The Sun. — London, England, 1850-06-08 00:00:00

THE NEW WORK ON NINEVEH. Now ready, in 2 vols., 21s. bound, NOTES OF A TWO YEARS' iptESIDENCE at NINEV EH, And TRAVELS in MESOPOTAMIA, ASSYRIA, &c. By the Rev. J. P. FLETCHER, Minister of St. Saviour's Church, Haverstock 11111. " This work cannot tail to excite more than ordinary interest. It forms an instructive pendant to Mr. Layard's more exclusively an. tiquarian researches. The reader will meet with valuable informa tion which he would look for in vain elsewhere."—John Bull. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE NEW NOVEL. 'Now ready at all tke Libraries, in 3 vols., A" E DYS AR T; •-A TALE OF MODERN LIFE. V er y superior to the generality of nevels."—Spectator. " Remarkable for its talent and acuteness."—Literary Gazette. " Told with great spirit and power."—John Bull. "We have rarely rest with a better or more talented tale. The character of the heroine is a charming delineation."—Messenger. Henry* Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. s I L Now ready at all the Libraries, in 2 vols., post 8v 0., W 0 A NOVEL. D --" The author, we are convinced, is young, otherwise we could hardly see displayed such fresh and enthusiastic sympathy in be half of his heroes and heroines. He is a 19 Ater of genius, inspired by a high standard of morality and religion, and by a laudable love of the purest sort of fame. We gather this from the glowing :lan guage in which he expresses his feelings, sentiments, and opinions on the subjects just mentioned. There are several chapters, in which links of the story are dropped, containing most eloquent essays .on matters that are the prima mobilia of the actions which cha -racterise nature's nobility. The writer evidently belongs, though he has marked per se peculiarities, to the school of the Disraelis, Man nerses, and Smythes."—Observer. " Silwood' is no ordinary work ; it contains passages of exceed ing beauty, and is written in pure and forcible language, with great good taste and power. It is one of the most interesting and en gaging novels which the present season has produced. Of the cha racter of Amelia Ross we have already spoken, and the extract we have given above is the surest voucher of the truth of what we have said. The other ladies who play conspicuous parts in the tale are Florence Howard, an intellectual beauty; Jessie Gordon, a wild and impulsive genius, passionately fond of music and poetry; and Julia Maitland, the noblest and best of them all."—Morning Post. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. In consequence of the preparations required for the produc tion of the new grand Opera La Tempesta, the next grand Classical, Dramatic, Musical Entertainment will not take place at her Majes ty's Theatre until FRIDAY MORNING, June 21, on which occasion M. BENEDICT will give his grand ANNUAL MORNING CON CERT, supported by a varied combination of talent, including all the immense resources of the establishment, vocal and instrumental. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE The nobility, patrons of the Opera, and the public are respectfhlly informed that THIS EVENING, June 8, will be prwented, for the first time, an entirely new grand Opera by Halevy, the Poem by Scribe, founded on " The Tempest" of Shakepeare, and com posed expressly for her Majesty's Theatre, entitled Li fEMPESTK. The Scenery by Mr. Charles Marshall ; the Incidental Dances by M. Paul Taglioni ; the Costumes by Mr. Combes and Miss Bradley, under the superintendence of Mme. Copere ; the Machinery by Mr. D. Sloman ; the Appointments by Mr. E. Bradwell. Dramatis Personae—Alfonso (King of Naples), Sig. Lorenzo; Prospero (Duke of Milan), Sig. Coletti ; Antonio (his brother, the Usurper), Signor F. Lablache; Ferdinand (Prince of Naples), Signor Baucarde ; Trinculo, Signor Ferrari ; Stephano, 3fdlle. Parodi ; Sy corax, Mdlle. Ida Bertrand ; Spirit of the Air, Miss Catherine Hayes; Ariel, Mdlle. Carlotta Oils!; Caliban, Signor Lablache; and Miranda, Madame Sontag. Courtiers, Soldiers, Mariners, Elves, Sprite 3 of the Air and of the Deep, tc. To conclude with a DIVERTISSEMENT, in which Mdlle. Amalie Ferraris, Mdile. Marie Taglionl, M. Charles, and M. P. Taglion! will appear. - Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box Office of the Theatre. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. THIS EVENING Will be performed with the following powerful cast, 3feyerbeer's grand Opera, ROBERTO IL DIAVOLO, Alice, Mme. Grisi (her 3d appearance in that character) ; Isa bella, Mme. Castellan ; Dama d'Onore, Mdlle. Cotti ; Elena, 3ldlle. Louise Taglioni ; Albert Rommi ; Eraldo, M. Massol ; Ii Priore, Sig. Tagliaileo ; Majordomo, Sig. Soldl ; Cavaliers Sig. Mei and Sig. Polonini ; Roberto, Sig. Tamberlik (his ad appearance in that character) ; Bertram?, Herr Formes ; and Rambaldo, Sig. Mario (his 3d appearance in that character). The Incidental Divertissement will be danced by Mdlle. Louisa Taglioni and M. Alexandre, with a numerous Corps de Ballet. Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. The Scenery I y Messrs. Grieve and Telbin : the Dresses by Mrs Bailey and Mme. Mimic • the Appointments by Mr. Bla mire ; ,he MaciAnery by Mr. Allen; the Dances arranged by M. Alexandre ; and the Spectacle under the direction of Mr. A. Harris. The Doors will be opened at Halt-past Seven. and the performances commence at Eight o'clock precisely. Tickets for the Boxes, Stalls, or the Pit, may be had (for the night or ,eason), at the Box-office of the Theatre, which Is open from Ten till Five. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. On MONDAY EVENING the Entertainments will commence at Eight o'clock precisely, with LA CAMARADERIE, Bernardet, M. regnier ; Cesarine, Madlle. Nathalie. To conclude with a new Vaudeville, entitled PAS DE FUMEE SANS FEU. Boxes and Stalls may be secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from Eleven till Five o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. Will be performed an entirely new comic Drama, entitled NONE BUT THE BRAVE DESERVE THE FAIR. Don Flores del Caro, Mr. B. Webster ; Don Pachico de Tremulo, Mr. Buckstone ; Don Rococo de Frias, Mr. C. Selby ; Isabella, Miss Reynolds. To be followed by an entirely new and original Comedy, by Douglas Jerrold, entitled THE CATSPAW. Captain Burgonet, Mr. Howe ; Mr. Snowball, Mr. Keeley ; Doctor Petgoose, Mr. James Wallack ; Audley, Mr. Charles Selby ; Appleface, Mr. Buckstonc ; Dust, Mr. Tilbury; Coolcard, Mr. Benjamin Webster; Duggens, Mr. Ellis ; Snowball's Servant, Mr. A. Brindal ; Mrs. Peachdown's Servant, Mr. Coe ; Mrs. Peachdown, Miss Reynolds ; Cassandra, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham ; Rosemary, Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with an original Farce called THE GUARDIAN ANGEL. Mr. Dulcimer, Mr. Keeley; Moggy Snaggy, Mrs. Keeley. The &a-office is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be reproduced the celebrated Dramaof THE WEPT OF THE WISH-TON-WISH. Princiosd characters by Messrs. Hughes, Cul lenford, Wright, 0. Smith ; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. After which a new Terpsicorian Burlesque EntitIedESMERALDA. Characters by Messsrs. 