The Sun. — London, England, 1850-05-07 00:00:00

r MAJESTY'S THEATRE. GRAND EXTRA NIGEET. The Nobility, Patrons of the Opera, and the Public are respectfully informed that a Grand Extra Night will take place On THURSDAY next, May 9, When will be presented (for the first time these two years) Bellini's celebrated Opera, I PURITAN'. E.lvira, Madame Sontag (her first appearance in that character) ; Georgic, Signor Lablache ; Riccardo, Signor Coletti; and Arturo, Signor Baucarde (his first appearance in that character). With various entertainments in the Ballet Department, including the new and original Grand Pas de Trois (composed by M. Paul Taglioni, the Music by Signor Pugni), entitled LES GRACES, Euphrosine, Didlle. Carlotta Grist; Thalia, Mlle. Marie Taglioni ; Egle, Mdlle. Amelia Ferraris. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. A Grand Classical, Dramatic, Miscellaneous Concerted MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT will take place on MONDAY MORNING, May 13, selected from the following admired authors : Weber, Spahr, Purcell, M. Locke, Spontini, Paesiello, Meyerbeer, Cimarem, Haydn, Beethoven, Rossini, and embracing several highly Interesting novelties. On this occasion will appear Madame Sontag, Parodi, Mdlle. Giuliani, Miss Catherine Hayes, Millie. Ida Bertrand, and Madame Frezzolini ; Signori Calzorall, Sims Reeves, Baucarde, Coletti, Belletti, Lorenzo, and F. Lablache. Herr Muller and Signor Lablache, supported by all the Instrumental and Choral resources of the Theatre. The whole under the direction of Mr. Haire. Amongst other novelties, Madame Sontag will bave the honour to sing the •' Swiss Airs," by Eckert, and the variations on " Ah vous dirai-Je," by Adolphe Adam, as sung by her with the most enthusi astic success at the Concerts of the Grand Conservatoire of Paris; in addition to which will be presented _ . A Trio for Three Basses, By Signori Coletti, Belletti, and Lablache. A Trio for Three S•pranoe, By Madame Sontag, Miss C. Hayes, and 314111 e. Parodi ; and A Trio fir Three - Teners, By Signori Baucarde, Calzolari, and Sims Reeves. The Concert will commence at Two o'clock. PRICES OF ADMISSION. Boxes ................ Two Guineas. Pitt Stalls 12s. 6d. I Gallery Stalls— •• • ..... 3s. 6d. Pitt ss. 6d. Gallery .. • • 2s. 6d. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box -o ffi c e of the Theatre. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING, Will be peribrmed (for the last time) Verdi's favourite Opera," ERNANI. Ernani, Mr. Sims Reeves ; Ruy Gomez, Signor Belletti ; Carla V., Signor Lorenzo ; Elvira, Madile. Parodi. After which the highly successful new and original grand Pas de Trois (by MM. Paul Taglioni et Gosselin, the Music by Signor Pugnl), entitled LES GRACES. Euphrosyne, Didile. Carlotta Grisi ; Thalia, Mdlle. Marie Taglioni ; Amelia Ferraris. In the course of the Evening Orchestra will execute the celebrated Overture to Guglielmo Tell. Te conclude with selection from the admired Ballet, LA 'ESMERALDA, Comprising the celebrated Truandaise, by Mdlle. Carlotta Grist and IL Charles. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box Office of the Theatre. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. COVENT-GARDEN. THIS EVENING, W.ll be perfuriied Meyerbeer's Grand Opera, LES HUGUENOTS. Viilentina, Madame Grisi ; Margarita di Valois, Madame Cas tellan; Dama d'Onore, Madlle. Corti ; Urbane, Madile. de Meric ; the Huguenot Soldier, Signer Lavia ; Il Conti di San Brie, Signor Tagllafico ; If Conte di Fevers, 31. Massol ; De Cosse, Signor Luigi Mel ; De Retz, Signor Polonini ; Meru, Signor Rommi ; Maarevert, Signor Soldi ; Capitano della Guardia, Signor Talamo ; Marcello, Herr Formes ; and Raul di Nangis, Signor Mario. Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. 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 lesson), at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open from Ten till FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Secoid appearance of M. Lafont, and continuation of Regnier and:Madlle. Nathalle's engagement. TO-MORROW EVENING The Performances will commence at Half-past Seven o'clock pre ' cisely, with HEUR ET MALHEUR. After which (with eurtailments) the Popular Comedy by Alexandre Dumas. of LES DEMOISELLES DE ST. CRY. _ _ _ _ Roger, M. Lafont ; Hercule Dubouloy, Itil. v Regnier; Madlle. Charlotte de Merian, Madlle. Nathaiie. To conclude with the popular scene from Moliere's Comedy of LE MARIAGE FORGE. Le Decteur Pancras, M. Regnier. The Eox-office of the Theatre is open daily from Eleven till Five Boxes and Stalls at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond• street. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Bromptoi. THIS EV4:§lll4u, Will be performed a new drama, called TIIE VICAR. OF WAKEFIELD. Dr. Primrose, Mr. Webster ; Squire Thornhill, Mr. H. Vanden. hoff ; Mr. Burchill, Mr. Stuart ; Moses, Mr. Buckstone ; Mrs. Prim. rose, Mrs. Keeley ; Olivia, Miss Reynolds ; Lady Blarney, Miss Horton ; Miss Skeg,gs , Mrs. Fitzwilliara. To conclude with the Last Edition of IVA...NIIOE, with all the newest improvements. Cedric the Saxon, Mr. J. Bland ; Sir Briant de Bore Gnlthert, Mr, Selby; Sir Wilfrid of Ivanhoe, Mrs. Keeley; Wamba, Mr. Buck none ; Isaac of York, Mr. Keeley; Robin Hood, Mra. Fitzwilliam ; Rebecca, Miss P. Horton. The Box-office is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed an entirely original Musical Comic Drama, called THE WHITE SERJEANTS; or the Buttermilk Volunteers. Ma or Slowman, Mr. 0. Smith ; Jemmy Tweezer, Mr. Wright ; Captain Ginger Green, Mr. P. Bedford ; Tommy Rusk, Mr. ]tun yard ; Madlie. de Tourvllle, Madame Celeste ; Susan Pockets, Miss K. Fitzwilliarns ; Dolly Duggins, Miss Woolgar. To be followed by a grand historical Spectacle Vaudeville, entitled PLAYING FIRST FIDDLE ; or, Follow my Leader Principal Characters by 3fessrs. P. Bedford, Lambert, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, and Miss K. Fitzwilliam. To conclude with MY PRECIOUS BETSY. Characters by Messrs. 1 V:::,g it, Bedford, Worrell; Miss Harding, and Mrs. F. Matthews. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE THIS ETENING _ Will be performed a Lyrical. Comical Pastoral, entitled CYMON and IPHIGENIA, altered from the text et David Garrick. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Harley, F. Matthews, R. Roxby. F. Cooke; Mils St. George, Miss Kenworthy, Miss H. Gilbert, Mrs. Humby, Miss Oliver, Miss Manners, and Miss Martindale. To be followed by THE ISLAND OF JEWELS. Characters by Messrs. F. Matthews and F. Cooke; Madame Yestris, Miss Jana St. George, Miss Dickinson, Miss Kenworthy, Mrs. Macnamara, Miss Martindale, and Miss E- Honner. To conclude with TWO IN THE MORNING. All applications for Private Boxes must be made to Mr. Al'croft 15, New Bond-street. The Box-office, adjoining the Theatre, in Wellington-street, is open daily from Ten to Six o'clock, under the superintendence of Mr. T. F. Bennett PRINCESS'S THEATRE. TO-MORROW EVENING Will• be presented the entirely new Opera (composed expressly for this Theatre, by Signor F. Schira), entitled THE OMAN OF GENEVA. Count de Merville, Mr. Allen; Carwin, Mr. Weiss; Fontaine, Mr, li. Cori ; Picard, Mr. Latter; Levine, Mr. Wynn ; Therese, Miss Louisa Pyne. _ _ To be followed by the Grand Masked Ball from Gustavus. After which a New Grand Tale of Enchantment, with splendid Seenery; Costumes, and Appointments; extensive Machinery, &e., entitled THE QUEEN OF THE ROSES ; or, The sorcerer of Candahar. Principal characters by Messrs. Ryder, Forman, Honey, Craven ; Miss Louisa Howard, Miss Saunders, and Miss Villars. A.STLEY'S ROYAL AMPRITIIEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Brilliant Careor of the Magnificent Easter Spectacle of Enchantmem Unequalled attractions in the Circle. Tills EVENING The Entertainments will commence at Seven o'clock, with Fitzball's gorgeous Spectacle, entitled TIIE 017 It SONS OF AYMON ; or The Days of Charlemagne. Produce:: with great splendour, and introducing the beautiful Stud of Horses, Camel of the Dessert, Zebra, and all the vast resources of this Establishment. To be succeeded by an incomparable display of Batty's peerless Scenes of Cie Arena, supported by the most accomplished Kale aed Female A rtistee in Europe. To conclude with THE WEAVER OF LYONS. Box-office open From Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. MGT! WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAY —3lorning 19 min. after 10 I Evening 55 min. after 10 To-lionnew—Moaning 24 min. after 11 I Evening 0 min. after 0 TEIE WEATHEIL—Stm OFFICE, MAY 7. THERMOMETER. 41—highest since noon yesterday. 2 7—lowest this morning and during the night. 42 this day, at noon. BARO3IETER, WIND N.E.—strong breeze. It rained all day yesterday, duri❑g the night, and all this day up to three o'clock. 4-It : ) ..‘,,,ii - 4 . ;!A . f . ' N l' ' '';-:14 (*'4,1:.:4' i ' ..&,.\ ,' •.. ' \ 1 ' 1 . ...kt . k . i . L . , 7 - . 