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piiE EGAL TITLE ASSURANCE COMPANY. (Provisionally Registered, January 17, 1849.) Capital, 2,00n,00C1., in 80,000 Shares, of 251. each. Preliminary Deposit, 2s. 6d. per Share pro pactuses and fail information may be obtained at the Tempo r ,ry Orti*:es of the Company, 12A, Cannon-row, Westminster, on ap plication to G. F. HONE, Hon. Sec., pro tem. TH LATE QUEEN CAROLINE. Immediately, in 2 vols. post Bvo., . Lit. DVENTIIRES of a GREEK LADY, The Adopted Daughter of the late QUEEN CAROLINE. Written by Herself. Comprising Curious Anecdotes and Particulars of Queen Caroline and her suite, not hitherto known. Henry Colburn, publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Orders received by all Booksellers. ST. JAMES'S Tll E A T RE. Season 1849. PRZIFCH PLAYS and OPERA COMIQUE. TO-MORROW EVENING, The Performances will commence at Half-past Seven o'clock with FRA DIAVOLO. To conclude with LES RENDEZVOUS BOURGEOIS. Mr. Mitchell begs also to announce that, notwithstanding the in- Zreased expenses of the present entertainment, the prices of admis lion are determined as bellows:— Boxes .. • • • • • • • • 69. 03. Pit • • • • .. Od. Amphitheatre .. • • .. 2s. Od. Subscriptions for the season may be arranged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Sam?, St. James's-street ; Mr. Andrew?, New Bond-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from eleven till five. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING, Will be performed Mozart's celebrated Opera, IL DON GIOVANNI. With the principal Tableau of ELECTRA ; or, the Lest Plelad. To conclude with a Selection from the admired Ballet of FIORITA, Application for Boxes, Stalls,LiTTlcke 4 s to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre, where Pit Tickets may be obtained, as venal, price 101, 6d. each. Doors open at Seven ; and the Opera to commence at Half-past Seven o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.—GERMAN OPERA.. Twelve Nights more. TO-MORROW EVENING Will be produced the admired Opera, DON JUAN. Performances to commence at Eight o'clock. Private Boxes and Places may be obtained at the Bea-office ; and at Messrs. Ju.Bien and Co.'s, 214, Regent- street. rHEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. 1 1 Nbster, Bele Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. EVENTN,,, Will be performed MACBETH. Macbeth, Mr. C. Kean; Mac duff, Mx. Wallack ; Lady Macbeth, Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with a Classical Extravaganza, called THE SPHINX. THEATRE ROYAL. ADELPELI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE WHITE HORSE OF THE PEPPERS. After which a new grand Extravaganza, entitled THE DEVIL'S VIOLIN AND THE REVOLT OF THE FLOWERS. To conclude with THE IRISH POST. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATKE. Under the Management of Madame Vestria. 010 Lessee. Mr. Charles Ma' he ws. THIS EVENING Will be performed KILL OR CURE. After which, A WONDERFUL WOMAN. To conclude with PROMOTION. Dress 1 - .. uses, 55.; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No 231 f-price to any part of the house. The New Box-office, No. 2, Wellington-street, is open to the public every day, from Ten till Six. YI{INCESS'S THEATitK. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING, Will be presented a new serio-comic Drama entitled THE DE• SERTE It. To conclude with LA SONNAMBULA. A:AM F.r, Ito YAL ASII-'IIITI4 t , l A TR/L. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. The following eminent artistes form the greatest amount of female equestrian talent ever engaged in this or any other establishment at one time Mdlles. Adelaide iTinnie, Valentine, Louise Touirnaire, La Jeane Josephine ; Miss Woolford, Barrand, Davidson, Avery, and La Petite Jeanette. In addition to the above Mr. Batty has great pleasure in alnounc- Ng 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 appellation of the Equestrian Enchantress. THIS EVENING, The performance will commence with a Grand Military Equestrian Spectacle, entitled MOOLTAN and GOOJEtcAT ; or, the Conquest of the Seikhs. To be nelowed by an inimitable display of SCENES IN THE CIRCLE. in which the first Equestrian talent of the day will_appear. To conclude with a favourite Melodrama. 15oz-et - ice open from Eleven till Four. Mr. W. Wes. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Grand Holiday and National metes. Engagement of Miss FRANCES MILDMAY. In consequence of the un avourable state of the weather on WI Monday last, the whole of the magnificent entertainments provided for that occasion, will be repeated on MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY. Danson's gigantic modelled Panorama of the TOWN AND FORT OF BADAJOZ, pronounced by the voice of public opinion to be the most perfect and Life-like exhibition ever presented—Splendid Menagerie—Godfrey's unrivalled Band—Vocal and Instrumental Concert—Several Favourite Songs and Ballads by Miss Frances Mlldmay (her fliurth appearance) Miss Ellen Rowland and Mr. G. Tedder—Selos on the Flute by the celebrated Richardson—and Violin and Violoncello by Viotti and George Collins—Remington's Magic Aerial Bridge—and other attractions, concluding with a vivid representation of the Storming of Badajoz, pourtraying the advance of the British army—bombardment and attack—gallant defence— rush to the breach by real troops—and final tableaux in honour of the " Hero of a hundred fights." Doors open at Nine o'clock, A.ae. ; feeding of the animals at Five; Pelicans and White Bears half-past Five ; Concert at Six ; Storming of Badajoz, at Dusk.—Admission One Shilling. SECOND GRAND FLOWER SHOW of the Season on TUESDAY WEEK, June 12. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JUNE 7. THgRIIIOMETER, Lowest, 51 ; Highest, 65, Noon, 69 BAROMETER, 30.22. WIND E.N.E.—light breeze and fine. I ;H wATER AT LONDON BiiI.DOE. Teti DAY —Morning, 44 min. after 2 Evenin,,, 2 rain. after 3 To-Mone.ow— rnr.k,lo :titer 3 Evening, 34 min. after 3 -I4 , i yi: il.. r, Q-- ,ci (..:4 , 1 , CA., 1 ' ?..0 . : It , ' ~ .0 \ll .1( 4, 0 ~..,,, , 4), ;SA,,: - 4 , ,_ A ;., ',•,, - T: -- ; -, r --- Nr -t' , qtak7l' i..;-"7 - . •,-....- 4 , , r *•;:' ,:.' t ' ot : \., A r it s i X . :i 2 ,10•! I, „ 0 -7-4.9.. 4 r • XlO m ``': ' '< Itol / ..,,*'''-; _ 2 t--a4i-14---I':`, - ,;•. , ..,_:•--_,,,,, .) . etm wing LONDON, THURSDAY, : JUNE 7, 1849. We alluded yesterday to the extraordinary dispro portion that exists between the extent and population of the different constituencies which return Members to the Imperial Parliament—a disproportion so strik ing that it must be at once obvious to every unpre judiced person that some measure calculated to pro duce a greater equalization of the electoral districts is one of the reforms now most urgently required. It will be found that in England there is one borough Member for every 1,045 electors. But many of these boroughs contain numerous inhabitants and voters, H hich would entitle them to a far greater number of representatives than are at present per mitted. Thus we find the city of London with no less than 19,064 registered electors, and containing a greater amount of wealth and intelligence than perhaps any portion of the civilized world, returning only four Me:nbers, and thus having 3,721 electors for'each Member over and above the average number represented by each borough Member in this country. The metropolitan districts also exhibit an equally arge proportion of registered electors to the repre sentatives they are enabled to return to Parliament, there being no less than 83,062 voters electing sixteen Members, or nearly 5,191 electors for each Member ; while the boroughs of Bridgnorth, Honiton, Harwich, Thetford, Stafford, Richmond (Yorkshire), Totnes, and Lymington, the aggregate electoral body of which amounts to but 3,766, also return among them 16 Members, the average being one Member for every 235 voters. It therefore follows that a single voter in any of these latter boroughs possesses a much greater amount of political power, and is equivalent in the electoral scale to twenty-two of the merchants or traders of this great metropolis. Hear this, ye citi zens of London, and ask whether your chosen Member, the head of her Majesty's Govern ment, can fairly refuse to amend a system that gives equal influence in the national legislation to the 252 electors of Harwich and Thetford to that which is