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TLIE LEGAL TITLE ASSURANCE COMPANY. (Provisionally Registered, January 17, 1849.) Capital, 2,000,0 CC/., in 80,000 Shares, of 2L7. each. Preliminary Deposit, 2s. 6d. pet Share Pro ~..., ‘ ctuses and full information may be obtained at the Tempo- Of files of the Company, 12A, Cannon-row, Westminster, on ap lication to G. F. HOWE, lion. Sec., pro tern. 51115. TROLLOYE'.6 NEW NOVEL. Now ready, at al the Libraries, in 3 vols., THE LOTTERY of MARRIAGE. By MRS. TROLLOPS. ••)trs. Trollope is beyond a doubt one of the cleverest and most remarkable writers of the day. With a quickness of observation which takes in the whole object at a glance, an insight into motives that seems instructive, a keen perception of the ridiculous, and strong powers of humorous delineation, she is the person of all others to ex pose pretension, or unmask hypocrisy."—Quarterly Review. Henry Colbnry, Pub.isher, 13. Great AL - rlborough-street. By Sir E. BITLWER LYTTON'S A R 0 D, THE LAST 0` THE SAXON KINGS. THIRD EDITION, REVISED, IS :TOW READY. "Truly an epic In prose. Our great master of historic-nmantic portraiture, with equal erudition and creative fancy, has here pre sented to us a living portrait of Lanfranc."—Edinburgh Review. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. HER MAJESTY'S THE A T RE MADLLE. JENNY LIND. The Subscribers are respectfully informed that THURSDAY next, May 10, will be given as a Subscription Night, on which occasiun Madlle. JENNY LIND will appear as ALICE, in Meyerbeer's Oaera ROBERTO IL DIAVOLO, with various Entertainments in the Bal let Department. HER MA J a r dll S . T THEATRE, It is respectfully announced that Ma.ille. ALBONI will RE- APPEAR on SATURDAY next, May 12, in one of her favourite characters. H ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Mille. JENNY LIND. • The Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, are respect. Lily informed that THIS EVENING, Will be presented LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. Lucia, Mdlle. Jenny Lind ; Edgard°, Sig. Gardoni. To conclude with (the Scenery by Mr. CharlesiMarshall) an en tirely new grand I3allet, by M. Tagiloni, entitled ELECTRA ; or, The Lost Plelade. Appllcatlcus for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be ranee at the Box oflice, Opel a Colonnade. Doors ova. at Half-past seven, Concert to commence at Eight. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre, where Pit Tickets may be obtained usual, price 10s. 6d. each. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Seasen 1849. FRENCH PLAYS and OPERA COMIQUE. TO-MORROW EVENING, The P4rformences will commence at Half-past seven o'clock with LE CHALET. - Boieldieu's popular Opera, To conclude wits► LA DAME BLANCHE. Georges, Mons. Octave; Anna, Mdlle. Charton; Jenny, Mdlie. Oulchard. Mr. Mitchell begs also to announce that, mitwithstanding the in• ceased expenses of the present entertainment, the prices of admis lion are determined as follows: Boxes .. Pit . ..k m pliitheatre . .. 6s. Od. .. 33. Od. .. 28. Od. Subscriptions for the season may be arranged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Sams', St. James's-street ; Mr. Andrews', New Bond-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which LI open daily from eleven till live. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARE E Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. Tuts EVENI S Will be performed TIIE WIFE'S SECRET. Sir Walter Amyol Mr. Charles Kean ; Lady Eveline Amyott, Mrs. Charles Kean. After which a Classical Extravaganza, entitled TILE SYLIINX. To be followed by THE ROUGH DIAMOND. To conclude with MAKE YOUR WILLS. TREATRIC ROYAL. ADELPIII. Under the dlrecnon o 'Madame Celeste. TIIIS EVENING. Will be performed THE HOP PICKERS. Principal characters by Messrs. Lambert, Boyce, Wright, Paul Bedford, Hughes, ?dun yard, 0. Smith, Cullenford, Worrell, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. F. Matthews, Miss Taylor, Miss E. Chaplin, &c. After which, WHO LIVES AT No. 9? Characters by Messrs. Wright and Worrell, and Miss Chaplin. To conclude with a Farce, called GOING TO THE DERBY THE DERBY DAY. Mr. Jeremiah Twiddle, Mr. Wright; Mr. John James Chucks, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Captain Nobble, Mr. Worrell ; Mrs. Chucks, Mrs. Matthews ; Mrs. Twiddle, Miss Woolgar. KOYAL LYet.UXI. THEACK6. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. tol: Lessee. Mr. Charten r.fa'he THIS EVENING Will be performed a new comic Drama, called THE HUSBASD OF MY WIFE. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Harley, F. Matthews, Selby, and Parselle ; Miss H. Gilbert, and Miss Connor. To be followed by a Piece entitled HOLD YOUR TONGUE. Cha racters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Selby, and Parselle; Miss H. Gil bert, Miss Jane Coleman, and Madame Vestris. To conclude with THE SEVEN CHAMPIONS OP CHRISTEN. DOM. Dress Boxes, 55.; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No twit-price to any part of the house. The New lloz-office, No. 2, Wellin;for.street, Is open to the public :very day, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S THEATI: Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and .Manager, THIS EVENING, Will be performed the Opera of LA VIVANDIERE. After which, 31d11ea. W. tart A. Neruda and their brother Victor will perform on the Violin, Violoncello, and Pianoforte. To conclude with a new grand Extravaganza, entitled SOURED DIN ASD HIE FAIR PERSIAN. ASTLE I's ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. In active preparation, and will be pro:Weed at Whitsuntide a new grand Military Equestrian Spectacle, entitled MOOLTAN and GOOJE RAT ; or, the Conquest of the Seikhs. The new grand Easter ipectacle unprecedentedly successtul. THIS EVENING, The performance will commence with a Grand Equestrian Spec tacle, by Fitzball, entitled THE WHITE MAIDEN OF CALIFUE NIA; or, the Horse of the Ocean. To be followed by an Inimitable display of SCENES IN THE CIRCLE. in which the drst Equestrian talent of the day will appear. To conclude with a favourite Afterpiece. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. -cage Manager. Mr. W. We.t. THE WEATLLER.-6eN OFFICE, MAY 8. THAinoatzTxn, Lowest, 37: Hi:- heat, 51. soon, 49. BAROMETER, 29.07. WIND N.E.—co!d breeze, and dull weather. dill 'AA - ital. Al' LONDON tSEtfI,44E. Tins DAY —Woriinr, 34 min. after 2 I Evening, 511 min. after 2 To-Mosnow—Morning, 7 m,,,. rater 3 1 Kvenin ,22 17 - .. r, atter 3 . . fl 4. i ' ~.. ) ,-1 ` • . 4.-, ,, Z ' u.•.A 4 ' 4 -i .. - .o`i a . •,• •.•: e ir. I • ' .i:- - -_,.,.-r, .1. 4 4 ,, ,,,1. z.- ....(41141\ .. , .11 ~. • . , -. ...., 1 -1 '' • . . • '€/ 4 4 ' ' A 4 Ilk - • ' bleu . -* - e4, :r • ; to" , ' ... iittorr . '. -=-, is -- . eixeniim LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 8, 1849. The deepest interest prevailed yesterday as to the course that would be adopted in the House of Lords with respect to the Navigation Bill, the second read ing of which was to be moved that evening. Uni versal anxiety was manifested to obtain admission to the debate, and Peers' orders were in the utmost request throughout the day. It was generally sup. posed that Lord STANLEY, in his acknowledged posi tion as Protectionist leader, would have opened the opposition to the measure, and this expectation was strengthened by the declaration of the Noble Lord that "he was fully prepared for the consequences of the rejection of the Bill"—thus intimating that his party were ready to assume the Government of the country in the event of the present Ministry resign. ing office on the failure of the great Ministerial mea sure of the session. His Lordship, however, remained silent during the evening, and the argument against the proposed modifications were opened by a no less accomplished orator, whose eloquence was, we regret to say, directed against the popular cause of free and unrestricted trade—a cause which he had so repeatedly advocated with such transcendent ability. His Lordship, it is true, attempted to show that the Bill before the House was not " a question of free trade," that "it had not any sort of connexion with free trade," and he cited the accomplished author of the " Wealth of Nations" as an authority in his favour. The only grounds upon which ADAM SMITH gave a partial support to the navigation-laws have been. so frequently explained by ourselves as well as others, that it is almost unnecessary to recur to the subject. His opinion was clearly not founded on the economical view of the question, for in the very same page in which he praised the naviga tion code, he distinctly and unequivocally stated that it was opposed to the great