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T . LEGAL TITLE ASSULIANQE COMPS.` Y. (Provisionally Registered, January 17, 1849.) Capita!, 2,000,00 C/., in 80,000 Shares, of 25/, each. Preliminary Deposit, 2s. 6d. per Share Pros;,tctusea and toll information may be obtained at the Tempo- Oftl-es of the Company, 12e, Cannon-row, Westminster, on ap lication to SOCIETIES, &c. !. RUPERT and the CAVALIERS. By ELIOT WAP.BURTON, Esq., Author of •` The Crescent and the Cross." Three Vols. Bvo. 21. 2s. G. F. HOWE, !lon. See., pro tern. TtiE ,NEW WORK, for READING 2. EXPEDITION t) this WEITE .tiILE• By CIIAIILES O'REILLY. Two Vols. 21 s. 3. THE SEA. LIONS. A Romance of the Sea. By the Author of the " Red Rover," &e. Three Vols. 31s. 6d. 4. MEITORIALS of the,CIVIL WAR. (Concluding Volume of " )Fairfax.") By ROBERT BELL, Esq. Two Vols. Svo. 30s. Richard Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to h --------- er 3lajesty.) ITER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Madlle. ALBONI. It is respectfully anti-minced EN that lle. ALBONI 10.11 RE AP AR PE TI.IIS EVLING, May 12 M, ad in Rossini's Opera, A CENERESTOLA. To conclude with (tbe Scenery by Mr. Charles Marshall) an en tirely new grana allet. by M. Ta'glioui, entitled ELECTRA ; or, The Lost Pleinde. Applicaticns for ii.uxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be Knee at the Box omee, t)pe:s Coluntiai,e. Doors of • r at I Calf-. ast Seven, Concert to commence at Eight. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Pox - o ttlce of the Theatre, where Pit Tickets may be obtained as usual. price lOs. Gd. each ‘i T. —7 JAMES'S THEAT Season 1819. FRE:;CTI On LAYS and OPERA COMIQVE. MONDAY EVENING The Performances will commence at Half-past Seven o'clock with FRA. DIAVOLO. To conclude with LES RENDEZVOUS BOURGEOIS. Mr. Mitchell begs als o to announce that. notwithstanding the in- X a ased expenses of the present entertainment, the prices of admis- Nlon are determined as follows : G s• Od. Boxes • • • • •• •• •• Pit • . • • .. 33. Od. Amp hitheatre ..• 2s. Od. Subscriptions for the season m a y be arranged at Mr. Mitchs treet ;ell's R o yal Library, 33, Old Bon d-street ; Mr. Sams', St. Jarnes's- Hr. Andrews , New Bond-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily t rom eleven till dve. •". HAYMARKET. Mr. B. 'Webster. Side Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. EVENIN. Will be performed an entirely new Comedy, entitled RUNAWAY HUSBANDS. Characters by Messrs. Howe, Wallatk, Vandenhoff, and Buckstone ; Miss Reynolds and Mrs. Fitzwilliam. ; After which a Classical Extravaganza, entitled THE SPHINX. To be followed by THE ROUGH DIAMOND. Ito conclude with the Farce of LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS. TM:Ants ROYAL. A1)ELP111. Ender the direction 01 Madame Celesta. THIS EVENING, Will be performed TIES LAST LEGS. After which a new grand Extravaganza, entitled THE DEVIL'S T10.,1N AND THE REVOLT OF THE FLOWERS. To conclude with the Farce called SLASHER AND CRASHER. Mr. Slasher, Mr. Wright; Mr. Crasher, Mr. Paul Bedford. ROYAL. tALIs.LIM TREAT kr.. Clatter the 2,4 anagunent or Madame Vestris. S'Olq Lessee. Mr. Charle4 a. he 7. s. THIS EVENIN. G Will be performed a new comic Da, ram called THE HUSBAN OF MY WIFE. Characters by Messr4. C. Mathews, Harley D , F. Matthews, Selby, and Varselle ; Miss li. Gilbert, and Miss Connor. To be followed by a Piece entitled HOLD UR TONGUE. Cha racters isy Messrs. C. Mathews, Selby, and YO Parselle ; Miss H. Gil bert, Miss Jane Coleman, and Madame Vestris. To eonciade with THE SEVEN CHAMPIONS OP CHRISTEN- DOM. Dress Boner, 55.; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery. Is. No bait-price to any part of the house. The Sew lox-office, No. 2, Wellington. street, is open to the public overy day, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S TIIF.ATII.K. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVF.NING, Will be presented a new Domestic Opera, entitled THE BLIND SISTER ; or, the Mountain Farm. To be followed by the Last Act of Donizettrs celebrated Opera, entitled LUCIA 1 LAMMERMOOR. After which, Mdlles. W. an 3 A. Neruda and their brother Victor sill perform en the Violin. Violoncello, and Pianoforte. To conclude with THE WATERMAN. Tom Tug, Mr. C. Braham, twlc AL AM P HAT II EAT Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &e. In active preparation, and will be proluce , l at Whitsuntide a new grand Military Equestrian Spectacle, entitled MOOLTAN and GO;NJEAT; er, the Conquest of the Seikhs. The new grand Easter spectarle unprecedentedly successful. THIS EVENING, The performance will commence with a Grand Equestrian Spec tacle, by Fitzball, entitled THE WHITE MAIDEN OF CALIFOR NIA ; or, the florae of the Ocean. Tu be followed by an inimitafle display of SCENES IN THE CIRCLE. in which the Prat Equestrian talent of the day will appear. To conclude with a favourite Afterpiece. lios-itthee open iron, Eleven till Four. Manseer. Mr. W Welt. THE WEATHELL—Scri OFFicE, MAY 12. TIMMONETER, Lowest, 33; Hizhest, 52, Noon, 55 BAROMETER, 30.25. WIND S.S.E.—fine weather. t 0 , ,, AL WINUON TRU DAT —Morning, 11 min. after 4 Evening, 26atter To-Moaoiv — 41 min. after 4 I Eveniag, 1 min. alter 5 -44 •,T • ,t ‘ f • • Anil - - t) E 11 11-c ~. LONDON, SATURDAY. MAY 12, 1849. Can there be any truth in the rumour ? That Minis ters are projecting a grand scheme to relieve them- selves from a vast accumulation of embarrassments. Among the Clubs we have heard it, not whispered, but openly reported, that it is the intention of her Majesty's Government to hurry two or three pet measures, such, for example, as the Navigation Bill and the Rate in Aid Bill, through the Houses, and then, about the middle of June, to arrange about the sudden and premature prorogation of Parliament. By that means, of course, bulking all the important measures which are either in preparation, or are even partially developed—the Scotch Lunacy Bill to ivit, the Scotch Registration Bill, the Health of Towns Bills proposed for Ireland and Scotland, the Parliamentary Oaths Bill, the Charitable Trusts Bill, and the rest, and he rest—thereby affording the members ofthe Cabinel leisure to deliberate over the difficulties that have to le vanquished, especially in reference to the contrivance of some magnificent policy in regard to the adminis tration of affairs in Ireland. Our emotions would, indeed, be peculiarly poignant could we by any means induce ourselves to view these assertions as credible. We should, in our capacity as journalists, sympathise with the lamentations of MACDiFF more than if we witnessed the impersonation of that cha- racter by the greatest iNlacnurr upon the boards, Mr. PHELPS. " What—all my pretty ones? Did you say, all? 0, hell-kite ! All? What, all my pretty chickens and their dam, at one fell swoop?" That such, however, can be the ruthless determina tion of her MAJESTY'S advisers is beyond all reason• able belief. No such dangerous experiment can, we are satisfied, be in contemplation among a b:,dy of statesmen so familiar with the disposition of the mul titude. The more especially is the thing improbable at such a periol of anxiety and agitation—when, to the urgency of our own interior condition in regard to Ireland, are added all the actual or prospective ditturbances of the states of the continent—war between Hungary, on the one side, and a Russo- Austrian Coalition on the other; war between Den mark and Prussia; war between Naples and Sicily ; war between Austria and Venice ; the invasion of the Roman and Tuscan dominions from the north by ..A.usiria, from the srooth by Naples, and from the western shores of Italy, through Civita Vecchia, by the French under OUDINOT ; a probable insurrection throughout the Polish provinces, namely, in Po-en and Gallicia, in obedience to the summons of the battle-trumpet of BEM ; a by no means impossible declaration of war by the Turkish SOVEREIGN in de- fence of the liberties of Moldo•Wallachia, threatened by the AUTOCRAT ; and, above all, the very serious state of agitation which is becoming every day more perceptible over the various kingdoms and principali- ties of the German pepulation! At such a juncture it is more than ever unlikely that Lord JOHN B.us- SELL and his colleagues would be rash enough to place a padlock on the mouth of the People, by abruptly proroguing the Parliament. It is more than ever unlikely, when the community are more than ever conscious of the inestimable advantages afforded by the possession of a legislative chamber like the House of Commons—a chamber through which the nation can at all times speak whatever is upparmost in its heart, or deepest iu the abysses of its conscience. Tke last act of the Irish state trials has terminated The arguments which ran to such an extraordinary length on the other side of St. George's Channel have been