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...;; 7 RET.TRE ROYAL, DRITRY.LANE Lessee. Mr. E. T. Smith. ENGLISII OI'ER.I. MIS EVENING will be produced IL TROVATORE. To conclude with THE YINKEZ HOUSEKEEPER. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. 'Under the Management of Mr. Bankston°. THIS EVENING, THE EVIL GENIUS. EL GAMRD'iINO; or, The Mexican Goldseeker. Ia which PEREA NENA and the Spanish Dancers will appear After which. 4811211 AW, , 3AG3H.A.W, AND BRAD3FIAW. To conclude with THE P OiT M A S'S K gOC K. BOYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE OX FORD-STREET, under the Management of sir. Caiattss Kass. VHS EVENING, THE VICTOR VANQUISHED. To conclude with TIIE WINTER'S TALE. Prln - Apal cirtracter3 by Mr. and firs. C. Yalta. ROYAL THE t TRE ADELPLII. Proprietor and &tanager) qtr. B. Webster. Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, LIKE AND UNLIKE. After which, URGENT PRIVATE AFFAIR& To conclude with HOW'S YOUR UNCLE ? ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. -Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING STILL WATERS RUN DEEP. Followed by CATNIUSTG A MERIIIID. ROYAL SIT'IREY TIIEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Cresvrick. THIS EVENING, HOW WE LIVE IN THE WORLD OF LONDON. Followed by SARAH'S YOUNG MAN. To conclude with THE TWO POLTS. A9TLEY'S ROYAL. AMPHITHR:ATRE. Lessee and \answer. Mr. Wm. Cooke. There will be produced, on Whit-Monday, a New and Grind Equestrian spectacle, with many other novelties. THIS EVENING (its Last Week), • Lord Byron'a MAZE PPA and the WILD HORSE. After which, LES JEUX A BRIDE ABATTUE, or Equestrian Acts in the Arena. To conclude with ENGLAND'S' HARVEST HOME and NATIONAL STEEPLE• CHASE (its last week). Box-office open fr3m Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director. Mr. W. Cooke, Jun. ITIGII WATER AT LONDON BRLDGE. THIS DAY—Morn. 55 min. aft. 3—Evening 17 min. aft. 4 T , t-goaaow—Morn. 3S min. aft. 4 —Evening 0 min. aft. 5 THE WENTHER-SuN OFFICE, MAY G. THERMORETER, 11.7 THR SHADE. 52—highest einem noon yesterday. 43—lowest this morning and during the night. 51—this day at noon. BARO3INTER, 29 . 93—falling. WIND, E.S.E. to S.E.—Light, with heavy clouds, indi. eating rain. 4 %5 :U . 4 A A/ 4X , is r i7 -,: e 44 0 ' - LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 6, 1856. The Addresses have been duly proposed in both Houses. That in the Lords has been carried, not without remonstrance, but without a division. The Earl of MALMESEURY spoke boldly and une quivocally. He adduced abundant reasons to show that the terms obtained could not be deemed satisfactory by the People. He there fore truly declared that the expressions " joy and satisfaction" were by no means warranted. But - while he shoWed an inclination to move an amendment, he carefully abstained from so doing, so that no opportunity was afforded his brother Peers of recording their votes against the fdlsome "toadyism" to which they were made parties. The House accepted the " joy and satisfaction" with edifying humility expressed an unanimous opinion that Peace was re-established on con ditions honourable to her MAJESTY'S Crown, and fully wcomplished the great object for which the War was undertaken ! An abundance of " the mysterious condiment, well-known as German Paste," or what Captain MA.RRYAT termed " flap doodle," was patiently swallowed. Lord DERBY also made a manly speech, but he moved no amendment. He especially protested against the unnecessary, uncalled for, and unconstitutional alteration in the maritime code of England, and which, as he truly declared, has gone counter to the declaration of every Statesman at every period of our history, and which abrogates the principle for the maintenance of which we have stood against foreign combinations, awl resisted foreign invita tions to the conclusions of treaties, and which we have stood `by as the sheet anchor of our Naval Power. This act was "done in the dark, without the knowledge of Parliament." The Minister sent and trusted by the country to conduct nego tiations for restoring peace on certain bases known to the country took advantage of his position to make an important alteration in the maritime law of England, " without our having the least idea that such, our birthright, was given away." The matter cannot rest here. Indignant protests are not sufficient against conduct which should be the subject of an impeachment, and which requires exemplary punishment for the wanton betrayal of our most cherished rights. But although we cannot greatly congratulate ourselves on the proceedings in the Lords, they were far better than these that have hitherto taken placa in the Commons. The speeches of Lords MAL3IESEURY and DERBY, though leading to no practical resultq, might at least be regarded as honest protests, proceeding from two of the re cognised leaders of a great, party—the former Noble Lord having filled the office of Foreign Secretary, and the latter of First Lord of the Treasury. But in the Commons there was no man of high position or standing who thought it necessary to give expression to his views or feelings. Lord JOHN MANNERS, " who did not oppose the reception of the Ad dress, although he objected to some of its terms," certainly held offic e , but it was in a subordinate capacity, as Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests—nor can it be quite forgotten that ho is brother to the Marquis of Ch A. 1 413; who has let slip no single opportunity for arraying himself on the side of Russia. While Lord CLAUDE HAIM ., Earl o f TON is merely step-son to the f A BERDEEN -the "dear and excellent friend of forty y ears' standing" to the original aggressor—the Minister whose culpable apathy and indifference per. witted the nation " to drift into the War," Which might have been averted by any decided demon- stration or energetic protest, The Noble Lord certainly struck the Government on a very tender spot. He explained the gross desertion of the brave Circassians, and moved the omission of the word " joy," so wholly unwarranted, and to sub stitute " to a great extent the objects of the War," for the declaration that they had been fully accomplished ! Trifling as it was, even this was something ; but what must be the condition of the House of Commons when we are obliged to rest our hopes on such a diluted and milk-and-water propo sition. The speech of the Earl of CLARENDON—the successful (!) ne gotiator—however, showed that it was not through any mistake that the brave Circassians were surrendered to the tender mercy of the AUTOCRAT. He tried to show that they had " n& great clai, to the bonsideration of Eng- land," and therefore they have wilfully and de liberately been abandoned to their fate. As "we had obtained no military successes on the Circas sian coasts, we could impose no terms on Russia." Is this an argument befitting an English States man ? Might we not, at least, have stipulated that the dismantled forts should not be recon structed ? that Russia should make no fur ther onslaught on the Citadel of Asia Minor. If &MAIM. had been comparatively inactive within the last two years, it was because he had no reason to repose confidence in the Allies. They sought not his assistance, tendered no pledges to obtain his aid. Had proper means been taken the prophet chief would have proved an invaluable auxiliary. But he is now condemned and abandoned to his fate because he did not of his own accord array himself under our banners. This disgraceful abandonment of the Circassian tribes will be one of the blackest among the many dark spots on the British escutcheon in connection with the recent War. But it is not in Parliament merely that this de plorable "toadyism" to the powers that be is manifested. We find it also in but too many of the ptiblic journals. We rejoice to say that there are many of our contemporaries who have remained "faithful to the last," and who well merit the confidence of the People. But the Leviathan, who, if it suited its purposes, would have hurled its heavieit thunders against those who sacrificed the honour and interests of the country, has thought fit, once more, to exhibit its chameleon-like properties, and to sot the ex ample' of tergiversation. The Treaty is now "satisfactoryand honourable"—(honourable, GOD save the mark !)