The Sun. — London, England, 1849-05-19 00:00:00

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWit.i. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yeste relay were esti- Mated at 6.000 bale,, including 1,000 for e report and spe culation. The market was steady, bet qt iiet. Railway - Shares were in better demand, at imps ove. I prices. The effect of the exportation of bullion from England to the United States has been but trivi..l a ad evanescent, for already the B:±nk returns show an inci :vase of specie. This is for the week to the 12th inst. The circulation, however, again testifies to the increosing abundance of Money, attributable no doubt to the ceer :k lately given to trade by the troubles abroad. This sat Ise cause operates upon the securities discounted, &c. he remits of a comparisou between the statement heti ,re us and that for the previous week are as follows: — Notes Issued ... 27,460,625 Decrease ... 34,480 Rest ... 3,156,032 Increase ... ..• 3,423 Public Deposits ... •.• 3,797,985 Increase ... ..• 615,954 Other Deposits 10,752,558 Decrease ... 628,438 Seven Day and other Bills .... 1,190,845 Increase ... 48,004 Government Securities ... . 14,085,069 Decrease . 151,000 Other Securities ... ... 10,013,116 Decrease • 98,191 Notes . 8,505,066 Increase . 223,605 Bullion ... . 14,307,795 Increase ... . 30,049 Active Circulation . 18,955,560 D; crease „, 258,085 The negotiation of bills of exchang o on the principal cities of the Continent was effected y esterday afternoon upon the following terms :—Paris 25 !, .5 to 60, Antwerp 25 6 71 to 72k, Ilareburgh 13 12.1 to It Frankfort 1211 to is Amsterdam 12 L 2 to 2, and Tries ,te 11 48 to 12 3. In bills on Italy there was no inclined on to deal. The following statements respectiri g trade in the ma nufacturing districts have been recei' ied to-day. First, from Manchester, we ire advised that "It is a difficult thing to give the exact state of our cloth and yarn markets. Prices cumin tie much depressed; still the carriers say, and they are not bad judges in such case, that they have no reason to col aplain; and it mey be said in confirmation, that the . quantity of goods moving to and fro along the st reets is anything but insignificant. The Americ 'an houses are busing larg e ly, especi a lly of gooc . prints, and a arge business is doing for the Mediterranean, whilst the demand seems rather to have slacker led for India and China. Prices, on the whole, seem to have undergone little change this week, but, if any, it 1 t as been in favour of the buyer. Yarns are indeed very dull sales, at least all export numbers for the continent of Europe; perhaps it were unreasonable to expect any thit, g different at the present moment." From Yorkshire the accounts are to lerably good, and subjoined is a report from Leicester:— " The home market is usually dull itt this season of the year, but an average business is tieing. A steady , American shipping trade continues. ::11anufacturers are :fully employed in working up their st u sk of yarns, and 'cotton goods on hand are considere d light for this period. Worsted spinners are all orking full time. Yarns are without alteration. The c• slonial wool sales now going on in London fetch quite a s good prices as ;last February, contrary to the general e xpectatian." On the whole, therefore, there is n o reason to corn :plain of the state of affairs. The quarantine at Gibraltar has been reduced to hree days, but remains the same at t' se other ports. The Mining Share market has been steady this week. The Funds are rather flatter this r turning, owing to the unfavourable news from Paris. l )onsols are 914 New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents., 90 a ; and the Three per Cents., 891- to 90. Excheq ner-thils are down to 455. and 445. prem. Foreign Stocks are generally dull and rather heavy. Spanish Three per Cents. are 33 to ;, Portuguese Four per Cents., 284 ; and Dutch Tw a.and.a•Half per Cents., 494. Shares are fairly supported. ON:71 CLOSING ritiuEn or "itiTtrili P‘UND , i. o'CL , Y.Tg. PRICES 3 per Cent. Reduced Antis 897,, Ili 90 SO :d per Cent. Consols Annuities 9 l9e : 4 E h 91 -blew 3% per Cent. Ann 5...... Judie Bonde, 1,0001 ....... ...... Ditto under 1,0001... — 7 l 10 p 69 p Consols for Account ......... Eaichequer Bills. 11 / r ti. & 2d. 1,0001. June ..... ........... 5001. June Small. June 4B si4 p 44 p PRICES OF FOREIGN a UNIX:4 0 az. CLOSE, O's 3LI)CIC. PRICES . Austrian, 5 per Cent .. ...... 7'5 75 Brazilian Lionaa - Equador Bonds blexican, 5 per Cent. 1846, with. Coupons Ditto, Ex Coupons Ditto, Account 29% Portuguese b per Cents. — Ditto, 4 per Cent — Ditto, Account .... 2 8 34 28% Russian Bonds ... _ _._ lO5 ,Ispanfsh 5 per Cent. 1840 Ditto, Account . 16% 16 .1 4 Ditto, Passive Ditto, 3 per Cent Ditto, Account, Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 44 per Cent putch 24 per Cent., 12 Guild 4 9 IA 4 91/ Ditto, 4 Dar Cent. Certificates 77 76 1 4 PRICES OF PAID. BUSYNESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY 81IARES. 'AT O.BM O'CLOCK. PRICE s. Aberdeen Buckinghamshire ... 16/. 45.. — dis ..... . l4 dis Caledonian Eastern Couaties... ..... 20 ...... 8 ii,z i B% Great Northern - ...... 10:1,i Do., !,.. 2 A Deferred Do., 3 B 6 per Cent Ph...-. .. 6 Great South. and West (Ireland) Ditto.New,ls/ l4 .. .. ••••••......•••........... 2 Great Western 100 Ditto, 4 Shares 5O ...... 384 3Bl Ditto, LA Shares Ditto, kifths ..... ...... 20 Ditto, New 171........ 15 ... .. 11 1 4 WA Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ..-..95 Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 ...... 49 Do. New, Gua. 6 per ct. 10 ...... 11% ... 11% Do. (W. Riding Union) 9 ..... Leeds and Bradford London & 81ackwa11...... 124 47 s .. .. 4% London, Brighton, and South C0a5t......... 50 , 36% 374 ...... 36 y s London and N. Western 100 129 Ditto, New Quarters.. 7 I .olld. &S. W . - 50 ...... 34 . __ _ . , eaten - Do. Now 50/. ... Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Cent. on Deposit, and 5 per 6 ... Cent. on Calls zia ncheter,Buaton,tuad Matlock 41 ,,4 ..... 1 14 II% 69 Midland lOO ••••• 6 9 / 4 14 14% Do., d o ., 501. Sh ares .. 25 ... •• 141 i Do. firm., an d I)erbyluo North B r i t i a n .....:..... 25 .-- 13% I3A Ditto, Halves .. Ditto, Quarters Ditto, Thirds ...... .. 84 North Staffordshire .33' 17 3 72 L A.. 12% Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ...... 50 Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Shrewsbury and Birm... 11 ...... Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 Shropshire Union ...... 5 i South Eastern Do., Registered No. 4 10 •• •.. 6% .. Do., Scrip No 4 .. 6:-Y 1 York, Newcastle, and Berwick. .... .. ...... ... 25 Do. Newcastle Exton. 20 - Do. G.N.E.rreterence 8 ... 4 1 4 A,..... fork and North Midland 50 ...... 31% 30% 31 ... 30% Ditto, Preference ...... 10 ...... 5 1 /01.. . ..... Do. Fast and 1111 est Rid ing Extensitn FOREIGN RAILWAYS. II lonlogne and. Amiens... 20 2 *them of France . l3 - lO% .Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 •... :P a ris and Rouen 2O ...... 21 20% .. ...... 20% ;Rouen and Havre ' Tours and Nantes ll ...... 37 8 %...... ...... 3% .LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, M A Y 19.—Wind W.N.W., moderate bree ze , :and cloudy. CORK, MAY 17.—Wind S.—Arrd. 16th, Countess of Minto, Allen, Mauritius; Eliza Jones , Callao , Lucy Wright, H am ilt on , ditto; Peter Marsey, Mersey, New Orle ans; Northumberland, James, ditto; , Cato, Sprague, Canary Islands. 17th, Hebbin , eatherall, River s Gambia Thomas Wright Babage, ialgar, of Maryport, New Orleans. Sld., Janet, .Jamaica. The brig repo r ted bound westward, was spoken by the ' Peter Massey, 'Massey, arrived here from New Orleans, and • baying taken on board the crew of a schooner, whom she wished to transfer to the Peter Massey, which hove to for some time, but the weather was so boisterous that they would not trust to the boats. I)EAL, MAY 18.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. East Anglian, Stevens, Mauritius ; Celt, Wilson, Trinidsd; Marl borough, Toyer, Jamaica; Reserve, Alexander, ditto; •Cleopatra, I,l'Eachern, Demerara. Arrd. from the .River, O r i ental Queen, Thomas, Auckland; Stately, Genders, Hobart Tow_,n ; Aden, Baker, Port Adelaide; Nautilus, Stock cl da u l e e, 1+ alkland Islands; Juliet, Watson, .1-Tong-Kong, .Furnell, Madras; r ie , Hutton, Canton; Seringapatam, y, Cape o f Davidson, Mauritius; John 'Gibson, Hallida liGood llone; Kent, Terry, 'ditto, and Algoa Ba: ; a . .Eliza, Danaille, IlliVallßah; ntv Young, Porto Rico; ; Louisa Vera, Boyd, Jamaica; Active, Smith, St. C ro i x ATliannkterro,se,NCehwarl York;eston far Bremen; Margaret Evans,' Ocean, Butcher, _Quebec. LIVERPOOL, MAY 18.—Wind NV.N aar .Confucius Scott, Shanghae, ald. . from .—Arrd. 17th, January; ,Confucius, McKnight, Antioum Woosung 26th anaica; Scotsman, Feld, Havana ; ,r01:11! trrmaid, Ja- Cook, Now Orleans; The Duke, Dady, ditto; Willies, Vale, Wichart, ditto; Carolez, Dunbar, ditto; Larer ditto; Commerce, Henry, ditto; Importer, Mc Larch, Re ed , Mobile; Malabar, Tvulun, ditto; Sherbrouke, Kent, Sa n' Vannah; James Calder, Pollster, Charleston; sh a h: apeare, Henderson, ditto; Monterey, Dunbar, Baltimore; Siddons, Cobb, New York. 18th, Socrates, Suple, Cal cutta; Huddersfield, Kirby, Bonny, sld. 24th February Richard, White, Paraiba, sld. 10:h nit.; Paramatt . a, Bloomfield, Valparaiso; ',iffy. Barbadoes; Avon, Crow.: ley, ditto; Flavi,, Jenkins, New Orleans ; Ja ne , m o Dowall, ditto; Prince of Wale's. Brown, ditto; Rat Zoo, Foulke, dittu• Chatlotte, Neal, ditto; Omit, .Lar kin, ditto; Alert,Loughlin, ditto; Importer, Mc Laren, obile; Free Trader, Black, ditto; Charlotte, Collins, Apalachicola; Robert Watt, Johnson, ditto; Margaret, Rogers, Savannah; Jessie, O:iver, ditto; Ark, Johnston, Charleston. Sld. I'4'th, William, Halifax; Ann Eliza beth, Iceland. I£s - 11, John Spencer, Bombay, New York; Arethusa, Boston; City of Lincoln, Quebec. Off Port, 18th. Pc; rei, Africa; Sandbach; Sarah, Val• paraiso; Lochlomof id, Canopus, Robert Preston. YARMOUTH, ISM; OF WIGHT, MAY 17.