The Sun. — London, England, 1852-04-26 00:00:00

H" MAJESTY S THEATRE. Madlle. JOHANNA. WAGNER. Mr. Lumley has the honour to announce to the nobility, subscrib ers, and the public, that the Injunction against Madlle. Wagner and Mr. Frederick aye, founded on the documentary evidence laldbefore his Honour the Vice-Chancellor Sir James Parker, remains in fall farce. This fact a f f ords the best confirmation of the accuracy of Mr. Lumley's previous announcements, and the most effective refutation of the unwarrantable attacks to which he has been subjected. HER MAJESTY'S THEATI3. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. On THURSDAY next, April 29, Will be presented Beethoven's Opera of FIDELIO. Leonora, Madlle. Sofia Crnvelli ; Fiorentino, Signor Calzolari ; Rocco, Signor &mini ; Jacquino, Signor Mercuriali ; Moneetra, Signor Fortin'; Pizarro, Signor Belletti. After which the new Spanish Ballet Divertissement, entitled UN BAILE DE CANDLL, In which Md ll e. Guy Stephan. XdlleS. ROBa, ESPer. AlleZrini, La mourenz,M. Di Mattia, and M. Mathieu will appear. To be followed by a selection from ItOsSillrd Opera, L'ITALIA>.i-A.IN ALGIERT. :kltistapha, Signor Benet' ; Taddeo, Signor Ferranti ; Haly, Mercnriali; Lindoro, Signor Calzolari; Elvira, Madlle. Feller ; and Isab ella,Madlle. d'Antlri4 To conclude with a new Ballet Divertissement, entitled LA FETE DES ROSIERES. By Madile. Carolina Rosati, Manes. Rosa, Esper, Allegrini, Lamo ems ; MM. Di Mattis, Gourlet, Venafra, and Mathieu. Applications for P.ozes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box- Vice. Opera Colonnade, Haymarket. ----- ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. wat appearance of 3failaine Grill. First Night of Norma. On SATURDAY, April 29, Will be presented Bellini's celebrated Opera. NORMA. Norma. Madame Grisi ; Adalgisa, Madlle. Bertrandi ; Clotilde, Madlle. Cotti ; Oroveso, Herr Formes ; Flavio. Signor Soldi ; Pale, Signor Tamberlik. To conclude with the second and third acts of R09.0111.'S opera, GUGLIEL3IO TELL. Matilda, Mme. Castellan; Eduige, Male. Cotti ;Walter , Guglielmo Tell Sig. Ronceni ; Jemmy (his son), Mdlle. Bellini ; Sig. Ma rini ; Melcthal, Sig. Polonini ; Leutoldo, Sig. Hainaut ; Gessler, Sig. Tagliaflco ; Un Pescatore, Sig. Stigelli ; Itedoifo, Sig. Soldi ; and Ar- Doldo, Herr Ander (Principal Tenor of the Imperial Theatre of Vienna) Composer. Director of Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. The performances commence at Eight o'clock precisely. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD -STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CHARLES KEAN. On Monday, April 26, svM be performed The Corsican Brothers. After which a Fairy Tale, in two acts, entitled Wittikind and his Brothers ; or the Seven Swan Frinc.es and the Fair Melnsine. Tuesday, 27, Th e Corsican BrotherS, and the new Fairy Easter Piece. wednes d a y, 23, Shakspere's Historical Play of King John, and the new Fairy Easter Piece. Thurs day, 29, The Corsican Brothers, and the new Fairy Easter ec Pi. Fr e iday, 29, The Corsican Brothers, and the new Fairy Easter Piece. S a turday, May 1, The Corsican Brothers, and the new Fairy Easter Piece. ROYAL MARIONETTE THEATRE, ADELAIDE-STREET, WEST STRAND. Attractive Novelties for the Easter Holidays. TLUS EVENING, and every evening daring the week, A new Characteristic Address. by the 31anager- After which a new Piece, entitled THE HAPPY MANAGER. A Dramatic Diffculty. In one act. A Morning Performance on Wednesday and Saturday next. Doors open at Half-past Two, and commence at Three o'clock. To be followed by a grand Ethiopian Musical Entertainment by an extraordinary Troupe of Ebony Marionettes. To conclude with an entirely new version of the Grand Eastern Spectacle of ALADDTN ; or, The Wonderful Lamp, produced with all the vast resources of this small establishment. Doors open at Half-past Seven, and commence at Eight 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-oftlee of the Theatre, and of all the principal Librarians. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TO-MORROW, Will be presented Rossini's (Vera. IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA. Rosina,lle Sone Cruvelli ; 11 Conte d'Almaviva, Signor Cal zolari ; Figaro, Signor Belletti ; 13aailio. Signor Ferlotti ; DOn Bar tolo. Signor Lablache. To conclude with a new Ballet Divertissement by M. GOsselin, the Music composed and arranged by M. Vadand, entitled LA FETE DES ROSIERES. By Madlie. Carolina Rosati, Madlles. Rosa, Esper, LAMOTIIIIX, and ; MM. Di Mattia, Venafra, Gouriet, and Mathieu. A new Grand Opera, by Meyerbeer, is in preparation. Application' for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Opera Box-oflice, Colonnade, lsymarket. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. COVENT-GARDEN. First appearance in England of Madlle. Johanna Wagner. First appearance this season of Signor Mario and Ilerr Formes. First Night this season of Le Prophete. The Directors, in the coundent belief that they will be enabled to procure the dissolution of the Injunction of the Court of Chancery, beg most respectfully to announce that TO-MORROW Will be performed Meyerbeer's grand Opera, LE PROPHETE. Fides, Madlie. Johanna Wagner (Prima Donna of the Royal Theatre at Berlin); Bertha, Madame Castellan ; Jean of Leyden, 4 1gnor _Mario ; Count Oberthal, Signor Tagliafteo ; Serjeant, Signor Sold(; Peasants, Signori Bache and Ito mmi ; Giolli, Signor Stigelli; Mathesen,Signor Polonini • Zaccaria, Herr Forme ( , The incidental Ballet and Skating Scene will be supported by Madlles. Kolemberg, Leblond, and Robert ; MM. Alexandre, Flusse , and Built; and comprise the celebrated Quadrille des Patinenrs. Commence at Eight o'clock. Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor. Mr. Costa. Tickets for the Boles, Stalls, or the Pit may be had (for the Night or Season), at the Box-office of the Theatre. which Is open from Eleven till Five o'cloek ; and of the principal librarians and mnsicsellers. TILMATRE ROYAL, HAZY Alm rT, Mr. L Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENING, Will be performed an entirely new comic •Drain:i, entitled MIND YOUR OWN BUSLNESS, by Messm. B. Webster, Leigh Murray, Buckstone, and Keeley ; Mrs. Stirling, Miss Reynolds, &c. . . After which a new hnriesque on a frightfully popular subject, to be called 0, GEMINI ; or, the Brothers ofro(u)rse. Characters by Messrs. Buckstone, Bland, Woolger ; Mesdames Buckingham, Col ,ins, Caulfield, Honey. &c. To conclude with BOX AND COX, by Messrs. Keeley and Buck stone. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELFIII. Lessee, Mr. B. Webster : Directress, Marbtme Celeste. THIS EVENING. Will be performed a new Drama of powerful Interest, called THE QUEEN OF THE MARKET. Characters by Itlessrs. Hughes, 0. Smith, Paul Redford, Emery, Honey, Worrell ; Head:tines Chaplin, Harding, and Keeley. .after which, a devilish new Extravaganza, called 3IEPHISTO PHEL.ES. Charactcrs by Mr. Honey, 3liss Pitzwilllant, and Miss Woo!gar. 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, WIR be performed the CORSICAN BROTHERS. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Kean, A. Wigan, Ryder, Meadows, J. Vining. J. Chester, F. Cooke, Everett, and Wheatleigh ; hilases Phillips, Murray, Robertson, Vivash, Daly, and C. - Leclercq. After which a Fairy Tale, in Two Acts, entitled • WITTIKIND AND HIS BROTHERS; or, The seven Swan Princes and the Fair 3lelasine. Characters by Messrs. Harley, Meadows, F. Cooke, Fleimore Mrs: Winstanley, Misses Marshall, Robertson, Murray, Leelereq; Daly, Vivash. Newcombe, K. Terry, and Madlle. Auriol. ROYAL LTCEIM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris, Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. TIII3 EVENING, WM be produ , ed a (Wainatic story', In eight acts, entitled MAIN OF EVENTS. Characters by Messrs. Charles Mathews, Frank Matthews, Robert lioxhy, Belton, Baker, Suter, llorncastle, Roei.re, Butler, and Homier ; Madame Vestris, Miss Laura Keene, 31 ,r ) . F. Matthews, and Miss Julia St. George, Miss Wright , .:Miss o "T er . Mrs. Horn, Mrs. MacnamarJ, 31i,s Martindale, Miss Ellis, Miss Grove. and 3lles Foote. