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New Burlington-street, May b, 1849. lIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. MADLLE. JENNY LIND. The Subscribers are respectfully informed that THL'IIiMAY next, May 10, will beg iven as a Subscription Night, on which occasion Madlle. JENNY LIND will appear as ALICE, in Meyerbeer's Opera ROBERTO I N DIAVOLO, with various Entertainments in the Bal let Department. J' ER MAJESTYb'S THEATRE. ALBONI. It is respectfully aniounced that Madlle. ALISONI will RE APPEAR on SATURDAY next, May 12, in one of her fayourits characters. H ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Mdlle. JENNY LLND. The Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, are respect fully internist! that TO-MORROW EVENING, Will be presented LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. Lucia, Wills. Jenny Lind ; Edgardo. Sig. Garden!. To conclude with (the Scenery by Mr. CharlesiMarshall) an en tirely new grand Ballet, by M. Taglioni, entitled ELECTRA ; or, The Lost Plelade. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box office, Opel a Colonnade. Doors opts at Half-past Seven, Concert to oonnnence at Eight. • Applications for Boxes, Stella, and Tickets to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre, where Pit Tickets may be obtained as usual, price 10s. 6d. each. ST. JAMES'S TIIE A T RE. Season 1849. FRENCH PLAYS and OPERA COMMITE. THIS EVENING, The P will commence at Half-past SeTen o'clock with HEUR ET MALHEUR. To conclude with LE PEE AUX CLERSS. Mergy, M. Octave; Comminge, M. Conderc ; Isabelle, Mdlle. Oharton. Mr. Mitchell begs also to announce that, notwithstanding the in reasod expenses of the present entertainment, the prices of admis sion are determined as follows : BOXEI .. • • .. 6s. Od. Pit• • • • .. . 3s. Od. ♦mphitheatre .. .. 2s. Od. Subscriptions for the season may be arranged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street; Mr. Sams', St. James's-street; Mr. Andrew?, New Bond-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from eleven till five. THEATRE HOYA_L, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENIN., Will be performed an entirely new entitled RUNAWAY II USBANDS. Characters by Messrs. Howe, Waßack, Vandenhoff, • nd Buckstone Miss Reynolds and Mrs. Fitzwilliaia. After which a Classical Extravaganza, entitled THE SPHINX. To be followed by THE ROUGH DIAMOND. ' To conclude with the Farce of LEND ME FIVB SHILLINGS. THEATRE ROYAL. ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be peribrmed THE HOP- PICKERS. Principal characters by Messrs. Lambert, Boyce, Wright, Paul Bedford, Hughes, Mun yard, 0. Smith, Cullenford, Worrell, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. F. Matthews, Miss Taylor, Miss E. Chaplin, &c. After which, WHO LIVES AT No. 9? Characters by Messrs. Wright and Worrell, and Miss Chaplin. To conclude with a Farce, called GOING TO THE DERBY THE DERBY DAY. Mr. Jeremiah Twiddle, Mr. Wright ; Mr. John James Chucks, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Captain Nobble, Mr. Worrell ; Mrs. Chucks, Mrs. Matthews ; Mrs. Twiddle, Miss Woolgar. LOYAL L YCLUM TREAT it E. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. I,olc Lessee. Mr. Charles Mahe s. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new comic Drama, called THE HUSBAND OF MY WIFE. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Harley, F. Matthews, Selby, and Parselle ; Miss H. Gilbert, and Miss Connor. To be followed by a Piece entitled HOLD YOUR TONGUE. Cha racters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Selby, and Parselle ; Miss 11. Gil bert, Miss Jane Coleman, and Madame Vestris. To conclude with THE SEVEN CHAMPIONS OP CHRISTEN DOM. _ Dress Boxes, 55.; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, is. No 11W-ivies to any part of the house. " The New Box-office, No. 2, Weßingtor , street, is open to the public every day, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S THEATI:E. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Opera, entitled THE HEART OP MID LOTHIAN. Characters by Herr Mengis, Messrs. C. Brabant, Horn castle, and Weiss; Miss Poole, 'Miss Lanza, and Mdllo. Nau. After which, Mdnes. W. and A. Neruda, and their brother Victor will perlbrm on the Violin. Violoncello, and Pianoforte. To conclude with a new grand Extravaganza, entitled NOIJRED- D'IN AND THE FAIR PERSIAN. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. under the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. In active preparation, and will be produced at Whitsuntide a new grand Military Equestrian Spectacle, entitled MOOLTA2s.T and GOOJERAT ; er, the Conquest of the Sella's. The new grand Easter Spectacle unprecedentedly successittl. 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 appear. To conelude with a favourite Afterpiece. Box-office open from Eleven till Few. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. DIE WEATHER.--SUN OFFICE, MAY 6. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 42; Highest, 71; Noon, 56. BAROMETER, 29.87. VViND N.E.—fine cool breeze, and sunshiny weather. MAY 7. TIIIMMONZTZB, Lowest, 43; Highest, 57; Noon, 46, BAROMETER, 30. WIND N.E.—cold breeze, and dull weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON HiUDGE. afte Dalt —Morning, 58 min. after 1 SO min . after Evening, rain Tars r 2 To-Monne/I— morning, 14 min. after 2 I Evening , . ' I ... nie ~ .., ,l• ..s. Aori . 11Tt.z : e1R °‘1"1 ,... '".; ,... - 4, e to g , -.6--- . riti• • 40015101. .._ . ..... t... i........- .. 7,, .: )1,1,„.. ~, ..,...,, ~ 40 1 ,, 7 ,..w1 e . : ..-- - . 7 • ,, „,,.. i - 1 "7:!:,,, -4014:„..c..:,„ A* 0 :: 1 rni 6:*;' LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 7, 1849. Everything is in preparation for the election, on Sunday next, of that Legislative Chamber which is to decide the destinies of the French Republic. Of course, there are all kinds of sinister forebodings and insidious insinuations on the part of those very suspicious and most unscrupulous gentlemen, the promoters of the reactionary movement. " The French population,"—say they, wagging their beads, —" is no longer to be humbugged by those demo cratic sophisms which were wont formerly to dazzle it into obedience. The departments will no longer submit to the dictation of the capital. he multitude is not again to be surprised into the passive and bewildered acceptance of repub licanism, as in February. A junta of insolent and daring conspirators will no more be permitted to domineer over thirty-five millions of people, startled by them into a state of obsequious bewilderment. Socialism, communism, sodality, the rights of labour, all those profound and mystical dogmas, which were first propounded in joke and afterwards in earnest by JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU, stink in the nostrils of the community. Anarchy is to be repudiated at all cost. That the inhabitants of the French depart ments are resolved upon. That they will have. They will save France from the evil influence of the demagogues who in the early spring of last year juggled the country out of its senses by a sort of political legerclemaix. Those knaves who in the February of 1848 effected a bur glarious entrance into the national palaces, who filched the authority of Government from a panic stricken Administration, who expelled the Legislature with the assistance of a few hired bayonets—are now on the eve of being for ever deprived of the opportu nities of playing over again their desperate game of hazard, and are being conquered and annihilated (poor fools !) by means of their own vaunted panaceas the ballot-box and universal suffrage 1" Such is the language used by the apologists of that rotten system, the monarchical system of Bourbon idiots and of Orleans' swindlers, the system of toadies, and place •hunters, and match makers, and duellists, and assassins, and debaucbees, the system which produced the Teste robberies, the Beauvallon ruffianism, the Sophy Dawes plots, the Choiseul Praslin murders I We are told, forsooth, that Frenchmen are no longer to be cheated out of their wits as in February ; but that the departments will, through the ballot and the franchise, declare for the good days of Loots PHILIPPE rather than for the evil days of the Provisional Government ! And are there men so silly, so demented, so besotted by their own prejudices, as to believe that one soul in existence can swallow such stuff as this ? The Good Days of Louis PHILIPPE The Evil Days of the Provisional Government That is the contrast harped upon perpetually by the reactiox 'Wires 1 With