The Sun. — London, England, 1848-05-25 00:00:00

pay the contribution, and should it not be paid in on that day, he will, with regret, have recourse to coer cion, and allow his troops to help themselves to what ever they may stand in need of. The proclamation concludes with the following P ar agraph " I hop e to God that the authorities and the people will have sense enough not to compel me to this ultimate measure• if they do the responsibility of all the misery and desolation that ' must naturally ensue must fall upon themselves." The proclamation is dated Bolding, 18th May, and is signed WRANGEL, Commander- in-Chief. RUSSIA AND POLAND. thelVAmor, M ar 13.—The Government, which on 9th of April prohibited the exportation of corn, meal, and oats, as well as of every Ind of horses, has issued an order to all the, custom-houses and export offices on the Prussian and Austrian frontier, extending that pro trition to the exportation of any kind of cattle into tho se Countries. In order to facilitate the sale of !ern, and to relieve commerce among the inhabitants ls the vicinity of the Black Sea, the EMPEROR has commanded th e erection of a harbour and city on the ea ; of A s°1) 1 1, which i s t o b e ca ll e d H ar b ou rtown Se 'K. The inhabitants of any other district or countr ies w ill b e permitted to settle here, and after 'st January, 1859, t o h ave t h e i r possess i ons f ree f ro m to and land-tax. The inhabitants are also be exempt from taxes for 15 years. —Hambur gh ; Benh alle, May 20. or the regulation of the affairs of Schleswig h:i ' st ein, the C a bi net cf St. Petersburgh is said to ve Sent a note to the Prussian Cabinet in very li a b la rn ive te rms, dema n di ng t h e most spee d y re-estab --I,°et Possible o f peace with Denmark, i n d e f au l t 36 ° 140 1 the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh will take .418 .1 . measures to those adopted by Sweden. ITALY. It i s s NAPLES. teleo., sai d that th e F rench Government h as rece i ve d br s k a Phia disp a t c h announc i ng t h at an e men t e had aft: - °tit in Naples, which had been suppressed a great deal of bloodshed. 11th Pi" was the scene of an insurrection on the conteinstant, which was on l y pu t d own a ft e r a severe note at. It aPpears that the struggle between the din a nd th e t roops lasted upwards of s i x hours, satu s n ) e , wh ich 400 of the latter were killed. The ar e d ; : e iters add a circumstance, but which we cannot h ad " u ntil furth er con fi rme d , t h at t h e G overnmen t h cr. a ll owed th e troops to pillage the city for several ski!s• All the b eaut if u l v ill as an d pa l aces w hi c h aat Zd the bay have, it is said, been reduced to The IT z ew 7:um has or d ere d P r i nce C ARIATI t o f orm a a ard l Z in istrY, and has disbanded the National Lett e SICILY. no w e l d's from Messina of the 3d May state that, do u 4 s anding the armistice, the Neapolitans con iiin-e' to make sorties from the citadel, but the Sici nes re ceived th em w ith a s h ower o f balls. On the at th ere was a fi g ht which lasted all night to the d. t ho „ ;4'. The Sicilians su ff ered but little loss, al 1, ugh the enemy's was severe. The Neapolitan i n 3,17 P LORES, mortally wounded on the 24th, died - "eggio a few days afterwards. The loss of the ,: t aPelita ns on t h at d ay was 26 killed and 40 °/in ded• The citadel has been reinforced with "ePs and provisions. 1 . CONDITIONS OF THE ARMISTICE. either party shall operate. Both sides shall provide what they want, except 18 and ammunition. s'• Cannon cannot be taken from the enemies' fortifi , t 4 . The armistice to be common to the citadel, Salve -44 and Lighthouse, on one side, and the city, including Torre di Faro, on the other. °. Commerce free between Sicily and Calabria. The armistice to last until May 20. thr Y esterday a Neapolitan frigate, the Sannita, passed I),„ i °ll gh the Straits, full of troops; and the brig of war 11 ' 11 Pe Carlo went to Reggio and embarked the sth Anent for the army of Lombardy. —OMBARDY AND VENICE. p 1 7 th had been fixed f o r th e a tt ac k upon Pes tisN but the rain was so violent that the Piedmon arrnY could not un d er t a k e any operat i ons . of C dvices from Somma Campagna, the head-quarters w The cLARLES ALBERT, say— hew army continues to fortify its position, with a N ieL til bein g mop' in circumstances to protect the siege of hde against all aggression of the enemy on the 14 4 , 1 _ Veron a or Rivoii, the borders of the Lake di °r the Adije." gi...Pzed montere Gazette of the 19th states that o r r tl rovisional G overnmen t o f V en i ce h as d ecree d 1 444. 4 al loan of ten millions of livres at five per Th e Bulletin o f Mil an says—" p AN DO has t ows ged the disp os i t i ons of h i s lines, extending rjl them la s itiart4.s l ' ln ggiano, so as to be prepared to retake the trg u; l°6l . The division of FERRARI has been re the 16 1 1: 7 ., : and will be united to that of DURANDO on teat t?eput/icalo of the 17th May publishes . a . pro a; against the proclamation of the Pro.ision t fomentyotvern of Lombardy, requiring the people the p et e r the union with Piedmont, in which pre fining , i g n ing it say the Government has furnished teli,et—;'' fo r foreign interference ; that they will not because— F resistance would be the commence ahi e lYil war, but that they protest solemnly Illeta n b st it before Italy and Europe. It is signed by i 4 eve ra e i t ' 0 1 the society of popular sovereignty,. and °Ainie,:ther clubs and persons holding similar The4tilefP„'ediliontese Gazette of the 20th quotes a bul- It hin st Ve 18th, announcing that the fire was opened k .'klits di n -ueschiera on that day. The principal atta i c th, bateeted against the outworks of Fort Mancy a , T h e began established on the prolongations of the 4 .ne -gala to weaken ef ,w their fire. tgr ecte nrtr ese answered the fir d e vig ences orously, ith but without AI, RA.MBURGH 1 /-L • d e tin, -8113 ab m MAY 23 After a slight ePr cia7 -' IA th 4 -' -1" • closed in the same %t at e Prices the inland funds c t e 1:43 Ysterday. The Spanish funds trit„ Prlces, and Portuguese were in demand ma , inta A in u e s d . li.b.,ialvere at a minimum, but afte T rw he ards improved... n other foreign tii3 e Were greatly in demand. 44 N'aaia the same. was very I, 11,1141111GH, /.ta.v 20 . —The price of stock .(I •Us - 6 — '" but Slight fluctuation took place, higher. in ,t4ll„Steek, which was considerably bigh.F.,.._ six e."llge on Lond on — Frankfort, May 1 i The` ][2n i 11e w y t ; two months, M. was done.— rptu,%, ,as a great depression on the Frankfort 4'44/46,13r, and very little business 61" llorsenhalle, May 20. DUTCH ,17:SIDS.—Alf5TEa n, mi MAT 23. a :! blitt k tt l o or:4 3 ebt, 2% per Cent • • • • • • • • • • • 439oney. 4 1 Ts 61 46% pPer tjlCeeenntt.:: : :: :: :: _6O/4 6....! m o ms Synth; 33 per Cent • • • • • • • • • ' tl9u 12.0 S .cial Cowpony, 4% per Cent • • •(.0Z l, i 'A I,q4t. India Loan, 4 per Cent • • • • • • • • ' • ; 1 ^ 95 -"kehangeon L ondon, at sight • • • • • • " - - 85 Two months... • • • • • • • • • • • • a l 4 75 . On Harnburgh, at sight • • • • - 1 37 Two Months... • • • • • • • • • • ' ' 3 - 87 On Paris • • • • ' • • ***** • • • • 56 25 rt Two months. — • • ' • • • 56 -411BURUZI 13ORSIC.NHALLE, .111.ar 20. Bills. Money. Atigt. li '4'4,15 per Cents .• • . • • _ 82 41;6-Russian Loan • • • • • • •• 1) 4 44 5 Per Cent., Hanab. Certificate. Di tittO Ist series Inscription. • •• •• • ---- bitt?..ll, oPe and C0.,3d and 4th series.. 12. In Certificate.. • • • • • • 4t7:l.B4Pt'ziergeelwitZst:::::7::C:°•• •• :• :• ••• •: ••• - --- ---- 63 8 1 .)1f 16% & az , to 3 Per Cent •• •• .. •• '• ' ***** •• --- bizteZl'rtnifuese Loan, 2% per Cent• • Actual lebt, per Cent.. • • •• polilit,to 3 Der Cent. • • • • •• • " _ •-,el, 4 per Cent. oan, 1844. • • • 61 il'i anili Loan, 3 er Cent • • • • • 4tionalliank Shares!. • • • • " • • • • • • T utli , ..--______________ htf4,,. ‘4,,,,%1i's BIRTFIDA Y. — PORTSMOUTH, WED• ajest,,,•—•,:kili3 being the anniversary of her gracious tilgtoJ'e nirthd • o tt utry ° h ie Y, it was kept at Portspou y th iet w er l y th , the e olt„,am . rvances. At eight A.M., t ie b r men cl,".war, teat ere hief 'a flag -ship with all the vite,,,, „ ers, a n d bete tr, Vrinee Regent and Powerful, at P yacht s in harbour, a o n t s d e i t t h h e eu S d t : kii Nr"sed in coloured' II a and on shore the ga i At noon ithhet p\rict‘oirtayfiCor ni Te la ri l e e 4 stands ra ar o ld gu fl n a s r. the Illustrious, 14 44t411"et, Beller I) lu"r " at S ith°st"salute t on, in ha fo r l h lo en w t e , d an by d t it las ) m . 1 P ad. b a l loo n 'tilt or R. 22• `On Wednesday last the inha ,4 of .111)111S Were surprised by the arrival of t i ti r e . ....reell's sitatQl". Greea, the veteran aeronaut. 