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. . Lessee and .Sanger. lir. W. Farren. Wtll THIS , be performed ' HAM UVENL.SG LET. 3tessrs. Farrel, Compton, and lioaktns; Mi•lidaines Lacy and Fielding'. To conclude with TILE CAMBERWELL BROTHERS'; or, The Mystic Milkman. . PUNCH'S PLAYHOUSE AND STRAND THEATRE. Lessee, Mr• W. IL COPELAND, Liverpool. • THIS EVENING. Will be presented A. VILLAGE TALE. Characters by Messrs. 1:, Rogers, Attwood, Moreland ; Mesdames Copeland, Selby, and Mas- ---- After which THE LOST HUSBAND. To conclude with THE RAGGED SCHOOL. Characters byMessrs Rogers, Attwood, Morel and ; Mime Maakell, Eglinton, and Morelli. Boxes, 3e.; Pit, 2s. • Amphitheatre, la. Private Coxes One Guinea and e flan each. Stage Manager. Mr. F.. Stirling. _ toe'CLEY'S ROYAL *---- Under the Patronage or her MajesVgcliuroyEal. Highness Prince Albert, Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. The mcst successiu/ and popul ar Theatre . Batty. THIS EVENING, in Lyndon. Will be presented a new grand Military Spectacle, which B.' w exciting all Paris , ent itled BONA.PAItTE IS LoY PT ; or , n th % Battle .of Abetikir. by Batty's Inimitable Seen" 01. till T"'our daily. To be followed Da. M. Pulaski and 3ladlle. Valentine will appear every • evening du r ing the week. WEATHERCOCK. To conclude with THE Tickets to be had at the Box-otfiee front Eleven Stage Manager, Mr. Leclercq„ - ' HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE, Dar —Morning 53 coin. after Eveni ng mi n ' Tn.111" " W rlg 11 m an. after 6 I Evemcg 13 MI 2. THE wEATHEF.......snzr Ornor, Ar AL 25. Tucemoltra•m: , ILO; 6}fADE. 4.3 ""`highellt since WOO yesterday 33—lowe s t thi n morn ing and during th e ni g ht,. — this day, at noon. BAROMISTBR, 30 . WIITD N.E. to E.—sharp breeze, with heavy squalls vcca sionally, and sunshiny weather. MONDAY, APRIT, 26. Tmenscolurra.n, TN TIEN SHADS. 4S—highest since noon yesterday. 33—Lowest this morning and daring the night. 56—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30.05. Wr:qrs S.E.— fresh breezes and sunshiny weather. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clocko la n ti Sat d n e. r m.. day mo.in.—The stations are arranged in orde r of latitude. hard w i nd—rain. Parawr°74l--I)ilinindciN.E.,.hard wind—overcast. RAErrams—Wind E.N.L.,,strsotnrogngbreberzeee—ze_parotvieralciyascti.oudy. Botrrwamrrox—Wind 5.E., /.4 -axeroxit—Wind E., strong breeze—partially c loudy. TawaittooE—Wind N.E., strong , (1111E.F.. NWICII—Wind E., hard - wind—cloudless. C'a'ac"4l)—Wind E., hard wind—cloudless. o . f h re e s a h v3 b,r g ee l z i p P s a r r t t i l a a l i l l y Y c c l l o o u u d d- T y .. Camn.n)taic—NVind , hard wind—cloudless. Yanmouß—wimi heavy gale—overcast. aces The reta rue front ths tollowiil 1 indicate the state of o'clock : g p the wind and wtather on Friday morning at nine Ltaireunc--Wind . S.W. gontle brioze—parCall cloudy M UL . L' treAtt—U:lM., .8•F-. y rentlt hretz overcast. 1,1,7,,i,„ —lna S , P°°Lir Wind N.E., gentl e . --- S. .L Egentle brftez(t..—over •,Lit nti----pa;taiamliv cloudy. ,u,l,Wind S. E., gelato r", z „_,..!' • EL° " hid S. hard wi I.•Af•-. - 1 1 • srgentle b bror,Zbi partiallv c lea r . . .* • ' S. reezt — Principally strong "" r " Wi rid E., ARLIN E., strong broeze—partially cloudcloudy. \\ • • AP-Wind_ Y. • ‘.' ' • oca—Find S.E. ,hard --partially cloudy _ . Km • 4 . -----,-..n............... I -v: ' .....:'.. i. 1 7 - : •t - ' 1 %,?: , •- / . j"" 4 . 2 1 ON DIT- —A matrimonial alliance is arra n A a ndge,.. ...----)- . /- , -.l4veen the Viscount Newark, only son of Lord M t anvers , ,',..---_*...._.. _ .._ Abe elegant and a...complished daughter of a French noble ' 0 an ot high rank. 'ha lady U said is have a good fortu nv v v. • .. 11r ' PerlAisitire Courier, THE SUN, LONDON, stronger case for a stringent and searching investiga tion is thereby established than we could have anti cipated. We had previously known that although the report of the Select Committee, urging the greatest expedition, was published on the 29th of July, the tenders were not required to be put in until the 26th of February. Nearly seven months were thus completely thrown away—a period that would have been exceedingly valuable if judiciously applied, and the misapplication of which might have left the entire matter in the hands of a single company, who could then have made their own terms, the Government being entirely in their power. Viewing this part of the case in the most favourable light, it cer tainly bears the aspect of a degree of gross negli gence and unjustifiable procrastination, utterly un • becoming in a high officer of the Crown, and deserv ing of serious animadversion. The apathy was, however, perhaps more excusable than the reckless and headlong activity by which it was succeeded. The Government had tendered its resignation on the '2lst of February ; on the 23d Lord DEBBY was entrusted with the task of form ing an administration, and his predecessors were only nominal occupants of office until his arrange ments were completed. This was the case on the 26th of February, and notice was given that the ex- Ministers would surrender their seals of office at her Majesty's levee on the 27th. Tile 26th, however, was the day fixed for sending forward the tenders for the different mail services. The day which had been fixed in the previous November could not be altered. If that were practicable, perhaps some greater degree of " decency" might have been ob served, and more time might have been consumed before " the foregone conclusion" was announced to the world. Every minute was, however, of impor tance—an hour's delay might have allowed the question Ito be fairly adjudicated on with ample leisure for testing every point to the very bottom ; but that did not suit the views of those whose official existence had so nearly approached its termination. A stranger might have thought that they would rather have evaded so great a responsibility, binding the country to the payment of 1,596,800/., and post poning for eight years the urgent and unanimous recommendations of a carefully selected Committee of the House of Commons. The motives must have been strong indeed that could have induced such extraordinary hardihood of assertion as that contained in the Admiralty report of the 27th of February, the morning after the tenders were lodged the very morning when " my Lords" bade farewell— we trust a long one—to the cares and sweets of office. In that report their Lordships utterly ignored the fact that the Eastern Steam Navigation Company had offered to establish branch communications between the ports of Bombay and Calcutta and those of Pe nang, Singapore, Hong-Kong, and Shanghae, invol ving a distance of 84,000 miles additional service per annum, without additional charge, an omission the more remarkable, inasmuch as they pointedly alluded to the extra service between Bombay and Point de Galle, volunteered by the Peninsular and Oriente Company. But, great as was the speed at the Admiralty, there wag more remarkable expedition apparent at the official residence of the Financial Minister in Downing-street ; notwithstanding the melancholy office, Sir C H ARLES N preparati onsfound for tim t e h e t o surrenderperuse the o of report and record his approval of it. We know not whether he did so before or after the levee, but it would be worth knowing exactly at what hour the report of the Lords of the Admiralty was signed on the 27th, and at what time it was transmitted to Downing-street. The matter cannot stop here. It is due to the country that every circumstance connected with what appears to be a gross and palpable job should be fully and clearly explained. It is also due to Sir CHARLES WOOD and the members of the late Board of Admiralty. Any further concealment can only prove injurious. The Eastern Steam Navigation Com pany, whose exertions have saved so many thousands per annum to the nation, have also a right to an im partial consideration of their complaints, and if they have been used as tools on the occasion, and led into expenses which it was determined should not produce any fruits, to fair remuneration for their losses. Of the propriety of the recommendation of the Committee, for " the encouragement of an open com petition," and their objections to an exclusive traffic on the Indian lines, we have recently had too strong a proof in the protest signed Captain CH ARLES MORGAN ELLIOTT, of the Madras engineers, and concurred in by five officers of her MAJESTY'S and the Company's service, against the arrangements on board the Oriental. The letter of the gallant officer—which is well worthy of perusal—clearly establishes the ad vantage of affording a choice between rival companies, and not allowing a monopoly to one favoured association, at the expense of the community, and thus removing the prin cipal stimulant to attention, civility, and effi ciency. If it was known that rival vessels were to pass by the same route every alternate fortnight, and that a choice was thus afforded to passengers, we should find no such complaints as those which have emanated from Captain ELLIOTT, and Messrs. THORNHILL, LEVINGE, WICKEIA Id, MAYNE, and GORDON. