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ITER MAJESTY'S THEATRE . The LAST Grand Classical, Dramatic, 511-cellaneous CON rEit ED MUsICAI, ENTERTAIN - 31ENT ot the Season will take place on MONDAY MORNING, .tune 30. On this occasion will appear Mesdames Sontsg, Carolina nuprez, Alaimo, Giuliani, Ida Bertrand. Florentint, Marie Cruvellt, and bone cruveili. The valuable assistance of Madame I.lgaide• V.. the Opera Comique, Paris, has also been secured. t•qgnort Gordon'. and Calzolarl, Mr. Sims Reeves and Signor Pardini, Signori Coletti and Ferranti, F. Lablache, and Lablache. Signor Sivori (engaged expressly for this occasion) will execute unpublished Pieces of Paganmi. Director of the Music and Conductor. 3 1 . The Concert will commence at Two o'clock Pre:lseq. Boxes Two Gineas ; Pi: Stal3, 12s. 6d. ; Pit Ticket. and Gallery Stalls, 55.; Gallery, 2s. 6d., to be had at the Box office of the Theatre. HER AJI,sTY's THE 'SIGH ATE. GRAND EXTRA T. FlDELlO.—Niadlie. soFtr: CHUVELLI. LA PROV.I. DUN OPERASERIA —Madame UG UDE. It is respecttully announced that a Grand Extra Night will take place THIS EVENING, when wilt be produced (for the last time) Beethoven's Opera, FrDELIO. P Leon - ra, Madlle Sofia Cruvelli ;izarro, Signor Colettl ; Rocco, Siznor llalanch! ; Jacquino, Signor Mercurial ; Marcellini, Madame Giuliani ; 11 Mimstro, signor Casanova; Fl ores t auo , M r . Sims Beeves. ra the Orchestr a will perform Beethoven's P re viously to the and between the acts Beethoven's Overture Overture to Fldelio, to Leonora. which a Divertissement, in which 3ladlle. Amalia Ferraris Atter will appear. To be followed by Grecco's Open Buffa, LA I'BOVA DUN orEttA SERIA. Fiorilla,3tadatne Cgalde ; ; Grilletto, 181 g Lablaclie; Campanone, Signor Lablache. nor '. To co nclude with a Divertissement fr'm the admired Ballot, LA SYLPHIDE. La sylphicle, Madlle. Marie Taglioni ; James, M. Charles ; sup ported by 1:osa, Lamoureux Ebper, Julien, Allegrinl, Kohleuberg, A u i-andon, l'ascljes, r antoine, Soto, ac. Auber's cerebrated Opera of 11 Frudlgo will he repeated This Evening and Friiay next. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Thlicts to be made at the Box office of the Theatre. Doors openel at Seven, the Opera to com mence at Half past Seven o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. "Websw, , eole Ltssct. and Aianager, lironoptors. THE , ' EVgsTIN(I, Will be performed THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Sir John FalQtaft, Mr. Hacke . t. To conclude with the Nautical Drama of BLACK-EYED SUSAN. William, Mr. Davenoort; Admiral, Mr. Rogers; Ca, taro Crosstree, Mr. Yap sole Gnatbrain, Mr. Buckstone; Jacob Twig, Mr. H. Bed ford; Susan, Miss A. Vining. itOYAL, ADELYIII. Under the directmn of Madame Ce EVF.NI NG, Wit be performed the Comedy of PAUL PRY. Col.nel Hardy, Mr. Emery ; Paul Pry. Mr. Wright ; Gram), Mr. 0. Smith ; Willis, Mr. W,,rrell ; Marian, Miss Ellen CnaPlin. 'lO be iol;owed by a n w oanic Op era, entitled GOOD NIGHT, SIGNOR PANTALON. Doctor Titit ofolo, Mr. Fail Medford ; Signor Pantalon, Mr. Honey ; Lebo , M iss Woolgar ; Columbine, Miss liath• leen Eitzwilliam. To conclude with the laug ha ble farce of A. NIGHT of HORRORS. " ,61( `" - • PRINCES- 1A T : E M A r. l: C it . E li ' e ° aif l an 'U d ttl) M - r B . T K R ee E t T j. Under the Manag : In n Te E I—U N S VI E F V E F 'S 'N S I E N C I; R . ET, in which Mr. and Will be performed Mrs. C. Kea". Mr . Wig„n, and Mrs. Keeley will appear. Alter which a new Fares called AP., itTMENTS. "Visitors to t he Exhibition m a y b e accommodate d . " To conclude with a new grand spectacular Extravaganza (taken from a Tale, by Washing" Irving), entitled THE ALIIAM BRA : or The Three Moorish Princesses. Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Barley, A. W i g an, Wynn, Cooke, Flexmore ; Misses Murray, Daly, ms h. Robertron, Leclerq, Keeley, Mdlle. Auriol, and Mrs. Keeley. p r i va te Boxes, &,.., to be had of all the Booksellers, and of Mr. so x3 trigham ; et whom also places may he taken at the Box-office, Oxford-street, from Eleven till Four o'clock. 1101(AL LYCEUM TL E I' ti.E. Under the Management 01 Madame Vest - IL Sole Lessee, Mr. Üba: les Mathews. TIM, EVENING, Will be performed ONLY A CLOD. To be followed by COURT BEAUTIES. To conclude with RING CHARMING. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Farren. THU.: F,V EN! NO, Will be performed SECRET SERVICE. After which FAINT 11E.VT NEVER WONT FAIR LADY. To be followed by MOGI: E• ,, and his LANTERN. To conclude with the FA,T CO .Cll. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. u nd.w . t 3,6 eat-ruing. of tier .liaji:4ty and tile lloyal itigLingiSC Prince Albert. Proprietor and Man...ger, Mr. W. Batty. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a grand new Spectacle, entitled ELEANOR THE AMAZON ; or, Queen of France and England. To be followed by new Scenes of the Circle, introducing an en tired,. new Company of English, French, Italian, and American Artiste.. To conclude with the PEREGRINATIONa of MR. BRIGGS. In con-equence of numerous ap..lic9.tions frum Persons of all Na tong to witness the magnificent Spectacle of NINZEPPA, active pre paration.i are being made for its early production. rsox-oMee iJpell ,rule LILL k. oar. stage Manazer, Mr. T. Thompson. PI7NCIP9 PLAYHOUSE AND STRAND THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. W. R. COPE LA ND, Liverpool. THIS EVENING, Will be presented a Comedy, called CAPTAIN CHARLOTTE. Principal characters by Mr. Tilbury, Mr. Davis, Mr._ J. Rogers, Miss Romer, Miss Maskell, and Miss Marshall. To be followed by a New and Original Burleta, entitled THE VILLAGE NIGHTINGALE. Principal characters by Mr. H. J. Craven (his 4th appearance here), Messrs. Norton, Rogers, Attwood, R. Homer, and Maskell ; Miss E. Romer, and Miss El za Nelson (her 4th appearance here), who will sing two new ballads, composed expre,ly fur her by S. Nelson, Esq. After which a new and original Comic Drama, entitled THE POOR RELATION. To conclude with A CHEAP EXCURSION. TLe prices of adnitssion are arranged as follow :--Orchestra stalls, 4a; Loxes (first circle), 35.; (second circle), 2s. ; Pit, ls. Doors to be opened at Hall-past Six, and the performances to Commence at Seven precisely. A second price will be taken to the Boxes only at Half-past Nine —first circle, 25.; second circle, Is. Private Macs One Guinea and a Half each. LAST WEEK. BUT ONE OF M. JULLIEN. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS Every evening (i.'aturclav excepted), JuMen's latest and most favourite compositions, including tile Enfant Procligue and Exhibi tion Quadrilles, Crystal Fon•itain and Indian Polkas, Amazon and Tiger Galop, a,.(1 a choice Selection from the Ancient Composei s.— Danson's Colossal Picture of the Temple of Janus.—Superb Menagerie. —Perlorming Elephants.—" lion-i-noor" Fireworks, by Southey. Mr. B. Wells. Professor of the Royal Academy of Music, will play a Solo on the Flut, (his 2,1 oppearance in public.) Doors oocn (rola Nine A.m. —Feedin , 4 the Animals at half-past Five.—Promenade Concert, conducted by M. JULLIEN, at Seven. — Fireworks at Ten. Admission as usual, only One Shilling 11(1T1 A TKIL lON Tats Dar —Morning 3S min. after 11 I Evening 0 min after 0 qo-Mosaow—Morning 2 nt.n. alter 12 I Evciung 23 min att,r 12 WEATHER.—Sus OFFICE, J trNE 26. THERMOMETER, IM THE SHADE. 74—hi: he t since noon yesterday. 54-loweit this morning and clarmg the night. 76—this day, at noon. Be. ohms - nut, 30.31. Warn S.W.—tine sunshiny weather. DAILY WEAMER TABLE B , :ate of the Wind and weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations are ..rranged in order of latitude. KINGSTOWN (Duaux)—Wind W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. PLYMOUTH—Wind W., gentle breeze --overcast, POOLIC - Wind W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. PORTSMOUTH—Wind S. W., gentle breeze—overcast. BluGtvros—'w ind W., gent le breeze— overcast. kIASTINGi—Wird N. W., gentle breeze—overcast. SOUTHAMPTON— Wind N W.• strong breeze - overcast. TUNBRLDG E—Wind N. W., calm—partially cloudy. BASINGSTOKE—Wind W., gew le breeze—partially cloudy. GRE EN 4 Wil—W ind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. Swnspox—Wind N.W., light airs—cloudy. COLCH ESTER— W ind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. CAMBRIDGE—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. Ri;owr—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. PETtraBOROVGH—wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. Aumou7H—Wind W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. 14,V $ItrOC.11,—Wind S. W., gentle breeze—overcast. B urrocK—Wind N. W., gentle breeze—overcast. 