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nary expenditure in prospect of war, the taxpayers wculd do well to protest, through their representatives, against it as ruinous and dangerous to the country. Mr. HENLEY was surprised that no Member of the Government had risen to offer some explanation con cerning the present vote; for on the face of the estimate itself there was no explanation which seemed to bring it within the recommendation of the Committee of last year. It appeared from a note in the estimates that the sum of 120,0001., proposed to be voted, would be applied "chiefly" to the south basin and docks, and therefore it seemed to be left in doubt whether or not the money was not to be applied also to some other part of the scheme. Now, if the money were not required for carrying out existing contracts, or for the completion of the cofferdam within the recommendation of the Committee of last year, he should be inclined, unless some satisfactory ex planation were given for de-parting from the rec ommend ikon of the Committee of last year, to vote against the grant. Sir F. BARING said, that the reason he had not risen before was, that as these arrangements were not made by him, but by former Boards of Admiralty, he thought the Right lion. Gentleman (Mr. Corry) who had for merly been Secretary to the Admiralty the proper person to give an explanation respecting them. With regard to the recommendation of the Committee of last year, to which the Hon. Member (Mr. Henley) referred, that was carried out serictly by the Government, and the present vote was in conformity with that recommenda tion. He was aware that there would bo differences of opinion as to the expediency of commencing such an out lay, but, though it might seem large, he had heard from au' horities well worthy of attention, that this establish ment, when formed, would be of great value in case of war; and the question was—whether, having expended a considerable sum on the works, they would throw that all away or proceed in carrying those works to completion.—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") The money he now asked for was money required under existing contracts, and he believed the contracts went further than the sum he wished the Committee now to vote. If the amendment were carried the works would be stopped and all pcevious expense rendered useless, and a considerable sum besides must be paid to the con tractors for not carrying out the contracts.—(Hiar, ear.) His Hon. Friend (Sir W. Molesworth) had not Drought forward an ameadment like the present last year, under the idea, no doubt, that the country was bound by *ono:sets; but, having then allowed the works to go on, would it be wise in his Hon. Friend now to stop them?—(Hear.) Mr. HENLEY inquired what portion of the 120,000/. Mould be required to complete the works which the Com mittee of last year recommended, and how much further the Government was bound by existing contracts? Sir F. BARING replied, that the whole sum was re iuired under the contracts. Mr. HENLEY thought that, after the recommenda tion come to by the Committee of last year, the estimate on its face should clearly show that the expenditure was to be limited to that particular branch of works within the recommendation of the Committee. Sir F. BARING repeated that the Government bad carried into effect the recommendation of the Committee. Captain BERKELEY, in reference to the argument used by an Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Cobden), that it was not necessary for the Royal Navy to have a steam basin, because there was no such thing as a steam-basin for the mercantile navy, requested the Hon. Member to look to the East and West India Docks, and see if there were no steam-basins there. Mr. PETO said that he bad examined the works at Keyham, and there would have been, in his opinion, no difficulty in having a close estimate of the total outlay before the commencement of the works. Mr. COWPER explained that the sum of 120,0001. proposed to be voted would be applied to the works con nected with the cofferdam according to the recommenda tion of the Committee of last year. Mr. COBDEN observed, that what he had stated was that no private steam-boat builder had a basin for the purpose of putting steam-engines and boilers on board ship; and he repeated the statement. Mr. B. SMITH thought that a very small sum might be necessary to complete a sea wall, and the making of docks and basins might be reserved till some future op portunity. The Committee divided, when there appeared— For the amendment ... 27 Against it ... 101 Majority ... --74 The vote was then agreed to; as also was a vote o, 68,4001. for miscellaneous services. On the next vote, which was 232,2521. to complete the sem necessary for the charge of half-pay officers of the Navy and Royal Marines. Mr. M. GIBSON, referring to his statement on a former occasion with regard to the number of officers, observed that in what he bad said he had the authority of a very distinguished officer in the British navy, Sir J. Stirling, who stated before the Lords' Committee that welled got 8,000 officers of one kind or another in the eaeY, and that we only wanted^4,ooo, and that by bringir g the number within its proper limits the officers would be in almost continual employment, their skill as well as their emoluments would be increased, and there might be effected by this and the contemplated reduction in respect of pensions, &c., a saving equal to the keep of 20,000 able seamen. Sir F. BARING thought as an Hon. Member (Mr. Hume), who was absent, unwell, intended to bring this subject before the House, it would ba better to discuss it when ho should do so. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY called attention to the num ber of cadets introduced, as being beyond what could be advenced. Sir F. BARING remarked that the Committee recom mended a limit, and there was now a limit by a minute of Lord Auckland's. The number introduced in the year was not to exceed 100. Thu vote was then agreed to, as also was a vote of 300,5611. to complete the charge for military pensions and allowances, of 61,357/. for civil pensions and allow ances, and 147,2001. for freights and stores on account of the army and navy ordnance department. The next vote was a sum of 748,2961. for the Post office padket service. Mr. FLOYER wished to know how the sum for con veying the mail to the Channel Islands, which was for merly 2,0001. when carried from Weymouth, was now raised to 4,000/.? Mr. COWPER said the increase in the amount from 2,0001. to 4,0001. was caused by the circumstance that, when contractors were last advertised for, the only par ties who made an offer were the old contractors, and, as they made a tender for double the amount they formerly had, there was no alternative but to concede it. As to the second point, when Weymouth was the point of em barkation, the packets belonged to Government; but the contractors who afterwards got the mail preferred Southampton. There were reasons for thinking that Weymouth was a better point of embarkation than Southampton, but Government was not always at liberty to select the port in such cases. In answer to a question by Mr. FLOYER, Mr. COWPER said, when the contract was adver tised, the port of Southampton alone was mentioned, as it was not considered that Weymouth would be so con venient a port till the works at the Isle of Portland were finished. Sir T. ACLAND asked when the period would expire for carrying the East and West India mails from the port of Southampton? Mr. COWPER replied that the contract might be terminated on the Ist of January, 1853. In answer to a question by Mr. MONSELL, Mr. COWPER said, till the contract for the North American mails terminated, the Government could not carry into operation any plan for making Valentia the tof embarkation. Mr. COBDEN thought this vote should not be allowed o pass without a few words. The large sum of 748,000/. here put down might make it appear that there was no profit from the Post-office system at all since it was re formed ; but it was to be considered that very large sums were expended in carrying the mails betwixt such places as Alexandria and Beyrout ; Singapore and Sydney, New South Wales; and between Ceylon and Hong• Kong. Fur the last a sum of 45,000/. was charged; and for the carrying of the mails betwixt this country and the West Indies there was a sum of no lees than 240,0001. a year, while the gross amount of postage received was not more than 60,0001. a year. Now, it could not be ex pected that the Post-office department would carry let ters at such a cost to the West Indies without some ade quate motive; and that motive he believed to be, to put it in the power of the Government to avail themselves in time of war of the large steamers required for this ser vice, and which, according to contract, were made to carry guns. He hoped, however, that this vote would not go forth in such a way as would be calculated to in jure Post-office reform in the eyes of the world. He thought that in making these Post-office arrangements respect Should be had to the number of letters to be carried from one place to another. He was not in favour of those charges being placed to the account of the Ad miralty; but at the same time he thought that greater care might be taken in making the arrangements. Sir F. BARING believed that the arrangements as to the West Indies were in existence before the Post-office reform took place. They took upon themselves the duty of establishing communications with every part of the empire, and in doing so they were not to consider whe ther every communication would pay or not, but whether it was necessary to the commerce) of the country.