—all its old protests are forgotten. It has again jumped into the Aberdeenite policy, which it maintained while it was possible to do so. It would almost seem as if the spirit of Sir PERTINAX MCSYCHOPLIANT regulated its leading articles, and that its sole object was to show the ease with which it could " boo, and boo, and boo," before those whom it supposes to have obtained a prolonged tenure of office. From Parliament and the dependent, toadying Press, we appeal to the national feeling. We believe the Peace has not merely been accepted without enthusiasm, but with intense disgust and indignation. We look for more independent Re presentatives, who will not shrink from avowing their real sentiments, who will not strive to curry favour with the prevailing influences at the ex pense of every honourable feeling. We believe that seeds have bean sown that will produce fruit in due season, which will be by no means satis factory to the adherents of Germanism. The schoolmaster—we are told—is abroad, just now, in the streets of London, ink-horn in hand, about to re-christen some of our public thorough fares ! The Commissioners recently empowered to set on foot as many improvements as possible in the general re-organisation of our metropolis indicate—in other words—an intention to name all over again certain " damnably iterated " lanes, rows, courts, streets, roads, places, squares, villas, terraces ! Localities, north, south, east, and west, bearing the very same titles, again and again repeated, in a manner the most frightfully tauto logical. Good luck, say we, go with the Com missioners in this their very laudable undertak ing ! We look to them for a vast deal in the way of general improvement, but for not one alteration more desirable than the identical change here indicated. We sadly want them, of course, among other things to sweep away that abominable " Middle-row," which is to Holborn at onto its greatest eyesore and its most grievous obstruction. We want them more especially to tumble down and earl away as so much rubbish those filthy and dilapidated tenements packed together between St. Mary-le-Strand and St. Clement Danes—the principal blot upon the Strand—the notorious abomination of Holywell street I The infamous street where the frouziest old garments dangle in the Jew clothes-shops, where the dirtiest old volumes in all the wide world litter the squalid bookstalls, where the obscenest prints that prurient imaginations can devise out rage public decency by daylight and by gaslight, glaring through the foul window-panes upon every luckless passer-by ! We want the Commissioners to do away as quickly as possible with each hor rible nuisance in turn—sweeping away from the surface of the earth both Holywell-street, Strand, and Middle-row, Holborn. We want them to open a carriage way into St. James's-park through Spring-gardens, and another into the Gleen-park from the western extremity of Pall-mall. We want them to get somebody's statue put upon the vacant pedestal in Trafalgar-square—the statue, by the way, of somebody a little more respectable than the " Royal Snob" whose effigy straddles one of Chantrey's horses in the angle formed be tween Morley's Hotel and the National Gallery. We want the Commissioners to do this, that, and the other, here, there, and everywhere. But nothing perhaps do we want them to do more than the very thing they are said to meditate adven turing upon at last, namely, the task of rechris tening a variety of our London thoroughfares. " What a wonderful man the Postman h!" exclaims the Song of the Day, the song whistled by every gamin, ground upon every barrel-organ, thrummed upon every piano-forte. And a won derful person indeed that man-of-letters in the red coat assuredly is—and in no respect more wonderful than in the fact of his conveying the correspondence of SMITH, BROWN, and JONES to their right destination in spite of the bewildering monotony of the same iterated and reiterated superscriptions. A task of sufficient difficulty, it must be allowed, to puzzle any one but a Post man, when it is remembered that there are in London as many as twenty-six " Alfred" streets, &e.—twenty-nine called " William" forty two called " John"—and forty-eight called " Charles." We are so immensely loyal again that we must needs go and call thirty-eight different roads, squares, places, (kc., by the name of " Albert," and curiously enough exactly the same number (38) " Victoria." We are such miserable snobs, too, in the way of Court sycophancy in the abstract, that we must needs designate no less than twenty- six by the title of " Regent" —as many as eighty one "Queen," and actually ninety-eight (two short of a round hundred) " King." As if we had found one unvarying standard of magnitude, we call positively 126 "Little." And as though we had arrived already at the millennium, and Time were henceforth to be no more, and every thing and everybody had drunk of the waters of perpetual youth, we designate 143 of our streets "New." Not having the smallest fear of the ghost of Mr. O'Coliztzt.r. before our eyes, we fifty-eight of our streets after the We don't at thi s moment exactly I: , a u ve nio c n al . .l ” ed know how many rows of houses are entitled " Belle-Vue" which can only just manage to see over the way !—or how many godl ess l anes and alleys are called " Church"-street and "Chapel"- street I—or how many with nothing greener in front of them than the area railings are termed Park" -place, "Park"-viilas, " Park"- terrace ! But—there they are, right and left, hither and thither, as plentiful as blackberries. Can't we find some better names for our Lon don streets than these few very absurd ones, re peated over and over again, until we contrive to render ourselves as tedious in the end as we were ridiculous in the beginning ? Surely. A hint as to what kind of names might be chosen in lieu of the exceedingly preposterous ones we have already employed usque ad nauseam, may be taken even now—as it chances—here and there, from some few of our existing street-corners. Have we not already some of our great victories celebrated in " Waterloo Bridge," and " Trafalgar Square," and "Copenhagen Fields ?" Have we not, even as it is, mementoes already of some few among our great poets in—" Byron Street ' and "Spencer Street," in Bhakspere's Walk " and " Milton Ter race ?" At one spot we have called a square grate fully after " Nelson." At many others we have christened street, road, square, row, place, mews, wharf, chambers, and terrace with the name of " Wellington." We have commemorated eminent men of letters in " Johnson's Court " and in " Addison Villas "—eminent statesmen in "Peel Place" and " Walpole Street "—eminent versi fyers in " Cowper Street" and " Cowley Street"— eminent philosophers in " Newton Road" and " Verularn Buildings." Have we not other heroes, other bards, othe; glories who might in a similarly graceful manner be thus commemorated ? Enough —verbum sap.