accorded to 19,064 of yourselves ! But these facts, strange as they may appear, by no means exhibit this anomaly in the strongest light or the most striking aspect. On a close examination it will be found that of the 658 Members, an absolute majority, or 330 Members, are re turned by a population of 3,127,000 persons, of whom 180,000 only are entitled to the elective fran chise ; while the minority of 328 are returned by a population of 23,873,000 persons, of whom nearly 900,000 are registered electors. If, therefore, popu lation be taken as the test, the majority are chosen by less than one- eighth of the entire community ; or if the number of voters be the point of comparison, by little more than one-sixth of the entire num ber ; and as the Honourable Member for Montrose justly remarked, " that majority re presents all the smaller boroughs, and those under the influence of landlords—the minority, the greater proportion of the counties and large cities." If property be taken as the basis, the disparity will not be less remarkable, for we find that the annual value of the rateable property represented by the " ma j or i t y" is but 6 200,0001., while the value repre sented by the minority is 78,800,0001., or, in oth er words, one-fourteenth of the whole rateable pro. perty of the country can control and outvote the remaining thirteen-fourteenths. Is there n o t as great a necessity for a comprehensive and extensive measure of reform to effect an equit able alteration of such a system as there was for the disfranchisement of Gatton or Old Sarum, or the be- stowing Members on Birmingham and on Manchester? The absurdity is almost as striking as any that could have been adduced in the olden time, "when GEORGE the THIRD was King," and when the mere mention of reform was regarded as but little better than a species of treason, that should be repudiated with indignation by overwhelming majorities in both Houses of Parliament, if any rash Wight should have the hardihood to mention a subject " so distasteful to ears polite." In consequence, too, of the limited number of elec tors in the smaller boroughs, local influences still prevail in no less than 42 of the number sending no less than 69 Members to Parliament. It is true that the representation may not be openly sold in the market without shame or disguise, that there must be at least some appearance of consulting the wishes of the nominal electors, but still there are boroughmongers who can bring into the Le gislature partizans bound to act in obedience to their wishes, to vote in accordance with the instructions they may from time to time receive, and who must resign their seats if they waver for a moment, or exhibit symptoms of insubordination, or even hesitate to carry out the directions of their " Patron." If large additions were made to these still " rotten boroughs" from the surrounding dis tricts, this unconstitutional influence would be neu tralised and deprived of its worst features. We should not hear of Noble Lords " doing what they will with their own," or superciliously re jecting all appeals to their reason and justice. Although we must still deplore the largeness of the majority by which the just and reasonable demands of the people were rejected on the present occasion, there are still some encouraging circumstances perceptible that afford reasonable grounds for hope as to its future progress. Last year, when Mr. HUME brought forward the sub ject for the first time, no less than 351 recorded their votes against the motion. On Tuesday no less than 83 of these Honourable Gen tlemen were absent from the division. If they had not sufficiently made Up their minds to join the popular ranks, or to vote with the staunch and thorough-going reformers of Parliamentary abuses, they at least deemed it prudent to stay away, and to remain neutral on the subject. This may eventually prove a discreet and judicious course for these parties, by which they may be enabled to appear with better grace on the hustings. The• nation will, however, recollect the names of those who were faithful from the beginning, who supported the popular side ere yet it was taken up by the aspirants for office of any party. Their names will be chronicled in the hearts and enshrined in the memories of their countrymen, and we shall find various constituencies con tending for the honour of being represented by men who were among the earliest and most energetic supporters of the four great points of legislative reform. The large and overwhelming majorities that at first were recorded against the annual motion of the Hon. CHARLES PELHAM VIL LIERS, the honest and enthusiastic advocate of free and unrestricted trade, must not be forgotten. At first that distinguished patriot could scarcely obtain a patient and attentive audience, but gradually he enforced his views on the Government. Where underlings were in the former instance per mitted to take the burden of the debate on them selves, the leaders of the Ministry were at length compelled to come forward, and to exhibit all their skill in answer to the simple truths which he enun ciated with such force and power. In the present instance we find the Premier and the Home Secre tary coming forward, and treating the subject as one worthy of their most strenuous exertions. This again affords good grounds of en couragement, and evinces a reasonable hope, that we shall within a few years find the cause of Parliamen tary Reform attaining a triumph as complete and unequivocal, as that which, in 1846, attended the free-trade agitation for the repeal of the obnoxious taxes on a nation's food. The recently published pamphlet by Mr. HUNTER GORDON, of Lincoln's Inn,* on the subject of the Irish Colleges, furnishes an ample justification, if any such were needed, of the all but unanimous determi nation of the citizens of the Roman Republic never again to submit to that sacerdotal domination from which they have emancipated themselves. It is im possible to read this narrative of the proceedings of the spiritual governors of the Roman Catholic Church, who were, until the recent revolution, also temporal governors of the Roman people, without being con vinced that an assemblage of men mere unfitted to be entrusted with the administration of affairs the inge nuity of man could not devise than this same College of Cardinals, to whom it has pleased successive Popes to confide for some ages past the exercise of the pontifical power, spiritual and temporal. Our readers, no doubt, recollect the outcry with which Sir ROBERT PEEL'S well considered proposal for establishing colleges for the benefit of seven mil lions of our Roman Catholic fellow-subjects in Ire land, who had up to that period been destitute of academic education, was received by the bigots of all parties. That Sir ROBERT INGLIS should denounce it as a gigantic system of Godless education, could have been a matter of surprise to no one who was acquainted with the tactics which Sir ROBERT IN GLIS has adopted since the day when he became the chosen representative of the rampant bigotry of Ox ford. He, as the representative of that ancient University, considered every proposition for found ing any other academic establishment as an encroachment upon her monopoly —an attempt to set up an opposition shop, which would force her to reform her whole system, or deprive her of her students, and as to the term " God less," that in the vocabulary of Sir ROBERT INGLIS is merely synonimous with Church of England-less, the Right Hon. Baronet, believing that none who do not subscribe to the Thirty-nine Articles can be other than Godless. At the opposition of Sir R. 