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srament deemed to be necessary. He believed it to be op. ).zA by all the great constituencies, and that it could not worked if it passed that House, and,i though he might be leered at for belonging to the peace party, he should give ; opposition to the Bill on every stage.-(Hear.) Mr. MACGREGOR moved the adjournment of the de ite, amid loud cries of" Oh, oh," and "Divide." Mr. WHITESIDE said he had acquired much useful in . relation from the speeches that night of the Hon. Gentle men the Members for the West Riding and Manchester. One Hon. Gentleman informed the House that every ship in their navy was in the wrong place, whilst the other lion. Gentleman assured them that every eminent statesman in that House was wrong in his opinion.-(Hear, hear, and Oh, oh.) The Hon. Gentleman the Member for the West Riding observed on the impropriety of interfering in the concerns of foreign nations ; but where was the man so un eparing of his denunciations of foreign nations and policies when opposed to his views as the Hon. Gentleman himself? -(Hear, hear.) Had not the Hon. Gentleman pronounced his condemnation of certain Governments, and hafted the ar rival in this country of those whom he considered the deli -.firers of an oppressed people/ - (Hear, hear.) They had been told that no danger was to be apprehended to this country except from France, and that that country was well satisfied with its present ruler. He did not quarrel with the French people for their form of government. But if asked where the necessity ex isted for enacting this Militia Bill, his reply would be the same as was given by Mr. Pitt on a similar occasion, in 1802, when that eminent statesman said-" France is essentially a military power, a military power beyond con ception ; and that military power is centered in one man." -(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Gentleman opposite talked of the powerful navy of this country, and asked, why not have a portion of it stationed to guard our shores? But Mr. Whitbread put the same question to Mr. Pitt, who replied that the English fleet , on the occasion when the French passed over from Brest, was enveloped in a fog so dense that the English Admiral scald not see his own ships. The same might be said of the occassion when that desperate rebel, Napper Tandy, effected a landing . in Ireland. He (Mr. Whiteside) was struck with the injustice of the argument addressed to the House. Hon. Gentlem en opposite referred to the late Sir Robert Peel on all important questions of finance and commerce. But had they not the fact that that eminent statesman contemplated the enrolment of a militia, and actually had in preparation a Bill for that pur pose?-(Hear, hear.) So that their argument on that point went for nothing.-(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Gentleman who last addressed the House declared the militia to be an uneon etitutional fore where did the Hon. Gentleman find that? Mr. BRIGHT did not say it was unconstitutional. He had said the existence of a military force was contrary to the spirit of representative institutions, and should not be un necessarily increased. Mr„ WHITESIDE-Well, who was to pronounce or de cide. on the necessity for an increase ?-( Hear, hear.) The Honourable Gentleman asserted that the project was an ex pensive one ; so it was, but still it was less expensive than a rev o ut e ee .---(Hear, hear.) The apprehension of war proved i n the end more expansive than the war itself.-(Hear.) The am. Member for; Manchester asserted the danger was altogether visionary, and that be could not d'scover any thing in the condition of France to warrant apprehension. He (Mr. White Side) replied that " the military power of France Was centered in one man."-(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Gentlernan'lnaralso asserted that " the use of arms demo ralized, corrupted, and destroyed a community." Had the Hod. Gentleman read ancient history-or how had he read it ?-e (Hear, hear.) • Did nef history inform them that arts, arms e and agriculture were the glory of every country ?-- (Heat", hear.> • He (Mr. Whiteside) . had then by him a letter written by. Sir John Moore in 1803, in which that gallant •officer pronoun . Ce- a warm eulogy . on the militia of this country, .whieh he - had. then just inspected. He sould quote the left& ;:but, then, it was idle to quote authority for wane men -(Hear, hear) -particularly men who set ' ave. - same value on the warnings of the Duke of Wellington as_though they were the emanations of "ldother;Shipton."-(llear, hear.) The Hon. Gentle. man had referred to the press of England. That press was powerful because it denounced tyranny and wrong, and lent its powerful voice to uphold the rights of suffering virtue.- (Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Whiteside) supported a Militia Bill because it was protective, without being aggressive-defen sive, without being insulting or threatening to any foreign power.-( Hear, hear.) lie supported this measure because it was intended to maintain peace, to preserve the Constitu tion under which we lived, as also to transmit and perpetuate those blessings to our remotest posterity.-(Cheers.) Mr. RICE said he was prepared to deny that the three authorities quoted by the Hon. and Learned Gentleman were any authority whatever in reference to the present Bill. The militia proposed to be raised by Mr. Pitt in 1802 was a regular militia; that recommended by the Duke of Welling• ton in the letter read by Mr. Newdegate on a former evening was the militia raised during the war, and which was also a regular militia; whilst that reviewed by Sir John Moore, and which review he had witnessed, bore no resemblance whatever to the force proposed by this Bill. He trusted, however, that Mr. Cobden would withdraw his amendment, for, if he pressed it to a division, he should certainly vote against it.-(Cheers.) Mr. MACGREGOR (amidst cries of " Oh," and "Divide") said he should persist in his motion for the adjournment of the debate. Mr. MITCHELL supported the adjournment, and charac terised the Militia Bill of the late, as well as that of the pre sent, Government as equally unjust and iniquitous. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQL ER thought the question before the House had been amply debated, but if there were one or two Hon. Members who wished to ex presa their opinions he was sure the House would readily Hain to them.-(Her r, hear.) He hoped that a division would be taken on the amendment of the Hon. Member for the West Riding, but that the motion for adjournment would be withdrawn. If it were not, however, he should be under the painful necessity of opposing it.- (Cheers, and cries of " and " Go on.") Mi MITCHELL said he should insist upon dividing the House on the motion for adjournment. Mr. M. GIBSON hoped the Chancellor of the Exchequer would reconsider the determination he had come to.-(0h, oh, No, and cheers.) The Hon. Gentleman was proceeding to comment upon the Government having " put up" the Irish Solicitor-General to make a " declamatory speech" upon a Militia Bill that was not to extend to Ireland, but was pre vented from continuing his speech from unequivocal remarks of impatience from all parts of the House, and abruptly re maned his seat. The House then divided, when there appeared - For the adjournment Against it ... Majority against the adjournment ... -- '23 Captain SCOBELL then moved the adjournment of the House. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER felt bound to appose the motion, which would altogether stop the progress of public business. Mr. MITCHELL said he did not think that so grave a subject as a 31ilitia Bill had been by any means sufficiently discussed. Mr. WAKLEY said it should be remembered that the discussion on the New Zealand Bill had occupied the House for several hours that evening, and that they had not begun to consider the Militia Bill until eight o'clock. He believed the Bill was a most unpopular one, and ha should offer every opposition in his power to its progress. The Marquis of GRANBY said that if Hon. Gentlemen opposite obstructed the course of public business, he hoped they would not pretend hereafter that they had been anxious foe an early dissolution.