The Sun. — London, England, 1850-05-08 00:00:00

'HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. A Grand Classical, Dramatic, Miscellaneous Concerted MCSICAL ENTERTAINMENT will take place on MONDAY MORNING, May 13, selected from the following admired authors : Weber, Spolir, Purcell, 31. Locke, Spontini, Paesiello, 31eyerbeer, Citnaresa, Haydn, Beethoven, Rossini, and embracing several highly interesting novelties. On this occasion will appear Madame Sontag, Mdlle. Parodi, 3fdlle. Giuliani, Miss Catherine Hayes, Mdlle. Ida • Bertrand, and Madame Frezzolini ; Signori Calzorali, Sims Reeves, Baucarde, Coletti, Belletti, I,orenzo, and F. Lablache. Herr Muller and Signor Lablaohe, supported by all the Instrumental and Choral resources of the Theatre. The whole under the direction of Mr. Balfe. Amongst other novelties, Madame Sontag will have the honour to Sing the " Swiss Airs," by Eckert, and the variations on " Ah yens Ailai-je;" by Adolphe Adam, as sung by her with the most enthusi . astic success at the Concerts of the Grand Conservatoire of Paris; fa addition to which will be presented A The for Three Basses, By Signori Coletti, Belletti, and Lablache. A Trio for Three Sopranos, By Madame Sontag, Miss C. Hayes, and Mdlle. Parodi ; and A Trio for Three Tenors, By Signori Baucarde, Calzolari, and Sims Reeves. The Concert will commence at Two o'clock. PRICES OF ADMISSION. Boxes •• .. ••••.. • • .• Two Guineas. Pitt Stalls .. •... 125. 6d. Gallery Stalls.- •••• • • • • So. 6 d• Pitt ... I ss. 6d. Gallery 25. €d. • Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Boa-office of the Theatre. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. The Nobility, Patrons of the Opera, and the Public are respectfhlly infbrmed ;Oat a Grand Extra Night will take place TO-MORROW EVENING, When will be presented (for the first time these two years) Beilini's celebrated Opera, I PURITAN, Elvira, Madame Sontag (her first in that character) ; Oeorgio, Signor Lablache ; Riccardo, Signor Caletti; and Arturo, Signor Baucarde (his first appearance in that character). After the Opera the new and original Grand Pas de Troia (by MM. Paul Taglioni et Gossello, the Music composed by Signor Pugni), entitled LES GRACES,_ Euphrosine, Mille. CarlottaGrisi ; Thais, Mdlle. Marie Tailioni Egle, Mdlle. Amalia Ferrari➢. After which the Orchestra will execute Weber's Overture to Oteron. To conclude with the last scene of the admired Ice Ballet, by M. P. Taglloni, entitled LES PLAISIRS DE L'HIVER ; ou, Les Patineurs Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre. ROTAL ITALIAN OPERA. COVENT-GARDES. A GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. TO-MORROW EVENING A Grand combined Entertainment will be given, consisting of the first act of Rosslas grand Opera, LA DONNA DEL LAGO. With the Grand Finale, representing the gathering of the Scottish Clans, and the Chorus of Bards, executed byl all the principal Ar tistes, two Military Bands, in addition to the usual Orchestra, and the full Chorus of ninety voices. Also Weber's Grand Opera of DER FREISCHUTZ, With entirely sew Seenery, Costumes, and Appointments. Agata, Madame Castellan ; Annetta, Mdlle. Vera; Una Paraninfa, Cotti ; Giulio, Signor Enrico Maralti ; Cbillano, Mons. Massol; Cuno, Signor Rommi ; Ugo, Signor Luigi Mei ; Eremita, Signor Gregorio; Zamiel, M. DOering; Gaspar, Herr Formes. Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. tie 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 sight or season), at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open from Ten till rive. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Ueosul appearance of M. Lafont, and continuation of M. Regular andMadlle. Nathalle's ergagement. THIS EVENING, _ _ The Peribrmances will commence at Half-past Seven o'clock pre • •.- cisely, with HEUTt ET MALHEUR. After winds (with curtailments) the Popular Comedy by Alexandre Dumas. of LES DEMOISELLES DE ST. CRY. Roger, M. Lefont ; 'Hercule Dubouloy, M. Regnier ; Mane, Charlotte de Merian, Madlle. Natha:ie. To conclude with the popular scene from Mollere's Comedy of LE MARIAGE FORGE. Le Docteur Pancras, M. Regnter. The Box-office of the Theatre is open daily from Eleven till F Ive Boxes and Stalls at Mr. Mltchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond s tr eet . THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Bromptoz. THIS EVENIN• • Will be performed the Comedy of THE LOTE CHASE. Sir William Fondlove, Mr. Tilbury ; Master Waller, Mr. Howe ; Wild rake, Mr. Webster; Widow Green, Mrs. W. Clifford; Lydia, Miss J ..Igordannt ; Constance, Mrs..Nisbett. iss P. Horton will introduce the favourite air of the Fairy Queen. After which the Drama of DON CAiISAR DE BAZAN. Don • Q' a3sar de Bazan, Mr. J. Waliack. ,To conclude with THE CHRISTENING. The Boa-offlze is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed an entirely original Musical Comic Drama, called THE WHITE SERJEANTS; or the Buttermilk Volunteers. M aor Slowman, Mr. 0. Smith ; Jemmy Tweezer, Mr. Wright; C. ptain Ginger Green, Mr. P. Bedford ; Tommy Rusk, Mr. Etun yard ; Madlie. de Tourvilie, Madame Celeste; Susan Pockets, Miss K. Fitzwilliams ; Dolly Duggins, Miss Woolgar. ' 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. Wf,glit, Bedford, Worrell; Miss Harding, and Mrs. F. Matthews. ROYAL LYCEUM' THEATRE THIS EVENING • Will be performed a Lyrical. Comical Pastoral, entitled CYMON and IPHIGENIA, altered from the text of David Garrick. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Harley, F. Matthews, R. Roxby, F. Cooke ; Mi!s St. George, Miss Kenworthy, Miss H. Gilbert, Mrs. Humby, Miss Oliver, Miss Manners, and Miss Martindale. To be followed by THE ISLAND OF JEWELS. Characters by Messrs. F. Matthews and F. Cooke ; Madame Vestris, Miss Julia St. George, Miss Dickinson, Miss Kenworthy, Mrs. Macnamara, Miss Martindale, and Miss E. Honner. To conclude with BOX AND COX. All applications for Private Boxes must be made to Mr. Allesoit 13, 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. TIIIS EVENING Will be presented the entirely new Opera (composed expressly for this Theatre, by Signor F. Scbira), entitled TfIE OPITAN OF GENEVA. Count de Meryllle, Mr. Allen; Carwin, Mr. Weiss; Fontaine, Mr, IL Corri ; Picard, Mr. Latter; Levine, Mr. Wynn ; Therese Miss Louisa Pyne. To be followed by the Grand Masked Ball from Gustavus. After which a New Grand Tale of Enchantment, with splendid Seenery, Costumes, and Appointments; extensive Machinery, Sic., entitled THE QUEEN OF THE ROSES; or, The Sorcerer of Candahar. Principal characters by Messrs. Ryder, Forman, Honey, Craven ; Mtn Louisa Howard, Miss Saunders, and Miss Pillars. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Brilliaat Career of the Magnificent Easter Spectacle of Enchantment. Unequalled attractions in the Circle. THIS EVENING The Entertainments will commence at Seven o'clock. with Fitzbalrs gorgeous Spectacle, entitled THE FOUR SONS OF AYMON ; or The Days of Charlemagne. Producei with great splendour, and introducing the beautilhl Stud of Horses, Camel of the Dessert, Zebra, and all the vast resources of this Establishment. . _ To be succeeded by an Incomparable display of Batty's peerless Scenes of the Arena, supported by the meet accomplished Male and Female Artistes in Europe. To conclude with THE. WEAVER. OF LYONS. Box-office open From Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOC Commencement of the Season LIST OF T Clarinets. (LOGICAL GARDE C. m MONDAY NE% MAY 13. RE BAND. H. P. Hardy. Hughes. Hooper. Sonnenberg. Anderson. McDonald. J. Winterbottom, Grosse. Sorge. W. Hardy. McGill. . . Smalley Pollard. Anglre. Black. Trombone. Horton. Hawker. Webster, Saxophon. Sommers. Baseooni. Wintarbottom T. Anderson Rosier. Rawlings. - Ophidda; Petit Clarinets. W. Egerton. Fairlle. Flutes. Standen. Jepp. Wright. ContriteßAK batten. D. Godfrey. Flageolet. Coll!set. I?eynolds. Kleigel. Timpani. Oboes. Crosuce. Smith. I J. Hughes. Grosse Caisse. Comets. Yuen*. 'Reet, Shearon. Y. Ilarller. 'Trumpets. S. Egerton. Side Drums. Barker, Caldwell, T. Godfrey: Triangle. • Irwin. liervey. Coml. Jarrit. C. Godfrey, jun. sob Players. Messrs. Koenig, Ls gam+, Prtre. C linet, Pratten, Jarret, nenberg, Sommers, and Win terbottom. GODF RET, Esq. respectfully Informed the first re- Thursday, May 9, at three o'clock, S. FOSTER, Sec. Con, C. the gentlemen of the ductor band are hearsal is flied for to-morrow, at the Gardens. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TRIO DKr ,—)fornlng 24 ran. after U Evening 0 min. after 0 To-Eleagow-LMorning 2 min. after 12 I Evening 16 ratn. after 12 THE WEATLIER.—Surt Orsicz, DIAT 'B. • THERMOMILTKR. 45--highOt elite noon yesterday. 42—lowest. thiimorning and daring the night. 44 this day, at noon. ,BAIIONETLIt, 29.46. w isp N. W..