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and a copy given to each of the Members, and that it should then be discussed whether or not they should send an answer.—(Hear.) Herr Sitz declared that their business there was not to bandy compliments with any body of men.—(Cheers.) The letter was only a compliment—an empty eumpli ment—(Hear, hear)—and, in his opinion, it would be Useless to give an answer to any such letter.—(Cheers.) A Member here stood up and said, that it was impos sible for them to begin their proceedings by first answer ing letters. They must first of all have some rule laid down by which their proceedings were to be adopted, and some fixed regulations made as to the mode of con ducting their affairs.—(hear.) Another Member (a Roman Catholic priest) remarked that the first proposal to be made, and in his opinion, the first proposal that ought to be adopted by them, was the proper regulation for their proceedings ; for it was not possible to go on without it. Herr Wenderdonk agreed with the speakers who had immediately preceded him that it would be impossible to do anything without adopting certain regulations. A commission had been already appointed on the subject. It had made proposals, which had been printed, and another commission should be appointed, now that the assembly was constituted, to examine and declare whether they approved of what had been suggested to them, The first thing proposed was the examination of the r e t urns of Members, next the election of a Presi dent, then the appointment of Committees, &c. He suggested that four Presidents should be chosen in the first place, because it was necessary that means should be adopted, first, for the Members to know each other, and then that they should be person all y known to the Person w h o was finally to be elected as a Presi dent. Two or three days would ,be necessary before they c ommenced any species of business. — (Hear , " e ar.) To arrange their business they should have a commission elected by the Assembly for the purpose of regul at i ng the order in which the several subjects they had to regulate should be discussed. Ile bad him self examined the proposals that had been made on this subject, and he partly approved and partly disapproved of them. H e concluded a lengthy speech by repeat i ng that .. the fi rst d uty of the Assembly was to appo i n t a Commission to settle the order of their proceedings. Herr Blum, of Leipsic, observed they should not, in their a nx i ety to adhere to a form, be forgetful of what was the substance of their discussion. There were a thousand different questions of great moment, all of wWeGilearm wttaintyed their so l u ti on i n that mighty Assembly. had fixed it s gaze on those who were there _assembled _ (Cheers.) Without a regular course of paetrweion prescribed for and by them, they could never de e i c r i ; they could neither advise, nor counsel, nor Assembly a ce — (Cheers.) The first great duty of the had ul tal :Y W as an examination into the elections that Ouse) taken Place. Without the proof that they were withomi , the votes of the people, they were an assembly :w h ose rePsooruetr.a confederation in words, but not one m fact, I ris would influence others. They were, Herr Bium-metthg without power.—(Cheers.) who endea greeted it7h°ured was followed by several other members, to address the assembly,but who were (•bsteigen), groans, iil_ and loud cries of Down, down' wished the ' e were understood to say that they A t l -e euesti Y on to be the vote. posepat to prep tre e rh a member of the Commission who had p ose , i a plan for the order of their proceeding, pro co " !hat the report should be submitted to another ciltnissi ° ll , in order that the proposals made might be "unified. Herr st en , Fits, of May ence , p r oposed that in the first in they did e . tlie electi ons should b e exam i ne d. Until then I " not and could not knew who had a right to fade He therefore supported the proposal that had been fact, to this effect. When they had ascertained that 4 c_t_, they could regulate the order of their proceedings. loud several members again attempted to speak; some 0 er three of them at a time; but each was met by ud cries of " Down, down." Herr Wesendonk then proposed that the regulations suggested by th e commissions should be provisionally b 4 tecl, until other regu l a tions were adopted by the 'Numbly. Thi s Proposal, amid great confusion, was adopted. Herr on Vipperman proposed that before they went into 141 - exa mination of the elections, they should first choose a President and other officers. ai eknother M em b er p ropose d that they should nominate th i n ad interim president Herr Seiron, the chairman of con e y,? °o3 naittee of Fifty, as a proof how highly the ""irY estimated the services he had rendered in that position. here Teige, of Westphalia, wished to postpone the election of president until Monday. Herr Tuctro, on the other hand, considered that they should have the legality of the elections proved before they nominated a president. Herr Zriegleraan wished:them to adhere to the order' of proceeding. They should either themselves electa President, or t a ke as president the President of the Committee of Fifty. Harr Wipperman considered that the . President of the Committee of Fifty should be an ad i nter i m president, and under his presidency elect president.a he ymust return the Herr Wesendonk remarked that t President by seniority , and under his presidency elect another as soon as they had proved the validity of their own elections. He also proposed that there should be added to the commission for regulating their proceed ings such members of parliament as had been members of other assemblies in their respective states, because such persons were best acquainted with parliamentary proceedings. Herr Soiron advised them not to dispute about who *hall hold the presidency during the time for selecting an ad interim, and said the proper course would be to choose them under the presidency of him who filled the situa . tlen by seniority. A vote was then taken as to whether the interim Pre sident should be chosen. This motion was agreed to. The next motion was that the election should take place this day. Upon this an amendment was moved, that the election should take place to-morrow. The amendment was carried, the President declaring the majority was for the amendment. After deciding that there should etenographical re- Ports of each meeting, and that the Members should Meet to - morrow at ten, the House adjourned. Much time was wasted during this day by propositions . w hich found no seconders, and by speeches which could I D t procure patient listeners. The want of knowledge o conducting Parliamentary business, or in fact the tri nsiness of any public meeting, was most lamentable, „,„ equally di s pl a y e d by the Presidenl of the 1 )2 etnh lY and the majority of those who are itsichosen erabe rs . PRUSSIA. Th e reaction has commenced at Berlin, and it has o roe so strong that it was thought the ministry Would • • m their draught of a constitution propose to Institute an hereditary chamber of peers. th There had been a collision between the Poles and the G ermans at a public meeting in Berlin, in which I,ollatter had been Victorious, and had expelled the Poles f rom the Assemhly. AUSTRIA. . 17.1 "z 1 A, MA T 16.