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velment deemed to be necessary. He believed it to be op. posed by all the great constituencies, and that it could not be worked if it passed that House, and, though he might be sneered at for belonging to the peace party, he should give his opposition to the Bill on every stage.—(Hear.) Mr. MACGREGOR moved the adjournment of the de bate, amid loud cries of " Oh, oh," and "Divide." Mr. WHITESIDE said he had acquired much useful in formation 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 Hon. gentleman assured them that every eminent statesman in that Rouse was wrong in his opinion.—(Hear, hear, and Oh, oh.) The Hon. Gentleman the Member for the West siding observed on the impropriety of interfering in the concerns of foreign nations ; but where was the man so un sparing 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 pronoun ced his condemnation of certain Governments, and hailed the ar rival in this country of those whom he considered the deli verers 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. N'hitbread put the same question to Mr. Pitt, who replied hat the English fleet , on the occasion when the French assaed over from Brest, was enveloped in a fog so dense that he English Admiral could not see his own ships. The same might be said of the occassion when that desperate rebel, ]Tapper Tandy, effected a landing . in Ireland. He (Mr. Whiteside) was struck with the injustice of the argument addressed to the House. Hon. Gentlemen opposite referred to the lore 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. atitutional force—where did the Hon. Gentleman find that? Mr. BRIGHT did not say it was unc onstitutional. 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—WeII, w ho 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; an it. was, but still it was less expensive than a revolution.—(Hear, hear.) 'lle apprehension o f war prove d in the end more expensive than the war itself.—(Hear.) The Hon. Member tor Manchester asserted the danger was altogether visionary, and that he could not discover any thine in the condition of France to warrant apprehension. He (Mr. Whiteside) replied that " the military power of France was centered in one man."--(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Gentleman had also atserted that " the use of arms demo ralized, corrupted, and destroyed a community." Had the Hon. Gentleman read ancient history—or how had he read it? - (Hear, hear.) Did not history inform them that arts, arms, and agriculture were the glory of every country?-- (Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Whiteside) had then by him a letter written by Sir John Moore in 103, in which that gallant officer proneunced a warm eulogy on the militia of this conntrv, whieli he had then just inspected. He could quote the letter; hut, then, it was idle to quote authority for some men—(lleer, hear) —particularly men who set the same value on the warnings of the Duke of Wellington as though they were the emanations of "Mother Shipton."—(llar, bear.) The Hon. Gentle. Than bad referred to tlie pa: se of England. That press was Polve4ul because it denom,ced tyranny and wrong, and lent its powerful voice to nntiold the rights of suffering virtue.— (Hear, hear.) He ( Ar. Whiteside) supported a Militia Bill because it was prot?eive, without being aggressive—defen sive, without beinf. - ; insulting or threateui tat to any foreign power. —( lfear, bear.) He 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 blesings 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 prolvsed t) be raised by /fr. Pitt in ISO 2 was a regular militia; that recommended by the Duke of Welling • ton in the letter reed 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 lie had witnessed, bore no resemblance whatever to the force proposed by this Bill. He trusted, however, that Mr. Cobden would withdraw his amendment, fur, if he pressed it to 4 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 elle 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 EXCHEQUER thought the question before the House had been amply debated, bat if there were one or two Hon. Members who wished to ex press their opinions he was sure the House would readily listen to them.—(Hear, hear.) He hoped that a division would be taken on the amendment of the Hon. Member for the Weet 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 " Divide," and " Go on.") Mr. 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.—(Oh, 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 sumed his seat. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the adjournment Against it ... . . .. 291 Majority against the adjournment ... -- 223 Captain SCOBELL then moved the adjournment of the house. The CHANCELLOV. of the EXCHEQUER felt bound to oppose 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 Militia 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. lie believed the Bill was a most unpopular one, and he 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 for an early dissolutiont—(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 Hon. Member who had moved the adjournment had risen four or five times for the pur pose of addressing the House, but had not caught the Speaker's lye ; so that the Hon. Member could not be charged with having acted from any factious motive. For his (Mr. Clay's) part, he was so anxious for a dissolution of Parlia ment that he thought they ought not to pass that measure until it should have received the approval of a new House of Commons. Lord J. RUSSELL said he was one of those who had voted against the adjournment of the debate; but as many Run. Members were an us to address the House upon that subject he did not thirWhat anything could be gained by farther opposing the adjournment. htade CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that be !Trssed the motion because it would altogether stop the business of the House, but if the motion had merely had foritsohJect an adjournment of the debate he should, al though wit h w i Te considerable reluctance, have given to it his d with Nvould fix the resumption of the debate for this ay, ahope that Hon. Members who had notices on . the paper w ou l d allow i t to take precedence o f o th er biistrif?.ss. The motion for fie adjournment of the House was then withdrawn, and the debate was adjourned till this day. The Registration of L'irths Deaths, and Marriages Bill was rea d a second time. The other orders of the day were then disposed of and tthellytwe adjourned at O ne o ' clock. , FRENCH PLAYS. ST. JAM E S'S THEATRE. The popular and fascinsting Rose Cherie made her appearance last evening for the first time this season, in