARDENS. ' Tuts EVENING., Season, EY hibition of Dansan's Colossalr'vNlNO, ETNA and the CAVES of VULCAN and View of MOUNT e b Te m s—C e3 G :o s n . e n. s l e u o Y dl u ' t s n h g;a:t and interesting .31enagerie—Pr omenal n e d the CYCLOPS—Splendid a tlr G Y rand Pyrotechnic ExhitfitiNon" Band—Various A niusin Concert by D rly u a sk lled wi T h ili and the n and ° hi tli s uni Cy af clo t i l :, represznting the Interior of the Mountainor(t,h....e.epaande _Mount Etna and a with the Erupti on T f . Ancients), with the Caverns and Forge, the whole terMinating Grand Tableau on the Lake of Thetis, a Armour of .A chilies. 'irrinds receiving the Feedirr' Doors open from Nine a.m • b the Ani mals Con cert at Six. Firewor ks at Dusk. at rive. ADM ISSION, ONE SHILLING.. On THURSDAY next, Nay 20th, A GRAND FLOWER SHOW by the Royal South London Horticultural Society, One Hundred Pounds given in prizes for the hest displays of Flowers, Erul .tundred Vegetables. An extra Brass Band, &C. No a ch dditional , and arge HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. To%eilli DLT -- M 01111111 32 min. after I Evening 43 mb 2 1 -ew-3,jor t ani 5 wa . a fter 2 I Evening 21 rain attar 2 DAILY WEATHE- R T ABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clock yesterday naWrirg.—Tite IthlhNia are arranged in order of latitude. PLYMOUTH—Wind S., calm—foggy. PORMIOUTH—Wind S.W. calm—rain.BubaffroN—Wind S.E., caim—rain. HASTINGS- Calm—rain. SouTHmarrori—Wind S.W., calm—rain. FoLimixosH—Wind S.E. light airs—overcast. T uNBRID GEr,—.Wind W., gentle breeze—overcast. GREENWICH—Wind S.W., gentle breez,3— rain. &ROOD —Wind W., calm —overcast. SwrwooN—Wind S.W., light aira—partially cloudy. CowlimsTrat—Wind S.W., calm —rain. cAmßamoz—Wind S. W., gentle breeze—overcast. The return.a from the following places indicate the Mate of the wind and weather on Saturday morning at nine o'clock Lontßictc--Wind S. strong breeze —overca s t. Crßum—Wind S.W., hard wind—rain. MeLmaaArk.—Wind S.W., strung breeze --overcast. PooLs—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. LZIC , VEITON—Wind S. W.. gentle breeze—partially cloudy. Butxi NMI-ANT—Wind S.W., gent ie breeze—partially cloudy. !Harey-14 ind S. W., gentle breeze—principally clear. ukßtivfmrt ind S. W., gentle breeze—cloudless. Tne weekly r(•views from the Amsterdam a n d Rotterdam produce markets speak of incrraied activity. The demand for the lower descriptions of cotiee had, caused a father advanc e in pri mint ce4, which tLe hd been enerally well nt Lined. I n raw Lugar contracts bad g been limited, b ut refined continuel to i were rather lower. mprove, The quotations for rice - Ft — Picea and cotton, on the other hand, were firra3l", while iadige sold generally at higher rates. The milar state of trade. letters from Antwerp and liainburgh represent a nearly si- Ni•Th FIER ItAJE... GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. On THURSDAY neat, May. 20, Will be performed Bellini 3 s Opera, LA SONNAMBULA. Amino, lfadlle. Sofia Crnvelli ; Less, Madlle. Fellpr ; Count Re dolpho, Signor Belletti ; Elvina, Signor dardoni. Selection from Cimerosa's Opera, IL MATRIMONIO SEGRETO. With selections from L'ITALIANA IN ALGIERI. Mustapha, Signor Belled ; Taddeo, Signor Ferranti ; Haly, Mercurial'; Lindoro, Signor Calzolari; Elvira, Madlle. Feller ; and Isabella, Madlle. d'Angri. With various Entertainments in the Ballet Department by Madlle. Guy Stephan, Madlles. Rosa, Esper, Lamoureux, Allegrini, Fascales, MM. Di Mattia and Mathieu. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box- Aloe, Opera Colonnade, Haymarket. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. First appearance of M. GULEMARD. On THURSDAY next, Will be performed Halevv's grand Opera, LA JUIVE. Rachele, Madame Julienne ;Eudossio, Madlle.Beatrandi : Cardinale, Herr Formei ; Leorldo, Signor Stigilli ; Ruggiero, Signor Taglia fleo ; Alberto, Signor Polonini ; Execaten. Signor Rache ; Gazaro, Monsieur Guiemard, Primo Tenore of the Academie Royale at Paris, Ms first appearance in England. 'The Pas de Buveurs in the first act of the Opera will be sustained by Madlles. Robert, Brussi, Kolemterg, Leblond, Santi ; MM. Mi nard, Alexandre, and Ruault. Composer, Director of Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. The performances commence at Eight o'clock precisely. The Directors announce that the have entered into an engagement with Madlie. ANGIOLINA LOAIO (of the Court Theatre at Copen hagen), who wig appear in the course of a few days. FRIDAY, May 21. The Directors have the honour to announce that a Grand Morning Concert will take place on Friday, May 21, PROGRAM w E.—FART I. Overture, Jessonda, Spohr —Terzatto, Der Frieschutz, Madame Vastellan, Mdlle. Bertrandi, and Herr Ander, Weber—Romanza !tom Don Pasquale, " Bella si come un Angel Signor B artell:li, Donizetti—Aria from Sinniramide,quel Giomo," Millie Seguin, Rosini Terzetto from the opera of I , lliirtha, mum. Anna Zerr, Herr Ander, and Herr Formes, Flotow—Aria from Le Nozze SOlo, Violin, I de Figaro, " Non pin andrai," Signor Marini, Mozart Rondo Mazourka (Ist time), M. Sai•iton, Sainton—Polacea from I Lombardi, " Non fu Sogiio," Madame Julienne, Ver " In these delightful pleasant groves," by the Chorus, Purcell— Romanza from Anna Iloiena, " Al dolce quidaml," Madame Grist, Donizetti —Grand Finale, from I • Martini, Madame Jallieane, Si gno r itonconl, Si4nor Maria!, S i gnor Sold!, Signor Stigelli, and Signor Tamberlik, Donizetti. PART IL _ _ ROYAL MARIONETTE THEATRE, ADELAIDE-STREET, WEST STRAND. THIS EVENING, and every evening during the week, A new Characteristic Address, by the Manager. After which a new Piece, entitled THE HAPPY MANAGER. A Dramatic Diffculty. In one act. To be followed by a new and original Burlesque, called THE SPIRIT OF PUNCH ; or, The Arcadian Brothers. To conclude with an entirely new version of the Grand Eastern Spectacle of ALADDIN ; or, The Wonderfill Lamp, produced with all the vast resources of this small establishment. Doors open at Halt-past Seven, and commence at Eight o'clock. A Morning Performance To-llorrow and Saturday next. Doors pen at Half.past Two, and commence at Three o'clock. There will shortly be produced several New Piece:, which are now In active rehearsal. Private Boxes and Stalls to be bad at the Box-office of the Theatre, and of all the principal Librarians. THE THE WEATHER.—Suit OFFICE, MAY 16. THERMOMETER, IN TUN SHADE. 60 —highest since noon yesterday. 48 —lowest this morning and during the night. 66—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29.68. WIND S.E.—Morning, light breeze and cloudy, with sun. shine occasionally; Afternoon, slight rain. It rained very heavily last night, accompanied with thunder and lightning. 4-41, ;!:4 • )4 • = LA P t 4 .6 .1 " 1 „ ton I • r • 31 t • r,i •-•.