The Sun. — London, England, 1848-05-25 00:00:00

i 1 )13' 01 the tees b‘" tb ° C- ,• Il i° JO: Plfr § 4li pay the contribution, and should it not be paid in on t hat day, be will; with regret, have recourse to coer °lon, and allow his troops to help themselves to what- Theey may st an d i n need of. proclamation concludes with the following Paragraph Will have sense enough not to compel me to this ultimate rile ir !sure; if they d o, the responsibility of all the misery UCL desolation that must naturally ensue must fall upon themselves." The proclamation is dated Kolding, ISth May, and signed WRANGEL, Commander in-Chief. RUSSIA AND POLAND • WAltsAvr, 13.—The Government, which on the 9th o f A pril prohibited the exportat i on Z. _ i c or; meal, and oa t s , as we " as of every lic k' of horse s , h as i ssue d an or d er t o a ll t he, custom-h ouses and export offices on the russian and Austrian frontier, extending that pro hibition t o t h e exportation of any kind of cattle into °" Countries. In order to facilitate the sale of corn, and to relieve commerce among the inhabitants In the vicinity of the Black Sea, the EMPEROR has Lcommanded the erection of a harbour and city on the 11 ; .,° f 48 °1 3 h, which is to be called Harbourtown eon° The inh a bi tants o f any ot h er di str i c t or ..nntries will b e perm i tted to sett l e h ere, an d a ft er lit January, 1859, to have their possessions free from ground -rent and land-tax. The inhabitants are also be e xempt from taxes for 15 years.—Hamburgh ° _,... rBen halle, May 20. For z ,or th e regulation of the affairs of Schleswig olstein, the Cabin e t o f St . P e t ers b urg h is said to ; 44 : 6 se nt a not e t o ' the Prussian C a bi net i n ver y c. , "li s h l3.i terms, dema n di ng th e mos t speedy re•estab no of °lent possibl e o f peace w i th D enmar k, i n d e fault w hich the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh will take ` 4 ' 1.1 1- 1 4 1 r, measures to those adopted by Sweden. ;494ahrt:', ITALY. It , NAPLES. • Said that the Fren c h Government has received 441: e te graphic dispatch announcing that an emeute had aft:a out in Naples, which had been suppressed • 'great deal of bloodshed. ftples u N I W the scene of an insurrection on the coat e ate nt, which was only put down after a severe v oters It appe ars th a t th e s t rug gle between the d uri ers lincl the tr oo p s l as t e d u p w ards of six hours, ag Which 400 of the latter were killed. The ir edv aett ers add a circumstance, but which we cannot u ntil further confirmed, that the Government h oli Z e wed the troops to pillage the city for several sk ir :T . ' All the beautiful villas and palaces which a11; 8 : 1 the bay have, it is said, been reduced t o The R h as ordered P r ince t/ARIATI to form a W kinist and has disbanded the National rd s. s. SICILY. Letter s from Messina of the 3d May state that, * with tt s standing the armistice, the Neapolitans con t' to mak e sor ti es f rom the citadel, but the Sici received them with a shower of balls. On the 1 41 , t here was a fight which lasted all night to the h i ;„"t c lad'• The Sicilians suffered but little loss, al -011 the enemy's was severe. The Neapolitan PLoitEs, mortally wounded on the 24th, died ggio a few days afterwards. The loss of the 4 4 I • Volitans on thit day was 26 killed and 40 vi°lln ded. The c itadel has been reinforced with -. ""Ps and provisions. 1 . CONDITIONS OF THE ARMISTICE. Neither party shall operate. Both aides shall provide what they want, except ems and ammunition. 3 - Cann on ca nnot be taken from the enemies' fortifi • • *Rio ~t 4: The armistice to be common to the citadel, Salve rll and Lighthouse; on one side, and the city, including o: A .a Torre di Faro, on the, other. , ' k Commerce free between Sicily, and Calabria. k The armistice tolut until May 20. Yesterday .a Neapolitan frigate, the. Sannita, passed through the Straits, full of troops; and the brig of war , i l rinoipe Carlo went to -Reggio and embarked the .sth ....:2,tegiment for the army of Lombardy. , LO BARDY AND VENICE. '7:The ,I7th had been fixed for the attack upon Pes tillers, but the rain was so violent that the Piedmon ''4l4,l arm could not undertake any operations. • 44vices from Somma Campagna, the head-quarters ' of. CIIARLICS ALBERT, say— army..continues to fortify its position, with a rt . of being An circumstances to protect the siege of ii7l4tera against all aggression of the enemy on the 4 4( t of,Veron a or Ri vo li, th e borders of the Lake di oda or the Adije." 4 36 .Piedmontese. Gazette of the 19th states that The Provisional Government of Venice has decreed z ltionall loan of ten millions of livres at five per • The Bull e ti n o f Mil an says —"D usANno has c ' ;"It h ged the di s p os iti ons o f hi s li nes , ex t en di ng them 7via rde Moggiano, so as to be prepared to retake the Initiative. The division of FERRARI has been re !irgiiiiised, and w ill b e un it e d t o th a t of DURAND() on the 16th. „ te ll Repub li can° o f th e 17 t h M ay p u blishes a pro eagainst the proclamation of the Provisional 'ilveretnent of Lomb ar dy, requiring the people to for the union with Piedmont, in which the ' a et signing it say the Government has furnished Pretext for foreign interference ; that they will not because resistance would be the commence ' ii i Ttif civil war, but that they protest solemnly in st it before Italy and Europe. It is signed by -uetnb e •.. sey erei r s of the society of popular sovereignty, and opiniots!ther clubs and persons holding similar Th e n• . let in,_, 4e oontese Gazette of the 20th quotes a bul• a „ ttL io: the 18th, announcing that the fire was opened .e4314.t Peschiera on that day. The principal attack the :directed against the outworks of Fort Mandel's; cciesorteries established on the pr o l onga ti ons o f th e Th e p s e garl to weaken it s d e f ences , w ith th e i r fi re . eff eet ""ress answered the fire vigorously, but without ' A - RAMBURGH MAIL. ....3 4% , tione .Iml:um, MIT 2L—After a slight deprecia- ItAt 1 1l the pri ces t h e inland funds closed in the same as heir .yesterday. The Spanish funds maintained ' . trite r Prices, and Portuguese were in demand, Aus iil7:l. Were at a minimum, but afterwards im proved. e 44 1411 were greatly in demand. The other foreign us remain the same. firte, 44llllllll l l MAY 20.—The price of stock was very lota but but slight fluctuation took place, except in elan Stock, which was considerably higher. teit,„ l l , eh ige on London—Frankfort, May 17. — Six .., Th ere 1 two months, 114. z ou 're was a great .depression on the Frankfort ' i t r se to-day, and very little business was done,— 1 L ' . . • t • 4414211Vh Borsenhalle, May 20. It) '',44•1 qix ti ills f•B4 DUTCH FUNDS.—AIIUTIIIDAK, MAT 23. Money. I 4 ~ '1 ' CA, . Actual Debt. 234 per Cent.. ••••• • • ' • 31"‘ Vit La 4 t tt :, 4 3 per Cent .... I::: 4 6 6 0 t 6114 1, u0 5 , "7•11 ' A t tott 4 n D d e i r C: nt...•. 6 .••• •• • • • • . . . . _ s l, • -,..:;.:: ,onintercial (C01:1401P1;r 0 t o,i n p . er Cent .. 119 ii lAN 1:' 5.1 :a.,, .- 44 t India La, 4 per C ent ••••••• ' • ' 6 ? 1 gls' -- etti Aktellange on London, at sight •••• • • 1 i 85 •-- Two months... • • • • • • ' • Ott Hamburgh, at sight •• • • 34 75 Two months. ••••••• • ' • • • • • , c . 34 37 N.. ~: 56 87 . 1 ...A.ll. _ Two mouths.— •• •• —••' • • • 56 25 all ~as.11U11 ( 1 1 1 .BORSICNIIALLE. MAT 20. t "4 1'3 A Bills. Money. ...... 141.,,j ...I:lariat, 5 per Cents ................ tiatelt Shares • • •• •• • •• ••—— .. 11 '' 0 41./ 1,..., te_lll4-Itussian Loan •••••••• • • b.:, b" a llin 5 serf liamb. Certificate. --.• I 1 4) eiii, , i) :!to Ist es Inscription.... •••• • • I,l t4 JiOPl and C'o Scl and 4th series— / t ~!,,_,, —l ab. in Certificat.4".• .. • • • •• •• '''w V,' . tiy , 4 per Cent., Lio'Pe ' Lld Co. •••• •• It ' t 4 ' % , . '7,t)batti: telltiplei 1 : I r t Z c i i) E tr Coat. :: : : 1 - •4 L a . kn..., 310•Portugueat LOIL 2% :: : 1...6 : r : i . e . n — t . ..• -- 1 - 4).1401 Actual Debt, 2 ' per Cent. ••• •• .••••\........„, 1.. ~ Di tto 3 Per Cent .:.. .... - 401 , Atli:l....New 4 per Cent. Imam 1844.... , , —"fro Dartish Loan, 3 per Cent v,, , f. , , .. A ationalnank Shares ...:., .17! li .__ . .................. itlc lb : grEEN's BIU TRDAY.—PortTSMOUTH, WED - 11 4;4, This being the anniversary of her gracious . tuitrs birthday, it was kept at Portsmouth with the eon;ultiary observancea. At eight A.M.; the Victory, the „i• _ al utter-in-Chief', flag-ship, , "_ w eet ; t steamers, „1„' In e Prince with all the other men and yachts in harbour, and the St. In dres s ed . il . egunt; and Powerful, at Spithead, , —II ft % .la Re fit ; flags; and on shore the garri the vißetstliffs displayed royal standard flags. At noon the X xce (2 7,Y earatneneed the salute of guns, followed by the anr,_ ,leont, 13elierophon, Illustrious, in harbour, and t t d aar n at Spithad. b itant s ) 0f 311 , 4: . 