—moderate breeze, and dull hazy weather.. It night, and occasionally this day to during the '" three o'clock. • . ti#1 , 01,4, , a O O , .7.tf;am f '. • -. 1.4 • „c , , 4 7-1 ( .."' SRO, E , r.iter.• 14 titni3 tit LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1550. It is difficult to determine whether the Whig Ni nistry are more damaged by a decisive defeat or an ry;“7l.. unquestionabl e v i ctory on a financial question. The former may be more disgraceful and vexatious for the time being. The First Lord of the Treasury and some of his more talented colleagues may be corn - pelled to turn their attention to subjects apart from -4 , the duties of their own particular offices. They may ba.ve to puzzle their br a i ns to re r. pair the shamef u l blunders of the Mi n i s t er of Finance. But still the ,difficulty, although serious, may not be insurroount :, able. Every exertion will be made to repair the damage th e y h ave sus t a i ne d , and there will Still be hope because the matter will no longer be left in the hands of Sir CITARLES WOOD. Sortie more competent and better. qualified person will interpose —one who thinks that the " merits or demerits of a particular tax must be en- T f~ • an h.} ha it ,1111',f 110 6 -7 TH E SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 8, 1850. tered into," and that other points beside the amount realised by the Exchequer, are worthy of being taken into consideration, that some respect must be shown for the loud and unequivocal expression of public opinion, and that a C abinet Minister, whatever may be his private feelings on the subject, should at least exhibit some regard for equity and justice in his obser vations. There is, therefore, at least some chance of their escaping from the evil consequences of a de feat, more especially since they have abandoned the good old rule by which Ministers resigned, as a matter of course, if left in a minority on a fiscal or financial question—a change that was indeed essential to the safety and permanence of any Cabinet in which the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Halifax occu pied the important and arduous position of Chancellor of the Exchequer. But the results will be very different when the views of Sir CHARLES WOOD are sustained by a mejo rity of the chosen representatives of the people. He will then, most probably, be permitted to stumble on in his stolid and unmeaning course, setting the wishes of the people at defiance, and regulating the national finances as if there had been no such thing as Parlia mentary reform, and our Legislators, in place of being the representatives of free and independent constituencies, were still the nominees of borough mongers, who would sell their votes to the highest bidder. Such a state of affairs may be not only dangerous to the existence or the Ministry, but fatal to the best interests of the country, rendering probable some sudden and violent change, and endangering the recognized rights of property. The people may not always be con tented to endure their grievances patiently and sub missively. A spirit of resistance may be engendered that may not easily be got rid of, and Lord J. Russnix may perhaps exclaim with PYREHUS—"Another such victory, and am ruined! On Saturday we stated that " Sir CHARLES WOOD was the evil genius, of the Government, who will eventually bring about its overthrow," and the proceedings in the House of Commons last night, on Mr. EwART's mo tion for " leave to bring in a Bill to repeal the duty on advertisements," more strongly confirm us in that opinion. Never was a stronger case made out against any impost than that which the Hon. Member for Dundee so clearly and distinctly established against , this, the most objectionable of the various taxes on,,know ledge. It is, as the Honourable Gentleman justly remarked, " a tax on the vehicles of informa tion and commerce—it taxed knowledge, it taxed agriculture, it taxed literature, it taxed the wants of the community." It is " amongst the heaviest burdens that impede the production of literary works." There is no more formidable obstacle to success in " the struggles of a book against taxation." But, objectionable as it may be in these respects, there is another point of view in which it may be regarded, in which the grievance will be exhibited in even a stronger light. It is a tax on the industrious poor, which practically prohibits them from seek ing for employment, which prevents them from gaining their daily bread by their own exertions. The half-starved sempstress is prevented from making known her wants, and stating the low rate at which she is willing to engage herself. It places an insu perable obstacle between the employers and the em ployed—between the supply of, and the demand for, labour. The servant-maid, who desires to obtain a new place in order to preserve her from adopting the last dreadful resource to which so many of her class have been driven, is unable to state her qualifications and testimonials, or, if she can obtain sufficient to pay for the ad vertisement by means frightful to contemplate, endangering her present and future happiness, and degrading her for ever from a state of innocence, she must contribute as largely to the national revenue as the lordly aristocrat, who announces for sale or ex change an estate worth many thousands per annum• It is the same on a single line as on a notice occu pying half-a-dozen columns ; in fact, its impolicy is only surpassed by its inequality and injustice. To it we are indebted for those clumsy vans that block up our streets and impede our progress through the crowded - thoroughfares. To its operation may be ascribed the ridiculous spectacles of those unfortunate specimens of humanity who wander about encased in boxes covered with notices, exciting at the same time our tears and our risibility—our tears that men made in " the image of their CREATOR," with feelings similar to our own, should be so deeply degraded by the painful necessities of their conditions—our laughter at the absurd appearance which they present. But these arguments, powerful as they must , be considered by every unprejudiced and well-constituted mind, wrought no effect on our excellent Chancellor of the Exchequer. The old stereotyped answer was returned which has been repeated usque ad museum on every similar question. He could not defend the obnoxious impost ; he could not say a single word in its justification, but contented himself with the vague and general assur ance that "he would certainly be very glad to remit this and every other tax, if he had the means of carrying on the public service and pay ing the interest of the Debt without them. The repeal of the taxes upon air and light, upon knowledge, and upon many articles of con sumption, had been demanded, but as he could not carry on the public service without them, he hoped the House would concur with him in resisting the motion." Such 'were the arguments by which the propriety of these infamous imposts was sustained, and which induced the House to reject the proposi tion. Well might the Swedish Chancellor have ex claimed, " My son, behold with how little wisdom the world is governed!" and the receiver of stolen goods have chaunted— " The statesman because he's so great Thinks his trade is as honest as mine." A tremendous hubbub still con tinues to be kicke up by those unfortunate gentlemen the Protectionists. Yesterday their orators were more than usually energetic. One, a parlous fellow from Glamorgan• shire, came down right wittily on the doomed Sir ROBERT, touching his auditors so sensitively and sen tentiously on the quick, that he had them first howling sympathetically at his vituperations, and next cheering most lustily at his grandiose threats and braggado cios. Then another sagacious wight from 'Wiltshire warmed into a sort of dunderheaded inspiration, bellowing out to his hearers, most appo sitely, the words which MILTON placed in the mouth of SATAN when addressing the legions of the damned in Pandemonium. Never was there such sublime blundering, such rapturous stupidity. Poor Professor:Arrome himself seemed to have be come infected for once by the surrounding atmos phere of absurdity and ignorance. His whole thoughts appeared, as the phrase runs, to have gone off " wool-gathering." Instead of uttering any thing 'whatever pertinent to the occasion, he must needs cram down the throats of his listeners a miserable, lukewarm rechaufee of tidbit already dished up again and ag ain by our periodical writers and pamphl e t eers. Thus i . t c w A a l a ßrs tha e t e w hs hi idre l e etelling us how " certain M the growing of p o t a t oes on a ") r panacea for a ll th e evils wh ich while informing us th at " Mr. eat m m o a s f f s a c t to thebe the eou h g t r r a y n , ECIIT, whose razors are of undeniabl e