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nary expenditure in prospect of war, the taxpayers would do well to protest, through their representatives, against it as ruinous and dangerous to the country. Mr. HENLEY was surprised that no Member of the Government had risen to offer some explanation con cerning the present vote; for on the face of the estimate itself there was no explanation which seemed to bring it within the recommendation of the Committee of last year. It appeared from a note in the estimates that the sum of 120,0001., proposed to be voted, would be applied "chiefly" to the south basin and docks, and therefore it seemed to be left in doubt whether or not the money was not to be applied also to some other part of the scheme. Now, if the money were not required for carrying out existing contracts, or for the completion of the cofferdam within the recommendation of the Committee of last year, he should be inclined, unless some satisfactory ex planation were given for departing from the recommend ation of the Committee of last year, to vote against the grant. Sir F. BARING said, that the reason he had not risen before was, that as these arrangements were not made by him, but by former Boards of Ad m iralty, he thought the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Corry) who had for merly been Secretary to the Admiralty tho proper person to give an explanation respecting them. With regard to the recommendation of the Committee of last year, to whiete the Hon. Member (Mr. Henley) referred, that was carried out strictly by the Government, and the present vote was in conformity with that recommenda tion. Ho was aware that there would be diirerences of opinion as to the expediency of commencing such an out lay, but, though it might seem large, he had heard from au horitics well worthy of attention, that thia establish ment, when formed, would be of great value in case of war; and the question was—whether, having expended a considerable sum on the works, they would throw that all away or proceed in carrying those works to completion.—(Loud cries of "Hear, hear.") The money he now asked for was money required under exiting contracts, and he believed the contracts went further than the sum he wished the Committee now to vote. If the amendment were carried the works would be stopped and all previous expense rendered useless, and a conslderable sum beside.s must be paid to the con tractors for not carrying out the contracts.—(Hear, hear.) His Hon. Friend (t it W. Molesworth) had not brought forward an amendment like the present last year, under the idea, n. doubt, that the country was bound by contracts; but, having then allowed the works to ge on, would it be wise in his Lion. Friend now to stop them?—(Hear.) Mr. HENLEY inquired what portion of the 120,0001. would be required to complete the works which the Com mittee of last year recommended, and how much further the Government was b und by existing contracts? Sir F. BARING replied, that the whole sum was re quired under the contacts. Mr. HENLEY thought that, after the recommenda tion come to by the Committee of last year, the estimate oft its face should clearly show that the expenditure was to ha limited to that particular branch of works within the recommendation of the Committee. Sir F. BARING repeated that the Government had carried into effect the recommendation of the Committee. Captain BERKELEY, in reference to the argument used by an Hon. Gentleman (Ur. Cobden), that it was not necessary for the Royal Navy to have a steam•basin, because there was no such thing as a steam-basin for the mercantile navy, requested the Hon. Member to look to the East and West India Docks, and see it th-,re were no steam-basins there. Mr. PETO said that be had exa.rainel the works at Keyham, and there would have been, in his opinion, no difficulty in having a close estimate of the total outlay beforo the comm , 3ncement of the works. Mr. COWPER explained that the sum of 120,000/. proposed to be voted would be applied to the works con nected with the cofferdam according to the recommenda tion of the Committee of last year. Mr. COBDEN . observed, that ~hat he had stated was that no private steam-boat lniilder had a Lasin for the purpose of putting steam-engines and boilers on board ship; and he repeated the statement. Mr. B. SMI i'H thought that a very small sum might be necessary to complete a sea wall, and the making of docks and basins might be reserved till same future op portunity. The Committee divided, when there appeared— For the amendment ... ... 27 Against it ... 101 Majority ... --74 The vote W 33 then agreed to; as also was a rote of 68,4001. for naiseellaneous services. Oa the next vote, which 1Y35 232 2521. to complete the slim necessary for the charge of half-pay officers of the Navy and Royal Marinea. Mr. M. GIBSON, referring to his statement on a farmer occasion with regard to the number of officers, observed that in what he had said he had the authority of a very distinguished officer in the British navy, Sir J. Stirling, who stated before the Lords' Committee that we bad got 8,000 officers of one kind or another in the navy, and that we only wanted 4,000, and that by bringir g the number within its proper limits the officers would be in almost continual employment, their skill as well as their emoluments would be increased, and there might be effected by this and the contemplated reduction in respect of pensions, &c., a saving equal to the keep of 20,000 able seamen. Sir F. BARING thought as an Hon. Member (Mr. name), who was absent, unwell, intended to bring this subject before the House, it would be better to discuss it when should do so. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY called attention to the num ber of cadets introduced, as being beyond what could be adv-Anced. Sir F. BARING remarked that the Ccmmittee recom niecded a limit, and there was now a limit by a minute of Lord Auckland's. The number introduced in the year was not to exceed 100. The vote was then agreed to, as also was a vote of 300,561/. to complete the charge for military pensions and allowances, of 61,357/. for civil pensions and allow ances, and 147,2001. for freights and stores on account of the army and navy ordnance department. The next vote was a sum of 748,29 a/. for the Post office packet service. Mr. FLOYER wished to know how the sum for con veying the mail to the Channel Islands, which was for merly 2,0001. when carried from Weymouth, was now rated to 4,00e1.? Mr. COWPER said the increase in the amount from 2,0001. to 4,0001. was caused by the circumstance that, when contractors were last advertised for, the only par ties who made an offer were the old contractors, and, as they made a tender for double the amount they formerly had, there was no alternative but to concade it. As to the second point, when Weymouth was the point of em barkation, the packets belonged to Government; but the contractors who afterwards got the mail preferred Southampton. There were reasons for thinking that Weymouth was a better point of embarkation than Southampton, but Government was not always at liberty to select the port in such cases. In answer to a question by Mr. FLOYER, Mr. COWPER said, when the contract was adver tised, the port of Southampton alone was mentioned, as it was not considered that Weymouth would be so con venient a port till the works at the Isle of Portland were finished. 4 Sir T. ACLAND asked when the period would expire for carrying the East and West India mails from the port of Southampton? Mr. COWPER replied tt.gt the contract might be terminated on the Ist of January, 1853. In answer to a question by Mr. MONSELL, Mr. COWPER said, till the contract for the North American mails terminated, the Government could not carry into operation any plan for making Valentin the port of embarkation. Mr. COBDEN thought this vote should not be allowed to pass without a few words. The large sum of 748,0001. here put down might make it appear that there was no profit from the Post-office system at all since it was re formed ; but it was to be considered that very large sums were expended in carrying the mails betwixt such places as Alexandria and Beyrout ; Singapore and Sydney, New South Wales; and between Ceylon and Hong• Kong. For the last a sum of 45,0001. was charged; and for the carrying of the mails betwixt this country and the West Indies there was a sum of no less than 240,0001. a year, while the gross amount of postage received was not more than 80,000/. a year. Nuw, it could not be ex pected that the Fost-office department would carry let ters at such a cost to the West [tidies without some ade quate motive; and that motive he believed to be, to put it in the power of the Government to avail themselves in time of war of the large steamers required for this ser vice, and which, according to contract, were made to carry guns. He hoped, however, that this vote would not go forth in such a way as would be calculated to in jure Post-office reform in the eyes of the world. He thought that in making these Post-office arrangements respect Should be had to the number of letters to be carried from one place to another. He was not in favour of those charges being placed to the account of the Ad miralty; but at the same time he thought that greater care might be taken in makin the arrangements. Sir F. BARING believed that the arrangements as to the %Vest Indfes were in existence before the Post-office reform took place. They took upon themselves the duty of establishing communications with every part of the empire, and in doing so they were not to consider whe ther every communication would pay or not, but whether it was necessary to the commerce of the country. — (Hear.) Nor did he think that these expensive commu nications to India, and other parts of the empire, at all told against Post-office reform. Mr. COBDEN admitted the great advantage of having Post-office communication with all parts of the world, but he 'thought ouch communication should have some reference to the number of letter; passing to and from this country. According to the system of the Right Hon. Gentleman, a direct communication might be started at once betwixt this country and New Zealand. Mr. HENLEY thought these expenses had been very much forced upon the country by the arguments of the commercial classes, who sought every facility for extend ing commerce.