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. _ ...... NEW MaTORICA.L ROMANCE, by the Anther of ^ litlEir," " EUGENE ARAM," &c. Ju3t ready, in 3 vols., post Bvo., L H A THE LAST OF R T 0 HE SAXON KINGS. D ; An Historical Romance. By Sir EDWARD BULWER LYTTON, Bart., Author of " Rienzi," " Eugene \ ram," " The Last Days of Pompeii," Sce. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. 1 ,, , Orders should be immediately forwarded to the Booksellers to secure the punctual delivery of this wort on the day of publication. Now ready, 10s. 6d., bound, with Portrait, THE FIRST VOLUME OF PEYYS' DIARY AND CORRESPONDENCE, NEW EDITION, with ntimmotis p as sages now restored from the Original Manuscript, and many additional Notes. By LORD BRAY/3110010E, Henry Colbnrn, publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Mdlle. JENNY LLND. TO-MORROW EVENING will be represented Donizetti's Opera of LUCIA DI LAIDiERMOOR. Lucia. Mdlle. Jenny Lind ; Egarde, Signor Gardoni ; Bidebent, Signor Bouche ; and Enrico, Signor Coletti. To conclude with the admired Ballet Divertissement, by M. Per rot, the music composed and arranged by M. Nadaud, entitled _ LES ELEMENS, lly Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi, Mdlle. C. Rosati, and Mdlle. Cerito; Maas. Aussundon, Julien, Payne, Lamoreux, &c. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre. The Fine List is suspended, the public Press excepted. Doors open at hall-past Seven, and commence at Eight o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Uttar the Management of Mr. B. Webster. sole Lessee. MR. AND MRS. CHARLES KEAN. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new and original Play, entitled THE WIFE'S SECRET. Lord Arden, Mr. Howe; Sir Walter Amyott, Mr. Charles Kean ; Jabez Sneed, Mr. Webster; Harrington, Mr. Brie dlll ; Brouillard, Mr. Rogers ; Lady Evellne Amyott, Mrs. Charles Kean ; Maud Mrs. Keeley. Between the pieces Mr. Gerhard Taylor, the eminent Harpist, will perform a grand Fantasia. After which apew piece called the PAS DE FASCINATION ; or, Catching a Governor. Michael Browsky, Mr. Keeley; Katherine Kloper, Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with a Grand Romantic Extravaganza, founded on Horace Walpole's mysterious production, and called THE CASTLE OF OTRA..NTO. Mantred, Mr. Keeley ; the Marquis Piacenza, Mr. J. Bland ; Theodore, Miss P. Horton ; Odonto, Mr. Caulfield ; Hip pont°, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Isabella, Miss Reynolds ; Matilda, Mrs. Caulfield. Stage Manager, Mr. Farren; Acting Manager, Mr. F. Webster. J. T. Archer, Box-book keeper. Boxes, ss. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 25. ; Upper Gallery, ls. Doors open at Hail-past Six, Pertormance to commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING WIR be performed a new and original Drama, called HARVEST HOME. Principal charactors by Messrs. H. Hughes, Lambert, Wright, P. Bedford, 0. Smith, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Turner, &c. Atter which a new Farce, called GOING TO THE DERBY THE DERBY DAY. Mr. Jeremiah Twiddle, Mr. Wright; Mr. Joh n James Chucks, Mr. Paul Bedford; Mrs. Twiddle, Miss Weolgar. To conclude with the Farce of SHOCKING EVENTS. and In wh M ch Mr. Lambert, Mr. Worrell, Mf." Munyard, Miss Harding , Chs tt will perform. Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, is. „, srq wren at Half-past Six, P IT*lTMallee to commence atAsysn. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Matkews. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE SCARECROW. Principal characters by Messrs. Buck.stone, Selby, Granby, and Ch arles ; Mrs. C. Jones, Miss Jane Coleman, Miss Lee, and Mrs. Fitzwilliam. kfter which, a new Interlude, er.titled THE FAST ME.C. The characters by Mr. Charles Mathews and Mr. Buckstone. To conclude with an and original grand Classical Extravaganza, entitled THESEUS and A_RIADNE ; or, the Marriage of Bachus. P r i n cipal characters by Messrs. C. M athews, 11. Hall, S. Smith, F. Cooke ; Miss Fitzwilliam, Miss Jane Coleman, miss Marshall, and Madame Vestris. Dress Boxes, ss. ; Upper Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, IS. No ualf-price to any part of the house. uox-ofP.ce, No. 2, Wellington-street, is open to the Puniie every day, from Ten t ill Six. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. MaAldoa, sole Lesse nd-pla e and ce. Manager, Duchess-street, Portla THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE CROWN DIAMONDS. Count de Campo Mayor, Mr. Bodda ; Den Henriquez de Sandoval, Mr. Allen; Don Sebastian D'Aveyro, Mr. Barker; Rebolledo, Mr. Weiss ; La Cata rina. Madame Anna Thillon : Diana, Mrs. Weiss. Atter which, a new Ballet, entitled ME.NORELLA. Charac ters by Mr. Flexmore, M. Le Clereq, M. Death:, Madame Le Clercq, .31ffile. Le Clercq, Mdlle. Louise, Mdlle. Adele, Mdlle. 31athikle, Miss Modson, and Mdlle. Auriol. To conclude with a Farce, entitled k DAY WELL SPENT. Mr. Cotton, Mr. Gilbert ; Bolt, Mr. S. Cowell ; Mizzle, Mr. Oxberry Cutaway, Mr. Norton ; Peter Prig, Mr. Hill ; Mrs. Stichley, Miss Somers; hiss Brown, Mrs. Selby; Miss Cotton, Miss Temple; Mrs. Changeable, Miss Taylor. Dress Circle, Ss.: Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee. Mr. John Mitchell, 33, Old Bond-street. First appearances of MM. Ravel, Grassot, Sainville, Luguet, Derval, Lemenil, L'Heretier, Lacouriere, Berger ; Madlles. Tigeac, Juliette, Ailne Duval, Brassine, Celine Moutin, Berger, Thierry, Lemenil, &c. THIS EVENING, The Performances will commence at Eight o'clock, when Will be presented LA SAVONETTE IMPERIALS. After which, the comic Vaudeville of UNE FIEVRE BRU LANTE. 7:031e5, 6s. ; Pit, 3s. 6d.; Amphitheatre, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s Boxes and Stalls may be obtained at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. ROBERT TIO'CDLN (ot the Palais Royal, Paris).—The sur prising and interesting performances of ROBERT HOUDIN, having been received with the most enthusiastic admiration, he will con tinue his extraordinary SOIREES FANTA. , TIQUES at the St. James's Theatre, TO-MORROW, and every Tuesday, Tharsday, and Saturday Evening, comprising Automates, Prestidigitation, Magic, and original experiments, invented by Robert Houdin. Also, Second Vne Escamotage de Roberta Houdin, file, and Suspension Ethereene. Doors open at Eight, the Exhibition to commence at half-past Eight, and terminate before Eleven. Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. Boxes and stalls, may be had at lir. MITCIIELL'S Royal Li brary, 33, Old Bond-street and at the Boz-oftce of the Theatre, which is open daily from Eleven to Five. In compliance with numerous applications, a DAY PERFORM ANCE will be given on WEDNESDAY MORNING, June 7. Doors open at Two o'clock. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty; Entire Change—Brilliant Spectacle—Grand Equestrian Fete. THIS EVENING, Will be revived, with great splendour, M. G. Lewis's Grand Ro mantic Equestrian Drama of TIMOUR THE TARTAR, in which Mr. Batty's unrivaled stud of highly-trained horses will appear. To be followed by THE SCENES OF THE ARENA, introducing . the British Artistes in their unrivalled performances. First appear ance of Mr. Batty's highly-trained Hanoverian Palfreys. To conclude with the favourite Farce of MISCHIEF MAKING. lios-office open from Eleven till Five. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Combination of Attractions unprecedented. JULLIEN and hisaMONSTRE BAND. VIEW of ROME, by Denson. Grand Display of FIREWORKS, by Southby. Re-engagement of Mdlle. LOUVARNY. No Extra Charge. Next MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, and FRIDAY . Daylight View of Rome.—Promenade Concerts, 'Vocal and Instru mental conducted by Mons. JULLIEN, whose splendid Band of 100 Performers, includes Messrs. Koenig, Prospere, Lazaru , , Baumann, Richardson, Collinet, Barrett, and Cieffl.—Two Solos each Evening. —Mdlle. Lovarny, who is re-engaged, will also sing two favourite songs each evening.—The beautiful Menagerie—Shakspere's House— The Magic Bridge—Chinese Pagoda—and other novelties will be ex hibited, the whole concluding with a most magnificent and not to be rivalled display of Fireworks, by the Messrs. Southby, representing the Girandola during the Holy Week at Rome. gates open at Ten, Feeding Time Five—Jullien ' s Concert at Six— Fireworks at Dusk. Notwithstanding the obvious extra expense attending the engage ment of M. Jollies and his splendid band, there will be no advance of prices. Admission, as usual, One e Shilling, TO CORRESPONDENTS. No communication can be attended to unless authefiti cared by the name and address c. the writer. Rejected communications cannot be returned. TIIE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, JUNE 2. TunR3IO3IETILIt. Lowest, 50 ; Highest, 62; Noon, 62 BAROMETER, 29.4.