The Sun. — London, England, 1852-04-26 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY S THEATRE. Madlle. JOHANNA WAGNER. Mr. Lumley has the honour to announce to tke nobility, subscrib ers, and the public, that the Injunction against Madlle. Wagner and Mr. Frederick Gye, founded on the documentary evidence laid before his Honour the Vice-Chancellor Sir James Parker, remains in full force. This fact aftbrds the best confirmation of the accuracy of Mr. Lumley's previous announcements, and the most effective refutation of the unwarrantable attacks to which he has been subjected. if ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. GRAND EXTRA EIGHT. On THURSDAY next, April 29, Will be presented Beethoven's Opera of riDrado. Leonora, Iratille. Sofie Cravelll ; Fiorentino, Signor Calzelari ; Rocco, Signor SUSinl; Jacquino, Signor Mercurial' ; B Monestra, Signor Fortini; Pizarro, Signor Belletti. After which-the new Spanish Ballet Divertissement, entitled lIN BA.LLE DE CA-NDIL. In which Udlle. Guy Stephan, Mdlles. Rosa, Esper, Allegrini, La moureux, M. Di Mattla, and M. Mathieu will appear. To be followed by a selection from Rossini'e Opera. L'ITALIANA IN ALGIERI. Aiustapha, Signor Belletti ; Taddeo, Signor Ferranti ; Hain Diercuriali; Lindoro, Signer Calzolari; Elvira, Madllc. Feller ; and al ella . 3iadlle . d'Angri4 To conclude with a new Ballet Divertissement, entitled LA FETE DES ROSIEREF.. By Vadlle. Carolina Rosati, Madlles. Rosa, Elmer. Allegrini, Lamo eux ; MM. Di Matta, Gouriet, Venafra, and. Mathieu. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box- Vilee, Opera Colonnade, Haymarket. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. First appearance of Madame Grisi. First Night of Norma. • On SATURDAY, April 29, Will be presented Bellinfs celebrated Opera, .NORMA. Norma, Madame Grisi ; Adolgisa, Madrae. Bertmndi ; Clotilde, Madlle. Cotti ; Oroveso, Herr Formed ; FlAvio, Signor Soldi ; Pollio, Signor 'famberlik. 'fo conclude with the second and third acts of Rossini's opera. GCGLIEL3IO TELL. Matilda, Mine. Castellon; Edulge, Mdlle. Cotti ; Guglielmo Tell Sig. Ronconi ; Jemmy (his son), Mdile. Bellini ; Walter, Sig. ; Melcthal, Sig. Poloniai ; Leutoldo, Sig. Rommi ; Gessler. Sig. Tagliatico ; Pescatore, Sig. Stigelli ; Rodolfo, Sig. Soldi ; and Ar nold% Herr Ander (Principal Tenor ofthe Imperial Theatre of Vienna) Composer, Director of Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. The performances commence at Eight o'clock precisely. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CHARLES KEAN. On Monday, April 26, will be performed The Corsican Brothers. After which a Fairy Tale, in two acts, entitled Wittikind and his Brothers ; or the Seven Swan Princes and the Fair 3lelusine. Tuesday, 27, The Corsican Brothers, and the new Fairy Easter Piece. W ednesday, 29, Shakspere's Historical Play of King John, and the new Fairy Easter Piece. Thursday, 29, The Corsican Brothers, and the new Fairy Easter "'Wee. Friday, 29, The Corsican Brothers, and the new Fairy Easter • Saturday, May 1, The Corsican Brothers, and the new Fairy Piece. ROYAL. MARIONETTE THEATRE, A.DYLLAIDE-STREET, WEST STRAND. Att;active Novelties for the Easter Holidays. THIS EVENING, and every evening d ur i ng t h e wee k , A new Characteristic Address. by the Manager. After which a new Piece, entitled THE HAPPY MANAGER. A Dramatic Diffculty. In one act. A m o rning Performance on Wednesday and Saturday next. Doan open at Half-past Two. and commence at Three o'clock. To be followed by a grand Ethiopian Musical Entertainment by an extraordinary Troupe of Ebony Marionettes. To conclude with an entirely new version of the Grand Eastern Spectacle of ALADDLY ; 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. There %ill shortly be produced several New Pieces, which are now in active rehearsal. Private Boxes and Stalls to be had at the Box-office of the Theatre, and of all the principal Librarians. - HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TO-MORROW, Will be presented Rossini's Opera, IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA. Rosins, Macllle Sofle Cravelli ;1 - ICoicte cl"lchnaviva, Signor Cal solari ; Figaro, Signor Belletti ; Basilic, Signor Ferlotti ; Don Bar tok), Signor Lablache. To conclude with a rew Ballet Divertissement by M. Gosselin, the Music composed and arranged by M. Vadaud, entitled LA FETE DES ROSIERF.S. Ey 3fadlle. Carolina Rosati, Madlies. Rosa, Esper, Lamoreux, and Allegrini ; MM. Di Mattia, Venafra, Gouriet, and Mathieu. A new Grand Opera, by afeyerbeer, is in preparation. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Opera Box-office, Colonnade, Haymarket. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. First appearance in England et' Madlle. Johanna Wagner. First appearance this season of Signor Mario and Herr l'ormes, First Night this season of Le Prophete. The Directors, in the confident belief that they will be enabled to procure the dissolution of the Injunction of the Court of Chancery, beg most respectfully to announce that TO-MORROW Will be performed Meyerbeer's grand Opera, LE PROPHETE. • Fides, Madlle. Johanna Wagner (Prima Donna of the Royal 'Theatre at Berlin) ; Bertha, Madame Castellan ; Jean of Leyden, signor Mario ; Count Oberthal, Signor. Tagliafico ; Seijeant, Signor Sall ; Peasants, Signori Rache and Rommi ; Gi on i, Signor Stigelli ; athiesen,Signor Polonini ; Zaccaria, Herr Formes. The incidental Ballet and Skating Scene will be supported by Madiles. Kolemberg, Leblond, and Robert; MM. Alexandre, Flusse, and Russia ; and comprise the celebrated Quadrille des Patineurs. Commence at Eight o'clock. Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. Tickets for the Boxes, Stalls, or the Pit 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 lib rarians and m asicsellers. THEATRE ROYAL. HATILLEMET. Mr. B Webster. Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brampton, THIS EVENING, Will be performed an entirely new comic.. Drama, entitled MIND YOUR OWN DUSINESS, by Messrs. B. Webster, Leigh Murray, Buck.stone, and Keeley ; Mrs. Stirling, Miss Reynolds, &e. .Ater which a new Burlesque on a frightfully popular sebject, to be called 0, GEMINI ; or, the Brothers of Co(u)rse. Characters by Messrs. Buckstone, Bland, woolger ; Mesdames Buckingham, Col 'ins, Caulfield, Honey, &c. To conclude with BOX AND COX, by Messrs. Keeley and Buck stone. THEATRE ROYAL, &DELPHI. Leeeee, Mr. B. Webster ; Directress, Madame Celeste. ill's 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, anti Keeley. After which, a devilish new Extravaganza, called 3IEPHISTO PHELE3. Characters by Mr. Honey, Miss Fitzwilliarn, and Miss Woo!gar. 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 EVENINU, Will be performed the CORSICAN lIROTHERS. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Kean, A. Wigan, Ryder, Meadows, J. Vining, J. Cheater, F. Cooke, Everett, and Wheatleigh ; Misses Phillips, 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 Meinsine. Characters by Messrs. Harley, Meadows, F. Cooke, Flexmore Mrs. Winstanley, Misses Marshall, Robertson, Murray, Leclercq; Daly, Vivash, Newcombe, K. 1 erry, and Madlle. Anhui. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. tole 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 Roxby, Belton, Baker, Suter, Horncastle, Rosi,re, Butler, and Honner ; 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 TIIEATRE. Lessee and Manager. .Itr. W. Farren. THIS EVENING, Will be performed HAMLET. Messrs. Farrell, Compton, and Hoskins; Mesdames Lacy and Fielding. To conclude with THE CAMBERWELL BEO'fIIERS ; or, The Mystic Milkman. " IN CITS PLAYHOUSE AND STRAND THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. W. kL. COPELAND, Liverpool. Will be presented THIS EVENING, A VILLAGE TALE. Characters by Messrs. E. kali. Rogers, .A.ttwood, Moreland ; Mesdames Copeland, Selby,, and Mas- After which THE LOST HUSBAND. To conclude with THE RA GGED SCHOOL. Characters byMessrs Rogers, Attwood, Moreland • Mi sses Maskell, Eglinton, Boxes, 33.; Fit, 2 5.; Amph itheatre, 13. and Morelli. Private Boxes One Guinea and a flau each. Stage Manager. Mr. E. Stirling. AsTLEY',I ROYAL AMPTIpMEATRE. under the Pr Patronage of her Ma jesty and lii Royal Highness ince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Air. W. Batty. The most successful and po,dular Theatre la London. THIS EVENING, Will be Presented a ne w _ Militar y Spectacle, w hi ch is now exciting .