The Sun. — London, England, 1852-05-10 00:00:00

112,Stoolts Foreign ts..valons L h t o to been re. cell. id no one militia"' 99k 1 for , being, of boa i• F. 13311 k 68. i r be ,eett 1 0 ° 1 tst lu dl4 i uer-bills Mesina n o wing t ° the the :ariff wilt lercbants. a vian a r° 4SI , 1'1" but Vices nines are TREE' ;;LoCP" 4 Jo e. 62 65 . P p , 2 6a P ( 2 65 P CL9C 32 446 0 i 4 21 47 )0 ) • )itY - t oiero ere ‘ , 01 3- oleo , e dec an ta to itirl e but g r r tl Ol3. hoi ?rage ' f ail Flour and vlou r it to bo o Fluor i t o pack t o or up t's cl• ar ra 50 13I ' rl „cl l , ga rreeps of bol6 t fr °Di Vbe ° ieri v aD O I,O O Di 00 e 5 Ire K 4 90 13 i t g ni.l tvv.l h. 1, o I „ b; St ullg d use f t° e t b• t o te bl ° pr i f ce , ° et; er quart Led. l a ne, ;001c P 4. SggrO 00, UPPt bil tole%o i t pref l o s the° IP quite 10, rq uirY d purcho e o land ti fr ` 'or exPOt nf de Sr 0 POT" refused to A v tio d ,tes., 0 gip! otIPP IY 14. at a ° fur • a limt~e bsa 1 ricer so ;801b°9 r e i tj le elco In o', 3ies.~cke 51 ts, 66 at CC A beO ui re g o A 201 o we' o- 04j '9 6 8 -, 2, 4 " 0 9 IS of 1101 $ Ol. rig 4 ' reS• ..., ". 4 7 u s e 0113 re& 11 4 8 •• 1 8 ••• 5 6 " I ' •• • . .k 2 • 0 0 4 allt P f n bre e e ' `he 'llan° offal. Per Sibs. to op. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. d Lifeflo! Beasts...•. 2 2 2 4 tafer!or 8 cep . 2 6 2 8 Second quality •• .. 2 6 210 Second qual. Sheep 210 3 2 Primo large Oxen.. 3 0 3 2 C , arae-wooneddittc3 2 3 4 Prime Scots •• • • 3 2 3 4 Soathdown Wetber 3 6 8 8 Largo coarse Calves 210 3 6 Ditto out of the wool 0 0 0 0 Primo small ditto .. 3 8 4 0 Largo Hogs ...... 2 6 3 4 87cklittl Calves ..19 0 23 0 Small Porkers .... 8 6 3 8 Lambs ••• • .. •... 4 2 5 4 Quarter old Pigs ..16 0 19 0 Beasts. 4,193 TOTAL BUPPLY AT MAIZICAT. alie , p. I Calves. I I 25,450 I 231 FOREIGN' F3IO7•PLI. Ptge. 335 Pigs. Beasts I Sheep. Calves. 350 860 I tO6 A. Statement and Comparison of the Supplies and Prices of Fat Stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on Monday, May 12, 1851, and this day, Monday, May 10, 1852: Per 81bs., to sink the oftals. May 12, 1851. 8. d. s. d. Coarse and inferior Beasts . 2 8 2 2 4to 2 6 Second quality ditto ... .. 10 Prime large Oxen .. ... 3 0 3 2 Prime Scots Xc. ... 3 4 3 6 Coarse end inferior Sheep... ... 2 8 21" Second quality ditto ... ... 3 0 3'2 Prime coarse-woolled ditto ... 3 4 3 6 Prime Southdown ditto ... 3 6 3-8 Lambs.- - ... ... 4 6 , 5 6 Large coarse Calves ... ... 3 0 3 4 Prime small ditto ... ... 3 6 3 10 1 Large Hogs .. ... 2 8 3 4 Small Porkers ... ... 3 6 3 8 Beasts ... ... 4,718 Sheep and Lambs .. 29, 9 30 Calves ..., 2 - 8 Pigs •• ••• ••• • • • 410 May 10,1852. s. d. s. d, 2 2to 2 4 2 6 2 10 30 3 2 32 3 4 26 2 8 210 3 2 13 2 3 4 13, 6 3 8 4' 2 5 4 210 3 6 3 8 4 0 26 3 4 36 3 8 4,193 25,540 231 365 SUPPLIES ON SALE, MAY 13, - 1850. --Beasts, 3,579 ; Sheip and Lambs, 25,070; Calves, 177; Pigs, 250. MAY 14, 1849. Beasts, 3,002; Sheep and Lambs, 21,020; Cables, i 80; Pigs, 230. NEWGII.III AND IMAXIENRAIAL. For the time of year, lull average supplies of country killed meat have been received up to these markets since Monday last; whilst the general quality has proved good. With meat slaughtered in the metropolis wi3 have been fairly supplied. On the whole, the general demand is steady, on the following terms:— . _ . ._ ... ~ At per stone by tas_Careass. a. 6. to s. d. I - s. cl. to s. d. reef, Inferior.. •• •• 2 0 2 2 3intton,laferior .. 2 4 2 6 • millilrig •• .. 2 4 2 6 ______-raiddling.• 2 8 210 ..... primelarge .. 2 6 2 8 --prime .... 3 0 3 6 prime small .• 210 3 2 P0rk,1arge........ 2 4 210 Veal•••• •• •• •• •• •• 2 8 310 5ma11........ 8 0 8 6 Lamb. 4s 0 d to 53 21. SEEDS. The late heavy imports of Linseed having checked the dematid, prices are with difficulty supported. Good Calcutta has changed bands at 44s 63 to 45s 6d, and Bombay 465. East India for shipment to the end of August has realized 42s delivered here. Good clean St. retersburgh may be quoted at 40s, and Archangel 32s 6i per quarter. Rapeseed is held at 39s for East India. Fine Clover and Canary, as well as Cakes, support last week's currency. Carraway Coriander ••..•• .. • • 153 19s lietnpseed, per quarter 32s 35s Linseed, Eng.3owing•• 588 608 Crushing .. 453 48e Italtic •• • ..., •• .. 428 4 58 Odessa • • 44s 48s Linseed Cake, pr. ton— English .. . el Os 8/ 10p Turnip,White,perl3ush. 85 to lis Swede . ..... lOs 125 'Mustard, 8r0wn...... 8s -9s White, new . • • • ..55 Od 650 d Tares, Winter . ... . . 4s 6d• 550 d Spring ... .. 48 6d 55 Od Canary, per quarter • . 393 425 Rye grass..-... • 28s 355 CWier,Red.Eng. (cwt.) 425 565 White • .. 425 555 P"Oreign Bed •••• .. 44s 525 White • • .. 4 565 213 2581 %WOOL Foreign, per ton 71 lOs 8/ 10 Rape Cokes, pr ton 41 5s 41 Ine Rapeseed, New, prlst 21108 231 Or Tr tOII .. The next series of Colonial Wool sales will commence on the 20th inst. By private contract a steady busi ness is doing, at extreme quotations. Last week's im ports into London were extensive, viz., 7 bales from Hong-Kong, 1,337 from Bombay, 2,650 from Algoa Bay, 18 from Buenos Ayres, 2,800 from Sydney, 496 from Port Beaufort, 12 from Aniwep, 96 from Taganrog, 120 from the Cape, 84 from Monte Video, 125 from Mogador, and 3 , 110 from Adelaide. Although the amount of business doing in our market is by no means extensive, the demand is steady, and prices are from 3d to 6ci per cwt higher than on Mon day last. To-day P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted at 364 6d; and for forward delivery 37s 8d per cwt. Town Tallow 36s per cwt net cash; Rough Fat 23 01 , 1 per 8113 s. The deliveries last week were 1,375 casks; theimports, 1,618 ditto. 1848 1849. 1850 1851. Bteck this day •• .• •• 8,383 Price of Y. C. •• 478 Od • • I to Os Od Delivery last week •• • 1,207 Ditto from June 1. • - 96,012 Arrivals last week -• 1,798 Ditto from June 1 ... 96,295 23.646 23,646 34,743 43,439 38s 3d 37s Od 38s 3.tto 36s 6d to Osed to Os Od 38861 to 0801 1, ?.72 1,738 891 1,375 94,279 90, 7 43 60,641 100005 , - 6 , 8 . 110,3 1° 9 ° 2 1 90,: i 5 7 78 9% 3 4? 106,810 395 6d 385 Od 398 . 6 d 384 9d Price of Town •• .._..1 493 Od LLOYD'S SHIPPIN(x—('r/HS DAY.) LONDON', MAY 10.=—Wind at noon S. to. S.W., mode rate breeze and cloudy. DUDLIN, MAY W.S.W.—Arid. San Do ini„nicot Casteliino, Benin. KINGSTOWN, MAY 'S.—Wind W.—Arrd. Lauriston, New Ci - y of Cork, and Alice, Barbadoes. QUEENSTOWN, MAY B.—Wind S.W.--Arrd. beta Moore, Patricksea, Colija; Village Girl, Pats tolais•' Shannon, Davies, Callao; Trust, Messervey; i Barbadoes; St. Lawrence, - Stetver, New Orleans; Duna, Ouncan, de s aa. -Std. Mary, St. John's, New Brunswick; eriella, Alexandria. OFF CAPE CLEAR, MAY 7.—Arrd. Cistries, St. Laois. DEAL, MAY B.—Wind W.S.W. ; P.N. N.W. ; 9, WS. W.—Arrd. Anna 'and Caroline, Alexandria; Tri dent, Petersen, Jamaica; Mermaid, Leslie, Philadelphia; Narragansett and Christians, 'New York; Violet, St. Michael's; Packfield, Smith, Callao; Argus, Wiling, GPliarves ' • Stu), U . recht ; Catharina Johanna, and David Scharfinors, Honduras. And. from the 'River Seringapatam, Bombay; Index, May. St. Kitt's; Lady Hilton and Johanna, Barbadoes ; Kingstoo, Cowie, Quebec. Sid. Behring, Boston; Abergeldie, Hong- Kong ; Sir Bevoie, Sydney, New South Wales. LIVERPOOL, MAY 8 AND 9 —Wind W.S.W.—Arrd, 'Ebben, Crisp, Buenos Ayres; Leviathan, Odell, Ja maica; John 'Davies, Hughes, New Orleans; Heroine and B osevean, St. Michael's; Ides and Petrel, Bonny; Byron, Crockett, Paraiba; Catharine Hayes, Para; Agnes, Surinam • Princess Royal, Coffey,. Laguna; Ocean Star, Lord, New Orleans; Charles Spragu-, Pike, Mobile; Tyringham, Virginia; Snake, St. Mi chael's; Plantagenet and Regard, Alexandria; Ceuntesti of Bandon, Bombay; Sirius, Patagonia; Bianca, Brown, - Denierara ; Woodland Castle, Barclay, Barbadoesi Sarah, Havannah; Peter Foulkes, Carter, Laguna; Bri tiek Princess, Oregon ; Lord Elgin and Charles Chalmer, New Orleans; Gleecairn, Mobile; Marion, Brown, Savannah; General Wiltshire, Strachao, Charles- ton; Sarah Louisa, M'Ltllan, Baltimore; Columbia, Empire State, Jacob A. Westervelt, Robins, Constel lation, Empire, ,and Henry Clay, New York; America, steamer, Boston. 9th. The Jane, from Ardrossan to Boston, has foundered off' Nantucket ; crew arrived at St. John's, New Brunswick. The Kate, from St. John's, 'New Brunswick to this port, which was abandoned by all her crew, except four men, to the eastward of George's . Bank, has been towed into New York. Off port, OtOmoco, New Orleans; Importer, Apalachicola; Tiepula,EixiaMortimer, Nworfttedr. , , myrna. Ski. President, Boston ;' and; Auitralia, Victoria; Marcia, Calcutta; Africa Steamer, Huguenot, and John Stuart, New York; Sesoa tri,!* Halifax; Glenlyon, Quebec. Fr ro e S i T sc S a M , OUTH, MAY 8 AND 9 . — Wind au Cromlick, Monte Video. POOLE, MAY 9,—Wind W. —Sid. Brothers, New foundland. PLYMOUTH, MAY 9 —Wind S.W.--Arrd. Hawk steamer, 'and Griffin steamer, Constantinople. FALMOUTH, MAY 8 AND 9.—Wind W. to W.S.W., fresh breeze.—Arrd. Bacon Way, Bahia; Dolphin, Alexandria. BRIST,L, MAY B.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Wee Tottie, Roberts, Rio Grande. ST. Joins's, NEW BRUNsWICIE, APRIL 26.—The Jane Duffus, from Ardrossan to Boston, went down at sea on the 17th of April, about 70 mil es east o f Nantucket; crew saved. GALATZ, APRIL 26.—The Leonidas, 'Greek bri g, from Constantinople to this port, with goods from England and Marseilles, was wreck e d an d b roken up at Lubina last week. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH-COAST RAILWAY. Traffic—Week ending May 8, 1852 • £,9776 Traffic—Week ending May 10, 1851 9 1 8 Total of the half-year, to this date , 1852 1601 15 4 5 2 14 4 2 Total of the half-year, to this da te, 1851 ... 160,454 5 - Total number of Passengers — Week ending May 8, 1852 ... 57,104 ti• Passengers £7,246 19 0 ,Goods 2 , 519 ~ 2 8 Total... 0,7 76 1 8 Total miles open, 1852, 173 1 4; ditto, 1861, 173 1 4 London Terminus, May 10, 1852. Tun DANISH SUCCESSION.—We are happy to state that the second and final conference for the regulation of the succession to the Danish throne was held at the Foreign °Mee on Saturday, when a treaty, in which the young Duke o .f Glucksburg was formally recognised a s heir presumptive to the Crown of Denmark and its dependencies, was signed by the representatives of the great European Powers who signed the protocol of August the 2d, 1850, on the same subject, as well as by the Prussian Minister, who was not present at the signature of that protocol.