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. There was another grand review in Paris yesterday. The Civil Tribunal of the Seine was on Friday engaged on a very serious question regarding the confiscated property of the Orleans family, and which substantially amounted to this—whether the act of confiscation was above the courts of law or not. It may be recollected that, in order to raise the ques tion, the executors of Louis PHILIPPE had instructed the keeper of Neuilly and Monceaux to resist entry by the authorities in such a way as to oblige the latter to have recourse to force, and then to summon the tres passers before the proper tribunal, which they did, when their complaint was met by a plea on the part of the Prefect of the Seine, denying the power of the court to deal with the matter, as it was the execution of a decree of the PRINCE PRESIDENT of the Republic, having all the force of law. On this question of com petence the Civil Tribunal of the Seine was occupied on Friday. After hearing the counsel for the Prefect of the Seine and M. BERRYER in reply, the Court made the following important decree : " Seeing that the members of the Orleans family de rive as proprietors of the domains of Neuilly and of Monceiux, either in virtue of the donation of the 7th of August, 1830, or in capacity cif heirs of their father, and in part of the Princess Adelaide, their aunt, as well as by virtue of possession, prolonged beyond 20 years, founding right of prescription: " Seeing that their actiou has for its object the pro perty of these two domains: " Seeing that the ordinary tribunals are exclusively competent to decide on questions of property, the 'Vali dity of contracts and of prescription: " That this principle has always been applied to the State as well as to individuals: " That thus to the tribunal alone it belongs to appre ciate the titles of parties, and to apply the law to the facts which give rise to proceedings: " Declares itself competent, retains the cause, and, for sake o f complete investigation, adjourns to this day fort night, and condemns the Prefect of the Seine to the costs been raised, the PRESIDENT immedi atelyim) PRESIDENT left Orleans on Thursday and arrived in Paris at ten o'clock that morning f oT Ct r h nh hi i e e s n e g rs repressedhavin havin g the demonstration. l of i i i v ci A a L, c w on h t o ain h s ol a a n s aratniclefficia from l evening. the ir p h e e n li o l ; 11 .1\ 1° I r . i L a c orr situation in the Ministry of the interior, in owhich, examining the joint note of Russia and , Prussia of th e 24th of March, declaring that these Courts might re cognise an E m peror of the Republic elected for lif e by plebiscite, but not a hereditary empire, being con trary to the treaties of 1815, this gentleman protests against such assumption of these powers, but, at the same time, considers the principles laid down as not indicative of the personal tendencies of the Sovereigns SO much as of their Ministers, especially N. DE NES• SELRODE. He does not think accordingly that any attempt would be made to interfere with the un questionable rights of the French people to place the Imperial crown on the head of Louis NAPOLEON , with descent to his heirs, should such measure be thought desirable ; and that it will be thought de sirable bef ore long is evidently the opinion of N. LEON VIDAL. The Legislative Assembly met on Friday at a quarter past two, M. BILLAULT, the President, in the chair. M. GOUIN complained that an error had been committed in placing his name on the list of those Members who bad voted he the Copper .Coinage Bill. The fact w as that he had formed part of the committee on the Bill, by whom the measure had been approved of unanimously. He wished his name to be placed on the proper side —namely, amongst those of the Umbels sibo had voted in favour of the Bill. - 4 * ~. .1 1 , • ~., ,t,...„,fie.::::..„4.,,,,,,,, . 5 , A -..-1 1 / 4 ,,,,,,, ~ , --„0,.... • ,r,,, - ..,.„ _... -,,, ~,,.. ,-,.....-,„ ,0-, ._ . , 1 ` .,- .44 1 brit ~,. ' a- 4.•„ 4 r •.0 ' ' 3 !1- , ~. r. ' _ 7- 4 •!"..1-re -. 4.7 - " , ...., , ... trienina gint LONDON, MONDAY: APRIL 26, 1852. An ingenious proposition has recently been sub mitted to the French Academy by one of the most eminent, though, at the same time, one of the youngest of its members, the eloquent and enthusiastic Count DE MONTALEMBERT. To this proposition we are induced to refer, because we recognise in it the deve lopment of that noble and generous idea which was originative of the Great Industrial Exhibition. It is intended that a pri7.3 of 4,000 francs shall be given for the best historical and literary essay on the Political Eloquence of England" —the conditions submitted to each competitor being that he shall in his paper present a narrative of its rise in the seven teenth century, and its development under the aus pices of the House of Hanover, with illustrations of the excellence it attained from the days of CHATHAM to the days of CANNING. There is something espe cially graceful in this proposal, coming, as it does, from our rivals in the arts as well as in arms, and suggested, as it has been, by one of their most distin guished orators. Among the other projects submitted to the aspirants for the honour of success in the intended enterprise are those of—explaining the twofold influ ence of the study of the ancients and of the national character on English oratory,together with the indica tions of the most prominent characteristics distinguish ing the speeches of the great _orators of England as compared with the monuments of ancient oratory, and the eloquence of the French Tribune, the essayist indicating and defining, moreover, the nature of the services rendered by political eloquence to the genius and the power of the British population. What ever compositions are penned in accordance with these suggested conditions are to be transmitted with sealed packets, containing the nsmes and addresses of the respective competitors, before the Ist of March, 1854, when the essays will be exa mined by a committee appointed by the Academy, the sealed pacicts not being opened until after the judg ment has been pronounced. From the particulars already given, as well as from the nature of the very theme selected by the Count DE MONTALEMBERT, it is at 0003 obvious that the most probable winner of the prize will h e an Englishman. A capacity for expressing his ideas idiomatically in the French language is more likely to be found among the lettered natives of the United Kingdom than an adequate acquaintance with the political eloquence of England, even among the most gifted class of Frenchmen. So manifest is this pro bability, that it may at once be reasonably presumed that the attainment of the proposed prize by a subject of Iricroes.A was directly intended from the outset by the originator, being accepted ,with corre spondent cordiality by his brethren of the Academy. A more graceful response on the part of the men of science and of letters in the French Republic could scarcely have been contrived in return for the magni ficent arena opened last year in Hyde -park for the display of the artistic and industrial products of all nations in immediate j oats- positio n w i t h t h ose of the United Kingdom and its colonies. Some scheme more remarkable for munificen ce m i g h t, o f course, have been readily propounded, but however distinguished by g randeur of design or m agn i tu d e i n execution—not one, we rest perfectly satisfied, could have indicated a more