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THE NEW NOVEL. Just ready, in 3 vols., post Svo,, ANNE DYS AR T; A STORY OF EVERY DAY LIFE. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-greet.. To be had at all the Libraries. n ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.- It is respe tinny announced that the second Greed Classical, Dramatic, Miscellaneous, Concerted 111INICAL ENTERTAINMkNT Will take plaste on MONDAY MOANING, ' , day 27. On whld 011011111011 the following eminent artistes will appear:— Madame Sontag. ' Mdlle. Parodt, Miss Catherine Hayes, Madame Giuliani, Mdlle. Ida Bertrand, and Madame Frezzolini, Signori Baucarde, Calzolari, Sims Reeves, and Gardoni, Coletti, Benet% Lorenzo, F. Lablache, M. Muller, and Signor Lablache ; Sapporied by all the Instrumental and Choral resources of the Theatre. The whole under the direction of Mr. Balfe. Applications for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at the Bx Office of the theatre. HER MAJEcTy'c Trr - F• yrPE GRAND EXTRA Nig= Combining the talents a ladarne suntag, mulle. Catherine Hayes ; Signori Bancarde, Calzolari, Sims Reeves, Coletti, Bellettl, F. Lablache, and Lablache ; Mdlles. Carlotta Grist, Amalie Ferraris, Taglloni, and At. Pant Tacl;nto t ke place TO-MORROW ZITENING When will be performed (for the LLuie this season in con sequence of the immediate production of the grand Opera La Tampesta, and other subsequent novelties) Rossini's celebrated Opera, IL BARBIBRE DI SIVIGLIA. Rosin*, 3fdlle. Sontag ; Il Conte d'Almaviva, Signor Calzolari ; Figaro, Signor Belletti ; Basilio, Signor F. Lablache; Bartolo, Signor Lablache. In the Lesson Scene 31adame Sontag will introduce Rode's cele brated variations. After which the highly successful new and original grand Pas de Trois (by MM. Paul Taglioni et Gosselin, the Music by Signor Pugni), entitled LES GRACES. Euphrosyne, Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi ; Thalia, Mdlle. Marie Taglioni ; Mdl e. Amaba Ferraris. To be followed by Selections from Rossini's celebrated Opera. GUGLIELMO TELL. Arnoldo, Signor Bancarde ; Gulllielmo Tell, Signor Coletti ; and "alter, Signor Lablache. After which the admired PAS STYRIEN, by Madlle. Carlotta f 'Arland M. P. Taglioni. To be succeoed by the last act of Donizetti's Oper., LtrlA r .AMMERMOOR. Lucia, Miss Catharine Hayes; Edgardol 11c1r! Img.iteeYe.s. To conclude with the last scene of the admired Ice Ballet, by M. 7. Taglioni. entitled LES PLAISERS DE L'HIVER ; on, Les Patineurs Applications for Bow, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box Ofice of the Theatre. ROTAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-O.O.DEN, A GRAND -EXTRA TO-MORROW EVENING - Will be performed Meyerbeer's Grant Opera, Lk S HUGUENOTS. Valentina, Madame Grist; Margarita di Valois, Madame Cas tellon; Dama d'Onore, Madlle. Cotti ; Urbano, Madile. do Meric ; the Huguenot Soldier, Signor Lavia ; II Conti di San Bris,Sigtafi Tagliafico ; Il Conte di Never& M. Massol ; De Cosse, Signo) Luigi 'Mei ; 'De Retz, Signor Polonini ; Meru, Signor Rorarni; Maurevert, Signor Soldi ; Capitano della Guardia, Signor Talamo ; Marcella Herr Formes ; and Raul di Nangis, Signor Mario. Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa: The Doors wi:l be Opened at Half-past Seven, and the performance 3 commence at Eight o'clock precisely. Tickets for the Boxes, Stalls, or the Pit, may be had (for the night or season), at the Box-office of the Theatre, which la open from Ten till Five. FRENCH PLAYS.-ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING The Performances will commence at Eight o'clock precisely. with ()for the 3d time in:this country) the new Play, entitled GABRIELLE. Julien Chabriere, M. Regnier ; Gabrielle, Madlle. Nathalle. After which will be produced. the favourite Comedle-Vauderlle, LES DEUX BRIGADIERS. Ramadonr, M. Lafont. The Box-office of the Theatre is., open daily from Eleven till Five Boxes and Stalls at Mr. Mitchell's- Royal Library, 33, Old Bond str set. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Bromptott. THIS EVEN). Will be `presented (6th time) an entirely new and original ComEdy,by Denglas Jerrold, entitled THE CATSPAW. Captain Burgenet, Mr. Howe ; Mr. Snowball, Mr. Keeley ; Doctor Petgoose, Mr. James Walled( ; Audley, Mr. Charles Selby ; Appleface, Mr. Buckstene ; Dust. Mr. Tilbury; Coolcard, Mr. Benjamin Webster; Duggens, Mr. Ellis; Snowball's Servant, Mr. A. Brindal ; Mrs. Peashdown's Servant, Mr. Coe; Mrs. Peachdown, Miss Reynolds; Cassandra, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham; Rosemary, Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with the Last Edition of IVANHOE, with all the newest improvements. Cedric the Saxon, Mr. J. Bland ; Sir Briant de Bore Guilbert, Mr elby ; Sir Wilfrid of Ivanhoe, Mrs. Keeley; Wamba, Mr. Buck sone ; Isaac of York, Mr. Keeley; Robin Hood, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Rebecca, Miss P. Horton. The Ma-office is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. ' THIS EVENING, Will be performed an entirely original Musical Comic Drama, called THE WHITE SERJEANTS; or the ' Buttermilk Volunteers. Ma'o r Slowman, 31r. 0. Smith ; Jemmy Tweezer, Mr. Wright; a) tain Ginger Green, Mr. P. Bedford ; Tofamy Rusk, Mr. Run. ard ; Madl.e. do Tourville, Madame Celeste; Susan Pockets, Misi . Fitzwilliams ; Dolly Duggins, Miss Woolgar. To be followed. by a grand historical Spectacle Vaudeville, entitled PLAYING FIR,. T .FIDDLE; or, Follow my Leader Principal Charactersby Messrs. P. /3edford, Lambert, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, and Misi K. Fitzwilliant. - - - - To conclude with MY PRECIOUS BETSY- Characters - by Mears. - Wr:ght, 1 3edford, Worrell; Miss Harding, and Mrs. F. Matthews. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE THIS EVENING Will be performed CHARLES THE TWELFTH. To be folowed by THE ISLAND OF JEWELS. Characters by Messrs. r. M .tthews and F. Cooke; Madame Vestris, Miss Julia St. George, Miss Dickinson, Miss Kenworthy, Mrs. Macnamara, Miss Martindale. and Miss E. Bonner. To (e ichvie •it, TWO IN THE MORNING. All ap:licatt is for I' y to boxes must be made to Mr. Allerott '5, New liond-street. The Box-office. adjoining the Theatre. In Wellington-street, is open daily from Ten to Six o'clock, under the superintendence of Mr. T. T. Benne tt PRINCESS'S THEATRE. This Eventiar there will be no performance. TO MORROW EVENING ' L it al ht but one the present season. Will be presentw the Opera of t lIE BOHEMIAN GIRL. Coun Arnheim, 31r. Borrani , Floresteia, Mr. Barker; Thaddeus, 3lr Harrison ; Devilshcof, Mr. H. Corel ; Arline, Miss L. Pyne. After which ANTONY and CLEOP TR A.. With the last act of the Opera. of LUCIA DI,LANDIERMODR. E"gar, Mr. Al:en : Lucia, 3ld ie. Natl. To elnc'u.le vtith the Grand Masked Ball from Gustavus. AgTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Last Five Nights of Fitzball's gorgeous Spectacle of Encl'anieut. Entire change in the popular Feat of Equestrianism. SuPpoTied by the accomplished Artistes of tie establishment. THIS EVENING, And daring the Week, the Entertainments will commence at seven o'clock, with (for the last Five limes) the magulicent Spectacle of THE r OUR SONS OF AYMON ; or The Days of Charlemagne; introducing the entire Stud of Horses, Camel of the _Desert, Zebra, and ,tll the vast resources of this theatre. To be succeeded by an unusually brilliant routine of Batty's scenes of the Arena. To conclude with a favourite FARCE. On Whit-Monday will be revived, for the First Time these Seven Years, on a most extensive scale of splendour, the immensely suc cessful Grand Military Spectacle, in three Acts, entitled THE AFFGII iNISTAN WAR.; or, The Revolt of Cabul, and British Triumphs in India. Boa-offlee open From Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. neat. Under the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c &c. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. The Summer Season at this favourite place of Fashionable Resort commenced on MONDAY, MAY 13th, 1850, Tuesday 14th, Wednesday, 15th, Thrirs lay, 16th, and be continued on each of those clays throughout the Season. First representation of an entirely new-modelled Dioramtc Pic ture representing the PASSAGE of the ALPS by Napoleon and his Army ! the largest Picture in the World! with innumerable moving Figures the size of life. Modelled, painted, and produced by Mr. Denson and Son, assisted by Messrs. Adams, Wilson, &c. &c. The Picture has occupied the Messrs. Denson for many months, and it is Cantldently submitted to tie Public as a chef,d'reuvre of art, and not Inferior to any production of the day. The splendid MENAGERIE has lately been enriched by several - AlUtble Presents f om the Queen. The Mus:cal Department will be conducted by Mr. Godfrey, but e Proprietor (acting under the advice c f the most eminent musical tkorities), has decided to con trust the Band of Wind Instruments only ! with the addition of Contra Basal, Wier the manner of the most celebrated Continental Bards. It will be the aim of the Esta blishment to offer for the gratification of the Subscribers and tile 4nblie, the most Splendid Military ?Anti in the Kingdom!! Selccte,, from the Bands of her Majesty's Horse and Foot Guards, and the most eminent Artistes in the profession. The following list of engagements will, It is hoped, convince the Public, that the long-ackrowleged excellence of the Band of this Establishment will he fully maintained ! The Repertoire of Music will be most extensive and varied, arranged from the most Popular 9Peras In this and other countries. Solo -Players—Messrs. Kcenig, Lacuna, Prosperre, Colinet, Pratten, Jarrett, Sonnenberg, Sommers, and Winterbothain. During the evening a grand Colossal, Scenic, and Pyrotech nic Tableau illustratin g the celcisrated Picture by David, of Buonapa rte Crossing the Alps stretchint from Showing a general view of the Region of the the distant snow-clad mountains, the small mountain lake in the foreground to St. Bernard ant its lad mountains, crowned by the stupendous Mount Army is first seen en far - tamed Mon as t er y. A por ti on of the French and amid the clash of bivouac,"Military presently the drums beat to arms, commence the Ascent Bands and lkiartial .Niusic, the Troops . Soldiers arc Trunk of Trees, now traversing the most Terrific Ravines, almostbut aeon dragging the Artillery in Srave • ascending all m Perpendicular e I,e . are heights, overcome, and and the Gallant Amu Is seen pursuing Its course to the Fertile Plains of Italy. The whole to conclud e w i th a Gorgeous Display of Fireworks, by fori g n , amongst various novelties, Messrs. Soutnby, introducing, amongst seasons • , jets d eau, water rockets, admired feux d'artifice of the most revolving pieces, a magnificent Transparency painted by Messrs. Danson, representgßuo fifty feet in h e i g h t, aparie on Borseback cheering on his' Troops, surrounded b honour, flags, trophies, &c., amidst a cery _wrt.arilke emblem s , i ns i guia of Gres. , scation of various co l oured the complicated and diflazult machinery, and th e erection of the p'cturo under - the direction of Mr. nes Lowe. The extensive fittings by Messrs. Botcherby and Dixon, 23, Kin g gas - street, Covent garden. Admission, Is. . .. • • On whit -Monday, May 20th, 3fons. Jullien and his unrivalled f Band will commence a limited number of Promenade Concerts. Selections will be made from the popular Music played b the Concerts Mons tre and Congres Musicale at Exeter-hal?' him at o n w a dtgsday, INfav 22d, the Royal, South London rioricultur . Society will ho ld their First Grand Mce is Ili aneous Flower sh ow , a i l w hich occasion an Ex t r a Brass Band will be in attendance, with all the other Attractions of the Gardens.—Dcors open at One. _ _ , 1 ' HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. min. after TEta DAT —Morning 58 min. after 3 Evening 20 To- goaaow —Moming 41 min. after 4 I Evening 7 min. after THE WEATHER. —SUN OFFICE, MAY I{ . TIIiatMOXE TER. 55—highest since noon yesterday - . 39 —lowest this morning and during the night. 47 this day, at noon. 'BAROMETER, 29.97. Wrgn \.E.—stiff breeze, and very cold. i. ;ft ...., ) ,.. : A ..- 4-3 . diti ,,,, , Can • 14 4 • ' 4,7.1 "..- . 1 .. .e.. . 4,,.,,, e. - i f / mo t tc":l\ ,Aes . , i Nf, - ;4 -3 ...tiv ,..,, , s. . . J - • Roil ' t j ti•- ----1-1 - - - 45 ' - ' C o , l' ' • it . • u ,11:,-..._. 4' Y f J ~~~_ \! 'of iert o n 4 auit L ONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1850. Government, with the connivance of the Legislature, appears resolved to dedicate London to the filthy sus• toms acquired by its inhabitants from an almost im memorial Antiquity . Last evening two moat im• portant measures for the better supply of water to the metropolis were rejelted by majorities of 106 And 110, after having already passed a first reading. Both of these projected improvements were foregone, more over, for reasons of the flimsiest character. One ob jection was a prejudice against artesian wells, and another was an extravagantly disproportioned consideration for eleven mill-owners over and above the many hundreds of thousands of people requiring some more nutritious and wholesome beverage than that obtained from the great water channel now employed for the purposes, of drainage. Than this nothing could be more false in principle or more ridiculous in its general application. Well might we feel disposed to despair of ever obtaining good water for consumption in the capital if we re garded the matter as wholly dependent upon the mea sures yesterday rejected. Fortunately those mea sures, to our thinking, are, though truly admire able in contrivance, little better than temporary makeshifts until such time as the Thames can be turned to its natural account, being rendered the purveyor of health and nourishment instead of disease and poison. When the sewage shall, as it must ultimately, be conveyed from the metropolis by other means than the river, leaving that noble means of irrigation uncontaminated by material capable of judicious employment as manure throughout the agricultural districts, the inhabitants of London can be as readily supplied with water for household con sumption from the Thames between the bridges as it could though the current were conveyed to the me tropolis -by means of an aqueduct either from above or below Henley. Under those circumstances, heavy penalties inflicted upon all such parties as should throw refuse of any kind into the river would pre serve the waters of the Thames at Waterloo -bridge sufficiently pure for all domestic purposes—as pure as it is at this time below Henley under existing ar rangements. When, therefore, we express our extreme'. disappointment at the successive re jection of the London (Watford) Spring Water Company Bill, and of the Metropolitan Water-works, (Henley-on-Thames and London Aqueduct) Bill, upon the occasion of their proposed second reading, we do so less because we regard them as calculated to prove good expedients for the time being, than he cause we view the fact of their being quashed so hastily, and quashed too upon arguments of such paltry opposition, as a token of the apathy of the Government, and generally- speaking of the Legislature itself, in- reference to all sanitary improvements. By the obstinate main tenance of the window-tax the light of heaven is shut out from the poorer classes, and with it all chances of proper ventilation. By the ridiculous subserviency of the Cabinet and of the Parliament to the whims, the eccentricities,, and the dawdling of the Beard of- Health, session after session is allowed to pass without witnessing one advancement in any one particular. Steps cannot be taken in this matter or in that matter, according to the Secretary for the Home Department, until the report, long expected and long promised, has been obtained from the Com missioners. And the utility of such reports has cer tainly been strikingly exemplified of late by that long•winded document, in which the result of the Board's deliberations upon the subject of metropo litan drainage was intimated ! Thank heaven, if this is the disposition of the Government, if this is the habitual procrastination of the Commissioners, if this is the usual indifference of the Parliament, there are some few even among our popular repre sentatives who are not disposed to wink at its un interrupted continuance ! Last , evening, for example, one of our most veteran reformers, Mr. HUME, pro tested against the notion that the supply of good water to London will necessitate the injury of pro- perty incapable of adequate compensation. He main tained that if a few mill-0 w.ners might•be injuriously affected by the Aqueduct Bill from Henley, it must also be 'borne in recollection that a beneficial result would follow inevitably, and that beneficial result, moreover, affecting no less than two millions of the inhabitants of the metropolis. Again, Mr. MOWATT, with a delightful enthusiasm, went to the length of maintaining that, supposing even that then eleven mill- owners lost the whole of their property, such a circumstance ought not to weigh one iota in the scale ? And Mr. BERNAL OSBORNE, the truly independent Mem ber for Middlesex, almost pathetically adjured the House of Commons to examine the water im bibed in the metropolis with the aid of a mi croscope. Anything more discouraging to the aspi• rants for s anitary improvement has not for a consider sble time been so conspicuously visible in the Parliamentary debates as the result of these two me lancholy divisions last evening. The long-expected trial of strength between the Protectionists and the Free-traders, in the popular branch of the Legislature, has taken place. The nation has, at length, an opportunity of testing the accuracy of the statement as to the "decided reaction" in pub lic opinion, and the numerous conversions from the anti-monopolist ranks that had been so loudly vaunted. After the series of meetings held last autumn, and the unusual activity displayed by the agricul turists, we had vainly supposed that not a single week would have elapsed after the re-as sembling of Parliament before the question was fully and fairly discussed on neutral ground. But week after week, and month after month, glided away, and nothing practical was done. No leader of the agri culturists could be induced to fling down the gauntlet which so many free-trade champions were ready to accept. In fact, the really talented Members of the party shrunk from the