The Sun. — London, England, 1849-05-17 00:00:00

The Rus4ans were si,owly marching onwards. first ti . ari:.port was to ai . .ive Vienna, on the evening of the 11th inst. The Emperor of Russrx has retarded the march of his army, and has himself set off for Moscow, where an outbreak was apprehended. DEMBINE•KI and BEM are fully prepared to take advantage of any in surrection which may break out in the rear of the March of the Ruisian forces. PRUSSIA. Up to the 14th inst. the troops of the line had not niade anv attack on Elherfeld, which still continued in the possession of the insurgents. It appears that the committee of safety have succeeded in preserv tog the rights of property except with regard to some obnoxious public person?, and that they have Bent a deputy to Frankfort to solicit the protection of the central exe:utive. One of the railways leading to Elberfcld has been partly destroyed, in order to Impede the arrival of the troops. Armed insurgents continue to pour in from all directions, and there is 11 0 lack of provisions. It is stated on good authority that the people of Solinger have stormed the arsenal at Grafr a th, an d go t possession s of 1,500 guns, and a large quantity of other weapons. NURNBERG, MAY 12.—There was a fray between 13 2 1 e burghers and the soldiers here yesterday, occa sioned by a violent article in the newspapers against the military. Several persons were wounded on both B,des. Large bodies of troops are at this moment collected in the city. Several gentlemen of Nurn berg have set off for Frankfort, in order to request an Imperial Commissioner for Franconia. It is as serted, h owever , th a t th e y we r e not authorised by the City. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. The Vidette war steamer, which left Constantinople °ll the evening of the 29th of April, and arrived a t Marseilles on the evening of the 13th inst., brings important intelligence from that capital. The Vidette W as dispatched expressly by General Auricle, with accounts for his Government of the result of the ne- Fotiations b e t ween Russia and the Porte, which have "cell in the course of negotiation for some time past, un der the auspices of the Russian Envoy Extraordi nary, General GRABBE. A few days after his arrival, General GRADRE pre sented his credentials, and officially opened his nego tiations; and the following are the bases of a definitive arrangement determined upon between him and the Port e 1. Russia demands the occupation of the two prin cipalities of Moldavia and Wallachia by Russian troops, until the complete re-organization of the interior admi nistration of these two countries." This has been granted by Turkey, with this modi fication, that the occupation shall be half Russian and half Turkish, and that at the end of a year both Powers will evacuate the principalities simulta neously. " 2. Russia demands the nomination of two hospadors, to be appointed by the two powers, without consulting the local Assemblies." Granted, with this modification, that the two hospadors shall, before being nominated, be persons who have been approved of by a vote of the As semblies. "3. Russia proposes tl-43 revision of the organic statutes of Moldavia and Wallachia, and the suppression of the liberty of the press." Refused. The Porte merely consents to restrict the liberty of the press within sage limits. "4. Russia demands of the Porte that the Russian troops should have permission to c nter the Banat, in the event of their being called for by the Patriarch." Refused. "5. Russia proposes to the Porte that the two Powers should enter into a new treaty offensive and de fensive." Refused. Such are the bases of a treaty as far as agreed on, and it Hill be acted on by bo th Sides. The treaty is to be called an Act Preceded by a Protocol. There are some questions of detail yet to be settled. The treaty gives satisfaction at Constantinople. The firmness Shown by Sir STRATFORD CANNING and General Auricle are the subjects of universal eulugium. ITALY. Accounts have been received from Rome of the 6th. The defeat of the Neapolitans is described as being complete. They had retreated on Albano, fol lowed by GARIBALDI and his legions, and on the Gth they w ere surrounded at Albano by the Roman forces. We have received from Rome a printed paper, dated sth of May, containing a statement by a notary public, who declares he has spoken with two French prisoners, ALEXANDRE PICARD, chef de bataillon of the 20th of the Line, and Louis JERNIELET, sub lieutenant of the 10th of the Line, through the me dium of the public interpreter of Roman tribunals ; and that the said prisoners declared they had been led into error respecting the state of the Roman Re public, by the misrepresentations of the French Go vernment. This document is signed by PARADisi, the interpretor COMPAGNONI, and the notary FBA.. Toccni. Several of the French prisoners have refused to be exchanged, but have asked for arms and for permis sion to be led against the Neapolitans. Their offers, however, have been refused by the Triumvirs, who told them that the Romans were quite capable of fighting their own battles without assistance. The POPE, hearing that the French were in posses sion of Civita Vecchia, sent Monsignor VALENTINI to be governor of the town, but the French authorities sent him back to Gaeta. The Milan Gazette of the 11th states that General WIMPFEN arrived on the Bth at the head of his troops before Bologna, and addressed to the people of the Roman States a proclamation, stating that he came to establish the legitimate Government of Pius T.X. The general has erected a battery on the heights which command the town, and had granted a delay of twenty-four hours to the municipality to surrender. Notwithstanding the presence in the Roman States of the troops of three reactionary powers (France, Austria, and Naples), not a single village or town has declared in favour of the PorE. I MONEY and COMMERCIA i, NEWS'. QU,IIZT IT:: 71J T The sale; of Calton at Liverpool steadily were esti mated at 5,000 bales, including 1,000 American for ex port. 4,500 American realised 3d. to eisd.; 200 Perham arid Maranham, sd. to 4d. ; 300 Surat, 3;1. to 3.0. ; and 30 Sea Islaml, 81d. to is. per lb. The market closed steadily. Prices of all kinds rtmlin the Faille (xcei.t Brazil and Egyptien, which were -I-d. per lb. lower. Railway Shares continued dull, with but a limited busi• ness doing. Owing to an error discovered in the calculation, the usual cflicial weekly average of grain sales has not ap peered yet, and will not be issued until this evening. The further documents promised by the committee of Spanish American Bondhollers, upon the subject of the Mexican debt, have been duly forwarded to us, and they are to be regarded as satisfactory. A change has oc curred in the finance department, a new Minister, Senor Arrangaiz, having taken office, but highly as his prede cessor was esteemed, there is no reason to conclude that the interests of the foreign creditors will in the slightest degree be prejudiced, an arrangement having already been come to, in virtue of which Senor Arranga:z promises to submit to Congress, without delay, a proposal for the further appropriation to the payment of interest on the foreign debt, of 720,000 dollars from the United States Indemnity money. When we reflect upon the circumstances of the country, the serious war in which it has been involved, and the dis order that must be expected to prevail in every depart ment of the state, we see abundant cause for grateful recognition on the part of the bondholders for all that has been accomplished; and to the Mexican Government, the Special Envoy, Mr. W. P. Robertson, the British Minister, Mr. Doyle, and, hest not least, the respected firm of Manning and Mackintosh, the warmest thanks are due. One matter we cannot pass without observation, viz., that the English consuls have not lent sufficient aid in preventing the smuggling out of silver, which pays a handsome duty to the bondholders. Whether, as is reported, there will be any complaint made to Lord Palmers:ten on the subject, we are unable to state, but mercantile houses too frequently have a private in terest that clashes with their public duty as consuls, and we hope this will not prove to be the case here. A portion of the correspondence forwarded to the committee is of prominent interest; vie., that which con tains the statement by Alissrs. Manning and Mackintosh of the probable Customs' income. 'They state that the duties pending on the Feb. 28, were 192,315. 83d0115., while with 20 per cent. of the duties collected in March, made up a total of 220,957.79 dolls., leaving, after certain sums already paid, 168,388.48 dolls. pending for col lection on the 31st of March. In noticing the compara tive smallness of these receipts compared with the pre vious month, February, Messrs. Manning express a confident belief that the customs revenue will not exceed 21 to 3 millions of dollars annually while the present tariff is in operation. With a liberalised scale of duties the increase would doubtless, therefore, be most im portant, and from the well-known disposition of the Congress, that scale seems certain to be introduced. That the country can consume a far greater quantity of foreign products is proved by the immense smuggling carried on. Cape of Good Hope advices of March 30 have been received in the City. The state of Kafirland, with re spect to the tranquillity of the people and the progress of the various settlements is highly favourable. The system was evidently in good hands, as a local writer observes, a circumstance, essential to the good working of any system. The Fiugees located in the colony had t .ken alarm at some reports circulated of the in tention of Government to reduce them to slavery and many had hastily crossed the frontier in consequence. Their fears, however, were speedily dis sipatedby the official notices issued, and by a personal assurance of the commissioner. The new constitution for the country beyond the Orange River had been pro mulgated, arid appeared to give much satisfaction. 