The Sun. — London, England, 1848-05-10 00:00:00

-4x I.7RIAL PARLIAMENTS (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPJLAKER took the Ch-ir to-d , y at. Tbvelvci o'clock RAILWAY BILLS. On the motion of Mr. SPOONER it was ordered that the evidence given before the Committee on Group Na. 3 of Railway Bills in the session of 1847, com prising the London-bridge Railway Termini (General Enlargement), the London and Brighton and South Coast (London-bridge Station Enlargement and Arrange ment), the London and Brighton and South Coast (Ex tension to London-bridgo), the South-Eastern (Widen ing of the Greenwich Railway, and Arrangement and Enlargement of London-bridge station), and the South- Eastern (London-bridge station Arrangement and En largement) Bills, be referred to the Select Committee on the London and Brighten and South Coast Railway (London -bridge and New Cross stations, authority to subscribe to steam-boats, and amendment of the Cum- PallY'd Acts) Bill, in Group No. 5 of Railway Bills. THIRD READING. ~.The B a t t l e -b r i dge and Holloway-road Act Repeal 14.21 was read a t hi r d t i me an d passe d. BALTIONAL MONUMEN l' (SCOTLAND) BILL. The third reading of this Bill was postponed till to- Morrow. Mr. SUSPENDED RAILWAY BILLS. moved, pursuant te notice, it be an instruction ßEßNAL to the Committee on Suspended that Railway Bills of 1847 comprised in Group 14, that due provi sion be ma d e for the insertion in such Railway Bills respectively of clauses enforcing the objects required by the several standing orders of this House applicable to such Railway Bills respectively. After some observations from Sir W. 11EATHCOTE Lid the SPEAKER, the motion was withdrawn. ILLS. Mr. B ERNAL move that E the reports of the several iepartraents on Private Bills Preliminary Inquiry be referred to the Committees on the Bills to which they respectively relate. Agreed to. Mr. G. BERK ELEY present e d pet iti ons f rom diff eren t parts of Gloucestershire against the sale of spirituous liquor s on Sunday. An /lox. Merland E stt . nea pres en t e d a s i m i lar pet i t i on from the North um b r R. Y ORKE pr esented petitions from York against Health of T owns Bill, as far as the centralisation clauses were concerned, . BROWN Fe M llo r w . ils ofTewkesbpresented a petition • • from the Odd same footing as friendulrY' Praying Mr. NEWDE— " . GATE resent e on the in Warw. ickshire agai y societies. to be placed Trusts Bill, arid the d petitions from places I Charitable nnstiPtihe Ro : mit ,, n C i a , tho ic I3ill. Mr. STAFFORD —P , omatic .miations with Rome aropton against the PoP orresented a petition from North- Removal Bill. The aPdjAounroLeidA d t E a N te T o ( o IRELAND) BILL. this Bill was postponed to the lst of June, on the motion of Mr. R. M. FOX. PORTUGAL. new his gave notice of his intention to re- n- 'w motion on the 6th of June, for an Address to t er M.;., -.7J`''Y, representing that the intervention under her in her name in Portugal, is unlawful, and praying flee Majesty to forbid the continuation of this or the re- Thepetition of similar measures by her servants. HON. MEMBER also gave notice of his intention to mov e .. resolution s with respect to the Spanish co rre - utndeAnce i and also to put a ques tion to-morrow to the r Z j) r . neY-General w i t h respect to t h e a ff a i rs o f eh. L'ROPPED NOTICES.OF MOTION AND ORDERS OF THE DAY. WC r The e dropped noti ces o f mot i on an d orders of the 2, day ME wit . -app h ointed, after some observasu t he o f l itl respect to counting out tHouse last sight. SecretaryAUNSE wished to know from the Home y when the Bill for the sale of Encum n be th rL a A t Estates in Ireland would be proceeded with i lious e ? Sir G. GREY said the Bill had not yet come from t he Rouse of Lords, but when it did a day might be named for considering it. COPYHOLDS. Sir G. GREY, in answer to aquestion fromill with Mr. r. Aglionby, sa id th a t the reason why the B resp ect to copyholds h a d not been introduced, was th a t it invol ve d cons id era tions which thought i t d es i ra bl e that great the Lord Chancell or attention should be giv en been to. Th e Lord Ch ance llor had in communication ssioners, and ho hoped th a t with t h e C opy h o ld Co_ m shortly t h e Bill would be introduced. ROMAN CATHOLIC TRUSTS BILL. The second reading of the Roman Catholic Ch ar it a bl e Trusts Bill was postponed for a fortnight. APPEALS IN CRIMINAL CASES. The second reading of the Appeal in Criminal Cases Bill was postponed for a fortnight. QUALIFICATION OF MEMBERS' BILL. The second reading of this Bull w as postponed for a Week. HORSHAM BOROUGH BILL. Sir G. GREY proposed that the second reading of the Horsham Borough Bill should be postponed for a Week. A short discussion ensued upon this motion, in the cours e of which Mr. C. GORING said if the s econ d rea di ng o f t h e Writ to Bill was postponed, he would move th e i ssu i ng o f a new -morrow. Mr. HENLEY opposed the postponement, and said 4t reflected no credit on Government. They were anxious that the Bill should be delayed. Mr. HUDSON called upon the House either to pre ssed with the Bill or consent to the issuing of the writ. At all events when the general Bill came on, it should hare b it most decided opposition, for he had no idea of Commissioners being sent down to boroughs and towns to cr eate he art b urn i ngs an d di ssens i ons . if h e reco ll ected L a. Pledge was given by the Prime Minister that tuts Bill sh ou ld be proceeded with without delay, and he Called upon the Government to fulfil that pledge. He l aW the symptoms of a job in the Government Bill. It for the arose of assisting the lawyers, and if it t v ee tt l , e_rl into a law there would be lots of pettifoggers theLYlng the five guineas a day under it; hut he trusted e lull did pass, that the first commissioner who was eeenrt to a town would be kicked out by the people without e°n 3 7 . — (Hear, hear.) After e a few wor d s from Sir G. GREY, senlilonel SIBTHORP warmly sympathised with the landants expressed by the Hon. Member for Sunder she . Lle did not object to inquiry, but ho did object to i p , I.equiry being confined to one or two places. The ,: i c l p U u lr t Y ought to be general. There had been some talk wi e h e r ,"age, and he, for one, thought if the House it o n . to gat rid of the evils attendant upon patronage, be_wc.uhl at once set to work and scour the Treasury iv :: t i t ' The House was, perhaps, not aware that there He strum of money voted annually for secret services. was , uspected that a good deal of that money Sir J . ii'Vurning Members to the Treasury bench. M ember RER assured the Hon. and Gallant or that th town he a general Bill would not include. the Member hrirnepreesented, so far as the Hon. and Gallant Mr, sp oo s v it Was concerned. *lent, b y • "EH opposed the motion for postpone e teving it to be a trick of the Government to /re s t y r iclp f an i nconvenient inquiry. *lotion, GREY denied that that was the object of the The Rouse then divided, when there appeared-- For the postponement Against it Th e Majority . o —l9 second reading cf t h e B ill was accordingly ost "EL r a w ee k. p JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES BILL. T he House then went into Committee on this Bill. di Mr. HUDSON urged upon the Committee the expo- Icy of allowing th ous rovisions of the Bill to be k hainistered in he cry, and not in tha Court of P C hancery. It would be far more convenient to the üblic, while it would be an advantage to all parties Ititerested in the Bill. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL was not at present Prepared to say whether Government could accede to the proposal of the lion. Memb er , b u t it s h ould have their best consideration. Mr. STUART reminded the Committee that this was not the first time this amendment had been sug gested. Surely, then, Government ought to have made up their minds upon it by this time. The majority of th e commercial w or ld wer e in favour of loc a l administra tion, and he thought, as it wou ld save expense, and b e conveni ent adopted, to the public, th e amen d ment ought to he Mr. HAYTER Bald it appeared to him that the Honourable and Leatrhnaed Gentleman who bad just sat down was desirouisn a t the the administration of the Bill should be placed no hands of the local bankruptcy commissioner. The utrhable and Learned Gentle man, however, forgot that q uestions involved in this Bill were beyond the knowleed or jurisdiction of a local commissioner of bankruptgeve raised under this Bill were Purel y The questions to be of l an equity cha racter, and he doubted whether 3! commissioner would be competent bankruptcytoadeaolcawliththem. Mr. AGLIONiiY thought the groat inconvenience. of the clause would be attended with itriceonvenience. Re differed with his Hon. Friends tribunallicitotro- General and the Judge-Advocate as to the Se lie ptrheeferred far Solicitor which the subject should be referred, the referring of the subject to rnissioners of the Court of Bankruptc Cttehhelaan. to a Master in Chancery. The proceedings in Court were not in great favour with the public, on ac count of their dilatory and expensive nature. T he SOLICITOR-GENERAL th o U ght that how ef ever Bankruptcy might be to consider the question, th e y had not a very exten s i ve k now l e d ge of winding u p e affairs of companies with a great number of Partners. Mr. HENLEY thought that the Commissioners of tthe subject. The gentlemen who had been ap einted C omm i ss i oners of Bankruptcy were as of high pursue s at the bar as those who were appointed pu ' r s t ters in Chancery. He thought the best course to Cagetie Would be to leave it to the discretion of the whether the matter should be sent to one of the .nnaissioners of Bankruptcy or to a Master in Chan- Mr, ARN , ketilLerES thought the amen d ment o f the Hon. and for Sunderland was a most reasonable one, tins ~;, 11t to be adopted , lie could not see what ob.