com pany with M. Name, an actor of merited celebrity in Paris, but hitherto a stranger to the London boards. A series of va udevilles were presented—Genevieve, Breeze, 'Melte Cesar; and Midi a Quatoree Heures. In the first of these pieces Mdlle. Rose Cherie played with delicacy and freshnes s ; and M. the part of Cler am b oarg , the old negociant, is one which . Nnma hve eff ectua ll y made his own. That ten der attachment to his approach of any one —not even - , s daughter which will not permit the app as anything so natural a person to a French la d y as . a lover -1 0m nothing of its tenderness or truthfulness in his ha n d s; his performance has heart and earnestness about it, and reuses t h e sympathies of the audience, simple and natural always will. Se was most warml y received throhout and promises to . achieve in this sountry popularity a worthy of his continental reputa tion. Brutus, liche Cesar, so called from a d og Brutus, who is heard to bark behind the scenes, bat never makes hi s appearance, is a neat spark ling little drama. A shrewd and sen sible member of the National Convention 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 ceives 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 it s Blass 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 sot trenaest pungency, the former by hi s met h o di c al coolness, the latter by the tinge of acrimony which ne cessarily creeps into a dialogue when a lurking feeling of shame is mixed with a sense of inferiority. Midi i Quasorze lieures turns on the perplexities of an advo cate whose better half tortures him with her jealousy, for which the suspected gallantry of his nature affords but too just a plea. M. Numa personated the hero of this amtaiag bagatelle. ROY AL MARIONETTE THEATRE. These mi r th- mov i ng fi gures , i n t h e ir determination to flash a . ; ail thing s , were introducedlast night in a bur lesque upon the popular drzma of The Corsican Brothers, and 1t is no disp A rtivement et the excellent manner i n which that mow; effewivo piece has been performed elsewhere to 13237, that the Marionettes :AT not behind their legitimate rival s i n the admirable style in which they leave Put thei!:iersion upon the b.tage., The Arcadian Brothers or a Spirit of pun c h, as i t is. here called, fol lows too eksely upon the ortginal plot to n€cd recapitu laticn here. Punch—the veritable English Punch (with the rep resen t a ti ve o f th e :og Toby)—and Chapvari, ,_. o otat i Sti prose, are the gins, who,st. the ocher characters r . .\1 4 47,1 • arum,Belle raner,.l.euis Renard, his Prime Vat du Chet, and Mons. Scribe. There are );•••7.• ,;, ' 2,-.1 .;`-r' 1 - S T E 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. FIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE! GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. On THURSDAY next, May 6, Will be presented Donizetti's admired Opera, DON PASQUALE. Norina, Made. Sofie Cravelli ; Ernesto, Signor Calz°lari Dr. Malatesta, Signor Ferranti ; Don Pasquale, Signor Lablache. After which the last act of MARIA DE ROHAN , Maria, Mme. Florentini ; Armando, Wile. Ida Bertrand ; Ri cardo ,Signor Calzolari ; De Fiesque, Signor Fortini ; Enrico, Signor Ferlotti. With various Entertainments in the Ballet Department by Madlle. Guy Stephan, Madlles. Rosa, Esper, Lamoureux, Allegrini, Pascales, MM. Di Mattia and'Mathieu. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Opera Sox-office, Colonnade, Haymarket. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT GARDE.T. GRA ND EXTRA NIGHT. First Night of Il 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 aria, Madlle. Anna Z err, Madlles. Bellini, Bertrandi, Mariani, Cotti ; Herr Formes, Signori Stigelli, Polonini, Sold!, Rouconi, and Mario. Commence at Eight o'clock. Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. R oy AL 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 Difficulty. 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 Wonderftil Lamp, produced with all the vast resources of this small establishment. Doors open at Ilia-past Seven, and commence 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 bad at the Box-office of the Theatre, and of all the principal Librarians. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Fidelio is unavoidably postponed in consequence of the indisposi tion of Madlie. Sofie Cravat. THIS EVENING, Will be presented Rossini's Opera of LA CENERENTOLA. La Cenerentola, Madlle. d'Angri ; Don Repair°, Signor Calzolari ; Dindini, Signor Bellettl; Alidoro, Signor Fortini ; Don Magnifico, Signor Labl ache. Between the acts a new Ballet Divertissement, entitled LA FETE DES ROSIERES. By Madlie. Carolina Rosati, Madlles. Rosa, Esper, Allegrini, Lamo reux ; MM. Di Mattia, Gouriet, Venafra, and Mathieu. To conclude with the new Spanish Ballet Divertissement, entitled, UN BAILLE DE CANDIL, In which Mdlle. Guy Stephan, Mdlles. Rosa, Leper, Allegrini, La moureux, M. Di Mattia, and 31. Mathieu will appear. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box ace, 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 be performed Meyerbeer's Clrand Opera, LES HUGUENOTS. Valentina, Maclaine Grisi ; Margarita di Valois, Madame Castel lon ; Damn d'Onore; Madlle. Cotti; Urbano, Madlle. Seguin ; 31ar cello, Herr Formes ; 11 Conte di San Bris, Signor Polonlot ; Il Conte de Nevem Signor Tagliafico ; De Cosse, Signor Luigi Mei ; De Rota, signor Gregorio ; the Hugenot Soldier, Signor Soldi ; Meru, Signor Rommi ; Raul di Naugis, Signor Mario. Composer, Director of Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. The performances commence at Eight o'clock precisely. 'rickets for the Boxes, Stalls, or the Pit may be had (for the Night or Season), at the Box-office of the Theatre, which. :open from Eleven till Five o'cloek ; and of the principal librarians end masicsellers. rtOYAi.„ Mr. P. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brampton. THIS EVENING, . _ _ Will be performed an entirely new comic Drama, entitled MIND YOUR OWN 13 USINESS; by Messrs. B. Webster, Leigh Murray, Buckstone, and Keeley ; firs. Stirling, Miss Reynolds. &c. Atter 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, ‘Voolger ; Mesdames Buckingham, Col ins, Caulfield, Honey, &c. To conclude with BOX AND COX, by Messrs. Keeley and Buck gtone. THEATP.E ROYAL, .DELPHI. Lesr.ca, U.:. 13. Webster Directres;, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Drama of powerful interest, called THE QUEEN OF THE MARKET. Characters by Messrs. Hughes, 0. Smith, Paul Bedford, Emery, Honey, Worrell ; Mesdames Chaplin, [larding, and Keeley. After wuich, a devilish new Extravaganza, called MEPHISTO PHELES. Characters by Mr. Honey, Miss Fitzwilliam, 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. Yining, J. Chester, F. Cooke, Everett, and Wheatleigh ; Misses Phillips, Murray, Rbertson, Vivash, Daly, and C. Leclercq. After which a Fairy Tale, in Two Acts, entitled WITTIKIN. D 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, Yivash, Newcombe, K, ferry, and 3[adlle. 