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Madlle. ALBONI. It is respectfully announced that Madlle. ALBONI will RE APPEAR TO-MORROW EVENING, May 12, in Rossini's Opera, LA CENERENTOLA. To conclude with (the Scenery by Mr. Charles Marshall) an en tirely sell , grand Ballet, by M. Taglioni, entitled ELECTRA ; or, The Lost Plelade. Applicatiens for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box- Ope: a Colonnade. Deors op, r at Half-past !Seven, Concert to commence at Eight. Applications tor Boxes, Malls, and Tickets to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre, where Pit Tickets may be obtained as usual, price 103. Gd. each. QT. JAMES'S THEATRE Season 1849. FEENCH PLAYS and OPEgA COMIQUE. TIUS EVENING, Tie Performances will co - IruuTence at Half-past Seven o'clock with Lr BAL D'OLWRIERS. To conclude with LE PRE AUX CLERCS. Meri;y, M. Octave; Comminge, M. Comlere ; Isabelle, Mdlle. Cha rt on. Mr. Mitchell begs also to announce that, notwithstanding the in zrea3eil expenses of the present entertainment, the prices of admis sion 4re detcrmined as bollows : Boxes .. • • .. 6s. Od. Pit .. • • .. .. 33. Od. Amphitheatre .. 25. Od. Subscriptions for the mason may be arranged at Mr. 3lltehell's Royal Library. 33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Sams', St. James's-street ; Mr. Andrews', New Boni'.-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from eleven till live. TH.& &TRIP. ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. E. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. EVE.INTP;: , Will to performed THE WIFE'S S CI'.ET. Sir Walter Amyott Mr. Charles Kean ; Lady Eve.line Arayott, Mrs. Charles Kean. After which a Classical ExtTavaganaa, entitled THE SYRINX. To be followed by TILE ROUGH. DIAMOND. To conclude with MAKE TOUR WILL. THEA Mit ::COYAL. ADEL rin. Under the direc of Madame Celeste. TRH: EVENING, Will be performed HIS LAST LEGS. After which a new grand Extravaganza, entitled THE DEVIL'S VIOLIN AND THE REVOLT OF THE FLOWERS. To conclude with the Farce called SLASHER AND CRASHER. Mr. Sla,her, Mr. Wright ; Mr.. Crasher, Mr. Paul Bedford. ROYAL Li'. et.lat TIIEATKE. Under the 11(tknage rneut of Madame Vestrls. Soh , Lessee. I (r. Char' y; Mwhe•Ns. THIN EVENING Will to performed a neinrcoinre Drama, called THE HUSBAND OF MY WIFE. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Harley, F. Matthews, Selby, and Parsello ; Miss 11. Gilbert, and Miss Connor. To be followed by a Piece entitled HOLD YOUR TONGUE. Cha racters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Selby, and Parselle ; Miss 11. Gil bert, Miss Jane Coleman, and Madame Vestris. T. wonclade with THE SEVEN CHAMPIONS OP CHRISTEN DOM. Dress Boxer, 52.; Ulmer Bean, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, ls. No balf-price to any part of the house. The New Box-office, No. 2, Weilinll.rpstreet, is open to the public 'very day, from Ten till Six. PRINCes.SS'S THEAT.t:M. Mr. J. M. Maddox. Sole Lessee and Manager. TIILS EVENING. Will be performed a new Opera, entitled THE HEART OF MID LOTHIAN. Characters by llerr‘Men , ,rl3, Messrs. C. Braham, Horn castle, and Weiss; Miss Poele, Miss Lanza, and Mdlle. Nan. After which, Midlles. W. and A. Neruda, and their brother Victor will perform on the Violin, Violoncello, and Pianoforte. To conclude with a new grand Extravaganza, entitled NOURED DIN AND THE FAIR PERSIAN. ASTI4I.4'Y'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. In active preparation, and will be produced at Whitsuntide a new grand Military Equestrian Spectacle, entitled MOOLTAN and 000 J EttAT ; or, the Conquest of the Seikhs. The new grand Easter spectacle unprecedentedly successful. THIS EVENING, The performance will commence with a Grand Equestrian Spec tacle, by Fltzball, entitled THE WHITE MAIDEN OF NIA ; or, the Horse of the Ocean. To be followed by an inimitable display of SCENES 'Or THE CIRCLE. in which the first Equestrian talent of the day will appear. To conclude with a favourite Afterpiece. I3ox-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. THE WEATHER.—StrN OFFICE, MAr 11. THERNONEI3III4 Lowest, 41; Highest, 51; NOOlt, 50. BAROMETER, 29.9. W.N.W.—dull weather. BIGH wATEti, AT LONDON titsll)(4E. Tau; DAY Morning, II min. after 4 j Evening, 26 min. after 4 To-Sloazow— Morning, 4l min. after 4 I Evening, 1 min. after 5 411,-/t 9 out. MAt • . 4S‘; e * : 4 7r . -‘ - ' 3t e) .A At.' ,l " '', DR 01.1 ructoT,- 7 ,0 K:4 :Y , lflit I. ONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1849. The Honourable Member for West Surrey is en titled to the marked thanks of the community for the motion which he last night submitted to the popular branch of the: Legislature, " That the House should resolve itself into a Committee to consider the public expenditure, and the existing system of taxation, and how far both may be revised, with a view to relieve the industry of the country." The subject is indeed one of the deepest interest and the most vital impiertance to all classes and grades in society. The national honour and the national honesty are involved in the decision that may be arrived at. The great mass of the people are entitled to the adoption of a just and equitable system of taxa tion, by which every British subject should contribute to the natiosal exigencies in proportion to his stake in the country—that he should pay according to the value of the possessions which were to be protected, and the social condition which he filled. The enunciation of such a sentiment within the walls of 'Parliament, and the well•merited cheers elicited, afford the strongest evidence of the extraor dinary progress which the great questions of fiscal and financial reform have made within the last year, and which must ultimately lead to the triumph of these principles and to great and comprehensive alte rations in the existing system. Although clothed in a great deal of eccentricity, there wee a greet deal of good, sound, practical common sense contained in the address of the Hon. Gentleman. He stated truly that " upon this and similar questions had turned no were matters of ephemeral politics, but the stability and overthrow of every throne in Europe, as well as the stability of our own." It was the luxuries, 'the estravagance, and the oppression of the wealthier classes, coupled with the undue burdens unjustly imposed upon the great body of the people, for the benefit of a privileged party, and ,the sense of injustice thereby occasioned, that led to almost every instance of popular resistance, and produced the great majority of the revolutions recorded in the pages of history ; and it mattered little what was the nominal form of Government un der which these abuses were sanctioned and tolerated. A happy and.contented people, in the enjoyment of all the necessaries and some of the comforts of existence, will not' easily be induced to enter into conspiracies for the purpose of producing mere speculative changes. They will be contented to toil zealously and indefatigably, provided that they receive the fair rewards of industry, and that they are as sured that they will be permitted to enjoy their own earnings, without being called upon to satisfy liabili ties that should fairly be provided for from other sources. On the contrary, when those who are both able and willing to work find their exertions para lysed, their good intentions frustrated by the over whelming burdens to which they are subjected; when, after devoting their hours to toil, leaving scarcely sufficient time for necessary rest and re freshment, they are still unable to support their fami lies on the coarsest fare and in the most humble man ner—it will require but little persuasion to induce such persons to believe that there is something radi cally defective in the system of government, and that, as they can scarcely be worse off than they are at the moment, they must be benefited by any change that may take p!ace. Demagogues and agi tators find ready converts under such circumstances. The elements of "combution exist, which a single spark will cause to burst into flame. The smouldering fires burn within the volcano, a ' trivial cause will suffice to make the lava overflow the crater, bearing ruin and desolation to the sur rounding valley. Statesmen and Ministers should exhibit a wise forethought, and by timely ccncessions