The Sun. — London, England, 1850-05-24 00:00:00

TIEB, MAJESTY'S -THEATRE.- One more I :rand Classical, Dramatic, Concerted MUSICAL ENTERTAINYMNT ~ Selected from the following autho • s : Mozart, Handel, Mereadante, Cimarosa, Aleyerbeer, Ricci, Rossini, Bailin', Verdi, Balfe, A. Adam, Purcell, Gluek, i:eethoven, and Mendelsohn, Will take place on MONDAY MORNING, May 27. On which occasion the following eminent artistes will appear:— Madame Sontag. Mdlle. Parodi, Miss Catherine Hayes, Madame Giuliani, Mdlle. Ida Bertrand, and Madame Frezzollni, Signori Baucarde, Calzolari, Sims Reeves,: Coletti, Belletti, Lorenzo, F. Lablache, and Lablache; supported by all the instrumental and Choral resources of the Theatre, In addition to which, the valuable assistance of M. Ths'berg has been secured. The whole under the direction of Mr. Balfe. Amongst other novelties Madame. Sontag, will sing "Let the bright Seraphim," with Trumpet obligato' accompaniment, by Mr. Zeiss ; the " Lbegesaug," from Mendelssohn's Cantata ; " The Hymn of Praise , " and other favourite pieces. Madame Freziolini Will also appear at this Concert,and sing several favourite mor ceaux, and, amongst others, the admired Russian Ballad, entitle: " Zolovoi ; on, le Rossignol2* Mr. Sims Reeves Will repeat the celebrated " War Song," from Purcell's King Arthur. The celebrated Trio for Three Tenors will also be repeatd by Signori Bancarde, Sims Reeves; and Caizolari. M. Thalberg Will perform his celebrated Variations on airs from " L'Elisir d'Amore," as executed by him with the greatest success at the concerts of the Grand Conservatoire of Paris ; and other favourite merceaux. Part I. Overture (Faust) - - - - - Spohr. Dnetto, Signor Lorenzo and Signor Coletti, Che Pantipatica" (Chira di Itssembergh) - Ricci* Cavatina, Miss Catherine Hayes _ - - Mozart. Aria, Signor Bancarde, "Tn vedrai" (II Pirata) - Cavatina, Madame Frezzolini, "Di quaff soxvi pal- - Mercadante. pits" (Orazi e Cariazi) Aria, Signor Calzolarl, rata) ----- - - - Donizetti. Deed°, Madame Sontag and Mdlle. Ida Bertrand, " Ser brami ognor " (Serairanside) - - - Aria, Mr. Sims Reeves, " While I gaze on those dear " SpirCto gentil " (La Favor - Rossini. - Balfe. eyes" (Keolanthe) - - - Variations (by desire), Madame Sontag, " Ah, eons dirai-je," flute obligato, M. Ramusat (Le Tor reador) ..... A. Adam. Trio, Mdlle. Parodi, Madame Giuliani, and Mdlie. Ida Bertrand, "Le faccio nn' inchino" (Matrimonio Segreto) - - - - - - Cimarosa. War Song and Caorus (by desire), Mr. Sims Reeves. "Come if you dare" (King Arthur) - - - Purcell. Part 11. • Overture (The Isle of Fingal) - - Mendelssohn, Recit. a Aria, Signor Coletti, " Lieti voci" (Zaira) - Mercadante. Rondo, Madame frerzolini (Betly) - - - Denizetti. Aria, Signor Belletti, " Piff-paff " (Gil Ugonotti) - Meyerbeer. Aria, Mdlle. Parodi, " Sempre all' alba" (Gicrvanna Verdi. d'Arco) Dttetto, Signor Coletti and Signor Lablache, " Qui fra Mercadante, vo1" (Elisa °Claudio) - - - - - Air, Madame Sontag "Let the bright Seraphim" (Sampson). trumpet obligato, Mr. Zeiss - Fantasia Pianoforte. M. Thalberg. on subjects from . 4 L'Elisir d. Amore" as executed by him with the greatest success at the recent Concerts at the •, Grand Conservatoire at Paris - - Thtdberg. Polacca, Madame Giuliani, " Severe exists encore (Les Martyrs) - - - - Donizetti. Cantata (Lobgesang), " Hymn of Praise," the Solos by Madame Sontag and Miss C. Hayes - - Mendelssohn, . . Part 111. - Handel. Overture (Promethus) y Beethoven. Terzetto, for three Tenors (In consequence, of the rapturous encore at the last Concert) Sigriori Ban carde, Sims Reeves, and Calzolari, "In quale aspette imbelle " (Armada) - - - Rossini. Russian Ballad, Madame Frezzolinl, " Zolovol ; ou, le Rossignol " FantaSia, Pianoforte, M. Thalberg, on subjects from •Don Giovanni ..... - Thalberg. Irish Ballad, .Miss Catherine Hayes. Duetto, Signor Caizolari and Signor F. Lablache, " 0 la beUa immautinente " (Betly) - - - Donizetti. Aria, 'Stgnor . Lorenzo, ""Normana a Parte " - - Mercadante. Finale (full Chorus) "Le D!eu de Paphos " (Echo et Narcisse) - - Gliick. PRICES OF ADMISSION. Boxes ..... •••• • .. -• • Two Guineas. Pit Stalls .. •• .. 120. 6d. I Gallery Stalls 3s. 6d. Pit...... • • ..... ss. 6d. Gallery .. ••.• • ... •• • • 21. 6d. Applications; for * Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre. The Concert will commence at Two. o'clock precisely. 'ER MAJESTY'S. THEATRE. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. Combining the talents of Madame Sontag, Md le. Parodi, Mdlle. Catherine Hayes, Madams Giuliani, Mdlle. Ida Bertrand, and Madame Frezzolinl ; Signori Baucarne,. Calzolari, Sims Reeves, Coletti, Belletti, F. Lablache, and Lablache, will take place On THURSDAY next, May 30, " When will bo presented a Favourite Opera, )Vith various entertain ments in the Ballet Department, comprising the talents of Mdlle. Carlotta Grid. Mdlle. Amalia, Ferraris, Mdlle. Marie Taglioni, M. Charles,! and M. Paul Taglioni. Applications tor Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre. HER MAJESTY'S TUBA-TIM TO-MORROW EVENING Will be presented Donizetti's Opera, entitled • L'ELISIR D'AMORE. Adina, Madame Frezzolini ; Nemorino, Signor Calzelari; Belcore, Signor Belletti ; and Dr. Dulcamara, Signor L'ablabhe. ;To conclude with the the highly successful .new Grand Ballet, by M. Pitil Taglioni, entitled LES METAMORPHOSES , By Mule. Carlotta Grist, Mdlle. Marie Taglioni, Mdlle. Amelia Ferraris, M. Charles, and M. P. Taglioni. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Ticket., to be made at the Box Office of the Theatre. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. COVENT-GARDEN. A GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. Second Night of Roberto II Diavolo. TO-MORROW EVENING Will be performed for the Second time, with the following powerfu Cast, Meyerbeer's grand Opera, ROBERTO IL DIAVOLO, Alice, Mme. Grisi;(her 2d appearance in that character) ' • Isa bella, Mme. Castellan ; Dama d'Onore, Mdlle. Cotta; Elena, Mdlle. Louise Taglioni ; Albert , . Sig. Rommi ; Eraldo, M. Massol ; II Priore, Sig. Tagliafilo ; 'Majordomo, Slg, Seidl ; Cavalers Sig. Mel and Six. Polonini ; Robeno, Sig. Tamberlik (his 2tl appearance in that character) ; Bertrame, Herr Formes ; and Rambalao, Sig. Mario (his 2d appearance in that character). '[he Incidental Divertissement will be danced by Mdlle. Louise Taglioni and M. Alexandre, with a numerous Corps de Ballet. Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. The Scenery ly Messrs. Grieve and Telbin ; the Dresses by Mrs Bailey and Mine. Mtrzio ; the Appointments by Mr. Bin mire; the Maninery by Mr. Allen; the Dances arranged by M. Alexandre ; and the Spectacle under the direction of Mr. A. Harris. The Doors will be opened at Halt-past Seven. and the performances commence at Eight o'clock precisely. Tickets for the Boxes, Stalls, or the Pit, may be had (for the night or reason), at the Box-office of the Theatre. which Is open from Ten WI Five. FETCH PLAYS.-ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING. _ _ The Performances will commence at Eight o'clock precisely, with (by particular desire, and positively for the last time), 31. Emile Inlet's Play of GABRIELLE . ..... Julien Chabriere, M. Regnier ; Gabrielle, Madlle. Nathalie. After which will be produced (for the drat time in this country), X. Alfred de Musset's Proverbe. IL FAUT QU'UNE FORTE SOIT OUTERTE OU FERMEE. .Le Comte, M. Lafonte ; La Marquise, Mdlle Nathalie. To conclude with the principal scene from Moliere's Comedy of LE MARIAGE FORCE. Le Dcnteur Pancras, M. Regnier. The Lox-office of the Theatre bi open daily from Eleven till Five Boxes and Stalls at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond street. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will he performed an entirely original Musical Comic Drama, called THE WHITE SERJEANT,S; or the Buttermilk Volunteers. Major Slowman, Mr. 0. Smith ; Jemmy Tweezer, Mr. Wright ; Ciptain Ginger Green, Mr. P. Bedford ; Tommy Rusk, Mr. Mum. Yard ; Madre. de Tourville, Madame Celeste; Susan Pockets, Miss K. Fitzwilliams ; Dolly Duggins, Miss Woolgar. After which will be produced a .new an 4 original Farce, in the Vulgar Tongue, to be called JACK IN THE GREEN i or, Hints on Etiqtrette. To conlade with a :grand historical Spectacle Vaudeville, entitled PLAYING FIRS T FIDDLE; or, Follow my Leader Principal Characters by Messrs. P. Bedford, Lambert, .Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, and Miss K. Fitzwilliam. • ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE THIS EVENING Will be performed BOX AND COX. After which will be presented an entirely new and original antici pation of what may possibly occur one of these days. entitled NOVELTY FAIR; or, Hints for 1851. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews. Binge, Bellingham, Cooke. and Charles ; Miss St. George, Miss Kenworthy, Miss Glover, Miss Oliver, Miss Eardley, and Miss Martindale. To be followed by THE ISLAND OF JEWELS. Characters by Messrs. M. Matthews and F. Cooke; Madame s Vestrls, Miss Julia St. George, Miss Dickinson, Miss Kenvrorthy, rs..Macnamara, Miss Martindale. and Miss E. Bonner. All applications for Private Boxes must be made to Mr. Alleroft '5, New Bond-street. The Box-ofilee, adjoining the Theatre, in Wellington-street, is open daily from Ten to Six o'clock, under the superintendence of r. T. F. Bennett ASTLEY'S ROYAL .AMPIIITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Enormous attraoron for the Whitsuntide Holidays. The Grand Military Spectacle of the Affghanistan War. Brilliant i) splay of Equestri an W on d ers i n th e S ce nes in the Arena, by the flat Artistes in Europe. • - THIS EVENING, „w ee k., with The Entertainments will commence at even - trian an d the immensely successful grand National 3,llWarr Equefs . Dramatis Spectacle (in three acts) entitled " 'THE AFFGHIANISTAN WAR or the Revolt of Cabul and British Triumphs i n l u di a. Produced with every possible care to all its original and magnificent effects, calling into action the unequalled resources of the estab lishment. Brs Band engaged ex Aimilla a ri s es pressly for the occasion, and a host of Tb be succeeded by an inimitable. Display of Batty's Feats of Equitation in the cirqne Olyrnpique, introeitu log La Petite Jeannette, the Itifant Prodiv, - and the diminutive steed Hare Bell, in a pecu liarly Novel Act of Itemize, being a model of that accomplished artiste Made. :Valentine, in the hi g h school of Equitation. To Conclude with the Farce of the TWO GREGORIES. Bux.ofilce open From Eleventtill Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West Under the Pittronnge •of her Most Gracious Ma highness Prince Albert, s ce ,& e. J e itY , his Royal Grand Whitsuntide Fetes ! and First App,eaiance of Mona . 'ROYAL SiMIEY ZOOLOGICAL GAR DEicii OPEN every MON "'wen. DAY, TUESDAY, WE DNESDAY, and THURSDAY. ..%` Prodigious Success:!olf .the entirely new-modelled Diorarnic pi c , , - lure representins thrTAssAor-of the ALPS numerable n and hls Army ! the laze ' in the World! with I m ov i n Figures the size oVlifO. Modelled, rainted, and produced by Mr, Danson and Son,.assisted by Messrs. Adams, Wilson, &c. &c. The Picture has occupied the Messrs. Denson for many months, and it is . confidently safitnitted to the Public as a chef-Mzuvre of art, and not interior to any troductiou of the day. The SpIeudych M ENAGERIE has lately been enriched by several valuable Preitnts from the Queen. The Musical Department will be conducted by Mons. Julllen and Mr. Godfrey. It will he the ales of the Establishment to offer for the gJratification of the Subscribers and the Public, the most Splendid Military Band in the Kingdom ! ! Selected from the Bands of her Majesty's Horse and Foot Guards, and the most emintht Artistes in the profession. The foll Owing list of engagements will, it is hoped, convince the Public, that the long-acknowledged excellence of the Band or this lablishmekit will be fully maintained 1 The Repertoire o f Music will bet extensive and varied, arranged from the mo st Po p ular Operas in mea this and other countries. Solo-Players —Messrs. Kcenlg. Lazarus , l i rosPerre, Colinet, Pratten, Jarrett , Sonnenberg, Som mers, And Wintenotham. . I During 'the evening a grand Colossal, Scenic, and Pyrotechnic Tables!) illustrating the celebrated Picture by David, of Buonaparte Crossing the Alps! Showing a general view of the Region of the Al s. stmtching from the small mountain lake in the foregroun d t o p the distant snow-clad mountains, crowned by the stupendous Mount St. Bernard and its far-famed Monastery. A portion of the French Army is first seen . " en bivouac," presently the drums beat to arms, and amid the clash of Military Bands and Martial Music, the Troops commence the Ascent. The Soldiers are aeon dragging the Artillery in Trunks of Trees, now ascending almost Perpendicular Heights, and traversing the most Terrific Ravines, but all difficulties are overcome, and the' Gallant Army is seen pursuing its course , to the Fertile Plains Of Italy. The whole to conclude with a Gorgeous Display of Fireworks, by ' Messrs. gonthby, introducing, amongst various novelties, the most airnired.teux d'arthice of former seasons, jets d'eau, water rockets. revolving. pieces, a .naagnificeat Transparency fifty feet in height, painted by Messrs. Denson, representing Buonaparte on Horseback cheering An his Troops, surrounded by warlike emblems, insignia' of hononr, flags, trophies, .S4c amidst a confiscation of various coloured .1 fires. The cominicated and difficult machinery, and the erection of the picture under the direction of Mr. Thos Lowe. The extensive gas fittings by Messrs. Botcherby and Dixon, 23, SW-street, Covent gluten. Acigniat rt, 14 THE SUN, LONDON, . THEATRE. ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Bromptoa. THIS EVENING • . Will be -presented • entirely new and original Comedy, by Douglas Jerrold, entitled THE CATSPAW. Captain Burgonet, Mr. Howe ; Mr. Suuwball, Mr. Keeley ; Doctor Petgoose, Mr. James Wallack ; Andiey, Mr. Charles Selby ; Appleface, Mr. Buckstone ; Dust, Mr. Tilbury; Coolcard, Mr. Benjamin Webster; Duggens, Mr. Ellis ; Snowball's Servant, Mr. A. Brindal ; Mrs. reachdown's Servant, Mr. Coe; Mrs. Peachdown, Miss Reynolds; Cassandra, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham ; Rosemary, Mrs. Keeley. To conclude _with the Last Edition of IVANHOE, with all the newest improvements. Cedric the Saxon, 11r. J. Bland ; Sir Briant de Bore Guilbert, Mr. Selby; Sir Wilfrid of Ivanhoe, Mrs. Keeley; Wamba, Mr. Buck stone ; Isaac of York, Mr. Keeley; Robin Hood, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Rebecca, Miss P. Horton. The Bta-office Is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. THE WEATHER—SuN OFFICE, MAY 24. THERMOMETER. 65—highest since noon yesterday. 42 —lowest this morning and during the night. 58— this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29.48. WM) N.W.—light breeze, and dull, cloudy woather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY —Morning 34 min. after 12 I Evening 57 min. after 12 To-Minnow—Morning 19 min. after 1 I Evening 41 mtn. after 1 4 . 1 ct;.4 ... f „ rte • .1 cu if... 4 e l& Ci f " f r• m 0 40,4 • Dit - 611 • ~:._:7..1) 'ening gill& LONDON, FRIDAY. MAY 24, 1850. A more triumphant vindication of the foreign policy of her MAJESTY'S Government in reference to the Greek Question and the French mediation could not by any possibility have been given than that which was yesterday afforded in the masterly speech addressed to the House of Commons by Viscount PALMERSTON. Our expectations have been more than realised ; for the candour and explicitness with which the Foreign Secretary last evening explained the whole of his conduct throughout those misrepre sented transactions conquered the hostile sentiments instilled into a large proportion of his auditors by the most slanderous personalities and most rancorous vituperations. Insomuch, that on the close of his remarks the Noble Lord was greeted from all sides of a crowded House with prolonged accla mations. Even the Hon. Member for Canterbury, one of the most inveterate, but, at the same time, one of the most gifted of his opponents, was compelled to acknowledge that the statement of the Foreign Mi nister was deserving of all eulogium. This he did, moreover, while bantering Lord PALMERSTON on having, " with the aid of a leviathan fleet, harpooned his miserable minnow, the infinitesimal monarchy of Greece." Another circumstance in the discussion which ensued upon the Foreign Secretary's explanation is especially deserving of notice before taking into ac count the purport of his arguments ; and this was a circumstance which, while calling to mind the days when Lord JOHN was conspicuous for the moral audacity of his temperament, reflects the highest honour upon him as the head of a Liberal Government. We refer to the bold avowal of the Prime Minister that he not only assumed to himself a share of the responsibility incurred by these trans actions, but that he desired that in all fu ture debates upon the subject he might be looked upon as " mainly respoesible," as the chief of the Administration. A gallant and spontaneous avowal like this is assuredly the most significant denial of those miserable insinuations by which the assailants of the Foreign Secretary have endeavoured to inti mate the existence, or, at any rate, the possible ap proach of an estrangement between himself and his Ministerial colleagues. The other members of the Cabinet, from the Premier downwards, are too sa gacious not to recognise that the principal share of their popularity is attributable to their