—W1ND W.S.W.; showery. HIGH WATER. AT LONDOti BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 4 min. niter 2 I Evening 31 .. min. alter 3 4e k . ' .` t..' '- . 4 c; e.t 4-* '1 , 4., • ,-.' .-:, :exi g i,ki'''Alk.ii ...::%:,-, , 2. of+7 • 2 A; - .- =RI.• A .,.;:`fTWl l l, 44 t I.Et; . , .10,,,0N. •.ts. - 'i , .• ', ; 47 /.0 4, F. ... .....: 5 ...,.: 41,1 V.I • • e t ,. i . \'‘ ' • ......." ..... . . ... (fir truing aim LONDON, FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1848. Whatever may be the ultim ate consequence of the great Reform movement, which has just commenced under the auspices of HuatE and Conn Es—one thing is already certain, that the Government will endea vour to prevent the necessity of such sweeping measures being forced through the Houses of Legis lature by precipitate but insufficient concessions. Last evening the House of Commons ha d p roof of this from an announcement made by the Prime Minister. This announcement consisted of two very important notices of motions—one originating in the failure of the Jewish Disabilities Bill—the ether in the strength already revealed by the new League in favour of certain Parliamentary innovations. " Sir," said Lord JOHN RUSSELL, " I wish to give two notices of motions. One is, that I propose on Monday next to ask for leave to bring in a Bill to alter the form of oath to be required of Members on taking their seats in Parliament. The other is, that on Friday I shall move for leave to bring in a Bill to repeal so much of the existing law as makes it neces sary to pay the assessed taxes in order t o b e on th e register as a n e l ec t or i n c iti es an d b oroug h s. " Wi t h out question these are sufficiently remarkable intimations from a Liberal Premier, even from a Premier like the Noble Lord the Member for the city of London, the statesman who had the privilege of introducing to the Lower House at Westminster the first comprehen sive Bill for the revision of our representative system We call them remarkable i nt i mat i ons advisedly. —in: timations only—nothing more. And they are simply remar kable, inasmuch as th ey i nd i cate a sense, on the part of the Administration, of a necessity for con ceding certain extraordinary reforms to the mul titude. Against the first of Lord Jong RUSSELL'S notices of motion we have nothing whatever to object. A revision is absolutely needful in the w or di ng of the Oath of Abjuration. That is beyond all denial. When it is notorious that the effect of this assevera tion is the direct exclusion from the House of Cona monsof a large kody of conscientious men, while it offers a loophole for the admission of those unprin cipled persons who would lie without a blush in the face of earth and heaven, it is impossible to maintain that no modification is requisite. In fidels and Socinians individuals who deny the existence of a Deity, and who scorn all credence in the divinity of CHRlST—Atheists, Deists, and Freethinkers, Latitudinarians, and others, who are openly antagonistic to religion, may enter, and have entered, Parliament, swearing their allegi ance solemnly before GOD and man " on the true faith of a Christian !" GIBBON acted thus— derisively no doubt—with a chuckle at the credulity of his com patriots and at the ingenuity of his prevarication. There is, consequently, no obstacle whatever in the Oath of Abjuration against the entrance of those who are totally devoid of any sense of moral obliga tion ; whereas, in the instance of a conscientious man, such as a believer in the creed of MOSES, the " phrase" already mentioned offers an insurmountable and certainly a most unwarrantable obstruction. Therefore it is that Lord JOHN RUSSELL proposes to abolish this unjustifiable distinction by erasing the expression altogether from the formularies of Par liament, and by that means to worst the intentions of a mistaken or fanatical opposition. Against the first of these two important notices of motion, we can, as we have already ob served, raise not one shadow of objection. With the second it is altogether different. We are, on no account, disposed to blink the matter or to glose over the reason of our dissatisfaction. As far as the innovation itself goes, it is all well and good enough. As far as the notion itself is concerned —of repealing so much of the existing law as makes it necessary to pay the assessed taxes in order to be on the register as an elector in cities and boroughs— that notion is admirable. But the improvement is not sufficiently great to excite in any manner our enthusiasm. On the contrary, it is so utterly inade quate that we cannot but regard it with jealousy — w e cannot but look upon it as a sullen and reluctant yielding to popular intimidation—we cannot consider it, in fact, as otherwise than a mere Ministerial sop to the Cerberus of Democracy. A change, and a very comprehensive change too, is o r e ssential in regard to the r a t e - pay i ng c l auses of the segmentßeform in Bill.the vast N o d oubt circle of of it. ref Butms which that is a o re nl n y cm a . becoming absolutely necessary for the maintenance and development of the British Constituti • • on. In reference to the manner of the elections of our representative legislators alone, is this the only in novation that is essential ? We ask common prudence. We ask common sense. We ask common honesty. Look at the result of the last general election, the election of 1847, and deny if you can the fact that the boasted Bill of 1832 has been very far indeed from destroying the system of bribery, corruption, and intimidation, which were the evil consequences of the execrable practices of boroughmongering ! Deny that deplorable fact if you can ! Remember that Horsham was a corrupt election—that Harwich was a corrupt election — that Yarmouth was a corrupt election—that Derby was a corrupt election—that Cheltenham was a corrupt election—that Aylesbury was a corrupt election—that Leicester was a corrupt election—that Lancaster was a corrupt election—that Bel,vdley was a corrupt election—that Walsall was a corrupt elec tion—that Kinsale was a corrupt election—that Lin coln was a corrupt election—that Carlisle was a corrupt election. Remember that the grossest treating was proved against an unsuccessful candidate at Lyme Regis, and that the most shameless intimidation was re sorted to by another unsuccessful candidate at Stamford. Remember all this, and then pronounce a veto against the new movement for Parliamentary Reform—if' you can, with an untroubled conscience. Assuredly, such a veto would " stick in the thioat " of the Sovereign as obstinately as the Amen in the throat of the Thane of Cawdor. For these reasons we cannot but regard with very different sentiments the two remarkable notices of motions made last evening by the Prime Minister in the House of Commons. We cannot but view the first with the most unconditional pleasure, and the second with the most positive dis satisfaction. The advocates for the present system of navigation laws, before they can call upon the public to consent to a continuance of the exclusive privileges that en tail such extraordinary expenses upon the general body of consumers, and operate as such grievous re strictions upon the legitimate extension and full development of our commerce and our manufactures, must clearly and unequivocally establish that the shipowners, the parties for whose supposed advantage the obnoxious provisions have been enforced, are really benefited thereby ; and, secondly, that there exists some great national necessity for the perpetuation of a system so manifestly inequitable, and that if the stringent enactments and regulations were relaxed to any considerable extent, it would prove fatal to the maritime superiority so dear to the heart of every Englishman, and so essential to the maintenance of the national safety and the national honour, no slight or fancied benefits would be suf ficient. The simple question is, will the commercial marine of the country be sacrificed, if the vessels of other nations are permitted to enter into a fair com petition in the European carrying trade, the long voyage trade, and the colonial trade, in all of which it has heretofore enjoyed a