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THE LEGAL TITLE ASSURANCE 1 COMPANY. (Provisionally he b ustered, January 17, 18490 Capital, 2,000,00C1., in 80,000 Shares, of 251. each. Preliminary Deposit, 2s. 6d. pet Share Pro p.ctnses and full information may be obtained at the Tempo ary Oflins of the Company, IZA, Cannon-row, Westminster, on ap- Heaton to G. F. HOWE, Hon. Sec., pro tern. NOTICE.—THE POPULAR EDITION OF MR. DISRAELI'S CONINGSBY, With a New Preface, IS NOW READY, Complete hi onevol., with Portrait, price 6s. bound. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough street. To be had of all Booksellers. In 2 vols. post Bvo., MR. J. F. CORKRAN'3 HISTORY OF THE C O,;sTSTITUEgiifAiidITAL ASSEMBLY OF FRANCE. From May, 1848. IS PUBLISHED THIS DAY, Comprising Personal Sketches of the most distinguished Members Richard Bentley, Pub.isher in Ordinary to her Majesty. 11 E11 MAJE.STY'S THEATRE. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. It is respectfully announced that a Gil ,kND EXTRA NIGHT, on the scale of former seasons, will to presented on THURSDAY EVENING, when will be performed Mozart's celebrated Opera, DON GIOYANtif. With various Entertainments in the Ballet Department. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at tho Box-offlce of the Theatre, where pit Tickets may be obtained as usual, price 10s. Gd. each QT. JAMES'S Tli EA T RE Season 1849. FEEXCH PLAYS and OPERA COMIQUE. THIS EVENING, The Performances will commence at Half-past Seven o'clock with LA VENDETTA. To conclude with NE TOLTHEZ PAS A LA REEVE. Mr. Mitchell begs also to announce that, notwithstanding the in greased expenses of the present eutertainmAnt, the prices of admis don are determined as follows : Boxes „, .. 6s. Od. Pit 3a Od. Amphitheatre .. 2s. Od. Subscriptions tor the season may be arranged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Sams', St. James's-street ; Mr. Andrew?, New Bond-street; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from eleven till five. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Last Appearance of Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi, being her Benefit. TO-MORROW EVENING Will be performed Rossini's celebrated Opera, SE 141 I it AMIDE. Semiramide, Male. Parodi; Arsace, SLdle. Alboni; Assnr, Signor Coletti ; Idreno, Signor Bartolini ; Oroe, Signor Lablache. To be followed by the principal Tableaux of the admired Ballet of FIORITA, By M. P. Taglioni; the Music by signor- Pagni; the Scenery by Mr. C. Marshall. Pincipal parts by Mdlle. C. Rosati, Mdlle. Marie Taglloni, and M. Dor. The Selection will comprise the principal Pas of the Ballet, and the admired Tableaux of the Waterfall. Application for Boxes, Stalls, and Ticke s 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 Beethoven's Opera, FIDELIO. Performances to commence at Eight o'clock. Private Boxes and Places may be obtained at the Bea-office and at Mesita. Jullien and Co.'s, 214, Regent street. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. TO-MORROW EVENING Will be performed LEd HUGUENOTS. With the following powerful ensemble, viz. • Madame Grisi, Mdlle. Angrl, Signors Tamburini, Marini,. Rache, Soldi, Tagliatico, Poloninl, Luigt Mei, Mario, and Mr. Sims Reeves. Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. The performances will commence at Eight o'clock precisely. IkLE-ATItB ituYAL, HATMARIE I. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. 'l'Hl,4 EVE Will be performed THE HOUSEKEEPER. Sidney Maynard, Mr. C. Kean ; Fel cia, lira. C. Kean. After which THE WUNDER. Don Fells, Mr. C. Kean; Donna Violante, Mrs. C. Kean. After which a Classical Extravaganza, called THE SPHINX. THEATRE ROYAL. ADELYIII. Ender the direction a Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE IRISH POST. After which a new grand. Extravaganza, entitled THE DEVIL'S VIOLIN AND THE REVOLT OF THE FLOWERS. To concluae with a Farce, called GOLNG TO THE DERBY THE DERBY DAY. Mr. Jeremiah Twiddle, Mr. Wright ; Mr. John James Chucks, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Captain Nobble, Mr. Worrell ; Mrs. Chucks, Mrs. Matthews ; Mrs. Twiddle, Miss Woolgar. ROYAL LYCLUM THEATUE. Under the Id anagement of Madame Vends. Sol , Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. TEIS EVENING Will be performed a new Drama, called A ROMANTIC IDEA. After which, A WONDERFUL WOMAN. To be followed by BOX AND COX. To conclude with KILL Olt CUBE. Dress / ./.x.s, as.; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 28. ; Gallery, Is. No half-price to any part of the house. The New Box-oelce, No. 2, Wellington• street, is open to the hlic .very r:47, irom Tan till Six. AoTLE I's ROYAL AME.HITHF.ATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. The following eminent artistes form the greatest amount of female equestrian talent ever engaged in this or any other establishment at ona time Mdlles. Adelaide Minnie, Valentine, Louise Touirnaire, La Jeane Josephine ; MiSs Woolford, Barrand , Davidson, Avery, and La Petite Jeanette. In addition to the above Mr. Batty has great pleasure in ainounc lag that ho has engaged that peerless equestrian Marie Macarte, whose brilliant triumphs on the Continent and in America have ac quired for her the appellation of the Equestrian Enchantress, and whose first appearance will. Le duly announced. Last Week. of the grand Easter Spectacle. In active preparation, and will be produced at Whitsuntide a new grand Military Equestrian Spectacle, entitled )lOOLTAN and GOuJEKAT ; or, the Conquest of the Seikhs. THIS EVEN ING, 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 conclade with the favourite Afterpiece of CHERRY BOUNCE. Dox-otlice open from Eleven till tour ^tage Manager, Mr. W. West. IMMENSE AND UNPARALLELED SUCCESS. tinder the patronlge of her Nos: Gracious Majesty, her Majesty the Queen Dowager, h's Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. LOYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS_ The _Nobility, Gentry, and the Pablic are respectfully Informed that this favourite place of fashionable resort is open every 2,IONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY. Representation of the STORMING of BADAJOZ by the British Army, under tha command of the illustrious Wellington ! • The distingui,hed 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. . . . essrs. Danson. by whom the present subject has been modelled, designed, and produced, have .'evoted many months to it, and the un rivalled skill which they possess, assisted 1.4 v Messrs. Turner, Adams, and other first-rate artists, have enabled them to produce a piciure unequalled for magnitude, accuracy, and beauty of execution. The ZOOLOGICAL DEPAIL rMENT 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 Magtitlcent ORCHESTRA are now complete. REMINGTON'S iERIAL BRIDGE. The BAND, conducted by Mr. Godirey,h;s — be;ti selected from most talented Artists in the profession. Among (others of first rate ability will be f and—Mr. Baker, Messrs. Richan son, Collins, ua., George and Viotti Collins, Griesbach, Hardy, Egerton, Shearon, Winterbotham, Boileau, Stevenson, and Reynolds. VOCALToe DEPARTMENT will be sustained by a succession of htnost popular and favoarite Singers. First appearance of Miss en Rowland and Mr. George Tedder. The FII!EIVORKS by the Messrs. Southby, whose skill in Pyre teehny' has been too long established t aced eulogising. REFRESIIAIENTS.—The frequenters of these G , ,rdens have long complained that Refreshments from the Confectionary•rooms only ould b.: procured. Arrangements have been effected, and a distinct ortion of the Gardens set apart, where Refreshments may be had of the first quality, and at the usual Prices. Doors open at Nine o Cloc&.—Admission One Shilling. Childrea admitted to the Reserved Seats and Shilling Gallery at Half-price. Feeding of ,he Carnivoraat Five. The Pelicans, &c., at Half-past Five. Concert at Six o'C:ocX. Pyrotechnic Exhibition at Dusk. Mons. .JULLIEN will give a Series of GRAND CONCERTS dining the Sea,on. Due notice will be given of his first appearance. TO NEWSPAPER FANCIERS. In these stirring times of Racing and Politics, we should feel much obliged to those who are in the con stant habit of taking a fancy to The Sun not to ap propriate papers directed to other people, because it occasions serious disappointment, but to send their addresses to our office, and they shall have a paper sent to each when any important event comes off— such as the Derby, &c. This will serve two pur poses—their character and the feelings of our forlorn subscribers. We hope this hint will be taken for the future. Complaints to the Postmaster-General are useless, because he cannot help us. ViEATEEEII..—SuN OFFICE, MAY 25. Tn'taraomxTEE, Lowest, 54; Highest, 70; Noon, 70, EAROMETER, 30.05. WIND W.S.W.