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 CHAIN OF EVENTS. Characters by Messrs. Charles Mathews, Frank Matthews, Robert Roaby, Belton, Baker, Suter, Horncastle, Rosiere, Butler, and Honner ; Madame Vestris, Miss Laura Keene, Mrs. F. Matthews, and Miss Julia St. George, Miss Wright, Miss Oliver, Mrs. Horn, Mrs. Macnamara, 'Miss Martindale, Miss Ellis, Miss Grove, and Miss Foote. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager. Mr. W. Farren. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. To conclude with TELE CAMBERWELL BROTHERS; or, The Mystic Milkman. PUNCH'S PLAYHOUSE AND STRAND THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. W. R. COPELAND, Liverpool. New Management. THIS EVENING. Will be presented THE LOST HUSBAND. To be foliowed by MATRIMONIAL PROSPECTUSES. Messrs Walter Lacy, Attwood; Mrs. Selby, and Miss 'Maskell. To conclude with A VILLAGE TALE. Characters by Messrs. E Rogers, Attwood, Moreland; Mesdames Copeland, Selby, and Mas• kell. Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Amphitheatre, is. 'Private Boxes One Guinea and a Bah each. AFTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHBATRg. Under the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. The most successful and popular Theatre in London. THIS EVENING. Will be presented a new grand 3111itary Spectacle, which is now exciting all Paris, entitled BONAPARTE IN EGYPT; or, the Battle of Aboukir. To be followed by Batty's Inimitable Scenes of the Arena. To conclude with a Laughable r'arce. Tickets to be had at the Box-office from Eleven till Four daily. Stage Manager, Mr. Leclercq. HIGII WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Taxa DAT —Morning 47 In. after t 1 1 Evening 9 min after 2 To-Moscow--Morning 33 min. after 2 1 Evening 56 min after 2 THE WEATHER.--Stor Omar, MAT 4. rffitIMONEETKE, IX TRW 8/lAr E. 51—highest since noon yesterday. 31—lowest this morning end during the night. 50—this day, at mon. BAR.GMETER, 50.23. Wm) E.S.E.—cold breeze and cloudy. DAILY WEAT lIE 3 TABLE. :;tats of OA Wind and Weather at each of the fellowing places at Nine &cloth yesterday morning.—The stations a re arranged in order of latitude. P rxm ourn.—Wini S.E., gentle breeze—partially cloud ?own:mum—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—partially clo y udy. BRIGHTON— Wind N., calm--partially cloudy. ElAsTmi—Wind N.N.E.. gentle breeze—partially cloudy. Souniamproar—Wind N. W., gentle breeze—cloudless. For.tmaTovE—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. WitEENWICH—Wind S.E , gentle breeze—partially cloudy. Suwon—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—cloudless. SWINDON—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. OoffatESTEß—Wind N., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. CAMBRIDGE —Wind N., strong breeze—partially cloudy. YAemouTH—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 s'clock GARD3w—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. ULIENGA.R Wind W., calm—partially cloudy. eoota—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. Scraoob —Wind N.E., gentle breeze—cloudy. ~,/ ~; ,Ny ...,:-,:,-,.- --, , . v• ~ T iC ef- ,. ,•-'''''. ,-; A "4 ~ -, V.,-,::',...-.-.A 1, - .....:,i, - ...\ * , %,, '"t7l , -,- - "', .' t •-- - ;,;Ti - v. - 0 -- ,,,, , -"' -- c /_,..-- A,. ~%, ~,, - - , 0-"vi '" , .. 7 A , : • am , :i;(. , '''''" . , vii I , h. -, e- --o - ...,e.. - .._ ye/14 'mina gitiL LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 4, 1852. Yesterday, _..._ Mr. COBDEN'S threatened amendment against going at once into Committee on the Militia Bill gave rise to one of the most important discus sions that has marked the present session of the Le gislature. The_.. precise nature of the amendment m oved by the lion. Gentleman the Member for the West Riding we explainedareturn in of out r last naval force, impres sion.withlt required a view to bring hom e her I\l ' as much of that force as might be available prior to measures of defence as the adventuring upon any here y by o su n c e h her e AJESTY S Government. A more cogent statement tha n the one delivered in the House of Commons last evening by mr. ' r, r . vOBDEN was, perhaps, never before heard within the walls of Par liament. The H o n. Gentleman spoke with all his former acumen—" Ric HARD was himself again"—and we doubt not but that the very arguments which were listened to with so much manifest reluctance by the majority of the Representatives will be hailed R ith peculiar satisfaction by the people ofEngland, the pecpla whose opinions in this matter that majority cannot possibly be said to express. In illustration of the actual weakness of those advocates of the Militia Bill who arrogate to themselves, simply from their numerical Preponderance, the authority of now pro claiming the real sentiments of the country, Mr. COBDEN observed that that boasted majority was in SUET, LO N DO N, 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, Marylebone, 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 for 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 heen increased by no less than 2,000,0001., the estimate for that department of the public service being in 1835, 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. COBDEN 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 toto ccelo from the • Honourable Representative, regarding his judgment, as bewitched by the foci 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 considera tion of abstract principles to particulars, Mr. COBDEN insists upen 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 —tha East Indies and China, where there are nineteen cf her Maeaser's ships in commission ; the West Indies and North America, where there are thirteen ; the Cape of Good Hope, where there are nine ; 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— statistical 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 sy stem 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 1 Better a standing navy, than a thousand rifle corps! Better a re-organization of the marine artillery, than the drilling of a dozen batta lions of shopkeepers skilled in the use of the minis bullet, or of COLT'S revolver, or of that yet more celebrated weapon—the formidable zundnadelgewehr. It has 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 various 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 moat 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 flow into the pockets of the sleek and overpaid officials. Thus the chief abuses that have crept into the Court of Chancery, th e enormous ex penses end vexatious delays, are mainly ascribable to the system that caused the subordinates to be paid by f ee s in place of by fixed payrne n t s _ a system that could never be s at isfac tory ; for if the fees amounted to less than the services were worth, corn plaints would be speedily preferred, a n d th e matter r g e u c a t d ifi ru ed p:e bat what the on partythe ought hand, t e receive, they 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 131 s 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. PAGE Woon when introducing the first Bill for the relief of the suitors of the Court of Chan cery, at the commencement of the present session. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman clearly and dis tinctly established the proposition " that it is not right to tax suitors with the maintenance of the Court TUESDAY EVE! —to oblige those who had the misfortune to be involved I in litigation to maintain the judicial system"—a proposition which had the high sanction of the authority of Lords BROUGHAM and CAMPBELL, of the late Lord LANGDALE, and indeed of every dis tinguished legal reformer whose attention has been directed to the subject. 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 different payments, which would occasion very considerable additional expense and annoyance to the sufferers. It must, however, be borne in mind that this statement by no means shows the full extent of the grievance as it was some years since, when the system flourished in rank luxuriance, and before the pruning-knife of the legal reformer was applied to any of the excrescences that had sprung up in our courts, when the present Earl of ELLEN BOROUGH received for a sinecure office in the Queen's Bench far more than the salary of the Lord Chief ' Justice. Indeed, the Noble Lord is still in receipt of nearly 11,000/. sterling per annum, as compensa tion for the abolition of the office, while Lord CAMP BELL only receives 8,000/. per annum, and the other judges only 5,000/. per annum each, for the devo tion of their entire time and ability to the effi 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. GATTY, BAINES, MILLS, and WAINWRIGHT, have received between them since the passing of the Act abolishing the situations (5 and 6 Victoria, cap. 103), up to and for the 25th day of November last, no less than 236,2961. lls. 3d., of which 64,1081. 13s. 84. was for salaries as taxing officers, and 172,1871. 17s. 7d. for compensation, being nearly three times the amount of the salarieF, which, being about 2,0001. per annum for each, might be considered fair remu neration fur 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, 5,4241. 14s. 41. for his life, and to his representatives for seven years after his death (! 11) ; to Mr. BAINEP, 5,403/. 23. 9d., and for seven years after his death 2,701/. lls. 5d ! to Mr. MILLS, for his life 4,937/. 9s. 7d., and for seven years after his death 2,467/. 149. 10d. ; and to Mr. WAINWRIGHT, for his life, 4,5001. ss. 11, and for seven years after his death 2,250/. 2s. 73.! ! These are pretty pay- , ments for the country to be saddled with. 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 PARKE& 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. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before the LORD bIIANCELLOR.) His LORDSHIP this morning heard several appeal ma. Lions, but notbinm of importance occurred. (Bat Ore the LORDS JUSTICES.) SPARROW V. THE OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVER HAMPTON RAILWAY. The arguments in t his case, which has already been frequently reported in our columns, were 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 Consolidation Act was not inconsistent with the special Act obtained by this company, and that the true meaning of this clause was not that a railway company IT quiringpart of a manufactory, must absolutely and imperatively take the whole, even in invitum, but that they are only obliged to take the whole in the event they are so required by the proprietors thereof. The case was ordered to stand over till Saturday to settle the exact terms of the injunction. VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY. (Before Vice• Chancellor TURNER.) WARD V. SWIFT. The Court was engaged part of Saturday and the whole of yesterday and this morning with these causes, which originated in the simple claim of an annuitaut, for an annuity charged by a testator on his estate, and in which the difficulties have been multiplied by original bills, bills of supplement and reviver, and proceedings before the Master, involving the case 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. THE KAFIR WAR. ELYAIOUTH, MONDAY, MAY 3. The merchant-ship Maidstone, Captain Nash, from Calcutta, which left the Cape of Good Hope on the 17th of March, has landed a passenger here. Her accounts from the seat of war are seven days later than those by the Agincourt, on Saturday. Colonel Yarborough, of the 91st, has been slightly wounded; Ensign Hibbert, of the 91st, wounded; Cap tain Bramley, of the Cape Corps, wounded; and 26 sol diers of the 91st and 74th Regiments killed and wounded. 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 (•:.s usual) by combined Kafirs and Hottentots. This affair occurred between the Ist and 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.l2th Lancers, Artillery levies, &c. SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. Gross traffic receipts for passengers and goods, week ending May 1, 1852 ... ... ....£11,679 1 8 Ditto, May 3, 1851 ... ... 12,808 2 6 ... £1,129 0 10 Decrease in 1852 London Terminus, May 3, 1852. GLASGOW AND SOUTHWESTERN RAILIVAL.--1111ffie for the week ending May 1, 1852 : Passengers (19,C 21), goods and parcels, horses and carriages.. £3,852 5 4 Corresponding week in last year 3,678 16 8 Glasgow. May 3. Intelligence was received yesterday from the su perintendent and cashier of the Nouveau Monde Company in California, which may tend to enlighten the public as to the value of the " leases" and claims in that State, which have lately been vended as prizes to English speculators. The report, both with respect to the difficulties connected with Colonel Fremont's title and with his power to put par ties into possession of any mineral grants, was such as to prevent their making any attempt at prese nt to esta blish themselves on his property. The supe r i n t en dent was accordingly 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. —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 THE CRYSTAL PALACE.