• tidittli _ LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 18, 1852. Another adjournment of the discussion on the Militia Bill postponed the ultimate decision of the House of Commons again last evening upon that un fortunate measure, which my be said to have been partially borrowed by the present from the departed Government. Whether or not the framework of the enactment as proposed by the Right Honourable Gentleman the HOME SECRETARY was found in the pigeon -holes of the Treasury, it is, at any rate, certain that for the original notion of such a proceeding her MAJESTY'S Ministers are indebted to the previous Administration. Borrowing from Lord JOHN RUSSELL the idea that the re-organization of the militia throughout England would be the most rational method of securing the national defences, the members of the new Cabinet hastily compiled a scheme by which 80,000 raw recruits would by the summer of 1853 be called out to practise themselves (50,000 this year and 30.000 additional in the year following) in the use of fire-arms, so as to be in readiness to repel any attempt at invasion made from the shores of the European Continent. Ar ranged in baste, and produced with precipi tation, the Militia Bill has naturally encountered a somewhat violent and persevering opposition. Amend • ment after amendment has been inscribed among the notices of motion, and then in due course brought under the consideration of the lower branch of the Legislature. Hitherto, however, the obstructions raised in the way of Mr. WALPOLE'S unlucky pro position have proved altogether ineffectual. The ma jorities secured by Ministers from the very commencement of the debate have been gra dually on the increase, so that there appears to be more likelihood, on every successive division, of witnessing the ulterior triumph of the plan intro duced by her MAJESTY'S Government. The secret of this increase in the majorities supporting the Militia Bill would be altogether incomprehensible but that the knowledge is becoming gradually more and more appreciated that the panic about invasion has neither subsided or even diminished. Some thing —it has long been generally admitted — must be done with a view to increase, and while increasing to re-organize the national defences of Great Britain. About that there is no longer any doubt whatsoever. Besides which, it is admitted with equal readiness that that " something" must be done, if at all, forthwith. Persuaded by the necessity of these two movements in advance, the House of Commons seems to be anxious, for a variety of reasons, to relieve itself at the earliest opportunity of the responsibility of securing in some measure the stability of the empire, prior to the period of the dissolution. Actuated we must believe by this laudable intention, the representatives of the people are hurrying forward one of the most delusive mea sures ever submitted to the judgment of the Imperial Legislature. Yesterday evening afforded rather remarkable evidence that the Members of the House of Commons are resolved to carry out the proposal of Mr. WAL POLE is spite of every antagonistic consideration. It mattered not what might be the nature of the amend ment propused—it was an interference with the scheme as submitted to the House by the HOME SECRETARY, and therefore it was rt-jected. The Hon. Baronet the representative of Evesham suggested the propriety, for example, of enacting that no married man should be drawn by ballot—surely a reasonable proposition enough ! But no ! The pro viso was negatived by a clear majority of nut le!s tha❑ 106. Shall not schoolmasters and teachers at least be exempted ? asked the Hon. Gentlemen the Member for Manchester. Certainly not—replies a clear ma jority of 78, while a subsc quent majority of 66 declares against the other proposal made by Mr. AIILNER GIBSON to the effect that Peers should not be exempted. Peers shall be exempted, says the House of Commons, but not so schoolmasters. At least, remonstrates the Honourable Gentleman the Member for Finsbury, you will not render this military service compulsory on medical practitioners ? What is the reply of the Huse of Commons? Why, by a majo rity of ninety it decides that medical men con be no more exempted than school masters. Other not less rational amendments were subsequently dismissed as summarily by the imp porters of the Government, and, after a stormy debate as to whether the Chairman of the Committee should report progress, it was definitively resolved that the discussion should be once more adjourned. As a rather obvious indication that, throughout their unanimity upon the Militia Bill, even the most enthusiastic of its advocates have a secret persuasion of its insufficiency, we have only to remark the flippancy of tone which has characterized so many speeches made in the course of the discussion. " I don't know whether we bad much wit amongst us," said the Vicar of Wakefield, " but I am sure we had a great deal of laughter." And so might Mr. WAL POLE observe in reference to the debates upon his proposed enactment anent the militia. Conspicuous amongst its supporters, first and foremost amongst them all i°, of course, Lord PAUdERSTON, and n ever has the Noble Viscount spoken more humorously than in behalf of this extraordinary proposition—exciting the risibility of his hearers by allusions to the Peace Society, and fairly convulsing them with mock-serious quotations from a pamphlet published by one of the advocates of Arbitration. Yesterday, in like manner, Colonel SIBTUOUP created no little amusement by declaring that be should like very much to have an opportunity of drilling the Honourable Member for Manchester. Whether the Militia Bill numbers amongst its admirers an eccentric legislator like the Member for Lincoln, or an experienced statesman like the Member for Tiverton, it is equally, we feel assured, distasteful to the vast majority of the people of England, as it is calculated, if carried into opera tion, to prove inefficient as a solitary means of defence against invasion. Prom the discussion, or rather conversation, in the House of Lords last night, it would appear as if the Emigration Commission was the great obstacle and impediment to emigration. With a view, we sup- Pose, of exhibiting extraordinary zeal and activity, the Commissioners • have framed a series of regulations so very restrictive that comparatively few are enabled to comply therewith. They appear to be so Pn_anetourfb w le Board. tho roughly . taPisat,"' ltulhabtuedthe with the of sPit t i b t eir of labours "red appear to in difference. pro 8 sibli be matters of the most perfect in ed they establish stringent rules, it sig which nifie y s l e . xclude the most meritorious ap plicants,supply the funds pbaesab e t t u l e e fit whether ed o in t j h u e r coloniesinjured. Th e which . be utterly ; crops may rot on the vest time m ay ground, or at least " theystal) ma utterly lost to their owners ; :e denominated, perish for want of necess.iary whole flocks of sheep manufacture" d of Eng lcaanrde , a: s d i t at ii t v e s n i tt be involved in the utmost difficulties from ae' deficient u le tt s rh s ani th ss,ro il idts, h y of the raw material ; but all these results, ever formidable, are disregarded by the Li n yofh:vlicieh 173,0001. The a p a thy cannot be shaken off, or any greater expedi. tion produced• ni l t2t t -eld a O p , fo p ro e oo a m r l. s sii t t, l :ire a lt t ion t r la gi s e , , and were ihu te th also i s Some further s um 6 3,000/ from Newhhaitra3db e n s e o r! Whereof views, intend to distribute were not specified. The Commissioners, however sent from South Australia, the amounts . _. , accord ing to their present large amount over the entire season. In place of making any additional exertion to meet the p rss i ng exigency, they propose to go on in their old jog trot style, sending out ten ships a month —no more in the early part of the season, When, the emigrants would indeed be a waloorue Addition to SUN, LONDON, the colonists, and when they themselves would be certain not merely of remunerative but even of ex travagant wages for their services, than at its close. The late Colonial Secretary, whose mismanage ment has already passed into a bye-word, was, of course ready to defend the Commissioners, whom he declared to have acted under his instructions. He justified the various regulations making a distinc tion between mechanics and agricultural labourers, and limiting the numbers of children to be taken. He, however, admitted that he had directed " that as fast as the money came in it should be expended.' Now that direction, at least, has not been complied with. 240,0001. is already in hand, and yet we hear of no additional demand or even encouragement to emigrants who might be prepared to start imme diately, so as to arrive at Australia before the termi nation of the harvest, and Lord GREY thought that the relaxations (which he admitted to be essential), should be made " with the utmost caution." Now, caution is very well in its way,but under present