—(!fear.) Mr. BRIGHT had understood his Hon. Friend only to say that reference should be made to the number of let ters carried in any arrangement made, and that we should not expend 246,000/. when only 60,000 L was derived from letters. The contrary principle was a very object. tionable one indeed. Whatever steps might be taken with reference to matters connected with the Post-office, he always had entertained a strong conviction that nothing ought - to be done in any manner calculated to interfere with the success of the penny postage through cut the United Kingdom. He considered it most im portant not to allow foreigners for a moment to suppose that the penny postage had been a failure. The intro duction of it was a great reform, and hardly any reform eoitld be greater or more important. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER oh served, that th.) penny postage had no connexi ,n what ever ent with steam na v i gat i on, b ut, as the former had beer' m ioned, he might be permitted to say, that looking at the result of the penny postage, no experiment could have been more satisfactory factory tan it had proved. The "114)91 let fts" passing through the Post office had Joh v, ATEE AT LONDON 131:11.4E. Tais Dia —34orling,sl rain. after 8 Evening, 31 min. after 9 To-Mom:ow—Morning, 10 min. after 10 Evening, 49 rain. after 10 TIIE SUN, greatly increased, nay, had actually doubled. In any fortnight of the present year, compared with the cor responding fortnight of any year before the postage was altered, it would be found that the proportion was as 6,000,000 to 3,000,000, and that this advance had pro. ceeded equally in England, Scotland, and Ireland. W Ne ther the increase of the packet service abroad happened to be large or small, was a matter that had nothing to do with the penny postage. Mr. HENLEY said, that the object of Mr. Rowland Hill, in the introductiJn of the penny postage, was to extend the delivery of letters and to increase the number of letters passing through the Post-office as much as pos sible. The change bad been important and valuable. It certainly was one which ought not to be measured by its expense; neither, he thought, should the packet-service be measured by its expense. Sir J. DUCKWORTH said, that as the contracts for sending the mails from Southampton would soon expire, he did hope that fair consideration would be given to such tenders respecting, the packet-service as might, when the contracts became open, proceed from the ports of the west of England. The vote was then agreed to. The next was for a sum not exceeding 12,6881, to de fray the expense of sending the North Star to assist the northern expedition. The House then resumed. The report was brought up, and ordered to be received on Wednesday. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at a Quarter past Twelve o'clock. THE LE GAL TITLE ASSURANCE COMPANY. (Provisionally Registered, January 17, 1849.) Capital, 2,000,00C1., in 80,000 Shares, of 251. each. Preliminary Deposit, 2s. 6d. per Share Prospectuses and full information may be obtained at the Tempo rary Offbes of the Company, 12s, Cannon-row, Westminster, on ap plication to _ _ G. F. HOWE, Hon. Sec., pro tern. It MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Mdlle. JENNY LIND. The Nobility, patrons of the Opera, and the Public are respect fully informed that a GRAND EXTRA NIGHT will take place en THURSI AT next, May 3, when will be presented Donizettrs opera, LA FIGLIA DEL REGGIMENTO. Maria, Mdlle, Jenny Lind ; Sulpizio Sergente, Sig. F. Lablache ; Ortensio, Sig. Arnold; ; and Tonio, Sig. Gardoni. With various entertainments in the BALLET DEr.ARTMENT, in which Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi, Mdlle. M. Taglioni, Mdlle. Petit Stephan, Mcsdlles. Marra, and Thomas sini, M. Paul Taglioni, M. for, M. Charles, &c., will appear. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box-office of tke Theatre, where Pit Tickets may be obtained as usual, price 10s. 6d. each. FIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Mdile. PA[tODI. The Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, are respect fully informed that TIIDI EVENING, Will be presented Donizetti's admired Opera, entitled LA FAVOItITA. To conclude with (the Scenery by Mr. Charles Marshall) an en• tirely new grand Ballet, by M. Taglion!, entitled - ELECTRA. ; or, The Lost Pielade. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be mate at the Box- Ope: a Colonnade. Dsors or, r at Half-past seven, Concert to commence at Eight. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Season 1519. FRENCH PLAYS and OPERA COMIQUE. TO-MORROW EVENING, The Performances will commence at Half-past Seven o'clock Witit HEUR ET MALHEUR. To conclude with LE PRE AUX CLERCS. Mergy, M. Octave; Conaminge, M. Couderc ; Isabelle, Mdlle. Chart on. Mr. Mitchell begs also to announce that, notwithstandin the in creased expenses of the present entertainment, the prices of admis sion are determined as follows : Boxes .. • • .. Gs. ed. Pit• • • • .. 33. Od. Amphitheatre 2s. Od. Subscriptions for the season may he arranged at Mr. Mitchell's :loyal 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. THInAI Y.F. ROYAL, HAYMAJtIiET, Mr. E. Webster, 6ele Lessee and Manager, Old Prompton. THIS EVENTN,— Will he performed the Comedy of TOWN and COUNTRY. Cha racters by Messrs. J. Wallack, Wigan, Keeley, Buckstoue, and Web ster ; Miss I'. Horton, 3lise Reynolds, and Mrs. Glover. After which a Classical Extravaganza, entitled THE SPHINX. To be followed by THE ROUGH DIAMOND. To conclude with the Farce of LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS. TIIEATItIt ROYAL, Under the direction of Madams Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE HOP PICKERS. Principal characters by Messrs. Lambert, Boyce, Wright, Paul Bedford, Hughes, Man yard, 0. Smith, Cullenford, Worrell, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. F. Matthews, Miss Taylor, Miss E. Chaplin, &c. After which, WHO LIVES AT No. ? Characters by Messrs. Wright and Worrell, and Miss Chaplin. To conclude with a Farce, called GOING TO THE DERBY THE DEttIlY DAY. Mr. Jeremiah Twiddle, Mr. Wright; Mr. John James Chucks, Mr. Paul Bedford; Captain Nobble, Mr. Worrell; Mrs. Chucks, Mrs. Matthews ; Mrs. Twiddle, Miss Woelgar. ISOYAL LYCk,UM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. Sol. Lessee. Mr. Charkm Ma.he ws. THIS EVENING Will ba performed a Piece entitled HOLD YOUR TONGUE. Cha racters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Selby, acid Pernik ; Miss H. Gil bert, Miss Jane Coleman, and Madame Vestris. To be followed by BOY AND COX. T. conclude with THE SEVEN CHAMPIONS OP CHRISTEN DOM. _ Dress Boxes, 58.; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, is. No waif-price to any part of the house. The New Boa-office, No. 9, Wellington--street, Is open to the public es cry day, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. 'nits EVENING, • Will be performed a new Opera, entitled THE HEART OF MID LOTIII A.Y. After which, Wiles. W. and A. N.Teruda aid their brother Victor will perform on the Violin, Violoncello, and Pianoforte. To conclude with a new grand Extravaganza, entitled /TOURED DIN AND lIIE FAIR. PERSIAN. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, lir. W. Batty. [Lider the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. The new grand Easter Spectacle unprecedentedly successful. THIS EVENING, The performance will commence with a Grand Equestrian Spec tacle, by Fitzball, entitled THE WHITE MAIDEN OF CALIFOR NIA ; or, the 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 willappear. To conclude with THE LONDON CARRIER. Box-office open from Eleven till ' , var. Stage Manager, Mr. W. Welt. TUE WEATHER.—Sun OFFICE, MAY 1. TEIERMOMETEN, Lowest, 39; Highest, 60; Noon, 55, BAROMETER, 30.17. WIND N.