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JENNY LIND. inbscribers are respectfully informed that THURSDAY next, 1 , will be given as a Subscription Night, on which occasion JENNY LIND will appear as ALICE, in Meyerbeer's Opera tTO IL DIAVOLO, with various Entortainments in the Bal artment. ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE, _ Madlte. ALCONI. ; respectfully ann ,, unced that Madlle. ALTIONI will RE AR on SATUP.DAY next, May 12, in one of her favourite ten. ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE 3fdlle. JENNY LIND. gobillty, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, are respect donned that TO-MORROW EVENING, •Via be p:esented LUCIA DI LAMMERSIOOR. a, 3fdlle. Jenny Lind ; Edgardo, Sig. Gardoni. onclude with (the Scenery by Mr. Charlesplarshall) an en .tew grand Pallet, by M. Taglioni entitled ELECTRA ; or, The Lost Plelade. lcatiens for BOXC3, st.Uls, and Tlctteta to be made at the Box- Ope: a Colonnade. rs or r at Half-past SeTen, Concert to commence at Eight. ications tor Ilexes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the ice of the Theatre, where Pit Tickets may be obtained as price 10s. 6 , 1. each. . JAMES'S THEATE.E. Seasim 1819. FREMCII PLAYS anal OPERA COMIQUE. THIS EVENING, ..-formalees will commence at Ilalf-past seven o'clock With lIEUR ET MALHEUR. To conclude with LE PRE AUX CI.F.RCS. 0 , , M. Octave; Cenuninge, X. Cuuderc; Isabelle, 3ldlle. n. Ilitche begs also to announce that, notwithstanding the in ! expnnses of the present entertainment, the prices of admir e determined as to:lows : Boxes .. • • .. Gs. Od. Bit • • • • •• • •. 3s. Od. Amphitheatre .. • . 2s. Od. criFtions for the scaaon may be arranged at Mr. Mitchell's ,ibrary, 33, Old Bond-street; Mr. Same', St. James's-street; adrews', New Bond-.street; and at the Box-otlico of the a, which Is open daily from eleven till five. THEATRE ROYAL, HAI — MAMIE . r. B. Vl"Oster, Sale Lessee and .11anager, Old Brompten. THIS EVENIN • . be performed an entirely new Comedy, entitled RUNAWAY ANDS. Characters by Messrs. Howe, IVallsck, Vandenhoff, zckstone; Miss Reynolds ant Mrs. Fitzwilllam. which a Classical Extravaganza, entitled THE SPHINX. followed by THE ROUGH DIAMOND. sncludo with the Farce of LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS. THEA mit ROYAL, AD ELPI.II. ULder the direction ca Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, be perlbrmed THE HOP PICKERS. Principal characters srs. Lambert, Boyce, Wright, Paul Bedford, Hughes, Mun i. Smith, Cullenford, Worrell, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, . Matthews, Miss Taylor, Mias E. Chaplin, &c. • which, WHO LIVES AT No. 9? Characters by Messrs. and Worrell, and Miss Chaplin. onclude with a Farce, called GOING TO THE DERBY THE Y DAY. Mr. Jeremiah Twiddle, Mr. Wright ; Mr. John Chucks, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Captain Nobble, Mr. Worrell ; 'lucks, Mrs. Matthews ; Mrs. Twiddle, Miss Woolgar. COPAL LICr.U3I TUEATitc. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. Sol: Lesse.— Mr. Charles Ma• he THIS EVENING be performed a new comic Drama, called THE HUSH kND WIFE. Characters by Messr , . C. Mathews, Harley, F. ws, Selby, and Parselle ; Miss H. Gilbert, and Miss Connor. followed by a Piece entitled HOLD YOUR. TONGUE. Cha by Messrs. C. Mathews, Selby, and Parselle ; Miss 11. Gil iss Jane Coleman, and Madame Vestris. acinde with THE SEVEN CHAMPIONS OP CHRISTEN- Boxer, Ss.; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No ce to any part of the boase. Sew 13ox-olrce, No. 2, Wellington-street, Is open to the 'cry day, from Ten till Six. RI NC ESS'S TII EAT a k;. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING. 'A performed a new Opera, entitled THE HEART OF MID AN. Characters by Herr Mengi+, Messrs. C. Brahana, Horn and Weiss; Miss Poole, Miss Lanza, and Mdllc. Nan. which, 3ldlles. W, and A. Neruda and their brother Victor form on the Violin, Violoncello, and Pianoforte. nclude with a new grand Extravaganza, entitled NOURED ND IHE FAIR PEIISIAN. ASTLEY ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. :he Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Illghasu Prince Albert, &c. -o preparation, and will be profliced at Whitsuntide a new grand Military Equestrian Spectacle, entitled LTAN and GOOJEKAT ; or, the Conquest of the Scikhs. new grand Easter Spectacle unprecedentedly successful. THIS EVENING, leeormance will commence with a Grand Equestrian Spec y Fltzbali, entitled THE WHITE MAIDEN OF CALIFOR or, the Horse of the Ocean. followed by an Inimitable display of SCENES IN TILE 1, in which the drat Equestrian talent of the day will appear. nelude with a favourite Afterpiece. Boa-office open from Eleven till Year. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. THE WEATHEE---SuN OFFICE, MAT 6. tOMITEIt, Lowest, 42; Highest, 71; Noon, 56, BAROMETER, 29.87. D N.E.—fine cool breeze, and sunshiny weather. MA iz 7. MUTER, Lowest, 43; Highest, 57; Noon, 46. BAROMETER, 30. WIND N.E.—cold breeze, and dull weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON' BRUNIE. )AT —Morning, 59 min. after 1 ETeainy, 16 rain. after 2 rtorning, 34 min. after 2 I Evening, 50 min. after 2 •••• . -,' _ 4-.•-, ,, • • .4* ~. .. • . h - 1, . , , , ~ ~ , ..., ..•me' 0 ' e - t• .." - Until% Vint LONDON, MONDAY: MAY 7, 1849. rything is in preparation for the election, on y next, of that Legislative Chamber which is de the destinies of the French Republic. Of , there are all kinds of sinister forebodings ;idious insinuations on the part of those very ous and most unscrupulous gentlemen, the . era of the reactionary movement. " The population,"—say they, wagging their heads, no longer to be humbugged by those demo sophisms which were wont formerly to dazzle .o obedience. The departments will no submit to the dictation of the capital. multitude is not again to be surprised e passive and bewildered acceptance of repub_ rn, as in February. A junta of insolent and conspirators will no more be permitted to er over thirty-five millions of people, startled m into a state of obsequious bewilderment. sm, communism, sodality, the rights of labour, se profound and mystical dogmas, which were opounded in joke and afterwards in earnest by JACQUES ROUSSEAU, stink in the nostrils of amunity. Anarchy is to be repudiated at all That the inhabitants of the French depart are resolved upon. That they will They will save France from the fluence of the demagogues who in the early of last year juggled the country out of its by a sort of political legerdemain. Those who in the February of 1848 effected a bur ls entrance into the national palaces, who the authority of Government from a panic n Administration, who expelled the Legislature ie assistance of a few hired bayonets—are now eve of being for ever deprived of the opportu- if playing over again their desperate game s szard, and are being conquered and ated (poor fools !) by means of their vaunted panaceas the ballot-box and Al suffrage !" Such is the language used apologists of that rotten system, the monarchical of Bourbon idiots and of Orleans' swindlers, tem of toadies, and place hunters, and match , and duellists, and assassins, and debaucbees, the which produced the Teste robberies, the sllon ruffianism, the Sophy Dawes plots, the al Praslin murders ! We are told, forsooth, :enchmen are no longer to be cheated out of pits as in February ; but that the departments rough the ballot and the franchise, declare for d days of LOUIS PHILIPPE rather than for the is of the Provisional Government ! are there men so silly, so demented, so 1 by their own prejudices, as to believe that 11 in existence can swallow such stuff The Good Days of LOUIS PHILIPPE ! The Lys of the Provisional Government ! That is :cast harped upon perpetually by the reaction- With the first they associate Order; with •ond Anarchy. To the first, with a sublime y, they attribute every virtue, every truth, ry honesty. To the second, with a match egation of facts, tht'y apply all tho se ep i t h e t s ;orrence which are exclusively uttered in ce to crime, to falsehood, and to corruption. man must be silly, indeed, who can listen with any patience to such trash as is here talked by the leaders'and organs of the reactionary movement. Why, history gives the lie to every one of their asser tions. They talk of the crimes of the Provisional Government, while the homage of the world is still resounding over Europe for the magnanimity of those great men who saved France from a bloody cata:• trophe, and the continent from an awful and destroying