practical monopoly ? To that extent it must be carried, and nothing less would justify the taxation of the many for the personal advantage of the few. Now, in the very first instance, we must be per mitted to doubt whether b any actual benefit accrue s t o the shipping interests from these exclusive privileges. It is true that, in some instances, they may demand, and possibly may receive,: higher freights, in consequence of Rot being expilled to the competition that would otherwise exist. But the result of these exorbitant freights is to slasken trade, and to prevent the con stant and remunerating employment which they would otherwise obtain. Produce will not be raised when the whole profit may be taken from the grower, by the extravagant demands of the shipowner. A fair and reasonable facility must be afforded of sending it at a moderate cost for carriage to the market, in which it is ultimately to be disposed of, to encourage the original producer. If that is withheld he will become careless and indifferent, or perhaps wholly withdraw from the effort, and in any event there will be a smaller quantity to be carried, and that at a much higher cost originally. A rather homely comparison may illustrate this argument. Would it be beneficial to the omnibus proprietors of the metropolis to enact that no person should be carried from Charing-cross, or from any of the suburban villages, to the Bank at less than five shillings per head. Each omnibus that was filled would certainly pay very much better than those which conveyed passengers at the present moderate fares; but how few would be contented to pay such extravagant rates ? Merchants, tradesmen, and clerks, would live in the immediate vicinities of their respective places of business in place of having their families residing in pure and wholesome air. It is the cheapness of the journey that induces them to make it, otherwise they would relinquish it altogether or walk, notwithstanding the loss of time and fatigue they would thereby suffer. The sam e result would ensue if a monopoly was given to a single company with the privilege of fixing their fares at any rate they thought proper. Unless the directors and ma nagers were intelligent and clear-headed men, they would charge so highly as to reduce the traffic. Per haps, eventually, the proprietors obtain rv ta s i e nb e e d returns,yttebrhavig n and the public are certainly better the entire traffic thrown open to general competition, i i n s i w n g h ifch fair r e v a e n r d y t hi n g find moderate s p i r t s level—the o fits, a the nd - r passengerse being carried at reasonable rates. It must also be borne in mind that our shipping itself suffers from the regulations established by other countries in consequence of the example we have afforded. If England has her navigation-laws, so has America, so has Germany, and, indeed, almost every other maritime country that could be named. If we abolish our code, and admit the vessels of the United States to our ports, they will adopt an equally liberal policy. The Right Honourable Gentleman the Member for Manchester, in the course of his powerful speech last night, clearly pointed out the in jurious effects of the combined influence of the English and American navigation-laws on English shipping, almost the whole of the carrying trade between Eng land and America being in consequence thereof given TAB SUN, SPAIN. Madrid papers of the 27th ultimo have arrived. THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. to American vessels. As the Right Hon. Gentleman said, " it was all Europe against England in favour of American ships, and the American ship had al ways a good opportunity of getting a full freight in coming from America to England, because the pro duce she brought was the raw produce, cotton and corn." Well might he add, " that under the two laws the American shipping had a decided advantage over the English shipping, and that if the House rejected the present proposition of the Govern ment, it would be inflicting a great blow on the English shipping, and depriving that interest of the great advantages now within their reach." Germany toe, and other lands, will also be lust to us, by their endeavouring to carry out our own principle, in fact our shipowners would be serious losers in place of gainers by the system, so far as the traffic of the world is concerned. Under these cir cumstances there is a failure of the case on the very first point. The shipowners would not be injured, but, on the contrary, materially served by the re laxation of the law ; and it becomes unnecessary to argue the second part of the case. The interests of the shipowners and of the community at large are not conflicting, so that it is unnecessary to decide which should give way to the other. BERTRAND DE Lis has resigned the post of Fi nance Minister, because NARYAEZ, during the month of April, expended on the army just double the sum voted in the Budget. The post has been offered to MoN, who, however, declines the responsibility of furnishing supplies from an empty treasury. The post has also been offered to ORLANDO and CARRAsCO. MADRID BOLSA, MAT 27.—Three per Cents., 21i paper ; Five per Cents., 13 paper ; Passives, 53- paper; Bank of St. Ferdinand, 82 cash. Ex change on London, at 30 days, 41 50-100. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. A Committee of eighteen (one for each bureau) has been appointed to consider the propriety of im peaching Louis BLANC. The Assembly did not sit yesterday. It is said that the Executive Committee intend to present a Bill to prohibit the collecting together of large assem blages, and to punish those who print, post, or distri bute incendiary placards. The printer and writer of the placard proposing the Prince DE JOINVILLE as a candidate for Paris are to be prosecuted. Prince Louis NAPOLEON, who visited Paris incog. about three days :since, has received orders to quit Paris. M. EMILE T HOMAS has arrived at Bordeaux. The Committee on Labour has decided that it would devote Tuesday and Friday in each week to the inquiry ordered by the Assemblee Nationale. The delegates, masters and workmen of each branch, with the authors of plans and systems, are to be heard in order, as they may apply in writing to the Committee. At its last sitting, the Committee heard a report from M. WALDECK ROUSSEAU upon several papers sent in, and it acceded to the conclusions of that report—that is to say, to form three Sub-Com mittees, to suggest the resolutions to be submitted to the Assembly on the three following questions, viz.- 1. The commandite, in manufacturing, agricultural, and other undertakings, where capitalists advance money, to have an interest in the undertaking. 2. Association of workmen. 3. Benefit Societies for their use. On the motion of one of the members, the Committee referred to the first Sub-Committee a plan for the establishing a bank at Paris, to furnish tools and implements, and to make advances to such workmen as may hare been domiciled in Paris more than six months. Yesterday, being Ascension-day, was kept as a holiday. The Bourse, National Assembly, and all the public offices were closed, and there was no busi ness doing of any kind. We read in the Massager : " A new association of deputies, amounting to up wards of 200, has been formed, and will assemble at the Academie de Milicine, in the RAW du Poitiers. The object is said to be to establish an honest, moderate re public, such a one as we hope and believe the country almost unanimously desires, and which will exercise a salutary influence over the proceedings and decisions of the Assembly. At its first sitting General Baraguay d'Hilliers was elected President, M. Baze Vice-Presi dent, and MM. Berard and Granger de la Mariniere, secretaries. We have already noticed the meeting of the Palais National, under the presidency of M. Dupont de l'Eure, that held at M. Buchez's, and another assem bling daily at a house in the Chausbee d'Antin. So that it appears the National Assembly is divided into your camps." At the meeting of the representatives in the bureaux yesterday to examine the demand made for authorisation to proceed against M. LOUIS BLANC for being concerned in the affair of May 15, very little discussion took place. It was rumoured amongst the members that the law-officers of the Republic had for several days been applying to the Executive Committee for the authorisation, but that it had been always refused. It was only that morning, it was said, that after the law-officers had declared