—Wind,W.SW„ Arad. Dee steamer, Southampton, and proceeded 18;h for the West Indie;;. COWES, MAY 18.—Wind S.W. Arrd. Syria, Brown, Calcutta; New Zi alaud, Smith, Akyab; Cotiuquiba, Ailroim; Arys, Peteran, Pernambuco; Salis bury, Young, Have,nnah. LERWICK, MAY 14.—A foreign brig is reported to be lost at Greenland, as a main boom has bz'en picked up there. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY•) ocivioNT-Gannzni. Our market was well supplied with both Fruit and Vegetables, which sold steadily, on the following terms : Fruit—P ne-apples (Queen's), 5s to 7s; and hot house Grapes, 12s to 15s per lb; Lemons, 5s to 10s; and Oranges, 9s to 14s per 100; Chesnuts, 2s to 4s per peck; forced Strawberries. Gd to is Od per oz. ; forced Peaches, 45s per dozen. Vegetables—Horseradish, 3s Gd to 5s ; and Celery, 10d to Is 3d per bundle; Asparagus, 3s to 7s 6d per 100; Spring Onions, 3d,,t0 6d per bunch; Old Potatoes, 90s to 225 s per ton ; Cape Brocuii, 13s to 15s per dozen bundles; Mushrooms, 9d to Is per pottle; Endive, 6d to 9(1 per score; Cabbage Let tuces, Is 6d 2s per half sieve; early Yolk Cabbages, 7d to Is; and Beet Hoot, is to is 3d per dozen; Turnips, 2a to 2s Od ; Carrots, 2s 6d to 4s ; and White Cos Lettuces, is.. 6d 2s per score. Greens, 2s 6d to 4s per dozen bunches ; Parsley, is 6d to 2s 3d per half sieve ; Sea Kai', is 3.1 to 2s per punnet; Cucumbers, 2s to 4s per brsce; Rhurarb, 3s to 6s per dozen bunnies; Brussels Sprouts, is to is 6d per hit sip ce; Parsnips, 61 to 8d; Cornish White Brocult, Is to 4s per dozen; Turnip Greens, 6d to Bcl per bushel; Leeks, 8d to lOci per dozen bunches; New Potatoes, 9d to is per lb; and Shallots, 4d per lb.; French Beans, is 6(1 to 25 per 100; Radishes, 4d to 6d per dozen hands; small Salad, 2s to 2s 6d ,per dozen punnets; Cos Lettuces, 10d to Is 4d per score. NY.A.VG-ALT2 AND LEADELTEUILL. POITITitY—TUrkey Poulets, 4s to 5s 6d; tiosling3, 5s to 3s; Fowls, 2s to Gs; Capons, 43 to 6s 6d; Chickens, 3s to 4s; Ducklings, 2s sa to 4s; Pigeons 6d to 10d; and Rabbits, 10d to is 91 each; Ostend Fcesh Butter, 10. 6d to 12s; and English, ditto, 105 to 13s per dozen lbs; Irish Eggs, 4. 9d Li 5s 3d; French, ditto, 53 to tis; and Englkh, ditto, 6a 9d to 7s 3d per 120. THE SUN, LONDON, SATUR,DAY EVENING, MAY l9, tan. NnwponT, Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 4,i; Mutton, 2s 10d to 3s 10; Lamb, 5s to 6s ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 2d; and Purk, 3s 6d to 4s 4d per Sibs. W~ITZC lAI L. Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 2d; MatrJr:2s 8d to 3s 10d; Limb, 5s to 63; Veal, 33 4d to 43 ,2d; and Purk, 3s 2d to 4s 2d per 8111 s. ZIMMIIIGSGAT.E. Salmon, 10d to is per lb.; 1 urbots, 2s to 6s; Brills, 6d to 2s; Cod Fish, is to 3s; Whitings, 2d to 3d; Lobsters, is to 3s; and Crabs, is to 2s each; Salt Fish, ld to 2d; ditto Dried, 3d to 4d per ib; Soles, 3d to is 3d per pair; Eels, 4s to 103 per lb; Mackerel, 43 to 8d each ; Flounders, Is to is Gd ptr dozen ; Sturgeon, 6d to 9:1 per lb; haddocks, 3d to Gd each; Crimped Scate, 3d to 4d per lb; White 'Lit, is to 2s p r Trot. ki•32.E.EID. The prices of Wheaten Bread i n the Metropolis are from 7d to ;id; of nousehold ditto, si-d to qd per 41bs loaf. 17.7:DE MIIMILET. Marlit. hides, 5610 to 641 b, lid to lid; ditto, 641 b to 72a), lid to Q,i; ditto, 72j) to 801 b, to 2,1; ditto, SOlb t3Blb, 2id to 2;2d; Litto, 881 b to 961 b, 24d to 31i; dato, 96ib to 1041 b, 3,1 to 34d; duo), 1041 b to 1121b,-- to 4d; Cad' Sktnt,, each, 4s 6d to 53 ; Lambe Skins, Is 3d to 2s 31 ; Horse :tildes, is ed; Polled Sheep, 5s 6d to 6s 4d; Kent and Huit breds, 53 to 5s ed; Downs 4s to 53; Shearlings, 6d to 7d. raza.umnlrs. SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow flay, 21 lOs to 4/ ; Clover ditto, 31 to 51 Os ; and Straw, I/ 6s to 11 10, per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND. Meadow flay, 21 10a to 41 Os ; Clover ditto, 3/ to 4/ Ifis • arid Straw, I/ 7s to 11 Ils per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade rather dull. lIITECHAPEL.—Me allow Hay, 21 103 to 41 03 ; Clover ditto, 31 Os to 5l Os; and Straw, 116 s to 1/ 10a pa: load. Trade dull, at barely stationary prices. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY.—The Apollo troop-ship, COM mandfT James Rawstorne, came into the harbour this morning. The Echo steam-tug went out to bring her in, but the wind blowing fresh from W. by S., she gut under canvass and sailed in, the Echo following in stead of heading bin The two companies of Royal Artillery and invalids she brought horns from Corfu will land to-ticurrow morning, the former proceeding imme diately to Woolwich, and the itivalids to Fort Moncton barracks. The following are the officers arrived in the Apollo:—Captains Doraville and Williams, Lieutenants Vansittart and Blakeley, and Asistant-Surgeon Rhys, of the Royal Artillery; Lieutenant Chichester and As sistant-Surgeon Smith, of the 16th Foot; Dr. Russell, of the 36th; Ensign Mannings, of the 24th; and Dr. Burton. To-morrow being the day appointed for the public cele bration of her Majesty's birthday, the event will be ob served here with the usual ceremonies. In the evening the Commander-in-Chief and Admiral Superintendent will give banquets to their respective official coadjutors, as will the heads of the other Government departments. Lord Frederick Fitzclarence, the Lieutenant-Governor, wil► give his official entertainment in honour of the samo occasion on the 24th. Captain Lord A. itzolarence, G.C.H., was, we are happy to state, mur:n better in health yesterday. Her Disk sty and the Court will revisit (Monte on Tuesday, for a short visit. Admiral, Sir John A. Ommanney, K.C.8., gave a most elegant entertainment at his mansion (Warblington House), near ilavont, last night, to celebrate his promo tion, to the rank of Admiral. Among the guests were Vice-Admiral llacres, Captains li. 1). Chads, C. 8., H. Chads, J. Harrison, I'. R. Sulivan, Lawrence, 11. M., Savage, R.NI.A. ; Colonel Gibsone, R.M.A., Colonel Willes, R.M.; Major Castieu; Commanders Crispin, Omtnanney, Fegen, &c. The Gladiator steam-frigate arrived this morning f.tom Woolwich. She is to proceed to Plymouth to be one of the reserved squadron at that port. She has brought stores for this oockyard, atter discharging which she will sa.t to the westward. The schooner yacht Circassian, Msjor C. Phillips, arrived this morning from the Mediterranean. The Harlequin, 16, Commander Seymour, arrived at Plymouth yesterday from the Tagus. PLYMOUTH, MAY 17.—Her Majesty's sloop Harle quin, 12, Commander Frederick 13. P. Seymour, came in this morning; left Lisbon on the Ist instant, when the only man-of•war in the Tagus was the American frigate St. Lawrence, on the point of departure for Cowes. The Harlequin has experienced a very heavy passage; she was eleven days going to St. Michael's, and when off that island ti as o:,liged to bear up twenty-four hours, with the wind from S.W. and W.S.W. The crew of the Harlequin are all healthy. She has been abent three years and tour months, the chief part of her time in the Mediterranean, and with Sir Charles Napier's Experimental Squadron. The Harlequin bears the chara, ter of being an excellent sea boat. Port-Admiral Sir William Hall Gage inspected her Majesty's ship the Queen, in the Sound on Monday, when her crew exhibitt d great activity in preparing her for harbour. Her powder was taken out and guns scaled, all sails unbent, royal and topgallant-masts and yards sent down, and flyi,ig jibbootn taken in. With six yards only across, SI& was, in the afternoon, towed, into Hamoaze by the Confiance and Salamander steamers. Her r;ay• books were the same day sent to the Admiralty. She will be put into dock and her crew paid off on tale 22d inst. The st'Am-vessel Lucifer, 3, Lieutcnant•Commander Lloyd, sailed on Monday, with stores, for the Cove of Cor'x. The packet brig Penguin, 6, Lieutenant -Commander Walter Leslie, arrived from Falmouth yesterday, and is gone up harbour to refit. The frigate Alarm, 26, Captain Granville G. Loch, was unmated yesterday, and will be paid off to-day. The Vanguard, 80, will be taken out of the North Dock on Monday, the 2lat, to give place to the Queen. Forty additional shipwrights nave just been ealered on the establishment of the dockyard. On Monday twenty men, principally shipwrights and joiners, were super annuated at from 241. to 341. per annum. The merchant barque Martha Shallerms, Captain J. Croaker, from Buenos Ayres for London, was off Ply mouth on the 16th of May. She left Buenos Ayres un the ht of March, in company with .the brig Ilibbert, of and for Liverpool. The barque Whartpoa, for London, was to sail un the 2d of March. At Buenos Ayres, leading for London—the Chio, St. Croix ; Croxdale, Douglass; Courier, Pinnell; and Elizabeth Hastings, Gautt. For Liverpool —The Mary Jones, Parnell; and Nemesis, White. For the Channel—The Empress, Ripon. The Astarte and Creole, both from Liverpool, were discharging. The weather had been very strong for several days. Spoke, 22d of March, lat. 17 40 S., 10ng.30 W., the ship China, of Lond on f rom Cork, for 4 Bombay, out 42 days, all well ; 24th of March, l at . 