graceful, or indeed a more permanent recognition of the probable results of the Exposition. By the projected prize, not only will a valuable essay be contributed to French literature, but that very essay, will be illus trative in a peculiar manner of one of the most resplendent departments in the litera ture of Great Britain. To a nation as appreciative of eloquence as France, the theme, moreover, will be fraught with a peculiar attractiveness. Whether from the mouths of pulpit orators, such as BOSSUET 07 RAVIGNAN, as BOURDALOIIE Or LACOR 'AIRE, or from the mouths of political orators, such as .MIRAITEAU Or MONTALEMITERT, as VERGNIAI:D or LAMARTINE—the people of France have learnt, more particularly during the last two centuries, the power for good or for evil of that sub time capacity which revealed itself under its most al luring aspect in the days of antiquity, in what GRAT TAN picturesquely termed the splendid conli,gra tion" of CICERO, and the " rolling torrents" of DEMOSTHENEi. From her own famili arity with the force of eloquence ever edmiraLle as a gift, but ever still more Admirable as an acquisition—France is in a special mancer qualified to appreciate the glories of British oratory, for which our literature is indebted to the impassioned genius of CHATHAM ; to the genius less impassioned but more majestic of his son, the heaven-born Minister ;" to the florid beauties of I3us , and to various and distinguishing merits by which the eloquence of such men as SHERIDAN, Fox, CURRAN, GRAT• TAN, PLUNKETT, ERSKINE, WHITBREAD, CANNING, and 13itouGuara were characterised. From the nature of the prize which is thus generously and magnani mously offered by the Academy, at the suggestion of the Count DE MONTALEMBERT, a masterpiece may With some degree of cunfidence be anticipated, pro bably not unworthy of being ranked with the more celebrated among the Bridgewater Treatises, and certain to reflect honour simultaneously both upon French and English literature. When the Select Committee of the House of Corn mons made their second report on steam communi cation with India and China, &c., after emphatically stating the serious objections to "any arrangement which might tend to promote an exclusive traffic on the Indian lines in the hands of one company," and that " the only security to the public for the full advantage of these communications must consist in open and fair competition," they concluded with these remarkable words :—" On the Government must rest the responsibility of car rying out that principle with honesty and fair ness to the public, and it can only be effected by ample notice and full particulars of the terms ' and conditions required being given, eo as to enable all parties to enter the field who may be desirous of tendering for the service." There is an appearance of distrust and suspicion apparent about this para graph that c ou ld no t a t t h e t i me o f pu bli ca ti on b e e a s ily accounted for. It wou ld a l mos t seem as if, notwith standing the cheerful assent of the three members of the Government, who participated in their labours, viz., the Ch ancel l or of the Exchequer, the Secre tary of the Board of Control, and one of the Lords of the Admiralty, the remainder of the Committee had experienced a premonitory feeling that some dis creditable dodge would be resorted to. The matter by between the Treasury and the Board of Admi ralty. The lion. `WILLIA M COWPER would neces sarilye considerabl e i n fl uence with might be suppos e d t o h ave in vestigated ira its a te branches,decision remaining On a s t which b e "my Lords' his own hands. The Committee neverth e l ess desire Sir ~ITARL ES in t h WOODvest i ga ti addin desired to give additional strength and validity to their meowll3ni. d a tions, and to impose the strongest possible 1•1: Lions on their Ministerial colleagues. Subsequent events have shown that the precaution was a wise and salutary one. It proved fruitless, but it will have its due effect upon public opinion, and i n ex p os ing the parties really guilty to the censure which they have so justly merited. It must be a.scer tained how these things are managed in D own i ng _ street, and what are the secret influences that call into unwonted activity Right Honowuriathblae andde,ree ho nourableof Gentlemen, and produce reports and obtain the confirmation of these reports, speed and promptitude which we believe theeto ibuequpeirry fectly unprecedented . The necessity for so loudly demanded at the meeting of the s h are _ holders_of the Eastern Steam Navigation Company, in the early part of this month, has been fully estab lished by the publication of the return ordered by the House of Commons on the motion of the Hon. beforeGentl us not onlyemanth e Member for Bristol. We h a ve n ow the tenders, but also all letters and statements acci..mpanying those tenders, and the Admiralty reports and vre must sv, that A MUCh M ONDAY The President said that without fitting attention on the part of the Members themselves, it was im possible to avoid errors. As to the observations of M. Gouts, they should be inserted in the Moniteur. M. GRANIER ]E CASSAGNAC, returned for the Gers, but whose admission had been postponed in order to allow time to present the documents necessary to justify his age, country, &c., was declared to be duly entitled to sit in the Chamber. M. BILLADLT read a decree from the PRESIDENT of the Republic trans mitting to the Legislative Body various Bills of local interest. After the presentation of several reports on local Bills, the sitting closed at three o'clock, and the Legislative Body adjourned to Th urs d ay, w h en t h e Budget, with which the Council of State is actively occupied, will be presented. The Patric of Saturday contains the following paragraph : " We have reason to believe that the Minister of General Police has intimated to the proprietors of foreign journals that they will have to rectify in their own columns tho falsehoods (fausses nouvelles) that may be published in them , under penalty of bavAug their entry into France interdicted." It is announced that M. TRIERS has passed through Cologne on his way to Italy, and that M. Bixto also woposes to visit the same country. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 9 1. 6 ;;—Northern of F rance, •) 0/. 3 per cent. B onds Cha r leroi and Erquelines, 13 ,i—Luxembourg, s—Namur Bolougne and Amiens Sh ares ), 13y 4 —P ar i s an d ( an fo d rm L e ie rsl i y e, Rouen, 32 , ,,;—Rouen and Havre, 1174 ex div.—Sambre and Meuse, s—Tours and Nantes, EVENING, APRIL 137 424 - % 7% 7 2 0 % 3A3 .81% 4% % 3% ”i% 4 3f, 174 SPAIN. Our accounts from Madrid are of the 20th inst. The KING was shortly to proceed to Santander, to preside at the inauguration of the railroad connecting that town with Alar. The Ministry of Graee and Justice was collecting the documents to reform the electoral la w , Tw that day to the Minister of th e I n t er ior the memo oe ditors ne of c t e h e e sa:y to enable the Government hdrid rial, journals presented on signed by the pri nc i pa l organs o f the press, praying the QUEEN to mo dif y t h e c l ause o f th e new law with regard to responsible editors. Should the Government not accede to their demand, most of the papers will cease t o appear i n th e b eg inning of May. The Three per Cents. were done at 44 for time; the New Three per C en t s . at 21.1; the 13,•bt of the first class at 6i; and that of the scond at 5:11. GERMANY. The closing sitting of the Austro-German ee Zollve rein Congress was held on the 2 0 th at Vienna. Count Bu S ---AUENSTEIN Minister of Foreign Affairs and of th e Imperial House h o ld, c l ose d th e sitting m. in a s p e ech, in which he said that the signing of the final protocol (Hanover alone being the dissen tient power) had terminated the task for which they had assembled. They had realised the desirable end marked out in the memorable opening speech of the late Prince SCHWARZENBERG. They had drawn up a treaty of c ommerce between Austria end the Zollve rein, similar to th a t conc l u ded in 1829 between Prussia, Bavari a , and the two the development, a treaty which fully completed the aim of preparing for the customs' union by an intimate rallying of indus trial and commercial interests, and which tended to wards the activity