1 " mums from the following places iudizate the state of the wind and weather on Tuesday morning at nine evoek CA-RI-ow—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—cloudy. DluolNoAA—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—overcast. POOLEC - • Wind N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. WHIT&IIAVILII.— Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. 41 11 _#4 * ; Dui) ,z7to • <9 , goo k , LO, Arta itu o LONDON, THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1851. The Commons met yesterday at Twelve. Mr. COWAN moved the second reading of the 'ma_ verbity (Scotland) Bill, the object of which was to do away with the tests requiring that professors in the Scotch Universities should be members of the Church of Scotland. Mr. W. LOCKHART moved that it be read a second time that day six months. Mr. EWART supported the Bill, as did Sir G. GREY , who, however, recommended the Hon. Mover not to divide — a Piece of advice reiterated by Mr. E. ELLIca, and opposed by M r. A Li . DuASTIE. O n a division the Bill was lost by a majority of 1, the number being for the Bill 65; for the amendment 66. Mr. M'CuLLAali moved the second reading of the Encumber. d E.ta,es Lea s es (Ireland) Bill ; the o bject of the measure wee to enable the Commit,ioners under the Encumbered E,tates (Irela n d) Act to grant leases. to occupying tenants, of lands: which came under their jarisdicti in, so as to prevent the tenlnts from being turned out by purchasers under the Act. Mr. FRENCH and .Ir. NAPIER spoke strongly against the rnelsure. Colonel DUNNE described it as one of downright rob bery. The Soi ICITOR-GENERAL for IRELAND moved as an amenlrne•A that the Bill bit rear) a sccuud time that, day six mow ?Is. Af;er iew` words from Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD in favour of the Hilt tree dividvd. TOO amendment was carried by 94 to 15, and the Bill vves.theretore lo.t by a tbsifq try of 79. The House ttwn resolved itselt into C o ran3iltie on the Irish Medical Charities Biil, the considerati*.of Which occupied the rest of thd morning. We have hitherto carefully abstained from com m-2rtiog in any tourmf-r on the lute fetal accident on the London, Brigh , on, and S:uth Coast Railway. Audi alte , am partem is a sound rule, which we desired to preserve inviolate. So long, therefore, as the subject was under investigation before a compe- TUN SUN, tent tribunal we avoided any allusion thereto. Therein, however, no longer any necessity for pre , serviog silence. Two inquiries have taken place be- fore coroner's juries. We have also the official re port of Captain laarrasz, R.E., the gentlemen ap pointed by the Railway Commissioners to inquire into the circumstances attending the melancholy transaction, and the reply of the directors thereto. These latter documents, which may be considered the charge and the defence, will be found in another part of this day's impression, and it is for the public, on considering what has thus been alleged on either side, to pronounce their verdict and to declare whe ther the directors are indeed worthy of censure, or whether they had adopted the fitting precautions which men of ordinary prudence would re sort to in cases where their own personal safety and property might be at stake. The directors confidently appeal to that decision, they feel that they can come into court with clean hands, that they have nothing whatsoever to reproach themselves with, either in the nature of the directions issued for the guidance of their subordi nates or in the conduct of their servants, for which thaymight be considered responsible ; and, although they lament the frightful catastrophe, as every person of common humanity must do, they consider them selves totally free from blame in respect thereof, he,- lieving it to be one of those accidents which no degree of merely human foresight could prevent or mitigate. While on the topic, they refer with just pride to the fact that for more than nine years preceding the late disaster, the extensive, and complicated traffic on this important line, of which they have the control and management, has been worked without a single fatal accident to any passenger, and although this happy result must in some degree be ascribed to great good fortune—for "accidents will: happen in the best re gulated families "—it also shows that the parties who can with truth make such a boast could not have been influenced by any sordid consideration as to ex pense, or actuated with reckless indifference as to the safety of the passengers. We are well aware that there is on every side a tendency to condemn rail way directors on any, the slightest grounds. Many persons consider that every advantage should be given to the community in general, without reference to the fact whether it may or can prove remunerative to the companies. It is proverbially impossible to please all parties, and per haps there are no classes so loudly and universally attacked as the managers of railway traffic, and that on the most trivial and insufficient grounds. If a train travels slowly, one indignant passenger de nounces the conduct of the directors, which he con trasts with that of other boards, and the rapidity of transit on other lines, so beneficial to men of business. If the wpeed be slightly increased, some timid valetudinarian protests against the dangerous ra pidity, and in a whining epistle suggests the propriety of inflicting capital punishment, or at least per petual transportation, on some delinquent director. Journals are to be found ready and willing to afford a place in their columns to any complaints, even of the most opposite characters, as if a fling at rail way managers would certainly attract notice, and be received with approbation. We would, however, venture to remind these persons that it is impossible to attain perfection in this world, and that we cannot hope to procure the services of men of superhuman abilities and foresight, who could anticipate matters that might baffle ordinary calculation. With these cautions we shall proceed to consider the report and answer, and, we are satisfied, that the public will, after a calm and dispassionate perusal, arrive at the same conclusion which we ourselves, after a searching examination, have had forced upon our minds. And first it appears that the immediate cause of the accident was the fact that a sleeper had been placed across the line, which threw the engine and carriages off the rails, and that none of the servants of the company could be charged, or even reasonably suspected of being cognizant of the act. Tee jury at Lewes, who could not be accused of any undue pre judice in favour of the company, declared that " there was no evidence to show how the sleeper had come on the line." The jury at Brighton, who had additional evidence, and sat at a later period, found that the sleeper had been " wilfully, felo niously, and maliciously, placed across the outer rail on the northern side of the down line by some person or persons unknown ;" and Captain LAFFAN adopts the same view, as being established beyond the possibility of doubt. The Gallant Gentleman, in his report says : Ou reviewing all the evidence bearing upon the subject of this inquiry, it seems evident that the imme diate cause of this dissater was the circumstance of a sleeper being I,ft re<ting upon one of the rails; and that the act of placing the sleeper in that po,ition cannot ue attributed to any or the cJwpany's bervau;s." And with praiseworthy candour he adds— " It is evident, also, that the company's servants can not, by any practicable exercise of vigilance, prevent persons mischievously disposed and watching for an op portunity, from getting unseen upon the line." This would clearly and completely exonerate the company but for the addition to that paragraph, in which he declares— " But it is equally clear, that undue fsoilities for mis chief are afforded to such trespassers by the practice of leaving sleepers in secluded spots in such close proxi. miry to the rails ; and, independent of this, there is a strong probability, that had the traffic on the Lewes branch been conducted with a proper regard to public safety, the wanton act of placing a sleeper on the rail would not have been followed by the fatal cons(quences which actually ensued. It is quite clear that the train, when it met with the obstruction, was running at a speed which was imprudent at that spot; and it is equally clear that the circumstance of the en gine running tender foremost had a most important in fluence on the result." Here, then, is the entire gravamen of the charge compressed into the briefest compass. It may be divided into three branches :—First, the fact of the sleeper being left on the line, so that it could be made use of for an improper purpose ; secondly, the undue rapidity of the train at that particular point ; and, thirdly, the tender