principle of buying in the cheapest, and selling in the dearest market, and that it was consequently injurious to the national wealth; and he added, " as defence, however, is of greater im portance than opulence, the Act of Navigation is, per. haps, the wisest of all the commercial regulations of England," thus clearly showing that he did consider it a " question of free trade," and intimately connected with free trade measures, but that the general rule might be suspended in favour of a principle of even greater importance —a due regard for the national defences, and full and adequate protection for the rights and liberties of the British people. And it is on that point, and that only, that the question admits of argument, except on the obsolete views of the Protectionists, who would desire that artificial restrictions should be imposed on every article of trade and commerce. We may, in this respect, adopt the language of an able writer on the navigation-laws,* and ask— " If free trade, however, be good in corn, or wool, or catt'e, let us nn&rstsnd why it will not answer cur purpose in the rctatter of shipping? If the principle of buying in the cheapest and selling in the dearest market be sound and true in the articles of consumption, let us be informed why the same doctrine is not applicable to the machines which we call ships, and which we use fur carrying those articles across the waters, from one town or one kingdom to another." But ADAM ►SMITH subsequently proved that our naval power was not in any degree owing to the Acts of CROMWELL or of CHARLES H. ; that our • The Total liepoal of the Navigation Laws. By W. Lcckey Harle. THE maritime force was superior to that of France and Holland united, before the navigation code could have exercised any perceptible influence, or to uee his own words, " could have had time to produce any considerable effect ;" and if, as appears to be pretty generally admitted, the result of the stringent regu lations at present in force is to lessen our trade and commerce, and consequently to diminish the mercantile marine trading with the country, it seems difficult to understand how such a law can strengthen our national defences. This, at least, is certain, that during the strictest enforcement of its provisions, we have been compelled to resort to the atrocious practice of im pressment, and also to take the refuse of our gaols, who were willing to "volunteer," for the navy, in order to avoid the penalties of their transgressions. This evening, the fate of the measure will, probably, be decided, and we can entertain no doubt as to the result. Although Lord STANLEY may be fully prepared for the consequences of its rejection, may be willing to assume the responsibility of forming a Cabinet, and, if necessary, to appeal to the country by a dissolution of Parliament, the more prudent and discreet Members of the hereditary branch of the Legislature will be unwilling to resort to so serious an alterna tive, or to enter into a collision that must inevitably terminate injuriously to themselves. The power of the people is now better understood, and more fully ap preciated than was formerly the case. The events of the past year have afforded lessons that . cannot be so speedily forgotten or despised. This evening, then, we venture to predict will witness the second reading of the Navigation Act carried in the House of Lords by a small but saficient majority, and the injurious consequence of a collision between the Houses will be averted by the wisdom and discretion of the Peers of England. No intelligent mind can fail to be struck by the extraordinary contrast afforded by the.condition of things in Great Britain and in her colonial posses sions. Here, in the mother country, a continual de stitution is perpetually accompanied by a continual increase in the population. With a glut of unem ployed labourers, both agricultural and manufactur ing, we are harassed by that deplorable deficiency of provisions which the community is ever striving to counterbalance by importations of all descriptions of edibles, and by the gratuitous distribution of the surplus of those importations to the destitute in the form of private alms, or of charities systematically dispensed in our poor law establishments. While these evils are maintained within the shores of the United Kingdom, the foed spontaneously springing into existence in the more fruitful portions of our trans-Atlantic and trans-Pa cific territories is decaying in profusion through the want' of mouths to consume it ; the resources of those dominions are allowed to lie dormant from a paucity of hands to perform the labours of cultivation ; fruits drop from the boughs, season after season, to rot with the leaves among which they have fallen ; vegetables flourish and decay in the wildest luxuriance ; fish spawn in the rivers without a book or a net being cast in to ensnare them; cattle browse in enormous herds over the wildernesses, dying in successive gene• rations, of disease or old age; while thousand:. in Eng land, Ireland, and Scotland never, except on very rare occasions, become acquainted with the flavour of animal food. Such is notoriously the condition of Australia. Such is the state of very large tracks of land throughout our North American possessions ; and while these things are progressing the redundance of nutrition in the colonies is contemporaneous with its deficiency at home; and the redundance of popula tion at home is co-existent with its deficiency in the colonies. To adjust this erroneous distribution is the duty which now chiefly devolves upon us as a people. To balance accurately the demand and the sup ply of food in Great Britain and of inhabitants in the colonies is the goal towards which the impetus of the age is directing us. More or less the facilitation of this arrangement rests, with a greater or smaller degree of responsibility, upon every individual mem ber of the community. More or less the onus of the transaction is shared between the nation and the Government. By hastening the time when the anomalies of our wealth and poverty as an empire shall be removed we are working directly for our own advantage, and for the ultimate realisation of the nobler destinies of our posterity. These considerations have already recurred to most of us, and in several instances the effects of their re currence are already perceptible. The destitution prevalent among our labouring classes during a very considerable period—a distress which reached its height in the winter of 1847- B—afforded a bitter illus tration of the calamities which we must experience periodically in the United Kingdom so long as the people and the people's food are kept at such a distance from each other as to render the consumption of the one and the nutrition of the other next to an impossibility. Three insufficient harvests have demonstrated the absolute necessity for a change. The failure of the potato crops in Ireland has re vealed in a still more awful manner the miserable consequences of our improvidence. The political tempests raging over the European continent, a►;d materially interfering with the demands usually made upon our manufacturers, have proclaimed in a very urgent manner the necessity of opening to ourselves fresh markets, so as to render our population less de pendent upon our immediate neighbours. Everything has combined to enforce the great lesson upon the coun try, and through the country upon the Parliament, and through the Parliament upon the Administration. As yet, the initiative measures of the movement forced upon the empire by PROVIDENCE, have been abandoned by the Legislature, almost exclusively, to the Multi tude. Thanks, however, to the inherent energies of the nation, the good labour is even now commencing in real earnest. A little while longer, and the Cabinet will be forced to systematize, under the direction of Government, :he miscellaneous and scattered efforts of the community. By the report recently issued by the Society for the Promotion of Colonization,* it will be seen how far the auguries of the undertaking have, to the April of 1849, provEd propitious. It will be seen that donations and subscriptions have poured from all quarters into the offices at Trinity-chambers, Charing cross ; that, in addition to a committee and the usual officials, such as a treasurer and a secretary, branch committees have been established in Dorsetshire, in Staffordshire, at Winchester, at Brighton, at Bir mingham, at Lymington, at Bath, and at Northamp ton. Even now, we may venture to say, without being over sanguine or premature, that the Associa tion promises to be very shortly in a flourishing con dition. And all.this, let it not be forgotten, thanks