—fine weather. eLit alitt LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 1, 1849. The re-action on the Continent looks seriously as if it was going to re-act. There were reasons which made the first re-action begin sooner and go further than would otherwise have been possible; and under such circumstances a counter re-action in due time is a necessary consequence. The causes of the first retrograde movement were the proceedings of the Socialist portion of the Repub licans in France, backed, as related to this country, by the parallel demonstrations of the Chartists in Eng land, and what was called the " rebellion " in Ireland. Both in France and England, this was sufficient for a long time to paralyze the action of the friends of political liberty, and throw the preponderance into the scale of their opponents. Cholera and small-pox wear out or yield to vacci nation, and so will the disease of panic re-action. The returns from the Continent, with the exception of here and there a lazar-house under some impudent despot who thrashes his subjects for saying they have not enough, present a scale of progress strongly mi nistering to such a view. It will be very pleasant when so much of the Millennium comes, as shall abolish war. But for the present, human affairs are greatly dependent on the success of armies. If th• Hungarian hussar can beat the Austrian cuirassier, the tide of political liberty is likely to roll in again on Europe. It would be a waste of words to:attempt to prove the deep interest which highly improved nations like France and England, have in such a consummation. There are parties in both countries, who loudly maintain the contrary. Stronger than in proportion to their numbers, and more active than in proportion to their strength, they make themselves heard in the public councils, and bully the moderate and not over energetic men, in whom the conduct of national affairs is lodged. In England the truth of this is open on inspection. The agents of every great and every little despot in Europe, are seated on the opposition benches, and crow as if they were masters of the game. In France the despotic element does not assume so pal pable a form in the Chamber ; but it stirs more in the provinces, in ways which in England would serve no end. That the existing Government either in England or France should in their hearts do other than wish well to continental liberty, is what none will believe till proved. But there are many who think those Governments might improve their estimate of the maximum of advantage it would be possible for them to compass. Nobody can believe the French Government wants to see a Russian army at Cbambery, or an Austrian at Genoa. Its r:al oral desire must be to see the restoration of the laitaish provinces ; which will be the reasonable reward of assistance to the liberal cause. Nobody believes the existing English Go vernment, dependent as it happily is on popular support, can want to renew the times when a Minister told the House of Commons, that in the actual state of Europe there was no danger from the popular element in England, meaning clearly, that the Cossacks were within call. If it ii settled then, that b'th France and England are substantially interested in the discomfiture of the arbitrary powers, the next thing is to look for the joints of the harness through which those powers can be reached. The maxim of the English absolutists is, that a German merchant knows nothing, an Italian advocate knows nothing, all this kind of man is to be put en tirely out of count. The man who knows, is an Aus trian or Russian peasant, beaten with a stick by a still more knowing corporal, and commanded through a long string of hierarchies, by a Prince with an unpro nounceable name, who is knowledge or the daughter of Jupiter herself. The Gallician insurrection is under stood to be aiming at the weak point in this. The peasants say, they will not go to be cut down by the Hungarians with whom they have no quarrel. Hold to that, stout peasants, and you may change the face of Europe and your own. The move of the Liberals on this, should be to hold out through Europe the abolition or commutation of the conscription, except for a landwehr. In Russia there is another sore place still. It is now some fifty years since an eminent traveller and member of the University of Cambridge in his day, let out the perilous secret that there are two Russias, or if it b 3 more correct, the Cossack is not Russian, and is the better material of the two. Here then is the place for a grand pensee ; look forward to the division of the thing of iron and clay called the Russian Empire. The men are provided by nature, who are to be the instruments of doing it. Till then, every free man in Europe will taste the Russian's foot in his soup. In Russia Proper too, there are strange elements at work. It almost looks absurd, but it has been de clared over and over, that republican principles are at work in the Russian army. How they came there, or what they feed upon, it is not easy to assign ; but it is enough if they are there. Great outcry will be made in some quarters against such dissociating principles. It is probable our English Jacobites took the same view of the opposition of our forefathers to the union of France and Spain. Men and communities are justified in promoting union where it is for their interest, and resisting it where not. The distinctions of race and language count for much, though not for everything. The union of Scotland with England, and of Alsace with France, are instances where these distinctions have been got over ; but there are others where they may be made useful to divide. It would be preposterous to try to separate England into all the races which went to make up DE FOB'S " true-born English man ;" but it does not follow that the principle must never be appealed to. All these are cards for wise men to play their game with, as rROVIDECE shall give the blessing. The office of an island fortress like our own, is to be a grand citadel and laboratory of hope. Before the anniversary dinner takes place to morrow, in aid of that noble institution at Brounton, the Hospital for Pulmonary Consumption, we would yet once more direct public attention to it, as to one of the most humane, and one of the most interesting of the eleemosynary establishments of the metropolis. Remembering that the new building was only opened in the IN ovetnber of 1846, and knowing the muni ficence with which the project has been forwarded by voluntary contributions, we are conscious that the hos pital is its own best appeal to the benevolence of the multitude. Yet we are solicitous to enforce that ap peal by our allusions, and to render it still more au dible, and still more persuasive by repetition—seeing, as we do, that larger assistance than what has been hitherto afforded is becoming every day more and more requisite. Four sources of aid to the Hospital for Consump tion are even now open ; and we are happy to learn from the seventh annual report, just published by the committee, that those sources are in a thriving state of development. One is the General Fund; another is the Building Fund ; another is the Building Exten sion Fund ; and another is the Rose Charity Fund. Between the April of 1847 and the April of 1848, the receipts of the first amounted to 4,603/. 17s. 9d.; thole of the second to 3,2021. ss. 5d.; those of the third to NV. 15s. ; and these of the fourth to 684/. 14s. 6d.-- including in the two former instances the ba!ar.ce already remaining in the hands of the bankers. After the entire expenditure of the year, there was then left in reserve out of the General Fund and out of the Rose Charity Fund, not more than 524/. Bs. 6d. altogether. This, as an evidence of the pecuniary prospects of the establishment, although by RO means discouraging, is sufficient to show the necessity for some further exertion towards the appropriate completion of what has been so generously commenced. That the most sanguine expectations of the com mittee will be more than realised, we have reason to hope, knowing the high estimation in which the charity is deservedly held by the public, and aware of the extensive preparations which have al ready been made for the anniversary dinner, which will take place to-morrow, at the Al bion Tavern, Aldersgate•street. On glancing over the list of stewards inserted by ourselves in another portion of this evening's impression, it will be seers that the occasion presents other auguries of suc cess beyond those of the Chairman being a celebrated author and an eloquent Member of the Legislature. It will be seen that, under the patronage of her Most Gracious MAJESTY and of His Royal Highness the PRINCE CONSORT, the hospital is supported by many persons whose names are either eminent by rank or illustrious by reputation. Besides several of the Lards temporal and spiritual of the realm, the cata logue of stewards enumerates many distinguished members of the learned professions, and the represen tatives in Parliament of Marylebone, of Huntingdon, of Suffolk, of North Essex, of Lincolnshire (parts of Lindsey), of Andover, of Dorchester, of Ox ford University, of Eye, of Westminster, and of Whitby. Not the least attractive names recurring in the list of Stewards are two renowned in historical literature, the names of HENRY HALLAM and of FRANCOI3 GUIZOT. 'We are informed that the interest to take part to morrow in the anniversary dinner is so apparent that the tickets have been eagerly pur chased, and that it has even become necessary to increase the number of seats in the spacious apart ment at the Albion, by the construction of another gallery for the fair spectators. Earnestly and fervently we wish the undertaking Godspeed ! THE FRENCH REP ÜBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. There was a large crowd assembled in the neighbour hood of the Porte St. Denis on Sunday, but no cries were raised, and no attempt made to disturb the public Peace; in fact, it was merely a congregation of objectless Sunday idlers. It, however, afforded an excuse to Gene ral CLIANGARNIER to make a military display, and to disturb the National Guards from their dinners, but when they arrived on the scene of action the crowd had peaceably dispersed. M. DE SALYANDY, ex• Minister of Public Instruction to Louis PHILIPPE, has arrived in Paris. The French Government received on Sunday evening, it is said, intelligence of the fall of Palermo. BOURSE—PARIS, MONDAY, APRIL 80. THREE o'CLocx.