*. di, er "ere could be to the Lord Chancellor having the eti eu of 13 of titeg the matter either to a Commissioner l itlirrun te . Y u a slaster in Chancery. (LEFT grxrulq) write so active, raid prices were r5..!!...:cr ease r ni the cifi,:;:• ti tsrs' to . . Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 Direct London & Portsmouth 3% — to Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 25 Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 17% ...... East Anglia, 25/. L. & E., wad L. & D~ Ditto, 18/., E. & H Ditto, 31. 10s., E. & H... 3% — to Eastern Counties Do. Perpet., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d... . Do., d 0....... N 0.2,6/. 138. 4d... '- die.., to % dis Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 Do., Quarter 12% .. .. Do., N ew Eastern Union Ditto, Quarter Shares ...... 12 1 % — Ditto., Thirds ...135. 4d — to Ditto (guar. 6 per cent.) ... 10 . — Ditto, ditto ......... ......... 20 ...... East Lancashire Ditto, New Do., New Quarters - East Lincolnshire 20% Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto, Halt Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% —. Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 Ditto, New..... ........ ...... 6 1 % — ...... to Ditto, New port l3 Ditto, ditto, New ... 3 3 4 Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — to Ditto, New to Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle..Bl. 6.1.80... Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 ...... Ditto, New Do. Preference C onso lid a t e d 15 —.. 3reat Northern l3 ...... 3%9 .. to Do. London & York E a t en 2%,,., ..• .. to Gt. South. & West. (I re l an d) 40 ...... 2334 • to Great North of England 100 Ditto, New 401. Ditto, New 30/. to Ditto, New 15/...... ... ...... 11%...... . Great Western Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Sh ares 1 . .'3'b" ... to ~.. to Ditto, Fifths 2 U'=""" '...... ... Do. New 171 9 ... to to fludd.trstield and. Manchester 26 .. ... Ditto, Third 5................. 9 Hull and Selby ................ 50 .... -- Ditto,Ditto, Half Shares . ......... 25 ..... 49%• to Quarter Shares ...... . 1N ••• 20 1 / ." 2 • Ipswich & Bury St. Edmunds 17% .. - to Do. do. and Norwich .... 17% . .......... --- Do., do., Extension Scrip (late (Camb. and Ely) 2% ... Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... sto 0 — *•••• Do., Thirds... ................. 10 ........ .. ... Lancashire and Yorkshir e ... 93 . ... to Ditto, ditto .................. 82 ...... 73% •.... . to Ditto Half Shares .....•; .. 43 ..... .. . Ditto Quarters Ditto Fifths Ditto Sixteenths ........... 6 1 % „ _ ..... to _ Ditto Thirds (Reg.) Do. Liverpool and Bury... 43 Do. (Rudders. and Shelf.) 38 Do., Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Do., West Riding Union ...41. 22.... 3 34% dis. to Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 - Do., do., Half Shares (A) 9 - Leeds and Bradford Leeds, Dewsbury, & blanches. 47 1 / — - Do., Half Shares Ditto, Blue (scrip) ......... 21% — ...... to Leeds and Thirsk to . to Ditto, New Do., do., Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3%. .... —...- to Liverpool. Crosby, and South port. Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Juncti0n.......... 2% — to London lii Blackwall ......13/. 6s. 8d.... 5 l/, JA to Ditto New, N o. 2 5/. 13s. 4d.... --•• t t ° o —__ Do. Ext ension 20 ....... Lond., Bright~ & South Coast '0 ... .. to Do. Guaranteed 5 per to De. Prof. Cony. ser Cent . ro 9 . to Ditto, ditto P ... 1 * ‘ ) 0 " ". to London and Gree“nw••ic••ll.. 8 1 5 2 2 1. 5 15 - g. Z:— Ditto Preference London rn ... .. 18/ 17s 2d... 8t North Weste• Do. Quarters (L. and • li • .. Ili° ...... 134 Do. New ... .............. ) 22 ...... __ to Do. Fifths ................... ..... 22 ...... 14 Do. 40/. Shares. .... L. &M. 20 —... 9 Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.) 71..."" - - to Do. 10/. .. M. an d B. (B.) 71' /2 .. • . '''• 9%' Do. 101. ... M. and B. (C.) 1 .... --- to London and S. Westeni........ 50 ...... • to Ditto, New 50/. 40 .."' -- ... to Ditto, New 40/....... ...-. 34 .. : . ..• .. .*: t t o to o Do. Tenths (C onso li dated) 50 ..... Do. Tenths (C onso li dated) 40 ...... ..... to , Ditto, Thirds ... . ........... 10 ...... — 7 to L Ditto Sali.lbury, & Yeovll 1% ...... --- - Londonderry and Coleraine... 27 1 4 — Londonderry and Enniskillen 25 MONE Y and COMMERI r A o L 7, IW::: S c. ..... to -- CI Q - .•I Lo - ,veFtott (guar. 4 per er_nt.) 20 —t" The sales of Cotton alt Liverpool 37, - sterdny wc. , .re 2,500 ( Ditto (guar. ,6 per cent. to 3,000 bales, nll to the tr.id.e. The rtmrlimt wa!; not mano, JLiJ iv t:y to advancing. Preference.. 7 1 : , 2 , tu D p i o tio :'; G e rjm i s o b l ) . - leteiiigelice, if . , telegrapie 11 ,s illAt 1 . , atAie . l ti.'n N(.l - 1 7 11 ' "O:LtU, !,,, ~..'''l./.,",-; ( :,,,. ',,,... 7 ; 2... . and South American Cot - Yet-house of the arrival of the Ditto, it to ditto. .. .. .. ..... 30 Washington steamer from New York, with dates of 9 April 25. On freight 2:30,000 dollars. We have no 5% letters yet. Ditto, Sheffield, and Line. 10 ... to 'The accounts from various parts of the continent are Ditto, Grimsby Dock .. .15 ...." " * to still of a very chequered character, and the moderate Ditto, Alan. & Lin. Union . 41. 2s — tone of the National Assembly of France, although ManchesterandSouthampton 2 1 , 4 i —-.- to highly satisfactory, is scarcely a guarantee that the Alithand 100...106 105 105 8 to 105% ultra republicans will not speedily again exhibit them- Ditto, Cone'. Preference 100 selves in full force, should not very sweeping measures ,5111 D B:11,1ra tt inll o (dii , n: 5 g:cii 0 hoi / r . anin S nsio. h ,j6 ar .anßp e ce s irri . D . sc . te . eo . rnlb . tay .. n.. .... d.. . :o( l : s t 1 0 0 1,4 _ ... to be resorted to. It is understood that the Danish pri- vateers have already succeeded in capturing some Ger- Midland, Bristol and Glou . c. 36 . .. 120 roan ships off the coast of England, but strong hopes are i to yet indulged that peace is near at hand. Ditto ditto 11/. 35.6 d. .. There is not much doing in wheat to-day, and prices Midland, Leices. and Swan are bar( ly maintained, but other articles are firm. nington (8 per et. gua.)....100 ..... In illustration of the influence which events abroad Al idld. Great Western (Irish) 40 have upon trade here, we may give the following portion Middlesbro' and Redcar. 6 of a communication received from highly respectable per cent. guar. parties in Manchester:— Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ...... - " The condition of our Yarn market is more de- , Ditto Quarter Shares New . tnarket and Cheeterford 18ye — ...... to pressed than we have ever known it to be in the course Ditto Extension warlike operations between Prussia and Denmark follow- Norfolk lOO • to ing close in the wake of political revolution, with con- Ditto New 201. comitant money derangements, has produced an entire Ditto Extension suspension of export to the Hanse towns and other ports Do. Guaranteed 5% per et. 5 of Germany. This trade is one of the foremost of Do. Serip, - 1847,N. ofNorflk 2 the outlets for our productions of Twist, and Do. de. Waveaey Valley... 2 i.‘ the sudden closing of so important a market Newry an every,ry, vs cl rrenpoint, and Enniskillen cannot act otherwise than most depressing on every, 12% the interests of spinners. At present a _ corthern Counties Union ....14 moderate demand exists fur Russia and Norway, but the N ort h B r i t i s h .. ... .. "'to g Ditto Half Shares-- imminent risk there is of the great northern power bein embroiled in the contest with Prussia, in consequence of Do. Quarters OA to the treaty which binds her to maintain inviolate the Ditto, Extension independence and territory of Denmark, renders it Ditto Thirds .... ........ -.... 3 ...... 1 1 4 to doubtful whether the high premiums for insurance, and North and South-Western... 