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accompanied on the organ by Dr. Elvey and Dr. W. Wilde. The royal procession will move round the building in due order, Mr. P axton, as architect, taking the lead, and after him Messrs. Fox and Henderson, the contractors. Then will probably come Mr. Owen Jones, Mr. Digby.Wyatt, and Mr. Wylde, the offi cers of the Executive Committee, who have bad most to do with the building. To these will succeed the Exe cutive Committee, then the Foreign Commissioner., then the Royal Commissioners, preceded by their Secretaries and her Majesty and the Court. As the Queen pa sse s t w e vest assemblage will rise to receive her, and the e igkt greoorgans, six British and two forei g n, w hi c h the edifice contains, will in succession peal forth their notes of welcome. The present intention appears to be that the royal procession should move westward first into the British department of the Exhibition. It has been suggested, very properly, as we think, that the foreign eontrihutors, as strangers invited among u s, should be visited before our own people. With their quick warm feelings they would readily appre siate such a compliment. We close this notice with two important announce ments. Th first is, that tickets for visitors' places during the ceremonial will be given by the police inside each entrance. The second is that every season ticket must have been signed by the holder of it before being presented on the list. OFFICIAL POLICE REGULATIONS. The doers will be opened at 9 o'clock, and el.,.ed at half past 11, until after the departure of her Majesty. RHIGULATIONS To BE OBSERVED BY ALL PERSONS GOING TO THE EXHIBITION (_ , N THE IST OF MAY. " NORTH SIDE. " Carriages Setting Down—Her M.ijesty's Ministers, the officers of her Map. sty's h.niehold, the members of the corps diplomatigue, and her Majesty's Commissioners having th e privilege of driving along the ride to the doors on the north side of th E e xhibition, their car riages will go into the ride at the entrance near Hyde Park-corner; after setting down they are to wait upon the ride in the places directed by the police until called ullecer the departure of the Queen; tney will go away &Ai the ride a' they camc. Tickets will be given to all the persons having the privilege of admission on the north side of t he Exhibition, and no carriages will be all rwed to enter the ride at Hyde Park•corner unless such ticket be shown to the po SlDE. lice there. " SOUTH • Visitors cannot be admitted after half-past' 11 'clock until after the departure of the Queen. Carriages Setting Down—Carria ges go i ng to t hi s entrance sue to enter the park by the new gate near Hyde Park-corner, or by Albert-g a t e , an d' f ortn i n li ne on the right-hand side of the road. 66 Atter settingdown, if they are t o wa it, th e y w ill be placed by the police upon th e o p en groun d to t h e wes t of She Exhibitiont between the ride and carriage -road, end are to remain there until called to take up. If they are not to wait they are to go away through the Ken sington-gate, or by the road within the park, as directed by the police, and out of the park at Albert-gate, or the new gait , . near Hyde Park corner. " Carriages Taking up—Carriag ones will be allowed by the police to take ep at the door: the south side, when it cau be done so as not to interfere with the line of car riages setting down, and they are to go away along the road inside the park, and out of the park at Albert•gate, or the new gate, near Hyde Park-corner. " WEST SIDE. " Visitors cannot be admitted after half-past 11 o'clock until attar the departure of the Queen. 2. Carriages Stt ing Down—Carriages going to this t entrance aro to enter the park at the Kensington-gate, and go along the carriage road upon the ride; or they may enter the park by the new gates near Hyde-park corner, or by Albert-gate, and drive along the road within the park to Kennington -gate, and there turn down the road _wpon the ride to this entrance. After setting down, irhey are to wait, they will be placed by , tbe police upon the open ground to the west of the Ex hibition, between the rido and carriage -road, and are to remain there until called to take up. If they are not to wait, they are to go away, returning along the same road as they caw.. " Carri4ges Taking Up—Carriages will draw np as directed by the pike at th, dons on the west side, and go away along the road up the ride, and out of the park at Kea-ington-gate, or, turning down the road within the park towards Hyde-park corner, go out of the park at Albert-gate, or the new rate near Hyde-park-corner. " EAST SIDE. " Visitors cannot be admitted after half-past eleven o'clock until after the departure( f the Queen. " Vlsitkirs Walking—This entrinee will be reserved for visit , rs walking there, along the open ground be tween the ri•Je and carriage road. _ _ " A broad footway wilibe kept across the road withie the park, near tip4ley House gates, by which persons entering the park truly cross to the open ground leading to the Exhibition. They can return the same way on leaving the Exhibition. " Visitors walking may likewise enter by the other en trances; but this one only will be reserved exclusively for them without interruption by carriages. '• If the line of c ,rriages going to the Exhibition should extend beyond the gates by which they are to enter the park, they will fall into line in the streets approacniug the gates as directed by the p-lice. No carriages can be allowed to stop in Piccadilly near the gates entering Hyde-park or Constitution-hill gate, &cross the entrance to a stre , t, or at any place where an obs:rueim of the thoroughfare may be eaua,ll. " No persons can be allowed to remain at the doors of the Exinbitiou, or at the approaches to them. Servants belonging to the carriages of visitors are to remain in the places pointed out by the police, or with their car riages. . . . . . "The police trill assist, as far as may be in their power, in calling up the carriages, and in enabling per gins to get to their carriages where waiting. " RICHARD MAYNE, "Commissioner of the Police of the Metropolis. " Whitehall-place, April 26." " REQIILA.TIONS TO PREVENT OBSTRUCTIONS IN THE ►STREETS AND THOROUGHFARES NEAR HYDE PARR, " Carriages to be formed into line whenever neces sary, as directed by the police. " Metropolitan stage carriages and hackney carriages are to keep to 01- left, or proper side, according to the direction in which they are going, and must set down their company on that side. No metropolitan stage car riage or hackney carriage can be allowed to cross the street or road to take up or set down passengers or per s.n4 wanting to hire them. " No carriage can be allowed to stop in Piccadilly, nea r the ges entering the park% At Hyde Park-corner m or Gonstittition-hill, across the entrance to a greet, or at any place where an obstruction of the thoroughfare may be caused. ".Hackney carriages hired, and waiting to take up ihei, company, will remain where directed by the police. No hackney carriage or public carriage can be allowed to enter the park. • 6 RICHARD MAINE, Commissioner of the Police of the Metropolis. " Whitehall-place, Ap'til 26." Yesterday, at Si:. Pancras Church, it was an aouneed by the Rev. T. Dale, the vicar, previous to the delivery of the sermon, that during the Great till further notice, Divine servicewil e l ak, be pesforaied at the church, in the course of eac h week, in the German, Freuch,,and Italian languages, and that at the other churches of the Established Church in the metropolis a similar notice would be given. He also announced tbat the free church in that parish, to Burton -place, would be at the disposal of foreigners of every nation on application being made for that purpose. Ile afterwards delivered a sermon in re frrence to the G reat Exhibition, taking his text from th e 39th Psalm, sth verse, " Verily, every man at his best state is altogether vanity." COURT CIRCULAR, I w N a D lk S ed Oli t , hi S s ur o a rn y i . ng The Qaeen and Prince WINDSOR, in,,the Slopes. . The Royal Family took Walkin g exerc tse in the around the Castle.. g or ne w ss Prince Albert. . ales. her Royal grgonds and brs Royal Ri h , tended Divine Her .Majesly the Prince and tgheen Castle.t I em ii n bis Eva' Highness o n f 4t ig h ie n C es o s ur th t, e a P nd rin th er d s oßm o o y st a ilc , rhtihov e uastee ia he d oh l l , sci ,p service this morning, in t he P Her Royal Highness the Duchess of K en • t also attended the service. The lion. and Rev Gerald Wellesley officiated. SATURDAY. 