of the federal assembly, by the conclusion of international decrees bene ficial to the commerce o f t h e w hole of Germ an y, b y at least r ea li s i ng th em for such st a t es as should p ar ti c i pate i n t hi s treaty of commerce. " You hav e th us, " sa id t h e C o unt, " finished the pro ject of a treaty of customs union between Austria and the States of the Zollverein, which—without disturbing the organisation of the latter, and without prejudice to the positions attained, is destined to be the realisation and termination of the treaty of com merce. We have held ourselves aloof from the opi nions of extreme parties ; we offer only what is prac ticable, and have in no respect exceeded the limits traced out by circumstances. I confidently e x p ect that the c ourse f o ll owe d by Austria and the other Governments here represented w ill n o t re main with ou t f avour able reaction. For if we hold to the realisation of the propositions of general interest which we make, we m us t d es i re that obligatory con ventions will not be m a d e at the conf e r ence , now opened at Berl in until the treaty of commerce and of customs union with Austria has been negotiated, and is ready to be simultaneously signed. You have yourselves been convinced, and your labours testify that so close a treaty of commerce as we all desire is impossible without numerous changes in the tariff of the Zollverein, and that these changes are the necessary condition of not being able so largely to participate in the customs duties." The Count further declared that Austria, ceding to the de sire of the Governments there represented, was ready to adopt in her legislation the principles and inetiutions of the Zollverein, and that it was evident this de claration could only have reference to the known and tried stipulations of this union, while it remained without effect if those changes were made by one cf the contracting parties only, and without pre vious understanding with Austria. The Count con eluded by assuring them, in the name of his Eat- PEROB, that, despite the loss of the late Minister, " we shall still march forward with the same perseverance towards the same end—the future customs union of Germany and Austria." After this address the Bavarian Plenipotentiary, Count VON LERCHENFELD, brie fl y re pli e d, f u ll y adopting the views of Count Buten, and the meeting was at an end. The following is a résumé of the final protocol of the Vienna Congress, signed in the sitting of the 20th: "The Austrian Government declares itself ready to conclude a commercial and cu s t oms treaty , con f orma b le to the above ment ioned project, with P russ i a , th e S tates at present united with it in the Zollverein, and those who shall enter in 185-1.. " a ig re ni r n e g ady to accede to a treaty e t n h t e ;i 7 s this protocol, on their part, of commerce and of customs, zed a treaty of commercial union between Prussia, the St ates now i ncluded in the Zollverein, and those which shall enter it in 1854, on T d h e e c I G a r ° e v e t r h n a m t the one part; and Austria, with the States which shall be in union with her on the Ist January, 1854, on the other. They promise to hasten the adhesion of the other States of the Z ,Ilve r ei n t o th ese trea ties, as far as possible in coofuimity with the pro ject above developed; but if this cannot be without modifications of the project, then these Governments further declare their readiness to enter into negotiations for such m odification, always p reserv i ng th e l ea di ng principles of the project as the basis of an agreement. The conclusion of these treaties shall coincide, in point of time, with the renewal or transformation of the Zollverein." The last accounts from Carlsrube state that the death of the GRIND DORE was expected to take place every instant. The Grand Dukes NICIIOLAS and MICUAEL left Stutgardt on the 19th, and passed through Ulm, on their way to Italy. The Prussian National Gazette announces that the Germanic Diet insists On the state of siege being raised in Electoral Hesse. ITAL Y. In consequence of the conversion of the old French Five per Cents., the Minister of the Interior at Turin, M. PERNATI, has directed the Intendants- General of Piedmont to demand the reimbursement of the capital belonging to charitable institutions, in vested in the said stock, since they may be re-in vested at five per cent, in Piedmontese stock. The Intendants have time until the 15th of next month to apply to the French Government for repayment. In its sitting of the 19th, the Chamber of Deputies of Turin passed the Bill for the concession of the Sacigliona and Coni railway line by 98 votes to 5. It also passed a Bill for the levy of 100 sailors for the royal navy. Professor BERTOLDI, Inspector-Extraordinary of the schools of the island of Sardinia, who has been directed by the King of SARDINIA to restore order in in the University of Cagliari, has issued a decree, dated the 14th, forbidding the students to loiter about the corridors of the university buildings, to form groups, or to come armed with sticks. The GRAND DUKE of Tuscany has issued a decree, dated the 17th, ordering the drainage of the swamps of Bientina, in the unwholesome Maremme of Gros seto, to be commenced immediately. A letter from Rome, of the L2th, is the Auzsburg Gazelle, states that the Prince DE CANINO is to re ceive 300,000 f. for his palace at Rome, which he is to give up to his eldest son. The palace, it is said, is worth more, but is encumbered with mortgazes. Cardinal DELLA GENGA SERMATTEI has been named Prefect of the Congregation of Bishops at Rome. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH-COAST RAILWAY. Traffic—Week ending April 2 , 1, 1852 ... £9,611 17 0 Traffic—Week e n di ng April 26, 1851 ... 10,971 16 7 Total of the half-year, to this date, 1852 ... 142,222 16 6 Total of the half-year, to this date, 1851 ... 140,714 19 6 Total number of Passengers—Week ending April 24, 1552 ... 53.538 Passengers ... -.:1:7,2" 3 3 ••• Goods ... 2,318 13 9 ••• ••• Total miles open, 1852, 17311 ; ditto, 1851, 173%. £9,611 17 0 Total ... London Termin u s. April 26, 1852. We regret to state that the Lord Chancellor's health is not yet sufficiently recovered to allow him to attend to his dutirs. His Lordship did not sit in the — House of Lords this morning. Lord Truro has recovered from his recent attack of gout. The Noble and .Learned Baron will entertain a large party at dinner on Wednesday. CITY OF LONDON CORPORATION BILL.--The Select Committee have reported that the standing ordera may be dispensed with in favour Of the Mercers' heard against the Bill ° company, to be THE SHARE MARKETS. Railways. Nominal Prices. BRITISH RAILWAYS. Business done to-day. Aberdeen Amb., Not., Bost. & E. Junc. Bk. Wolv., and Stour Valley . . all pd. Birk., Lan., .8c Ch. Jct., late 33/, 6s. Bd., 26/. pd. Ditto, Chest. & Birk., 501. & 25/. Cons., all pd. Ditto, ditto . . 17 1 4 pd. Brist. & Eset.,loo4 pd. Caledonian ... 50/. pd. Chest. & Holyh., all pd Dub. & Belf. Jet. 451 pd. Dundlk & Ennis., all pd. Dundee, Perth, & Aber deen Junc. Ditto, New East Anglian (251. L. & E. and L. & D,) all pd. (18/. E. &IL) all pd. Last. Counties 20/. pd. Eastern Union, class A, late E.. U. shrs., 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. Joe., all p Edinb. & Glas., 50/. pd Edin.. Per.& Dun. 25/. p Glas. & 100/p Great Northern, all pd Do. Halve. 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,lll.l3.4 pd Lane. & York., 100/. pd Do., Quarters pd Do., Fifths 14/. pd Do..W. Rid. Un. 11 %p Leeds Northern, all pd Liv.Crsbv &Sthpt.l7ip Lond. & Blackw., all pd L9n.,Brig.& S. Ct.loo p Lon. & N.West., 1001. p i Do. Quarters 221. pd Do. Fifths 12/. pd Do. 10/..M &B (e) Up Lon. & S.-West 100/. p Do. New 50/., 42% pd Do. New 401 341. pd Man. Bux. & Mat. all p Man. Shef. & Lin.,loo/p Do. Manch. & Lincoln Union 4L 2s. pd Midland 100/. pd Do. Bir. & Darby 100/. Md. Gt. Wt. (Ir e ) 47% ' Newcas. & Carl. all pd l Do. Quarter Sb all pd l Newmarket all pd Newport, Abergaven., and Hereford lOl pd Newry & Ennisk 71 /s p Norfolk lOO/. pd Do. New 20 . S. 15/. p North. Conn. Un. % pd Now, British _254 pd North Devon ...111. pd North Stafford. 17 1 ,E p North-Western 19/. pd N. & S.