—let us hope that this suggestion may not be altogether lost upon the Commis sioners ! Then, some other of our great men gone may say with SHAKSPERE'S " . . Then shall our names, Familiar in their mouths as household worth, — Harry the King, Bedford and Exeter. Warwick and Talbot, Salisbury and Gloucester, Be in their `crowded streets' freshly remembered.' On Friday night the Chancellor of the Ex chequer carried the second reading of his bill to 'evy the English duty on French fire insurances by a large majority-133 against 31.. Indeed it was manifestly impossible to leave the matter in its present state. While English offices have to pay 3s. 2d. per cont. on every insurance they effect, and Is. 2d. fur each policy stamp besides, Free Trade itself requires that the French offices should not enjoy a protective immunity from the tax. Such a state of the law must speedily trans fer to France every fire insurance in the kingdom. The English offices themselves would become mere agencies of French companies. No other bill than the Government one was before the House, which was therefore compelled to give it a second read ing in default of some better proposal. We believe, however, as we have before stated, that the bill will be evaded. The Parliamentary debates have extensively advertised the French offices. It is now generally known that insurance can be effected at half price, and an immense 'Amount of them will certainly be done abroad. To large insurers the saving will be an object, and insurers for smaller amounts like as well to save five or fifty shillings as their richer neigh bours to save five or fifty pounds. It will soon he discovered that it is not necessary to be able to learn to write French, in order to correspond with a French office ; and any man who oan de scribe his property fairly in his mother tongue will be able to get a policy direct from La France, and from other French offices too. Sir CoRNE WALL LEWIS knows how patriotic we are, but he must not tempt even our virtue by the irritation of an absurdly exorbitant duty. As, to our more venal fellow-citizens he may be sure that they will not, if they can help it, pay double Income Tax tud two hundred par cent. fire insurance duty, if they can help it. The worthy Chancellor wants us, indeed, to try how his bill will work—he is pretty confident that he can stop contraband ex ercise of prudence iu guarding against risk from ire. A little while ago, however, he was quite as confident that no one would trust a French iffice, and that no legislation was needed. He finds now that insurers have more faith in French honesty than be imagined. Our Government be ieves in the honour of our " great ally," and our classes have about the same faith in the :treat middle class of France.. Every French ,ffice will have English cm - respondents, who will riot as agents " negotiate " insurances, but who instruct persons how to act for thews :Ives, and no enactment can reach such transactions. have not the least doubt in the world that we could obtain an immense amount of ins uranc.3 for French office without rendering ourselves amen able to such a law as Sir C. LEWIS proposes. If he will not, however, repeal the daty, the July course worth trying is to reduce it to one 41,illing at least. Mr. HADFIELD has, we are glad We to see, given notice of an amendment in commit tee to that effect. Mr. HADFIELD ought to be vigorously supported. The Lane tshire C)rnialny sent a deputation to the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, which urged the abolition of the duty ; deputation from the Unity, we believe, did the same ; and the British Empire Fire-office sent petitions, from its members and others, with some 17,000 signatures attached. If other fire offices would act with equal spirit the end would be readily accomplished. The duty would, of course, be laid on farming stock as on other pro perty, now that protection was abolished, and this, with the large increase of insurances, would go far towards raising the duty to its present amount. A whole staff of officials also might be got rid of at Somerset House, by taking the duty, as in the case of railway companies, on the total amounts insured each year, instead of requiring minute accounts of every little policy. As rea sonably might every railway ticket bo taken to Somerset House. There is yet time for both offices and indivi duals to petition. We re3peetfully suggest that it should be done. Sir C. LEwL3 is known to waver. A considerable number of the members have expressed themselves strongly in favour of a reduction of the duty to one shilling ; the ma jority would gladly vote for it ; letters from con stituents to members and petitions would enable them to do it with confidence. From what we have ascertained, we believe that a very little effort, on the part,of the community, would attain the desired result. It is calculated, fairly, that the injury to the revenue would be small, perhaps a quarter of a million ; while the reduction would enable persons to insure much more largely at the same cost,, and induce thousands to insure who will not pay tho exorbitant duty in addition to the office premium. WRECRS.—During the month of April 157 vessels were wrecked. In the month of January the number Wai 265; in Vehruary, 174 ; and in Altrch, 145 ; making a total in the past four months of 741 vessels. The well-known Spanish General. Pciin, wai married in Paris on Saturday morning, at the Madeleine, to Mdlle. Gonzales, of Aguero, a young lady of Mexican birth, who brings to the general a dowry of 7,000,000 f. REPRESENTATION OF LANCASTER, - The Lancaste Guardian states that :ter. Robert Baynes Armstrong has expressed his intention of appealing to the suffrages of the electors at the first opportunity. Mr. Armstrong, who comes forward on the liberal interest, will be op. pssed, as has been already intimated, by Mr. Robert Gladstone, of Manchester. An adjourned meeting of the creditors of Jobn Mac kenzie and Co., Dalfast, was held on Thursday, when a s'atement was presented, showing liabilities amounting to 87,442/. and assets amounting t) 21,4031., and a dividend o f 4s. 61. in the puund was proposed and adopted by the meeting. . THE SUN, LONDON, TUFSDAY EvENINa, MAY 6, 1856 THE CoURT. The Sheriff; of London and Middlesex, Aldermen Kennedy and Rose, accompanizA by the City Remem brance; had an audience of the Queen yesterday after noon, at Buckingham Palace, to learn her Majesty's pleasure respecting the Address of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of London, on the subject of the peace. The Sheriff; were presented to her Maje,ty by Sir George Grey, G.C.8., Secretary of State for the Home Department. The Q seen was graciously pleased to appoint Thurs day next, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, for the reception, at Buckingham Palace, of the Address from the Corpo ration. Her Majesty was attended by Lord Byron, lord in waiting, and Sir Edward Bowater, groom in waiting. The Prince Consort rode on horseback in the fore• noon, with the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred. The Princess of _Salerno, the Duke and Duchess d'Aumale, and the Prince and Princess de Joinville, visited her Majesty in the afternoon. Prince Leopold visited the Zoological Gardens in the Regent's Park. Her Majesty and the Prince Consort honoured the Adelphi Theatre with their presence in the evening. In attendance were the Marchioness of Ely, the Hon. Mary Seymour, the Hon. Emily Cathcart, Lord Byron, Major•Generml the Hon. Charles Grey, and Captain Du PI At. The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lord James Mur ray and Lady Fanny Howard, honoured the Princess's Theatre with her presence last evening, The Governor of the Bank of England and the De puty Governor had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. _ - A deputation, consisting of M r . W. P. P r i ce , M . P . (Gloucester), Mr.i C. Baillie, M.P. (Monmouth), and Col. Tynte, M.P. (Bridgewater), had an interview with Lord Stanley of Alderley yesterday, at the Board of Trade. Meetings of the Oxford University Commission were held at No. 17, Great Queen-street, Westminster, on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday last. Present—The Earl of Ellesmere, the Earl of Harrosby, Mr. Jnqtice Coleridve, the Hon. E. Twisleton, the Dean of Wells, and Sir J. Aw•dry. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue, and Mr. Pressly, Deputy Chairman, had an interview yesterday with the Chancellor of the Ex chequer. Sir A. Spearman had also an interview with the right hon. baronet. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governors of Tasmania, Weht Aug tralia, Vancouver's Island, Hong Kong, and Ceylon. Despatches were sent to the Governor of the C.ipo of Good Hve. A deputation. introduced by the Right lion. Sir B. Hall and Viscount Ebrington, and consisting of Mr. F. T. Streeten, churchwarden of St. Pancras ; and M r . \V. D. Cooper, Mr. Orr, Mr. Thurston, Mr. Stubbs, the Rev. R. Littler, and Major-General Pemberton, directors of the poor of the parish ; Messrs. Cook, their so'icltors ; and Mr. Hibbard , their clerk, had an inter view with the Right lion. E. P. Bluverie yesterday, at the office of the Poor-law Board, on the subject of the bills relating to the amendment of the Poor Law, the removal of Irish and Scotch paupers, and the public vaccination. RUMOURED VISIT OF THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND TO BERLIN.—BERLIN, Monday.—There is some talk here of an intended vi it of Queen Victoria to Berlin. It is said that Prince Frederick William will carry a pressing in vitation to her Majesty to be present at the marriage of the Princess Louisa with the Prince Regent of Baden in September next. The Duke and Duchess of Cleveland have a dinner, on Saturday last, at their mansion in St. James's-square, to Lady Chas. Soinerset and Miss Somerset, Col. arid Lady L mise Meyrick, Mr. and Mrs. Hungerford, Gen. Sir. R. and Lady Clarges, Mrs. Lane Fox, Lord G. Paulete Sir \V, Cotton, Mr. Coore, Mr. Sussex Milbanke, Mr.' H. Milbanke, Mr, SI tney, &c. The Earl and Countess of Stamford and Warrington left town, yesterday, for Bradgate Park, Leicestershire. The Earl and Countess of Lisburne entertained a select party, at dinner, on Saturday evening, at their residence in Grosvenor crescent. Lord Stanley of Alderley will give a ball on Thurs day, the 22d inst. Sir Robert and Lady Gerard have arrived at the Clarendon, from Garaword Park, LancaThire. The Rev. A. Peyton has left the same establishment for Dodding ton Rectory, near Chatteris, Cambridgeshire. The Countess Dowager of Glesgow and Miss Catherine Sinci sir have arrived from Edinburgh, at 18, Chesharra place. Cruvelli (Baroness Vigier) is at present at Naples with her husband, where they purpose passing the summer. METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS.—The Board met this morning for the purpose of agreeing to a cengaettu• latory address to her Majesty upon the restoration of peace ! The Austrians are forming a large camp of operation at Somme. It was expected that the English Govern ment might be called upon by that of Piedmont to send, a squadron to the Gulf of Spezia. The relations be t xeen Piedmont ar.d. Austria are anything but pacific. THE GOVERNMENT AND THE " PRECIOUS PEACE."— Although a close holiday was ordered when the mis management in the Crimea induced the Government to decide upon a day of fasting and humiliation, it is under stood they do not contemplate any similar step for the day of rejoicing. The Moniteur has announced that AL Charles Baudin, who has filled for up earls of five years the post of pre cipil secretary te the French Eel hasey in this country, is appointed to the first secretaryship of the French E n- Isaesy at St. Petersburg ; and we understand that M. Baudin will leave London in the course of the week to proceed as Chared d'Affaires to Russia. THE TRIAL OF W. Peratstt.—At present no altera tion has been ma 1e in the day appointed by the Court of Queen's Bench for the trial of the prisoner--namely Wednesday, the 14th of May ; but it is said that an application will be made to postpone the case to the Monday following, when the whole of the ordinary business will have been disposed of. FISHERY HARBOURS IN SCOTLAND AND IRELAND.—It "pears that between January, 1846, and the 14th of April, 1855 , 72,200/, was advanced on public account fur building, adding to, or otherwise improving and maintaining fishery harbour's- in Ireland, and a sum 'of 33,5001. for the same works in the sister kingdom sif Scotland. THE MAILS.—LIVERPOOL, May 3.—The British and North American mail steals-ship Asia sailed hence to day for New York, with 87 passengers and a large cargo, be,ides the usual mail. The Black Ball !bier Liehtning will said from the firersev on Tuesday for Melbourne, with about 400 passengers and the bi moiitiily mails. THE COAL MARKET. —The following is a statement of increase in coal importation to 30th April this year : —To seaborne coats, imported from Jan. 1 to April 30, 1856, 3,7_18 ships, 1,075,301 tons, being an increase of 314 s'd is, 105,071 tons, on like period of past year. Railway coals, from Jan. 1 to April 30, 1855, 420,509 tons, b mg an increase of 111,318 tons on like period of the past year. TESTAMENTARY AND MATRIMONIAL JURISDICTION.-- The testamentary and matrimonial jurisdiction of the Ecclesiastical and other courts is abeli-hed by a bill of Sir F. Kelly, Lord Stanley, and Mr. Butt, and vested in a court to be called " Her Majesty's New Court." The judge will be a barrister of 15 years' standing, or an advocate of the Arches' Court of 10 years' standing. The amount of his salary is not yet determined. Due provision is made for the details and form of procedure in the new court. The remains of the Hon. Mrs. Crewe, whose demise, after a lengthened illness, we announced a few days since, were removed yesterday from Loakes' Hill for in terment in the Keneal-green Cemetery. They were attended by Mr. Randolph Crewe (son of the deceased), Lord Carington (br o th e r of the lamented lady), Lord Colville, Lord Gard n er, Sir W. W. Wynn, Mr. Lev eson Somerset, Mr. Martin T. Smith, M.P., C sl. Brownrigg, Mr. Pater Rood, Mr. James Beaded, Mr. William Rose, and Mr. J. Cirt alland. BLACKGUARD CONDUCT N A RAILWAY CARRIAGE.