2 .. .. other similar obstacles, may not lead to a suspension of North Staffordshire North Western t o operations for that quarter also. For Italy there is North W »... ..... to ales .... nothing doing, the work of revolt being the principal reason. Some large parcels have been put up for China, Oxford, Worcester, and Woi verhampton -40 - ...... to but the whole extent of the forei trade done durin and a moderate business also has been done for India, Reading, Guildfd., & Reigate 7% g Royston and 'litchi's ... 1%..-.. to gn to the month has found but a very limited occupation Scottish Central for our vast productive resources. Cops and Warps Scottish Midland ..- ....... .... 22% — ...... to have been in fair demand for the home trade, but double Ditto,New lO - yarns have been rather neglected, and prices are cense- Sheffield, Rotherham, and quently drooping. Goole 5 "I he export demand for yarns is almost entirely at a Shrewsbury and Birmiegkam 8 Shrewsbury Ditto. — _end Chester ditto, Class B. 5 stand, and spinners have no alternative but to further— ...... to reduce production. In piece goods there is little done Ditto (l\or* H ‘ a * lv M es i , n.) Ditto... 168 ... - ... .... .. to -- since principal home trade houses have completed their investments for the season. The political events already Ditto, Oswestry 16 - adverted to, which have closed for the present trading Di tto ( N ew) 1 operations between this country and the chief ports of Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref....-. 8 to Northern Europe, have had their effect in sus- Shropshire Union . pending the operations of German houses in the South Devon ....... ...... ... 40 fabrics of this district. Manufacturers are prin- Ditto, Preference 22%...... ...... to cipally engaged in preparing fancy styles for South Staffordshire 4 ...... .. .. to the United States, which country, after our home South Eastern ...... ...,... 33% trade, appears to be the only important quarter Ditto, New, No. 1 upon which they can depend fur the employment of Ditto, New, N 0.2 l7 their looms." Ditto, New, No. 3 2O The foreign exchanges were rather firm yesterda Ditto New,outh Wal No. 4. 6:% y Se afternoon, but the chi e f r em itt ances are still made in South Yorkshire, 23 Doncaster Done ter specie. Thus within th e l ast f ew d ays b u lli on has been and Gooleß received here from R uss i a an d ot h er p l aces. Swans. and Loughor and C'a- The English Funds have been buoyant. Consols meron's Stm. Coal ...... ... 4 have been 833 t o 84 for transfer, and 83* to 84-1- for (lames Haven Dock and --- account. Exchequer -bills have been 395. to 435. prem. Railway 17% — to ‘ Waterford,i,,,aaltee o i of r N d e aa a nx t i h dd Bank Stock is 1901 to 1911, and India Stock 9 291 to 232. raw Vale Extension Limerick... .. 4 13 0 % . .... 7 Spanish Active Bonds are 13*, and the Three per Cents. 23-ta to 24. Portuguese Four per Cents. are 17,i-; 4 to Mexican, lei- to i. Waterford, Wexford,Wieklw, Shares are again higher. and Dublin BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Wear Valley 6 per Cent. (From the Official List.) Guaranteed ...... .. 42:34 Bank Stock —190% 191% Do. do. do. 3 per Cent. Red u c e d Annuities 8 2 14 34 West Cornwall 3 per Cent. Consols Anne 84% 83 'A i 84% 1 / 9 Nhitehaven and Furness ll .... New 3 1 4 per Cent. Aims B3 l / 2% V/4 Windsor, Staines, and South Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 8 7-16 2-16 Western India Stock 232 229 1 / 2 ' Wilts,Somerset,&We3-mouth 35 ..... Do. Bonds, 10001 24 p York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 2i d. & 3d. to Do. Eaten. 1 (Y. &N.) 15 ...... 17 1 %4 to 1,000/. ... ... .. 11 1 4 . 500!. 39p D o . G. N . E . P ur. or Pref. 8 ... . 9% 'A Small 39 43p Y or k an d N orth Midland .. 50 .—.. 70 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Ditto, Prefe rence Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent. — Extension ... . ....... 25 Ditto for the Account ....... .... 16 1 4% FOREIGN RAILWATS. Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent B6 Boulogne and Amiens 2O ...... 6%-%... to Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent 67 70% Central of France (Orleans Ditto 4 per Cent. Ditto for the Account Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,lB4o ... 13 13% Demerara. Ditto Passive Bonds 3% Dendre Valley Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent... ....» Direct Bombay and Madras ss. ..... Ditto for the Account 23% 24 Dutch Rhenish ... 7 V 4 Dividends on the above payabl e i n L on d on . Last Indian Dutch 2% per Cent.,l2 Guild 43 42 43 Great Indian Peninsular ..... ss. to Italian and Austrian BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHALES AT ONE O'CLOCK Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 RAILWAYS. I'AID. PER SHARE. Aberdeen Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 3%...... Ayrshire and Galloway Belfast and County Down .. 14% .. .. ..... to Birmingham & Oxford J une . - 20 Birmingham, W 01.,& Dudley 10 ... . Birnsing., Wol., & Stour Val. 121.4 x.... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Orleans and Bordeaux ... Cheshire Junction.. Boston, Sterne, & Birming... 5 Bristol and Exeter . B5 ...... - ...... to -- Do., Thirds ...... ... ..... ... 25 Buckinghamshire.. Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares o Sambre and Meuse Ditto, Clydesdale Junction 50 Chester and Holyhead 4 2 1%.... 244 to Tours & Nantes ... .. ...... .. 8 Ditto, Preference Clarence. ..... to and llasselt Do., Ist Class, 6 per Cent... 10 Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 ,; . (No. 1) '1 9 Australasia - 1 British North American .... 50 Colonial ..... ........... 25 Commercial of London London Joint Stock London and Westminster... 20 National Provincial of Engld. 85 ...•••• to Ditto, New - National of Ireland Provincial of Ireland ... 25 Ditto, New ...........•........ 10 Union of Australia Ditto, New 21,4 Union of London ....... . ...... 10 Union of Madrid MINES. Anglo Mexican Asturian Mining Company l2 —...— to Australian 2 14 •••.. to Blacnarvon Iron and Coal ... 50 - Bolanos Scrip British Iron - Brazilian Imperial ..... 24 ...... ...... to Galvanized Iron Ditto, New Real del Monte, Unregistered . ... to Do. Black Debentures COURSE OF EXCHANGE. Amsterdam.........• l2 4 % at sight • • .... 12 itatcrdaln .... • •• Intsverp• • .......• • • •• Ilamburgh ••li.B. 13 14k eklrlS, 3 days' sight .. •• 25 40 Ditto, •• •• •• •••• •• T Marseilles • ... •••• .. •• r , 0urdeaux......... •• Frankfort on Maine.... 122% eetersburgh, Sil.ltble.• Vienna, effec. Ito 40 Trieste, ditt0........ Madrid .. „, Cadiz .. Barcelona .. ...... Saville.. • • . . 41braltar.. • • —.— Leghorn • ... .. 31 Gen0a...•.•........ 25 90 Nfilan .. • • .......... Venice... . Naples ............ r . per0z...... Lisbon. . 0p0rt0.... • • .... • • .. si Rio Janeiro • • ...... Bahia .................. Buenos Ayres • .. New York, 21 days'siglvt Philadelphia .... • • ..... PRICES OP BULLIOnI, ran or. Foreign Gold in bars .. ,C :4 l 7 9 New Dollars 0 0 0 Portugal Gold Coin .. .0 0 0 :Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 Slverin bars ...... •• 0 0 0 LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS _DAY.) LONDON, MAY 10.—Wind E.N.E., light and pleasant breeze, and fine clear weather. DEAL, MAY 9.—Wind N.N.E. and N.E.—Ainrel. John Burrell, Reginald, Charleston, and sld. castwar d'; Fene lon, Barkenstein, Antwerp, and sld. for Havan r4h; In tegrity, Stephenson, Bremen, and sld. for 'Quebec; Hoven, Freri c h, di t t o , and Id. for America;. Albert, --, ditto, and sic]. for Baltimore; Duke of Argyle, Scott, Shields, and sld. for Ceylon; John 'Bunyan, Thompson, Hartlepool, and sld. for Hong-Kong;.. Arrd. from the River and sld. Charles, Hobart Tom; Nile, Calcutta; Wellington, New York. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 9 .—Wind S.S.E.—Arrd. Andro mache, Passmore, Hong-Kong ; William ?Ale! ville, Thomas, Cape of Good Hope; Dido, Darmer, Charles ton for Stettin ; Strahl, Volckmann, St. Eli ieuz for Shields. OPP SCILLY, MAY s.—Arrd. Protector, Kirtc, Cuba. LIVERPOOL, MAY B.—Arrd. Water Witch, Douglas, Monte Video ; Sea, Godfrey, Trinid a d ; Clh ar l otte, Stafford, St. John's, New Brunswick. 9th. Sir H. Pot tinger, M'Wear, Calcutta, with foremast cu t away ; Albany, Crocker, Mobile ; Juno, Moran, Ss; vannah ; Wilhelmina, Gapoli ; Catherine, Robertson, S t . John's, New Brunswick ; Thetis, Burne, ditto. Sid.. Blanch, Calcutta ; Haidee, Boston ; Speed, St. John 's, New Brunswick. Off port, Chronometer. The Sir al Pot tinger, M'Wear, which arrived here to day, was c obliged to cut away her foremast during a hurricane, 14th Ja nuary, in lat. 9 S., l on . 83 E. CLYDE, MAY 7.—Arrd. Tiber, M'Kirdy, T rinidad ; St. Mary, Whiteside, Jamaica. Bth. Richraw ad, Ber wick, Mauritius ; lAluchvile, Williams, S. IJ , omin go ; Casi +ndra, Gall, New Orl eans . CORK, MAY 7.