and equitable enactments disarm the popular resent ment, and avert the destruction that must inevitably result from a continual sense of protracted injustice. Under the present system of indirect imposts the greater portion of the national revenues are levied upon the earnings of the industrious classes, and the prices of almost all the necessaries and comforts of existence are enormously enhanced to the con sumer, while those very consumers obtain less em ployment, and lower wages, from the pressure thereby obtained—and " from the great reductions in the profit of capital and labour, and from the diminished consumption caused by the excessive pressure of local and national taxation," they find themselves ground down by the necessity of providing for the interest of an enormous debt, contracted for the preservation of property, and left as an outstanding mortgage on universal posterity. The owners of the property that was then protected should have paid the salvage money, and not have transferred the charge to others upon whom they had no claim whatsoever. As Mr. RIGBY WasoN remarked in the " Budget for the Million"—" It is discreditably dishonest in the owners of realised property not to pay off the National Debt;" and Mr. DRUMMOND takes the same view. He does not propose its immediate liquidation, but he desires that steps should be taken for its gradual re duction, until we may at length witness its total ex tinction. He would empower the Government to buy up the public annuities as they may be offered in the market, and he would raise the sum required for the purpose partly by a tax on property and partly by an equalization of the land-tax. These are fair and equitable views, deserving of mature and attentive consideration— they are the views of a man of honour and integrity, anxious to act justly towards his neighbour, to do unto others es he would desire to be done by. Although we may not coincide with all the views of Mr. DRUM MOND, yet those views might be modified in the in- quiry that he asked for—an inquiry which was, however, rejacted by a mr.jority of 51, there being 151 against the motion, and 100 for it. Let Mr. DRUMMOND, however, not be discouraged—let him persevere in the straightforward and upright course on which he has entered, and he will eventually be rewarded by the triumph of his principles and the thanks and admiration of a grateful people. Nothing can possibly tend more to degenerate the character of a nation like England than occurrences conducing in any degree to the diminution of that exquisite sense of honour which, as the last vestige of chivalry, is as essential to the well-being of our dis tinguished Services, both Naval and Military, as the qualities of valour or the principles of patriotism. If we would preserve our glorious elevation among the kingdoms and principalities of the world we must guard, as the Athenians guarded their bronze palladium, or as the Romans guarded their golden ancillce, that sensitive appreciation of rectitude which is the very vitality of the British forces, land an d maritime. It is, in consequence, peculiarly incumbent upon the administrative authori ties, whether at the Horse Guards or at the Admiralty, to pause upon all occasions which may seem at the " first blush " to require an investigation as to the personal integrity of the leaders of our sea men and soldiers—to pause at least until a mature examination of the charges shall have justified those authorities in instituting further inquiries. If ever caution is requisite, it is requisite in the preliminary steps leading to a court-martial. If ever circum spection is demanded by justice, it is demanded in favour of officers accused of some dereliction of the rules of truthfulness. For while such accusations are the most ' easily made, they are liable in a thousand instances to be employed as the furtive weapons of animosity. Any officer„ every officer, is open at any moment to find himself charged with this verbal culpability—exactly as any one crossing either of the pails of London after nightfall runs the hazard of becoming the inno cent victim of the most infamous and ruffianly impu tations. It is perfectly manifest, therefore, that such charges, unless substantiated by the most con clusive evidence, and received from the most credible witnesses, should, in obedience to the sacred demands of justice, be scrutinized with the utmost scrupulosity before being accepted as sufficient reason for the holding of a court-martial. One second's reflection will bring the necessity of this precaution " home' to every intelligent mind, to every mind capable of understanding the feelings of a high-souled man placed wrongfully in this invidious situation. Espe cially when to such an one the chance of finding a blur publicly imprinted upon the purity of his honour, is an infinitely more terrible risk than that of being proclaimed guilty of a fault, which, to others, might appear more heinous. To accuse an officer of being a liar would, we are satisfied, in nine hundred and ninety-nine cases out of every thousand, be immeasurably more terrible than to accuse him of being a thief or a coward. Besides, as a conclusive and altogether unanswerable argument in favour of the employment of he most punctilious precaution before such i nsinuations should be made the subject, of a public court martial, it should be remembered that even if acquitted in the most complete and emphatic manner, even if acquitted in the language of panegyric, the injury inflicted upon the accused by the bare accept ance of the accusation at head-quarters, and by its subsequent publication, is wholly and entirely irrepa rable. The charge once officially acknowledged at the Horse Guards or at the Admiralty, the accused once subjected to the adjudication of a court martial, he is deprived of all future chance of compensation. For, although the sentence of his acquittal would be printed in the public journals, hundreds might read the charge without ever even hearing of the acquittal; although that exculpative decision would be perused in the pre sence of every regiment • in the United Kingdom, and in the British Colonies, the recollection of the trial would, in spite of its favourable termination, attach itself with a baneful pertinacity to the object of the accusation. Years afterwards his name could not be mentioned in a mess-room without the possibility of some one exclaiming—" So-AND-So ! 0, the man who was tried for telling a lie down at such-a place !" Declared, after a rigid examination, to be spotless in character, the unfortunate victim of enmity would still find his reputation slurred by the infecting touch of slander. Against the possibility of inflicting such indelible and irrepa rable injuries it is the solemn duty of our adminis trators to guard; and, to do this effectually, it is most incumbent upon them to abstain from anything like a precipitate acceptance of charges, and especially, and above all, to refrain from rashly compelling the object of those charges to be dragged before the tribunal of a court-martial. Before they take either one step or the other, let them—we implore, in the holy name of justice to individuals, and out of a politic regard to the maintenance of a right feeling in our gallant. Services—Pause ! Let them pause, we repeat, under an awful sense of the responsibility which accompanies their high rank and their great powers ; let them pause, and examine, in some measure at least, into the veracity of the accusers and into the credibility of the accusation. These thoughts have been forced upon us very re cently by the perusal of a pamphlet* which has by accident fallen into our hands, a pamphlet relating to the proceedings of a court-martial assembled at Guernsey on the 28th of March, and continued by adjournments to the 12th of April. With the outline of the trial, we doubt not, but that the majority of our readers are familiar. It was one arising out of certain charges preferred against Captain GEORGE DOUGLAS, of her MAJESTY'S 16th Regiment, accusing him of " conduct unbefitting the character of an officer and a gentleman." And of all the painful narratives we have ever perused we may safely aver that the account of this trial, faithfully reported from notes taken during the inquiry, reprinted in the form of a pamphlet, and the