—fine sunshiny weather. tiii,ll W A . 1 . 11, AT LONDON ISALIM3r.. Tats DAY 1 -rniwz, 44 min. after 3 Evening, 10 min. after 4 To-lroaaow—Morning, 34 min. after 4 I Evening, 0 ann. after 5 e t tt\ €4: 2 ? 4,1 P • Ns A , • s 4 ;, e - -. 7e 7. • '1 () •4"--191-..1 •141' LO DON, FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1849. Of course it was rather too much to anticipate the triumphal acceptance of the Ballot without a struggle. Yet we must confess that we should have expected a somewhat more gallant advocacy of that great security to the franchise than was perceptible in the discussion of yesterday evening. Without the aid of the noble house of BERKELEY, ahoube nobler from the political liberality and undeviating consistency of its living dac , ndants, than from its own historical anti quity, the cause of this Most essential .Egis of popular government would indeed be in a sore plight. The Circumstance will not be overlooked or forgot ten by the population. It will live in the re collection of all Radical Reformers. Encour aged by his success during last session, the Hon. HENR Y BEE KELLY again brought forward his proposition in favour of election by the urn instead of election by the present system of polling-booths —a system notorious for its encouragement of political prostitution through the intimidation practised upon the tenant-farmers and the tradesmen. Foremost, moreover, among the supporters of the non. Gentle man . the Member for the city of Bristol, were two 01. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 25, 1849. Many will, doubtless, be disposed to make a distorted use of that acknowledgment of the Honourable Gentleman, the representative of Oldham, that he gave his vote in favour of the Ballot with reluctance, because "he could not but admit that secrecy was not a fit companion for the exercise of the noblest right of citizenship !" Many, we say, will be disposed to contort that confession to their own advantage—as was intimated at the moment of its utterance by an explosion of derisive cheering, But the corollary of the speaker should at least be taken also into consideration—" thatthatfault must rest upon those who have made secrecy essential to the free exercise of the franchise." Enforcing his own demand with the signatures of 3,0e0 petitioners resident in Chelsea, and with those of 7,180 of the citizens of Bristol, the Honourable llcyßy BERKELEY last evening submitted the matter calmly to the decision of the Commons. That decision has been unfavourable, the votes in favour of the motion being 85, those against it being 136, giving an adverse majority of 51 in a House of 221. The upshot of the whole is simply this—we have not had enough agitation, the pressure from without has not been sufficient, the popular demand has not been - - adequately imperative, even according to the Liberal Conservatives. All well and good—the complaint o this deficiency of demand, agitation, and pressure will not have to be reiterated very much longer. The Radical Reformers, in other words, the — people of England, will have the Ballot as they h'►ve already had Free Trade ; and they will not only have the Ballot, but they will ultimately assume to themselves the entire catalogue of reforms from that of education to that of retrenchment. With free trade, we must henceforth openly and avowedly depend less upon home supplies, more upon foreign supplies ; that is not itself a bad thing, but it tends more to constitute trade the sole or chief basis of political science and action." This proposition is laid down in the last number of the Spectator. In a paper of less mark it might be passed by amongst the popular errors or fallacies. Coming from the quarter which it does, it should not remain uncom mented upon. It does not appear written with any intention to injure the cause of free trade, neverthe less it involves a total misconception of the question, for it is in no respect true, that under a free -trade system the dependence upon home supplies is less and upon foreign supplies more, however generally cur rent may be the contrary opinion. A Protectionist paper, of Wednesday morning, gives currency to a fallacy having a similar bearing, though more hostilely intended, and the high autho rity of Lord BACON is put forth for viewing foreign importations with jealousy ! The quotation from BACON is that, "Instead of crying up all things which are either brought from beyond sea or wrought by the hands of strangers, let us advance the native com modities of our own kingdom and employ our own countrymen before strangers." It is quite true that free trade permits the productions of the four quarters of the globe and those from the four cardi nal points of the compass to be brought for our ue, but if it can be shown, as it may be, that in order to have these foreign productions it is requisite that some equivalent be given, and that the equivalent necessarily consists of home produc tions, we are then as dependent on the home produc tion, or " home supplies" under a system of free trade as under a system of prohibition, since we depend upon the production of this equivalent, or " home supplies," as the condition for obtaining the foreign supplies. That such is the working of the system admits of being demonstrated. Every cargo of foreign production which enters our ports, of whatever it consists, or whencesoever it comes—the hemp, the tallow, the timber and deals from the Baltic; the fruits and the oils from the Mediterranean, the wines from Portugal, the silks and the brandy from France ; or, taking more remote regions, the cotton, the rice, and the flour, f, oin the United States of America ; the silver and gold from Peru, Mexico, or California ; the coffee, the sugar, and the rum from our Indian possessions ; and the tea from China—are each and all given as an equiialent for something we give to foreign nations as an equivalent ; for if we are o suppose that the various productions of the different climes and regions just enumerated, with an indefinite number of other fereign productions which are almost daily and hourly arriving at our empo- riums of commerce, are not sent as an equivalent for 801311444, we are then led to the absurd conclusion his brothers, the Hon. and Gallant Member for the city and the Hon. Representative for the Eastern Di vision of the county of Gloucester. What renders the conduct in this particular the more laudable on the part of the Honourable Captain BERKELEY, is the fact that, as one of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, he is directly iden tified with the ruling Administration. As the Prime Minister himself observed very recently, however, the question of the Ballot is generally understood to be an open question with the Government—a declara tion still further illustrated last evening by the voting of Rear-Admiral DUNDAS with the minority. In the instance of the Hon. GRANTLEY BERKELEY we are satisfied that his advocacy of the Ballot will tend in a great measure to dissipate the painful re collection of certain unseemly family differences, as far as the public is concerned—his fe;icitous and, in one instance, witty speech of yesterday affording ample testimony that, whatever his irascibility may be with the Earl FITZUARDINGE, his disposition is not suffi ciently soured to deaden his appreciation of the ridiculous, or to render him inconstant in his political principles. When he exclaimed of the Right Hon. MILNER GIBSON that he was like a political JOSEPH, who had been obliged to fly from the Treasury bench in order to save his political virtue, he spoke not more happily than when he enumerated some of the names of those Members who had voted in favour of the Ballot on the 21st of June, 1848 : "In that list he found the names of Colonel Anson, Mr. Bellew, Captain Berkeley, a relative of his own, Mr. Byng, Admiral Dundas—(Hear, hear)—Sir George Grey—(Cheers and laughter) —Lord Marcus Hill (Cheers and laughter) —Mr. Macaulay, Mr. Fox Maule —(' Hear, hear,' and laughter)—Mr. Parker—(Hear, hear)— Mr. Redington, Mr. Sheil--(Hear, hear)—Sir W. Somerville—(Laughter, and cries of ' Hear, hear') —Mr. Tufnell—(Cheers, and continued laughter)—Mr. Ward, Mr. Buller, and Mr. Gibson Craig.