—Tintes• Dr. Hume, of Liverpool, mentioned' at the meeting of the Historic Society of Lancashire and , Cheshire, on Thursday evening, as a curious fact, that a gentleman in Liverpool was now wearing the watch worn by King Charles 11. in 1645. The Magdalena, a new steam-ship, intended for the West India mail service, is at present in the Suskissen dock, Liverpool, where she is being overhauled.' She was built in London, but her engines were fitted in the Clyde. The tonnage of the Magdalena is about 2,000. VIACOUNTESS PALMERSTON'S ASSEMBLY.—ViSCOUnt and Visceentess Palmerston entertained at dinner, on Satur day evening, at their mansion in- Carlton-gardens, the Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Countess Frances Weide grave and Mr. Harcourt, M.P., the Earl and Countess Cowper, the Earl acrd Countess of Shaftesbury, Lord Elphinstone, Hon. W. Cowper, M.P., and Mrs. Cowper,' Hon. F. Charteris, M.P., Mr. and Lady Mary Vyner, and Mr. Henry Bingham Baring, M.P. The Noble Viscountess afterwards had a " reception," which was at tended by a very numerous circle of the fashionable world. His Grace the Duke of Wellington honoured the reunion with his presence. _ _ _ One of the twenty-two colliers who perished in the explosion at Hebburn on Thursday was named Brnksbault, aged twenty-six. He married a widow three months ag , with three children. She has been four times married, anti had lost three of her husbands by explosions. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Mr. John Stuart, jun., of Lincoln's Inn, barrister-atplaw (son of Mr. John Stuart, Q.C., Member for'Newark), to be hii Secretary in -chief, ia, Ole PIES 0 Mrs Simunus• N, TIIE V ICE- C 1-1 A 4 - Tlllg IYAA .) (Before Vice•ChancelloePAKKEß.); RIVAL OPERA HOUiiES. LUMLEY V. IYAGNEK. The arguments in this case wereresumedthis - Mdrainet by Mr. MsLOP CLARKE, who followed Mr.' Bacotilili support of the injunction. After insisting (in--the4W e that the letters of the Wagners to Dr. Baeher proved that they had, all along, considered him as - their agent, and had fully concurred in all his arrangemente to procure Mdlle. Johanna an engagement in Lon don, the Learned Counsel preceeded to argue from the -probabilities of the case, that it was not poßsibl , 4 for Mr. Lumley to have aicepted any contract v:ith Mdlle. i l .r V n a ni gn si er na e i x n zp a t t it an c y ontained a - clause prohibiting her other house tut her li.jesty's Theatre. Without that stipulation the vslue. ot her ssr - vices would have ben considerably ditnieiseed. Fok . this reason Dr. amber, haviog fully di-‘cussed the matter with the Wegners, and having no d eibt, ob tained their c )mplisince, had felt. himself fully justified in addieg this clause to the ngreement, lifter it had been i le n f :er ' t o e u d t . t b h y e blcolz6ittarka7t; btasetTr%rsivvvedi'hs-tiltdhni3c:l''aPiti:de by the Wagner, With resist - et to - the Bth Clause, con tabling the stipulation as to t h e pre-payment of the 300/., he contendal 'Out thnci not the essence of the contrect, and that the payment of the 3004 was not a eondivon or precedent. He thought it was quite clear that, by the law of this country, if the money were paid at any time before the commence ment of the contract, it was quite sufficient. That, too, he contended was also the law of foreign countries. Dr. - Colquohon, an L.L.D. of Heidelberg, whei was well cc- • q rn ti o a n i withnf Germany, the Prussian a law, bad a t b l d is ti c ' e ° 9 e w - j il t: e b b m t b i Q t t e c d o ila te - e him, and had -given an opinion to the effect, that the Wagner had tphaaytmaennetorodfinthgeto3OthOeLlwawasonfoptrancssoinadmiti,odnilperecedent, and not the, power of determining the contract' by notarial protest t ne extension the nonpayment o n f f t lr aym ni s o n qy fr . o - nitn it o h l r s e t g n sr al to March to the 2d .'of April, and the force which had been attached to the translation of the particle Os, he-eon sidered that of very slight importance,as the real mean ing of the sentence was to desire-MreLumley, if he sent the money on the 15th of March,- to send it to Berlin, where the Wagners : were then; and if on-the 2d of April, to Hamburgh,- where they should be.- With regard to the law, the Learned Counsel cited Mr: Justice Story and other authorities to show - that - the law of contracts was to be governed by the law of the place' where,, ; the contract was to be performed, and net of the place where the contract was made. - With regard to the al legations made in Mr. Ltimley'a bill against Mr. Gye he contended_ that they were perfectly prove even by : Mr. Gye's own affidavits, and that it was owing to Mr.,Gye's conduct that this litigatien had been produced, and he hoped that the public would learn to saddle the consequences of it not upon, _ her, but upon those whOse desire to make money e and to crush a rival, had produced this complicated litigation. Mr. BETHELL replied on the whole • case. Ile;_itifA that he did. not intend to add fresh matter to this case, but he thought that a contrast of the argnnients used on the othereideendthose used by him .would' , lead to the follewing conclusions—that the agreemetitiwith Lumley had been. - unfairly obtained, that the, isrobibitory article was not - added by the authorisation of the Wagners--'-that they remonstrated against the article, and that their remonstrances were smothered by the assurances of Dr. Baclaer=that . there was a default of payment, or of readiness of payment, of the money sti pulated to be paid_to the Wagners before the obligation of performance of their contract _ arose. __Dr. Basher's own affidavits, he thought, showed that all through the transaction he bad been. acting -as the paid agent of Lumley, and while putting on 'the appearance of a fair and impartial mediator between the, parties, or, in lamb rather of a sincere friend of Madllee Wagner, .anxious to obtain for_ her a favourable engagement in LondPfi and Vienna. It was evident that the firieiropression of the Wagners had been in favour of Mr." Gye, but die , misrepresentations the delusive promisee, and the false appearences which 'Dr. . Becher had m ade use of bad induced them to listen to the offers of Mr.. Lumley., Then, with regard to the addition of the prohibition, it was clear that .Dr. Becher bad no au thority from the Wagners to add it, except his own aster-, non of the fact, and without some further proof, Mr. Lumley ought not to have taken his addition of it at Paris unknown to them, as an evidence of their adhe- e row. ; But it was contended that if even this were thee case the silent acquiresceace of the Wagners in , the; ...nontract with., the additionele ;article, was sufficient _to gender it • bincloug on : them. Why, th e y never ceased to protest. ,against ;this clause, and was only by repeated assurances an the part of Di. Becher that they were prevented frond taking posi tive measures to get rid of the contract altogether. The argumeneef acquiescence was .entirely neutralised by the facts as stated in the affidavite and by the conduct of the Wagners. But even .if this acquiescence were al lowed, it could only be used to the extent of being a shield of defence ,to Mr. Lumley against any proceed ings of the Wegners, and could not be used by him r.s a weapon, of offence against them. It must' be remembered that, ia granting this injunction, without sufficient grounds, as he contended had nakbeen ; brought forward in this case, the Coart would be adjneli e eating thisasseebefore-an oppertunity had been afforded ' of vigLt being done. Suppose for a moinent that the scales of evidence were equally balanced in this matter, the Court must, of necessity, turn to that sideeia wbich the antecedents of probability relied; and be contended that here that argument rested entirely with his clienio With regard to the proof which was attempted to have been brought forward by Dr. Bacber's affidavit, that Mademoiselle Wagner had written an express accep tance.of the altered contracts, and with reference too to what they had heard of the word " contracts" being in the plural, he had an affidavit from I±4Edlle. Johanna stating that-the expressions which she - had need were. in reference to . the contract, msgile by Dreeliacher for her, with M. •Roqueplan, .ot Paris, duplicate copies of had been torwardedto her, and that he had not at that - time -received the altered contract with Lumley. With regard- to the second part of the case, the payment of the money, the facts were pretty nearly all undisputed, with the exception of the letter of the 9th of March. It was, without dou% t. that a sti pulation for the. p re payment o f -. a sum of money was usually ma d e as , a - s ort of caution money, and a preparatory guarantee of each expenses as might be incurred by the artiste. It would be, there:e fore, to talk of it as not being a precedent condition which it was not absolutely -necessary to fulfil. Time, was, of necessity, an essential -condition, because heri they were talking of the season, and if it were in the will of the management to dispense. with the necessary pay ment of this caution-money, an unfortunate artiste, en gaged abroad with the . safe-guard of this cau tion-meney, might, • on arriving here, find it repudiated and himself involved in expenses for which he would not be able to receive remuneration. Now it was not contradicted that the money was not and the only evidence given of its being off er ed was the letter of the 9th March. Now there --was one fact which could not fail to strike every one, and that was, that whereas Lumley had sworn that Becher hadan his hands money of his (Lumley's) up to the 9th of March, Becher himself had not confirmed the statement in any way by, his affi davit. Supposing, however, that Becher had written such-a letter, and had obtained sufficient money of Lum ley in his hands; that would_ not have dispensed with any further attempts on the part of els. Lumley to eV this money, and would not have- been euffisient of itself to enable him to set up a plea at law. that he had die charged