The Sun. — London, England, 1850-05-08 00:00:00

_ 'FIER MAJESTY'S TH EATRE. A Grand Classical, Dramatic, Miscellaneous Concerted MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT will take place on MONDAY MORNING, May 13, selected from the following admired authors : Weber, Spokr, Purcell, M. Locke, Sciontini, Paesiello, Meyerbeer, Cimarosa, Haydn, Beethoven, Rossini, and embracing several highly interesting novelties. On this occasion will appear Madame Sontag, Mdlle. Parodi, 3ldlle. Giuliani, Miss Catherine Hayes, Mcllle. Ida Bertrand, and Madame Frezzolini ; Signori Calzorali, , Sims Reeves, Baucarde, Coletti, Belletti, Lorenzo, and F. Lablache. Herr Muller and Signor Lablache, supported by all the Instrumental and Choral resources of the Theatre. The whole under the direction of Mr. Balfe. Amongst other novelties, Madame Sontag will have the honour to sing the,: Swiss Airs," by Eckert, and the variationsvolts ciffai-je"," by Adolphe Adam, as sung by her with the most enthusi astic success at the Concerts of the Grand Conservatoire of Paris ; itCaddition to which will be presented A Trio for Three Basses, By Signori Coletti, Belletti, and Lablache. A Trio for Three Sopranos, By Madame Sontag, Miss C. Hayes, and Mdlle. Parodi; and A Trio for Three Tenors, By Signori Baucarde, Caizolari, and Sims Reeves. The Concert will commence at Two o'clock. PRICES OF ADMISSION. Boxes ....... Two Guineas. Pitt Stalls .. • ,• .. 12s. fid. Gallery Stalls. ... Pitt • • ..... •• ss. 6d. Gallery .. •........... 2s. 6d. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. The Nobility, Patrons of the Opera, and the Public are respectfully latiormed that a Grand Extra Night will take place TO-MORROW EVENING, When will be presented (for the first time these two years) BellLnl's celebrated Opera,. _ . I PURITANI. Illiadame Sontag (her first appearance in that character) ; 6eorgio, Signor Lablache ; Riccardo, Signor Coletti; and Arturo, Signor Baucarde (his first appearance in that character). After the Opera the new and original Grand Pas de Trole (by It M. Pail Taglioui et Gosselin, the Music composed by Signor lugni), entitled LES GRACES, Eaphroeine, Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi ; Thalia, 3ldlle. Marie Tagllonl Amalia Ferraris. After which the Orchestra will execute Weber's Overture to Orbron. To conclude with the last scene of the admired Ice Ballet, by M. P. Taiklioni, entitled LES FL AISIRS DE ; on, Les Patthetllll Applications for Boxes,. Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Bea-office of the Theatre. 'ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. COVENT-GARDEN. A GRAND' EXTRA NIGHT. TO-MORROW EVENLNG A Grand combined Entertainment will be given, consisting of the first act of:Rossial's grand Opera, LA DONNA DEL LAGO With the tlrtnd Finale, representing the gathering of the Scottish Clans, and the Chorus of Bards, executed by:, all the principal Ar tistes, two Military Bands, in addition to the usual Orchestra, and the full Chorus of ninety voices. Also Weber's Grand Opera of DER FREISCHITTZ, With entirely new Scenery, Costumes, and Appointments. .Azata, Madame Castellan ; Annetta, Mdlle. Vera ; rna Paraninfa, Mdlle. Cotti ; Giulio, Sigror Enrico Maralti ; Chiliano, Mons. Massol; Cuno, Signor Nommi ; Irgot Signor Luigi Nei; Eremita, Signor Gregorio; Lamieh al. Doering; Gaspar, Herr Formes. Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. The Doors will be opeited'-'at Half-past Seven.•and the performances comment') at Eight o'cloCk precisely. . Tickets for the Boxes,.Stalls, or the Pit, may be had (for the Night or re son), et the Box-oifice of the Theatre, Which is open from Ten till Five. • FRE..NCII PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Second appearance of M. Lafont, and continuation of M. Regnier and.:Madlle. Nathalie's engagement. • . THIS EVENING, The Pertbrmances will commence at Half-past Seven o'clock pre- cisely, with. HEIM ET MALHEUR. . . After wiftcli (Ivith curtailments) the Pupular Comedy by Alexandre Dumas. of ... LE% DEMOISELLES'DE ST. CRT. Roger, M. Wont ; Hercule Hubouloy, M. Reviler ; Madlle. Charlotte de Merian, Madlle. Nathade. To concluda , with the popular scene from Moliere's Comedy of LE MARTAGE FORGE. ,- Le Docteur Pancras, M. Reviler. " The Box-office of the Theatre, is opeu daily from Eleven till F ive - Boxes and Stalls at Mr..Mltchell's Royal Library; 33, Old pond street. .' I . , THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARICF.T. • . Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Bromptol. TUtzi EVENTS • , , • Will :he performed the Comedy' of THE LOVE CHASE. Sir William: Fondlove, lkir. Tilbury; Master Walter, Mr. Howe ; Wild ga.it.e,' Mr. Webster ; Widow Green, Mrs. W... :Clifford ; Lyflia l Miss • J. :dord aunt ; Ccnstance, Mrs. Nisbett. • • • M iss Y. Horton will introduce the favourite fir of the Fairy Queen. After which the. Drama of DON C./A3AB DE BAZAN. : Don C msar de Bazan, Mr. J. Wallack. .) .. . • To conclude with THE CHRISTENTN. 'G.' .. The Sox-ofilee is under the direction of Mr. I. T..lirchei. THEATRE ROYAL, tinder the direction of Madame Celeste.. THIS EVE/lING, . ' Will be performed an entirely original Musical Comte Drama, called THB WHITE SERJEANTS; pr the Buttermilk Volunteers. Ma or Slowman, Mr. 0. Smith ; 'Jemmy Tweezer, Mr. Wright ; C 3 ptain Ginger Green, Mr. I. Bedford ; Tommy Rusk,: Mr. Mun yard ; Mad Le. de Tourville, Madame Celeste ; Susan Pockets, Miss K. Fitzwilliams • Dolly Duggins, Miss Woolgar. To be followd by a grand historical Spectacle• Vaudeville, entitled PLAYING FIRST FIDDLE.; or, Follow my Leader .Principal Characters by Messrs. P. Bedford, Lambert, likadame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, and Miss K. Fitzwilliam. To conclude with MY PRECIOUS BETSY. Characters by Messrs. Liedford, Worrell; Miss Harding, anti Mrs. F. 3fatthews. ROYAL LYCEUM THE*TRZ THIS EVENIN Will be performed ,a,, ! Lyrical. CoM g` ical Pastoral, entitled oYMON and IPIIIGENIA, altered. from the text et David Garrick. Characters by Messrs. C.' , Mathews, Barley, F. Matthews, It. Rosby, F. Cooke ; Mbs St. George, Miss Keisworthy, Miss 11. Gilbert, Mrs. Hamby, Miss Oliver, Miss Manners, and Miss Martindale. To be followed by THE ISLAND CkV JEWELS, Characters by Messrt. M. thews and F. Cooke ; Madame Vestris, Miss Julia St. George, Miss Dickinson, Miss Kenworthy, Mrs. Macnamara, Miss Martindale. and Miss' E. Bonner. To conclude with 80X AND COX. .All applications far Private Boxes must be made to Mr. Aileron lb, New Bond-street. . The Box-oflce; gidjoining the. Theatre, in "Abington-street, is open daily from Tri to Six o'clock, under tha 'superintendence of • Mr. T. F. Bennett PRINCESS'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING WEI be presented the entirely new Opera (composed expressly fbr this Theatre - , by' Signor F. Schlra), entitled THE OPHAN ON GENEVA. Count de lteryille, Mr. Allen ; Carivin, Mr. Weiss; Fontaine, Mr, H. Corti ; Picard, Mr. Latter; Levine, MI. Wynn ; Therese Louisa Pyne. be followed by the Grand Masked Ball from Gustavus. After - whicfi a New Grand Tale of Enchantment, with splendid se•onery, Costumes, and Appointments; extensive Machinery, Sec., entitled i4t THE QUBEZT OF THE ROSES; or, The Sorcerer of Candahar. Principal characters by Messrs. Ryder, Forman, Honey, Crave, ; Miss Louisa Howard, Miss Saunders, and Miss ♦illars. • ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMP UITEIEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr.,W. Batty. Brilliant Career of the Magnificent Easter Spectacle of Enchantment. Unequalled attractions in the Circle. THIS EVENING•- The Zptertainmenin will commencv at Seven o'clock, with Fitzball's gorgeous Spectacle, entitled THE .POUR SONS OF- AYMON • or The Days of Charlemagne. Produce! with great splendour , and Sktroducing the beautiful Stad of Horses Camel of the Dessert, Zebra, and all the vast resources of this Establishment. T 9 be succeeded by an incomparable display of Batty's peerless Berta of the Arena, supported by the most accomplished Male and Female Artistes in Europe. Fe concluk.i. with THE WEATEfe OF LYONS. • Box-office open From Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROTAL SURREY Zof) Commencement of the Seasert..4 LIST OF T. a,OGICAV GARDE S. )n MONDAY NEX MAT 13. HE BAND. H. P. Hardy': Hughes. • Hooper. Trornhone. Clarinets. Sonnenberg. Anderson. McDonald. j; Winterbottom, _Grosse. So.a, w. Hardy', Smalley. Pollard. .Angire 131a4k. liorton. illawkes. I Web,ter, Sixopllon. 'Sommers. ssoons. winterbottom T. Anderson Ross ier. Rawl in gs. Ophlelelde. ",icL Petit Clarinets. W, Egerton. Fairlie. FluNie. Standen. jepp: Pratten. D. Gotlftey. 1 iN - iig h t . Flagg°lst Reynoldi. Collinat. Contra-Blssi. Oboes. j Crozuce. Strath. Timpani. Cornota. ' 'keenig. Hoet. Shearon. E. Harper. - Trumpets. iiu , hes. GrOSSE Caisse. ,Irwin. Janet. _ Coral. - Conductor, C. The gentlemen of the band are ktarsal is fixed for to-morrow, at the Gardens: J. Egerton. Side DrurnS. Barker, Caldwell, T. Godfrey, Triangle. '. Godfrey, jun. Solo Players. 