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ST. JAMES'S THE A T KE. Season 1849. FRENCII PLAYS and OPERA COMIQUE. TO-MORROW EVENING, The Performances will commence at Eight o'clock precisely, with LE DOMINO NOIR. Lord Elfin, M. Chateaufort ; Juliano, ri. Soyer ; Horace, M. Coaders ; Gil Perez, M. Ruguet ; Angele, Mdlle. Chart= ; Brigitte Mdlle. Martial ; tirsule, Mdlle. Morel ; Jaciathe, Madame Mancini Gertrude, Mdlle. Figur. To conclude with LES RENDEZVOUS BOURGEOIS. Mr. Mitchell begs also to announce that, notwithstanding the in =eased expenses of the present eate.rtainment, the prices of admis sion are determined as follows : Boxes .• • • • • • • .. 6s. Od. Pit • • • • .. 3s• Od. Amphitheatre .. • - 2s. Od. Subscriptions Ofde season may be arranged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Bond-street ; Mr. Sams', St. James's-street ; Mr. Andrews', New Bond-street ; and at the Boa-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from eleven till five. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Last Appearance but One of Mdlle. Carlotta Grid. THIS EVENING, WM be performed Rossini's celebrated Opera, SEMIRAMIDE. Semiramide, Mdlle. Parodi ; Arsace, Mdlle. Alboni; Assar, Signor Coletti ; Idreno, Signor Bartolini ; Oroe, Signor Lablache. The whole to conclude with the much a 'mired Ballet of ELECTRA ; or, the Lost Pielad. The principal parts by Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi, Mdlles. Petit Stephan, Marta, Thomassini, Julien, Aus,undon, Lamoreux, MEW. Marie Taglioni and M. Paul 'raglioni. Application for Boxes, Stalls, and Ticke s to be made at the Box-otilce of the Theatre, where Pit Tickets may be obtained, as usual, price 10s, 6d. each. Doors open at Seven ; and the Opera to commence at Half-past Seven o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, DECRY-LANE.—GERMAN OPERA. TO-MORROW EVENING (For the last time) DER FILEISCHUTZ. Agatha, 31411 e. Romani; Aunchen, Mme. Marlow ; Max, Herr Erl , Casper, Herr tepan ; supported by a Baud and Chorus, each consisting of 60 performers. Performances to commence at Eight o'clock. Private Boxes and Places may be obtained at the Box-office ; and at Messrs. Joillen and Co.'s, 214, Regent street. riIEATItE ROYAL. HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Bele Lessee and Manager, Old BrOlnptoll. T His EV ENI N Will be performed THE HOUSEKEEPER. Sidney Maynard, Mr. C. Kean; Fel eia, Mrs. C. Kean. After which THE WONDER. Don Felix, Mr. C. Kean; Donna Violante, Mrs. C. Kean. THEATRE ROYAL. ADELPHI. Under the direction of madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed HIS LAST LEGS. After which a new grand Extravaganza, entitled THE D:EVIL'S VIOLIN AND THE REVOLT OF THE FLOWERS. To conclude with the Farce called SLASHER AND CRASHER. Mr. Slamher, Mr. Wright ; Mr. Crasher, Mr. Paul Bedford. ROYAL LYCtITM TREAT Kt.. Under the SI anageruest of Mudame Vestals. role Lessee. Mr. Chute:, NI a.• he ,s. THIS EVENINC: Will be performed 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. I ;To be followed by U'aED UP. After which KILL OR CURE. To conclude with THE WATER PARTY. Dreti ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Ylt, 29. ; Gallery, Is. 240 half-price to any part or the house. The New Liox-office, No. 2, Wellingto. , street, is open to the public %cry !ay, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S TLIEATI.E. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Opera, entitled THE HEART OF MID LOTHIAN. Characters by Herr Meng', Messrs. C. Braham, Horn castle, and Weiss; Miss Poole, Miss Lanza, and Mdlle. Nau. After which, Mdlles. W. ant A. Neruda and their brotherlyictor will perform on the Violin, Violoncello, and Pianoforte. To coticinde with BOMB iSTES FURIOSO. 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 Mdlles. Adelaide Hinnie, Valentine, Louise Touirnaire La Jeans J o s e phine ; Miss Woolford, Barrand , Davidson , Avery, and La Petite Jeanette. In addition to the above Mr. Batty has great pleasure in s.snosme 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 Equeitrian Enchantsess, and whose first appearance will be duly announced. Last Week of the grand Easter Spectacle. In active preparation, and will be produced at Whitsuntide a new grand Military Equestrian Spectacle, entitled MOOLTAN and GOOJERAT ; or, the Conquest of the Seikhs. THIS EVENING, The performance will commence with a Grand Equestrian Spec tacle, by Fitzball, entitled THE WHITE MAIDEN OF CALIFOR NIA; or, the Horse of the Ocean. To be followed by an inimitable display of SCENES IN THE CIRCLE. in which the first Equestrian talent of the day will anpear. To conclude with the favourite Afterpiece of CHERRY BOYNCE. liox-office open from Eleven ull r our. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. IMMENSE AND UNPARALLELED SUCCESS. Under the patronage of her Most. Gracious Majesty, her Majesty the Queen Dowager, h s Royal Highness Prince Albert, f&c. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS The Nobility, Gentry, and the Pablic are respectfully informed that this favourite place of fashionable resort is open every MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY. Representation of the SfORMING of BADAJOZ by the British Army, under the command of the illustrious Wellington The distinguished patronage which this establishment has for a lengthened period enjoyed, and the triumphant success of each suc ceeding spectacle, has stimulated the proprietor to increased exer tions to maintain its envied celebrity. essrs. Dan Boll, by whom the present subject has been modelled, designed, and produced, have devoted many months to it, and the un rivalled skill which they possess, assisted by Messrs. Turner, Adams, and other first-rate artists, have enabled them to produce a picture unequalled for magnitude, accuracy, and beauty of execution. The ZOOLOGICAL DEPAR TMENT is extensive and varied, and has lately been enriched by several rare importations, including the splendid presents of his late Highness Ibrahim Pasha. The Embellishments of the New and Magi;ificent ORCHESTRA are now complete. REMINGTON'S SERIAL BRIDGE. The BAND, conducted by Mr. Godfrey, has been selected from the most talented Artists in the profession. Among ethers of first rate ability will be f .und—Mr. Baker, Messrs. RiCharCeen, Collins, jun., George and Viotti Collins, Griesbach, Hardy, Egerton, Shearon, Calkin, Winterbotham, Boileau, Stevenson, and Reynolds. The VOCAL DEPARTMENT will be sustained by a succevion of the most popular and favourite Singers. First appearance of Mies Ellen Rowland and Mr. George Tedder. The FIREWORKS by the Messrs. Southby, whose skill in Pyro techny has been too long established to need eulogising. REFRESIAMENTS.—The frequenters of these 0 ,rdens have long complained that Refreshments from the Conteztienary-rooms only could b., procured. Arrangements have been effected, and a distinct portion of the Gardens set apart, where Refreshments may be had of the first quality, and at the usual Prices. Doors open at Nine o'Clock.—Admieslon One Shilling. Children admitted to the Reserved Seats and Shilling Gallery at Half-price. ----- Feeding of the Carnivora at Five. The Pelicans, &c., at Half-past Five. Concert at Six o'C'ecit. Pyrotechnic Exhibition at Dusk . Mons. JULLIEN will give a Series of GRAND CONCERTS during the Season. Due notice will be given of his first appearance. THE W bATHER.—boN OancE, MAY 22. Tsgsmoiturrza, Lowest, 49: Highest 65; Noon, 63. BAROMETER, 29.84. WIND W.S.W.—light breeze and showery. tiititi "A'Allidt AT 1,01 4 41)0ti • Tara DAT —Morning, 23 min. after 1 I Eveninf. - , 46 min. after To-3folaow—• Tung, 11 min. after 3 ' Evening, 36 min. after 2 ,g 6 , 0 7, ou t • ot — ii. ~„& g " - -:' t. 44 4 " . - r %.;Acy - -t-ilifF \ t. •4. ' ;; 41 , ,"-,:.- --a • • 1 4 .. 4 r•M OS ' #44 ' ni tc . I . A s*:- -- I E V • . ,zotod ~ • „,-,,,," ' ' . i ' .".-,-- ~ THE LEGAL TITLE ASSURANCE COMPANY. (PrOvis orially Registered, January 17, 1849.) Capital, 2,000,00 C/., in 80,000 Shares, of 25/. each. Preliminary Deposit, 2s. 6d. per Share Pro zizchises and rill information may be übtained at the Tempo -217 Ofll , es of the Company, 12A, Cannon-row, Westminster, on aP lication to G. F. HOWE, Hon. Sec., pro tem. NOTICE. Now Ready, in 2 vols., post Bvo., with Portraits, &c., 11. Is., neatly bouni, ♦ SECOND AND REVISED EDITION of THE LIFE and REMAINS of THEODORE HOOK, Author of " Sayings and Doings," "Gilbert Gurney," Ficc. With Anecdotes of some of his Contemporaries. By the Rev R. DALTON BARHAM. _ Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty). Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., SECOND EDITION OF ROCIiINGLIAM; OR, THE YOUNGER BROTHER. " Rockingham, from first to last, rivets the reader's attention. Under the alluring garb of fiction more of wisdom and truth Is con veyed than is often to be met with in works of professedly far more serious character. The author has studied the female heart with all the acuteness and accuracy of Miss Edgeworth herself."