-W. Junc. 6/. p Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 101 p Scottish Central 25/. p Scottish Midld., 25/. pd Do. New all pd Shrew. & Bir. A, all pd Do. B all pd Shrew. & Her. Old 71. p Shrewabu. and Cheater (Nor. W. Min.) all pd Do. Halves all pd Do. Oswestry all pd Shrop. Union —6 l / 2 pd Do. A, B, C, & D fully pd. up at per cent. . . South Devon all id South-Eastern 30/. pd South Wales all pd S .uth Yorkshire and River Dun 15/. pd Do. Do. 51. pd Stirl. & Dunferai. all p Stock. & Har. 16/ 2s. 3d. Taff Vale 126/. pd Thames Haven Dock and Railway ...181. pd Vale of Neath...l7/. pd Waterfd. & Bilk. all pd Waterfd. & 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 9/. p. York & N. Mid. 50/. pd PREP Aberdeen all pd Do. No. 2, 7 per ct. 3 3 / 1 Caledonian, 10/. all pd Ches. & Holyhd. all pd' Dundee, Per., & Aberd. Junction all pd E. Ang.(3/10s)6 pc. al! 1 Do. (Si.) 7 per ct. all p Do. (7/17s) 7 p. c. '2 p Eastern C unties Ex., { sp. c., No. 1 all pd; Do. No. " all pdi Do. New G p. c. Stk. 10 Eastern Union Scrip, Guar. 6 per ct....a1l p ' Do. 10/. Deb. Sh. all p East Lancashire, 6 per ct. Quar. Shra. all pd East & West Yorkshire Junction, sths all pd Edin., Per. & Due. 5% per cent. all pd Glas. & S.W. Con 1001. Gt. North. 5 p. c all pd Do. 5p c. red. sc 9 P Great South. & West. (Ireland) Bths all pd Gt. West. (Berke & H. Ex. 5 per cent.) all pd Gt.W. fixed 4% 100/. p 1 Do. Do. _BO/. pd Lancashire and York• l shire, F. 201. l3/. Pd Do. 6 p. c. Stk. 100/. p Lees Northern, 6 per cent. No. 1 ... 131. pd • - ... Do. Do. No. 2 17/. pd Do. Do. No. 3 51. pd Do. Qrs., 1848 91. pd London & Brig guar. 5 per cent. ...100/. pd Do. Pr. 5 p c. Stk. 100/. Do. Con. 5 p c,185'2 all Do. N.Gr. 6 p c 100/. p Lon. & (Coy. & Nunet.) 5 p. c. 13% pd Lon. & S.W. New 5/. p Lon. & En. % Sh. all p Man., Sheff., & Linen. Qr. Sh., No. 1 all pd Do. New, 10/. all pd' Do. 6/. 3 /. pdl Mid. Con. 6 p c Sr. 100/. 1 Do. Con. Bris. & Bir., 6 per eent....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% pct. all p Do. Wavily. Val. 2/. p North British 5l. pdl North Stafford all pd Oxf. Wor. & Wol., 15/. 6 per cent 101. pd Shrews. & Bir. N.G. all Shrews. & Ches. (N.W. Min.) 8 per e....a1l pdl South Devon all pd St.-Est. p e. 10/. pd; Sth. York. 4 p c gd. 20/.1 Stock. & Hart. gd. 5 p el until.luly 1,1856, all p Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent. 3l. pd York, Newe. & Ber. Gt. N. of E. Pur. all pd Do. Do 51. pd York & N. Midland H. and S. Purch. 10/. pd LINES LEASE AT PIXSIo AMNTILLII. Railways. ' Leasing Nominal Prices. Business to-day. Companies. Bdf. & Bitch., all p Lon.&N.W ... ••• Bir.& Oxf., gua. all Gt. Westn BO — 3l Do. without, all p, Do. Bir.Wolv. & Dud., guar all pd Do. Do. without,all p Do. Buckingbasb. all p Lon. &N.W 17% 18% Clydadale ,Tc., all p Caledonian 45 —47 E. Lin., gua. 6 per) cent. all pd,Gt.Northn. 35 35% Gl ou cest. & Dean' Forest... 22y, pd Gt.Westru. 31 / 2 41 4 p H ar tlepl. Dk. & 5 ,Yk. , New.l . ... ••• R a ilw. ...all pd 1 & Berw. Hull & Selby, all p Yk. &N. 3, . 1 109 --111 Do. Halves.,all p Do. ~ 54% 55 1 ,E Do. Quarts., all p Do. Leeds Sz Brdf., all o Midland IO I I,E 102'4 Lon. & Grenw., all S. Eastern ) 12% 12 Do. Pref....all pd Do. 125 —26 Lowestoft., gua. 4 per cent...all pd Norfolk Do. 6 p. et., all p Do. Middlesb & Red- •• ••••• e ... car, 6 p. c., all plStktn &Dar, N. & E., sp. c., all,T. Counties" WO -- 62 * Do. 6 p. ct., a ll pt Do Do. New...all p c h D o 1 • ... Presto. & Wyre, f L.& NWi *** ••• all paid 1 &La. SLYI •• ... ti % Do.lllves, A, all p Do. Read., Guildf., an d . ••• P Reigate ... all pd l S. Eastern 23 23 1 / 2 Roy. & Hit., 6 1 /, l oGt•Northn B% 9 Do. Shep. Bx., all Do. Shf. Rth. & Goole, 5 1 ) . C., 18.11.6 p Lan. & Yks ••• -- ••• S. Staffdsb., 9 1 ,.; p MrM'Clean 1 1 / 2 •••-•• 1 din Wear Val. 6 p c., all Stckt& Dar .. • - • Do. do. ... all pd Do. Do. do. ... all pd Do. Wiltesfa aora. # allp'Crt.Wegtna ea .., 18 13 3 4 to 14 7 - 10 --10, 12% 11% d. 16% - 17% 97 -99 20% 21 21% 22% 14 —l2 d. 6 - 7 - 4Th 3% -3% 9% - ,-- 7 4%- 5 17 - 17% 52 -51 33 34 6 - 20% - 205 / 3 - 6 3 4 1494, -15 39% - 40 92% - 92% 78 ' - 80 9 -10 p 73% - 74% 6% —6 dis. 4% 4 dia. 18% 18% 8 ^-14 104% 105 1 ,4 124% 125% SY B —5% p 4 - 4 4 p 2 —2% p 92% 93% 4 —3% die. 3 —2.% 2% 2% 73%10 poi 13% 105% 104% 124% 2731 16% 9 2 % 34 2% 34%X 68 .% % 68 84iA -- 364 die. 68% 6934 36 —37 'i -i% 4% 4 die. 36 -38 10 —9% dig. 3% 3 die. 7% —7% dia. 7'5 5 7 5 4 3 dia. 1% - 2 p. 20 1 / 4 - 21 17% - 18% 11 -12 5 —5% 4 8 dia. 13 —l5 6 1 ,6 7 1 4 10 —ll 3% 2n d. 17% - 18 22 1 ,i - 22% 35 -35% •• • •• • di& ••• 116 --- li 1 2% 4 3 di,. 20 —22 ••• ••• -- 4 dia. 18% 19 6% 6 die. —2% dia. 25 3 4 26% lIIENCII BHA: 1 1 3 A, die. 8 5 4 - 8 7 4 17% - 18 5 3 -.3% 1 -1) % - P 13 --13% 1331 - 14% 3% - 4 .. ... 14 3 % —l5 Via Ifii I) 8%-- BYB 1 dii. 3 1 A -3%-p 11V 2 -1214- 10%-11% 1& %- 36 p 139 - 141 1 / 4 (118. par 19% — 20% 61 /i — 6% 1 1 4 2 1 4 5 —53 i % - 76 p 10 - 15% - 16 14 -15 16?-,:--17 I ,‘ dis. 'A P VA % 20% % 17% % ;,11%.% 7% 3i 22 , i 22 15% 21% 21 18% % 13)6, % 2554 1 0 h die. pm n pm x.ll 10% 14, 26, 1862. FOREIGN. Railways. No m i na l Pricea Business( done . to-day. Cent. France (0.V.) all 23 23% x.d x.d Char!. & Erquel. all pd 13 —l5 Demerara all pd Dutch Rhenish... Bl. pd 3% 3 1 / 1 dis. East Indian 18/. rd 3% 33's p 21% Do. Do. 2O/. pd 23 Gt. Indian Penin. all p %. 3 —l% p Do. Do 4% pd 5 / 8 s p Louv. a la Sambre 7% Luxembourg l3l. pd 4 / 8 —5% 5 Do. (Railway) 10/. pd 8 3 3 4 Do. l/. pd % Do. (Canal) 2r. pd 3 / — 1 Maria Antonia 27A pd Do. New 8% pd Namur & Liege all pd —6% 6% North. of France,l6Lpd 24% 24% 243 Do. 20L 3 p c. Bds, all p 13% 13% Orleans & Bor 111. pd 4% — 4% p Paris & Lyons ...61. pd 4 ;g 4 5 / 8 p Paris & Orleans all pd 47 —4B x.d x.d Paris & Rouen ...all pd 31 1 A 31% Paris & Stras. ...all pd 2y g —22 N % Rouen & pd 11% —l2 x.d 11% x.d Sambre & Meuse all od 44 534 St. Andrew's & Quebec (A) 47. pd Tours & Nantes 171. pd 53.4 —5% die.) 1134 34, West Flanders...B% pd 33% P'4 West. of France 6/. pd 1 s.L 1 7 / 8 7 %% Grand Junction of France, 43%. MINES. Agna Fria all pd 3a Anglo-Californian, all p 38 p Asturian 15/. p Australasian 2/. pd 1 p Australian 5/. pd 1 Austr. Freehold all pd dis par Ave Maria all pd % dis. Blaenarvon I. & C. all p Brit. Austr. Gold all pd dis par is British Iron 13/. 15s. p Braz. Im. (is. sp) 24% 1% 2 Do. Coca. & Cut. all o Do. St. Joh. del R. 15/. Carson's Creek all pd % p Cobra Copper 4Ol. pd Copiapo 14/ pd, Eng. & Aust. Cop. all p l % dis p 5% General all pill Gold Monntain—all ptl %dis. i 4 p 1 Great Polgo , th all pd 1 134 p Mexi. &S. Amer. 9/. p . Nouveau Monde all pd 34 9 p 1X Port Philip ... ll. pd % p 13S Santiago de Cuba 10 3 / 6% Tin Croft 7l. pd 9 3 A 10% United Mexican all pd —2% West Mariposa —all pd % 34 die % Colonial Gold, 1%. ZOINT.STOCIL BANKS. Australasia all pd 39 40% x.d x.d Brit. Nth. Amer. all pd 49 1 ,E —5O Colonial 251. pd 11% 12% Corn. of London 201. pd 24 —25 X Lon. & County 20L pd London Jt. Sik. 10/. pd 18 18 3 3 Lon. & Westm. 20/. pd 28% —29 Nat. Prov. Eng. 35/. pd Do. New lO/. pd Nat. of Ireland 22% p 17 3 4 —l7 Orient. Bk. Corp. all pd 34 —35 Prov. of Ireland 25/ pd. 43% —44 Do. New all pd 157 i icy Union of Austral all pd 37 —3B Do. New 2% pd 3 31 / i Union of London 101. p 143 15% Union of Madrid all pd MISCELLAN• EOUS. Canada 32% pd 48 49% Eastern Steam... 29. pd Gen. Stm. Nay. 14/. pd 28% —2B 74 Penin. & Or. St. all pd 80 7 9% 81 Do. Do. ...151. pd Royal Mail Stm. 60/. pd 78 —7▪ 9 x.d x.d Universal Emigration and Colonization, 2/. p, Irish Beet Sugar, ▪ 2%. MONEY and COMM - ERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were esti mated at from 8,000 to 9,000 bales, including 750 Ame rican for export, and 1.000 American and 500 Surat on speculation. The market was animated, and prices of all kinds fully supported. The sales comprised 150 Pernam and Maranham. at 6d. to 6fl. ; 900 Ef.Ytian , at 611. to Bid. ; 500 Surat, at 3 1 d. to 41 1 . ; 30 Sea Island, at ls. 2d. to is. 5d., and tne remainder Ame rican.—Railway Shares were quiet. An advance of Is. occurred in Wheat, in Mark-lane, Ibis morning. The railway meetings announced are the DATE. PLACE, SCC, Aberdeen ........... April 2r', Aberdeen. Belgian Ea s ter n Junction April 28, Brussels. Demerara April 29, London Tavern. Dieppe and Fecamp • •••• April 30, Paris. East Anglian April 28, London Tavern. Ewan Counties April 28, London Tavern. Edinburgh, Partb, and Dundee way 3 , Ectinourgli. Great Indian Peninsular .. April 28, 3, New Broad-street. Great Luxembourg April 27, London Tavern. Ditto, ditto Killarney Junction May 11, Kingabridge Terminus. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport ... London do North-Western, May ti, Euston Station. London and Blackwall May 6, London Tavern. Midland Namur and Liege May 3, London Tavern. Ditto, ditto Newmarket Orleans, Tours, and Bor- deaux May I, Paris. Paris and Strasbourg... April 29, Paris. South-Eastern ........... May 6, Bridge House Hotel. South Wales ~, Tours and Nantes may 3, Paris. Western .if France May 6, Paris. York and North Midland, May 8, Yurk. York, Newcastle, an d Berwick ........ May 1, Y or k. '1 he West India advices, per Clde, are still nnsatis factory in respect to the condilun of the colonies. Amoco; other things, the Jamaica merchants were com plaining much of the now arrangements of the Royal Mail Steam Company, and addressed a letter to the de legates appointed to represent the state of the island. The following are extracts:— . 4 We perceive that you are fully aware of the injnry being at present sustained by every man interested in trade, fr an the sudden withdrawal of the long-esta blished and direct communication previously maintained between this port and those of Smell America —viz, Santa Martha, Carthagena, Chagres, and Grey Town, and also between this and St. Jago de Cuba. " You must likewise be well cegnisant of the fact, that several memorials and petitions have been at various times transmitted, as well from the Legislative bodies of this island as from the merchants and others interested in its commerce. To none of these, however, has the bast atten ion been conceded. It is only neces sary to request your perusal of the accompanying copy of memorial which was sent to the Board of Trade (and to which no reply has been receiv.-d), to point out the grievances under which we still suffer, and to enable you to reiterate them in the proper quarter. "It would be almost superfluous to allude to the gross injustice inflicted, and to the utter want of PX: cuse which could at all be afforded by the Royal En! Company for having so altered the rout-, this harbouratr _ate see being by far bever adapted for the coaling and w. ing, Sec., of their st e amers, than the one of their, I anti lection, whilst the position of this port stancss which 'called in its advantages for the very purposeand di the company affect, that of a" speedy • and that this averment is advanced beyonrya communication with the isthmus, d u d s i , a t borne t , o a u n t e b a y rl chat r e which i is t a se y veral days, of dispute is fully n via this island and the E o n f g a i lea d ost b d daily occurrence, in the correspondence from Chegres ; ed by the cum pUanaiyte,ad steamers Statue, th of tt.hoTsbeenlm'at! Thomas." aeticipated by last week'- arrival of dollars in specie The Pacific and South,Ameeirv2if.ija7ni:rouclamodlv.sibcreooswughyhatovrebk;betbheunet w • learn that upwards of a million are coming forward, besides th Clyde. Toe New York advices s t i ll notice a low rate of ex. change 108kto 109, owing to ehit.ments of produce t o England and large orders for public securities. Pros• pacts, however, were favourable, and the Californian news was dull, The Hamburgh advices of last Friday quote the ex change on London steady at 13 61. Stocks and Shares were firm and money was easier. At Amsterdam on the 24th inst. Dutch Stocks were supported with limited bargains, and not much vras done in other securities. me l n n , D of em th e e ra t r r a ea p t e ie ti s ti w o i n t s h to Parliament a rlile i T for the enforce mentcultivation scarcely paid il ai numerously cted. At St. Lucia sugar weree xp e b n e s i e n s g A . There is a dull marke t Public Secutitiee, and prices aro lower. Consols The re d alie! 99i If the for Tratis ler and A ccount, Tri bunal against Louis Napoleon " d ecis i on in t h e matter of the Orlean s p roperty has some e ffect, but the di.po , it ion to await the result of the debate on the Militia Bill and the preseatution of the Budget deter purchasers. The New Three-and-a -Quarter per Cents. have been at 100 1 t, and the Three per Cents. at 981 Bank Stock is worth 2201 to 1, and South Sea stock 110 i. The Exchequer-bills dated June are 645. to 665. pre mium. Foreign Securities have 'pen generally depressed. The Conamittte of the Stock Exchange have resolved not to allow Spanish home stock to be Coati in here. The Deferred Bonds have re.lized 211 to 1; and the Certificate iset 2i p.a. cent. Portuguese Four Cents. have declined to 38and 3B. Eq t ‘2 ,0 a xi d , 0. 4) a r lI S Rh t Stock is a i rbi s tec h eFh e a oa 9a low Four rn t wdp 4 .e ; r.s Grena , la Bonds are 23 k; a nd Chilean 103-1. Venezuela keep up at 48 1 a nd 491. m 33i but now rea lise 344- H a lf per Cents. aro 103 1 to 104 ; and Cents. 931 ;4'. Railway Shares are all flatter, and the French lines have given way. Brighton are in favour, and fair sup- port is given to Caledonian, North-Western, and Oxford and Wolverhampton. Midland and South-Western have been lower. A decline has occurred in Paris and Strasbourg, Western of France, and Northern of France. Gold Mute Shares have been dull, at about former quotarions. South Auasrahan Copper are about. pre mium. Lewis Hill EaDge rtrtti., and Royal liusirs lisn QUARTt.k To THREE. 99i ~oovu s Ditto Account, May 11 .. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK From the Official List.` --- Bank Stock 22^% 8 r~er Cent. Reduced l ,B%Th per Cent. Consolg Amu. 99% 5 / 8 Now 3 1 4 pot Cent. Anem ..10 0 1,i% • ~ ong AnnuitieA.'Exo. Jan. sth, 1860.. 6% 6 13-16 D 0.30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, 1859... 6% Do. 10 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860... 7 India Stock f)o. Bonds, 10001 B7 p south Sea Stock llO% Consols tot Account - 99.5 4 3% Exchequer Bah , . 1 1 Ad. March. Jane. 64 66 p iOO/. PRICE OF FOREIGN FIINTh , AT ON n'cLoub Chilian Bonds, 6 per Ceut . 103( Danish Bonds 1825, 3 per Cent.... Ditto, 5 per Cent 10 4 14 Equador Bonds . Grenada, 1 1 4 per Cent, —.Act, I it. pet _ Do. Ex Dec. Coupons 1849 23 Ditto Deferred Mexican Bond, I ri4fi. 5 per Cent. — Ditto Account Ditto 3 per Cent. Peruvian Bonds. 5 par Cant ..... Do. Deferred 3 per Cent 64 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto Account Ditto 4 Der Cent. Russian Bonds. 1822, 5 per Cent — Ditto 4% per Cent. Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent...—. — Ditto for the Account ' 97 % 14 tipaniNn Bonds. 3 Her Gent. Ditto, New Deferred ....... Spanish Corn. Cert. Coup. not funded Venezuela Bonds • 48% 49% .Irloen4s on the plum s payable in Lon ivi, Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent.. cuter ''4 aer Utlnt.. 12 Guild ... Ditto 4 per ent. Certificates ... 93%3A LLO D'S SHIPPI.Nti--(THIS DAY.) LORD APRIL 26. Wtud at nova E., light breeze, end tine el•ar dry weather. SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL ,25.—The David. Luckie, of and for Lonoco, sailed tram 1). merara Feb. 27, was discovered to be on fire on the 291 h, and was abandoned abut 90 miles from the mou'h of the Orinoco, when bet decks ahorly afterwards ble4 up, and rbe sunk. An English bit qua of about 400 tons, with a round house csbin, paint• d y. flow, and a pllow streak, with painted ports, withuut any name visible on the stern, was pasted on the 21st of Aptil, in lat. 46, long. 18, waterlogged and dismasted, and having been appareotif a 101 l tiwe in that condition, by the Clyde steamer, sr rived here. HARTLEPOOL APRIL 24 —The George, of Whitby' from Ddidoieshoreugh to Hamburgh, in puttirg b ck 10 the Tees yesterday, struck on the Nor' h Gareiand, and • beat up on the beach south of Seaton Carow, where she:, is expect.d to become a wn cat; crew saved, PLYMOUTH APRIL 24.—Wind E N.E.—Arrd. Ern' Thorn. Ceyl.,e; Brown, Seldstma hey; Jane Clark. Clark, Ancona. Off port, Syren, Odestsai:, Rio Grande. Sch.vritt, Rio Grand... FALMOUTH, APRIL 24. W ind S.E. to F, fresh gale; 25, E.. 'rest) ere( z s.—Arrd. C a th er i ne M au d e , Thom son,Ancona ; Cond e r,H e ll an d, C a l cutta; L eona. Matanza s. OFF SCILLY.—Arrd. William Tell, New York. NEWPORT APRIL 24.—Wind E., srrong.