excellence, is moreover, observing th a t " the evilcse," and while, now attempting to show the far mers h ow to shave e s flown i n t o spirit of free a trade, finding no other pl ace o f refu e feel with a the herd of Lir. HurrAnnz' s sw i ne L w horrible sense of nausea th a t h e is making us ch ew the cud of Blackwood's Mag az i ne . O ur most excel lent instructor the Professor should have borne in recollection that we have heard all these things over and over again in "most damnable iteration", until men have grown sick with very wearisomeness at the perpetual changes rung on the peat moss of Mr. CAIRD, on the close shaving of Mr. MEcur, and on the stye-drawn ammonia of Mr. HUXTABLE. We want sober argument, and not merely sarcastic petu lance—and yet Professor ATTOUN comes up in all hot haste from Edinburgh to retail jokes that .Maga has long since rendered threadbare. hamlet—" Mark Lord, my Lord, the me, he will tell us the players are come." Enter Polonius. Poloniu? players are come. Why, 711 "a " , e y t— " Buz, buz." had he n u better news to tell us, Professor AYTOUN had a s well remained north of the Tweed, instead of journeying all the way up to the metropolis. Then again as to his poetical twaddle about— " Wasted fields and crowded cities, Swarming streets and desert downs; -All-the light of life conce n t er 'd 1 In the focus of the town s; " he must, froth his known scholarship, have been per fectly familiar with the fact that, swarming as our streets do with wayfarers, and crowded as our towns are with inhabitants, not a city in the United King dom—not, even the mighty Babylon of London itself— can be regarded as in the smallest degree comparable in density of population to the cities of a remote and flourishing antiquity. According to some antiquarians, the number of the Roman citizens alone—at a time, too, when Rome was in its greatest state of opulence, absorbing into itself not only the riches but the popu lations of the west and of the east, of Asia and of Africa as well as of Europe, of Britain and of Gaul as well as of Italy—almost exceeds the limits of credibility, and renders insignificant, by comparison, " the light of life concenter'd in the focus" either of the Chinese capital or of the British metropolis. Yet Professor AYTOUN whines over the increasing growth of our towns and cities as though that were a portent of national dissolution. At any rate, if the declamation of the " learned pundit" was altogether ineffectual in securing our ac quiescence, it was eminently successful in demons trating that there is no necessary affinity between rhyme and reason. But the prominent feature of the whole demonstra tion made yesterday at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand, by the ultra-Protectionists, was the rancorous hostility evinced towards Mr. COBDEN personally. It would have done Mr. OASTLER'S heart good to listen to. It would have been "nuts " to Mr. FERRAND. There were groans, and plenty of them, and fierce ones tco for Sir ROBERT PEEL —. be sure of that I But, Mr. COBDEN I We warrant him, it would scarcely have been safe for him to have show* his nose within sight of the platform. Why, the whole 1 meeting was rabid against him, and rabid with the rabidness of the true Fernand-phobia. There was 1 Mr. BALL, of Cambridgeshire, rose quite into the heroics in his denunciations of COBDEN and his de fiance of him, and his declaration that the agricultu rists had nothing whatever to fear from " the threats of demagogues I" Then there was the learned declaimer already mentioned, Profes sor ATTOUN, of Edinburgh, waxed simultaneously wroth and poetical, asserting—" When the red cross of St. George and the white cross lof St. Andrew are blended indissolubly to gether, I fear not COBDEN, I fear no traitors l'' One Mr. HIGGINS, of Herefordshire, grew won derfully funny in his indignation. He said " The willing bee had been sacrificed for the drones ; but he told the Government that the bee would not stand it mush longer." Fancy a bee "not standing it much longer ! ' But a little further on, Mr. Hracisis be ' comes rather indecent in his disloyalty. Hearken to the man's words : "They had heard of a lion queen, who ruled her subjects in safety so long as she ruled with impartiality ; but when she whipped the one and caressed the other, the beasts turned upon her and tore her to pieces : he hoped the Government would take warning and not loosen the attachment of the farmers to the British Queen." As DOGBERRY saith in play—" Why this is clear bur glary, thou naughty varlet !" HIGGINS we con jecture must be descended from a branch of the house of that immortal HIGGINBOTTOM mentioned in the Rejected Addresses, for the gist of his allusions to the Free-traders amounted to nothing more than a plain, plump, burly "Od rot 'em 1" So much for the common sense, the loyalty, and the rhetoric of the indefatigable gang of the Pro tectionists. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The courage of the reactionaries fails them just as i the time for action arrives, and it is announced that already, even before it is presented to the Assembly, the Electoral Bill has undergone several important modifications. As was well observed by one of the Democratic papers,when the subject was first mooted, this new proposal must be either a niaiserie or a' violation of the constitution, and, after having drawn it up as the latter, the committee, taking counsel of discretion, leave diluted it down into the former, not withstanding the fanfarronade of the Duke of MON TEBELLO (who was M. Guizor's Minister of Marine) that he would not have the slightest hesitatation in violating the constitution if it should become necessary. M. LEO DE LABORDE, M. DE LA ROCUEJACQUELIN, and the more exalted mem. bers of the Legitimatist party, are opposed to any in ' terference with universal suffrage. Generals CAVAIG. NAC aid LAMORICIERB and M. DITFAURE will not consent to any violation of the constitution, neither will MAL ODILON BARROT, DE TOCQUEVILLE, and the party with wbich they act ; the chances, therefore, of the passing of any measure calculated to essentially modify universal suffrage are very small, and to the committee will be left the odium and ridicule of hay- ing exhibited a desire to violate the constitution, and at the same time of having lacked the courage or the ingenuity to devise a measure capable of effecting their object. The PRESIDENT of the Republic exhibited his usual prudence when he consented to the exclusion of every one of his personal friends and partisans from the committee ; the ridicule and the odium will now fall exclusively upon the " Burgraves " of Orleanism and Legitimacy, who have suffered themselves to be completely out-manoeuvred. The Censtitutionnel openly advocates the prolonga tion of the, power of the PRESIDENT for ten years, a ~proposition which will be vehemently opposed by the Legitimatists, as they consider it an Orleanist trap to gain time for the coming of age of the Comte DB PARIS, whose chances of success, however, do not ap pear to be very promising. The great majority of Frenchmen feel towards him as does M. DE LAMAR.. TIER, who, in his recently published castigation of CRoKER, the English Quarterly Reviewer, says— " I owe no dynasty to any one. I will say more—l, who had never disavowed my respectful reminiscences for the child proscribed in 1830, if a dy nasty b ad been in my gift. it is not to the illegitimate branch that 1 would have restored the vacant property of a throne." The Electoral Bill will be presented to the Assem bly on the 7th or Bth. The state of Paris is most satisfactory, notwith ' standing the attempts of the reactionaries to get up a panic. Strangers continue flocking into the city, gay parties are given, the shopkeepers are doing well, bread is cheap, employment is plenty, and wages are good, and yet M. EINENE Sun is Member for Paris ; trhsoßel fleet, have oit that rfnaßett shNhi BOURSE, :aeadtepnll return e e as n rr g length vohoe receivedof the the fact is, the reactionaries have so often raised the appearancesFe ship-of--the-line French l en oe c o ft u h f t l e . w s the MAY 7.