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THE METROPOLITAN BURIAL DISTRICT. SCHEDULE A. The City of London—All places and parts of places contained within tho exterior boundaries of the Lib ert i es of the City of London. In Middlesex The Cities and Liberties of West minster, containing thirty-six Parishes, and four Extra- Parochial, and twenty•on© Liberties and other privi leged places. lii Kent—Six Parishes. In Surrey—The Borough of Southwark, eighteen Parishes and parts of Parishes, and two Liberties and Hamlets. SCHEDULE B. The several Cemeteri,•s established under the severs: Acts, being seven in number. SCHEDULE C. A form of Mortgage. A form S CH EDULE D. of Transfer of Mortgage. ESCAPE FROM DROWNING OF MR. D. BARCLAY; TIIE BitEwzß.-- On Saturday, the 20th is t., the neighbour- . hood of Dorking, S urrey, was visited by a terrif i c storm o f thunder, lightni ng , and hail, daring which the Milton Court Pond was swelle6.l to an unusual height, and the waters over flowed their banks and poured with great fury through the flood-gates. At the tune of the storm Mr. D. Barclay was riding to his brother's holm at Bury-hill on a pony, which took fright at the noise of the water, and backed into the pond with hi rider, at a place where the death was about fourteen feet. The pony swam ashore, but Mr. Barclay was carried down the stream to the flood -gates, when a boy named Quaite, who had seen the accident, ran to his assistance, and caught him by the hair just as he was being sucked under the gates. In this position he managed to hold Mr. Barclay until Mr. Wells, the renter of the adjoining mill, and some of his men arrived at the spot, when it was found necessary to tie ropes round his body, and to use clothes -props and other means to extricate him from his perilous situation. Mr. .., - -zaarclay was then conveyed almost senseless to the miller's ,er t _ :-ho the and placed in a warm bed. He was soon w e ll enough / r„-zr - c•l6ti„4,- removed to his broth er ' s res id ence. So great was the 7,:sAisistioll created in the neighbourhood, that thanks were • Ira/Li - Up in the village "church for Mr. Barclay's safe de ; . iticev'anog. Since thsraotident the pad has been railed off t o prei•ent any future danger. AC '7). r i4 NI 43 where used in the " Cemeteries Clauses Act, 1847," shall mean " the General Beard of Health," and the expression " the clerk" where used in such Act shall include " the assistant secretary" appointed under this Act; and every person committing any offence in the said clauses " with respect to the protection of the ceme tery" respectively mentioned shall forfeit the sum therein respectively mentioned to the said beard, upon a sum mary conviction for such offence hefure two justices of the peace. LIX. And be it enacted, that the said board shall not, nor shall any person or persons whomsoever, be as sessed or rated, or liable to be assessed or rated or to pay to any county, parochial, or other local rates, in re spect of any burial ground provided under this Act, or any building or place of burial therein. LX. And be it enacted, that the Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury shall, in the month of January, in each year appoint one or more fit person or persons to examine and audit the accounts of the said board under this Act for the preceding year; and every such auditor shall . be paid by the said board two guineas for every day he is fully employed on such audit, and all such expenses as he is put to in the auditing of such accounts; and the auditor or auditors appointed as aforesaid shall, in the month of February in each yeas, on such day or days as are fixed by him or them fur the audit of the accounts, attend at the principal office of the said board, and shall give to the said board at least low teen days' previous notice in writing of the time so fixed for such audit; and the said board shall, by their officers, produce and lay before the auditor or auditors at every such audit the accounts of the board for the year preceding, together with the statement and account herein-before mentioned, accompanied by proper vouchers for the support of the same, and submit to his or their inspection all books, papers, instruments, and writings in theircustody or control relat ing thereto; and such auditor or auditors, in the presence of such of the members of the said board and such of the rate-payers and mortgagees as desire to attend, shall audit the accounts herein-before mentioned, and may examine any of the members of the said board or their officers whom he or they shall deem accountable (and whom he or they is and are hereby empowed to summon to appear before him or them for the purpose of such ex amination) touching the said accounts, and shall also hear any complaint which any such rate-payer or mort gagee stall at the time of such audit make touching such accounts; and if such accounts be found correct such auditor or auditors shall sign the same, in token of his or their allowance thereof, and such allowance shall be final and conclusive on all parties. L.T.I. And be it enacted, that the said board may en ter into all such contracts as they may think fit for the erection and furnishing of chapels in the burial grounds provided under this Act, and in the case of chapels already built, for enlarging the same and for enclosing and laying out such grounds, and for providing offices and houses of reception, and for making provision for funerals, and for any other matters in relation to the purposes of this Act in respect to which it may appear to the said board expedient to enter into contracts. And be it enacted, that " The Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845," except the provisions of that Act " with respect to the recovery of forfeitures, penal ties, and costs," " with respect to lands acquired by the promoters of the undertaking under the provisions of the ' Lands Clauses Consolitlation Act, 1845,' or the special Act, or any Act incorporated therewith, but which shall not be required fur the purposes thereof," and " with respect to the provision to be made for affording access to the special Act by all parties interested," and except the clauses numbered respectively 134 and 135 in the copies of that Act printed by her Majesty's printers, shad, so far as respects purchases by the said board of any cemetery mentioned in the sche dule (IL) t this Act, and compersation to persons inte rested in nonparochirel buriai grounds, be incorporated with this Act; and the said Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, except the provisions and clauses of that Act be fore excepted, and except also the provisions of that Act " with respect to the purchase and taking of lands other wise than by agreement," shall, so far as respects pur chases of lends by agreement under this Act by the said board, bo incorporated with this Act, and for the purposes of this Act the expression " the promoters of the undertaking," wherever used in the said Lands Clauses Cons , lidation Act, shall mean the said board. LXIII. And be it enacted, that it shall be lawful foe the said board to sell and dispose of any lands pur che.sedlny them under this Act, which it may appearlto the said board may be properly sold or disposed of; and which may not have been consecrate:l or used for the burial of the dead; and for completing and carrying any such sale into effect such board may make and ee ecute a conveyance of the lands sold and disposed of as aforesaid unto the purchaser, or as he shall direct, and such conveyance shall be under the seal of the said board; and the word " grant" in such conveyance shell have the same operation as by the said Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, is given to the same word in a conveyance of lands made by the pro• motets of the undertitting; and a. receipt under the seal of the said board shall be a sufficient discharge to the purchwer of any such lands for the purchase money in such receipt expressed to he received ; and the money to arise from such sale shall be applied in like manner as other moneys received under this Act ; and the said board may let from year to year, or for any term of years, or to be held at will, and at such rent as the said board may think fit, any land which may have been purchased by and become vested in the said board under this Act, and which far the time being shall not be n attired for the purposes of teis Act. LXIV. And be it enacted that the said board shall, in the month of March in every year, send to one of her Alejesty's principal Secretariee of State a report of their pracsedings, specifying the burial grounds which have been provided under this Act in the preceding year, and showing the portions e f such burial grounds which are consecrated and intended to remain uncon secrated respectively, and stating also the names c f the c'iap;Ons appointed und,r this; .pct, and of the officers andservants appointed and employed by the said board under this Act, showing those appointed for the general purposes cf this Act and those appointed or employed for and in each such burial greund, and their respective dudes, aed stating the amounts of the stipends payable to the said chaplains, and of the respective salaries and wages of