that it would be impossible to go on with the case if the authorisation was refused, that the Executive Com• mittee consented. In the bureau; some of the members declared themselves to be decidedly opposed to the authorisation, but - in general the bureaux con fined themselves to recommending the persons nomi nated to the Committee to pay the most scrupulous attention to every part of the case, and to demand ex planations from the Procureur-General. In some bureaux also the members of the Committee were directed to ascertain if the prisoners were to be tried before the ordinary tribunals or before a special court. MM. BAZE and FROISSARD abstained from voting, because they were witnesses in the case ; and M. DE CORMENIN, on account of his old intimacy with M. Louts BLANc. Amongst the persons appointed to the Committee are several who gave no opinion on the matter. The Executive Government has sent the following, communications to the journals : " Prosecutions are ordered against the author and printer of a placard posted on the walls of Paris, propos ing the Prince de Joinville as a candidate for the Na tional Assembly. This placard is seditious, because, by the terms of the decree recently rendered by the Assem bly, the French territory is interdicted to all the mem bers of the ex-Royal Family." M. ALPHONSE ADAM, a carpenter, living in the Rue de l'Ouest, a candidate for one of the vacancies in the representation at the National Assembly for Paris, has published in the journals a letter which says—" I am only a workman, but I can certify that all true workmen, fathers of families, are greatly surprised at seeing several journals attempting to make use of the workmen to serve their own ends. We wish for nothing but order and employment, and will always support the National Guard, of which every one has a right to form part." The Orleanist reactionnaires have put forward the Prince DE JOINVILLE as a candidate for Paris. Verily the intrigue progresses. M. GUIZOT seeks to rule France from Brompton- square as he already rules Spain, and hopes soon to rule England. The Reforms thus remarks on this audacious proceeding:— " We shall not to-day speak of the Chamber and of its labours. The political question of the moment is to be seen posted up on the walls, in large yellow placards, bearing a signature, and all Paris is convoked to nominate at the next elections the sailor Joinville, Prince of Orleans, and a fits de France. We have seen those placards on the walls of the Chisteau d'Eu ; on those walls from whence were dis charged the bullets which slaughtered the people on the 24th of February. Pretenders proceed rapidly nowa daysbmreo inaoraidyndt . tie hhmewes laii formerly, nali iatnadstlsnaelatsmsryar:u oeru et rhy the aoatl übt able there oenrme. princesewn was sb uot o rht f he nCao diplomaticb people,le e tz philanthropists, w a e n r ed govern ment, l less iot ue name The oh You b fe ar t r h i s barricades a ele investiture s e h 6 s o v w er thenes "sovereignty g r d o njy n tony g i an sywtoiyief Joinville lit are ashe eda 1 demanded md people. n h d r ee itselfde Behold our strength.' Yes, you are strong, like those of the Directory, who allowed ambitious men to rise, and who destroyed the Republic. You are strong, like those who sleep in the illusions of another re storation. You will, perhaps, say that we are wrong in attaching any value to inoffensive placards, puerile demonstrations, or ridiculous idolatries. You de ceive yourselves ; the interests which live on privilege are no longer under the fear of balls—they now conspire ; aristocracies form their coteries ; mono polists dream of the old reign ; and society, which a flash of victory had illuminated, again falls back to its former state. Count the pretenders; they are all citi zens: theirfrom whence h rights enee fromall ourth e bosom defeats ey wh h ic a h ve d h e e f r e e nd statesmen t nem,even who , z , e f iis t : ha t t hey write to claim f old dEnglan c d caresshave proceed s and to• the ln t igth of insulting the people. They are banished by the National Assembly , and their midi jtirna 'th ey LONDON rnmAy ItYXXING• JUNE 9 dateship is posted up on the walls of Paris, testifying to the weakness of the public authorities, who know not how to maka the sovereign decrees respected. To-day, perhaps, this is an act of eccentricity, a madness, a dream of Charenton ; to-morrow it will be a regular policy—it will be the Government. When trees fall they leave roots, and offshoots soon spring up. But let us not insist on the matter any longer; let ui not put forward our counsels to those on high; it is to the people that it is necessary to address the request for liberties, or for a return to the country ; they alone are not intoxicated with pride, they alone are not unmindful, and it is to them we shall address the ques tion whether they will guard and strengthen the Go vernment of the Republic. They are aware as well as we that specie has emigrated, that devotedness has become hypocrisy, and that all that have come to us from the old Government supporters have been actuated by a desire to have a share in the spoil. If the people wish to return to their former slavery, if they are willing to have the rights withdrawn from them which they achieved at the price of their blood, if they re pudiate their barricades, it the instillers of poison, who every day preach to them of dynasties have won then, over to the institutions which they had destroyed, their part is easy; they have only to leave to others the care of their destinies, and to resume their former place as helots in their country." BUSINESS DONE , IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, JUNE 1. Boulogne and Amiens, 6%—Madrid and Valentia, sa— Northern of France, 41,i. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA. On the 25th of May the Ministry, in accordance with the decree issued by the EMPEROR from Inspruck, ordered the academic legion to dissolve, and imme diately to lay down their arms. A revolt instantly took place—students and ouvriers immediately raised barricades. At ten o'clock a collision took place between the soldiers and the people. The soldiers were repulsed, and retreated upon the glacis, and occupied all the bastions. Hostilities have not been renewed. The people called for the maintenance of the academic legion, the removal of the soldiers, the return of the EMPEROR within eight days, or the substitution of a Prince in his place. FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAINE. The German Parliament met on Monday. An interesting discussion then took place regarding the position of the members returned from Luxem bourg and Triers, and a Committee was formed for deliberation on these and similar matters, to be styled “ Committee for Political and International Ques• tiona." We learn by a letter from Leipsic of the 28th ult. that a republican movement has taken place there. Placards stuck on the wall designated the 27th as the day on which the Republic was to be proclaimed. At ten o'clock in the evening of that day groups of work men assembled in the faubourgs, and as they would not disperse, the communal guard charged them with their bayonets, the workmen pelting the guards, whereby several were injured. The rioters then went towards the interior of the city, shouting " Hurrah for the Republic !" and erected barricades in some streets. But the communal guard and a part of the garrison attacked them with their bayonets, arrested several, and dispersed the rest. In Catharinenstrasse and in the Bruhl, the insurgents attacked the communal guard with fire-arms, to which the latter responded, but firing in the air so as to avoid shedding blood. The barricades were taken, and by two o'cicck order was re-established. ITALY. LOMBARDY AND VENICE. Count NUGENT has resigned the command of the Austrian army, which, under the command of the Prince of TOUR and Taxis, effected a junction with RADETSICY at Verona. The great age of Count NUGENT (he is upwards of eighty) is assigned as a reason for his resigning his command. RADETSICY has now 50,000 men under his command. A letter from Trent states that a sharp action be tween the regular troops of the Milanese and some Austrian regiments, assisted by irregular corps, had taken place near the Lake of Idro, in which the latter were victorious, having taken Caffaro, a strong post called Castel Lodrone, and repulsed the Italians as far as Rocca d'Anfo. News had arrived from Ferrara, announcing that General STABELLA, who showed an