The Sun. — London, England, 1844-05-22 00:00:00

In 3 vols., roct Svo ., -• 111 . 11. D' . l9t,l_EL 'GB 12-1!, Y (1-I•INTRATION," r ALL THE LIBItAitIES. •,13, Creit Marlboroo.h-street publislnd 2 oh. Sye., with -i- T UE LIFE and - TIMES of RICHARD the ....~-. THIRD, as Duke of Gloucester and King of England ;in h all the Charges , against him are carefully investigated and r . Jared with the Statements of the Contemporary Authorities. By OLINE A. HALSTEAD, Author of " The Life of Margaret ..:fort, Mother of King Henry VII." London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE LABLACHE has the honour to inform the Nobility, Sub sui:ters. to the Opera, his Friends, and the Public, that HIS BeN Ll 'IT will take place '1 O.MOR ROW EVENING, May when will be performed Cimarosa's Comic Opera, entitled IL MATRIMONIO SEGRETO. Ldsetta, Madame Grisi ; Fidalma, Mdlle. Favanti ; Carolina, Miulame Persiani ; Paolino, Sig. Mario ; Count Robinson, Sig. 1.. LaOlache t and Geronimo, Sig. Lablache. After which, a New Divertissement, entitled LA VIV AN DIERE, introducing the Redowa; or, Original Polka of Bohemia, by Mdlle. Cerite and M. fit. Leon. To conclude with the Grand Ballet of ALMA. Alma, Madame Cerito. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box Office, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Seven. The Opera will commence at Half-past Seven. THEATRE ROYAL. DRURY-LANE. FOR THE BENEFIT OF M. SILVAIN. TO-MtiRROW EVENING, MAY 23, , r ‘V i i , l ei l b m e performed pAeargdeoufstheMßrOiE. W. riariAllonG.lß D L evilshoo un f t M . B m or ed rai t u he 4 .4,: Horncastle; Arline. Miss kainforth; Queen of the Gipsies, DII-3 Betts. After which, other Entertainments. To conclude with the revived Grand Fairy Ballet, entitled THE rt:woLr OF THE HAREM. Mahomet, Mr. Howell; Ismael, Silvain ; Myuouf, Mr. W. H. Payne, Zulrna, Mdlle. Lucite 6 r ; Zelda, Mdlle. Clara Webster ; The Genius of the Harem, Madame Giuhilei. Dress Boxes 75., Second i'rice 31. Bd. ; Upper Circles of Boxes 51.. bc..i-nd Price 3s. ; Pit 34 , secondl Price 2a; Middle Gallery 23., Second Price Is. ; Upper Gallery Is., Second Price 6d. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. MK. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, EsSEB. THIS EVENING, MAY ‘.:2, Will be performed the Comedy of A CURE FOR THE HEART. ACHE. Old Rapid, Mr. W. Farren ; Young Rapid, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Vortex, Mr. Strickland; Frank Oatland, Mr. Webster ; Eilen Vortex, Mrs Edwin Yarnold; Miss Vortex, Mrs. W. Clifford;g Oatland, Miss Julia Bennett. After which, Mr. Planche's Successful Comedyof THE FOLLIES OF A NIGHT. To be followed by a New, Original, Occasional, and Local Extra. raganza, founded on Fact, entitled THE DRAMA AT HOME; or, Au Evening with Puff. Principal Characters by Mr. C. Mathews, Mr. J. Bland, Mr. Caulfield, Mrs. Glover, Miss P. Horton and Lee. To conclude wiffrA New Comic Drama, called THE ABSENTEE. Sic Patrick Delany, hrt. Tilbury ; Edward Macarthy (the Absentee). Mr. H Moll; Larty Lurgan, Mr. Leonard; Norah, Miss Julia Bennett ; Katy, Miss Carre. Orchestra Stalls, 55.; Boxes, he. • Pit, as. ; Gallery. 25.; Upper tl,:lery. Is. Half.price— Boxes ,_3;. ; Pit 25.; Gallery, Is. ; Upper .Ilery, 6d. Doors opehed at Half-past Six, and the Performances e'.. , rimei..ce at Seven Tickets and Places to be had of Mr L T. Archer, at the Box from Ten till Five. • PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD.STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, MAY 22, Will be performed the DEVIL'S IN IT, in which Mr. Wright anti Miss L. Stanley will perform. To which will be added GONE TO TEXAS. To be fo'l.wed by.a Comic Drama, called BLASE; or, The Man -"arch of a Sensation. Monsieur Blase, Mr. Wright ; - Grosfer, MI. Paul Redford; Louise, Madame Eugenie Prosper; Madame Mrs. H. P. Gra•tan. Fe conclude with THE SOMNAMBULIST; or, The Village Phantom; Elvino, Mr. Hilbert; Amina, Miss Bailin. THEATRE ROY *.L LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA. - . HOUSE Under the Wanagement of Mrs. KEELEY. a , open sesame; or,a Night with the Forty Thieves," continues to )e nightly received with perfect enthusiasm by crowded and fashionable audinces THIS EVENING, MAY 2e, Will be performed a New Comedietta, entitled THE WHITE PHER. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Vining, Collier, Yarnold, Miss Woolgar, and Miss Fairbrother. After which. MY WIFE'S OUT. Principal Characters by Mr. Y....N.:1ey, Mr Wigan, Miss Chaplin, and Mrs. Keeley. To which will be add, d a new Comic Drama, called THE ';VE BIRDS. Ft,ncipal Characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, ,nge, Mrs. Woollig-, Mrs. lister, Miss Fairbrother, Miss Chaplin, Grove, and Miss For t ) be followed by so Apropos Bagatelle. call eA POLK AMAN I A Ci ,s. acters by Mc Mathews, Mr. Wigan, Mr. Keeley, Miss `•`. agar, and Mrs. Keeley. conclude with a G•aal Burlesque Fairy Extravaganza, called (' SESAME; or. a sight with the Forty Thieves. t ha by Miss Wo.,lgar, hI:JS E. Chaplin, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss 2 • er, Miss Grove, Mrs. Wigan, Miss James, Miss Fairbro th e r, Mrs. Keeley, Nlcssra. F. Mathews, Turner, lounge, Wigan, ,rtiold, and Chaplin. RICES OF • A 11111.1 r - lON. —Balcony Poxes, 45.; Upper :es, 35. ; Pit, 2s. • Gallcry, Bd. Second Price — Balcony Bo x es , 2s . ; ,er Boxes, la a.; Pit, I% P r i va te Boxes on the Balcony Tier ti.,,;ding eigh t person.). Jur , rOuineas Private Boxes on the Second Tl. r (ho sting eight persons), One Guinea and a-Half. Private ;_ • ..ys on the Pit bier (holding six persons), One Guinea. ASTLEY'S ROY Al. AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. BATTY. •and raction. Last week of M. Plege, the great French Rope-dancer. ItILS e'v ENING, MAY 22, , A , lll be repeated the H.st xical Spectacle of the INVASION OF .1-:NTGLAND BY WILLLA 51 THE CONQUEROR ; or, the Battle ot H. stings. With al: the effects of the Norman Conquest, Death of Harold, &c. Entire Change i f the Splendid Scenes of the Circle. To conclude with tie Oriental Spectacle of THE SECRET MINE; or, the H•ndens o! the Ruby Cliffs. The doors will open ntelitly at six o'clock, and the performances c:. mmence at seven. Box-office opened daily from ten till four. The rrivate boxes have been reemstructed and decorated with care and si..endour. Acting and stagean ciager. Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. DAYIDGE'S ROYAL. SURREY THEATRE THIS EVENTING, MAY Will he performed a New Drama, et.titled HUGH, THE GIPSY. '• ~iported by Messrs. E. F. Saville, H. Hughes, IL Honner, Neville, e, Mrs H. Vining, Miss Terrey, and Mrs. Lewis. After which,a New Piece for the Million, entitled LA POLKA. 'l ,, conclude with THE THREE THIEVES OF BUCKLESBU AY. ' Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, a the Box. cntice, from Eleven to Four. - THEATRE ROYAL., ADELPHI. OPEN EVERY EVENING. The WIZARD OF IHE NORTH'S New Wonders of Experi 1,- mtal Philosophy and Natural Magic are the gre ,t source of attrac t u! As his season advances he w ill prove that he has "no rival ;" his peculiar an he will support the honour and dignity of the nation c; Such gave him birth. Remember that he performs wonders every c‘ Jilin% which, if only heard of, would never be bel eyed. In addition to his own Extraordinary Performance=, which can have ss., parallel in the world, he has other Novelties which wouldfill his Theatre, independent of his Mystic Entertainment. The WIZARD is proud to announce that he has engaged (for this Woek only) The-HIGHLAND DANCERS with their PIPERS who h....! the honour of dancing before the Queen at Taymouth a..d .I"viiikeld Castles, during her Maj .sty's recent visit to the " land ikes " '1 hey will nightly appear in full Highland costume and fiance their grand National Dances. This will be a Great Treat. as ! . t will convey to the mind a style quite unknown to England. The ftIREE ARAB BROTHER • will repeat their classical perform ances, which are nightly. received with most rapturous applause. In consequence of the addition to the usual entertainments, the 'Doors will open at Half-pant Six, and the I erformance commence at Eight. Boxes, 35.; Pit. Is. 6d.; Gallery, 6d.. Reserved Seats, and Pr irate Boxes can be secured at the "Iheatre, and of all the Agents. Second Price at Nine o'clock. COMMENCEMENT OF THE SEASON, ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. GRAND WHITSUN FETES. 0‘; WHIT-MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY. _ _ :ong as have been the claims of this favoured place of public ~rt at the beginning of each season, the Proprietor feels justified fn asserting, that never before did it offer a tithe of the attractions ~ o w preaents. The Gardens have been complete:) , renovated, rues and Fountaks intrcduced, new and extensive Promenades to,.Jied, and the most laVish expenditure in every department, ciit evince the Proprietor's anxiety to insure a continuance of public r,:ronage. - THE NEW GRAND PICTORIAL MODEL OF LONDON IN THE OLDEN TIME! Painted by thinson and Telbin, most gigantic achievement ever yet produced, and for grandeur of composition, fidelity of design, and beauty of execution, it far e`,, eels any previous production. It accurately represents ancient 1-oi:don—Old St. Paul's—Old Lundon Bridge—Bsynard's Castle, and all tae principal Churches and Buildings of the locality, and may Soith truth be designated the most K onderful production of mo dern times. THE MENAGERIE, ALWAYS UNRIVALLED, HAS RECEIVED bIANY VALUABLE ADDITIONS. ' To defy all competition, the Propriet, r has engaged the celebrated AMERICAN DWARF TJM THUMB! vow exhibiting at tne Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. The PROMENADE CONCERTS—the splendid Band of Fifty Performers, conducted by Mr. Godfrey—will perform a selection of the , newest and most popular music. The far-famed HIGHLAND DANCERS AND PIPERS are hi.;cl engaged, and Will go through two acts of their National Dances, c;Heh procured for them the distinguished approbation of her bfaiesty•and Prince Attica at Taymouth Castle And at Dusk will take' place the most astounding exhibiCon ever attempted, viz., a Representation of THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON. Southby (to whom in justice belongs the at pellatinn Fire tin„") has exhausted the resources of his art, to give effect to thi4 Lontion Bridge, Old St. Paul's Cathedral, and other J.Sc:dings will appear devoured by the devastating element, and tio.sent a heap or blackene.i ruins, in accordance with the best delineations taken at tho period, and the coup (Posit will give a vivid representation of a Great City destroyed by fire. Doors of e.i at Twelve. Admission, One Shilling. EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. IMPORTANT NOTICE. ONE SHILLING Admission to THE NAPOLEON MU .CUM, the moat magnificent and extensive Collection of Histo ,:al Ctiriosities and Works of Art ever known to have been formed 1' , 7 , One Person, during Twenty-five years of elaborate research, at a cost of 60,000 guineas, and to completely illustrate, in the most in structive and'Oderesting manner, the most important part of Euro pean history, viz.