such officers and servants, and stating the annuities payable under this Act by way of compensation to incumbents, clerks, and sex tons, and the compensations payable under this Act in respect of non-parochial burial grounds, and the debts and annuities, if any, in respect of parochial burial grounds, to be discharged under this Act, and specifying all 'euried grounds and works commenced under the authority of the said board during the preceding year, and remaining in progress at the termination of such year; and the said board shall, with the report to be sert as aforesaid, send to such Secre tary of State an account in abstract, showing the receipt and expenditure under this Act for such preceding year, under the seveaial distinct heads of receipt and expendi ture, with the statement of the allowance of the auditor or auditors, if he or they have alloyed such accounts, or of the parts, if any, which he or they have disapproved of such accounts, and also summary statements of all contracts entered into by the said board in such preceding year, nd r,f the moneys teaing to and debts owing by the said board on the thirtztfirst day of December of such pre ceding year; and the p.a'cl board shall also from time to time give t) any one of such Secretaries of State as aforesaid such informa , ien 83 he may require respecting their proceedings ; and every such report, account in abstract, and statement as af iresaid shad be laid befire both Houses of Parliament within one month after the receipt thereof, if Parliament be sitting, or if Parlia ment be not sittine:, then within one month after the next mewing of Parliament. LXV. And be it enacted that in the construction of his Act the following words and expressions shall have tho meanings hereby assigned to them, unless such meanings be repugnant to or inconsistent with the context; (that is to say)— Words importing the singular number shall include the plural number, and words importing the plural num ber shall include the singular number. Words importing the masculine gender only shall include females. _ The word " l an d s " s h a ll i nc l u d e messuages , b u ildin gs , lands, and bereditaments- The expression " the district" shall mean the "metro politan burial district." The word "parish ". shall include united parishes, and any distinct and se ara t) parish district parish, district chapc i lry o P r consolidatsd district. formed under sh e 'Om pariah lens of :he Chu rc h 13ailditig Acts, and aey w constitut e d by or und e r the proceeding s of the Ecclesiastical Commission ers for England. LXVI. And be it enacted, that in citing this Act i n other Acts, and in leg a l i nstruments and proceed ings, it shall be sufficient to use the expression " The Metropolitan Interments Act, 1850." r Ferraris. With other Entertainments, in which Yr. Sims Reeves, and Signori Coletti and Lablache will appear. To conclude with the last scene of the admLred Ice Ballet, by M. P. Taglioni, entitled LES PLAISIRS DE L'IIIVER ; ou, Lea Patineurs. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box Office of the Theatre. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TO-MORROW EVENING Will be presented Donizetti's Opera, entitled LINDA DI CHAMOUNI. Linda, Madame Sontag ; Pierotto, Mdlle. Ida Bertrand ; Antonio, Signor Colet i ; Il Prefetto, Signor Belletti ; Ii Marchese di Bois fleury, Signor F. Lablache ; Carlo, Signor Baucarde. Between the acts will be presented a selection from the admired Ballet, LA ESMERALDA, Comprising the celebrated Truandaiss, by idlle. Carlotta Grid and 31. Charles. To conclude with the principal Tableau of the highly successful new Grand Ballet, by M. Paul raglioni, entitled LES METAMORPHOSES, By Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi, Mdlle. Marie Taglioni, Mdlle. Amalia Ferraris, M. Charles, and M. P. Taglioni. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. TO-MORROW EVENING Will be produced (for the third time), with new scenery, dresses, and decorations, a grand opera, founded on Rossini's celebrated work, " Mose in Egitto," with the alterations and additions by the Composer, entitled ZORA Ana's, Madame Castellan ; Sinaide, Madlle. Vera ; Nicotri, Mdme. d'Okolski ; Merismane, Signor Tamburini ; Zora, Mon. Zelger (his 2d appearance at the Royal Italian Opera) ; Babias, Signor Lavia ; Osiris, Signor Tagliafico ; The Oracle, Signor Yoloniai ; Auilde, signor Soldi ; and Amenofi, Signor Tamberlik. The Divertisement in the third act will be supported by Monsieur Alexandre and Madlle. Louise Taglioni. Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. The Doors will be opened at Half-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 season), at the Box-office of the Theatre. which it open from Ten till Five. FRENCH PLAYS.-ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Positively the last appearances but Two of the eminent comedien, M. Samson. THIS EVENING The Performances will commence at Eight o'clock precisely, with Scribe's celebrated Comedy of BERTRAND E l` RATON ; on, L'Art de Conspirer. Le Comte Bertrand de Rantzau, M. Samson. The Box-office of the Theatre is open daily from Eleven till Five Boxes and Stalls at Mr. 31Itchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond , street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. The Lessee has great pleasure in stating that the growing attraction of the Grand Easter Spectacle of the DEVIL'S RING, Together with the urgent recommendation from all quarters that it should be continued, has induced him to make such arrangements as will meet the general wish, and supersede, for the present, the necessity of closing the Theatre. Revival of Sepkocles' classical Tragedy of ANTIGO\E. The Manager begs to inform the public that he has yielded to the general solicitation which demands the revival of this beautiful Greek Play, and it will be produced on WEDNESDAY, May Ist, with new scenery. dresses, and appointments, and all the Grand Choruses by Dr. Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, adapted to the modern stage by W. Bartholomew, Esq. Creon, Mr. Yadenhoff; Antigone, Miss Yandenhoff. THIS EVENING, Will be presented, by her Majesty's Servants. The Tragedy of HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. James Anderson Ghost, Mr. Cooper; Claudius, Mr. Diddear ; Polonius, Mr. Baker Gertrude, Mrs. Ternan; Ophelia, 1%1 iss F. Huddart. After which THE DEVIL'S RING ; or, Fire, Water, Earth, and Air. In Three Acts and Four Elements. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. EVENIZI Will be performed a new drama, called THE 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 P Horton ; Miss Skegks, Mrs. Fitzwilliam. To conclude with the Last Edition of IVANHOE, with all the newest improvements. Cedric the Saxon, Mr. J. Bland ; Sir Briant de Bore Guilbert, Mr. Selby; Sir Wilfrid of Ivanhoe, Mrs. Keeley; Wamba, Mr. Buck ssone ; Isaac of York, Mr. Keeley; Robin Hood, Mrs. 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 the celebrated drama of THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER. Count Henry Beausoleil, Mr. Hughes ; Count v,mtile, Mr. Boyce ; Captain Gasconade, Mr. Worrell; * * * Aida ne Celeste ; Duplumet, Mr. Cullenford ;. Madlle. de Nantelle, Mi.s E. Harding. To be followed by a grand historical Spectacle Vaudeville, entitled PLAYING FIRST FIDDLE ; or, Follow my Leader. Principal Characters by Messrs. P. Bedford, Lambert, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, and Miss K. Fitzwilliam. To conclude with MY PRECIOUS BETSY, Characters by Messrs. Wright, Bedford, Worrell; Miss Harding, and Mrs. F. Matthews. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE THIS EVENING , Will be repeated (25th time) a Lyrical. Comical Pastoral, entitled CYMON and IPHIGENIA, altered from the text of David Garrick. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Harley, F. Matthews, It. Itoxby, F. Cooke; MP's St. George, Miss KertWortly, 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 Vestris, Miss Julia St. George, Miss Dickinson, Miss Kenworthy, Mrs. lisicnamara, Miss Martindale, and Miss E. Bonner. To conclude with BOX AND COX. All applications for Private boxes must be made to Mr. Aileron 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. - I tit* EVENINO, Will be presented the entirely new Opera (composed expressly for this Theatre, by Signor F. Sehira), entitled THE ()PHAN OF GENEVA. Count de Meryllle, Mr. Allen; Carwin, Mr. Weiss; Fontaine, Mr, H. Corri ; Picard, Mr. Litter; Levine, Mr. Wynn ; Therese, Miss Louisa Pyne. After which a New Grand Tale of Enchantment, with splendid Scenery, Costumes, and Appointments; extensive Machinery, &c., 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 Ylllars. TILLS EVENING The Entertainments will commence at Seven o'clock, with Fitzball's magnificent Spectacle, entitled THE FOUR SONS OF AYMON ; or The Days of Charlemagne. Produced with great splendour, and introducing the who:e of the vast resources of this Establishment, including the beautiful Stud, together with the Camels, Zebras, &c., Btc. To be succeeded by the talented Male and Female Artists of the Establishment. To conclude with the interesting Melodrama of MEG MURDOCK ; or, the Fatal Glen. Box•offlee open From Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DST Morning 36 min. after 3 I Evening 53 min. after 3 To-Moaaow— Morning 10 rain. after 4 I Evening 28 min. after 4 ; xinina LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 29, 1850. A question of the deepest and most vital import ance to the tranquillity and security of the Anglo- Indian Empire will to-morrow evening be brought under the consideration of the British Senate. Sir EDWARD COLEBROOKE has given notice that he will then move for a " Select Committee to inquire into the rights of succession of the allied and dependent Princes of India." Every exertion will unquestion ably be made to avoid discussion, and to get rid of the inconvenient topic by a side wind. The ordinary ruse of" counting out of the House" will, if possible, be resorted to, and we would emphatically warn tb e chosen representatives of the people in due time of ' the intention, in order that they should attend in their places on the occasion, and that they should not, by their culpable negligence and apathy, permit the august assembly o f which they are mem bers to be brought into contempt and disrepute by the success of an expedient so stale and paltry. It is the noblest characteristic of the British Par, liament that it is ever ready to attend to the remon strances of the oppressed and injured, however lowly and humble, that every well-founded complaint shall receive an anxious and attentive consideration. Any alleged violation of the existing laws, or any acknow ledged deficiency therein, to meet a particular case, will be f u lly investigated, and ample justice the aggrieved parties , and this, not only e where they have received actual damage, but where there is reasonable cause to suppose that such may be inflicted at any future period. The love of justice is deeply im planted in English hearts, andnothin g willmore powerfully excite the public indignation than any indifference to that sacred principle. If " might could prevail over right " on any occasion, or under a n y cirelunstinces, the constitutional rights and fiber. 1 ~ •' • _.---- ‘,, :,, 7 ( , '' 41*o ~ ....e t0 :44 ,:1.! ;; )....:: ..: ....„.,„, .... ~ . ~., ::,.. ~ ~ 'Ci• fif4 .- -" . • 111, \.. 4 ..N,4:•;A \ a o i;C : p. , ,. "i 9 ' Asr • mos - ~. ~ - b - i - fo lik:,, - -Yi -,;•• -- ...,,:.-,,rwo .• '0: '‘•,d., THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 29, 1850. 11ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public are respect fully informed that a Grand Extra Night will take place On THURSDAY, May 2, When will be presented (for the first time this season) Belilni's cele brated Opera LA SONNAMBITLA. Imini, 3faclame Sontag; Lisa, Mdlle. Malporate ; _Count Ito dolpho, Signor Belletti ; Elvino, Signor Baucarde. Director of the Music and Conductdr, Mr. Palle. In the course of the evening will be presented (for the first time) a new and original Grand Pas de Trois (composed by M. Paul Taglionl, the Music by Signor Pugni), entitled LES GRACES, By Mdlle. Carlotta Grist, Mdlle. Marie Taglionl, and Mdlle. Amalla ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Triumphant success of the new grand Easter Spectacle of Enchant ment.—Reappearance of that extraordinary and talented Artiste, Madlle. Gardonl, on the Tight Rope. _ , THE WEATHER.-t.ux OFFICE, Arztrr, 28. THERMOMETER. 51—highest since noon yesterday. 33—lowest this morning and during the night. 49—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 3015. WIND N.E.—very cold stiff breeze and fine weather. MONDAY, APRIL 29. THERMOMETER. 50—highest since noon yesterday. 32—lowest this morning and during the night. 49 this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30 38. WIND Easterly, with cloudy weather. ties of the community would be seriously endan gered. But so long as the dictates of honour and integrity are respected in the Legislature —so long as everything in any degree savouring of tyranny and oppression be sternly and firmly repressed —so long will the chosen representatives of the people be rewarded by the respect and admiration of their respective constituencies—so long will they maintain the high position they have attained, as the first deliberative assembly in the civilized world. The parties now claiming justice at their hands, now appealing from the partial and prejudiced de cisions of the Board of Directors, are, however, no mean or helpless body, whose entreaties could be despised or rejected with impunity. They are the so vereign chiefs and princes of India, wielding de spotic authority within their own dominions—power ful for good or evil, and capable of being useful allies or formidable enemies. Individually they would ba in capable of resisting the British force, and separated and divided by mutual suspicions would fall easy victims ; but if once their fears are excited for their common safety, if once united by a sense of general danger from the unjustifiable aggressions and grasping policy of the Anglo-Indian Government, a combined and determined opposition may be organized that would imperil the very existence of our Oriental dominions, and which, under the most favourable circumstances, must occasion sanguinary and expensive wars, more injurious to British interests than any territorial ag grandizement or increased revenue could possibly compensate. This appeal to the ultimate tribunal has not been made until every other resource had been exhausted. Repeated remonstrances have already been addressed to the Court of Directors and to the Proprietors of East India Stock by some who have rendered the most important services to the Company, and who have acquired large fortunes and great experience during prolonged residences in Hindostan. For the last few years, since the erroneous and mistaken line of policy now complained of was first entered upon, Mr. R. SULLIVAN and many efficient and distinguished coadjutors have let slip no oppor tunity of exposing the " career of harshness, selfish ness, and injustice which has shaken the confidence of every principality throughout India in British probity and honour," and of endeavouring "to ar rest the progress of encroachment upon the hereditary and indefeasible rights of the tributary and dependent states, with which we have formed alliances ;" but in vain. The magnates of Leadenhall-street have opposed a stubborn and pertinacious resistance to every attempt to awaken them to a sense of equity. They have endeavoured to meet the powerful cases to which their attention was directed with sneers and ridicule, and have passed by, as utterly unworthy of notice, arguments which they were incapable of an swering or rebutting. In this most injudicious course they have, we regret to say, been sanctioned and supported by a majority of the proprietors, who flippantly decided, on questions of the nature and merits whereof they were wholly ignorant. In this manner were the claims of the cruelly-persecuted and deeply-injured PE&TAUB SHEAR, and of his youthful heir and successor, the de jure Raja of SATTARA, slighted and set at nought, and the usurpation of his dominions by his affectionate friends and faithful allies, the Honourable Company, sanctioned and confirmed. In this manner have resolutions been passed by which the Company " virtually as serted its right to confiscate for its own benefit the territories of any native prince of India whom it should have pronounced to have died without heirs." They have thus directly invaded one of the most sacred customs and highly cherished privileges of the Hindoo law. They have refused to recognise the "right of adoption," which was never controverted until within the last few years, and to claim the old feudal rights of lords paramount over independent so vereigns, with whom they have entered into solemn treaties to succeed to the sovereign inheritance on the failure of direct heirs of the blood. The treaties are thus openly violated and set at nought, or, what is almost tantamount thereto, the more powerful party claim to interpret the, disputed clauses, and to take part as prosecutors and judges in their own cases. It is, as we have said, but recently that this mon strous doctrine has been promulgated. The entire tide of precedents had formerly flowed the other way. But in 1848 the subject was again brought under the notice of the supreme Government at Bombay, who dealt with the matter as if' it were entirely new, overlooking all former decisions on similar points. This extraordinary judgment was approved by the directors, and subsequently confirmed by the Court of Proprietors, specially convened for the purpose. It has naturally excited the deepest and most painful sensations in the minds of tte native powers, who are equally astounded and enraged at the audacity and injustice of these iniquitous pretensions. They had previously se - en similar questions mooted, but in fifteen out of ',sixteen cases that had occurred between the years 1826 and 1846, the decision had been in accordance with equity, and diametrically opposed to th.e . more recent assumption, which, indeed, was never put forward until the accession of the Earl of ELLF.NBoaouati to the Governor-Generalship of India. Many statesmen had previously used the clee.rest and most intelligible language in speaking of the rights