his part in. the contract. But it was requisite for , Mr. Lumley .to prOve not only that he . had furnished Becher with„ the 3001. on the 9th March, but he must prove too that he had kept him furnished with it down to the time of the notarial protest having been made. No such statement was made, and it was impossible to arrive at the conclusion that Becher ever bad the money ready to pay at any time between the 9th of March and the notarial protest. Then Bacher's whole conduct at Harnburgh was nothing more than a 'demonstration, of his connexion with Lumley. Looking at the circumstancee, no man nt . pc4d be able to doubt that no •effer, of thsethoney was;inade before the 15th of, April, the -very 4371,:when Mitchel oined Lumley at Hamburgh. ~ e I ses [The case was proceeding when our report left.] A - RLB R o'-ST REE T—(T HIS DAY.) -ArAdRANTS --About twenty men, women, and children, of the•lower order of Irish, in a most wretched antlsqutt'iitl oondition, wens larorght before Mr. Bingham, charged wi:h begging of and annoying e, number of - tladies;and gcntleaseu at the entrance of the Catholic "Satton-strEet: Soho. „ The officer of the chapel said the whole of the per (pie_ at the bar were :on. &filthy- snoring in &WOE • streak, and from frit:pent. coMplaints which had been Made by the congregation, he ordered them to.move off, which they did, but as soon as his back was turned they came back and punned their avocations with the greatest assiduity, the women and men lurk ing in the cleo - tways adjacent, while their children fol. lowed the na ladies and gentleen as they wore leaving the chapel. The r:officer procured the assistance of a couple of policemen,' and they were all lodged in the §s4tiion. Money, via-yin in sums from 9 d. to ls. 6d., was tuund opoe them. The whole pith° prisoners most stoutly denied having beggdd of any one. l'bey had been to mass-, and were on. their re urn home when they were ta ken into tody. The owhole lit hero act up such a howl as to dis turb the bus-Use - as of-.the Court for about ten minutes; and Wben,csder was r. snored, Brgoasalt said the defendants were the last per sona who on,:ht to be begizing at the doors of a chapel, f 4" i•,; was Well kelvin that the csogrt , gation gaVe most liberally te:the_ priest for the relief of the faithful poor in the neighbourhood of such chapel, end the reverend gentleman Bo doubt distributed such gifts to the deserv ing poor of, Whom he had a persorusl knowledge. If the defendants were-in distress, they hnew there was a re lieving officer in every perish, and it wastheir duty to have gone to one of them. Ile (Mr. Bingham) then sent the, teen and women for seven days each, and 'directed The*cbildrea to be. taken to the workhouse. ;:RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. THE WESTERN OF FRANCE. An extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders ofthis compeny was held on Thunday, May 6, in one of the large rooms belonging to the Paris terminus, at the Barriere du Maine, M. Rivet, the president, in the chair, ena with him wore the' following directors:—The Duke de Needles 14 de l'Est 6 Mt - Gervais, M. Jube lin, Mr. Pete', M.P., Mr. Geach, M.P., Mr. Mangles, MX., M. G. Glynn, Mr. Stoke, Mr. Blount, Mr. Simons. - . The report stated that the decree authorizing the con stitution of the company was signed on the 27th of Jetinsyy, and the board of directors _were nominated on the 29th of February last. By, the law of the 13th of May, 1851, it was decided that the. Western line should e leeee two entries into Paris formed by the two Ver sallies linee; and that the Western Company should mn-% structihe junction of the two Versailles lines at Vire flay, a goods' yatd at the Batignolles in Paris, and a passenger station in the Rue St Lezere, and it made a l ereaty with the St. Germain Company in Jul), 1851, to execute those works for a sum of _4,300,000f. (172,000/ ) dispate. after Wards: arose betw e en the two c ompanies as to thetime in which the works ought to be executed, a law suit ensued, and it was ultimately settled by the Western Company agreeing to hand over, at par, to, the 'SL Germain's Company the amount of the sum clailited by it in debentures of I,ooof. each, at 5 per ,cent, interest, reinebursable in 50 years at the rate of - 1,250. each, and in addition a sum of 110,000 f. for the works executed. As , the same time it was agreed that the Western Company. should take pessession of the Right Bank Line on the lst ofJuly as soon as the junc tion line at Viroflay should be finished. The treaty with the . R.ight Bank Company would be carried out -in ‘aceordatice with the terms, of the concession. A's to the Left Bank Company, it was decided that a fixed sum per annum Would be paid to the proprietors for the line. Negotiations tte to the amount were still pending. The ' of _concession . to the Western Company had done all :t hat was possible to compensate for the charge of two entrance lines into Paris, one on each ,-.itho u t a ny o th er obligation than to pay aside of the Seine. Thus it had given over to the Western Company the section frem Versailles to (120 0000 for working stock, and to advance 3 1 C 2 013 ,0 0a 0 0r1 0.0 e0.4 0 61€ 01 (480,0000 . M fixed periods, to be returned' by the Government in about four years irom the present The Sate had to execute the other sections on `the conditions of the law of 1842,_that is, it had to fur nish the greurtd and execute the, works of art and earth :works, while the company had only to lay down the ;tails, constluct the Stations, and provide , the working !erock. The State also guaranteed an interest of 4 per cent. on the capital, and &tally settled- at long dates the debt of the Left Back Company. In return for, what the a r r 3 e 66 to ki pay inet r t e h a e(y2.2havemiles) obtained n g t t h h e , concession W4ter o e' r ii P l a in n e Y e which is so far productive that the sections already open would suffice, not only to pay all those charges ' but to g ive a handsome; return for the capital of the sharehol ders. The cost of the portion already at work amounts to 25,000,000 E (1,000,000/.), the whole of which sum the State had given up to, the eoncessionnaires. The corn pany had received froin the State on January 10 the nection from - Chartres to La Loupe, sad would open it to the eublic in September nxt at the latest ; the expense of th" permanent way on this section would be 200,000 f. (8,0001,) less than the estimate. There was every pro bability at _present the., the sum of 43,000,000 f: (1,720,0000 for a single line of rails would not be ex ceeded. With:regard to the receipts on the section to :Chartres, a distance-of-55-neilee, the report states that they have steadily increased since its opening. In 1850 they averaged 21,814 f. per kilometre ; in 1851, 25,9841. ; Fend in 1852,' it' was calculated they would' average -29.500r.. (1,1800 per ltitome!re. It is estimated that when the_eection to Le Loupe is opened .the receipts-of the year"will amount to 4,000,000% (160,0001.) Tho 04:lenses-barred anterior to the formation of the com pany, anienaiing to 42%320f. (16,8920, is to be repaid to the concessionaires, and 91,250 f. (3 6500 per annum :is to bealloteed the directors for their cervices. Eight tenths 'of the capital.must be paid up , before the provi fienal slates can, he converted into definite sharee. Resolutions inconformity with the report were passed unanimously.` in moving a vote of turn of TO per cent. had beets promised in the prospec- HprttlrienEtLps'nihitiiPre"etorc, stated that a re thallnikr.sWtO-tre tus, but from the data furnished by thcereport he was inclined to thinkthat it would be greater, and that im in which so much barked, were I capital, bath-French for, maintaining the good under ;fhb surest guarantees F E between ranee and ng pottant tendertakines .inkdeEtllo7gipisrbes,enwri,ts ern L standing which now existed lated.--(4pplause.) ,The reaolution was earned end the meeting separated. 4 CORN W ALL. , The reneifed effort to construct this line, by which the in portatit'cliitricts of Cornwall, and especially the valu able western port of Falmouth will be connected by rail way and electric telegraph with the Great Western lines-, and the Land's-end ho in instant communication with London,_is a matter of great national importance. , When, however, by the im mense reduction in the cost of construction the line can be made fOr so small a sum comparatively, and for which contractors have already offered tenders; and when the extraordinary traffic rte ready al ready developed on the W est Cornwall line, a diss lthe beyond the Cornwall, be taken into account, doubt- there des not appear to be an y reasonable grounds for tag the 'assertion; that when completed it -will yield a fair per cvntage to the original holders of shares in the aat°trlinew.dalisi.CC-onlPeaffneYr'edanbdy t°thetliposreoswphecotums,"contolwessintvheastn, six per cent. , The importarce of increasing our national defences at the least-possible cost to the nation, is undeniable, and if a ruiture ivith'France were unfortunately to occur, the port of Falmouth will be regarded as of vest importance for the landing of the mails, and es the resort of our mercantile navy, by which they would be saved, to so large an extent, from the risk of Channel navigation. It may, therefore; be fairly expected that every facility will be afforded by the Government for encouraging its completion, and that at this time of superabundance of Money' the public will be inclined to invest their capital in an undertaking which promises. so satisfactory a result. BIRCII AND BROOMSTICKS. Were you ever young?-0t course you were, and made your first triumph before family friends by trot ting, tali speed,; into the midst of little Jesnima's muslin friends astride a breornitick, and bad at least a hundred kisses from dear old Granny, who sat in the corner, and vowed ii was vulgar to, trot broomsticks indoors, while she secretly loved you all the more for it. There, too, was the old Captain t in his scull-cap, and ,barnacles, and ; purple nose, who gloried in a yomp, and yet, for fear of °floating the young ladies, suffered innumerable pangs when he-said, ." Charley, you're a_naughty boy, sir!" Welt, that - time has gone into the land of memory, and the broomstick is the only talisman to summon its pic tures to Me present.