association with Viscount PALMERSTON. Nothing we maintain could be more lucid or more logical than the explanatory statement made last evening in the Commons House of Parliament by the ]Foreign Secretary. At its outset he condescended to vindicate himself from the charge of having on Thursday last uttered assertions at variance with truth. "I stated, as far as I recollect" (these are the words uttered by him yesterday) " that the French Ambassador had left London the day before —that he had been charged by her MAJESTY'S Qt.o vernment with explanations to be given to the Go vernment of France—that one of the objects of his return wag, that he might give those explanations himself; and I stated, also, that I hoped, as he went armed with our views and feelings on the subject, that nothing would arise to disturb the friendly rela tions which now existed." Nothing, he insisted more over, could authorise him then at all to anticipate any such extraordinary proceeding as the one which was then simultaneously transpiring—the perusal by General LAIIITTR to the Legislative Assembly of the letter in which he had ordered the return of M. DaourN DE eIIUYS, the Ambassador. Calculating most rationally that the conciliatory and explanatory response with which that diplomatist bad returned to Paris would prove effectual in dissipating all the differences which bad arisen between the two countries, the Noble Lord persisted that it would have been most mischievous, most rash, most culpable on his part to have given any other answer than the one he did to the inquiries addressed to him on Thursday —any answer which must " have mailed and fastened" upon the French Ministry the feeling of dissatisfaction. As to the more formidable accusation levelled against him by the Republican Government, and reiterated with such eager spitefulness by his personal enemies in this country, the explanations of Lord PALMERSTON were precisely what might have been anticipated— clear, ready, and conclusive. We are proud to think that we are fully justified in asserting that our argu ments upon this point coincide precisely with the ex planations of Lord PALMERSTON. He insists, for example, upon the fact upon which we ourselves have all along insisted, that " the functions of Baron Gatos were not suspended by any act of Mr. WYSE, but by the act of Baron Gatos himself." He in sists, as we have already insisted, that the mission of the French Plenipotentiary was dependent upon the conduct of his good offices of mediator upon the several claims,lthe recognition of which bad all along been undisputed, and the maintenance of which con stituted the very basis of the_ negotiation. He insists, as we have already insisted, that exceptions having been suddenly made by M. Gatos to one of the most important of those claims, the claim of Don PACIFICO for compensation on the destruction of documents proving him a creditor upon the Portuguese Government, and M. Gatos hav ing thereby on his own responsibility altered . the original basis of the negotiation, his mission had i pso facto terminated, his-functions were ipso facto sus pended. Here are the six articles constituting the basis of our demands upon Greece; and it will be ob served that among them is expressly enumerated the claim suddenly objected to by the French Pimp- tentiary : " The ap ology for the conduct in the'case of the Phan tom. Theo fixed amount of cotnpensation for the four lonians an g a who had been m a ltreated at Patras and Pyr os The fixed amount of compensation for the lonian boat men Custom plund ere d i n the house at Salcina. Tho Claim for the value of Mr. Finlay's land. Compensation for m. p ]oas es seihfie may h ave at Athens, and compensation for any his document s ." Seeing that M. sustained by the destruction o f Gaos had perversely interf e r e d with the last - mention ed sti that p ulati o the n,, offices d c e recognizing o fFnre e h in that circumstance the i fact e mediation by h had n o t o wn a ct, but by th e ac t o f the French Plenipotentiary mshe Britigk elf, bee n b roug h t to an abrupt termination, hi Am bassador, after maki ng ever t gestion and every possible reasonabledelay, sug to prevent, if practicable, the recurren ce so as so sucht ex tremities, had at length reluctantly but deci s ively resume d coercive measures against the G r eekr G o vernment. In proceeding thus, Mr. my h a d only acted ( accordin g to the Expre ss declaration made by Lord PALMERSTON last evening in the House of Commons) in obedience to the instructions addressed to him on the 25th of March from the Foreign-office of the British Go vernment. Hence, after this explicit and conclusive vindication of his policy, it is anything but matter of surprise to find Lord PAL MERSTON protesting that the French Ministry in this affair has arrived at most erroneous conclusions, and •has , altogether mistaken the feeling and the con- 1 dud of,PreAt Pritain in those transactions. I n ' testi- mony of the truth of such an assertion we have already referred to the documents laid upon the table of the Legislative Assembly by General LARITTE j and in perfect corroboration of the whole we can now direct attention to the enormous blue-book just published, being papers presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of her MAJESTY, extending over 384 folio pages, and comprising the whole of the correspondence between the 22d of February and the 17th of May, respecting the demands made upon the Greek Government. This important blue-book, now lying under our elbow as we write, contains in almost every page unanswerable argu ments against the assailants of Lord PALMERSTON. One word or so in reference to the peroration of the masterly speech delivered last evening in the House of Commons by the Foreign Secretary. That remarkable oration was thus earnestly brought to its close, the illustrious orator exclaiming :—" Sir, I should be sorry that anything I should say should throw any difficulty in the way of such an arrangement [meaning an amicable settlement of the present misunderstanding between France and England], and I am sure if these things are discussed in this House before it can be known how that dis cussion may terminate, I hope no Honourable Mem ber, whatever his opinions may be, will express them in a manner that would have a prejudicial effect upon the course which her MAJESTY'S Go vernment is taking. It is the anxious desire of her MAJESTY'S Government to cultivate the most friendly relations with the Government of France. It is no matter to us of what men the Government is composed. It was no business of ours to inquire. We respect the Government that is, and it is with that Government we carry on our nego tiations and communications. And I cannot but hope and trust that whatever the Government of France may ultimately feel in regard to the issue of this affair, it will at least do us the jus tice of thinking that whatever ground of complaint they may fancy they have, they have none upon the want of good intentions upon our part, or • upon the deficiency of those friendly and good feelings which it is the duty of her MAJESTY'S Government—as it will be the duty of every Government that may suc ceed them—to feel towards the Govermnent and the nation of France." This, be it remembered, is the man who is accused of being the firebrand among European diplomatists ! One good has happily resulted from the recent aspersions on Lord PALMERSTON, they having elicited his permanent vindication before Eng land and before the world from all such frivolous and paltry accusations. The discussion of the Naval Estimates last night gave occasion for a new and most virulent attack upon Sir JAMES Bitooxe for his energetic exertions for the repression of the buccaneering system and the extir pation of piracy in the Indian Archipelago—exer tions which should have entitled the Honourable and Gallant Gentleman to the marked and grateful thanks of the community in general. We should scarcely have supposed that any man or body of men engaged in commercial pursuits, and professing to be the friends of peace and tranquillity, would endeavour to justify an organized band of robbers and murderers, whose nefarious conduct must have proved deeply injurious to the extension of our trade, and to the civilization of the innocent inhabitants of the numerous islands scattered through that ocean. But, so it is, gratuitous and unsupported assertions are put forward in oppo sition to legal proofs—the opinions of men far re moved from the scene of strife against those of persons residing in the very vicinity, who have had innumerable opportunities of knowing that the accounts of the daily atrocities perpetrated by the pirates were but too well founded ; and even against the deliberate judgment of a competent tribunal, pre sided over by an English gentleman of high attain ments