The Sun. — London, England, 1849-05-26 00:00:00

TdE WEATHEP--6oN OFFTcE, MAY 26. THIIBMOMXTER, Lowest, 54 Highest, 71; Noon, 68 BAROMETER, 30.1. WIND S.S.W.—fine sunshiny weather. A I PIK Al Lt./1.41)0N litsttAki... THIS DAY —Morning, 34 min. after 4 Evenin,, 0 milt. after 5 To-MORROW— ~ rionv, 26 Mill after 5 Evening, 51 rain. after 5 ..---- NEW D.O OK-S PUBLISHED THIS DAY. - . I. Mr. ELIOT WARBURTON'S PRINCE RUPERT. 3 vols. BTo., 21. 23. 11. Mr. COMMAS'S HISTORY of the CONSTITUENT NATIONAL ASSEMBLY of FRANCE from May, 1848. 2 vols., 21s. HI. The lion. HENRY J. COKE'S VIENNA, in October 1848. fost Bro., is. 61, Iv. Mr. HERMAN MELVII,LE'S MARDI. 3 vols., 31s. 6d V. Mr. O'REILLiT'S EXPINDITION to the WHITE NILE. 2 vols., 21s. VI. Mr. BELL'S MEMORIALS of the CIVIL WAR. 2 cob. &co., 30s. VII. Mr." J. F. COOPER'S SEA LIONS. Second Edition, 3 vols 31i. 6d. VIII. Mr. 310/tIER'S MARTIN TOUTBOND. New Edition. 129 Mr. MACKAY'S WESTERN WORLD. 3 vols., 31$. 6d. X. EVELYN; or, a Journey from Stockholm to Itome in 1848. 2 vols„ 21s XI. EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND TWELVE; or, the Fall of Na poleon. 3 vols., 31s. 6d. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. Immediately, in 2 viols , NEW WORK BY CAI' CAIN MARRYAT, VALERIE. An Autobiography. Henry Colburn, Pub.isher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Orders received by all Booksellers. THE SiEGAL TITLE ASSUItAN CE COMPANY. (Provisionally Registered, January 17, 1849.) Capital, 2,000,00 Cd., in 80,000 Shares, of 251. each. Preliminary Deposit, 2s. 6d. per Share Pro - pzictuscs and lull information may be obtained at the Tempo ary Olt! 'es of the Company, 12A, Cannon-row, Westminster, on ap lication to G. F. HOVE, Hon. Sec., pro tern. ---- TIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. It is respectfhlly announced that a GRAND EXTRA NIGHT, on the scale of former seasons, will to presented on THURSDAY EVENING, when will be performed 3lozart's celebrated Opera, DON GIOVANNI. With various Entertainments in the Ballet Department. tor Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at Box-office Applications of the Theatre, where Pit Tickets may be obtained the as usual, price 10s. 6d. each JAMES'S TREAT RE. Seasen 1849. FREXCH PLAYS and OPERA COMIQITE. On MONDAY EVENING This Performances will commence at Hal PENf-pOlSast Seven o'clock with PHILTRE CHAM. T. To conclude with NE TOUCHEZ YAS A LA REINS. Mr. Mitchell begs also to announce that, notwithstanding the in =eased expenses of the present entertainment, the prices of admis don are determined as follows: Boxes .. • • • • .. 6s. Od. Pit • • . .• 33. Od. Amphitheatre .. • • .. 2s. Od. Subscriptions for the season may be arranged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Sams', St. James's-street ; Mr. Andrews', New Bond-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from eleven till five. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Last Appearance of Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi, being her Benefit. THIS EVENING, Will be performed Rossini's celebrated Opera, SEMIRAMIDE. Semiramide, Mdlle. Parodi ; Arsace, Mdlle. Alboni; Assur, Signor Coletti ; Idreno, Signor Bartolini ; Oroe, Signor Lablache. To be followed by the principal Tableaux of the admired Ballet of F 10R1TA. By M. P. Taglioni; the Music by signor Pugni; tho Scenery by Mr. C. Marshall. Pincipal parts by Mdlle. C. Rosati, Mdlle. Marie Taglioni, and M. Dor. The Selection will comprise the principal Pas of the Ballet, and the admired Tableaux of the Waterfall. Application for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre, where Pit Tickets may be obtained, as usual, price 10s, 6d. each. Doors open at Seven ; and the Opera to commence at Half-past Seven o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE —GERMAN OPERA. THIS EVENING, Will be performed Beethoven's Opera, FIDELIO. Performances to commence at Eight o'clock. Private Boxes and Places may be obtained at the Box-office ; and at Messrs. Jullien and Co.'s, 214, Regent street. tiLATKE itOYAL, HAYMAKAL Mr. B. Webster, Sete Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIN EVENIN' Will be pnformed RUNAWAY HUSBANDS. After which a Classical Extravaganza, celled THE SPHINX. To be followed by THE KOUGH DIAMOND. ,To conclude with the Farce of LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS. TIIEATItit ROYAL, ADELPIII. Under tlae direction ut Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE IRISH POST. After which a new grand Extravaganza, entitled THE DEVIL'S T10 , ,1N AND THE REVOLT OF THE FLOWERS. To conclude with a Farce, called GOING TO THE DERBY THE DERBY DAY. Mr. Jeremiah Twiddle, Mr. Wright: Mr. John James Chucks, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Captain Nobble, Mr. Worrell ; Mrs. Chucks, Mrs. Matthews ; Mrs. Twiddle, Miss Woolgar. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATR.E. Under the Management of Madame VelarlS. Sole Lessee. Mr. Charie., Ma , he ws. THIS EVENING Will be performed KILL OR CURE. After which, A WONDERFUL WOMAN. To senclude with THE SEVEN CHAMPIONS OP CHRISTEN DOM. Dress Boxes, 55.; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2a. ; Gallery, is. No Sal:-price to any part of the house. The New Box-office, No. 2, Weiingtor• street, Is open to the public every day, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S TREAT I:.K. Mr. J. M. :Maddox, ;4ole Lessee and manager. On MONDAY EVENING Will be presented a new strio-comic Drama entitled THE DE SERTER. To conclude with the new Domestic Opera, entitled THE BLIND SISTER ; or, the Mountain Farm. • ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, Ste. The following eminent artistes form the greatest amount of female equestrian talent ever engaged in this cr any other establishment at one time les. Adelaide Minnie, Valentine, Louise Touirnaire, La Jeane Josephine ; Miss Woolford, Bru•rand, Davidson, Avery, and La Petite Jeanette. In addition to the above Mr. Batty has great pleasure in a-inonne leg that he has engaged that peerless equestrian Marie Macarte, whose brilliant triumphs on the Continent ant in America have ac quired for her the appellation of the Equestrian Enchantress, and whose first appearance will be duly announced. Last Week of the grand Easter Spectacle. In active preparation, and will be pro.luced at Whitsuntide a new grand Military Equestrian Spectacle, entitled MOOLTAN and GOOJEnAT ; or, the Conquest of the Seikhs. THIS EVEN ENG, The performance will commence with a Grand Equestrian Spec tacle, by Fltzball, entitled THE WHITE MAIDEN OF CALIFOR NIA; or, the Horse of the Ocean. To be [(Mowed by an Inimitable display of SCENES IN THE CIRCLE. in which the first Equestrian talent of the day will appear. To conclude with the favourite Afterpiece of CHERRY BOUNCE. Boa-office open from Eleven till P our. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. IMMENSE AND UNPARALLELED SUCCESS. Under the patrongge of her ales Gracious Majesty, lup Majesty the Queen Dowager. h s Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. The Nobility, Gentry, and the Pithlic are respectfully informed that this favourite place of fashionable resort is open every MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY. RepresentaVon of the S vomit NG of BADAJOZ by the British Army, under the command of the illustrious Wellington ! The distingutshed patronage which this establishment has for a lengthened period enjoyed, and the triumphant success of each suc ceeding spectacle, has stimulated the prodrietor to increased exer tions to maintain its envied celebrity. Messrs. Denson, by whom the present subject has been modelled, designed, and produced, have "evoted many months to it, and the un rivalled skill which they possess, assisted lay Messrs. Turner, Adams, and ether first-rate artists, have enabled them to produce a picLure unequalled for magnitude, accuracy, and beauty of execution. The ZOOLOGICAL DEP AR ANENT is extensive and varied, and has lately been enriched by several rare importations, including the splendid presents of his late Highness Ibrahim Pasha. The Embellishments of the New and Magidfleent ORCHESTRA are now complete. REMINGTON'S lERIAL BRIDGE. _ _ The BAND, conducted by Mr. Godfrey, has been selected from the most talented Artists in the profession. Among others of first rate ability be f and—Mr. Baker, Messrs. Richarcson, Collins, jun., George and Viotti Collins, Griesbach, Hardy, Egerton, Shearon, Calkin, Winterbotham, Boileau, Stevenson, and Reynolds. The VOCAL DEPARTMENT will be sustained by a succes<lon of the most popular and favourite Singers. First appearance of Miss Ellen Rowland and Mr. George Tedder. The FIREWORKS by the Messrs, Southby, whose skill in Pyro techny hai been too long established to need eulogising. REFRESHMENTS.