3les3rs, Koefilg, Learns, Pr(Mere, C duet, Pratten, Janet, Von nenberg, Sommers, and Win terbottom. GODFP.P.T, Esq. respectfdlty informed the first re- Thursday, 'May 9, at three o'clock, S. FOSTER, Sec. • 'Mal WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Ting DAY —Orforning 24 min. after 11 I Evening () min. after 0 TO-MORROW —Morning 2 min. after 12 I Evening 16 min. after 12 THE WEATIIER.—Sint,,; OFFICE, 11..cz 8. Tit ERMOMET Eft. 43 —highest since noon yesterday. 41—lowest this morning and daring the night. 44—this day, at noon. BAttoxraift, 29.46. WED S.W.—moderate breeze, and dull hazy weather. It rained during the night, and occasionally this day up to three o'clock. 'NW _~~~ , a1:2, 4 1k 10` • e b• miting „jut . - ---- ~.r al,1• i $44 : , ..., , 1i5 t . , : „ % , ,,,. ., G '. ~ r r i .A.1 ,, ....4.,) ~. _ ._ 1 , , ~ ...., . ..k., - ..,(: 7- '' • ... e , --.471.0. 4 '' '''(i .11,1 A• 0 ..,': ~ i , .94•,' '4l• li i ~4‘,t'' , „ . ,n7c.., , ,,,,,, , zi , .... •, 4 , „,,,,,,,,. .... , „... N , s, 1850. I "`' LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MA Y I-I#T77 'WI. /50 It is difficult to determine whether the Whig 301i nistry are more damaged by a decisive defeat or an unquestionable victory on a financial question. The ' former may he more disgraceful and vexatious for the time being. The First Lord of the Treasury and some of his more talented colleagues may be corn , pelled to turn their attention to subjects apart from fOf' tbe duties of their own particular offices. They may have to puzzle their brains to repair the shameful • blunders of the Minister of Finance. But still the difricultv, although serious, may not be insurmount able. Every exertion will he made to repair the damage they have sustained, and there will still be hope because the matter win no longer be left in the hands of Sir CuaunEs Vonn.' ' Same more competent and better qualified person will interpose—one who thinks that th , , , " merits or demerits of a particular tax must be en- TILE SUN, tared into," and that other points beside the amount realisgthy the Exchequer, are worthy of being taken into consideration, that some respect must be shown for the loud and unequivocal expression of public opinion, and that a C abinet Minister, whatever may be his private feelings on the subject, should at least exhibit some regard for equity and justice in his obser vations. There is, therefore, at least some chance of their escaping from the evil consequences of a de feat, more especially since they have abandoned the go old rule by which Ministers resigned, as a ma er of course, if left in a minority on a fiscal or financial question—a change that was indeed essential to the safety and permanence of any Cabinet in which the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Halifax occu pied the important and arduous position of Chancellor of the Exchequer. But the results will be very differeiit when the views of Sir CHARLES WOOD are sustained by a msjo rity of the chosen representatives of the people. He will then, most probably, be permitted to stumble on in his stolid and unmeaning course, setting the wishes of the people'llt defiance, and regulating the ntitional finances as if there had been no such thing as Parlia mentary reform, and our Legislators, in place of being the representatives of free and independent constituencies, were still the nominees of borough mongers, who would sell their votes to the highest bidder. Such a state of affairs may be not only dangerous to the existence of the Ministry, but fatal to the best int s of the country, rendering probable some sudde violent change, and endangering the recognized r of property. The people may not always be con tented~ to endure their grievances patiently and sub missively.^ A. spirit of resistance may be engendered thatmay not easily be got rid of, and Lord J. RUSSELL may perhaps exclaim with Pr nuns--" Another such victory, and am ruined ! On Saturday we stated that " Sir CHARLES WOOD was the evil genius of the Government, who will eventually bring about its overthrow," and the proceedings in the Housed Commons last night, on Mr. EWART'S mo tion for " leave to bring in a Bill to repeal the duty on advertisements," more strongly confirm us in that opinion. Never was a stronger case made out against any impost than that which the Hon. Member for Dundee so trimly and distinctly established against this, the most objectionable of the various takes on know ledge. It is, as the Honourable Gentleman justly remarked, "a tax on the vehicles of informa tion and commerce—it taxed knowledge, it taxed agriculture, it taxed literature, it taxed the wants of the community." It is " amongst the heaviest burdens that impede the production of literary works." There is no more formidable obstacle to success in " the struggles of a book against taxation." But, objectionable as it may be in these respects, there is another point of' view i❑ which it may be regarded, in which the grievance will be exhibited in even a stronger light. It is a tax on the industrious poor, which practically prohibits them from seek ing for employment, which prevents them from gaining their daily bread by their own exertions. The half-starved sempstress is prevented • from making known her wants, and stating the low rate at which -she is willing to engage herself. It places an insu perable obstacle between the 'employers and the em ployed—between the supply of, and the demand for, labour. The servant-maid, who desires to obtain a new place in order to preserve her from adopting the last dreadful resource to which so - many of her class have been driven, is unable to state her qualifications and testimonials, or, if she can obtain sufficient' to pay for the ad vertisement by means frightful to contemplate;' endangering her' present and future happiness, and degrading her for eveffrom a state of innocence, she must contribute as largely to the national revenue as the lordly aristocrat, who announces for sale or ex change an estate worth many thousands per annum• It is the same on a:single line as on a notice occu pying balf-a-doaen:columns ; in fact, its impolicy is only surpassed by its inequality and injustice. To it we are indebted for those clumsy vans that block up our streets and impede our progress through the crowded thoroughfares. To its operation may be ascribed the ridiculous spectacles of those unfortunate specimens of humanity Who wander about encased in boxes covered witb . notices, exciting at the same time our tears and our risibility—our tears that men made in " the image of their CREATOR," with feelings similar to our own, should be so deeply degraded by the painful necessities of their conditions—our laughter at the absurd appearance which they present. But these arguments, powerful as they must be co nsidered by every unprejudiced and well-constituted mind, wrought no effect on our ' excellent Chancellor of the Exchequer. The old stereotyped answer was returned which has been ,repeated tape ad nauseam on every similar. queition. He could not defend the obnoxious impost ;- he' could not Baia single word in its justification, but contented himself with the vague and general assur- - slice that "he would certainly be very glad to remit this and every other tax, if he had the means of carrying on the public service and pay ing the interest , of the Debt without them. `The repeal of the taxes upon air and light, upon - knowledge, and upon many . articles of con sumption, had been demanded, but -as he could not carry on the public service without them, he hoped the House would concur with him in resisting the motion." Such were the arguments by which the propriety of these infamous imposts was sustained, and which induced the House to reject the proposi tion. Well might the Swedish Chancellor have ex claimed, " My son, behold with how little wisdom the world is governed !" and the receiver of stolen good's have chaunted— " The statesman because he's so'great Thinks his trade is as honest as mine." A tremendous hubbub still con tinues to be kicke up by those unfortunate gentlemen the Protectionists. Yesterday their orators were more than usually energetic. One, a parlous fellow from Glamorgan• shire, came down right wittily on the doomed Sir ROBERT, touching his auditors so sensitively and sen tentiously on the quick, that he had them first howling sympathetically at his vituperations, and next cheering most lustily at his grandiose threats and braggado cios. Then another sagacious right from Wiltshire warmed into a sort of dunderheaded inspiration, bellowing out to his hearers, most appo sitely, the words which MILTON placed in the mouth of SATAN when addressing the legions of the damned in Pandemonium. Never was there such sublime