—(Laughter for some minutes)." To the admirable speech of the Member for the city of Bristol, and to that from which we have just quoted, by the representative of the eastern division of Gloucestershire, aided by those delivered in favour of the motion by its seconder, the Member for Maccles field, and by the distinguished orator the Member for Oldham, the cause of the Ballot was alone indebted for any support during last evening's discussion. The silent eloquence of the division-list is, however, more expressive than any harangue, however earnest its language, no matter whether it be as unanswerable in logic as that of the Hon. HENRY BERKELEY, as conclusive in testimony as that of Mr. JOHN WILLIAMS, as abounding in instances of intimidation, drawn from his own political experience as that of the Hon. GRANTLEY BERKELEY, or as per suasive in emphasis as that pronounced immediately before the close of the debate by Mr. W. J. Fox. Among the minority, the friends of Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD will rejoice to find his name recorded—a circumstance which would appear to indicate that, on second thoughts, he has forsaken the abominable squad of finality. Whatever may be the opinion of the community on the fact that the Government treated a motion of so much importance with the most contemptuous taciturnity —that Ministerial slight to the Ballot will not be lost to the popular remembrance. Neither will be forgotten that very recently a hint has been thrown out by the Liberal Conservatives, that the policy of Government in this country is invariably to postpone all remarkable reforms and constitu tional improvements until such tinie as the public will shall have declared itself in a very imperative voice through the medium of agitation. The hint will not be slighted. It will stimulate indirectly and directly the supporters of the Ballot, of triennial Par liaments, of an extension of the suffrage, of the distribution of the country in to well- balanced elec toral districts, of colonial re-organization, of Irish amelioration, of systematic education, of sanitary interference, and of financial retrenchment. Let the Cabinet be sure of that. The hint given inadver tently by the admirers and emulators of their policy will not be lost sight of. The people will not only recognize the force of the suggestion but will act upon its recommendation. We have called the respective productio ns reci • pro cally exchanged equivalents, or things of equal value, but this phrase fails to realise all the beneficial effects of the exchange, because in one view of the case, though it may seem paradoxical, each gives the less value for the greater; the inhabitants of Norfolk pro ducing more barley or malt than they can possibly consume, give some of their surplus to Northumber land for a supply of coal, which is of greater value to them. On the other hand, the inhabitants of Northumberland producing more coal than they can possibly consume, and an insufficient quantity of bar ley, give some of the surplus coal, the less value, for the barley which is to them the greater value—thus each party obtains not merely an equivalent, or something of equal value, but something of greater value, and the case is in no respect different between different nations in the transactions carried on through the merchants of the respective countries. Both coun tries are benefited, for each nation receives in the ag gregate—something not merely equivalent, but some thing which is of still greater value. The merchant in his transactions merely embodies the miscellaneous requirements of the wholesale dealer, the wholesale dealer in his transactions comprehends the wants of the retail dealer, and the retail dealer those of the individual members of the community; and it is of those individuals that nations are composed. To permit each individual to judge what commodity he prefers to consume, in what branch of industry he can most advantageously employ himself in pro. duction—this is free trade. So long as there is trade it is for the well-being of society that it should be free. If the applications and discoveries in science and mechanism: and the combination of the productive powers of man shall, in any future period of the world, be carried to the extent of producing an abund. ante or superabundance of the requirements of the species, trade may then be superseded, and SOME other distributive processes be introduced; but so long as there is trade, it is for the manifest advantage of society that it should be free trade. If free trade had the tendency to check production at home the case might be different, but the contrary is proved to be true, for if Norfolk had no vent for barley, or Northumberland for coals beyond the consumption of the inhabitants, production would be limited to that consumption ; so if Leeds or Huddersfield had no opening for woollens, or Birmingham and Sheffield for cutlery and hardware than are afforded by the limits of this island, their production must be re stricted to the consumption of the island. Opening our ports for the production of ether countries thus obviously stimulates production here, since home production, in some form or other, directly or indirectly, is given as the equivalent ; and if the foreign production were not admitted the home pro duction could not be received. There need 3 no stipu lation for " reciprocity," the reciprocity necessarily arises out of the fact, that for every import there must be an export. MAIL STEAMERS TO HAMBURGEI.—We under stand that contracts were yesterday signed by the owners of the Hull steamers, by which they are em powered to convey the royal mail bags hence to Ham burgh, with a post-office mail master on board. The importance of the correspondence and mercantile trans actions between the two ports has led to this arrange ment, which has been largely facilitated through the night. —Eastern active exertion s o f M r . Cl ay , M.P. Th e first mail boat --fasas againtern Counties broken fi o er u a t ld i n the vicinity of . will be the R o b R oy, wh i ch is appointed to sa il on Satur daych Ediubwgl4-7North British Dail 11104 that they are sent without an equivalent. It must be obvious that they are either given for something or for nothing, and since it may be dismissed as ut terly untenable that they are given for nothing, it follows of necessity that they are given for something, and it may be as clearly demonstrated that this some thing must be home production, or "home supplies" the produce of British labour ; because, inasmuch as that we cannot become possessed of any considerable quantity of any foreign production but by giving an equivalent, this equivalent must be a home produc tion in the first instance, or we could not become pos sessed of it. The case is in no respect altered from this because occasionally coffee, or sugar, or gold, or silver, or any other foreign production is sent as an equivalent, the transaction is only one or more further remove, as an analysis of the case will show. Thus, if a piece of woollen cloth manufactured in Leeds or Huddersfield or some cutlery or hardware manufactured in Shef field or Birmingham, are sent to the South America or to the East Indies as an equivalent for some bars of silver, ingots of gold, hogsheads of sugar, or bags of coffee, and this silver, or gold, or sugar, or coffee is sent to China or to Russia as an equivalent for either tea, tallow, or wheat, that tea, tallow, or wheat is as clearly the result of the British labour and capital in Leeds, Huddersfield, Sheffield, or Birmingham, as if the tea, the tallow, or the wheat had been produced in this country. And it would then follow that in reality we are as truly consuming the results of British labour, when we partake of a plum-pudding composed of flour brought from New York, eggs from Havre, currants from Zante, and raisins from Malaga, sweetened with sugar from Jamaica, flavoured with nutmegs and spices from the West Indies, and served up with butter from Antwerp or Rotterdam, as we are in par taking of a Yorkshire pudding made entirely of ma terials produced in this island, notwithstanding that the Duke of RICHMOND brought forward in the House of Lords last week what appeared to him, and some of the Noble Lords, a very alarming fact, that the paupers in the Brighton Union Workhouse were ac tually fed upon bread made of French flour. It is a much more gratifying state of things that the in habitants of the two nations—England and France— are upon such terms as to supply each other with food and clothing, and exchange international visits, as at present, tha❑ was the case when bullets and bayonets were the missiles, instead of bread loaves, and when the international visits consisted of French prisoners locked up in this country and English pri soners•locked up in France. Besides, it was only as recently as 1847, in the same month as at present, May, that the purchases of wheat in this country, for the use of the French,were to such an extent that minor seaports on the eastern coast of the island were exporting to France 5,000 to ] 0,000 quarters weekly, and the effect upo❑ the market in Mark-lane materially contributed in r a ising the price to one hundred and sixteen shillings