'The Amsterdam letters report that the Bourse en Tuesday was rather heavy, but with R fair business in Dutch Two-and• a-Half per Cents. Generally the poli tical accounts from the Continent are looked upon by City people as being snore satisfactory. The English Funds -are much the same as yesterday. Consols 901 to 91* for Transfer, and 91 to 91* for Account. The _New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 904 to 1%, and the Three per Cent. Reduced Annui ties 89; Beek Stock is 193. Exchequer-billy have been 45e. to 435. premium. The better tone of the Paris Stock Market effords some encouragement here. In the Foreign Investments there is scarcely any thing doing. Spanish Active Bonds aro 161 to 17, the Three per Cents. about 33 to Portuguese Four per Cents. 28k, Brazilian small 79, and Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents. about 49A- 1. Mexican are 31;1 for Money, and 314 to 32 with the Coupons., for Account. Railway Shares have been much quieter, but support :he advanced rates of yesterday, except in one or two astances. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 193 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities B 9VA 3 per Cent. Consols Anns ..... ... 91 91% 907, 91% New 3 1 4 per Cont. Anna .... Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 — Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 8 .44 8 13-16 India Stock 247 Do. Bonds, 10001 7l 70 p Ditto under 1.0001 South Sea Stud , Concols for Account Exchequer Bills. 1 1 ,0. 2d. March. June. 1000/. 500/ — 48 45 p Small — 48 45 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent: — Ditto Small Egnador Bonds Mexican IlonJs, 1846, 5 per Cent., Coupons 31% Spanish Bonds ' 5 per Cent,lB4o Ditto for the Account Dividends on the above Payable in London. French 11 elites, 5 per Cent. Exchange BUSINESA DONE IN RAILWAY SIIAREB AT ONE O'CLOCR RAILWAY& PAID. PIM SIIAILE. Aberdeen Bristol and Exeter Do., Thirds Caledonian Eastern Counties .... Do. New Guarant. 6 per Ct. 10 Do. Exten., 5 per ct. No. 1,61. 13s. 4d Edinburgh and Glasgow Great Northern Do. 1,4 B 6 per Cent. , 3reat Western 100 Ditto, Half Shares 5O -',9 ... . to Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Fifths Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93 ..... ...... to Do., West Riding Union... 9 .... . 35j 4 %... to Leeds and I3radiura 5O ..... 96 ...... to 95 1 ,E Landon & North Westorn 100 l2B DI. New Quarters.. Do. 10/.... 51. and B. (C.) 1 London and S. Westera....... 50 .. - Ditto, New 50/........ . ...... 42 1 /x..... 26% to Ditto, New 401 De., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Ct. on Deposit and 5 per Ct .on Calls ... ... 5 . ... 5% 'T. F4 .. to Midland . .. 1 00 Ditto, 501. Shares ..... ...... 25 Midland, Consol. Bristol and Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 Norfolk IOO Ditto Guaranteed 5 per et. 20 North British .. .. ......... .. 25 Scottish Central South Eastern Ditto, No. 9 South Wales fork, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 Do. and Newcastle Exten. 20 Do. G. N. E. l'ur. or Pref. 8 f ork - and North Midland .. 50 ....29YA 28 1 / to 29% Ditto, Preference ITOREIG'I , I RAILWAYS. East Indian Great Indian Peninsular 5 ...... 4%....,. to Northern of France Paris & Strasbourg .......... 10 bIINES. Australian Barrossa Range Mining Com. 285....... IA p.m to JOINT STOCK 'JUNK. Australasia London and Westminster LLOYD'S SIIIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAY 17.—Wind at noon S.S.W., fresh breeze and cloudy, but fine. DARTMoUTH, MAY 15.—A boat, marked outside " Traveller, of North Shields," and inside, " William Meldrurn," apparently not long in the water, but much damaged, was pieloM up 31st ult., in lat. 38 lon. 10, by the Dromo Lago, which arrived off this port 3 esterday, from Patras. OFF KINGSBILIDGE.—AIfred, Henning, Calcutta. OFF FALMOUTH, MAY 15. Bolivar, Barrow, St. Vincent ; 16th, Swift ( o f Guernsey), llavannah for Cowc:s. GLOUCESTER, MAY 16.—Arrd. Breeze, Edwards, Charleston. S WAN SEA, MAY 15.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Y oung Queen, Penhorwood, Cuba. CORK, MAY 15.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrd. Jane, Roach , ache Mauritius; Sarah, Jones, Calloa; Boa Harmonie, Libel , ; Caminha Courier do Caminha, Caminha ; Bache *'Evers, Hughes, New York. BELFAST, MAY 15.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. Napoleon, Reeley, Baltimore, Australia. Sld. Henry Shelton, Long, New York. BARTLEPOOL, MAY 14.—Alchymist, Bombay. LOWESTOFT, MAY 16.—The Donegal (brig), Mear, ran upon the Croton Sand this morning, was assisted off, and proceeded with but little damage. LIVERPOOL, MAY 16.—Wind S. and S.W.—Arrived Jane, Stanley, Angra Pepin!. Sid. March 10, Janthe, Bailey, Buenos Ayres; Mar) Queen of O Scots, Wilcox,Wm. Barbadoes; Henrietta , Butchard, New rleans Botsford, Allan, New Orleans; Amaranth, Bliss, New Orleans; Chatham , Vi nnis, New Orleans; Kate Hun ter, Parsons, Mobile; Ottawa, Drynan, Mobile; Emily, Agry, Charleston. 15. Isabel, A nti gua; Fanny, lla 6. Paytin ; Jupiter, Charleston; Enterprise, New York. 1 then, Bombay; Gothen, Lima; William Bailey, Buenos Ayres; Hermione, Buenos Ayres; Adam Smith, Buenos Ayres; Camilla, Demerara; Milford, Barbadces; Dag zers, Jamaica; Holy wood, Cuba; Lightning, La Guayra; Isabel, Honduras ; Colonist, Staten Island Mount Washington, Boston; Ann, Portland; Martha Jane, St. Andrew's, New Brunswick ; Fisher, Newfoundland; Hearts of Oak, Newfoundland. Off Port, Mexican Packet; Smyrna, Spy; Diary, Ray; Rosalie; Gaucus; C eamore; Hibbert; Giamere; Flirt; Maria Hardy; Jessie Stephens; Rabe. CARDIFF, MAY 16.—The Eleanor, of Whitehaven, Blacklock, laden with coals for Liverpool, had the greater part of her decks blown up by an explosion of gas this morning, and must partly discharge her cargo; atl the eiew, c.,.cept te.ast,r, b,u.c. or leis itjurttl. FALMOUTH, MAY W.S.W.--Arrd. 15 11 Frederick Ermt, Acmonsca, Buenos Ayres, for Ant werp; Skisld, Clsuvon, hio Janeiro; Johanna, Becker, Pr.rs, for Humburgh. 16th, Buona Matilda, Moffer, Pernambuco. PLY3IOUTH, MAY 15.—Wind Napo leon, Collio, Buen.,s A 3 roe; csaypium, Lo-Athtr,Caitao, for Falmouth, with foremast sprung. Orr TORBAY, MAY 16.—EArmers, E!son, Madeira, for Riga. bid. 15th ElizA, Valparaiso. COWES, MAY IG.—Wind W.—Arrd. Emmy, Wile ken, Calcutta, for Hamburgh; Swift, Pernamb!lco. PORTSMOUTH, MAY IG.—Wind W. to S.S.W.—Arrd. her Majesty'sflip Grecian, Pernambuco, sld. 13. h ult.; Henrietta, Haesloop, Chat leiton, for Bremen. BtasTor„ MAY 12. The Ilero, Hawkins, from Barn staple, in running for the river yesterday, ran ashore on the mud bank, and is beneaped, but lies well. A vessel, of about 300 tons, bottom up, sheathed with yellow metal, was passed in lat. 25. N. lon. 53. W. 1.3 , the John Pink, Jones, arrived in the river from bt. Vincent. DEAL, MAY 16.—Wind S.S.W. to S.W.—Arrd. 15th Prins Carl, Boldt, St. Croix; Fantome, Bacon, Jamaica. 16th, Trafalgar, Morrison, Sydney, New South Wales; Athena, Ogg, Hong• Kong; Lark, Madeira, for St. Pe tersburgh. Arrd. from the River,l6th, Lady Margaret, Port Philip. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY ) NE WGATZI AND LEADENLY/kW.. These markets were fur from active to-day, yet prices were . mostly supported. Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 2s 10d to 4s; Lamb, 5s to 64; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 2d per 81bs by the carcase. HAT TiLELIZIEET S. SMITIIFIELID.—Meadow llay, 21 103 to 4/ ; Clover ditto, 31 53 to 51 Os ; and Straw, 11 6s to 11 103 per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. CUMBETILAIND. Meadow hay, 21 13s to 4/ Os ; Clover ditto, 31 Si to 4! 15s; and Straw, 11 7s to 1/ 113 per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade rather (Nil. . _ WIIITECHAPEL.-3,1c4t10w llay, 21 10.9 to 41 03 Clover ditto, Si Os to 51 Os; and Straw, 1163 to 1/ 104 per load. Trade dull, at the above quotations. raEAT railnxiaTs. SOUTHALL, iiA716.=(57.77111ei was tolerably steady for each kind of fat stock to-day, and prices were well supported. Beef, from 2s 10d to 35 10.1 ; Mutton, 3s ad to 4s 4d; Lamb, 5s to 5s 10d; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 2d; and Pork, 3s 2d to 3s 10d per 81hs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, MAY 16.—Prime Beasts, Sheep, and Lambs, sold freely, at advanced currencies. The value of all other kinds of stock was well supported. Beef; from 2s 10d to 4s; Mutton, 3s Gd to 43 4d; Lamb, 53 to 6s; Veal, 3s Gd to 4s 2d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 3s 8d per Sibs. Suckling Calves, 183 to 28s; quarter old store Pigs, 16s to 21s ; an d Nil c h Cows, with their small Calf, 161 to 20/ each. LEWES, MAI' 15.—We had a firm trade to-day, at improved currencies. Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 2d; slut ton, 3: Sd to 4s 6d; Lamb, 5s to 5s 10d; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s per Sibs., a moderate supply and a steady trade. CORN AVERAGES. Owing to some inaccuracies in them, the averages of grain have not been published to-day. SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. (THIS DAY.) The adjourned hale-yearly general meeting of the above company was held this afternoon, at the Bridge House Hotel; Mr. Jfirnes Macgregor, Chairman of the Board of Directors, in the chair. The meeting was by no means so fully attended as the last, but probably the report of the committee of investigation being so highly satisfactory to all parties, deterred many of the country proprietors from going to the expense of coming to town. The chairman on entering the room and taking his seat was greeted with a burst of applause. Mr. U. L. Pritchard was nut in attendance. The CLIAIRZIAN announced that the first business to be proceeded with was to hoar a communication from the Chairman of the Committee of Investigation. Mr. L. MUZLEY, as the chairman of the committee, was then prestnted to the meetiag, and wcs greeted with mingled cheers and hisses. After adverting briefly to the circumstances which led to the appointment of the committee, he went on to declare that the gentle men so nominated had devoted themselves heart and soul to the dut es allotted to them, and it was not until Monday last that the concluding paragraph was added to the report. It was then handed to the secretary of the company, who lost no time in getting it printed, and he had the gratification of knowing that, before four o'clock on Tuesday, copies had been forwarded by post to the majority of the proprietors, and to the editors of the Lundell newspapers. He had only to add that the report con tained the truth, and nothing but the truth; and as the meeting had determined not to have it lead, he should conclude by moving as the maximum opinion of the com mittee, the following resolution:----" Itesolved, that the report of the committee of investigation now presented, be received, entered on the minutes, p r i n t e d , and adopted; and that the dire c tor s b e requeste d to carry into effect the recommendations therein con t a i ne d as speedily as possible." Mr. DICKINSON, the deputy chairman of the com mittee, seconded the resolution. On the question being put, Mr. Timm:torn a director, pronounced his opinion that the chairman of the board of directors wits for tunate in having had the selection and nomination of bis jury.—(Cries of "No, no!" " Yes, yes!" and confusion.) lie would not be put down by such unseemly expressions of opinion, for he too, as well as the Chairman, was upon his trial, and he had a right tl be heard, and he would be heard. The meeting might oppose him, but he cared not for that; the public out of doors would be his judge, and to their decision only was he prepared to bow.—(Hear.) Now,he had no hesitation in deelar- ing that he had no confidence in the committee or their report.—(Hear, and "Oh, oh.") They had delegated their duty with regard to investigating the accounts to a Mr. Quilter, while they had declined to examine him upon his not being summoned to the finance committee, and yet between March and September he had signed 283 cheques.—(Oh, oh.) He confessed that ho had signed the cheques without knowing what they were for, but ho was not answerable for that.—(" Oh, oh," said a voice. "Is that the way you do business?") No, it was not his way of doing business; it was their worthy chair man, who always acted upon the principle of making all under him his puppets.—(Oh.) Nuw then as to the share transactions which he alluded to at the last meeting. The committee attributed the blame of these gambling marceavres upon Mr. M. L. Pritchard, but the responsi bility rested upon the chairman of the board, and his acquiescing directors, who allowed those transactions to be concealed in the accounts of February and August, 1848, or at least to be placed under false heads, and this Mr. L. Mozley was aware of, but he had neglected to mention it in the report.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. L. Mort.Er —Will you have the goodness to re peat that? _ _ Mr. Tuomsesr would not repeat it unless the meeting required it?--- : (Go on, go on.) Mr. L. MOZLEY-1 call upon you, sir, as a man of honour to repeat what you said of me personally. Mr. THOMSON then repeated what he bad said, but omitted to mention Mr. L. Mozley's name, substituting the word "committee " for it.—(Cries of " Oh, oh.") Well, then, admitting all the responsibility of these transactions; but who appointed him to rig and gamble on the Stock-Exchange? A VOICE—Aid who appointed him? Mr. THOMSON—Mr. Macgregor, who appoints all the directors. A VOICE—Who appointed you? Mr. Tpomsoti—Mr. Macgregor. - The CHAIRMAN—And very much to me regret. A VOICE—What have you done with Pritchard ? Mr. Tnomsosr—He is gone to Newmarket. (Cheers and laughter.) Mr. Thomson then proceeded to assure the directors that although they wanted him to resign, he should remain on the board to protect the interests and property of the sharcholders.—(Cries of " Oh, oh I" and derisive cheers.) Mr. CuNimarE, solicitor, of Manchester, then solicited the attention of the meeting while he read to them an address upon the present state of their affairs. This address went into the details of the report of the Committee of Investigation, and expressed the conviction of the writer that the directors of the company were just as culpable as those of the Eastern Counties, for they had "cooked" the accounts, and otherwise misled the shareholders, and neglected their interests.—(Hear, hear.) All that he (Mr. Cunliffe) wanted was, that the shareholders should be protected from mismanagement, either through neglect or fraud, and that their property should not be frittered away.— (Oh, oh.) The report of the committee attributed all the blame to the Deputy-Chairman, but in his opinion the Chairman and others were as much responsible for these shameful transactions as Mr. Pritchard.—(Oh, oh, and hisses.) Mr. LETT—Oh, it's all humbug disturbing the speaker this way. A Vorcu—W ho are you, Air? o si a r. m l l ' V s h i o r? are you, sir? How many shares MAr r V do L LO I : v y E v oT Y h W i et: LEVY—Who bet ? you one hundred guineas to one I hold more than you. The meeting hero interfered, and upon silence being restored, Mr. CtINLIFFE resumed his address. He explained Mr. Pritchard's absence by stating that his wife had re cently died, while his business affairs were in a state of derangement, and then wont en to read extracts from private letters written by Mr. Macgregor to Mr. Prit chard, to show that he was cognizant of the latter's movements on the Stock Exchange. He concluded his addiess by remarking that the company had been pay ing dividends of 2 Es., when the line had only earned Os., and seeing that the works still required 140,0001., he called upon the meeting to insist upon further explana tions.—(Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN complained that these attacks ought to have been made to his judges, the committee, who bad honourably exonerated him from all the charges preferred against him.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Thomson complained of the close spurn of management carried on between March and September. Why, from May to September of that period he was kept away from the company's afftsira by illness, and if this close system was p r curried a g o n a e i n a t h i i t s a a o h d se s n e c e e d i h re y did o rd no o t f o ras n n h e the only pointreport of al which ee h o e m h m a i d tt to ee answerrelati relative was e to the money t policy.—(Cheers.) to construction account in. The meeting had not hivingPh T he been placed concluded when our report left. aniCePdeyhayo.erfa—(Cheers.) revenue. c he cr s ) Well he was prepared to justify that SICILY. The accounts of the renewal of hostilies in Sicily are confirmed. It appears that the emissaries of King FERDINAND had succeeded in bribing certain influential parties in Palermo to betray the cause of Si cily, and these persons persuaded the Sicilian patriots to mares to Catania to endeavour to defend 4 comparatively open town against the Neapolitans. Advantage was taken of their absence to tamper with tne National Guard (composed principally of shop keepers, who, above all things, wished to save their 4 ' brittle wares"), and the very suspiciously timed arrival of Admiral BAUDIN (the agent of the present reactionary Government of France), who, without the co nsen t or k now l e d ge o f t h e E ng li s h Admiral, suddenly appeared alone at Palermo, as the friend of FERDINAND, adding to the power of the traitors, they, notwithstanding the efforts of STABILE and RUGGIERO SETTIMO, succeeded for a time in ousting the patriotic party from power, and entered into negotiations with FILANGIERI. No sooner, however, was the presence of BauniN's squa dron withdrawn, than the people of Palermo, discover ing the treason, rose against the traitors, expelled them from the city, disarmed the National Guard, elected Baron Riso as chief of the Provisional Go vernment ; and under the leadership of SCORDATO (the llofer of Sicily, whose name strikes terror into the Neapolitan troops), and of MICUELO, are deter mined to hold out to the last. The infamous DEL C.:tarn . ° has arrived at Naples. sumurrs" COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (B e fore Mr. Under-Sheriff Boncnnan.) GARTON ANANOTHER V. PARKER. This was.an action to recover the sum of 16/. 