3 .,:,, , eix ,-•,,, 0 , bii .:.,- is —, v Ofairning aitit LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1850. In the House of Lords last night the Archbishop of CANTERBURY offered an explanation in justification of his conduct respecting the Registrarship of the Canterbury Prerogative Court, to which Nvs had directed the public attention on Thursday, the 2d in stant. We are, indeed, rejoiced that his Grace should have thus come forward, that he deemed it necessary to defend himself before the assembled Peers of the United Kingdom from what he must have considered a charge of considerable mag nitude, affecting the establishment of which he is the highest Ecclesiastical member. It is always de sirable that both sides should be fully and fairly heard on every question, that nothing should be de cided on an ex parte statement. Both cases are now before the country, for and there are ample materia ls arriving at a correct conclusion on the premises. • It will be seen . , then, that the Most Reverend Pre late has not join -A issue on any of the allegations which wp, as public journalist s, for He h a s' not tray RI deemed it our duty to put eersed or denied a single fact ,• his defence h as b een ti l egal phraseology " a .confezar.°y andel what is termed in He' admits that he nominated his avoidance.' the rever sionary office, but he a9sertsasthEtinnittcoannot be valuable the l : as re garded ether as a sinecure, or was supposed —an opinion he found! so 9 and 10 Vic., e. 98, to which we had referred theo defend article on the subject. Re does not venturerr e t d in our the existing system or the present state of he tacitly acknowledges that it is now a sinec ure ce that the fortunate ROBERT lOORE is in the aal receipt and enjoyment of 12,000/. sterling per annum for doing nothing whatsoever. We say that it is " tacitly acknowledged" by his Grace, for he has said nothing whatsoever in opposition to our statement on THE that part of the case. But inasmuch as the office was, by the Act above alluded to, made subject to all regu lations and alterations that should be made by the authority of Parliament, and that the person nomi nated would not acquire any claim or title to compen sation in case the office should be thereafter altered, or abolished by Act of Parliament, he appears to think that the office, if ever held by his son, which he declares to be " very uncertain, not to say improbable," will be " performed in person, and its salary regulated according to the duties and responsi bilities of the station." And this is his Grace's answer so far as relates to " the sinecure" and " the value." Now, with all deference to the Most Reverend Pre late, for whose high personal character and exalted station we entertain unfeigned respect, we cannot feel the same implicit faith in the future proceedings of the Legislature. There are many other grave abuses still existing that have been under the control of Parliament for successive ages, without any adequate means being adopted to remedy the evils. The Duke of GRAFTON still re ceives his 7,191/. 12s. out of the Excise duties, and 3,4071. 10s. from the Post•office revenue, which sums are stopped in transitu before finding their way into the Exchequer. Need we refer to the 2,9001. per annum to the heirs of the Duke of SCHOMBEEG, the 4,000/. per annum to the Duke of MARLBOROUGH, the 1,595/. 16s. to Earl COWPER, or the 1,2001. to the assignees of the late CHARLES BOONE ? Nothing has yet been done to stop these payments, and relieve the oppressed and highly-taxed people from the burden. It must make the hard-working operative relish his glass of beer more highly when he considers that in draining it he is contributing to support the aristocratic establishments of his Grace of GRAFTON and the Earl COWPER, and to render the unknown assignees of CHARLES Booms more comfortable. It is, no doubt, agreeable to every man communicating by post with his absent friend, to think that a portion of what he pays must find its way to Holland, as a tribute to the re presentatives of the phlegmatic Dutchman who died at the passage of the Boyne. Probably our Legislators think it would not be right to deprive the people of such an innocent source of gratification, and, in like manner, they may possibly allow the future suitors of the. Prerogative Court of Canterbury to pay similar fees to those now demanded, so that the registrar may still have an exceedingly profitable place„Zalthough subjected to "all the regula tions and alterations that should be made by authority of Parliament." We cannot, therefore, exactly agree with his Grace in thinking that " the value, according to the doctrine of chances, is scarcely equal to the stamp on which the nomination is recorded." His Grace, then, in reference to the allegation that he " had availed himself of a privilege which his ve nerable predecessor had declined to exercise," ex plains that the Act which he seems to think " took away the sinecure"—a point on which we respectfully differ in opinion—did not pass until the close of 1847, a few months before the death of Archbishop HOWLEY. That revered Prelate might, therefore, possibly have changed his mind, and nominated some friend to the reversion, had he been longer spared to the Church of which he was so bright an ornament. Dr. HOWLEY, however, lived sufficiently long to have exercised his unquestionable privilege had he con sidered it right or expedient to do so. Onr object, however, was not to attack the Arch bishop personally. It was with the system that has so long prevailed that we waged war, and not with any individual, and that system was as emphatically condemned by his Grace as by ourselves. He said, last night, that Dr. HOWLEY could not nominate to the office before the passing of the Act, because " it would have been inconsistent with that disinterested ness and moderation which distinguished all that he did, if he nominated to a reversionary sinecure." Here, then, is his Grace's opinion as to the conduct of Archbishops MOORE and SUTTON, and of the various prelates who have appointed to reversionary sinecures—an opinion sufficient to justify Parliament in taking some imme diate steps to remedy the evils. The Bishop of LONDON cited a case to show that the Archbishop, when holding the diocese of Chester, had given the Registrarship of the Ecclesiastical Court of Chester, "an office worth many thousands per annum," to a person totally unconnected with his family (although he had at the time a son old enough to fill it), on condition that he should always perform the duties in person. This was, indeed, a most disinterested and praise- worthy action, that reflected the highest credit on the party. But the beauty of the system was still more strongly shown up by the Bishop of LONDON, who declared that the former Registrar "had been appointed to the office"—worth many thousands a-year, be it remembered—" when an infant not more than six months old, and held it for no less a period than seventy years." We leave the public to judge for themselves of the facts thus stated on the high au thority of the Right Reverend Prelate. DOGBERRY did not more effectually write himself clOwn an ass, even without the assistance of Master 'Sasurox, than those very perverse and cantankerous in dividuals have done who have recently set their faces against the projected International Exhibition of the industrial products of civilization. According to these wiseacres, the scheme propounded by his Royal Highness the illustrious Consort of the SOVEREIGN, so far from proving beneficial to the community, and advantageous to the cause of skill, of science, or of competition, will, on the contrary, turn out to be a proceeding detrimental to the interests of the commu nity. After this who shall gainsay the truth of the assertion that such is the impossibility of affording satisfaction to the multitude that some would be found to scout any enterprise even though it were planned by an archangel visibly descended to us from the clouds of heaven ? So it has been ; so it is ; so it will be, ever. No matter how humane any suggestion of a public character may be, it must inevitably irritate some strongly acidulated temperament into a state of excessive and petulant opposition. Benevolence, in this respect, on the part of one man, while it elicits admiration from the mass of mankind, seems, at the same time, as by necessity, to engender abuse in the minds of a fortunately select minority. In illustration of this, we believe it may be laid down as an incontrovertible fact, a fact proved by long experience, that your genuine philanthropist is about the best abused man in the whole world. He may, according to the beau tiful expression of the poet, " do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame;" but let him not dream of sun ning himself, when found out, in the unanimous and uninterrupted plaudits of the population. He'll very soon, we warrant him, find himself wrong in his calculations. Scarcely will the sound of the first pcetus have floated away before he will discover this minority of malcontents down upon him, rating him in the choicest terms of vituperation, or, to speak more plainly and to the point at once, abusing him like a pickpocket. Perfectly aware of this very unamiable propen sity on the part of a wretched little gan g of snarlers n and growler s , we were • prised to wit ness the attacks a s e n k t s h e levelledsl