blundering, such rapturous stupidity. Poor Professor: ATTOITN himself seemed to have be come infected for once by the surrounding atmos phere of absurdity and ignorance. His whole thoughts appeared, as the phrase runs, to have gone "wool- ga th er i ng ." Instead of uttering any thingofl: whatever pertinent to the occasion, he must needs cram down the throats of his listeners a miserable, lukewarm rechaufee of tid-bits already dished up again " a certain Thus it and pamphleteers. an d T ag h ain by our periodical writers us b ow was that while telling the evils') peat moss r e . t CASED considers the growing of potatoes on a while informing us that 3 migir a. ziiiie to o ü b r e m th o e st grand panacea for all the country,' s ar h e ow of th u e nde fa n r i m ab e l r e s e h x o c w elle t n o .w ce sh , whose razors lacihvaeanffoie:cattempting to and while, of free moreover, observing that " the spiriteav°ilse" trade, finding no other place of refuge, h as fl • t the herd of Mr. HUITABLE'S swine—, f ee o l vi w n it i h n-o a horrible sense of nausea that he is making us chew borne in the cud of Blackwood' lent instructor the Professor should have recollection that we have heard all these thi ngs 1 over and over again in " most damnable iteration", until men have grown sick with very wearisomeness At the perpetual changes rung on the peat moss of Mr. CAIIID, on the close shaving of Mr. MEcui, and on the stye-drawn ammonia of Mr. Humneir. We want sober argument, and not merely sarcastic petu lance—and yet Professor ATTOUN comes up in all hot haste from Edinburgh to retail jokes that :Mega has long since rendered threadbare. hamlet —" Mark me, he will tell us the players are come." Enter Polonins. Polonius —' s My Lord, my Lord, the play ers are come." H amlet—" Buz, buz." Why , had he no better news to tell us, Professor AYTOUr had as w e ll rema ined north of the Tweed, instead of journeyi ng all the way up to the m etro p olis. Then again as t o hi s poetical twaddle about— " Wasted fields and crowded cities, 4 Swarming streets and desert downs; LONDON, All the light of life concenter'd In the focus of the towns;" he must, from his known scholarship, have been per fectly familiar with the fact that, swarming as our streets do with wayfarers, and crowded as our towns are with inhabitants, not a city in the United King dom—not even the mighty Babylon of London itself— can be regarded as in the smallest degree comparable in density of population to the cities of a remote and flourishing antiquity. ACcording to some antiquarians, the number of the Roman citizens alone—at a time, ' too, when Rome was in its greatest state of opulence, absorbing into itself not only the riches but the popu lations of the west and of the east, of Asia and of Africa as well as of Europe, of Britain and of Gail as well as' of Italy—almost exceeds the limits Of credibility, and renders insignificant, by comparison, " the light of life concenter'd in the foetus" either of the Chinese capital or of the British metropolis. Yet Professor AYTOUN whines over the increasing growth of our towns and cities as though that were a portent of national dissolution. At any rate, if the declamation of the " learned pundit" was altogether ineffectual in securing our ac quiescence, it was eminently successful in demons trating that there is no necessary affinity between rhyme and reason. But the prominent feature of the whole demonstra tion made yesterday at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand, by the ultra-Protectionists, was the rancorous hostility evinced towards Mr. COBDEN personally. It would have done Mr. OASTLER'S heart good to listen to. It would have been "nuts " to Mr., FEB/34.ND. There were groans, and plenty' 'of 'them, ' . and fierce ones tco for Sir Rontser •` PEEL 7 .. be sure of that i But, Mr. ConneN ! warrant him, it would scarcely have been iafe for him to have shown his nose within sight of the pliatforre. Why, the whole meeting was rabid.against him, and rabid with the rabidneia of 'the tree Fernand-phobia. There was Mr. Blinn, of 'Cambridgeshire,. rose quite into the heroics in his denunciations of COBDEN and his de fiance of him, and his declaration that the agricUltu rists had nothing whatever to fear from " the threats of demagogues 1" Then there was the learned declaimer ' already mentioned, Profes sor ATTOUN, of Edinburgh, waxed simultaneously wroth and poetical, assertinga—" When the red cross of St. George and the white cross of St. Andrew are bl ended indissolubly to gether, I fear not COED:SN, I fear no traitors !'' One Mr. HIGGINS, of B erefordshire, grew won derfully funny in his indignation. He said "The willing bee had been sacriSced for the drones ; but be told the Government that the bee would not stand it much longer." Fancy a bee' " not standing. it much longer ! ' But a little firrther on, Mr. HIGGINS be comes rather indecent in his disloyalty. Hearken to the man's words " They had heard of a lion queen, who ruled her subjects in safety so long as she ruled with imp.rtiality ; but when she whipped the one and caret.sed the other, the beasts turned upon her and tore her to pieces : he hoped the Government would take warning and not loosen the attachment of the fanners to the British Queen." As Doollenav saith in play—" Why this is clear bur glary, thou naughty varlet !" HIGGINS we con jecture must be descended from a branch of the house of that immortal HIGGINBOTTOM mentioned in the Rejected Addresses, for the gist of his allusions to the Free-traders amounted to nothing more than plain, plump, burly "Od rot 'em !" So much for the common sense, the loyalty, and the rhetoric of the indefatigable gang of the Pro tectionists. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The courage of the reactionaries fails therm just as the time for action arrives, and it is announced that already, even before it is presented to the Assembly, the Electoral Bill has . undergone several important modifications. As was well observed by one of the Democratic papers, when the subject was first mooted, this new proposal must be either a niaiserio or a violation of the constitution, and, after having drawn ' it up as the latter, the committee, taking counsel of discretion have diluted it down into the former, not withstanding the fanfarronade of the Duke of MoN TEuaLLo (who was M. GUIZOT'S Minister of Marine) that he would not have the slightest besitatation in violating the constitution if it should become necessary. M. LEO DE LABORDF, M. DE LA ROCHEJACQUELIN, and the more exalted mem- I bers of the Legititnatist party, are opposed to any in terference with universal suffrage. Generals CAVAIG NAC aid LAmosticutim and M. DUFAURE will not consent to any violation of the constitution, neither will MM. ODILON BAREOT, DE TOCQUEVILLE, and the party with which they act ; the chances, therefore, of the passing of any measure calculated to essentially modify universal suffrage are very small, and to the committee will be left the odium and ridicule of hay ing exhibited a desire to violate th e cons tit u ti on , an d I at the same time of having lacked the courage or the ingenuity to devise a measure capable of effecting their object. The PREISIDBINT of the Republic exhibited ' his usual prudence when he consented to the exclusion of every one of his personal friends and partisans from the committee ; the ridicule and the odium will now fall exclusively upon the " Burgraves " of Orleanism and Legitimacy, who have suffered themselves to be completely out-maneau.vred. The Ci nstitutionnel openly advocates the prolonga tion of the power of the PRESIDENT for ten years, a proposition which will be vehemently opposed by the Legitimatists, as they consider it an Orleinist trap to gain time for the coming of age of th• Comte DU PARIS, whose chances of success, however, do not ap pear to be very promising. Thee great majority of Frenchmen feel towards him as does M. DE LAMAR TINE, who, in bis recently published castigation of CROKER, the English Quarterly Reviewer, says— " I owe no dynasty to any one. I will say more—l, who had never disavowed my respectful reminiscences fJr the child proscribed in 1830, if a dynasty had been in my gift, it is not to the illegitimate branch that I would have restored the vacant property of a throne." The Electoral Bill will be presented to the Assem bly on the 7th or Bth. The state of Paris is most /satisfactory, notwith standing the attempts of the reactionaries to get up a panic. Strangers continue flocking into the city, gay parties are given, the shopkeepers are doing well, bread is cheap, employment is plenty, and-wages are good, and yet M. EUGENE Sun is Member for Paris ; the fact is, the reactionaries have so often raised the cry of wolf, that at length no one attends to them. Letters have been received at Toulon from the French fleet at Naples to the 22d ult. The Volney ship-of-the-line had arrived there, and there was no appearance of the return of the fleet to France. PARIS BOURSX, MAT 7.