—Q u i et i s res t ore d i n th e c it y , 1:11 con sequenc e o f t h e following proclamation, i ssued Y the ENIPEROII : 1: IV e FERDINAND, &c. For the purpose of quel -1 t he excit ement which prevailed in our residen tLq c ity of Vienna on the 15th May, 1848, and averti ng violent breaches of the peace, our Council 0 rciMi ni r st ers resolved u p on th e w ithd rawa l o f th e th e the day i ssue d to our N at i ona l G uar d on tb: r) Pi ll May, 1848, re l at i ve t o th e t ransac ti ons o f btitical Central Co mm itt ee ; at the same tim e , itt P e titions p resented by the National Guard were castlecc Petitions , :z., b that the city gates and the w ard should b e guar d e d i n common 'th e milit ary and the National Guard, in all ca dilisib es, and that the military shall be only d by be out for special service when required so to cli p National Guard. In order to obviate every Vice faction and excitement, we subjoin, by the do °or Ministerial Council, the further res . o m lu a: oat the draft of the constitution shall be pri he ril Y. subject to the discussion of the Diet. And t obr i t t a k ee of the elective law which have been t?, shall be determined b y a new test. tiott rUe r that th e consolidation of the constitu 'ecabi aY f most effect ua ll y es t a blished by the As- Dcree an the Diet to be constituted, we have do decree, that for the first which onl Y one Chamber shall be elected, for , whereby° census w h atever s h a ll b e required a elitatil„ l'ery apprehension of an imperfect rep.re dnbe this, or the people will be obviated. Having ba roe we feel assured that all classes of the State speedy. will quietly and confidently await the ° P e ning of the Diet. l‘ FERDINAND. " Vi enna m (Countersigned ,, by the Ministers.) T he ,r,r,.. ay 16, 1848. the Courtrytel/er Zeitung, of the 17th, announces that iste,i. Council of War, which has hitherto ex am '" 1 1 be dissolved at the close of this month, b 2 that the Central War Administration will then "ite to the Ministry of War. Go he x . night Vox GitAVENEGG has been appointed T er nor of the Austrian National Bank. eouhrlie official reports of the Master of the Ordnance, nothi n 6 I'iuGENT, dated Visnabella, the 12th, say t r i,„ g of the capitulation of Treviso. The Aus -I,ri; tr o -- 4 t-', however, were already before the city. ~,po:Lte letters of the 14th from Cette reiterate the r e of th of Treviso, and also that v ic eri7 e surrender 11 Y 19, has capitulated. Hamburgh Papers, The IT, Cirne ial re p on" Gazette of the 13th contains the th_ number tof Fie ld - Marshal Count RADETZKY,. of the unaber killed, wounded, and prisoners, during tht, recent engagements. The loss of the enemy on kin ( 4 4, at St. Lucia Massimo and Chievo, was 200 44 e ' 111 : 1 d 400 wounded. The loss on the part of the "" 4111 Wu 7 officer, and , 49 men ; the number of l THE STY N, LONDON , MONDAY EV wounded, 9 officers and 182 men; prisoners, 1 offi cer and 23 men. Field-Marshal RADETZKY stated that all the troops acted most bravely, and that the Italians troops must be included in this commenda tion. The number of killed and wounded on the 29th and 30th of April at Pastrengo and Osteria del Bosco—killed, 1 officer and 9 men; wounded, 1 officer and 118 men ; prisoners, S officers and 325 men, many of whom may, however, probably have been killed or wounded. The Field Marshal apprehended that there would be a fresh attack, and a demonstration in Verona on the Bth. On the morning of that day several columns of the enemy's troops were observed in the direction of Chievo ; on the 7th and Bth, the Field Marshal improved his military position. The Wiener Gazette of the 16th says that the Minister of War has just received the following in telligence from the seat of war :—" By a report from Field-Marshal Baron STURMER, dated Gorz, the 12th instant, the General had commenced bombarding the fortress of Palrnanuova in the night of the 10th to the 11th. From the position of the garrison during this not altogether ineffectual bombardment, it was at first apparent that they were resolved upon an obstinate defence, in that they returned the fire with great energy. During the continuation of the bom bardment, on the 12th, it was, however, very evident that this firm position was no longer maintainable ; the fire was returned weakly, and only a few missiles were hurled from the fortress, and everything else was quiet within. Hence it was conjectured that the report was true that there was a division between the inhabitants and the garrison, the former having de cided upon a surrender." BAVARIA. MUNICH, MAX 18.—The Chamber of Deputies has concluded its discussions on the electoral law; there fore the first six articles were adopted. The result of these discussions was fixing the standard to one representative to 31,500 individuals, instead of 35,000 ; the omission in article 4th of the words " and His holy gospel," in the form of oath, for non- Christian electors. The amendment proposed by SrocKiNuEn was also adopted, by which eligibility, both active and passive, is fixed at twenty-one years, instead of twenty-five years; by another amendment, every census is set aside. The landed proprietors evince a very decided feel ing in favour of a census. The electoral law was adopted by the Chamber of Deputies by a majority of 116 against 7.—Allgemeine Zeitung, May 17. BELGIUM. The Journal du Commerce d'Anvers of the 21st says—" We are assured that it is the portefeuille of Finances which has been offered by the members of the Cabinet to M. DELIIOUNGNX." The anticipation of this post by the Honourable Member for Ghent has, as it appears, decided M. FRERE to return his portefeulle of Public Works. The Journal de Liege says, that the resignation of M. FRERE was caused by a serious dissension with M. VETDT. The Minister of the Interior informed the Cham bers in its sitting yesterday, that it is the intention of Government to convoke the electoral colleges for the second Tuesday in June, for the general election of the Members of the two Chambers. The Belgian Consul at Trieste has received a cer tification from the Governor of the Austro-Illyrian coast, dated May 3d, stating that the port of Venice has been put into a state of blockade by the Austrian squadron. BRUSSELS, Mu 20.—The Senate has at length opened the discussion of the project of law authoris ing a fresh emission of Bank bills. The Chamber in its sitting yesterday discussed and adopted-Ist. The projects of law portioning the term of completion of the railway from Liege to Namur, and from Mons to Manage, from Louvain to the Sambre, and between the Sambre and Meuse and Western Flanders ; 2d. The project of law relative to the prorogation of the term fixed for the reduction of the establishment of the Court of Appeal at Brussels, and of the Tribunals of the First Instance of Tournay and Charleroy. The Chamber likewise continued the discussion on the whole of the project of law on Parliamentary incompatibility.—Moniteur Beige, May 20. Very serious disturbances have taken place at Renich as well as at Ettelbruck, during the last week. At Renich, the authorities arrested M. DAMS, formerly Member of the Chamber of Repre sentatives, who was in the act of planting a tree of liberty. In consequence of the intervention of the people, he was set at liberty. Three brigades of Douaniers have been sent to Renich to re-establish order. At Ettelbruck, several persons have been arrested, and others, who had a scent that their turn was coming, saved themselves by a timely flight.— iiioniteur Beige, May 20th. P 0 SEN. 4 Another serious engagement has taken place be tween the Poles and Prussians near Exin. Five hundred Poles are reported to have fallen. Buk, in the Grand Duchy of Posen, has also been again the theatre of bloodshed. A body of five hundred scythe-men entered the town, and committed great ravages. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. It was rumoured in Hamburgh on Friday evening that a peace was as good as settled between Denmark and the Germanic Confederation, and a decree of the Provisional Government of Holstein, declaring that no further embargo would be laid upon Danish ves sels should they fall into the power of the Cothdera tion, was held to corroborate this rumour. ITALY. PIEDMONT AND LOMBARDY. At the sitting of the Piedmontese Chamber on the 16th at Turin, the definitive bureau was appointed. M. GIOBERTI was elected President, and M. GIA• TANO BEmoacui and Professor MENLO Vice-Presi dents. The Piedmontese Gazette, of the 16th instant, states that on that day Peschiera, more vigorously pressed by our troops, began a most resolute defence. Our corps of sappers and miners were actively em ployed. Beyond the town there had been no move ment. Yesterday the troops of Tuscany and Naples sus tained a vigorous assault from the garrison of Man tua. The battle lasted about three hours. The Austrians, to the number of 3,000, were repulsed under the walls, after much loss. Our loss was only 9 killed and 35 wounded. The magistracy of the Duchy of Parma has de cided that the reunion of the Duchy to Piedmont shall be submitted to the decision of the people, con sulted by universal suffrage. The same resolution has been come to by Reggio and Modena. The walls of Milan are covered with placards, bearing the in scription " Long live CHALES ALBERT," " Long live our Piedmontese brethren." A certain number of Parmesans have addressed a protest to the Provisional Government of Milan against such a measure, on the ground that Parma is more closely connected with Lombardy than with Piedmont, and that the fusion of the last-nitmed states could not be useful to Parma, and that the question, instead of being decided by universal suffrage, should be discussed by a meeting of deputies. SWITZERLAND. The Diet, in its sitting of the 17th, adopted, by a majority of 16, the system of the two •Chambers. TURKEY. CONSTANTINME.