1 3 4 S., long.l d 30 22 W., the ship John Line, f rom Lon don for Madras, out 43 days, all well ; 3d of A pr il , l at. 0 30 S., long 29 55 W., exchanged signals with the barque Cheapbide, from Sydney, for London. EMIG RATION. In the Sound—The Ship Panama, Captain Watt, to sail for Port Phillip on the 22d. ; ship Royal Alice, Captain Hoppen, for Cape. of Good Hope, first fair wind; barque William Brombam, Captain Nance, ready for Quebec ; and the ship John Munn, Captain A. Pearson, for Port Adelaide, Port Phillip, and Sydney ; blue Peter up, but cannot start to-day, in consequence or the boisterous state of the weather in the Channel. Wind—S.W.; blowing strong, with rain. CHATHAM, MAY 18.—The Cleopatra, 26 gurs, Captain Massie, is all ataut, and the ship's stores are being re ceived on board. A number of blue jackets the captain had entered have been discharged, as none are to be en tered tor this ship except those seamen who are ordered by the Admiralty. The Caster, 36 guns,• Captain Christopher Wyville, Commander Bunce, is progressing with her rigging ; on getting u p t h e f oretoproast t h e ot h er d a y, i t s lip t f rom the slings, and e:ane down on the deck, causing some injury thereto, providentially without injuring any of the men. The aid mval lighter, Smaliman, master, arrived yes terday with stores from Portsmouth. Mr. Ali sander Km ley, muter-atterdt.lnt nt this yard. reek ivtd, thi3 dij, uu _wader for his rettnment hem the service at 12a. 6d. per day, and Mr. Thomas Lean, master of the Royal Sovereign yacht at Pembroke, is appointed riuster-attendaut iu lieu of Mr. Karley, who retires. Captain Peter Richards, C,8., the newly appointed superintendent of this yard, will not arrive here until the middle of June next. Lady Bourchier quits the offi c:al residence of the late Captain Superintendent next week. Her Ladyship proceeds to London to be with her father, Admiral Sir Edward Codrington, G.C.8., G.C.M,G. 10-morrow being the day for the celebration of her Majesty's birthday, the whole of the men in the yard are to have a day's holiday, and a royal salute will be fired frau the saluting battery, of four guns, by a detachment of the Royal Artillery, and the ordinary guard ship will be dressed with the flags of all nations. This evening the Royal Marine officers give a grand soirée. Upwards of 300 cards of invitation have been sent to the heads of tho several establishments at this garrison, and to the principal families in the neighbour hood. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the 'Votes and Proceedings of the House or Commons.) FRIDAY, MAY 18. PARLIAMENTARY OATHS BILL. (IN THE COMMITTEE.) First Clause (Oath to be taken as a qualification for sit ting and voting in Parliament, instead of the Oaths of Abe.- giance, Supremacy, and Abjuration): --Amendment pro posed to the Oath, to leave out. the words " and that I do not believe shat the Pope of Rome, or any other Foreign Prince, Prelate, Person, State, or Potentate bath, or ought to have, any temporal or civil jurisdiction, authority, or power within this Realm ; and that I will defend, to the utmost of my power, the settlement of property within this Realm as established by the Laws:"—Question put, " That the words and that I do not believe that' stand part of the Oath." The Committee divided:— MINORITY-AYES, 62. Acland, Sir T. D. Granby, Marquis of Mundy, William Adderley, C. B. Greenall, Gilbert Napier, Joseph Arkwright, Gwyn, Howel Neeld, Joseph Millie, 11. J. Hamilton, G. A. Newdegate, C. N. liankes, G. Heald, James O'Connell, John Bennet, Philip lieneage, G. 11. W. Pakington, Sir J. Bentinck, Lord H. Henley, J. W. Palmer, Robert Beresford, William Hibiyard, T. B. T. Pennant, Colonel Blandford, Marquis Hill, Lord E. Plowden, W. 11. Boldero, H. G. Hope, Sir J. Portal, Melville Bramizy, Robert Hornby, John Repton, G. W. J. Brooke, Lord Hotham, Lord Scott, Francis Buler, Sir Y. Jolliffe, Sir W. G. Spooner, Richard Burrell, Sir C. Jones, Captain Stafford, AugustuS Duckworth, Sir J. Lacy, 11. C. Stanley, E. 11. Duncombe, A. Lascelles, E. Vyse, It. H. H. H. Egerton, P. Law, C. E. Waddington, 11. S. Fox, S. L. Lindsay, Colonel Walpole, Spencer Fuller, A. E. Lopes, Sir Ralph Galway, Viscount Lowther, Henry TILLERS. Godson, Richard Mailings, J. R. Goring, Charles Gore, W. R. 0. Morgan, 0. Harris, Captain MAJORITY—NOES, 164. Adair, It. A. Goulburn, Henry Paget,'Lord A. Aglionby, 11. Grace , u D. Paget, Lord G. Alcock, Thomas Graham, Sir J. Palmer, Roan&11 Anderson, Arthur Granger, T. C. Palmerston, Vis. Armstrong, Sir A. Greene, Thomas Parker, John Armstrong, R. B. Grenfell, C. Pascoe +Patten, J. W. Baring, sir F. T. Grey, Sir George Pechell, Captain Barnard, E. G. Grosvenor, Lord R. Peel, Sir Robert Barrington, Viscount Grosvenor, Earl Peel, Frederick Barron, Sir H. Hallyburton, Lord Pigott, Francis Bass, Thomas Haste, Alexander Pilkington.,:James Bellew, R. M. Hawes, itenj. Pinney, W. Berkeley, Captain Ilayter, W. G. Power, Nicholas Berkeley, C. L. ilea:llam, T. E. Price, Sir R. Birch, Sir T. Heneage, Edward I'ryse, Pry - se Bouverie, E. P. Henry, Alexander Rice, E. R. Bright, John Herbert, 11. A. Rich, Henry Brotherton, Joseph Herbert, Sidney Robartes, T. J. A. Brown, W. Heyweod, James Roche,T. B. Bunbury, Edward Hodges, T. L. Roebuck, J. A. Butler, P. S. Hope, Alexander Ron - idly, Sir John Callaghan, D. Howard, P. 11. Russell, Lord John Campbell, W. F. Hughes, W. B. Russell, F. C. Carter, J. B. Iluniphery, Ald. Saiwey, Colonel Cavendish, G. 11. Jervis, Sir John Sanders, J. Clay, James Kershaw, James Seholefield, William Clay, Sir W. Kildare, Marquis of Scully, Francis Clements, Charles King, P. J. Shafto, R. D. Cocks, T. il. Labouchere, Henry Sheil, R. L. Coiebrooke, Sir T. Langston, J. 11. Shelburne, Earl of Crowder, It. 14. Lascelles, W. S. Smith, It. V. Dalrymple, Captain Lemon, Sir Charles Smith, J. A. Davie, Sir Henry Lewis, Sir T. Somers, J. P. Dawson, T. V. Lewis, George - C. Stanton, W. S.l Denison, J. E. Lincoln, Earl of Strickland, Sir G. D'Eyncourt, C. T. Lushington, C. Stuart, Lord J. Divett, E. Di'Cullagh, W. T. Thesiger, Sir F. Drummond, Henry M'Gregor, John Thicknesse, Ralph Duncan, George Meagher, Thomas Thompson, Colonel Dundas, Admiral Maitland, Thomas Thornely, T. Dundas, Sir David Marshall, J..G. a ownley, It. G. Ellice, Edward Martin, John Townshend, Captain Ellis, John Martin, C. W. Vane, Lord 11. Elliot, J. E. Matheson, James Villiers, Charles . Evans, John Maule, Fox Walmsley, Sir J. Evans, William Milner, W. M. Willcox, Brodie Fergus, John Milner, R. M. Willyams, H. • Foley, J. 11. Monsell, William Wilson, Matthew Forster, Matthew Morris, David Wood, W. P. Fortescue, J. W. Mostyn, E. Wortley, J. S. Fox, Richard M. Mulgrave, Earl Wyld, James Fox, w. J. Norreys, Lord Wyvill, Marmadnke Freestun, Colonel O'Connor, Feargus Gaskell J. M. Ogle, S. C. TELLERS. Gibson, Thomas M. OsWald, A. Tufnell, Henry, Gladstone, W. E. Osborne, Ralph Hill, Lord M. Clause 6 (Act not to extend to Roman Catholics nor to affect 10 Geo. IV:, c. 7): - Question put, " That the Clause stand part of the Bill." The Committee divided : MAJORITY—AYES, 103. Adair, R. Shafto Goulburn, Henry Paget, Lord A. Arbuthnott, Hugh Graham, Sir James Parker, John Ashley, Lord Greenall, G. Peel, Frederick Baldoek, E. H. Greene, Thomas Perfect, Robert Baring, Sir F. Grey, Sir G. Plowden, W. 11. Barnard, E. G. Grey, Ralph W. Pryse, Pryse Bateson, T. Grogan, Edward Rice, E. R. Bellew, tt. M. Grosvenor, Lord R. Rich, Henry lkiitinck, Lord H. Halford, Sir 11. Romilly, Sir John IserestOrn, William Harcourt, G. G. Rushout, Captain Berkeley, Captain Barris, Captain Russell, Lord J. Birch, Mr Thomas Hawes, Benjamin Russell, F.. Breniridge, Richard Hay, Lord John Russell, F. C. H. Brisco, M. Hayter, W. (5. • Seymour, Lord Brockman. E. D. Heatheoat, John Sihthorp, Colonel Brood,. y, Robert 11111, Lord E. Smith, J. A. Brotherton, J. Hobilouse, Slr John Spooner, It. Brown, 11. Ilobliouse, 'l'. B. Stafford, Augustus Danbury, E. 11. Ilod;,;es, T. L. Talfourd, sergeant Campbell, W. F. Hodgson, W. N. Thompson, Alderman Clerk Sir G. Jervis, Sir John Tolleinache, John Cockburn, A. J. Jones, Captain Townshend, Captain Cowper, W. F. Labouchere, Henry Walpole, S. II Craig, W. G. Lascelles, W. S. Wellesley, Lord C. Crowder, R. B. Law, C. E. West, F. It. Dod, J. W. Lemon, Sir C. Willcox, Brodie Duckworth, Sir J. Lewis, G. C. Willyams, 11. Dundas, Admiral Lindsay, Colonel Williamson, Sir H. Dundas, Sir D. Lowther, Colonel Wilson, James Ebrington, Viscount Lustungton, C. Wood, Sir Charles Ellice, Edward M'Gregor, Jolm Wyld, James Evans, William Maitland, Thomas Fergus, John Martin, C. W. TELLERS. Fox, Richard M. Mauls, Fox Hill, Lord Marcus Frewen, C. 11. Mulgrave, Earl Tufnell, 11. Glyn, G. C. Newdegate, N. MINORITY-NOES, 54. Aglionby, H. A. Forster, M. Pechell, Captain Anderson, Arthur Fortescue, J. W. Pilkington, James Armstrong, Sir A. Fox, W. J. Raphael, Alexander Armstrong, R. B. Gibson, T. M. Reynolds, John Bass, M. T. Hastie, Alexander Salwey, Colonel Bright, John Henry, Alexander Scholefield, W. Brown, W. Heyworth, L. Scully, Francis Carter, J. B. Howard, E. G. Smith, Vernon Clay, James Kershaw, James Talbot, J. H. Clements, Charles Kildare, Marquis Thompson, Colonel Colebrook's, Sir T. Meagher, Thomas . Thornely, Thomas Da, le, Sir H„ Matheson, Colonel Tollemache, F. J Dawson, T. V. Melgund, Viscount Walmsley, Sir J. Devereux, J. T. 311tekell, T. A. Wawn, J. T. Duncan, George Monsen, William Wyvill, M. Ellis, John O'Connell, John Evans, John 0 Connor, leargus TELLERS. E wart, William OTlitherty, Anthony 31'Cullagh,:W. T. Fag-an, W. Osborne, Ralph Wood, W. I'. SOUTH LONDON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. The first flower show of this society took place on Thursday morning, at the Surrey Z , ological Gardens. The weather was tatal to a large attendance of visitors, but the show itself was of a very splendid description, and elicited great admiration from those who were pre sent. The following is a list of the prizes:— CLASS THE FIRST.