and unimpeachable character. It is not simply the weight of evidence that is in favour of Sir dAsaxs Baooxe. It would be impossible to conceive clearer or more distinct testimony than has been recorded— testimony that must force conviction upon any un prejudiced mind, anxious to arrive at an honest con clu6ion upon the premises. So far as the business part of the transaction was concerned, the question lay in a nutshell. A Tote of the hou s e of Commons was asked in order to satisfy an obligation for which the national faith was pledged by a distinct and solemn Act of the British Legisla ture. The proposition could no more be rejected than the dividends on the public debt be refused. There was no more ground for questioning the propriety and policy of the Act which granted a certain bounty or head•money for the capture or destruction of pirates on the occasion, than there was for impeach ing the goodness of the bargains made by former Chancellors of the Exchequer with persons about to advance their money for the exigencies of the na tion. The former Act may, and we hope will, speedily be repealed. We do not believe that such a law was required to induce British sailors to dis charge the duties of their station ; but so long as it is permitted to remain on our statute-book--so long as it is one of the recognized laws of the land we live in, its provisions must be strictly and literally obeyed, and any breach thereof would entail the deepest reproach on the nation. The Attorney-General in a few words placed the question in the clearest light. The Right Hon. Gen tleman said " they had really no discretion in the case; there was a positive and imperative Act of Par liament, which said, after it had been adjudged that pirates had been destroyed a certain payment was to be made. Sir CHRISTOPHE R ILAWLINSON had decided that these persons were pirates. There was thus a judgment in rem, which was final and binding to all intents and purposes. It was therefore a waste of time to pursue this discussion." We can scarcely conceive how any gentlemen holding the honourable position of representatives of impor tant constituencies could have continued their oppo sition after such a statement. But a division was nevertheless taken, and the vote carried by a majority of 125, the numbers being in favour of the grant 145, against it 20. It signified but little whether the pirates, thus destroyed had habitually attacked ves sels sailing under the British flag, or whether they had confined their depredations to others who might fall easier victims. Pirates are general enemies to every civilized state, and if per mitted to carry on their atrocities against helpless individuals with impunity, they will speedily acquire strength sufficient to extend their system, and to sacrifice in turn the traders of the nation that for merly connived at their ex iater:e. But, unfortu nately, it was shown that the British flag 'was not always respected, that whenever a favourable oppor tunity arose Blithat vessels were also attacked. It should not be forgotten that we could hear nothing of cases where the aggression was successful. These innocent and much-injured individuals took good care, in such cases, to prevent any living wit. nesses from coming forward ; every vestige of the crime was destroyed. Th e captured ships, after ,being completely plundered, plunderedl were su n k, an d the crews barbarously murdered in co ld blood, after being but too frequently mutilated and subjected to the most inhuman cruelties. It was only when they failed that the transaction was heard when the gallant defenders of their lives and property succeeded in repelling their bloodthirsty assailants. Who can say that ships, which sailed under the most favourable and auspicious circumstances, but were never afterwards heard of, did not fall into the hand, of these miscreants ? It is proved beyond the possi. bility of doubt that they have attacked some of our vessels. Why should it be supposed that they would spare others if the opportunity arose ? Most sincerely do we hope that these unwarrant able attacks on one of the most gallant and enterprising Englishmen that ever conferred honour on the national name may no longer be continued. Mr. COBDEN should recollect that an un founded accusation recoils with double force upon those by whom it is put forward, more especially if it be preferred on light or trivial grounds. If he can establish a direct and tangible charge, proving that Sir JAstes BitooKs is really deserving of censure, let him do so, and we promise him that be shall receive an attentive hearing, and that full justice shall be rendered. But if unable to do so, if he can only rely on vague insinuations or unwarranted suspicions, let him abstain from persevering in a course which can only damage himself and those by whom he is sup ported and encouraged in such unworthy conduct. FRID AY EVENING, MAY 24, 1850. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 7,000 bales, of which 1,000 American were taken on speculation at prices rather against the bnyer. ..in Railway Shares a good business was done at higher quotations. In the Corn Market to-day there were large arrivals of foreign oats. There have been moderate sales in the colonial pro duce markets since they re-opened, and prices have ruled steady for the primary articles. There is an im pression that coffee will attract the attention of specula tors, certainjdescriptions being lower now than was ever before known. The present holders are strong, and re newed purchases by the grocers, who are understood to be very bare of stocks, would ex.rcise an important in fluence. Rice has been duller. Indigo has closed much the same, but there has been a good deal withdrawn du ring the series. The Hamburgh mail of Tuesday last, brings the rate of exchange, lower, viz., 13 81. The corn mai kets were a little firmer in some parts (it Germany. At Amst-rdarn on WQduestlay there was very little change in Dutch Stock. The following is a letter received from Mexico, and written by an influential party;-- _ _ " Mexico, 13th April, 1850. "My dear Sir,—l beg to inclose you a copy of the report of the committee in the Chamber of Deputies,. just published, relative to your convention. Interested at once in the credit of my country, and to a large ex tent in our Foreign Bonds, I have determined to write to you, and to give you my opinion on the subject. " Your residence hero was sufficiently long to show you the causes which must chiefly account for the non fulfilment on the part of Mexico of her obligations to wards her English bondholders, satisfying you that it has not been from bad faith, nor from disinclination to pay, that the dividends have been neglected, but rather that the disorder which has always in this country been consequent on constant changes of the Government, and particularly of Ministers of Fi nance (one always differing in his views from another), that a disorganisation of the revenue has arisen. This evil has been increased by the American invasion, which completely destroyed the tobacco revenue, opened up a great frontier for contraband trade, and threw the inland contributions in confusion. Thus has arisen a necessity on the part of the Govern ment of applying the greater part of the in demnity to he public exigences of the country, and although there have been appropriations for the English debt, the loss of the tobacco revenue has ren dered them insufficient to pay these dividends. " All this might be kept in view, on examining the modifications which the committee have made in your convention with M. Arsngoiz, and for my part, as a bondholder, I should not hesitate to admit them, for if time goes by, no doubt the 'Government may go on spending the indemnity money, and then the difficulty will be to lay hold of the 3f millions of dollars now offered. Neither can you expect to better the terms of 30 per cent. of all the maritime custom-house duties, which is certainly a good and sufficient guarantee. " I am confirmed so much the more in these views that the bondholders cannot expect the English Govern ment to exact from Mexico more than she can perform. Neither is it for the interest of your country that force should be used, for a blockade of Mexico would virtu ally be a blockade of British commerce, and whatever tends to oppress this country can have no other result than that of hastening the day in which the United States will lay hold of it. "Again, you know very well that the Government has had to meet heavy payments exacted of them, under the assistance of the British Ministers, and that we shall suffer from the contraband carried on in the southern ports, where all the money is shipped in English vessels of war, without making good the very duties which are hypothecated for the payment of the English dividends. "From all these considerations, which I submit to your batter . judgment, I think that you will b e inclined to believe with myself that the bondholders ought to admit the arrangement, such as it is now pre sented by the Finance Committee to the Chamber of Deputies, and that without loss of time. " Let me conclude by saying that nothing can be more prejudicial to the bondholders than the differences which exist among themselves, or that they should not have known long ago how advantageous, as well as opportune, was the arrangement which you entered into with M Arangorz. "Believe me to be, &c. " To W. Parish Robertson, Esq." The amount of bills drawn by the Honourable the East India Company from the 7th to the 23d day o May, 1850, was as under:— Rate of Exchange. On Bengal, 2s. Oid On Madras, 2s. Oid. On Bombay, 2s. ld. Amount. ..