—The frequenters of these G..rdens have long complaint d that Refreshments from the Confeztionary-rooms only could b.: procured. Arrangements have been effected, and a distinet portion of the Gardens set apart, where Refreshments may be had of the first quality, and at the usual Prices. Doors open at -Nine o'Clock.—Admission One Shilling. Childrett admitted to the Reserved Seats and Shilling Gallery at Half-price. - 7 eeding of the Carnivora at Five. The Pelicans, &c., at Half-past Five. Concert at Six o'C'oct. Pyrotechnic Exhibition at Dusk, Mons. JULLI Eli will give a Series of GRAND CONCERTS dining the Season. Due notice will be given of his first appearance. • 4 7' . "" 4 ! - ..,,, e_S", ~ . de ~ -,,, au • - . 40 i _ M AC, I, 45. 4 4 1 c...= ~. 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Notwithstanding the determined hostility mani fested by the Protectionist party to the great and comprehensive measure introduced by her MAJESTY'S Government for the reform of the Navigation Code— notwithstanding the intimation given by the recog nised leader of the party in the House of Lords, that " he was fully prepared for the consequences of its rejection"—notwithstanding the subsequent attempt to mutilate the Bill in Committee by amendments completely altering its character, and neutralising the beneficial results that might have been expected under the now improved system —notwithstanding the boasts of the Protectionist press, their significant allusions to the fact " that proxies would not count in Committee," and the repeated conferences held by the principal members of the party as to the course to be adopted, when the anticipated success had crowned their exertions the Bill was carried in all its integrity, and all its clauses were agreed to without change or modification. We most heartily congratulate the country on this most auspicious result, and we equally congratulate their Lerdships on the wise and prudent discretion manifested throughaut - the - xecent proceedings on this all-iMpOrttlat Alibied. There is now a fair And reasonable prospect that the principles of free trade will be fully land fairly carried out—that all restric tions will be removed from the free importatiOn of every i.rticle of commerce by the carriage thereof as well is the purchase being open for fair competition to the inhabitants of every country. The majority of 10, by which the second reading of the Bill was carried in the House of Lords, and which it was asserted was owing to the proxies given by Noble Lords ' ho bad not heard, and who consequently could not have been influenced by the arguments adduced in opposition to the measure, was increased in Com mittee on the several divisions that took place on Lord STANLEY'S amendment, which,lif carried, would have completely altered the character of the Bill, and which, it was truly stated, would interfere so materi ally with its principle, that no Peer who had voted for the second reading could consistently support the amendment ; the majority was increased to 13, while the subsequent amendments of the Earls of ELLENUOROUGLI and WALDEGRAVE were ne gatived by majorities of 13 and 12 respt ctively. But those majorities, although conclusive as to the feel ing of the House, did not indicate the real strength of the Government on the question. That was more fully exhibited in the abandonment of all further opposition by Lord STANLEY, and the bitter tone in which he spoke of the conduct of those who " en deavoured to compensate for the manner in which they spoke of Ministers out of doors by the assi duous and steady support which they rendered the Government within the House." It proved how clearly the Noble Lord perceived the futility of the hopes he had vainly cherished of a speedy return to official duties, and of the re-enactment of protective imposts on the food of the many, for the exclusive benefit of the few. That, indeed, was the real question at issue. So long as a shred of monopoly remained, so long as any class in the empire was permitted to retain exclu sive privileges, so long there was a hope, however extravagant, that the palmy days of landlordism might be restored; that a sliding-scale might be re established, or that at least a fixed duty of six or eight shillings per quarter might be imposed ; that the nation would consent to the com promise which was indignantly refused some ten years since by the Corn Lords, but which they would now be but too happy to accept. The apparent object of Lord STANLEY'S amend ment was to establish a system of "reciprocity," analagous to the famous reciprocity statutes (4 GEO. IV., c. 77, and 5 GEo. IV., C. 1), originally intro duced by Mr. HUSKISSON and Lord WALLACE. No person could, however, perceive more clearly than the Noble Lord himself the absolute impossibility of carrying out the views which he put forward so crudely and hastily, and, as he himself admitted, without sufficient con sideration. He must be well aware that the " reci procity statutes" had been followed by " reciprocity treaties ;" that England had entered into solemn and binding contracts with many nations, and that the general bases of these contracts were a fixed propor tion as to the nature of the privileges that should be respectively granted to other countries. Many states were under these compacts entitled to be placed upon the footing of the " most favoured nation." We could not, therefore, open our ports to the shipping of one country willing to concede the equivalents re quired by the amendment, and keep them closed against the vessels of another that would enter into no new stipulations, but declare its intention of abiding by the existing treaties, and claiming the same privileges that might be accorded to the other. As, for instance, if we should conclude an agreement with America (if the restrictions still to be retained on certain unspecified articles, and which could not be bartered or surrendered, would permit of such an arrangement), we could not refuse the same advan tages to France, although the French Government might refuse to modify their regulations and restric tions in any degree. This, then, would be the condi tion of affairs under the new Act :—" In case it should be made to appear to her MAJESTY that any foreign nation was willing to concede to the ships of this country the like privileges and advantages as were enjoyed by, or intended to be conferred • on, the ships of such foreign country, or ad vantages equivalent thereto, it should be law ful, &c., &c." Here, then, no relaxation could be permitted to France, unless she were IN illing "to concede to the ships of this country the like privileges and advantages as were enjoyed by, or intended to be conferred" on her own ships here, cr " advantages equivalent thereto." But as France would enter into no such bargain, no new privileges could be granted to her shipping. We might then reduce the question to a syllogistic form : Every new privilege conferred upon the shipping of America must also be conferred on the shipping of France ; No new privilege can he conferred on the shipping of France ; Ergo—no new privilege can be conferred upon the shipping of America. The Act would, therefore, remain a dead letter on the statute-book, a memorable example of hasty and inconsiderate legislation. The British Parliament and the British nation are, however, preserved from making themselves so truly ridiculous, from being tulde the laughing-stock of the civilized world, by the prudent and discreet course adopted by their Lordships, who have also thereby averted the disas trous comequences that must have resulted from a collision between the Houses, and the general excite. ment and confusion that must inevitably have fol lowed the accession to power of a party opposed to the wishes and feelings of a great majority of the people. Having once decided upon emigration from the United Kingdom, the majority of settlers are either embarrassed as to the place of their destination, or find themselves, by a precipitate movement to one or other of the colonies, plunged into a state of very unexpected, and, in many instances, altogether irre parable involvement. Anything that can at all tend to guard against the repetition of these evils must be regarded in the light of a national benefaction. Any one who can assist the judgment of the eini• grant in the selection of the most appropriate region for colonization must be looked upon as having con. ferrei an inestimable boon upon the community. Various attempts have been made recently to pioneer the road of immigration ; and many individuals have undertaken to point out the tracks