pamphlet itself • edited by Captain SEOLTO DOUGLAS, the brother of the ac. cused, is without any'question the most painful and * "Proceedings of a General Court-Martial, held at Guernsey, on Captain George Douglas, 16th Regiment ; the Defence conducted by Samuel Warren, Esq.,F.R.S., Barrister-at-Law. Edited by R. Sholto Douglas, Esq., late Captain 42d Royal Highlanders." Bvo. pp. 78. Blackwood or Bennipg; London, 1849. the most depressive. It is painful because, after a careful consideration of the defence —a defence which we cannot but regard as having been conducted in a masterly spirit of simplicity, candour, and perspicuity—we behold the fact which glares out from every chink and cranny of the transaction, that the court-martial has been as preci pitate as it was cruel and causeless. We know not one jot more of Captain GEORGE DOUGLAS, or of Captain SHOLTO DOUGLAS, than that which any stranger may learn of them through the medium of this pamphlet—and yet we know, through that pamphlet, sufficient of them to be certain that they are alike men of most honourable and unsullied re putation. We lay no stress whatever upon the cir cumstance that Captain GEORGE DOUGLAS is the de scendant of that ancient race whose historical name he bears, neither do we take into account Vee many affecting yet soldierlike testimonials to character which were laid before Colonel TORHENS, the President of the court-martial, and his coadjutors— we look simply to facts adduced upon the trial, and, looking at those naked facts, apart from every other consideration, we defy any unprejudiced mind to regard Captain DOUGLAS otherwise than as a man much injured and perfectly innocent. As the most rapid and accurate narrative of the origin and nature of the charges preferred against him, we would wil lingly make excerpts from the manly and straightfor ward Preface by Captain SHOLTO DOUGLAS, but that our space, precludes ue from so doing this evening. Beyond which, the whole chain of reasoning in the defence is so strictly sequential, that by tearing out isolated passages we should be destroying at once the force and symmetry of the argument. Whatever may be the ulterior decision at the Horse Guards, Captain DOUGLAS cannot be more emphatically acquitted than he is, in the estimation of every unprejudiced man, by the mere record of the proceedings on thin remarkable court-martial. No one can read that record without being powerfully impressed with a sense that the conduct of the accused throughout the whole transaction has been eminently " becoming the character of an officer and a gentle man," or without sympathising with the unutterable indignation with which he found his ancient name aspersed, and his honour questioned, although that name is to this moment untarnished and that honour is still unimpeachable. THE FICENCI - 1 REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The Moniteur du Soir of Wednesday published the same telegraphic despatch relative to the position of the army of General (Minot, which appeared i n the official Moniteur of the morning, but with the following addition : " The Neapolitans are on their march to Rome. " The French army will occupy the city before them. " Nothing can give an idea of the ardour of our troops. Our wounded to the number of 159, leave for Bastia, on board the Sane." The National, in noticing this flagrant case of sup pression on the part of the Ministry, says that, as the dates are the same it is evident that the Ministry had kept back the latter portion of the intelligence until the discussion in the Assembly should he over. The letter written by the PRESIDENT to General OUDINOT still continues to create intense excitement, and will not improbably lead to ulterior proceedings. The frivolous excuse that the letter was merely an impulsive outbreak of the interest which the PRESI DENT must always feel in the fate of the army is thus summarily disposed of by the National :—" The news of the events of which Rome was the theatre, arrived here on the 3d May. For five days the interest which M. Louis BONAPARTE takes in the fate of our soldiers slumbered in the depths of his soul, and were only awakened on the Bth, that is to say, not until the day after the vote of censure in the Assembly." This expedition to Rome will be the rock upon which the reactionaries will split. It has compelled them to throw off the mask, and to proclaim themselves to the world as the lackeys of FERDINAND BoainA, and of the Butcher of Milan. The French nation must be marvellously altered of late if it tamely suffers this disgrace. As a proof of the state of the opinion of the public and of the army in particular, on the subject of the conduct of the PRESIDENT and of his Ministers in this Roman affair, it may be mentioned that on the sth of May two regiments who were about to be em barked to reinforce OUDINOT, solemnly protested against being called on to draw their swords against their fellow republicans of Rome • and to add to the Ministers' embarrassments, the POPE protests against French interference in the affairs of the Church, and refuses to owe his restoration to any foreign Power, lest he should become the mere tool of such Power so restoring him. The Government have also been defeated in an at tempted coup d'etat against the National Assembly. It appears that the intention was, on the 29th January, to get up a pretended emeute, in order to have an ex cuse for declaring a state of siege and expelling the Assembly at the point of the bayonet, and this time care had been taken by the judicious distribution of agens provocative who would have themselves com menced the emeute to provide far General CHANGAR.• NIER a sufficient excuse for ordering on the troops to act, but the troops could not be depended on, and so the whole plot failed. The Reforme says— "On Tuesday morning the commanders of the diffe rent corps composing the garrison of Paris were con voked by General Changarnier, and the question was mooted, how far the army could be depended upon on the pretended hypothesis of a Socialist movement taking place? It appears that the report of the different com manders were not quite reassuring. It was concluded that the National Guard could be better depended upon than the soldiery. If such be the opinion of General Changarnier he is mistaken. The National Guard and the army are alike determined upon maintaining the Republic and the Constitution against the attacks of the Elysee Bourbon, or any other attacks." The Ministry has determined to form an army of observation on the frontier of the Rhine. .../..JVA • 5my.“.... Sergeant BOICHET, who was arrested andlimprisoned at Vincennes by order of General CHANGARNIER, because he had been announced as a candidate for the department of the Seine, was interrogated on Saturday, when an offer was made to him, on the part of the Minister of War, of a commission as officer if he would resign his candidateship. The sergeant replied, that if he were made a colonel he would resign the honour of being a candidate for a seat in the Assembly. Letters from Lyons of the 7th speak of the further movement of troops to the south. The 2d, 19th, 32d, 48th, 63d, and 74th regiments of the line had left that city for the southern departments. Letters from Marseilles of the 6th state that the steam-frigates Christophe Colon, and Orenoque had sailed on that morning, with 2,000 troops on board, for Civita Vecchia. BOURSE.—PARIS, THURSDAY, MAY 10. THREE o'Cucx.—The Funds have been firm to-day, but without any remarkable alteration since yesterday. Railway Shares were weak, and the fall that commenced yesterday made further progress, especially on the heavy lines. Exchange on London (30 days), 25 30; ditto (90 days), 25 11. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, MAY 10. Boulogne and Amiens, 6%—Northern of France, 10 1 ,4 Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 133—Orleans and Bordeaux, 3—Paris and Rouen, 21 1 ,(—Paris and Stras bourg, 4 1 4—Rouen and Havre, 10—Tours and Nantes, 3',4 — Paris and Orleans, 31. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 11, 1849, SPAIN. Madrid journals of the sth have arrived. During the sitting of the Cortes on the previous day, in reply to an interpellation by the deputy COLONGE, the Minister of the Interior and of War stated that the news from Catalonia was important and satisfactory. The rebel chief SARRAGATAL and three others had returned to France, and their columns had made their submission. There were no more chiefs left there except the brothers TRISTAN; who were hotly pursued by the QUEEN'S troops. MADRID BOLA, MAT s.