brought to a summary conclusion. The House of Lords, after hearing the unanimous de cision of the Learned Judges who had been called in to assist their Lordships—a decision which was de livered without the counsel on behalf of the Crown being called upon to argue the errors assigned, confirmed the judgment of the Court below, without the slightest hesitation or difficulty. This result cannot in any degree have surprised the learned gentlemen who appeared on behalf of the prisoners, or even those unfortunate persons themselves. The opinions of the Irish Judges were too clearly and un equivocally expressed, and too ably sustained, to per mit a single doubt to remain in the mind of any person possessed of the slightest knowledge of law. It was manifest that the objections taken, although ingenious enough, could not stand the test of the close and accurate reasoning to which they would undoubtedly be subjected. This anticipation has been fully realised, and the parties convicted now await the punishment which her MAJESTY, tempering justice with mercy, may please to allot for the offence of w►nch they have respectively been found guilty by juries of their country. Although the proceedings have been so unusually protracted, we cannotregret the delays which have ne cessarily intervened, or that the cases have been brought under the consideration of the ultimate tribunal, the court of last appe.d. It is well that the nation should be convinced that no unfair advantage was taken— that everything was conducted in due form of law— that there was no error, either of form or substance, on the part of the law officers of the Crown in Ireland. Had it been otherwise, statements might have been made that would have acted strongly upon an excitable nation ; it might have been hinted that those leanied and impartial Judges who presided over the Irish Couits had been unduly bia-sed, that their opinions had been in some degree influenced by the importance of the subject, and the necessity of vindicating the majesty of the law. it will now be known that they held the scales of justice with even hands; that they firmly and dispassionately discharged the grave duties with which they were entrusted. The welt-merited eulo giums passed by the Lord Chief Justice of the Com mon rieas, as the representative of his judicial brethren, upon the s, and learning and distinguished ability displayed in their judgments, were strength ened and confirmed by the Noble and Learned Lords who presided on the judgment-seat ; and the voice of detraction and calumny, must be for ever silenced after such an expression of admiration and respect. Our sole object, therefore, in making allusion to the rumour just nosV prevalent in the club-houses of Pall-mall and St. James's that by plainly articu lating that rumour in print we may elicit its direct contradiction ; and our anxiety to obtain this denial is the mare urgent, as we observe an incident which occurred only last evening in the Commons. In an swer to an inquiry put to him yesterday by the lion. Gentleman the representative of Carlow, in reference to the intention of the Government as to the introduction of sanitary measures for Ireland, the Prime Minister gave a reply so equivocal as in some degree to justify the credulity of those who seriously anticipate this premature prorogation of Parliament. We are in consequence doubly solicitous that all further doubt one way or the other should at once be removed. The anxiety arising from the present un certainty only tends in a very striking manner to aggravate the unhealthy excitement of the general mind both in regard to our home affairs and our foreign relations. When likewise it is borne in recollecti,u that some of our most conspicuous colonies, such fur instance as Ceylon and the Canadas, are in a pasture, either dangerous to their reputation or incompatible ith their retention, it must be acknowle that there are additional reasons, and reasons, moreover, of a very remarkable and conclusive character, for the continued sitting of the Houses until the ordinary pe.-ical of their prorogation, until the grouse are sufli ciently plump to whet the appetite of the true sportsman. Nothing, we are ssti fled, would tend more to diminish the popularity of the Administration than a movement like the one to which we ere making allu sion—a movement which would inevitably be viewed as a tacit confession of the incapacity of the Govern ment, at least yet awhile, to grapple with existing difficulties. Out of a regard, therefore, to their own repute with the million, we trust that the Cabinet will, by its conduct during the remainder of the ses sion, dissipate any such idle conjectures. To suppose that the men now at the head of affairs would act, as it is imagined by many persons it is their intention to act, would be to conceive them capable of throw ing over the national interests for their own individual convenience. Several of the measures at the present moment before the Legislature are of too peculiar importance to be suddenly burked with im punity. The Scotch Lunacy Bill, for example, is one L long demanded by the multitude, and its fur ' ther postponement would be nothing less than the infliction of a very serious injury upon an unhappily large section of the inhabitants of Scotland. Its provisions are as essential, as the principle which first created the office of Com missioners de Lunatic° Inquirendo was hu mane and generous. Again, the procrastination of the Parliamentary Oaths Bill would be a direct slight, nay worse than a slight, a positive injustice to the very constituency which elected the Premier as one of its representatives—the great me tropolitan constituency of London, which, by the election of Baron LIONEL DE ROTHSCHILD on the occasion of the last general election, have declared in favour of the extension of religious tolerance at the expense of a quarter of its legitimate influence in the deliberations of the House of Com mons. Nor are those the only measures required by the people fur the alleviation of their sufferings or for the development of their enjoyments. There are several others—and this, be it remembered, thanks to the very Cabinet ss hich is pre sumed in many quarters to be on the eve of risking its popularity by 'the sudden proro gation of Parliament! Let the leaders of the Admi- I if they value the opinion of the great nation over which they are placed as rulers, avail themselves of the very earliest opportunity for the contradiction of a rumour so injurious to themselves and so hateful to the multitude. Although, however, no question can now be raised as to the legality of the judgment, although it must be admitted that parties accused of high treason in Ire land are not entitled to the privileges conferred by the statutes of WILLIAM and of ANNE upon persons in this country charged with the same offence, a e, trust that the Executive may take a lenient view of the case, and deal as mildly with the prisoners as circumstances may permit. It has long since been announced that the extreme penalty would be re mitted. Before Ireland was fully tranquillised, before it was distinctly shown that agitation had ceased in Ireland, the friends of these misguided men were tranquillised by the assurance that the capital punish ment would not be enforced. So sanguinary a con eluiion would, indeed, have crested a deep feeling of disgust, and Loathing not only in Leland, but through out the civilized world. The times have gone by when death could be inflicted for a merely political offence. No stronger stimulus could be applied to the cause for which they had struggled than what would unquestionably be regarded as their martyrdom. They would be to ked upon as heroes; the follies and vacil!atious of which they had been guilty would be forgotten, their names would become household words, and their memories be consecrated in the Vents of their countrymen. Any vindictive enre ptizisbment roy have a similar result, The Lord 3.1 a) or received yesterday at dinner Mr. Masterman, M.P., the Chamberlain, Mr. Murray, with several lambert; of the Common Council, and pri. veto friell4l4. The causes that would render an example ne cessary or desirable no longer exist. The revolutionary spirit has subsided. The Young Ire We have received 'he Paris pliers of yesterday. land party is broken and dispersed; its leaders are A long debate took place in the Assembly on either exiles from their native land, or are awaiting the Thursday, on the subject i f the Roman expedition, final decision of the Executive. Physical force is no and after much fencing, M. ODILON BARROT was compelledi.ioT Tha t toptoduce the dispatches of General longer heard of ; the people are comp letel y subdued o D to the Minister of Foreign Affairs by the sufferings and privations they have under- was as follows : gone. England has indeed proved