leading to certain competence, if not to possible profusion. Here, however, is the grand blunder—the rock upon which so many em bryo fortunes have been wrecked—the notion that by transferring their little how. ehold to the backwoods of America, or to the midst of the unpruned vegeta tion of Australia, any adventurer may leap with a sudden bound into the possession of countless luxu ries and inexhaustible treasures. Little do these sanguine speculators know of the reserve of futurity if they conjecture for one moment that in their log cabins they will experience anything like that moral cies elephantiasis resulting from civilization, the embaras richesses. Little are they aware of those innu merable privations which are the inevitable concomi tants of emigration. Of all the safeguards against the dangers surround ing the inexperienced settler, the very best that has yet come to our knowledge is a little volume,* penned by a gentleman evidently well versed in the subject upon which he has written. The wording of the title-page, given below as a foot-note, sufficiently ex plains the utility of the pamphlet, and a glance through the contents will amply evidence the valu able and practical character of its in'ormation. A wider range of settlements could scarcely have been taken in at one survey, a fact which must be in stantly apparent when we remark that the author has here successively recounted the advantages and disadvantages of Nova Scotia, New Bruns wick, Cape Breton, Prince Edward's Island toge:her with the whole of the Eastern and Western division of the Canadas—New England, the Western States, the Slave States, Texas, Oregon, California, Vancouver's Island, and the entire extent of the different climates subject to the model Republic. At a single glance, therefore, the reader who meditates emigration may survey the countries open for his re- * " The Settler's New Home; or, tno Emigrant's Lo cation, being a Guide to Emigrants in the Selection of a Settlement, and the preliminary details of the - Wyage." By Sidney Smith. Yp. 106. John Kendrick, London, 1549. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, ception beyond the Atlantic, may weigh one against another their merits end demerits, their resources and deficiencies, and may then at his own good will and pleasure, and wiih a sense of comparative security, make a rational and deliberate selection. He may then neither dread the chance of finding himself inhaling the miasmas of some Icarie glittering with golden sands and roseate blossoms on the peges of M. CABET, but in reality reeking with nothing but pu trescent fogs and pestilential odours; nor shud , der at the possibility of waking in the heart of a second Eden (not the Eden of " Genesis," but of " Chuzzlewit"), and of having every two minutes to obeyt hat very alarming recommendation of MARK TAPLEY—" When you see a serpent, like a corkscrew, a-sittin' on its bottom ring, cut him down, for he means wenom ! " Mr. SIDNEY SMITH goes very far indeed towards the prevention of that odious humbug which is still too prevalent in the United States—the humbug relating to the sale of swampy and unfruitful lands under the impression that each little plot of ground is a paradise. Scarcely any movement in life requires such vigi• lent circumspection as that of the settler. Leaving the only country with which, in all likelihood, he has acquired any accurate knowledge, crossing a broad expanse of ocean to localities hitherto unknown to him except by name, the emigrant is, of all mortals, the most probable victim, from the peculiarity of his situation, of all sorts of snares and pitfalls. Generally speaking, he knows nothing just when knowledge is the most essential. Unable to see things correctly with his own eyes, his only resource consequently is to see them with the eyes of others ; but in order to render him secure in the correct ness of the information thus obtained he must be satisfied of the trustworthiness of his informant. For these reasons we cannot but regard this volume from the pen of Mr. SIDNEY SMITH as one which must prove in a thousand particulars altogether inestimable. His philosophy, moreover, is wholly genial, like that which suffuses such an agreeable charm over the writings of the gallant but unfortunate RUXTON. In proof of this take the following felicitous comparison of the comforts and inconveniences of emigration : "A new country is the paradise of the poor—but it is the pandemonium of the rich, and especially purgatory to the female branches of all who are well to do. Those artificial and conventional advantages, those conveniences whose value is only known when they are lost, those endless fitnesses and accommodations which are gradu ally supplied in an old county} as their need is perceived, the emigrant travels away from, and will strorgly feel the want of. The mere cockney will be thoroughly miserable in the new mode of existence which every emigrant must enter upon. The nightman, the shoe black, the newsman, the omnibus, the two-penny post, he will see little of. The water will not be laid on, nor the drain connected with the soil-pipe. Wooden houses have chinks—logs are not so convenient as coal—rooms are small, and not very snug—the doors and sashes do not fit—the hinges and floors creak—household second ary luxuries are dear—and the whole family must be very much their own servants. Nobody will cringe and bow to them, and just bring to their door the very thing they want, when they want it. Bat then the real need,- and requisi.ea of life will be indefeasibly theirs. It their house and its contents be inferior, they are as good as their neighbour's, a consideration which takes the sting out of many disappointments. They tear no rent day, nor poor-rate or assessed tax collector—neither game nor fish are preserved, nor licenses needed—around them on their own freehold are ample means of subsistence, and a little money supplies all the rest. They need have no care for the morrow except the consciousness that each day their clearing is more improved and of greater value. They have leisure, independence, peace, security. If they can serve themselves, help each Lther, find plea sure in the useful activities of self help and country life, and possess internal resources of mind and occupation, then all such in emigrating change for the better. If their society is bad, they can d..) without it, if an occa sional qualm of home sickness and the claims of father land come over them let them think of the toils, fears, and anxieties they leave behind them, and be grateful fur the change." Further on it is quite delightful to hear him re minding us, with all the gusto of Rerricsort CRUsOE, that the young colt has to be broken ; that the larder must be stocked by the rifle and the fishing-rod; that the sugar must be squeezed from the maple, and the honey extracted from the clefts of old trees in the woods ; that the cider must be mashed out of the apples, and the wine pressed from the grapes! Oh! says he, " think of the liberty of wearing hobnails and frieze cloth; of living down to one's own income in place of living up to one's neigh bour's; of walking abroad in primitive defiance of a hia*.us in the elbow or armpits of one's coat ; of the luxury of serving one's self; of making war upon appearances by a second day's beard or a third day's shirt, or a running short of shoe blacking! Loneliness! monotony ! not an hour, not a minute, without its occupation." Again, our author fails not to give abundance of substantial encouragement, as in the telling of such anecdotes as the one sub joined : " A Scotch settler emigrating to Lower Canada with 3001, purchased 300 acre s (50 cleared), with a log-hut and a goad framed barn, price 3001. by annual instal ments of 1034 the first year, and 501. each of the others, with int( rest at 16 per cent. A yoke of oxen cost 151., three cows 151, ten sheep 51, a hors- 71., agricultural implements, furniture, kitchen utensils, pigs, poultry, &c. The first year he put in a small crop, raised fences. cleared 3f acres of woodland, which he sowed with wheat in September, and occupir d the autumn with his late oats, I,otatous, and Indian corn; he hired ano.her man to cut the trees into lengths to burn, and by the 10th of April he had completed the clearing of 30 acres, besides splitting rails and making firewood. In spring he had only 501. left, and 2001. }et to pay; his 30 acres of crop looked indifferent; there were great falls of rain; his horse died, his sheep were devoured by wolves, and are old sow gobbled up all his goslings. But it soon cleared up, his Idled timber became very dry and easily burned; lie planted 20 acres cf Indian corn between the stumps, anti 10 acres of oats and wheat. Ihe rest of his money was spent on clearing five acres of wheat, and in turning his oxen into good pasture fur Montreal market in winter; his crops were good, his potash from his burnt timber sold well; he purchased snottier yoke of oxen, and got in his fire-wood before winter. 