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THB LEGA L- TITLE ASSURANCE COMPANY. (Provisionally Registered, January 17, 1849.) Capital, 2, 000,0001_, in 80,000 Shares, of 251. each. Preliminary Deposit, 2s. 6d. per Share, Prospectuses and full information may be obtained at the Tempo- Vary Offices of the Company, 13A, Cannon-row, Westminster, on ap 'ligation to G. F. HOWE, Hon. Sec., pro tern. TILE FAIRFAX LETTERS, JOURNALS, &c., COMPLETED. Now ready, in 2 vols. Bvo., price 30e.; MR. BELL'S MEMOIRS of the GREAT criaL WAR. ' l ".. The two first 'volumes, comprising The Reign of Charles I. May be had separately, to complete sets. Richard Bentley, Publisher In Ordinary to her Majesty. A SYLUM for Worthy AGED and DECAYED FREEMASONS. Tb. FOURTEENTH ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL of this Cha rity will be held on WEDNESDAY, the 20th June, at Freemasons' Hall, Great Queen-street, at Six o'clock precisely. Lord DUDLEY COUTTS STUART, M.P., in the Chair. STEWARDS. Bros. W. F. Dobson, M.A., President. „ T. Pryer, F.S.A., Vice-Presidents. „ S. W. Daukes, Architect, „ M. Costa, Treasurer. „ J. Whitmore, Hon. Secretary. And several other Brethren. Tickets to be had of the Stewards, and at the Bar of the Freema tons' Tavern. N.B. The Brethren will not appear in Masonic costume, and gen tlemen, not of the fraternity, are respectfully Invited to attend. HER MAJESTY ' S THEATRE. Signor MORIANI. On THURSDAY EVENING, Will be presented Donizetti's admired Opera, entitled LUCREZIA BORGIA. In the course of the evening a new Divertissement, entitled LA PRIMA BALLERINA. With various Entertainments in the Ballet Department. Application for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre, where Pit Tickets may be obtained, as usual, price 10s, 6d. each. sT, JAMES'S TH EAT RE. FREICH PLAYS and OPERA COXIQUE. On MONDAY EVENING, T. Perfitrmancei will commence at Half-past Seven o'clock with LES FLEURS ANIMEES. To conclude with TOUCHEZ PAS A LA REINS. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVRIIDTG, Will be presented, IL MATRIMONIO SEGRETO. Te conclude with the Divertissement LA PRIMA BALLERINA. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Rex-office of the Theatre, where Pit Tickets may be obtained as usual, price 10s. 6d. each. Doors open at Seven ; and the Opera to commence at Halt-past Seven o'clock. THEA.TRA ROYAL, DRITRY-LANE.—GER3IAN OPERA. On MONDAY EVENING Will be produced the admired Opera, THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO. Performances to commence at Eight o'clock. Private Boxes and Places may be obtained at the Bas-office; and at Messrs. Jallien and Co.'s, 214, Regent• street. THEATRE ROYAL, HA.Y3fARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENING, Will be performed MACBETH. Macbeth, Mr. C. Kean; Mac duff, Mr. Wallack ; Lady Macbeth, Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with a Classical Extravaganza, called THE SPHINX THEATRE ROYAL. ADELPHI. *Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENLY(, Will be performed BORN TO GOOD LUCK. After which a new grand Extravaganza, entitled THE DEVIL'S VIOLIN AND THE REVOLT OF THE FLOWERS. To be followed by a novelty in the shape of A MOST UNWAR RANTABLE INTRUSION, which will be committed by Mr. Wright o the annoyance of Mr. Paal Bedford. To conclude with JOHN JONES. it,GYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestrig. Sole Lessee. Mr. Charles Malle ws. THIS EVENING Will be performed PROMOTION. After which a new Drama, called A ROMANTIC IDEA. To be followed by A WONDERFUL WOMAN. To conclude with BOX AND COX. Dres lioxes, ss. ; Upper Boxer., 4a. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No lalf-price to any part of the house. The New Box-office, No. 2, Wellington. street, Is open to the public every day, from Tan till Six. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. under the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. The following eminent artistes form the greatest amount of female equestrian talent ever engaged in this or any other establishment at one time Mollies. Adelaide Hinnie, 'Valentine, Louise Touimaire, La Jeans Josephine ; Miss Woolford, Barrand , Davidson, Avery, and La Petite Jeanette. In addition to the above Mr. Batty has great pleasure in announc ing that he has engaged that peerless equestrian Marie Macarte, whose brilliant triumphs on the Continent and in America have ac quired for her the appellation of the Equestrian Enchantress. THIS EVENING, The performance will commence with a Grand Military Equestrian Spectacle, entitled MOOLTAN and GOOJERAT ; er, the Conquest of the Seikhs. To be followed by an inimitable display of SCENES IN THE CIRCLE. in which Marie Macarte will appear, supported by the first Equestrian talent of the day. To conclude with a favourite Melodrama, entitled TILE WHITE FARM. Box-office open Prom Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Engagement of M. JULLIEN. IMMENSE AND UNPARALLELED SUCCESS. Under the patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty, her Majesty the Queen Dowager, his Royal Highness Prince - Albert, &c. The Public Press has unanimously pronounced the Storming of Badajoz to be the most perfect and life-like exhibition. The Nobility, Gentry, and the Public are respectfully informed that this favourite place of fashionable resort is open every MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY. Danson's gigantic modelled Panorama of the TOWN AND FORT OF BADAJOZ, pronounced by the voice of public opinion to be the most perfect and life-like exhibition ever presented—Splendid Menagerie—Jullien's unrivalled Band—Vo cal and Instrumental Concert—Several Favourite Songs and Ballads by Miss Frances Mildmay, Miss Ellen Rowland and Mr. G. Tedder —Solos by Hoenig, Richardson (Flute)—Violin and Violon cello by Viotti and George Collins, varied alternately—Remington's Magic Aerial Bridge—and other attractions, concluding with a vivid representation of the Storming of Badajoz, pourtraying the advance of the British army—bombardment and attack—gallant defence— rush to the breach by real troops—and final tableaux in honour of the " Hero of a hundred fights." Doors open at Nine o'Clock, ; feeding of the animals at Five ; Pelicans and White Bears half-past Five ; Concert at Six ; Storming of Badajoz, at Dusk.—Admission One Shilling. REFRESHMENTS.—The frequenters of these Gardens have long complained that Refreshments from the Confectionary-rooms only could ba procured. Arrangements have been effected, and a distinet portion of the Gardens set apart, where RefreshMents may be had of the first quality, and at the usual Prices. THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, JUNE 16. TEF.nalomErza, Lowest, 50; Highest, 66; Noon, 68, BARONETER, 29.85. WIND E.N.E.—light breeze and fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON MUDGE. Tau DAT nine, 31 min. after 9 j Evening, 4 min. after 10 To-Monaow—Morning, 36 min. after 10 I Evening, 7 min. after 11 f A ;•., -; z /4 1 •,,,, - - i v. A - ' e c . 4. -- .7 - ''' - ' ...,.F . ' A\ ,:!,:i614,:ii.- - ..:.z. ',' 07/1' At• , . ' ' -- Ps --.....40 f, 7,...1:. bßox "i• ~ - --,_-- -0,- k,C DIE.: E ':- Ifiilb'''2*.ef We' 7. ' . .-' l ' . - ' ts ~~r~~~~~ ,`nun LONDON, SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 1849. After two nights' elaborate discussion, the House of Commons decided yesterday by a majority of 291 to 150 that the Imperial Legislature shall NOT inter fere with the local acts of the Canadian Government. Last evening's decision must now constitute a very remarkable Parliamentary precedent. It will always testify that in 1849 the Lower House of the Parlia ment at Westminster resolved, deliberately and calmly resolved, after a careful examination of the arguments "for" and " against"—That England would not consent to influence the policy of an elective Assembly in one of her most important co lonies ; and That England should never attempt any such arbitrary interference unless it was glaringly manifest that such interposition was positively re quired by the honour of the Crown. There are so many conclusive and wholly unan swerable reasons why the supreme Legislature of the British Empire should arrive at this conclusion, and arrive at this conclusion alone, that we should con ceive ourselves to be perfectly justified in attributing the amendment of the Right Honourable Gentleman the Member for Stamford to factious motives, were we not as fully satisfied that his political conscience is as honest as his statesmanlike intellect is liable to be affected in favour of any crochet however extrava gant. But that prejudice may blind and eccentricity mystify even the most keen-sighted and logical intel lects, we; should be at a loss to account for the extraordinary