• ... £75,499 14 3 ... 15,076 2 1 £90,575 17 2 The Funds have been fairly maintained to-day, and the explanations of Lord Palmerston in Parliament last evening hare had a good effect, checked only by the in formation from Paris, which the Times is so eager to im part, that Lord Palmerston's conciliatory proposals to Franco have been rejected. Consols have been 951 to 96 for Transfer, and 954 to 96 for Account. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 961 4, and the Three per Cents. 944 to 95. Bank Stock has risen to 207 and 2074. Exchequer-bills have been quoted 67s to 703 premium. In the Foreign Market the dealings have been re stricted. Mexican Bonds have been quoted 304 to 314. Equador Stock is 3*. Russian Four-and-a-Half per Cen►. Bonds have been 95i, and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 564 to 566. Railway Shares have been firm, but the business done has not been large. Caledonian have been 814, Great Northern 7*, Great Western up to 56, Midland to 341, and South-Eastern to 141, Foreign Shares are quiet. QUARTER TO THREE. ... 951 sellers. • ... 951 sellers. ONE CLOSING _ O'CLOCK. PRICES. .. 207 - 207%_ 207►% Consols ... .• Ditto, Account, June 12 .. PRICES OF BEITISII FUNDS • Katt Stuck per Cent. Reduced AIMS 1 94% 9694 3 % 94 3 4 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9534 96 95 3 4 95% 4,1 r 3 1 4 per Cent. Anne. . ... Lone Anns.to expire Jan.lB6o -16 8 3-16 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860. 8 8 7-16 8 7-16 India Stock — 267 India Bonds, 1,0004.- — 87 p Ditto under 1,0001.. ........ ...- — 87 p South Sea Stock — — Ditto Old Annuities' Ditto New Annuities ~ o nsvls for Account 9s;' 96 95% 9.53 A Exchequer Bills. 1 Si g (1. & 2a 1.000/. June : 70 67 p Small. June 67 p ME PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Equsdor Bonds Q 1. . , Wall. / per Cent. 1846, with Coupons — Ditto, Ex Jan. Ompons Ditto, Account 3 ll 30% 30 1 Ditto, Small Peruvian Bonds, 4 1St per Cent — 764 Ditto, Account Ditto Deferred Portuguese 5 per Cants. Ditto, 4 per Cent. Eussdan Bonds ,,,, ~.. Ditto, 4 1 4 per Cent Ditto, Small Ditto Scrip s p p ass er i ?:nt. 1840 2:% p -- Ditto, Ditto. 3 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. 67 p 67 p CLOSING PRICES. 33 95 3 / 4 95% 3p 3 3 / 4 37 % Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild. .. 56% 1 56 1 44 i i z Ditto. 4 Der Cent. Certificates... 850 85 PRICES OF B USINESS DONE CLOSINu RAILWAY SHARES. PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES Aberdeen Do. Preference Birming. Wolverh'ton, and Dudley, calls duly ..••• 21 1 4 pd, or with guarantee 15 Caledonian Do. New 10/. Pref.— 10 ...... 6 Chester and Holyhead... 50 ...... ••••• •• . — Ditto, Preference l5 ...... •—•„ P astern Counties..., 2O •••—• 7 Ys A 7 14 East Lancashire 25 ...... -. ea. ••• ••• ..... 714 East Lincolnshire, guar. 6 par Cent. Great Northern . . 7 Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 12%. .... 10% Great North of England.loo ......220 Ureat Western 100 .... .. 56 55% ......... &m e Ditto, New 171..... x 1 5 ••• -• 7 % 7% Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 Do. Fifths.... lO ...... %..... Leeds and Bradford 5O ...... 93% 93% London &Blackwall...ll/. 66. 3d... 4 London, Brighton, and . South Coast... ..... 100 . . .... ... 61 60 , .: 6711,i London and N Western 100 ......103% ........ 1 8 03 0 % Ditto, New Quarters 12 ...... 11 %.. ............ 11% 11% Ditto, Fifths ...... 12 . .. 11 1 ..... ..... ... Do. 10/. (M. & B.) C. 1 ... ... London N & ew S.W pr e e s f t e e r r e n nce ...l oo s 7 !Midland .lOO ...... 14% 0% •.......... 04 Do. Consolidated Pref.100 Do., 50/. Shares ..... 30 ... tt,4 .. ...... ...... 2% Do.Birm.. and Derby IC O - .. Do. Consolid. Bristol& Birming., 6 per ct..... 100 .... Ditto,Brist & Gloestr. 44 ...... ....»••.•• Ditto ditto . 261. le. 6d... ........ ... ... Do.,ErewashVal.,Pref. 50 Ditto, Leicest& Swan- nington, 8 per ct. guar.loo Midland Great Western Irish 47% — , Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar.:...... 50 Newcastle and Carlisle.100 Do. quarters ......... 25 ...... . .......... „ Newmarket ........... . 23 Do. Extension ......... 21. 125.... Newport, AbergavennY, and Hereford ............ 6 ...... ...... . Newrytand Enniskillen 7 l ewrY, Warrenpon24 and Rostrevor ...... .. 20 Norfolk 100 Do. New 201. .. ....... 15 Do. Extension ......... 20 Do. Gu aran t ee d 51,0nc. 5 Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 — ----.-.. .... STorth Britirtla ..--••-• • . 2f Ditto Preference ...... 5 •—• • ..... •••..•••• Sorth Staffordshire ... 17% 7 •• ... .. ... ... Sorthern Counties Union 4 ••• -- North-Welt ern . ........ 13% _ ...•.......... thrf9rd, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ...... 60 Preston & Wyre 25 ... .• 00. t 4 Shares( A) lO heading, Guildford, and Reigate Royston and Hitchin ... 4%.. ~. •—__ _ 15,1; 3 Do. Shepreth Exten 5 ,4 Scottish Central Scottish Midland Ditto, New Shre,wsbury au 13% . • dis. ....... —die Ditto ditto, Class B. 9 Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 Shrewsbury and Herefd. 5 Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Ditto Halves Do. 8 per Cent. Pref Ditto Oswestry Ditto New Shropshire Union Smith Devon Do. Preference South Staffordshire....,. •••• • onth Eastern Do., N 0.2. Registered No. 10 .. , Soh „, Yorkshire, Don - c.. , , , ter, and ~ web; i4 Sheffield, Rotherham, 1- Goole (N. Div.) Gua ranteed 5 per cent. Do. do (Sou. Div.) S too. Xt Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. C0a1.... S Taw Vale Extension Thames Eleven look I 8 ; ,4 i ..... and Railway - Vale of Neath .. lO Naterford and Kilkenny 20 ~ — Waterford and Limerick 47% .., iraterfd,Wzifrd,Wicklw and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed . Do. do. do. ... 25 Do. do. do. ... 15 ..... ..... ..... West Cornwall ••• 71, • hitehaven & Furness 18 :Vindsor, Staines, and South Western ..... 14 v ilts.Somerset,& Wey mouth 'Fork, Neweaw le. and 2% 14% 4 3 , . 66 ••• Berwick. .... , - ........ '),,. Newcastle Exten. 20 Dc. U.N.F- Pretert , tice ii ... - 1 , ,4 Do. Hartlepool Dock and Railway .. 100 ..... York and North Midland 50 Ditto, Preference ..-.• lti FOREIGN RAIL WAYS. Angi Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian). ... 5 5 ,a...... Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon)... 20 Demerara Dutch Rhenish ......... 8 ... - East Indian .... ... i Ditto ... Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 ...... 2%14.....„ Paris and Orleans ...... 20 ..... .... ..... .. 28► Paris and Rouen 2O -...... 20% ... .. ........ 20 1 A MINES. Santiago de Cuba Tin Croft ...., ...... .. - 7 .. .. —...-. United Mexican 2894 JOINT S'''OCK BANKS 13% VA 1% 17 74 ..... 54 Australasia , British North American 50 Colonial 25 Commercial of London 20 London & Westminster. 20 26 1 4 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.' LONDON, MAY 24.—Wind at noon N. to N.E., ligh breeze and cloudy. LEITH, MAY 23.—The Young England, for Adelaide, South Australia, is aground at the mouth of the hat. bour, after being on shore in a thick fog at Gullan Point, is making much water, and is discharging. FALMOUTH, MAY 23.—Wind S. to S.E., moderate.— Arrd. Sophia, Everet, Havannsh for Antwerp, foremast and bowsprit carried away, and rudder damaged. Off port, Investigator, Dunlop, Whampoa ; Hercules, Ahlmann, Rio Janeiro, for Copenhagen; Sir Robert Peel, Chad wick, New York; Princess Charlotte, Newham, Moul- mein, and sailed for Shields. OVI THE LlZARD.—Caroline, Danger6eld, Callao, with considerable damage from stress of weather. PLYMOUTH, MAY 23. —Wind E.—Arrd off. Tory, Smith, Mauritius ; Hercules, Ahlmann, Rio Janeiro, from Copenhagen. Arrd. Dart, Madeira, with the crew of the abandoned barque Amphitrite, landed at Madeira by the Tanjore. DEAL, MAY 23.—Wind S.S.W., very thick.—Arrd. Isabella, Lenpesty, Buenos Ayres ; Amilia and Jose phine, Sea of Marmora. Arrd. from th• river, Fantome, Jamaica. DARTMOUTH, MAY 23.—Wind S.E.— Sid. Osprey, Cadip and New York. Lrf ERPOOL, MAY 23.