- The broomstick went the way of all toys—petted to-day, burnt to-morrow; and to avenge the degradation-inflicted ..upon it then, its ghost came bank to us at school, inflicting - stripes, and, in the cam -pound of foolsaap and pickled birch, torturing the affections as wants the flesh, and making youth's sea son of song and sunshine one of wailing& and tears. The pickled hireh--how barbarous in itself, and still mere batbarous in its frequent and untimed use, marking more the phases of the teacher's, temper than the dul ness of- the pupil's mind. Stupid old doctrine! to ima gine that what the mind was incapable of grasping could be beateu into the body—that to make an impres sion on the memory, blood must trickle from the skin. Well, that time is past also, and memory seems to hal low oven those barbarities: and when we catch sight of ;the modern,cane, to sparingly used by men who have adopted love as an element of education in the place of the old sottish spite—when we see that, we sometimes imagine a l ! r e : r that it be biengsthehpa suggestiveoveet rosy: sugar -candy pain, degenerated while th since e e a n w e e want to school, for to us now the pickled birch is a thin mere prose Si at the highest. 7 Eliza Cook's Journal. ti.ES,IGNATION. of TOR LORD PRESIDENT.—The offices of Lord Justice General and Lord President of the Court OrSestiioh have be t resigned by. Mr. Boyle, and the .resignation has been accepted by Majesty. The Bight . Honourable David Boyle 26th July, 1772, and has consequently nearly compl ete d h i s eightieth year. He parsed Advocate in 1793, and was appointed ...Solicitor-General in 1807, in which year he wes elected Member for the county of Avr. He continued Solicitor; when a il and to represent Ayrshire, till the s pring of 1811, he was raised to the Bench as Lorcißoyle. In the autumn o fyear he was a ppointed Lout Justice-Clerk ; and in the c ' t e o n be e r 1841 he was appointed Lord justice-General and Preaident of the Caurt of Session.--Scoism an. LIGHTS IN THIRD-CLASS CARRIAGES.--A petition i s in course . of signature at Newcastle and North Shields, entreating the House of Commons to interfere and compel the york, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway Company to put lights in their third-class mines.' CRIMINAL COURT --(THIS DAV) OLD COURD. The May.sessions of the Centrid Criminal Court were opened this morning before the Le , rd I‘l,ayor, the Com r_e.oteirSienrget a :r n en t e , d Aidermen Fareeombe and Moon, and the t-ifraTotfmat; attended bYtheir respective deputies. 4.ra The grand e jury having been sworn And empannelle'cl, Se t cant said S s ' was ltill:..3llfGem g them, absenceattending b C y O . the 3lo Of death e l 1 4 rii N aiesa T. l p p r e i, e ,a e y e d t e h d e t o calendar charge a l l h o o r w .in as .la p w re . ven T t h ed e Common Se whaver involvi ng to no case was, c he over it he ~,,t, prep ared spesking, light,_ ..and having looked assure them thatitalentairted. jority Of the eases nag any legal difficulty: The -ma-- there were .two or w ere th of the ordinary; cigiciliiii'oni .40 For instance, therere: of a somewhat seritiVa ehsracter. was charged with th e a eas© in which &Young man might arise in the coursem o u f rd h er of his parent. Now it of the committal of the offenctee inquiry that at the time a state of mind as to render it the prisoner was in such he was not conscious of what henwa a rethan probable that, insanity might be a defence in lavv s t d°ing ' but althou g h der, yet it was not a matter which thee charge of inur-: take cognizance of, and they must-therefore gran d of true bill, and leave it for the ,petty jury return a of the case. There was another case of urtge dispos6. did not appear likely that it would give rise to a murder, it of that nature, though there might be setae extenti:ttiZ circumstances involved in the case, but here again the y leave those circumstances to be investigated id open . court. There was also a MO of a somewhat painful nature, in which a surgeon was accused of having abused. a child under ten years of age, and it might‘tilin out that the child was an assenting party, but that was no defence in law, and if they were reasnnably satisfiea that the offence had been committed, it would be theii duty to return a true bill. against the accused. There Was no other case in the calendar calling for any further reinark; but, if, in the course of. tteir inquiries, any legal diffi culty should arise, the Court, whie would be constantly Attie:, would be quite ready and willing to render them ill the assistance in its power. With these ob'serva a he dismissed them to the . dis charge of their sluties. The grand ' retired, - jury then and a few minutes, after,- Warde, several true b having ' ':- 1 . cdiutotourt, ills been.r„turn the trials were at once proce:.ded with. ''''' '-': '- ', '.• MUNIFICENT LEGACY ,_..- Irensurer o f the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital tor th e C ure Of •D e f orm iti es , Blooms just bury-square, has received , the munificent sum of 5001 .1 beluga bequest to the funds of the institution by gie late Alexander Mackenzie, Itieq. LONDON, MONDAY EV _!4,NING, HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. for first this season Ernani was performed, the time , on Saturday night, Madlle. Cruvelli being the Elvin; Cale Ernani; Ferlotti, King Carlos.; and Belletti, Ruy Gomez: The opening air, "M' e deice il vote in gentle," was exquisitely warbled by Cruvellie veer,` No, crudeli," she gave, with the utmost drametic p and in the concerted music at the close of the act her fresh pure voice told superbly, the exhortation to Ernani to fly (" Va, un acceuto tradire ti puo") being delivered with an intensity 'of - tenderness seldom equalled. The duet in the second act went deliciously, and in the sube quent scene of pleading and sorrow, Cruvelli was very effective. But it is in the last act tbat'she has full scope, for her power in, the duet " Fine al sospire." interrupted by the fatal signal, and in the terrible finale; ' here she magnificently asserted her reputatier. henceforth Elvira may be racked , among Cruvelli'e trialnPbq it is a new proof of the resolute will as well as of the, genius of our young prima donna, who is nobly sustaining the faounee ot her Idt>jesty'ti Theatre, and drawing around he: a sueeesSien of audiences, diffi cult as they are distinguished. Belletti's Ruy Gem' zis a master-,piece both of singing and acting. Ile ceni pletely identified himself with the character of thole). vengeful old man, and his - denunciationa told out with terrible pewor. The " Infelice, e tun okKievi" was given with exquisite pathos. Calz)l4ri's Ernanis one of his bestoharacters, tend on Saturday he sang through i out with a ftpirit and energy, and with his habitual finish and delicacy, and in the pasqies with Elvira he exerted himself most loyally to give tee fullest cfrnt to the united effort. , Ferloti's King Carlos is a highly creditable performance. lle gave the muse with evident care, and frequently 'evicced real lyrical 'Power , His " make up" w.se perfect. Marine. Guy Siephan added to the attractions of the evening by a LOW pas of unusual brilliancy, and the pretty little divertissement, Le Fete des Rosicres, was given with as much éclat as on the first night. Menlo. Cruvelli's appearance: in Non" (Don Pasquale) has been 4elsyed a few nights longer than was originally intended, her indisposition haying inter fered with the rehearsals, but it is now announced for 1h arsday next. MR. W. REA.'S FIRST COIVCERT. The new Beethoven Rooms were completely filleJ at this gentleman's, first performance of classical Chamber music, which took embraced the following selection:— 01" on Friday evening, and which PART I.—Sonata in F, pianoforte and vio lin, Messrs. Rea an d D a ndo, Beethoven. Song, "Agatha," Mrs. R. Lim Pus Fugues inF minor and Major Handel. Prelude ,and Fugue in flat minor Bach. Song. Mr. G. rerren W. Rea. Seventeen variations sell .uses Mendelssohn. PART ll.—Sonata in E, pianoforte and vio lin, Messrs. Rea and Dando, Bach. Cavatina, "Di Piacer," Miss Stabbach ßossini. Pianoforte sonata in A minor Mozart. Song, "Rose softly blooming," Mrs, Limpus ..... ....... Spobr. Pianoforte sonata, Op. 57, in F minor ... Beethoven. The sonatas , for pianoforte 4114 violin were played with considerable neatness and precision; and the lively ficherz, to that of Beethoven was encored. The fugues of Handel and Bach were also beautifully performed by kir. Rea, and the variations of Mendelssohn displayed still further his powers of execution and dramatic effect. The pianoforte sonata of Mozart is quite a gem from the beginning to the end , and was played with remark able brilliance of fingerand with a delicate appreciation of the delicious phrases with which it abounds. Beeth oven's " Sonata appassionata," whi c h conclu d e d the was a great, performance, and concert, a worthy climax to the pianoforte compositions that pzeceded it. This sonata embodies some of. Beethoven's grandest inspira tions, and Mr. Rea, who seemed to be thoroughly im bued with the profound sentiments of the wonderful composer, played it to perfection to a most enthusiastic audience. The songs received, their due share of ap proval. One of them, the composition of Mr. Res, is of a highly classical and original description, in which the voice and pianoforte are equally prominent and im portent and 'the harmonic combinations exceedingly graceful. A second concert is announced for Friday evening, June 4. PAALIAMENTAU , Y „COMMITTEES. POSTAGE LABEL ,STIMPS.