ig hes t degree agai ust s the noble and beneficent project of P a l f m o o u s tr immediately rar u i p e o s l , l moreov er , its firs first n e : v ur i in n nc e ce e e d m eA s n u L 31 C h EOR a nT n ; o exceedingly r ancorous antipat hy to the ro osed undertaking, th a t week after week • P P it continued to assail the scheme of the International Ex hibition with all the force and virulence of the most unstinted invective. - A ga i nst these sustained aspersions we shall not pause for an instant to argue, recognising in them a fanatical in fatuation such as sets at defiance all the powers of logical disproof. Discussion in such instances could prove of no possible utility, every conclusive argu ment against them only tending to confirm men in their opposition. Another sort of malcontent de mands fro - smne more direct allusion; we mean the flip' .r of the undertaking, who endea vours to Prur-Jate a feeling of contempt f or the originator by alluding to him in lan guage of derision. Such an one is a certain resident near Brighton, who yesterday thrust himself upon the attention of the public through the medium of a communication addressed to one of our morning contemporaries. In the manner of this sage there i s a pertness singularly provocative of that species of contempt which cost VULCAN a broken leg and JUPITE R a twinge of pain in his shin bone, ac cording to the facetious' t• Con of the Greek an thologists, Th e • e sp ecial re ference close of his epistle has t o " the foolometer discovered by a celebrated LONDO N, SUN, stump orator," and certainly the ability displayed by the writer in his inestimable lucubrations upon the subject, justifies us in suggesting that he himself might be most aptly estimated by that method of intellectual measurement. He opines that England and Englishmen have some "rather more serious work on hand than getting up shilling exhi bitions for the gobemouches of Europe." The wise acre! As if a flippant jeer of this description could effect in the slightest particular the popular interest in a proceeding altogether unprecedented is its im portance and its magnitude ! Why, he might as well think of turning SHAKSPEEE into ridicule, by al luding to the cheap edition of his poems and sonnets as a " shilling's worth of verses for the dreamers and sentimentalists of England." There is something in tensely absurd as well as repulsive in this affected custom prevalent among a certain class of the community—a custom of deriding anything really great and noble, upon which the rest of the world may have adventured. It is about as sagacious as that equally absurd and repulsive habit among another class, which " Boz" has recently and most felicitously held up to general scorn in the person of Mr. JACK MALDON—a propensity to take no interest whatever in anything at all rising to the height of real im portance. Against such pests of the community, these heartless loungers and bitter malcontents, these JACK MALDONS and TOBIAS SMOLLETTS.—the One traversing society with the nez retroussee, the other " case ,hardened " by selfishness—against such mise rable nuisances we shall never cease to exert our in fluence, whether their indifference be displayed to in dividual destitution or national calamity, whether their jeers be directed against the smallest of our eleemosynary establishments or against the magnifi cent scheme projected by Prince ALBERT, of a grand international exhibition of, industry. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We hays received the Paris journals of yesterday. The following is the official statement of the poll for the Soane-et-Loire, at its close : Electors inscribed.. , Numbers who voted. . . . 120,162 MM. Madier Montjau 73,119 Esquiros Charassin . 73,014 Dain Hennequin . 72,822 Colfavru 71,290 Billault Dariet . Boutelier . 46,409 Lafouge 46,414 D'Esterno. 46,233 Beniost MM. MADIER DE MONTJAU, ESQUIROS, CITA° RASSIN, DAIN, HENNECWIN, and COLFAVRIT, the six Democratic candidates, were consequently declared representatives of the people. The above statement shows how absurd must be any attempt so to modify the suffrage as to give to the reactionaries a majority. In this election the lowest Democratic candidate polled 71,290 votes, and th., highest of his opponents could not muster more than 46,508 supporters. By what modification of the suffrage that the ingenuity of man could devise would it have been possible in this instance to have prevented the return of the Democratic candidates ? The Journal des Debats gives the following expla nation on the subject of the formation of the com mittee appointed to draw up the measure for the re gulation of the suffrage : " Some persons have regretted that the committee to which this important work was confided has been com posed too exclusively. Many persons would have wished to see it strengthened by the addition of some important names, which cannot, without injustice, they declare, be separated from the majority. But the manner in which that committee was formed proves evidently that there was no intention of systematic exclusion. The Minister of the Interior purely and simply adopted the committee already named in the meeting at the Council of State, and, as may have been seen, this committee is composed of the bureau itself of the meeting. This explains the absence of some names which had an incontestable right to figura on the list. This point had need of being cleared up; and two members of the committee, M. Pis catory and M. Jules de Lasteyrie undertook to explain on Friday the matter to the club of the Rae do Rivoli. These clear and precise terms satisfied just susceptibili ties, and dissipated all clouds. On the same occasion these gentlemen announced that the committee had finished the draft of the Bill. An eminent member is now engaged in drawing up the exposé des motifs, and the Bill itself will probably be presented on Tuesday." The Budget Committee has decided against the Government project for the Paris and Avignon Rail way. On Sunday evening there was a meeting of the Club of the Council of State to consider the pro posed new electoral law. M. DR LA ELOCHEJAQUELIN and M. LEO DE LA BORDB demanded to know what were the objects of those who brought forward this electoral law? M. TRIERS, M. MOLE, and M. BER^ RYER replied severally that the Government de sired to unite the majority, and to put an end to that unhappy situation of differences amongst themselves, and of coldness and distrust towards the Administration, which had proved so unfortunate. At this meeting, MM. ODILONBARROT, DR TociatrE VILLE, DE BEAUMONT, and PASST, declared that they would vote against the project. General CHADIGARNIER made some remarkable observations. He declared that the question was neither more nor less than that of the salvation of society and of men's heads that such a state of things ought to be put an end to, and that, for his part, he was ready to answer for the army. It was then resolved that the urgency for the Bill should be supported i that the voter should show as title three years' residence, with payment of three francs for towns, and one franc seventy-five centimes for the provinces. It was resolved that a clause should be supported forbidding newspapers to recommend par ticular candidates, and also that persons condemned for political offences should not be allowed to vote. The votes of the army should be made secret, and that all soldiers who have suffered twenty-four hours' confinement for breach of discipline should be de prived of the right of voting. Notwithstanding the bullying tone adopted by General CHANGARNIER, whose absurd fanfarronades have materially diminished the prestige which for merly attached ,to his name, it is exceedingly pro bable that the proposed measure will not pass the Assembly. The Ordre of yesterday declares posi tively against any attempts at violating the Constitu- N th ß e Aß O ß r o dz t hisesekn declarationso wn tobe the are tion, and more particularly against any project nit s which may be proposed for prolonging the powers of o th rg e a P h re e s f id m en . t o . not without a certain significance. The publication of the Napoleon was delayed until yesterday evening, in consequence of the protest m de e incendiary'' by four, of the Mi n i s t ers against th " • a nature of the articles whic h it was intended should appear. The articles have been sup pressed, and late last evening the N a p o l eo n appeared, and a most milk d an . -wa the te ffair it is. The editor says that his only aim waspro pagation of "Napoleon" sentiments;and adds that " Napoleon was not merely a conqueror, for his genius was far more wonderful in government than in war . Napoleon wa s th e fi rst man of his age—he ruled for the masses ;he easily solved most of the g reat po litical and so c i a l pro b lems of his day ; lie has be queathed to his country a rich treasure of ideas and traditions, which the people ought deeply to p onder and put into pra c ti ce . T hese ideas and thesetradi tions it was our endeavour to work out, and to cause them to be maintained by the masses, whose insti • • ncts the Emperor so well knew. We only proposed to ourselves the task of preserving the government which France had adopted, and which bound together the most noble remembranc es ." I Accounts have been received from Guadeloupe of the 10th, at which time the island was in a state o f anarchy. The municipal and the governmental au thorities were at open war. Tele Governor had ordered the Mayor of Besse Terre to be dismissed, and the municipal council to be dissolved. PARIS BOURSE, MONDAY, MAY 6.