— (Ilear.) Nor did he think that these expensive commu nications to India, and other parts of the empire, at all told against Post -office reform. Mr. COBDEN admitted the great advantage of having Post-office communication with all parts of the world, but he thought such corereaunication should have some reference to the number of letters passing to and from this country. Acco r di ng to the system of the Right Hon. Gentleman, a di rect communication mightbe started at once betwixt this country and New Zealand. Mr. HENLEY thought th ese expenses had been very much forced upon the country by t h e arguments of the commercial classes, who sought every facility for extend ing commerce.—(flear.) Sir. BRIGHT had understood his Hon. Friend only to say that seferenceshould be made to the number of let ters carried in any arrangement made, and that we should not expend 246,0004 when only 60,0001. was derived from letters. The contrary principle was a very objec tionable one indeed. Whatever steps might be taken with reference to matters connected with the Post-office, he always had entertained a strong conviction that nothing ought to be done in any manner calculated to interfere with the success of the penny postage through out the United Kingdom. He considered it most im portant not to allow foreigners fora moment to supp ose failure. The that the penny postage had been a intro duction of it was a great reform, and hardly any reform could be greater or more !mportant. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ob served, that the penny postage had no connexion what ever with steam navigation, but, as the former had been mentioned, he might be permitted to say, that looking at the result of the penny postage, no experiment could have been more satisfactory than it had proved. The number of letters passing through the Post-office had rtIUU WATLit AT LONDON HMI, iL. Tal3 DAY —Stoning, 51 min. after A I Evening, 31 min. after S To-Ifoaaow—Morning, 10 min. after 10 ETenlag, 49 rain. after 10 THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 1, 1849. greatly increased, nay, had actually doubled. In any fortnight of the present year, compared with the cor re4onding fortnight of any year before the postage was altered, it would be found that the proportion was as 6,000,000 to 3,000,000, and that this advance had pro. ceeded equally in England, Scotland, and Ireland. Whe ther the increase of the packet service abroad happened to be large or small, was a matter that had nothing to do with the penny postage. Mr. HENLEY said, that the object of Mr. Rowland Hill, in the introduction of the penny postage, was to extend the delivery of letters and to increase the number of letters passing through the Post-office as much as pos sible. The change had been important and valuable. It certainly was one which ought not to be measured by its expense; neither, he thought, should the packet-service be measured by its expense. Sir J. DUCKWORTH said, that as the contracts for sending the mails from Southampton would soon expire, he did hope that fair consideration would be given to such tenders respecting the packet-service as might, when the contracts became open, proceed from the ports of the west of England. The vote was then agreed to. The next was for a sum not exceeding 12,6881, to de fray tho expense of sending the North Star to assist the northern expedition. The House then resumed. The report was brought up, and ordered to be received on Wednesday. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at a Quarter past Twelve o'clock. THE LEGAL TITLE ASSURANCE COMPANY. (Provisionally Registered, January 17, 1449.) Capital, 2,000,00 C/., in 80,000 Shares, of 251. each. Preliminary Deposit, 2s. 6d. per Share Prospectuses and full information may be obtained at the Tempo rary 01117. es of the Company, 12a, Cannon-row, Westminster, on ap plication to G. F. HOWE, Hon. Sec., pro tern. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. :Mlle. JENNY LIND. The Nobility, patrons of the Opera, and the Public are respect fully informed that a GRAND IiiXTRA NIGHT will take place on Ts as At next, May 3, when will be presented Donizetti's opera, LA FIGLIA DEL REGGIMENTO. Maria, Mdlle, Jenny Lind ; Sulpizio Sergente, Sig. F. Lablache ; Ortensio, Sig. Arnoldi ; and Toni°, big. Gardoni. With various entertainments in the BALLET DEPARTMENT, in which Mdlle. Carlotta Grist, 3ldlie. M. Taglioni, Mdlle. Petit Stephan, Mesdlles. Marra, and Thomas sin!, M. Paul Taglioni, M. Dor. M. Charles, &c., will appear. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets t• be made at the Box-office of tke Theatre, where Pit Tickets may be obtained as usual, price 10s. 6d. each. RER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Mdlle. PARODI. The Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, are respect tally Informed that THIS EVENING, Will be presented Denizetti's admired Opera, entitled LA FAVORITA. To conclude with (tbe Scenery by Mr. Charles Marshall) an en. drely iew grand Ballet, by M. Taglioni, entitled ELECTRA ; or, The Lost Plelade. Applicaticne for Boxes, Stalls, aid Tickets to be mace at the Box. Ope! a Colonnade. Doors op,e at Half-past seven, Concert to commenco at Eight. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Season 1849. FRENCH PLAYS and OPERA COMIQIIE. TO-MORROW EVENING, The Performances will commence at Half-past Seven o'clock with HEUR ET MALHEUR. To conclude with LE PRE AUX CLERCS. Mergy, M. Octave; Comminge, M. Couderc ; Isabelle, Mdllo. Charton. Mr. Mitchell begs also to announce that, notwithstanding the in creased expenses of the present entertainment, the prices of admis sion are determined as follows : Boxes .. • • .. .. Gs. ed. Pit • • • • .. .. as. ed. Amphitheatre .. • • .. 2s. Od. Subscriptions for the season may be arranged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Sams', St. James's-street ; Mr. Andrews', New Bond-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from eleven till five. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. E. Webster, Sele Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENIN , . Will be performed the Comedy of TOWN and COUNTRY. Cha racters by 3iessra. J. Wallack, Wigan, Keeley, linckstone, and Web ster ; Miss P. Horton, Miss Reynolds, and Mrs. Glover. After which a Classical Extravaganza, entitled THE SPHINX. To be followed by THE BOUGH DIAMOND. To c•acludc with the Farce of LEND ,ME FIVE SHILLINGS. THEATRX ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE HOP PICKERS. Principal characters by Messrs. Lambert, Boyce, Wright, Paul Bedford, Ilughes, Mun yard, 0. Smith, Cullenford, Worrell, Madame Celeste, Miss Woulgar, Mrs. F. Matthews, Miss Taylor, Miss E. Chaplin, &c. ♦fter which, WHO LIVES AT No. 9? Characters by Messrs. Wright and Worrell, and Miss Chaplin. To conclude with a Farce, called GOING TO THE DERBY THE DERBY D.Y. Mr. Jeremiah Twiddle, Mr. Wright ; Mr. John James Chucks, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Captain Nobble, Mr. Worrell ; Mrs. Chucks, Mrs. Matthews ; Mrs. Twiddle, Miss Woolgar. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame \Testis. Sole Lessee. Mr. Charle., 4a , hews. THIS EVENING Will be performed a Piece entitled HOLD YOUR TONGUE. Cha racters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Selby, and Parselle ; Miss H. Gil bert, Miss Jane Coleman, and Madame Yestris. To be followed by BOX AND COX. To conclude with THE SEVEN CHAMPIONS OP CHRISTEN MOM. Dress Boxes, 59. ; Upper Boxes, 49. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, la. No tali-price to any part of the house. The New Box-office, No. 2, Wellington-street, is open W the ,very day, from Ton till Six. PRINCESS'S THEATiI.I , I. Mr. .1. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING. Will be performed a new Opera, entitled THE HEART or MID LOTHIAN. After which, 3fdlles. W. and A. Neruda mad their brother Victor will perform on the Violin, Violoncello, and Pianoforte. To conclude with a new grand Extravaganza, entitled NOURED DIN AND I fIE FAIlt PERSIAN. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mfr. W. Batty. Under the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince filbert, &c. The new grand Easter Spectacle unprecedentedly successful. THIS EVENING, The performance will commence with a Grand Equestrian Spec tacle, by Fltzball, entitled THE WHITE MAIDEN OF CALIFOR NIA ; or, the Horse of the Ocean. To be rollowed by an Inimitable display of SCENES IN THE CIRCLE. in which the drat Equestrian talent of the day will . appear. To conclude with THE LONDON CARRIER. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. stage Manager. Mr. W. West. THE WEATHER.—Sow OPFICK, MA! 1. TLIZRMOMETEIt, Lowest, 39; Highest, 60, Noon, 55, BAROMETER, 30.17. WIND N.