convulsion who shed not one drop of blood when the passions of the multitude were wholly at their bidding who saved their bitterest antagonists from the death they had richly merited for their atrocities by the noblest decree that every emanated from the rulers of a great people. They talk of the crimes of the Provisional Government—when the immortal members of that Government rescued France from destruction by their own insulated and unassisted courage— when they preserved peace with the rest of the world—restored order to their own land, and, as a magnificent token of their want of selfishness, resigned their extraordinary powers into the hands of that Assembly which they themselves had called into existence, descending from the pomp of sovereignty to the simplicity of citizenship. A vast deal has been said about the peculations of M. LEDRU Ronnisi, about the weak ness of M. DE LAMARTINE, about the incompetence of M. ARAGO, about the insane ideas of M. Louis BLANC, and about the terrorist designs of Caussi- DIERE—aII, be it observed, with the view of casting odium upon the ProvLional Gwernment. And yet the accuracy of these insinuations as to the corruption of M. LEDRU ROLLIN has never yet been proven ! And yet the weakness of M. DE LAMARTINE did not prevent him from risking his life again and again in February, when hurling back the red flag in the teeth of an infuriated rabble; it did not prevent him from repulsing the advances of the Irish deputation in March; it did not prevent him from repelling the thousand and one conspirators and intriguers in April; it did not pre vent him from defying the armed rebels who demanded war in the name of Poland during Nifty ; it did not pre vent him from riding on horseback from the doors of the Council Chamber against the diabolical insurgents of June, and charging the barricad-s, side by side with General CAVAIGNAC ! And yet the incompetence of M. ARAGO to fulfil the duties of administration did not prevent him, a philosopher, from conducting both the naval and military departments together, and from doing so in such a manner as to bring both the army and the navy of the Republic into the most flourish ing condition ! Ara yet the so called chimerical ideas of M. Louis BLANC, those ideas which led, in one instance to the establishment of the much-abused Ateliers Nationaux, have never yet conduced to anything beyond the adoption of truths which were acknowledged by the laws of ELIZABETH I And yet the terrorist designs of M. CAUSsIDIERE never revealed themselves, as far as evidence has yet shown, further than in the preser vation of municipal regularity in the midst of popular excitement ! Such are the falsehoods with which the reactionnaires are endeavouring to play over again their old game of duplicity ! Such are the arguments, " heaven save the mark," by which they are striving to cram M. GUIZOT— the man of Ghent, the ASTUTIO of LUDOVICK the Vandal—down the throats of a gaping population ! If we are to believe their very veracious organs, our contemporaries, France is about to expiate her glo rious outburst in February, 1848, by electing a motley assemblage of legislators of all shades and diversities of opinion, as her legislators in May, 1849. Among these they already predict the election of ex .Ministers and ex-Princes, of Orleanists and Bourbonists, of upholders of the Regency and of the Restoration, of every knave, vagabond or gentleman, who shows on his part a resolute hatred of Republicanism. Supposing this were really to prove the case, then would France be the victim in truth of the most atrocious conspiracy, then would her sons prove themselves unworthy of her great destiny, then would they show themselves incapable of appreciating those illustrious statesmen who, after saving France from terrorism in February, left behind them, as a legacy, the abolition of capital punishment for political offences, and the permanent establishment of universal suffrage. But No I France has deliberately declared herself for Republicanism, and she has consecrated Republicanism under the glorious name of NAPOLEON ! We cannot but congratulate our friends and fellow labourers on the immense progress which the cause of reform of the lunacy laws has recently made. It is now little more than two years since Lord DENMAN thought it right to pooh pooh out of court those who came forward as the defenders of an alleged lunatic, and declared that whenever two " skilful persons" had certified that a person was lunatic, he would not release that person albeit the certificate might have been given in violation of the Act of Parliament; accom panying this dictum by some not very complimentary observations on those who had taken up the cause of the alleged lunatic. How different is the state of affairs now. We no longer hear of the impropriety of the interference of strangers in the affairs of an alleged lunatic. We have no longer dinned into our ears a dreary series of prosy common-places asser ting the infallibility and impeccability of " skilful persons," and the immaculate purity of the motives which actuate those relatives who authorise the in carceration for life of alleged lunatics. How different was the language of the LORD CHANCELLOR in giving judgment in the case of the ARsTIES, a week since, to that of Lord DENMAN ill the case of Mrs. SHUTTLE WORTH, some eighteen months since. The unfortunate subjects of the inquiry, PETER SHARP ANSTIE and HENRY ANSTIE, have been for some years past in mates of the Fishponds Asylum, near Bristol, the management of which has been so frequently of late the subject of comment and investigation. Of their lunacy there can be no doubt. The father, on hi.. death, left them 3501. per annum each, which, so long as their brother BENJAMIN ANSTIE lived was devoted to their maintenance, but on his death, which happened in 1843, the other members of the family, nine in number, agreed to diminish the al lowance for the lunatics to 1101., and to divide among themselves the surplus ; "and one of the parties," said Mr. Mamss, who conducted the case in Chancery for the Alleged Lunatics' Friend Society, " one of the parties receiving these moneys, sanctioning these proceedings, and probably advising them, was a brother-in-law of the lunatic's, a Mr. GRACE SMITH, a barrister, and a person who had been thought worthy of receiving an appointment from his Lordship of a judge of the recently constituted County Courts." A righteous judge, truly This Mr. GRACE SMITH is, if we mistake not, connected by marriage with the keeper of the asylum, Dr. BOMPASS, and took an active part in his defence during the recent proceedings before the Court of Quarter Sessions at Gloucester. The Messrs. As;sne, who had previously had separate rooms and separate attendants, and had been per mitted to enjoy all the comforts that persons in their situation could enjoy, were now, in consequence of this diminution in their allowance, " confined in the day time with a common labouring farmer in a small room, opening on a gravelled court-yard, which is surrounded by a wall of twelve feet high, and kept in a most filthy and disgusting condition. The room had deal chairs and a deal table, and the court was somewhat like a stable-yard. This was their day room. They had separate bedrooms, only seven feet high, but they were in all respects treated as persons who were indifferent to light or life, and destitute of the feelings of humanity. Dr. GILBERT LYON said that they were kept in a dismal room. Dr. O'BRYEN said the same, and they agreed that air, exercise, change of situation, and the attendance of a servant was much wanted, and would be most beneficial to them. One of the witnesses said he was of opinion that both the brothers were imbecile, but he thought their con dition capable of much improvement ; and as a proof that they were not so degraded in the scale of human beings as they were represented to be, he instanced the fact of one of them, HENRY, being capable of com parison, for he said that in passing across the yard he pointed out to him a plant, and azked the name of it. The lunatic replied Laurestinus, and he was able to distinguish it from another of the same leaf, and to say it was a flowering one. lie was also able to name the lavender plant, although at that season it had no leaf, and he pointed out the primrose. It was idle, therefore, to say that these unhappy persons, who were only taken out once a month, were incapable of enjoying the green fields and the sunshine. It was because they were neglected by their relatives, and by those who were