per quarter, which was the quotation for fine quali ties. A little reflection should convince the Noble Duke and the advocates of high prices, scarcity, and high rents, that it is fortunate the French can now spare some food for the supply of those who require it on this side of the Channel. If some of the French flour could be spared also for those who die of star vation across the Irish Channel it would be still bet ter. The inhabitants of that ill-fated country Ireland have been trained to rely upon a home production, the potato, which does not ordinarily admit of being exported as an equivalent, and the result is they have now no surplus equivalent to give in exchange for foreign productions. It is perfectly fallacious to suppose that any foreign importation displaces British labour, for since it has been shown that the commodity imported was as an equivalent for something exported, that something exported has occupied British labour instead of being employed upon the production of the commodity im ported, which, if it cannot be made cheaper or better abroad, will not continue to be sent or continue to be received, so neither will that production of British labour which we send as the equivalent ,be continued to be sent or received, unless we can produce it cheaper or better than the inhabitants of the country to which it is sent ; thus, under a system of free trade, the various populations direct their energies to those branches which the soil, the climate, the habits, the aptitude, or the experiEnce best befit. It would be as mutually disadvantageous for the inhabitants of Lancashire, or the West Riding of Yorkshire, to I compete with the inhabitants of Norfolk in producing barley as it would be for the inhabitants of Nor folk to rival the inhabitants of the other two counties in the production of cotton or woollen manufactures. If such manifest relative superiority for different pro ductions exists between the eastern and the western side of this island, separated only by a distance of a few miles, how much more marked are the physi cal capabilities, natural and artificial, of nations geographically divided, and how much better to permit the inhabitants of each to apply their energies in the direction which they find most suitable than to foster one branch of industry at the expense of others. Marshal BUGEAUD has addressed the following order of the day to the army of the Alps : " llead•quarters, Lyons, May 19. "Soldiers of the army of the Alps—You have freely execised your rights by depositing your votes in the electoral urn. This mission of citizens, which the con. stitution confers on you, is terminated for three years. Your military mission, which is not less patriotic, re sumes all its empire. You will never forget the army is constituted to cause the independence of France at the exterior and the laws in the interior to be respected. Your duty is to defend the Constitutio❑ which has founded the democratic Republic. You consequently owe obedience to the President of the Republic, who is the elected of the people, and to whom the Constitution confers the executive government. You must defend the tricolor flag—the only national one— that which since the old Republic has guided our victo• ' rious armies. It is the symbol of the imperishable glory which the French nation has conquered in the greatest warlike actions that history recorcb. Those who would wish to display other colours would be traitors to the Constitution ; and you know what is due to traitors ! The discipline which constitutes your force and your dignity is one of the most powerful national guarantees, as it is the resume of all military virtues ; you will therefore preciously preserve it. Such is the line of conduct which your old brother in arms, who until death will feel himself honoured by having been a soldier like you, traces for you. Like you I have borne the havresack ; and it was only with my musket, and later with my sword, that I raised myself, after forty six years' service, to the great honour of commanding you. Such are my rights to give you these counsels of a father and a friend." 1 PARIS BOURSE, T HURSDAY , M AY 24. THREE O'CLOCK.—The r i se i n t h e F rench Rentes continued to-day, and b o th F un d s an d Shares were steady throughout the day. E xc h ange on London (30 days), 2.5 50 ; ditto (90 days), 25 37i. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, MAY 24. Boulogne and Amiens, 6 3 4 ex coupons—Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 12—Great Indian Peninsular, 5-- Northern of France, 9 3i—Paris and Strasbourg, 4—Paris and Rouen, 19—Rouen and,Havre, 9 4—Tours and Nantes, 23%, GERMAN Y AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA AND RUSSIA. The Emperor of RUSSIA arrived at Warsaw on the 17th, where he' was visited by the Emperor of AUSTRIA, who returned to Olmutz on the 22d. The Emperor of RUSSIA will remain some time at Warsaw. VIENNA, MAY 19, FOUR O'CLOCK, P.M.—_A person who has just arrived here from Pesth, states that Ofen was being hotly bombarded by the Hungarians on the 16th instant. It was still in the hands of the Imperialists, who were resolved to hold out to the last, but the insurgents had completely surrounded it. We have no further news from the theatre of war. It is asserted that the offensive operations are to commence on the 24th or 26th; hut it is probable that there will be some delay, as it will scarcely be possible for the Russian troops to concentrate and form a junction with our army by that time. 28,000 Rus sians are now concentrated in and round Hradisch, and the foreposts stand on an advanced work of four leagues. Communication with Hungary is quite cut off on that side. No persons are allowed either to go into Hungary or to pass from it into Moravia. Great fears are entertained in Hradisch in conse quence of the strange dispositions which have been made within the last few days, that a great battle will be fought in the valley of the march. The Russian troops are kept in strict military discipline, and punish ment immediately follows the offence. A Russian soldier, for instance, who came upon duty in a state of intoxication forthwith received 100 lashes ; and another man received the same punishment for having struck a w oman. The Berlin State Gazette publishes a l e tt er f rom Presburg of the 17 th, stating that the H ungar i ans had captured Buda, and had possessed th emse l ves of the military chest, 20,000 mu s k e t s , 10 b atter i es of artillery, and a great quantity of powder. Acc or di n g to the C o l ogne G aze tt e , th ere was an emeute on the 16th in the artillery barracks at Vienna, some companies having refused to march to Hungary, stating that they preferred to be shot to dying of hunger. SSIA. Martial law has been proclaimed at Dusseldorf. The Prince of PRUSSIA hi about to proceed t o Frank fort, it having been arranged between the Archduke JOHN and the PRINCE, that the former shall depart for the T yro l , and shall transfer the office of Admi nistrator to the latter; t hi s fl agran t ac t o f usurpation is to be supported by a Prussian army. The Cologne Gazette says that on the 19th the Landwehr of Munstereifel refused to march to Buhl, and, on h ear i ng that the gendarmes were coming to enforce order, they barricaded the town. FRANKFORT. In the sitting of the German Parliament of the 21st, the President read a message which he had received, recalling the Saxon Deputies. The Saxon Deputies thereupon protested, declaring their recal illegal. Thirteen more Members tendered their resignation. The President communicated a declaration, signed by 65 Members, amongst others by H. DE GAGERN, SIM rSON, B --sELER, and DAHLMANN, throwing up their post, as not being they saw no chance of an co mpatible with the views of the Assembly, to which issue. A s h ort discussion followed, an d t h e As sembly then a dj ourned till f our p.m . I n th e even i ng sitting th e P resident announced that the Adminis trator of the E mp i re had nom i nate d P r i nce DE WITT GENSTEIN, Lieutenant-General in the service of Hesse-Darmstadt, to the post of Minister of War. The Assembly then rejected a proposition for ad journing to the 20th of June. They then proceeded to vote upon the motion tending to fix at 100 the number of members necessary to make valid the de• liberations. 