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Now ready al L l the Libraries, in 2 vols., post fivo., A NOVEL. 0 D. " The author, wo are convinced. is young, otherwise we could hardly see displayed such fresh and enthusiastic sympathy in be half of his heroes and heroines. He is a writer of genius, inspired by a high standard of morality and. religion, and by a laudable love of the purest sort of fame. We gather this :rom the glowing lan guage Li which he expresses his lacings, sentiments, and opinions en the subjects just mentioned. There are several chapters, in which links of the story are dropped, containing most eloquent essays On matters that are the prima motalia ot the actions which cha racterise nature's nobility. The writer evidently belongs, though he has mar k e d pe r se peculiarities, to the school of the Dlaraelhi, Mu nersee, and Srnythes."—Obeerver. su we ed' is no ordinary work ; it contains passages of exceed ing beauty, and is written in pure and forcible language, with great good taste and power. It is one 01 the most interesting and en g aging novels which the present season has produced. Of the cha racter of Amelia Ross we have already spoken, and the extract we h ave given above is the surest voucher of the truth of what we have said. The other ladies who play conspicuous parts in the tale are Florence Howard, an intellectual beauty; Jessie Gordon, a wild and i s npuisive genius, passionately ion 1 of music and poetry ; and Julia Maitland, the noblest and best of them all."—Morning Post. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. 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 suscess at the Italian Opera, Paris, entitled LE TEE NOZZE. Luisa, Madame Sontag ; Vespina, Madame Giuliani ; La Marchesa di Forli, Madlle. Ida Bertrand ; Cavaliere di Villafranca, Signor Gardoni; Cricca, Signor Ferranti (his first appearance in this coun try) ; 11 Barone Fuedatario d'Acetosta, Signor Lablache. To be followedbyThe First Tableau of the admired Ballet, L'ILE DES AMOURS. _ Madlle. Amelia 'Ferraris, Madlles. Rosa, Esper, Julien, Lamou reux, Allegrini, Kohlenberg, Dantcnie, Pascales, and M. Charles. The perlormances will commence with the Last Act of Bellini's celebrated Opera, LA SONNAMBULA. Sig - and ; Amine, Madlle. Caroline Duprez ; Count Rodolph , Elvin, Sig. Calzolari. Director of the Music and Conductor ' M. Balfe • Madlle. Car- To conclude with a Ballet Divertissement, in 'Niue lotta this! and Madlle. Amalie Ferraris will appear• ade at the Box- Application for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, to b the Opera to com. office of the Theatre. Doors opened at Seven , - inence at Half-past Seven o'clock. —....------.—.—^......—..... HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Second Appearance a Madlle. ALAIMO. It Is respectfully announced that THIS EVENING will be pre sented Donizetti's Opera, ; Rustighello, LUCREZIA. BORGIA. Luerezia, Madlle. Aiairno ; cv aratto, Signor Scotti blaffeo Orsini, Madlle. Ida Bertrand ; Gennaro, Signor Gardoni L Gazello, Signor Casanova ; Gubetta, Si or Signor Mercu.rialli ; Signor Balanchl ; Petrucci, Signor F. Lablache ; gn Lorenzo ; Astolfo, Alf onzo , Signor Labinclio. To concludeL'lLE with tDEShe highly OURS. successful Ballet, In which Madlle. Amelia Ferraris, Madlles. Rosa, Esper, u nioir Julien, Allegrini, Anasandon, Kohlenberg, Pascales Esper, eux' make her first Dantoine, %M. Ehrlck, and Charles will appear. , Rosa, On SATURDAY, May 3, Madame SON TAG will appearance thiseason, aS Maria, in D on i zetti , , and Tickets to be made at the FIGLIA. DEL REGGIMENTO. s admired Opera LA Applications for Boxes, Stalls Box. Office of the Theatre, Opera-colonnade, Haymarket. TLIEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. James Anderson. TILE GREAT EXHIBITION. THIS EVENING Will be presented by her Majesty's Servant* A new grand Operatic Spectacle, entitled AZXEL, THE PRODIGAL. Reuben, Mr. Yandentioff ; Azael, Mr. H. T. Cra ven ; Amenophis, Mr. W. West; Bucharis, Mr. Cooper ; Sethos, Mr. Rafter; Teptitele, Viilars; Nefte, Mrs. Walter Lacy ; ti tdlle. Victorine Legrain (Premier Sujet du Opera de Paris), who bee been expressly engaged for the occasion. 1 o be followed by A petite Comedy, entitled A MORNDIG CALL, to which Mr. J. Anderson and Mrs. Nisbett will appear. To conclude with RAISING TIIE Wi-zw• Stalls and Dress Circle - - - ss. _ First Price. Second Price. Boxes - - - - - 33 . Is. 6d. Pit - - _ - - - 2 s. ls. ed. Lower Gallery - - - - is./ No half-price Upper Gallery - - - - 6d. to Galleries. Nyate Boxes to strait 8 reduced from 31. 3s. Od. to 21. 12s. 6d. Ditto 6 ditto 21. 12s. 6d. to 21. 2s. Od. Ditto 4 ditto 2/. 23. Od. to 11. II s. 6d. Ditto 4 ditto 11. 11s. 6d. to 11. Is. Od. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr, B. Webster, Sole Lessett E VEND and Manager, Old Brompten. THIS M, Will be performed THE LADY OFlfoss. Claude Melnotte, Mr. J. W. Wallack ; Pauline Deschappelles, Miss L. Addison. After which, a new and (as times go) original domestic drama of startling interest, entitled ARLINE ; or, The Fortunes and Vicissi tudes of a Bohemian Girl. Count Anaheim, Mr. J. Bland ; Count Florestine. Mrs. L. S. Buckingham ; Thaddeus of Warsaw, Miss P. Horton ; Devilsboof, Mr. 11. Buckstone ; the Gipsy Queen, Mr. H. Bedford. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Cinder the direction of Madame Celeate, 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, comical fairy drama, called O'FLANNIGAN AND THE FAIRIES ; or, A Midsummer Night's Dream. Phelim O'Flannigan, Mr. Hudson ; Oberon, Miss E. Chaplin; Mary, Miss K. Fitzwilham. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management 01 Mr. C. Kean and Mr. Kula). THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new and original Comedy entitled LOVE IN A MAZE. Characters by 3les Sr& C. Kean, Keeley, Wigan, Harley, Addison, Meadows ; Mrs. Keeley, Mrs. Wbastanley, and Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with a new grand spectacular Extravaganza (taken from a Tale, by Washington Irving), entitled THE ALHAMBRA ; sr The Three Moorish Princesses. Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Harley, A. Wigan, Wynn, Cooke, Flexmore ; Misses Murray, Daly, Vivash, Robertson, Leclerq, Keeley, Mille. Auriol, and Mrs. Keeley. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestrl3. 601 e Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathew. TIiIS EVENING, Will be performed COOL AS A CUCUMBER. To be followed by A:II.A.Y OF RECKONING, in which Madame Vestris will appear for the fifth 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, Horncastle, Morris ; Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss St. George, Miss Martindale, and Miss Oliver. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Farren. THIS EVENING. Will be performed SIR ROGER DE COVERLET, or, the Widow and her Wooers, supported by Messrs. W. Farren, Compton, H. Farren, W. Farren, jun., Diddear, G. Cooke, Shalders, Lee, Bender, Kinloch ; Mesdames, Stiang, Leigh Murray, L. Howard, Adams, E. Turner, and Bartlett. To conclude with TRAYKENSTELN. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPUITHEATRE. lar the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a grand new Spectacle, entitled ELEANOR THE AMAZON ; or, Queen of France and England. To be followed by new Scenes of the Circle, introducing an en tirely new Company of French Artistes, amongst whom Madlle. Clementina Soullier, the first Female Equestrian in Europe, will appear. • To conclude with a comic farce, called SHOOTING THE MOON or, The Cove of Cork. Box-office open from 'Eleven till Four. Stage Manager. Mr. T. Thompson. xIIGH WATER Al LONDON BRIDGE TR U j Ay —qorning 49 min. after it I Eve n i ng 3 rain. after 1 TO-I.lo33oW—Moming 25 min. after 1 I Evening 43 rain. after I TIIE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, APRU, 29. Trthr.momrrEp., LY THE Sulam. 47 —highest since noon yesterday. 33—lowwt this morning and during the night. 50—this day, at noon. BAROMETE2, 29.59. Wrnrn W.S.W.—Morning, cloudy, with occasional sunshine; Afternoon, heavy fall of hail, with thunder and lightning. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following *aces at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations 4 2 0 arranged in order of latitude. &liarsjiarly cloudy.(DllnuN)—Wind N.N.W., strong breeze— PLYMOIrr n BEIGILTO N , 14 , 1 i irld N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. nd calm—partially cloudy. Sown[asw ro FOLKESTONE NVVindN.