--The market opened firm at rather higher than the quotations in the Passage de l'Opera yesterday, and was well maintained till towards the close, when some rather heavy sales were made, which caused a slight reaction, leaving prices, however, in advance of Friday's closing. Threes for the account at 55f. 10c., and Fives at 88f. 40e. The market closed as follows:—Threes, for cash 55f. 5c., for account 55f. 10c.; Fives, for cash EBf. 45c., for account 88f. 40c.; Bank of France Shares, 2,085 f.; Neapolitan, 95f. 25c.; Spanish Threes, 37f. 75c. RAILWAYS.—The Share Market has ken firm, and many of the line; are a shade better. Orleans closed at 717 e. 50c.; Rouen. 512 f. 50c.; Havre, 212 f. 50;,..; Avig non, 177 f. 60c.; Vie;am 322 f. 50c.; Bale, 103 f. 75c.; Strasburg,Northern, 342156:: ; .2 N sc a .; nte l s, o 2 r 2 d j. e f. au 7 x s , c: lB7f. 50c.; Paris and BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, MAY 6. Luxembourg, %—Ditto, I%—Ronen and Havre, 8. SPAIN. The Clamor Publico of Madrid, published on the 30th ult. a letter from Brussels, which announces the departure of the Count DE MOXTEMOLIN from Trieste, accompanied by an aide-de•camp of the Emperor NICKOLAS, who had been the bearer of a letter inviting the Count to another interview with the EMPEROR. The courier who was the bearer of the note from the English Cabinet, settling the terms on which the diplomatic intercourse between the Courts of Eng land and Spain are to be resumed, passed :through Irun on the 29th ult TUESDAY EVENING, WAY 7 ‘ , 1850. The Government workmen at the Arsmal of Ca racca have struck until their arrears i,t have been paid up. There are several weeks' wages due to them. .Madrid journals of the Ist have arrived. The Gaceta publishes a project for converting al existing credits into a Three per Cent. Stock. MADRID Boma, MAY I.—The Threes remain at 30 7-16ths. GERMANY. The note of the 6th April, addressed by the Aus trian Government to its different Ambassadors at the German courts, announcing the intention of Austria to convoke the different states of Germany to meet at frankfort on the 10th of May, for the purpose of cre ating a new Central Power, concludes as follows : " The Imperial Court confidently expnts that all the members (states) of the confederation will respond t) the appeal made to them. "This confidence is warranted by the consideration: " That the step taken by the Imperial Court is not only legal according to the terms of the federation but the only one practicable for att a i n i ng t h e desired object. " That the decisions that are to be taken are indispen sable to fulfil the conditions of the federation. " That, consequently, no member of the federation can refuse its proportionate participation and co-opera tion, if it does not wish to cease to be a member of the federation; such an intention is moreover in direct op position to the express terms of Art. 5 of the final act of Vienna of 1820; and from these reasons the non compliance with the obligations which the object of the federation imposes upon all its members, az in the ini tiative taken by the Imperial Court, is not admissible without a flagrant violation of the faith sworn to the federation." The Hanoverian jury before whom Drs. GERDING and MENSCHING were arraigned for high treason has acquitted them. The Prince of PRUSSIA is about to visit Warsaw, to meet the Emperor of Russu. The Berlin Constitutionelle, says that serious differ ences hare arisen between General RADOWITZ and the Prussian Ministers, on the subject of the German question, and that RADOWITZ has resigned his office of President of the Union Council. DENMARK N AND THE DUCHIES. The Fly A vep ß o K ete n of Copenhagen of the 2d states that the negotiations have for the moment been broken off, Prussia havin g d e li vered in her ultimatum respect ing separate p eace with penmark and the rest of Germany. Th e D anes have an army of 10,000 men in the island of Alsen. Mr. HODGES, the English Consul, arrived at Flensburgh on the Ist May. RUSSIA. The St. Petersburgh Gazette of the Ist May, an nounces that the Emeror of Russia. has conferred the order of Si. Alexander on Count GYULAY, the Austrian Minister of War; that of St. Anna of the first class on the Austrian Marshal SOMBSCREN ; and that of St. A n d rew on Prince SCHWARZENBURG, the Austrian Prime Minister, to whom the EaLPBROR addressed the following epistle :-- " The amazing care with which you have watched for the maintenance of amicable relations between our em pire and the Austrian Government have given you a claim to our sincere respect. The more immediate happy results of these relations issued in the speedy and glo rious termination of a campaign, which was undertaken for the suppression of a revolution which ventured to impugn not only the inviolable rights of the Monarch, our illustrious friend and confederate, but threatened the peace of all Europ'. With the view of giving you a dis tinguished mark of our satisfaction for these services, we hereby appoint you a knight of the order of St. Andrew, the insignia c,f which we herewith send you, and remain your sincere friend, " NICHOLAS." The same journal publishes an official announce ment of the departure of General LUDERS from Bucharest. Prince PASKIEWITCLI left St. Petersburgh for Warsaw on the 14th ult. SUBURBAN ARTISAN SCUOOLS Or DRAWING AND MoDELusci.—His Royal Highness Prince Albert has granted his patronage to the first of these schools, called th e North London, established in Camden Town. His Royal Highness has also graciously contributed 251. towards the funds of the school, which was opened on May 1., and already nearly 200 working men and lads have entered themselves on the books. It is also intended to open a class for females immediately. Two CONVICTS OVERBOARD. — On Wednesday last whilst the Victoria and Albert, loyal yacht, was coaling in Portsmouth harbour, a cwvict labourer fell overboard, when a second convict, who was but a very indifferent swimmer, jumped after him, in order to save his companion in adver sity from a watery grave. At this juncture a rigger named Glover, seeing the danger to which the men were exposed, precipitated himself after them and was successful in saving the lives of both. CRILD FOUND DRAD.—OR Tuesday morning last the dead body of a female child was found wrapped up in a piece of white cloth, within Rosebank Cemetery, with a note to the following effect pinned on the cloth :—" Dead when born; and as the owners have neither the means nor the op portunity of burying the little one, they will feel more than obliged if the finder will be so good as to give it a grave." We understand the suspicious manner in which the parents thus disposed of the child has caused the authorities to take the case under investigation.— Caledonian Mercury. THE NAILERS or DUDLEY.—In consequence of a reduction of 10 per cent. in the wages of the nailers the work men throughout the district of Dudley have been on the "strike" during the past week. CHESS.—We understand that the annual gathering of the Yorkshire chess-players will take place at the Assem bly Rooms, Leeds, on Wednesday, the 22d inst. ; and from the great spirit evinced in connexion with it, we hear that the re-union on this occasion is expected to be one of no or dinary kind.— Liverpool ..dlLion. POST-OFFICE NOTlCL—Kirton Lindsey, in Lin colnshire, and Motherwell, in Lanarkshire, N.B. having been constituted post towns, th e o ffi ces there will be ' opened for the issue and payment of money orders on and after the 6th instant. The office at Hobbs Point having been removed to Pembroke Dock, money orders will be issued and paid at Pembroke Dock instead of Hobbs Point on and after the 6th instant. MESMERIC INFLUENCE.—Iire have received from a correspondent the following very extraordinary circum stances respecting the arrival at Peterhead, on the 3d inst., of the Hamilton Ross, whaler, early in the season, beyond any former precedent. She has made the voyage, out and in, in two months and three days, being the quickest ever made, and brings 153 tuns of blubber. This remarkabla event was distinctly and positively announced by a boy under mesmeric influence in Peterhead. He stated lately, in pre sence of a large audience, that the Hamilton Ross would be the first vessel to arrive, on the sth of May, with 14,000 seals (about 150 tuns). The boy was asked what he saw on board the Hamilton Ross at the time he was speaking, and replied, that he saw the captain and doctor in the cabin hanging over the mate, who had got his hand hurt, a circum stance which proves to have been :true at the exact date mentioned. At the same time the boy stated that Sir John Franklin was quite well, but looking thin, and would retura safe. Our correspondent adds that the above-mentioned cir cumstances have thrown the inhabitants of Peterhead into a state of great excitement. BREWERS AND DISTILLERS' CLERKS ANNUITY FUND.