unwelcome task. The Hon- Member for Buckinghamshire, whose position and ability might have warranted the undertaking, too clearly perceived the impolicy of hazarding a " pitched battle." A guerilla warfare was better suited to the troops on whose, support he could reckon. He did not wish to reveal his real weakness and the poverty of his resources to his triumphant adver saries ; accordingly, in place of demanding the re enactment of the corn-laws, he contented himself with asking for a " fair adjustment of local taxation," a n d a modification of the fiscal charges that pressed unduly upon the owners and occupiers of land throughout the country. But this moderation was not duly appreciated by the sturdy yeomen. They could not understand why their leaders were not as " ready for the field" as they were themselves. The pack was ac cordingly unkennelled, " Old Jowler (Chowler) leads the cry," and threats and menaces were freely hurled against all who refused to comply with their very reasonable requests, or to pay a " black mail" to the bucolic freebooters. The walls of the Crown and Anchor rung again with 'the torrents of indignant eloquence lavished on the occa sion. The labourers were to be turned adrift defi cient of employment, and thus driven into a state of insurrection, while the farmers would take care not to interfere in any way to suppress the disturbances which they had themselves excited. The much vaunted loyalty :of the " Yeomen of England" was for the moment forgotten. In fact, they_ were not merely contented with professing neutra lity, or declaring their intention to let the agrarian tumult proceed without let or hindrance, but some more of the v mpaorrt,and more energetic were prepared to take a stillT h r e e s ta e in vi i g n o t r h o e u i s r arm ' s ' . , t , o exercise the strength they demonstrations and bold words were, however, insufficient to stimulate their ac knowledged leaders. The Honourable Member for Buckingham s hi re , an d the other cbtiefooe wof the party, would d upon. T not ente re abandon the cautioush ey were policy the well y a r e deli berately of the disastrous results that must f ollow from a decisive and unequivocal defeat to ha zar d th e encounter. ecisive " But rush in where angels fear to tread," and GEANTLEY BERKELEY was ready to lead the "forlorn hope." The new-fledged zeal so remark able in all recent converts perhaps stimulated the Lion. Gentleman to the desperate undertaking, or,, probably, he was anxious to induce the public to forget the "family jars" in which he had played so conspicuous a part—or, possibly, he might have dis covered oig his elder brother—the the exposure some ingenuous device for n her—the head of his hou se -- ao3 n in f the representatives for th e county of Gloucester. and would-be nominat or o The Protectionists willingly ; they entered not into his perhaps, by feelings simil a r m a c o c t e i p v t e e s d , t a t tl e d p i r n o ti ff u e r e e n d c e a d i ! to those which induce the Moslem to give the "post of honour" and of "danger" to renegades, they permitted the Honourable Gentleman to lead the vanguard, and introduce the long .expected motion. It is scarcely necoaary to allude to the debate. If THE SUN', any question has received full and ample discussion— if any principle has been definitively and irrevocably settled, it is that of " free trade." Further pro gress must be made; certain existing restrictions must be abolished, but there can be no retrogression or reaction. Mr. BERKELEY, who still calls himself a Free-trader (a Free-trader--GOD save the mark !) desired, because some obnoxious taxes were still re tained, to reimpose the most objectionable of all— " the tax upon bread," on the food of the people, for the benefit of the privileged few. It was not, per haps, the " corn of England" so much as the " corn of the tropics" that the Honourable Gentleman was looking to. He might not object to the abolition of the "bread monopoly" if the "sugar monopoly" could still be retained. But one measure of relief naturally followed the other, and the West India proprietor sympathised ationgly with the landocracy of England at the grievance they had sustained, of being no longer able to maintain artificial prices, and to preserve taxes that had been originally imposed, not for the purposes of revenue, but 'of protection Hence his abjuration of his former errors," and his readiness to bring forward; resolutions totally op posed to the principle which heh‘d formerly sustained by his votes. The division was, however, too decisive for us to quarrel with the Hon. Gentleman for having pro duced a result so very satisfactory. His motion was negatived by a majority of 114-184 only having sup ported, while 298 opposed any further consideration of "the Acts relating to tbe importation of foreign corn." We can now understand the reason why► Mr- DISRAELI refused to bring forward such a resolution. The Honourable Member, indeed, candidly ac knowledged that , " it was not one which, had be been consulted, he, would, have recommended. If he had thought such a motion ought talave been made, he would either . have proposed it himself or asked some person more competent to do so." Mr. GRANTLRY BERKELEY was clearly not the champion he would have selected ; and, indeed, we cannot wonder at his unequivocal displeasure. His well considered system of tactics has been overturned by the rashness and hardihood of the recruit; the strength of his party has been annihilated through the obstinacy of the new convert; his forces have been dissipated and dispersed, and he must now en-' deavour to re-organize bis forces, and to commence de novo. In the meantime we wish the Protectionists much joy of their acquisition ; we give them their new ally with all our hearts. There are, we believe, few of the Free-traders who will not join with Mr. COBDEN, that if asked to " make a present of one of their colleagues," they would not have selected the Hon. Gentleman, the' hopeful scion of the ancient house of BSREELET, as the, person to be freely sur rendered. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, We have received the Paris journals of.. yesterday. The Ministers received a severe check in the As sembly on Monday, a check which seems to be Ominous of the fate of the Electoral Bill. In the de bate on the Budget, M. Custrens proposed an amendment, rendering each Minister personally re sponsible for any expenses he might incur without the authorization of the, Assembly. This proposition, which was opposed by the Minister of Finance and the Minister of Justice, and which is tantamount to a vote of want of confidence, was carried by a majority of 85, th e numbers being for the amend ment 361, against it, 276. • The Patrie says that the Proctireur-General of the Republic will be guilty of a dereliction of duty if he does not demand an stithcirization to prosecute M. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, for having been guilty of a provocation to insurrection in his recently-published protest against the Electoral Bill. The following modifications are said to have been made in the Bill by the Committee : " 1. It has been decided that individuals shall be inscribed on the eleetoral lists who can prove. that they have been inscribed for more than three years on the list of those who are bound to give a certain portion of labour (prestations en nature) for the vicinal roads.- 2. The mayor in drawing up the electoral list shall be assisted by assessors chosen by the Juge de Paix amongst the electors residing in the commune. The dis putes relative to the inscriptions on the list, or the strik ing out or electors, shall be carried before the Juge de Paix.-3. Difficulties which may arise relative to the re fusal of fathers, masters, or employers, to deliver certi ficates of residence to their sons, domestics, or work men, shalealso be submitt e d t o he jurisdiction of the Juges de Pala, who, where the three years' residence is clearly proved, may order the inscription on the list." . Petitions against the . Bill are coming in from all parts of the country. Among these is One signed by MM. ARMAND MARRAST, GOUDCHAUX, RECCE; BASTIDE, and other members of the Committee of the Constitution in the Constituent Assembly. It is abundantly clear, therefore, that the authors of the Constitution consider any attempt to limit universal suffrage that may be made, except by a Constituent Assembly properly convened, as illegal. M. Durlrt is, it is said, also of this opinion, and he has therefore purposely absented himself from the Assembly during the discussion. A 'telegraphic dispatch was sent to him , by the Ministers on Mon " day, urging him to return and resume his place as President. His absence is considered a stronger protest against the measure than 'would be the most eloquent speech. Even General CHANGARNIER quails before the firm yet calm attitude assumed by the people, and is obliged to temper the violence of the reactionary measures which the Ministers would fain adopt. General CaANGARNIIR, who has taken some pains to inform himself of the real state of the feelings of the soldiers, is now convinced that the warning given by General Lssiontmena from the tribune to all violators of the Constitution, is