—Three per Cents., 25*; Five per Cents., 101, both paper. Exchange on Lou den, 50 55 paper. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—ln your report of yesterday's proceedings at the Southwark Police Court, in your paper of this evening, you state that the accused, Charles Hunt, was a town traveller in our employ. Such was not the case, he was a workman occupied exclusively on these premises; and as we have a Mr. Richard Hunt holding the situation of town traveller in our house, a gentleman who merits and enjoys our entire confidence, we request you will insert this in your next number, and correct an error which might prove unpleasant, and would be most un just, if not corrected, to an honourable man. We remain, Sir, your most obedient servants, GEO. HART and SON. 128, Union•street, Southwark, May 10, 1849. Mr. Tindal, for the last thirteen years messenger in the reporters' gallery in the House of Commons, as been promoted to the post of second doorkeeper. Mr. Tindal gave great satisfaction in the post ho has just quitted, by evincing an obliging disposition and s desire to accommodate the reporters upon all occasions. ELECTION OF VESTRYMEN FOR ST. PANCZAS.-- The election of vestrymen for this parish, which has been carried on with such excitement and determination for the last three days, terminated yesterday by the m th r e . n p um o b ug er la s s, b s ei l n is g ts fo ,3 r eB M ; r m . B si r o e r t i t t i y righ fo a r m l3 's election of the gen tl emen p ro p ose d by Mr. Bretti: - ;hntp, nomination, 465. relitstitn,gl473's; GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. SAXONY. The evening edition of the German I?eforme, of Berlin, contains the following, which is the latest in telligence from Dresden : " About the half of the Alstadt (cccupied by the rebels) is in the hands of the troops. Dispositions are made not to attack the Altmarkt and Schloss-street, all for midably barricaded in front, but to move round and en close them with a continually advancing wall of troops. For this purpose, the artillery is kept playing upon the barricades and contiguous houses, whilst the wings ad vance. The right wing mastered the port-house last evening, the left was pushing on to the Flcischschanen (butcher market). The result is not doubtful. The whole of the Altstadt is probably at this time in possession of the troops. It is doubtful whether, but unlikely, that a combat will take place in the suburbs of the Altstadt with rho Ccmmunal Guard assembled there, who have hitherto conducted thernselve; rather tranquilly. At all events, the greater part of the fugitives will fall into the hands of the 3d Saxon cavalry, which has surrounded the southern side. Prussi , in troops are on the march, not only from GOrlitz, but the third Prussian hussars, with fuur field pieces, are moving on Dresden with the utmost speed, and will be there tomorrow morning (Wednesday the 9th). Ten prisoners have been taken, and the loss of the insurgents is not known. On the other hand, the Alexander Guard battalion has only lost one officer (Lieutenant de Liebehen) and one fusileer killed, one non com missioned officer and two privates slightly wounded. It is stated that of the rebel triumvir Tzschirner alone me t . through remains at the head of the so called P rov i s i ona l Govern ment ; his two colleagues have conce a l e d themselves or fled. Aco , rding to the latest accounts the troops were s t ea dily and surely pressing forward, but not with undue prec ipitation. The object is to triumph with the least risk of life, and the greater certainty of ultimate suc cess. The defence is obstinate, and each house re quires to be stormed. The separation walls are con sequently and a passage thus effected with h One of these houses Ileintze, the of the rebels was taken. At the departure of the courier he was undergoing an ex amination before the Minister of War. so less e calved leexdpoc broken exposure. harnodlu PItUSSIA. -- - Accounts from Berlin of the Bth state that an in surrection bad broken out at Breslau on the 6th. On the 7th the troops and the people were fighting in the city. It was also rumoured that an insurrection had broken out at Coblentz. AUSTRIA, HUNGARY, AND RUSSIA. The Emperor of RussrA was expected to join the Emperor of A USTRIA a t S c h onn brunn on the 7th. It is said that the Cabinets of London and Paris have resolved t o preven t th e i n t erve ntion of Russia in the affairs of Hungary. It appears that the Cabinet of Great Britain (in conjunction with that of France) has addressed a note 'to the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh, stating that it could not approve of the intervention of Russia in the Austriaco Hungary affair, nor on the question of German unity ; that the power of Russia, united with that of Austria, threatened to destroy the equilibrium of Europe ; and that as England herself did not intend to inter fere, so she would not suffer Russia to do so. The Hungarians are rapidly approaching Vienna ; their watchfires can be seen from the towers of St. Stephen. A heavy cannonade was heard on the sth in the direction of Presburgh, and shortly afterwards several fugitive soldiers arrived in Vienna announcing the defeat of the Imperialists. During the whole of the following day carriages loaded with the wounded were continually arriving. FRANKFORT. The German Parliament, on the 7th, after a stormy debate, rejected the proposition for the appointment of a Commander-in. Chief. MOLDAVIA AND WALLACHIA. A letter of the 25th contains the following:— "In consequence of the concentration of a Russian corps near Odessa, and some movement of the fleet of Sebastopol, the Porte has resolved upon arming the Bos phorus with several heavy guns of large calibre. General Luders ordered to be shot at Bucharest Capt. Lipinski, in consequence of an intercepted letter to General Bem, in which he said that he hoped t he Russian corps of Wallachia would be sent into Hungary, for there were 5,000 ready to go over to the Hungarians." TURKEY. Dispatches have been received from the French embassy at Constantinople, announcing the . comple te failure of General GRA MM to induce the Turkish Government to consent to a private treaty. It is said that one of the main causes of failure was the receipt of Lord PALMERSTON'S communication to the House of Commons, of certain assurances given by Baron BRUNNOW, and which being completely at variance with the demands of the Russian Envoy, exposed the false return of his mission. The manner in which Sir STRATFORD CANNING employed the communica tion in question served to overthrow the artfully de vised schemes of the Muscovite diplomatist. ITALY. The Roman Monitor of the Ist gives the following account of the attack of the French on the 30th ult.-- " Rome, April 30. " The French are in full march upon Rome. The following placard has just been issued:— "On the first sound of the alarm bells the holy sacrament will be exposed in the principal churches to implore the safety of Rome, and the triumph of the good cause. " The Triumvirs—AßMELLlNl, MAZZINI, SAFFI. "Nine o'clock, A.M.—The corps of Garribaldi is waiting to receive the enemy. The enemy, without any official notice, has come in view of Rome with a cannon. In the direction of the Portese•gate firing is heard. "Half-past Ten.—Tbe assault has commenced at the Porta Cavelleggieri. "A Quarter before Twelve.—The vanguard of the enemy has made a retrograde movement. A body of troops is taking up a position near the church of St. Paul. Our people are advancing to the Ports Cavel leggieri with a red flsg. " A Quarter -past Twelve—The French cannon fire upon the bastion. " Half-past Twelve—Garribaldi is attacking at dif ferent points. An exchange of musketry has taken place. There is fighting at the Villa Pamfili. Rockets are thrown at the greater bastion. " One o'cloCk—The firing at the Villa Pamfili has ceased. "A Quarter before Two—The fi r i ng h as commence d again under the walls of the Vatican. According to an estafette from the Vatican, there was a false attack to make our men turn out. The ba s ti on most warm ly at tacked is that which occupies the most advanced point of the Vatican, at which there are two howitzers. These howitzers have been removed by our men, but we do not know where to. The enemy's cannon have taken up a position at this part . French rather lose g ro un d at the Villa vte hasainradthey have moved to another part." The published ;the following pro n" Romans !