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NEW BOOKS DAYPUBLFSHED I. THI Mr. ELIOT WARBURTON'S PRINCE RUPERT. 3 Yobi. Bvo., 21. 2s. TT Mr. COT KRAN'S HISTORY of ,ne CONSTITUENT NATIONAL ASSEMBLY of FRANCE from * y, 1848. 2 vols., 21s. EL - _ The Hon. HENRY J. COKE's VIENNA, in October 1848. Post goo., 7s. 6d. Mr. HERMAN MELVILLE'S MARDI. 3 vols., 313. 6d V. 11r, O'REILLY'S EXPBDITION to the WHITE NILE. 2 vols., 41s. .... VI. Mr. BELL'S MEMORIALS of tts CIVIL WAR. 2 vols. Bvo., 20s. ___ , TIT Mr. J. F. COOPE R'S SEA LlO7. r. Second Edition, 3 vois. 31$. 6d. Mr. MORIER'S MARTIN TOU'I BOND. New Edition. 12s, —.. _ . IX. Mr. MACKAY'S WESTERN WORLD. 3 vols., 31c 6d EVELYN; or, a Journey from ntockholm to Rome In 1848. 2 ♦ols„ 21s XI. EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND TWELVE; or, the Fall of Na poleon. 3 vols., 31s. 6d. Richard Bentley, _\`ew Burlington-street. Immediately, in 2 vols., N EW WORK BY CAY fAIN MARRYAT, VALERIE. An Autobiography. Henry Colburn, Pub fisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Orders received by all Booksellers. T HE LEGAL TITLE ASSURACE COMPANY. (Provisionally Registered, January 17, 1849.) Capital, 2,000,00C1., in 80,000 Shares, of 251. each. Preliminary Deposit, 2s. 6d. per Share Pro 1-actuses and it'll information may be obtained at the Tempo ary Ofti,es of the Company, laa, Cannon-row, Westminster, on ap neat ion to G. F. HOWE. Hon. Sec., pro tern. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. It Is respectfully announced that a GRAND EXTRA NIGHT, on the scale of former seasons, will to presented on 'THURSDAY EVENING, when will be performed Mozart's celebrated Opera, DON GIOVANNI. With various Entertainments in the Ballet Department. Applications ior Boxes, Stalls, and 'rickets to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre, wher e Pit Tickets may be obtained as usual, price 10s. 6d. each 41T. JAMESSeason 'S 1849. THEATRE. FRENCH PLAYS and OPERA COMIQUE. On MONDAY EVENING The Performances will commence at Half-pOIS .ast Seven o'clock with PHILTRE CHA3IPEN To conclude with NE TOUCHEZ PAS A LA REINE. Mr. Mitchell begs also to announce that, notwithstanding the in =eased expenses of the present entertainment, the prices of admis. *On Are determined as follows: Boxes .. • • 6s. Od . Pit • • • • .. .• .. 3a. Od. Amphitheatre .. 2s. Od. "t. Subscriptions tor the season may be arranged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Sam?, St. James's-street ; Mr. Andrew?, New Bond-street ; and at the Box-odice of the Theatre, which is open daily from eleven till five. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. . Last Appearance of Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi, being her Benefit. THIS EVENING, Will be performed Rossini's celebrated Opera, SE .%I I RA M IDE. Semiramide, Mdlle. Parodi ; Arsace, Mdlle. Alboni; Assur, Signor Coletti ; Idreno, Signor Bartolini ; Oroe, Signor Lablache. To be followed by the principal tableaux of the admired Ballet of fIORETA, By M. P. T. glloni ; the Music - IW - "; - ignor Pagni ; the Scenery by Mr. C. Marshall. Pincipal parts by Mdlle. C. Rosati, Mdlie. Marie Taglioni, and M. Dor. The Selection will comprise the principal Pas of the Ballet. and the admired Tableaux of the Waterfall. Application for Boxes, Stalls, and Ticke s to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre, where Pit Tickets may be obtained, as usual, price 109, 6d. each. Doors open at Seven ; and the Opera to commence at Half-past Seven o'clock. • THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE —GERMAN OPERA. THIS EVENING, Will be performed Beethoven's Opera, FIIIELIO. Performances to commence at Eight o'clock. Private Boxes and Pi ices may be obtained at the Ilex-office ; and itt Messrs. Alnico and Co.'s, 214, Regent street. tit,Arttk. M) L, riA hi AKA Mr. B. Webster, Sete Lessee and Manager. Old Brompton. Will be p^rformed RUNAWAY HUSBANDS. After which a Classical Extravaganza, c IHE SPHINX. To be followed by THE r.OUGH DIAMOND. To conclude with the Farce of LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS. TiIEA nos .KOYAL, AD.ELYIII. Under the direction u. AR tutame Celesta. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE IRISH POST. After which a new grand Extravaga,za, entitled THE DEVIL'S VIOLIN AND THE REVOLT OF THE FLOWERS. To conclude with a Farce, called GOING TO THE DERBY THE DERBY U.Y. Mr. Jeremiah Twiddle, Mr. Wright: Mr. John James Chucks, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Captain Nobble, Mr. Worrell ; Mrs. Chucks, Mrs. Matthews ; Mrs. Twiddle, Mist Woolgar. EOTAL LYCz.UM Under the Maniggement of Madame Vesting. zolQ Lcvsea, Mr. Chatter Ma hewn. TII IS EVENING Will be• performed KILL OR CURE. After which, A WONDERFUL WOMAN. To tonclude with TILE SEVEN CHAMPIONS OP CHRISTEN DOM. _ _ _ _ Dreis tuxes, 55.; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, ls. .No Stall-price to any part of the house. The New 14ox-otilee, No. 2, Weilln,gton• street, hi open to the Pubr-c , -NcrY frpra Tan till Six. PRINCESS'S TREATk:g. Mr. J. M. Maddox. Sole Lessee and manager. On MONDAY EVENING Will be presented a new s,rio-comic Drama entitled TILE DE SERTE It. To conclude with the new Domestic Opera, entitled THE BLIND SISTER; or, the Mountain Farm. • Az.sTL.EY': , [LOYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the Patrona d ie 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 ono time : Millies. Adelaide llimfe, Valentine, Louise Touirnaire, La Jeane Jcsepliiite ; Miss Woolford, Barreled, Davidson, Avery, and La Petite Jeanette. In addition to the above Mr. Batty has great pleasure In sr:flounc ing that he has engage i that peerless equestrian Marie Macarte, whose brilliant triumphs on the Continent and in America have ac quired for her the atpellatirn cf the Equestrian Enchantress, 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 3IOOLTAN and GOUJEI , AT ; or, the Conquest of the Selkhs. THIS EVENING, The performance will commence with a Grand Equestrian Spec tacle, by Fltzball, entitled THE WHITE MAIDEN OF CALIFOR NIA; or, the Horse of the Ocean. To be followed by an inimitable display of SCENES IN THE CIRCLE. in which the first Equestrian talent of the day will appear. To conclude with the favourite Alterpiece of CHERRY BOUNCE. Los-otlice open trom Eleven till t our. ~ tasce Manager, Mr. W. West. DIMENSE AND UNPARALLELED SUCCESS. Under the patronage of her Dies Gracious Majesty, he , Majesty the Queen Dowager. h s Royal Highness Prince Albert, 8(.4. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS The Nobility, Gentry, and the Public are respectfully informed that this favourite place of fashionable re , ort is open every MONDAY, T.jEsDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY. RepresentaVon of the sroumtNG of BADAJOZ by the British Anny, ender the command of the illustrious Wellington ! The distingtthhed patronage which this establishment has for a lengthened period enjoyed, and the triumphant success of each suc ceeding spectacle, has stimulated the pro; ietor to increased exer tions to maintain its envied celebrity. essrs. Denson, by whom the present subject has been modelled, designed, and produced, have .'evoted many months to it, and the un rivalled skill which they possess, assisted be Messrs. Turner, Adams, and other first-rate artists, have en ibled them to produce a picture unequalled for magnitude, accuracy, and beauty of execution. The ZOOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT is extensive and varied, and has lately been enriched by se% eral rare importations, Including the splendid presents of his late Highness Ibrahim Pasha. The Embellishments of the New and Magi iflcent 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 others of first rate ability wid be f and—Mr. SleFsrs. Riehar , son, Collins, Jun., George and Viotti Collins, Gricsbaeh, Hardy, Egerton, Shearon, Calkin, Winterlyotham, Boil►_au, Stevenson, and Reynolds. The VOCAL DEPARTMENT will be sustained by a succea ion of the most popular and favourite Singers. First appearance of Miss Ellen Rowland and Mr. George Tedder. The FIBEWORKS by the Messrs. Sonthby, whose skill in Pyro techny has been too long established to need eulogising. , -.„ REk 1 s.—The frequenters of these G rdens have long complained that Refreshments from the Conteztionary-rooms only could h • procured. Arrangements have been effected, and a distinct portion of the Gardens set apart, where Refreshments may be had of the first quali'y, and at the usual Prices. Doors open at Nine o'Clock.