1110 Queen and prince Albert took their usual early alMling walk. the yo arm y ook walking and pony exercise in ground s adjacent to the Castle. ribr Majesty an d y 0 Royal Highness Princ© Albert rod o o ut on hi s Ro horseback this afternoon in Windsor Park. M 5 "al Highness the Prince of Wales also rode out en a Pony at the •r Go r d on were in attendance. seine ti e The Hon. Mis s S e y mour, ,-. Col. Buckl ey , an d' L - In . teutenant--nceoifine I the Hon. Alex am The 11. • sal limner p art y this evening inclu ded her Royal Highne ss ItAvard, Baroness de SENth the Duchess of Kent, Lady Fano) , 11011. Colonel Cust, and Mr, witch. Colonel and Mrs. Bouverie, 4 ; : l el e a c tht t e l Tier Majesty's private and performed the foltowit o n n de :_ d in the evening, 'Overture " Lndovic" .... Feena and Rondo ( 1 1 Croc..i..:io; ........... Herold. • Saleotion "Hansheilin ... ) ” ......... M eyer b ee r. ' ........ •••• Marschner. y l it i frornoon, at . A. Cebinet Council was held. on Saturd n niaters pre the Foreign-office, Downing -street. The c a h nawaton, sent were Lord Job Itasiell, the Lord he Eirl of Mlnto, Sir George Grey, Viscount Pal me r ston, the the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Francis Lore, Broughton, the Right Hun. Henry the Light Efon. Fox Mauls. The Council sat three br,urs. The Oxford University Commission had a meeting 0a tatliday, at the residence of the Fir st Lord of the Tre e .. sury, Su Downing -street. Present —The Bishop of Nor ciii.the Dean of Csrlisle, the Master of Pembroke; the 0 ,. . • '*G. Liddell, J. L. Dampier, Esq., the Rev. Pro. ~ 4 ~,,• : f ir: ' :r,ell, the Rev. G. H. S. Johnson, and the Rev. ,_ ..,- 27 .t;45 y, Secretary. ,) " " _ .. i , E9MvPt -Colonel Forester, Royal Horse Guards, had 4 . .N7t l tviisir with Sir George Goy on Saturday, at the •: ,_. ..tlet - ; . ii q j • "Xlikf ./.). ,k of Wellington attended the early service >- - yestkr , _ the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The prayers -1.,,,,.3mre recdPby the Key. Dr. Wesley, and the sermon ' ‘ preAolted by the Rev. Mr. Nepeen. ~-BAENUM AND JENNY LIND.-Why will Barnum luiclgsinity Lind never fall ont?-13ecause he is always. for . elltagi and the i/ always Nr giring.—XtaiCal Work/. H ER MAJES , T , Y' ,t S H THEATRE. First Night of the New Opera, LE THE NOZZE. It is respectfully announced that a Grand EXTRA NIGHT will take place on THURSDAY EVENING next, May 1, when will be presented, for the first time in this country Alari's new Opera Buffo, in three acts, produced with the greatest success at the Italia Opera, Paris, entitled LE THE NOZZE. Luisa, Madame Sontag ; Vespina, Madame Giuliani ; La Marchesa di Foth, Madlie. Ida Bertrand ; Cavaliere di Villafranca, Signor Gardonl ; Cricca, Signor Ferranti (his first appearance in this coun try) ; 11 Barone Fuedatarlo d'Acetosta, Signor Lablache. To be followed by the First '1 ableau of the admired Ballet, L'ILE DEs AMOURS. Madlle. Amalia Ferraris, Madlles. Rosa, Esper, Julien. Lamou reux, Allegrini, Kohlenberg, Dantcnie, Pascales. and M. Cha of rles. The performances will commence with the Last Act Bellini's celebrated Opera, L SONNAMBITLA. Amina, Madlle. Caroline Duprez ; Count Rodolph, Sig. Coletti and Elvino, Sig. Calaolari. Director of the M u sic and Conductor , M. B alfe. To conclude with a Ballet Divertissement. in which Madlle. Car. lotta Grist and Madlle. Amelia Ferraris will appear. Application for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, to be made at the Box office of the Theatre. Doors opened at Seven, the Opera to com mence at Half-past Seven o'clock. TIER M AJESTY h THEATRE. Second Appearance of Madlle. ALAIMO. It Is respectfully announced that TO-MORRW EVENING will be pre.ented Dornzettl s Opera, LUCREZIA BORGIA. Madile. Alaimo ; Maffeo Madile. Ida Bertrand ; Signor Gardoni ; Levtaatto, Scotti ; Rustighello, rcurialli; Gazello, Signor Casanova ; Gubetta, Signor Ast. lfo, Signor Balancbi; Petrucci, Signor F. Lablache ; G it] .eg L I nt, ° n ine : etc zo0"11e, signor Lablache. To conclude with the highly successful Ballet, L'l LE IiES A3lolliiS. in which Madlle. Amalia Ferraris, 31adlles. Rosa, Esper, Lamoureux, Julien, Aliegrini, Ausaandon, Kohlenherg, Fascales, Esper, Rosa, Dantoine, MM. Ehrick, and Charles will appear. On SATURDAY, May 3, Madame SONTAG will make her first appearance this season, as Maria, in Donizetti's admired Opera LA FIGLIA DEL RE iGIMENTO. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box Office of the Theatre, Opera-colonnade, Haymarket. THEATRE ROY A.L, DRURY LANE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. James Anderson. THE GREAT EXHIBITION. THIS EVENING Will be produced Schiller' masgnificent romantic Play, in Five Acts, of THE ROBBERS (adapted to the English Stage by Mr. James Anderson). Count de Moor, Mr. Cooper ; Charles de Moor, Mr. J. Anderson ; Frakcis de Moor, Mr. Cathcart; Herman. Mr. Marshall ; Karl, Mr. Rafter; Amelia, Miss H. Gilbert. Alter which, a new grand Operatic Spectacle, entitled AZAEL, rim PRODIGAL. Reuben, Mr.:Vamentioff ; Azael, Mr. H. T. Cra ven ; Amenophis, Mr. W. West ; Bucharis, Mr. Cooper ; Bathos, Mr. Rafter; Jeplitele, Miss Villars; Nette, Mrs. Walter Lacy ; Lia, St Wile. Victorine Legrain (Premier Sujet du Opera de Paris), who has been expressly engaged for the occasion. Stalls and Dress Circle - - - 5s First Price. Second Price. Boxes Pit Lower Gallery - - - - Is. / No half-price Upper Gallery - - - - 6d. j to Galleries. Private Boxes to admit 8 reduced from 31. 3s. Od. to 21. 12s. 6d Ditto 6 ditto 21. 12s. 6d. to 21. 2s. Od Ditto 4 ditto 2/. 2s. Od. to 11. 11 e. 6d Ditto 4 ditto 1/. I Is. 6d. to 11. Is. Od, THEATRE ROYAL, IIAYMARKE'. Yr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, 01.1 Brotnpton. THIS EVENING, Will be revived Colley Cibber's adaptation of Shakespeare's LIFE AND DEATH OF KING RICHARD 111. Duke of Gle'ster, Mr. J. W. Wallack ; Earl of Richmond, Mr. Davenport ; Queen, Miss Addison. After which, a new and (as tligaes go) original domestic drama of startling interest, entitled ARLINE ; or, The Fortunes and Vicissi tudes of a Bohemian Girl. Count Arnhelm, Mr. J. Bland; Count Florestine, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham ; Thaddeus of Warsaw, Miss P. Horton ; Devilshoof, Mr. H. Buckstone ; the Gipsy Queen, Mr. H. Bedford. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be presented the popular and powerfully interesting original drama, entitled MARIE DUCANGE. After which a new and original Farce called LONDON FOG. Mr. Frank Copal. Mr. P. Bedford ; Mr. Simple, Mr. Wright ; Mrs. Brisk, Miss E. Harding. To be followed by a new musical, historical, pastoral, clinical fairy drama, called O'FLANNIGAN AND THE FAIRIES ; or, A Midsummer Night's Dream. Phelim O'Flannigan, Mr. Hud.on ; Oberon, Miss E. Chaplin; Mary, Miss K. Fitzwill am. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Keaa and Mr. Seale/. THIS EVENING , Will be performed a new and origmaomedy entitled LOVE IN k MAZE. Characters by Messrs. C. Kean, Keeley, Wigan, Harley, Addison, Meadows ; Mrs. Keeley, Mrs. Winstanley, and Mrs. C. Kean. _ . . To conclude with a new grand spectacular Extravaganza (taken from a Tale, by Washington Irving), entitled THE ALHAMBRA ; or The Three Moorish Princesses. Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Harley, A. Wigan, Wynn, Cooke, Flexmore ; Misses Murray, Daly, Vivash, Robertson, Leclerq, Keeley, Mdlle. Auriol, and Mrs. Keeley. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Veen. Sole Lessee, Mr. Cha_ es Mathew?. THIS EVENING, Will be performed COOL AS A CUCUMBER. To be followed by A DAY OF RECKONING, in whit( h Madame Vestris will appear for ' ha fourth time since her indisposition. To conclude with a new and original Fairy Extravaganza, called THE QUEEN OF THE FROGS Characters by Messrs. C Mathews, R. Roxby, Bellingham, Homcastle, Morris ; Mrs. Frank Matthew , Miss St. George, Miss Martindale, and Oliver. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Farren. TIII- EVENING, Wi'l be performed SIR ROGER DE - OVERLEY , or. the Widow and her Wooers, •urperted by Messrs, W. Farren, Compton, H. Farren, W. Farren, Jun., Dtddear, G. Cooke, Shal iers, Lee, 'Sender, Kinioch ; Mesdames, Stirl ng, Leigh Murray, L. iloward, Adams, E. Turn,r. and Bartlett. Atter which a CONCERT. To condole with FRANKENSTEIN. ASTLEY'S itOTAL AMP LIITIIEATRE. Th?der the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highnsit Prince Albert. Proprietor an" Mayteur, %fr. W. Batty. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a grand new Spectacle, entitled ELEANOR TRE AMAZON ; or, Queen of France and England. To be followed by new Scenes of the Circle, introducing an en tirely new Company of French Artistes, amongst whom Madlle. Clementina Soulder, the first Female Equest.ian in Europe, will appear. To co , iclude with a comic farce, called SHOOTING THE MOON; or, The Cove of Cork. _ Boa-orrice open from Eleven till Fonr. Stage Manua. Mr. T. Thompson. HIGH WATER AI LONDON RKIDOE ran -.Morning 8 rain. after 12 I Evening 30 min. after 12 To Mosnow—Mo:ning 49 min. alter 12 I Evening 8 min. arts: 1 THE WEATHER.