'Nous no one therefore was surprised, but every right-thinking person of every sect was not only surprised, but dis gusted, at the unseemly and indecent opposition with which the proposal was met by certain firebrand pre lates of the Irish Roman Catholic Church. For some time the public was at a loss to account for this force opposition to a scheme, the principle of which had been admitted by those very Prelates in the case of the national schools for the poor Mr. Hi:ENTER GORDON, however, has enabled us by the well-timed publication of his pamphlet, to ascertain the fons et origo mali. These prelates are them selves interested in seminaries, from whichthe proposed new colleges would drain off the lay, and conse quently paying students. "It cannot be doubted," says Mr. HVNTER. GORDON, "that the Anti-College warfare, now raging in Ireland, is mainly prompted by the apprehension of the Bishops, lest the new colleges drain their seminaries. The Prelates are frightened at the prospect of competition with superior institutions." Hence the hostility of the MCHALES and O'llioaiNszs to these academic institutions, and their determination to use the thunders of the Vatican in order to scare the superstitious from giving support to the Government academies. Mr. GORDON thus describes the motives which induced Dr. McIIALE and his sup porters to evoke the question to Rome , and the man ner in which it was dealt with by those persons to whom the POPE has confided the administration of his affairs : ------- " The motives which determined the malcontent pre lates to this course was very powerful, and to unscrupu lous minds, probably irresistible. The College of Pro paganda is the department to which the spiri tual affairs of Ireland belong in the Pontifical Adm inistration. There is a considerable body of Irish priests at Rome, holding o ffi cial and other influential situations, both in Propaganda and in other colleges : and of these, all, with hardly an exception, have long been, and still . are, either openly and notoriously of the faction of Dr. McElale, or so passively submissive to his sway, as to be equally subservient to his purposes. Now, it was from this body of priests that the Roman authorities, who are in daily contact with them, derive whatever knowledge they possess of the social and political condition of Ire land; the Irish priests stand before the cardinals as the representatives of th e I r i s h hi erarc h y; t h e only authen tic and infallible expositors of the internal concerns of Ireland. Dr. Mcnale was well aware, that by these means he had an unbounded sway over the Council of Propa ganda, and could, as it were , w i t h hi s own hand, work that forcible engine against the English Government. On the other hand, from their being no English minister at the court of Rome (a chasm in our diplomacy which has been regretted by some of the most eminent English statesmen, both by Mr. Canning and Lord Brougham), * "The Question of the Irish Colleges shortly Stated; with some Observations on the Validity of the Rescripts relative to these Institutions. By Hunter Gordon, Esq., of Lincoln's Inn." Ridgway, Piccadilly 1849, there was nobody to counterwork his machinations: for the Roman authorities pay no regard to the representa tions of Englishmen, considering Irish affairs to apper tain to the Irish only. " Such were the reasons which induced Dr. MeHale to proceed to Rome, to which the cause was now evoked. To Rome he went ; and then there began a course of artifice, misrepresentation, concealment, and direct false hood, which has certainly not been equalled in the annals of the Apostolic See, since the time of the solicitations addressed to Clement VII. for and against the disso lution of Henry the Eighth's marriage with Catherine of Arragon. In their appeal to the Cardinals, the first suggestion of Dr. Mcflale and his colleague was that to which a conclusive answer has already been given, that the English Government, in instituting these colleges, bad a covert purpose of pro selytizing the Catholic mass, of erecting so many colleges of Protestant Propaganda. They affirmed that the principle of mixed education was part of the same scheme, and contrived for the same end; although they had never objected to it until disappointed in their demands. They assured the Cardi nals that this Ras an attempt on the part of the English Ministry to introduce into Ireland the same system of public education which had filled France with scepticism, Prussia with neology; well knowing all the white, that no provision is made in the French and German schools for the religious instruction of students, while one groat object of this measure is to afford them private and do mestic education in religion, according to their faith, and that more effectually than could be supplied from the academic chair. They were not content to represent that portion of their brother prelates who support the colleges as the firebrands who were scattering divisions and anarchy in the Irish Church; they went so far as to describe the provinces and dioceses of these prelates as the seats of civil war and rebellion; that the bishops thus acting, had lost all control and authority over their flocks, while the anti-college dioceses remained submissive to their bishops; this statement being made in the face of the fact that Tipperary, which is within the Cashel Arch bishop's district (Dr. Slattery, a most intense anti-college prelate) was the battle field of the late rebellion. They studiously concealed the all-important fact that they themselves had at first recognised the necessity of a mixed system of education in the colleges, and that that system had worked well, and in direct antagonism to irreligion, in the national schools of Ireland during their twenty years' existence, under far less vigilant and efficient guarantees for the protection of faith and morals, than are offered by the improved statutes of the colleges. " This mixed tissue of falsehood and absurdity was indited in a pamphlet in choice Italian, which was dili gently circulated both among the ten or twelve Car dinals (the Council of Propaganda) the judges of the case, and among all their advissrs, the Irish officials at Rome. Availing themselves of the panic which pre vailed at that period of the civil disorders of Rome, they fastened on the fears of the Italian prelates, who were then apprehensive lest the Mammiani faction's threats to wrest or wring education from the Church constituted authorities should be carried into effect; and thus the domestic alarms of the Cardinals were easily converted into a lively sympathy with Ireland threatened with a like catastrophe! In order to decry mixed education, which was their main object, Drs. MeHale and O'Hig gins represented the measure of the colleges as a con templated experiment about to be made on the Irish nation, instead of a legislative Act in certain pro gress of execution, thus leading the Cardinals to suppose that their adverse decisions would annihilate that contingency. Again they assured the Cardinals that the dioceses of the anti-college bishops were the abodes of peace, that of the Archbishop Murray the scene of in• surrestion. In vain did a deputation from the same part of the Irish priesthood labour to disabuse the Council of the Sacred College; in vain did they present to their Eminences the statutes of the colleges, bearing on the face of them the refutation of the Archbishop's averments. The Roman mind, thus cijoled, and at such a crisis, easily arrived at the conclusion desired by Dr. McHsle. The first rescript, condemnatory of the colleges, issued in due form, signe.l by Franconi, the Cardinal Prefect of Propaganda. And the Irish Archbishop returned from the capital of the Christian world to his own desolate domr in, exulting in his victory not only over his brother prelates, but over the English Government, and made his triumphal entry into Tusm, bearing aloft the rescript which he knew to be the firebrand of discord to his country. "A second attempt was subsequently made to satisfy the Cardinals of the glaring falsehood of some, and the absolute i m p oss ibility o f other allegations contained in that most singular document, on which the rescript against the colleges issue d. They agreed to reconsider their judgment. In so doing they again said, this is a local matter; we must consult local authorities; they saw nothing with their own eyes; they knew, and to this hour they know, nothing of their own knowledge; they never sought any better ground or rationale of decision than the bare fact that there was a majority of seventeen bishops to nine against the colleges. A second rescript followed, adhering to their first judgment. And thus the matter now stands." Mr. Hue TER GORDON then goes into a lengthened argument to prove that these rescripts, having been obtained by deceit and fraud, by the assertion of di rect falsehood and the suppression of truth, are null and void, According to the canons of the Roman Catholic Church, and are, therefore, not binding on Ro man Catholics ; and in our judgment he succeeds ' completely in proving his case. With this we, as Protestants, have nothing to do, but we quote this case as a proof that these Cardinals are either so stupidly prejudiced, and so utterly wanting in discrimination, as to be unable to distin guish truth from falsehood, or so bigotted and so corrupt as knowingly to accept falsehood as truth, and decide in favour of that Ns hich they know to be false, if they think that such unjust decision will in any manner tend to their ow n private advantage. In either case they are unfit to be entrusted with power, and yet it is to restore the rule of these men that the Catholic Powers of Europe are in arms. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The delivery of the Message of the PRESIDENT has been again postponed, and this postponement has tended to induce persons to give credit to the rumours which have been circulated of a split in the Cabinet. It is supposed that General CHANGARNIER, General ItumnExus, and M. DE FALLoux will go out of office. In the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday, General CAVAIGNAC elected to sit for the department of the Lot, and M. DUFAURE for that of the Charente In ferieure, two additional vacancies are in consequence created in the representation of Paris. A discussion then arose on the validity of the election for the department of the Yonne, in which it was said the election had been influenced by M. LEON FAUCHER'S dispatch which hal been sent, there countersigned by 11. FREMY, the chef de Cabinet of N. LEON FancilEa, and who was himself a candidate for the representation. After MM. LEON FAUCHER and CEEMIEUX had spoken the debate was adjourned. 111. DE LESSEPS arrived in Paris yesterday morning. There is no doubt whatever as to the state of the mind of the unfortunate gentleman. It is said that orders have been sent to General OIJDINOT to enter Rome at all risks, and even to bombard the city, should it be necessary. It is said that as soon as he shall be in possession of the city he is to appoint a Governmental Committee, composed of Romans, but placed under the protection of France (it is not said how the members are to be selected), under whose auspices a Constituent Assembly, elected by universal suffrage, will be convoked, which will have to determine whether the Roman Government is to be a republic or a monarchy, and whether the POPE is to be recalled, and upon what terms. There can be no doubt that an Assembly chosen under French protection will adopt French views ; so that this mode of leaving the affair to the choice of the people is a mere dell Dion. We read in Ordre :—" A report was current yes erday, and accredited that, in pursuance of recent orders sent to General OUDINOT, the French troops had made an assault upon Rome and entered the city after a strong resistance. If this news had come officially, as was :said, by a telegraph dispatch, the Chamber would, no doubt, have been made acquainted with it. Although therefore, this news is by no means improbable, we are not able to guarantee it. Other reports as to the attitude -which the Austrian army was seeking to assume in Piedmont, and which e st t . hin l k t , are b alarming for us , were a l so propagate d yester d ay , they appe shouldappears, u unfortunately, r t listened un atel y t t with o extremebe more m u i t s , tr w u certain that our envoy at Home, M. FERDINAND DE LESSEES, whether from fatigue, the influence of the climate, or agitatio n of mind, has b een a tt ac k e d w i t h a brain fever in the midst of his efforts to fulfil his arduous mission." With respect to the hostile attitude assumed Austria, the Assemble e N at i o nales yatb a t it h by learnt with sorrow, but without surprise, that the s Cabinet of Vienna insists on the young King of SAa- DINIA giving up to it the possession of the forts of Coni, of Pas-de. Seze, and even of Genoa, under pre text of a possible invasion of Italy by the French. It adds, "We do not know if the pretext be true, but in any case France cannot suffer an occupation so near to her frontiers." It was considered among the best-informed in the Political circles of Paris, that a war with Austria was imminent and inevitable. N. PROUDHON was arrested on Tuesday evening at eight o'clock, just after his arrival by the Northern Railroad. lie was recognised the moment he left the carriage, and was followed by a police agent until he came opposite the barrack in the Faubourg Poisson. niere. The officer then declared to M. PROUDHON that he was his prisoner, and invited • - him to enter the barrack quietly, in order to avoid an arrest in the public street. N. PROUDHON, perceiving that all re sistance would be useless, at once yielded, and a hackney coach being called, he entered it, accom panied by the agent, an adjutant belonging to the barrack, and two non-commissioned officers. Al• PROUDHON was then taken to the Prefecture of Po lice, where he was placed in the hands of N. CARLON. The Nonfteur cwat4i43B A decree from; the riigbi- THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 7, 1040. DENT of the Republic, declaring that, as the pupils of the Ecole des Arts et Metiers of Angers, on June 31, disregarded all the rules of subordination and disci pline, and that, as such disorder cannot be tolerated without compromising the future welfare of the insti tution, the said school is dissolved. The Alinister of Agriculture and Commerce is to examine the facts, in order to see what pupils may be considered worthy hereafter to be again admitted to the school when re constituted. A proposition was distributed yesterday at the As• sembly, signed by MM. Betholon, J. Demontry, Ronjat Lasteyras, Baudin, Rattier, Commis saire, Biochot, and Menant, demanding that a rarlia tary inquiry be instituted into the facts connected with the late elections. They propose to have a Com mittee of 15 Members named in the Bureaux for that purpose. Marshal BuGEAup was attacked with cholera on Tuesday. Ile was a little better yesterday. The following has been communicated to the journals from the Prefecture of the Seine : " There has been an evident increase of mortality during the last three days; but its prit.cipal cause has been, not the reigning epidemy, as may have been sup posed, but the sudden and excessive heat, and the impru dent manner in which many persons have tried to cool themselves. Besides, several families, thinking that the Mairies were c!osed on Sunday aft. rnoon, did ❑ot make their declarations of deaths until Monday morning, and, consequently, there was a great accumulation of funerals at one time. Already it has been ascertained that the number of deaths in several arrondissements has dimi nished; and this fact alone proves that the increase in mortality has been accidental, and gives hope that the number of deaths will sptedily be reduced within the limits of the preceding days." M. DARU has been elected one of the Vice-Pre sidents of the Assembly in the room of M. DE TOCQUEVILLE. The Bureaux of the Assembly have resolved to adjourn the admission of the new members for Algeria, in consequence of the number of voters in their favour being below the legal number. The re-elections which have become necessary in consequence of double returns, and of the deaths of newly-elected members, are to take place on the 22d of July next. The bureaux have elected a Committee on the proposition for an amnesty. All the Members of the Committee are opposed to the proposition on the ground that the measure is not seasonable, and that it is a question which ought to be left to the Ministers. BOURSE.—PARIS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6. THREE O'CLOCK.—Business was almost at a stand to-day. Every one was on the look out for the Presi dent's Message, and the apprehension that the delay was caused by Ministerial disagreements had the effect of damping the ardour of speculators. The reports that the French, had entered Rome were not believed. Ex change on London (30 days), 25 471, money; ditto (90 days), 25 371, money. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, JUNE 6. Boulogne and Amiens, 6%—Paris and Strasbourg, 4 1 h Rouen and Havre, 9%. SPA IN. Madrid journals of the Ist have arrived. The Heraldo of the Ist, referring to a statement in a contemporary journal of a customs' union being about to be effected between Spain and Portugal, says that such a union is so favourably thought of; and would be so advantageous to both countries, that it must shortly be taken into consideration. • A letter from Madrid of the Ist says :—" It is said that the Ci.tholic powers represented at Gaeta, Spain, Austria, and Naples, have protested against any ne. gotiation being carried on at Rome by 21. DE LES'. SEPS without their participation. It is added that the instructions sent by the Minister of Foreign Affairs to the Spanish agent at Gaeta are very liberal." MADRID BOLSA, JUNE 1 —Three per Cents., 27 paper; Five per Cents., 10 / 1 paper ; Coupons, 51 paper ; Bank of St. Ferdinand, 72 cash. Exchange on London, 50.40. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES, BADEN, BAVARIA, AND THE PALAI INATE. The Chamber of Deputies of Stuttgart, in one of its recent sittings, passed a vote of censure on the resolutions adopt , -d at the great popular meeting held at Rentlingen. By these resolutions the Government was called on to intervene in support of the Baden insurrection, to oppose Prussia, &c. In the course of the debate in the Chamber, one of the Deputies de clared that the resolutions should be executed in spite of the Government. Extensive military precautions have been taken at Stuttgart. The troops of the Central Government of Germany having evacuated the town of Worms, the insurgents immediately re-entered it, and it is now in their possession. - According to the Carlsruhe paper, the battle at Hemsbach, on the Baden frontier, lasted from five, P till eight, and terminated with the retreat of both the contending parties. The Darmstadt paper itself admits also that a long engagement ensued at Hemsbach, and that there were many critical mo ments ; it also adds, " We marched back into position." PRUSSIA. The German Reform says--" The eight corps of the Prussian army are completely organized, so that Prussia has at this moment on foot 380,000 men, of whom 40,000 are cavalry ; s h e h as a l so 400 pieces of cannon. Two-thirds of the artillery are mounted on improved carriages, the rapidity in the m ovemen t s o f which has been established by trials. In a late manceuvre pieces of 12 were removed with the same rapidity as those of 6, and made a German m il e (equal to four English miles) in 36 minutes. General HERSCHFELD has issued the following general order : " Coblentz, May 26. " On the 18th instant an insolent rabble broke into the Land wher armoury at Prum, and, under pretence of serving German unity, not only stole 206 firelocks and 107 pistols, but several suits of clothing. The com pany of Landwher belonging to Prum, when called out to defend its depot, disobeyed, and, with few excep • tions, not only most cowardly shrunk from assisting their officers, but traitorously opened the doors to the robber rabble. Soldiers of the Line and Landwehr, you will look upon this disgraceful and base act (niedertrachtig) in the same light as I do. Public satis faction is due to your just i n di gnation. I, therefore, shall rem ,in as sem bl ed until further orders. hew 's duty, en d ing on the 24th of order-1. That cowardly co mpany, which was called 2 lohu . its T m h f e j toorn u ha d ha icial investigation of this scandal, already commeticcd, shall be continued with unfliriching severity. It will mete out recompense to the guilty and to the well-deserving. 3. For this purpoSe, that company will be marched to a fortress, but without arms, which they know not how to carry with honour, or to defend, and of which they have renderel themselves unworthy. Non-commissioned and soldiers, the execution of this great chastisement will purify your colours from the stain which a few cowardly tr a i tors were not ashamed to cast upon it. lou will, as heretofore, con ti nue t o show that such contemptible fellows are u n wor thy henceforth to be called your comrades. Long live the King I (Signed) " HERSCHFELD, Limit- General." AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. The Presse of Vienna states, on the authority of a letter from St. Petersburgh, that the Russian Minister of Finance has requested the house of ROTHSCHILD to raise a loan of 30,000,000 silver roubles. A letter from Vienna of the 31st ult. states that preparations were being made at the Imperial Palace for the reception of the Emperor of RUSSIA. Some of the Vienna journals of the 31st ult. state that the Hungarians have emissaries in several Aus trian provinces, ready at a proper opportunity to cause a republican movement. Several districts in Moravia have been declared in a state of siege. The Magyar Government has established revolu tionary commissaries, with full powers, in the comi tats threatened by the enemy. In the districts dis tant from the seat of war regular tribunals and admi nistrative institutions are being organised. The clergy of the different creeds are every where preach ing a crusade against the Russians. From the seat of war in the west the rumour which prevailed on the 81st tilt. of a battle at Trentschin has been confirmed. The Austrian troops engaged consisted of the corps of VOGEL and the brigade of BENEDEK ; while the Hungarian forces were the ad vanced guard under General DANNENDERG. The Austrians were put to flight, and were pursued down the Waag-thal by the Hungarian hussars, who made fearful havoc among the fugitives. A battle is also reported to have taken place at Raab. BEM has reached Orsowa, and issued a proclamation to the Servians. The news, therefore, that th e Russians had reac h ed Orsowa on t h e 14th i s, as we surmised, untr ue . The news i s conf i rme d t h a t a l a r ge p ar t o f t h e Russian t roops in Wallachia and Moldavia had re tired ac ross th e Pruth. The Vienna press, not knowin g what to make of this backward move of the great ally, ascribes it one while to a protest of the Porte, another to an energetic note from England or France. A rumour prevailed that the Russi2ns htd been defeatei by DEMBINSKI at Jordanow. It was added that tha routed army lost all their baggage. TI e cholera mak es d a il y greater ravages amcng the Austrian troops in Hungary. It bas broken out at Erlau. On the 17th ult., two Sardinian delegates Were pre sented to KOSSUT H at Debreczin. These had indeed no official character, but were commissioned by their Government t o pave the way to an alliance and com mercial conn ex i on b etween the two countries. They pointed out espec i ally how useful the Sardinian fleet might prove to th e H ungar i ans on th e Ad r i a ti c, if the Magyars should succeed in extending the rebellion to Fiuir:e. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. The Schleswig-Holstein troops continue to work at throwing up the fortifications around Frederica, which is daily bombarded. Some Danes, who were taken prisoners by the Germans, assert that the fortress must have surrendered long since if it had been attacktd by the imperial troops, but that the defenders considered it tar too humiliating to sur render to the insurgents. All the male population of Frederica was compelled to remain there; the women and children only were taken to Fuhnen. The latest intelligence from Stockholm, May 29, states that orders have been sent to Karls-Krone for the speedy equipment of several large ships of the line, independently of the flotilla which is to be ready to run out to sea in the course of June. How far this may be connected with the Russian squad ron, which is to sail at the same time for Alsen, is uncertain. It appears that Denmark is at this moment in a fresh dilemma. The report has been current at Co penhagen within the last few days that the KING refused to sign the new liberal fundamental law be fore the termination of the war. The disturbance which this delay on the part of the KING will probably occasion can scarcely be calculated. People attribute it to itussian machinations, and connect it with the ex p' cted arrival of the GRAND DUKE, the heir apparent, fur whose reception the necessary preparations are being made at Christianborg, as well as at Frederiks bDtg. ITALY. The Piedinontese Gazette of the 2d has intelligence from Rome to the 27th ult. The French had es tablished a besieging battery in a vineyard at Ponte Molle. It was said they would occupy Albano, Frascati, &c., to avoid the malaria. French troops continued to arrive at Civita Vecchia. The statues and marbles of the Villa Borghese have mostly been transported to St. Peter's. The pavillions of the new villa Borghese are already pulled down. By a decree of the 2d the King of SARDINIA has granted a full amnesty for all political offences an terior