'free result was tuat, in a few years, his property was worth not less t h i u Illinois, 3'°° which g tl;iile receivedave a de plorable from account his brother o er i located i t their health and condition." Aided by publications like the present, we cannot but augur ' , hell for the future progress of the cause of emigration. 111 E FR EiN CI - 1 REP ÜBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The &bate on the conspiracy to destroy the Re public by a coup d'etat was resumed in the Assembly on Thursday. M. )dilon Barrot, President of the Council, said that he had demanded from General Changarnier himself an explanation respecting the order he had given the Generals under his command. The General loudly protested against the intention he was supposed to have entertained of questioning the authority of the President of the National Assembly. The decree of the 11th of May, conferring on the President the power to summon all the troops necessary for the defence of the Assembly was, besides, posted up in all the barracks. The orders he had given were purely military. M. Considirant then rose and said, that in the con versation he had had with M. Odilon Barrot the latter had said nothing to convince him that he was mistaken. He had told him that the misfortune of the present times was, that every party appealed to violence to obtain the triumph of their ideas, instead of appealing to discussion. He then added that he could not help admitting that detestable passions agitated themselves round the President of the Re public. M. Ledru Rollin stated, that yesterday doubts ex isted relati ve t o the letter of General Changarnier, but he had since been able t w o r s i u t substantiate the fact. The r satisfye ntteno. r i I obna had o a rorofitvdeiddni different 'he explanations of letter had been actually i so . o n f s tb violated the General Chan garnier Assembly yth e b es possible told blo io intentions, o h s e , and ha was een to ac tuated and disobeyed the orders gtrn°iel e d A b ssembly, a tu n a d te satisfied with that excuse! Now, on Tuesday evening General Changarnier knew perfectly well that the Assembly was about to declare itself ea per manence, acrd it was at that very hour he consigned the troops to their barracks, and enjoined their chiefs to obey no other orders than his own.—(" lie per formed his duty," cried M. Aylies.) That letter, he maintained, was in the handwriting of the General, and he was ready to prove it before a committee appointed by the Assembly. M. o,lilun Barrot here rose, and read a passage from a letter of General Changarnier, denying having written the orders in question, but admitting having dictated them. M. Clement Thomas here exclaimed, that General Changarnier had no right to absent himself when an act of his was under discussion, and invited the Pre. silent to summon him to attend.—(Loud murmurs.) M. Ledru Rollin again affirmed that the letter was in the handwriting of the General, and that the officer, the bearer thereof, bad given him that as surance. He again called on the Assembly to order an inquiry and appoint a committee, before which he undertook to demonstrate that rumours of a plot. for the 28th instant circulated, with foundation, in Paris, d t uiD g the lot thre dam twit men 14c1 been pAid to cry " Vive Napoleon !" at the last review, and that the same men were to be actors in the coup d'etat on the 28th. General Changarnier, were it only to re assure the country, should be at his pest. The President of the Republic, he thought, was capable of any foolish act, after the folly he had committed in 1836. He could not be in his senses when he attacked Lcu's Philippe, who was then so firmly sel.ted on his throne. On being pardoned, he wrote a letter to that Monarch expressive of his eternal gratitude, and in 1840 he recommenced, and, accompanied by a few men disguised as soldiers, and crying " Vive l'Em• pereur !" landed on the coast of Boulogne. Was not that folly ? Here an explosion of terrific murmurs arose, and cries of " Order" echoed on all sides. M. Odilon Barrot observed that it was impossible that the discussion could continue with that character of outrage for the First Magistrate of the Republic, elected by 6,000,000 of suffrages. The President might be constitutionally accused, but no body had a right to insult him, and those who proclaimed them selves exclusive Republicans should be the last to vilify the elect of the nation. M. Ledru Rollin maintained that, after the two acts he had denounced, the President was capable of anything. He did not accuse the Ministers; he knew their attachment to legality, but there were round the President men who were urging him to a coup (le main. On the 29th of January, when the Assembly was surrounded with troops, Ministers were ignorant of the cause of that extraordinary mi litary display, and nevertheless they came forward to cover the General with their o ld po li t i ca l pro bit y . Ministers knew nothing of w h a t was pass i ng at t h e Elysee. He did not charge them with conspiracy, but with blindness. In conclusion he asked that tne Assembly should order an in qu i ry . M. Falloux, Minister of Public Instruction, said that he had been happy to h ear f rom t h e mout h o f M. Ledru Rollin that none of the responsible agents of the Government were su specte d or capa bl e o f har b airing any factious desig ns aga i nst t h e cons tit ut i on . The question relative to General Changarnier was twice before the burea ux o f the Assem bl y an d was as often decided in a favourable manner for the General, and he would be accordingly justified in stating that the charges repeated against that honourable officer were only intended to excite passions out of doors. M. L e d ru R o lli n h a d threatened the country with a 10th of August. The people did not desire a 10th of August. They neither liked trem blers nor those w h o ma d e t h em tremble. France equally despised and rejected the men who were capable of nothing and capable of everything, the men who had as t on i s h e d h er by th e ir inca pacity and impotence.—(Bravos.) M. Falloux served the Republi c f ar b e tt er than those who proclaimed themselves its exclusive champions, and by their insa n ity, by evo ki ng th e phantom of the coalition and th e R uss i an em pi re , by exciting irrita tion and appealing to revolt, hastened the advent of despotism. If the country was in danger, as they al leged, they were cu l pa bl e i n th e ex treme to stir up all passions. He would tell them that they would fall themselves the victims of their insanity, and reminded them of the fate of their pre decessors in the career of revolution. After Bailly, Pethion was sacrificed ; after Pethion, Barnave; after Barnave, Danton ; and after Danton, Robespierre ; and ultimately despotism muzzled all those tigers. Proceed in the same course, added M. Falloux, and you must arrive at the same end. M. Falloux was repeatedly interrupted by yells and insulting apostrophes from the Left, and applause from the Right, and on descending from the tribune, he was surrounded by nearly all the Members of the latter side and warmly congratulated. The sitting was afterwards suspended for some moments, and the de bate was ultimately adjourned to the next day. In the mean time every hour brings to light fresh proofs of the truth of the statement of M. VICTOR CONSIDERANT, as to the intention of the Bugeaud Falloux faction to attempt the destruction of the Constitution, by violence, on the 27th M a y. The following is the outline of the plot, as exposed in the Democratic Pacifique : In an article in that journal, M. VICTOR CONSIDE RANT says that Marshal BUGEAUD had written to the present Government to inform them that now was i the time to act, if ever ; that in consequence t had been determined t o d o as Marshal BUGEAUD advised. The intention, therefore, was to coalesce with the three Northern Courts, in order to stifle revolution and democracy in all Europe. One of the results of this accord had been the recognition , by the Emperor of RUSSIA, of the French Republis ; then a coup d'etat was to be attempted, but this would bring i on a battle ; and in order to do this, MM. BARROT, ASSY, TRACY, and LACROSSE, who are averse to violent measures, must be replaced by resolute men, who would not recoil—such as BUGEAUD, FAUCHER, and DE FALLOUY, whose irresponsible advisers should be MM. TRIERS and CLIANGARNIER. Such is the plan in view, continued the Democratic Pacifique. People will be sent through Paris to excite the tied Republi cans, exasperated by the nomination of such a Mi nistry, to rise and fire on the troops, who will be ready to receive them. The conspiracy was to break out on the 27th, 28th, and 29th of the present month A letter from Metz states that telegraphic orders had been received from General CHANGARNIER for the march of large bodies of troops from that garrison for Paris—and also for fifty hospital nurses to be sent to Paris, who were to arrive on the 27th. This last order evidently proves that the General imagined there would be fighting, and more wounded than the Paris staff of nurses could conveniently attend to. A similar order, as regards troops has been dis patched for Strasburgh, and they are now pouring into Paris. The Moniteur announces that Baron DE KISSELEFF has presented his credentials as Charge d'Afrairs of Russia. M. DE MALESVILLE goes to Berlin on a special mission. _ _ The Union has the following statistical details of the new Chamber:— All the continental elections of France are now known. The number of representatives for our 85 departments is "' .. ... ... ... ... 