of the native chiefs and princes. In deed the doctrine was so fully recognized that even where the party had been guilty of grave offences, the innocent heirs were not punished, or held in any degree responsible for the criminal acts of their " adoptive fathers." None bad spoken more distinctly and more unequivocally upon this topic than the late lamented Earl of AUCKLAND. That distinguished nobleman had used these remark able words respecting the case of the itaja of OORCRA, in which the broad principles on which the British Government in India should ever act were fairly and lucidly explained : " I cannot (said the Governor-General), I cannot for a moment admit the doctrine that, because the view of policy upon which we may have formed engagements with native princes, may have been by circumstances materially altered, we are not to act scrupulously up to the terms and spirit of those engagements. " - - And again : "I have referred to our treaty with the Raja of Oor cha, and I find that its preamble commences in these words:—' The Raja of Oorcha is one of the chiefs of the Bundelkund, by whom, and his ancestors, his present possessions have been held in successive generations during a long course of years without paying tribute or acknowledging vassalage to any other power.' And the treaty formed with the Raja is designated as one of ' friendship and alliance,' the territory, which from ancient times had descended to the Raja by inheritance, an d i s now in his possession, being guaranteed to the said Raja, his heirs and successors. Upon words so distinct and positive as these I hold it to be impossible to raise a question, and I am of opinion, therefore, that the Raja of Oorcha must be regarded as one of those sovereign rulers who, according to the very proper rule laid down in the letter of Sir Charles Metcalfe, of 28th October, 1837, is the Britis entitled h to Inake on a d option in his own discretion which Government is bound to acknowledge, provided that such adoption be regular and not in violati on of libi do° law I" $ . * 4 Admittin g the right of the Raja for the reasons which I have stated to adopt an heir, I am not disposed, after much reflection on the whole subject, to mix up our recognition of that right with the sapient cor,sideration of the punishment that may be due to 13:,m for unwarranted opposition to the British power." These were the views of an able and honest states man, of one who occupied, at various periods, no in considerable positions in the national councils, and one who enjoyed the respect and confidence of his colleagues in the Ministry at the period of his lamented death. But these just principles are now wholly dis aanlly.th e reg T a o rd t e h d o a se ndpis w de h s od e e d sir b e y t f h u e ll E i a n s f t or l m nd a i t a io C n om on p cases we would commend the admirable speech of Mr. SULLIVAN to the proprietors of East India Stock, on the 17th April, which was fully reported in The Sun of the 19th instant. That talented gentle man indeed brought forward an immense mass of information on the occasion, and the clearest and most I unan swerable arguments i n f avour o f th e conc l us i ons at which he had arrived. Nothing was omitted that could be desired ; but, as we have already stated, the pro prietors supported the directors in the unjust and in judicious line of policy which they had determined on following. Nothing, therefore, remains but an appeal to the honour and integrity of the Imperial Parliament, and that aprieal will be made to-morrow evening. No itranediate decision will be asked for. It is not desired that Members should pronounce final judg went upon a question respecting which many mus t b e i n comparative ignorance; but in quiry—fuld and ample inquiry —is demanded, with a view to f4tur9 legislation ; and we cannot sllppose . that such a request can be rejected by a body of un prejudiced and honourable gentlemen. Elsewhere in our impression of this evening will be found printed the sixty-six clauses constituting the Metropolitan Bill for Extramural Interment, recently introduced into the Legislature by the Government. To the pernicious principles lurking in this pro posed enactment we would most earnestly beseech the attention of the community—satisfied, as we are, that unless the Bill undergo a radical alteration in Com mittee, its effects must prove most prejudicial to the interests of the population. Several times already we have expatiated upon the evil consequences certain to reault from an enactment so erroneously contrived ; yet it is impossible for us to abstain from all allusion to its baneful characteristics upon the occasion of our submitting to the notice of the readers of The Sun the whole framework and substance of this Ministerial measure. Hence, we find ourselves compelled to revert again to the matter previously discussed in these columns, even at the risk of an apparently superfluous repetition. Once more, therefore, we must be permitted to particularize the various clauses of the Bill in regard to which we have previously specified our objections. Briefly then, those clauses are numbered-4, 6,7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 25, 39, 46, 48, and 49 in all twenty-two clauses collectively. For individual comments upon those clauses, the curious are referred to the leading columns of this journal, dated Saturday, the 20th, and Monday, the 22d instants. Therefrom it will be perceived that the Cabinet are disgracefully endea vouring to propitiate the favour of the clerical party in behalf of their projected innovation by subordi nating the interests of the people to those of the ecclesiastical establishment. Than this we are per suaded from experience that nothing can, by any pos sibility, be• more detrimental to the cause of hu manity, obnorality, of justice, or of true religion. For the direct consequence of such a pro.- ceeding must naturally be to compensate the clergy for depriving them of a loathsome system which has hitherto proved most profitable to them e while generating disease amongst the mu ltit u d e , fearfully slves increasing the extent of the annual morta lity, and dissipating many of the nobler instincts of our nature—those instincts which invest death with sentiments of a peculiar sanctity. We appeal to Reason, and we ask if such a mode of truckling to ec clesiastical authority is calculated to elevate the opinions of the masses in regard to the Church Estab lishment ? We appeal to that sense which is upper most in society—the sense of the common decencies of existence, and we ask if such a method of purchasing the right of seemly sepulture is likely to enhance the amount of the popular veneration for our ecclesiastical functionaries ? So far from the Bill in question being of this tendency, it must be apparent that the disclosure and recognition of the intentions of the Government will militate inevitably against the interests of the clergy, by rendering their wealth and their power yet greater objects of unpo pularity. No doubt of it, the mere circumstance of her MA JESTY'S Ministers bringing in a Bill fur the organiza tion of a system of extramural interment, is one, considered irrespectively of its precise details, in which the people of England may find profound cause for exultation. Let the ostensible boon, how ever, be - scrutinized, and the rejoicings of the multi tude will very speedily become hushed. The popular intelligence will recognize, on glancing through the proposed, enactment, that the apparent benefit is of a nature calculated to prove a source of serious incon venience and, disadvantage immediately it is at tempted to be carried into operation. Simply, then, it should be recollected that the present scheme has been forced upon the reluctant acceptance of the Government by the force of a great movement from without, a movement commenced by an ener getic citizen of the metropolis no less than twelve or thirteen years ago, and subsequently taken up by the medical profession, and pushed forward by the co operation of a numerous and miscellaneous body of sanitary reformers. At length, we say, the force of this generous agitation has compelled the Ministry to acquiesce in the necessity for improve ment---the present Government measure has been in troduced into the Lower House of Parliament—and parties begin forthwith to congratulate themselves upon the prospect thereby presented to them of the immediate realisation of all their hopes regarding a rational system of extramural interment. A momen tary examination of the Bill suffices to scatter all these brilliant illusions of the fancy into nothingness, leaving in their stead a fear for the serious and evil consequences of the innovation. For, very naturally, we become dismayed on perceiving that the whole of the administrative power of the in tended cemeteries must ultimately pass into the grasp of the ecclesiastical authorities, in consequence of the miserable contrivance of the whole measure. By such a mistaken and most pernicious arrangement the Bill in its operation would be rendered altogether nugatory—conferring power upon those very 'individuals who should be especially restricted from interference in a matter of emolu. ment. According to certain clauses, already