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After which, the new Ballet Divertissement, by M. Despla ces, entitled L' Ile Enchantee. Supported by Mdllc. Salvioni, Md s Carmine, 3i ale. Navarre, Md;le. Assunta, M. 7espla ces, and Mr. W. R. Payne. Commence at half past Eight. - - tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre .ta Is, 10s. 6d., 75., and ss. ; amphitheatre. 2s. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had at the box-offic under the portico of the theatre, which is evil from ten to five, and at the principal musicsellers' and TI ER MAJE E S x r Y , aTT.HEATRE. IL T ROVATORE. TEAS EVENING (Thursday , June 2, will be performed (in consequence or the general request), Verdi's favourite Opera, IL TROVATORE. Siznori Gitzflini, Santley, Gassier, Mariotti, and Casaboni; Mdlie. Bettelheim, Madame Taccani, and Mdlle. Miens. Conductor, Signor ARDIn To conclude with the Second Tableau of the Ballet diTer tissemeut, BACCO ED ARIA SNA. Principal Dancers—Mdlle. Catarina Ber.tta and Sig. Am maturo, supported by the Corps de Ballet. Saturday Evening Next, June 4th.—LES HUGUENOTS, Incidental Ballet. Extra Night —Monday Evening_ ext, June Oth.—FAUST, Commence at Half-past Eight o'clock, ex cept oa Saturday next, when the Opera commences at Eight. Pit Tickets, 7s. ; Reserved Box Seats. lOs 6d. ; Amphi tlveatr, stalls, ss. and 7s. ; Gallery, 2s. 6d. ; Private B xes, in the Upper Circle, 21s. Box Office of the Theatre open . daily, from 10 till 6, where plAces may be secured ; also at Mitchell's, Bubb's, Lacon and Oilier's, Bond-street ; Leader's. Opera Colonnade ; Sam's St. James's-street ; Cram er, Wood, and Co.'s, and Hammonds, Itegent-street ; Keith, Drowse, and Co.'s, Cheapside ; and at Chappell and Co.'s, 50, New Bond-street. THEATRE ROYAL HAY NIARKET.— sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE BALANCE OF COMFORT. Mr. Howe and Miss L. Angel. After which, DAVID GARRICK. Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Buckstone, Rogers, Clark, W eathersby, &c. ; Meschanes Snowden, Kelly Moore, Fitzwilliam. After which, the new Easter piece, entitled VENUS AND ADONIS. Messrs. Compton, Wm. Farren, Coe, Sze.; Mes dames Louise Keeley, Snowden, ilellyl'ower, Hill, Wright, Ra_zers, To concluda with MRS. WHITE. Mr. Compton. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Linder the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. Mr. FECHTER. will perform HA3ILEr THIS EVENING (THURSDAY). Claudius, Mr. Emery; Polonius, Mr. John Brougham ; Ghost, 3lr. G. .lordan ; Laertes, Mr. C. Vanden h. ; Horatio, Mr. J. G. Shore ; First Gravediv.ger, Mr. 11. Widdicomb Osric, Mr. F. Charles ; Messrs. W. 3l'lntyre, F. Morton, Raymond, Moreland, Clifford, Edmonds, Wall bank, Collett ; Ophelia, Miss Kate Terry ; Actress, kiss M Beni ade ; and Gertruie, Miss Elsworthy. The Scenery painted by Mr. W. Telbin. Notice.—The doors open at half -past 7, and Haml..t corn tiences at 8. Box Office open daily from Eleven o'clock till Five. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. MIS EVENING, THE COMEDY OF ERRORS. The Two Dromios, by the Brother; Webb. Atter which, - THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Lou's and Fabien dei Franchi, Mr. Vining; Chateau Renaui, Mr. Wal:er Lacy. To conclude with BORN TO GOOD LUCK. Paddy O'Haffer,y, Mr. Dominick Murray. NEW THEA fitE-HO YAL, ADELYI-ii.- Sole Pronriutor and Ilanao - sr. M. B. Webster. Last Week but One of , be Groat Tragediene, Miss Bateman, in the character of LEAH. THIS EVENING,an apropos Sketch, SHAKE irEARE'S HOUSE: Messrs. J. L. Toole, It. Phillips, Stephenson. Af er which, at 8, L EAH : Miss Bateman, supported by Messrs. A. Stirling, R. Phillips, Billingtun, Stuart, Eburne, Stephenson ; furs, Biilington. To conclude with THE AREA BELLE : Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, K. homer, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. 11. Lewis. Commence at 7. IFISS BATEMAN.-L E A H.-'llll EVENING and EVEItY EVENING —Miss Bateman will appear in her great impersonation of the Jewish ma den until further notice' In order o give due effect to tuts most remarkable suc.:ies of the se son, ea,ire,y new scenery by the celebratea artists Messrs. I)ans,n and ons, a,d Thompson. New dr, sss and appo ntm..ets have ben prepare s for its production.—N. is. In consequence of the pressing and numerous applications a', the Box-otifi:e, ar rangements have now been made by which Seats m,y bc ob tained a week in Auviln e. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. under the 3fanagement of liEr. B. WEBSTER. rowded with rank and fashion.— The highly successful new Comedy, by Dien Bomicault ,Itsq., every Evening. Re. engagement of those ce ebraced and popular artistes, Mr. all 1 Mrs. Charles lilathZw, Amongst the artists engaged will he found the ropuiar iJ mes of Mr. Bobjamin Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. .r. 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After which, TIIE PRETTY HORSEBREAKER. Mr. Toole, Mr. Paul Bedford. Miss Simpson. To conclude with MAZOURKA. Messrs. Honey, James, Fenton, Turner, &c. ; Misses Marie Wilton, Simpson, &c. Commence at 7. MOSES AND SON l'• respectfully call attention to their lar g e and well assorted stock of JUVENILE CLOTHING. The newest fabrics are comb;ned with the latest and most fashionable resigns, and the best workmanship. E. 3IOsES and SON give particular attention to this important branch of their business, and they can with confidence affirm that the prices an, such as must satisfy the most t conomical Tits depart ment is in a distinct part of the premises, which will be found a gre conv,..nience for ladies and children, 1.4 1 . MOSES AND SON n A • respeetfully invite public attention to their large and well-assortedSTOCK. SPE t l OSES AND SON'S • "SANDRINGHAM" WRAPPER (Introduced by them) is the newest and most fashion tbie style of Overcoats for the season. E ' °" 8 AND S ON'S 4 , RLA.DY-VADE and BESPOKE CLOTHING for all classes and all ages. The Weather—Sun ;.ace, June 2, 1U)1. THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock SS Barometer-29.72. Wind—North-East ; moderate breeze, and cloudy. -UGH WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE. rHIS DAL—Morning, h. ra.—Afternoon. 12h. 26m. ro-,oKßow.-Morning, 12h. 55m.