—PRIVATE GROWERS.—Miscella neous Plants, Messrs. Cole, Bruce, Young, Hemp, and Hook; Pelargoniums, Messrs. Parker, Foster, and Ro binson; Cape Heaths, Measrr. Cole, Bruce, and Hamp; Azaleas, Messrs. Bruce and Cole; Tulips, Roses, Byblo mens, and Bizarres, Messrs. Lane, Edwards, Wallan, Vern. bles, Newhall, Noke, and Hook; Heartsease, Messrs. Etlviards, Lane, Scoteher, and Harris. CLASS THE SECOND.—NURSERYMEN.—MiseeIIaneOUS Plants, Messrs. Pamplin and Son, and Pawley; Pelargo niums, Messrs. Beck and Gains; Cape Heaths, Messrs. Fairbairn, Pamplin and Son, and Fawley; Azaleas, Messrs. Ivery an d S u n, Pamplin and Son, and Pawley; Tulips, Roses, Byblomens, and Bizarres, Messrs. Law rence, Norman, Bushell, and Wilmer; Heartsease, Messrs. C. Turner, Bragg, and Thomson. OPEN TO BOTH CLASSES.—OrChideous Plants, Messrs. Wok and Bruce; Specimen Plant (any genus), Messrs. Fairbairn and Co., Cole, Hart, H e mp, Beck, Pamplin, Gaines, Ivery, Paul and Son, Francis, Ambrose, Morely, and Wood. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.-Mr. Humphrey Brown, M.P., has, through our columns of to-day, given notice of his intention to move at the next meeting cer tain resolutions. The principal object is to perfect the system of accounts, to ascertain the original cost and present value of the rolling stock, and see the amount of traffic belonging to the main line and that to tbe branches. JENNY LIND.—FLIGHT OF THE NIGHTINGALE.— After all the numerous and strange paragraphs which have found their way into provincial and London news papers, the public will, perhaps, learn with some sur prise that our most admired songstress and Swedish Nightingale has left her residence at Brompton, and de parted ior Paris, on her way to Stockholm. IVo mar. ridge in England, we may venture to affirm, will take place till she has had the advantage of consulting with her family and friends. What may happen after that, who can tell? Perhaps the paragraphists who knew not only about the special license, but the actual wed. ding at Batb. We shall no doubt have plenty of specu lations on the present state of affairs from authorites quite as well intornlid.—Literary Gazette. STEAM COMMUNICATION BETWEEN GOOLE AND RO'FTENDAM.—A steamer is about to run weekly be tween Goole and Rotterdam, and Rotterdam and Goole. She will leave Goole, on her first voyage, to. morrow. This is an experiment, to ascertain the advantage or disadvantage of shipping goods from Goole, from the West Riding and Lancashire, by the Lancashire and Yorkshire line, in preference to the Hull and Serby, and the other lines in connexion with it.—Hull Advertiser. ---- - FRIGHTFUL EXPLOSION.--01 1 Monday morning a dreadlul explosion of fire-damp occurred in a pit belong ing to James Foster, Esq., at Shutt-end, Brierley-bill, by which two men were instantaneously killed, and ten or twelve others fearfully injured.—Ten Towns Messenger. NATURAL GAS.—In Franklin, county Kentucky, a vein of gas, highly inflammable, was lately found by some man boring tor water. After penetrating many feet through a rock, the gas found its way in a large volume to the surface, cnd when igni y d burned bril -1 The fliscoVere; i n troduced if into - tliecr 'Own .house, and think that the reeks will afford sufficient gaa fora whole city, SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TIMES.—Mr. John O'Conre 11 has put the coping stone to his previous reputation for judgment and dis cretion. It is with a mixture of indignation and a strong feeling of the ludicrous that we announce to the public thet they must remain in ignorance of; what passed in the House of Commons last night for the space of more than two hours owing to the interventien of such a per son. There is an old form of the House of Commons which provides that, if any Member take notice that strangers are present, they must instantly retire, re porters and a ll. Of thi s f orm M r . John O'Connell toots advantage last night. The House of Commons was actually " tiled in " like a Freemasons' Lodge for a couple of hours, by the judicious interference of this bright ornament of the British Senate. What is to be done for it when children are trusted with knives, or fools with fire? Cut fingers and a conflagration arc the natural results. The extreme power we have mentioned was allowed to remain unrevoked, simply because there was a general reliance on the good sense and discretion of the Members that it would never be called into operation unless the occasion should justify th e s tep. Suppose Lord George Gordon to be busy p reac hi ng up a riot, the mob to have actually risen, th e prisons to be opened, an d the town in flames —supp ose th e fl eet at t h e Nore to have mutinied, a captain o r two t o h ave b een run up to the yardarm, and a s us pi c i on a b roa d that the infection might spread t o P ortsmouth and Plymout h — we c an just imagin, in such cases, that it might be policy to keep the actual certainty of what passed in either House of Parliam e nt f rom the k nowledge of the pub li c f or a few hours. Nothi ng s h ort of such an emergency could justify the act of exc l u di ng the reporters from the H ouse , an d consequently dprising th e p ubli c o f the knowledge of its proceedin g s. M r. Jahn O ' Connell is of a di f f erent opi nion. Unf or t unately for the country (since h e i s a Mem ber of the House of Commons), and still more unfortu nately for himself, he is extremely conceited, and not very apt to calculate consequences. The leading journals and we ourselves most freely plead guilty to the charge, and will not encumber our space with two or three columns per night of the senseless declamation ho is in the habit of pouring forth. Hence this immortal eastion. Mr. John O'Connell is endeavouring to starve us into .com pliance. If we will not report his own tedious oretioes we are not to be admitted to the all , ry at all. We care not. We will stand betw een the public and this inflic tion. Se long as we can lay our hands on any marvel lous American anecdotes; a ny ac counts of wonderful Scotch salmon; any reports of t h e procee di ngs of turn pike meetings in Wales, or ( 2,, Protection gatherings in Essex; while a single fanatic raves on Kennington common, or a single German professor perorates in the Assembly at Frankfort, we are sure of being aisle to lay before the public more entertaining and useful matter than will ever issue from the lips of Mr. John O'Con nell. It is for the country to decide whether it is content to remain in ignorance cif the proceedings of its re presentatives, when such a person as Mr. John O'Con nell is the only obstacle that "stops the way." Mr. John O'Connell is an exaggeration and ca ricature of the national defects of hi s countrymen. We find him ever in extremes. He is all f or w h at h e s a t u b u r l a d n g c e a r l a l " uponstho the slightest g l t i h g e b t e s a u t p p p l r o n y v s n: or " exclut hin ation, lie h as but one weapon, and that one a shillelab, which he handles on all occasions like a ten-tumbler man at Don ne brook Fair in the palmy days of that Irish festival. What could be his meaning in excluding strangers last night? We have a strong suspicion that he must him self have been on his legs for a considerable portion of the time. Nothing came to the ears of the reporters out side but a concert of groans and hisses. Is it very unna tural to infer that Mr. John O'Connell was prominently before the House ? We do not absolutely say he was speaking, for of course the proceedings were all snug and under the rose. For aught we know, he may have been dancing a jig on the floor of the House after the fashion of the Mulligan of Ballymulligan. The hisses heard out side might have been the expression of the value Hon. gentlemen set upon Mr. John O'Connell's performances He might again have been entertaining the House with the song of the "Roaring Beggar," or the "Shan Van Voght." The tokens of feeling heard outside would not from their nature exclude such an hypothesis. He might have been enumerating the great pecuniary sacrifices the O'Connell family had made for the benefit of the poor Irish. We are left, in a word, to float upon a sea of conjecture, and can only catch at ono probability, which is, that Mr. John O'Connell was in some way we must leave the matter to be fore the House. The groaning and hissing would seem Now, this sort of thing is butshout all very well for once in a way, d a remedy . be theto p judgmentoi t out thus nf t mil the much--but b i c u . t man in a family, com mon&este the propriety of keep discretion seems to in his reach. Cases there are in which it ing razors out of advisable for the House to sit in secret con e:rent be • provided. Where there is a . ma the House, or at the very least, order of the rnsjority of of a considerable not without the concurrent request house what for the number of Members. This would clave, hut strangers should never be excluded unless by what might on occasion p rove a privilegeot ec t us from usefulthe for the public service, and at the same time pr mad sallies of an individual Member. The notion of the House of Commons sitting with closed