—Letters from Constantinople of the 3d of May announce an important change in the Ministry. RESCHID PACHA, the " Reform Mi nister," who, however, has made scarcely any reform, is dismissed, and has been succeeded by the former President of the Privy Council, SARIat PACHA, who i h s also acquainted with Europe, or who at any rate seen Europe, having been ambassador at London and Paris. HAYMARKET THEATRE. The farce entitled the Pas de Fascination, in the Haymarket bills, is in fact the Lola Itiontez of Mr. Stirling Coyne, shorn of those personal allusions which caused it to be suppressed after it had been produced with unequivocal success. t h e T R h g h Mr t a ii q o u n i of B .s H.La r b e o a u d e a h l e b r a: e o u h s a a d t u a r n d s y intervi ew at the t office h of the Board of Trade. Saturday's rates. O N E CLOSING P RICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock 193 193 3 per Cent. Reduced Anns ..... 8 2 1% 41% 821 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 84% 84 84 1 4 84 1 4 New 3 il t per Cent. Anns.... . Long Anns. to expire Jan. 1860 India Bonds, 1,0004 Ditto under 1,0001. .. ...... Consols for Account ... Exchequer Bills. 2d. & 3d. 1,0001. ~. _ 5001. Ditto Advertised 33 31 p 31 p ONE CLOsENO RICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Brazilian Bonds Ditto, Bmall 7O 70 Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. Ditto, Deferred . . 2 1 4 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 — Ditto, Account 15% Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents — Ditto, Account Portuguese 5 per Cents. — _ Ditto, 4 per Cent — 17 Russian Bonds — Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account 12%% 12% ); 23 23 Ditto, Passive Ditto 3 Der Cent 22% 23 Ditto, Account ... ..... 23 Dividends on the above payble in London. Dutch 2 1 A per Cent., 12 Guild. ... S Ditto, 4 per Cent. PAl Ce p rt . M ß c u at s e l s NEs 61 DONE 6 l I NG CLOS PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES, Aberdeen 5O ..... ... -_ Amber., Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 3 1 4...... Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2 Belfast & County Down 14%....... Birmingham and Ox ford Junction .... ... 20 Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley 10 ..... Birming.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 121. 4s ... ... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Jung.... 7 3 / 4 — ..• • ..• Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 5 Bl i tstol and Exeter B5 Ditto, Thirds ... ...... 25 Buckinghamshire... 141. 4s. Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares .. 6 1 4 — •• — Ditto,Clydesdale June 50 Chester and Holyhead... 42% Ditto, Preference l5 ..... Clarence Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 - ... — Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. .. lO Direct London & Ports- _ mouth Dublin and Belfast June. 25 .. Dundalk & Enniskillen East Anglia, 251., L. & E. and L. and 25 — Do., 181., E. & 11.... 18 Do., 3/. 105, Eastern Counties........ 20 ...... 15 1 ,i 15 Do. New Guaranteed 6 per Cent. Ditto,Extension,s per Cent., No. 1......61. 13s. 4d.... ... Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... . Do. North. & Eastern 50 Do. Quarters ..„ 12% — Do. New 23 Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 Do„ do., Class A, ditto 1 Do., do., Class B (I. and B.) 17% Do, do., Class C, ditto 17 1 Do. Scrip (6 percent.) 10 Ditto, ditto Ditto (C. & E.) guar. 5 per cent............ . East Lancashire Ditto, New ... 17 10 10% ....... 101, 4 Ditto, New Quarters 6%....•• East Lincolnshire Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... 44%•••••••• • • ... 44% Ditto, Half Shares ... 15 .. Ditto, Quarter Shares Edinburgh and Northern 25 Ditto, New.. 6% — Ditto, Newport l3 Ditto, ditto, New 3%. •••• -- Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorch 2% Ditto, New Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Glasgow,Kilmar., & Ayr 50 Ditto, New ... ...... 40 Do.Preterence Conseil. 16 Great Northern Do., London and York 2% I Treat South. and West. 47/, 49% 3% ( Ireland) Great North of England 100 ...... Ditto, New, 40/ .... Ditto, New, 301......... 30 _ Ditto, New, 151 Great Western 9O ... .. Ditto, 1 ,4 Shares 5O ...... Ditto, 1 4 Shares Ditto, Fifths Ditto, New 171... .. .. 9%... .. Huddersfield and Manch. 26 ' Ditto Thirds Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ...... Ditto, IA Shares Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 ...... 50 49 Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 ..... Ditto, ditto Ditto, % Shares ...... 43 . .. ••...• Ditto, . Do. Quarter Shares... 141 /2 ll4 11 ..... .... 11 Do. Fifths 9 Do. Sixteenths 6 14 - - Do. Thirds(Reg.)..... 13 ..... ...... •• ..._ Do. Liverp. and Bury 43 ...... Ditto % (late Hud dersfield and Sheff.) 38 Do.(Waketield,Ponte fract, and Goole) ... 50 Do.( W. Riding Union) 6 ..... Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 Do. % Shares (A)... 9 Leeds and Bradford 5O Leeds, Dewsbury, tzc.... 47 1 ,x...• Do., Half Shares 2O Do., (blue) Scrip...... 2%... Leeds and Thirsk ...... 45 - ........ •••••• Ditto, New .............26 Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3%...... Liverpool, Crosby ana Southport . Liverp., Manchester, and Newcastle Junction... 2 1 / 2 ...... London &Blackwall...l3l. 6s. 8d.... Do. New, No. 2 61.135.4 d.... 1% dis. l% die. Do. Extension ..... ... 20 ... .. .... — London, Brighton, and South Coast Do. Consol. Eighths. 40 Do. Guarant. 5 per ct.., 9 Do. Pref. Con. 5 per ct. 50 .. ... Ditto, ditt0...... 1852 50 London and Greenwich 12/15s 4d... ......... — Ditto, Preference... 18/ 17s 2d... London and N. Western 100 l3l 133 ..... ...... 133 Do. Quarters (L.& B.) 22 Ditto, New Ditto, Fifths ..... .. .. 2 ...... Do. 40/.Shares(L. M.) 20 ...... Do. 101. (M. & B.) A. 71 .4 lO Do. 10/. (111. & B.) B. 7%...... 10 Do. 10/. (M. & B.) C. 1 ... .. Lond. & S. Western Do. New 50/. ... ..... 42 1 4.. .. Do. New 401 34 Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50 ...... „• .... .••• Ditto ditto ~......, .... 40 Ditto. Thirds lO • London, Salisbury, and Yeovil ..... .... ........ 1 1 ,E ..,... Londonderry&C,,leraine 27% .....„ ........ Londonderry and Ennis killen .... ••••• Lowestoft (4 per ct.) Ditto (6 per ct.) . ...... ..... Manchester,Buxton,and • 35 121/ 41 /s 48 34 Matlock 4 3 4. .......... ... . Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire...loo Do. Quarters (No. 1) 13 ... Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 Ditto ditto (No. 3) ... 7% — ..... ..... ... Ditto, New 101. Pref... 7% Ditto, Gt.Grimsby ... 30 Ditto ditto . ......... 9 - •-•-•••••••• ...m. Ditto ditto Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire lO .. ..• ~.,.. .... Grimsbyhcdeaa r s; D eii e d. sr: lice:al 0 oc i" ) 5 - ...... : ........ ...... D0., -- -*--- Lincoln Union. ...:.. d . 4 1000 /. 0 25. ..... ...131 D D R o o e . .l e i e:s n t. a s & South a m p t. 2!4 . . MOSEY CITY, QUARTER TO THAYEE D l ay g, Do., do., 50/. Shares.- 15 . .... --** The Cotton sales at Liverpool were on S atur . : Do. Birm., and Derb -100 .. -1-06 1051 .. . . 106% 4,000 bales, of which 3,500 were American at zit? .. to auctian,t ........ . 5:', 3 d. per lb. The market closed heavy, but there wa sno change in prices. In shares there was but little di and prices were a shade lower. itto,Leieest.& Swan- The Corn Market is steady to-day at about last. Mon- DBoirCnioninsgol„.B6rpiesrtoclta.n.3.d.loo day's prices. an T oi r l ish d . Great Western The arrivals from abroad bring conflicting a.:.•counts Dit to , Brist.&Glocstr. 36 still of the state of political feeling, and the probabl. :course Ditto, ditto ....•.••• 1 1 1 . 3 s• 6d of future events, but in no case is a speedy issue of present P Swan difficulties anticipated. It is true that the hopes of .....u a gt n on, 8 per ct.guar.100 peace between Germany and Denmark were sti•onger, 40 but there is nothing definite in the matter, and it is Ifiddlesbi:o .; ....... . Ve ' dc ..... even mentioned that the Hamburgh contingent of troops 6 per cent. uuar. ar ' 5 Newport, Abergavenny, had actually marched for Holstein. Still the merchants Newcastlean:clici of the northern ports are so heartily sick of the Do. Quarters 25 ~ -- .. .......... - contest that they eagerly embrace the idea of peace. Newry ' and Enniskillen 7 New rnrket&Chesterford 181 A The electric telegraph advises us of the arrival of th e Do. Extension ...... ...2/. 