circum stances, when instant relief is required, caution may be carried too far. An inferior class, before the harvest and the sheer-shearing, would be more acceptable than the very best that could be selected, arriving after the season had passed away. But unless some stipulations be made, or contracts entered into with the emigrants before their depar ture, they will prove rather a curse than a blessing to the colony. It is not necessary to send persons at the public expense to swell the ranks of the gold seekers. The temptations afforded by "the diggings" have proved irresistible to all persons in the The same temptations would likewise attract the new-comers, unless they were bound by solemn obligations, any breach of which could be ade quately punished. .Human nature is the same in all parts of the globe, and it is not very probable that we shall find agricultural labourers, or Spitalfields' weavers, or indeed any of those who may be willing to avail themselves of the facilities afforded, prepared to relinquish the golden opportunities before them in order to acquire a title to the national " gratitude"-- a gratitude which might possibly be rather slow of exhibiting itself. If, however, the Commissioners could be induced to travel out of the beaten track, if they would act as private individuals of ordinary intelligence, taking the special circumstances of the case into considera tion, they might with the fund now available send out eight or ten thousand judicioubly selected persons even within the present month, who, in consideration of obtaining their passages gratuitously, should consent to serve for certain periods in agricultural pursuits, or such other occupations as might be indicated to them. Stringent penalties might be imposed in the event of any breach of contract, and a short Act of Parliament could easily be passed if addi tional powers were required. The persons obtaining the much-required assistance would willingly repay the entire outlay, so that the fund would, for some time at least, become re-pro ductive. We fear, however, that, the Emigration Commissioners will not originate any judicious or practicable course ; and if Noble Lords or Honourable Gentlemen are desirous of seeing their suggestions carried into execution they should obtain a Select Committee to inquire and report on the subject, whose proceedings would stimulate and excite the Honourable Board to greater exertion. The subject has now attracted a large amount of public attention. We trust that the deep interest already exhibited will not be suffered to wear away until something be effected calculated to provide the colonies with the amount of labour so urgently re required, and to improve materially the position of many of those who are enduring severe privations here, but who would speedily acquire comfort and independence in Australia. ADELPHI THEATRE. Mr. Mark Lemon has contributed a piece to the reper toire of this establishment Which bids fair to rival in longevity the moat popular of those celebrated produc tions which never appear to lose their charm over an Adelphi audience. This interesting drama, produced last evening, bears the title of Sea and Land, and the plot rues thu- —The inhabitants of a village on the English coast (time, the close of the last century) are all smugglers, or friends of smugglers, in connexion with a merchant named Crouch, the " bad man" of the story. This Crouch is enabled to do a world of michiet in all directions. Having failed in - a venture through the untimely interference of the Government c ffieers, he contrives to fix the failure upon Ned Bradley, a smuggler just about to quit his profession, so that poor Ned is not only imprisoned as a contrabandist, but runs great ri,k of being torn to pieces by his tellow-contrabandists as a traitor to their cause. Then he manages to learn of a aceffla which occurred some ten 3 ears back between Sir Thomas Burton, the great gentleman of the place, and his own game keeper, and terminated in the death of the latter. The scuffle loses nothing in the hands of Mr. Crouch, for though the gamekeeper was killed by the accidental dis charge of his fowling-piece, the ingenious merchant twists the story into a case of murder, which be is able to employ in terrorem against Sir Thomas, thus making the worthy Baronet look very ill and careworn, and almost obtaining the hand of his daughter, Miss Burton, notwithstanding that young lady has bestowed her affections on a well-looking young gentleman named Major Brownlee/. However, with all bis faults, Mr. Crouch has one being in the world to love him. He employs as a sort of spy a ragged girl, called Wild Meg, whom in the largeness of his munificence he rewards with an occasional shilling or sixpence, at last extending his bounty to a donation of some tawdry clothes. Nleg, who is only knocked about at home by her father, Shambling Will, and has never met with aught but rough usage from her companions, regards with posittve ado retion the ono creature who has given her a kind word. When she hears that Crouch is likely to marry Miss Burton she flies into an agony of jealousy, and frustrates his plan by giving a faithful account of the gamekeeper's death, which she witnessed in her childhood, and when at last he is led off to justice to receive the reward of his misdeeds she falls dead upon the stage. Mrs. Keeley's performance of Wild Meg was stamped with ex traordinary talent. The part is not what may be termed a gracious one. It is the delinea tion of a semi-savage, being ragged, halfwitted, yet with fleshes of natural feeling occasionally illuming the gloom, but it gives Mrs. Keeley occasion for a thril ling display of artistic skill. Mr. Emery acted the young smuggler, Ned Bradley, with admirable propriety, and Mr. Hughes and 0. Smith, as Sir Thomas Burton and Crouch were, what they always are, excellent. Mr. Worrell and Mr. C. Smith satisfactorily sustained the characters of Major Browelow and Shambling Will. The comic element consists of a group, formed of Mr. Wright, a retired ccckney, who indulges in a yacht, and engages Paul Bedford and Mr. Cullenford, two Greenwich pensioners, whom be designates his cook and housekeeper. How Mr. Wright enacts a cockney who goes to sea, how he translates the nautical terms, how he ultimately becomes very ill, and is at last seen only in a rear view, with bis legs up i n t h e a i r, and his poor head over the side of the heaving vessel, he himself being in an equally heaving state, must be seer to be en joyed. It keeps the house in a perpetual roar for a long scene, and he never makes his appearance after but the laugh is renewed. Mr. Bedford, as a boatswain, also obtains his share of the approbation, and this part of the drama was singularly felicitous. Miss Kathleen Fitawilliam sang with great applause a pretty ballad composed by Mr. Mellon. "A thunder of applause," says the Times' critic, " and an universal shout for the author marked the conclusion of a piece which promises to rival Green Bushes in popularity. Wild Meg, as played by Mrs. Keeley, is just one of those creations which are likely to become a town-talk." The house was crowded. MR. MILNE'S ENTERTAINMENT. St. John',- woo d, l as t n i g ht, p asse d As was anticipated, the concert g i v e n by M r . Mil ne, st éclat. Since we heard Mr. Mil ne o a ff t rho with Ey t r h e e A g r r e m a t s e , last he has not only improved in manner and address, but his voice has been admirably trained, so much so that we know of few public singers who can glory in the possession of such a fine tenor. The songs which were most applauded were " Ob, why left I my Name?" "John Anderson my Jo," and " Bonnie Bessie Lee," the delightful manner in which they were sung de lighting the beans of the Scotch portion of the audience. Mr. Milne must soon occupy the first place as a Scot tish vocalist, if indeed he does not do so already. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —DESTRUCTION Or VTR CRYS TAL PALACE.—The proprietors of the Dispatch, impressed with the belief that their Statistical Chart, printed in colours by Vizetelly and Company, offers an acceptable record of the principal features connected with the Great Exhibition, and being desirous that every person may possess a lasting memorial of the occasion, have decided upon keeping it on sale during the next two weeks. Orders may be given to any news agent in the kingdom, or ad dressed to Mr. Richard Wood, at the office, 139, Fleet-street, London The accounts from the continental Bourses allude to the general cessation of speculative business, and under these circumstances little change had taken place in quota tions. Dutch and Russian, and the other Northorn Stocks, were maintained with firmness. By the report from Paris it appears that the demands fur reimbursements from the fiireign holders of the Five per Cent. Renter have amounted to a sum equal to 1 ,420,0001. sterling. Letters from Rouen state that, notwithstanding the attraction of the Paris fetes, there had been ccnsiderable activity in the market for manufactures, and that prices con tinned to be well supported. TEE TEA TRADF, MAY 17.—There was a falling off last week i n the quantity of tea delivered from the Lon don warehouses, owing to the holyday at the Customs on the Queen's birthday. The total d e li ver ies wore 5 14,5121 b., being 10,0001 b., lees than last noticed under this head. TUESDAY EVENING, MAY is , 1852. 13% to 13% 6 / 8 -7;i 10% - 10% 11 1 / -11 1 17% - 18% 96 —9B 19% 19% 21 —21% 15 —l3 d. 6 - 7 - 41 , 2% 8 -• 3% 8% 8 - 6 - 61,i 4IA - 4 3 / 4 16 3 / 4 - 17 ?% 55 -60 30 -32 - 534 20% 20% 6% - 6 1 / 2 15 -15% 39 -39% 92% - 92% 78 -80 8 % - 9 %P 72% - 73 6% —5 7 / 8 diz 4y B die. 18 18% 8% - BY B 104 - 105 123% 124 51 / 4 P p 2 —2yl p 92% 93 4 —3 dis. 34 2 1 ,4 dia. 11% 12% 2 7 / 8 33 , A 34% 3 —2% dis. 69% 70% 36 —3B yo x Z rO% 3 3 / 4 —VA dis. —21 A, - 34 10% —lO die. 3y— 3 dis. 7 5 / 8 754 di& di& .• ..• 1% - 2 p. 10 3 4 —2O x.n 17 17 1 / 2 11 —l2 7 1 4 — 7 3 A WI — 5% 3% —2% dis. 15 —l6 7% 8 11 —l2 3% 2 / 8 d. 18% - 19% 21% - 21% 34% 2 - 35 q dis. % P 152 - 154 2% —8% 4% Vhdie. 43%- 6‘;' 19% -20% ••• ••• 3 dig. 18 18% 7 6►% di. 3 —2% di& 24% 25 ;RENCEI SEW —1 dir. x.d 8%- 9 18 - 1814 5%- 6 3 - VA 1%- ly B p M - 'l% p 13% - 13% 14% - 15 3% - 4 15 -18% DA - PA p 8%- 8% % % die. - 3 12 -12 M p% 10% -11% 13 -13% 34 _ 1 p - 145 %p —20% —5% —2% 534 Y 8 - 10 p -10% 16% - 16% 15 --16 ••• 1 dis. .... ••• 5 / 8 % die. - 17 -4% - 3 p to - AT rxxxxo EENTALZA. THE SHARE MARKETS BRITISH RAILWAYS. Railways. Nominal Prices. Business done to-day. Aberdeen Amb., Not., Bost. & E. Junc. B% pd Bir., Wolv., and Stour Valley . . all pd. Birk., Lan., .& Ch. Jct., late 33/. 6s. Bd., 26/. pd. Ditto, Chest. & Birk., 501. & 25/. Cons., all pd. Ditto, ditto ... 17 1 4 pd. Brist. & Exet., 100!. pd. Caledonian ... 501. pd. Chest. & Holyh., all pd. Dub. & Belf. Jct. 451 pd. Dundlk & Ennis., all pd. Dundee, Perth, & Aber deen June. all pd. Ditto, New all pd East Anglian (251. L. & E. and L. & D ) all pd. Do (18/. E.&H )all pd. East. Counties 20/. 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 guar., all pd E. & W. India Docks and Bir. June., all pd E. & W. Yk. Jnc., all p Edinb. & Glas., 50/. pd Edin.,Per. & Dun. 25/. p Glas. & S.-West., 100/p 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 l Lane. & Carlisle, all pd Do. Thirds, 11/.13.4 pd Lane. & York., 100/. pd Do., Quarters ...all pd Do., Fifths 14/. pd Do.,W. Rid. Un. 11 Y 4 p Leeds Northern, all pd Liv.Crs by & Sth pt.l7ip Lond. & Blackw., all pd Din.,Brig.& S. Ct.loo p Lon. & N.West., 100/. p Do. Quarters 221. pd Do. Fifths 12/. pd D. 10/.,M &B (c) lip Lon. & S.-West 100/. p Do. New 50/., 42% pd Do. New 401 341. pd Lon. & Enniakil , all pd Man. Bug. & Mar. all p Man. Shef. & Lin ~100/p Do. Manch. & Lincoln Union ..... 41.2 5 . pd Midland 100/. pd Do. Bir. & Derby 100/. Md. Gt. Wt. (Ire.) 47% Newcas. & Carl. all pd Do. Quarter Sh all pd Newmarket all pd Newport, Abergaven., and Hereford lO/ pd Newry & Ennisk 7% p Norfolk lOO/. pd Do. New 20!. S. 15/. p North. Coun. Un. % pd North British ...25/. pd North Devon ...11/. pd North Stafford. 17% p North-Western 19/. pd N. & S.-W. June. p Oxford, W orces t er , &I Wolverhampton 10/ p I Scottish Central 25/. pl Scottish Midld., 2.5/. pd Do. New all pd Shrew. & Bir. A, all pd Do. 13 Shrew. & Her. Old 8L p Shrewsbu. and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) all pd Do. Halves all pd Do. Oswestry all pd S - rop. Union ...64 pd Do. A, B, C, & D fully pd. up at per cent.... South Devon all int South-Eastern 30/. pd South Wales all pd S such Yorkshire and River Dun 151. ix' Do. Do. Si. pd Stirl. & Dunferm. all p Stock. & Har. 16/ 28.3 d. Taff Vale 126/. pd Thames Haven Dock and Railway _lB/. pd Vale of Neath „dn. pd Waterfd. & Kilk. all pd Waterfd. & Lim. all pd Waterford, Wex. Wick. and Dublin 3/ p 0 West Cornwall 131. pd West London all pd Yk., New. & Ber 25/. p Do. & New. Ex 201. p Do. G.N.E. pure 9/. p. York & N. Mid. 50/. pd PRE: Aberdeen all pd Do. No. 2, 7 per ct. 3 3 ,4 Caledonian, 101. all pd Ches. & Holyhd. all pd Dundee, Per., & Aberd. Junction all pd E. Ang.(3/ 105)6 p c. all Do. (51.) 7 per cr. all p Do. (7/ 17s) 7 p. c. 2 p Eastern C unties Ex., sp. c., No. 1 all pd Do. No. 2 all pd Do. Now 6 p. c. Stk. 10 Eastern Union Scrip, Guar. 6 per ct all p Do. 10/. Deb. Sh all p East Lancashire, 6 per et. Quar. Stirs. all pd East & West Yorkshire Junction, 5 ths all pd Edin., Per. & Dun. 5% per cent. all pd Glas. & S.W. Con 100/. Gt. North. 5 p. c. all pd Do. 5 p c. red. Sc. 9 4 p Great South. & West. (Ireland) Bths all pd Gt. West. (Berke & H. Ex. 5 per cent.) all pi Gt.W. fixed 4% 100/. p Do. Do. ...80/. pd Lancashire and York- shire, F. 20/. 6l. pd Do. 6 p. c. Stk. 100/. p Leeis Northern, 6 per cent. No. 1 131. pd Do. Do. No. 2 171. pd Do. Do. No. 3 5/. pd Do. Qrs., 1848 ...9/. pd London & Brig. guar. 5 per cent. ...100/. pd Do. Pr. 5 p c. Stk. 1001. Do. Con. 5 p c, 1852 ell Do. N.Gr. 6p c 100/. p Lon. & N.-W. (Coy. & Nunet.) 5 p. c. 13% pd Ln. & S.W. Co 3ds. 5/. p Lon. & En. 1 / 2 Sh. all p Man., Shoff., & Linen. Qr. Sh., No. 1 all pd Do. New, 10/. pd Do. 61. 3l. pd Mid. Con. 6 p c St. 100/. Do. Con. Bris. & 6 per cent.... 100/. pd Do. Erewash Val. 100/ Do. Leic. &Swanning. 8 per c. Guar. 100/. p Do. Preference —5/. p Norfolk Exten... all pd Do. Gr. 5% pct. all p Do. Wavny. Val. 21. p North British 5l. pd North Stafford all pd Oil. Wor. & 'Wol., 15/. 6 per cent:"...124 pd Shrews. & Bir. N.G. a ll S York, O t h oh l u r r i.ktenhyw:Nsol;rBe&kewvp. Ches. .n r pi c . C . g ... 0 ( dr aN a .. 1 . 1 l' a)2 l lP o p d V tl d .. St.-Est. 4% pc. 10/. d Stock. & Hart. Rd. 5 p until July 1 ,1856, all p Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent. ... 3/ d N. of E. Pur. pd Do. D 0... . 51. pd York & N. Midland H. and S. Purch. 10/. pd LINES LEASE: %dig. 191 sy, 11 16 1 ,4 4% 13 % % % 7% 7 % 97 19 % % l ii Yo l /i 21% 30 31 30% syB 20% % 92% % x Pin 72 3 4, 734 % 11% 3i 11 14 20 3 / B %% s Ainz.n 17% 11% 7% 'A 21% 2 7 / c 3 % % 10% % 24% % i 6 IA dia. mint 9 183( 1'34 'A Pm 1 pm 13% Ya 15 11% 106 19% 18 x..n 16% 16% Business Railways. to-day. BBBlld;gurcoof..:ar&virno:gß:x.hhhl.ft.ooc,uuglitt.u:,aaalal.llialpilGL:L.onmo.we:&PasaeNil2isnignWes: 3.7o:min=aliPirices. —................. 30 29 —3O Bir.Wolv. & Dud ~I as...ba.lla:LDo o n .. &s.vir 2 2188 9 %, A I = 2111 18n .>, 1 Clydsdale Jc., all p Caledonian 45 —47 E. Lin., gas. 6 per cent. .- . all pd Gt. Northn. 35% 35% 37% 36% Gloncestl .. Dean Forest... 22% pd Gt. Westrn. 4 5 p 2714 IA Hartlepl. Dk. & S Yk. New. 1 Railw....all pd 1 &Berw. f Hull & Selby, all! Yk. &N.M. 111 —ll3 Do. Halves., all', Do. Do. Quarts., all p Do. Leeds &Brdt.,all i Ridland Lon. & Grenw., aNS. Eastern 12% —l3 Do. Pref.—all pd Do. Lowestoft., gua. 4 Dper cent...all pd No r f o lk o. 6 p. e et & ~ all p Do. .. ••• bliddlesbßed car, 6 p. c., all p S t k tn &Dar •.