The Sun. — London, England, 1849-06-12 00:00:00

I.) &L L Yes-UM TUEA'Ctte.. Uhut,r the Management ot Madam': Venda. 01 , Lessee, Mr. Cherie , Mahe wa. THIS EVENING Will be performed PROMOTION. To be followed by A WON lIERY Ur. WOMAN. To tor.c:ukte with THE SEVEN CUANLPIONS OP CURISTEN DOM. litet+ roses, 55.; Upper Boxes, 4.1. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, la. No lialf-pros to any part ot tbe house. tf.. 2, Wellingto. street, is opett to the t-om till Si.s. apiTLE.Y': , Et, IAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the. Piitronage or her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. The following eminent artistes form the greatest amount of female eque:;rrian talelit ever engaged in this or any other establishment at on, time :- 31,111e3. Adelaide Hinnie, Valentine, Louise Touirnaire, La Jeane Josephine ; Miss Woolibrd, Darrand, Davidson, Avery, and La Petite J cane tte. In wiclition to the above Mr. Batty has great pleasure in announc 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 anaellatien of the Equestrian Enchantress. TIliS EVENING. The performance will commence with a Grand Military Equestrian Spectacle, entitled MOOLTAN and GOOJEKAT ; or, the Conquest of the Seikhs. T, be i eilowed by an Inimitable display of SCENES 11 TilE rlizer,E, hi which Marie Macarte will appear, supported by the drat Equestrian talent of the .la' . To conclude with a favourite Melodrama, entitled THE*WIIITE FARM Box-office open from Eleven till Four. .tacre Manstster, Mr. W. Welt. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Engagement of If. JULLIEN. IMMENSE AND UNPARALLELED SUCCESS. Under the patronage of her ides; Gracious Majesty, ho•' Majesty the Queen Dowager, Ws Royal ugliness Prince Albert, Ste. The Public Prtss - his unanimous() pronounced the Storming of Badajoz to be the most perfect and life-like exhibition, The Nobility, Gentry, anti the Pablic are respectfully informed that this favourite place of fashionable resort is open every MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY. Danson's gigantic modelled Panorama of the TOWN AND FORT OF BADAJOZ, pronounced by the voice of public opinion to be the most perfect and life-II:se exhibition ever presented—Splendid Menagerie—Ju lien's unrivalled Iland—Yo cal and Instrumental Concert—Several Favourite Songs and Ballads by Miss Frances Mildinay, Miss Ellen Rowland and Mr. G. Tedder—Solos by Keenig, Richardson (Flute)—Violin and Violon cello by Viotti and George Collini, varied alternately—Remiagton's Magic Aerial Bridge—and other attractions, concluding with a vivid representation of the Storming of Badajoz, pourtraying the advance of the Brit:sh army—bombardment and attack—gallant defence— rush to the breaclt by real troops—and final ta'Jleaux in honour of the "Hero of a hundred lights." Doors open at Nine o'Clock, A.K. ; feedirg of the animals at Five ; Pelicans arid White Bears half-past Five ; Concert at Six ; Storming of Ba‘lajOZ, at Dusk.—Admission One Shilling. ItErIZEziIINtENTs.—The frequenters of these Gardens have long complained that Refreshments from the Conteztionary-rooms only could b pricured. 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. SECOND GRAND FLOWER SHOW of the Season THIS EVENING, June 12. TO CORRESPONDENTS Our Correspondent who writes about Don Giovanni and Don Juan, is reminded that the two operas are identical. _ ---------- To our Correspondent at Devizes.—There is s Railway Buard, which sits at the Board of Trade, Whitehall, where communications are to be addressed. A Bill has been introduced by Lord Monteagle for appoint ing railway auditors. Any country bookseller will procure f , r you the Parliamentary papers referred to. T , iE WEATHECL—SUN OFFICE, JUNE 12. TenzarsoxtTita, Lowest, 43; Highest, 57; Noon, 62. lilmitomETElL, 29.98. WIND W.—light brerze and cloudy. .I;it, ,-11 LONDON tircaimit,,, - _ T an , orrtnr, 40 in. after 5 i Evening, 2 min. after G To. If mtßoW—Morning. 27 Min. after 61 Even ,52 min. after 6 4-" it v i " ti l fs. lau I • AtizlC.4 A • la A'71)4 7 4 , .•„ 4.1 ' • 51° ,0 ' : ' 'DRDIr TagLEGAL TITLE ASSURANCE COMPANY. (Provisionally Registered, January 17, 1849.) Capital, 2,001,00C1., in 80,000 Shares, of 251. each. Preliminary Deposit, 2s. 6d. per Share Prospelinses and mil information may be obtained at the Tempo niry no es of thee Company, 13a, Cannon-row, Westminster, on ap plication to G. F. HOWE. Hon. Sec.. pro tem. BOARD OF GREEN CLOTH, ST. JAMES'S PALACE, Juin 12, 1349. Notice is hereby given, to the Ambassadors, the Foreign Ministers. Members of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and e Officers and Ladies of the Royal Household, invited to her ajesty's Ball at Buckingham Palace, on WEDNESDAY Evening, e 13th instant, that their Carriages are to enter St. James's Park y the Great Gate on Constitution Hill, pass along to the Arch in the North Wing of the Palace, set down at the Garden Entrance, and leaving the Garden by the Get near the Riding House, are to turn to the right. The empty Carriages are afterwards to proceed in like manner through Constitution Hill Gate into the Park, wait there till called to take up, and go away through Grosvenor -place. The Carriages of all other persons invited to the Ball are to fall info line in St. James's-street, enter the Park by Stable -yard Ga'e, pass the front of the Palace and through Buckingham Gate, to set down at the Equerry's door. The empty Carriages are to turn round, a nd passing down the Birdcage-walk, are to cross the Parade opposite the Horse Guards, to wait in the Mall till called to the Equerry's door : after taking up, they era to ri•-inter the Park by Buckingham Gate, and go away through Stable-yard Gate. sip St. James's-street. FORUESCIJE, Lord Steward. THE LATE QUEEN" CAROLME. Now ready, in 2 vols., with Portrait, 2lc bound, ADVENTURES of a GREEK LADY, the Adopted Daughter OF TIIE LATE QUEEN CAROLINE. Written by Herself. Compriiing Particulars of the late Queen Caroline and her Suite, not .., hitherto known. Henry Colburn, publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now Ready, in Two Vols. Bvo., Second Edition, Revised, R " ° AND HIS RACE , By ACTON WARBURTON, NOW READY. " Few reaCers will read this book witho ut being c harmed by its graceful eloquoace.and felicitous style."—Examiner. "Animated and picturesque."—Atlas. " Its fascinating style."—Times. "An admirable and entertaii , ing work." —Morning Advertiser. Richard Bentley, Published in Ordinary to her Majesty. --- - - - H ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Signar LABLACHE'S BENEFIT. On THURSDAY EVENING, Wilt be presented, IL MATRIXONIO SEGRETO. In the course of the evening A B new Diverlissement, entitled LA PRIMALLER With various Entertainments in the Ballet Departmemt. Applications tor Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Ski-office of the Theatre, where Pit Tickets may be obtained as usual, price 10s. 6d. each. s T. JAMES'S THE AT RE Season 1849. FRENCH PLAYS and OPERA COMIQUE. TO-MORROW EVENING, The Performances will commence at Halt-Past Seven o'clock with 11ADLLE. MARGUERITE. To conclude with NE TOUCHEZ PAS A LA MINE. LE DOMINO NOIR. Lorl Elfort, M. Chateaufort ; Juliano, 3f. Soyer ; Horace, 31. Couderc; Gil Perez, 31. Baguet; Angele, btdlle. Chartou ; Brigitte, Mdlle. Martial ; Creole, Mdlie. Morel ; Jaciuthe, Madame Mancini ; Gertrude, 31ulle. Vigny. .51r. muerte!' begs also to announce that, notwithstanding the in weaved expenses of the present entertainment, the prices of admis lion are determined as tollows ; Boxes .. • • .. 6s. Od. Pit • • .. .. • • .. 3e. Od. Amphitheatre .. • • .. 25. Od. Subscriptions for the season may be arranged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street; Mr. Sams', St. James's-street ; Mr. Andrews', New Bond-street ; and at the Box-ollice of the Theatre, which is open daily from eleven till five. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING, Will be presented Verdi's Opera of I DUO FOSCARI. Lucrezia, Madame Giuliani; Jacopo Foscari, Sig. Bordas ; Lore dano, Sig. Arno di : Il Doge, egg. Eoletti. After which a selection from the admired Ballot of THr A. The whole to conclude with the principal Tableaux of ELECTRA ; or, the Lost P.eiad. The principal parts by Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi, Mulles. Petit Stephan, Marta, Thomassini, Julien, Aus.Aindon, Lamoreux, Niglio. Marie Taglioni and M. Paul laglioni. ApAeation for Boxes, Stalls, and Ticke s to be made at the Box-oft - ice of the Theatre, where Pit Tickets may be obtained, as usual, price 103, Gd. each. Poor , open at Seven ; and the Opera to commence at half-past Seven o'clock. TH C.AIRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.