—Afternoon. lh. 21w. )." Snit LONDON, THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1864. Montaleinbert on Poland, The Count DE MONTALEMBERT, denied access to the tribune of the Imperial Legislature of France, has still his own tribune in the pages of .Le Corres pondant. It is a tribune that he ascends only oc casionally, never lightly, always impressively. From it, his voice has just now again become audi ble. He has lifted it, that most eloquent voice, yet once more in behalf of Poland, of the Polish nationality, of that great Christian nation which (he cries aloud in accents of anguish) has been snared, seized, strangled, outraged, despoiled, assassinated under our eyes ! Never has this widely•recog nized Champion at once of Liberalism and of Religion, never, we hesitate not to assert it, to reiterate it, to insist upon it, never before this has he spoken—even in his happiest moments of inspiration as an orator, as a man of letters, as a man of genius—more effectively, or more affectingly, than he has here spoken in behalf, yet once more, of Poland and of the Poles. Spoken, we say advisedly, rather than simply written, for it seems almost es though cne heard the tones of his voice, his argument throughout is so impassioned, so im pulsive, so impetuous. The very preamble of the oration, here, is so eminently befitting the sad ness of the theme, that it seems to hush one into attention upon the instant, and into an attention not simply breathless but awe stricken. When upon a coast beaten by the tempest, he says, the signal guns of alarm are heard re sounding in the night, announcing that some vessel is in imminent peril of shipwreck —in what Christian land, be asks, do we behold the sea faring inhabitants deaf to the cries of the mariners thus threatened with destruction, deaf to the appeal of their fellows, of their brethren, shut ting themselves thereupon in-doors either to sleep in peace or only to sit up watching meraly for the sake of exulting amot , g,t themselves, in the t him ney corner, over the sweet security of the shore and the domestic hearth ? Without pausing to apply this startling inquiry—the application of which, indeed, is only too frightfully ap parent—MONTALEMBERT puts to us, one and all, yet another interrogation. When, he says, there suddenly arises i❑ thu street or upon the high road the cry of soma passer by who is being either assailed or assassinated, what should be thought of those worthy people who, instead of running instantly to afford aid to the victim, should dream only of hurriedly barricading their own house, scarcely leaving open a chink through which to reconnoitre, so as to see, from a safe distance, how the crime is being accomplished ? Then it is that the double apologue is applied. Then it is that the Count de MONTALEMBERT exclaims—Yet it is this, precisely this, which has been taking place in France, in Europe, during those last eighteen months! Only—he adds—it is not a ship simply, it is a whole people that is being submerged under our gaze in a sea of blood. It ii not under the shadow of the night, it is not in the bosom of the tempest or in the depth of the woods—it is in the broad light of day and in the midst of a profound calm that the catastrophe is being accomplished. In all of which— what man there amongst us who will venture to assert that there is one particle of exaggeration ? It is the simple statement of a fact—a fact not only undeniable, but glaring and notorious. Of this great Christian nation (which he has not yet named) the Count DE MONTAIAMBETIT takes occasion a little further on to remark, quite as uncompromisingly—She, this Victim Nation, has called to ail the powers, to all the rights, here below. She has it:yoked, turn by turn, with the most poignant adjurations—Civilization, Huma nity, the Rights of Nations, the New Right, Modern Ideas, Progress, Honour,Recollections,Pity, Public Conscience! She has obtained nothing ! To this piercing, heart-rending appeal no one has re sponded I And, he goes on, with noble accents of scorn, io single them out one by one, and to arraign them, each one amon got, them for its respective de falcation. Civilization, he says, this self-vaunting Modern Civiiization, has virtually confessed itself vanquished by Barbarism ! Liberty, this haughty and austere liberty—haughty and austere at least (theoretically) against oppression—has been power less, here, to secure even the most elementary of all liberties, the liberty of living ! And so on, with the rest. But—at last—in this frozen tran quillity, in the midst of this universal indifference one voice, says the Count DE MONTALTMBERT, one. voice is heard—one alone—replying to that cry of distress raised by agonised Poland. The affecting circumstances attendant upon the lifting up of that solitary voice in reply to Poland, had already been recognised where its recognition might least have been anticipated—namely, on the seventh of last month, in the Chamber of Deputies at Turin. It had, then and there, upon the mere men tion of it, been welcomed, not only with profound emotion, bat with resounding acclama tions. M. BROFFERIO, it was—himself one of the mo st conspicuous adversaries of the Papal Power—who, on the ith of May, in the Chamber of Deputies at Turin—seized the as it w ere u p on th e very o pportunity to remark, morrow of the publication of the POPE'S Ency clical letter about Poland—" When I behold an old man exhausted, suffering, without resources, with out army, on the brink of his grave, reprobating thus a powerful potentate because of his swallowing uP a whole people with his despotism, I f ee l myself moved to the very centre of my being, I believe myself carried back to th e time of GREGORY VII., I bow in homage, I appiand." Whereupon, the whole assembly—liste n . ing to those fervid words—itself applauded. It is to be regretted that the Count DE MONTALEMBERT should have had reason for remarking here, in a foot note of Le Correspondent, that no similar incident transpired during this recent session in the French Chambers. Reverting, however, to the extra-Par liamentary remarks uttered by that Great French Orator, whom untowerd circumstances have un happily denied admission within the walls of the Imperial Legislature—reverting, however, we say, to what is here said, without the walls of that Legislature by the Count de MONTALEMBERT in reference to this one voice raised in behalf of Poland — speaking of it in his character as Catholic, he exclaims, not very surprisingly, even when his words come to be echoed here in Protestant Eng land—the vote° which has thus been raised, this one solitary, isolated voice—" It is the voice of of religion —a voice plaintive, indignant, immortal. That which is here visibly before the eyes of us all, .g-i StjlN , - L.' 0:2'4 the ;', l iitV.. and of the impious—it is that which has herespoken, and which has spoken thus—alone—to tho nation that is being crucified ! Turn by turn, however, in the sequel of his argne ment, the Count de MONTALEMBERT arraigns, as we have already expressed it, the greet nations of the west, to whom, collectively and separately, the Victim Nation has during these last 18 months of her agony appealed, but, as the world knows', altoge ther in vain. France, England, Germany, Italy—he takes them one by one