—A. young man named James Stanley, carrying on business as a chemist at 17, Newman-street, Teas charged by Mr. James Johnson Brown, a staff-surgeon in her Majesty' s service, residing at 11, Clarge's-street, Piccadilly, with using abusive and insulting language in a Greenwich railway carriage, and with smoking, to the annoyance of the other passengers. The charge was fully proved, and ho was fined 20s. for smoking in a railway carriage, or 10 days' imprisonment ; 40s. fine, or 14 days' im prisonment, for using insulting and abusive language in the public street. THE NEW GOVERNOR OF THE WINDWARD ISLANDS. —We are glad to perceive that the measures of Mr. Hitacks, whose appointment to the government of the Windward Islands so creditably distinguished the brief rule at the Colonial office of the late Sir W. Molesworth, are giving great satisfaction to the inhabitant, and ful l y realising the expectations that were rais e d b y t h e con ciliatory disposition, firmness of temper, and enlightened views which he displayed during his successful adminis tration of the effairs of Canada.• Mr. Hincks has inaugu rated his government by giving a separate Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly to the island of St. Vincent, and rejecting the plan of his pred, censor, Sir W. Colebrook, for the union of the island s un d er his Government, measures which have given unqualified satisfaction throughout the Windward group, the inhabit. ants being of the opinion expressed by Mr. Hincke that, except as regards common political and education a l in stitutiows, a uniform system of secondary punishments, and the establishment of a circuit court of appeal, there is nothing in which the islands would benefit by union. BRITISH INDIA.—An interesting paper relating to the external commerce of British India has just been printed, by Colonel Sykes, the Chairman of the East India Corn- Pali'''. The excess of exports over imports is constant, owing to the gradual improvement in the produ c i ng powers of the country and the small wants and 6 hoarding habits of the natives in their present low stage of civilisation. T,e average excess of tic ports for the last five years has been nominally 7,965,0001., but, as the bullion annually taker, is put down at 3,799.000 1 ., all beyond the latter sum may possibly arise merely from the di , crepancies of official valuatione. With regard to the uninterrupted absorption of bullion, Colonel Sykes mentions that within the present century India has received above 100,000,000/. which has never subsequently left the country. He adds that, during the 19 years ending 1853.4, the suss of 42 , 0 00,0001. has been coined in the Indian mints, a n d that old co i ns h a ve been called in or paid in to th e va l ue of more th an 20 , 000,0001., making a total coin age o f 62,250,0001, LATEST NEWS. INSURRECTION AT MECCA. Accounts from Constantinople, to the 24 th ult., have been receifed by the Meander. An insurrection has broken out at Mecca. The Scherif, who had been dismissed from his post, refused to give it up, alleging the infidelity of the Sultan as his excuse. He is supported in his resistance by 50,000' armed Arabs, who, it is said, refuse entrance into the city to the pilgrims under pretence that the Ottoman empire is defiled. The Journal de Constantinople only speaks of disturbances at Naplous, but it announces that the most energetic measures have been adopted against all perturbators. The Circassian deputation, which had arrived at Constantinople, is composed of 200 persons. TURIN, MAY 5. The official journal publishes an ordinance charging tilt) Count do Cavour with the interim Administration of Foreign Affairs. Count de Cavour has deposited in the bureau of the Chambers some important documents on the affairs of Italy. To-morrow there will be in terpellations on this subject. BERLIN, MONDAY. The Dowager Empress of Russia is at present too unwell to undertake the projected journey to Germany. FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY EVENING. The Emperor yesterday received Mehemmed- Djemil-Bey, the Turkish Ambassador, who de livered to his Majesty a letter of congratulation from the Sultan on the occasion of the birth of the Prince Imperial. The Moniteur publishes the following report ad dressed to the Emperor by the Minister of War on a reduction of the army : " Sire—Conformably to the orders of your Majesty, the soldiers of the class of 1848 have received their defi nitive discharge. On the other hand, the incorporation of the young soldiers of the class of 1848 is now almost completed. In this state of things, the moment ap pears to have arrived for making a reduction in the effective strength of the army. Your Majesty has al ready ordered the refuoval into the reserve of the sol diers of the army of the East belonging to the class of 1849 • I have now the h onour o f p ropos i ng t h e exten sion Of that measure to all the soldiers of that class, the number of whom is about 52,000 ; namely, at home, 27,468 ; in the East, 19,365 ; Algeria, 4,578 ; Italy, 539. The expense would be thus essentially lessened, and the army still retain a sufficient effective strength. If your Majesty assents to this measure, I beg you to give your approbation to this report. " VAILLANT. " Approved. "NAPOLEON." The official journal also contains the following report from the same Minister : "Sire—Your Majesty, in giving your approbation to the report which I had the honour t 9 submit on the 20th I)ecember last, decided, in principle, on the creation of four new regiments of cavalry of the Imperial Guard ; but from a fear of causing a disastrous perturbation in the cavalry of the line, several regiments of which were then in the East, your Majesty decided that the forma tion of these four new regiments should be postponed, and that when the moment should have arrived for pro ceeding with their organisation, one regiment of African Chasseurs and one of Hussars should be disbanded, in order to diminish the expense which will result from t 6 organisation of the cadres. Circumstances now permit the realisation of your Majesty's intentions. The or ganisation of the four regiments of cavalry of the Guard is in course of execution, and by an Imperial decree of the sth April last the 4th regiment of African Chasseurs was disbanded. It now remains to complete the mea• sure, and to proceed to the disbanding of a regiment of Hussars. Such is the object of the decrea which I have the honour to submit to your Majesty's sanction. VAILLAI4T." This report is followed by a decree disbanding the 9th Regiment of Hussars. The officers will be placed in non activite, to be replaced immedi ately, or as soon as possible, either in the newly formed regiments of the Cavalry of the Guard or in others. The officers disbanded will be indem nified for the expense of their new equipments, with the exception of those who, at their own re quest, may be admitted into the Imperial Guard. It haring been decided by the Emperor that the diplomatic agent at Vienna should occupy the rank of Ambassador, M. de Bourqueney gets that step ; and, as a matter of course, M. Hubner, the Aus trian Minister at this Court, obtains the same ad vantage. A good deal is said of the valuable snuff boxes that have been presented to some of the diplomatists engaged in the late Conferences ; that which has fallen to the lot of M. de Bour queney is described as truly magnificent. As to whether this diplomatist takes snuff or not, no reference is made to the point even in the most pungent passages of the protocols ; in any case, however, he is justified in saying, as he re gar d s hi s gift, pnelle bonne prise ! for orders and stars distributed on the occasion, we are in a perfect galaxy of them. Nothing like treaties, confer ences, and protocols to win honours—Sic itar ad astra. The annual service for the repose of the soul of Napoleon 1. was celebrated to-day in the chapel of the Tuileries by the Bishop of Arras. The Emperor and the Court were present. BOURSE, May s.