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. TuNexmoE--vviintil W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. .BasncesToKE—wijr., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. <I .ttE ENWICH—r, N., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. Wind ~ - :,6 .l . ,En—overcast. SWINDON— COLCHESTER—WinAiIentIe breeze—partially cloudy. gentle breeze—partially cloudy. yAN.mouni—Wind ly , str op gentle brreeze— LT NN—W Wind N.W., g . entb g breeze— partially cloudy. partially cloudy. breeze —cloudless. CONWAY—Wind E., IfoLyirEAD—Wind N. strop LIVERPO OL—Wind N. W., gentlreebrreezeze— sho —partially cloudy. e l) wery. LANCAsTER—Wind N.w., strong eeze—partially cloudy. w ar y..—Wind N., gentle breeze_rain. ajp ~Wind N., gentle breeze_viow, CARLISLE—Wind N.E., calm —partially c l oudy. st .13rroCK---Wina AN ,r • VY ~7.K ,A , strong breeze—oveica . Th e returns from the following places indicate the state of the wind and w eather on aturday morning at nine o'clock:— KINGSTOWN' (DUBLEY)—Wind W.N.W., strong breeze— partially cloudy. _entle breeze—partially cloudy POOLE—Wind 15.1. E:, g • LYNx—Wind W.N.W ~ gentle breeze—cloudy. Luna—Wind N.W., hard wind—overcast. Y"K—Wind W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. lax eurz ,„...wi n d N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. WHITBY—Wind N.E., strong br eeze—rain. AlumlTox_wi n d N. by W., strong breeze—rain. li . gi'wlex—Wri n d X.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. ,•_. Ziv ? ...p. - ** 44t :P 1 • '% " f t • V.l CA •MA4 • f *-41,3,1A,k,:-;..„ -,AW' 0 4+441,2:' - - 0, Y 1 7 11 4 ir 4 11 , . mos+ Inina Inft, L ONDON' TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 1851. The House of Commons sat yesterday for the first time since the recess. On the order of the dAy 'or the second reading of the Property-tax Bill, Mr. SPOONER moved, as an amendment, that the Bill be read a second timo that day six months. lie consi dered that a further continuance of the tax would be detrimental to all the best interests of the country. 31r. MUNTZ, in seconding the motion, commented on the injuries and losses which the unjust operation of this - tax inflicted on persons engagfd in trade, who frequently submitted to most unjust surcharges on their assumed profits rather than submit to the exposure of their busi ness transactions. Mr. FRENHFIELD would support the second reading ,for the continuance of the tax for a short time if the Government would pledge themselves to take into con sideration the propriety of hereafter introducing a more equitable modo of assessment. The CielecsaLLoa of the EXCHEQUER said that if the amet‘dments were aaptisd, the window duties And the N Niqk Itit THE SUN, timber and coffee duties could not be given up. The Right Honourable Gentleman further stated, in reply to Colonel SIBTHORP, that it was his intention to go into Committee on Friday. Mr. MACGREGOR supported the motion for the Second reading. Mr. DISRAELI advised his Honourable Friend to with draw the amendment, as he thought the objections made could be more properly considered in Committee. The amendment was then negatived without a divi sion, and the Bill read a second time. Lord J. RUSSELL gave notice that he would move that the House should meet at six o'clock on Thursday next, instead of at the usual hour. The House then adjourned at Seven o'clock. The Bill for the renewal of the property and in come-tax for a further term of three years was last night read a second time. The amendment of the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Warwickshire was negatived without a division ; but this course was only assented to upon the distinct understanding that the various details of the measure are to be fully discussed in Committee. Sir CHARLES WOOD still sticks to his " co nclusion." He resorts to rath e r a singular sty le of reasoning, that "asthetax is i n equitable in every particular, it may not beso very inequitable on the whole." There is a beautiful s ymmetry of injustice that should not be interfered with. Any attempt at improvement would be in jurious to the general effect. This is a comfortable doctrine, and one particularly valuable to a Financial Minister. It may take its place next to the stereo typed answer to every case of hardship or injustice : " The tax produces so many thousands per annum, which lam certainly not prepared to relinquish." It will in some respects have the advantage over that brilliant response which entirely discarded every equi table consideration, and appeared to think any descrip tion of injustice justifiable or even praiseworthy, provided it were only productive. It was the carrying out to the fullest extent the injunctions of the dying miser—" 2ely son, make money, honestly if you can, but make money." So the financial creed of Sir CHARLES WooD, so fat' as we can judge of it, by that oft-repeated rule, seemed to be to " fill the Ex chequer, and obtain a surplus honestly and equitably if you can, but obtain a surplus." He can now, however, assume a different tone. To any querulous gentleman who may complain of the impropriety of any impost, and prove its injustice and im policy, there will be the triumphant reply, that the very injustice objected to constitutes its chief beauty, for it is a part of the compensating principle, the nicely adjusted balance that keeps all things in order. It will also have the effect of preventing grumbling when it is known that, no mat ter what case may be made out, it will only strengthen the position of the head of the financial depart ment, and possibly induce him to increase the griev ance, in order to render the balance more equal. Might it not be advisable, then, to double the adver tisement duty on poor sempstresses, or servants out of place seeking situations, and to reduce it for noble men desirous of selling or exchanging large estates, or to increase the duty on the cheaper iescriptions of teas, and to diminish it on the more valuable ? A species of inverse ad valorem duties would be an in• vention worthy of Sir CHARLES WOOD'S genius. Indeed, his reputation can never be complete until he brings in some such measure. He has certainly proved himself to be the most incompetent financier that ever held the seals of office ; but be should make some brilliant move to prevent the possibility of com petition, and to leave all future occupants of the office at an humble distance. It would be impossible to bring forward more striking instances of inconsistencies between " ins" and "outs," or the same men in office and in opposition, than were adduced by Mr. SPOONER in the course of his speech. In 1845, Lord JOHN RUSSELL, in protesting against the tax, to which he was always of opinion that " fraud, vexa tion, and inequality were inherent," declared that " no man could say that a person who had an income from a landed estate or from the funds, which he could leave to his children entire, was in the same position as a surgeon or an artist, whose bread depended upon his health, and who by the loss of a limb or a defect of sight might be deprived in a moment of the means of earning an income at all ;" and yet, in 1851, the Noble Premier allows the Evil Genius of his Ministry to bring in a Bill the object of which is to perpetuate the injustice and inequality which he so ably exposed six years previously ! He showed the vexatious character of the tax to parties engaged in trade, who might be compelled to produce their books for the inspection of prying officials, but no portion of the inquisitorial machinery is removed. Sir GEORGE GREY, too, at the same time, said that "If they had the melancholy prospect of looking to this tax as a permanent tax, it would be their duty to endeavour to diminish its vexations and inequalities, but he, for one, hoping that the Right Hon. Gentleman had some grounds for being sincere in what he had announced as to its duration, certainly should not be disposed by any experiment of this kind to remove the vexations of this tax, for the more they were felt the more likely they were to be got rid of altogether." Does the Home Secretary now venture to anticipate the repeal of this impost ? Is he not well aware that it may be regarded as a permanent charge upon the country ? And does he endea vour to " diminish its vexations and irregularities," or does he desire that they should be severely felt, in order that they should be got rid of altogether ? Sir CHARLES Woon, even at that time, gave promise of that leaden crown of dulness to which he has since succeeded, for he discovered that " the property-tax pressed most severely on the working