into painful and k filicted con sideration. What we of course have most to do with, here, we turn to at once with all eagerness. " Eng land!" exclaims the Count DE MONTALEMBERT, in anguish—he who best, we believe, among all living Frenchmen, possibly among all continental Euro peans, appreciates us English and our political institutions—" England!" exclaims this conspicus ous friend and admirer of England and of English Institutions—" how, can I paint here the mournful pity with which the lamentable decrepitude of her foreign policy (the foreign policy of this England we were so proud of) inspires nowadays even her best friends, even her moat faithful admirers ? Day after day they speak to us exultantly of the incontestable progress of dee mocracy in the bosom of this great free people. But what matters that, if these advances are only simultaneous with the decadence but too clearly manifest now (through her foreign policy) of her energy, of her capacity, of her integ rity in the management of the affairs of Europe." And so forth. We care not to continue, here, the bfilicting remonstrance. The decadence of our national influence, as represented by our foreign policy, is only too painfully apparent. It admits, in simple fact of no denial. But, the responsibility of it appertains—this in effect is our one consolation, as it is also our profound and ineradicable convic tion—the responsibility of it devolves, not upon the Nation! It devolves solely and exclusively upon the Government, by whom the nation is misrepre sented at so many points—all of them of gigantic importance—in regard to the Poles, in regard to the Danes, in regard to the Confederates. The second reading of the Penal Servitude Acts Amendment Bill was not achieved without a dis cussion, in the course of which some very wise suggestions were made, but they do not seem to have been paid much heed to. Lord CRANWORTII'S motion was the wisest of all—that transportation offered the best means of disposing of the convicts generally; It is very much to be regretted that it was not contrived in some way or other to carry out the recommendations of the commissioners— there are so many reasons in favour of the plan, and it seems to offer an ac;vantage to all sides. Here in this country we are set free from the great anxiety of watching these men, and are re lieved from the fear of their renewing their depre dations, which brought them originally into trouble. The men themselves are no doubt greatly benefitted by the change. They can lead a new life, in the strict and literal acceptation of the term. If disposed to redeem their evil ways, they meet with encou ragement on all sides; if inclined to relapse into wrong paths, they ere saved the great danger of their former companions in vice surrounding them, and danger is put far behind them. As for the colonists themselves, they would be the gainers in acquiring so much more assistance in their numerous undertakings. It is inconsistent for them now to raise such an outcry, when they were at one time most glad to meet with the aid of those they now sc3rn. The chief absurdity of the clamour that has been made regarding this proposition is, that there would be no likelihood of the convicts escap ing from Western Australia. As the inhabitants there did net object, it was an arrogant assumption, and a piece of unjustifiable interference on the part of the other colonists, to make themselves so disagree able and unaccommodating. Lord GRANVILLE said that "from each of the colonies, except Western Australia, there came the strongest remonstrance!' This affirms the report that has already been cir culated concerning the idea that it was prejudice which urged the minds of those who put so decisive a negative on the suggestion, and made their veto of exclusion the signal that doomed hundreds of their fellow creatures to a wretched fate at home. instead of entering on a new existeece in distant lands. Lord GRANVILLE'S arguments on this point are very inconclusive, because a Government is not bound to attach importance to the unreasonable demands of colonists, although their unjust repre sentations should never be overlooked. For this reason it appears that a mistake has been made in ignoring the request of Western Australia to allow the convicts to be sent to a greater extent, and in acceding to the overbearing request of the other colonies to desist from the enterprise determined on. One of the first fruits of the pernicious workings of this act has been to give up the proposal of the commissioners to make seven years the minimum term of a sentence to penal servitude. It has been reduced to five, and thus an important feature in the disciplinarian system has been changed through the ' unwise acquiescence in a chimerical notion. Lord CARNARVON'S opinions oa such a subject as that of this debate are always worth listening to, and it is satisfactory to find that to a great degree he approved of this measure, although he also was disappointed at the turn events had taken respecting the plan of trans portation. He very forcibly illustrated his view of the subject in contradiction to the arguments used by some, regarding the universality o? the Austra lian settlement which was opposed to it, by saying that " So far from their being a universal concur rence of opinion in opposition to it, the district of Moreton Bay had itself petitioned for an increase of convicts." Very true were the strictures passed by the noble lord on the style of the systems which have hitherto prevailed in this country regarding the convicts, and the notable failure of their work ings. Certainly there can be no doubt that they have not accomplished two very important deside ratums; they have neither bestowed safety on the public, nor exercised a check on the offending par ties to restrain them from further mischief, and on others to deter them from following so very per nicious an example. There have been some grievous errors extant in the old plan, and the prospect of their being early partially rectified is at any rate satisfactory in its way. Lord CARNAP.YON stated that ‘ the princip!e of the Bill was to inflict "sharp and certain sentences," and he did not deny that he approved of this notion. It has been proved by experi ence th a t it is a positive cruelty to the unhappy individuals themselves to pamper them in such habits of luxury, and to afford them first one relaxation and then another, so that they quit thei r p r i sons i n some res p ec t s yoneentetroedthite, bcommission n g o t f h ei error r pa s s t i h o a n n s more when th p e r subdued by stern treatment and their period of durance rendered, in reality, a penance, as it should be in all things consistent with the preservation of their health and strength. Nothing has been of more detriment to