22. —On Wednesday last e the inba-, . e ball ° f Nve_isse_vrere surprised by the a t rrivp ,r l o o m f i t ir e . r x r ae e t t l i a ,taTorraekint i e t n, ap th p e ea v r e s te th ra a n t h a e ero le n left Colchester, at and s ly tirl Minutes pas fiel d r o'clock in the afternoOn, eutt in lg t(xl in a fallow, the property of Mr. John ei g h t rigt?stt in alf- past five, t rave lli ng t h e di stance of fifty . uya it Iles ione hour twenty minutes. Mr. Grcien --th 4 of wllB . a Most pleasant trip, and it was the 395th 41100 his ascension. the average height of the P on. II frora the earth two miles --IVorwich Was a bout . 5,5., : •.**''-' t•itl 1 I . ...., 41 1,4 1t.4.i ori „,- 1 $2 _1 -1 _t 63 16%1 , - ! GI .Y. 4111 „C;y, NI() Y and COMMERCIAL& W Swi CITY, QUARTER TO - TII4•E.E. The Cot! on 3arket at Liverpool yesterday was steady. Sales 4,000 bales. American realised 3d. to sid. per lb. Railway shares were dull, and rather lower rates were taken. The encouragement of domestic industry—a manifest discouragement of free-trade principles—is likely to be in favour with foreign Governments, as well as with the British Court. The Dutch War Department has given notice that the shirting supplied to the army must be officially certified as being of home manufacture. There are not many commercial letters in town from the Continent with late advices of general interest, but those which have come to hand seem almost uniformly unfavourable, the writers conceiving, and no doubt justly, that it is impossible to enter into business opera tions while political revolutions and counter-revolutions are almost daily occurring, and, moreover, with symp toms of Conservative re-action in some quarters. The greatest interest is felt for to-morrow's mail from Ham burgh, as it is supposed there may be some defi finitive news from Denmark. Russian merchants give it as their opinion that the Government at St. Petersburgh will strictly enforce the existing treaties, and the only circumstance that can prevent hostilities is the " backing out " of Prussia. General Wrangel's war levies in Jutland scarcely hold out much promise of this. The Spanish affair also excites great interest, and further disclosures are anxiously looked for. In Perlis nit nt many anticipate important results to the Ministry, and there is a feeling among well-informed Jews that the Disabilities Bill will not pass the Lords. There has been a renewal of last Thursday's report, that we expect a reduction of the minimum rate of dis count at the Bank of England. If such should take place an immediate intimation will be given in The Sun under this head. The Stock Market is exceedingly dull to-day. There are no money purchases making, and it is said that the jobbers are more in want of cash than stock. The indication is that we have a complete change to the state of matters a short time since, Consols having been only 84 to 84* for Transfer, though 84 to 841 for Account. Exchequer-bills are 395. to 445. premium. Bank Stock is 191 to 193, and India Stock 232 to 234. Spanish Bonds are heavy at 11* to 12 for the Five per Cents., and at 21* for the Three per Cents.; Mexican Bonds are 15i; Dutch Four per Cents. are 61 to 62. Shares are flatter. ONE CLOSING eItIcES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock .. 191 193 193 3 per Cent. Reduced Anns ..... B2l -A A i %36 82% 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 84 84% 84 1 4 New 3 1 4 per Cent. Ann 5......• 83%?4 83% Long Antis. to expire Jan.lB6o —8% Ditto, Oct. 10, 1859 ..... B IA 8 1 A India Stock India Bonds, .1,000/. - 21 p Ditto under 1,0004 ... ...... Consols for Account; .... Exchequer Bills. 20. 1,000/. 5001. Ditto Advertised . 26 32 27 p 27 p ME CLOSING RICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. ' O'CLOCK. PRICES. Brazilian Bonds Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent.. Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. — 12 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846....... 15% Ditto, Account ' 15% 15% Portuguese 5 per Cents. — Ditto, 3 per Cent l5 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 . . Ditto, Passive Ditto 3 Der Cent 21% • 21% Ditto. Account •• . 21 • Dividends on the above payble in London. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild.... Ditto.'i ier Cent. Certificates 62 61 61 Ditto, Account — 61 PRICES OF , BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. PAL '' AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen 5O ... . .. Amber., Nott., Boston, - and Eastern Junction 3k...... Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2 1 % Belfast & County Down 14% Birmingham and Ox-' ford Junction .... ... 20 Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley 10 Birming,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 121. 4s ... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.... 7% — ... . ......... Boston, Stamfd & Bir m. 5 Bristol and Exeter...... 85 Ditto, Thirds Buckinghams hire... 141. 48. - Caledonian - 32 Ditto, Half Shares .. VA — .. Ditto,ClydesdaleJunc 50 Chester and.Holyhead... 42 1 ,4 Ditto, Preference l5 ...... Clarence Do. lst Class, 6 per Ct.: 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports- mouth Dublin and Belfast June. 25 ...... Dundalk & Enniskillen' 17 1 ,4 - East Anglia, 25/.,L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 ...... - Do., 184, E. & H.... 18 ...... 4; 47 . 1i Do., 31.103. Eastern Counties........ 20 ...... 14" i 15 ... Do. New Guaranteed 6 per Cent. Ditto,Extension,s per Cent., No. 1...... 6/. 138. 4d.... . Ditto ditto, No. 2...6/, 13s. 4d... Do. North. & Eastern 50 Do. Quarters .... ..... 12% Do. New 23 ...... .. Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 Ditto, Class A, ditto... 1 Ditto, Class B (I. & and B.) 17% 6 Ditto, Class C, ditto... 17%..... 1)o. Scrip (6 percent.) 10 Ditto, ditto Ditto (C. & E.) guar. 5 per cent............ 21% ... East Lancashire Ditto, New Ditto, New Quarters 6 1 4 East Lincolnshire ...... 20 1 A Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... Ditto, Half Shares ... 15 .. .. .. Ditto, Quarter Shares 1214...... Edinburgh and Northern 25 Ditto, New.. 6 14 .............» Ditto, Newport l3 Ditto, ditto, New Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorch. 2 Ditto, New ... — Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle ....... •.• ..81. 6s. 8d.... ... Glasgow,Kilmar., & Ayr 50 ...... Ditto, New ... 40 Do. Preference Consol. 16 - ...... . ••• Great Northern Do., London and York 2 1 ,4 Great South. and West. . _ ( Ireland) ... — Great North of England 100 ...... Ditto, New, 40/ Ditto, New, 30/ 3O Ditto, New, 15/ ll% ... .. .. — Great Western 9O ... .. 96 Ditto, ih Shares 5O ...... 55 Ditt o , 14 Shares: 17%.. ... 1674 ......... . .... 163 / 4 Ditto, Fifths 2O Ditto, New 171....... 9 Huddersfield and Manch. 26 Ditto, Thirds Hull and Selby Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ...... -- ~. Ditto, 1 4 Shares Lancaster and Carlisle 5O ...... Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 Ditto, ditto Ditto, 1 / 2 Shares Do. Quarter Shares—. 14 1 / 2 ll Do. Fifths... ......... ... 9 Do. Sixteenths 6 14 - 1)o. Thirds(Reg.) l3 ..... _ ......... ... f Do. Liverp. and Bury 43 — Ditto 1 h (late Hud dersfield and Sheff.) 38 Do.(Wakefield,Ponte tract, and Goole) ... 50 Do.( W. Riding Union) 6 ..... ~._ Do. (Preston & W yre) 25 Do. 1 / 2 Shares (A)... 9 Leeds and Bradford 5O Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 47 1 r2 — Do., Half Shares ... ... 20 Do., (blue) Scrip...... 2 1 / 2 ...... Leeds and Thirsk Ditto, New Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3 1 / 2 — Liverpool, Crosby ana Southport . 2 Liverp., Manchester, and Newcastle Junction... 21,E . .. London &Blackwall...l3/ . 65.8 d....... 5 Do. New, No. 2 61.13 2 .4 d.... Do. Extension ..... ... 20 ...,.. .... . . ...... London, Brighton, a n d South Coast Do. Consol. Eighths. 40 Do. Guarant. 5 5 per ct.., 9 ..... _ - - Do. Pref. Con. b per ct. 50 .. ... Ditto, ditto-- 1852 50 — London and Greenwich 1 2 / 1 5s 4d... 8 1 4 81 Ditto, Preference... 18117 s 2d... London and N. Western 100 133 ••• .... ...... 182 Do. Quarters (L. & B.) 22 - Ditto, New Ditto, Fifths ..... .. .. 2 ...... ... ..... _... _ Do. .10/.Shsres(L.M.) 20 Do. 101. (M. & B.) A. 7% ...... 9% Do. 101. ( 51. & B.) B. 7 1 ,4...... Do. 101. (M. & B.) C. 1 ...,.. Loud. & S. Western Do. New 501. ... ..... 42%.. .. 