—The following are the last quotations : Cash. it a . 44 per Cents 93 75 3 per Cents 75 New Loan 75 40 Bank Shares 3,950 Roman Credit Mobilier ...... 1,782 50 einstrian Belgian Fives ...... ~ 97 Spanish Threes Piedraentes t (5) 93 Home Debt End of Month. —f. —O. 75 35 RAILWAYS-108 CA.1311. fr. o. fr. o. Orleans ... ..... 1,400 Western 930 Northern Lyons ... 1,470 New Ditto Lyons Genova 8:0 - Taste ... .. Cette ... -. .... . 820 Austrian Coin. 950 SPAIN. The Madrid Gazette of the 29th lilt. contains the following singular paragraph :—" Iu consequence of what some foreign j'airnals have recently pub lished on the affairs of Spain, it appears that a high personage has had a conference with the Queen, and that her Majesty declared that she would sooner lose her crown and the hope of seeing her daughter reign than suffer any foreign nation to intervene in our affairs." The same journal denies that there was any truth in a report that was cur rent that a regiment of hussars is to he raised for the exclusive service of the Queen; the Government, it says, has no intention of conferring any special privilege on any corps, and in consequence all the regiments will continue to do duty in turn near the Queen's person. All the other papers contain ac counts of Espartero's reception in the provinces ; everywhere he is represented to have been received with extraordinary enthusiasm. A committee of the CJrtes had approved of the commercial treaty between Spain and Naples which was recently concluded. THE BASHI-BAZOUKS. A letter from Damascus of the 12th April, pub lished in the .A u g sbur g Gazette, says :—" I suppose you have heard that the corps of Bashi-Bazouks formed by England in Mesopotamia and in the neighbourhood of Damascus, which was in garri son at St. Jean d'Acre, under the command of Col. Bruce, lately deserted nearly in a b dy ; of 1,200 men only 46 remained with the colonel. The remainder withdrew to Kerve, three leagues from here, and addressed to Malimoucl Paella . a message in writing, in which they set forth that they would no longer remain in the service of England under the flag of the cross. The Turkish and English authorities, after having concerted with the British Consul, Colonel Wood, despatched Colonel Wal pole to the deserters, in order to bring them to order, either by menaces or promises, as they would speedily form themselv e s i n to bands of brigands. The colonel succeeded in effecting the return of 350, who are to be embarked at Beyrout, under a promise of not being sent to India. The new hatti of the Sultan has been published, but not executed. In a trial between T ur k s and Christians, the Cadi refused to admit the testimony of the Christians, as being contrary to Divine right. Wanick Paella has nevertheless conferred the title of Aga, Effendi, and even of Bey, on several Christian chiefs." GERMANY. A. letter from Dresden of the 29th Ult. Ray s "Owing to the absence at Vienna of the Minis Cer of France, Baron Forth Rouen, the perform ance of a Te Deum for tha birth of the Prince imperial could not take place until to-day. The ceremony was attended by the members of the diplomatic body, the Ministers, the grand dignitaries of the Court, and other personages of distinction. In the evening Baron Forth Rouen gave a grand banquet, and when it was concluded Baron de Beust, Minister of Foreign Affairs, said :—' Gen tlenien, I propose to you to drink to the health and future prosperity of the august child whose birth, like the rainbow which we' often see ap pear towards the end of a shower as the pre cursor of a clear and splendid horizon, has been everywhere saluted with a cry of joy and de light. Yes, gentlemen, let us not fear to say it—this new pledge of the constant prosperity of the reign of his Majesty the Emperor Nagoleon has been received and accepted by all Europe as a boon of Divine Providence ; and let us not forget either that we are now called on to offer to the same Providence thanksgivings for having restored to ns the peace which was so ardently desired, and of which so large and distinguished a share belongs to the elevated wisdom of the Sovereign who reigns over France. Lon..z live the Prince Imperial ! Long live the august imperial family of France !' Baron Forth Rouen in eloqu ,nt terms thanked the Minister for his speech, and afterwards proposed the health of his Majesty King John, at the same time begging the Minister to transmit to the King the expression of his profound gratitude for the numerous testimonies of sympathy which the court of Saxony has given him on the occasion of the brith of the Prince Imperial." GREECE. ATUENS, April 23.—The journal the Minerva published yesterday the speech of Lord Palmerston concerning the deplorable state of Greece, and at the same time it published several fresh acts of brigandage. The Court of Athens was greatly annoyed by these revelations. Orders were given immediately to the aide-de-camp, M. Han, and Prince Morouzi (whose brother was the chief of the Greek legion in the Russian service) to burn that paper, which orders were executed in the Military Casino of Athens, to. the great indignation of the public. About this time the French admiral M. Le Comte Boue de Wilmaus, from the repeated information of increased brigandage in the pro vinces, despatched troops to occupy various posi tions between Thebes and Athens, for the purposes of public security. This act led to so much irrita tion on the part of the Camarilla, that the Govern ment was ordered to send in to Mr. Wyse and M. Mercier, the Ambassadors of England* and France, a protest against the Anglo-French occupation in Green .3. The arguments used in this significant note are, that the occupation is no longer necessary after the establishment of peace. The Queen and the Russian party, and, it may be, the Austrians also, desire the retirement of the French and English forces before the elections take place for the new Chambers, by which means the Camarilla, being more free from foreign in fluence, hope to possess a Government ready to for ward the interests of Russia, and avail themselves of any eventualities which might be turned into hostility towards Turkey. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, May 6.—Wind day at noon, N.E. ; mo , Berate breeze. The Glengarry, from Jamaica to London, out 50 days, was spoken by the Albatross, arrived at Crookhaven from Melbourne. PLYMOUTH, May 5.- - Wind S.E.—Arrived—Cape of Good Hope (s. tpt. 229), from London, for the Black Sea. Sailed—Antagonist, for Batavia. PORTSMOUTH, May ' 5. Wind S. S.W. —Sailed—Jura (s. tpt.), for 'Woolwich ; H.M.S.'s Vesuvius, Porcupine, Hecla, and Lizard, the eastward. FALMOUTH, May s.—Wind E., strong—Arrived—Queen Victoria, from Callao and Mauritius. BELFAST, May s.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Morning Star, from New Orleans. JERSEY, May 4.—Wind E.N.E.—Sailed—Centurion, for Pernambuco. CARDIFF, May .s.—Wind E.N.E.—Sailed—E. T. L. for New York. OFF SCILLY. —Pantaloon, from Buenos Ayres, for Ant werp ; Cambrian, Jamaica. NEWPORT, Hay s.—Wind N.E.— Arrived—Sutlej, from London, for Hong Kong ; Golden Rule, from London, for Callao, &c. CUXHAVEN, May 3.—The Mary, of Bremen, from New castle to Bremerhaven, foundered near Heligoland, ater being in contact with the Cecrops, from Batavia to Ham burg; crew saved by the latter. LIVERPOOL, May 6. —A telegraphic message from Wa terford states that the American barque Lucy Ring, from Monte Video, has arrived at Passage with her cargo on fire. Surveyors recommended immediate scuttling, at which men were at work, as she could not otherwise be discharged. ST. PETERSBURG, May I.