—GERMAN OPERA. TO-MORROW EVENING Will be produced the admired Opera, MARTHA ; Or, The II arke - of Richmond. Performances to commence at Eight o'clock. Private Boxes and Places may be obtained at the Box-orllce ; and at Messrs. Jullien and Co.'s, 214, Regent street. iItAME R,OYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager. Old Brompton. H EVEN! Will be performed MACBETH. Macbeth, Mr. C. Kean; Mac duff, Mr. IVallack ; Lady Macbeth, Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude ',with a Cl<<seical Extravaganza, c-lied THE SPHINX. TiIEA FRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Lnder dlreetu n Madame Celeste. TEI 1:.4 EVENING. Will be perrormed BORN TO GOOD LUCK. After which a new wand Extravaganza. entitled THE DEVIL'S VIC); IN AND THE REYOt.T VF THE FLOWERS. To be followed by a novelty in the rhape of A MOST UNWAR RANTABLE INTR.UnON, which will be committed by ➢ir. Wright to the annoyance of Mr. Paul Bedlord. To co:Leh - we with JOHN JONES. OW ina 2int LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 1849. Arbitration has just now set a number of respect able persons dancing after it, as though it were a will o'- the wisp flickering to the music of the taren tella! The thing has ravished the people out of their senses, and is consequently decoying them into all manner of vagaries and grotesque demonstrations. It is not so much " a movement" that we have to talk about now ; a movement implying something im measurably more sedate and deliberate; it is rather a sort of political, soc i a l, an d rel i g i ous fandango danced to a jargon of sentimentality which, to the per formers themselves sounds very like the melody o f the rpheres, but which to ourselves bears a marvellous resemblance to the dialect of the phi losophers seen by LEMUEL GULLIVER in the Floating Isl.:rid—the patois of eccentricity, the language of hallucination ! We do n 't reco l lect ever witnessing a more angelic enthusiasm—ene more plentifully overflowing, not with the milk only, but ith the cream of human kindness. Arcadia was nothirg to it ! Utopia a mere land of commonplace ! Icarie a matter of course ! Atalanta an absurdity ! For the truth is, we are to realize—not to talk about, but to realize—the Millennium. All the dreams that have ever been dreamed by the most imaginative visionaries are to be surpassed. The paradise pre figured in Holy Writ is to be populated by the gene rations of the nineteenth century. Spears are to be changed into reaping -hooks, and swords into plough shares. So at least say the secretaries, and the chair men, and the orators of the Peace Association. Now we must acknowledge at once that we should be rather embarrassed to account for an agitation of this character taking place at a period so glaringly and: preposterously inappropriate, but that history has already shown again and again that nations are liable at intervals to such ebullitions of excitement, and that in proportion to the impracticability of their aspira tions, so are the promoters of those aspirations san guine as to their fulfilment. Many apposite quota tions might be made upon this particular from Sir Tuomes BRowNE'S " Vulgar Errors," and from Dr. MACKAY'S " Extraordinary Popular Delusions." What! we are on the eve of a universal amity among all nations and races, if we are to believe the assuaging and mellifluous harangues of the members of the Peace Society. And at the very time they are telling us this, the public attention is stunned by the noise of war from all parts of the Continent. Denmark is struggling desperately against the robber-forces of Germany. Regiments are marching and counter-marching between Saxony, and Bavaria, and Prussia, between Stutgardt, and Munich, and Berlin. The Hungarians are battling with the whole strength of their patriotism against the legions of two colossal empires. Russia is pushing forward her soldiers from one direction, and Austria from another. The Magyars are consolidating their new liberties under KOSSIITir, and the Poles are preparing to rise in arms in obedience to the encouraging voice of DEMBINSKI. In the Roman peninsula the tumult of conflict is, if possible, still more audiEe. In northern Italy the roar of the Austrian artillery is heard at Venice. In central Italy the Germans are battering down the walls of Ancona, and the French are fight ing hand to band between the barricades of the Eternal City. In southern Italy the stench of the Neapolitan gunpowder has hardly yet cleared away from the ruined cities of the Sicilians. At the very moment when we are told to prepare for a general brotherhood among races—international war is raging 1 all over Europe! Nor is this the only contradiction glaring through the flimsy sentimentalisms of the Apostles of the Pacific Doctrine, or, as we should rather call it, of the Pacific Impossibility. Not only does ancient, modern, nay, contemporary history, the history of the time now flying over our heads, of which this evening's impression of our journal is one of the pages—not only does the history of the Past and of the Present show, in characters of blood and flame, that we are always liable to 'War in conse quence of the infirmities incident to our nature, but all Annalists, both dead and living, proclaim the fact that the perpetual preservation of Peace within the boundaries of any do minion is wholly and obviously impracticable. Why, look at France, look at America, look at Ire land, look at England. For want of any better reason for contention in the United States the more pugnacious citizens of New York actually seized the other day upon the rival claims of a couple of actors for popularity as a casus belli ! and fire-arms were required to restore the rioters to order, and to preserve the lives and properties of the unoffending majority of the population. In Ireland, again, the brawling of a party of political incendiaries only last year rendered it necessary to have recourse to strong measures of repression ; and that man must be wholly devoid of rational judgment who can deny for one instant that the prevention of further agrarian assas sinations has been the result of the presence of troops and of the vigorous policy of the Viceroy, Lord CLARENDON. In our own country the necessity for preparation against internal anarchy and external violence has been conspicuously illustrated by the quietude preserved by ourselves, while almost all the rest of the European powers are contending one against another, and the tranquillity with which our Government has been conducted, while our neigh bours have been agonized by the spasms of revolution. But in France, especially, the impossibility of ever organizing an effectual system of arbitration bas been demonstrated in a voice of thunder. Supposing it had taken arbi tration as its ..Egis from war with the rest of the world. What arbitration could it have effected by any chance between the depraved Monarchy and the outraged People in February ? What arbitration could have sprung up in June between the moderate Republicans devoted to order and the ultra-democrats intoxicated with their lust aftr rapine and anarchy ? Look at the heroic Archbishop of Paris, DENIS ArraE! Why, arrayel in his sacerdotal robes, and bearing the olive branch in his hand, he was shot down at the foot of the barricades. Talk of arbitra tion between men marl with hatred against one another! Talk of conciliation to people infuriated to a pitch of delirium by their contentions With all respect for the common sense of the members of the Peace Association, we cannot but see, and know, and feel, that so long as human nature is human nature, such ideas are nothing more nor less than sheer Nonsense. Last evening there was a meeting of the Peace Society at Exeter Hall. This evening the scheme which has evoked that society will be advocated in the House of Commons by a distinguished Mem ber of the Lower House of Parliament, we mean the Honourable Gentleman the representative of the West Riding of Yorkshire. We regret to see the time of the community at large, and espe cially the time of the Imperial Legislature, wasted upon notions so perfectly idle and visionary. That ELittu BURRITT, honourably known to fame as the Learned Blacksmith, is a very amiable, as well as a very clever man, we doubt not for one moment, But we certainly must be allowed to question the clearness of that man's judgment who thinks it at all likely that BOTTOM'S figure of speech can be realized in nature, and that Lions can be coaxed into " roar ing like any sucking dove I" That Mr. BRIGHT and Mr. STURGE should participate in the labuurs of the Peace Association can scarcely be matter of surprise, considering that as members already of a religiously amicable association, the Society of Friends, the question is not to them so much one of Reason as one of