itselt their best i friend, and to the generous assistance so readily tiff rded in the hour of distre ss the y owe I their preservation through a series of un paralleled miseries. Even on the very day \ that the judgment of the Irish Court was confirmed both branches of the Legislature were engaged in passing important remedial measures for the benefit of Ireland and the Irish. The desire of all parties should, therefore, be to ratify and cement the union between the countries, to bind more closely the ties by which they are connected. No boon would be more gratefully received than a very great modifica tion of punishment to the parties already convicted, and a coinpiete and unconditional amnesty to ell v.hu have not yet bet.n brought to trial. We trust that the Government may not neglect so favourable an opportunity of consolidating their power and of gain .ng the affection of the Irish people. TUE FRENCH REPUBLIC. DISPATCH No. I. Head•quarttrs, Palo, May 4. " Mens'eur le Ministre,—As I have before had the honour of inform.ng you. I commenced my march on Rome n the 28th ult. Two powerful motives decide me to take this step. The first is that Civita Vecchia is a point without any rcom for the events which might arise, and that although our troops had there received the best welcome, we could not remain shut up within the walls of that place, when it was important for us to be on the scene of events; the second is, that, according to the information which I had obtained, we should be received at Rome without any resistanc?. " Things, however, have turned out differently ; on arriving on the 30th at Rqrne, we were there received with grape shot. I then thought that, in the abscenct - ,i til the nec, :sari materie, I ought I of to exposf , our sokhers n.gtunq eni.mies wro were entrenched behind walls. At innment the 3d brigade is landing at Ctvita Vecchif, ; wnen it Shull ha j,.ined me the anarehist, %%ho spread . terror in Rome, shad be severely chastised.—(Marks of adhesion on the Right.) " I have nothing to reproach our soldiers with but en excess of bravery; but I could not leave them Exposed to enemies protected behind !limeades. " Signor Ventini, who had been appointed Governor of Rome by the Pope, has arrived with a letter from his Holiness. I have explained to him how essential it was, in the interest even of the Pope, that I should have full liberty of action; that was the more necessary, as great illusion exists at Gaeta as to the feelings of the people.—(Movement.) I do not pretend to say that there are sympathies felt for the despotic Government, which, under the red flag, is excited in Italy by a faction composed of anarchists of every country ; but neither is there a complete sympathy felt for the old Government. " Pius IX. is beloved, but a clerical government is re garded with doubt. The Neapolitan troops have entered the Roman States ; the Austrians are still at Massa; Ancona has been placed in a state of siege by the trium virs. Yesterday Father Ventura, alarmed at the state of Rome, (pitted the city, and visited me when passing through Palo. He told me, on the part of the triumvirs, that the events of the 28th should only be considered as a misunderstanding; that there would be still the means of reconciling parties it I published a new declaration, in which I should repeat that my Government had no in tention of imposing a government upon Rome.—(Agita thin.) I replied that the idea of my Government had been formally expressed in my first declaration, end that that idea was perfectly liberal; that afttr what had taken place I had a tight to act with severity—(Loud clamours on the Left)—but that, nevertheless, Iw as still ready to place myself as an intermediary between anarchy and despotism; I added, that in acting thus, it was for the true interest of the Roman people." A private letter, annexed to the above official docu ment, contains the following passage : " The s ate of affairs is complicated ; but I hope that it will be cleartd up under the protection of the French flag, for it is a struggle between barbarism and civiliza tion."—(Laughter on the Left.) After the presentation of the dispatches the dis cussion was adjourned to the following day. The National more than insinuates, and as a proof of its charge, it quotes from the Bourse reports a the Journal des Debats, that the telegraphic dispatches of General OUDINOT, although kept secret from the public for three days, were communicated to certain friends of the ruling powers, who were, in conse quence, enab!ed to turn their exclusive knowledge to goo 1 account on the Stock Exchange. General CHANG ARNIER has placed the letter of the PRESIDENT of the Republic to General OUDINOT on the orders of the day of every regiment in the army, although M. ODILON BA RROT declared in the Assem bly that it was not official. The Government are still doing everything in their power io excite ttn insurrection, in order to have an excuse for enabling General CHANGARNIER to over awe the electors in the exercise of their franchise on Sunday. But it is a dangerous game to play, ai the troops themselves, who are perfectly aware of the Ministerial tactics, would probably fraternise with the people, and CHANG ARNIER might, Actaeon-like, be devoured by his own hounds. As it is there are con brunt outbreaks of the military. At Noisy le Sec there was a military entente a few days since, which was wish great difficulty suppressed. There is no further intelligence from General OUDINOT, and the report of his entry into Rome still needs confirmation. - The Bank returns for the last week give the fol lowing results :—The influx of specie goes on, there being five million francs more in town and branches than last week. There is a diminution on the score of protested bills, and the discount account shows an increase in the portfolio of nearly a million, but it may be presumed that a portion of this increase has been caused by renewed bills. The figure is still very low, being only forty-eight million francs. Tne increase in Paris is more than counterbalanced by a decrease of more than two millions under the discount head in the provinces. The notes out are five millions less in Paris, but a million more in the provinces. There is no variation in the credit to the Treasury. The private lodgment account has in• creased a million and a half. The celebrated Madame RECAMIER died yesterday morning of cholera. M. Napoleon Bonaparte has iPued the following address to the electors of the Department of the Seine " Citizene—Every man that is desirous of the honour of representing his telluw-citizens owes them a faithful account of his past life. " It is not an excess of vanity that induces me to seek your suffrages. Circumstances independent of my will have caused me to be persecuted and accused by men dangerous to the country. I accept of the position, and in presence of the only sovereign I acknowledge, the people, I may nut remain silent. It is imperious to explain all my political career. " On the 24th of February, I hailed with joy the fall of royalty. It was es ith a shout of enthusiasm that I , proclaimed the Republic. " In the first days of the revolution, I thought danger was to be feared from the anarchists. After the terrible days of May and June I resolutely voted for measures which I thought necessary for the firm establishment of society and the maintenance of order. What I did was to establish the new Government, not to terve a resection which I (lute: t. ,N.t the great election en the 10th December, my choice could not be doubtful; the occasion presented it.. self to serve my canvictions end ray ey ()apathies. The dream of my whole line was to see the mime of Na po'eon the standard of the Republic. I applied all my end. avours to assure the triumph of L tut* Napoleon Bon %parte. By his name, his writings., his long capti vitt tor the popular cause, I bad always thought him more tit than any one else to establish the Republic on a firm basis. " I entered resolutely and before any other into the struggle. No ciiizeu sustained it wiih greater energy or convictien. In the pubtie press, from the tribune, when it was, pet haps, haz erdous to otrose a clouded Go v, rnment iu presence or a hostile Assembly, I struggled alone with the people, at a time when the reactionaries, the men of the old regime, consulted the chances of suc cess before expressing an opinion. Six millions of votes repred by an immense acclamation ; and on the im mortal 10th of December, the actual Preaident was pro claimed by nearly the unanimous voice of the first people of the earth. Wherefore should a deplorable. policy, directed by inexperienced men, throw discord between us? " After the ell ction of the President I took a silent at titude of expectation. I endeavoured to warn the Go vernment of the men that sought to mislead it ; sad finally, to