—The French Funds opened this morning considerably below the closing prices of Satur day; but on its being known that Sicily bad surren dered, they rose rapidly, and closed 15 centimes better. The news of the defeat of the Austrians did not affect the prices of the Funds, although the rumour was cur rent that the Hungarians had entered Vienna. Ex change on London (30 days), 25 30; ditto (90 days), 25 11. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, APRIL 30. Boulogne and Amiens, 8 1 A—East Indian, 3 tA,—Northern of France, 11% —Namur and Liege, 8. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 25th ultimo have arrived. CHRISTINA and her husband had left for Aranjuez, and wt'uld be followed by the QUEEN on the 30th. MADRID BOLSA, APRIL 25.—Five per Cents. 11 paper; Three per Cents., 241 for account. Exchange on London, 50 40 money. APPROACHING MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE. We under.[ nd !h,t the c i)etwceu Lord Fvhy, Captin (4 tip!, C , :rp., of 6en tit:twat-at-Arms, and the Lady Mary Fifzll!in eldest daughter of the Duke of Norfolk, Master of the Horse, is d-finitively fixed to take place the second week iu June. The Noble Lord is in his fortieth year; the roble Bride is several years his junior. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. PRUSSIA. Intelligence has been received from Berlin to the 28th. The following notice had been issued by the Ministry : " After the dissolution of the second Chamber assemblages of the lower classes of the people took place in the vicinity of the House and in the adjoining stre e t s , w h en th e m ili tary were opposed and insulted. 'They were compelled to use their firearms, whereby six persons were killed and six wounded. Tranquillity was soon restored, and the public peace has not been disturbed to-day. (Signed) " MANTEUFFEL." AP Jr 01, 'NA( i 4 l lO l lll , • - 4fr . 4- ,"•,451Er541.i. '" • oz 4.#4. • LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 1, 18498 AUSTRIA. Intelligence has been received from Vienna, of the 25th ult. The utmost agitation prevailed in the city on account of the advance of the Hungarians. Should the Hungarian army appear under the walls of Vienna the Viennese would rise upon the garrison, qnd oprn the gates of the city to their Magyar deliverers. The Constitutional Gazette of Vienna, of the 24th, says:— " Though the tranquillity of our city has not yet been disturbed, the news of our ill success in Hurgary has pro duced a strong effect upon the populace. The streets are re gularly patrolled, but the public-houses are filled with the factious, and cries of Kossuth for ever !' are frequently heard. The workmen seem prepared to enter anew on the plitical arena. It is said that they intend, in case Kossuth attacks Vienna, to rise en masse, in order to join him. The public consternation is extreme; every one wishes to pro• mire gold and silver, and the bankers and money broker's offices are besieged by multitudes." The Hungarians have been as successful on the Lower as they have been on tho Upper Danube. They bom barded and burned Cl.rlovitz on the 16th, and they have sent large q rantities of arms anti munitions of war from Agram to Serially, by SLacolz. PEnczEL entered Tier kovah ut meeting the L ast resistance. • Tlie Dlinisterial . journal, the Austrian Ile yds, says:— " We must evacuate Pesth and Buda, raise the siege of Conlon), abandon all the farts and strong places in Hungary —in fine, assemble all the Imperial forces on one point, to obtain a decisive result. If we are victorious, we shall soon regain all we have lost, and we are sure that we shall care fully preserve what we shall thus regain." The Wiener Gentili!) publishes a Government procla mation on the subject of the Hungarian war, in which, after summing up the events since tl.e commencement of the war, the Austrian Cabinet protests that the fate of Hungary must have its decision on tha field of battle, and that the Austrian Ministers aid generals will act exclusively with this view of the question. " Our enemies (these are the words of the proclamation) must be fought with. It is necessary to rout them, and to annihilate them, aud until this shall have bee❑ accomplished no attention whatever can be paid to anything besides this grand object." The proclamation concludes by stating that most ener gt tic measures are being taken to attain the object in view, and that no buletin will be published, nor the further movements of the Imperial forces divulged to the public, and that the Austrian patriots ought to be satisfied with the knowledge that a gallant army, led by able generals, defends the cans" of Austria in Hungary. The Breslau Zeitung contains the following important in tdl igcr ce : " I hasten to inform you, that in consequence of Ilia total defeat of the Imperial army between Gran and the Danube, when P2,C00 Austrians fell under the swords and bayonets of the Hungarians, and on their retreat fell a prey to the waves, General \Velden is compelled to an immediate evacuation of Pesth and Ofen The greatest disorder has prevailed the whole day. In a placard Welden calls upon the two great cities to grant a perfectly safe retreat to the remnants of the Imperial army. Report says that Kossuth, by desire of the city, has granted the Imperialists an armistice of 48 hours for evacuating Pesth and aen. The Hungarians are to make their entry to-morrow. The greatest joy prevails there." The Cologne G'azttte, in an article dated Vienna, the 24th, sap—" After this defeat of the Imperial troops, there cm be no further question, at present, at least, of a concentration of ti.e Austrian army. The same j(arrnal says the Hungarians are preparing to make h::ad against the Russians. The Diet of De breca'n has ordered a new levy of 200,000 recruits, 100,000 of them to he raised in Transylvania. VIENNA, Arun 26.—The H iener Zeitung of this day says— Field-Marshal Lieutenant Von Bohn mukcs known us follows— " According to intelligence just received, the corpx d'annee of F. M. Lieutenant-General Wohlgemuth, consisting of six brigades, has occupied with the left wing the whole terrain from Sellze, Eiseriessey, .Nyarazd, and Bos, as far as the Danube, on which line nothing of importance has tran spired since the last reports. Concurrent accounts state that the main body of the corps of General Georgey is moving in the direction towards Comorn. The Con centration, sPuded to on the right bank of the Danube, of the troops belonging to the chief army, is in full progress, and decisive intelli gence may, therefore, be soon expected from the theatre of war. (Signed) "Baron VON BoaN." GRATZ, APRIL 23.—Within the course of a few weeks two thousand five hundred recruits will be raised in those parts of Hungary occupied by the Imperial troops. They are to form the 3d Hunga rian battalion, and each regiment will bo reinforced or completed by 960 men. A division is also to be formed fin. the Ist Regiment of Hussars, stationed in Prossintz, for the 3d, stationed in Trodpan, and the 9th, stationed in Radkersburg. Various other reinforcements will be made in the army.—Lloyds. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. COPENHAGEN, APRIL 25.—The evrning before List the Minister of the Interior made the following corn. rauniewion:— " The Ministers find themselves called upon (in conse quence of the entry of the enemy into Jutland, which after the cessation of the armistice, and the conduct of the Cen tral Power in sending so many troops in the Duchies, was to be foreseen) to declare, That this event will not induce them to depart from the course hitherto taken for the nego tiations for peace. The Governm en t h o p es t h e A ssem bl y will continue their important negotiations.'" THE ULTIMATUM OF THE KING OF DENMARK. His Majesty the King of Denmark and the Provi- sional Central Power of Germany having accepted the offer made by the Crown of Great Britain to mediate in the differences which have unfortunately arisen between the Crown of Denmark and Germany, and to negotiate as to the basi s proposed by h er Britanni c Majesty's Government, in regard to th e f u t ure posi tion ot the duchy othe having principle agreed of Schleswig, the Plenipotentiaries of the respective parties met this day for the purpose of discussing the proposal, and settling the principle for such an arrangement. .But, taki ng i n t o considera tion that the armistice sign e d at M a l moe , on th e 26th of August last, will expire on the 26th instant, and that, in order that the negotiations may be suc cessfully carried on, it is essential that a further sus pension cl hostilities should take place ; and consi dering, moreover, that in consequence of the expira tion of the armistice of Melmoe, and by reason of the dissolution of the common Government, which, by virtue of the convention of Malmoe, was appointed to carry on previsionally the a iininistration of the duchies of Holstein and of Schleswig, it has becerte necessary to make some fresh provision fur the administration ot these duchies during the time that hostilities shall be suspended, and until the conclusion of a definitive treaty of peace, the aforesaid plenipotentiaries have agreed upon the following preliminary articles:— Art. I.