society than that specious senti mentalism which transferred to the criminal the sympathy and consideration which belonged of right to his victim, and so confused the relative bearings of things, and the issues of right and wrong that caricaturists were not out of place in repree DO Liq, TIIUR S DAY • EVEN 'LNG imprisonzsl felons ins sort of stat, I - , lacqueys attending to them and all around awaiting their orders. Lord CARNARTON faithfully depicted a great part of the cause of these evils when he men tioned that blame attached itself to the Judges and the Home Secretary. The former persisted in pass ing short sentences upon these offenders, and by this means society was ❑ot perfectly protected, and also there was exhibited on the part of the Home Secretary so much uncertainty, vacillation, and misplaced tenderness towards great and notorious criminals that crime received a fresh impulse in this country. This description very naturally portrays the state of things prior to the formation of a Royal Commission, and the final introduction of this mea sure, which is, at any rate, a remedial one, and pro mises, if faithfully carried out in its several ramifications to effect some progress in the much desired path of reform. Lord CARNARVON was in favour of the system of police supervision. This may be necessary, but great care should be exercised in its workings, in order that mischief may not be done by the adoption of means supposed and intended to be remedial. Much harm may be done to the discharged convict if caution is not em ployed in following his movements and tracing the changes that may have taken place in hie character. At the same time, it cannot be denied that it is very necessary to try some plan for the cognisance of the doings of these dangerous characters. The Irish system appears, from all accounts, to be a very good one, and it would be well if it were more implicitly followed in this country. If a great and beneficial change does not sake place in our prisons and con vict establishments, it will be very discreditable, after the universal sentiment of public opinion which has been expressed on the matter, and an other failure will necessitate the whole subject com ing before Parliament, and a complete revision and remodelling of the whole system fundamentally. It is a lamentable fact that one of the direct afflictions that befall humanity is at the same time desolating the Old and New Worlds. Civil war is devastating the ancient and Effete empire which claims to be the leader of civilisation, while it is sapping the strength and retarding the progress of the great Western Republic, whose admirers would have us regard it as the model of political wisdom. In America, and in Ceina alike, the horrors of inter necine strife are tending to the ruin of the nation and the wretchedness of the people; differing, how ever, in the two countries from the fact that in one they are the product of a chronic and well-nigh hopeless complaint, in the other the result of a fierce and acute disorder. Our dealings with the two cases have been systematical:s' different. We have tried intervention in the one case, and non-inter vention in the other. We have treated unques tionable rebels as belligerents, and have, on the other hand, refused to look upon belligerents as any other than rebels. Men, money, and ships have been at the service of the one civil war, while the other has waged fiercely for three years without obtaining that verbal interference or acknowledg • ment which some persons think would be sufficient to arrest its progress. But in neither case has our Government contrived to escape blame, and in both instances it has had the satisfaction of being called to account for contributing by its conduct to the waste of blood and treasure, and the wholesale misery inflicted by civil war. Their offence in the trans-Atlantic struggle has been a negative one, but with regard to China they are more seriously involved. From time to tame the questions appertaining to our Chinese policy are discussed in the House generally with the same result,. It usually happens that no decided movement results from these debates, ye they are not without service as reflecting in sore, degree the mixed feelings of the country. 'lhe dis cussion of Tuesday evening was one that could not be overlooked, whether from the political stlndin of the hon. member who introduced it, from the length to which it extended, the number and variet3 of the speakers, or the masterly th,nner in which Lord PALMERSTON disposed of the arguments of his adversaries. The case is undoubtedly a difficult and a complicated one. It is not to be met by a few general maxims, nor capable of being treated by B pauacea like that recommended by Mr. CotneeN. The vicissitudes of Chinese civil war are certainly no business of ours, and it is idle to talk of interfering on the grounds of humanity and hatred of bloodshed, while we leave the great Western struggle to *go on unchecked. But it is also none of our making, and had an Englishman never set foot in China the Taepieg rebellion would have been raging all the same. The real difficulty of the case lies in oui commercial interests, weich are of course also the commercial interests of Chilli, and hon. gentlemen who censure so severely the policy of the Govern ment in defending the treaty ports do not show any conclusive reason why we should surrender our rights, damage our commerce, and saffer serious in jury to be inflicted on the Chinese themselves by the destruction of their trade because a civil war has broken out in another part of the Empire. Mr. COBDEN, in his severe strictures upon our Chinese policy, remarked that " it was a remarkable fact that this is the only foreign country in which we have sought to force trade by violence and war, and it is the only country which forms an exception to the progress made in our commercial dealings." The hon. gentleman forgot, however, that the de pression of trade must be attributed rather to the internal commotions of the Empire than to any interference of oars. Lord PALMERSTON, it is true, maintained that our trade with China was by co means in the condition represented by Mr. COBDEN, but it is evident that if it fails to realise the expec tations of our merchants at present, such a state of things is owing to the war in the silk districts, the piracy, Sec., which Mr. COBDEN and his friends would leave unchecked. Whether we can rea sonably hope that peace will be soon esta blished is, as Lord PALMERSTON observed, beyond the power of any man to predict. But having esta bliehed commercial relations with that country, and thus opening to our trade an outlet, including one• third of the human race, there can be no reason why we should draw back now from the position attained with so