avoid blaming what I could not approve of, I acceFed the post of Ambassador to Spain, as a sort of retreat. "A few days after my arrival at Madrid, I received, through the medium of the public journals, a copy of a private letter from the President. I did not receive the original until the day after. The chief of the state re preached me for a speech I had made at Bordeaux. " It is regarded a crime under the Republican Presi dency of Louis Bonaparte to show mistrust of the leaders of the Bourbon reaction; to show sympathy fur the vic tims of absolutism abroad, when Louis Bonaparte him self fought, in 1831, in the ranks of the Italian revolu tionists; when, by his writings, and from my intimacy ' with him, I was aware how he despised the policy of those very men who at the present moment are a dead weight upon his Government? " The only charge brought against me was, that I had spoken disparagingly of those men whom I regard it as an honour to oppose. , "At Bordeaux, moreover, I was a candidate for the , elsction, and not an ambassador. But what I was re proached with, without throwing off the responsibility, I shall simply declare that it was completely talse. "During my voyage I did not attend any electoral meeting. I did not say one word on politics. My friends of the department de is Gironde, those whom I am accused of having addressed, have stated this in an authentic metier. " Who is tobe made answerable for the calumny of this invented speech, tor the publicity given to the confiden tial letter of the President? I shall not seek him out. It is beneath me to seek to unravel the intrigues of a wale ing-reorn. " Could a man with any self-respect adroit that the President of the Republic, his friend, his relation, would corretpoed with his ambassador, his frieed, his cousin, through the columns of a provincial jeurnel? " het could Ido after such an insult ? What every man of honour would have store in my place. Send in my resignation, and at once start to place it in the hands of the Minister ot Foreign Affairs. "Hearin.. of my deperiure (by the telegraph frcm Bayonne) t[e Mirsistry dismissed me. "To tiesmiss a ! mete; funetionary who was bringing his resignation, is a satiefaction. amour propre which I willingly leave to Messieurs les Minis,res. " Such is the truth. " It is for you, electors, to judge of this intrigue and its authors. " Citizens! what I desired before the 10th December, I still desire to-day. "Let the shame of thirty-three years be obliterated abroad! A corruption of eighteen years no longer gnaws our rule country. Lot it cast 'of tit= moil Of THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 12, 1849, the past who could not foret•ee anything, avoid anything, surmount anything, and who will always remain what they ever have be. n. " I shall continue to vote for the maintenance of the constitution, aid of our liberit s, by energetic conduct in our foreign relations alone worthy of nvolutionary France; for the smilecty of the tramported without. a judgment; for measons to increase the army; for all reforms to which the people has a right, and which do not obstruct the march of the Government. I fin.lly desire a union between the Democrats, strong enough to resist 'illy and perverse u t o pi as , which can only serve to overthrow society without reconstrue.mg anything, as also a fafal reetc;.i n which le,ds us tt , wants a precipice. ee I address myself to the men of order, to Republicans, to the real people. "Electors of Paris—l await your decision with cobfi dence, and with the; tranquillity of an honest and: pa • triotic mind. "NAPOLEON BONAPARTE (son of Jerome)." PARIS BOURSE—FRIDAY. MAY 11. THREE o'CLccx.—The French Fund% tell again to day, and the market was in g, , neral a heavy one. The Railway Shores also continued to fall. There was no news of anv kind to-dly, hut it i 4 thouvht that General Oudinot'i reverses may have the f frect of Ii rein , / th. , French Governtninr, tt, hirize f.rees inn Ita)y. Exchange on L,ndoa (30 days), 25 30; ditto (90 day,), 25 tit.lSlivESS DONE IN F"REIGN RAILWAYS AT LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, MAy 11. Boulogne and Amie- , s, GAi—Northern of France, 101/ — Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), l3%—Orleans and Bordeaux. 3—Paris and Strasthairg, 4 1 4—tsouen and Havre, 10W1—East,,Indian, 31', 4 ex in.—Tours audNantu, 3LA . SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 6th have arrived. It is said to be the intention of the Government to postpone the consideration of the alteration of the tariff until the next session. The Bolsa was closed on the 6th. GERMANY AND THE NORTH ERN STATES. AUSTRIA, HUNGAR Y, AND RUSSIA• The Hungarians , on the sth, gained an o t her victory over the Imperialists at Sjered, three leagues f ro m Presburg. They crossed the river, and Siered fell into their hands. The consternation at Presburg was very great, as it was supposed the Austrians could not hold out. The Hungarians have entered Gallicia, and will probably . proceed towards Biala, to cut off the com mun ications between Vienna and Gallicia. The princip a l army of H ungar y, 70,000 strong, is stationed near IVaika, under the orders of .DEMBINSKI ; 30,000 Hungarians are in entrenchments near Kopolna; 15,000 near Debreczin, and 30,000 near Mulhlenbach, in Transylvania ; BEM is in the envi rons of the city. The corps of J E LLACHICII are annihilated, and Field Marshal WELDEI has received a wound in the head. The Russians are endeavouring to enter the Buko wina, but it was reported in Vienna that the Russian troops who had come from Troppau and Kriran had received orders to halt, as it was understood that the Coart of OLLMUTZ had resolved to try once more whether they could effect a negotiation with the Magyars. The Privy Councillor ALTHAEN has ar rived to _negotiate with the Hungarian chiefs. 'The Sclavoaians, Transylvanians, and Gallicians are all rising to make common cause with the Mag• 3 ars, and it is said that Kossuni has entered into negotiations with the Moldavians, the Wallachians, and the Turks to rmke a simultaneous attack on the Russians. and that several of the Russian regiments are inclined to join the cause of liberty. Volhynia and Podolia await but the appearance of the Mag yars to rise in insurrection ; ar.d KOS:4ITH declares that he arks but eighteen month.; to shatter the Nor thern Colossus. The defiles of the Carpathians will be vigor usly defended against the Russians by the IVallachians. HANOVER. An enzeute has taken place at Hanover, the KING has been driven from his capital, and has sought refuge in the Castle of Herrnhausen. He has de manded assistance from Prust•ia. AVARIA. The city and fortress of Lardaa have been de clared in a state of siege, and all foreigners have been compelled to quit the city. PRUSSIA. The insurrection at Breslau has been suppressed. The assembly of Delegates from the Communal Council* of the Rhenish provinces met at Cologne on the Bth, and came to resolutions acknowledging the Constitution of the empire, and that in the con flict between the National Assembly and Prussia they would side with the former ; and calling on the people to take up arms and defend the Consti►tution. FRAIN KFORT. There was a sitting of the German Parliament on tha 8:h, in which the question of urgency on the interpellation relating to Saxony was negatived. This occasioned extreme commotion, and on the re quisition of 110 Members of the Left, an extraordi• nary sitting was appointed fur the afternoon of the satne day. ITALY. Accounts have been received from Rome to the 2d May. Ihe French had retired to Csstel di Guedo seven miles from the city, and GARIBALDI had de tached forces to interrupt their supply of provisions and to break up the roads. The fortification of the city was going on, and barricades were erected in every street. The sth article of the French Constitution has been printed in large characters, and posted on every barricad e an d a l ong th e whole line of march, which the French army will have to pursue in order to reach Rome. It is as follows : The French Republic respects FOREIGN NA TIONALITIES, az she intends to cause her own to be rtspected; she will not undertake any war for the purposes of conquest, and WILL NEVER EMPLOY HER ARMS AGAINST THE LIBERTY OF ANY PEOPLE." An exchange of prisoners took place on the 1s! between the French and the Romans. The Concordia of Turin of the 7th says RADEIZICY is at Mestra, and that General BRUCK would repair there to con. , u!t with him. According to reports of Austrian (dicers, they begin to despair of taking Venice, and that RADLTZKY will cut the same figure there [hit General WELDEN has done in Hungary. The Austrians have attempted to enforce the con• scription in Lombardy, but up to the present moment not a single conscript has presented himself, and the peasants are every where rising in insurrection. In nilny instances they have killed the Austrian soldiers who have been sent to superintend the draw ing of the conscription. tenGcen:fradlealtl'hAMOßlNO has appealed against the sen passed upon him by the Council of War. The Marquis D'AZEGLIO has been appointed by the. King of SARDINIA President of the Council and Minister for Foreign Affairs. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY TO THE EDITOR OF 711 E SUN. SIB,--4 am reported to have said at the Eastern Coun ties Railway meeting that the line hud never earned 30,0001. in any halt-year. What I did say was, that 545,7141. bad been p a id away i n di v id en d s as t h e ne t earning of the line, whereas if the amounts unfairly charged to capit a l , 308,471/, together with the depre dation, estimated by their own officers at, 201,3091., had been charged to revenue, making a total of 509,7801., then it is indisputably clear since its opening it has only earned 35,934/, net profit. If you will insert this correction I shall feel obliged. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, lIUIIPHREY BROWN. House of Commons, May 11th, 1849. SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.-This agreeable place of amusement is announced to open for the season on Monday next, and the manager has prepared a startling novelty f or t h e occasion in the shape of a grand pictorial representation of the " Storming of Badajoz." Mr. Danson i s t h e art i st w h o h a s executed this interest ing work; and, judging from the effect produced by the rehearsal, whi c h too k p l ac e ou Thursday evening, we should say it is by far the best panorama this artist has painted. As a pi cture a l one , it is well worth the cost of a visit to the g ar d ens; but it has the additional recom mendation of auxiliaries such as have never yet been seen in a work of this de,cription. An attempt has been made to follow the historical account of this great achievement in the Peninsular war; and the scenic effect is so well contrived that the exhibition presents all the apps arance of r ea li ty . The booming of the guns as the clock strikes t en — t h e storm i n g of the fortress by the British troops, and the suddea illumination which is produced by the blaze of cannon and musketry, are por trayed in the mo s t life-like manner. The soldiers are real men, and th e guns fired are not mere skyrockets, but such implements as are calculated to do all the exe cution which a " storming party" [eight desire. The broad effect of this exhibition is of a very striking cha ra.ier, and th e explesion with which the affair con cludes gives one a good idea of the "noise and din" of battle. We should say that Mr. Dansou's praiseworthy efforts will not have been thr,wn away, fur this new spectacle is well calculated to prove a source cf aurae. two. The gardens have been much impreveil since last season, and preparaticns are being made for opening a reireshaitnt room, tha absence o which has hitherto crated much dissatisfacion amongst the visitors. The Duke of St. Alban's is steadily recovering from his very darg, runs illness. His Grace, with the puck as and the youthful members of his family, remain in town. Dispatches were sent off yester3ay evening, from the Colonial Office, for the Governors of the North American Colonies. Dispatches were also sent a last eveang &h() Governor of the alseritins. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CIT Y. QUART ER TO THREE. In the early part of ti.e week the demand for Cotton at Liverpool was animated, the trade and exporters buy ing freely; and op to Wednesday prices (1 Auarrean advknced -h 1. per lh. Subsi quently there has been a de. tided cit - •cthge for the worse. The market closed heavily yesterday at previous. quotations, Exporters have taken 3,190 American, 1,730 Pernams, -and 50 Surat; and Pp,eul,tors 3,630 American, and 40 Surat. Railway Shares we: , qu.et. Tie B rk of England has stun. eded at last in ohtaln ini.f. a irttli, more employment feriits assets, and this is stJ , an by an ircre:se of circulation and securiti,s, and a diminution id private deposits, concurrently with a re duction of bullion and non s unemplo) ed. The time of year is arrived when we naturally expect still greater development in this respect. The following is a com parison of last weeks return with the preceding state ment : ... 27,495,105 ... 107,180 ... 3,152.509 25 : 439 ... 3,812 031 ... 399 841 ... 11,380 996 ..• 397 61 , 6 ... 1,142.841 • 13,509 14,236 069 ... 278,800 .. 10,111.307 ••• 15,481 Notes ... ... 8,281,460 Decrease 252.465 Bullion ... ... 14 277,746 crease ... 107.813 Active Circulation ... 19,213,645 Increase 145,285 The foreign exchanges were steady yesterday after noon, but as may be supposed in the present state of Continental affairs, there was not much doing. Bills on Antwerp were negotiated at 25 671 to 70, on Ram burgh at 13 111 to 12k, on Paris at '.5 50 to 55, and on Trieste at 11 42 to 45. The amount of bills drawn by the Bait India Com pany, from April 24 to May 5, was 43,478/. The exports of the precious metals from London dur ing the week to Thursday last were as follows:—Silver coin, to Rotterdam 4,000 oz., Boulogne 304 z , Belgium 45,400 oz.; silver bar 4. to Copenhag. n 290 : 600 oz., and Boulogne 1,616 oz. Gold coin, to Bilgium 263 oz., and Hamburgh 350 oz. The accounts from Manchester as to the state of trade, are by no means so favourable, and the Itiian demand alone keeps the market a little in play. From Halifax we are advised that " We have no alteration to report in the piece and yirn markets since last week's statements, and not much in the wool busi ness. In the latter there have been rather more inqui ries, bearing chiefly, however, upon the finer descrip tions of combing, prices of which are comparatively Notes lisu( d Decn ase Best Increose Public Deposits ... Tr: ESp Other I. , eposits ase Seven 1)u). v.htl Bits I!•ere:is, GoverLaieul :(iturifieS 'release Other Sc•curitirs Increase ... firm, whilst those ot the coarser kinds have rattier flinched again. Short wools are in moderate request, Rithuut mny quotable variation in price this Reek. Mid. dle hogs it tell about 101. 55.; middle wethers 91. 10s. to 91. 15s. per tack." Toe N ot tirl,harn market is thus &scribed:— " The turnout of the wrought cotton hose workmen has become general in the counties of Notiieghtim, _ _ Derby, and Leicester. It is computed and asserted that 12,000 stockingers are now upon strike. The dtawer, pantaloon, and shirt trade, so important to Nottingham, is still pretty good. The glove trade, both silk and cotton, is brisk, and the workmen, though fermerly subject to great disputes,_ are now quite passive, bud go on smoothly. The silk knotted trade, after a struggle of veral weeks with the master stockingers, in which the Maus.fielti neglected to assist the bottom hands, have b , en compelled to support the high profit and charges." We find nothing of prominent interest in tne foreign commercial accounts received to-day. The Funds are still flat, the intelligence from Paris being of R. nature to inspire caution. Consuls have realised 90i R for Money, and 901 to 91 for Account. I.'lit! New 1 tiree- and-a-Quarier per Cents. are 90 to 90 : 1-. 13,nk Stock is at 1921, and India Stock at 245 to 2451. Exck (per bilis are 46a t, 49s premium. In the Foreign Mailer t business is extremely dull. Spanish Five pei Cents. are 163 to 17. Mexican B anis are 30i to 31. Breed Stock is at 75: 2 1 -. Dutch Four pt r Cents. are 76. In Railway Shares there is more doing, but prices are Ilat in must instances. 6RI FISH FUN OS TIIIS DAY AT ON k O'CLOCK (From the Official List. Bank Stock 192% 3 rer Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Anna ......... 9e: 4 5/ 8 % X New 3% per Cent. Anus. 9 O l/04 90 .90% India Stock 24 3 1 /2 245 Do. Bonds, 10001 ... . 71 p Ditto under 1.000/ Consols for Account ... 90% 91 90% Exchequer Bills. 1 1 / 2 d-• 2d. March. June. 1,0001. t'RICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent 7BLA Mexican i10n45,1846, 5 per Cent. with CAmons Ditto Account . Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,1840 Dividends on the above payable in London. French Rentes, 5 per Cent. Exchange. 2sf. 35c. Dutch 2 1 / 2 per Cent., 12 Guild... Ditto 4 uer Cent. Certificates .. 76 O'7:=INES; DONI% IN RAILWAY 811AREi AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. Pca SHAM:. o , ercleen Ditto, Preference .. 4!, 4 4 1,4 ...... to ;ristoi and Exeter . Do., Thirds ;alerlonian Ditto. New 101. Preference 10 Oublin and Belfast Junction.. 3; % 6 14 to FlaAern Counties - Do. New Guarant. 6 per Ct. 10 .a3t Lincolnshire ireat Northern—. ......... .... '2O reat Western 100 Ditto, flail Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Fifths Do. New 171. ancashire and Yorkshire Ditto, ditto Ditto Fifths Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 10 Do., NV est hiding U n ion ... 