12s — .......... ..:.• Royal Mail steamer from the West Indies. She brings Mexican news of a later date, and which is said to bold _ and Hereford ............ 6 Do. few XOl. ......... out better promise of the ratification of the treaty, Warren point, although the army was very little disposed to and y it P ' quit the country. The steamer has a good bullion ostrevor ...... .. 15 Do. Guarantee ...... Norfolk .. freight between 300,000 and 400,000 dollars. The •-•• ......... N N o o DDD D r r tooo t o h h ... . Northern n : 1 t t e e Counties n n s s i i o o n n ... Union::.... .. . 16 4 ..... '. .. .. .1 .... .... .. letters are not expected to be delivered to-day, but from— the colonies nothing promising can be anticipated. ...... ••• aslofuStibi-avvreses.t.e.r..n. 1 . 2% . .......... : __ lo l 4 ............ .... ... The frequent interviews between the " Chairs" of the Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 ...... gilunarters... ...... .. 61, 4 ...... Bank of England and the Chancellor of the Exchequer have excited some attention, but the object does not North British ......... 25 ...... ..............• appear to be known, unless it relates to arrangements for supplying temporarily the deficiency in the income as compared with the expenditure. Ditt , Thirds The Funds have been very quiet, though steady, this morning, but there is a feature in the market worth North Staffordshire l2 l / 2...... 101 ......... .... noting, viz., that stock for money has been sold at a North Wales . lower price than for account. Consols have been 84 to North We5tern..',........ 7 1 / 2 ' ... .......... 84i for transfer, and 841 to 1 for June. Exchequer. Oxford, Worcester, and ... bills have realised 425. premium. Bank Stock is Wolverhampton ...... 40 .. ••••• ....... .. at 193. New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents., 83f Reading, Guildford, and to 831. Reigate The Foreign Market is very inanimate. Spanish oyston and Hitch ... 1% - Five per Cents. have been 12j to„ and the Three per Scottish Central ......... 25 ... •••• ........ Scottish Midland .. 25 Cents. 221 to 23. Grenada have been at 12. Brazi- Ditto,New ...... 1,4 — • •••• ........ Tian old Bonds are 68i to 69k. Dutch Four per Cents. Sheffield, Rotherham, 12 - ........ ... " are 61. andGoole (Nor. Div.) 5 Railway Shares have been quiet, and rule at about Do. & (;- Ij/2-p.:10505 ..... ...... 106 10 1 4 10 1 4 do. kSou. Div) 4 — ••• ********** Shrewsbtuy !tad Birm... 8 .- 3% ••••• ******** ' ... Ditto ditto. Cla ss B. 5 Shrewsbury and H ere fd . 2 •• Shrewsbury & Chest er (Nor. W. Min.) - ........ Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 ...„. .. •- ........ Ditto Oswestiy Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref. 8 Shropshire Union ...... • ........ '"'' South Devon 45 Do. Preference - •••• •••• •••1 South Staffordshire 5% _ •• ••• ••••••• z• outh Eastern .. Do., No. 1 24 ...... Do., No. 2. ....... s)y Do., No. 4 South Wales ....... ........ 23 South Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole 3 ...... •••....... Swans. & Loughor &Ca meron's Stm. Coal.. 6 Taw Vale Extension ... 6 - ••• •. ...... ••• Thames Haven Dock and Railway l7l ..... • Vale of Neath - .. 4 Waterford and Kilkenny 15 1 ,...... •• Waterford and Li meric k 42% — ••• Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin -• • Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... .. ..... 42 3 % ••••• • Do. d o . d o . ... 25 W est Cornwall ..... .... 6 ... .. -•-. Whitehaven & Furness 11 Windsor, Staines, and South Western..... ... 7 Wilts, Somerset,& Wey mouth York, Newcastle, and Berwick. .... ........ ... 25 .. ••• Do. Original New and Berwick ...•... ...... 25 Do. Extensioß No. 1. 15 Do. do. N o . 2 . ..... ... 10 Do. G.N E.Preference 8 •••-• 91 4 York and North Midland 50 Ditto, Preference lO - ••• .• ......... Do. East and W est Rid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Central of F rance (Or leans and Vierzon) ... 16 Ceylon D emerara lO ...... . ••• .... ..•• Dendre Valley 4 ...... •.... ... •••••• Direct Bombay ; and Madras Dutch Rhenish ... ...... 74„... 34,••,•, •••••• East Indian 3 14 •— ...... - ••••• • Great Indian Peninsular ss. Italian and Austrian.... 4 Louvain it la klambre ... 6 Luxembourg Madrid and Valentia 2 ...... Namur and Liege Northern of France lO Orleans and Bordeaux 6 Over Yssel 4/3 s 4d...... Paris and Lyons ll ..• .. Paris and Orleans ...... 20 Paris and Rouen ... ..... 20 Paris and Strasbourg ... 8 -- ••• •••• Rouen and Havre ...... 20 ... .. Sambre and Meuse 2O ... . Strasbourg and Basle Tours and Nantes .. 8 ...... Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den' and Hasselt ...... 16 ...... West Flanders B l / 2..... - VA - ,1% 25 1 4 5 .... 2734 20% 30% 11A 1 9'l 71 32 1 4 .01 , - ;,i 1 5 IA __ LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS LONDON, MAY 22.—Wind N.N.W., light br cloudy. LIVERPOOL, MAY 20.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrd. the 19 th Keyslia, Ferguson, Jam a i ca; J un i a t a , New Orleans; Abeona, ditto ; P eter Blastrick, Apalachicola; Denmark, Charleston ; Th omas Battersby, Paraiba ; Cheshire, Barbadoes ; Sarsfield, Tobasco; lon, New Orleans ; Oneo Rankin, ditto; Ornard, ditto; Oceans, ditto; Ocean Queen, ditto; Lady Constable, ditto; Charlotte, Mobile; St. John's, ditto; Urgent, Apalachicola; Po tomac, Virginia; James Armstrong, Maryport. 21. Ben jamin Boyd, Jenkins, Camaroons. Sld. 22d February, Windsor. Pepp er , Para; Free Trader, Thompson, New Orleans. Sid. 19th, Trenton, New Orleans; Cambria , New York; Gert ru d e, d i tto; Vandalia, ditto; Pioneer, Labrador; Walla ce , Mi ramichi. 20th. Re d N ovo , Rio Janeiro; Niagara, steamer, Boston; 21st. C oc k ermou th, Castle, Hong-Kong ; A nna, Jane, ditto; H ann ib a l Bom bay; Mary Clarke, B raz il s; Racer, Rio J ane i ra; ludi a n Queen, Barbadoes; Mcnarch, St. Lucia; Velore, St. Thomas; City of London. New Orleans; Adeline, ditto; Elizabeth Whitney, Sav a nnah; Albany, Havre and New York: Oriental, Halifax; Ayerwrie, New York; Alexander, Quebec; Lorina, Alexandria. OFF LIVERPOOL, MAY 21.—Arrd. Shamrock. DEAL, MAY 20.—Arrd. from the River, Light of the Harem, Stevenson, Monte Video; Brunswick, Poulden, Quebec. Arrd. from the River and sld. Bride of Aby dos, Williamson, Bahia; Whampoa, Genies, Barbadoes; Pigeon, Hiscock, C a di z; 31st, Plumstea d , Algoa Bay; Glasgow, Hunter, Si erra Leone; James Campbell, Graham, Demerar a; I s l ander, Gordon , Barbadoes; British Tar, St. Th omas; Aid, Carter, Miramichi; Ca meona, Ritchie, M ontrea l . Sid. 20th, S ap pho, China; 21st, Gilmore, B om b ay; H arebell, M aur itius; Gra ham, Ascension ; Ch ar l es Walton, H a lifax; Active, Quebec. DEAL, MAY 21.—Wind var i a b le. 22.—Wind S.W., variable.—Arrd. 19th, Duke of Wellington, Honduras; Ida, ditto; Ida, Savanilla ; Star, Philadelphia; 20th, Isabella, Blyth, Addle r , M aur i t i us; C o l u mbia, Duncan, Hudson's Bay; 21st, P enyar d P ar k s, Wheeler, Sydney, New South Wales • Indianeren, H o l m , Balby, Copen hagen; Augusta lessie, Kincaid, Calcutta; Isla , Mau ritius; Amelia Multe s l an d, Wilkinson, ditto; Eleanor, Barbadoes; Concordia, Madre n , St. Croix, for Copen hagen; Creole, Wassels, Havannah, or Bremen ; Apollo, New Orleans; Montpelier, Colly, ditto; Goethe Homan, Baltimore, and sailed for Sheerness; Winsford, Walters, Leghorn; Calpe, Gibraltar; Lusitania, Dring, Oporto; Bees Wing, Smith, ditto; Maria Adelaide, Rouen. DOVER, MAY 21.—Arrd. Sophie, Horstman, Bor deaux, for Bremen, in consequence of the blockade. Off port 19th, Henry Skelton, Baltimore, for Rotterdam; 21st, Barnholm, Batavia, for Gothen b u r g; Nassade Swedish corvette, West Indies, for Stock holm ; Charlotte, Batenochor, Havannah, for Hamburgh. OFF DUNGENESS, MAY 18,--Javon, New York for Rotterdam. o —Barris, Cofferi, New OFF THE WI G HT, MAY ..• Orleans, for Antwerp. A Ouzel Galley, Manley , DUBLIN, MAY 19.—Arr‘.. Barbadoes. Trinidad; Granger, Morrison, Arrd., Madonna, Mitchell, WATERFORD, MAY 19. 1 S 1 BRISTOL, MAY 20.—Arrd., Ajaso, Start, Trinidad. ~ Adelaide 20tb, Arrd., M argaret, Yur, Cann, St. John, N.B. _ B It' ewis, a imore, and aid. Trinidad; United Friends, L for Liverpool. —Arrd. Brothers, Adam I, Norfolk, CORE, MIY 1 . usan Quebec. 19th, Sir Robert Apalachicola, and sld. for Liverpoo • d United States. Sld., Seppings, Cape of Go od Ho p e. LIMERICK MAY 1 7 tu•— sld., Emulous, Barbadoes. 19th, Maria, Brennan,Quebec; Ann Moore, ditto; Elizabeth, ditto. )AY.) !eae and MARKBT NEWS.