—Times. This work abounds in interest. From internal evidence, it tzarist have been written by a person constantly mingling in the highest English society."—Quarterly Review. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. . 11 nt'1111". LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 22, 1849. ,hem. The committee appointed to investigate the affairs of the South-Eastern Railway Company have pub lished a report embodying the r esult of their inqui ries. It is an able and well-considered document, reflecting the highest credit on the gentlemen who, at the instance of their brother shareholders, under.. took that onerous and important duty. It is con ceived in a spirit of the utmost impartiality, and it would, indeed, be fortunate for all parties interested in railway property, if the committees appointed, or those which may hereafter be appointed, to report on the management of the several properties, were to exhibit an equal disposition to do justice to all men, with out fear, favour, prejudice, or affection. Hitherto it has been too much the practice to appoint on such committees persons who have evinced a strong spirit of partisanship, who have come promi nently forward as the direct accusers of the directors, who, in place of being selected as judges, should more properly have exercised the functions of prose cuting counsel. Such parties are more anxious to substantiate the accuracy of their own statements, to prove that the charges they had preferred were well founded, than to elicit the real facts of the case, and to deliver an unbiassed decision thereon. It is true that it would be far more for the interests of the shareholders to show that their fears had, to a certain extent, been u nwarr anted, that the position and prospects of the companies were infinitely better than had previously been supposed, that the directors had been actuated by a disieterested and honest desire to execute the trusts reposed in them for the advantage of the general body. Such results, we say, would be highly beneficial to the parties concerned, and would ma terially increase the value of their shares; but it would not gratify the vanity of the accusers, or TIE _.. . promote the objects of a well-organized party, whose efforts are directed towards a general de preciation of railway property, that the Bears of the Stock Exchange may realise enormous profits at the expense of those who have invested the savings of their industry—the future provisions for old age and for their help:ess families, in those great national undertakings. We t;u3t that a better rule may henceforth be adopted, and that the share holders who may be called upon to appoint a com mittee of investigation will select persons whose minds are uninfluenced by prejudice or bias, and who .. . - - - will return an honest and a conscientious verdict, ac- cording to the evidence that may be adduced before The committee of the South-Eastern Company exhibited a sound discretion, and praiseworthy firm- . _ ness, in rejecting the attempts that were made to take the investigation, in certai❑ respects, out of their hands, and thus, as they justly term it, "to subor dinate the duly constituted authority of the committee, to the unauthorised pretensions of individuals." Had they yielded in any respect to these strange applica tions it would undoubtedly have "impeded the legiti mate course of the inquiry," and introduced the "in jurious action of personal prejudice." And the favour able result of their proceedings, and the consequent improvement in the value of South-Eastern stock, may, in a great degree, be ascribed to their judicious conduct in these particulars. The result of the inquiries has been completely to disprove the charges that had been so pertinaciously preferred against the Chairman of the company and some of the directors. With respect to the former gentleman this statement is made:— _ " Your committee cannot conclude this report with (Tut special allusion to the Chairman of the company , who, it must be admitted, has been as it were on his trial. They have already sh'wn the utter groundless ness of the charges which have been alleged, or rather suggested, affecainghis integrity in the administration of the finances of the company. They, moreover, feel bound to state their conviction that, notwithstanding errors of judgment, and an undue assumption of indi vidual responsibility, his conduct has been honourable throughout, and marked by a sincere, unflinching, and —excepting in his character of a very large proprietor — a disinterested devotion to the interests of the South- Eastern Company." This is indeed a full, complete, and satisfactory acquittal of the gentleman who has filled that impor tant situation for nearly four years, and his valuable services will consequently still be available to the company. It was true that there might have been "errors of judgment." Sums had been charged to capital that in the opinion of the committee ought to have been placed to the revenue account ; there might have been "an undue assumption of individual re ' sponsibility," but there was nothing to justify the outcry that had been raised to impeach his honour or integrity, or to call for his exclusion from the board. The same might be asserted with equal truth respect ing another gentleman who lately filled equally im portant situations, whose " conduct was honourable throughout, and marked by a sincere, unflinching, and excepting in his character of a very large proprietor, a disinterested devotion" to the interests of the companies over which he presided. Prejudice and personal hostility, however, prevailed against Mr. HunsoN, his character was calumniated, his motives misinterpreted, he was called upon to resign his offices, and the natural result has followed—the value of the shares of the companies have been materially deteriorated, while South-Eastern stock has consi derably improved. It requires little argument to show which result has been most beneficial for the shareholders. With respect to the sums that have been carried to the account of capital in place of revenue, and which, according to the committee, during the three years ending on the 31st of January last, amounted to 107,9321. 14s. lid., they state "that they feel called 'von to deprecate strongly this mode of dealing with the sums forming this amount in the books and ac counts of the company; it is in their opinion at variance with every safe and sound principle of mer cantile economy:' Although entertaining such decided views on the sub , jest, they very fairly insert the letter of Mr. MAc. GREGOR, justifying the step, and " admit that there is justiexi in the reasoning contained therein ;" but "it is their decided opinion that such a course ought never to be adopted without the previous knowledge and sanction of the proprietors." Without in any degree entering into the much disputed question whether expenses of a certain character should be fairly chargeable to capital or revenue, we may state that the invariable practice, some years ago, was to charge to capital all such sums as were wended for the permanent and lasting benefit of the company, and which did not realise immediate profits. Thus the outlay in opening up new sources of traffic, which, though carried for the time being at a loss, yet afforded a reasonable expectation of yielding an ulti mate profit—of running cheap trains for the purpose of getting rid of a forinidable rival—uf paying interest on capital not immediately productive, and a variety of other charges of a similar character. It was consi dered in some degree analogous to the case of a farmer who extensively manures his lands, or adopts a new course of husbandry, which cannot within the year repay the immediate outlay, but which will add materially to his future profits, and prove highly beneficial to all parties concerned. Such a person would not suppose that he was carrying on his busi ness at a loss, or that he was living upon his capital, and consequently bound to contract his personal ex penditure within the narrowest limits while waiting for the fair results of this experiment. Neither did the railway directors believe that they were acting improperly in carrying such charges to the capital account, and thereby spreading the payments over future years. There would be considerable inconvenience in bringing such matters under the consi deration of general meetings of the shareholders : a panic might be excited that would unduly affect the prices of shares ; statements of a very prejudicial character might be made that would prove highly injuriona to the company's interests. The directors were, therefore, accustomed to decide for themselves as to the course that would ultimately prove most beneficial, and if they acted fairly and bona fide, without any sinister views of personal advantage, it would be hard to condemn them for following the ordinary practice, although that practice might possibly be "more honoured in the breach than in the observance." The committee, although adopting a more stringent view, fully and completely exonerate Mr. MACGREGOR