9 .... Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 Leeds and Bradtord Loud., Bright.. &South Coast 50 Do: Guiranteed 5 per Cent. 9 . .... to Gondo nic North W estern.....loo .....I'l6' D. New Quarters. .. 7 9 5 4 z A 3 / 4 % to 9% Do. Fifths Do. 10/.... M. and B. (C.) 1' • 3' l / 4 ... .. to i...ondon and S. Western...—. 60 ..... 33 - r( idland . Nlidland,Consol. Bristol and Birmingham. 6 per cent...'.loo 123 North British ..... 25 o Ditto Pali z;hares. 12% 5% t.. Ditto Thirds ........ 8%...... Pt, to Re At I ing, Gni !did., 81. Reigate 15 .. 15% 5 A South Wales .. o Newcastle, and Berwick 25 Do. and Newcastle Exten. 20 Do. u. Si. E. I'ur. or Pret. tl 4i,R 1 4 4 up York and North Midland .. 50 Ditto, Preference Ditto East and 1v estßiding Extension ...... 25 15 1 ,E t o FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and - Amiens 2O .. G 3 / 4 .. .. to Paris and Rouen .. COURSE OF Amster 1 in 12 2 EXCHANGE. Ditl.Q. at sight •..... 12 Rotterdam •• •••• •• •• 12 2 kiawerp ........ 25 72% 11.imburki 13 121, &ittnia.• ........ • • .... l'arls, days'Aght .... 25 Ditto, 3 months 23 57% Qarecilles ........ 25 6 Bourdcaux ......... . 25 60 frankfort on Maine.... 121% Petersburgh, Sit. Rble.. 36% Berlin • ... • • .... .. • • • • Vienna, effec. flo. • .... II 45 rrieste, ditto.... • • .... 11 45 Madtid ••.. • • ........ 49% Cadiz .. ............. 49% Billmo• • • • •• •• • • • • •• •• Barcelona • • • • • • • • • • •• Seville...• •• •• • • •• •• • Gibraltar.. • • .......... Leghorn .............. 31 90 •lenoa .. • . • ...... •• .. 2b 30 Allan Venice.......... • . gaples • • i"alerrno, Memina • • • • • • • • • • . • • • Liabon• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • /pan.. •• •••• •• •• •• •• Rio Janeiro .......... Buenos Ayres .. ••.. • . New York, 21 days'sight Philadelphia • • .. 4'% PRIM Or BULLION, Mt 01 Foreign Gold in bars.. 43 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. u 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Dollars ••.. • • Ca 4 10 Silver In bar 5........ 0 4 113 LLOYD'S SHIPPING_ THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAY 12.—Wind E., moderate breeze and cloudy. PLYMOUTH, MAY 11.—Wind S.W.—Sid. Eliza, Ade laide, South Australia. BULL, MAY 11.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrd. Pallas, Hop kinson, Charleston. SUNDERLAND, MAY 11.—Wind N.E.—Sld. Parthian, Shippegan. SHIELDS, MAY 9.—Sld. August, New York; Jacobs, ditto; Swallow, Pictou; 10th, Archipelago, Mauritius; Oxefea, Rio Janeiro; Bernard Castle, Quebec; 11th, Duchess of Buccleueb,Calcutta• South Stockton, Quebec. OFF CORK, MAY 11.—Elizab eth Grange, Jones, Mau ritius, and sailed for Liverpool. DUBLIN, MAY 9.—Wind E.—Sld. Eolus, New York. BRIDGEWATER, MAY 11.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Louis Esther, Flouelle, Paimbceuf. PENZANCE, MAY 10.—Wind S.—Sld. Mecca, New York. FALMOUTH, MAY 11.—Wind E.—Arrd. N.S. de Begone, Sierra, Havannah for Hamburgh. Off port, Neptune, Havannah for Copenhagen. The Camilla, Grenfell, from Dantzic to the United Kingdom, passed the Sound 24th October, and has not since been beard of. The Orion, Jones, from Konigsberg to the United Kiegiom, passed the Sound sth Nov., and has not since been beard of. PETERHEAD, MAY 10.—The ship Dublin, of Peter head, arrived here to-day from Greenland, reported as fullows:—Enterprise, of Peterhead, 2,000 seals, 20 tons; Victor, of ditto, 8.000 seals, 120 tons; Traveller, of ditto, 1,300 seals, 10 tons; North of Scotand, of ditto, 5,000 Feels, 50 tons; Hamilton Ross, 1,600 seals, 17 tons; Commerce', of Peterhead, 4,000 seals, 20 tons; Eclipse, of ditto, 2,000 seals, 20 tons; Union, of ditto, 1,000 seals, 10 tons; Re solution, of ditto, 2,000 seals, 20 tons; Flamingo, of Aberdeen, 1,300 seals, 14 tons; Turk, of Hull, 400 seals, 7 tons; Earah and Elizabeth, of ditto, 150 seals, 2 tons; Fairy, of Dundee, 2,000 seals, 20 tons. The William Ward was lost 24th March. The Pledge, of Hull. was also lost. Several vessels stove, and some of the Hull ships were beset. STORNOWAY, MAY s.—The Freeland, M'Kerzie, from Newcastle for St. Thomas's, which put in here 3d inst., in beating out this morning, got foul of the Frederica, for Riga from Liverpool, when both vessels received damage. WAINELEET, MAY 11Th .—e Five Brothers, of Fo. iqua; visa- aniskd bizo yerdleidah making much water, and with cargo damaged, having tiecn on the Wtst Stu.d. .ADERDEEN, MAY 10.—S1d. Orient. Cape Breton. PETERHEAD, MAY 10.—Wind N.—Arrd. llugn, Mackie, Greenland, with 8,000 seals-120 tons. BRISTOL, MAY 11.—Slit Sybilla, Trinidad. LIVERPOOL, MAY 11.—Wind E S.B. to N.E.—A.? rd. R.:indeer, Pernambuco, Agenoro, Halifax; Anna Eliz-i -betb, Ireland. Ski. 10th, Venture, Quebec. 11tb, Jolly . _ Robin, Calcutta; British Mcrehtint, - Lima; Blake, New Orleans; Eliza Caroline, Nt w )(tac; Sardinir, New York; R,Jekaway, New Yogi; Amer.ean, Baltimore. Off vat, tialem, AL bile; Ariailte, May, G'ltnilaragb, . _ England. DEAL, MAY 11.—Wind N.W. to N. and N. to N.E.— Ar; d. iron the river and sld., Calder, Fi?zsimons, Ho halt Town; Ranger, Partridge, aver Gambia; Kate, Scott, St. Thomas; Caroline, Tyler, Jamaica. SW. Kate Kearney, River Gambia. _ _ OFF liovon, MAT 10.—Vestal, Taylor, Pernam buco. SWANSEA, MAY IJ.—Sid. Ellen, Simpson, Cuba; Re eten June. Ilavannah. OFF fIOLYBEHD, MAY 9.—Agrenoria, HaWax. PORTSMOUTH, MAY Il.—Wind b.W.—Arrd. Wel (. had wick, Lo[At.' , and aid. for New York. MARKET NEWS—(THIS DAY.) I COVISNT-GAIDaZIV. F,:r the time of year, the supplies of both Fruit aro Vegetables on sale were but moderate. Gum rally speak• ing, &lie eleratind was steady. In prices we have nu change to actice. Fruit—Pine-apples (Quec n's), 5s to is ; and hot house Grapes. 12s to 15, per lb; ditto, Eating, 5a to 7a per halt sieve; Lemons, 5s to 10s; and Oranges, 8s to 12s per 100; Chesuuts, 2s to 4s per peck; torced Strawberries, 6d to 2s 6d per cz.; torc;cl Peaches, 50s per dozen. Vegetables—Horseradish, 3s 6d to 5s ; and Celery, Is to is 3d per bundle; Asparagus, 5s 6d to 101 per 100; old Onions, as to 5s per bushel; young Onions, 6d to 9d per bunch; Old Potatoes, 110 s to 240 s per ton; Cape Brocoli, 13s to 17s per dozen bundles; Mushrooms, 9d to Is per pottle; Endive, 6d to 9d per score; Cabbage Let tuces, 2s per half sieve; early York Cabbages, 8d to is per dozen; and Bret Root, is to is 3d per dozen; Turnips, 2s to 2s 6d ; Carrots, 2s 6d to 4s ; and Greens, 2s 6d to 4s per dozen bunches ; Parsley, 2s 6d to 3a 6d per half sieve ; fica Kai', is 64 ter 2s per punnet; Cucumbers, 2s to 45 per brace; Rhubarb, 3s to 6s per dozen bundles; Brussels Sprouts, Is to is 6d per half siece; Parsnips, 6d to 8d; Cornish White Brocoli, is to 2s per dozen; Turnip Greens, Gd to 9d per bushel; Leeks, 84 to 13 per dozen bunches; New Potatoes, 10d to 2s per lh; French Beans, is 6d to 2s per 100; Radishes, 44 to 6d per dozen hands; Shallots, 4d per lb.; small Salad, 2s to 2s 6d per dozen punnetb ; White Cos Lettuces, Is 6d 2s per score. NEWGATZI AND LEADENNALL. POULTRY—Turkeys, 3s 64 to 6s 6d; Geese, 5s to 7s; Ducks, 2s 64 to 3s Gd; Tame ilabbits, is to Is 9.1; Piseons, 84 to Is; and Roasting Pigs, .5s to 8s each; Surrey Fowls, 8s to 13s; ditto Chickens, 4s to 7s; and Barn-door Fowls ' 4s to 8s per couple; English Eggs, 6s ; and French ditto, 5s 61 to Ss 9,1 per 100. Fresh Lutter, 10d to is Id per lb. NEWPORT. Beef. from 2s 10d to Os 4,1; Mutton, 2s to 3s 10; Lamb, 5s to 6s ; Neal, 3s. Gd to 4s 2d; and Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 24 ter 81bs. WEITECRAP EL. Beef, from 2s 4d to 35 2d; Mutton, 2s 8d to 4s la;; Lsrcb, 4s 10cl to 6s; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 2d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 2d per Sit,s. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 5s to 14s; Brills, 2s to 8s; Cod Fish, 5s to Ss; Red Mullets, 9d to is; Whrtingr, 4d to 6d; Macke rel. 64 to 8d; Haddocks, 9d to Is 6d; Doreys, 2s to 6i; Lobsters, 9d to 3s each; Soles, 6d to 2s 6ti per pair; Thrstnes Flounders, is to is 6d per dozen; Eels, is to Is 3,1; arid Salmon, Is 6d to Is 104 per lb; Prawns, 5s 6d to 6s per 100. BEE.a.D. The prices of Wheu7erTilresAi in the Metropolis are 'rum 6ift. to rd.; of household dilto 5d to 6d per 4lbs 3EI ID 117.A.ENE'r. Market bide', 5610 to 641 b. 1&d to htd; ditto, 641 b to 721 b, 14-4 to 14:;; ditto, 72;b to 6011), 2d; ditto, 801 b to 8810, 2FI to 2:4d; ditto, 881 b to 961 b, 24d to 3d; ditto, 961 b tolo4lb, 3d to 34d; ditto, 10411) to 11210, to 4d; Calf Skins, each, 4s 6d to 5s ; Lambs Skins, Is 3d to 2s 3;1 ; 13 , ,rae Hides, 7o 6d; Pulled Shevp, 5s 6d to 61 4d; licitt and Half breds, 55 to 55 6d; Downs 4s to ss; Shearhugs, 6d to 7d. tlB •1 Th. SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 103 to 41; Clow!. tto, 3/ 103 to 4/ ; and Straw, 11 6s to 1/ 103 per uoi„ A lull averago supply, and a s , cady dewar,d. enBIBERIAND.