inclination to obey the King of NAPLES' injunctionso to return to Naples with his troops, had been put under arrest, and that General PEPE having entered the Venetian territory, had declared that no Neapolitan soldier would return and abandon the Italian cause to be decided on the field of battle. SWITZERLAND. The representative of the canton of Geneva in the Swiss Diet has proposed that, in consequence of the recent events in Naples, the cantons who have mili tary agreements with the Neapolitan Government shall be invited to recal their troops. The proposi tion was ordered to be taken into consideration at an early sitting. TILE LEVANT. We have received Malta papers to the 23d instant The Malta Mail gives the following from the East : " Our advices from Alexandria mention the fact that his Highness the Viceroy is still in a deplorable state of health, although he is enabled to take carriage exer cise. His mental faculties are by no means im proved, and little hope exists of his being ever again enabled to assume the reins of power. The cholera has broken out at Constantinople with renewed force. No doubt now exists as to its real nature, formerly con sidered as typhus : from 12 to 23 victims per diem are numbered. The Ambassador from the Court of Rome to his Imperial Highness the Sultan, the Arch bishop Ferrieri, has deferred his intended departure till the end of the month. The following presents have been remitted to the Nuncio of his Holiness, for presen tation to him: a magnificent saddle, enriched with diamonds; eight Arab horses of great beauty; three mag mificent snu ff-boxes enriched with diamonds; four de corations for distribution at his pleasure; 600 piques of Damascus beautifullysa measure em br ? o f id 2 e 2 r 7 ed i , nc a h n e d o o ; f various colours colours (the nu mber of Smyrna carpets; 30 pieces of Angora shawl ing;pique i and a g rand decoration for Pope Pius DC, and an other for the Ambass ador." cloth, TURKEY. We read in the Courier de Constantinople of the 13th The sending of two Imperial Commis sioners into the principalities of Moldavia and Walla chia has just been decided at a Council of Ministers held at the Sublime Porte. This measure was taken in consequence of General DUUAMEL being sent as Russian Commissioner into the same principalities. We are unacquainted with the powers given to these Commissioners, but are told that they take with them firmans addressed to the Princes, approving of their conduct during the late disturbances at Yassi and Bukarest, and enjoining them to use every possible means for maintaining order and tranquillity in their provinces:' HAMBURGII MAIL. THE BOURSE.—Few transactions were concluded in exchanges. London was in demand. Berlin and Breslau were in demand at sight. No other busi ness. Money in abundance. Funds and Railway Shares a few transactions, at low prices. VIENNA BOURSE, MAY 28.—The Bourse was closed, in consequence of the riots. BERLIN, MAY 29.—1 n consequence of the reports of the riots at Vienna, the funds and railway shares fell at Copenhagen. The satisfactory intelli COPENHAGEN, MAY 27. • gence, that the Prussian troops had quitted Jutland, without levying the proposed contribution, and the powerful intervention of Russia, had caused business in Chenzi to be much improved. HAMBURGLI BORSENHALLEk MAY 30. Bills. Money. Hanoverian Loan, &ustrian 5 per Cents •• •••••• •• • • • • Anglo-Russ ian Loan ••••"•• • • • • • • • 8G Russian 5 per Cant., llamU. Certificrte. 81 Ditto Ist serieslnseription• ••••• • • " • • Ditto,llope and Co., and 4th serles• • Ditto, in Certificate• •••••••" • • •• • • •• New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. •• •• •• Ditto Stieglitz ••-•"• • '• '• ••••• • • • • " Spanish New 5 per Cent• • • • • • ••"•• •• •• 9 Ditto 3 per Cent • • • • •• • • • • • • • • •• • . • Anglo-Portugues e Loan, 234 per Cent. Dutch Actual Debt , 2!, per Cent ••• • • • • Ditto 3 per Cent. •••• • • • ...... •• • Polish New 4 per Ceut . Loan, 184 4 .• •• A ng l o -D an ish Loan, 3 per Cent • • • • •• •• National Bank Share soldi ___..—,.. r —__•___- -- - ----- ROYAL CALEDONIAN ASYL UM. —Yesterday a quar terly general court of the guardians of the above cor- poration, for supporting and e d uca ting the children of , sailors, and marines, na tives of Scotland, who ers have di e d or been disabled in the service of their coun. try, and of indigent Scotch parents resident in London, not entitled to parochial relief, was held in the hall of the Scotti s h Hospital, Cran e court, Fleet-street, for general business, and the election by ballot of six boys, from a list of thirty-three candidates. The business of the day having been ultimately disposed of, thanks were voted to the chairman, and the meeting broke up. 11140 Do. 10/ .. M. and B. (s. ) 7% 9 to -- Do. 10/. ... M. and B. (C) 1 London and S. Western....... 50 Ditto, New 504 - ..... 4234...... Ditto, New 40/..... ..... .. .. 34 Do. Tenthsi(Consolidated) 50 ...... Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40 Ditto, Thirds lO .....• 7 London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 1% — to Londonderry and Coleraine... 27% — ...... to Londonderry and Enniskillen 25 — Lowestoft (guar. 4 per cent.) 20 Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 3 Manch. Buxton, Sc Matlock 4 Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.loo Ditto 1 4 Shares (No. 1) ... 13 ...." Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25 Ditto, 1 4 3 Shares (No. 3)... 7 1 ,x...... Do., ew 101. Preference.. 7%...... Ditto Grimsby Ditto, ditto. ........ Ditto, ditto _ _ Ditto, Sheffield, and Linc. 10 ...... Ditto, Grimsby Dock ...... 15 Ditto, Man. & Lin. Union 41. 25.... Manchester and Southampton 2 1 4 — ...- to 51 ithand 100 '.....103 Ditto, Consul. Preterence...100 Ditto, 501. 5hare5........... lb Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo Midland, Consol. Bristol and Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 36 Ditto ditto 111. 38.6 d. .. Midland, Leices. and Swan nington (8 per ct.gua.)....100 . M idld. Great Western (Irish) 40 Middlesbro' and Reclean 6 per cent. guar. Newcastle and Carlisle Ditto Quarter Shares Newmarket and Chestertoid 18% — Ditto Extension Newport Abergy., and Heref. 6 Norfolk 100 Ditto New 201. Ditto Extension Do. Guaranteed 5% per et. 5 .. - Do. Scrip, 1847,N. of Norflk 2 Do. do. Waveney Valley... 2 Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7 A ewry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor Northern Counties Unien .... 4 North British Ditto Halt Shares.— ..... 12 1 / 2 _ Do. Quarters 6 14 5 Ditto. Extension Ditto Thirds ... ......... -.... 3 ..-.. 1 North and South-Western... 2 .. .. North Staffordshire... North Wales North Western 71,4 — .... to Oxford, Worcester, and Woi- .._ verhaPapton Reading, Guildfd., & Reigate 7% ...... : Royston and Hitchin Scottish Central Scottish Midland .... ........ ... 25 Ditto, New...... 1214 — to Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole .._ ----- Do. do. (South Div.) 4 sbrewsbury and Birmingham 8 Ditto, ditto, Class B. 5 Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. NV . Min.) Ditto Halves, Ditto... 8 ... .. . Ditto, Oswestry l6 Ditto (New) Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref.-- 8 Shropshire Union. ... 4 South Devon ... .... ..... .... 45 Ditto, Preference ... South Staffordshire 5 %...... _ .. .. to —• South Eastern ...... .. ~... 3N Ditto, New, No. 1 Ditto, New, No. 2 Ditto, New, No. 3 2O Ditto New, No. 4. ...... ... .. 8 3 / 4 53i...... to South Wales South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole Swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stm. Coal ...... ... . 6 - rhames Haven Dock and Railway l 7 l /2 -- raw Vale Extension Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny 1 5 1,E ..... _ Waterford and Limerick ... .. 42 1 / 2 ...~ Waterford, Wexford, W ieklw, and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ...... ..... ...... 42 3 4 Do. do. do. West Cornwall Xhitehaven and Furness ll ... .. Windsor, Staines, and South Western... ............. ....... 91 5 — ..... to Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 35 York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 Do. Original New & Ber'ck 25 Do. Exton. No.l (Y. & N.) 15 Do. do. No. 2, New &B. 10 .., .. ~ to Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 8 ... .. _ York and North Midland .. 50 .._.. Ditto, 1" reference Ditto East and West Riding Extension 25 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens 2O ...... . ..... to Central of France ( Orleans and Vierzon) Ceylon ...... ss. Demerara. Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras ss. .... . Dutch Rhenish 7 l /s East Indian Great Indian Peninsular Italian and Austrian Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 Louvain ala Sambre ......... 6 Luxembourg Lyons and Avignon (Con stituted) Madrid and Valentia Namur and Liege... ..... ...... 18 Northern of France Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 6 Over Yssel 4l3s 4d .. ...... to Paris and Lyons .. .. 11 Paris and Orleans 2O Paris and Rouen Paris & Strasbourg Rouen and Havre 20 Sambre and Meuse Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 ..... to Tours & Nantes ... .. ...... .. 8 Tournay, Jurbise, Landen, and Hasselt ~ 16 ..... ...... to West Flanders JOINT STOCK ISANKS. Australasia - British North American .... 50 Colonial .... .. .. . Commercial of London 2O — ..... to London Joint Stock ...„ ..... 10 Loudon and Westminster. .. 20 National Provincial of Engld. 35 -- Ditto, New National of Ireland Provincial of Ireland Ditto, New .... Union of Australia • Ditto, New 2 l /2 to Union of London ....... . ...... 10 Union of Madrid MINES. Anglo Mexican ...100 ...... Asturian Mining Company... 12 ...... Australian ... 214 — ..... to Blaenarvon Iron and Coal ... 50 Bolanos Scrip' — British Iron - Brazilian Imperial ..........24 - Galvanized Iron Ditto, New ...... to Real del Monte, Unregistered . .. 1 1 4....,. ,to Do. Black Debentures — LLO YD'S SHIPPIN G—( THIS DAY.) LONDON, JUNE 2.—Wind W.S.W., fresh bresae, with rain at intervals. LIVERPOOL, JUNE I.—Wind W.N.W.—May 31, Arrd. Syria, Symonds, Calcutta; Commerce, Stow, Bonny; Raphael, Brown, Callao; Hopewell, Newton, Paraiba; Mary Ray, Elwood, Demerara; Sir John Beresford, Shreadgold, Apalachicola ; Evergreen, Vassey, Sa vannah. June I.—Sarah, Horn, Tradetown; Panope, Ripon, Valparaiso and Bahia. Jan. I.—Sld. Helen, M'Cillock, Jamaica ; Leander, Symonds, Savannah; China, Pascoe, Charlestown ; Patrick Henry, Delano, New York. May 31.—S1d. Adept, Bathurst, and Eu phrates, Brazils; Anne, Grasse, and Viceroy, Quebec. Off port, June I.—Waterloo, Ganges. OIF DOVER, JUNE 3 l.—Princess Sophia, Batavia, for Rotterdam. NORTH CHESHIRE ELECTION.—The nomination of a knight of the shire for North Cheshire took place on Wednesday at Knutsford. Mr. George Cornwall Legh and Mr. F. D. P. Astley having been duly proposed and seconded, the show of hands was taken, and was declared to be in favour of Mr. Astley. A poll was demanded on behalf of Mr. Legh. LIVERPOOL,JUNE I.—The Panope, Ripon,which arrived hero to-day from Bahia, was obliged to be accompanied as far as Maccio, by h er M a j esty ' s ship Grecian, having specie on board, and there being several suspicious looking vessels in Bahia. DEAL, JUNE I.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Cyrus, Spratley, South Seas ; Australian, Sydney, New South Wales ; Trafalgar, Morrison, Sydney, New South Wales ; Two Anthonys, Plug, Batavia, and sailed for Rotterdam ; Patience, St enmann, B at h , ' and sailed for Elsinore ; Marlborough, Webb, Calcutta ; Menam, Maaton, ditto ; Neloo, ditto ; Sumatra, Johnstone, Ceylon ; East London, Thomson, ditto ; Duke of Wel lington, ditto, and Barbadoes ; Psyche, Irving, Mauri tius ; Louisa Munro, Harding, ditto ; Amity, Blacklock, ditto ; Blue Bell, Wilson, Algoa Bay. DOVER, JUNE I.—Wind N.W.; N.N.W. — Arrd. Siegmund, Brans, Malaga, for Cronstadt; Salome , Bur meister, Bordeaux, for St. Petersburgh; Kleine i Ca- thinks, Niehaus, Bordeaux, for Bremen; all put n on account of the war. DUBLIN, MAY 30.—Wind S.W. to W..W.—Arrd. Stranger, Miller, Demerara; Wanderer (of Yarmouth), St. John's, New Brunswick, with loss of head and bow sprit. Sld. Granger, Bahia. DEAL, JUNE I.—The Tweed, Catchpool, for Cape Castle, did not put back to-day, as reported. Conic, MAY 30.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Lucius Carey, Dyer, Girgenti; Stanley, Cooke, Trieste; Intrepid, Ro berts, Ibraila; Mathildes, Morrison, Terra Nova. Sld. Glenmore, Gloucester; Albert, Kilrush; Melpomene, London. TREATMENT or MITCHEL AT SPIKE ISLAND.—A letter was received on Wednesday afternoon, by Mrs. Mitchel, from her husband, in which he says he has been treated, at Spike Island, with as much kindness as could—according to the rules of the depit—be shown to him. The household furniture of the convict is to be sold by auction, in a few days, for the benefit of Mrs. Mitchel. emsteentsamaraismesermsemmaimswassicsosimemoisesse eses. ' — v - HOUSE OF LORDS.—(THIS " The House sat to-day to hear appeals. The L o rd d present were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, Au Lord Campbell. SIR THOMAS WILDE V. GIBSON. „ Mr. 11 —ETHELL concluded his reply to-day in thi s case, and Their LORDSHIPS postponed giving judgme nt tin Tuesday next. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. COX AND GREENWOOD._ The SOLICITOR-GENERAL then proceeded to oPe' r this appeal from the decision of the Vice-Chancellor e! England upon exceptions. The question in the l relates to the property of the late Duke of York, lin the claim of the Crown to rank as special crediters to the estate of his late Royal Highness t o a consider' able amount. We refrain from p r oceeding further int°, the case until the arguments are in a more advLaanera,`: stage. The case appears likely to occupy their o ships several days. ROLLS' COURT.—(THIS DAY') LORD WELLESLEY V. THE EARL OF MORNINGTON was part heard yesterday, This case commit Mr. Richard Battley, of Wanstead, in the cola:a of Essex, for a contempt ut court, for having aided he assisted, as the agent of the Earl of Mornington, breach of an injunction which bad been granted toille", strain him from cutting timber upon and receiving, of for granting leases of certain estates in the count-te° Essex and Southamptsiss On the case being called on this morning, behal f Mr. WALPOLE, with whom was Mr. Wilcox, OR - 00 of Mr. Battley expressed his regret at what haßt'dei place, and assured the Court that in what Mr. it , apart had done he was not aware that he was illfringig a inoiou_.t, orders. Mr. ROUPELL, under these circumstances, would , li to ci press fur the committal of Mr. Battley, bu t felt boll° apply fur the costs of the motion. o oj e fed The MASTER OF THE ROLLS was glad t o be r-' -- t o from the disagreeable duty of ordering Mr. lialtiYibe be committed; he must, however, order him to Pi costs. ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. WARD. dW e The further arguments in this part-hear do were then proceeded with, and occupied big 14)1. the whole morning. VICE-CHANCERY.—(THISDAY') (Betore the VICE-CHANC E LLOR Of ENGL IND 'd ) His Honour the Vi ce -Ch ance ll or o f Eegisn d cupied the whole morning with unopposed eans"gles Lions and short causes, none o f which-called for spec notice. the Nothing of any interest occurred in the COu rt° °f Vice-Chancellors Knight Bruce and Wigram- QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY'S (Sittings in Banco.) THE QUEEN V. GILLYARD. le to 0)300 The ATTORNEY-UENERIL applied for -- ru do '- cause why the conviction of the defendant, urlioticesi Acts of 7 and 8 Geo. IV., c. 52, sec. 46, by fw° uod of Wakefield, should not be quashed on t he g r „, - e, s e ", informality. As he moved on behalf of the CrTh. as the opposition was a novel one, it was D enesi t he should enter into the circumstances of the calo . • o Act in question authorised a maltster to C OT/146 ; 15 i his servants who should maliciously commit I , l ,,, br eenl i : the revenue laws, and empowered him, in i9 ;:of any proceedings against him, at the inst sa t v g - a P - 0 cee Excise, ding s t . o Al p produce d H u c a e ig s h u , c a h m c a o l u ti v t i e c r t , i convictions in a k b e for o some years under the supervision f o r some time under the suspicion of that arm c rdingly, in March last, a watch wi t ! , se of i t- t v his premises, and early in the mornialper second day in March, the officers discovereo 00 d er in the malt-house before the legal hours, s ll l l ', o , ceeding to it, they found the defendant a°"„; 6 ° Og t o, persons in the act of removine , malt from °' re vss 4 ,9 r another,T hereoc ee proceedings, could on for og lsd, ab t ne h d e no onp doubtb u e r i p r o lg s e t h of a aidefraudingghva t p h e br e t y ;s`' e he stated that the defen c d h a ar nt ge h d ad wit r h ei nito7 4l loll; ?s , him that, under the Act in uestiun, without his orders, in reply to which the 13 ° $ ' t 00,7 li• a serfa t/ h . osVive of thfireelii:exi;isyderwo:A (iillyard was alleged to have done, rendered,'" 0 tvi e , e e , able to not less than three, and not More t le ° ire ; tf months' imprisonment, with hard labour , fb r c ,,i i ; and Haigh, under the circumstances , tb °li (Tilllt a- vieg convenient to proceed against his servant. ` - *"." o d, h s r tll! summoned by him before two magistrates, • ee 03° - ce d pleaded guilty, he was committed for ‘ lll. O - ad dit oo; without hard labour, although no Pro f clef el 4et that he acted with malice. Consequently, tt-ee, had been enjoying himself in prison ever . s h lo f/ Cl. Ol l no notice of the proceedings was given t° t L e ce", ll :o 9 it was instituted entirely without its cogni z- „ - 1 . 