--VIARLES 1., OLIVER CROMWELL, and LOUIS XIV., to the deaths of GEORGE 111., and the EMPEROR VAPOLEON, in 1821. This unique Museum has been visited often, during the last and present year, by the Royal Family, the Duke of Nvellington, the Foreign Princes; Ambassadors, and their Ladies, disci many thousands of the Nobility and Public; and the Pro prietor has recently been able to increase, by several very fine pictures, &c. his previous almost incredible number and variety of Works of Art, and a multitude of valuable Relics, and other Curiosities, in this- most instructive and, as hundreds have said It ought to he, a Nationar Museum. Many thousand have inspected it, quid TIII itTY PRINCIPAL EDITORS of the PUBLIC . PRESS have stated that It ought to he seen by every mac. Tile price of admis sion is reduced to ONE SHILLING. The NAPOLEON MUSEUM is to be seen only at the "Egyptian ttall." Piccadilly; daily from Ten till Dusk. THE WEATIIER.—SuN OFFICE, MAY 21. TREIO4OII.ETER, Lowest, 44 ; Highest, 59 ; Noon, 52. BAROMETER, 29.94.—W1ND, N.E. IsTorp..----The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the creezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is Ll3lally placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. DICIII WATER AT- LONDON-BRIDnE THIS DAY. .:qoming 4U minutes after 4 I Evening ... 7 minutes after 4. _ . i' ' , A 9.7 ..'•."441F, _;„4 1 1,.,-z .110 1 I. , . ,-,' 1 !•1, .. tinning LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1844. Lord BROUGHAM brought a Bill into the House of Lords, to amend the laws relating to imprisonment fur debt. . Lord BEAUMONT moved for copies of the corre sponilence Which had taken place between the British' Government and the British Consul at Tunis, relative to the trial of a Maltese for murder. He considered that a most unwarrantable interference had been ShOWn by the 'French Consul at Tunis. If such interference was tolerated by this country, the trade 01. England along the Barbary coast would soon be , t,an end. \ • _:_Tord ABERDEEN said he had no objection to lay .the { respondence before the llouse. The offence to ' V h ose papers referred was a cold-blooded mur ,, t 3 1. 4. the mine which her. MAse.srr's Govern. --- re.l4 pursued was in accordance with existing '- VA but he thought the question ought to be ..‘ a"' rt.i_ 17- t~ =~~' THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESITAY__MORNING, MAY 22, 1844. \ _t.,a be an increase of more philandering, of restraining with a firm hand, the fierce,course, that there ought rate, propagandist spirit of the French republicans, . despe- t i t S s su a e n o ia n tt f e u r rther securities." and finally' Then he goes on to a little m with their chimera of universal brotherhood and ! hewildeiing creatures of his own at. ; 4 1(1 ; equality, he would have lighted up the flames : pulli up Mith this homage to his first love —th‘ "Polly" of the most ruinous and extensive war that Europe of his little operetta—for whom he once' more hands has known since the outbreak of the first French back the Bank of En g land to the contr. )fling powers revolution. But the cause of Mr. O'CONNELL'S . of the Government : strong enmity to Louis PHILIPPE is no secret. It " The recital o ese causes in the preaml)le w e uld show is not his state policy, but his educational policy, the intention a 'on of Parliament.—(ll ear, hea.".) He that is the object of the Honourable and Learned proposed t a bi i i s t su t k, in case it should de sire to ma increaseke an exc i eon securities, should not be permitted to' do so Gentleman's special abhorrence. Right l y appreciatingexcept on application to the executive Government, mut the temper of the times, and the habits and tastes of permission sl i t e o r uld ia l? e e s rv i e n nr u h n e ei r l i c s o s n u s e e , n t 0 of be 1 IS a l u ai t e ho tY ris i in n o- Co a u n n a c d il diti s o u n c a l l f his subjects, the KING of the FRENCH has refused topublished Lmediately in the London Gazette." allow the claims of the clergy to their old national Having unburdened our minds by ti,us forewarn supremacy ; he has compelled them to lower the tone ing our readers of the very contradictor y and waver of their : . pretensions ; and, if they exercise au- ing character of the Right Hon. Baron t's announce thority at all, he is resolved that they shall exercise ment of his propositions, we shall discuss the bearing it by the influence of common sense instead of the and tendencies of the letter on another occasion. jugglery of priestcraft. This enlightened and decided conduct on the part of a Monarch who—unlike his bigoted, priest-ridden predecessor, CHARLES the TENTH—is a consummate man of the world, Mr. O'Coralma. can neither forget nor forgive. And the reason is obvious. He himself, however great the moral influence which he exercises over his country men, is yet, in no slight degree, subject to the autho rity of the Catholic clergy of Ireland, and dare not run counter to their opinions ; and as they naturally entertain a strong fellow-feeling for their discomfited clerical brethren in France, he has no alternative but to chime in with their feelings and sympathise with their professional prejudices. The Madrid papers of the 13th contain further accounts of the preparations made for the departure of the Court to Barcelona. General NARVAEZ was to quit Madrid on the 18th for that place, in order to make the necessary arrangements for the journey. The Ambassadors of England and France were to accompany their Majesties to Barcelona, and after to the baths of Caldas. The Madrid Gazette contains a circular letter from the Home Secretary, addressed to the Political Chiefs, calling upon them to use every exertion to put down the bands of malefactors in various parts of the country who intercept the com munications and endanger persons and property. The Funds show not the slightest symptom of im provement, and were lower on the 13th than they have ever been since the commencement of the panic. This is a bad omen for the peace and security of the country, and proves that the public have little confi dence in the new Cabinet, and the military, unconsti tutional system adopted by NARVAEZ. The Three per Cents. closed at 27 for cash, and 271 at CO days ; and the Five per Cents., at 20 for cash, and 201 at 60 days. On Monday evening Sir ROBERT PEEL obtained the concurrence of the House of Commons in those resolutions and principles, to be affirmed in connexion with the renewal of the Charter of the Bank of Eng land, which he opened in his speech of the 6th instant. That these "resolutions" were unanimously passed —that is, without any division being called for upon one of them—is to be taken (many will presume) as an indication of the conviction entertained by the House that they were sound in principle, well digested, logically demonstrated, and proper to be immediately adopted. However natural such an inference would be, from the facts of the case, we must deny that it would itself be justified by those facts. All questions connected with the examination of our monetary sys tem, the machinery of banking, in connexion with the condition of the currency, the standard of value, the merits of a metallic, paper, and mixed and paper me tallic circulation, &c., are distasteful to the majority of the House. The lamentably defective extent of that education (so far as the practical business of the public is concerned) with which young men of family or fortune usually quit our Universities, just before entering upon their Parliamentary career, leaves them almost utterly disqualified for the discussion of great economic questions and the general operations of our fiscal policy. The older Members, especially those who are accustomed to look up with a species of deferential respect for all that is uttered upon official authority, seem to consider it bad taste to in tervene, in the way of objection or opposition, to any propositions that are regularly brought forward and enunciated by the head of a department. The fright ful heresy of bearding with a doubt the acknow ledged lucubrations of a Prime Minister is a heresy they have never even contemplated. The best judges upon such questions—practical men, well versed and extensively experienced in all the bearings of them, are generally too diffident of the value of their opi nions—too wanting in the confidence they might justly entertain of their power to give expi ession to theory — to enlighten the mind of Parliament on-a Premier's deficiencies and mistakes. There are few, indeed, who can handle such topics like Mr. CHARLES WOOD, for example, of whose speech, notwithstanding we dissent from much of its doctrine, it is impossible not to speak with the respect due to its general research, and well digested statistics. The exception supplied by this