hallucination of so many of our legis lators in regard to a matter so clear, so vivid, so self evident as this; of the impolicy, and not only the impolicy, but the absolute injustice of any inter ference on our part with the Canadian Parliament respecting the Bill for the indemnification of losses in the rebellion. Among many other reasons, such interference would be egregiously impolitic and shamefully un just :--- Because the measure in question is in itself un exceptionable ; Because it is exclusively a local operation ; Because it has been passed into a law in the most strictly constititutional manner—being car ried successively through both the Canadian Chambers by large majorities, thereby receiving the approval of the representatives of the Canadian population ; - Because Upper Canada having already received in demnification for losses sustained during the rebellion, Loner Canada was surely entitled to share in a simi lar advantage. Because,_ moreover, the hostility evinced towards the Bill has not only been clearly the revengeful hos tility of the minority, but that minority has still fur ther damaged its already dilapidated reputation by resorting to the most unconstitutional measures of opposition, or rather of retaliation, namely, to riot in the streets, to a violation of the dignity of the Parliament, to the most dastardly acts of incen disrism ; and, lastly, Because any such proceeding on the part of the mother country towards her North American depen dencies would be calculated to give rise to a grievous, and possibly to a dangerous ill-feeling, inasmuch as it would show the Canadians that England is disposed to interfere with the great principle of responsible government. For these, and various other reasons as powerful and incontrovertible, in a logical, political, adminis trative, moral, and legislative point of view, we are more than rejoiced, we are relieved of a thousand heavy anxieties by the result of the division last evening in the British House of Commons. Not that we doubted for one instant that the real states men of England would hesitate as to the course to be adopted; but that we dreaded lest, by some unhappy fortuitous circumstance, the Commons might be tricked into the appearance of subservience, even for one minute, to the wishes of a handful of bankrupt insurgents. If any one consideration were wanting to satisfy the mind that the Cabinet and their supporters in the Lower House have been actuated by other than the wisest motives, it would be found in the remark uttered last night by Sir ROBERT PEEL, that, accord ing to the declaration of Lord ELGIN, the assurance of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, and the legal opinion of the ATTORNEY• GENERAL, the same test will be applied in Lower Canada which had been used in Upper Canada. This consideration is, of itself, a sufficient assurance that the Bill is, per se, unexceptionable. As to those subtle distinctions which it is pro posed by Mr. HERMES and his supporters should be introduced as an emendation into the measure, they may be talked about very fluently, and may appear all very practicable and feasible in the shallow reason ings of a practitioner of the Arches' Court, but we should marvellously like to see them reduced to writing, either by the representative of Stamford, or by the representative of Cardiff. And, what is still ' more, we should like exceedingly to witness ;the felicitous working of any measure so delicately and even gingerly cobbled. Amidst.all the confused, and contradictory, and vo ciferous reasons advanced, by; the sympathisers with Sir ALLAN M'NAB and his "fellows," there is one which strikes us as being altogether such a barefaced and ' impudent absurdity, that we wonder amazingly that it has not hitherto fallen under the lash of criticism , either from one of our contemporaries or from one of the Members of the Legislature. It is this : The persons who pronounce the Indemnity Bill to be one wrongfully forced upon the Canadians, men who are perpetually trying to ferret out something or other with which to badger that most unfortunate of all the Ministers, the Right Hon. the Colonial Secretary—these admirers of Sir ALLAN INPNAB mad followers of Mr. HERRIES declare the Bill to have emanated from the English Government, and at the same time stigmatise it as a gross and flagrant in sult offered to the English SOVEREIGN. Now the perfect extravagance of this is so plain and glaring, that we are absolutely astounded how any men at all pretending to the character of politicians can have the hardihood to stand up in the House of Commons and write themselves down so very deliberately brothers-in-spirit of Signor DOG BERRY. The pertinacity with which they insist upon it that the Indemnity Bill is a Govern ment measure, and at the same moment assert that it is an intended insult to the British Crown, is only comparable in its exqui site stupidity to the anxiety ,of DOGBERRY to be written down an ass. " 0 that he were here to write me down an ass I Yet, though he be not here, don't forget, neighbours, that I am an ass !" Those who may be anxious to satisfy themselves from first to last of the honourable and perfectly constitutional conduct of Lord ELGIN, of the Canadian Parliament, and of the English Government, in this important matter, will find the whole of the occurrences related in an admirably sequential form in a pamphlet recently produced by ALEXANDER MACKAY, Esq., of the Inner Temple ;* and should the readers, after a perusal of that clever and spirited brochure, be desirous of confirming them selves still further in their opinions upon the subject, they will find all further difficulties to so doing re moved by another pamphlet (Mr. HART'S t) of singular ability. The recent regulation adopted by order of the Commander-in-Chief for the examination of can didates for commissions is the army will come into operation on the Ist of July next. It is a wise and judicious movement in the right direction, from which we anticipate the happiest results. Hitherto there has been a culpable negligence exhibited as to the education of military officers, which contrasted strongly with the care and attention devoted to the same subject in the continental armies. In this country no qualification whatsoever was required. Boys were appointed to commissions without the slightest inquiry being made as to their previous at tainments. They might have received a tolerably sound education, or they might be lamentably defi cient in the ordinary branches of learning that are considered indispensable for a person occupying a respectable position in society; no trial was adopted to test their capabilities—all was left to chance or accident. Hence it followed that, although we had many highly accomplished officers in every regiment, there were others who never could retrieve their early deficiencies. It could scarcely be anticipated that a mere youth, just emancipated from the thraldom of a public school or of private tuition, would voluntarily undertake the drudgery of acquiring the rudiments of a language or science previously unknown. With rare exceptions, these acquirements are only attainable under the control and diection of a master who can compel attendance upon his lectures. They will not be attempted by a young man whose time is wholly at his own disposal, save so far as it may be occupied in the ordinary routine of military duty. The first difficul ties interpose almost insuperable obstacles, and should an effort be made, it is speedily abandoned in disgust, and those idle and lounging habits are adopted so in jurious to the officer himself, and so demoralising to the soldiers, who will naturally follow the examples afforded by those under whose command they are placed, rather than the advice of some few of their companions, who may desire to improve their minds, and to render themselves properly qualified for pro motion. Hence it is that the cigar and billiard-room are so eagerly sought after by the one class—the pipe and the canteen by the other, the only object with both being to "kill the time " which they are unable to spend in profitable and useful pursuits. In France matters are managed very dif ferently. There are a number of military schools throughout the entire country, in which those desirous of attaining military rank receive a sound practical education suited to the situations in which they may subsequently be placed. No person can nr e e d a receive ei t one of es vea commissionth e or ra given nt evidence previously o f di his fitness during serv i ce as a private soldier. Every a competent knowl ed g e y qualifi e, d Ai f officer has consequently r ofj emergency in which he may be placed. those his professional duties, and is full y who have been educated for