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TIM LEGAL TITLE ASSURANCE COMPANY. (Provisionally Registered, January 17, 1849.) - Capital, 2,000,0001., in 80,000 Shares, of 251. each. Preliminary Deposit, 2s. 6d. per Share. Pro: pctuses and full information may be obtained at the Tempo rary Offices of the Company, 13A, Cannon-row, Westminster, on ap plication to G. F. HOWE, Hon. Sec., pro tem. T. JAMES'S TRE A T E. Season 1849. FRENCH PLAYS and OPERA COMIQUE. THIS EVENING, TO-MORROW EVENING The Performances Will commence at Half-past Seven o'clock with LA VENDETTA. To conclude with (For the last time) LE PRE AUX CLERCS. Mergy, M. Octave; Comminge, M. Couderc ; Isabelle, Mdile. Charton. Mr. Mitchell begs also to announce that, notwithstanding the in =eased expenses of the present entertainment, the prices of admis sion are determined as follows: — Boxes • • • .. 6s. Od. Pit• • . • .. 3a. 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.' The Last Appearance but ORROW EV Two of EN MdlNGlle. Carlotta Grisi. TO- Will be performed (for the first time these three years) Rossini's celebrated Opera, SE3IIRAMIDE. Serniramide, Mdlle. Parodi ; Arsace, Mdlle. Alboni; Assur, Signor Coletti ; Idreno, Signor Bartolini ; Oroe, Signor Lablache. The whole to conclude with the much admired Ballet of ELECTRA. ; or, the Lost Pleiad. (Omitting the First Tableaux). The principal parts by Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi, Mdlles. Petit Stephan, Marta, Thomassini, Julien, Aussundon, Lamoreux, Marie Taglioni and M. Paul Taglioni. 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, DRITRY-LANE.—GERMAN OPERA. THIS EVENING, Will be performed (for the third time these eight years), Weber's Opera, DER FREISCHUTZ. Agatha, Mdlle. Romani ; Anncheued, by a Mme. Marlow ; Max, llerr each Eri ; Casper, Herr Stepan ; support Band and M a x, consisting of 60 performers. 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. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. TO-MORROW EVENING, Will to performed Donizetti's Opera, LUCREZIA BORGIA. With the following powerful ensemble, viz.:— Madame Grisi, Mdlle. Angri, Signors Tamburini, Marini, Lavia, Bache, Soldi, Tagliaflco, Poionini, Luigt Mei, and Mario. To conclude with the Second and Third Acts of MASANIELLO, Supported by Mdlle. Wuthier, Mdlle. Louise Taglioni, Mons. Alexandre, and Signer Casati. Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. The performances will commence at Eight o'clock precisely. TELEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Wobeter, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENIN4i. Will be performed THE HOUSEKEEPER. Sidney Maynard, Mr. C. Kean; Facia, Mrs. C. Kean. After which THE WONDER. Don Felix, Mr. C. Kean; Donna Violante, Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with a Classical Extravaganza, called THE SPHINX. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELYIII. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed HIS LAST LEGS. After which a new grand Extravaganza, entitled THE DEVIL'S VIOLIN AND THE REVOLT OF THE FLOWERS. To conclude with the Farce called SLASHER AND CRASHER. 11r. Slasher, Mr. Wright ; Mr. Crasher, Mr. Paul Bedford. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. - Under the M anagern:mt of Madame Vt.shiS. Fels Leesee, Mr. Charles Ma , hews. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new comic Drama, called THE HUSBAND OF MY WIFE. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Harley, F. Matthews, Selby, and l'arselle ; Miss H. Gilbert, and Miss Connor. To be followed by a Piece entitled HOLD YOUR TONGUE. Cha racters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Selby, and Parselle ; Miss H. Gil bert, Miss Jane Coleman, and Madame Vestris. To be followed by BOX AND COX. To conclude with THE WATER PARTY. Dress boxes, 55.; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No balf-price to any part of the house. The New Box-ofbee, No. 2, WeThngtou• street, is open to the public ( - v cry day, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S THEATEY.. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Opera, entitled THE HEART OF MID LOTHIAN. Characters by Herr 31en,g1 , , Messrs. C. Braham, Horn castle, and Weiss ; Miss Poole, Miss Lanza, and Mdlle. Nau. After which, 3fdlles. W. and A. Neruda and their brother/Victor will perform on the Violin, Violoncello, and Pianoforte. To conclude with the new Domestic Opera, entitled THE BLIND SISTER ; or, the 3fountain Farm. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. tinder the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. Last Week but One of the grand Easter Spectacle. In active preparation, and will be produced at Whitsuntide a new grand Military Equestrian Spectacle, entitled MOOLTAN and GOOJERAT ; or, the Conquest of the Selkhs. THIS EVENING, The performance will commence with a Grand Equestrian Spec tacle, by Fitzball, entitled THE WHITE MAIDEN OF CALIFOR NIA ; or, the Horse of the Ocean. To be followed by an inimitable display of SCENES IN THE CIRCLE. in which the first Equestrian talent of the day will_appear. To conclude with a favourite Afterpiece. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. IMMENSE AND UNPARALLELED SUCCESS. under the patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty, her Majesty the Queen Dowager, his Royal 'Highness Prince Albert, Sce. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS_ .2.•••. • J. The Nobility, Gentry, and the Pablie are respectfully informed that this favourite place of fashicnable resort is open every MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY. Representation of the S [(DIMING of BADAJOZ by the - British Army, under the command of the illustrious Wellington I The distinguished patronage which this establishment has for a lengthened period enjoyed, and the triumphant success of each suc ceeding spectacle, has stimulated the proprietor to increased exer tions to maintain its envied celebrity. Messrs. Damson, by whom the pwent subject has been modelled, designed, and produced, have devitEd many months to it, and the un rivalled skill which they possess, assisted by Messrs. Turner, Adams, and other first-rate artists, haves nabled them to produce a picture unequalled for magnitude, accur47, and beauty of execution. The ZOOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT 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 Magnificent ORCHESTRA are now complete. REMINGTON'S iERIAL BRIDGE. The BAND, conducted by Mr. Godfrey, has been selected from the most talented Artists in the profession. Among ethers of first rate ability will be found—Mr. Baker, Messrs. Richardson, Collins, jun., George and Viotti Collins, Griesbach, Hardy, Egerton, Shearon, Calkin, Winterbotham, Boileau, Stevenson, and Reynolds. The VOCAL DEPARTMENT will be sustained by a succession 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 has been too long established to need eulogising. REFRESIIMENTS.—The frequenters of these Gardens have long complained that Refreshments from the Confectionary rooms only could be 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. Children admitted to the Reserved Seats and Shilling Gallery at Half-price. Feeding of the Carnivora at Five. The Pelicans, &c., at Half-past Five. Concert at Six o'C!eck. Pyrotechnic Exhibition at Dusk. Mons. JULLIEN will give a Series of GRAND CONCERTS dui ing the Season. Due notice will be given of his first appearance. THE WEATHER.—Sex OFFICE, MAY 18. TKEI;3IO3IZTER, Lowest, 50; Highest, 62; Noon, 6 BAROMETEU, 29.6. WIND S.W.—Morning, dull, cloudy weather, with occasional heavy showers ; Afternoon, fine. HiGii WATER AT LONDON BRUNIE. THIS DAT —Morning, 11 min. after 10 I Evening, 48 min. after 10 To-Mosaow—Morning, 19 min. after 11 I Evening, 46 min. after 11 • 7 4;11, % ' ° yr n. I P4A -, , , k ' i‘k ' f ' 4 ,;,..... 4 '^--. Amiett: I * • T :,. , --- 2 g-i - - 4.? 441 %, \::: 1 4 4: : - ' 4 •A s o3to : -, 4 ,e• :f o r ff „41 , : ,-- . .„, , eiglitgAv ~,_ i•,.,,. _ 'lli. -- e ,... 1 i - ' - ihRIJ - , m' ~ ,' I ,' ;lA . .to '' ' . . M° '', ,0° ~,,0, . ." . -DR 0 .