—fine weather. L'` Until% LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 1, 1849. The re-action on the Continent looks seriously as if it was going to re-act. There were reasons which made the first re-action begin sooner and go further than would otherwise have been possible; and under such circumstances a counter re-action in duo time is a necessary consequence. The causes of the first retrograde movement were the proceedings of the Socialist portion of the Repub licans in France, backed, as related to this country, by the parallel demonstrations of the Chartists in Eng land, and what was called the " rebellion" in Ireland. Both in France and England, this was sufficient for a long time to paralyze the action of the friends of political liberty, and throw the preponderance into the scale of their opponents. Cholera and small-pox wear out or yield to vacci nation, and so will the disease of panic re-action. , The returns from the Continent, with the exception of here and there a lazsr-house under some impudent despot who thrashes his subjects for saying they have not enough, present a scale of progress strongly mi nistering to such a view. It will be very pleasant when so much of the Millennium comes, as shall abolish war. But for the present, human affairs are greatly dependent on the success of armies. If th• llungarian hussar can beat the Austrian cuirassier, the tide of political liberty is likely to roll in again on Europe. It would be a waste of words to'attempt to prove the deep interest which highly improved nations like France and England, have in such a consummation. There are parties in both countries, who loudly maintain the contrary. Stronger than in proportion to their numbers, and more active than in proportion to their strength, they make themselves heard in the public councils, and bully the moderate and not over energetic men, in whom the conduct of national affairs is lodged. In England the truth of this is open on inspection. The agents of every great and every little despot in Europe, are seated on the opposition benches, and crow as if they were masters of the game. In France the despotic element does not assume so pal pable a form in the Chamber; but it stirs more in the provinces, in ways which in England would serve no end. That the existing Government either in England or France should in their hearts do other than wish well to continental liberty, is what none will believe till proved. But there are many who think those Governments might improve their estimate of the maximum of advantage it would be possible for them to compass. Nobody can believe the French Government wants to see a Russian army at Chambery, or an Austrian at Genoa. Its natural desire must be to see the restoration of the Rhenish provinces ; which will be the reasonable reward of assistance to the liberal cause. Nobody believes the existing English Go vernment, dependent as it happily is on popular support, can want to renew the times when a Minister told the House of Commons, that in the actual state of Europe there was no danger from the popular element in England, meaning clearly, that the Cossacks were within call. If it is settled then, that both France and England are substantially interested in the discomfiture of the arbitrary powers, the next thing is to look. for the joints of the harness through which those powers can be reached. The maxim of the English absolutists is, that a German merchant knows nothing, an Italian advocate knows nothing, all this kind of man is to be put en tirely out of count. The man who knows, is an Aus trian or Russian peasant, beaten with a stick by a still more knowing corporal, and commanded through a long string of hierarchies, by a Prince with an unpro nounceable name, who is knowledge or the daughter of Jupiter herself. The Gallician insurrection is under stood to be aiming at the weak point In this. The peasants say, they will not go to be cut down by the Hungarians with whom they have no quarrel. Hold to that, stout peasants, and you may change the face of Europe and your own. The move of the Liberals on this, should be to hold out through Europe the abolition or commutation of the conscription, except fur a landwehr. In Russia there is another sore place still. It is DOW some fifty years since an eminent traveller and member of the University of Cambridge in his day, let out the perilous secret that there are two Russias, or if 'it be more correct, the Cossack is not Russian, and is the better material of the two. Here then is the place for a grand pensee ; look forward to the division of the thing of iron and clay called the Russian Empire. The men are provided by nature, who are to be the instruments of doing it. Till then, every free man in Europe will taste the Russian's font in his soup. In Russia Proper too, there are strange elements at work. It almost looks absurd, but it has been de clared over and over, that republican principles are at work in the Russian army. How they came there, or what they feed upon, it is not easy to assign ; but it is enough if they are there. Great outcry will be made in some quarters against such dissociating principles. It is probable our English Jacobites took the same view of the opposition of our forefathers to the union of France and Spain. Men and communities are justified in promoting union where it is for their interest, and resisting it where not. The distinctions of race and language count for much, though not for everything. The union of Scotland with England, and of Alsace with France, are instances where these distinctions have been got over ; but there are others where they may be made useful to divide. It would be preposterous to try to separate England into all the races which went to make up DE FOE'S " true-born English man ;" but it does not follow that the principle must never be appealed to. All these are cards for wise men to play their game with, as PROVIDENCE shall give the blessing. The office of an island fortress like our own, is to be a grand citadel and laboratory of hope. Before the anniversary dinner takes place to morrow, in aid of that noble institution at Brompton, the Hospital for Pulmonary Consumption, we wuuld yet once more direct public attention to it, as to one of the most humane, and one of the most interesting of the eleemosynary establishments of the metropolis. Remembering that the new building was only opened in the Nevember of 1846, and knowing the muni ficence with which the project has been forwarded by voluntary contributions, we are conscious that the hos pital is its own best appeal to the benevolence of the multitude. Yet we are solicitous to enforce that ap peal by our allusions, and to render it still more au dible, and still more persuasive by repetition—seeing, as we do, that larger assistance than what has been hitherto afforded is becoming every day more and more requisite. Four sources of aid to the Hospital for Consump• tion are even now open ; and we are happy to learn from the seventh annual report, just published by the committee, that those sources are in a thriving state of development. One is the General Fund; another is the Building Fund ; another is the Building Exten sion Fund ; and another is the Rose Charity Fund. Between the April of 1847 and the April of 1848, the receipts of the first amounted to 4,6031. 173.9 d.; those of the second to 3,2.02/. 53. 5d.; those of the third to 162/. 155.; and those of the fourth to 6841. 143. 6d.— including in the two former instances the balance already remaining in the hands of the bankers. After the entire expenditure of the year, there was then left in reserve out of the General Fund and out of the Rose Charity Fund, not more than 524/. Bs. 6d. altogether. This, as an evidence of the pecuniary prospects of the establishment, although by no means discouraging, is sufficient to show the necessity for some further exertion towards the appropriate completion of what has been so generously commenced. That the moat sanguine expectations of the com mittee will be more than realised, we have reason to hope, knowing the high estimation in which the charity is deservedly held by the public, and aware of the extensive preparations which have al ready been made for the anniversary dinner, which will take place tomorrow, at the Al bion Tavern, Aldersgate•street. On glancing over the list of stewards inserted by ourselves in another portion of this evening's impression, it will be seen that the occasion presents other auguries of suc cess beyond those of the Chairman being a celebrated author and an eloquent Member of the Legislature. It will be seen that, under the patronage of her Most Gracious MAJESTY and of His Royal Highness the PRINCE CONSORT, the hospital is supported by many i p l e lu rs s o tr n i s ou w s ho b se y namesreputation. are Besideseithe remin s e e n ve t r b a y l r o a f nk th o e r Lords temporal and spiritual of the r ealm, the cata loguee of stewards enumerates many distinguished members of the learned professions, and the represen tatives in Parliament of Marylebone, of Huntingdon, of Suffolk, of North Essex, of Lincolnshire (parts of Lindsey), of Andover, of Dorchester, of Ox ford University, of Eye, of Westminster, and of Whitby. Not the least attractive names recurring in the list of Stewards are two renowned in historical literature, the names of HENRY HALLAM and of FRANCOIS GUIZOT. W e are informed that the interest to take part to-morrow in the anniversary dinner is so apparent that the tickets hare been eagerly pur chased, and that it has even become necessary to increase the number of seats in the spacious apart ment at the Albion, by the construction of another gallery for the fair spectators. Earnestly and fervently we wish the undertaking Godspeed 1 THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. There was a large crowd assembled in the neighbour hood of the Porte St. Denis on Sunday, but no cries were raised, and no attempt made to disturb the public peace; in fact, it was merely a congregation of objectless Sunday idlers. It, however, afforded an excuse to Gene ral CHINGARNIER to make a military display, and to disturb the National Guards from their dinners, but when they arrived on the scene of action the crowd had peaceably dispersed. M. DE SALYANDY, ex-Minister of Public Instruction to Louis PHILIPPE, has arrived in Paris. The French Government received on Sunday evening, it is said, intelligence of the fall of Palermo. BOURSE—PAnts, MONDAY, APRIL 30. THREE O'CLOCIL—The French Funds opened this morning considerably below the closing prices of Satur day; but on its being known that Sicily had surren dered, they rose rapidly, and closed 15 centimes better. The news of the defeat of the Austrians did not affect the prices of the Funds, although the rumour was cur rent that the Hungarians had entered Vienna. Ex change on London (30 days), 25 30; ditto (90 days), 25 17i. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE. APRIL 30. Boulogne and Amiens, 8 _ —. East 3 1 ,( i — Northern anege, of Francs, 111,4 —Namur SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 25th ultimo have arrived. CHRISTINA and her husband had left for Aranjuex, and would be followed by the QUEEN on the 30th. MADRID BOLSA, APRIL , 15.—Five per Cents. 11 paper{ Three per Cents., 41 for account. Exchange on London, 50 40 money. APPROACHING MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE. We understand that the contemplated matrimonial alliance between Lord Foley, Captain of the Corps of tho Gen tlemen-at-Arms, and the Lady Mary Fitzalan Howard, eldest daughter of the Duke of Norfolk, Master of the Horse, is definitively fixed to take place the second week in June. The Noble Lord is in his fortieth year; the Noble Bride is several years his junior. 4,.. 1 , ~,, f.X , ...3.... ~ 4 1 6 4e4 ',14V1••.44 ; ~ '. l ii , • A tO I r 4 . N 16,14 az • %it': , .: 41, 1 424, - , 111. • 2% , -- - --;..-`4.0 .- ~ 1 ..0.1, . ki c ,% • ~,,, 3 . kin •:: ,, t: --,- --- . GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. PRUSSIA. Intelligence hail been reeeivred from Berlin to the 28th. The following notice had been issued by the Ministry:— '° After the dissolution of the second Chamber assemblages of the lower classes of the people took place in the vicinity of the House and in the adjoining streets, when the military were opposed and insulted. They were compelled to use their firearms, whereby six persons were killed and six wounded. Tranquillity was soon restored, and the public peace has not been disturbed to-day. (Signed) MANTEUITEL." ITALY. The Sardinian Ministers have published in the Picd rnontese Gazette, ot the 25th, a note relative to the occu pation of Alessandria by the Austrians. The Ministers state that they had used all their efforts to induce Aus tria not to insist on that article of the armistice, but had been unsuccessful, that power having called for its strict futfihneut, and even gone so far as to insist that the National Guard should be reckoned as part of the allotted moiety of the Sardinian garrison, or, if not, that they should be disarmed. To this, ho ever, tbey had firmly opposed themselves, and had recalled their Pleni potentiaries from Milan lest the execution of this article of the armistice should have the appearance as being one of the preliminaries of a treaty of peace. The note exhorts the nation, and especially the people of the provinces and towns occupied by the Austrians, to preserve order and maintain a loyal and firm attitude, as, though de sirous of peace, the Government will never agree to one except on bases honourable to the country, in which it hopes to be aided by the intervention and good offices of the other European powers. The Austrian demands increase in th-: . :r exorbitancy. Having secured possession of Alessandria, they now de mand un hid mnity of 12.5,000,000 f. for the expenses of the war, which could not have cost them above halt that sum; but the Austrian Treasury is bare, and not being able us in the last war to swindle England, our old and faithful ally" seeks to plunder Sardinia. The Sardinian Plenipotentiaries, however, declared that Sardinia cannot pay more than 60,000,0CGN, and the corverences ar© suspend, d until fresh instructions shall be received from Oimutz. IL is said that RADETZKY is about to take the cow• wand of the forces besieging Venice. The Austrian squadron was before that city on the 18th ult. SICIL Y. It is said that positive intelligence has reached Mar seilles of the fall of Palermo. The steamer Vectis ar rived at Marseilles on the 26th, with 200 passengers on board, including MIEROSIAWSKI, LAGARINA, COR. DERA, and ORSINI. The Members of the Povisional Government had, it was said, taken refuge in Malta, to which island they were conveyed under the protection of the British flag. The venerable REGIERO SrrTrmo was expected in Paris. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 7,000 bales, and comprised about 6,000 Ame rican, at 3d. to Gid; 200 Bahia, at 4id. to sd; 100 Egyptian, at 64d. to lid; 300 Surats, at 3-id. to 34t1; and 30 Sea Islands, at 9d. to 10d. per lb. The transac tions included 600 American for export, and 1,000 on speculation. The market closed steadily, and Friday's quotations were well maintained.—There was rather an improved market for Railway Shares, but only a limited business was dune. The letters and papers by the Niagara steamer were delivered this morning in due course, and they notice more tightness in the money market than from previous accounts we had been led to expect. Discounts were at 10 to 12 per cent. per annum, and although the rate of exchange had risen to a point which might be considered to offer of itself no great temptation, the low value of money here compared to that current upon first-rate security on the other side of the Atlantic, is a considera tion that must not be left out of calculation. There is some more of the American Indemnity money to be provided fur, and no doubt this will be effected by an arbitration of the exchange on Mexico, which will be based upon arrangements made in England. The Ame rican Government was about to assist, and the treasurer having on deposit about 2,300,000 dollars in specie, it was proposed that a portion should be withdrawn by anticipating the maturity of the Mexican indemnity due in June, and paying out about a million. The ad vocates of the Sub-Treasury Bill. like those of Peel's Act, prefer, however, that the measure should be suffered to pinch all parties to the utmost extremity ere it is even temporarily relaxed. imports into New York were, for the week ending the latest date, rather less than in the corresponding period of last year. We mentioned, yesterday, the fact that the State of Pennsylvania had agreed to enforce the law passed June 12, 1840, and the following are the particulars Resolved,—" That, hereafter, the iuterost falling due on Pennsylvania Stock shall always be paid in specie, or its equivalent, and whenever the funds accumulated in the treasury for the payment of interest shall he of less value than specie, it shall be lawful for the Governor, and he is hereby required to cause the difference in value between suck funds and specie to be ascertained and certified to him on the day preceding that on which any semi-annual portion of interest becomes due, by the auditor.general and state treasurer, under oath of affirmation, and thereupon to issue his warrant to the agent or banks, who may be authorised to pay such interest on behalf of the common wealth, to allow such difference in value to the holder or legal representative of the holder of any Pennsylvania stock, or the interest due to such holder, or pay the same in specie, it required by such holder." The Quebec Board of Trade had completed its year of office. In their report they make various useful sug gestions, and complain of the mails being sent through the United States instead of overland from Halitax. Mr. Hincks had given notice that ho would move the Legislature to make provision for givinc , the provincial guarantee, on certain co n di t i ons , for the pay ment on the bends of companies incorporated for the construction of railways in Canada East, arid also for I rendering aid to the construction of railways of the Halifax and Quebec railroad. The serious tire at To ronto cccasions a loss of 150,000/., partly insured in England and the United States. The Stock• Exchange being closed to-day, as well as the transfer-office at the Bank of England, we have ❑othing to report upon the state of the Money Market, and there is a very thin attendance of parties connected therewith. All the stockbrokers keep holiday ou the Ist of May. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY). LONDON, MAY 1. —Wind N., light breeze and fine clear weather. OFF WEY➢LOUTH, .APRIL 30.—Lord Nelson, Gillespie, Maurniue; Pallas, Hopkinson, Charleston for Hull. OFF SALCOMBE, APRIL 29.—Inria, Pronk, Java for Rot terdam. PLYmorrir, APRIL 30.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Jubilee, Amy, Cape Coast Castle; Alameda de Paula, de Ojiniga, Havannh for Hamburgh ; Canopus, Buschman, Texas for Wramen ; Nautilus steamer, Pearce, Lisbon on a cruize to intercept vessels bound to the blockaded ports. In the gale of the 27th, the wrecked hull of the Lark, of Brigham, went to pieces, the remains sold yesterday. Several Norway battens are being picked up in the Bay, some of them marked in red letters on the ends F.X.T. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 30.—Wind S.S.W., light.