population, by diminishing the means of giving them employ ment." How unfortunate is it that the Right Hon. Baronet is a friend to the working classes. If he were an enemy we might hope for the abolition of in direct imposts, and those various taxes that are sup posed to press on industry, and that the national exchequer should be replenished by direct charges on accumulated and realized property ; but this long headed statesman has discovered that the best way to serve them is to cast a large proportion of the public burdens on their shoulders. He has the benevolence of FOGG, when remarking " that it is a charity to heap costs upon the debtor—an industrious clerk, with a large family and 255. a week—as it would teach him not to run into debt a second time." So the incomparable WOOD discovers that it is well to exonerate the rich man, in order that he may have greater means to apply in employment, if so disposed, while all the charges must be borne by the poor man, whether he obtains employment or not. It is unnecessary to recapitulate the speeches of other members of the Government, or to draw a dis tinction between their " sayings" in opposition, and their " doings" in power. Hansard, unfortunately, remains an existing record of their shameless ter giversation. Sir CHARLES Woon, however, seems to think that he has hit upon an unanswerable argu ment in favour of the tax, because the proposer and seconder of the amendment adduce reasons of an op posite character in its condemnation. He thinks the flagrant inconsistencies of himself and of his col leaguess will be forgotten if he can prove that Messrs. easily accou n t f or th e diff erences b e t ween t h e H on. Gentlem en , each of whomof the measure has brought h wieh forwardth e objectionable portions press most severely on hi s we wonder if the own constituents. Why should of the Member for Warwickshire absurditycom plains of makin g the amount of rent the measure of the tax to the farmer, so that the higher the rent, and consequently the lower the profit, the more he is called on to pay. There is in this, a gross and Palpable injustice that cannot for a moment be defended, an d , which requires altera tion. Even Sir CHARLES WOOD cannot assert that it is one of the best parts of the system, unles s he sup. it on the " compensating principle" ports above al luded to. Why, on the other hand, should we feel surprised if the Member for Birmingham dwelt more on the inquisitorial nature of the impost, and the povser of entering into a stringent investigation of the books, accounts, and the entire transac tions of traders hom the worthy Commis sioners are desirous of surcharging. The objections of both are valid and unanswerable, telling with im mense power against the tax, and their different nature does not justify it any more than it would entitle a man to an acquittal on an in dictment for feloniously wounding, if his advocate were to show that he had also robbed his victim. A more generous enterprise was never adventured upon than that which has recently incited some of ou r most distinguished men of letters to under take the foundation of a Guild for the less fortunate culti vators of Art and of Literature. Themselves excep tions, and, in some instances, brilliant exceptions to the rule which generally associates the poet with the garret, and affords the artist, not unfrequently, a home in the cellar—it was something more than gratifying to witness the interest evinced by them in behalf of their unsuccessful competitors, and to find them sympathising in the sorrows from which they themselves bad been effectually screened by their ge nius and their popularity. Against an endeavour of this kind, so spontaneous and comprehensive in its mag nanimity, one might think that no petulant sneer would be directed. A benevolence so genuine and disinterested, one might imagine to be removed beyond the reach of derision—too noble for obloquy, and too gentle for abuse. Yet such are the eccentricities of the craft, that, already, the voice of calumny has become audible from the Press itself, and the large hearted men who are devoting their energies for the dif fusion of benefactions among the necessitous labourers at the pen and at the easel, are assailed as contuma ciously as though they were actually attempting some fraud or larceny upon the members of their profession ! We find ourselves incapable of ade quately expressing the indignation we feel at ma lignity so gratuitous in its display and so utterly despicable in its character. Throughout the whole of this interesting effort in the cause of the disappointed, it has been remarkable, and not less beautiful than remarkable, to observe the cordiality with which the promoters of the scheme have co-operated with each other. Putting aside all thoughts of the trouble entailed upon each individually, and the re sponsibility moreover cast upon all of them collectively, they have striven to realize their hopes, in some mea sure at least, of setting on foot an undertaking which may ultimately lead to the foundation of a noble and admirable establishment. That Sir EDWARD BULWEE LYTTON, thA most various and in some respects the most gifted writer of his age, should so far participate in the enterprise as to produce a comedy in further ance of the projected guild, and to proffer a portion of land adjoining his estates for the building of the tenements proposed as places of refuge for the more unfortunate among his contemporaries—is of itself a circumstance sufficiently calculated, we might conjecture, to screen him from ridicule, if it did not elevate him to public admiration. Yet Sir BULWER LYTTON has been especially singled out by the calum niator of himself and his fellow-labourers as the object of gibes such as could alone proceed from a mind jaundiced by jealousy, or from the bilious recesses of a soured and acrimonious temperament. Scarcely less ungraceful of their kind are the derisive remarks passed upon those who have generously undertaken to enact the play by LYTTON, under the management of DICKENS. To ridicule the dramatic powers of the playwright re ferred to is preposterous enough, when it is borne in mind that he is no other than the author of the Lady of Lyons and of Richelieu, two of the most brilliant and masterly contributions made for a long period to the treasures of our dramatic literature. To mention as little less than ludicrous the histrionic capacities of CHARLES DICKENS and his amateur company, is in its way no less idle and ungraceful, when it is remem bered that those capacities have only been displayed in furthering projects of benevolence, and when it is, by this time at least, very generally known and re cognised that Mr. DICKENS, and one or two of his amateur brother comedians, are actors of rare ability, if not of consummate excellence. Apart, how ever, entirely from the merit of the players, or the skill of the dramatist, there is in their mutual solicitude to realize this dream of a Guild of Art and Literature, an evidence of gene rosity too signal to admit of a doubt as to its mag nanimity, and too novel to be passed over without eliciting some few, but genuine words of earnest commendation. It is with sentiments of this nature we rest assured that the majority are looking forward to the representation of the new comedy, Not so Bad as we Seem, at the princely town house of his Grace the Duke of DETONSMIRE. Under the auspicious conduct of authors so illustrious as the creators re spectively of the " Cax tons " and of " Copper field," there can be little doubt but that the drama tic enterprise will tend to the future security of the new Guild of Art and of Literature; aided as the en deavour will be by the co-operation of the witty chronicler of " Clovernook," the original biographer of " Goldsmith," the most luminous and judicious among all the luminous and judicious editors of SHAKSPERE, and, besides a variety of others, the gifted writers of " Orion," of " An tonina," and of the Patrician's Daughter. Men of this stamp can afford to laugh at the sinister shrugs and atrabilious jeers of the Smellfungus of journalism, more particularly when they are striving to build up a shelter for the bril liant but improvident toilers in Art, the ardent but impoverished labourers in Literature. Supposing these endeavours turn out to be not altogether boot less, the student of the brush may no longer be haunted by a dread of starvation when painting the cornfields and vineyards of a southern landscape : and the literary aspirant may indulge in new dreams of "The Splendid Shilling" without horrid presentiments of waking again at once pensive and penniless. Viewing the enterprise in this light, we look with sincere pleasure upon the project of the Guild, confidently anticipating its foundation. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The following is the text of the reprimand inflicted on General D'HAUTPOUL, by the Minister at War, and which is published in the Moniteur:— " An order of the day of the army of Africa, relative to the capture of the village of Selloum, on the 10th of Aril, has been published by the journals of Africa first, and copied by those of France. This order of the day, contrary to military usages and to the sentiment of dis cipline. inasmuch as it delivers to the appreciation of the army the opinions of the generals who command it, and the orders of the Government, has been, on the part of the Minister of War, the object of a formal disapproba tion and severe blame." In commenting on this document, the Presse says— "It is not for us to examine whether General d'Haut peal was right or wrong in censuring the conduct of Colonel d'Aurelle; but we cannot but approve of the Minister of War having recalled his subordinate to a sentiment of discipline. General d'Hautpoul had a less right than any other to forget it." The facility with which the PRESIDENT of the Republic has consented to the sacrifice of General D'HAUTPOUL is eminently calculated to eool the ardour of the adherents of the Elysee, and to inflict " a heavy blow and a great discourage.. ment" on the future prospects of the PRESIDENT. M. LOUIS NAPOLEON BONAPARTE himself is not, it would appear, nearly so sanguine as he was a month since, or he would scarcely have exposed himself to a rebuff from General CHANGARNIER by seeking 'a reconciliation withthat haughty bluff soldier; for that such a reconciliation was sought by M. DE P ERSIGNY is true, notwithstanding that denial in the Pattie of the account which appeared in the Evlnement. The Eveneinext represented the interview as having taken place in one of the lobbies of the Assembly, but as it took place at the residence of General CHANGAR NIER, the writer in the Paine, swearing by the card, was enabled to give that statement a contradi c ti on . General CHANGARNIER himself, however, declares that the interview took place, and M. DE CHASIB OLLE , in the Ordre, pledges himself that in the course of the interview M. DE PERSIGNY made use of the fol lowing expression :—" The Assembly was vanquished in your affair, and it must remain vanquished." The terms proposed by 111. DE PERSIGNY were haughtily rejected. The Presse says, — "It was in the small apartment occupied by General Changarnier, in the Faubourg St. Honor 6, that the in terview took place. It is said that, on entering, M. do Persigny exclaimed, What, General, a great personage like you in so small an apartment!' To which General Changarnier is said to have modestly replied, 'lt is pre cisely because tho apartment is so small that it makes me appear great!' It is positively affirmed that the advances of M. de Persigny wore without success, and those . who affirm it are the friends of General Changar nier." The Assemblie Nationale has the following : " Several journals contain the recital of u conversa tion between General Changarnier and M. de Persigny. We will not copy this account because M. de Persigny has written to the Evinernent to contradict it. But what M. de Persigny does not dispute is that he requested an interview with General Changarnier, which was granted, on the condition that it should take place at his own house. M. de Persigny, in fact, went to the residence of the illustrious General, and the conversation lasted very long. We are not yet acquainted with the steps taken by M. de Persigny, and the words exchanged between the intimate confidant of the Elytes and the ex-Commandant-in chief of the army o f P ar i s; but it 1 ~.. ~. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 29, 1851. appears to us impossible that the public can long remain in ignorance of the real history of this long tete-d•ttte. The Moniteur de Z'Armee publishes a communica tion from the Minister of War, rewinding officers of the existence of a decree, dated July 17, 1835, which prohibits military men of all ranks from making any publications in the newspapers, or from causing any work to be printed without having previously ob tained the authorisation of the Minister of War. General RANDON declares that the frequent infraction of this rule and the inconvenience attending such want of discipline has determined him to deal severely with such offences, in case the present warning should be neglected. This notification is aimed at Colonel CIIAItItAS, who has long been one of the principal writers in the National, and at General CAVAIGNAC, who has re cently been elected a member of the editorial corn mittee of the Siecle. THE SHARE MARKETS BRITISH RAILWAYS. The National thus comments on the document in question : " Is this note the production of General Randon? We cannot think so. It smack , too st rong ly o f monarc hy, not to betray its origin; it must have been drawn up in the Cabinet of the Elysee. But whatever quarter it may have come from, it certainly constitutes an exces sive abuse of power. Neither the Constitution, nor the civil law, nor the military law, interdicts military men from the right which every citizen possesses of publish ing his thoughts. The author of the note mentioned above—be he the President of the Republic, or the Minister of War—has thus exceeded his constitu tional power in prohibiting every citizen, belonging to the army, to publish any writing without authorization —in other words, in re-establishing the censorship in the war department. What took place on this point under the monarchy is a singular means of justification invoked in support of what is permitted at present under the Republic; for the circular itself which is alluded to in the note was contrary to the Charter of 1830, which had not excepted military men from the benefit of the common right of using the press. It would have been well to define exactly what are the inconveniences alluded to in the note, and to explain above all why it would be improper to allow the French military men the same liberty which the monarchical Government of England concedes fully to the persons who serve in the English army. It is always the same system: under the pretext of the abuse or inconvenience which might arise from the employment of a right, the right itself is suppressed in contempt oven of the Constitution—an odious system, which never succeeded, and which udfl never succeed! The censorship is then re-establisher .n the army, three years after the Revolution of February! Glory to M. Bonaparte, and to General Randon, his Minister!" M. DE LAMARTINE, in the Pays, has the following quiet hit at the inconsistencies of MM. GulzoT and THIERS "A strange circumstance, and which proves how strongly events may influence the character and opinions of men, is the following. M. Guizot is certainly one of the writers who contributed most by his pamphlets and intelligent opposition to the fall of the restoration; but M. Guizot now returns to the restoration under the name of fusion. M. Thiers who contributed as much as any one to the fall of the Monarchy of July, who said on the Bth of February, 1848: Yes, lam for revolution, even should it pass into the hands of persona of the most ar dent character;' in fine, who broke to pieces that Mo narchy in the hands of M. Guizot, who was anxious to save it—at present returns more fervent than ever to wards the idol which be had proscribed, and accuses M. Guizot of defection. Fusion forsooth? Yet there it is with all its inconsistency. Et nunc erudimini ?" M. SERURIEB, First Secretary of Legation at St. Petersburgh, has been appointed First Secretary to the Embassy in London. During the absence, and until the arrival of General AUPICK, M. SUMMER Will fill the functions of Charge d'Affaires at the Court of St. James's. The Bourse yesterday was considered to be one of the worst for a long time past. The buyers were completely paralyzed, and it was extremely difficult to dispose of Government Stock. The Five per Cents. opened at 9lf. 55c., and declined to 901. 85c., at which price they closed. The Three per Cents. closed at 561. 