—The ice drift in the Neva has commenced. (PER ELEOTRIO TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning. Wind S.E. Arrived —Sister, from Mobile. Sailed—Ellen Austin, for New York. QUEENSTOWN, May 4. Wind S.E. Arrived—De Battesta, from Cassabianca; Bertha Hen drica, Ibrail; Exodus and Mindanao, Callao ; Pori, Tar sus; Holdina, Mangan; Virtu, Trieste; Maria Teresa, Marseilles ; Marys, Bal tim ore. Off.--Telegraph, from Callao, for London. WATERFORD, May 4. Wind S.S.E. Arrived—Congress, from Moulmein. Sailed—Lavinia, for St. John's, N.B. (BY SUBMABINA ANb BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday, 10.10 a.m. Wind N.E.; tide, one and a half hours' flood; weather fine. Sailed—Thomazen, for Riga.; Lady Gray, Syra. DEAL, Tuesda,y Morning. Wind Easterly, light. Anchored—lsland, from Barbadoes for London ; Su parior, from Cadiz for London. Passed—Vesuvius, with four mortar-vessels in tow; and her Majesty's ship Porcupine, with threo mortar-boats in tow—buth for Sheerness. _ _ Passed on the sth.—Kate, from London for Liverpool; Guatemala, from London for Pugwash. Report of ship Load Auckland. —Left Nov. 15, and St. Helena, Feb. 14. Had six weeks' easterly wind, mostly strong gales. Sptko March 18, British barque Dement, from London to Jamaica, all well ' • March 21, let. 26.3 N., long. 40.41 W., th e British brig Corgress ' out 164 day s , from Moulmein for Maryport, all well ; March 20, let. 28.23 N., long. 39.11 W., aatnburc , vessel Grassebr oo k, from Islay to Ham burg, 92 days out. MARKER NE lATS.—( filis Day.) HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meado w hay, 3/ 15i to 5 115 s ' • clover do., 4/ 15s to 6/ 103; and straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ 11s per load. A moderate demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 3/ IS3 to 5/ 15s; clover do., 41 15s to 6, 103; and straw, 11 6s to I/ 12s per load. Trade steady. WHITECITAPEL. Meadow hay, 3/ 14a to 51 12s ; clover do., 4/ 153 to 61 12s ; and straw, 1/ 5s to 1/ 11s per load. A. moderate supply and a, sluggish demand. COLONIAL. TRA.--The market has exhibited a rather heavy appear ance, but in middling cengou a fair amount of business has been done for borne consumption ; young hyson, good com mon to fine, 10d to is 6d ; common congou, Sid per lb. SuGAlc.—lhe sales have been of a limited character, holders demanding high sates. Previous prices have been readily obtained for most descriptions. Several large pub lic sales are announced. The refined market rules dull, the det 'sand for home consumption being very limited. COPS 'EE.—Full rates have been realised for both native and pla station Ceylon, particularly the finer sorts, which are notuth wanted. There has also been a good demand for Mocha, at fully previous rates. Ric E.—The demand has been extremely limited, and previous prices have barely been sustained. Rug'.—The market rules firm, but business generally is inactsv e. Bengal sold for 2s 1,1 per proof gallon. TALT:OW.—The market is again inactive, and prices have declined to spot, 45Q, and last thre e mouths. TALMOT/S DIVORCE.—House of Monday.—Mr. Sergeant Wraogham having concluded his address, Mr. Sergeant Byres proceeded to sum up the whole case, on behalf of the petitioner, and their lordships adjourned. THIF PROPOSED MEMORIAL CHURCH AT CONSTA/ITI NOPLI meeting of the leading inhabitants of Liver pool : old the district was held at the Town-hall on Friday, the mayor (Mr. John Stewart) presiding, at which it was unanimously resolved to give the inhabitants of Live rpool an opportunity of contributing towards the erec lion and endowment of a church at Constantinople to .the memory of our gaFant countrymen who fought and died in thn late war. IHE IRISH SPIRIT TRADE.—A bill introduced by Mr. Brady, Mr. H. Berkeley, and Mr. P. O'Brien, repeals p ato,:s of the acts 3d and 4th William IV., c. 68, 6th and 7 th William IV.. c. 88, Bth and 9th Victoria, c. 64 and 1 7th and 18th Victoria, 3, 89. R eta il ers o f b eer, c id er, )irits, and wine are prohibited to open or keep open ti ieir houses at any time between 12 p.m. and ti week days, or b9fore. 2 p.m. or it‘t,:r 11 p.m. on Sti mdayg, or befo re 5 ado. on the morning following Sc oiday. VALUATIONS INIRELA.rD.—It appears that in 26 of the' :Irish counties the tenement valuation has been crim ple to d under the act. la 7 the valuation is in progress, and in 7it has not yet commenced. The apparent dis - ' crep: they of these num bers((there being only 32 'counties ' prof , er in Ireland) is. explained by the fact that there are seve ral "counties of cities." The tenement valuation'of the counties. the valuation of which is not yet corn fmei 1 ced, m ay probably be finished in two years from the receir,t of the revised 0, dnance maps. j R FAT . II OF THE WIDOW OF HENRY BELL.—O n Thurs oar la' ,t, the Ist of May, Mrs. Bell, widow of Henry Bell, the man who firstipropelled a vessel by steam iu Draft ih waters, died at the Baths Hotel, Helensburgh, " 1 .e Clyde, at the advanced age of 86. She had sur- Vi'm 1 her celebrated husband for upwards of 25 years, :Sell having died on the 14th of November, 1830, having 'oeeu born in the county of Linlithgow in 1767. Mr. Bell• 's life was not a prosperous one, and before his death his c my real dependence was an annuity of 501. per an num, granted by the Clyde Trustees, which was not only conti a cued to his widow, but increased to 100/. The cloe' L c h • d a ys of the old lady, ther e f ore , were p eac tful and ~,D I dforlable. Sh 3 had been connected with the Bath.; 11 Rite), at lioleniburgh, fox tlatlong period of 49 years— i I =••• S 1471 m- A 111 AND C °Ritmo - IAL INTELLIGENO' Two o'CloO sed The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday el° firmly, and pri ces o f A mer i can an d Surat to rather higher. All other kinds were witstl change. The sales were 1,000 to 10,000 b e ,,` - i ; comprising 120 Pernam and Maranham, 500 Egyptian, 61d. to Bid ; and 1,500 Sllo' l l7 Bl to sd, per lb. The Liv er p oo l Share A 111. 7, - , was quiet, and p r i ces were a s h a d e b e tter than Saturday. The following information upon the Live i rt i timber trade is from Mr. Edward eb ei°ller circular : " The arriv a l s d ur i ng last month f ro m git Dd io America consisted of three vessels, 3,872 ton 3, ar t , five vessels, 6,167 to ns , i n th e month o f A pr il last The auction sales of mahogany on the 25th jefi ti ' °. 4o l hausted the stock o f a ll ki n d s i n th i s mar ket ill - 0 hands. Of City St. D om i ngo —Th e cargo per j e1 , 9 00 Hunt, sold at an average o f 18 7 32d per foot, the 'to ranging at from 8,111 to 68 ld, averaging 160, f oot, curls at from 14d to 6 3 Bd, averag i ng 22 1-32 d Pe r 4 1 Of St. Domingo—To e cargo per S treones halb eve r o i 10d per foot, the logs ranging at from 7d to 5 35c1 ' the curls at from 9d to 161 d per f o ot ; and th e °./ per Reaper, to arrive, c hi e fly sma ll s i ze, a t a n ay er , 46 o l 8 9-32.1 per foot, the l ogs rang i ng a t f rom 7d to 9 ° , t o the curls at froin 1311 to 14d per foot. Of ge n : l : g el The cargo pe r R omance , f rom B e li z e, e e , e ,9l 8 29 32d per foot, th e l ogs rang i ng a t f ro m 50 I :, and the curls at fro m (-,;(1 to 12i i per foot, al f , e '„; g yfot respectivelyB27-32d and 101 32d per foot. Of LeL": 0 01. 