—Wind S. to W.—Arrd. Lucy Sharp, M'Fie, Callao. Sailed Albatross, Sydney, N.S.W. ; Earl of Dalhousie, Demerara; Lady Sale, Statin Island; Euphrates, Hong Kong; Australia, B bay; Kathleen, Africa; Thistle, San Francisco; Agnes, Demerara ; Alice Haveland, Hayti; John M'Kenaie, New York; Ellen, Statin Island; Trafalgar, Halifax; Waterkelpie, Montreal ; Woodman, Quebec ; Ann Johnston, Newfoundland. BRISTOL, MAY 23.—The Elizabeth,Vigars, sailed horn Rotterdam 14th inst. for this port, and has not since been heard of. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-(FRIDAY.) A decided increase has taken place in the arrivals of English Wheat for our market coastwise; they baring amounted to 2,580 quarters, almost wholly from Essex and Kent. By land carriage and sample the fresh supply has been moderate. Although the stands to-day were by no means xtensively supplied, the demand for all kinds of Wheat of home produce, owing to the favour able accounts respecting the growing crops, ruled heavy, at a decline in the prices of Monday of fully is per quarter, and a clearance was not effected. The imports of foreign Wheat have been confined to 7,830 quarters. All descriptions were very dull in sale, and the quotations were called is per quarter lower than on Monday. Notwithstanding that the supply of Barley, both English and foreign, was small, that article moved off slowly, at barely stationary prices. Fine Malt was scarce and quite as dear. All other qualities commanded very little attention. The supply of foreign Oats was large—that of English limited. The trade ruled dull, at barely last week's currencies. Beans, Peas, and Flour, were very dull, but not materially lower. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Itifthat. Earley. Oath. Malt. Flour. Qra. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. S acks *9O 570 69 2,410 2,240 7,030 1,420 19,550 English .• • ... 5c0tch........ Irish ........ Foreign ...... 1,500 SMITHrxELID . Although the supply of Beasts on offer to.day was considerably less than that exhibited on Friday last, the Beet trade ruled excessively heavy at a decline in the quotations obtained on Monday of 2d per Blbs. The highest figure for the best Scots did not exceed 3s 4a per Sibs, at which a total clearance was not effected. There was a falling off in the number of Sheep. All kinds sold steadily, at fully the late decline in value, the best old Downs producing 34 10d per 81bs. Lambs—the arrival of which from the Isle of Wight, amounted to 3SO head —were in good request, at very full prices. We were well supplied with Calves, in which a moderre business was transacted, at late rates. Pigs were very slow in sale. Mulch Cows were very dull, at from 141 to 181 each, including their small calf. Per Sibs. to slut the offai. . 8. d. to s. d, s. d, to s. d, Inferior Beasts..... 2 2 2 4 Inferior Mee), .. . 2 8 210 Second quality •... 2 6 2 8 second gual. Sheep 3 0 3 4 ['rime large Ozea.. 610 3 0 Coarse-woolled ditto 3 4 3 6 Prime Scots ...• .. 3 2 3 4 Southdown Wether 3 8 310 Large coarse Calves 210 3 0 Ditto out of the wool 0 0 0 0 `rime small ditto .. 3 2 3 4 Large Hogs .. .• • • 3 2 3 6 *tickling Calves ..18 0 22 0 Small Porkers .... 3 $ 4 Lambs .......... 4 0 6 4 Quartar old Pigs ..16 0 21 0 TOIAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. 0 Beat. I Sheep. j Calves. I Pigs. 1 10,660 I 264 280 SCOTCH. Sheep. 1 Calves. I rigs 94 _ FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts. I I Sheep. CalveS. 1 Pigs. 140 200 108 NMI/GATE AND LEADENEALL. These markets were excessively heavy to-day, and prices were not supported. Beasts. 260 At per stone by the Carcase. s. d, to s. d. s. d. to s. (1. Beef,inferlor...... 1 8 1 10 Mutton, inferior •• 2 2 2 4 - middling .. •. 2 8 2 2 - middling" 2 0 3 0 - primelarge .. 2 4 2 1i l prime .... 3 2 3 4 - prime small .. 210 3 0 Pork, large .... •••• 2 10 3 4 • ....• 2 0 3 4 - small •• •••• • • 3 6 4 0 Lamb. Is Od t• 5s 2d. 11071.011G8 SOP WLANICEIT. Accounts received this morning from the various plantations in Kent and Sussex state that the bine has made considerable progress during the present we e k, and that tying has become general. The demand for most kinds of Hops has, therefore, fallen off, and prices are with difficulty supported. New Mid and East Kent pockets, 61 2s to 101 103 ; new Weald of Kent ditto, 6/ to 81; new Sussex ditto, 5/ 3s to 61 123 ; new Fern hams, 121 to 13/; yearling Kents 31 5s to 41 8s; year ling Sussex, 21 lOs to 31 ss; old Hops, 11 Is to 31 per 1 CWt. Cocos.—Bahia has bean sold at 27s 6d for fine red. The supply is limited. RrcE.—There is less doinz, and more prods are offering. Mid to good white Bengal has realised 9s to lOs per owt. SALTPETRE.—SaIes of Calcutta have lam made at 25s to 2(.5 6d for 81 and q . p-r cent. refraction. SPlCES.—Pimento has boo] sold at 40 to 4-al per lb. Af“can Ginger has been at 36, 61 to 37s 6(1 per cwt. COTTON.—There have been pnl,lic sales of East India, at which prices have ranged from the previous scale to per lb advance. INDiao.—The sales close this afternoon. They have been progressing at about the previous rates, a good deal being withdrawn. TALLow.—P.Y.C. has been firm at 36s 9d to 37s per 0 ,1 4 , 0.3 ;hi , s'Alt. `fr EL.—lnferior Congon has ho. - 2n in some rtquest, bat other are Cull. Green, ie lowrr. The deliverie !hai - i at this time last year. Congon, ord to good ord, 813 to 9i , . Blackish Leaf. Is to Is 2d. T , .von- Ley go- , 41 0r..? , o _, g i r l, 93 , 1 to I.od. Ilyson, good ord is to is Id, and Gunpowder, Ir 6d to 4s. GREEN FRUIT.---the WIH - ,1::-1 nc,Y.tlays have ini. proved the demand I,r I );',FigPS r f dition custain their pric.: , s, Nuts •ce - ,re fre,(!.. rio Clyde royal mail Acta.in4-r has brouv,llt th. tit of West India Pules and Hun', I:wiri,f, month earlier than last ~easi.in ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS 1)A . 7.) The Maser of the Ito ufier milJpit a cto-e hi private room, sat in open e..urt at Wf-suninsTer t day, and gave judgment in two eases. TH , RNBER V. SHEAttll -JUDGMENT. His LORDSHIP gave judgm..ut in thi* case, which was argued before him in January and February last at great length. The object of the Bill was to set ...Aside a deed and an agreement executed by Miss Grace Beaver, now Mrs. Thornber. The fact* of the case are totally devoid of interest except to the parties concerned. His Lordship ordered the instruments to be delivered up to be can celled, at the same time acquitting all the parties of any fraudulent intention. His Lordship ordered the con veyance to Sheard to stand as a security for the. amount he had advanced to the plaintiff's father. His Lordship also directed certain accounts, and dismissed the bill against Edwards without costs. - On the application of Counsel, time was given by the Court to draw up the minutes of the decree. BOOTH V. TODILINSON.—JUDGMENT. His LORDSHIP also gave judgment in this case, direoi ing a rererenee to the master. The Cuurt then prop eded to hear motions. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE-CHA'NCELLOA Of ENGLAND.) His HONOUR was occupied the whole morning with hearing unopposed petitions, short causes, and petitions, none of which possessed any features of interest. Nothing of interest came bet ore the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruco during the morning; and the continued indisposition of the Vice-Chancellor Wigram prevented his sitting. QUEEN'S BEN CH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banao, before Lord CAMPBELL, and Justices PA7TESON, COLERIDGE, and ERLE.) HYDE V. THE CORPORATION OP MANCHESTER. A rule nisi had been obtained in this case by the At torney-General, calling on the corporation of Manchester to show cause why an award should not be set aside on the grounds that the appointment of Mr. James Ban era; was improper and invalid, he being one of the al dermen of the borough of Manchester, and that the ap pointment of Mr. Buckley as umpire was also bad, inasmuch as Mr. Alderman Bancroft had taken part in that appointment of umpire. The corporation of Man chester, it appeared, being about to construct some water-works, the channel of which was to pass through the lands of Mr. Hyde, came to an agreement with him that the compensation to which he was entitled should be assessed by arbitration in the manner prescribed by the Lands Clauses Consolidatian Act. Arbitrators were accordingly appointed, Mr. Alderman Bancroft on the part of the corporation, and Mr. Trout on beba fof Mr. Hyde; but not being able to agree on their decisi they appointed Mr. Buckley as umpire, but that gentle man declined to act, and a Mr. Sidebotham was ap pointed, who awarded the sum of 1,620/., Mr. Hyde having claimed 7,0004 Mr. MARTIN (with whom was Mr. Hall) this morning showed cause against the rule. reading an affidavit of Mr. Heron, the town•clerk of Manchester, to the effect that it was well known that Mr. Bancroft was an alder man of the corporation of Manchester, and that Mr. Hyde had not in the first instance objected to his ap pointment, nor did he do so until the meeting which took place for the appointment of the umpire. Lord CAMPBELL intimated his opinion that unless tho assertions in the affidavit could be brought into doubt the award must stand, The ATTORNBY.