—SM OFFICE, APRIL 28. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE 56—highest since neon yesterday.' 32—lowest this morning and during the night. 47—this day, at noon. BAROMETRIC, 29.63. WIND W.N.W.—Morning, cloudy, with occasional sunshine; Afternoon, snow, hail, and rain. Slight showers of snow and hail yesterday afternoon. T`.. (< r t e; THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 28, 1851. for nothing. A similar result happened if the signature of the testators were not affixed at the end of the testamentary part of the will, as, for instance, if it were placed after the attestation clause (u is very frequently the case), or with any interval from the last paragraph. The practical effect of these stringent and impera• rive provisions is, to act as a snare to the unwary, and constantly to defeat the intentions of those who are unable, either through want of means or want of time, to obtain professional assistance. It is not the less wealthy classes only that are affected ; many persons of considerable fortune fall into similar errors. We believe that we -nay mention the case of the late lamented QUEEN DOWAGER as one among many similar instances, wh.re a testamentary document offered for proof was :jeered for informality, although there could be no :iussible doubt as to its authenticity. The formalites required really act as so many snares to entrap per 40ns into some omission or variation that may once ,ion litigation in the Prerogative Court, and bring urofitable business to proctors and advocate. they do no good whatsoever, afford no additional 4uarantee for the authenticity of the document. We believe that few Court days pass without expressions of regret being heard from the Bench at being com pelled to reject proofs, and to decide contrary to the real merits of the case. In these days of legal re forms a suitable remedy should be speedily pro vided for a grievance of such magnitude, affect• ing the fortunes and future prospects of entire families, and we trust that the present session may not be suffered to elapse without the attention of Parliament being directed to the Wills Act, with a view to its revision and amendments. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clock on Saturday morning.—The stations ar9 arranged in order of latitude. Purnotrut—Wind N.W., calm—partially cloudy. PORTSMOUTH—Wind.. W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. Baum.rorr—Wind N., calm—partially cloudy. HASTlNGS—Calm—cloudless. S innuotyroli—Wind W., calm—cloudless. FOLKESTONE—Wind S.W., gentile breeze—partially cloudy. TuNBRABGE—Wind S.E., calm—cloudless. B ASIN6STOKE —Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. GrtEt. NWlCH—Calm—partially cloudy. SwitiGotr—Wind W., light airs—cloudleis. CoLcitEgrEa—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. CAMBRIDGE —Wind N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. RUGBY—Wind N., gentle breeze —overcast. BIRMINGHAM—Wind W., gentle breeze—overcast. Amount—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. CoNwAY—Wind S.W., gentl e breeze—partially cloudy. .HOLYHEAD—Wind N., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. N.W., gentle breeze —partially cloudy. CARLISLE—Wind N., strong breeze—rain. Rim-Tom—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Friday morning at nine PooLE —Wind N.E., gentle breeze—overcast. LYNN—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. CtiEwm— Wind E., light breeze—partially cloudy. LIVERPOOL—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. [AVM—Wind N.E., calm—cloudless. roast—Wind W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. WHITEHAVEN —Wind S.W., gentle breeze - partially cloudy. ~HAP Win d N., calm—principally clear. Bkarroca—Wind N.W'., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. Baawica—Wind E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. Qi e sv A ( SV , - ;41 4144"' th. ". • 5t 1)11 etnenintt LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 28, 1851. The first subject to be submitted to the popular branch of the Legislature on the termination of its Easter vacation is the Property and Income-tax Bill, which stand s for second reading this evening. We trust that Honourable Gentlemen have availed them selves of the leisure afforded by the holidays to con sider the matter calmly and maturely, and to com municate with their respective constituents, so as to ascertain the state of public feeling on the point. Tney have now, for the last time, the opportunity of retrieving the character of the Parliament of 1847—0 f removing the c h arge of gross injus ticeand 'partiality that must otherwise attach to it s fame throughout all future generations. If they let the golden moment pass by unimpro ve d — if they comply with the request of the CUAN CELLOR of the ExcsEQuEE, to renew t he im p ost i n its present of three years—they s ea l t h e form for a further term matter, themselves are concer ne d. They will have no opportunity for re-considering so far as they their decision. They may injury regret, but they cannot repai r th e m i sc hi e f t h ey h av e occasioned—the they have inflicted on a large body of their fellow subjects. L ong b efore the year 1854, legislative e notice the topic must again b e b rought un d er t h e their ex i stence as legislators will have terminate d , ' and they must, if desirous of obtaining renewals of the trust theretofore reposed in them, have rendered satis factory accounts of their stewardships. It will not be forgotten at the time of that dreaded or deal, that it was in favour of their own order—of the fortunate possessors of accumulated and realized pro peitY, that they voted that thoiy themselves were among the chief gainers by the grievance, which transferred a portion—a considerable portion of the burdens from their own shoulders to those of the hard-working professional men, or steady, plodding tradesmen. Schedule D. will remain a gigantic monument of their injustice and i mpo li cy—a beacon-light warning the electors agai ns t p l ac i ng any confidence in those who have so grossly abused their power. Its very existence will affix the brand of political dishonesty to all those who, either by direct support or absence unaccounted for, enable Sir CHARLES WOOD to per petuate, or eien to prolong, the iniquitous system We do not, as we have already stated, object to direct taxation. On the contrary, we believe a pro perty-tax, if fairly and judiciously levied, to be the most eligible impost for all classes of the community. In place, therefore, of objecting to three per cent., we would willingly increase it to ten, or, if necessary, twenty per cent. on real or personal property ; and that without exemptions of any kind, whicl, only act as incentives to fraud. Every man should contribute in proportion to his possessions, whether large or small, to the fund collected for the protection and security of all property. The taxation of ORt portion of the community while another is exone rated cannot be justified, nor can you fairly charge a higher per tentage on one than on another, merely because the former is ric her than the latter. The theory is undoubtedly plausible that the man of wealth should pay more highly than the poor man, that the millionnaire should give more liberally than the owner of a few hundreds ; but it will not bear the test of strict reason and argument, and, if fairly con sidered, it must be regarded as an approach to Com munism. Everything, too, that makes exceptions, or places one class in a more favourable position than another, operates, as we have ready stated, as a direct encouragement to fraud and decep tion. It has, therefore, a demoralizing effect. Persons will strain a little to get themselveS on the right side of the line, and they speedily become inured to falsehood, and carry out their frauds on a more extended scale, and with more tranquil con sciences than at first. This evil is one of no ordinary magnitude, that should be averted at any price ; and the only possible way of attaining that object is to tax all property equally in proportion to its actual value, without exception or exemption of any kind or on any pretence whatsoever. It must also be borne in mind that a tax is productive according to the broadness of its foundation, and that if we wish to repeal the various indi rect imposts that press so severely on the work ing classes—if we desire to carry out the principles of free trade to the full extent, and to really abolish the restrictions on our commerce, all must submit to be taxed according to their means, and that we ven ture to assert they will willingly assent to, if their labour be only left free, and their industry uncharged and unimpeded. All the serious objections to the taxf,will on exami nation be found to apply . chiefly, if not solely, to the assessments under Schedule D. It is said, and justly said, to be inquisitorial, compelling a man to expose his accounts to the prying gaze of interested officials. But there is no exposure in the case of the owner of real property, or of securities for money, or shares in public companies. The tax gatherer does not come to the landlord or the mortgagee, to the pro prietor of bank stock or railway shares, or to the inndholder, but to the tenant or the mortgagor, the bank or the railway company, and it is deducted when paying over the rent, interest, or dividend to which the party may be entitled. Here there is no opportunity, and consequently no temptation for fraud. A different person altogether pays, and the'party is subjected to no scrutiny or in quiry respecting his means; and even if he were, exposure could not injure him so long as i t did not relate to the profits of his trade or profession. It is also a great advantage to those parties paying under Schedules A and C that they are not called on for payment. All they know of the tax is at the moment they are actually receiving money. There will be a drawback, but no direct demand— no threat of legal proceedings if in default. The landlord on the rent-day finds that 21. 