in a particular degree, to three individuals—to the Honourable FRANCIS SCOTT, M.P. for Bzrvvickshire, to MANX BOYD, and E. LENNOX BoYD, Esquires. We have not forgotten, and we would by no means have it forgotten, that it is to those three gentlemen, to their indefatigable exertions, and to their unflinch. ing determination, that the country is in an especial manner indebted for the organization of the society, for its organization, moreover, in despite of the chill- ing disregard of the Government. Their first endea your towards the advancement of colonization was made, it may still be remembered, as recently as the December of 1847. Since then, although a deputation on the subject has been " cold shouldered " by the Secretary for the Colonies, and although a memorial to the Prime Minister has been treated with the most disdainful indifference, the ne cessity for an emigrative movement has forced itself more and more upon the popular judgment, ard, little by little, the Society for the Promotion of Co lonization has acquired for itself additional vigour. As affording conclusive evidence of the practical skill with which the whole project is being organized, we transcribe the following as the Society's scale of the amount which each adult emigrant will be required to contribute towards the cost of his passage—the scale varying according to the age of the en►igrant, and the colony selected : I. AUSTRALIAN COLONIES. Aged 14 to 40. 40 to 50. r 0 to CO. GO upw New South Wales', Port Philip, South Australia, 5/. 11. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. Blacksmiths, brit:lila) ers, carpenters, 71. 91. masons, coopers, millwrights, and bakers ... 31. 61 9L • "Report of the General Committee of the Society for the Promotion of Colonization." April, 1849. Bvo. Pp. 19. Richards, 1849. SUN, 111. NORTH AMERICAN COLONIES. All classes, of all ages. Canada, Nova Scotia, N. vv Brunswick, Prince Edward's Island (including emigrant tax, and all expenses) ... ... ... ... ... 61. ss. The other regulations and conditions of assistance are conceived in a similar spirit of simplicity and moderation. Nothing, in short, could be more sensible, or more directly to the purpose, than the whole character of the report issued by the Associa tion--an Association which, we need scarcely say, has our heartiest good wishes for its development. It was but the other day that we were contemplat ing the newly-published portrait of SAMUEL MAUN• DER, and congratulating him upon the success he had already achieved, and congratulating ourselves upon the pleasure and benefit we yet expected to derive from his labours. His " Treasuries" were already so universal in their character, and so comprehensive in their contents, that it was difficult to find unoccu pied ground for his future investigation. History— history in its universal form, the particular history of every country of the world : Biography—a full and yet concise, an interesting and yet impartial, memoir of every individual worth remembering from the earliest era down to the present day : Natural His tory, Literature, and Science ; and, finally, Useful Knowledge (the masterpiece of all his works), were the treasures enshrined in his invaluable " Trea suries." Their number is now complete—no other " treasury" may be added to the list. SAMUEL Maury- DER is no more. We refer to his death with feel ings of very profound regret, and those feelings will be shared in by a vast multitude. The name of MAUNDER is familiar by many a fire-side. He is endeared to us by a sense of obligation, he was a friend ever at hand to help the inexperienced and ignorant, aye, and the learned also in a moment of difficulty. He was, have we said, he is so still- His hand may be cold, and his brain inactive, but the labour of that hand and brain still survive. The services he has rendered to his countrymen do not pass away with his life. Not his contemporaries only, but their children and their children's children will be indebted to him. This thought is the truest encouragement of genius, the best stimulant to toil and perseverance—the thought that our works may outlive their authors, and "go about doing good" when we are no more. If such (and who can doubt it ?) were the ambition of SAMUEL MAUNDER, most tri umphantly will that ambition be realised. Never theless, while we are grateful for the " Treasuries " he has bequeathed us, it is with unfeigned sorrow we bid farewell to SAMUEL MAUNDER. LONDON, TUESDAY . EVENING, MAY 8 1 . 80, THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday, The Moniteur has the following:— "Five o'clock. "According to a telegraphic dispatch which has fo r ßo e nur a mt c h h hai reached idvo marchntn h ,g e hrceetl o. air. from on Government,momtcalledhee, Gene ral wbhyer teh, foreignersea e, % O ciow : rh d dhe i n su ogoot occupy tc h otuh a pee s yv pryot Romei lnue:t o more serious resistance than he expected, he took up a position at somedlstance from ihatcity, and was waiting the arrival of the rest of the expedition." The plain meaning of this is, that General OUDINOT has been defeated. The fact is, that the Jesuits and parti pretre have been but too successful in obtaining credence for the falsehoods which they have circu lated. They have always represented the Roman Republic as an anarchical outbreak, hateful to the great majority of the population, who were coerced by a handful of terrorists, the said terrorists having no disciplined, armed force to back them. The French Government believed them, but they find, instead, that the Roman movement is a national movement, that the people are determined not again to submit to the sacerdotal tyranny, from which they have emancipated themselves, and that they have a disciplined force. Tae French Government has, by its interference in favour of the POPE, placed itself in a false position, from which it will find it difficult to extricate itself. 'The Republicans of France will never suffer the PRESIDENT of the Republic to destroy, by furce of arms, the sister Republic of Rome, for the purpose of restoring Monarchy; nor will the Republican soldiers of France willingly act against the Republi cans of Rome. Neither the PRESIDENT nor his Mi nisters are aware of the progress Republicanism has made in the army ; albeit, an incident which occurred on Saturday ought to open their eyes to the danger which those must incur who, following the example of Louts PHILIPPE, seek to escamoter the Republic. The National says— " A fact of the most serious character took place yes terday, at the barracks near the Invali 'es. In order to punish a citiz,n soldier fur having been considered eligible as a candidate to ie proposed to the choice of the electors of the Seine; to revenge itself for the tact and good sense with which Boichot has shown himself a slave to military discipline, the Government had con ceived nothing better than to have him conveyed to the donjon of Vincennes. At noon a cellular van arrived on the esplanade of the Invalides, and it was soon known that it was destined for the removal of Sergeant M.jor Boichot. At this news the greatest emotion prevailed in the whole regiment. Title soldiers surrounded the van, and when they saw the serjeant major appear, cries of Vive Boichot,' Vire la Republique,' were imme diately raised. At the moment wh e n th e vehicle was about to drive off, they rushed forward to unharness the horses. escort pr T , s h ,, e n te gendarmerie ay o w n ch a w n e d re in se t r h v e lng s t r a u s an g gle several of them were twisted off, and the parties dis armed. In the midst of this disorder, which the officers of the regiment for a long time in vain endeavoured to appease, the van drive off for Vincennes, escorted by a squadron of lancers. The army will henceforth know in what light the Government understands the exercise of the rights conferred by the constitution, and the country will learn what may become of discipline under such chiefs." The account of the removal of BOICHOT to Vin cennes, and the resistance offered to such removal by his comrades is confirmed by the Moniteur and the Pattie. The reactionary tendencies of the PRESIDENT and his Cabinet, have also roused the susceptibilities of the armed force of Dijon. The Moniteur publishes the following official account of an emeute which took place in that city, on the anniversary of the procla mation of the Republic : " The anniversary of the proclamation of the Republic by the National Assembly, led to a disturbance of a ra ther serious character at Dijon—an emeute by the armed force. After a review which had taken place, a number of National Guards marched to the Hotel de Ville, in order to release some artillerymen of that force whe had been