-(THIS DAY. u ur market, Ireland and t h e a ly nd .e . xte r n r s o i m ve, viz., .—MONI) O A t G y r.ain, a s we l well During as last Flour, week of homethe up kin dsto ,--Y land car- Scotland the receipts were scanty in t he extreme, coastwise, CORN-EXCHANGE.—MONDAY, X on C a n ver A y N lim G it E ed scale ._ T 1 f r o ia re g i e gn next iimports p to o rts not hing were The 8,029 quarters of Wheat; 6,150 ditto of Barley; 6,245 ditto of Oats ; 367 ditto of Beans; 104 ditto of Peas ; 35 ditto of Tares; 39 ditto of Linseed; 250 ditto of sundr seeds; and 200 barrels of Flour. Fresh up thi s e m am od e e t r o a the supply of Wheat f rom Kent, Essex, morning y Ca mbridgeshire and all other quarters was very moderate, but of full ave rage quality. The stands were scantily supplied with sam pies of both redand white; white the demand for all kind was steady and last Monda y 's p rices w ere fairly su p s ported in every inst ance. At the close o f the market. nearly the whole of t he sampl es had found buyers. Comparatively spea kin g , the show of Foreign w heat samples was small, bu t full y ade q ua te to wants of the millers. Really fine meet the parcel s m ove d to those • dr steadily, at prices fully equa l obtained on this day se'nnight. The middling and inferior kinds w howe v er, in sluggish reque s t , at b arely late rates. Thee' ma l t i ng m op being now over, Malting Dn _ , ilp . ey • - 7 -- i - r - .• , • • r - ,, -- was heavy. Grinding and Distilling sorts, the supply of which was small, were firm, at full rates of currency. Notwithstanding the supply of Malt was small, that article, both on the spot and for forward delivery, was a slow sale, but we have no alteration to notice in its value. The limited arrivals of Oats induced the holders to demand higher rates for that Grain. As the dealers refused to give any advance, the amount of business doing was small, at late figures. In Beans, compara tively little was passing. In prices we have no change, to report, with a moderate demand. Very few Peas. were brought forward, nevertheless sales progressed slowly, at last week's currencies. Indian Corn and Meal w ere again dull, but prices were mostly supported. All kinds of Flour moved off slowly at our quotations. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex & Rent, Malt—Chevalier • • • • • • ass to b9s Rea ' •••• • • • • 428 to b3s Oats Yorkshire and Ditto,Vrhite, New 448 56. Lincolnsh., Feed. 178 208 Norfolk and Lin- Potato .. ...... .. 20s 239 cola, lied... • • 43s 47s Youghal and Cork, Ditto, White .. .. .. 433 50s Black .••• • • • 148 183 Irish, Red.- .•••• • —8 — 5 Cork, White .•• • • 16s 208 Ditto, whit e __ _ s — s Scotch, Feed..... 18s 218 Note--Old . N ew• •• • • ••• • • • 32 3 348 Barley—Grinding. •. • • 30s 33s Malting .•••• • • • • 333 36s Chevalier .... ..• 348 368 61alt—Suffolk and Nor folk... ••• • • • 558 57s Brown •••••• • • • • • 48 s 54 s Xinastonand W are 57s 58s , S MITHFIELD. were as und er: The imp orts of foreign stock into London last week --- From whence. Beasts. Sheep. ambs. Calve Harlingen ... 253 253 Ibunburgh ... 46 ... ... 209 ... —2, • Rotterdam ... 176 ... 1,243 272 Antwerp 4 Beans—Tick .• . • ..... 31s 40s Pigeons .••. • • .. 34s 40s Peas—Grey .. •• • 32s 35s Maple. ••• • • . 52s 35s White....... 34s 2.is Boilers •••• • .• 33s 36s Flour—Town-made • • 41$ 463 Suffolk ••••• • .• .. 358 3Ss Stocktn & Norfolk 35s 35s T0ta1...... 475 1,705 Corresponding eek in 1847........ 727 Lambs. Calvet. ... 23 ... 24 300 942 120 Difference 252 less. 763 more 97 less. 150 m ore At Hull, a n d t h e various other northern ports, 800 h ea d of stock ha ve b een landed ingood co n di t i on. At South ampton 2 ox en h ave arrived from Spain, to-d er t a b ya ' u that for some tim e p ast, b ut s market the su p p l y of foreignat of Beastswa i s . S h ci e u e p a b a t n y d . Calves w oura s tolerably good, an d o f fair averag own grazing districts the and in arrival a s of Beasts f res h up were seasonably extensive, excellent t condition. ow Although the att en d ance of both and country buyers was somewh a t numerous, the Bee n f trade was in a very dull state, at a decline in the quotations obtained on this day se'nnight of 2d per 81bs, the highest fig ure for the best Scots not exceeding 4 sper 81bs, and a t o t a l clearance was not effect e d. The droves . from Norf o lk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, co a n w ins b t o ed of about 1,300 Scots and short horns, w i t h a f from the northern, eastern, and western districts, m.re 7 a 00 Ilerefords, runts, Devons, &c.; from ot h er parts of Eng land, 400 of various breeds; and from S cot l and, 460 horned and polled Scots. The numbers o f Sh eep were again on the increase, and of full average quality. The primest old Downs, out of the wool, were in steady re quest at last week's prices, riz., from 5s to 5s 2d per 81bs; but the demand for the middling and inferior breeds was far from active, without, however, any altera tion in value, From the Isle of Wight 200 Lambs came to had. The receipts from other quarters were liberal. On the whole, the Lamb trade was firm, at Friday's advance in the quotations of 2d per 81bs, prime Down qualities selling at 6s 10d per 81bs. Calves were in good supply and steady request, at late currencies. Pigs were a slow inquiry, but not cheaper. KING, MAY . 1848. SURREY SESSIONS.—(THIS DAY.) The adjourned quarter sessions for the county of Surrey was held this morning, before Thomas Puckle, Esq., chairman, and a full bench of magistrate& The grand jury having been sworn, The CITAIRDIAN briefly addressed them. The number of prisoners fur felony amounted to 52, and ten for misdemeanours. James Chitty, 32, was indicted for stealing, at Guild ford, tour pieces of deal, the property of James Loe, contractor. The prosecutor purchased a number of deal planks from a builder named Nye, at Guildford, on the IBth ultimo, and on the 20th they were stolen from his yard. Information was given to the police, and witnesses proved that the prisoner was seen on the river in a punt, leaving the prosecutor's yard with some deals. They were afterwards discovered in the stables of the Railway Arms, Guildford, where they had been deposited by the prisoner, who had been employed there as a carpenter. The jury found him guilty, and The COURT sentenced him to six months' imprison ment in the House of Correction. CLERKENWELL.-(THIS DAY.) Henry Richardson, potman, in the Service of Mr. William Hill, of the Crown public-house, Lower Isling tom-terrace, was charged with assaulting his master. Mr. Hill stated that yesterday the defendant came home half mad. Complainant used all means to induce the defendant either to go to bed or to set about his usual work. He drew a pot of beer for the defendant to take out, and, the latter refusing to do so, and using some very offensive language, the prosecutor was so incensed that he threw the contents of the pot over him. The other then took up another pot and threw the contents over the prosecutor. " That," said the witness, " would be all right—(Laughter)—but he threw the pot after wards at my head, and barely missed me." The de fendant next threw a water-jug, holding about a gallon, at his head, but that also "missed fire."—(Laughter.) The defendant at length became so furious that, with the assistance of a neighbour, who was present, he was put out of the house. On getting loose into the street he knocked the complainant down, and the head of the latter was severely wounded. The complainant's evidence was confirmed by other witnesses, and the magistrate fined defendant 205., which were paid. Per albs. to sink the offal. s. d. to s. d. S. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts..... 3 0 3 4 Second quality ditto 4 4 4 6 Picond quality •• .. 3 4 3 6 , Coarse-woolledditto 4 6 4 8 Prime large Oxen.. 3 6 3 8 Soutbdown Wether 410 5 2 Prime Scots .. •• .. 310 4 0 Ditto eutof the wool 0 0 0 0 Large coarse Calves 310 4 6 Large Hogs .••• .. 4 0 4 6 Prime small ditto .. 4 8 5 0 Small Porkers •... 4 8 5 0 Suckling Calves ..18 0 26 0 Quarter old rigs ..18 0 23 0 Inferior Sheep •• . 4 0 4 4 Lambs .......... 510 610 TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. I Sheep. Calves. PIIII. I 3.4 0 S 23.190 273 370 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts. Sheep. I Calves. I Pigs. 504 730 121 NZINVGATE AND LEADENHALL. Since this day se'nnight the arrivals of country killed Meat for our markets have been on a very limited scale, even the time of year considered. With Meat slaughtered in the metropolis, we have been fairly sup plied. Prime Beef, Mutton, and Lamb have commanded a ready sale, at an advance in the quotations of 2d per 81bs. In all other kinds of Meat a full average amount of business has been doing, at very full prices. Nearly 800 carcases of Foreign Meat, killed in London, have been brought forward. At per ?none by the Carcass. - s. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. d. Beef,inferlor•... ••2 10 3 0 Mutton, inferior •• 3 4 3 6 middling •• •• 3 0 3 2 middling.. 310 4 4 primolarge •• 3 2 3 4 prime .. •. 4 6 4 8 prime small •• 2 4 3 8 Pork, 1arge........ 310 4 6 Veal• •••••••• • • • • • 3 10 410 small ——•• • • 4 8 b 0 Lamb. ba 8d t• Ge Bd. 2301LOUGN AND SPITALPIELDS. The arrivals of Potatoes, coastwise, since Monday last, have been srqall ; but the imports from abroad must be considered larger for the time of year, viz.-95 tons from Tiamburgh, 1,400 bags from Rotterdam, and 200 tons from Antwerp. Prime samples are selling at higher rates, but all other kinds are neglected. York Regents, 160 s to 200 s; Wisbeach Regents, 150 s to 200 s; Essex Regents, 120 s to 160 s ; Foreign Whites, 80s to 110 s. BOROUGH HOP 11111.32.8 ET. From nearly the whole of the plantations in Sussex and Kent, the accounts which have reached us thia morning are favourable. The bine continues to make rapid progress, notwithstanding it has been slightly attacked by the fly. The market is heavy, and last week's prices are with difficulty supported. The duty is called 160,0001. Sussex pockets, 31 to 31 6s; Weald of Kent pockets, 313 s to 31 10s; Mid and East Kent pockets 3/ 5s to 5/ Bs. WOOL. The imports of Wool into London last week consisted of 550 bales from Sydney, 128 ditto from Harnburgh, and 200 ditto from various other quarters. The public sales have at length been brought to a conclusion. About two-thirds of the quantity offered sold at a decline in the quotations of from 2d to 3d per lb. Privately so little is doing that prices are almost nominal. TALLOW. Although the Stock of Tallow is small, the demand is heavy, at farther reduced quotations. P. Y. C., on the spot, is quoted at 46s to 46s 6d per cwt. For forward delivery, we have no sales to report. Town Tallow— the supply of which is on the increase—is 47s 6d nett cash. Rough Fat, 2s 71d. BANKRUPTCY-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner SHEPHERD.) IN RE ROBINSON. This bankrupt, who had carried on business as a lorushmaker, came up to pass his last examination, but he had not filed any accounts. Mr. BAGLEY said he did not now appear i n regular course, but having done so at an earlier stage of the proceedings, he now did so from motives of charity to the bankrupt, whose case was peculiarly hard. Th e bankrupt had taken the benefit of the Insolvent Act at Norwich, and obtained his discharge, and in a day or two afterwards this fiat was sued out. He thus had no books which had been delivered up to the official assignee under the insolvency. Mr. Commissioner GouLnumf had made an older for him to receive 51. in order to assist him in making up the accounts, but not a farthing had been paid to him, and it was utterly impossible for him to make up the accounts. m Mr. GREEN said that he had not Si. in hand, and had to pay the Court fees. Ilis HONOUR said that the examination must be ad journed sine die. Mr. BAGLEY said that was extremely hard on the bankrupt, who bad already suffered imprisonment, and unless he had the means afforded him, he would not be able to make up the accounts, and would be liable to be again imprisoned, and would thus be prevented from ever obtaining his certificate. His HONOUR did not see why the opposition had not been made before the Insolvent Court. The SOLICITOR to the assignees said that the bankrupt had applied to a judge in the County Court who now in the country had power in cases of insolvency, but the creditors chiefly residing in London, were dissatisfied. Mr. BAGLEY said there could be no doubt as to the law of the case, and that the fiat could be sued out, but when everything had been taken from the bankrupt, he ought not to be called upon to do impossibilities. It was ultimately agreed that an adjournment should take place for six weeks, with protection. CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before the RECORDER.) Antonia Pinto Suares, a foreigner, aged 20, described as a sailor, was convicted of stealing a watch, value 51., from the dwelling-house of Thomas Scott ; also of stealing a watch of the same value from the house of William Farriday. The prisoner, who had been previously convicted, was sentenced to seven years' transportation. The RECORDER told him, through an interpreter, a policeman, who spoke the Portuguese language with the utmost fluency, that he should accompany the sentence with a recommendation to the Secretary of State, to the effect that if he would leave the country he should only be imprisoned one year, in order that the country might get rid of foreigners of his class. The sessions will terminate in the course of the day. NEW COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner BULLOCK.) Willi am White was indicted for embezzling the several sums of 31. 2s. 3d., 101., and 2/., the moneys of his master, Mr. Amedee l)avenes, a provision dealer in Turnmill street, Clerkenwell. Mr. PARRY was retained for the prosecution, and Mr. BALLANTYNE appeared for the prisoner. The prisoner was the collecting clerk of the prosecutor, and on the 31st of May, July 24, and October 7 of last year, he received three several sums from Mr. Woodley, a poulterer in Holland-street, Southwark, which he paid in to his master's clerk short by the several sums of 21. 3s. 7d., 10/., and 21. 'rbere were other indictments against the prisoner, and the whole amount ascertained to be lost b y t h e prosecutor up to the present time is about 1701. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, but recommended him to mercy on account of his having had a good cha racter, which the Commissioner considered an aggrava tion of his offence, and therefore sentenced him to seven years' transportation. TIIE LATE RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—Mr. Phelps, the eminent tragedian (says the Sunday Times) was in the train, accompanied by Mrs. Phelps, and received no Way. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Madame Erminia Tadolini, the prima donna of all Italy, and who in Germany has, for some seasons at Vienna and at Berlin, appeared on alternate nights with Jenny Lind, and thus maintained, as it were a friendly contest with the " Swedish Nightingale," appeared at her Majesty's Theatre for the first time before an English audience on Saturday, and in the character of Linda da Chamouni achieved a triumphant success such as has been rarely achieved have b e nno offenn Jenny nightsLi nd a n t g li h e ta r and T Majesty's ad o r T I n h i e a nights,re— within th e walls of a theatre. Henceforth there will add hencefortho lini will m t o o r mor e get thanin without l fi for th e rest of the season do so some days before, for th a heatre every evening, crush will be .eb im ust p h o an s lo off ni g ht s , and those who wish t o secure p l aces s h ou ld l e t L impos sible. Madame Tadolini success. Her voice, clear,Pb'esisie_sisiVe every requsite to flexibility, a p n o d we i r s ful,is a soprano sfoggato of great com pletely under command. Her features are are beautiful particularly beautiful, and most expressive. Her mouth beautiful, and is never distorted in singing. is perfect, and her histrionic powers are o f the highest order. She had not given three bars of the opening recitative before all fears as to her suc cess had vanished. Every one felt that the p r i ma donna assoluta was before them. Then followed the exquisite cavatina " Oh Luce di quest Anima," the gem of the opera, which was given with such exquisite feeling and truth, and embellished with such a lavish, yet delicate fwriturc that her station was at once secured. Then followed the duet with Carlo, beautifully given ; and then the last scene of the first act—the parting from home—acted with genuine and heartfelt pathos. She was called for twice at the conclusion of the first act, and bouquets innumerable were showered on her. In the second act, her rejection of the proposals of the Mar quis was dignified and majestic in the extreme, and her acting here showed that it is not alone in the tender characters of the domestic drama that Erminia Tadolini excels. In such parts as Anna Bolena and Lucresia Borgia she