gentleman, however, will not affect the general application of the reasons we are endeavour ing to assign for that almost unbroken acquiescence and response with which the speech of the Premier was received. Yet the speech of Sir ROBERT, on Monday, was about the most pedantic and egotistical effort that the Right llon. Baronet has yet made, in his most ex cathedra lecturing on the Currency. It was, as we shall presently show, full of the feeblest wavering in its statement of purposes, and the most blank contra dictions which were, perhaps, ever collected to gether in so many consecutive sentences of a set speeih, visibly prepared and arranged with unusual cii6. It was so illogically reasoned, moreover (a defect, of which,..if we may judge from cvrtain phrases that . escaped , him, he was him self very conscious); that.thefp appliCation of his able argument, from derangeine4 Of issues, was infinitely stronger and moreimmediate to show the dangerous and unmanageable character of a metallic, than that of a paper circulation ; and to prove that the powers which he would take from the joint-stock and private banks of issue, in order to transfer them to the Bank of England, would work now more safely and beneficially in the hands of the former than they have been found by experience, or can be calcu lated from analogy, to operate under the administra tion of the latter. The speech divided itself into two branches ; the one relative to the Bank of England, the other relative to the joint-stock banks and private banks of issue. We shall confine ourselves, on the present occasion, to the former. He re-stated his plan, as detailed on the Gth : " The House would recollect, when lie proposed this plan, that he suggested to the House that it might be desirable that the Bank of England should make its issues upon securities and upon bullion ; that the issues upon securities should be limited to 14,000,0001., and the remainder of the issues of the Bank taking place on bullion alone, the amount of that additional circulation being beyond the 14,000,0001. being subject to the _influence upon the exchanges and the action of the Government." lie avowed that upon subsequent reflection and inquiry he had found nothing to change these views. But this difficulty had been propounded to him, and he had been asked how he would deal with it : " supposing, for instance, the country circulation to amount to 8,000,000/., and in consequence of failures or volun tary agreements with the Bank, that circulation should be diminished to 4,000,000/. In that case it would be quite necessary that the Bank, in order to supply the void 'which would be thus created, should issue Bank of England notes ; and that issue should, i 9 point of fact, take place on securities." Well ; this Minister, who has declared that he has nothing to alter or retract in what he had said on the 6th instant, proceeds, without further. pause, in these words : " He proposed originally that the Ranh should not be per mitted to increase its issues upon securities, excepting after communication made to the Government, and with the con sent of three members of the Government." The French Chamber of Deputies has at last brought the discussion on the Prison Bill to a con clusion. On Saturday the Chamber divided on the whole Bill, and it was passed by a majority of 231 to 128. The Government papers, in general, ap prove of the Bill ; and one of them describes it as the most important measure of the session, while others justly condemn its main principle, the silent system, as unnecessary and cruel. The forthcoming debate on the supplementary vote of credit for the navy was looked forward to with much interest. Several of the leading speakers, among others, BERRYER, DUPAURE, and BARROT had inscribed their names to address the Chamber on the subject. The pamphlet of the Prince DE jOINVILLE still attracts much attention. The Presse and the Quoti , dienne have noticed it at some length, and admit that the main facts as to the state of the French navy can not be refuted. The following contrast between the steam navy of France and that of England appears in the Presse, and is extracted from an appendix to the pamphlet : " The Prince de Joinville's pamphlet on the steam navy of France has made a great sensation in Paris, and must do the same throughout the kingdom. In the sea ports, above all, where the justness of his views and the aocuracy of his stated facts can be better appreciated than elsewhere, atten tion will be excited in its highest degree. At t he end is an appendix full of curious information on the material condition of our steamers, which we regret to be obliged to analyse. It shows that the 103 steam-vessels put on the official list are in reality reduced to 4s, constituting what can be called the war portion of our steam-fleet. Of these 43 there are 16 or 18 in permanent requisition for the service of Algeria, and 9 others, too weak to serve as war-ships, are appointed to local duties. Consequently there remain only 16 or 17 steamers for occa sional missions and foreign stations. Of this number 3 are of 450-horse power, 1 of 320, 6 of 220, and the rest of 160, or less. Such is the force of this description, that at the com mencement-of a war France will have to enter upon all the chances of battles. In face of this statement, let us place the resources of England. From this, as the Prince observes, useful ideas may be elicited. Au official publication tells us, in the first place, that the number of these armed vessels was in March last 77. Of these the Mediterranean station employs 10, viz.-1 of 450,4 of 340, 4of 228 horse-power, and 1 ofless fin Te. On the Western coast of Africa, there are 9, viz.—l, the Penelope, of 700 horse-power, 4 of 320, 1 of 220, and 3 of from 80 to 100 home- power ; on the coasts of Ireland-12, of which 8 are from 220 to 230 horse-power, and 4 of minor force ; in 'North America, Canada, the Bermudas, and the Antilles, 3 'of 220 horse-power; in India and China, 3 of 320 horse-power; in the South Sea station, 2 of 320 and 220 horse-power, and 9 others employed on hydrog-raphic surveys. These make a total of 48. Now we devote only Bto the same services ! The difference between these two amounts shows the respective values put by each country on a steam -navy. The other ships, making up the number 77, are ready for ser vice in the ports to go on eventual missions, local duties, or to be used as transports. In this number 77, neither the ves sels constructed on the lakes of Canada, nor those in the colonies for local services, nor those of the East India Com pany, are included. :Nor does it comprise the 11 ships laid up in ordinary in the ports—a state of things in a steam-navy hitherto unknown, and which we have no equivalent for. Indeed, our number is far from being adequate to our wants, and it is good to point out this difference between us and England. After signalising the evil, the Prince prescribes the remedy. He de velo p er a n ew plan for organising our steam navy maritime e the f force, r footing ce it ought to stand upon, and he calcu lates which, if followed, would pl ace our lates the expense of a fleet composed according to his ideas, comparatively to the sum put down for the same purpose in the budget for 145. According to • the Prince's plan the expense of our ships of war would be 24,135,672 f—viz., for sailing ships 15,219,10, f., and for steamers 8,916,565 f. Ac cording to the budge!. for 1845, this expense is to be 24,070,620E —viz-, 1843,616 f. for sailing ships, and 5,517,001 f. for steamers. So that the plan of his Royal highness would cfiuse no greater additi on • t o thi s expe nse than 65,052 E This difference is insignificant in money, but would produce results of very great importance." The following are additional extracts from the papers :-- "'The Courrier FrancaTh says it is assured that Lieutenant Reine, who brought the last dispatches from Admiral Dupetit Thouars, has quitted Paris for Brest, where he is to wait for the orders of the Government. " The Phare of Bayonne states that General Zurbano, who has been for some time past residing at Bayonne, is about to return to Spain, having, it is said, received a letter from General Narvacz, in which he announces the Government reckons upon him in the event of its having need of his services for the defence of the throne and the maintenance of order. " The Marseilles journals contain accounts from Athens of the 30th ult.: they confirm those which had previously reached us as to the disturbed state of the country, and attri bute it to the intrigues of the Russian party. " A letter from Vienna says We are going to have a trial of an atmospheric railroad. A company has been formed here to construct one between Vienna and lluttelsdorf, by Iliertzing and Miedberg, on the left bank of the Wain. The expense will be 1,200,000 florins (3,000,0000 All the ;hares, each of which is 10,000 florins, were disposed of the very day the prospectus of the company was published.' " THE BOURSE--SATURDAY, MAY 18. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents•• • • 122 25 .. 122 30 122 25 .. 122 30 lour per Cents. • • • • • 106 90 .. 107 .. 106 90 .. 107 Three per Cents.• • • • b 4 55 .. 84 55 .• 84 45 .• 84 50 Belgian Ban k.. • • •• •• Belgian Fives, 1840 1842 • • • • • • • • leBl .. 108/ .. 1081 .. 10141 Spanish Threes • ...... • • • • • 36 .. 36 .. 35 .. 35t Neapolitan • • • • •• • • • • • • • • • 102 35 . • 102 40 .. 102 35 .. 102 35 Roman, ex tiiv.. ..... • • ••• • 1041 .. 1041 .. 1041 .. 