-(Hear, hear.) Mr. BRIGHT said that, if the Government would consent to the adjournment of the debate, he presumed his Hon. Friend would have no objection to the withdrawal of his mo tion for an adjournment of the House. Mr. CLAY said that the lion. Member who had moved the adjournment had risen four or lye times for the pur- Pose of addressing the House, but had not caught the Speaker's ey e; so that the Hon. Member could not be charged. witha haTirg acted from any factious motive. For his (Mr. meri';') part, he Wa3 so anxious for a dissolution of Parlia ecnotrailmitonshos. that he thought they ought not to pass that measure should have received the approval of a new House of Lord J. RUSSELL said he was one of those who had voted against the adjournment of the debate; but as many Hon. Membaehirsl;sere anxious to address the House upon that subject he further opp ee i ne e t ohhek that anything could be gained by The CUANeIa, adjournment. had opposed ttie motion of the EXCHEQUER said that he business of, Ree's? because it would altogether stop the for its object an ad' , but if the motion had merely had ment of the debate he should, t al hough With considerab lereluctance, have given to it his the assents He veldfix esumption of the debate for this day, with a hop e that Hon. Members who had notices on the paper would allow it to take precedence of other business. The motion thr the adjournment of the House was then Deaths, till this day. 'withdrawn, and the debate se ,t ee uwerees,theann d Marriage., Bill The Registration of Births was read a second time. The other orders of the day disposed of, and th e jjonoe adjourned at One o'clock. .. 29 1 FRENCH PL S, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. The popular and fascinating Rose C "rie mad© h a pp earance last evening to r the first ti me this season, her company with Si. N u ma, an actor of merited celebrity in Paris, but hitherto a stranger to the Londonboa r r i d t s y A series of vaudevilles were presented—Genevievi Brutus, fiche Cesar; and Midi a Quatorze H eares. In the first of these pieces Mdlle. Rose Cherie played with delicacy and freshness; and the part of Cleramboar, the old negociant, is one which l f. Numa has effectually made his own. That tender attachment to his daughter which will not permit the a pproach of any one —not even so natural a person to a French lady as a lover—loses nothing of its tenderness or truthfulness in his hands; his performance has heart and earnestness about it, and reuses the sympathies of the audience, as anything simple and natural always will. He was most warmly received throughout, and promisE s to achieve in this country a popularity worthy of his continental reputa tion. Brutus, lciche Cesar, so called from a do g Brutus, who is heard t o bark behind the scenes, but never makes his appearance, is a neat spark ling little drama. A shrewd and sensible member of the National Cenventien corrects the romantic 'sentimentalities of his wife, by pretending to ob tain a divorce, and handing her over to a former lover, a silly and empty-headed fool, whereby she soon per eeives the folly of her infatuation, and so profits by experience. This capital little drama, which sparkles with lively repartee, is one of the neatest things of its class that we know of. The warfare between the hus band and wife is conducted through a series of brilliant sallies, to which Lafont and Mdlle. Rose Cherie gave the extremest pungency, the former by his methodical coolness, the latter by the tinge of acrimony which ne cessarily creeps into a dialogue when a lurking feeling of shame i s m i xe d with a sense of inferiority. A li & ece " Quatorze lieures turns on the perplexities of an advo ehose b etter h a lf t or t u r e s him with her jealousy, for w hich the suspected Gallantry of his nature affords out too si this amu‘' plea. M. Numa personVed the hero of bagatelle. ROYAL, ---- m 1 There ,i rthizo ` vi ß n -TOJNET7'E THE A77IE. r: ash ri; nil thing,i, .„,j' e fi tl , re!:, in their determination to league upon the pop4ueltarcicilinrtaan. of ‘toutieeil hist night in a bur and it no dispars . T he Corsican Brot,l , ers, which' that must eectiy, of the excellent manner in has been performed elsewhere to say, that the iti cee admirable are nut behind their !egitimate rivals in the they liave.put their version uponth ir e able stage. The Arcadian style in which Brothero, or a. Spirit of Pancii, 113 i t Eingizsir:red recapitu lows too closely upoa the original 0 , 4 5 t here called, fol i iationoft hare. Partch—the veritable his dog Toby)—and Gnarly'? i, the representative Frencts press, are the , twins, whilst are Britannia, La Belle France, Louis Renarrdeh"ra,ct-ers Muitstut., Vat ditsChet i and AtQns• Scribe. 7.....!a I rune There are THE SUN, some clever allusions to the state of affairs in France, and some sweet songs very well sung. The scenery is admirable. The piece was eminently successful, and must very much increase the reputation and popularity of the Marionettes. LIER MAJESTY'S TIIEATILE! GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. On THURSDAY next, May 6, Will be presented Donizetti's admired Opera, Norma,Sale Crave ; Ernesto, signor Ca lz°lari DON PASQUALE. Dr. Malatesta, Signor Ferranti ; Don Pasquale, Signor Lablache. After which the last act of MARIA DE ROMAN, Maria, Mine. Florentini ; Armando, Mdlle. Ida Bertrand ; RI. cardo ,Signor Calzolarl ; De Fiesque, Signor Fortin' ; Enrico, Signor Ferlottl. With various Entertainments in the Ballet Department by Madlle. Guy Stephan, Madlles. Rosa, Esper, Lamoureux, Allegrini, Pascales, MM. Di Mattia and Mathieu. Application. for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Opera Sox-office, Colonnade, Haymarket. ROY -AL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. First Night of II Flauto Magico. First appearance of Madlle. Anna Zerr. On THURSDAY next, will be performed, Mozart's grand romantic Opera, IL FLAUTO MAGICO, The principal characters by Madame Grisi. Madile. Anna Zerr, Madlies. Benin% Bertrand', Marian', Cott!; Herr Formes, Signori Stigelli, Polonini, Soldi, Roncori, and Mario. Commence at Eight o'clock. Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. IZOYAL MARIONETTE THEATRE, ADELAIDE-STREET, WEST STRAND. THIS EVENING, and every evening during the week, A new Characteristic Address, by the Manager. After which a new Piece, entitled THE HAPPY MANAGER. A Dramatic Dificulty. In one act. To be followed by a new and original Burlesque, called THE 'PIRIT OF PUNCH ; or, The Arcadian Brothers. To conclude with an entirely new version of the Grand Eastern Spectacle of ALADDIN ; or, The Wonderfhl Lamp, produced with all the vast resources of this small establishment. Doors open at Half-past Seven, and eommence at Eight o'clock. A Morning Performance on Wednesday and Saturday next. Doors open at Half-past Two, and commence at Three o'clock. There will shortly be produced several New Pieces, which are now in active rehearsal. Private Boxes and Stalls to be had at the Box-office of the Theatre, and of all the principal Librarians. ILER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Fidelio is unavoidably postponed in consequence of the indisposi tion of Madlle. Sofle Cruvelli. _ THIS EVENING, Will be presented Rossint's Opera of LA CENERENTOLA. La Cencrentola, Madlle. d'Angri ; Don Ramiro, Signor C.alzolari ; Diadini, Signor Belletti; Alidoro, Signor Fortini ; Don Magnifico, Signor Lablache. Between the acts a new Ballet Divertissement, entitled LA FETE DES ROSIERES. By Madlle. Carolina Rosati, Madlles. Rosa, Esper, Allegrini, Lasno reel ; MM. Di Matta, Gouriet, Venafra, and Mathieu. To conclude with the new Spanish Ballet Divertissement, entitled, lIY BAILLE DE CANDIL, . . _ In which Mdlle. Guy Stephan, Mdlles. Rosa, Esper, Allegrini, La mourenx,M. Di Matta, and M. Mathieu will appear. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box- Alice, Opera Colonnade, Haymarket. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Second Night of Les Huguenots. Second appearance this season of Signor Mario. The directors have the honour to announce that TO-MORROW will Ise performed Meyerbeer's Grand Opera, LES HUGUENOTS. Valentina, Madame Grisi ; Margarita di Valois, Madame Castel lan ; Damn Cotti ; Urbano, Madlle. Seguin ; Mar cello, Herr Formes ; Il Conte di San Bris, Signor Polouini ; Il Conte de Nevers, Signor Tagliafico ; De Cosse, Signor Luigi Mei ; De Retz, Signer Gregorio ; the Hugenot Soldier, Signor Soldi ; Meru, Signor Rommi ; Raul di Nangis, Signor Mario. Composer, Director of Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. The performances commence at Eight o'clock precisely. Tickets for the Boxes, Stalls, or the Pit may be had (for the Night or Season), at the Box-office of the Theatre, whichi open from Eleven till Five o'clock ; and of the principal librarians and causiesellers. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B, Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENLNG, Will be performed an entirely new comic Drama, entitled MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS, by Messrs. B. Webster, Leigh Murray, Buckstone, and Keeley ; Mrs. Stirling, Miss Reynolds, &C. After which a new Burlesque on a frightfully popular subject, to be called 0, GEMINI ; or, the Brothers of Co(u)rse. Characters by Messrs. Buckstone, Bland, Woolger ; Mesdames Buckingham, Col lins. Caulfield, Honey, &c. To conclude with BOX AND COLT, by Messrs. Keeley and Buck stone. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPUI. Lessee, Mr. B. Webster ; Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENLNG, Will be performed a new Drama of powerful interest, called THE QUEEN OF THE MARKET. Characters by Messrs. Hughes, 0. Smith, Paal Bedford, Emery, Honey, Worrell ; Mesdames Chaplin, Harding, and Keeley. After which, a devilish new Extravaganza, called MEPHISTO PHELES. Characters by Mr. Honey, Miss Fitzwiffiam, and Miss Woolgar. With WHO STOLE THE POCKET-BOOK ? or, a Dinner for Six. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the CORSICAN BROTHERS. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Kean, A. Wigan, Ryder, Meadows, J. Vining, J. Chester, F. Cook!, Everett, and Wheatleigh ; Misses Phillips, Murray, Robertson, Vivash, Daly, and C. Leclercq. Alter which a Fairy Tale, in rwo Acts, entitled WITTIKIND AND HIS BROTHERS. or, The Seven Swan Princes and the Fair Melusine. Characters by Messrs. Harley, Meadows, F. Cooke, Flexmore Mrs. Winstanley, Misses Marshall, Robertson, Murray, Leclercq, Daly, Vivash. Newcombe, K. Terry, and Madile. Auriol. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, . . Will be produced a dramatic story, in eight acts, entitled A CRAIN OF EVENTS. Characters by Messrs. Charles Mathews, Frank Matthews, Robert Booby, Belton, Baker, Suter, Ilorneastle, Rosiere, Butler, and Hornier ; Madame Vestris, Miss Laura Keene, Mrs. F. Matthews, and Miss Julia St. George, Miss Wright, Miss Oliver, Mrs. Horn, Mrs. Maenamara, Miss Martindale, Miss Ellis, Miss Grove, and 31159 Foote. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager. Mr. W. Farren. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE SCHOOL FOP. SCANDAL. To conclude with TdE CA3IBERWELL BROTHERS ; or. The Mystic Milkman. PUNCH'S PLAYHOUSE AND STRAND THEATRE. Lessee. Mr. W. It. COPELAND, Liverpool. New Management. THIS EVENING. Will be presented THE LOST HUSBAND. To be followed by MATRIMONIAL PROSPECTUSES. Messrs, Walter Lacy. Attwood; Mrs. Selby, and Miss Haskell. To conclude with A VILLAGE TALE• Characters by Messrs. E Rogers, Attwood, Moreland; Mesdames Copeland, Selby, and Mas. tell. Boxes, 35.; Pit, 2s. ; Amphitheatre, Is. Private Boxes One GoMea and a Halt each. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPIIITREATRE. "Under the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Hlghnese Prince Albert. Proprietor aad Manager, Mr. W. Batty. The mcst successful and popular Theatre in London. TATS EVENING, Will be presented a new grand 31ilitary Spectacle, which is now exciting all Paris, entitled BONAPARTE IN EGYPT ; or, the Battle of Aboukir. _ TObefoll;;Ti.;y Batty's Inimitable Scenes of the Arena. To conclude with a Laughable farce. Tickets to be had at the Box-office from Eleven till Four daily , Stage Manager, Mr. Leclercq. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAT —Morning 47 min. after §1 Evening 9 min a ft er 2 To-Aloaaow—Morning 33 min. after 2 I Evening 56 min atter 2 THE WEATHER.—Burt OFFICE, MAT 4. TITICRIKOSTETRIC, IX THE SHADE. 51—highest since noon yesterday. 31—lowest this morning and during the night. 50—this day, at noon. Beliosorisa, 36.23. WM) E.S.E.—told breeze and cloudy. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning. —The stations are arraeged in order of latitude. PLYMOUTH—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. PORTSMOUTH—Wind N.E. gentle breeze—partially cloudy. BRIGHTON—Wind calm,—partially cloudy. flagrucca—Wind N.N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. SournAwrros—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. FoLkEsro:4E—Wind N.E.. gentle breeze—partially cloudy. GREENWICH—Wind N.E ,gentle breeze—partially cloudy. ST SOOD —Wind N.E., gentle breeze—cloudless. SWINDON—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. COLCHESTER—Wind N., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. CAmaparcis.—Wind N., strong breeze—partially cloudy. YARsiotrra—Wind N.E., strong breeze—partially cloudy. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Saturday morning at nine - ;clock CA.B.Low—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. lktuumiGAß—Wind W., calm—partially cloudy. ?wiz—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. Szzoon—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—cloudy. LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 4, 1852. • Yesterday, Ai r . 6 -- ----4 " ---- Bill gave rise to discus sions that has markedoneof Gentlemanur° West Riding we explained l e threatened o f the most amendment t Committee on the Militia important of our last night's impres on.unres going at once into the present . the Member for the against The precise nature session of the Le gislature.sion. It required a return a view to br in g home as much of ourtht force es mi g ht navel force, with b e available prior to adventuri ng such extraord inar y me asures of upon any defence th e one t e one here proposed by her MAJESTY'S Government. A more cogent statement than the one • e delivered House of Commons last evening by Mr. c ounEN was per h a p s , never before heard within th e 1 was, w a ls of Par liament. The Hon. Gentleman sp o k e with all his former acumen—" RICLIARD was himself -'ga• ~ m and we doubt not but that the very arguments which were listened to with so much manifest reluctance by the majority of the Represenhtives will be hailed with peculiar satisfaction by the people ofEngland, the people whose opinions in this matter that n3ajority cannot possibly be said to express. In illultration of the actual weakness of those advocates of the Militi a Bill who arrogate to themselves, sinipry from their numerical preponderance, the authority of now pro claiming the real sentiments of the country, Mr. CoßD4ri observed that that boasted majority was iu no way composed of the representatives of the large centres of industry and intelligence. On the con trary, there were numbered among the minority such important localities as Glasgow, Manchester, Bir- mingham, Westminster, Southwark, Marvlebone, Lambeth, Tower Hamlets, Finsbury, Newcastle, Hull, Oxford, Derby, York, Stockport, Worcester, Sheffield, Canterbury, Aberdeen, Montrose, Bath, Dundee, Preston, Greenwich, and Edinburgh. Be sides this, upon the same question the city of London was divided, Leeds was divided, Bristol was divided, and there were also divided the two great counties — the one vast and the other populous—of York and Middlesex. Speaking himself as Member fur the West Riding, the largest of all the constituencies of the United Kingdom, Mr. COBDEN candidly and sig nificantly remarked that there was only one subject upon which he would more confidently ap peal to the electors than upon the question of the Militia Bill, and that subject was the question of free trade or of protection. When it is remembered, moreover, in addition to these somewhat suggestive particulars, that upwards of eight hundred petitions had been laid upon the table of the House against the obnoxious measure introduced by her MAJESTY'S Government, it must be allowed that upon its demerits rather than upon its merits the opinions of the people appear to pre ponderate. To a considerable extent nothing could well be more reasonable than the suggestion now made by Mr. COBDEN, that the national defences should be secured by the concentration of that mari time power which has hitherto been un necessarily scattered over our widely-distributed dominions. As upwards of a month since we our selves had reminded the country, so yesterday even ing the Member for the West Riding reminded the House of Commons, that within the seventeen years last past the naval expenses of England have been increased by no less than 2,000,0001., the estimate for that department of the public service being in 1833, 4,500,000/., whereas in 1852 they have attained an aggregate of about 6,500,0001. Now, of this increase in our maritime expenditure we are not by any means disposed .to complain. Mr. Comma is, of course, as a member of the Peace Society, and as a wholesale, and we cannot but think likewise in this matter, an undiscriminating advocate for a reduction in our expenditure. Upon this point, therefore, we are compelled to differ tote ado from the Honourable Representative, regarding his judgment, as bewitched by the fasci nating: dreams of Arbitration. But, on the other hand, we coincide with him to the full and most cordially when (directing the attention of the House to this increase since 1835 of 2,000,0001.) he demands a more rational employment