18s. 4d. is deducted from every one hundred pounds, but he is well satis field to receive 971. ls. Bd. The mortgagee finds his interest diminished in like manner, and the fundholder or shareholder is in a similar position. But the un fortunate merchant, trader, or professional man—all, in fact, assessed under Schedule D, must submit to the most searching scrutiny, and satisfy the imperti nent curiosity of their tormentors. They must answer every question on cross-examination, and may frequently find themselves charged on a much higher income than they have actually earned— perhaps, increase the loss sustained by bad debts by paying the tax on supposed profits that they have never realized. We might easily bring forward additional illustra tions of the actual working of the present system, but sufficient has been said to show that a property tax is perhaps the best, while an income-tax is one of the worst modes of collecting the revenue. It may be said that with these views we should assent to the second reading of the Bill, and endeavour to modify it in Committee, and in ordinary cases such might be the best course, but we confess we would not afford any facility to Sir CHARLES WOOD, unless he first gave an assurance that be would assent to an equit able adjustment of the charge, so as to make it press more equally and fairly on those who may come within its provisions. Scarcely a week el»pses that cases do not arise of serious injuries to innocent parties, and of the inten tions of testators being defeated, through the over stringent provisions of the " Wills Act." The policy of the law always has been, and still is, that "deeds should be construed strictly and wills liberally." Tnere was an obvious reason for the distinction. The former were supposed to be prepared cautiously and with the utmost deliberation. The executing parties would take care, before they affixed their respective hands and seals, that its provisions should be considered clause by clause by their legal advisers, and that the effect of the whole might be in accordance with the terms agreed on. But greater indulgence should be shown to testamentary dispo sitions. These documents are frequently neglected until the last moment, when the rapid approach of death leaves no time for consideration, or for securing professional assistance. The mere verbiage, the con struction of the sentences, cannot in such cases be too closely scrutinized. The intention of the testator is the point to be ascertained, and the decision is, so far as practicable, to be in accordance with that intention. And that beneficial rule still most properly prevails in our legal and equitable tribunals. iioßeforebetw eleBn37 real th e e r s e t a t w e as, and h p o e w r s e o v n e a r, 1 , p a r n o o p t h e r e t r y d , i w s t h i o c nn was found to be impolitic and to work badly. Real estate eould not be disposed of by will unless the document were duly attested by three witnesses, while personal property to any amount might pa ,,, without any attestation, or even, in some cases, without any writing whatsoever. This latter difference came down from the olden time, when personal property was of small amount, and broad acres were regarded as the only real wealth. It was long considered that this evil should be removed, and every species of property placed on the same footing. The Wills Act was accordingly passed in 1837, by which it was very properly enacted that every will or codicil should be attested by at least two witnesses, and that no disposition of real or personal property should take effect without such a guarantee for its authenticity. If the matter had rested there, it would have met protection against fraud, but, un the unanimous approbation of the salu tarypeofoprtleu,naastealy,the lveigdiisnlgatorasgaoinfstthethdeayevwilerceonmoptlacinonedtenotf;edawndithwphricoh required amendment ; but they went much further, and introduced a series of formalities all essential to the validity of the will, a lth oug h n ot a ff ording any additional security for its authenticity. Thus it was necessary that the testator should sign his will in the presence of two witnesses, who in his presence and the presence of each other should sign their names as witnesses. If by any accident the dying man signed hi s name b e f ore th e two had arrived, or while one happened to be in an other room, the document became no better than so much waste paper, although he should have acknow ledged it in their presence. If, after his signature was affixed, they removed it into the next room for greater convenience, it in like manner b ecame good THE FRENCH REPUBLIC We have received the Paris journals of Saturday and of yesterday. A rather animated discussion took place in the Assembly on Saturday, in consequence of the opposi tion of M. BOURZAT to the proposed grant for defray ing the expenses of the installation of the French cardinals. In opposing the grant, M. BOVRZAT re minded the Assembly that every cardinal was a Roman prince, and as such bound to obey the orders and behests of the Holy See. Why should the French Republic, he asked, give its funds to support the princes of a foreign power, for such were in reality the French cardinals ? Then what could be more unsatisfactory than the manner in which the 45,000 f. allowed for the installation of each cardinal were em ployed. A sum of 11,000 f. was paid to the Sacred College; 7,000 f. to the congregation of the faith, 3,5001. to a chamberlain, and so on throughout the whole grant. What was given in return ? A piece of parchment with a leaden seal ! The Hon. Gentle man then launched out into a violent diatribe against the expedition to Rome, which, he said, would cost, according to M. CHARRAS, sixty millions; and, ac cording to M. PASSY, twenty-seven millions. He con cluded by turning into ridicule the office of cardinal as totally useless, and consequently not worthy of the grant which his proposition tended to suppress. The proposition of M. BOURZAT for the suppression of this article of the Budget was ulimately rejected by a majority of 441 to 194. General D'HAUTPOUL has incurred the stigma of an official disavowal in the .2lioniteur, on the part of the Government, of certain of his procea dings as Go vernor- General of Algeria. It appears that on the 15 h inst. General D'HAUTPOUL thought proper to publish the following order of the day at Algiers : " On arriving yest- rdtsy from Constentina, I learned, with painful astonishment, that Colonel d'Aurelle, com manding the camp of the 13.6-Mansours, had gone out in the night of the 9;h at the head of his troops to attack the village of Selloum, on the southern slope of the Djurdjura. He returned on the evening of the 10th to his camp. The most formal orders had been given to Colonel d'Aurelle to remain in observation of the Beni- Nlansoure, where he had established his head-quarters. He was expressly forbidden to come to any co lli s i on i with the Kebyles n the mountain; he was ordered even to allow himself to be attacked by the Cherif Bun Barghia, if he dared to pass to the right bank of the Oued Sahel, when, by a bold sortie, the colonel might have overthrown him, tied not have allowed a liebyle to escape. The Zouaves gave a proof in this affair of what they had always been; they showed the greatest enthusiasm and a courage which the en trenchments formed by the enemy could not stop. Sel loum was carried and burnt, but the column had ten men killed and twenty-six wounded. This wretched village was far from being worth the blood of so many brave men. It is not by partial combats