1041 Here is a pretty distinct contradiction: It can only not be such, on one assumption ; namely, that in the first instance he had never thought of such a contin gency as that on 'which he is now about to legislate, in the very teeth of his address of the 6th instant. But he goes on to explain that this contingency was then in his mind : "Ile did not reserve that power of increasing the issues upon securities from any distrust of the great principle which he had laiddown ; or in order to meat any imaginary con tingencies, but he proposed it in order bona fide to meet that particular case—namely, the eessation of certain banks of issue, other than the. Bank of England, to supply the country with their own notes." We have heard of young ladies coying with their lovers ; and young poets coying with their muses. But, for a genuine example of the ". I would and I would not" flirtation of a Prime Minister with a " resolution," commend us to Sir ROBERT'S airy in consistency ! It is at the same time a little scan dalous, we protest, in a man of his years and gravity, to indulge in the license of such unrestrained " Macheathism," as this—in his inglorious con fession of " How happy could I be with either, Were t'other dear charmer away." He has just been cajoling his Polly—we mean his "great principle"—of " NOT permitting the Bank to increase its issues upon securities, except on communication with the Government, and the consent of three of its members." In an instant the faithless Baronet is toying with his Lucy—we mean, the other " great principle" that the Bank should not be required to invoke the interference or authority of the Govern ment at all. Thus, he begins with an insinuating qualification— "At the same time, on reconsideration of that part of the plan, he thought it would be advisable, if possible, to pre vent all interference with this matter on the part of the Exe cutive Government, or the representatives of the Executive Government." Very good. And now, perhaps, the reader sup poses that the Proteus meaning of this man's mind is settled. Not a bit of it ! " And yet at the same time he did not think it would be ad visable to give the Bank the absolute power by-law to crease its circulation upon securities in certain cases ; for he was not quite clear, even were there to be a void on account of the withdrawal of other circulatiun, that it would follow, RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain •• •• •• • ..... 815 .. 815 .. 815 .. 615 Versailles, R.B. •••••• • • • • • • 377 50 .. 377 50 .. 375 .. 375 L. 8.•• .• • • • • •• • • 250 .. 250 .. 250 .. 250 Rotten •.•••.•••••• Rotten to Havre . 761 25 .. 763 75 .. 757 50 762 50 Orleans. Strasburg to Bale.• •• • • .... 270 •• 270 .. 267 50 .. 267 50 Avignon to Marseilles.• .. 766 50 .. 767 50 . 767 50 767 50 RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT. St. Germain ..... 815 . • 815 • • 815 • • 815 370 •• 372 50 .• 370 .. 372 50 L.B. ....... 248 75 •• 248 76 .. 247 50 .. 247 50 Rouen . • lOlO ..1010 .. 997 50 • 997 50 ltouen to Havre.. • ..... • 765 .• 765 •• 757 50 .. 757 50 Orleans •. • . ..... lOl7 50 ..1017 50 ..1002 50 ..1015 Strasburg to 8a1e.... •. Avignon to Marseilles.. •• ROYAL 31Anirms.—Private Sutton, alias Green, of the Woolwich division of Royal Marines, received corporeal punishment yesterday morning, in presence of the corps, to the extent of 150 lashes, having been found guilty by a court-Martial of absenting himself and making away with his regimental necessaries, and in consideration of his former convictions and general bad conduct. . Since his enlistment in the Royal Marines he has deserted three times, and twice perjured himself by enlisting into regiments of the line, and has been branded with the letter D. GREAT RUNNING MATCH OP ONE HUNDRED YARDS.—The great one hundred yards race, for 50/. aside, between John Smith, the Regent-street. Pet, and Robinson, of Newton Moor, two men of considerable celebrity as run nerS, took place on Monday at Ealing, in the presence of a vast assemblage of sporting men of all grades. The match had created very considerable interest, and good sums had been laid out at 5 to 4 on Robinson, odds which, at the time of starting, increased to 6 to 4, with takers amazingly shy. At about six in the evening, the preliminaries having been arranged, the signal was given, and the men went away. Smith had a trifling advance for a few yards, when Robinson collared him, and they were abreast for a second. Robinson then dashed away from him, and won the race by three yards. GRAND SWIMMING FETE AND OJIDBEWAY SPORTS. —On Monday a grand swimming fete was given at the National Baths, W es tminster-road, Lambeth, at which Alexander Cadolle, or " Strong Wind," interpreter to the Ojibbeway Indians, exhibited the management of an Indian canoe. The amusements were numerous, consisting of plain and fancy swimming, diving, rope-dancing, driving spikes in oak planks under water, &c. The champion swimmer, a gentleman named Fewtress, went through a variety of won derful feats in the water, on one occasion remaining at the bottom of the bath, whilst he made as many as seventy-five strokes with a hammer, all the time driving iron nails into planks sunk in the water. A swimming match for an elegant silver medal, given by the proprietor of the establishment, came off at a subsequent period of the evening, anl which was ably contested by a number of young gentlemen. At the conclusion of the fourth heat, a gentleman named Nunn was pronounced the winner. The whole of the amusements were under the superintendence of Captain , Wm. Stevens. Lieut. T. J. Irvine's patent " Arcasalus' was also exhibited. It is similar to a trunk or portmanteau, and when filled with any description of property will not only float and preserve the contents if immersed, but will support in the water the whole of a boat's crew, who can attach themselves with facility, by means of loops conveniently placed on the exterior left to the re , pective Governments interested in the I mutter. No business of the slightest interest took place in the House of Commons. Mr. PETER BORTHWICK moved for a Committee of Inquiry into the operation of the Anatomy Act; and while he was speaking, some Member moved that the House be counted, and there being only thirty-one Members present, the House adjourned at Half-past Five. The accounts of the canviis for the free trade can didate in South Lancashire are cheering, but it would be premature to pronounce upon the chances of success. Whatever may be the result, the free traders are certain of gaining one important advan tage—accurate knowledge of their friends and their enemies. If any who have hitherto professed them selves zealous advocates of the Liberal cause are found paltering with monopoly—and we know not whether there are any—it will be advantageous to the future progress of the League to have their masks taken off, their false pretences exposed, and their avowed enmity substituted for the mockery of friend ship. On the other hand, those who have hitherto stood aloof, or who, from party connexions, have op posed the popular cause, but who are now found ready to join in the efforts made for the emancipation of industry and the abolition of restrictions on food, deserve to be received and regarded as friends, and the gratitude which is their due may be safely looked upon as extending beyond the present election. The day of retribution to deserters, and of reward to ad herents, cannot, in the course of things, be very distant. Free trade belongs to no party, it is neither Tory nor Whig ; and may therefore be exposed to the avowed hostility of the one party, and the secret en mity of the other ; but no consideration of temporary support, no hopes of victory by an alliance based on compromise, should induce the free traders to swerve for a moment from the course which they have hi- therto pursued. The League must put forth all its strength—every member of that body should feel that he has a personal interest in the struggle; and every free trader of South Lancashire should look upon himself as individually pledged to the country for the assertion of sound principle. There must be no waverers—there must be no regard paid to the omi nous shaking of heads on the part of men hackneyed in electioneering, who fear that their craft is in dan ger. There must be no heed paid to the whispers of disappointed placemen, or of aspirants to office who may wish to regain power by the people, without the slightest intention of using it for the people. This election is peculiar in its character; like that at the time of the Reform Bill, it places in issue one fixed and definite principle, and must be kept free from all other associations. It is gratifying to find that free traders have a candidate of such eminent personal claims as those of Mr. Bnowx—the first merchant in the greatest mart of the civilised world. But the principle which he represents is so infinitely more important than the individual, that the man is alto gether lost in the cause. We shall not imitate some of our Contemporaries, and enter into a comparison of the respective merits of the rival candidates ; we shall not weigh Mr. ENTWISTLE and Mr. BROWN in our balance ; we see nobody and nothing in the con test but monopoly on one side and free trade on the other. South Lancashire has to decide whether it will re tain restrictions on its own industry, shackles on its own energies and a corroding canker on its own prosperity ; or whether it will have free scope for the skill, enter prise, and intelligence by which alone it can retain the proud position to which it has been elevated by the continued exertion of these noble qualities. South Lancashire has to decide between the markets of the world open to its productions, or those markets closed to starve its operatives, for the pleasure of Buckingham squires and West Indian proprietors of sugar. South Lancashire has to decide between itself and those by whom its name has been studiously maligned, its interests ostentatiously sacrificed, and its wealth haughtily threatened with annihilation. The electors have to choose between everything which men ought to hold dear, and every thing which men ought to hold in detestation. It was said by our Divine Master, "It is not meet to take the children's bread, and cast it to the dogs ;" but every elector of South Lancashire who votes for a monopolist virtually takes the bread from his own children to feed the hounds of titled monopolists ; he starves the cottage in one county to supply the kennel in another. Never was there a contest in any electoral district where "life and death, blessing and cursing," were so clearly set before the voters ; great will be their honour if they choose aright, but still greater their disgrace if they abandon their duty to themselves and to their country. We direct the attention of our readers to a peti tion from Manchester, printed in another column, on the subject of reform of the Universities of Ox ford and Cambridge. ' Mr. CHRISTIE'S motion on this important subject, which was deferred the other even ing, is to be brought to-morrow. 