34 35 1 /, Do. New 401. Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50 . . , 40 7 1 ,4 Ditto ditto 10 •••••• 7I A"' Ditto, Thirds London, Salisbury, and . Yeovil ..... .... •••••••• 11 4 .... Londonderry &Coleraine 27% Londonderry and Ennis •. . killen ... ........ ... 25 ...... .... ..... Lowestoft (4 per c t . ) ... 20 -••. ....... Ditto (6 per et.) Manche s t er, Buaton,and ---. blitlOck - ••• ........ .•• Malidiester, Sheffield, ...• and Lincolnshire...loo ..... Do. Qu arters (No. 1) 13 ...• . — ''''''''. ... -- Ditto ditto (N o. 2)... 25 . . .... Ditto ditto (N o. 3) ... 7% — ... .......... •---..• Ditto, New 101. P ref... 7% Ditto, Gt. G r i ms b y . Ditto ditto ... DIU& ditto.. ......„. 9 .... ........ 61,i ... Ditto Sheffield an d '— ••».•. ........ ...., Lincolnshire ......... 10 . ...• L Do., Grimsby Dock..: 15 ...... .--. • . 04. .. . . , . .. .. . _ . _ . vrici T N, 10 0 Do., ClOtantes"waciand ' ' 7 - e , .;,. ; ...' 4 - -1 4:' 0 '',. 7 4. ...Lincolnn.ffit.—.4l,.2sL....".• Malleh&A. & Sou t haw pt. ' . ..t tA 1 :1,1dlau lOO lO5 105 1 2.:....... 105 1 A Dd. Consolidated Pref.loo Do., do., 504 Shares... 15 ... .. 10 Do. Birm., and Derbyloo Do. Consul. Bristol and . . ___Birming., 6 per et, ...100 119 .._ ___ ~ 1 Ditto, Bast. Si Glocstr. 36 ...... Ditto, ditto ... W. 3s. 6d... Ditto,Leieest. & Swan- _ nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo Midland Great Western Irish Middlesbro' and Redcar, ' 6 per cent. guar. Newcastleand Carlisle...loo • .....»• _ Do. Quarters 25 Newmrket& Chesterford 184 Do. Extension ........... .... •••• • Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Newry and Enniskillen 7 - — Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor .. 15 Norfolk Do. New 20/. Do. Extension ' l6 Do. Guaranteed 51i ff pc~ 5 Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 Northern Counties Union 4 North British ........ ... 25 Do. Half Shares I 2 IA ...... 10 1 4 ..»..... 10 1 % Do. Quarters 6% Do. Extension DUO Thirds 1 1 A North & South-Western 2 ...... ..«........,. 1,% . North Staffordshire l 2 l / 2...... 10 1 ,i .- 10% North Wales - . North Western. Oxford, Worcester, and - _ Wolverhampton ...... 40 ...... -- Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Royston and Hitchin ... 1% - ..... .... -,- Scottish Central Scottish Midland 25 - Ditto, New OOOOO 121,E — 00000000 ••• •• Sheffield, Rotherham, andGoole (Nor. Div.) 5 Do. do. (Sou. Div.) . 4 ...... Shrewsbury and Birm... 8 Ditto ditto, Class B. 5 Shrewsbury and Herefd. 2 ...... Shrewsbury & Chester ( Nor. W. Min.) Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 ...... -- .. .... — Ditto Oswestry ...... 16 Ditto New - Do. 8 per Cent. Pref. 8 Shropshire Union i 4 - .• o •••••• "7" South Devon 45 — . ........ ..... Do. Preference South Staffordshire 5% — ..... ........ South Eastern ' 33% 251 A • 25 1 4 Do., No. 1 24 Do., N 0.2. ' 17 Do., No. 3 ....... ...... 20 Do., No. 4 South Wa1e5............... 23 South Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole 3 — Swans. & Loughor & Ca- meron's Stsn. Coal. ... 6 .• ........ . Taw Vale Extension ... 6 Thames Haven Dock and Railway ..... ...... 17%...... Vale of Neath ... .. 4 Waterford and Kilkenny 15%.. — .. — Waterford and Limerick 42% Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin ' 3 .... • Wear Valley 6 per Cent. . Guaranteed ... .. ...... 42 3 / ...... ..... Do. do. do. ... 25 West Cornwall ..... Whitehaven & Furness 11 Windsor, Staines, and South Western ..... ... 7 Wilts, Somerset,& Wey mouth 35 — York, Newcastle, and Berwick. Do. Original New and Berwick .. Do. ExtensiokNo. 1. 15 Do. do. No. 2. ....10 Da. G.N E.Preference 8 ...... York and North klidland;so Ditto, Preference ...... 10 Do. East and West Rid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 20 ...... .... . — Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) ... 16 Ceylon Demerara .... .... . .... . . Dendre Va11ey........... 4 - ......... "•..• Direct Bombay And Madras - Dutch Rhenish ..... .... 7%... .. . . .... .... . East Indian .... ...... ..... 3% — ...... .. .... • Great Indian Peninsular ss. Italian and Austrian. ... 4 Louvain il la Sambre ... 6 , Luxembourg 7 Madrid and Valencia... . 2 .... . Namur and Liege lB ... . 8 1 ,4% 3% Northern of France lO ..... --. ........ .... .. --- Orleans and Bordeaux 6 ...... ..... ...... .. 1% Over Yssel aBs 4d...... Paris and Lyons ...... .. 11 .... .... — Paris and Orleans ...... 20 - ..... Paris and Rouen ......... 20 ...... Paris and Strasbourg ... 8 - ••• ••• Mb ...... - Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse 2O ... .. - Strasbourg and Basle ... 14 Tours and Nantes .. 8 Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt ..... 16 West Flanders B% .. ... - LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAY 25.—Wind E.N.E., fresh breeze, and fine clear weather. LIVERPOOL, MAY 24.—Arrd. Cora, Taylor, Benin. Sid, January 19, Letitia Heyn, Perry, New Orleans ; Naomi, Wright, Savannah. Sld. 22d, Sophia, St. John's, New Brunswick ; 24th, Spencer, Oahu ; Eother Ann, Pernambuco ; Esk, Pernambuco ; W. A. Cooper, New York ; ➢tanks, New York ; Portland, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Swan, Quebec, ; Bootle, Jamaica. CLYDE, MAY 23.—Arrd. John Tomkinson, Williams, Demerara. Sld. 22d, Bangalore, Batavia ; Ellen, Singapore ; Marmion, Coquimbo ; Jessie Stephens, Montreal. OFF DARTMOUTH, MAY 24. Maidstone, Calcutta.: DEAL, MAY 24.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Princess Sophia, Matzen, Batavia, and sailed for Holland ; Isabel, Griffiths, Antigua; Presto, Norlin, Gothenberg, and sailed for the Brazils. Arrd. from the River and ald. Ocean, Proudfoot, Swansea. and Cape of Good Hope. CORK, MAY 23.—The Wanderer, from St. John's, New Brunswick, which arrived off this port yester• day, was run into 4th instant by a large ship, when the former lost bowsprit, jib-boom head, cutwater, anchor, cathead, and 45 fathoms of chain. STAAIGS, MAY 21.—The Paragon, Steake, of Sun derland, from Hatnburgh to Rimouski, which was taken to Scrabster harbour, after having been on shore 17th instant; had her rudder unshipped, and six feet water in her hold. DOTER, MAY 21.—The Plymouth, Ley, from Cardiff to London, went ashore this morning in the bay, but came off at the flood without damage. MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) HAT MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 31 to 3/ 15s ; Clover ditto, 41 to 4/ 15s; and Straw, 11 6s to 11 103 per load. Supply but moderate, and trade dull. CUMBEHLAND.—Meadow Hay, 3/ to 31 16s; Clover ditto, 4/ to 4/ 12s; and Straw, 11 6s to 11 lls per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 3/ to 3115 s ; Clover ditto, 41 to 41 15s; and Straw, 11 6s to 11 103 per load. Trade dull, at the above quotations. NEWCATE AND LEADENHALL . These markets were tolerably steady to-day at full prices. Beef from 2 * 10d to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 45 8d ; Lamb, 5s 8d to 6s 8d ; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 10d ; and Pork, 3s 10d to 5s per Blbs by the carcase. MEAT MARKETS. SOUTHALL, MAY 24.—We bad a steady general de mand this morning, and last weeks prices were well sup ported. Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s • Mutton, 4s to s s; Lamb, 5s 8d to 6 s 8 d; Veal , 4s 4 d to 4s 8d; and Pork 4s to 4s 8d per 81bs. ROMuP3RD, MAY 24.—Beasts were a slow sale and somewhat cheaper. All other kinds of stock were steady, at full prices. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s; Mutton, 4s to 5s ; Lamb, 5s 8d to 6s 8d; Veal, 4s 2d to 41 8d; and Pork, 4s to 4s 8d per Sibs. Suckling Calves, 16s to 265; Quarter -old store Pigs, 17s to 225; and Milekt Cows, with their small Calf, 151 to 17/ 10s each. HAILSISAM, MAY 24.—Prime Beasts and Sheep moved off steadily at full prices, otherwise the demand was in a sluggish state. Beef, from 8s to 4s; Mutton, 4s to 5s 2d; Lamb, 5s 10d to 6s 4d; Veal, 4s to 4s 8d; and Pork, 4s 4d to 4s 8d per 81bs. ARUNDEL, MAY 23.—Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 2d; Mutton, 4s 2d to 514 d; Lamb, 5s 8d to 6s 4d; Veal, 4s 4d to 4 , s 8d per 81bs. A moderate supply, and a steady trade. CHICHESTER, MAT 24.—Our market was tolerably firm to-day, but without material alteration in value. Beef, from 3a 4d to 4s; Mutton, 4s 4d to 51 4d; Lamb, 5s sd to 8s 4d; and Veal, 41 2d to 4a 8d per 81ba; Suckling Calves, 12s to 20s. COAL MA.RKET.—YESTZIMAY. Bate's West Hartley... las 6dEden Main l4s 6d Huddle's W. Hartley.. 13s 9d Belmont lss Od Chester Main ]3s Od ; Braddyll's Hetton lbs 9d Davison'sWestHartley 14. Od Bell Hasting's Hartley l4s Od Haswell l6. 9d Holywell Main ........ 