—In COD 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 Dispatch, 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 16th of May. 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, a nd its dimensions in fe e t. I n order that every individual in the country may possess this statistical reflex of curious and interesting results, to mark the demolition of the building, and to serve as a memento of its existence, the Chart will be delivered gratis to every subscriber and purchaser of the Dispatch on the day stated. The Dispatch is published at four o'clock every Saturday morning, in time for the first railway trains leaving London, and for the morning mails. Early orders should be given to all newsvenders in town or country ; or to Mr. R. J. Wood, No. 139, Fleet-street. The news agents will have a copy of the Chart with every Dispatch of May 16th. We understand that the Earl of Pembroke hi!.s . taken a chateau at St. Germain for the summer. Hi s Lo o r4 s ship is perfectly recovered from his long an d danger u illness. BALLAST HEAVERS IN THE PORT Or L ONDON.— brought On Wednesday a Bill in the Rouse of Commons ,ead a seco nd nd forward by Mis r. George Thompson, t o be r a general registry time, the object of which is to establish office for the benefit of the ballast -heavers of the port of London. Aberdeen Amb., Not., Bost. & E. June. B% pd Bir. Wolv., and Stour Valley . . all pd. Birk., Lan., .& Ch. Jet., late 33/. 65.8 d., 26/. pd. Ditto, Chest. & Birk., 50/. & 25/. Cons., all pd. Ditto, ditto 17 1 4 pd. Brist. & Exet., 1001. pd. Caledonian 5O/. pd. Chest. & Holyh., all pd. Dub. & Belf.Jet.4s/ pd. Dundlk & Ennis., all pd. Dundee, Perth, & Aber deen June. ... all pd. Ditto, New all pd. East Anglian (251. L. & E. and L. & D,) all pd. )o(181. E.& H.)all pd. ..,'ast.Counties...2o/. 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. & W. Yk. Jnc., all p Edinb. & Glas., 50/. pd Edin.,Per.& Dun. 251. pl Glas. & S.-West., 1004 Great Northern, all pd Do. Halvs. A def., all p Do. do. B,6pr.c.allp Gt. S. & W. Ireld., all p Great Westn., 100/. pd Lane. & Carlisle, all pd Doaloirds, 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 Lond. & Blackw., all pd Lon.,Brig.& S. Ct.loo p Lon. & N.West.,loo/. p Do. Quarters 2 2 /. pd Do. Fifths . . . l2l. pd Dc. 1.01.,M (c) lip Lon. & S.-West. 100/. p Do. New 50/., 42% pd Do. New 401....341. pd Man. Bux. & Mat. all p, Man. Slid. & Lin.,loolp! Do. Manch. &Lincoln Union 4/. 2s. pd Midland 100/. pd Do. Bir. & Derby 1001. Md. Gt. Wt. (Ire.) 47 1 / 2 Newcas. & Carl. all pd Do. Quarter Sh. all pd Newmarket all pd Newport, Abergaven., and Hereford lO/ pd Newry & Ennisk 7 1 / p i Norfolk lOO/. pd Do. New 20'. S. 15/. p North. COllO. Un. pd North British _25/. pd North Devon ...11/. pd North Stafford. 11 i 2 p North-Western 19/. pd N. & S.-W. June. 6/. p Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 101p' Scottish Central 25/. p Scottish Midld., 251. pd Do. New all pd Shrew. & Bir. A, all pd Do. B Shrew. & Her. Old 8/. p Shrewsbu. and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) all pd Do. Halves all pd Do. Oswestry all pd Shrop. Union ...61 pd Do. A, B, C, & D fully pd. up at per cent. .. . South Devon all pd South-Eastern 301. pd South Wales all pd South Yorkshire and River Dun 151. pd Do. Do. 5/. pd Stirl. & Dunferm. all p Stock. & Har. 16/2s. 3d. Taff Vale 1261. pd Thames Haven Dock, and Railway ...18/. pd Vale of Neath...lell. pd Watered. & Silk. all pd Watered. & Lim. all pd Waterford, Wex. Wick. and Dublin 3/. pd West Cornwall 13/. pd West London all pd Yk., New. & Ber 25/. p Do. & New. Ex 201. p Do. G.N.E. pure 0/. p. York & N. Mid. 50/. pol Londonderry PRETE Aberdeen all pd Do. No. 2, 7 per ct. 3 3 / Caledonian, 10/. all pd Ches. & Holyhd. all pd Dundee, Per. , & Aberd. Junction all pd E. Ang.(3/ 10s)6 p c. all Do. (5/.) 7 per ct. all p Do. (7/17s) 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....a1l p Do. 10/. Deb. Sb. all p East Lancashire, 6 per ct. Quar. Shre. all pd East & West Yorkshire Junction, sths all pd Edin., Per. & Dun. 5 1 / 2 per cent. all pd Glas. & S.W. Con. 100/. Gt. North. 5 p. c. all pd Do. 5 p c:red. ec. P Great South. & West. (Ireland) Bths all pd Gt. West. (Berks & IL Ex. 5 per cent.) all pd Gt.W. fixed 4% 100/. p Do. Do. _BO4 pd Lancashire and 61. York shire, F. 20/. _pd Do. 6 p. c. Stk. 100/. p Leeds Northern, 6 per cent. No. 1 l3/. pd Do. Do. No. 2 17/. pd Do. Do. No. 3 61. pd Do. Qrs., 1848 `9l. pd London & Brig par. 5 per cent. ...100/. pd Do. Pr. 5 p c. Stk. 18 52 all 100/. Do. Con. 5 p c, Do. N.Gr. 6 p c 100/. p Lon. & N.-W. Gov. & Nunet.) 5 p. c. 13% pd'' Ln. & S.W;Co. 315 . 5 1. p Lon. & Ea.% Sh. all p Man., Shetf., & LinCl3. Qr. Sh., No. 1 all pd Do. New, 10/. pdi Do. 6/. ............ 3/. pd Mid. Con. 6 p c St. 100/. Do. Con. Bris. & D 6 O. per ecent.... / 1 . o pd l Do. Leic. & Swanning. 8 per c. Guar. 100/. p Do. Preference ...5/. p Norfolk Exten all pd Do. Gr. 51/2 pal. all p Do. Wavny. 2/. p North British ...5/. pd North Stafford all pd Oxf. Wor. & Wol., 15/. 6 per cent 10/. pd Shrews. & Bir. N.G. all Shrews. & Ches. (N.W. Min.) 8 per c....a1l pd South Devon ...... all pd St.-Est. 44 pc. 10/. pd Sth. York. 4 p c gd. 20/. Stock. & Hart. d. 5p c u ntil July 1,185 g 6, all p Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent. 3/. pd York, Newc. & Ber. Gt. N. of E. Par. pd Do. Do si . pd York & N. Midland H. and S. Purch. 10/. pd THE SHARE MARKETS. Railways. Nominal Prices. 14 to 141/I 7% -7% 10% - 10% 11 —1 1 1 A 17 -18 96 —9B 20 5 / 8 2038 21 1 ,E 22 14 —l3 d. 6 - 7 4I A - 4 3 / 3%- 3:, 9%- 91/2 6j 2 - 6 % 4 5 / s 17 17% 52 -55 33 -35 53/4- 20 3 / 8 - 20 5 / i 3 6 1 ,4 - 6 3 / 4 14/ 8 -15% 39% 2 - 40 92 1 4 - 93 78 -80 9 -10 p 73% - 74 6 5 3 / 4 dis. 4 1 A —4 dia. 18% 19 - 104 - 105 124' - 125 5% - 534 p 4 -4 1 / p 2 - 2 1 / 4 R 93 93 1 ,4 - 4 —3 4 dis. dia. 3_ 34 -35 3 —2% dia. 701/ 70% 37 —3B ... . . . 9 14 - _ 93/ 4% 4 dis. - 37 10% —9% dis. 3% 3 dis. 8% —Bl 7 3 / 4 —7% dis. 7% —7 dis. ... ... 1% -2 p. 7j4 5 —5% —2% dia. 13 —l5 10 —ll 2 7 4 d. 19% - 201 215 3 - 224 35 - 35% % dis. YL p 11 - 5 . 6 -= .1.1. 8 3 / 4 - 9 17 % - 18 5 -5% 3 -3% 1 - PA P %- 1p 13 -13% 13% - 14 3%- 4 8 1 /6 -8% 1 - 33 , 4 - 33 4 p 12 - 12% 10% - 11% 13 -13% % - Y 8 p 140 - 142 %die. -- par 20 —2l S YB - - 6 YB l'A - 5 11 /6- 138 p 10 -10% 15 3 / 1 - 16 14 1 / 2 - 151/ 16% - 17 4% - 43% Y 4 die. IA p 111 RxTxsu ItAZZ. WAYS. 24 24% 17% —lB x.d 11 —l2 1 3 / 4 2 1 4 4% 3 1 Adis. 514 ..._ 5% 20j 21 Y 2 —••• 4 1 4 dia. 18 1 ,E —l9 sq 6 dis. 2% 8 2 5 1 8 di3., 25% 26% and Enniskillen, ZENCE SBA: lA 7 8 dis. 1 43/-15 1%-- 1 % P 3A, di& Business done to-day. MINES LEASE: .82r FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Leasing Business Companies. Nominal Prices. to-day. ---- ----- ----- Bd£ & Bitch., all p Lon.