101 members voted for and 39 against the motion ; but as, according to the terms of the still existing regulations, no decision is valid unless sanctioned by the presence of 150 members, the vote was declared null. The Assembly adjourned till Thursday. According to report, overtures have been made to the King of WoaTEmnuaG, offering him the post of Archduke JOHN. BAVARIA. The Franhfort Journal, of the 21st, announces the dissolution of the Bavarian Chambers, in consequence of the Chamber of Deputies having nominated a com- TBE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. In the sitting of the National Assembly on Wed nesday, after the passing of General CAvAiGNac's resolution on the affairs of Hungary and Russia, and after a resolution had been adopted for transferring to France the remains of CARNOT, ' a most important discussion arose on the subject of a coup d'etat, medi tated by MM. DE FALLOUX, LEON FAUCHER, and CHANGARNIER for the destruction of the Republic, they having previously ejected from the Cabinet NM. BARROT, PASSY, DE TRACY, and LACROSSE, who were opposed to having recourse to violence in support of reactionary measures. This coup d'etat was denounced in the Democratie Pacifique in an article signed by M. VICTOR CONSIDERANT, representative of the people, and on his appearing in the National Assem bly, he was questioned by M. CREMIEUX on the subject, whereupon he said that he was prepared to prove everything he had asserted, that he had laid those proofs before the President of the Council, and had thereby defeated the plot; but that it a Commit tee were appointed, he would also lay before them his proofs. M. LEDRU ROLLIN then adverted to the conduct of General CHANGARNIER on the previous day as a proof of his complicity in a plot to overthrow the Republic. When it had been determined if there should not be a sufficient number of members present to come to a decision by seven o'clock, that the Assembly should sit in permanence, the PRESIDENT had been directed to write for a guard for the Assembly. The instant this had be come known to General CIJANGARNI ER , he had issued orders to all the officers to obey n o orders sate those emanating directly from himself. He moved Inquiry, and th e d e b a t e was ad journed n Committee to m t day. I n t h e course of the discus otihtetene ex of discus sion, General BEDEAU warmly defended the army against the accusation of disloyalty to the Republic, and said that he must be an " arch madman" who could attempt the subversion of the Constitution, or who could believe that the army would lend itself to such criminal designs ; upon which the National archly observes General B EDEAU i s r i g h t, b ut unfortunately all madmen are not at Charenton. M. DE POLIG NAC was never confined there that we recollect." The Monit eur du S ' oir says,— " the 27th of M ay, The mandate with which the N at i onal Assembly is invested expires on at midnight. The Constituent As sembly will sit on S atur d ay, t h e 2 6 t h , as usual. On Sunday, th e 27 t h , there w i ll b e no sitting, and on Monday, the 28th, the Legislative Assembly will meet in virtue of its mandate." The Presse denies that the mandate expires on the 27th, and says it is the intention of the Constituent Assembly to sit en permanence all Sunday, with General DE LAMO RICIERE as its President, in order to prevent an attempt at a coup d'etat from any quarter. That some coup d'etat is contemplated is evident from the fact that General CHANGARNIER has filled Paris with troops, and has tripled the posts in the neighbourhood of the National Assembly. It is, however, evident that the Republicans are determined to give him no excuse for acting, and that if he and the De Falloux faction endeavour to carry out the arrangements they have entered into with Austria, Russia, and Prussia, they must themselve s commence the attack, as even the Red Republicans are so satis fled with their victory in the elections, that they wil not descend into the streets. ONE CLOSIN 0 t..;z ii rs or ' , JUTISH FUNDS. , PuLOCIE. PRIV} S 3 . or Cent. Reduced Anna 89% 81 3 4 pe, Cent. Consols Annuities 9O 91 91% 91 New 3 1 4 per Cent. Ann 5...... . 9 0 14 %I% e o ‘, L•ong Anne. to expire J an. 1860 -16 8 9-16 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 8 13-16 8 13-16 India Stock India Bonds, 1,0004 ****** •• --- Ditto under 1,0001... . 71 68 p Consols tor Account , xcliequer Bills. 1 1 ,4 d. as 2d. 1,000/. June 47 44 p Ditto Advertised .... ... 43 46 p PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. ONE O'CL.JCIL 68 p 911/4 44 p 46 p CLOSII\ nucES. Brazilian Bonds Ditto, Account, Slexican, 5 par Cent. 184 t .;, with Coupons 304 30 1 A Ditto, Account... .. ......... Ditto, Ex Coupons - 28 1 4 Ditto, Account 273 i3 28 28 Ilussian Bonds ...... 101 ipanisti a per Uent. 1840. Ditto, Account . l6 15/ . , s Ditto, 3 per Cent uiyuienus on the atioy4/ payable in London. )utch 2th per Cent., 12 Guild.... 47% 4814 Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 74 75 48 1 4 75 PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSI NG RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen Boston, Stamfd &,Birm. 5 Bristol and Exeter 9O ... .. 60 Ditto, Thirds ... 27% 17% 17% Caledonian Jhester and Holyhead... 50 Ditto, Preference East Anglia, 25/., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 Do., 18/., E. & H.... 18 ...... ..... Do., 31. 10s. pastern Counties........ 20 ...... B% I A, 8 143 E tst Lincolnshire ...... 25 talinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... 42 .......... Ditto, Hall Shares ... 20 .. .. ... 1 5 % Great Northern - ...... 10 1 % Do., %B 6 per Cent... 7% 6 3 /4 Do. Extension ...,,,: - /2 Great Western 100 ...... 79 ..... 78 Ditto, 1 / 2 Shares Ditto, Fifths ... 20 Ditto, New 171........ 15 Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ...... . . Ditto, Half . hares ... 25 ...... 43% . Leeds and Bradford Loudon &Madman ..... . 12% 4% Brigaton, and 48% 97 South Coast 5O ..... 36% ... . ...... 3614 Ditto, New 5/., guar 6 per cent. Loudon and N. Western 100 126 . Ditto, .New Quarters.. 7 Ditto,Fittha .. 2 Gond. Zs S. Western 5O ...... 34 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire...100 Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10 Midland ...... ........ ...100 ...... 67 ..... .... Do., do., 504 Shares... 25 ..... 13 1 A% 13% North British ........ ... 25 ..... . ... ..... . Ditto, Halves .. Ditto, Thirds ........ 8 1 A .. North Staffordshire l 7 lre l 2 l /2 l2th south Devon 5O ...... 14 ..... ... ... 14 South Eastern Do., N 0.2. .... .. 12 Do., No. 3 ..... ........ 30 Do., Registered No. 410 ...... 6 1 % .. ....... ... 64 S outh Vi' cliOS 3B •••••• 16 %2 1 7 ... ..... 17;4 2 :xnith Yorkshire, Lon- caster, and Uoole 8 Sheffield, Rotherham, tt Goole (N. Div.) Gua ranteed 5 per cent, Wear V alley to per Cent. ' . Guaranteed ... .. ...... 50 - - Do. do. do. ... 25 York, Newcastle, and Berwick. .... .. ....... 25 York and North Midland 50 - Ditto, Preference Lo. East and W esti - Lid- . . ......• 4% ing Extension 25 ...... 1514...,....., 29% 15 1 4 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 20 _ 6 5 / 8 ex. coup .. x.c East Indian 34 3 '••••• ••' .3. Great Indian Peninsular 5 Do. Do. ... 10s. ...... Luxembourg Ditto .... lO ...... 1/ Northern of France...... 13 ...... 8%8 98/ Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 Paris and Rouen ...... 20 Paris and Strasbourg ... 10 ••••.••• fours and Nantes ..... 11 ...„ MINES. - - Australian........ .. ...... 8 Brazilian Imperial ...... 24% Do. St. John Del Rey 15 1/ 9 2 3 4 18 5 ,g 4 4 3% 5% 11' EPSOM RACES. THIS DAY.)-BY EXPRESS. THE OAKS. Lord Chesterfield's Sister to Arkwright (F. Butler) 1 Mr. B. Green's Lady. Superior (Robinson) 2 Mr. Wreford's Woodlark ... (A. Day) 3 The following also started but were not placed:— Mr. Payne's Glauca (Flatman) 0 Mr. F. Clarke's Lady Tryphena (S. Mann) 0 Mr. Cuthbert, jun.'s Emma Donna (J. Holmes) 0 Lord Strathmore's Eva Lord Stanley's Escalade (Templeman) 0 Mr. Greville's Clarissa (S. Rog ers ) 0 Mr. Gully's Lady Jers e y .. .................. (Marlow) 0 Lord Exeter's Grace ( B artholomew) 0 Duke of Richmond's Highl an d Fling ..... (Kitchener) 0 Mr. Bell's Imporatrix (Bumby) 0 Mr. E. Jones's Docility (Whitehouse) 0 Mr. B. Way's Dolly Varden (Pettit) 0 WW3 by a length. 15 rail. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 5,000 bales, including 1,500 for expert. Com • pared with Friday's rates, prices of all kinds were with out atteratien. The market closed steaoily.