arrested. A small post of troop of the line were attacked at the point of the bayonet by the NatiOnal Guards, but the soldiers courageously defended them selves and were enabled to secure the prisoners confided to their charge. The gendarmerie, however, in whose custody some others were placed, were overpowered by numbers, beaten, and compelled to release their prisoners. "An attack of such a serious character against disci pline, the authorities, and the law, demanded a severe act of repression, and the Government has understood this. The prisoners who had been released have been retaken, and warrants have been issued against those men who have made of their uniforms a standard of revolt, and the judicial authorities are taking cognizance of the affair. Before any judicial expression, however, can take place, the Government owes an example to the people. On the report of the Minister of the- Interior, the President of the Republic has dissolved the National Guard of Dijon." For the sake of France, for the sake of Europe, for the sake of the not irresponsible PRESIDENT, who, with a trusting ingenuousness which does infinite credit to his forgiving nature, has confided his desti nies to the keeping of those who have been heretofore his bitterest enemies, for the sake of themselves, we hope that the French Ministers will pause in their ca reer el reaction, or not all the pomposity of M BARZOT, added to the presumption of M. LEON FAUCHER, and the jesuity of the smiling M. DE FALLOUX (whose smile is as that of RICHARD III.) will be sufficient to avert a terrible catastrophe. M. GARNIER PAGES has declared himself a candi date for the department of the Seine. The Assemblee Nationale, the organ of the ultra reactionary party in Europe has the following re velation as to the character of the league against Hungary : " We know, at length, the true character of the Hun garian-Polish insurrection ; it is a revolutionary coali tion, and as such calls for the application of the treaty of Kalisch, which engages Prussia as well as Russia. According to this treaty each of the three Powers must bring in a contingent of 150,000 men, which will make a force of 450,000, with 750 pieces of cannon." The Republicans of Europe are obliged to the Assemblee .Nationale for the hint. The Kalisch con federation should he met by a Republican league enibraeing every Republican of every European na tion. The formati , n of such a league would be the proper answer to Russia. )ad Shares ts. ents. the New Loan at 89c. 50e.; Orleans rt , M l 'h d e ay 'r- h at n e s7 p r e 6 r s C c t . n; clade Five theo p n er c Paris a t B 8 0 9 T e 45c.;r,n 485335:. .. ;7/stetir A f gan - Havre, 2 i 5 v9.2ife.rrcn.,; 363 r: 75 t S N , ; r t 3B ;e sa r it n e. Tours ß ls s f. l ; N aE ß nsd o s t N d D e ao a n u Nt x eh , s 1 4 31.42 10 1Ff t : 2nst r eFi a l Paris Aasylasui Strasburg, THE N Indian, 3 1 4 Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), a R u A d IL S W tr 14t / i—Orleans and Bordeaux, 0%. Boulogne LON a p n ( d ) N A S m T i Amiens, X N e o r t t l h A e l%. ;n G o l f :, F ll r l a A n Y ce —East Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial- office for the Governors of gong-Kong and Cwylou. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 2.i have arrived. he Committee on the Budget had at length made its report. The Bolsa was closed on account of the national fete. GE BMA. Y AND THE NORTHERN STATES. FRANKFORT. The German Parliament met on the 4th, and the business transacted duriug the sitting was most im portant. The Committee of Thirty presented the following resolutions, preceded by a long preamble, in which different reasons in support of ,them were set forth : "1, The National. Assembly summons the Governments, the legislative bodies, the communes of the German States, and all the German people so to act as to cause the Constitution of the German Empire, promul gated on March 28, to be recognised and obtain the tome of law ; 2, it fixes the 15th August for the open ing of the fiat Diet of the Empire of Frankfort, in con formity with the Constitution ; 3, it fixes the 15th July for the elections of the Chamber of Representa tives of the people throughout all the German Empire ; 4, if, independently of the Austro-German provinces, the exc. ptional position of which is provided for by Art. 87 of the Constitution, some German States should not be represented in the Diet, and if, conse quently, some articles of the Constitution should not be executed, those articles shall be provisionally changed according to the mode indicated in the Constitution, up to the period at which the Constitution shall have every where obtained a force of law; 5, if Prussia, in conse quence of the non-recognition of the Constitution, should nct be represented in the Diet of the Empire, the chief the most important State among those repre sented in the Chamber of States shall be invested with the rights and duties of Chief of the Empire, and shall take the title of Lieutenant-General of the Empire; 6, imme diately on the Constitution being recognised by Prussia, the dignity of Chief of the Empire, conformably to the Constitution shall pass to the King of Prussia, who may be reigning when that recognition shall take place; 7, the Chief of the Empire shall swear to respect the Con stitution before the National Assembly, and he shall afterwards open the Diet of the Empire. At the moment of the opening of the Diet th e N at i ona l A ssem bl y s h a ll be dissolved." - The debate on these resolutions was not remarkable one deputy, however, declared that the Bavarian Go vernment would not send representatives to the Con ference at Berlin proposed by the Prussian Govern ment; and another said that if the Princes of Ger many should do so their thrones should be swept away. A communication from the President of the Council complained that the Prussian Government had not sent its circular of 28th April to the Central Government (this caused great astonishment), and asserted that Prussia exceeded her rights in declaring that she would protect the Governments against anarchy, as that duty, he said, belonged to the Central Government alone, and it was resolved to execute it. Several radical amendments were brought forward but rejected. In the course of the sitting some sensation was caused by the announcement of resignation of the three Prussian deputies, among them M. DE BEILIEERATH, Minister of Finance. The propositions were agreed to after a long dis cussion. PRUSSIA. There was an emeute at Berlin on the 4th of May, in the evening, and several persons were wounded. AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. COMPLETE EVACUATION OF HUNGARY BY THE AUSTRIANS. ..._. _ The Cologne Gazette states that the Austrian troops experienced a defeat near to Atsch, and lost several cannon, and that General WiELDEN has evacuated Hungsry. The I`,lagyar.i, to the number of 15,000 men, and 30 cannon, have penetrate] into the district of Turocz, and possessed themselves of St. Martin and Mo,socz, and intend to cross the Wasp. General Rase has entered the Bannat, and occupied the Karawsebes and Lugos. According to a letter from Vienna of the 2d, the first corps of the Russian army was to consist of an advanced guard of 8,000 and a corps d'armee of 17,000 ; it was to be at Goding on the 3.1, and to pro ceed to Presburg, where it was expected on the 6th or 7th. The Hungarians were near Presburg, and the report of cannon from that direction was heard at Vienna. Entrenchments were being thrown up around the town. _ _ Thel En i p n e g r o: f g l t ne s G RUSSlAs a n z i d e t eof h is in hiant t a t he e ib fi ll t o h wi has n proclamationg te t r h om e f fel the: In virtue of the treaties of Vienna, and with the permission of the EMPEROR, I as sist in combating with a revolt which is no longer Austrian but European. My subjects are fighting on the side of rebels. I have placed at the disposal of the Emperor of AUSTRIA 80,000 men, be sides the corps which has already entered Transyl vania. All the troops are paid and kept up at nay expense, and I claim no indemnity. All idea of con quest is far from my mind.'" The news of the last Hungarian victories is com pletely confirmed. The Austrian army consisted after its retreat from Pesth and Ofen, of three corps, which were kept apart by the successful execution of DEMBINSKI'S plans. The corps of JELLACHICH consisted of Croats, some battalions of infantry of regular Bohemian regiments, and a regiment (the Walmoden) of heavy cavalry. These troops, which were to have covered Ofen, were, by the bold move of General VETTER, who crossed the Danube at Foldvar, and occupied the Stuhl-Weissenburg and Weszprim road, cut off from the