—Arrd.3oth, Delta, Glover, Mobile; Montezuma, Rendal, Ch ar leston ; Harword, Harword, Charleston ; Alliance, Robinson, Lisbon ; Gauntlet, Prestey, Buenos Ayres ; Novelty, Harrison, Buenos Ayres; China, Pascoe, Charleston; Mortimer Living ston, Barstow, New York; Asia, Hannah, Staten Island; Ocean Star, Williams, Boston ; Spencer, Webster, Quebec ; Burrell, Foster, Quebec. The Jane, hence to Buenos Ayres, that was on shore on the English Bank, River Plate, has be• tense a wreck, only a small part of her cargo saved. The Harriet, from Buenos Ayres to Landon, has put into Monte Video, leaky, and it was expected would have to discharge. The Alceste, from Apalachicola to this port, was at Key West about; he 26th ult., discharged, having been ashore on Florida Reef. The Laura, Garr, hence to Mobile, was totally wrecked below Mobile on the 2d inst. ; crew and part of cargo saved. A brig, waterlogged and abandoned, with loss of foremast and bowsprit, was passed, April 16, latitude 41, longitude 43, and a large ship, with loss of mainmast, the following day, by the Rankin, arrived here. A vessel on fire, which afterwards exploded, was seen, March 23, at night, in latitude 35, N., longitude 71, W., by the Leander, arrived here, which lay to all night, burning blue lights, but not seeing any boats in the morning, bore away. AUSTRIA. Intelligence has been received from Vienna, of the 25th ult. The utmost agitation prevailed in the city on account of the advance of the Hungarians. Should the Hungarian army appear under the walls of Vienna the Viennese would rise upon the garrison, and open the gates of the city to their Magyar deliverers. The Constitutional Gazette of Vienna, of the 24th, says:— " Though the tranquillity of our city has not yet been disturbed, the news of our ill success in Hungary has pro duced a strong effect upon the populace. The streets are re gularly patrolled, nut the public-houses are filled with the factious, and cries of Kos>uth for ever I' are frequently heard. The workmen seem prepared to enter anew on the political arena. It is said that they intend, in case Kossuth attacks Vienna, to rise en masse, in order to join him. The public consternation is extreme; every one wishes to pro• cure gold and silver, and the bankers and money broker's offices are besieged by multitudes." The Hungarians have been as successful on the Lower as they have been on the Upper Danube. They bom barded and burned Carlovitz on the 16th, and they have sent large quantities of arms and munitions of war from Agram to 6emlin, by Sisacok. PERCZEL entered Ker. kovah without meeting the least resistance. The Miniverial journal, the Austrian Lloyds, says:— " We must evacuate Pesth and Buda, raise the siege of Comorn, abandon all the forts and strong places in Hungary —in fine, assemble all the Imperial forces on one point, to obtain a decisive result. If we are victorious, we shall soon regain all we have lost, and we are sure that we shall care fully preserve what we shall thus regain." The Wiener Zeitung publishes a Government procla mation on the subject of the Hungarian war, in which, after bumming up the events since the commencement of the war, the Austrian Cabinet protests that the fate of Hungary must have its decision on the field of battle, and that the Austrian Ministers and generals will act exclusively with this view of the question. " Our enemies (these are the words of the proclamation) must be fought with. It is necessary to rout them, and to annihilate them, and until this shall have been accomplished no attention whatever can be paid to anything besides this grand object." The proclamation concludes by stating that most ener getic measures are being taken to attain the object in view, and that no bulletin will be published, nor the . further movements of the Imperial forces divulged to the public, and that the Austrian patriots ought to be satisfied with the knowledge that a gallant army, led by able generals, defends the Cause of Austria in Hungary. Tho Breslau Zcitung contains the following important intelligence:— " I hasten to inform you, that in consequence of the total defeat of the Imperial army between Gran and the Danube, when 12,000 Austrians fell under the swords and bayonets of the Hungarians, and on their retreat fell a prey to the waves, General Welden is compelled to an immediate evacuation of Pesth and Ofen The greatest disorder has prevailed the whole day. In a placard Welden calls upon the two great cities to grant a perfectly safe retreat to the remnants of the Imperial army. Report says that Kossuth, by desire of the city, has granted the Imperialists an armistice of 48 hours for evacuating Pesth and then. The Hungarians are to make their entry to-morrow. The greatest joy prevails there." The Cologne Gazette, in an article dated Vienna, the 24th, says—" After this defeat of the Imperial troops, there can be no further question, at present, at least, o f a concentration of the Austrian army. The same journal says the I.lungt;rians are preparing to make head against the Russians. The Diet of De. breczin has ordered a new levy of 200,000 recruits, 100,000 of them to be raised in Transylvania. VIENNA, Aram 26.—The Wiener Zeitung of this day says— " Field-Marshal Lieutenant Von Bohn makes known as follows— " According to intelligence just received, the corps d'armee of F. M. Lieutenant• General Wohlgemuth, consisting of six brigade►, has occupied with the left wing the whole terrain from Sellze, Esseriessey, INyarazd, and Bos, as far as the Danube, on which line nothing of importance has tran spired since the last reports. Concurrent accounts state that the main body of the corps of General Georgey is moving in the direction towards Comorn. The Con centration, alluded to on the right bank of the Danube, of the troops belonging to the chief army, is in full progress, and decisive intelli gence may, therefore, be soon expected from the theatre of war. (Signed) " Baron VON BoHN." G7tATz, APRIL 23.—Within the course of a few weeks two thousand five hundred recruits will be raised in those parts of Ifungary occupied by the Imperial troops. They are to form the 3d Hunga rian battalion. and each regiment will be reinforced or completed by 960 men. A division is also to be formed for the Ist Regiment of Ilussars, stationed in Prossintz, for the 3d, stationed in Trodpan, and the 9th, stationed in Radkersburg. Various other reinforcements will be made in the army.---Lloyds. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. COPENHAGEN, APRIL 25.—The evening before last, the Minister of the Interior made the following com• municat ion : The Ministers: find themselves called upon (in conse quence of the entry of the enemy into Jutland, which after the cessation of the armistice, and the conduct of the Cen tral Power in sending so many troops in the Duchies, was to be foreseen) to declare, That this event will not induce them to depart from the course hitherto taken for the nego tiations for peace. The Government hopes the Assembly will continue their important negotiations.'" THE ULTIMATUM OF THE KING ---- • OF DENMARK. His Majesty the King of Denmark and the Provi sional Central Power of Germany having accepted the offer made by the Crown of Great Britain to mediate in the differences which have unfortunately arisen between the Crown of Denmark and Germany, and both parties having agreed to negotiate as to the basis of a peace on the pricciple proposed by her Britannic Majesty's Government, in regard to the future posi otifontheof r t e l s ie pec d t u iv c e hy pa o r f tie S s ch m le e a t wi t g h , is day the Plenipotentiaries for the purpose of discussing the proposal, and settling the principle for such an arrangement. But, taking into considera tion that the armistice signed at Malmoe, on the 26th of August last, will expire on the 28th instant, and that, in order that the negotiations may be sue cessfully carried on, it is essential that a further sus pension of hostilities should take place ; and consi dering. moreover, that in consequence of the expira tioncortntoinamedovernment, which, by u o and by reason of the the of e nti common of Malmoe, was appointed to dissolution v rt t he the arm i stice o co n vention ve carry on provisionally the administration of the duchies of Holstein and of Schleswig, it has become necessary to make some fresh provision for the administration of these duchies during the time that hostilities shall be suspended, and until the conclusion of a definitive treaty of peace, the aforesaid plenipotentiaries have agreed upon the following preliminary articles:— Art. I.—The Duchy of Schleswig shall have a sepa rate constitution with respect to its special legislation and internal administration, without being united with the Duchy of Holstein, and leaving intact the political union which connects the Duchy of Schleswig with the Crown of Denmark. Art. 2.—The armistice signed at Malmoe on the 26th of August last year is entirely out of force on the 26th instant, with t he exce p tions t ha t t he final settle ment I the claims as stipulated in the s th article isr o eserved, and that the administration instituted in the Duchy of Lanenburgh, in consequence of Article 9 of the said convention, shall con tinue provisionally in activity. There shall, neverthe less, continue to bo a suspension of hostilities both by land and by sea from the 2ith instant till the 26th of April next inclusive, at which time the suspen sion of hostilities shall be regarded as having expired, unless expressly renewed. During the armistice, the continental territories of the Duchies of Holstein and of Schleswig shall not be occupied either by German or by Danish troops, however with the restrictions and reservations mentioned in the following articles 3 and 4. Art. 3.