the service are masters of two or three modern languages, and thus, accordin g to the dictum of FREDERICK the GREAT, each person is equivalent to two or three who can only under stand their native tongue. Henceforward, however, there will be a total al teration in the system. From and after the Ist of July next no person will be recommended for a commission in the British service until they have been examined by competent persons, appointed by the Commander-in-Chief, in the ordinary branches of polite education, and unless they have shcwn a competent knowledge of English literature, of arith metic, history, geography, fortification, and also of Latin, French, and German. The latter are parti cularly valuable. Formerly but little attention was paid to the acquisition of modern languages, but of late years French and German have been regarded as essential branches in the education of every gentleman. A mutual intercourse between nations is becoming every day more general ; our commercial relations are becoming more extended, and in a short time English gentlemen will blush to confess themselves unable to address the French or German visitor in * " The Crisis in Canada; or, Vindication of Lord Elgin and his Cabinet, &c." By Alexander Mackay, Esq., Barrister-at-law, Bvo. pp. 63. Ridgway, London, 1849. t " Our Colonies." By Arthur Wellington Nut. BYO, pp. 44. Richardgo, London, 1841. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 16, 1849. his native tongue. During the recent visit of the National Guards to London how many hung back ashamed to exhibit the ignorance, which, for the moment, was unaffectedly deplored ? how many are there unable to avail themselves of a trip to the continent from the same cause, and who cannot enjoy what would otherwise be a delightful recreation, from inability to make themselves understood by the inha bitants of the country in which they may be sojourn ing for the moment. Now that a knowledge of French and German will be required from every officer in the army an additional inducement will be sup plied to others to learn these languages practically and efficiently. Many are beginning to avail themselves of the advantages afforded by a continental education, where these languages can be almost imperceptibly acquired without any neglect of other branches of learning, and where the true tone and accent can alone be attained. Many well-qualified persons are now taking pupils in some of the German towns, where peculiar facilities exist for imparting sound instruction to the rising genera tion. A reference to our advertising columns will show an unexceptionable instance. We doubt not that such opportunities will be anxiously sought after, and that those who have the means will gladly afford their children the benefits of a short residence in " the Fatherland." THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the P a ris papers of yesterday. The PRESIDENT and his advisers have followed up their coup d'etat with a high hand. They have adopted the simple plan of completely silencing their opponents by seizing all the opposition journals, with the exception of the National, and of arresting the opposition Deputies en masse. It behoves us, therefore, to be exceedingly cautious in crediting the statements which appear in the Paris journals, as they are necessarily one-sided. The following are extracts from some of the Ministerial journals : "An attempt was to have been made by the insur gents to seize the person of Louis Napoleon. " The exact account of the treatment of M. Lacrosse, the Minister of Public Works, by the mob, is this :—He was seized, separated from the officers who had accompanied him, and menaced unless he shouted Vice la Constitution! and Vice la Re publique Romaine! The Minister held firm to the last, kept his hat on his head, and refused to join in the cry. He was torn from his horse, his clothes rent to tatters, and in all probability he would have been murdered but for he interference of M. Etienne Arago. "The conspirators, it would seem, had actually drawn up a list of their Ministry. It is said that Sergeant Boichot was to have been named Minister at War in the new Government of the Convention. " As to the rumoured escape of Ledru Rollin to Belgium, another report is prevalent. It is said that when 4 the soldiers entered the Conservatoire, and the conspirators made a precipitate escape by jumping through the windows, Ledru Rollin's hat was found on the table, with the forage-cap of Sergeant Rattier. The former is supposed to have absconded in the direction of Lyons; if so, he is probably the repre sentative referred to by M. Dufaure, when addressing the Chamber." The following is a rather striking account of the reception given to LOUIS NAPOLEON and General CRANGARNIER by the people on Wednesday : "It wanted a few minutes to 5 o'clock P.BI. yesterday when the President of the Republic made his appear ance at the head of a crowd of generals, amongst whom were General Changarnier and General Castillon, on the Boulevards. He proceeded to the Place de Bastille,: traversed the 4, Faubourg St. Antoine, and returned to the Elysees by the rue Rivoli. He was received everywhere with marks of the greatest enthusiasm. But it was General Chan gamier to whom, during his first visits, that the most enthusiastic affection was exhibited. I never beheld anything to surpass the burst of enthusiasm with which he was hailed. Young and old, women and boys, ran up to him and grasped his hand, and from the windows along the Boulevards you saw handkerchiefs and hats waving to welcome the man on whose skill, energy, and most admirable moderation the safety of Paris depended. As the dragoons galloped past the Boulevard des Italiens, about six o'clock, I distinctly heard many of them shout Vive Napoleon 1 Vice 1 'Em pereur ! as they stood up in their stirrups, and waved their swords over their heads." The Red Republican journals which have been stopped from further publication, were six in number, viz., the Peuple, the Tribune des Peuples, the Re forme, the Democratie Pacifique, the Republique, and the Vraie Ripziblique. The manner in which these journals were stopped is most disgraceful to that party which has arro gated to itself, how justly let its conduct in this instance testify, the title of the party of order and of moderation. Some persons belonging to the first legion of the National Guards of Paris (this legion is composed exclusively of the aris tocratic portion of society, who reside in the Bel gravia of Paris), entered the establishment of M. PEoux, who is one of the largest printers in Paris, and wha prints among other things several journals with the politics of which he of course has nothing to do, and broke his presses, scattered his types, and destroyed his property. In consequence of this wan ton conduct on the part of these refined frequenters of the salons of the Ely see, M. PROUX is ruined, and sixty persons are thrown out of employment. The same persons then proceeded to the printing establishment of M. Boule, Rue Coq Heron, which they completely gutted, destroying types, furniture, fixtures, in fact everything but the bare walls. By this act of destruction 200 workmen are thrown out of employment. The Siecle, in relating these dis graceful transactions, recalls the attention of its readers to the fact that during the two revolutionary months of 1848, under the administration of the Pro visional Government, when there were in Paris neither regular troops nor an organized police, and when the people armed were masters in the streets, no such atrocious invasions of the rights of property occurred. This brutal impatience of contradiction, this savage hatred of intellect, which goes to the length of destroying even those material instruments which are used for diffusing its inspirations, is, it appears the exclusive characteristic of the gens comme it faut. In the National Assembly on Thursday the autho risation demanded for the prosecution of MM. LEDRU ROLLIN, VICTOR CONSIDERANT, BOICHOT, and RATTIER was granted, and in applying for it M. GRANDIN, the Attorney-General, was guilty of an act which goes far to prove that the so called insurrection was mainly a "got up" affair—a successful 29th of January. In moving for the au thorization, M. GRANDIN produced a placard, which he stated had been posted in the neighbourhood of the Conservatoire of the Arts et Metiers during the time the Mountain was sitting there, and which was signed by 120 members of the Mountain, against whom he stated that he reserved to himself the right of presenting a requisition at a future opportunity. He then proceeded to read the names attached to this placard, and several members of the Mountain who were present, and whose names appeared affixed to it, denied