- -. l'll ". .' r• ''....;-/, '' ''''''''. ' 7,- ~.. ' . Ansn'ing LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1849. Never, we believe, has a petition been presented to either House of Parliament, similar to that which the Honourable Member for Exeter thought proper to bring before the House of Commons last night from thirty-one shareholders of the Eastern Counties Railway. It is, indeed, difficult to understand the motives which could have influenced thirty-one per sons moving in a respectable station in society to have affixed their signatures to such a document, or a Member of considerable experience to have consented to bring it under the consideration of the House. Charges were there brought forward against one of the representatives of; an important constituency, who had not been convicted or even accused of any legal offence—charges wholly unconnected with Parlia mentary affairs, in which the Honourable Gentleman had not in any degree acted in his legislatorial capa city ; and it was prayed that inquiries might be instituted with respect thereto, and that, if well founded, the party accused might be expelled from being a Member of the House. This was the modest request. The House of Commons was to supersede the ordinary tribunals of the country, to become a sort of Star Chamber, in which the most inquisitorial proceedings might be carried on as to the private conduct and character of its Members. It was to ordain that trial by jury should be set aside, and in lieu thereof that a Committee nominated by the accuser should be appointed, who, after the fashion of some of the Railway Committees, should con demn without giving the party on trial an opportunity of being heard in his own defence. Thirty-one shareholders of the Eastern Counties Railway desired that the House of Commons should act in a manner so unprecedented and unconstitu tional, and Mr. DIVETT sanctioned the demand_by presenting this most extraordinary petition. The time selected for bringing the subject forward was (if possible) in even worse taste than the subject itself. It was well known that Mr. HUDSON was suffering upfler a severe domestic affliction ; that he had n't,..entqed into public life or left th e s h e l ter of tliac;trvefol , Wi since the period of that melancholy 4scA4 f tlGd ction. A Committee of the House of 4+- 4 . r!"' "'' ‘ses.!, ctually investigating at the mom en t that: fiee...ipreferred, or we should rather say j the Eastern Counties Committee, , pt and venal conduct to Members of the Legislature—charges which it is now well known I were hastily put forward without any adequate foundation. And yet it is at such a moment and under such circumstances that Mr. DIVETT brings forward the absurd petition of the thirty-one shareholders—to add to the annoyances and the troubles of this reviled and persecuted indi vidual. Mr. HUDSON has, however, had no cause to regret this piece of petty vindictiveness, of low and despi cable malignity. The cheers that were elicited from every quarter when he bespoke the indulgence of the House afforded the most satisfactory evidence that he was surrounded by an assemblage of fair and impar tial gentlemen, who are not accustomed to condemn a fellow-citizen without giving him ample opportu nities of vindicating his own character and of being fully heard in his own defence. The House of Commons is not prepared to ostracize one of its Members because a certain clique, interested in 'depressing railway property, have raised an outcry against him, and have perse vered with an almost unprecedented degree of viru lence. Mr. HUDSON was listened to attentively while he briefly explained the various points alluded to in the petition, and his statements were received with general approbation on every side, and from every party. _ _ Mr. HUDSON was induced to join the Eastern Counties Railway Company in consequence of a re quisition, signed by seven-eighths of the shareholders, being presented to him, requesting that he would become their chairman. At first he refused, but he was subsequently prevailed upon to alter his de termination, and to take upon himself the responsible duties of the office. At that period he had no shares whatsoever in the company. So far as he was per sonally concerned, it signified little whether the divi dends were high or low. He was,however, at that time in ,the height of his popularity, and the mere fact of his sanctioning a project sent up the shares in the market at least 20 or 30 per cent. It was a proud day for the shareholders when Mr. HuDsot's name was announced as their chairman, and for a time it checked the downward progress of the shares. His chief object in joining the company was to effect some arrangement with the London and York Com pany, which was then projected. In that ex pectation he was disappointed, in consequence of the general depreciation of railway property. He found that there had been an increase of the gross earnings of the line of nearly 60,0001. sterling within the half-year, the receipts being, for the six months ending July, 1845, 114,0001., while no less than 173,0001. was received in the following half year. This great increase, together with the improvements that would be obtained when the new feeders opened, and the traffic properly developed, appeared to Mr. HUDSON to justify a considerable in ' crease of dividend, and with the full concurrence of his brother directors he acted on that opinion. It is now asserted that sums were improperly placed to the capital account that should have been charged to revenue. Very different opinions, however, then prevailed from those which are at present entertained on that subject. It was considered that every ex penditure that might lead to future beneficial results should be charged to capital. It was usual to insert clauses in the various Acts of Parliament authorising the payment of interest on the sums actually paid up before the works were constructed, or any sums whatsoever earned that could be ap plied to the purposes of dividend, and the sanction of Parliament was thus deliberately given to the system that is now so strongly complained of. On this subject Mr. MACGREGOR, the chairman of the South-Eastern Railway says— " It has appeared to me indisputable, that all classes of disbursements, which affected the permanent interests of the company, expended at any particular pressure or emergency, did not belong to the current expenses of the particular period, but should be charged in amount as an expenditure of capital. Such disbursements are thereby made to extend over all future years, and are thus com paratively unfelt. " This principle applies equally, whether such expen diture be incurred in the payment of fees to the officers of the Houses of Parliament during the progress of the Bills promoted, payments to engineers, solicitors, counsel, and landowners, or in large sums advanced, in the management of the traffic not expected to obtain immediate advantages at the period when incurred, but laid out from motives of sound policy for the enduring interests and welfare of the company, with a confident trust that all such payments made were bona fide, were properly chargeable to capital account." Mr. HUDSON acted on these principles, and for a time nothing could be more satisfactory to the shareholders. A season of adversity, however, set in; the sanguine hopes of the speculators were disappointed, and the tide of prejudice set in as strongly against him as it had once been in his favour. He had no pecuniary interests of any importance ; he had not trafficked in the shares of the company ; he had not taken advantage of the knowledge he had acquired to "bear" the companies' stock, and thus to gain large sums of money ; neither had he got rid of a bad bargain by selling his shares at an increased value in consequence of the dividends declared. It might justly be said of him as it was of his brother chairman, Mr. MACGREGOR, of whom the committee said that his conduct was "honourable throughout, and marked by a sincere, and, except in his character of a very large proprietor, an unflinching devotion to the interests of the company." No further step will, of course, be taken in refe rence to this very ridiculous proceeding ; but, as we have already stated, it was fortunate for Mr. HUDSON that so favourable an opportunity should have been afforded of submitting his clear, straightforward, and simple statement to the consideration of the House and of the entire country. h has During that great political earthquake whit recently convulsed the greater part of wic Christendom the people of this country have continually, and very justly, congratulated themselves on their peculiar_ felicity in being enabled to enjoy, together with undisturbed tranquillity, a greater amount of liberty than any of their revolutionary neighbours. The interest of the present hour has been of such an en grossing nature that few have cared to investigate the causes which have led to this most satisfactory result. But the teachings of the past and the present, like the deductions of theory and practice, mutually expound and illustrate each other, and perhaps there never was a period when the page of history might be conned with better advantage than the present. It is, consequently, at a most appropriate time that the great historian of our day has issued the first instal ment of his work ; and now, closely following upon Mr. MACAULAY'S history, we gladly welcome ano ' ther equally well-timed memorial of our revolutionary history from the hand of the eloquent writer of the " Crescent and the Cross."