much difficulty. It is no more a selfish policy to protect our relations with China than to follow out the interests of commerce in any other shape. It is certainly very undesirable that we should, as a nation, interfere in their internecine ware, but we have every r ight to defend those treaty ports to which we have some claim. Mr. COBDEN'S suggestion of the establishment of open porta presents one very serious difficulty. It requires the consent of the Chinese themselves, who would never agree to such a plan. Th e question of piracy is one which needs prompt and careful attention, for the extent to which it is carried in Chinese waters is something startling. Of itself, it is suffi cient to cripple the most flourishing trade. W e read with astonishment Mr. COBDEN'S declaration that he wants to see the state of things existing 15 or 20 years ago restored, and the order which for• bade the destruction of pirates, unless they were proved beyond all question to have attacked a square-rigged vessel. He wishes this order to supersede the very moderate and sensible instruc• tions issued by Admiral KUPER last year, when he directed that Chinese vessels should on no ac count be destroyed by her MAJESTY'S ships, unless 9 14; I N 1 -4 1 • the ffick rs wero requested by cowpt ;cut Chinese, authorities to do so, or unless a pirate was caught in the act of piracy. This order calls forth Mr. COBDEN's stern reproof; but it is only reasonable and just that we should lend our aid to the sup pression of that piracy which is so disastrous to Chinese trade. Notwithstanding the hon. member for Rochdale's able and temperate speech, and the fierce invectives of the member for Birmingham, there seems little ground for censuring he course which several successive Governments have pur sued in endeavouring to foster our trade with China by every means in their power. Members are often too ready to attribute the want of faith, the cruelty and injustice so common with Eastern nations, to some fault on the side of our authorities, and an Englishman'snatural horror of unnecessary violence and bloodshed makes them too prompt to pass severe censures without full information. Of this we had recently a striking example in the case of the Kagosima ; and we should have thought that that lesson might have taught the hon. mem ber for Rochdale and his associates to be less sus picious of the Eastern policy of our Statesmen. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION, HOUSE OF COMMONS, JUNE 1. TESTS ABOLITION (OXFORD) BILL. Order for committee read, Motion made and question proposed, "That Mr. Speaker do now leave th chair." Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word " That" to the end of the question, in order to add the words " this house will, upon this day three months, resolve itself into the said cemmittee," instead thereof, Question put, "That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the question," The house divided—Ayes, 236 ; Noes, 226. AYES-236. Adair, 11. E. Fenwick, E. M. Norris, J. T. Adam,W. P. Fenwick, H. North, F. Agnew, Sir A. Fermoy, Lord O'Brien, Sir P. Alcock, T. Finch, C. W. O'Conor Don, The Andover, Lord Finlay, A. S. O'Logillen, Sir C. Anstruther, Sir R. Fitzroy, Lord F. Onslow, G. Antrobus, E. litzwilliam, C. W. Owen, Sir H. Ath umney, Lord Foljambe, F. J. S. Pacse, Col. Ayrton, A. S. Forster, C. Paget, C. Aytoun, K. S. Forster, W. E. Paget, Lord C. Bagwell, J. Foster, W. 0. Pease, H. Baines, E. Fortescue, F. D. Peel, Sir R. Baring, Sir F. Fortescue, C. S. Peel, F. Baring, T. G. French, Col. render, J. Baxter, W. E. Gaskell, J. M. Peto, Sir M. Bazley, T. Gibson, T. M. Pilking - ton, J. Beaumont, W. B. Gilpin, C. Pinney, Col. Beaumont, S. Gladstone, W. E. Ponsonby, A. Bellew, R. M. Glyn, G. C. Potter, E. Berkeley, H. F. Goldsmid, Sir F. Powell, J. J. Biddulph, Col. Gower, F. L. Pry - se, E. L. Black, A. Greene, J. Ramsden, Sir J. W. Blake, J. Greenwood, J. Ricardo, 0. Blencowe, J. G. Gregsou, S. Robartes, T. J. A. Bouverie, E. P. Grenfell, H. R. Robertson, 1). Bouverie, I'. P. Grey, Sir G. Rothschild,Baron M Brand, H. Gurdon, B. Russell, A. .Bright, J. Gurney, S. Russell, Sir W. Brown, J. Ilacifie.d, G. St. Aubyn, J. Browne, Lord J. T. Hanbury, R. Scholehetd, W. Bruce, H. A. Iland,ey, J. Scott, Sir W. Buchanan, W. Hankey, T. Scully, V. Buckley, Gen. Hardcastle, J. A. Seely, C. Buller, J. W. Hartington,Marquis Seymour, Danby Burke, Sir T. J. Dayter, sir W. Seymour, Digby Butler, C. S. Headlam, T. E. Seymour, A Butt, I. Henley, Lord Shafto, It. D. Buxton, C. Herbert, H. A. Shelley, Sir J. V. Caird, J. llibbert, J. T. Sheridan, R. B. Calthorpe, F. H. Hodgkinson, G. Sidney, T. Cardwell, E. Hodgson, K. Smith, J. A. Childers, 11. C. E. Holland, E. Smith, J. B. Cholmeley, Sir M. Howard, C. W. G. Stacpoole, W. Churchill, Lord A. Hutt, W. Stanil an d, AL Clay, J. Ingham, R. Stansfeld, J. Clifford, C. C. Jervoise, Sir J. Stuart, Col. Clifford, Col. Johnstone, Sir J. Sykes, Col. W. H. Clifton, Sir 1:. Ring, P. J. L. Talbot, C. R. M. Clive, G. Kinglake, A. W. Taylor, P. A. Cobbett, J. M. ICing - lake, Serj. J. Thompson, 11. S. Cobden, R. liinnaird, A. r'. Tice, W. Coke, Col. Layard, A. H. Tollemache, F. J. Colebrooke, Sir T.E. Langton, W. H. G. Tomline, G. Collier, air It. P. Lawson, W. Tracy, C. R. D. Corbally, M. E. Leatham, E. A. Trelawny, Sir J. S. Cowper, W. F. Lefevre, G. J. S. Turner, J. A. Cox, W. Lee, W. Verney, Sir H. Craufurd, E. H. J. Lewis, H. Vernon, H. F. Crawford, R. W. Lindsay, W. S. Villiers, C. P. Crossley, Sir F. Locke, J• Vivian, H. 11. Dalglish, R. Lysley, W. J. Vyner, R. A. Davie, Sir H. It F. MacEvoy, E. 'Waldron, L. Davie, Col. F. Mackie, J. Warner, E. Dering, Sir E. Mackinnon, W.(Ly.)Watkin, E. W. Dillwyn, L. L. Mackinnon,W. A. Western, S. Douglas, Sir C. M`Malion, P. Westheach J. P. B. Duff, M. E. Maguire, J. F. Whitbread, S. Duff, It. W. Marjoribanks, D. C. White, J. Dunbar, Sir W. Marsh, M. H. White, L. Dundas, F. Martin, I'. W. Wickham, H. W. Dundas, Sir D. Dlartin,J. Williams, W. Dunkellin, Lord Massey, W. N. Winnington, Sir T. Dunlop, A. M. Merry, J. Wood, Sir U. Enfield, Viscount Miller, W. Woods, 11. Ennis, J. Mitchell, T. A. Wrightson, W. B. Eamonde,J. Moncreitf, J. Wyvill, M. Evans, T. W. Monsell, W. Ewart, W. Morris, D. TELLVLIA. Ewart, J. C. Morrison; W. Dodson, J. (1, Ewing, H. E. C. Neate, C. Goschen, G. J. NOES —226. Addeiley, C. B. Gowei, G. W. L. North, Col. Arbuthnott, Gen. Graham, Lord Wm. Northcote, Sir S. H. Astell, J. H. Greenall, G. O'Neill, E. Bailey, C. Grey deWilton,Lord Packe, C. W. Baillie, H. J. Gr, grin, Sir E. Pakenham, Col. Baring, A. H. Haliburton, T. C. I'akington, Sir J. Barrow, W. IL Hamilton, Major Palk, Sir L. isateson, Sir T. Hamilton, Viscount Palmer, It. W. Bathurst, Col. IL Hamilton, 