&N.W . . —•• Bin& Oxf., gum all Gt. Westn. 30 . —3l Do. without, all p Do. Bir.Wolv. & Dnd.,l guar....-, all pd Do. Do. without, all p Do. c ß l u y c d k s i d n a g i e j b as c. h : all p Lon. &N. W 1 8 18% a E. gna. 6 35 35 % 85% 14 cent. all pd,Gt.Northn. p 1 ll e p r Caledonian 4 5 — 47 F Gloucest. & Dean 3% —4% p 26 / 8 orest... 22 1 A pd,Gt.Westrn. Hartlepl. Dk. & C YkliCewl- ... Railw....all pd 1 er w ' 110 % 111 ____— 5 1 5 1% Do• 2 _ 27 1113011. &ffa Selby,Halves. , e s. all all p p Y S' k . B . & N . . ..M . . .. 1 5 0 45 9 % Do. Quarts., all 1' 13 .1 an . a . : .. . 101% 102% 102% Leeds &Bra, all P g w anii i , a .p l d : S ili i :E o . a s t . e . rn.. 2 1 5 2% 2 1 6 2 3 / 4 Lon. LDowo . Lowestoft., t ro G ef ft r . . e ., Do. per cent.a.l pd Norfolk lel a d l P- 1 E. Counties 60 —62 tktn &Dar —II p S ... ... N3s D i ci Do. dr Ei, 6 e6B. p , bp . sr. e , pc t s,. .. : CRa a . Do , 6p. ct., st , ll p Do. •.. Ppreso.tnN.e&w\Vyarlei , L.& pd c D0. N.1 . V . .. . ..• • all paid 1 &La. &Yf ••• Do.Hlves, A, all p Do. Read., Guildf., and • ... P Reigate ... all pd S. Eastern 2 2 34, 23 1 / 4 Roy. & Hit., 6% p Gt. Northn 9 01 Do. Shep. Ex., a ll D o. Shf. Rth. & Goole, S P. c., 18.11.6 p Lan. & Yks ... —.. S. Staffdsb., 9 1 2 p MrM'Clean . l l /4 1 • die. Wear Val. 6 p c. ' all Stckt& Dar ... Do. do. ... all pd Do. Do. d 0.... all pd Do. Wilts som., all D Gt , Westrn 09% •-• &v`" 7* 4, 185 2 FOILEIGN. Business done Railways. Nominal Prices. to-day. Cent. France (0.V.) all 22 3 / 4 23% Charl. & Erquel. all pd 13 —l5 Demerara all pd • Dutch Rhenish...B/. pd 3 1 /, dis. East Indian 18/. pd 3 3 / 4 4 Do. Do. _2O/. pd ••• p 21%8 22 Gt. Indian Penin. all p 3e 11 4 P Do. Do 4% pd % P Louv. a la S am b re ••• Luxembourg _l3/. pd 4 3 / 4 5 Do. (Railway) 10/. pd 3s —33 e is Do. l/. pd % Do. (Canal) 2z. pd % 3 / 4 Maria Antonia 27 : 4 pd 8 —lO Do. New 8% pd Namur & Liege a ll pd 6 61% North. of France,l6l.pd 22% —23 % x.d 23 % x.d Do. 201.3 p. c. Bds, all p 13 1 / —l3 % Orleans & Bor 11/. pd 4 4 1 4 p 15% /a 1 / 4 Paris & Lyons ...61. pd 4 —4% p Paris & Orleans all pd 46 —4B Paris & Rouen pd 30 1 , —3l Paris & Stras. ...all pd 22 22% Rouen & Havre...all pd 11 —ll ix, I Sambre &Meuse all pd 5 5 1 / 4 St. Andrew's & Quebec (A) 4/. pd Tours & Nantes 17/. pd 5% —5% dis. 11% West Flanders...B 3 / 4 pd 3 —3% West. of France Cl. LW I'/s —1% p 7% MINES. Agua Fria all pd 5 / 8 'Tep 13 / a Anglo-Californian, all p 1 /13 3 /s p % % 3 / 4 Asturian 151. p ••• Australasian 21. pd 1 —l% p 3'A Australian Si. pd 1 Austr. Freehold all pd % % die. Ave Maria all pd % di'. Blaenarvon I. &C. all p • Brit. Austr. Gold all pd % % dis. British Iron 13/. 15s. p • ••• Braz. Im. (is. sp) 24 1 / 2 1% Do. Coca. & Cui. all p ••• Do. St.. Job. del R. 15/.1 % Carson's Creek all pdl par 1 / 4 p 1 Cobre Copper ...40/. pd' Colonial Gold 11 pd 3is p 1 34 Eng. & Aust. Cop all p i %dis. p 5 Gold Mountain all pd P 7R , Great Polgooth all pd 1 1 1 / 2 p 434 3:1 Mexi. & S. Amer. 0/. p . . Nouveau Monde all pd par 1 / 1 p 1 Port Philip ... pd 1L p Quartz Rock all p 0 %dis. % p Santiago de Cuba 10 3 / 4 —8% 8% 9% 9 % Tin Croft 7l. pd 10 —ll United Mexican all pd 2% West Mariposa all pd 3 / 3 % dis General, 10. JOINT-STOCIE SANS. Australasia all pd 44 —45 45% 45 % Brit. Ntb. Amer. all pd 51 —53 Colonial 25/. pd 11 1 / 2 , 12 1 / 2 Com. of London 201. pd 25 —26 Lon. & County 20/. pd London Jt. Stk. 101. pd 18 —1 8 3 A Lon. & Westm. 201. pd 28 3 / 4 29% Nat. Prov. Eng. 35/. pd Do. New lOl. pd Nat. of Ireland 22% p 17 3 / 4 —l7 Orient. Bk. Corp. all pd 34 —35 Prov. of Ireland 251 pd. 43 1 / 2 —44 Do. New all pd 15 7 / 8 16 1 / Union of Austral all pd 40 —4l 42 1 / Do. New 2% pd 3 —3% Union of London 101. p 14 3 / 4 —153/ Union of Madrid all pd MISCELLANEOUS. Canada 32% pd 48 49% Eastern Steam...2s. pd .. Gen. Stm. Nay. 14/. pd 28 34 —29 Penin. & Or. St. all pd 80 81 1 / 81 Do. Do. ...15/. pd Royal Mail Stm. 601. pd 78 —79 Universal Emigration and Colonization, 2/. p IVIONEY 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 shade against the buyers; Sea Islands id. per lb. higher than on Friday last. The sales comprised 8,000 American, 150 Pernam and Ma ranham, at sid. to 7d.; 100 Bahia, at 61d. to 6id.; 300 Ey ptian, at 6id. to 7, 1 2 . d.; 1,000 Surat, at 30. to 40.; and 130 Sea Island at ls. 2d. to 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 still 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 advices 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 above previous rates, more especially in Tay seams, which are very scarce. Bengal silk has been more current." There is great distress existing in the Bohemian mountains among the lace weavers, who were descending into the plains to seek relief. At a meeting of the Newmarket Railway Comp any this afternoon, the amalga ma ti on w i t h the Ea stern, Counties was agreed to. From a Parliamentary return we learn that the sum of 109.7601. was levied in the year 1850 up on the se veral foreign manuf ac t ure d art i c l es b y duties of customs on importations, stating the name of each article, the quantity imported, and the qua n tit y consume d and rate of duty charged are a l so g i ven. Some of the details are of a very inter es ti ng 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 home consumption, and the amount of duty received was 3591., being a 10 per cent. ad valorem duty. The importations of corks, ready made, were 1 89,0071b5., on which 5,3091. was the amount of duty, or 8 4.10 d. per lb. The value of the earthenware importations was 3,1451. on which 101. 103. was charged, amounting to 3271. Iron and steel, wrought, were imported to the value of 60,3391.; and the quantity retained for home 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 509/.; -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. were admitted to home con sumption; 2492 was the duty levied, being Is. per cwt. Of snuff, 1,1971b5. were imported, on which 151€. was the duty levied, or 63. 3 6-10 d. per lb. The same do cument gives the total receipt on the enumerated micor articles of foreign agricultural produce, in 1850, at 26 8991., of which cherries, apples, raw fruit, onions, pears, Beads &c., formed the principal importations. The market for Public Securities has been rather dull, without any particular change in prices. Consols are 99* for Transfer, and 99i for Account. The New Three-and.a-Quarter per Cents. have been 100 k to f, and the Three per Cents. 