parti cularised by ourselves, it should be remembered also that rates are to be levied by the governing board, and that governing board ecclesiastical in its ulterior character ! What do the ratepayers of the metro polite!). districts think of such a prospect as that We doubt not they will find it anything bu agreeable. Nay ! we are very far, indeed, from having speci fied the whole of the many serious objections capable of being brought forward against the projected scheme of the Government. In its very title the Bill is most exceptionable, the words of that title indicating clearly enough the intention of the Cabinet and their clerical allies—shall we say indi cating the project of Sir GEORGE GREY and the Lord Bishop of LoNpoN--namely, that of reserving the power of opening or closing any graveyards (no matter even if full to repletion) IN or near London! Now, such a reservation as this, it must be quite ob vious, is entirely incompatible with the notion of any really good and effectual reform in the way o organizing a system of extramural interments. All intramural burial-grounds, without distinction, should be peremptorily closed by the enactment, saving and excepting, of course, the vaults of such great nations edifices for the entombment of the illustrious, as West: minster Abbey and St. Paul's Cathedral. Otherwise the improvement will only be specious and apparent. Another change required in the Ministerial scheme, to render it beneficial to the entire community, is, of course, the extension of the desired benefits from the metropolis to the rest of the populous town s and cities throughout England. As it is, however, we leave the Bill in its present state for the con- sideration of the multitude, satisfied that its evil m ay undergo a w h o l esome character will be at once recognised, and sang u i ne e th o a lu t m t n h s e of per T n h ic e io s u u s n c lauses enumerated in the revision in Committee. AFTERNOON EXPRESS MAIL TO IRELAND.--POST OFFICE NOTICE. —On and after Wednesday, the Ist of May, newspapers, as well as letters, wilt be forwarded in the bag f o r I re land which is dispatched by th e Express train leaving the Eustun-square station at 5 F.M. (Sundays excepted). Letters and newspapers for this dispatch must be posted at the receiving.effices in London before 2 P.M.,-at tne Branch -offices in Lom bard-street, Borough, Charing-cross, and Old Caven dish•street, before 3 P.M., —and at the General Post -office. St. Martin's-le-Grand, before 3 30 F.x., and they will arrive in Dublin early the following morning. LYMINGTON, SUNDAY NIGHT.—The nomination for the election of a candidate to represent' this borough in Parliament, in the room of the Hon.. Captain Keppel, is to take place on Monday, and should a poll be demanded, the election is fixed for Tuesday. Mr. Hutchins, who was re jected at Southampton in 1841, was early in the field on the Liberal interest. He is fiercely opposed by Mr. Andrew Stuart, a Protectionest, but up to the present moment the success of the latter is considered doubtful. A very close contest is anticipated. We believe we are in a position to affirm that the negotiations between the Courts of London and Madrid, re. lative to the renewal of diplomatic re!ations, are now virtu ally and satisfactorly(?) concluded.—Post. DEATH OP MRS. EDMUNDS (MISS M. CAWSE). We have to announce the death of Mrs. Edmunds, better known under her maiden name of Miss Mary Cawse. She died on the 14th instant, after but a short illness, of bron chitis, leaving a family of six children to lament her loss— the profession, too, has lost a bright and amiable ornament. Miss Cawse received her musical education under Sir G. Smart, and rapidly gave promise of those abilities which at an early age placed her in the foremost rank of our English singers. For several years no concert was complete without the aid of Miss Cawse and her sister. TRING, READING, AND BASINGSTOKE RAILWAY. —The dividend of 10s. per share from the assets accruing under the winding-up of this company, is now in course of payment on between 6,000 and 6,800 shares. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of Saturday and of yesterday. The ballot for the election of a representative for Paris commenced yesterday at nine o'clock. It is said that the Government has thrown every possible obstacle in the way of the voters desirous of procuring the various voting tickets at the mairies, the avowed object being to procure per fas aut nefas the return of the reactionary candidate. The reactionary journals, while indignantly de nouncing as false the statement which appeared in the National on the subject of the votes of the soldiers in garrison at Orleans, are now compelled to admit that those statements aretrue, and that the majority of the soldiers did vote for EUGENE SUE. The Nationulof Saturday, publishes other returns from the army, from which it appears that 61 have voted for EUGENE SUE and 22 for LECLERC. The candidature of M. LECLERC is accounted for by the fact that his chief clerk is the nephew of M. CARLIER. lie is therefore put forward as the representative of that most immoral of all systems, the system of the French police. M. LECLERC is, in fact, the cat's-paw of the ape of FOUCHE. M. CARLIER has now proscribed all the Republican journals. The National, Voix du Peuple, and other democratic journals contain the following curious circular : " The news-venders have just received notice that the sale of democratic journals, both within and without doors, is absolutely interdicted. All the efforts of M. earlier to prevent the sale of democratic journals will only serve to increase the number of their readers. Henceforward every workshop, every wine-shop, every restaurant, every lodging-house, every place, in fact, in which the working population assembles, must be pro vided, at least, with one democratic journal. We are ready on our side to make all necessary sacrifices, and we reckon on the support of our countrymen. We will open a subscription list for the sake of defraying the gratuitous circulation of democratic journals in Paris and in the departments." The consequence of this attempt of the Prefect of Police of the Republic to give a monopoly to the Monarchical journals will be to greatly increase the number of regular subscribers to the denounced journals, and to cause their gratuitous circulation throughout France. The Army budget came on for discussion in the Chamber on Saturday, and the Legitimatist General GRAMMONT declared that it might be necessary to remove the seat of the Legislature from Paris to some city, inhabited by etres Bien pensans This was hailed. by the Left with cries of " The mask is thrown off;" which brought up General D'HAUTPOOL, who hastened to repair the damage done by the blundering candour of his brother Legitimatist, by declaring that the Government never would countenance such an idea. The declaration will, however, produce its effect at the Paris election, and will induce many a bon Bourgeois to pause before he supports the pet of the enesnies of the trading interests of Paris MONE IT and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CII'Y, QUA?? l'E'R 0 The sales of Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were estimated at 8,000 bake, of which 1,000 American were taken for export, and 500 American, 600 Egyptian, and 1,000 Surat on speculation. The market closed firmly. —In Railway Shares there was little or no alters tion to notice • the business was limit e d, an d p r i ces were still tending downwards. Wheat is higher in Mark-lane to-day, although there are fair arrivals of foreign reported. The extraordinary and continued abasement of railway property is naturally bringing forward numerous parties with suggestions for remedies, and in most of the latter there may be something tangible discovered, though differences of opinion will arise as to their un reserved application. In a communication by Messrs. Renton and Sons, of Manchester, addressed to - their clients, they urge that the directors, who should be few in number, and paid an adequate salary, should not be allowed to hold any of the capital stock of the company, but be regarded as servants of the company, having to attend to their unbiassed duties, and they then proce 'd to remark that " One established form, and an effective audit; thereof by independent auditor:, must be rigidly adopted; and all further dreaming of rotary board making contrivance to teach new men their business must be abolished, to make way fur experienced paid directors, to be always at their duty—with one general manager, supported by their authority, to kesp a watchful eye over the heads of every working depart ment—and each department reporting to the general manager daily how maters move uuder his care, which must be strictly observed; and the general manager should report accordingly to the board—which may be few in number —say one to aid the general manager by his advice in the coaching department, another in the goods department, and a third as general referee, to be at the place where the board is established, and where they should all assemble some part of every day—both directors and general manager —the better to under stand each other's views on business affairs; a