—This Committee, 'consist ing of Mr. Miele, chairman; - Mx. Grogan, Air. Gescb, Mr. Cornewall Lewis, Mr. Rich, Mr. Mowatt, Sir J. Tyrell, Marquis Cbandest Lord A. Paget ' Mr. J. Greene, - Hr.' Ormsby gore, a nd Mr . Hodgson, me t on Friday, and 'again. on Saturday, to further consider their first report on the subject of a machine for perforating postage steppe, and aseto whether. it is desirable to bring , the' sane into publicrtaa; and also with reference to the present system of guM m- in ing the postage stamps. or Qtve ll o• 'eo r ia and print h g d av- ri which so me. Oa F, 0 SO 60,000,090 are annually issued . .. The Committee have Mr Cure, the eng ravers of examined. Professor Cowper, -• , the Bank of England, the aontractors and -p rinters of : Secretary of the evamk the supervisor of the m , and . Inland Revenue. The majority of these gentlemen have obecurred in the conclusion that the present systemt the best that can be adopted, and have declared that t he stamp cannot be successfully imitated. • At the close - of their inquiry the Committee called. for the produc tion of successfully imitated specimens, the result of for tuitous discovery, not by the metastatic process, and not issued by the Yost-office, nor bent through it, which went to negative the assertion of three witnesses. Tb' witness producing, the specimens stated that devices had been introduced into the stamps, to meet the result of.' this discovery, and when the Committee thought fit to ask for an uncenditional, clisi4osure_ of, the disco- very, the . witness. respectfully declined. The Cora-. mittee deezhirig that it Might be done in that way, then had recourse to the anastatio process to ascertain whether postage stamps cou ld be produced by it, tied it appears that postage sta m p s printed much ink, by that process, . passed during last week-through the Post-office without being detected by the' authorities. • Whether any permission was given for, thapurpose is uot known, but . the utterance of the same under the. offence;. and it ie understood th at, availing themselves o Stamp Act is declared to be a transportable this information,.the Committee intend to report against the present system as ba& The Committee ar e at issue as to whether th e y s h all recommend in the i r re port some 4,000, to the patentee of the * p e r f ora ting . machine Out right, or give him au appoint ment in the inland revenu e . application of his process. Tta superintend th e - Committee have had their ' attent i on drawn to some beautifully simple and inexpensive methods for detaching postage stamps, . th a t the progrese of mechani cal inge nuity since the perforating ,principle in 18 4 7 was first proposed has pred uced, but have not yet gene LANCASHIRE AND r omisH i ßE kpaLWAY.---On Friday company's the preamble of this into them. their capital was proved. pany's Bill for regulating The preambles also of the North-Western Railway (for regulation of capital and p o wer to provide steam boats), of th e Y or k , Newcastle,d ':Branch), an d Frome, and Berwick Rai lwa y (deviation of Bishop Aucklan Yeovil, and Wey mouth (No. 1) Railway, were declared proved. • • OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLTJERJUIVTON RAIL WAT.—The examine rs o f the House h ave re ported that in the case of this company's petition for additional pro visionin their Bill f or , devietions in Ki ngsw inford and: Dudley, and for eitension of - tithe, the standiegorderx ought not to be dispensed wi:h. ONDON CORpaRA.TION BILL: The examiners also 'report that Ira the a case of threCompsny of Makers of , Playing Cards to be heard against this Bill the stand- iug orders ought not to be The petitions of. the Salters' the case of the • not Company they may : be. To bacco Pipe Makers' Company have been referred to the examiners. . ,iCsl)6omnp"acloyw:uthd, but of t t h h e at in PRIVATE BILLS. --Th e Seaker has directed t hat in. all cases in ' which the Q ueen's consent is necessary to any Bill, the - P arliamen t a r y a g ents shall give notice thereof to .the clerks of the Pri vate 'Bill Office, and a notice of such consent being required is to be inserted by' them with the benne of the Bill on the list of private business for each day. Under this ELECTORAL FA p CIF ; the author of the ~ title Mr. Doc], lnable.ziblication, well ada standard works of a like ads setntarY Companion,_'!' and other , , l.re, has just issued a most vii. , . sent period. It is a work which, for extensive use at the pre pass, ' fornishee a ready mean u s l eh, within a moderate com pass, instituting for s,:qtring doubts,. settling' •occasional prophecy comparison srespectin i , -or even making an to Parliament. - For instance, a ,„ 6 Plume returning Members forth the local political history e i n g.- other features it sets. United Kingdom ; the nature of the Y constituency in the eholders, payers of scot whether coasiating'of freeme n ,or freeholders, franchise in each place, !a ttic registered electors and lot, or occupiers of .10/. hou ses ! are contrasted; both as to stract g urioe au nd numbers at present and in 1832 ; the electioneerin prevailing in each place is detailed both as to the vast files property and taxation of every constituency ' the present; the prevailing - trades and occupations ar euency is recorded ; the those politicians who would enfranchise stated for the use of lation under the pew census is recorded , 'classes; the papa who would regulate therepresentation b , for the .use of those Meinbeig have been set forth, as .Y; a ser • numbers ; 1 the noted interesting to every. class ; and the' polls for the electoral facts years are carefully recorded, so as to the last twenty enable - judge for himself with respect to,ther esui every man to ing election.. The whole, says the author, • te 'of the Impend. of nearly 100 volumes, and of more tha n includes the cream vats collections. —Morning phronicle. . - 4 twenty years' p ri .., v . - .. • THE . ROYAL I NFIRMARY . POE D CREsT...—The thirty-eighth 'minivans of the OF THE may for Asthma, Consumption, and rY at : i D iei the Royal Wu.- Chest, was celebrated on SaturdaY by a a- 'Diseases of the don Tavern. The Earl of Shaftesbury inner at the Lon supported by nearly 100 of the friends porfeed, and was Subscriptions —among which appeared the the institut ion. Earl of Shaftesbury, 101, and the Earl of Ripon names of the amount of nearly 400/. were announced. p 20/.—to the . C OMB INATION. .OF MECIIA NICS AND , L IxsTrruTs.s.—The committee charged.by LITERARY the s' with attemptiug .the accomplishment of this ociety'of Arts, received from a large proportion 'of the inn' ' object have provincial and Metropolitan , inforniation-er t ediou both raging nature in the form of replies to queri • issuedmost encmi. committee. In orderto define the basis of futur e es by the conference is to be held at' the society's hous e, . operations, a on Tueeday, the 18th inst., between the repr esentatives in the Adelphi, the institutions and the cOrtricil of the society of of Lansdowne has consented to preside, , aect a large T he Marquis of delegates have been formally appointed to attenclaumber. representatives of the institutions. It us the. is intended conference shall be followed by a dinner at the Fie that the Tavern, at - which the Earl of .Cailiele will take the nasons' chair. Mr. Alexander Grey is appointed a member of the Legislative Council of Trinidad. Mr. W. Bradley and ;qr. - Edmund Cox are app ointed members of the Legislative Council of New South IVales. . . .. . . A woman was sold in Nott ingham m ark' - et plice, a few days since, by her husband for a shilling, - including a new. ope,yalue s ixpence, which Was attuned t 9 ja9r Rock! A . . AMERICAN NEWS. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY. The British and North American Royal Mail steamer America, Captain Shannon, arrived here this morning at three o'clock,- bringing the usual mails and 51 passengers, but no specie. The America Icfc Boston on the 28th ult., and Halifax on the Both. During two or three days of her voyage she attained a very high rate of speed, and the whole voyage has been accomplished in about ten days ten hours, in cluding calling and stay at Halifax. The 'news by this arrival is three days later from New York than that brought by, the Hermann, but does not possess much interest. The proceedings in Congress were unimportant. There had been no later arrival from: California, and the quartz mining schemes had been some what checked. A New York parer says " We have seen a private letter froM a respectable grmtlema,n who has been for the past two years in Cali fornia, ergaged in testing quartz veins. He says that not one in ten of theie veins contains any gold whatever; that of= those that do contain gold, not one in ten con tains an average of one quarter of a cent to a pound of rock, and not one in fifty an average of a cent to the pound; and short of this few vein* will, he sa y s , p ay more than the expense of working." It has been ascertained that the damage done to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal will amount to about 80,000 d 0115.,, and that it will take three months to repair the injury. Kessuth was in the state of Massachusetts, and had addressed large audiences at Springfield and also, at, Northampton; he is far from being, so popular as on his first arrival. At Northampton he addressed a large audience in the old Northampton Church, but his speech was a very poor one, much of it being the same as the one delivered at Springfield. A portion of it was alSo in bad taste, and gave offence to many citizans. He said that the American people possessed all the elements of greatness, but that they did not act as a great nation. He came out virtually against the Maine liquor law. The people were disappointed with his eloquence. The admission was by 'Hun garian bonds, for which purpose 500 dollars' worth were sold. Many persons, however, were admitted free: Jenny Lind (Mrs. Goldschmidt) and her hus band were present. She attracted nearly as much attention as Kossuth. The death of John Young, late Assistant United States Treasurer of the port of New, York, and formerly governor of the state - of New York; is -an— nounced. - • x BosTorl, APRIL' 24 t —On Wednesday last a piece of board_was picked up at Seaconnet, Nantucket, from which it . is supposed that the 'British barque Jane Dune, Thomaon,lrom Ardrossan, March 9, for Boston, with 400 tons of pig iron and 35 tons of coal, has been wrecked near Nantucket during the late gale, and proba bly all the crew lost. IMAIENSE 'ARRIVAL LOUIS . OF . IMMIGRANTS AT ST. • (From the St. Louis Republican, April 20.) By the following table it will be seen that from April 20, 1851, to April 1, 1852, there have been counted at the quarantine ground nearly 14,000 immigrants who bare passed to our city. The immigration hither is not at all exaggerated; the figures may, on the contrary, fall short of the actual facts, as the clerks and com manders of certain boats, occasionally fearing to become amenable to the laws for carrying more passengers, ac cording to their tonnage, than is allowed, underrate their numbers:— 1851—April (from 20M) May ... .. June ... ••• July ••• August ..