1 '44 etly t_ sent it appears that ho left Colchester at 41 1 d it i i "1 Ininutes ast four o'clock in the afternoon, %ittinßhte i, „ a fallPu% field h pr o perty of Mr. John 'ißht rtielt; leir•PaSt fivve, tr av ' e t lli e ng the distance of fift bm©Ys it p,, s 4:1 Due hour and twenty minutes. Mr. Green 9rth I'9ooof , . a niost pleasant trip, and it 4 fro asension. 1. he height ot t was the 3 . o h till. °llk the earth Was about two miles.-IVorwica MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER 7'O THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was steady. Sales 4,000 bales. American realised 3d. to sid. per lb. Railway shares were dull, and rather lower rates were taken. The encouragement of domestic industry—a manifest discouragement of free-trade principles—is likely to be in favour with foreign Governments, as well as with the British Court. The Dutch War Department has given notice that the shirting supplied to the army must be officially certified as being of home manufacture. There are not many commercial letters in town from the Continent with late advices of general interest, but those which have come to hand seem almost uniformly unfavourable, the writers conceiving, and no doubt justly, that it is impossible to enter into business opera tions while political revolutions and counter-revolutions are almost daily occurring, and, moreover, with symp toms of Conservative re-action in some quarters. The greatest interest is felt for to-morrow's mail from Ham burgh, as it is supposed there may be some defi finitive news from Denmark. Russian merchants give it as their opinion that the Government at St. Petersburgh will strictly enforce the existing treaties, and the only circumstance that can prevent hostilities is the " backing out " of Prussia. General Wrangel's war levies in Jutland scarcely hold out much promise of this. The Spanish affair also excites great interest, and further disclosures are anxiously looked for. In Parlia ment many anticipate important results to the Ministry, and there is a feeling among well-informed Jews that the Disabilities Bill will not pass the Lords. There has been a renewal of last Thursday's report, that we expect a reduction of the minimum rate of dis count at the Bank of England. If such should take place an immediate intimation will be given in The Sun under this head. The Stock Market is exceedingly dull to-day. There are no money purchases making, and it is said that the jobbers are more in want of cash than stock. The indication is that we have a complete change to the state of matters a short time since, Consols having been only 84 to 84k for Transfer, though 84 to 841 for Account. Exchequer-bills are 395. to 445. premium. Bank Stock is 191 to 193, and India Stock 232 to 234. Spanish Bonds are heavy at to 12 for the Five per Cents., and at 21* for the Three per Cents.; Mexican Bonds are 15i; Dutch Four per Cents. are 61 to 62. Shares are flatter. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 82 % 1 ,6% 3 per Cent. Consols Anne 8 4 84 A New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anne. 83%14 Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 Do. 30 Years, Expire Oct. 10,1 . 859 8 1 4 India Stock 232 234 Do. Bonds, 10001 _ . __ Ditto under 1.0001 Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 2 d & ad. 1,000/. ..... 40 44 39 41 p 5001 Ditto Advertised 2B 32 27 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent Bl Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent. Ditto for the Account ....... 15% Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent......... 21% Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2 1 h per Cent.,l2 Guild Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates Ditto for the Account . 6l BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. Prat &uz. Aberdeen Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 3 kyrshire and Galloway to Belfast and County Down .. 14% _ - - - ... Birmingham & oxford Junc... 20 . 22% to Birmingham, Wol., & Dudley 10 ... . Birming., \Vol., & Stour Val. 121.45. ... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction.. Boston, Stamf., & Birming... 5 Bristol and Exeter D0., Thirds Buckinghamshire..- l4l. 4s — Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50 Chester and Holyhead 4 21 Ditto, Preference Clarence. Do., lst Class, 6 per Cent... 10 Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 Direct London & Portsmouth 3:% — to Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 25 - Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 17 1 ,4 ...... East Anglia, 251. L. & E., and L. & D., Ditto, 181., E. & H lB Ditto, 31. 10s., E. & H... 3% — to Eastern Counties Do. New Gua rant. 6 per Ct. 2 1 4 Do. Perpet.,s per ct.klo. 1, 61. 13s . 4d... Do., do . Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 Do., Quarter .... .. ........... 12 1 ..... Do., New Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 1 . ....., to Ditto, do, Class B (I. &B) 17 1 / 2 6 to Ditto, do, Class C, ditto... 17 1 / 2 — to Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 10 . — Ditto, ditto ...... ..-........ 20 ...... Ditto (C. & E.), 5 per ct. 2% — to East Lancashire Ditto, New Do., New Quarters East Lincolnshire 20%...... Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O — to Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares 1 2 1,E — to Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 Ditto, New 6 14 ...... to Ditto, New port lB Ditto, ditto, New 3 3 /4 ...... to Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — ...... to Ditto, New . _ . 2%__ Glasd.,Dumfries, & Carlisle..B/. 6s.Bd ..... to Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 Ditto, New Do. Preference Consolidated 15 ..... Great Northern.... ......... .. 13 Do. London & York Exten. 2% Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 40 Great North of England 100 Ditto, New 40/ Ditto, New 30/. ......... ...... 30 ... .. Ditto, New 15/...... ... ...... 11 t, ...... . Great Western Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Fifths 2O Do. New 171 Huddersfield and Manchester 26 .. ... Dittc, Thirds.. Hull and Selby Ditto, Half Shares . 25 ...... . Ditto, Quarter Shares l 2 l /2 — to Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50 Do., Thirds lO ...... Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93 ..... Ditto, ditto Ditto Half Shares .. 43 Ditto Quarters 14%...... 11 ... .. to Ditto Fifths Ditto Sixteenths Ditto Thirds (Reg.) Do. Liverpool and Bury... 43 Do. (Rudders. and Sheff.) 38 Do., Wakefield, Pontefract. and G001e....... .. ....... 50 ... - Do., West Riding Union... 6 .... . ... .. to Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 Do., do., Half Shares (A) 9 Leeds and Bradford Leeds, Dewsbury, & Manches. 471, Do., Half Shares Ditto, Blue (scrip) ..„ 2% — to Leeds and Thirsk ... ... ...... 45 Ditto, New Do., do., Prefer., 6 per Cent 3%. .... Liverpool. Crosby, and Soul h - port. Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction 2% to London & Blackwell ......131. 6s. 8d.... 5 Ditto New, No. 2 6/. 13s. 4d.... -- ...... t o Do. Extension Lond., Bright., & South Coast 50 Do. Consolidated Eighths—. 40 Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent 9 . — ...... to Do. Pref. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50 -- Ditto, ditto - 1852 50 ..... __ .... ...... to o _— London and Greenwich... 121.155. 4d... B'4 to Ditto Preference lBl 178 2d... London & North Western.....loo 133 Do. Quarters (L. and B.) 22 D 7. New - Do. Fifths Do. 40/. Sharee......L. & M 20 .. Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.) 7 1 / 2 ..: •.. • -- 9.rz • _is to Do. 10/. .. M. and B. (B.) 7 1 , Do. 101.... M. and B. (C.) 1 to London and S. Western...—. 50 Ditto, New 50/. 42% .. .... 34 Ditto, New 40/... ..... .. .. 34 ,4 to Do. Tenthe,(Consolidated) 50 ...... ..._ Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40 Ditto, Thirtls .. 10 . .... 7 1 4 to Lsndon, Salisbury, & Yeovil 1% — to Londonderry and Coleraine... 27% — to Londonderry and Enniskillen 25 Lowestoft (guar. 4 per cent.) 20 Ditto ( '.ar. 6 per cent. ... 3 guar. Manch, Buxton, & Matlock 4 Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100 to Ditto,to Ditto,to (N to D D— o ltt , A(ll / o : i w it t ho :h o ;( a r : N . rt ° P s 2 l .o r . e l3 n ) c ) . ;• . .... 3 21 70 753 1 1 :: : .• : : I I — to Ditto Grimsby to 9 Ditto, ditto. ••••••••• to Ditto, ditto to Ditto, Sheffield, and Linc. 10 ...... Ditto, Grimsby Dock ...... 15 -to Ditto, Man. & Lin. Union 41. 9s — Manchester and Southampton 2 1 4 — "._ to Michaud.... 100 .. Ditto, Consol. P re f erence ...loo ...... to Ditto, 501. Shares.— ...... 15 Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo ... Midland, Cons o l. B r i stol and Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 ll 9 Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 36 ... .. - Ditto ditto ................ w .. 11/. 35.6 d. .. Midland, Leices. and San nington (8 per ct. gua.)....100 .... . _ , to Slidld. Great We s t ern (I rish) 40 to Middlesbro' and Redcar. C per cent. guar..... ........ 50 •'"•• " Newcastle and Carlisle ...... 100 ...... "" Ditto Quarter Shares ...... 25 to Newmarket andChestertord 18 .... .. Ditto Extension ..... Newport Abergy., and H ere f . 6 . t o Norfolk ... Ditto New 20/. ... Ditto Extension ...... Do. Guaranteed per et. 5 DO. Scrip,lB-17, of Norflk 2 ...... • to E S'UN , LONDON; Do. do. Waveney Valley.., 2 Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor ..gorthern Counties Union —.11424 ..... ... •• t to o _ North British Ditto Half Shares-- Do. Quarters 6E4 — to Ditto. Extension .. 5 /8 — Ditto Thirds ... ...... . 3 ...... North and South-Western... 2 .. .. North Staffordshire... 1 3 2 14 4 e .. . . . = lO % ..: ..... .: : . . tt t too , North Western 7 North Wales ... ... Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton Reading, Guildfd., & Reigate 7%...... to Royston and Ilitchin Scottish Central Scottish Midland .... ....... .... 25 Ditto, New 12% to Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole 5 Do. do. (South Div.) 4 ..... Shrewsbury and Birmingham 8 Ditto, ditto, Class B. 5 Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W . Min.) Ditto Halves, Ditto... 8 ... .. . to Ditto, Uswestry Ditto (New) Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref 8 - Shropshire Union South Devon ....... . ..... ... 45 Ditto, Preference 25 ...... ...... to South Staffordshire 5%,..... .. .. to South Eastern ...... .. ..... 33% Ditto, New, No. 1 Ditto, New, No. 2 l7 Ditto, New, No. 3 2O Ditto New, No. 4... .. 81 — ...... to South Wales South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole Swans. and Loughor and Ca- Ineron's Stm. Coal ..... . 6 Chames Haven Dock and Railway 1 7 1,4 to Taw Vale Extension Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny 15%...... Waterford and Limerick..... 4214... .. to Waterford, Wexford,Wieklw, and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed Do. do. do. West Cornwall Whitehaven and Furness ll ..... ..... to -- Windsor, Staines, and South Western ___.. ... Wilts, Somerset,&Weymouth 35 — ..... to York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 Do. Original New & Ber'ck 25 .. Do. Exten. No. 1 (Y. & N.) 15 Do. do. No. 2, New &B. 10 —.. 11% IA to Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 8 ~.. .. York and North Midland .. 50 ...... 71 Ditto, Preference lO Ditto East and West Riding Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens 2O ...... Central of France ( Orleans and Vierzon) Ceylon Demerara. ........ ... 5 . .... Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras ss. .... . Dutch Rhenish 7 ...... ...... to 1 ' ie. East Indian _ Great Indian Peninsular bi-- ...... to Italian and Austrian Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 Louvain ala Sambre .....-.. 6 Luxembourg Lyons and Avignon (Con stituted) Madrid and Valentia Namur and Liege - to Northern of France. Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 6 Over Yssel 4/3s 4d ~ ...... to Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans 2O Paris and Rouen 2O Paris & Strasbourg ...... ..... 8 ...... Rouen and Havre ........ ....... 20 • Sambre and Meuse 20 Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 Tours & Nantes ... .. ...... .. 8 Tournay, Jurbise, Landen, and Hasselt ...... .. 16 ...... —..-.. to West Flanders B' - ...... to JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia - British North American .... 50 Colonial Commercial of London 2O London Joint Stock ..... 10 London and Westminster. .. 20 National Provincial of Engld. 85 ..... . to Ditto, New 2 2 5 2% ... .. to National of Ireland ... Provincial of Ireland Ditto, New lO Union of Australia ....... ..... 25 ...... to Ditto, New 2% to Union of London ... 10 Union of Madrid . MINES. Anglo Mexicali lOO ...... Asturian Mining Company... 12 ~.„. Australian 2% — ..... to Blaenarvon Iron and Coal ... 50 Bolanos Scrip — British Iron Brazilian Imperial ..... .. ... 24 .— — ...... to -- Galvanized Iron ... lO Ditto, New Beal del Monte, Unregistered —.. 1 1 ,4 to Do. Black Debentures — LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G--(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAY 25.—Wind E.N.E., fresh breeze, and fine clear weather. LIVERPOOL, MAY 24.—Arrd. Cora, Taylor, Benin. Sid., January 19, Letitia Heyn, Perry, New Orleans ; Naomi, Wright, Savannah. Sld. 22d, Sophia, St. John's, New Brunswick ; 24th, Spencer, Oahu ; Eother Ann, Pernambuco ; Esk, Pernambuco • W. A. Coop e r, New York ; blanks, New York ; Portland, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Swan, Quebec ; Bootle, Jamaica. . , CLYDE, MAY 23. —Arrd. John Tomkinson, Willi ams , Demerara. Ski. 22d, Bangalore, Batavia ; Ellen, Singapore ; Marmion, Coquimbo ; Jessie Stephens, Montreal. PLYMOUTH, MAY 24.—Arrd. Kronpring, Moller, Can. ton. Sld. 24th, Devonport, New York. OFF DARTMOUTH, MAY 24. Maidstone, Calcutta.: DEAL, MAY 24.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Princess Sophia, Matzen, Batavia, and sailed for Holland ; Isabel, Griffiths, Antigua; Presto, Norlin, Gothenberg, and sailed for the Branils. Arrd. from the River and sld. Ocean, Proudfoot, Swansea, and Cape of Good Hope. CORY, MAY 23.—The Wanderer, from St. John's, New Brunswick, which arrived off this port yester day, was run into 4th instant by a large ship, when the former lost bowsprit, jib-boom head, cutwater, anchor, cathead, and 45 fathoms of chain. STAAIGS, MAY 21.—The Paragon, Steake, of Sun derland, from Hamburgh to Rimouski, which was taken to Scrabster harbour, after having been on shore 17th instant; had har rudder unshipped, and six feet water in her hold. DOYER, MAY 24.—The Plymouth, Ley, from Cardiff to London, went ashore this morning in the bay, but came off at the flood without damage. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 31 to 31 15s ; Clover ditto, 41 to 41 15s; and Straw, 11 Gs to 11 103 per load. Supply but moderate, and trade dull. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 3/ to 31 16s; Clover ditto, 4/ to 4/ 12s; and Straw, 11 6s to 11 lls per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 31 to 31 15s ; Clover ditto, 41 to 4/ 15s; and Straw, 1/ 6s to 11 lOs per load. Trade dull, at the above quotations. NEWGATE AND MEADENHA.LL. These markets were tolerably steady to-day at full prices. Beef from 2s 10d to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; Lamb, 5s 8d to Gs 8d ; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 10d ; and Pork, 3s 10d to 5s per 81bs by the carcase. MEAT MARKETS. SouTHALL, MAY 24.—We had a steady general de mand this morning, and last weeks prices were well sup ported. Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s ; Mutton, 4s to ss; Lamb, 5s 8d to 6s 8d; Veal, 4s 4d to 4s 8d; and Pork 4s to 4s 8d per Sibs. ROMFORD, MAY 24.—Beasts were a slow sale and somewhat cheaper. All other kinds of stock were steady, at full prices. Beef, front 33 4d to 4s; Mutton, 4s to 5s ; Lamb, 5s 8d to 6a 8d; Veal, 4s 2d to 4s 8d; and Pork, 4s to 4s 8d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 16s to 265; Quarter- old store Pigs, 17s to 225; and Milch Cows, with their small Calf, 151 to 171 10s each. larLsHem, MAY 24.—Prime Beasts and Sheep moved off steadily at full prices, otherwise the demand was in a sluggish state. Beef, from 3s to 4s; Mutton, 4s to 5s 2d; Lamb, 5s 10d to 6s 4d; Veal, 4s to 4s 8d; and Pork, 4s 4d to 4s 8d per 81bs. ARUNDEL, MAY 23.—Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 2d; Mutton, 4a 2d to 5s 4d; Lamb, 5s 8d to 6. 4d; Veal, 4s 4d to 4s 8d por 81bs. A moderate supply, and a steady trade. CHICHESTER, MAY 24.—Our market was tolerably firm to-day, but without material alteration in value. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s; Mutton, 4s 4d to 5s 4d; Lamb, 5s 8d to Gs 4d; and Veal, 4s 2d to 4s 8d per 81b8; Suckling Calves, 12s to 20s. COAL MARKE' Bate's West Hartley 13s 6d Buddle'a W. Hartley I3s Skf Chester Main l3s Odl DaVisou'sWestHartley 14s Od' llasting's Hartley l4s Odl Holywell Main ..... 14s Od! New Tanfield l2s 6d North Percyllartley l3s 6d Richardson's Hartley 12s 6d Ravcnsworth's Pelaw. 12s 6d Tanfield Moor Tanfield Moor Butes l2s Gd Walker's Primrose West Wylam West Hartley Wall's End, &c %-YESTERDAT. .lEden Main l4s 6d .I Belmont lss Od Braddyll's Hetton lss 9d Bell ;Haswell 163 9d 'Hetton Lambton Russell's Hetton Stewart's Cassop l4s 6d Hartlepool l6s Cd Thornley ........ ..., l4, 6.1 Adelaide Adelaide Tees West Hetton l4s Od Cowpen Hartley DerwentwaterHartley 13s 9d Howard's W. H. Neth. 14, Od Hartley . Sidney's Hartley Ships at market 177. Bowicke and Co. Brown's Gas Bensham .. l2s Od Go9forth Killingworth l4s Od CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended May 25,1848, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors hi the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. I WHEAT. BARLEY.' OATS. I 1 BYE. BEANS. I PEAS. P RICE .. I 48s 4d 132 s 7d I 20s 4d 295 2d I 36s 3d 35$ gd DITTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. Ss 04 WHEAT. I 8 25 Od 35 Od ARLEY. OATS. I 29 Y 2$ Od I BEANS. Da I 2e Od PEAS. RVE NING, MAY 25, 1848. • HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.) The House sat to day to hear appeals. The Peers present were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Campbell, and the Earl of Catnperdown. SIR TRODIAB WILDE V. GIBSON. The further arguments on this part-heard appeal, the facts of which we have already given at length, wero resumed to-day, and this occupied their Lordships the whole morning. In the course of the morning Lord Saye and Sele took the oaths and his seat. SHEERY V. LORD MUSKERRY. The LORD CHANCELLOR gave the judgment of their Lordships in thi s case, agreeing to the opin ions ex pressed by the J u d ges , and though with reluctance, re visising the jud gment o f the Court of Chancery in Ire land. The case was argued before the House and the Judges the session before last. SHERIFFS' COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Under -Sheriff Buucuzu.) WELLS v. ITAWESLEY AND ANOTHER. This was an action to recover the sum of 16/. 10s., for one quarter' s rent o f sta b les in Elms-lane, B ayswa t er . The defendants, M essrs . Il awkesley and W r i g ht, were sued as trust ees o f t h e Metropolitan Joint S toc k Con veyance Company, whose conveyances ran from Hun gerford-market. The defendants had paid previously rent, and had sold off the horses and received the money. Possession of the premises, however, was still kept, and on the part of the plaintiff it was contended that defen dants were personally liable for the rent. The defence , was, that the plai n tiff was not the proprietor o f the pre mises, but th a t th ey, i n fact belonged father, who, bein g a partner in co mpany, could not sue. to plaintiff's company, was call e d, and proved that Wells , Mr. Thomas Crawford, the managing director of t he sen., was also a director, a n d th at the stabling was ta k en o f him, but afterwards h e t rans f erred the property t o his son. The company wa s s till go i ng on, although t h e horses had been sold. An off e r was made to pay one qua rter ' s rent in advance, and to give up immediate possession, but the offer was not accepted. He had received services. 701. for his The Learned UNDER-SHERIFF said it would have been better to have paid the rent thin to have helped himself. The witness said there was sufficient money in the hands of the trustees. He, however, considered him self as muck liable for the rent as defendants. Mr. Taomas submitted that the plaintiff must be non suited, as it had not been shown that defendants had ever consented to alter the tenancy. - The UNDER-SHERIFF thought the case must be al lowed to go to the jury, who, however, might perhaps think that as Well s , sen ., had not been called, that the case had not been made out. The jury said that was their opinion, and gave a ver. dict for the defendants. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. - (TIIIS DAY.) (Before the ASSISTANT-JUDGE.) Mr. John Gore, convicted at the February sessions of maintaining a nuisance (a lay-stall and dust yard), in Hatfield-street, Clerkenwell, was brought up for judgment. The Learned JUDGE said that he had visited the place of nuisance yesterday, and he found that the defendant was really in earnest about the removal, and had sold the premises. He would, therefore, allow the defendant another month, and had no doubt that in that time the place would be cleared out. COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS. (THIS DAY.) The Metropolitan Sanitary Commission held a Court of Sewers this morning; Mr. Byng in the chair. An opinion of the Attorney and Solicitor-General and Mr. Peacock was read, as to the power of the Commis sion to carry on the Ordnance survey of the metropolis and pay the expense out of the rates. Those Learned Gentlemen were of opinion that the Commissioners could not cause a general survey and plan of the metropolis to be made at the joint expense of the several districts now under their control, but they could make a separate survey of each district and pay the expense out of the rates of each district. The Commissioners might employ the same persons to make all the surveys and plans, so that when made they would substantially have the same benefit as one general survey and plan, but it must be strictly observed that the expense of each survey must be kept separate. The report of the General Purposes Committee was then read. It stated that the expense of the survey would be about 25,000/., and the committee recom mended that Parliament should be applied to for a Bill to enable the Commission to complete the survey, and spread the raising of the 25,000/. over a period of thirty years; which would divide the annual contribution of each district, as follows:—West m i ns t er , 705/. 12 s. 9d .; Holborn and Finsbury, 313/. ls. 10d.; Tower Hamlets, 2084 14s. 7d.; Poplar and Blackwell, 18/. 12s. ; St. Ka therine's, 21. 18s. Ed.; Surrey and Kent, 228 L 12s. Bd.; and Greenwich, 1/. lls. 2d. It was estimated that there were 300,000 houses within those districts, and if an annual rate of lid. were levied for thirty years, upon each house, it would supply the funds required for the survey. Mr. CHADWICK moved the adoption of the report. Mr. LESLIE insisted that the Commission had no power to proceed with the survey, for in the Finsbury and Holborn Act it was provided that the works should be let on contract. After some further discussion, the adoption of the report was put and carried, by a majority of 6 to 1. Some other routine business was gone through, and the Court adjourned till the Bth of June. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT .) COWES, MAT 23, 1848. FOREIGN SHIPPING.—He r M a j esty on M on d a y p a ssed, in the royal yacht, th rough the fleet of fore i gn s hip s in our roadstead. Th ey were all gaily dresse d ou t in flags, and, in compli men t to her Majesty, t h e y dipped their national ensi gns as t h e royal yacht passe d, w hi c h her Majesty acknowledged by dipping the standard of England. On Tuesday the Duchess of Kent, on her pas sage to Osborne, passed through the shipping, and was similarly honoured. On Wednesday all the ships were dressed in flags, the B r i t i s h ensign at the fbre, in honour of the Queen's birth, an d at twelve o ' clock eve ry cannon that could be muste re d b y the whole fleet was dis charged, the Prussian, Danish, Hamburgh, Lubec , American, Russian, Bremen, a n d H a noverian vessels vying with the English to do honour to Britain's Queen . Salutes were also fired f rom t h e Royal Y ac ht S q uadron Battery. All the troops from Parkhurst-barracks were marched to the race-course, near Whippingham, where they fired a royal salute. This evening some of the royal tradesmen will dine at the Prince of Wales Tavern, opposite the entrance gate to the Palace ; but some thinking this rather too near the royal residence declined attending. Fireworks and feasting is the order of the day, w ith an illumi nation to finish off with. Five noblemen made applications for residences for the summer on Saturday last. Many of the captains and passengers in the foreign ships were present at her Majesty's landing, and ex pressed their surprise at there being neither soldiers nor police present. She wants no guards. CIRENCESTER ELECTION• CIRENCESTER, WEDNESDAYI;;;;TNG, MAY 24 : The polling for this borough commenced this morning at eight o'clock, but it was a remarkable fact that at that period none of Mr. Ponsonby's voters wore at the hustings, thus allowing his opponent to commence by leading the poll, which lead was kept throughout the day. The circumstance of a cont es t e d election here is a rare one, there having been nothing like a contest since 1812. The number of reg i s t e red electors is, 478 ; of which, of course, some were double votes and deaths, &c., reduce that number to 458, while 392 actual votes have been polled, so that it may be said that the constituency has been nearly polled out. Thu state of the poll at the close wa5...... Ponsonby Majority 262 130 -132 YORK CITY ELECTION. (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) On Wednesday morning, at ten o'clock, the Sheriff proceeded to the hustings, and there declared officially that William Edward Mordaunt Milner, Esq., was elected the representative of the city of York. The numbers were— Mr. Milner ............... 