• --•• N. 6 & E., 5 ct. p. call all E. Counties 60 -- 62 71 Do. p: p Do. Do. F. 5 p .c. all pd Do. I Prest o . & Wyre, f L.& NAV I . —-• all paid . 1 &La. &Y J - ... p Do.Hlves, A, all p Do. Read., Guildf., and 0% 23 1 Reigate ... all pd S. Easter"- 2, 9% Roy. & Hit., 6% p Gt. Northn. 9% ~sit s Do. Shep. Ex., all Do. Shf. Rth. & Goole. sn. c., 1 8.11.6 p Lan. & Y I " —. S. Slafr dsh, 9% p MrM'Clean Ili 1 die. ...... Wear V al. 6 p c. al Stckt& Dar :,*‘; . , —io Do. do. ... all pd Do. ...... zun Do. do. -. all d Do. ...... ... ~: ~ a p i, mi. 9fni LvOsi Wilta4 Soil • 11 Qt. WO Railways. FORExaN. Nomini 1 Prices. Business done to-day. 24 QUARTER TO THREE. 99:, ... 99 Coracle ... Ditto AcecunL June 9 .. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BIIITISII FUNDS O'CLOCIC. PRICES Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Roducod Anne. 3 Der Cont. Consols AnnuitLc- 99 is U 99 y s Yew 3 1 4 per Cont. Arms-. ..,. Long ins. to expirBJan.lB/30 6 13-16 67i 6% Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 — 6 11-16 India Stock 271 272 272 India Bonds, 1,0004 ****** •sa•s ..... 83 p Ditto under' 1,0004. .... ... 81 80 p 80 p Consols for Account . 90% 3 14 99 y 8 7 xchaquer Bills. 13(d. March. June. 10.,A. .. ••• .73 74 p 500/. Small, ••• 63 p 66 p CLOSIN(4 PRICES. 95 74 70 74 p ONE PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. razilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent......, 74 eitiador Bonds b[..)-4;za t . 5 ,)ar ten` , 1816 32 Ditto, 3 per Cent.......... 25% 25 Peruvian Bonds. 1849, 6 .. .. Ditto, Deferred, 3 per Cent Port agnese 5 per Cents. Ditto, 4 per Conr Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. uitto, Account Sparizh 5 per Cant. 1840 Ditto. 3 per Cent Ditto. New Deferred • . . 20%74 Ve,nr,zuela Bon tis,,3 'A per Cent.... 43 Ditto Deferred Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2 1 / 9 per Cent. 12 Guild — Ditto 4 per Cortifiestes 37 97 97,1% 47% 20% 42 1 4 1614 93 1 a LLOYD'S SHIPPIi's ti--( THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAY 18.—Wind E to N.E., moderate breeze and liie clear warm weather. ST. PETERSBURGH, MAY 10.—The ice in the river is breskitz up at Uronstadt; it is still very strong, and al though the weather is becoming warmer, and the wind at N.W., it will probably be many da)s before the navi gatis.n opens. LEBA, MAY.—The Muria, Stetten to Konigsberg, was on slime near hero 12!h instant, in a sinking state. PRAESTOE, APRIL 27.—A number of piects of Pom meranian pine timber have come on shore on the island of Moen during the month, variously marked JKJ N. J S., &c. OFF PENZANCE, MAY 16.—Mountaineer, Honduras, and proceeded fur London. PILL, MAY 17.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Ealing, Neves; Try, New York. POOLE, MAY 17.—Wind variable,—Arrd. Albion, Nymph, Faith, Tester, Newfoundland. FALMOUTH, MAY 17.—The Adler, Bahia to Amster dam, which put in here yesterday with her cargo on fire, was run on Niglor Bank and scuttled, the fire extinguished, and she is now discharging her cargo. SAN FRANCISCO, APRIL s.—The Harpooner, Callao to Canton, put in to Honolulu 10th February, leaky, having been on shore near here. A Bremen barque, hence to China, also got on shore, and arrived at Honolulu. DEAL, MAY 17.—Wind E. to E.N.E.—Arrd. Plata, Mataez%s. Arrd. from the River and vld. Monarch, Port Philip; Point, Jamaica ; Vigilant, Halifax. Sld. Alert, Sydney, New South Wales. LIVERPOOL, MAY 17.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Jane Goudie, Barbadoes; Athens, Mobile; Melissa, New Or leans; P ac ifi c , Boston. Sid. Kitty Cordes, Mobile; Abby Pratt, Boston; Petrel, Africa; Araidas, Coquimbo ; Lancaster, Demerara; Wizard, Labrador. Off port, Bleck-eyed Susan, Africa; Pollock, New Orleans. SOUTII RONALDSHAY, MAY 15.—The Laurel, of and for Aberdeen, frog Wales, sprang a 1( ak, and was run on shore in the Skerries, and is now a total wreck; crew saved. HAMBURGH, MAY 14.—The Voyag,euse, arrived here from Rio Janeiro, was on shore near Payensand 12th instant. NEW YORK, MAY 5.—A urge ship, totally dismasted, and a large number of vessels with loss of topmasts, were passed off Sandy Hook 3d inst. NOTICE TO MARINERS. The Spanish General has issued the following order, which has been posted at Lloyd's:- 1. Spanish and all other shipping touching or arriving in transit at the ports of the Canary Islands, during the months of May, Jun , , July, and August, are exempt from the payment of harbour and lading duties. 2. Captains of said yeast Is will be allowed six days for the presentation of manifest, a period sufficient to enable them to take in such provisions and water as they may require to continue their voyage. 3. In case of stress of weather or serious damage, the civil governor is authorised to extend such term, as cir cumstances may render necessary. MARKET NE IV s.—( THIS DAYS) HAY IviAREETs. SMITHFIELD.—Zado;7;;TgIO.; Od to 41 10a Od; Clover ditto, 31 15s to 41175; and Straw,llsa to 11 103 pa. load. A moderate supply, and a sluggish defraud. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 31 lOs Od to 4112 s Od; Clover ditto, 31 12s to 41175; and Straw, 11 5s to 1/ 1 ls pet load. Supply tolerably good, and trade less active. WHITECHAPEL.—Meaiow Hay, 3/ 103 to 41 103 01 Clover ditto, 3/ 15s to 4! 18s; and Straw, 114 s to 1110 a per load. Trade dull, at barely late rates. SUGAR.—There has been less doing. Foreign realiz - s about previous rates. Brown lumps 46t 6d per cwt. the The East qua ntityand of British Plantation land e d l as t wee k at West India Docks was 3,229 hhds 359 tierces 850 barrels; there were taken for home consump tion 1,339 hhds 36 tierces 276 barrels, The stock in the same places is 10,845 hhds 1,170 tierces 3,200 brls. COFFEE.—There is a fuller supply, but holders are tolerably firm. Native Ceylon is 44s 6d to 45s per cwt. Rum.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 862 puns 30 hhds; there were taken for home consumption 214 puns 8 hhds, and ex ported 170 puns 53 hhds. The stock in the same places is 11,530 puns 186 hhds. SALTPETRE. --2,755 bags oM red at auction were about half sold at 25s to 253 6d for ord 18 to 14 per cent refraction, an d 28s to 29s for good and fine 51 to Si per cent refraction. Of 3,974 bags Nitrate of soda a few lots sold at 15g. INDIGO. —At the auction up to last evening 1,405 cheats passed, comprising 1,185 of Catalogue B, and 220 of Catalogue A. Of the quantity passed 273 were withdrawn, 212 bought in, and 920 sold; previous rates being supported. TEA.—This article is steady and expected to keep up. There are public sales on Thursday. COTTON.—There aro free buyers at full rates. TALLOW.—P YC is 36s 9d to 37s per cwt on the spot, and Town 38s 9cl per cwt. MARLBRO'-STREE T—( THIS DAY.) A COUPLE OF PICKPOCKETS.