being placed before the engine. A sufficient answer to the first point was given by the ~workmen on the line who were examined at the inquest. They showed that it was essential to have the materials ready at hand for repairing the defects that might arise, without a moment's unne cessary delay; nor could it for a moment be sup posed that any person would make use of them to ob struct the line. If such arguments were admitted, stones could not be placed at a road side for necessary repairs, lest some madmen might fling them at the passers .by. A carpenter could not lay by his chisel lest it might be used to stab a companion. There would be an end to the ordinary business of life, if such views were carried into practice. Any malicious person could easily find means of obstructing the line if determined on so doing, which might possibly be even more formidable than that which was at hand. Much weight is not attached to this point by Captain LAFFAN; the two latter points, the rate of speed and the tender being f oremost, are those to which the greatest im• p_ortance is assign e d, and these are fully answered by the directors. Now, on the question of speed, the entire evi dence is opposed to the conclusion arrived at by c a . PtSlll LAFFAN, that it was " cer tainly L ' less than 27 miles an hour." O n the contrary, the evidence not only Parke's empdoyes wh o were exam i ne d, s toh thato n' bofut alla of the passengers who were examined, proved that it wu about twenty miles an hour, or, as there w il l necessarily be dif ferences of opinion, f rom seventeen to twenty three miles an hour, which were the statements on oath of the p e rsons present a t t h e trans action, while the t Captain formed his opinion t from subsequent experiments. The fac t s are, there directors ; but were i fore, in favour of th e t other wise, they show that even 27 miles an hour would not be an undue or dangerous speed, and that much greater rapidity is resorted t o every day on some of the best managed lines of the kingdom, and that without any unfavourable re , u ts. On the third point their argument is no less satisfactory. They first show that there is a very g re at difference of opinion respecting the effect that wou ld have been produced had the engine been before the tender ; and that the views of Captain LAFFAN are totally opposed to those of Messrs. WOODS, FENTON, and CRAVEN, all competent witnesses, who differed widely as to the probable consequences from the Government official. It also appears that no acci dent has ever occurred from that cause, and that the Railway Commissioners themselves have heretofore considered it immaterial, from their sanctioning the LONDON, opening of the Ashford and Hastings line More any engine turn-table was provieled,aud where consequently all trains must run of necessity one way tender foremost. On the whole, we think that every unprejudiced per son will agree in thinking that the directors have clearly entitled themselves to the favourable verdict for which they so confidently, and on such satis factory grounds, appeal to the community at large. An amendment in the Patent Laws may at length be confidently anticipated. It will be remembered that already two endeavours have very recently been made in this direction—the one by Lord BROUGHAM, and the other by Lord GRANVILLE. These proposals for an improvement having been referred to a Select Committee, and that Committee having minutely in vestigated the evils complained of, a comprehensive mea sure has at last been introduced by her MAJESTY'S Government, the second reading of it being formally announced to come on this evening. Remembering the enormity of the grievances relating to the posi tion of scientific inventors, it is most earnestly to be hoped that the debate, which will in all likelihood take place to-night upon the questions involved in this Bill, may demonstrate the fact of a searching investigation having been adventured upon during the recent la bours of the Select Committee. Otherwise we fear there can be but little probability of any very consi derable advantages flowing from the present effort any more than from the previous attempts in the like course by my Lord BROUGHAM and my Lord GRANVILLE. It must be acknowledged, at the same time, that the precise character of the evils to be dis sipated has long since become a matter of notoriety to the general population. All the difficulty in their regard at present remaining is to discover the exact manner in which it would be most desirable that they should be removed. That discoverers in chemistry and inventors in mechanics should have the products of their philosophic research protected by the laws of the land, in such a way that the emolu ments arising out of the employment of their ingenuity by the community may flow principally into their ow❑ pockets, must be obvious to all men as a matter appealing to common sense and to our con victions of the necessity of fair-play. Yet assuredly it cannot be requisite that for this purpose a scarcely numerable gang of petty officials should be fleecing the unfortunate applicant for a patent before he can shelter the fruits of his intellectual inquiries under the shadow of that very desirable document. For the advantage of science, and that necessitates also the advantage of the country at large, it is always to be hoped that facilities instead of impediments should be placed in the way of every aspirant for the privileges of a patentee, so that the industry of the country may be promoted, and the convenience of the multitude secured as readily as is at all practicable. Precisely the reverse of this, how ever, would appear to have been the opinion of the Legislature, if the system as it at present stands can be regarded as any criterion or testimony. Aided by the indignation felt by the mass at the long continu ance of this abuse, the Ministry, we are sanguine, may at length be enabled to sweep away in one fell swoop the whole of its intolerable concomitants. Legal an tiquaries will then, perhaps, be induced to examine with the more complacency into the precise nature of that unaccountable item in the old calculation, Night the " Deputy chaff wax," and the astonishing oddity of whose cognomen induced Mr. DICKENS to inquire whether it signified a man or a process. Nothing can justify us, we are rejoiced to believe, in anticipating the perpetuation of an evil so inimical to the interests of knowledge and civilization, an evil destructive of the spirit of enterprise among philosophers, and derogatory to the genius of our liberal and enlightened institutions. What is principally required by inventors may be readily particularised. First and foremost it is de manded by them that the mode of obtaining the pro tection of a patent may be very materially simplified, and, secondly, it is insisted upon by the common principles of justice that the charges of purchasing these letters patent may be very considerably and immediately reduced. That the preservation of a catalogue periodically arranged would materially benefit the public at large is, of course, unquestion able. That other and minuter arrangements of the like description would be beneficial must be equally apparent. But before any of these advantages are looked for it is assuredly much more to be desiderated that the inventors should in the first instance have their individual claims allowed, and their class interests taken into earnest consideration. For these benefits we look confidently to the two branches of the Imperial Legislature ; the more fully satisfied that the matter in question will obtain a proper amount of attention from the circumstance of its being put forward simultaneously with the dis play of so many scientific marvels in the Palace of the Industrial Exhibition. Confirmed by reflection in these salutary anticipations, we await with some eagerness the second reading this evening of the Mi nisterial Bill relating to the Patent Law Amendment. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The Debats publishes the following analysis of the speech of M. DE 13aoamil in the Committee of Rb. vision : " M. de Broglie said that after so long a discussion he should proceed direct to the subject, without making any profession of faith. The Republic and the Constitution existed, but he had not made them. He had refused to be a mayor in 1848, in order to avoid being compelled to rend the Constitution on the public place. As to the Republic, he would behave towards it as a good citizen ought to do. He demanded immediate revision in or der to avoid the misfortunes which might be forseen in 1852, not for the re-establishment of the monarchy, but to ameliorate the actual institutions; he was, how ever, opposed to the expression of any wish in the re port, in the name of the Committee, for that ameliora tion. That desire would be vain in lace of the consti tuent powers necessetsily unlimited in their nature; it would, moreover, be a manner of proclaiming the perpetuity of the republican principle, a kind of act of faith and an oath of fidelity; it would be to provoke tu multuous protestations; and, in short, would be to act against the letter and spirit of the Constitution. It had been maintained, said the Hon. Gentleman, that the re publican regime had been established by surprise, with out the country being consulted; it had also been said, that the Constituent Assembly bad not been freely , elected, and that, when once installed, it found itself surrounded with the obsessions of the multitude and enveloped with ti 'mutes. The Constitution was deliberated on under the regime ,of the state of siege. When the question of the two Chambers was raised, M. de Laosarttne was right in saying that circumstances required the dictatorship of a single Assembly. Atter the adoption of the Constitution the • country was not consulted. The demand for the revision has for object to give to the new Constitution in a tranquil time a character of liberty, which the present Consti tution had never had. M. de Broglie, there fore, adopts the principle which would limit the constituent powers. He, nevertheless, opposed the propositions of MM. Craton and Bouhier de l'Ecluse. The actual Assembly he considered had not the right to change the established Government. Art. 111 es tablished two missions—that of the actual Assembly, and that of a Constituent. The Legislative Assembly could only characterise the evil, and put its finger on the wound. The remedy belonged to the Constituent, which would be useless if the Legislative were to go beyond the expression of a wish. He wished to have a resolution to the following effect:—' The Legislative Assembly, in furtherance of Article 111 of the Consti tution, expresses its wish that the Constitution should' be revised conformably to that article.' The report should develupe the motives of that wish. M. de 'Broglie would, he said, have wished to have pointed out the defects of the Constitu tion; but on that point he should adhere to what had been so well remarked by M. Odilon Barrot. No an. sorer had been given to what that gentleman had esta blished. It hail been objected, it is true, that the mis hief came from the men charged to execute the Consti tution, and not from the Constitution itself. The insti tutions were made precisely to lead to a good choice and to a good direction. If they are conceived in such a way that they excite passions, and cause divisions in stead of preventing them, they are bad. To speak the truth, it is not men that are accused, but one man alone, the President of the Republic. It was not his (M. de Broglie's) mission to defend him ; be was neither his minister, his adviser, nor his friend ; the only ac quaintiiatios:ll e had with him was to send him to the fort ut Ham, when he had been called on to try him ; but ho o e fe ; l it t ,,b b i o is u l i i id a to be just—he did not think there was any danger of an 18th Brumaire. Nevertheless, let us a dmithe danger. What gave the President the etxp,,).ek,d the n d sraWaempuheneahitlriueeepertiophhaercerhsaeidPse:?o"uinldttereyhtadwunebiuetiaednryweoiestvheebhde had been wished ha q t v o have a P e r t es b id ed ent be w e i n th i C t f it In stead of that, the President bee n . sleeted dill rent,ly. In limited powers, he should e e n v t had been put at the top of a on d e to climbup. lie had f or mer. Pu a man at themidtoeieptßizsg h m e a e g h d p e lat e : g h n i- e t ' w i e n e v n i ti a n nullity u 1 ietr usurpation, wofeuid e o not consent 0 e a s n a d at y t e ed t astoniehment had been felt Jat olifeNotrethe demanded l a e m ct e io , n a t and the therevision, wuid President havein or should o rv u e ld ht reg b e t o. the c;completely changed. All that portion of the Constitution was an e xtravagance; any one I THURSDAY would thin that it had been drawn up at Charenton. He admitted tit, iu virtue of Art. 45. the President w-uld be oultged to put on hi* hat in 1852. and go and iat.ce up his residence in 8 fiirni*hed hotel. Who would at erwards be President/ If we had such men as Wa.hingtan. John Adams, ani Monroe, they would not be named to occupy that impo7tant post. The Prince de Jcinville would not lend hicself to it, if the preposition of M. Croton were to beiriopted. Beyond the Princes, there was no chance, exc.ipt for a democrat en blouse, who would flatter the people in their misery, anii promise them wonders in Lcopian reforms. An enlightened and mo dest republican could not be chot•en by the present mode of election. :t has been said that the Constituent As sembly wouk probably be Bonapartist, like the petition ing which demands it, under the influence of the admi nistration. 11. de Broglie, judging by his department, considered tlat the character of the movement was an immoderate dtsire for the status quo, an excessive fear of revolutiors. Nevertheless, he said, let us admit that the movement is Bonapartist. If we were to re sist that impetuosity of public opinion we should be very unpopular. It is evident that the party of order which adopter such conduct would not be re-elected. If it be a Bonapartist movement which is to create our suc cessors, they will go farther, and, under the circum stances which would then exist, they will drive out the Assembly.' NI. de Broglie declared that in that case he would resist without pretending to be a Brutus, nor would he votelir an unconstitutional candidate. 'Our will,' he added, ' would have no more value than that of Louis XIV. wien old and dying. In the month of May it might be sail what &dyes said on the evening of the 18th Brumaire Gentlemen, you have n master!' It is to avoid this tad result that M. do Broglie advocates the revision, the regular correction of the defects in the Constiutiot which have led to such a sad state of things. Watt appeared to him singular is that the continual a)peal which the Constitution makes to the Electoral Colleges for the formation of almost all tho 'bodies of the State is admired, and yet it is refused to consult the °ovary precisely under the circumstances when that consiltation becomes urgent to revise the Con titution. 6 lt has been said that we agitate the country,' observed M. deßroglie in conclusion, ` but it is the Con stitution which agitates it. We have more than 100.000 elections to make: National Guards, 37,000 municipal councillor, 3,100 cantonal councillors, 86 councils general, the lepslative power, and the President, and all this in one year ; and because we de man d t h e e l ect i on o f a Constituent ssembly it is said that we ere agitators. The great agitator, the O'Connell of the country' is the Constitution." The Committee of Revision met again yesterday, and agreed to the following resolution by 9 votes to 6. " The Legislative Assembly, taking into consideration the 1110 article of the Constitution, expresses the desire tor the revision of the Constitution conformable to that article. The Committee then proceeded to the election of the reporter to the Committee, when there appeared for N. DE TOCQUbVLLLE N. DE BROGLIE .. 5 Ont.oN BARROT 2 M. DE ToctuEviLLE was accordingly chosen re porter hitherto consequently the acts of the Com mittee have alltended to the consolidation of the true Republic as ontradistinguished from the despotism of either Socialism or Monarchical reqction. The Nationd recommends the Republicans to ab stain from votug on the approaching elections for Seine-et-illarnt, the Dordogne, and the Haute- Vienne. The Journal des Debuts has an admirably written article from tie pen of M. AIICHEL CHEVALIER against the Proective system. The PRESIDENT of the Republic reviewed the troops in the Champ de Mars on Tue , day. There were some crier of " Vive NAPOLEON !" but the cries of " Vive la Republique!" predominated. M. DE LEsseps, head of the commercial office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has just set out for London, charge( with a private mission. A letter from Montpellier, of the 22d, states that in consequence cf a violent polomic which had been carried on in the Echo du Midi and the Suffrage Universel, a duel with sabres had taken place between M. DE GINESTOUS and M. ARISTIDE OLIVIER, the editors of those journals. M. OLIVIER was killed on the spot, and his adversary seriously wounded. Orders have been issued for proceedings to take place against the seconds. There was a slight decline in the price of Govern ment Stock at the Bourse, caused by the absence of speculators. Railroad Shares were more firm. The Five per Cents.,opened at 93f. and closed at 92f. 85c.; the Three per Cents. closed at 55f. 75c.; Orleans Railroad Shares, 8501.; Rouen, 640 i ..; Havre, 245 f.; Great Northern,4B3l. 75c.; Avignon, 215f.;Vierzon, 4571. 