that the Djurdjura is to be attacked; it is by two numerous columns, which, leaving simultaneously the Oued Sebaon and the Oued Sahel, would climb the steeps and unite among the Z ,u -aouas. These ferccious mountaineers, having been brought to submission, the conquest of liabylla would be termi nated at a single blow. This plan I proposed to the Mi nister of `Tar. The Government, although admitting the justice of it, considered the moment inopportune, and decided that for this campaign the submission of the tribes situated between Milah, Philippeville and Djidjelli should alone be accomplished. These orders gave me pain, but my first duty was to execute them, and it is from this motive that I have come from the province of Constantine to give my instructions to Gene ral Saint-Arnaud. What I have done Colonel d' Aurelio ought also to have done; the bravery which he has shown cannot justify his transgression of formal orders which he has not attended tn. It would be no longer possible to direct an army, if every isolated chief were to make himself the judge of what he ens to do. How ever painful it may be to be inactive in presence of tin insolent enemy, he should have had sufficient command over himself not to forget the formal orders which had been given to him. Colonel d'Aurelle, who has already received a severe reprimand from General Blanqui, will remain under arrest. The Minister of War has been informed of these facts. The troops which are to form part of the expedition of Djidjelli are about to be fixed on . A battalion of Zouaves will form the Iliad of the column of the Bosquet brigade. A part of the troops of the divisi .n of Algiers will remain in observation betore the Djurdjura. (Signed) " D'HAUTPOUL." The .31 - oniteur of yesterday contains an official note, signed by the Minister of War, expressing the formal disappruval by the Government of this order of the day, published by General D'HAUTPODL, and con demning it as contrary to discipline and military rule, inasmuch as it offers to the appreciation of the army the opinions of the generals in command. A grand ball was given on Friday evening at the British Embassx by the Marquis and Marchioness of NoRMA'BY. The liurnia-r of invitations issued was upwards of eighteen riundred, and although the guests present were very little interior to that. num ber, the splendid and spacious saloons were not by any means overcrowded. The refreshment-rooms, abun dantly supplied, were open all the evening. At one o'clock a splendid supper, consisting of all the deli cacies of the season, was served. Dancing was kept up with great spirit till past four o'clock. The com pany at this Splendid fête consisted of the elite of Pa risian society. The whole of the members of the corps diplomatique, the Ministers, and a great num ber of tae Representatives were present, besides all the English of note now in Paris. The PRESIDENT of the Republic, although confined for the last few days to the Elysee with a slight fit of gout, had ex• pressed his intention to do honour to the Marquis of iVoaatabriv's fête, and it was not until late in the evening that he was forced to abandon his intention. After he commencement of the ball, one of the PRE SIDENT'S aides•de-camp was sent to announce to his Lordship that it was physically impossible for him to attend. The Committee on the Paris and Avign on Rail way Bill assembled on Saturday to hear explanations from MM. SEGUIN, FEREERE, and ROUSSELOT, re presenting the different companies which have pro posed to contract for the line. M. SEGUIN undertakes to complete the line from Chalon to Avignon in thirty months, on receiving an indemnity of from 180 to 185 millions. In the event of the State taking on itself the passage through Lyons, the company would make a deduction from the indemnity of 21 millions. It offers to lodge, as a guarantee in the hands of the State, a sum of six millons for twenty years. It also consents to leave to the state the profits over and above 10 per cent., and undertakes haulage and the repairs of the line at the rate of Of. a metre. M. FERRERE, who represents an English company, demanded the matter to be post poned to Tuesday next, in order that he might obtain an answer from England. M. ROUSSELOT proposes to farm the li ne f or 40 y ears . H e offers to reimburse in capital and interest the sum which the State shall have paid to MM. REDAUD READ up to the aniount,of 200 millions, which is equivalent to an annual rental of 14 millions, and to deposit by way of caution money a sum equal to the amount of one year's rent. The committee separated without coming to any re solution. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 26. Boulogne and Amiens, Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 17 ex div.— Luxembourg, 34—Namur and Liege, B—Northern of France, 144—Orleans and Bordeaux, 4—Paris and Strasbourg, IN—Rouen and Havre, 9 7 , ex div.—Sambre and Meuse, 4—Tours and Nantes, f,% —West Flanders, 3. SPA IN. Madrid journals of the 22d have arrived. The elections for Madrid took place on that day, and out of five representatives, the Progressis'as have succeeded in returning MENDIZABAL, SEGASTI, and General SAN "MIGUEL. ESPARMRO has published an address, thanking the member:. of the Progresz.ista party for having elected him chairman of their com mittee. MADRID BOLSA, APRIL 22.—The Three per Cents. were done at 35! paper ; the Five per Cents. 15! ; CORWIN 6*; Dibt without Inter*, si. GERMANY. Accounts from Berlin of the 2511 state that Austria and Prussia have both addressed notes to the Govern ment of Denmark, demanding the immediate settle ment of the Holstein question. The Dresden Conferences are abandoned. The independance of Brussels says— " There is nothing new from Germany. Still we are assured that the negotiations be.w. en Austria and Prus sia, which were at one moment languishing, have as sumed a good deal of' activity. One of the important points of these negotiations is as to the number of votes necessary for the adoption of resolutions in the Diet. Austria proposes to establish the system of the absolute simple majority, which would assure her the superiortiy in all deliberations, and so render her in some sort mis• tress of the destinies of Germany. It is rumoured that Prussia is about to cede to this pretension; but this is doubted, as it would amount to the abdication by Prussia of her position as a great Eurepean power. It is now said that it is on the 12th that the Prussian Plenipoten tiary will present himself to the Diet; but this is not official. The rlin Cabinet, in fact, has ❑ot yet chosen Pi, nipotentiary." The Prince and Princess of PRUSSIA, accompanied by their SOD, left Coblentz on the 23d, for London. The PRINCE, on his arrival at Cologne, was met by the municipal council. The first bourgomaster made a speech, to which the PRINCE replied as follows : " What you have just said is perfectly true. We are still on a volasno; the dangers are not over, but if tf'ey should again present themselves, we have a force on which we can rely—the army. Let us not deceive our selves. We have not yet crossed the mountain. But if the sentiments which you have just expressed are those of the gentlemen who surround you and of the citizens of Cologne, and they will march in accord with the autho rities, we shall have nothing to fear. It is necessary that all should unite their efforts to strengthen confidence between the people and the King. One word more, gentlemen. The press of Cologne is bad, it must improve itself; it sows discord and discontent. Act in a contrary sense, exert your influence, and all will go well." A letter from Vienna of the 22d states that the Archduchess SOPHIA, mother of the EMPEROR, had left for Trieste, with two physicians, in consequence of the receipt of a telegraphic dispatch announcing that her son, the Archduke FERDINAND MARI-. murals', brother of the Extreaon, had fallen dan gerously ill. "A letter from Hamburgb," says the Independance of Brussels, "states that the Federal troops are dis posed to occupy indefinitely the northern part of Germany. The order of evacuation sent to the troops in Holstein has been revoked. A grave discussion has broken out between the Federal Commissioners and the Danish Plenipotentiary, with respect to the amnesty—the former wishing for an amnesty, which excludes no one; the latter wishing to make several exclusions. The matter has been referred to the re spective Governments." A letter from Vienna, of the 20th, says— The Russian Embassy has received dispatches' in which the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh insists on a prompt settlement of the question of the Duchies. It appears that the succession to the throne of Den mark as relates to Oldenburgh is not yet arranged, as no branch of the Danish dynasty will accept the crown unless the integrity