—Our honour is safe ; God and our mus kets will do the rest. E ner gy and order. Be worth y pro clamation:-- of your fathers. Let no voice spread alarming news. Let no shot be fired iu the interior of the city. Let every shot be for the enemy, and let every one cry Viva la Republica.' " THE TRIUMVIRS. " April 30, Half-past One P.M. " " Three o'clock P.M.—Our people have fought at the Porta Portese with great courage, in the name of God and the people. The French cannon have become silent. " Ten minutes past Three.—The French appear to be discouraged. " Twenty minutes past Three.—The French tirail leurs are falling back to their centre. "Forty minutes past Three.—At the Porta Sancto Pancrassia the French are beating a retreat; our tirail leurs put them to flight. "Four o'clock.—The French cavalry fell back. Ponte- Molle is menaced. " Five o'clock.—All firing has ceased." The loss of the Romans was 200 killed and wounded, that of the French 600 killed, several wounded, and 452 prisoners. By a decree of the triumvirate all strangers remain ing peaceably in the city are put under the safe guard of the nation. _ _ On the 29th of the Spanish fleet appeared off Terracina, and summoned it to surrender, and the summons was at once complied with. Shortly after the King of NAPLES entered the town, and the Spaniards formally gave the forts into the possession of the Neapolitan troops. General Ramoßnco, condemned to death by the military tribunal, was to be shot on the 7th, at Turin. The Ministers of England and France resident at Florence have announced that the Grand Duke has neither asked nor accepted Austrian intervention. HOP INTELLIGENCE.—WORCESTER, MAY 9.—We continue to have a good demand for hops, and prices are firmly maintained. All fine qualities both in new and old have become very scarce. THE DANES.—Dispatches from the Foreign-office were sent down to Portsmouth on Wednesday, and yesterday morning were embarked on board her Ma jesty's steam sloop Hecate, Commander Aldham, at Spithead, and that vessel proceeded at ten A PI. for Copenhagen. UNITED SERVICE INITITUTION, WHITEHALL-YARD. —Yesterday, at five o'clock, his Royal Highness Prince Albert visited this institution, and passed some time in examining the various collections. His Royal Hiehuess was received by the Chairman of the Council, Colonel Yorke. THE IRON TRADE.—BIRMINGHAM, THURSDAY.— Although the men throughout the iron district are to lerably well employed, it is to be feared that the products of the furnace; are r!ther going to stock thin to supply profitable comiurnution. The consequence is, that an unsteadiness of price amongst the small makers is talked of, and some difficulty exists _in mantainina the quota• tier's of last quarter. IN RE WILLIAM SMITH O'BRIEN AND OTHERS. HOUSE OF LORDS.—(THIS DAY.) WRIT OF ERROR. JUDGMENT OF THE COURT BELOW AFFIRMED. On their Lordships taking their seats this morning, Mr. O'CALLAGHAN resumed the argument which had been interrupted by the rising of the House yesterday. He proposed to discuss the second question which arose in the case, with reference to the right of the prisoner to have a copy of the indictment, and of the list of the witnesses, a certain time before his trial. It aas said the sixth count of the indictment imputed to the priso ner the " compassing the death of the Queen," and though that offence was declared to he treason by the 361, Geo. 111., yet the compassing the death of the Queen, which was imputed by the sixth count of the indictment, was not such a compassing of the death of the Queen as was declared to be treason in the other statutes ; whilst the sixth count of the indictment was founded on the statute of Edward alone. He took leave to deny the distinction there drawn until it had been recognised by the decision of their Lordships . in this case to be law. Tbe Act of the 361 Geo. 111, found the offence of compassing the death of the Queen to be treason under the statute of Edward. It did not profess to restrict the sense in which it so stood under that former Act, or any specific intention to confine itself to a certain class of cases which had been defined to be treason under the former Act; it used over and over again the same words which had been used in the statute of Edward. It had been said the words "of the person" were not to be read is connexion with the words " compassing the death of ;" but was there any distinction in the eye of the law between "the com passing the death of the Sovereign" and " the com• passing the death of the person of the Sovereign?" Even if the distinction existed, it was wonderful that it should be relied on in the present case; for their Lordships would find, on turning to the 6th count, the first overt act which was laid was of such a cha racter as to shut out any argument on this case founded on such a distinction. That overt act imputed to the prisoner the entering into a conspi racy to put our Lady the Queen to death, whereas there was no design of aiming at the life of her Majesty laid in the sixth count, on which it would have been open for the Crown to give evidence. It was idle to quibble away that right by ssying, that though that offence was declared to be treason by the s:th of George 111., a per son was net indicted under that Act, but, independently of that Act—that was to say, under the statute of Ed ward. That was his (Mr. O'Calleghan's) preliminary objection; and the reasoning he had pursued had found acceptance in the mind of the eminent Lord Chief Justice in the court below, and it was for that reason that he (Mr. O'Callsghan) hoped to be ex cused for pressing it on their Lordships as ho had done. He thcught he had established that their Lordships had before them an indictment charging a treason, in respect of which that right—. namely, the right to have a copy of the indictment and a list of the witnesses—was given, that was given in England; and he then came to the question, whether, taking the 57th George 111. and the 11th and 12th Viet. together, the benefit of these two Acts was extended to Ireland. One thing was clear, that their Lordships would not have the slightest difficulty in determining that in Ireland, as in England, the prisoner was so en titled. By the last Act it was clearly the intention of the Legislature to extend to Ireland every provision of the other two Acts, which were left unrepeeled in Eng land. There was no doubt about that intention, for it was clearly indicated by the preamble of that Act; and their Lordships were bound to give effect to that inter pretation if they could, seeing it was so clearly expressed by the Legislature in the last Act. At the conclusion of Mr. O'Callaghan's address which closed th e case f or t h e p l a i nt iff i n error, , The LORD CHANCELLOR (after having retired for a short time) said—l have been consulting the Learned Judges, and I think it my duty to state to the house the result of that consultation, and the course proper to be taken. The Learned Judges having heard the argu ments of both the plaintiffs in error, inform me that it is their unanimous opinion that the errors assigned cannot be maintained, and that the judgment of the Court below must be affirmed. That is my own opinion; so that unless there is any doubt in the minds of your Lordships, it does not appear to me that there will be any advantage in pursuing the argument. Lord LYNDHURST—I entirely agree with the opinion expressed by the Noble and Learned Lord. Lord BROUGHAM—I also entirely concur. Lord CAMPBELL—I am quite of the same opinion. Lord BROUGHAM then moved, formally, that the Learned Judges should retire to consider their decision. The LORD CHANCELLOR then reduced the question to writing—whether the plaintiffs in error had maintained the errors assigned—and put it to the Learned Judges. The Learned Judges retired, and, after being absent for upwards of an hour, returned into Court, when The Lord Chief Justice WILDE delivered the judg ment of the Learned Judges. They were unanimously of opinion, he said, that the plaintiffs in error had not maintained their error. With respect to the question whether the plaintiff in error was entitled to have a copy of the indictment, the list of witnesses and of the jurors, ten days before the trial, the Judges were of opinion that plaintiffs were not entitled to have delivered to them copies of those documents ten days before the trial. The LORD CHANCELLOR said, raving heard the grounds of the opinion delivered by the Learned Judges, he did not apprehend that their Lordships would feel any diffi culty in coming to the plain conclusion which the Learned Judges had come to. In his own mind, he never had any doubt as to the result of those writs of error. The JUDGMENT MUST BE FOR THE DEFENDANT. Their Lordships then retired at a few minutes before two o'clock. EXCHEQUER.