doors to discuss the affairs of the nation and legislate for the people, is too absurd to be dwelt on for a moment. This form o. exclusion belonged to other ideas and other times. The sooner it is abrogated the better, now we know there is a man in the House of Commons capable of enforcing it without some strong public necessity. Mr. John O'Connell might happen to be taken with oac of these insane freaks when some matter was under discussion upon which the public felt a very strong and a very legitimate curiosity. It is im possible to say what may not follow from trusting power in such improper hands. The adoption of the sugges tion we have offered above would very sufficiently guard the public from the recurrence of this nuisance. Mean while, we beg most distinctly and directly to contradict the assertion upon which Mr. John O'Connell based the announcement of his intention to exclude strangers from the gallery. There was no misreport in the Times of what occurred during the last discussion upon the Oaths Bill. The assertion is but the hallucination of a brain overheated with disappointment and vanity. As usual, all the important points and important arguments of the debate were given, and every speaker w hose words carry weight with them out of doers or who spoke to the pur pose, was reported at length. When even upon this system the Parliamentary debates run to the length which they actually do, the public may judge of what would happen if we daguerreotyped—if we may be permitted the expression —the very words which issued from the mouths of the Parliamentary speakers. Were we to adopt such a course, a doubl e Ti mes m i g ht be filled five, or at least four times a wet k dur i ng the s i tt i ng o f Par liament with the endle ss c i rcumvolutions o f speec h an d oft-repeated phrases which Honourable Gentlemen are t r b o a m Londonp riv ate journal, and of ne , and reporting eU h h i s m a e he in the habit of indulgin g t h e H ouse. M eanw hil e , l e t it go abroad that such an i n di v id ual as M r. J o h n O'Con. n elh f length, give only the su b stance o f his orations, has grossly and wantonly a b used a privilege intrusted to e finds t Members for eminent public emergencies. If ' he would uhresneiNnTiglllbdiabeprfeasremntoarenulriskee.ly We e a tatarien not t s i e n nd a think prudently, net di screet l y, and speak b r i e fl y an d to thanthe pn b d y n t p , conspiracy to put down either honesty or talent. CHRONICLE. --We have already disclaimed, with perfect sincerity, the wish to bear too hardly upon the frailties of Mr. Hudson. Those who reflect on his con duct with unmerciful severity should beware of that re action of feeling which often converts the bitterly-abused delinquent into th e martyr. Some ev id e nces of this sympathy were m an if este d on Thurs d a y sort of explanation of the charges spins' him, volun teered by Mr. Hudson in his place in Parliament, The7?as House. received with tolerant indulgence by the candour of some and the consciences of others must have told those who listened to the night, when a great Railway Autocrat, that his conduct, if not the novelty, and apologies of the morally defensible, was at least not devoid of " extenus ating circumstances." The vastness, the avowedly speculative character of the enterprise in which he had bean engaged ; the wide and undefined scope of the powers thrust upon rather than solited by, the great favourite of fortune: the implied commission to him to use his own free judgment, untrammelled by scrutiny o r contro l ; an d the virtual sanction of his financial obliquities, by the ac ce pt ance o f dividends which credulity itself could scarcely believe fairly earned;—these are tho considerations which, as between Mr. Hudson and his Eastern Counties consti tuents, ought not to ba excluded in an impartial esti mate of his conduct. Moreover, if the assertion be true, as may fairly be assumed in the absence of proof to the as game theirs —it m that he play ed list be w contrary, that Mr. Hudson did cot avail hi mse l f of his position at the board to put money into his own pocket by the operations in the shares—if' he is i n t h e same boat with the rest of the proprietary, and ha s l ost a large privateitb i stake o,n p in the r a e s ck w le ei s i s owned that the case against him is relieved of what would otherwise have been its heaviest aggravation. With regard to another allegation under which he at tempts to shelter himself—viz., that other chairmen and directors have done the like, and that deceptive dividends Lave not Leen confined to the companies over which be has presided—the plea is not, indeed, of much moral weight, even although the fact be true; but valeat quan tum, Mr. Hudson may be allowed to take the benefit of it. The above are some of the grounds on which we think the late Chairman of the Eastern Counties Com pany may claim a qualification of some at least of those merciless censures which have been fulminated against him as regards this particular railway. The share holders who pressed him into the chair in 1845, and who asked no questions when he inaugurated his reign by trebling their dividend, aro not entitled to cast a stone at him. If they wilfully shut their own eyes, they have no right to blame him because he has led them into the ditch. HERALD.—We have never been among the servile idolators of Mr. Hudson, nor yet among his furious as sailants. We have never doubted that in 1845 he was absurdly overvalued; nor have we failed to see, that, in 1849, he is just as absurdly depreciated. The simple truth is, that Mr. Hudson is an energetic, hard-headed Yorleshireman, with, we believe, an average share of honesty and common sense, but scarcely able to bear up against the crowd of temptations which must have beset him in the year of railroad excitement. We have felt no obligation to interfere between him and the public, in the various discussions which have been lately carried on. There could be no question, that in the excessive hurry of the railroad year. Mr. Hudson had been involved in various transactions which would scarcely bear a close investigation. But then, on the other hand, it was very clear, that many of the men who are now bait ing him with accusations, were just the very persons who, in 1845, were foremost in pressing upon him the most absolute and plenary poser. We had no incline• tioa to interfere in this matter until we read the very unjust attack which appeared in yesterday's Times. The well-known vac)] of that paper, is to go with the publir', and, if possible, to appear to take the lead. And accordingly, although quiet enough in former years, now that Mr. Hudson has been " found out," the Times rushes forward to prove with all possible zeal, that he is little better than a common swindler. It is scarcely possible to believe that the Times was not aware of the emptiness of its own accusations. Let us quote a pas sage or two:— "Even on points of comparative insignificance there are unnecessary contradictions. He says in ue place that he had no shares in the Eastern Counties Railway, and no interest in it whatever, before he took the office of chairman. He afterwards snj s that he has neither bought nor sold, that he is a sufferer to a large amount, and that he holds the fame stock that he did when he first joined the company. A discrepancy so great and so obvious can only be ascribed to a slovenly habi`t of memory or expression." This " discrepancy," which the Times calls " so great and so obvious," is nu discrepancy at all. Mr. Hudson says, and doubtless says truly, that he had co interest in the Eastern Counties Railway until the shareholders requested him, and he consented to assume the office of chairman. He also says that he holds now the same stack which he did when he first joined the company. Now, there is no discrepancy here. Mr. Hudson, we understand him to say, occupied with his Northern railways, did not interfere with the Eastern Counties Railway at all, until a great majority of the shareholders requested him. Ile acceded to their request, and in order to do so, bought a number of their shares, which he now holds, and by which he is a great loser. Such is his statement, as we understand it, and we find in it no discrepancy whatever. Again the Times says.-- lie justifies his sudden advance of the dividend from 3s. on the half-) ear before he took the direction to 9s. on the half-year during which he took it. by the fact, as he states it, that the gross income of the latter half year showed an impri.vemant of near 60,0001. But at the time the dividend was fixed that improvement had nut yet been ascertained, inasmuch as the half-year was not ended." Tl3isi;; second fallacy. For as the weekly re turns are published in all the newspapers, it is easy for any man, and still more easy for a director, .to ascertain what rate of increase is going on, and what may probably be afforded as a dividend: and this even before the half year has closed. Mr. Hudson, there ore, might easily be able to say, The increase tor the half year is 60,000/.," even before the last week was ascertained. The Times in this, as in its ether charges, goes clearly beyond the truth. On the whole, our opinion is that Mr. Hudson, ridiculously overrated four years since, is quite as absurdly underrated and assailed now. More was expected from him than mortal man could perform,_ and he has failed in Performing it. 13ut the real truth is, that the nostrums of 1846 have failed, quite as disgracefully as the rostrums of 1845 .; and now the advocates of free trade, having no defence to offer on their own part, are very happy to be able to divert the public attention by attacking Mr. Hudson. POST.