of this munificence than has certainly been, heretofore, any where perceptible. Descending from the considers• tion of abstract principles to particulars, Mr. COBDEN insists upon the advisability of diminishing the number of our foreign stations, or, at any rate, of diminishing the number of the vessels on those foreign stations. Our foreign stations, remember, are seven altogether, namely—the East Indies and China, where there are nineteen of her MAJESTY'S ships in commission ; the West Indies and North America, where there are thirteen ; the Cape of Good Hope, where there are nice ; the west coast of Africa, where there are twenty-two; the south-east coast of America, where there are eight ; the west coast of America, where there are nine ; and the Mediterranean, where there are nineteen. A force such as this squandered over so many seas widely separated from each other, and, in two or three instances, indisputably super fluous, might surely, as Mr. COBDEN suggests, be more judiciously employed for the advantage of the empire by a wiser distribution. It is, of course, as undeniable as it is satisfactory, that the statements made by the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Ork ney and Shetland prove beyond all question the ac tual as well as the numerical superiority of the mari time steam power of England when compared with the maritime steam power of France. Testimonies as to the extent of this superiority are easily given— stitistical testimonies, showing that whereas the Royal Navy of England, in 1848, had 174 steam vessels of all classes, with an aggregate of 44,480 horse-power, the Republican Navy of France, in 1849, consisted merely of 78 steam-vessels of all classes, giving an aggregate of 17.740 horse-power : while the contrast presented by the commercial steam power of the two countries yields a result no less won derfully in our favour—the commercial steam• shipping of France being estimated, in 1849, at 3,000 horse power, with an aggregate of 10,000 tons, whereas that of the United Kingdom reached the extraordi nary tonnage of 300,000, with actually upwards of 100,000 horse-power. Thanks to the researches of Mr. ANDERSON, facts like these have been placed be yound the reach of contradiction. Yet a knowledge of our system of maritime administration must force upon us at the same time the conviction that the superiority thus revealed in figures is by no means so remarkable in reality—by reason of our energies being superflu ously scattered abroad over the whole of the vast superficies of our dominions. Better, therefore, say we, than a hundred Militia Bills, one vigorous and well-considered measure for the husbanding of our naval strength Better a standing navy, than a thousand rifle corps! Better a re-organizltion of the marine artillery, than the drilling of a dozen batta lions of shopkeepers skilled in the use of the minie bullet, or of COLT'S revolver, or of that yet more celebrated weapon—the formidable zundnadelgewehr. —to oblige those who bad the misfortune to be involved in litigation to maintain the judicial system"—a proposition which had the high sanction of the authority of Lords BROUGHAM and CAMPLELL, of the late Lord LANGDALP, and indeed of every dis tinguished legal reformer whose attention has been directed to the t•ubject. It will there be seen that not only did the sums extracted from the suitors of the Court of Chancery, under the designation of fees, amount to 180,0001., but it was levied by no less than 330,000 difl'erent payments, which would occasion ' very considerable additional expense and annoyance , to the sufferers. It must, however, be borne in mind that thi s statement by no means shows the full extent of the grievance as it was some years since, h en the system flourished i n ran k l uxur i ance , and bwefor to anyethepruning-knife of the uriing- knifeofthe legal reformer was applied excrescences that had sprung up in our courts, when the present Earl of ELLEN- Ronovau received for a sinecure office in the Queen's Bench far more than the salary of the Lord Chief a o sterling Justice. Indeed, the Noble Lord is still in receipt of the per annum, as compensa tion for nearly,oo office, while Lord CAMP BELL only receives 8,0001. p er annum , an d th e o th e r judges 5,0001. p er annum eac h , f or t h e devo t tiono on ft l h y eir entire ti me an d a bili ty to the (ffi bool abolition in of he p cient discharge of the duties of their arduous and important stations. From a Parliamentary return just published, we find that the four late sworn clerks of the Court of Chancery, Messrs. MILLS, and WAINWILIGHT, have between them since the passing of the Act abolishing the situations (5 and 6 Victoria, cap. 103), rG u e p lceT t i o Tyire a d d ß for ieN t Es h iu 2sth day of November last, no less than 236,2961. lls. 3d., of which 64,1081. 13s. 81. was for salaries as taxing officers, end 172,1871. 17s. 7d. for compensation, being nearly three times the amount of the salariee, which, being about 2,0001. per annum for each, might be considered fair remu neration for the moderate duties imposed as taxing officers, and for which we venture to assert that the services of the most competent persons might be obtained. It also appears that the sums to be received by these fortunate individuals are as follows—viz., by Mr. GATTY, 5 ,424/. 14s. 4d. for his life, and to his representatives f or seven years a f ter hi s d ea th (! !!) ; to Mr. BAIN EF , life 4,935/. 9 i. after his death 2 , 7 01 / . 1 ls. 5 d ! to M r . MILLS, for his 5,403/. 2 3 . 93., and for seven years AINWR his death 2,2,50/. 73., and for seven years after IGHT, r his death 2,467/. l ; and to Mr. W for his life, 4 , 5 00/. 55. ld., an d f or seven years a ft er 9 3. 73.! ! These are pretty pay ments for the country to b e sa ddl e d w ith. Already have these comfortable individuals received far more than the advertisement duties realise for a year, but, exorbitant as the compensation may be for their lives, Messrs. GATTY, BAINES, and MILLS receive some 8001. between them more for doing nothing than Vice-Chancellors TURNER, KINDERSLEY, and PARKER for their arduous duties. Some excuse may be made, but we venture to assert that the allowances for seven years after their deaths to their respective representatives are utterly unparalleled. They would surely not have received the fees and emoluments after they had been removed by death and their suc cessors duly appointed. It certainly appears to ex hibit the symptoms of a rank job—such as SWIFT shadowed forth in his tale of " The Old Watch Coat.'' We know not whether the matter can now be reme• died. We would, however, commend it to the no. tice of all legal reformers as an additional and powerful illustration of the beauties of " the fee system," and the mode in which things were managed in the olden time. . • 10-21 P le A CO , •jhai" ., z.-. 1 -' • A •• sr, - a ": u s I. • M ° r.f Alsr, LONDON, CHANCERY.-{THIS DAY.) (Before the LORD CHANCELLOR) LES LORDSHIP this morning heard several appeal ma tions, but nothing of importance occurred. (Before tho LORDS JUSTICES.) SPARROW V. THE OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLV ER. HAMPTON RAILWAY. _ The arguments in this case, which has already been frequently reported in our columns, wore terminated this morning. The COURT gave judgment, reversing the judgment of Vice-Chancellor Turner, and making perpetual the in terim injunction which was granted by their Lordships last Michaelmas Term. The Court was of opinion that the strip of land absolutely required by the railway company was part of the manufactory at the time of the passing of the Act, and both the Learned Judges con curred in thinking that the 92d clause of the Lands Clauses Consolida tion Act wa s no t i ncons i s t en t w i t h th e special this co m p an y, a nd that the t ru this e mea A ni t ng o) o t t i.tinedby clause was not that a railway company requiring part of a manufactory, must absolutely and imperatively take are only oblged t o ta k e the who l e i n th e the whol e , even i n invitunz, but a ro so required b y the proprietors thereo f . event t th t e hyey i The case was ordered to stand over till Saturday to settle the exact terms of tho injunction. (Before Vice-Criancellor T URNER ) WARD v, S WIFT. VICE-CHANCE,ItY.