16s. on a bill of exchange. pefendant plcadcd that he did not accept the bill, and secondil, that he accepted it for the Vommodation of plaintit s y , and without consideration.. Air. G RAY , f or the plaintiff's (who are tobacconists at Lincoln), said that defendant was also a tobacconist at Leicester. With respect to the first plea the defendant h ad admitted his acceptance under a Jud g e's order, and 4, circumstances under which the bill was given were these. , 2 i e The defendant's son, who resides at Nottingham, h t , att with plaintiffs, and became indebted to them in the te e amount, and sent a bill accepted by his father fo , r Hewed amount, but when the bill became due it was rt.. 6 ,P e cl at defendant's request. He (the Learned Conn co—uAdthbeerefore could not conceive what the defence f• PARRY said that the question would be one rather n ° o - '" u° ljuder-Sheriff than otherwise—the point was much whether this was an accommo buti—as understood in common parlance, of whether it did not come within the meaning -w the Q as no "-' e t atute of Frauds. On the face of the bill there it • I Prossion of the consideration given for it, but debt clearly given in the nature of a guarantee for the of another, and as such, under the Statute of Frauds, Writin t° have ' been clearly . an d distinctly set forth in g. • for • Jon. White Haythorn was called. He was agent da Plaintiffs in 1845. Goods were supplied to defen son to the amount of 2.11.; 8/. had been paid. GRA Y said that ho would admit that the original n b i was given for the debt, and that this was a renewed a ! r and open to an y objection urged against the firm. PARRY—As a security fur the son's debt. T he UNDER-SHERIFF—What is the question you wish to submit to the jury. s jhe Learned COUNSEL . said if . the Learned Under „'"iff could not decide the question, they would agree ;Vtlt a verdict shoal be taken for the plaintiffs, with stberty to move the Court above. This course was then taken. No attornies were present in the other cases, which Were struck out. S , -PECIE SHOAL CHINA.—The vessel Bucephalus, ar t2!ed in the Docks from Whampt,a, China, has brought 0 0 boxes of sped°, consigned to the Oriental Bank, as a Portion of her cargo. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 11, 1849. SERVANTS' PRO - VIDE:NT AND EENEvoLENT SOCIETY. One of the Isrgest and most respectably attended meetings psihaps ever held in the same locality, took place 3 esterday afternoon at the Hanever-square Rooms, for the purpose of furthering the objects of the above institution. Fur some time before the hour appointed far the meeting great crowds 2Fs(mbh d in the neigh hood, attracted by the announcement thst his Royal Highness Prince Albert intended honouring the meeting by Lis presence; and shortly after two o'clock, when the doors were opened, the room in which the aeiemblage collected was thronged in every part, the great majority of the audience being ladies. Ills Poyal Highness Prince Albert arrived a little after three o'clock, and his appearance on the platform was hailed by a universal demonstration of r es pect and applause on the part of the immense concourse o f persons present. plat form arid at the meeting were—Lord John Russel l, the Amongst the distinguished individuals on the Marquis of Westminster; Lords Ashley, Effingham, Adair, and Fielding; the Archbishop of Cant' rbury; the Bishops ot Oxford, Exeter, London, Salisbury, Chi chester; Aiclidefecons Manning and Wilberforce; Sir T. Acland, Sir 11. Duleinfield, lion. Colonel Phipps, M. Guizor, Messrs. Philips, Acland, Colquhoun, &C. His Royal Highness Prince ALBERT, en taking the chair, as soon us the applause which greeted his rising was hushed, addressed the meeting as follows:—Ladies and gentlemen, the object for which we have met here this day is not one of charity, but one for the purpose of affording friendly assistance and advice to a large and important class of our fellow-countrymen, the domestic servants of this empire. Where is the heart that does not feel the deepest interest in the welfare of domestic servants, or who does not sympa thise with those who minister to us in ell the wants of daily life; who tend us in sickness, who re ceive us on our first appearance in this world, and ex tend their care even to our mortal remains—(Hear, hear) who live nadir our roofs, and form part of our house hold and fumily.—(Applause.) And yet 'on inquiry I find that a great part of t h e i nmates of t h e wor khouses of this metropolis is form e d of domestic servan t s . I am quite sure that startling as thi s fact i s, i t i s no proof of want of liberality and kindn ess on the par t o f masters, or of vice on the part of servants, but the natural cen• sequence of the peculiar Position in which the latter are placed. During a considerable portion of their lives they share in all the expenses of their opulent masters; at other periods they have not the means even of sus tpoecduaria.; v(ihCiesasrii hear.) It vicissitudes which some life safe from the e ough makes it the duty both of masters and s ervan t s to try to is cover and may plan by which domestic servants i t s ai t t h d e ng cotnhesirdaesrealyteieshfreofmday these temptations of a prosperous, and from th e su ff er i ngs o f d agbreee canted upon an evil day.—(Hear, hear.) On that account I rejoice in this meeting—(Cheers) — and I gladly consented to take the chair at it—(Cheers)--to assist the objects of the Servants' Provident a nd B enevolent Soeiety. Ladies and gentlemen, I feel convinced that thi s soc i ety is based upon a right principle, as it follows the dictates of a cor rect appreciation ot human nature, which requires every one, by his own exertions, to work out his own happiness —(Cheers)—which prevents us from valuing, nay, from feeling satisfied, w i th a prosperity which others have made for us. It is based upon a right principle, because it endeavours to trace out a plan according to which, by prov i ious self-denial, providence, and perseverance, nut only is the servant raised in his physical and' moral condition, but the master is taught how to direct his efforts so as to aid his servants in acquiring resources which shall bo sufficient to sustain them in sickness, old age, and in want of employment.—(llear.) It is based upon a sight principle, because it does not hold out a temptation to servants either by the prospect of possible extravagant advantages which would tend to transform their providence into a species of gambli ng; or by convivial meetings, which would lead them to ulte rie r expense; or by a system of ballotting for a few prizes, which would draw them into all the waste of time and excitement of an electioneering contest.—(llcar.) Such are the characteristics of many institutions on which domestic servants and a portion of the other industrial classes in the country mainly depend; and what can be more heartrending than to see the breaking of banks and the failure of such institutions, which not only mar a man's pros and plunge him of a sud den into the depths pects for life, of destitution, but which tend also to destroy in others all confidence in the ho nest y or the wisdom of those who have induced them to risk in such institutions the advantages of their providence.—(Hear, hear.) Let if they will embark their fund s them consider well that in such institutions —if the y will heye convivial se _ v es c l _meet. lags—if they will claim for them 1 s tare in the —they cannot do so without government of risking their future happ i n ess and that of their families. Let theist bear in m ind that their savings are capital, and that capital will only bear a certain rate of interest, re w hich is held out to them beyond and that any advantage which be purchased by a corre sponding risk of est ca n i the capital itself. The advantages which are held out b y the financial scheme of this so ciety are based upon the credit of the country at large and the faith of the Government.—(Cheers.) It is regulated by an Act of Parliament called the Deferred Annuities Act. Its principles are shortly these—That, according to the tables which I have here before me, anybody whose income does not exceed 150/., may, by a small instalment, purchase an annuity, to be deferred for not less than ten years, but which after that period may begin at any time the depositor may choose to name. One annuity cannot be more than 30t., but a depositor may purchase distinct annuities for his wife and chil dren, the latter being fifteen years old. Should he wish at any time to withdraw his j deposits they will be re turned tO him, provided the withdrawal takes place before the annuity commences. Should he die before that period, his deposits will be returned to his heirs, and the only loss he can sustain will bo the interest on the money deposited.—(Hear.) Although this wise and beneficent measure was enacted so far back as the third year of the reign of William IV., I am grieved to find that during tho whole of that period only 700 persons had availed themselves of its provisions. I can discover no reason for this, except that tho existence of this Act and its provisiobs are not generally known, and that people are afraid of law and Acts of Parliament — (Laughter and cheers)—which frequently cannot be understood on accout of their complicated and technical wording.—(Hear, hear.) I have heard another reason stated, to which, however, I cannot attach much credit. It is said that servants are afraid that the knowledge of their being able to purchase annuities out of the savings from their wages may induce masters to reduce their wages. But I have a better opinion of the disposition of the masters—(Loud cheers)—and I am convinced that, on the contrary, nothing tends more to counteract the liberality of masters than the idea—which is not altogether unfounded —that an increase in their wages sometimes leads to extravagance.