—We were not among those who grovelled before the prosperity and golden opinions which once surrounded Mr. Hudson, the Railway King ; neither shall we be among those who seek to trample upon him, now that the tide of fortune has turned against him. We have been disgusted to observe the comments which, out of individual jealousy or party spite, have been made upon his speech in the House of Commons on Thurs day evening. The impression made upon the House — not upon one party in it, but upon the House generally, regarding Mr. Hudson was most favourable. Not that Mr. Hudson has exonerated himself from blame—not that it can be disputed that, under cover of his name, a certain aspect was given to the concerns of the Ea stein Counties Company which the facts of the case did not warrant, but lie showed that no peculiar delin quency attached to bim—that he had made no private profit of his connexion with the company, and what was done was the act of the direction, and not his individual act. That the conduct of Mr. Hudson has been regarded with a certain animus—with a bitterness of hostility arising from something else than merely the mismanagement of railway affairs, appears in this— other managers who have done as he has done in the Eastern Counties concern have not only not been pur sued with obloquy, but they have been thanked and ep• plauded 1 One of our contemporaries took notice the other day that a member of the investigating committee which so strongly blamed Mr. Hudson a charged is Easters: Counties vice-chairman tuon ti es capitala r e the. so v o e f r a y no s t a h m e e r c i o t m em p s an n y ,h w ic h h ich the ha E s blamed for having charged to capital. And but the day before yesterday a meeting was held of a company which an investigating committee accused of having, like the Eastern Counties company, placed heavy charges to the capital account which ought to have gone against the revenue account. Instead of censuring the chairman and hooting him from his seat this company, more careful of their property, approved of what hart been done! This is the mercantile justice of London. One man shall be the mark of obloquy and another of applause, both of whose modes of con ducting business are the same! The Times, in its eagor ness to find fault with Mr. Hudson, stumbles into downright stupidity. It states, regarding air. Hudson's speech, that— " He says, in one place, that he had no shares in the Eastern Counties Railway, and no interest in it what ever, before he took the office of chairman. He after wards says that he has neither bought nor sold, that he is a sufferer to a large amount, and that he holds the same stock he did when he first joined the company. A discrepancy - so great and so obvious can only be ascribed to a slovenly habit of memory or expression." There is no discrepancy at all. The slovenliness and inattention are on the part of the commentator. It ap pears from Mr. Hudson's statement that he held no shares previously to his connexion with the company as chair man. He then bought stock, which it was necessary for him to do as a qualification—he paid for it a higher rate than the stock has ever been at since, and what be then bought he still holds. That is his statement, which he says the registers of the company will confirm, and he adduces this as proof that he has not trafficked in the stock of the company, and that from the trans actions of the company he has made nn private profit. So far as we know of these matters we think it im possible to deny thut the Eastern Counties Railway and other railways have been managed with a combination of looseness and boldness which deserves grave censure, and which has produced great calamity to a very large portion of the public that had confidence not only in the integrity but in the accuracy of management of those at the head of railway concerns. But the fault we:conceive to have been general, if not universal, and the singling out of Mr. Hudson as the one great victim to suffer odium for the faults of this most faulty system, is an instance of that sort of gross injustice which the public is some times led into by a general feeling of vexation and dis appointment. THE JOB AND POST-MASTERS, &c• PROVIDENT FUND. The sixth anniversary of this institution was celebrated last evening, at the London Tavern, When about 260 gentlemen . sat down toil most-excellent and sumptuous entertainment, provided by Messrs. -Bathe and Breach, the renowned caterers at that establishment. Lord Killen, M.P., in the absence of his Noble Father, the Duke of Richmond, who was prevented attending from indisposition, presided; and he was sup portedtnatith institution, the, Hon.Captain Ps.oSm.elr'siee Somerset, f t .) h i n e t, u t o h n e . m founde r r i m o s f t o t n h e e , Count Bathyany, Mr. Higgins, Gm J. G. Murdoch, Esq.; Brice Pearse, Esq.; F. Salmon, Esq. The " Health of the Queen," and the other loyal and patriotic toasts, were received with much applause. The CHAIRMAN proposed the toast of the evening— " Prosperity to the Fund," and expressed his un feigned satisfaction at having had the ' honour I t was CHAIRMAN li A i drunkt iwEho eerl . couldAf a i NI , 4 ‘ r . of presiding over such a numerous and influential assemblage. He regretted that the Duke of Richmond was not present to take the chair, who was prevented attending owing to a severe attack of rheu matism, which rendered him unable to leave his bed. They all knew that he was nut in the habit of bolting or running away from his engagements —(Lsughter)-- and he could assure them that nothing but severe indis position would have kept him away.—(Hear, hear.) He had the interest of the society very much at heart, and would on any occasion, he was sure, do all in his power to promote its welfare.—(Loud cheers.) He (Lord March) had great pleasure in observing that the tunds were id a prosperous state ; the money invested was upwards of 8,0001., and the number of members was increasing. The society was rapidly progressing in po pularity, and had only to be more known to be more ap preciated. Ho believed its object was intrinsically good, and that it would receive the support which it justly merited.—(Cheers.) h hs e o e. o l d o n all occasions m h m e orstTli readybaetrt Tattersall, i co-operate benefactors : e a t ot treasurer, and in l h p i r c o h The toast was drank with great applause. The Honourable Mr. PIERREPOINT proposed the health of the Chairman. lie was confident no one in the room had heard of the Duke of Richmond's illness three, gt(tuhhcoaaeihnun eektee a s r,od n s fd. headw t stating oi g ht frhe Neither great eot t nilte a hheh p eaos s erttt without the most deep and sincere regret—(Hear, hear) —and if anything could tend to diminish that regret, with brieflytalmost ipleasureona fi t o, h its r eoht erfeerhbesaeptoviiocnntimes returnediigene society. at_ c. it was the able and amiable way in which his son had filled his place.—(Cheers.) he e l a Ts u a t i Il to a r ht i l l e) e a :n m i abs d l ote g o s cstih h t hte h h e etmd e yia g nipossessedfic magnificent n t was d s of those gentlemen he was satisfied would take such an active part in the society unless they were fully satisfied of its benevolence and its usefulness.—(Cheers.) " The Health of Mr. Pierrepoint, the Vice-President, and Patrons of the Institution;" " Mr. Tattersall, the Treasurer, and the other Directors and Officers," toge ther with " The Stewards," were then drunk with much enthusiasm, thanks being returned by each of the gen tlemen so honoured. The Hon. Mr. PIERREPOINT proposed the health of the young Earl of Strathmore, the chairman elect. He was of high rank and unblemished character, and was of a sporting propensity, which was no small fe t at e ure thr in f his merits.—(Cheers.) He was but y o u ng on be full but most sincerely did he hop e that it would h half a century before he was p l a ced under the turf. The toast was drunk with much a pp lause, as was also the health of the ladies. the subscriptions of the The secretary announced that . t . evening amounted to 4001., includnig twenty guineas from Mr. Vernon. were sung Several excellent songs, belleds , and glees Bodd Young, glees re a. by Messrs. Hobbs, Francis, his f Mr. Harker ably officiated in capacity o toast master. .........--seee-se"-................. COLOSSEUM. —The Duchess of Sutherland, Duke and Duchess of Argyll, Lady Mary Howard, Sir Thomas rioward, Countess of Carlisle, Lord and Lady Blantyre, Duke and Duchess of Montrose and family, Earl of Morley and party, Sir Andrew Corbet, Bart., and party, T i D ited the Cyci9VlM4 011 Wueedtty I§st. rtb Pro.z'P-tittion • ATROCIOUS ATTELIIPT TO ASSASSINATE THE QUEEN THIS EVENING. SUN OFFICE, Eight o'Clock. Shortly after six o'clock this evening her Majesty and Prince Albert, whilst returning in an open lan dau from Hyde-park down Constitution-hill, to Buckingham Palace, a labouring man, wearing a white flannel jacket, and bearing all the appearance of a mechanic, levelled a pistol at the Queen, from within the railings of the Green Park, whilst tEe carriage was passing the curve of the bill close to the Triumphal-arch. The Queen and the Prince did not appear much alarmed, and the carriage, on the order of the Queen, proceeded to the Palace. Both were uninjured. The miscreant, who is an Irishman, named John Hamilton, was immediately seized by one of the park keepers and by a soldier who jumped over the rails. The pistol, it is believed, was loaded with ball. He was immediately taken to the King street station where, at the time our reporter left, the scoundrel was under examination. The greatest excitement prevails in the metropolis in consequence of the diabolical attempt. The man, who is about thirty or five and thirty years of age, appears a rational individual. ISCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN. ALTONA, MAY 13. —The train which arrived this evening brought confirmation of the intelligence that the city of Horsen has been occupied by the Prussian troops. No further intelligence has been received from Fredericia, except that the German troops bombarded the blockhouse at that place, but were compelled to retreat in consequence of the brisk fire returned from the fortress by the Danes. It is said that nearly everybody is leaving the 'city, and that at this moment there are, perhaps, not above 2,000 inhabitants left.