- grand „, Paris, entitled 110.NAPARTZ IN EGY PT ; or, the P Battle of Aboukir. To be co Batty ' s Inimitable - nowed by l Scenes of the Arena. M. ?obis kl and Madlle. Valentine will app ear every evening dur ing the week. THE WEATHERCOCK. with To conclude had at the Box-office train eleven till Four daily. Tickets to be had at lianwrer, Mr. Leclercq. Stage - ' RPM WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tau DAr —Morning 53 'tin. after 5 I Evening Is after To-Moviow-hMorning 44 rain. atter 6 f Evening" ning 13 nu ._ 6 alter 7 TH'S/ WEATELER.—SuNTime, Apßu. 25. THEEMOMETEE, IN THE SHADE. 43 —highest since noon yesterday. 33—lowest this morning and during the night. 47—this day, at noon. BARceurrmi, 30 . WEND N.E. to E.—sharp breeze, with heavy 21 1 °4113 " ca ' sionally, and sunshiny weather. MONDAY, ATE'', 26. THEEMOXETER, ix THE Si ADL 48—highest sinc e uoon yesterday. n 3 —Lowest this morning and during the night. 66 —this day, at noon. B..t.aoltwm, 30.05. WCM S.E.—fresh breezes and sunshiny weather. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. Ftate of the Wind and Weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clock on Saturday mornin g ,_ _e The stations are arranged in order of latitude. Pvirmotrrs—Wind E., hard wind—rain. BrJourroN—Wind N.E., hard wind —overcast. RA.317310-V••-- Wind E.N E., strong breeze —partially cloudy. So wrif,e,511.1•02f.--Wind S.E., strong breeze —overcast. For.uusTrirrk—Wind E., strong breeze—partially cloudy. TUlraftr.,GE—Wind N. E., strong breeze—cloudless. LI RETSWICH—Wind E., hard wind—cloudless. 81 :t° 0 D—Wind E., hard wind—cloudless. c.,..„'''')N—Wind SE , fresh breeze—partially cloudy. E., heavy gale—prtially cloudy. 'l 424l ` arc , E -- WindN.E., hard wind—cloudless. N.E., heavy gale—overcast. th e w r `d ir.d drua from the following rlaces indicate the state of Oct°, and weather on Friday Innrnlng at nine Loithit.:ll--.wittd t., • gentle breeze— par fally cloudy. overcast. sPert)ttlx"Dk,-;%dinNd.Eii.xiteein'etc-Winde" tl °ev—errzaaislt"i. , hree ze—overcast br eeze —rain. • Hot./ LANCAS'27.I - Wind Mild S. partially cloudy. W ind SE., gentle brvfeend-- partially cloudy. Daltrlscirox—Wind E., strong bz4:2l.inciPi'llY clear. Wind E., strong breeze—pa;t7"--- ExArrocK—Wind S.E., bent wind I"' —partially Cloudy. 10301 . extr . twee tr ,Iririi:ittil-rit.ateirkr, only son of Lord re arran ged be- A.•;• the,... % t - and acConipliAbed daughter o f a p — Zers , and f high r an k. Th e Ti r dy i s sa id t o have a good f o n l t i b u le Z DerbP4 ire courier. - ••••' • - , - N THE SUN, Z 0 Y - --I.z , 7 ,,.......„ 4. , _. t i ff 7( 1 --,C,---*'=-'--4t-s--41 '._ fry _ :ir . ‘ !„_ l43 -7c ... -•,, ..-5 . /- , --"7.'--;;;s , *g nib. -'-'4'6 d LONDON, stronger case for a stringent and searching investiga tion is thereby established than we could have anti cipated. We had previously known that although the report of the Select Committee, urging the greatest expedition, was published on the 29:h of July, the tenders were not required to be put in until the 26th of February. Nearly seven months were thus completely thrown laway—a period that would have been exceedingly valuable if judiciously applied, and the misapplication of which might have left the entire matter in the hands of a single company, who could then have made their own terms, the Government being entirely in their power. Viewing this part of the case in the most favourable light, it cer tainly bears the aspect of a degree of gross negli gence and unjustifiable procrastination, utterly un becoming in a high officer of the Crown, and deserv ing of serious animadversion. The apathy was, however, perhaps more excusable than the reckless and headlong activity by which it was succeeded. The Government had tendered its resignation on the 21st of February ; on the 23d Lord DEBBY was entrusted with the task of form ing an administration, and his predecessors were only nominal occupants of office until his arrange ments were completed. This was the case on the 26th of February, and notice was given that the ex- Ministers would surrender their seals of office at her Majesty's levee on the 27th. The 26th, however, was the day fixed for sending forward the tenders for the different mail services. The day which had been fixed in the previous November could not be altered. If that were practicable, perhaps some greater degree of " decency" might have been ob served, and more time might have been consumed before " the foregone conclusion" was announced to the world. Every minute was, however, of impor tance—an hcur's delay might have allowed the question to be fairly adjudicated on with ample leisure for testing every point to the very bottom ; but that did not suit the views of those whose official existence had so nearly approached its termination. A stranger might have thought that they would rather have evaded so great a- responsibility, binding the country to the payment of 1,596,8001., and post poning for eight years the urgent and unanimous recommendations of a carefully selected Committee of the House of Commons. The motives must have been strong indeed that could have induced such extraordinary hardihood of assertion as that contained in the Admiralty report of the 27th of February, the morning after the tenders were lodged the very morning when " my Lords" bade farewell — we trust a long one—to the cares and sweets of office. In that report their Lordships utterly ignored the fact that the Eastern Steam Navigation Company bad offered to establish branch communioations between the ports of Bombay and Calcutta and those of Pe nang, Singapore, Hong-Kong, end Shanghae, invol ving a distance of 84,000 miles additional service per annum, without additional charge, an omission the more remarkable, inasmuch as they pointedly alluded to the extra service between Bombay and Point de Galle, volunteered by the Peninsular and Oriental Company. _ _ But, great as was the speed at the Admiralty, there was more remarkable expedition apparent at the official residence of the Financial Minister in Downing-street ; notwithstanding the melancholy preparations for the surrender of office, Sir CHARLES Woo]) found time to peruse the report and record his approval of it. We know not whether he did so before or after the levee, but it would be worth knowing exactly at what hour the report of the Lords of the Admiralty was signed on the 27th, and at what time it was transmitted to Downing-street. The matter cannot stop here. It is due to the country that every circumstance connected with what appears to be a gross and palpable job should be fully and clearly explained. It is also due to Sir CHARLES WOOD and the members of the late Board of Admiralty. Any further concealment can only prove injurious. The Eastern Steam Navigation Com pany, whose exertions have saved so many thousands per annum to the nation, have also a right to an im partial consideration of their complaints, and if they have been used as tools on the occasion, and led into expenses which it was determined should not produce any fruits, to fair remuneration for their losses. Of the propriety of the recommendation of the Committee, for " the encouragement of an open com petition," and their objections to an exclusive traffic on the Indian lines, we have recently had too strong a proof in the protest signed Captain CHARLES MORGAN ELLIOTT, of the Madras engineers, and concurred in by five officers of her MAJESTY'S and the Company's service, against the arrangements on board the Oriental. The letter of the gallant officer—which is well worthy of perusal—clearly establishes the ad vantage of affording a choice between rival companies, and not allowing a monopoly to one favoured association, at the expense of the community, and thus removing the prin cipal stimulant to attention, civility, and effi ciency. If it was known that rival vessels were to pass by the same route every alternate fortnight, and that a choice was thus afforded to passengers, we should find no such complaints as those which have emanated from Captain ELLIOTT, and Messrs. THORNHILL, LEVINGE, WICKHA SI, MAYNE, and GORDON. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. There was another grand review in Paris yesterday. The Civil Tribunal of the Seine was on Friday engaged on a very serious question regarding the confiscated property of the Orleans family, and which substantially amounted to this—whether the act of coofiscttion was above the courts of law or not. It may be recollected that, in order to raise the ques tion, the executors of Louis PHILIPPE had instructed the keeper of Neuilly and Monceaux to resist entry by the authorities in such a way as to oblige the latter to have recourse to force, and then to summon the tres passers before the proper tribunal, which they did, when their complaint was met by a plea on the part of the Prefect of the Seine, denying the power of the court to deal with the mat►er, as' it was the execution of a decree of the PRINCE PRESIDENT of the Republic, having all the force of law. On this question of com petence the Civil Tribunal of the Seine was occupied on Friday. After hearing the counsel for the Prefect of the Seine and M. BERRYER in reply, the Court made the following important decree : " Seeing that the members of the Orleans family de rive as proprietors of the domains of Neuilly and of Monceaux, either in virtue of the donation of the 7th of August, 1830, or in capacity of heirs of their father, and in part of the Princess Adelaide, their aunt, as well as by virtue of possession, prolonged beyond 20 years, founding right of prescription: " Seeing that their action has for its object the pro perty of these two domains: " - Seeing that the ordinary tribunals are exclusively competent to decide on questions of property, the vali dity of contracts and of prescription: " That this principle has always been applied to the State as well as to individuals: " That thus to the tribunal alone it belongs to appre ciate the titles of parties, and to apply the law to the facts which give rise to proceedings: " Declares itself competent, retains the cause, and, for sake of complete investigation, adjourns to this day fort night, an d condemns the Prefect of the Seine to the costs of this motion." 11!\ tltnilita i n LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 26, 1852. An ingenious proposition has recently been sub mitted to the French Academy by one of the most eminent, though, at the:same,time, one of the youngest iof its members, the eloquent and enthusiastic Count DE MONTALEMBEET. To this proposition we are induced to refer, because we recognise in it the deve lopment of that noble and generous idea which was originative of the Great Industrial Exhibition. It is intended that a prize of 4,000 francs shall be given for the best historical and literary essay on the " Political Eloquence of England"—the conditions submitted to each competitor being that he shall in his paper present a narrative of its rise in the seven teenth century, and its development under the aus pices of the House of Hanover, with illustrations of the excellence it attained from the days of CHATHAM to the days of CANNING. There is something espe cially graceful in this proposal, coming, as it does, from our rivals in the arts as well as in arms, and suggested, as it has been, by one of their most distin guished orators. Among the other projects submitted to the aspirants for the honour of success in the intended enterprise are those of—explaining the twofold influ ence of the study of the ancients and of the national character on English oratory, together with the indica tions of the most prominent characteristics distinguish ing the speeches of the great ,orators of England as compared with the monuments of ancient oratory, and the eloquence of the French Tribune, the essayist indicating and defining, moreover, the nature of the services rendered by political eloquence to the genius and the power of the British population. What ever compositions are penned in accordance' with these suggested conditions are to be transmitted with sealed packets, containing the names and addresses of the respective competitors, before the Ist of March, 1854, when the essays will be exa- Mined by a committee appointed by the Academy, the sealed packets not being opened until after the judg ment has been pronounced. From the particulars already given, as well as from the nature of the very theme selected by the Count DE MONTALEMBERT, it is at once obvious that the most probable winner of the prize will be an Englishman. A capacity for expressing his ideas idiomatically in the French language is more likely to be found among the lettered natives of the United Kingdom than an adequate acquaintance with the political eloquence of England, even among the most gifted class of Frenchmen. So manifest is this pro bability, that it may at once be reasonably presumed that the attainment of the 'proposed prize by a subject of VICTORIA was directly intended from the outset by the originator, being accepted with corre spondent cordiality by his brethren of the Academy. A more graceful response on the part of the men of science and of letters in the French Republic could scarcely have been contrived in return for the magni- ficent arena opened last year in Hyde-park for the display of the artistic and industrial products of all nations in . immediate juxta- position with those of the United Kingdom and its colonies. Some scheme more remarkable for munificence might, of course, have been readily propounded, .but however distinguished by grandeur of design or magnitude in execution—not one, we rest perfectly satisfied, could have indicated a more graceful, or indeed a more permanent recognition of the probable results of the Exposition. By the projected prize, no t only will a valuable essay be contributed to French literature, but that very essay. will be illus trative in a peculiar manner of one of the most resplendent departments in the litera ture of Great Britain. To a nation as appreciative of eloquence as France, the theme, moreover, will be peculiar attractiveness. Wh e th er fraught with a from the mouths of pulpit orators, such as Bossurr OT R AT/GNAN , as BOURDALOUR or LACOR-. DAME, or from the mouths of political orators, such as MIRABEAU Or MONTALEMBERT, as VERGNIADD Or LAMARTINE---the people of France have learnt, more particularly during the last two centuries, the power for good or for evil of that sub lime capacity which revealed itself under its most al luring aspect in the days of antiquity, in what GRAT.. TAN picturesquely termed the " splendid conflagra tions" of CICERO, and the " rolling torrents" of DEMOSTHENES. From her own famili- arity with the force of eloquence ever admirable as a gift, but ever still more admirable as an acquisition—France is in a special manner qualified to appreciate the glories of British oratory, for which our literature is indebted to the impassioned genius of CHATHAM ; to the genius less impassioned but more majestic of his son, the heaven-born Minister;" to the florid beauties of BURKE , and to various and distinguishing merits by which the eloquence of such men RS SHERIDAN, Fox, CURRAN, GRAT. TAN, PLUNKETT, ERSKINE, WHITBREAD, CANNING, and BROUGHAM were characterised. From the nature of the prize which is thus generously and magnani mously offered by the Academy, at the suggestion of the Count DE MONTALEMBERT, a masterpiece may with some degree of confidence be anticipated, pro bably not unworthy of being ranked with the more celebrated among the Bridgewater Treatises, and certain to reflect honour simultaneously both upon French and English literature. When the Select Committee of the House of Come mons made their second report on steam communi cation with India and China, &e., after emphatically stating the serious objections to " any arrangement which might tend to promote an exclusive traffic on the Indian lines in the hands of one company," and that " the only security to the public for the full advantage of these communications must consist in open and fair competition," they concluded with these remarkable words :—" On the Government must rest the responsibility of car rying out that principle with honesty and fair ness to the public, and it can only be effected by ample notice and full particulars of the terms and conditions required being given, so as to enable all parties to enter the field who may be desirous of tendering for the service." There is an appearance of distrust and suspicion apparent about this pars graph that could n u t a t th e ti me o f pu bli ca ti on b e eas ily accounted for. It would almost seem as if, notwith standing the cheerful assent of the three members of the Government, who participated in their labours, Vi^ ee the Cha nce ll or o f t h e Exchequer, the Secre tary of the Board of C on t ro l, an d one o f t h e L or d s of the Admiralty, the remainder of the Committee had experien ce d creditable dodge a w premonitory feeling that some dis onl dbe res o rt e d t o . Th e matter lay between the Treasury 'Ron.