0. Smith, Wright, P. Bedford ; Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, and Miss K. Fitzwilliam. To conclude with a new and original Farce, in the Vulgar Tongue, to be called JACK IN THE GREEN ; or, Hints on Etiquette. ROYAL LYCEITSI THEATRE The Public is respectfully informed that this Theatre will RE OPEN for a SUMMER SEASON on MONDAY next, June 10. All applications for Private Boxes must be made to Mr. Allcroft '5, 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 ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Enormous success of the Holiday attractions. The Grand Military Spectacle of the Affghanistan War. Brilliant Display of Equestrian Wonders in the Scenes in the Arena, by the first Artistes in Europe. THIS EVENING, The Entertainments will commence at Seven o'elock, with the immensely successful grand National Military Equestrian and Dramatic Spectacle (in three acts) entitled THE AFFGHANISTAN WAR ; or the Revolt of Cabul and British Triumphs in India. Produced with every possible care to all its original and magnificent effects, calling into action the unequalled resources of the estab lishment. A Brass Band engaged expressly for the occasion, and a host of Auxiliaries. To be succeeded by an inimitable Display of Batty's Feats of Equitation in the Cirqne Olympique, introducing La Petite Jeannette, the Infant Prodigy, and thedl4ll utive steed Hare Bell, in a pecu liarly Novel Act of Menage, and Madlle. Gardoni on the Tight Rope. To conclude with a laughable Farce. Box.office open From Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Under the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. &c. Third week of Mons. JULLIEN. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. OPEN every MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, and THURSDAY. Prodigious Success of the entirely new-modelled Morainic Pic ture representing the PASSAGE of the ALPS by Napoleon and his Army! the largest Picture in the World! with innumerable moving Figures the size of life. Modelled, painted, and produced by Mr. Danson and Son, assisted by Messrs. Adams, Wilson, &c. &c. The Picture has occupied the Messrs. Danson for many months, and it is confidently submitted to the Public as a chef-d' uvre of art, and not inferior to any production of the day. The Splendid MENAGERIE has lately been enriched by several valuable Presents from the Queen. The Musical Department will be conducted by Mons. Julllen and Mr. Godfrey. It will be the alas of the Establishment to offer for the gratification of the Subscribers and the Public, the most Splendid Military Band in the Kingdom ! ! Selected Prom the Bands of her Majesty's llorse and Foot Guards, and the most eminent Artistes in the profession. The following list of engagements will, It is hoped, convince the Public, that the long-acknowledged excellence of the Band of this Establishment will be fully maintained ! The Repertoire of Music will be most extensive and varied, arranged from the most Popular Operas in this and other countries. Solo-Players—Messrs. Kcenig, Lazarus, Prosperre, Colinet, Pratten, Jarrett, Sonnenberg, Sommers, and Winterbotham. Tableau g Tnstrating the celebrated Pi c t ure b y D av id, o f B uona parte Crossing the Showing a genera l v i ew o f th e R eg i on o f th e Alps, stretching the distant from the small mountain lake in the foreground to St. B Rnew-clad mountains, crowned by th e s t u p en d ous Mount Bernard and its Army is first s far - famed M onas t ery. A portion of the French and amid the seen presently th e d rums b ea t t o arms, au een t " of commence the Ascent. flilitary Bands and Martial. Music, the Troops Trunks ot Trees, now The n Svdiers are aeon dragging the Artillery in traversing the most Terrute Ravines, almost Perpendicular Heights, and vines, but all difficulties are overcome, and the Plains of tallly. Gaant Army is seen Pursuing its cours e t o th e Fertile I The whole - to conclude with a Gorgeous Display of Fireworks, by seongsntsvarlous novelties, the most Messrs. Southby, introducing, mo p , Jets d'eatt, water rockets, admired feux d'artifice of former fifty feet In height, revolving pieces, a magnificent Trans Parte on Horseback painted by Kessrs. Ds.nson, representingaiLeno„c3: cheering on his Troops, surrounded by war ui e honour, flags, trophies, & c., amidst a cer ruscatior iblems ' insiguia of fires. of various coloured , 23, Ring_. e tr sc ee te t ne C ive gas The complicated and difficult machinery, and the erection of the picture under the direction of 3fr. Thom Lowe. Th e fittings by Messrs. Botcherby and Dixon ovent garden. Admission, Is THE WEATHER. —SUN OFFICE, JuxE THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 66—highest since noon yesterday. 46—lowest this morning and during the night. 63—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30.03. WIND W.S.W.—fresh breeze and cloudy, with occasional showers. 'on Tuesday. Against the culpable negligence with which this mere party Bill is being hurried into a law by the Legislature we cannot protest too emphatically. Appreciating as we do the extreme disadvantages which must result to the community if the plan as at present arranged be car ried into actual operation, we are induced yet again and again to insist upon the necessity of a wholesome pause in these lamentable and extraordinary proceed ings. Our objections to the measure have not been either vague or inferential. We have time after time specified the precise clauses which we regard as being calculated to prove dangerous to the popular interests, and detrimental to the progress of sanitary reform. We indicated, moreover, the exact origin of these dangers and the manner in which they must, to our thinking, be manifested. Our op position has not been of a petulant or perverse charac ter ; but throughout we have endeavoured to point out, with all dispassionate earnestness, the reason of our solicitude, and have essayed, in like manner, those suggestions of emendation in Committee which seemed to us desirable and, what is yet more, practic able. Hitherto our efforts have been altogether ineffectual in eliciting anything like vigilant scrutiny from the apparently apathetic indifference of the Parliament. Since the first exposure of the precise nature of the Metropolitan Interments Bill in our columns; since we first attempted to reveal to the apprehension of the multitude the servile manner in which the Cabinet was therein truckling to the clergy of the Establishment ; since we first demonstrated the pernicious tendency of an enactment which virtually ignored the existence of all civic preroga tives, and of all personal authority in the great body of the Dissenters—we have observed with extreme gratification that the argument was gradually echoed by a very large number of our metropolitan and provincial contemporaries. Every one who con sented to examine into the precise nature of the pro jected innovation was compelled to acquiesce in the opinion that if allowed to pass into a veritable enactment the Bill would entail a multiplicity of calamitous consequences-upon the population. While, however, this coincidence of opinion has been readily mani fested without the walls of the Imperial Parliament, but few have