main corps ; and forced, in order to avoid being blockaded in Ofen, to make southward for the Croatian border. But this route was already cut off. General YETTER was posted at Kiss-Ber with his corps, reinforced by the landsturm of the Tolna, Eisenburg, and Salad coon ties, and, falling foul of the Ban, routed him so com pletely that his corps is no longer in existence ; while he himself, a fugitive, took the road apparently to Essegg, before reaching which place he might possi bly fall in with some of the free corps of Perczel. The second corps, consisting of between twenty five and thirty thousand men, under IVILDEN, to avoid being likewise cut off, sought to make good their retreat out of Ofen along the right bank, through Acs and Rash to e Austrian .rothaer. The Magyars, under KLAPKA and GUTON, hung close on their rear, and overtaking them opposite Comore, inflicted that disastrou s defeat which is also just beginning to be known The Austrian vanguard reached the frontier town of Bruck, on the Leitha, entire, and the wreck of the rest of the army under WELDaN is now attempting to be collected and put in fighting condition at Parensdorf, under the very walls of Vienna. The 3d corps, that of WORLGEMUTH and JA121.0 NOWSKI, which, reinforced by the divisions forced out of Upper Slovakia, might amount to some 16,00 or 20,000 men, were attacked and defeated by GEORGE; at Ntiihausel, so that the whole of the island of Schutt had to be evacuated, and the road was open to Presburg, which is probably already in the hands of the Hungarians. The extreme northern wing of the Hungarian army has been equally successful. The whole valley of the Waag has been cleared of the Austrians by a corps consisting of armed czikos (herdsmen), 15,000 strong, so that Sullein, St. Martin, and Czicza, at the mouth of the Jaclunka Pass, have fallen into the hands of the Magyars, who now menace Austria, Silesia, and Moravia. f The and nd W dt i h e o n na e t, r toh Z ne e t : ho t tr en n ol g wB ti o hnct t hd h ea i s y.m d L a au y ggy, s ,as a r y ;s s all k: the elrei Cavan.baar e s in e b f o e r s bitants fled in the direction of %Verne." SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN. ALTO N , A , MAY s.—From the railway reports which have arrived from the north, we learn that the Prus sian troops have at length entered Jutland; but how many, and for what peculiar purpose, is not men tioned. General VON PRITTWITZ has paid Colding a visit to review some regiments of Holstein insur gents, to make their personal acquaintance, and promised them to return soon again with orders to advance, and, if the above report be correct, of the crossing of the Konigaan by the first batch of confederated auxiliary troops, he has so far kept his word. The Holstein troops do not think proper to venture without a strong reserve from some quarter or another to make any advance further into the province of Jutland; and those reports which have been circulated through the Hamburgh papers of their having ventured near to Viele on one side, and Freidericia on the other, without discovering a n y Danes, are far from being correct, as nothing of the sort has occurred ; on the contrary, those worthies are in daily alarm, fearful of the third edition of the conflict from the Danes. The head quarters of General BONIN have been removed from IVansyld to Colding, and those of General vox PRITTWITZ to Christianfeld. The grand rumour, circulated a few days ago, of the intended bombardment and storming of Alien, has ended like many others, in a" bag o! moonshine." All is reported since, officially on the part of the Hanoverian General WY,NEKER, and confirmed by those from Copenhagen, as perfectly quiet. The sentries smoke their pips mutually together between the outposts after their respective duties are per formed, and, as well as they can, exchange their per sonal grievances. The Holstein army fired away at Colding, in all, 77,248 rounds of ball-cartridge on part of the infan try; 190 shots from 24-pounder guns, principally shells ; 351 12-pounder shells; and 289 on round shot, sad 1,129 round six•pounder shot and shells on part of the artillery. The Danes are very indignant at their claim ing a victory in consequence of bombarding towns which they ought tc) have spared. They give it a tc rm of victory upon the principle of "vandalism." Trey retired front the c; ntliet to spare the towns, not for any other reason. There are rumours of peace, hut they are not con firmed from any quarter upon which reliance can be placed. It is likely, however, that negotiations woul,i have led to the raising the block de upon neutral vessels, had BONIN not entered Jutland so hastily, and which has been done by the orders of the insur , gent Regency of the Duchies, which they will, no doubt, be made answerable for. A mess of dirty in trigue seems to be carried on, but whether it will answer the purpose of the Regency and the Frank• fort Parliament or not remains to be seen, after what the King of PausstA has now done in throwing down the gauntlet on his own behalf and that of the Sove• reign Princes of Germany. A civil war may be the result, and already there are - strong symptoms of an early outbreak of the revolutionary party. In that event, Denmark may play a different game with them. DENMARK AND I'HE DUCHIES. The Government of Schleswig-Iluistein an nounced, on the 2d, that the Ministry of the Empire had ordered the tezure of the property of the Danish Crown and of the Danish vessels in the Ger man ports, as a set off for the German vessels seized by the Danes. - The Lubeck Gazette publishes the following extract of a letter from the Minister of the Hanseatic Towns at Paris, dated the 27th ult. :—" The proposition of an armistice bw vveen the King of DENMAIIII and the Central Government of Germany, and which was energetically supported by Russia, has been favour ably received by the Danish and German Plenipo tentiaries. The former has even declared that he was ready to sign a protocol. M. DS BUNSEN said he could not give orders to the Commander- in-Chief of the German troops, but that he would write to Frank fort, and warmly support the proposition, and hoped that it would be favourably received." ITALY. The negotiations for peace were to be resumed at Milan, M. DE BRUCK having received further instruc tions from Ohnutz. Still the Piedmontese Govern went is actively engaged in reorganizing the army. Austrian troops were continuing to leave tt'e Venetian territory for Hungary. On the 26th MALGHERA repelled a simulated attack to cover the retreat of part of the blockading force intended for Hungary. General ItAmomrio has been condemned to death at Turin. The Constituent Assembly of Rome on the 27th ult. rejected a proposition made by ABMENILLI, to enter into negotiations with General Onnlroz•, and determined to make a vigorous defence. The Deputy Aamisic was dispatched on a mission to Paris. SICILY. The Tempo of Naples of the 27th publishes the following telegraphic dispatch :—" Colonel NUI ZIANTE, in Catania, to his excellency the Minister of War in Naples : Palermo has submitted, with all Sicily. A deputation, which I accompany, is now on the road to the General Commander-in• Chief to present to him the act of submission, pure and simple." MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was firmer, ' and prices had an upward tendency. The business done included 1,000 American on speculation, and 1,500 Per nams for export. The sales were estimated at 7,000 baits American at 30. to 6d., 1,500 Pernams at 51d. to sid., 150 Bahia at &id. to 5d., 600 Surats at 3d. to 31d., and 40 Sea Islands at Bd. to 10d. per lb.