from any personal impu tation ; and in this respect we think they have acted judiciously and discreetly, in accordance, with the real merits of the case, and the hest interests of those 1 by whom they were selected, and we have n• doubt that their opinions will, upon full considera tion, be adopted by the community in general when present prejudices have passed away, and an un biassed judgment is pronounced upon the railway management of former years. It appears by public announcement that there is to be a meeting held at the Mechanics' Institute, South ampton-buildings, this evening, to endeavour to obtain the repeal of what are usually called the taxes on knowledge, or those more immediately affecting the public press, namely, the Excise duty on paper, the duty on advertisements, and the abolition of the news paper stamp duty. This meeting is convened by the committee of the Compositors' Society, who invite the attendance of master printers, newspaper pro prietors, compositors, pressmen, machinists, &c., and it is stated that LUKE JAMES HANSARD, Esq. (for merly the Parliamentary printer) will preside on the occasion. Approving as we heartily do of the objects of the meeting, we are of opinion that if any immediate results are desired, or expected to ensue, it would be wise to narrow the field of application, concentrating the energies on one of the three grievances, namely the repeal of the advertisement duty. There are weighty reasons why it is preferable to select one im post for removal than several, and why the chance of success is thereby greatly enhanced, for not only is it usually found better to undertake one thing at a time, but it must be remembered that there are many sections of the community, each putting in their claim for special relief from taxation. The growers of barley and the landowners require the abolition of the malt tax ; the growers of hops pray that the hop-duty may be taken off ; those who love ale and porter urge that both malt and hops may be duty free ; those interested in the trade with China ask that the Customs duty upon tea may be mitigated, which teetotalers and those con nected with the temperance movement strenuously se- - - corgi ; the manufacturers of soap say, take off the soap tag; those who establish baths and washhouses, and all connected with sanitary improvements, second the application. These latter also support the claims of the glass manufacturers, and the inhabitant house holders generally, who say, abolish the tax upon light by removing the window-tax. Each section of the community considers itself the most entitled to relief, and we should certainly be very glad to see them all relieved, but few things are less likely than any very sweeping reductions in the budget of 1849. Even if the Chancellor would spare from his estimates a sum equal to the united amount of the paper tax, adver• tisement duty, and newspaper stamps (something like a million and a quarter), it is still more unlikely that he would accord all the relief to one section of applicants ; but if those connected with the press urge strongly the importance of re- moving one of their three burthens, selecting as that one the smallest in amount, but really the largest in its baneful influences, the advertisement duty, the boon could scarcely be withheld. The sum total which it yields (only about 150,0001.) is so inconsi derable that the inability to spare the amount could not be pleaded ; indeed, there would be no difficulty in showing that the deficiency would be quite counterbalanced by the increase in Excise paid on the additional quantity of paper ; consumed, by the increased number of advertisements, and on the increased consumption of newspaper stamps. The effect which the advertisement duty has in checking the practice of advertising is clearly pointed out in an able article upon the subject which appeared in Tait's Magazine in the month of June last. It is there shown that in the United States of America, with a population of about twenty millions, the num ber of advertisements inserted in various media exceeds ten millions annually ; whilst in the United Kingdom, with a population of about thirty millions, the annual number of advertisements is only two mil lions ; and the accuracy of the latter estimate is veri fied by a return recently made on the motion of Mr. BROTIIERTON, showing the exact number for the pre ceding year to be 2,020,100 for England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, yielding in the gross amount 153,0151. only, from which has to be deducted the cost of collection. If the removal of the advertisement duty were merely to increase the advertisements on a scale rela tively to the population, here would be an increase from two millions to thirteen millions, but the writer of the article shows on tolerably sound data, that allowing for the difference in pursuits of the popula tion on the respective sides of the Atlantic, that this would constitute grounds for a further thirteen mil lions, making twenty-six millions instead of two, or h e i i r e t rn e e e evy n e f n o bu l y d e t hmeore increase. concession tban H oe e fu r v e werhinatga. formsf o sought,r t t h h e e or a basis s e deficiency it being impossible for such an increase in advertising to take place without more or broader sheets, and without large numbers of persons interested in addi tional issues of newspapers, and of other parties in terested in obtaining additional newspapers. And here, too, is the interest of the classes appealed to in the notice greatly affected. But it is the inequality of this tax which forms the most unanswerable argument for its abolition. It is probably the only fiscal regulation where the minor is called upon to pay as much as the major. An advertisement of two lines is charged the same duty as one of two hundred or twice two hundred ; and whether the advertisement has reference to the transactions of a large joint-stock insurance or rail way company, involving interests to the extent of five to six millions, or merely to that of an unemployed workman seeking occupation, or a poor nursery maid wanting a situation, the impost is the same. The inequality and hence injustice to proprietors of newspapers, magazines, or other channels of adver tising is not less than that to the public, for here too the minor has to pay the same as the major. He wbo issues only 1,000 copies of any number of advertise ments must pay into the Treasury monthly the same amount as he who issues 10,000 or 100,000 copies of l an equal number. If the same inequality of payment were in opera tion with regard to paper and stamps, which exists as to advertisements, the question would have made itself more strongly felt, and would have earlier called for re• dress, but no such inequality exists in those depart. ments. No man is called upon to pay more than his relative share of consumption of either paper or stamps. Hence the argument of unequal pressure cannot be substantiated against either of these items. Indeed, with all the objections which may exist to the newspaper stamp (and which we have no disposi tion to underrate) it must be acknowledged that it is not without some mitigating circumstances. We are all accustomed to consider the penny postage stamp as a great boon. By it we are enabled to transmit a letter free of further cost to a distant place, although in those cases the letter must be limited to half an ounce in weight. Now the news paper stamp accomplishes for the newspaper that which the postage stamp does for the letter, and this, without restricting the weight to half an ounce, a newspaper may weigh any number of ounces, pro vided the superficial measurement in square inches does not exceed that laid down by the statute, and this in ordinary cases is found ample, and even these dimensions may be doubled by a further one half penny stamp whenever it is required. But this is not the only superiority which the newspaper stamp possesses over the postage stamp; there is another marked superiority—that the latter, after being once sent to the post-office, becomes utterly valueless, whereas the former may be re-posted again and again, franking the same newspaper an indefinite number of times. Thus the privilege of free trans mission of newspapers through the post-offices of the United Kingdom forms some counterbalance to the disadvantage for which no similar set-off can be shown in the advertisement duty. The injurious effects of a penalty, or tax, upon the unemployed for endeavouring to obtain employment by making known their wants, which the advertise mentthat, duty imposes, and the barrier which it forms to beneficial interchanges of various kinds, render it so objectionable i n a moral as well as fiscal point of view, p t that im t a t h r ye object; meeting forwould it should do well be to borne select eicnt mind n d a s the if either or both the other items are pressed in eon . brought t , junction with the repeal of t u h n e te a n d a v b e l r e ti t s b e a na t en t t be o duty the ground becomes then e: e w n ou . ld be made up by increase in the other fi de ele pa n r cY departments the notice o f the Chancellor of and he therefore the quest ion will not be new to him , We know that th e sub j ect has already dythe be E en xc b h r parties connected with the Moreover, not only have taken up the question, but will not be unprepared for renewed application. London newspaper press t'and as well as in Ireland, papers in England and bco of the respective coun. large numbers of the proprietors of country news. and these, through the Members he measure. are prepared to urge forward t stand connected, ties and boroughs with wh ich they Publish ers and authors are not less interested in this question works of than the classes appealed to in the notice calling theown meeting, for the expense of making known small price is known to absorb the total p roceeds un less indeed the sale is very large , an d thus a great im pediment is presented to pu blishing . Ad ve rtising is nto the i as yet in its infancy. An examination of soety avo cations and wants of the differe nt class ci es will show how numerous are their requirements, for though the poet said — n or wants that " Man wants but little here below, little long," want services neous. Some want e m p lo y ment, some some to let, some to are very miscella yet if his wants are little they so me want to buy, som e to sell; hire; some to borr ow, some to lend; some to solicit roper objects for their benevolence, som e to find p pupils, some tutors or go bounty ; some require A n ything which interp oses a barrier long catalogue. to the interchang e of the services or good o ffices of verne sses ; indeed t o exhaust the list would form a ; more so over, ing in it is each other is ba neful ; still more so that which inter poses a barrier even t o the attempt at interchange. The advertiseme nt tax does both and revenue, that the concentra the amount yielded to t he • point, followed Up by a trifl unequal and unjust in its p ressure, tion of the meeting to this judicious course of action, could scarcely fail of being successful. ___________ In another column will be found extracts from a pamphlet now on the eve of publication, relating to our colonial possessions; and, in a particular manner, 1913 N, LONDON. ) TUESDAY P,VENING, MAY 22, to the origin of the present agitation in the Canadas. Anything that can at all tend to enlighten the public ' mind upon a matter of so great importance cannot but 'prove welcome to the community. And the quotations given by curselves, from this bro chure now in the press, will be found to throw considerable light upon the precise character of the Bill of Indemnity which, as an enactment peculiarly obnoxious to the faction of Orangemen, and to magis trates out-at-elbow, and to all unprincipled adventu rers, led to:the insults offered to his Excellency Lord ELGIN, and to the burning of the Parliament House at Montreal. Particular stress, it will be observed, is laid by the pamphleteer upon the introduction of the name of Dr. WOLFRED NELSON into the measure as the principal claimant for compensation ; but even in this instance it still requires to be more definitively proved that the Government acted otherwise than with the most judicious impartiality. Although several official documents of an explana tory character have already been laid before the Lords and Commons by the Administration, we are satisfied oui ortnnt-othGl allal by tny he a eprdaaaerlrf f tre u oi ire l fvrs l aei the deferring a ef mead of justice may be ttehhnaeeyn next exdwayxpatir_ed expression a, n ,npt c oa e oht r fee n isl e aef d rso i wrn n t decided ti he ch he t a oG r w p a oi a n nv r s ei d o e r c e nn d t (it should not be forgotten) are promised by Lord ELGIN in his last communication to the Colonial Secretary. FARADAY ON ELECTRICITY.—Professor Faraday is now delivering a course of lectures at the Royal Insti tution, in which he is gradually unfolding his many wonderful discoveries in regard to that subtle force of nature—electricity. On Saturday afternoon we had the gratification of hearing the third of the series, and we were delighted to observe that, notwithstanding the attractions of her Majesty's drawing-room, a nume rous and fashionable audience had assembled to pay their tribute of attention to the illustrious philosopher. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) This was the first day of Trinity Term, but the Lord Chancellor did not s i t in his Court at Westminster in consequence of slight indisposition. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) :The Master of the Rulls sat at Westminster to-day it being the first day of Trinity Term. His Lordship heard motions, but no case of any interest came before him during the morning. VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE•CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) This was the first day of Trinity Term and his Honour heard motions. ROBERTS V. ROBERTS. The arguments in this case, which came before the Court upon motion for a new trial, occupied his Honour the whole morning. (Before the Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BnucE.) His Honour did not sit to-day till eleven o'clock. The Court took motions, but nothing of iuterest except to the parties concerned came before it during the morning. (Before the Vice• Chancellor WIGRAM.) His Honour having disposed of the case of Douglas v. Willies and the motions before him, proceeded to hear the further arguments in the part-heard cause of Reynell v. Sprye, which occupied the whole morning. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) This being the first day of Trinity Term, the Lord Chief Baron Pollock, Mr. Baron Alderson, Mr. Baron Rolfe, and Mr. Baron Platt, took their seats upon the bench shortly after 10 o'clock. BEER AND ANOTHER V. MOORE. This was an action which was tried before the Chief Baron at the last sittings after term, at Guildhall, and in which a verdict was found for the defendant. Mr. GREENWOOD now applied for a rule to show cause why a new trial should not be granted, on the ground of misdirection, and the improper exclusion of evidence. The action was brought by the plaintiffs, who are attornies, to recover the sum of 261. from the defendant, being the costs incurred in a case of Moore v. Brooking. The defendant denied that he had given any authority to the plaintiffs to institute the proceedings, and the plaintiffs tendered certain letters which had passed between the defendant and his agent, and which they contended was a sufficient authority for them to proceed. On the trial the Lord Chief Baron refused to admit these letters, and on that ground application was made for a new trial. The Court took time to consider. COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.) The Judges in this court were Lord Chief Justice Wilde, Mr. Justice Coltman, Mr. Justice Cresswell, and Mr. Justice Williams. No ease of sufficient importance to justify a report came on during the morning. MONEY and COMMERCIAL. NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at from 7,000 to 8,000 bales, including 6,000 American; 800 Pernam and Maranhams, 44d. to 511; 200 Bahia, 4-id. to 5d.; 500 Surat, 3d. to W.; and Levant, 9,1. to l lid. per lb. The market cicsed firmly. In Railway Shares only a limited business was done. The fluctuating state of the weather proves rather in jurious to our home trade, although understood to be not unfavourable to the growing crops. The steamer Cambria is telegraphed as having arrived, and some particulars which we have in town are interest ing. The money market was in a comparatively favourable position, and although the cotton failure is still insisted upon, it appears to be admitted that there is time to put in fresh plants. Tbe riots in Canada having been suppressed, there is no question of more immediate interest in the colony than that of the great trunk railway. In the official re port it is stated:— .