-(THIS DAY.) The Court was engaged part of Saturday and the yesterday y d and by itthismorning with these causes, testato r on his estate, and in si mple claim of an annuitant, for which the di ffi cu lties h ave been multiplied by original a w w n h h i o a e l n h e n ouorifti annuity ina t e d i n the bills, bills of supplement and revivor, and proceedings before the Master, involving the ease in a labyrinth from which the efforts and explanations of the different coun sel seemed perfectly unable to extricate it. The other Courts were occupied with part- heard causes, which presented no feature of interest. landed a passenger here. THE KAFIR WAR. PLYMOUTH, MONDAY. MAY 3. The merchant -ship Maidstone, Captain Nash, from Calcutta, which Ictt the Cape of Good Hope on the 17th Corps, o h u l n s ts from the seat of war are seven days later othfalillineatrrhcaohesce by the Agincourt, on Saturday. wounded; Ensign Hiobert, of th e 91st, wounded; Cap the 91st, has been slightly wounded; and 26 sol diers of the 91st and 74th Regiments killed and wounded. i l e ' y a b o o f r o the u g .13, Cape p These casualties occurred among a patrol who had successfully attacked some Kafir kraals in the Water kloof, and who were themselves attacked on their return (as usua l) by combined Kafirs and Hottentots. This tai C n o ß lo r n a e m l affair occurred between the lst end 17th of March. Sir Harry Smith left King William's Town on the 4th of March, with the intention of attacking the enemy's fastnesses. His forces were divided into three divisions, and con sisted of the 73d, 60th Rifles, the 43d and 12th Lancers, Artillery lev ice, &c. It his long been notorious that the principal diffi culties interposed in the way of obtaining large and comprehensive measures of legal reform were occa sioned by the numerous parties having what were termed vested interests in the abuses complained of. Nothing, however absurd or unreasonable, could be attacked, that persons of varicus ranks, and receiving different degrees of emolument, were not forthcoming to declare that they obtained their livings therefrom, that they had accepted their respective offices on the faith that they would be permitted to retain the same for life, or, at least, during good beha viour, and that any change in the system, even though beneficial to the community, would be absolutely ruinous to themselves. These parties had, in many instances, sufficient influence to obstruct and impede the progress of any measure that might be brought under the legislative consideration, and ultimately to have it rejected unless they obtained, under the name of compensation, higher sums for doing nothing than they would have received for their labour under the most favourable circumstances. These evils arose, in a great degree, from the infamous " fee system," which, as we have repeatedly stated, "converted what should be the temple of justice into dens of thieves." In place of having the officers of the court, who were occupied, or sup posed to be occupied, in the public service, paid ac cording to the amount of trouble, and the ability required for transacting the business of their situa tions, they were allowed to take fees from the suitors, which were levied under the most frivolous and ridi culous pretexts; useless forms were multiplied, not for any benefit that could possibly arise to the parties to the suit, or to the administration of public justice, but merely that additional emolument might flew into the pockets of the sleek and overpaid officials. Thus the chief abuses that have crept into the Court of Chancery, the enormous ex penses and vexatious delays, are mainly ascribable to the system that caused the subordinates to he paid by fees in place of by fixed payments—a system that could never be satisfactory ; for if the fee, amounted to less than the services were worth, corn plaints would he speedily preferred, and the matter ' rectified ; but if, on the other hand, they amounted to quadruple what the party ought to receive, they were pocketed quietly, and nothing was heard on the subject until some searching investigation was insti tuted, and the truth, or something approximating to the truth, was with difficulty elicited from reluctant witnesses. If any person should doubt the extent to which the • grievance has reached, we would invite his attention to the reports of the Select Committee of the House of Commons on the subject of fees, and to the speech of Sir W. PAG E Bill for the relief W of House . of Commons, brought the suitors of the Court of Chan- BALLAST-HE I v E Rs IN THE PORT OF LONDON.—. OoD when . introducing the first cery, at the commencement of the present session. .On Wednesday a Bill in the The Hon. and Learned Gentleman by Mr. George tforward right to tax suitors with tinctly established the registry proposition c, t h a t i t i s no t , offic e for the benefit of the ballast-heavers of the port of clearly and dis- time, the object of which is to establish a general • the maintenance of the Court London. SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. Gross traffic receipts for passengers and goods, week ending May 1, 1 8 852 ••• ••• . 18, 1 ••• 1 , ) soB 2 t., Ditto, May 3 , o ... ... £11 , 679 Decrease in 18.52 London Terminus, May 3. 18:i2: GLASGO W AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.-- -T r_____aiee for the week ending Max i t 1852 ._ _ Passengers (19,( 211 parcels, horses £3,852 5 4 and carriages.. Corresponding ~v ee. • last year 3V78 16 8 goods and A in last year , Glasgow. May 3. ... £1,129 0 10 Intelligence w as perintendent and cashier of the Nouveau Monde Company in California, which may dto enlighten the public as to the value of the " leases" t a e n n d claims in that State, which have lately been vended as prizes to English speculators. The report, both with respect to the difficulties connected blish themselves o received yesterday from the su perintendent Colonel Fremont's title and with his power to put par ties into possession of prevent their making an any attempt at present to esta was such as to n his property. The superintendent was accordin g-y about to visit other localities more to the north of California, where favourable positions for works and abundance of gold quartz were understood by him to exist. PRESENTATION OF THE FREEDOM OF AYR TO LORD CowAN.— y mineralgrants, The freedom of the burgh of Ayr was pre sented to Lord Cowan on Saturday last on the occasion of his first visit to his native place as one of the Judges of the Justiciary Court —Scotsman. DEMOLITION OF TUE CRYSTAL PALACE.—III con sequence of many thousands of persons in the United King dom having been unable to obtain a copy of the Great Exhibition Chart, printed in colours, and presented by the proprietors of the Weekly Di: patch, to their subscribers and the public, in the months of January and February last, a re-issue has been determined upon, to take place on Sunday, the loth of M —ay. The Chart, which has undergone a careful revision, shows by simple diagrams the number of persons that visited the Exhibition daily, the amount of money taken at the various entrances, the quantity of refreshments con sumed; the names of the Royal Commissioners; an account of the origin of the Palace, and its dimensions in feet. In order that e very individual' in the country may possess this statistical retlex of curious and interesting results, to marls I he demolition of the building, and to serve as a memento o f its existence, the Chart will be delivered gratis to every si ibscriber an d purchaser of the Dispatch on the d a y stated . 'I he Disp a t c h is published at four o'clock every Saturday rt forcing, in time for the first railway trains leaving London, on to a Id for th e morning mails. Early orders shou ld be given a II news ven d ers in town or country; or to Mr. R. jJ. Wood, ;co. 139, Fleet -street. The news agents will have a copy of She Chart with every Dispatch of May 16th. We unde rs tand taken a chat eau at S t. G erma in for the summer. Ills Lord ship is perfectly recovere d from his l u ng and dangerous illness. TUESDAY I4.IVENING, MAY 4, 1852. THE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. Railways. Nominal Prices. Business dons to-day. Aberdeen Amb., Not., Bost. & E. June. Bir. Wolv., and Stour Valley . . all pd. Birk., Lan., .& Ch. Jet., late 33/. 6s. Bd., 26/. pd. Ditto, Chest. & Birk., LW. & 251. Cons., all pd. Ditto, ditto ... 17 1 4 pd. Brist. & Exet., 100/. pd. Caledonian Chest. & Holyla., all pd. Dub. & Belf. Jct. 45/ pd. Dundlk & Ennis., all pd. Dundee, Perth, & Aber deen June. all pd. Ditto, New East Anglian (251. L. & E. and L. & D.) pd. )o(181. E. & H.) all pd. 2,ast.Counties...2ol. pd . Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. stirs., all pd. Do. do. do. 6/.pd. Do., do., B. & C., all pd. East Lancashire, all pd Do. New Quar., all pd E. & W. India Docks and Bir. June., all pd E. & \V. Yk. Jnc., all p Edinb. & Glas., 50/. pd Edin.,Pe:.& Dun. 25/. p Glas. & S.-West., 1004 Great Northern, all pd Do. llalvs. A def., all p Do. do. B, 6 pr. c. all p Gt. S. & W. Ireld., all p Great Westn., 100/. pd, Lane. & Carlisle, all pd Do. Thirds, 11/.13.4 pd Lane. & York., 100/. pd Do., Quarters ...all pd Do., Fifths 141. pd Do.,W. Rid. Un. 11 ,/,p Leeds Northern, all pd Liv.Crsby & Sthpt.l7ip Loud. & Blackw., all pd Lon.,Brig.