to that date committed in the island of Sardinia. The Milan Gazette of the Ist states from Ancona that the Austrian detached naval division had an chored at Fiumicino, near Ancona, and concerted its operations with thoFe of Lieutenant Marshal WIMP FFEN, who was on his march against the town. The Austrian war steamers sew ral times approached within gun-shot of the batteries, and exchanged fire with them. Oa the night of the 26th ult. the Cur tatore approached the port and began its fire against the town, while a few shells were thrown into it from the land side. The forts and batteries responded with vigour. On the 27th the Venus frigate and Curta tore steamer recommenced the attack. The authori ties at Ancona gave up the hostages they had, among whom were Count MASTAI FERRETTI, a relation of his HOLINESS. They were taken on board the Bellona, Austrian frigate. The Presse of Vienna has the following from Milan, dated 24th ult. :—" The Commission ap pointed to assess and collect the war• taxes has seat into each province an officer of the staff accompanied by a civil functionary as secretary. The Commis sion seems to meet with great difficulties, because it appears that the assessments have been made without any previous examination into the amounts of pro perties. Hence it has resulted that many persons have been called upon to pay more than they possess, and consequently their property has been confis cated, which, however, is forbidden by the Consti tution. Consequently, the assessments must be re duced, and the property sequestrated treated accord ingly. The question is whether purchasers will be found. If the large estates are parcelled out so as to be sold to the farmers in lots, they must be sold at such low prices that nothing will remain for the Government after payment of the debts and the ex penses of measuring and litigation. The Princess BELGIOJOSO has sold her property to M. VICTOR CONSIDERANT, at Paris, to escape confiscation. The French Government demands that the sale shall be declared valid, although it was not made before the ordinary tribunals, the country being at that time in a state of insurrection, and the tribunals closed. The sale was made regularly before the French authori ties. To these difficulties must be added that the execution of the measure often is met with a strong resistance ; that troops have to be called out, as occurred a short time ago at San Angiolo, between Lodi and Pavia, and, more recently, two companies of the regiment of La Tour were obliged to set off for Bregenz." The Corriere Mercantile of the Ist states that the Austrians have seized all the forts of Florence; a military contribution of two millions is expected to be imposed. The city is nearly deserted. The Aus trians have retired from Pistoia. The following decree, dated the 20th ult., has been published at Florence, in the name of the GRAND DUKE :—" Art. 1. The decrees of the 25th of March and 17th of April, 1848, and the successive ordon nance of the 25th of October of the same year, are revoked. Art. 2. The Tuscan State re-adopts the colours and cockade it had at the time of the pro mulgation of the statute, 15th of February, 1848." The Parma Gazette of the 30th publishes several decrees of the Ducal Commissioner, Baron STURMER. Among them is a decree granting an amnesty to all inferior functionaries and soldiers who belonged, before the revolution, to the Royal Drag oons an d other corps, who had deserted in March, 1848, and April, 1849. FROM THE SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDAY. DOWNING-STREET, JUNE 5, 1849. The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders 'or the appointment of Major-General Sir Josep h Thackwell, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, to be an Ordinary Member of the Military Division of the First Class, or Knights Grand Cross of the said Order; Colonels the Honourable Henry Dundas, of the 60th Rifles, and Colin Campbell, of the 98 t h R eg i ment o f Foot, Companions of the said Most Honourable Order, to be Ordinary Members of the Military Division of the Second Class or Knights Commanders of the said Order; and Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Bradshaw, of the 60th Rifles; Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Markham, of the 32d Regiment of Foot; Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander McLeod, of the 61st Regiment of Foot; Lieutenant-Colonel James Alexander Fullerton, of the 9th Light Dragoons; Lieutenant-Colonel John Wallace King, of the 14th Light Dragoons; Lieutenant-Colonel George Dobson Young, of the 10th Regiment of Foot; Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Vaughan Brooke, of the 32d Regiment of Foot; Lieutenant-Colonel 'William Jones, of the 61st Regiment of Foot ; and Lieutenant -Colonel Henry Edward Doherty, of the 14th Light Dragoons ; to be Ordinary Members of the Military Division of the Third Class, or Companions of the said Most Honourable Order. Her Majesty has also been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of the following officers in the service of the 'East India Company ; viz:— Major-General Sir Walter Raleigh Gilbert, Knight, Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, to be an Ordinary Member of the Military Division of the First Class, or Knights Grand Cross of the said Order; ALjor-General William Samson Whisb, and Colonel John Cheape, of the Bengal Engineers, Companions of the sail Most Honourable Order, to be Ordinary Mem bers of the Military Division of the Second Class, or Knights Commanders; and Henry Miers Elliott, Eeq , Secretary to the Governor-General of India in Council, in the Foreign Department, to be an Ordinary Member of the Civil Division of the Second Class, or Knights Commanders of the said Order. And her Majesty has further been graciously pleased to make and ordain a special statute of the said most Honourable Order for appointing the following officers in the service of the East India Company to be Extra Members of the Military Division of the Third Class, or Companions of the said Order, viz.:— Colonel David Capon, of the 23d Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry; Colonel James Tennant, of the Bengal Artillery; Colonel James Eckford, of the 56th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry; Colonel Andrew Hervey, of the 52d Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry; Lieutenant-Colonel John Bennett Hearsay, of the 7th Regitnent of Bengal Light Cavalry; Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Fisher Salter, of the 11th Regiment of Bengal Light Cavalry; Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Carnegy, of the 36th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry; Lieutenant -Colonel John Hoggan, of the 45th Regi ment of Bengal Native Infantry; Lieutenant -Colonel Hugh Sibbald, of the 15th Regi ment of Bengal Native Infantry; Lieutenant -Colon, 1 William Alexander, of the sth Regi ment of Bengal Light Cavalry; Lieutenant -Colonel Frederick Brind, of the Bengal Artillery; Lieutenant-Colonel Richard James Holwell Birch, of the 17th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry; Lieutenant Colonel James Gray William Curtis, of the 37th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry; Lieutenant. Colonel John Fowler Bradford, of the Ist R-giment of Bengal Light Cavalry; Lieutenant-Cognel Charles Grant, of the Bengal Artillc ry ; Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Jack, of the 30th Regi ment of Bengal Native Infantry; Lieutenant-Colonel Stuart Corbett, of the 25th Regi ment of Bengal Native Infantry; Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Mercer, of the 69th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry; Lieutenant-Colonel Grtlith Holmes, of the 56th Regi ment cf Bengal Native Infantry; Lieutenant-Colonel James Steel, of the 2d Bengal European Regiment; and Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas M' Sherry, or Ist Regiment of 4eDgEtl Liatiro Infantry. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUAL?? ER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool 3 esttrday wore 20,000 bales, of which 9,000 were on speculation. The market was very excited, and prices advanced from id. to id. for American, and 1-16 d. for Sura:; other sorts unchanged. In Railway Shares only a limited business was transacted. The six weeks average price of wheat is 445. 