the first they associate Order; with the second Anarchy. To the first, with a sublime audacity, they attribute every virtue, every truth, and eve." 7 honesty. To the second, with a match less abnegation of facts, they apply all those epithets of abhorre.nce which are exclusively uttered in reference to crime, to falsehood, and to corruption. That man inust be silly, indeed, who can listen with anv patience to such trash as is here talked by the leaders and organs of the reactionary movement. Why, history gives the lie to every one of their asser- , tions. They talk of the cr imes of the P rovisional Government, while the homage of the world is still resounding over Europe for the magnanimity of those great men who saved France from a bloody catas• trophe, and the continent from an awful and destroying convulsion who shed not one drop of blood when the passions of the multitude were wholly at their bidding who saved their bitterest antagonists from the death they had richly merited for their atrocities by the noblest decree that every emanated from the rulers of a great people. They talk of the crimes of the Provisional Government—when the immortal members of that Government rescued France from destruction by their own insulated and unassisted courage— when they preserved peace with the rest of the world—restored order to their own land, and, as a magnificent token of their want of selfishness, resigned their extraordinary powers into the hands of that Assembly which they themselves had called into existence, descending from the pomp of sovereignty to the simplicity of citizenship. A vast deal has been said about the peculations of M. LRDRII Rommv, about the weak ness of M. DE LAMARTINE, about the incompetence of M. ARAGO, about the insane ideas of M. Louis Blanc, and about the terrorist designs of CAUSSI DIRRI—aII, be it observed, with the view of casting odium upon the Provisional Government. And yet the accuracy of these insinuations as to the corruption of M. LEDRE ROLLIN has never yet been proven ! And yet the weakness of M. DE LAMARTINE did not prevent him from risking his life again and again in February, when hurling back the red lag in the teeth of an infuriated rabble ; it did not prevent him from repulsing the advances of the Irish deputation in March ; it did not prevent him from repelling the thousand and one conspirators and intriguers in April; it did not pre vent him from defying the armed rebels who demanded war in the name of Poland during May; it did not pre vent him from riding on horseback from the doors of the Council Chamber against the diabolical insurgents of June, and charging the barricades, side by side with General CAVAIGNAC And yet the incompetence of M. ARAIIO to fulfil the duties of administration did not prevent him, a philosopher, from conducting both the naval and military departments together, and from doing so in such a manner as to bring both the army and the navy of the Republic into the most flourish ing condition And yet the so-called chimerical ideas of M. Louis BLANC, those ideas which led, in one instance to the establishment of the much-abused Ateliers Nationaux, have never yet conduced to anything beyond the adoption of truths which were acknowledged by the laws of ELIZABETH 1 And yet the terrorist designs of M. CAUSSIDIERE never revealed themselves, as far as evidence has yet shown, further than in the preser vation of municipal regularity in the midst of popular excitement 1 Such are the falsehoods with which the reactionnairea are endeavouring to play over again their old game of duplicity ! Such are the arguments, " heaven save the mark," ! by which they are striving to cram M. GUIZOT— the man of Ghent, the ASTIITIO of LIIDOVICK the Vandal—down the throats of a gaping population I If we are to believe their very veracious organs, our contemporaries, France is about to expiate her glo rious outburst in February, 1848, by electing a motley assemblage of legislators of all shades and diversities of opinion, as her legislators in May, 1849. Among these they already predict the election of ex -Ministers and ex-Princes, of Orleanists and Bourbonists, of upholders of the Regency and of the Restoration, of every knave, vagabond or gentleman, who shows on his part a resolute hatred of Republicanism. Supposing this were really to prove the case, then would France be the victim in truth of the most atrocious conspiracy, then would her sons prove themselves unworthy of her great destiny, then would they show themselves incapable of appreciating those illustrious statesmen who, after saving France from terrorism in February, left behind them, as a legacy, the abolition of capital punishment for political offences, and the permanent establishment of universal suffrage. But No I Franc, has deliberately declared herself for Republicanism and she has consecrated Republicanism under th glorious name of NAPOLEON ! We cannot but congratulate our friends and fellow labourers on the immense progress which the cause of reform of the lunacy laws has recently made. It is now little more than two years since Lord DENMAN thought it right to pooh-pooh out of court those who came forward as the defenders of an alleged lunatic, and declared that whenever two " skilful persons" had certified that a person was lunatic, he would not release that person albeit the certificate might have been given in violation of the Act of Parliament; accom panying this dictum by some not very complimentary observations on those who had taken up the cause of the alleged lunatic. How different is the state of affairs now. We no longer hear of the impropriety of the interference of strangers in the affairs of an alleged lunatic. We have no longer dinned into our ears a dreary series of prosy common-places asser ting the infallibility and impeccability of " skilful persons," and the immaculate purity of the motives which actuate those relatives who authorise the in carceration for life of alleged lunatics. How different was the language of the LORD CHANCELLOR in giving judgment in the case of the ANSTIES, a week since, to that of Lord DENMAN in the case of Mrs. SHUTTLE. WORTH, some eighteen months since. The unfortunate subjects of the inquiry, PETER SHARP ANSTIE and HENRY ANSTIE, have been for some years past in mates of the Fishponds Asylum, near Bristol, the management of which has been so frequently of late the subject of comment and investigation. Of their lunacy there can be no doubt. The father, on his death. left them 350/. per annum each, which, so long as their brother BET...MINIM ANSTIE lived was devoted to their maintenance, but on his death, which happened in 11143, the other members of the family, nine in number, agreed to diminish the al lowance for the lunatics to 1101., and to divide among themselves the surplus ; " and one of the parties," said Mr. MALins, who conducted the case in Chancery for the Alleged Lunatics' Friend Society, " one of the parties receiving these moneys, sanctioning these proceedings, and probably advising them, was a brother-in-law of the lunatic's, a Mr. GRACE SMITH, a barrister, and a person who had been thought worthy of receiving an appointment from his Lordship of a judge of the recently constituted County Courts." A righteous judge, truly This Mr. Glues SMITH is, if we mistake not, connected by marriage with the keeper efore of the asylum, Dr. BOMPASS, and took an active part in his defence during the recent proceedings b the Court of Quarter Sessions at Gloucester. The Messrs. ANSTIE, who had previously had separate rooms and separate attendants, and had been per mitted to enjoy all the comforts that persons in their situation could enjoy, were now, in consequence of this diminution in their allowance, " confined in the day time with a common labouring farmer in a small room, opening on a gravelled court-yard, which is surrounded by a wall of twelve feet high, and kept in a most filthy and disgusting condition. The room had deal chairs and a deal table, and the court was somewhat like a stable-yard. This was their day room. They had separate bedrooms, only seven feet high, but they were in all respects treated as persons who were indifferent to light or life, and destitute of the feelings of humanity. Dr. GILEERT LYON said that they were kept in a dismal room. Dr. O'BRYEN said the same, and they agreed that air, exercise, change of situation, and the attendance of a servant was much wanted, and would be most beneficial to them. One of the witnesses said he was of opinion that both the brothers were imbecile, but he thought their con dition eapable of much improvement ; and as a proof that they were not so degraded in the scale of human beings as they were represented to be, he instanced the fact of one of them, HENRY, being capable of com parison, for he said that in passing across the yard he pointed out to him a plant, and asked the name of it, The lunatic replied Laurestinus, and he was able to distinguish it from another of the same leaf, and to say it was a flowering one. He was also able to name the lavender plant, although at that season it had no leaf, and he pointed out the primrose. It was idle, therefore, to say that these unhappy persons, who were only taken out once a month, were incapable of enjoying the green fields and the sunshine. It was because they were neglected by their relative", and by those who were bound by nature and duty to pro vide for their happiness and comfort, that they had become open to the imputation of being reduced to such a condition that it was incapable of any improve ment." In this state they were discovered by Mr. PURNELL, the indefatigable Chairman of the Gloucestershire Quarter Sessions, to whose exertions in the cause of humanity we have already frequently had to bear testimony. - He communicated the case to the Alleged Lunatics' Friend Society, who immediately instructed Mr. BAILEY, their Secretary, to petition,the Court of Chancery for a commission de lunatico, in order to place these unfortunate gentlemen under the protec tion of the Court. This petition was filed in the month of February ; in the month of March the relatives of the lunatics filed a counter petition, praying to have the conduct of the commission, and the LORD CHANCELLOR, having heard Mr. ROLT on behalf of the relatives, without waiting for the reply of Mr. Kum, who appeared for the society, gave judgment in favour of Mr• BAILEY'S petition, thus rescuing the lunatics from the relatives, and placing them under the protection of the society. In giving his judgment, his Lordship spoke of the alleged Lunatics' Friend Society in the highest terms. He said " the question was as to the carriage of the commission. Mr. BAILEY was a stranger, and alleged to be the secretary of a society for the Protection of Lunatics. That fact did not diminish his claim, for the society appeared to be one which, he seas sorry to say, was required, notwith standing the unceasing efforts of the Legislature, and of those to whom the execution of the provisions of its enactments were entrusted ;" while, in speaking of the relatives of the lunatics, his Lordship said, " he could not pass over the conduct of the parties asking for the commission on the part of the family. If he did so, it would go forth to the world that relatives might with impunity reduce the allowance to lunatics to the lowest scale con sistent with the maintenance of life. It would be most dangerous if such an opinion should get abroad, o r that it should be supposed that such a course could be followed with impunity ; and there fore, without saying more on the other parts of the case, he thought that the friends of the lunatics were not entitled to the carriage of the commission, and that Mr. BAILEY, although a stranger, had made out a case to warrant the Court in granting the prayer of his petition. The petition of the other side must be dismissed with costs." The language of the LORD CHANCELLOR in 1849, when compared with the language of the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE in 1846, presents a striking contrast,which can not but be gratifying to every friend of humanity. The LORD CHANCELLOR will not, however, we trust, leave this good work but half complete. From 1843 to 1849 these unfortunate gentlemen the Messrs. ANSTIE have been kept in the state above described. What were his Lordship's officers, the Commissioners of Lunacy, doing during the whole of this time, that they never discovered this shocking state of things ? How comes it that it was left to strangers to inform his Lordship of the state of the Messrs. ANSTIE, when he has officers of his own, whose business it is to inspect every private lunatic asylum twice in every year, and to report on the state thereof? What must be the nature of an inspection which, twelve times repeated, could leave such a case undiscovered ? What is such an inspection but " a mockery, a delusion, and a snare ?" We trust that his Lordship will cause an investigation to be made into the manner in which the Commissioners have performed their duties of inspection, so far as the Fishponds Asylum is concerned. The results of the investigation by the Gloucester shire magistrates into the manner in which the Fishponds Asylum has been conducted appear to have roused the Commissioners into an unwonted fit' of activity, and on Friday they actually moved in the Bail Court for a writ of habeas corpus to bring up the body of a young lady, the daughter of a baronet. It appeared from the statement of the counsel that " the young lady had been insane, and had been in confinement at the house of Dr. SUTHER LAND. After being there some time, Dr. SUTHEIP. LAND prevailed on the mother of the young lady to remove her, as she had recovered and was quite well. The young lady was removed, but it appeared instead of being taken home, she was taken to the house of a parson of the name of BosTocß, who had for merly held some office in Hanwell Asylum. She was there kept under some restraint, never being allowed to go out alone, and was not treated as became her station in life. The Com missioners had visited her, and she had told them that she wished to return home; that she wished for society, and to write letters, and communicate with friends. She also stated that BOSTOCK. took liberties and kissed her in the absence of his wife. The Com missioners also examined BOSTOCL, who, after some hesitation, admitted he had kissed the young lady, who was thirty years of age. The Commissioners then communicated with the young lady's mother, and in the end the young lady was removed. The Commissioners then wrote to the mother, requiring to know to what place the young lady had been taken, but the mother refused to give them any information, stating that, as her daughter was not insane, she did not know what right the Commissioners had to inquire into her private affairs. The Commissioners, there fore, asked that this writ might go, in order that the young lady might be asked whether she was willing to remain where she was." Vv This application was refused by Mr. Justice COLERIDGE, on what we cannot but consider most insufficient grounds. The Learned Judge argued that as the young lady was no longer insane she was " no longer under the charge of the Lunacy Commis sioners. When the mother heard BOSTOCI had be haved ill she removed her. It was said she had not been taken home, but the courts of justice would become a perfect nuisance in the land if they were to interfere in the affairs of domestic life when it was supposed that and if parents achildwas wettrree to at beed w ou with propriety riety or liberality, into a court of justice and the secret dealings of the family were to be ripped open. If a principle of that kind should be established, nothing would be more mis• chievous. Another ground was that the mother had refused to state where the daughter now was. He agreed that that coupled with other circumstances, might be a ground for a court to interfere, if there had been proof of any ill-treatment, or of her having been improperly put under restraint, but that founda tion was wanted, and the mother declined to give the information because, she said, the Commissioners had no authority to ask the question." With all due deference to Mr. Justice COLERIDGE we contend that, inasmuch as the young lady is not a minor, neither her mother nor any other person has any right to deprive ker of her liberty, except she be lunatic. If she be not lunatic, she is unjustly and illegally deprived of her liberty ; in that case, it is open to the Commissio ners of Lunacy, or to any other person or persons, to apply to the Court for a writ of habeas, and Mr. Justice COLERIDGE himself admits that, if she were lunatic, the Commissioners would have a right to this rule. If Mr. Justice CoLERIDGE'S law be correct, we must have not only a society for the protection of alleged lunatics, but a society for the protection of the liberty of the subject. We give in a n other part of our paper an article from the last number of the Law Review, on the sub ject of Lord BROUORAM'S Bankrupt Law Consolida tion Bill, in the observations and in the general tenor of which we entirely and heartily concur. We have in serted from the