—Yesterday evening a meeting of the committee of management and others interested in the welfare of the above institution, founded for granting annuities to the widows and orphans of deceased members, was held at the New Corn-exchange Coffee-house, Mark-lane, City, for the transaction of general business. The report was congratu latory of the success of the institution during the past year, there having been not only an in crease o f me mbers, but also considerably in the pecuniary resources over the preceding year. The annuitants at present on th e funds consist of eight widows and twelve child ren . Th e b a l anc e-sheet showed the reeeipts from all sources to b e 5121. 16s. 11 d. ; the .ex pendit ex penditure, together r withea leaving ga ibalancethe handsin Messrs. 2 31.85.9 d Truman, H , which, Han bury, and Co., WO/. in Mess rs . B arc l ay , P er kins, and Co and 4,247/. 14s. 9d. invested with th e C omm i ss ioners for th e re duction am ou o n f t the tos, National4Bl 3s. 6 De d. bt, makes the capital of t he societ y to THE TEA TRADE, MAY 4.—The deliveries of tea in London last week were 574,7121 b., being rather less than up to the date of the previous statement. The market is quiet. MR. WARDURTOI9'S " REGINALD HASTINGS."— We are requested to s t a t e th a t M r . Colburn has this day published a second editi on o f M r . Warburton's new historical romance, "Reginald H as ti ngs ," r evised, with a new Preface, which can now b e h a d a t a ll t h e libraries. Also, just Wpub lished-2. Sin and S orrow , a Tale, .3 vols. 3. Pride and Ir resolution, a second ser i es o f " The Discipline of Life , " 3 vols. 4. The Scottish Cavalier, by ilmingtens, the author of " Th e R o ma nce of War," 3 vols. 5 . Th e by . the author of ~ Emilia Wyndh am, " 3 vols. 6. Passag es in the life of Mrs. Margaret Maitland, of Sunnyside, written b y herself ; second, edition, 3 vols. Al so j ust ready, F r ieston Tower ; or, The Early Days o f C ard i nal Wolsey, b y the Rev. R. Cobbold, 3 vols., with illustrations. PERSONAL ADVENTURES IN UPPER AND LOWER CALIFORNIA IN 1848-9. BY WILLIAM REDMOND RYAN, WITH T WENTY-THREE ILLUSTRATIONS. —"It would be very imperfect justice to say of these delightful volumes that they more, and as moat t e h x e s f o u t l ; les b t o a t n i d t misosbt3e,xnaoctmacecnotuisnt of the new El Dorado that has yet appeared. The last accounts of new countries are always —at least always ht to be—the fullest and necessary that they be ought When man always the most agreeable. Now, while Mr. Ryan gives formation upon all interesting points iu the scene of his travels, he has, at the same time, produced a work that would afford infinite gratification if there were no more is have reason to believe, more accurate, iii. reality in California than in Eutopia Atalantia. We can say nothing stronger in recommendation of the book than what Our experience verifies namely, that when one has once takes it up, it is impossible ' to lay it down."— Standard. Par liamentary renewals from the rarely deceived dpresentiment ' is oft but • judgm as to his own fate ;an ent in din • ' C h's Journal. vise.—Eliza 00 capable of self-knowledge, he is TIT • RN PIKE TRGaTa.—According to a return just amount of debts paid efr t 02,6 7 0 ,897 1. ea: 1 , 00 to 1848, inclusive, published relating to turnpike trusts, the total cost of Par debt on the Ist of Januar 184 - 9, has amounted to 559,2811 ., of which 8,9151 , was the cost for North Wales. The entire sums borrowed during the exist "l: he total amount of ence of each trust amounted to 8,987,2111., the amount of interest converted into principal to 290,0801., and the total was 6,604,3941. The un paid interest claimed amounts to 1,331,4721., and that which is unclaimed to 221,6401. The return for the Bermondsey road, Surrey, i s amount of debt on January 1849 in terest being re ceived after th e making tary up rene wals from 1800 to 1848 o f the accounts. It stands thus :—Co s t of Parliamen, trust, m no 4 t t i o nc s lu p d e e r d e in th e above, having been re_ 2, 1 621. ; the ent i re sum borrowed dur i ng the existence o f t h e 10 8054 the rate of 3 3,545/. ; tot a l amount o f debts paid off, 21,7401.; y 1 , , ' from We are requested to state that her Majesty's birth da- ~will be celebrated on Wednesday, the 15th inst. ATADLLE. A zioßl.—This celebrated vocalist arrived in London yesterday f or th e per f orm ance of her engagement the London Wednesday Concerts, Exeter Hall. I MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. The Cotton Market at Liverpool closed ri.ther heavily yesterday for American sorts, a good choice of which was in the market, and in favour of buyers. Other descriptions were firm. The sales were estimated at 5,000 bales, all to the trade, rincluding 3,500 American, 150- Bahia, at 73. to 70., and 500 Egyptian at 7d. to Bici. per lb.—Railway Shares were firm, and the market closed with prices looking up. The following is a report by the firm of William Short upon the Metal trade :—" We have had a dull market for all descriptions of Iron during the month. Welch bars are from 2s. 6d. to ss. per ton lower, and for Staffordshire iron lower prices hal e been accepted. In Scotch Pig Iron there has been little business done, and the price has scarcely varied. Swede Iron is with out variation. Copper is unaltered in pike, with a limited business. English Tin is without alteration. Foreign is nominally a shade lower, but holders gene rally are firm, at prices beyond those quoted. Lead is without change as to price, contrary to the expectation of a rise entertained at the commencement of last month. In Spelter a moderate business has been done during the month, with little variation in the price, which I quote the same as this day month. The stock in London was 3,466 tons on the Ist instant, against 1,034 tons at the same period last year." The boisterous weather has ealayed the arrival of se veral is almost lofthec daily a subjectontinentalm is. It of remark among men of business, that the great abundance of money has exercised so little influence upon the value of Securities, and of transferable property generally, and making every allowance for the circum stances patent to all, and which it is, therefore, only needful to mention, viz., that th e p o li t i ca l a ff a i rs of France are uns e ttl e d, and confidence in railway manage- Ment has been shaken, we can hardly avoid the expres sion of surprise at the apathetic condition of the stock and share markets. Steadiness of prices is desirable, but not heaviness, and a little speculation is undoubtedly wholesome, if it raises a property unduly de pressed, or counteracts the settled gloom in duced :by former operations (Bearing, for example,) in a contrary direction. Few who aro uninfluenced by direct bias will hesitate to view with preponderating fa vour the speculator for a rise, though a little reflection would modify, sensibly the conclusion which otherwise might hastily be formed, that he is an unqualified bene factor. Much of the distress at this moment prevailing among hundreds of middling class families has been oc casioned by the illegitimate enhancement of values in the first place. The recoil is doubtless the immediate, though the rise was the primary cause. Recent events have shown that it is much easier to elevate prices originally than to rally them after confidence has become impaired; and we must again express surprise that, et this moment, when money is a drug, securities yielding over 5 per cent. are barely at par. In con nexion with share dealings, it should be noticed that so much of the following Stock Exchange Rule (No. 88) as is italicised was added on the 29th ult., and is to come into operation on Tuesday, May 14. "Every memberhaving sold Shares or Stock, and who shall not receive a transfer ticket from the purchaser before half past two o'clock (or on Saturday), at the day it was contracted to deliver the said shares or stock, has a right to re-sell the same, through the medium of his broker, and to claim from the purchaser any loss or charge arising therefrom, such loss or charge to be sus tained by the party who neglected to pass the ticket before one o'clock." The amount of bills drawn from the 24th ult. to the 6th inst. by the Honourable East India Company is as follows:—On Bengal, 12,9611.; Madras, 2,6941.; and Bombay, 153 L The Stock Market is exceedingly quiet, and there is very little business doing either for money or time. Consols have been marked 95i I- for Transfer and Time. The New Three - and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 96i to 97, and the Three per Cents. 94i to y. Exchequer bilis 675. to 70s. premium. The Foreign Securities have been dull. Spanish Five par Cents, lower, 16i. The Three per Cents. 