—The Share Market was dull, and prices were generally lower. The produce markets are still comparatively firm, and from the sales announced for the current week, it would appear that holders are not inclined to press sales. The indigo auctions have continued, and we ' shall have the wool sales in a day or two. We may remark while upon the subject of produce, that the imports ot coffee exhibited a great falling off in the month ending the sth uft., compared with the like date of 1848 ; and there was less sugar im ported, while the facilities offered for bringing staples here from foreign colonies and distant • countries, is having the expected effect, namely, that of rendering England a depot whence Europe may supply her extraneous wants. This results necessa rily in employment for our capital and shipping, ani profit to our merchants. Our export trade in manufactures is so decidedly better this year, that when we reflect upon the continental troubles it is impossible to avoid the conclusion that we owe, in a great measure, to the operation of free trade, to the facility which we give to foreigners to send their produce here, the support of our export business. The indigo auctions are at present going off steadily, at about last sales' prices. The probable fate of. the navigation-laws engrosses considerable attention, and there is unquestionably some anxiety felt in the City upon this subject. There has been a report that a majority of 10 to 15 will be ob tained in favour of the Bill, but this probably is mere hearsay. A ship's captain, in " A few brief remarks on the collecting and conducting of Poor Emigrants, and en the construction of the mercantile shipping of Great Britain," exposes the effect of protection in inducing laxity on the part of owners. The writer justly re marks that— "lt has often been asked bow it is that the American ships are navigatt d by less hands than our vessels. The answer is easy enough, there is no mystery in the affair. Their bulls are constructed on different lines than those on which our ships are built; they draw less water, con sequently have not that dense resistance to contend with; have fine entrance and run ; have long floors ; flare out at the bows to ease them in pitching, also to throw off the sea ; carry their breadth well off ; have roomy decks ; are easy at sea ; great attention being paid in scientifically arranging the rigging and materials to eci,nomise labour. Hence they are enabled to have taunt masts, square yards, spread a large amount of canvas, sail fast, and are manoeuvred with considerably less physical force than is required for our ships of equal burthen. " It would give great confidence to persons embarking in emigrant vessels, if there were exhibited in those places where the passengers are berthed, as well as in the forecastle, a printed certificate, containing every information as regards the ship, where built, of what materials, how fastened, her age, when last repaired, by whom, present condition, state of her equipment, number and burthen of her boats, qualifi cat i on and age of the master, respective ages of the registered seamen and apprentices, the space allotted for each individual on board, with the scale of provisions and water for every person on board. This document ought to he signed by the surveyor-general, thus certi fying the vessel to be a proper and fit vessel; so that persons desirous of going by such conveyance might read and judge fur themselves without reference to any one." The Belgian mail has arrived. A party of 30 English sailors, accompanied by an officer, and stated to have belonged to our royal navy, had arrived at Ostend in the Garland, having been engaged for the intended German fleet, and we hear that 500 to 600 have been quietly secured at Portsmouth for the same service. At Atu r stardum the Funds wire steady on the 6th, the Dutch Two-and-a-Halt per Cents. being 49 11-16th.i. At Vienna, on the 31 inst., the Austrian Five per Cents. were Sq. There has been rather a weak market again today for the public securities, and the occurrences in Italy, the oisturbances at Dresden, the interference in Hungary, and some little doubt about the Navigation Bill here, are quite sufficient to account for the dtsposition to Bear. The value ot Consols has been 911 to and is about the same now. Batik Stock has ranged from 1924 to 194, and India Stock is 2454 to 247. Exchequer-bills have been 455. to 485., and India Bonds 71s. premium. The New Three-and-a Quarter per Cents. are 91-h- to There is very little doing in Foreign Stocks, which are nominally at about previous rates. Mexican, 314 4. with the Coupons ; Spanish Three per Cents., 33 to i; and Portuguese Four per Cents., 284 to 294. Railway Shares are very heavy still, but rather above the lowest quotations of yesterday. (Ts E Pto :31.11115 , i iITNDrs LOCA.: Bank Stock per Cent. Reduced Anns ..... . 90L,4 N, LA, 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 91% Sew 3 per Cent. Anns. to expire J an. 1860 -16 8 3, 4 India Str,ck India Bonds, 1,0004 ...... 111 Ditto under 1,0001... ...... 71 p 71 p Consols for Account 9 1 3 / 4%5411 91 3 4 Exchequer Bills. thd. & 2d. 1,0001. June 45 48 p ONE O'CLOCK. G YRICLS 194 k 50 1 ,4 91 3 / 4 SI% 8 247 48 p CLOSING PRICES. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. 3X 17 17 x d 3j 31 1 4 3E 29 I,g Equador Bonds Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. — Ditto Deterred Mexitari, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons Ditto, Account, Ditto, Ex Coupons •• ••• Portuguese 5 per Cents. — Ditto, Converted, 1841 Spanish 5 per Cont. 1840. Ditto, Passive Ditto, 3 per Cent .... — Ditto, Account •••••••• Venezuela Bonds, 2!.4 per Cent... Ditto. Deferred — Dividends on the above payable in London. French Rentes, 5 per Cent. ...... 90f. 90f. Exchange 2sf. 32 1 ,ic. 25f. 32 1 , 9 c. Dutch 2 1 ,i per Cent., 12 Guild 5Ol Ai i 50 1 / 2 PRICES OF FAH). :M TSINESS DONE CLOSING :•AILWAY SHARES. AT ON} O'CLOCK. PRICES. kberdeeri Do. Preference ...... 214...... . •• 4!4 Bristol and Exeter 9O ... .. 1746 3 3 / 4 3314 23% 241/2 Ditto, Thirds .. ..... 27 1 ,E — Caledonian - ... 50 Do. New 101. Pr0f..... 10 ... .. 11 1 6 ... Eastern Counties........ 'lO ...... 7: 1 4 X.. ... Do. New, Gua.6 per ct. 10 East Lancasthire ........ 25 Ditto, New Great Northern Do., !, 2 A Deferred ... 12 1 ,E ...... 4 'iif; —•—••••••••• D0.,y 2 B 6 per Cent,.. _7%. — 26 1 % 111,4 11 14 3 % . _ reat North of England.loo Great Western 100 Ditto, 1 ,4 Shares 5O ... 90 Ditto, 1 4 Share. gs Ditto, New 171.....,.. 15 .. Lee& and Bradford 5O London & Black 12 is 5 47i Lond Brighton, ,n(1 10 1 A 99 IA 4& . . south Coact 5O .. ... 37 4 v . , 363% .. 363 London and N. Western 100 ...., 129 128 .. ....... .. 128 Ditto, NeIN Quarters Ditto, Fitths ..... .. .. 2 ...... 71„I .. ... — 71 4 Do. 104 (M. & B.) C. 1 ..... 4 Load. &5. INTstern 5O ...... 3414 Mldiana ...... ........ ...i.t. , 0 ... •. 65 , 4 65 Do„ do., 50i. Shares .. 25 ... .. Do. Birin., and Derbyloo ...... 43 ... 0 , ..C0n501. Bristol and Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 ...... ... ...... ...... 1 Norfolk ......... 100 I'o. New 201. North brti.sl2: ........ ... 25 .... : Ditto, Halves .. Ditto, Quarters Ditto, Thirds .... .. .. 8 1 / 4 .. . North Staffordshire l 7 l /2 1 2 1,8 113 3 Oxferd, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ...... 50 ...... ........... Reading, Guildford, and Reigate ... Shre:Nsbury znd Birns... 11 , — .. So , ith EA-•ern AI, Do. Registered No. 4 10 .. ... 6 1 A... Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed .. .. r.. 0 Y , :ic, Newcastle, and Berwick. . • 25 D... , Newcastle Eaten, 20 1 4 14, 1 14 .. ..... D). U.N.E.Pletvrence 8 Yo. k T,T1.1 NortMid;' ftud 50 ..... 3.3 z.-02% 313 x Ditto, Preference ...... 10 - FOREIGN RAIL WAY N. Boulogne and Amiens... 40 ... 7:1k... Central of France (Or- Vierzon ) East Indian .... 314 3 l, ex.i Northern of France..... 13 ..:... 10Ai . Paris and Strashourg ... 10 - •. • •••• ••• ••• •• • 4 , Rouen and Havre ...... 20 31% 65 _2% 2 V2 3j/4 12;8 I 14 15% 5 IA 20 tB I A LLOYD'S SIIIPPIING--(THIS DAY. LONDON, MAY B.—Wind this day at noon, N.N.E. fresh breeze and find. PORTSJIOUTH, MAY 4.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. 7th. Ja maica, Sowell, Anti Ana for London. The Windgate Grange, from Guerns.y to London, in putting in last night, ran en the Sand Head, near Hyde, and is mak• ing much water; a steam tug will go to her assistance this night's tide. DEAL, MAY 7.—A small deep-laden schooner was en the Forefoot this morning, but came off on the flood, and proceeded to leeward, without apparent aamege. A ship's water cask, and several pieces of board, appa• ready portions of a vessel's bulwarks, have been viashed ashore here to-day. LIVERPOOL, MAY 7. Wind E.—Arrd. 6th, Isabel, Griffiths, Antigua end Falmouth, towed round from the latter port by a steam- tug. 7th, British Princess, Craw ford, New Orleans; Sir Harry Smith, Soult, New York. Std. 7th, Albert Edward, Hung•Koi;g; Edward Bon stead, Singapore ; Sprightly, lir° Grande; New York packet, Trinidad; Thomas and William, Newfoundland. Off port, 7111, Lord Stanley, Btmbay; Argo, Osprey. SHIELDS, MAY 4.—Sid. George Clark, Quebec. LONDONDERRY, MAY s.—Sid. Euphrates, Philadelphia. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY HAY bIABLICETS. SMITL/FlELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 105 to 41; Clover ditto, 31 lOs to 41 15s ; and Straw, 11 6s to 1/ 10, per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND. Meadow Hay, 21 12s to 41 2i ; Clover ditto, 3/ 105 to 41 14s ; and Straw, 11 6s to 11 Ile per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade dull. WIIITECHIPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 103 to 31 18s ; Clover ditto, 31 lOs to 51; and Straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ 10. per load. Trade dull, at the above quotations. COLONIAL. Susan.