---Latest Prices—Five per Cents., 88f. ; Three per Cents., 54f. 70c.; Bank of France, 2,070 f. 'We read' in the Journal des Debats :—" Our letters from California announce a painful event. In a country in which legality in scarcely yet established, and in which all the nations of the earth have numer ous representatives, each man has felt the necessity of joining himself to his fellows, to those who speak the sane language, and have the same interests. The French, who are from 3,000 to 10,000 in number, have assembled on the banks of the San Joachim and the Stanislas, places which are eminently favoured, and in which they have discovered very considerable deposits of gold. This circumstance caused the jealousy of the Americans, who, pretending to be the absolute masters of the soil and of all it contains, at tempted to drive there away. A combat, a veritable battle in fact ensued, and a great number of persons lost their lives on both sides. The victory, however, was with our countrymen. At 'the sitting of the. Assembly yesterday, M. DELESSERT brought up the report of the committee on the Paris election. and M. EUGENE SUE was for mally proclaimed representative of the people. 111US1NESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TH LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, MAY 7. France, Boulo 1214. Boulogne d Amiens, 6—East Indian, i l / 4 —Norther . n of SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 2d have been received. The courier bringing the reply of the British Ca binet to the proposals for the resumption of diplomatic relations, had arrived in Madrid on the preceding evening. The Bolsa was closed on the 21 GERMANY. Advices have been received from Berlin of the 3d. The President of the People's Chamber at Erfurth had an audience of the KING on the 2d, and it is supposed that the Government of Prussia will not raise any objection to a revision of the Constitution, neither will the Governments of Thuringia or of Weimar. Prussia will not consent to the revival of the state of things abolished by common consent, in 1848, or to the assumption by Austria of the Presi dency of the Diet convoked by the Austrian Midistry at Frankfort. The Congress of the Union will open At Gotha on the 15th, and will be attended by all the Members of the Union of the free towns, and by the King of SAXONY. The King of PRUSSIA. has been invited to be present. The Constitutionnel 'says • that Bavarid intends to WE 4 tNESDAY EVENING, withdraw from the Zollverein in 1853, when the pre sent treaty expires. The manufacturing industry of Bavaria has not kept pace with the northern states of the Zollverein, and is more in harmony with that of her southern neighbour, Austria. The alterations proposed to be made in the Zollverein tariff will, it is said, facilitate the entrance of Holstein and the Hanse Towns. Propositions have also been made by Han over and Oldenburg, with the conditions on which they Will be witting to enter the Zollverein. On these conditions thpproaching Zoll con g ress at Cassell will have to} ide. Of the 32 elections which have already take place, 14 of the deputies to the congress are deeided freetraders. The Wiener Zeitung of the 2d publishes the official announcement of the retirement of Count STURMER from the post of Austrian Internuncio at the Porte. The announcement being unaccompanied by any of the usual expressions of satisfaction, such as advance ment in rank or appointment to an order of knight hood, is considered as tantamount to an expression of displeasure; and the public may gather from the manner in ,which the announcement is made, that Count STURMEN has resigned to prevent his being recalled. RUSSIA. The Allgemeine Zeitung has letters from the frontiers of Poland of the 30th ult., in which some details of the military movements in the kingdom of Poland are given. The divisions and brigades, which were hitherto dispersed about the country, are concentrating. The kingdom of Poland is now garrisoned by the whole o f th e arm y which i lately fought n , Hungary, excepting always the cavalry corps of in, SASS, which is expected to come up, and the corps of —enerrl LUDERS, which is now in Wallachia. There are altogether four corps of 40,000 men each in the ki ng d om o f P o land. The Ist and 4th corps . are in a camp at Lenozyc, while the 2d and 3d corps are at S uwa lki. This assertion e xplains the falling back o f t h e Russian regiments from the Prussian frontier. TURKEY. The Wand.exer Of Vienna says that the Porte has communicated 'to the Austrian Internuncio, that it has definitively fixed the term for the " internment" of the Hungsrian,exiles at nine months from the I st January last, and that at the expiration of that pe riod they will be at full liberty to go wherever they may choose. HUNGARY. The large possessions of General EaNEST Kiss, judicially murd ere d at A ra d on the 6th of October, have been conferred by the usurping Austrian on JELLACHICU, and to HATNAU have been given the estates of the murdered Count Louts BATHTANT. Abab-like BATEAU, hath not only slain but taken possession. ITALY. Accounts from Naples announce the arrival in that city, of the Count of SYEACUSE, the brother of the KING. Ile was the bearer of a letter from M. DE LA MARTINE to DON MICHAEL SOLIMBNIS a man of letters, wh o h as never interfered with politic?. The day after the receipt of this letter the house of DON MICHAEL was taken possession of by the police, and subjected to the most rigorous search, and although nothing of an inculpatory nature was found, DON IdIcHAEL was arrested, and is at this moment in pri son, his only crime being the receipt of a letter, of which the KING'S brother WAS the bearer. We read the following in the Consituzionale of Florence of the 30th ult.:— " We can affirm that about the 24th of this month the prefects of all the departments sent a special notice to the Gonfalonieri of the new municipal councils, to in form them, by the express order of the Cabinet, that the Government would convoke the Parliament at the first opportunity, and that it:was therefore desirable that this new confirmation of a necessary measure should re store tranquillity to the public mind, after the enthu siasm excited by the late municipal votes in favour of the Constitution. HER MAJESTY'S HEALTH. The following bulletin of the Queen's health was issued this morning : '' BUCKINGHAM PALACE, MA:r 8, 1850, 9 A.M. " The Queen and the infant Prince continue well. " JAMES CLARK, M.D. "CHARLES LOCOCK, M.D. "ROBERT FERGUSON, M.D. " Her,Majesty's recovery is so far advanced thai no more bulletins will be issued." HER. MAJESTY'S THEATRE, .The performances went off with the greatest eclat last night. Our English tenor, Reeves, and Mademoiselle Parodi sung with the utmost fervour and pathos - , and were' encored and" recalled several times during the evening. The last scene of the opera (Ernani) was sublime. Signor Lorenzo was also encored in the grand scena, " Sommo Carlo," which he gave with artistic finish and was recalled. The new ballet Les Trois Graces increases nightly in attraction. Marie Taglioni was graceful and inte resting ; Carlotta Grisi, piquante and sparkling; Amalia Ferraris, bounding, brilliant, and charming. On concluding her celebrated echo, in which she gives les entrechats en huits, a shower of bouquets were thrown to her. REPEAL OF THE ADVERTISEMENT DUTY.—The following petitions for the repeal of this duty were ordered to lie on the table :—From proprietors, printers, and pub lishers of the Pembrokeshire Herald—Westmeath Guardian —Hastings and St. Leonard's News—Fife Herald—Perth Constitutional —Liverpool Mail—Edinburgh W itness—Taun ton Courier—Preston Pilot—Worcester Chronicle—Edin burgh Caledonian Mercury—Wiltshire Independent—Wis beach Advertiser—Edinburgh Weekly Register—Drogheda Argus—Kelso Chronicle—Renfrewshire Advertiser— Sheffield Times—Doncaster Chronicle—Wesleyan Times Illustrated London News—News of the World—Mayo Telegraph—Bell's New Weekly Messenger—Lincolnshire, Boston, and Spalding Free Press—Cornwall Royal Gazette—Catholic Standard— Atlas—Derbyihire Advertiser—Farmers' Herald—Bally shannon Herald—Londonderry Journal—Bath Journal—Ne nagh Guardian—Western Star... Kent Herald—Meath Herald—Nottingham Mercury—Canterbury Weekly Journal —Reynolds's Miscellan y—Sherborne and Yeovil Mercu r y — Carmarthen Journal—Leeds Mercury—British Bann er— Patriot —Liverpool Times—Liverpool Standard —Newspape r Stamp Abolition Committee—and James Crowther. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE CHESTER AND HOLY HEAD RAILWAY.