betrayed their recognition of the evils likely to accrue to the people from a scheme so ex clusively favourable to the ecclesiastical ; authorities. Insomuch has this been the case in the House of Commons, that after one gallant adventure in the way of opposition, all thoughts of attempting any systematic amendment in Committee were aban doned. Even Mr. DLTNCOMBE, the energetic advo cate of popular rights, was forced to yield to the pre dominant spirit of indifference, perceiving, as he did at once, that the further prosecution of his intended an • tagonism to the Administration would only tend to the useless squandering of public time—without pro ducing one beneficial change in the scheme of organization. Hence it has come to pass that the most earnest supporters of the genuine cause of sanitary amelioration have since then contented themselves almost exclusively with repeated protests against the Bill now under examination in Committee; clause after clause having been agreed to with the most slovenly celerity. A reference to the progress of the measure last evening in the House of Commons will be sufficient to illus trate the hopelessness of all judicious emendation from the Lower House of the Legislature. The majority of that House betrays, indeed, such a lament able subserviency to the wishes of the Government, in regard to this particular undertaking, that the clerical party may well congratulate themselves upon the speedy realisation of all their dreams of compen sation. One thing, and one thing alone, can now re tard the progress of this baneful enactment, and that one thing is—agitation. Let the various con stituencies throughout the country agitate at once a stern and resolute opposition to the Bill in question. Let them petition, petition, petition ! Let them communicate, moreover, to their respective representatives the fervour of their wishes for a delay in the plans of the Government. It would be worse than ridiculous for the provincial possessors of the franchise to argue that they have no interest in the measure, seeing that it applies exclusively to the system of interment regard ing the metropolis. That system they must see, as the saying is, " with half an eye,'' however it may be sketched out by the Cabinet and accepted by the Legislature, will form the model system for the United Kingdom. What ever course shall be adopted with reference to the capital will be ultimately carried out in the provinces. It is consequently with sufficient reason that we de clare the matter to be of equal interest to the one as to the other—to the inhabitants of York and Birming ham as to the citizens of London and Westminster Again we say to them, therefore, bestir yourselves betimes ; agitate the question at issue from parish to parish ; transmit your resolutions severally to your respective representatives ; and, above all—Petition ! Petition ! Petition 1 It has long been obvious to legal reformers that no great improvement in Chancery procedure could be hoped for until the very head of the Court itself was placed on a better foundation, until the chief judge in equity was en abled to devote his entire time to his judicial duties and the practical details of the court over which he was appointed to preside. The Master's offices could not be thoroughly purified, the expenses therein diminished, and the progress of business accelerated until the Lord Chancellor could apply his mind existing they evils, and th e nature the calmly and dispassionately to of th e consideration remediesof thehy which countering could be fully provided for, without en even more intomust e b h e a t r a y lc ha en i lest a s hunn i formidableeg Scylla dangers. w e m may y Care an officer To do so safely and effectually we must havewhoo will superintend the neces sarybe considered in some alterations, and introduced of degree responsible for the defects the new regula haveunot reasonably tions which may b e functions atientotal separation approbation, and we this the Lord cannot with his sanction and first step expected untilbe of the political and judicial f High Chancellor of England. That i s s I f tnoowthbe e eH an o t n i o c u ip r a a t b e i d e to be accomplished, and that may even within the present session. From what fell from the First Lord of the Treasury last night, in answer Gentleman the Member for Newark, it appears that it is the intention of her MAJESTY to put the Gr eat Seal into commiss ion until Ministers have fully decided upon duties the of course t o the be Courtpursuedo f c h y, h " a w n o i "with respect ta future appellate jurisdiction of the House of Lords, and the adminis tration of the functions which appertain to the Lord Chancellor as a member of the Government ;" and Monday, the 24th June, has been fixed on as the day when the result of the Ministerial deliberations are to be announced to the House of Commons. In declining to fill up the office on any understanding, or pledge, however stringent, the Noble Lord has given the best proof of his own sincere determination to carry out HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRID GE. . p ... 13. DAY —Morning 2 min. after 12 1 Evening 18 min. min. after after 12 Mossow— Morning 41 min. after 12 I Evening 6 1 —................... a Olkif 4 r i. N ? 47 4 . ' "AV _ • .0 • ----- e- A • At length we may look forward confidently to the speedy attainment of a measure of Chancery reform adequate to the wants and wishes of the country. We gladly accord to the Noble Lord at the head of the Government and his colleagues in the Cabinet the praise to which they are justly entitled, for the straightforward and honourable course they have pur sued with respect to one of the most important ques tions connected with the administration of justice in this country. Lord COTTENHAM, full of years and full of honour, has retired to the otium cum dignitate which he has so fairly earned, and which we trust he may long live to enjoy, with health and strength completely restored by the cessation of the labours which he has sustained for so many years. He carries with him to his retirement a high mark of the approbation of his SOVEREIGN, who has been graciously pleased to confer upon him and the heirs male of his body the rank and dignity of a Viscount and Earl of th e U n i ted Kingdom ; and be has also gained the thanks and gratitude of the com munity for the able and efficient discharge of arduous and important duties, so far as it was within human power to do so. We have, however, already pointed out that no single individual could perform all the multifarious avocations attached to the office. Ar rears would necessarily accumulate, much-required ameliorations be slurred over and neglected ; but those were the faults of the system, not of the man, and the only wonder was that he should have been enabled to accomplish so much, not that something should have remained undone. brienlina gint) LONDON, SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1850. the object, which last week he described as being one " very desirable to obtain." The marked manger in which he alluded to the three distinct departments of the office—" the duties of the Court of Chancery," " the appellate jurisdiction of the House