50c.; Basle, 1501.; Bordeaux, 398 f. 75c.; Paris and Strasburg, 370 f.; Tours and Nantes, 273 f. 75c. LAMENESS UUNE IN FOREIGN RAIL AYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 25. Boulogne sad Amiens, 9—Dutch Rhenish, 3—Great Indian Peninsula, 3 - 4,—Namur and Liege, 6 ~ ,—Northern of France, 154—Orleans and Bordeaux, 3ZY 4 —Paris and Strasbourg, 10;4,—Sambre and Meuse, 3 1 / 2 —Tours and Nantes, 6y a ex d. EVENING, JUNE MARKETS LEVETISEE IZAILViTAYS. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 20th have arrived. The Gaceta publishes the Royal assent Riven. to the Bill passed by the Cortex for calling out 25,000 men of the contingent of 1850. The same journal publishes a decree authorising the works for sup plying the Spanish capital witn water by means of a cabal from the river Lozoya. In the Chamber of Deputies Senor Sor. PADRIS, after criticising some parts of the concordat with Rome, proposed that it should be carefully exa mined by the Chamber, and not sent to the Archives 49 a matter of course; but this was opposed by the Minister of the Interior, and was still under dis cussion. MADRID BOLSA, JUNE 20.—The following are the Prices of Stocks :—The Three per Cents., 37 to 37* ; Five per Cents., with current coupon, 17 to 17k; Passive Debt, 7 3-16. Exchange ou Leo°nudP:nn,':l4. GERMANY. The Voss Gazette states that it is intended to pro• pose to the Germanic Diet to pass a general law for the regulation of the press in the different states of one of the clauses of which shall permit GrinnytheeproaseCntion of any political refugee writer for publications against his own Government, in the country where he has taken up his residence. A letter from Vienna, dated the 18th, in the Ger man Journal of Frankfort, says I hasten to inform you that the new Customs' tariff will be shortly promulgated, and the prohibitive system will soon cease. Tne period at which the new law will be fully applied will be fixed hereafter, but the reduced rate of imp„ i t duty on raw materials will come into force immediately." OUTBREAK IN AUbTriIAN POLAND. The Universal German Gazette, in its intelli gence from the Polish frontier, dated the 19 , b, states that General POLOKI announces that serious disorders had broken out among the peasants of Gallicis. The whole circle of Tarnow is in flames. An Israelite, of R°d°nYsl, returning from market, spread the report that 1 0 ,000 Poles were in march to chastise the pea sants of GKllicia for the atrocities they committed in 1846. Forthwith the peasants assembled in great numbers, armed themselves, and then encamped in the fields, establishing advanced posts in all direc tions, and creating great alarm and inquietude. The Jews in the small towns apprehend fresh atro cities on the part of the peasants. Some troops and gendarmes, sent against the insurgents, were re pulsed by them. The Russian regiments, who had left the frontier to go to the reviews at Lowitz, were returning, and the Russian army in Poland has been reinforced. ITALY. The sitting of the 21st of the Chamber of Depu ties of Turin was•taken up with the discussion of the Bill for laying a tax upon liberal arts and professions as well as trades. After the Minister of Finance had made some observations on the principle of the Bill, the Chamber decided that it would proceed to the discussion of the articles on the following day. A letter from Pavia of the 20th, in the Croce di Savoia, says that Count GYULAI', the Military Go vernor of Lombardy, having appeared in the theatre of that town on the preceding day, nearly all the spectators left the house. The Count, on seeing this, retired ; as for the few spectators who had remained behind, they were received with hisses by a crowd in the street, when they came out of the theatre. The Count was highly incensed at this behaviour, and threatened to declare Pavia in a state of siege if such an affront were repeated. He accordingly returned to the play on the following night, but whether the public was differently composed or the same, nothing of the kind occurred. THE REPRESENTATION OP BATH.-BATA, JUNE 25.—The official statement of the numbers at the close of the poll yesterday afternoon was this morning announced to be as follows : Captain Scobell Mr. Sutcliffe.. ... ... ..• ... 1,110 ... ... ... ... 1,041 Majority for Captain Scobell ... -69 The Gallant Captain was accordingly declared, amidst loud cheers, to be duly elected a Member for the city of Bath, in the room of the Earl of Shaftesbury (late Lord Ashley). The maj rity, it will be seen, is 7 more than stated yesterday by Captain Scobell's committee, and 37 more than declared by Mr. Sutcliffe's committee. CT RE EN wic u ELECTION.—The Conservative party in this borough, having no candidate in the present contest, purpose, it is rumoured, recording their votes in favour of Mr. Alderman Salomons, tbinh ing to harass the Government thereby, while many consider the return of a Jew will be the same almost as keeping the seat vacant, even if it do not bring about eventually another election, when they will be found prepared with a candidate of their own choice. NIGHTINGALES.--A TIMELY CAUTlON.—Another needful caution, at this season, with respect to nightingales, is—never to let them hang up in the vicinity of fresh paint. Some years since, my house was undergoing repair; and amongst other workmen, the painters were actively employed. In a thoughtless moment I suffered my birds to remain out as usual; bt't I was signally pu , dshed for my folly. The whitelead had acted fatally in one short day upon the lungs of two very choice songsters. On the following morning they were dead! This was dearly-bought experience; for , my heart was chained to these most affectionate little crea tures. Nor was their's lose SO to me.—Wm, Kidd, in the Gardener's Chronicle. Railways. Aberdeen.. ... • • • • Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, & E. Juncion Beltast and County Down ISiroaing., Woiverhamp., and Stoar Valley • • Birkenh., Lan., & Chesh June., late 331.65. Bd.. Do. Chest. & Birkenhd., 501. & 251. Consolidated Do., do., 201... .. .. Bristol and Exeter.. Caledonian .. .. •• Chester and Holyhead .. Direct Lend. and Portam. Dublin and Belfast Janet. Dublin and Kingstown.. Dundalk and Enniskillen D undee, Perth, and Aber- deen Junction .. Do., New •• •• • • East Anglian (251. L. & E. and L. & D.) .. Do. (181. E. & H.) Eastern Counties .. Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. shares Do. do. do. .. Do. do., B & C shares East Lancashire .. .. Do. New quarters • • Edinburgh and Glasgow Edin., Perth, and Dundee Exeter and Exmouth .. Glasgow and South-West, Do. do. G. D. & C. stock Great Northern .. • Do. halves, A, deferredi Do. halves, B, 6 per ct. Great southern and Western, Ireland .. Groat Western .. Do. New, 171. .. Lancaster and Carlisle .. Do. thirds .. Lancaster and Preston .. Lancashire and Yorkshire Do. quarter shares .. Do. tliths Do. West Riding Union Leeds and Thirsk Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .. London and Blackwall Do., Tilbury Ext. Scrip London, Brighton, and South Coast London and N.-Western Do. do new quarters . Do. fifths .: Do. 101. sh., M.& B (c) London and S.-Western .1 Do. new 501. .. Do. new 401. Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock .. Manchester, Sheffield, & Lincolnshire Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union • • Midland .. .. .. .. Do. 501. shares .. .. Do. firming & Derby Slidland Qt. West. (Ire.) Newcastle and Carlisle.. Do. quarter shares .. Newmarket • . .. Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford v .; Newry and Enniskillen . • Newry, Warrenpoint, Rostrevor .. .. -.. Norfolk .. .. .. .. Do. New 20/. shares •• Northern Counties Union North British.. North Staffordshire .. North-Western .. • • North Sc, Sth.-West.Junc. Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton.. .. Scottish Central .. Scottish Midland Do. new .. Sure ws. & Birm., Close A Do. Class 11.. shrews. & Hereford., Old Do., do., New .. Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) .. Do. Halves Do. Oswestry .. .. Do. New.. .. Shropshire Union . • . Do., A, B, C, & D, fully paid up at per cent .. south Devon .. South-Eastern South Wales.. south Yerksh. and River, Sheff.,Roth,, and Genie, South Divfsioa Stockton and Hartlepool Swansea & Loaghor, E‘c. l raw Vale Extension .. Thames Haven Dock and Railway .. •• W ale of N eath I Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick, Waterford, Wax., Wick. and Dublin West Cornwall .. West London .. Whitefurren and Furness York, Newcastle, & Ber wick .. Ditto and Newcastle Extension .. Ditto G.N.E. purchase York and North Midland =NES LEAS: B.T FIZED 'A.7.0. Leasina niesg. Business Railways. Conap Paid. Nominal Prie". d one to-day. Berks and Hants Ex. 5 per Cent. Gt. Western 6 54 1 p. Bir. and Oxford Junc.,callsduly paid, or with a guarantee •• Do .. •• all 2834 "" 29 34 Do., without a guarantee .. Do .. • • all 27 —2B Dirm., Wol., & Dud.,calls duly paid, or with a guarantee •• Do .. 