• Sep — tember October November December 852—January February March Immigrants. Sick. Died. 750 18 0 1,315 39 3 1,990 89 5 574 8 4 233 7 0 38 7 0 361 2 1 2,125 4 2 1,315.:.. G 2 1,139 7 1 1,461 10 2 2,501 9 0 Total ••• 13,802 206 20 Of the above number of immigrants, 4,296 were tem porarily detained at quarantine, and 9,506 passed on to the city. Those under the head of dead above were corpses from boats. Dr. Leavenworth is unable to give the number who have died at Quarantine Station. No list of sick or deaths, it appears, .wasi kept until after the 13th of June—only in round numbers those who were taken from boats. These, it is probable, where the smaller number of the sick really here. From statements of attendants during parts of May and June, the morta lity at the island must have been exceedingly great. Since the 13th of June there were but 34 deaths, exclu sive of those occurring among the patients who were sent to the City Hospital while the island was overflowed. The small number of arrivals during the summer months spy be attributed to the fear among the emigrants of landing at New Orleans during the sickly season. • COMMERCIAL. NEW YORK, APRIL 27.—Ashes—Sales were made of 50 brls. pots, at dolls. 5 to dolls. 5 061, and pearls at dolls. 6 311 per 100 lbs. Breadstriffs—Flour moved to Cho extent cf 6,500 brls. State, Southern, and Western ; ordinary, at former rates; fancy Genessee, at dolls. 4 814- to dolls. 5 064-; fancy Ohio, et dolls. 5 064 1 to dolls. 5 184; extra Ohio, at dolls. 5 181 to dolls. 5 561 ; and extra Genessee; at dolls. 5 184 to'dolls. 5 87i per brl. There were 200 brim Jersey and Brandywine meal taken, at dolls. 3'25 and dolls. 3 50f while in rye flour, wheat, or barley, nothing additional was done. Domestic oats fell to 37ic. to 41c., and were in slow request. Rye ruled firm, 2,000 bushels bringing 760.; as did also corn, of which there were 13,000 bushels mixed and yellow Southern bought, at 65c. to 65c., and 66c. to 67c. Coffee—Excepting the disposal of "150 bags St. -Do mingo, at eic., we have nothing to report. 'Copper—Yellow metal continued steady, though quiet, at 18e. per lb. Cptton—The speculative tendency of the market continues without• abatement, the sales to-day being about 3,500 bales, at full and extreme previons prices, with a reduced amount on sale—exhibiting an advance• of Ic. to lie. in the week on good qualities. The excess in receipts now amounts to 385,000 bales. The iocreaae in exports to Great Britain is 222,000 bales; Prance, 75,000; other foreign ports, 49,000. Total increase in exports, 346;000 bales. EXCIIANGES --There has been a large demand for ex change on London and Paris, and the rates for both have advanced. On London the bulk of operations have been at 93. to 91 per cent., and on Paris, 5 20 to 5.181. MARKETS REPORTED BY TELEGRAPH. CHARLESTON, Aram 24.—Cotton is in good de mand, and the market firm at full prices. 1,407 bales have sold. NEW ORLEANS, APRIL 24.—Cotton—Sales to-day, 5,000 bales, at very fall pricts. The exports to-day have been 14,000 bales. FURTHER FROM MEXICO, &ct BALTIMORE, APRIL 26.—The southern mail as late as due is through from New Orleans. The papers contain some further items of Mexican news of interest. A report was very prevalent in Mexico that a pronen ciamento had been made in Vera Cruz, but it °rip osted entirely in the fears of such en event, produced by the excitement at Vera Cruz, on the tariff subject. Go , vernment evidently became alarmed, end by the energetic remonstrances from Vera Cruz and Tampico the effect is seen in the ro-establishment of the old tariff at Matamoros. An important commercial order relative to Port Car men has been published. It provides that vessels coming from foreign ports, after having discharged cargoes at Vera Cruz, may proceed to Carmen, load with dyewood, return to Vera Cruz, and receive passengers without being obliged to pay tonnage duties twice in the latter port. A Bill had been introduced in Congress extending for ten years the right granted to the city of Tampico of imposing a tax of a bit a barrel .on imported foreign flour. It is said that the Ministry of War had been offered to General La Vega, and that as soon as his acceptanee is received Senor Bibles, the present Minister, will resign. THE PRINCE EDWARD'S ISLAND LEGISLA TURE PROROGUED. ST. JOHN'S, NA, APRIL 25.—The Legislature of Prince Edward's Island was prorogued on the 3d inst. Thirty-six Acts were passed during the session; am o for ng them an Act to provide - for the care of idiots, the encouragement of education. (From the New York Herald.) IMPORTANT FROM CUBA—RECALL OF GE NEUAL CONCHA, AND ARRIVAL OF lIIS SUCCESSOR. - We received on Friday some rather important infor mation of the passing history of the island of Cuba . The s udden and unexpected removal of the able, distin guished; and honest General Concha, throng? the in fluence of the combined intrigues originating in Madrid and Savannah, has thrown much light on the subject of thnevils under which Cuba has been labouring for many years past. From thence it seems that for several years pack the, governing coterie hat eavannab, consisting of Catalans and slave traders, been the agents, a nd under the influence of Queen Christina of Spain, an d have maintained themselves by that influence, not o n ly against the honest intentions and patriotic endeavours of General Concha, but against all others who wish to re concile the difference between the Creole inhabitant, arid the Spanish Government. A purer and nob ler man never set his foot in autho rity on ,the island of Cuba than the late governor. H e has been sacrificed to avarice, to barbarity, to corruption and, to the intrigues between the slave-traders of Cb ' u a and the agents of Queen Christina in Madrid. i_...-----_ , ..----_ ' FRiNCH ELAM ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.—Her Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albeit, attended by the Giantess of Charlemont, the Hon. Miss Seymour, Lord Polwa rth, Lord Charles Fitzro y , and Colonel Gordon, er Royal Hi g hness the Duchess of Cambrid g e honoured the French Plays with their p resence on Pr i nces s Mary of Cambridge, attended by the Lr l i d da t y h . e Countess of Suffield and the Baron Knesebeck, also honoured the French Plays with their presence. There were also present the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, Marquis and Marchioness of Worcester, the Countess Waldegrave, Lady Villiers, the Countess de Flahault, Lord Canning, the Earl of Shelburne, Hon. Mr. Vivian, Hon. John Earl Granville, Lord Ward, Marquis of Normanby, Marquis Milner Gibson, Mr. Edward of Stafford, Lady Lyster Kaye, Lady Wilson, Bon. James Bligh, Mr. Henry Baring, .Mrs. Gulston M }: E no s. dr c t d e i ius a e , l s d H ~ l o l n o . n E. . James Coke, Adolphus Om, hir. Norman Macdonald , M. Edward r. Ellice, juPt Ow! M. A Y 10, 1852. WEST INDIA AND MEXICAN MAILS. BOUTHkMPT:)N, SATURDAY.—The Royal Mail Com pany's steam-ship Medviay, - commanded - by Lieutenant P. Bast, R.N., with the West India and Mexican mails, arrived this morning. The Medway experienced fine weather during the voyage home, and has made a very good passage. We regret to announce that Lieutenant South, the Admiralty agent in charge of the mails, died on the 6th instant. Tho latest dates brought by tha Medway are as fol lows:—Vera Cruz, April 7; Tampico, April 6; Chagres, April 9; Carthegena, April 11; Jamaica, April 14; De merara, April 14; - Trinidad, April 15; Barbadoes, April 16; Grenada, April 15; Porto Rico, Apt l 17; St. Thomas, April 20; Fayal, May 1; Antigua, April 18; Santa Martha;March 30; Grey Town, April 4. The freight brought by the Medway was 1,464,235 dollars on merchants' ‘v.ccount, 40 ; 742 dollars for the Mexican dividends, 535 serous of cuchineal, 34 serous jalapa, 82 serous ot indigo, 21 bales of sarsaparilla, and a large number of packages of sundries, including vanilla, Indiarubber, ginger, snctades, &C. She brought 158 passengers. amongst them being the Ron. Edward Thompson and Girod, Eig., two of the deleg•a•es appointed to the British people on be half of JanDacs. The Royal Mail Company's steamer Dee, with the English mails of the 17th ot March, arrived at Jamaica on the 13:h of April. By this arrival we have our usual files of Jamaica d papers to the 14th o f Apr i l, but they are principally with the accounts of public meetings relative to the distressed state of the island. 1.1 . Excellency the Goiernor, Sir Charles Gre is serion " sly idisposed at the Pinnkele, in Sr. Catherine's mountains, Excel lerro3's country residence, and Dr .Turner, b k and Brooks have been called in to attend rner h ° is wer Excel lency. The nature of his illness has not transpired. The Bishop of Jamaica, accompanied b the Bev. Duncan Campbell, his Lordship's secretar y y, left Po e n . Royal on the 13th ult., in her Majesty's steamer Rosa mond, for Honduras and Nassau, N.P. , THE SMALLPDX.—There is no abatement whatever of the disease in the island, but the deaths are few in pro portion to the number of sufferers. and have not ex ceeded eight or ten per week. Our accounts from St. James's, Hanover, and Westmoreland are favourable, and we trust that all other park.hea in the island may be spared the calamity of a visitation similar to that which was experienced from cholera. THE CARNIVAL IN ELAVANNAH.--The carnival passed off quietly, and without- incident. There was the usual number of public and private bal masques, bUt less mas querading in the streets than in former years. The time is.gone by when the better part of the population here took part iti - the three days' - festivalottut consequently their observance is on the wane. The carnival in Ha vannah now has little amusing or interesting to even a stranger. • MEXICO.