Creed and of Cloth. But that Mr. COBDEN should have allowed himself to be infected by this very futile yearning—comparable only to the child squalling for the moon as for a good sized sugar-plum—is to us matter of astonishment. An astonishment, by the way, not at all diminished on finding that he is actually going this evening to dance the tarentella of Arbitration upon the floor of the Senate at Westminster I The debate in the House of Commons on Friday evening was rendered interesting by the speeches of the Hon. Members for Middlesex and the Univer sity of Dublin, in which they ably exposed the d r t i o n r o s u , s l a n c d one l o s rd q s u , e a n n c d es t tenants, en o a a n i t l s parties te the is o c es n t a c t e e r s n e i n d whichc e they are interested being placed under the control and management of the Court of Chancery. Many complaints have from, time to time been preferred against Irish landlords. Their neglect and apathy with respect to the improve ment of their lands and the interests of their tenantry, have been repeatedly commented upon in the most glowing language; but c om p arativel y little has been said of the worst of all p ossible landlords—the Re ceiver of the Court of Chancery. Every vestige of hope vanishes the moment an estate is brought within the jurisdiction of that Court : improve• meats cease, labourers are thrown out of em ployment, everything is permitted to go to ruin. The landlord endeavours to obtain all he possibly can out of the lands. The relationship that formerly existed between himself and his tenantry is forthwith dissolved. lle can no longer encourage the indus trious and improving occupier; he cannot make allowances for improvements, or exhibit indulgence to the poor but honest man, who would liquidate every demand, to the utmost extent of his powers, and whose unmerited misfortunes constitute the strongest claims to forbearance. Neither can he compel the man able, but unwilling to pay, to satisfy his just liabilities. A trifling assistance judiciously afforded might pro bably enable the former to recover his position, and to become one of the most valuable tenants on the estate. A little gentle coercion might compel the latter to disgorge his secret hoards, and to give up the funds which he had accumulated out of the proceeds of his holding but neither can be effected at the proper moment, and the deserving man is irretrievably ruined, while the rogue, who is well versed in receiver law, and who knows exactly how far he can proceed before he can be either distrained or ejected from his holding, laughs at the parties, and ultimately absconds to some other locality with his ill-gotten gains. In the great majority of cases the receiver is a perfect stranger to the parties. Residing at a considerable distance from the lands, which he only visits on stated occasions, he knows nothing of the tenantry, or of the capabilities of the several farms. It signifies little to him whether the lands are judiciously and properly cultivated or otherwise. He has no interest in making any inquiries for which he cannot be remunerated in any manner. He strives in the first instance to obtain all the money he can, be cause his profits depend on the amount he may re ceive, from which he is permitted to deduct a per centage of five par cent. ; and secondly, he must proceed according to the established rules of the Court, although he may thereby occasion a very useless expenditure to the estate. By so doing he saves him self from the censure of the Master, and in too many instances he is under a secret agreement with the solicitor, directly interested in the costs that may be incurred. He cannot accept surrenders from paupers who are utterly unable to pay the arrears. They must be evicted in due form of law, and the costs of these ejectments will form a very serious charge upon the sums received from the more solvent tenants, a small portion of which would have provided fur the emi gration of the wretched beings who, driven from their humble homes to the union workhouse, become per manent burdens on that and the neighbouring estates. Sir EDWARD SUGDEN long since perceived the injurious results of this system, and directed the attention of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the law of landlord and tenatt in Ireland to them. He pointed out the necessity of increasing the powers of the Court in creditor suits, but unfor tunately the sound advice he tendered was never acted upon, and the evils of the system have not only been continued, but even materially increased ; for the rental of the estates in the hands of receivers, which in 1843 amounted to 563,0221. 2s. 4d. only, now amount to no less than 2,000,000/. sterling, or about one-sixth of the entire landed property of the country. There is, we are happy to say, at length a prospect of some steps being taken to remedy this intoler able grievance. Lord JOHN RUSSELL fully ad mitted the extent of the evils so graphically depicted by Messrs. OSBORNE and NAPIER, and declared that he was prepared to give his cordial assent to the appointment of a Committee to inquire into and report on the subject. The Noble Lord also intimated that one portion of the duties of such Committee would be to ascertain whether the system of appointing receivers has not been carried too far under the existing law. At present, if a judgment has been recovered against a party, if he is indebted for tithe rent charge, in fact, if there is any claim which he is_not able immediately to discharge, a receiver will be appointed over his lands, enormous expenses incurred, and the tenantry wholly demoralised before they can be emancipated from the thraldom. We would not desire to take away just and reasonable remedies from creditors, but surely, it would be far better for all parties that a portion of the estate should be Bold sufficient to satisfy the de• mends upon the proprietor, or, if that should be impossible, then that the owner should be permitted to remain in receipt of the rents and management of the property upon giving security to pay a certain proportion of the rents into court, for distribution among his creditors. By permitting the owner to be himself the receiver many of the evils that now exist would be avoided, and sufficient precautions might be taken to prevent any injury to the rights of the incumbrancers. THE FRET C_H REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The PRESIDENT of the Republic on hearing of the death of Marshal BIIGEAUD, addressed the following letter to Colonel FERRAY, the son-in-law of the Marshal : My dear Colontl,—l reed not tell you how much I am afflicted at hearing the news of Marshal Bugeuad's death. It is an immense loss for France and nor me. As for his family, it is natural that they should be in consolable, and for that reason I cannot attempt to assuage your grief except in giving expression to mine. "Believe in my complete affection, " Elysee, June 10. "Louis NAPOLEON." It appears that the announcement that General OUDINCT was in Rome was at least premature, it is true that he has obtained possession of the Monte l'incio, but he has been defeated at and driven from the Villa Pamphili, which has been retaken by the Romans, and has suffered such enormous losses that he has been compelled to ask for an armistice of twenty four hours to bury his dead, a request which was at once granted. These facts were yester day stated at the Tribune of the National Assembly by M. LEDRU ROLLIN, and were not contradicted by M. ODILON BARROT, who merely stated that he had not seen any dispatches from Rome of a later date than the 4th. M. LEDRU ROLLIN then declined to put the interpellations to the Ministers of which he had given notice, on the subject of Roman affairs ; but, instead, laid on the table articles of impeachment against the PRESIDENT of the Republic and his Ministers for violating the Constitution by the manner in which they had conducted this Roman war, and proposing that they should be referred d'urgence to the bureaux. This was done in a calm, yet deter mined manner, which produced an immense effect on the Assembly. There was no tumult, no violence ; the Mountain sat silent, yet determined ; and M. ODILON BARROT, who immediately rose to defend the conduct of the Government, was listened to without interruption. His speech however, was coldly received even by his own sup porters. The debate had not finished when the post left. That the conduct of the PRESIDENT and his Ministers has been in this affair a direct violation of the constitution there can be no doubt, but there can be equally little doubt that such violation does not authorise any other persons in committing other violations of the same Constitution ; and we Pre therefore rejoiced to find