37k. Mexican steady, 28i. Mr. Capel has received many letters from Spanish bondholders, requesting him to call a public meeting; the committee are of opinion that such a measure at the pre sent time would be disadvantageous to the bondholders' interest. The copies of the letters sent to Madrid may to seen at the office cf the committee. Stares are rather better. QUARTER TO THREE. Consols, 94 i ; Ditto, Account, 954 i. ONE NG PRICES OP BRITISH FUNDS O'CLOCK. P CLOSING PRICES OP BRITISH FUNDS O'CLOCK. PRICES. B Stuck 3 per Cent. Reduc e d A nns - 945 4% % 943 % 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities......,. 95 3 / 4 % 95 7 4, Now 34 per Cent. Anna.,.,... 9 67 97 96% 96 3 / Lortg Anna. to expire Jan. 1860 Ditto 30 years, Ja n . 5, 1860 8 k 8% India Stock 267 267 India Bonds, 1,0004... Consols for Account 95% % 95% xchequer Bills. 1 1 A,o. Qs 2d 1,0001. June 67 70 p 70 p 500/. June ,.-........ 67 p 67 p Small. June 67 p 67 p ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. Danish 80nd5,1825,3 per Cent.. Ditto 5 per. Cent. Equador Bonds inexican, 5 per Cent.lB46, with Coupons— Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons .... Ditto, Account 28% Portuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto, Converted, 1841 33 :.. Ditto, 4 per Cent. Ditto. Account Russian Bonds D:tto, 4 1 4 per Cent Ditto Scrip 2 ll p 2 p Spanish 5 per Cont. 1840 Ditto, Account ..... .... 1847 11% 11 1 4 Ditto, Passive 3% 3 3 / 4 Ditto, 3 per Cent Venezuela Bonds, 2 1 4 per Cent Ditto Deferred Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2 1 ,E per Cent., 12 Guild. .. Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates:- PRICES OF , BUSINESS DONE CLOSIN .1 50 Binning, Wolverh'ton, 4 R b A e l r r ee rtY SHARES. PAL "' AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICE-3 and Dudley, calls duly 21 ..........« 2l Bristol 64 buckinghamshire ...... 17% Caledonian r an wi d th Ex gu et a e r r antee iO l5 O ... .. 64 Ditto, New IC/. Pref... 10 Dublin and BelfastJunc. 40 ...... 8 3 4 8 ,4 East Anglian, 251., L. & E. and L. and D... 25 . rf astern Counties........ 20 ...... 7 Do., New Pref•rence, 10 Ditto. 5 per Cent.... 50 I;raat Northern Do., 5 per Cent. Pref 12% 10;,4 D 066. per°er North. Cent. n n & t t : ‘: Eastern,.... - , ..: 50 .. ;rent South. and West lO l4 (Ireland) Ditto,l.Eighths 1 4 1 I A ; ...... .. ....... 114 Croat Western 100 ... 53 53 53 % 52 3 4 53 , 4 Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 ...... 34% ............... 34% Do. Fifth 5.......... lO ...... 10 1 4 % dis. ...... 10% dis. Do. Thirds ....—.. lB ...... 5% ........... ... 51. Do. Nevr, Gua. 6 per ct 10 Leeds and Bradford...... 60 Leeds and Thirek Do., Pref. Quar., 1818 9 ..... 8 ...... .........% London, Brighton, a nd South Coast._ ..• 100 6 per Cent . ...103 134 ...- ......... 134 London and N Western 100...... 101 3 4 102 1131% 101% Midland ...... ...........1c 0 Do., 501. Shares •• „ ........... .... 1% Do.Birm.. and Derby 110 Binning., 6 per ct.... 100 Newmarket North British ........ . 25 ....., • - ........... •• North Staffordshire ... 17% 7 14 -... ...... 7% 8 hrewsbury and Birtn... 13 1 / 1 Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 'o.ith Eastern .. 33% 13%- 13% So Lth Wales Wilts, Somerset, & Wey- moath .......... .... York. Newcastle, and Berwick..... .- ..... .., 25 ‘) ' . Newcastl e E a t en. 20 Do. G.N.E.P re f erence 8 0 3 4 .-... ...... ... 7 0% Yo, .. and North MidlAnd 5O • 15 1 4 15 ..... ... 15 FOREIGN RAIL w A Yz-,. Boulogne and Amiens... 20 ~ st Indian .... ......... .. 5 Northern of France...... 16 ..- - - 28% 55% 85% 117 i, - 82 78 :yi 12% 127i51/3 Cobre Copper ......... .. 4 0 USES. — ' 33 United Mexican 2 8 14 6l 6% JOINT &FMK BAN KS. Provincial of Ireland ... 25 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAY 7.—Wind, N.E. to N.N.E., fresh breeze, and dull hazy weather with rain. QUEENSTOWN, MAY s.—Wind E., calm.—Sld. Java, Quebec ; Alarm, ditto. LIMERICK, MAY 4.—Wind N. W.—Sld. Congress, Quebec ; Maria Breuar, New York; Hannah, ditto; Abby, St. John's. HULL, MAY 6 . —Wind N.—Arrd. Worcester, Haw kins, Bo m b a y. S a il ed Queen Victoria, Charleston. LYNN, MAX 6,—The Heinle grounded in the Channel, and got off with some damage after throwing part of cargo overboard. DEAL, MAY 6, A.M.—Wind E. to E.N.E., very strong; S A.M., E.NE., a gale. DARTMOUTH. —Wind E.N.E. PLYMOUTH, MAY 6.—Strong "gale.—Arrd. Rose (s.), Waterford, for London, with considerable &image, from contact with a large American ship, name unknown, off the Rem Head, last night. Sailed Peal, Barbadoes. Off por, Hind. Fowler, Cape Coast Castle. MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) MEAT DICARAILNIrS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 8s to 31 10s; Clover fitto, 3/ Oa to 41 103 ; and Straw, 1/ la to 1/ Ms per load. Trade very dull, at barzly stationary prices CUMDERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 Se to 3/ 104; Clover ditto, 3/ Os to 41 6s ; and Straw, 1/ 2s to 1/ Si pm load. Supply but moderate, and trade very dull. Meadow Hay, 2/ 5s to' 31 10s; (lover ditto. 3/0s to 41 103; and Straw, 11 1 3 t o 1i S s per load. A f u ll averag e suppy, and a heavy demand. COLONIAL. Stioan.—British Plantation continues rather heavy; 136 hbds Barbadoes and 120 hhds crystalised Demerara, r)3 , auction, sold at fully 6d to Is decline; the former at 2 3 to 40s, and the latter at 32s to 43e. Of 3,930 bags Mauritius offered, little more than half sold at fully 6d decline ; yellow at 34s t o 36 s 6d , grey 33s I 6d. ;I n.l ; Tiea- ! gal at auction sold at 6d to is reduction, grainy at 39s 6d to 46s 6d. Benares at 35s to 38s 6d, and date kind at 33s t0134s 6cl. Privately, about 800 boxes yellow Havannah (duty paid)sold for refining at 38s. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 874 hhds, 228 tierces, 802 barrels ; there were taken for home consumption 1,241 hhds, 169 tierces, 234 barrels. The stock in the same places is 7,762 hhds, 1,538 tierces, 2,283 barrels. COFFEE.—Plantation Ceylon went at easier rates, 47s 6d to 50s 6d for fine to fine fine ord, and 53s to 57s for pea-berry. Native Ceylon about 800 bags sold pri vately at 409 to 41s per cwt. RUM.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 336 puns, 85 hhds. There were taken for home consumption 260 puns 19 hhds and exported 46 puns 80 hhds. The stock in the same places is 15,213 puns 1,694 hhds. SPlCES.—Malabar Pepper realised 341 to 3-1 for shot kind. Nutmegs sold at 2s 2d to 2s 3d, and Mace is 9d to 28 ld, being again rather lower prices. SALTPETRE.—Of 2,710 bags Bengal offered only about 250 bags, refraction 44 per cent, were disposed of at 25s 6d to 265, being previous rates. TALLOW.. P.Y.C. is 36s 9d to 37s per cwt on the spot, and town 38s. TEA.—The market is quiet, with fair deliveries. --- QUEEN'S BENCH. -(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco, before Lord Chief Justice CAMP BELL, and Justices PATTESON and WIGHTMAN.) CORPORATION OF MANCHESTER V. HYDE. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, in the matter of an arbitration between the corporation of Manchester and a gentleman named Hyde, he had to move for a rule to show cause why the award in this case should not be set aside. This was an award under the Land Clauses Consolidation Act, 8 and 9 Vict., c. 18. A Bill was pending in Parliament in 1848, to enable the corporation of Manchester to erect waterworks, and to take certain lands for that purpose. Mr. Hyde opposed this Bill, but ultimately agreed to withdraw his opposition, and the corporation were to give him a certain number of days' notice before they took a portion of land from him which they wanted for their works, and the value of the land was to be settled by arbitration, in the mode pre scribed by the Land Clauses Consolidation Act. The proper notice of application was given to Mr. Hyde as to the quantity of land required by the corporation, and the parties proceeded mutually. to ap point their arbitrators. Mr. Hyde appointed his arbitra tor, and the corporation appointed, under seal, as their arbitrator Mr. Alderman Bancroft, a member of the cor poration, and the chairman of the water-works under the Bill. Mr. Hyde protested against the appointment of Mr. Alderman Bancroft, on the ground of his being an interested party. Nevertheless, the arbitrators pro ceeded to appoint an umpire. That umpire declined to act, and another was appointed in his stead. He (the Attorney-General) objected to the validity of the award, first, on the ground that Mr. Aldermen Bancroft, the arbitrator for the corporation, was an interested party; and, secondly, that inasmuch as the arbitrators had ap pointed their umpire, they were functus officio in respect to that duty, and had no power to appoint ahother um pire. The COURT granted a rule to show cause, on the ground that Alderman Bancroft was an interested party, and on that ground only. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.: (Sittings i❑ Banco, before Justices CnEsswELL, WI: LIAMS, and TALFOURD.) BURROW V. MANCHESTER AND SHEFFIELD RAILWAY COMPANY. In this case, which Was part-heard yesterday, Mr. Whitehouse resumed his argument this morning, was followed by Mr. Hayes and Mr. Cowling on the same side. Rule discharged. EXCIIEQUE.a.