15 9 p Do., without a guarantee •• Do • . • • 15 7 8 p Buckinghamsh. Lon. &N. W. all 173; —lB Clydesdale June Caledonian all 41 —4l E. Lin., Guar. 6 per Cent. •• G. Northern all 32% 183( Gloucester and Dean Forest Gt. Western 20 1 2 p Hull and Selby Yk. &N. M. all 102 103 Do. 4 Shares Do .. all SI —52 Do. 4 Shares Do .. all 28 —24 Leeds and Brad. Midland • • all 101 102 Lon. and Green. S. Eastern . all 1134 —1 i% Do., Pref. . Do .. all 2354 243{ Lowestoft, Gd. 4 per Cent. Norfolk .. all 1434 1534 Do., 6 per cent Do .. • • all —• • Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6p. ct Stockt.&Dar all N. & East, 5 per Cent. •• E. Counties . all 54 —SG DO. New .. Do • . .. 48 4 6 p Preston andi L. &N.W. } all 42 —44 Wyre • • .. &La.& Y. Do. 34 Shares ADo .. 103{ 8 9 p. Read., Guild., and Reigate .. S. Eastern all 21 21% 9134 Roy. & liitchin G. Northern 63( 8 —8% o. Shep. Ex.. Do .. .. 4 134 I%p. Shef., Roth. and Goole, 5 per ct. Lane. & York 18 11 6 .. South staifords. Mr. M'Clean 93L 3 3 Cs. Wear Val. 6 per Cent. gua. Stock.& Dar. all 24 2434 Do. do. • • Do .. all •• Do. dO. .. Do .. .. all Wilts, Som.. & Weymouth .. Gt. Western all 4534 46 INC: 'REFER: S EARNS. Railways. I Paid. Nominal Prices. Business dole to-day. Aberdeen • • • • • • all 1 % Wit Os. Caledonian IN. .. • • 10 6% —6% Chester and Holyhead .. all 15 15% le% Dund. Per. & Aber. June, all % 1 s• East Anglian (3/. 10s.) 6 per cent. .. • • all 2 Eastern Counties Exten., 5 per cent. No. 1 .• all 3f —34 p pm Do. No. • • all 54 dis — 54 p Do. New 6p. cent. Stock 10 10% 10% Eastern Union, Scrip guaran. 6 per cent. .. all 143( 14% Do. 101. Deben. Shares. all •• East Lancashire, 6 per cent. quarter shares .. all •• E. & W. York. June. sths all Edin. Per. & Dun. 51 p. ct. all %die. par Glasgow & S.- W. Consol. 100 • • •••• Gt. Northern, 5 per cent. all 1335 111% J 133( Great South. & Western (Ireland) eighths .. 234 134 p. Lancashire and York shire, F. 201... . 6 .. —.. die. Do. 6 per ct. Stock .. 100 .. Leeds and Think, 6 per cent., No. 1 •• 11 p Do. quarters, 1848 .. 9 p London, Brighton, and South Coast guar. 5 per et., late Croych.n thirds 100 .• Do. pref., 5 p ct. Stock, 1851, from 501. share. E 100 .. —• • Do. new gear., 6 per ct. 100 137 140 London &S.-W., new • • 2 ;4 -2 % p. Londonderry and Ennis killen, half shares • • 10 .. -- blanch., Sheffield, and Line., quar. shrs., No. 1 all 1034 1134 Do. new, 101. •• all 11% 11% Do., 61. •• •• •• •• 3 % Midland Con. 6p. c. stock 100 .. Do. Consel. Bristol & Birmaig., 6 per cent... 100 132% 133% 133 Do. Bristol & Glouces. 48 .. Norfolk Extension • • all 15 —l6 Do. guar. 534 per cent. all 4% Do. Waveney Valley .. 2 • • North British .. 5 4% 5 4% Oxf.Wor. &W01.151.6p.c 4 74 1 4 74 5 Shrewsbury and Birm. New Guaranteed .. all 10% 10% Shrews. and Ches. (Nor. W. Min.) 8 per cent. all 15 1514 1554 South Devon .. all 1234 1334 South-Eastern, 434 p. et. 10 • • —•• Waterford & Kilkenny, 5/. 1 West London, Ist Cl. (10/.) all •• •• Do. 2d Class de. (par) all York, Newc., and Berw., Gt. N.of E. Pte. .. all 16 16 34 Do. . .. • • .. 4 -- 4% York and North Midland and S. Porch. .. 10 134 —74 di& 9 FOREIGN. % • Boulogne and Amiens •• all 9 —9% 934 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) •• all 18 —lB % Demerara .. all • • • • Dutch Rhenish .. • • 8 5 —5 dIE East Indian .. .. 16 2% 234 P. Do. do. do. .. 20 Great Indian Peninsula all % 31 P. Ditto ditto .. 354 874 4 Louvain ala Sambre .. 734 • Luxembourg • . 8 --iq Ditto .. • • 10 — 2 % 2 % Madrid and Valentin •• • Maria Antonia • • • • 1716 s sd 9 112 3 Ditto, New •• • • a r —6% Namur and Liege .. • • 16 1 5 % 15 % 15% Northern of France • • 4% 4 die. Orleans and Bordeaux •• all 33 —B5 Paris and Orleans • • • • all 2 5 3( 2 5 % Paris and Rouen • • • • 16 5 % —5% die. Paris and Strasbourg •• all 9% 9 7 4, 9% Rouen and Havre .. •. all 3% —3% Sambre and Meuse • • 16 934 ala.xd 5 35i yi Tours and Nantes • • • • Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Haaaelt •• all 1• Wept paadora tt 11% vx.;;;.2% xd Paid. Nominal Prices. Business done to-day. Asturian ...... • .• 15 Australian . - Barossa Range .. • • ... 113 0 334 _3% Blaenaryon Iron and Coal all .. Bolanos Scrip ........ • • • • British Iron.. ••.. • • .... 13 5 • • Brazilian Imp. (is. 51. p.) 243 Do. Cocaes and Cniaba all 32% —32 Do. St. John del Rey. • 15 17% 1934 ad xd Cobre Copper . Copiapo ..... • • General. • all 13% 14 Mexican& S. American 9 1% 434 Real Del Monte, Unreg. 34 % Do. Black Debentures . I• • —a• Do. Red Debentures • • —• • Santiago de Cuba ...... 10 73( —6% Tin Croft .. ••• • • • .... •• , 7 6% —7% United Mexican........ ,28 2 8%, — 2% 7OXNT STOCK BANKS . Australasia ............ all 33 34% British North America.. 50 45% 46 Colonial .... •• ........ 25 10% 12 Commercial of London.. 80 25 25% London Joint Stock .... 10 18% 17% London and Westminster 20 2734 28% National Provincial Eng. 35 .. •• National of Ireland .... 2234 18% 20% Provincial of Ireland •• • 25 42 —44 Do. New •....... all 154 15 Union of Australia • • all 35 33% Do. New ............ 2 34 3 —3% Union of London .. 10 12% 13% Union of Madrid ••• - - • all IVdXSCELLANEOUS. Canada •• •••• • • .... 32 34 44 34 46 34 Gen. Steam Navigation . 14 2634 28 Penin. & Oriental Steam. all 6914 —7l 70 x.d Ditto ditto 5 11 —9% ad 9% x.d Royal Mail Steam ...... 60 75 —7B [We cannot be answerable for the errors of the Official Lists, and will not be influenced by interested correspondents.] MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 5,000 bales, of which 1,000 American were taken for export. The market was well supplied, and closed heavily.—ln Railway Shares only a limited busi ness was done at lower prices. The new Act to amend the Passengers Act of 1849, extends the power of the Colonial Land and Emigra tion Commissioners so as to enable them to fix different lengths of voyage for steam and sailing vessels, according as they may think reasonable. Power is likewise given to substitute different dietary, and to give authority to the master of the ship for that purpose. Passenger ships putting into a port damaged are not to proceed without a certificate of fitness. Poe ers aro also given to a greater extent to the Governors of the colonies, and the Governor-General of India, to declare the rule of computation of the length of any voyage, and to substitute different articles of food to those named in the Act. Perhaps the most important clause in the Act is that which requires a bond to be given by masters of British and foreign passenger ships going to any of our possessions with emigrants, for the latter, without some proviso of this kind, would be diffi cult to punish, being protected by their flag. It would be well indeed if we could secure some more efficient control over ships taking emigrants to foreign parts as well as our own colonies—the United States, for example—and if the Government of that republic would co-operate, this could easily be done. Recent examples have shown that oven on board certain of the American liners from Liverpool to New York there has been maltreat. went and violation of engagements entered into. In the case of ships proceeding to our own colonies and giving a bond, we can of course act differently, and the new measure provides that " before any passenger ship shall clear out or proceed on any voyage to which the said Act shall extend, the owner or charterer, or, in the event of the absence of such owner or charterer, one good and sufficient person on his behalf, to be ap proved by the chief officer of Customs at the port of clearance, shall, with the master of the said ship, in lieu of the bond required by the forty-third section of the said Act, enter into a joint and several bond, in the sum of one thousand pounds, to her Majesty, her heirs and successors, according to the form contained in schedule (A) hereto annexed, the condition of which bond shall be, that the said ship is in all respects seaworthy, and that all and every the requirements of the said Act and of this Act, and of the said Commissioners acting in the manner prescribed by the said Act, and of any order which may at the date of such bond have been passed by her Majesty in Council in virtue of the said Act, shall in all respects be well and truly fulfilled and per formed, and, in the case of any foreign passenger ship shall proceed to any of her Majesty's possessions abroad, that the master thereof shall submit himself in like manner as a British subject, being