that the Constitutional Re' publicans are having recourse to constitutional methods to bring the violators of the constitution to justice. So long as they confine themselves to these means, they are sure of ultimate success, and neither the physical force of CUANGARNIER nor the intrigues of DE FALLOUX Rill be of any avail to screen the guilty from justice. The conduct of the Government in this Roman affair has thoroughly disgusted every party in France, save the ultra Montanists ; it is considered a return to the worst practices of the old regime. The friends of M. DUFAURE met yesterday to take the Roman question into consideration. M. D'ADEL SWAERD proposed that the meeting should request MM. DUFAURE, DE TOCQUEVILLE, and LANJUINAIS to decline all responsibility in the foreign policy of the late Cabinet. He also proposed that the party should support an ordre de jour motive, implying blame to the Government. MM. PAULIN, GILLON, and MORTIMER TERNAUX opposed this proposition. Fifteen or twenty of the members forming the mi nority retired from the meeting, and those who re mained merely adopted a resolution by which a committee of five was nominated to draw up a plan upon which the party should act. Some days since M. DUFAURE wrote to General LeasoEiciEßE, who is at present sojourning at Nantes, requesting him to return to Paris and support the Mi nistry in the Legislative Assembly, to which Genera LasaoaleinstE replied that he could not give his sup port to the present Ministry, and that he was surprised to find that M. DUFAURE had consented to enter a Cabinet of which M. DR FALLOUX was a Member. Several members of the Dufaure and Cavaignac party have signed the act of impeachment against the PRESI DENT and his Ministers, which already has received the signatures of 150 Members of the Legislative Assembly. The Members of the Mountain' have published the following declaration : "DeclaraWn—ln face of the dispatch which proves to evid( nee the audacious violation of the Constitution by AL Louis Bonaparte and his Ministers, and their dis. l o a f st, th t b e e Constituent a n A n o s , it may reckon that the M but protest enerx:etica. y. Let the people remain calm deliberation 7 th ojfAi a y s o e b m e e y n , c d e a t t c o d the th e ououred. It will do of the confidence with which ta.m.wihil show itself worth; its duty. Constitution have pu The Democratic Assboeliisahteiodn tohfethie.olforwieinngds omfatnhie.. festo : " The D. mocratic Association of tho Friends of the Constitution,— " Considering Art. 5 of the preamble of the Constitu tion of 184 S, The French Republic respects all foreign nationalities as it will make its ow n refrcted, will un dertake no war with the design o f con q uest ; will never employ its forces against the liberty of any people an article which again consecrates the ri g ht of nations set down at the commencement of the Revolution by the Constituent of 'B9, and identified with the Revolu tion itself. " Considering Art. 54 of the Constitution, The Presi dent watches over the defence of the state; but he cannot undertake any war without the consent of the National Assembly.' " Considering the order of the day adopted the 7th May, 1549, by the Constituent Assembly on the news of the attack on R me, The Assembly invites the Govern ment to adopt without delay each measures as may be necessary in order that the exp-ditien to Ita'y may be no longer diverted from the ol , k.ct et first assigned to it.' " Considering that the Executive Gov. rnment, inateso:l of returning within the limits of the constitution, and obeying the injunction of the Constituent Assembly, has obstinately persevered in the fatal pith on which it had entered; that it has replied ;o the words of peace and fraternity of the Roman Reput.lic, by rec,mmending tin impious struggle; that it has again attacked by force the independence of the Roman people; sullied our flag by unfurling it in an iniquitous cause; disgracefully sacrificed our generous soldiers, whose heroism may be perhaps to-morrow required for the protection of our own nationality; that it has caused streams of French and Italian blood, of Republican blood, to flow, for the delight and advantage of the Holy alliance; " Protests solemnly before God and before men against this violation of the constitution and of international rights; against the abandonment of all the principles, the duties, and all the interews of France; " Protests before all nations, against the joint respon sibility which would be sought to throw on France a crime which the first power of the State, the Constituent Assembly, had formally endeavoured to prevent the perpetration. " The responsibility of this great offence falls wholly on those who have incurred it. " Let each citizen remember that the deposit of the constitution and of the rights which it confers is confich d to the custody and patriotism of all Frenchmen.' (Art. 110 of the Constitution). " Adopted at a general meeting held on 9th Juno. (Signed) " Ps. LEBAS, " POMPEE, E. DESMAREST, DUBOCRET, LAISSAC, O'REILLY, Ducoux, GRELLET, MORTON, MONDINET, Vice-Presidents. lIEMERDENCER, BIIISSON, A. RITIERRE, Secretaries. _ . _ A meeting of the 6th Legion of the — National Guard of Paris, has been called for the purpose of protesting against " the fratricidal war declared by the PRESIDENT against the Roman Republic," in hopes that such a strong manifestation on the part of the French people may have the effect of putting an end to " that impious war in which brothers are cut ting each other's throats, who ought to have been brought together by the French Republic under the same flag for the defence of European democracy." The Archbishop of PARIS has addressed a pastoral letter to the clergy of his diocese, prescribing to them all to put up a series of prayers to the ALMIGHTY for a cessation of the cholera, and announcing that on the 18th he would celebrate pontifically, in the metropo litan church of Notre Dame, a votive mass of Sainte Genevieve, preceded by a procession of the relics of that holy patroness of Paris. The letter concludes with a general dispensation from abstinence so long as the epidemy may continue. The Minister of Public Works has issued an order to the engineers and architects engaged in the di rection of the works of the Government, directing them to adopt every precautionary measure to pro tect their workmen against the prevailing epidemy, and to render them every assistance in case of attack. They are also to forward to the Minister an account of the measures they have adopted, or which they may believe to be necessary, in order that the credit 3 required for such extraordinary expenses may be provided. The Council-General of the Bank of France has placed at the command of the Prefect of the Seine a sum of 25,000 f. to be distributed among the fami lies of such poor people as may become victims of the cholera. Madame CATALANI, who has so long been admired for her vocal talents, and whose name is so dear to all who have had opportunities of appreciating her high character and elevated mind, is at present in Paris, where she has not been for many years. She has just attained her 70th year, but appears much younger, and enjoys excellent health. The Bank of France has given notice that it has now a sufficient quantity of 100 f. notes to replace the green ones of that . amount which were tempo• rarily issued, and that the holders of the latter may have them exchanged on presentation. The body of Marshal BUGEAUD has been embalmed and dreosed in full uniform as a Marshal of France, with his baton in his hand and his sword by his side. The funeral is to take place to-morrow. General MEEROSLAWSKI has left Paris to take the command of the Baden insurgents. PARIS BOURSE.—MONDAT, JUNE 11. THREE O'CLOCK. -- The Funds opened 1 per cent. below Saturday's closing prices, but they gradually im proved, and closed ultimately the same as on Saturday. 'The result of the Dsbate i❑ the Legislative Assembly was looked for with great interest, but no one doubted that the vote would be in favour of the Ministry. Ex change on London (30 days), '25 57k, money; ditto (90 days), 25 47k, money. tiIISINESS DUNE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, JUNE 11. Great Indian Peninsular, s —Northern of France, 8 3 / 3 — Paris and Rouen, 194 j —Rouen and llavre, 9—Sambre and Meuse, 3. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. FRANKFORT. The Frankfort Journal, of the 9th, says— " Several plenipoteutiaries of the German Govern= ments have demanded from the Ministry of the Empire, whether, in the present position of the Central Power, it had still the means of exercising its functions? It w7.s not only the right but the duty of the Governments of Germany to demand explanations upon the actual situa tion of the Central Power. What did it intend to do with respect to the Constitution adopted by Prussia, Saxony, and Hanover? What steps would it take in case of danger? In fine, what resource hadi t at its dis• posal, and what was its opinion or its position in regard to the National Assembly, now that the latter was trans ferred to Stutgardt? The note was dated the 3.1 inst. The Council of Ministers replied as follows;—"In what con terns the project of the constitution of Prussia, Hanover, and Saxony, the right of the three governments to form that alliance is based On the 11th article of the Federal Act, and cannot be impugned either by the central power which has replaced the Diet, nor by the Diet itself seeing that the new legislation cannot be carried into force until the functions of the Central Power shall cease. With regard to the attitude of the Central Power towards the Assembly touching its transference to Stut gardt, the Ministry do not recognise the right of the Assembly to take that step, aeeeing that by the federal resolutions of the 30th March and April 1, Frankfort is designated as the seat of the National Asserahly. The Central Power will continue to fulfil its duty and means will not be wanting. Austria and Bavaria have offend troops, and Prussia herself has never refused to fulfil her federal duties." BADEN, BAVARIA, AND THE PA LATINATE. The insurgents have defeated the Bavarian and Hessian troops at Bergstrasse, and driven them back to Henshiem. WURTEMBURG. Accounts have been received from Stutgardt to the 9th ult. They do not confirm the rumour that a revolution had occurred in that city. In the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies on that day the Minister DUVERNAIS communicated the pro clamation against the Provisional Regency, and in vited the Chamber to explain itself frankly upon the point. Several members demanded that it should be referred to the committee of 15 ; others insisted that the debate should take place at once. After a long discussion the Chamber decided against its im mediate discussion, and agreed to refer it to the Com mittee by a majority of 69 to 14. The Political Committee has been appointed, and its report will be made to-morrow, at nine o'clock, to the National Assembly. AUSTRIA. The tale published by the Wiener Zeitung of the massacre of the Austrian prisoners by the Hunga rians at Buda is now admitted by that official journal itself to be without foundation. Three only were shot ; and the Honved officer by whose orders this was done was immediately arrested by GEORGEY, and brought before a court-martial. PRUSSIA. Official accounts have reached the Government cf the adhesion of the Dukes of Baden, Mecklenburg- Schwerin and Strelitz, and Anhalt Benburg to the triple confederation. DESMARK. COPENHAGEN, JUNE 6,--The diplomatic corps were present at a sitting in which the KING sanctioned the fundamental law. The absence of the Russian Am bassador (Baron D'UNGERN STERNBERG) and that of the Prince of HEssE, the presumptive heir to the throne, and son in-law of the Emperor NICHOLAS, was the subject of remark. It is known that the CZAR is opposed to the Constitution. It is even said that the Prussian fleet was promised on the express condition that the Constitution should not be sanc tioned. It is for this reason, doubtless, that they have not arrived. Yesterday the KING pronounced the closing of the Diet with a speech in which he gave his assent to the fundamental law. In dissolving the Diet his MAIESTY reserved to himself the right of re-assem bling it, in case the unjust and cruel war against Denmark should render it necessary. ROYAL VISIT TO TUE HAYMARHET.—We under stand that her Majesty intends honouring the Theatre Royal Haymarket with her presence this evening, in . order to witness th e a d m irable performance of Mr. and Mrs C. Iken as Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE. 12, 1849. ITALY. Accounts have hen received from Rome of the 4th- GARIBALDI arrived there on the 31st and took part in the action of the 4th with the French. fir made three sorties on that day, drove the French frcm their Fositions at the Villa Pamphili, and took three companies prisoners. The Spanish forces under CORDOVA landed at Gaeta on the 29th ult. The Tuscan Moniteur publishes a circular of the Ministry to she chiefs of departments, that the form of government in Tuscany is to be a monarchy, limited by a constitution. The Mercantile Courier of Genoa, of the 6th inst., contains a correspondence from Ancona, to the effect that the Austrians bad failed in an attempt to effect a landing; and that an Austrian corvette, which ap proached the ramparts, was so much damaged as to have to be towed away by a steamer. RADETZKY wat at Verona according to the last accounts. SICILY. FILANGIERI has published a manifesto, announcing that the KING has appointed his eldest son the Duke of CALABRIA (a youth of fourteen) to be his repre sentative at Palermo. The Opinione of Turin of the 6th mentions an order issued by General FILAINGIERI on the 19th ult., directing that all the arms in possession of the inhabi tants of Palermo, National Guards excepted, should be given up within forty-eight hours. THE TREASURY AND THE DIS SOLUTION OF THE LATE BOARD OF STA MPS. A pamphlet is now lying before us, which we read at the time of its appearance with great interest. It is entitled, "Letters addressed to the Right lion. Lord Granville Somerset, the Right Hon. the Earl of Ripon, the Right Hon. Frankland Lewis, and the Right Hon. Henry Goulburn, on the Extraordinary Proceedings connected with the sudden and hitherto unexplained Dissolution of the late Board of Stamps." The correspondence between the Lords of the Trea sury and Mr. Sedgwick, the ex-chairtnan of that Board, which has recently appeared in the Liverpool Mercury, and which has attracted much public at tention, recalled this pamphlet to our mind. Its contents are fresh in our memory, for they are not of a kind to be soon forgotten, hut the correspondence redoubled the interest we took in it, and we now again turn to it with the intention of recording in our columns the remarks which we made as we went on upon the conduct of the Lords of the Treasury in dis solving a revenue Board, remarkable for the satisfac tion it had always given in the dispatch of the public business, and against which no complaint had ever been made. AV e remember well that its sudden dis solution caused the greatest surprise, and nail the leters of Mr. Sedgwick to Mr. Wallace appeared in the Morning - Chronicle, which we read at the time with great interest, and a copy of which we have by , us, no one could get at the cause of it. But the pam phlet, the title of which we have here given, furnishes a clue to the vv hole m Atter. A tramaction more scandalous, or brought about by means more disgraceful to the Treasury, never yet came before us. It wou ld no t be credited, were it not attested by facts that admitted of no dispute. Their Lordships, it appeared, had long been aware, from the great defalcation in the legacy and probate duties in Scotland, and that this defalcation was owing to the negligence, or some thing worse, of the solicitor, Mr. Bremner, under whose collection they were, and had been for nearly forty years ; and having had full experience of Mr. Sedgwick's great activity of mind and talent for buiness, their Lordships required him, about three months after he had taken his seat as chairman of the Stamp Board, to repair to Edinburgh, and there to investigate the mode in which the management of those important duties was conducted in the solicitor's office, and to report to their Lordships fully thereon. He accordingly, under their special Treasury war rant, proceeded to execute the arduous duty imposed upon him. How he found matters on his arrival is thus graphically related in his letter to the Treasury of the Bth of February last, which makes part of the recent correspondence : In obedience to the above direction I immediately repaired to Edinburgh. I had not proceeded far in my investigation when I found the system of collusion and mismanagement to be flagrant beyond all conception. Not only was no register kept by the solicitor of wills and probates (Mr. Bremner), but no entry book of any kind, showing either the duties payable upon them, or the duties received. In every other branch of this de partment the same absence of all check upon fraud pre vailed. No record had ever been kept of the prosecu tions instituted for offences against the stamp laws, nor of the penalties recovered." He then goes on to state the mode of conducting the proceedings, which will be read with astonish ment. " The mode of conducting the proceedings was of the most extrsordinlry kind ; it was thus :—A