—Railway Shares continued dull with very little bu , iness doing. The produce markets in London have been compari tively steady this week, though rather quiet, the fine weather, and the Epsom attractions having restricted business. Sugar has been firm, but coffee, tea, and rice rather flatter. Metals are very dull. Cotton main tains about the previous rates, and wool sells freely at the public sales. The continental advices bring nothing re-assuring upon political affairs. The Danish war, it is now asserted in letters from Copenhagen, appear to be as far as ever from a termination, so much as all parties desire an arrangement, so complicated are the questions at issue. The naviga don at St. Petersburgh was not open up to the 11th instant, nor was it considered probable that ships would reach Cronstadt before eight days from that date. The Money Market, at llsmburgh, on Tuesday, con tinued very easy. The exchange on London was firm, at 13-10. Funds were supported. and shares a trifle lower. At Frankfort, on the 22d inst., Stocks were more animated, and the Five per Cent. Austrian Bonds touched 738. At Vienna, on the 19th, the Metallics were 89a. The Amsterdam Bourse was better on Wednesday, the Two-and-a-Half per Cent. Dutch Bonds touching 481. Spanish were firmer. The Paris market having advanced had a decided influence. We have news from Labuan to March 31. A detach ment of the 21st Native Infantry had arrived at Singa pore, not having lost a single man during their stay at Labuan, and having Only had a little fever of a very mild type when on guard on the plain. The jungle was being cut down on the proposed site of the town. The pirates near Sarawak seemed to be aware that the Meander had been withdrawn from the station, as they were beginning to display a boldness and audacity not inferior to that manifested on any former occasion. Nothing but the most severe means will prove effectual in eradicating their propensity for piracy. Within two months the piratical dyaks of Serebus and Sakarran had captured numerous boats, burnt several villages and killed at the very least 400 persons, men, women, and children. A few weeks previous •to our accounts they dashed upon Sadong, butchered 92 persons, cut down all the standing crops of paddy, and committed other wanton acts of mischief. In some cases the headless bodies of the unfortunate murdered inhabitants were found. As the pirates are calculated to have three hundred prahns afloat, each armed with thirty-five men, it is obvious that very strong measures must be adopted to put them down, and that a large force will be needed for the purpose. Sir James Brooke intended to make an effort, but our force on the Borneo station is obviously inadequate. From Java the accounts are to the 29th March. A portion of the expedition against Bally had left Batavia to join the rest at Sourabaya, whence the whole were to sail for Bally on the 25th March. There would be about 8,000 troops and 12 guns, Sec., employed. A chamber of Commerce was being formed at Batavia. In some of the regencies considerable damage had been done to the crops by the floods. The Singapore advices are to April 7. Although business was less active than in February, there had been fair transactions, and the sales and shipments to neighbouring markets had already taken off a consider able part of the recent heavy supplies of goods from Great Britain. No advance in prices was expected. The produce market continued active, and in some in stances a rise had occurred. Rice had materially ins proved, and, from the small stock, was likely to become dearer. Exchanges on England 4s. 2id. for private bills at six months' sight. In the English Stock Market business has been exceedingly dull, and the fluctuation proportion ably uninteresting. The prices of the roues coming a shade higher from Paris has had some effect here, but the excitement that prevails in France is still a strong antagonist to the plethora of cash, which otherwise would inevitably have its effects upon the Funds. Nothing but the political uncertainty would keep Consols at their present range, high as some may consider it. They are now 91 to h, after having been 90i to 91. The New Three- and•a Quarter per Cents. have realised 90i to India Stock is quiet at 245. Exchequer. bills are 44a. to 475. premium. The Foreign Securities are equally dull with our own Funds. Mexican for account 30i f with the coupons. Spanish Five per Cents., 16; Dutch Two-and-a Half per Cents., 478 to 48k. Shares are rather heavy, and in favour of buyers, though with very little doing. LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) ONDON, MAY 25.—Wind at noon, S.S.W., pleasant breeze and fine clear weather. HARTLEPOOL, MAY 23.—Ski. Edward Thorne, Coquimbo; Elizabeth, Ce.qumbo. SKINBURNESS, MAY 23.—The M a rth a Jane, Liverpoo l ti St. Andrew s , New Brunswick, struck on the Silloth Bank yesterday, but got off leaky, and went down this morning about one mile N. W. off this place; cargo no t expected to be saved, as she is settling down fast in the sand; crew saved. SUNDERLAND, MAY 24.—The Isabella and Jane, ° f and for Jersey, which struck on the bar on the 19th ins!" in leaving the harbour, has been got off and brought in here. YARMOUTH, MAY 24.—The Why Not of Dartow ath ' got athwart hawse the ship Ceylon in the Wold yest e d : day, and received damage, but has proceeded nortawar RAMSGATE, MAY 24.—Arrd. Lucy Wright, Messin a ' having been warned off the Elbe. DEAL, MAY 24.—Wind N. to N . E . —A rr d. f r om the river, river, Wallace, M e y er , C oqu i m b o. Arrd. from " river and sld. Britannia, Irvin, Quebec. LIVERPOOL, MAY 24.—Wind 23d, La c y' Gould, New Orleans; Challenge, Long, Wilmingtoni 24th, Eliza, Jones, Callao; Trewartha, Harris, Trinidad, Indepentiance, New Orleans ; Mercury, Roberts, S t * Calcet ts; John's, New B runsw i c k. Sid . Guirachan, Mary Imrie, Calcutta; Blakely, San Francisco; thian, Rio Janeiro ; Willi am Russell, Peruambona: Pheenix, Antigu a; L una , S t . Thomas; Th a mes, o e f. Orleans; Can a da, Ch ar l es t on; T ilasser, Baltimore; 1:1;t P. Whitney, Phil a d e l p hi a; El Dorado, Staten I s l a nd; Naomi, Ne w Y or k ; A s hb urton, N ew York ; Hyper ' New York; Charles Saunders, New York; Eli WhitneP Boston; Martha, B os t on; Oli ver , St. John's, New wick; Mary J ane , Q ue b ec. Off port—Matilda, gn u " . tins; Empress, New York. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 24.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrd. l ent " Cape of Good Hope and Cork. DONEGAL, MAY 21.—Th e E m il y Mary, SOU.' k , of the Skerries, Liverpool t o thi s p or t, struc k 19th inst., 001'1 Bullock Rock, betwe en Kill y h egs h ar b our and St..lnun Point, and immedi a t e ly a l ter san k i n d eep water; see s saved. LIVERPOOL, MAY 23.—The Pathfinder, from Bu t e hert Ayres, in removing tr o m th e S a li s b ury t o the Alert dock, ran into the pier head of the latter, carried al ga l her figure head, cutwater, stanchions, &c., and sta r° butts. PENZANCE, MAY 23.—Wind W.N.W.—SId. Qu eb(4 New York. BrusTor., MAY 24.—Wind En ei l l e i t t Watson, Rio Grand e • Lois, Cr oc k er , S t. John ' s , : v Brunswick. Ski. Melody, Cadiz and Buenos Ayres. A CORK, MAY 23.—Wi n d W.S.W.—Arrd. Sea, ‘,. 1 4 ()-6 ; frey, Trinid a d ; C ompet i tor, Goudy, St. John's, Sld. Orion, New York. SUNDERLAND, MAY 24.—Wind plow genet, Singapore; Mount Etna, Quebec. THUNDER STORMS. INTERESTING TO LADIES WEARING STEEL BUSILS' . S During a thund er storm w hi c h passed over Chester fie l d on Thursday, th e li g h tn i ng struck the house of Milo tersley, join er , B rampton . T he lightning struck gfid chimney, whence i t d escen d e d , atter concussing 11-0 dislodging some of the bricks, to the bell wire in on e a of the rooms. Al ong t hi s i t ran until it approach d, a clock s t an di ng i n t h e staircase,. which it shatte r driving with great force a metal pin to which the cl °c f , was attached th roug h t h e wa ll into one of the rooted n Almost under the c l oc k was t h e door opening, tie open, to th o ki tc h en, i n wh i ch doorway Miss All", 0 " Hattersloy was s t an di ng . Th e fluid seemed to 1111' been attracted from th e c l oc k, i n i ts descent, bf nail in the lint e l o t thi s ki tc h en door, and eartli . t,.