all knowledge of its existence, and stated that not only had they never affixed their names to it, but that they had never authorised any person to make use of their names in any such manner. Hereupon extreme agitation arose in the Assembly, and some of the more zealous supporters of the Ministry gave us a peep of what was going on behind the scenes, by exclaiming, " You signed the act of accusation against the PRESIDENT—it is just as bad as the placard." This is the key to the enigma. The Government has determined to crush all those who wish to oppose its Cossack predilections, and the President BONA. PARTE has been too long the intimate of the Eng lish Tory aristocracy not to be well instructed in the traditions of the SIDMOUTH regime. There can be but little doubt that this placard is an infamous forgery—no one appears to have seen it save M. GRANDIN, who, as was aptly observed by au c ird a n l h, m aa n to y md l a. i l k ot b e Do c io o tg a o w ßw i A l h l zeun blacken o T had pushed e t v ho e en n M. VERSI GNY , seems t o per f ec tl y un d erstand that that b N o i r fit gi npa w oli i no l l tf not tbhoe placard, of which he (M yet when M. n —DILON B . GRAND IN ) p ro d uce d a copy, pealed to, he d en i e d that AsananhoT eyras the case . was subsequentiy a n - General CA TAIGNAC, in indignant that it was most unj us t in theAtto terms, declared General to read the names, unless he was preparrendeYto- in vaccusation. The Assembly th en retired touit s e an bu reaux to consider the proposition for l eave to prose cute LEDRU ROLLIN and his companions. They re assembled at five o'clock. The following is a report of what took place after the presentation of the report, recommending that the authorisation should be granted : M. Tamisier rose and warmly eulogised his friend Considerant, who had fcr twenty years defended the cause of pacific democracy, and whose name would out live the laws and acts of the present time. M. Bac said that when a year since he had ascended the tribune to defend Louis Blanc, he felt alarmed at the future which was opening to the country. A part of the Assembly were in prison; during the past year several condemnations had takan place—the military courts-martial had been at work, and yet the country been —(lnter was not at all more tranquil than it bad . ruption on the Right.) - A Voice on the Right—And whose fault is that? Another Voice—You have provoked civil war. M. Bac—Justice would accomplish its mission, but he besought the Assembly not to pronounce its opinion beforehand; its only right was to judge. The real cause of the agitations which had prevailed was to be found in the misery of the people.—(Loud interruption.) Remove the causes of that misery, and they would be less disposed to lieton to the voice of agitator& If M. Ledru Rollin and M. Considerant were present they would not require him to speak in their defence, but there were two other obscure individuals, M. Boichot and M. Rattier, who could not defend themselves. There was now au oppor tunity for the Government to acquire the greatest and most deep-rooted popularity, and that was by acting with wisdom. moderation, and justice. The President—lf no one further demands to speak I shall proceed to put the conclusions of the Committee to the vote—viz, to authorise proceedings against MM. Ledrn Rollin, Considerant, Boichot, and Rattier. The Assembly, being consulted, decided the ques tion affirmatively. The whole of the Right and Centre stood up in favour of the authorisation ; three Mem bers of the Left only stood up on the other side—the rest abstaining. M. Mathey said that there was a short mode of put• ting a stop to the protests of the Members on that side of the Assembly; and that was for M. 0. Barrot to pro duce the original, which, in his bureau, he had said was in his possession. (The Hon. Member made a negative gesture.) If the original was possessed by the Govern. ment, by what right did any one call on them to give ex. planations in the tribune? M. Rolland said that Government ought to bring for ward acts, and not proceed on mere conjectures. If it was an act of justice that was intended, documents and facts ought to be produced; if it was a blow that WAS to be struck, he was ready to receive it.—(Agitation,) M. Arnaud (du Var) declared that his name had been affixed to the placard so frequently alluded to without his authorisation. Ile was not in the habit of signing such documents. The Minister of the Interior—l have just presented to the Assembly a Bill of which I beg permission to read the expose des motifs. The Hon. Minister here read the expose which stated that the violence of the language made use of in the clubs and other political meetings was such that the Government was compelled to demand to have the power of preventing it. It was only required for one year, and would only be used to strengthen the Republic and the Constitution. The Bill, continued the Hon. Minister, is as follows: " Art 1. The Government is authorised for one year, from the date of the promulgation of the present law, to interdict any clubs or political meetings of a nature to disturb public tranquillity. " Art. 2. An account shall be rendered by the Go vernment at the end of the year of the manner in which the law has been executed." M. Cremieux said he feared the Government was going too fast. He demanded that the report should be printed and distributed, agreeably to the regulations of the Assembly, which were binding on all.—(Murmurs.) The President here read Art. 62 of the regulations, which states that the Assembly was authorised to order the immediate reference to the bureau; and to carry out a motion of urgency. The Assembly, on being consulted, decided on the urgency of the measure. _ _ The - President—What day will the Assembly fix for its examination in the bureaux? Several Voices—To-morrow at noon. M. Bouzat, addressing his colleagues on the Left—Let us not vote. Aimost all the Assembly rose in favour of its being fixed for the next day. The President —The examination in the bureaux will accordingly take place to-morrow at noon. Our readers doubtless recollect the fanfarronade of General CHANGARNIER'S report to the Assembly on the subject of barricades, and his assertion that several had been erected in various parts of Paris. That assertion is now proved to be utterly without foundation. He mentions three barricades opposite the Cafe de Paris, near the Passage de l'Opera, and at the entrance of the Faubourg Poissonniere. All who know Paris know that at these parts of the Boulevards there are always to be found persons having chairs to let to those who may be desirous of sitting down and resting themselves. These chairs are, when not occupied, kept piled up, and it was these three piles of rush-bottomed chairs, which that " brave supporter of the cause of order" has magnified into three barricades. Butthe poor man must do something to earn his marshal's baton, the dispersion of an unarmed assembly would not be sufficient to entitle him to seek a reward even under the present regime, and therefore he valiantly attacked three dozen rush-bottomed chairs with three regiments of soldiers, and boasts that he has carried three barricade. We are curious to see the returns of killed and wounded in the late formidable insur rection ! Our readers doubtless recollect that it was stated that the artillery of the National Guards were prepared to join the insurgents, that Colonel GUINARD had convoked them for that purpose, and that Colonel GIIINARD had been placed under arrest. Such was the veracious statements of the Constitutionnel, to which journal Colonel GUINARD has addressed the following letter : " Monsieur le &dactuer,—l read in your journal that the legion of the artillery of the National Guard met on Wednesday morning without being regularly convoked in virtue of the initiative of its commanding officers. This is an error. The colonel of the artillery legion re ceived, on the 13th, at a quarter-past 9, from the com mander of the National Guard of the Seine, an order to assemble that Legion in the garden of the Palais Na tional, its ordinary place of meeting. Directions were at once given to have the order executed. I will not point out many other inexactitudes contained in your journal; I shall only say that the conduct of the artillet ry legion was on Wednesday as in all others, when public order was troubled in our great city, perfectly honourable. Respecting the laws of discipline, it acted only according to our instructions and our orders, for which I am ready to answer before the country. We live in difficult times, when adversaries ought to show, at least, good faith to each other." Again the reactionaries loudly declared that M. BAS• TIDE was amongst the insurgents. In