22 logs and curls, per M ag i c i an , at f rom 5d to Pe r 0 From St. John, several cargoes spruce have heel f r om' from the yard at about 81.17 e 6d per stan dard, er:'; 19hi the quay one at 81. 15s, one said to be at about Si.;/ pet one to arrive at 8/. 173 6d, and a small parcel ef,r standard ; by auction, first quality pine at iv ( ' $/, second quality at 91. 12e Gd to 12/ , third qualitlelo, lOs to 81. 15s, and fourth quality at ' 81. 12e 6d P e t 1 2' dard. From St. Stephen's, a cargo arled at a n "; fol 6 , 1 per standard ; from Bathurst, a cargo y at 8 1 . 1 ",; 11 0 spruce, 101. for second quality, and 81. for third c l" yellow." The public sales of co l on i a l woo l coraniell e ", ot h morrow evening, and as the manufacturers withPoot here and on the Conti nen t are gene rally ig stocks a considerable attendance of WY ° f o t expected. The high prices n ow ruling cotton as well as wool are exercie iljg oe powerful influence upon the state of tlr markets in the textile manufacturing d istr- tDo where busines s i s , i n some cases, a ll ege d to be to " reverse of remunerative." There appears t 3 al a general expectation th a t hi g h er quotati °P h , 4 ti least for wool, will p reva il, an d th ere is l iig , s e l o til be great competiti on a t th e auc ti ons , a t 3 140,000 bales will be o ff ere d. n lbad Advices from M ar ti n i que t o th e 11th AP I. I r come to hand, stati ng th a t th e arr i va l s and uel t l i e tures of vessels duri ng th a t mon th were 511017 „ e o f , average, and a bri s k t ra d e was d o i n g in 5 750 Notwithstanding an ad vance i n pr i ces o f 2 1. °. P e ; v el kilos. on rates of the present month, the d era o rt• was animated after the arrival of the packe t rer for ing favourably upon the European markets', oSf, good qualities the pri ces p a id range d f ro m 26f '„161 , per 50 kilos., and f o r o rdi nar y sor ts, 23f' L W , Other articles of export ruled a s follows : --- ` 1- c le• not in request, and prices nominal ; c ocoa 111 p ar mand at 90c. per kilo. ; tafia steady at 50f. 10 hectolitre, and campeche 48f. per 500 k l L °s ; n ot imported merchandise th e mar k e t Was 3'.-- el/ glutted, chiefly from Marseilles, which had O IL o f a sensible fall in the prices of the differentarticiss of consumption, especiallyin flour. A large quan titi ke French flour which had arriv e d was found ° fo l. caked, and was sold by publi c auction at a c° t he derable reduction, which assisted in lowering 0 price ; while the small stock of American flo ur hand has to submit to the low rates of French to By a decree of the 2Gth April the duties ° p i, levied on imported cocoa into France are a° f, lows :-75f. per 100 kilos. in foreign ships, an d t he per do. in French vessels. Another decr ee of d same date fixes the duty on imported iron P i2e . 4 5 I all diameters at 30f. per 100 kilos. There i 5 r 3 demand at present in this article in Francef, l3 : i y prices are advancing upon English pi g an d bar l to The recent advance in the English_Stock gs f d il is fully maintained, and the tenden c y o f prics'o upwards, but there is very little sp ecu lation, s ' i 0 the real purchases are limited. Consols are 0 ,1 3 1 931 for money, 93 to 1 for the Bth inst., an d ,o i for June, being firm. The New 3 per Cents . ` 4 ,: i o brought 92f it, and the Reduced An nw d 911 to 92. Bank Stock has been 210 i to 21 1 it f 'd India Stock 229. The June Exchequer Bill s ri i l , 7s. to 3s. discount, and the I n dia Bonds 3 ° . - o '4 The Foreign Securities a re genera lly at cul lt4 ' ll o t quotations. Turkish 6 p er C en t s . a re ito 4 ,: e 3 cent. higher, viz., 98 t o 934 , an d t h e Guaraew f , 4 per Cents. ar e 1011, to i—being also 6ft e i Spanish 3 per C en t s . are mar k e d 45.Spanis 11 ', Deferred, 241 ; the Passive, 7g. ; and the Ca l , ; cates, 5 2 . L Spanish Bonds rule steady ° t (I ,:i . Mexican at 221 a. ; Chili an 6 per C en t s . at 1 : b ; and Brazilian 5 p er C en t s , a t 99 t o 99g. Vu'cl per Cents. aro 93' 4 1 to 94. i° The following are the nominal prices of f° r f t %i• stocks :--Grenada Deferred Bonds, 62- 71 ; 3e tg ,, can, 224 --; Peruvian, 77 79 ; Ditto 3 per Ce v rj a - 5 , 54 6 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 48 50 ; j' t -- 5 sian 5 per Cents., 104 106 ; Ditto 41 per 0°13 .6; 94 6 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 44 5 ; Ditt ° v - 0 ferred, 241 5; Ditto Certificates, 54 i ; Ditto .)-- sive, 7 The Railway Share Market is also firmer' the dealings are not of an extensive char ac ' t o e cl Great Western, and Manchester, Sheffield , flc ii Lincolnshire, are at advanced prices. The F re ' ra y and Belgian lines are rather higher, and the C ' / ' dian are well maintained. a Ili Banking and miscellaneous shares are gen -fi steady. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING r- RI O' (From the Oicsal List. I Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red - used anunitiss. , . ... • 2 9 13 1 1 ; 74 :1 ° ::,: 115. 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 93 a 2h 0 N -,- :1 ocr Cent. !innnities - ' 92i g 0 i Newt per Cent. Annuities 75 , Long Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860... 3 3-16 1 DR..° 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 l7 1-16 A India Stock En.tiN lioilds, £lOOO Consols ‘'or Account . E who:IT:or hills, 21d.' March. Jun' d 1100 . •••••• 37 'e.500 4 reall 32 d 1 -- Ditto Bonds, 1858, 3i per Cent. 9711 Sh PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS MAI' P.rAzilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 9l 9 Ditto Small Chiliau Bonds, 6 por Cent 1044 quador Bonds Mexican 3 per Cent 22a i Ditto Account Russian Eonds, 1522, Y., St., 5 per Cent — Ditto Account Ditto 4z3 per Cent. Sardinian BorOs, 5 per Cent. ..... ..... 15;) • , i !*,ads. 3 per Vent 45 Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account t itto Passive SpLaish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 5l i p o l'iirkib,h i.:onds, 6 per cent Ditto Account 93 f Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent, Ditto Account lOll i , ) ,,,, i ,,, t , o n the above .ayable in London. Austrian Bonds, 10 Gull., £, 5 per Cent. 84. E Dutch Exchange, 2it, per Cent., 12 Guilders 64 Ditto 4 per Cent. certificate THREE O'CLOC K ' Console for Money 921 3 Ditto Account (Bth May) :... 92& 3 KENSINGTON GARDENS AND REGENT'S PARS.-- - 5 official statement sent to us shows that on Sunday 65,545 persons entered Kensington Gardens, and BV - 0 entered the enclosure of the Regent's Park, makl total of 147,352 persons. 0 , POSTAL COMMUNICATION WITH AUSTRALIA. —The Pf r , Mr. Dunn, from Van Diemen's Land, and the 110 n. 'lf Furlong, from Melbourne, have arrived in London e . the purpose of entering into arrangements for the in 311 . / t s diate formation of a steam postal communication °I Australia. ANOTHER AMATEUR PANTOMIME.—The gentlemo, who had the honour of perfoi ruing their amateur P i/ ne tomime before her Majesty last season, at Drurrir o f Theatre, intend giving another performance on the 2 " June at the Lyceum. "William Tell will this tlO furnish the plot of the pantomime. ; NI THE MARQUIS OF DALHOUSIE.—The following " — ,rbe extract from the Malta Vines of the 22d ult.:— Ri g ht lion, the Marq4is of Dalhousie took his deprt u t from this island on Sunday afternoon last, on board bb' Majesty's steam frigate Tribune, for England, 0761 G 1 raltar. The noble marquis was assisted on board In chair by Rear-Admiral Sir Hou s ton Stewart, the vef iE " manning yards in complement to his lordship."