‘ The mails, troops, munitions of war, commissariat supplies, and all public stores would naturally pass by it, as the safest, speediest, and cheapest means of convey ance. If a straight line be drawn from Cape Clear, in e ed lat b t y er th is r , e t e he d r a e y fo s re ne o a n r t ly he , i d n ire s c te t a r m ou e t r e s: and as the sea voyag e across t h e A t Ireland, to New York, it w ill cut t h roug h or pass close ' lantic to New York s x. hor T te h n m to a H y a b l e ita it is not improbable that on that account, when the branch railroad to St. John is completed, and other lines to connect on with those in the United States, the whole or the greater portion of the passenger traffic between the Old and New World would pass through Halifax, and over a great section of the proposed railway. But the great object for the railway to attain, and which, if it should be able to ac complish, its capability to pay the interest of the capital expended would be undoubted, is to supersede the long and dangerous passage to Quebec by the Gulf of St. Lawrence. To make two voyages in a season, vessels are obliged to leave England earlier, and encounter the dangers of the ice in the Gulf much sooner than it is sate or prudent for t h e m to do. The loss of life and property which has oc curred from this cause, and returning late in the autumn, has been enormous. It cannot be ascertained, but pro bably it would have more than paid for the rail way. An opinion may, however, be formed of it from the rates of insurance, which in the spring and autumn are as high as 10 per cent. A much higher rate than to any other part of the world. The navigation of the St. Lawrence is closed for about six months of every year. During the whole of this periad all the produce of the country is locked up, and neces sarily lies unproductive on the hands of the holders. " The surplus agricultural produce of the year cannot be got ready to be shipped in the season it is produced. In the winter of 1846-7, it has been stated on good authority, that 500,000 barrels of flour were detained in Montreal at the time when famine was raging its Ireland. As soon as the season opened, there was such a demand for shipping to carry provisions, that the ordinary course of the timber trade was deranged by it. " All this would have been prevented had the railway been then in existence. " Fur six months in the year then the St. Lawrence would cease to be a competitor with the railway, and large quantities of produce would be certain to be for warded by it. " For the other six months of the year it would have also the following strong claims to preference:— Rapidity of transport, the saving of heavy insurance, cheaper rate of freight from Halifax , ves sels en g a g ed in ine Canadian trade could make three voyages to Halifax for t wo to Quebec. The trade which is now crowded I into mouths, to the great inconvenience of every one concerned, necessar y rendering larg e stocks on band, would be diffused equally over the whole Year. It is most probable that these advantages will be found so great that only the bulky and weighty articles of commerce, such as the v ery heavy timber, and a few other goods, will continue to be sent round by the Gulf of St. Law. rence. If such should prove to be the case, then the proposed ra ilway would have as much or perhaps more traffic than a single track could accommodate. The cost of transportation, it is calculated, will not be too high on this line to admit of the above results being . realised, and in that case more "spe-cially if the capital can be raised at a moderate rate of interest, it is considered highly probable that it will even in a commercial point of view, be a profitable un dertaking." The continental advices are again of a complex cha racter; and this affecis Public Securities, although, con sidering the further great fall in the French renter, the steadiness of Consols is a strong proof that no uneasiness is felt here as to our becoming ` embroiled, and the abundance of money , it is concluded, will rather be increased the more uncertainty prevails abroad. The arrivals of specie by private ships are constant, and must in the aggregate make up a large amount. Consols have been 11011 to 91 for Transfer and Account. Bank Stock has varied from 1931 to 195. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 90 to 90i. Exchequer-bills are 4fis. to 475. premium. Foreign Stocks are quite neglected. Spanish Three Per Cents. realise 32i and Portuguese Four per Cents. have been 274. Brazilian are 77i. Mexican ex Coupons have touched 284 and 29. Dutch Two-and-a -$& per Cents. have been 47 to 41. In Railway Shares there is not much doing, and the prices of the English lines have varied but little, though ralhor in favour of buy era. The French ►,ihares are again kWe:. Paris and Rouen have 'alien 1/. to 21., Northel o: France a Y, and Rouen and Havle about _ _ 4:ThE 4 'N ' P !, Et , •-p , 11.PriSti FUME, r%'4_1.0 , 14 PIaCISI ; suk Stock 3 pe , Cent. Reduced A'7.119 ...... poi Cant. Consols Annuities 90% % 91 91 New 3 , 4 per Cent. Ann 5......., 9 O l / 8 14 90 90 1 ,4 90% LongAnns. to expire J an. 1860 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 Ditto 30 yeari., Jan. / 4 ,186 U Lidis Bonds, 1,000/. Consols for Account ,... 90% 7 / 14 5 4 91 9078 .chequer Bills. 154 d. & 2d. 1,0001. June 46 47 p 500/. June Small. June Ditto Advertised, PRICES OF FORF.IGN k UNDIS 46 p CLOSIN PRICES. 77% 01TE O'CLOCK. 77% rirazilian Bonds Ditto, Small Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent — Ditto Deferred 39 3% Mexican, .", per Cent. 1846, with Coupons 30 1 / 30% Ditto, Ex Coupons Ditto, Account ••••• 281.4 % 28% Portuguese 5 per Cents. — Ditto,4 per Cent 27% t'.penish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account . Ditto, 3 per Cent ... 32% oividenus on the above payable in London, Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild 47 47% 48 Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 74 1 ,E PRICES OF BUSINESS DOSE CLOsIN . PAID. ' A ILWA Y SHARES. AT OlciE O'CLOCK. LILICE , - . ... Birming, Wolverh'ton, and Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guarantee 10 ..... 14 %.... ........... 141/4 ilristol and Exeter 9O ...... , 6O Caledonian . 26 Do. New 101. Pref..... 10 ..., ll% .......... in .. .. 11;4 2 :in Chester and Holyhead... 50 10 ton, Stamfd & i ßirm. 5 E iSt Anglia, 251., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 Do., 181., E. & H.... 18 Do., 31. 105. Eastern Counties 2O ...... 8% . Do. New Guaranteed 6 per Cent..... . lO ...... 11 1 ...... .. ... .... Eastern Union, Class A (late E. I. Shares) 25 Do., Class B (I. & B.) 22% 5% Ditto, Class C, ditto—. 22 1 54 East Lancashire Ditto, New East Lincolnshire Treat Northern ••• . — Do., ! / . 2 A Deferred.... 12% — ..... . 4 3 / Do. Extension ..—. ... 25 ..' l l4 ... l% Great Western 100 Ditto, IA Shares 23 ..... 17 16% Ditto, Fifths ..... ...... 20 Ditto, New 171....... 15 ... Hull and Selby D 0.% Shares(A)... 914 — .. London & 131ackwa11...... 12% 4% 4% Locoon and N. Whaiem luu l2B 127 127 Ditto, New Quarters.. 7 ...... 10 1 5 4 7 11 9 % 1). i to, Fifths, ..... .. .. 2 .... . 7 'di .. 7 1 4 Lona. & S. Wostern 5O ..... 34 IA D,,. New 501. ~ Ditto, New 101. Pref Midland ... ... —lOO ..... 68 67% .... __ Do., do., 501. Shares... 25 ... .. 13 1 / 4 3 / 4 LA Norfolk ...... ..... ....100 North British ........ ... 25 Ditto, Halves .. Ditto, Thirds .... .. .. 8% .. Scottish Central Shrewsbury and Birm... 11 Ditto ditto. Class B. 7 Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) South Easter' Do., No. 3 ....... ...... 30 ...... 20 Do., Scrip No 4 S)uth Wales Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... ..... 50 Do. do. do. 25 York, Newcastle, and Berwick. .... .. ........ '25 Do. Newcastle Eaten. 20 Do. G.N.E.Yreference 8 ... 4 4 5, % ... York and North Midland 50 ..... 29% 29 ..... . 29% Ditto, Preference FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 27 3 % 16 1 4 325,8 11 1 4 7 - Boulogne and Amiens... 20 6%% ex. coup... 6% x.c Central of France (Or- Vierzon) Great Indian Peninsular _ 5 Do. Do. 10s. Namur and Liege ...... 20 ... Northern of France Paris and Rouen 2O 18 Paris and Strasbourg ... 10 Rouen and Havre ...... 20 Tours and Nantes .. 11 3 JOINT STOCK BANKS. Union of London...—. 10 10% lO% EPSOM RACES. (THIS DAY.)-BY EXPRESS. The Craven Stakes. Swordplayer ... Black Eagle ... Telegraph ... Lepid us ... Swordplayer and Black Eagle ran a dead beat, and then divided the stakes. The Woodcote Stakes. Mr. Gratwieke's b f Countess ... Major Martyn's The Swede ... Lord Chesterfield's Lampoon filly ... ... 2 LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAY 23. —Wind this day at noon, S, light breeze and dull cloudy weather, with rain. RAMSGATE, MAY 21.—A large ship was seen on the 12th instant, with loss of fore topmast, by the Gilbert Munroe, Maclean, arrived off this port. Off port-21st, Gilbert INlunroe, Maclean, St. Lucia, experienced a very heavy gale on the 11th, from the south. LIVERPOOL, MAY 21.—Wind S.--Arrd. Alert, Crans town, New Orleans; Tucker, Chapman, New Orleans ; Marchioness of Queensburry,M'Cullum, Savannah. 20th. Janina, Johns, Calcutta; Libra, Moir, Porto Rico ; Free man, Bailey, Jamaica; Victoria, Le Gresley, Laguna ; Bombay, New Orleans; Lord Sandon, Walsh, New Or. leans ; Nathaniel, Thompson, New Orleans ; Cove nanter, Patterson, Apalachicola; Jane Hammond. Vaughan, Savannah ; Lydia Soule, Savannah • Tusca riosa, Farley, Philadelphia; Columbia, Furber, New York. 21st. Bellaris, Rees, Calcutta; Limena, Porto Rico ; lrlam, Hobson, Hayti ; Friendship, Clel land, Cuba ; Ellen, Pentecost, New Orleans; John Fielding, Strange, Apalachicola. Sid. Governor Varty, Calcutta ; Tusket, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Off port, Mary, Africa; Mary Ray, Demerara; St. Vincent, Shepherd, St. Vincent. Cons, MAY It—The Alexandrine Victoria, has been in collision with the Brig Mountain Maid. The latter had her figure-head, cut-water, &c., carried sway. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY HAT• 11/AMILETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 ,10s to 41 ; Clover ditto, 31 58 to 51 Os ' • and Straw, 11 6s to 11 10 3 p er load. Supply tolerably good, and trade dull. CUMBERLAND. Meadow Hay, 21 12s to 41 Os ; Clover ditto, 31 5s to 4/ 16s ; and Straw, 11 6s to 11 lOs per load. A moderate supply, and a sluggish demand. WHITECHAPEL.--MeadOW Hay, 21 105 to 41 Os ; Clover ditto, 31 5s to Si Os; and Straw, 116 s to 1/ 10e per load. Trade dull, at barely stationary prices. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The market for British Plantation is compa ratively quiet, sales only 290 hhds, including 125 hhds Barbadoes, which realised 39s 6d to 41s for low to good yellow; 13,000 bags Mauritius sold with much spirit, in some instances at rather higher rates mid to fine yellow 38s 6d to 41s 6d, grey sBs to 40s, brown 36s to 37s 6d, and very low 31s to 325; 3,500 bags Bengal only partly sold, without material change in values, but 2,000 bags Madras sold freely at previous rates ; good white 42s 6d to 43i 64, and brown 32s to 35s 6d. The stock of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 1,240 hhds, 287 tierces, 239 barrels; there were taken for home consumption 1,837 hhds, 137 tiErce, i 257 barrels. The stock in the same places is 10,646 hhds, 1,803 tierces, 2,506 barrels. COFFEE —l4O casks and 130 bags Plantation Ceylon were withdrawn above the market value; but 670 bags Native found buyers at 32s to 333 6d for common ord. to superior quality ; 100 bales Mocha sold at higher rates; clean garbled at 54s to 555, and fine old long berry at 76s to 78s. Rust —The quantity landed last week at the East t a a nd West kenfor Docks h ome was 2 consumption 89 puns i 65 1 hds. T puns hhds. There e a r were and dex. ported 38 puns 115 hhds. The stock in the same place is 19,052 puns 2,554 hhds. . RICE.-5,900 bap 3,700 pockets Bengal were mostly sold at lOs 6d to lls Gd for good and finewhite, 9s to 108 for mid to good mid, and Si to 8s 6d for broken; 300 bags pinky Madras brought Bs, and 200 bags Penang were partly sold at 6s for low white. SALTPETRE.— 3,770 bags Bengal were only half sold at 1s decline; 6/ to 2/ per cent. refraction brought 27s to 2as. SPICES.-360 bags Black Pepper sold readily at the previous value of 2id to 2id for fair half heavy- Ma labar. TALLOW.—P. Y. C. is 38s 9d to 39a per cwt ; and Town. 39, 6d. TEA.—The market is tolerably steady, with fair deli veries, though not quite so large as about a fortnigh since. Green is barely so high in value. DEPARTURE or THE COURT FROM BUCKINGHAM PALACE.— Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the junior members of the Royal Family, and at tended by a numerous suite, left Buckingham Palace this morning at five minutes before ten, in five of the royal carriages, for the Nino Elms station of the South- Western Railway, from whence the august party pro ceeded by special train to Gosport, en route for Osborne, Isle of Wight. The escort consisted of a detachment of the 11th Light Dragoons (Hussats). On Sunday afternoon, a little after two o'clock, as several companies of the 46th Regiment, led by the band, were proceeding down London-road to St. Silas's Church, a spirited horse in a car belonging to John Lyon took fright, it is supposed, at the music, and dashed through the ranks of the soldiers and a crowd of persons who were following the troops.. One of the ser geants and a corps ral belonging to the regiment and two boys were knocked down and seriously hurt.—Liverpool - - THE METROPOLITAN FIN'ANCIAL AND PARLIAMENTARY REFORM ASSOCIA TION.—('PHIS DAY.) The first public meeting of this association was held this afternoon at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate street. It was most numerously attended, and amongst those who occupied seats on the platform we observed — Arthur Anderson, Esq., M.P., Ralphi Bernal Osborne Esq., M.P., John Williams,Esq., M.P., B. M. Wilcox Esq., M.P., Colonel Thompson, M.P., Lawrence Hey worth, Esq., M.P., George Thompson, Esq , M.P., J. A. Roebuck, Esq., M.P., Thomas Prout, Esq, William Arthur Wilkinson, Esq., Treasurer, W. Williams, Esq., William Clark, Esq., William John Hall, H. Tindal Atkinson, Esq., Summers Harford, Esq., William M'Rae, Esq., Frederick Gaskell, Esq., Robert Russell, Esq., Rupert Kettle, Esq., Sir Fraucis Knowles, Bart., H. C. Miissingham, John Matson, Esq., 'l'. K. Pritchard, Esq., G. W. M. Reynolds, Esq., H. G. Robinson, Esq , Samuel Harrison, Esq., J. M'Enteer, Esq., John Cassell, Esq., G. E. Defines, lesq., William White, jun., Esq., John Ormerod, E-q ,D. M'Donell, Esq., J. A. Lion, Esq., John Collett, &q.. William Bower, Esq., W . H. Ashurst, Esq., Richard Taylor, Esq., Ward, Esq., of, Liverpool, Professor C. G. Kries, of Breslau, Jesse Cullum, Esq., James Barringer, Esq., J. G. Phillimore, Esq., Luke Erebleton, Esq ~1)r. Kinnuird, Dr. Longstaff, Joseph Phelps, Esq., Edwin James, Esq., H. M. Drummond, Esq., T. Rhoads, Esq., J. G. Rhoads, Esq., W. J. Harris, Esq., Rev. G. H. Stoddart, George Hyde , Esq., Joseph Sturge, Esq., Charles Gilpin, Esq., Thomas James Serie, Esq.,Wm. Whitaker, E 41., John Downes, Esq., of Ware, .George Webster, Esq., A. L. Saul, Esq., J. C. Howett, Esq., T. Satterley, Esq., Richard Dixon, Esq., 11. Harper, Esq,; Messrs. Roberts, Murray, Altord, Aitken, S. I'. Clark, of Princes Risbo rough, Shillibeer, Colvill, Edwards, Harbord, Howard, Manning, Harding, Hough, Coupland, Ward, Purvis, Allen, Landley, &c., &c. At one o'clock the ;chair was taken by Sir Joshua Walmsley, the President of the association, who was greeted with loud and prolonged cheering. The Cuetameat, in opening the business of the day, read the placard convening the meeting and then pro ceeded to speak as follows:—Gentlemen, in taking the chair on this occasion, on behalf of the association, I have to request a fair and impartial hearing for every man who may choose to address you upon the subject we have met to consider.—(Hear, hear.) Let me remind you that it is necessary that, in order that each man should be beard, we must remain perfectly silent and at tentive, and I hope you will not call continually for silence, as she never came by calling.—(Cheers and laughter.) I shall first call upon the secretary, the ho norary secretary, to whom we are deeply indebted for the active and zealous service which he has rendered the association, to read a report . which the council have thought it necessary to prepare, that there may be no doubt or question whatever as to the objects of this meeting.—(Cheers.) Mr. TINDAL ATKINSON then read the following re port:— " The council have the gratification to state that the steps taken to establish a Metropolitan Financial and Parliamentary Reform Association upon a firm, en during, and comprehensive basis, have been attended by striking, unequivocal, and continuous success. " The council believe that success to he mainly owing to the conviction which is hourly forcing itself upon even reluctant and unwilling minds, that the present undue pressure upon the industry and capital of the country has its origin in the evils which spring out of class legislation. "The council are strengthened in that belief by the fact that the association, in existence scat cely three months, is daily receiving large accessions to its num bers, and already comprises the names of many of the oldest, ablest, and most distinguished advocates of the extension of civil rights. - Funds have been contributed amply sufficient to meet the demaude ot the r present. Numerous district societies, springing out of the central association, are in active and vigorous operation in dif ferent parts of the metropolis, comprising several thousands of zealous and ardent reformers, all engaged in aid of the common object. And London, which in the early pail et the year was behind the provinces in the growing agitation for Financial and Parliamentary Reform, now occupies than leading position to which it is entitled, not more from its population and its wealth, than from its public spirit and its pervading intelligence. " Deeply impresseo with the conviction that no eff c tual nor lasting relief from the present unequally imposed and heavy burden of taxation can or will take place until the tax-payers have a more direct influence in the election of the representatives who have to deal with the national resources, the council, after much anxious solicitude and careful deliberation, came to the conclu sion that the agitation for Parliamentary Reform should precede that for financial ameliorations. In adopting this policy, the council were Hilly aware that the great difficulty to be met and overcome lay in the difference of opinion which prevailed among their fellow-reformers upon the subject of widening the suffrage. The council, upon mature consideration, have decided upon advocating such an extension of the franchise as will give to every male occupier of a tenement, or any portion of a tene , went, the right to be registered an elector; the only condition coupled with that right being, not the payment of rates, but the fact of being rated or having claimed to be rated for the relief of the poor in