—Ttie Duchy of Schleswig shall have a sepa rate constitution with respect to its special legisheion and internal administration, without being united with the Duchy of holstein, and leaving i n t act t h e po li t i ca l union which connects the Duchy of Schleswig with the Crown of Denmark. Art. 2 —The armistice s i gned at Malmo() on the 26th of f6tAh August last year is entirely out of fere () on the ment of the claims as stipulated in the Sth article is reserved, and that the administration instituted 2i g ns u t s a, with the exceptions that the final settle ment in the Duchy of Lanenburgh, in consequence of Article 9 of the said convention, shall con tinue provisionally in activity. There shall, neverthe• less, continue to be a suspension of hostilities both by land and by sea from the 26th instant till the 26th of April next inclusive, at which time the suspen sion of hostilities shall be regarded as having expired, unless expressly renewed. During the armistice, the continental territories of the Duchies of Holstein and of Schleswig shall not be occupied either by German or by Danish troops, however with the restrictions and reservations mentioned in the following articles 3 and 4. Art. 3.—For the purpose of preserving order and for carrying on the detailed administration of the two Duchies during the interval which may elapse before a definitive treaty of peace shall be concluded, it is agreed that the Duchy of Holstein shall be administered by a temporary administration proposed . by the provisional central power of Germany, confirmed by his Majesty the King of Denmark in his quality as Duke of Holstein, and instituted by both, while the King of Denmark alone shall appoint and institute the provisional administration for Schleswi g . Th ese administrat i ons to b e composed of natives of th e t wo Duchies, shall begin their tune tions on the 27 t h o f t hi s month, an d cont i nue to ex ercise them till the conclusion of a definitive treaty of peace. But the functions so to be exercised by them shall be purely executive and administrative, and shall not have any 14gislative character. These two administra tions shall be bound to act with complete impartiality as regards persons both of Danish and of German race. With regard to Schleswig, all laws and ordi nances promulgated after the 18th of March, 1843 are to be considered as null and void. His Majesty's administration shall, nevertheless, have the right to put in force such of these laws and ordinances as may be considered necessary. A limited number of troops shall bo employed for the mainte nance of order in the duchies, its Holstein not exceeding her contingent to the army of the German confederation, in Schleswig a Danish military forco of 3,000 or 4,000 men, as tar as possible composed of natives of Schleswig, with the exception only of such as have served in the new dissolved, so called, Schlewig- Holstein army. Art. 4. In case the execution of these dispositions should meet with resistance or disorders in the duchies and should render necessary the employment of a greater military force, the King of Denmark has a right to employ such a force to maintain in the fall exercise of its authority the administration instituted by him in the duchy of Schleswig; in regard to the duchy of Holstein, the other contracting party bind s i t• self, under the ahove-mentioned eircunestene , a to march isoepe into tL.s duchy ,ind to Ge. - ,4l'y it. The Right Hon. Thomas Wyse arid family, the lion. Mrs. linos, &0., were amongst the very numerous passengers who left London fur Antwerp on Sunday last, by the Princess Victoria, Captain Jackson, ITALY. The Sardinian Ministers have published in the Pied ntontese Gazette, of the 25th, a note relative to the occu pation of Alessandria by the Austrians. The Ministers state that they had used all their efforts to induce Aus tria not to insist on that article of the armistice, but had been unsuccessful, that power having called for its strict fulfilment, and even gone so far as to insist that the National Guard should be reckoned as part of the allotted moiety of the Sardinian garrison, or, if not, that they should he disarmed. To this, however, they had firmly opposed themselves, and had recalled their Pleni potentiaries from Milan lest the execution of this article of the armistice should have the appearance as b• ieg one of the preliminaries of a treaty of peace. The note exhorts the ration, and especially the people of the provinces and towns occupied by the Austrians, to preserve order and maintain a loyal and firm attitude, as, though de sirous of peace, the Government will never agree to one except on bases honourable to the country, in which it hopes to be aided by the intervention and good offices of the other European powers. The Aus.rian demands increase in their c xorbitancy. Having secured possession of Alessandria, they now de mand an led, muity of 125,000,000 f. for the expenses of the war, which could not have cost them above half that sum; but the Austrian Treasury is bare, and nut being able as in the last war to seindle England, our oil and faithful ally" seeks to plunder Sardinia. The Sardinian Plenipotentiaries, however, declared that Sardinia cannot pay more than 60,000,00C1., aced the conferences are suspend. d until fresh instructions shall he received Loin Olmutz. It is said that RADETZKY is about to take the com mand of the torccs besieging Venice. The Austriun squadron was before that city on the 18th ult. ICIL V. It is said that positive intelligence has reached Mar seille4 of the NIL of Palermo. The stcamer Vectis ar rived at Marseilles en the 26'h, with '2OO passengcrs on board, including MIEROSLAWS:iI, LAGAEINA, Con- DERA, and Oasts" The Members of th. - Povisional Government had, it was said, taken refuge in Malta, to which island they were coEveyed under the protection of the British flag. The venerable ltuGuito was expected in Paris. MONEY and CONIMURCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The silts oF CottonatLiv'erpool yesterday were cad mated at 7,000 bales, and comprised about 6,000 Ame rican, at 3p. to Cid; 200 Bahia, at 4id. to sd; 100 Egypti.in, at 64d. to 7314; 300 Surats, at 31d. to 34d; mid 30 Sea Islands, at 9d. to 10d. per lb. The tran,:sc tions included 600 American for export, and 1,000 on speculation. `the market closed steadily, and Fridßy's quotations were well maintained.—There was rather an improved market for Railway Shares, but only a limited business was done. The letters and papers by the Niagara steamer were delivered this morning in due course, and they notice more tightness in the money market than from previous accounts we had been led to expect. Discounts were at 10 to 12 per cent. per annum, and although the rate of exchange had risen to a point which might to considered to oiler of itself no great temptation, the low value of money here compared to that current upon first-rate security on the other side of the Atlantic, is a considera tion that 'rust not be left out of calculation. There is some more of the American Indemnity money t) be provided for, and no doubt this will be effected by an arbitration of the exchange on Mexzco, which will be based upon arrangements made in England. The Ame rican Government eras about to assist, and the treasurer having on deposit about 2,300,000 dollars in specie, it Was proposed that a portion should be withdrawn by aaticipatirg the maim ity of the Mexican indcmnity duo in June, and paying out about a million. The ad vocates of the Sub-Treasury Bill, like those of Peel's Act, prefer, however, that the measure should be sutfcted to pinch all parties to the utmost extremity ere it is even tunporatily relaxed. The imports into New York were, for the week ending the latest date, rather lcsa than in the corresponding period of last year. We mentioned, yesterday, the fact that the State of Pennsylvania Lad stgre,d to enforce the law passed June 12, 1840, and the followirg are the pardeulars : Resolved,—" That, hereafter, the interest falling due on Pennsylvania Stuck shall always be paid in sp:cie, or its equivalent, and whenever the funds accumulated in the treasury for the payment of interest shall Lc of less value than specie•, it shall be lawful for the Governor, and he is hereby required to cause the difference in value batween such funds and specie to be ascertained and certified to bin on the day preceding that on which any semi-annual portion of interest becciass due, by the auditor•general and state treasurer, under oath of affirmation, and thereupon to issue his warrant to the agent or banks, who may be authorised to pay such interest on behalf of the common wealth, to allow such difference in value to the holder or legal representative of the holder of any Pennsylvania stock, or the interest due to such holder, or pay the same in specie, it required by such holder." The Quebec Board of Trade had completed its year of office. In their report they make various useful sug gestions, and complain of the mails being sent through the United Staten instead of overland from Halifax. Mr. 'Bucks had given notice that ho would move the Legislature to make provision for giving the provincial guarantee, on certain conditions, fur the pay ment on tne bends of companies inc rporated fur the construction of railways in Canada East, and alto for rendering aid to the construction of railways of the Halifax and Quebec railroad. The serious fire at To ronto tce ions. a loss of 150,0001., partly insured in Engi nd and the United States. The Stoik Exchange being closed to-day, as well as the tr-n,fer-otfice at the Bank of England, we have nothing to report ❑pon the state of the Money Mark:A, and there is a very thin attendance of parties connected therewith. All the stockbrokers keep holiday on the lst of May. LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY). LONDON, MAY I.