The Sun. — London, England, 1851-05-19 00:00:00

Y.) AY.) ay were eat, for PCOS, an Foreign ley and cted, at n at 6d 'ore at- ,te that Lies for in the t grain steady i:nglish 14,831 its; 67 d; 162 ship Fat- lieflt wee% acted I the woe offer ill-- !ling itils- wag full iota 193 200 , 240 ' 300 320 280 29 270 300 380 311 11l OLD COURT. set ile; and, in some.instances, prices have *gone a shade Ischqvar than at the February auctions. Port Philip clean to B p o has sold up to is 10:i; 11e14,rt Town ditto is bid e.. -89 1€ 1 ; and Adelaide Is 4d per lb. In the Private i mports Market next to no'..lling is doing. Last week's Ports were 230 bales from the Cepe, 2 from 11.m argil, 1,372 fro alla m Port Philip, 2,390 from Sydney, and agefrom Co. ~ TALL. ,As the B a l t i c ravigation is OW now open, and the stcck T allow here is n e arly 35,000 casks, our market is ex it:lively heavy, et a decline in the prices et Monday d.of is per cwt. To•day, P. Y. C. on the spit is z e ; li ng at 37s 3d to 373 6d per cwt. Town Tallow, 1,,1 1 Per cwt. net cash; rough fat, 2s (id per Sibs.. For t 'lvard delivery nothing doing. List week's delivery . t ari ° lll Y 35; whilst the imports were confined to 791 `chiefly from our colonies. 1847. 1848. 1849. 1850. 1 1851. keg },, '4'B day ....., 9,727 7,852 21,130 24,332 1 34,974 - "cot y r i 473 Gd 485 Od 38s 9d 368 9d to 378 3d teiv .C .•• • • L t.o 488 3,1 to 463,;d to 3980 d 37s I d t 0375 kl bk,,rYlast week •• 755 1,033 I, t€B 1,415 535 410 fr om June 1.... 77,967 97,( 51 95,447 9 t,158 89,17 G ti tt : 4 la last week .. 403 272 1,652 191 791 ? lie fr °Ecaune • 1 ... 76,00 96,566 112,044 91,069 93,632 e er Town ...... 49s 6d 48s (id 39s 6d 38s Gd 383 fid re:. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) DA. (Sittings at Nisi Pri BENCH m, at Guildha ( ll THlS fore M . Jui.., ber Y tic ) o ERLE and a Common Jury.) ' l ,, THE QUEEN V. CECIL AND ANOTHER. 6 ;tnia Kae an indictent preferred against the def-end 'is for cons kin to m e ther to defraud a loan society of 57/. P g g 4 1 4. Ch arnock appeare d f or t h e prosecut i on, Mr. E. e tti l lles and Mr. Iluddlostone for Cecil, and Mr. Ball for t ees, the other defendant. appeared from the evidence which was adduced on 4 e d Part of the pros( cation that Cecil was a trustee and gay the secretary of the Cit Good Intent Loa Su- q, which was held at the Star COffee-house in n Gol- 4 "latie. Sedgey admitted to some of the witnesses that and Cecil had entered fictitious loans in t e o books of the society, when, in fact, the k il l was received by themselves. A person named lAlrthur, who was entered as having obtained a loan 1 2/., prov d that he had never received the loan; and 'other individual called Ellsley, who was represented h a • 1 0 , 'mg been lent 101, stated that he only received a of 21. Sedgey had since been placed in White its-street prison for a debt he owed to Cecil, and his hqirs were now under the investigation of the Insolvent ; t c b t:cre Court. On the other trustee, Mr. Bennett, ti n i tlog upon Cecil's solicitor, in regard to the transac h,4l, the solicitor said he did not think the society bad ' 41 ,..ch to complain of. * 4l r. JAziEs contended that the evidence against Cecil ate inconclusive, as it rested only- on the admissions of bg e e other defendant, Sedgey. This prosecution had oti e l ll instituted to extort money from Cecil, and for no er Purpose, as he had lately come into possession of co nsiderable sum. of money, and, being an illiterate was most likely to be influenced by such a pro 4eding. 4 4 r. BALL contended also, on the part of Sedgey, that charge of cons pi rac y bad: not been proved against The Learned JUDGE having summed up, The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. COURT.--(THIS DAY.) (Before the RECORDER.) l'S'olornotz Hyams, aged 40, described as a dealer, and 4 4r ,qh, his wife ' aged 27, were indicted for stealing 165 I'Ns of silk,value 701. 6d., and other goods, the o Perty of Richard Attenborough, in his dwelling- L is e. The prisoners pleaded not guilty. 4. 41 , r • CLARKsox appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. ellatitine defended the female prisoner, and Mr. Parry NO tun. 11 °11 the evening of the Ist of April, about seven o'clock, 1 4stolen goods, which had been pledged with the pro. 4: t or, were safe in his warehouse, but ou the follow *Zillorning they were gone. Information was after tr.:" given to the police, and they were ultimately it rri to the house of a man named Lyons, whose wife t ok t i ed that the female prisoner brought them there, L v „ e d, Op in a quilt, like a bed. The prisoner told at ,"1 18 wife that she had had some words with her lam- Cu , and she had brought her bed to sleep there, as 0 0 1. l was deter m i n ed not to go back to him again. The th e e e took Lyons and his wife into custody, and carried k i l l; with the goods, to the male prisoner's house in the th e il°r ies, where, upon being taxed with the robbery, th Prisoner claimed the goods as his own, and declared at had purchased them a few days before. r • PARRY addressed the jury for the male pri 'hor, and cont en d e d that, as there was no evidence to Cli t that the property had been in the possession of his 2 r, he oug h t to b e acqu itt e d. th7r. BALLANTINE, on behalf of the female, insisted that , t v &tory of Mrs. Lyons about the bed was unworthy of ti Lt e h di t- The fact was, the female prisoner was a Chris liv"„who wish's Jew, and as she was looked upon 1 4 , 1 'ne J people as an interloper, no doubt the t r : oses, whowere Jews also, were not scrupulous about 1 1 11 ,g evidence against her to screen themselves. iii t : 4o Learned RECORDER summed up, and the jury a brief consultation, acquitted the woman and con ii'letl the man of receiving the property well-knowing s e 1 ° have been stolen. The Court deferred passing iltence. NEW COURT. r, (Before the CODIMON-SERGEANT.) dele -IV ING STOLEN Goo Ds.—James Kelly, aged 20, hi t ,7ed as a labourer, and William Carter, aged 20, a Were convicted of receiving a number of coats , kir teo 0 „ z afg, trousers,and waistcoat-pieces, value 30/., well 11.0 0 - ; 413 g them to have been stolen from the dwelling -150 One Henry Paine, and they were sentenced to ‘ 4ll3 Ported for seven years. -- -LBLES in the CRY STAL PALACE , Th (THIS DAY.) Jud,„%last week of the ss. days has commenced, and . to from the appearance of the Palace this morning, *hi 1 „ . 1 anticipate that it will not be the least productive froe l e- , l „the Exhibition has experienced. The arrivals trea t ',7 6 Country continue to be very numerous, and a liOxi„Froportion of the visitors seem to be of that class d Nh eti l a to anticipate the crowds which are expecte ree tin iae doors are open at the reduced fee. The total was rt ‘ on Saturday were 3,0891., of which 2,532/. 557 1 paid in ss. at the door, and the remainder , /Vb Was the produce of the sale of season tickets. ery l , P ; l cetve that a list of fares to and from the AoliQ al Palace to the principal points of the metro diste`iaa just b een p u blished, copies of which are to be tw,:buted among the police, and then any dispute be liy„4 a driv er an d hi s f are can immediately be settled p re reference to the nearest functionary. The list at eo,:tit embraces the residences of the ambassadors and ar iti s, the pri nc ip a l p u bli c o ffi ces an d buildings, the b e a s tes, railway stations, and theatres, and will speedily p e t i qlowed by one mo re exten d e d. Copies of the fi kw e c ) regulations with re gar d t o ca b s are also to be F r ,: up at the Great Exhibition in German and tai l g eh, so that strangers will at onc e b e able to ascer fel, When a driver has transgressed the rule laid down Iside protection of the public. th e of the least interesting objects in the Exhibition are tiOorking apiary exhibited in the gallery imme lai;%7 over the north entrance to the transe p t. The so t t i, ll are fixed close to the crystal wall of the bu ildin g , %mat the bees are able to emerge into the open air, by k tt ures in the glass, which communicate with the hive, 4ti th 05 0 range over the park and bring back their orings to their abode in the Crystal Palace. The a are built in the form of cottages, and by opening s, o oor or window, the visitor can see the swarms in full e tb !ltlat the formation of their cells within. We re )iiWead any one interested in the culture of bees to g il t these hives. The exhibitors are Messrs. Neighbour and McMillen 4qt these d ays o f san i tary re f orms an d wa t er ag it a tion, e' Patent filtering apparatus exhibited by Mr. Foster %% t he main avenue w ill at t rac t muc h o b serva ti on . It is I ti 'rely novel, and its construction is simplicity itself. tb, o utward appearance it cons i s t s merely of a common q' Proceeding out of a large leaden ball, varying in k !according to circumst ances , w hi c h i s a tt ac h e d t o th e 4 11 1 pipe which supplies the w a t er . I ns id e th e l ea d en k 2 i 5 contained a ball of por ous stone , w i t h a sma ll Oty in the centre, and through this, by the War of its own pressure, the water is forced, Qld emerges through the tap beneath perfectly pure and I,,,red. This is the whole apparatus, the c hi e f mer i t o f 10Ich is it s e xtreme simplicity and cheapn ess , as i t re . 