a warning not to be despised.. The Ministers wished to dismiss all colonels and officers of the National Guards who should sign petitions against the elec toral law.. General CIIANGARNIXR said they might as well dissolve the National Guards, as the men would take part with the officers, and the troops of the line would not be inclined to act against the NatiOnal Guards. The insurrection in the Soane et Loire is spread ing ; the insurgents were still in possession of Creusot when the- last accounts left. • • The Patrie 853 8— • . - " Tne workmen of the coal basin of the Creusot are in open revolt, to the numbers of 5,000 or 6,000. Th ere is something besides a question of ,nages 'Mixed up in thicstrike; but the Gov e rnment hi in a position to re establish order." • The Con.stitufionnel has the follow ing " A dispatch from General de Castel , aue has reached the Government, which confirms and . explains the ru mours relative to the insurrection of the coal-miners of the Creusot. We have told how some workmen, who. had been arrested, were rescued from the hands of jus tice. The arrival of the law officer of the department had for effect, to give the insurrection a more consider able development, and the number of insurgents is esti „rested at from' 7,000 to 8,000. Troops w e r e immedi raktelly.doorednedrteedu t a J n e t hise s o p f o a t, n a a n tu d r i e h t e o last e d t i n s p l l a a tc n h x e o t f y G a e s n teo the results." A , singul a r l e tt er appears in the National, s,igntd by 'Alum; ex-Prefect of Corsica ; ADAM, ex- Mayor o f th e Ist Arrondissement of Paris ; and BOUILLON, ei-lieutenant Colonel of the 2d Legion of National Guards, certifying the following state. went :~ — - • " Colonel Laborde, representative of the people, a _particular friend o f t h e President, with whom be h adi been condemned for the Boulogne affair, assured only the day before yesterday (11th of May), that M. Berryer and other Legitimists addressed 'him about i month ago, at the Chamber, in pre sence of Gepiral liontholon, for sake of recom 'Mending that 'they 'should advise the President that it was time for him to come to an understanding with the Bourbons, who would ensure him a imitable position; but that it he-did not make' haste to treat: he would be lost. before two months had expired." colons k further admitted: that he had related the conversation to the Prince himself. ,PARIS BOURSE, MAY • 14.--Latest Prices—Pive per 88f. 70c. ; Three per Cents., 551.; B an k o f BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS A T THE LONDON STOCK-IaeIIANOE, MAT 14. Bo Prance, Cents 2,073 f. \- and Liege, 6 -'Northern of Franc e , t 12—Orlean s and Bour- IA deiu t x :lo , g r ne and Amiens, 6—Dutch Rhenish, 176—N amur _ Plaiiand Rouea, 20 A. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 9th have arrived ; they cosain no news of interest. The Bolus Was closed on the 9th. GERMANY. it yt in Z l n tj c:d a of the Allied States, the approval by Prussia of this amendments proposed in the Constitution by the ' o t t i l le the Pr l u O s tb si , a t u o P th r e im h e li M nis in te is re Erfurth Parliament. ,The Wienei• :- Zeitung of the 9th publishes the re port addressed to the Austrian Minister of Finance by the commission charged to make propositions relative to the organic disposition of the bank. It appears from this report, which is dated February 26, that the bank possessed only the sum of 30,372,600 florins in cash, whereas the bills of ex change and other papers in circulation amounted to 338,973,742 florins. The commission unanimously recognises that the basis of the circulation id Austria ought to be re-established in nume rary, and it proposes that in future any transactions ier?ootiffinctiaßll . „ LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, in petty trade shall be conducted exclusively on the numerary system whenever it does not exceed the sum of 10 florins. The commission therefore pro poses that small copper coins of the value of kreutzer, I ditto, 1 kreutzer, and 2 ditto, shall be issued ; silver coins of the value of 5, 10, and 20 kreutzers, and of 1 and 2 florins ; said gold coin of 5, 10, and 20 florins. The com mission also unanimously recommends that only one species of paper money shall be put in circulation for facilitating large negotiations, and that there shall be a guarantee that these notes can be at any time changed by the holder, at the national and branch banks, for the coin of the realm ; that the only paper money in circulation shall consist of that issued by the National Bank, and that these notes shall not be issued at a lower rate than ten florins. HOLLAND. THS HAGUE, MAT 11.—The Handelabad says : " We learn from an authentic source that the Go vernment does not intend to dissolve the Second Chamber after the adoption of the electoral and other organic lawa which now occupy the States-General. It is rather intended that there shall be a short session in the middle of September. The First Chamber, on the other hand, will be dissolved in order to its re election by the provincial states.—Journal du Com merce, May 13. TURKEY. Accounts from Constantinople of the 27th ult. state that the insurrection in the Island of Samos had again broken out. Disturbances have also oc curred at Bagdad and in the Syrian cities. THE lONIAN ISLANDS. The Gazetta di Corfu of the 27th ult. publishes a Parliamentary resolution, confirmed by the Lord High Commissioner, by which all goods transported by the Austrian Lloyd steamer from Corfu, Cepha lonia, and &rite are exempted from the Customs duty of fire per cent. formerly imposed. on to-d :ta b s y s T the Atlantic ct haslton E h r ada T v , M eryd A ep T res, l 4 4 ng —he e T ffect intMelliteignC Ts ars market. It has sent up the price of - yarns l A d. to V.—) and in some instances even more, over the rate of this day week. The consequence has been an almost total stagnation in the yarn market. Except for the East India market (numbers ranging from 50's up to 90's and 100's, upon which of course the advance in the price of cotton is not so couch felt) few purchases have been made. In lower numbers, unless it may be for the completion of pressing orders, under contract, little or nothing has been done. The goods market has experienced little alteration in prices. The demand for shirtings is tolerably good, 36 and 40-inch T cloths are dull of sale, and decidedly unremunerative. Taßisuss Timm—Exactly twelve months since we announced the fact of a large amount of treasure being found in an old clipper, bought by two watermenafter being engaged in the coal trade, but which craft had been captured several years previously when engaged in that abominable traffic the slave trade. It gives ns great pleasure in an nouncing that the same good luck has fallen to the share of her Majesty's steam-sloop Cormorant, Commander H. Schomberg, one of whose prizes, an empty slave barque of. 382 tou t arrived at St. Helena on the 6th Mitch last, in charge of Mr. G. C. Smith, master's assistant of the above steam-sloop. The barque had had a tedious passage of forty-eight-days from the Brazils, but the voyage was somewhat enlivened by the discovery of between five and six thousand dollars headed up in a farinha cask: She was the third prise made since the Cormorant arrived on the station, but the first sent to the prize court at St. Helena for condemnation, the others being burnt, unseaworthy.—Nau heal Standard. Posr-orricE NOTICE.—The following notice has been sent to the deputy-postmasters, by command of the Postmaster-General :—General Post-office, May , 12, 1850.-- It is found that many postmasters still forward, on the Saturday night, in their "London through" bundles, letters and newspapers which ought to be kept over for the dispatch to London of the following day, via., letters for London and the London district; letters for foreign parts; inland letters, prepaid by money; unpaid letters; letters for Guernsey and Jersey; and newspapers. Particular attention must be paid to the previous instructions, which direct that the " London through" bundles are to contain none but stamped forward letters, and the State's or Government letters. INF° registered letters, unpaid letters, or letters pre-paid by money, or news. papers, are to be sent, nor any letters addressed to London or the London district, except the Government letters. Postmasters at the outports must, however, forward to Lan don, as usual, all foreign, colonial, and ship letters landed at those ports. ILL-TREATMENT OF A LUNATIC. —Kingston-upon- Thames has been in a state of excitement in consequence of certain facts brought to light a few days back by a brick. layer and his labourers in their repairs of a house. It ap pears that whilst these men were at work a young woman opened a window, and communicated to them that she had been imprisoned in a room at the top of a house for several years and treated as a lunatic by her relations, and that her incarceration was in consequence of certain claims to pro perty under her father's will. The report made by the bricklayer and his men caused considerable sensation in the town, and in consequence of what transpired the business was brought before the magistrates, who, after an investiga tion, instructed their clerk (Mr. Jemmett) to see that the young woman was forthwith removed to a more comfortable and healthy apartment, that she had not only medical but other attendance, that her diet should be such as was proper and nutritious, and that she should have out-door exercise when necessary, and these regulations they insisted on ; and they did not separate without expressing their acknowledg ment of the services rendered by the parochial authorities and police. LONDON HOSPITAL MEDICAL ScitooL.