will be found a dan gerous rival to some of those who now claim those parts as their own. The mad scene (after she has been cursed by her father) which concludes this act, was exquisitely given, its truth to nature was heartrending, and drew tears from the audience. The finale to the opera was, however, as far as vocalization is concerned, the great triumph of the evening. The execution of Tadolini in this most difficult composition was marvellous, and she was of course called upon to repeat it, and barely escaped a second encore. She was again called for before the curtain, at the concision of the second act, and again at the conclusion of the opera. Her triumph was complete. She is certainly far and away the best Linda that it has ever been our lot to hear. Her predecessor 3, Persiani and Castellan, gave mere sketches of the part. The former relied almost solely on her vocalization, the latter on her interest ing personal appearance and almost infantine sim plicity ; but Tadolini gives us a finished picture; with all the vocal flexibility of Persiani, with an equal knowledge of music, Tadolini possesses a more powerful and more clear organ, and always sings in tune, and with all the personal beauty of Castellan, she is also an actress. Mr. Sims Reeves was the Carlo, the first Englishman who h as ap peared on these hoards since the palmy days of Braham. The success of Mr. Sims Reeves was as complete as that of Aladame Tadolini, He was terribly nervous at first, but in his duet with Tadolini in the first act he plucked up his courage, and acquitted himself so well that at the conclusion of the act he shared with Tadolini in the honours of a call. This reassured him, and in the beautiful romance of the second act he did full justice to his powers. Never have we heard this exquisite composition so pathetically, so judiciously, so tastefully given. He held his audience in breathless and silent delight to the conclusion, and then there was such a burst of applause, and such a shout of encore, as is seldom heard in this house. His success is complete, and henceforth he takes his rank among the leading tenors of Europe. Mdlle. Schwartz sung and acted charm ingly as Pierrot, and Colletti and Lablache as An tonio and the Prefetto were superb. They were all called for at the conclusion. The house was crowded. The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent and the Prince of Prussia, honoured the per formances with their presence. The attendants upon her Majesty and Prince Albert were the Countess of Charlemont, the Earl Morton, Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable G. Grey and Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent was attended by Lady Augusta Bruce. In attendance upon the Prince of Prussia was Captain Boyen. Fier Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, accom panied by her Royal Highness the Duchess of Saxe Weimar, Prince Edward, and the Princesses Anne and Amelia, also honoured the theatre with her presence. The Royal suite comprised the Hon. Miss Wheatley, Captain Taylor, and Mr. Hertz. There were also present his Grace the Duke of Wellington, the Duke of Devonshire, the Duke and Duchess of Cleveland, the Duchess of Sutherland, the Duchess of Leeds and Miss Lane Fox, the Duchess Dowager of Cleveland, the Marquis of Huntley, the Marquis and Marchioness of Sligo, and the Ladies Browne, the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Marchioness of Douro, the Marquis of Donegal, his Excellency the Russian Minister, his Excellency the Swedish Minister, his Excellency the Hanoverian Minister, his Excellency the Sardinian Minister, Baroness Brunnow and Mademoiselle Olga de Lechner, the Baroness Rehausen, Baron Nicolay, Count de Barke, Count Arthur de Courcy, the Earl Granville, the Earl of Mountcharles, the Earl of Munster, the Earl and Countess of Wilton, the Earl and Countess of Harrington, the Earl of Falmouth, the Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementina Villiers, the Earl of Liverpool, the Earl of Lonsdale, the Countess Dowager of Essex and Miss Johnstone, the Countess of Lichfield, the Countess of Blessington and the Misses Power, the Countess of Cadogan, the Earl of Exmouth, the Count D'Orsay, the Dowager Baroness de Rothschild, the Viscount Clifden, Viscount Enfield, Lady Howard, Lady Woodford, Lord A. Fitzclarence, Lord Southamp ton, Lord G erald Fitzgerald, 'Lord Elphinstone, Lord W. Beresford, Lord Willoughby de Eresby, Lord Walpole, Lord Ernest Bruce, Lord Saltoun, Lord Gardner, Lord Alfred Paget, Lord F. Gordon, Lady A. Paulett, Lady Fremantle, Lady Bathurst, Lady Foulis, Lady Meux, the Hon. Mr. Leslie, General the Hon. H. Cavendish, Hon. Willoughby de Eresby, Hon. C. Cavendish, Hon. J. Fane, General Mea, Sir Ralph Howard, Sir J. Astley, Sir Thomas Hare, Sir H. Webb, Sir Keith Ball, Bart., Sir H. Willoughby, Sir Henry Meux, Lieut.-General_ en _ driaffsky, Colonel Wildman, Colonel Sir Alexander Woodford, Sir G. Wombwell, M. C. Hubert de Burgh, Mrs. and Miss Ewing , ding, B w ar r i s. ia Mr ob . and Mr. C. W. Packe and Mrs. racke Res. a Grote, Mrs. Mrs. Dodd, Mr. Grote, M.P" and r M rs. M.P., Mr. i r lson, Dennistoun, Mr. A. Morgan, M • and Mrs. Tudor, Weston, Mr. and Miss Halford. THE PLANETS.—Mars is now to be seen in the south-western part of the heavens every clear evening. The beautiful planet Jupiter, to the south of Mars, and higher in the skies, wilt attract every person's attention. His belts and satellites afford ample amusement to those who are in the possession of good telescopes. DEATH OF MR. WILLIAM ETTY, LATE CLERK OF THE MANCHESTER RACE-COURSE. — We learn that this gentleman, well known to the sporting circles of this an d the neighbouring counties , and who for many ea fulfilled the duties of clerk of the Manchester jrace"- course, on the far-famed Kersal Moor, died on Thursday morning last at Liverpool. The Town-council of Carlisle have peti tion, praying that the Bill giving adopted a o h s e s listl e the Speaker of the House of Commons power to ap po i nt visit places in which br ceed with as little delay commissioners to ibery has b Carlisle may be includedaisnptbeen proved, may pro -,YorAshirescat. , of a io n l d ac that the be be visited. ity- of TO THE SECRETARY OF TILE BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION. Sir,—On Wednesday, the 17th, the most im. portant subject was the Bill for Sitese of places of worship in Scotland. Finding myself voting in a total absence of my usual company, I am desirous to have a few words upon the question. Mt Scotch Church, as probably everybody knows, has of late dissented from itself; and the dissenters apparently have become the strongest party, and consequently the orthodox. But as this operation has not been conducted without great heat, one result has been, that the party lately in ascendancy are exceedingly indisposed to do anything to gratify or further the wishes of their rivals. And as the old party happens to include the great landowners, the victorious dis sidents in many places find it difficult, and in some impracticable, to obtain land by purchase to build their new churches on. The cases in which they have not been able to find land for purchase, are by One account stated at thirteen and by another at thirty ; but taking either, it is avowedly a small pro portion of the whole. In these circumstances the victorious party deter mines on a course, which neither the Roman nor Anglican Church, in their plenitude of power, appears ever to have dreimied of. They come to the Go vernment and demand a power to force the owners to sell; and the precedent on which they choose to found their claim, is that of railways. They repre sent, it would seem, that they are a railway ecclesi astical ; and that as railways eject a man,jbe he nolens volens, from his land and give him a price, so shall the new Church Establishm en t, or any Church ' Estab lishment, or as the reading of some is, anything calling itself an association for religions purposes, whether established or not. In this simile of rail ways there may be many inaccuracies ; and among others this, that whereas railways come to Parliam en t for a hearing on each particular scheme and a judg ment on its necessity, the ecclesiastical railway demands a' kind of general Act, whereby a certain number of demanders shall in any instance have the power of entry on the lands of all recusants. The point upon which I have scruples, is how the interests of religious liberty, particularly in England, would be likely to be affected by the success of such