* We thus couple the names of MACAULAY and ELIOT WARBURTON simply because they have (to a certain extent) treated of a s i m il ar theme at the same appropriate period. In other respects their works are avowedly dissimilar. The one is the fragment of a continuous history, the other the record of an episode, partaking somewhat of the nature of biography. Call it what we will—history, biography, memoirs, or correspondence, the newly.. published work, concerning Prince RUPERT and the Cavaliers, apart from any intrinsic interest or elo quence of style, is worthy of profound consideration at the present moment, when events at home and abroad contribute to recal to our grateful recollec tion how " HamrDEN died in the field, and SYDNEY on the scaffold." Mr. ELIOT WARBURTON himself seems to be duly impressed with the importance of this feature of his work. "It seems to me," he says, " that we read or write of our great civil wars to little purpose, if we look upon them and their actors as mere abstractions — N e e must remember that in the terrible scenes of these old times we see but ourselves in different circum stances ; ae behold Englishmen as they have. been and may be again." Not exactly as they "may be again," for as this eloquent annalist of the Cavaliers very truthfully observes in another place, " thanks to our gallant forefathers, Cavaliers and Roundheads, there is but one real cause in England now. Loyalty and liberty are no longer at variance, since our fore fathers dared to bring to issue and set at rest for ever the question between the Sovereign and the subject. Heroic and earnest men," he continues—and this passage is at the same time an admirable enumeration of the practical benefits of the civil war, and an evi dence of its writer's impartiality-4' heroic and earnest men strove faithfully on either side, with tongue and , word, and prayer and blood, for what they deemed to * "Memoirs and Correspondence of Prince Rupert and ai, Cltilliero9 BY Eliot Worburton." 3 Val. Aenllo37. be the truth. Each found, as truthful and earnest men will ever find, however ranged on different sides, that their ultimate object had been the same. Each found not the conquest that his human nature strove for, but the victory that his higher nature yearned for ; yet he found it in defeat. The Cavalier saw much that he had been taught to reverence struck down, buried, and put away for ever in the grave of the STUARTS. The Roundhead beheld his glorious visions of liberty eventuating in fierce anarchy and final despotism, from which he was content to seek refuge even in the Restoration." Mr. ELIOT WARBUR• TON'S enthusiasm is occasionally, and very naturally, excited in behalf of the generous devotion and daring gallantry of the royal Cavaliers; nevertheless, if his heart be with them his head is not. His reason, calm and dispassionate, recognises the capital errors of the cause, in spite of the individual heroism which adorned and well nigh disguised them. "Fortunately for us," he exclaims, " that cause was unsuccessful, yet not altogether lost : shorn by the Parliament's keen, sword of the despotic and false principle that disgraced it, its nobler and better elements survive, imparting firmer strength and a loftier tone to our constitution." " I do not presume," he continues, " to canvass my readers' sympathies for either Puri tan or Cavalier, I leave them to plead their own cause in their own letters—l invite him to listen to their own long silent voices, speaking once more — eagerly, earnestly —as when armed men with desperate speed bore these, their blotted, and often blood-stained pages, from leaguered city or roving camp—from faltering diplomatist or resolute warrior, at whose beck men died. Every letter will possess some interest for the thoughtful reader, and shed some light for him on the heart of bygone times. He will find them still animated by the passions that were then throbbing in every breast. At first the earnest rather than angry spirit of our memorable English war is apparent in them ; but they gra dually become more intense in their expres sion, as if they were the work of a single man ; the same note of triumph or tone of despair is perceptible in all. Human nature and the nature of each writer is transparent in them all ; the reader is the confidant of kings, princes, statesmen, generals, patriots, traitors; he is the confessor of the noblest minds and the most villanous natures ; he sees the very conscience of the war." This most interesting revelation is, as we have just said, marvellously well timed. It serves in a peculiar manner to "point the moral" of the scenes now daily passing round us, while at the same time our personal experience invests with a new interest and a double efficacy the records of events so similar and yet so dissimilar to those of the present day. " Prince Rupert " will be as welcome to the Liberals of the nineteenth century, as his gallant original was unwelcome to their predecessors two hundred years back. Another numerous meeting was holden on Wednes day evening upon the subject of intermural interment. Another ! How many more before Parliament can be reused to an interference ? Not many ; be sure of that. The necessity for Legislative interference Las become altogether too glaring to be " blinked " even by the most impudent or the most lethargic Government. It has even now been acknowledged by one of the most distinguished members of the Administration, that the Cabinet proposes very speedily to lay the matter before the Houses in the form of a remedial measure. For these reasons we can refer to the proceedings of Wednesday's assem blage with the greatest satisfaction. We can direct attention to the admirable speeches reported in another part of our impression with a larger confidence than hitherto, that the melancholy facts narrated in those speeches will shortly be num bered among the records made in what KEELEY used to call his "Beastly Reminiscences." Nor when the evil of the present demoralizing and suicidal system shall have been definitively removed will it be for gotten to whom the population will be indebted for the acquisition of that inestimable advantage. Gladly and eagerly as we would re cal the truth to general recollection, the multitude scarcely requires to be informed by us that the prime mover of the present agitation for extramural burial, the origina tor of the great effort now on the eve of proving victorious, is the gentleman who on Wednesday addressed the meeting immediately after its eloquent Very few need t o b inauguration by representativethe ed assu assured the that Tower butfor Ham lets. the generous and inestimable exertions of Mr. GEORGE t sp to h prevent ere of our r e gcroenat tinued corruption of the effort he ALFRED WALKER, the atmosphere cities, would not, in all human likelihood, have been even by this time commenced. Whatever progress has been made towards the prevention of the further desecration of the dead, and thereby the further deci mation of the living, is due principally, and in many instances, exclusively to him. The cause of Extramural Interment is fully as much indebted to Mr. W ALKER , a s that of Sanitary Im provement is to D oc t o r S OUTHWOOD S MITH , a s that of Catholic E manc i pa ti on was to O'Coissimz, as ln that iL Of E t i t h r e oß Aboli tion cI: a sthat o of f Slavery was to CLARKSON and v Free Trade was to VILLIERS and COIIDEN, or as that of Financial Retrenchment will be to the Hon. Gentlemen the representatives of Montrose and the West Riding. The public should never be allowed to lose a remembrance of these facts, and as far as we can effect to the contrary, it shall not lose a remembrance of the spontaneous and untiring labours of Mr. WALKER during the last fourteen years in regard to a subject so repulsive, and yet, at the same time, so inti mttltnel morality. Yreferarning to the with the national health, decency, legislati ve i n t er f erence i n urgenttbe ssubstitution b s n t i e s t c u e t s i s o i n t y of for sub u s r o b m a n e cemeteries for city graveyards—it is very far from our intention to dilate upon the filthy and loathsome details which have been accumulated at intervals, as to the conditi on of thepr e . np ses adjoining such dens of abomination eftaet an el evil that has inturnsas Enonby the journalist, the Every Every pamphleteer,oonuee been h as been i depicted s the lecturer, ken e and byen familiar with the ex i s t ence the e repeated v o e fdepravity pas contemplati on o f t h ose pravity and putre scence . appalling sickened i ese cds Every one has been more or less nauseated by the de lineation of those dark spots in our own splendid me tropolis, where— " In foul accumulation, tier on tier, Each due instalment of the pauper bier, Crushed in dense-pack 'd corruption there they dwell, 'Mongst earthy rags of shroud, and splinter'd shell. A quagmire of old bones, where darkly bred, The slimy life is busy with the dead. Reeks from that bloated earth miasma's breath, The full-fed taint of undigested death; Thence, like the fumes from sleeping glutton's throat, The noisome vapours of her surfeit float."