30e. Orleans Railroad Shares, 8251.; Rouen, 625 f.; Havre, 2551.; Great Northern, 470 f. ; Avignon, 203 f. 75c.; Vierzon, 425 f.; Basle, 140 f.; Paris and Strasburg, 3651.; Tours and Nantes, 275 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 28. Boulogne and Amiens, 9 I/ 2 Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 17 1 ,8—Dutch Rhenish, 3 1 / —Luxembourg, 1% —Ditto, 3 1 h—Namur and Li ege , B—N or th ern o f F rance , I%—Orleans and Bordeaux, 3%—Paris and Rouen, 24 1 % % —Paris and Strasbourg, 10 %—Rouen and Havre, 9%- -Sambre and Meuse, 3%—Tours and Nantes, 5%. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 23d have arrived. The Progressist journals publish the following letter from General ESPARTERO to the Central Pro gressist Committee for the Elections : " Gentlemen, Members of the Junta,—The grand act in which the Progressist party has given such a magni ficent spectacle to the nation has tilled my heart with joy. The ideas which are therein developed are mine; the desires which are expressed are mine also. During many years there has not been a day on which I was so happy as on that on which I received such an agreeable piece of news. Those who have read in my heart know perfectly well that in all the acts of my life my object has been to unite the preservation and splendour of the con stitutional throne of the Queen to the liberty and hap piness of the country. How then should I not approve of the manifesto which the Progressist Junta has ad dressed to the electors? My complete adhesion to prin ciples so perfectly developed must be well known. I accept with pride the honour conferred on me by my nomination to the presidency of this Junta; for I shall always be the first to defend the great p r i nc i p l es w hi c h h ave directed the Progressist party, and which, I believe, are the only principles that can secure the happiness of the nation. May God keep you many years. " THE DUBE DE LA VICTORIA." The Clamor Public° complains that incendiary proclamations, exciting the people to change the existing form of government, had been stuck up in the low quarters of Madrid, and it says that this has been done to bring discredit on the Progressist party. The Ileraldo says that the Government intends to create a great many new Senators in the event of its partisans being successful in the elections. MADRID BOLSA, APRIL 23.—Three per Cents., 35i ; Five per Cents., 16. Exchange on London, 51. GERMANY. The Prussian State Gazette, of the 20th, adverts to the exaggerated suppositions the expected return of Prince METTERNICH has gi ven ri s e to in certain foreign papers. It positiv e ly d ec l ares , th a t h owever desirous the Prince may be to return to his country after a period of three years passed in voluntary exile, he nevertheless has not the slightest intention of mixing again in political affairs. A letter from Vienna o f th e 24 t h , i n th e P russ i an Gazette, contradicts the assertion that the Austrian army in Italy is to receive reinforcements ; the return of the Italian reg i ments hi t h erto stat i one d in the Vorarlberg being the only causo of this rumour. The Universal German Gazette states from Hanover 23d inst., that the P russ i an G overnment h as sent a second circular to the Courts of Nassau and Bruns wick, to invite them to send plenipotentiaries to the Frankfort Diet by the 11th of May. The Prussian plenipotentiary is to arrive there on the same day. HOLLAND. TUE HAGUE, APRIL 27.—The First Chamber of the States General h ave resume d t h e i r s it t i ngs . Ne gotiations are still being carried on relative to the nomination of a new Minister of Finance. Various reports are in circulation, but nothing is fixed. At the request of the Governments of Spain and France, the Netherlands Government have under taken to effect a mediation of the difference which has subsisted ever since 1 iil23, relative to indemnity money for Spanish vessels which were brought in. S WITZERLAND. The Courrier Suisse of the 25th says :—" The Hungarian refugees are awaiting in the canton of Neuchatel the reply of the French Government rela tive to their passage through France to America. The cost of their transport to America is to be placed at the charge of the canton of Tessino. It appears that, in consequence of some steps taken by the Chargé d'Affaires of Sardinia in Switzerland, the re sidence of emigrants who are provided with Sardi nian passports is to be permitted. The rumour which has been in circulation of other Hungarian desert ers having taken refuge in the Tessino from the Austrian regiments is confirmed." ITALY. The Neapolitan authorities subject all travellers en tering the Neapolitan territory from the north to a quarantine of 21 days. The excuse is that the plague has broken out at Genoa. LEVANT MAIL. We have received by the Levant mail, Athens journals to the 18th, and Constantinople to the 14th. The Courrier d'Athenes gives a list of bands of bri gands now infesting Western Greece. The most formidable are those of CARAMRA, who is at the bead of 12 men ; GRADOULA, with 15 men ; CARAGOUNI DES, with 17 ; and BALAFA, with 19 men ; besides two more bands of 16 men each, whose chiefs are not known. It appears f'rons all accounts that the system of brigandage has spread over the country to a de gree hitherto unparalleled. The Minerva estimates the total number of public robbers now in Greece at 1,000. The Sub-Prefect of Livadia has issued a circular to all the Mayors, recommending the utmost vigilance on their part respecting the movements of the brigands. The Journal de Constantinople con , tains no news of interest. THE ARRIVAL OF THE PRINCE OF PRUSSIA. DOVER, APRIL 29, HALF-PAST 2 A His Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia, accom panied by the Princess of Prussia and family, and Prince Frederic William of Prussia, with their Royal Highnesses' suite, arrived at one o'clock A.M., in the Garland steamer, from Ostend. Their Royal Highnesses will leave Dover for Lon don by special train this day At one o'clock, r.at, Railways 1 Paid. Nominal P r i ces . Bulimia done to-day. ..-----. Aberdeen • • • • • • , all Caledonian 10/. •• • • 10 6% —6 % % dia. Chester and Holyhead .. all 1614 16% Lund. Per. & Aber. June, all % 16 Cs. East Anglian (31. 10s.) 6 per cent. • • • • all 2% —2% 2% % Eastern Counties Exten., 5 per cent. No. 1 • • all 1 4 —% P Pm Do. No. 2 • • • • • • all % dis —36 p Do. New 6p. cent. Stock 10 1136 11% Eastern Union, Scrip guaran. 6 percent. • • all 16 3 L —l7 Do. 101. Daben. Shared . all ~ _.. East Lancashire, 6 per cent. quarter shares .. all •• —„, E. &W. York. June. sths all „. _.. Edin. Per. & Dun. 5i p. et. all 4 dis. par Glasgow & S.- W. Consol. 100 .. —.. Gt. Northern, 5 per cent. all 1336 13% 13% Great South. & Western (Iceland) eighths .. .. 2)6 % Ip. Lancashire and York shire, F. 201... • • • 6 1% 154 dis. . Leeds and Thirsk, 6 per cent., No. 1.. • • .. 11 .. —.. p Do. quarters, 1848 .. 9 1% 2 p London, Brighton, and South Coast guar. 5 per et., late Cr.yd.n thirds 100 .. —,. 1)e. pref., b p et. Stock, 1851, from 501. share. E 100 114 120 120 Do. cony. 5 per ct. 1852 all _ —.. Do. new guar., 6 per et. 100 136 —139 136 London &S.-W., new • • b 2% —2% p. Londonderry and Ennis killen, half shares • • 10 Manch., Sheffield, and Line., guar. shrs., No. 1 all 1314 13% Do. new, 101. •• •• all 12 -••• 125 12% Do., 6/. • • • • .. .. 3 34 l(i p Midland Con. 6p. c. stock 100 132)6 133% Do. Consel. Bristol & Birming., 6 per cent... 100 .. —. ~ Do. Bristol & Glouces. 48 •• —.. Norfolk Extension • • an 17 —lB pa. guar. 554 per cent, all 4% —4% Do. Waveney Valley _ 2 .. _ .. 54 North British • • .. 5 5 —B% Oaf. Won &Ve 01. 151.6 p.c 2 1 —l% p Shrewsbury and Birm. New Guaranteed .. all 11 11% Shrews. and Ches. (Nor. W. Min.) 8 per cent. all 15 15% , South Devon .. .. • • all 13 —l5 South-Eastern, 434 p. et. 10 .. Waterford &Kilkenny,sl. 1 .. —.. WestLondon,lst Cl. (10/.) all Do. 2d Class do. (par) all .. York, Newc., and Berw., Gt. N.of E. Par. .. all IN 16% 1 —4% York and North Midland H. and S. Burch. .. 10 1 36 % dis. $ 9 Lancashire and Y orkshlre 6 per cent., stock, 133. POREIGN. Boulogne and Amiens .. all 9% —3% 9% Central of France (Or leans and Yierzon) .. all 16% 1736 Demerara Dutch Rhenish • .. .. 8 • 6 4)6 dis. East Indian .. .. 14 1% — l % P. Do• do. do. .. 20 Great Indian Peninsula.. all )4 ii P• Ditto ditto .. .. 2)6 %—% P• Louvain ala Sambre —7% • —• • Luxembourg .. .. .. 8 15( lli Ditto .. .. .. 10 33S 3 30 Madrid and Valentla .. 2 Maria Antonia .. 25 7 8 Ditto, New • • • • 7)4 2 3 Namur and Liege .. P• a ll 7% 8 IN 71 Northern of France .. 16 ' , lt _.— 414%dis. 14% 1,/, 34 Orleans and Bordeaux .. 8 a —33 Paris and Orleans •• • • all 3 25 Paris and Rouen • • • • all 24 2436 Paris and Strasbourg • • 16 536 5 3( 411. 