'We are informed that the Manchester petition has been drawn up by Professor NEWMAN, of Manchester College, (the learned translator of " HUBER'S English Universi ties"), Dr. VAUGHAN, and Mr. JAMES HEYWOOD ; and among the signatures, which we have not space to print, are those of Mr. HYDE GREG, the late Member for Manchester, Professor KENRICK, and the Rev. Dr. BEARD. At a meeting of Roman Catholics which took place on Monday in the Concert-rcom adjoining the Princess's Theatre, for the purpose of adopting measures to ex tend the operations of the Catholic poor-schools in St. John's-wood district, Mr. O'CONNELL, who was in the chair, after making some pertinent and forcible remarks respecting the gradual spread of education both in Great Britain and on the Continent, proceeded to observe :—" But turn to France and to the state of public instruction in that country. He considered that more diabolical conduct had never been pursued than that which LOUIS PHILIPPE had adopted in the case of the French University. It was equalled only by some of the monstrous atrocities of the French Revolution. It would appear that he was determined that none but infidels should educate the people of the kingdom which he ruled. But such disgraceful conduct was not surprising, when it was pursued by one coming from the class that fomented and brought about the revolution. From the bishops and clergy of France, however, LOUIS PHILLIPPE would meet with the most uncompromising opposi tion." This constant abuse of the KING of the FRENCH comes with a very ill grace from Mr. O'CoriNELL, whose great boast of late years has been, that he is a lover of peace and order, and a sworn enemy to all war. If he be really in earnest in his boast—if it be something more ,than a mere empty flourish of words intended to tickle the ears of the community, he should entertain sentiments of the sincerest respect for LOUIS PHILLIPE, who, whatever may be his other faults—and we are by no means blind to them—has at least the merit—and a merit it is of a high order—of having maintained peace in France, and consequently in Europe, for a troublous and excited period of fourteen years, despite a thou sand difficulties, and in the face of a thousand hazards. Had it not been for the decided check which this sagacious, but not very high-principled, Monarch put upon it, the headstrong republican spirit, so prevalent in France in the memorable year 1830, would have made the tour of Europe ; convulsion and anarchy would have followed in its train ; the antagonist mo narchical and aristocratical spirit would have been roused to the utmost; after a sanguinary though perhaps protracted struggle it would have prevailed as a mat ter of course ; an d th e cau se o f well regulated, consti tutional ftnafilfy reedom would have been thrown back at least years. For rescuing Europe from the horrors of such a warfare, which, as being a war of principle, would have called forth a host of reckless and fanatical passions and prejudices, LOUIS PHILIPPE deserves the thanks of every wellwisher to the cause of liberty and humanity ; and by none should he be held in greater esteem than by Mr. O'CorneeLL, who is always deprecating the shedding of blood, and assuring his hearers, both in England and Ireland, that that revolution is purchased at too extravagant a cost that is purchased by the loss of human life in war. For our own part, we are no very excessive admirers of the French KING ; we think that he has in many instances wantonly abused the powers en trusted to him by a confiding people; played fast and-loose with their liberties ; and gone far beyond the limits assigned him by the Constitution ; still, we cannot forget that he was placed in a situation of pe culiar difficulty ; and that if he had indulged, instead SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Clgitton. " Who run.% may read." WORMIGN. On Friday the King of the French left Neuilly for the Tuilleries, and presided at a Council of Ministers. The Chamber of Deputies had passed, without discussion, a Bill for the purpose of raising the annual army contingent of &woo meu. The Journal des Debats states that M. Caccia left Paris some days before his failure, but his absence was attributed to an annual journey which he was in the habit of making into Italy, having been the Pope's banker, although on Sunday last rumours of an alarming nature were bruited forth, and on Tuesday, when persons presented drafts to be cashed, not a soul, not even a boy, was to be found at the banking-house to explain matters. The affair has created a great sensation on the Bow. The Prefect of Police has just announced that an inspection of the Paris omnibuses will be proceeded to in July next. The points to be ascertained are principally their solidity and their cleanliness, the soundness of the harness, and the satis factory condition of the horses. This inspection takes place yearly, and is of great benefit to the public. M. Geotrroy Saint Hilaire, member of the Academy of Sciences, and who has such a high reputation in the scien tific world, is so ill that little hopes are entertained of his MO very. " It appears certain," says the Presse, " that M. Gowry, Secretary of Legation at Mexico, who has been very recently sent to Paris by Mb Alley de CiprtsY, our Minister at Mexico, was the bearer of a formal refusal on the part of President Santa Anna to accede to the claims of France. It is, there fore, to be expected that France will be once more compelled to obtain justice by other means than those of persuasion." The Grand Duke of Hesse has remitted the sentence of six months' imprisonment passed upon the Baron Moritz de Ilaber, as the principal in the late fatal duel in Germany, and he is now at liberty, after six weeks' imprisonment in the for tross of Bsbenhausen. The French Ministry have again sent off expresses to such of the Deputies as are absent, and of whose votes they are sure, to hasten their arrival in Paris. They dread some new attempt of the Opposition en the subject of the affairs of Otaheite. We learn from Rome that the sale of Cardinal Fesch's gal lery of paintings has been suspended, after the disposal of about 700 lots. There still remain about 2,000, which wil be brought to the hammer in the course of next winter. The Grand Musical Festival of the Lower Rhine will be this year held at Cologne, on the first and second days o Pentecost. The orchestra will be composed of more than 2,000 performers, under the direction of M. Henri Dorn, first chapel-master of the Cathedral. LAW AND POLICE. No hope is held out to the man Crouch, now under sen tence of death in Newgate, that his life will be spared; he will be executed on Monday next. The Judicial Committee of the Priry Council disposed of the last case in their paper for hearing—that of Derosne's patent, which was renewed, on the application of the patentee, for six ?Tears. The Committee will not resume its sittings till after !'rinity term. Captain Mildrum, of the Eliza collier, of Newcastle, appeared upon a summons at the Mansion-house, to answer the complaint of George Thorborn and several other seamen, who charged him with having unreasonably detained them for several weeks in the port of London. As the men are paid so much for the voyage, and are bound to perform it, the detention is a great loss to themselves and families. The vessels are delayed at Gravesend by the owners, waiting for a rise in the price of coals in London. The applicants were told that there was no law under which the Bench could interfere for their protection. James Hanstead, a dock foreman, Alexander Nicholson, a milkman, and two sisters, named Mary Ann Ash and Rosetta Bragger, were brought before Mr. 13allantine, on a charge of assaulting and robbing Mr. Williams, the landlord of the Chequers public-house, in Wapping-wall, Lower Shadwell, who has since died in consequence of the injuries received at the hands of the prisoners. The deceased, Luke Williams, was 58 years of pp., and was formerly a courier in the ser vice of her Majesty's Government. He was superannuated a few years ago on a pension of 801. per annum. A few months since he formed an acquaintance with the prisoner Rosetta Bragger, who is a woman of the town, and she possessed great influence over him. A few weeks since the same women were brought to the Thames police-court in custody for robbing him of 25/. They were detained for several hours, and on the prosecutor refusing to appear against them they were discharged. It is believed the same parties again robbed him a short time after their release. They were all remanded. W. Hend was committed from Clerkenwell on a charge of killing a woman named Catherine Sheehan, by violently beating her while in a fit of passion. COUILT-PASUIONABLE.. Her Majesty had *dinner party yesterday evening at Buck ingham Palace. Lord Melbourne is amongst the company invited to the banquet. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland entertained Viscount Melbourne and a select party at dinner on Monday, at Stafford llouse. The Duke of Wellington has issued 1,500 cards of invita tion for his Grace's grand ball and supper on Friday evening next, at Apsley House. The fete will 12e on the same scale of splendour as those annually given by the Noble and Gallant Duke. The Duke and Duchess of St. Alban's are expected at Holly Grove, Highgate, to-day, from Redbourn Hall, Lincoln shire, for the season. His Grace has nearly recovered from the severe accident he met with while hunting in Lincoln shire, last season, when his Grace injured the sight of one of his eyes. The Dowager Lady Holland entertained Viscount Mel bourne and a select party at dinner, on Sunday evening, in Great Stanhope-street. A grand entertainment is to be given on the 11th of the ensuing month by the Merchant Tailors' Company, to which a number of Conservative Noblemen arc invited. IVUSCELLAN MOUS. On Monday the Committee appointed to carry out the at , ranqements connected with the dinner which will be given on 14riday next, her Majesty's birth-day, in Trafalgar r square, to the Greenwich pensioners, assembled at the Union Hotel, Cockspur-street, to effect the completion of them. There was a very numerous attendance of noblemen and gentlemen forming the Committee, amonr , whom were the Earl of Car rington ; Admirals the Hon. t 'Sir R. Stopford, Sir Edward Codrington, Sir P. Durham, and several other naval officers. The square will be elegantly decorated, and the standard of England, and some union jacks which have " braved the battle and the breeze," will also be displayed. The Duke of Cambridge, it is said, will preside at the festival, and a number of distinguished and gallant naval officers will be present. The dinner is appointed for two o'clock, and the number of pensioners present will be about 250. Ott Monday Admiral Bowles was returned for the borough of Launceston, of course without any opposition. - A special general meeting of the Great Western Railway , was held on Monday, at the Paddington terminus, to consi der the South Devon Railway Bill now before Parliament, in terms of the standing orders of the House of Lords, Mr. C. Russell, M.P., Chairman of the Directors, presided. The dif ferent clauses affecting the Great Western Company having been read over, the meeting unanimously expressed approval of the Bill. By this Bill the Great Western contributes 150,000/. to a line from Exeter to Plymouth. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. - - - - LONDON, MAY 2L—Light northerly breeze, with rain. DEAL, MAY 20.—Wind N.N.E. strong breeze.—Sld. Ab berton, Port Phillip ; Johann Frederick, Batavia ; Pauline, Houghton, Mauritius ; Resource, Ichoboe ; Whampoa, De merara • Ada, Jamaica ; Caleb Angus. - Belize ; Prince Albert, New fork. 9 P.M.—Wind N.N.E. blowing strong. The homeward bound apparently are riding all well. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 20.—Wind N.E., fine weather.—Arrd. Rowchester, Oporto, blown from the Downs with lose of an chors. Sld-Jane Maria, Ichoboe. Off, Carl Hohurst, Nevi York, for Bremen. OFF DOVER, MAY 20.—Isabella, Geale, Demerara; Levan lass, Crow, Jamaica; Lucas, Miller, New York for Cron stadt, the two lattershave left anchors. • OFF DUNGENFAS, MAY 20.—Susan King, M'Lean, St. Lucia. Pt:mount, MAY 20.—Wind, N.E. to N.—Arrd. Carl, Rio for Hamburgh ; Eliza, Vanderwood, Sierra Leone. Off, Malorne, Havannah for Riga. OFF PENZANCE, MAY 19.—Childe Harold, Willis, Bombay, sld. Jan. 27, Cape of Good Hope, March 12. OFF TILE WIGHT, MAY 18.—Mountaineer, Leith for Africa. OFF num EDDYSTONE, MAY 17.—Borna, Havannah for Hamburgh. OFF PORTLAND, MAY 18.—Sidney, Abrams, Batavia. MILFORD, MAY 19.—Arrd. Alert, Newport for Liverpool, with damage, having been in contact off the Bishops, on the 18th instant, with a brigantine, supposed foreign. NEWHAVEN, MAY 20.-Several sail are riding in Seaford Bay-. It is blowing hard at N.E. DOVER, MAY 20.—The Catherine, Peterson, from Cardiff to Altona; and the Eclipse, of Blankenese, from Harwich to Altona, got in contact yesterday morning and foundered, crews saved by the Sovensoskende, from Ilavre td Mardahl, off this port. LivEnrooL, MAY 20.—Wind moderate.—Arrd. John Christian, China; Mary Hounsell, Follett, Pernam buco ; 'Jane, Macao ; Monmouth, Ryan, New Orleans; Avon, Master, Savannah ; Liverpool, Eldridge, New York. Sld. Mary White, for Sidney, New South Wales ; Wanderer, St. Lucia. Off, Princess Royal, Valparaiso; John and Robert, HULL, MAY 20.—Sld. Princess Royal, Quebec. Conic, MAY 18.—The John Mitchell and Beiche M'Evers, ashore on the mud, have been got off without damage. THURSO,. MAY 20.—The Red Rover, from Aberdeen to Ichoboe, dragged her anchors and has driven ashore on Scrabster Sands, and is now lying beached at high water mark; crew and part of stores saved, • HARWICH, MAY 20.—The Union, Disney, of and from London to Harlingen, foundered yesterday off Orfordness ; crew saved. The Britannia, from liartlepool, got ashore on the Staff-ebb Rock this morning, but has been assisted off and brought in here without damage. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. lon. 36 ; Athens, of Portsmouth, 7th inst., lat. 48, lon. 32. by the Catherine, arrived in the Clyde. Ilindostan, Lamb, March 24, lat. 17 S., lon. 4 ; Eliza Ann of Salem, 4th ult., lat. 3 S., lon. 19 W. ; Wave, 9th, lat. 2 N., lon. 22 W. ; Solway, same day ; Ohio, 22d, lat. 34. lon. 36 ; Merino, 12th inst., lat. 46, lon. 11 ; Tally-ho, same day, by the Childe Harold, off Penzance. Gazelle, Mauritius to Leith, March 26, lat. 9 S., lon. 13 W. ; Buzalee, Ba tavia to Rotterdam, 23d ult., lat. 31 N., lon. 26 W. ; Reward, Port Phillip to London, 2d inst., lat. 41 N., lon. 28 W. ; Princess Victoria, St. Andrew's to Liverpool, 15th, lat. 50, lon. 9 ; Delhi, China to New York, lat. 35, lon. 20, by the John Christian, arrived at Liverpool. Thomas Martin, from Barbadoes, 7th inst., lat. 47, lon. 12, by the Castor, off Fanleugh. Arrivals.—Childe Harold, Willis, from Bombay, off Penzance, sailed Jan. 16, Malabar Coast, 27, Cape, March 12; John Christian, Withycombe, from China, at Li verpool, sailed Jan. 10, St. Helena, March 19; Mary Louisa, Miller, from Bengal, off Portsmouth, sailed Dec. 13, St. Helena, March 4. Arrivals in Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope.--Maid of Mona, March 4, from Alyi 'Bay,; Velox, AdaMs, March 5, from St. Helena— Louisa, M'Dona ld, from Angra ,Pequina; Erigone, Capt. Roy, March 6, from Manilla ; United Kingdom; and Grecian, from' Liver pool ; Sir Charles Napier, Wright, March 7, from Cal cutta and Mauritius; Emeline, Claridge, from the Cro zets ; Ruby, Amyl-field, from China ; British; Isles, Graham, March 9, from Manilla • Bowes of Streatlam, Fleming. from Java; Diven Glen doror, Godden, March 10, from Bengal and Madras ; John Gray, Auld, March 11, from Singapore. - Departures from Table Bay.—Thelaire, Feb.' 29, to Nantes; Solway, March 1, to London; Charlotte,' 3d, to Bristol; Ann, 'Pryce, to London; Constant, to Nantes; Phenomene, 6th, to Rotterdam; Woodlark, to London; Hindostan, 7th, to Bombay; Hindostan, 7th, to London; Brazilia, Bth, to Rotterdam. Arrival in Algoaßay.—Grindley, Feb.2s, from Bengal. Arrivals at St. Helena.—John Jardine and Sisters, March 27, from West Coast of Africa; Georgiana, from Shields; St. George, from Java; Lerwick, from West Coast of Africa; Ruby, 28th, from China and Cape; Rajah, from Port Philip; Jem Crow, from Algoa Bay; Mary Taylor, from Mauritius; Tyrer, from Singapore. Departures from St. Helena.—Pomona, March 26, to Ascension; Frederick, Huth, 26th, to Arrival at. Madeira.—Oriental, Wilson, May 1, from London, and sailed 3d to Bombay. VESSELS SPOKEN WlTH.—Dorotheri Wilhelmina, bound to Trieste, 14th ult., lat.'l9 S., lon. 37 W., by the Ariadne, Mattheson, arrived off Dungeness. Bytown, Charleston to Liverpool, 13th inst., lat. 50, lon. 9, by the John Mitchell, arrived at Cork. New Holland, of Portsmouth, from Newport, 26th ult., lat 39, lon. 11 ; 'UNIVERSITIES OF OXFORD AN Medora of Hull, 11th inst., hit. 48, lon. 8, by the Till, CA.3iBRIDGE. arrived_ at Falmouth. Ellen, Jamaica to London, lat. 38,10 n. 48 ; Freeman, from Bremen, sth in s t., l a t 45, • ~~v PETITION FOR AN AIZRESS TO THE CRO‘‘ TO APPOINT A COMMISSION TO INQUIR„' INTO T 1-!E UNIVERSITIES OF OXFORD A ND CAMBRIDGE. To the lion. the Commons of Great Britain and Ireland* in Parliament assembled, The Petition of the undersigned, being Inhabitant. of Manchester and its vicinity, Humbly Showeth,—That by various acts of the Crown and of the supreme Legislature, in different reigns, th e ancient Universities of Oxford and Cambridge have been recognised as institutions whose well-being and ° ie° . conduct are of high national importance. • That by reason of the privileges so long bestowed W. clureively upon them, they have been fostered int° schools for the rising generation of the English nobiliti, and gentry ; so that no British subject can be unaffected by their good or bad management. That by the testamentary acts of many generousfounders, every county in the realm, and all classes n t the community, have a contingent pecuniary interest in those Universities, and in the colleges connected Wit h diem. That these institutions are in many points not SO OP' ducted as the interests and want s o f th e n ation, and aft equitable rights of individuals, demand. • • e That these Universities are not, and have long ca.! a to be, the central seats of the highest sciences, reel' political, or practical. That instead of leading the kno' ledge of the day, they linger behind it. That studie.; which are of eminent necessity to our future legislators and rulers, are either not taught there at all, or are In • allowed their proportionate weight. Th a t an artillei a preponderance is given to a few select branches, wh i si el l cannot, without blighting all the rest, be forced on students indiscriminately. That even in the privilegv studies of the Greek and Latin Classics these Universe': ties show no superiority over foreign institutions, whf. l embrace more numerous sciences and which are posse of fewer resources. That by the existing arrangements the public prate° . sors are made comparatively useless. That the eeLl e r, tutors are not likely to possess equal age and exPe r " ence, nor to be so eminent, each in many branches' professors who have devoted themselves to one. 11 „ the present usage of celibacy, enforced upon eet' sth . e r fellows, would be well exchanged for some (05 mode of limiting the tenure of fellowships. 