\\ and the Boa r d o f Admi ralty. The Le COWPER w ou ld neces sarily have considerable influence on a subject which h e •with "my Lords' might be supposed to have in his own in vestigated in all its b ranches, WOOD had the ultimate decision remainingwhile Sir C HARLES hands. The Committee nevertheless desired to give additional strength and validity to their recommen dations, and to impose the strongest • possible oblige tions on their Ministerial colleag ues . Subsequent events have shown that the precaution was a wise and salutary one. It proved fruitless, but it will have its due effect upon public opini on , and in exposing the parties really guilty to the censure which they have so justly merited. It must be ascer tained how these things are managed in Downing street, and what are the secret influences that call into unwonted activity Right Honourable and Ho nourable Gentlemen, and produce reports and obtain the confirmation of these reports, with a degree of speed and promptitude which we believe to be per fectly naprecedented. The necessity for the inquiry so loudly demanded at the meeting of the share holders of the Eastern Steam Navigation Company, in the early part of this month, has been fully estab lished by the publication of the return ordered by the House of Commons on the motion of the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Bristol. We have now before us not only the tenders, but also all letters and statements accompanying those tenders, and the Admiralty reports: and we must say, that a much MONDAY EVENING-, APRIL 26, 1852. The President said that witaout fitting attention on the part of the Members themselves, it was im possible to avoid errors. As ;o the observations of M. GODIN, they should be insert?d in the Moniteur. M. GRAINIER DE CASSAGNAC, returned for the Gers, but whose admission had been postponed in order to allow time to present the cocuments necessary to justify his age, country, &c., was declared to be duly entitled to sit in the Chamber. M BILLAIILT read a decree from the PRESIDENT If the &public trans mitting to the Legislative Body various Bills of local interest. --------- After the presentation of several reports on local Bills, the sitting closed at three o'clock, and the Legislative Body adjourned to Thursday, when the Budget, with which the Council of State is actively occupied, will be presented. The Petrie of Saturday contains the following paragraph : " We have reason to believe that the Minister of General Police has intimated to the proprietors of foreign journals that they will have to rectify in their own columns the falsehoods (fausses nouvelles) that may be published in them, under penalty of having their entry into France interdictrd."_ It is announced that M. TIIIERS has passed through Cologne on his way to Italy, and that M. Bixto also proposes to visit the same country. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Aptur, 24. Charleroi and Erquelines, l 3 %—Luxembourg, s—Namur and Liege, 6 % —Northern of France, 20/. 3 per cent. Bonds (formerly Bolougne and Amiens Shares), 13%—Paris and Rouen, 32 1 / ;---Rouen and Havre, ll jg ex div.—Sambre and Meuse, 5 —Tours and Nantes, 11%. Aberdeen Amb., Not., Bost. & E. June. Bir., Wolv., and Stour Valleq . . all pd. Birk., Lan., .8c Ch. Jet., late 331. 65.8 d., 26/. pd. Ditto, Chest. & Birk., 501. k 25/. Cons., all pd. Ditto, ditto 17 1 ,4 pd Briat. & Exet., 100/. pd. Caledonian 501. pd. Cheat. & Holyh., all pd Dub. & Belf.Jct.4sl pd. Dundlk & Enni:?., all pd. Dundee, Perth, & Aber- deen June. ... all pd. Ditto, New ... all pd East Anglian (251. L. & E. and L. & D.) all pd. )o (18/. E.& H.)all pd. last. Counties 201 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. Jnc., all p Edinb. & Glas., 50/. pd Edin.,Per. & Dun. 25/. p Glas. & S.-West., 100/ p Great Northern, all pd Do. Halve. A def., all p Do. do. B, 6 pr. c. all p Gt. S.& W. Ireld., all p Great Westn., 100/. pd Lanc. & Carlisle . all pd Do. Thirds, 11/.13.4 pd Lanc. & York. 1001. pd Do., Quarters ...all pd Do., Fifths 141. pd Do.,W. Rid. Un. 11%p Leeds Northern, all pd Liv.Crsbv &Sthpt.l7ip Lond. & Blackw., all pd Lon.,Brig.& S. Cr.loo p Lon. & N.West., 100/. p Do. Quarters 22/. pd Do. Fifths l2/. pd Do. 10/..M &B (c) lip Lon. & S.-West 100/. p Do. New 601., 42 4 pd Do. New 40/....34/. pd Man. Bus. & Mat. all p Man. Shet. & Lin.,loo/p Do. Manch. &Lincoln 13 3 A to 14 7 --7% 10 10% 12% 1114 d. 16 1 4 - 17% 97 -99 20% 21 21% 22% 14 —l2 d. 6 - 7 4 %- 47/, 3j- -9% Oh_ 7 4 3 4 - 5 17 -17% 52 -54 33 -34 6 - 20% - 20% -6% 14% - 15 39% - 40 924 - 92% 78 -80 9 -10 p 73% - 741% 6% 6 dis. 4y, 4 dis. 18% 1834 8 - 81 . 4 104 1 / 2 105% 124 3 / 4 125% S YB 1 3 4 —4l/z p 2 —24 p 92 3 / 4 93 1 / 4 4 —3% dis. 3 2 1 % die. _2% —23/4 34 , A -3-1 A 8% —2% dis. 68 3 4 69% 36 —37 Union 41.2. pd Midland 100/. pd Do. Bir. & Derby 100/. s. r sssN N NN NS O I% D a l ) Dech l exoo eee oo n d row ww rro ow t tetd. North tt s G r pme h, rNiiNy Q ll , a s, o d. ra hhE : ww akl r reC &\ e iE re t ' e f t .2 t i t o 'e nt: e s : . 1 (b d l . re t. s r . I hr . . 2. 1 )aaaa 517 0 :1 5 1 1y2 / 111 : 7 1. ipppV2 dpp d d.dd Norfolk lOO/. pd h p North. Coun. Un. ; 2 ' pd North N Stafford. l v. June. r.ua.e l . a.2 7 156 % 1: p. dip p ).{ ! Wolverhampton 10/ p, North-Wester nl ß si oa r . dr , c A. 5211 a a 591e 1 1 : 1 1 . 1 .., p ppp& d d ddd A, P 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 pd Do. A, B, C, & D fully, pd. up at per cent....! South Devon rill pd; South-Eastern 30/. pdl South Wales all pd S. , uth Yorkshire and River Dun 15/. pd Do. Do. 5/. pd Stirl. & Dunterm all p Stock. & Har.l6/25.3d. Taff Vale 126/. pd Thames Haven Dock and Railway ...18/. pd Vale of Neath _l7/. pd Waterfd. & Bilk. all pd Waterfd. & Lim. all pd Waterford, Wex. Wick. and Dublin 3/. pd West Cornwall 13/. pd West London pd Yk., New. & Ber. 25/. p 18 1 / —l9 Do. & New. Ex. 201. p 6 6 dis. Do. G.N.E. pure. 9/. p. 2 jai die. York &N. Mid. 50/. pd 25 3 / 26% Londonderry and Enniskillen ... - ... 9 -9% 4 1 4 dis. 36 -38 10 —9% die. 3 1 /, 3 dis. 8 1 / 2 —B3/ 7% 7 1 /, dis. 7j B 7 5 / 8 dis. ... - .. 1% -2 . p. 20% - 21 17% -183 i 11 - - 12 7 3 /s 5 —5% 4 3 dis. 13 —l5 10 —ll 25 3 d. 17 1 / 2 - 18 22% - 22% n -35% ... --- .• • dis. 1 . 5 . 6 =ls'l 2% 23 / 4 4 3 dis. sy, 53/4 20 —22 ••• 4% —. 4 dis. PREFERENCE s: Aberdeen all pd Do. No. 2, 7 per ct. 33/ Caledonian, 101. all pd Ches. & Holyhd. all pd Dundee, Per., & Aberd. Junction all pd E. Ang.(3/ 104)6 pc. all Do. 50 7 per ct. all p Do. ( 71175) 7 p. c. 2 p Eastern C .unties Ex., sp. c., No. 1 all pd Do. No. 9 all pd Do. New 6 p. c. Stk. 10, Eastern Union Scrip,' Guar. 6 per ct....a1l p Do. 10/. Deb. Sh. all p East Lancashire, 6 per, ct. Quar. Shre. all pd East & West Yorkshire' Junction, sths all pd Edin., Per. & Dun. 5 per cent. all pd Glas. & S.W. Con lOOl. lat. North. 5 p. c all pd Do. 5 p c. red. sc 91, p Great South. & West. (Ireland) Bths all pd Gt. West. (Berke & H. Ex. 5 per cent.) all pd Gt.W. fixed 41/a 100/. p Do. Do. _BOl. pd Lancashire and York shire, F. 20/. 6/. pd Do. 6 c. Stk. 1001. p Leeds iorthern, 6 per cent. No. 1 13/. pd Do. D. No. 2 17/. pd Do. Do. No. 3 51. pd Do. Qrs., 1848...91. pd London & Brig. guar. 5 per cett. ...100/. pd Do. Pr. 5 p c. Stk. 100/. Do. Con. 5 p c,1852 all Do. N.Gr. 6p c 1001. p Lon. & N.