the master of a British passenger ship, to the jurisdiction of such courts and magistrates in her Majesty's possessions abroad as are by the said Act empowered to adjudicate on offences committed against the said Act, and, moreover, that the master, whether of a British or foreign passenger ship, shall well and truly pay all penalties, fines, and forfeitures which he may be adjudged to pay, either in the United Kingdom or by any such tribunal abroad, for or in re spect of the breach or non-performance of any of the re quirements of the said Act, provided always that such bond shall not be liable to stamp duty, and shall be exe cuted in duplicate." A counterpart of the bond is to be certified and sent to the colony to which the ship is bound, and is to be received in evidence without further proof of execution, because such a course would inevitably lead to delay, and a reference home, and possibly to the defeat of justice. The Amsterdam Stock Market on the 24th inst. was without change. In Russian, Austrian, and Mexica❑ Stocks not much was done. _ _ _ The English Stock Market is firmer, but there has not been a large amount of business doing. The ad vices from Paris still dwell upon the revision of the Con stitudon ; but it is as difficult as ever to form an opinion as to the r , suit. Consols have been at an advance of viz., to 96 3 / 4 to 8. The New Three-and-a Quarter per Cents. have been marked 98/ e ; and the Three per Cents. 97-k to 1. Bank stock has been steady at 212/. The premium on Exchequer-bills continues at 48s. to 465. Consols now are 9613- /. Owing to the receipt of higher prices from Madrid, Spanish Bonds have improved. The Five per Cents. have been 20i and the Passive 58 to 6. Mexican Stock is neglected at 348 to Brazilian New Bonds have been 86/ to 88. Russian Five per Cr.nts. have been marked 1131, French Five per Cents. 92 50, with the Exchange at 25 5, and Belgian Four-end-a-Half per Cents., 928 to 938; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 601 to i; and Danish Five per Cents., 104. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been at 33 to 34. The arrangements for the carrying ever of shares and the settlement of to-morrow's account have been in progress and have resulted in a further decline. The traffic returns continue good, but the speculators are decidedly against the market, and the paucity of real investments gives them temporarily much power. This morning North- Western have been almost as low as during the worst period of the recent panic. French Shares are flatter also. Thelast week's Railway Receipts ascertained up to this day are in round figures as under :- 1851. Great Western.... .£24,883 North-Western .... 59,010 1850. ... £19,005 ... 47,987 South-Western 15,956 ... 14 032 Brighten Midland South-Eastern North Stafford *2,817 .. 4,476 Caledonian r Annual stoppage of canal for repairs eight days. QUARTER TO THREE. ... Shut. ... 96i 97 Consols _ Ditto Account ONE PRICES OF BRITISII FUNDS O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 a t,ent. Reduced Anne. Niw 3 1 4 per Cent. Anne. ... tong Anne. to expire Jan.lB6o Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 M I , dia Honda, im00t.,.., — Cansols for Account Exchequer Bills. 1 1 / 2 0. 1,0001. 5001. Small, .. ONE PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. CLOSING PRICES. 212% 97 L 4 9 7% N I 54 p 97 46 p 46 p 46 p CLOINu PRICES. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. .- ..... -- Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839 ... 86% 88 Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. — Danish 80nd5,1825,3 per Cent. .. Ditto, 5 per cent. ................. 104 Mexican, 5 per Ct., ex Jan. Coupe. 34% Peruvian Bonds, 5 per Cent- ...... Ditto, Deferred Portuguese 5 per Cent 5............ -- Ditto, 4 per Cent. .................. Russian Bonds .................. ....• 11314 Ditto, OA per Cent ............... 102% Spanish 5 per Cont. 1840 ............ 20 3 4 :z Ditto. Passive ....................... . 6 . 53 , s French per e t r h c e above ent. .. . ... ................ London. c 92f. 50c. 2f. Sc. Ex change ........................... 25f. Sc. Belgian, 4% per Cent. ........ : ...... 923,8 93% 93% Dutch 214 per Cent. 12 . Guild.... 601 / 2 4 603' s Ditto 4 per Cent. Certitieatet.... 91 91% 34% 41% 113 1 % 102% 207 5.3fi HIS DAY.) LLOYD'S LONDON, J UNE 26.—Wind at noon S.W., li g ht b reez3 and sultry weather. C L YDE, JUNE 2 4. Arrd. Jane Br own , D emerara . PLIMOUTII, JUNE 25.—The Provider, Newcastle to Bordeaux, was in contact in Dungeness Roads on the 1 5 t h with the William Crow, of Yarmouth; lost cut water, bowsprit, &c., and makes water; has been sur veyed and will repair. DEAL, JUNE 25 .—Wind N.W. to W.S.W.—Arrd. Heroine, Mauritius; Ameer, ditto; Rockcliffe, Matan zal; Saloon, New York for Dundee; Salim, ditto for Dundee; Venerable, St. John's, New Brunswick, for Grimsby. Arrd. from the River a barque, supposed to be the Duke of Richmond, Sydney, New South Wales; Abertoyle, Port Philip ; Cato, St. Vincent; Brisk, Halifax. _ POT , MOUTII, JUNE 25.—Wind N.W. to W.S.W.—Off port Point Jamaica, Kinglock, St. John's, Newfoundlad. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 25. Wind W.S.W. Arrd. Britaenica, Montreal; Wilton Wood, Buenos Ayres; Golden Fleece, Paraiba • Jamaica, Jamaica; John Ha ven, New Orleans; William Wert, Mobile; Jessie, Sa vannah; Chieftain, Charleston; Repeater, Virginia; Greyhound. Newfoundland; Cora, ditto. Sld. Moffatt, Bombay; Valparaiso, Lima; Hyperion, Buenos Ayres; Loehinvar, Philadelphia; K-nnebec, New York; CaS' When, dit o; Baltic steamer ditto. Off port, Lucille. The Edward, loading on the south side of St. Domingo, from London, was driven on a rock, and would be con demned. The Hector, from Atals6, has pat back Villa falls of windlas upset, &c., having been on shore i Burbo. HOLYHEAD, JUNE 25.—The Thetis, of and for Ye' mouth, from Runcorn, sank about a mile to the west ward of the pierhead today, after being in contact with the Colombia mail steamer. QUEENSTOWN, JUNE 24.—Wind S.W., fresh.--Arrd . Cromwell, Callao; David, Rio Bache, and sld. for Bridgwater; Harlingen, Newfoundland, and sld. far London. Sld. her Majesty's steamer Birkenhead, Care of Good Hope. Off port, Lemeria, Porto Rico. FALMOUTH, JUNE 25.—Wind Clo tilde, Havannah. Off port, Anna Elise, Mayaguea; Alarnade, Havannah; Maria, Havanrah for Bremen. WESTPORT, JUNE 24.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Garland, New York. Nominal Prices. II to 11% 4% -4%i 1O - 10% 77 -79 11% - 12% 16 - -17 22 —2O tis. 3 - 3;4 2 - 2)4 6 -6%, 5 -5 4 -44 14 - 14% 27 -29 5 - 6 %- 3i 17 1 4 - IN 5 14-- 5% IN - 12% 38% - 39% 83 - 84 14 - 14% 78 -80 734 - 8 34 P• 52 5234 11% 10% d. B}i 73( dis. d. 12 —l3 6% 7 Par—gip 94 —95 121 -1214 3 -34 p. 3 -34 p. 2 -24 p. 81 -82 9% -8% dig. 7% —6% Ws. 3;4 —3M dia. 24)4 - 2534 3 234 dl,, 46 —46% IN 18%dls, 26 —2B •• .... •• 7% .- 7% 5 4 die. 17 —l9 14 —l3 dia. 3 —2% dia. sq — 6% 9 B%dis. par p 15% .- 16 leg —l6 6% 7 dLs. 15% dia., bq —4% di,. —1% dls. 18% -19% 94 - 1354 -14% _% P• 3i Bi d. 14% - 15 22% - 22% 26 -27 334 —2% die. 4% —4% 9% 10 'I 63( Cs. 16 —l5 dbl. .: -- • • dia. 1834 - 19 6% 6 dig. 334 8 die. 19 —19% 1 1 0 100 8 6 8 all 100 all all 11 13 4 47 34 100 4 2 0 100 IC 2-8 au 936 Business done Y• 10% 11 10% 4 % % 76' 0% % 1110,4 16% 6% 6 % 4 14% 14 17% 5 5 % l 2 383 i 82 3i 83 % [52 51% 51% 10% 51% 3 % % 6% % 93)( )4 121 120 122)4 19% 20)4 15 3 Si 82 2tyi 25 dia. 45 ji 15% 15 % 15 [22% % 221 % 21% is% 34 11) 1 13 14% 5 % 54 50 8 34 1 11170 i 19 Hi 26 9 1851: IYIEBTES. 1 tttoor NEWCASTLE-OAT-TYNE RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH•) The Gold Cap. Maid of Masham Uriel ... .. •• Won by a length. •. Lottery Stakes. Cutler ... Pandemus Filly by Emi liu3 Colsterdale Won by a neck. ... 2 •.• 1 st ••• 3 ••• 4 ••• MARKET NEWS.--(THIS DAY.) NEVIGETE AND LEADENNALM. These markets were very inactive to-day, as fo' d lows :—Beef, from 2s 2d to 35 4d ; Mutton, 25 6d ,t° 3s 81 ; Lamb, 3s 10d to 4s 10d ; Veal, 2s 8d to 33 8 " Pork, 25 4d to 3s 8d per Blbs, by the carcass. 8a:1r IVIIII7.XETS. :SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 31 5s to 41 85; Clover, 3/ 105 to 4/ 10s; and Straw, 1/ is to 1/ 9s per load. A moderate supply, and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND. Meadow Hay, 31 55 to 4/ Sil Clover, 3/ 8s to 4/ 8s; and Straw, 1/ 25 to 1/ 105 per los& Trade dull, at late rates. WHITECHAPEL. Meadow hay, 31 5a to 41 831 Clover, 3/ 105 to 4/ 10s; and Straw, 1115 to 119 s per load. Supply good, and trade dull. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) N . o action was tried in this court during the m ornin g which was of sufficient importance to justify a report. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Nisi Prins at Westminster, before Mr. Baron MARTIN and a Common Jury.) KILDAHL v. THE BARON VON STENTA. This action was brought by a proctor in the Beale" siasrical Court of Dublin against Baron Von Stentz, to recover the sum of 6311, the balance of his taxed bills of costs for conducting an action brought by the do' fendant in relation to the will of his mother the Baroness Von Stentz, an Irish lady. The defence was that the Baron had been improperli drawn into the suit, and that having received no benefit from the services of the plaintiff, the sums he b ed already received were sufficient to compensate bid for his trouble. Mr. Baron MARTIN having summed up, The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—Daraag eh 5194 SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY') (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BuRcHELL.) CREW V. CCLLINGFORD. This was an action to recover damages for rent end dilapidations. It appeared that defendant had taken the premises No. 10, Eccleston-street, Pimlico, under a lease. The, de : fendant had been in possession for three year s see half up to Christmas last, when it was foun d that the painting, &c.. was in a very bad state, and the damage was estimated at 201. 6s. 10d., and the rent 151. The condition of the lease was that the house should be painted in the sixth year. The defence was that defendant had let the premises to a third party, who, however, had been com pelled h £ o leave by the plaintiff ; it was, there f ore , co ntended, tha as defendant bad not surrendered the lease, be could not be called upon o paint a the end of three years. The UNDER- t SHERIFF t said the defendant had clearly left the place out of repair, and plaintiff was entitled at all events to some damages, and there had not been anT evidence to contradict the valuation by plaintiff g surveyor. The jury, after a short consultation, gave a verdict of 15/. for rent and 151. for dilapidations. ROBERTS V. LORRY. This was an action to recover the sum of 421., for money paid on behalf of the defendant. It appeared that the defendant, who is a solicitor, had induced plaintiff to give a guarantee to prevent defend, dant from being taken in execution. The debt not being paid, plaintiff was sued, and was compelled to pay the debt and costs, amounting to 371. 25., and had also been put to 51. expense for his own costs in the action. The only defence was that plaintiff, having given the guarantee, was bound to pay without allowing costs to arise. The UNDER-SHERIFF said that as the defendant bad suffered judgment to go by default the objection could not be t.u3taiued. The jury gave a verdict for the full amount. STATISTICS OF NEW SOUTH WALES. An i ffieial document, cont,ining the statistics of New South Wales, including Port Philip, ,from lB4o to 18 49, and has just reached this country, fu rnishes an in• teresting view of the progress of that colony. With regard to population, it appears in the ten year. nearly to have doubled, the total in 1840 having been 129,463, while in 1849 it was 246,299, of which number 101,470 were females. The proportionat e excess of males was much greater in 1840 than at pre• seat, ut the rapie diminution of e the disparity is not to be attri b buted so much to the ion evenness o f the subs , Sequent immigration as to the extended duration of female life compared with that of the other sex, and to the fact of the children born being more nearly balanced. Of 75,481 births since 1840, 38,310 were males, and 37,171 were females, while of 25 821 deaths among the entire population, 15,978 were males and only 9,843 were females. In deaths amongst adults the number of men each a year is nearly twice that of wo men, owing doubtless in great degree to habits of intemperance. The number of marriages in 1849 was such as to indicate the returnivg prosperity of the country. After the commercial revulsion to and the check to immigration they had fallen from 2,511 about 1,800, from which there was little variation anal 1849, when the total was 2,365. The year of the 1 irgest immigration was 1841, when it reached 22,483. The lowest year was 1846, after the land In and l bank ing disasters, when it fell to 402. 849 it was again large, and a mounted to 19,340. The total immigration since the foundation of the colony appears to have been 107,403, of whom 82,933 were dispatched at the public expense ; the total paid from the territorial revenue from 1832 to 1849 having been 1,309,447/, Since 1839 the religions of the puha," emigrants have been recorded, and 23 there appear ce, to have been 46, 869 Protestants, ,337 Catholi and 79 other denominations. As regards the cur rency of the colony, there have been great varia tions. In 1840 th in in the banks was 397,5811., and after having ri enn 1845 to 855,166/., it again de clined to 643,458/., at which it stood in 1849. The s chools have increased in the ten years ars. from 167 t with 9,040 scholars to 558 with 25,682 schol Of hese 558 schools 222 are supported in whole or in part by grants from th© Colonial Treasury, amounting to 16,7961. per annum, the number of pupils being 15,426, of w hom 6,553 are Church of England, 2,586 Presbyterian, 1,678 Wesleyan, 219 Indepene dent, and 3,313 Boman Catholic. The number of lunatics is a s y lums on the 31st of December, 1849, was 315 male (chiefly convicts), and only 98 female. With respect to crime, the convictions for felon'', the population has nearly d oubled, h a ve decreased from 662 in 1840 to 543 in 1849, and notwithstanding only cwi t l n h ri age o stah s hs e t;6e f d7 o ox: r ai misdemeanour e3inten,iuela2 trsio.l, executions also in from the former year and anTdhoenrely werefotir e Litigation likewise seems to have de' tried in the Supreme Court having been 555 in 1840 and manner still more satisfactory, the cases o 4 ia 9. The declared value of the imports in 1849 T . 238.559/. consisted of wool, and 249,9321. of tallow. and of the exports, 1,891,270/., of which he shipping entered inwards numbered 898 vessels, with 219.967 tonnage; the total outwards being 907 vessels, with 214,056 tonnage. The reven ue was 5 under 75,692/., and the expenditure 516,533/. The land cultivation, exclusive of ga rdens and orchards, is described as follows : - Wheat, 90,706 acres, producing 1,917,253 be ; maize, 23,368 acres, 276,641 bushels; barley. 10,35 0 acres, 169,292 bushels; oats, 8,378 acres, 179,258 bushels; rye, 203 acres, 2 , 951 bus hels ; millet, 18 acres, 134 bushels; potatoes, 5,289 acres, 14,229 tons; tobacco, 458 acres, 4,24 4 cwt. ; g rasses, 42,842 acres, 47,554 tons;-total, 181,612 acres. This, a compared with the return for 1840, shows that the greatest increase in cultivation as been in grasses, potatoes, barley, and oats, while in maize there has been a decrease. Besides these pre ducts, however, there are now 1,127 acres of vineyard, yielding 101,063 gallons of wine and 1,781 gallons of brandy, the quantity having been steadily increasing since 1843. The tendency to an increase in live stock is shown mostly in sheep and horses, and the totals are-horses, 121,859; herrn d cattle, 1.810,213; pigs 58,674; and sheep, 12,102,540. The number of ani mals slaughtered' in 1849 for tallow was 743,513 sh a rd and 45,050 hor ned cattle, besides 250 hogs for The boiling-down houses have increased within twelve months from 62 to 95. The number of mills for grain is stated as follows :-In 1840, steam, 26 ; water, 2 3 ; wind, 34 ; horse, 14. In 1849-steam, 70 ; water , 41 ; wind, 28 ; horse, 29. The progress of th e land sales is also subjoined :-1840, 316,626/. ; 1842, 14,574/. ; 1843, 11,2971. ; 62,8011.; 1848, 47,2621.; 1849, 85,7341.; and th e g aees registered upon land, in 1849, ; 1845, 18,451/. ; 1846, 27,000/. ; 184 7, for 1188441, 7,9400'23/.871 after having 198,479/. while at Port Phillip theyiwneStledfro'erYl76e,rles7flr• issued by the local Government outstanding on the 31s been 270,413/. The amount of debenture: of December, 1849, bearing interest at 3id. per dieva_.: and payable either in London or the colony, was 75,00 w MARLB' The prisot the court wti SPOI NE W C AS The Third 1 5 ft, the si 5 per cent 71b, and fi Mr. ➢leiklar Mr. Wrathe 3 to 1 The North added; th the secon once roan( Mr. J. Mari Mr. Wentwc Mr. Phillips Betting — to 1 agst A by a head, t The Amatei Oared, wi 71b; five y geldings a ilemen ric Mr. Batty's im M Mrr r r.. .. Count de V HGF Thrift'seraipwifipeituhl : Mr. Gray's Betting -4 to 1 agst ] The Free H The seem mile. (2( Mr. T. List: Mr. Walter: Mr. Lawson Sir C. Moot Mr. W. Sha Mr. Wat *OE Mr. Pedley' Betting— ii ae,gyht: . t et ck ‘ G eo V s :o r 0 1 u o l three yrs Bst 10Ib; (11 Subs. Mr. Willian Mr. llawscu Mr. Demo' Betting-3 TUESDAY a walk over cepted, twc whose own him, and he Durras. teresting ra nelg. 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