cf Lords," and " the administration of the functions which appertain to the Lord Chancellor as a member of the Govern• ment"—sufficiently indicates that the desire of the Cabinet is to divide the duties between three persons, and (as we ourselves suggested in The Sun, of the 27th ultimo) "to assimilate the office of Lord Chan cellor, so far as the judicial duties are concerned, to the Mastership of the Rolls, the Tice Chancellorships, and other judgeships, and that the occupant should be irremovable, and hold bis situation dum se liene gesserit;" that there should also be "a permanent President of the appellate tribunal of the House of Lords, who might also act as Speaker of the House of Lords ;" and,: finally, that there should be " a Minister of Justice with a seat in the Cabinet, who would discharge all the political duties which now devolve on the Lord Chancellor." The advantages of such a division of labour are so obvious, that there can be but little doubt that it will be adopted, particularly after the pointed allusion made by Lord JOHN Rus- SELL to the three branches of the office. The chief difficulty will be the fixing the emoluments of the different offices and the judicious allocation of the enormous patronage, ecclesiastical as well as legal, now vested in the Lord Chancellor for the time being. The salaries may easily be decided. The sala ries of the Chief Justices of the common law courts will point out what should be given to the Chief Judge in equity. The judicial salary of the Lord Chancellor was the same as that of the Lord Chief Justice before the recent Bill. As 7,0001. per annum has been considered sufficient for the latter, it may be so .for the equity judge when his labours will be so materially lessened. The 4,0001. a year paid to the Speaker of the House of Lords may be continued to the new Speaker and Chairman of Ap peals, and the Minister of Justice may receive the same as the Premier or a Secretary of State. If these suggestions were carried into execution, the business would be efficiently performed, and the additional expense would be but 2,0001. per annum, which sum, insignificant as it may be considered, in comparison to the vast benefits that would accrue from the change, might be saved by joining the almost sinecure duties of Lord Privy Seal to the Minister of Justice, or Speaker of the House of Peers. . Idle would it be, at this day, to attempt to demon strate the obvious advantages of life assurance. Con stantly are they brought before the eyes of every reflecting man in the ordinary and common dispensa tions of life, where, on the one hand, surviving families are spared the evils of penury, so often inci dent to bereavement; and, on the other, where the grief with which we bewail the dead is aggravated by the adversity that accompanies the loss. The vicissitudes and reverses of fortune, the proverbial uncertainty of human life, and the miseries of poverty and indigence, long ago suggested to the thoughtful mind of man expedients by which he might mitigate and soften, though it was beyond his power to avert, the terrible evils and misfortunes with which an in scrutable PROVIDENCE hedges round his existence in this mortal life. In the principle of life assurance, accordingly, is one of those expedients found ; and we can trace its beneficial operation running through the complicated net-work of civilized society. But un fortunately its advantages, though perceptible to the commonest mind, have never yet been generally em braced ; and, strange to say, it is almost exclusively confined to this country. It is only sagacious, pru dent, and self-denying men who, with a fore cast far beyond their fellows, have availed themselves of its benefits. Numerous as are the institutions which have sprung up in this me tropolis to carry this principle into effect, there is room and verge enough for them all ; and to-day our columns indicate the progress of an aspirant for public favour. The TIMES LIFE ASSURANCE AND GUARANTEE COMPANY was set on foot, SOME eighteen months ago, under the most favourable auspices, as it respects a judicious and influential directory, and already, as will be seen from the report in another part of our journal, its success has been remarkable, whilst its operations have been un attended with a single loss, notwithstanding the terrible epidemic, so disastrous to institutions of this kind, which afflicted this country for a period of three months. The objects which this company have in view are twofold: first, life-assurance, annuities, and family endowments of all descriptions, adapted to meet the views and means of the provident of every class ; second, the providing guarantees for fidelity of trust, so connected with the foregoing objects as mainly to ensure all the advantages of a mutual sys tem, the payers of the guarantee premium partici pating in the profits of the guarantee fund. The society does not confine its operations to this country, but is occupied also in bringing its advantages before the public in some parts of the continent, where life assurance is but little known or appreciated. We give this promising society a welcome, and cordially recommend the report of its first annual meeting to the perusal of our readers. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The Bill renewing for another year the law against clubs was passed in the Assembly on Thursday by a majority of 278, the numbers being 469 to 191. In the course of the discussion M. ESQUIROS, the newly elected representative of the Soane et Loire, made a most eloquent speech against the law. The Committee of the Initiative have determined to take into consideration the proposition of General GRAMBIONT, for moving the seat of Government from Paris to Versailles by a majority of one; the numbers were 12 to 11. The proposition to increase the salary of the PRESIDENT has excited the most profound sensation, and notwithstanding the appeal ad misericordiam of M. ACHILLE FOULD, many of the Legitimatists have, it is said, determined to join the Republicans in their op position to the proposal. The Burgraves having wrung from the PRESIDENT a reluctant consent to the Elec toral Bill, do not deem it advisable to keep up even the semblance of friendship for him. They support the proposition, but after such a fAshion that their sup port is more damaging than even their opposition could have been. As a sample of Burgrave tactics, we cite the following mot of M. DUPIN You complain that we have suppressed 3,000,000 Gallic electors, and we propose to substitute for them 3,000,000 Francs, and you cry out—Really you are most unreasonable." The usual levee was not held on Thursday, at the Elysee, and it is said, that unless the sum demanded by the PRESIDENT is voted by the Assembly, the levees will be discontinued, as he cannot support the expense of holding them. He has, it is said, been running in debt at the rate of 1,0001. a month ever since his election to the Presidency. He is now, it is ru moured, about to retire to St. Cloud, to retrench. The Liberti says— - "It has been remarked that of all the Ministers who in general hold their levees on Tuesday evening, M. de Lahitte was the only one whose salons were closed on that evening, and