734 Colonies and Algeria, as yet unknown ... ... 16 750 Of the 734 representatives now known, it is calculated that 514 belong to the moderate party, and 220 only to the soc i a li s t. The 734 Members are, at the present mo ment, somewhat reduced, in consequence of one person being returned for more than one place. M. Ledru Rol lin has been returned five times. General Changareier, Napoleon Bonaparte, and Fe ix Pyat three times, and nineteen other members have obtained double elections. Two representatives returned are since dead, MM. La cave-Laplagne and Roger (du Loiret). Thirty-one seats are thus lett vacant in the Legislative Assembly, which will i i l i l ity c e o 3 r 3 n s9 p e e a l mts a mi f n r b e e s t h rhse c o o Lf n e v gt o hicse t a la ti i t) v n e of the electoral colleges, to fill up the vacancies, withi n a delay of forty days. Constituent Chamber. A ssem bly will there, 228 have hitherto belonged to the moderate party, and II I to the opposition of all shades. Among the present representatives who have met with popular ostracism may be mention the following, who, since the 4th of May, have been presidents of the National As eemb!y, viz. MM. Buchez, Siaard, Merle, and Armand Marrest. Of the eleven members of the. Provisional G an u d y E A T ri r a m g e o n , , willt Tee haveonly, assts sa t ßollin, ve A C ie s s e aai m e b u l y x TLe St cretary-General of the Provisional Government, M. Pagnerre, and the three Ministers appointed by them, MM. Goudchaux, Bethmont, and Csrnot, have not been re-elected to the new Assembly. Of the twelve Ministers called to office by General Cavaignac, two only, MM. Dufaure and Lamoric;l, - e, have been re elected, but both those have obtained a double election. The Ministers named by the President of the Re public will all form part of the new Assembly, with the exception of General Rullueres and Leon de Malle ville, who have not been re-elected, but MM. Odtlon Barrot and Passy have each obtained a double nomina tion. There will be in the new Assembly one marshal of France, twenty-six grnerals, and, without speaking of intermediate ranks, three sub-officers, one of each has had double elections. The navy is there repre sented by three admirals, and the clergy by a bishop and four priests. The Siecle asks whether it is true that, simultane ously with the departure of M. Lessk rs, M. DE PERSIGNT, aide-de-camp of the PRESIDENT, had been sent with secret instructions from Government to the same quarter. _ The Veloce arrived at Marseilles on the 22d from Civita Vecchia. M. FORBIN JANsoN, the French charge d affaires at Rome, came as a passenger on board her, and is,it is said, the bearer of terms for an arrangement between the French and the Roman Republics. The Journal des Debats announces the conclusion of an armistice between Ueneral OUDINOT and the Romans. The debate on the motion of M. LEDRU ROLLIN was resumed at the sitting of the National Assembly yesterday, and had not concluded when the post left. It was of a much less acrimonious character than the discussion of the day prec eding had been. M. BarvEs, one of the Members of the Mountain, had given notice of the following proposition : " The National Assembly, at the moment of resigning its sov(reign powers, desirous to testify to the National Guard and to the army the sentiments of gratitude with which it i 4 penetrated, for the assistance which they have rendered it in the works of organizing and of strength ening the Democratic Republic— " DECREES " Art. 1. That a review of the National Guard, and of the troops of the garrison of Paris, shall take place at the Champ de Mars on the 27th of May next, the last day of the session of the Constituent Assembly. "Art. 2. The National Assembly shall assist in a body at that review. The troops shall defile before it, and be fore the President of the Republic. " Art. 3. The Citizens Ministers of' the Interior and of War shall be charged each in that which concerns the execution of the prevent decree." By the returns of the Bank of France of the past week, it appears that the metallic reserve has de creased upwards of two and a half millions in Paris, and about four millions in the Branch Banks. The diacopt pcoraz o d it ti ou has incrosed iA Paris 4914 two millions, and decreased about one million in the Branch Banks; the total amount in the former h-lug 47,359,335 francs, and in the latter 76.596 003 r. The protested bills have diminished about 150,000 f. in all, the amount for Paris b:•ing now 6,187,574 f., and in the Branch Banks 3,735,200 f. The amount of overdue bills has decreased from 286 927 t. to 72 983 f. On the side of the liabilities, the amount of notes in circulation has increased about four and three quarter millions in Paris, and about one mil lion in the Branch Banks. The account current of the Treasury has eecreased about two millions, the amount now being 30 : 157,207f. The accounts cur rent of V - e public have increased nearly four niillioLs in Paris, and decreased upwards of three millions in the country, the amount of the former being now 93,851,902 f., and of the latter 27,439,114 f. The whole amount of the metallic reserve is at present about 331/ millions to about 4021 millions of notes in circulation. MA Y 26. i 849. PARIS BOURSE, FRIDAY, MAY 25. THREE OCLOCK.—The favourable news from Italy, and the confidence beginning to be felt that the public peace will not be di.turb€d, caused a further rise in the prices of bet i It rites and Railway Shares to-d,y. 'There was no news stirring. Exchange on London (3t) thys), 25 47i; ditto (90 da3s), 25 35. BUSINESS UONE IN fORERIN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANUE, MAY 25. Boulogne and Amierls, 6% ex coupons—East Indian, 3 Great Indian Peninsular, 5 1 A--Northern of France, 9—Lux embourg, 1 3 4 -- Orleans and,Bordeaux, 2 3 4—Paris and Rouen, 18%—Paris and Strasbourg, 4 1 4 —Tours and Nantes, 3,A. SPA IN. Madrid journals of the 19:h have arrived. They announce the defeat and dispersion of the bands of the TRISTANY and of EL MoNcuAco. MADRID BOLSA, MAY 19. Three per Cents., 25} ; Five per Cents. 10i. Exchange on London, 50 30. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. Accounts have been received from Vienna to the 20th. A letter had been received from Agram of the 13Lh which said— " We hear of nothing but fresh victories gained by the Magyars. The Ilonveds have advanced from Versed to Pancova; General Beta is now master of the Banat; and the Servian troops are now in Syrmira. Backs is also in the enemy's hands. Pancovu has been con quered, and occupied by the Magyars. The Ban is i❑ Temeswar is still in :the hands of the !Imperi alists, though a report was current, a tew days since, that it had fallen into the hands of the Magyars. We have no further intelligence respecting the state of things in the Waywodd." The news of the capture of Oren is confirmed. GORGEY sent his summons of surrender to General HERITZL by a prisoner of war, because, said GORGEY in his summons, " Warned by the disgraceful, di , honourable system, after which even our parleyers are seized and treated as criminals by the Austrians, I choose for the bearer of this letter an Austrian prisoner of war." The Cologne Gazette of the 24th, in an article dated Hungary, says : " To-day our intelligence is brief, but it is decisive. oen has been taken by the Hungarians. The detect of the Russimis is condi med." The following is the officialannouncement of BEM'S two victories over the Russians : " Austrians newspapers dare to publish the lying report that the spirit or discord had broken out in our armies, and a!so among the noble Hungarian nation. Brave comrades in arms, noble people You know what credence such a report merits. Our battle fur freedom has turned the eyes of Europe upon us; hasten to our head quarters, and you will find there nut only the envoys of our immediate neighbours, but also from France, the magnanimous England, aye, even from states beyond the great ocean. Do not tremble at the approach of the Russians, nor at their cannon. The brave Lieut.