—Hamburgh Borsenhalle, May 14. COPENHAGEN, MAY 13.—The military report this day issued by the Minister of War is as follows No essential change had taken place at Fredericia on the 11th. The entire strength of the enemy who surrounded that fortress is estimated at 10,000 men, with five field bath ries. General Von Rye's corps was stationed, on the morning of the 11th, at Ham sted Ane, without being attacked by the enemy, whose fore posts were visible at a league to the south of Horsens. Nothing of any consequence had taken place at the Sandewitt, HADENSLEBBN, DJAY 14.—Eleven Danish trans ports are in the harbour of Veile, probably to con vey the Danes there; but they will have some diffi culty in effecting this, since the whole line from Sandewitt to Horsens is occupied by the Imperial troops, and the head• quarters of the general in command is now at Veile, while the Schleswig-Holstein army is preparing for an attack upon Fredericia, which, if it has not already taken place, will commence immediately on the arrival of the artillery requisite for the bombardment. Whe ther the Prussian fore posts have already reached Aarhuus, cannot be positively stated, for the report that they have occupied Horsens, though said to be indisputable, has not been confirmed. The recent attack of the German troops upon Fredericia and their defeat is very differently given in the Borsen halle of the 15th, which says—" Yesterday morning the .Danes attempted to make a sally from the for tress of Fredericia; but they were driven back by two of our Jager corps, the 7th and the 9th. We, however, had two men killed and six wounded." The Cabinet at Derlin has sent an official commu nication to the foreign ambassadors, that Prussia has called upon the Danish Cabinet immediately to send a plenipotentiary to Berlin for the purpose of com mencing a negotiation for peace—that by the occu pation of Jutland by the Imperial troops the honour of the army had been secured, and a prospect opened that Denmark would make an indemnity for the da mage caused by her ships. Baron Von Nicolay passed through Hamburgh on the 15th for London. He was on his way to Berlin, and is said to be the bearer of those conditions upon which Russia is inclined to undertake the negotiation in the Danish affairs. MINING TELL ItTENCE. (From the Mining Journal of this day.) In the mining share market during the past week an average amount of business has been done. Shares in our leading and divide nd-paying mints are much in quired for, in many of which transattions have taken place, and, comparatively with former weeks, the market exhibits a healthy state. Shares in the following mines have changed hands : Devon Great Consols, East Wheal lose, West Seton, West Buller, West Caradun, South Wheal Frances, Trelawny, Coudurrow, Mary Ann, Trehane, Camborne Consols, Tamar Consols, Tiucroft, Callington, Kingsett and Bedford, lawis, Treleigh, Hulmbush, West Tolgus, Buckets, &c. At the Caradon Whcal Hooper meeting the accounts showed a balance against the mine of 2081. 114. 9d.; with unpaid calls, 3291. 4s. Gd. A call of 11. 10s. per share was made. At the annual West Wheal Jewel meeting, held on Monday, the 14th inst., the statement of accounts pre sented shows a balance in hand of about 1,1201., when the value of the ore already raised has been realised. The manager's report represents the improvements during the year as immaterial, althouqh it is anticipated that some productive ground is being about developed, which will be taken away advantageously to the com pany; and according to the present priCes obtained for the produce, there in every reason io calculate on the re turns meeting the expenditure of the ensuing year. At the Llivynmalees meeting, on the 1.5!1i inst., the statement of accounts showed a balance in of the company of 2241. 19s. 9W, with highly encouraging pros pects as regards future returns. At 6outh Tamar and East Tamar meetings, hell on the 17th inst., a call of 2s. Gd. per share on the former mine, and ss. per share on the latter, were deemed neces sary. At the Wellington Mines meeting, on the 15th inst., a dividend of 11. 10s. per share was declared. The state ment of accounts showed a profit of 1201. 3s. 7d. on the two months' working, January and February, tegeth4 with the balance from last account, enabled the payment of the above dividend; leaving a balance of 10S1. in hand. The reports of Captains White and Curry furnished to the meeting, afford a favourable view of future improve ments, and the tribute ground especially, which is laid open, can be taken away at a low tribute. Tin, esti mated at 601., was sampled on the Bth, and about 100 tens of copper ore will be sampled on the 23d inst. Thu half-yearly meeting of the Imperial Brazilian Mining Association was held on Thursday. The product of gold for tne six months amounted to 2621b5., realising 10,3321., and the expenditure about I,9lBl.—the reserved fund being 25,000/. Iti foreign mines the following shares have been done during the week—viz.: St. John del Rey, United Mexican, Copiapo, Imperial Brazilian, Bolanos, and Australian. St. John' del Reys have expe rienced a decline. North British Australasian shares have been done at an advance. The Agricola dis charged upwards of 80 tons of copper regulus on Mon day last ; and, from samples we have seen, consider the average to be about so per cent. for copper. The Cheap side arrived in the London Docks on Thursday with 110 tons ; and the Isabella Marcus is daily expected with 118 tens more from Sydney. We may now shortly ex put advices of regular shipment from the mine at Kawaw, as the furnaces were nearly completed when the last let ters were received. The St. John del Rey letters are to the 9th of March, furnishing the returns for the month of Fe_brhuaas been realised, 4 which it appears a profit of 3 , 2321 . 7s. d realised, the net produce being St ue 6,8701. 10;. l 0 returns Thefori‘ h ar isupplyar c ofoesr°efiattasvr.o'duervda:ble, in consequence of some breakages , haveand a done considerable storm, which is represented el to stone ikel c y o In n to unus ual violent l h u2 dam 'r e ge m a p s e w r i e a ll l Brazilian as i z m i p os e n d An impeding s ° o P c e i a ra t os. 3 1 grs. i ° h l have ver of g c ee o i Tel e d dust, th 0 remittance of 39 lbs. , 11 ozs. Idw Gvaolunegoabsooticto,4f,..-LomOLl,eabn.d_ t3hetorcp:lartrg gold lbs. r i e b t s u . r o ns oz fr , o l m o mines from 21 lbs. 10 from the 1 t J s o d z w i t . s 2. ; o lla t n s. a u ,odtiat from ditto, 1i 1 2 b i s h . e 9 tw oz o . nuary, 78 lbs. The .I\l!:tiotnhael B go ra ld zili r a e n tu le rn tt s ers fr a o r m e c to oc t a h e e s, 2d fr M om ar t c h h e , and ad.- v 14th February to the 2d March, at 19 mks. 3 oz. 6 oils. 45 grs. The prospects are far more ch , ering than have been received for some time past; improve ments have taken place, and as a junction of the Comes and 13andeira veins are likely to take place much shal lower than before expected, a considerable discovery is fully anticipated; we therefore look to the next advices with much interest. Letters to the Gth March have since been received, giving the produce from Cuiaba, from the Gth February to the date of advice, to be 5 mks. 5 do is. 65 grs.—total from the two mines, mks. '4 4 36. THE ARMY AND NAVY. (From the United Service Gazette of this thiy.) SCAI:CITY OF TROOPS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.—In consequence of the removal of the 99th Regiment to Van Diemen's Land, and 200 men of the 11th Regiment to Launceston, only live companies will be loft to pi o tom this colony from any internal outbreak or hostile visitations. 'IIIE LATE GENERAL SIR EDWARD PAGET, G.C.B.— We understand that the remains of this gallant and cis tinguished office= will be laowared with § pat.& Mary ~S I funeral at Chelsea Hospital, it is believed OH T yor Wednesdsy next, but the exact clay is not yet ed. A great many gen era l o ffi cers, his old companionstin'-arms, - • will attend; also a battalion of the Griatets, and,it fit ex• peered, a brigade of the Royal Artillery, ENCAMPING TROOPS.--11fr. Maher, IkeLP., of t rdt.tuk county, Tipperary, Ims commenced an action at law - against Lieutenant-Colonel Brooke Taylor, commanding the 85th Light Infantry, and officers in coeamand of the troops having the " flying camp at Tnrtulla " in July and August, 1843. It is for damage and trespass, said to have been committed at that time by the troops in pursuit of the rebels under Smith O'Brien. INVALID SOLDIERS.—Upwards of 1,700 discharged soldiers have been placed upon the Pension List of Chel sea Hospital since the Ist of January last. THE ROYAL MARINES.