—A shocking accident occurred on Monday in the Belmont Tunnel. Samuel Medway, inspector of works, was walking through the tunnel, as was usual with him, it being a nearer way to Bangor than by the common road, when the 7.45 A.M. up-train entered the tunnel at one end, and a ballast engine at the other end. The tunnel is quite dark in the centre, where they would meet, on account of the curve, and it is supposed that he must have heard the whistle and got out of the way of the ballast eng ine, but forgetting that the up-train was due, and not noticing the whistle, as both engines whistled at the same time, he got into the way of the latter, and was struck by the buffer, for his cap was upon it when the train reached the station. A plate-layer coming through the tunnel after the train had passed, kicked his foot against the body, which was lifeless on being brought to the station a quarter of an hour afterwards. It was found that the left heel of his boot had been taken quite off, but the foot was uninjured. The head was very much mutilated. SALE OF TR' WORKS OF THE LATH MR. F.TTY, R.A.—The sale of the remaining portion of the works of this late celebrated artist, i 3 now b e ing conduct ed by Messrs. Christie and Manson. Th e co ll ec tion compri ses numerous sketches and unfinished works, in the sty le of art, and on the subject for which this gentleman wa s P articularly re markable. There are 1,034 lots, and out of this number b so o l a d r , d t : he n fofellmowal i e ng sea m teady with a crimson there are but two finished pictures. The first two days of the sale was concluded yesterday ; from the number of lots curtain behind her, 71. 15s. ; a female reclining, with an hour glass before her, V. 10s.; a female reclining on a mat tress, 141. 15s. ; a female kneeling before a red drapery , 1 08.; a female sleeping, 61. 155. ; a female seated, 9/. Bs. onbe amwenntiitooneddraToOryil, studies on mill_ Mill-boards, with sketches on both sides : male and female figures, 9/, 15s. - a female figure, life-size, 11/. Copies by Mr. Etty f rom old masters: Time leading Truth to Heaven, after Rubens, 22/. , Jupiter and Juno , after Rubens , 151- 4s. 6d. ; Bacchanals, after N. Poussin, Si. 12s. ; Death of Dido, after Sir Joshua Reynolds, 101. 15s. Oil studies, stretched: two male figures, 161.; two females, 281. 7e.; two fe male figures, 71. 17s 6d. ; a female reclining, 8/. 18s. 6d. ; a female seated before white drapery, 61.; three male figures, II ss. The majority of the work s were p urchased by artists to whom th ey will be of great value. Mr. WARBURTON'S HISTORICAL ROMANCE, RE GINALD nosnisas.—The success of this work has been greater than the author's most sanguine friends predicted. A second and revised edition has just appeared, with a new preface. "Mr. Warburton brings us into contact with the high-spirited and chivalrous Cavalier, and the zealous and fanatical Puritan ; and by means of those strongly-marked contrasts which no writer can manage with more of skill and dramatic effect, has placed before us a series of striking and powerfully-wrought pictures of the stormy times and im portant events, the social life and domestic manners of the period of our history in which his story is laid. With all the oharm of a romance we have all the truth and precision of history; with all the graceful and artistic grouping of a highly-finished composition we have combined the most ac curate historical portraits of the statesmen and warriors who tilled the public eye and guided the interesting events which marked the rise and progress of the great civil war of Eng land. The fortunes of Reginald Hastings and of the high souled and enthusiastic Zillah Demiroy enchain the attention through all the varied chances and changes of the war; and our sympathies are enlisted in the gratifying and unexpected termination of their trials, to an extent that indicates at once the present triumph of the writer and the future success of his work."— Standard. LETTERS FOR CAPT. AUSTIN'S ARCTIC SQUADRON. —Letters posted for any one on board Captain Austin's Arctic expedition this evening, and addressed to Stromness, Will most likely reach the ships before their departure thence for the icy regions. KIDD'S NEW PROCESS FOR ILLUMINATING AND SILVERING GLASS MII:HORS.--IR a paragraph which ap peared in The Sun of Monday evening, on the subject of the above novel invention, the word soldering" was, by is print, substituted for tlre word "silvering." Mr. Kidd's process is one for illuminating and silvering glass mirrors. THE LATE POISONING CASE AT HACKNEY.—Ann Merritt, the untortimate woman under sentence of execution, for poisoning her husband at Hackney, but respited, in order that further inquiries might be made, has had the capital punishment committed, and is ordered to undergo transpor tation for life. MA Y 8, 1850. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS, CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yusterday were ea- timated at from 4,500 to 5,000 hales, of which 1,500 American were taken on speculation. The market closed very firm at full prices. The transactions com prised about 3,500 American, 200 Pernam and Maran hem, at 64 to 7ial. ; 100 Bahia, at 7d. ; 600 Egyptian, at 7d. to Bid. ; 300 Surat, at 41d. to 51d. ; and 50 Sea Islands, at is. Oid. to Is. 4d. per lb.—ln Railway Shares a fair business was done at rather higher pricer. The arrival of the Herman steamer furnishes accounts of rather later date from America. At New York the rate of exchange on London was 1091. Cotton was firm, and corn advancing. The commercial advices offer nothing of particular interest, the following being rather Curious than important : "Few people have any idea of the immensity of the 'oyster business done in the United States. The Chesa peake and Delaware Bay oysters go all over the world, and we learn from a number of the Baltimore Sun that one establishment in that city, during the oyster season, keeps twenty-five men constantly opening the shells, and they sometimes open five hundred gallons a day, which are all designed for exportation. The oysters are put up in cans, in their own liquor, which are made air tight and hermetically sealed ; they are warranted to keep fresh in any climate. Five men are constantly em ployed in making the cans. The oysters are sent prin cipally to the Western States, but considerable quanti ties aro sent to the West Indies, South America, and some have been sent to China. Oh the first day of the last oyster-taking season, in Fairhaven River, six or seven hundred boats were ready for operation with the sun rise. The striking of the bell in the brick church was the signal to begin, and soon all was stir and commotion amongst men and shell fish. During the day between thirty and forty thousand bushels of oysters were taken, which from the fact of their having been undisturbed for two years were unusually large and very fine. SOme boats took from seventy-five to one hundred bushels each, and some few went much above this quantity. Transient oystermen sold their products at the bank of the river for twenty and twenty-five cents per bushel, while those who made "oystering" a regular business, preferred to hold on for a speculation." _ _ _ Accounts from Brussels furnish the heads of the, treaty of commerce between Russia and Belgium. We learn from Amsterdam that there have been some large failures there in the coffee trade, and that good or dinary Java had been forced upon the marked at about 411. per cwt. The Dutch Two.and-a-klalf per Cents. on the 6th instant were 55i to 7.16, closing scarcely so firmly as they opened. Spanish Bonds were supported. At Frankton on the 4th instant Austrian Metallics were 774. The Protectionist meeting held yesterday, and the prospect of increased activity on the part of the.agricul turists, excites a good deal of attention, though it is felt that the result will be to lead to counter agitation. The fact of a purchase of 200,0001. Consols for June having been made yesterday afternoon, before the mar ket closed, gave more firmness to the prices of English Stocks, but this has not been quite maintained owing to the Bull account. Consols have been 951 for transfer, and 954 for account, a convincing proof of the goodness of the money market, and of the confidence felt by the public. The New Three-and-a-Qurter per Cents. have realised 964 to j , and the Three per Cents. 94 to Bank Stock is worth 206 to Exchequer-bills are 675. to 705., and India Bonds 90s. to 925. premium. In Foreiga Stocks very little is doing. Mexican are 2E4. Spanish Three nor Cents. 371. Dutch Two and s-Half per Cents. 55:1. Equador, 3i to 4. The rest nominal. Shares are rather firm, though quiet. The Caledonian Raile ay Company, like some others, we fear, has no hops of paying a dividend on its original capital unless the guaranteed shareholders exhibit in dulgence and generosity by accepting an interest lower than that secured to them. At a meeting hold yester day a deputation of the board attended to explain the necessity fir a general reduction of preferential claims, and recommended the election of three delegates to represent the 101. preferential shareholders, with power to confer with the directors and conclude an ar rangement for the above purpose of reduction. After some discussion a committee of five shareholders was agreed to, whose report should be made to another meeting. QUARTER TO THREE. 