who had gone into the country. This fact, and the reports in circulation, l ea d us to fear that that honourable warrior has arrived at the termination of his Ministerial career." The Courrier Francais pretends that the concen tration of maritime forces in the Mediterranean is for the protection of Naples against British claims, adding that Russia is determined to support the K ING . The proofs of the subservience of the reacti onary party mionreimraannciefets. Couriers are constantly t rave l- Paris Russian designs isbecoming eve r y day % h V ig ar h saw, and the Emp eror h li f ng au b s e s t i w a e , en who P ro ar p i p s and approves highly of.. the recent altera tion in the electoral law, has, it is said, issued his orders to the Gallo-Cossack chiefs a to at once introduce and carry a measure dissolving the National Guard s throughout the dominions of the Republic, as it i s cons id ere d th a t th e y wou ld b e inclined to oppose the ulterior designs of the Russian Alliance upon France. It is said that in considera tion of the armed assistance to be afforded by the Monarchs of the Russian alliance to the French Royalists for the restoration of HENRI V., the Royalists engage, in the event of success, to cede Alsace and Lorraine to the Alliance, to be disposed of as to them shall seem fit. The French correspondence of the Gazette des Pastes at Frankfort develops the whole plot. The Prefect of the Haute Vienne has published a decree prohibiting the reading aloud of newspapers in manufactories throughout the whole department. Some arrests for political causes have been made at Lyons. 150 workmen joined in a strike at Beauvais. The ringleaders were arrested, and tranquillity re stored. The Assembly was yesterday engaged in discussing the motion for the third reading of the Transporta tion Bill, which had not concluded when the post left. PARIS Bonita, Juan 7.—Closing Prices.—Five ..._ Further progress was made last evening in that deplorable Bill relating to metropolitan interments which will inevitably cast not only odium on her MAJESTY'S Government but discredit and unpopu larity, more or less, upon the whole scheme of sani tary improvement. On arriving at the thirtieth clause of the proposed enactment the Chairman was authorised to report progress, and the further con ide rag On of the measure was fixed for twelve o'clock THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 8, 1850. per Cents., 941. ; Three per Cents., 56f. 50e.; Bank of Action, 2,265 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-14a01IANGE, JVNE 7. Boulogne and Amiens, Wit—Central of France (Orleans and Vierzcn), 13V 2 —Nortbern of France, 13:N —Orleans and Bordeaux, 2% —Paris and Strasbourg, Oh—Rouen and Havre, S%—Sambre and Meuse, 21h. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. r - TTY, ?'' c'clcCK The sale 3 of Cotton at, Liverpool yesterday were es timated at from 6,000 to 6,000 bale:. The market was tame and more sellers than buyers at previous rates.— Riilway Shares slightly declined, but a fair amount of business was done, The weekly statement of the Bank of England is to the Ist instant ; and ♦aries from the previous return in so far as that it shows an increase of circulation. The amount of the precious metals was again larger. The Public Deposits were further increased, and will pursue the ascensional movement until the close of the financial quarter, and the private balances R ere slightly trenched upon, possibly for employment in trade or in vestment in securities, or for remittance abroad on account of the Russian loan. The advances upon other securities do not rise much, but it is something gained, perhaps, with such a plethora of money, if they do not recede. Compared with the previous return, the results are as follows: — Notes issued increase Rest ... 30,003,335 ••• 76,095 _ ... 3,053,585 Decrease ... •-• 13,686 Public Deposits 7,577,660 Increase ... ... 290,597 Other Deposits ~. ... 9,215 738 Decrease ... 312,698 Seven Day and other Bills ... 1,198,788 Increase ... 41,913 Government Securities ... ... no alteration Other Securities 9,760,048 Increase 62.972 Notes 10,788.260 Decrease ... ••• 96,415 Bullion 16,737,613 Increase .. 35,,664 Active Circulation ... 19,215 075 Increase ... 172,510 In the negotiation yesterday of bills of exchange upon the principal Continental cities, it appeared that the rates were slightly lower for 90 days' paper on Italy and Frankfort, but firm on Paris, Hamburgb, Holland, and Belgium. The adulteration of coffee is carried now to such an extent, and the consumption, as shown by the official returns, has so materially fallen off, that it is important to place facts before consumers for their guidance. Mr. P. L. Simmonds, who has bad practical experience in Jamaica, writes of " Coffee as it is, and as it ought to be," and enters into the whole question of adulteration, chemical teats for detecting the same, production and consumption, and many of the facts are extremely useful. The detection of chicory Mixture, for example, is much more simple than might be sup posed. A small quantity of the coffee has simply to be put on the top of a glass full of cold water, and shaken up. If pure, the coffee will swim and give little or no colour to the liquid, but if chicory be present it sinks'to the bottom and communicates a pretty deep red tinge to the water. Mr. Simmonds then goes on to say: "It is quite essential that buyers should be intiroatt:;• ac quainted with the appearance of the various berries, because, although a grocer cannot adulterate the article in its new gat-, ,a.sa deceive and pass off upon his uninitiated customers the worst for the most approved kinds; and this I know to be the case in many instances. They who have once seen the two berries or beans, Mocha and . Plantation, can be never again deceived. As I cannot show I will describe them. I speak of coffee in the raw state, for on every account I would strenuously advise that my readers should purchase it unroasted. Mocha (or, as it is often called, Turkey) is the smallest of all the usual sorts, it is round, plump, rough, equal-sized, the colour inclining to buff, with a tinge of pale brown, or of a light olive hue; the Jamaica, Plantation*, Ber bice (for they m uc h resemble one another) are fine, large, flat, handsom e -l o oki ng berries, with a hue of grey-green, very different from those of Mocha or even Ceylon, which last, from similarity of colour, might deceive those who are not aware of this distinctive difference, namely, that the Ceylon berries are of irregular sizes, ill-shaped, and of a spotted dirty cream colour. The grey-green shade of the western Coffees is entirely deficient in 'those of Asia. In its raw state, this article of consumption, .unlike other grains, such as rice, wheat, &c., appears to be entirely exempt from the destructive ravages of insects; it will keep good nay, perhaps, improve, for an indefinite length of time; and may, consequently, be purchased at any period and in any quantity, when an opportunity offers for obtaining it at wholesale price. Roasted Coffee, on the contrary, deteriorates rapidly, and if exposed, as we see it in shops, it should be kept closely stopped in canisters, or wide-mouthed