1. T. Patten, Col. W. Beach, W. W. Hardy, G. Peacocke, G. M. W. Beecrott, G. S. Hardy, J. Peel, Gen. Bentinck, G. W. P. Hartopp, E. B. Pennant, Col. Bentinck, G. C. Harvey, R. B, Pevensey, Viscount Benyon, R. flay, Sir J Phillips, G. L. Beresford, W. Heathcote, Sir W. Powell, F. S. Berestord, Denis Henley, J. Powys-.Lybbe, P. L. Bernard, Col. Henniker, Lord .Repton, G. W. J. Bernard, T. T. Heskeih, Sir T. Ridley, Sir M. W. Bond, J. W. lleygate, Sir F. Rogers, J. J. Booth, Sir It. G. Hill, a. C. Rolt, J. Bovill, W. Hodgson, R. Rowley, R. T. Bramston, T. W. Holmesdale, Lord Salt, T. Bremridge, R. Hood, air A, Sclater-Booth, G. Bridges, Sir B. W. Hopwood, J. T. Scott, Lord H. Brooks, R. Hornby, W. II: Scourfielo, J. IL Bruce, Sir IL • lio.siali, T. B. Shirley, E. P. Burghley, Lord Hotham, Lord Smith, Abel Burrell, Sir P. Bowes, K Smith, M. Cairns, Sir H. Hunioerstone, P. S. Smith, S. G. Cargill, W. W. Hume, W. W. F. Somerset, Col. E. Cartwright, Col. liumphery, W. Somes, J. Cave, S. Hunt, G. W. Stanhope, J. B. Cecil, Lord R. Ingestre, Viscount Stanhope, Lord Clive, Capt. G. W. Jermyn, Earl • Stracey, Sir H. Cole, H. Jervis, Captain Strange, J. M. Cole, J. L. Jolliffe, Sir W. Stewart, Sir M. R. Collins, T. Jones, D. Stuart, Lt.-Col. W. Conolly, T. Kekewich, S. T. Sturt, H. G. Corry, H . L. Kennard, R. W. Sturt, Lt.-CoL N. Cubitt, G. Ker, D. S. Surtees, H. IL Curzon, Viscount King, J. K. Talbot, W. C. Dalkeith, Earl of Knatchbull, W. Taylor, Col. Darner, S. D. Knightley, R. Thynne, Lord E. Dawson, It. P. Knox, k,ol. Thynne, Lord H. Dickson, CoL Knox, Major W. S. Tollemache, J. Disraeli, B. Langton, W. G. Torrens, R. Du Cane, C. _Leader, N. P. Tottenham,Lt.-Col. Duncombe, A. Leeke, Sir H. Treherne, M. Duncombe, W. E. Lefroy, A. Trevor, Lord A. Du Pre, C. G. Legh, Major C. Trollope, sir j. Dutton, It. H. Legh, W. J. Turner, C. Edwards, Col. Leighton, Sir B. Vance, J. Egerton, A. F. Lennox, Lord G. G. Vansittart, W. Egerton, E. C. Lennox, C. Verner, Sir W Elphinstone, Sir J. Leslie, C. P. Verner, E. W. Estcourt, S. Liddell, 11. G. Vyse, Col. lane, Col. Longfield, R. Walcott, Admiral Farquhar, Sir M. Lopes, Sir V. Walker, J. RB, Fellowes, E. Lowther, CoL H. C. Walsh, Si r J. B. Fergusson, Sir J. Macaulay, K. Waterhouse S. Ferrand, W. M a lcolm, J. W. Wattington 'J Filmer, Sir E. Matins, R. Way, A. E. J. Fitzgerald, W. S. M ann ers, L or d J. Welby, W. E. Fleming, T. w. Manners, Lord G. Whiteside, J. sloyer J. Maxwell, CoL Whitmore, H. Forde, Col. Miller, T. J. Woodd, B. T. Forester, Gen. Mills, A. - Wyndham P. Franklyn, G. W. Mittord, W. T . Wy nn, Sir W. Fraser, Sir W. A. Moor, 11. Wynn, C. W. W. Gallwey, Sir W. P. Mordaunt, Sir C. Wynne, W. W. E. Galway, Viscount Morgan, 0. Yorke, Hon. E. Gard, R. S. Mowbray, J. R. Yorke, J. R. George, J. Naas, Lord Getty, S. G. • Newdegate, C. TELLERS. Goddard, A. L. Newport, Visct. Gore, J. R. 0. Nicol, W. Trefusis, C. H. R. Gore, W. R. 0. Noel, G. J, Selwyn, C. J. THE FETE CHAMPETRE AT ORLEANS HOUSE.— Yesterday the grounds of Orleans House, Twicken ham, the seat of their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess d'Aumale, were thrown open for a grand fancy bazaar in aid. of the funds of the Societe Frangaise de Bien faisance. This society was formed in 1842, under the patronage of Count de St. Aulaire, the French Ambassador, with the object of affording relief to unfortunate French • men in London, without distinction of religious faith or political opinion. Among the benefactors we may mention the late King Louis Philippe, Queen Marie Amelie, the Count de Chambord, and the Emperor ot the French. The actual president of the society is the Duke d'Aumale, The society.allows weekly payments in money, clothing, and food, and grants passage money to those French subjects who are desirous of returning to their country; it also ad vances money to those who wish to exercise t heir profession or trade iu England. The society has already distributed more than £12,000 sterling. Following so close upon the marriage of the Count de Paris, the fete of yesterday par took almost of a family character. The stalls were held by he: Royal Highness the Duchess of Chartres, her Royal Highness the Duch- ss d'Aumale, the Duchess of St. Albans, the Marchioness of Ely, the Countess of Tonkel ville, the Countess ot Waldegrave, and Lady Proby, An elegant marquee had. been erected on the lawn in front of the house with tricolour oriflammes, which also lined the road up to the grounds. The chief Jattraction was the stall of the Duchess d'Aumale, where the venerable Queen Amelia re mained for some time. The sky was propitious, and about 6 o'clock the fete presented a most lively appearance. As the fete is to be continued to-morrow we may mention that the house itself is well worth a visit. There is a taste dis played in the selection of the pictures aid in their arrange ment, which will repay even a longer journey. There is a gem of Ingres, a magnificent Rosa Bonheur, the celebrated "Duel in the Snow," by Geromme, and historical pictures of the highest interest. Jullien's band performed through out the evening, and the attention of the committee lelt nothing t' be desired. A NEW MAIL CONVEYANCE.—Some of the coun try postmen, who have long distances to travel to distribute letters to widely detached houses, are using velocipedes to assist (?) them in their labours. ESSAYS AND RI YIEWS.—The whole of the Bishop of Salisbury's expenses in the suit against Dr. Rowland Williams, vicar of Broad Chalks, Wilts, have been raised, NO that AO further subseriptious are needed, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LREUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] AMERICA. (Per North American, via Crookhaven.) NEW YORK, MAY 21 (Morning). On the evening of the 19th inst. General E well's corps made an unsuccessful effort to turn Grant's right. The Federals captured 300 prisoners and lost 700 in killed and missing. General Beauregard is in General Butler's imme diate front preparing to assault his entrenchments. General Sherman has reached Cassevilie. A great battle is imminent at Atalanta. Mr. Stanton, Secretary of War, announces that 25,000 veteran troops have been sent to reinforce General Grant. The author of the forged proclamation of Presi dent Lincoln has been arrested and sent to Fort Lafayette. He concocted the proclamation for speculative purposes. NEW YORK, MAY 21 (Evening), There is no war news. The Confederate steamer Florida left Bermuda on the 14th inst., it is believed for the track of the New York and Liverpool steamers. The City of Manchester and the Hansa, sailing to-day for Earope, take 550,000 dole. in specie. NEW YORK, MAY 21 (Morning). Gold 831 per cent. premium. NEW YORK, MAY 21 (Evening). Money easy, Gold 831 per cent. premium. Stocks slightly firmer. New York Centrals, 135. Illinois 133, Erie 117. 