—Arrd. Sir Ch ar l es Napier, Webster, James , Dean, Illackie, C a ll ao; L ord Panmure, i ; Eclipse, L emerston, ' Windsor, • a B runswick. kut back on th e 7 t h, B roths rs, King, forNCalw Clarke, lo; C e Pugwash. LIMERICK, MAY 7.—Arrd. Emulous, Barba floes. COWES, MAY 9.—The brig Robert, of St. Andrew's, New Brunswick, waterlogged, and with only foremast and bowsprit standing, was passed 24th ult., in lat. 47 lon. 24. by the George, Cornelissen, arrived 1- 'ere. , BELFAST, MAY B.—The Wilfred, Mitchelli, of Work ington, from Liverpool to Tralee, was in contact yester day off Carrickfergus, with the Chamcook, c f London, when the former received considerable damage t, and ha s been brought in here for repairs. POLLING PLACES IN NORTH LANCASIII RE.--The Gazette of last night contains an order Council, appointing the towns of Colne and Rawt anstall as polling places tor the northern division of I Ancashire, and directing that the said division be subdivided into convenient polling districts, to be assigned to .each. MARKET NE W (THIS DAY.) - , 'c7EDINESDAY '" 2 ,1 6 '.v 4 rening.th.,, .L;'nfriish I.l'lh.,:tt 7 1 t Neet,diNl L 370 ^l.?~~ Cib(Ck;l rf--,104ed '_ '.•ii •—•,, .or all kinds of "`" of i "."' produce, tc-day, was in a very in:lc - Live state, and. Mon day's quotations were with difficulty supported. The best parcels of Foreign Wheat were mostly held at full prices ; but the middling, and out. of condition sorts were somewhat easier to purchase. Barley was in short supply, and very moderate request, at last week's prices. In Malt next to nothing was doing, at barely late rates. An unusually small supply of Oats was brought forward. Sale.•; progressed steadily at extreme currencies. Both Beans and Peas were held for more money. In dian Corn and Meal were neglected. Town made Flour was quite as (1( at, bat ship quantities were a trifle lower. wiltITEcE.mpEL. Although the supplies of each kind of Meat on sale were very moderate the general demand rule d heav y , and prices h a d a downward tendency. Beef, from 2 s 10d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 3s Cd to 4s 6d; Lamb, 5s 8d to 6s 6d ; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 10d; and Pork, 39 8d to 5s per 81bs. by the carcase. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor sat this morning in his court at Westminst er , at ten o ' clock. This is the first t i me since his Lordship's illness last Christmas that he has sat at so early an hour. IN THE MATTER OF THE LUDLOW CHAR ITIES. This case whi c h was i n his Lordship ' s paper to - day was ordered t o stand over till the first day o f T r inity Term, in ord er th at t h e clients of Mr. Hill m i g ht have an opportunity o f cons i dering the minutes t h a t bad been judgment pronounced up for th e p urpose of carrying o ut the pronounced by his Lo r d s hi p this day week. After some discussion SlTTlNGS upon the subject between the Lord-Chancellor and the Solicitor-General, his Lordship consented not to sit in Chancery between the last day of the present term, and the 'first day of Trinity Term; observing, however, that it' he sat iu the Court of Chan cery for another year, it must by no means be under stood that he would consent to so long a vacation as a fortnight between the end of Easter and the commence ment of Trinity Term. The Court then proceeded to hear appeals. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) TUE ATTORNEY GENERAL v. WARD. The further arguments in this part-heard case occu pied his Lordship the Master of the Rolls the whole morning. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. WILSON. The arguments of Mr. 3/WAN on behalt of the defen• dant to this i n f ormat i on , oc cupied his Honour the Vice- Chancellor of England the whole morning. (Before the Vice-Canceller KracuT BRUCE.) Bankrupt petitions of no general interest occupied his Honour the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce the whole day. (Before the Vice-Chancellor WIGRAM.) The arguments in the part heard case of Macgregor and Bainbridge occupied the Vice-Chancellor Wigram the whole morning. (Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) THE QUEEN V. THE JUDGE OF TEE WEYBRIDGE COUNTY COURT.—MANDAMUS. Mr. DASENT applied, on behalf of a half-pay officer in the navy, for a rule calling upon the Judge of the County Court of Weybridge to show cause why a mandamus should not issue to compel him to issue his final order of protection in an insolvent case. The County Court Act gave the Judges of these tribunals jurisdiction in in solvent cases, providing that where it was shown that the insolvent's dealings had been bond fide, and that no fraud or extravagance appeared to have charac terised his mode of living, the Judge should at once grant him a final order of protection. The naval gentleman in question had unfortunately been compelled to seek the benefit of the Alit in the county court of Weybridge, and the proceedings had gone on regularly and satisfactorily both to the creditors and the insolvent up to the time of granting the final order, when a Mr. Churchill, who represented the creditors, stated that they were anxious that a portion of the insolvent's half pay should be annually set apart to satisfy their claims. The insolvent protested, that besides being strictly prohibited by the 9th of George 111., from acceding to such a proposal his half-pay was barely sufficient to keep himself and fa mily-, but the judge of the county court declined to accept this excuse, and absolutely refused to grant the final order until the insolvent would consent to lay aside every year 241. of his half-pay towards liquidating the debts of his creditors. Now, it was clear that the judge had gone beyond his duty, for the Act of Parlia ment strictly specified that where there was no fraud upon the face of the insolvent's proceedings he should be entitled to insist upon the judge granting him his final order. Besides, in this case the judge was assuni ing the part of an opposing creditor and not of a judge; and its the creditors offered no opposition it was an act of manifest injustice to withhold ,the final order of protection. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE said if the Learned Counsel's interpretation of the Act were correct, the office of the judge was simply ministerial, and not judicial. He would, therefore take time to look into the Act, and reserve his decision till a future day. EXCHEQUER. -(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) PENNELL V. RILL. Mr. HumrintEr showed cause against the resciddment of an order of Mr. Baron Alderson, for the payment of 1721. 4s. 4d., being the amount of a bill of costs incurred for three actions, tried in the Court of Exchequer, for the recovery of church -rates. A demur had been made to the payment of costs, on the ground that the plaintiffs had never been in any way reta i ned by the d e f en d ant . The principal point of the case was to settle the meaning of the Act of Parliament as to the power of a judge to enforce such an order with out signing judgment. The plaintiffs had made affidavits that they had been regu larly retained, and had adduced evidence to prove their assertion; the defendant, on the contrary, denied their allegations, and affirmed his ri g h t to go to a j ur y t o t r y the correctness of his own denial. Formerly, the taxa tion of a bill of costs by a defendant was a legal as well as a virtual allowance of the validity of the bill, and made him liable for the amount ; but by the later statute, where the retainer is disputed, a right of trial is made to arise, and the question now was, as to whether a simple denial of the retainer in the present case was a sufficient reason for granting a trial. It being shown that no affidavit had been put in by Mr. Hill before Mr. Baron Alderson, at the time the order was made, the trial was refused, unless the money was paid into Court within a month, and an undertaking to appear was given so that the cause be tried next term. SECONDARIES'_(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. S econ d ary POTTER.) LUCAS AND AN O T HER v. WILLIAMS. This was an action to recover 35 1 . on a guara ntee. The plaintiffs are builders at Chichester, and defendant a builder in Tottenham Court -road. The guarantee was given for a debt due by a third party. It was proved in evidence that defendant v. p had o il o m E i K tt:d he had given th e guarantee, and had promised to pay the amount; and on this a verdict was given for the amount claimed. DEAN This was an action to recover 941. 