—Gcorge Clark and John Redding, two well-known characters were brought up for re-examination, charged with attempting to pick pockets in Waterloo-place on the night of the iilu mina tions. Murrell, 80 C, stated that on the night of the 13th instant he was walking down Waterloo-place, when his attention was attracted to the prisoners, by seeing them attempt to pick the pockets of several gentlemen who were in the crowd. He watched them for some time, and eventually took them into custody. On arriving at the station he searched Redding, and found upon him a bunch of twelve keys upon a steel ring. The keys con sist mostly of Chubb's and Bratnah's, and are worth to the owner about 51. On the other prisoner ho found a book bat nothing else. In defence Redding said he found the keys; and they both denied attempting to pick pockets. Mr. HARDWICK said, if publicity were given to the case, it might meet the eye of the owner of the keys he should, therefore remand the prisonerstill Friday next. IRELAND. THE POLITICAL EXILES. uponthfae vour the political Lord- Lieutenant memorial The deput;t e r deputation of 1848 waited resentthe at 12 o'clock yesterday. His Excelle ncy ' s answer was extremely unfavourable as regard e d t h e "lof M O'B ' 'P said his Excellency, the Ives r. net. object of the memorialists.. "Though convicted of high treason, and his associates were spared by the exercise of the Royal prerogative, and they, as well a s the persons who incurred the penalty of transport a ti on f or treason able practices, have been treated with unusual indulgence in the places of their exile; even the measures of restraint, rendered necessary by their own conduct, have been of short duration. It is, however, to bo regretted that these acts of lenity have not been attended with the effects that might have been expected, but that, on the contrary, repeated attempts to escape have taken place-- in one case with success ; and that nono of the persons, on whose behalf my interference is solicited, have ex pressed contrition for their crime, or manifested any sign of gratitude or loyalty to the gracious Sovereign whom they have so grieviously offended, and to whose clemency some of them aro indebted for their lives. Under these circumstances I do not consider myself justified in recommending the prayer of the memorial to her Majesty's favourable consideration." SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. Gross traffic receipts for passengers and goods, week ending May 15, 1852 .£12,397 17 11 12 256 a 6 Ditto, May 17, 1851 Increase in 1852 ... £l4l 2 5 London Terminus. May 17. 1852. A MARINE MONSTER.— The brig Village Girl, which arrived in this port on Thursday morning last, from Patagonia with a large cargo of guano, drought home a large Seonine seal. This monster of the deep was captured on an island off the Patagonian coast on the 18th of Decem ber last, whilst in a state of repose. One of the crew observ ing the huge animal sleeping on shore, armed himself with a crowbar, and, with more courage then prudence, proceeded to the attack. lie succeeded in appreaching th e animal without rousing it, and dealt out a most formidable blow h upon its head, by which it was severely stunned, but mouth tn t ot altog et h er disabled. Bleeding profusely from the and nostrils, the monster reared itself upon its hind feet or fins, and threw itself against the breast of its assailant, covering him with its blood; but before the wounded crea ture could recover itself, it was attacked by four or five other sea men, by IA horn it was ultimately dispatched. The re a d er will form no mean estimate of the courage of the seaman who ventured single-handed to attack so formid a bl e an enemy, when he is informed that the monster was upwards of 19 feet in lngth • two tons and a - halt; _taena;vm/7,./SeNUitPaPVriliteor„h/ai.ve weighed about The General . S steam-ship Ravensbourn arriavevdigliattiontheCoSnit. wharf, from Antwerp, early e y Company's new esterday morning, and although l t e h l e 4 ptaahasnagrit NjtcaesllpielZfTed against a strong tid e , i t occupied LITERATURE. LIFE AND TIMES OF FRANCESCO SFORZ4, DUKE OF MILAN. With a Fr'" i, liminary Sketch of th e Hi s t ory o f It a ly. By W. Urquhart. Blackwood, Edinburgh and London. The eminent man who forms the subject of these memoirs was the son of a peasant of Urangua, the found e r o f t h e l ast dynasty of Dukes of Milan. Ue rose, by his own exertions, from the meanest station to the most exalted position in the state. Genius ie always worthy of attention, whatever has been the nature of its works or the period of its achievements. Although great faults ar e imputed to the illustrious individual, his great et merits tower aloft among distinguished characters af every age. To st u dy th e events wh i ch ca ll e d forth such actions as his were, to peruse the details of ths. manner in which he S urpasse d hi s ta l ente d f r i en ds ant overcame hi 3 redoubtable enemies, must surely be, e most desirable occ u p a ti on f or t h ose w h o h ave the ae• sire to become acquainted with the annals of heroes. It will be seen by t h e a tt en ti ve o b server t h a t a gre,a3 lir man of the past must no t b e j u d ge d b y t h e same 'e,,. or measured by th e s a m e s t an d ar d t h at wou ld be sul` d able for a gr o at man o f th e present. I t i s j o st „ n , proper to understand the country in which be lit 8 ' and the manner s by w hi c h h e i s mo d e ll e d b e fore presume to criticise th e c h arac t er o f an y ma ster .. spirit. Hen ce th e a d van t age o f a wor k lik e the r e : sent, in which it is dexterously made manifest b° e 'a the celebrated man was situated as regard the peculiar state of the civilization of his time. to " Of his general character it would be superfluousair say much, atter having detailed and discussed the Pr ls i eipal actions of his life. L will not, I think, be den te d t H h i a s t a b b e il w it a ip s s e w n e d r o e w s e in d g with all the great and most of the gth,eodvaqruiogulistkcsirtchuamt circumstances fall to the lot of mea ki tt . iire a singularly i n which developed b e an w d as di p sf ac h ; tir o taw by which he wen his way to fame before his ° hi riage with Bianca Ulacia—the perseverance with' t fi ee he struggled against adversity from that time till, . 0 " death of his father-in-law—the great military 5161 ' political sagacity by which he succeeded, notwithstol3,t, ing filse friends and dangerous enemies, in placing , 11- 1 18 self on tho throne of Milan—tha firmness by whi : e, - be s , cured himself, combined with the moderation whL e '"e, exhibited in his new eo:etion---the policy by v i % e after having made himself arbiter of Italy, he lei",:6 foundation of thirty years' peace and prosperity, E li : n °. o) combination of active and reflective powers rarely found in one person. Mucatori, one of the deepest re i• and most impartal of Italian historians, gives his oP on nion in the followi ng wor d s: —' Th e more we reflect we the action s of this unr i va ll e d P r i nce, the more readily ho acknowledge, notwithstanding the opinion of some , for many centuries Italy has not pro duced O ro nowned a hero as Sfor z s, in whom there was a jai combination of wonderful valour with uncommon P ° be cal sagacity. In twenty-two battles which be ga ve c ', e r always ended by being conque ror , an d h e was n viv g conquered by any. His father, Sf orza A ttece d o lo, bo ale risen from the lowest station o f lif e , b egan to buildde fortune of his family, but his son Francisco roe per, ing with gigantic s t e p s , a d vance d it i n suc h a roo lt ob i e that he came to be at the head of the most dto duchy of Milan, and the pr o ud c ity o f G e noa, an b e attain such a fame that he certainly d e serves N compared with the greatest capt a i ns of antiquity, and t he reckoned amongst the most illustrious people ' ll ) . s i e s, history of Italy. With respec t t o hi s moral clufloed it must be acknowled ge d th a t hi s memor y is tarn' as well by undeni a bl e acts of treachery and ilatly as by the suspicion of d ee d s th a t f ew men of th e P I be ' sent age dare do. In palli a ti on o f th ese , it Inns of recollected that his l o t was cas t i n an ag e vib ert i l es acts recommended in the Prince, and the discolltisi of Machiavelli were b y many t h oug h t to b e esstildof to success in public lif e , an d th a t th e ma i n grog tee the itssuspicin against him is the evil practiee times. If be true that men's characters known from those of their associates, his friilLtitit with some of the brightest ornaments of the hr i le a century affords str ong t es ti mony i n hi s favour,o.et there is none of hi s m i s d ee d s f or w hi c h he I tl i ; e 0 not plead th e excuse t h at i s sa id to have so f always in the m out h o f one o f t h e grea test het° t he antiquity. If we must sometimes d o wrong for sake of a Sovereignty, it is most glorious to do Wt e si ;. but, in other thi ngs , we s h ou ld a l ways act rightefi t a