5 dols. 20 cents. United States. Bonds, 1061. Cotton advancing. Middling Up land, 91 to 94-. FURTHER DEFEAT OF THE FEDERALS. (FROM THE TIMES' CORREbrONDENT.) (Per the North American via Crookhaven, June 2.) NEW YORK, MAY 20. At daybreak on Wednesday Grant again unsuc cessfully assaulted Lee's centre and left. After a desperate conflict, lasting throughout the forenoon, the Federals were forced to retreat, with loss of 1,200 killed and wounded. An attack by Lee is stated to have been subse■ quently made upon Grant's front and repulsed. Johnston continues to draw Sherman away from his base. Official despatches from the latter, to 2 p.m yesterday, announce his arrival at Kingston, 70 miles south of Chattanooga, and that he was still advancing, and Johnston retiring. The Federate had occupied Rome. The surprise against Butler on Monday appears to have been completely successful. The Confede rates captured General Hickman, with nearly his whole brigade and e;ght or ten cannon, and drove the whole Federal force to their intrenchments at Bermuda. The Federal loss in killed and wounded is admitted to be 2,500, General Ransom com• manded the Confederates. The Government has suppressed the World and Journal of Commerce, for having published the forged proclamation. Both printing offices are in possession of the military. MAY 21. On Thursday Ewell gained Grant's rear, and attempted the capture of the Federal supply trains. The result is unknown; but after an hour's fighting, in which the Federals lost upwards of 1,000 men, the Confederates returned to their in trenchments. Mr. Howard, of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, has been arrested, as the author of the forged procla mation, and sent to Fort Lafayette. He has con febsed his guilt, and implicated others. Gold, 183. DENMARK. DENMARK AND THE CONFERENCE. COPENHAGEN, JUNE 1, 11 A.M. The Dagbladet of to-day expresses itself violently against England's proposal at the Conference for the division of Schleswig, and demands that the Government should meet it with a decided resist- ante. The organ of the Conservative party likewise prefers war to the acceptance of this proposal. PORTUGAL. LISBON, JUNE 1. Her Majesty's ship Racoon, with Prince Alfred on board, will sail for Ireland when the weather moderates, calling at Spithead. SPAIN. MADRID, JUNE 1. It is asserted that Marshal Espartero has openly assumed the direction of a subdivision of the Pro gressist party. Rumours are current that a modification of the Ministry will take place after the close of the session. FRANCE. PARIS, JUNE 2. M. Durny, Minister of Public Instruction, has presented a report to the Emperor, pointing out the abnormal position occupied by M. Renan, who by a measure of public order has been incapacitated for the last two years from fulfilling the duties of his Professorship at the College of France, The Minister says :—" It is as contrary to the good administration of the public funds as to the dignity of a distinguished scholar, that he should be compelled to submit to the anomaly of receiving salary without fulfilling his functions. Not being able to restore M. Renan to the chair which he occupied on a single occasion, it is expedient to loyally terminate the present abnormal state of things by appointing M. Renan to other functions." In consequence of M. Duruy's report, an impe• rial decree has been issued, appointing M. Ronan Assistant Curator of the Imperial Library. The ceremony of the consecration of Notre.. Dame took place yesterday as announced. Mgr. Darboy, Archbishop of Paris, went to the church on the pre. vious day, and prepared the different sacred vessels to be used on the occasion. The ceremony com menced at seven in the morning with closed doors ; it was long, and in strict conformity with the decrees of the congregation of Rites of May, 1835, and July, 1845. The doors, the walls, and the altars were all blessed by the consecrating prelate, and the sign of the cross made on them with water and oil. One of the most characteristic parts of the cere monial, and which represents the alliance of the Church of Asia with the Latin Caureb, is that in which the prelate, mitred and croziered, and commencing by the left side of the building, writes diagonally on the fbor with the end of his crozier all the letters of the Greek alphabet, and then, beginning by the opposite corner, writer those of the Latin. It was only at half-past nine that the doors Were opened to the public, who had assembled in great numbers waiting for admission. The psalms prescribed by the ritual were then sung. Mgr. Darboy was assisted by Mgr. Ravient, Bishop of Troyes, and Mgr. Lecomtier, Bishop of Montpellier. The other pre lates present were Mgr. Trioche, Archbishop of Ba bylon, and the Bishop of 111eaus, Pamiers, Bois, Orleans, Adras, Bourbon, Sure, Chartres, Parium, and Niacy. Mgr. RaviLe: celebrated the mass performed after the consecration. Mr. Hamille Director of Public Worship, was present to repre+ sent the minister of that department, and Coun de Montalembert, M. Thayer, senator, and M. Cor nadet, Councillor of State, as members of the Counci of Wardenship for the cathedral. "We have reason to know," says the Patnie, " that prlor to the last sitting of the Conference the Danish Government made known to the Powers its determination to re-establish the blockade at the expiration of the delay fined for t'..23 suspension of arms." BOURSE, Suns I.—The market has been firm, but without any alteration in Rente, Threes, for the Account, being unvaried at 66f. 65c. Mobilier havo improved to 1,140 f, The Railway Market quiet, but previous prices in general were maintained. The market closed as follows : 41 per Cents .. 93 60 Do. end month.... 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 65 Credit AI obilier 1V 6 25 Do, end month 1140 Bank Shares 3300 Credit F oncier Roman RAIL' Italian Loan 69 65 Do. end month — -- Ditto Threes — —' New Mexican .... 59 Russian Austrian__ Spanish Threes -- Home Debt Deferred 'AYB. Cash. Account. 667 60 867 50 990 987 60 875 872 50 Orleans , .. • , Northern Lyons and Mediterranean New ditto — • . Southern Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lowbard North of Spain Saragossa 666 25 .. 