-(T1-11S DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Westminster.) The Court was more than usually crowded this morn ing, in consequence of the expected trial of Speed v. Newman, which stood third upon the list, and in which a large amount of damages were sought to be recovered fur an alleged criminal conversation with the plaintiff 's wife. The trial of the first case, which was of en un important nature, occupied only a short time. The se cond one went off, and the jury having been sworn for the next case, the auditors present were evidently preparing themselves to hear an interesting series of detail, but to their great disappointment Sir Frederick Thesiger, who appeared for the plaintiff, got up and intimated that the parties had agreed to a verdict for 1001. Under the direction of Mr. Baron ROLFE the jury accordingly found a verdict for that amount, and many of the disappointed parties left the Court. SECONDARIES'.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary POTTER.) CASH AND OTHERS V. UPTON. The plaintiffs sued, as trustees of the National Provi dent Association, to recover of the defendant, who had been one of their agents, the sum of 30.54 13s. I Id. for moneys received by him in that capacity. The defendant suffered judgment to go by default, and admitted that the accounts furnished to him in which he was debited with the above amount were correct. RAP V BA. HAEL. Verdict for 3051. 13s. 11. d. The plaintiff in this action is the well-known Sheriffs' officer and wine merchant, and sought to recover the sum of 131. 195., the balance of an account for wine supplied. It was shown in evidence that defendant opened a club in Bury•street, Bevis Marks" and plaintiff; supplied the wines and presided at the opening dinner. The de- livery of the goods was proved, but for the defence it was shown that part of the wine, bottles, &e., had been returned, and that defendant was indebted in 61. 6s. for dinner tickets. It was admitted by plaintiff's son that some champagne was charged in error at 945. per dozen instead of 845., and there were other discrepancies in the accounts. The SECONDARY said the plaintiff's mode of keeping accounts seemed to be very irregular, and to a certain extent overcharges were made out; it was, however, for the jury to say whether the defendant had made out his set off, which was greater than the claim. The jury found for the plaintiff. CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS DAY.) NEW COURT. (Before the RECORDER.) THE PLEASURES AND PASTIMES OF A 'JURY.-0110 Of the jury in waiting complained that during the last three days he had been in attendance from nine till five without being called upon to serve on the jury, and ap pealed to the Court to allow the jury in waiting to go about their business. The RECORDER regretted he could no! consent to the proposal, as it might shortly happen that the jury in the box might have occasion to retire and deliberate upon their verdict, and then the jury in waiting might be called upon to act. The juror remarked that it was quite tedious to be sitting in the court doing nothing. Tne RECORDER said that could easily be remedied. If the jury in waiting were anxious to serve, he could ac commodate them with a trial after one o'clock. — (Laughter.) The Juror was not anxious for that kind of activity. What he wished to suggest was, that as the jury was generally composed of men engaged in business, who found it very irksome to have their minds and bodies in a continual state of inactivity, a room should be pro vided for them where they could while away tho time in reading the miming amusement be inure evngeti:al to the t,,ste and inclination ofindividual jui ors.—(Roars of laughter.) The RECORDER could not for a moment entertain. the suggestion, and as the juror had eutertaiued the Court long enough with his little episode, he must request him to sit down. The juries attending the court for the last twenty years had suffered the same inconvenience as that now complained of. The juror took the hint, and resumed his seat ac cordingly. Mr. Hemp, the officer to the Sheriff, fencying, no doubt, that if the juror were allowed to remain with his fellows he would inoculate them with his extravagant notions of the rights and privileges of an Old Bailey jury, took him out of the court, and freed him from attend ance on his own responsibility. MARLBRO'-STAE.E.T-k James Green was brought before Mr. Hardwick, charged with having broken into a shoemaker's "bulk," occupied by a person named Robert Davis, 21, Great Titchfield-street, and stealing several pairs of boots and a quantity cf leather. The prosecutor stated that this morning, about two o'clock, he was in bed, when he was knocked up by the police, who informed him that his bulk had been broken open. On going to the place he found the door burst open at - .d the interior of the bulk cleared of its contents, consistini , of boots, boot legs, and a quantity of leather, worth about 71.. The articles produced are his property, and were safe in the bulk when he left *uric last night. Morgan, 40 B, said about a quarter to two this morn ing he saw the prisoner coming out of the prosecutoi's " bulk" with a bundle under his arm. He went towards him, when he nit away. Witness followed him into Nassau•street, where he sprang his rattle. The prisoner then threw down the bundle, and was just turning round the corner when he was stopped by another constable, and conveyed to the station. At the latter place the prisoner admitted breaking into the bulk, but that he had thrown the implements away that he done the job with. Witness then searched him, and found a crowbar, a peculiar shaped hammer, a chisel, a pick lock, a box of lucifers, and a wax-taper, concealed in his coat pocket. The prisoner, in defence, said he was very sorry for what be had done. It was solely through distress, as he had been out of employ for five weeks. Mr. HARDWICK committcd him for trial. MONEY and UOIYIIIIhII,CIAL NEWS. CITY, QU4RTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool, yesterday were esti mated at 6,000 bales, including 1,000 for export and on speculation. In Railway shares little business was done, and prices were a shade lower. The trade in Mark-lane has again been dull, and prices are lower for Wheat,with a fair supply of foreign. There are no ship arrivals from distant parts with late intelligence of any interest. The Hawburgh mail brings adviess of Tuesday. Bills on London were still in-request. The Mercantile Mar kets were dull, and the blockade was sufficiently strict to prevent anything like a wholesome and safe course of mercantile dealing. Certain concessions were made at Dantzic by the Danish cruizers in allowing ex tended time for vessels to leave the port, and it is not surprising that the Hull merchants should have represented the matter to Lord Palmerston. If the blockade is to exist, as we have before taken occasion to observe, it must exist as an effective and not an excep tional one. At Dantzic, English vessels which had been under repair, and were loading when the blockade re commenced, had received permission of. tree exit until the 10th inst., and the charterers of the Dutch ships, many of which had lost their freight by the great fire that has occurred, were seeking an extension of time until the 18th. Even this was likely to he granttd, however, for it is manifest that Denmark, seeing that it will be