4 es merely to be attached to the main pipe in order h obtain sufficient pressure to force the water berte drawnhrough ofilterin g medium, and the watermay then freely and simply as if through the taps iu comm on • One tap will filter in a day several hundred gal -548, certainly m ore than is usually required by one ti t 1 3% This is certainly one of the most useful inven o 46 11 8 exhibit e d, a nd we believe has neve r before b een a by the public in actual working. li bile we are on articles of actual use we may men `ia the i nvent i ons w hi c h Mr. Defries exhibits in the 4Plicati on of gas to domest i c p u rposes. Gas is here 4 ?ls to supply )0. , at infinitely less expens e, all the uses to great coal fires have hitherto been . devoted in eglish kitchen s . Boiling, roasting, and cooki n g of all Oaeiptions are effected by h it ; conservatories warmed, s It r b s of 45 ga ll ons h eate d i n five minutes for costs of egoLnd. all manner of results effected at the least p ss ost TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. bi t pti—Can you sp are space to sugges t opening the Exhi ;01:1 for four hou rs i n th e morn i n g, from five till nine e r Teit, for O ne P enny. tkirl entering to d e p os it th e usua l c h arg e for the day and k 4 j 5 a check, and returning the same (by paying a penny, th" leaving the building before nine o'clock), to receive back em, Ordepositand onenly.dorsed Ticketby s, a numbered, withwould signature and householder, guarantee dres s "estimate One Million, in L on d on , m i g ht go i n the %ling who cannot go in the day, viz.:— tankers', merchants', lawyer, clerks . 100,000 Shoptnen (estimate of the Early Closing Association) •• lOO,OOO Mechanics of various trade 5.....,... Labouring men, &G., tkc. 1,000,000 I am, Sir, your subscriber and servant, DAYSPRING. 'r SOUTH RAILWAY STEAM-BOIT PIER.— e company have erected a commodious steam-boat pier at y end of College-street, Lambeth, in a direct line from the ay: . terloo terminus, across York-road, a distance of about 200 e~ k The con;tructi mof this pier will prever.t the 4 : essity of passengers requiring steam-boats crossing to the Oetdlesex sho re ; every i n d uc ement will be held out to steam ti,t propriet ors to call at the pier. It " dap. is to be opened in a THE SUN, OVERLAND _ INDIA AND CHINA. (From the Chronicle) BOMBAY, APRIL 17. The intelligence from the north-western frontier su. continues to wear the same aspect of uneasiee , s, arising from the petty outrages of the hill tribes that I have so often noticed. Since Captain Grantham's death a good look-out has been kept for the isolated parties of ma• rauders, who, two or three in number, are always lying in wait for any stray party that may present itself, Se ♦eral of these fellows have been caught, and they have been trussed up to the next tree, where they hang in terrorem. The Khyberies (in habitants of the hill flanking the Khyber Pass) were brought to terms, it was supposed, by Lord Dalhousie, when he was at Peshawur; but the supposition appears to have been ill-founded, for 2,000 of our best troops have been ordered, according to a letter published in the Mofussilite of March 23, to enter the Par; and to ravage tied burn all the crops in the land belonging to the Khyberies. To them also has been extended the order lately issued in the cantonment of Peshawur, to hang all who are apprehended for theft, and to imprison all v.ho may be caught within the cantonment. Towards the lower part of the district extending from Attock t o Kalabagh, the country bordering on the Indus, has been more tranquil than on the Kobat and Peshawur side. The presence of the Governor- General's camp and its numerous train of Guards and followers, may have had some share in producing this temporary tranquillity; but the Bannon and Wuzeeree tribes who are located in the lower districts are better affected than the Afreedees and Khyberies are towards the English. The details of the survey of the great Punjaub salt range lately executed by Dr. Fleming and Mr. Pardon, lead me to believe that that mountainous district will be found to be very rich in coal and minerals. Plenty of coal of good quality has been found, and pronounced fit for use in the river steamers plying on the Upper Indus. Marine fossils also have been discovered; the helemnite tribe abounds; and some species of the sea urchin (echi nus) , which were discovered in great abundance, were at first taken for lignites, and caused some amusement, by a long-winded scientific correspondence, partaking of the character of Edie Ochiltree's commentaries on the Roman reliques discovered by Mr. Jonathan Oldbuck. Provided any permanent supply of coal can be pro cured in these regions, these matters may be passed over with a smile. Copper ore has been found of a rich quality. The Governor-General left Peshawar on the 18th of March, having paid a visit to Jamrood, the celebrated site where so many Bactrian coins and other remains of antiquity have been discovered. His Lordship crossed the Indus at Attock on the 24th, having been prevented from doing so by floods during the 21st and two follow ing days. Sir William Gomm a n d l a d y, w i t h t h e i r respect i ve suites, had left Meerut on their way to head-quarters. A grand ball had bee n g i ven to t h em at M eerut. I mentioned some time since the harsh and not very generous prcceedings alopted by the Bengal Govern ment towards Jootee Persand, a rich and very active commissariat contractor for supplies of all kinds to the armies in the field during the Affghan and Punjaub cam paigns. He was tried recently at Agra, on charges of per jury, embezzlement, and- fraud, to a very large amount; but after several days' proceedings, the evidence given in his favour by some of the most distinguished British officers under whom he served was so convincing and so powerful, that the jury at once acquitted him. He is said to have rewarded his counsel so munificently that the lawyer entertained some thoughts of applying for a trea sure party, as a guard from Agra to Calcutta. I ought to tell you that a treasure party seldom goes with a smaller amount of coin under its guard than from three to four lacs (30,000/. to 40,000/). In this case gold is said to have been the medium of payment. However, I en close you an Extra issued by an Agra paper, which reached me in time for the mail. It contains full parti culars respecting Jootee Persand's acquittal. We have had an inquiry going on in Bombay for some days touching the very serious defalcations that have been detected in a municipal tax here called the wheel tax. One or two magistrates and the police superin tendent have been examined; but nothing has transpired of the slightest interest. The inquiry is held in public, and reporters watch the evidence. I ought not to omit narrating a hyperbolical expression which fell from a na tive witness, who, describing the extraordinary dexte rity of another, a Parsee native, said with emphasis, " He is so clever, he steal the antimony off your eyelids and you not know he do it." Antimony . is the so-called kohl which the natives smear over the inside of their eyelids to give strength and expression to those organs. Medical diplomas have just been granted to eight na tive medical students who acquired their knowledge at the Grant Medical College. Our Chief Justice pre sided, and the Hon. J. P. Willougby assisted. The occurrence is chiefly noticeable from its being the first of the kind here. Tne young men belong to the Hindoo, Portuguese, and Parsee races, and their ac quirements are very highly lauded by the Government examiners. There are no tidings of any interest from Hyder abad, the Nizam's capital; it is said that he is again getting into arrears with the pay of the contingent force, which he is compelled to maintain, though he is frequently denied its services, when he has occasion to coerce any of his rebellious or refractory subordinates. The seizure of any portion of his dominions, as pay , ment for the old arrears, is indefinitely postponed, ac cording to all appearance. Several conversions of natives (Hindoos) to Chris tianity have been brought to public, notice of late. They are said to be the spontaneous result of the converts themselves, arising probably from the secular education which is bestowed upon them by the Government. Such at least is stated with regard to a convert of Madras. We have had a large importation recently of Ro man Catholic priests, who brought with them an allocution of Pope Pius IX., touching the mode in which he persuaded the schismatic Archbishop of Goa to resign his see and accept the coadjutorship of the Archiepiscopate of Braga, in Portugal, in, its place. The tact and cleverness of the Holy Father are very manifest in this document, which Bishop Hartman (the diocesan here) immediately published, to let the Portu guese know that they must now knock under to him, and give up their churches to his management. Reports of continued outrages and disturbances in Oude frequently reach Bombay, but the Calcutta papers contain tuiler and more authentic accounts than I can send. Two new iron steam-boats are on the point of being dispatched for the traffic of the lower Indus from Jakkur to Kurrachee. I hear from Indose (Rajpootana) that young Holkar, who is under M. R. N. C. Hamilton's tutelage, during his minority, has expressed a wish to visit England, in which Lord Dalhousie has wisely encouraged him. Another eastern prince, the heir to the iuler of Canda bar, is said to have ju,t reamed from England, whither he went on a bJutless errand to get English assistance in restoring him to his birthright, which some Persian has usurped. The Five per Cent. Loan of the East India Company was closed here on the evening of the 14th of April. Nest day Company's paper had a rise of 3 per cent. Another ship (the Kurramany) was burnt at Calcutta. Two in one month. The exchange has rather gone up within the last few days. One transaction for 3,0001. document bills was effected at 2s. Oid. Broach cotton rules at 114 rupees a candy. Piece goods are selling at a slight depreciation, owing to the large stocks. The large exportations, and the necessity for realibing before the monsoon, put a stop to business. The i Bth Highlanders (a wing of which is at Bombsy ) is about to have its whole strength stationed a t Aden, w here some barbarous murders have been commi t t e d b y the Arabs; the wing of the 78th will be replaced by one wing of the 86th Queen's. No news from China since my last ; the steamer of March 29 looked for on the 21st here. Lord and Lady Falkland are at the Hills. W e ex pect them here on the 21st, when Mr. A. Bell is to be sworn in as third member of council, vice Willoughby, whose date of service expires then. Weather hot, plenty of sea breeze, and all the Europeans here are healthy. COMMERCIAL IN TELLIGENCE. CALCUTTA, ArRIL 7.