25., for services rendered by plaintiff as a surveyor in making a valua tion of property required for railway purposes. The t o am, n eaocuhn side.an d a th h e e re c a s were a was likely re at to last the greater part of the day. number n Ofwlaysllnoenssee°s MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS I)AY.) (Before the ASSISTANT JUDGE and County Magistrates.) William Theobald, stableman, aged 20, was indicted for stealing a silver watch and appendages, of the value of Si., the property of Charles Bachelor. From the prosecutor's evidence it appeared that on the morning of the 3d inst., about half-past five o'clock, he was awakened by the noise of some one moving about in his bedroom. On drawing aside the bed curtains, lie saw the prisoner in the act of taking his watch off the mantel-shelf. He asked the prisoner what brought him there, and the prisoner ran ou t of the room. The pro secutor jumped out of bed , ran down stairs after the prisoner, whom he saw running up a court at som e dis tance. He followed across some gardens , and saw the prisoner go into an outhouse, where he bolted himself in. The witness spoke to hi m " through the door," de manding his watch, of which the prisoner denied havin g possession. The prosecutor g uarded the door of the outhouse himself until th e p risoner was taken into custody. During all this time the prosecutor had no other covering than h is shirt and stockin g s. The watch was not found i n the prisoner's possession, theof the garden, di r etc where line ho the f but when the latter was taken , the policeman, on g oin g over the same g round over which the chase had bee n run, p e r ce iv e d footmarks acros s a g arden, trackin g out in the ground. theon w e r' sawh course, to a corner o f buried a lit t 1 a w a y The defence set up by Mr. MILLAR Was, that th e watch was only taken by way o f a eou p e r d is ‘. lark," without any intention of felony. Several witnesses were called to character. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, but 37, -ut recom mended the prisoner to mercy, on account of his pre vious good character. The ASSISTANT-JUDGE said that the recommenda tion sa ve d th e p r i so ner six months' of his iinprisonm ent but th e l eas t sen t e nce he could p ass for th is impudent robbery was, that of three months' imprisonment and hard labour. ELECTION COMMITTEE. (THIS I)AY.) LONGFORD. The Committee appointed to try the merits of the petition presented against the return of Mr. F ox f or the county of Longford, met this morning. Mr. Bouverie in the chair. Mr. Serffeant Wranghani, with whom, was Mr. L e f roy, appeared for the petitioners, and Mr. Ser geant Kinglake and Nlr. C a l vert f o r the sitting Members. I‘ . l Mr. Sergeant W RANG HAN opened the case for the petitioners, which be said simply involved a question of scrutiny. In 1841 a Committee of the House struck off 140 votes, but these voters still held their r eg i stration certificates, and it. was throug h t h e influence of thei r b a d votes that Mr. Fox secured his return. THE SUN, LONDON WEANESDAY EVENING, MAY io, 1848. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET SECOND SPRING MEETING. ~~~.,. I :7,04; for thmo vrs old- 61 211 " • 7 T. M.M. ) .7 (Butler' Mr. Hussey's Telegraph Mr. Lowther's Glutton... Mr. B. Green's Athelstane Mr. Shelley's Remembrance ... Duke of Bedford's Minto . Colonel Peel's Sesostris Field-Marshal Grosvenor's Sir Oliver Lord Exeter's Swordplayer ... Mr. S. Stanley's St. Ann Betting-11 to 8 agst Athelstane, 7 to 2 agst Glutton and 4to 1 agst Sir Oliver. Glutton and Telegraph laid in front all the way, the latter waiting till rising the hill out of the bottom, and winning easily by a length, Glutton beating Athelstane by half a length, St. Ann fourth, and Swordplayer fifth. Sir Oliver pulled up lame. Run in 1 min. 51 secs. ••• (W• Abdale THE SUFFOLK STAKES. 6 to 4 agst Walmgate-bar-without. The sport at this meeting, if we may judge from a very excellent commencement, will greatly exceed the moderate average of Second Spring Meetings. Its chief feature to-day was a dead heat with three—Liston, who came off the winner of a similar race last meeting, being a second time victorious in the " who shall." The R.M. Plate effectually disposed of three or four Derby out siders. ENTRIES FOR WEDNESDAY. Handicap Plate for three yrs old and upwards. A.F. Teetotum, 3 yrs—Chapelgorie, 3 yrs—Remembrance, 3 yrs—Ziska, 4 yrs—Doctrine, 4 yrs—Bridle, 4 yrs— Etithen, 4 yrs—Luc-an-Durras, 3 yrs—Walmgate-bar without, 4 yrs—Mastiff, 3 yrs—Prussic Acid, 5 yrs. The Jockey Club Plate. B.C. Bridle, 4 yrs—Tarella. 4 yrs. Handicap for the A. F. Plate. Bridle, 4 yrs, Bst 71 b — Walmgate-bar-Without, 4 yrs, Sst 71b—Ziska, 4 yrs, Bst 51b—Doctrine, 4 yrs, 7st 51b— Due an-Durras, 6 yrs, 7st 51b—Tectotum, 3 yrs, Est 101b—Eothen, 4 y rs, Est 81 b—Chapelgorie, 3 yrs, 6st— Mastiff, 3 yrs, sst 121b — Two paid. THE SUFFOLK STAKES. Circassian Maid, Kimblesvvorth, and Stultz, do not st art. DERBY. 13 to 2 agst Springy Jack I I 1,000 to 10 ags t T e l egraph 13 to 2 apt Glendower BETTING AT MANCIIESTER.—TIIESDAY.: DERBY. 7to 1 agst Glendower—t 116;to 1 agst Eagle's Plume 7to 1 agst Springy Jack -t'lB to 1 apt Shylock sto 2 agst Loadstone—t X 2O to 1 agst Besborough 1 to 1 agst Surplice 35 to 1 agst Voyager 1,000 to 15 agst Glutton. THE MANCHESTER CUP. 4 toil agst Peep-o'• Day 12 to 1 agst M ontpensier ° Boy (off. to take) 12 to 1 agst Mrs. Tuft. [2 to 1 agst Chanticleer INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. MANCHESTER MEETING, 1848. Weights for the Salford Borough Cup of too soya., &c. st lb Nerissa, 4 yrs 6 10 Black Dwarf, 4 yrs Keleshea, 4 yrs 6 7 The Premier, 5 yrs 6 6 Meaux, 4 yrs 6 6 Betty Swipes, 4 yrs 6 6 King of the Forest, 4 yrs .. 6 6 Nlagnct, 4 yrs .... ... 6 6 Lethargy, 4 yrs . 6 4 Brown Fly, 5 yrs 6 4 Swiss Boy, 3 yrs 6 4 Helena, 4 yrs Deloraine, 4 2, rs Lady Hylda, 4 yrs Brandyface, 4 yrs 5 12 Sally Magga, 4 yrs.., 5 12 Jenny Lihd, 4 yrs..,, 5 12 Mrs. Taft, 3 yrs 5 12 Mariner, 3 yrs 5 10 Tuscan, 3 yrs 5 6 Lecomte, 3 yrs 5 6 Glen Saddel, 3 yrs 5 6 Sylvan, 3 yrs 5 6 Bitter Pill, 3 yrs 5 6 Landrost, 3 yrs 5 6 Idol, 3 yrs 5 5 Convict, 3 yrs Egremont, 3 yrs Enchantress, 3 yrs Lyme, 4 yrs st lb Cawroush, 5 yrs 8 10 Lady Wildair, 6 yrs 8 5 Grimston,s yrs 8 0 Lightning, aged 7 12 Godfrey, aged Sharston, 5 yrs 7 12 Spithead, 5 yrs ...... Foreclosure, 4 yrs Romance, 5 yrs . 7 8 Vanish, 3 yrs Newcourt, aged 7 7 Jovial, 4 yrs 7 7 Fitzwilliam, 5 yrs 7 6 Sir George, 5) rs Ennui, 5 yrs 7 2 Blue Light, 5 yrs 7 2 Woodpecker, 5 yrs Reminiscence, 4 yrs 7 2 , The Dart, 6 yrs. 7 0 Princess Royal, 6 yrs 7 0 Maid of Motherwell, 4 yrs 7 0 Marietta, 5 yrs 6 12 Joc o'Sot, 4 yrs 6 12 Tom Tough, aged 6 12 Mirmillo, 4 yrs 6 11 Geraldine, 5 yrs Kismet, 5 yrs Marquis of Conyng ham, 6 yrs 6 10 Administrator, 4 yrs 6 10 Louis Newell, 4 yrs 6 10 COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, their Royal High nesses the Duke Bernhard and the Duchess Ida of Saxe Weimar, Prince Edward and the Princesses of Saxe Weimar, arrived at Buckingham Palace, at two o'clock yesterday afternoon, to pay a visit to the Queen. The illustrious party remained and partook of a dejeune with her Majesty and Prince Albert. The Queen and Prince Albert afterwards took a drive in a carriage and four, accompanied by the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, and attended by Lady Caroline Cocks, the Equerries in waiting, Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey and Captain the Hon. Alexander Gordon, attended on horseback. Prince Alfred and the Princess Alice took walking and pony exercise yesterday, and the Princess Helena was taken an airing in the royal gardens. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, the Duke Bernhard, and the Duchess Ida of Saxe Weimar, Prince Edward and the Princess of Saxe I% eimar, honoured the per formance at Drury-lane Theatre on Monday evening with their presence. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Baroness de Speth and Sir George Couper, hououred the performance of the Royal Italian Opera yesterday evening with her presence. Her Royal Highness tbo Duchess of Gloucester visited the Queen Dowager yesterday, at Marlborough House. Prince Edward and the Princesses of Saxe-Weimar rode out on horseback yesterday, attended by the Hon. Sophia Wheatley, Sir Andrew Barnard, and Captain Taylor. Curteis, M.P., for Rye, the Mayor, and the Town Clerk, had an interview with Lord John Russell, yesterday, to present addresses of congratulation for the Quee❑ and Prince Albert, and also an address to the Noble Lord. The honourable J. L. Martin, Charge d'Affaires of the United States of America to his Holiness the Pope, has arrived in Loudon on his way to Rome. The Bishop of London had an interview with Sir George Grey, yesterday, at the Home Office. Mr. Fitz Stephen French and Lord de Freyne had an interview yesterday with Lord John Russell. Mr. Bernal, Mr. Hodges, M.P., and a deputation from Rochester, had an interview with Viscount Mot.