impossible to succeed eventually against Germany, is desirous of conciliating all parties. At Frankfort, on the Bth inst., the Five per Cent. Austrian Stock was 7.4ie and at Vienna on the sth the Metallics were 89i. The Produce Markets have been tolerably brisk this week. There has not been an increase of export orders fur the continent, but the home consumption is good, and for Sugar especially there is a fair inquiry at fuller quotations. The Indigo auctions are proceed ing satisfactorily, and at the public sales of Colonial Wool, comprising about 20,000 bales, the prices thus far seem to have been satisfactory. - We must wait, how ever, until the better qualities are offered. The Funds are rather better to-day, the French Stocks having improved yesterday. There is, however, appa rently, but little confidence in the existing state of foreign politics., Console have been 91 to 914 for Transfer, and 91i to il for Account, though the news from the Rhenish provinces of Russia makes them now a little weaker. Exchequer Bills are 465. to49s. premium. Bank Stock is 1921 to 194. The New Three-and-a•• Quarter per Cents. nave been 90 to i. The Foreign Securities have not fluctuated much, neither, are they in great request. Spanish Three per Cents. aro 33, and Portuguese Four per Cents. 28. Mexican are 31 to -I. Russian Bonds have been 1032 to 105. There is a report that Lord Palmerston has objected to Russian interference in Hungary. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 494 to 50. In Railway Shares there is not much doing, and prices aro in many instances firmer. As soon as the position of the lines is ascertained we shall probably have a decided rally, for the " pears" have operated ex tensively and indiscriminately in numerous instances. cies.: ciAx,n.. G FR I oES OF linlTlBll FUNDS. O'CLOCK. FRICES Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Arms ...... 3:per Cent. Consols Annuities 91% 91 9114 90% New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anna..... 90 % 34 90 1 4 LongAnns. to expi re Jan. 1860 -16 8 9-16 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 -16 8% 8% India Bonds, 1,0004 ... .. 71 p Ditto under 1,0001.. 7 l p 69 p Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. I%d. & 2d. . 1,000/. June 49 46 p 46 p PItICItS OF FOREIGN FUNDS ONE OLOSINt, O'CLOCK. PRICES Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. - 35% Equador Bonds 3 % 34 ' 3 5 e Mexican, 5 per Cent.- 1846, with Coupons .-- - En Ditto, Account, Ditto, Ex Coupons ...... .: —28? ii Ditto, Account •• --23% Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent s — 62 Portuguese 5 per Cents. — Ditto,4 per Cent. 2 B l /2 28% Russian Bonds lO5 103 3 / 4 104% Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Passive Ditto, 3 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. French, 3 per Cent s6f. 50c. 56f. 50c. Belgian 4% per Cent Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild 4 9 14 50 50 Ditto. 4 Der Cent. Certificates 76% 76% PRICES OF PAID. :BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen Bristol and Exeter 9O ..... 57 :re Caledonian Chester and Holyhead... 50 Eastern Coneties... ..... 20 ..... 7% N - 7% Do. New, Gua. 6 perct. 10 Ditto,Extension,s per - Cent, No. 1 6/.135. 4d.... ... 3EI P Great Northern Do., I se A Deferred Great North of England.loo ......231 Ditto. New, 301 Great Western 100 ..... 79% 80 Ditto, % Shares Ditto, 1 4 Shares Ditto, New 171...'..... 15 ... .. 10%% Hull and Selby - - Ditto, Half Shares 25 ...... 46 1 ,4 46% Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 . — Do. Fifths ' Do. Thirds ......... ..... 15 ..... 5 ... Do. (W. Riding Union) 9.. ... -- ......... - 3% , 'a Leeds and Bradford 50 London & 81ackwa11...... 12 !,ii — London, Brighton, and South Coast 5O ..... 36%% 36% Do.Guarant. 5 per et.. 9 ...... 9%,.... ~ .. 94 London and N. Western 100 127 126 127 Ditto, New Quarters.. 7 Goad. &S. Western 5O ...... 33 34 . 3l Midland ....... Do., do., 504 Shares... 25 ... Do. Birm., and Derbyloo Do. Consol. Bristol and BirrninE,.., 6 per ct.... 100 ......123 12214 12 2 16 Norfolk ... ..... 100 - Do. Guaranteed 5 p ct. '2O N:,rtla British ...•....... 25 .... ~ 12% Ditto, Thirds .... -•• 81 4 -- - - 3% North Staffordshire l7 is l2 % ... Oxferd, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Shropshire Union - South Staffordshire 7% 3 ..... . . /s . . 3 South Eastern .. . ... 33% 2O • •• 19 3 ' Do., Registered No. 410 Do., Scrip No 4 South Wales 3B ...... 16% 17% ...... 17 1 / 2 Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... .. Do. do. do. ... 25 - York, Newcastle, and Berwick. Do. Newcastle Exten. 20 D ,- 4 G.N.E.Preferencs 8 York and North Midland 50 Ditte, Preference Do. East and Westßid ing Extension 25 .... 151% 15% FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Central of France (Or- Viorzon ) East Indian Northern of France-- 13 Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 Paris and Strasbourg ... 10 Rouen and Havre Tours and Nantez MINES. Barrossa Range Min. Co. 28s. — p n l. - - I A Pm LLOYD'S sturviiNG--(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAY 11.—Wind this day at noon N.N.W., moderate brecv, and cloudy. FALMOUTH, MAY 10.L 1 Willd variable.—Arrd. 9th, Joven Elvira, Basterrechia, Matanza; Eioisa, Ydogaga, ditto; Adolphe, Eckman, Cape Hayden for Ilamburz PENZANCE, MAY 9.—The Sir Walter Scott, of Fal mouth (with copper ore), struck on the Lay Rock, near the Rundlestone, yesterday, and hung head down, when the crew got on board a schooner, bound eastward; she is supposed to have gone down during the night. LIVERPOOL, MAY 10.—Wind E. to N.E.—Arrd. 9th, Elephanta, Cox, Mauritius; Sylph, Atsica; Ayrshire Lass, Bryan, Buenos Ayres; Netta, St. Domingo; Eliza!ath, Charleston, New Orleans. 10th, Sophia, Bartlett, Honduras, and not from Sierra Done, as yes terday reported. Sid. 9th, Millman, Besten, 10:11, Hants, Africa, Mediterranean, ditto; Dove, Valparaiso; ; 1. ) 0iI7-.;tf, NOVO. Fiera, ditto; Agamemnon, Qube.c; Rankin, ditto. PLYMOUTH, MAY I.o.—Wind S.W.--Arrd. 9th, S, merget, Prior, Sierra Leone and Falmouth; 1-1,24,5. Aliim; Wes' ; Indies. Sld. lath Louisa Baillie, Ade' laide, South 6.ustralia. DARTMOM 73, MAY 10.—Wind S.E.—Sld. Not eat Labrador. TOALAY, 10,—Wind S.W.—Std. Release, 81 John's, Nowfc ~w inland. DOVER, MAX 10.—Arrci. E. 0., Rodrigues, Ilevaimak for Antwerp. DEAL, MA 1 o.—Wind N.W. moderate and cloudy —Arrd. St: ecest , Kirton, Adelaide, South Australia, Arrived from tt le River, John Munn, Parseno Ade laide, South Au altralia; Kate Kearney, Twomey, ' C. C' Castle. Sid. Ls Vander, Burbadoes. MARIE _ V bi EVY S.—(THIS DAY) CORN .EXCHANGE—FRIDAY. There was a slight increase in the arrivals of Eng hsb Wheat fresh u p, for this morning's market; yet the show of samples of both Red and White was small. As t he attendance ot.' both town and country buyers was lint 'U' and the imps): its from abroad extensive, the demand for all kinds of 17 !heat of home produce was in a very iv active state,. aud, where sales took place, the factors were con:Tell( d to accept is per quarter loss money ths e on Monday. The importations of Foreign Wheat hav e exceeded 17„000 quarttrs. Selected samples wir e mostly held at full currencies; but the midciltog and inferior kinds were is per quarter low"' Scarcely any" English Barley was on offer, but the supply of foreign yea:. tolerably extensive. The Barley tre k " ruled heavy at, barely stationary prices. Malt, t'' e supply of whic h was small, ne x t t o no thi ng d o i ng at al most nominal r =rendes. The Oat trade was d. pressed, and the quotat ions gave way 6d per quarter. Beans.refi s u ' and Indian Cc rn were quite a s d ear as on M on d a y. 11.1 ' kinds of Flour . were lower to purchase. _.-=~ ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. - heat. . Oats. 21ct English •••••• I I Barle y i 1,250 qrs. 140 gra. 250 qrs. 1,0 20 o Scotch ...... -- 1ri5h......... -- Foreign •••• •. 