1,505 Mr. Vincent ............860 Mr. Wilkins ..... . ...... 57 Mr. MILNER briefly returned thanks to the electors, assuring them he would use his utmost endeavours to serve their best interests in Parliament. Mr. Vincent and Mr. Sergeant Wilkins also addressed the electors, and subsequently Mr. George Leeman in a speech which was loudly cheered. The several candidates th en walked from tho hust ings. Much excitement prevailed amongst the Chartists, and special constables were called out during t h e after, noon and evening to preserve the public peace. DOMESTI C T T R A A L N E s r. A O T P E D BY M ARY Swedish noveli s t are all IriIOFIEv., BROTHERS T TB.I TFhReAE worksDN R D i K S A I S Bo T fR E E R O iu l3 l , rE it A , land's pictures. Like all ori g inal minds she has in delightful—pure, natural , and life-like, as one o f mor_ vented a new school of novels, which has obtained the adhesion of many excellent writers. " The Neigh bours " and " The Home" by this lady have enchanted every one by the truth and beauty of the domestic life ' they paint; and "Brothers and Sisters" will also share in the popularity those have acquired, as i t possesses the like qualities, and at the same time embraces that social element which is so characteristic of the present The Bishop of time. Those who love that most beautiful of all sight', a united family, will read with delight this work. ' L iteretry Chronicle. made to THE LINNEAN SOCIETY. —Yesterday, at one o ' c l oc k , the members of the Linnean Society held their a o n f nua & Sc' e h ., from the t m o e r e e t e in ei g v i e n ti t l l e te r c e o p u o r r ic t Soho-square, Norwich, the President, in the chair. Mr. T. S. Ben nett, the secretary, read the report, from which it ap peared tmheopfatshteys.eoacrie.ty'r, p a e le ar c e o d lle th et a i t on a ocofutshuleesteety,adbdyititohne phraedsetlon Royal Acadamy of Science at Munich, and from other va rious learned and philosophical documents, associations on the Continent of Europe and of England. The receipts amounted to 7981. 19s. 4d., including 167/ 16i. Bd., last year's balance, 1081. admission fees, and 383/. contributions. The balance this year in favour of the society was only 981. 11s., while the debt had in creased from. 350 L B.i. 4d. to 956/. Ss. 4t3. Th e officers of the so c i e ty were elected, when thAnks wer e voted to the Right Rev. prelate, and the meeting separated. IRELAND. HEAD POLICE-OFFICE—DUBLIN, MAY 23. At the sitting of the magistrates this morning, the case of Mr. Devin Reilly (who was arrested yesterday afternoon, at Newgate, whilst visiting Mr. Mitchel), charged with violating the provisions of the Actn . f . the drilling, &c.,,, George 111., which prohibits " training, &e.," was gone into. The first witness called was Inspector Walpole, who deposed to the general facts of the case. The second witness (Constable Perry) was examined by Mr. Porter, the magistrate, and stated that he heard Mr. R e ill y make use of the words with which he was charged in the informations. He further stated that he heard the chairman of the meeting declare that " he was the open enemy of the British power in this country — that he was prepared for the flash of the sabre, Lut not for the dagger of the assassin." The constable was cross-examined at some length by Mr. Reilly, who defended himself, as to the construction of those words. Cross-examination continued—l saw you at the head of the club: it was necessary, of course, that the club should march down the street leading to the meeting, but they turned as orderly as any body of the metropo litan police, and perhaps more so; whatever the purpose of the club was in going to the meeting, it was improved by this mili tary order; I could not undertake to say whether you were present when the chairman's speech was delivered. Mr. PORTER-4 have evidence to prove that you were seen termination. into the m ee ti ng, and coming away after its Mr. DEinf REILLY--I wish to ask your Worship what course you intend to pursue? How can Mr. Dillon's speech affect me? Mr. POUTER-4 do not say that Mr. Dillon's speech is the principal ingredient in this case; but so far as I understand the transactions of the meeting in question, it would be evidence either for you or against you. Mr. REILLY-If it made no alteration in the crime with which I am charged, I would make no objection to what Mr. Dillon said; but if it did, that would alter the case. r yourPORTER —I thi n k i t has some connexion with case. Mr. RErtax, to witness—Did you see any other clubs but mine? Constable—No; I was attached to yours alone.— (Laugh ter. ) Mr. PORTER—Oh, you were an attache, then.—(Loud laughter.) Inspector Little was then examined, for the purpose of proving that the words alleged to be used by Mr. Reilly were military phrases. Witness stated that he had been twenty years in the army, and was, conse quently, competent to give an opinion on the matter; but, at the same time, he did not consider her Majesty's troops had an exclusive right to all the words in the English language. The phrases, " right shoulders-- forward," and " left wheel," were military terms at pre sent in use in the British army. ' The witness was cross-examined at considerable length by Mr. Reilly, but the interrogation was purely of a technical character. Mr. REILLY—If you saw a number of men marching to a funeral, as is common with Tontine Societies, &c., and if you saw them marching two and two, would you consider it a military movement? Witness—l would not. Mr. REILLY—Do you consider the fact of attending a meeting held for the purpose of denouncing jury packing to be a military movement? Witness—lt would depend on the course of proceed ing adopted. A discussion subsequently took place between Mr. Reilly and Mr. Porter, as to the construction of the Act, in which Mr. Dillon (barrister) took a part. His Wor ship having read the preamble and several sections of the statute, and commented upon them, concluded by saying that he conceived there had been a prima facia case made out against the prisoner, and that, consequently, he was obliged to send the case for investigation else where. Mr. REILLY—I have bail here, your Worship. Mr. PORTER—With regard to that, I believe the practice to be this, that when the Court to which these informations will be returned is actually sitting, to refer the whole matter to it at once. I will return you at once to the Clerk of the Crown, and send you for trial at the present commission. Mr. REILLY—You refuse bail? Mr. DILLox—I believe the case cannot be tried at this commission. Mr. PORTER—There is nothing at all to hinder it. It can be tried, if Mr. Reilly choose. Mr. REILLY—Oh, I will not choose.—(Laughter,) Mr. PORTER—You have the power to traverse in prox. Mr. Diu.okz—Do you not think bail ought to be taken? Mr. PORTER—That is a question for the Court. Mr. REILLY—Where am Ito go to—is it to Newgate? Mr. PORTER—Yes. A committal was then made out, and Mr. Reilly was conveyed to prison. ME. MITCHEL'S CASE. This day, at half-past ten o'clock, at the sitting of the Commission Court, the Clerk of the Crown called upon the keeper of Newgate Prison to put forward the person of John Mitchel, upon which Mr. Mitchel advanced to the front of the dock, where he remained standing for a few minutes, and then took the seat provided for him. Sir COLMAN O'LoGHLEN rose and said, he moved that the indictment should be quashed, upon the grounds he had stated yesterday, which were, that two distinct felonies could not be charged in the same indictment, and he submitted that upon a rule of law it was quite clear the prose cutor was not at liberty to charge two separate and dis tinct felonies in the same indictment. He did not allege that there was anything illegal in charging two felonies in the same indictment, because it might not be an ob jection in the case of an arrest of judgment or a writ of error. It was not usual to quash an indictment in cases of high treason, except when error had arisen, or upon motion before the Court. The Learned Baronet at some length contented that the prosecutor should be put upon his election, and cited several cases in support of his argument. _ _ _ Mr. O'HAGAN followed on the same side, and cited a case in which Chief Justice Maule had decided a case similar to the present in favour of the accused, and con cluded by contending that Mr. Mitchel was entitled to forty challenges on the array, twenty challenges on each of the felonies charged. Baron LZFROY, in giving judgment, said he did not think it necessary to call upon the Attorney-General to reply. There did not exist any inconsistency or repug nancy in the two felonies charged in the indictment. The two felonies