—Wind N., light breeze and fine clear weather. OFF WEYmounr, APRIL 39.—Lord Nelson, Gillespie, Mauritius; Pallas, Hopkinson, Charleston for Hull. OFF SALCOMBE, APRIL 29.—Inria, Pronk, Java for Rot terdam. PtAmount, APRIL 30.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Jubilee, Amy, Cape Coast Castle; Alameda de Paula, de Ojiniga, liavannah for Hamburgh ; Canopus, Buschman, Texas for Wramen ; Nautilus steamer, Pearce, Li'bon on a cruize to intercept vessels bound to the blockaded ports. In the gale of the 27th, the wrecked hull of the Lark, of Brixham, went to pieces, the remains sold yesterday. Several Norway battens are being picked up in the Bay, some of them marked in red letters on the ends F.X.T. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 30.—Wind S.S.W., light.—Acrd. 30th, Delta, Glover, Mobile; Montezuma, Rendal, Charleston ; Harword, Harword, Charleston ; Alliance, Robinson, Lisbon ; Gauntlet, Prestey, Buenos Ayres ; Novelty, Harrison, Buenos Ayres; China, Pascoe, Charleston; Mortimer Living ston, Barstow, New York ; Asia, Hannah, Staten Island ; Ocean Star, Williams, Boston; Spencer, Webster, Quebec; Burrell, Foster, Quebec. The Jane, hence to Buenos Ayres, that was on shore on the English Bank,i River Plato, has be• ceme a wreck, only a small part of her cargo saved. The Harriet, from Buenos Ayres to London, has vut into Monte Video, leaky, and it was expected Would have to di. charge. The Alceete, from Apalachicola to this port, was at Key W,st about; he 2Gth ult., discharged, having been ashore on Florida Reef. The Laura, Garr, hence to Mobile, was totally wrecked below Mobile on the 2d inst.; crew and part of cargo saved. A brig, waterlogged and abandoned, with loss of foremast and bowsprit, was passed, April 16, latitude 41, longitude 43, and a large ship, with loss of mainmast, the following day, by the Rankin, arrived here. A vessel on fire, which afterwards exploded, was seen, March 23, at night, in latitude 35, N., longitude 71, W., by the Leander, arrived bore, which lay to all night, burning blue lights, but not seeing any boats in the morning, bore away. MARKET NE WS THIS DAY.) 21117 SMITHFIELD.—Meadow llay, 21 10s to 31 15s; Cloy. r ditto, 31 to 41 16s ; and Straw, 11 6s to 1/ 10, pfr load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demacd. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow flay, 2/ 12s to 31 17s ; Clover ditto, 31 3s to 4/ 143 ; and Straw, 11 7s to 1/ 113 per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade dull. WIIITECHAPEL.—Meadow Bay, 21 lOs to 31 16s ; Clover ditto, 31 to 41 lis; and Straw, 1/ 63 to 1/ 10. per load. Trade dull, at barely last week's quotations. COLONIAL. • Straw.—The market for British Plantation has continued heavy, and the sales only amounted to 260 hhds, at a decline of 6d per cwt. 160 casks and 8,800 bags Mauritius were mostly realised, at 37s 6d to 40s 6d for low to fine yellow, 40s 6d to 41s for white, 4 to 43s for crystalized, 37s to 38s 6d for grey, and 33s 6d to 36s 6d fur brown, being full prices for Refining sorts, hut grocery descriptions must be quoted rather lower. Of 7,000 bags Bengal only about two• thirds found buyers at a sight decline; good to fine grainy white brought 42s tel to 48s 6d, low to good white Benares 39s to 421, with date, kind from 36s to 38s 6d. 14,C00 bags mid to good brown Madras were all withdrawn at 32s to 34s 6d. A floating cargo of 560 cases brown Bahia has been sold privately at about 20s. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 787 hhds 99 tierces 65 barrels; there were taken for home consumption 1,127 hhds 155 tierces 253 barrels. The stock in the same places is 10,141 hhds 1,507 tierces 2,042 barrels. COFFEE.—Of 1,360 bags of Native Ceylon, offered by auc. tion, only a few lots were sold, at 30s to 31s 6d for good to very good ord, being the previous value; 400 bags Rio were withdrawn, at 29s 6d for good ord dingy. RUM.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docls was 718 puns 86 hhds. There were taken for home consumption 289 puns 33 hhds, and exported 90 puns 122 hhds. The stock in the same place is 19,360 pans 2,094 hhds. VICE.-1,300 bags low to good middling white Bengal were nearly all withdrawn at previous rates, but 1,000 pockets good white sold steadily at 103 to 103 6d; 400 bags Madras were taken in above the value. Of 2,100 bags Aracan, about one-fourth part was realised at 7s for low yellow. SALTPETEL—The market remains dull, and there are no buyers unless at lower prices; 2,25'..) bags Bengal, r e f rac ti on 12 to 4} per cent., were withdrawn at 23s to 293 6J. SPICES.-110 boxes Cassia Lignea sold readily at extreme rates, ranging from 90s to 95s 6d per cwt. TALLOW.--P.Y.C. is 383 9d per cwt on the spot, and town 41s. • TEA.—The market is quiet, but the deliveries last week were good. The British Museum cloyed yesterday afternoon, for the purpose of cleansing, &c., and will be re-opened to the public un Wednesday, the 9,11 inst. From that period to the Ist of September next the Museum will e!ose at seven, instead of four, P.M. THE LATE PRINCESS SOPIIIA'S TOMB.—A corms pendent informs us, that her most excellent M.jesty the Queen, having purchased a hrge ?pace of ground in the Kensal-green Cemetery, has ordered to be constructed f'-'r the RrYal Path.lv, an cl,g-In! reL.,ns:)loutri, to le lleh will be ren•uvol the remains ()firer late Royal Highness the PriticQz , :s ,S(l,h!a, nr,w deposited in the cow:Tally's catacombs. 'the site wh.eli was ielEcted by his koyal Highness Prince Albert, in a conspicuous part ,of the cemetery, opposite the monument of . his late Royal Highness the Duke of PUtigex. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) The Conrt was occupied during the whole morning in hearing motions of course, all of them involving more or less points of practice in pleading, and none of them possessing any feature of general interest. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) Sittings in Banco, before the Lord Chief Justice `MLLE, and Justices COLTMAN, MAUL; and CBES/SWELL ) BARBER V. TOMLYN. Mr. OGLE said he had to show cause against a rule obtained on the 19th of April by Mr. Sergeant Byles, calling on the plaintiff to show cause why a warrant of attorney, given as a security for payment of the consideration money of an annuity, and the execution thereupon, should not be set aside, on the ground, amongst others, that one-half of the consideration money was improperly paid. The rule was obtained on an affidavit which stated that so lons ago as 1838 an application was made by Mr. Tomlyn, the present defendant, who is an attorney, for the loan of 1701.; and the material point on which Mr. Ser geant Byles had relied, in support of his application, was that the name of Miss Barber, the present plaintiff, had been used colourable only. Mr. Sergeant BrLEs said he would waive that point. Mr. OGLE said, then the bole question was, as to whether the consideration was or was not retained by the parties. He proceeded to show, by reading the affidavits pn the part of the plaintiff; that the deed of annuity in question was dated on the 3d October, 1838, and that the consideration money, 17CL, was paid in Bank of England notes. Mr. Sergeant BYLES contended that the affidavits on the part of the defendant went to show that on payment of the ccudderation money for the annuity, 204 was kept back to discharge a bill of exchange due from Mr. Tomlyn, together with 8/. odd for certain costs. _ _ The COURT were unanimously of opinion that the rule should be discharged. BUSY-STREET.-(THIS DA Y.) Patrick Hay and James Alves, who were remanded last Tuesday upon the charge of conspiring to defraud the Rev. Mr. Griffin, of six hundred pounds, under the pretence of procuring for him; through Lord John Hay, the office of Chaplain to her Majesty, were this day finally ex amined and committed for trial, with a detainer against Hay for obtaining 1201. upon false pretence. Witnesses were examined to establish a con nexion between the two prisoners at the offices in Cannon row, from which the correspondence . with Mr. Griffin was carried on ; and Lord John Hay was also examined, and de posed that he had never before this morning seen the prisener Hay, nor had he ever negotiated with him or any other per son for the sale of an appointment under the Crown. MARLBRO'-STREFT-(THIS DAY.) THE SELF-STYLED COUNTESS OF CARLISLE.— Charlotte Wetherelt, who assutnes the title of Countess of Carlisle, and whose previous examinations have been given at full length in this journal, was brought up before Mr. Bingham, for the purpose of being examined touching her alleged in sanity, in order to her being passed to a lunatic asylum. Mr. Griffiths, clerk to the board of guardians of the pa rish of St. Martin's, with Dr. Cross, the parochial surgeon, was in attendance. It appeared that the case was adjourned on the last occasion iu order to produce medical testi mony as the woman's insanity. Dr. Cross being the medical man of the parish could not, according to the Act of Parliament, testify alone to these facts. The case was there fore adjourned for a week, in order to get the opinion of Drs. Bainbridge and Sutherland, conjointly with that of Dr. Cross. It is imagined that the defendant's insanity is asmmed for the sole purpose of raising money, and getting out of the scrape she has got into by defrauding tradesmen of their goods. While in court she conducted herself with the greatest effrontery. She ws.s attired in a black silk dress with yellow shawl, and wore a common India-rubber garter on her left arm. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons. DIONDAY, APRIL 30. STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE. The following Resolutions were reported from the above Committee : That in the case of the Great Central Gas Consumers petition for additional Provision, the standing orders ought not to be dispensed with. That in the case of the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway (Barmoor and Alnmouth New Branches, &c.) peti tion for leave to present a petition against the Bill, the standing orders ought not to be dispensed with...—Report to lie on the table. The Windsor Extension of the Windsor, Staines, and South•Weetern (Richmond to Windsor) Railway (with Power to ,the London and South-Western Railway Company to subscribe) Bill, was reported, the report to lie on the table, and to be printed. The York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway (Barmoor and Almucuth New Branches, &c.) Bill was reported, the report to lie on the table, and to be printed. Assurance Companies—Return presented of the names, places of business, and objects of all Assurance Companies comple elf• registered; to lie on the table. PARLIAMEN TARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of' the House of Commons. j UONDAY, APRIL 30. SUPPLY. (IN THE COMMITTEE.) Motion made, and Question prorosed, " That a sum not exceeding 391,93.11. be granted to her Majesty, to defray the charges of New Works, Improvements, and Repairs in the Naval Establishments, which will come in course of pay ment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 185O:"—Afterwards Motion made, and Question put, " That a sum not exceeding 271,9341. be granted to her Majesty, to defray the charges of New Works, Improvements, and Re pairs in the Naval Establishments, which will come iu course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1831)." The Committee divided:— MINORITY—AYES, 27. Aglionby, IL llastie, Alexander Peto, Samuel Blewitt, R. J. Henry, Alexander Pilkington, James Bright, John Heyworth, L. Smith, John B. Brotherton, J. Keogh, William Sullivan, Michael Clay, James Kershaw, James Thompson, Colonel Clitiord, 11. M. King, I'. J. Williams, John Duncan,. George Locke, Joseph Wood, W. P. East, Sir J. Mickel] , T. A. TELLERS. ... .. _ Fcx, W. J. Mowait, Francis. Molesworth, Sir W. Gibson, Thomas 31. Perfect, Robert Cobden, Richard MAJORITY-NOES, 101. IRELAND. THE WRITS OF ERROR. DUBLIN, Moril)4mA—A day being now specifically named for the last struggle between the Crown and the State prisoners, the interest in the issue has begun to revive here. A variety of statements have been made with regard to the counsel engaged to conduct the case of the appellants, but the following, from the Freeman's Journal, is believed to be the correct one:— The counsel for Mr. Smith O'Brien on the occasion will be Sir Fitzroy Kelly, QC., and Mr. Napier, QC. Sir Colman O'Loghlen will probable be si lectcd to argue the case on the part of Mr. M'Manus. No writ of error has been issued in the case of Mr. Meagher or of Mr. O'Donohoe. The impression generally prevailed that the gentlemen who appealed to the House of Lords would be brought to London to be present at the argu• merit; but that supposition was erroneous. They will remain in Richmond 13ridewell pending the disposal of their cases." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY. A thin attendance, and very little betting. CHESTER CUP. 6 to 1 agst Mr. F. Clarke's Joe o' Sot, 5 yrs, 6 , :t 111 b 10 to 1 agst Mr. Pedley's Cossack, 5 yrs, 9st llb 10 to L agst Mr. Nolan's Blucher, 4 yrs, 7st 814 10 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Halo, 5 yra, 7st 101 b 12 to 1 agst Mr. S. L. Fox's Executor, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b 100 to 6 eget Mr. Merry's Chanticleer, 6 yrs, 9st 91b 25 to 1 agst Mr. Campbell na Cast-off, 4 yrs, sst 81b. DERBY. 16 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's Vatican 16 to 1 agat Mr. Bowes's The Knout 38 to 1 agst Mr. Watts's Chatterer 50 to 1 agat Mr. Pedley's Langton—taken CHESTER RACKS. CHESTER, MONDAY EVENING, FIVE O'CLOCK.—The following is a list ot the horses now at Chester:— Cup Horses—Chanticleer, Cossack, Cast-off, Dulcet, Rathanines Ada Mary, Concertina eclt, Maynooth, Sponge, gylvan, Fernhtll, Joc-o'-Sot, Westow, New Forest Deer, Athelstane, Cigarette, Loupgarou, Whiz gig, Flatcatcher, Executor, Abbot of Meaux, Blucher, DePrstalker, Melon, Maid of My Soul, Garrick, Prim rose, The Swallow, Gaffer Green, Halo, Malton, Teresa, Ballinafad, Dacia, Inheritress, Ruby, and one or two others will be here this evening. Rathmines, althougb there appears to be no doubt that he was lame on Satur day night, is said to be all right again. Two yrs old—Penang, Ilarriott, Wilmont, Shilmalier West, Bremius, Ithania, Countess of Albernall6.. and Mutgrave. Besides the above, there are Didsbury, Alp, Cartha genitin, Carsicum, Magician, Subduer, filly by Morning Star, out of Miss Lucy, Post-tempore, Strychnine, Colo cynthus, Collingwood, and some of Lord Chesterfield's, are en route. The weather is very fine, and the course in most ex cellent order. The betting room at the Royal Hotel was opened this afternoon; up to the present time, however, few of the sporting men have arrived, and nothing in the shape of business has been done. CHESTER, MONDAY NIGHT, TWELVE O'CLt diR. Additional Arrivals —lnheritress, Fireaway, Lady Wildair, Bingham, Giselle, Amazement, Eagle's Plume, Elthiron, Rsby, and Priestess. LATEST BETTING ON CHESTER CUP. 8 to 1 agst Joe o' Sot—taken 8 to 1 agst Cossack 10 to 1 agst Halo 12 to 1 agst Fernhill 15 to 1 agst Chanticleer—taken 16 to 1 agst Mallon 16 to 1 agst Dulcet 16 to 1 agst Rathmines No others mentioned. Peep-o'. day Boy is declared not to start. DERBY. 100 to 35 agst Flying Dutchman 20 to 1 agst The Knout No others mentioned. SKINNING CATS ALIVE,—It having been made known to the committee and secretary of Mark-lane, of the Society fcr the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, that several cats in the neighbourhood of Lincoln's Inn-fields and Red Lion-square, had been seen alive divested of their skins, constables were immediately dispatched, and are, we are happy in saying, still on the watch. Three men, of bad cha racter, whd trafficked in cats'-skins, residing severally in Greek-alley and Dudley-street, St. artin's-lane, have.ab sconded since the interference of the society. Tit WEATuEn.—On yesterday week a most agree. able ehangu took pace in the weather here, and wo are glad to tb:lerve that it was general over the country. pritsFt-t1 ludcet, then from tile; sevtirity of r. - i!,ter to • the riii:drie,,u Er, (Jaen: geniti.i:-sllt)utera, a,hetitatt ti v.ann i.et aft.-et 3 Ot this C' I:RD re must be speedily felt on the vegetable world, us well as in the animal, so far as the lambing season is concerned. —Caledvniun Mercury of idonday. r-''''' tY MARI statement . of tB t of London fr, 849, to the 28t at A 0 Colchester Harwich Leigh Maldon 250 MO - - - I 2101 - KETS of be gliantil les -om the pr rts in th April, lE49' 7 4 , 1 20 • 2:: b9 ' ) 5E 10L ..-- CS I CI 0 . pP.4 CHELMSFORD, APRIL 27 A reduction of is to : Is P er quarter was necessarily submitted to where sales w e v r° made in wheat, of which there wa s a l ar ge II !Pr i ° with a very slow demand. An else without alter a s t op, and very little business done in any description of ; jI ao'id Wheat, white, old 51s to 535; new 50s to 525; ret t i e r 41s to 47s ; new, 4iss to 46s ; barley, 27s to 39 ; che , 28a to 323; grinding 22s to 28s; oats 16s to 245; mal t ,"; to 60s ; chevalier 58s to 62s ; peas, p ar t r id ge to 3. 1 0 ' white 33s to 345; dun 28s to 335; bean s , ti c k, L ew 2. is 275; old 26s to 31s; harrow ticks, new 24s to 28s; a r . 26s to 32s ; mazagan, new 21s to 25s ; old 25s to 285 per HA DDINGTON, Aram 27.—The following are the prices grain at our market to-day heat. Barley. Oats. Bean t i First ... 493 01 30s Od I 2l s 8d 32.3 r d Second 41s Od 27s 6d I 198 7d 293 Third ... .. 3ls Od 21s Ott I 17s Od 263 pl ;id Total quantity of Wheat in market 321 qra ., 287 5 1 / 4 1 Do. Barley do. 190 qrs., 178: Do. Oats do. 593 qrs., 476 E 1 0 0 Do. Beans do. 83 qrs., 71 E KIRKA LOT, APRIL 28.—The following are the quotati up to this I date:— Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. Pe I N First ...493 Od 28, Od 20a 6d —s Od Second 46, Cd 27s Cd .8s 6d —s Od I Third 42s Od 23s 0:1 16s1 6d —s Od —s Oatmeal, per bag of . 2801115. - i Mp.. 26s to 26s 6d. GLASGOW, APRIL 26:—Provision s —Ch eese , :. , 5s to 4`..' ' per cwt • retail, '4lcl to 5(1 per lb. Skim milk, O s Od 0 i f„ - . cwt. &Wry fresh butter, 10d to lld p er lb ; I r ish ; 1° , 1 4 dered, in lumps, 9d to 10d; country powd ere d, w h o l e sale to 9d. Country eggs, 10d per dozen; carried hen ditto, '4 . , per hundred, or 7d per dozen. Hens, 2 a 6d p er p a i r ; 2s 6d. 04(1; BERWICK, APRIL 2 , 3.—Wheat, 42s ; barley, 24s r,,, oats, 18s Old ; rye,pos Od ; beans, 28s Od ; pe as , 00s a Is rage per imperial quarter. ads KELSO, APRIL 27.