respect of the qua lifying premises. The effect of such a measure in strengthening the popular voice in the House of Com ) mons may be interred from the fact that the present 3 constituency of the United Kingdom would be increased by the addition of upeards ut two millions of voter , The council seek to invest this extended right o, vot:ng with the shelter of the ballot; and in order to keep actively alive that sense of responsibility, which, in the public business of the nation as in the private affairs ot lite, secures the faith ful exercise of a power held in trust, they advocate the return to the old consitutional system of triennial Par liaments; while another and not less important change sought for in our representative system will be that which will give a more equal apportionment of Members to const.ituents. The council believe that such an ex tension of civil privileges is due not more to the increased intelligence of the people than it is called for by the peculiar exigencies of the times; they believe that that legislation is fraught with wisdom which concedes dure ring a period of comparative tranquillity rights which have been too long withheld; and that no policy is more pregnant with danger .than that which yields only to iorce what is stubbornly denied to a sense of justice. Looking to the history of the past, the council be lieve that neither of the two great parties in the state will concede to the popular voice the reforms demanded, until the appeal acquires consistency and force through the medium of a powerful and numerous combination of all classes of reformers. Under this impression the council enter into a well-considered system of vigorous, extensive, but strictly legal agitation. They will en deavour to enlist in the cause they have embraced all the available elements, of moral power. District and periodical aggregate public meetings will be held, tracts will be distributed, aid will be imparted to the various metropolitan registration societies now in existence for watching over the interests of liberal voters, and impor tant facilities will be offered for the acquisition of 40s. freeholds in the surrounding counties. " The council have now briefly stated some of the more important objects to be accomplished, and the means by which it is proposed to attain them. They appeal, in conclusion, to the two great bodies of the community—the middle and productive classes—for zealous co-operation, and active and energetic support. They appeal especially to the unenfranchised masses, for whose social and apolitical elevation the association has been called into existence. And, deeply interested in the existence of order, the preservation of public credit, and the inviolability ot the rights of property, the coun cil believe that no greater calamity can beial a nation than a protracted and obstinate resistance, on the part of the Government, to temperate and moderate demands for the extension of civil rights."—(The reading of the re port was repeatedly interrupted with bursts of applause.) The council whom lie had the honour to represent had alluded with considerable anxiety to the result of that, the first meeting of the association.—(Hear, hear.) They had looked to it, indeed, with that anxiety which they considered proportionate to the interests at stake. He was persuaded that they would unite with him in expressing their gratification at witnessing that great and influential response which had been just given to the cause.—(Loud cheer,) That numerous and highly influential meeting was a proof that the middle classes of the city of London sympathised with the unenfran chised classes in their efforts to obtain an extension of the suffrage.—{Loud cheers.) He thought that earnest response was a sign of future success, arid that it would give new zeal and energy to the executive which had hitherto worked so zealously for the object which they had met to promote.—(Hear.) Und er or di nar it cir cumstances might be desirable that he should offer some explanation why a comparative stranger, possessing no . local standing, nor the talent of many whom he saw around him, saould occupy the prominent position which had been conceded to him on that occasion. Their time was, however, too valuable and too important to give place to personal explanations—(Hear, hear)—and he should content himself with saying, that as he did not seek the position, neither would he hesitate a moment to relinquish it when ever the interest of the cause they advocated should call for such a change.—(Loud cheers.) A declaration of their principles and several documents had been sent forth by the council, but to avoid doubt and miscon ception as to the objects of the association, or the measures which they proposed for the attainment of those objects, the council had thought it desirable to prepare and promulgate the report which had just been received. That report had the full concurrence of every member of the council, and ho trusted that it wculd have the earnest and zealous support of every reformer.—(Hear.) There were thus,: among them, and he hesitated not to declare it, as one who looked even beyond those principles in the report—(Loud cheers)—who , desired to divide them in opinion. , They had given the best consideration to the subject, and adopted those means which they thought most desirable and advisable to carry out their great ob jects, viz., the greatestextension of the suffrage according to those with whom they had now to deal. The policy of those who opposed them would be to throw discord and contention into their ranks. But they must avoid that, and mustendeavour to prevent them causing distrust on the one baud and fear on the other. But if the people were united their reply to all taunts would be, that they would have a full, free, and faii trial for their prin ciples.—(Loud cheers.) The property class de nounced their popsy and agitation as subversive of order, and dangerous to the institutions of the country.—(Laughter.) But the peacefulness of their councils and justice of their cause was a sufficient answer to all they could say.—(Hear, hear, and cheers,) He hoped they would never cease their agitation so lone. as from three to four millions of their fellow. men, who were entitled to the franchises .of themst.lves, were denied a vote iu the distribution or 'those tunas to which they had concributed.•— (Loud cheering.) The people, however, were now better instructed--(Hear) 47 p 44p 13% 35 13 1 ,4 53 3 % 24 8 % 18% 4 94 • . _ —they possessed better knowledge of their own pawerr, (Hear)—and if they would but be united—if they vn" not suffer their opponents to distract their councils , they could not long be denied their full and fair participation of civil rights-.—(Bear, hear' ) The maintenance of order was s o neceseal to ti at i . would aimost seem a work of supererogati on were say a word in its defence, was it not that men either led away by their zeal rather than by their judgment, which gave occasion to the enemi es ° reform and the supporters of things as 00%1 were to confound a desire for the rem of abuses with sedition, and progressive refor m for revolution. They knew now that without el' der the best intention, the first principles, were valueless. It was this conclusion that induce d the utmost caution and circumspection in any pro fessions for organic change; but in desiring ° avoid Scylla they must be careful and not rush upon Charybdis.—(Htar, hear.) In advocating their rig hts they must take care they did not perpLAuate abuses which destroyed all connexion between the governo rs and the governed.—(Hear, hear.) There were fesr amongst them who did not feel the extreme pressLo c of taxation; they were, therefore, fully alive to thc, abuses before their eves; and there were few arnougl them who did not look with fear to that wide-spread eel deep-rooted disaffection that pervaded a large Infos of the unenfraeciaised classes. Whichever way they lec ke the political and financial state of the coul was most unsaiistactory.—(Cheers.) They saw a r e P l i and continuous increase of expenditure, a thougbri c .! e abuse of patronage, susteetation of the army and e s 't totally disproportionate to their wants, a syeten 3 0 ° colonial government which had as many hues a the cameleon (Great laughter) which had - ef reference to the merits of the country nor the interes of the mother country, and they saw a dogged reso le ' tiou on the part of their rulers to withhold the acir c T sion of the people within the portals of the co ns "; tution.—(Loud cheers.) Under such cirumstae ce e it was the duty of every good citieleee to seek that control over the public purse and of pu lo affairs which reason and common sense assured tee,o to he the basis of good government—(Cheers) tes enforce economy and retrenchment in every departr ec ee r of the State—to see property made to bear 'its P r° fie d burden (Hear, hear) that education be Pi s 'c i d within the reach of all—economy and self reliance - e s o f that the House of Commons be made the just reflel the public mind, and that self-reliance; ecoecei and peace should take the place of discont ee extravagance, and coercion. (Loud e heertege', They sought the accomplishment of these till by the mot loyal and peaceful means—(Cheers)- strong in the justice of their cause, calling for the s he port of every class, creed, and party.