0 .9 inquiry being made, a certificate of the °°"„ tits„ r eof sent to the Board. That conviction, j e- pe t g i rd lir of it, was bad, inasmuch as as it ter l', 9 , r def i l from it that the defendant was corentitte' seir e 'ler . bour, neither did it contain the necessary s 9 r 10 that he was a " servant, workman, or iabollre ‘ 13 ,! oi 4 by a maltster," in the words of the -Ac i ,t' cr 6l o ei, t 'o l it! / : " emptied and took a certain quantity c" " b in $„ of a quarter of barley, from a certain tu b intirif e ee s .. ; house," and that the barley was being ta a in which case alone it would have ne e ,„ /1 , 0 $!: edit Neither was it stated that the offence oi I:. if" one, and that it was committed with the t he c' col a k i the duties. Further, it did not state Ws' $ O7 within the jurisdiction of the magistrates bet' f ; e ve, witted. These were all technical objee h ti t ° ' fl e ;ftss' a case he had a perfect rightto take thf„,-; vies - 0 0 /3° on two grounds—first, that the proceew"rteere ts' 6 upon the Government, and secoadly, the! 13 proof of malice, without which no conviet l° , l lO U° .• place. The committal, not being for he r " tee' g rey bad. i; ado° Lord DENMAN—Take .le --APP -c SECONDARIES'.—(TH IS g (Before Mr. Secondary Pal efeDedrd WATSON V. LEWIS CLEO' This was an action brought against t he P' s pleSe on a dishonoured cheque for 101 De fen no et 11 „ 1 100 1 , / ., 0 non-assumpsit, but did not appear to ant r t be e id. w A question arose in the case as to wh et e atl ite d could recover interest, w hich had bee n ebs ll° o particulars. bill ° f 435 6; would T he c L a e r a ry rn i e n d te S r E es T bDuAtßYonsaaidci:,eugauteathece t ati , - of t i l e demand unde the . A verdict was thenstatute g i ven for the $OO cheque. lIA # r. Tg e • CLERKENWELL.—(TI-1-- d lora , _ William .1114Crea, aged 19, W 0.3 charg L e ,, per Tyiwhitt, with stealing a purse from til t v t he 1' , t irop lady trix, with her female servant, wasp a 99 , ln re ee, po s 'i,,o, named Whitehead. It appeared th. a gOO s ber 3_ , , t evening last, through Islington LoWer-E, ot herh o oP prisoner, who was in company vvith thr e , coll ar : 00 a i. e 3 against her, and picked her pocket. S her set 4 115. and at the same instant both she 0 " bold it tol‘ him let drop her gown, which be had he en . 4 o o t 11 0 A polit-c ot beeiv e ‘ up pretty high in his left hand. prisoner into custody, and seeing e e , the, t . hr s " e tbe s l%r f c,,I ) 0 11) he knew to be thieves and the associates ton t ° run away, he seized ono of them ;ha . 0 tae p him and the prisoner, no trace of the I ' l4° ' upon either of them. bad ”L t e-lt °° The prosecutrix said that if sbe be e r lared" the prisoner, but bad caught at se cti ld stead, she would have saved her purse. „ s o's, 1 . 0 0 be On the prisoner was found a pair of su'i so ily P, o s o the pickpockets who attack ladies are s Joe with for cutting the dresses; and ashell° C° the associate of thieves, the TOO ° °I The MAGISTRATE sent him to- eta. tion, to be kept to hard labour, for si% MONEY and COMMERCIAL /NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. There was yesterday a dull market for Cotton at Liverpool, but without any change in prices. Sales, 3,000 bales. Railway Shares were heavy, and there was but little business done. Returns have been completed for the first four months of the present year respecting the imports and exports of Belgium, compared with the corresponding period of 1847. The imports show an i ncrease i n ca ttl e , and a decrease in sheep. The increase in coffee was from 3,165,320 kilogrammes in 1846, and 9,861,064 kilogrammes in 1847, to 10,734,186 kilogrammes this year. Of cotton wool the quantity imported last year, to the end of April, was 1,867,215 kilogrammes; and this year, 3,054,106 kilogrammes. Of grain the imports were larger. In raw wool there was a decrease; in rice a great augmentation, and also in salt and raw sugar. The quantity of cotton fabrics introduced was smaller. The exports of Belgian products and manufactures were larger as regards fire arms, refined sugars and zinc. In cotton fabrics also there was an increase. A decrease is observable in coal, leather, linens, machinery, woollens, and glass. There is nothing new in the City, but we hear com plaints on nearly all hands of the extreme dullness of trade. In the Colonial produce markets there has perhaps not been so much reason to complain, but still holders are more inclined to press sales. The corn trade is affected both by the favourable weather, and the arrivals of foreign, and prices are to day barely maintained. We adverted yesterday to the unfavourable anticipa- tions with respect to the revenue, and the bare mention of a possible increase to our present overwhelming debt is so distasteful, that a counter proposition, viz., for a reduction, should excite the•opposite feeling, unless con sidered, as we apprehend it might, to be too good to be feasible. In an article upon the effects of the usury laws on the funding system, which appears in the Banker's Magazine, there are, neverthe less, some interesting suggestions. The writer observes that :—" It is obvious, from the manner in which the loss occurred, namely, that of granting annuities at three per cent. and four per cent., when the market rate of interest was five per cent. and six per cent. ; that if the market rate of interest should rise to five or six per cent., the government might borrow at one of those rates, and buy up a great part of the three per cents., and so save a considerable portion of the loss. The same object might be effected to a leas extent if the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt were authorised now to create funds of 3+, 3i, 34, and 4 per cents., and sell portions of these funds from time to time, as the market rate of interest would allow them to be sold at or near par, the produce of the sale being laid out in purchase of three per cents. This plan would entail a slight temporary burden, "as an annual sum, in the Three-and•a-Quarter, Three and-a-Half, Three-and-Three-quarters, or Four per Cents., would not realise as large a price as the same sum in the Three per Cents. But there is an instance stated by M'Culloch which shows that the temporary increase of annual burden would be trifling compared with the ultimate reduction in the terms of redemption of the debt. In the year 1815, when the last loan to which I have called attention was contracted, 18 mil lions of Exchequer-bills were funded at the rate of 107/. ss. per cent. stock for every 1001., being at the rate of 51. 17s. per cent., or only 4s. Bd. per cent., or, according to the correction of Dr. Hamilton, of 2s. 6d. per cent., for the difference between funding Exchequer bills and raising loans on 2s. 2d. per cent. of additional annual charge. Thus, if the entire loan of 36,000,000/. in 1815 had been funded in 5 per cents., as the 18,000,0001. of Exchequer bills were, 24,120,000/. might have been saved in the terms of redemption, at the trifling annual charge of 39,000/. This last year would have afforded a most favourable opportunity for trying this plan of reduction, as the Funds were lower than they had been for many years. Even yet, Three-and-a-Half per Cents. would sal at par. If this plan of reduction were adopted, whenever the rate of interest rose they could reduce the annual charge. Nearly 3,000,0001. of annual charge has been saved by Government taking advantage of the tall in the rate of interest ; but I am not aware that any attempt has been made to take advantage of a rise in the rate of interest." There has been more Money Stock brought to market again this morning, and the quotations have been 83- to 841 for transfer, and 84 to for account. This still looks like " bulling." Bank Stock has been quoted 191. Exchequer-bills are better-325. to 365. premium. The Foreign Bonds have been flat again. Spanish Five per Cents. 