* The accuracy of those deplorable descriptions is too universally appreciated to require anything like cor roboration. Our purpose is very different, therefore, from an anxiety to force any more of these disgusting particulars before the popular imagination. In place of this we would earnestly commend to public con sideration the statistical facts submitted to the corn munityby the different gentlemen who addressed them selves to the subject on Wednesday—such facts, for example, as that 600,000 individuals dying annually in the United Kingdom, according to the estimate of the Registrar- General, is a sufficient testimony that there is ample reason for the interposition of the Legislature. Again, it is impossible to conceal from ourselves how requisite some change is, when we hear that out of 600,000, there are no less than 50,000 deaths annu ally in London alone ; and that the consequence of that mortality, and of the present mode Of burial is, that from two millions and a half to three millions of pounds weight of dead and decaying animal matter are. annually deposited in our metropolitan grave. yards ! Knowing these things, it is absolutely impossible to hesitate. Further hesitation, in fact, would be nothing less than criminal. As Mr. WALKER admirably hinted, to continue wil fully the present system of interment, and yet at the same time to cry out, Sunday after Sunday, " From plague, pestilence, and famine, Good Lord deliver us !" is little short of being a blasphemous mockery. Before the present session has closed, some distinct pledge, at the very least, must be extorted from the Government, to the effect that Parliament shall be called upon very speedily to legislate upon the sub ject of interment. The popular expectation in this " The Cemetery: a Brief Appeal to the Feelings of Society in behalf of Extra-mural Burial." Pp. 34. Wm. rigkoring. Xmado; 1841. regard cannot but be safe so long as Mr. WALKER has in the House of Commons such co-operators as Mr. GEORGE TI10?&I'SON and Mr. WILLIAM ALEXANDER MACKINNON. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The result of the elections for Paris is not yet completely known, although it is certain that LEDRU^ RoLLIN, Sergeant-Major BOICUET, LAGRANGE and PIERRE LEROUI are returned. In the provinces M. DUPONT DE L'EURE and the LAFAYETTES have lost their election. M. Tunas and Admiral CECILLE have been returned for Rouen; the whole of the members for La Vendee are Legitimatists, the whole of those for the Indre Republicans, and the whole of those for the Cher Socialists. Not a single vote was recorded in the Upper Marne for the Prince DE JOINVILLE. M. DUPIN has been thrown at N ievre. The illoniteur contains the official announcement of the appointment of M. LACROSSE ad interim to the Ministry of the Interior in the room of M. LEON FAUCHER• _ ----- The Ilioniteur publishes the following telegraphic dispatch from Admiral TREROUART, dated Toulon, May 16 : "On the day before yesterday, at 7 o'clock, P.m., I left Civita Vecchia, where the report was current since the previous day that two Roman envoys had arrived at our head- quarters, as the bearers of words of accommo dation. These reports have been confirmed to me by a letter from the general-in-chief of the 13th, from Castle di Guido. lie says, ' already serious propositions of s submission have been made to me. We are for the Romans the anchor of safety. I arrive at Toulon with the Labradore and Sane, in order that they may assist as possible the numerous The Assemblee :Nationale gives the f o ll ow ing a s the result of the elections for 19 n ames u p t o one o ' c l oc k in the morning : Bac ••• ••• 124 s ec ti ons ... 51,116 vo t es . horses ill to s be ciuice k n l t y to Civita Vecchia.'" Bedeau ••• ••• 122 ... ... 39,286 Eixio ••• ••• 106 ... ... 49,429 Boichot ... ~. 125 ... ... 47,627 Bugeaud... ... 122 ... ... 49,222 Cavaignac ... 124 ... ... 54,014 Coquerel... ... 94 .„ ... 37,484 Falloux ... ... 119 ... ••• 44,504 Faucher (Leon)... 120 ... ... 47.608 Lagrange l24 49,363 Lamoricielco ... 193 ... ... 46.784 Lcdru-Rollin ... 123 ~. ... 48,297 Mather de Montjau 123 ••• '•• 47,169 Lucien Murat ... 123 ••• 61,048 Odilon Barrot ... 119 ... ... 49,218 Pyat (Felix) ... 125 ... ... 52 ,037 Rattier ... . 123 ... ... 49,419 Vavin ••• ::. 122 ... ... 43, 2 85 Wolowski 94 ... ... 51,283 BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, MAY 17. Eastlndian 3%—Great I n dian Peninsular, 4X, —Northern of France, 105—Paris and Strasbourg, 4%. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 11th have been received. The adjudication of the quicksilver contract which had been fixed fur that day did not take place as there were no bidders. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES, PRUSSIA. Prussia has recalled her Deputies from Frankfort. The Berlin Gazette of the 14th contains the follow ing decree : " We, Frederick William, Scc., King of Prussia, on the advice of our Ministers, decree as follows: " Ist. The mandate of the deputies, elected by the states of Prusssitt to the German National Assembly, on the ground of the resolution of the Confederation of March 30 and April 7, 1848, and our decree of the 11th of the latter month, is anulled. "2d. The present decree is to be communicated to the deputies by our Plenipotentiaries in Frankfort, with the notice to refrain from taking any further part in the pro ceedings of the Assembly. " FREDER t I h C e R ju W in l i L s L te lA rs M. o " Charlottenbur g , 14 th "(Signed 49 b !' The ordonnance is preceded by a report from the Ministers to the KING, in which they endeavour to establish that, the Assembly having persisted in its resolution to promulgate the constitution, without the consent of the Governments, no longer legally repre sents the German nation, and that, consequently, its mission is at an end. They add, that it cannot be hoped that the Assembly can co-operate effectually in the regulation of the affairs of Germany ; and they declare that its resolutions on Prussian intervention in Saxony are most hostile to Prussia. The state of the insurgent town in the Rhine pro vinces and Westphalia has not changed. The barri cades of Elberfeld, Hagen, and Iserlohn aro being strengthened. The Kolner Zeitung gives, a list of Westphalian cities which have partly sent reinforce ments to the insurgents at Hagen and Iserlohn, while others are being fortified against the military. IVe find among them the names of almost all the market towns of the Mark and the Sauerland. Iserlohn is held by 5,000 well-armed Westphalians, most of them capital shots with the rifle; the bridges many miles round the town have been destroyed, and the defiles of the mountains occupied by advanced detachments. The Prussian Government are concentrating a large army on the heath of C amen to suppress th e insurrec tion on the Rhine andin Westphalia. The rebellion against the royal authority spreads— most of the towns and communes in the district of Mark have revolted, and declared that they will sup port the Constitution. At Iserlohn on the 13th, the people resolved to defend the town to the last ex tremity, and it was strongly barricaded. The women and children were sent away. Armed assistance was immediately sent to the insurgents from Hagen, and 