—The me• dais and honorary certificates awarded for the past winter session were publicly distributed on Tuesday, May 14, in the library of the hospital, Mr. C. B. Stutfield, chairman of the house committee, presiding. Hospital gold medali, presented by the governors of the hospital for zeal and humanity in attendance on the patients:—Medical—Henry Hanks, Bath. Surgical—George Cochrane Millar, Finsbury. Medicine— Senior class—Gold medal - Robert Brudenell Carter, Tiver ton. Honorary certificate—Thomas Peete, Margate. Junior class—Silver medal—Alf re d Adams Mantel', Bilton. Hono rary certificate—Ridley Porter, Bi s h o p sga t e. S urgery— Senior class—Gold medal—George Edmund Smale, Ply mouth. Honorary certificate—William Thomas Bell, Great Grimsby. Junior class.=Silver medal—Robert Brudenell Carter. Anatomy and Physiology—Senior class--Gold medal—Alonzo Henry Stocker, Chelsea; George Edmund Smale, Plymouth. Chemistry—First silver medal—William Horder Sheppard. Shaftesbury. Second silver medal—Tho mas Busby Jeffs, Finsbury. Forensic Medicine —Silver medal—Alonzo Henry Stocker. Honorary certificate— Bernard Charles Beale, Bow. Botany—Silver medal— Alonzo Henry Stocker. Honorary certificate—William Henry Harris, Barnstaple; Owen Jeffries Llewellyn, Fuel dington, Devon. PARLIAMEE TART Rzroum.—A meeting of the Bethnal-green Reform Society was held on Monday evening, at the Norfolk Arms, William-street, Bethnal-green, which was numerously attended; Mr. Joseph Dean in fhe chair. Mr. Hackman, one of the delegates to the National Reform Conference, made his report, which was approved and adopted. The meeting then proceeded to take into consi deration the principal objects of the society, which were to obtain the elective franchise for all persons living in houses for which the landlord pays the rates and taxes, without the necessity of claiming to be rated to every rate made during the four quarters of the year. The chairman stated that a Bill had been prepared by Sir William Clay to remedy the evil, who was now in communication with the Government and the law officers of the Crown on the subject. Mr. Wick ham urged upon the meeting the importance of watching most closely the progress of this Bill, which there was too much reason to fear would be rendered nugatory by the Go vernment officials. The naeeting resolved to act upon Mr. Wlckhain's suggestion. SIR R. PEEL AND MR. ICHARSEY. Mr. Kear sey having written to Sir Robert Peel that he had been seventeen years a farmer, and yet never earned so mach dur ing that time as in the seventeen last months since he be came a trader, Sir R. Peel has caused the following reply to be sent :—" John Kearsey, Esq., Warnford, Bishop's Wal tham, Hants.—Sir,—l.am directed by Sir Robert Peel to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 30th March, and to thank you., for its communication. You observe that you gained more money in seventeen months' trading than you had gained in seventeen years' farming of a good estate in Barks, of 5,0001. stocking, and that farming has long been an unprofitable trade. During the seventeen years of farm ing to which you refer, or a very considerab l e portion of the time, there were high duties on, the import of foreign agri cultural produce, and yet they did not avail to secure you a profitable return on your capital and skill applied to farm. ing ; he concludes, therefore, that you would not look to the restoration of such duties as a remedy for agricultural dis tress.— I ant, sir, your most obedient servant, A. W. P EEL. ... Drayton Manor, April 1." INSPECTION OF TED HOUSEEOLD Tnoors.--(Tuze DAY.) —The fineness of the weather this morning attracted A vast crowd of spectators to witness t h e inspection of the Household Troops, which took p l ace in the presence of his Grace the Commander-in-Chief, his Royal High ness P rince ' t A h l e be ak CeborfatiCearmdblrilid.egeF,4CsiloleoenreGl oufartdhe his Royal Highness Coldstream Guards, and a brilliant staff of officers. The troops looked extremely clean and healthy, and went through their evolutions with marked precision and nicety. PETTY SESSIONS CLERKS (IRELAND).—From a return ordered by the House of Commons it appears 'that the number of petty sessions in I reland is 595, which furnish employment to 555 clerks , 47 of who m hold two, and 7 three petty sessions. The amount of fees paid to clerks was, 1849, 16,2011.155. 10d. THE RinNons BILL S YSTEM.— Lieutenant Arthur Royal Artillery ,l roncondition that he should was yesterday dis chargedappropriate a certain s um from his pay for the li qu id ation of Wiiliam by the I o fn sotlhveenEt his debts. The cause of his insolvency was the acceptance of various accommodation bills for a brother officer, Lieute nant Burchell, who is alse in prison. The Jew bill-dis• coonters obtained, by this abominable system, from the se young men bills sad securities to the amount of 775/, th e money advanced for which amounted to only 80!. The tuna actions only extended over the space of a year. At the Lambeth Police-court yesterday the corp. dramatiqus of a penny theatre , r ecently opened UI Lock's fields, were sentenced to 20s. fine, or fourteen days' imprison ment each, for performing without a licence. Sidney Robert Sparked and Charles Stanley, alias Nixon, charged with having in various instances ob tained money under the false pretence of providing persons with situations—with being, in short, keepers of a sham agency office—were yesterday remanded from Bow -street. Mr. Jardine refused to admit them to bail. g servatory, l w l ee e i nie at afi th d e al l y oy r a e l ad o in b bar T om il e S te l r V i ß n A T the E pact ß of the Greenwich, was 29'577. The mean temperature was 46'7 deg., and was less by 54 deg. than the average of the same week in seven years. On every day it was less than the average, but especially on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, when the decrease was from seven to nine degrees. The wind was generally in the north -cast and south-west. The body of a Custom-house officer, named Sta. pleford, whose disappearance from the Dutch brig Pallas, at Portsmouth, about two months since, caused considerable excitement was picked up floating near the shore off Hayling Island, on Sunday last. In the -Bankruptcy Court yesterday Mr. Commis sioner Fonblangne adjourned the examination of Hen r y R ose sine die, and refused him protection fur a single hour. The bankrupt had carried on busnets in Mancheater Asa brewer. MAY MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TW 0 O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 6,000 bales, of which 1,000 American were taken for export, and 3,000 on speculation. The market closed firmly with American nearly id. per lb. higher.— The market for Railway Shares opened firmly at former rates, but closed rather heavily. In the Corn Market to-day prices are firm. A larger demand has arisen for Sugar, and the quota tions are better supported. The public sales of Indigo, comprising 12,214 chests, began last evening, and are proceeding rather quietly. The qualities of the Bengal, as we are advised by Messrs. Wilkinson and Jewesbury, well-known brokers in the trade, are about three fourths middling and ordinary, and one-fourth good and fine; the Madras one-ihird ordinary, and two-thirds good and fine; the Kurpah, two-thirds middling ordinary, and one-third good and fine; the Java very fine; tha;Manilla oldinury, with one or two chests good; the Bombay very ordinary. The room presented rather a thin attendance both of foreign and home buyers. The sales opened with a parcel of fine Bengal, consisting of 306 sheds of the mark I. and R. W., and was about half sold at 3d. per lb. above January rates; prices were from 3s. 9d. to ss. 4d. per lb., but without competition; there was only one cheat at the former price, the chief proportion ranging above 4s. 9d. per lb. The advance upon Kurpah and Madras has l:ren full 31 to 4d. per lb., and these rates ruled throughout yesterday. 