—Latest Prices—Five per nhthtthere; e n 2flar e dtee fleet Toulonua attends ttod. to f the m . rom Cents., 88f. ; Three per Cents., 454 f. 70e.; Bank of France, 2,070 f. We read in the Journal des Debats :—" Our letters from California announce a painful event. In a country in which legality is scarcely yet established, and in which all the nations of the earth have numer ous representatives, each man has felt the necessity of joining himself to his fellows, to those who speak the same language, and have the same interests. The e French, who are from 8,000 to 10,000 in number, France.th ie h e e V wa was n e Y o have assembled ou the banks of the San Joachim and the Stanislas, places which are eminently favoured, and in which they have discovered very considerable deposits of gold. This circumstance caused the jealousy of the Americans, who, pretending to be the absolute masters of the soil and of all it contains, at tempted to drive them away. A combat, a veritable battle in fact ensued. and a great number of persons lost their lives on both sides. The victory, however, was with our countrymen." At !the sitting of the Assembly yesterday, M. DELEEUW! brought up the report of the committee on the Paris election. and M. EUGENE Sun was for maIIyIISINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXC HANGE, MAY 7. proclaimed representative of the people. and Amiens, 6—East Indian, VA—Nortliern of Frßanocuel,ogln2. withdraw from the Zollverein in 18.53, when the pre sent treaty expire. The manufacturing industry of Bavaria has not kept pace with the northern states of the Zollverein, and is more in harmony with that of her southern neighbour, Austria. The alterations proposed to be made in the Zollverein tariff will, it is said, facilitate the entrance of Holstein and the Manse Towns. Propositions have also been made by Han over and Oldenburg, with the conditions on which they will be willing to enter the Zollverein. On these conditions the approaching Zoll congress at Cassell will have to decide. Of the 32 elections which have already take place, 14 of the deputies to the congress are deeided freetraders. The Wiener Zeitung - of the 2d publishes the official announcement of the retirement of Count STURMER from the post of Austrian Internuncio at the Porte. The announcement being unaccompanied by any of the usual expressions of satisfaction, such as advance ment in rank or appointment to an order of knight hood, is considered as tantamount to an expression of displeasure; and the public may gather from the manner in , which the announcement is made, that Count STURMER has resigned to prevent his being recalled. RUSSIA. The , Allgemeine Zeitung has letters from the frontiers of Poland of the 30th ult., in which some details of the military movements in the kingdom of Poland are given. The divisions and brigades, which were hitherto dispersed about the country, are concentrating. The kingdom of Poland is now garrisoned by the whole of the army which lately fought in Hungary, excepting always the cavalry corps of General SASS, which is expected to come up, and the corps of Generri LUDERS, which is now in Wallachia. There are altogether four corps of 40,000 men each in the kingdom of Poland. The Ist and 4th corps are in a camp at Lenozyc, while the 2d and 3d corps are at Suwalki. This assertion explains the falling back of the Russian regiments from the Prussi an frontier. TURKEY. The Wanderer of Vienna says that the Porte has communicated to the Austrian Internuncio, that it has definitively fixed the term for the " internment" of the Hungarian exiles at nine months from the Ist January last, and that at the expiration of that pe riod they will be M full liberty to go wherever they may choose. HUNGARY. The large posses s ions of General ERNEST Kiss, judicial ly have been con f erre d b y th e usur pi ng A us t r i an on murdered at Arad on the 6th of October, JELLACHICII, and to HAYNAU have been given the estates of the murdered Count Louis BATIITANT. Ahab-like HATNAU, bath not only slain but taken possession. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS, CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were es timated at from 4,500 to 5,000 bales, of which 1,500 American were taken on speculation. The market closed very firm at full prices. The transactions com prised about 3,500 American, 200 Femur% and Maran ham, at 641 to 71d. ; 100 Bahia, at 7d. ; 600 Egyptian, at 7d. to 84d. ; 300 Surat. at 44d. to 5-Id. ; and 50 Sea Islands, at Is. Oid. to Is. 4d. per lb.—ln Railway Shares a fair business %as done at rather higher prices. The arrival of the Herman steamer furnishes accounts of rather later date from America. At New York the rate of exchange on London was 1091. Cotton was firm, and corn advancing. The commercial advices offer nothing of particular interest, the following being rather curious than important : "Few people have any idea of the immensity of the oyster business done in the United States. The Chesa peake and Delaware Bay oysters go all over the world, and we learn from a number of the Baltimore Sun that one establishment in that city, during the oyster season, keeps twenty -five men constantly opening the shells, and they sometimes open five hundred gallons a day, which are all designed for exportation. The oysters are put up in cans, in their own liquor, which are made air tight and hermetically sealed ; they are warranted to keep fresh in any climate. Five men are constantly em ploy ed in making the cans. The oysters are sent prin cipally to the Western States, but considerable quanti ties are sent to the West Indies, South America, and some have been sent to China. Oh the first day of the last oyster-taking season, in Fairhaven River, six or seven hundred boats were ready for operation with the sun rise. The striking of the bell in the brick church was the signal to begin, and soon all was stir and commotion amongst men and shell fish. During the day between thirty and forty thousand bushels of oysters were taken, which from the fact of their having been undisturbed for two years were unusually large and very fine. Some boats took from seventy-five to one hundred bushels each, and some few went much above this quantity. Transient oystermen sold their products at the bank of the river for twenty and twenty-five cents per bushel, while those who made "oystering" a regular business, preferred to hold on for a speculation." Accounts from Brussels furnish the heads of the treaty of commerce between Russia and Belgium. We learn from Amsterdam that there have been some large failures there in the coffee trade, and that good or dinary Java had been forced upon the marked at about 41s. per cwt. The Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. on the 6th instant were 55i to 7.16, closing scarcely so firmly as they opened. Spanish Bonds were supported. At Frankfort on the 4th instant Austrian Metallics were 77g. The Protectionist meeting held yesterday, and the prospect of increased activity on the part of the agricul turists, excites a good deal of attention, though it is felt that the result will be to lead to counter agitation. The fact of a purchase of 200,000/. Consols for June having been made yesterday afternoon, before the mar ket closed, gave more firmness to the prices of English Stocks, but this has not been quite maintained owing to the Bull account. Consols have been 951 i for transfer, and 954 for account, a convincing pro o f o f th e goo d ness of the money market, and of the confidence felt by the public. The New Three-and-a-Qurter per Cents. base realised 964 to j-, and the Three per Cents. 941 to Bank Stock is worth 206 to Exchequer-bills are 675. to 705., and India Bonds 90s. to 925. premium. In Foreign Stocks very little is doing. Mexican are 284. Spanish Three per Cents. 37k. Dutch Two and a-Half per Cents. 554. Equador, 3i to 4. The rest nominal. Shares are rather firm, though quiet. The Caledonian Railway Company, like some others, we fear, has no hope of paying a dividend on its original capital unless the guaranteed shareholders exhibit in dulgence and generosity by accepting an interest lower than that secured to them. At a meeting held yester• day a deputation of the board attended to explain the necessity for a general reduction of preferential claims, and recommended the election of three delegate 4 to represent the 101. preferential shareholders, with power to confer with the directors and conclude an ar rangement for the above purpose of reduction. After some discussion a committee of five shareholders was agreed to, whose report should be made to another meeting. QUARTER TO THREE. Consols ... 95i buy ere. Ditto, Account ... ... ... 951 buyers. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS O'CLOCK. PRICES. tiank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Anne 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities........ 95% % 95% New 314 per Cent. Anna... 9 6 3 / 4% 97 Lmg Anne. to expire Jaa.1860 arils Bonds, 1,0001. 92 90 p 90 p South Sea Stock Ditto New Annuities .. Consols for Account 95% 95 3 4 :xcliequer Bills. 154 d. & 2d 1,0001. June 67 70 p 70 p ONE CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Equador Bonds 4 3% 3% Greek Bonds — Ditto ex Over-due Coupons al ezican, :1 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons— Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons ... Ditto, Account Russian Bonds ' Ditto, 4 1 4 per Cent Ditto, Small Ditto Scrip Spanish 5 per Con. 1840 Ditto. 