—The steamer with the London mail of 24th February reached town about three in the afternoon of the 3d instant. The Bombay express came in a few hours after. The advices in regard to commercial matters are not considered encouraging, but we hardly expect they will influence any marked change in the position of our local markets. The tendency of the export branch of our business has been for some time past to increased activity, owing chiefly to the more practicable rates of exchange en England, which have offered great facilities to shippers. A more general and active inquiry has been making for produce, without, how ever leading to anything like a very extensive scale of busi ness in exports. The state of supplies a most of our leading staples has bee n i na d equa t e t o meet the demand which has existed; and the scale of operations, although above the averag e of the past few weeks, has still been limited. Latterly another obstacle has supervened in the way of extensive bu siness in ward freight age Sh t ir e nents. This is the scarcity of dead weight tonnage in river,demanded and consequent high rates for home such scarcity by consignees. For some years past, it is said, Thais drawback , of tonnage has not been felt as now prevail s . ~,, be removed, as several arrivalsdrawback, it is expected, will soon ves sels are overdue. considered, a satisfactory scale Generally are anticipated, and some speaking, all circumstances of business has been done in the export market, although e s it extreme rates. Indigo has m o g i le public sale is reported. been quiet, and only one - exchange, holders of thei7Wveltrh,ooaust Since the decline in ratts in hand have the few parcels which now remain ts ye t t o be a i l n l Using able enhanced their demands, without, e activep demand for the smallest to induce buyers to come up to operations have nearly terminated. marks. The season's of p i T e ked up at amount to above 28,000 chests. The sugars of all descriptions has continued • abatement, and all parcels offering have b een . prices. Very little of the new crop very stiff as yet found its way to market. The crop is nares has said to be a large one, much in excess of last year's yield. Saltpetre, until lately, has been i n g ood re q uest, as well for t he hoe as North American mark et ; the rise in freights has, however,s checked operations for G reat Britain. Table rice ha s bee completely neglected, and latterly absolutely no business whatever has b, en doing for home shipments. It is probable the article will continue to be neglected. Ballam and Moongby have been in more active request, and prices have advanced about a couple of annas per maund. Raw silk has been in better demand, ant a fairer extent of business is reported, at prices which show an advance on former figures. The market contains now but very little of the November Bund, and as a good demand exists, it is likely the produce of the next bund will meet with high prices, particularly as it is not a large one. In silk corahs a very moderate scale of business has been on foot ; holders have enhanced their requirements, which dealers show no _disposition to come up to. The me dium and inferior qualities are neglected. Tussors con , ti4ue, aa before, t? be picked up to a fair exteat, at LONDON, lunaltered rates. Nothing has, been doing in Choppas and Baudatioes. Operations in jute have very much fallen away, _ and, except for really superior qualities, which are hardly procurable, prices are easier. Exports continue to show a felling off. It is not likely that anything like an extensive `nisiness will be done in this article for some time to come. Hides have remained in favour, and a good business has been reported at prices which show great firm ness. Castor oil has been quieter, and though procurable at lower rates; little business appears doing in it. Shipments go forward on a moderate scale on manufacturers' account. Cowries remain in good esteem, and prices are without alteration. Demand continues excellent, both for shell lac and lac dye. A fair business has been doing at very steady prices. In minor articles of produce, a very moderate scale of business has been done. The Import Market—Under this head we have little al teration to report; not the smallest improvement has taken place in the position of the market, but on the contrary, transactions have been at lower figures. Some short time since holders began to show firmness, and prices were a little stiffer, but they have latterly relaxed and shown more desire to realize. These remarks apply to the market for British manufactured goods. Mule twist has been more active, but at, a concession in value. The metal market wears a more promising appearance. The Money Market—We have not the least change to no tice as regards monetary matters ; the tendency to an easier position has continued, and supplies are readily procurable. Rates of interest and discount, however, have experienced no further decline. The value of Government Securities has improved, and a pretty considerable amount of business is reported in them—value remains firm, at present quotations. Bank of Bengal Shares keep up their value, but we have heard of no operation in them ; little disposition is manifested to realize, though there is no want of purchasers. Exchange—A still further decline has taken place in rates of exchange on England. We quote Document Bills at 2s. Oy. to 2s. ld. per rupee. Transactions have been on a moderate scale in them. Some demand has been making for credit bills, which we quote at 2s. OP. per rupee, at six months' sight. Freights—For some years such a scarcity of tonnage has not been felt, as now prevails, particularly for dead .weight. Rates have risen considerably within the past few days, but quotations can hardly be called more than nominal, as ton nage is not procurable except to a very small extent. We do not think; these rates can be maintained, as some heavy arrivals are expected. Indigo—The market, as might be expected, is very quiet, having nearly arrived to the close of the season. There has been no business done by private contract, and but one pub lic sale is reported. Owing to the decline which has lately taken place in rates of exchange, holders of the few remain ing parcels have enhanced their demands, without, however, yet meeting with purchasers at their terms. Sugar—An active demand has continued to be madefor all descriptions of this staple; but business bas been confined principally to operations in date sorts, which have ruled at high figures. The new crop of Benares has been coming in very slowly. The market had opened high, but as the crop is expected to,be an abundant one, and money tight, prices must decline, notwithstanding the brisk demand here. IMPORTS FROM EUROPE. British Cotton Piece Goods—Under this head of our re port we regret we are unable to notice any improvement. Latterly holders of these goods generally have slightly re laxed in their firmness, which has caused prices to rule a shade easier, except in the instance of some of the coarser fabrics. A still further decline in the rates of Exchange on England has caused holders to show more anxiety to realise, and we consequently expect a little improved scale of business to result, although at a further sacri fice in value. Grey shirtings have been placed to a very fair extent, business being principally in the lower reeds. Prices show a shade of improvement. White shirt ings, on the other hand, have been more moderately looked for, and the sales show a decline in prices. Grey and white jacconets have been placed to a fair extent, and prices show a slight improvement, particularly in the lower qualities. In Madapollams we have only a very moderate business to report, without the smallest improvement in the scale of value. Business has been confined to the lower sorts. The finer ones are more firm. Mull-mulls, cambrics, and book muslins indicate not the least alteration since we last re ported. Very little has been done, and at former figures. Lappets have been quiet, except a little business in the lower qualities. Woollens—The market for all sorts of goods under this head has been remarkably quiet. Prices are nominal, and'at even lower figures buyers cannot be found. Hardly a sale has latterly been reported. Printed and Coloured Goods -Dulness prevails in the market for these likewise; a very moderate scale of business has been done, and inquiry is far from being brisk. White Cotton Mule Twist—Owing to some little conces sion in prices on the part of holders, a more extended and general business has been gone into. The market looks healthy, and will be relieved by the present business doing. Coloured Yarns—Market for these yarns is dull ; a very moderate business is reported in Turkey red, but other colours are neglected. Metals—Copper has been quiet, demand is languid, and no business has been doing of late. Spelter—This article has also been quiet, but inquiry begins now to make. A single sale is reported at current rs. 6-2 per md. Iron—This metal has continued to improve, and demand is increasing; prices show a further shade of advance. A very fair scale of business is reported. Salt—Sales are reported—Bombay, 4,000 mds. at 44; Liverpool, fine, 11,000 mds. at 79 ; ditto ditto, 11,000 mds. at 18 ; butter, 11,000 mds. at 75 per 100 mds. REPORT ON THE STATE OF THE BOMBAY MARKETS. FROM THE 3D TO THE 16TH OF APRIL INCLUSIVE. Bombay, Wednesday Evening, April 2, 1851. THE MONEY AND SHARE MARKETS. —We have much satisfaction in stating that the Five per Cent. Loan of 1841- 1842, which was re-opened four years and a half ago, has been closed. This satisfactory intelligence reached Bombay by express from Calcutta on the 14th instant, and since then all securities have been looking up a little. The following are the quotations :—Transfer Loan, 115; Five per Cent. Sicca, 105 1 A ; Four per Cent. Sicca, 91; Company's Fours, 89 ; Company's Fives, 101. The money market is still tight in the Bazaar, and is likely to continue so for a month to come, after which it may be expected ,to become more easy. Bank Shares are at the following quotations :—Bank of Bom bay, 16 per cent. premium; Oriental Bank, 16 3 4 discount; Commercial Bank, 17 per cent. discount; Agra Bank, 6 per cent. discount. Our export market has been characterised by much activity during the past fortnight, and a large business has been done chiefly in grey goods and yarns. In exports too a good business has been done, particulary in cotton, at advanced rates. Cotton Piece Goods —Notwithstanding the recent large arrivals during the last eight or ten days, a considerable business has been transacted, and prices have been well supported, though in some instances the transactions have been in favour of buyers. Grey skirtings have sold to the extent of 50,000, and the same prices which were ruling at the time of our last report have been obtained. Grey ➢ladapolams have been in good demand, and large sales have been effected at maintained prices. The sales amount to 28,575 pieces. Grey and bleached Jacconets have had a good sale, 10,000 of the ormer and 14,850 of the latter have been disposed of. Grey domestics : sales 2,650. Oily the heavy makes have been in request, and now that the Arab and Persian merchants have gone out of the market, are difficult of sale. Long and T. cloths have been in some demand. The sales reported are 1,000 pieces of the former, and 10,800 of the latter, for which full rates have been realised. Grey Dhoties have been little inquired for. Fancy dyed goods and prints continue as last reported. There is a slight inquiry for common jacconets, checks, lappets, scarfs, and low lappets. Turkey red plain cloth there is a good inquiry for, and 1,900 pieces have been sold at 8 rs. per piece. Cotton Yarn—There has been a brisk demand both for mule and water twist. Considerable sales have been made at full prices. For Turkey red and orange there is scarcely any inquiry. Woollens—There has been little inquiry during the last fortnight. Metals—For some kinds of iron we have had a rather bet ter inquiry, though little business has been done. The same remark will apply to tile copper. Cochineal—A sale of 7,0001 b. has been made at Rs. 1-12 per lb. Beer—The arrivals have been 300 hhds. Alsopp, 500 Bass, and of other brands 300, within the last fortnight. The whole of Alsopp's has been sold at Rs. 80, at 85 per hhd., and a further supply is anxiously looked for. Of Bass's about 130 hhds. are reported sold at Rs. 80, and of Tennant's 125 hhds. at Rs. 50, and 40 hhds. porter of the same brand at Rs. per hhd. _ _ Wines and Spirits—The sale of 15 hhds. British brandy and 80 kilders of gin at Rs. 11 per case is reported at Rs. 2;A per g alon. Wines are dull of sale. Marine Stores—There is little or no demand for both bleached canvass, as well as sewing twine. A sale of 300 bolts at Rs. 5 a Re. 13 per bolts is exported. Cordage is in good demand. Spirits of turpentine, oil of linseed, and paints of all colours are dull of sale, and no sales reported. Cigars—No sales reported. EXPORTS. „ . _ Opium—Although prices advanced a little they have now come down to nearly the same position as our last report ad vised. We quote to-day's rate Es. 1,089 per chest. Cotton Wool Purchases to the extent of 12,000 bales have taken place within the fortnight, and pricei have ad vanced from Hs. 4to 5 per candy. The arrival of the Eng lish mail on the 4th inst., bringing accounts of large sales at Liverpool, gave prices an upward start, and holders now exhibit much tirmne..s. Rates to Liverpool have advanced, and for first-class ves sels 31. per ton is the rate of the day, and 6/1. 10s. to 21. 15s. for inferior vessels. To London we quote 21. 10s. to 21. 15s. 6d. To China, Rs. 10 IA to Rs. 11 per candy. CHINA. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CANTON MA RKET—DIARcH 28. IMPORTS. Cottons—Stock of all sorts much reduced, but the dis turbed state of this and the neighbouring province prevents extensive operations. Raw Cotton—The sales reported amount only to 8,000 bales of all kinds, at a reduction of 4 mace upon last month's quotations; say fer Bombay 7.2 a 7.5 a to 8. 7 a 9.0; Bengal 7.9 a 8.2 to 9 a 9.2 ; Madras 7.8 a 8 to 9.1 a 9.3. The stocks are-15,765 Bombay, 12,135 Bengal, and 15,129 Madras— total, 43,039; against 23,8.57, 3,105, and 5,100 total, 32,462 at the same time last year. Cotto❑ Yarn has also declined. Sales 400 bales, at 28 dolls. to 30 dolls. for Nos. 16 to 26,32 dolls. to 34 dolls. for Nos. 28 to 32, and 34 dolls. 50c. to 37 dolls. 50c. for Nos. 33 to 42. Stock, 2,976 bales, against 4,631 last year. Long Cloths—Sales 16,000 pieces grey and 4,000 white, at for the former, weighing 5 1 / 2 to 5 3 / 4 catties, 2 dolls. 35c. to 2 dolls. 50c.; 6 1 1 1 , to 6% catties, 2 dolls. 70c. to 2 dolls. 75c.; 710 to 7 1 / 2 catties, 3 dolls. to 3 dolls. 10c.; and for the latter, 2 dolls. to 2 dolls. i•oc. for 56s to 58s; 2 dolls. 60c. to 2 dolls. 80c. for 64s to 66s ; and 3 dolls. sc. to 3 dolls. 15c. for 68s to 725. Stock small, but large supplies shortly ex pected. Opium—To-day's quotations : Malwa, 520 dolls. ; Patna old 477 dolls. 50c. ; new 487 dolls. 50c.; Benares, 475 dolls. ; and Turkey, 350 dolls. EXPORTS. Teas-- Vack : Since the date of our last report our market has shown more activity. A gocd inquiry has existed for green teas both for England and America. The demand still continues for the middling and lower grades, while all above those are comparatively neglected. Since the arrival of the last Overlana t news, less business has been doing, and the market is agairquiet. Congou—Sales 10 chops at 14 to 21 taels for ordinary to superior moping. Of this latter kind, but one or two chops remain. Total on band 23 chops. Souchong—Th e t ransactions are larger, 18 chops hav i ng found buyers, at 14 1 / 2 taels for common to 22 taels for superior— stock, 37 chops. Flowery Pekoe -600 chests sold. Quotations—common 24 a 26 taels, fair to fine 28 a 42 taels—stock 1,500. Caper—Some 5,000 small packages sold at 16 taels. In stock 5,000 boxes. Plain Orange Pekoe continues without inquiry —stock 1,400 half clwats, which are held for 1 7 a 18 taels. Scented Caper—Sales 5,000 boxes, at 12 to 22 taels for ordinary to superior. Scented Or...nge Pekoe—Sales 1,500 half chests, at 15 to 25 taels for ordinary to superior. Ning Yong and Kokues—About 1,600 packages sold at previous quotations. In market 24,000 to 25,000 packages. Ankois have attracted some attention, and sales to the extent of 8,000 packages have been made at 111- to 13 taels —:tock reduced to 2,000. Canton Greens—Sales about 1,000 half packages. Young Hyson at 15 to 16 taels; and 2,000 packages of Gunp , Nyder at 12►4 to 13 1 / 2 taels for common, 18 to 20 taels for middling. But few fine offering, for which 30 taels are wanted. Country Greens—Sales are estimated at about 66,000 packages of all descriptions. Stock computed at 12 5,000 packages. Arrivals during the month 2,000 packages. The teamen do not at present seem prepared to meet the views of foreigners, though we expect ere long to see some reduction in price. The following sales have been made, and we do not change our quotations from last month. Young Hy sons—About 34,000 pkgs sold, chiefly cargo to superior quality; say cargo to good 18►( ; ) to 27 taels; superior to fine, 28 to 35 tads; fine to extra fi ne , 41 to 55 teals; stock, 74,000 packages. Hyson-4,000 to 5,000 packages fair common to fine 24 to :45 taels ; , extra, 6J to 65 taels ; stock, 19,000 to 20,000 pkgs. Twankay-2,000 to 3,000 at 17 to 18 taels fair cargo, superior to fine 24 to 30 taels. Stock, 3,000. Skin— 8,900 to 9,000 packages at 12 to 15 taels common to fair, and 18 to 22 taels good to fine. Gunpowder and Imperial—About 14,000 packages bought mostly on English account; cargo to good, z 6 to 28 taels to 27 to 29 taels, superior 29 to 31 taels to 35 to 38 taels, good to superior 40 to 42 taels, line to superfine 47 to 50 taels to 62 to 65 taels. Of Taeping and Singlo qualities the market is nearly cleared. Since writing the foregoing, we hear of settlements of some 6,000 to 7,000 packages, mostly Young Hyson, at quotations. We have made stock, &c., to correspond. Quicksilver-95 dolls. Vermillion-46 dolls. Cassia—Stock 1,100 piculs, worth 18 dolls. New crop will be in a month. Exchanges and Bullion—On London, 48. lld to ss. Id.; on India, 223 to 223,1. Sycee, 5 per cent. premium. Gold leaf, 22 dolls. 80c.; Mexican dollars, 3 per cent. discount; Carolus at par. Freights—To England, 1/. 10s. to 21. ss. ;to the United States, 5 dolls. AMERICAN NEWS. ARRIVAL OF THE ASIA. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY NIGHT. The British and North American Royal Mail steam-ship Asia, Captain Judkins, has just arrived in the Mersey, from New York, which port she left on the 7th instant, with a freight of specie to the extent of 85,0001., 144 passengers, and one week's later ad vice and mails. The Asia spoke the Europa steam-ship (which left this port on the 26th ult.) when within six hours' sail of New York. She also passed the new steam-ship Humboldt, bound from New York to Havre at 8.30 P.M , on the 12th inst. The chief feature of the week's news from the United States is the supposed progress of the Cuba invading organization. A letter from Savannah says—" Within a few days two brass field pieces, and other munitions, have arrived here, and have been sent southward, doubtless for the gathering expedition. It is said that there have been several companies organised in the interior, who have drawn their quota of State arms. There are several rendezvous established, and although the men col lected are not numerous, there is a wide-spread sym pathy in their movements. It may be that similar movements are going en in the Gulf, and that several small expeditions, starting from different points, will concentrate. The inlets, fine harbours, and sheltered islands on our coast, afford ample opportunity to send off expeditions, and unless the general Government acts more efficiently and promptly than they appear to be doing, they will be too late, as the time of descent cannot be distant." At