—The state of Mexico was said to be far from satisfactory. The government of General Arista was extremely unpopular, and another revolution was much feared. The Government was without money, and the Congress would not supply any. The amount for the January dividend had been scraped together with much. difficulty. It was said that a rupture with the United States was more than probable, in consequence of the refusal of the Government to carry out the Te huantepec Railway treaty. On the whole, the accounts are very unfavourable, and must affect the value of 'Mexican stock. JIATTL—A serious disturbance has occurred here, and a great number of arrests had taken place; and during last week fourteen of the ringleaders were shot. A Consul-General appointed by the French Government having arrived at St. Thomas's in one of the British mail steamers, a French steamer was dispatched from Mar tinique to convey him to Port-an-Prince, and his Excel lency having arrived at that port placed himself in im mediate communici*ion with the Government, and we are glad to state that, through his intercession, the lives of many persons who had been condemned to death were ultimately spared. Intercession for the pardon of these prisoners had been heretofore made by the British and Spanish Consuls, but without effect. Emperor Soulouque is to be crowned on Sunday, th e 18th inst., which ceremony is to take place with great pomp. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. 'From De Cordova's Mercantile Intelligences.) ' KINGSTON, JAMAICA, APRIL 13. The business transsoted in this market since our issue of the 27th ult. has been of the ordinary character. With little inducements offering for speculative pur chases, either as regards reduction of prices, or antici pations of a permament revival of trade, dealers have simply confined their operations to the supply of their immediate wants. Stocks generally have been suffi eiently ample to meet the ordinary demand, and prices have scarcely fluctuated from our last quotations. We notice an increased dullness in the articles of sugar and rum, supplies of which are increasing in Kingston, whilst the inducements to speculate become daily less apparent. Of pimento there is very little at marker. Coffee is being brought in rather freely by the small settlers. We found it necessary some numbers back to allude to the circumstances of large deficiencies having been discovered in the weights of several parcels of pork im ported into this market. More recently those deficien cies were found to extend to other articles, and the con signees of several parcels of herrings and mackerel were • obliged to make allowances off the prices at which the articles were originally sold, proportionate to the extent of deficiency. It has again been_brought under our notice that a re cent receipt of mackerel has been found to contain some 201 b. less in each barrel thin the correct weight. We 'believe we may state) with confidence thet an effort is about being made by the dealers at litogston to arrest the ne talons and deliberately dishonest system dis closed in the foregoing remarks, by obtaining come legislative enactment which will authorise the seizure and confiscation of all descriptions of goods which shall have been put up,,like the articles above alluded to, with the view to defraud the honest trader. The duties on tobacco were reduced on the 31st nit. as follows, in accordance with the provisions of the first Import Duty Bill of the last session. The tariff, with this exception, remains unaltered. Tobacco, manufactureEl, per 1001. value £32 0 0 and further per lb: weight Tobaeco, Cavendish, and unmenufactured, per 1001 b. • value .... l5 0 0 and further per lb. weight Cigars, per 1001. value 5O 0 0 and further per lb. weight Tobacco is in very limiied inquiry. The stock of. Ca vendish is exceedingly heavy, and beyond the ordinary demand. Freights—Tonnage is abundant, but employment offers very Slowly. Exchanges.--On London—Colonial Bank-90 days, p er cent. prom. ; 60 days, 1 fee amt. ; 30 days per cent. Jamaica Bank-90 days, par ;60 days, ;per cent. prom. ; 30 days, 1 per cent. ROYAL ARTILLERY. Woormiclx, MAY B.—The officers of the Royal Re giment of Artillery gave a grand ball on Thursday nigh last, which was attended by about 500 of the nobility and gentry of the neighbourhood, and the dancing was kept up with great spirit to the music of the excellent band of tho Royal Artillery until a late hour on the fol lowing morning. The whole of the Royal Artillery ia the garrison as sembled on Wednesday last, and went through their evolutions in light marching order, an d all the troops in the garrison will assemble shortly after nine o'clock. on Thursday next, the 13th inst., including the Woolwich en division of Chelsea Pensioners , that day bavin be decided upon for the eelebration of her Majesty's birthday. The sanction of her Majest G overnment has been y's obtained for an augm entation of the. Royal Artillery of 1,000 men and 135 horses, which are to be distributed us follows: — 35 To the Royal Horse Artillery, gunners, 11 drivers, and 35 horses. 954 gunne rs and drivers. To the battalions , To the batteries, 100 horses. TEE WooDWICEI DIVISION OF cIIELSEA. PENSIONERS. The following divisional orders have been issued : e " Viroolwich; May 3, 1 852. Woolwich will re " The milwich division of enrolled p asse mble on Thursday , th e 13 th in st. , at a n quarterpensionersrbs oer n ine o'clock A.M.; for the celebration of her Majesty's birthday. panies will receive their unemployed their clothing, Nos. 1 ,cnd 2 companies &c., on Monday , th e 10 th instant, from 5 to 7 wee from 1 0 to 1 o'clock, the employed o'clock. Nos. 3 and 4 companies, buglers,e.2 on Tuesday, th e drummers, an d fi f ers , will receive their clothing, 1 1th instant, the unemployed from to t h e employed from st o 7 o'clock. to 1 o'clock, an d "When the men assemble to receive their clothing they will bring with them the necessaries ordered by the Secretary at War. " The one-half of the enrolment money will be paid on the Queen's birthday, and the other half at the ter mination of the spring drill. " No. 1 company will assemble for drill the 18th, and Wednesday, the 19th. on Tuesday, "No. 2 company on Thursday, the 20th, an d F r id a y, the 21st. " No. 3 company on Saturday, the 22d, and Monday, the 24th. "No. 4 company onluesday, the 25th, and Wednes day, the 26th. The whole force will assemble for battalion drill on Thursday, the 27th, FridEty, the 28th, S a t ur day, the 29th, Monday, the 31" st of M ay, Tues day, t h e l e t, and Wednesday, the 2d of June, and will assemble at 8 o'clock." TERRIFIC CONFLAGRATION Tins AlprilVlNG.--- One of' the most extensive fires that has occurred in the borough of Southwark for a cons id era bl e per i o d b ro ke ont about one o'clock in the large seed factory belonging to Messrs. 'lay man and Co., situate in what is termed the Grove, a tract of ground of vast dimensions, and literally covered with fac tories. The buildi ng i n w hi c h t h e di sa ster commenced w as separated from another of equal size, belonging to Messrs. Yates, by ironfoundry of a very narrow pathway, whilst the extensive Messrs. Austin flailed one end of the first named named property. Nearly a dozen powerful engines arurinreo! almost simultaneously ; but the tire , strained at any point, continued to spread. ho se' was comparatively half-past two all danger of any extension of , i over, but there seemed no chance of f'-'ll-vweelVer, by • be fire extin get"ng vi L ci that guished for some hours. So great was the cr r o e 100 constables and Inspector Townsend were them out of danger. PROFITABLE EMPLOTINe from pool gentleman, writing. ho diggings, states,that 150 b. of gold, which, at in six weeks be worth - 7,2004 sterling, ' Nerflfrit about quired to keep T. The ,on of a Liver the Australian gold be succeeded in getting tbe rate of 31. per ounce, would or 2,4004 a-week.— Livool TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION. (CONTINUED ON MONDAYS AND 'WEDNESDAYS.) Sir,--On Wednesday tue sth, the Tenant Right (Ire land) Bill was thrown out on the second reading by 167 to 57; than which no other is more le ther kindofecoanrellyusdieofinnecdananbde expected, till the principle more cautiously limited than at present. On Thursday the debate on the Militia Bill was re sumed in Committee. The determination of the Govern ment to retain the compulsory clauses (which impose the ballot in case of the required number failing to be raised by voluntary enlistment) hangs only by a single thread; which might have been fractured on Thursday night, by a little concentration upon the point. The Government has consented to make these clauses inope rative until the commencement of the new year. What then would it have to lose, by leaving them to be en acted, if found necessary, by the new Parliament? Surely a Parliament with the facts of the necessity before it, must be bettor able to judge than a Parliament acting in the way of prophecy; and if the thing is then found necessary, roust be better able to pass the measure. What the Government would have to gain, is plain enough. It would gain the riddance of an unpopular proceeding for the present, and quash half the resistance of the public to its Bill.; For the fact, whether rightly or wrongly, is, that the public cares very little about the men who enlist for money, or what is subset quently to be done to them, compared with its anxiety upon the possible results of taking its friends and re latives by force from their civil occupations, and sub jecting them to punishment in the awkward squads of a local militia; regiment. A time for pressing this point will be, when the subject is raised of the liability of Local Militiamen to corporal punishment under the Mutiny Act. The Secretary for the,Home Department intimated when the point was touched upon, that such punishment was a matter hardly coming within the compass of probability. The best way of parrying which, would be to call to life the pamphlets, not without decorations by the wood-engraver's art, whereip was set forth the tragedy (oculis subjects fidelibus as the ancients have it) of the Local Militiamen who were punished by the lash under the superintendence of the German Legion, and for commenting too sharply upon which, William Cobbett for a considerable space was doomed to walk the night, and day too, in purgatory of durance vile. A popular dwelling upon