bound by nature and duty to pro vide for their happiness and comfort, that they had become open to the imputation of being reduced to such a condition that it was incapable of any improve ment." In this state they were discovered by Mr. PURNELL, the indefatigable Chairman of the Gloucestershire Quarter Sessions, to whose exertions in the cause of humanity we have already frequently had to bear testimony. He communicated the case to the Alleged Lunatics' Friend Society, who immediately instructed Mr. BAILEY, their Secretary, to petition:the Court of Chancery for a commission de lunatico, in ;order to place these unfortunate gentlemen under the protec tion of the Court. This petition was filed in the month of February ; in the month of March the relatives of the lunatics filed a counter petition, praying to have the conduct of the commission, and the LORD CHANCELLOR, having heard. Mr. ROLT on behalf of the relatives, without waiting for the reply of Mr. MALINS, who arseared for the society, gave judgment in favour of Mr. BAILEY'S petition, thus rescuing the lunatics from the relatives, and placing them under the protection of the society. In giving his judgment, his Lordship spoke of the alleged Lunatics' Friend Society in the highest terms. He said " the question veal as to the carriage of the commission. Mr. BAILEY was a stranger, and alleged to be Me secretary of a society for the Protection of Lunatics. That fact did not diminish his claim, for the society appeared to ue one which, he was sorry to say, was required, notwith standing the unceasing efforts of the Legislature, and of those to whom the execution of the provisions of its enactments were entrusted ;" while, in speaking of the relatives of the lunatics, his Lordship said, " he could not pass over the conduct of t:t e parties asking for the commission on the pao Of the family. If he did so, it would go F forth to the world that relatives might with impunity reduce the allowance to lunatics to the lowest scale con sistent with the maintenance of life. It would be most dangerous if such an opinion should get abroad, or that it should be supposed that such a course could be followed with impunity ; and there fore, without saying more on the other parts of the case, be thought that the friends of the lunatics were not entitled to the carriage of the commission, and that Mr. BAILEY, although a stranger, had made out a case to warrant the Court in granting the prayer of his petition. The petition of the other side must be dismissed with costs." The language of the LORD CHANCELLOR in 1849, when compared with the language of the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE in 184 G, presents a striking contrast,which can not but be gratifying to every friend of humanity. The LORD CHANCELLOR will not, however, we trust, leave this good work but half complete. From 1843 to 1849 these unfortunate gentlemen the Messrs. ANSTIE have been kept in the state above described. What were his Lordship's officers, the Commissioners of Lunacy, doing during the wholes of this time, that they never discovered this shocking state of things ? How comes it that it was left io strangers to inform his Lordship of the state of the Messrs. Arena, when he has officera of his own, whose business it is to inspect every private 1 unatic asylum twice in every year, and to report on the state thereof? What must be the nature of an inspection which, twelve times repeated, could leave such a case undiscovered ? What is such an inspection but "a mockery, a delusion, and a snare ?" We trust that his Lordship will cause an investigation to be made into the manner in which the Commissioners have performed their duties of inspection, so far as the Fishponds Asylum is concerned. The results of the investigation by the Gloucester shire magistrates into the manner in which the Fishponds Asylum bas been conducted appear to have roused the Commissioners into an unwonted fit of activity, and on Friday they actually moved in the Bsil Court for a writ of haber4 corpus to bring up the body of a young lady, the daughter of a baronet. t appeared from the statement of the counse' that " the young lady had been insane, and had been in confinement at the house of Dr. Surnaa- LAND. After being there some time, Dr. S UTIXER.• LAND prevailed on the mother of the young lady to remove her, as she had recovered and was quite well. The young lady was removed, but it appeared instead of being taken home, she ws taken to the house of a person of the name of BosTocK, who had for merly held some office in Hanwell Asylum. She was there kept under some restraint, never being allowed to go out alone, and was not treated as became her station in life. The Com missioners had visited her, and she had told them that she wished to return home ; that she wished for society, and to write letters, and communicate with friends. She also stated that BOSTOCK took liberties and kissed her in the absence of his wife. The Com missioners also examined BOSIOCK, who, after some hesitation, admitted he had kissed the young lady, who was thirty years of age. The Commissioners then communicated with the young lady's mother, and in the end the young lady was removed. The Commissioners then wrote to the mother, requiring to know to what place the young lady had been taken, but the mother refused to give them any information, stating that, as her daughter was not insane, she did not know what right the Commissioners had to inquire into her private affairs. The Commissioners, there fore, asked that this writ might go, in order that the young lady might be asked whether she was willing to remain where she was." This application was refused by Mr. Ju s ti ce COLERIDGE, on what we cannot but consider mo s t insufficient grounds. The Learned Judge argued that as the young lady was no longer insane she was "no longer under the charge of the Lunacy Commis sioners. When the mother heard BosTocx had be haved ill she removed her. It was said she had not been taken home, but the courts of justice would become a perfect nuisance in the land if they were to interfere in the affairs of domestic life when it was supposed that a child was not treated with propriety or liberality, and if parents were to bs brought into a court of justice and the secret dealings of the family were to be ripped open. If a principle of that kind should be established, nothing would be more mis• chievous. Another ground was that the mother had refused to state where the daughter now was. He agreed that that coupled with other circumstances, might be a ground for a court to interfere, if there had been proof of any ill-treatment, or of her having been improperly put under restraint, but that founda• tion was wanted, and the mother declined to give the information because, she said, the Commissioners had no authority to ask the question." With all due deference to Mr. Justice COLERIDGE we contend that, inasmuch as the young lady is not a minor, neither her mother nor any other person has any right to deprive her of her liberty, except she be lunatic. If she be not lunatic, she is unjustly and illegally deprived of her liberty ; in that case, it is open to the Commissioners of Lunacy, or to any other person or persons, to apply to the Court for a writ of habeas, and Mr. Justice COLERIDGE himself admits that, if she were lunatic, the Commissioners would have a right to this rule. If Mr. Justice COLERIDGE'S law be correct, we must have not only a society for the protection of alleged lunatics, but a society for the protection of the liberty of the subject. We give in another part of our paper an article from the last number of the Law Review, on the sub ject of Lord BROUGHAM'S Bankrupt Law Consolida tion Bill, in the observations and in the general tenor of which we entirely and heartily concur. We have in serted from the Bill the Articles 319 and 320 referred to, and after the best consideration we have been able to give to them, can adopt no other conclusion than that come to by the Reviewer. We are free to admit that the plan propounded by those who object to the direct power of imprisonment proposed by Lord BROUGHAM would be an improvement, and a very great improvement, on the present state of the law ; but it is very apparent that that plan, in fact, would only go to increase the chances of a bankrupt's being punished : there would be no security, no certainty that hewould be punished at all ; and we consequently infinitely prefer the more dignified, and the certain mode of punishment proposed by the Bill, and agree vs ith the Reviewer in thinking that the capias would only be made use of as a screw for the purp,,:m of operating on and harassing the bankrupt and his relatives and friends, or of obtaining some arrange ment or advantage. To charge Lord BROUGHAM THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 7, 1849, (as has been done) with an attempt to " abolish trial by jury" is nonsense, unless indeed a thing which has no existence can be abolished. There is no trial by jury at this moment—none; we mean as regards the quantum of imprisonment. There would be none under the Judgment Creditor plan; and all Lord BROUGHAM'S Bill does is to substitute a direct, a certain, and a dignified mode of punishment, in lieu of a most indirect, most uncertain, and most un dignified one. The more serious offences—those matters heretofore deemed felony and misdemeanour —the Bill leaves as it found them ; leaves them to be tried by jury. And as regards the others, it is not to come into immediate operation, and the offences set out. We will ret u r n t o thi s su bj ect a in re a future specifically number. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of Saturday and yesterday. The report of the death of the venerable DUPONT DE L'Eunn is contradicted. The fete of Friday, the aniversnry of the procla• mation of the Republic by the National Assembly, passed off in the most satisfactory manner. In The Sun of Saturday we gave a description of the reli• gious ceremony in the Place de la Concorde, with which the fete commenced. We copy the following deserip!ion of the conclusion of the fete from Galig nanis Messenger "During the afternoon the Champs El) sees ware thronged by a gay and wed-dressed crowd. The :nouns tebanks' shows ancl., booths, of which there were a goodly number, were much crowded. At nightfall the illumi nations commenced. The portico of the Church of the Madeleine was splendidly decorated with gorgeous chandeliers, and the steps wero lighted up. All the Rue Nationale was also illuminated by columns of tri coloured lamps, and further ornamented by flags, streamsrs, pedestals, &e. The Place de la Con corde presented a dazzling spectacle. All round it were lofty and elegant columns of lamps; these columns (each of whiath bore the name of one or two depart ments, or a colony) wero united by wreaths of the altar in the middl e was flowers briliant a la n t d il s l t u r m in i g n s at o L lam ;th ps; e fountains wore necked with lamps over vilich the water played; many of the gas lamps ris re removed, and replaced by several rows of light; clumps of flags were placed at short intervals; the Pont de la Concorde was gorgeously ornamented with columns. atatuoc, and flags ; the fastade of the National Asa mbly was very splendidly lighted; in a word, the coup dceil presented by the place, the bridge, the National Assembly, the Rue National, end the Church of the Madeleine was truly magnificent—quite like a fairy realm Nor wax taa grand avenue of the Champs Ely, ens at all inferior. From the Place de la, Concorde up to the fountain there were on both sides a number of pillars of light, 'surmounted by flags and united by wreaths of lamps ; and round the fouatain there was a display of different coloured lamps, tastefully arranged, The illuminations were continued to the Barriers de l'Etoile, and the Tri umphal arch was also illuminated. At the Barriers, there was a grand display of fireworks, and this a as fol lowed by a magnificent bouquet at the fountain in the Avenue. Thcre were also fireworks, on the same splen did scale, at the Bsrr e,aa du Trone. All the public Luildirgs, the gardens of the Tuileries, the light-house, lamp - manufactory at Chaillot, tee., were illuminated, in a much grander style than in preceding years. In the course of the day and evening fire-balloons were let off. Taken altogether, the fete was one of the finest which we ever remember to have witues.ed on any oc casion in Paris. The decorations and illuminations were profuse and gorgeous, and all characterised by the most exquisite taste. An immense multitude, consisting of almost all classes of society, witnessed the illuminations; but there was not the slightest disorder, nor, as fur as we are aware, any aceiaent." N. NAPOLEON BoNAPARTE has addressed the fol lowing letter to the editor of the Seide_ " Monsieur le Redacteur,—l am surprised that the Moniteur should contain a contradiction to a report which was too absurd to merit notice. If I have not seen the President of the Republic since my return from Madrid, it is because I have not considered it my duty to call at his residence. "As to the phrase which says, The President ought to show himself severe towards all the members of his family who do not conform strictly to their duty,' it cannot apply itself to me; what I have done I had a right and it was my duty to do. " I will not here point out those who have failed in propriety; but if the Ministers are desirous to make know the truth let them enter into explanations from the national tribune; it is there I will reply to them.— Accept, &c., (Signed) " NAPOLEON 130NAPARTE." It will be seen that the reactionaries, by whom the Pa;;;EN 7 ris — s - urrounded, have . completely succeeded in i6o!ating him from the other members of bis family. The object of these intrigues is now becoming developed. These very dDi disan t friends of Louis NAPOLEON BONAPARTE are supporting the candidatures of the Prince DE JOINVILLE and the D uc D'AumALE. Are the experiences of Strasburg and Boulogne to be thrown away upon Louts NAPOLEON ? If, unlike the Bourbons, he has forgotten much, he has like them, learned nothing. The report of the entrance of General OUDINOT into Rome has not been confirmed. The Journal des Debats publishes a letter from Toulon of the 2d of May, which says— " Th e fleet with the second portion of the expedition to Civita Vecchia sailed last night. Among the steam frigates which have on this occasion gone again to de posit at Civita Vecchia the men, horses, and baggage, which they have taken on board, there is ono which will go to sea again immediately, and it is supposed it wilt be the Panama. The Government has, it is said, sent orders for a steam-frigate, fully armed, being prepared for a secret and urgent mission, and the Panama is the only co mplete. Secret i nstruct i ons have been given to ship in the expedition that h as h er armament and artil lery Captain l3elveze. It is vaguely rumoured that Ancona is the object of this mission. It is reported that the army of General Oudinot has met, if not with resistance, at • least with some delay, ou its way to Rome, in consequence bridge to being s destroyed but it is not said that the pped to exchange shot s w i t h our men ." The stafette states th a t i nte lli gence has been re ceived by the Governm en t t h at General OUDINOT ' S of a RomanshaveE army bad received a severe check in attempting to advance upon Rome. Civita Vecchia has been de clared in a state of siege by General OUDINOT. The Rtforme states that a serious mutiny occurred on Friday evening, after roll call, amongst the pri vates of the 7th Regiment of Light Infantry, in con sequence of tho imprisonment of Sergeant-Major BOICLIOT, who has been adopted by the Socialists as candidate for the department of the Seine. On Saturday morning the soldiers again refused obedience, notwithstanding the Colonel addressed them in strong terms on the impropriety of their conduct. They even refused to supply a guard of honour to the PRESIDENT of the Republic until several of their comrades who had been imprisoned were re stored to liberty. The National announces that Kosstrrn has pub lished a manifesto declaring the independence of s l i l t u i o n n g a o ry and of he ft the eHoutse of annexed ii2p sb arg provinces, orr and the d Lorraine, ine, asguiltyep o of having excited an impious war, The Debats contains a letter from Constantinople. describing thsepeaffroartets t m re a a d t e y by bet tn e e n ral ß G u a ss A i D a and Turkey, BE to negotiate which e is opposed by Sir STRATFORD CAN NING on the grounds of the treaty of 1841, by which Russia renounced all right of private treaty with the Porte. Nevertheless the General is most persevering in his efforts, which he does not seem disposed to abandon. Very little business was done yesterday in the Passage de l'Opera. The price was 90f. 40c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, MAr 5. Boulogne and Amiens, VA—Northern of France, 11M — Paris and Rouen, 22% Rouen and Havre, 11A —Sambre and Meuse, 4. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the Ist have arrived. The QUEEN had joined her mother at Aranjuez. MADRID BOLSA, 'MAT I.—Five per Cents , 10i paper; Three per Cents., 251. Exchange on London 50 50 paper. Note.—The above was the price of the Three per Cents. during the first hour; but they afterwards fell to 25k, and closed at that figure. AWFUL CONFLAGRATiON AT DANTZIC. DANTZIC, Arsui."97,—A tremendous fire broke out here last night in a hemp, flax, and tar magazine, and in a short time no less than twelve magazines were reduced to ashes. It was stopped short on one side by the river, but not before two bridges were burnt . The artillery and pontoneers were ordered out by the Governor, and several magazines were blown up, in order to stop the further progress of the fire. Th e loss is estimated at from 1,000,000 to 1,500,000. An impression having gone abroad that the Mr. Glynn, who spoke at the Yo-k, Newcastle, and Ber wick meeting on Friday, and at the Eastern Counties meeting some time ago, is the Mr. Glyn, chairman of the London and North-Western, we are requested to state such is not the case. Mr. Glyn was not present at either of the meetings, nor did he take part in any way in their proceedings. Taß MANSION-DOUSE.--)0 Friday evening the Lady Mayoress gave a juvenile ball, which was attended by upwards of 300 children. Dancing commenced in the saloon at eight o'clock, and in the course of the evening a series of dissolving views and other amusements were exhibited in the I.3gyptian-hall. TIIE LONDON DOCKS.—His Excellency Vice-Ad miral CiSaille, the French Ambassador, paid a visit on Friday last to the London Docks, and minutely in spected the wart houses, vaults, D.T.::I pays of that este oent, wi:h th e at:d Jecer appLane , s for fa tt;A i.f ship 6 in 11,0 6 e v ice - A d ( xpre:eti iitlrt c f high:y gratified with all he saw, and with the admirable nature of the arrangements for giving dispatch and facility to j busbies!. GE Al AN Y AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. Accounts from Vienna, of the 2d of May, state that intelligence had reached that city that BEM had taken the city of Temeswar. The Prager Zeitung publishes the following ac count of the defeat of WELIDEN and WonLaemurrn by the Magyars. It is dated from Babolna : " Baron Welden has a strong position here. Imme diately on taking the chief command, he determined upon posting himself at this pl see. The Imperial troops in their encsmpments before Pesth, in the form of a crescent, were exposed to the esutinual incursions of the Magyars. 'tiv'elden conceived the plan of rescuing the army, coutc gui ceute, m the perilous position which they had held for ten days. Ile had con vineed himself that no offensive operations could be set on foot from Peath and Buda in less than a fort night, in which time he hoped to get all his rein forcements together, and as he had ascertained that General Dembinski was enly welting for Bern's 30,000 men to break through the Imperial atiey, cross Oe Danube, raise the sii ge of Comorn, and cut us off from Buda-Pesth, the object of the Commander-in-Chief was to foil this plan. He, therefore, reede the following dispositions:—Jellachich with his corps, forming the right flank of the army, he commissioned to Southern Hungary, with a view of enlisting as many Selavonians as possible in his service. Wohlgemuth, with bisl4,Coo men, 2,000 horse, and twenty feur guns stationed on the right Gran blnk, he ordered to observe a strict de fensive, to wait for General Benedsk's troops, that were coming up from Jablunka; in case of attack, to retreat on the Wear, and there draw fresh succours. The centre of the army Walen led himself to the Raab, likewise to await his reinforcements. He re solved to keep Buda, and continue the siege of Comorn, only in case these dispositions should succeed, and the enemy prevented crossing the Daaube. Dembinski becoming acquainted with this, was obliged to change or give up his bunly-sketched design, without waiting for Bem to come. up, who probably joined him between the 23d and 25th of April, he ordered Gorgey to attack Wohlgemuth. This was done with 7,000 Honvcds, 36 squadrons of Hussars, and 42 well-appointed guns. These settled the business. The infantry brigades of Wohlgemuth were continually ripped up with these heavy guns, while the Hussars made diversions to the right and left. After an engagement of seventeen hours in the rain, the troops contrived, with unparalleled exer tions, to reach the left bank of the Gran, and there plant themselves advantageously." It is considered probzble that the Bohetnians will • make common cause with the Magyars. The Wiener Zeitung comments upon the progress of the peace negotiations at Milan, and declares the following to be the true version of the case : " On the arrival at Milan. April 13, of the Plenipo tentiaries from the Court of Turin, the Austrian Minister von Bruck, who had previous'y ri aehed that city, m tele two proposals—naceely, the full acknowledgment on the part of Sardinia of the territorial boundaries stipulated by treaty and still existing, and the liquidation of the expers:s of the double war unjustly forced upon Austria. At first no impediment was eff.;red to the fulfihnent of th( se conditions. The amount of the compensation sum, hoe ever, named by the Austrian envoy, was found to be enormous, and the Sardinian negotiators pleaded the inability of their Government to comply with tho - -ie demands, a ithout, at the same time, making any Other overtures which might lead to aeompro misc. but falli ng b ac k upon t h e sigh.. of appeal to France and England. Against this interference of a third party in a negotiation, which Sardinia. in the first article of the truce had bound herself instantly to conform to, the Austrian Envoy felt it his dute to protest. Nevertheless, the Ministry, with a view to facilitate in every possible manner the conclusion of peace, authorised their Pleni notentiery to abate his el ,urns so far as shoull be deemed compa'it,le with the interest of the State and the respon sibility of the Cabinet. In the meantime Sardinia had earnestly entreated to be released from the conditions of Art. 3, by virtue of which one half of the garrison at Alees andria was to be furnished by the empire. The Austrian Minister took upon himself to grant a delay in the fulfil ment of this article, in the confident expectation that the Sardian Government, out of gratitude, would em ploy the interval in coming to a proper understanding with Austria. As the allotted period elapsed without any decided answer being given by that Government to the treaty of peace drawn up and submitted to their in spection, nor any fresh proposals emanating from them, Herr von Bruck did not consider himself justified in longer dela) ing the observance of the third article. The 23d was, therefore, fixed by the military authorities for the entrance of the Austrian contingent, appointed to make up the garrison of the fort Alessandria. On the morning of that day the Sardinian Plenipotentiaries declared, that since the Imperial Government insisted on the fulfilment of that article, they were instructed by their Government to desist from the peaete negotiations for the present, although these were not, on that ac count, to be considered as broken off. They then with drew from Milan, where the Minister Bruck still re mains." The .Hamburgh Borsenhalle has, under the head Posen, May 1, the following relating to the entry by the Russians into Austria " The Russian army has marched from Poland to the south. The large encampment at Kirchdorf, which was formed et such an immense expense, has not only been evacuated by the troops, but it is to be wholly broken up. The troops, who have for the last fortnight been stationed in Kalisch, have received orders which made them break up suddenly, and proceed by forced marches to Cracow. " Even tho main body, under General Rudiger, which has hitherto been stationed in Warsaw and its environs, has left suddenly for Cracow, leaving only au arriere guard of about 12,000 men, in a hastily arranged encampment in Lowiez; The garrison of the capital has been replaced by some regiments from Mod lin sad the other fortresses of the country, and now lie either in the citadel of Warsaw or bivouac in the prin cipal squares of the city. Several regiments of the St. Petersburgh Guards are, however, expected here. The Emperor Nicholas was expected at Warsaw from Moscow. The palace of Ka lisch has been prepared for his Majesty, who, it is said, intended going by Kalisch and Breslau to 011mutz, to visit the Emperor of Austria. The