1,187 chests passed yesterday, of which 217 were withdrawn, 210 bought in, and 760 sold. It is understood that the Canada Reciprocity Bill, which was some time since re-committed to the Com mittee on Commerce, in the United States Legislature, will be again reported to the House, together with a correspondence between the Committee on Commerce and the Secretary of State, and between the Secretary of State and the British Minister, in which the British Minister communicates to the American Government his power to pledge they British Government to open the river St. Lawrence and the adjacent canals, to Ameri can citizens and to American shipping. This cor respondence was instituted by the Committee on Com merce, to avoid the necessity of introducing into the Reciprocity Bill any feature which could make this Bill in itself a measure of reciprocity with the Imperial Government, and thus open the same privileges to other nations with: , whicti the Unitod States have commercial treaties containing the c l au s e commonly called " the most favoured nation clause," that is, the clause which promises to put the nation with which the treaty is concluded on the terms of the most favoured nation. The pledge of the British Minister is considered full and satisfactory, and the whole region of the north west is deeply interested in this privilege. The unfair and shuffling conduct of certain of the direc tors of the Madrid and Valencia Railway excites the highest degree of indignation in .the City, , but does not discourage the shareholders in their belief of ultimate and entire satisfaction for past disappointments. A party interested writes as follows: "Sir,—As you have in your valuable paper ex posed the proceedings of the Madrid end Valencia Railway Company, I expected before now you would have stated what steps have been taken against the di rectors, individually and collectively, to secure the 110,0001. they have to account for, according to a stet , - went published by a Mr. E H. Linda, the only item in which it appears to me they can object to is the 9,0001. for interest on the 75,0004 for if they have been wing ' the money tor 'their own purpose, they may not like to pay interest for it. All that has yet beers shown against it is, the secretary swears that about 3.000 shares have been bought in with the company's money, at about 11. per share. Mr. Waley committed a gross error in de claring that part of the 3,7001. received from the bank was taken i) pay the six millions Spanish stock, the cost of which is oharesi in the account rendered to the 31st of December, 1846. Nor can it be supposed the Spanish Government would give up one security before it had another. The secretary declares Mr. Chadwick received the interest on.tbat stock, which is about 1.900/. per annum. Care should be taken to prevent any of the directors getting out of the jurisdiction of the court. Let them prove , their set-off to the account. As to Mr. Rose's claim, it is all fudge; when his account is examined it will be found Mr. C., his kind father-in-law, has overpaid him, for the company cannot have to pay fur Pattison, Wells, Neale, and others; he must look to his clients. As to the books, they are of minor consideration after Mr. L.'s plain account; probably they may only be duplicates of the. North Wales Company's. It is therefore to be hoped that the official manager and his solicitor will lose no time in securing the large amount proved to be due by all the directors. " May 15, 1850. " A SHAREHOLDER." We adverted a few days since to the imperative ne• cessity of a generous line of policy being adopted to wards the railway companies, which are nearly crushed by improvident engagements formerly contracted, and it is highly pleasing to see that the holders of Caledonian preference stock have come forward to set an excellent ex ample by a voluntary sacrifice of part of their indisput ableclaims. The difference to them may notprove serious, but to the company it will be most valuable, and we trust the other guaranteed creditors will act in a like The Funds are very steady. and the signal defeat of the Protectionists counteracts the still unsettled cha racter of the French news. Consols are 96* to for Transfer, and 96i j for Account. Exchequer-bills are 68s. to 71s. premium. Bank Stock is firm at 206 f. In the Foreign Market Spanish Five per Cents. are 17j -a, and the Three per Cents. 37k. Another good remittance, about 70,000 dollars, is advised as being on board the Medway" steamer, for the dividends on Mexican Bonds, which are now quoted 29e Peru vian Active have touched 74} and 75i. Railway Shares are not fully supported, but look well generally. 15, 1850. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAY 15.—Wil:d at (10011 ' N.N.W.. freF breeze and fine, but cloudy ar tames. Bacon] 30 (Fair PARIS, MAY 15.—The Suns Souci, sld from Pond. cherry on the 10th of October last, bound to Reunion, and had not reached her destination on the 22d cf February. The Viadiiner left Rd.whelle on the 27th of January, bound to New York, and had not reached that port on the 20th of April. BANGOR, MAY 14.—A large piece of a vessel's stern, with " Waterwitch " in gilt letters on it, was picked up a few days since in Redwharf Bay. LIMERICK, MAY 13. Wind N.W. Sld. Mercers, New York ; Lively, Boston ; Victoria, Quebec; Tom Bowline, Quebec. LONDONDERRY.—SId.Leander, New York. SHIELDS, MAY 14.—Wind N.E.—SId. Aphrodite, Ce% ton; Sea Nymoh. Boston. DEAL. MAY 14.—Wind N.W. to W. and W.S.W.— Arrd. tlurchaie, St. Kitt's. Arra. from the River, Eleanor. Barbadoes; Caroline_, Jamaica. PORTSMOUTH. MAY 14.—Wind W. to N.W.—Sld. Plenty, Mtramicbi. LIVERPOOL. IlAy 14.—Wind W.N.W. to N.N.W.— Sld. Avoca, Panama; St. Helier, Rio Grande. Off port, Martha, Sh&tllcross, Buenos Ayres. PLYMOUTU, MAY 14.—Wind N.—Sld. Emily , Ade laide and Port Philip. FALMOUTH, MAY 14.—Wind N.—Arrd. Somerset shire, Symons, Sierra Leone. NEWPORT, MAY 13.—Wind N.E.—Sld. Mary Melia, Boston, United States. WHITSTABLE, MAY I4.—Three sails, marked " Guil ford, sailmaker, N. Shields" have been seizA, supposed to have been taken from a vessel lost on the Whittaker Sand. A wood stocked anchor, marked " Esttr, Lon don," and 30fms. chain, h ave b een l an d e d ; a l so , an iron stocked anchor of 7 cwt., and 45 fors of chain, taken up half-a-mile E. of Shivering Sand. QUARTER TO THREE ... 96i ... 96k Consols ... •• • Ditto, Account, June 12 ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS O'CLOCK. PRICES. , ails btuci. - ..... 2064, 206 'A z 31 er Cent. Reduced Anna ... 95 t,4 1 4 95% 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities .......: 96%14 96 •11 IsLw 3 1 4 per Anne.-- . . ...... 97 97 1 4 97% C.Jng Anna. to expire J an. 1860 -16 8 8 1 4 India Stock — India Bonds, 1,000/....' BB 90 90 p Ditto under 1,000 t.. .. ....-.. p BB 90 p 90 p South Sea Stock .. omits for Account 96!4 X 96;4 t;xchequer Bills. 1 1 4, , 1. & 2(1 1,0001. June 6B 71 p 5001. June Small. June 6B 71 p ONE CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES razilian Lion& Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839 - 86% Buenos AyreS Bonds, 6 per Cent-- Danish 80nd5,1825,3 per Cent. - Ditto 5 per Cent. ' 9B Ditto, Scrip Grenada Bonds, 1 1 / per Cent — Mexican. F. per Cent. 1846, with Coupons— Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons ....... 29 1 4 23 293 ia Ditto, Account Peruyian Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto, Account 77 1 4 Ditto Deferred Portuguese 6 per Cents. Ditto, 4 per Cent. Russian • Bonds —' Ditto, 4 1 4 per Cent Ditto Scrip ......... 8 3% 3% p Spanish b per Cont. Is4o ............ 17 % i 4 17 1 4 Ditto. Account Ditto. 3 per Cent Dividends on the abov e payable in Loudon, . Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild. .. 55% Ditto, Account ........ Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 85% ' 85% PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSIN.3 RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. beideen Birmingham and Ox turd Janet., calls duly Paid, or with a guaran. 20 Do, without guarantee 20 Buckinghamshire ...... 17% Caledonian Do. New 101. Pref. ....... 10 Cheater and Holyhead... 50 ....... ....... Eastern Counties.... 2O ...... 7% 7l Do., New Pref,rence, . 6 per Cent........... 10 Ditto,Extension, 5 per . Cent., No.l 6/.138.4d.... p ....... ...... .% i Ditto ditto. No. 2...61. 136.4 d... 1 1' p........... 1 , East Lancashire 2s' • — East. Lincoln.shire, guar. 6 per Cent. Great Northern Do., % A Deferred ... 12 1 4...... 2% • 2U Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 12 1 4. 1 53 0% ...... ..... Great. Western 100, Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ...... 94 94% Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 ' — Do. Fifths.... ...... ..... 10 Do. New, Gua.6 perch 10 L )radon; Brighton., and. South Coast... ..., .100 Do., New, guaranteed 6 per Cent lOO 135 137• 197 London and N Western 100' 10 2 1,4% 1023 Ditto; New Quarters 12 D:tte, Fift "a ' . 12 .« .. 1136..... ..... London & &Western ..109 ...... 60 ....... Do. New 401. Manoheater,Buxton,and - • Matlock Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire ..100 - .... ....... ...• .... Ditto, New XL Pref... 10. Midland .... ......... .....100 ...... 334 ......... North British ........ ... 25 ' North Staffordshire ... 17% 7 14 7 14 Scottish Central ' 25 •••••• 12% •••••11...•••• 12% South Eastern Do., No. 3 ....... ...... 30 ...... 18 1 4 1 3 14 Do., Registered No. 4 10 South Wales Wear Valley 6 per Cent Guaranteed ... .. Do. do. do. ... 25 W;lts. Somerset,BsWey mouth ... .~ York, Newcastle, and Berwie.k. .... .......,.., 2iS Do, Newcastle Eaten. 20 Do. G.N.E. Preference 8 York and North Midland 50 Ditto. Preference lO •••• . ......... I'ORFIGN RAILW 7 1 A AYS, Namnr and Liege ...... 20 .... .„ ..... ....... 614 Northern of France Paris and Strasbourg.... 13 ...... ..... ..... ......, 5 Sambre and limas 2O .