—(Cheers.) .„ 0 , then glanced again at the objects of the Assocat t e stated ,that each speaker would be limited to O°W minutes, and said they would soon call latge ee,e l ete meetings.—(Cheers, and a cry of " Govent Garde He was sure they would be excused, under existing cir o , curestances, in not having a larger building on the t ig , sent occasion . On the next occasion of their ineet'",eee please God, they would have a larger.—(Cheerst e 7o cries of " We will have the House of Commons.") P i) ele o gentleman said they would have the House of Corers - a He trusted that the House would be made .e tr e es useful, and that it would, ere long, be nee indeed the people's house.—(Great cheers.) The ee • resolution he was proud to say would be proposed wi e ld man, whom it was almost unnecessary to name, 5 °4 veteran Reformer, known to all far better, he was Ter to say, than to himself, he meant Mr. Richard lor.—(Great cheering.) h et Mr. R. TAYLOR then came forward to move th e , e gid resolution, and was received with the moat enthanje cheering. However ill he was qualified to discharg e ol e duty assigned to him, still, as the honour had beau c ote ferred upon him of moving the first resol at he did not hesitate to do so. As an ol d f ee habitant of the metropolis, and one l ei adopted the principles set forth ' in the report of d Council, he could not shrink from the perforroa nce .o) the duty that had been placed upon him.—(Heart 11 ` f or He still held the opinions of his youth, and ever}' that was added to his life he telt more and we e re f eer importance of holding those opinions. He we'll" move the first resolution, which was as follows:- -- nes tri, " That, ins the present contest between the ea f v - 000 of a searching reform in the national finance s olt the Parliamentary representation on the one e f e et and the upholders of a system which favours th e or at the expense of the millions, on the other, it is P eeeti tent to strengthen and give effect to public oplivog through the medium of an organised body, 1°) t i reformers of all grades; and that the esta blisheloi the Metropolitan Financial and Parliamentary S_ A l e vel Association is therefore a matter not only of expe"' but likewise of paramount necessity."—(Cheers) de o The resolution did not go into the question ia tei of the objects of this association, but only called 0 ° meeting to agree in the establishment of the ,Hes s",po/ for giving effect to those opinions. He wool 08 0 detain the meeting further than to impress upon to e the necessity of such a mode of agitation as wa s di proposed.—(Hear.) What they wanted was ° l o 'o o effect to the power of the people in the Commons ele) which they were now deprived of.—(Hear, h oe d He believed that he had not occupied mere, five minutes of the twenty allowed to him, but 000 aitting to give the other 15 minutes to some reformer, of whom he saw several present.—(Chee r , I The meeting had not concluded when our r e port 's. ItUlt Y-LANE THEATRE• GERMAN OPERA. or Her Majesty and Prince Alb er t h onoure d the 1 1 formances at this theatre with their presence last e o ' n et ing. The house was of course crowded, and no e° oo o hud her Majesty made her appearance in her b 0 etl; the whole house rose and greeted her with the 11 1 ° 5 0 0 thusiastic cheering. Her Majesty came to the f r° oot, the box and grac(- fully acknowledged the loyal gr ee os The National Anthem was then sung, a nd was re e ' yd with the most enthusiastic loyalty, an d Majesty again bowed her acknowledgment s J P opera chosen for the occasion was Flotow's stroll 1 one of the weakest compositions of one cf the weske, modern composers. All that could be done for l' t done for it last night by the German compatli , 1 1 1 0 011 , success was not greater than on its production • o p!' English dress some years since. The perforrnifeirj concluded with the second and third acts of Der be e, chutz, which were gloriously given. Never have if e e ttN the Huntsman's and Bridesmaid's choruses so su p s rendered. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE' FRENCH OPERA. Boisselot's opera comique, Ne Touchez pas a la obi, c l was produced here last evening with that succ o6 „,o ll ; has been the invariable attendant of this most cloot, 1 , 1 opera at all the continental theatres. The libre t slij Scribe and Gustave Vaez is a model for d il l . - ) I'. writers, and, independently of its merits as an oP e lt , -tif ca ll ; Touchez pas a la Reine is one of the most perfecoilicl 01 strutted dramas ever produced. The scene i.e the court of Leon, and the story turns on the treu'b rule of etiquette at the Court, by which to toshcio 1,1 sovereign's person, even to save life, is punish COO death. In the opera, Don Fernando d'Agullo r ,„o9: l dere), whose father had been dispossessed of ti and station by Don Fabrique, the Regent of Delo o , saved the life of the Queen, a minor, but, Il i po°,f , so, has held her in his arms. He almost penniless, but is befriended by te fliv; mus, the Court jeweller, and his prettf Estrella. Of the latter, the Regent is desP e c r so o ,/, enamoured, even to tl e extent of promising to grfra request she may make. She demands the comins l3 4 o company for Fernando, whom the Queen, who f' • hers his service, though she fears to expose him t° it for having " touched' her, attaches to her Court• l r b e moment when the Queen has fallen asleep to :p e r , I '' infliction of some state affairs intruded on "d o i the Regent, Don Fernando cannot resist the tfbo,,,, tion to snatch a kiss. Seen by the R egen t, "' 7, 1 course hates him, he is hurried off to punishment4alor, the Regent has made a night assignation in th 9 „r e with Estrella; the Queen, by arrangement with l'or ter, takes her place; and, when the lights are broilg a ol the Regent is discovered kneeling at the feet of 11 ' 5 1 1 0 0 0 reign and pupil, embracing her and ki,eing b e , r ,, $l O l. By the law of the kingdom of Leon, it is the Ninb $ 1 ,„ who can dispense with the severe punisbrne6oo7, tackled to this crime of etiquette. The young r 10 0 by choosing Don Fernando' d'Aguilar for b, 9 , 4 1 1 6, band, at the same time releases him, and enebl a jog o to pardon the Regent fur his involuntary las e ,;prileo The music, by Boisselot, is lively, sparkling, aPP,„'"," f eg and thoroughly dramatic, and sometimes rises " - ,,005 11 1 10 level of comic opera—as, for instance, i n t he °r o je scene of the last act, which was given by Made ° o 01 0 ( (Marton (who acted the Queen) with great Isi 0 0 0 , 0 i t m ense power, and wonderful execution. It ig ll5 ,OP; the most brilliant musical displays we have witeoliolg a long time, and drew down the most entntl' 1 9.01" plaus ,, , Indeed the whole of the mus i c tha t fell $1 share of Mademoiselle Charton w as adruir l ' g bil ted e l dertd, and her acting was exqui s it e . She wo'„ich' d • the Queen of the evening. Mademoiselle ' of' as Estrella was the most lively and coquettiebv:ioollo brettes, and sang as she always sings, de es Oa/ Zelger was the Regent, and his magnificent c , s ,dert i e• did full justice to the music of the part; and V i i". s ol d "g Fernando was the most interesting of lovers' ,r i a et' b 'y Toi qui seduit" was beautifully rendered, and 'AI ir t1 ;0 1 0 throughout was full of spirit. The opera Was put ou the stage. The orchestra, under tbe t 7 u - ass e ," ‘ S of the prince of conductors, Charles J'oeo„ e ", was perfect. Charton, Couderc, and Zelger ePP, i e die o " a • the conclusi on i n o b e di ence to t h e ca ll o f the sw ell o p Y d . and there was afterwards a separate call (a as led B' served compliment) for M u dile. G o ichard, wb° w ; -- to l by Zelger. he I ouchez pus ala Reine bids b t h , co, - ; come es great a fav o urit e in Engl a nd as it is on t o g Jr d tinent. The National Anthem was sung du by course of the evening, the sole parts being tak e° Messent and M. Octave. , - _ - ------------ ..h, DIED. cp s ' 11 . 1 r 11 0 ,0 On the 17th instant, at No. 14, Cha Ipl cc , `-',,,- ,sire square, Major Thomas Maynor, late of the L :l6th , -* --1 der b 1 Madras Native Infantry. lc At ,New Zealand, in the 26th year of his ago , - Wl e Ad A W o y b n r n ey e , A t u rm br e cy 4 , , o s f eco th n e d Rsooynalot'Colonel Harcourt o l isr' Regiment of Horse tila (Blue . sho r Z'oc o On the 17th inst., at her residence in Shrew Hon. Louisa Ann, relict of Lieutenant-Colonel .'i,egert Knyvett Leighton, and fourth daughter of et- ~ Le t " . Viscount Donerle. On the loth inst., of disease of the hea rt, Afar— s 0 Hill, &q , aged 58. Rife 0f 111 On the 20th inst. , at Bis h op's Stoke Rectory', l Very Rev. the Dean of •,', inclaester, aged 68. , _. 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