consequence of this malicious assertion M. BASTIDE has addressed the following letter to the Assemblee Nationale :_... " Monsieur,—You say in yesterday's paper :—' M. Etienne Arago, arm in arm with M. Bastide, was at the head of the column of rioters. They made their escape by the Rue Basse du Rempart.' These lines contain some inexactitudes which it is important to rectify. I did not give my arm the whole of yesterday to M. Etienne Arago; I was not at the head of the column, but amongst the citizens who were pr ocee di ng to the Presi dent When the column wa s Rue Ba sse d u R empart, Foreign Affairs. I ha ve t o ab ru rtels t o ee f nd t t h le re dide N d a tn t hiooetn Hotel e s e bo m yf b the y h oe , add that I was not at the head of the rioters, for a very simple reason, that there were no rioters. Citizens, marching without arms, and not utt er i ng any other cry than the legal one of Vive la C onstitution !' do not r, that is, an open or d i sguised li merit that name. Had I perceived i n t h e manifestation a an tt y a t c h k ir a l of citizens, I certainly should not h ave needed au invita ggain s t tthe laws, public authority, or t h e property tion to withdraw. I appeal to your justice to give this rectification in your next number. ." The Siecle has the following " veryLES B judicious obser vations on the late events ; and, considering that the Siecle is the organ of M. DUPAURE, we yet hope that the PRESIDENT may . be induced t o re-enter the paths of legality. The S i ecle says— " Order and tranquillity are re - established in Paris. Thanks to the moderate attitude of a part of the National Guard and of the, troops, the men who had conceived the criminal idea of plunging us into the horrors of civil war have seen what an infinitesimal minority they form in the country; they failed yesterday, and to-morrow their failure would be still more signal. Our unfortunate country requires more than anything else to have its still bleeding wounds dressed; it thirsts for order and peace. But let us not endeavour to deceive ourselves as to the idea which produced this energetic and instanta neous repression; let not the Government blind itself to the innate feelings of those who were the first to lend their co operation to re-establish order, or rather to prevent its being disturbed. In presence of a great public danger, convictions may be silenced, but they are not abandoned. The Government would be very blind, if it did not discover the abyss which exists be tween approving past conduct and lending aid and co operation to guarantee public peace. Besides, yester day, the new men who are in power, the men who honestly wish for the Constit u ti on an d the Republic, had a line mission to fulfil. After having sufficiently proved that society could not find more zealous defenders, it remains to them to prove to the people that its interests, its rights, and its legitimate wants do not inspire them with less zeal or less devotedness." The people of France are far, very far, from ap proving the past c on d uct o f the linistry, in regard to the iniquitous expedition against Rome—an expe dition contrary to policy, contrary to humanity, con trary to justice —an expedition which is, in a political point of view, worse than a crime, because it is a mistake, and if the PRESIDENT wishes to regain the good opinion of the people of France he should dis miss from his councils the men who advised that piratical expedition. M. LONGEPIED, the Commissary Extraordinary of M. LEDRU ROLLIN, whose name has been so often before the public, was arrested yesterday. It was rumoured that M. LEDRU ROLLIN had been arrested, but no great credit was attached to the report. BOURSE—PARIS, FRIDAY, JUNE 15. TEIREE o'Cr.ocK.—The French Funds continued to rise to-day. The discomfiture of the Red Republicans has greatly depressed that party, and raised the spirits of their opponents in a proportionate degree. It is thought that the flight of Ledru Rollin will have a good effect in calming the country, as it takes away from the Montag nerds their most powerful and most eloquent leader. All these circumstances have the effect of raising the spirits of specul a t ors on th e B ourse, and inducing them to enter into fresh bar ga ins. Exchange on London (30 days), 25 10, money; ditto (90 days), 25 40, money. BUSINESS DONE IN FOR EIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCIIANGE, J UNE 15. Boulogne and Ami ens , 7 —East Indian, 276-. Northern of France, 9 1 /—Paris and Rouen, SPA it/. l Madrid j ourna l s of the 10th have arrived. The Gaceia publishes the following decree of amnesty : " ROYAL DREE. " Taking into consideration EC what my Council of Ministers have exposed to me, I hereby decree the fol lowing:— «Art. 1. A complete amnesty, general and without exception, is conceded with respect to all political acts anterior to the publication of the present royal decree. " Art. 2. In order to enjoy this benefit, those who may desire to do so must present themselves to the competent authorities within the precise term of a month, reckoning from the date of thifri decree. In the coloni es and iu foreign parts, the term shall be reckoned from its pub lication by the authorities, and the legations or consulates of Spain. " Art. 3. Those who should not have taken the oath of fidelity to my royal person, and to the constitution of the State, shall do so at the time of presenting them selves to the authorities, or to the representatives of Spain in foreign parts. Those who should have com mitted ostensible acts contrary to the oath which they had taken, shall also take the oath again. "Art. 4. This amnesty does not comprehend common offences, nor prejudice the rights of third parties. " Art. 5. The fitting dispositions shall be dictated by the respective Ministers, in the part which corresponds to them, for the fulfilment and execution of this decree. " Given at Aranjuez, the Bth of June, 1849. Is signed by the Royal hand. " The President of the Council of Ministers, " Duke of VALENCIA." The Bolsa was closed on the 10th. GERMA .N Y AND THE NORTHERN STATES. FRANKFORT. The Archduke JOHN is, it is said, about to take up his residence in Mayence. PRUSSIA. An attempt was made to assassinate the Prince of PRIT!SIA on the 12th, as he was passing through the village of Ingelheim. BADEN. MIEROSLAWSKY arrived at Carlsruhe on the 12th to take command of the insurgent forces. The insurrectionary Constituent Assembly ofßaden, sitting at Carlsruhe, adopted, on the 12th, a motion to compel the communes to send provisions to the army of the Necker. BAVARIA. The Bavarian papers publish a royal proclamation of the 10th inst., dissolving the Bavarian Diet. The Algemeine Zeitung makes a positive contradiction of the late news, which went the round of the German papers, of Bavaria having asked for the Prussian in tervention in the Rheinpfalz. AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. The Constitutionelle Zeitung states that M. Kos sum bas held a grand review at Pesth, on which occasion he distributed medals to the bravest of his hussars and honveds. We learn from the same paper, that no battle has as yet taken place in the north-west of Hungary. The Russians left but four thousand men at Presburg ; their other troops have marched to Oedenburg. It ap pears from official Austrian documents that the general attack has again been put off to the end of the present month. The cholera and a fearful disease which is known by the name of " war pestilence" are doing their work in the Russian and Hungarian camps. The position of the Hungarian General, KLAPKA, is still at Raab. GEORGEY advances by Komorn, and General AULICR has moved his troops to the south east by Papa. It is said that the Magyars have defeated the Russians at Oldenburg and have taken that city. The Hussars, which of late fled from the Imperial standard to join their countrymen in Hungary, have in part succeeded in crossing the Hungarian frontier, but one of their divisions was in imminent peril of being captured, near Bruck on the Laytha. General WELDEN is recovering from his fit of apoplexy. THE DANISH WAR, HAMUURGH, JUNE 12.