glass bottles. The sooner Coffee is used after it is roasted,, the finer will be the flavour; hence I prefer to roast only the quantity intended for the con sumption of one week." Tho letters by the steamer Pacific from the United States were delivered this morning, and the following are one or two extracts:— " There has been a fair demand for sterling bills, for remittance by the American mail steam-ship Pacific, and rates have been well maintained. The supply of second and third-rate bills is not so large as usual, and the sales are, therefore, confined more to the best drawers We have no changes to report in domestic exchanges, quotations for specie, or for uncurrent money. The amount of uncurrent money offering for redemption is limited for the season, and there is the same s carc ity o f State money that we have noticed for some time past?? Extraordinary efforts continue to be made in support of the cotton market, and the following is from Mr. I'. J. Stewart, of New York:— " Yesterday (Friday) the market opened stiff, and 3,500 bales were taken at the full quotations annexed. This is in the face of an advance in freights, which are now held stiff at 3.16 d., although most of the late sales were negotiated for at slightly easier rates. This sudden de sire to secure the staple at the present rates for shippers is mainly owing to the growing conviction that there will be a pinching time fur it, long before any small aid can be derived from a crop, which is only just planted, as whole, and which is the most unpromising we have ever had; and when its true position is placed before the spinners in a way they cannot get away from it, we anticipate here to learn of an excitement at Liverpool such as has not been witnessed for many years. " In my circular per Niagara, under date of April 2d, I called your attention to the fact that I thought it pro bable that the mild winter we had enjoyed would have the tendency to hasten the melting of the snows on the Upper Mississippi and Missouri, and that th• rise which usually comes out of these rivers in the latter part of May, would be down earlier, and before the usual freshets from the lower tributaries of the father of waters,' such as the Ohio, Red River, Arkansas, Ten nessee, &c., could pass off into the Gulf. This has happened. I attach great importance to it, from the experience of former seasons evidencing the fact that a large crop is impossible, where the March planting is impaired. The only section in which the seed planted during that month appeared to vegetate was in the Great South-Western Valley; elsewhere, they have re planted very generally at the close of April, and even in May. The following extract shows the position of things in that quarter:— " Reports from the Missouri, state that the whole of that river is up as far as Independence Landing. Op posite Helena, Arkansas, the water has completely co vered the prairies. The Arkansas is falling, but we un derstand that Red River is rising fast, and that it had already submerged many of the plantations near the mouth. At Lake Providence, the river was one inch higher then ever known. At Memphis, the water was even with the highest flood mark. From Natchez to mieiken's Bend, it is estimated that at least 150,000 acres of land, which had been planted in cotton, are now under water, and hundreds of the finest plantations en tirely ruined. The river now extends from Natchez to the hills of Ouachita, a distance of over forty miles, and we learn from an eye-witness, that everything has been swept away. Every knoll and hill top is filled with cattle, horses, and other domestic animals, and even bears, panthers, and deers, are herding with them, for getting, in the presence of a common danger, their na tural ferocity or timidity. At Vicksburg, the river is 50 miles broad.' " The accounts from Lancashire and Yorkshire report a steady but not very extensive business doing in textile goods. The exports of bullion from London during the week, to last Thursday, were 1,074 ounces in gold to France, and 832,700 ounces in silver, all of which except 20,000 ounces, went to St. Petersburgh. The English Funds have been firmer to-day at fuller rates, but there is an exceedingly limited business doing. Consols have been done at 964 for the first Transfer-day next week, and about 97 to 97i for next Account. Ex chequer-bills realise 68s. to 71s. premium. East India Stock has been marked 87 premium. In the Foreign Market there have been increased transactions in Peruvian Bonds, which have touched 77i for the Active, and 344 for the Deferred. Mexican Stuck has been at 31i to Grenada have 'realised 18f. Spanish Three per Cents. are marked 37i and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 57e. Railway Shares are quieter, and rather in favour of buyers. Consols ••• Ditto Account QUARTER TO THREE. 96i ... 96i ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS O'CLOCK. PRICES. 3 pee eant. Itedneed Anns ... 95 3 % 95% 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities— ..... 96%34 96 3 % New 3 1 4 per Cent. Ann 5............... 97% 3 4 97 3 4 Long Anns. to expire Jan.lB6o 8 3-16 8 3-16 !ndim Bonds, 1,0001.... Ditt, under 1,0001.. Consols for Account 9 6 34% 96% Exchequer Bills. I%d. & 2d 1,0001. June 6B 71 p 71 p ONE CLOSIN PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O' CLOCK. PRICES.G Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent Danish 80nd5,1825,3 per Cent. Ditto 5 Der Cent. Equador Bonds Grenada Bonds, 1% per Cent 18!.4. Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons— • Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons .... 31 % 34 31 5 , A Ditto, Account 3 1 54 31 3 4 Peruvian Bonds, 4% per Cent...- 771% !ii 7 7 1 4 Ditto, Account Ditto Deferred Russian Bonds " ... Ditto, 4% per Cent Ditto Scrip 3,4 3 p Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 — Ditto, Account Ditto. 3 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 21 4 per Cent., 12 Guild. .. 57t, 57% Ditto, 4 Der Cent. Certificates — 86 t/ 8 PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES Abardeen ruzkinghainshire ...... 17 1 ,E Caledonian Eastern Counties... ..... 20 ...... 7% ............ Do., New Pref.rence, 6 per Cent........... 10 ...... 11 3 4% x d ll% x.d 3% 1814 96% 3p 17% 37% I Do. North. & Eastern, •= l "e- C.:r , :t ... . .„ sn tylti, n per C(nt.... 50 Ep.ot Lincolnshire, guar. 6 per Cent. Exeter.Yeovil, & Dorch. 2 5 , — G:eat Northern Do., 1 / 2 A Deferred ... 12 1 ~.... 3 _ ...... Do., 5 per Cent. P ro f. 121 - 'treat South. a n d W est. (Ireland) .; teat Weittern 100 571 58 x.n s7 j 4xn Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ._. Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 Lancashire& Yorkshi re 100 Do. Fifths... ......... ... 10 ...•• ...... ••• Do. Thirds... ........18 Do. Now, Gua.6 per et. 10 Do. (W. Riding Union) 11 Leeds and Bradford 5O London, Brighton, and South C0act......... 100 London and N Weiztern 100 ...... 107 1 A % ..- -107 1 A London AB. Weste rn ..leo ....„. Do., New Preference. 5 Midland lOO . 361 IA .. .... 36 , 4 1 Do., 501. Sham North British _ .... ... 25 ... -7% Ditto Preference ••• 5 North Staffordshire ... 