charged only varied the offence but did not vitiate the indictment. The Learned Baron re ferred to cases in support of his judgment, and to the long experience had in the administration of the White boy Acts, under which a variety of the same offences might be charged in the same indictment —such as assembling together in arms by day or night—malicious assault on habitation—going into a house, and although not committing an assault, to carry away property with out the consent of the owner—by administering unlawful oaths—and by various other offences for which t h e Whiteboy Acts provide, mi g h t b e all included in the same indictment, by whi c h a var i ety of the same offences, and not separate and di s ti nct offences, mig ht be charged. On those grounds, the Learned Baron refused to quash the indictment. Judge MOORE fully concurred in the decision pro nounced by his Learned Brother, Lef Sir COLMAN O'LOGEILEN then applied. for liberty to demur to the indictment, and lead over to the felony. The grounds on which he appli P ed for t l e demurrer were, that in the indictment the time and p ace at which the alleged offences had been committed were not su ffi ciently stated and set forth. He was per fectly aware that the day was not material in every case ; but s till t h e d ay should b e s t ate d i n every indic tm ent on which th e a ll ege d offence h a d b een committed.e m erely submitted that the dem urrer should be receiver pro forma, and the prisoner would pl ea d over to the felo ny. The AT TORNEY - GENERAL said that,i ly if Sir Colman O'Loghl en would persist in the demurrer, he would ask the Court for formal judgment in the event of the de murrer not being well founded ; e or if it were the Learned B aronet ' s intention to try th general issue, the Crown w as rea d y to that jorininet, issuefit once. argument, After a desultory i n which Mr. Henn and the Attorney-General, on the part of the Crown, and Sir Colman O'Loghlen, on the part of the prisoner, took part, The COURT decided that if the demurrer were to be argued, judgment of either guilty or not guilty should follow. Sir C. O'LOGHLEN asked leave for till to-morrow morning to plead or to demur. The ATTORNEY -GENERAL opposed the application for further delay. Baron Lantsm suggested that if the prisoner would now plead, and be at liberty to withdraw that plea and demur on the general grounds, he thought there would be no objection at either side. Counsel at both sides having assented to the sugges tion of the Learned Baron, The Clerk of the Crown called upon Mr. Mitchel, saying, " You have heard the indictment read yester day ; what say you—guilty or not guilty ?" Mr. Mitchel—Not guilty. The COURT then decided that the prisoner should have until four o'clock this day to withdraw his plea of not guilty, or proceed with the demurrer. Four o'clock—ln accordance with the arrangement entered into this morning, Sir COLMAN O'LOGHLEN stated that, on the:part of the prisoner, he would, with the permission of the Court, request that the plea of not guilty should stand, and that he and his Learned Friends Messrs. Holmes, O'Hagan, and Pigott would be ready to cond uc t t h e defence of his client on whatever day the Court would appoint for his trial. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said considerable interrup tion might be given to the proceedings by challenges to the array, and the arguments that might arise on that question, and as term would sit on Friday, it would be desirable to have that case disposed of as soon as possi ble. It was not his intention to deny a reasonable time to counsel for the prisoner to prepare his defence, and he thought, under all the circumstances, the Court would not consider him precipitate in applying for a trial to-morrow. It was ultimately decided by the Court that the trial should take place on Thursday morning next, at ten o'clock. SURPLUS FUNDS FROM INSOLVENT ESTATES.—It is the intention of Government to authorise the payment of 21,300/. out of the surplus funds in the hands of the Commissioners of the Insolvent Debtors' Court, arising from insolvent estates, in the purchase of the freehold house, No. 34, Lincol's Inn-fields (the resi dence of the late Mr. Baron Gurney), for the in creased duties of the court, in consequence of th e re cent Act of Parliament, including the cost of fitting ,up and furnishing the same as courts and offices. THE QUARTERLIES. THE EDINBURGH REVIEW. No. CLXX VI. THE QUARTERLY RE VIE W. No. CLXI V. THE WESTMINSTER REVIEW. No. XCVI. THE BRITISH QUARTERLY REVIEW. No. XIV. THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND REVIEW. No. XLVI. 7HE NORTH BRITISH REVIEW for May. Several bulky volumes by Caxton or Wyokin de Worde would scarcely furnish such a mass of writing as is here contained in these quarterly publications-- publications which form only a single phase in our periodical literature. Of itself this circumstance alone would be significant of the spread of intelli gence, but the marvel of the thing is strongly enhanced when we consider the diversity of the subjects and the brilliancy (in some instances) of the style which are lavished in their production. In biography we have sometimes the compactness of Southey and the analytic skill of Plutarch. In criticism the subtlety of Dacier and the precision of Gifford. In metaphysics the depth of Coleridge and the imaginativeness of Richter. In papers of a humorous character, the terseness of Swift, the sly ness of Sterne, the eccentricity of Rabellais, and the homeliness of Smollett. We shall not be accused of having here pronounced any very exaggerated pane gyric upon the Quarterlies when it is remembered that among the contributors to those publications have been numbered within the last forty years such men as Brougham, Jeffrey, Macintosh, Walter Scott, Sydney Smith, Lockhart, Macaulay, Robert Southey himself (one of the most exquisite prose writers in the language), Chalmers, Leigh Hunt, and a multi tude of others. Latterly, however, we cannot pre sume to speak in terms so unconditionally eulogistic, although the sparkling mannerisms of Mr. Charles Buller and the scholastic diction of Lord John Russell have embellished the Whig organ at intervals. In the number for the April quarter of the Edinburgh is a noble and scholarly disquisition on the " Genius of Plato." After mentioning the unsatisfactory translation of Floyer Sydenham and the almost insane paraphrase of Thomas Taylor, the writer laments that England has not yet given birth to a creditable translator; of the great disciple of Socrates —whereas France has long since done so in the person of Victor Cousin, and Germany in the person of Schleierrnacher. This reminder should be enough to arouse the industry of some man whose acquaint ance with the Greek tongue may approximate in striking see u familiaritym e this of ar P tiC r l imme diately followed by delightful and gossiping remi niscence of " nay gladly—for the Colerid ge and Southey." Willingly, publisher of Bristol, and d n s o t i i i l r l of Joseph Cottle, the more for the honour of Southey, for whose memor y little sympath y and politicall y none we have i n di v id ua l ly but transcribe the following beautiful whatever—do we and nobl e -h earted letter. It is i n answer to aregret expressed by Cottle that on retiring from business returned the copyri g h t of his workstehe S bad not Here it is—and let tho se w h o read it remra e bouthey. Robert Southey, now dead an d turning to duster that had heart that throbbed warmly, and eyes that looked a kindly, and a hand that had a frank and cordial for those he loved when living : grasp My dear Cottle,—What you say of my copyrights affects me very much. Dear Cottle, set your heart at rest on that subject. It ought to be at rest. They were yours; fairly bought and fairly sold. You bought them on the chance of their success, which no London book seller would have done; and had they not been bought, they could not have been published at all. Nay, if you had not published Joan of Arc,' the poem would never have existed, nor should I, in all probability, ever have obtained that reputation which is the capital on which I subsist, nor that power which enables me to support it. " But this is not all. Do you suppose, Cottle, that I have forgotten those true and essential acts of friendship which you showed me when I stood most in need of them? Your house was my house when I had no other. The very money with which I bought my wedding-ring, and paid my marriage fees, was supplied by you. It was with your sisters that I left my Edith during my six months' absence; and for the six months after my return, it was from you that I received, week by week, the little on which we lived, till I was enabled to live by other means. It is not the settling of our