—Accounts from Horsens, of the 10th, are, that on the previous night, Lieu tenants Blumenstein ar,d Baumdach, and a surgeon, Dr. Konig, with 66 Hessian Hussars, who were on a foraging party near Norre Sound, had been sur prised by the Danes and taken prisoners ; only nine of the party had escsped. Another account, in the Borsenhalle, says that there was a captain taken also, and adds, " we do not think ourselves at liberty to communicate the reports as to this disgraceful capture, as they are of a nature that would only place the affair in a more hateful light." COPENHAGEN, JUNE L—Official reports state that on the 6th, in the evening, a slight engagement took place before Frediricia, when the German troops were repulsed in an advance towards the fortress. On the 7th, only a few shells had been thrown into the town, doing but little damage. The official account from Alsen says that, on the 6th, the firing from the batteries of both parties con tinued until seven in the evening, and that then the skirmishers continued firing until ten, when the Danes, having gained some grounds, were enabled to advance their line of outposts on their right. Our loss was small ; but the Germanbatteries fired upon the town of Sonderburg, and damaged several houses, and wounded two inhabitants. ITAL Y. The intelligence from Rome is to the Bth. There had been much fighting, but General OUDINOT had not been enabled to advance one step towards effecting an entrance into the city. He had not above six or eight guns in position, and his forces were suffering considerably from, the continued sorties of the legion under the command of GARIBALDI. The Milan Gazette states the following from Sini gaglia of the 7th :—" A French courier, who has come from Marseilles and landed at Leghorn, has brought the intelligence that the French Govern ment acknowledges the Austrian army to have perfect freedom to act in these parts, and especially against Ancona ; while the French army will limit its opera tion to act energetically on the Tiber." The Lucca Gazette states that, by a Grand Ducal decree, dated Naples 2, all the soldiers who followed General DE LANGIER from Massa into Piedmont, shall receive a silver medal ; and all those who went over to him afterwards shall receive a bronze one. The Risorgimento of Turin publishes a notifica tion of General Gouzilowsxr, dated Villa Spada (Bologna), June 5, explaining what crimes or mis demeanours are judged by military law. Militaryllaw is applied either by giudizio statario or court-martial. The former only pronounces death, and judges high treason, detention of arms, revolt, and such like ; the latter takes cognizance of the diffusion of revo lutionary writings, singing of revolutionary songs, political demonstrations, disobedience, &c., &c., and may pronounce fine and imprisonment ad libitum. All other transgressions are to be judged by the ordinary tribunals. The Piedmontese Gazette of the 11th announces that the King of SARDINIA is rapidly recovering. The following is a copy of a dispatch from Toulon : " Advices have been received from Rome to the 9th. At that date the French troops were masters of all the positions taken by them on the 3d, and part of which had been retaken by the Romans. The fighting lasted three days; the loss of life on both sides was consider able. "General Oudinot has decided on getting possession of Fort St. Ange; the works are already advanced to within 600 yards of the fort. " The French suffered much from the intense heat, which had brought on a violent dysentery." CABINET COUNCIL (THIS DAY.)—The Ministers assembled at the Foreign-office, Downing-street, this afternoon, at two o'clock. The Lord Chancellor was unable to join his colleagues from continued indispo sisition. The Noble and Learned Baron is stated to day to be somewhat better, and nothing definitive, it is understood, has been settled by the Cabinet res pecting the Great Seal being put into commission. VIEW OF ROME.-At this period, when the French soldiers under Oudinot are bombarding Rome from the Villa Pamfili and the Monte Mario, Mr. Bogue has brought out most appropriately an excellent sketch of the city, taken from the Hill of the Janiculan. MANSION-HOUSE.—Yesterday the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress had the honour of entertaining at dinner in the Egyptian-hall Alderman Sir W. Magnay, Bsrt., Alderman Musgrove, Alderman Sidney, M.P., and Alderman Moon, with their ladies, the deputies of several wards, the Chairmen of the Corporation Com mittees, and about 100 members of th e C ourt o f Com mon Council, with their respective ladies. Covers were laid for 210. HOTEL AND TAVERN-KEEPERS, &c.—A petition to the House of Commons, from a great number of persons connected with the trade of hotel and tavern-keepers, praying for a removal, or at least an amelioration, of the burdens of taxation which more immediately affect them, was presented by Mr. Masterman last night. The petitioners, who appear to be well acquainted with their own grievances, have set them forth at considerable length. They complain of the injuries inflicted upon their trade by the transit of railroads ; that few or no persons remain at inns on the road, and that, in conse quence, the burdens of taxation, which were originally borne without murmuring, are now Leconte so heavy as to compel them to apply to the Legislature for relief. They set forth the large sums embarked in the business of which they are members, and claim, on account of their property and position in life, a hearing of their arguments and attention to their importance. The names of most of the respectable victuallers are appe-ided to the document. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY MORNING. —The new German war-steamer, United States, arrived in the Mer sey this morning for repairs. She left New York on the 31st ult., but does not bring any later accounts from that city. When 21 hours out struck on Nantucket Shoals, in consequence of a defect in her compasses, but got off after remaining four hours and throwing overboard 70 tons of coals. In longitude 50, damaged starboard after boiler, which rendered it useless for the rest of the pas sage. She passed the packet-ship Fidelia going into New York, and off Bardsay spoke the Sarah Sands. Mr. C. K. Murray had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE: The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were about 5,000 bales; the market was steady, with an increasing speculative demand.—Railway shares were in fair de mand, at firm prices. The return tor the week ending the 9th instant, of the liabilities and assets of the Bank of England, is of the same character as those that have preceded it for some weeks past. The unemployed funds of the Corporation are still decreasing, while its business is curtailed. We must ascribe, however, part of the curtailment of circu lation to the payments on account of Government, though it will need a more rapid increase in public deposits to indicate a well-supplied exchequer. The comparison with the previous week is as follows : Notes Issued Increase Rest ... 27,770,200 ... 216,635 ... 3,103,541 Decrease Public Deposits ... Increase ... Other Deposits Decrease Seven Day and other Bills 45 ... 6,181,1,26 • ••• 540,407 9,526,150 ••• 131,623 ... 1,066,067 •• 9,918 No alteration .. 9,723,675 _ _____ ... ... ... 101,154 Notes ... ... ... ... 9,648,040 Increase ... ... ..455,820 Bullion t .. ... ... .., 14,652,762 Increase ... ... . 210,785 Active Circul a ti on ... ... 18,122,160 Decreaso ... ... ~ 239,185 There was a slight decline yesterday afternoon in the rate of Exchange on Paris and Hamburgh, but bills on the other continental cities were taken generally at firm rates. On Trieste nothing was done. The exports of the precious metals from London during tho week, to Thursday last, were as follows: Gold in coin and bars, 1,047 ounces; silver, to Belgium, 22,200 ounces, to Holland 161,400 ounces, and to Ham burgh rather under 20,000 ounces. The firmness of the Paris Bourse has had a good effect again here, though our stock market rests more particu larly upon the abundance of money. Consols have been 91-a i for the opening and ex. dividend. Exche quer.bilts have realised 425. to 455. premium. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been quoted 92 to 92,f, and the Three per Cents. 91* to 3. Foreign Stocks are lo o ki ng up. Spanish Three per Cents. have been 34* to k, and Portuguese Four per Cents. 27k to 1. Mexican ex. Coupons have touched 28 and 284 Peruvian Deferred are 14k. Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents. are 501 to 50i. Railway Shares have been rather fluctuating, but on the whole the market is good. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 8 per Cent. C onso l s Anna New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anus. ........ ...... Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 B% D 0.30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, 1859 8 % India Stocl- Do. Bonds, 1000/ Consols for Account India Stock for Account 252 250 Exchequer Bills. 1 %d. 2d. March. June. 1,000/. . — 42 45 p 500/ Small — 42 46 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Equador Bonds DI( xican 80rn45,1846, 5 per Cent., Coupons Ditto Account . ...... .... Ditto Ex Coupons Ditto Account Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent — Ditto. 4 per Cent., Active — Ditto Deferred ... Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto 4 per Cent. Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,lB4o Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 34%14 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild Ditto 4 ner Cent. Certificates BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SUAKEC AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SIIARE. naledonian Eastern Counties Do. Exten., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d Groat Northern Do. Extension ... ..... to ... to Great Western 100 ... .... Ditto, Quarter Shares ...... 16% to Do. New 17/ l5 .. ... 10 %...... to Lancashire and Yorkshire Ditto Quarters Dit to. 'Mirth l5 ...... 7 3 4..... to Lond., Bright., & South Coast 50 De. Preferential, 5 per Ct., 50 London & North Western 100 12 5 14 to 126% Da. New Quarters. Do. Fifths London and S. Western...—. 50 ..... 35 1 % ;/ to Manch, Buxton, & Matlock 41,[ 2 % . to Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100 Ditto, New 10/. Preference 10 ...... 10% to Mid1and........• ............. —.IOO Ditto, 50/. Shares ..... ...... 25 Midland, Consol. Bristol and Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 125 North British .. .. ..., ..... .. 25 Ditto, Preference 2% 2%..... to North Staffordshire... .. ...... 17% 12% to 12 Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton Reading, Guildfd., & Reigate 15 Shropshire Union 5 ... .. 2% to South Eastern 3 48 ..... Ditto, Scrip No. 4.. York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 Do. and Newcastle Exten. 20 ...... 14 ... York and North Midland .. 50 Ditto, Preference FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens 2O .. ... 7 ..... to Northern of France Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 7 Paris and Rouen Paris & Strasbourg ..,.. ..... 10 Rouen and Havre JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia Decrease . . Government .'::ccurities Other Securities ... Decrease ... COURSE OF imstercl am .....• • 12 2bi Ditto, at sight 12 1 Rotterdam .... • . 12 2% Antwerp 25 90 Ham burgh .... • M.B. 13 12% Paris, 3 days'sight 25 GO Ditto, 3 months .... 25 80 trarseilles •... • 25 85 . 25 85 Frankfort on Mains 122% Petersburgh, Sil. Rble.. Vienna, effec. •• Trieste: ditto.. .: • • . Madrid •• .. 49% Cadiz •• •• ............ 50 Barcelona .. • • ........ Seville• • •• • ***** •• •• 7s to lis per dozen lbs; Irizh Eggs, 4i 61 t) 53 3,1 French, ditto, 45 9d to 6s; and English, ditto, 6s 3d to 7s 3d per 100. Beef, rriMa 25 2i to 3s 211; Mutton, 25 10d to 35 10i?; Lamb, 4s 8d to 55 SJ; Ve.,il, 3s 2d to 34 10,1; and Pork, 3s 4d to 4s per Sibs. 33 X IL larrasoaTt. Salmon, 10d to Is 8d per lb.; Turbots, 4s to 8s; Brills, is to 23; Cod Fish, 3s to ss; Whitings, 4d to 6d; Lobsters, is to 2s 9d; and Crabs, is to 2s each; Soles, 6:1 to 2s per pair; Eels, 4d to lld per lb; Mackerel, 4d to 9d each ; Flounders, is 2d to is 6d per dozen ; Haddocks, 4d to 7d eac h ; Scate, 4d to 8d per lb; Wite Bait,ls Gd per quart. nxn.ri raarazzr. Market hides, 56:b to 641 b, lid to 12d; ditto, 641 b to 72:b, li d to qt; ditto, 72ib to 80113, 1 4d to 2d ; ditto, 801 b to 8 81 b, 24d to 2d; ditto, 881 b to 961 b, 24d to 3d; ditto, 961 b to 1041 b, 3d to 34d; ditto, 10416 to 1121 h, aid . to 4d; Calf Skins, each, 4s 6d to 53 ; Lambs Skins, Is Gd to 2s 5:1 ; Horse Hides, 7s Gd; Shearlings, 7d to 9J. The prices of Whea*.en Bread in the Metropolis are from, bid to 7d; of household ditto, 5d to 6d per 4lbs loaf. EMT lifialIEMTS SMITLIFIELD.—Meadow he y , 21 103 .to 3! 153; Clover ditto, 2/ 15s to 5/ Os ; and Straw, 1/ 83 to 1/ 133 per load. A limited supply, and a sluggish rem an d. CumnErti.AND. - 7 - Meadow Bay, 2/ 123 to 3/ 16s ; Clover ditto, 2/ 103 to 4/ 15s ; and Straw, a 9s to 1/ 14s per load. Supply moderately good, and trade firm. WIIITECHAPEL.-11.eudovv Hay, 21 103 to 31 153 ; Clover ditto, 21 103 to Si Os; and Straw, 1/ 8s to 11 13s per load. Trade steady, at our quotations. QUEEN'S BENCII.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius.) STRUTT V. WHITCOMBE, HELPS, AND co. This was an action brought by Mr. Strutt, a solicitor, in the Adelphi, and formerly the proprietor of the Bucks Herald, to recover the sum of 301. from the defendants, who are solicitors at Gloucester. It appeared that the defendants were slicitors during the railway mania to, projected dock at Gloucester, and in that capacity di rected the insertion of an advertisement (a Parliamen tary notice) relating thereto in the newspaper of the plaintiff; for which he charged Is. a line or 30/. alto gether. The daily newspapers charged Is. and ls. 3d. a line. Mr. Newton, Mr. William Thomas, of Catherine street, and Farrant, advertisement agents, proved that Is. a line was the usual charge at the time in question. Several of the newspaper proprietors at that time, and the plaintiff was one of the number, agreed to increase their charges in consequence of the publication of sup plements and other additional expenses. They had're peatedly paid for advertisements during the mania at that rate. The defence was that the defendants were merely agents to principals ; that the charge was ex orbitant, a number of other papers being charged 121., 101., 141., and 161. for the same advertisement, of which evidence was adduced to show. They had tendered 161., and had now paid that sum into court. The jury found a verdict for the defendants, to the surprise of many in the court. EXCHEQUER.—(TIIIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius, before the LORD CHIEF BARON and a Common Jury.) COMM V. BICKNELL. The trial of this case, which occupied a portion of yesterday, was resumed to-day. The plaintiff is a builder, and the defendant is a bar rister, residing at Kilburn, and he had employed the plaintiff to erect certain buildings for him at Priory place, Kilburn, and the action was brought to recover the balance which the plaintiff alleged was due to him in respect of the work he had done. Mr. COCKBURN, for the defendant, alleged that the plaintiff had been guilty of misconduct, and that this case was nothing but a conspiracy to defraud the defen dant. He then went into the state of accounts between the parties, and having proved by means of cheques and the evidence of the defendant's brother, that the plain tiff's claims had been fully satisfied, Mr. MARTIN, who appeared for the plaintiff, intimated that he was unable to proceed further with the defence and must therefore consent to a verdict for the defendant A verdict for the defendant was accordingly returned' CRIMINAL CO UR T--(THIS OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron ROLFE.) MANSLAUGHTER.—A middle-aged man, named Tlios. Graves, surrendered to take his trial, on a charge of having killed and slain William Pent, aged 76. Mr. Clarkson prosecuted, and Mr. Bodkin defended the prisoner. The widow of the deceased deposed that on the 17th of May her late husband, about six o'clock in the even ing, came to his home in King's-cross, King's-road, and threw himself on a bed, remarking that he was very bad. She immediately went for Mr. Pratt, a surgeon, and he directed her to take him to the North London Hospital, which she did the same evening. He was a navi g ator, and had b een out o f work six weeks. John Wilford, a cowkeeper in Upper Holloway, s aid on the 17th of May he was near the Half-moon public house of that place, when he saw Graves fighting with apparently a very old, but yet a very active ma n, who seemed to have the best of it at first. There were about four rounds, when the old man said ho was very weak, and would not fight any longer. He had since seen the body of the deceased, and he believed that was the night the prisoner fought with deceased. Mr. Billing, publican at Hollovvay, corroborated the evidence of the previous witness, and added that be saw the prisoner go up to the deceased and chuck a hand kerchief in his face, which the deceased put in his pocket, and then the prisoner struck him, which ultimately led to the fight. The prisoner was drunk at the time, and be believed he had never seen the deceased before. The old man did not appear to be drunk at the close of the fight; the deceased washed himself' and returned to London. Mr. Filliter, a surgeon, proved the cause of death to be injury done to his bowels, in consequence of a blow which he must have received. Mr. BoDxrN then addressed the jury for the defence, contending that the evidence failed to make out the charge against the prisoner. The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. The prisoner was then discharged. ASTLEY'S AMPHITHEATRE. The grand spectacle of Mon !tan and Goojerat, fol lowed by the scenes in the circle, continues to attract crowded audiences to this favourite place of amusement. The graceful and unrivalled equestrian performances 9f Marie Macarte continue to excite the delight and admi ration of all who witness them, and she is rewardad nightly by the most rapturous applause. She richly merits the title which our trans-Atlantic brethren have conferred on her—of the Equestrian Enchantress, The performances of Madlle. Minnie and of Mr. John Bridges are also exceedingly graceful and wonderful. With:such attractions we are not surprised to find that the house is crowded. BATTY'S Crucus.