Russian troops will enter Prussia and be con veyed by rail into the Austrian dominions. PRUSSIA. _ - - The Prussian Staats Anzeiger announces the re signation of Count VON ARNIAI a 3 Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the temporary appointment of Count VON BRANDENBURG, Ministerial President, to that office. Letters from Berlin of the 4th inst. state that four camps will be formed with all possible dispatch —one at Torlitz upon the north• east Saxon frontier, a second by Halle, a third in the Marches, and a fourth in the Rhenan provinces, with head - quarters probably at Coblentz. Each camp will be composed of thirty thousand men, or a com plete corps darmee. A fifth or movable column of some nine or ten thousand men is assembling, as above stated, upon the Silesian frontier, east of Ratibor. Telegraphic accounts have reached Government that the municipality of Cologne have refused to obey the order forbidding the general convocation of the municipal authorities. The result is, that orders have been issued to augment the garrison, and, in case of need, to declare the town in a state of siege. SAXONY. REVOLUTION IN DRESDEN. A revolution broke out in Dresden on the 4th, in consequence of the refusal of the Saxons to accept the German Constitution. The people attacked the palace and arsenal, and the troops and National Guards were called out. The former fired upon the latter, who thereupn joined the people. Barricades were thrown up, and the people were ultimately victorious. The KIrG fled to Kiengstein. When the courier left the people were deliberating as to the propriety of appointing a Provisional Govern ment. The rails had been torn up to prevent the dispatch of troops from Leipsic. FRANKFORT. In the sitting of the Parliament of the 31, The President of the Council said, that in conse quence of the resolution of the Assembly of the 26th ult., he hail sent commissaries to Hanover, Munich, and Dresden, two of whom left Frankfort on the 29th, and the other (the envoy to Dre,,den) two days earlier. As yet no communeiation had reached him, except a confi dential note received yesterday evening from liner Bas sermann, in Berlin, and a few lines from the commissary in Munich. Neither of these dispatches, however, contained such matters as might seem to render it in cumbent on him to report at present as to the execution of the Assembly's late resolution. Ho could only say that some weighty decision was expected to be arrived at that day by the Prussian Government. The nature of this decision bad only been intimated to him in gene. ral terms. The Imperial Ministry, however, felt itself compelled to subject the question to mature deliberation, and he therefore begged, in the name of his colleagues and himself; that the Assembly would adjourn as soon as possible, and fix an early day for the next sitting. Eisenstuck moved, its urgent, that the National As sembly declare the dissolution of the Saxon Chambers to have been a pernicious measure ; that the Assembly call upon the Saxon Government to institute new elec tions as speedily as possible, on the basis of the electoral law existing in Saxony, &e. nosmussier and kierulff brought forward similar motions ; and the urgency of all these was allowed by a very fair majority, consisting of the Left and a great part of either Centre. Zell moved—ln consideration that the National As sembly, in its resolution of the 26 . h ult., has already called upon all those Governments who have not yet de clared themselves for the Imperial Constit ition to ab stain from either dissolving or proroguing the local chambers, and in consideration that the National As sembly has already expressed its disapproval of the sub sequent dissolutions of Chambers, and that a special resolution, therefore, regarding the dissolution of the Sucon Chamber seems superfluous, &c., the National Assembly resolves to pass to the order of the day motive, on the motions of Eisenstuek, Rosmussler, Kie rulff, &c. too',;oc. Fit,',: co.Yried bY majory [c'i" "S;iztr,i-." ,•;.1 :1 - ;e a nil Zil thc, kind augry uhercation wish the dent]. Thus Eisenstuck's motion, and those of R )s -messier, &c., fell to the grcuni. A motion of Ilartmann's, calling oa the inhabitants of the Rhenish provinces to defend their rights in every way that might seem good to them, was withdrawn in consequence of the communication just made by the Pre. sident of the Cout.cil. The House adjourned at 10 AM., having sat only 40 minutes. ITALY. Accour.ts from Rome state that the Romans were determined to resist u l'oulrance, and that the Government expressed its determination to blow up the Vatican and St. Peter's, rather than yield the city to the French. The Roman Government had impeached the Go vernor and Commandant of Civita Vecchia, for not resisting the landing of the French expedition. Accounts from Naples of the 28th state that 4,500 men had left for the Roman frontiers to join the other forces already there, and to march on Rome. The Austrians, also, bad advanced into the Roman territory. _ Accounts from Venice, dated the 25th ult., state that the cannonade had c immenc.ed on the side of the fort of Malghera. A vigorous attack is shortly expected. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. There was a steady market for Cotton at Liverpool tn Saturday ; sales, 7,000 bales, at previous rates. In liailway Shares the market Has dull, and the business transacted was at lower quotations. The Corn Trade has been exceedingly heavy, and Wheat is Is. to 2s. per quarter lower than on this day week. The following interesting particulars of the Motel Trade in London have been furnished by the firm of Mr. Wm. Short:— " The continuance of the blockade of the German ports by the Danes, and the receipt of less promising ac counts from the United States has operated unfavour ably on all descriptions of Iron during the past month Welch bars have been in limited request, and a decline of ss. to 10s. per ton has been acceded to by makers and holders. In rails there has been little business, and they also have participated in the depression. Stafford shire iron, at the prices of last quarter-day, is in very moderate demand. Scotch pig Iron had declined to 455. to 465. per ton cash, free on board at Glasgow, for ord brands assorted 3-5 No. 1 and 2-5 No. 3; favourite brands commanding 2s, to 3s. per ton more. The ship ments from Glasgone and the neighbouring ports, for the first three months of this year, as shown by the uflicial returns, approach withi❑ 6,8:34 tons of the quan tity slipped in the same period last year, and i❑ an estimate mode of the stock of pig Iron lying in store and at the iron works, at Cate 31st March, the same is computed at under 110,000 tons being an increase of 10,000 tuns on the 31st of December last. Of foreign Iron there is little here for spring shipments having yet been received; the price is firm at previous quotati•. n.. SPEaTea.—Early in the month, in consequence of the blockade of the German ports, a considerable rise in Speller was apprehended, and towards the middle of tee month an advance of about 10s. per ton was esta (dished, racking the price 161. 10s., since which, how ever, owing to fair arrivals, and want of confidence in the continuance of the blockade, the price has receded to pre sent quotations. Tue stock in warebcuse on the Ist inst., was 1,034 tons, against 2,400 at this period lrst year. At this moment there is about 400 tons afloat in the river, but of which only a small quantity is likely to find its way into stock." The state of setfeirs on the Continent appears, from the letters aed papers received in the City this morning, to be no less complicated than for some time past, or per haps even mere so, but the intended interference of the Russians in Hungary, and of the French in Italy, will, according to some, restore order with a strong hand. Such a result, obtained by such means, is not re assuring, however, to the majority of those who refl c'. The condition of mercantile affairs abroad is necessarily extremely unsettled, and from the Baltic the accounts are very unsatisfactory. At Hamburgh the rate of ex change was 13 83 on Friday last, and bills on London were in great request still. Stocks and Shares were rather lower. At Vienna, on the 21 inst., the Bourse was animated, and the Five per Cents. were 1 to 11 per cont. higher, owing to tho anticipated result of Russian aid. It must be remarked, how ever, that private letters describe the Hun garians as being likely to give the combined armies ample work yet. At Amsterdam on Saturday the Dutch Funds were firm. In Portuguese and Spanish there was no alteration. Other Foreign Securi ties not quite so good. St. Pe tersburgh adrices of the 24th ult. state posi tively that the duties on foreign refined Sugar will not be altered this year, the Russian manufacturers having strongly protested against it. The English Stock Market has been depressed by the tenor of the foreign news. Consols were first marked 92 to but have since been 91i The New Three-and a-Quarter per Cents. have realised 914- to :5. Bank Stock is also lower, being 1925; and India Stock has fluctuated from 2445 to 247. The value of Exchequer bills has been 455.?t0 48s, In Foreign Stocks the transactions have been very restricted again. Spanish Five per Cent. bonds havo been 17i, and Portuguese Four per Cents. 