- peth, yesterday, at the office of her Majesty's Commis sioners fmird.e Epo deputation, rt % ai V i ig o opm o t no d :rne s . iaajtnonnuenddlh,unFLdßiooL,nrrvagedebs Straffordr t ui lesuf,ncridinhiijrt‘rhhei:he Thomas e irahedt h :tvil a i:. v a kimi c rjee e e. :Isoovll:). oe.ipndal terday with Sir George Grey. rend Arthur Kinnaird, Mr. John Dean Paul, Mr. Henry Pownall, Reverend E. Holland, Reverend D. Wilson, h Wilson, Major-General Innes, Mr. R B. Leeds, Rev. a ili n er d v.e t ßr h eo e ngderMs Reverend Mr.Smalley, s praying for the suspension of all Post.offices being (pm throughout the kingdom On t h e Lord ' s Day, and depre cating the transmission of country letters through London on that day, had au interview with Lord John Russell on Monday. The Viscount and Viscountess Harding, the Duke and Duchess of Cleveland, and Lady Augusta Paulett, the Marquis and Marchioness of Blandford, Lord and Lady b Mahon, Mr. N ew d egate, M . P ., the R i g h t lionoura e L L i ie eu u t t e e n n a a n n t t :G G e e li n e er ra a l l sSirirEdFw.ardAadnadmta&dyeledrirnisood with n Wednes- Lord John Russell has a dinner party receives s ev a e n n o i t n h g e , r i l i a i r G ge re p a a t r S ty ta o n n ho s p a e t - u s r t d r n e y et n . arrived in town from the continent. in Chesham pd l a ar y rc next, eh.e E a rtlh and n I d 7 C c h o instant, ofa at residenceLhiicshfie have eox T nt. he General ld RAMSGATE.—The ou th-Eastern Railway Com pany have a dopted the plan i of the cottage allotment sys tem with their was te laudn the neighbourhood of thi s place, whereby many of theirworkmen and others are beneated.—Nascistone Gazette. Lord Spencer' Dac.a, 3 yrs •• • ••• ••• , 4 . Lord W. Powlsott's Francoui, 3 yrs ••• ••• . 5 Lord Ex eter ' s Hecuba, 3 yrs ... ••• —. 6 Lord Sandwich's Cypher, 3 yrs ••• • g when No 2 gtoo.l alst o F th is e t r i s an b a a , c 7 k t e o d. 2 a N gs o t g D o a t c o ia ok , at starting, and made all the running to the cords, Fistiana went up, and ran in a clever winner by alength; ,te Dacia an indifferent third. Run in 3 min. 40 secs. 1 winner was claimed. Match, 100, Ii ft. First half of Ab.M. (m on) 1 Lord Clifden's Cashier, Bst ... ••• (--arson) , Duke of Bedford's R(-tail, Bst 41b ••• ••• 7 to 4 on Cashier. Won by a length. Run in 51 secs.. Handicap Sweepstake s of 10 sous. each. T.Y.O a a n ds.t4r strong 1— lead Mr. Shelley's Liston, 3(l r s , S 6 u s bs l .) 2lb (Pearl) 1 ... Duke of Bedford's Festu y s, s 3 yr t s, 6st 21b ••• ••• 2 , Colonel P ee l' s Isis, 4 yrs, ist 71b ... ••• ••• Lord St an l ey ' s ch c Bowstring, 4 yrs, 9st .. ••• 4 The foll ow i ng were not placed:— Mr. Gurney's b c Cantley, 5 yrs, Bst 71b ... ••• 0 Lord Exeter's b m Carissima, 6 yrs, 7st 71b... ••• 0 Sir R. Pigott's br f P r i oress, 5 yrs, 7st 21b ... ••• 0 Mr. Wigram's br c Reraun, 3 yrs, 7st 21b ... ••• 0 Mr. St. Aubyn's br hi Julia, 5 yrs, 7st ... ••• 0 Sir J. Hawley's b c Piccinino, 4 yrs, • 6st 51b... ••• 43 Mr. Watts's b f Goose, 3 yrs, 6st 21b... ... ... 0 Mr. J. S. Douglas's b c Sam Hood, 3 yrs, sst 121 b ... 0 Mr. S. Stanley's St. Antonio 3 yrs, 6st 7lb . 0 .. ... Betting --5 to 2 agst Festus, to 1 each a 3 to 1 agst Bowstring, 5 gst Isis and Keraun. A splendid race, end e d in a dead heat between Liston, Festus, and Isis, Bow string fourth, beaten only by a head, and Keraun and Carissima well up. Run in 1 min. 14 secs. Deciding heat--6 to 4 agst Festus, and 7to 4 agst each of the others. Liston made all the running, and won easy by a length. Run in 1 min. 12 secs. Match, 200, h ft. T.Y.C. forodc'soaSaNdudtl,e,7Bststi7nlbb ... 2 to 1 .. LijourkdeEoxf Bedford's c Saddle. Won easy b y a length. Hun in min. 17 sees. 501.; for three yrs old, colitis:3lB.st 71b; and filli es, Bst 41b he o. ,~,~,, ~s li • t I!)tirr es tr. . powerful, aes. resp on d e d to her admirable inspiretion. Not only the encores she received were loud and enthusiastic, but the audience, finding that she did not re-appear before the curtain with her colleagues, applauded till she was sent for and made her courtesy amidst the general cheering of the whole house. Lalelache and Cruvelli were likewise in excellent voice, and were encored and recalled. Cuzzani took the part of Genaro, to rest Gardoni, who is now engaged in the most active study of the parts in which he is immediately to appear, not only with Lind, but with Madame Tadolini. The voice of this great artis t we have been fortunate enough to hear, and we can cor roborate the report of the correspondent of one of our contemporaries as to its marvellous power. Her style is admirable, her execution agile and brilliant, and her notes clear and bell-toned, and she can fully support the high reputation she has so long maintained in Italy and Germany. We must not omit that last eight Perrot re appeared, with Cerito and St. Leon, in Alma. His reception was that of a first-rate favourite, and his dancing, as well as his mimic action, in the famous I'as de Fascination, showed that he had lost nothing of his I wonted grace, energy, and spirit. Dom Miguel de Braganga, attended by the Visconde De Queluz and Mr. Saraiva, honoured the performance with his presence. The Queen Dowager's box was occupied by Sir Henry and Lady Wheatley, the Hon. Miss Wheatley, and Capt. Taylor. Among the general company we observed his Royal Highness Prince Leopold of Syracuse, his Ex cellency the Russian Minister, his Excellency the Swedish Minister, his Excellency the Saxon Minister, his Excellency the Hanoverian Minister, his Excel lency the Sardinian Minister, the Baroness Brunnow and Mademoiselle Olga de Lechner, the Duke of Wellington, the Duchess of Montrose, the Duchess of Leeds, and Miss Lane Fox, the Duke and Duchess of Leine:ter and Lady Jane Fitzgerald, the Marquis of H untley, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Marquis and Marchioness of Shgo and the Ladies Browne, the Mar chioness of Douro, the Earl Granville, the Earl of Lens dale, the Earl of Munster, the Count Montmorency, M. c ßerg. the Coun t d e B er k e , M. C. de Koadriaffsky, Viscount Ingestre, V iscount S omerton , Viscount Clit lon, Vis count Cantilup e Vi scount R ane l ag h, Lord and Lady Charle s w Lord esley. Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, Ren G dl r e a s h han a and the Mi,s,s Dutf, Lord Sandys, Lord V.r, Colborne, Ladairn, Lord Saltoun, Lady Warneford, Lady mi , s somc,rset,yals'rairner, Lady Fitzroy Somerset and Generat the Hon _on Nicolay, the Hon. H. Cuezon, Carroll, S ir Alexi ; H ri • Cavendish, Sir George and Lady Hernr er_Woodford, Lady and the Mis:es Woodford,. Si r Sir George W omby t.f il, W \ e i bb, Sir Jt,hri and Lady Jervis man, Captain Booth,a ciaptain leajor Buckley, Colonel • W Maynall, , Mr. ild- Hubert de Burgh, Mr. um Mrs. Wheeler, Mr. and Mrs. Ewing, Mr. Normamnins, aAcidonald, Mr. Spencer de Horsey, Mr. Frank and the Misses Wynn Wil• Henry Singleton, M rs. n r. ad Mis s H oltord, Mr. liams, &c. ROYAL ITALIAN opERA. A long series of experiences have proved to us incon testably that little dependence is to be placed upon the reports of foreign journals as regard s lyrical criticism. In ninety-nine:instances out of the hundred, the praise bestowed is inordinate and ill placed, and the object so profusely lauded falls, with a correspondent degree of depression. Many of the continental newspapers have literally used up every commendatory expression, every rhetorical figure, and every metaphor of poetry, on the wondrous dramatic genius and vocal supremacy of Madame Viardot Garcia. We hesitated to place confi dence in these hyperboles, not from our former know ledge of this lady's qualification, fur four years' study and practice may give to the true artist in feeling and desire au impetus scarcely credible, but from a misgiv ing of the natural quality of her voice, and other smaller exigencies necessary to the development of the loftier characters of the operatic stage. The selection of Amina in the Sonnambula was, we think, the least favourable for the exhibition of the really admirable talents possessed by Madame Viardot. The lighter characters of the opera semi-seria assuredly are not the best adapted for her physical or her vocal means. Iler voice was a delicious contralto, which hag been evidently forced upwards to do duty for the soprano ; hence the middle portion of her register is weak, and the upper notes rugged in quality and wanting in resonance. Our opinion is formed from the impression produced last night. Madame .Viardot may have been " out of voice ;" the sudden substitution of Signor Flavio as the Elvino, instead of Mario, who was prevented from ap pearing by sudden illness, may have unnerved her, or the excited feelings attendant on a first appearance; the latter consideration, however, weighs but little with us —all these may hare tended to rob the debutante of much of her accustomed power; but, the truth told, we saw but little in the conception or the development of Amina to justify the lavish,encomi urns of which Madame Viardot has been the object. There was none of the heartfelt joy, nor of the abounding happiness, gushing forth in rich songs—none of the quiet simplicity and rural re finement so charmingly set forth in the earlier scenes of the Sonnambula. It was spiritless and