—Admission One Shilling. Children admitted to the Reserved Seats and Shilling Gallery at Half-price. —..-- .- .. _ .. Feeding of ihe Carnivoraat Five. The Pelicans, &c., at lialf-past Five. Concert at Six oVock. Pyrotechnic Exhibition at Dusk. Mons. JULLIEN will give a Series of GRAND CONCERTS during the Season. Due notice will b 2 given of his first appearance. TUE ViraLATUElt.—deN OFFICE, MAY 26. THICRDIOMETER, Lowest, st, fliehest, 71; noon, 68 BAROXETEIty 30.1. WIND 8.5. W.--fine sunshiny weather. I I•, lA A OAS 41' LOl4 L....1PN IS Trim DAT —Mcrning, 34 min. after 4 Eveninv. 0 min. aft., 5 TO-MORROW—. ;n, •26 mm. atter 5 Evening, 51 min. after A I. ' ~ g. 4, " ~ 2 PIEu e„'9l..- i r • A• -4 11 0 ;7 , w5,....t. s . CiY,"_letting ,'bitit LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 26, 1849. Notwithstanding the determined hostility mani fested by the Protectionist party to the great and comprehensive measure introduced by her MAJESTY'S Government for the reform of the Navigation Code— notwithstanding the intimation given by the recog nised leader of the party in the House of Lords, that " he was fully prepared for the consequences of its rejection"—notwithstanding the subsequent attempt to mutilate the Bill in Committee by amendments completely altering its character, and neutralising the beneficial results that might have been expected under the now improved system —notwithstanding the boasts of the Protectionist press, their significant allusions to the fact "that proxies would not count in Committee," and the repeated conferences held by the principal members of the party as to the course to be adopted, when the anticipated success had crowned their exertions the Bill was carried in all its integrity, and all its clauses were agreed to without charge or moiification. We most heartily congratulate the country on this most auspicious result, and we equally congratulate their Lordships on the wise and prudent discretion manifested throughout the recent proceedings on this nll•important subject. There is now a fair and reasonable prospect that the principles of free trade will be fully and fairly carried out—that all restric tions will be removed from the free importation of every article of commerce by the carriage thereof as well as the purchase being open for fair competition to the inhabitants of every country. _ The majority of 10, by which the second reading of the Bill was carried in the House of Lords, and which it was asserted was owing to the proxies given by Noble Lords who had not heard, and who consequently could not have been influenced by the arguments adduced in opposition to the measure, was increased in Com mittee on the several divisions that took place on Lord STANLEY'S amendment, which, if carried, would have completely altered the character Gf the Bill, and which, it was truly stated, would interfere so materi ally with its principle, that no Peer who had voted for the second reading could consistently support the amendment; the majority was increased to 13, while the subsequent amendments of the Earls Of ELLENBOROUGH and WALDEGRAVE were ne gatived by majorities of 13 and 12 respectively. But those majorities, although conclusive as to the feel- ing of the House, did not indicate the real strength of the Government on the question. That was more fully exhibited in the abandonment of all further opposition by Lord STANLEY, and the bitter tone in which he spoke of the conduct of those who " en deavoured to compensate for the manner in which they spoke of Ministers out of doors by the assi duous and steady support which they rendered the Government within the House." It proved how clearly the Noble Lord perceived the futility of the hopes he had vainly cherished of a speedy return to official duties, and of the re-enactment of protective imposts on the food of the many, for the exclusive benefit of the few. That, indeed, was the real question at issue, So long as a shred of monopoly remained, so long as any class in the empire was permitted to retain exclu sive privileges, so long there was a hope, however extravagant, that the palmy days of l4ndlordism might be restored; that a sliding-scale might be re established, or that at least a fixed duty of six or eight shillings per quarter might be imposed ; that the nation would consent to the com promise which was indignantly refused some ten years since by the Corn Lords, but which they would now be but too happy to accept. The apparent object of Lord STANLEY'S amend ment was to establish a system of " reciprocity," analagous to the famous reciprocity statutes (4 GEO. IV., c. 77, and 5 GEO. IV., C. 1), originally intro duced by Mr. Husrossort and Lord WALLACE. No person could, however, perceive more clearly than the Noble Lord himself the absolute impossibility of carrying out the views which he put forward so crudely and hastily, and, as he himself admitted, without sufficient con sideration. He must be well aware that the " reci procity statutes" had been followed by " reciprocity treaties ;" that England had entered into solemn and binding contracts with many nations, and that the general bases of these contracts were a fixed propor tion as to the nature of the privileges that should be respectively grant&d to other countries. Many states were under these compacts entitled to be placed upon the footing of the " most favoured nation." We could not, therefore, open our ports to the shipping of one country willing to concede the equivalents re quired by the amendment, and keep them closed against the vessels of another that would enter into no new stidulations, but declare its intention of abiding by the existing treaties, and claiming the same privileges that might be accorded to the other. As, for instance, if we should conclude an agreement with America (if the restrictions still to be retained on certain unspecified articles, and which could not be bartered or surrendered, would permit of such an arrangement), we could not refuse the same advan tages to France, although the French Government might refuse to modify their regulations andrestric tions in any degree. This, then, would be the condi- tion of affairs under the new Act :—" In case it should be made to appear to her MAJESTY that any foreign nation was willing to concede to the ships of this country the like privileges and advantages as were enjoyed by, or intended to be conferred on, the ships of such foreign country, or ad vantages equivaleut thereto, it should be law ful, &c., Ste." Here, then, no nlaxation could be permitted to France, unless she were willing "to concede to the ships of this country the like privileges and advantages as were enjoyed by, or intended to be conferred" on her own ships hem?, or " advantages equivalent thereto." Bat as France would enter into no such bargain, no new privileges could be granted to her shipping. We might then reduce the question to a syllogistic form : Every new privilege conferred upon the shipping of America must also be conferred on the shipping of France ; No new privilege can be conferred on the shipping of France ; Ergo—no new privilege can be conferred upon the shipping of America. The Act would, thererore, remain a dead letter on the statute-book, a memorable example of hasty and inconsiderate legislation. The British Parliament and the British nation are, however, preserved from making themselves Fo truly ridiculous, from being IR Ade the laughing-stock of the civilized world, by the prudent and discreet course adopted by their Lordships, who have also thereby averted the disas trous consequences that must have resulted from a collision between the Houses, and the general excite ment and confusion that must inevitably have fol lowed the accession to power of a party opposed to the wishes and feelings of a great majority of the people. Having once decided upon emigration from the United Kingdom, the majority of settlers are either embarrassed as to the place of their destination, or find themselves, by a precipitate movement to one or other of the colonies, plunged into a state of very unexpected, and, in many instances, altogether irre parable involvement. Anything that can at all tend to guard against the repetition of these evils must be regarded in the light of a national benefaction. Any one who can assist the judgment of the emi grant in the selection of the most appropriate region for colonization must be looked upon as having con ferred an inestimable boon upon the community. Various attempts have been made recently to pioneer the road of immigration ; and many individuals have undertaken to point out the tracks leading to