of the monarchy is gua ranteed. The Cabinet of St. Petersburgh persists in demanding a European Congress for a settlement of all disputed German questions ; but Prince SCHWAR ZENBERO as strongly opposes the proposition, con tending that there is no need for &reign interfe rence ; that Germany can settle her own affairs, and at all events Austria will not take part in such a Congress. General CHARLES DR SCHWARZENBERG is named military Governor of Transylvania in place of the late General WOHLGEMUTH. There is now a SCHWARZENBERG at Lemberg, at Hermanstadt, and at Pesth. The Austrisn Government is reported to have proposed to the Ottoman Porte to interferh in its behalf in Bosnia, but the offer has been declined by AL! PACLIA. the Porte has confidence in its own powers to put down the insurrection, as public opinion is with it, as upholding Equality against privilege. According to the news of the 17th from Cassel, a report is current that an army of 60,000 men is to be concentrated near Frankfort. Austria and Prus ; sia are to contribute 20,000 men each ; Bavaria 10,000, and the other States 10,000 among them. BOSNIA. The Turkish troops are besieging Bihacs, the head quarters of the insurgents. The fugitive insurgents are not permitted by the Croatian troops to take re fuge in the Austrian territory. "TIE SHARE MARKETS BRITISH RAILWAYS. Railways. Paid. Nominal Prices. lb to lb% 3% —3% dia. 1034 - II 80 -82 15 - 15( 2234 - 23% 40 : is' dis. 10 11 -5% - 7% • - 6% -7 5% -5% 16% - 17' 6% - 6 aqi —84 t % 18% - 18% 6 -6% 12% - 12% 42 —43 87% —BB% 14% —l5 80 —B2 10 —n p. 29 —31 p 62% —63 9% —8% d. GS —6% dig. 5% —5% d. 17 —lB 84— sg 3i —%p 96 -97 128% —129 5. A — 5 34 1 ) - 5 —s%p. 2 % 3 %p. 883 85% 6 5 dis. 4% —3% dis. 3% —2 d. 34 -35 3 —2% die. 62% —63% 13% 12 3 4 Ms. 34 —36 .;% : •9% 3 —9% die. 4%( 4 1 ,4 die. 27 —sg 13 —l2 die. 24( 252 as. 10 6 —6% clis. I(}}6 10 db. —1 P 174 - 18 16 1734 x.cl 10% Ib 15 4 dl5. 3I die 2 134 die. 17 -19 d' - 9)4 13 —• 14 % % 3 d. 17 - 19 4 17% - 27% 30% - 31% 1 —34 dis. 4% -4% -- 10 7% - ID AT 16 15 dls, 5 4 d. 434 17 —)5 5% —4% dis, 8 —7% 2l - 22% any 3 dis. Ms. 27% FIXED ITALY. The Piedmontese Gazette contains the official nomination of Count Cevourt to the Ministry of Finance at Turin. _ _ The Duke and Duchess D'AUMALE arrived at Genoa on the 21st, under the incognito of DE VIRIOL. They were to embark for Naples on the following day. The Croce di Sawicz of Turin, of the 22d, states from Rome that the new French Cardinal, Mgr. GoussEL, having been received with hisses by some of the Roman populace, numerous arrests have been made in consequence. The same paper has a letter from Naples, announcing that the King of the Two SIcILIEs is at Castelimare, labouring under an attack of dropsy. The Araldo of Lucca announces that the con cordat between Tuscany and the See of Rome has been concluded, and will shortly be published. King LEWIS of Bavaria arrived at Rome on the 16th, under the name of Count of AUGSBRUO, and paid a visit to his HOLINESS on the following day. Signor BALDASSERONI, President of the Tuscan Cabinet, returned to Rome ou the 16th, from Naples. ARRIVAL OF THE QUEEN AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE.—Her Majesty and the Prince Consort, accompanied by their illustrious children, and attended by the Countess of Charlenn , nt. Lady in Waiting; Lord Byron, Lord in Waiting; the Hon. Misses Macdonald and Seymour, Maids of Honour; Colonel Buckley, Equerry ; the Hon. Colonel A. Gordon, Equerry to the Prince; and the Hon. Lieutenant- Colonel Phipps, Privy Purse, left Windsor Castle this after noon after luncheon for the Windsor terminus of the Great Western Railway. The august party proceeded to town by special train to the Paddington terminus, and were escorted to the Palace by an officer's party of the 16th Lancers from Kensington-barracks. The great officers of State were in attendance as u ual to receive the Sovereign. The Court is expected to return to the Castle for a few days the first week in June, when her Majesty will dispense her magnifi cent hospitalities to some of the illustrious foreign person. ages about to visit this countr: during Ascot Races. THE GREAT EXHIBITION.—VISITORS AND SEASON TICKETS —A double row of seats, covered with crimson calico, is being constructed along th e w h o le l e ngth of the nave, for the ae ;ommodation of the ladies who will be present. (The gentlemen, it is understood, will stand behind.) It is estimated that in this way about 6,0J0 persons can be accom modated with seats, and, as there will be no choice allowed, the earliest arrivals will secure the best places. There ap pears to be a general feeling of satisfaction at the intimation given on Saturday morning that the price of all season tickets will be reduced to the original sum, and that those who had paid the extra charge would have the difference refunded. The demand for season tickets at the Exhibition on Saturday was so • great, that before five o'clock all the ladies' tickets were deposed of, and it was intimated that no further supply could be obtained before Tuesday next. S UP POSED SUICIDE IN THE ORNAMENTAL WATER IN ST. JAMES'S PARK. - On Saturday morning two men, who were engaged in watering the paths of the enclosure, disco vered a hat, which was lying among the shrubs in one of the plantations on the south side. The circumstance excit ing their suspicion, they were induced to look further, when they discovered a dark object floating on the surface of the water. They immediately procured the drags, and suc ceeded in bur ging it to land, when it proved to be the body of a man of about 38 years of age, and very respectably clad. With the assistance of the Park constables the body was speedily removed to St. Margaret's workhouse, Dean-street, Westminster, where it now lies to be owned. The unfortu nate man wore a black frock coat, tweed trousers, a figured waistcoat, blucher boots, and a pink shirt. The inside of his hat bore the maker's name, " Heath, Oxford-street." There was nothing found on his person which could afford any clue to the melancholy occurrence, or in any way establish his personal identity. ARRIVAL OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE HENRY OF THE NETHERLANDS. - Yesterday, at noon, the Govern ment steamer Cyclops arrived in the river, off Blackwell, having on board his Royal Highness P r i nce H enr y o f th e Netherlands, his Aides-de-camp and suite, from the Hague. His Royal Highness was received by his Excellency Count Schimmelpenninck, baron Stratenus, and J. W. May, Consul General. Carriages were in waiting, and soon after the Prince and party drove off to Mivart's, where apartments had been prepared for their reception. THE LATE ACCIDENT IN THE TEMPLE.—Mr. Langbam, deputy-coroner for Westminster, held an inquest on Saturday in the Old Hall of Lyon's-inn, on the body of Mr. James . Tomlin, barrister-at-law, who was killed on Thursday night by falling from the staircase window of his chambers in Paper-buildings, Temple. A variety of evi dence was taken, all tending to prove that the fall of the deceased was accidental. Mr. Peter Cunningham and Mr. James Crowds', a solicitor, proved having dined with the deceased on Thursday, at an hotel in Covent-garden. They parted with him at ten o'clock, when he was quite sober and cheerful. Mr. H. D. Macleod, barrister, occupying chambers on the third floor, and immediately over those of the de ceased, proved having beard some one come up to the second floor shortly after eleven o'clock on Thursday night. Imme diately afterwards he heard a noise as if a person had leaped down a flight of stairs. Hearing a bustle at the hall-door he looked out and saw the deceased on the pavement surrounded by several persons. H e was lyi n g upon his face with his arms stretched out. There was an immense pool of blood near him. His hat w as lyi n g by his side, and his walking stick, partly broken, underneath him. This witness explained that the window through which the deceased unfortunately fell was situated between the first and second . floor landings, and, consequently, when open at the top, as it was ori Thurs day night, to air the place, it would be very., possibletor a person who slipped near the top o f the stairs, to descend with great velocity, and fall through the window without being able to recover himself. Evi.'ence of a very narrow escape from a similar accident by another gentleman having been given, the Coroner suggested that some alteration should be made in the window, and was informed that it had already been done. The jury , exp ressin g themselves satisfied, re turned a verdict of " Acc idental death." THE QUEEN'S HEALTH. — There is not the slightest foundation for a statement, circulated by a wee kl y p a p e r, respecting her Majesty's health, which, we are happy to be enabled to say, has not been interrupted for a single day. No arrangements whatever have yet been made as to the ttutumu excureions of the Camt,..obairver. berdeen Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, & E. Juncion Behest and County Dowr. Woiverhamp., and Stour Valley • • Birkenh., Lan., & Chesh June., late 331.65. Bd.. Do. Chest & Birkenlad., 501. & 251. Consolidated Do., do., 20/. Bristol and Exeter • • - Caledonian • • • • Chester and Holyhead .. Direct Loud. and Portsm. Dublin and Belfast Janet. Dublin and Kingstown.. Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee, Perth, and Aber. deen Junction .. Do ,New East Anglian (251. L. & E. and L. & I).) Do (181. E. & IL) .. Eastern Counties .. Fastern Union, class A, late E. U. shares Do. do. do. .. Do. do., B & C shares East Lancasl•ire • Do. New quarters • • Edinburgh an 4 Glasgow Ellin., Perth, and Dundee Exeter and Exmouth .. Glasgow and South- West, DO. do. G. D. &C.steeli Great Northern • • • • Do. halves, A, deferred' Do. halves, B, 6 per ct. Great southern and Western, Ireland • • Great Western .. .. Do. New, 171. .. • . Lancaster and Carlisle .. Do. thirds • • • • • • Lancaster and Preston .. Lancashire and Yorkshire Do. quarter shares .. Do. fifths .. Do. West Riding Union Leeds and Thirsk • • Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .. London and Blackwall . • Do., Tilbury Ext. Scrip London, Brighton, and South Coast .. • • London and N.-Western Do. do. new quarters . Do. fifths .. Do. 101. sh., 111.&13 (c) London and 8.-Western Do. new 501. Do. new 40/. .. Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock Manchester, Sheffield, & Lincolnshire .. Do. Manchester and - - - Lincoln Union .. M idland .. .. .. .. Do. 501. shares .. .. Do. Binning & Derby Midland Gt. West. (Ire.) Newcastle and Carlisle.. De. quarter shares .. Newmarket • • .. • • Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford • • • • Newry and Enniskillen • • Newry, Warrenpoint, & Rostrevor • • .. •• Norfolk .. .. .. • • Do. New 201. shares. - Northern Counties Union North British...... North Staffordshire • • Nerth-Western •• North & Sth.-West. June. Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton.. .. Scottish Central .. Beottish Midland .. Do. new .. .. . • Shrews. & Birm., Class A Do. Class D.. •• • • 'brews. & llereford., Old Do., do., New •• Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) •• Do. naives •• •• Oswestry • • •• Do. New.. •• Shropshire Union • • - Do., A, B, C, & D, fully paid up at per cent • • South Deven • - .• • • South Eastern •• • • South Wales.. .. • • South Y.rksh. and River, shell., Roth., and Geole, South Division Stockton and Hartlepool ,wansea & Losghor, Caw Vale Extension .. Thames Haven Deck and, Railway •• Vale of heath .. • Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick, Watertord, Wex., Wick. and I)ublin West Cornwall .. West London . Whitenaven and Furness York, Newcastle, & Ber wick .. • . Ditto and Newcastle Extension Ditto G.N.E. purchase York and North Midland =NES zon.as: Business done to-day. Railways. Leasing Paid. Nominal Prices. Business Companies. done to-day. Larks and Hants Ex. spr r Cent Gt. Western 6 34 - 1 P. Bir. and Oxford Junc.,callsduly paid, or with a guarantee •• Do .. .. all 2834 - 293{ 28 34 Do., withou a guarantee .. Do .. • • all 27 -28 Airm., WoL, & Dud.,calls duly paid, or with a guarantee .. Do .. .. 15 8% - 934 p Do., without a guarantee •• Do • • • • 1i 7 -8 to Buckinghamsh. Lon. &N. W. all 1734 - 17% Clydesdale Junci Caledmian all 41 -43 E. Lin., Guar. 6 per Cent. .. G. Northern all 82% - 3274 Gloucester and Dean Forest Gt. Western 18 par - Hull said Selby Yk. &N. M. all 10134 - 1023( Do. 56 Shares Do .. • • all 503 -513 G Do. 34 Shares Do • • .. all 2236 - 23% Leeds and Brad. alien/end • • all 98% - 9934 Lon. and Green. S. Eastern • all 11 - Do., Pref. , Do • • .. all 2334 - 243{ Lowestoft, Gd. 4 per Cent. • Norfolk •• all 15 -16 Do., 6 per cent Do • • • • all .. Mtddlesbro' and Eedcar, 6p. ct Stockt.& Dar all N. & East, 5 .. E. Counties . all 54 -56 per Cent. 5434 uo. New .. DO • • • • 43 4 - 6 p Preston anal La.B, yL. & N. W. all 42 -44 Wyre • • • • Do. % Shares ADo .. 1034 734 - 8 34 p. Read., guild., and Reigate .. S. Eastern .. all 21 - 2134 Roy. & Hitchin G. Northern 4 34 774 - 834 o. stbep. Ex • Do 33i 13{. 14,0. Shef., Roth. and Goole, a per et. Lane. 3t York 18 11 6 .. -• • South •-taffords. Mr. 31'Clean 9 3G -2% 41s. wear Val. 6 per Cent. gua. .• Stock.& Dar. all 24 - 2434 2434 Do. do. •• Do • • .. Do. do. •Do .. all Wilts, Som., & weymouth .. Gt. Western all 45 - 4534 INC. 'REFER; SIIELRES. Railways. Paid Nominal Prices. Business dose to-day. Aberdeen • • • • • • all 34 dis Caledonian 101. • • _ 10 6% (5% thestcr and Holyhead .. all 16% 16% Dund. Per. & Aber. June, all % % die. East Anglian (31. 10s.) 6 per cent. • . _ an 254 Eastern Counties Eaten., 5 per cent. No. 1 • • all 1 4 —94 p Pm Do. No. s • • . .. all % dis —% p x. d. Do. New 6 P. cent. Stock 1 0 11S4 11% 1 1 '4 Eastern Union, Scrip guaran. 6 per cent. .. all 16% —161 i Do, 10/. Deben. Shares . all • • —•• East Lancashire, 6 per cent. quarter shares .. all • —•- E. &W. York. June. bibs all %d Edln. Per. & Dun. %d p. ct. all is. par x.d. x.d Glasgow & Consul ICO • —• • Gt Northern, 5 per cent. all 1356 13% x d 13g x.d Great South. & Western (Deland) eighths 234 1 p. Lancashire and York shire, F. 201... • • 6 334 —1% dis. Leeds and Thirsk, 6 per cent., No. 1 .• 11 .• —• . p Do. quarters, 1848 ..- 5 1 34 2 p London, Brighton, and South Coast guar. 5 per et., late Croyd.n thirds 100 •• •• Do. pref., 5 p ct. Stock, 1851, from 50/. share. E 1100 114 120 Do. cony. 5 per ct. 1852 all Do. new guar.. 6 per ct. DV 136 139 London &S.-W., new • • 5 244 —2%, p. Londonderry and Ennis killen, half shares • • 10 .• —• • Manch., Sheffield, and Line., guar. shrs., No. I all 134 13% Do. new, 191. •• • • all 11% 12% Do., 6/. ••• • .. 8 % % P a% Midland Con. 6p. c. stock 100 13234 1 33 54 Do. Consel. Bristol & firming., 6 per cent 100 Do. Bristol & Glouces. 48 •• Norfolk Extension all 17 —lB Do. guar. 554 per cent all 4% —4% Do. Waveney Valley .. 2 • • • North British •• .. 5 5 5 g Oaf. Wor. &Yr 01. 15/.6 p.c 2 1% p Shrewsbury and firm. N ew Guaranteed • • all 11 11% 11% Shrews. and Ches. (Nor. W. Min.) 8 per cent. all 15 15% Suuth Devon • • • • • • all 13 —l5 South-Eastern , 436 P. a 10 Waterford &Kilkenny,sl. 1 NV estl.ondon,lst Cl. (101.) all • Do. 2d Class de. (par) all .. York, Newc., and Berw., Gt. N.of E. Par. _ all 16% 16% Do. • • • • • • • 6 4 % York and North Midland U. and S. rurch. _ 10 11% % dig. SOREXGD7. Boulogne and Amiens .. 934 _ 9% % Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) all 16% —l7 x.d 17 Z.d Demera ra• Dutch Rhenish .. 8 • 5 —4% dis. East Indian • • •• 1% — 1% P• Do. do. do. . 20 Great Indian Peninsula.: all 54 p• Ditto ditto •• , 2 54 %—% P• Louvain ala Samara •.• 736 . —• • Luxembourg •• •• •• 8 1% 1% •• Ditto 10 3 —3 % •• •• Madrid and Valentia • Maria Antonia .. 95 7 8 d Ditto, New • • • • 736 2 3 x.d Namur and Liege .. • . all '7 4 4 8 1 4 3 Northern of France .. 16 14% 14% 14% Orleans and Bordeaux .. g 4s 4 die. 3% Paris and Orleans .. all 33 —35 x.d Paris and Rouen all 24 —25 24% Paris and Strasbourg .. 16 556 —5% dis. all 9 Rouen and Havre .. • % 10 x.cl 10 9A 3E4 Sambre and Meuse • • 20 3 % 4 3 % 0 4 lb 9% • 9 dis. 5% Tours and Nantes • • •• Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and liasselt .. all —• • Welt MIMI [l% a% Business dona raid. Nominal Prices. ta.daY• Asturian .... •• • • • • 15 —• Australian .... •••• • • • • 4 1% —2% Barossa Range .. . 1 13 0 3% Blaenarvo I . Iron and Coal all .. Bolanos Scrip ........ • • •• —•• British 1r0n............ 13 5 .. —•• Brazilian Imp. (is. 51. p.) 24% .. •• Do. Cocaes and Cuiaba all 32% —32 Do. St. John del Rey.. lb 1614 15% Cobre Copper - ..... ... 40 38% —39 Copiapo • •• • 14 6% —7% General.. .............. all 13% 14 Mexican & American 9 3% —4% Real Del Monte, Uoreg. 4 % Do. Black Debentures. .• Do. Red Debentures .. • • —• • Santiago de Cuba ... ... 10 7% —6% Tin Croft ..... ....... • • 7 4% 5 United Mexican •• 128 28% 4% 334 JOINT STOOL SAN/ES Australasia .... .. •• • • all 33 —s2 N 4 British North America.. 50 423 -- 43% Colonial .... • • .... 25 97 —l2 Commercial of London.. 20 25 25% London Joint Stock .... 10 18% 17% London and Westminster 20 27% —2B National Provincial Eng. 35 —• • gational of Ireland 22% 18% 20% Provincial of Ireland.... 25 42 43% Do. New • • •• •• •. all 15% —l5 Union of AustraUa ...• all 25 33% Do. Sew „ „ 2%, 3 Union of London l 0 12% —l3 rlnion ,1 Madrid i all .. MIS CELLAZIMOTIS. Canada ••• • • • 32% 4214 —46 Gen. Steam Navigation . 