28 to 29. Mexican Stock is worth 313; Brazilian, new, 783; and Peruvian 61. Russian bonds have been firm at 11045. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 505 to 111. The answer of the Committee of Investigation into the affairs of the Eastern Counties Railway to the ob servations of the directors establishes the main points of Their previous report, but shows that there is some dif ference of opinion as to the charging of certain items to capital account. What we look upon as being of most importance is that about 240,0001., according to the calculation of the company's engineer, must be ex pended withia two years in relaying portions of the line, and that as the capital account is to bo closed, this must be defrayed from current earnings. The Share Market is very flat this morning, and sales are again mado at lower prices. ONE erc W CLI3INGEN OF i , ItITISH CUND3 . O ' CLOCK. ritTCES Bank Stock Bor Cent. Reduced Arms ...... 3 per Cont. Consols Ant iv ties 9 2 1% 91% 3 4 91% Sew 3 1 4 per Cent. Anns.... . Gong Anns. to expire J an. 1860 India Stack 241% 247 247 India Bondy, 1,0004 .. ... •• Ditto under 1,000/... ...... -68 p Consols for Account 92 913 / a 92 x chequer Bills. 114 d. & 2d. I,OOW. June 4B 45 p 45 p 5001. June ... 45 p 48 p Small. June PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. FRICES. Brazilian Bonds Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839 Ditto, Account 7 B l /2 Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent .. ...... Equador Bonds Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. — Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1848, with Coupons Ditto, Account, Peruvian Bowls, 6 per Cents 6l ftussian Bonds . 104% %Danish S per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account 17% Ditto, Passive 3 i4 Ditto Deferred Ditto, 3 per Cent .... — Ditto, Account — Venezuela Bonds, 2% per Cent — Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild. ';soil % 50% Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 774 77% PRICES OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSIN G gAILWAY SHARES PAID. . AT ONE O'CLOCK, PRICES . Alsrdemn Do. Preference Birmingham and Ox ford Junct., calls duly paid, cr with a guaran. 20 Do, withoutguaraatee 20 ... Caledonian Do. Quarters ......... 12% 6%............. 6% Do. New 101. Pref..... 10 ... Chester and Holyhead... 50 Eatt Anglia, 25/., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 Do., 18/., E. & H.... 18 ...... Do., 31. 10e. E 19tern Counties........ 20 ...... 7 3 % IA %li4 7% Do. New, Gua.6 perct. 10 Esst Lancashire Ditto, New ...... Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... ........ ... .. Ditto, Half Shares Great Northern Do., -I /2 A Deferred ... 'VA...-. —. great South. and West. (Ireland) ... 34 ireat North of England.loo ...... .... Ditto, New, 301 3O 69 Groat Western 100 ...... M 86 82. 84% Ditto, IA Shares Ditto, Fifths ...... Ditto, New 171... .. .. 15 ... Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 .—..— 99% Ditto, half Shares ... 25 ...... 49% . _ , 49 LA Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% ...... Leeds and Bradford 5O lOO 99 ... .. London &Blackwell ..... . 12% 55% .. ... 9 4 7 / 2 London, Brighton, and South Coast 5O ..... 3714% 37% London and N. We s t ern 100 ..... 127 128 Ditto, New Quart ers .. 7 Ditto, Fifths ... .. .. 2 ...... 7 LoriA. &S. Western...... 50 ....~ 34 Do. New 401. . 34 Ditto, Thirds ...... 181.135.4 d.... 5% dis. 5% dis. Do.. New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Cent. on Deposit, and 5 per Cant. on Calls 5 141 anchester,Buxton,and Matlock— . . .. 4% — hrlanch?.st , ,r Sheffieli 7s IL 87 . 3 3 % 17 1 A, d 31% 61 10414. 17 1 A 8 33% 33% 26 12% 4i 15% 1043 - /4 -._>llol .4(1, . - and Lincolnshire...loo Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10 Midland ..... ........ ..100 ...... 61 64%, 61 65% 65 Do., do., 501. Shares... 25 ... .. 12 %% 1 ,i , 13 D. , .Consol. Bristol and Binning., 6 per ct. —.lOO ......123 i 122 ...... 122% Norfolk ......... 100 North.,British ........ ... 25 .... , ............... Ditto, Halves .. ..... 121,4 53 4. .............. Ditto, Thirds .... North Staffordshire 17% 12%. .............. Oxferd, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ...... 50 Reading, Guildford, and . Iteigate l5 ..... 15 1 ,.: 74 ..... ....,. Do~ Sail) iNo 4 6% York, Ne wcast l e , an d Berwick....... ...... ... 25 Do. Newcastle Eaton, 20 ~. 14 1 a1 054 14 13% 14% 5% 33 12 i 6 15 3 1, •".„ D . (4.N.E.PreforeneP 8 ... .. 4% % 1 4 .•• 414 Y Pi- and North Midlt nd 50 .. ...331 1 7. 32;4 31... 3 e 4 Dit ~ Preferen a 1,(.. East and Westisid- - __. _.. ing Extension_ ... 16 25 .. ... 1534 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Ccntral of France (Or- Vierzon ) East Indian Northern of France Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 MINES. Barrossa Range Min. Co. 28s. JOINT STOCK BANKS. Provincial of Ireland ... 25 LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY•) LONDON, MAY 7.—Wind this d a y a t noon , DI.E.• 11185 h breeze and squally, and dull cloudy weather. LIVERPOOL, MAY 6.—Wind E.—Arrd. Star, Bald Wil l, Savannah; Jamarae, Jones, New Orleans; MargaM' Blenkin, New Orleans. Sld. 4th, Aspasia, SingsPr e l Joseph Badger, New Y or k. sth, F err i s , C ey l on; J oi'" O'Gaunt ' Bombay; Nith, Bombay ; Ai m , B raz il ; badour, Havannah; Harkaway, New Orleans; Canada' *learner, New York; North Carolina, Boston; Princess Alice, Quebec ; H e l en , Q ue b ec . 6 t h, C u b a , G u lph Mexico; Nuevo S an F ranc i sco , H avanna h ; Carmenei , trf Havannah; J. H. Shepherd, New York. Off P r Isabel, Antigua and Falmouth, in tow of a steam tog' Sir Harry Smith; Lord Stanley. OFF HOLYHEAD, MAY 4.—Tamarack, Jones, NO Orleans.' bCILLY, MAY 4 —Wind R—Arrd. Prince, Barbad9es' MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY•) CORN EXCHAS:rGE—MONDAY.„ The arrivals of En g li s h Wh ea t, M a l t, an d Fl ou r f oe our market, last week, coastwise and by land csrriaget were somewhat on the increase. Those of all other ar: tides of home produce were very sma ll. F rom 1re135.4 and Scotland scarcely any grain reached us. The r e " reign imparts were very ex t ens i ve , es p ec i a lly f r om th e s near continental ports, they having amounted to 4 3,87 , quarters of Wheat; 11,572 dit to o f B ar l ey; 35,269 ditto ut Oats; 440 ditto of B e an s; 4S ditt o o f P eas; 90 ditto Tares; 82 ditto of Linseed; GS ditto of Rapeseed; 3:4 ,. ditto of Mustard Seed ; 120 ditt o o f sun d ry see d s; 1,4 31 ' barrels and 5,735 sacks of flour. It is pretty generally expected that we sh a ll rece i ve very li m i te d sup plieg grain from the Baltic for some time hence, but lare 11 7 1 rivals are expect e d f rom t h e Continent, as ~we ' as from the U n it e d S tates. T he quantity of Rhea" received fresh up to our market, this morning' coastwise, was small ; w hil e t h e arr i val of Wu. carriage samples from Eescx, Kent, Cambridge* shire, &c., was trifling, Although the stands were veil scantily supplied with parcels of both red and white, tbs,- demand for all descriptims, owing to the pressure og oreign qualities for sale, was in a very inactive stat e ' Fine Wheats declined in value ls per quarter; while the middling and inferior kinds were 2s r quar t e r lower than on Monday last. At the close oft he market a to ts, clearance had not been effectecL The accounts respec t ing the appearance of the grow i ng crops cont i n ue ' vourable. With For e i g n Wh ea t we were Aga' heavily supplied, and o ff ers con ti nue to arr i ve hither from the Continent at comparatively low Frie es c i. The millers being generally well in stock, the derns d . for Wheat of foreign pr o d uce was ex t reme l y h ea vy, e n r' the currencies gave way f rom i s t o 2 s per quart e The supply considerably exceed e d th e wan t s o f t h e buyer' Scarcely any English Barley was on offer; but the sup' ply of foreign was ex t e n-dve. The best malting sauglil were mostly held a t f u ll currenc i es; gr i n di ng and u`s tilling sorts were somewhat eas i er to purc h ase , a lthoug h we have no actual f a ll to no ti ce i n va l ue. The quant.b iti o of Malt on off e r was on th e i ncrease, ow i ng to which,`,, brewers purchas e d w i t h great caut i on, and Prie,, were with difficulty supported. For O a ts, inquiry was limited. The best samples w e i r „ mostly disposed of at l a t e currencies. 