14s Od Hetton . New Tanfield l2s 6d Lambten North Percyllartley... 13s 6d Russell's Hetton Richardson's Hartley 12s 6d Stewart's Ravensworth'a Pelaw. 12. 6d Cassop. .. .. Tanfield Moor Tanfield Moor Butes... 12s 6d Thornley Walker's Primrose ... 12s Od Adelaide West Wylam West Hartley Wall's End, &c. Cowpen Hartley Bewicke and Co. Brown's Gas Bensham ...... ..... Gosforth . Rillingworth l4B Od Ships at market...l77. CORN AVERAG ES. ITis BR GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF II CORN For the Week ended May 25,1848, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. I wmisr. BAILEY . 1 OATJ . 1 ". I "AIM I PEAL PRICE I 4is 4d 32s 7d 20s 4d 29s 2d 3tis aSs gd DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WiIEAT. BABLIT. OATS. I MC I IRANI. nu e . Sc oa 2a 04 as 04 as 04 44 0(1 124 04 • ~D4 HOUSU DAY.) The House sat to Clay to Kearitipeals. The Peers present were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Campbell, and the Earl of Clmperdown. SIR TROMAS WILDE V. GIBSON. The further arguments on this part-heard appeal, the facts of which we have already given at length. were resumed to-day, and this occupied their Lordships the • 1.4 • the _course ,of whole morning. the morning Lord Saye took the oaths and hi s sea t. imad Sele SHEERY V. LORD MUSRERRI. The LORD CHANCELLOR gave the judgment of their Lordships in thi s case , agree i ng to t h e opinions ex pressed by th e J u d ges the judgment Judges, and though with re luctance, re visisingf the Court of Chancery in Ire land. The ca se was argue d b efore t h e House and the Judges the session b e f ore last. SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BIIRCHELL.) WELLS V. ITAWKSLEY AND ANOTHER. . This was an action to recover the sum of 16/. 10i., for one quarter's rent of stables in Elms-lane, Bayswater. The defendants, Messrs. Hawkesley and Wright, were sued as trustees of th e M etropol i tan J o int Stock Con veyance Comp a ny, w h ose conveyances r an from Hun gerford•market. Th e d e f en d ants ha d p a id previously rent, and had sold o ff th e h orses and recei ved the money. Possession of the premises, however, was still kept, and on the part of the plaintiff it was contended that defen dants were personally liable for the rent. The defence was, that the plaintiff was not the proprietor of the pre mises, but that they, in fact, belonged to plaintiff's father, who, being a p artner i n t h e company, could not sue. Mr. Thomas Cra w f or d, t h e manag i n g di rec tor of the company, was call e d, and proved that Wel ls, sen., was also a director, and th at t h e s t a bli ng was taken of h im, but afterwards he t rans f erre d the pro perty to his son. The company was s till go i ng on, althoug h the horses had been sold. An off er was ma d e to pay on e quarter's rent in advance, and to g i ve up i mme di a t e possession, but the offer was not accepted. He had received 70/. fur his services. _ _ . The Learned UNDER-SHERIFF said it would have been better to have paid the rent than to have helped himself. The witness said there was sufficient money in the hands of the trustees. He, however, considered him self as much liable for the rent as defendants. Mr. THOMAS submitted that the plaintiff must be non suited, as it had not been shown that defendants had ever consented to alter the tenancy. The UNDER-SHERIFF thought the case must be al lowed to go to the jury, who, however, might perhaps think that as Wells, sen., had not been called, that the case had not been made out. The jury said that was their opinion, and gave a ver dict for the defendants. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (TIIIS DAY.) (Before the ASSISTANT-JUDGE.) Mr. John Gore, convicted at the February sessions of maintaining a nuisance (a lay-stall and dust yard), in Hatfield -street, Clerkenwell, was brought up for judgment. The Learned JUDGE said that he had visited the place of nuisance yesterday, and he found that the defendant was really , in earnest about the removal, and had sold the premises. He would, therefore, allow the defendant another month, and had no doubt that in that time the place would be cleared out. COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS. (THIS DAY.) The Metropolitan Sanitary Commission held a Court of Sewers this morning; Mr. Byng in the chair. An opinion of the Attorney and Solicitor-General and Mr. Peacock was read, as to the power of the Commis sion to carry on the Ordnance survey of the metropolis and pay the expense out of the rates. Those Learned Gentlemen were of opinion that the Commissioners could not cause a general survey and plan of the metropolis to be made at the joint expense of the several districts now under their control, but they could make a separate survey of each district and pay the expense out of the rates of each district. The Commissioners might employ the same persons to make all the surveys and plans, so that when made they would substantially have the same benefit as one general survey and plan, but it must be strictly observed that the expense of e ach survey must be kept separate. The report of the General Purposes Committee was then read. It stated that the expense of the survey would be about 25,0001., and the committee recom mended that Parliament should be applied to for a Bill to enable the Commission to complete the survey, and spread the raising of the 25,0001. over a period of thirty years; which would divide the annual contribution - of each ,district, as follows:—Westminster, 705/. 12s. 9d.; Holborn and Finsbury, 313/. ls. 10d.; Tower Hamlets, 2081. 14s. 7d.; Poplar and Blackwell, 18/. 12s. 2 • St. Ka therine's, .21. 18s. ld.; Surrey and Kent, 2281.125. Bd.; and Greenwich, 11. I Is. 2d. It was estimated that there were 300,000 houses within those districts, and if an annual rate of lid. were levied for thirty years, upon each house, it would supply the funds required for the survey. _ _ _ Mr. CHADWICK moved the adoption of the report. Mr. LESLIE insisted that the Commission had no power to proceed with the survey, for in the Finsbury and Holborn Act it was provided that the works should be let on contract. After some further discussion, the adoption of the report was put and carried, by a majority of 6 to 1. Some other routine business was gone through, and the Court adjourned till the Bth of June. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (Fito*.quA . OWN CORRESPONDENT.) COWES, MAY 23, 1848. FOREIGN SHIPPING.—Her Majesty on Monday passed, in the royal yacht, through the fleet of foreign ships in our roadstead. They were all gaily dressed out in flags, and, in compliment to her Majesty, they dipped their national ensigns as the royal yacht passed, which her Majesty acknowledged by dipping the standard of England. On Tuesday the Duchess of Kent, on her pas sage to Osborne, passed through the shipping, and was similarly honoured. On Wednesday all the ships were dressed in flags, the British ensign at the fore, in honour of the Queen's birth, and at twelve o'clock every cannon that could be mustered by the whole fleet was dis charged, the Prussian, Danish, Hamburgh, Lubec, American, Russian, Bremen, and Hanoverian vessels vying with the English to do honour to Britain's Queen. Salutes were also fired from the Royal Yacht Squadron Battery. All the troops from Parkhurst -barracks were marched to the race-course, near Whippinhasn, where they fired a royal salute. This evening some of the royal tradesmen will dine at the Prince of Wales Tavern, opposite the entrance gate to the Palace ; but som e thinking this rather too near the royal residen ce d ec li ned atten ding. Fireworks and feasting is the ord er o f t h e d a y, with an illumi nation to finish off with. Five noblemen made applications for residences for the summer on Saturday last, Many of the captains and passengers in the foreign ships were present at her Majesty's landing, and ex pressed their surprise at there being neither soldiers nor police present. She wants no guards. CIRENCESTE - IiELECTION. ----- CIRENCESTER, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAT 24. — The polling for this borough commenced this morning at eight o'clock, but it was a remarkable fact that at that period none of Mr. Ponsonby's voters were at the hustings, thus allowing his opponent to commence by leading the poll, which lead was kept throughout the day. The circumstance of a contested election here is a rare one, there having been nothing like a contest since 1812. The number of registered electors is, 478 ; of which, of course, some were double votes and deaths, &e., reduce that number to 458, while 392 actual votes have been polled, so that it may be said that the constituency has been nearly polled out. The state of the poll at the close was— Mullins 262 Ponsonby 130 Majority ... •• • —432 YORK CITY ELECTION. (yßom OUR CORRESPONDENT.) On Wednesday morning, at ten o'clock, the Sheriff proceeded to the hustings, and there declared officially that William Edward Mordaunt Milner, Esq., was elected the representative of the city of York. The numbers were— Mr. Milner ............... 