-W. (Coy. & Nunet.) 5 p. c. 13 1 % Pd Lon. & S.W. New Si. p Lon. & En. 1,6 Sh. all p Man., Sluff., & Linen. Qr. Sh., No. 1...a1l pd Do. New, 10/. ...all pd Do. 6/. ............ 3/. pd Mid. Con. 6 p c Sr. 100/. Do. Con. Bris. & 6 per cent.... 1 0 0/. pd Do. Erewosh Val. 100/ Do. Leic. & Swanning. 8 per c. Guar. 1001. p Do. Preference —5/. p Norfolk Exten all pd Do. Gr. 5 1 / p ct. all p Do. Wavuy. Val. 2/. p North British ...51. pd North Stafford....all pd Oxf. Wor. & Wol., 15/. 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% p c. 10/. pd ' Sth. York. 4 p c gd. 20/. Stock. & Hart. gd. 5 p c until July 1,1856, all p Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent. Si. pd York, Newc. & Bar. Gt. N. of E. Pur. all pd. Do. Do Si. r,ci York & N. Midland - H. and S. Parch. 10/.. pd 1 % die. 8 5 / 8 - BT B 17% - 18 5 -5% 3 -3% 1 I%p % y 8 p x.d 13 1314 13% - 143 3% - 4 ••• 14%-15 1% - 1 5 / 8 p 8%- 83 y, 1 die. $,% -3% p 1 - 1 1 A - 1 2% 1t0 1 ,4 --11 13 —l3 % %a P 139 - 141 yadvs.— par 19 1 20% -- 5 3 / - 2 % 5 5% 5 / 8 - r 8 p 10 10% 1534 - 16 14 --15 161,E-17 - 434 Y i dis. % p 13/ 1 4 % 14 5 /e i 7% 7 97 2 0 M 54 5 li 31% 4 3 % % 3% % 9 % 3 9 45, 17►% % 83y, 32y, 6%6 % 48% 20% 15 147/8 92 91% 5/9 10 9 1 A pm 73% y s 723/4 1 8% 1 4 % 18 8 1 / 4 105 1 / 4 104 1 / 4 1243 A 1 / 4 3A 124 27% x 161/4 92 3 4 92 254 34% y 4 1% 68 % % 68 77/8 36%37 36 5 8% % 20V 2 3 / 4 3.‘ 17 7 / 8 3 / 4 11 5 /Es 3/4 7% ii 17 7 / 8 22 % % 22 21 7 4 22 11% 5% 21% 21 18 3 % % 13% % 6 % Ys 25% IA % f's , 91As. 1 078 1 dis. 2N t 8N 7 / 8 177/B VA 3 PIE 7x ; pm x.d 1”i 13% 145 3 y f , 111% 5% Yl 10 3 / 4 3' 10 14%i% 9y i 10 FOREIGN. Railways. Nominal Prices. Bu es, done to. day. Cent. France (0.V.) all 23 23% x.d x.d Chart. & Erquel. all pd 13 — l5 Demerara all pd Dutch Rbenisti...B/. pd —3% dis. East Indian 18/. i d 3/ 3% p 21 Do. Do 201. pd 2:3 Gt. Indian Penh). all p 7 / 8 —1 % p Do. Do. 4% pd 7 / 8 p Louv. a la Sambre 71/ Luxembourg l3/. pd 4 7 / 8 534 6 4 7 4 3 Do. (Railway) 10/. pd 311 4 3y s 4 Do. l/. pd % Do. (Canal) 2t. pd 3% 1 Maria Antonia 27A pd Do. New 8% pd Namur & Liege all pd 6 1 / • 6% Nortb. of France,l6/.pd 24% 24% 24% D 0.20/. 3 p c. Bds,all p 13% 13 1 / 4 Orleans & Bor 111. pd 438 p 1534 15 Paris & Lyons pd 4 p Paris & Orleans all pd 47 —4B x.d x.d Paris & Rouen ...all pd 31% 31% Paris & Stras. ...all pd 2:% 223 - 4 22% IA y s Rouen & Havre...all pd 11% —l2 x.d 11% x.d Sambre &Meuse all cad 4T/ 8 —5% St. Andrew's & Quebec (A) 4/. pd Tours & Nantes 17/. pd 544 dis. 11% x West Flanders...B 3 / pd 3% 338 3 West. of France 6/. pd 1% 1 7 / 8 , 712% Grand Junction of France, 4%. MINES. Agua Fria all pd 7 / 8 13% p Anglo-Californian, all p Sy s P Asturian 151. p Australasian 2/. pd 1 p Australian 5/. pd 1 Austr. Freehold all pd % dis par 53 Ave Maria all pd dis. 5 / Blaenarvon I. & C. all p Brit. Austr. Gold all pd % dis par %a British Iron 13/. 15s. p Braz.lm. (is. sp) 24% 1 1 / 2 Do. Coca. & Cui. all o Do. St. Job. del R. 15/. Carson's Creek all pd 34 1 / 4 p Cobre Copper _4Ol. pd 35% 1 / Copiapo 141 pd Eng. &Aust. Cop. all p is dis p 5 1 / General all pd Gold Mountain all pd %dis. p 1 Great Polgo-th all pd 1 p Mexi. & S. Amer. 9/. p . . Nouveau Monde all pd 3% 3 / 8 p 11 % Port Philip ... l/. pd —% p 1% Santiago de Cuba 10 3 / 644 71/ Tin Croft 7l. pd 9 3 / 4 10% 10 United Mexican all pd 234 2 3 / 8 West Mariposa all pd 9i dis % Colonial Gold, 1%. JOINT-STOOK BANKS. Australasia all pd 39 40 1, x.d x.d Brit. Ntb. Amer. all pd 49% —5O Colonial 25/. pd 11% 12% Com. of London 20/. pd 24 25% Lon. & County 20/. pd London Jt. Stk. 10/. pd 18 18% Lon. & Westm. 20/. pd 28% —29 Nat. Prov. Eng. 35/. pd Do. New lO/. pd Nat. of Ireland 22% p 17 3 / —l7 Orient. Bk. Corp. alt pd 34 —35 Prov. of Ireland 251 pd. 43% —44 Do. New all pd 15% 8 16% Union of Austral all pd 37 —3B Do. New 2 l/ pa 3 Union of London 10/. p 14% —15;2 Union of Madrid all pd MISCELLAN EOUS. Canada 32 1 / pd 48 49% Eastern Steam...2s. pd Gen. Stm. Nay. 14/. pd 28% 287 8 Penin. & Or. St. all pd 80 79% 81 Do. Do. ...15/. pd 33 Royal Mail Stm. 60/. pd 78 —79 x.d 77% 78 x.d Universal Emigration and Colonization, 2/. p Irish Beet &war. 2%. Beet Sugar, 27A. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liver!), n I on Saturday w. re esti mated at irom 8,000 to 9,000 bales. including 750 Ame rican for expor, and 1. 000 American and 500 Surat on speculati-n. The market was animated, and prices of all kinds fully supported. The sales comprised 150 Pernam and Maranham, at 61. to 60. ; 900 Sudan, at 60. to Bid. ; 500 Surat, at 34a. to 4i J. ;30 Sea Island, at Is. 2d. to ls. 5d., and the remainder Ame rican.—Railway Shares were quiet. An advance of Is. occurred in Wheat, in Mark-lane, this morning. The railway meetings announced are the following: — DATE. PLACE, kc. Aberdeen .. April 2 ,, Aberdeen. Belgian Eastern Jun c ti on A pr il 28 , Brussels. Demerara April 29, London Tavern. Dieppe and Fecamp . April 30, Paris. East Anglian ... April 28, London Tavern. Eastern Counties ..... April 28, London Tavern. Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee.......,.......... May 3, Edinburgh. Great Indian Peninsular .. April 28, 3, New Broad-street. Great Luxembourg. April 27, London Tavern. Ditto, ditto Killarney Junction May 11, Kingrdbridge Terminus. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport ...—... London & North-Western, May 6, Euston Station. London and Blackwall Midland Namur and Liege ...... May 3, London Tavern. Ditto, ditto Mar 6, Brussels, Newmarket Orleans, Tours, and Bor- _ _ dean x Paris and Strasbourg April 29, Paris. South-Eastern ... ...... .. May 6, Bridge House Hotel. South Wales April 30, Paddington. Tours and Nantes May 3, Paris. Western of France May 6, Paris. York and North Midland May 8, York. York, Newcastle, and Berwick .... . May 1, York. The West India advicts, per Clyde, are still unsatis factory in respect to the condition of the colonies. Among other things, the Jamaica merchants were com plaining much of the new arrangements of the Royal Mail Steam Company, and addressed a letter to the de legates appointed to represent the state of the island. The following are extracts:-... " We perceive that you are fully aware of the injury being at present sustained by every man interested in trade, from the sudden withdrawal of the long-esta blished and direct communication previously maintained between this port and those of South America.—viz., Santa Martha, Carthagena, Chagres, and Grey Town, and also between this and St. Jago de Cubs. " You must likewise be well cognisant of the fact, that several memorials and petitions have been at various times transmitted, as well from the Legislative bodies of this island as from the merchants and others interested in its commerce. To none of these, however, has the least attenion been conceded. It is only neces sary to request your perusal of the accompanying copy of memorial which was sent to the Board or Trade (and to which no reply has been receiv d), to point out the grievances under which we still suffer, and to enable you to reiterate them in the proper quarter. "It would be almost superfluous to allude to the gross injustice inflicted, and to the utter want of ex cuse which could at all be afforded by the Royal Mail Company fur having so altered the rout , , this harbour being by far bet t er adapted for the coaling and water ing, &c., of their steamers, than the one of their late so 1F cam', whilst the position of this port stands unri valled vaned in its advantages for the very purpose which the company affect, that of a speedy and di rect communication with the isthmus, &c.; and that this averment is advanced beyond dispute is fully borne out by that which is of almost daily occurrence, to wit, an earlier receipt in England by several days, of the correspondence from Chagres, via this islan d and the United States, than of those mails conveyed by t he co pany's steamers via St. Thomas." The Pacific and South American advices have been but been anticipated by last week's arrival from New yo arew c le o a tu rn ing th f a o t r w u p a r w d a , b d e s o id f es a I m be il 2 li s o 7 n ,oool d . b o r d o a u r g s h i t n b s y pe t c h l e e Clyde. The New York advices still notice a low rate of ex change, 10 to 109, owing to shit.ments of produce to England 4 anti large orders for public securities. Pros pects, however, were favourable, and the Californian news was dull. The Hamburgh advices of last Friday quote the ex change on London steady at 13 61. Stocks and Shares were firm and money was easier. At Amsterdam on the 24th inst. Dutch Stocks were supported with limited bargains, and nut much was dune in other securities. Iu Demerara petitions to Parliament for the enforce• ment of the treaties with Spain and Brazil were being numerously signed. At St. Lucia sugar cultivation scarcely paid expenses. There is a dull market for Public Secutitiezi, aed prices are lower. Consols realise 99i I for Trans fer aid Account. The decision of the Tri- bunal against Louis Napoleon in the matter of the Orleans property has some effect, but the disposition to await the result of the debate on the Militia Bill and the presentation of the Budget deter purchasers. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been at 1001 I, and the Three per Cents. at 98i Bank Stock is worth 2201 to and South Sea Stock 1101. The Exchequer -bills dated June are 645. to 665. pre mium. Foreign Securities have been generally depressed. The Committte of the Stock Exchange have resolved not to allow Spanish home stock to be dealt in here. The Deferred Bonds have realized 21+ to i; and the Certificate is at 2} per cent. Portuguese Four Cents. have declined to 381 and 38. Equador Stock is heavy at 41 Grenada Bonds are 231; and Chilean 1031. Venezuela keep up at 481 and 49k. Mexican have been as low as 33k, but now realise 34i to K. Russian Four-and•a lialf per Cents. are 1031 to 104; and Dutch Fuur per Cents. 93i Railway Shares are all flatter, and the French lines have given way. Brighton are in favour, and fair sup. port is given to Caledonian, North. Weetern, and Oxford and Wolverhampton. Midland Ind South-Western have been lower. A decline has occurred in Paris and Strasbourg, Western of France, and Northern of France. Gold Mine Shares have been dull, at about former quotations. South Aus , raltan Copper are about p re _ mium. Lewis Hill Range pr em ., and Royal Austra lian Gold 1. SPAIN. -- • - Our accounts from Madrid are of the 2011 inst. The KING was shortly to proceed to Santander, to preside at the inauguration of the railroad connecting that town with Alar. Ministry of Grace and Justice was collecting* the documents necessary to enable the Government to reform the electoral lacy. Two editors of the Madrid journals presented on that day to the Minister of the Interior the memo rial, signed by the principal organs of the press, praying the QUEEN to modify the clause of the new law with regard to responsible editors. Should the Government not accede to their demand, most of M. Th e Three per Cent % and that o f th e scon d a t si. the papers will cease to appear were ere donein t the at beginning 44fo r titime f ay ; the New Three per ; Cents. at 21i; the Debt of the first class at 8i; GERMANY. The closing sitting of the Austro-German Zollve rein Congress was held on the 20th at Vienna. Count Buoy. SCHAUENBTEIN, Minister of Foreign Affairs and of the Imperial Household, closed the sitting in a speech, in which he said that the signi n g of the final p ro tocol(Hanover alone being the dissen tient power) had te rm i nated the tas k f or which they had assembled. Th ey had realised t h e d es irable end marked out in th e memorable opening speech of the late Prince SCHVVARZENBERG. They bad dra wn up a treaty of commerce between Austria and the Zollve rein, similar to that concluded in 1829 between Prussia, Bavaria, and the two Hesses, of which the Zollverein in it s p resent form was t h e d eve lopment, a treaty which fully completed the aim of preparing for the customs' uni on b y an int i mate ra llying of indus trial and commer c i a l i nterests, an d w hich tended to wards the activit y o f the f edera l assembly, by the conclusion of international decrees bene ficial to the commerce of the whole of Germany, by at least reali s i ng t h em f o r such states as should particip a t e i n th i s trea ty of commerce. " You have thu s ," finished the pro ject of a treaty o customs union between Austria and the States o f t h e Z o ll vere i n , which—without said the Count, `` disturbing the organisation of the latter, and without prejudice to the positions attained, is destined to be the realisation and termination of the treaty of com merce. We have held ourselves aloof from the opi nions of extreme parties; we offer only what is prac ticable, and have in no respect exceeded the limits traced out by circumstances. I confidently expect that the course followed by Austria and the other Governments here represented will not re main without favourable reaction. For if we hold to the realisation of the propositions of general interest which we make, we must desire that obligatory conventions will not be made at the conference now opened at Berlin until the treaty of commerce and of customs union with Austria has been negotiated, and is ready to be simultaneously signed. You have yourselves been convinced, and your labours testify that so close a treaty of commerce as we all desire is impossible without numerous changes in the tariff of the Zollverein, and that these changes are the necessary condition of not being able so largely to participate in the customs duties." The Count further declared that Austria, ceding to the de-- sire of the Governments there represented, was ready to adopt in her legislation the principles and instiutions of the Zollverein, and that it was evident this de claration could only have reference to the known and tried stipulations of this union, while it remained without effect if those changes were made by one of the contracting parties only, 'and without pre vious understanding with Austria. The Count con cluded by assuring them, in the name of his EM PEROR, that, despite the loss of the late Minister, " we shall still march forward with the same perseverance towards the same end—the future customs union of Germany and Austria." After this address the Bavarian Plenipotentiary, Count VON LERCHENFELD, briefly replied, fully adopting the views of Count Blum, and the meeting was at an end. The following is a résumé of the &nal protocol of the Vienna Congress, signed in the sitting of the 20th : " The Austrian Government declares itself ready to conclude a commercial and customs treaty, conformable to the above mentioned project, with Prussia, the States at present united with it in the Zollverein, and those who shall enter in 1854. _ " The Governmentsi signirg this protocol, on their part, declare that they are ready to accede to a treaty of commerce and of customs, and a treaty of commercial union between Prussia, the States now included in the Zullverein, and those which shall enter it in 1854, on the one part; and Austria, with the States which shall be in union with her on the Ist January, 1854, on the other. They promise to hasten the adhesion of the other States of the Zollverein to these trea ties, ns far as possible in conformity with the pro ject above developed; but if this cannot be without modifications of the project, then these Governments further declare t heir readiness to enter into negotiations for such modification, always preserving the leading principles of the project as the basis of an agreement. The conclusion of these treaties shall coincide, in point of time, with the renewal or transformation of the Zollverein." The last accounts from Carlsruhe state that the death of the GRAND DIKE was expected to take place every instant. The Grand Dukes IN and MICHAEL left Stutgardt on the 19th, and passed through Ulm, on their way to Italy. The Prussian National Gazette announces that the Germanic Diet insists on the state of siege being raised in Electoral Heise. iTAL k . In consequence of the conversion of the old French Five per Cents., the Minister of the Interior at Turin, M. PERNATI, has directed the Intendants- General of Piedmont to demand the reimbursement of the capital belonging to charitable