12 to 121, and the Three per Cents. 22k. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been 161. Mexi can are 15, and Brazilian 67. Railway shares are heavy. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 191 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 82141A 3 per Cent. Consols Anns 83% 8418 83% New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anas l4 Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 2p. & 3d. 1,0001. .... 35 36 32 p 500/ 35 32 p Small 32 p Ditto Advertised lB 22 23 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Mexican Bout's, 1846, 5 per Cent l5 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto 3 per Cent l5 Ditto 4 per Cent. Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,1810 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 2 2 14 Dividends on the above payable in London. BUSINESS DONL IN RAILWAY SHARER AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. FYI SHARE. Aberdeen Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 3 Ayrshire and Galloway B:llitst and County Down .. 14 .. .. Birmingnam & (Word June... 20 3irmingham, W 01.,& Dudley 10 ... . Birraing., Wol., & Stour Val. 121.45. ... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshiro Junction 7 3 /4 . ... to Boston, Stamt., & Birming... 5 Bristol and Exeter D0., Thirds Buckinghamshire.. Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50 Chester and Holyhead 42% — to Ditto, Preference Clarence. Do., let Class, 6 per Cent... 10 Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 Do., Gov. Loan, 4 par Cent. 10 Direct London & Portsmouth 5% — to Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 27% Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 17% East Anglia, 25/. L. & E., and L. & D ... 25 to— Ditto, 181., E. & H lB ..... Ditto, 31. 10s., E. & H... 3% 3 IA to Eastern Counties .... Do.NewGuarant. 6 per Ct. 2 1 / a 3% to Do. Perpet., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13e. 4d... Do., do N 0.2,6/. 133.4 d... ...... to Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 Do., Quarter .... . ...... ...... 12 1 / 2 ... .. Do., New Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) ...... ... .. 2i Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 1 Ditto, do, Class B (I. &B) 17 1 ,E 5 l /2 to Ditto, do, Class C, ditto... 17 1 / 2 to Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 10 Ditto, ditto Ditto (C. & E.), 5 per ct. 2 1 / 2 to East Lancashire Ditto, New ... .......... .... . 17 Do., New Quarters East Lincolnshire ... 20 1 / 2 to Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto, Halt Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares l 2 l /2 to dinburgh and Northern ... 25 . ...... Ditto, — New....... ...... ...... 64 ...... to Ditto, New port.. ... ........ 13 Ditto, ditto, New 3% — ...... to Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — to Ditto, New Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle..Bl. 6s. 8d... Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 Ditto, New Do. Preference Consolidated 15 ',lreat Northern.— .......... ... 15 Do. London & York Eaten. 2% Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 40 Great North of England 100 Ditto, New 40/ Ditto, New 301 •.. 30 Ditto, New 154-- ... ...... 111; 2 . . ... to Great Western - 93 Ditto, Halt Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Fifths Do. New 171 9%•• ... .. ... to Huddersfield and Manchester 26 .. ... Dittc, Thirds Hull and Selby SO Ditto, Halt Shares . Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% — to Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50 Do., Thirds lO ...... Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93 ..... Ditto, ditto Ditto Half Shares Ditto Quarters 141 %••... ... .. to Ditto Fifths Ditto Sixteenths ... ..... ... N..... to Ditto Thirds (Reg.) Do. Liverpool and Bury... 43 Do. (Hudders. and Shelf.) 38 __. . . . _. _ Do., Wakefield, Pontefract,and Goole Do., West Riding Union... 6 .... „ _ ... Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 Do., do., Half Shares (A) 9 Leeds and Bradford Leeds,Dewsbury,& blanches. 47% — to Do., Half Shares Ditto, Blue (scrip) ..... .... 2% Leeds and Thirsk 45 Ditto, New - 26 • •••• Do.,de.,Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3%. .... _ Liverpool. Crosby, an d Seut h port. Liv,:pool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction DA__ to London )ic Bfackwall ......13/. 6s. 8d.... Ditto New; No. 2 6/. 13s. 4d.... Do. Extension .. to Lond., Bright., & South Coast 50... 311 / „, 3 % %x.n to Do. Consolidated Eighths... 40 ......-._ ... to Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 . De. Pret. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50 ...... ..... .. Ditto, ditto 1852 50 •• ••• L.ondou and Greenwich... 121. 15s. 4d.... Ditto Preference lBl 178 2d... ....., to London & North Western.....loo l2B ...„ to 127 Do. Quarters (L. and B.) 22 ... D,. New Do. Fifths Do. 40/. Shares... L. & M 20 ...... ..... to Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.) V A ..... 9 to -- the associate of thieves The MAGISTRATE s e n t him to the 0 09 ' j '- Styeeks. 001 tion, to be kept to hard labour, fo 07 .._ 2 ‘ --------------- ---------- w ere ' Ov o i HER MAJESTY'S TMIATRE.......Tbere e bis m o • yesterday evening at her Majesty's a ndT h eatre IP c n c 1 , 1 ;0 the Duke of Wellington, the Duke ~e l lev' 0' Leeds, the Duke of Cleveland, his " r4 ,l4ie cjil ' e si' l i Russian Minister, Baroness Brunnovv and t" t io l 'it i ss de Lechner, his Excellency the Ilarl °"— Dia rcl J3 o " ol his Excellency the Sardinian Nlinister, th e . 1) , de s o 0 Marchioness of Clanricarde, and Miss t e 3i re ttioA e .oo9 the Marquis of Ailesbury, the . "'„ d ie . ( 11 , - td . Breadalbane, the Earl of Munster, '' b, v - Of f ; of Sefton, Earl Bruce, the Earl of Besboroloo, e..,cio,i, Lady Water ark, Miss Primrose, and the Lord 67 C d , Lord James Stuart, Lord W. Lennox, i,o.9o,Pebori, Viscount Lascelles, Countess Nelson, i o0orie; den, Lady Hood, Lady Wentviortb, LauY y p i jor P O 'O, Lady Godolphin, Sir John Bailey, Ba rt " an d 1 1{14. 1t, Major Buckley, Colonel Wildman Mr. °IWO Mr. and Mrs. Annesley, Mr. and Mrs' 'l,O 1 1 Oe Frank Mills, &c. , „A. 3 1 ,...,, ifititi i ST. JAMES'S THEATRE..--31. •D'il'" : 0 ti;` . pv • 11 and Madlle. Figeac appear this evenig !loilletrioiete• play of La Fevre Brulante: MM. S t i g geO le :bef Tousez, and Levassor commence their eiii" e di o ' O , , week. With these arrangements, as ann°lll3c't seas spectus, Mr. Mitchell completes his proof) Ci l° • t if BIRTHS. ~,,, t he la • 0+ On the 27th ult., at Cluny Castle, .: 1 •'"" ob Macpherson, of a daughter es 11 6 e . 1 On the 28th ult., at the Royal Military Colleg AO the lady of Dr. Neale, of a son. ~. b i s jor Ir pfr On the 28th ult., at Brixton, the wi'e 0' I. It a son. f 13 0 S e , ar y On the 28th ult , at Putney, the wife 0- the I. pv I I. of a son. • t o o, On the 29th ult., at Grove-road, North Irks -ue liiil A Prichard, of a son. t ie, 1P- On the 29th ult. at Grizedale, near Alcabl's4 1. M. Ainslie, ' Esq., of a daughter. ~„. o f the VI f ' On the 29th ult., at Kensington, the law 1 4 ' Sheringham, of sop. , * Se a re SfdlaZIA.D• by te, ire On the 20th ult., at Halkin, FlintshiTtbi /no el 04 M. Williams, ILA IL S. Cooper, E 5( 1 ., ° Thor: o° ' ~ Sea' to Charlotte, daughter of the late A. .0 0 Springfield, in the same county. ~, ro b, hY 1 0 0' On the 30th ult., at St. Pancras Chu __ cor . U. Barry, G. Whitfeld, Esq., of Lewes, " , je et daughter of the late G. Chatfield, Esq. et e r ' ,tt On the 16th nit., at MaltDal,ElICI Forbes: 944 ; voiot3i; tnbas • • . , the house of Forbes and Co., of Bo ,c n ton , e tiv ~$ On the 25th ult., at Glen Urquhart' Lise•rroce, ?sop 0 late of the Hon. East India Compan-v _, w ife 0 _is On the 26th ult., at Bath, liarriel, of ti e •0 Wolf or) Were, Esq. Sophi e, v ' die On the 26th ult., at Chelsea, cl iye, - ,0 Colonel J. Grant. ivisr ,sSe t i iitiv On the 29th ult., at Eshton Hall, 0 sio li „ , o d , of M. Wilson, Esq., aged 86. iiraidstone,„, pa' ,t On the 29th ult., at lea of ••,. „ isler _ f a , 1 , of the late Mr. R. Miller, of the Pargg cß " 0 PI; /l ei ------ ----- 13 s e e, S/ London: Printed and Published hY ~• 40 0 IV No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tie ` ,,'4 * ill. - Strand, in the Precinct of the_ss . ' Middlesex, Friday, Jane 2, 11114th ,