& S. Ct.loo p Lon. & N.West.,loo/. p' Do. Quarters 22/. pd Do. Fifths l2/. pd Do. 10/.,M &B (c) lip Lon. & S.-West 100/. p Do. New 50/., 421 2 ' pd Do. New 401 341. pd Man. Buis. & Mat. all p Man. Shef. & Lin.,loo/p Do. Manch. & Lincoln 14 to 14!1 73-7 10 1 A - 10 1 , fi 113 A 11% d. 17 -18 96 —9B 20 5 A 20 7 4 21 V, 22 14 —l3 d. 6 - 7 - 43% 3ti - 3 7 A 6 91/4 - 91,4 CV: - 63/& -4% 17 - 17% 52 -55 33 -35 5 3 / 4 -6% 20y 8 - 20% 6% - 6 3 / 4 14% 8 -15% 39 1 4 - 40 92 1 .4 - 93 78 -lio 9 -10 p 73% - 74 6 —5 3 / dis. 4% 4 dis. 18% 19 8 1 4 -8% 104 - 105 124% 125 sYla —5% p 4 —4% p 2 — 2 1 A 93 93% . 4 2 1 /. dis. 2% 3_ 34 -35 Union 4l. 2s. pd Midland 100/. pd Do. Bir. & Derby 100/. Md. Gt. Wt. (Ire.) 47 % Newcas. & Carl. all pd Do. Quarter Sb. all pd Newmarket all pd Newport, Abergaven., and Hereford lOl pd Newry & Ennisk 7% p Norfolk _ 100/. pd Do. New 20r. S. 151. p North. Coun. Un. % pd Nort'l British ...251. pd North Devon pd North Stafford. 17% p North-Western 19/. pdl N. & S.-W. June. 6/. p i Oxford, Worcester, &I Wolverhampton 101 p, Scottish Central 25/. pl Scottish Midld., 25/. pd Do. New all pd, Shrew. & Bir. A, all pd Do. B Shrew. & Her. Old 8/.13 1 Shrewsbu. and Chester (Nor. W. Min. ) all pd Do. Halves all pd Do. Oswestry all pd Shrop. Union ...6 pd Do. A, B, C, & D fully pd. up at par cent.... South Devon all pd South-Eastern 30/. pd South Wales all pd South Yorkshire and River Dun 15/. pdl Do. Do. 51. pd, Stirl. & Dunferm. all p Stock. & Han 16/28.3d. Taff Vale 126/. pd Thames Haven Dock and Railway ...181. pd i Vale of Neath...l7/. pd Waterfd. & Kilk. all pd Waterfd. & Lim. all pd Waterford, Wes. Wick. and Dublin 31. pd West Cornwall 13/. pd West London all pd Yk., New. & Ber 25/. p 1814 -19 Do. & New. EL 201. p 6% - 6 dis. Do. G.N.E. pure. 91. p. 27,4 - York &N. Mid. 501. pd 25% - 26% Londonderry and Enniskillen. intIOPiImENCZ sass Aberdeen all pdt 1% - 7A s die. Do. No. 2, 7 per ct. Caledonian, 10/. all pd Ches. & Holyhd. all pd Dundee, Per., & Aberd. Junction all pd E. Ang.(3llos)6 p c. all Do. (5/.) 7 per ct. all p Do. (71175) 7 p. c. 2 p Eastern Counties Ex., sp. c., No. 1 all pd Do. No. 2 all pd Do. New 6 p. c. Stk. 10 Eastern Union Scrip, Guar. 6 per et._ all p Do. 10/. Deb. Sh. all p East Lancashire, 6 per ct. Quer. Shrs. all pd East & West Yorkshire Junction, stbs_all pd Edin., Per. & Dun. 5% per cent. all pd Gins. & S.W. Con. 1001. Gt. North. 5 p. c. all pd Do. 5 p c.;red. sc. 9 1 / p Great South. & West. (Ireland) Bths all pd Gt. West. (Berke & H. Ex. 5 per cent.) all pd Gt.W. fixed 41/ 100/. p Do. Do. _BOl. pd Lancashire and York shire, F. 20/. -CI. pd Do. 6 p. c. Stk. 1001. p Leeds Northern, 6 pert cent. No. 1 l3/. pd Do. Do. No. '2 17/. pd Do.. Do. No. 3 5/. pd Do. Qrs., 18 48 ...9/. pd L on don & Brig. gum-. 5 per cent. -100/. pd Do. Pr. 5 p c. Stk. 1 , 00 . Do. Con. 5 pc, 1852 all Do. N.Gr. 6p c 1001. p Lon. & N.-W. (Coy. & N u net.) 5 p. C. 13% pd T A . Sr S.W.,Co 3 ds• 51 . pi l Lon. & En. % Sb. all p Man., Sheff No. ~ & Linen.' Qr. Sb., 1 all pd D o . New, 10/. all pd Do. 6 1 . 3l. pd Mid. Con. 6 p c Sr 100/. Do. Con. Bris. & Bir., 6 per cent.... 100/. pd Do. Erewash Val. 100/ Do. Leic. &Swanning. 8 per c. Guar. 100/. p Do. Preference ...5/. p Norfolk Exten... all pd Do. Gr. 5 1 ,E p ct. all p Do. Wavny. Val. 2/. p North British 5l. pd North Stafford all pd Oxf. Wor. & Wol., 15/. 1 6 per cent 10/. pdl Shrews. & Bir. N.G. all Shrews. & Ches. (N.W. Min.) 8 per c....a1l pd . South Devon all pd St.-Est. 4% p c. 10/. pd Sth. York. 4 p c gd. 20/. Stock. & Hart. gd. 5 p c until July 1,1856, all p Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent. Si. pd York, Newc. & Bar. Gt. N. of E. Pur. all pd Do. Do 5/. pd York & N. Midland H. and S. Parch. 10/. pd, LINES LEASED 3 die. 70% 7o LA 37 —3B ••• - ••• 9Y I -9X 4 1 ,4 4 dia. 35 -37 10% —9% die. 3% 3 dis. 8% —8% —7% dis. 7% 7 die. ••• ..• 1% - 2 p. 24 - 24 1 % 17 3 % -18 x. 6 11 -12 5 3 1 4 die. 13 —l5 6 1 ,i 7 1 ,4 10 —ll 3% 2/ d el. 19% - 20% 21 -22 1, 35 - 35% 34 dis. IA p 116 = I% 2% 4% — 3 14 dis. 5 1 A —5% 20 1 ,i —21% •• •• 3% dis. EN - 9 17% - 18 5 - VA 3 -33 i 1 - 1q p 14 - 1 13 -13 igli - 14 8% - 4 i ll E. 1. 3/.. p -8% ... ....... •• • ••• ..... ••• 1 4 die. ... - ". •• • a''' . •s• % 12 -1% 10% - 11% 13 - 13% % - 3 ' d p 140 - 142 %die... , par 20 21 53( 3 11 ,4 34 5 2 10 10 p - 15% - 16 1 4% - 15% '''.. •Ot ''''" ••• IG#-17 - % dis. 36 p AT FIZZD Nominal Prices. 30 - 29 - 29 , h - 28 V A -- 18 - 45 - 35 - 35% S%-- 4% p 109 -111 5413 - 55% 25 -27 101% - 102% 12% - 12 3 % 125 -26 17 —is 'GU* 2wi ... '-- •• • P 22% - 233, 9 - 9q U -9% 1%-1 die• i 6% - /6% w ii :. — iso.4 31 30 30% 29% 18% 47 POREIGN. dens Railways. Nominal Prices. Business to-day. Cent. France (0.V.) all 2234 231 / 4 Chart. & Erquel. all . pd 13 —l5 Demerara all pd ••• Dutch Rhenish...B/. pd 314 3 dis. East Indian 18/. pd 3 3 / 4 4 p 21 7 / 8 22 Do. Do 201. pd Gt. Indian Peuin. all p -• • • 1► p Do. Do. 4% pd % y 8 p Louv. a la Sambre 7% Luxembourg l3/. pd 4 3 / 4 5 Do. (Railway) 10/. pd 3t4 —3% 31 / 4 % 1)o. l/. pd 1 / 4 Do. (Canal) 2t. pd % 34 . Maria Antonia 27N pd 8 —lO Do. New pd ' Namur & Liege all pd 6 —6% 6 1 /, North. of France.l6/.pd 22 7 / 8 23 1 / 4 x.d 23% x.l Do. 20/. 3p. c. Bds, all p 13 % 1314 Orleans & Bor 11/. pd 4 — 4 1 A 15 1 A % Paris & Lyons ...6/. pd 4 414 p Paris & Orleans all pd 46 —4B Paris & Rouen ...all pd 30 1 , —3l Paris & Stras. ...all pd 22 22% Rouen & Havre...all pd 11 1 A 11% I Sambre &Meuse all pd 5 —5% 5 % St. Andrew's & Quebec (A) 4/. pd Tours & Nantes 17/. pd 5% 5 5 ,f, dis. 11% West Flanders...B)A pd 3 —3% West. of France 61. pd 1 14 1 p 7 5 / 8 MINES. Agua Fria all pd % q4p 13a 5 / 2 3 % Anglo-Californian, all p % P 1 / 4 % Asturian 151. p ••• Australasian 2/. pd 1 —l% p 31 / 4 Australian Si. pd % 1 Austr. Freehold all pd % % die. Ave Maria all pd % 1 / 4 dis. Blaenarvon I. & C. all p Brit. Austr. Gold all pd 3 / 8 1 / 4 dis. British Iron 131. 15s. p Braz. Im. (is. sp) 24 1 / 2 I% 2 Do. Coca. & Cui. all p Do. St. Joh. del R. 151. Carson's Creek all pd par yi p 1 1 / 4 Cobra Copper 4O/. pd Colonial Gold 11 pd % p 1 1 / 4 % Eng. & Aust. Cop all p 1 / 4 dis. 1 / 4 p 5 Gold Mountain all pd %dia. 1 / 4 p 74 1 Great Polgooth all pd 1 p 4 1 / 4 Maxi. &S. Amer. 91. p . Nouveau Monde all pd par % p 1 Port Philip l/. pd % % P Quartz Rock all pd %dis. p Santiago de Cuba 10 3 / 4 7% — XB B% 81 / 4 9 1 / 4 9 Tin Croft 7l. pd 10 —ll United Mexican all pd 214 29/ 8 Weet Mariposa all pdl 3 % dis General, 10. ZOINT-STOCZ BANES. Australasia all pd 44 -- 45 145 1 ,2 45 % Brit. Nth. Amer. all pd 51 —53 Colonial 251. pd 111 / 2 12 1 / 2 Corn. of London 20/. pd 25 —2G Lon. & County 20/. pd London Jt. Stk. 10/. pd Lon. & NVestm. 20/. pd Nat. Prov. Eng. 35/. pd Do. New lO/. pd Nat. of Ireland 22 1 / 2 p Orient. Bk. Corp. all pd Prov. of Ireland 25/ pd. Do. New all pd Union of Austral all pd Do. New 2 l /2 pd Union of London 10/. p Union of ➢ladrid all pd 18 -18% 28% - 2914 173% - 17 34 -35 43 , ,i - 44 15y 8 - 161,4 40 -41 3 - 3 1 ,4 14% -15% Mrs Canada 32V, pd Eastern Steam...2s. pd Gen. Stm. Nay. 111. pd Penin. 8c Or. St. all pd Do. Do. ...151. pd Royal Mail Stm. 60/. pd' Universal Emigration and Colonization, 21, p :ELLANEOU 48 ' -49% 28% - 29 80 - 81% ;ii -76 .... ••• 42% MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 10,000 bales, of which 3,000 American were taken for export and on speculation. The market closed with a good demand, and an upward tendency; Ameri can and all other kinds a elude against the buyers; Sea Islands id. per lb. higher than on Friday last. The sales comprised 8,000 American, 150 Yemeni and Ma ranham, at sid. to 7d.; 100 Bahia, at 61d. to Sid.; 3(10 Eyptian, at bid. to 7id.; 1,000 Surat, at 310. to 4#d. ; and 130 Sea Island at l s . 2d. t o is. 7d. per lb.