3 per Cent Ditto, Account Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. Beligan, 44 per Cent. outcn 2% per Cent., 12 Guild. .. 55% Ditto, 4 Der Cent. Certificates — - 25% 37 1 4 37 34 87ex d 5514 85% VRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLO: , IN RAI , ,WAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICE' Lerdcen .. 50 Caledonian Ditto, New IC?. Pref... 10 Eastern Coniaties... ..... 20 ...... 7% 7 7 Do., New Prtf.renee, 6 per Cent ..... ..... 10 Ea•t Lincolnshire, guar. 6 per Cent. F.diuburgh and Glasgow 50 ..-.. 26% treat Northern Do., 1 -,v A Deferred ... 12%...... 2 - rut North of England.loo ...... Ditto, New, 301 3O — • reat Western 100 ... 53LA 53 534 52 3 4 5 . 2 3 4 Ditto, New 171 15 ... . 6% 6%4 Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ...... 94 Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ...... Do. Quarter Shares... 12% 20% ...... ......... 20 1 / 2 Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 Do. Fifths.... ........ ... 10 Leeds and Bradford L mdon, Brighton, and _ Smith (;0ut....... .100 Louden and N Western 100 1004% IO I I,E oitto,Fift-tv London & S.WPstarn lOO ... 68% %............ 59 Do, New 501 42% 2IA. .... 204 Uo. , New Preference. b 11.uichester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire...100 Do. New 101. Pref..... 10 ...... 7 Midland .. ...110 ...... 32 %............. 32% 00., 50/. Shares NThrth B •-• 1 _ /9 British ........ 25 ..... 7id ' - 7'A Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton I 7. 2 7% Preston & Wyre 25 ... .. 4034 4 0 3 /4 Shrewsbury and Birm... 131 . ..... dis... ..... Shropshire Union . . .... 6% ...... ...... ... 2% , onttl Ku tern Do., No. 3 ....... ...... 30 ...... 13 1 A ... York. Newcastle, and Berwick. .... ..... ...... 25 ...... 1214 %...... Do. Newcastle Exten. 20 York and North Midland 50 FOREIGN RAIL WA Yb. Boulogne and Amiens... 20 ...... 6 N... 6 , /8 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon)... 20 ...... -- East Indian .... ...... ..... 6 Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 ...... 2 1 4 1........ 2t Paris and Rouen 2O ...... 19% ... .. ........ ln Paris and Strasbourg •.. 5 MINES. Cobre Copper Santiago de Cuba United Mexican 2 8 1,6 — JOINT STOCK 13ANlib.. Australasia Cbtrb Wtittion CHESTERT RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) CHESTER CUP. ---- 11•• ktounseer ••• ••• ••• ••• 1 Cockermouth ... ••• ..• •,• ••• 2 Woolwich ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 3 26 ran. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAY B.—Wind N.W., moderate breeze, and dull, hazy weather. STARIGo, MAY 6.—The Margaret and Ann, New castle to Quebec, has put into Stromness leaky. SWANSEA, MAY 6.—The William, of Dartmouth, is on shore on Peveril Ledge in a dangerous situation. There is every appearance of a dirty night. HARWICH, MAY 6.—The Union, of and for Goole, lying at anchor, lost anchor and received other damage, and has put in here to repair, from the Cadet, of South Shields, running athwart hawse of her in coming to an chor in Ilorssly Bay. DEAL, MAY 8, 11 A.m.—The William and Henry, Riches, from Hull, is supposed to have been totally lust on the Goodwin Sand. HULL, MAY 7.—The Cecilia Catharine. bound to Rostock, was brought in here yesterday by the Toward Castle steamer, having been in contact with another vessel. JERSEY, MAT s.—Wind N.E.—Sld. Centurion, San Francisco; Pust Boy, Gaspe. PILL, MAY 6. --Wind E., fresh.—S4/. Eliza, Barba does. PETERHEAD, MAY 6.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Emma Eugfroa transport, for the Arctic Regions, in tow of her Msje,ty's steamer Lightning. RAMSGATE, MAY 7.—The Teniers, of and from Ant werp for Rio Janeiro, was totally wrecked this morn ing on the Goodwin Sand; mate drowned. The master reports the loss of an English and a French schooner at the same time ; crews supposed to be drowned. LOWESTOFT, MAY 7.—Th9 whole of last night and to-day it has blown a violent gale from E.N.E.—The Bare parted and struck scver:Al times upon the Gorton Sand, but was assitted oil' clear, and into this port with loss of both anchors a.id chans. Several vessels have partcd. SUNDERLAND, MAY 7.—The Mary and Harry of Col chebter lost bowsprit, from contact with the George the Fourth, from Newcastle. ILFRACOMBE, MAY 7.—lt blew a gale all la , t night, and continues to blow very strong from E. to E.N.E. TALBOT, MAY 6.—lt blew a gale last night from S.E., with heavy squalls, and continues. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY Our market to-day was very scantily supplied with all kinds of English Wheat, the total arrivals since Satur day having been confined to 660 quarters. Although the attendance of buyers was limited the factors were firm, and in some instances is per quarter more money was obtained for the finest Essex White. The value of all other kinds was steadily supported. The imports of foreign Wheat have not exceeded 1,230 quarters. Most kinds, especially fine Polish Odessa, sold readily, at the extreme rates of Monday, and at which large parcels changed hands. An unusually small supply of Barley was offering, while the demand for that grain ruled ac tive, at very full prices. There was more business doing in Malt, the value of which bad an upward tendency. Oats were in good rk quest, and the turn in favour of the sellers. Beans, Peas, Indian Corn, and Flour were quite as dear as last week. 130140UG/1 BOP M.alitiCET. Our market continues very inactive, but we have no change to notice in prices. The supply offering is small. I'ATBITECHELPiii.. Bc•F moved off steadily at an advance in the quota tion of 2d per Ms. In other kinds of meat very little doing. Beef from 2a to 3s 2d; Mutton, 2s 6d to 3s 6d; Lamb, 4s 4d to 5s 4d; Veal, 3s to 3s 4d; Pork, 3s to 45 per 81ba, by the carcase. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Before the Lord Chief Justice CAMPBELL, and Justices PATTESON, WIGHTMAN, and ERLE.) DOE ON THE DEMISE OF BENNET V. HAILES. This case arose out of an action tried at the assizes before one of the judges of the superior courts. It ap peared that the defendant had given Mr. Ness ton, the barrister, a brief without the intervention of an attorney, and in the course of the trial the judge asked Mr. New ton whether he had been regularly instructed by an attorney, and on informing him that he had not, and that the brief had been handed to him by the de fendant personally, the Learned Judge refused to hear him, and the onus of conducting the case was thrown on the defendant, who, being an ignorant man, was unable to examine the witnesses effectively or to ad dress the jury; and the consequence was that a verdict was found for the plaintiff. Mr. NEWTON moved during the present term for a new trial, to raise the question as to his right to receive a brief under those circumstances. In the course of his arguments he referred to a case in which the present Attorney-General had taken a brief from a party in a suite against the Treasury without the intervention of an attorney. He also referred to the case of the King v. Burdett, and to another case, in which the late Lord Abinger and Lord Brougham, and Mr. Humfrey, Q,C., took briefs from the party himself, and contended ou those authorities that he was entitled to a rule. Lord CANPUELL now delivered the judgment of the Court. He said in this case they were called upon to consider whether in any of the superior courts there was a rule of law which prevented the defendant iu a civil suit, who appeared in person, from having, in the stages of a suit in which counsel was not regularly instructed by attorney, the assistance of a counsel in structed by himself without the intervention of an at torney. There certainly had been an understanding that a barrister ought not to accept a brief in a civil suit except from an attorney, and he believed it was for th benefit of suitors and the satisfactory administration of justice that that understanding should be generally acted upon; but the Court were of opinion that there was no rule of law by which it could be enforced. The only statutable provision on the subject was the recent County Courts Act, the 91st section of which enacted that a barrister should not be entitled to appear in any county court unless instructed by an attorney. The statute of Westminster the First, allowing the ap pearance of an attorney; the statute of William 111., c. 3, allowing in cases of treason a full defence by coun sel; and the statute of 6 and 7 William IV., c. 114, allowing a full defence by counsel in all cases of felony; decidedly mention cases in which counsel were to be in structed. This, however, being a matter of procedure, the judges might, on their own authority, and according to their view of what was right, have laid down a general rule to determine under