667 50 Ditto to Barcelona PRUSSIA. A communication from Berlin, in the Monde, says:—" To judge from several indications, parti cularly from the language of some semi-official personages, a certain disaccord prevails in our Governmental circles. Whilst an agreement has been come to with Austria for completely separating Schleswig-Holstein from Denmark, and which the other Powers have consented to, an understanding is far from having been arrived at as to what will be done to secure the independence and autonomy of the Duchies. All the Government organs are unanimous in delaring that Prussia ought to derive some advantage from the war, and the Berlin Cabinet will at least have to exercise a certain supremacy over the Duchies, secured by some mili tary statlons, and a naval port on the Schleswig. Holstein coast ; and no one can prevent himself from thinking that the secret idea of the Prus sian Government is still to unite Schleswig-Holstein to Prussia. Even the Kreutz Zeitung wishes abso lutely to secure the situation of the Duchies at the same time as the position of Prussia in the North, I am therefore obliged to say that, notwithstanding the declaration of Austria in favour of Prince Frederic VIII., his chances have little improved. The Augsburg Gazette, whose relations with Vienna a:e notorious,eveu declares that if Prussia had such projects, it could not be without a certain accord with Austria, and that the Empire is now more anxious to maintain the alliance wi7h Prussia, than to show herself jealous of her aggrandisement in country where Austria has no seriotts interest in con-. diction with that of Prussia. As the intentions of the Prussian Government, already pointed out, still exist, and as the accord between the two great German Powora is in no way shaken, I have every reason to to think that Austria will consent to an extension of Prussian power, in order to secure her co-operation. in anticipation of certain eveatuis alities, which may take place in Italy as well as the Lower Danube." The National Gazette of Berlin says :—" It ap pears certain that Bavaria has taken measures for holding conference of the States which have hitherto shared her views on the customs' question. This Conference is to take place at Munich after the close of the negotiations now in progress at Vienna, or in abut a fortnight. But the Bavarian journals admit that several of the States which took part in the first conference of Munich will not be repre= sented on this occasion. This fact appears certain, at least so far as regards Frankfort and Electoral Hesse. The principal object of tha present preli-' urinary negotiations at Vienna is the renewal of the Treaty of 1853 bet wren Austria and the ZJilverein, which will still re:ain the clause relative to a pos. terior customs' union. Bavaria is said to have limited her action to an offer to join Austria in asking Prussia to endeavour to obtain from the French Government a modification of Art. 31 of the Franco-Prussian Treaty of Commerce."‘ MARKETS--This Day. MARK-LANE. IMPERIAL NVEXLY ATERAGES.—Wheat, 39s sd ; barley, 29s Od ; oats, 190 10d ; rye, 27a 7d ; beans, 34s 6d ; and peas, 31s 9d. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGEL—Wheat, 39s 4d ; barley, 308 Od ; oats, 19s 8d; rye, 29s 7d; beans, 33s lld ; peas, 32s 4d. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WRBlL—Wheat, 78,381; barley, 6,479; oats, 6,658; rye, 67; beans, 3,516; peso, 54S quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. Our market to-day was favourabl;;;ll;upplied with beasts, both as to number and quality. Most breeds sold slowly, but at Monday's currency. The general lop fi g ure was 4s 10d per 81bs. Sheep, the show of which was mode rate, were in good request, at eau eme rates. Th e best Downs and haif-breds realised 55 4d per 81bs. We had a steady inquiry for lambs, at lull quotations—viz,, from 60 to 7s 4cl- per 81bs. The supply was tolerably good. Although the supply of calves was on the increase, the veal trade was steady, at 2d per 81bs. more money. The best calves sold at be 4d per 81bs. Prime small pigs were the turn dearer. Interior pigs, as well as mulch cows, were very dull. Per Sibs. to sink the offal. s. d. a. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 4 3 8 Second quality do. 3 10 4 2 Prime large oxen 4 4 4 6 Prime Scots, &c. 4 8 4 10 Urse. ez inf. sheep 3 10 4 2 Second quality do. 4 4 4 8 Lambs.... Suckling calves, 16s to 21s 20s to 25s each. s. d. s. d Primecrs-wool d 0.4 10 5 0 Pme. S'thdown d 0.5 2 5 4 Largo orse. calves 4 4 5 0 Prime small do 5 2 6 4 Large hogs 3 6 4 0 Small porkers ..., 4 2 4 8 ie Od to 7s 4d. ; and quarter-old store pigs: TOTAL SUPPLY• . Beasts ... Cows 125 Sheep and lambs 6,120 Calves 440 Pigs. 290 PORISIGN SUPPLY. Beasts Sheep and lambs Calvea Pigs ..•... MEAT MARKETS. NENVGATE AND LEADENUALL.—These markets 813 moderately supplied with meat, and the trade is steady, 815 follows :—Beet, from 3s Od to 4s 4d; mutton, 3s 8d to 48 gcl ; lamb, 58 4d to 6s 4d ; 'veal, 4s Od to 5s Od ; and pork, 38 8d to 5s Od per 811)8 by the carcase. SOUTHALL, June 2.—The supply of stock was moderate , and the trade ruled steady, as follows :--Beet, from 3s 6a to 4s 10d • mutton, 4s Od to 5s 4d ; lame, 6 s Od to 7s 261; veal, 4s 01 to 5s Od; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per Bibs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, June 2.—Beasts and sheep changed hands steadily, at very full prices, otherwise the trade was in sluggisu state. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 10d ; mutton, 4 $ Oci to 58 4d ; lamb, Os 4d to 7s 4d ; veal, .48 4d to bs Od ; &Lt d , pork, 3e Gd to 4s Gd per 81bs ; suckling calves, 168 to 2 0 + 3 ' quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 245; and milch cows, £l4 t° £l3 each, HAY MARKETS. SMITHPIELD.—Meadow hay, .£2 lOs ;o £4 lOs Od ; doter) £4 Os to £5 10s Od; and straw, £1 4s to £1 lOs per lot' A slow demand, CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £2 15s to £4 12s ; clover , £4 Os to £5 10s Od ; and straw, £1 4s to £1 lOs per loa d ' Trade inactive. W T HITECHAPEL —Meadow hay, £2loc to £4 103 ; clovflt £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 4s to £1 lOs per 10 0 . A moderate demand. STATE OF TRADE, LEICESTEIt, Juno '_.—The hosiery trade is active. V ain goods are selling freely, and there is a good business doing also in fancy articles, trade generally being in a health,' and satisfactory state. Business is steady in the country districts. The yarn• market continues firm, and spinu e i ° are well engaged to orde r , p r i ces ru li ng very hi g h. "W"', s are realising extreme p r i ces , an d t h e mar k et i s e xceeding': firs]. NOTTINGHAM, Ist,—There has been rather more doing in most departments of the lace trade during the past fei V days. There is a rather batter demand for black silk 'acing,' and narrow edgings, and a brisk sale for silk muslin s and . quillings. Very few stiff plain cotton nets are finishing buyers will not purchase liberality of these goods on a ccoun t of their dearness. Machine quillings condom in requ est ; There are several buyers in the market, both home foreign, and future prospects are more encouraging. Tiv3_ hosiery trade is wi t hout much altdration. Manufacturer: are completing orders both for the home mar ket and for shipment. Yarns continue extremely firm, with n o a P POr. ance of falling in price.