cash account that can cancel obligations like these. You are in the habit of preserving your letters, and if you are not, I would entreat you to preserve this, that it might be seen hereafter. Sure I am, that there never was a more generous nor a kinder heart than yours; and you will believe me when I add that there does not live that man upon earth, whom I remember with more gratitude and more affection. My heart throbs, and my eyes b u r n with these recoll ec ti ons . G oo d night, my dear old friend and benefactor. " ROBERT SOUTHEY." This letter deserves to be remembered when the back slidings, the bigotry, and the tergiversation of the writer is forgotten. Another attractive contribution to the Edinburgh is the one devoted to the "French Republicans ;" it is a rapid but careful narrative of the labours and the consistencies of those indefatiga ble democrats. Among the more characteristic effu sions in the Quarterly, the very foremost is certainly the one respecting "Count Montholon and Sir Hudson Lowe." It has all the dogmatism of the political fanatic in its manner, all the petulance of a declaimer ill at ease in his conscience, all the implacability of the partizan, and all the elaboration of the special pleader. A hint or two is thrown out incidentally as to the revelations which are to be expected in the forth coming memoirs of the infamous Sir Hudson Lowe. Rumour already begins to mutter dark inuendoes as to the disclosures preparing for the world in this very veracious production. It is said even (not, be it ob served, in the Quarterly, but in the whispered conver sations of society,) that documents are there to meet the light betraying the existence of a conspiracy on the part of the Whigs during the days of Bathurst-- a conspiracy in which are implicated such important members of the present Administration, as the Lord President of the Council, the Marquis of Lansdowne, then Lord Henry Petty—a conspiracy between the Whigs and Bonaparte for the liberation of the latter from Saint Helena! As Thersites exclaimed in a paroxysm of ironical indignation----" Lo, 10, 10, 10, what modicums of wit he utters !" A Whig con spiracy for the liberation of Bonaparte from Saint Helena! If it were for the alleviation of the martyr dom of greatness, glory, say we, be to the memory of those Whig conspirators ! But manifestly the com plicity of Lord Lansdowne in the supposititious scheme is alluded to by the deceased Gaoler of Longwood, for the purpose of raising a suspicion of Whig patriotism, and of gratifying his own base avidity for vengeance even in the darkness of his ignoble tomb. It is but of a piece with his despicable career that the after-thought of the life of Sir Hudson Lowe should be that of posthumous slander. Repeating, however, the words already uttered by one of our contempora ries, we turn from the contemplation of the career of Sir Hudson Lowe to some more savoury theme, with one simple ejaculation—" Peace to his infamous remains !" In a criticism on Alfred Tennyson's " Princess " ---- a criticism which has the advantage of being neither a pa negyric nor a hyper-criticism , but a judicious mixture of praise and • exception—the character of Ida is brought by one simple comparison thoroughly to the comprehension of the unreading few. The comparison is this, that the Princess bears a strikin resemblance to D annecker's A riadne—that ' matchless g creation of the sculptor—that soulless form of beauty carved in marbl e, to which Dk in his ld annec e r o age used and his madn ess to send " his love." There are two delightful chapters on antique lore in the very commencement of this number of the e Oc Qua ter y• —chapters such as would have puzzled Edi r hil tree more th an the Ro man encampment. These are articles on " Antiquarian b Club B oo k s ," an d on " Scotch Topography and Statistics." Th ose w h o records of antiquity and " the old hi s t or i c in tombs s of which preserve the evanescenc e o f th e past delight in grey d ust and yellow parchment, will papers so f raught with venerable facts and recollecti ons. " Eastlak e on Oil-Painting " is a fair artistic mement Establishments—Artillery," .o, and the disquisition on " Our Mi litarypr lehments—Artillery,' is not the less attractive mu being preceded by the pacific speeches of Mr. Cobden, and the warlike move ments on the C • ontinent. At the conclusion of the present instalment of our old Con servative contemporary there is a biographic comme moration of Lord Hervey, followed by a copious narrative of the "French Revolution of 1848." From the multiplicity of the accounts of this great political explosion, however, which 'have appeared since the three into days February, it is idle to enter a ne w of description of events now patent to every body's understanding. It is impossible not to detect a restrained • joy on the p ar t o f th e Q uar t er l y a t the down f a l of a P p arvenu dynasty, and especially at which has fallen upon the head of the st ng ill _ of the bou rgeo i s i e. A not h er, an d if possi bl e, a more elaborate statement of the rise, progress, nd a sod o f conse quence of the Paris Revolution is given as a appendi x t o t h e W estm i nster R ev i ew. The paper which is addressed to M. Albert Ouvrier, in another part of the same periodical, reads like a satiric burlesque, now that we thi n k o f Albert confined as a conspirator in pirator the dungeons of Vincennes for his dis graceful and treacherous the 15th of M participation in the riots of Again, the somewhat eulogistic notice of Louisay.Ag nation to his or Blanc in re ferenc e gani avazl is of a very mock-heroic cha racter when we bear in remembrance the . cowardly conduct f this ° i eccentric little gentleman on the evening of that same deplorable but glorious day. A better judgment on the part of the editor of the Westin' zn ster Revie zv i s di sp l a y e d i n th e rema i n i ng contributions the ver of which is the memoir of the career andcharacter of Lord Sidmoutli. Among the foreignof works reviewed, in the supple mental pages o Sicilian Histo the Foreign Quorterly, are Aniarf , s , “ r i t , • l ' . Cotta's "Doctrine of Education, and Lewald's lan . Picture Book." Three men of a very different calibr e of intellect, of a very diffe rent reputation, and o f a very different disposition, obtain their due d mee of eulogitim in the British Quarterly Review. Sir James Brooke, the . Raja of THURSDAY' Sarawak, is one ; Charles Lamb, the essayist, is an. other, and Samuel Warren, the barrister and novelist is another. The civilizer of Borneo is lauded, and justly, for his expedition into the East India Archi pelago; Mr. Warren, for his simple and majestic fiction of " Now and Then," and Charles Lamb— dear Charles Lamb—for his exuberant fun, his un forced pathos, and his odd, sparkling, quaint, capital, boundless wit. One quotation from the private cor respondence of Elia, we are grateful t o th e wr it er f or bringin g to our recollection. It is a fragment from a letter to Bernard Barton, the Quaker poet, and is so overflowing with humour—that dry, sly, chuckling humour in which Charles Lamb was absolutely, and will for ever be unrivalled —that we transcribe it here without one word of comment, and certainly without one syllable of apology:— " I have not a thing to say; nothing is of more im portance than another; I am flatter than a denial or a pancake; emptier than Judge ----'s wig when the head is in it; duller than a country stage when the actors are off it; a cipher —an 0! I acknowledge life at all, only by an occasional convulsional cough, and a permanent phlegmatic pain in the chest. lam weary of the world, and the world is weary of me. My day is gone into twilight, and I don't think it worth the expense of candles. My wick hath a thief in it, but I can't muster courage to snuff it. I inhale suffocation ; I can't distin guish veal from mutton ; nothing interests me. 