Bill the Articles 319 and 320 referred to, and after the best consideration we have been able to give to them, can adopt no other conclusion than that come to by the Reviewer. We are free to admit that the plan propounded by those who object to the direct power of imprisonment proposed by Lord BROUGHAM would be an improvement, and a very great improvement, on the present stai n oactff the would law ; but it is very apparent t hat that plan, n , only go to increase the chances of a bankrupt's being punished : there would be no security, no certainty that he would be punished at all ; and we consequently infinitely prefer the more dignified, and the certain mode of punishment proposed by the Bill, and agree with the Reviewer in thinking that the capias would only be made use of as a screw for the purpose of operating on and harassing the bankrupt and his relatives and friends, or of obtaining some arrange ment or advantage. To charge Lord BROUGHAM (as has been done) with an attempt to " abolish trial by limy" I. nonse,se. unless inked a thing which has z,xi.slPnce ca , 1 holiabed. There is no trial by jury at this moment—none; we mean as regards the quantum of imprisonment. There would be none under the Judgment Creditor plan; and all Lord BaouGHABL's Bill does is to substitute a direct, a certain, and a dignified mode of punishment, in lieu of a most indirect, most uncertain, and most un dignified one. The more serious offences —those matters heretofore deemed felony and misdemeanour —the Bill leaves as it found them ; leaves them to be tried by jury. And as regards the others, it is not to come into immediate operation, and the offences are specifically set out. We will return to this subject in a future number. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of Saturday and yesterday. The report of the death of the venerable DUPONT DE L'EURE is contradicted. -- - The fete of Friday, the aniversary of the procla mation of the Republic by the National Assembly, passed off in the most satisfactory manner. In The Sun of Saturday we gave a description of the reli• gious ceremony in the Place de la Concorde, with which the fete commenced. We copy the following description of the conclusion of th e f e t e f rom Galig naMessenger : well -dressed cr ow d. Th e moun -r'l 4 s During the afternoon the Champ s El ys e es were by a gay and shows and booths, of whi c h t h ere were a goodly t t e h b ro se n k g s e , el number, were much crowded. At nightfall the illurni• nations commenced. The portico of the Church of the Madeleine was splendidly decorated with gorgeous chandeliers, and the steps were lighted up. Alt the Rue Nationale was also illuminated by columns of tri coloured lamps, and further ornamented by flags, streamers, pedestals, &c. The Place de la Con corde presented a dazzling spectacle. All round it were lofty and elegant columns of lamps; these columns (each of which bore the name of one or two depart ments, or a colony) were united by wreaths of flowers and strings of lamps; the altar in the middle was brilliantly illuminated; the fountains were decked with lamps over which the water played; many of the gas lamps were removed, and replaced by several rows of light; clumps of flags were placed at short intervals; the Pont de la Concorde was gorgeously ornamented with columns, statues, and flags ; the façade of the National Assembly was very splendidly lighted; in a word, the coup d'ceil presented by the place, the bridge, the National Assembly, the Rue National, and the Church of the Madeleine was truly magnificent—quite like a fairy realm. Nor was the grand avenue of the Champs Elysdes at all inferior. From the Place de la Concorde up to the fountain there were on both sides a number of pillars of light, surmounted by flags and united by wreaths of lamps ; and round the fountain there was a display of different coloured lamps, tastefully arranged, The illuminations were continued to the Barriere de l'Etoile, and the Tri umphal arch was - also illuminated. At the Barriere, there was a grand display of fireworks, and this was fol lowed by a magn ifi cent b ouque t at the fountain in the Avenue. There were also fireworks, on the same splen did scale, at the Barratre du Trone. All the public buildings, the gardens of the Tuileries, the light-house, lamp-manufactory at Chaillot, Soc., were illuminated, in a much grander style than in preceding years. In the course of the day and evening fire-balloons were let off. Taken altogether, the fete was one of the finest which we ever remember to have witnessed on any oc casion in Paris. The decorations and illuminations were profuse and gorgeous, and all characterised by the most exquisite taste. An immense multitude, consisting of almost all classes of society, witnessed the illuminations; but there was not the slightest disorder, nor, as far as we are aware, any accident." M. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE has addressed the fol lowing letter to the editor of the Said*— " Monsieur le Redacteur,--I am surprised that the Moniteur should contain a contradiction to a report which was too absurd to merit notice. If I have not seen the President of the Republic since my return from Madrid, it is because I have not considered it my duty to call at his residence. members President e o f u ought The the to 's' showAs s t b o m t h s e e I phrase e w t h e ! w c h a rsdasy all family who do not conform strictly to their duty,' it and it was sly duty to do. who have failed in " I will not here point out those cannot apply itself to me; what I have do ne I had a right propriety; but if the Ministers are d esir o us to make kaow the truth let them enter into expla n ations from the national tribune; it is there I will rep l y to them. — Accept, &c., (Signed) " NAPOLEON BONAPARTE." It will be seen that the reactionaries, by whom the PRESIDENT is surrounded, have completely succeeded in isolating him from the other members of his family.. The object of these intrigues is now becoming developed. These very epoi-disant friends of LOUIS NAPOLEON BONAPARTE are supporting the candidatures of the Prince DE JOIN VILLE and the D uc D'AUMALE. Are the experiences of Strasburg and Boulogne to be thrown away upon Louis NAPOLEON ? If, unlike the Bourbons, he has forgotten much, he has like them, learned nothing. The report of the entrance of General OuDINoT into Rome has not been confirmed. The Journal des -Waits publishes a letter from Toulon of the 2d of May, which says— " The fleet with the second portion of the expedition to Civita Vecchia sailed last night. Among the steam frigates which have on this occasion gone again to de posit at Civita Vecchia the men, horses, and baggage, which they have taken on board, there is one which will go to sea again immediately, and it is supposed it will be the Panama . The Government has, it is said, sent orders for a steam-frigate, fully armed, being prepared for a secret and urgent mission, and the Panama is the only ship in the expedition that has her armament and artil lery complete. Secret instructions have been given to Captain Belvece. It is vaguely rumoured that Ancona is the object of this mission. It is reported that the army of General Oudinot has met, if not with resistance, at least with some delay, on its way _ to Rome, in consequence of a bridge being destroyed ; but it is not said that the the Government a severe check in General at t e omUpDt attempting T t ' o S Romans have stopped to exchange sh o t s w i t h our men. " The Eatafette states that i n t e lli gence h as b een re ceivedhbady received army advance upon Rome. Civita Vecchia has been de clared in a state of siege by General OUDINOT. The Rtforme states that a serious mutiny occurred on Friday evening, after roll call, amongst the pri vates of the 7th Regiment of Light Infantry, in con sequence of the imprisonment of Sergeant-Major BoicuoT, who has been adopted by the Socialists as candidate for the department of the Seine. On Saturday morning the soldiers again refused obedience, notwithstanding the Colonel addressed them in strong terms on the impropriety of their conduct. They even refused to supply a guard of honour to the PRESIDENT of the Republic until several of their comrades who had been imprisoned were re stored to liberty. The National announces that KOSSUTH has pub lished a manifesto declaring the independence of Hungary and of the annexed provinces, and the depo sition of the House of Hapsburg Lorraine, as guilty of having excited an impious war, The Debats contains a letter from Constantinople. describing the efforts made by General GRABBE to negotiate a separat e treaty between Russi a and Turkey, which is opposed by Sir STRATFORD CAN NING on the grounds of the treaty of 1841, by which Russia renounced all right of private treaty with the Porte. Nevertheless the General is most persevering in his efforts, which he does not seem disposed to abandon. Very little business was done yesterday in the Passage de l'Opera. The price was 90f. 40c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, MAY 5. Boulogne and Amiens, 84—Northern of France, 114 — Paris and Rouen, —Rouen and Havre, 11 8 —Sambre and Meuse, 4. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY Y, 1840. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the Ist have arrived. The QUEEN had joined her mother at Aranjuez. MADRID BoLsA, MAY I.—Five per Cents., 10i paper ; Three per Cents., 25k. Exchange on London 60 50 paper. Note.—The above was the price of the Three per Cents. during the ffrst hour; but they afterwards fell to 251, and closed at that figure. AWFUL CONFLAGRATION AT DANTZIC. DANTZIC, APRIL . 27.—A tremendous fire broke out here last night in a hemp, flax, and tar magazine, and in a short time no less than twelve magazines were reduced to ashes. It was stopped short on one side by the river, but not before two bridges were burnt. The artillery and pontoneers were ordered out by the Governor, and several magazines were blown up, in order to stop the further progress of the fire. The loss is estimated at from 1,000,000 to 1,500,000. An impression having gone abroad that the Mr. Glynn, who spoke at the York, Newcastle, and Ber wick meeting on Friday, and at the Eastern Counties meeting some time ago, is the Mr. Glyn, chairman of the London and North-Western, we are requested to state such is not the case. Mr. Glyn was not present at either of the meetings, nor did he take part in any way in their proceedings. THE MANSION-HOUSE.--On Friday evening the Lady Mayoress gave a juvenile ball, which was attended by upwards of 300 children. Dancing commenced in the saloon at eight o'clock, and in the course of the evening a series of dissolving views and other amusements were exhibited in the Egyptian-hall. THE LONDO N DOCKS.—His Excellency Vice-Ad miral Cllcille, the French Ambassador, paid a visit on Friday last to the London Docks, and minutely in spected the warehouses, vaults, and quays of that esta blishment, with the cranes and other appliances for fa cilitating the unloading and loading of ships in those docks. The Vice-Admiral expressed himself highly gratified with all he saw, and with the admirable nature of the arrangements for giving dispatch and facility to business. GERMAN Y rr ; " 1•74"5"11-11:41ritki A - sAti a I'4 _ AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. Accounts from Vienna, of the 2d of May, state :hat intelligence had reached that city that BEM had taken the city of Temeswar. The Prager Zeitung publishes the following ac count of the defeat of WELDEN and WOULGEMUTH by the Magyars. It is dated from Babolna : " Baron Welden has a strong position here. Imme diately on taking the chief command, he determined upon posting himself at this place. The Imperial troops in their encampments before Pesth, in the form of a crescent, were exposed to the continual incursions of the Magyars. Welden conceived the plan of rescuing the army, coute gui coute, from the perilous position which they had held for ten days. He had con vinced himself that no offensive operations could be set on foot from Pesth and Buda in less than a fort night, in which time he hoped to get all his rein forcements together, and as he had ascertained that General Dembinski was only waiting for Bent's 30,000 men to break through the Imperial army, cross the Danube, raise the siege of Comorn, and cut us off from Buda-Pesth, the object of the Commander-in-Chief was to foil this plan. He, therefore, made the following dispositions:—Jellachich with his corps, forming the right flank of the army, he commissioned to Southern Hungary, with a view of enlisting as many Sclavonians as possible in his service. Wohlgemuth, with his 14,000 men, 2,000 horse, and twenty-four guns stationed on the right Gran bank, he ordered to observe a strict de fensive, to wait for General Benedek's troops, that were coming up from Jablunka; in case of attack, to retreat on the Waag, and there draw fresh succours. The centre of the army Welden led himself to the Raab, likewise to await his reinforcements. He re solved to keep Buda, and continue the siege of Comorn, only in case these dispositions should succeed, and the enemy prevented crossing the Danube. Dembinski becoming acquainted with this, was obliged to change or give up his boldly-sketched design, without waiting for Bern to come up, who probably joined him between the 23d and 25th of April, he ordered Gorgey to attack Wohlgemuth. This was done with 7,000 Honveds, 36 squadrons of Hussars, and 42 well-appointed guns. These settled the business. The infantry brigades of Wohlgemuth were continually ripped up with these heavy guns, while the Hussars made diversions to the right and left. After an engagement of seventeen hours in the rain, the troops contrived, with unparalleled exer tions, to reach the left bank of the Gran, and there plant themselves advantageously." It is considered probable that the Bohemians will make common cause with the Magyars. The Wiener Zeitung comments upon the progress of the peace negotiations at Milan, and declares the following to be the true version of the case : " On the arrival at Milan, April 13, of the Plenipo tentiaries from the Court of Turin, the Austrian Minister von Bruck, who had previously reached that city, made two proposals—namely, the full acknowledgment on the part of Sardinia of the territorial boundaries stipulated by treaty and still existing, and the liquidation of th e expenses of the doubl e war unjustly forced upon Austria. At first no impediment was offered to the fulfilment of these conditions. The amount of the compensation sum, however, named by the Austrian envoy, was found to be enormous, and the Sardinian negotiators pleaded the inability of their Government to comply with those demands, without, at the same time, making any other overtures which might lead to a compro mise, but falling back upon the right of appeal to France and England. Against this interference of a third party in a negotiation, which Sardinia in the first article of the truce had bound herself instantly to conform to, the Austrian Envoy felt it his duty to protest. Nevertheless, the Ministry, with a view to facilitate in every possible manner the conclusion of peace, authorised their Pleni potentiary to abate his claims so far as should be deemed compatible with the interest of the State and the reapon. sibility of the Cabinet. In the meantime Sardinia had earnestly entreated to be released from the conditions of Art. 3, by virtue of which one half of the garrison at Aless andria was to bo furnished by the empire. The Austrian Minister took upon himself to grant a delay in the fulfil ment of this article, in the confident expectation that the Sardian Government, out of gratitude, would em ploy the interval in coming to a proper understanding with Austria. As the allotted period elapsed without any decided answer being given by that Government to the treaty of peace drawn up and submitted to their in spection, nor any fresh proposals emanating from them, Herr von Bruck did not consider himself justified in longer delay ing the observance of the third article. The 23d was, therefore, fixed by the military authorities for the entrance of the Austrian contingent, appointed to make up the garrison of the fort Alessandria. On the morning of that day the Sardinian Plenipotentiaries declared, that since the Imperial Government insisted on the fulfilment of that article, they were instructed by their Government to desist from the peace negotiations for the present, although these were not, on that ac count, to be considered as broken off. They then with drew from Milan, where the Minister Bruck still re mains." The Ilamburgh Bersenhalle has, under the head Posen, May 1, the following relating to the entry by the Russians into Austria : " The Russian army has marched from Poland to the south. The large encampment at Kirchdorf, which was formed at such an immense expense, has not only been evacuated by the troops, but it is to be wholly broken up. The troops, who have for the last fortnight been stationed in Kalisch, have received orders which made them break up suddenly, and proceed by forced marches to Cracow. " Even the main