Jacksonville, Florida, a company of desperadoes were making preparation, and a steamer was hourly expected to take them off. It is said three steamers had been engaged to take the Floridian volunteers alone. The steamer Melaka was chartered and sailed from Baltimore, on the Ist inst., for the south, with the marshal and deputies on board, in pursuit of the ex pedition. _ _ _ A young man, a Pole, who had been sent from New York as a spy, had returned to that city. His mission had been discovered by a party of the " invaders " who had well nigh inflicted Lynch l aw upon him. He states that this party were on their way to Burnt Fort, on the Sattella river, where some 1,500 Georgians were to meet them. The general rendezvous was at Key West, where from 10,000 to 15,000 men were being concentrated. Aletter from Jacksonville (Florida), of the 29th ult:, says— " A very great and unhealthy excitement exists here; the town is full of recruits, and others are en camped in the vicinity, waiting hourly notice of depar ture. Gonzales is here, and the reason of the delay is not generally understood. The ladies have worked pretty banners of red, blue, and white, in stripes, with a single blue star in the white ground. " The plans seem to be wisely made in many respects, several distinguished names are mentioned of those who have filled prominent situations in the Southern States. The Judge and District Attorney were persuaded a week ago to take an excursion to the wilderness, and are now where no telegraph or mail can reach them. The tele graph wires are cut northward, and the whole seems to be so arranged as to ensure success with regard to effect ing a landing, unless intercepted ncar the mouth of the St. John's River. " These 'Emigrants,' as they call; themselves, regard themselves as outlaws, claiming no protection from the United States, as citizens, as soon as they sail from our shores." Meanwhile the Cuban expedition at New Orleans had been broken up, owing to obstacles interposed by Government. The men were disbanded, and the offi cers separated. A steamer (the Webster) took fire near Vicksburg, on the Mississippi, on the 2d inst., and was burned to the water's edge. Of 100 passengers, only 60 were saved. A very violent gale occurred in the Lake district on the Ist inst. Several vessels were driven ashore, and many lives were lost. The vessels'on Lake Erie suffered severely. An invitation to a public festival,eigned by 6,000 of the citizens of New York, had been presented to the Hon. Daniel Webster. Jenny Lind had reached New York, where she was to sing on the evening of the 7th inst. Her concerts at Philadelphia were numerously attended. Here, as in another of the American cities, the Swedish songster was put to the inconvenience of being called upon as a wit ness in some law proceedings taken against Mr. Barnum. It transpired in evidence that she receives 1,000 dolls. out of every 6,000 dolls. of the gross receipts of the con certs given by her. The lengthened trial of Samuel Drury, for having counterfeit money in his possession, has terminated in his acquittal. The Whitney will case has ended in a verdict esta blishing the validity of the will The Roman Catholic Cathedral of St. Paul's, Pitts burg, was consumed by fire °tithe 6th inst. Great excitement bad been occasioned in Boston by the :performance of Bosio in the Opera House. The accounts say, " Bosios has created the greatest sensation in Lucia ever known in America." The tickets for her performance are sold byauction for high pri ces . The American Association of Science commenced its sittings on the sth, at Cincinnati. There was a good at tendance. The South Carolina States Rights Convention assem bled at Charleston on Monday, the sth inst. The whole number of members is 167, of whom 89 are in favour of secession from the Union, and 78 are opposed to se parate state action. M. Bois Le Compte, the French Minister at Washing ton, leaveof th who he pr asb e e sid en eo r t n ec o all F ed rid b a, by his G 2d ov in er s n ta m o. e t nt, took of O t b r e d e u r s o i b t e a d v e s t b a e t e e n s t dispatched e r b s y the o oth oWf frontier, o r otie r, urging Department them to increased vigilance and energy in the suppres sion of Indian outrages, in compliance with the conditions of the treaty with Mexico. CALIFORNIA. The steam-ship Ohio, Captain Schenck, arrived at New Orleans on the Gth instant, with 425,000 dollars in gold dust. The Georgia arrived in New York the 7th instant, with 1,269,426 dollars in gold on freight. The steankehip Alabama arrived from Chagres, 'Ne w Orleans, on the 2d instant. The dates are to the Ist of April. There have been frequent rains in the valleys, and snow on the mountains, thus enabling miners to renew their digging operations. Gold from quartz rock has been procured with better success, but no machinery is suitable for the purpose. Politics are exciting attention, and the people ar e marshalling for a contest. The Legislature is still in session, but no further attempts have been made to elect a U. S. Senator. A great many murders are reported as having oc curred in different parts of the country, the most cruel of which is tho murder of Captain Jarvis, of Texas. _ The papers literally teem with fights, murders, and robberies. By the burning of Nevada city, the loss is estimated at 2,000,000 dollars. The markets are dull, with an immense stock of mer. cbandise on hand. _ _ The Committee of the Legislature have reported in favour of impeaching .3 - adge Parsons. Extensive preparations are making to rebuild Nevada. The richest mining section in California is stated to be in the neighbourhood of Yuha and Feather Rivers. The export of gold dust from San Francisco on the day of the Alabama's departure, amounts to 2,000,000 dollars. MONDAY EVENINT,G, MA Y 19, 1851. MEXICO. Mexican dates are to the 9th of April. The northern states were suffering from the ravages of Indians. The manufacturing interests were calling out for Santa Anna's return to power. The states are taking oppres sive measures fur the purpose of forcing a revenue, while the general government is almost at a stand on account of the deficiency in its revenues. A loan of seven or eight millions is in contemplation, and it is supposed an application will be made for it to the Church. By the last advices from Campeachy, it is stated that 'he Yu catan war was nearly brought to a close. WEST INDIES. CIIBA•—A report era; current nt All.tann, on the 24th of April, that Lopez was ready to lend there with his followers. All the male inhabitants were enrolled for military duty, and 2,000 men kept night and day under arms. The Captain-General was fully clive to the exigencies of his position, and had determined to take the field in pens' n. Government had takf•ii possession of the four south side stes,mers for conveyance of troops if necessary. A man who was tried on a charge of employing pilots in the Lopez cause Was found guilty and sentenced to be executed. HAITI.—A commotion has been occasioned here in consequence of the desertion and rebellion of Prince Bobo, who had gone into the interior to raise the standard of disaffection. He returned to Cape Haytien with 20 men; he was there joined by 40 additional men, on which he withdrew and fled to the mountains. It was supposed the Prince, if caught, would be executed. Later accounts from Port-au-Prince state that the Em-. peror Soulogue had issued a proclamation denouncing Bobo as a rebel. BRITISH AMERICA. The Canadian Government are making arrangements for withdrawing a portion of the troops from Upper Canada. Only ono garrison, it is said, will remain in the province, and this at Kingston. A similar course is to be carried out in Lower Canada, where Quebec is to be the garrison town. The Toronto Anti-Slavery Society have issued an ad dress denouncing the Fugitive Slave Bill, and making an appeal o❑ behalf of the coloured refugees arriving in Canada in a state of destitution. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. The demand for specie for shipment continues active. The Hermann and the Asia had 1,300,000 dolls. ergaged, principally in American gold. Money was in good de mand, without any pressure. There is nothing new in the stock market, Government loans being firm. Exchange is more abundant, rating as follows:—Lon don, 110 to 1101; Paris, 5 10; Amsterdam, 414 3 8 -; llamburgb, _ _ Cotton has had a slight advance, under the influence of very unfavourable advices relative to the planting season. Middlings were to a cents higher. Sales for the woek at New York above 18,500 bales. Prices— New Orleans, mid. fair to fair, 12i to 12:1; Florida 11 to 124. Killing frosts have been injuring the southern crops. The accounts from the English markets had caused a dpeline in the flour market:—Mixed western and Michi gan were quoted 4 dolls. 25c. to 4 dolls. 311 c.; pure Gennesse, 4 dolls. 56 ie. to 4 dolls. 6S o.; Canadian wbeat 98e. to 102 c.; Genessee, 1 doll. 12c. to 1 dull. 141 c.; Indian corn was in good demand, the closing rate being 63i to 64 for western mixed. Freights, is. 3d. per barrel on flour to Liverpool; 4id. to 4fid. per bushel for corn; cotton, 3-16 d. to Liverpool, and a cent to Havre. In provisions the market is quiet, without change in price. Lard, 10 to 101 cents. THE GREAT EXHIBITION. THE RECEIPTS. The following are the financial results of the Exhibition as regards admission money received at the doors, and the sale of season tickets up to Saturday inclusive SEASON TICKETS. Ladies' Gentlemen's May 12 13 ............ 224 135 ~ 14 ~ 15 16 f, 17 992 657 Sold up to the 10th ) of May inclusive) .. 10,356 12,213 Total £ s. d. 64,37 l 6 0 Total amount . RECEIPTS AT THE DOORS. Number of Visitors. £ s. d. May 12 . 6,390 at ss. „ 13 „ 14 „ 15 lt 16 „ 17 Total visitors du r- 53,62 G ing the week Total visitors up to the 10th ofl 42,404 May inclusive 13,40 G 10 0 11,332 10 0 Total Total for season tickets . . .. 