—The trade (iTeiale47lllTre freely in British Plantation, and sales exceeded 1,200 hhds, fully recover ing the decline previously noticed, and the market is firm. 7,000 bags Mauritius and 3,000 bags Bengal, went off briskly, the former at an advance of fully 6d, and in some instances nearly is per cwt ; whilst the latter sold at rather higher rates. Mauritius brought 38s to 40s 6d for mid to good yellow, 37s to 38s 6d for grey, arid 35s to 36s 6d for brown ; Bengal, 393 to 42s 6,i fur mid to tine white; Benares, 37s to 38s 6d for low. soft date, and 43s 6d to 44s 6d for very good white grainy. 16,000 bags Ma nilla, of current clayed quality, have been sold parately, one half in bond for exportation ct 20s 6d, the remainder, already duty paid, at 38s 6d. for refining. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 2,043 hhds 250 tierces 502 barrels; there were taken for home consumption 1,105 lairds 77 tierces 185 barrels. The stock in the same places is 11,079 hhds 1,680 tierces 2,359 barrels. COFFEE-200 casks and 1,100 bags Plantation, and 4,000 bags Native Ceylon sold readily, the furmer at rather dearer rates, whilst the latter brought an advance of 6d to Is per cwt, ranging from 30s 6d to 33s for com mon to very good ord. Rum.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 344 puns 133 hbds. There were taken for home cor>umptiou lti6 puns 17 hhds, and ex ported 144 puns 109 hhds. The stock in the same places is 19,278 puns 2,164 hhds. IlicE.-1,700 bags Bengal were nearly all realised at easier rates, viz. 10s for good NS hice, and 8s for very good cargo. SALTPETRE.-1,100 bogs Bengal refraction 7 and 7-1 per cent. were withdrawn at 27s 6d to 28s, there being no buyers at those rates. TALLOW.—Y.Y.V. ii 38s 6d per cwt on the spot, and town 39s 6d. COTTON.—There is more activity. TEA.—The consuroptiou is increasing. INDIGo.—The auctions began this morning, and are going off at about the rates current during the last series. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(TIIIS DAY.) (Before JusAces PATTESUN, WIGIITHAN t and ERLE.) Throughout the whole of the morning Like Court was occupied in hearing the arguments of counsel in motions, not one of which involved the slightest material of pub lic interest to justify a detailed report. CRIMINAL COURT.—( THIS DAY.) OLD COUNT. (Before the RECORDER.) ATTEMPT TO Bon.—Jerry 'Sullivan, a labourer, aged 27, was indicted for assaulting Benjamin Batelift, a working man, with the intention of robbing him. It appeared that the prosecutor and his brother were proceeding from Barnet to Hatfield, carrying a basket between them, on the evening of Sunday, the 22d of April. The prisoner, and two other men who escaped before they could be taken into custody, came up to them and endeavoured to obtain possesAun of the basket. The prisoner knocktd the prosecutor down, and another came up and kicked him on the head. His brother was also knocked down and assaulted by cue of the prisoner's companions. Whilst they were all struggling a policeman came up, but could only sue teed in taking the prisoner into custody. The prisoner said he did not strike the prosecutor, but did not attempt to deny the attempt to rob. The case was fully proved, and the jury found the prisoner Guilty. The REconi)En sentenced him to be transported for ten years. NEW COURT. (Before the CODIMoN SERGEANT.) The Court was engaged the whole rooming i❑ trying mint cases of an ordinary character, and involving no future of public intertt. MIDDLESEX SI: SSIONS. (THIS DAY.) (Before the ASSISTAUT-JUDGE ) The May general sessions were opt ned this morning, at the Sessi.ns House, Clerkenwell green. The grand jury having been MOM, The Learned JUDGE addressed them in the usual terms, taking occasion to observe, that a change in the law which disposes of the ca-e:s of juvenile offenders by summary punishment, at the judgment of a magistrate, must soon take place, and he went into a detail of cases in which very young boys, betwoen the ages of nine and eleven years, were " washed, whipped, and sent out again to thieve or starve, four times in the last year and a half." These things, (he said) showed the beautiful effects of whipping. The CIEeS disposed of this morning were of a trivial character. SUDDEN DEATH OF THE REV. MILES FORMBY. --It, is with feelings of regret that we are called upon to record the death of this gentleman, who died at Units kirk, on Friday, under circumstances of a most melancholy character. The deceased, who was chair man of the bench of magistrates for the district of Ormskitk, attelided in his magisterial capacity a meet ing of the justices held on Friday, in the court-house. He appeared in his usual health and spirits, and con versed freely with those about him. The business fur which the meeting had been convened terminated in the afternoon, when the deceased entered into conversation with a friend, and while doing so be fell back in.his chair and instantly expired. The reverend gentle man, who resided at Melling, held the incum bency of the parish church at that piece, and was much respected, not only by those with whom, in the sphere of his ministerial labours, he came more imme diately into contact, but by most of the leading gentry and others throughout the county. The deceased was about fifty-seven or fifty-eight years of age. He was the son of the late Reverend Mr. Formby, of Formby hall, and leaves two brothers, Dr. Formby, of this town, and another brother, who is a clergyman in Kent. We understand the deceased was appointed to the magistracy in August, 1828, and . has consequently di sc h arged the impottant duties of his office for a period of twenty-one years. His death is supothed to have resulted from disease of the heart.— Liverpool Albion. WALKING MATCH AGAINST TIME.—On Monday wet k, the Ilford-i oad, near the town, was a scene of con siderable excitement in consequence of a man of the name of 11. Martin, a fruit salesman, living in Bethnal green, having undertaken to walk sixty miles within fifteen hours, for a bet of 101. The Letting at starting was 6to 4 against time. Martin, who is a spare and lean man, stemds about five feet six inches in height, and was attended by Redfern and Scotcher. He appeared at starting sanguine of success, and went through many miles of the first part of his journey at a speed of nearly six miles an hour. The first 20 miles was done in four hours and sixteen minutes, the first 30 ditto in six hours and thirty nine minutes, and ultimately the whole dis tance was performed in fourteen hours and one minute. —.Essex herald. The Earl of Glengall bad an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. MARYLEBONE THEATRE. An adaptation te the English steee of M. Latour 's tragedy of Virginie was produced here last evening, under the title of Vii ginia. The origieal must be IV miller to the greater numb, , r of plit) goers, it was ere que title performed at the St. James's two years since, with ;Mille. Rachel 1!..3 the le - roine, and is. perhaps, the must interesting of modern French tragedies. It might at fir.A be supposed that a comparison with the chef d'cruvre of Sheridan Knowles, a comparison which rio die:matte flutter, would willingly challeige, would iu the present instance be inevitable, but such is not the case. In the play of Sheridan Knowles, Virginius is the iucipal character. standing out in bold relief frog the car.vass, around which the reereer characters fill grouped, while in the play of M. Latour. Virginia is the principal character--Virginius not appearing upon the scene until the fourth act. In point of construction the play of M. Latour is much superior to that of Sheri d en Knowles ; the interest is gradea!ly wrought up to clitneix, and the play ends with the death of Virginia. Moreover, we hove no hors d'oeuvres like Siccius Den ta-us, as we hive in the play of Sheridan Knowles. The treatment of the subject, too, is very different. In the play of M. Latour, App .s Claudius takes advantage of the absence from Rome of Virginius to visit his house, and to ate etript to seduce- his daughter and causes herlovec, Icilius, to be murdered ; nd it is not until his suit has bean corufully rejected by Virginia that he sets on Fabius to seize her. She is dragged before the judgment•seat. the case is adjourned, and she is taken to the house of Appius Claudius, before the return of Virginius to Rome• She escapes from the house of Appius and returns to her own home in the middle of the night, and here occurs one of the finest scenes in the play. She meets her father, and relates to hem the fearful adventures of the