body, under General Rudiger, which has hitherto been stationed in Warsaw and its environs, has left suddenly for Cracow, leaving only an arriire guard of about 12,000 men, in a hastily arranged encampment in Lowica. The garrison of the capital has been replaced by some regiments from Mod lin and the other fortresses of the country, and now lie either in the citadel of Warsaw or bivouac in the prin cipal squares of the city. Several regiments of the St. Petersburgh Guards are, however, expected here. The Emperor Nicholas was expected at Warsaw from Moscow. The palace of Ka lisch has been prepared for his Majesty, who, it is said, intended going by Kalisch and Breslau to 011mutz, to visit the Emperor of Austria. The Russian troops will enter Prussia and be con veyed by rail into the Austrian dominions. PRUSSIA. The Prossian Steats Anseiger announces the re signation of Count VON ARNIM a 3 Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the temporary appointment of Count VON BRANDENBURG, Ministerial President, to that office. Letters from Berlin of the 4th inst. state that four camps will be formed with all possible dispatch —one at Torlitz upon the north-east Saxon frontier, a second by Halle, a third in the Marches, and a fourth in the Rhenan provinces, with head• quarters probably at Coblentz. Each camp will be composed of thirty thousand men, or a com plete corps d'armie. A fifth or movable column of some nine or ten thousand men is assembling, as above stated, upon the Silesian frontier, east of Ratibor. Telegraphic accounts have reached Government that the municipality of Cologne have refused to obey the order forbidding the general convocation of the municipal authorities. The result is, that orders have been issued to augment the garrison, and, in case of need, to declare the town in a state of siege. SAXON Y. REVOLUTION IN DRESDEN. A revolution broke out in Dresden on the 4th, in consequence of the refusal of the Saxons to accept the German Constitution. The people attacked the palace and arsenal, and the troops and National Guards were called out. The former fired upon the latter, who thereupon joined the people. Barricades were thrown up, and the people were ultimately victorious. The KING fled to Kiengstein. When the courier left the people were deliberating as to the propriety of appointing a Provisional Govern ment. The rails had been torn up to prevent the dispatch of troops from Leipsic. FRANKFORT. In the sitting of the Parliament of the 3d, The President of the Council said, that in conse quence of the resolution of the Assembly of the 26th ult., he had sent commissaries to H anover , M un i c h, an d Dresden, two of whom left Frankfort on the 29th, and the other (the envoy to Dresden) two days earlier. As yet no communoiation had reached him, except a confi dential note received yesterday evening from Heer Bas sermann, in Berlin, and a few lines from the commissary in Munich. Neither of these dispatches, however, contained such matters as might seem to render it in cumbent on him to report at present as to the execution of the Assembly's late resolution. He could only say that some weighty decision was expected to be arrived at that day by the Prussian Government. The nature of this decision had only been intimated to him in gene. ral terms. The Imperial Ministry, however, felt itself compelled to subject the question to mature deliberation, and he therefore begged, in the name of his colleagues and himself, that the Assembly would adjourn as soon as possible, and fix an early day for the next sitting. Eisenstuck moved, as urgent, that the National As sembly declare the dissolution of the Saxon Chambers to have been a pernicious measure ; that the Assembly call upon the Saxon Government to institute new elec tions as speedily as possible, on the basis of the electoral law existing in Saxony, &c. Rosmussler and Kierulff brought forward similar motions ; and the urgency of all these was allowed by a very fair majority, consisting of the Left and a great part of either Centre. Zell moved—ln consideration that the National As sembly, in its resolution of the 26th ult., has already called upon all those Governments who have not yet de clared themselves for the Imperial Constitution to ab stain from either dissolving or proroguing the local chambers, and in consideration that the National As sembly has already expressed its disapproval of the sub sequent dissolutions of Chambers, and that a special resolution, therefore, regarding the dissolution of the Saxon Chamber seems superfluous, &c., the National Assembly resolves to pass to the order of the day motive, on the motions of Eisen tuck, Rosmussler, Kie rulff, &c. . . Zell s motion was carried by a very small majority [cries of " Shame," both on the Left and in the gal lk-ries, and Schloffel in angry altercation with the Presi• dent]. Thus Eisenstuck's motion, and those of Ros mussler, &c., fell to the ground. A motion of Hartmann's, calling on the inhabitants of the Rhenish provinces to defend their rights in every vv9v that tnO„:,rllt. v.. a s with,l,-2,wri in COMitClUer ,, ,e ti,e i) 1 1.',.e -sident of the Council. Tee House aujourned zit, 10 A. 1., haring bat only 40 minutes. ITALY. Accounts from Rome state that the Romans were determined to resist a routrance, and that the Government expressed its determination to blow up the Vatican and St. Peter's, rather than yield the city to the French. The Roman Government had impeached the Go vernor and Commandant pf Civita Vecchia, for not resisting the landing of the French expedition. Accounts from Naples of the 28th state that 4,500 men had left for the Roman frontiers to join the other torces already there, and to march on Rome. The Austrians, also, had advanced into the Roman territory. Accounts from Venice, dated the 25th ult., state that the cannonade had commenced on the side of the fort of Malghera. A vigorous attack is shortly expected. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. There was a steady market for Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday ; sales, 7,000 bales, at previous rates. I❑ Railway Shares the market was dull, and the business transacted was at lower quotations. The Corn Trade has been exceedingly heavy, and Wheat is Is. to 2s. per quarter lower than on this day week. The following interesting particulars of the Metal Trade in London have been furnished by the firm of Mr. Wm. Short:— " The continuance of' the blockade of the German ports by the Danes, and the receipt of less promising ac counts from the United States has operated unfavour ably on all descriptions of Iron during the past month. Welch bars have been in limited request, and a decline of ss. to 10s. per ton has been acceded to by makers and holders. In rails there has been little business, and they also have participated in the depression. Stafford shire iron, at the prices of last quarter-day, is in very moderate demand. Scotch pig Iron had declined to 455. to 465. per ton cash, free on board at Glasgow, for ord brands assorted 3-5 No. 1 and 2-5 No. 3; favourite brands commanding 2s. to 3s. per ton more. The ship ments from Glasgow, and the neighbouring ports, for the first three months of this year, as shown by the official returns, approach within 6,834 tons of the quan tity shipped in the same period last year, and in an estimate made of the stock of pig Iron lying in store and at the iron works, at date 31st March, the same is computed at under 110,000 tons being an increase of 10,000 tons on the 31st of December last. Of foreign Iron there is little here for spring shipments having yet been received; the price is firm at previous quotations. SPELTER.—EarIy in the month, in consequence of the blockade of the German ports, a considerable rise in Spelter was apprehended, and towards the middle of the month an advance of about 10s. per ton was esta blished, making the price 161. 