—Wutiusv Hay, 21 124 to 41 Os ; lover ditto, 3/ 34 to 4/ 15s; and Straw, 1/ 76 to ! 115 per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade firm. NV urrii4o3 A PEL.,—Me ad OW Hay, 21 104 tu 4/ Os Clover ditto, 31 Os to 51 Os; and - Straw, 116 s to I/ lOs per load. Trade rather dull, with good supplies on oiler CRIMINAL COURT.—I,'I' HIS DAY.) SUSPICIOUS CASE.—A Dutchman named IC.yzer, a commissionaire, was indicted for stealing about thirteen sovereigns, from a countryman named Vanderdeen. It appeared that the prosecutor, when he arrived in Lon don, went to lodge at a coffee-house in Whitechapel kept by a countryman named Antoyna, a witness in a cake in the course of trio,' in the New Court for stabbing. He placed thirty-two •sovereigns in the hands of Antoyna for safety. Next day he introduced him to the prisoner, in order that he might conduct him about London, which he did. As Vanderdeen wished to go tc New York immediately, Key zer made inquiries with that view, and infortni.O him that the next morning be must start for Livervol, from which port a ship was about to start. They t lept that night at a beer-shop in Ratclifid Highway, and next wort it g z, r took him to the North • Western Station, hurt ted him into a car riage, and left him. The prosecutor swore that the ( - hay before the prisoner, whilst they were riding in a cab together, took the money from his waistcuat pocket, tell ing him that it would be mere secure in his pissessioe, and that he never rettunrd it to hire. Ile stated, how ever, that he would do so before he left for Liverpool. He stated he was not drunk the night they slept at the beer. shop ; but it was proved that he was, arid that the landlord had seen gold pass from the pri• uner to the proNectete, but he could not tell Lao. touch. The de ft oce sot up by the prisoner was, that he re turned him all the money. The COMMON SESGEANT said it was remarkable that lii y z, r should have paid all the expenses of the journeys eneut Wen if Vane:erdeen hurl thirteen or fourteen sove reigns, in his p,eloet. The money might have passed at the lodging-house, cud the prosecutor, being in drink, might have forgotten the circumstance. It was rather suspicious that when the prosecutor arrived at Liverpool he fdund no ship ready to start for New York, and being without money, had to be sent to London by the Conz,ut. the jury, which consisted of six English and six Dutchmen, were absent about en ht , ur, when they re turned into court, and the foreman said they could not come to a decision withi,ut heating Antoyna's evidence. 'llse COMMON SERGEANT—Oh, nonsense. It can't be &tie. mu.t find the prisoner guilty or not guilty upon the evidence v(qi have heard. The foreman then said they must find the prisoner Not Guilty. The COMMON SERGEANT (to the prisoner)—You tire very lucky; if you had been found guilty you would have been transported for ten years at the least. The sessions then terrnimAted. BOW-STREET. 7 ('i'I - ii DAY.) Two eoalheavi rs, rained Clewes and Wilkinson, in the employment of Mr. Lee, of Regent's-whart, were charged with stealing a great quantity of coal com mitted to their charge to be delivered to cusioniirs. 'fho case gone into egAinst them HOW was that of stealing hull a ton out of two tons of coals consigned to Mr. Giles,of Wych-street, baker, and a man named Deg; was cher d with receiving the tame. The prisoners were sent out with four tons to deliver, half of which were for Mr. Giles; having delivered the other half of the quantity taken out, they placed the empty sacks in such a manner in the waggon as to con ceal the exact number of full sacks remaining, and left out half a ton of these to be taken up again after the delivery of the deficient quantity at Mr. Giles's, where, as their calls were frequent, they were not very narrowly watched. They were afterwards observed by the police delivering thr, abstracted quantity (half a ton) at the house of Delft. They were subsequently taken into custody, as also was Delff, who was round in the beer. shop of a person named Hinton, in Parker-street, Drury lane. Mr. Black, inspector of the F division, said that he had observed Clewes before delivering at the beer-shop in Parker-street coals, which he had reason to believe were the property of Mr. Lee, or some of his customers, and he had no doubt that the prisoners had been carry ing on the system to a great extent. Hinton, the keeper of the beer-shop in Parker-street, came forward and said that he had known the prisoner Clewes some years, and had bought coals from him without any suspicion, and produced the receipt of Clewes for the money. He also called forward a Mr. Richards, a builder, who had been a purchaser from Cleaves, end produced his receipt for payment. Mr. HENRY directed that the receipts should be left with Mr. Lee, and that the police should use all dili gence to trace the doings of the prisoners, Clewes and Wilkinson, whom ho rt mandrel to Saturday next. A gentleman, who stated himself to be a coach lace manufacturer, and the employer of Delft for many years, gave him a high character for integrity, and Mr. HENRY consented to take two housekeepers' bail fur his ap pearance. SALE OF THE ALBUMS OF THE VERSAILLES GAL LERY, &c.—Yesterday the sale of the interesting albums of the Versailles Gallery, and an extremely choice col lecion of line engravings, the productions of Raphael Morghen, Foster, Desnoyers, tlnderlini, Muller, Strange, Fosehi, &c., took place at Messri. Southgate and Bar rett's wtll-known book and print auctiou•rooms, Fleet street. TEe sale was attended by a very numerous and respectable company, several distinguished gentlemen who are large uurchusers of tho %Awl:a or the old masters, being present. Of the many lots deserving of notice, we will only alude to the following:—Lot 109. The Aimee Francais, fine proofs before levers, was knocked don u after sharp competidon for 5 , 11. The Go:dale de Florence, or the same description as the pre. vious lot, was sold for 28/. and the Muses Royal was bought for 251. 'That well known, though extremely scarce work, " Lys. , n's Magna 'Britannia," was sold for 191. atter a long contest between the bidders. Des_ foyer's Vierge culled La belle Jardiniere, after Raphael, fetched 7/. 155., and the Vierge d'Albe, by the same master, brought :ix guineas. The Vierge au Di.nataire was knocked down for seven guineas. The well•known engraving of Foster of the Three Graces was, after a long bidoit g by numerous ge 'derma, bought for 10/. Various other prints fetched equally good prices, and at the Goadtpion uf the ate, 'mirky Ng had btu :Wind. COURT CIRCULAR. His R Iligt:n-ss Prince Alt ert presided yesterday at a me l!ti! t.t the Commiision for Promoting and En. couragin ri e Fine Arts in the rebuilding the Palace of Westminster. His Royal Highness arrived at a quartet h. tore three o'clock, attended by Lieutenant-Colonel Ilia Honourable Alexander Gordon. The Commissionert resent a ere :he Earl of Aberdeen, Viscount Canniug, Viscount Mahon, Lord Colborne, the light Hon. the Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir Robert 11. Ingli;, end Mr. Hallam. The Secretary, Mr. Eastlake, was in attendance. The meeting broker up at five o'clock, The Royal Dinner party yesterday, at Buckingham Palace. included her Royal "Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Sutherland, Lady Augusta Balm Baroness de Speth, and Lord James I'. Murray. The Queen had afterwards an evening party. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge arrived at halt past nine o'clock, accompanied by their Royal High nesses the Hereditary Grand Duke anti Grand Duchess of bleeklonburg Strelitz, and her Royal Highness the Princess Mary, and attended by Lady Augusta Cadogan, and Mr. Edmond Mildmay. Their Serene llighnesses Prince Edward of Saze Weimar and Prince 'William or Hesse Phillippstahl al ved about the same time. The following had also the honour of receiving invi t tions:—The Duke and Duchess of Norfolk sod the Laoi=s Mary and Adeliza Howard, Lord Edward How the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort and Lady Hen• rietta Somerset, the Mai gals and Marchioness of Clau- Octal de, and the Ladies Emily and Catherine de Burgh, the Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster and Lady Octavia Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor, the Marquis of itbercorn, the Earl and Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementine Villiers, the Countess of Lichfield and Lady Harriet Anson, Lord Anson, the Earl and Counters of Minto, and the Ladies Charlotte and Harriet Elliot, the Earl of Desert, Viscount Clifden. Viscount Cantilupe, Lord and Lady Seymour, and the Hon. Miss H. St. Maur, Lord Burgherah, Lord Mande ville, Lord and Llciy John Russell and the Hon. Isabel Lister, Lord Foley, the Right Hon. Sir Robert and Lady Peel, Miss Peel and Mr. Peel, M.P., Lady Eliza beth Dawson and the Misses Dawson, the Right Hon. James and Lady Graham, Miss Graham, the Right Hon. Sir John and Miss Hobbouse, Mr. G. E. and the Hon. Mrs. Anson, the Hon. Miss Harbord, Lit.utenant-Colonel the Hon. C. B. and Mrs. Phipps and Miss Bathurst, and Captain Francis Seymour. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Sent vi sited her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday, at Marlborough- house. Mr. Lacy, M.P., Mr. Bruce (Chairman), and Mr. Wheeler (a Dirt ctor) of the East Auglian Railway Company, Mr. Williams (Solicitor), and Mr. Hall (Par liamentary Agert), transacted business with the Com missioners of Railways on Thursday, at their Office in the Board of Trade. Mr. 11. Skeene had an interview with Earl Grey yes terday, lit the Colonial Office. The Committee of the Baronets of Scotland for Nova ScozialVghts ussemblcd yesterday for the transaction of business, wit( n an address to ht r Majesty, on the subject of the revival of their territorial rights in North America, was adopted. COWLS, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FRulit OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON IN'I ELLIGENCE. MAY 11, 1849. ARRIVALS. Mfly Ist.—Spider nimbi., Thomas Thornhill, Esq., from Portsmouth, li.nt to F. P. De'me Radcliffe, Esq. 3d —Urania schooner, Lord Rodney, Southampton. 4th.—Turquoise cutter, C. H. Coote, Esq., ditto. sth.—Gipsey Quten schooner, Sir 11. B. Boghton, Bart., Portsmouth. 7 h . .--Aluud schooner. Thomas Legh, Esq., Lymington. SAILINGS. May 9.h.—Spider cutter, Thomas Thornhill, Esq , for Weymouth; Gi p-ey Queen schooner, Sir H. B. Hoghtop, Pl} mouth. YACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION. Sehuoners—Urania, Maud, Caiman. Cutter—Tur- quoise. FITTING OUT IN COWES HARBOUR. Gauntlet cut er, Wiliam Pearetb, Esq.; Gondola ditto, W. H. WoLdhoutie, The Hebe cutter )acht, late the property of A. Corbet, Esq., has been purchased by the Rev. Mr. Fryer, and is fitting out for the season. Mr. Ruthei lot d's yacht the Princess Olga, after having been lengthened by the bow and the steru, &c., is now being lengthened amidships. RAILWAY RETURNS Ratt.wav TBAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Roil' ways lbr the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year: 'PI - 9 2.140; E l P 2 * 8 ri Neap ending Last week. NAME OF RAILWAY. May 5 A pril 26 May 5 Aberdeen .. Amiens and Boulogne . • • •• • • • ....... Belfast and Bullymena • • • • •• • • • • • • •• Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Bolton, Blackburn, Clltheroe, and W. Y. Ca1ed0nian............. ... Chester and Holyhead. • • ••••• • • • •t Coekennouth and Workington..• • •• • • Dublin and Droglieda• • • • • •• •• Dublin and Kingstown ...... • • • . • . • • Dundee, Perth, aini A.berdeen • ... East Angdan........ ................ Edinburgh and Glasgow .... ........ Edinburgh and N0rt1iern............ Eastern Counties and North Eastern.. East Lancashire ............ • • •• •• Eastern Uni0n...................... 150 997 • 1,070 803 481 3.563 1,274 15,030 992 1,121 2,015 .1,140 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr ...... Glae•guw and Greenock • • •• • • •• • •• •• Great Northern and E. L. .• Great tiouthern and Western • • •• •. .. Great Western, &c • • • • • • • • •• •• • • •• .. Kendal and Winderinere• • Lancashire and Yorkshire..• •.. • • ... Lancaster and Carlisle.-- .. . Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.... Londonderry and Enniskillen London and North NVestern, London and Blackwall London and Brighton .••••• • •• •• .• London and South Western.. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham....' Midland Breit Western (Irish) ...... Monklands ............. \cweastic and Carlisle•• •• •• •• •• • . North British ...••• •... Paris and Rouen . . • • • • • 1,987 3,721 1,313 Rouen and Havre ..•••••••••, Scottish Central ......... Shrewsbury and Chester South Euitern and Brauches •• South Devon ••• • • • .••••••• • •• •• • 71 6 8,269 Taff Vale • • • • - • • • • • :,447 881 6 April2B Ulster . ........ Waterford and Limerick, •• •• .• Whitehaven Juncuon ............... York and Newcastle . ............. May 10 5 307 11,026 8,289 11,036 8,289 York and North NI icllsttot . .. .... .. .. SOCUTY Fun THE l REVhrTION or CBUELTy TO ANIMALS.—The 2tid ativisersary meeting of this society was held 3 t werday at the Hanover-square Rooms, and was prceided over by the Duke of Beaufort. The meet ing was very well attended. His Grace, in opening tho proceedings, alluded to the progress which the society hail been making, and the prospect which there. was of carrying successfully through Parliament a Bill intro duced during the present session, and containing more :ttingent prosisiens against cruelty to the brute crew' tion. The report, which; was then read, announced that the committee had determined to petition the Legisla ture for the abolition of Smithfield Market. The cruel ties formerly practised there by the drovers had been checked ; but in many cases the offending parties had been prosecuted to conviction by the society.. The re port denounced the pastime of steeple.chasiug, and al luded especially to that which took place recently at Li verpool, the parties concerned in which would have been proceeded against had the Jaw permitted. Dr. Evans moved, and Mt. Samuel Gurney seconded, the adoption of the report, which was carried unanimously. The meeting was also addressed (y the Bishop of Peter borough, Mr. G. Berkeley, M.P., Lord Dudley Stuart. and Mr. Meyoll. Prizes were presented to Mr. George Hector Croad and Mr. B. Gill, scholars of Christ's Hut" petal, for the best essay on the value of the objects for which the society had been formed. These young gen tlemen acknowledged the honour done them in suitable terms, and, after the usual vote of thanks to the Chair' man, the proceedings terminated. CAFTURB OF A NIGHTINGALE.--0110 of these de: light!ul birds, which seldom warbles in the vicinity of large towns, was caught on Monday last, at Killingbeek• about two miles from Leeds, on the road to York. The,. bird is now in the possession of Thomas Russell, o f York-road. A turkey belonging to Mr. Branthwaite, of Mary" port, hatched last week 17 young turkeys, one of which had three bills and three eyes.—Carlisle Journal. BIRTHS. On the 9th inst., at Sutton-house, Heston, the lady of 3. • W. Stanbrougb, Esq., of a son. On the 10th inst , at Streatham Rectory, the wife of the Rev. J. R. Nicholl, of a daughter. On the 7th inst., at Ely-place, Mrs. Thomas P. Bailey, of a daughter. On the 7th inst., at Dalston, the wife of J. T. Secreteer jun , Esq., of a daughter. On the Bth inst., at Chester, the lady of Sir Edward Walker, of a daughter. On the rth inst., at Tring, the wife of the Rev. Edward Banister, of a son. On the 9th inst., at Eastbourne-terrace, Hyde-perk, the wile of Regnier W. Moore, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIED. On the Bth inst., at the Holy Trinity Church, Fin chlel' George Friday, third son of George Neame, Esq., of Canter' bury, to Frances, eldest daughter of the late Joseph Harding' Esq., of Finchley, Alid , tlesex. On the Bth inst., at St. Giles's, Camberwell, Josektlin e Sarah, eldest surviving daughter of Joseph M.ldurdie, MO' 13ac. Oxon, to F. E. L. Clark, Esq.. of Newcastle. on-Tylle• On the I'd inst , at St. Pancras Church, John Skinner, EST' to Sarah May, (only daughter of Mr. J. W heeler. WEI ' At Guernsey, on the 28th u lt. L aged 31, Sir Simon Haugh ton Clarke, Bart., of Oak-hill, East Barnet, Herts. On the 4th init., at Les Grouts, Geneva, Lieut.-General Alexander Nesbitt, aged 70. On-the 6th inst., at Baughurst, Hants, aged 65, Dir. Jones Grace, formerly of Seymour-place, Bryanston-square . On the Bth inst., James S. Bullock, Esc of Portland place, Clepuam-road, for many years in the solicitor's °lik e of her Majesty's Customs. At Sandgate, Kent, on the Bth inst., Julius Tatton, second sou of Ralph T. Brockman, Esq. mi s s Theo On the t , th inst.. at Queen's -place, Kennington , dosia Postlethwaite. On the 7th inst., at Lyon , terrace, Maida-hill, aged 759 Ann, relict of the late J. Moeller, Eso., of Clewer, Berks. In the Close, Lichfield, on the Bth inst.. Rosalind May. intent daughter of A. blritlith, Esq. London Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNOr ot Na 112, Strand, Printer , at The Sun Office, No. 11g1 Strand. in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the CODS " kliddleseA, Saturday, May 12, 1849' 540 !,380 .519. 2,556 427 5,105 1,506 820 1,048 1,054 .741 3,846 2,222 14,728 2,704 1.248 2,626 965 2,375 3,965 12,620 ;2,230 164 44,703 842 8,519 10,032 3,394 21,40 1,213 800 3,057 5,269 2.209 1,233 1,802 8,281 1,847 847 1,269 - 327 2,152 3,857 2,674 22,341 9,680 1,907 167 46,72 6 1,056 9,02 9,101 2,50 3 20,53 9 1,030