horrible night when Appius Claudius found his way into her chamber, when she, after horrible struggi' sr succeeds in making her escape arid preserving her honour. The death scene is also managed differently. In Virginia it is Virginia herself who suggests to . Vir ginius the propriety of killing her, nay, who demands death at his hands, to save her' self from dishonour. The part of Virginia, IS will be seen, thus constitutes the play, and it ass admirably sustained by Mrs. Mowatt. This lady:is one of the most accomplished and Ldy like actresses on the stage. Her graceful at} le of acting bears a nearer resew' blauce to that of Miss Foote than does that Of any artiste who has appeared since that accomplished lady fete the stage. Her scorn in the scenes with Appius Claudius was withering, but the great triumph was the scene with Virginius in the fourth act, to which we have before alluded. Rachel was very flue in this scene, but it always struck us that she Witb somewhat too sneretic• It she exhibited half the energy in the encounter with Appius which she did in the narrative of it, Appiu s had more to fear from her than she from' him. Mrs. Mowatt, on the contrary, appeared us a young girl almost dyieg from excess of agony and exhaustion; there was a subdued tone in her manner of relating the ccem re aces of that dreadful night, such as a young and virtuous girl, like Virginia, would employ, and this ►ubdu , ;d tone heightened the intensity of the 'pathos in' finitely more than the most boisterous energy could We done. The last scene also was superbly acted, there wss something agonizing in the thrilling tones with which she asked for death. She was excellently supported by Mr. Davenport, who was the Virginius. Rich artist' were called for at the conclusion. The translation is, we understand, from the pen of Mr. John Oxenford, and admirably written. While it is almost a literal *ersioa of the original, it is written as M. Latour himself would have written it, had he composed his tragedy in' Eng' 16h. The language is easy and flowing and rhythmicalr and it would be impossible for one not acquainted with the fact, to know that it was a translation, so entirely tree is it from gene. He who can translate so well eta also originate, and we trust the day is not far distant when we may assist at the production of an Original tragedy from the pen of Mr. John Oxenford,' Th• tragedy was admirably put upon the stage. The las: scene was the perfection of " mounting." Th e a pplause at the fall of the curtain was enthusiastic. The bottle was exceedingly well attended. STRAND THEATRE. A new piece, entitled the Mother's Bequest, was pro' duced here last night, witk Mrs. Stirling as the heroines which met with that triumphant success which is the almost invariable attendant of every drama in which that lady appears. The heroine has been left, by the death of her parents, in charge of the junior members 01 the family, so.d while she works night and day to reelefol the name they bear from the dishonour attached to it by too bankruptcy of her father, she foregoes the love she enter' tains for a young lawyer when she finds that her sister 0, happiness is centred i n th e same i n di v id ua l . The sp i rit of the piece may be easily guessed; for it belongs to a cis° common enough upon th e i F renc h stage, an d 0 ' frequent ad o pti on h ere b y t h e translators. Mrs. Stirling played with her usual ability and feeling; and Mr. Leigh Murray aided the force of the household sentiment bi his earnestness as a tender-hearted cabinet-maker, who secretly loves the heroine, and every now and then cow tributes, unknown to her, an occasional piece of woof to her little store of wealth in the bureau. Mr. Henri Farren and Miss Emmeline Montague filled the remain; ing characters—the former embodying the ape pa' thrift brother with coarse and graphic viracitt The dramas o f S ecre t S erv i ce an d A sk no Questions 101; lowed, in which Farren sustained his origins& characters of Michel Perrin and Matthias. He is otill Farren the inimitable, Farren the unapproachable, and his performances last night were as distinguished as o'er by the ar, ist•like finish which has ever been the gee" . liar characteristic of his acting. The house was Nell attended. Z:tirti igitittton NEWMARKET RACES• (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH•) Handicap. T.Y.C. Philosopher ... Cayrnne... ••• "' Match—First Chance received from Rose Pompon. Match—Retail beat Seraph. IL M. Plate of 50/. Vasa Abd el-Dade r Dully Varden Won easy. Match—Le Beau nod ft from La Belle. Plate of SO/. T.M.M. Ildandane colt Flycatcher filly... Sir Peter Laurie THE WESTMINSTER REFORM SOCIETT.—YeSte" day a meeting of the members of the Westminster Re:. Corm Society was held at the York Hotel, Upper Wel . lington-street, Strand. Mr. Geesin, churchwarden, l° the chair. Mr. N ugge t , th e secretary, having read Sir minutes of the previous meeting (at which it was talent' mously resolved to co operate with the Metropolitan Financial and Parliamentary Reform Association, and to recommend the formation of local societies for the same purpose in the city of Westminster), stated that in several of the parishes steps were promptly taken t° carry out the proposition of the Reform 'Society* Shortly after that meeting, several of the leading re" formers residing in St. Paul's, Covent-garden, and Sl• Clement Danes, met together, when it was resolved to form an associati on , t o b e called the East Westminster Association, and to comprise the parishes of St. Clement Danes, St. Mary-le Strand, St. Paul's, Covent.garde o l with th e P rec i ncts or the Savoy. InSt. Margaret's an a St. John's, arrangements bad been entered into to forte „ an association i n t h ose parishes, and he had no doubt oil the successful p rogress of the principles of financial o " parliamentary reform in Wesriskinster. ASSAULT or ARMS.—Yesterday afternoon the norl . commissioned officers of the Ist Life Guards gave an assault of arms at the Riding-house, Hyde-park Bar' rarks. The performance took place under the patronage of General Viscount Cowbermere, Colonel John Hall, and the officers of the Regiment. There was also pre' sent a numerous and fashionable assemblage of ladies , fur whose accommodation one end of the Riding-house had been set apart, and who appeared to take a verl e lively interest i u th e proceedings. These consisted o f he sword exercise and practice with foils, single-stick , and the sabre. Grtat adroitness was exhibited by the perf,rmers, and the whole affair passed off in a very satisfactory manner. The regimental band was in st• tendance, and in the intervals played a number of favou rite airs. This, with the size of the rooms, the number of persons present, and the admirable way in which the arrangements were conducted, rendered the exhibition one of a very attractive character. We must not forget to mention a feat of strength performed by Corporal Newton, who with one sweep of his sabre cut asunder * bar of lead more than an inch and half thick. The as' saults were under the direction of Corporal-Major Lira' bent, who, besides his duties in this ri spect, gave the company very satisfactory proofs of his skill in single' stick aid sabre practice. BIRTHS. On the 2d inst., at Hadleigh, Essex, the wife of the BO' William Harvey, of a son. At Bath, cn the 2d inst., the lady o f C ap t a i n F . S eym our Hamilton, R.A., of a daughter. At Roland'a-castle, Hants, on the 2d inst., the lady °f Captain O'Callaghan, R.N., of a daughter. On the 2d inst., at Sussex place, Regent's -park, the lady of 1. Moses, Esq., of a daughter. On the 3d inst., at Blackheath-park, the wife of F.CurreP Esq., of a son. On the 4th inst., at Finsbury-circus, Mrs. M. J. P osll° ' of a son. ARIED. On the 2d inst.. at Cric R klade, Wilts, the Rev. F. A. 14 ' Foster, eldest son of Frederick Foster, Esq., of Sale Priori' Lancashire, to Ann Hulbert, youngest daughter of the late Rev. William Read. On the inst., at Herne Church, Kent, Mr. J. E. Richard, of Maidit-hill, to Eliza Caroline, daughter of G. A. Stephen son, Esq. On the 3d inst., at Shenlev, the Rw. R. M. Wood.. °f Aldbury, Heits, to Fancy, daughter of the late H. H. Coddle' Esq., of Cunev house, DiED. On the 4th in s t., very suddenly, Horace Twiss, Esq., Senio r Queen's Counsel and Vice-Chancelior of the Duchy of Lan caster. aged 63. At Carron-va!e, Stirlingshire, on the 23d ult., Harriette Anne Alary, wile of Captuin Robertson, and daughter of the Hon. Colonel Ogilvy. London Printed and Published by MURDO YOUN G, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 1 1 ' 4 : Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the countY 4 " Middlesex, Tuesday, May 8, 1849.