—Railway shares were firm. The state of the Silk market during the past month is thus described by Mr. H.W. Eaton :—" The silk market during April has experienced a fair current demand, the more satisfactory from the stocks of manufactured goods having been materially diminished. The delive ries have stilt improved. The deficiency in the total stocks of Bengal and China silk, as compared with the same period in 1851, now amounts to 4,689 bales, with an increased average monthly delivery of 489 bales. In Italian silk rather more has been doing for home con sumption, while the late advises from France and Italy respecting the approaching crop have rendered importers more firm, and have led to the export of some few bales. The latest accounts from China merely confirm the re port of a limited supply, the quantity on the way being unusually small for the season. In the more recent ope rations in Chinas, prices may be considered as ruling a shade ahoy() previous rates, more especiilly in Tay seams, which are very scarce. Bengal silk has been more current." There is groat distress existing in th e B o h em i an mountains among the lace weavers, who were descending into the plains to seek relief. At a meeting of the Newmarket Railway Company, this afternoon, th e ama l gamat i on w i th the E astern Counties was agreed to. From a Parliamentary return we learn that the sum of 109 760/. was levied in the year 1850 ulna the se veral foreign manufactured articles by duties of customs on importations, stating the name of euch article, the quantity imported, and the quantity consumed and rate of duty charged aro also given. Some of the details are of a very interesting nature; thus we find the value of the brass manufactures imported into this country in 1850 amounted to 3,9171., and 3,5861. was the value of the quantity admitted to borne consumption, and the amount of duty received was 359/., being a 10 per cent. ad valorem duty. The importations of corks, ready made, were 189,0071b5., on which 5,309/. was the amount of duty, or 8 4-10 d. per lb. The value of the earthenware importations was 3,1451. on which 10/. 100. was charged, amounting to 327/. Iron and steel, wrought, were imported to,, the value of 60,339/.; and the quantity retained for berme use was valued at 27,4481., the amount of duty was 2,757/., being at the rate of 10 per cent. Of Isinglass 2,009 cwts. were imported, and 2,037 cwts. admitted to home con sumption; the amount of duty levied was 5091 ,,- being at the rate of 5 per cent. Of European manufactured silk or satin, plain, striped, figured, or brocaded, 6,668 lbs. were imported, and 4,327 lbs. were admitted for home consumption, and 1,362/. was levied thereon. The importations of starch amounted to 4,980 cwt., and 4,972 cwt. wore admitted to home con sumption; 2491. was the duty levied, being Is. per cwt. Of snuff, 1,1971b5. were imported, on which 151/. was the duty levied, or 6i. 3 6-10 d. per lb. The same do cument gives the total receipt on the enumerated minor articles of foreign agricultural produce, in 1850, at 26,899/, of which cherries, apples, raw fruit, odons, pears, seeds, &c., formed the principal importations. The market for Public Securities has been rather dull, without any particular change in prices. Consols are 99i for Transfer, and 99i for Account. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have bees 100} to and the Three per Cents. 981 Bank Stock has been firm at 219 i to 220. Exchequer-bills dated June have been 65 , ., and India Bonds 80s. to Sae. premium. Foreign Securities have been quiet generally. Peru. vian Six per Cents, have risen to 104 and 105, and the Deferred to 64 } and 65. Grenada Stock is worth 22k, and Chilian 68k. Mexican Old Bonds have been 34 . to 35 } ; and the Now 27i to 28i. The number of Five per Cent. Bonds presented for conversion is 4'2,278. Spanish Throe per Cents. have been 471 to 47k, and the New Deferred 214 .Dutch Four per Cents. have been marked 934. Railway Shares have been higher, and at the com mencement of business were very buoyant, North- Western having touehed 1254, but a alight reactio n has occurred upon a rather large sale of this stock. Californian Gold Mine Shares are flat in conse quence of the Nouveau Monde manager having written home to say that ho contemplated t a ki ng the lease of some other property in preference to Colonel FremenCe. It appears, however, that no violence or difficulty from squatters had arisen, b ut that the title was considered to be not y et a d equately defined. The oc Agua Fria mine , la w believe, n oven i f ei s i Colonel n a dif ferent position, being already located; a Fremont were not the freeholder, the company would sustain no loss worth speaking of, having kept its resources well under command. The Australian Mines may, per haps, benefit. Royal Austr a l ian an d L ew i s Hill a re about premium. South Australian and English Aus tralian Copper have been firm. The Great Polgooth have risen, and several English Mines are being in quired for. QUARTER •To99' i THREE. i •... 991 1 ONE P4ICI " OF BRITIStI FUNDS O'C T,OCK CLOSING PRICES Bulk S took 3 , er Cent. Itcducied Anne. 8 oar Cont. Consols Annuities 99 I / 1 / 99% N^ ' , 1... per ( ;tint. Aims_ .. Long Anne. to oxpire. Jan.1860 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 18.59 6 9- 16 6 . 3C3 6 5 / 8 . . , _ India St cx ...... .. India Bonds, 1,0001. ..... .. Ditto under 1,000/........ ....... South Sea Stock ...... . . Ditto Old Annuities Consols for Account .. iCschenticr Bills. 11/4d• March. June. 1,0001. .. 5001. ......................... ONE. p ES PRIC OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. CL 0 China° Bonds 6 per Cent ..... • ..... PRICEI . Ditto 3 per Cant. Equador Bonds Grenada Bonds, 1 1 4 per Cent Do. Ex B 5 : :. 8 , i lB se Coupons n l p 9 e,rl(B3elli6t, :. Ditto, D efe rred.......... .......... c ei.lt 2:)t% '22% Ditto, 3 per Cent.. spah o: 5 p : 19 1 ,7 C:71 t. 1840 PM: D r% xii i i t : t i" o u , ni Deferred, 28% Portuguese per Cen te Cant s. 64 1 / 2 63 3's 65 65 100 1 4 100 Ditto; Now Deferred — 47 Yi 11.11.1fti gl Consols ... .. .0 Ditto Account, May 11 .. 68;4 4 y 8 OVA 47 -211 Railways. ; Leasing Bdf. & Bitch., all p Bir.& Oxt., gua. all Do. without, all p Bir.Wolv. & Dud., guar all pd Do. without, all p B uck in gh ash. all p Clydsdale Jc., all p E. Lin., gua. 6 pert cent. all pd Gloucest. & Dean Forest... 22 1 /, pd llartlepl. Dk. pd Hull & Selby, all p Do. llalves., all p Do. Quarts., all p Leeds 8413rdf., all t , Lon. & Grenw., all Do. Pref all pd L o westoft., gua. 4 1 per cent all IA Do. 6 p. ct , all p Middlesbe & Red car, 6 p. c., all p N. & E., p. c., all Do. 6 p. ct., all p Do. New all pd Prestn. & Wyre, 1 all paid Do.Tilves, A, all p Read., Guildf., and Reigate ... all pd Roy. & llit.. 6 j p Do. Shep. EL, all Shf.lth. & Goole, 5 p. c., 18.11.6 p S. Staffdsli., 9 1 A p Wear Val. 6 p c., all Do. do. ... all pd Do. do. ... all pd IYilta.& Sow., all .1) Loc.& NAV Gt. Wes tn. Do. Do. Do. Lon. &N.W ,Caledonian ! Gt. North Gt. Westfia. YklNew. & Berw. Yk. Do. Do. Midland S. Eastern IDo. I I Norfolk Do. ~ Stktn &Dar' E. Counti es! Do, Do. L.& \,«' & La. &Y Do. !S. Eastern., !Gt. Northn. Do. Lan. & Ykal rll'Clean Stckt& Dar Do. Do. Weattn 1 98 21% 17% 17 20 % 6% 15 40 39% 02 % % 192 % pill 74 73% % 8 1 /1 X 8 104% 104 103 125 34 1243 / i 125 27% Ye 123 3 16% 16 93 3 A 93 % 70;, N '1 to% 5 4 6 ii% 3% % 10 % 243 24 TA 11 , 4 2034 1 ,4 22 21y d % 35% 1 4 35 18% 131,4 , 69 26 25% 1 / 4 10% 1/4. Pa Pm 13g 15 143 i 106 165% 14 5 ;ii 1894 5% 341 1 1 X zzartoAtil. Busineaa to-day. a 5 NI 14 110 v, 9% % 101 100 49 Venezuela Bonds ' 3 1 „i per Cent 7 1% Ditto Deferred — Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent. 12 G u ild 61% 62 Ditto, Account 9834 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAY 4.—Wind at noon N., light breeze and fie. clear weather. QUEENSTOWN, MAY 2.—Wind N.E.--Arrd. Reaper, Laguna; Campbell, St. Domingo. Off port, A•exander Johnstone, Mauritius. NEWPORT, MAY 2.—Wind E.—Sld. Veer GeSUStert Cape of Good Hope; Araby Maid, ditto; Imperial, Antigua. LISBON, APRIL 28.—A v. esel, timber laden, dig• masted, water-logged, and t b .ndoned, has been seen off Ericeira. Her Majesty's a . e7mer Dragon has gone in quest of her. LOWESTOFT, MAY 3.—Tae Waverley, iV and from Ha , tlenu.)l ,to L ndo, r rJer ded on the Holm, wee ass:3W off nr lring water, tnd proceeded with extra hinds. LIVERPOOL, MAY 3.—Wind E., variable.—A lll Archer. Bat badoes; Chatham, New Orleans; Hesperus , Cuba; Kitty Cordes, Mobile; Excelsior, New york - Sld. Ward ; Chapman, Se' Franci sc o ; C a therine, Santo Martha; Templar, Valparaiso; Barazu, Rio Janeir o !, Eliza Killiek, Gonaivea ; Diana, Newfoundland. O u port, Cynosure, Antigua; Marion, New Orleans; Tee mountin, ditto; New York Packet. DEAL, MAY 3.—Wind N.E. to E.N.E.—Arrd. Ann M‘liati, • Madras ; Nautilus, Callao; Harriet, Rio Janeiro ; So u th Esk, Manzanill4. Jorgeo -. laid, BatsCa for Rotterd a m ; Goodwin, New d rleans for Antwerp. Arrd. f rom th e R• ver andsailed, Elizabe th and Hester, Cape o f G oo d H ope; A nne , H ong Kong: The whole of the ou t war d b oun d reporte d yester day are prepuring to weigh. Nepaul, ditt o ; REVAL, APRIL £3.—The frost bas continued sing e the 6th inst., The Nils Gyldny, Phi:nix, Iris, and Anne Catherine, from Messina, are surrounded, and in rather a pprilous situation, but their cargos are all landed. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 3.—Wind E. N.E. to W Isabella Blyth, Mauritius; Daniel, St. Domingo, for Antwerp, short of provisions, and with loss of beater bulwarks, &c. Off port, James, Trinidad. SOUTHAMPTON, MAY 3.