981 Bank Stock has been firm at 2191 to 220. Exchequer-bills dated June have been 655., and India Bonds 80s. to 83s. premium. Foreign Securities have been quiet generally. Peru vian Six per Cents. have risen to 104 and 105, and the Deferred to 64* and G 5. Grenada Stock is worth 22*, and Chilian 68*. Mexican Old Bonds have been 34i to 358 ; and , the New 278 to 28*. The number of Five per Cent. Bonds presented for conversion is 42,278. Spanish Three per Cents. have been 471 to 47k, and the New Deferred 214. Dutch Four per Cents. have been marked 931. Railway Shares have been higher, and at the com mencement of business were very buoyant, North- Western having touched 1251, but a alight reaction 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 taking the lease of some other property in preference to Colonel Fremont's. It appears, however, that no viol ence or difficulty from squatters had arisen, but that the title was considered to be not yet adequate l y believe, is i n a defined. The Agua Fria mine, we dif ferent position, being already located; and e ven if C oloel Fremont were not the freeholder, the company would s ustain no loss worth speaking of, havi ng kept its resources well under command. The Austr a li an M i per haps, benefit. Royal Australi an and Le wise3 about * premium. South Australian and En glish Aus tralianare Copper have been firm. The Great Polgooth have risen, and several English Mites are being in quired for. Consols ~. .• Ditto Account. May QUARTER TO THREE. • ... 90i i ... 991 I •, 41 ,. B RITISII Fu ND s O'CLOCK P RICKS Or ONE CLOSING 13 t's MockPRICES ! tier Cent, Reduced Anne 5 Per Cent Consols Annuities- 9 8 3/, y s 98 X; ei - .0) 31 9 9 % % 99% Afi per Cprit. Ann •100% % 100% LougAnn ' : T" , .... 6% _ S. to expire., an. s v6 O Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 ..... 6 9-16 6% . 6% India St^iek India Bonds, 1,0004 B3 p 80 p 83 p Ditto under I,OOOL -••••••••. 80 P South Sea Stock ...... . . ............... Ditto Old Annuities ............... 97" s 97 'A Conn!s for Account .. ............... 99 3 4% June.99lA Sxcll.quar Bills. 1 1 / 4 d. M arch. 1,0 001 . .. .. ........ 65 p 500/. ...... ................... .... 67 p 62 p ONE CLOtsi , a PRICES OF FOREIGN' FUNDS. O'CLOCK.. l'IlICEF; Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent : .......... Ditto 3 per Cent. ................. 68 % 68% Equa d or Bonds .................t ....... —4% G re nada Bonds, 1% per Cen Do. Ex Dec., 1849 Coupons VI/ - is Ditto, Deferred Mexinnn 5 per ( en' , 1846 • ;13 Ditto, 3 per Cent 1( 2 3 g 104 105 Peruvian Bonds. 5 per Cent_"... Ditto, Deferred, 3 per Cent Portuguese 6 per Cents 64% 63% 65 Spaniel 5 per Ccnt. 1840 ... 1004 Ditto, Passive ..... Ditto. 3 per Cent . . Ditto, New Deferred .. t.c.i.or ...j. 22% 34% 28% 105 47 21% ; 49 Venezuela Bonds, 3 1 ,4 per Cent Ditto Deferred I 7 3A Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2 1 4 per Cent. 12 Guild 61% 62 E 62 Ditto, Account Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates LLO YD'S SHIPPING--(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAY 4.—Wiud at noon N., light breeze and fine clear weather. QUEENSTOWN, MAX 2.—Wind N.E.-:-Arrd. Reaper, Laguna; Campbell, St. Domingo. Off port, Alexander Johnstone, Mauritius. NEWPORT, MAY 2.—Wind E.—Sld. Veer Gesus!er, Cape of Good Hope; Araby Maid, ditto; Inverts), Antigua. LISBON, APRIL 28.—A v ssol, timber laden, die.' masted, waterlogged, and b ,ndonei, has been seen (?ff Ericeira. Her Majesty's s . e mer Dragon has gone ) 11 quest of her. LOWESTOFT, MAY 3.--Tae Waverley, or and from Hartlepool .to ndsti, gnat ded on the Rolm, was ass . sted off making watt r, end proceeded with extra hands. LIVERPOOL, MAY 3,—Wind E., variable.—Arrd. Archer, Bee badoes; Chatham, New Orleans; H e sperus , Cuba; Kitty Cordes, Mobile; Excelsior, New Y . or k• Sick Wa7d, Chapman, San Francisco; Catherine, S anta Martha; Templar, Valparaiso; Berazu, Rio Janeiro!. Eliza Tr ' port, Cynosure, .Antigua; Marion, New Orleans; mountain, ditto; New York Packet. DEAL, MAY 3.—Wind N.E. to E.N.E.—Arrd. A°° " M'L'can, Madras ; Nautilus, Callao; Nepaul, ditto, Harriet, Rio Janeiro; South Esk, Manzanillo; jo r g eo loid, Batav:a for Rotterdrm; Goodwin, New Orlean s for Antwerp. Arrd. from the It'ver and sailed, Eliz abeth and Hester, Cape of Good Hope; Anne, Hong l an g . The whole of the outward bound reported yesterday are preparing to weigh. REVAL, APRIL 23.—The frost has continued ei°" the 6th inst., The Nils Gyldny, Phenix, Iris, and An° Catherine,. from Mcsidns, are surrounded, and in r ather a puking situation, Iv, their cargoes are all lande d. d PORTSMOUT H , MAY 3.—Wind E N.E. to W.- - A r g r ; Isabella Blytb, Mauritius; Daniel St. Domingo, 't Antwerp, short of p rov isions, and with loss of bow' bulwark , t, &e. Off port, James, Trinidad. SOUTHAMPTON, MAY 3.--Sld Oronoco, steamer, W ell Indies. FRESHWATER BAY, ISLE OF WIGHT MAY 3.'" :11 ,,, b n e Japara, Baltimore to Rotterdam, on shore in Corel”,, - Bay, has broken her back and is full of water; greater part of the cargo has been saved in a damag e &tate. LIMERICK, MAY 2.—The Louis Elconge, from To°°,n -pico, which put into Kilrush on the 25th of April '- distress, hes come up here to discharge and repair. 111ARKZT i',EWS.—(THIS DAY.) 31.87 IVILIRKETS. SMITEFIELD.—Meadow /lay, 31 Os OCI to 41 46 - Clover ditto, 31 Is to 4/ 153; and Straw, 113 s to 1/ los P eg' load. Supply moderate, and trade firm. ocl; CUMBERLAND —Meadow Hay. 31 3s Oci to 41 is pe r Clover ditto, 31 Is to 4/ 12s; and Straw, I/ 5s to I / load. Trade steady, at the above quotations. 7 n 4 pd; WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hey, 3/ Os to •••-- Clover ditto, 315 s to 41 165; and Straw, 113 s to 11 106 r load. A fair average supply, and a steady deman d ' COL 3N1.114.. spa SUGAN.—The holders of most descriptions are 6 033 44 5 to the supply of foreign is limited. Yellow Havannah tioo. 393 per cwt, it ith several buyers, chiefly for eP° :r . t ,' l t the The quantity of British Plantation landed last wee k - East r.nd West India Docks was 556 hhde 50 tieroes bads barrels ; there were taken for home consumption 1 , 43 , 081 81 tierces 708 barrels. The stock in the same plaeos hhds 609 tierces 1,093 barrels. Refined, low to find' g" lump Cosrs , has been at 46s to 49s er cwt. for ms.—The demand has p been rather limited e i ' - ho" home use or export, but holders are firm. Native C 4" about 42s 6d per cwt. 01C A Rust is in demand. The quantity landed last nods. the East and West India Docks was 121 puns 41,' There were taken for home consumption 243 puns 1 " . 0 00 and exported 162 puns 209 hhds. The stock in th4' places is 12,177 puns 753 hhds. ts 1 90 EICE.—At auction 850 pockets, 199 bags 13enire taken in at 9s 6d to 103 per cwt. A TOO TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 36s per cwt on the spot, 38s. Market firm. a nd TEA.—The demand continues for useful Corle t Vveries good Greens are also in request. Last week's a e ' were fair. CINNAMON.