1 1 11- the innovation of private tutors testifies to the ins' r acy of the established and avowed system of instl . .. tion. That the additional expense w hi c h the brit } tuition inflicts, is itself a serious ev il. Th a t aril° restraints exist, which hinder the ablest and most ee l , minds in these Universities from introducing such iM; provements, as time and the advance of knowledge We of suggest. That their action is paralysed, by the us e , he the Latin language in the University assemblies, by inability of those assemblies to originate any public el; . f sure, and by the want of all corporate organisation oft public professors. That the Institution of Faculties was intended,: secure for different studies their due attention, and had this effect in other universities; but that the gained by the colleges has overthrown this del:4' That since the heads of houses are become the cl i n , University authority, their appointment should,no, l ° l/ ,,Tir 2 be regarded as the private affair of their parties college. That the necessity imposed on most Or o f fellows to take holy orders, has had the eff ec s !Aes securing that a decided majority of the resident atS e . micians shall be ecclesiastics. That to the undue rf t i: ponderanee of the clergy over the laity in univ e lof, legislation and in college administration, very rulii'v A t,. the evils here recounted may be traced. That the dominance of the clergy, and their employment as tar teachers, (whatever other advantages may be 9 t ioo buted to this,) has not led to the successful cult'? the of scientific theology : a fact which is manifest In dr neglect of the Hebrew l anguge , o f ecc l es i as tical hi„e r ' 9 i6e and of all profound Biblical eru diti on , as well as 111 • absence of examinations for the theological degree s : s . it That the natural expansion of these universit l l 6 l.,, checked by the too complete monopoly which the 0 to, ing colleges and halls possess. That by re storinty. every Master of Arts his ancient right to open 1 00; pendent ball as its principal, increased acconune'r s slo would be advantageously gained. That in this woi es ts, and popular men would find free course for their to' t o with more satisfaction to themselves, and benefit ler : university at large, than by the present system 0 vate tuition. tini"e That the religious tests still existing in these te ist sities belong to a system of policy entirely obs ole , e p it the present day; having been imposed at a time w P A . O OI I was in many ways made penal to be a Dissenter,u.o, what was then the only religious system recogn is r; 'sr. the secular power: whereas at present, 1 11 : 4 040 o! Christians of every name admitted into the nth stir councils, but several different churches, both Pr° 10 is and Roman Catholic, are upheld by public auth er the same British empire. That the large and increasing body of pfil °ll b s „ r elk were are excluded from the National Universitie s, p ol gious reasons, are hereby treated as if they ay! possessed of full citizenship in the British nan o are prevented from cultivating many of the, sYnt to if by which all parts of this great community oug ht knit together. That Masterships of Grammar Schools are, kJ/ 1• foundation deeds or by custom, frequently liool those who have attained the Degree of Master ot,pi in one of the two Universities, Oxford and Carehr l and that many able and deserving persons, helog re Sl eluded from graduation in those Universities, arekt o p prevented from holding the masterships of such oc" and assisting in the education of youth. • ter That the advancement of professional men land is often retarded, whatever their merit in 0 ;100 spurts, if they have not had the advantage of r e 9 and a Degree at one of the ancient Universities: itole That the Institution of the London University;aetso ever valuable in its own place, cannot o a irer advantages to be gained by opening the ancien!.. b iecti; sities and their colleges to all her Majesty 's 7 e ; ell nor can it lessen the equitable rights of parti, k , r e are at present precluded from admission by ligious tests. ss ii ff ices- 4 . That the intercourse of the youth of all . v ee difiais nominations in the same universities, would ex e ,,obl„, tend to soften the asperity of religious party; s' on the one hand it increased the sincerity of r e . 00 tb s profession within these establishments, it we.u la re 'cipc th other diffuse a beneficial influence beyond thel ei s. to p in families and communities now cut off front 0 ; tbes - That the barriers at present kept up hie of : le , Universities are so opposed to the whole g ed e $ age, as testified by the usage of similar ; 00 0_5 blishments both in Great Britain and on the " t for e ft that it is morally impossible for them to 1%0 rearm' long time; while every year's delay is O w l s:0 0d their ultimate removal more necessary, l' e ' stt d 10`• harassing, from the increase of party spirit embitterment. Of th e That the successive Acts in the progres - bbe suse testant Reformation, which interfered with of Academical property,—so far as they, re!‘; be r ef . just principle, and were therefore perraitte?:,, 00; to inanent,—aimed to adjust the condition ot e t i r : 0 0 0 . fir sities to the growth and changes of the tiT i iberli l . ? e lf' render them fit nurseries, not only for tkr y ,, use its r° fessions, but also for your Honourable Pv 5 1 ' r io t° accordingly, in consequence of the admissiu g !, s "f o r fussed Christians into her Majesty's Courl',_` both Houses of Parliament, the same reasenf o lio e merly dictated the opening of Roman CAL!' v ritroli ments to Protestant Episcopalians, now aPP I r o ste e inf tl' force, for admitting lay Christians of ever/ r os both the Universities, to compete on equ al to 01 1/ honours attached to intellectual eminence.; 000 0„j That no sound principle can be found, riegii9js6 the subscription to any religious test can be o r 0 • connection with giving or receiving literati 00 0 , instruction. crop 1 b ed That to require a religious subscription ~ e a, is t y# who are about to begin their higher ednett_n no ses sto se g i liarly vain and injurious ; inasmuch as it ry o si t sri f 0 to have already formed their judgTent ss , are questions, concerning which even their sire means agreed. the Ill(Ir rod6 That the daily attendance enforced at al l p I at i v 4 evening service of the Church, has not iss , , the beneficial results which were inttgrre proportion to the greater solemnity of " a ol i e ges o f deeper evil of the same kind is in man,' C acr oaell by the compulsory attendance at the S oli .ne b Lord's Supper. That the maintenance of all that this hi s h its l if °f f e eo Pt . °l o ,o Truth, depends on the spiritual qualities of t oo 010 41 which qualities are likely to be called the po7 lustre, when they are not superseded by is ie d of political ascendancy. ithetit leg That That no sufficient check exists, nor v/, ‘ ,_ Ae d t) alterations can exist, on the facilities.a_ne c ri, e nu tt o men at the universities for running int?„. pelf „le sure means by which a parent may ga in ledge that his son is so involving hitnse_. re pel* 0 .400 That many of these defects have bee in in con _ le rose mitted to both Houses of Parliament , fl„, ois t 1 3 , 1 : 0 e s partial attempts at revision and insprnvel te re . nu 00* but the a made by some of the colleges ; so trtv'_ o ; A i e 4 been, and are likely in future to Pe, ~0 0- tbe_49 .. .A national advantage can be anticipatenes'tot sa sea b0 P:o That the most important defeertsnta by the action of the universities r 0 74„, 1014 d as ev t i h s e e y d awrieththethreeseuxltporefsspupbulriepnes7ense.eti. pue"rts__w the present character of the universittieernai clistielrijile,o; That the laws, customs, and i s n , an d CO I ; of ; universities and colleges of Oxforian reigeeberi e°' revised by public Commission,ei:s th e d in Vlll., whi e h vEdwardtat Vl., visitations t hlVel most r)',E im liz p a o be r_ta.i i. the ifolashitsole alterations were made in every t r io ' se and college system. Es P eci reders g ener e il d , ft eso dead, on which the college otis.nee to . 0 bee. much stress, have been long 11 tn resci ltal lri ql i°ll o college formularies, so as ~Ye asur e9L, le 1 0 press regulations, and dec n i d l e v r e s f l" rooa la=ver' se iti used to prevent college y_ Ot Cembr id g ° ' t bo ° I ? case ee of f n Q tb n e ee n n e , e s k c ot e ' litehgef:U, n i v e f r a sit c y o . lie : o T o o o s so re ce s oo ordination for the presidency oand the tell 00 7 5 . l e instance been dispensed vvith; been ope, John'S College, Cambridge, have lan d 10 1 _ 4 s ea_ P r - A.l letters patent to all natives of atld V ario / 78 poo t iop That the subject is so large s 1, • from the ey , 0 i ceived so little attention ._„ w hich t? .. ;:"d 4 0 r. 4 the Revolution of 1688—durP s t pie:j ar /04050 social changes have taken potee asinmduraltaanteeroiauls science, our Pe tillu ri a ; r 4 er and dr t et a hun f ri u gr l el colleges gn s e e e s ea appears drhd v te i s i y tatio • . ly on, Holu'oseurtopaedtidtiroesnserhserthrfo try pleased to appoint a Majesty'sCommi _, reven to ues matters relating to the statutes COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager visited the Queen yesterday. Her Majesty a rri ve d at B uc ki ng h am P a l ace at two o'clock, attended by the Countess of Sheffield, Lady in Waiting. Her M ajes ty rema i ne d to l unc h w i t h the Queen and Prince Albert, and afterwards returned to Marlborough House. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, were taken their usual airings yesterday in the royal gardens of Buckingham Palace. The Queen and Prince Albert walked in the royal gardens yesterday. The royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace yes terday evening included the Bishop of London and Mrs. 131•mfield, the Duke of Rutland, the Marquis of Northampton, the Marquis of Granby, Viscount Mel bourne, and Lord and Lady Beauvale. The band of the Royal Horse Guards attended at the Palace during dinner. The Viscountess Canning has succeeded the Countess of Mount Edgecumbe as the Lady in Waiting on the Queen • and Lord Byron and Colonel Drummond h ave succeeded Viscount Hawarden and Sir Frederick Stovin as the Lord and Groom in Waiting to her Majesty. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge yesterday, at Cambridge-house. A deputation, consisting of Mr. Colquhoun, M.P., Mr. Smollett, M.P., Mr. Home Drummond, M.P., Lord Jas. Stuart. M.P., Mr. Alexander Oswald, M.P., Mr. Gibson Craig, M.P., Mr. Buckley, M.P., and Mr. Hastie, M.P., accompanying Mr. John Wilson, Mr. John Bannatyne, Mr. Andrew Bannatyne, and Mr. William Dunlop, as a deputation from the Glasgow Bank, had an interview with Sir Robert Peel, at his official residence in Downing street, yesterday. The Ecclesiastical Commission for England had a meeting yesterday afternoon at the office in Whitehall place. The Commissioners present were the Arch bishop of Canterbury, the Archbishop of York, the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Winchester, the Bishop of Bangor, the Bishop of St. David's, the Bishop of Exeter, the Bishop of Hereford, the Bishop of Lichfield, the Bishop of Lincoln, the Bishop of Norwich, the Bishop of Ripon, the Bishop of Rochester, the Bishop of Salis bury, the Bishop of 'Worcester, the Lord President of the Council, the Earl of Devon, the Earl of Besborough, the Earl of Harrowby, the Right Hon. H. Hobhouse, and the Dean of Westminster. The Postmaster-General had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. His Excellency the Ottoman Ambassador transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. Lord Saltoun had an interview with Lord Stanley yes terday at the Colonial-office. Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, and Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had in terviews with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. MONE Y AND CONEMERCIAL NEWS' CITY, TUESDAY EVENING, English Securities leave off with a firm aspect, and al though not an extensive business has been done, most of them are rather higher. Consols 991t0 99a. The New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. 1021 to 1021 ; the Reduced 1011 to 1011 ; and the Three per Cents. 981 to 98i ; Bank Stock 193 to 195, and East India Stock 285 to 286. Spanish Bonds were supported at the improvement of the morning, but the other foreign investments were flat. Spanish Actives were 24f to 24* ; and the Three per Cents. 3.5* to 351 ; Mexican Bonds were 351 to 35i , ; Buenos Ayres 34, and Colombian 14* to 14. he additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these:—Bristol and Gloucester were 184; Eastern Counties New, sf, to 5+ : Grand Junction, 123 ; Great Western, Half, 27 ; Ditto Fifths, 91 ; Harwich (Braith waite), R ; South-Western, 46 ; Manchester and Leeds, 34 • North British, ; Norwish and Brandon, ; South-Eastern New, 8i ; Trent Valley, 5; and Paris and Rotten, 19 premium. Caledonian have been 14 ; Eastern Counties, 114; Blackwall, 94, and Thames and Medway, 9 to 94 discount. The exchange on Paris, Trieste, and Antwerp was not quite so firm this afternoon. The following is the official return of the exports of bullion from the port of London for the week ending Thursday last : Silver Coin to Mauritius " " Rotterdam " Bars Ditto 66 46 Hamburgh 915 " (From The Sun of Last Night.) A fair business was done in Cotton at Liverpool yesterday Sales, including 1,000 bales Surat on speculation, 6,000 bales viz., 2,000 Surat, 24d. to 4d., the bulk at 21d. to '2d. ; 150 Perham at. sAd.:to 6d. ; 30 Bahia at sid. ; 20 Egyptian at 7id. ; and the rest American at 4Ad. to 51d. per lb.—There was a heavy market for the Shares of the Grand Junction and Birmingham, but. French continued in great request, and Great Western were firm. Caledonian, 4; Chester and I lolyhead, 67 i •, Edinburgh and Glasgow, 66 ; Great Western Fifths, 221 ; Birmingham. 223 ; Ditto Quarter, 254 ; South Western, 88; Ditto, Eighths, 5; Manchester and Birming ham, 57 ; North British, 21. 16s. 6d ; Trent Valley, 84. It is not at all expected that any alteration will be made in the resolutions last night brought forward by Sir Robert Peel on the subject of banking and currency. Still we hear that 11Ir. P. Stewart is in possession of many important suggestions for improvements, obtained at the conferences which he has had with the members of the various banking firms who have visited the metropolis upon this highly interesting topic. Now, however, that the subject is fairly before the public, a strong hope is entertained that the matter will soon be settled, so as to relieve all doubts upon the subject. The additioa to the scheme of the Premier relative to the silver currency, as announced last evening, has given uni versal satisfaction, or very nearly so, among the monied inte rests of the City to-day. It is an approximation to making silver more generally useful. There are advices from the Cape of Good Hope received at the Jerusalem Coffee-house this morning, but their contents ate not of general interest. Only a few papers have come to hand. It is highly satisfactory to state that the carpet trade of Kidderminster is at the present time in a most flourishing condition, with every prospect of its continuing so. At most of the establishments the masters wish the men to bring in not less than a piece each week. The private letters re ceived by a trading shipping firm in the City speak favourably of most other branches of industry. Not a single bargain is quoted in Consols for the Account this morning. For Money the price is 99} A. The Com missioners bought two thousand pounds worth of Reduced Three per Cents. at 98i, the highest value of the day. Bank Stock has been sold at 194, but at the present moment it is one per cent. cheaper. The premium in Exchequer Bills is firm at 745. to 765. The Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Re duced have been offered at 1011, and the New Stock at 102 a. Business has been slack too in the Foreign Funds. The Portuguese Converted has been quoted at 47 ; Spanish Ac tives at 24A ; the Three per Cents. at 35A a ; Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents. at 61; the Five per Cents. at 1001 ; Belgian at 1034; and Colombian ex Venezuelan at 14i. In the Market for Railway Shares the inclination is rather to recede than otherwise. The Great 'Western, the London and Birmingham, and other principal lines have dropped in value, but only slightly. Union Bank of Australia Shares are at premium ; Santiago de Cuba Mine at 14 premium ; and St. John del Rey Mine at discount. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 20.—The market continues flat with a limited business. Our only transactions were—Bristol and Exeter, 82 ; Grand Junction, 2211 ; Lon don and Birmingham 32/. Shares, 38 ; Manchester and Bir mingliam, 57 to 56k; Sheffield and Manchester, 79 ; Tren Valley, 8. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red 3 per Cent. Cons. ...... 99 31" 1r Cent. Bei 101 Indian Stock 286 pm Ditto Bonds Ditto Old Annuities Ditto New Annuities 9B 3s _ _ 33'4 pet New 334 per Cent ...... 102, New 5 per Cent. Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 Oct. 1859 Jan. 1860 l2ll FOREIG Ex. Bills, 1,0001. pm. Ditto 5001 — pm Ditto Small — pm. Bank stock for Acct 19 431 Consols for Acct. India Stock for Acct — 1 FUNDS. !Portuguese, 5 per Cent Ditto, New Ditto Prussian,s per Cent !Russian, 5 per Cent Ditto, Meta11ic.....,,.,..., — !Spanish, 5 per Cent 24% itto, 3 per Cent 35% Ditto, Deferred 13% French, 5 per Cent —f. —c. ;Exchange —f. —c. !French, 3 per Cent. —f. --e Dutch, 2% per Cent..,,., 61 Ditto, 5 per Cent Austrian, 5 per Cent ...... Belgian, 5 per Cent lO3l Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent gt Chllian, 6 per Cent Colombian, 6 per Cent Ditto, 1824 ........... Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent Danisb,3 per Cent .... 88 Greek, 184, 5 per Cent Mexican, 5 per Cent Ditto, 6 per Cent., 183'7 Peruvian, 1825, 6 per Cent — SHARES. Bristol and Gloucester (30 paid) Caledonian. 5 paid Dublin and Cashel, 2% paid Eastern Counties (23 paid) - Ditto Registered (8/6513d paid) Great Western (75 paid) Ditto Half Shares (50 paid) ..... .. ........... Ditto Fifths, 12 paid 21% Harwich (Braithwaite), 2 paid 2% London and Birmingham (Stock) Ditto, Quarter Shares ( 2 paid) London and Blackwall (161. 13s. 4dl) 7 - • lonion and Brighton (50 paid) London and South Western (411. 6s. 10d. paid) Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) North British, 2% paid 2% Norwich and Brandon ( 2 paid) South Eastern and Dover (3312 s 4d paid) .._. Ditto Vew Shares ( 4 paid) _ COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—(YESTERDAY. Amsterdam CF. 12 6 Gibraltar — Ditto, at sight l2 4 Leghorn 3O 45 Rotterdam 2U. 12 61 Genoa 25 90 Antwerp 25 95 Milan — Ramburgh M.B. 13 14,1 Venice ....... ........... 47 Altona l3 15 Naples 39 Paris, 3 days' sight... 25 65 Palermo, per oz ll7 Ditto, 3 months 25 85 Lisbon 53 Marseilles Bourdeaux 25 90 Rio Janeiro 23 Frinkfort on Maine.. 122 Bahia 23 Petersburgh, 3Us 30 Berlin 7 Vienna, effee. fl. 3 M 953 Irieste, ditto Madrid 361 Cadiz Uilbao 36 Barcelona 36 Seville Buenos Ayres NewYork,2ldys sight Philadelphia PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Foreign Gold, bars. .£3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 5 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 91 Silver in Bars 0 4 111 Sin H. FLEETWOOD AND HIS RESIGNATION. — We take the earliest opportunity of contradicting a report published last week that Sir H. Fleetwood was about to re sign his seat for Preston. We can assure the public, upon the best authority, that there is not a word of truth in the rumour.—Preston Guardian.