1,505 Mr. Vincent ............ 860 Mr. Wilkins ..... . ...... 57 Mr. MILNER briefly returned thanks to the electors, assuring them he would use his utmost endeavours to serve their best interests in Parliament. Mr. Vincent and Mr. Sergeant Wilkins also addressed the electors, and subsequently Mr. George Leeman in a speech which was loudly cheered. The several candidates then walked from the hust ings. Much excitement prevailed amongst the Chartists, and special constables were called out during the after noon and evening to preserve the public peace. ~. ------ DROTIIIIRS AND S ISTERS, A T ALE OF DOMESTIC LIFE. BY FREDRIRA BREMER, TRANSLATED BY MARY HOWITT.—The works of our Swedish novelist are all delightful—pure, natural, and life-like, as one of Mor land's pictures. Like all original minds she has in vented a new school of novels, which has obtained the adhesion of many excellent writers. " The Neigh bours " and " The Home" by this lady have enchanted every one by the truth and beauty of the domestic life they paint; and "Brothers slid Sisters" will also share in the popularity those have acquired, as i t possesses the like qualities, and at the same time embraces that —wirithestdeerldigayht, this work.— social element which is so characteristic of the present time. Those who love that most beautiful of all sights, at one o'clock, their annual meeting in the council-room of the society, Soho-square td receive the report for the past year. the members of the Linnean Society held The Bishop of aLlu l i en ' ' ll i e 't H er Yd LC famil y,hr :u ' S:ol will 1 a r Te read Norwich, the President, in the chair. Mr. T. S. Ben nett, the secretary, read the report, from which it ap peared that a considerable addition had been made to the collection of the society, by the presentation of va rious learned and philosophical documents, &c., from the Royal Acadamy of Science at Munich, and from other associations on the Continent of Europe and of England. The receipts amounted to 7981. 19s. 4d., including 167/. 16s. Bd., last year's balance, 108/, admission fees, and 383/. contributions. The balance this year in favour of the society was only 98/. 11s., while the debt had in creased from . 350/. Bs. 4d. to 9561. Bs. 4d. The officers of the society were elected, when thanks were voted to the Right liev. Prelate, and the meeting separated. I N ,r f , :IRELAND, 'HEM) POLICE-OFFICR — DuinIN, MAY 23. At the sitting of the urigistrates this morning, the case of Mr. Devin R e illy (who was arrested yesterday .afternoon, at Newgate, whilst visiting Mr. Alitchel), charged with violating the provisions of the Act of the 60th George 111., which prohibits "training, drilling, &c.,” was gone into. The first witness called was Inspector Walpole, who deposed to the general facts of the case. The second witness (Constable Perry) was examined by Mr. Porter, the magistrate, and stated that he heard Mr. Reilly make use of the words with which he was charged in the informations. He further stated that he heard the chairman of the meeting d ec lare that " he was the open enemy o f the B r i t i s h power in this country — that he was prepared for the flash of the sabre, tut not for the dagger of the assassin." The constable was cross-examined at some length by lir ' Reilly, who defended himself, as to the construction of those words. Cross - examination continued—l saw you at the head of the club: it was necessary, of course, that the club should march down the street leading to the meeting, but they turned as orderly as any body of the metropo litan p o li ce, and perhaps more so; whatever the purpose of the club was in going to the meeting:, it was improved y this mili tary order; I could not Undertake to say whether you wore present when the chairman's speech was delivered. Mr. PORTER—I have evidence to prove that you were seen going into the meeting, and coming away after its termination. Mr. DEVIN REILLY—I wish to ask your Worship what course • you intend to pursue? How can Mr. Dillon's speech affect me? Mr. POIZTER—I do not say that Mr. Dillon's speech is the principal ingredient in this case; but so far as I understand the transactions of the meeting in question, It would be evidence either for you or against you. Mr. REILLY—If it mad e no a l teration in the cr i me with which I am charged, I would make no objection to what Mr. Dillon said; but if it did, that would alter the case. Mr. PORTER--I think it has some connexion with your case. • Mr. REILLY, to witness—Did you see any other clubs but mine? Constable—No; I was attached to yours alone.— (Laugh ter.) Mr. PORTER—Oh, you were an attache, then. , ---(Loud laughter.) Inspector Little was then examined, for the purpose of proving that the words a ll ege d to b © used by Mr. Reilly were military phrases. Witness stated that he had been twenty years in the army, and was, conse quently, competent to give an opinion on the matter; but, at the same time, he did not consider her Majesty's troops had an exclusive right to all the words in the English language. The phrases, " right shoulders— forward," and "left wheel," were military terms at pre sent in use in the British army. The witness was cross-examined at considerable length by Mr. Reilly, but the interrogation was purely of a technical character. Mr. REILLY—If you saw a number of men marching to a funeral, as is common with Tontine Societies, &c., and if you saw them marching two and two, would you consider it a military movement? Witness—l would not. Mr. REILLY—Do you consider the fact of attending a meeting held for the purpose of denouncing jury packing to be a military movement? Witness—lt would depend on the course of proceed ing adopted. A discussion subsequently took place between Mr. Reilly and Mr. Porter, as to the construction of the Act, in which Mr. Dillon (barrister) took a part. His Wor ship having read the preamble and several sections of the statute, and commented upon them, concluded by saying that he conceived there had been a prima facia case made out against the prisoner, and that, consequently, he was obliged to send the case for investigation else where. Mr. REILLY—I have bail here, your Worship. Mr. PORTER—With regard to that, I believe the practice to be this, that when the Court to which these informations will be returned is actually sitting, to refer the whole matter to it at once. I will return you at once to the Clerk of the Crown, and send you for trial at the present commission. Mr. REILLY—You refuse bail? Mr. DILLON—I believe the case cannot be tried at this commission. Mr. PORTER—There is nothing at all to hinder it. It can be tried, if Mr. Reilly choose. Mr. REILLY—Oh, I will not choose.—(Laughter,) Mr. PORTER—You have the power to traverse in prox. Mr. DILLon—Do you not think bail ought to be taken? Mr. PORTER—That is a question for the Court. Mr. REILLY—Where am Ito go to—is it to Newgate? Mr. PORTER—Yes. A committal was then made out, and Mr. Reilly was conveyed to prison. MR. MITCHEL'S CASE. This day, at half-past ten o'clock, at the sitting of the Commission Court, the Clerk of the Crown called upon the keeper of Newgate Prison to put forward the person of John Mitchel, upon which Mr. Mitchel advanced to the front of the dock, where he remained standing for a few minutes, and then took the seat provided for him. Sir COLMAN O'LOOHLEN rose and said, ho moved that the indictment should be quashed, upon the grounds ho had stated yesterday, which were, that two distinct felonies could not bo charged in the same indictment, and he submitted that upon a rule of law it was quite clear the prose cutor was not at liberty to charge two separate and dis tinct felonies in the same indictment. He did not allege that there was anything illegal in charging two felonies in the same indictment, .because it might not be an ob jection in the case of an arrest of judgment or a writ of error. It was not usual to quash an indictment in cases of high treason, except when error had arisen, or upon motion before the Court. The Learned Baronet at some length contented that the prosecutor should be put upon his election, and cited several cases in support of his argument. Mr. O'IIAGAN followed on the same side, and