13 other communes. There were 5,000 combatants in the town, all well armed and well supplied with ammunition. For some leagues around Iserlohn all the roads and bridges were occupied by the insur gents. The communes of E ssen an d Atenessen h ave been declared in a state of siege. A deputation arrived at Dusseldorf, on the 13th instant, from Elberfeld, with an offer to capitulate if a general amnesty were granted, and the troops pro hibited from entering the town. It does not appear that the Government at Dusseldorf agreed to the conditions. The Gazette of Elberfeld says that tranquillity was restored in the town. The municipality of Konigsberg summoned a mu nicipal diet throughout the circle to consider what resolutions it were best to take in relation to the German question. The chief of the civil administra tion, after having approved this step, has just pub lished an order forbidding the assembly in question, and declaring that the Konigsberg corporation is not com T p h e e t i e a n n t d t w o suchecharlletaolgleedtheorotin we adiestiphalia exhibit a o n n d e ep o e f nd the on w t e h h i r s -m al e l n -im m p a o d r e ta a nt ep fo e r e c o e h . spirit of insubordination which . shows how little the g notes t fire e s n l I g e g l e a I men, mode andin w h n i o c t h i.n they eohniapda beennicompanies. A G t ov r e a r d nm er e h n or t n ca but his comrades, r en efl m e ni ct o in n g ed o , n h t y he si i applauded his speech, would not permit him to be touched, and the Major . was forced to di osnplethene. The who Major wanted wanted to arrest him, • people, They and d lared in a body they would they pledged themselves to stand by the German constitution. The royal ordinance of the 10th instant, creates everywhere the most profound disgust, particularly that article which enables every petty officer to play the tyrant i n hi s d i str i ct, by declaring it in a state of siege. There is no d ou b t that RADowiTz has been charged with the r e p resentation of the Prussian Government at the co n f erence called together at Berlin to decide the Germ an uestion. LERCLIENFELD has sent in his credentials as Plenipotentiary for Bavaria, STEVE q for Hanover, and BEUST for Saxony. BEUST is still at Dresden. Berlin is crowded at this moment with fugitive families out of Dresden. The most horrible stories are i n c i rculation concern i ng t h e atroc i ous murders c omm i tted by the soldiery i n t h e storm o f the house s i n the Alt- Stadt. The central !commis sioner at Dresden, B RIEGL EA, received a telegraphic dispatch f rom Frankf or t on the 12th inst., in conse quence of w hi ch he sent in his res i gnat i on to t h e Central Gover nment. BERLIN, M Ay 16.—The Pruss i an S taa t s A nz i eger by which he has hitherto been swayed , of this d a y c ontains a long and affectionate address from the K ING to his subjects, in w hi c h h e e l uc id a t es the motives and by whi c h h is future conduct w ill b e ac t ua t e d . He earnestly exhorts them in t h e presen t ti me o f danger to pr ove themselves true P russ i ans by ra ll y i ng round the Th rone of their MONARCH , an d re l y i ng implicitly upon his faithfulness and affection for them. The Gazett e d e Cologne o f th e 17th say s —" A Cabinet c our i er was dispatched t hi s even i ng to em bark at Litbeck, and carry to Copenhagen proposi tions on the subject of the armistice. 4E on the 10th : AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. The EMPEROR accompanied by Prince SCIINVART RRERG and G eneral VAN BEY , arrived at Presburgh He will there await the arrival of the Russian Princ e PASKEIWITSCLi. Accordi ng t o the j ou rnals and letters of Vienna of the 11th, th ere i s no doubt that the Hungarian Diet has form a ll y d ecreed that the H ouse o f A ustr i a has forfeited th e H ungarian throne. Th e Di et h as de creed an additi onal levy of 50,000 men, and has even ordered battalions of women and young girls to be enrolled. It has named Bam, Governor ot Transyl vania, with a voice in the ministry, provided, how ever, says the decree, that he should not prefer to be generalissimo of the armies of reconquered Poland. oatorg, is said to be gidivoing on the Mervin And Silesian border, at the head of 80,000 men. A slight engagement bad taken place at Sillim, in consequence of which, after losing 40 killed, the Austrians with drew to the right bank of the Waag. The Pesther Zeitung of the 6th instant, contains the following news KOSSUTH, in a report to the National Assembly, in which he terms himself, in accordance with the national desire, President and Governor of Hungary and all the countries thereto appertaining, had appointed the following Ministry : —Minister of Interior and President of the Council, BARTHOL CZEMERI of Foreign Affairs, Count CASIMIR BATIIYANY of Finance, DUSCHEK ; of Public Works, CZANYI ; Worship, MICHAEL HOR VATH, Bishop of Czanad ; Justice, BAKOVICS ; War and Commerce to be named later." According to the last report of four o'clock on the afternoon of the 6th, Ofen had been bombarded during 28 hours, and already a breach opened. The Hunga rian batteries are planted on the Adler, Schwaben, and Blocksberg. The bombardment of Pesth from Ofen bad begun on the 4th instant, and been exceedingly destructive both to property and life. On - the afternoon of the 6th the tiring on Pesth ceased, and GORGEY was re quested by the Government commissioner IRANYI to send an officer to Ofen to parley, and stop the con tinuation of hostilities agakst Pesth, on pain of the garrison being put to the sword on the capture of the fortress. FICA Iv KFO R T. The German Gazette of Frankfort, of the 14th says : " Last evening the Prussian and Austrian non commissioned officers and soldiers were guilty of most revolting excesses towards inoffensive citizens. One citizen was seriously wounded, and, as already stated another was killed." The sitting of the National Assembly at Frankfort on the 14th was a very stormy one. The President of the Assembly gave an account of an inter view he had had with the Vicar of the Empire, in which the latter announced to him that he had formed a Ministry, and that its programme had been settled; but that, before making either known, he wished to communicate with the Prussian Commis sary, who had just arrived. The President informed the Assembly that he had received from the Minister of War the assurance that the deplorable events of the preceding day should be submitted to a rigid iavestigution. The same assur ance was given in a letter from M. DEETZ, the com mandant of the city. _ _ Propositions relative to the sending away of the troops belonging to the states, which have not recog nised the constitution, were presented by MM. SCIILOFFEL, NAUWERCK, and Jucno. They pro ceeded to the vote upon the urgency of these pro positions. The . votes being equal, the urgency was rejected. The motion of M. LOEWE, from Calbe, to suspend the sitting till four, and to invite the Minister of War to be present, was adopted; that of SIMON, of Treves, to the effect that the Committee of Thirty should be ordered to terminate its report before four o'clock on the propositions above, was rejected by 163 votes against 147. On the resumption of the sitting at four, it was understood that the majority of the Committee of Thirty, recommended that the Central Power be in vited to change the garrison at Frankfort, and only leave there the troops of those Governments that have recognised the Constitution. The minority de manded an order of the day, grounded on the ex planation of the Minister of War. A short but violent debate ensued, in which the Minister of War declared that measures for preserving the public tranquillity had been taken ; and the house was proceeding to the vote on the order of the day pro posed by the minority of the Committe when the post left. A letter from Frankfort of the 14th says—" The Prussian Commissary, who arrived here last evening, is stated to be the bearer of an engagement on the part of Prussia to recognise the German Constitution on these conditions :-1. That Austria shall be at liberty to enter the Federal State ; 2. That the title of Emperor shall be changed ; 3. That instead of the suspensive veto the absolute veto shall be admitted; 4. That the electoral law shall be changed." B AD ' N. The insurrection progresses, and everywhere the troops join the people. The federal fortress of Ras tadt is in the power of the insurgents. BA MARIA. The Frankfort Journal announces that the defec tion of the Bavarian troops