—Wheat, old, 00s to 00s ; ditto, ne• 'h i to to 33s Od ; barley, new, 17s to 20 s 6d ; di tto o ld, O s o`i Os ; potato oats, Os to Os Od ; ditt o new , 13 s to 14s 6d ; C°to. 10 mon oats, lls Cd to 13s; ditt o new, Os Od to Os Od ; per 0; tie to 225 Od; beans, 21a to 22 4 per boll of six imperi a l bud isle. HAWICK, APRIL 26.—Wheat, new, 34s Od to 39s Od ; old, 34s Od to 38s Od ; barley, new, 17s to 21s; poiati ),, ° " [ ;,l 14s Od to 15s 6d ; common oats, Ils to 14, Od ; peas, PiciAl to 28s Od ; beans, 27s Od to 28s Od per b o ll o f s i x it pre bushels. S - - ..>Triturro, APRIL 27.—Wheat, foreign, 21s to 26s 6d 1 er home, Os Od to Os Od ; ditto ditto new, 20s Od to 24s ; bad( 'pa; boll of 6 bushels, Cs Od to 030 d ; ditto new, 18, Od to 2t? 0 0 a; oats common, Os Od to Os Od ; ditto new, lOs Od to 14 s po lt ditto Flemish, Os Od to Cs ed ; ditto ditto new, Os Od; distillers, 35s Od to 38s ; ditto brewers, 37s Od to 39s ' • 1 Irl „ e 5O per boll, Os Od to Of. Od ; ditto new , 125 Od to 15s 6d ; 13s 6d to Os Od ; flour, new, p er sac k 366 to 7s ; ditto co' t ditto, 25s Od to 26s 6d ; oatmeal, per load, Os Od to L'" o i l; ditto new 263 6d to 28s ; ditto per peck of 71bs, Bid to i Isd; fresh butter, per lb. 8d to 10d; eggs per dozes, 6d t hay per ton, 423 to 455. PERTH, Aran. 26.—Wheat, 42s Od to 48s Od ' • bade 14 od to 25s Od ; oats, 16s to 19s; pe a s an d beans, 2fsOil to: v per quarter. Oatmeal, per sack, 26a to 28s. FALKIRK, APRIL 26. —The supply of grain in this C pl; market was 451 bolls; wheat at 18s 3d to 24s 6d per 1 barley, 18s 6d to 22s ,C)d ; oats, 13s Od to 16s Od; beans, E 1/ to 15s Od per boll; oatmeal, Os to Os per load. COAL MARKE Bate's West Hartley 143 Od Buddle's W. Hartley 14s 3d Carr's Hartley East Adairs Main l3s Od Holywell Main ..... 14s 3d New Tanfield l3s Od Newcastle Hartley .. 13s Od Ord's Redheugh Canfield Moor Townley lls Od _ _ _ Wall's End, &c Acorn Close l6B 6d Bewicke and Co. Framwell Gate ...... 168 6d Gosforth Gibson Hotspur lss Od Killingworth l5B 6u Riddell's ..... ...... 15s :id Wharncl iffs Eden Main •, 173 0( Lamblon Primrose Belmont l7s Cc Braddyll's Hetton lBs Ou Bell Hetton T. YESTka.P.A.T. 90 Haswell • I 33 Lam bton 30 • • 9 Pemberton ...... P •,1 Russell's .Hetton ..—•• 1 0... Stewart's .... I .' 00 Shotten Whitwell ....... Caradoe ..... .... Cassop... ..... ...... Ileugh Hall Kelloe ... 1 CI 04 !South. Hartlepool ..... I 1 4 03 Thornley • - Oi West Belmont Whitworth 1 ti od ... Adelaide Tee 3 Denison - . 1 4'o ,South Durham. " 6 4 Tees - ..... It la 6 ,1 Woodefield West Hetton is , t' 91 Cowpen Hartley ilartley ......... ..... Llangcnnech Sidne3 's Hartley Ships at market, li' 1' RAILWAY SHARE MARKET BRISTOL, APRIL 30. I°. STOCK Excivestaz.-The shit, a market was rather depress' so, day as regards prices. The sales are-Great Western, Qua 1 0 414 dis.-Ditto, 171. Shares, 3% dis.-Taff Yale, 130-Ditto, 10/. Shares, % p. LIVERPOOL, Aram 30. • 11 111 STocx EXCHANGE.--There was little business done to -day, the market was rather better than ou Saturday. The sales 10 Ca l edonian, Preference, 11%-Lanc a shi re an d Y or k s hi re ( 31. as '' tt Fifths, 4th dis.-Ditto, Halves (L. and B.), 13% dis.-Lonclot ~Ad ittOr North-Western, 130 e.-Ditto, New Quart ers , 31. 16s. 3d. p. . C Fifths, 51. 1 Is. 3d. c. p.-Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln . : jl.l l Preference, 10% dland, 6634-Ditto, Halves,. t erl l Staffordshire, 41. Cs. 9d. dis.- Scottish Central, 24 -South-ES and Dover (No. 4), 61. 18s. 90.-York, Newcastle, and Bel (G. N. E. Purchase), 6 per cent. till 1650, as. 9d. dis.• MANCBESTER, APRIL 30. • STOCK EXCHANGE.-The transactions to-day were as fbliov East Lancashire, New, 8 dis.-Sheffield and Lincoln, I-(% ' Dover (No. 4), 6 15-16-Leeds, Fifths, 4 3-16 dis.-Clitheroe, Terence, 17%-North Staffordshire, 4 7-16 din. BIII3ILNGHAM, APRIL 30. ✓ STOCK EXCHANGE.-The following are t o -d ay ' s transatHof W . Shrewsbury andßirmingham (A), 21. 6s. 3d. dis.-Ditto (B), 34 ; dl" 3d. die. - Nuneaton and Coventry, 31, p.-South Staffordshire, 43. YORK, APRIL 28. STOCK EXCHANGE -Tho business transacted to-day was as 3$ lows :-Great Northern, 101. Bs. 90.-G rea t N or th o f E ng l a nd, I ker -York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 20-111tto (Newcastle El 7 sion)i 14 1 A . GLASGOW, APRIL 28. ; Sroca Exenamm.-The business done in the Stock Exchange w ed day has been as follows:-.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, HS (No. 1),6% -Ditto (KO. 2), 61. IT.-North British, Preference, 2. , t y PRINCE ALBERT AND THE " N AYYIES .Pr o . Albert, on the occasion of his visit to lay the foundal Lo bs stone of the new docks at Great Grimsby, left 504 t be divided among the 100 " navvies," afro, in lieu of locomotive, drew the royal trait' along the works. 00 Her Majesty the Quee n D owager an d t h e i r S e) Highnesses the Countess Erbach, and the Prince 55 4 Amelia and Elise of Hoh en l o h e S c hilli ngs f urst , v ia a the Queen yesterday, at Buckiugham Palace. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.—Cape of Good Hope pal Aiy to the sth of March have reached us, but they cunt S nothing of importance. AGED PILGRIM'S FRIEND SOCIETY.—Last even the supporters of this society held their forty-sec ~ annual g'neral meeting, at the London Tavern, Bish gate-street. D. W. Wire, Esq., took the chair, and , he hoped the time was not far distant when every Ch j o tian church would possess the auxiliary of a society 1 1 . the present for the support of i ts age d an d i n fi rm me or bers. lie thought it a disg race to any church to al e i - o t the poorer members of its congregation to seek relie the workhouse. The secretary then read the rep which stated that the society was formed in 1807, s a g since then had relieved 1,221 poor and pious per' ° , l, with pensions to th e aggregate amount of 32,8681. 188- The number of pe ns i oners d ur i ng the past year, i nc l a ing 44 in the asylum at - Camberwell, had been 342, 11 3 e the amount of pensions di s trib u t e d 1,69 2 /.' 2f . 6d. r •I past year's receipts for the support of the society 1 l os amounted lc, 2,8614 ss: 9d., b e i ng a tr ifl e l ess than previous year ; and the expenditure left a Wane -,, the hands of the treasu rer o f 115 1 . 9s. 9d. After 1".01 unanimous'adoption of the report, and the passin the usual routine resolutions, a vote of thanks was gi to the chairman, and the meeting separated. SALE or Wxsr IN DIAN P ROPE RTY.---At the Lill 1 , 4 pool 13auktuptcy . Court, on F r id ay , two sugar plat 11; Siena in Barbadees, containing an aggregate of 620 ao r e t ; the property of Mr. Jo nat h an Hi gginson, of the I%c firm of Barton, Irlam, and Higginson, were put up public sale, under an order of Mr. Commissioner venson. 1 here were but two bidders, and the est g i ` or were bought by Thomas Leo, E sq ., o f Li ve rpool,' 15,2501. We believe that only three years ago i. J . ; $ Higginson purchased the estat e s f or more th an t w ice t sum, payiug 32,000/. Mr. Feargus O'Connor's Land Scheme at - 13 marley, Worcestershire, says "iris's Gazette, has pletely exploded. Six families have left, and the r„ enainder are said to be in a state approaching to deal .0" lion. A BLIND MAN GOES TO SEE AN ExECUTIO* , •• O Among the hundreds who went fr om M ert hy r to Br e e° o to see the execution on Wednesday, a Wi n d m an, fa, Penyrheolgerrig, was the most worthy o f no te. ' l lx young man has been blind shim he was five years There can be, and there is no doubt about it; never T it . less, he went to see the hanging, as he himself phrase a;„ He started early, and was there in good ti me , a nd a T : 1 00 iously took his place where a good view of the execul could be commanded. lie seemed to hear every mC merit, and eagerly caught every remark. When all o, yds were turned to gaze on the culprit, when at last hems his appearance, the blind man saw him too in his Win' 1 eye, and was as highly excited by t h e spectac l e as at i 4 of his ncighhours.—Cardiff Paper. MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.-- On Thursday ses o f ral children were amusing themselves on the ledg e rocks, known as " the Black Rocks " at Leith, in pie or ing up muscles, wh en th e t id e rose, and swept awa y 5 11- seven of them. Th ree were rescued, but the ot ile7 were drowned. LAMR•WORRYING AND SLAUGHTER BY A DOG'. Last week a large Newloundland dog worried and We t ? . seventy lambs belonging to the farmers of Sherbou.r ll .7 l Although eve r y effort had been made to catch or the savage brute, it is still at large and continuo s 1 7 devastations among the flocks. BIRTS. On the 25th u lt., a t Corsham H -court, 1.8 W'l , th e lien. Mril• Methuen, of a daughter. A r Of On the 25th u lt., a t th e L arc h es , near P res t on , the Ism/ It. Lawe, Esq., of a daughter. On the 2'.th ult , at Chichester, the Rev. George O LI rector of West Stoke, and vicar of rhnfield, Sussex, ga On the 25th ult., at Worthing, Charlotte, relict of tue . late Rev. Thomas Kilgour, r e c t or ot Longstowe, shire. On the 26th ult., n t C am b erwe ll, M ar i a Anne, the w ife of J. J. Bourne, of the Loughborough-road, Brixton. I ) ' On the `37th ult., at Nurslig, near Southampton , Alonro, Esq., aged 27. On 0)0 i s U 1 Cnbridg at' Grosvaior lit tilt! Lite !icy. A, 'f Landoll : Printed and l'ublisbed 111 1 .;I:DO 1015 1,112, 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun 011ie" •'-` pf Strand, iu the Precinct of the Savoy, in tho Middlesex, Tuesday, May 1, 1849, THE COUNT The following is the official corn, &c,, received in the port Essex, from the 23rd April, 1 both inclusive : ~,,