951 buyers. ... 951 buyers. Consols ... Ditto, Account ... ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS O'CLOCK. PRICES. Mang stock 3or Cent. Reduced Anna ... 94% 3 ,R 94% 3 per Cer. t. Consols Annuities........ 95 % 5 ,4 95% N•AT 3 1 4 per Cent: Anns... 96%% 97 Gmg Anne. to expire Jan.1860 miii. Bonds,l,ooo/.......... ...... South Sea Stock Ditto New Annuities ...... consols for Account ..... ... 95% 95% ~; achequer Rills. 1 1 4 d. & 2d 1,0001. June 67 70 p 70 p ONE CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Kquador Bonds Greek Bonds Ditto ex Over-due Coupons —.. alexicau ' 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coup ons — Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons ... Ditto, Account guesian Bonds Ditto, 4 1 4 per Cent Ditto, Small ' Ditto Scrip Spanish 5 per Cz.nt. 1840 — Ditto. 3 per Cent Ditto, Account Venezuela Bonds, 2% per Cent Olvidends on the above payable in London. Beligan, 4% per Cent. Jima( 2% per Cent., 12 Guild. .. 5534 Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates — - CA 28% 37 1 ,4 37 t 34 87ex d 55% 853 A PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE C 1,0 t.. IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES kberdesn ... 50 Caledonian Ditto, New ICI. Prof... 10 4 . axtern Comities........ 20 m... 7 1 / 8 7 7 Do , New Pref.rence, 6 per Cent...... East Lincolnshire, gear. 6 per Cent. 25 Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... 25% Great Northern Do., I A A Deferred ... 12'4 2 rest North of Fngland.loo ...... Ditto. New, 301 3O — Great Western 100 ... 53 1 A 53 53 1 ,4 52 3 4 52 3 / 4 Ditto, New 171 15 ... _. 6 3 / 4 ,.... Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ...... 94 113 k 27 1 4 27 Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ..... Do. Quarter Shares.. 124 2151,;„ ..... ......... 20 1 / s , Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 Do. Fifths ... 10 -dis. ..10% dis. Leeds and Bradford L)ndon, Brighton, and .... - ---Socith Coast... ..,..100 London and N Western 100 Dito,Fiftbs ...... 12 ..... 105...... ..... ... 10 7 ' London & &Western ..100 Do, New 50/. . ....... 42% 2 1 14 ......... ....., 21 1 / 4 1)o., New Preference. 5 adancb,,ster, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire —.lOO Do. New 10/. Pre£.... 10 ... 7 Blidland ... . . ...... —.MO ...... 32%... ..... ... Do., 50/. Shares .Tortl British 25 ..... 7% 7% Oxf9rd, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ...... 50 r i l e 7% Preston & Wyro 25 ... .. 40% 40 44 Shrewsbury and Birm... 13 1 / 4 . — dis. .. Shropshire Union South Eastern ... 33% 13 % 1 /4 1 3 14 Do., No. 3 ....... ..—.. 30 ..... 13 1 / 4 York, Newcastle, and __ Beiwick. .... ............ 25 Do. Newcastle Eaten. 20 York and North Midland 50 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 20 ...... 6 6% Central of France (Or- leans and Vierzou)... 20 East Indian Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 ...... 2'4 %......... 2A, Paris and Rouen 2O ...... 19%..... ........ 19% Paris and Strobourg MINES. Cobre Copper - 33 33 1 / 2 3 3 1 /2 Santiago de Cuba IC United tlexican 2854 — JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia ~ LOWESTOFT, MAY 7.—The whole of last night and to-day it has blown a violent gale from E.N.E.—The Bare parted and struck several liMe3 upon the Corton Sand, but was assisted (If clear, and into this port with loss of both anchors and chains. Several vessels have parted. SUNDERLAND, MAY 7.—The Mary and Hurry of Col chester lost bowsprit, from contact with the George the Fourth, from Newcastle. ILFRACOMBE, MAY 7.—lt blew a gale all last night, and continues to blow very strong from E. to E.N.E. TALBOT, MAY 6.—lt blew a gale last night from S.E., with'heavy squalls, and continues. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY. Our market to-day was very scantily supplied with all kinds of English Wheat, the total arrivals since Satur day having been confined to 660 quarters. Although the attendance cf buyers was limited the factors were firm, and in some instances is per quarter more money was obtained for the finest Essex Wnite. The value of all other kinds Ras steadily supported. The imports of foreign Wht a: have not exceeded 1,230 quarters. Most kinds, especially fine Polish Odessa, sold readily, at the extreme rates of Monday, and at which large parcels changed hands. An unusually small supply of Barley was offering, while the demand for that grain ruled ac tive, at very full prices. There was more business doing in Malt, the value of which had an upward tendency. Oats were in good request, and the turn in favour of the scalers. Beans, Peas, ludiau Corn, and Flour were quite as dear as last week. grttrti Nbttion CHESTER RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.; CHESTER CUP. Mounseer Cockermouth Woolwich ... 2 ... 3 26 ran. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAY B.—Wind N.W., moderate breeze, and dull, hazy weather. STARIGO, MAY 6.—The Margaret and Ann, New castle to Quebec, has put into Stromness leaky. SWANSEA, MAY 6.—The William, of Dartmouth, is on shore on Peveril Ledge in a dangerous situation. There is every appearance of a dirty night. HAnwica, MAY 6:—The Union, of and for Goole, lying at anchor, lost anchor and received other damage, and has put in here to repair, from the Cadet, of South Shields, running athwart hawse of her in coming to an chor in Horsely Bay. DEAL, MAY 8, 11 A.M.—The William and Henry, Riches, from Hull, is supposed to ha ve b een totall y lost on the Goodwin Sand. HULL, MAY 7.—The Cecilia Catharine, bound to Rostock, was brought in here y esterday by the Toward Castle steamer, having been in contact with another vessel. JERSEY MAY s.—Wind N.E.—Sld. Centurion, San Francisco; Post Boy, Gaspe. PILL, MAY 6.—Wind E., fresb.—Sid. Eliza, Barba does. PETERHEAD, MAY 6.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Emma Eugenia transport, for the Arctic Regions, in tow of her Majesty's steamer Lightning. RA3ISGATE, MAY 7.—The Teniers, of and from Ant werp tor Rio Janeiro, was totally wrecked this morn ing on the Goodwin Sand; mate drowned. The master reports the loss of an English and a French schooner at the same time; crews supposed to be drowned. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. i Wheat. Barley. t Oats. Malt. .....--- ---'--- -- Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Sacks. English •• •• •• , 660 '4llO 1,370 2,780 4,130 Scotch. • — Irish ••••• • •• Foreign •• •• •• 1,230 400 1,800 Flour. oration should not be filed against him for h aving sent letter to his brother-in-law, challenging hi m to fightl duel. It would se e m that soma family disputes--De:,. s bot arisen between the two gentlemen, and the up the affair was the sending of the letter complained f. Mr. PHYNN now appeared to show cause agaios6 v"; t " u 7, rule on behalf of the defendant, stating th at he instructed to express the regret of his client t 1103?. moment of irritation and exc it e ment, he should us„,,' been betrayed into writing the letter. Ile wa s, howeve r, willing to make the amend honourable by a pologi 6 ing c 1 his brAher-In.la for the insult he had given him; tir i l ie the Learned Courtsl was instructed to a dd, that as t dispute had keen entirely mado up, there vies Be Pr. pect of the quarrel ever Icing renewed, bu t, willing sell'lo the Court of his sincerity, the defendant wa s ° 4 5 ; enter into bin own recognisances to keep t he pesc° °I I all her Majesty's subjects for any perio d the C might determine. Mr. SMIRKE was instructed by the complaining partro. to accept this apology, and consent to the course P posed. t to Mr. Justice COLERIDGE directed the de fecl „ - c - n t to enter into his own recognisances in the sum of ." • keep the peace for two years. The rule was accordingly discharged. OX•s OUGEt nor 1YX.84t13: Our market continues very inactive, but we have no change to notice in prices. The supply ()tiering is small. WEXTECTIAPEX... 