—Sld, Oronoco, steamer, Wes t Indi's. FRESHWATER BAY, ISLE OF WIGHT, MAY 3.•••- e rb e Jame, Baltimore to Rotterdam, on shore in Compto n Bay, has broken her back and is full of water; tne, greater part of the cargo has been saved in a clamor' state. LIMERICK, MAY 2.—The Louis Eleonge, from Tor pico, which put into Kilrush on the 25th of April is distress, has oome up here to discharge and repair. MARKET hEWS.-(THIS DAY•) HAY NIATZHETS. SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 31 08 Od to 41 46 Odi Clover ditto, 31 5s to 4/ 15s; and Straw, 1/ 36 to 11 109 per load. Supply moderate, and trade firm. tOd CUMBERLAND.—Meadow flay, 31 3s Od to 41 76 Clover ditto, 31 5s to 4/ 12s; and Straw, 1/ 5s to 11 110 P er load. Trade steady, at the above quotations. WHITECUIPEL.—Meadow Hay, 31 Os to 41 5 9 Clover ditto, 31 56 to 41 168; and Straw, 113 a to 11 1 09 0 load. A fair average supply, and a steady demand. COLONI3I. SueAß.—The holders of mos 1 t Idescriptions are &rat sod ~ to the supply of foreign is limited. Yellow Havannah is :t o . 39a per cwt, kith several buyers, chiefly for expor t "ibe The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at 104 East and West India Docks was 556 hhds 50 tierces hdo barrels; there were taken for home consumption 1,29 5 r ho 81 tierces 768 barrels. The stock in the same places is c'e ery hhds 609 tierces 1,093 barrels. Ittfined, low to fine gr lumps, has been at 468 to 49s per cwt. for COFFEE.—The demand has been rather limited either ti home use or export, but holders are firm. Native CO W about 428 Gd per cwt. Ir Rum is in demand. The quantity landed last il e h e bde• the East and West India Docks was 121 puns 41,1,bd5. There were taken for home consumption 248 puns ° and exported :162 puns 209 hhds. The stock in the " places is 12,177 puns 753 hhds. I wer e RICE.—At auction 850 pockets, 199 ba gs Bengal taken ig s tat 9s 6d to 10s per cwt. O T° TALLOw.—P.Y.C. is 36s per cwt on th e s pot, anti 38s. Market firm. s od TEA.—The demand continues f o r use f u l Congou s ' 'ea good Greens are also in requ es t. L as t wee k's deliver s w fair. sn CINNAMON.—At the publi c sa l es th ere i s a w ant of — igle cls tion, and 3rds are dow n Id t o 2d per lb. Ab o ut two - t h of the quantity offered h as f oun d b u y ers . COTTON.—There have b e e n severa l buyers, at full rates' MAGAZINES, &c. (CONTINUED)' THE , ROYAL MILITARY. W. Kent and CO , The present number opens with an article on the musket question. The loss of the Birkenhead aoa the Militia question, as may be expected, occule. prominent place, together with accounts of ur field of Waterloo and the Kafir tribes. There! also a variety of minor subjects treated o f, and a 11; mary of public events, which though inte nded clue for military readers, possess much general interest- NEWTON'S LONDON JOURNA e ; to ol Among the recent patents noticed in tb l ";, - og t we fin . d those of Milne and Pickstone's for of wea . vin, &c. Harrison's, for the n ;anuia n ' - ",. io textile f abric s ; and Newton's, for inalon vegnen T' constructing railways. Illustrations are give n b. the inventions. Among the scientific n otices maY mentioned . the manufacture of white lesd, notice d t he lation of electricity to heat. rbtrb Übition# CHESTER RACES• (THIS PAY•) (BY ELECTRIC T.ELEGRAPIrI), The Grosvenor Stakes. 1 ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ..• • • 5 ••• ••• ••• ••• 41•• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• lanthe Sanita ... Sharavogno Match. Huogerlord beat Paddy Bird. CHESTER CUP BETTING. 12 to 1 aget Benito—taken ---- METROPOLITAN INTERNIET g'• T ! l i t d Duncombe, M I'., as h obtained a f ret urn, which Was p r in Monday, showing that under the Metropolitan v . o f ment a tAc D. Southwood Smith had been sect a 82121' 6004 1,1,0/. year ; Mr. C. Macaulay, appointed tary, seat a year; Mr. 11. R. William i, a treasurer, at 6°6l ' a 1 ' 30; (from the Bth of August last the office has been vaca the and Mr. H C. Edwards, statistical clerk, apncatedbech °I:1 ad' 14th of May, 1851, at 1501 . The salar i es h a ve ry t ea.• vanced by the Lo r d s C omm i ss i oners o f her Majesty's ' sury cut of the fund available for civil contingencie s. Of THE LATE SWORN CLliftlis OF THE COUR T CHANCERY.—It seems from a Parliamentary d' " and (printed on Monday) that the total sums paid in s alarY Mr. compensation to the tour late sworn clerks (Mr. G A stt l a 'xing Baines, Mr. Wainwright, and Mr. Mills), Masters under the Act sth and 6th Victoria, OAP' c i w hich a ppointeu 03, to the 25th of November last, waslls. C0Q, 64,108/. 13s. Bd. was as salary, and 172,187/. 17s. ‘-. pensation.—LEnormous!—ED, Sun. 1 CO I" THE TAXING MAST ERS OF THE COURT OF ,d on cmtv.—According to a retu rn t o P ar li a ment, Pri n ' ri tion , Monday, it appears that th e annua l amoun t of coniPen'cort in the event of Mr. Baines, the Taxing Master of the . , a nd o 2 f ;;0 C h u a . n u c e i s r . y s , ceasing d. rr o Ai r t a o . G3, h .a o eta l t d y t , l o i the office, i,is c ye ir54i5n,44031. 2s. 9 ., i t h is the annual sum to be paid for seven ears after his '. ;ol lltir Master, 4,935/. 9s. 7d. a year is to be paid office, 5,424/. 14s. 4d.paid,and 9 7 12 ‘‘ • - xing to hold i t 7 q . ‘2d. r is to be for seven years after his death. To Mr. Mills, % a nt of his ceasing to hold the office, and 2,457/. 14s. 10d. as Y, e „ t b ; 2a. 7d, A fo rri se W ve a n in 3 w .e r a i r g s h t t o 4 h ,s i o s O r L ep s r s a . s l e t i l i . ta a Y seven years to his personal representative a fters id u 2 : 2 50/. ear, . deb th, in the ev to for tive after his tha w tb found SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY, it is defalcations that led to the flight of Mr. Stovin, the_oucoflinc superintendent of this line for twelve years, are not s t , a re siderable as at first apprehended, but that his account 0 „,, in great confusion. His wife and family are unders o !ot to to have mainly arisen from liabilities unconnected wit h , railway. ~-, C ...... have joined him abroad ; and his absconding is understo.ll,J. .TORN DALRYMPLE F.11,0-'' DEATH OF MR. • ' • e s. orning, after a severe and protracte 0., pired on Sunday m ceased held the appointments of co ness. The lamented de 1 and of an s cl urg al e s o o ns a . seat at the to the Royal Ophthalmic Hospits 1 This distinguished member of the medical professsiond ill., suiting surgeon coah el of T•] —A Life Gu ardsman, N u o b r l t e h of L t o h n e d n on oy cured of the Heroes of Waterloo, Rheumatism by Hollor!stYhe CADVERTISEMEN • on e _.,, Ointment and Pills.—Mr. Thomas Brunton, landlord at I Mere a i l n c fir o m lle a g rY e ' Waterloo Tavern, Coatham, Yorkshire, was afflicted for Ma n ' months with r heumatism and rheumatic gout. His ieg 9 SV , - ue , dreadfully painful, and disfigured with colours of e ver)? "' to frightful to behold. For ten weeks he was wholly u nable t to do him any good, but leaving him in fa ct 6110 walk, the treatment he received from several medical men i p a . a e o o n n ly si f d a e i r li a n bly worse condition. At this juncture Hollowayl, o - ba a and Ointment were resorted to, and by their sole moan. ",„ e „,•stO been restored to health and strength.—Sold by all Dr u r'°' d and at Professor Holloway's Establish ment, 244 , SOO ' London. _..-....e.t. 15. 1 .1iTH8. OF A SON On the Ist inst., at Alfrel-place, North Brixton, llllatt, jun. On the Ist inst., at Southampton -street, Bloomsbury', wife of Adam Bittleston, Esq. oe A DAUGIITEE. On the Ist i ns t., at W mdham-place Bryaneton-BV arer • the lady of C a pt a i n Nugent Everard. On the 30th ult , at Garbrand-hall, Ewell , the wife of Henry Back, Esq. MARRIED. On the 29th ultßoxmoor, Hefts, Robert Lean, Captain Roy . al Engineers, of Otharn, Kent, to fra gl ' eldest surviving daughter of the late William tiorsworthYs Esq., of Oxford-terrace, Hyde-park 'Michael DIED On the 25 . h ult , at Holmeselale-lodge, N utfield, Su rre i r aged 88, Thomas Bugden, Esq. , for many years Major of ° 2d Royal Surrey. On the 28th ult., at St. Leonard's. on Sea, ]Battle~ Gil' borne, Esq , of Walton-on-Trent, Derbyshire. At Brighton, on th e 30th ult., Alexander Stewart, ESq" late of l ' enny h u rn, county of Londonderry, aged 81. On the I st ins t . , John Killick T y ler, the eldest son of o' j T. Tyler, Esq., of EgstburY•holingt.°n London: Printed and Published by MURDO TWIN No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, 144: " o f Strand, in the Precinct ortiie Sara, in Os Bitidcileats.lokyl May 4,101 I P R S : °lon of CART )4 fano spectir coante eroEs, Invite( be had 26 102% tr The t _QETI Th e SELL a.:110( ° 'Clock owirot4, A' Even i Pi tmt,. this„ cellor prints, It The ,_ sil hOTIn, On lb t om, Wtb s tO to, J4e et , a treet str.„, A ~,,,, Dlkp top,