—The contemplated retire ments of senior officers belonging to this corps have not yet been promulgated, but we have reasan to expect their announcement in the course of a few days. At least two more commandants will retire on full pay. GHUZNEE AND SINDE PRIZE MONEY.—It is expected that the returns of the unclaimed shares w ill shortly be received in this country, the distribution in India hav ing commenced at the following dates, v iz., for the Ghuzace booty, at Bengal and Bombay, on the 17th and 30th of March, 1848; for the Sinde booty at Bengal, on the 17th of Dee., 1847; and Bombay, on the 30th March, 1848. KNIGHTS OF WINDSOR.—It appears that, by a recent arrangement, Sir George Grey is compelled to select, is the first instance, to be submitted to her Majesty, the names only of those from the list of candidates who, in in addition to long service, have been wounded; failing these, then others, according to their respective claims. Three names have already been submitted to her Ma jesty. from which she will appuint the successor to the late Major Wathen. They war medals assignable to pensioners are to be distributed to them publicly when called out for exer cise next month, unless they prefer receiving them at the first payments after they reach the staff officer's hands. NORMAL fiCROOLMASTERS.—The system of training masters for regimental schools is at length coming into practical operation. Schoolmasters enlisted for general service have been appointed to the following places and regiments. They are to rank as quartermaster-sergeants, and to receive two shillings and sixpence per diem and barrack accommodation:—The Garrison at Prestont the recruits of Foot Guards at Croydon ; and the B;th Regiment (proceeded to India). CAPTURE OF A VALUABLE SLAYER AT BRAZILS.— A private correspondent from Rio, dating March 23d, informs us that her Majesty's stearn•sloop Hydra, Com mander Skipwith, had taken a very fine brig, 254 tons, fully equipped for the slave trade, and said to have a very valuable cargo. She was estimated to be worth at least 10,000/, and was sent to Demerara for condem nation. - THE COMMAND IN THE EAST INDIES.—It reported that Rear-Admiral of the White tho lion. Sir Fleet% ood Broughton Reynolds relieve, C. 8., K.C.H., will succeed to the command in the event of Sir E. Collier resigning from ill health. TEE VALUE OF A GUARD•SHIP AT SerrHEAD.—The efficacy of a guard-ship at Spithead was tested par ticularly on the night of Tuesday last, the 15th inst. The Athlone steamer, from the westward, bound to Southamptbn, attempted to pass through the anchorage at night without signalising her character to the guard ship. The `• row guard" hailed her, but she would not answer, and even when several musket shots had been fired at her she would not bang to; but a shot from one of the guns of the Superb had the desired effect, when the contumacious trader hauled his wind and lay to. The " guard" boarded her, overhauled her, and ex amined her papers, and eventually allowed her to pro ceed on hoisting her colours. This might have been a sneaking spy. RAILWAY RETURNS Rt.ILWAT TBAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year: Week Last SI ending SAME OF RAILWAY. week. E O EO p May 12 Aberdeen ... ............ . 570 13 Amiens and Boulogne ..••••.• • •• • • • 1,227 1,276 /2 Belfast and Ballymena .......... 493 412 13 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 940 829 13 Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe, and W. Y. 416 6 Caledonian.... 12 Chester and Holyhead. •• • .•• • .. 1,307 - Cockermouth and Workington........ - 10 Dublin and Drogheda• • • ....... ,„ 880 768 /5 Dublin and Kingstown .. 939 1,220 12 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen........ 1,071 826 13 East Anglian.... •••••• • • • • ........ 620 522 12 Edinburgh and Glasgow .• • . ...• 3,982 3,411 12 Edinburgh and Northern •• • ..... •• • • 2,169 1,253 13 Eastern Counties and North Eastern.. 14,409 15,013 13 East Lancashire •••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • 2,948 1,006 12 Eastern Union.• ••••••• • • • .. • . 12 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr ••• • • • 2,711 2,104 12 Glasgow and Greenock.• •••••• • - • • • • 987 - 1,003 13 Great Northern and E. L.• ••••• • . • • 1,968 - 12 Great Southern and Western •• • 3,871 2,190 6 Great Western, &c ...... . .• . • 17,892 21,504 12 Kendal and Windermere ••... • • • • • • 151 157 13 Lancashire and Yorkshire........ •• • • 11,951 9,873 6 Lancaster and Carlisle •.• . • • 13 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.• • • 103 - 12 Londonderry and Enniskillen •• • 156 158 13 London and North Western, &c. 13 London and Blackwell.. 12 London and Brighton .•• • • • ..• ••• • • • 8,565 8,885 13 London and South Western • • 9,448 9,254 - Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire - 2,386 13 Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham .. .• 20,607 20,378 13 Midland Great Western (Irish) ••.. • . 1,161 1,248 - Monklands ... •.. ..... t . • • .... ••.. • • - - Newcastle and Carlisle •••• • • • ~• •• • - 2,382 13 North British .. ••• • • • • • .... 12 Paris and Rouen ..• • ..... •• •••• • • • 5,205 3,933 12 Rouen and Havre. ••• • . 2,209 1,690 13 Scottish Central .... • . - 13 Shrewsbury and Chester .. 1,368 616 12 South Eastern and Branches 13 South Devon ..... .•••••••• .• • • • • 1,91'4 1,555 12 Taff Vale •• • • ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • 2,078 1,762 13 Ulster .• • • • • . . 786 851 5 Waterford and Limerick .....• 306 - 6 Whitchaven Junction ........... • ... 201 189 13 York and Newcastle . 12 York and North Midland . TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING Six o'CLocK. DERRY. 2 to 1 agst Flying Dutchman 4 to 1 agst Nunnykirk 11 to 2 agst Tadmor—taken 13 to 2 agst Chatterer 16 to 1 agst Elthiron 17 to 1 agst Vatican 25 to 1 agst The Knout 30 to 1 agst Honeycomb 50 to 1 agst The Old Fox OAKS. 6 to 1 agst Clarissa 7 to 1 agst Sister to Arkwright SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—YEsTERDAY. The betting yesterday was so flat, and agreed so nearly with the prices quoted on Thursday, that a formal quotation is uncalled tor. The Flying Dutchman and Nunnykirk were steady at precisely the same odds as before, i. e. 2 to 1 and 4 to 1; 7 to 1 was laid once against Tadmor, but not more than 6 to 1 could be got at the close. Chatterer rose to 11 to 2, taken to a considerable amount, but finally offered. 20 to 1 was taken to 2001. about Vatican, 4,000 to 70 about The Old Fox, and 700 to 400 about Lord Eglinton's lot. The only mares bucked for the Oaks were Clarissa and Woodlark, the former rather freely at 6 to 1, and the latter for a pony at 7 to 1. The Flying Dutchman and Elthiron were expected to reach Epsom-last night. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—FRIDAY. DERBY.-2 to 1 asst The Flying Dutchman (taken freely), 4 to 1 agst Nunnykirk (t), 6 to 1 agst Tadmor, 7to 1 agst Chatterer (take Bto I), 15 to 1 agst Van guard, 18 to 1 ogst Elthiron, 20 to 1 agst the Knout, 2S to 1 agst Vatican, 30 to 1 agst Osterley, 35 to 1 agst Old Dan Tucker, 40 to 1 agat Montague, 50 to 1 agst The Old Fox (t), 1,000 to 10 agst Hotspur (t). Oars.-6 to 1 agat Glauca (t), 7to 1 agst Woodlark (t), 7 to 1 agst Sister to Arkwright (t), 9 to 1 agst Clarissa, 10 to 1 agst Lady Jersey. MANCHESTER CIIP.-5 to 2 aget Stebbing's lot, 7 to 2 agst Inheritress (t), 7 to 2 agst Joe o'Sot (t), 7 to 1 agst Shylock (t), 8 to 1 aget Mahon (t), 8 to 1 agst Sylvan (t). LIVERPOOL CUP.-6 to 1 agst Peep-o'day Boy (take 7 to 1), 8 to 1 agst Loupgarou (t), 10 to 1 agat Sylvan (t), 14 to 1 agst Tophana (t). Yesterday (Friday) attern oon Mr. Grindon, , th e corone r, held an inque st on con the st l o e dy in of t J he oh ß n ri l st y o m i , p a o g ii e e d e ab b thirty-two, lato a police -force. The evidence went to show that at about the middle o f th e night of the Stt inst., the deceased was on duty in Thomas-strect, when he observed two females of ques tionable character talking to two private soldiers of the 15th infantry, he desired them to disperse. The soldiers made an attack upon the constable, who was knocked to the ground, and whilst there was beaten with sticks until covered with blood by the two soldiers, who made their escape a short distance but were soon taken into custody. The prisoners were the next day taken before the magistrates, but were allowed to join their regiment upon their sergeant representing that they would be severely punished for their gross conduct by the military power. The unfortunate constable expired at about eight o'clock on Thursday night last. Dr. Barnard made a post mortem examination of the body of the de ceased. There was no doubt that death was caused by erysepalus produced by the wound in the head. The CORONER having addressed the jury, a verdict of " Wilful murder" was returned against Andrew Davey and John 111‘Farley, the two privates alluded to. YARMOUTH, MAY 18.—Wind S.W.—lt has been blowing a gale from W.S.W. since the 16th inst., but the wind is now more moderate at Iti.N•W PORTSMOUTH, MAY 18.—Wind W. to N.W. fresh. Arrd. Patriot, Menzig, South Si'as for Bremen; out 160 days, wigs 3,900 barrels black, and 100 barrels Sperm oil. OFF DOVER.—Europa, Cure, South Seas for Bremen, and sad for Sheerness. TILE HULL STEAMERS AND THE BLOCKADE OF TUE ELBE.--The Lion, Ilden Macgregor, and Queen of Scotland sailed hence last week, as announced in our last. Up to the moment of our going to press, no news bad arrived of any of them, with the exception of the Queen of Scotland, which was warned off the Elbe by the Danish squadron, on the 13th instant, and was a $ Auclior off Litligoland,- - .110/ Advertiser. '