—(Hear, hear.) To make this Act of Parliament more generally known to the public at large is ono of the main objects of this meeting; and one of the objects of this society is to form a medium by which servants may acquire for them selves the benefits which are held out by this Act of Parliament free of all trouble, risk, and costs.—(Cheers.) Another object is to establish a home for female ser vants when out of employment, the usefulness and im portance of which hardly requires a single word of commendation on my part. It is also proposed to establish model lodging -houses fur men servants who do not lodge with their masters, and to establish a re gistry for servants iu general. Anybody who is ac quainted with Use inconvenience and annoyance of the general system of obtaining characters of servants will see at once how useful and important it must be to introduce a system by which both the servant, on the one hand, ma y be protected from the ruin which the caprice of a s i ng l e master, with whomhe may have stayed perhaps only for a short Ilmtet:would e other, hem upon him, and to protect the master , on _ hem the risk which a character obtained from _a former weak master by the importunities of an undeserving servant will expose him to.—(Cheers.) It is not a small boon we confer upon a servant when we enable him to appeal to the records of a long and faithful service in order to redeem himself from the disqualification which a single fault might otherwise bring upon him.--.(Cheers.) If we succeed iu drawing attention to these different points, and make the public generally aware of them, I am convinced that we shall have the satisfaction of having materially uidcd a most interesting class, which I find, by the lest census taken in this country, to be among the most numerous of the population. Ills Royal Ilighne. a concluded by calling upon the treasurer to lay before the meeting more particular de tin s on th e p oi nts on which he addressed them. Mr. CHESTER then read the report, which entered at great length into statistical details with reference to the number of servants in the various union workhouses in the London diettiet, as well as the progress which the present society ha I made during to two years of is existence; which had been most prosperous and encou raging. The additional c xpenditure which they had in curred had been caused by the necessity giving greater publicity to the objects of the society. The society had become incorporated with one which had already existed for fourteen years on specific terms, and it was proposed to establish model lodging•houses for male an d f ema l e servants out of place, and also a registry. °fa ce , in addition to the other benefits of the associa tion. Want of space prevents us from giving any more details of the report. The pri n cipal object of the society was to enable them to purchase Government annuities as the only safe and sound sytem of procuring annuities for old age. The report concluded in the following words:—" The object of this society, and the principles and system on which it is con structed, are duly appreciated by servants; and it re mains only to be Neu whether the public at large will effectually support the benevolent fund, and enable the directors to accomplish the important objects for which that fund has been created. The aims of the society are by no means limited to the improvement of the physical condition of the servant—we desire to promote the true interests of servants in ail respects, and to develop° among all classes of her Majesty's subjects in this king dom a true idea of the relation between master and all servant. Servants, obey inthings your masters recording to the flesh; not with eye service as men pleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God; and whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lard, and not unto men. Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in Heaven.'— Col. chap. iii., 22, 23; iv., 1." Lord J. RUSSELL, in moving the adoption of the first resolution, said it might be thought that he was not very well calculated to explain the objects of that society ; but, seeing that they had already heard from his Royal Highness Prince Albert the very best pos sible summary that could be given—(lleer, hear) — of the objects and utility of that society, and also from the report of the treasurer the must interesting matter of those objects, he would confine his statement briefly to what appeared to him some of the principal benefits which that society would confer. It appeared that no less than 970,000 persons belonged to tlio class of do- mestic servants in England and Wales at the last census, and at present no doubt their number exceeded a million. such was the large number on which that scciety proposed to confer benefits. In the next place he would observe that this funding of the accumulated profits and saving of domestic servants would enable many of them to contribute to the comfort and welfare of their parents, and soothe the dying hours of those connected with them. That was a good foundation for them to go upon. Then, in the next place, the present society was no lottery or gam bling speculation—(Hear, hear.) It held out no hopes to parties getting any more than they contributed; it held out no hopes that persons might get any more advantage than what they were'entitled to. Ile thought that the present society, by bringing servants into com munication with the means by which their condition might be made more comfortablk conferred not only a Treat benefit and advantage on that class, but that its promoters were only making some return for benefits which they had themselves received—(llear.) There was no person who had not at some period or another of his life been indebted to his servants for the care end attention which they had bestowed not only on him self; but on those connected with him—(Hear.) There fore, he said, that by contributing to the welfare of that class, they were only returning a debt of gratitude which they owed—(Hear.) The Bishop of ()amino, in seconding the resolution, observed, that when asked by the committee to do so, he had been led to examine some of the statistical de tails of the society, with the view of recommending its plan to their adoption. But that request had been made before his Royal Highness, who prezided over that meet ing, had entered upon the statement by which their pro. ceedings were commenced. But after the singularly lucid and comprthensive speech with which his Royal highness had opened the subject—(Hear)—very little remained for him or any other speaker to add to that statement.—(Hear.) In fact his Royal Highness had at once and aptly sketched out a correct description of the present society when he said it was not a charitable so ciety, but one to enable parties to sustain and assist them selves. To show what an adequate provision could be made for such a great number of persons by such a plan as a benevolent fund, he would just say, that it had been calculated that it would require a capital of no less than 100,0001, to secure a pension of 2CI. a year for only 175 persons.—(Hear.) He thought there were many reasons which ought to induce them, and which made it their bounden duty, to afford the advantages held out by that institution to that large class who had eo just a claim upon them. Many persons might say they would provide for their own servants in old age, but could those individuals answer for their own ability to du so when the necessity arose ?—(Naar.) One great disadvantage which arose from the circumstances of the present social system of this country was that the old re lations between servants and masters were dissevered. The present society he conceived was a step in the direction of remedying in some degree that evil. perioden tere d o s f er v l i i c f e e a it t w w -a h s ieh generally at that early period of life at which people cal culation, and they imperceptibly acquired the habit of P ry eersaor l ln i y t s tle forethought or provident a s ‘hVt p a e hd n et d uha n 'et g all their earnings until it was too late to re claim it. Another evil of the present social system was that a feeling of servility distinct from service was gene rated. It was just a consideration of the money paid, and the service rendered for it.