a project. Ido not doubt its pleasantness for those who gain by it; but will it be pleasant'fiir anybody else ? The temptation held out by ,the northern claimants, is that everybody shall have the promise of being allowed to do the like. But even supposing such a consummation to be sufficient reason, is there any likelihood that everybody will practically be allowed to do the like ? Already has question been made in Parliament, whether Catholics are to be endowed with this power of entry upon Protestant lands, and whether a Unitarian can consistently be allowed the chance of doing the same. To which will gradually be added a similar inquiry, touching the heterodox on the doctrine of Baptismal Regene ration, the Quaker, the Presbyterian where not by law established, the Methodist, and everybody who may end by coming within 'the description of Non conformist. It is all pleasant enough for those who are to do ; but it is not so pleasant for those who are not to do. It is at all events therefore necessary to keep an eye upon the question, whether this is not a plan for setting up a new and additional power over men's worldly goods, in the . hands of Church estab bße a illdihviassion be en f aga instv or l estab lishments. All advantage runs to the strongest; as the be as t s f oun d w h o cov eted the honour of helping the lion t o run d own hi s game . I cannot believe th a t the p r i soner f or c h urch-rates w ill b e the better for onenewrodofinto By on f those another e r o ora o n s y e bo a d o y oi e d l e s n e, ts w w h h at ich the oc e c n as d io o n f all i y t i the question was p were waiting f or one another o in to know t o spea k , whok t !iow while to rise. Th at t h ere was n was proved by th e fact that Members w M as em go b i e n r g s another in l ong succession on themotiosphok tb e at on th e e a ß ft i e l r l be committ e d. B ut there wouldseem to be an under tohtend a om r s t e a a n d ( i i ng, ing , th t e h r a e t is whennot to a rig e ht concern ed t o m second reading, there i s not to be a divisio n aga inst com mittal.d to o n lo th oh e a m bo e u a t nw th h e i m le . , there is man has time for , a into a well with his eyes open, but no man shoujldumdop it with them shut ; which is all I ask. I was placed between the necessity of voting against my belief of what was for the ultimate interest of religious liberty, and doing as I did ; and if I have done wrong, I must be gently dealt with. ._. On Thursday the Public Health Bill went into Committee, after an opposition which led to the amusing result of a division of 219 against 1. A. subsequent motion for postponement of a leading clause, was negatived by 145 against 45. At the same time I apprehend the understanding was, that there is to be one paid Commissioner; which the wording of the present clause was left to suit. The Borough Elections Bill was on the same day read a second time by a majority of 198 against 85, and com mitted. On Friday, the House was occupied all night in Committee on the Public Health Bill, and fifty-six clauses were gone through. The main debate was on the principle of plurality of votes for property commonly known as the Sturges Bourne principle. There may be admitted to be some difference between the introduction of this principle in a case like the present, and in the case of political suffrage, where it would he an unmitigated abomination. But there is yet a great deal to say against it. In the first place, there still attaches much of the argument founded on the influence the rich must always inevitably possess over the poor, which is in fact the main argument for the universality of the political suffrage. In the next, great weight is due to the declarations copiously advanced, that in practice the plurality of votes has been always found the inconvenient and ill-working system, and the single rote the contrary. Thirdly, there is the prospect of considerable perplexity arising out of one mode of voting being fixed in one set of places, and another in another. And lastly, there is the argument named to me by a Member immediately after the question had been,decided,—which is, that it is the rich and not the poor, who do not want to be washed ; that the poor have very considerable inclina tions to vote their own five shillings for washing, if they can thereby bring out the rich man's sovereign ; and that consequently the plural vote is an invention for impeding the objects of the Bill, and not for promoting them. Possibly this might be thought of, on a future opportunity ; though it would require that the country should take up the question, to make head against a present majority of 113 to 37. I am, Sir, your very obedient servant, T. PERRONET THOMPSON. Blackheath, London, May 22,1848. STEAM-BOAT RACE TO AmEuicA.—Without any intention on the part of the managers of the vessels there is to be a race from Liverpool to America, on which large sums of money are pending. The steamers are the United States and the Niagara. The United States sails to-day for New York, and the Niagara on Satur day for Boston. The difference in sailing may be counted about a day further for the United States than the Niagara; but as the Niagara's passengers for New York will have to be forwarded by rail, the actual dif ference in the distance is extremely trifling. It will be seen that the United States has three clear days' start, and the question to be decided is, whether the Niagara will overhaul her sufficiently in sailing to set down her passengers at New York as soon as the United States. Could it have been arranged that both ships should start on the same day for the same point, it would have been more satisfactory ; but as the weather is generally pretty uniform in this month, and as the distances are accurately known, a fair approxima tion to the relative qualities of the boats may be obtained. Both are fine vessels, and they are pretty equally matched. The United States is New York built, and her engines (or, as her engineers term them, ingines) were constructed in the States. She is also commanded by one of the most able American captains. She is of 2,000 tons burthen, and her engines are estimated at 1,000 horse power. The Niagara was built by Mr. Steel, of Greenock, and her engines were supplied by Mr. Napier, of Glasgow. She is about 1,800 tons burden , horse steam er po o w f e th r. e B T ri h ti e sh i Steam-ship Company's line, and under the command Americant he last R co o n y ad s a n tr i uc i t a e i d l —Liverpool Courier. NaniadgaNraOrtihs ACCIDENT. — The Times th e THE SHEIVENIIAM of that excellent British seama n, Ca p tain Alex. R y ri e. other day, in commenting upon this lamentable occur rence, indirectly attributes some of the blam e to Mr- Corbett Corbett Hudson , the station clerk; indiv'dual will take t h e t roubl e to read the proceedi ngs of the various inquests, he must be satisfied that Mr. Corbett Hudson can in no way be held responsible for the negligence that led to the accident. The express oug the The line, ne , and saw that train was due at Shrivenham at 3. A t 17 minutes alter t3h,eMexrp. express s b h e a tt d n H o u t d g s o o n n e cross edth rhTimes seems to think that he ought at this period to have ascertained what his underlings were about; but why should he? The line was clear, and, of it • course, did not enter into his imagination that the underlings would be " shifting" horse-boxes and trucks cn to the main line, when the all right" signal stood staring them in the face. He never thought that they could be guilty of so flagrant a violation of the fundamental principle upon which all their instructions were based. He therefore naturally felt that all was secure, and retired to the booking-office to perform the duty of issuing tickets for a down train. While he was thus engaged, the porters did that which was strictly prohibited, and which led to the accident. How, then, can Mr. Corbett Hudson be to blame?— .Radtsay Gazette. TITHE RENT AND CHARGE IN IRELAND.--There is a Bill in the House of Commons (issued on Saturday) to alter and amend so much of the. Act of 1 and 2 Vic. as relates to the mode of making tithe rent charge in Ire land liable to poor-rate poundage, and also to empower the Ecclesiastical Commissioners in Ireland to allow poundage, deducted from ecclesiastial persons on ac count of poor -rate, among the deductions from the valuation of ecclesiastical property, for the purpose of a certain tax hereby imposed upon such property 14 4~.~ J ". 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