what conditions and • restrictions barristers should be permitted to plead, and have pre-audience, but no such rule was fuuud. The alleged restriction, therefore, must depend on usage, from which it might be inferred that such rule had been promulgated, though not now extant in writing. In Crown courts it was con sidered that the practise of a barrister not pleading un less instructed by an attorney did not prevail, and they all knew that in certain instances a barrister was allowed by the judge to defend a prisoner, without the intervention of an attorney. There would be a great difficulty in drawing a distinction for the purpose in question between civil and criminal proceedings, and a man might, ralione commune, be tried on an inuictment or be charged with an offence in th e s h ape of an action to recover a penalty. On the circuit they talked fami liarly of the Crown and the civil side, but questions re specting insolvent debtors used to he determined in a Crown court and at nisi prius by means of a quo warrauto or a mandamus ; but a criminal information, or even an indictment for the crime of murder might be removed to this court by cer tiorari, and tried at nisi prius. In civil suits the usage Lad not been invariably uniform, as they must presume it t') have been, if it had been regulated by law; and which as propounded admitted of no exception. In stances had been mentioned in which counsel of pelt eminence and high honour had thought they were, under peculiar circumstances, justified in holding a brief from a parry with or without fee, without any attorney being employed. There was, however, no de the question was not whether a barrister could receive a (Aden case Which could assist the Court, for in those of the King v. Sir Francis Burdett, and Mocatto v. Lawson, brief without the intervention of au attorney, but whether a party who conducted his own case might have the assistance of counsel to argue questions of law, and to examine witnesses. If immemorial usage was to be relied upon, they must remember that sergeants-at-law xisted in England lung before the time of Edward the First, and it seemed there was every reason to believe that they communicated directly with the par ties. Chaucer spoke of " sergeants-at-law who were wary and wise," and it appeared that at St. Paul's. change, where men of all ranks used to assemble, each sergeant had a pillar assigned to him, where he stood and communicated with his clients who came to consult with him. The Court believed, however, that the inter vention of an attorney between counsel and the party greatly contributed, not only to the dignity of the bar, but to the improvement of English jurispru dence. He adverted to the practice of former ages, not for the purpose of showing that the onus lay in this instance on the defendant, to make out by Aets of Parliament or the rules of court, a position in support of the privilege which he claimed. TOO Court were by no means insensible to the inconvenience which might arise from this privilege being judicially recog nised; but they earnestly trusted that the almost uniform usage which had prevailed on the subject for more than a century would continue to be followed, and that no abuse of the privilege would take place. They hoped that what was called the etiquette of the bar would still be adhered to, and that that very useful and highly honour able branch of the profession—the attorneys—would remain unimpaired. At any rate, it was the duty of the Court to look to the present state of the law, and they would leave any inconvenience which might be produced by their decision to be remedied by the Judges or the Legislature. They, therefore, were of opinion that the rule for a new trial ought to be made absolute. Rule accordingly made absolute. EXCHEQUER .-(THIS DAY.) (Before the Lord CHIEF BARON, and BUXOM PARRE, ROLFE, and PLATT.) WHATELEY V. lIEWITT. In this case, which was brought to recover damages for injuries sustained by the plaintiff in consequence of the defendant's omnibus coming in contact with one in which he was riding, and thereby throwing him violently on the ground, and in which a verdict was found for the plaintiff for 501. at the last Liverpool assizee, The CuURT refused to grant a rule for a new trial, being of opinion that the direction of Mr. Baron Rolle, who tried the case, was perfectly correct, SPAIN. -- Madrid journals of the 2d bare been received. The courier bringing the reply of the British Ca binet to the proposals for the resumption of diplomatic relations, had arrived in Madrid on the preceding evening. The Bolsa was closed on the 2d. GERMANY. Advices have been received from Berlin of the 3d. The President of the Peop i le's Chamber at Erfurt h had an audienc e o f th e KING on the 2d, and it s supposed that the Government of Prussia will not rare any objecti on t o a rev i s i on o f t h e C ons titution, neither will the Governments of Thuringia or of Weimar. Pr uss i a w ill not consent to t h e revi val of the state of thi ngs a b o li shed by common consen t, in 1848, or to th e assumpt i on by Austria o f t h e Presi dency of the Diet convoked by the Austrian Ministry at Frankfort. The Congress of the Union will open at Gotha on the I.sth, and will be attended by all the Members of the Union of the free towns, and by the King of SAXONY. The King of PRUSSIA bas been invited to be present. - The Constitutionnel says that Bavaria intends to ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. I Oats. Malt. Flour. -- Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Sacks English .. .• .• 660 •a 0 1,370 2,780 4,130 5c0tch........ Irish Foreign •• 1,230 400 1,800 .---------------- ; 5 otA 'nation should not be filed against him for, haringdah, letter to his brother-in-law, challenging hir° tc ' .. ;115 3 duel. It would seem that some family dispOiotof a th ri e sen between the two gentlemen, and Vle U P f . ii r ff.eir . was the sending of the letter complained t'oe m . PIIYNN now appeared to show cause ega ilis 5 he i f/ rule on behalf of the defendant, stating th at Oat instructed to express the regret of his clien t ° j i lts° moment of irritation and ex g citement , he sbotwever, been betrayed into writing the letter. He wa s 9 " • g willing to make the amend honourable by.aP°l°,gioli9;ood his brother-in-law f or th e i nsu lt he bad gi ven " . " til e the Learned Counsel was instructed to add, S liti n " - orer dispute bad been entirely made up, there was n ". s `tiaff p h ect of the quarrel ever bein ge renewe d, renewed, but, tc ) „l 4 to t e Court ot his sincerity the defendant was / 1 " ",„eP enter into his own recognisances to the P e ' 01 all her Majesty's subjects might determine. , ; 0 90 1 1 for Mr SAt . IREE was instructed b the complet;pro' to accept this apology, and cony t tbe O ur " - sent o posed. rip( do t to Mr. Justice COLERIDGE directed the --- e , ild out.. any period OA °I) enter into his own recognisances in the stint 0' keep the peace for two fears. The rule was accordingly discharged. ARCHES COURT.—(THIS D AY) (Before Sir H. J. FUST, Knight-) GORHADI V. THE BISHOP OF EEETEO. 010 It was expected that judgment would have i ! ee gspe d iu the case of the monition which had bon sertl lti this Court, calling upon the Bishop of Exeter te rap f e eii the letter of institution to the vicarage o ,_ f tos lll6. peke, / Mr. Bowdler, on the last court day, ney— that he should move the Court to that effect. geg isttr To• day when the case was called on, th e ''„ gi fier , said, Mr. Bowdler desires You to extend the of the monition till next Court day. JUDGE—Very well. • DAY ) BANKRUPTCY.--(THIS (Before Mr. Commissioner THE ST. ALBAN'S BANK.—IN RE STErAI I iIP In the case of this bankrupt, his Ne ll° ,, g ateeet appointed Saturday, the 11th in s t., for hearing tri on reconsideration of the question of c ertifiell'7' was wholly refused a short time since. e be lt° IN RE STONE. This bankrupt had carried on business a -,.„ ° te , as a grocer, and to-day came up for his c ertiov - f or Mr. LINKLATER opposed on behalf o f the on the ground of reckless trading and penditure. Bankrupt, in explanation, said he had been d ilt " Tally Trade," which had fallen off on the 00" being finished. He had offered ss. is t he 1 t secured by a brother-in-law, a farmer. ill' k ti P7 His HONOUR said the books were ex celdiek,'„ d extraveg je and bankrupt had been for a long time t 0 credi on tors. creditors. The certificate was suspended '°' months, then to be of the third class. '0 SECONDARIES'.