institutions, in vested in the said stock, since they may be re-in vested at five per cent. in Piedmontese stock. The Intendants have time until the 15th of next month to apply to the French Government for repayment. In its sitting of the 19tb, the Chamber of Deputies of Turin passed the Bill for the concession of the Sacigliona and Coni railway line by 98 votes to 5. It also passed a Bill for the levy of 100 sailors for the royal Professor BERTOLDI, Inspector-Extraordinary of the schools of the island of Sardinia, who has been directed by the King of SARDINIA to restore order in in the University of Cagliari, has issued a decree, dated the 14th, forbidding the students to loiter about the corridors of the university buildings, to form groups, or to come armed with sticks. The GRAND DUKE of Tuscany has issued a decree, dated the 17th, ordering the drainage of the swamps of Bientina, in the unwholesome Maremme of Gros seto, to be commenced immediately. A letter from Rome, of the 12th, in the Augsburg Gazette, states that the Prince DE CANINO is to re ceive 300,000 f. for his palace at Rowe, which he is to give up to his eldest son. The palace, it is said, is worth more, but is encumbered with mortgage 3. Cardinal DELLA GENOA SERMATTEI has been named Prefect of the Congregation of Bishops at Rome. Cheers having been raised, the PRESIDENT immedi ately repressed the demonstration. The FRINGE PRESIDENT left Orleans on Thursday morning and arrived in Paris at ten o'clock that evening. The Memorial of Amiens contains an article from the pen of M. LEON VIDAL, who holds an official situation in the Ministry of the Interior, in which, examining the joint note of Russia and Prussia of the 24th of March, declaring that these Courts might re cognise en Emperor of the Republic elected for life by plebiscite, but not a hereditary empire, being con trary to the treaties of 1815, this gentleman protests against such assumption of these powers, but, at the same time, conside rs the principles laid down as not indicative of the personal tendencies of the Sovereigns so much as of their Ministers, especially M. DE NES. SELRODE. He doe s not think accordingly that any attempt would be made to interfere with the un questionable rights of the French people to place the thought desirable Imperial crown On the head of Louis IsTAroLEoN, with descent to his heirs, should such measure be The Legislative Assembly de sirable before long ).s ev'd lthe . •of M i ent y opinion M. LEON VIDAL. ;al id that it will be thought ______________ We regret to state that the Lord Chancellor's quarter past tvvo, chair. M. GIJUIN complained that an error had been " Members in placing M. BILLAULT, the President, in the ' met on Friday at a i House of Lords this morning. health is not yet sufficiently recovered to allow him to attend to his duties. Ilia Lordship did not sit in the C Bill. .The ft ct was that he had formed part of the ' his name on the list of those Lord Truro has recovered from his recent attack _. wh o bad voted against the Copper Coinage 1 of gout. The dinnerstoble and Learned Baron will entertain a ;large party at on Wednesday. committee or. the Bill, by whom the measure had been I approved of unanimously. lie CITY or LONDON CORPORATION BILL. — The Select placed on the p roper side —n of Committee have reported that the standing orders may be amely, amongst those dispensed with in favour of the Mercers' ComPaDY, to be the Members yibo bud voted • wished his name to be m favour of the Dill.; heard against the Bill. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH-COAST AILWAY. R Traffic—Week ending April 24,18.52 ... £9,611 17 0 Traffic—Week ending April 26, 1851 ... 10,971 16 7 Total of the half-y ear, to this date, 1852 142,222 16 6 Total of the half-year, to this date, 1851 ... 140,714 19 6 Total number of Passengers —Week ending April 24, 1812 53,538 Passengers ... £7,263 3 3 Goods 2,348 13 9 Total ... £9,611 17 0 Total miles open, 1852, 173i4; ditto, 1851, 173%. London Terminus, April 26, 1852. THE SHARE MARKETS. Railways. Nominal Prices. BRITISh RAJLWAYS. Business done to-day. LINES LEILS: AT FIXED RENTALS. Railwaym ILeasin g Nominal Prices. B to-da Companies. y.usiness & Bitch., all p Lon.&N.W - • Bir.& Oxl.,gu a. all Gt. Westn. 30 —3l Do. without, all p Do. & Dad., guar...—. all pdi Do. Do. without,a.ll pDo. Buckingbash .aI'IPLon.&N.W 17% 18% Clydsdale all p Caledonian 45 —47 E. Lin., gua. 6 per cent. all pd Gt. Northn. 35 35% Gloucest. & 1 )ean Forest... 22h .pd Gt. Westrn. 3% P Hartlepl. Dk. 1 Railw. ...all p.l &Berw. I Hull& Selby, a3l p Yk. &N.M. 109 111 Do. Halves.,a 11 p Do. ...... 54% 55% Do. Quarts., all p Do. Leeds &Brdf.,a Jl c Midland Lon. & Grenw., all S. Eastern 12% 12% 12', Do. Pref....all p d Do. . Lowestoft., gua. 4 per cent...all p 1 Norfolk Do. 6p. et., all p Do. Middlesbe & Red - car, 6p. c., all p Stktn &Dar & E., sp. c., a II E. Counties 60 —62 Do. 6p. ct., all p Do. ••• G 9 Do. New...all T, id Do. ••• Presto. & Wy, •e. f L.& NW I all pa id & La. &Y f ••• ••• 45 1 ,E Do.Hlves,A, all p Do. Read., Guildf.,.v Reigate al Ipd S. Eastern 23 23 1 ,! Roy. & Hit.. 6 1 /' p Gt. Northn B 7/s • 9 kfi 9 Do. Shep. E K., s .11 Do. Shf. Rtb. & ( 5 p. c., 18. 11.4 & Yks S. Staffdsh., 1 1 4 -p Ml•M'Clean 1 1 / 4 1 die. Wear Val. 6 p Stc.kt& Dar ... Do. do. p azil Do. Do. do. ... all r 4 Do. Wi1t 443014 •011. 1 tiQt.WeStra 9B —99 123 124 146 144 QUARTER TO THREE. °out) s „. 99 account. 'May 11 .. ••• 99 } oNE CLOsiNG "RICES OF BRlTisti FONDS O'CLOCK. PRICES B.:ut otock 3 e , Co,t- Redr.c.d Anns. 3 oc- Cunt. Consols Annuitiam.. ::ow 3 ) ,./ 1 per Cent. &nüb-. ... . :_ong Anna. t..xpir..lan..mAo Ditto. 30 years, Oct. iO. 1859 ...... 6% 1 34 6V— I 6 Ditto 30 yearz, Jan. 5,1860. , 6 13-16 6 13-16 7 1-16 I ~th‘ Sonde, 1,0001 ... B7 p 87 p South Sea Stock cruol. •or Account .. 9 9 3 / s% 9913 rxchaouor Bills. I%d. March. June. 5001. ONE PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. Ori noR Chaim) Bonds 6 per Cent ...... 103% Uanish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent. . C,LOM N ?WES. 103 Dill , . 5 per cent. 10 4 14 Equador Bonds .. 4y e GrendAla iSoeds. 11/. per Cent. — Do. Ex Dec., 1849 C0up0n5...... 23 1 4 Ditto. Deferred ........ ... 10% Mexican 5 As: e en , 1816 — Ditto, Account Ditto, 3 per Cent....... 27% 27% Peruvian tine.ds, 5 e..e , e,,• . ... 104 104 Ditto, Deferred, 3 per Cent 64 64 Portuguese ''. oer Cents Ditto Account 99 % 99i/a Ditto, 4 per Cent. Russian Bonds .... 115 Ditto, 4 1 4 per Cent Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. • Ditto, Account Spanish 5 per C,lnt. 1840 — Ditto. 3 per Cent —479 s Ditto. New Deferred Spanish Com. Cert. Coup. not funded 21A Z 2 1 / per cent. i, onpzueia Bonds, 3 1 A per Cent 48% 49% 49 Ditto Deferred Dividends on the above payable in London.. Austrian, 5 per Cent. .... 80 79 / s Dutch 2 1 4, per Cent. 12 Guild.... Ditto 4 per 'or,. Cqr,,u,..,,„.... 9331 931 LLO SHIPPilisCi--(1 HIS DAY.) LOND .N, APRIL 26. Wi:id at noon E., bght bre( se, and tin. clear dry wenthrr. SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 25.—The David, Leckie, of and fur Londe:), sailed lruni 'tura, a Feb. 27, was discovered to be on fire on the 29th, and was abandoned abut 90 miles from the tnou'h of the Orinoco, when her decks shot , ly afterwards ble,. up, and the sank. An English barque of about 400 tons, with a round house cabin, paint. d yellow, and a yellow streak, with painted ports, without any name visible on the stern, was passed on the 21st of April, in lat. 46, long. 18, waterlogged and dismasted, and having been apparently a lung time in that condition, by the Clyde steamer, ar rived here. HARTLEPOOL, APRIL 24.—The George, of Whitby, from Middlesborough to Bamburgh, in putting b,ck to. the Tees yesterday, struck on the North Gareland, and beat up on the beach south of Seaton Carow, where she is expected to become a wreck; crew saved. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 24.—Wind E. N.E.—Acrd. presto, Tnorn. Ceylon; Elliott, Brown, Saldanba Bay; Jane Clark, Clark, Ancona. Off port, Syren, Odessa; Rio Grande. Schwerin, Rio Grande. FALMOUTH, APRIL 24.—Wind S.E. to E., fresh gale; 25, E., fresh bretz s.