prose cution was commenced, and a brief given to the Lord Advocate ; but when the cae came on for trial, instead of being heard and decided by the Court, it was referred, at the- suggestion of the solicitor, to the Lord Advocate, who thus became at once the public prosecutor and the private referee, and proceeded to award whatever amount of penalty he thought proper without hearing either the party or his witnesses I Having received his lee as COUN • SEL F ,n THE CROWN, he received a second fee as An- BITR ATOR, OR patting his initials to his award. Aud this was done not in one case only, bat in every case. Those pr duced before me had the initials of Mr. Col quhoun, the then Lord Advocate. Such a course of proceeding. which in England would be deemed in credible, was in Scotland the regular and recognised practice." So monstrous were the abuses which the Chair man's investigations brought to light, that the Board of Stamps thought their duty to the public required that they should suspend him with the view to his ultimate removal, which they did, and appointed an interim solicitor, a Mr. Benny, under whose dili gence and activity the stamp revenue in Scotland began to double and treble its former return. The Lord Advocate, and the other official autho • rities in Edinburgh, soon began to miss Mr. Bremner and the profitable system of abuse to which they had been so long accustomed, and out of which they had such pretty pickines, and they immediately set all their influence in motion to get his suspension re moved, and to procure his re instatement in office. The number and value of Scotch votes are calculated to a nicety in Downing-street; a general election was approaching ; no time was to be 10-t ; and a Treasury Minute was accordingly prepared and forwarded to the Board of Stamps, removing Mr. Bremner's suspension and ordering his immediate restoration. As the appointed guardians of the public purse, " my Lords" claim the privilege of applying to their own political purposes the property of the nation at large. We shall show how lavishly they have exercised this privilege, not only in this particular instance, but on all occasions where electioneering influence is to be maintained. Scotch jobs are proverbial: if any one ask, through what agency they are managed, the letters we adverted to in the outset will furnish the best materials for an answer. In the present instance the subject is so curious a one as to be well worth a detailed examination; and it is our intention to sift it thoroughly. The result will well reward the public attention. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) ROSS V. THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. The Attorney-General had obtained a rule, in this case, calling upon the Great Western Railway Company to show cause why they should not permit him to inspect the whole of the books of the company. It appeared that Mr. Ross represented a gentleman named Mackin tosh, deceased, who had possessed a large stake in the concern. In order to obtain access to the books of the company he clothed himself with the power of a creditor and demanded, under the 138th section of the Acts by which the company was incorporated, to inspect the books in order that he might ascertain the exact value of the property left by Mr. Mackintosh. He . had been permitted to see several books, but he complained that he had only been allowed to see the receipt books, whilst others were withheld from him. Sir FITZROY KELLY showed cause against the rule, and produced the affidavits of Mr. Saunders, the secre tary of the company, and affidavits of several of the officers, setting forth that the applicant was shown the books of receipts and expenditure, which contained all the transactions of the company, and that they were scrupulously correct. Indeed, he had been permitted to inspect all the books specified in the 138th section of the Act. It was true he was not allowed to see the whole of the book s , w hi c h were most voluminous, and com prised almost a library, but the books he saw contained the ge nera l totals of the whole of them. if be were en titled to see the whole of the books be would become most improperly acqua i nte d w i t h a ll the private trans actions of the comp an y, suc h as particulars with respect to loans, notes, and mortgages of the company. In order to remove any i m p u t at i on th a t the company was unwil ling to have its books inspected, he should he happy to submit them all to the view of one of the Masters of the court. It was a groundless application, made not as in the case of an ordiniery c r e ditor, but for en indirect pur pose, and he submitted that the rule should be discharged with costs. Mr. MILLS followed on the same side. The ATTORNEY. GENERAL sp.le in support of the rule. The Acts spoke in the plural number. Lord DENMAN said the Act spske of "a hock;" but it was obvious that more than one book was required. He contended that the Act meant that a creditor should inspect the whole of the books used by the company; otherwise, how could the real stag' of the company— how could the condition of a merchant's affairs be ascer tained and valued, except this whole of his books were inspected? To produce such books as those stated was a mere delusion. If they said they had no such books, be admitted that would be an answer; but it they . had, a creditor, in the position of Mr. Ross, was entitled to inspect them all. Mr. J. BROWN was heard on the same aide. '1 he COURT thought the company bad substantially complied with the provisions of the Act. The book ape cified a as the o i ly o n e a person had a right to see. Rule discharged. THE SNLE OF A CADETSHIP. THE QUEEN V. KENDALL. BIrCKES, LINLEY AND BICKLEY. The defendants iu hich has been re• pentedly be or the public, appeared. in amordanee with nooce, on me floor of the court this mLiz. The ATToRNEY•GENERAL moved ,be judgm• - nt of thy , Court upon them. It w►ll %/e I-, collect, d that they were found guilty of conspiring together tor the sale of u c,- detship. Mr. Sergeant SHEE'addressed the Court in mitigation of punishment on behalf or Mr. Bickley, who has bee► for twenty years an attorney of the Court. Mr. M. CHAMBERS folluwed on behalf of Mrs. Linley. An affidavit was produced by Mr. Kendall, which was read by one of the Masters. It stated that having b., n absent from England for many years, he was not aware on his return that the selling of a cadetship was an illegal act. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he was not instructed to press for undue severity towards the dqtendants; but he trusted the Court would support the Legislature in putting a stop to a traffic of this kind. lie then recalled the attention of the Court to the facts of the case. The Court could not fail to be of opinion that the whole of the defendants were perfectly aware of the illegality of the transaction in which they all embarked. Mr. Justice PATTESON passed sentence upon the de fei dents— Mr. Kcndall to twelve months' i prisonment in the Queen's Prison, and to pay a fine of 1,0001., and to be imprisoned until the fire be paid; Mr. Bickley to one y cies imprisonment; Mrs. Binckes the same; and Mrs. Linley six months. The defendants were then removed in custody. EXCHEQUER.-( THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) IN THE MATTER OF TM: HAMMERSMITH RENT CHARGE. JUDGMENT. Mr. Lusu, on a former occasion, obtained a rule in this care calling on the vicar of Hammersmith to show cause why an order, directing the Sheriff of Middlesex to assess for certain arrears of rent charge, in lieu of tithes, in the parish of Hammersmith, should not be set aside, together with the subsequent proceedings. Cause was shown some terms ago, and the judgment ot the Court was suspended. It appeared that the particu lars of the case were as follow:—An attorney at Ham mermith allotted to a poor man a piece of land to cul tivate for his own use and benefit; and, in consequence of his poverty, the magistrates exempted him from the payment of rates and taxes. The vicar, however, did not relinquish his claim to the tithes, which were com muted into a rent charge, but prosecuted it by distrain ing for the amount. After some interlocutory proceed ings, a Judge's order was obtained directing the Sherifi of Middlesex to summon a jury and proceed to trial, for the purpose of assessing the amount of arrears. The case was accordingly Ewald in spite of a notice trom the other side, to the effeet that, as the order for trial had be en obtain ex parte, it must be considared null tied void. Mr. Baron PAaKE was of opinion that the rule ought to be made absolute, on the ground that the Judge% order fur assessing the vicar's claim could not be ob tained ex pArte. The Chief Baron, Mr. Baron