- .. ',IVA 2 1,4 MINES. Coke Copper 86 1 4 53 ex d 973% 73 4 1) 16% MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY CORN EXCHANGE -WEDNESDAY. Scarcely any English Wheat was on offer in to-day's mark.t. The demand, however, was far from active; yet Monday's quotations were well supported in every instance. Very few offers reached us from the East coast to ship Wheats at ruling prices. The imports of Foreign Wheat have been confined to 3,560 quarters, chiefly from the Bsltic. Fine parcels were held firmly at the late advance. In the middling and inferior kin is very little was doing. Scarcely any Barley was br , ught forward; grinding anfl distilling sorts mosed off freely, at full rates of cnrreucy; malting parcels were quite as dear. We had a steady inquiry for Malt, the prices of which were well supporteo. Oats, the supply of which was very small, sold at 6d per quarter more money. Beans, Peas, Indian Corn, and Flour, were unaltered in value. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Oats. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Sacks English •• •• .• 830 460 1,570 910 Scotch ..... • .. Irish .... .... Foreign Barley. Malt. Flour, 3,560 I 1,270 I 3,770 BOROUGH MOP Itt.a.S4JLET- Our market continues ♦ery inactive; )et holders are not disposed to accept lower prices. Prime Beef, Mutton and Lamb, commanded a steady sale at full prices. In other kinds of meat only a limited business was doing. Beef from 2s to 3s 01; Mutton, 2s 8d to 3s 10d; Lamb, 4s 4d to 54 8d; Veal, 2s 8d to 3s 4d; and Pork, 3s to 4s per 81bs, by the Citetlite. QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prito,at Guildhall, bdire Lord CAMP HELL and a Common Jury.) HETHERINGTON V. WCORMIC. This was an action brought to recover damages for an assault and false imprisonment. Mr. Lush was counsel for the plaintiff, and Mr. O'Mal ley represented the defendant. The plaintiff is a Parliatnentary agent and debt collector, and the defendant is a tradesman residing in Fleet street. It appeared that the plaintiff, who had been an attorney in Ireland, having been reduced in circumstances, came to England, when he became connected with the defendant in certain busi ness transactions, and in November last the defendant, thinking he had some cause of complaint against the plaintiff, gave him into custody on a charge of em bezzling 21. 45., as he (the plaintiff) was walking down Fleet-street on his way to his chambers. Ile was then taken before the police magistrate at Guildhall. by whom he was detained in custody from the 19th of November until the 16th December, and then discharged. Witnesses having been called to prove these facts. Mr. O'MALLEY addressed the jury for the defence, contending that the reputation of the plaintiff had sus tained no injury. The charge against him only fell to the ground for want of legal evidence to support it. The plaintiff had himself admitted his moral guilt. There were several charges of a like description against the plaintiff, and on one of them he had been committed to Newgate, though afterwards discharged. The defen dant, he submitted, was only liable for the imprison ment of the plaintiff until the remand took place. Lord CAMPBELL told the jury the sole question for them was the amount of damegPs. The plaintiff was net entitled to damages beyond the time of the remand. He thought this was hardly a case for nominal damages, as the defendant had taken the law into his own hands. The defendant had no: proved that a felony was com mitted; therefore it must be assumed that the charge against the plaintiff was unfounded. The defendant had, on the other hand, acted on very excusable motives in giving the plaint:ff into custody, and that being so, he (Lord Campbell) did not think it was an aggravated case. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damagei, one farthing. EXCHEQUER. --(THIS DAY.) The second sittings at Nisi Prins, in the city, were held to-day, but nothing transpired of the slightest pub lic interest or importance. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) -• A respectably-attired man, who spoke with the ac cent of an Irishman, was charged ,under the following circumstances:— Police-constable F 16 stated, that yesterday afternoon he met the prisoner in Crown -street. Holborn, carrying a child, about nine years of age. The prisoner was in-, toxicated, and the c hild appear ed to b e insensible from drink. He sent the prisoner in custody of another con stable to the station, while he himself took the child to the h ospital, where it was found to be in a dangerous state, but its stomach was relieved of its foul contents, and now the child was only suffering from the langour produced by the drink it had taken. ;- The father of the child, who appeared to be a me chanic, stated that all he knew of th e prisoner wit• simply this : —S ome time ago he introduce') a lodgsr to his house. Yesterday he called to see this lodger, and too' that opportunity of getting possession a f rho child, by inducing the wife to let it go to a neighbouring pawn shop to redeem a scart for him. Nothing was heard o . the child till the police-constable came with the informa -1 tion that it was in the hospital. The prisoner admitted his statement to be correct, and told the magistrate that beton ., he got to the pawn shop he met a friend, who invited him to have some drink, and this person gave the child two glasses of rum. Mr. HENRY asked if the child was a male or a female? —The father replied that the child was a female. The child was not sufficiently recovered to admit of her being removed from the hospital. Mr. IlEstriv, therefore, remanded the case until she could attend to give evidence in the case. P 7t p ADLER'S WELLS THEATRE. PERFORMANCE IN AID OF THE FUNDS OF THE GRAND EXHIBITION OF 18511 All honour to Messrs. Greenwood and Phelps for having set an example which, we trust, will be followed not only by all metropolitan managers, but by all pro vincial managers also. They, to-morrow, give a per formance at the Theatre Royal Sadler's Wells, the entire receipts accruing from which will be given in aid of the funds of the Grand Exhibition of 1851. the expenses of the evening being defrayed by the management. This liberality on the part of Messrs. Greenwood and Phelps is almost unparalleled in the history of theatricals, and accordingly we are rejoiced to find that their conduct has been so highly appreciated that H. R. H. the Duke of Cambridge has consented that the performances shall be under his most gracious patronage, and ,that his Royal Highness has taken a box, and signified his intension to honour them with his presence ; that the Duchess of Sutherland, and several others of the nobility have taken boxes and will also be present, and that he following gentlemen have consented to act as a committee :—Charles Dickens, Esq., Leigh Hunt, Esq., Charles Kemble, Esq., Douglas Jerrold, Esq., John Forster, Esq., CbGrles Knight, Esq., Sheridan Knowles, Esq., R. H. Horne, E, q., J. W. Marston, Eeq., T. K. H ervey, Esq., Charles Cowden Clark, Esq., Lord Nugent, M.P., Lard Dudley C. Stuart, M. P., Richard Monck ton Milnes, Esq., M. P., W. M. Thackerey, Esq. John Oxenford, EN , D. Maclise, Esq., R.A., EL F. Chorley, Esq., J. A. Heraud, Esq., F. G. Tom- Tins, Esq., G. Daniel, Esq., Carkson Stanfield, Esq., R.A. The peformance will commence with an Address written by R. 11. Horne, Eeq., which will be spoken by Mr. Phelps, after which the National Anthem will be sting. This will be followed by four acts of Shakepere's Henry VIII. , after which Mr. R. H. Horne will appear as Shy lock, in the trial scene of the Merchant of Venice. This will be succeeded by a grand coucart,:in which Miss Dolby, Miss Lucombe, Miss Lanza,Miss Lizzie Stuart, Herr Ernst, Mr. Whitworth. Mr. Travers, Mr. G. Tedder Mr. G. F. Kiallmark, Mr Sedgwick, Herr Mengis, and other eminent performers, who have kindly given their valuable assi,tance, will appear. The whole will conclude with the farce of the Silent Woman. Again, we say, all honour to Messrs. Greenwood and Phelps for the liberal manner in which they hsve come forward in support of a great national object, and may the excel lent example which they have been the first to set be followed by every other manner in the kingdom. " AWFUL- SACRIFICE" Tit ADESMEN.—one Of these generous, disinterested, sacrificing gentlemen had stuck upon every other pane of glass, "Selling off • no reasonable offer refused--must close on Saturday." This man once offered himself as bail, or security, in some case which was brought before a magistrate. The magistrate asked him if he was worth 2001. ; he said " Yes." " But you are about to remove, are you not ?" "No." " Why you wrote up 'Selling .off.'" " Yes; every shopkeeper is selling of , " You say, 'No reasonable offerwill bg refused.'" W hy, I should be very unreasonable if I did refuse such off ers ." "But you say you ' Must close on Saturday ' " "T o b e sure: you w. , uld not have me open on Sunday, would you ?" ...-Liverpool Paper. ita kit,The Earl of Lincoln's Divorce Bill w as yesterday real a first time in the House of Lords, W ordered to be road a woad time•ou Tuesday, 28th jut, - 1:144111 I;llitt° ri tt T ► NEWMARKE RA" (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRA- Sweepstakes of 50 SOTS each, for four St. Rosalia 101100 The Champion Stakes. •.. Bordeaux Nutcracker Handicap Plato of 50/ Diligence •.