was rapidly extending, and that, on the 12th, the troops of Munich had re fused to obey an order of the Government to proceed to the camp of the Marsfeld. The Darmstadt Gazette estimates that 20,000 men had gone from the Duchy to assist the insurgents in the provinces of Rhenish Bavaria. The King of BAVARIA. refused on the 14th to re ceive an address with 15,000 signatures, in favour of the German Constitution, agreed to at a great meet ing held at Nuremburg. HOLLAND. AMSTERDAM—The Dutch papers contain a full account of the inauguration of the KING, which took place with great solemnity at the cathedral church of Amsterdam, on the morning of the 12th. In the evening the city was illuminated. Both the KING and QUEEN visited the principal places in the city to view the illuminations. In honour of his inaugura tion his Majesty has made an immense number of promotions and nominations in the civil administra tion, in the army, and in the three orders. His Ma jesty has also presented the sum of 6,000 florins to the burgomaster of Amsterdam for distribution among the poor. ITALY. RuscoNl, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Roman Republic, has been dispatched to London, to solicit the interference of Lord PALMERSTON between the French and Roman Republics ; and General OUDINOT has promised not to renew his attack on Rome until the result shall be known. PESCANTINI accompanies RuscoNl. It is said that GARIBALDI has determined to follow up his victory by at once marching upon Naples, which is totally unprotected, and proclaiming the re public in that city. The Roman Triumvirs have published the follow ing decree for the release of the French prisoners : " DECREE OF THE TRIUMVIRS FOR THE LIBERATION OF FRENCH PRISONERS.—In the name of God and the people, considering that between the French people and Rome there is not, nor can exist, a state of war; that Rome defends her own inviolability as a duty and as a right, deprecating any offence between the two Re publics as a crime against the common faith of both; that the Roman people do not hold responsible for the deeds of a deceived Government the soldiers who, in fighting, obey their orders, the triumvirate decree all the French soldiers made prisoners on the 30th April aro set free, ar.d will be sent back to the French army. The Roman people will greet with a fraternal applause and demon stration the brave soldiers of the sister French Republic. May 3. Immediately after the above decree was issued the French soldiers were seen walking arm-in• arm with the Romans, previously to marching to their camp. The conduct of MAZZINI and his colleagues throughout the late trying scenes has been admi rable, and affords a complete refutation of the calumnies which the titled and sacerdotal reactionaries have of late so industriously circulated against the citizens of the Roman Republic. From Naples we learn the return of the infamous DEL CARETTO, and of all those who fled in February, ' 1848. At Gaeta the utmo' t consternation reigns in consequence of the defeat of the French and the Nea politans. _ It is possible that GARIBALDI en route for Naples may pay a visit to the POPE at Gaeta. The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa, of the 12th, states that Leghorn was attacked on the 10th by the Tuscan carabineers, only the Austrians forming the the reserve. After some resistance, the town was taken with a loss of about 40 killed and 200 wounded. A rumour was current that 12 of the chiefs had been shot; but this requires confirmation. The same journal mentions that the French Ambassador at Naples, M. DIIARCOURT, hastened to Gaeta imme diately on learning the entrance of the Neapolitans into the Roman states. It was rumoured that this was for the purpose of protesting against that inter vention. A letter from Ferrara of the 7th, in a Genoa paper, states that the 4,000 Austrians who had been bivouacking for some days past between Pontelago, Scuro, and Ferrara, had not yet entered the town. It further states that on the 6th the Austrians sent a deputation to the head of the municipality to ask whether the council desired the return of the POPE, or the maintenance of the RE-public ; upon which the council was summoned, when 3 voted for the POPE, and 37 for the Republic. The Austrian deputation having received this answer retired, and proceeded to Bondeno, some say to Cento. After the above deli beration of the council, the six hostages that had been taken at Ferrara by the Austrians were set at liberty. The Bologna Gazette of the 9 th gives t he deta ils of the attacli ' upon Bologna by the Austrians on that day. It began at eight A. 1.11 All the inhabitants were armed, and determined to resist. The town was barricaded throughout, and a battery of cannon situated on the Montagnuola, a considerable emi nence adjoining the town. Congreve rockets were thrown into the town by the Austrians, but with little effect. The attacks were principally directed against the Galliera, San Felice, and San Gozza gates. The people repeatedly refused to capitulate. Later accounts state that the Austrians had occu pied three gates, and the suburb of San Michele ; the Bolognese held out on the Montagnola. Presi dent J3fArt9oLx hitd fled; the municipality were in permanence ; a military commission governed the town. • The Milan Gazette of the 12th publishes a procla mation, dated the 4th, addressed by Marshal RADET ZKY to the Venetians, in which he demands—lit, a complete and absolute surrender ; 2d, the surrender of all forts of the town, all materials of war, public treasury, &c. ; 3d, of all arms, whether public or private. He offers in return-4th, the permission to all persons, without exception, to leave the town either by sea or by land ; sth, a general pardon to all soldiers and sub-officers of the land and sea forces. The answer of MANIN, dated the sth, states in sub stance that he had already, on receiving the summons of Lieutenant-Marshal HAYNAU, dated the 26th March, consulted the representatives of the Ve netian people, who had on the 2d April decreed resistance to the last, and given him the charge of it ; and that he can, therefore, give Marshal RADETZKY no other answer but that. He adds, that on the 4th April last he (Mame) had addressed notes to the Cabinets of England and France, pray ing that they might mediate between Austria and Venice, so that the latter might obtain a suitable political condition, and that he hopes soon to obtain communications respecting the friendly interposition of those powers, more particularly after the new in structions he sent to Paris on the 22d. These cir cumstances would not exclude the possibility of treating directly with the Imperial Ministry, if agreeable. He then leaves it to Marshal RADETZKY to judge whether hostilities ought to be suspended or not during the negotiations for peace. To this answer of MANIN'S, RADETZKY abruptly replies in another proclamation, dated the 6th, that the Emperor will never permit the intervention of foreign powers between himself and his rebellious subjects ; that con sequently the hopes of the revolutionary government on that score are vain, and that he regrets being obliged to make Venice suffer the fate of war. A letter from Turin of the 13th says :—" A new treason has been discovered at Venice. An accom plice revealed to General PEPE a conspiracy to set fire to the arsenal, and whilst the troops of the Fort of Malghera should be occupied in endeavouring to extinguish the fire the Austrians were to make a terrible attack on the fort. General PEPE profited by the discovery. A short time before the hour fixed for the fire be arrested the traitors, and having caused a large quantity of wood and straw to be placed near the arsenal, he set fire to it. The Aus trians, thinking that the arsenal was on fire, as had been agreed upon, commenced the assault, but they met with such a resistance that they were compelled to retire with heavy losses. Several hundred wounded were sent to Padua, and the besieged, profiting by the disorder of the enemy, sallied out, made 800 prisoners, and spiked the greater part of the Austrian cannon." SICILY. The intelligence of the success of the patriots at Palermo is fully confirmed. A letter from Palermo of the Eth says that the town is completely in the hands of the sincere patriots, who are commanded by SCORDATO, concerning whom we find the following particulars in the Sicilian journal L' Independenza et e la Leja—" GIUSEPPE SCORDATO is a peasant of Bagaria, a large village situated about