—For the purpose of preserving order and for carrying on the detailed administration of the two Duchies during the interval which may elapse before a definitive treaty of peace shall be concluded, it is agreed that the Duchy of Holstein shall be administered by a temporary administration proposed ;by the provisional central power of Germany, confirmed by his Majesty the King of Denmark in his quality as Duke of Holstein, and instituted by both, while the King of Denmark alone shall appoint and institute the provisional administration for Schleswig. These administrations to be composed of natives of the two Duchies, shall begin their func tions on the 27th of this month, and continue to ex ercise them till the conclusion of a definitive treaty of peace. But the functions so to be exercised by them shall be purely executive and administrative, and shall not have any legislative character. These two administra tions shall be bound to act with complete impartiality as regards persons both of Danish and of German race. With regard to Schleswig, all laws and ordi nances promulgated after the 18th of March, 1848 are to be considered as null and void. His Majesty's administration shall, nevertheless, have the right to put in force such of these laws and ordinances as may be considered necessary. A limited number of troops shall be employed for the mainte nance of order in the duchies, in Holstein not exceeding her contingent to the army of the German confederation, in Schleswig a Danish military force of 3,000 or 4,000 men, as far as possible composed of natives of Schleswig, with the exception only of such as have served in the new dissolved, so called, Schlewig- Holstein army. Art. 4. In case the execution of these dispositions should meet with resistance or disorders in the duchies and should render necess ary the empl o y ment of a greater milit ar y force, the K ing of Den mar k h as self, c u n der o . Holstein, I to the hise t above-mentionedduchyn , the Sch l eswig; other °l3 ) a right to employ s uch a force to maintain i n th e bind., it • e(tr circumstances a etin regard to th e db ie a ing par to march full exercise of it s authority the administration instit u t e d troops into this duchy and to occupy it. The night hog'. Thomas Wye n~ family, t h e Hon. Mrs. Knox, Sx., were amongst the very numerous passengers who left London fur Antwerp on Sunday last, by the Princess Victoria, Captain Jackson. MARKET NEWS ` -( THIS DAY.) EAT 111.8.118ETS. SMITIEFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 101 to 31155; Clover ditto, 31 to 41 16s ; and Straw, 11 65 to 11 lOs ptr load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. CUDIBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 12a to 31 17s ; Clover ditto, 3/ 3s to 41 143 ; and Straw, 1/ is to 1/ lis per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade dull. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 105 to 31 16a ; Clover ditto, 3/ t• 41 17s; and Straw, 1/ 63 to 11 10: per load. Trade dull, al barely last week's quotations. _ _ COLONIAL. Scats.—The market for British Plantation has continued heavy, and the sales only amounted to 260 hhds, at a decline of 6d per cwt. 160 casks and 8,800 bags Mauritius were mostly realised, at 37s 6d to 40s 6d for low to fine yellow, 40s 6d to 41s for white, 42s to 43s for crystalized, 37s to 38s 6d for grey, and 33s 6d to 36s 6d for brown, being full prices for Refining sorts, but grocery descriptions must be quoted rather lower. Of 7,000 bags Bengal only about two-thirds found buyers at a slight decline; good to fine grainy white brought 42s 6d to 48s 6d, low to good white Benares 39s to 425, with date kind from 36s to 38s 6d. 14,C00 bags mid to good brown Madras were all withdrawn at 32s to 34s 6d. A floating cargo of 560 cases brown Bahia has been sold privately at about 20s. The quantity of British Pl antat i on landed last week at the East and 'West India Docks was 787 hhds 99 tierces 6o barrels; there were taken for home consumption 1,127 hhds 155 tierces 253 barrels. The stock in the same places is 10,141 hhds 1,507 tierces 2,042 barrels. COFFEE.-Of 1,360 bags of Native Ceylon, offered by auc. tion, only a few lots were sold, at 30s to 31s 6d for good to very good ord, being the previous value; 400 bags Itio were withdrawn, at 29s 6d for good ord dingy. MM.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 718 puns 86 hhds. There were taken for home consumption 289 puns 33 hhds, and exported 90 puns 122 hhds. The stock in the same place is 19,360 puns 2,094 hhds. I{ICE.-1,300 bags low to good middling white Bengal were nearly all withdrawn at previous rates, but 1,000 pockets good white sold steadily at 101 to 10s 6d; 400 bags Madras were taken in above the value. Of 2,100 bags Aracan, about one-fourth part was realised at 7s for low yellow. SALTrlintx.—The market remains dull, and there are no buyers unless at lower prices; 2,250 bags Bengal, refraction 12 to 41, per cent., were withdrawn at 285 to 29s 6d. SPlCus. 110 boxes Cassia Lignea sold readily at extreme rates, ranging from 90s to 95s 6d per cwt. TALLoW.-I).Y.C. is 38s 9d per cwt )11 the spot, and town 41s. TEA.—The market is quiet, but the deliveries last week were good. The British Museum closed yesterday afternoon, for the purpose of cleansing, &c., and will be re-opened to the public on Wednesday, the 9th inst. From that period to the Ist of September next the Museum will close at seven, instead of four, THE LATE PRINCgSS SOPHIA'S TOME.—A corres pondent informs us, that her most excellent Majesty the Queen, having purchased a large space of ground in the Kensal-green Cemetery, has ordered to be constructed for the Royal Family, an elegant mausoleum, to which will be removed the remains of her late Royal Highness the Pi incess Sophia, now deposited in the company's catacombs. The site, wYch was selected by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, is in a conspicuous part of the cemetery, opposite the monument of his late Royal Highness the Duke of SOMAS EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco ) The Court was occupied during the whole morning in hearing [notions of course, all of them involving more or less points of practice in pleading, and no: , e of them possessing any feature of general interest. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco, before the Lord Chief Justice WILLIE, and Justices COLTMAN, MAULS, and CRLINWELL ) BARBER V. TOMLYN. Mr. OGLE said he had toshow cause against a rule obtained on the 19th of April by Mr. Sergeant Byles, calling on the plaintiff to show cause why a warrant of attorney, given as a security for payment of the consideration money of an annuity, and the execution thereupon, should not be set aside, on the ground, amongst others, that one-half of the consideration money was improperly paid. The rule was obtained on an affidavit which stated that so long ago as 1838 an application was made by Mr. Tomlyn, the present defendant, who is an attorney, for the loan of 170/. ; and the material point on which Mr. Ser geant Byles had relied, in support of his application, was that the name of Miss Barber, the present plaintiff, had been used colourably only. Mr. Sergeant BYLES said he would waive that point. Mr. OczE said, then the sole question was, as to whether the consideration was or was not retained by the parties. He proceeded to show, by reading the affidavits on the part of the plaintiff, that the deed of annuity in question was dated on the 3d October, 1838, and that the consideration money, 1701., was paid in Bank of England notes. Mr. Sergeant BYLES contended that the affidavits on the part of the defendant went to show that on payment of the consideration money for the annuity, 201. was kept back to discharge a bill of exchange due from Mr. Tomlyn, together with 81. odd for certain costs. • The COURT were unanimously of opinion that the rule should be discharged. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) Patrick Hay and James Alves, who were remanded last Tuesday upon the charge of conspiring to defraud the Rev. Mr. Gr►ff'in, of six hundred pounds, under the pretence of procuring for him, through Lord John Hay, the office of Chaplain to her Majesty. were this day finally ex amined and committed for trial, with a detainer against Hay for obtaining 1201. upon false pretence. Witnesses were examined to establish a con nexion between the two prisoners at the offices in Cannon row, from which the correspondence with Mr. Griffin was carried on; and Lord John Hay was also examined, and de posed that he had never before this morning seen the prisoner Hay, nor had he ever negotiated with him or any other per son for the sale of an appointment under the Crown. MARLBRO'-STREET--( THIS DAY.) TILE SELF-STYLED COUNTESS OF CARLlSLE.— Charlotte JVetherelt, who assumes the title of Countess of Carlisle, and whose previous examinations have been given at full length in this journal, was brought up before Mr. Bingham, for the purpose of being examined touching her alleged in sanity, in order to her being passed to a lunatic asylum. Mr. Griffiths, clerk to the board of guardians of the pa rish of St. Martin's, with Dr. Cross, the parochial surgeon, was in attendance. It appeared that the case was adjourned on the last occasion in order to produce medical testi mony as the woman's insanity. Dr. Cross being the medical man of the parish could not, according to the Act of Parliament, testify alone to these facts. The case was there fore adjourned for a week, in order to get the opinion of Drs. Bainbridge and Sutherland, conjointly with that of Dr. Cross. It is imagined that the defendant's insanity is assumed fur the sole purpose of raising money, and getting out of the scrape she has got into by defrauding tradesmen of their goods. While in court she conducted herself with the greatest effrontery. She was attired in a black silk dress with yellow shawl, and wore a common India-rubber garter on her left arm. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons. MONDAY, APRIL 30. STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE. The following Resolutions were reported from the above Committee : That in the case of the Great Central Gas Consumers petition for additional Provision, the standing orders ought not to be dispensed with. That in the case of the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway (Barmoor and Alnmouth New Branches, &c.) peti tion for leave to present a petition against the Bill, the standing orders ought not to be dispensed with.—Report to lie on the table. The Windsor Extension of the Windsor, Staines, and South• Western (Richmond to Windsor) Railway (with Power to ,the London and South-Western Railway Company to subscribe) Bill, was reported, the report to lie on the table, and to be printed. The York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway (Barmoor and Alnmouth New Branches, &c.) Bill was reported, the report to lie on the table, and to be printed. Assurance Companies—Return presented of the naives, places of business, and objects of all Assurance Companies completely registered; to lie on the table. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons. j MONDAY, APRIL 30. SUPPLY. (IN THE COMMITTEE.) Motion made, and Question proposed, " That a sum not exceeding 391,9341. be granted to her Majesty, to defray the charges of New Works., Improvements, and Repairs in the Naval Establishments, which will come in course of pay ment during the year ending .on the 31st day of March, 1850 :"—Afterwards Motion made, and Question put, " That a sum not exceeding '271,934/. be granted to her Majesty, to defray the charges of New Works, Improvemtnts, and Re pairs in the Naval Establishments, which will coma in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1i350." The Committee divided:— MINORITY—AYES, 27. Aglionby, 11. Hastie, Alexander Petty; Samuel Blewitt, It. J. Henry, Alexander I'ilkington, James Bright, John Ileyworth, L. Smith, John B. Brotherton, J. Keogh, William Sullivan, Michael Clay, James Kershaw, James Thompson, Colonel Cliflord, H. M. King, I'. J. Williams, 'John Duncan, George Locke, Joseph Wood, W. P. East, Sir J. Mitchell, T. A. TELLERS. Fox, W. J. Mowatt, Francis Moleswerth, Sir W. Gibson, Thomas M. Perfect, Robert Cobden, Richard MAJORITY-NOES, 101. lI(ELAIN1). THE WRITS OF ERROR. DUBLIN, MONDAY.—A day being now specifically named for the last struggle between the Crown and the State prisoners, the interest in the issue has begun to revive here. A variety of statements have been made with regard to the counsel engaged to conduct the case of the appellants, but the following, from the Freeman's Journal, ie believed to be the correct one:— The counsel for Mr. Smith O'Brien on the occasion will be Sir Fitzroy Kelly, QC., and Mr. Napier, Q.C. Sir Colman O'Loghlen will probable be selected to argue the case on the part of Mr. M'Manus. No writ of error has been issued in the case of Mr. Meagher or of Mr. O'Donohoe. The impression generally prevailed that the gentlemen who appealed to the House of Lords would be brought to London to be present at the argu meat; but that supposition was erroneous. They will remain in Richmond Bridewell pending the disposal of their cases." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY. A thin attendance, and very little betting. CHESTER CUP. 6 to 1 agst Mr. F. Clarke's Joc o' Sot, 5 yrs, Est 111 b 10 to 1 agst Mr. Pedley's Cossack, 5 yrs, 9st llb 10 to 1 agst Mr. Nolan's Blucher, 4 yrs, 7st 81b 10 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Halo, 5 yrs, 7st 101 b 12 to 1 agat Mr. S. L. Fox's Executor, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b 100 to 6 agst Mr. Merry's Chanticleer, 6 yrs, 9st 91b 25 to l agst Mr. Campbell na Cast-off, 4 yrs, sst 81b. DERBY. 16 to 1 agst Sir J. llawley's Vatican 16 to 1 ugst Mr. Bowes's The Knout 39 to 1 agst Mr. Watts's Chatterer 50 to 1 agst Mr. Pedley's Langton—taken CHESTER RACES. CHESTER, MONDAY EVENING, FIVE O'CLOCK.—The following is a list of the horses now at Chester:— Cup Horses—Chaiticleer, Cossack, Cast-off, Dulcet, Rathraines, Ada Mary, doncertina colt, Maynooth, Sponge, Sylvan, Fernhill, Joc-o'-Sot, Westow, New Forest Deer, Athelstane, Cigarette, Loupgarou, Whiz gig, Flatcatcher, Executor, Abbot of Meaux, Blucher, Deerstalker, Melopy, Maid of My Soul, Garrick, Prim rose, The Swallow, Gaffer Green, Halo, Malton, Teresa, Ballinafad, Dacia, Inheritress, Raby, and one or two others will be here this evening. Rathmines, although there appears to be no doubt that he was lame on Satur day night, is said to be all right again. Two yrs old—Penang, Harriott, Wilmont, Shilmalier West, Bremius, Ithania, Countess of Albemarle, and Mu I grave. Besides the above, there are Didsbury, Alp, Cartha geniau, Capsicum, Magician, Subduer, filly by Morning Star, out of Miss Lucy, Post-tempore, Strychnine, Colo cynthus, Collingwood, and some of Lord Chesterfield's, are en route. The weather is very fine, and the course in most ex cellent order. The betting room at the Royal Hotel was opened this afternoon; up to the present time, however, few of the sporting men have arrived, and nothing iu the shape of business has been done. CHESTER, MONDAY NIGHT, TWELVE O'CLCCH. Additional Arrivals—lnheritress, Fireaway, Lady Wildair, Bingham, Giselle, Amazement, Eagle's Plume, Elthirou, Raby, and Priestess. LATEST BETTING ON CHESTER CUP. 8 to 1 agst Joc o'• Sot—taken 8 to 1 agst Cossack 10 to 1 agst Halo 12 to 1 agst Fernbill 15 to 1 agst Chanticleer—taken 16 to 1 agst Melton 16 to 1 agst Dulcet 16 to 1 agst Rathmines No others mentioned. Peep-o'-day Boy is declared not to start. DERBY. 100 to 35 agst Flying Dutchman 20 to l agst The Knout Nu others mentioned. SKINNING CATS ALIVE.—It having been made known to the committee and secretary of Mark-lane, of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, that several cats in the neighbourhood of Lincoln's Inn-tields and Red Lion-square, had been seen alive divested of their skins, constables were immediately dispatched, and are, we are happy in saying, still on the watch. Three men, of bad cha racter, who trafficked in cats'-skins, residing sev era ll y i n Greek-alley and Dudley-street, St. 117 artin's-lane, have ab sconded since the interference of the society. THE WEATHER.—On yesterday week a most agree able change took place in the weather here, and we are glad to observe that it was general over the country. We passed indeed then from the severity of winter to the mildness of spring, bringing frequent genial showers, alternated by warm sunshine. The effects of this change must be speedily felt on the vegetable world, as well as in the animal, so far as the lambing season is concerned. —Caledonian Mercury of Monday. 7.• Pi+ - i ---1 Colchester Harwich Leigh Maldon - 250' - 510 271 - CI 210 321 58 438 105 CHELMSFORD, APRIL 27.—A reduction of 15 tiris P e : quarter was necessarily submitt e d t o w h ere s ales we i r made in wheat, of which there was a large WO' with a very slow demand. All else without s lterst loo : and very little business done in any description of fi r li Wheat, white, old 515 to 535; new 50s to 525; red, 41s to 475; new, 4es to 463; barley, 27s to 31s ; cbevsliet 28. to 323; grinding 22s to 28s; oats 16, to 245; on" to 605; chevalier 58s to 62s ; peas, partridge 305 to 34 t ' white 303 to 345; dun 28s to 33 5; b eans , t i c k, ne w 231 old 275; old 26s to 31s; harr ow ti c k s , new 24 s to 28s; ° I ,. 263 to 32s ; mazagan, new 211 to 25s ; old 25, to 285 per g o ( HADDINOTON, APRIL 27.—The f o ll ow i ng are the re es grain at our market to-day : W heat. Barley. O a t s . od First ... ... 49s Od 30s Od 21s 8d 32J Second 41s Od 27s 6d 19s 7d 2 " P I Third ... 31s Od 22s Od 17s Od 269 old Total quantity of Wheat in mar k e t 321 qrs., O. , 0 3 %1 Do. Barley do. 190 qrs., 17,,f Do. Oats d o . 503 qrs., 4 4 1 " 00 - 1 d Do. Beans d o . 83 qrs., - . 0 0 KIREALDT, APRIL 28.—The f o ll ow i ng are t h e q uotsti up to this date : Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. r e ll First 493 Od 28s 04 20 s 6 d —s Od Second 46, Od 27s Cd 18s Gd —s Od pd Third 42s. Od 23s Od 16s 6d —3 Od Oatmeal, per bag of 2801bs. imp., 2Gs to 2650. GLASGOW, APRIL 26.—Provisions— Ch eese , :35s to 4 2 1 et , per cwt • retail, itid to 5d per lb. Ski m m ilk, O s Od to 0 1 P o , cwt. dountry fresh butter, 10d to lld per lb ; Irish P t a dered, in lumps, 9d to 10d; count r y p ow d ere d , w h o l es ale, to 9d. Country eggs, 10d per dozen ; carried hen ditto, s i ckh per hundred, or 7d per doz e n. H ens , 2 s 6d per pa i r ;. . 2s 6d. 0 BERWICK, APRIL 26.—Wheat, 425 ; barley, 2- 4 „,g 9 fi r oats, 18, Oid ; rye,'„oos Od ; beans, 28, Od ; p eas , 000 04 ' rage per imperial quarter. KELSO, APRIL 27.—Wheat, old, 001 to 00s ; ditto,neir nA ' to 38s Od ; barley, new, 17 s to 20 1 6d ; d i tto old, Os :0 - 21 Os ; potato oats, Os to O s Od ; d itto new, 13s to 14s 6d '; soon oats, 11s Od to 133; ditto new, Os Od to Os Od ; peas' to 22s Od ; beans, 21 5 t o 22, per boll of six imperial busne'Al to HAWICY, APRIL 26.