certain competence, if not to possible profusion. Here, however, is the grand blunder—the rock upon which so many em bryo fortunes have been wrecked—the notion that by transferring their little household to the backwoods of America, or to the midst of the unpruned vegeta tion of Australia, any adventurer may leap with a sudden bound into the possession of countless ltizu ries and inexhaustible treasures. Little do these sanguine speculators know of the reserve of futurity if they conjecture for one moment that in their log cabins they will experience anything like that moral elephantiasis resulting from civilization, the embaras des richesses. Little are they aware of those innu merable privations which are the inevitable concomi tants of emigration. Of all the safeguards against the dangers surround ing the inexperienced settler, the very best that has yet come to our knowledge is a little volume,* penned by a gentleman evidently well versed in the subject upon which he has written. The wording of the title-page, given below as a foot-note, sufficiently ex plains the utility of the pamphlet, and a glance through the contents will amply evidence the valu able and practical character of its information. A wider range of settlements could scarcely have been taken in at one survey, a fact which must be in stantly apparent when We remark that the author has here successively recounted the advantages and disadvantages of Nova Scotia, New Bruns wick, Cape Breton, - Prince Edward's Island together with the whole of the Eastern and Western division of the, Canadas-L-New England, the Western States, the Slave States, Texas, Oregon, California, Vancouver's bland, and the entire extent of the different climates subject to the model Republic. At a single glance, therefore, the reader who meditates emigration may survey the countries open for his re- • " The Settler's Nrw Home; or, the Emigrant's Lo cation, being a Guide to Emigrants in the Selection of a Settlement, and the preliminary details of the Vuyage." B, Sidney Smith, Pp. 10G. John Kendrick, London, 1849. ception beyond the Atlantic, may weigh one against another their merits and demerits, their resources and deficiencies, and may then at his own good• will and pleasure, and with a sense of comparative security, make a rational and deliberate selection. He may then neither dread the chance of finding himself inhaling the miasmas of some Icarie glittering with golden sands and roseate blossoms on the pages of M. CARET, but in reality reeking with nothing but pu trescent fogs and pestilential odours; nor shud der at the possibility of waking in the heart of a second Eden (not the Eden of " Genesis," but of " Chuzzlewit"), and of having every two minutes to obeyt hat very alarming recommendation of MARK TAPLEY—" When you see a serpent, like a corkscrew, a-sittin' on its bottom ring, cut him down) for he means venom ! " Mr. SIDNEY SMITH goes very far indeed towards the prevention of that odious humbug which is still too prevalent in the United States—the humbug relating to the sale of swampy and unfruitful lands under the impression that each little plot of ground is a paradise. Scarcely any movement in life requires such vigi lant circumspection as that of the settler. Leaving the only country with which, in all likelihood, he has acquired any accurate knowledge, crossing a broad expanse of ocean to localities hitherto unknown to him except by name, the emigrant is, of all mortals, the most probable victim, from the peculiarity of his situation, of all sorts of snares and pitfalls. Generally speaking, he knows nothing just when knowledge is the most essential. Unable to s‘e things correctly with his own eyes, his only resource consequently is to see them with the eyes of others ; but in order to render him secure in the correct ness of the information thus obtained he must be satisfied of the trustworthiness of his informant. For these reasons we cannot but regard this volume from the pen of Mr. SIDNEY SMITH as one which must prove in a thousand particulars altogether inestimable. His philosophy, moreover, is wholly genial, like that which suffuses such an agreeable charm over the writings of the gallant but unfortunate RUXTON. In proof of this take the following felicitous comparison of the comforts and inconveniences of emigration : " A new country is the paradise of the poor—but it is The pandemonium of the rich, and especially purgatory to the temate branches of all who are well to do. Those artificial and conventional advantages, those conveniences whose value is only known when they are lost, those endless fitnesses and accommodations which are gradu ally supplied in an old country as their need is perceived, the emigrant travels away from, and will strongly feel the want of. The mere cockney will be thoroughly miserable in the new mode of existence which every emigrant must enter upon. The nightman , the shoe black, the newsman, the omnibus, the two-penny post, he will see little of. The water will not be laid on, nor ' the drain connected with the soil-pipe. Wooden houses have chinks—logs are not so convenient as coal —rooms are small, and not very snug—the doors and sashes do not fit—the hinges and floors creak—household second ary luxuries are dear—and the whole family must be very much their own servants. Nobody will cringe and bow to them, and just bring to their dour the very thing the y want, when they want it. But then the real need, and requisi,es of life will be indefeasibly theirs. It their house and its contents be inferior, they are as good as their neighbour's, a consideration which takes the sting out of many disappointments. They tear no rent day, nor poor-rate or assessed tax collector—neither game nor fish are preserved, nor licenses needed—around them on their own freehold are ample means of subsistence, and a little money supplies all the rest. They'need have no care for the morrow except the consciousness that each day their clearing is more improved and of greater value. They have leisure, independence, peace, security. If they can serve themselves, help each other, find plea sure in the useful activities of self help and country life, and possess internal resources of mind and occupation, ' thou all suzh in emigrating change for the better. If their society is bad, they can do without it, if an occa sional qualm of home sickness and the claims of father land come over them let them think of the toils, tears, and anxieties they leave behind them, and be grateful for the change." Further on it is quite delightful to hear him re minding us, with all the gusto of RGBISSON CRUSOE, that the young colt has to be broken; that the larder must be stocked by the rifle and the fishing-rod; that the sugar must be squeezed from the maple, and the honey extracted from the clefts of old trees in the woods ; that the cider must be mashed out of the apples, and the wine pressed from the grapes ! Oh ! says he, " think of the liberty of wearing hobnails and frieze cloth ; of living down to one's own income in place of living up to one's neigh bour's; of walking abroad in primitive defiance of a hia us in the elbow or armpits of one's coat ; of the luxury of serving one's self; of making war upon appearances by a second day's beard or a third day's shirt, or a running short of shoe blacking ! Lor.eliness ! monotony ! nut an hour, not a minute, without its occupation." Again, our author fails not to give abundance of substantial encouragement, as in the telling of such anecdotes as the one sub. joined : " A Scotch settler emigrating to Lower Canada with 300/, purchased 300 acres (50 cleared), with a log-hut and a good harried barn, pike 300/. by antual instal meots ut 10J/. the first year, and 50/. each of the others, with interest at 16 per cent. A yoke of oxen cost 151., three cows 151, feu sheep 51, a hors- 71., agricultural implements, furniture, kitchen utensils, pigs, poultry, &c. The first year he put in a small crop, raised fences. cleared 3f acres of woodland, which he sowed with wheat in September, and occupied the autumn with his late oats, potatoes, and Indian corn; he hired another man to cut the trees into lengths to burn, and by the 10th of April he had completed the clearing of 30 acres, besides splitting rails and making firewoor. In spriug he had only 504 left, and 2001. yet to pay; his 30 acres of crop looked indifferent; there were great falls of rain; his horse died, his sheep were devoured by wolves, and au 1 old sow gobbled up all his goslings. lint it soon cleared up, his Idled timuer became very dry and easily burned; he