nine miles to the east of Palermo, and well known to travellers from the beautiful villas which the Sicilian noblesse have built there.. SCORDATO had A brother named GIAMBAT TISTA, who having become obnoxious to the infamous DEL CARETTO, was forced to fly to the mountains. His old father and mother were arrested and im• prisoned by DEL CARETTO to force them to discover the hiding place of their son, and GUISEPPE, the pre sent hero of Palermo, was compelled to hide himself avoid the tyranny and cruelty of DEL CARETTO and his myrmidons, whose steps in Sicily might always be tracked by blood. GIAMBATTISTA was shot down in the mountains by the myrmidons of DEL CARETTO; and GUISEPPE SCORDATO, found an asylum sometimes in the hut of the peasant, sometimes in the villas and chauteaux of the nobility of Palermo, whose proper ties he, by the influence of his name, and of his per sonal courage, protected from the attacks of those street robbers, at whose thefts the police of DEL CARETTO connived. Enabled by the revolution of Jan. 12, 1848, to appear again openly, SCORDATO came to Palermo at the head of the peasantry of Bagaria, and fought so furiously against the Neapolitan troops that at length their fear of him became so great that they fled when the heard of his approach. Such is SCORDATO, who has. undertaken to defend the honour and reputation of Palermo against the forces of the Neapolitan tyrant. SCORDATO, unlike FILANGERI, has never devastated cities, never ordered Massacres in cold blood, and, which is perhaps infinitely more respectable in our commercial age, has never been a bankrupt. SOUTH YORKSHIRE, DONCAS TER, AND GOOLE RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.) A special general meeting of the Suuth Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole Railway Company was held this morning at the London Tavern ; Lord Wharncliffe, Chairman of the Board of Directors, in the chair, when a resolution was passed cancelling 3,937 shares, upon which only the deposit of 31. had been paid, and in re spect of which the call of s'. was in arrear. The meet ing was purely of a financial character. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO TIII?EE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at from 7,000 to 8,000 bales, and comprised about 6,000 American, at sid. to 6id., 300 Bahia. at 4id. to 5d., 200 Egyptian at 6d. to 6/d., and 400 Surats at 3id. to 3d. The market closed firmly.—The Railway Share Market opened rather firm, but was not quite so good at the close of business. The Corn Market is steady to day. The arrivals comprise 17,640 qrs. of Foreign Wheat, and 7,820 qrs. of Oats. The six week's average price of Wheat is 455. 2d., and the last week's 455. 3d. The quarters sold last week were 86,838. Late advices from .Sydney, viz., to Feb. 5, are by far the most satisfactory in respect to commercial matters of any we have seen for a long time past. In a state ment before us, it is observed that an average business has been done, and that the market was steadily recover ing from the depression under which it had laboured. The stocks of goods were in most instances so light that advanced rates were still looked for. The imports were exceedingly limited, and the exports excessive. Manchester goods were eagerly sought after by the trade, and large parcels of calicoes, domestics, long cloths, moleskins, &c., just received ex. Duke of Rich. mond, had been taken at an advance even upon the pre vious rates. The sales by auction went off briskly also, and blankets and woollen cloths were taken largely for California. Freights were rising, shipping being wanted to convey troops and stores from India, while there would be ships required for California, and but few arrivals were expected from the eastward. Wheat was 2s. 9d. to 3s. 9d. per bushel. The railway project was still in great favour., Hobart Town advices of Jan. 3 state that the colonists were resAved strenuously to persevere against the intro duction of more convicts. Some very just reflections are made in reference to the parties who are about to proceed to California, and who, like those who quitted Port Philip some few years since to go to Valparaiso, may be glad, should they have the means, of soon re turning to Australia. Cape of Good Hope papers, one or two days later, have been received. The Fingoes still continued to leave the colony from fear of being made slaves, but it was hoped the explanations of Government when further promulgated would tranquillize those still remaining at llitenhage and other places, as it had done the many who were working as boatmen at Port Elizabeth. In a long letter by a resident, given in the South African Advertiser, a very favourable comparison is instituted between the Cape and other colonies, and which cer tainly shows that it does not stand in the background. The desire of the Mexican Government to amend its tariff has been unequivocally manifested lately, and the following practical illustration will be interesting:— "DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY. - " His Excellency the President has been pleased to direct to me the following decree:— " The President of the United Mexican States to the inhabitants of the Republic:—Know ye that the General Congress has decreed as hereinafter:— " Art. 1. Is permitted for the term of three years the introduction into the port of Matamoras and the custom houses of the frontier of the State of Tamaulepass, of the following articles, viz., flour, rice, sugar of every description, coffee, small grains (semillas, which applies to such, except wheat and barley) of every sort known by the name of menestros ; butter, pork, salted or pickled. All these will, for their entire import duty, pay the rates subjoined :—Common wheat flour, the barrel, 100 dolls. ; superfine ditto, 150; Rice, per 100 pounds, 75 dolls. ; sugar ditto, 100 dolls. ; coffee ditto, 110 dolls. ; salt pork, 120 dolls. ; butter, 120 dolls.; small grain, by measurement, 20 per cent. " Art. 2. Is likewise permitted the introduction at the Custom-house of Paso del Norte, in the state of Chihuahua, of wood and lumber for buildings, subject, however, to the registration provided for the tariff for other articles generally. " Art. 3. The Government, in order truly to accom plish the object of this decree, w ill previously ascertain whether there exists on the frontiers the scarcity of those provisions which it is intended hereby to introduce, and it will put an end to that introduction so soon as the population now favoured shall have been supplied by the national commerce with the needful articles. " Art. 4. Are comprehended within the benefits of this law 1,125 barrels of flour and 150 quintals (cwt.) of rice, introduced through Matamoras in the month of January last. " ABRAN6IOII6." In the Colonial and Foreign produce markets there has this week been a good business done, and to-day there are numerous public sales. Not so much is advertised for next weck. Sugar is rather dearer this week, and Coffee is well supported, with an improved inquiry. Of Rice the deliveries are large. The Wool sales are going off briskly, and the advance obtained at the Indigo auc tions is supported. In Public Securities we have an improvement to-day, although there is not much doing. Few time purchases have been made, owing to the rise of One per Cent. at Paris, and the favourable progress of the elections. Our letters from Amsterdam and Frankfort report still, however, rather a heavy Bourse. Consols are now 91 for Transfer, and 9l a for Account, having been 91i at the opening this morning. Bank Stock realises 193 ;Q 195. 'Act New Whree - aucl•a•gliarlsr per Cents. bring 904 ; 1 ,o 91. Exchequer-bills are 455. to 483 premium. The Foreign F. 'securities are at merely nominal values but are held foi • an advance. Mexican, 31i I; Spanish Three per Ce a ts., 334; Portuguese Four per Cents. , 29; and Brazili a n, 79; Dutch Four per Cents. are 76a. Railway She 3 es are again higher, although the deal ings are not hi 'ge, a proof that public confidence is in creasing without t artificial support. York and North Midland are ver y buoyant and also Midland, Berwick, and Great Nord (ern. °NE cLOS 11:1 ; PRICES OF PRPII SR FUNDS. O'CLO ggICV. Mink Stoclii 3or Cent. Reduc ed Arms ...... 3 per Cent. Consd s Annuities 906% 91% gew 3% per Cent. Anu5..,,,.. 