—(THIS DAY.) (Before the LORD CHIEF BARON, and Barons ALDERSON, ROLFE, and PLATT.) ASSIGNEES OF MERCHANT TRADERS SHIP LOAN, &C., ASSOCIATION V. STSWENS. Mr. ITOGGINS moved for a rule to show cause why the order made by Mr. Baron Parke at chambers, in this case, should not be opened on the ground of fraud. The plaintiff were the assignees of the Merchant Traders Ship Loan and Assurance Loan Association, which had become bankrupt, and the action was brought to recover between 1,7001., and 1,8001., the amount of premiums which were due by the defendant, Thomas Stevens, who is a ship and assurance broker, on certain policies effected by him with the association. The defendant pleaded a number of "sets off" to the claim, and the assignees thinking it desirable that the state of accounts between the parties should be fully investigated, a meeting was held fur that purpose by arrangement. The defendant was present, and he mentioned the various sums in which the bankrupts were indebted to him, and among them was one for 3301., which be allegel was due to him in consequence of the total loss of a vessel called the Dove while proceed ing on a voyage from London to Genoa with a con signment of iron. It appeared that the cargo had been insured with the association, and the defendant claimed to be the owner of of the cargo, and hence entitled to the loss which had been sustained. Credence was given to this statement by the assignees, and the 3301., as well as other sums, were struck off his account, and by consent of both parties an order was obtained from - Mr. Baron Parke to stay further pro ceedings on the payment of 2771. and costs. It subse quently turned out, however, that the defendant had no interest whatever in the consignment of the Dove, and that the real owners of the property lost were a mercantile firm at Genoa. On the ground of fraud, therefore, he (Mr. Hoggins) contended that he was en titled to a rule, in order that the accounts might be re opened and further investigated by the assignees of the bankrupts. The * CHIEF BARON—You may take a rule. ARCHER V. BALNES. The COURT granted a rule nisi in this case, which was tried before Mr. Baron Alderson at Liverpool. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY COMPANY V. SYMONDS. The COURT intimated they were of opinion that there should be no rule in this case. THOMPSON V. YORE. Rule refused. COOPER V. BLACKWELL. Rule granted. HUNTER V. COOPER. Rule refused. BLIASDALE V. ATKINsON. Rule refused. ROWLAND v. Simms. Rule refused. BAIL COURT. --(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) CRIMINAL INFORMATION. Sir F. TMESIGER, addressing the Court, said, My Lord—l am directed to apply to your Lordship on be half of the Duchess of Sr. Albans for a rule to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against a person named Frederick Watmagh. My Lord, the late Duke died on the 26th of May in last year, leav ing his widow, the lady on whose behalf I apply, a son —the present Duke—and a daughter. At the com mencement of this year, this person, Watmagh, against whom I apply, commenced a series of annoyances for the purpose of extorting money from the Duchess. He commenced by writing a letter to her Grace on the 31st of January in these teams:—" I beg to inform you that if our income of 2001. is not paid as is usual at Coutts's Bank, I shall do everything in my power to make the title become extinct. You will havt the goodness to understand that my father, the late Duke's fatter, was married on board ship to a daughter of a lieutenant in the navy. His son is now living, and consequently heir to the dukedom; but I have no doubt you will be honourable enough, and pay us our incom e , which was paid to us by the wish of my father, the la e Duke of St. Albans. We have received our income from the family for upwards of fifty years, and I trust your Grace will continu e t 3 pay it." The Duchess took no notice of this letter, and the result was a second letter in the follow ing terms :—" I wrote to your Grace on the 31st of January, but I have received no answer. My mother is in a starving state. She is upwards of 70 years of age. We sympathise with your Grace on the loss of the late Duke, whose wish it was that our family should be pro vided for. I trust your Grace will have some considera tion for his father's family, who have been in the habit of receiving 2001. through Coutts's bank. We had 400/. at first, but his Grace took off 2001., promising to make it good at some future period. He never did so; but still I trust he is now in a land where sin is un known, and he is at rest. There is now due at Coutts's 1501., and I trust your Grace will give an order for its payment, to save us and yourself from ruin." The Duchess took no notice even of this letter, and the consequence was a third came, in these terms:— " Not having received any answer to my letter of the Bth of April, by the advice of the fellowing gentleman I write to you again, with the following information:— Lord William Beauclerk decoyed my mother from h, r home under the age of fifteen, and she was privately married to him, by his own chaplain, in 1797. We have, therefore, a joint claim upon the family for support —at least, so the magistrates say; and if our income is not paid, this disgrace to the peerage ought to be laid before the Queen and the public. But I trust your Grace will favour nee with an answer, to prevent any such unplea sant proceeding." This letter had attached to it the names of four Middlesex magistrates and a solicitor. The Duchess sent this letter to a Mr. Harrison, who had been secretary to her husband the late Duke. and he c, mmunicated with this person, Frederick Watmagh, which led to his writing another letter in these terms:— " I have received an intimation from a fellow named Harrison, saying that any letter I may write to your Grace will be returned to me unopened. William Beauclerk, the Duke of St. Albans, was my father, and the late Duke of St. Albans, your husband, had no right to have any income if he did not intend to make provision for our family. Your Grace bad better pay our income, or your Grace will be the only party to regret what will follow." Soon after this letter was received by her Grace it was put in to circulation by this person, Frederick Watmagh, by his sending it to essrs. Coutts and Company, the bankers to the Duchess; to her attorneys, the Messrs. Messrs. Freshfields; to the clergym .n at Redburn in Lincolnshire, where the family estates are,•and where the Duke, who is at present a minor, will reside; to Lord Charles Beauclerk, and several other parties. The letter sent to Lord Charles Beauclerk was opened by Mr. Harrison, who had general orders from Lord Charles to open letters in his absence. It intimated that a similar letter and its enclosure were sent lo his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Duke of Cambridge, the Earl of Yarborough, and several other persons. I will read to your Lordship (said Sir Frederick) this hand bill, that your Lordship may see the libellous nature of its terms. It is as fellows:—" Frederiek 13certelerk!`7 , 1 ;' % : ; • • ",, : ''S lid w' Up 1 / 4 1a ds , 70 .7 . , • ", i . " 11 ' 6 "e died children, are i n a starv i ng state in consequence o,t her Grace the present Duchess of St. Albans rEfusi li g,g them their petty annu i ty, according to her late b u shoc„, , wish and ord ers , name l y 2004; it was former ly and they are now obliged to apply to the public for,ree lief. His mother was married to the late Duke before she was 15 years of age; has been in the family eentury since 1797, and yet she is now left to starve Subicriptions tha n kf u ll y re ceived by his son. F r etitric Beauclerk, White Hare-lane, Fetter-lane, Middl esex : This bill, acco m p an i e d by a lett era was sent to the bankers and th e solicitors of the Duchess. I read to your Lordship t hi s l etter. It is in these te rn°. e " Messrs. Freshfield. This is the most infamous ca s t ever committed by an English nobleman, or that eve r came before the British public. This lady was not t en' ci from poverty, but from affluence, and privately;Ena b e o by Robert Palmer, the Duke's chaplain. The Duke e n since destroyed the evidence of the marriage, the, u ; hil Lse being his own, at Redburn, in Lincolnshire. If this is laid before her Majesty she will cause inquiry t° bt made into it. It is a disgrace to the Peerage ande cto be laid before h e r M e j osty. " In a letter to t h „f gyman of Redburn, in _Lincolnshire, dated the 290 ; April, 1850, these words occur:—... y eti are c u .„ mended by the so n o f t h e Duke of St. A Ibbsi; to wafer the enclosed bill at t h e church-door f or Pu 01,3 inspection. Any su b scr i pt i ons you may rec eive 1 00 will forward to me. Th e case h as also b e en laid ba b l eo royalty." Those were the libels which the n u e e t tly complains of. It is now necessary that I should sotto explain to your Lordship the circumstances under wu st. ,, this supposed claim upon the Duchess arises. It .„ 1. 