64,37 l 6 0 Total receiptsfrom admissionsincethe opening 89,109 6 0 The receipts for the week from season tickets and admis sions at the doors amount, therefore, to no less a sum than 7,5581.55. whilst 120,248 persons have already paid for the privilege of admission. TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION. (EVERY MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY.) Sir,—On Wednesday the 14th, was the debate on the order for second reading of the Religious Houses Bill. The proposed provisions of the Bill were not so well digested as further consideration might have made them; but the support given to the spirit of the Bill may be assumed as a pretty fair index of the feeling of the House, abstraction being made of the decision of the Govern ment The Government was very indistinct, as to what it would or would not do at some future time; the in ference from which is, that it waits for the public mind. In the present instance, it went against the Bill; and the second reading was consequently lost by 123 against 91. The minority was a much stronger one than anybody appeared to expect; and on the whole it may be hoped the ground was maintained, for an advance upon what both Protestants and Catholics of intelligence must ad mit to be a reasonable murk, the ascertaining what re strictions it has been found necessary in the continental countries, both Catholic and mixed, to put on the con duct of religious houses. and then estimating with gravity and impartiality what portion of these may be indicated as indispensable here. On Thursday the adjourned debate on the question of the House going into Committee on the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, was intercepted by,a flight of petitions read in under tones, from multitudinous small Catholic localities, to an extent which I heard justly characterized in the House, as a " Papal aggression on our temporal rights." It was seven o'clock, and then apparently by a mis management of some of the holders of petitions, before the process of speaking could commence. This is a new method of defence, and may remind your neigh bours at Leeds of the bags of wool tradition says the citizens in Cromwell's time put round their Old Church. It is impossible to blame men for making the longest and best defence they can. But it may be permitted to doubt, whether their defence is the best, and whether it is not likely to end in their latter state being worse than their first. The tactic of the House on these occasions seems better understood than when I first re member it. Instead of a prolonged struggle with a resolute minority which can lead to nothing, the House now, when the hour of bedtime is decidedly come, goes once to a division on the question of adjournment, and having thus given the public an estimate of the strength of the opposing parties, quietly adjourns. In the pre sent case, the adjournment was opposed by 359 against 46, and the debate was immediately afterwards adjourned till next day. You will have seen in the public prints, that a man has been brought before the magistrates for chalking the walls and pavements with the words FREE TRADE AND STARVATION, he being paid for the same. I saw his handyworks myself, with the addition that some of the zealous public had interpolated the word No before the last. Now let us preach a little upon this text, "Free Trade and Starvation." That is to say, Free Trade causes starvation. What is wanted is, that somebody's trade should be hindered, and that would put an end to starvation. Whose trade is it to be? Cherish not the least doubt, that it is to be yours. Your trade is to make the articles which are exchanged for foreign goods; and your articles aro so exchanged, because in this way the foreign goods are got cheaper and better. If this was not so, you know they would not be exchanged. The de mand therefore chalked upon the pavements, is that your trade may be stopped by any man who can make the goods dearer and worse. Think of this, and try to make every boy and girl in Bradford understand it. If your great men cannot or will not understand it, make the little ones; for the days are coming when the common sense of little men will count. Remember that PROTECTION TO BRITISH INDUSTRY always means the right of making the goods dearer and worse, and of put ting down you who by the exchange of your produce can obtain them cheaper and better. You are not British, you are not industry; you are a sort of intruders upon the soil, which everybody may kick up, as boys do toad-stools. You and such as you, are the people to be robbed. The cry is to go forth at the next election, Huzza for who likes to rob Bradford. The consumer is to pay a higher price than he did to you, and of course subtract the difference, from his custom to somebody else. The custom therefore on the whole is to be the same, only the consumer is to get nothing for the difference. This is what they have come to chalking upon the pavements. And this enormous folly it is, that men who are allowed to take care of their own estates, are running about the country to preach up. On Friday the renewed debate on the Speaker's leav ing the chair was brought to a division with unexpec ted facility, the division being of 116 against 35. It was shortly afterwards agreed that the Bill should be re printed with amendments, and the further progress of the Bill be deferred till Monday. I am, Sir, yours very sincerely, AN OLD REFORMER. London, May 19, 1851. [ADVERTISEMENT]. —Contents of the Observer, May 18, and its gratuitous stamped supplement, together 60 columns :-15 columns of the Exhibition ; Letter of the Conde de Thomar to Marshal Saldanha, specially translated from the Portuguese for the Observer, over a column ; two columns of the fall of houses in the City on Saturday ; over a column of Sir E. B. Lytton's new play at Devonshire House; contest in Marylebone and Pancras, two columns. The ex tensive publication of the Observer commences at five o'clock on Sunday mornings; the Monday's edition at four on Mon day afternoons. Price of the Observer, 6cf. Supplement, gratis. She who can tell a frig h t ful stor y to her child, or allow one to be told , o u g ht to have a guardian appointed over herself.— Eliza Cook's Journal. LIVERPOOL, MAY 17.—The Royal mail steam ship Canada, Captain Harrison, sailed to-day for Halifax, Boston, with the usual mails and a large number of passen gers. 'The United States' mail steam-ship Pacific, Captain Nye, which would have left New York on the 10th inst., may be expected tv arrive ou Wedjuw ay tiezt. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty an d h i s R oyal Hi g h ness P r i nce Albert, ! and the Royal Family, walked yesterday in the garden of Buckingham Palace. The Queen and Prince Albert, with the Prince of Wales, and tn , -, Princess Royal, and their Royal High nesses the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Cubonrg Gotha, and his Royal Highness the Duke Ernest of Wurtem burg, the ladies and gentleman of ;.he Court. and the do me:tic household, attended Divine service estrrday morning, in the private chapel in Buckingham Palace. The Hon. and Rev. Gerald Wellesley officiated. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, with their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princesses Alice, Helena, and Louisa, paid an early visit on Saturday to the Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations. Her Majesty and the Prince were accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Prussia, with the Princess Louisa. The Royal suite included the Countess A. de Hacke, the Countess Louise Oriollu, Count Pukler, Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, Lieut.- Colonel Francis Hugh Seymour, and Count Goltz. Her Majesty and the Royal party. returned to Buckingham Palace at 20 minutes before 12 o'clock. Their Royal Hip;hne6ses the Duke and Duchess of Ssxe Cobourg Gotha and his Royal Highness the Duke Ernest of Wurtemburg arrived at Buckingham Palace at a quarter past twelve o'clock on Saturday o❑ a visit to the Queen, and were received, on alighting, in the Grand Hall, by his Royal Highness the Prince Albert. His Serene Highness the Prince of Leiuingen accom panied the Royal party to Buckingham Palace, and afterwards proceeded to Clarence Houce, St. James's, on a visit to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. The Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg Gotha were at tended by Baronness Wangenheim and M. B. de Tre show. The illustrious party travelled from Dover on Saturday morning by the South-Eastern Railway, and proceeded from the London-bridge terminus to the Palace i❑ the Queen's carriages. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent paid a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg Gotha and Duke Ernest of Wurtemburg soon after their arrival At five o'clock in the afternoon his Royal Highness Prince Albert (attended by Lieutenant-Colonel F. a Seymour), their Royal:Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg Gotha, and Duke Ernest of Wurtcm burg, visited the Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations. . . . Her Majesty, with Prince Alfred, accompanied by the Prince and Princess of Prussia, and the Princess Louisa of Prussia, took a drive in, an open carriage and four in' the afternoon. Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps and Colonel the Hon. C. Grey attended on horseback. His Royal Highness the Prince Albert, attended by Lieut.-Colonel Hon. C. B. Phipps and Lieut. Colonel F. H. Seymour, honoured the officers of the Scots Fusilier Guards with his company at dinner, at Grillion's Hotel, Albemarle-street, on Saturday. The Queen, accompanied by the Prince and Princess of Prussia, the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg Gotha, and the Duke Ernest of Wurtemburg, honoured the Royal Italian Opera with her presence on Saturday evening. The Royal suites were the Hen. Eleanor Stanley, the Hon. Beatrice Byng, the Countess A. de Hacke, the Countess Oriolla, the Marquis of Ormonde, Count Pukler, Colonel the Hon. C. Grey, and Count Goltz. His Royal Highness Prince Albert joined her Majesty at the theatre in the evening. The Princess of Prussia visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent on Saturday, at Clarence House, St. James's. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent attended Divine service yesterday, at the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The prayers were read by the Rev. G. Repton; the lessons by the Rev. J. C. Haden, and the Commu nion Service by the Rev. Dr. Wesley. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Banks. The anthem was, " Blessed be thou,"—Kent. Mr. Turle presided at the organ. The Duke of Wellington attended the early service yesterday, in the Chapel Royal. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, attended by Baron Knesebeck, left the residence of the Royal Duchess, at Kew, for the Continent, on Saturday morning, and were accompanied to the London-bridge terminus by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, accom panied by his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, and attended by Lady Fanny Howard and Lord James Murray, honoured her Majesty's Theatre with their pre sence on Saturday evening. A deputation from the Lincolnshire Estuary Com pany had an interview on Saturday with her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods and Forests, at the office, Whitehall-place. The deputation consisted of Messrs. Fryer, Pryme, Pegus, and Wingate (directors), Sir John Rennie and Mr. Yates Freebody (engineers), and Messrs. W. G. Roy and G. G. Day (solicitors). Mr. Archibald and Mr. Asa Whitney (of New York) had an interview with Earl Grey on Saturday at the Co lonial-office. Mr. Arnott, President of the College of Surgeons, had an interview on Saturday with Sir George Grey at the Home-office. Lord John Russell has issued invitations for a full dress dinner party o❑ Saturday, May 31, in celebration of her Majesty's birthday. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has issued invita tions for a full-dress dinner party on Saturday, May 31, at his official residence in Downing•street, in celebra tion of her Majesty's birthday. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) COWES, MAY 18. ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICAN STEAM-SHIP. At 1.30 this day (wind W., strong) the Humboldt arrived in our roadstead with 80 passengers. She left New York at five P.M. on the 6th, and has therefore been nearly twelve days on the passage. At 1.10 she left for Havre. The Americans say she is a very handsome ship: their tastes differ from ours, for we can see no thing handsome about her; she does not even sport a bowsprit to relieve her long black hull; but if she proves to be a good and fast sea boat wo will not quarrel with her about her beauty. AMERICAN YACHTS FOR ENGLAND. (From the New York Weekly E.:press.) The yacht Maria, which has been lengthening at Cape and Allison's ship-yard, Hoboken, was launched a day or two ago, and is now getting ready for the match which, we believe, her owners, the Messrs. Stevens, have made with the new yacht that Brown has now nearly ready to launch. That part settled, there is a proba bility, we understand, that both vessels will take a trip across to the World's Fair in London. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The flag of the Port Admiral, the Hon. Sir T. Bladon Capel, 1i.C.8 ' was struck on board the Victory, in Portsmouth harbour, on Saturday evening at sunset. The gallant Admiral, Captain Crispin (of the Royal yacht the Victoria and Albert), and Captain Sir Godfrey Webster, Bart. (attached to the Turkish squadron), left Portsmouth on Saturday, for the purposo of attending her Majesty's second state ball. The following candidates for lieutenants passed in navigation at the Naval College on Tuesday Messrs. T. C. Smith, C. C. Ricketts, G. J. Eden, T. H. B. Fel lowes, C. E. Standish, W. B. Grant, E. A. Tweeddale, R. forcer, F. Harvey, R. Elliott, J. Jenkins, C. R. Scott. And the undernamed second masters for masters : Messrs. R. L. Cleveland, F. Skead, R. F. Browne, and C. A. Smart. Asia, 84, Captain R. F. Stopford, is alongside the Pitch House jetty, at Portsmouth, where she will be paid off the latter end of the week. She is dismantling and returning stores. The Oimen, Danish brig of war, was towed into Portsmouth harbour on Saturday morning by the Echo tug, and immediately taken into the south dock, all standing, where the defects in her rudder were soon made good, and she came out the following tide, and was towed out again to Spithead yesterday morning. The Ornen is a complete specimen of a crack man-of war ; her officers and men appear to be smart active fel lows, and the brig herself appears in excellent order; she is remarkably clean, and is apparently equal in all respects to any British vessel of her class. She will proceed to the West Indies to-day. The Turkish frigate has hauled off alongside the Vic torious hulk at Portsmouth, to await her new masts that are being prepared for her. PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY AFTERNOOX.--A large three mastcd steamer passed through Spithead to-day for Southampton. She looked like a foreigner, but showed no colours. An American liner steamer, a very large vessel, without bowsprit, and with a up-and-down stern, apparently a new vessel, passed through Spithead this afternoon, supposed to be bound to Brenen. PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY. —The Devastation steam sloop, 400 horse-power, was commissioned yesterday at this port by Commander Colin Yorke Campbell. She is to have a complement of 160 men. The following officers have been appointed to her:—Thomas Tickell and F. M. Newport, Lieutenants; John Way, Master ; W. B. Pearce, Pay master and Purser; John Jenkins, Mate; W.B. Alexander, Mate; G.H. Broadhead, A. It. Btore, and M. IL Trevilian, Midshipmen; Is aac Hearnden, clerk; G. M. Burt, son s c si h s ie toa f fnt e t n he g e nignlieaneteere;rAs.adiam il d iar H pai. Grey (acting first class); T. Lee, W. E. Champion, D ta . i nG Campbell ardne r , andis O the e n e Jones, ldes t assistant Donald Campbell, and a very smart officer' The De vastation was docked yesterd a y t o have her bottom overhauled corvett e arr i ved at the Mother bank he la A st d e m ve ir n a i l n t g y, fr i o n m ad th d e iti w n westward. n s t t o the ward two sea-going ships Apollo and Niger, have ordered a ship i n or d inar y t o b e coated over the copper sheathing yards with Peacock's anti-sarg a ss iaate each conservative of p d a o i e n k t: t 'l h 'h e e la F rg o e ud s r t o e y am an - t erig 7 ships building steam-frigate is e nowbeing coated with it, and e for the i ßoya lMvil Company ar e t o h ave their as so on as ready. copperTePeninsular covered with this pre parationlar and t Oriental Company's steam-ship Bentinck, 2,100 tons, is having all her timb ers, p l anking, and ceiling throughout coat ed with this conservative, to arrest and prevent the ravages of the white ant. PLYMOUTH, FRIDAY.—Her Majesty's steam-vessel Avon sail e d on Th urs d ay w i t h seamen for Portsmout h. Her Majesty's ship Sansparcil, 84, was ta ken into dock on Thursday to be coppered. Her Majesty' steam-vessel Styx is ordered to take jury gear on board for the Valorous steam-sloop, lately launched at Pembroke. She is to proceed to Woolwich to be fitted with her engines and boilers. The Sardinian war-steamer Il Governolo, Captain Aaron Tholosana, arrived in the Sound on Friday morn ing from B st, bound for Po rtsmouth. Cr uising about. SATURDAY.—Her Majesty's steam-vessel V esuvius will sail on Monday with a party of riggers and seamen for Pembroke to navigate the Valorous from Pembroke to Woolwich. The tine ship Maidstone, Commander liaala, from Cal- /•;e",'' vc,!l"," ~r t! • - - ,;:- ~ : - ~. , ..,•VilT274, I V cutta and the Cape of Good Hope, was Old . p Gr0 ar1,, :)..4 % .* _ Friday evening, and landed her mails fp xassen eras`. '34'..?? 49' ) Mr. Foes, Mr. 1);:gough, Mr. Sherman, MV. f li, f t '' , ":„ .7 . 4 ,'y.,,,, b e Mr, Multino, Captain Birch, and Sir A. Stocliebi ivp a . .`" ‘`... all froui the Cape. The Buesorah Merchant, from Port Philip, Jan. 10, bound to London, wi:h a general cargo of wool and tallow, was off Plymouth on Saturday aftettr, , on. The Commodore, Captain Broadfoot, from Sydney. Jan. 20, bound for London, with a general cargo of wool and tallow, was off the port on Saturday, and landed one passenger, Mr. Beanes, and a large mail. APPOINTMENTS. WOOLWICH, MAY 17.—Commander—Colin Yorke Campbell (1846), to command the Devastation, 6, paddle wheel steam•sloop, commirsioncd at Portsmouth. Li,utenQnts—Thomas Tickell (1542) and John W. Newport (1850), to the Devastation. Masters—John lioillueister (1838), to command the Megaera,lo,iron screw steam-frigate,of 3.50-horse power, comatissioned et Sheerness to convey troops to the Cape of Good Dope; John Way (1850), to the Devastation; and John Grant (1832), to be agent, &c., at Plymouth Hospital. L . ourgeon—william T. Rogers (1841), to the Dents. tation. Mates—. Arthur R. Owen (1849), from the Arethusa to the locate .team vessel; John Jenkins (1849) and Wil liam B. Alexander ( 1 831), to the Devastation. .B. Dalby (1846), to the e ga3Ar:;iasntadelt id-Surgeoes_ B. Christy W M (1846), to the Devastation. Second-Masters—Themes Potter (1844), from the London, flag-ship at Shee rness, Edward Mackenzie (1845), from the FiTard, fisg-ship at W oo l w i c h, H enry B. .Akaster (1847), and Richard F. Browne (1S48), from Sheerness.the N'i victory, Gunner—Thomas Quin, to the Impregnable.y , flag ship at Ports mouth, to the Megxra, at Boatswain—James Degee, to the Impregnable. Carpenter—Richard Johnston, to the Impregnable. LAUNCH OF THE ORINOCO WEST INDIA MAIL STEAMER. The launch of this fine vessel took place on Saturday, at half-past two o'clock r.x., at Northfleet Dockyard, i n the presence of a large concourse of highly gratified spectators from various parts of the surrounding country and from the metropolis. The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company having determined on providing five new ves sels of upwards of 2,000 tons burden each, to carry out their contract and meet their