conventional, though marked by musicianly feeling. The first scene of the sleep-walking was undistinguished by any special merit, and in the finale to the first act there was wanting both energy and intensity. The last scene produced but little effect, with the exception of the " Ah! non giung," which was a master-piece of vocal art, daring in its execution, and skilful in its ornaments; but, striking as it was as a mere vocal display, it wanted propriety of colouring and joyousness of utterance. It was rather the dark rushing of the winter torrent than the sunny sparkling of the summer rill. It was more akin to the wild inspiration of a Medea than the triumphant jubila tion of a village maiden. The enthusiasm of the audience knew no bounds. It was re-demanded, and Madame Viardot Garcia was called and recalled, and greeted with cheers and complimentary bouquets. We must not omit to mention that she was also summoned before the curtain at the end of the first two acts. Signor Flavio acted and sung Elvino most creditably. Ile has considerable energy, and further practice may bring with it the necessary refinement. Signor Tarnburiei gave consequence to Count Rodolfo. It was quiet and gentle manly, and the " Vi ravisu" was sung with grace and feeling. Mdlle. Corbari made a very agreeable Liza, but introduced a cavatina in the last act, composed by whom we do not recollect, which sadly marred the musical pro priety of the scene. The duet in the first act, for Elvino and Amina, " Son geloso," was omitted, as was the quartet in the last act. This should not be in a theatre whose boast it is to present all works in their strict integrity. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by his Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia, the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Weimar, Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, and the Princesses of Saxe Weimar, honoured the per formance with their presence. In the royal suite were the Earl and Countess Howe, the Countess of Sheffield, &c. The Queen's box was occupied by the Duchess of Kent, who was attended by the Baroness de Speth and Colonel Sir George Couper. Among the company in the boxes and stalls we observed the Duke of Devon- shire, the Duchess of Sutherland and Lady Constance Leveson Gower, the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort and t fid i e s l a , n t d h e Al A a l r a c r h q i u ° i n s e o s s f o L t a i d ‘ y i e ß s l b a u n r c y h , e t he Somerset,Marquis t the Marquis and Marchiones; of Ailesbury, the Marquis of Titcb t L h a e n do ar vi l n e , d t c h e o u tl t a e r s qui s of s Antrim, t rm, Kildare,the h Earlt e Earl C and Countessawel or, of Wilton, the Countess Dowager of Essex, and Miss Johnstone, Viscount and Viscountess Dungarven, Viscount Exmouth, Viscount Templetown, Viscount Ebrington, Viscount Dupplin, Viscount Clifden, Lady C. Denison, Lady Charlotte Egerton, Lady Anne Dash_ wood, Lord and Lady Wodehouse, Lord Elphinstone, Lord wad Lady Carington, Lord and Lady Holland, Lady tAcott, Lady Compton, Lady Murray, Lady Jod dra, Lady Thorold, Lady Webster, Lady Whichcote, Sir Joh n and Lady Walsh, Baron de Sternberg, L Vassall Webster, Ho n . C o l onel Fitzgibbon, Hon.ady J. Fortescue, Hon. G. Milk s , li on. Cecil Forester IL Coke, Hon. Mrs. L es li e, Hon. Claude Lon , Hon. Webb, Sir 1.1. er and Paulet, Sir A. Macdonald Lady , Sir H. , Si y r G. Army tage, Sir Jasp Atkinson, th e Misses Temple Bowdain, the Misses Richards, Miss Mitchell and art Colonel Blane, C o l one l B. Knox, M.P., Colonel Olpliviery,, Captain\.Dr.. HCa.rlTet.onlioCpaep:Aalinr.Knox, 11Ir. W. Ormsb Gore, li Hogg, &c. 0 , YAL DRU TCRIREQIJEit THE L A E of talented destrians combines, on R the whole, LA N E a r: in this This troop o f e those wlao are the NATIONAL 1)E PARIS. amount in the saddle ,a rtist es which has never been seen these s m azons:e country. We will mention a few of public. andiselle Caroline is an extraordinary rider mademn. most enthusiastically received by the hor dupiter ' she may be termed " The Queen of such dlt i n s ss h e e . r f m ea . r L le n s f s ss s e k t il t l ak o e n s t r h a e nk sti t t h ed e first rid er of th a e n troop—his talent is unique, and pos sesses a form in which are combined strength, agility. and ele.7,ance. His young brother is most remarkable for his boldness, and possesses, for his age, a talent in compar able. The Italian family of the Anato's are also uncom monly ,talented ; the three sisters, Palmira, Marie, and Louisa, ha%e each a genius teparare and distinct. 'l e younge:;t (Louisa) rides upon her fiery little poney with a skill %which plainly shows that she will not be left arrear res she advances in years . It is extraor di nary and pleasing; to behold little Marie Anato dance the ballet de la Perij, with ics four changes of costume ; she has not a stage of thirty feet square and upwards to dance ugrem, but dances on the saddle of the horse while he travi!ls round the circle. There is a style and preci sion in this little girl's dancing to the music which justly merits te , her the title of a petite Cetito a clicval ; and her dark eyes s p arkle with brilliancy as she rece i v es the attitudes shee applause of the admirin g audience. The more of the elder sist er, Mdlle. Pahuira Anat o; the more w we see admire h a e r r ti ; st. as e hors e s l o v on ffn a e s s s s h t e ne m m o a u n n y ts di t in he calt she is a finished female equestrians. Besides her accomplishes with a perfection, elegance elevated bounds celebraecd pas, she makes a number of n are very rare among through hoops a , and s. ease, which with a legerity, grace, and precisi on,b efare, and places her at seldom witnessed in London Cirque de Paris, and the first female the head of the school of female aeriel riders of the equestrian in Europe.. her youth and b modest and pleasing beauty, combined manner, wins with her the audience. This tribute to her out b . y the voice of the pub merits is fully borne lie evenin g of her appearance, to 1 who do not fail, each and sEe is often again recalled to her with applause, astic pla , udits of the audience. to receive these enthusi eelefrA ed monsi . en ce. She is the pupil of tho eur Adolphe F • ranooni, whose skill as a I HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. teacher of the equestrian art is so well known, am Th.:re was another performance last ht of Lucretia. I him great credit. ,jI,.••Y;Z: tie , i'tt bur rcet‘orly TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION. Sir,--On Mor,da--, the Bth, the debate was resumed on the Public Health Bill ; the discussion principally turning on the exception of the city of London from the operation of the Bill as at present proposed. What the reasons are for the exception of the city of London, and some other places, has not been made to appear. But whatever they may be, no inference seems thence derivable against the Bill. Suppose the city of London, and Oxtbrd and Cambridge besides, to be Lull of naughty boys who " will not be washed," and who are strong enough to make the maternal go vernment demur before she undertakes the operation in defiance of their struggles, this does nut prove the impropriety or soap and tow el fur the meek and mild, who see nothing covetable in the privilege of dirt. Or assume the fact to be that these incorporations are held to have superior intelligence of their own, and be capable, like bitter-grown schoolboys, of being trusted to their own notions of propriety ; and this will not any more demonstrate the utility of leaving the juniors to be "dirty little boys whom nobody can be fond of," because their elders are supposed able to wash their own faces with success. If it were a question of mere dirt, something might be said for leaving everybody to his liking. But it is not a question of dirt; it is a question of typhus, and iay at some time be of cholera. A medical practi ti:l!oner told m e yesterday, that he as firmly believed that Southwood Smith had destroyed typhus, as that J enner had destroyed small-pox ; that isto say, pro vided the p u bli c would use the mea n s. U n d er cir cumstances 1 of thi s kind, difficulties must not be made c in bri ng i ng the washing now,process oc c e o ss me in s. to action ; and if some are l e f t unwashed double vi gour when the time it must be d one w ith On Tuesday Lord George Bentinck asked the Go vernment Queen o n the whether subj etchteyofh thead beenn;radne theorder fohr advisers e i o n f g the iin e h t e h . er it was to dresses of British manufacture be considered as the commencement o vv f t rrevterssing the principle of free trade. Lord John en n s t e h l e l seemed disposed to throw the responsibility' Lord Chamberlain ; and pointedly disavowed any in ference like the one implied. On the whole the de bate which arose was favourable to free trade. I am, Sir, your obedi en t servant, T. PERRONET THOMPSON. Blackheath, London, May 10, 1848. - - CIIITRCII PASTORAL Am SOCIETY. —The anniver sary meeting of this society took place yesterday, at Exeter Hall. The chair was taken by Lord Ashley, at eleven o'clock:. On the platform were also the Bishops of Norwich and Manchester, the Earl Waldegrave, the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, &c. The report gave a general account of the society's operations, which ap peared encouraging to the meeting. The financial statement, however, showed that the expenditure of the society had increased in a larger proportion than the receipts. The latter, during last year, had been about 25,7071„ and the expenditure 25,5871., and the committee feared that unless their pecuniary resources were again increased, it would become necessary to withdraw some of the aid at present given. The receipts from auxiliary sources were, however, on the increase, and this the committee regarded as an encouraging earnest of con tinued and future success. THE CAMBRIDGE CAMDEN SOCIETY.