cited a case in which Chief Justice Mauls had decided a case similar to the present in favour of the accused, and con cluded by contending that Mr. Mitchel was entitled to forty challenges on the array, twenty challenges on each of the felonies charged. Baron LEIROY, in giving judgment, said he did not think it necessary to call upon the Attorney-General to reply. There did not exist any inconsistency or repug nancy in the two felonies charged in the indictment. The two felonies charged only varied the offence but did not vitiate the indictment. The Learned Baron re ferred to cases in support of his judgment, and to the long experience had in the administration of the 'White boy Acts, under which a variety of the same offences might be charged in the same indictment—such as assembling together in arms by day or night—malicious assault on habitation—going into a house, and although not committing an assault, to carry away property with out the consent of the owner—by administering unlawful oaths—and by various other offences for which the Whiteboy Acts provide, might be all included in the same indictment, by which a variety of the same offences, and not separate and distinct offences, might be charged. On those grounds, the Learned Baron refused to quash the indictment. Judge MOORE fully concurred in the decision pro nounced by his Learned Brother, Lefroy. Sir COLMAN O'LOGHLEN then applied for liberty to demur to the indict men t, an d p l ead over to the felony. The grounds on which he applied for the demurrer were, that in the indictm en t t h e t i me and place at which the alleged offences had been committed were net sufficiently stated and set forth. He was f per ect y aware that the day was not material in every case ; but still the day should be stated in ev er y i n di ctment on which the alleged offence had been committed. Ho merely submitted that the demurrer should be received pro forma, and the prisoner would plead over to the felony. The ATTORNEY GENERAL said that, if Sir Colman O'Loghlen would persist in the demurrer, he would ask the Court for formal judgment in the event of the de murrer not being well founded ; or if it were the Learned Baronet's intention to try the general issue, the Crown was ready to join in that issue at once. After a desultory argument, in which Mr. Henn and the Attorney-General, on the part of the Crown, and Sir Colman O'Loghlen, on the part of the prisoner, i took part, The COURT decided that if the demurrer were to be argued, judgment of either guilty or not guilty should follow. Sir C. O'Locitrxx asked leave for till to-morrow morning to plead or to demur. The ATTORNEY•GINERAL opposed the application for further delay. Baron LENaGY suggested that if the prisoner would now plead, and be at liberty to withdraw that plea and demur on the general grounds, he thought there would be no objection at either side. Counsel at both sides having assented to the suggea. tion of the Learned Baron, The Clerk of the Crown called upon Mr. Mitchel, saying, " You have heard the indictment read yester day ; what say you—guilty or not guilty 2" Mr. Mitchel—Not guilty. The COURT then decided that the prisoner should have until four o'clock this day to withdraw his plea of not guilty, or proceed with the demurrer. Four o'clock—ln accordance with the arrangement entered into this morning, Sir COUsiN O'LoGELEN stated that, on the;:part of the prisoner, he would, with the permission of the Court, request that the plea of not guilty should stand, and that he and his Learned Friends Messrs. Holmes, °Eagan, and Pigott would be ready to conduct the defence of his client on whatever day the Court would appoint for his trial. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said considerable interrup tion might be given to the proceedings by challenge s to the array, and the arguments that might arise on that question, and as term would sit on Friday, it would be desirable to have that case disposed of as soon as possi ble. It was not his intention to deny a reasonable time to counsel for the prisoner to prepare his defence, and he thought, under all the circumstances, the Court would not consider him precipitate in applying for a trial to-morrow. It was ultimately decided by the Court that the trial should take place on Thursday morning next, at ten o'clock. SURPLUS FUNDS FROM INSOLVENT ESTATES.—It is the intention of Government to authorise the payment of 21,3001. out of the surplus funds in the hands of the Commissioners of the Insolvent Debtors' Court, arising from insolvent estates, in the purchase of the freehold house, No. 34, Lincol's Inn-fields (the resi dence of the late Mr. Baron Gurney), for the in creased duties of the court, in consequence of the re cent Act of Parliament, including the cost of fitting up and furnishing the same as courts and offices. '1 ici (./1y.13U 10Leitir r , THE QUARTERLIES. 771 E EDINBURGH REVIEW. No. CLXXT7I. 7I THE Q UAR TERL Y REVIEW. No. C I.XI V. THE WESTITINSTER REVIEIV. No. XCVI. THE BRITISH QUARTERLY RE VIEIV. No. XIV. THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND REVIEW W. No. XL VI. THE NORTH BRITISH RE VIE TV for May. Several bulky volumes by Caxton or Wynkin de Worde would scarcely furnish such a mass of writing as is here contained in these quarterly publications— publications which form only a single phase in our periodical literature. Of itself this circumstance alone would be significant of the spread of intelli gence, but the marvel. of the thing is strongly enhanced when we consider the diversity of the subjects and the brilliancy (in some instances) of the style which are lavished in their production. In biography we have sometimes the compactness of Southey and the analytic skill of Plutarch. In criticism the subtlety of Dacier and the precision of Gifford. In metaphysics the depth of Coleridge and the imaginativeness of Richter. In papers of a humorous character, the terseness of Swift, the sly. ness of Sterne, the eccentricity of Rabellais, and the homeliness of Smollett. We shall not be accused of having here pronounced any very exaggerated pane gyric upon the Quarterlies when it is remembered that among the contributors to those publications have been numbered within the last forty years such men as Brougham, Jeffrey, Macintosh, Walter Scott, Sydney Smith, Lockhart, Macaulay, Robert Southey himself (one of the most exquisite prose writers in the language), Chalmers, Leigh Hunt, and a multi tude of others. Latterly, however, we cannot pre sume to speak in terms so unconditionally eulogistic, although the sparkling mannerisms of Mr. Charles Buller and the scholastic diction of Lord John Russell have embellished the Whig organ at intervals. In the number for the April quarter of the Edinburgh is a noble and scholarly disquisition on the " Genius of Plato." After mentioning the unsatisfactory translation of Floyer Sydenham and the almost insane paraphrase of Thomas Taylor, the writer laments that England has not yet given birth to a creditable translator, of the great disciple of Socrates —whereas France has long since done so in the person of Victor Cousin, and Germany in the person of Schleiermacher. This reminder should be enough to arouse the industry of some man whose acquaint ance with the Greek tongue may approximate in some measure to the familiarity of Porson. As a striking contrast we presume, this article is imme diately f o ll owe d b y a delightful and gossiping remi niscence of " Coleridge and Southey." Willingly, nay gladly —for the honour of Joseph Cottle, the publisher o f B r i sto l , and still more for t h e h ono ur of Southey, f o r w h ose memory we have individua ll y b u t little sympathy and politically none whatever—do we transcribe the followinganswer Cottle th a t on retiring beautiful m ui a t f b u u l s iandn regrete s s n e o xh b pe l r e e - hs h sa e ed a d r t notbeyd returned the copyright of his work s t o Southey. lett hose l l i l o e h re er i t t who now read it remem b er th a t turnienygetso thatdust, l eheakde led heart that throbbed , kindly, and a hand th a t h ad a frank and " My dear Cottle,--What you sa for those he loved when living: and cordi a l grasp of copyrights affects me very much. D ear Cottle,y 3 ra- set your. They were h heart at m te yours;rest on fairly that subject. bought a l n t d oughtfai rfairly to so b l d e . at You rest. bought on the chance of their success, which no Londo book seller would have done; and had they not been bought, they could not have been published at all. Nay, if . 