Alderson, and Mr, Baron Platt, took a different view of the case. The) considered that it had been for some time the general practice of the Court to grant such orders, and were 01 ()Orion that the rule ought to be discharged. The rule was aceordiugly discharged. CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS DAY. OLD COURT. (Before the RECORDER and Sir PETER LAURIE.) THE CASE OF PATRICK HAY. At the sitting of the Cour& thi,i morning Patrick Hay, charged with fraudulently obtaining money from a clergyman, was called upon to surrender and take la's trial, but, as he did nut appear, his recognizsoces were estreeted. Mr. RYLAND, who appeared for the prosecutor by di rection of the Court, said there were two indictments against Patrick Hay, one for having fraudulently ob tained the money, and the other for having with Alvez conspired to obtain it, and as Hay had not surrendered, there would be great difficulty in proceeding with the indictment for conspiring against Alvez, and would only be wasting the time of the Court. The RE - connEn—Ther:cogt;izances had better be estreated at once, and a certificate sent to the Exche quer, and let the indictment for conspiring be postponed till next session, and Alvcz discharged on his own recog nizances for 2001. Thomas Jones pleaded Guilty to burglary in the dwel ling• house of Henry Brett, and was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment with hard labour. James Green, described as a tailor, pleaded Guilty to feloniously breaking into and entering the dwel ling-house of Robert Davis, and stealing therein four pairs of boots, three shoes, and other articles, value 61., and was sentenced to imprisonment for twelve months, with hard labour. Thomas Stain, a wadding maker, aged 42, was in dieted for stealing a handkerellief, value Is. 6d.,Ei pro perty of Charles Burton. n The prosecutor, on Sblturday, the 14th of May, lost his handkerchief, which was afterw&rds in possession of the prisoner, The prisoner said he picked it up, and was seeking the owner, when he was given into cuitody. He was found Guilty, and sentenced to seven years' transportation, a !ormer conviction having been exhibited against him. h IV CU t (Before the COMMON SERGEANT.) The Court was engaged the whole morning trying Mint cases, involving no feature of public interest. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO TIIIIEE. The Cotton M .iket at Liverpool yesterday was active, 8,000 hales having changed hands at the full currency of last week. The sales included 3,000 American for ex port and on speculation.—ln Railway Shares but little business was dune, end generally at lower prices. The markets for colonial produce are rather quiet, but there is no particular change in prices. Letters of late date have been received from the prin e'pal stock markets abroad. At Vienna on the 6th inst. the funds were well supported, and shares were higher at Berlin on the 81 inst.; there was likee ise a wore tavoursble disposition, and improved prices were paid. At Frankton on the 9th inst. these was an advanc • in Austrian Stock, but no change in other securities. The Five per Cent. Austrian Bonds were at 73. A scale of pilot dues has been arranged at Ostend, which is of some length, but it may suffice to say, that in summer the charges will range from 18f. to 130 r. 500., and in winter from 211. to 1391. 50e. fur vessels crawing 14 to 55 decimetres. The American advices are considered favourable, and the rate if exchange on England was up to 1081 A most important matter for railway shareholders in general is a better system of account keeping, and we could wish that there was a little more unanimity on this point. Some parties are in tavour ot the introduction of an official auditor, paid by the company, and appointed by the shareholders, instead of the appointment of mere honorary supervisors, but first in importance is the adop tion of a stated plan which will serve us a sure founda tion for the future, and remove the admitted complica tion that now exis!s. Mr. Samuel Nutley, a professional man, furnishes seine suggestions for the management of railway accounts, and a word or two on audit, and among other remarks state:— " As the accountant proceeded ho would meet with expenditure, which, from its magnitude, from the con tracts known to be entered into, or from other causes, he would at once perceive affected revenue for a longer pe riod than the year. As regarded this class, he would have to bear in mind the frequent change that is takinr , place in the proprietary, and the injustice it would be to burthen many of whom it at present consisted through the diminution of their dividend, for the benefit of those who might come in afterwards. It is quite clear that by charging revenue at once with such expenditure, the former would, in all probability, receive a twofold injury —first, by a reduced dividend; and, secondly, by the sale' of of shares at a reduced market price. This class of expen diture can only occur atter a lapse of years, through wear and tear, either of the permanent way or rolling stock, and when, it is to be presumed, a ' depreciation fund' sufficient to cover it would be in existence; but, whether or not the salutary precaution of making such a provision had been taken, the accountant, un aided by others, would not be the competent party to decide what portion of such expenditure to charge to the revenue of the current half-year. It is only through the watchfulness of the board, or its finance committee, over the e xpenditure of the company, that error under this head could be guarded against. The requisite estimate can always be obtained from the proper quarter, and they have then only to direct the accountant to be furnished with a copy of their minute, setting forth bow such expenditure is to be treated. We have heard a great deal about items of this kind being charged to capital; or, in other words to one of those accounts in which the capital stands invested; but it is difficult to imagine how so g• eat an error could be committed without early detection, unless through the wilful intention of deceiving not only the share , holders, but the public at large. A mere glance at the balance-sheet would show a certain amount of net re venue, but the available assets would at once appear in sufficient to divide such amount amongst the proprietors. Would it not, utdra such circumstances, occur to the least initiated in accounts to put the question How can such an amount of net revenue have been made, if it is nowhere to be found?'" We answer unhesitatingly that it would occur to any one, and that the simple reason why shareholders sanc tioned in many instances the payment of dividends which they were aware had not been earned was, that they hoped for such an increase of traffic and general prosperity as would have maintained the dividends, and met the deficiency of past earnings. So far a great mis take has been made on all sides, and while regretting that mismanagement or extravagance have made the matter even worse, we have but to hope for better times. This is account day in the English Stock Market, and there has been a rise in cons, quence, buyers having taken up stock in many instances. It must be remembers d also that the dividend due in about three weeks is included in the present Consols pricesad 92 to for delivery, and 92 to 92} !or the opening. Th e N ew Tree-and.a-Quarter per Cents. have realised 91 to 91k, and the Three per Cents. 90} to 901 Bank Stock is worth 1941. Each, quer bills have realised 45a. to 48s. premium. The settlement is going off tolerably well, and the Bulls seem resolved to carry on their account, but at the hour of our writing, the market is not quite so good, in consequence of the report of the taking of Rome not having been con firmed. We quote Consols 91a to 92 for transfer, and 92k a for account. In the Foreign Market Mexican Bonds are higher, and it is understood that _ there is a remittance for this dividend advived by the steamer fro,' America, the money being on board the West Indic steamer nx - '• c•w . ‘V iht h. Cuupwis Mexic:ln Bondi have been 2,11- -',l-, arid without 26Z- to "71. Peruvian Stock has oet.ti a:: 52. lii-itzil Old Bonds are 79. Spanish Three per Cents. have been 331 i. and Portu guese Four per C. nts. 27; 1 ,- to 28. Russian Bonds have been at 101. Duch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 491. Railway Share , , though quiet, are firm. Eastern Counties have riien a little, and Bristol and Exeter are at fuller rates. North Western, Brighton, &c., ar e steady. Fl ench Shares are neglected . oNE 01,0*-4NG - • - , I:. , fs • U. , ~, ', 1 o,,:ti. I,TAICE.B lank Stock . 194 1 4 191% 3 ; :or Cent. Reduced Arms... ... .. 90 % , A % 90% per Cent. Consols Am:wit,. 