fourth director may be added if absolutely - required. For every department the best talent may always be secured at its experienced worth." The power of voting at meetings, it is contended, should be restricted to persons holding not less than 3001. or more of stock, and registered for three months previously, though all shareholders might lee allowed to be present, and a board of appeal composed of three or four shareholders might be formed to assist the directors when called upon. Proxy voting must be better regu lated, and it is observed in conclusion that "No trouble should be spared, or perseverance be relaxed in, till placed on a well-sustained principle, to vie in the at traction of surplus money for trading or investment pur poses, comparatively with any other, be the nature what it may; and the more such surplus capital can be made to support productive public works fixed at home, the better will it be for our native industry and capital, wben thus bound together under the direction of honourable 'and skilful care. " When new projects are embarked upon, the sub scribers should be forced to keep the deposit-receipt till an Act of Parliament is got, or rejected. If got, a registered certificate will be issued, with which the pro prietor may trade as he pleases with safety to the piratic and himself ; but, if rejected, the account should imme diately be settled to avoid all further trouble or obliga tion, and the full deposit paid back, leaving the unfortu nate, crafty projectors—to say the least of them—t) sustain every liability they have incurred, by attempting to lead the public deceitfully astray for their own advan tage. This rule established would be a tolerably sure protection to those the most needing it at all times. " Aria's Birmingham Gazette of to-day states— " Tne little that has been done in the iron trade during the past fortnight has been of an unusually life less character. Prices remain much the same as at quartetelay, and the orders which were supposed to be withheld on that occasion, with a view to turn the scale in favour of lower rates, are still not iorthcoming, so that either that object is not yet considered imprac ticable, or these assumed requirements are not of a very urgent description, if indeed they existed at all in any other shape than the fanciful figments of philosophising specula'ors. We are also sorry to learn that the local consumption of the district, which up to the present time has escaped the general depression, is now considerably shortening, in consequence of a relax ation in the demand for most of our principal articles of manufacture. In the wrought nail trade around Dud ley this falling-off is reported to have been so extensive that it has been considered necessary to issue notices for a further abatement of the miserable wages hitherto given, and the operatives are refusing to work at the reduction. In other branches the same steps are being resorted to; while the railroad interest, another great source of home consumption, has met with a further deprecia-ion, atm is still more unfavourably looked upon by capitalists. The exports that during the last two months seemed to have revived a little from the gradual decline of the previous quarter, though not to the extent of the transactions in September, are now stated in the last accounts from the shipping ports, both here and in Wales, to be falling c ff again." Accounts of the 231 inst. from the Leipzic fair sta that the sale of manufactures had not been active, and there was a limited attendance of German buyers as usual at this season, the Russian, Polish, and Greek dealers being those who usually purchase, although they did less than usual in consequence of the weather being protractedly wintry in its character. A fair number ~f transactions had been entered into in furs, and the' sale of Russian products;• . which was to commence in a few days, was likewise expect ,d to be lively: It is stated from Trieste that great facilities are to be afforded for the transmissio❑ of letters and telegra phic communications received from India, so as to eb tablish, if possible, a superiority over the Mars,illes route. At Hamburgh, last Friday, the rare of exchange on London way 13 9, and the price .f gold 435 i. The funds were firm. Business in the Colonial markets was not brisk. Tir,Te are arrival 4 from South Auitralia, Port Philip, and the Cape of Good Hope, the Btazik &c., but g rally with the same dates as thoso recently to hand. The letters per Europa steamer from North America are not yet delivered. The English Funds have been extremely tranquil, but there seems to be an expect ttion that we shall have greater activity, and probably more buoyancy, when the election at Paris is decide& The value of Consols ha; been 95i to 96. The New Three , and-a-Quarter per Cents. have Len 97 to i; and the Three per Cents. 9-1 7 - 7 , to 95. Bank Stock has been quoted 206 to 2u7. Exchequer-bills have nalised 68s. to 705., and India Bonds 925. ti 952. prem. In the Foreign Stock market the tone is much the same as that of the English Funds. Mexican are rather flatter. being 28.1 to 29, but simply upon the set tlement which takes place t.,i-morrow. .Peruvian have been 701- to 71. EquPidor Stock has been marked 3 1 1. Danish Scrip is quoted 5 and 5-4- premium., the highest value which it bus yet attained. Spanish Three per Cents have been 36k, and the Five per Cents 164. Russian Four and-a-Half per Cents are 954. Shares are heavy again, and rather lower for some of the lines dealt in. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From tho Official List.) Bank Stock 207 206 1 A, per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Anne New 3 1 4 per Cant. Anns. 971 4 1 Long Annuities. Exp. Jan. sth, 1160 8 3-16 8% India Stock Do. Bonds, 1000/ ... ... 92 94 p Ditto under 1.0001 Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. Ilhd. 2d. March. June. 1,060/. 5001. ... .... ......... 68 70p Small — 68 70 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Danish Bonds 1825, 3 per Cent—. Ditto, 5 per Cent Ditto, Scrip ••• Equador Bonds 3 Vexican Bonds, 1846,5 per Cent., GJupons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto for the Account Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent 7O . 5 / 5 1 / 2 71 Ditto Deferred Russian Bonds. 1822, 5 per Cent — .. Ditto 44, per Cents 954 Ditto scrip 2 ,4 p Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent. ...... Ditto Account Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent,l840 Dividends on the above payable in London. RUMNESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. 'kDerdeen Ditto, Preference I ,aledonian Ditto, New 101. Preference 10 .... 5 1 4 to :hester and Holyhead Eastern Counties " ,, :rlinburgh and Glasgow Great Northern Do. % A Deferred ......•• 12 1 ,E 2 ...... to Do. 1 4 B 6 per Cent. Do., 5 per Cent. Pref.... ... 12 1 / 2 ..... 10 x. i.... to 4t. South. & West. (Ireland) 50 =rest North of England 100 216 ...... to Great. Western ......... ........100 5 1 14 50% to 52 Do. New 171 nncashire and Yorkshire ...100 ..... 33 i to Leeds and Bradford 5O ..... 88 ... .. to 87 1 London & North Western 100 ......100% 101 to 100% Do. New Quarters. Do. Fifths l2 .... 11 1 / 8 . to Lo .don 'And S. W.etern 100 ..... 56 - Do., New Preference 4anch Buxton, & Matlock 5 Midland . ... .0.. ........ —.IOO Ditto, 501. ;hares ..... ...... 30 fdidland, Consol. Bristol suet Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 119% to 119 1 4 Norfolk Ditto Extension .... North British Ditto. Preference North Staffordshire—. .. ...... 17 1 ,1 South Devon .. ... ... 50 Ditto, Preference ...... .. ... 25 South EAstern Ditto, Registered No. 4.... 10 x/ilts, Somerriet,& Weymouth 50 ..... 39 1 / 2 .-- to nrk, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 Do.,and Newcastle Exten. 20 Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 8 l'ork and North Midland .. 60 Ditto, Preference ' FOREIGN RAILWAYS. East Indian ... 5 Paris & Strasboure: . ~. ...... 13 cournay, 1 urbise, Landen, and.Hassell , ...... ...... .. 20 - West Flanders JOINT STOCK VANES . Australasia Provincial of Ireland SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 23d have arrived. There has been another row at the Palace. The KING Consort it appears turned sulky, as he always does after an interview with Father FULGENCIO, and declared that on the accouchernent of the QUEEN, he should quit Spain and publish a manifesto to the world. NARVAEZ was sent for, and a Council was held, at which the KING'S presence was required. He refused to attend and was at once placed under arrest. While in durance he was visited by Queen CHRISTINA, who brought him to the Council, where he apologised for his conduct and promised to behave better for the future. There are rumours that he is merely the tool of certain personages, who, unless careful in their conduct, may find themselves some fine morning travelling under guard to the frontiir. MADRID BOLSA, APRIL 23.