- General Bem has twice succeeded, as you know, in chasing away the bold stranger, when he entered our land from Uallicia. At Krivan, on the 7th of May, 6,000 Russians laid down their arms; on the 9 h and 10th of May, at Aria, more than 30,000 wen ; their officers fight now iu our ranks. Their arms, artillery, ammunition, and horses, were our booty. Persevere but for a while in the contest for our rights, for our freedom, and our just cause will triumph. " The President KOSSUTH, BATHIANY, WLADISLAW KAssINSItI. "Debrerzin, May 12, 1849." The news of the occupation of Temeswar, Arad, Carlovitz, and Pautshova, by the Hungarians, is confirmed. A rumour was current at Raab on the 16th inst. of the Russians having entered Hungary near Dukla, and of their having suffered a defeat from Dembinsky, who engaged them between Bartfeld and Eperies. It is stated in a letter from Vienna of the 19th that the Rus:ian troops had been well received by the inhabitants of Gailicia, and the people called them fellow•countrymen, in opposition to the Austrians and Germans. A brilliant reception had been given to General Schudaieif, and there was a talk of getting up a petition to the Emperor of Russia to take Gal. licia under his protection. PRUSSIA. The Prussian Government are excessively wrath with the Republicans of B.den, for having broken down the Zollverein barrier on the frontier between Baden and France. Foreign manufactures are thus enabled to enter the Zillverein duty free, and the French cotton manufacturers of Alulhausen have not 'Ailed to avail themselves liberally of this valuable outlet. SAXON Y. Accounts from Dresden state that the King of SAXONY is dangerously iii. The Universal Gazette of Leipsic denies that the Poles took an active part in the recent insurrection at Dresden. Up to the 15th the Police had ascer tained that there were 176 insurgents killed, and on that day there remained 123 in the hospitals. The rich princely family of Czartoriski had been ordered to leave Saxony. BAVARIA AND THE PALATI NATE. Letters from Kaiserslauten of the 17th have ar rived. They state that on the previous day the Committee of the country had resolved 1. That the collective impost should be accepted as a scale for the raising of voluntary contributions. 2. That those who pay less than three florins taxes should not be eslled on to contribute. 3. That 25 per cent. should be- raised within three days, and later, if neces sary, a further 25 per cent. This resolution produced great dissatisfaction among the tradespeople, who are taxed very highly compared with the landed proprietors, but it was somewhat diminished when, at the close of the sit ting, still further contributions were made by the members present, independent of the 25 per cent. mentioned. In the evening a popular assembly, con sisting of about 2,000 persons, was held, over which Professor KINKEL, from Bonn, presided; and when the unanimous resolution was adopted to petition the representatives of the Palatinate, about to assemble on the 18th, that they would-1. Constitute a Provi sional Government for the Palatinate. 2. Declare the Palatinate as independent of the empire. The tnem bers of the temporary Government, with their sub stitutes, were elected on the 18th. FRANKFORT. The Regent his appointed General VON PEUCKER to the command of a corps of 12,000 men, who are to garrison Frankfort. HAN OVER. The Members of the First Chamber presented an address to the King on the 11th, urging him to at once convoke the Parliament. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. Frederica still held out on the 19th. ITAL Y. The Contemporaneo of Rome, of the 16th, states that M. DE LESSEPS was the bearer of an order to General OUDINOT, not to attempt to enter Rome, unless invited by the inhabitants. In consequence of this order, hostilities with the French were sus pended. M. DE LESSEPS was to have an interview with the Triumvirs on the 16th. On the 13th, Rome was suddenly alarmed by two violent detonations. Every one flew to arms, thinking the enemy was at the gates. But the cause of the alarm was soon found to be a corps of French troops, which, having occupied the Via Flaminia, had prevented the courier from passing. The latter had iinme. rliately given notice of the fact to the soldiers of the Roman corps of Engineers, who on being apprised of the proximity of the enemy, fired the mines, and blew up the bridge. General AVEZZANA has retired from the command of the troops, but keeps the portfolio of war. CUI. ROSELLI is named Commander-in-Chief of the Army. The Riforma of Lucca states fr ,m Ancona, 10th t that the extraordinary commissary of that town has arrested as hostages two brothers of Monsignor BEDINI, the Papal commissioner who accompanies the Austrian expedition against Bologna, as also several members of the MAsrat family, related to the PorE, as reprisals for the arrest by the Austrians of a member of the municipal deputation of Bologna. Mr. Charles Mathews has engaged Mr. W. J. Hurlston, who hes appeared so 'successfully in the aeiateur performances of the Whittington Club, and will tniike his first appearance at the Lyceum; in a new farce, written by Mr. J. P. Wooler, author of Founded on Facts, &c., entitled Discharge your Tiger, on Thursday ilt4t) 1 1 4 nit Ws4 ti. iIIO.NEY aiici COMMERCIAL NEWS x'l7 Y, QUA Iti El? % 1 lIRE,E. The saes of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 5,000 bales, including 1,000 for exp, rt and F pvculat io n , without alteration in prices.—Railway Shares were exceedingly dull, and pricks continued to decline. The statements rektive to the abundance of meney, have become much more general within the last few days, and there is proof on all sides of their correctness. First rate mercantile bills are discounted at 2-1 to 2}- per cent., and money upon the security of stock is not worth more than 1 per cent. We call bat dly expect but that this should to upon the circulation ut the Bank of England, and it is agreeable to find, upon reference to the weekly bala❑ce-sheet made up to the 19th instant, tht.t the pri vate deposits are not larger, because we may infer there from that parties are investing their surplus assets in securities which, from the recent depression in price, and strict investigation, appear to offer some temptation, or that they :zre enabled to employ a portion thereof in commercial pursuits. Certain it is, that the business of the Bank does not at present increase, and that the tem porary turn in the bullion tide has reached its limit, with every probability of flowing steadily towards this country, while the political affairs continue so unsettled abroad. The following is a comparison between the past and the previous week:— Not , s d Increase ... 27,517.705 ... 57.080 ... 3,157,400 ... 1,368 ... 4,802,145 Increase Public Deposits ... Increase ... Other Deposits ... 1,004,160 ... 9,985,529 ... 767,029 ... 1,101,793 ... 89,052 ... no alteration .. 9,878,145 ... 134,971 ... 8,802.905 ... 297,840 .., 14,351,453 ... 43,658 ... 18,714,800 ... 240 760 Decrease Seven Day and other Bills Decrease ... Government 'ecurities Other Securities ... Decrease ... Notes ••• Increaseßullion ... ... Increase ... Active Circulation crease The rates at which bills of exchange on the principal Continental cities were negotiated yesterday atternoon were not quite so high in one or two cases, more inch nation to draw being exhibited, though the want of con fidence is still felt as a serious bar. On Paris the terms for three months' paper were 25 65 to 70, on Trieste 12 12, but nominal; on Hamburgh, 13 13 to 135; and, on Am sterdam 12 2 to 25. The exports of the precious metals from London during the week to Thursday last were only 86,000 ounces of ;Aver, all to the Continent, and 250 ounces of gold coin to Belgium. There has been an increased business doing to-day in Public Securities, and the market is more buo) ant, sustain ing the improved tone remarked yesterday. Consols have been 91+ to 5, and now are 91+ Exchequer-bills continue at 445. to 475. premium, and India Bonds at 71s. premium. New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have real.sed 901 to -1. In the foreign mirket there is not much doing. Mexi can have risen, being 305 1, with the Coupons. Chilian Three per Cents. are 52, and Equador Stock is at 34. Ressian Bonds have been 1015 to 102, being decicb city lower than they were a few v, eeks since. Spanish Five per Cents. are 15/ to 165. Dutch Two-and-a Halt per Cents. have been 48+ to /. Railway Shares are heavy again, and generally rather lower, but there is very little doing. The provincial markets being depressed, recourse is had more to the meti opolitau markets, which raquires the support of more buyers, and these, no doubt, would come ler% ard if there were greater certainty as to future dividends. We know that bets are made that shares will be lower yet, but this only increases the necessity that holders should keep cool, inves•igate, if thought desirable; but at least not to yield to undue de spondency or play into the hands of interested parties, by sacrificing their property. Caledonian are heaviest this morning. The Foreign lines are dull and almost nominal. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Anns ......... 91% % 1 4 1 , 2 1 ,4 New 3% per Cant. Anus 9 0 5 4 4% % India Bonds under .... 71 p Consols for Account 91%%4% Exchequer Bills. 1 1 A d. 2d. March. June. 1,0001. 5001. Small 44 p Ditto Advertised,.......... 43 46 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Chilian Bonds, 3 per Cent 52 Dan:sh Bonds 1825, 3 per Cent.... Ditto, 5 per cent. Scrip, 1849.... Ditto Bonds Equador Bonds 3 3 /4 Mexican tionAs, 1846, 5 per Cent., C.Jupons 30% Ditto for the Account SOX, Ditto Ex Coupons Ditto Account ........ Russian Bonds. 1822, 5 per Cent — Ditto for the Account .... Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,l840 Ditto for the Account Dividends on the above nayable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild Ditto 4 Der Cent. Certificates B f•AINES , DON.6 LN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCIi R 4ILWAIB. PAID. PER SHARE. ‘berdeen Buckinghamshire 161.4s O /2 dis.... to `aledonian East Anglia, 251. L. & E., aßci L. & D Ditto, 181., E. &II lB ...... -- Ditto, 3/. 108., E. & 11... 3 1 ,4, l 3/i to Et.stera Counties Great Northern—. ......... .... 20 ;reat North of England 100 ......226 ...... to 4reat Western ilull and Selby 5O ..... ~... • to Ditto, Half Shares .. ...... 25 ...... 48% 1 /y, to Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93 ..... Ditto Sixteenths ..-....... 6 1 A .... 4 1 4 to L ntii., Bright., & South Coast 50 L. , andon as North Western.....loo 12 6 1, 42 to 125 1 4 uondon and S. Western...—. 60 „, ~ to Ditto, New 501....... . ..... . 42 1 x,...... 26 Ditto, Thirds l6l. 13s. 4d. * 2 dis. to Manch Buxton, & Matlock 4 1 / 2 l l / 8...... to 4 idland Ditto. 501. Shares ...... 25 I S IA %... to nidland, Consol. Bristol and Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 123........ to N'orth British North Stailordshire... ...... 17 1 ,E 12% to ►xtord, Worcester, and Wol verhampton Reading,Guildtd.,& Reigate 15 . 15 3 %...... to South . ':astern iork, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 Do. and Newcastle Exten. 20 Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. S 4 , / i to York and North Midland .. 50 ..... 30 1 / 2 to Ditto, Preference FOREIGN RAILWAY 6. Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon) .... :lreat Indian Peninsular 5 ...... 5 Northern of France COURSE OF EXCHANGE. Amsterdam •• .. 12 2% DitlA.), at sight ...... 12 1 ttotterdam .... • • .... 12 3 Antwerp• 25 77% FlAmburgh .... • •31.8. 13 1394 l's.ris, 3 days'sight .... 25 50 Ditto, 3 months .... 25 75 *Larseilles ............ 25 8 Bourdeaux . 25 80 Frankfort on Maine.... 122 Petersburgh, Sll. Rble.. 3,5 1 :teruit•• •• •• •• Vienna, effee. 50•..... 12 12 Trieste, ditto.... • • .... 12 12 Madrid •••••••••••••• 51 Cadiz •• ••• •••• •• •• 50% Bilbao.. •• •• .• •• • •• •.1 Barcelona •••••••••••• Seville•••••...•••••••• Gibraltar.. Legh0rn........ • •• 31 0 Genoa ... •• • ...... •• .. 2G 50 gilan .............. •••• Venice ........ Naples ...... • • ...... 40% Palermo, peroz 11634 Messina .............. 120 Lisbon 53 Oporto .... . • .. • • 53% Lilo Janeiro • • iitienos Ayres .. ••.. • • -- New York, 21 days'sight -- Philadelphia PRICES OF BULLION, PER 011 Foreign Gold in bars.. £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Dollars ••.. • • 0 0 0 Silver in bars •• •• 0 0 0 LLOYD'S SIIIPPIA G--('PHIS DAY.) LONDON, MAY 26.—Wind this day at noon, S.S.W.; moderate breeze and fine. KINGSTOWN, MAY 24.—Wind S., strong. Sld. Hy derabad, Hobart Town. DUBLIN, MAY 23.—Arrd. Cherokee, Trinidad. CARDIFF, MAY 24.—Sld. Millman, Portland, Australia. BRISTOL, MAY 24.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Fanny, Rees, Barbadoes; 25th, Sarah, Jones, Callao. Sld. Clara, Jamaica. OFF FALMOUTH, MAY 24.—Constitution, Puerto ru er ß toC n a s: Ca bello, fur Copenhagen; Frolic, St. John's, N Bruns wick, for Poole. COWES, MAY 25.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Agenoria, Webster, Havannah. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 25.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Prince Alb , rt, Meyer, New York, and sailed for London. DEAL, MAY 25.—Wind S. to S.W.—Arrd. from the River, Casper, Eldred, Adelaide, South Australia; James Gibson, Clarkson, Algoa Bay; Enchantress, Spurgin, Cape of Good Hope and Port Natal. Arid. from the River and dd., Seringapatarn, dney, New South Wales; Chieftain, Madras; Mary, Demerara; Jamaica, Antigua; Fantome, Jamaica; Abeona, New Yot k ; Germania, ditto. Sld. Wallace, Coquimbo. GLASGOW, MAY 25 —A screw steamer, painted black, with red bottom, and round stern, was seen Ist inst. in hit. 48, long. 36, lying to in a gale at N.W. , by the Brooksly, Laurance, arrived in the Clyde. CLYDE, MAY 24.—Arrd. Champion, Mitchell, Mobile. PORT ISAAC, MAY 23.—The following vessels lying at Port Gavern, parted their stern moorings, got in contact, hove up at high watt -- r, and have received the following d,i wages :—The Georgianna, stern brackets, tranoom, beam, and knees carried away, stern broken and very much strained. The Caurinus, with loss of stern brackets, bulwarks, and stanchions, tore an d aft, and otherwise greatly strained. The Traveller, also withlo s 7 d o e f a s m te i rn . brackets, bulwarks, and stanchions, starboard d ships crunhe d in and badly strained. The Three Sisters, of I'adstow, with little or no apparent damage. LIVERPOOL, MAY 25.—Wind N.N. W.— Arrd. 24th, Matilda, Batter, Mauritius; 25th, Sea, Godfrey, Trini dad; Empress, Scott, New York. Sld. 24th,W Eliza..H. Harbeck, N, .w York; Lord Wellin g ton, Q uebec ; 25 th, Limena, Porto Rico; Jessie , Ba ltimore ; Tar tar , Wiltning 11Appahannock, New York; Cha r lotte , ditto, [Nth, Grimmer, Castine; Ottawa, Quebec; Lochlibo, ditto. Otf port, Lydia, Antigua; Margaret, Poynter. POOLE, MAY 24.—S1d. Stanley, Newfoundland. OFF PLYMOUTH, MAY 23.—Ubmond, Schetted, St. Croix, tor Copenhagen. PENZANCE, Mai 24.—Wind W.—Arrd. Oregon, Carey, St. Domingo. A man figure-head of a vessel, Supposed of about 100 tons, well carved at .d painted, was picked up near Porthleven on the 19th inst. Query, if of the Sir Walter Scott, of Falmouth, lost Bth inst. near the ittuidleatene. Rest DARTMOUTH, JAY 25.—Wind W.—Sld. 24th, Fear Not, St. Johr,'t, N wfouLdland. OFF SALCOBNE, MAY 24.—Leila, Stafford, Baltimore, for Rotterdam. MARKET N ki IS DAY.) COVZINT-G.CLE73:4I.tr. Very large supplies of both Fruit and Vegetables were on se.le in te-dsy's mr.rker, yet the general demand was acti(e, and pric s were fairly sup ported. The 4how of Flowers was ueusually fine. Fruit—Pine-apples (Queen's), 5s to 7s; and hot house Grapes, 12s to 15s per lb; Lemons, 53 to 10s; and Oranges, 9s to 14s per 100; Chesnuts, 2s to 4s per peck; forced Strawberries. 6d to Is Od per ( z. ; forced Peaches, 45s per dozen. Vegetables—Horseradish, 3s 6d to 5s ; and Celery, 10d to Is 3d per bundle; Asparagus, 3s to 7s 6d per 100; Spring Onions, 3d to 6d per bunch; Old Potatoes, 90s to 225 s per ton ; Cape Brocoli, 13s to 15s per dozen bundles; Mushrooms, 9d to Is per pottle; Endive, 6d to 9d per score; Cabbage Let tuces, is 6d 2s per half sieve; early York Cabbages, 7d to Is; and Beet Root, Is to is 3d per dozen; Turnips, 2s to 2s 6d ; Carrots, 2s 6d to 4s ; and White Cos Lettuces, is 6d 2s per score. Greens, 2s 6d to 4s per dozen bunches ; Parsley, Is 6d to 2s 3d per half sieve ; Sea Kail, is 3d to 2s per punnet; Cucumbers, 2s to 4s per brace; Rhubarb, 3s to 6s l) dozen bundles; Brussels Sprouts, is to Is 6d per half si.