10% Rouen and Havre .. a ll 9% 1 0 9% 10 Sambre and Meuse • • 20 3% 4 3% % Tours and Nantes •• • • 15 93, - 9 dis. Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasson •• el .. ..... .. Root lrliudari • E 3 ::, 8 % 2% =B% Railways. Aberdeen.. Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, & E. Jancion Belfast and County Down Birming., Wolverhamp., and itour Valley Birketth., Lan., & Cheah June., late 331.65. 84.. Do. Chest. & Blrkenhd., 501. St 251. Consolidated Do., do., 20/. .. Bristol and Exeter • • • • Caledonian .. Chester and Holyhead .. Direct Lond. and Portsni. Dublin and Belfast Junct. Dublin and Kingstown.. Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee, Perth, and Aber- deen Junction .. .. Do., New .. East Anglian (251. L. & E. and L. & D.) .. Do. (181. E. & U.) .. Eastern Counties Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. shares • • Do. do. do. .. Do. do., B & C shares East Lancashire • • • • Do. New quarters • . Edinburgh ant Glasgow Edin., Perth, and Dundee Exeter and Exmouth .. Glasgow and South-West, DO. do. G. D. & C. steel 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 Think Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .. London and Blackwall Do., Tilbury Ext. Scrip London, Brighton, and South Coast • • • • London and N.-Western Do. do. now quarters . Do. fifths .: Do. 101. sh., M. Pc IS (c) London and S.-Western . Do. new 501. .. .. Do. new 401. .. .. Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock .. Manchester, Sheffield, & Lincolnshire 4.. .. Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union . Midland .. • . • • .. Do. 501. shares .. De. firming & Derby' Midland Gt. West. (Ire.) Newcastle and Carlisle.. Do. quarter shares .. Newmarket • • .. .. Newport, Abergaveuny, and llereford • . • • Newry and Enniskillen.. Newry, Warrenpoint, Jlt Rostrevor .. - Norfolk .. • • .. • • Do. New 201. shares • • Northern Counties Union North British.. North Staffordshire •. North-Western North &Sth.-West.June.l Oxford, Worcester and', Wolverhampton.. .. Scottish Central Scottish Midland .. Do. new .. Screws. fc Birm., Clas3 A Do. Class 8.. shrews. & Hereford., Old Do., do., New .. Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves .. • • • • I.)o. Oswestry • • .. Do. New.. .. •• Shropshire Union .. • • Do., A, B, C, & D, fully, paid up at per cent • • South Devon .. . South-Eastern .. South Wales.. .. South Yorksh. and River , Shell., Roth., and Goole, south Division Stockton anti Hartlepool Swansea & Lotighor, Sze. raw Vale Extension .. Thames HaTen Deck and Railway .. Vale of Neath •. Waterford and Kilkenny) Waterford and Limerick, ) l Waterford, Wax., Wick. and Dublin West Cornwall .. West London Whitenaven and Furness York, Newcastle, & Ber wick .. • • .. • • Ditto and Newcastle Extension • . Ditto G.N.E. purchase York and North Midland Paid. Normal Prices. 15 to 15% 3% —3% Ms. •• •• 10% - 11 1 , • • • . . SO -82 15% - 15% 23% - 2454 •• --- •• 20 -18 al. 10 -11 4% -5% 3 -3N, 7% -7% 63i - 7 1556 - 17 - 17% - 35Vi; - 3634 7% - 84 % - % 18% - 18% 6 - 6i 12% - 12% 42 - 43 87% - 88% 14 - 15 - 83 10 —ll p. 29 —3lp 63 —63% 9% —B% d. —6% b% d. 17% 18% 8 % — 8% % P 96% 973( 129 —129% .”4 p. b% 5 14 P. P. 88% 89% 6 5 dls. 4 36 —3% dis 3% 97 , . d. 34% - 35% 3 & Li 63 63;4 123( dia. 33 —37 •• •• 914 3 dts. 4% 4 2 - 28 13 —l2 die: 2%-2, dia. siij 10% 6J 6%dia. lu% —lO dia. % -1 36 P 175( - 17% 161 i -17 -10' 15% 15% die. 4% 4 tls. 3%, —3% dl4 2 —1% dig. 17 -19 13 -14 3% - 27‘, (1. 17 -19 27X - 28 30% - 31% 1 —34 dLi. 4U- 4% 9A - 10 i Ni .;!4 du, 16 —l5 die. 5 4 d. 534 4;4 17 —lB4 5% —4% dig, $ —7% 21% -22% 33.4 3 dis. 1% —1% dis. 233( 27 q AT =NES LEAS: TALL. Leasin Business Railways. Paid. Nominal Prices. Companies g . dose to-day. Barkaand Hants Ex. 5 per Cent. Gt. Western 6 % 1 p. Sir. and Oxford Junc.,callsduly paid, or with a guarantee •• Do •• .. all 2834 •—• 2934 Do., withou a guarantee .. Da .. • • all 27 -- 28 Wol., & Dud.,cails duly paid, or with a guarantee .• Do .. .. 15 834 934 p Do., without a guarantee Do • • PS 7 8 p Buckinghamsh. Lon. &N. W. ally 17% 17% 17% Clydesdale June Caledonian all 41 —43 E. Lin., Guar. 6 per Cent. •• G. Northern all 32% 32% Gloucester and Dean Forest Gt. Western 18 par Hull and Selby Yk. &N. M. all 10136 10234 Do. % Shares Do .. 5034 5134 Do. % Shares Do • • .. all 2234 2336 Leeds and Brad. Midland .. all 98% 9934 Lon. and Green. S. Eastern all 11'4 11% Do., Pref. .. Do .. .. all 2334 2434 Lowestoft, Gd. 4 per Cent. • • Norfolk • • all 15 —l6 Do., 6 per cent Do .. • • all —• • Middlebbro' and Bedcar, 6p. et Stockt.& Dar all .. —• • N. & East, 5 per Cent. •• E. Counties . all 54 —56 5434 Po. New •• Do .. • • 43 4 6 p Preston andl L. ID N. W.l Wyre • • •• S &La.& Y. 511 42 —44 D 0.34 Shares ADo .. • • 1034 734 — 834 p. Read., Guild., and Reigate .. S. Eastern ~ all 21 2134 Roy. & Ilitchin G. Northern 63( 774 834 o. Shep. Ex.. Do .. • • =3l 134 I%p. Shef., Roth. and Goole, 5 per ct. Lane. &York 18 11 6' South Staffords. Mr. M'Clean 934 3 dia. Wear Val. 6 per • • Stock.& Dar. all 24 2434 •• Do • • • • an Cent. Do g u do.a. Do. do. •• Do • • • • all Wilts, Som., & Weymouth .. Gt. Western all 4b 4534 lizrz SNARES. Business done to-day. 1:15% 3i 4; , 4 5 15U % 23% 5 4% 7% % 7% P 18% 14 6% 12% 88:4 159 88 1 % 14)i 63 6i li 8 % % 1% 97 34 130 129% 34 2234 1714 In% 8834 sou 35t 36 dia. 68) 64% 22yi 3i 3 3i 10 9% 10% 10% 17g 17 % 4 db. dia. 17i 100 1 1 0 100 8 6 8 11 13 4 47% 100 100 42% 34 4 2 0 100 100 47% all all 25 all 23% all all 4 4 all all all 1 6% 27%2S 3L3 16 2-3 all 2% 27 G% 7 MINES. Paid. N om i na l p rices Business done to-day. —.— Asturian .......... • • • • 15 .. Australian .... •••• • • • • 4 1% Barossa Range .. • • ... 1 13 0 a3.j 3 Blaenarvon Iron and Coal all .. Bolanos Scrip .. British Iron ..... .• • .... 13 5 • • Brazilian Imp. (is. 51. p.) 24% Do. Cocaes and Culaba all 32% —32 Do. St. John del Rey.. 15 16% 15% Cobra Copper .• ... 40 38% 39 Copiapo ..... • • ..... .• 14 General.. • • .. • • ........ all 13N, 14 Mexican& S. American 9 3% Real Del Monte, Ucreg. % Do. Black Debentures • • • ••• Do. Red Debentures .. • • • • Santiago de Cuba ...... 10 73l Tin Croft .. .. •• • • United Mexican•• • ....• 28 2 9%1 Ski —3% JOINT STOCK BANES . Australasia .... •• . all 33 32% 32 British North America.. 50 42% 43% Colonial .............. 25 9% 12 Commercial of London.. 20 25 25% London Joint Stock .... 10 18% 17% London and Westminster 20 27% —2B National Provincial Eng. 35 Do. New 10 .. National of Ireland • • 22% 18% 20% Provincial of Ireland • • 25 42 43% Do. New .. • •• • • .... all 15% 15 Union of Australia .... all 35 33% Do. New ............ 2% 3 33 4 Union of London •• •• •• 10 12% 13% Union of Madrid •• - all NXISCEIMANEOUS. Canada .... 32% 42% —46 Gen. Steam Navigation . 14 26% 28 Penin. & Oriental Steam. all 65 —66 Ditto ditto 5 11 11% • Royal Mail Steam .. •• .. 60 75 —73 (We cannot be answerable for the errors of the Official Lists. are Ditto ditto Royal Mail Steam .. • • .. rwe cannot be answer, will not be influenced by Lble for t. interegte ,e errors of the Official Lists, and I correspondents.] MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 3.000 bales, all to the trade, including 200 Pernam and Maranham at 713. to 8 4 1 -d., 100 Egyptian at lid. to Sid., and 300 Surat at 4-td. to si-el. per lb. The market was heavy.