0 had not published ' Joan of Arc,' the poem would never have existed, nor should I, in all probability, ever have obtained that reputation which is the capital on which I subsist, nor that power which enables me to support it. " But this is not all. Do you suppose, Cottle, that I have forgotten those true and essential acts of friendship which you showed me when I stood most in need of them? Your house was my house when I had no other. The very money with which I bought my wedding-ring, and paid my marriage fees, was supplied by you. It was with your sisters that I left my Edith during my six months' absence; and for the six months after ray return, it was from you that I received, week by week, the little on which we lived, till I was enabled to live by other means. It is not the settling of our cash account that can cancel obligations like these. You are in the habit of preserving your letters, and if you are not, I would entreat you to preserve this, that it might be seen hereafter. Sure I am, that there never was a more generous nor a kinder heart than yours; and you will believe me when I add that there does not live that man upon earth, whom I remember with more gratitude and more affection. My heart throbs, and my eyes burn with these recollections. Good night, my dear cid friend and benefactor. " ROBERT SOUTHEY." This letter deserves to be remembered when the back slidings, the bigotry, and the tergiversation of the writer is forgotten. Another attractive contribution to the Edinburgh is the one devoted to the "French Republicans ;" it is a rapid but_ careful narrative of the labours and the consistencies of those indefatiga ble democrats. Among the more characteristic effu sions in the Quarterly, the very foremost is certainly the one respecting " Count Montholon and Sir Hudson Lowe." It has all the dogmatism of the political fanatic in its manner, all the petulance of a declaimer ill at ease in his conscience, all the implacability of the partizan, and all the elaboration of the special pleader. A hint or two is thrown out incidentally as to the revelations which are to be expected in the forth coming memoirs of the infamous Sir _Hudson Lowe. Rumour already begins to mutter dark inuendoes as to the disclosures preparing for the world in this very veracious production. It is said even (not, be it &- served, in the Quarterly, but in the whispered conver sations of society,) that documents are there to meet the light betraying the existence of a conspiracy on the part of the Whigs during the days of Bathurst— a conspiracy in which are implicated such important members of the present Administration, as the Lord President of the Council, the Marquis of Lansdowne, then Lord Henry Petty—a conspiracy between the Whigs and Bonaparte for the liberation of the latter from Saint Helena! As Thersites exclaimed in a paroxysm of ironical indignation—"Lo, 10, 10, 10, what modicums of wit he utters !" A Whig con spiracy for the liberation of Bonaparte from Saint Helena! If it were for the alleviation of the martyr dom of greatness, glory, say we, be to the memory of those Whig conspirators ! But manifestly the com plicity of Lord Lansdowne in the supposititious scheme is alluded to by the deceased Gaoler of Longwood, for the purpose of raising a suspicion of Whig patriotism, and of gratifying his own base avidity for vengeance even in the darkness of his ignoble tomb. It is but of a piece with his despicable career that the after-thought of the life of Sir Hudson Lowe should be that of posthumous slander. Repeating, however, the words already uttered by one of our contempora ries, we turn from the contemplation of the career of Sir Hudson Lowe to some more savoury theme, with one simple ejaculation—" Peace to his infamous remains!" In a criticism on Alfred Tennyson's " Princess " a criticism which has the advantage of being neither a pa negyric nor a hyper-criticism, but a judicious mixture of praise and exception—the character of Ida is brought by one simple comparison thoroughly to the comprehension of the unreading few. The comparison is this, that the Princess bears a striking resemblance to Dabnecker's Ariadne—that matchless creation of the sculptor—that soulless form of beauty carved in marble, to which Dannecker in his old age and his madness used to send " his love." There are two delightful chapters on antique lore in the very commencement of this number of the Quarterly —chapters such as would have puzzled Edie Ochil tree more th an t h e R oman encam pm en t. Th ese are articles on ', A n ti qu arian Club Books," and on ' Scotch Topography and Statistics." Those who in tombs relish th e records of ant i qu i ty an d " t h e o ld hi stor i c scrolls," which preserve the evanescence of the past of grey dust and yellow parchment, will ,delight in papers so fraught with venerable facts and recollections. " Eastlake on Oil-Painting " is a fair artistic memento, and the disquisition on " Our Mi litary Establishments—Artillery," is not the less attractive from being preceded by the pacific speeches of Mr. Cobden, and the warlike move ments on the Continent. At the conclusion of the present instalment of our old Con servative contemporary there is a biographic commemoration of Lord Ilervey, followed by a Co pious narrative of the "French Revolution of 1848." From th e mu l t i p li c ity o f the accounts of this great politi ca l explos i on, h owever , w hi c h have appeared sin ce t h e three days o f F e b ruar y, it i s idl e t o en ter intoa new description of events now patent to every body's understanding. It is impossible not to detect a restrained joy on the part of the Quarterly at the dewnfal of • a parvenu dynasty, and especially at the disgrace which has fallen upon the head of the Ring of the bourgeoisie: Another, and if possible, a still more elaborate statement of the rise, progress, and consequence of the Paris Revolution is given as a sort of appendix to the Westminster Review. The paper which is addressed to M. Albert Ouvrier, in another part of the same periodical, reads like a satiric burlesque, now that we think of Albert confined as a conspirator in the dungeons of Vincennes for his dis graceful and treacherous participation in the riots of the 15th of May. Again, the somewhat eulogistic notice of M. Louis Blanc in reference to . his Organi zation du Travail is of a very mock-heroic cha racter when we bear in remembrance the cowardly conduct of this eccentric little gentleman on the ev ening of that same deplorable but glorious day. A better judgment on the part of the editor of the Westminster Review is displayed in the remaining contributions, the very best of which is the memoir of the career and character of Lord Sidmouth. Among the foreign works reviewed, in the supple mental pages of the Foreign Quarterly, are Amari's " Sicilian History," Cotta's "Doctrine of Education," 1 and Lewald's "Italian Picture Book." Three men of a very different calibre of intellect, of a very diffe rent reputation, and of a very different disposition, obtain their due meed of eulogium in the British Quarterly Revi ew , , Sir James Brooke, the, Raja of ... ;.; ,:,t,cm, Loa (noisetossa e Akftl.Ull!) Sarawak•, is one ; Charles Lamb, the essayist, is an other, and Samuel Warren, the barrister and novelist is another. The civilizer of Bor justly, for his'expedition into the pelago ; Mr. Warren, for his sum fiction of " Now and Then," and dear Charles Lamb—for his exube: forced pathos, and his odd, sparklin L boundless wit. One quotation from respondence of Elia, we are grateful bringing to our recollection. It is letter to Bernard Barton, the Qualc, overflowing with humour—that dry, humour in which Charles Lamb was absolutely, and will for ever be unrivalled—that.we transcribe it pere without on e wor d o f com m e nt, and certainly without one syllable of apology : " I have not a thing to say; nothing is of more im portance than another; I am flatter than a denial or a pancake ; emptier than Judye 's wig when die head Is in it ; duller than a country stage when the actors are ofY it; a cipher —an 0: I acknowledge life at all, only by an occasional convulsional cough, and a permanent phlegmatic pain in the chest. lam weary of the world, and the world is weary of me. My day is gone into twilight, and I don't think it worth the expanse of candles. My wick hath a thief in it, but I can't muster courage to snuff it. I inhale suffocation; I can't distin guish veal from mutton ; nothin4 interests me. T is twelve o'clock, and Thurtell is just now coming out upon the New Drop, Jack Ketch alertly tucking up his greasy sleeves to do the last office of mortality, yet can not I elicit a groan or a moral reflection. If you told me the world will be at end to-morrow,' I should just say, ‘Vill it?' I have not volition enough telt to dot my i's, much less to comb my eyebrows; my eyes are set in my head; my brains are gone out to see a poor relatioh in Moorfields, and they did not say when they'd come back again ; my skull is a Grub-street attic to let—not so Much as a joint stool left in it; my hand writes, not I; just as chichens run about a little, when their heads arc oft. 0 for a vigorous fit of gout, of cholic, toothache!