—(Hear, hear.) Now, humanly speaking, that society afforded the servant a safeguard against that; for it would tend to give the servant a feeling of self-reliance and independence. The Right Rev. Prelate concluded an eloquent and touching appeal, of which we regret want of space compels us to give only an outline, by calling on them to give their support to a society which deserved it so well. The Bishop of LONDON then, at the request of his Royal Highness, read the resolution, which was to the effect that it was desirable to encourage providence and thrift amongst servants, and hold out to them the ad vantages proposed by that institution through the means of the Annuity Act. The resolution passed unanimously. Lord ASULEY, in proposing the second resolution, said it was one of such a practical nature as would re quire no rhetorical flourish to recommend it to the meeting. It went to pledge the meeting to carry out the recommendations contained in the report. The Noble Lord, in moving the resolution, condemned the principles of what were called benefit societies, which often had a very injurious effect on the moral habits and temporal welfare of those who joined them; and he strongly recommended the encouragement of such insti tutions as they were that day met to advocate and sup port. He also pointed out the advantages which would result from the establishment of model lodging-houses for men and women servants, as very successful conse quences had ensued from some experiments of a le iwilar kind which had been lately made in this metropolis. The Very Reverend Archdeacon MANNINO, in se conding the resolution, called the attentton of the meet ing to the wide-spread benefits which would !result from that society in a moral, social, and political point of view, in consequence of the salutary effects which its working would produce amongst the families, children, and con nexions of domestic servants iu all parts of the kingdom. The second resolution having been put, like the former one, was also carried unanimously. The Bishop of LONDON, in rising to move the third resolution, said that it would hardly be expected that in thus doing he should extend his observations to any great length in addressing a meeting, the pro ' ceedings of which had not commenced until past three o'clock. • He could not hope to urge any stronger or additional arguments in favour of that institution than had been already used; and, more especially, after the opening speech of his Royal highness—(Hear, hear)—a speech not m ore remarkable for the deep Christian principles which pervaded it, than for the comprehensive philosophy which marked his views. —(Hear, hear.) lle called on the public to sup port such a society as the present by their influence and contributions. It was not a charitable association; but it was calculated to promote the interests of those who came forward to sustain themselves.—(Hear, hear.) It was their duty to do so. Nay, they themselves would benefit by it; for there was no tot of duty or charity which did not confer a benefit on those who performed It. The relations between master and servant in this coun try were not the same as formerly, when the domestics were looked upon more in the light of children than any thing else, in the families which they served. Now though it might be impossible, under existing circum stances, to restore those relations to what they were be fore, he thought the society was one step towards the accomplishment of such a desirable end. Though it might be melancholy to contemplate the number of do mestic servants that were inmates of our workhouses, yet it was consoling and gratifying to be able to state that a very small proportion indeed, of those who had been househo!d servants, and consequently exposed to great temptations upon their honesty, were criminals in our gaols or penetentiaries.—(Hear.) There might be various associations which held out greater advantages than that society, but none possessed the same solid ad vantages; and with respect to societies based upon the same principles and with similar objects, they would offer to receive them, and give them all the good which h the em goods e I v a e nd s. prudent Their servant chief object supportw as that of himself in his old age by his own honest earnings and t p enabling s sessed in th t industry.—(Hear.) Sir T. ACLAND (on behal f o f Mr . W . E. G lad& one, who was unavoidably absent) having briefly seconded th e resolution, it passed. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY proposed a resolu tion conveying the deep gratitude and humble respects of the meeting to her Majesty the Queen and the Queen Dowager for their patronage of the society, and to his Royal Highness Field-Marshal the Prince Albert for his condescension in presiding over the meeting that day. The Marquis of WESTMINSTER having seconded the resolution, The Bishop of LONDON put it to the meeting, when it was earried by acclamation. His ROYAL HIGHNESS then rose and said—Gentlemen —Allow me to thank you for the very kind feeling you have expreE:ed and manifested towards myself per sonally. The part which I have had to bear in the pro• ceedings of this day has been a very light one, and I can assure you it has been gladly borne.—(Hear.) Let me remind you on parting, that on you it will depend to make the words which have fallen from this platform realities in life—(hoar)—dud to carry into operation and effect the recommendations which we have made. His Royal Highness then bowed to the meeting, and withdrew amid loud and prolonged expressions of ap plause. The assemblage then broke ep. co uitT CIRCULAR. The Queen gave a sta`e ball (the second this season; last evening, at Buckingham Palace, to a party o nineteen hundred, comprising the members of the Roya Family and Foreign Princes and Princesses in England, all the members of the Diplomatic Corps and their Ladies, the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Royal House holds, and a very numerous circle of the Nobility and Gentry, The State saloons were opened for the reception, and were brilliantly illuminated with handsome chandeliers and candelabra, the recesses being decorated with choice and beautiful plants in flower, which were also tastefully arranged at the southern end of the Picture Gallery, occupying the whole width and height of the gallery. The company were invited at half-past nine o'clock, and soon after nine the visitors began to arrive, alighting both at the entrance in Pimlico, and at the temporary entrance in the garden, at which latter a guard of honour of the Foot Guards was stationed, with the band of the regiment. A guard of the Yeoman Guard was on duty in the Grand Hall and Staircase, under the command of Sir Seymour Sadler, Exon in Waiting. The officers present were Sir George Iloulton (Ensign) and Captain Bellairs (Exon). Her Royal highness the Duchess of Kent arrived at half-past nine o'clock, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce, Baroness de Speth, Sir George Couper, and Lord James P. Murray. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge was accompanied.by their Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mccklenburgh Stre litz, bud was attended by Lady 11. Cadogan and Mr. Ed mond Mildmay. Their Royal Highnesses were rec eived by the Hon. Misses Murray and Macdorald, the Maids of Honour in Waiting; Sir Edward Bowater, Groom in Waiting; Captain Francis Seymour, Groom in Waiting to the Prince; General Wemyss , E q uerr y in Waiting; and Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable Alexander Gorden, Equerry_ in Waiting to the Prince, who conducted the Royal Duchesses :to the White Drawing-rocan, where the Queen and Prince Albert received their illustrious visitors, Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess Au gustus of Saxe Coburg joined the August Circle. Hi s Royal Highness Prince Leopold, Count of Syra cue, was attended by General Prince Castcleicala, the Neapolitan Minister, and the Chevalier Coloni.a. Their Serene highnesses Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, and Prince William of Hesse Philippstehl were also present. The Duke of Argyle and other Scottish nobles wore the Highland dress. Shortly before 10 o'clock her Majesty and Prince Al bert quitted the White Drawing-room, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Cambridge, the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Meckleuburgh Strelitz, the Prince and Princess Augustus of Saxe Coburg, and the Count of Syracuse, and were conducted by the Lord Chamber lain through the Saloon into the Ball-room, The Queen wore a dress of white and silver tulle d'illution, trimmed with bouquets of red and white cur rants, green leaves, and diamonds. Her Majesty's head dress was formed of a wreath of red and white currants, and diamonds to correspond. Herr Strauss and his orchestra were stationed in the Ball-room, and played the National Anthem on the entrance of the Sovereign. Her Majesty opened the ball with his Royal High ness Prince Leopold Count of Syracuse in a quadrille. The following quadrilles, waltzes, and polkas were danced in the ball-room:— Quadrilles—Martha, Carneval, Tubel, Straddle. Waltzes—Epioneir, Loiley, Friedensbothen, Landes Farben. Polkas—Eisele, Marianka, Exeter. The Throne-room was also prepared for dancing, Mr. Weippert's quadrille band attending in this saloon. The following quadrilles, polkas, and waltzes, were danced in this apartment, Quadrilles —Robert le Diable, Naples, Massaniello. Polkas—Hungarian, Fire-fly Princess's. Waltzes—Eleanor, Ailes d'Amour, Douro, Huguenots. The Green Drawing-room was appropriated for re freshments during the night. Supper was served in the State Dining-room. The Queen, accompanied by the Princess Augustus of Saxe Coburg., Prince Alfred, Prince Philip of Saxe Coburg, and Prince Auguste of Saxo Coburg, took an airing yesterday in an open carriage and four. General Wemyss attended on horseback. His Royal Highness the Prince Albert, attended by Lieutenant-Colonel the lion. C. B. Phipps, and Lieute nant-Colonel the lion. Alexander Gordon, went yester day to the Hanover. square Rooms to preside at the meeting of the Servants' Provident and Benevolent Society. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Queen yesterday at Buckingham Palace. Her Royal Highness also visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday, at Marlborough House. A deputation consisting of Lord Clancarty, Sir Percy Nugent, Mr. Ennis, Mr. 0. Flegherty, Mr. Blake, Mr. Stirlino. and Mr. Reynolds had an i nterv i ew w i th the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. The Marquis of Clanricarde gave a dinner to the Ca binet Ministers yesterday evening, at his residence in Carlton- house-terrace. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yes terday, and heard a petition for an extension of Bod mer's Patent. The Lords present were the Master of the Rolls, Lord Brougham, and the Judge of the Admi ralty Court. PARLIAMEN TARY DIVISIONS. ;From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Cotonou.) WEDNESDAY, MAY 16. LANDLORD AND TENANT BILL. (IN THE COMMITTEE.) Clause 1 (Parties having limited interests may enter into agreements to grant compensation) read:—Amendment pro posed, to insert after the word " manure" these words, " or of such articles of food for cattle, sheep, or pigs, as shall be specially mentioned in the said agreements :" Question put, " That those words be there inserted." The Committee divided:— MAJORITY—AYES, 102. Adderley,:C. B. Hamilton, Lord C. Perfect, Robert Arkwright, George Hardcastle, J. A. Pigott, Francis Armstrong, It. B. Harris, Richard I'lumptre, J. P. Bailey, Joseph Henley, J. W. Portal, Melville Barrington, Viscount Henry, Alexander Pryse, Pryse Bouverie, E. P. Herbert, 11. A. Roche; E. B. Bremridge, Richard Herbert, Sidney Roebuck, JA. Bromley, Robert Bodges, T. L. Russell, F. C. Brooke, Sir A. B. Hope, Sir J. Salwey, Colonel Brotherton, J. Jernlyn, Earl Scullyl Francis Clifford _Henry M. King, P. J. Seymer, H. K. Cobden, R. Langston, J. IL Sheridan, R. B. Compton, H. C. Lawless, Cecil Smyth, J. G. Crawford, W. S. Legh, G. C. Somerville. Sir W. Crowder, R. B. Lemon, Sir Charles Sotheron, T. H. S. Currie, Henry Lennox, Lor. . H. Spooner, R. Deedes, W. Locke, Joseph Stafford, Augustus Duncan, George Lang, Walter Strickland, Sir G. Ellis, John I re el, General Sullivan, Michael Estcourt, J. B. B. 1... - .Nagliten, Sir E. Talfourd, Sergeant Ferrer, James M`Cullagli ZW. T. 'Thicknesse, Ralph Fellowes, E. Meagher, Thomas Thompson, Colonel litzr4y, Henry Manners, Lord C. Tollemache, John Foley, J. H. Meux, Sir Henry Townley, R. G. Fordyce, A. D. MilC9, William Trclawny, J. S. Fuller, A. E. Milner, W. M. Tufnell, Henry Greene, John Moody, C. A. Vesey, Ron. T. Greene, Thomas hlullings, J. R. Wahnsley, Sir J. Grenfell, C. Pascoe Mundy, William Willyams, 11. Grey, Sir George Newdegate, N. • Wilson, Matthew Grogan, Edward Newport, Viscount Wodehonse, Edmund Haggitt, F. R. Pakington, Sir J... 5. Wrightson, W. B. Raiford, Sir H. Palmer,' Robert TELLEES. Halsey, T...P. Patten, J. W. Pusey, Philip Hamilton, J. H. Peel, Sir Robert Denison, J. E. MINORITY-NOES, 27. Bennet, Philip I111.1:,:o.r.1, T. B, Morrie, David Broadley, IL Hill, Lord E. Ilulgrave, Earl Broadwood, 11. Hood, Sir A. Packe, C. W. Christy, Samuel llornby, John Scott, Francis Cobbold, J. C. Jervis, Sir John Smith, It. V. Divett, Edward Jolliffe, Sir W. G. Stansfield, W. R. C. Dod, J. W. Kerrison, Sir E. Vane, Lord IL French, F. Mackenzie, W. F, TELLIES. Gore, W. R. 0. Mackinnon, W. Christopher, R. Gwyn, llowel Maitland, T. Buller, Sir J. Y. Clause 3 (Drainage, &c., to be kept in repair) read:— Question put, " That Clause 3, as amended, stand part of the Bill." The Committee divided:— MAJORITY -AYES, 120. Bass, Thomas Brown, 11. Denison, J. E. Foley,;J. 11. llarcicastle, J. A. MINORITY-NOES, 11. Langston, J.:II. Pryse, Pryso Lawless, Cecil Mostyn, E. TELLERS. redid], Captain Verney, Sir It. Pinney, W. Willy ants, 11. Clause 11 (Owners and Persons who may make agree ments on behalf of Owners) read:—Amendment proposed, at the end of the Clause to add the following Proviso ; " Pro vided always, That no owner of any farm, of which he is not possessed in fee simple, shall have power, under this Act, by agreement with the tenant of such farm, to render any future owner of such farm liable for any principle sum by way of compensation for improvements which shall exceed two years' rent of such farm according to the annual value thereof at the time of making such agreement ; Provided also, that no tenant of such farm shall have power, under this Act, to recover, by virtue of any such agreement, from any future owner, any such principal sum by way of com pensation for improvements, except by seven equal annual instalments; and at the time of the payment of each annual instalment, interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum upon the whole amount then due shall likewise be paid; and the first of the above instalments and payments of interest shall not be due until one year's rent of such farm shall have been paid to such future owner :"—Question put, " That the Proviso be there added." The Committee divided : MINORITY—AYES, 52. Adderley, C. 13. Gaskell, J. M. Nugent, Sir Percy Arkwright, G. Godson, Richard Ossuiston, Lord Bennet, Philip Gooch, E. S. Pryse, Pryse Bolden", 11. G. Granby, Marquis of Richards, Richard Bremridge. Richard Gwyn, Ilowel Smyth, Sir 11. Broadlcy, H. Plalsey, T. I'. Somerset, Captain Bromley, Robert Hood, Sir Alexander Spooner, Richard Buller, Sir Y. Hornby John Stafford, Augustus Burrell, Sir C. Lacy, 11. C. Strickland, Sir G. Chaplin, W. J. Lascelles, E. Tyrell, Sir J. Cobbold, John C. Lindsay, Colonel Vesey, T. Coles, 11. R. Mackenzie, W. F. Vyse, It. 11. R. H. Compton, 11. C. Manners, Lord . G. Walsh, Sir J. B. Dunne, F. P. Meux, Sir 11. Wellesley, Lord C. East, Sir J. Miles, P. W. S. Worcester, Marquis Farrer, J amen Moody, C. A. Fellowcs, E. Mailings, J. R. TELLERS. Fuller, A. E. Neeld, John Christopher, R. Galway, Viscount Neeld, Joseph Newdegate, C.N. MAJORITY-NOES, 80. Armstrong, R. B. Heywood, James Pigott, Francis Barrington, Lord lleyworth, L. Pinney, Wiliam Bramston, T. W. Howard, P. H. Plumptre, J. P. Brotherton, Joseph Hughes, W. B. Portal, Melville Brown, Humphrey Inglis, Sir It. If. Robartes, T. J. A. Cavendish, G. 11. Jervis, Sir Joins Rushout, Captain Christy,:Samuel Johnstone, Sir J. Sandars, J. Clifford, 11. N. Jennie, Sir W. 11. Scrope, IL I'. Cocks, T. a. Karmairdaw, James Sheridan, R. B. Crawford, W. S. King, I'. J. Simeon, John i Crowder, It. B. Lawless, Cecil Somerville, Sir W. Dalrymple, Captain Legit, G. C. Sotheron, T. Darner, Colonel Lemon, Sir C. Stuart, H. I)eedes, W. Littleton, E. R. Sullivan, Michael Denison, Edmund Maitland, ThomaS Taltourd, Serg,ant 1)u Pre, C. G. March, Earl of Thompson, Colonel Estcourt, J. B. B. Melgund, Viscount Thornely, T. Foley, John 11. Miles, W. Tollemache, F. J Fox, W. J. Milner, W. M. Trollope, Sir J. Graham, Sir James Mitcbell, T. A. Walmsley, Sir J. Grcenall, Gilbert Mostyn, E. M. West, F. R. Greene, Thomas Mundy, William Willcox, Brodie Ilalford, Sir Henry Napier, Joseph Willyams, 11. llardcastle, J, A. Packe, C. W. Wood, W. P. Harris, Richard Pakington, Sir J. Ilastie, Alexander Palmer, Robert TELLERS. Headlam, Thomas Patten, J. W. Pusey, I'. Henley, J. W. Pearson, Charles Bouverie,..E. P. TO THE EDITOR OF TILE SUN. In,—You would prevent many from loss and disap pointment by making the following public: CAUTION TO FARMERS AND GARDENERS AGAINST THE POISONOUS NATURE OF THE SWEEPINGS OFF THE WOOD PAVEMENT. - Having been induced to submit some sweepings to chemical analysis, through continual ;loss of my garden crops, I am now informed it has been caused by the quantity of co rrosive sublimate in the sweepings. Regent's- ttrk. A GARDENER. o ie rd vite A t i je a3 e , or te an th d e Lady e Mayoress have issued MANSION-HOUSE. of to a banquet on Wednesday, the 13th of a select circle, r h d e s and Duchess of Richmond, Lord and Lady Stanley, and June. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.—On Tuesday the Select Committee appointed to inquire into and report upon the expenditure of certain sums which appear as unaccounted for under the head of Parliamentary ex penses, in the report that was recently published by the committece of shareholders appointed to inquire into the management of the affairs of the Eastern Counties Rail way, met for the first time in committee-room , No. 19, chose a chairman, arr ange d th e order of business, and adjourned. FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT.—A fatal b oa t acc id en t, by which a young gentleman named Bullock, who is in the agency of Messrs. Bass and Co., the well known bitter ale brewers, for the Bristol district, lost his life, occurred on Tuesday evening upon the liver Avon, near . Bristol. Mr. B u ll oc k w i t h hi s b rother, and a gentleman in the Magistrates' office named Rogers, bad been up to Hanham in a wherry, and were returning in the even ing, IN hen the boat ran foul of some timbers which were floatirg in the river, and had not been perceived by the voyagers. The wherry immediately filled, and went down. Mr. Bullock was drowned, his companions escaping with some difficulty. LITERATURE. OUTLINES OF ENGLISH LITERATURE. By Thomas B. Shaw, B.A. As Professor of English Literature in the Imperial Alexander Lyceum of St. Petersburgh, the attention of this learned and accomplished author has very naturally been directed to the whole scope of that superb subject, of which he has here given us an outline. A n d a l t h oug h t h e volume is comprised in not more than 540 octavo pages, treating of English literature from the period of its dawn, in the ancient ecclesiastical chro nicles, down to the time of our contemporaries, the treatment of the different writers who have acquired anything like celebrity or distinction is very seldom of a superficial character. As an appropriate in troduction to the work, Mr. Shaw, in his first chapter, gives a careful and ingenious analysis of the origin and structure of the English language, , commenting at the outset upon the oriental parentage of the early Britons; upon the traces of the Celtic dialect in the vernacular of England; upon the intro duction of the Saxon tongue, and the gradual disuse of the Saxon