—Sld. Aus tralia Manilla; Lady 84rsh B.iley , St. Thomas. BEAUMA.RIS, APRIL 24.—Wind N.E., strong gale —"" 13E1'11310 N Rio de la H .cbe; Cooper, Alexandria. CLYDE, APRIL 23 Sld. Mary Allan, Jamaica; Routtchrin, Quenee; Herald, New York. BELFAST. APRIL 24.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Adroit, Dane,, Sr. Gille's. ABERDEEN, APR= 24.—Wind S.E., strong.—Sid• Sarah Queb• c. _ LIVERPOOL, APRIL 26 PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAM.) —Trio Princess Royal swatzier. from hence to Glisagow, broke her intermediate shaft, 24th inst., and was towed int o Loch Ryan, yesterday morning, y the Camelia steamer, from Gl-oigow to this port. DEAL, APRIL 24.—Wind E.N,E., a heavy gale; 25 E. by N. to N .E., moderate.—Arrd. Depttord, Alex andria. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 24 AND 25.—Wind Jeremiah Garnett, Daly, Shankhli; John Bunyan, 58- Tanner; V li i ia i ,ye o tn n in , ; aLlßG:preaabnitYdera': Tercei r a;Aust r alia. r k Rubicon, vSil de:TEaa I B The r Taganrog ; esia, bay; Regulus , Maranham; Pnozelix, Antigua; Pb ceall. ; ri E ea u te r . Europa steamer, an d M er idi an, New York; oEI pe, Stat e o f M atce ; G rec i an steamer, ConstantinoPle; 4 Calliope , a G uuY T a r RAMSGATE, APRIL 25.—Wind E. to E Bugle, Farrel], Port-..0-Prince. OFF THE SOUTH FORELAND —Arrd. Louisa elld Stu David, Callao; Sirumboii, Alexandria. Clyde SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 25.—Wind steamer, Weiler, West Lichee. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 24, AND 25.—Wind E.-- 41111. Jane, Alien, Jamaica; Flower of Yarrow, St, Michael s " Coldstrani, Cox, Calcutta; Bourn, Bartley, Mtsur_ 3i t t% Plicham, Durcks, Buenos Ayres. Sld. liar AlN"'` atenui-r S•emeutn, a ar o ze.; WIcE, APRIL 23.—The Splendid, of Pwllbeli. -r° d Newcastle to Drogheda, sprang a leak off Peterh u , s d la't ight, ran for Wick B a y, an d *as stranded beild3 the North Quay of P u lte ue y T own H ar b our this mor n ing, aad is waterlogg e d ; cr ew save d . T hera is be a u sea running, and the vessel i s lik e ly to become le to t e wreck. r n dotir WHITSTABLE. APRIL 24 —The Charles, o f Ad . " — t o • from Auttvvrp to Quebec and M ntreel, struck OD 0 Pan Sand ibis morning and filled, sod as i t t o blo sing hard from the east, it is fasted she sill e pit , Cfh; crew and passengers aav, d. OFF TORBAY. APRIL 23 —President. Woll- e Th o a t • ita;,,go; Mar, W,:ritaug. Sc. C ro i x; Ebz,bethe Tu nne l L•ghOrn; Protector, Crouch, Cape of Good Ho e Ge , trEtt Lud re, 0,14 as,; Livonia, Torre Vecchia'. errs' BRItTuL, APRIL 24 Wind E., strong ,-- Psyche, Castle, Mauritius; GI, nmore, Smith, BO ° Ayres. S QUEENSTOWN, APRIL 23.—Wind SE ; 24, Strung —Arrd North Star, Monte Video; Nas.au v . Abbot, Odessa; Venilia, Andrew. Sinyrn , ;;.. W s ig;7:: Thurteil, St. Helena; Brilliant, Smith, Ba e rbt.9 ; 1 40 . Astrom, Trieste; Columbus and I, du.tri M alta. MARKET :NE Virz..---Tir-'HIS DAY-) B.—MONDIY. CORN EXC 44N ( " , Most of ihe country m arkets held On Saturday o ' l 2 but ined , •raiely supplie d with English Wheat, i s whi tiu Barley moved off a full average hu.iiiess was transacted on rather ng t ' e at Wheats were held at e xt reme r ate , - terms. Foreign pr i, e9 , w hilst grinding and distilling sorts w ere the leading outports. Malting rtea dill at full have took tolerably flrm. No ehange in M were . I place. Th e w" .- steady, and the turn higher. 8,,a1 7: 1 1 , t e . ' am b , u l t hd O ul a n . s Cota, and Flour moved eff steadily at extreme currencies. ~„ Latest account) from New York state that a modera7 business was doing in Flour -fur - shipment to Englis h ' i ; - week, full average q v . of of the tll e prices, co 11 11 , i o n w e e o v ra e r i , m n a o r k e e h t a s n iDg i l Up to our market, last inactive for all articles. ave continued exceed n aafi of English Wheat came to hand, other articles were small. prioand, but the supP eive rl 5,390 qrs of Wheat; 10 911 8 m abroad we r t e . Q 4O Beans; 34 Peas; 2,100 Tares; all'1; 15,843 03 . , • 6 ' 57 5 Rapeseed; 56 Ma6i,,,n,,ced. 7,786 Linseed' L 445 • 15 sundry Seeds; sack , anti 2,990 btls of Fl o Fresh up to our mark Flour. from tise* et to-day, coastwise , , fl i tf a and R . , tit, the arriv a l s scale, but in txcell•a of what were on a verY,,:i—suf folk, Lincolnshire, a t : condition. From Noriu"" 00 11, whilst the receipts by . 1 ., they were comparativ. e y un d dia. tricts were far from and carriage from them ' d ,__ S how of samples of both extensive. On the whole, turvatio . trifling, which and white was corno number of Owing to millers in 1.71eb, and the increased num, "..oad stead}', and a cio attendance, the demand for all kind s ' 6 0 aranFo of the stands was eff.ctecl• a t . .. r . advance in the quotaiton , d • last of la per qua sof Moi ay ter, at which the rif Several Margemarket contracts were • fleeted . r ed Wheat from N aahamptonshire• oi . Cambridgeshire , Lincolnshire, at a trifling i m provement in the citi°,.i r t , i°l4B . Most of rho gro wers are very firm in `°U aemands. • 0 el W 0 were very ecent il Y supplied with fresh for , r Wheats, and the show of granaried samples WO r o g limited. Selected q ualities cha"l3' d hands s teadflY' do , • full quotations. In other kinds ni It( to nothinK " 9 pet ing. For export th ere was scarcel y an y inquirk: 1,200 quarters were fo rwarded to An t w erp last wee Pi. „ 1: 1 A few floating carg oes were on off e r, but the p etdeli:w for them w as heavy. Egyptian w3B q uoted at 2 83 • quarter, ull chqrges included. We i The aggregate supply of Barley, chiefly foreign. e re large. The few malting parcels brought forward o,od, readily disposed o f, a t v ery full currencies. I n Coe. ing and distilling sorts, very f•-av transactions See k k r,,,ips. The show of Malt wa9 very moderate; neor,t",;rea. the demand for most kinds was inactive, Jets Jai - li• at _ , 0 0 Oats came freely to hand, yet the sale for most Li . 03 .• ties was firm, and, in game ' k i ll& 1 instances, the best proved 6 , 1 per quarter, ~,a ie steady, at an The demand tar Be ans was ad/o'd the quinations of f., per u q arter. - - car ter We had a fair inquiry for Peas at Is per q advance. moved o late disn - corn and Flour off eteadillt 5- rates were wall a u p p , irts d . CURRENCY PER 63 0 Wheat—Essex & Kent, IMPERIAL MEASURE. . 6010 R e d ... ... 3 , Malt—Chevalier • • ••.".,, •/16 Ditto,White, New 4.,, s to 41s Oats— Yorkshire a.,; 00 ,To Norfolk and Lin. ‘ 's 3" Eineolush...re". ,?, A Potato . ••• • • • • ' 20 coin, 1ied ..... :i9, ' Ditto, White...... 43'• " Youghal and Cork , , 8 . ~,,_ Irish, Red.-- ' 4" Black .•••• •• • ; 2 ; n Dltto,White ... - --s —s Cork, White ••• : 2i , ;P t ; Rye—Old .........: •.: Feed. •• • -_--s —s Scotch, . i 'lt 2 16 30s 32s Beans—Tick .•••• '' •• 3.26 00 New .. uri• •••••• •• .• 28s 30s Pigeons .•••• • • • • 28 . 08 oY—Grinding, ... 24, ,- 6 P G •• •‘ .. •. e' Malting ........: 21; . 2 O CIS— rey • • ... 3 s o Maple. •••• • • • q 1 0 3 ,5 Chevalier .... • • 336 V: White. ••••• • ' ' -33 r 40' Halt—Suffolk and Nor . - Boilers ••••• '• .. 385 q3O „ f° l k •••••• • • • • .. 45 s 58 s Flour—Town-noecie• •: 3OF ' 2 30 ',crown ........... 43s 4Ss Suffolk •••• • • " h 2 30 Kingston and Ware 51s 581 , Stocktn & N o rfol SZZDS. _ OW 00. o t Linseed moved off slowly, at 454 for Odessa , 0. Es et Biack Sea, for summer shipment, is aWitell Nt 40 5 6. 6 61 India is held at 44s to 45a, and Rapeseed 37s 6d t h ,, o dor per quarter. Cokes supp ,, rt late currencies, but al articl-s aro very dull in sale Thrill p,White, per bush. 9a to 11 s Swede •• • • •... • • 103 12s mustard, Brown .•• • • • Sis tic White, now ......Said 6sod eares,winter ..•• .. ..4s ed 5s yid Spring ••••.... •.4s 6d 5s Od Canary, per quarter • . 39s 425, Rye grass.• ••• • • .• • 28s -36,' clover, Red Ens,. (cwt.) 421 534 White •• • • .... •• 42e 555, Foreign Red ...• .. 141 .- 624' White.... 44 faS s ' Tata ii 1 1.... . !.... 211 26s 53' j9B Latrraway •••••• • • • • ": 1 5y gb9 Coriander ••••• • • • •• vs 6 0 LilienmsePesde,eldnpge.r4:llvga rte illg : ' 4 1 1 : : 6 , 1 , Crushins •• • • 4 25 4 Baltic •••"• •• Odessa • • • • • • • LinteedCake, pr. ton -- S Iti4.ap:FEbconerengdeliciiiligashtl,;:t;erf.rtproirtS:47:lll_t 4 8 2 1 1 : I vi 88% 6% .48% 20% 11% 3K a 4 , l A*