10s., since which, how ever, owing to fair arrivals, and want of confidence in the continuance of the blockade, the price has receded to present quotations. The stock in warehouse on the Ist inst., was 1,034 tons, against 2,400 at this period lrst year. At this moment there is about 400 tons afloat in the river, but of which only a small quantity is likely to find its way into stock." The state of affairs on the Continent appears, from the letters and papers received in the City this morning, to be no less complicated than for some time past, or per haps even more so, but the intended interference of the Russians in Hungary, and of the French in Italy, will, according to some, restore order with a strong hand. Such a result, obtained by such means, is not re assuring, however, to the majority of those who reflect. The condition of mercantile affairs abroad is necessarily extremely unsettled, and from the Baltic the accounts are very unsatisfactory. At Hamburgh the rate of ex change was 13 8} on Friday last, and bills on London %%ere in great request still. Stocks and Shares were rather lower. At Vienna, on the 2d inst., the Bourse was animated, and the Five per Cents. were 1 to 14 per cent. higher, owing to the anticipated result of Russian aid. It must be remarked, how ever, that private letters describe the Hun garians as being likely to give the combined armies ample work yet. At Amsterdam on Saturday the Dutch Funds were firm. In Portuguese and Spanish there was no alteration. Other Foreign Securi ties not quite so good. St. Pe tersburgh advices of the 24th ult. state posi tively that the duties on foreign refined Sugar w,ill not be altered this year, the Russian manufacturers having strongly protested against it. The English Stock Market has been depressed by the tenor of the foreign news. Consols were first marked 92 to but have since been 914 The New Three-and a-Quarter per Cents, have realised 914 to 1.. Bank Stock is also lower, b e i ng 192 1 ; and India 'Stock has fluctuated from 2441 to 247. The value of Exchequer bills has been 45s.eto 48s. In Foreign Stocks the transactions have been very restricted again. Spanish Five per Cent, bonds have been 174 ' and Portuguese F our per C ents. 28 to 29. Mexican Stock is worth 311; Brazilian, new, 781; and Peruvian 61. Russian bonds have been firm at 1104 i. Dutch Two-and-a-half per Cents. are 5O to The answer of the Committee of Investigation into the affairs of the Eastern Counties Railway to the ob servations of the directors establishes the main points of Lheir previous report, but shows that there is some dif ference of opinion as to the charging of certain items to capital account. What we look upon as being of most importance is that about 240,0001., according to the calculation of the company's engineer, must be ex pended within two- years in relaying portions of the line, and that as the capital account is to be closed, this must be defrayed from current earnings. The Share Market is very flat this morning, and sales are again made at lower prices. ONE Cie./SING r.t:uEs OF :trtITIBII FUNDS. O'CLOCK. rRICES Bank Stock • 192% 192% 3 ,Jor Cent. Reduced Anus ..... . 9O N l ' % 1 4: 90% 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 92% 91%3,4 91% Kew 314 per Cent. Anns.... .• 91%% % 91% r.ong Anna. to expire Jan.1860 India Stock 244% 247 247 ndia Bonds, 1,0001 ...... •• ---- Ditto under 1,000/.. ••• -- 68 p Consols for Account 92 913 / 4 92 Exchequer Bills. I%d. & 2d. 1,000/. June 4B 45 p 45 p 500/. June 45 p 48 p Small. June PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS ONE CLOSING O'CL °CIL PRICES. Brazilian Bonds — Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839 Ditto, Account 7Bl 7 8% Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent .. ...... Equador Bonds Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. — 17% x d Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons Ditto, Account, Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 6l 61 Russian Bonds .. Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 ... — Ditto. Account 17% 1714 Ditto, Passive Ditto Deferred 8 Ditto, 3 per Cent Ditto, Account ••• —33 M Venezuela Bonds, 2M per Cent... 26 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild. ...*:50% % 50% Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 77 1 4 77% PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING ''AILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES . Aberdeen 5O . .. 18 Do. Preference Birmingham and Ox ford Junct., calls duly paid, or with a guaran. 20 . ..... Do, withoutgliarantee 20 ... Caledonian Do. Quarters ... 12% 6%.............. 6% Do. New 10/. Pref..... 10 Chester and Holyhead... 50 East Anglia, 25/., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 Do., 18/., E. & 11.... 18 ... .. Do., 3/. 105. 3 % :-••• -- • ••••• Eastern Counties.— ..... 20 ...... 7%1,*, 4 % t. / 2 7 : 3 /4 Do. New, Gua. 6 per ct. 10 East Lancashire Ditto, New .. •••••• ..... ... —. ...,,, _ Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... -- "' .• ........ 41 3 / 4 Ditto, Half Shares .. .. 15% 15% Great Northern .. ;rear. South. and West ... ... .. . ... 4% (Ireland) .... Ditto, New, 301 ..... . 84 86 82 - 84 69 % Ditto, 14 Shares Ditto, Fifths ... 20 Ditto, New 171.....,,, 15 ... .. IP A l 3 /4 Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ...... Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 . .... 49% 49% Ditto, Quarter Shares • 12% . : .... Leeds and Bradford 5O lOO 99 ... ..., -- 99 London &81ackwa11...... 12 1 / 8 55% 4T H London, Brighton, and South Coast 5O ..... 37M % 37% London and N. Western 100 .127 128, l2B Ditto, New Quarters.. 7 Ditto,Fifths ..... .„ 2 ...... 7 7 1 4 Gond. &S. Western 5O ...... 34. Do. New 401 Ditto, Thirds l6/.135.4d.... 5% dis. 514 dis. Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Cent. on Deposit, and 5 per Cent. on Calls 5 ~,... Manclie;ter.Buston,and Matlock.... 4 1,4 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire...100 Ditto, New 101. Prof.~ 10 Midland ... —.loo 64 64 1 6 64 65 1 ,4 65 Do., do., 50/... Shares... 25 ... 1 2 14 % l ie l3 Do. Consol. Bristol and Norfolk .. ng ... 8irmi....., 6 per ct.... 100 ......123 1 / 122 % ...... 122% , . 100 North. Briti s h 35 ___ 25 ..... """""••••• '—Ditto, Halves .. 1. 2 1h...... 5 3 4 ............... 5% Ditto, Thirds .... .. B% .. .. 3% ..... . ......... 3% North Staffordshire 173 12% Oxford, Worcester, an d Wolverhampton Reading, Guildford, and Reigate l5 ..... 151 4%..... Shropshire Union Sou D th Easter 3 n. 0., No. ....... •• 3O ...... 19 1 / ..... Do., Scrip No 4 York, Newcastl e , an d .. ..... ..... 6 % 8erwick................ 25 Do. Newcastle Eaten, 20 ...WA 13 3 4 11 133/4 141/S 4% 32% Dr. G.N.E.PrefArPnee R ... .. 4% 4 ••• Yo-' , and North Midlrnd 50 .....3311, 2 32 31... nit , t' .. ..‘ ---, 44 ~.. lf. in; ; :Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Central of France (Or- Vierzon) 3% East Indian 3 14 ••• Northern of France Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 — MINES. Barrossa Range Min. Co. 288. JOINT STOCK BANKS. Provincial of Ireland ... 25 LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAY 7.—Wind this day at noon, N.E., fresh breeze and squally, end dull cloudy weather. LIVERPOOL, MAY 6.—Wind E.—Arrd. Star, Baldwin, Savannah; Janr.rae, Jones, New Orleans; Margaret+ Blenkin, New Orleans. Sld. 4th, Aspasia, Singapore, Joseph Badger, New York. sth, Ferris, Ceylon; John , O'Gaunt, Bombay; Nith, Bombay; Aim, Brazil; Trou badour, Havannah; Harkaway, New Orleans; Canada, steamer. New York; North Carolina, Boston; Princess Alice, Quebec; Helen, Quebec. 6th, Cuba, Gulph of Mexico; Nuevo San Francisco, Havannah; Carmeneite , Havannah; J. H. Shepherd, New York. Off port+ Isabel, Antigua and Falmouth, in tow of a steam tug; Sir Harry Smith; Lord Stanley. OFF HOLYHEAD, MAY 4.—Tamarack, Jones, NOW Orleans.' SCILLY, MAY 4 —Wind E.—Arrd. Prince, Barbadoes. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-MONDAY. The arrivals of English Wheat, Malt, and Flour for our market, last week, coastwise and by land carriage , were somewhat on the increase. Those of all other ar ticles of home produce were very small. From Ireland and Scotland scarcely any grain reached us. The fo reign imports were very extensive, especially from the near continental ports, they having amounted to . 