'Tis twelve o'clock, and Thurtell is just now coming out upon the New Drop, Jack Ketch alertly tucking up his greasy sleeves to do the last office of mortality, yet can not I elicit a groan or a moral reflection. If you told me the world will be at end to-morrow, I should just say, Will it?' I have not volition enough left to dot my is, much less to comb my eyebrows; my eyes are set in my head; my brains are gone out to see a poor relation m Moorfields, and they did not say when they'd come back again ; my skull is a Grub -street attic to let —not so much as a joint stool left in it; my hand writes, not I; just as chickens run about a little, when their heads are tfl: O for a vigorous fit of gout, of cholic, toothache! —au earwig in my auditory, a fly in my visual organs; pain is life—the sharper, the more evidence of life; but this apathy, this death! Did you ever have an obstinate cold—a six or seven weeks' unintermitting chill and sus pension of hope, fear, conscience, and everything? Yet do I try all I can to cure it; I try wine, and spirits, and smoking, and snuff in unsparing quantities, but they all only seem to make me worse instead of better. I sleep in a damp room, but it does me no good; I come home late o'nights, but do not find any visible amendment!' " That reminiscence of Lamb too is,delightful about his dissuasion to Manning as to his visiting China, where he added—" Some say they are cannibals, and then conceive a Tartar-fellow eating my friend, and adding the cool malignity of mustard and vinegar !" Besides the everlasting " French Revo lution in 1848" there is a political theme in the pre sent number of considerable interest—" Italy ; its State and Prospects" a subject of peculiar interest just now,: from the victories of Carlo Alberto in Lombardy, and the reconciliation of Pio Nono and his people at Rome. It is not unagreeable to turn from the contemplation of these bewildering move ments on the continent of Europe to such topics as "Animal Psychology" and the "Result of German Philosophy" —topics which are severally treated with a master hand in the British Quarterly. Other ar ticles, of a very different character, are contained in the current number of the North British Review— the most valuable of which are those respecting " Mrs. Fry's " Mrs. Somerville's Physical Geography," " Tenny- Revolution of 1848." " Oliver Goldsmith's Biography," Life and L b " and , of course, that 0 fi a t : Labours," Church rc h inexhaustible theme journalists, "The French Review there are man written effusions. yell-timed and cleverly of • England past quarter are of Alto g e the r superior ability, the Reviews for the though there are none of the more illustrious writers of the age distinguishable amon 2 - the contributors. ~ r____ [ADEDVIETROTIRSEXOEFNT2ke SUN. THE Balfe's " reply " to my " statement " is singular in having made its appearance before any " statement" of mine had been published.—(See Notice to Correspondents in this day's Morning Post.) It will not easily be credited by the public that I should consent to sing, at her Majesty's, or any other theatre, without the fullest assurance that the part of " Edgardo," to a certain extent identified with any dramatic reputation, I may possess, both at home and in Italy, should not be taken from me, and entrusted to one who, though he may be no doubt justly styled " that great public favourite," has never yet attempted the part, and is, perhaps, not altogether adapted to the performance of it. It is, however, for the public to decide whether, what decidedly assumes the aspect of a foreign cabal against an English artist, shall or shall not be successful. lam unwilling to credit the general reports, that jealousy, in a direction where it could least be expected, has succeeded in effecting this most unlooked-for catastrophe. It would certain* appear hard that an artist should be driven from the public service, not because he has been unsuccessful, but because he has had "the good fortune to please the public " toe well! " In conclusion, I have to reiterate my state ment, that the clear understanding at the period of my engagement was, that I should perform in the character of " Edgardo," that I should never have sung at all under any other understanding, and that I can only attribute the management's apparent change of pur pose to the public's great kindness on Saturday evening, and the small envies and jealousies this may have excited. With the renewed assurance of my deep regret that any step on my part should appear derogatory to the rights of the subscribers or the public, I remain, Slr, your obedient servant, J. SIM 109, Great Russell-street, Bedford-square S , REEVES. 25th May, 1848, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I keep a news-room in the town, having a con siderable number of subscribers, and am also a news agent, supplying many daily papers. I take among others a late edition of The Sun for my news -room. It is the only one in the town, and is eagerly sought after for its well known early and authentic intelligence on all subjects. Now, it is but just you should be aware that if anything of more than usual interest is looked forward to, the non-arrival of the paper on that day amounts almost to a certainty. So surely do I calculate upon this, that against the opening of Parliament, any impor tant debate, or matter of interest, I am in the habit of taking two or three copies from different agents, not that I actually want more than one, bat to guard, as far as I can, against an otherwise almost certain disappoint ment. Nor does this precautioa always answer the pur pose intended. Last Monday's paper was eagerly sought after by sporting men, for its expected Derby prophecy, and, as usual, not a copy made its appear ance. You have probaly had similar complaints to this before, but I doubt whether you or the newspaper press generally are aware of the extent of the evil. I have lost daily papers three or four days in a week —not sent —I would expressly mention—in a wrong direction, otherwise they would be returned by next post. This rarely happens. I have written to the Postmaster-General on this mat ter more than once, and my complaints have been re ceived with courtesy, and inquiries made, but attended with no result further than to exculpate two out of the three parties who alone can be concerned, namely, the news-agent and the local postmaster. I think if the same pains were taken to discover the purloiners of newspapers as are given to the detection of stealers of letters, the true delinquents would be more frequently brought to justice. I enclose five stamps, and shall feel particularly obliged by a copy of the paper mentioned, should one remain in the office. Not one has yet been seen here. I am, Sir, yours very respectfully, FREDERICK WARD. Stratford- on-Avon, May 24,1848. His Excellency Sir Henry Bulwer, the British Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Madrid, who arrived in London yesterday morning from Spain, bad a lengthened interview with Viscount Palmerston in the afternoon. SIR JAMES Ross's EXPEDITION:--" Enterprise, off Aberdeen, Wednesday. —I drop you a line to say good bye. The pilot is just leaving, and now we start fair for the ice on our own bottoms. The heavens have certainly smiled upon us since we started. The pilot says he never saw such a run of fine weather; we outsell th e . In, hervestigtao lotorc,asne. We ar and are continually all surprised tnually obliged at this, toshorist, for shorten for was generally imagined that she would have the heels of us. We are all quite well, and in the best of spirits. Our ship's company behave capitally, and work in ex cellent style—in fact, we could not b e better off in that way. I must now bid you adieu. I will send you far ther news of our expedition by the whalers in autumn." NEAR A HUNDRED PERSONS POISORED.—BRISTOL, MAY 24.—This city was yesterday the scene of an ex traordinary and alarming event—that of upwards of a hundred persons bei ng se i zed almost simultaneously with alarming symptoms, through eating of a poisonous berry, called the jatropha. Messrs. Visger, Miller, and Co., who are large manufacturers of a peculiar kind of oil, which is extracted from these berries, are in the habit of importing large quantities of them, and recently had a cargo arrive, in a vessel called the Miranda. This ship has been discharging her cargo, an d yester d ay t h e packages of berries were being removed from the wharf on the quay to the manufactory, when one of them, by some means, broke, and its contents were cast out and scattered about the streets. A number of children and some grown persons ate a quantity of the berries, and immediately became so alarmingly ill that it was found necessary to place them in the infirmary, and under the care of various medical gentlemen in the city. The greatest apprehensions were felt for the results, not fewer than 100 persons having been thus violently at tacked with illness. However, in the evening it was announced that a considerable number had been effec tually cured, and the remainder of the sufferers were convalescent. We have had a week of the finest weather, says our Ulverston correspondent, that could possibly have been wished for; alternate beautiful showers, gentle breezes, and a good average of sunshine. Crops never looked more promising. —Cumberland Parquet. After some time of remarkably dry and warm weather, says our Keswick correspondent, we have had within the past week a copious fall of rain. Every description of crop has a vigorous and healthy appear ance, and should the weather continue favourable the earth already gives promise of abundance.—Cumberland Parquet.