133ef moved off steadily at an advance in the quota tion a2d per 81133. In other kinds of meat very title doing. Beef from 2s to 3s, 2d; Mutton, 23 6d to 3s 6d; Lamb, 4s 4d to 5s 4d; Veal, 3s to 3s 4d; Pork, 3s to 4s per 81bs, by the carcise. QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) Befor• the Lord Chief Justice CAMPBELL, and Justices PATTESON, WIGHTMAN, aud ERLE.) DOE ON THE DEMISE OF BENNET V. HAILES. This case arose out of an action tried at the assizes before one of the judges of the superior courts. It ap peared that the defendant had given Mr. New ton, the barrister, a brief without the intervention of an attorney, and in the course of the trial the judge asked Mr. New ton whether he had been regularly instructed by an attorney, and on informing him that he had not, and that the brief had been handed to him by the de fendant personally, the Learned Judge reused to hear biro, and the onus of conducting the case was thrown on the defendant, who, being an ignorant man, was unable to examine the witnesses effectively or to ad dress the jury; and the consequence was that a verdict was found for the plaintiff. Mr. NEWTON moved during the present term for a new trial, to raise the question as to his right to receive a brief under those circumstances. I❑ the course of his arguments he referred to a case in which the present Attorney-General had taken a brief from a party in a suite against the Treasury without the intervention of an attorney. He also referred to the case of the King v. Burdett, and to another car., in which the late Lord Abinger and Lord Brougham, and Mr. Hurnfrey, Q,C., took briefs from the party himself, and contended on those authorities that he was entitled to a rule. Lord CAMPBELL now delivered the judgment of the Court. He said in this care they were called upon to con,ider whether in any of the superior courts there was a rule ef law which prevented the defendant in a civil suit, who appeared in persor, . from having, in the stages of a suit in which counsel was not regularly instructed by attorney. the assistance of a counsel in structed by himself without the intervention of an at torney. There certainly bad been an understanding that a barrister ought not to accept a brief in a civil suit except from an attorney, and he believed it was for th benefit of suitors and the satisfactory administration of justice that that understanding should be generally acted upon; but the Court were of opinion that there was no rule of law by which it could be enforced. The only statntable provision on the subject was the recent County Courts Act, the 91st section of which enacted that a barrister should not be entitled to appear in any county court unless instructed by an attorney. The statute of Westminster the First, allowing the ap pearance of an attorney; the statute of William 111., c. 3, allowing in cases of treason a full defence by coun sel; and the statute of 6 and 7 William IV., c. 114, allowing a full eerence by counsel in all cases of felony; decidedly mention cases in which counsel were to be in structed. This, however, being a matter of procedure, the judges might, on their own authority, and according to their view of what was right, have laid down a general rule to determine under what conditions and restrictions barristers should be permitted to plead, and have pre-audience, but no such rule. wee found. The alleged restriction, therefore, must depend on usage, from which it might be inferred that such rule had been promulgated, though not now extant in writing. In Crown courts it was con sidered that the practise of a barrister not pleading un less instructed by an attorney did ne t p reva il , an d t h ey all knew that in certain instances a barrister was allowed by the judge to defend a prisoner, V without the intervention of an attorney. There would be a great difficulty in drawing a distinction for the purpose in question between civil and criminal proceedings, and a man might, raiwne commune, be tried on an indictment or be charged with an offence in the shape of an action to recover a penalty. On the circuit they talked fami liarly of the Crown and the civil side, but questions re specting insolvent debtors used to he determined in a Crown court end at nisi prius by means of a quo warrant° or it mandamus ; but a criminal information, or even an indictment for the crime of murder might be removed to this court by cer tiorari, and tried at nisi prius. In civil suits the usage bad not been invariably uniform, as they must presume it to have been, if it had been regulated by law; and which as propounded admitted of no exception. In stances had been mentioned in which counsel of great eminence and high honour had thought they were, under peculiar circumstances, justified in holding a brief from a party with or without fee, without any attorney being employed. There was, however, no de the question was not whether a barrister could receive a cided case which could assist the Court, for in those of the King v. Sir Francis Burdett, and Mocatto v. Lawson, brief without the intervention of an attorney, but whether a party who conducted his own case might have the assistance of counsel to argue questions of law, end to examine witnesses. It immemorial usage was to be relied upon, they must remember that sergeants-at-law xisted in England long before the time of Edward the First, and it teemed there was every reason to believe that they communicated directly with the par ties. Chaucer spoke of "sergeants-a'-law who were wary and wise," and it appeared that at St. Paul's change, where men of all ranks used to assemble, each sergeant had a pillar assigned to him, where he stood and communicated with his clients who came to consult with him. The Court believed, however, that the inter vention of an attorney between counsel and the party greatly contributed, not only to the dignity of the bar, but to the improvement of English jurispru dence. He adverted to the practice of former ages, not for the purpose of showing that the onus lay in this instance on the defendant, to make out by Aets of. Parliament or the rules of court, a position in support of the privilege which he claimed. Tna Court were by no means insensible to the inconvenience which might arise from this privilege being judicially recog nised, but they earnestly trusted that the almost uniform usage which had prevailed on the subject for more than a century would continue to be followed, and that no abuse of the privilege would take place. They hoped that what was called the etiquette of the bar would still be adhered to, and that that very useful and highly honour able branch of the profession—the attorneys—would remain unimpaired. At any rate, it was the duty of the Court to look to the present state of the law, and they would leave any inconvenience which might be produced by their decision to bo remedied by the Judges or the Legislature. They, therefore, were of opinion that the rule for a new trial ought to be made absolute. Rule accordingly made absolute. EXCHEQUER.—('PHIS DAY.) (Before the Lord CHIEF BARON, and Barons PARRE, ROUT, and PLATT.) WHATELEY V. HEWITT. _ I❑ this case, whichwas — brOuitittOiecover damages for injuries sustained by the plaintiff in consequence of the defendant's omnibus coming in contact with one in which he was riding, and thereby throwing him violently on the ground, and in which a verdict was found for the plaintiff for 501. at the last Liverpool essizee, The CoURT refused to grant a rule for a new trial, being of opinion that the direction of Mr. Baron Rolfe, who tried the case, was perfectly correct. GREENLAND V. CHAPLIN. The COURT also refused to grant a rule for a new trial in this case, which was of a somewhat similar nature. The action arose out of a collision on the iiver, in con sequence of which the plaintiff had a leg broken and las otherwise injured, and the jury awarded him damages to the amount of 2001. COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.) (sittings in Banco, before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE and Mr. Justice TALFOURD.) GORHAM V. BISEIOP OF EXETER. The COURT announced its intention of giving judg ment in this case next term. The Court intimated that the greatest difficulty which it had met with was in ob taining information relative to the mode of proceeding in the two cases which bad been referred to, and that as yet the Learned Judges had not been able, after using all possible investigation, to come at any clear informa tion on the subject. BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) This being the last day of term, the Court was chiefly occupied with motions for the re-admission of attorneys who had ceased to take out their certificates for some time past. One case was reserved for consideration, the gentleman seeking to be re - admitted not having prac tised for the last nine years, during which period he had been carrying on the busineEs of a cotton-spincer. QUEEN V. 6PIREY. In this ease Mr. &MIME had obtained a rule, calling upon the defendant to showeause why- a criminal. infoi.. ARCHES COURT.-(THIS. DA (Before Sir H. J. Fusi, Knight.) GORHAM V. THE BISHOP OF E XETER. :fe e It was expected that judgment would have b e en q , in the case of the monition which had been issue% is this Court, calling upon the Bishop of Exeter to setiod. the litter of institution to the vicarage of 1 33u3 P,„ted Speke, Mr. Bowdler, on the last court day, Wings.