• Laundry Maid The Suffolk Stakes of 15 sovs• eaeb. St. George ... ••• ••• ... ..• ... Herbert ..• ••• ... e. Clieot .. ••• ••• ...... /00 Sweepstakes. Off by content. Jockey Club Plate. walkedr) or EXTRAORDINARY CASE St. Rosalia POSTURE. ~,., P. (From the Essex lierawlf,ounti 1, At the weekly b oa rd o f the Sussex ` t j e sted' pital, yesterday, , a remar kable and 0100 ' , case of imposture was ex posed : 2 3 ( fe if' e s A woman named B e tsy. Ginn, ege d ther ecsar e i three weeks since as an in-patient, V . r tiic#,l.: c ii dation of a subs c rib er an d a surgeon s , c l ] , ptsu t r e p charged by h er surgeon w ith wil az il e a sits t is the disease f o r th e cure o f w hich she jo t be) the ho. pital. The statement made !g a o l Ai!' f that very numerous diseased Pstc,", es ht sou ro nearly the whole of her body, J an to t tbel' s i were the result of her own applicati °° s e ster tril hydrochloric acid (spirit of WO', t h e be' 0 were nearly as large as the palm 0 ' "e n otte,hicl they were in different stages, the rer a n 4001 tea yet in a gangrenou s condition, others I n d trni,J, the sloughs bad suppurated) were deep : sad 7 'oo some ulcers, and many .(the InsP rit ." 10 0 1 9 but with disfiguring scars, and in s°W ,loe o o oo l . : injury and con t ract i on o f t h e adjacen'or it!: ifs following argu men t s were a d van ced bt holt e c fr —That the p ar t s o f h er b o d y (es her reioirailid readily accessible to her own Mol d ', 005 4 fectly sound, and f ree f rom sca rs; tea" bleb b . , was totally diff eren t f rom a ny disease I' te sti ever witnessed ; that the three fresh e a the , bad shown themselves durin her stet J o e 0 0 Hospital had been scrutiniz ed; that..,, B f e llf 0 water, with which they had beeP co r e e ,w' gave, with chemical tests, abunu - o ; 9 of the presence of hydrochloric s c ht ol'il little hydrochloric acid, which be I ?rlfeJer of 11 the surgery, an d app li e d to h er sh'n' 3 000 1 a gangrenous s p ot — a m i n i atur e Jac" berc' , others ; and, l as tly, t h at on sea rebiog n o o f o il phial had be en f oun d c on t a i n in g the r es ;of I° hydrochloric ac id. Th e woman , after r g il'iii, and prevaricati ons , a t l engt h a d m itted b t e h , (le dl i further, that she had been practisil ur inc,f,it i for a period of nearly three yet: lll, l'o9 which she had spent in the Colche,,,.st e 'i t el i 9 nine weeks in University College lol e cl. ,ar, without the imposture being disco' had Plif begging for mercy, she stated that she. j o g' duced so to act in, the hope of 060 0 O s :, home than a workhouse. It appears that suspicions of fraud war s I I entertained by the medical gentleme n " be gil her in Chelmsford. It was St t h , : e eOl December, 1847, when medical reli; Cos a for, and she exhibited to Mr. ' Th reso e :toff j , gangrenous appearance upon the ti p - Ili. ) tet gentleman, from its appearance, inn„ 00, her with producing it by burning, 1 , 0" peatedly and solemnly denied, deels r i : sg es' 0 0 came of itself, and the mother whet' t i f th . ,,!pt firmed her in this, adding as a Plwibe r,,,,,; was no deception in the case the' he sse'"'F A ther died from a disease of the sew? Piece of V 0 the course of a short time a large Pta oll" I dt f in the arm mortified and actually dr:44700A a deep and painful ulcer, nearly six ' - ostr c ia secure the healing of which it was net e el or painful caustics. Since then there lut - e lsrte:i succession of sores, as many as silv, i 'ellP'S appeared, all of th e same character, fi rl ', 4 0 0 the same treatment. Some of these if e- e s V i o the top of a teacup, others as 10 %0 o u r plate, and several, though healed, hare e :,, Ist! sh fi,,,l` injury behind them; one in Pa rb : a lVi back of the hand, was so deep that i t of ~ I .' ri wh?le of the tendons, destroying the u e ,„ e e olrA entirely ; the face is scarred from the 010 1 d in fact there is scarcely a part of the b ° "' 0,,,e, marked by frightful cicatrices o f these 11 3 1 " r was not till these sores were multiplie J ,'„ e v sl)oll. % pearance upon the face, to the great ir'r e aio,., or,, 1 1 man's personal appearance, which it set, t , t'oe, that any woman would voluntarily icu:jeae ke lrj rent absence of all motive to counte rs _„ j ,00 1 0 degree of pain, and after the many so t ; 4 tious of the party, that Mr. CePlen u Aiees°,4l to consider it or treat it as s,:e d e 11 ;0,', was certainly then considered as one cc, - 4, eler i psj The woman was seen by several Ine dj g e s - led 0 1 f town, all of whom were fairly O m tiecol medicine was ba ffl ed, arrangemen t to a by the benevolent, and she was s ent 0:01") ter Hospital. Discharged from ti elir ti ol l s ment in much the same state be t fl i ed through the sympathy excited it' „de_ A 's , e t' was introduced to one of the L e- i • telDris where her case created intense +hi; 1 ,) gave rise to every conjecture but,.." - w iait e r t y Artists were employed to take 04 '' 00 , ,"10;1 wounds ; every means of cure that in" 10°'" it'' e s e e p O e suggest were attempted; but after s°, ° „ s e ~ e 4 patient re'urned home much worse fr i ," e d rt, h e a i . The pity of those who for three years ; 50 f'" e i ' 4 atrociously Imposed on did not let her e a Pl e° f io ir. another effort was happily made, ' ll the, i , clothes were f urn i s h e d to place her it' pro , Hospital, wh ere t h e fraud was most sa ge tr u e' tected. The reason assi gne d b y the imps torfe r : A lis t d rie r i is of a piece with the whole transactie e ' af er 7 1 , stated she was in service ; and it has : 13- o 'b° l3 blty dosed that she should go into the un'„h-'erit'i, pill onbt her object was to defraud the,:rthie. o ror i f she has succeeded, though, we shoot' essStlf" the extent of her original plan ; but 6 u: bis r obtained rank amongst the most rental' postors of the day?' --2-'- 1 10$ 0 ; W - _ THE CITY GAS (ES' C o C ° .ot be J Yesterday, on the re-assembling 0e ' 2 t ioti "400 r P Mr. Cardwell in the chair, the exatc u niso:lo o , o , Mr. Croll, the engineer of the Centr al ree "ili D edr Was proceeded with, and continued for tu - ie g • f 1 did not anticipate any difficulty in r0'i ° ,40 11 0 02 4 , through Whitechapel, though so maul P; oce j rir through that district. Tho amount 010 1 ; 4 Pi 100,, the public street lights of the metroer a ," aise d e, it, than that consumed by private helm i i)- )11 ',Jr, latter were a less time burning. Gene s clo_,,ll'opl,`"o, there was very little escape of gas in '2o'7 greater proportion of gas that could not r.,,, a3 1/ 1/ arose not so much fr om l ea k age but ~"" to , termed termed " cheatage and e ete ,i sg ' e ." u , e P jog to ll last the Great Central Company liad,47 - 10 1 „ - ifp, and had 12 ,0001. at the bankers. l' aj - pOl S ' fi l o f, due on the 16th of April, and ap p' was,, c° l o3 - 0 0 k' able before the 29th of May. " ""d P e .,fir, in the company was about twenty thous- cos t e'd he was intere,ted iu it as an engineer' II Oe i ii iB otir o l il meter, manufacturer, and a shareholde r ', Gas v„Sto/ gas might be supplied by the Cominerfi t/ ; s P ai r : I , in Whitechapd, at lees than 55., an u r, g- n ittle r)° A i per cent. Was not aware that the teid e et" t 1 d' pang did not for several years pay a ci i :" r astlll' s The Hon. CHAIRMAN—Do you thin7„ 4 " . for , supply less gas than you have contract s '? A 0 11 1$ 1F, companies came down permanently to 4°- firssPi f Fj, Witness—lt would not affect us for to w iths . oll' l le because we have entered into contracts , g...5,-'o' consumers in the City to supply them T er ow. 1' cubic feet of gas for five years, and, e'‘, l. 40 0 operation we expect to pay a first divideaued to r The committee, at four o'clock, adie firS 27th inst., at twe lve o'clock. ) h p s h t u o r n , BrAoatdhlleimg------- vcic i Ftli AGIRELED. m rl n di' Y, on the 14th inst., La; - o s h edk ci )evon,lto. Elizabeth moo* gic`' ter of Thomas C,)2c E Bri cks to°' IS' , , sq. of Aylesbury , Bar fo., On DAniel .." Sa l the 9th inst , at I:lan a;ren, son of the late D . B. Scott g , Esq., of Inghi lw 'pol vi ' , Edith, youngest daughter of the late Thonis s JP of Bernithan-court, near Ross, Herefordshire. _.,,, DO', On the 9th lint., at St. Peters's, Shaftesborilieo Oxley, of Froute Selwood, Somerset, to Eli s ,,, c e. daughter of T. Abbott, Esq , of the former P'''' Pe WED r. „el 10 # Y ifr On the sth inst., at Tenbv, Mary, relict of fsf.lii and sister of the late Rightlion. Sir Edvrilidrii,loot, On the 10th inst., at Westbrook, Isle of ,to" Charles Griffin Clark, R.N. On the 10th inst.. liobart Rostock, x-V:1•0 d - Lingfield, Surrey, aged 6^. ' c0 1 4`,, London; Printed and Published by DIVI ID ,11;* No. 112, Strwic, firinter, At The Bu' Ad Atrikad, in rht Prminct "-- liiirlkiMik**Xediandit; May 15, IMO. ------_ NEW I sTt „_' Fri an A old mid „, For Al AV% Afte For IN 14 n SionChanoor 3 °tike s 5 'Nap: Al „,acket I . RTD.Ax ABat Oftees c( ' , Pi( Fi 24, otlier Th —e Pact Ne ROO Yin( iltrj q up s i li t? )4 1 14 Trai l 441 1 tr Par. 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Coo' On the 11th inst., at Tilford, the Wife ()'` 46th Regiment. C' The of the 1 xotice, will b e tract f Into VI( l'rd, a 1 CA Eve r y nt h sat; At uri , me m , invall l Metro]