14 26% —2B Pepin. & Oriental Steam. all 65% —66 Ditto ditto 5 II 11% Royal Mail Steam 60 75 —7B x.d IWe cannot be answers will not be influenced by able for tl intereste, i.a.Nnous. -I*4 46 26% 28 65)6 66 75 —7B x.d old he errors of the 011ie ha Lil t* :d correspondents.] WO4 MONEY and COMMERCIAL N E e CITY, TWO O'CLOCA;re The sales of Cotton at Li ver p oo l on Saturday 7 40 , estimated at 3,000 bales, comp r isin g 2,500 Arne, 7 200 Perratn and Maranham, at to 80.; 108 t.„l.rAg'oef tian, at 7i t i. to 81d., and 300 Surat, at 4id. to s r . r e lb. The market closed heavily.—Railway Shares very dull at rather lower prices. 111 8 The Corn Market i s ver y d epresse d for iirme—now decline being 2s. p e r q uar t er , ow i ng to t h e l a rge ' of French flour. The Baltic steamer is telegraphed as being 0- the outport. Vs° Hamburgh accounts of F r id a y l as t quo te t he change on London steady at 13 3, 1 . The Funds As supported. Coffee was rather firm. Wt. In the Amsterdam S toc k M ar k et, on th e 26th do not much was doing in Publi c S ecur i t i es . Sp a nish 1013 were supported. Mexican were rather flatter. co s This week is not expected t o b e one o f great 1 3051 " ku t activity so far as the Money M ar k e t i s co n c erned, ' 6l there are great hopes that trad e genera lly will bea d by the Exhibition. The retail departments gresilY, A z' d a stimulus, as so m an y p art i es h ave d e laye d visits to the metropolis, and although consumption of all the principal staples has been sr.,d on, there is a li s tl ess appearance w hi ch an extra &Pries even temporarily would remove. Sugar, coffee, An d o r are expected to be more extens i ve l y require d f o r too three months. The following letter has been sent to us by Mr. CA the chairman of the Spanish Bondholders. pith " Sir,—ln the o ffi cial part of th e M a d r id Gaette' inst., it is stated in a r e p ort , s i gned b y Senor Ber 0 ", co of Lis and others, that the cbairman of the Commit ip Spanish Bondholders, had at a public meting, bt - ibe London, on the 29th August, 1850, acquiesced ° l d t he Le: etas proposed by the :vanish Government; 11 / I „, f ,ei fouudation on which this s t a t ement i s b ase d Oro to be a report in one of the morning papers ° Y a le 30th of August, 1850, an d w hi c h m ust " - o f arisen wholl ; from mi scot . ce pti on , as t here o l io has been a shadow of ground for such a statement' the Committee have nevi r authorised any departure frog' terms proposed by th e m; an d f ur th er , t h at on t he reel: o of the official terms p ro p ose d b y t h e C orks, at an°`-be public meeting held on th e 12 t h o f February, 1 85 1 7 t he bondholders came to a determination to accept 0 : Aye tome for the settlement of the capital of she kic Ar - i t t and Passive Debts, and to instruct their agent at )1 !„ -- 1 ,0% to press for the Coupons being provided for in like o f ner, and be placed upon an equality with the caPi t t a r the active debt; in tact, to call upon the Spanish G°7 - bi ment to fulfil the settl e m en t o f t h e d e b t as pro p o se o o f the bonobold. rs at the public meeting on the O h August, 1E50." The idea that the foreign e x c h anges wou ld 00 0 l: adverse, or that specie to some ex t en t ma y yet be Aa/ warded to the Cape of Good Hope and India, b 11 7: 0 influence in depressing the value of Public Securlor throughout the past week, and, doubtless, will Y 4 of a time weigh upon the market, as there is utiess in ~„. concerning the revision of th e F renc h constitunt Still the feeling is more cheerful this morning, 554 6 0 the Bank broker does not sell stock, and other P lll '.b, who supplied the market rather freely last vie ek , i ; stain from further operations in the same dite c tZ; Consuls may further rally. The quotations t o " -- „" have been 96'1 to 97 for Transfer, and 96j to 97 for 4 ""; count. The New Three-and-a. Quarter per Cents. Ba k realized 97/ and the Three per Cents. 96i 1. ,: 4 0 Stock has been worth 211. Exchequer-bills have " Iv marked 51s. to 545., and India Bonds 535. to 585 ' P return. to 91 Consols now are 961 i for Transfer, and 96k for Account. Foreign Stocks have been very quiet. 31°6 3 1 Bonds have been 351- to for Money, 213d - c , s f to I for the May Account. Portuguese per Cents. have been quoted 338 to 34. SP 5P : fi Five per Cents. have bean 19g. and the si. Brezialian Small Stock has been at 90. Pt. - Bonds ere 77 for the Three per Cents. 11 , °11 .„ - to, Five per Cents. are 1108, and Dutch Four per id'r 90 to 90*. Railway Shares are rather fluctuating, but on whole better. The following notes, dated the 21st and 24th ill - , s he re.pectively, have been received from the secretary °' Shrewsbury aed Birmingham Railway:— ra' "In reply to your letter of the 19th instant, re B oo ing the payment of dividends, Ibe to inform You'd 0 0 the warrants for the preference shares were ion, the 18 h instant,- amounting to 6s. 4id., less 2 4 - „ time-tax, and for the present it is not th e intent o ,4o the directors to make further dividend on th e rest 0 ' company's shares." ; 00 04 "In reply to your communi c ati on . o f t h e 23d In-A' oo requ,sting further inform a ti on regar di ng divide°"oo class A shares of this cimp4ny, I have to inforp that a dividend of 2s. was declared on said share* s tie that the proprietary did not accept it. Therefore, o ra directors do not feel justified for the present to de° , any dividend on the above. mentioned shares." QUAIITE.ti TO Console 97 Ditto A€;eourt‘, Mny 13 ... 96f 9 7 BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAT AT ONE o'o4 o - _ 1 1 0 8 6 8 11 13 4 47% 100 100 4)i 15% 14% 4% 5 15% 15 U 23% N 7% % 184 % 6 884 88 li 14% 34 15 63% 62% 17% 18% 17% 8 % % 1293( 22% 88% 89 2% % dii. 6314 2214 9%3 % 9% 10% 11 163 % x.d 4% die. die. 2 7% 5i % 7% 2711% zazs. 4 2 0 100 17% 100 100 47% all all all 1 16 2-3 all 931, From the Official Lin. iianit Stock 211 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities...-. . 9 6 le 4 9 6k per cent. Consols Arms New 31 4 per Cent. Anns. 97% '.• "M 34 )i ,obg Apiniitie!, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860-. 7 5-1 6 7 Do. 30 Years. Expire Jan. 5, 1860 7% India Bonds under 1,0001.. Coa.ols iex Account 97 906 E ‘ch Bo o er Bills. 154 d. ad. ;11 6 %March , ' 1,0001.... — 51 t 4 54 ? 5 p Small — 61 64 dOCIC PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'OL- Ditto. Small 9O DanAh Bonds 1825, 3 per Cent 77 IlLxican Bonds, 1i46,5 per Cent., Coupons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto for the Account Portuguese Bonds,s per Cent — Ditto 4 per Cent. Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent ll O l4 Ditto 41 % per Cent. 99% ' , punish Bonds, 5 per Cent 19% Ditto Passive Bonds 54 vividenOs on the above payable in London. Dutch 2 1 ,4 per Cent., 12 Guild Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates LLOYD'. 4 S RIP PIN G.—( THIS Pit l c •i i ; LONDON, APRIL 28.—Wind this day at noon Vi r . 4. '" light bree g ELSINORE, APRIL 23.—The Minerva, of - e iter Sluice, Blyth to Memel, arrived here yesterday, "- being on shore near Marsbund. f 0 AMSTERDAM, APRIL 25.—The Ocean Bride, l3ol3 Tete Bremen, was on shore 23d inst. on the banks off chilling, but is right, and will proceed. ,SOla h OFF TORBAY, APRIL 27.--Wind Charleston tor Bremen or .Hamburgh; Mary Rio Janeiro; Arendt, Bahia for Copenhagen. Sid' FALMOUTH, APRIL 27 —Wind N.E , fresh' t inge J ane Lowden. Queb. c. Off port, Goede • Nerwet t oOr Batavia for Amsterdam ; Hereford, Valparais o ; BuenoN Ayres. ~n a for Sc ILLY And . Marvel, Buenos Ayres, and sol'more• Bristol. Sld. Watp, Havannah. 26th. The lo ver loog; from Valparaiso, was spoken 16th inst., lat. a i . L 23, with one of her lower masts sprung, and bb r ived provisions, which were supplied by the Marvel , ar here. ' !Or' PILL, APRIL 27.—Wind N. E., moderate.--Arra. - ye!, Rio Grande , . WATERFORD, APRIL 20.—Wind S. to I•LN." . gar Ann Kenney, New York; Lady Mar 3 ,,Richibuat ° ; flower, Dalhousie; Lavinia,York. YouonAL, APRIL 26 —Wind N.B.—Sid. Totten". Quebec. E PORTSMOUTH, APRIL Wind N. to N.- Troutiviliur, Port Philip. ; LIVERPoCL APRIL 27.—Wind w ith 1 11 '94 0 00v snow, 'minder, and lighning.—Arrti. Hannah '"" Patagonia; St. Lawrence, Bonny; Waal, Cu" . Joel" Malabar, Calcutta; Navigator, ; SaucY Swan River; Crisis, Shanghai; Guatema:a, VIIIP/Irjobn L Victers, Rio ,Lineiro; Admiral Grenfell, ditto r itiott Iltrrack, Dem, rata; Sr. George, Barbadoes; . 11 i sies/ Queen, Antigua; Carnatie,_ Baltimore • Eurol l ' a l s od , Yo , h; Miheetse, Statin Island ; Robert, 'Newhillijoij, The Wallace, from London, on discharging 1 10° 40 0 GQ(plimbo, found thew to be on Etre, and ie 110 3 1A.i Ditto cc Irt ah : k Ditto ti tl 'evr• eheva aroma folk The . 8 ' le ad in tj ith b at the Y few D,wl Ittli tzta t a ,2llllt( "•Vitin c Olo~flt. Re Wh it , Pores ; 'het o i l bat; "over __The k we„ w l uPply correctl,3osY 14 1 0170 ?likPlitat e -•bat 44 411 1 l'Ar F Tk IN N th e 1 vt om \''ettl Oth e Otir and vet.,tll4, rant totil o th rat W, to.