planted 20 acres of Indian corn between the stumps, and 10 acres of oats and wheat. The rest of his money was spent on clearing live acres of wheat, and in turning 1 his oxen into good pasture fur Montreal market in 1 1 winter; his crops were good, his potash trom his burnt 1 timber sold well; he purchased another yoke of oxen, and got in his tire-wood before winter. Toe result was that, in a few years, his property was worth not less than 3,001 1.; he received letters from his brother located in Illinois, which gave a deplorable account of their beach and condition." Aided by publications like the present, we cannot but augur well for the future progress of the cause of emigration. UIIE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The debate on the conspiracy to destroy the Re public by a coup d'etat was resumed in the Assembly on Thursday. Oddon Barrot, President of the Council, said that he had demanded from General Changarnier himself an explanation respecting the order he had given the Generals under his command. The General loudly protested against the intention he was supposed to have entertained of questioning the authority of the President of the National Assembly. The decree of the 11 th of May, conferring on the President the power to summon all the troops necessary for the defence of the Assembly was, besides, posted up in all the barracks. The orders he had given were purely military. M. Consid‘rant then rose and said, that in the con versation be had had with M. Odilon Barrot the latter had said nothing to convince him that he was mistaken. He had told him that the misfortune of the present times was, that every party appealed to violence to obtain the triumph of their ideas, instead of appealing to discussion. He then added that he could not help admitting that detestable passions agitated themselves round the President of the Re public. M. Ledru Rollin sta ted , that yesterday doubts ex isted relativ e t o the let t er letter had been actually of General Changarnier, but he had since b een able to s wri ub tte s n tantiate the fact. The M. Odilon Barrot did not satisfy. n ' he . ej e p n l a e r n a a l t i c o n b s a n o - f garnier had on five different occa sions viola ted the constitution and disobeyed the ord ers o f the As sembl y, and the Assembly was told that he had bee n ac tuated by the best possible intentions, and was to be satisfied with that excuse ! Now, on Tuesday evening General Changarnier knew perfectly well that the Assembly was about to declare itself en per manence, and it was at that very hour he consigned the troops to their barracks, and enjoined their chiefs to obey no other orders than his own.—(" He per formed his duty," cried M. Aylies.) That letter, he maintained, was in the handwriting of the General, and he was ready to prove it before a committee appointed by the Assembly. M. Odilon Barroi here rose, and read a pas sage from a letter of General Changarnier, denying havir g written the orders in question, but admitting havir.g dictated them. M. Clement Thomas here exclaimed, that General Changarnier had no right to absent himself when an act of his was under discussion, and invited the Pre• sident to summon him to attend.—(Loud murmurs.) M. Ledru Rollin again affirmed that the letter was in the handwriting of the General, and that the officer, the bearer thereof, had given him that as surance. He again called on the Assembly to order an inquiry and appoint a committee, before which he undertook to demonstrate that rumours of a plot for the 28th instant circulated, with foundation, in Paris, during the last fire days, that men had been paid THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 26, 1849, to cry "Vive NapOleon 1" at the last review, and that the same men were to be actors in tee coup d'etat on the 28th. General Changarnier, were it only to re assure the country, should be at his pest. The President of the Republic, he thought, was capable of any foolish act, after the folly he had commit•ed in 1836. He could not be in his senses when he attacked Louis Philippe, who was then so firmly seated on his throne. On being pardoned, he wrote a letter to that Monarch expressive of his eternal gratitude, and in 1840 he recommenced, and, accompanied by a few men disguised as soldiers, and crying " Vive l'Em- pereur !" landed on the coast of Boulogne. Was not that folly ? Here an explosion of terrific murmurs arose, and cries of " Order" echoed on all sides. M. Odilon Barrot observed that it was impossible that the discussion could continue with that character of outrage for the First Magistrate of the Republic, elected by 6,000,000 of suffrages. The President might be constitutionally accused, but no body had a right to insult him, and those' who proclaimed them selves exclusive Republicans should be the last to vilify the elect of the nation. M. Ledru Rollin maintained that, after the two acts he had d e nounced, the President was capable of anything. He did not accuse the Ministers; he knew their attachment to legality, but there were round the President men who were urging him to a coup de main. On the 29th of January, when the Assembly was surrounded with troops, Ministers were ignorant of the cause of that extraordinary mi litary display, and nevertheless they came forward to cover the General with their old political probity. Ministers knew nothing of what was passing at the Elysee. He did not charge them wish conspiracy, but with blindness. In conclusion he asked that the Assembly should order an inquiry. M. Falloux, Minister of Public Instruction, said that he had been happy to hear from the mouth of M. Ledru Rollin that none of the responsible agents of the Government were suspected or capable of bar beuring any factious designs against the constitution. The question relative to General Changarnier was twice before the bureaux of the Assembly and was as often decided in a favourable manner for the General, and he would be accordingly justified in stating that the charges repeated against that honourable officer were only intended to excite Fissions out of doors. M. Ledru Rollin had threatened the country with a 10th of August. The people did not desire a 10th of August. They neither liked trem blers nor those who made them tremble. France equally despised and rejected the men who were capable of nothing and capable of everything, the men who had astonished her by their inca pacity and impotence.—(Bravos.) M. Falloux served the Republic far better than those who proclaimed themselves its exclusive champions, and by their insanity, by evoking the phantom of the coalition and the Russian empire, by exciting irrita tion and appealing to revolt, hastened the advent of despotism. If the country was in danger, as they al leged, they were culpable in the extreme to stir up all passions. He would tell them that they would fall themselves the victims of their insanity, and reminded them of the fate of their pre decessors in the career -of revolution. After Bailly, Pethion was sacrificed ; after Pethion, Barnave; after Barnave, Denton ; and after Denton, Robespierre ; and ultimately despotism muzzled all those tigers. Proceed in the same course, added M. Falloux, and you must arrive at the same end. M. Falloux was repeatedly inteirupted by yells and insulting apostrophes from the Left, and applause from the Right, and on descending from the tribune, he was surrounded by nearly all the Members of the latter side and warmly congratulated. The sitting was afterwards suspended for some moments, end the de bate was ultimately adjourned to the next day. In the mean time every hour brings to light fresh proofs of the truth of the statement of M. VICTOR CO/V-IDERANT, as to the intention of the Bugeaud Falloux faction to attempt the destruction of the Constitution, by violence, on the 27th May. The following is the outline of the plot, as exposed in the Democratie Pacifique In an article in that journal, M. VICTOR CONSIDE RANT says that Marshal BUGEAUD had written to the present Government !o inform them that now was the time to act, if ever ; that in const quence it had been determined to do as Marshal BooEAUD advised. The intention, therefore, was to coalesce with the three Northern Courts, in order to stifle revolution and democracy in all Europe. One of the results of this accord had been the recognition, by the Emperor of RUttSIA, of the French Republic ; then a coup d'etat was to be attempted, but this would bring on a battle ; and iu order to do this, MM. BARROT, PAESY, TRACI, and LACROSSE, who are averse to violent measures, must