bet w . Thus of France sco St orze , i t ma y t ru ly be said his good deeds we r e hi s own ; hi s ev il on es were 13 " of the age in which he lived." Cent. France (0.V.) all Chart. & Erquel all pd Demerara all pd 22'4 -23 13 -15 Dutch Rhenish... Bl. pd East Indian 18/. pd Do. Do. ~ 20/. pd GL Indian Penin. all p Do. Do. 44 pd Grnd. June. of Fra. 4 pd Louv. a la Sambre 7% Luxembourg l3l. pd Do. (Railway) 101. pd Do. l/. pd, Do. (Canal) 2t. pd' Maria Antonia 27A pd Do. New 8 1 / 2 pd Namur & Liege all pd North. of France,l6/.pd Do. 201.3 p. c. Bds, all p Orleans & Bor 111. pd Paris & Lyons _6/. pd , Paris & Orleans all pd Paris & Rouen ...all pd Paris & Stras. ...all pd Rouen & Havre...all pd Sambre &Meuse all pd St. Andrew's & Quebec (A) 4/. pd Tours & Nantes 17/. p 0 West Flanders...B% pd West. of France 6/. pd 3 5 / 8 3 3 / 8 dis. 4 4 / 2 p 1 -1% p 7 / 8 - 1 p 4% -4% 3% - 3 3 / 4 % - % 8 -10 6y,— 63/, 22 , / s 23 13Y 2 = 13 3 / LPi - 434 ; p - p 45 -47 29% 30 215/ - 21F/ 8 11% - 11Y 8 4 3 / 4 5 5 1 / 2 die. 3 3i4 1 % P MINES. Ague Fria all pd Anglo-Californian, all p Asturian 151. p Australasian 2/. pd Australian 51. pd. Austr. Freehold all pd. Ave Maria all pd Blaenarvon I. & C. all p Brit. Austr. Gold all pd British Iron 13/. 15s. p Braz. Im. (is. 5 p) 24% Do. Coca. & Cui. all p Do. St. Job. del R. 151. Carson's Creek all pd Cobra Copper ...401. pd Colonial Gold 11 pd Copiapo 141 pd Eng. & Aust. Cop. all p General all pd Gold Mountain all pd Great Polgolth all pd Lake Bathurst all pd Lon. & Cal. Gld Quartz *Crushing Com. all pd Mexi. & S. Amer. 9/. p New Granada all pd Nouveau Monde all pd Port Philip ... „AL pd Quartz Rock all pdl Santiago de Cuba 10 1 / 4 1 South Australian, 1 pd Tin Croft 7l. pd United Mexican all pd West Mariposa all pd JOINT. Australasia all pd Brit. Nth. Amer. all pd Colonial 251. pd Com. of London 20/. pd Lon. & County 20/. pd London Jt. Stk. 10/. pd Lon. & Westin. 201. pd Nat. Prov. Eng. 35/. pd Do. New lO/. pd Nat. of Ireland 22% p Orient. Bk. Corp. all pd Prov. of Ireland 25/ pd. Do. New all pd Union of Austral all pd Do. New 2% pd Union of London 10/. p Union of Madrid all pd par 1 4 p :4 is P %... . . . 1 p %- • 1 Y 8 - " Yi dis. 1 / 2 IA dis. ••• ••• 3 / 8 —• IA dia. ... ... 1 1 A - 2 ... ... par h p par IA p ... ... % % dis. 'A % dis. Vi Wi p x.d x.rl V 2 — '4 dis. par par— 1 / 4 p 3 / 8 dis. —IO 10 —ll 2% —2% di g STOC BAN; 46% —471 j 55 —56 • 12% 13 25 —26 18 -18 3 / 28 3 4 - 29 S 17 3 4 —l7 34 • -36 44 45 3 4 16 % 17 IA 43 43 1 / 4 3 3;c 14 3 4 —l5 % MIS Austral. Roy. Mail, 2 p Canada 32% pd Eastern Steam...2s. pd, Gen. Stm. Nay. 14/. pd Gen. Screw Steam Ship ping Company Irish Beetroot Sug. 2i p Penin. & Or. St. all pd Do. Do. ...15/. pd Royal Mail Stm. 60/. pd Universal Emigration, and Colonization, 2/. p ;cELL.LLNEOU 1 2 2y 48 4914 28;¢ 1-29 2 - 81 -82 33 -34 76% - 77 2 82 , / s 34% 774 MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 10,000 bales, of which 1,000 American were taken for export, and 1;000 American and 500 Surat on speculation. The market closed steadily, common Sea Island id. per lb. dearer. The sales comprised 6,000 American, 1,200 Permam and Maranbam at Sid. to 7d,, 600 Egyptian at aid. to 9d., 1,500 Surat at 3id. to 41d., and 160 Sea Island at ls. 3d. to Is. 9d. per lb.—Rail way Shares were dull. The Ilamburgh letters of Friday last quote the ex change on London steadily at 13 7i. Gold was at 4281. Spanish Three per Cents. were in request. Grain was inactive and coffee brisk. The advices from Australia by the Overland Mail are dated to the 20th February. They are not equal to for mer accounts, but likewise most exciting, and suggest strongly the urgency of the labour wants of all the colo nies. Unless these are rapidly supplied, the absorption of all the able-bodied at the mines will cause great de rangement in the commercial and agricultural affairs, and free emigration must be pushed with the utmost vigour, now the home Government has such a large fund at its disposal. The committee of the Buenos Ayres Bondholders has received intimation of the expressed intention of the new Government of Buenos Ayres in regard to this debt, to the following effect : " That the Minister of Finance would be instructed, as soon as he had arranged his financial statement, to give the British debt his first consideration, in order, if possible, to arrive at somo result which might be satis factory to all parties concerned. " The committee considers this intimation alike cre ditable to the new Government to have made, as it will be satisfactory for the bondholders to receive. " At the same time the committee, acting under the best advice which it has aver endeavoured to obtain and be guided by, in order to lead to success in this im portant matter, considers it to be its duty, as is usual on such occasions, to refrain, at present, from advising or calling any public meeting of bondholders, or publicly entering further into a subject which is now in active progress of negotiation with the Government of Buenos Ayres. " Every information, however, in possession of the committee, and all its proceedings and correspondence, since it had the honour of being appointed about this time last year, is now open, as it ever has been, and ever shall be open, to the inspection of all boa fide bond holders, at the office hero, to whom they will be unre servedly shown by its secretary." As regards the future dividends on Mexican Stock, we will endeavour to explain what has hitherto been but im perfectly understood. The Bondholders have 25 per 'sent. of the Customs duties assigned to them; when goods are entered and cleared the merchants do not pay in cash, but the Custom-house authorities draw on them at three, five, and six months. It was found on th e 31st of December last that bills belonging to the Bondholders had acc umu l ated to thea mo u nt of 800,000 dollars, which M. Falconnet ag reed toleav with the Mexican Government to get cashed by Messrs. e Baring, they taking a further collateral security of 280,000 dolls. on the indemnity money due by the United States to Mexico, which was to be returned to Mexico when the bills were paid. As these bills become due the proceeds are remitted to Messrs. Baring and Co. 500,000 of the 800,000 h as been handed ove r t o t h e i r agents in Mexico . All duties for g oo d s cleared since the . let January belong to the Bondholders, bat as bills are given for them at three, five, and six months, it is perfectly clear that no d o ll ars could be remitted for the dividends, duo in July until t h e b ills fall due, and their proceeds are received by the collector and forwarded by him to England. It is stated th a t , actor ding to the estimate of the Mi nister. of Fina nce i n Mexico, that the bondholders' por tion of duties f or goods cleared during the month of January in the various custom-houses of Mexico, amounted to no less a sum than 4,5,000 dollaks; but then it must be presumed that January is a month in which the customs' receipts are very much beyond the average. There is no reasonable doubt, however, that the amount of dollars and bills belonging to the bondholders which will have accrued by the 80th June will be ample to pay the dividend due the Ist July. The only question is, whether M. F a l connot can repeat the same operation of discounting the bills, with either Messrs. Baring or some other house. As the last transaction has been carried out with perfect good faith by Mexico, we see no reason why any difficulty should arise. There is a very firm market for English Securities, but with little doing. The bankers and others see no resource but to buy stock, for the gold accumulates fast upon them, and one firm has 80 bars, weighing each 151b5., lodged with a celebrated molter in the City. The refining houses, generally, are overwhelmed with busi ness, and Baron Anthony Rothschild is likely to make a profitable speculation of his lease of the Mint re finery on Tower-hill. The reduction this day adver tised of the rate of interest on Exchequer-bills from lid. to lid. per centum per diem is in favour of advanced prices for stocks. Consols have been 99i for Transfer and Account. The: New Three -and-a- Quarter per Cents. have been 1001 to 101 i-, a n d t h e Three per Cents. 