-ve; Parsnip, 6d to 8d; Cornish White Brocoli, is to 4s per dozen; Turnip Greens, 6d to 8d per bushel; Leeks, 8d to 10d per dozen bunches; New Po:atees, 9d to is per lb; and Shallots, 4d per lb.; French Beans, is 6d to 2s per 100; Radishes, 4d to 6d per dozen hands; small Salad, 2s to 2s 6d per dozen punnets; Cos Lettuces, 10d to is 4d per score. Green Goose berries, 4s to 5s per half-seive; Currants, 9d to is per pottle. NEUTGATE AND LEADENTIALL. Beef, from 2s 4d to 33 2d; Mutton, 2s 8d to 3s le; Lamb, 45 8d to 5s 83; Veal, 3s to 4s; and Pork, 3s to 4s per Sibs. POULTRY—Turkey Poulets, 4s to 5s 6d; Goslings, 5s to 8s; Fowls, 2s to 6s; Capons, 4s to 6s 6d; Chickens, 3s to 4s; Ducklings, 2s 9d to 4s; Pigeons 6d to 10d; and Rabbits, 10d to Is 9d each; Ostend Fresh Butter, 10s 6d to 12s; and English, ditto. lOs to 13s per dozen lbs; Irish Eggs, 4. 9d to 5s 3d; French, ditto, 52 to 6s; and English, ditto, 63 9d to 7s 311 per 120. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 4ti; Mutton, 2s 10d to 3s 10; Lamb, 5s 6d to 5s 10,1 ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 4d per Bibs. WiEIXT.ECIZAPEL. Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 2d; Mutton, 2s 8d to 3s 10J; Lamb, 5s to 5s 10d; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 2d; and Pork, 3s 2d to 4s per 81bs. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, 10d to is per lb.; turbots, 2s to 6s; Brills, 6d to 2s; Cod Fish, is to 3s; Whitings, 2d to 3d; Lobsters, is to 3s; and Crabs, is to 2s each; Salt Fisb, Id to 2d; ditto lltied, 3d to 4d per Ib; Soles, 3d to is 3d per pair; Eels, 4s to 10d per lb; Mackerel, 4d to 8d each ; Flounders, is to is 6d per dozen ; Sturgeon, 6d to 9d per lb; Haddocks, 3d to 6d each; Crimped Scate, 3d to 4d per lb; White Bait, is to 2s per quart. BREAD. _ _ The prices of Wheaten Bread in the Metropolis are from 7d to ;id; of household ditto, 5d to 6id per 41130 loaf. HIDE MARKET. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, led to lid; ditto, 641 b to 721 b, lid to li.1; ditto, 721 b to 80Ib, lid to 2d; ditto, 801 b to 881 b, 2id to 21d; ditto, 88Ib to 961 b, 24d to 3d; ditto, 961 b to 1041 b, 3d to 31d; ditto, 1041 b to 1121 b to 4d; Calf Skins, each, 4s 6d to 5s ; Lambs Skins, Is 3d to 2s 3d ; Horse Hides, 7s 6d; Shearlings, 6d to Bd. EAT MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21105 to 41 ; Clover ditto, 3l lOs to 51 Os ; and Straw, 11 6s to 11 lOs per load. A full avera , ,ze supply, and a heavy demand. CUMBERLAND. Meadow Hay, 21 12s to 4/ OS ; Clover ditto , 3/ 5s to 41 15s • and Straw, 11 7 5 to I/ 11s per load. ' Supply good, and trade dull. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow flay, 21 10s to 3/ 18s ; Clover ditto, 3/ os to 4/ 18s; and Straw, I/ 6s to 11 101 per load. Both Hay and Straw moved off slowly, at our quotations. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor did not sit to• day in consequence of his continued indisposition. VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE CHANCELLOR Of ENGLAND.) IN THE MATTER OF THE SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. This was an application for an injunction to restrain the South-Eastern Company from continuing the rise of - a certain " siding" upon the Woolwich branch, which was contiguous to some houses belonging to the peti tioner, and which it was alleged had resulted in con siderable injury to them. His HONOUR, after hearing the arguments of Mr. Bethel' and other learned gentlemen at some length, re fused to grant an injuction. (Before Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) RUGBY, WARWICK, AND WORCESTER RAILWAY. His HONOUR, upon a petition of a shareholder named Griffiths, decided that this company came under the operations of the Winding-up Act, and granted an in juncticn fur its dissolution. EXCHEQUER. —(THIS DAY.) How V. PIKE AND ANOTHER. This actin was tried on Thursday last, before Mr. Baron Parke, when a verdict was found lor the plaintiff for 32/ 4s. Mr. Sergeant WILKINS now applied for a nonsuit, on the ground ►hat no niateritil evidence was given of a dealing in the county of Middlesex, or for a new trial on the ground that the verdict was palpably against the evidence. The plaintiff was a journeyman engineer, • living at Poole, in Dorsetshire, sod the defendants were priprictors of large clay works at Wareham, and they • kept machiuery for claritying clay, which they had em employed the plaintiff to repair. He was engaged alto gether twelve weeks, and he claimed for his labour 52/. 2s, ; the defendants paid him 15/. on account, and now paid 11. 18i. into court as the whole to which they thought he was entitled. The ground of defence was that the work was badly done, that the machinery was worse than it was before, and that the waste of stoo' from the engine was to great that it was impossible to go into the engine-room when it was at work. The Court granted a rule upon both points. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) The Court was occupied the whole of the morning in hearing and deciding matters of legal practice, of st purely technical character, wholly uninteresting to the general reader. Mr. Justice WILLIAMS and a common jury sat at Diei prius, in the Westmiusier Sessions-house, but, as in the Banco Court, nothing transpired in the course of the morning sufficiently interesting to warrant a detailed report. IRELAND. DUBLIN, FRIDAY EVENING.—Up to the post hour this afternoon nothing definite had transpired with regard to the fate of the State prisoners. The con' mittee acting on their behalf are to meet this even. ing to make arrangements for the appointment of the deputation to wait upon Lord Clarendon with the memorial, which at present has nearly 16,000 signs' tures appended to it. OBSTRUCTIONS OF THE " RATE IN AID."—At a meeting, yesterday, of the Lingou (Armagh) Board of Guardians, the following resolution was unani• mously adopted :—" That in case any communi cations from the Commissioners be made to this board regarding the Rate in Aid Bills, o r the levy of any money thereunder, a discussion thereon before this Board s h a ll on l y take place upon notice to all the guardians put into the post-office a week pre' viously. One of the guardians avows the obj e ct of this resolution to be, that before the Kate in Aid Bil l shall be brought to bear upon the poor industrious ratepayers of the union, a full discussion shall take, place, and each guardian will have an opp or t un ity 0 1 declaring whether he will become a voluntary bailiff to carry into execution a most unjust attack upon the property of his neighbours and tenants. THE LATE EARL OF MAYO.—The deceased filled the situation of Chairman of Committees in the House of Peers, and was in receipt of a large pension since the Union. By his death a , he late Earl vac ancy is occurs in l the Irish representative peerage. isconephew, Robert Bourke, Esq., of Har p , of Member for ,the county o f Meath, father to the Ho n. succeeded in his title and estateinbythhe county Kildare. THE CORN TRADE.—We had a very dull market to. day, and prices of Tuesda y were with difficulty o btained, even for the best quality o f w h eat and oats . India corn met a stead y deman d , and fully supported the c urrencies of last day. White wheat, old, 235. to 265. 6d. ; red ditto, 225. to 245. 6d. ; ba r l e y, 139. to 16s. ;16 s . second6d. ; oats,ee fl our, 145. 6 d ie t 0 17 i s 3 . ; 8 I ndian d lbs., 30s. to 375. ALARM or FIRE AT THE SADLER'S WV° THEATRE.—This morning considerable excitement wpb created by a rumour that Sadler's Wells Theatre was er l , fire. It appears that a l t h ough not altogether destitute o f foundation, the rumour in question was a gross exagge; ration. That a fire broke out in the property-room e` the theatre early this morning is a fact, but it wes almost immediately extiuguished, and did but littl e damage. In—consequence of most severe indisposition, Alias Clara Se) tun's entertainment, at Crosby Ilall, is W t. " poned from Monday, May 28, until Monday, the 4th June, inst. A lad was drowned this morning, whilst bathing in the Th ames, near Blacktriars Bridge. EXTRAORDINARY HIGH TlDE.—This morning the tide caused considerable annoyance to many inhabitan ts on the south side of the bridges, especially in the neigh bourhood of from Lambeth to Vauxhall; and in one ia: stance, a tailor resident near Vauxhall Bridge was no t conscious of the inundation till the chairs of the lower room, where he was working, had been removed from their resting place by the water. This annoyance ba t : been occasioned by neglect of properly banking up th_ xeuih side of the Thames, and by the poor this evil im severely lelt. A Frenchman was recently sun bargaining f or a half-dozen sheep. "What are you about ?" s aid a frien "I have heard say," replied Monsieur, " you mutt WI sheep and sell dear. I shall buy de sheep and ton d e venison 1"