—Railway Shares were quiet, but the market closed flatly. The public Wool sales commence on the 15th of not month. At present no public sales of Sugar or Coffee are ad vertised for Thursday, which, in the City, will be a par tial holiday, as the Stock Exchange is always closed on the Ist of May. The letters and papers by the steamer Baltic, from the United States, were delivered this morning. The money market at New York was easier. It is stated that the legislatures of most of the states have adjourned, and those still in session will soon adjourn. Nothing of im portance has transpired in any of those which have ad journed, affecting the public indebtedness. It is fortu nate for the creditors of those states which are already deeply involved, that the Legislatures have not the power to contract new loans. The new constitutions which have been adopted, restrict legislation upon this subject, and but for this we should have had any quantity of plans proposed for an increase of debt; and projects for the extension of works of internal improvement would have been presented from every quarter. The Legislature of this state is at this moment en gaged in discussing the constitutionality of making a new loan of nine millions of dollars, to enlarge the Erie and other state canals. More than a dozen lawyers have given an opinion in relation to the matter, about one-half of whom say that such an act would be consti tutional, and the other half say it would not. The friends of the Bill are making every effort to get it through, but the probability is that they will not suc ceed. The new constitution of New York prohibits the Legislature from contracting any loan without first sub mitting the project to, and obtaining the consent of, the people, at the election following the passing cf the Bill, and a direct tax is levied for its liquiastion. This matter illustrates clearly the importance of pro hibiting, by constitutional enactment.s, the Legislature from the reckless contraction of debt, which formerly characterised the proceedings of the representative branch of nearly every state Government in the Union, and resulted in so much public delinquency, bankruptcy, and repudiation. It would be much better for the Le• gislature of this state to remodel this Bill, and consider it a loan at once, and let it go through the forms pre scribed by the constitution, to the final issue, and the matter will be disposed of for ever. A party, writing from Havannah under date of the 7th inst., complains of the measures " resorted to in this city to induce our merchants to send out their vessels hero in expectation of high freights, and thus, when the har bour is full, they may dictate what freights shall be. They have done this more this season than ever was done before, in consequence of the advance of freights in the Gulf ports. You will see by the enclosed price cur rent, that freights are quoted 31. to 3/. 10s. to Cowes and a market (as this is the way three-fourths of the charters are made here, it will serve as one example for all), when for the last week the highest rate that has been offered has been 2/. 12s. 6d. It may be a mistake of the press, as they are not quite so advanced as we are in the art of newspaper printing, but it has happened almost too often for that." The Mexican accounts state— " A new order of things is pervading here. The watchwcrds of the Administration, and of all true hearted and patriotic Mexicans, now are Yamos Adelante,' synonymous with our Yankee phrase, Go ahead.' " The new President, Arista, is indefatigable in his labours. He is a genuine workie, and his whole soul is devoted to his beloved country. Day and night he is engaged in his public duties, advising with his counsel lors, and directing the officials in their duty. _ _ " You will notice, on looking over the .Mexican papers I send you, that some of them seem inclined to as.all him. This to be expected. The number of aspirants for power here is as great as in the United States; and here, as there, the ambitious claims of most individuals seem to be in an inverse ratio to their ability and fitness. The factious accuse the President as being disposed to act dictatorially. If he was less firm, they would accuse him of being inert and inefficient. But all this opposition will end in froth and bubble. He is a • t man and a patriot, and will be sustained by th e just people. Pronunciamientos against him and his acts will be as foolish and as futile as those of Wendell Phillips, Garrison, and Co., in the United States. The staunch men of the country are with him—the true patriots are with him—the worthy and intelligent of the priesthood are with him. They all see that he is copying after our Washington, and cares not for himself if he can serve his country. They all see that if this republic is allowed any longer to be torn to pieces by domestic dissensions—her strength paralysed at home and abroad—her prosperity retarded, and the moral strength of her people continued to be weakened by factions—she will become, as she will deserve to become, an easy prey to some hostile ambi tious rival nation, or relapse into a military monarchical despotism. The Church see, and the men of property see, his policy is the true policy for the preservation of their just rights; and the people see that the same policy vsill . protect their liberties. He is only opposed by the fac tious, the discontented, the mere adventurers, and the unprincipled and desperate traitors who would exalt them selves on the ruin of their country." In the Amsterdam Stock Market on the 27th instant, Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. were quoted 57 7-16. Mexican Bonds were at 32 11-16. The English Funds have been quiet, but there is a tolerably firm market. Consols bring 964 for Trans fer and Account; Exchequer -bills are 50s. to 534. pre mium; and India Bonds have been also at those rates. Bank Stock has been quoted 2104 to 211. Foreign Securities have been in moderate request. Mexican Stock has realised 35 to 1. The absurd state ment as to the departure of the steamer on the 6th of March without the 80,000 dollars, owing to the bad wea ther, had a temporary influence, but it was speedily dis covered that so far from this being the case, the ship arrived here with the money some time since. Peru vian Deferred Stock has been at 39i to 394. Portuguese Four per Cents. are 344, being higher. Spanish Five per Cents. are 19i g. Venezuela - Deferred are 12i In Shares there is not a great deal doing, but prices are fairly supported. QUARTER TO THREP ... 96i 1 96A 4 7 ONE PRICKS OF BRITISH FUNDS O'CLOCK. Conaois •••• Ditto Accoul:o, May 13 CLOSING PRICES. 210% 96% 96 97 7 7 % 259 53 p 54 p 961 96% Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Anne. 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 96% 3 / 4 New 31.,4 per Cent. Anns_ 9 7 1/, NI % Long Anne. to expire Jan.lB6o 7 .5-16 7A 3 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 7 5 ‘3 India Stock — Indir.: Bond% 1,0001. ........... Ditto under 1,0001.-..... ....... South Sea Stock Ditto New Annuities ...... Console for Account ..... ••• 96 3 / 4 % Exchequer Bills. 14 u. as 2d 1,0001. June 5O 53 p 53 p 5001. June DoE Simell. June 4 p 54 p PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Danish Bonds, 1825,3 per Cent. .• Do., 5 per cent Msxican, b per Cent.lB46, with Coupons— Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons ••-•-•• 33 351 35 Ditto, Account Peruvian Bonds, 5 per Cent...., B4 Ditto Deferred ..... -- 39 i 1 341, P or t u guese 5 per Cents. ............ Ditto, 4 per Cent. ............. 311/ Russian Bonds .. ........... ... _ 4 Ditto, 4 1 7 .( 2 per Cent ............... 99 1 4 S;)anish 5 r3r Cont. 1840 ..... . 19 1 . a I Ditto, Passive ............... - l- Ditto. 3 per Cent. ............................ 39 1 f 3 Venezuela Bonds, 2is per Cent ... —' s Ditto. Deferred .... .............. 121.% Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian, 414 per Cent. Dutch * 2 per Cent.. 12 Guild. - Ditto 4 per !Ant. friartifi.,ita<, .. 102 1 A 35% 35 1 4 84 39 1 / 2 33% 99 1 4 19% 39 1 / 8 33 12% 93 1 A 901 OPENING OF THE EXIIIBITION.—It is earnestly to be hoped that arrangements will be made throughout the metropolis to render Thursday next a general holiday. Such would be not only gratifying to the mass of her Majesty's lieges in the capital, but would be a splendid welcome to our foreign visitors, and a mark of the popular recognition of the great industrial celebration. __EPS.ESENTATION OF NORTii HANTS.—It is said ,hat Lord Henry Cholmondeley will come forward in con unction with Mr. Portal, on the Conservative interest, as a candidate for the representation of the northern division of Hampshire, in the place of the present Speaker of the House of Commons, who it is expected will he elevated t 9 the peer ate. —Salisbury Journal. ' '1•14 , --:, r, 34 4,1;,,, ~... CHESTER RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPII.) Grosvenor Stakcs., Kick-up-the-dust ... Mark Tapley ... ... ... Won cleverly. The Mostyn Stakes. Paddy Bird Babgelert Won cleverly. CUP BETTING. 7 to 1 egst Rhesus 7 to 1 agst Russborough 9 to 1 agst The Italian 10 to L ag6t Ilesse•Homburg 12 to 1 agst Backbiter 15 to 1 agst Sauter-la-Coupe LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DA Y ' ) LONDON, APRIL 29.—Wind at noon SS.W.9 ll3c)derate breeze and cloudy. PILL, APRIL 28.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Marvel, ne e° • Ayres; Pink, Rio Grande. NEWPORT, APRIL 28.—Wind Grace Langstaff, Rio Grande. and STETTIN, APRIL 26.—The Emilie and Fertun—nt: Memel to Hull, put into Swinemunde, 24th i nst '''" o with part of cargo thrown overboard, having b een v shore. MALTA, APRIL 22.—The Camglino sailed hence' kith inst., for England, and put back, 19th instant, :irk, cargo reported to be heated. The Manfredonia, to Lie has put in with rudder damaged. 