this subjcit, would as suredly drive out the compulsory clauses. On the same night the Property Tax Bill was read a second time and committed. There is a manifest move ment whichinif the Parliamentary opinion, hostile to indirect taxa tion; people , meaning thereby the nume rous and Working Classes, had the genius to take up, it might lead the m to " something to their a d van t age . One-important " circumstance in the debate resulting, was that the, Chan ce ll or of the Exchequer took the second occasion, t o p rotest against anything he had said upon the Budget b e i ng interpreted into any engagement not to restore the Corn Laws, in the event of the coming elections putting it within his reach . For though he avoided using the term " Cern Laws," this wa s the sense and genuine constructio n o f whathe said. Hi s party se press him inopportunely , — th a t i s to say, for them selves, but not for others. If h e could have been let alone, he would have gone to the elections with such in ferences as men might have chosen to draw from his speech upon the Budget. If any in their weakness had inferred, that all contest was at an end, and there was no reason why one man should not be elected as well as another if he made as fair a show, it would have been a severe judge who would have found in this much for which he could be blamed. But his party have driven him from this ground. They have demanded that he should come forward, not once but repeatedly, and say distinctly, " Ladies and gentle men, we are bound to give notice, that we mean to restore the Corn Law 3, or else pay ourselves in some other way, so soon as you at the elections shall have given US the power. We beg you to make no mistake on this. We present ourselves at the elections, under promise to re store the Corn Laws if you will only let us." It is to be hoped this fairness on one side, will be met by equal in• telligence on the other. At this moment, there is hardly a constituency where somebody is not canvassing under something very much like an error on this subject. It is of high importance, that this should be corrected; and the reiterated decla ration of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, is perhaps the best remedy that can be put in by way of cure. On Friday, on the motion for going into Committee on the Militia Bill, a desultory debate ensued on all imaginable subjects. One of the most important results, was that the Protectionists took a third occasion fot' declaring their imthovable determination to restore the Corn Laws, or impose such substitute as their power should admit, when they had tried the fortune of the Elections. Of course they did not use the term " Corn Laws;" but they said the thing in so unmistakeable a way, that any man ought to be driven to market between two hampers of greens, who acts under the slightest mis apprehension of what it is they intend. They declare with all the energy of virtue, that their honour, their word, their respectability, arc engaged to the full re storation of all they defended when in opposition, and that nothing can excuse their leaving:a hoof of it behind, except the failure of power. Their " Mystery-man" the Chancellor of the Exchequer, is in the situa tion of a squadron-officer who is ridden over by his men behind him. Ho would have conducted the affair more quietly; but his follo,wera insist on marching to surprise your post with trumpets sounding. And yet for . all this, you will see there are men who will be deceived, or will pretend to be. In Committee the hon. member for Manchester raised a most effective debate upon the punishments to 'be inflicted on Militiamen. If there is among your as sociates a dread and disinclination to the ballot, I re pent the intimation that it may be thrown out if they will take the troablo of directing public attention to the Cobbett else. Do you see clearly what the question bangs by? The Government says, "We have agreed the balluCsball not come into operation before next year, and Mai is ell the same as if we left it to be enacted by Parliament next year." Yon will reply (ford am sure you will), that it is not all the same; that there is a wide difference between enacting a bad thing now at guess, and leaving it to be enacted, if found inevitable, by a Parliament which shall have the case before its eyes. Might you not as well be asked to vote the expanses of a European war eight months hence? And is not the ready answer, that , it is quite enough if Parliament votes them when the eight months are over? The effect of voting the ballot now, is to secure the power. There are tenfold chances of a thing being put in execu tion, when a vote has passed for it. Therefore stick to the suggestion given, and yon will find the ballot will be left for the next Parliament. The Bill for Ale to Electors, was refused a reading by 77 to 61. It is worth observing, how snugly this Bill was wrapped up in the printed proceedings of the House, under the title of "County Elections Bill." Nobody would would suppose that either malt or hops were in it. It a t a good sign, that,on.theteveageonaelrleadl to legalize what herjean Maynard ay simony," of should have b eanmthrown ours u u r t As w Nv i e t r h oy Lestip REFORMER. r n o c n e g r e lexpressions aversion by the Hous e. Blackheath, May 10,1852. laisn TRANSATLANTIC PACKET STATION.—Oa Friday a deputation waited on th t, e Earl of Derby as his offi cial 9 solicit the aid of Go pier and breakwater at residence in Dowuing-strte verninent for the construction of a La% 11tihr.eDeadlvyanextepglaesinel the o th bi e e p cts or: t o b f e G o a e lw u ay t . ho l e 'h Bt e itu y:z P undertaking, and then exhibited several plans and pier and treewater. Ile was followed and proposed sections of the M.P. The Earl of Derby , . 'Flaherty and Mr. Reynolds , ad vantageous the proposed supported by Mr. Edmund in r eply,' said that, however view, he must, on the part of r ' as an imperial question, and v G ie ° w ve might be in a local point of be contidered, after all, ment of a Transatlanticpacket i r .t n hi m . e t n e t i , a c r o d n s t i e d ewr what t solely nt uet Now the c p s) 'its ultimate objects—the establish erarmteiesstiotnhers to inquire into this question had se lected__ a.way, and station in the west of Ireland. ment could not, theref ore , two provement of the se ports merit—G 1 e - western coast of Ireland, as of equal Foynes on the Shannon. The Govern ucuotnistentthetyo hadany gfiranott ascertained e ain im eci which of them possessed the' greatest advantages for a packet station, with due consideration;of course, to the expenditure that would b •be required to render those advant a g es available. With the view o f ascertaining this, the Government had de termined to send three naval officers, upon whose knowledge and impartiality they could place full reliance, to report upon the relative advantages of the two ports — G alwa y and Foynes. When he had tjaat report before him he would be prepared to give an Ansa& to the prayer of the petition pre sented by the deputation. But the deputation would, he trusted, fully understand that he did not, at present, pledge the Government to anything beyond the appointment of the Commission of Inquiry he had mentioned. Mr. O'Flaherty, on the part of the deputation, expressed their readiness to abide the result of any inquiry into the merits of the Bay of Galway,„ and gratefully . acknowledged the kindness with which Galway,; bad been received.- Telegraph. Advices have been received from Australia to the 24th of January, being a fortnight later than those by the India mail. They contain no consecutive intelligence, but it appears that news had just arrived of the discovery of gold in Nei/ Zealand, in the island of Waiheki, about 15 miles east of Auckland. The Deputy-Governor was stated to have sailed for the spot for the purpose of collecting information and specimens, and further details were expected in the course of a few days. From the New South Wales mines the reports seem to be very favourable, and abundant instances of individual success continue to be cited, while according to the last accounts received at Sydney, the yield at Port Philip (Victoria), notwithstanding the want of water, was almost equal to any former expetn ence. The price of gold has slightly recovered, Pal quo a he Oriental had tion being 635. to 635. 9d. per ounce. T with 19,15 0 sailed for London on the 20th of January, 22d with 4,291 ounces, and the Catherine Jamieson, on the had n , ow rea ch ed ounces. The total export from Sydne tTiv 'ourney of disco -7 02,895/. Mr. Hargraves had left on ob a a n y La j plore the whole very to the northward, and would prThe import market had country as far as Moreton Bay. T wooles tions f shown more steadiness, etocke of sev p o con _ t pe the trade there had been no sumable goods being ligh • . A ces would be regulated almost entirely b g y the state ments an ~ from ri England. The which port there present ac counts are rid Valparaiso, a t had been an w ith dates as late as Feb. 1. a rrival from Sydney THE MURDEIt OF LORD NORBURY.—A soldier of uartere at Dover Heights th e 67th depot , (1 d , Barracks, while at the gu ard - house y n i ght confine d last, confer l b • to the serge ant of the guard mg the murderer of the l ate L or d Noreury , i n Ireland, som e 10 years since , at noon day, in his park. The man stated that he shot the unfortunate nobleman, and gave a detailed account of the murder (which the sergeant very properly committed to writing in the pre sence of two men of the guard) • and as he comes from the locality in which the murder was s perpetrated, there is a pro bability of the truth of his adm issions. He ad d s that ha entered the army after committing the deed. Communica tions were immediately forwarded -- ' D 'll by Major even , the commanding officer of the 67th to the Horse Guards and , the civil authorities, and the man , is now in very close con finement in the gua rd-house, at the Western Heights, await ing the results of inquiries which have been set on foot. Our Superintendent of Police, Mr. Corona, has forwarded a copy of the depositions of the sergeant and men, as well as a full description of the prisoner, to the Chief Walllifiiollol of Po. lice, Dali44.—Dover Caroniclet