be replaced by resolute men, who would not recoil—such as BUGEAUD, FAUCIIER, and Da FALLOUX, whose irresponsible advisers should be MM. TRIERS and CIIAGARNIER. Such is the plan in view, continued the Democratic Pacfique. People will be sent through Paris to excite the tied Republi cans, exasperated by the nomination of such a Mi nistry, to rise and fire on the troops, who will be ready to receive them. The conspiracy was to break out on the 27th, 28th, and 29th of the present month. A letter from Metz states that telegraphic orders had been received from General CHANGARNIER fur the march of large bodies ef troops from that garrison for Paris—and also for fifty hospital nurses to be sent to Paris, who were to arrive on the 27th. This last order evidently proves that the General imagined there would be fighting, and more wounded than the Paris staff of nurses could conveniently attend to. A similar order, as regards troops has been dis patched for Strasburgh, and tiey are now pouring into Paris. The Moniteur announces that Baron DE KISSELEFF has presented his credentials as Charge d'Affairs of Russia. M. DE MALEsvILLE goes to Berlin on a special mision. The Union has the following statistical details of the new Chamber: — All the continental elections of France are now known. The number of representatives f)r our 85 departments is ... ••• ••• ... 734 Colonies and Algeria, as yet unknown ... 16 750 Of the 734 representatives now known, it is calculated that 514 belong to the moderate party, and 220 only to the socialist. The 734 Members are, et the' present mo ment,returnedsomewhatformoreredreduced, in conse quence o f one p erson being than one place. M. Ledru Rol lin has been returned five times. General Changareier, Napoleon Bonaparte, and Fe ix Pyat three times, and nineteen other members have obtained double eleclions. Two representatives returned are since dead, MM. La cave-Laplagne and Roger (du Loiret). Thirty-one seats are thus lett vacant in the Legislative Assembly, which will compel a fresh convocation o f th e e l ectora l colleges, to fill up the vacancies, within a delay o f b io l; iltywdalysh. 339 members of th e C cust i tuent Assem bly seats in the Legislative Chamber. Of these. 228 have hitherto belonged to the moderate party, and 111 to the opposition of all shades. Amon the present representatives who have met with popular ostrac i sm ma y be mention the following, who, since the 4th of May, have be en p residen ts of the National As sembly,membgra of t and Armand slri: 3t. viz.ghe Provisional Government,and Arago, will have seats in the Legislative Assembly. Afi threethe Buchez, eleveno ly, MM . Ledru Rolli n , C re i. n i eux , EttAard, M ar i e , ' The Secretary-Geueral of the Provisional Government, M. Pagnerre, and the three Aliuisters appointed by them, MM. Goudchaux, Bethwont, and Csrnut, have not been re-elected to the new Assembly. Of the twelve Ministers called to office by General Cavaignac, two only, MM. Dufeure and Laworic4re, have been re elected, but both those have obtained a double election. Tne Ministers named by the President of the Re public will all form part of the new Assembly, with the exception of General Rulhiares and Lion de Malle ville, who have not been re-elected, but MM. Odilon Barrot and Passy have each ob:ained a double nomina tion. There will be in the new Assembly one marshal of France, twenty-six generals, and, without speaking of intermediate ranks, three sub-officers, one of each has had double elections. The navy is there repre sented by three admirals, and the clergy by a bishop and four priests. The Siecle asks whether it is true that, simultane ously with the departure of M. LEsssrs, M. DE PEItsIGNY, aide -de• camp of the PRESiDENT, had been sent with secret instructions from Government to the same quarter. The Veloce arrived at Marseilles on the 22d from Civita Vecchia. M. FORBIN JANSON, the French charge d affaires at Rome, ca me as a passenger on board her, and i s ,i t is said, the bearer of terms for an arrangement between the French and the Roman Republics. The Journal des Debats announces the conclusion of an armistice between General OUDINOT and the Romans. The debate on the motion of M. LEDRU ROLLIN was resumed at the sitting of the National As embly yesterday, and had not concluded when the post left. It was of a much less acrimonious character than the dh•cussion of the day prec eding had been. M. Baiv es , one of the Members of the Mountain, had given notice of the following proposition : " The National Assembly, a t the moment of resigning its sovereign p owers, d es irous to testily to the National Guard and t o th e army t h e sen timents of gratitude with which it i s p enetrated, for t h e as sistance which they have rendered it in th e wor k s o f org anizing and of strength ening the Democratic Republic— " DECREES* - " Art. 1. That a review of the National Guard, and of the troops of the garrison of Paris, shall take place at the Champ de Mars on the 27th of May next, the last day of the session of the Constituent Assembly. "Art. 2. The National Assembly shall assist in a body at that review. The troops shall defile before it, and be fore the President of the Republic. " Art. 3. The Citizens Ministers of the Interior and of War shall be charged each in that which concerns the execution of the present decree." By the returns of the Bank of France of the past week, it appears that the metallic reserve has de creased upwards of two and a half millions in Paris, and about four millions in the Branch Banks. Tbe discount Aceormodaticon has increased in Paris About two millions, and decreased about one million in the Branch Barks; the total amount in the termer b-ing 47 359,335 francs, and in the latter 76,596:003 . . The protested bilis have diminished about 150000:' in all, the amount for Paris being now 6,187,574 f., and in the Branch Banks 3,735,200 f. The amount of overdue bills has decreased from 286,9271. to 72,983 f. On the side of the liabilities, the amount of notes in circulation has increased about four and three quarter millions in Paris, and about one mil lion in the Branch Banks. The account current of the Treasury has decreased about two millions, the amount now being 30 157,207 f. The accounts cur rent of t' e public have increa-ed nearly four millior.s M Paris, and decreased upwards of three millions in the country, the amount of the former being now 93,851,902 f., and. of the latter 27,439,1141. The whole amount of the metallic reserve is at present about 3311 millions to about 402 i millions of notes in circulation. I'ARiS BOURSE, FRIDAY, MAY 25. THREE O'CLOCK.—The favourable news from Italy, and the confidiuce beginning to be felt that the public peace will not be disturbed, caused a furthdr rise in the prices of boVi R-nti-s and Railway Shares to-d,y. These was no news stirring. Ex,hatige on London (30 d tys), 25 47i; ditto (90 class), 25 35. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOOK-EXCHANGE. MAY 25. Boulogne and Amiens, 6 5 / ;, ex coupons—Last Indian, 3 Great Indian Peninsular, 5 / B —Northern of France, 9 Lux embourg, 1,/ t Orleans and, Bordeaux, 2 3 4—Paris and Rouen, 18%—Paris and Strasb , mr - g, 4' l —Tours and Nantes, 31/4. SPA IN. Madrid journals of the 19th have arrived. They announce the defeat and dispersion of the bands of the TRISTANY and of EL MONCIIACO. MADRID BOLSA, MAY 19. Thrte per Cents., 251; Five per Cent 4. 10i. Exchange on London, 50 30. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. Accounts have been received from Vienna to the 20th. A letter had been received from Agram of the 13 t h which said— "We hear of nothing but fresh victories gained by the Magyars. The Honveds have advanced from Veri..ee to Pancova; General Bern is now master of the Banat; and the Servian troops are now in Syrmira. Backs is also in the enemy's hands. Pancova has been cAt quered, and occupb d by the 11. g) ars. The Ban is in 6unlir. Terueswar is still in :the hands of the ,Impert alists, though a report was current, a tew days since, that it hal fallen into the hands of the Magyars. We have no further intelligence respecting the state of things in the Way wodd." The news of the capture of Ofen is confirmed. GORGEY sent his summons of surrender to General lIERITZI by a prisoner of war, because, said GORGEY in his summons, " Warned by the disgraceful, di,honourable system, after which even our parieyers are seized and treated as criminals by the Austrians, I choose for the bearer of this letter an Austrian prisoner of war." The Cologne Gazette of the 24th, in an article dated Hungary, says : " To-day our intelligence is brief, but it is decisive. oen has been taken by the Hungarians. The defeat of the Russians is confirmed." The following is the official announcement of BEM's two victories over the Russians : " Austrians newspapers dare to publish the lying report that the spirit of discord bad broken out in our armies, and also among the noble Hungarian nation. Brave comrades in aims, noble people ! You know what credence such a report merits. Our battle for freedom has turned the eyes of Europe upon us; hasten to our head quarters, and you will find there nut only the envoys of our immediate neighbours, but also trout France, the magnanimous England, aye, even from states beyond the great ocean. Do not tremble at the approach of the Russians, nor at their cannon. The brave Lieut.