11er NEW YORK, APRIL 16.—The Belle (British brig) , — iv, much). to Cuba, was lost on the Bird Rock, 60 ovil ee ve d, of San Juan do los R e medies, 22d March; crew The Susan, Lord. Cette, to New Orleans, sailed from A o r, former port 23d December, has not since been b ea med, APRIL 28.—Wind N.W. to S., squalli•:VS. Iwo Ruckers, St. Vincent. Arrd. from the River, v" Botsford,:Quebee A off LIVERP , - A NV' Mr"' 'OOL, _PRIL 28. , ind N.N. , Ses Tyro. Sld. Robert Finnie, Pernambuco ; King, New York; Templar, Bombay; Cuba. saran e f Juno, Philadelphia; Queen Pomare, St. John's , err Brunswick; Branscombe, Montreal; Baltic stead New York. QUEENSTOWN, APRIL 27.—Wind N.—Arrd. She, so .. Hardy-, Barbadocs. The Arab steamer, from Co o se • tinople to Liverpool, put in here this morning in ° h ie; quence of fire having broken out among the cargo, has been quite subdued. W ELLS, APRIL 28.—The Heed echooner, Penzance, got on shore at Bramcester, but came oe - little damage. pi NEW YORE, APRIL I6.—A ship was on shore ° P o near Pickie Reef, previous to the 3d April , I/ wreckers at anchor near her. A 10 4 About 100 bales of cotton, and th© cabin and .-e ° pro a large vess e l, app aren tly some ti me i n t h e watsrf4 c - 1: passed on the 2d of March, e i g hty m il es E. oflsland. -11 net Part of the car g o, ex -E m ili e , f rom C et t e t o alit 4" pe st on shore on Abseccm Beach, and full of water, ha e ribil saved, and it is expected that the greater part 0 cargo will be recovered, but in a very damaged ste„ T te ',s, The British Queen (bri g sc h ooner ) , A nna p o lis ; ." . ' oe to Salem, is reported to h ave b een wrec k e d en eAr,-rll; below Portsmouth, duri ng a squa ll on t h e 9th crew saved. n ot' A yawl boat, 22 feet long, w ith b ow stove , Pe - li black outside and green inside, was passed on th e April, lat. 38, long. 91. MARKET INEWS.-(THIS DAY' ) COLONIZ.Z. steSdP 6UGAR —The market tor British Plantation is Sales about 200 hhds. Mauritius, 2,000 bags, ° l- 370 sold at the previous advance of 6d per cwt; yellowt 366 , to 40s 6d; grey, 36a to 38a ; and br own , 34s t° i t ], Bengal, of 4,600 bags o ff ere d, only 1.550 B e nares 6 ' oo at a further improvement of n ear ly 6d or fully is r e. this day week, low t o goo d w hi te 38 s t o 435; N e ab° l mainder (being grainy sor t s ) were w i t hd raw n, is the value. bee° FOREIGN.—Two cargoes of brown Bahia have - , 1 0 sold for refining at 18s to 18s 6,1, and a floating ° : a , v — of of brown Pernambuco, in bags, at 18s 6d. The quot", l o d British Plantation landed last week at the Eat h - e re West India docks was 976 hhds 111 tierces, 8 13 "" -- , 0 e$ were taken for home consumption 434 hhds 42 on o 271 barrels. The stock in the same places i 53,1 22 538 tierces 726 barrels. COFFEE.-140 casks 280 bags Plantation CeY. g ' ° ;•4 o auction mostly sold at previou s r a t e s ; 200 bags of common quality were withdrawn at 425. Se e Rum.--The market is dull, and previous rate s 0 $ barely supported. The quantity landed last wee,. 40, the East and West India Docks wa s 10 puns 2 P there wete taken for home consumption 196 Pu il ibe hhds, and exported 69 puns 97 hhds. The stock i° same places is 10,932 puns 1,545 hhds. 4 SALTPETRE.-2,600 bags B enga l, re f rac ti ng u 4 „ t o. per cent, were withdrawn for went of buyers a 3 l g o 450 bags went is lower; 64 per cent at 25s 6d; 95 Lclib 530 bags refracting 41 with 3i p er cent Ni trate o f at 23s to 945. TALLOW.—P. Y. C. is 39s 3d t o 39 s 6d per c wt a'. spot, and Town 39a 61 TEA.—The deliveries last week increased. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before the LORD CHANCELLOR.) 30 His Lordship was engaged the whole day with go o part-heaid app-al of Emmett and Dewhurst, whic h occupied him the %hole of yesterday. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY' ) MORGAN V. MORGAN. 11 0 The arguments in this part he a rd p e tition were og`g resumed this morning. The facts of the case have Air e° ben stated in our columns. VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS 1.).1 0.1 (Before Viet-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) of His Honour was engaged thi s morn i ng i n disposi ° 7o a number of short causes, none of which were of P ti importance. (Before Vice-Chancellor Lord Cu•NwortTl:O h r of His Lordship disposed this mornin g of a pullilieo unopposed petitions, and afterwards proceeded to causes. (Before Vice-Chancellor TURNER.) ~„r The arguments in the part-heard petition of Virs t be Bentley were resumed, and occupied his lionotlf whole of this morning. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DA- 17.-) 0 Mr. Justice PATTESON delivered -the usual elutr e t ito the inquest jury thi s morn i ng b efore the s i tt i ng °L 06 Court, and ob s e rve d t h at h e was only aware o f ono c that would o.me b e f ore t h em, an d that h a d re f e renc i e fe a a charge of k ee pi ng a di sor d er l y h ouse, w hi c h luv° no point or que s ti on o f l aw t h a t requ i re d partie u notice. - 1% 0 0 THE OPENING OF THE CRYSTAL AND THE SITTINGS OF THE COUR I ',„ ,Ir On their Lordships entering the court, at ten o'eiv - i ; Lord CAMPBELL, addressing the bar, said—l thtt right to announce that we shall sit here, as usua l ' o ne Thursday next. lam sure I wish all honour to be c l° , l - % to the Exhibition; I earnestly desire its success, a i li- b y trust all the benefits expected from it will be deride d to this nation and all the other nations of the world; 1313 ,! to attain those objects I do no t c o n sider it at all necesse r Jw suspend the administration of justice in Westruin s ,, t- d6 hell. We have still considerable arrears on our - and I think a applying e shall best do our duty by ° p- selves to subd ue those arrears. There will b e aniP .i ° A ° portunities for all persons whatever to s ee the wov-e of the Crystal l'alttce. tbe The Court then proceeded with th e b us i n ess oil special paper. COMMON PLEA S.-(THIS The Cuurt proceeded witii the special paper to :e' but the eaNes argued did n o t p ossess an y f ea ture 0f neral intereEt. E XCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) „l e o Their Lord s hi ps heard several applications for r-ore for new trials in cases tried on the circuit, w hick fi te ly devoid of any i nterest except to the parties in:10301i/ interested. - BANKRUPTCY. -(THIS DAY) IN RE CANSDALE. ace Mr. Linkl a t er a p peare d to app l y f or renewa l 0 , . 1 :00 tection to this bankrupt, whose certificate had been pended for six months, with protection for one rac' e g t of Mr. JONES, for the assignees, opposed the repel" the protection. ld eot Mr. LINItLATER trusted that his Honour We n o eht refuse the application, as it was a matt e r of great d e o re e whether, under the 112th section of the Act, the 6, o f miseieners had any power to order the discharg s us" bankrupts taken in execution after the refusel er ar the pension of certificate; besides thi s , it was quite o n o ptl' bankrupt had not committed any of the offences merated from the 251st to 257th sections. been Mr. JONES submitted that the protection havi n g yo limited, the Learned Commissioner intended to lee t open to the creditors or ass i gnees to apPlP b e ll et i• P ll creditor was in the p osi ti on to ta k e t h e ba.' „ execution. e re' His HoNouia said he felt bound t o re f us e furth er t'eht Y tection, and as the assignees were the only parties to B o could apply for the cert ifi cate, w hi c h amounted e htoUld execution, perhaps th e y wou ld consent, so that d ee d the bankrupt be put i n pr i son h e s h ou ld no t be eem ioo , more than a month, as i t was ev id ently the imP ress out h ' the Court, by orderin g p rotect i on f rom m onth t o b athe that period would be a sufficient punishment , e t Id h e °eject of the Legislature was that the bankrupt erl e eere punished; and he agreed with his brother Cera i r el ' s e- 9 he! that they were not restriett cl by :he penal ciati - A - 8 ; the that a bankrupt was liable fer any misconduct en"coesi bankruptcy laws. He (his Honour) therefore d be dered the assignees were entitled to a certificate, 013 , t he would suggest they should consent to a di s charge eed of a m o nth a l ter b an k rupt ha d b een condlleu: 4;s g to Mr. JO NES sa id t h e assignees would act VOL . "' his Honour' s suggest i on . a cb 3c His HONOUR seid the bankrupt must undcretto ; be if he kept ou t o f t h e way , protection would e e n co eld granted, but if the assigneea did not Proceed' APPIY t 4 month houce, - vROTE Rh