17,720 6.930 I 2,003 7,, u,930 23,320 Malt, 2,610 qrs. sivummtrxEmo. Our market this morning was very moderately Or plied with bear tt; as to number, but their general Oa; lity was good. .A.s the dead markets were well cleared of their supplif , the attendance of buyers rather n05 1 ,e . roux, and the weather favourable for slaughtering. l be Beef trade rule al steady, at an advance in the quotations of 2d per 81bs. The best Scots sold at 3a 10d per Sib s ; The supply of &; beep was very limit s d. while the derano" fur that descri pc ion of stock was brisk, at an improve; ment in value of 4d per Sibs, the best old Downs, out 01 the wool, prod ut ing 4s per 81bs. Lambs sold freely, a / a rise in the car, :Encies of 2d per 81bs. The arrivals front the lile of Wig ht comprised 310 head. In Calven• good business %vs .s doing, at 2d per 81bs more Monet Pigs met a slow inquiry, at unaltered prices. Mile" Cows were seat), g at from 141 to 181 each, including the' , ‘ small calf. Per gibs. to In 5. d. to s. d. a . d. to e. d• Inferior Beasts.— 2 4 2 6 Second qual. Sheep 3 6 2 6 Second quality 2 S 3 0 Coarse-woolledditto3 8 tlO erime large Oxen.. 3 2 3 6 Southdown Wether 310 0 0 Prime Scots ••• • • 3 8 310 Ditto out of the wool() o 3 6 Large coarse Calves 3 6 3 8 Large Hogs ......3 2 Primesniall ditto .. 310 4 4 Small Porkers .... 3 8 4 0 link the offal. suckling Calves ..1.8 0 26 0 Quarter old Pigs ..17 0 2 1 Inferior sheep .. - 3 0 3 4 Lambs ...• ...... 410 6 TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. 740 Slieep. I CAlvos. I ril * 4,800 235 3CO_ FOREIGN SUPPLY. , I Sheep. I I Calves. I VS'S. 380 102 SCOTCH. ~ Beasts. I Sheep. I Calves. I rigid 210 1 300 I NMIISTGAILI MI .B.IITD X.E.BM=NIIII.X.L. , These markets. .were very scantily supplied wich,e,af kind of meat, which sold briskly, at an advance inY' l quotations of frock 2d to 4d per Sibs. Beasts. 48 At. per stone by the Carcase. 6. S. d. to s. d. 1 s. d. to s• 0 Beef,tnferior...... 2 2 2 6 , Mutton, inferior .. 2 8 middling .... 2 8 2 0 . - 10 middling.. 3 2 ° 3 - 3o t --prime large .. 3 0 3 2 - prime .... 3 8 'l - prime small .. 3 4 3 6 Pori , 1arge........ 3 2 9 Veal.• ••••.•• • • • .• 3 4 4 0 - small .• .• •••• 3 10 4 L amb. 4s 10d to 6a Od. 330ROILT GEL NOP rftzLXVIEET. t The demand for the finest Hops continues thn' prices fully equal to those quoted i n ou r l as t report. i s other kinds next to nothing is doing. Old Hops D ora' nal. Sussex pockets, 21 4s to 21 18s; Weald of 10 0 ditto, 21 12s to 31 fia; Mid and East Bent ditto, 315 s to 6118 s per cwt. COLONIAL. St GAR.—The nwirket for British Plantation has been much brisker this week, and at improved prices. Ba res badoes, 150 hhds, s old 6d to Is higher—fine yellow 4 1; to 42s 6d, and mid to good 403 to 41s 6d. St. Lu e l brought 39s 6d for rood yellow, 38s 6d to 39s for g ° grey, 36s to 36s 6d for good brown, and privately Ba le° have been made at 36s to 36s 61 for brown. Jamaica a l 41s to 41s 6d for fin,, and other torts in proportion. EAST INDIA.—Ma uritius, 4,591 bags, went also 6d t 4 ).,, Is higher—fine yellow 40s 6d to 41 s 6d, an d l o w brow; 335. Bengal, 1,286 bags, sold at f u ll er ra t es — g ood wh 4 Benares 42s to 42s 6d, and fine brown 34s to 34s 6d: , FOREIGN.—The demand has been good, but not m!,' has been offered. Java has realised 36s to 45s ; yellow and brown 34s ; Brazil brown 34s to 403 ; 1 Havannah yellow and brown 38s to 44s per cwt. REFlNED. —Standard Lumps have been firm, at 526 to 52e 6d. C OFFEE.—There :h as b een a moderate article. Jam a i ca b ass realised 50s 6d to 575 f or raid, 395 to 428 for fine a n d fi ne fine ord, and 285 6d to 36s 6d for ord and ord. Ceylon has been sold at 60 s 6d 45s to 52s f or to 67s for gcod mid, atbusiness low mid and aid , and at 40s to 43s 6d for fine and fine fine ord; pea -berry , 50s to 625. Native good ord 30s 6d to 31s 6d. Mocha has Peen rather chetlper, mid greenish 503 to 565, '3" good long berry 56s to 575. In foreign sorts generally there has not been much done. Costa Rica low t been sold at 30s. Padang has realised 27s for good o SPlCES.—Malabar Pepper has been sold at 3d to 30 for shot. Pimento has been brisker, at 3-id to 3-id for mid to good. Bengal Ginger has realised 245. RICE.—FuII prices have been obtained, but not 6 great deal has been. done. The rates paid have beel l 8s up to lOs 6d per cwt for Bengal, and 8s to 105 6d f°' . Madras. — SALTPETRE.—Prices have been rather lower. Caleti ttil 27s to 29s per cwt. Rum.—The market has been dull. Leeward Islan d . proof is aid to is 4d, and E as t I n di a i s 2d to i s 2id pe r gallon. CorroN.—There has been a firm market, and a A ir inquiry. iiedo.—Holders requiro full prices. ARROWROOT.—Dominica has been sold at 5d to 6d per lb ; St. Kitt's at 6d ; and Bermuda at is 10 '- le 4d, COCHINEAL—There has been a decline of about 1 Pe r lb in this article. Cocoe.—Not much has been done; 900 bags Graiocl, ll nearly all found buyers at 37s .6d to 42s 6d for lo* '- mid, and at 43s to 47s 6d for good and fine. TALLow.—The market has been quiet at 38s 6d'P h er cwt for P.Y.C. on the spot, and holders are inclined . sell. TEA.—A moderate business is doing at firm pie s generally. INDIGO.—The sales are proceeding much the same 65 on the first day, a moderate proportion finding buyers. GREEN FRUIT.—The market for Oranges has We ll quiet this week, the cold weather having checked Coed' r , uraution. Lemons dull of sale, the wi ather having its influence on this article. Nuts are more inquired tor , the backward state of vegetation in this countri creating a grea'er demand for this description of fruit. COURT CIRCULAR. His Royal Highness the Prince Albert, attended 11, Lieut.-Col one l t h e H on. Alexander Gordon, honour ee the Earl Spencer with a visit yesterday, at his residence in St. James's-place, and also visited the new Guards Club, in Pall-mall. The Queen and Prince , Albert honoured her Majesty's Theatre with their presence yesterday evening. Th. Royal suite consisted of the Countess of Desert, DA. Mils Murray, Hon. Miss Macdonald, the Earl of MO ley, General Wernyss, and Lieut.-Colonel the Hon' Alexander Gordon. Her Royal Highness the Duches s of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce, Baroness ( 1 . Sped), and Lord James P. Murray, also honoured th e performance with her presence. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, and the Princess Helena, took their usual walking and pa 13 . 7 exercise yesterday. The Countess of Desert has succeeded the Marchiones s of Douro as the Lady in Waiting to her Majesty. d A deputation of master manufacturers, h ea d e d by 1-4°, 3 . Ashley, M.P., and including Mr. Joh n Fi e ld en , John Wood, Mr. Thomas Cook, Mr. William Rand, 21r * John R. Kay, Mr. William Walker, Mr. Th omas Fie' c i den, Mr. Samuel Fielder, and Mr. Thomas Limey, h e an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Home-office, and presented to the Ri g ht H on . B ar onet memorial, signed by 605 firms and individ ua l s , again st the relay system in factories. Mr. Fox (County Longford) had an interview fester" day with Sir George Grey. Lord John Russell has issued invitation s fora full dress dinner party, at his residence in Chesham-plecl: on Saturday, the 19th instant, to celebrate her M a jesty" birth-day. The Marquis of Lansdowne (Lord President of th e Privy Council) has issued invitations for a grand dinner_ party on S atur d ay , t h e 19t h i nstant, at Lansdowne House, Berkeley -square. THE EA ST L ANCASHIRE. —W e are informe d t hat the East Lancashire Railway Company have recel!'ed formal notice from the Postmaster-General to convey the mails between Liverpool and Preston, over the Li v e" pool, Ormskirk an d P reston section of their railway. on and after the 3d of June next.—Manchester Guardian. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNING.—The Cotton market at Havre wa s extreme l y active yester d ay . stile to two o'clock, 1,835 bales; prices firm at last quotatieFt The Niobe arrived yesterday from New Orleans, alt: 2,435 bales of cotton . T he Perruche, from H a yti, hourly expected. 131R771.3, On the sth inst., at Chepslow-villas, Notting-bill, the lady of J. littelimaster, Esq., of a son. On the 7th inst., at Bayswater, the wife of J. Haig, Es c l'' of Lincoln's Inn, of a daughter. _ DIED. On the 4th inst., at Sloane-street, Francis P. DrummOnd, Esq., youngest brother of Colonel W. Drummond, late Scots Fusilier Guards. On the 6th inst., at Charles-street, Westbourne-terra ce, agrd 65, Frederick Philpot, Esq., late of the office of her Majest:, ' 6 Paymaster-E : Printout NO. 112, Strand, Printer, at -The Nun Ofßee, O. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Eavoy, in the counts Cif Friday l May 11, 1849.