9d. per Taal ter, and the sales in the provincial markets which make official returns were last week 82,671 quarters. This being the Grand Ascot day there is very little doing in the produce markets. Ever and anon we are reminded of the disastrous remanet of the panic of 1847, and certainly few cases are more distressing than that which appears in another column of The Sun, under the head of the Bankruptcy Court. We allude to the matter of Melville, Cruik shanks, and Co. This firm began business with an ample capital, which in the lapse of about six or seven years was wholly lost, and without any imputation of recklessness against the partners, who traded cautiously, and drew scarcely anything out of the concern for private expenses. We point to this in proof of the gross inconsistency, and want of judgment on the part of those who advocate " protection." Under an srtiticial system, commerce is bolstered up to the injury of the community, str,d ultimately, if a change of policy takes place, as it inevitably must, to the ruin of those who have not made ample fortunes and retired. Let us have trade, then, upon a sound natural basis. The proposition or information said to have been re ceived by the committee of Spanish American bond holders upon the subject of a general arrangement of the Mexican debt, has excited a good deal of attention and discussion among parties interested, as well as in the Stock Exchange, and there is as yet some doubt as to the exact nature of them. We believe, however, that we can state correctly, in general terms, enough to prevent misapprehension, and to corroborate as hat has before been advanced as to the fair intentions of the Mexican Government. Some months since it was mentioned, though not officially, that the Mexican Government were desirous of effecting a general arrangement of the debt, and, provided the bondholders would make some conces sion, of giving them still better security for the pay ment of the dividends. It would now appear that an offer in this sense has been made to Mr. Robertson, the agent of the bondholders, by the Minister of Finance at Mexico, and that there is a promise of a large amount of the indemnity money being set aside should a Three per Cent. Stock be accepted, provision being made, of course, for dividends in arrear. Mr. Robertson, it is said, negotiates for a Four per Cent. security. Now without entering further into this matter, we may remark that no one supposed Mexican Stock would pay five per cent., or the price in the market would ere this have been 60 or 70, instead of 30 to 34. Every Active Bond includes some arrears of dividend, and there is the temptation now of cash down with better security here after. A morning contemporary, the Herald, censures the committee of bondholders, who are said to have received Mr. Robertson's letter on Tuesday afternoon by half-past three, for not having up to this day, communicated a word thereof to the bondholders at large, although the matter is whispered about privately, and speculated upon accordingly. Pro bably the committee may give some explanation upon this point. The English Funds are heavy and lower again, on account of the mail from Paris bringing no President's message, and in part also because of a Russian loan being expected. Certain it is that the great Petersburgh banker, Baron Stieglitz is in London, and that as Austria wants money, the operation might be intended indirectly to supply it. Consols have been 91i to 914, and are now 91i 4. The New Three and-a-Quarter per Cents. bring 90i to 91. Bank Stock is worth 195. Exchequer-bills have been 455. to 48s. premium, and India Bonds 71s. premium. The Foreign Securities have been very quiet. Mexican have been worth 284 to 29. Portuguese Four per Cents. are dull at 26. Dutch Two-and•a-Half per Cents, are at 50. Spanish Three per Cents. are 331. Railway Shares are not very active, but have not varied much in price. The names put forward for the Eastern Counties Direction are not much thought of. ON ,11%(; rs FUNDS O'CLOCK. PRICE S Bank Stock 'l9s 195 3 v er Cent. Reduced A•uis ...... 90 1 ,E IA 90IA per Cent. Consols Annuities 91 % 3 / 4 1 4 3% 91 3 / New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anu5...... Long Anns. to expire J an. 1860 -16 8 3 4, Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 8 5-16 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 B% 8 13-16 8 13-16 India Bonds, 1,0001. Ditto under 1,000/... Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 1,4 d. & 2d. 1,000/. June 500/. June 45 p PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS ONE O'CLOCK. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 tier Cent. 36 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 184 C, with Coupons 28 3 4 29 29 Ditto, Ex Coupons ...... Ditto, Account 2634% 26% Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents Ditto, 4 per Cent ...... Portuguese 5 per Cents Ditto, Converted, 5 per Cent 26 26 Ditto,4 per Cent 2B 28 IA 28% Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto. Passive Ditto, 3 per Cent Dividend.; on the above pay a bl e in London. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild 5O 49 3 Ditto. a per Cent. Certificates 75% PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICE , : Aberdeen. SO A mber. Not t.; Boston, and Eastern Junction 6 Ro , tori, Starnfd fa,Birm. 5 Bristol and Exeter 9O ...... 63% .... ..... Buckinghamrhire ... 161. 41. Caledonian °heater and Holyhead... 50 Eastern Counties........ 20 ...... 8 1 / 2 % B% Do. New Guaranteed 6 per Cent . Eastern Union, Class A (late E. I. Shares) 25 Do. Scrip (6 percent.) 20 18% „ East Lancashire Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters ... 7 1 / 2 Great Northern Do. Extension ...... l is 1 Treat South. and West. (Ireland) Great Western 100 ...... ... Ditto, 1 4 Shares Ditto, Fifths ... 20 Ditto, New 171... ..... 15 ... 10% lOl Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ...... 96%. ........ 97 r /2 Leeds and Bradford SO Leeds and Thirsk London and N. Western 100 126 ............ L 5% Ditto, New Quarters.. 7 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire...100 Ditto, New 10/. Pref... 10 Midland ........ ...109 North Staffordshire 17% 12% 12 ... 12% Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Shrepshire Union Wilts, Somerset& Wey- 71 p 913% 48 p 45 p CLOSI.N PRIC ES. 53a 18 3 / 4 _ mouth 45 ••• • 3O York, Newcastle, and Berwick. . . .. Yorkand North Midland 50 ..... Date, Preference ...... 10 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Northern of France...... 13 Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 Paris and Strasbourg ... 10 Rouen and Havre ...... 20 20% 5% LLOYD'S SHIPPIN —(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JUNE 7.—Wind E.N.E., light breeze and fine clear weather. SHIELDS, JUNE s.—Sld. Lascar, Bombay; Concord, New York. DROGHEDA, JUNE s.—Wind N.—Sld. Sarah, Yar mouth, Nova Scotia. BELFAST, JUNE 4.—Arrd. Emulous, Barbadoes. CORK, JUNE 3.—Wind S,—Sld 4th, Bon Harmonia, Labra, aiminha ; Courierde, Caminha ; Lorenzo, Ca ; Carlotta, St. John's New York. KINGSTON, JUNE s.—Arrd. Peruvian, St. John's, New Brunswick. DUBLIN, JUNE s.—Wind S.E. to N.W.—Arrived Peruvian, Rohidson, St. John's, New Brunswick. CLYDE, JUNE s.—Sld. George and Richard, Buenos Ayres; Coldsteam, Trinidad. A vessel, supposed to be a French brig, abandoned, and that had apparently been struck by lightning, was passed on the 28th ult. by the Washington (steamer) arrd. at Southampton. DEAL, JUNE 6.—Wind N.N.E. to E.N.E.—Arrd. 4th, Sophie, Wollin, New York, for Rotterdam. sth, Her mann, Jacobsen, St. Croix, for Copenhagen. 6th, Ren ner, Robe, Santa Martha; Hamburgh, barque, Porto Emperor, Sunding, Rico; West Indi es; S can di navian, Foss Charleston, for Copenhagen; Panama (of Halifax), New Y Arrd. from the River and sld. 6th, Minden, Crawford, Calcutta; Reward, Leonard, Antigua; Oregon, New York; Rolla, Keighley, ditto; Sisters, Lord, Que bec; Janes, Stowe, Bermuda. Sld. the whole of the outward bound. MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) NE EXTGATD AND LEADENHALL. These markets were firm to-day, at full prices. Beef, from 2s 2d to 3s 2d; Mutton, 2s 8d to 3s 10d; Lamb, is to 6s; Veal, 3s 2d to 4s; and Pork, 3s 4d to 4s per 81bs, by the carcase. EAT MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 5s to 3/ 15s; Clover ditto, 31 ös to 41 Iss ; and Straw, 11 6s to 11 11s per load. Both Hay and Straw moved off slowly, at our quotations. CUMBERLAND. Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 31 17s ; Clover ditto, 31 Os to 4/ 14s ; and Straw, 11 8s to 11 12s per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. WIIITECRAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2/ 5s to 3/ 159 ; Clover ditto, 3/ 3s to 4/ 17s; and Straw, 1/ Gs to 1/ lis per load. Supply gocd, and trade dull. I%TEAT 1111/ILKETS. SOUTHALL, JUNE E.—Each kind of 'mime stork sold steadily, at fully last week's quotations. Otherwise the demand was in a slugghh state. Beef, from 3s to 3s 10d; Mutton, 33 41 to 4s; Lamb, 5s to 5s 10d; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s; and Pork, 3s 4d to 3s 8d per 811 p, to sink the offal. RUMFORD, JUNE 6.—Our market was tolerably firm to-day, at lull prices. Beet; from 3s to 3s 10d; Mutton, 3s to 4s; Lamb, 5s 2d to 6s; Veal, 3s to 3s led; and Pork, 3s 4d to 3s 81 per Sibs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 265; quarter old store Pigs, 16s to 20s; and Mulch Cows, with their small Calf, 141 to 171 each. HAILSHAM, JUNE 6.—The general demand ruled firm, at very full prices. Beef from Ss to_ 4s; Mutton, 3s 24 to 4s 4d; Latnb, 5s to Gs; and Veal, 3s 4d to 39 BLI per Sibs. ARUNDEL, JUNE s.—Prme Beasts and Sheep sell freely, at improved quotations, tßeef, from A to 43; Mutton, 3s 2d t o 4 s 2d ; L am b , 5s to 6s; and Veal, , 3s 4d to 3$ 8d per 81b s . CHICHESTER, JUNE 6.—W e h a d a stea d y b us i ne ss doing, on the following terms:—Beet, from 3s 2d to 4s; Mutton, 3s to 4s 2,i; Lnunb. 5s 2 , 1 to 6. ; Veal, 35 4d to 3s 10d per Sibs. Suckling Calves, 13s to 25i; and Mulch Cows, with their small Calf, 141 to 18/ each. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended May 31. 1849, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wahl per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT.' ' BARLEY. OATS. RYE, BEANS. P EAS. PRICE .. 44s 9d 27s 10d 17s 7d 26s 6d l 31s 7d 1 33s 4 d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. I BARLEY. 1 OATS. 1 RYB. 1 BEANS. I PEAS. 13 0(.1 13 Od 13 Od I s Od Is Od Is Od COMM ON PLEAS.-(S DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prins, at Guildhall, before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS and a Common Jury.) JONES V. lIIEESON. This was a running down case, part heard yesterday , in which the plaintiff sought to recover compensation for a serious injury he had sustained by being thrown out of a chaise, through the alleged careless driving of the defendant's servant. Mr. Sergeant Bvles and Mr. Miller appeased for the plaintiff; and Mr. Hawkins represented thee defendant. The plaintiff, Mr. Jones, is a compositor in the office of the Dispatch, residing in Clerkenwell ; and the de fendants are lime merchants in a large way of business- It appeared that Mr. England, a gentleman al°. " connected with th e Di spa t c h , was on ' she 21st August l a the occasion in question, driving a four- wheeled chaise , drawn by one horse, down to Woodford to see his child ren, who were staying there. lie took three or four friends along with him, one of whom was the plaintiff, Mr. Jones. They were proceeding at a pace about six miles an hour, and had reached a bridge situate between . , Bow Church and the Bird-in-hand public-house, atm were descending a declivity after crossing the bridge, when the driver of a lime-waggon belonging to the defendants going i n t h e same di" ection, suddenly, as was alleged, whisked his horses across the road, which resulted in a collision with the chaise in which Mr. England and his friends were tra velling, and the consequence was that Mr. Jones, the plaintiff, was thrown ou t, an d h a d t h ree of his ribs and? his collar bone broken, and his shoulder blade fractured' He was afterwards confined to bed for three weeks, sea unable to follow his calling fcr four months. It was proved that the plaintiff' s sa l ar y was 51. a week, a nd that while he was laid up by the injuries he had received he had to employ people to perform his work. gts medical bill was 81. odd; and the action was now brought to recover compensation for the pain and agony whil he had suffered, for the l oss o f hi s t i me and salary, e ° for the medical expense he had been put to. There was the usual amount of conflicting evidence , which it would be useless to give in detail ; suffice it t ° say, that the witnesses of each of the litigants imputed the blame to the other. Mr. Justice WILLIAars, in summing up the case, told the jury that the question was whether the accident I'M owing to any misconduct on the part of the defendants or their servant. He could not help remarking that the man who drove the lime waggon had not been calleat which was singular, inasmuch as he might have thrown some light upon the cause of accident. Assuming that the plaintiff was entitled to recover, with respect to the question of damages, the jury would say what they thought was a reasonable amount of money to corn Pe n: sate the plaintiff for th e b o dil y su ff er i ng he had en d ur ed, and also for the loss of the money which he would have earned if he had not sustained the injury in question. The jury retired to consider their verdict, and n n their return, at half-past one o'clock, gave a verdict for the plaintiff, damages 150/. SHERIFFS' COURT.—(THIS DAY)' (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCHELL.) A PETTY CASE—PRATT V. PROCTOR. This was an action to recover the small sum o f 21. Os. 9d. for goods sold. The Plaintiff's Attorney stated the case, and said th at he had subrcenaed a w it ness , w h o however did not str pear, and would be called on his subccena; and he (t he Attorney) would give evidence, and prove an a d m issioei The UNDER-SHERIF F s a id it was a most i nconre piell course for the witness to ge t i n t o t h e b ox, and no on"a present to examine him. The ATTORNEY said, all he had got to say was that defendant had admitt e d th e debt, and only sa id that,' was a case which ou g ht t o h ave been taken into to e County Court. The UNDER-SHERIFF said, all that the jury bad do was, to find f o r th e amount claimed, if theyl3eliev`, the evidence of the w it ness, wh i ch he saw no reaso n iu doubt. They h a d no thi ng to d o with the queition as $o which Court it was brought into. The jury gave a verdict of 21. Os. 9d. AIRMAN V. CLOVER. This was an action to recover of the defendant, an auctioneer, at Swansea, the sum of 18/. Is. 3d., the ba lance of an account for money had and received on saw of some property. An account was put in, in which the defendant ad' milted the above bum to be due, and a verdict was give ° for the amount. The other cases were devoid of interest. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) (Before the ASSISTANT•JUDGE.) The Court s.it to day to try the prisoners who were at large on bail. William Collins, Maurice Foley, and Richard !French: labourers, were indicted for assaulting a cabman name d Morgan, and Catherine his wife. It appeared that prosecutor, with his wife and h er o sister, having bee n ou t for a walk , called into tu Northampton Arms, at I s li ng t on , f or refreshment, whets they found the prisoners, who accosted the prosecuto," rudely, then challenged him to " toss" for beer, a ll , then knocked him down and kicked him. His wife 5.; tempted to extricate him, when Collins, seizing a Pl e f r , of board, struck her with it on the head. The wol n Z fell, and one or more o f t h e pr i soners kicked her in '- head and face. The jury ijund Collins and Wrench Guilty, and Ac quitted Foley. The JUDGE sentenced them to one month's impris °°- ment, with hard labour. `l'his closed the business of the sersion. VZOttion ASCOT RACES• BY EXPRESS.-(THIS DAY.) Sweepstakes of 50 sous. each. Swinley Course• Strongbow Fire King St. Antonio .. Hornpipe ~. Fiddlestring ... The Visitors' Plate. THE EMPEROR'S VASE. Van Tromp ... ... ••• ... Chanticleer ... ... ... ••• ••• Cossack ... ... ••• ••• Collingwood ... •.• ••• .. ••• - 5 ••• 5 1 **. $ 3 *** 4 AAT informsPLilfO u U s T th li at . th 2.4. OurT o HE Cullith°L-ER correspondent dreadful mal a d y h as made its appearance in P., vicinity of Plymouth. I t appears that on TuesclikY the American packet-ship American Eagle, fill London and Portsmouth, arri ve d a t Pl ymouth with 300 emigrants, and the cholera made its appearapc, o the same evening. 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