-GENERAL, in support of the rule, submitted that Mr. Bancroft, being a member of the cor poration could not appoint himself as arbitrator. Lord CAMPBELL said it was the corporation of Man chester who had made the appointment, and the in terests of the corporation and the individual were dif ferent. The ATTORNEY•GENERAL said that if the Court en tertained that view of the case it would be useless for him to endeavour to support the rule. Mr. STAMMERS (who was with the Attorney-General), notwithstanding the intimation of his leader and the opinion that had fallen from Lord Campbell, proceeded to contend that Mr. Bancroft being a party interested, and Mr. Hyde having objected to his appointment before the umpire was chosen, the award was bad. Lord CAMPBELL, in giving judgment, said the conduct of Mr. Hyde in this matter had been very disingenuous, and the sooner the case was withdrawn from the consi deration of the Court the more would it be to his advan tage. The two grounds on which the rule had been granted had been completely removed by the affidavits produced on the part of the corporation; and it appeared that Mr. Bancroft was appointed with the full concur rence of Mr. Hyde; and also that the second umpire had been nominated by Mr. Sturt, the agent of Mr. Hyde, and the arbitrators had concurred in that appointment. Mr. Alderman Bancroft was not the party interested, but the Corporation. The protest very much aggravated the case, because the object of that protest was to give Mr. Hyde the opportunity of ratifying the award, if it should be to the full amount of his demand, or to apply to the Court to set aside the award, it it should disap point his expectations. For these reasons, he (Lord Campbell) was of opinion that the rule should be dis charged, and discharged with costs. The other Judges concurred, and the rule was there fore discharged with costs. CRIMINAL INFORMATION. THE QUEEN V. CHAPMAN, PUBLISHER OF THE " MORN ING HERALD." Sir F. THESIGER said, in the course of last term Mr. Sergeant Shee applied to the Court for a rule for a cri minal information on behalf of the Rev. Dr. Magee, a Roman Catholic priest, in respect to an ar ticle which appeared in the Morning Herald on the 25th of April last, which had been principally copied from an Irish newspaper, called the Mayo Con satution. It was stated in that article that a considerable number of ejectments had taken place on the estate of Mr. Martin, called the Connemara estate; but, iu addi tion to the article extrawed from the Mayo Constitution, a few lines were appended by the writer in the Morning Herald to the effect that the purchaser of this estate was the Rev. Dr. Magee, a Roman Catholic clergyman re siding in Westminster, and that his Reverence said he had been compelled to eject the vast majority of the tenantry, but that he would restore all those who had any reasonable chance of paying their rents. Of course Dr-. Magee had fait seriously affected by such a statement as that, and he came to this court with an affidavit, in whioh he stated the real facts of the case—that he had become the purchaser of a very small portion of the estate in question, and had never ejected any of the tenants, but, on the contrary, on that portion of the estate which he had purchased, he had made considerable exertions to make the houses habitable, and had done a great deal, in other respects, to improve the condition 'of the people. The Rev. Gentleman also deposed that such an article as the one in question appearing in a public newspaper was calculated to lessen his means of usefulness, as a clergyman, and his influence over the congregation frequenting his chapel, who were mostly Irish people of the poorer class, inasmuch as it held him up as an oppressor of the poor. He (Sir F. Thesiger) was instructed to appear on the part of Mr. Chapman, the publisher of the Morning Herald, and to state that that tinkle was inserted without his knowledge, and without the slightest ill feeling towards Dr. Magee, but entirely through inadvertence ; arid he very much regretted its appearance in the paper. It ap peared that there was a gentleman who was entrusted with the duty of perusing communications addressed to the editor before their appearance in the paper, a duty which, on this occasion, did not appear to have been very strictly performed. The article was not known to have been inserted by Mr. Chapman until the following day. That gentleman was particu larly anxious to state that there was not the slightest foundation for the assertions relating to Dr. Magee. and he wished to retract in the fullest manner anything said against his character, and to express his regret at the article having been inserted in the paper. Mo was also desirous that Dr. Magee should not be put to the ex pense of the costs ot this application. and he (Sir F. The siger) hoped that his Learned Friend (Mr. Sergeant Shee) would consent to the rule being discharged on 1 payment of coats. Lord CAMPBELL asked Mr. Sergeant Sh'ee if he was disposed to accept that apology ? Mr. Sergeant SUEE, who appeared for Dr. Magee. said certainly. Dr. M ,gee only came to this court to protect himself against an insinuation . injurious to his character. Mr. Chapman had made an affidavit, in which be stated that the statement in question was wholly false and destitute of foundation, and teat he deeply regretted that any such paragraph had been published. Mr. Knox, one of the managers of the paper, had made an affidavit to the same effect, and he (Mr. Sergeant Sher) was perfectly willing to accept the very handsome apology and terms offered by Sir Frederick Th, sif t er. Lord CAMPBELL said the rule would be discharged on there terms. Rule discharged accordingly on Nyinent of costs. COLONIAL. Stmen.—There has IWen --- a — lr - m market for most Colonial sorts, and with a good business doing, the grocers and refiners being buyers. The deliveries are increa.inz. Barbadoes, by auction, has realised 34s 6d to 87s 6d for low to mid yellow, and 38s to 42s 6d for !rood and fine. Demerara crystalized has been sold at 401 to 44s 6d for good to fine yellow, at 36s to 37s for low and mid, and at 33s 6d to 34s 6d for brown. EAST INDlA.—Bengal has been sold at 36s 6d for mid, at 39s Id to 424 6d for good and fine yellow. and at 32s 6d to 34s 6d for low and mid; soft brown 31s to 318 Id, and grey 36s to 363 6d. Mauritius brought 34s to 35s 6d for low and :mid yellow, 364 to 37s for mid and good grocery, and brown 274 to 343 per cwt. Ma dras sold at 323 6d to 334 for good brown. FORElGN.—Havannah was partly taken in at 39s to 41s, the rest selling at 37s to 386 6d for low to mid yellow, 393 to 398 6d for good, and 35s 6il to 37s for mid to good brown. Rio sold at 384 6d, Bahia was bought in at 144 to 16s for low to good brown, and at lts for mid yellow. COME. —Tho supply has been tolerably free, and prices have fern subj ,, ct to soma: alteration, but the trade are more purchase. Jamaica has been sold at 46, to 588 6,1 for low mid to good mid, at 42s to 454 6i for fine and fine fine ord, at 3ss 6d to 41 611 f.yr good ord, and at 36s to 39s for triage. Ceylon has been taken in at 40s for good ord, and sale , of very ord Naive have been made at 40 6d to 41s. - Som.. low ofd N,stive has been sold at 395, low mid and mi.l colory has realised 438 to 476 6d, and fine and fine fine grey 43 a to A? 6d per owl. Fernhill Tightwaist •.• Valentine "' The Salford Borough Cup Woolwich ••• ~, Uriel ~, fl THE LORD CRANCELLOR - -- - r. li ov le i, j o a C en u od r t r t e teh n na t hta t ß h m ii ri m ofn o h r: R n h it o i .-- .r, t hol i oi r cel lo rsh ip , would d l o gd fe s in o no w t i "r o n u ge l l t d Ar h tem e a p cii r i n o : b utt s ere b rs te l:f° l : ; : b itibb : e:tic e pre'bi ; tmga a h n reuie d ostsstt L sutehhid e tteao a ovt r rathe n sbh,: e set d ieannin L plcdimre o ho r feo d eats ' l s sttihho s e u ns e ,hN e o e btio s ui s bdt o l r et i ): : trh t e : i l e st 9 s o, l p t h r j f is ` r ' '^: that Lora J. - Ivor 01 01 1 peals on behalf otafenitylhdoecsdaesewts:hiotnhillelicaderibecie°g::—"ge.deteleil:tl i'll l o' court below. 1 0. . 4 _•.■_.----•—•-■__________------bi 11,0040% CHARGE OF MURDER.—The nef r e-,t be a •det l jgol , ,lo t vi h nve i er s tedh d new a i y iib,toeh c dr o vh n teb t or a f i s n aon s n aoallndoini woman oi account t z n u o u n da t at n o t 1 f ge si n I I 0 11 : D o e th e ; :h be e l e t o i rp i ty .:r tho te a l; erl ; ve t:it' reproaching pilelaurssin r 5 e fu el 1 ° kl Were P..