981 to 99e. Bank Stock keeps up at 2191 to 220 i, and India Stock is 271 to 272. Exche quer- bills have been firm at 735. to 745. for those dated March, and at 633. for the June dated. Foreign Stocks have been decidedly firmer, although extremely firm. Mexican Bonds realize 311 to 32/ for the Five per Cents., and 25i to II for the Three per Cents. Equador bring 4to and Buenos Ayr e s 74. Venezuela have been 43. Spanish Three per Cents. a r e worth 20i to 21, and Portuguese Four per Cents. 36i. Dutch Four per Cents, have been marked 92i to 93g. Railway Shares aro improving. Aberdeen, Catedo• nian, Great Northern, Lancashire and Yorkshire, Mid land, Oxford, and Wolverhampton, and North Stafford have all been iu favour. Mines are steady, but not buoyant. The arrival of the agent of the Port Philip and Colo nial. Gold C ompany and his staff at Singapore is advised in accounts of April 3. The English and Australian Copper Company likewise have intelligence of the 10th of January from Adelaide. In the week ending Decem ber 27 there had been 30 tons of copper smelted, but it is feared this will greatly fall off as the workmen at the Barra Barra mine wore leaving for the gold fields. Mr. Brown, the agent of this company, was also at Singapore on the 3d of April, and would proceed to Port Philip to buy gold, bevii4 taken out sovereigns Or the P grime, 7 18 173 i 8 1 3( 104 1 ,4 104 123 3 / 4 IA 124 34 27% 92% 93 70% 70 li 70 109 3 15% 10% 21 1 / 2 sy, IA IY a 1 3/4 P r i 1/1 4'/ % 10 10 1 4 IA 47% 46% 56 26 y L 18 3 % I A 25 'X I 3% 36 453% Xtittiont BATH RACES• , (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH ) * The Lansdowne Trial Stakes. I Lamartine Bordeaux Old R9IVIey Won in a canter. The Bienuial Stakes. CEW*IS Stella ••• ••• 2 0. Won easy. The Somersetshire Stakes. 1 Chief Justice ... ..• ••• ••• ••• ••• Young England ••• ••• ••• ••• if• 5 Waterfall ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 12 ran. Won by two lengths. DETERMINED SUlClDE.—Yesterday mOrni " - riv o oe' Alderson, the propriet or o f th e W oo l pac k T aver n, in dr street, Clieapside, was fcund dead under the followins' vel y cumstances :—The deceased had been suffering from e r i s e severe indisposition for a considerable time, which g ss. l e to great depression of spirits at i n t erva l s . H e was tillb b y shave himself, in consequence of whi c h h e w as attend ed e of a barber, who called yest e rday m orn i ng f or the PurP„, e hle pursuing his usual avocation, when the f a mily were w aS to obtain admission to the deceased's room. The des t ' bro at forced open, when the body of Mr. Ald erson , with his . 1110 cut from ear to ear, a razor in his hand, and we ltering ' beet , blood, met their vie w . O ne o f t h e d rawers, from was standing open in the room, and partially filled ,dtet blood, from which it is supposed the unfortunate man , wet cutting his throat, m us t h ave h e ld h i s head over the dra e fe n until from weakness, occasioned by the loss of t blood, il d, ef backwards into the middl e o f t h e room. D r. South Fore-street, was in imm e di a t e atten d ance, b u t life w as - to be quite extinct. T. RAILWAY ACCIDENT.---ACAShtOII-Under--y -ne few days since, a youth named George Knott, whilst at he. tempting to get upon the break-van of a luggage-trairl,'so longing to the London and North-Western Company, W Bl , O unfortunate as to slip down 'with his legs between the spe" be of one of the wheels. Less than half a revolution of ! r wheel would have cut off the legs against a horizontal le e s , across it, but the guard with great presence of min d te , stantly pulled home the break, locked the wheels in s s tionary position,. and though the train, th en runn i n g at ato rate of tw e nty miles an hour, c ou ld not be brought died s tand till it had glided along the r a il s more than a hnn:„ye he the be yards, this prompt action of the guard will probably e s saved the life of the youth. When taken up all his Cloth g k h n w ee as an fr d ac a t n u i r d e e d , t o and t had been torn off with dragging along the ground A t 0 0 0 ir the thinnet.eguznaire: J. w G e . r euraurb, i b s e o u ra des ( Manchester,• railway surg'.on for the district, ftervis a t he attended to the injuries, andnet 013 ' expresses aee jogg les. youth will recover, notwithstanding his serious ) Knott is a railway clerk, and the son of a respectabl e i ' — keeper at Ashton. The trade a ccoun t s f rom the provinces for the „sst week continue to show a tendency towards increased a cts ter and firm pri ces i n a l l parts of the country. At Alsnn, h ",, - 00 11 business has been a ff ec t e d b y t h e h es i tat i on consequent kat, the speculative exc i temen t i n t h e L iverpoo l Cotton-Ms' i w but the gener a l d eman d f or goo d s i s una b ate d . The Birf,"the ham rep or t s are st ill un i nterruptedly favourable. Mies, iron trade the transactions are very large, both for Anl er se igs and home supply. Metals of all o th er ki n d s ar e li''" ite e. firm, an the prospect of a diminished prod uc tion in ° et as quence of the want of libsur at the B a r ra Burrs mines lot already to have influenced the rates f o r co pp er . The to tingham repo is state the prevalence of great confidence a s , he the prospects of the manufacturers fur th e en tire year , a " - e , market being particularly influenced by the sanguin e • t ta counts from the United Slates. In the woollen distrl there has been augmented firmness, co u pl e d with e° o - tinuance of the confused and unsatisfactory feeling n e „ t e sioned by the possible contingencies in co nnex i on with eVe' in Australia. MARRIED.—On Thursday, the 15th ult., at FloY Fork, Jefferson county, Mr. Thomas Stafford to Polly Gnr,i; The bride is 19 years old and the brid egroom 77 . He vis' A si t , some 300 pounds, and is so f a t as scarcely to be able tow "ef and when in bed raises himself or turns over by M ew l!, p u mas fastened to the ceili ng. H e went to the c i t y waggon to procure the licence, an d on hi s return was met the young bride at the Fork s o f t h e R oad, where the paar „ m a joined them in wedlock, the ceremony being performe d the waggon. We are request e d t o St a t e that Mr. Anderson is to prevented from attendi ng i n his place in Parliament, 0"A other business, by severe indisposition. BIRTIIB. OF A BON. On the 15th inst., at Upper Brook-street,Grosvenor-5411- a r a the Lady Manners, of an heir. On the 15th inst., at Elstree, Herts, the wife of the .- 1941 " Thompson Podmore. OF A DAUGH. On the I , lth inst., at Brighton, TEß the lady of Colonel C' Kemeys Tynte, M.P. On the 12th inst., at Thirlestane, Selkirkshire, the 1 1 ° 13. Mrs. Dalrymple Hay. lITARRIED. On the 15th j us t ., At Ealin, the Rev. William Tatteriall.: of Howe Re c t or y, N or f o lk, t o g Clara Elizabeth. eldest daufP ter of James Atkinson, Esq., of Village-park, Ealing. DIED On the 13th inst., at Newbold-hall, Warwickshire, sir Gray Skipwith, Bart, aged 81. On Monday, 17th inst., at her residence, 181, BlackiriO s v ; road, Surrey, Frances, relict of the late Robert Mayb es e Thompson, Esq., formerly Surgeon, 14th Li g ht Dragoo aged 88. On the 13th inst , at Bath, aged 72, Nathaniel Wens, E s q . ' of PiercPfield. Oa the 15th inst., Emma Elizabeth, the wife of Air. jobs Mares, of Belgrave-street, Eaton. square, aged 30. On the 15th inst., Mr. Richard S. Sharpe, o f Fenchurcli" street, aged 75. London: Print:A and Published by MURDO YOUNth or No. 112, Strand, Printer, a t Th e B un Offi ce , "No. 11 -A Strand, in the Precin c t o f the SAM, in Cu - mar §ticicilmiy A4oyls,lo:t