—Arrd. Catherine Maude, Thora soli.Aneona; Conder,fielland, Calcutta; Leona. Matanzse. OFF SCILLY.—Arrd. William Tell, New York. NEWPORT. APRIL 24.—Wind E., strong.—Sid. Aus trnlia Manilla; Lady Sarah Bailey, St. Thomas. BEAUMARIS. Arum 24.—Wind N.E., strong gale.'.' Berinicis, Lim de la H ,the; Cooper, Alexandria. CLYDE, APRIL 23 SW. Mary Allan, Jamaica; Row:what), Quenee; Herald, New Y,.rk. BELFAST APRIL 24 Wind N.E.—Arrd. Adroit, Dauer,. Sr. Gille's. ABERDEEN, APRIL 24.—Wind S.E., strong.—Sld. Sarah. Qienec. OFF THE SOUTH FORELAND —And. Louisa and St. David, Callao; Stromboli, Alexandria. SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 25,—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Clyde steamer, Weller, West Lodies. LIVERPoOL, APRIL 26, (PER E ir L t ß an er n ß e T ice TE to LE u G i ß ti. A g P o ll w .? into Locb r A rt° L : , G l l-' 27— °w Wind E.N E., a heavy gale; 25 Y an t d he wa ili t eb ow el e l d s DEAL, —Toe .o this von. E. by N . to moderate.—Arrd. Depttoid, apciLrIVI"ERPOoL, APRIL 24 AND 25.—Wind r rd. Jeremiah Garnett, Daly, Sbat l ; ,h,Li_ John Burls° , Sa van nah; Vi-ion, Htmt r ly, T erceira; Civile, Valsarek, Taganrog; Fenna G rau d a , Aus! ratio.. Ski. Emanu el Theresia, Hayti ; R u 13 peater, New Y or k ; R u bi con , " I° . bay; Regulus, Maranhaw; Pnceuix, Antigu a; Ytio3 3ll, La Guayra; E uropa steamer, and Meridian New York; Hope, State of M a i ne; G rec i an steamer, Constantinople; Calliope, Trie s t e . RAMSGATE, APRIL 25.—Wind E. to E N.E.—Arrd. Eagle, Farr,. n, Port-u-Prince. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 24, AND 25.—Wind E.—Arrd. Jane, Allen, Jamaica; Flower of Yarrow, Sr, Micbser" Coldstream, COX, Calcutta; Ilium, Bartley, Mauritius,: Phoenix, Dureks, Buenos Ayres. Sld. H e r M a jesty 6 steam- r Samson, a crtrzr4.; WICK, APRIL 23.—The Splendid, or Pwllheli, from Newcastle to Drogheda, sprang a leak off Peterhea d last r ight, ran for Wick Bay, and was stranded behind the North Quay of Pulteney Town Harbour this morn ing, and is waterlogged; crew saved. Ther© is a lies/ sea running, and the vessel is likely to become a total wr« ck. WHITSTABLE. APRIL 24 —The Charles, of Len d° b ll ,; from 4umerp to Quebec and Al-ntresl, struck 011 t i s Pan Sand this morning and filled, en d as it blowing hard from the east, it is feared the will g o ' pieces; crew and pa , befigefE say , d. OFI? TORBAY, APRIL '43 —President. Wolk, St. Pc )* ming(); Mare W .rmitig, St. Croix; El.zabeth, Tortier , ghorn; Protector, Crouch, Cape of Good Hope; George Ludora, Odessa; Livonia, Torre Vecchia. A. BRISTOL, APRIL 24 Wind E., strong. • Ar r. Psyche, Castle, Mauritius; Glenmore, Smith, Buenos Ayres. QUEENSTOWN, - APRIL 23.—Wind S E ; 24, S•E' , strong —Arrd North Star, Monte Video; Nassau Belle, Abbot, Odessa; Venilia, Andrew, Smyrna • Wigratos• Thurtell, Sr. Helena; Brilliant, Smith, Barb adoes; Fritz, Astrom, Trieste; Columbus and lodustria, Malta. MARKET IVEWz.".—( THIS DAY.) •--. CORN EXCHANGE .—MONDAY. Moat of the country markets held on Saturday were but moderately supplied with English Wheat, in which a lull average business was transacted on rather higher terms. Foreign Wheats were held at moved d extreme rate.neadilf at theet u full i ding outports. Malting y p r i c es, whilst grinding and distilling aorta were tolerably firm. No change in Malt, but O ats were steady, and the turn higher. Beans, Peas, Indian Cora and Flour moved 4 ff str adily at extreme currencies. .: Ldest ac counts from New Yolk state that a m modera t e . bus i ness was doing in Flour tur shipment to Englan d ' In prices, however, no change took pl ace. The whole ~fw f the contine al markets hav e continued exceedingli i nact ive for all articles. Up to our mai ket, last week, a fu ll average quantity ,„ of .F.;ngbsh Wheat came to h an d B ea ns; 34 Peas; 2,100 Tar i .- 5 6 5.390 qrs of Wheat; 10 911 Ba w d ; 7,786 Ltussed; 6 840 , other articles were small. F,O , but the supplies or abroad we received • "Y ; 15,843 Oats; Rapeseed; 56 Musts. oeeed , sacks and 2,990 brit, of Flour: DU 786 St tds; 1,44' Fresh up to our mark. t to-day, coastwise from Essl and Kent, the arrivals of wh eat were on a ye!), litni.t sc ale, but in excellent condi t i on. From Nortotk, 6gf „, 1k Lincolnshire, &c,, th ey were comparatively 013 " 1 " w t° 6ilst the receipts by l an d carriage. from the midland dig' tricts were far from ext , nsive. On the w h o le, the s how of samples of both red an d whtte was comparativelY, trifling, owing to whi c h , and the increased number co; millers in attendance, the demand for all kinds rul ed steady, and a clearance of the stands was effected, at I t advance in the quotat i onkot Morday last of la per q uay' ter, at which the market closed Several large contracts were t ffecied for delivery °_,f Wheat from Cambridgeshire, N..rthampronshire,a tious. M ost o f the growers are very 4 Lincolnshire, at a trifling improvement in the e in quota' tbeir demands. We were very sc a nlily supplied with fresh forei gn Wheats, a n d t h e show ' of samples was rather limited. Selected changed cosiities hands steadily , at full quotations . lii other kinds n • xt to nothing was d ° : ink. For exp ort t h ere was sc arcely any inquiry. Y e 7 granaried 1,200 quarter. were forwarded to Antwerp last week. i for A th f e e m w li Wa n' s ti n n e g av c y a . rgo E e g s quoted at 28s per y w p e ti r s e n o w n a f.r, but the deman d quarter, all charges included. of Barley, chiefly foreign, !V ° The aggregate supply large. Tne few malting parce ls brou ght forward wet° readily disposed o f, a t very full currencies. In grind' ing and distilling sorts, very few transactions took Owe' The show of Malt was very moderate; Deverthelos ti the demand for most kinds was inactive, at late figures. Oats came freely to hand, yet the sale for most quali ties was firm, and, in some instances, the beat kinds itW proved 6d per quarter. The demand for Beans was steady, at au advance is the q uotations of is per quarter. CURRENCY PE E 9 3 :t 0 1 4 4 3 8 Pas E O R a I t A s _ L We had a lair inquiry for Peas at Is per qua rter advance. Indian-corn and Flour moved off steadily, and bite rates were well supported. Wheat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier...... 608 W 631 Yo MEASURE. r ks Ditto, White, New 43s 51. o 53 1 D N i o t r t f o o wh k a i n te d .. L .. in .. . Lincolnsh., Feed. 1 ,1 . as Potato ...... .... 22• coin, Red..... 39, 45 s Youth ia al ck an . d .. C . 0 . r . k . , i _ ag .g : 1 , 2 8 Cork, White. •• •• ~•,. Os Irish, Red........ __,, _ 8 Ditto, White.. .... —8 , B a Rye—O l dt' 1 l l ey e — N l v t a i n r : g in : d 1 . : . ..n . : g . : .... .:. .... .... .... 2 2 3 2 8 :4 s'ss 3233 , 6:2 s:s P e a s Beans — Tick —i;iPigeons.......... eoe Scotch, nys . F . .. .e .. . e .. . d ... ..: ..: ..: .... .... . ;: a .: ;2. . . i 31 ,33 3242:: Maple. ••••••• • • • '" 3011 Chevalier .... ... 33 3 a t . Halt—Suffolk and Nor- •• • 3 , 3 5 5 Boilers ••••• • • •• ''„' 404 455 584 Flour—Town-made.•• . ) ,?, 8 ,30 8r0wn........... White ........ 27 9 43s 4s; Su ff olk •••••• • • • • 3 " ;30 Kingston and Ware S 1 e 48 , 4 Eitocktu & Norfolk 100 SISEDS. Linseed m ove d o ff s l ow l y , at 45s for Odessa, ex shiP, Black Sea, for summer shipment, is quoted at 425. Btld India is held at 44 s t o 45 5 , arlcl Rapeseed 378 6d to 38".u_.. per quarter. C a k es su pp ,rt late currencits, but all oi lier attic'. s are very dull in sale _ Tarnlpinite, per bush. Si to tl. , Swede .......... lOs 12,, Mustard, 8r0wn...... 11 ay White, new .. •...15s i d 6s 0d Tares,Winter ...... ..43 Gd 5s 0d Spring ..........4s 6d 5s Od Red...... .......... 425 53i Canary, per quarter •. 39 s 42, Rye grass.. ••• • " .-`B4 35. Clover, ited Em.,. (cwt.) 4 2 4 s n. 44s 323 white.... 41a b6s Tracil ...... ..... ..... 211 261 White Foreign Carraway .. • • • • •• 33, 198 3CO Coriander • • .. •• . . •• • • lbs Henipseed, per quarter 325 4 v, i - - Linseed, Eng,owing • • 588 48/ Crushing .• •• •• 454 Baltic •• •••• • • •• 42s 4 'Z' Odessa •.• • • 4s 4 " Lln,eedE nglish Cake, pr • . t at Os on— -10,, in ' • - 10, Foreign, per ton 11 105 S' Rape Cakes, pr ton 41 53 41 1 2 1 . 11490200,New,prlst 2102 931" 104% 4% 23 97% 0 1 c 1'