- ber g , 7111 1 Te thatg he trh t e h y e . andt f e a oo t fk h:e ha r dr evaastnee.rt,ai ngge u n ot :: f p I b u il d e r :tri ts: e . ::: 6 00) , :::; y poor and the daugh' e— • e b e 1),, i r old woman out of the ho ° u u ac" TheY to inflict a drea 'ful blow on their grAnc ira fe - riie l l' a jeo' t ys li T e iit e u ff l eFle , of which . she died. The jorY:bectils .' Murder against Ann P. and It° ( : Is l 811iTIL 5 t o i OF A S O X. v e dstlet o f On the '2oth inst., at Thorp Perragt '''' 10 1 / Mark William Vae Milbank, Esq. ed, the Woodif,cEellorw'ilter' On the '?oth inst., at the Grove, J. White, Esq., the daughter of Atim ir4 , l — d a 13 1 5 ,r 1 , On the , 2d inst., at 10, Inverness" 'a f. l' C' wife of Thomas Bah . May, barrister. c l it‘ Balser itsq , g ;La d } ' OF A D A voi",, 'the R ', O On tbekOth inst., in Eaton-terra c' , ' tb.,, e e tor Kir .g. :. hire. 3 On the 20th inst., at Binfield, iierlii,llooer Alfred Cass wall, Esq., barrister.at.law, of-$0 Won easy. to Cii .a r°llll o e %e _ r • John H B i . e C dm m a n m n i , n On the 1 Ith inst., at tfe Aß E 'll P fi ' gcli * Cllll;cl:llls; h , s Robarta, ,oce , / r 54 - ,1 tie On the 21st inar ,at St. George's, ..— an coisu i s te George DavilMA.i . i st f * t t ile tins Earl. her Venice.. ' ° to Marianne, voilrig , :at c , ft° EXCHEQ UE R.—(FI-LIS DAY-) (Bef ie the LHRD CHIEF liArtoN -.11.i •31r5 ALDi RS , N LtrE and PLATT.) BONGUEREAU /9 BRETT This case was tried before th L , r.l C.!•••i: f B Iron at On the 12t1rinst:, at frit e li t ' s g . l , l ' l l ; fl- 4 Westminster, afcer last term, "••.'l' , li(:'. was ro. wife ofjoseph Bnrch Sinyth , turned for the plaintiff. Mr. Burr now a ppli,d f. - 1. a rtii„. to 37 v a verdict 114,1.dd not be entered fur tho def . e , , , Q: i et, on nut- n"e ' ' '. 4 100 1- 0 0, 0 :;;OSi co On y th e,i llitli k !il:i .:A t i: - . .. , l . , 6 l: e is p i l iie ,; ;‘ i i c e i s e w ac- g v e:0_ , ...::.:,, f0 ---4 t i fr o : o 4 tp • .by ; Op , 3cl and 12:,“ hroli , ;lit ". fo- Lona . n • ?tiptoe. and Published sti„, • reign i - 611 3! Oetorr,r, ibi7, lt illuto ;.r was drawn by Charles Blunt at Paris, and • Precinct" accepted there Elr 3 " 1 9 111 d." 1650. by tiho deteladaut• 1t Ras OfterWardii Ondw $9 PeX" and bliddlegrz 2 Friday, „ii~'l~t , ------'----. to II son of the name of Brignols, who again endorsed i t appear cordingitsonO ratlsmooefn:ttihj the endorsement nmeof ll i v t e o l le t h eand plaintiffb y a D a i tt w hh e e ll t a Ld i el t so i : r i d o ed in this country to the ' plaintiff Ace°rod..i..4tbs' the Code de Commerce of France it . was necess r/ there should be sr t forth on the face of the rodrelpeon: elc) the lle d t a h t: Counsel contended that the bill could not be sued for ,;,,r al for a ‘: sign g o nf bills 11 1 elisc of uf exchange x r e y h i m u n g ‘ e v h w i C I ; h s _ The CHIEF BARON slid an , question was whether 'Farnedncehonlaswid.eration; and E .ipli,h in. reheat who was is the habit of te, c ,:lbd he 1 09 ° not suffici , t that - •en ha ahou:d know and 001 t his ovt n country? 1.: 4 Mr. .Baron ALDERSON —WhO, for iniianec,, i‘ (I ; the law of rtfini wi:i. ie. , e , to bi!ls ~.,' eviing'' a t he Air. BUTT • • , [,tit.i there . %1 ,' : ', 1 LO Cli!Vt rkeislCl'°- tthoeybewsecrqeuarai of ri‘tirt.,.o i if Poi!: t. ~ortant one. Ih2 heinT,4o, traiPs, 9ovro en°ll' bverave if it viev,kl'`),''',;(if::,, I any eoubt upGr. to Ph ,'yzi: the tr:,:flo:tetvj' BARON urt . .t not t grave'roctscng . I.lle .e Ttaim in P atri n 1::: ‘.o,p. 0 r etitit:.sfloiciel,r4,,oe.,,,.lole3e,eri,:i t i , 03 4 ; „ ;:, r 1 af .3 Hill r.)11,t V• . 'fate ' , SV . nr ,rullecobTl,ET,,tp,F,ntie):::.) aot A i ia -11 n a c i d l ' 4l b:e is ) ts 'i g ; 1 : :: t b i where e saimniarr.d.. d b p ,, p cg os u i a n i ,g i d tt , t hocurt:! n . . r i. h inra e CHIEF d Econtract.gnßa,atiisrldogt;n:ivin- think our by the laws of the eoungl : r sbiog iiineße b ay. u roo r un : p i r n i o g r E h t a t tiation o f all foreiif vo bills • thi s c " - ; oto of exchange In The CHIEF morrow. BARON—We will give our cleci° A—a rLlgDiu.,EminEsessili:taiNNw—ja;qgisitissottuoom;phetdirceoovinonuenitbelthltdroeabsoogirfbtleitpitccielt si ,:nolboltrieo-Ayso,. roi ld in Si etcltani nOitafih;aMs ivnsaietgennseMnudawßgn iTsawitealrhehih,ncerneeowc,Nei uEsLtEicceTsßMicAu TELEGRAPH GeRRAEpSSIiWctiLp. AaNrcido. ti l r. :; 0 11 :(1_, ice m the Court this mornir) v • se lsll. 'h 111 yesterday, the argumentsoccupied tag b. ..nnat f (.3 Mr. COCKBURN appeared in burr, rule Be contended that the fied let t bst„.4l msimplypprliosche,e,,ddtetwodheer e t sot ahrweessbeuomwoeeffbotect: obabletireicireisr .00 PLEAS nupd s Trge bom m eolsabnsro o the Electric TelegraP h re l A° Pt; jury csiaapoa eyfant e a f s e tapotern n h es eent w rin. ere f o hi le h fore the Lotntine Coll_,Fi.c.ll-0Tolicio,)014 feet sign af a t l i s ob , nesi t n h ga e s system of the c le ` elj a ll s P 0 w l ic v_v h e w re as il e lu re s e tr tts s e nsa t d t ed by diagrams and l'i°r oft the T c h o e ur t. Court w (Sittings at Nisi to Sturmer v. Evans, °• a Common Jury.) :AIM fP C w eU h p ic le h dthis m n o se rn ti m oo t 00 ~ ,, ,e1 :0 , 0 4 0 commodation, the was bieb proceedings in if feature of interest. a s prwowgriahin.uetfrwuihirmucd,teeelhheirby.epsneecrtfericlogsoloweuuarnoueerivoftretier:mdfitikhisenernielde.gdi ffiLe s hede vl tc a oeliP s ealle h t rst e l i i c t l e e :tufdl°f: our bvflfh o:v;(1:11;1 ;Pin!: BAIL CO ---------- URT.—Cral P 1 1 .14 .) If') suhpoo ( wn ß e e t f i o ur r s. e eßw M h r y . Justice WlG lll3lA'''' 1# case S to ba T il calling Mr. T. B. HUGHES applied to tba v °- of PP ~ , ►{jd ~yp~ on h v i i s 'c i ,cl as a ro ße don , one of the )09 lithe 1 1 J r sex,to in thisE cland ur th E h;vee E a N g a l:: a s t NbTa.:b. fo.:1: of Mention toss ppeai against the deci6l°Toodelos plied to the magistrate to be - admitted trissrolee•ltei*Ot4 provisions of the 5 h Geo. IV., chap. no gigr,to)m the vii 2 nhc 2 eti d iio,wo i nwfa n . stant ha t attended before tn° n oills":4 o ',. his bail, who were approved of, bat the r° P e rIOPIJF butt h e magistrate within" ht Theoi ho, Actlate, psreovvisilhdseotdduhal;na*:atn.tdtihtdeett:lbteePebsieispilirge-io'50jbo°1°01,1:111:(4,, groundcvp t hat i ou e n A , io n took .h i place re f B u ec s oughtva°elnnst oiconsidered el teradrC acceptot d u h atne the . d e s : b a s Y :O t i t re :1:18 itie 1 I 1 1 ei -I 5 C'' r Application granted. INSOLVENT COURT.-4 (Before Mr. Commissioner VOI,,AOS, IN THE MATTER OF G. V. BROOM p to " is' The insolvent in this case, late of thei r es Theatre, and also of the pr o vincial thesl-011',0" this day upon his final order, obtained:lln it I l " the 27th of last month. On that ocen'f - gr. to tl. t g shh e eo st up e i d ady t m o seet t n h ta e osfi C dh o ei u s rt by hiscoun sel 1139 " t 11; coun 1 0° yearly. 05 0 . Cooke appeared, odneebtesi:agshsbtuheefhoofr scup b I If °II Mr A . I S r . argood for the several creditors. „d jest:" The court was crowded with actors s- r ies'''' gaged, and after the necessary p ilb' o ttot through the insolvent was dischar g e rd fe::ol4l"cfcr fai Mr. Brooke has, it is believed,nis o ,,ll, l • fil, so that there is every probability t"" will have but little cause to complain. A i f. / g SECONDARIES'.....(T iI 0 14 p 1 0) 0 /1 ( Before Mr. Secondary - sit 17 , 01, ° A IMPORTANT TO MONEY LENDERS.---PA:ni3‘ Ot This was an action to recover the s° , go " lOU. Defendant allowed judgment t v:: I. I,l o ', and plaintiff now claimed 71. 103. for int er ; c oo' r oc The Learned JUDGE held that intell ° g recovered except on a document not b, e h rj ,, r-il be eil the T f h a e ce ju o r f y it.unless a formal d e mann fo u r i ci ,,sol. 000 , 00 , 1 ; therefore gave a verdict DE PORQUET V. DWI', fig folit s g r a ie This was an action to recover 6 1 • un„' otr P Le la tt i d n e t n iff ha is ll- a s il tre ,;/ ford, Essex. eetriacnudltudraeflenimdapnleinf fs t ro - e a r, _ g o It appeared that defendant had ortlersd°o44°Vor one was sent, but not according to er cle , r lW i el l ,. e ° covered the error, and sent another defendant to hold the other till plaintiP,-ottill'ool tomer, but about nine months afterwaru,jios, A l te ti " seized by the sheriff of Essex in execi l ,,lsbat" now contended the seiaue was illegals do t/ 'o ll s' delbou was liable. lie tr %. o ol° ;47 fl it o / The Learned SECONDARY said that i L o ,ll ol. 'te not liable, unless it could be showit 0187- oeT verted ‘ the goods to his own use. , for The jury gave a verdict of 3/.. l° ' article. 141‘ e to- Ar - btro 4.0 C Y -ft MANCHESTER ' fr4 DAY' ) • 11.) Af as (BY ELECTRIC TEO • The Monk •.. The Castle Irwell Stake°. ••• ••• ••• eik The Two-Years old sok 0 , e' 1 E co y 1. 114 c5. 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