- that he should move the Court to that effect. ;dr at „ Today when the case was called on, the a g: A " r a te said, Mr. Bovidler desires you to extend the CO" — of the monition till next Court day. JUDGE—Very well. BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS (Before Mr. Commissioner Hotatovn.) THE ST. ALRiN'S BANK.—IN RE STUART. ho In th 3 case of this bankrupt, his floN olsl pots appointed Saturday, the 11th inst., for hearing argaliji on reconsideration of the question of certificate , was wholly refused a short time since. IN RE STONE. %leit er This bankrupt had carried on business at Co' e as a grocer, and to-day came up for his certificate; no es Mr. LINKIATER opposed on behalf of thA o sslg s Ter on the ground of rcck:ess trading and cxtravag ocw penditure. ; 61 0 Bankrupt, in explanation, said he had been ' fl atl y " Tally Trade," which had fallen off on the 0 ,`",„ . be being finished. He had offered ss. in the li. secured by a brother-in-law, a farmer. : i MA H l is HoNoun said the books were eiceadingl ill- de pt, "*„ and bankrupt had been for a long time living °"eile creditors. The certificate was suspended for LW months, then 'to he of the third class. SECONDARIES'.—(THIS DO' ) CHANEN V. HENDRY. for This was an action to recover the sum of 11/: goods sold. The plaintiff is a wine-merchant in '; bone-place, end defendant is a commission ag eP " Pancras-lane. ,ftbs Witnesses were called to prove the delivery o f ' 3 O articles, wine and spirits, end also an admission by D pt defendant, although he had pleaded that be " 5 indebted. Jo* The clerk to the plaintiff's attorney stated tlo",re fondant called at the office and said that he heard t'oo was a writ out against him in the county, and I t rf iee. was taken cut in th• city he would accept s ' n - doe, , Witness told him a writ had been taken out in 1, but he had not a copy with hirr, and showed theortFtbe t when defendant t•a:ti that he owed the debt but P° ,riot costs, as he ought not to have been sued in the Or court. The action was then continued. con' The Learned SECONDARY said the admission 'O s n o, elusive, and the jury had nothing to do as to the c' the superior court must be applied to on that subje ct ' Verdict for the plaintiff. CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS OLD COURT. 1c1.0" (Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON, Mr. Justice COO' and Mr. Justice Wuideras.) .„, oe' FORGING RUSSIAN BANK NOTES.—The Coati cupied the whole morning with hearing the argwm g list upon the demurrer put in to the indictment 8 , oI Samuel Laurin, Bernard Gordon, and Sodiah Faael;iiels who were remanded from the February session, at e - 0 0 they were indicted for feloniously engraving, 4 56 c% 11 , 0 % 0 of a note for the payment of money of a foreign In; O. wit, the empire of Russia. The grounds on wi l t soV demurrera were put in were, that the offence frT not lf properly charged, and the instrument was not d ist "' describe Il d or set out. , f , Mr. uddlest one Mr. Parry, and Mr. Meics'',l l peered on behalf of the prisoners; and the .& o° ;, - ,,ssi General, Mr. Clarkson , and Mr. Ballantine were n°l ' for the prosecution. BOW-STREET.--(THIS DAV a r o g, Robert SPipton, a footman, was charged with e e— ,,10 1 0 4 , from 76, Gower-street, nineteen 5/. Bank of x4,413° bpd notes, the property of Elizabeth flow Sevrt" . " n d James Seward, his employers. The property f ut 4sfr the prisoner, when discovered, was eleven Bank °` foot land notes, ten sovereigns, three half-sovereigu i4 half-crowns, ten shillings, eight sixpences, &c. t Miss Elizabeth How Seward, of 70, G owe r-stree;' bet posed that last evening the pri s o ner ' s w if e came " t) r of and asked her to go to h er d es k an d see if her ta ° , o d was quite safe. The wile was their housekeeP er, , es' the prisoner acted as a footman. She went to b e Lpe; cretoire and found the whole of the Bank-notes 201. belonged to her, end 80/. to her sister, but th e ;' o irs• nerally kept all their money together in the esu r ; e ;, She remarked that she believed the wife was qu"- accent. for Police-constable,, 21 S, deposed that, yesterday !oar nom), Mr. Thompson, landlord of the George, Stir to 6 street, told him th at be perceived the prisoner bo u v tc , lot of money, which he thought he had not co ol °,i, e at' honest means, as he had been changing 5/. notessl, is'-aps# ternoon. The constable then watched the prisoner. oP - diPt intoxicated, and he thought the best way of pN ee A - 0 0 1 ‘ . was to lock him up at once on a-charge of being " c f He consequently took him into custody and charg e Ar oet before Mr. Combe, of Clerkenwell, with being Li 0' and having in his possession a large sum of Int - 04 1 1 1 which he gave a very unsatisfactory account. lle l 7, said that it belonged to his wife and himself. car discharged from being drunk, but was detained io n f oi tody on the charge of stealing some bank notes. - a , in' then discovered that Miss Seward had been robb e formation having been sent to the St. Giles's statictO The notes were all known, and proof of ther e F re sent from the Bank of England to Miss Seward tti vious day was also given. ; Is ' Mr. HENRY having asked the prisoner if he iv. s ha rc" say anything, to which he replied in the negativ e, manded the case for a week. The money already saved is upwards of -C.lt i od. there is no doubt that at least 201. more will be MARLBRO'-STREET.--(THI D r P o• EXTRAORDINARY INSTANCE Or JIITENILE VI V O d i VlTY.—Sophia St2nion, a child about (c l o ven ye, t , e . ge, was placed at the bar before Mr. Hardwick. Tigise with stealing a gold ring, the property of Hann" bole, 14, Warren-street, Fitzroy-square. fg°o oo The prosecutrix stated that on y es t e rday i' 0 •0 11 , she laid a gold ring on a t a bl e i n h er b e d-room* 0 131 she had occasion to leave for a short time, and c at 47 ; return she missed the ring. Sh e searc h e d ever, t a itie' the room but could not find it, and on making tt 4 she was told that the priso ner had b ee n seen to l ei/ 00 . Pe; room with the stolen ring in her hand. Witness quently sent for a constable and gave her in clierr,„ g tr the way to the station th e p r i soner a d m itted stenin, ring, and secretin g it i n th e d us t-h o l e , w h e re it Ws' sequently found. reply The Prisoner's parents were in court, and in - WOr i Mr. Hardwick, Stated that since the age of four 'fed she had evinced the greatest depravity, stenl ilig o e f ° i% 4 thing she, could lay her hands upon. At the at, it years she contracted a certain di&order, when tioefr sent to the hospital, but in consequence of her K they y bad conduct while there she was expelled. Oi lle ;Itl she had been placed in various asylums, but w°;ol 4 , stop in any of them. Some short time ago she c„6O bee a gentleman with attempting to commit a rape I . l * 0 Sr person; the case was heard at this Court, but 0 0 child's statement was proved to be false the charg e not entertained. e . w 4 V e d Mr. HARDWICK said it was one of the Won , . ever heard. It was a great pity that there was n' t PA rational asylum for such children. A gaol was e„5 00 0 " receptical for them. He then remanded the elw Friday next. IRELAND. SALES OF EN CUMBERED ESTATES. - D ÜBLIN, TUESDAY E VENING.—A number'oote portant sales were effected today before th e h missioners. IWO; The first put up were the D'Arcy estates Il e and Westmeath. One lot sold for 18,50014 °' 14 years' purchase; the , second_ produced 4,00 01 " or pa' years' purchase ; the third, 2,400/., or 16 Yee r base, l chase. The fourth, 1,8001., or 13k years' Ileb - 5 1tiv' the fifth, 1,1004 or 10 years' purchase; th e c law 3,400/., or 16} years' purchase ; the seventh e ll h. 2,5001., or 17 years' purchase. , A. portion of the Portarlington estates 1 0 6 , i pov Kildare, and Kilkenny, and Queen's Wil l:P lA' f °l# next _put in lots and all disposed' Of • etii - c e esr ; : lowing rates, viz.:—Lot 1, 1;3501., or S' ; ,,r 'bas e ; purchase; lot 2, 2,1501., or 20 years' P' r i c o t ' lot 3, 8001. or 20 years' purchase *, - 00 1 t, 5501., or 18 years' purchase ; lot '",„,„ vest: or 26 years' purchase ; lot 6,, 1,400/.,. -4 'l T o t purchase; lot 7, 1351., or 25 years' purchas, e ',,,. 1 I, 771/. or 21 years' purchase ; -l o t 9. 3,57,517, of ~ years purchase ; l o t 10, 700/., or 19 . yea rs" lot l 11, 950/, or 21 years' purchase.; lot 12 ' ears'P ll , r ; chase years' purchase ; lot 13 - , 325/., or 2 1 .7 710 t 50 a 0 s l e ; lot 14, 1,250/., or 25 years' purchase; or if years' oprin2c3h years' ase. 1 ;900 f purchase ; let 16, c ity' - The last sales consisted of ten houses the l oge Cork, the property of Mr. Robinson. Th e i t ' ed sum of each realised 4501.. The atnoUnt'rea the dsy's min amounted, to 54,0001. 10, 4 " Colonel W-- is a fine looking flist,,Sl) 01 1( 1 -, said a friend the other ads% taken for hint once." " You! cote ,nbt at all z ,? l , ll 7 o dors ° " I don t care for that, I was taken 101 hilP- 01)2C r . his note, and was talfen forlirn brt he eheritr.' Y e s - "" repot 1.. iliott Fr , C 164 `2( ri, ea %t, .