increasing traffic, have en gaged with Mr. Pitcher to build two of the five steamers. The first of these, the Orinoco, was commenced in Sep tember last, and launched on Saturday. Another, the Magdalene, is far advanced, and will be ready for launch ing in about a month from the present time. These vessels aro of the following dimensions, viz:— Feet. Inches. Length between the perpendiculars 270 0 Ditto over all -room 301 0 41 10 B B r e e p a t d h t eexntgrienmee 26 6 Di:to from undersill of spar deck... 33 10 Burden in tons, 2,245 31-94. Each vessel will be fitted with en g i nes of 800-horse power, with double cylinders, by Messrs. Maudslay, Son, and Field. The ceremony of naming the Orinoco was performed by Lady Anne Tutnell. The Right Hon. Henry Tufnell and many persons of distinction were present. After the launch between eighty and ni nety persons sat down to dinner at Calder's Rosherville Hotel, where everything was served in excellent style. The draught of water of the Orinoco, when launched, was 9 feet 9 inches forward and 10 feet 10 inches abaft; the light displacement, with that draught of water, is 1,050 tons, and if 2,000 tons be added for the freight to be taken on board in the shape of engines, coals, equip ment, passengers, and luggage, it is estimated that she will go to sea about four months from this period, with a mean draught of water of about 19 feet 6 inches. The Orinoco looks well on the water, and is considered by competent judges a beautiful and well-built ship; and there being nu slip over her when built, the launch had a fine effect. She was taken in tow shortly after being launched, and taken up the river by a steamer to the East India Decks at Blackwall, where her engines are to be put on board. SPORTING NOTES. No. LV. A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE EPSOM EVENTS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—To-morrow's races commence somewhere about one o'clock, I believe, with the Craven Stakes, which Aaron Smith or Uriel will win; Gholab Singh or Epira obtaining the third place. The Horton Stakes look well for Sweet heart. The Manor Plate for Eva, Estafette, Windhound, or Sisyphus, the first and third for choice. The Woodcote will probably fall to the lot of ELCOT or BUCKTHORN; Flirt close up. The lleathcote Plate, a spin for Glendale or Kakistos, with Farthingale and Rose Pompon in attendance. On Wednesday, I book the Epsom Town Plate a certainty for Croupier or Theorem ; Roller third. For the Derby, I remain of the same opinion as expressed last Monday; if THE PRIME MINISTER fails me, I shall rely on HER NANDEZ and THE MARLBOROUGH BUCK to pull my judgment through triumphantly. The list of the starters has undergone no change since I gave it on Friday, with the solitary exception of the addition of The Black Douglass. Lamar tine and Heartbreaker will run uncommonly well. For the Exhibition Plate, Sisyphus, at 6st 41b, ought to be about the mark ; Cranberry, however, will run we ll. O n Th urs d ay , the Two Years Old Stakes will be won by Adine ; and the Grand Stand Plate, I fancy, by NARCISSUS; the Empress colt and Old Dan Tucker being well up. On Friday, for the Oaks, since the declension ofPayraent, I can discover nothing to beat lIEsSE HOMBURG and APHRODITE, although 'tis said that Sister to Wanota and Emily will "astonish the natives." To-morrow evening will appear the latest move ments on "The Downs," together with my final remarks on the Derby. I am, Sir, yours, &c., May 19, 1851. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. THE PENDULUM EXPERIMENT AND THE MAG NETIC MERIDLAN.—A scientific correspondent of the Dundee Advertiser has addressed the following letter on this subject to the editor of that journal ;—" I suspended a pendulum with extreme delicacy, and felt convinced that it would show the earth's motion of rotation if such a method was capable of doing so. I• has not shown this, but it has conducted to results no less surprising and interesting. Last week I per formed many experiments, but all the results only showed that the vibration of the pendulum tended to a parallelism with the back of a sofa. Various conjectures arose as to the cause of this, and the troublesome sofa was ultimately removed. The pendulum, however, moved in the same direction as before, and a conjecture arose that it might be the magnetic meridian. On trial it was found to be so ; and however much the experiment was varied the result was the same. While engaged with these experiments on last Saturday evening, a scientific gentleman called on me and stated that a pendulum which he had tried did not show the motion of the earth, but seemed to have a tendency to move north and south. 1 showed him my needle, and we found a constant return of the pendulum to the mag netic meridian. The ball of the pendulum is lead and the wire is copper, and the only iron about it is the pivot, but the result is the same with a pivot of brass. It does not seem to affect a magnetic needle, and I am not yet sure that it is affected by a magnet or by a mass of iron m its vicinity ; but further experiments on this point are neces sary.., It seems c a p a bl e o f b e i ng use d on b oar d ship, anan not affected by the iron in the vessel, it will have =e advantage over the common c ompass. That the pendulum is capable of showi ng th e ear th' s r otation I regard as a grass hale found to be a fact." delusion, but that it tends to the magnetic meridian There is a cab-driver in London w ho once held a theextent f 1,500,0001. PROFERTY.—That portion SALE OF THE PAVILION commission in the army, and had proper t y to 0 facing of the property attachedtsetotowgtPavilion, and Castle square, which was used ,, duringhetheresidence of the Court for the servants' apartments, toga ether with the gateway build mer ing at the South as brought to the ham h e kin s nd - a queens, princes in the banquetting room, w er g Messerns. Ridley and Son. The sale took place wont to do honour to the table, but on and Thursday nobles, Thursday this • same room resounded with the auctioneer's The novelty of the change was too striking not hammer. ' d by many, and as the property had been most to be notice flay built, it producedmore than ordinary competi tionsubstan among our principal builders. A great number attended by lvere the sale out of curiosity.—Sussex Express. CAPTAIN SOMERSET.—This gentleman, who has obtained for himself a most unfortunate degree of notoriety, theis nephew com m a t o n d L e o r r - nFitzroyaSnodmi is r e s o e u t , 8 i t a h e t onitihliet skeecroeftßaryeauto. ar3 Dt; fort. Ilis father, Lord Charles Somerset. now deceased, was for many years governor at the Cape of Good Hope. His wife was daughter to the celebrated John Mytton, Esq., of sporting celebrity. Captain Somerset was for a considerable period adjutant of the 2d battalion of the Coldstream Guards ; the rank in:question, we need scarcely state, is one of great responsibility in a regiment, and involves the obser vance of strict attention to the rules and discipline of the service. THE HOSIEAT TRADE.--The improvement noticed in our last continues, but in moderate degree. There are still many bands unemployed. The sale of yarn is ver y limited, as there appears much uncertainty respectin even the h f a al m l the reduced p r i ce b e i ng maintained, on accoun t °f in price of th e raw material in Liverpool.—N° it Mercury. _ - ... houses, 14,990; uninhabited, 339 ; buil d i nf 101. Number Total population, of males, 31,213 ; of females, 3 POPULATION OF NORWlCH.—Nurnber of inhabited _ -7,4 d 93 ,be number of inhabi -68,706. The census of 1841 showed in the ten years that so increase of 6,412 persons. tants in that year to be 62,294, " lace in the hamlets. The _ I - o ne-seventh of the rate of i - place number of femal 11 T6,h2e80 Salem havellaif of e ltahpisse increase d has s s . tn b a e k e e n n the year lot,. was Only 930 Gazette e or i e s m po a p r u e la th ti a o n n haofltBh3el, being ovafs. crease during the past ten , Og one -tenth of the entire population. Gaz e : ed a few days ago, andwhic h • THE IRIsH x told the annexed, by a friend under whose than males at thevplroeurseanutymteiAmNe.—is responsible for had is uneom , recent emigrant monly .. fresh : er and being ask a • applied for . em vna nt to a farm , e if he was acquainted P l° ' - e l; kinds of farm labour, replied without hesitation in with a. 6 ". He was accordingly engaged,and the t neat the affirmative' hold morning sent tothe plough, with the son of his em gaveobservation it occurred to drive. After the horse was tackled in, the boy ployer . him a start ; but, hearing 1 1 ,: - an exclamation behind. turned and beheld the son of the green isle ploughing up the ground with his heels, which were firmly set, while he was straining every muscle to maintain his position, and crying _ out "Stop, stop ! how can I h ould the ploug h if you mu' the horse drag it away from me?" THE LAW OF MAN AND WIFE.—In the course of a trial at Taunton, Mr. Slade, counsel for the prisoner, as serted that a man had a perfect right to beat his wife a for m- conduct, provided, as Mr. Justice Buller bad laid it down thumb. The that he did n o t use a st i c k t hi c k er than his Lord Chief Baron repudiated the nnt i e n altogether. The story about Justice Buller, he believed to be a matter of pure invention. If there bad ever been su ch a notion, it had only lifted his finger upon his passed away ; for if a man he thereby incurred the wife, so as to occasion her death,.nad occasioned the death of the same responsibility as if he the merest stranger. On Tuesday the finest sturgeons evercaptured afternoon one of A ROYAL FIsH.--- in the Tay was taken at Cairnie fishing station. __This splendid fish, which is in the possession o f Mr. Bender ea, 1 th High-street, for the purpose possession of being stuffed, measured in length 7 feet 2 inches, in girth 31 inches, end w eighs 1401bs. It is AS remarkable fo r it s 0.-...rath Courier. symmetry as its s ize —Path ki ' ' '')•• 1 , . X., r,=,- . :'',7- ~ _ .7'..: .. . 1... -1 , .:1!f, , , ,