1,1171 i rior qualities were somew h at l ower, with a , "," sale. Tick Beans we re qu i te as d ear as on t hi s LI se'nnight. In other kind s ver y f ew transactions tee, place. Most kinds of Peas m ove d o ff a t l ast wee k's cl op tations. Indian Corn and Meal were held at full prices; Both sack and barrelled flour, the supply of which 1 0 good, was lower to purchase by from is to 2s. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier.• .. • • 59 5 t o 6CS Red. .... • • • • 388 to 48s Oats—Yorkshire and 5 Dltto,White, New 40s 52e Norfolk and Lin- Lincolneb,, Food. 2 16 1 : 2 - 41 Potato • • • • coin, Red... • • 38s 46s Youghal and Cork, IV Ditto, White— •• • • 418 48s Black . .... • • 1 45 04 Irish, Red .... •• • • 39s 42s Cork, Whit e .•• • • 1" 93.4 Ditto, White.. —• • 42s 47s Scotch, Feed. .. .. 203 340 Rye—Old ...... ••• • 250 27s Beans—Tick ....... • • 9 55 440 New. ...... ••• • • . 25s 270 Barley—Grinding . .... 23s 25s Peas— ri G ge r o e n y s ....:::: •••• ••• • 3400; 138 Malting . .... •• • • 281 30s M ap l e . ........ • • 325 519 Chevalier .... •• • 31s 33s White .. .. 245 0 , ‘lalt—Stitiolk and Nor- B o il ers ....• .• • • 270 4 3 4 f01k........ .. .. 57s 58s Flour—Town-made... 423 as Brown ... —.•• • • • 48s 503 Suffolk ..........34 0 36 Kingston and Ware 57s 58s Stocktn & Norfolk . 330 SEED MAILIZZLET. et Clover and Canary S ee d arc i n mo d era t e reques t , is about stationary prices. In all other See is so little hjs doing that the qu o t a ti ons are a l most nom i na l . The Pe parcels of Rape Seed are held for more money. ace Turnip,White, per bush. lls to 12: Carras ay ........... • 29 5 00 Red and Green.. ••1 is Pb Coriander •• • • 165 319 Mustard, 8r0wn.... • 8s It's Ilempsecd, per quarter 325 500 White ..... ..... 8s 12s Linseed, Lug. 'owing:. 485 400 Tares, New .. .... •• • • es 7 s C rus hi ng ...... • • 365 41 la ........ ••. .• 4s 6s Baltic ...... •• .. 365 4 0 Canary, per quart er .•1C Os 12 , :•,5. Odessa ... ..... .. 360 Rye grass •. ... ••• • • 20s 2lk Linseed Cake, pr.l,ooo i ntro Clover, Rest Em,. (cwt.) Ns 54s English White .....• •• • • 32s 4 s F ore i gn, per ton 6109 4;"1,75 Foreign Red.— • . 283 40 s R a p e Cakes, pr ton 41 56 ~"ji 01 White.... 30a 40s R apeseed, per last 301 03 '— Trefoil .. .. —• • .... . • 12s 17s sivirrnriELD. ja Notwithstanding the unusua ll y l ow pr i ces rea lised this market for each kind of fat stock, the imports in t° London from abroad since Mo n d a y l as t h ave b e en se% sonably extensive. The tot a l arr i va l ha s amou nted ' 0 1,211 head. At the corresponding period last year n "; l received 1,090; and at the same time in 1847, I, ` - ' head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON IN THE PAST WEEK. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Harlingen 212 ... 268 .. 40 ••• Rotterdam Autw•erp ... .. ... 29 .•• Amsterdam 2 ... ... 28 ... Total 252 ... 720 ... ~.239 Corresponding week in 1848 X 99 ... 615 ... ... 176 ..• Difference... 47 less. 105 more. 63 more. From the various Dutch torts about 400 head c 't stock have arrived at Hull, and other parts England. By sea, from Ireland, 72 Oxen have arrive in the Thames in full average condition. Amongst other imports of provisions, we have to notic e t h e arr ival of cases 1 cask and 8 hhds of Preserved Meat from SY e Dey. In the event of the s p ecu l at i on succee di ng , lark s quantities will, we un d erstand, be shipped for t uts country. The o ld es t f requenter ,o f i bi s market h a s 13, 0 recollection of suc h depressed nvirketi as those we h ave had to report d ur i ng t h e last thrve woks. The prita el i , Scots have sold with diff icu lt y , s i nce our l ast, a t Ye% little over 4d ; a n d th o b est o ld D own Sh eep, out o f t" Wool, Si , per lb. These prices, we need scarcely al; Lave a loss to the g r az i ers o f f u ll y 2 0 per cent; yet butchers ar e , most ly, st ill c h arging hi gh rates to their , customers. The la t t e r c l ass must b e realising inuts, profits, and w hi c h w ill b e ev id ent when we state that ",„, . have known both B ee f an d M utton to h ave returne d the r , toilers f rom 40 to 4 5 per cent. upon the prime 0 05 i The following are th e re t urns i ssue d b y the Board Trade, showing the total imports of foreign stook 111t e the United Ki ng d om d ur i ng t h e month ending on the sth of April, 1848 and 1849: 1848 18t9 Oxen ... ... 1879 866 Cows ... 1494 1015 Calves ... 943 859 Sheep ••• ••• ... 3842 4327 Lambs 27 Pigs ... 154 •• 107 With foreign st oc k, our market, to-day, was very 111 , a dcrately supplied as to number; but there was a decid ed , improvement in its q ua li ty . All breeds moved off slow l y' and the quotations had an upward tendency. Cowl; ratively speakin g , th e arr i vals of home-fed stock fies up to this morning's market were very moderate; the the supply was seasonably extensive and of eil c i sa cellent quality. Th e weather having become colder, the attendance of both town and country buyers beil en the increase, th e b ee f tra d e was steady, at an Advil. in the quot a ti ons o f M onday last of quite 2d per Sib. The primest S co t s so ld readily at from 3s. 4d. to 34i. 6d. per 81b., and at w hi c h a good c l earance was effected' From Norfolk, S u ff o lk, E ssex , an d C am b r i dges hi re , W 0 received 1,400 S co t s , s h or t h orns, an d h ome b re d s; fr°ip , the western an d m idl an d districts, 600 Herefords, Burl Devons, and Irish bea s ts ; f rom ot h er parts o f Engini3A 750 of various b ree d s ; and, from Scotland, 300 hortir and p o ll e d S cots . Th e rema i nder of the bullock 51.1 PP was derived from abroad and the neighbourhood of gb metropolis. Th e num b ers o f s h eep were coas id e rabg less than those exhibit e d on M on d ay l ast ; hence, th e f, mutton trade was ste a di er th an f or some weeks pas t' and prices advanced from 2d. to, in some instoce s : 4d. per 81b. Th ere were very few sheep in fieff. wool, and it must b e o b serve d t h at our quotations re cid solely to those shorn. The top price for the boat Downs was 3s 8d per 81b s . Wi th Lambs we we r e Host tolerably well, but not t o say h eavily, supplied. 31% breeds moved off steadily, at f u l l prices, viz., from 45 ue to 6s per 81bs. From the Isle of Wight 290 head CAIO to hand. A full average amount of business was trial' acted in Calves, the prices of which improved 2d P er more inquiry for pigs, Sibs. There was a t si trilby% advance in the quotations. Per albs. to sink the offal. or Beasts.— 2 4 2 6 Second qual. Sheep l 3 . I. d. to v. d• Infer! leFond quality —•• 2 8 210 Coarse-woolleddltto3 Prune large Oxen.. 3 0 3 2 Southdown Wether 3 8 9 Prune Sects • • • • •• 3 4 3 6 Ditto eut of the wool 0 0 - 8 2 3 2 Lar - -. ye course Calves 3 4 8 8 Large Hogs ...... 3 ~,- 4,, Prime small ditto .. 310 4 2 Small Porkers •• -• 3 " 2 1 u .tickliny Calves ••180 27 0 Quarter old Pigs ..16 0 0 Inferior Sheep .. .2 10 3 0 Lambs .......... 4 8 6 TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. Pigs' I Sheer , , I Cslves. I 22 0 20,180 I 137 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts. I Sheep. I Calves. 1 rigl. 274 I ,E6O 1 79 ~ d i toili i i NEVICIATEI AND LE.ILMENEULIA. a but No twithstanding the prevailing warm weather, o f 2 00 carcasses of B ee f ; 400 ditto of Mutton; 300 a itv :,,a Lamb; 250 ditt o o f V eal; and 200 ditto of Por k reac"id., these markets last week chiefly from the western a 0 kill s land counties by railway. The supplies on offer of in the rne!ropolis have been selonably hrge, and or, 7 .1 . -,,..4. • '"E'' ' ' ':. f't,.Ji: v. Thz. butav , i - . , iviil7 FT , r'', - i. c . .h... , , - ;T:i•:.).',. :icia-cid 1,,,s 4 ,- i ,.,1 1 106 * , .7 i t ii ; . , , 4 sy th o. ' l:; . ;t 4t ff ' effecting c (i lea i r ' a " nc i e n s_, i ) l a i l7t:o o ugh qu m ae o:t it k P i i n i d B ; bol lea : have in some instances been offered at rates be• 9" giY9ll below;—. Beasts. 3,279