—At the public sales there is a want of all u de tion, and 3rds ars down Id to 2d per lb. About tw o "'" of the quantity offered has found buyers. Corrox.—There have been several - buyers, at full rates- MAGAZINES, c. (CONTINVBP). THE ROYAL MILITARY. W. Kent a nd `1 1 ; The present numb e r opens with an articl e on t musket questi on . Th e l os s of the Birkenhead silo the Militia question, as may be expected, occup9„, prominent place, together with accounts of 11; field of Waterloo and the Kafir tribes. There also a variety of minor subjects treated of, and a sic mary of public event?, which t hou g h intended c,llte for military readers, possess much general intertet• NEWTON'S LONDON JOURNAL" ripl. Among the recent patents noticed in this jigl!'g, we find those of Milne and Pinkstone's , for 2001 o f weaving, &c.; Harrison's, for the manufactillt; io textile fabrics ; and Newton's, for improv"" l3 ,,' f constructing railways. Illustrations are giv e Ly the inventions. Among the scientific 0 0 t ices A — iii - re mentioned the manufacture of white lead, an' --3 lation of electricity to heat. Cbtrtt •latittott+ CHESTER RACES•' (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH`)' The Grosvenor Stakes. 1 ".. lanthe ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 Sanita ... ... ... ... ... —• . 4. ° ... Sharavogne ... ... ••• ••• •" Match. Hungerford beat Paddy Bird. CHESTER CUP BETTING. 12 to 1 aget Benita—taken ,rh es mos, METROPOLITAN INTERMENT ACT.—Mr. a -,,-- ttso Duncombe, M P., has obtained a return, which vra s filter on Monday, showing that under the Metropolitan far 3 , of ment Act, Dr. Southwood Smith had been paid “ sa 500 1 - 1,2u0/. a year; Mr. C. Macaulay, a year ; Mr. H. R. Williams, a" treasurer, at 6°ol. a y (from the Bth of August last the office has been vacant__ and Mr. H. C. Edwards, statistical clerk, appointed on ad 14th 14th of May, 1851, at 1501. The salaries have beenTreate appointed secretaV, cot vanced by the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty sury out of the fund available for civil contingencies• v or THE LATE SWORN CLERKS OF THE C ° , i fi c it ti ment CHANCEEY.—It seems from a Parliamentary u, ° ‘ ,. and (printed on Monday) that the total sums paid in s alary and jr. compensation to the four late sworn clerks Baines, Mr. Wainwright, and Mr. Mills), Masters under the Act sth and 6th Victoria, chap' n f vihic ht the 25th of November last, was 236,296/ 115. 3d., ", ae"" 64,1081. 13s. Bd. was as salary, and 172,187 1 . 17 5 * ' d • pensation.— Enormous !—ED. Sun.l ,„ o r CEA I4. THE TAXING MASTERS OF THE COUR T - ; t o 00 CERY.—According to a return to Parliament, Pr`ti.,Batioot a ( r o g po l int G ed it i ts o 3 2• tir t Monday, it appears that the annual amount of coroP e ' c o ot in the event of Mr. Baines, the Taxing Master oft be e d and of Chancery, ceasing to hold the office, is 5,403 1 . 25 ' Ae l' i tli i ll the annual sum to be paid for seven years after his death 2,701/. 1 ls. sd. To Mr. Gatty, on his ceasing to holdgiii 70..• 2 ‘ 1 ,,: forofli c s e e , v 5 e ,4 0 24 37 /. e l a 4 rs s. a 4 f d te . r a h year is d is ea t t o h. be pTaoid, i gd 2,7 1 ` - "Tailet , gills, vo t of Master, 4,935/. 9s. 7d. a the year for year is to be paid in his ceasing to hold the office, and 2,467/. 14s. 10k;Aldeatli seven years to his personal representative after el 2,25 0 " 2s. 7d. Mr. Wainwright 4,500/. 13 55. Id. a year, ao. dea th. id. for seven years to his representative after Ills, t tbe SOUTH-WESTER N RAILWAY.—It is found tha t AG defalcations are not snu_ra superintendent of this line for twelve Yea his accounts that led to the flight of Mr. Stovin, Doh in great confusion. His wife and siderable as at first apprehended, but that . to family are undeqv — t , o o• d i s una i r h the have joined him abroad ; and his absconding to have m • railway. mainly arisen from liabilities unconnected with F.It•S : DEATH 01' MR. JOHN DALRFiarLE, . _ 0% . This distinguished member of the medical professsr, ill- a or. n d Hess. The lamented deceased held the appointment . , c „ pd on Sunday morning, after a severe and protra tr.. 00- sulting surgeon to the and also a seat at the Oa' North London Infirmary, and _ Royal Ophthalmic Hospital : G o f table of the Royal College f e ° ti.rgeons. i—A Life Gua r d sman, on • , the j 1 via , the Heroes of Waterloo, cured of Rheumatism by Hol 00, tips Ointment and l'ills.—Mr. Thomas Brunton, landlord r_spy andlegs months with with rheumatism rheumatic gout. His hu e, Waterloo Tavern, Coatham , Yorkshire, was afflicted for I t.,,as and disfigured with colours of every to id. For ten weeks he was wholly ana l) t a Doti walk, the treatmenthe received from several medical me t irt $ to do him any good, but leaving him in i s pills frightful t ly t painful, a behold. , only failing considerably worse condition. At this juncture Holloway 1 ' h a s and Ointment were resorted to, and by their sole means be io , been restored to health and strength.—Sold by all D rugg ild. Stra and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 2 44, London. __.—.../°-- BIRTH& OF A BON. On the Ist inst., at Alfred- place, Nort h Brixton , ° rlf. MiOnll P the Ist ellatt, inst., at So u th amp t on - s t ree t, Bloomsbury' wife of Adam Bittleston, Esq. OF IX. ore, On the Ist inst., at W y nd h am place, Bryanston-ecl the lady of Captain Nugent Everard. On the 30th ult., at Garbrand-hall, E w ell, the w ire °f Henry Back, Esq. MARRIED. • hae l Mic to, On the 2-Stal ult., at Boxmoor, Herts, Robert Latfan, Captain Royal Engineers, of Otham, Kent, to Ew._.., eldest surviving daughter of the late William Norsvirortul -L cl., of Oxford -terrace, Hyde-park. DIED. On the 25•11 ult, at Holmesdale-lodge, Nutfield, Sarre'', aged 88, Thomas Bugden, Esq ,for many yeara 2d Royal SurreY. nis- Oa the 28th ult., at Si. Leonard's on Sea, MattlieW ~.. borne, Esq , of Walton-on-Trent, Derbyshire. At Brighton, on the 30th ult., Alexander Stewart, Es6l" late of Pennyhurn, county of Londonderry, aged 81. ha • Major of the On the lst inst., John Kitlick Tyler, the eldest son et d ° T. Tyler, Esq., of Easthury louse, Kennington lane. of London: Printed and Publishe d by 11.1IIRDO TOth"' 11 ",i No. 112, Stran d, Printer, at The Sum Mee, No. St r and, in the Precinct of the. o av es., jo the coUla 9 " Middlesex, Wuesclah May 4:102 4~ 98 20% 5 / 8 p ie 21% 17y 17 2031 s % 63A, 15 40 39% 9278 % 1_92 IA Pm 74 73 3 % % 8 % % 8 1.111% 104 103 125 1 / 4 124% 125 27 3 / '5; (123 3 / 8 16% 16 93 3 / 4 93 IA 70% if 3 Ji Ysiii 160% 5% 6 8 3 / 4 3% Y 1 10S ii 24 5 / 8 24 X 20'A 1 i 22 21 7 / 8 5 / 8 35% 3i 36 18 7 / 8 13A 6% g 26 25 1 / 6 LOy, Pm Pin 13% 15 147 106 105% IA 5 % 5% 1 1 ,4 13% 11%