43,8 75 quarters of Wheat; 11,572 ditto of Barley; 35,269 ditto of Oats; 440 ditto of Beans; 48 ditto of Peas; 90 ditto of Tares; 82 ditto of Linseed; 68 ditto of Rapeseed; 32 ditto of Mustard Seed; 120 ditto of sundry seeds; 1,430 barrels and 5,735 sacks of flour. It is pretty generally expected that we shall receive very limited supplies of grain from the Baltic for some time hence, but 'are ar rivals are expected from the Continent, as w ell as from the United States. The quantity of wheat received fresh up to our market, this morning, coastwise, was small; while the arrival of laud carriage samples from Essex, Kent, Cambridge shire, &c., was trifling. Although the stands were very scantily supplied with parcels of both red and white, the demand for all descriptions, owing to the pressure of foreign qualities for sale, was in a very inactive state. Fine Wheats declined in value Is per quarter; while the middling and inferior kinds were 2s per quarter lower than on Monday last. At the close of the market a total clearance had not been effected. The accounts respect ing the appearance of the growing crops continue fa' vourable. With Foreign Wheat we were again heavily supplied, and offers continue to arrive hither from the Continent at comparatively low prices' The millers being generally well in stock, the demand for Wheat of foreign produce was extremely heavy, ami , the currencies gave way from is to 2s per quarter' The supply considerably exceeded the wants of the buyers. Scarcely any English Barley was on offer; but the sup' ply of foreign was extensive. The best malting samples were mostly held at full currencies; grinding and die' tilling sorts were somewhat easier to purchase, although we have no actual fall to notice in value. The quantity of Malt on offer was on the increase, owing to which the brewers purchased with great caution, and prices were with difficulty supported. For Oats, the inquiry was limited. The best samples were mostly disposed of at late currencies. Infe rior qualities were somewhat lower, with a duo , sale. Tick Beans were quite as dear as on this der se'nnight. In other kinds very few transactions too place. Most kinds of Peas moved off at last week's quir tations. Indian Corn and Meal were held at full prices , ' Both sack and barrelled flour, the supply of which We ll good, was lower to purchase by from is to 2s. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex & Kent, 1 Malt—Chevaller...... 59S 10 6" Red. .....• • • 38s to 48s Oats— Yorkshire and Ditto, White, New 40s 52s Lincolnsla., Feed. 165 201 Norfolk and Lin- Potato coin, Red... • • 38s 46s Youghal and Cork, 1 Ditto, White— • • 41s 48s Black . ...... 145 - 7 0 , Irish, Red •...• • • • 395 42s Cork, White ..... 145 !.; Ditto,White • ..• • . 42s 47s Scotch, Feed. .... 205 "„:, stye—Old •••••• • • • • • • 25s 27s Beans—Tick ......... 25s New. .. • . 255 27s Pigeons .1:: iarley—Grinding .... 23s 25s Peas—Grey 305 °"" Malting . • • 28s 30s Maple . .......... 32$ 330 Chevalier •••• • • • 31s 33s White • ... 240 270 . 0 si alt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers ......... 275 "' folk.. •-• • • • 17s 58s Flour—Town-made ... 421 44 Brown ..... ••• • • • 48s 50s Suffolk ..........345 2 : Kingston and Ware 57s 58s Stockta Se Norfolk 335 SEED MARKET. Clover and Canary seed are in moderate request, about stationary prices. In all other Seeds so little it doing that the quotations are almost nominal. The W l ' parcels of Rape Seed are held for more money. 300 Turnip,White, per bush. Ils to 12s C arraw ay .• Red mid Green.... 11s 12s Coriander • • 1 69 " Mustard, Brown.. . 85 12s Hempseed, per quarter 325 Z n s White .....• • ... 8s 12s Linseed, Eng. iowing 489 40 9 Tares, New ••••• • • • • • 6s 7s Crushing 365 Old •• • • •• 45 6s Baltic Canary, per quarter .. 100 s 120 s Odessa ••• •. 365 410 Rye gra55.......... 20s 24s Linseed Cake,pr.l,ooo— lover, Red Eng. (cwt.) 303 543 English 9/ 10s 17100 White • • 32s 418 Foreign, per ton 6/ Os 7/ . 6 1 1 Foreign Red .. • 28s 40s Rape Cakes, pr ton 41 55 411. 7 White.... 30s 40s Rapeseed, per last 301 Os 331 0 " Trefoil 12s 17s SMITHFIELD. Notwithstanding the unusually low prices realised ill this market for each kind of fat stock, the imports lilt ° London from abroad since Monday last have been Not sonanly extensive. The total arrival has amounted t° 1,211 head. At the corresponding period last year 1111 : received 1,090; and at the same time in 1847, ly,o -011 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON IN THE PAST WEEK. From Beasts. Sheep: Lambs. --- Calvo9. Pigs• Harlingen ..... 212 ... 268 40 ... Rotterdam ... 88 ... 452. ... ... 142 Antwerp ...... ... 29 ... Amsterdam.,. 2 ... ... 28 ... Total 252 ... 720 ... ... 239 .. .... Corresponding week inlB4B 299 ... 615 ... ... 176 ... -"' --- Difference... 47 less. 105 more. 63 more. --- f From the various Dutch p orts a b ou t 400 head stock have arrived at Hull, and other parts 13 .: England. By sea, f r o m I re l an d, 72 O xen h ave arrive a in the Thames in full average condition. Amongst other imports of provisions, we have to notice the arrival of 12 cases 1 cask and 8 hhds of Preserved Meat from SO: ney. In the event of the speculation su c c e eding, larg.: quantities will, we understand, be shipped for this country. The oldest frequenter ,of this market has 11° recollection of such depressed markets as those we hav e , had to report during the last three weeks. The primes' Scots have sold with difficulty, since our last, at veil little over 4id; and the best old Down Sheep, out of th e ' Wool, 5d per lb. These prices, we need scarcely 0 2' 1 leave a loss to the gr a zi ers o f f u lly 20 per cen t ; yet the butchers are, mostly, still c h arg i ng hi g h ra t es to dot customers. The latter class must be realising imraeasv profits, and which will be evident when we state that W e have known both Beef and Mutton to have returned the retailers from 40 to 45 per cent. upon the prime coet; The following are the returns is sue d by t h e Boat! °'" Trade, showing the total imports of foreign stock tog, the United Kingdom during th e mont h en di ng o n 11' sth of April, 1848 and 1849: 1848 1849 Oxen •••• ••• 1879 866 Cows ••• 1494 1015 Calves • ••• ... 943 859 S h eep ... 3842 4527 Lambs 27 ••• ..• ••• Pigs 154 107 ••• ••• ••• With foreign stock, our market, to-day, was very na° ,; derately suppli e d as to num b er; b ut t h ere was a decide" improvement in its quality. All breeds moved off slovrli' and the quotations had an upward tendency. CoraPir. ratively speakin g , th e arr i va l s o f h ome .f e d s tock flow up to this morning's market were very moderate; the the supply was seasonably extensive and of e cellent quality. The weather having become colder, an", the attendance of both town and co u ntry buyers bell* on the increase, the beef trade was steady, at an adval in the quotations of Monday last of quite 2d per 8 1 The primest Scots sold readily at from 3s. 4d. to 3s• 6d. per 81b., and at which a good clearance was effected • From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, We received 1,400 Scots, short horns, and home breds; frni' the western and midland districts, 600 Herefords, Rant' s 4 Devons, and Irish beasts ; from other parts of Engl o3 7 750 of various breeds ; and, from Scotland, 300 born e ," and polled Scots. The remainder of the bullock auPPI was derived from abroad and the neighbourhood of L I T metropolis. The numbers of sheep were considera b less than those exhibited on Monday last ; hence, t h _ mutton trade was steadier than for some weeks po t - and prices advanced from 2d. to, in some instances' 4d. per alb. There were very few sheep in the wool, wool, and it must be observed th a t our quo t a tions rel solely to those shorn. The top p r i ce f or th e best Downs was 3s 8d per Blb s . Wi t h L am b s we wc" tolerably well, but not to say heavily, supplied. .- -1111° , 5 1 breeds moved off steadily, at full prices, viz., from 42 " to 68 per 81bs. From the Isle of Wight 290 head ca rne to hand. A full average amount of business was tra ils ; acted in Calves, th e pr i ces o f w hi c h i mprove d 2d P 9" 81bs. There was more inquiry for pigs, at a trA—' all3% advance in the quotations. Per albs. to sink the offal. a. . s d. Inferior Beasts... d to 2 4 2 . 6 . 4acond quality 2 8 2 10 Prime large Oxen.. 2 0 3 2 Prime Scots ...... 8 4 3 6 Large coarse Calves 3 4 8 8 Prime small ditto .. 3 10 4 2 ~u cklin: Calves ..18 0 27 0 Inferior Sheep .• • 2 10 3 0 1 . d.ton Second qual. Sheep 3 ; 6 Coarse-weolled ditto 3 4 ; Southdown Wether 3 6 Ditto eut of the wool 0 0 7 3 g Large Hogs 3 SI 4 g Small Porkers • • .. 3 10 0 Quarter old Pigs • .16 0 2 ' A 0 Lambs .......... 4 - TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. Sheep. I Calves. rig' 1 20,380 I 137 22 0 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts. I Sheep. I Calves. I Mg. 274 ;360 79 • NEVITGATZ AND LEADENNATA. t Notwithstanding the prevailing warm weather! shoo., 200 carcasses of Beef; 400 ditto of Mutton; 30 0 ditto q Lamb; 250 ditto of Veal; and 200 ditto of Pork reach,eau: these markets last week chiefly from the western and land counties by railway. The supplies on offer Kar in the metropolis have been seasonably large, and 0 ,,f fe e a superior quality. The butchers having Purc us t 6 he sparingly, the general demand has ruled heavy al ' -th extreme, at a decline in prices of quite 2d per S ibs, e at 1/1 out effecting clearances, although most kind s of 0 133 0 have in some instances been offered at rates below 0 given belowt— Beasts. 3,279