—( THIS 4fot CHAMEN V. HENDRY. l 1514 dr This was an action to recover the sum of 11 goods sold. The plaintiff is a wine-merchantleol bone-place, and defendant is a commiasioe of t i ll Pancras-lane. Witnesses were called to prove the del/ 01 H )) , .1 articles, wine and spi r i ts , an d a l so an adreies i°ll o so defendant, althou g h h e b a d pl ea d e d that h e W indebted. tbot The clerk to the pl a i n tiff' s a t torne y g a ted d ;110, fendant called at the office and said that be el was a writ out against him in the county, 1111 ,, O if w: was taken out in the city he would a cceP T , o -13 , 1 1 Witness told him a writ had been taken out In but he had not a copy with laim,and showed th e pot " 4 ° when defendant caid that he owed the debt hu" costs, as he ought not to have been sued in the e' as c °lls court. The action was then cont i nue d. The Learned SECOND ARY sa id t h e a dmission I°, 0 0' elusive, and the jury had nothing to do an to S i lei the superior court must be a ppli e d to on that 5" Verdict for the plaintiff. CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS D OLD COURT. ifP' (Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON, Mr. J ust i ce CB O or and Mr. Justic e WILLIAMS.) Ass FORGING RUSSIAN B ANK NOTES.—The Coa t doj eo/1 cupied the whole morning with hearing the upon the demurrer put in to the indictmen t Samuel Laurio, Bern ar d G or d on , an d Sodials Fa elf ri or who were re man d e d f rom t h e F e b ruary sess ion, - • it, they were indicted f or f e l on i ous l y engrav ing. 1 4 cl o ia,:', of a note for th e p a y men t of mosey of a foreign stale' wit, the empire of Russia. The grounds on demurrers were put in were, that the olfenee d i st iso properly charged, and the instrument WAS not e described or set out. oe, 4 1 , Mr. Huddleston e , Mr. Parry, and Mr. gel d tf 3e i peered on behalf o f the prisoners ; and the " 1- c -° o o r , General, Mr. Clarkson, an d M r . B a ll ant i n e were ° for the prosecution. BOW-STREET.—(THIS D A lr Robert Slipton, a footman, was charged with, .0g 1 . „ • .° 4 from 76, Gower-street, nineteen 51. Bank of gr j r . „ O notes, the property of Elizabeth flow Se°,7„ c ad James Seward, his employers. The propertYnf9,,f' ' the prisoner, when discovered, was eleven Ban'. f °- l h and notes, ten sovereigns, three half-soveretg— alf-crowns, ten shillings, eight sixpences, B ,o ' " r let h u e t e' Miss Elizabeth H ow Seward, of 70, Gower 5 ;;. posed that l a st even i ng t h e prisoner ' s wife ong3",000,1)' and asked h e r t o go to her desk and see if her P 4 was quite safe. Th e w if e was the i r house keeP e- of the prisoner act e d as a f ootman. She wen t to o g°°,,,,1" cretoire and found th e w h o l e o f t h e Bank-oe te ,i i ef F, 201. belonged to h e r, an d 801 . t o h er s i ster , butlretol!.; uerally kept all th e i r money toget h er i n t he o e n ite She remarked that she believed the wife Was 4 r nocen t. , Of te r Police-constabl e , 21 S, d e p ose d t h at , yes tereei c . noon, Mr. Thompson, la n dl or d o f t h e G eo rge, S e gOA s street, told him that h e p erce i ve d th e p r i s oner h 0 b o t, lot of money, which he thought he had not cam t he honest means, as he had bent changing 5/. notee ll '„,,hof ternoon. The constable then watched the prisone r ' " intcxicated, and he thought the best way of P.. s r e °e dil l u ° o l was to lock him up at once on a charge of bewe d d P l o t He consequently took him into custody and eil, ar : 0 1 0 1 before Mr. Combe, of Clerkenwell, with be , „°_,e' nf tel and having in his possession a large suns 0 1 ,7, - piel l 'i which he gave a very unsatisfactory account. P'tle said that it belonged t o hi s w if e an d hi ms elf., . 13 ce d ' i discharged from being d run k, b ut was detsieen la I/; tody on the charge of st ea li ng some b an k notes' both then discovered that Miss Seward had been r0b.00., formation having been sent to the St. Giles's s ts „ l ; l te /° The notes were all known, and proof of trihe A sent from the Bank of England to Mi ss Seward ' to vious day was also given. Els' re' Mr. HENRY having asked the pri son er if he he say anything, to which he replied in the negan c " A mended the case for a week. Dee d ' The money already s a v e d i s u p war ds of, 60 there is no doubt that at l eas t 201. more will m e z A Bf) MARLBRO'-STREET.—(TIIIO ' l ' l3 1 3r of EXTRAORDINARY INSTANCE Or JIIYEN.— D r o VlTY.—Sophia Stanton, a child about eleven ',ha age, was placed at th e b a r before Mr. HardWie k 'Z i 1. 4 '" with stealing a gold ring, th e p roperty of MO - o tt bole, 14, Warren-street, Fitzroy -square . Ol d , The prosecutrix stat e d th at on yesterday seP" she laid a gold ring on a table in her bed-root:0,0013:f she had occasion to leave for a short time, 10 , (1 0 0 ; I return she missed the ring. She searched eyor.l 'lo° e the room but could not find it, and on making , 1.11 1 : 1 0 111 .. , she was told that the prisoner had been seen W ▪ 015 room with the stolen ring in her hand. Wit quently sent for a constable and gave her in ohn' t rihiC r • tbe the way to the station the prisoner admitted "to P . ring, and secreting it in the dust-hole, where it to sequently found. The prisoner's parents were in court, and in, — ye r i f Mr. Hardwick, stated that since the age of 113 „7, el, e 1 she had evinced the greatest depravity, sten";;o l ,'; thing she could lay her hands upon. At the 4 , - be "; 0 1 years she contracted a certain disorder, whe n, Kent 0 sent to the hospital, but in consequence of t e ,„";" 0 P 1 , 21 bad conduct while there she was expelled. °`", - 11 13 she had been placed in various asylums, but / I- c h.:B 4 f stop in any of them. Some short time ago eh e „ 0 00 a gentleman with attempting to commit a rape " t i ' O4 person; the case was heard at this Court, ,b., 1 11. if child's statement was proved to be false the e' not entertained. 01,0 Mr. HARDWICK said it was one o f t h e worst -Lts- 0 61 ever heard. It was a g r ea t p ity t h at t h ere was D o t e„ I il national asylum for s uc h c hild ren . •A gao l We ii i dul receptical for them. H e th en reman d e d the e" - Friday next. IRELAND. SALES OF ENCUMBERED ESTATES. f O ld DUBLIN, TUESDAY EVENING.--A numbe r ° lll o° portant sales were e ff ec t e d t o -d ay before tb e missioners. 00 0 The first put up were the D'Arcy estates il l , o r and Westmeath. One lot sold for 18,5 0° " or 1I years' purchase ; the second produced 4,° °°l " years' purchase ; the third, 2,400/, or 16 Ye ar f 9 c bss e ,, ; chase. The fourth, 1,8001., or 13i: years P, ll- o iStv: the fifth, 1,1001., or 10 years' purchase ; tvi e a ilk 3,4001., or 16f years' purchase ; the seventh " 2,5001., or 17 years' 'purchase. Mest Pt A portion of the rortarlington estates ' li e .. vie" . Kildare, and Kilkenny, and Quee n 's eoul i vs next put in lots and all di s p ose d of AL I - 010, lo wing rates, viz.:—Lot I,' 1,3501., or , : 4 ` 1 ,, r 1 0 8 A ' purchase; lot 2, 2,1501 . , or 20 ears P - hi b t 1 lot 3, 8001., or SO ears' nr - ohase c '7 l Ol 550/., or 18 years' p urchas e; lot s vesr: or 26 years' purchase; lot 6, 1,400/., or 2 : lot pj; purchase; lot 7, 135/., or 25 years' paella" 11 ; .7751.,. or 21 years' purchase ; lot 9, 3,6 7 °" ; 1. 00; l y o e t als l, p 9 u s r o c l h ., a o s r e ; 21 lo y t e l ar ), B, 7o p o u / r . c , h p: 19 fo -ye t agq i ip/ p .t til :, 16 years' purchase ; lst 13, 325/ B , e o ; r 21i: _Y e es r - 1 0 ' chase ; lot 14, 1,250/., or .25 years' ' pure n Mv or 500/., or 23 years' purchase ; lot 161 l f wve " of years' purchase. e h @ citY The last sal es cons i xe d o f t en h o uses in erog: Cork, the property of Mr. Robinson , The l i ved sum of each realised 440/. The amount rea the day's sales amounted to 54,000/. " -- "" - '"'" -- "" — "" --- "'"I''' • ' st h e " Colonel W--- is a fine looking. ma y ' 16° °I '' said a friend the other day. " Yes," replied ariotine taken for him once." "You! you're not at all 11 endo " I don't care for that, I was taken for him ones :1; his note, and was talon lie him by the sheriff. GREENLAND V. CRAPLiN. The COURT also refused to grant a rule for a new trial in this case, which was of a somewhat similar nature. The action arose out of a collision on the river, in con sequence of which the plaintiff had a leg broken and was otherwise injured, and the jury awarded him damages to the amount of 200 L COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco, before the Loan CHIEF JUSTICE and Mr. Jualce TALFOURD.) GORHAM V. BISHOP OF EXETER. The COURT announced- its intention of giving judg ment in this case next t"rm. The Court intimated that the greatest difficulty which it had met with was in ob taining itformation relative to the mode of proceeding in the two cases which had been referred to, and that as yet the Learned Judges had not been able, after using all possible investigation, to come at any clear informa tion on the subject. BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) This Leing the last day of term, the Ginn was chi, fly Occupied with motions for the re-admission of attorneys who had cetvecl to