—Wh ea t, new, 3 4 . Od to 395 O d ; tM old, 34, Od to 38s Od ; barley, new, 175 to 21s ; potato 14s Od to 15s 6d ; common oats, lls to 14s Od ; peas, 21° 4 to 28 3 Od ; beans, 27s Od to 28s Od per boll of six We bushels. STIRLING, APRIL 27.—Wheat, foreign, 235 to 265 6d; di „ e tt. i. home, Os Od to 0,0 d; ditt o di t t o new , 20 1 0 d to 24s ; bse,fgd; boll of 6 bushels, Os Od to Os Od ; ditt o new , 18 5 Od to %rod; oats common, Os Od to O s Od ; d i t to new, l Os O d to I°4l ditto Flemish, Os Od to Os Od ; ditto ditto new, Os Od;, distillers, 35s Od to 381; ditto brewers, 37s Od to 391; per boll, Os Od to Os Od; ditto new, 12s Od to 15s 6d; r„ss 135 6d to Os Od ; flour, new, per sack 36s to :'7s ; ditto octsl; ditto, 25s Od to 26, 6d ; oa t mea l, per l oa d , Os Od to v'o,l; ditto new 26s 6d to 285; ditto per peck of 71bs, Bid to !pi; fresh butter, per lb. 8,1 to 10d; eggs per d ozen , 6d hay per ton, 42s to 455. Rg i PERTH, APRIL 26.—Wheat, 42, Od to 48s Od ' • barley' d to 25s Od ; oats, 16s to 19 6; peas an d b eans, 22s Od per quarter. Oatmeal, per sack, 26s to 28s. FALEIRIC, APRIL 26. —The supply of grain in this tis market was 451 bulls; wheat at 18s 3d to 24s 6d persi , T barley, 185 6d to 22, Od ; oats, 13 s O d to 16 , Od; beans, to 15s Od per boll ; oatmeal, Os to Os per load. COAL MARE' Bate's West Hartley 148 Od Huddle's W. Hartley 14s 3d Carr's Hartley East Adairs Main l3s Id Holywell Main ... l4s 3d New Tanfield l3s Od' Newcastle Hartley .. 13s Od Ord's Redheugh I'anfield Moor Townley' l4s Od Wall's End, &c r.- YISTEKTAY. 9 3 H 1 85 34 Haswell - lil Lambton Pemberton 15/ 6) ...... Russell's Hett on .....• 85 P I 04 Stewart'a 1 16 pa IShotten Whitwell 6 l Caradoe ..... .. ••••••••• ls 1 170 64 Cassop 1 64 0 Heugh Hall 1 1 ° 04 Kelloe .. •• ,is A South Hartl e p oo l ....• 1 7 , u'' Thornley iffy 64 West Belmont ........• 45 - 04 Whitworth 1 Adelaide Tees .. 156 Denison South Durham ........• 1 61 8 , 64 Tees ... • ••• 136 6 3 Woodefield West Hetton iti 0 5 Cowl= Hartley •••••• 141 5 Hartley ......... ••• 0 Llangcnnech ...........• os r t Sidney's Hartley Ships at market, 1" Acorn Close Bew 'eke and Co. Framwell Gate ...... 16s 6d Gosforth Gibson Hotspur Killingworth lss 6d Riddell's lss :id Wharneliffs Eden Main Lambton Primrose Belmont l7s Cd Braddyll's Hetton lB, Ou Bell Hetton RAILWAY SHARE MARKET BRISTOL, APEIL 30. STOCK Excnstion.—The share market was rather day as regards prices. The sales are—Great Western. _ lie 4 dis.—Ditto, 171. Shares, 3% dis.—Taff Yale, 130--Dlt," 10/. Shares, % p. LIVERPOOL, Aran 30. to.dif, Dot STocK ExcHANGl.—There was little business done _• Are t."` the market was rather better than o n Saturday. The, 0 „, ,...— .„a 1') Caledonian, Preference, 1114 —Lancashir e an d Yorkshire ' — o _l,o/ido l:d o Fifths, 414 dis.—Ditto, Halves (L. and B.), 1314 North-Western, 130 c.—Ditto, New Quarters, 3/. 165. 3d. P. Ate Fifths, Si. 1 le. 3d. c. p.—Manchester, Sheffield, asd Lincoln/Too Preference, 1074-11ildland,66%—Ditto. flalves, 135. 9d. die. 7 004, Staffordshire, 4/. Se. 9d. die.—Scottish Central, 24 —SOUtll".erla. and Dover (No. 4), 61. 18s. 96.—York, Newcastle, and "-- (G. N. E. Purchase), 6 per cent. till 1850, 515. 9d. dis. MANCHESTER, Aram 31). dls. STOCK Eacniator.—The transactions to-day were as f o liod p i East Lancashire, New, 8 dis. — Sheffield and Lincoln, 1414 qv Dover (No. 4), 6 15-16—Leeds, Fif t h s, 4 3-1 6 dls.—Clitheros, ' ference, 17%—North Staffordshire, 4 7-16 die. ./ BIRMINGHAM, APRIL 30. ctiod ' STOCK Excusasoz.—The following are to -d a y's trans 31. 16/ 4 Shrewsbury andßiriningham (A), 3/. Gs. 3d. dio.—Ditto (1 3 ) , , a die 3d. die.— N uneaton and Coventry, 14 p.—S ou th Staffordshire, 4 . YORK, APRIL 2s. - fOP STecK EXCHANGB —The business transacted to-day was ° 13 3 4 lows:—Great Northr 101. Bs. 9d.- "Eileen/ -,orthern, . ~—Great North of DIV , —York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 20—I)itto (Newcastle sion), 141 4 . G LASGOW, APRIL 28. o ,go tg a ; STOCK Excuaricx.—The business done in the Stock EXcA—ot , day has been as follows:—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Mr , .220 , (No. l),6,(—Ditto (so. 2), 6/. IT. —North British, Preference, PRINCE ALBERT AND THE " NAVYIES."-.4tioo# Albert, on the occasion of his visit to l a y the founa l ', atone of the new docks at Great Grim s by, left aO h tba divided among the 100 " navvies," who, in lieu °I locomotive, drew the royal train along the works. , e ati Her Majesty the Queen Dowa ger an d their S e ' o ei Highnesses the Countess Erb ac h , an d th e Princeiiled Awelie and Elise of Hohenlob e S c hilli ngs f ur st, 11 the Queen yesterday, at Buckingham Palace. pe r , HOSE.—Cape OF GOOD HOPE.—ape of Good Hope P - „,0 to the sth of March have reached u s , b u t they nothing of importance. el AGED PILGRIM'S FRIEND SOCIETY.—Last e the supporters of this society held their fortr se l ;,po; annual general meeting, at the Lond on T aver n, Dila 'ol° gate.street. D. W. Wire, Esq., to o k th e chair, al3phrie he hoped the time was not tar distant w h en ev ery trail church would possess the auxiliary of a socie t i e ye the present for the support of its aged and infire 3 hers. He thought it a disgrace to any church t° of et the poorer members of its co ngregat i on to seek re,,o‘' r t j the workhouse. The secre t ary t h en rea d the ree which stated that the soc i e t y was f orme d i n 180, `,.',00,° since then had relieved 1 , 221 poor an d pious Pe2;,4o' with pensions to the aggre gate amount o f 32,86 8 t The number of pensioners during the past year, 1 „ 11- 01 ° ing 44 in the asylum at Camberwell, had been 3 4 ' 4 0! the amount of pensions distributed 1,692/. 2e. 6ch, bsd past year's receipts for the su pp or t o f t h e society o al e amounted to 2,861/. ss; 9d,, b e i ng a tr ifl e less t , hti „ e it ; previous year ; and the ex p en di ture l e f t a hais-re the hands of the treasure r o f 1 15 / . 9s. 9d. Aritelvng unanimous adoption of th e report, an d the pass - the usual routine resoluti ons, a vote of t h an k s was 'l,-lire to the chairman, and the meeting separated. SALE OF W EST I NDIAN PEOPERTY.—•At the '",,,00 1 ' pool Bankruptcy Cou r t, on F r id ay, two sugar I)l_,.'reif tions in Barbadces, contai n i ng an aggregate of 620 r' o lo the property of Mr. Jonathan Higginson, of tb e n for firm of Barton, Irlam, and Higginson, were pat Ntsl public sale, under as order of M r. Commissioner otOS venson. There were but two bidder s , an d the 1 . P f were bought by Thomas Lee, Esq., of Liverpe ° 15,2501. We believe that only three years aeolei Higginson purchased the estates for more than twi ce S sum, paying 32,000/. e d" Mr. Feargus O'Connor's Land Scheme at of marley, Worcestershire, says Aris's Gazette, hat, e pletely exploded. Six families have left, and t,'olll tnaineer are said to be in a state approaching to e s " , tion. A BLIND MAN GOES TO SEE AN EXECUr'";cOP Among the hundreds who went from Merthyr to P (rot a to see the execution on Wednesday, a blind nia l3 ' Penyrheolgerrig, was the most worthy of note. 0 0. young man has been blind since he was five ye il l i a,ll o' There can be, and there is no doubt about it; De nt less, he went to see the hanging, as he himself ph r l" , .0%,: He started early, and was there in good time, a n "„ o tio P iously took his place where a good view of the could be commanded. He seemed to hear every ir eye. ment, and eagerly caught every rem ar k . When '"'wed e were turned to gaze on the culp r it , w h ey at last beiaddi his appearance, the blind man saw him too in hid so; eye, and was as highly excited by th e spec t a cle "- of his neigh bours. — Cardiff P a p er „ u p, 5e of MELANCHOLY O CCURRENCE.—On Thurs. , -: Ag e ,7 ral children were a mus i ng t h emse l ves on the iffpic*; rocks, known as " th e Bl ac k R oc k s " at Le i t h, ° ing up muscles, wh en t h e t id e rose, an d swept a wsY olh er" ,' seven of them. Three were rescued, but t he were drowned. 1010 LAM B - WORRYING AND SLAUGHTER BY A "t , ; Last week a l arge N ew f oun dl an d d og worried stebouro,l seventy lambs belonging to the f a r mers of Slot or Although every eff o rt had b een ma d e to catch uo iW the savage brute, it is still at large and coet' e devastations among the flocks. BIRTHS. On the 25th ult., at C ors h atn - cour t, a , the 11°11.15fri ; likethuen, of a daughter. l><d9On the 25th ult., at the Latches, near Preston, the R. Lawe. Esq., of a dituvliter, ----- GOP biLD On the 24th ult , at Chichester the Rev. Ge 0 1,,01 91 2 rector of West Stok e , and vicar of ifentield, Susse%! : o f to: On the 25th ult.. a t W ort hi ng Charlotte, r elic bride late Rev. Thom as Kil gour , rector ot'Longstowe, ('''ll' ,i e of shire. the "-f On the 26th ult., at Camberwell, Maria Anne , - J. J. Bourne, of the Loughborough-road, Brixtug• ,„,„ li , 9 ' On the 27th ult., at Nursling,, near Southanlln lfic e ' Monro, Esq., aged 27. orr On the 27th ult.. at Victoria-equare, Grovel Charlotte, relict of the late Rev. A. btorky. of 0 0 ‘" London: Printed and Published by MURDO „,,/, lof No. 112, Strand, Printer, at fl'he Sun O1lice,c;000 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in th e Middlesex, Tuesday, May I, 1849, THE COUNT The following is the official corn, &c., received in the pot Essex, from the 23rd April, I both inclusive : CY 'MARI statement of th t of London fr, 849, to the 28t KETS. he t. ° li rnil A tuh p ae r n i tlp, j el of its in 1849,