- General Bret has twice succeeded, as you know, in chAsitig away the bold stranger, when he entered our land from At Krivaii, on the 7th of May, 6,000 Russians laid down their arms; on the 9'h and 10th of May, at Arsa, more than 30,000 men ; their officers fight now in our ranks. Their arms, artillery, ammunition, and horses, were our booty. Persevere but for a while in the contest for our rights, for our freedom, and our just cause will triumph. " The President KOSSUTH, " BATHIANY, WLADISLAW KAMINSKI. "Debreczin, May 12, 1849." The news of the occupation of Temeswar, Arad, Carlovitz, and Pauthuva, by the Hungarians, is confirmed. A rumour was current at Raab on the 16th inst. of the Russians having entered Hungary near Dukla, and of their having suffered a defeat from Dembinsky, who engaged them between Bartfeld and Eperies. It is stated in a letter from Vienna cf the 19th that the Rus*ian troops had been well received by the in/labitants of Gallicia, and the people called them fellow countrymen, in opposition to the Austri,ins and Germans. A brilliant reception had been given to General Schudai'etr, and there was a talk of getting up a petition to the Emperor of Russia to take Gal. licia under his protection. PRUSSIA. The Prussian Government are excessively wrath with the Republicans of B .den, for having broken down the Zollverein bar 6 r on the frontier between B :den and France. Foreign manufactures are thus enabled to enter the Zollverein duty free, and the French cotton manufacturers of Mulhausen have not tailed to avail themselves liberally of this valuable outlet. SAXON Y. Accounts from Dresden state that the King of SAXOSY is dangerously id. The Universal Gazette of Leipsic denies that the Poles took an active part in the recent insurrection at Dresden. Up to the 15th the Police had ascer tained that there were 176 insurgents killed, and on that day there remained 123 in the hoTitals. The rich princely family of Czartoritki had been ordered to leave Saxony. BAVARIA AND THE PALATI NATE. Letters from Kaiserslauten of the 17th have ar rived. They state that on the previous day the Committee of the country had resolved 1. That the collective impost should be accepted as a scale for the raising of voluntary contributions. 2. That those who pay less than three florins taxes should not be called on to contribute. 3. That 25 per cent. should be raised withi❑ three days, and later, if neces sary, a further 25 per cent. This resolution produced great dissatisfaction among the tradespeople, who are taxed very highly compared with the landed proprietors, but it was somewhat diminished when, at the close of the sit ting, still further contributions were made by the members present, independent of the 25 per cent. mentioned. In the evening a popular assembly, con sisting of about 2,000 per'ons, was held, over which Professor KINKEL, from Bonn, presided; and when the unanimous resolution was adopted to petition the representatives of the Palatinate, about to assemble on the 18th, that they would-1. Constitute a Provi sional Government for the Palatinate. 2. Declare the Palatinate as independent of the empire. The mem bers of the temporary Government, with their sub stitutes, were elected on the 18th. FRANKFORT. The Regent has appointed General VON PEucxEn to the command of a corps of 12,000 men, who are to garrison Frankfort. HANOVER. The Members of the First Chamber presented an address to the King on the 11th, urging him to at once convoke the Parliament. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES Frederica still held out on the 19th. ITALY. The Contemporaneo of Rome, of the 16th, states that M. DE LESSEPS was the bearer of an order to General OUDINOT, not to attempt to enter Rome, unless invited by the inhabitants. In consequence of this order, hostilities with the French were sus pended. M. DE LESSEPS was to have an i nterv i ew with the Triumvirs on the 16th. On the 13th, Rome was suddenly alarmed by two violent detonations. Every one flew to arms, thinking the enemy was at the gates. But the cause of the alarm was soon found to be a corps of French . troops, whi c h, h av i ng occupied the Via Flamin i a, had pr even t e d the courier from passing. The latter had imme- diately given notice of the fact to the soldiers of the Roman corps of Engineers, who on being apprised of the proximity of the enemy, fired the mines, and blew up the bridge. General AVEZZANA has retired from the command of the troops, but keeps the portfolio of war, Col. ROSELLI is named Commander-in-Chief of the Army. The Riforma of Lucca states Jim - - Ancona, 10th, that the extraordinary commissary of that town has arrested as hostages two brothers of Monsignor BEDINI, the Papal commissioner who accompanies the Austrian expedition against Bologna, as also several members of the MASTAI family, related to the Porn, as reprisals for the arrest by the Austrians of a member of the municipal deputation of Bologna: Mr. Charles Mathews has engaged Mr. W. J. Hurlston, who has appeared so successfully in the amateur performances of the Whittington Club, and will make his first appearance at the Lyceum, in a new farce, written by Mr. J. P. Wooler, author of Founded on Facts, &c., entitled Discharge your Tiger, on Thursday neat, the 31st instant. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NE11 ,7 `.. C/7 Y, /? 7EP I'o 7BR LE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yestei day were esti mated at 5,000 bales, ireludirtg 1,000 for export at.d speculation, without alteration in prices.—Railway Shares were exceedingly dull, and priees continued to decline. The statements relstive to the abundance of money, have become much more general within the last few day s, and there is proof on all sides of their correctness. First rate mercantile bills are discounted at 2,-1- to 2} per cent., and money upon the security of stock is not worth more than 1 per cent. We can haidly expect but that this should tell upon the circulation of the Bank of England, and it is agreeable to find, upon reference to the weekly balance-sheet made up to the 19th instant, that, the pri vate deposit; are not larger, because we may infer there from that parties are investing their surplus assets in securities which, from the. recent depression in price, and strict investigetion, appear to c tier some temptation, or that they are enabled to employ a portion thereof in commercial pursuits. Certain it is, that the business of the Bank does not at present increase, and that the tem perary turn in the bullion tide has reached its limit, with every probability of flowing steadily towards this country, while the political affairs continue so unsettled abroad. The following is a comparison between the past and tho previous week:— No:es Issut d 27,517.705 Increase 57.080 Rest 3,157.400 locrease 1,368 Public Deposits 4,802,145 Iticre.rse 1,004,160 Other Deposits ... 9,965,529 Decrease 767,029 Seven Day and other Bills ... 1,101,"; 93 Decrease ... 89,052 Government ..tecurities no alteration Other Securities ... .. 9,878.145 Decrease ... ... 134,971 Notes 8,802.905 Increase ... 297,840 Bullion ... 14,351,453 Increase 43,658 Active Circulation ... 