—Three per Cents., 30 account ;_ Five per C en t s ., 12i paper . E xc h ange on London, 50 35. GERMANY. Accounts from Vienna of the 22d state that the confidential men who have been called from the Ve netian provinces to Vienna are Prince GIOVANELLI and Count PRIULE, for Venice ; ANDRIA CITADELLA VIGODARZERE, for Padua; Count ORTIMANARA, for Verona; CIZOTTI, for Rovigo ; DE Mom, for Tre viso; Count MIARA, for Belluno; Count DI Tosro, for Udine. The invitation has been issued by the Governors of the Lornbardo•Venetian provinces, in the name he Ministers, and is said to be as follows " The Minister of the Interior to confer with you on Lhe constitution, &c. " Count RADETZKY. " Verona, March 18." The marriage of the Duke of GENOA with the Prin cess ELIZABETH of Saxony was celebrated at Dresden on the 21st. GREECE. The Augsburg Gazette of the 231 of April con tains the following telegraphic dispatch : " VIENNA, APRIL 22. " We have received from Athena (under date of the 19th), by way of Trieste, the news that the result of the conf,rences is as follows:—Greece is to pay 60,000 drachmas as an indemnification, together with a nota of apology and a salvo of twenty-one guns from the Acre polls. The Greek Cabinet hesitates." ITALY. Letters from Rome of the 20th have arrived. On the 18th the POPE bestowed his benediction on ;he French troops. The political tribunals have been abolished, and all trials not completed abandoned. The Papal army is :o consist of 12,000 men. Accounts from Florence state that the good offices of France have been accepted to settle the differences between England and Tuscany. REPORTED SAFETY OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN. DEVONPORT.—The following is an extract from a letter received by Mr. George Tucker, of Pembroke-street, Devon port, on Wednesday, dated Hong-Kong, February 27th, from his son, who is a master's assistant on board her Majesty's ship Hastings : "We have just received intelligence by an American whaler, of the arrival of Sir John Franklin and his party at the Sandwich Islands. They Fainted that place im mediately they anchored, after an absence of five years. They have discovered the north-west passage; most probably they have been frozen up in the middle part of that passage for nearly 3 years. The captain of the whaler informed us that Sir John Franklin dispatched his first-lieutenant over the isthmus, to sail immediately for England with the intelli gence."—Devonport Independent of Saturday. THE ELECTRO-CHEMICAL TELEGRAPH.-An ex periment was made yesterday at the Elysee, by order of the President of the Republic, of the electro-chemical telegraph of M. Bain. The telegraph was fixed up in the grand saloon of the palace, and soon after one o'clock the experiments commenced. M. Bain, the inventor, was accompanied by Mr. M'Dougall, by Mr. Walltinshaw, and by Dr. Lardner. The President was attended by the Minister of the Interior, his chef du cabinet, and M.Chevalier, secretary-general of the Presidency. M. de Persigny, the French Ambassador to the Court of Berlin, was also present. M. Leverrier, of the In stitute, who has taken great interest in the invention of M. Bain, and who was present on Thursday at the Ministry of the Interior, when the telegraph conveyed a long dispatch to Lille and back, a distarce of 325 English miles, in less than one minute, explained the process to the President of the Republic. The Prince comprehended rapidly- the prin ciple and the mode of execution, which, he said, were almost marvellous, and complimented M. Bain on the labour and intelligence which he had displayed in bringing his invention to such perfection. As an instance of the extraordinary powers of this telegraph, we may mention that in the pre • Bence of the President of the Republic, a dispatch contain ing 1,327 letters was conveyed in 55 seconds being at the rate of nearly 1,500 l e tt ers p er m i nu t e .—Galignani of Sa turday. A SIVIASIL—On Friday afternoon one of the so s called safety cabs, with a spirited horse, the property of Mr. Rickards, of Unicorn-yard, Oxford-street, dashed into the shop window of Mr. Fitchew, silversmith and silver-metal manufacturer, No. 400, Oxford-street, destroying the large plates of glass together with the sash-frame, scattering the pavement with Mr. Fitchew's valuable stock, a great portion of which was so crushed and bruised as to become only valu able as old silver. Several articles were stolen by the mob, ' which, in so great a thoroughfare, is soon collected. The horse was severely cut and otherwise injured, but fortunately the driver escaped with little apparent injury. This is one of the numerous evils arising from cab-stands occupying the best parts of our greatest thorougfares, and of the bridles or bits being removed to feed the horses while on the stand, and the drivers dozing on their seats the while ; thus, if anything occur to startle the horse, the lives and property of the public are entirely at its mercy. FALMOUTH, HELSTONE, AnD PENZANCE RAILWAY —On Saturday the Master in Chancery i Sir George Rose) proceeded with the settlement of the third list of shareholders in this concern, containing 275 names, and decided that all those were liable to contribute towards defraying the 6,0001. outstanding liabilities, who had not by letter or otherwise re pudiated their allotment of shares after application made far such allotment. It was contended that in consequence of the company not being completely registered there was no part nership and no liability; but his Honour decided that the objection, if entertained at all, must be taken to the court. WEALTH AND PROSPERITY OF LEEDS —We un derstand that at the sungestion of Jos. Bateson, Esq., the mayor, and several other gentlemen warm , y interested in its prosperity, a subscription has been commenced for the pur pose of giving prizes for three essays "On the Elements of Wealth and Prosperity in the Borough of Leeds, with suggestions for their further Development." It is hoped that a sufficient sum will be raised by private subscription to enable the subscribers to offer such an amount of money in prizes as will be an inducement for able writers to employ their talents in the competition. It has been proposed that 2001. be awarded for the best essay, 1001. for the second, and 501. for the third. For the last few years Leeds has not kept pace with the progress of some of the other manufacturing and mercantile towns in the West Riding, and it behoves its inhabitants to know, in order to provide a remedy, what is the cause of that depression which has for some time affected the value of much of its building and other property; but the depression is capable of removal if the natural advantages and numerous resources of the borough and district be pro perly cultivated.--Leeds Intelligencer. LLO YD'S SHIPPING.--(THIS , LCD Di.ti, r 1 PI:IL 29.-1 N N.E.--Freonere— cloudy. OFF DARTMOUTH , A PRIL 2 B. DY ° s r" „" ' Adelaide, South Australia. BRIsToL, APRIL 28.—Wind E.—Arra. Elio* Neves, NEWPORT, APRIL 27.—Wind s trong.--„ 0 ,, M`Lester, Quebec Patriot, St. Tbetpa'' D a ec SlO Ci 2 lon ; Thomas a t ; c 1 Elizabeth, Norfolk, Uni te " Victor, Quebec; Patriot, St. Thomas. . 01 . 0 , CLYDE, APRIL 26.—Arrd. Robert and x,•-•neri gonia; Lyra, Park, Barbadoes; sailed Edwa rd ' does and Ilavannah. WExPoRD.—Sid. Menapie, Quebec. E. dr 4 Ellen, E QUENSToWN APRIL 26 . —Wind Lifer Ed'po•-ortb):i fl Davis, dew York; Caudaer, John's, New Brunswi c k, l ea ky, :o. of f r rt ' Cromwell, Bense, Callao for London. gi cr LEITH, APRIL 27,—Wind Viebs" ney, Cuba. Og le DUNDEE, APRIL 27.—Wi n d E.—Sld. P earl ' does; Lab,lla, MILFORD, APRIL 27.-36 boxes of soap s -- 0 I. l °l rentl for exportation, marked "Steel, .Lior011! exportation," in a diamond, and " Olden, co r pie in a diamond, were pi c k e d u p, 23 r d inst. bet wee drum and Holyhead, and landed here. ,14 OFF THE NF:EDLES.—CIarendOR, West In"" A i s lDP' . TORBAY, APRIL 27.—Wind ChoCeh e ii','" PLYMOUTH, APRIL 28.—Wind E.--Sld. T her ms, S r Janeiro; Rawlins, Quebec. Off Port, AOob tame, for Rotteniam. Or" OFF SALCoMßE.—Elizabeth, Midwinter, Henry Shelton, Long, New York. (0 1V PENZANCE, APRIL 27.—Wind B. to E. Arrd. Maria de Grace, Mich ae l, Dahonib. IV, SCILLY, APRIL 26. W ind E. S. E., fresh.niarriet" cess Victoria, Cape of Good H o p e . Off P ort, Fuller, Baltimore. SW. J aile • PILL, APRIL 27.—Wind E. ' strong: — Barbara, New Y,,rk; Victory, New York. berfl ° CARDIFF, APRIL 27.—Wind E.sld. "'" 3 13 r Baltimore; Diamond, Balti m or e . MILFORD, APRIL 27.—Wind Cardiff, for Quebec, put back w ith loss of I) o4 J 4l3 freiV OFF POLYHEAD, APRIL 28.—Wind P" Leopard, Shore, Buenos Ayres, for Liverpool.c `1 LIVERPOOL, APRIL 27 AND 28.--WinC l : a ilye, ; Rnerald, Dugdale. Barbad oes; Freeman, 47 ,0 1 , malts; Britannia, Coultbard, M o bile; Graloilbsti ham, Savannah; Scotland, Kelso, Charleston; be; Harrison, Mllntyre, ditto; Sarah Berkelt, th or Ann, Hunter, Pernara bueo • Amami'etict Corsair, Nichol, New Orleans: British ' em qtr Powell, Apalachicola; Delta, Doane, St. al° l ' n oi Brunswick; Agnes, Snralltnan, New Orleans• u , sube' .-usquelianna, Denison, Ashburt o n, Glendar s /d, PtestOli; Europa steamer, New York. gill''. Golone,' I!' gyle, Port Philip; Crisis, Hong-Kong; Acapulco; Rhondda, uenos Ayres; Frang“ol',,' Kalamazoo, Philadelphia; Niagara steamer , Il e , job'', Westpoint, ditto; Tiphys, ditto; Coronation, a",,,01! New Brunswick; Argus, Newfoundland; Jupiter, Buenos Ayres; Escort, New York; P•'" • Clown, Davis Straits. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 28.—The Columbus , ' °f gP" York, grounded on the beach near Egretoos 4 $' 4 been docked. hO ccr. QUEENSTOWN, APRIL 26.—Arrd, L 0714" , ' Barbadoes, and sailed for Dubli n . NEWHAVEN, APRIL 27.—The Adolph BC'c leric ah , rinam to Amsterdam, has put in w ith loss of o tin ,4 A r boats, and deck swept. f QUEENSTOWN, APRIL 26.—The Affix, ° ^ h : e O Liverpool to Boston, has been brought dismasted, and abandoned. Abe rr f oti PWLLHELI, APRIL 28.—The 0 • co!. with, was abandoned 25th in s t an t, a ft e r bell:IV"' with the Resolution, for M aran h am , f o rty glu e " the Bestrops—crew saved. SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, DEC. 2 ''..t - dele'!! c o. lunteer, arrived at M o nt e rey, w h ere the ere7g r oc? ht t and the passengers walked ov er l an d to San ` m - 0 0 1 A l i Her Majesty's ship Inconstant di s p a tched 0° ":1 men to take her on. Mem.—Thi s vessel sal e . 02 d New Zealand 17th June, 1849, f or S an Franc i s on the 17th April last was r e p or t e d to have fie been heard of. MARKET NEWS.—(THIS CORN EXCHANGE—MO-- -14° 13e lelfg The supplies of English Wheat on sale in ni t 11, I ,,id country markets, held on Saturday, were k s— s :g B V demand ruled somewhat active, and the ,n e ",.i o g produced is per quarter more money. In DP - r osoc. o t and Flour only a moderate business vas S gtli ' We base letters from New Yo r k to , the o s 5 5 0 For shipment to England ve r y littl e buswes - , oeo o f but for home con s umption th e d eman d rule" tr ole. c 0 1l full prices. In the near co n ti nen t a l p o rts tk e b , orf l olf tinues heavy. Up to our mar k ets l ast w eek S of all articles of groin of home produce we on the increase. From ab roa d we reeel f is3 7 "!s , quirters of Wheat, 9,232 ditt o c f Barley, y'el , o pif,, of Oats, 50 ditto of Rye, 3,367 ditto of Bess ditto of Peas, 227 ditto of Tares, 86 ditto of 61 805 ditto-f Rapeseed, 108 ditto of M u stard De ' Of Voe of sundry Seeds, 2,942 sacks and 125 b a rrels of boo Fresh up to our market to-day, the receipts bo t o t o o grown Wheat, coastwise, were very moderate , 0 1/ ',if; average quality. By land carriage the Ar o cl triflu g. The show o f sam pl es o f b ot h red all being limited, and the wten-lance ~f both Pro country buyers on the increase, the detna ss w k, ij g re kinds of English wheat ruled somewhat an t i :" ;ere ( good clearance of the stands was effected, al tf in the quotations obtained on Monday last, " 11 0 8 ' 1 0 Fer quarter. Very few off. rs came to hand or ( I ) Y colnshire or Cambridgeshire to ship wbe 00 0.5 0, „0 1 higher rates, although we are informed tha t b oi B V held by the leading growers are large for S poS S tli year. The millers, however, have very few wil es , tols r ,;tfo! The supply of Forei g n Wh ea t on s h o w // 6 " t he good, but by no means extensive, considering os tli . o eo of the late arrivale. S e l ec t e d qua liti es were 0 !,. bui, l ,ll at full rates of currency, and at which •to was doing. The middling and inferior kinds ° b - othdi at last wi,ek's quotations. Floating cargoes', go o ,l o and at Falmouth, were readily o ff er i ng a t 1 561 ' 0 8 woir currencies. The show of English Barley 01 ef° suiall—that of Foreign large. Malting oir o re tilling parcels changed hands to n sor to 0 ;pe; tent, at full prices, but grinding - t' neglected. yet we cannot call the° o j, 11 , f e li ers Malt, the supply of which was tolerably g ° very inactive inquiry, at unaltered quotation'd v l , l O was a less inquiry for Oats, the fresh supp ly jovi t e . was large, and damp qualities were a sbr, e . or o f l i purchase. No arrivals from Ireland. 1 ." - 000° Beans was firm, at an advance in the quots iot ie J o, per quarter. In Peas and Indian Corn veq„ 9 t. ° Pll O ' ness was wan:acted. Flour was in fair Teg tiw o r • rates. Th.- top price of town-made was 37 8 I: 1 ' 0 0 CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASU° . . 6(l° 0 • Wheat—Essex & Kent, • Malt—Chevaller•• •:„,1 ,0 Red, New.. • . 368 to 4is Oats— Yorkshire 7a, I; Ditto,White, New 39s 47, Li nc olnsh. • Norfolk and Lin- Potato .• • • ,0 10 ln, Red..... 353 38s You g hal and e g Ditto, White • •• • • 378 418 Black. • • A Irish, Red.... •• . • 368 40a Co r k, White • ; - 1 . • Ditto, White 39s 42s Scotch, Feed' ...• g s ll JO Rye—Old —5 —s Beans—Tick .•• •' • j, ifl New... •...• • • . 20s 22s Pigeons. ••• '' l og /10 tlarley—Grinding .. 158 19e Peas—Grey .• • • •• IN Malting . .. •• .. 21s 23s Maple. •• • • ..• Chevalier . 228 25s White. ..... ...• ',O 111 Malt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers •• • ',',;:.• 11 folk .. .... •• • • 435 488 Flour—Town-1 1 : 1 $" - Brown ...... ••• • • 408 42a Suffolk •• • Kingston and Ware 460 50s Stocktn & •,"" stv SEEDS. .„ The season for sowing b e i ng now o ver t '"„ - e ov i ` - ‘ j, 7 1 for all Seeds is heavy, at a l mos t no minal yon Cakes very dull. The s t oc k o f Cl over Seed, , 551 25,857 cwts. Z9e 141 Turnip,White, per bush. lOs to 11s Carraway .••• • • • • •.•• e, Red and Green .. . • 10 5 1 25 Coriander •••• • • • ter ",44 4 7 , Mustard, 8r0wn.... •83 1I s Ilempseed, per VT,. 4 4 , White ••••• • . • .. 65 Os+ Linseed, Eng.. 4 owl"°' 4 0 40 Tares, Spring ••IsOd 4s Od Crushing • • ' • • 3 ,0 , Old .............. Baltic •••• • • • : P •• • • 9 1 efl Canary, per quarter • • GBs 72s Odessa •• • • 00-' /1 Rye grass.. • • ... 20s 24s Linseed Cake,pr.l,o oi 00 a Clover, RedErE,. (cwt.) 35s 50.• English ••• • • 511 ° ' 4 0 White .• • • 34s 48s Foreign, per toll , 1 09 Foreign Red...—. 33s 505 Rape C a kes, pr ton t 351 0$ White.... 328 50s Rapeseed, New, Pr y Trefoil .. . • .... ••1 Is les fe NEVJGATE AND MEADEZTA-Ige- Very moderate supplies of country-kille o ndolpol been reeeived up to these markets since olt g 11 1f' but those on offer slaughtered in the m 0 .4 qt 1 ; 0 1 01 been seasonably extensive, and of full aver il A e adi o lf Prime Mutton and Lamb hav e comm anded teat °Ate!' at very full prices. In all o th er ki n ds of jo ev e pr moderate business be , n doing, at barely bee° About 300 carcases if foreign Meat b‘l ve posed of. th o, i i d 4 • B. d. to s . ! At per stone y the Carcase. 0. 20 2 9 6 % 4 eef,infarlor......Mutton,inferior - middling •• •• 2 6 2 8 - middling% 3 3 , 0 primelarge 210 3 0 -- prinse "% 9 - prime 3 0 3 2 Pork, large • • '''' 3 veal.• •••••••• • • • • 2 10 3 6 - small •••'" Lamb. is 6,1 to 5s 60. 1 061 SMITHFIELD. a d- il - 0 0 The total imports of foreign stock int e : e the a°ro.l' week were confined to 1,093 head. D ar4:l tie period in 1848 we received 1.877, and ,11 al u 'eff sponding week in 1849, 1,305 At tbe head. ;llyc h eW the outports the arrivals have fallen off wa ter ': w hie' hf e we presume, to the unusually low prices at t he d e fy stock has been lately disposed of. Certsi el Y' o f OPP in them must mt be attributed to any wa nt Holland. wo o• rig' IMPORTS INTO LONDON IN THE PAST s. / Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. t 'S 64 ,• 226 „• 294 ... ••• 17 / 84 .. •" 87 ... ••• From Antwerp Rotterdam Harlingen Hamlitirgh 36 ... lijerting •••• ••• .....-• •••,............ 27 wee T k o i t n al iB4,.. 3 58 9 8 5 ...... 317 ... -- •" Corresponding arrivals tBlB.a.?.r.Ls:m. A Sam v e er w y eek , moderate in - ,„ -- , / le 10 ''' 0 0 1,024 .. --•- a g 0 .40 a g ,nri t° , l :d it Oe ill/61 0 9 1 in to-d exce s morni was unusually large nd(i.svterriethtse,letsl:o, odwewin here ethiliglY heavy. The supply of home " fid e $ ,Doe6ur4ritotws;r:PPlY of foreign stock w oo •17 , 4 oclioffl or year, and of the , . excellent quality. Notviithstasiogh ii, for t ile, e lb ° weather was somewhat favourable fo r t i dy eri ing, and the attendance of buyers was coleri l ,l op° l a . the quotations of Monday last of quite 2c l the Beef trade ruled excessively heavy, At erB i e lbli .1• 1 13 1 0 p ja. ' ..i. e.. large numlers of Beasts were turned out tin s , ° er B . lb e extreme value of the best Scots vvas only 3s 411gesbah'e From Nortolk, Suffolk, Essex, an d Catub:r",-by the nearly 3,000 Beasts came to had, 2,500 be ig " IP' che r ets' Eastern Counties Railway. From 0 $ll. of England we received 500 lierefordido ‘- 0 ,,. . 0 Short-horns, & e., ' and from Scotlendi tool P r There were nearly 3,000 more *heeP in the Pl ... 211 ". 1 a lt vreck ; ( ; 14 of th e the y prireest 4s t Yat r r oof th e I trade ft, kr4d e was reneies. A /rCa l trade it ate rate Neri F 02 N: 3 qualit , p • lr- e rit rie a La r , ' , cots c 'oEttse hckl,stnalld 4441bs Cal` Bezats. 4,11 s 314 11 Sip e {) :E otter,; r ,, Th;ve b from vunlc e4Sti a 5 ~ti b ee 0 II bat e ltr - c, 'aan d a , ery du , 1," 4 . —"t° Shfr t , itt 4 . 11 " , in.t_; 44. 4,11113 ultto p r i ii ; e ll :f th e 'nea in 11 7 * 44 C 1 " cl; t e , al d of ): r .; 1 i n t 'g ' 3 ; Old °I, 1 4430 1' 11 ' 0 4 frc ditto ti z H 9Ple Ivl l , ol uPwi 13 4, ` e ° ll 0 b " Pkr 3 ' Pr fur . f , s 4 t3t U PP 9 GI t ( PerT r war cail l . wt. by rg broue tbk, e w e ll 2 P r i r b tt' ek this a3 C tltt,; er 3' la Atrv i roirl blt o 14 t I , ll_ t ro in r Tow, (S ltti 0 4 Za Ehtt4El DpE~. (F e .tX , .0 4 ti P cp wa 4 % 4 Potti, 4 e()u th ntr Da Q:,, (111 at th t wi Lk the e a f u l l 11 tit% ! 1 : 14 44 th l'[l:4 l 1 rat% t o ) f tt444 4t, is °IV grand ~a -44.4t041.,