inflexions; upon the peculiarity of the English w and the English ; upon the Latin element; upon the Gallicisms, arising 'from the introduction of the Nor man French; upon Neologism, and Chaucerism, and Euphonism, and the rest of those isms and schisms which have ultimately produced that glorious language combining in itself, at pleasure, the sonorous music of the Greek, the elegant perspicuity of the Latin, the gor geous pomp of the Spanish, the mobile delicacy of the French, and the elastic copiousness of the German. No panegyric could scarcely be exaggerated as to the capacity of a language which has produced such poets as Shakspere and Milton, such orators as Burke and Chatham, such publicists as Swift and Halifax, such essayists as Johnson and Addison, such philosophers as Bacon and Hobbes. This . cannot but have forced itself upon the conviction of Mr. Shaw during the composition of his compact but laborious and elaborate synopsis of our literature. The treasures of this splendid literature he has com mented upon in separate divisions. Ikre it is, however, that the chief blemish of the work becomes perceptible. Those divisions are marked too conspicuously by the characteristic of " generality." As, for, example, in treating of Chaucer and his times—what, do we hear at all, or at least sufficiently, about Gower, and blind Harry, and Taylor the Water Poet, and the like early prophets of " Bardianna ?" As we pro gress, however, this kind of deficiency becomes less and less perceptible. Sidney and Spenser are happily treated of together. Bacon has a chapter to himself—as he should. Then is recounted the ' rise and developement of the English dramas, beginning with the old mys teries and moralities, and attaining the apogee of its glory in the age of Marlow and Shakspere. Among the Shaksperian dramatists are of course especially enumerated—Jonson, Beaumont, Fletcher, Messinger, Chapman, Dekker, Webster, Middleton, Marston, Ford, and Shirley. Among the great divines— Richard Hooker, Jeremy Taylor, and Isaac Barrow. John Milton receives the homage accorded to Bacon, and—absurdly enough—denied to Shakspere, a greater man than either : he is noticed in a chapter exclusively dedicated to the consideration of his writings and character. Butler and Dry den are subsequently criticised—both satirists, and one something more than a mere satirist, a true and glorious poet. Clarendon, Bunyan, and Locke, the peer, the cobbler, and the middle class man, the historian, the allegorist, and the metaphysician, are brought under view within the same interval. Then come the wits of Queen Anne's reign, and conspicuous above them all the author of the " Dunciad," the wasp of Twickenham. Next the essayists Jonathan Swift, Joseph Addison, Richard Steele, and Samuel Johnson. Afterwards the great novelists—De Foe, with his golden story about " Robinson Crusoe ;" Richardson, with his renowned "Pamella ;" Fielding, with his immortal " Tom Jones ;" Smollett, with his inimitable narrative of the adventures and vicissitudes of " Roderick Random ;" Sterne, with that incorrigible, delightful, absurd, capital, ridiculous, famous, preposterous book—that book which turns the mind of the reader topsy-turvy and inside•out, and makes him uncertain whether he's standing on his head or his heels, whether he's sane or insane, or awake or dreaming—that book which Leigh Hunt, in an almost pardonable fit of enthusiasm, calls the wittiest book in the world—" Tristram • Shandy," glorious Tristram Shandy ! endeared to us by the eccentricities of " my Uncle Toby," of Corporal Trim, and of that little absurd man Doctor Slop, as well as by the goodli ness of poor borick and the misfortunes of Lefevre As a worthy peroration to the chapter on the great novelists, Mr. Shaw gives an account of the appear ance in the world of letters of that favourite of all English readers, the author of the " Vicar of Wakefield," dear Oliver Goldsmith. Then come the great historians David Hume, Wil liam Robertson, and Edward Gibbon. The tran sition school is considered in reference to Thomson, to Gray, to Collins, to Shenstone, to Ossian, to Chat terton, to Cowper, to Crabbe, and to Burns. After wards appear Scott and Southey followed by Moore, Byron, and Shelley. And ultimately we have a most entertaining chapter on the modern novelists, Miss Burney, Miss Alitford, Miss Austin, Miss Edgeworth, Mrs. Radcliffe, Mrs. Shelley, Mrs. Trollope, Wal pole, Lewis, Maturin, James, Ainsworth, Bulwer (Lytton), Godwin, Galt, Wilson, Banim, Ward, Lister, Hook, Beckford, hope, Morier, Marryatt, Warren, and Dickens. "The greatest name in the contemporary literature of Great Britain," says the author, "is indubitably that of Charles Dickens." But few will gainsay the truth of that assertion. Mr. Shaw, however, has done less justice to Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton ; he has evinced either a strange incapacity to appreciate his genius, or a want of know ledge of his writings. A man who has written such a novel as " Night and Morning," such a romance as " Zanoni," such a classical story as the " Last Days of Pompeii," such an historical tale as "Harold," such a drama as the " Lady of Lyons," such an epic as "King Arthur," such essays as those contained in the " Student," such translations as those of Schiller, such a history as that of Athens—besides the rest of his numerous and remarkable compositions, " Pel ham," "Eugene Aram," " Paul Clifford," " Ernest Maltravers," "Alice," the "Disowned," "Deve rceux," " Godolphin," " Lucretia," " Rienzi," " Falk land," " Eva," " Money," the " New Timon," " Ri chelieu," the "Pilgrims of the Rhine," &c., &c., &c. —is not exactly the man to be passed flippantly ove r, according to the estimate of Mr. Shaw. Unless the writer is desirous that his volume should have one con spicuous blot, lie will certainly, in the next edition, emend that portion of his " Outlines of English Litera ture" where he speaks of Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton. Wordsworth, Coleridge, and the new poets—Keats, Hunt, Hood, Lamb, &c., are finally reviewed ; and a separate division of the work is devoted to " the stage, oratory, politics, theology, metaphysics, and journal ism." In a work treating of so much it is impossible but what, in the first instance, it should be marked by some strange and startling omissions. We should have expected, forfinstance, to have found somewhat on such great historians as Lingard, as Hallam, and as Sharon Turner, if not upon Keightley and Ma caulay. Taken as a whole, however, and regarded as a first effort to fill up an extraordinary hiatus in Eng lish literature—namely that recounting its rise and advance—the book is good, and what is more, it will generally prove welcome. 'We know of no more appropriate or valuable present for a student than Thomas Shaw's "Outlines of English Literature." CLEMENT LORIMER; or, The Book with the Iron Clasps. By Angus B. Reach. The numbers of this, the most interesting of the serials which have recently appeared, are bore col lected into a volume, which is got up with that ele gance and taste which so pre. eminently distinguishes all that emanates from the establishment of Bogue. The admirable illustratio ns of Cruilishank are placed opposite the pages to which they refe r, and this excellent romance of "i nterest and terror " is now as a whole in a manner p w r u e r s t e h n y t e its d to authortl e andpublic its illus trator. ST. BARTIIOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL—The annual re view of the patients of St. Bartholomew's Hospital took place on Wednesday last, by the Governors, accom oln patients, eshed cleanliness visitors, ( w ) f who w the wards,ere h i highly y the e i o s r x t n re g e l p d o ) g a r n a e i fide comfortsdb ywoit thehv e the h a and the general excellent graancienttulationa b t o li a t b h m e e p o u t b s l o i c a d t o m fi r a n b d l y t h a e t t f e u o n d d e s d o t f o t a h o i sd conditiou of the hospit a l. I t must b e a source of con s tain ably administered and affording relief to so many thousands of poor people. It appears from a statement we have seen that the number of patients relieved in the year 1841 was 35,548, o f w hi c h 4 , 724 were i n -p a ti en t s; s i nce which period th e r e h as b een a l arge annua l i nc r ease , a nd in 1848 the number of patients relieved amounted to 71,573, of which 5,826 were in-patients. 1 . 4001 E AT Youu LETTERS.—A person residing in the neighbourhood of West 11am received a letter on Sa turday morning, which he put in his pocket, with the in tention of opening at leisure. Two or three days elapsed, and the letter escaped his notice; on Tuesday his . better half discovered the letter in the breast pocket of his coat, which had been put aside to be repaired, and on opening it she found it came from the executors of a deceased uncle, who died during the past year in the United States of America, bequeathing her 3,500/., as well as five of her sisters the like amount.—lpszcieh Express, We have papers from Port Ph i lip to the 14th January. The emigrants that bad arrived in the colony were immediately absorbed at high rates of wages, and it is stated that quadruple the number would apparently make no impression on the labour market. This is en couraging intelligence to intending emigrants, provided that attention is paid to those departments of labour in requisition in a new colony. Animal food was at such a low rate that legs of mutton were sold for 6d. in Mel bourne, and fat bullocks, neighing 7 cwt., were sold at 21, 15e. per bead.