8 91% 92 1 A 92 92 3 per Cent. Annuities,l726.. ..... New 3 per Cent. Anns.... .• 9II, 91 911 -6,9 l% Auras.Lung As. to expire Jan.l 8( ) -16 8 16 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10. 1859 -16 8 6- 16 India Bonds, 1,0001. ... .. 71 p Ditto under 1,0001... _,,,. 68 p Consols for Opening 92 92 1 ,04 92% Exchequer Hilts. I IA& & 2d. 1,000/. June 45 48 p 500/. June Small. June 45 48 p PIIICES OF FOREIGN k U.Nllei 07,4 0 ,LOCK. Brazilian Bonds 48 p 48 P 48p cLuell* d ryanEs• 79 Ditto, Small 7B 75 Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 ner Cent. 38 41exicen, 5 per Ceiv 1846, with Coupons 29%A 29% Ditto, Ex Coupons Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents — Ditto, 4 per Cent. Active......, 52 52 Ditto Deferred — 14 Portuguese 5 per Cents. —.— 274 Ditto, 4 per Cent 27 rB 28 Russian Bonds ..... 101 10 0 ; L 4 Spanish .3 per Cent. in4o Ditto, 3 per Cent .... 3 IV% 33'i4 .. Venezuela Bonds, 2 1 A i per Cent — Ditto. Account •• •• t 2 Dividends on the above payable in London. 5 4 Belgian 4 4 per Cent - 79 —_, 50% Dutcli 2% per Cent., 12 Guild 4 9 3A 76 Ditto. 4 Der Cent. Certificates PRICES OF R Ail MAY SHARES. PAID. ... A nr O I 3E N E E.S o s ,C D L O OC N K E . Crrig..3. Aberdeen, 50 - .....,, ... 44 Do. Preference Iristol .and Exeter 9 O. , ...... 65 ............• Lyi j g Ditto, Thirds 27 1 ,4 1 9 14.. `aledonian hester and Holyhead... 50 % Eastern Couvities... ... 20 —...... 8%% 8 Do. New Guaranteed 6 per Cent ... Eastern Union, Class A (late E. . Shares) 25 5% Do., Class B (I. & B.) 22 1 4 — 27% Est Lincolnshire 4234 .dinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... ...... •••• ••• 1 % - xeter,Yeovil, & Dorch. 2% l 5 /8 9S rear Northern Do., 14 2 B 6 per Cent... 71,4 .... 4 . ig Do. Extension 2! 4 2...... N % O2 rest North of England.loo ..... Great Western 100 ...... Ditto, IA 2 Shares Ditto, 1 4 Shares Ditto, New 171... .. .. 15 ... .. 10U 1 A ....• Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 ..... Ditto, ditto Do. Thirds ... 15 7 4% Do. (W. Riding Union) 9 .. ... 4 ............ .. 99 Leeds and Bradford .orolon, Brighton, and London and N. Weitern 100 5° 1 6 611 4 A1 41 2 . 6.. .. ............ 132 : 6 1 South Coast Ditto, New Quarters Ditto,Fiftha ..... .. .. 2 .... 7 .on ~ 6.- ,W , stern ...... 50 Ditto, Thirds IC/.135.41.... 5 1 4 1 % dis. ...... 5a Aanzhe.ter..Buxton.and vlatlock. . Midland Do., do., 5-oi. Shares 25 ... .. 1 234 3 4... g 4 Do Birm., and Derby 100 ...... Norfolk ..„....„ .......... 100 Do.i.owestoft(4 per ct) 20 Nirth Brifiqa „... .. 25 .... - 131 4;••• ..... • ..... 1170 North Staffordshire l7 y..... 12 ........ ...... Reading, Guildford, and Reigate l5 ..... ...... .. ...... Royston and Hitchin Scottish Central . 25 231 A.... 1 68 124 15% 234 ._ _. ........... -04 Shropshire Union SJuth Fest^r , Do.. Registered No. 4 10 ...... Do., Scrip No 4 South Wales York, Newcastle, and 204 Berwick. ..........«... 25 Do. Newcastle Exten. 20 D. U.N.E.l'reference 8 ... 44 3 y o rk and North Midland 50 ..... 31A 32 Ditto, Preference lO FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Datch e 'Rhenish ..... 3 4.. ...... Northern of France Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 Paris and Strasbourg ... 10 Sambre and Meuse 2O ..... 2% ............... JOINT STOCK BANKS. British North American 501 1 ...... .., ...... Lyndon Joint 5t0ck...... 10 13; Oil 32 5% 6 3 4, IA A 2:4 3114 21i go 151/4 LLOYD'S SHIPPING--THIS A 1( 1 LONDON, JUNE 12.—Wind W., d erate breeze, 10- fine. DEAL, JUNE 11.—Wind N.E. to E.N.E.—Arrd. rta raf ' Dixon, Honduras. PORTSMuUTH, JUNE 11.—Wind N.N.E.—SId. Ellen borough, Madras and Calcutta. A fill. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 11.—Wind N.N.E.-10th, Quabcc, St. John's, New Brunswick; Johanna , 1 ; 111 „ 1 / '": Iceland; Freden, ditto. 11th, Mersey, Cubba r, ranham; Highland Mary, Berwick, Halifax. loth, b.lO, Commerce, Baltimore; Vandalia, New York; Fel s d• Wood, Halitux. 11th. Montezuma, New York. Ar New Yolk, Cropper, New York. LEITH, JUNE 9.—S:d. Sarah, St. John's, New Brilfir wick; Afton, Philadelphia. • ArIARKET NEWs THI S DA Y " ) HAY Os l e er SMITMFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 2/ l to 31 1 5 s; ditto, 2/ 12s to 51 Os ; and straw, 11 83 to 1/ 1 38 13 oad. Trade dull, at the above quotations. , iji; CUMBERLAND. Meadow Hay, 21 12a to 3 ' go Clover ditto, 2/ 15s to 41 15s ; and Straw, 11 °3 I/ 15s per load. Supply moderate, and trade dull* , 50 ; DITECHAPEL.—Meadow Bay, 2/ 103 to 31 Clover ditto, 21 12s to Si Os; and Straw, 1183 tO t et per load. Both hay and Straw moved off slowly , prices were well supported. COLONIAL. n iet; SUGAR.—The market for British Plantation is ci d by sales only 160 hhds Mauritius, 3,800 bags effe re t he auction found ready buyers at former rates tor re ji mid and lower qualities, but the better sorts b3OOO maintained the previous value ; mid to good Y: sd realised 38s to 29, 6d; low to fine grey, 3 ' 5 ,01 to 39s 6d ; good brown, 37s to 375 6a ; crystalised, 431; Bengal, 1,680 bags, mostly,"ai. at fully previous prices ; very fine white Itf r i go pore at 50s, good to fine white grainy at 43 9 4 30. 475, and low to good white Benares at 39s 6d t 0 a id Priva•elv 2,000 boxes yellow Havannah have bees' 'ad at 22, el The quantity of British Plantation 1 / 13 6 60 last week at the East and West India Docks W as '' for hhds 195 tierces 1,236 barrels; there were takehAj• home consumption 1,443 hhds 170 tierces 586 bta_rrow7o The stock in the same places was 14, 403 bbds tierces 4,493 barrels. resg COFFEE.-36 casks 14 barrels Jamaica 11 ° irt steady rates ; 1,200 bags Native Ceylon sold w ith 4) f id• at du y 3 vte .e 2 ouer s :3l, 6 o2aa d fsth t 6f 4 s g loil, 3 ll;da 3 pc i rc3reois t ac ' r o oded r sfrbv r gva e iga i z i tst l good go d ordinary, ordinary 211 being ? t o a:4 extreme quality i a t t y 3 ; os s , 3o a n b d ra : gna s gn b idn i h eg: _; 157.40 - r g oa i 29s 6d to 35s 6d ; but 150 bales Mocha rates, ranging e l " withdrawnzßua.—The m . Tabove quantityth e present landed 1514uEe.hashtd an 3 be te India Docks last week was 477 puns were taken for home consumption 175 puns 16 hhcw'" t oe exported 63 puns 110 hhds. The stock in the °' places is 20.908 puns 609 hhds. for RICE.-870 bags Bengal found buyers at 8s to 9 s low to mid white, being again rather easier. .adto SPICES.-980 bags Pimento sold steadily at 0 5 3id per lb. aria TALLow.—P.Y.C. is 355 6d per cwt. on the spot, town 39s 6d. TEA.—The market is steady, and the deliv eries for consumption are fair. A concert in aid of the funds for building a — t b er e man Lutheran Church at Hull will be given at o f Queen's Concert Rooms, Hanover-square,to -worr airl at two o'clock. Madame Palm, Madlle. Niss e i n ' t h - eir other distinguished artistes have kindly ofiereu ilett gratuitous services; and Herr Strauss a nd . le- Roder have promised the assistance of their ce brated bands. r e p o rt re p SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY MORNING. Th e ', 4 00$ just received from Havre states that the cotton 131 ;i c es , was yesterday exceedingly dull, but no change in P'" Sales 419 bales. Indigo active. get FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S T H EATia* -- citli Majesty and Prince Albert honoured this theatre -ea their presence last evening. The Royal suite conlPr't4ol the Countess of Desart, the Hon. Miss Neff, .I'i-ire Listowetl, Colonel Phipps, and Colonel Bouverie• observed also the Duke and Duchess of Beattfortietitr Duke of Leeds, the Marchioness of Worcester, j s od ebioness of Abercorn, L or d an d L a dy Villiers, P r ' the Countess Craven Lord Cranborne, Lord Lilf orth Countess Grey, Lad Lyi.dburst, Lord Clifden , 64. 4 1 ° bn 11 1 " Lister Kaye, Lady Quinun, Sir George and Mi ss but, &c. _ 0 0 t On the 7th inst., at Belle Vue Ulverston Lancashire' wife Ward A BIRTHS of a dau thghter.' gcf J. At West Cliff, , Folkestone, , on the 7 i ns t., the i l l' il E. Lacon, Esq., of a son. DIED. iota, On the tth inst., at Springfield, Maidstone, VT-13s1 Esq., aged 90. 1% 111 On the sth inst., at Salisbury, Eleanora daughter of the late Sir W. Fraser, Bart' , of Bedford-100f On the 7th inst.. at Bruistfield-lodge, near Rotn , e) , '- Henry Esq, Vice-Admiral of the Red, aged 7 7 ' pcl 4 On the Bth inst., in Bread-street, Edward Curetolif who aged 62, brother of the late Brigacier-General Curetoul recently tell in the Indian war. " oe • At the Royal-crescent, Brighton, on the B th in jamin Davis, Esq , aged 67. FollettOn the 9th inst., at Holly Mount, Hampstead, J. Esq., late official assignee in M. Court of B an''''` Loudon, aged 59. : f London: Printed and Published by MURDOI'U u 1 1 1 No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, ill a" 419.. " 7 Middles's, Imlay, dm 12, 1849.