-The an nual meeting of this Society, established in the Uni versity of Cambridge some years since for the encourage ment of the study of church subjects, but which since its removal from that ancient seat of learning has re ceived the designation of the E, clesiological Society, was ( held yesterday afternoon at Christ Church, St. Pancras. The Venerable Archdeacon Thorpe presided, and was supported by the Lord Bishop of Fredericton (who has recently arriv, d in this country), Mr. A. J. Beresford Hope, M. 1., Mr. Dickenson, 111. P., Sir Stephen Glyn, Bart., the Rev. Dr. Mill (chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbur) ), the Rev. J. M. Neale. M.A. the Rtv. Dr. Doilswortn, the R e v. W . H . Riehards, M.A., &c. The report stated that one honorary member and twenty.one ordinary members had been elected durir.g the past year, and the list of vice-presidents had been increased by the addition of the Bishops of Cape Town, Antigua, New Zealand, and Fredericton. Now that the society had removed from the University of Cambridge, and had determined on the adoption of a wider sphere of action, they had secured rooms in New Bond -street, where in future their periodical meetings would be held. The report was adopted. Ma. FEARGUS O'CONNOR AT LEICESTER. -011 Monday afternoon Mr. O'Connor, M.P., made a public entry into the tow n o f L e i cester, and the Hon. Gentleman's visit having been announced by placard above a week prior, a considerable number of persona, 9,000 or 10,000, assembled to meet him at the railway station. After passing through the principal thorough. fares, the procession halted in front of the Bell Hotel, in tiumberstone-gate, from the portico of which Mr.O'Con nor delivered a short address. lie had, he said, to lec ture in the Amphitheatre in the evening, but he did not care what am ount of labour he had to undergo—he would never tire until he saw his children in the enjoy ment of a fair day's wages for a moderate day's labour. A large assemblage took place in the Amphiteatre in the evening, the audience having to pay for admission. The chairman was a Mr. Green. The proceedings did not terminate until a late hour. THE ADULT DEAF AND DUMB INSTITUTION.— The sixth annual meeting of the friends of the above institution was held yesterday, at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen-street ; the Right Hon. S. Lush ington, D.C.L., in the chair, who shortly opened the proceedings. The Secretary (Mr. Simpson) then read the or t report, which had which, hitherto attended expressing the efforts thanks of for tuhe thesUp p b com mittee, stated th a t th e num b er o f d ea f,and assisted per sons who h a d b een emp l oye d an d otherwise wise iste m d with food, clothi ng , &c., d u ring the last was 180. The number of inmates was at o t' present proficient in readiPg, writing, and sewing. The income the institution had increased tyweenty,six of whom were females, who were during the year, the donations being 5161. 17s. 2d., the subscriptions 214/. 75., besides legacies, amounting to 254/. 10s. 3d. Their heavy expenditure (1,4411.) had exceeded the revenue of the institution, yet they felt moved the adoption of the lief. Lord R. Grosvenor and the meeting separated. h was ag reed to, report, which ' DAT, MAY 9.—The Peninsular SODTHAMPON, I IJES confident that public liberality would come to their re- Navigation Company's ship, o rTn They n e g y from pro ceeded and Oriental Steen] officers and 496 rank and She brought 19 o conveyed 15 nt of Foot, under the command file of the 46th Regime Regiment • John Maclean, of Major e t. n thiss e y m . South-Western ]Ldlway to Kingston, .Captain White, ar f r r i o v m ed G he u r e Achilleso , com mand of Major Brand, from rank and file of the 16th of officers an had previously , Foot, under 1., cr , . Cork The ortu,,,eee steamer the Falcao, to Guernsey. GA llehe Captain S im la, sailed to-day for Oporto and L . ishon. NEST LONDON ANTI. ENCLOSURE ASSOCIATION. -- Earl u r r i e lnes . es -Y, by T ' db t 4 h etsh e Earl Stanhope, the benevolent founder of the library of this association has this we, k presented a fifth donation of books to the same. Other influential friends hve also promised their aid, and should the library a as it has hitherto succeeded, arrangements succeed . will be made for opening it to the public generally, as well as to members. On Alonday week a child, about three ears old the son of M r. P atterson, Villa street, Park y' after bein g undressed and prepared f t e e r t, b, d at stree tei,eight, o'clock in th e evening, ran out of the house into ihe . street, and wh en hi s mother, in a few moments after wards, we nt in i.earch of him, he could not be found. Informati,in was given to the police, and every inquiry was made, but no trace of the child could be found until Thursday evening, when he was discovered in the water closet of an adjoining unoccupied house, by a boy who went to look for his cap, which ho had accidentally thrown over the wall. The poor child, after being with out food fur three days and three nights, and exposed in such a situ a ti on, was in a very weak' and exhausted state. It is believed the infant must have gone to hide, and then shut the door, which he was afterwards unable to open. We are glad to say the boy is likely to recover. —Liverpool Mercury. THE CITY IMPROVEMENTS.—Yesterday, by order of the Board of Works, the whole of the houses on the north side of Holborn, extending from Victoria-street to Field. lane, as also the entire of the houses on the east side of field-lane, were being demolished, to improve the thoroughfare of Holborn. which is at this point to be widened to the extent of fifty feet. A new street is also about. to be constructed from Fetter-lane into Chancery lane, and from Little to Great Tower-hill, and thence on to Gracechurch.street, and It= Kin Williwitirein UP Queen-street Cheapside., ..:.sdeibLi.:iw b. Ii•CL, b.,04 to the affairs of that capital; and, on Monday evening, gave her Soiree Musicale in London, at her own rooms, No. 9, Berners-street, Oxford-street. The apartments were crowded to suffocation, and the street before the door was literally flocked with carriages. Many Eng lish lovers or'! music, who had enjoyed at Paris a senti ment of national vanity in perceiving their fair country woman's supreme reputation among foreigners, repaired to witness her deblit in her own country; but, if possible, the new French emigres were in greater number. Miss Loveda) was assisted in the musical entertainment of the evening by the noble voice of Mr. Henry Phillips, by Signor and ladame Tagliafico, by Mesdames Bow. langer, Fiemzb, and D'Okolski, and by Messrs. Cellini and Goldberg. But excellent as were some of their performances, the lion's share of attention, admiration, and wonder was monopolised by the fair pianiste herself; and, if she cannot be said to shake the throne of Thal berg, she yet played even his pieces, as none save himself could have played them, and approved her title to be ranked among the first artists of the day. The Courrier de l'Earope speaking of another occasion, says of Miss Loveday, very justly:—" Le Jeu de Mdlle..Loveday, honorableraent comme dans le monde musical de Paris, rappelle celui de Thalberg pour I . 6clat, la nettet6 et la viguear, participe pour Is grace de celui de Mme. Pieyel, une des ce!6brit63 du jour. Plac6e 1 l'improviste devant un piano de Collard, dont le pupitre 6tait desert, Mdlle. Loveday a ex6.:ut6 plusieurs morceaux de sa composition avec une verve, une puissance et on charme d'expres sion qui devaient, et qui ont en effet 6alerveill6 sea audi teurs. Mdlle. Loveday sera tin des beaux fleurons de notre raison musicale." la the most brilliant roulades, the sir and sentiment still reign; and when she is most rapid, she is yet so precise, and so soft, that her notes resemble a shower of pearls.i s .44 A ks . t . ! 1;sloss 117 Ar v - vi I