—an earwig in my auditory, a fly in my visual organs; pain is life—the sharper, the more evidence of life; but this apathy, this death! Did you ever have an obstinate cold—a six or seven weeks' unintermitting chill and sus pension of hope, fear, conscience, and everything? - Yet do I try all I can to cure it; I try wine, and spirits, and smoking, and snuff in unsparing quantities, but they all only seem to make me worse instead of better. I sleep in a damp room, but it does me no good; I come home late o'nights, but do not find any visible amendment!' " That reminiscence of Lamb too is delightful about his dissuasion to Manning as to his visiting China, where he added—" Some say they are cannibals, and then conceive a Tartar-fellow eating my friend, and adding the cool malignity of mustard and vinegar !" Besides the everlasting " French Revo lution in 1848" there is a political theme in the pre sent number of considerable interest—" Italy ; ita State and Prospects" a subject of peculiar interest just now,: from the victories of Carlo Alberto in Lombardy, and the reconciliation of Pio Nono and his people at Rome. It is not unagreeable to turn front the contemplation of these bewildering move ments on the continent of Europe to such topics as " Animal Psychology" and the " Result of German Philosophy"—topics which are severally treated with Other evie wa—ir mas t er n rorfe na h tavnednr very different i h eff e re roefn tt British e) Q uar t erly . character, ttahicel ar ticles, u,North B a r r it e i containedßriti s h i Review-- the most valuable of which are those respecting " Mrs. Somerville's Physical Geography," " Tenny son's Poems," " Oliver Goldsmith's Biography," " Mrs. Fry's Life and Labours," and, of course, that inexhaustible theme of journalists, " The French Revolution of 1848." In the Church of England Review there are many well-timed and cleverly distinguishable are s n t writtenin none ei s effusions. Alt og ether the Reviews for the past quarter are of superior ab i l i ty, t h oug h th ere ofha amongmo more the e illustriouson tcontributors u w to r r i writers . r s of the age •neo is laud:' , and East In. .... ,h- :\- - i ple ti . / r ~ - i -.---.....,.. Ch. ..E' l •, : - 7 . 1;- .. i...., ..‘ rant 1.. . ~, k ....st # , T' iircitAk ru t. 1 ~, . ~ - '- - *. ii to i co . n . 7:11i . : .. 7 -f . ii . .;_,.._.---- „do ier poet, •, i . oftw alir •y, sly, chuckling tirb Vattion PSOM RACES. (THIS DAY -BY EXPRESS.) The Epsom Four yrs old Stakes of 50 sors, each, h. ft. Derby Course. Nestor .. Lady Lurewell 2 The Durdans Stakes of 10 soya. each, 5 ft if declared, &c. The last mile and a quarter of the new Derby Course, lapis Nectar ... 2 ... 3 Free Lance Nourmahal The Grand Stand Plate of 200 soya., added to a Haudicsp of 10 sovs. each. Great Metropolitan Stakes Course. Plaudit ... Sister to Valentissimo ... ... ... ... ... 2 ... 1 [ADVERTISEMENT.] TO THE .ED/TOR OF 211 E SUN. SIR,-Mr.lfe's " reply " to my "statement " is singular in having made its appearance before any " statement" of mine had been published.—(See Notice to Correspondeuts in this day's Morning Post.) It will not easily be credited by the public that I should consent to sing, at her Majesty's, or any other theatre, without the fullest assurance that the part of " Edgardo," to a certain extent identified with any dramatic reputation, I may possess, both at home and in Italy, should not be taken from me, and entrusted to one whc, though he may be no doubt justly styled " that great public favourite," has never yet attempted the part, and is, perhaps, not altogether adapted to the performance of it. It is, however, for the public to decide whether, what decidedly assumes the aspect of a foreign cabal against an English artist, shall or shall not be successful. lam unwilling to credit the general reports, that jealousy, in a direction where it could least be expected, has succeeded in effecting this most unlooked-for catastrophe. It would certainly appear hard that an artist should be driven from the public service, not because he has been unsuccessful, but because he has had the good fortune to please the public " too well!" In conclusion, I have to reiterat2 my state ment, that the clear understanding at the period of my engagement was, that I should perform in the character of "Edgardo," that I should never have sung at all under any other understanding, and that I can only attribute the management's apparent change of pur pose to the public's great kindness on Saturday evening, and the small envies and jealousies this may have exeit.A. With the renewed assurance of my deep regret that any step on my part should appear derogatory to the rights of the subscribers or the public, I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, J. SIMS REEVES. 109, Great Russell-street, Bedford-square, 25th May, 1848, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. keep a news-room in the town, having a con siderable number of subscribers, and am also a news agent, supplying many daily papers. I take among others a late edition of The Sun for my news-room. It is the only ono in the town, and is eagerly sought after for its well known early and authentic intelligence on all subjects. Now, it is but just you should be aware that if anything of more than usual interest is looked forward to. the non-arrival of the paper on that day amounts almost to a certainty. So surely do I calculate upon this, that against the opening of Parliament, any impor tant debate, or matter of interest, I am in the habit of taking two or three copies from different agents, not that I actually want more than one, but to guard, as far as I can, against an otherwise almost certain disappoint ment. Nor does this precaution always answer the pur pose intended. Last Monday's paper was eagerly sought after by sporting men, for its expected Derby prophecy, and, as usual, not a copy made its appear ance. You have probaly had similar complaints to this before, but I doubt whether you or the newspaper press generally are aware of the extent of the evil. I have lost daily papers three or four days in a week—not sent —I would expressly mention—in a wrong direction, otherwise they would be returned by next post. This rarely happens. I have written to the Postmaster-General on this mat ter more than once, and my complaints have been re ceived with courtesy, and inquiries made, but attended with no result further than to exculpate two out of the three parties who alone can be concerned, namely, th• news-agent and the local postmaster. I think if the same pains were taken to discover the purloiners of newspapers as are given to the detection of stealers of letters, the true delinquents would be more frequently brought to justice. I enclose five stamps, and shall feel particularly obliged by a copy of the paper mentioned, should one remain in the office. Not one has yet been seen here. I am, Sir, yours very respectfully, FREDERICK WARD. Stratford-on-Avon, May 24,1848. His Excellency Sir Henry Bulwer, the British Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Madrid, who arrived in London yesterday morning from Spain, had a lengthened interview with Viscount Palmerston in the afternoon. SIR JAMES Ross's EXPEDITION.—" Enterprise, off Aberdeen, Wednesday.—l drop you a line to say good bye. The pilot is just leaving, and now we start fair for the ice on our own bottoms. The heavens have certainly smiled upon us since we started. The pilot says be never saw such a run of fine weather; we outsell the Investigator, and are continually obliged to shorten sail for her to close. We are all surprised at this, for It was generally imagined that she would have the heels of us. We are all quite well, and in the best of spirits. Our ship's company behave capitally, and work in ex cellent style—in fact, we could not be better off in that way. I must now bid you adieu. I will send you fur ther news of our expedition by the whalers in autumn." We have had a week of the finest weather, says our Ulverston correspondent, that could possibly bay. been wished for; alternate beautiful showers, gentle breezes, and a good average of sunshine. Crops never looked more promising.—Cumberland Pocallet l'iiB ;htit