90 44 91 91% Long Anne. to exi i i re Jan.lB6o -16 8 94 6 Ditto, 30 years., Oct. 10, 1859 -16 8 5-16 Consols for Acco• it it t+;xchequer Bill; i. I%d. & 2d. 1,000!. Jun 0....... ....... - 500/. June Small. June . PRICES OF F 0 MON FUNDS olia. CLOSINti O'CL)CE. PRICES. firazilian Bonds .. . - Ditto, New,/ E 29 and 1839 Buenos Ayres 13. mds, 6 uer Cent. 37% Grenada Bomb, 1 per Cent — 16) Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons Ditto, Ex C e .upons •• ••• 29 1 4 Ditto, Accou. , a t - 29% Portuguese 5 p , x ! Cents. 7B 78 _ Ditto, 4 per 4.1 mt 28% Spanish 5 per Ceml . 1840. Ditto, 3 per C ent .... 33% 33 1 4 ~ Litto, Acco iu it, Dividen di • on the above payable in London. French Rentes,, .5 per Cent. ... 901. Exchange .... —25 f. 5 0 c. Dutch 2% per CA nt., 12 Guild — 49 Ditto. 4 per C ant. Certifizates 76% 77 PRICES OF' PAID. BUSINEsS DONE CLOSING (RAILWAY SIDI RE S. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES' Birmingham and Ox ford Junct., ca Us duly paid, or with a, olran. 20 B7istol and Exeter 9O ...... 591 ..... ......... 5974 Buckinghamshire , .... 161. 4s. ..... I%dis .. .„. it, dis Caledonian - .. ..... 50 DO. New 10/. Pr af..... 10 ...,.. ...... .. Chester and Holy he Ad... 50 Ditto, Preferet ICI , Eastern Courtier... Do. New Guaranteed 6 per Cent .... Ditto, Extensic sn•, 5 per Cent., No. 1....... 61.135. 4d.... ... ......... ,, -- Ditto ditto, No. 2-64 13s. 4d... Do. North. & Ea item, 6 per Cent. - 5 O 5O Ditto. 5 per ec mt.... 50 ...... 514 5 1 14 Do. New 43 ...... 45 ... 4 5. , Edinburgh and Gls.sgow 50 ...... 42 411 .. ... .. 41% Great Northern .. Do., -% A Deferred ... 12%...... ... .. 4' Treat South. and West. (Ireland) ..„..., 45 ..—.. 33 ... .. ........ 33 Great North of EnA Jand 100 ..... - Ditto, New, 401.. 40 Ditto, ditto Ditto, New ,15/ l4 .. .. 32 .......... ..... 32 Great Weetern....... lOO ...... 79% 79 ... 79 Ditto, 4 Shares Ditto, Fifths..--... ... 20 _ _ , i Ditto, New 174... ..... 15 ... .. 11 11 1 4 .. IPA Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 Ditto, Half Share's ... 25 ...... Lancashire & Yorkohire 93 Do. Quarter Shales—. 173 1 1014... 1 0 1,4 Do. New,Gua.6 perct. 10 Do. (W. Riding Union) 9 ..... Leeds and Bradford London, Brighton, ana South Coast..... Loudon and N. Western 100 Ditto, New Quarters.. 7 Ditto, Fifths ..... .. .. 2 ...... 7 1 4... Do. 101. (M. & B.) C. 1 ..... 4 Land. &S. Western 5O ...... 34 . 1% 3431i Midland ...... ...........100 ..... 69 69 1 4 99 Do., do., 501. SL area... 25 ... .. 1 i 14% ... ..... , 144 - Do.Consol.Bris tol and Birming., 6 per et. —.lOO 122%.... ........ ... 123% Norfolk ...... ...100 ... • ••• •• .....• Do. Guaranteed E 5 N )rttl British ........ ... 25 .... , 13 "A 3 North Staffordshire. 17 32 12%1 ,2 12% Reading, Guildford, and . Reigate ..... 15 Scottish Central ..... .... 25 „..... ..... 24 Shrewsbury and Birai... 11 ...... 53i 5 l /4 • Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 „..... South Eastern. .. ..... .. 33 1 A 3 22 2114 22 , j 8 ... 22% Do., No. 1.. ........ .... 28 Do., No. 3 .. ...... 30 ...... Do., Registered No. 4 10 ...... 634 % 619 Do., Scrip No 4 Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... ... ..... 60 York, Newcastle, and Berwick. .... .. . Do. Newcastle Exten. 20 Do. G.N.E.Preference 8 York and North Midland 50 31 1 4 32 1 / 2 31 32 31 1 4 32 Ditto, Preference . . FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Central of France (Or- Vierzon) East Indian ....... ' Namur and Liege ...... 20 ... .. 7U 74 Northern of Franze Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 ...... 3%14 3 14 Paris and Rouen 2O .4... Rouen and Havre MINES. Australian JOINT STOCK BANKS,. London & Westrainstur. 20 LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAY 18.—Wind at noon S.W., light breeze and cloudy, with rain at times. LIVERPOOL, MA.Y 17.—Wind S.S.W. to N.N.W.--• Arrd., 16th, Betsy Hall, Hall, Benin, aid. 2d February; Glaucus, Gales, Callao; Rosalie, Alsop, Valparaiso; Hibbert, Bruce, Buenos Ayres; Julia Howard, Bulkeley Charleston; Ava, Moore, Wilmington; Liverpool, Eld• ridge, New York. 17th, Tory, Seaton, Manilla; Crew. more, Salt, Maccio; Pathfinder, Me!drum, New Orleans; Milan, Manson, New Orleans; Chippewa, Galbraith, ditto; Boadicea, Lovett, ditto; Intrinsic, M`Kay, ditto; James Titcombe, Stone, ditto; Lochlibo, Boyd, Mobile; Richard Alsop, Smith, Apalachicola; Franconia, Smith, Baltimore. Sld., 16th, Alliance, Boston. 17th, William Peile, Buenos Ayres; Mountaineer, Savanna; Alice Wil son, New York; Oriental, Boston; Abbot Lord, Port land; Leander, Miramichi; Argo, Quebec. Off port, Confucius, Shanghai; Phcenix, Antigua; Malabar, Mo bile; Siddons, New York; Importer, Mermaid, Duke, Shakspere. Fax:mouTH, DIAY 16.—Arrd. Sophie, Iversen, Rio Janeiro; Thorwaldsen, Rees, Bahia; Hoppet, Anderson, Alexandria; Lord Redesdale, Hatfield, Patras, and E ld. for London. 17th, Dorcas, Andas, Constantinople. 16th, Sid., Joven, Eloira, Antwerp; Eloise, ditto; Sur prise, Cronstadt. 17th, Helene, Riga; Princess Royal, Hall; Kate, Goole. Off port, 16th, Oracle, Patterson, St. Croix. DEAL, MAY 17.—Wind S. W., fresh and squally.-- Arrd. Isabella, Hercus, Sydney, N. S. W.; H am let, Wilson, ditto; Wellington, Crosby, Hobart Town; Fa vourite, Webster, China; Agincourt, Nisbett, Calcutta; Bolton, Young, Singapore; Zidiah (of Jersey), Monte Video; St. Abb's, Willis, Trinidad; Sylph, Triadwell, Barbadoes; Reserve, Alexander, Jamaica; Carolita, Columbia River. ‘ Is SOUTHADIPTON, MAY 1 7.—Sld. Dee, steamer, West ladies; Iberia, steamer, Gibraltar. THE LATE MURDEROUS ASSAULT UPON A POLICE CONSTABLE IN BRISTOL.—DEATH OF THE VICTIM. — About a fortnight since a Bristol police-constable, named John Pym, whilst conveying two of the frail sisterhood to the station-house in that city, was assaulted and grie vously injured about the head and face by two privates belonging to the 15th Regiment of Foot. The constable was enabled to appear against them before the magis trates; but they were permitted to embark with their regiment, as it was understood they would be punished through the instrumentality of the commanding officer. Subsequently the unfortunate police-officer became so ill from the effects of the treatment he had received, that he was obliged to be placed in the infirmary of the station, where every attention was paid him, but ery sipelas took place, and last night (Thursday) be expired. Whatever instruetion is reaped from history, may be reaped from a newspaper, which is the history of the world for one day. It is the history of that world in which we now live, and with which we are, consequently, more concerned than with those which have passed away, and exist only in remembrance.—Eliza Cook's Journal. BIRTHS. On the 12th inst., in Berkeley-square, the Lady Eliza beth Lawley, of a son and heir. On the 12th inst., Mrs. Bernard Duffy, of a daughter, at Marlborough-place, Upper Hamilton-terrace, St. John's. wood. On the 13th inst., at Manchester•square, Mrs. William Hakes, of a son. At Dunstall Priory, Shoreham, Kent, on the 14th inst., the lady of J. C. Alexander, Esq., of a son. On the 15th inst , at Boreham Vicarage, Essex, the wits of the Rev. Henry Brown, of a daughter. On the 14th inst , at Court•house, Winchfield, Hants, the wife of Mr. J. F. Stebbing, of a son. MARRIED. On the 15th inst., at Tulse-hill, S urrey , th e R ev. M atth i as Mawson Lamb, M.A., to Georgians, daughter of the late B. Pead, EN. ' of Hacton, E ssex. On the 15th inst., at Stoke Newington Church, William, third son of George Game, Esq.. Pointington, Dorset, to Elizabeth, second daughter of W. Beale, Esq, Manor-house, Stoke Newington. At Grantham, on the 15th inst., William Thomas, youngest son of the late Rev. John Rudd, vicar of 131ythe, and pre bendary of Southwell, Notts, to Mary Sophia, y ounges t daughter of th e R ev. W . Potchett, ' vicar of Grantham, and prebendary of Salisbury. lED. On the 14th inst., at Br D oad-street-buildings, D. Breese, Esq , of Loughton, aged 44. On the 14th inst., aged 69, Mr. Jonathgn Warburton, Castle-street, Southwark. On the 14th inst., at Baldock, Herta, Vickriss Pryor, Esq. On the 15th inst., the Rev. H. V. Wilson, of Hammer smith, aged 58. On the 15th inst., in Weymouth-street, Portland-place, John Thoyts, Esq., late Lieutenant-Colonel Royal Horso Guards (Blue), aged 77. On the 15th inst., at Colebrooke-row, Islington, aged 67, Hannah, widow of the late T. L. Bradley, Etq , of Not tingham. On the 13th inst., Thomas, only child of Lieutenant- Colonel Norcliffe Norcliffe, of Langton-hall, Yorkshire. London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of !addleacs, Friday, May 18,1849. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 18, 1849, .•• 1