18,714,800 Decrease 240,760 The rates at which bills of exchange on the principal Continental cities were negotiated yesterday atternoon were not quite so high in one or two cases, more iucli nation to draw being exhibited, though the want of con fidence is still tett as a serious bar. On Paris the terms for three month' paper were 25 65 to 70, on Trieste 12 12, but nominal; on Hamburgh, 13 13 to 13k; and; on Am sterdam 12 2 to 2i. The exports of the precious metals from London during the wet k to Thursday last were only 86,000 ounces of silver, all to the Continent, and 250 ounces of gold coin to Belgium. There has been an increased business doing to-day in Public Securities, and the market is more buoy ant, sustain ing the improved tone remarked yesterday. Consols have been 91; to and now are 91* j. Exchequer-bills continue at 445. to 475. premium, and India Bonds at 71s. premium. New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have realised 901 to e. In the foreign market there is not much doing. Mexi can have risen, being 30i .11, with the Coupons. Chilian Three p(-1- Cents. are 52, and Equador Stock is at 3i. R'tssian Bends have been 10li to 102, being decid. city lower than they were a few weeks site:. Spanish Five per Cents. are 15i to 16i-. Dutch Two-and-a Halt per Cents. have been 48i to Railway Shares are heavy again, and generally rather lower, but there is very little doing. The provincial markets being depressed, recourse is had more to the metropolitan markets, which requires the support of more buyers, and these, no doubt, would come tern ard if there were greater certainty as to future dividends. We know that beta are made that shares will be lower yet, but this only increases the necessity that holders should keep cool, investigate, if thought desirable; but at least not to yield to undue de spondency or play into the hands of interested patties, by sacrificing their property. Caledonian are heaviest this mottling. The Foreign lines are dull and almost nominal. ONE 4.1. ),12.1G e ' • , , . I , 11 4 11:1 , . FUNDII. 0 . 11,0 0 1 C tRh• I. S 3 per Cent. Reduced Arms ...... 8934 90 1:0 3 per. Cent. Consols Annuities 9l -k 1 4 1 4 1 / 2 1 % 91% New 3% per Cent. Ann 5...... India bond;, 1,0001. Ditto under 1,0(01... Consols tor Account ::xcnequer tints. I 1 / o.t. It 2d. 1,000/. June 47 p 47p 5001. June Small. June Ditto Advertised .... .. 43 46 p 46 p irUICES OF FORMON if LrisDb. ciNE cLosl." O'CLOCK. PRICES. Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent . — Ditto 3 per Cent. Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Ceut... Ditto, 5 per cent. Scrip, 1849 — Ditto, Bonds .. .... .... 93 93 Equador Bonds rues 1t: a n , 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons 30% 30 Ditto, Account ... 30) 30% Ditto, Ex Coupons •• ••• -- Ditto, Account ••••• 28% 28 1 / 2 itussian Bonds .. •.. Ditto, Account, iprunt•i: .-; per (;,-)0,. 1840 . Ditto, Account . i 6 1 / 2 16 1 / 2 Ditto, Passive Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 21/2 per Cent., 12 Guild 4 8 1A% 483 Ditto. i Der Cent. Certificates 75 75 i• 1: icEs OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOsINt; AILWA V 6 ILARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PItICE • berdeen. .. suckingbanithire ... 161. 4s. :;aledorn au `.rest Anglia, 25/., L. & E• Llid L. and D...... 25 Do., 18/., E. & li. ••• 18 Do. New 101. Pref.— 10 ... .. xin Do., 3/. IW. Ettni.::n Cou:4ties... ..... 20 ...... 8 1 : , % 6% ',Teat Northern - ...... 10% Do., 1 / 2 B 6 per Cent 7% ...... s;i Do. Extension 2 l /2 — . ;Teat North of Eugland•loo ......226 Great Western 100 Ditto, 1 / 2 Shares 5O ...... Ditto, 14 Shares Ditto, New 171— .. Hall and Selby .. ...... 50 ...... , Ditto. Half Shares ... 25 ...... 481 1 ,.: 4 B l /2 Lanctub ire & Yorkshire 93 Do. Fifths.... ........ ... 10 l' .. 5 Do. Sixteenths 6% 4 ' l4 4 Do. Thirds l5 ..... Do. New, Gua.6 per et. 10 Do. (W. Riding Union) 9 ..... Loudon & Blackwali l 2 l /2 i.oncion, Brighton, and South Coa;t. 5O 36% ...... . ...... 35% ',mkt, and N. Western 100 Do. 101. ( Si. & B.) C. 1 ..... 3 '%4 Lon ‘I. & :.... W • stern 50 .... 36 Do. Nrw 501.........42i4.. .. 26 Ditto, Thirds l6/.3.35.41... 5% dis 5% dis. Manzhester.Buxton,und N 1 atlock... ~ 51 idland ....... ........ —lOO ... - 67 ► I A, ......... Do., do., 50/. Shares .. 25 ... .. 13 %% 13% Do. flirm., and Derbyloo Do.Consol. Bristol and Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 ......123 .... ..... ...... 123 N irfolk . . 100 N )rth British .. .... ... 25 .... Sorth Staffordshire 17% 12% 12% Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ...~. 50 Reading, Guildford, and Reigate South , 4.-‘ttr • - 2O Do. Registered No. 4 10 Windsor, Staines, and South Western ..... ... 12 - Y.ffk, Newcastle, and Berwick. ... . Do Newcastle E Kten. 20 ...... 13 , i 3 % l3 D. G.N.ii..Preterence 8 ... - 4 %••• •• YJrk and North Midland 50 ..... 30% ... .. 293/ Ditto, Preference FOREIGN RAILWA IS. Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Central of France (Or- Vierzort ) Great Indian Peninsular 5 ...... 5 Do. Do. ... . ..... 10s. % Namur and Liege ...... '2O ... .. Northern of France Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 Paris and Orleans ...... 20 ..... .... ...... .. 29 MINE*. Brazilian Imperial ...... 24% — Do. St. John Del Rey 15 JOINT STOCK BANKS. Union of L0nd0n......... 10 ....... LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAY 26 —Wind this day at noon, S S.W.; moderate breeze and fine. KINGSTOWN, MAT 24.—Wind S., strong. Sid. Hy dernb id, Hobart Town. DUBLIN, MAY 23. Arrd. Cherokee, Trinidad. CARDIFF, MAY 24. —Sid. Alillrean, Portland, Australia. BRISTOL, MAY 24.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Fanny, Rees, Barbadoes; 25th, Sarah, Jones, Callao. Sld. Clara, Jamaica. OFF FALMOUTH, MAY 24.—Constitution, Puerto Ca hello, fur Copenhagen; Frulic, St. John's, New Bruns wick, for Poole. COWES, MAY 25.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Agenoria, Websti r, Havannah. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 25.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Prince Alh-rt, Meyer, New York, and sailed for London. DEAL, MAY 25 —Wind S. to S.W.—Arrd. from the River, Casper, Eldred, Adelaide, South Australia; James Gibson, Clarkson, Algoa Bay; Enchantress, Spurgin, Cape of Good Hope and Port Natal. Arrd. from the River and aid., Seringapatam, S , dney, New South Wales; Chieftain, Madras; Mary, Demerara; Jamaica, Antigua; Fantome, Jamaica; Abeona, New York; Germania, ditto. Sld. Wallace, Coquimbo. GLasuow, MAY 25.—A screw steamer, painted black, with red bottom, and round stern. was seen Ist inst. in lat. 48, long. 36, lying to in a gale at N. W., by the Brooksly, Laurance, arrived in the Clyde. CLYDE, MAY 24.—Arrd. Champion, Mitchell, Mobile. PORT ISAAC, MAY 23.—The following vessels lying at Port Gavern, parted their stern moorings, got in contact, hove up at high water, and have received the following damages:—The Georgianna, stern brackets, tranoom, beam, and knees carried away, stern broken and very much strained. The Caurinus, with loss of stern brackets, bulwarks, and stanchions, fore and aft, and otherwise greatly strained. The Traveller, also with loss of stern brackets, bulwarks, and stanchions, starboard aide amid ships crushed in and badly strained. The Three Sisters, of Padstow, with little or no apparent damage. OFF PLYMOUTH, MAY 23.--Ormond, Schested, St, Croix, for Copenhagen. POOLE, MAX 24.—Sld, Stanley, Newftpundland. DARTMOUTH, MAY 25.—Wind W.—Sld. 24th, Fear Not, ;it. John's, NewtoundLnd. OFF SALCORME, 11 AY 24.—Leila, Stafford, Baltimore, for Rotterdam. MARKET N 1J yll —('t6. HIS DAY.) 00V1112 T-GAIMErir. Very large supplies or both Fruit and Vegetables were on sale in tu-cLy's market, yet the general demand was active, send prices were fairly sup ported. The show of Flowers was unusually fine. Fruit—Pine-apples (Queen's), 5s to 7s; and hot house Grapes, Its to 15s per Ib; Lemons, 5s to 10s; and Oranges, tis to 14s per 100; Chesuuts, 2s to 4s per peck; forced Strawberries. 6d to is Od per oz. ; forced Peaches, 45s per dezen. Vegetables—Horseradish, 3s 6d to 5s ; and Celery, 10d to Is 3d per bundle; Asparagus, 3s to is Gd per 100; Spring Onions, 3d to 61 per bunch; Old Potatoes, 90s to 225 s pr ton ; Cape Brocoli, 13s to 15s per dozen. bur:dles; Mushrooms, 9d to Is per pottle; Endive, 6d to •9ilp, r score; Cabbage Let tuces, is 6d 2s per half sieve; early Yolk Cabbages, 7d to Is; and Beet Root, is to Is 3d per dozen; Turnips, 2s to 2s 6d ; Carrots, 2s 6d to 4s ; and White Cos Lettuces, is 6d 2s per score. Greens, 2s 6d to 4s per dozen bunches ; Parsley, Is 6d to 2s 3d per half sieve ; Sea Kail, Is 3d to 2s per punuct; Cucumbers, 2s to 4s per br..:ce; Rhutarb, 3s to 6s per dozen bundles; Brussels Sprouts, Is to is 6d per half si: ve; Paranius, 6d to 8d; Cornish White Brocoli, Is to 4 . 