0 pears that in the year 1827, the late Duke, Wi l° l t e married in that year to Mrs. Coutts, the widow (4 ,, of banker of that name, was applied to on be h t,",, ff e, the mother of this person, Frederick W 86 '1 4 . at it being represented that the late Duke's ia" of had had intercourse with her, and was the fa ther b three children by her, of whom this Frederick Wa te lt was one. The lat e D u k e ma d e i nquiries, and arc°obf other persons he as cer t a i ne d from his uncle, brot her ,„, his father, that th ere was reason that these represel37o tious were correct, and that the father of the late 91 4 8 had been in the habit o f ma ki ng an allowance W family. Accordingly, the late Duke felt that it was having a proper regard for his father's wishes uP° A ° oso subject to conti nue t h e ass i stance, and he determine d to make an a ll owance to the family. lie rro/, first of all by di str ib uting amongst them sums of "; 151., and 201., at a time, and ultimately he made a? - 4; rangement by which the sum of 200/,, was regw ; l4 4oo , paid into Coutts's bank to the credit of Mr. Ila rr 7 d i who I have mentioned to your Lordship was the seer e ;el to the late Duke, and by him the money was dis bu- o to the family. In the first place it was given e ntireli eo the mother, but after some time the two female child f fi a died, and then the money was divided between him ° n , Frederick Watmagh and his mother, but after his ' m b e , riage the 1001. which was given to him was divided r „ n d tween himself and hi s w if e. F rederick Watmagh, brelo fer a long tim e p ast h as deserted his Wile -Dg family, who are ment i one d i n this bill to be in astarled state. They ar e li v i ng apart from him. The Deltedths in May 1649. He made a will, and under that will j a property of the l a t e D u k e, that is the personal estateysbo now being admi n i stere d b y a suit under statute the Court of Chan cery, so that even supposing that th e. Duchess, as the r e p resentative of the Duke in the 121,10. ner Frederick Watmagh has maintained, and were posed to attend t o any w i sh which had been exPre,joee by the late Duke--if any su c h h a d been exprot ,,- ," - d t e she could have no power whatever to ""-ilis any allowance ou t o f the estate to assist t o family; but th e f act is, no wish on th e part o f the Du o ever was expressed —no order ever was given by him expressed in the hand-bill, that the payments shoultL e continued after his death. The Duchess has, fro: 12 1 1 ; r to time been assi st i ng t h e f amily of this Fred erick,vd. magh, who, as I h ave a l ready mentioned to your -"edrt ship, have be e n d eserte d b y him and he living tt r ie - e Crone them. The mother of Watmagh has, for gO time, been married to a Dissenting minister, who is B ' lll 40 living, and who i s i n diffi cu l t i es, but a weekly a!lowalltbe has been paid to h er b y t h e Duchess ever sines d death of the late Duke. I need not state to Y u i j e Lordship what an annoyance to the Duchess it mu st „ie to have the hon our an d c h aracter of her Grace's hcrn bullied in this manner by lib e l s of this descripoi; wh:ch have been most industriously circulated. o f Lordship is aware that her Grace has no power putting a stop to these repeated annoyances exul t ., e asking for the immediate interposition of this Cul r y I trust I have satisfied your Lordship of the nec es° ,js for such interference, and that I have laid good gra t ,l l before the Court for obtaining this rule for a crinsirl!', - ; formation, which Hill probably attain the object W a 'i r sought by the Duchess, namely, prevent the further P ° lication of these libels. Mr Justice COLERIDGE—Sir Frederick, do these l ei ' tees insinuate or impute illegitimacy. Sir F, THESIGER—Oh, no doubt, my Lord. 11 ° 141 his mother married the father of the late Duke. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE—And that the late Mike' . issue. 11 0 Sir F. THESIGER—Y es, and that he had issue, sa-A this Frederick W attnag h claims to be the issue. .; 19 really a very serious matter, my Lord. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE—In some respects, then, th is like the Duke of Marlborough's case? Sir F. TRESIGER—Yes, my Lord, it is. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE—You may hale a rule. Rule nisi accordingly. CRIMINAL COURT. —(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before the RECORDER and Mr. Alderman KELLY.) Edward Striciland, a young urchin of 14 y e ars of oIV was convicted of stealing a pair of trousers at 116111 .,„ 13 i don, and sentenced to fourteen days' imprisonment, '"" to be privately whipped. g John K enne d y, 21, a tailor, was indicted with s tenr-I e / two printed b oo k s , o f the value of 10s., the propertle; Henry J ames , a surgeon, residing at A r till e ry-Pla b ; Finsbury. It appeared that the prisoner ca ll e d upon be prosecutor on the day of the robbery, stating th at iff had a youn g f r i en d who w i shed to consult him medict"d upon a c o m pl a i nt to which he eas subject. He WilL6ll to know the p rosecutor ' s terms, and made an appoint ol ; o for seven o'clock. The prosecutor had his misgivings n,, 1 .. respect to th e pr i soner, and upon his leaving be 11 ,5 " 0 vered that h e h a d l ost the books in question. Upon he r stabsiquent occas i on the prisoner called upon anc'the medical gentlem an , name d Courtney, residingin eat same neighbourhood, and made a similar request. i Courtney observ e d t o hi m that a friend of his had bThe 4 called upo n a f ew d ays s i nce in a similar manner, 11or.ea• from the description he believed the prisoner to be man. Mr. Courtney told him that, under the sirs" ; stances, he mu s t go w ith hi m to Mr. James, when tbd prisoner ob serve d , " O h, don ' t take me there; it is true stole the b oo k s ." M r. Courtney then sent for a fo l i ce man, and had the prisoner taken into custody. Wit Mr. ROB INSON d e f en d e d the prisoner, submitting 0 there wa s grea t d ou b t as to whether Mr. Courtney W not mistaken as to the identity of the prisoner. The RECORDER having summed up, The jury, after a short consultation, found the peisone r . Guilty, and h av i ng b een b efore convicted of felony 56 the Surrey Sessions, • fr The RECORDER sentenced him to 15 mo n th s ' imPrle ° ment and hard labour. Mr. ROBI NSON , prev i ous to the sent( Dee, stated, i, d mitigation of punishment, that he had been instruct s v to &tete th a t th e pr i soner had affected his intellect w i continually taking opium. The prisoner state d t h at h e had taken the books un der the influence of opium. The RECORDER, on passing sentence, told the prisone r ' it would be better for him if he would leave off taking' both opium and books.—(Ltughter.) NEW COUR7'. (Before the C031310N SERGEANT.) The Cou r t was occupied the whole morning itb short cases possessing no features of interest. T „,,f• , iHE NURSE FOR THE NEW SCION OF ROTA. , `” —We stated some time ago our belief that her Most Gracious Majesty had determined that one of Cambria's daughte rs should act a s f os t er - mother to the expected royal strangei We can now co n fid ent l y announce that this high honour b ag fallen to the lot o f a nat i ve of L lanefydd in the countY Denbigh. Jane Jones, the party in question, whose origin:, name was Lloyd, lived as servant a few years ago in ie d, family of Mr. Ezra Roberts, draper, St. Asaph. She V 4 ' 4 ,, . service with the best possible character, and married an : he , dustrious and respectable man, now in the employment di d Chester and Holyhead Railway Company, at theGGreenf e ld station, Holywell. Queen Victoria's nurse will be a r "Jenny Jones."—Carnarron Herald. There is this difference between a thankful and 011 ,. unthankful man : th e one i s always pleased in the good has done, and th e o th er only once in what he has receive l y —Eiza Cook's Journal. " THE W AY IN WHICH THE MONEY GOES. 00 Monday week, in the course of a trial at the Yorkshire l l ' t ; sizes, it became a quest i on as to what was a proper cilarg„ to be mad e b y a rai l way engineer for his " professionarit vices, and an emi nen t eng i neer i n that county was asked hoW., much he charged per day as consulting engineer. The 'reply was, " That v ar i es f rom 10 gu i neas to 100, according to eu cumstances." BIRTHS. OF A SN. ,10 , 11 1 On the 3d inst., a t Camberwell, the lady of Captain E T, Sturdee. On the 3d inst., at Ashley-villa, Q ueen ' s - roa d , St. JO° I• . " wood, the wif e of.'J. Colquhoun, Esq. Or AOn the 3d i ns t., at S DAUGHEn. ussex-place, T Ken w if e of isington, t: J. Woollett, Esq. 1 On the 3d inst., in Tavistock-square, the wife of the lO C ' t Frederic R. Perry. On the 3d inst., at Wymondham, Norfolk, the wife of the Rev R. B. Kennard, B.A. • D. On the 27th ult., atri 't MARRIE Ch nity urch, Chelsea, the Re v Su " R ll4 James Drummond M oney, of Sternfield Rectory, Su" • to Clara Maria, fourth daughter of the late Sir Francla. Burdett, Bart. On the . 4 , 1 inst., at Llanvrecliva Church, Monmouthsb i : Robert Macdonald, Esq , her Majesty's 14th Regime nt ' of Clara, youngest daughter of Thomas Prothero, Maloof -court. Monmouthshire. On the Ist inst. offic, , at L yndhurst-road, Peckham, Mr. 1 1 " Rams den aged 75. On the 3ti inst., age d 17, James, only son of the late J. Wyburn, Esq., of Surbiton-hill, Surrey. On the 3(t i nst., i n Queen's -road. Regent's-park, George Finnic, Esq., Mayor of Hythe, aged 57. On tue 3d inst., in 13 u , kingliatn-street, Adelphi,illistn Gill Paxton, Esq., aged 62. 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