talce out their certificates tor some time past. One case was reserved for consider a ti on, t h e gentleman seeking to be re-admitted not havin g prac tised for the last nine years, during which p eriod he had been carryicg on the business of a cotton-spinner. QUEEN V. SPIREY. In this case Mr. 6MIRKE had obtained a rule, c a lli ng upon the defendant to show cause why a criminal infor-. ITALY. - Accounts from Naples announce the arrival in that city of the Count of SYRACUSE, the brother of the KING. Ile was the bearer of a letter from M. DE Le- MARTINE to DON MICHAEL SOLIMENE, a man of letters, • w h o h as never i n t er f e r e d w ith politics. The day after the receipt of this letter the house of DoN MICHAEL was taken possession of by the police, and subjected to the most rigorous search, and although nothing of an inculpatory nature was found, Dori 11.1icman was arrested, and is at this moment in pri son, his only crime being the receipt of a letter, of which the KING'S brother was the bearer. . _ We read the following in the Consiituzionale of Florence of the 30th ult.:— " We can affirm that about the 24th of this month the prefects of all the departments sent a special notice to the Gonfalonieri of the new municipal councils, to in form them, by the express order of the Cabinet, that the Government would convoke the Parliament at the first opportunity, and that it,was therefore desirable that this new confirmation of a necessary measure should re store tranquillity to the public mind, after the enthu siasm excited by the late municipal votes in favour of the Constitution." HER MAJESTY'S HEALTH. The following bulletin of the Queen's health was issued this morning : '‘ BUCKINGHAM PALACE, MAT . B, 1850, 9 A.M. " The Queen and the infant Prince continue well. " JAMES CLARK, M.D. "CHARLES LOCOCK, M.D. "ROBERT FERGUSON, M.D. " Her Majesty's recovery is so far advanced that no mole bulletins will be issued." HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The performances went off with the greatest eclat last night. Our English tenor, Reeves, 'and Mademoiselle Parodi sung with the utmost fervour .and pathos, and were encored and recalled several times during the evening. The last scene of the opera (Erman° was sublime. Signor Lorenzo was also encored in the grand scene, " Sommo which be gave with artistic finish and was recalled. The new ballet Les Trois Graces increases nightly in attraction. Marie Taglioni was graceful and inte resting ; Carlotta Grisi, piquante and sparkling; Athalia Ferraris, bounding, brilliant, and charming. On concluding her celebrated echo, in which she gives les entrechats en huits, a shower of bouquets were thrown to her. REPRALonthe table:—From e F T — IIE r m ADVERTISEMENT proprietors, printers, e D rs l: DUTY.—The following petitions for the repeal of this duty were ordered to lie pub lishers of the Pembrokeshire Herald—Westmeath Guardian —Hastings and St. Leonard's News—Fife Herald—Perth Constitutional—Liverpool Mail—Edinburgh Witness—Taun ton Courier—Preston Pilot—Worcester Chronicle—Edin burgh Caledonian Mercury —Wiltshire Independent—Wis beach Advertiser—Edinburgh Weekly Register—Drogheda Argus—Kelso Chronicle—Renfrewsh ire Advertiser— Sheffield Times—Doncaster Chronicle—Wesleyan Times— Illustrated London News—News of the World—Mayo Telegraph—Bell's New Weekly Messenger—Lincolnshire, Boston, and Spalding Free Press—Cornwall Royal Gazette—Catholic Standard— Atlas—Derbyshire Advertiser—Farmers' Herald—Bally shannon Herald—Londonderry Journal—Bath Journal—Ye nagh Guardian—Wester n Star—Kent Herald—Meath Herald—Nottingham Mercury—Canterbury Weekly Journal —Reynolds's Miscellany—Sherborne and Yeovil Mercury— Carmarthen Journal—Leeds Mercury—British Banner — Patriot—Liverpool Times—Liverpool Standard—Newspaper Stamp Abolition Committee—and James Crowther. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE CHESTER AND HOLY HEAD RAILWAY.—A shocking accident occurred on Monday in the Belmont Tunnel. Samuel Medway, inspector of works, was walking through the tunnel, as was usual with him, it being a nearer way to Bangor than by the common road, when the 7.45 A.m, up-train entered the tunnel at one end, and a ballast engine at the other end. The tunnel is quite dark in the centre, where they would meet, In account of the curve, and it is supposed that he must have heard the whistle and got out of the way of the ballast engine, but forgetting that the up-train was due, and not noticing the whistle, as both engines whistled at the sante time, he got into the way of the latter, and was struck by the butler, for his cap was upon it when the train reached the station. A plate-layer coming through the tunnel after the train had passed, kicked his foot against the body, which was lifeless on being brought to the station a quarter of an hour afterwards. It was found that the lett heel of his boot had been taken quite off, but the foot was uninjured. The head was very much mutilated. SALE OF THE WORKS OF THE LATE Ma. ETTY, R.A.—The sale of the remaining portion of the works of this late celebrated artist, is now being conducted by Messrs. Christie and Manson. The collection comprises numerous sketches and unfinished works, in the style of art, and on the subject for which this gentleman was particularly re markable. There are 1,034 lots, and out of this number there are but two finished pictures. The first two days of the sale was concluded yesterday ; front the number of lots sold, the following may be mentioned :—.Oil studies on mill hoard : a fernale seated on a white drapery, with a crimson curtain behind her, 71. 15s. ; a female reclining, with an hour glass before her, *l. 105.; a female reclining on a mat trass, 141. 15s. ; a female kneeling before a red drapery, 171. 10s.; a female sleeping, 61. 15s- ; a female seated, 91 . fis. Mill-board s , with sketches on bot h sides ; male and female figures, W. 15s. ,• a female figure, life-size, 111. Copies by Mr. Etty from old masters • Time leading Truth to heaven, after Rubens, 22/. ; Jupiter and Juno, after Rubens, 151. 4s. 6d. ; Bacchanals, after N. Poussin, 8/. 12s. ; Death of Dido, after Sir Joshua Reynolds, 10/. 15s. Oil studies, stretched two male figures, 16/. ; two females, 28/. 73.; two female figures, 71. 17s 6d.; a female reclining, 81. 18s. 6d. ; a female seated before white drapery, 61.; three male figures, 71 . 5 3- The majority of the works were purchased by artists to whom they will be of great value. Mr, ,:1.1, ARDURTON'S HISTORICAL ROMANCE, RE GLNALD HASTINGS.—The success of this work has been greater than the author's most sanguine friends predicted. A second and revised edition has just appeared, with a new -preface. "Mr. Warburton brings us into contact with the high-spirited and chivalrous Cavalier, and the zealous and fanatical Puritan ; and by means of those strongly-marked contrasts which no writer can manage with more of skill and dramatic effect, has placed before us a series of striking and powerfully-wrought pictures of the stormy times and im portant events, the social life and domestic manners of the period of our history in which his story is laid. With all the °, ll arta of a romance we ha ve all the truth and precision of " ist ery; with all the graceful and artistic grouping of a highly -finished composition we have combined the most ac curate historical portraits of the statesmen and warriors who filled the public eye and guided the interesting events which marked the rise and progress of the great civil war of Eng land. The fortunes of Reginald Hastings and of the high souled and enthusiastic Zillah Demiroy enchain the attention throughthe varied chances and changes of the war; a n d all our sympathies are enlisted in the gratifying and unexpected terminati on o f their trials, to an extent that indicates at once the present triumph of the writer and the future success of his work."— Standard. - - LETTERS FOR CAPT. AUSTIN'S ARCTIC SQUADRON. I —Letters posted for any one on board Captain Austin's Arctic expedition this evening, and addressed to Stromness, will most likely reach the ships before their departure thence for the icy regions. KIDD'S NEW PROCESS FOR ILLUMINATING AND SILVERING GLASS MIRRORS. —In' a paragraph which ap peared in The S un of Monday eveni n g , on the subject of the above no ve l i nvent i on , the word " soldering" was, by a mis print, su b s tit ute d f or the word "silvering." Mr. Kidd' s process is one for illuminating and si/veriry glass mi rrors. THE LAT E POISONING CASE AT HACKNEY. —An n Merritt, th e un f ortuna te woman under sentence of executi on , for poisoni ng h er h us band at Hackney , but respited, in ord er that further inquiries might be made, has had the capital punishment commuted, and is ordered to undergo transpor tatiou for life. ~: P ell so] Sc Pa ghi 1 1