3 per dozen; Turnip Greens, 6d to Sd per bual:el; Leeks, SJ to 10J per dozen bunches; New Potatoes, 9d to Is per lb; and Shallots, 4d per lb ; French Bemis, is 6d to 2s per 100; Radishes, 4d to 6d per dozen hands; small Salad, 25 to 2s 6d per dozen punnets; Cos Lettuces, 101 to is 4d per score. Green Goose berries, 4s to 5s per halt-seive; Currants, 9d to is per pottle. NEWGATE AND LE ADENZALL. Bed', from 2s 4d to 3s 2d; Mutton, 2s 8d to 3s Id; Di-mb, 4s 8d to 5s 8d; Veal, 38 to 4s; and Pork, 3s to 4s per 81bs. POULTRY—Turkey Poulets, 4s to 5s 6d; Goslings, 5s to 8s; Fowls, 2s to 6s; Capons, 4s to 6s 6d; Chickens, 3s to 4,-i Ducklings, 2s 9d to 4s; Pigeons 6d to 10d; and Rabbits, 10d to is 9d each; Ost.nd Fresh Butter, 10s 6d to 12s; and English, ditto. 103 to 13s per dozen lbs; Irish Eggs, 44 9d to 5s 3d; French, ditto, 5s to list and English, ditto, 6s 9d to 7b 3 , 1 per 120. NEWPORT. Beef, from 23 6d to 3s 4. , ; Mutton, 2s 10d to 3s 10; Lamb, 5s 6d to 5s 10d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 48 4d rer Sibs. Beef, from 2s 4d to 38 2d; Mutton, 2s 8d to 3s IN; Lamb, 5s to 5s 10d; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 2d; and Pork, 3s 2d to 4s per B►bs. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, 10d to is per lb.; Turbots, 2s to 6s; Brills, 6d to 2s; Cod Fish, is to 3s; Whitings, 2d to 3d; Lobsters, is to 3s; and Crabs, is to 2s each; Salt Fish, Id to 2d; ditto Dried, 3d to 4d per lb; Soles, 3d to is 3d per pair; Eels, 4s to 10d per lb; Mackerel, 4d to 8d each ; Flounders, is to is 6d per dozen ; Sturgeon. 6d to 9d per lb; haddocks, 3d to Gd each; Crimped Scate, 3d to 4d per ib; White Bait, is to 2s per quart. BitZEAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the Metropolis are from 7d to 3d; of household ditto, 5d to 6fd per 41bs loaf. HIDE riTILILICET. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, lid to lid; ditto, 641 b to 721 b, lid to lit; ditto, 721 b to 801 b, Qd to 2J; ditto, 801 b to 881 b, 2/d to 24d; ditto, 881 b to 961 b, 24d to 3d; ditto, 961 b to 1041 b, 3d to 31d; ditto, 1041 b to 1121b,-- to 4d; Calf Skins, each, 4s 6d to 53 ; Lambs Skins, is 3d to 2s 3d ; Hone Hides, 7s 6d; Shearlings, 6d to 83. HAT MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 103 to 41 ; Clover ditto, 31 lOs to 51 Os ; and Straw, 1/ 6s to 11 lOs per load. A full averaue supply, and a heavy demand. CIJMBEaLAND. Meadow Hay, 21 12s to 4/ Os ; Clover ditto, 31 5s to 4/ 15s ; and Straw, 11 7s to 11 11h per load. Supply good, and trade dull. UITECHAPEL.—BIeadow Hay, 21 lOs to 31 18s ; Clover ditto, 31 Os to 41 183; and Straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ 10$ per load. Both Hay and Straw moved off slowly, at our quotations. CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor did not sit to• day in consequence of his continued indisposition. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE CHANCELLOR Of ENGLAND.) IN THE NATTER OF THE SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAT COMPANY. This was an application for an injunction to restrain the South-Eastern Company from continuing the rise of a certain " siding" upon the Woolwich branch, which was contiguous to some houses belonging to the peti tioner, and which it was alleged had resulted in con siderabh. injury to them. His HONOUR, after hearing the arguments of Mr. Bethel! and other learned gentlemen at some length, re fused to grant au injuction. (Before Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) RUGBY, WARWICK, AND WORCESTER RAILWAY. HiY iloNoun, upon a petition of a shareholder Dam"' Griffiths, decided that this company came under the operations of the W►nding-up Act, and granted an na. juucticn for its dissolution. EXCHEQUER.—('j HIS DAY.) HOW U. PIKE AND ANOTHER. This actin was mud on Thursday lust, before Mr. Baron Parke, tl hen a verdict wgs found :or the plaintiff for 321 4s. Mr. Sergeant WILKINS now applied for a nonsuit, on the ground that no material evidence was given of a dealing iu the county of Middlesex, or for a new trial on the ground that the verdict was palpably against the eviuence: The plaintiff was a journeyman engineer, living at Poole, in Dorsetshire, aid the defendants were proprietors of large clay works at Wareham, and they kept machinery for claritying clay, which they had em employee the plaintiff to repair. Ile was engaged alto gether twelve wecks, and he claimed for his labour 521. 2s, ; the defaiLiants paid him 151. on account, and now paid 11. 18s. into court as the whole to which they thought he was entitled. The ground of defence was that the work was badly done, that the machinery was worse than it was before, and that the waste of steam from the engine was to great that it was impossible to go into the engine-room when it was at work. The Court granted a rule upon both points. COMMON PLEAS. 7 --(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) The Court was occupied the whole of the morning in hearing and deciuing matters of legal practice, of pure►y technical charixter, wholly uninteresting to the general reader. Mr. Justice WILLIAMS and a common jury sat at nisi prius, in the Westminster Sessions-house, but, as in the Banco Court, nothing tranblired in the course of the morning sufficiently interesting to warrant a detailed report. IRELA ND. DUBLIN, FRIDAY EVENING.—Up to the post hour this afternoon nothing definite had transpired with regard to the fate of the State prisoners. The com mittee acting on their behalf are to meet this even ing to make arrangements for the appointment of the deputation to wait upon Lord Clarendon with the memorial, which at present has nearly 16,000 signa tures appended to it. OBSTRUCTIONS OF THE " RATE IN Ath."—At meeting, yesterday, of the Lingou (Armagh) Board of Guardians, the following resolution was Ml6' rnoubly adopted :--i• That in case any communi cations from the Commissioners be made to this board regarding the Rate in Aid Bills, or the levy of any money thereunder, a discussion thereon before this Board shall only take place upon notice to all the guardians put into the post-office a week pre viously. One of the guardians avows the object of this resolution to be, that before the Rate in Aid Bill shall be brought to bear upon the poor industrious ratepayers of the union, a full discussion shall take, place, and each guardian will h ave an opportun ity of declaring whether he will become a voluntary bailiff to carry into execution a most unjust attack upon the property of his neighbours and tenants. THE LATE EARL OF MAYO.—The deceased filled the situation of Chairman 'of Committees in the House of Peers, and was in receipt of a large pension since the Union. By his death a vacancy occurs in hislate Earl is a t h a e ec l e r e i d s e h d r e i p n re h s i e s n t t a i t t i l v e e a p n e d e ra e g s t e a . te The nephew, Robert of Harp, in the county of Hon. Member for the c ount y of Meath,fatherßourke, t 0 t E h t. e q ll ., Kildare. THE CORN TRADE.—We had a very dull market to. day, and prices of Tuesday were with difficulty obtained, even for the best quality of wheat and oats. India corn met a steady demand, and fully supported the currencies of last day. White wheat, old, 23e• to 265. 6d.; red ditto, 225. to 245. 6d; barley, 135. to 16s. 6d.; oats, lls. 6d. to 13s. 6d. • oatmeal, 12s. to 14s. ; second flour, 14s. to 175.; Indian corn, per 4 80 lbs., 30s. to 375. ALARM OF FIRE AT THE SADLER's WELD THEATRE.—This morning conbiderable excitement Wa s created by a rumour that Sadler's Wells Theatre was OX tire. It appears that although not altogether destitute 0 ' foundation, the rumour in questi on was a gross exag ge; ration. That a fire broke out in the property-room 0 ' the theatre early this mor n i ng i s a tact, but i t w 66 almost immediately extinguished, and did but little damage. ln consequence of most severe indisposition, 305 Clara Se) tun's entert a i nment, at Crosby Hall, i 5 pa s t, plied from Mond a y, M ay 28, until Monday, the 4, June, inst. A lad was drowned this morning, whilst bathing in the Thames, near Blackfriars Bridge. EXTRAORDINARY HIGH TlDE.—This morning th e tide caused considerable annoy anee to many inhabitan ts on the south s id e o f the bridges, especially in the neie bourhood of from Lambeth to Vauxhall; and in one Il l : stance, a tailor resid e nt near V aux h a ll B r id ge was DOt conscious of the inundation till the chairs of the lowe r room, where he was working, had been removed troy _ their resti ng pl ace by t h e water . Thi s anno y a nce been occ as i o n e d by neg le c t o f prop er ly b an king up?'u_ scuth side of tho Thames, and by the poor this 0111' severely telt. A Frenchman was recently seen bargaining for: . half-dozen sheep. " What are you about?" said a fr ien • I have heard say," replied Monsieur, " you must but sheep and sell dear, I strAII Luy de sheep and sell a v venison !"