° the nail along with it graze d Mi ss Hattersley's singeing her hair, ran to the steel busk in front of her co; set, markin g h er b reast at the top of the steel, and t he „ running down h er l eg, w hi ch it grazed, found its Wag the ground. S ome i dea of the force which the cu ro; rent in this zi g zag course exerted may be gathered from the fact, that some o f t h e p l aster about the lintel, w hi ch had, being a non - con d uctor, opposed its passage, thrown out with g rea t v i o l ence and i njured an opPoslo o wall about five yard s di stant . N ow the interesting P ar of the inquiry i s , did t hi s stee l b usk act in any way as s a attractor to the lightning from above, or was it rather, „th7;l videntially a con d uctor so s i tuated as to divert the 11,1.11 from a course whi c h m i g h t h ave cost the young la dy he r c t life? We incli ne t o t h e l atter opinion. The electr i c flul came down and grazed the side of her head. Had nothing attracted it from this vertical course, it would in all prol0; bility, have touched some of the vital organs. Attraeteu by this steel rod, it changed its course; and it is observi able that it only marked her body at the upper ead oe the busk, having th ence f orward been kept from te body by its greater a ffi n i ty for the metal. Its w hole downward action b e i ng t h us ren d ered external, 11s10 its steel app ears , t h rough the position o f steel rod, to have escaped with her life. As it was, the effect on her frame was very alar niing : she lay long as if d ead , and i f Dr. Walker b a d n succeeded very speedily after his arrival in producing a shock on th e s y stem , wh i ch restored action to the olungs,_ng the result might h ave b een very different. The lady rem a i ne d i n a state of insensibility for about an hour. progress ing favourably, are v er y g l a d to b ear that she is now favourably, and trust that the shock will leave no memo vial ot its visit hut the recollection of the alarm it created . On the pr ev i ous M on d ay afternoon, the lighning cam e in contact with a fine grown oak tree, standing in: field bel ong i ng to Mr. Morley, adjoining his tan yard' on the M a ppl e t on - roa d , and split the trunk, whic h measured between eight and nine feet round th e base' through the c e nt re o f t h e h eart, for the distance o f 10 feet, 23 feet. The b ar k was totally stripped off for feet, and propelled in several directions a distance of 50 yards, some of it falling around the men A$ work in the yard. The simultanious glare of fla sh ' the peal of the thunder; the crash of the tree, and the shower of bark, produced an instantaneous and inde; scribable sensation on'thoge near the spot, which rendered them almost insensible for some time ; but happi l y li n o one sustained further 'injury. A boy, f rom Ilan], w was passing on th e roa d , was struck on the leg i s the lightning, which for a few minutes deprived him the use of it.—Derbyshire Courier. mittee to draw up an address to the KING, in favour of the German Constitution. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN, MAY 20.—The latest ac counts from the theatre of war bring no intelligence, save the continued bombardment of the fortress of Frederica. It is uncertain, says a letter in the Hamburgh Correspondent, nor can we say at this moment what will be the issue of the bom bardment. So much, however, is certain, that if we take the city by storm, we shall take nothing but a heap of debris, unless the city soon surrenders. There do not appear to be many burghers in the city. The Danes maintain uninterrupted communication with Fuhnen, which we cannot prevent by reason of their steamers. The fate of Frederica must be decided in a few days. Some of the German papers assert that the King of DEN MARK has sent proposals for an armistice for the space of one year. 'We do not, however, find any mention of this in any of the official papers, nor is it at all probable, under present circumstances, that the King of DENMARK would choose this indefinite mode of set tling, or rather prolonging the disputes with his German subjects.—llamburgh Papers, May 22. ITAL Y. The King of SARDINIA is labouring under an attack of acute rheumatism. The Rivista Indi pendente of Florence, of the 16th, contains a letter from Rome of the 15th, stating that up to that day the situation had not changed; that the French were four miles off, the Neapoli tans twelve, the Spaniards at Fiumicino; and that an attack from all sides was expected to take place on the following day. The Concili atore of the 17th, however, states that 20,000 French are at Castel di Guido, 15,000 Neapolitans at Albano; that the latter have not advanced, in consequence of steps taken by General OUDINOT to induce them to halt ; and that an attack was to have taken place on the 15th, but did not, on account of the arrival on the 14th of M. FERDINAND LESSEF S , sent by the French G overnmen t t o o ff er t h e city an ultimatum. The Neapolitans, it is said, have invaded the provinces on the Adriatic. Advices from Leghorn state that arms have been voluntarily surrendered there in great quantities. Many of the inhabitants had emigrated. The Piedmontese Gazette announces the nomina tion of General LA MARMORA as member of the Cabinet of Turin. Letters from Leghorn, received at Genoa on the 19th, state that GUERRAZZI, PETRACCHI, and COM BELLI, who were retained prisoners at Florence, had been transferred to Leghorn, and would be shot like the rest. Marshal D'ASPRE intends demanding a war contribution of 500,000 florins. EXC HEQUER.—(TfiIs DAY.) The Court, after hearing a few unimportant motions, proceeded with the Peremptory Paper, but no case of sufficient importance to justily a report was heard during the morning. COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco before Lord Chief Justice WILDE, and Justices COLTMAN, MAULE, and CRESS WELL.) STANSFIELD AND ANOTHER (ASSIGNEES) V. LEMN. Mr. M. CHAMBERS, Q.C., said, in this action, which was tried at Guildhall before the Lord Chief Justice, and a verdict found for the plaintiff. he had to move for a rule to show cause why there should not be a now trial on the ground of misdirection, that the verdict was against evi dence, and that there was no sufficient evidence to sus tain it. The action was brought by the assignees of a bankrupt named Thomas against Lemn the defendant, to recover some trade-books. It was an action of trover, and it appeared that anterior to January, 1848, a Mrs. Marks and Thomas had carried on business as tailors, in Princes-street, Hanover-square. Tho partnership was dissolved about October or November, 1847. It appeared that Thomas was afterwards in difficulties, and was desirous of making a composition with his creditors; he also desired that a new partneship should be estab lished, and the defendant, one of his en ditors, who was a tailor, was introduced to Thomas, and Thomas and Lemn considered it would be advisable that a partnership between them should be established, and a composition offered to the creditors of 10s, in the pound. On the 11th of March an assignment was executed for the benefit of the creditors, for the mere purpose of protecting the property against executions; and on the 10th ot May another assignment was exe cuted to Lemn of the same property; and the question was whether, at the time ot the second assignment to Lemn, Lemn had notice of the previous one? His Lordship told the jury on the trial that the assignment of all his personal property, as a matter of law, was an act of bankruptcy, but it would not affect the defendant unless he had notice of the execution of that deed. His Lordship also said there was no evidence that the de fendant ever saw the deed. He (Mr. Chambers) con tended that in itself the making of an assignment of all his property by a trader for the benefit ot his creditors was not under the 3d section of 6 Geo. IV., c. 16, an act of bankruptcy; or at all events it was not a clear act of bankruptcy. The argument was proceeding. SECONDARIES'. —(THIS DAY.) There was only one cause tried, " Whitmore and an other v. Dockereli," for:goods sold. The plaintiffs are fancy stationers in Finsbury, and defendant is also a stationer, at Bsiusbury. The defendant denied having ordered the goods, but the evidence was conclusive, and a verdict was given for plaintiff. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) (Before the ASSISTANT JUDGE.) The Court sat to .day for the hearing of appeals in the Justices'-room, Guildhall, Westminsttr. There are upon the list no less than seventeen appeals of parish against parish, respecting the settlement of paupers. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY - CORN - EXCHANGE.—FRIDAY. The arrivals of English Wheat for our market, dur ing the present week, though somewhat on the increase, have been very moderate for the time of year. The show of samples of that grain here to-day was small; yet, owing to the thin attendance of buyers, and the prevailing fine weather for the growing crops, the de mand for all descriptions was in a very sluggish state, at barely Monday's quotations, and at which a clearance was nut effected. The imports of Foreign Wheat have not exceeded 7,650 quarters. We had only a moderate quantity on offer this morning. Selected samples of both red and white moved off slowly at fully late rates. The va lue of the middling and inferior qualities was al most nomi nal. Nu English Barley at market; but the.supply of foreign was good. There was a fair retail trade for grinding samples, at full prices. Malting and distilling sorts were neglected. We have no change to notice in the value of Malt, all kinds of which ruled heavy. The Oat trade was in a very depressed state, at barely Monday's cur. rencies. Beans, Peas, Indian Corn, and Flour, without alteration. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. I Wheat. I Barley. Oath. 1 Flour. I 2,210 qrs. I 493 qrs. 4,510 qrs. 1,9605 kt. English • . .. • • Scotch ...... 7,670 I 8 — ,33 - 0 I 14,240 2,800 Malt, 2,840 qrs. SMITHFIELD. The supply of Beasts in to-day's market being com paratively small, and the attendance of buyers on the increase, the Beef trade ruled steady, at prices about equal to those obtained on Monday last, the best Scots producing from 3s 6d to 3s 8d per Sibs, and at which a fair clearance was effected. With Sheep we were scan tily supplied; all breeds commanded a firm inquiry, at an advance in the quotations of quite 2d per 81bs, the primest old Downs selling without difficulty at 4s per 81bs. Although the number of Lambs was seasonably extensive, the sale fur that description of stock was somewhat active, at a rise of 2d per 81bs. The arrival from the Isle of Wight amounted to 300 head. Calves were in full average supply and steady inquiry, at 2d per Sibs more money. The Pork trade was dull, at un altered currencies. Milch Cows were quoted at from 131 to 171 each, including their small calf. Per 81bs. to sink the offal. 5. d. to s. d. Irish. Foreign •• •• •• s. d. to s. d, 'nferior Beasts... 2 4 2 6 Second qual. Sheep 3 6 3 Se3ond quality ••• • 2 8 210 Coarse-weolled ditto 3 8 310 prime large Orren• 3 0 3 4 Southdown Wether 310 4 0 Prime Scots Large coarse Calves 3 8 4 0 Large Bogs • ..• •• 3 2 3 6 Prime small ditto 4 2 4 4 Small Porkers • . 3 8 4 2 Suckling Calves ••18 0 28 0 Quarter old Pigs •• 16 0 21 0 Inferior Sheep •• • 3 4 3 6 Lambs •••• ••• • .. 410 6 0 TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. Sheep, I Calves. I Pi gs . 839 7,250 240 300 FOREIGN SUPPLY. I Sheep. I Calves. 1. Pigs. 310 98 SCOTCH. Beasts. I Sheep. Calves. rigs 210 280 NEWGATE AND ZEIADENRAILL. These markets were tolerably firm to-day, and prices, owing to the short supplies of Meat on offer, were well supported in every instance. At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. S. d. to s. d. 2 2 2 4 4 Mutton, inferior •• 3 0 3 2 2 6 2 8 middling .• 3 2 3 6 210 3 0 prime •• 3 8 310 3 0 3 2 Pork, large—. •• •• 3 2 3 6 3 2 4 2 all ****** •• 3 8 4 2 Lamb. Is 10d to 5a lad. nonouGit SOP ZYZAFLUET. Beasts. Al Beef,inferlor .. middling .. primelarge -- prime small • • Very favourable accounts having come to hand from the plantations in Kent and Sussex (the bin e h av i ng grown rapidly this week), the demand for all kinds of Hops is heavy, and prices are almost nominal. S ussex pockets, 214 s to 21 18s; Weald of Kent ditto, 2/ lOs to 318 s; Mid and East Kent ditto, 315 s to 61 16s. DARING ROBBERIES.—During the last few days several robberies of rather a novel character have been committed at the houses of different licensed victuallers throughout the metropolis, by a man who has the appear ance of a smith. His custom is to enter public houses at those particular hours of the day when tap. rooms are unfrequented, generally in the utoreings, whilst the ser vants are busy. He calls for half a pint of beer, and goes into the tap-room, and unscrews the gas-fittings, with which he makes his exit. The fellow who has perpe trated these impudent robberies, stands about 5 feet 3 in ches in height, has grey hair, and a thin visage, He has already tried his hand at fourteen or fifteen public houses; but it is hoped that a stop will soon be put to his career, as the police have got 4 ClllO to the perm luepeeted. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS• BRISTOL, MAT 24. EXCHANGE .— The RXCANGEk—The only transactions to-day wet& ' In ‘.. ,ea ..e 1 Western, Quarters, at G% dis. The mark e t rema i ns i n a.l gloomy WWI depressed conktition. L I VER I'OOL, MAT 24. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The Share market was very dull t, transactions limited, at low prces. The sales are—Caledonian, r o o Terence, 14 — Lancashire and Yorkshir e , Fif t h s , 4% dis. - 7 0 1 - - and North-Western, 12G%—Di tto, New Quarters, 535. 9d. ‘ Stu flield, and Lincolnshire, Preference, 101. 16s. o' sn ' d Midland, GG% —Ditto Halves, 11% dis.•— York, Newcastle, net Berwick, 61,4 dis. — llitto (G. N. E. Purchase), guaranteed ! cent. till 1850, 3% dis. MANCHESTER, May 24. STOCK EXCHANGE.— The transactions to-day were as folloVn e r Leeds, Preference, 12—W est Riding Union, 5 7-16 dis.— blanchel,.. and Birmingham, (2), Quarters, 2 15-16 p.—Sheffield, EightllBoo North btaffordshire, sA—Leeds, Fifth s, dis.—London Stoat J o , —Leeds, 321. Shares, 8% —Dover (No. 4), 6 11-16—Ditt• (B" tered), 6 %—Grimsby, Old, 19. YORK, MAY 23. STOCK EICIIANGE.—The transacti ons t o -d ay have been 4 , !OP Th r st lows :—York, Newcastle, and Berwick Extension, 13N -rif.• Northern, 10/. its. 9d.—Sheftield, Rotherham, and Goole, guaranteed 6 per cent., 9%. ii.LAsaow, 23. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The following f are to-dare transaction',„ r , Edinburgh and Perth, 14 s . Gl asgow, Kilmarnock, and Halves (No. 2), 61. lis.—Monkland, guaranteed G per cent., 61. ROYAL MARINES.—The half-yearly inspection °f the Woolwich division is ordered to take place on Di° ll ‘ day, the 28th inst. BRITANNIA 13RIDGE.-0/1 Friday last a con-- ra g was held in one of the gigantic tubes intended to form the Britannia- brid ge , a b out to b e erected over I'4 Menai. C an dl es p l ace d b y couples in four alterna te tiers (two and two ), a b out 500 in number, illuminate d the seem.. The music, vocal and instrumental, was cellent, and traversed the immense length of tubing wi cb . scarcely dimini s h e d vo l ume. The whole effect, to t h e eye eye as we ll as t h e ear, was most pleasing—the brilliant) lighted per s p ect i ve b e i ng at least 157 yards long. Tr breadth o f t h e tu b e is nearly 15 feet, and its hei ght about 30 feet. Upwards of 600 of the elite of the neigh : bourhood occupied the front of the orchestra, a nd tr other end of th e t u b e was crowded with working peop le' All appeared delighted with the proceedings. THE " SATIR IST. "—Th e copyright of the Sa nt newspaper w as on S atur d ay sold by Mr. Page, in go'. gate-street, for 1,0401. ROYAL ARTILLERY.—WOOLWICH, MAY 23. CO . tain William's company (sth battalion) ande d C a th e garrison t a re Warburton's comp an y (6 t h b attal i on) arrived were In. garrison on S atur d ay l ast from C or fu, and pa spected y ester d ay, on the guard Thomas Downm an , rade, by lieutenant-Genera' sr Colonel Crutt en d en• C. 8., KC.11.„ accompanied by Brigade M a j or Bi ng h am , and the commandin g o ffi cers and adjutant s o f the sth an d 6th battalions. BIRTHS, psoian ," Kl7etnht,ionnst.t,hea2t lastt.in;te.t,etri!se.inL.atdhyel.wranoeoed: the nt Fletcher , UThlhc u o or m ifsBd b - atahy ' inst., at 11, Crescent, Clapham-common, A o Gu6 n rn:ey e , the wife of the Rev. Carey Brock, of a son. Esq., M.D.. of a ion. the wife o f 218 the t Rev. inst., at Charles Tow Town bulling,ritch ard Kent,ofa da t u h g e h w t daughter. 0 f P• On the Mo O n n ta t g h u e P 2 o ls p t e inst., at Portsea, the wife of Captain J. Butler Fellowes, 77th Regiment, of a daughter. On the 21st inst., at 40, 'W elbeck-6 tr e e t, Cavendish-square, Mrs. James 'Sillier, of a daughter. On the 21st inst., the wile of F. Buckell, Esq., of Ford, Niton, Isle of Wight, of a son. On the 19th ult., at MARRIED. Grant R. E.youngest soSt. Vin cent, Lieutenant John 11 1 ' , , nof Colonel Grant, R.A.to Emily'daughter of Al exander Cumming, Esq., of the above island • At Cape Hayti, Captain Mathew, late Governor of the Bahamas, to Miss Handley, daughter of Mr. Handley de ceased, of Nassau, New Providence. On the Bth inst., in St. Peter's Church, Dublin, the Rev W illiam Thompso n , to Hannah, second daughter of the lat e Bev. Willi am Pinching, rector of Carrickmacross, county °' Monaghan, Ireland On 'Wednesda DIED. y, the 16th hist , at h is residence, 33 ' Bryanston.street, Mr. Robert Roberts, aged 72. On Saturday, the 19th i nst., at Brighton, in the 89th year of her age, Elizabeth, relict of the Rev. Henry Chatfield, at Balcombe, Sussex, On Sunday, the 20th inst., at Richmond, Phoebe, widow o f the late J. kereery, Esq. 1 On the 21st inst., at his residence, Ki ngs t on - u pon-Hull , a - Mr. Isa ac Newton, in his 71st year. On the 21st ‘‘ ilia m Roberts, Esq., ALA., barrister at-law, of Orchard-house, St. Alban's, aged 82. On ;he 22d i ns t., a t his house, Pall-mall, in the 75th yea r of his ag e , R o b ert V ernon, Esq., of Ardington-house, Berks. At Bishopstone, Herefordshire, in her 71st year, MOP relict of the Rev. John Chalon, D.D. London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, ° f Na. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sex Office, : 4 1 0 . 1 11 Strand, in the Precinct of the S avoy , i n the count"' " Middlesex, Friday, May 25, 1849.