—Quite a sensation was occasioned here last week by the presence, for four days, of Batty's troop of f quest::an performers, clowns, and " acrobats." They made a grand entrance, as mentioned in our last w hen M. Tournaire drove through the streets eight fine horses in -hand, followed by a number of performers mounted and iichly dressed—Mr. Jackson, the manager, bringing up the rear in a miniature phaeton, drawn by four beau tiful piebald ponies. At the horse -market the circus had been erected in the forenoon—a roomy erection, covered with canvass, lighted with portable gas, and capable of holding, perh a p s , e i g h teen or nineteen hundred persons. On Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, morn ing and evening, performances took place —on the latter day under the patronage of the Provost and Magistrates and of Col. Findlay and officers of Fort-George. The day performances were fashionably attended; and on the first three evenings the circus Ras crowded nightly in every part. The number of visitors was perfectly asto nishing. There could not have been less than from 1,600 to 1,800 present each evening ; and, cheered by audiences so large, the entertain ments Fused off in the happiest manner. Mr. T. Powell performed several splendid acts of horsemanship, astonishing the audience at once by the agility, daring, and grace of his feats. Mr. Adams represented, on horseback, a series of characters, but his changes were not accomplished with anything like the rapidity shown by that veteran of the arena, Mr. Ord. Messrs. Jackson and Nichols, as clowns, exerted themselves indefatigably to please, and succeeded in drawing rounds of laughter. Jackson's mock cachucha, his ancient and modern qua drilles, his extraordinary violin playing, and his jokes; and Nichol's feats of balancing and his conundrums, occasioned much amusement. The performances of the American brothers were really wonderful —so were the accomplishments of M. Tournaire's steeds and of the dug Venture. But it is needless to point out parts of the entertainment. As a whole, it was a treat perhaps never before equalled here. The company left Inverness on Saturday night for the south, by the Highland road. On that day M. Tournaire astonished the people by driving fourteen horses-in-band through the principal streets, followed by the manager in his little vehicle, driving his four ponies in line.—lnverness Courier. EXCHANGE. 'Gibraltar.. • • ...... .; Leghorn . • ••.. • • 31 0 Genoa .. 26 90 Milan .. • • .. Venice.... .... •••• .. .. Naples .. .. • • ..).. 40U peroz.. 116% Messina ...... 120 4 Lisbon.. • ....... 63 0p0rt0..... .. ••.. • • 5334 Rio Janeiro • Buenos Ay • . _ _ _ - New York, 21 days'aight Philadelphia .......... PRICES OF BOLLION, PER 02 Foreign Gold in bars.. £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Dollars ...... 0 4 9% Silver In bars .. .. 0 4 11% LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JUNE 15.—Wind this day at noon E.N.E., light breeze and fine, but cloudy. CORK, JUNE 13.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrd. Nuevo Car men, Ariandiagi, Havannah ; Novo Adrian, Finosa, Carminha; Alarm, Grace, Campos Santos. Sld. Wil liam and Thomas, Newfoundland. CLYDE, JUNE 13.—S1d. Retrieve, Trinidad; Wands worth, Quebec, and not arrived from as reported yester day; 14th, Champion, Quebec; Circassian, Quebec and Montreal. CARDIFF, JUNE 15.—Wind E.—Sid. 12th, Louis, New York. FALMOUTH, JUNE 15,—Wind variable and light.— Arrd. 14th, King Oscar, Petterson, Puerto Cabelle; 15th, Arnal, Holm, Rio Janeiro, sailed 14th April. OFF THE START, JUNE 13.—Julia, Rio Janeiro. COWES, JUNE 15.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrd. Joachimb, Stuparieh, Bahia. WHITBY, JUNE 15.—The London, of this port, has been in contact with the Victoria, of Shields, acd lost fore-topmast, started deck ends, received other damage, and is making a little water. BELFAST, JUNE 13.—Sld. Victoria, St. John's, New Brunswick; 14th, Economist, Antigua. DEAL, JUNE 15.—Wind, A.M. E.S.E. to E. ; P.M, E. —Arrd. her Majesty's steamer Alecto, Monte Video, and proceeded for the river. Arrived from the river and Sld., Josh. Somes, Parker, Calcutta; Parrock Hall, Mof fatt, St. Kitts; Devonshire, Hovoy, New York. PLYMOUTH, JUNE 15.—Wind E.-14tb, Sid. Somer. setshire, Quebec. CARDIFF, JUNE o.—Sid. Johannes, Mavinus, Manilla. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 15.—Wind S.E.-14th, Arrd. Or leana, Henry, New Orleans; Robert, Hogarth, Ismay; Sonsonnata, Netta, Buenos Ayres; Jane and Barbara, Halifax; Orbit, Quebec. 15th, Sisters, Newfoundland. YARMOUTH, JUNE 15.—Wind S.W.—.The Hope, of Fowey, from Charlestown to Antwerp, ran on shore yes terday at the back of the Wight, but was assisted off this morning, and proceeded apparently without damage. STORNOWAY, JUNE 12.—A vessel apparently dis masted, in tow of a steamer, passed to the south this day. WESTPORT, JUNE 13.—Sid. Harry, New York; Jo- I I seph, Quebec. MARKET NEWS. —(THIS DAY.) cOvENT-GARDEN. The imports of Fruit and Vegetables from the con tinent during the present week have been lArge. Our market was well supplied with most articles in season, the demand for which was steady, on the following terms:—Fruit—Cherries, 6s to 105 per half sieve; Pine-apples, 5s to 7s; and hot-house Grapes, 88 to lOs per lb; Gooseberries, 3s to 4s per half seive; Currants, 8d to is per pottle; Lemons, 6s to I Is; and Oranges, 12s to IBs per 100; forced Strawberries, 8d to is 4d per pottle; breed Peaches and Nectarines, 38s to 40s per dozen. Vegetables—Horseradish, 2s 6d to ss; and Celery, 10d to is 2d per bundle; Asparagus, 2s to 7s per 100; Spring Onions, 3d to 5d per bunch; New Potatoes, 2d to 7d ; and Shallots, 4d per lb ; Mushrooms, 8d per pottle ; Brocoli, 8s to 12s p e r dozen bundles; Cauliflowers, Is 81 to 3s per bundle; Cabbage Lettuces, 10d to Is 4d per half sieve; Cabbages, 6d to 10d per dozen; young Turnips, 2s to 2s 6d ; ditto Carrots, 4s 6d to 6s ; and Greens, 2s to 3s per dozen bunches; Parsley, is 3d to is 9d per half-sieve ; Cucumbers, is 61 to 4s per brace; Rhubarb, 2s to 6 s per dozen bundles; French Beans, 9d to is per 100; Radishes, 4d to 8d per dozen hands; small Salad, 2s per dozen punnets; Cos Lettuces, 101 to is per score. NEwPOIZT. Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 3s Od to 3s 10d; Lamb, 5s Od to 5s 10d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s Od ; and Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 2d per Sibs. NE CETGATEI AND LEADENIZAX.L. POULTRY—Turkey Poulets, 4s 6d to 5s 6d; Goslings, 6s --- -- London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUN G to 8s; Fowls, 2s 6d to 6s; Cap ons, 4s 6d to 7s; Chickens, , Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 1 3s to 4s 6d; Ducklin g s, 3s to 4 s; - Pi geons 6d to 10d Strand, 2 in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county each; PsLend ligtter, 63 to 95 ; an d gnglish , ditt o, Middlesex, Saturday, Juno 16, 1849. MARRIED. On the 13th inst., at St. Paul's Church, Southsea, Hants, Captain S. Cleaveland, 1.A., to Mary, second daughter of Captain J. Colliss, R.M. BIRTHS. On the 11th inst., at St. Leonard's-on-Sea, the lady of E. Murray, Esq., jun., of a son. Oa the 11th inst., at the Vicarage:house, Kirtlington, Ox- ' fordshire, the wife of the Rev. J. Guillemard, of a daughter. On the 13th inst., at Richmond, the wife of W. C. Selle, Esq., of a son. On the 13th inst., at 5, Circus, Greenwich, the wife of J. C. Templer, Esq., of a son. On the 12th inst., at the Grange, Bedale, the wife of H. de la Poer Beresford, Esq., of a daughter. On the 12th inst., at Chelmarsh Vicarage, Salop, the wife of the Rev. C. W. 131 athwayt, of a son. Oa the 13th inst., at Parson's -mead, Croydon, the wife of J. 11. Thompson, Esq., of a son. On the 13th inst., at Napier-street, City road, the wife of Mr. James Harman, of a son. On the 12th inst., in Glocester-place, aged 74, the Rigl2l Hon. Henry, the eleventh and last Earl of Thanet, Bete- • ditary High Sheriff of Westmoreland, and late Lord-Lieute• nant of Kent. On the 7th inst., at Monellan, county of Donegal, Ireland Samuel F. Delay, Esq. On the 11th inst., at Hastings, aged 22, while bathing it I the sea, Charles Haslam Drew, third son of George Dre• Eiq., of Bermondsey and Streatham. 1 2