17% — Dxf. , rd, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ....., 60 Preston & Wyre 25 ... _4O S mth ElAt.r Do.. Registered No. 4 10 Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... .. ...... 60 ...... Do. do. do. ... 25 Nilts.Somerset,& Way_ mouth York, Newcastle, and Berwick..... .......-- 25 n.,. Newcastle Elden, 20 Do. G.N.E.Preference S. ... _ 1 1 4 York and North Midland 50 DAt, Preference FOREIGN RAILWA Yn. Dutch Rhenish ...... ... S ..... 2 1 4 Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 .... Paris and Orleans ...... 20 ..... 30 .... ...... .. Rouen and Havre ...... 20 MINES. Brazilian Imperial ...... 24% — . •• Do. St. John Del R e y 15 •••••• .•••••••• JOINT STOCK BANKS. I London & Westminster. 20 28% 47 Tg 9% 40 2 1 % 2% 30 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JUNE B.—Wind this day at noon W., fresh breeze and showery. • DEAL, JUNE 7.—Wind AN. W.S.W. W., strong; p.m. ditto, moderato.—Arrd. Henrick, , son Porto Rico for Copenh agen; T asman, Blackbly: ,rttPhilip; Colonist, Healey, Hobart Town; Emilia, Knight, Ma dras; Elizabeth, Hill. Polto Midas, Leslie, Tri ; uzlena, Young, Mansanilla ; Perseverance, Thomson, St. Kitt's; Calypso, Eltringham, Jamaica; Anna Maria, Vella, and William Gladstone, Smith, Havannah for Antwerp; Majestic, Cuthbertson, Hon duras. Sid. Dart, Madeira. QUEENSTOWN, JUNE 6.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Samue: Spyvell, Laguna. GRIMSBY, JUNE 7.—The Douro, of Carnarvon, from Goole, and the Lovely Nancy, of Harwich, have put in here, having been in contact; the former has bows stove, stanchions, &c., gone; and the latter is leaky, and has lost bowsprit, &c. SOUTHAMPTON, JUNE 7.—Sld. Madrid steamer, Lis bon, &c. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 7,—Wind W.S.W. to N.W.— Arrd. Lady Maria, Saldanha Bay; Waterwitch, Smith, and Alfred, Mcnius, Buenos Ayres; Ceres, Culverwell, Barbadoes; Honor, Tunnahill, St. Domingo; Jane An derson, Tan, Cirnfuegos; Ann Dingwell, Laguna; Ex press, Zapote; Philadelphia, New York; Flint, Wright, Paraiba; John Kitson and Maria, Barbadoes; Wan derer, St. Domingo; Melton, Little, Matanzas; Chantal, and Salopian, Rio de la Hache; Caroline, Nesmith, Apalachicola; Scrptre, M'Queen, Virginia. Sld. John Wesley, Nassau. Off port, Ranger, Maceio; Phoenix, Antigua and Peru.—The William Peile, hence to Buenos Ayres, which ran aground on the English Bank, River Plate, 1 P.M., March 29, was assisted off by her Majesty's ship Harpy, without damage to cargo, and not leaking. DOVER, JUNE 7.—Off port, Westphalia, New York for Bremen. RAMSGATE, JUNE 7.—The Sir IL Barclay, from Shields to Gibraltar, sprung a leak and sunk this morn ing between the Tongue end Margate Sands ; crew saved. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 7.—Off port, Pruis Carl, St. Croix. COWES, JUNE 7. Wind S. W.—Arrd. Antonio, Val paraiso, and proceeded for Hamburgh; Baring Brothers, and Columbus, Matanzqs ; Lady Knight, Choate, Havan huh ; Saone, Sargent, Boston. PORTLAND, JUNE 6.—Off port, Russian, Matanzas for Sr. Petersburgh; Kossuth, Matanzas for Hamburgh. FALMOUTH, JUNE 7.-.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Ann, Cradbrook, (late Bradfoid). Sierra Leone; Adelaide, Thurston, Havannah. A quantity of plank and bundles of shingles was passed 20tti March off Cape Horn by the Mario and Louise, arrived here. The Governor Har court, for Jamaica, which put in here, is discharging. QUEENSTOWN, JUNE 6.—Off port, Eliza Bell, Hewett, Barbadoes. The Gratitude which was aground outside Spike Point, floated with the tide and proceeded for the Clyde. MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GELUDEVI. Our market to-day was well supplied with vegetables, in which a large business was transacted. Fruit was in good request. English Fruits—Strawberries, 5s to Ss; Pine Apples, 8s to 10s; Hot-house Grapes, Cs to 8s per lb; Eating Ap ples, 5s to 6s per half-sieve; cooking ditto, 43 to 6s per bushel ; Peaches, 2.5 s to 30s; Nectarines, 35s to 425; Apricots, 9d to Is; Figs, 6s to Os per dozen; Melons, Ss to 12s each; Cherries, 12s to 18s per lb; Gooseberries, 2s to 2s 6d per half-sieve; Currants, 6d to 9d per pottle. Foreign Fruit—Cherries, 9d to is per lb; Lemons, 5s to 11s; Oranges, 6s to 15s per 100; Almonds, 5s to Gs per peck; Spanish Nuts, 4s to ss; Spanish Chesnuts, 3s to 6s; Brazil ditto, 3s to 4s ; Barcelona ditto, 5s to 6s per peck. English Vegetables—Cucumbers, is to is 6d per brace; Cauliflowers, 6s to 9s per (keen; White Brocoli, 9s to 18s per dozen bundles; Old Onions, 5s to 5s 6d p er bushel ; Horse-radish, 2s to ss; and Celery, is to is 6d per bundle; Leeks, Is 6d to 2s; Parsley, 4d to 6d per dozen bunches; early York Cabbages, 3d to 8d; Beet 2s to 3s 6d per dozen; Mushrooms,4d to 9d per pottle; Spinach, 4d to 6d per punnet; Jerusalem Artichokes, 6d to 9d per half-sieve ; Small Salad, is Gd to 2s per dozen punnets; Sage, is 6d to 2s per dozen bunches; Corn Salad, 9d to is per half-sieve; Shallots, 3d to 4d per lb; Asparagus, 2s to 5s per 100; Rhubarb, Is Od to 4s per doz. bundles ; Cornwall White Brocoli, 2s to 2s 6d per dozen heads; French Beans, Is 63 to 2s per 100; Cabbage Lettuces, 3d to 4d p - r score; White Cos Lettuces, 8d to is per ditto; Mint, 2s to 3s per dozen bunches; Peas, 155 per bushel; ditto shelled, 6s per quart; Young Turnips, 8d to 9d; Young Carrots, 6d to 8d per bunch; Radishes, 3d to 4d per dozen hands; Turnip ditto, 3d to 4d per dozen bunches; early framed Potatoes, 9d to is 3d per lb; Cornwall New Potatoes, 3s to 5s per dozen lbs; Old Potatoes, 120 s to iSOs per ton. Foreign Vegetables—French Carrots, 6d per bunch; French Beaus, Gd to 9d per 100; French Peas, 2s to 2s 6d per half sieve; Cucumbers, Dutch, 3d to 4d each; Asparagus, 93 to is par 100; Dutch Melons, 2s Gd to 5s each. NEUTGATZ AND LEADENIZALL. TurkeyB, 48 Od to 6s 6d; Ducks, 3s Od to 4s 6d; Tame Rabbits, is Od to 18 8d; Pigeons, 6d to 9d; Roasting Pigs, 4s Od to 7s Od each; Surrey Fowls, 9s to 10s; ditto Chickens, 5s 6d to 7s 6d; Barn-door Fowls, 4s Od to 63 per couple; English Eggs, 5 8 9d t o 6s 3 d ; F rench, 5s 0(1 to 5s 6d per hundred; Fresh Butter, 7d to is per lb. - NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 2d; Mutton, 2s 4d to 3s 10d; Lamb, 4s 4d to 5s Od; Veal, 3s Od to 3s 4d; and Pork 3.3 4d to 4s per Blbs. WECITECELELPEL. Beef, from 2s to 3s; Mutton, 2s 4d to 3s 10d ; Lamb, 4s Od to 5s Od; Veal, 23 10d to 3s 2d; and Pork, 3s to 4s per 81bs. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) = ' ~- '—t..ur . , ~•.), ~:.'' i. " - ce.idf:d wish the atij.urned case of Friar v, GrEY others, in which the ELVlElact.tti hbd reference tl the construction to be placed on the covenants of a lease, but they were not of sufficient interest to justify a reporl• COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco, before the LORD CHIEF JUzTICE WYLDE, and Justicies MAULE, CRESSWELL, and TAL' FOURD.) HITCHINS V. THE GREAT SOUTHERN AND GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY CoNPANY. Mr. UNTHANK moved for a rule to show cause whi r judgment should not be issued by execution agate" George Emery, a shareholder of the above railway COin" pany, according to the 8h and 9th Victoria, chap. lei , sec. 36. It appeared that a final judgment had been obtained in this court against the defendants for the sum of 1,3621., in which they were indebted to the plaintiff, dod, two writs of fi. fa., issued in the counties of Surr e y and Middlesex, to both of which a return of nulls bona Was made by the sheriffs. An order was then obtained frota Mr. Justice Coleridge, calling upon the solicitor of tbe company to produce the register of shareholders ; and several applications were made by the plaintiff's attor ney to be allowed to inspect the register of shareholders, all of which were refused, so that they had totally unable to ascertain whether the register had been sealed or not. The plaintiff, however,, produced an affidavit to the effect that the name el George Emery appeared on the original subscripti on, but deposited at the house of Commons. By the Bth and 9th Victoria, cap. 16, it was provided that wheii;an ; execution failed against a railway company, exe cution might be taken out against any shareholder to t amount of his unpaid shares ; and it appeared tb,_ii! George Emery had been an original subscriber to turf amount of 10,0001., on which he had paid a deposit ° 5001, and application was now made for an execution y against Mr. Emery, as a shareholder of the compsn/, for the whole amount of the debt. The COURT was of opinion that the evidence of 311 ' . Emery's name being on the sealed register of the shelf.; holders of the company was not sufficiently clear, snd was arranged that the case s ho u ld be postponed until Monday to amend the affidavits in their report. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, is 2d to is 4d per lb; Turbots, 4s 6dlo l Is; Brills, is to 2s 3d ; Cod Fi s h, 3 : to 6s each; Soles, large, is 3d to 2e per pair; ditto small, 4s to 6s per doz.; Eels, 8d to lld per lb; Lobsters, 8d to 2s 6d; Crabs, 6d to 2s 3d each; Shrimps, is 6d to 2s per gallon; Prawns, 2s 3d to 3s per lb; Mullets, 2d to 5d each; Smelts, Is to Is 6d per doz; Whitings, 2d to 8d each ; Mackerel, 3d to sd; Plaice, 2d to 6d; Gurnets, 8d to Is; Haddocks, 4d to ls; ditto dried, 2d to 4d; Carp, is 2d to 2s; Pike, 2s to 3s; Doreys, is 6d to 2s each ; Skate, 4d to 6d per lb; Oysters, 6s to los per bushel. BREAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the Metropolis are from 6id to 7d; of household ditto, 4id to 6d per 41b loaf. HIDE DIARIEET. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, lid to lid; ditto, 641 b to 721 b, lid to lid; ditto, 721 b to 801 b, 2d to lid; ditto; ' 801 b to 881 b, 21d to 2id; ditto, 881 b to 961 b, 3d to 34d ; ditto, 961 b to 1041 b, aid to aid; ditto, 1041 b to 1121 b, 3to 4d. Calf Skins, light 2s 9d to 3s 6d; ditto full 5s 6d to 6s Od; Horn Hides, 6s 6d to Os; Polled Sheep, Os od to Os Od ; Kents and Half-breds, Os Od to Os Od; Downs, Os Od to Os Od; Shearlings, 7d to 9d; Lamb Skins, is 8d to 2s 5d each. NAY 111AltZETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 8s to 31 10s; Clover ditto, 3/ Os to 41 8s ; and Straw, 1/ is to I/ 8s per load. A full average supply, and a heavy demand. CUMBERLAND. , —Meadow Hay, 2/ 8s to 31 12s; Clover ditto, 3/ Os to 4/ 6s ; and Straw, 11 2s to 1/ 9s per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade dull. WIIITECHAPEL. Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 31 10s; Clover ditto, 3l Os to 4/ 10s; and Straw, 1/ is to 1/ 8s per load. Trade steady, at our quotations. PROSPECTS OF THE GROUSE SEASON.'--The un commonly forward state of the birds by the 12th of August last year prevented the usual amount of destruction, and hence there was a much better stock preserved for breeding this season. The winter, although severe, was not ob served to have been injurious to the birds, but at pairing time the hens were found not to be in good condition—the effects of which may appear on the new broods. On early grounds, such as the Logiealmond muirs, cheepers were first observed about the middle of May, and at Dalwhinnie about the 25th. Farther north, hatching will likely be a few days later. The rains which fell in the latter half of the month were most opportune for the first broods, but if the present extreme heal and drought continue much longer, it must injuriously affect the young grouse at their most critical stage. By another fortnight we will likely be able to report more decidedly as to the prospects of the ensuing season. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN.) IN RE SUSAN MACLAIRDT. of Mr. ATKINSON applied to the Court for ^ - j„d• habeas corpus directed to one John Conner, of Stral"i le-Bow, commanding him to bring up the bodY ° ne d female child named Susan Maclairdy, The L e . E s p r i,h- Gentleman moved on an affidavit made by Mr. "cad man, who deposed that he and his wife were the Mr s and stewardess of an East Indiaman, and some tif l L ° being in Calcutta they became acquainted o t he r wito parents of the child. Whil e th e y were t h e re them r,,, died, and the;father being too muc h engag ed in businie to attend sufficiently to the welfare of his daught or ' ta ke handed her over to the dep onen t, reques ti n g him t° her her to England, and pl ace h er un d er th e roof of io maternal grandfather, Mr. Conner, of Stratford. In s course she was given up to Mr. Conner, in whose had tody she had remained ever s i nce , b u t r ecently 1 1., come to the knowledge of the f a the r th a t the chil d 10 nor being brought up in the manner he should wish , $. O he had therefore written to Mr. Leishman, him to obtain possession of the child again, on „P:er, her in a boarding-school. The grandfather Co is. however, refuses to give her up, and as a pnLice-MT,aarib trate had declined to interfere in the matter„ Mr. 9tbe man had no alternative but to move this Court on _ subject. , s hof Mr. Justice WIGIITMAN—You may take a 11110 to cause returnable next Wednesday. Rule nisi accordingly. ARCHES' COURT.—(THIS DAY') THE GORHAM CASE. (Before Sir HERBERT JENNER FUST, Knig ht.) GORHAM AGAINST THE BISHOP OF EXET EII 'd After some preliminary motion s h a d b e en disP°9-o no PiJ The DEPUTY-REGISTRAR call e d on th e cause, - the in this case the certificate of th e moni ti on, calling 00 f Bishop of Exeter to send in th e l e tt ers o f institutior-a the Rev. G. C. Gorham to th e v i carage of Br an' log Spelce, diocese of Exeter, was ex ten ded, at 1"° Court, until this day. bs a Dr. ADDAMS then rose and said that this c as ,, urt been brought before the Court o f E xc h eq uer, the ‘ - 10., had taken time to consider its judgment, and h? be Addams), therefore, prayed that the certificate wig" extended until next term. h a be en Sir HERBERT JENNER FUST—As the Case -- 6 before the Court of Exchequer, and they bo re a -will b t ,.sth time to consider their judgm en t , o f course the eas, better stand over. Wh en i s i t ex p ec t e d judgme nt be given ? e ll b Dr. ADDAMS—I h ave no d ou b t t h e j u d gme nt 01 : given before next term. be w Sir HERBERT JENNER F UST —WiII t h e m 0 ,;,,, D obey ext ed on the nd? r. ADDAMS --I will court make ay the same arrangement tbgtl did on the last court day. ( orb Sir HEREERTJENNERFUST—Where are the P r Mr. Bowdler and Mr. Toiler? The DEPUTY-RE said they were not in - 4 o Sir HERBERT JENNER FUST—Th en l e t t hem b e -e for—they ought to be here. . After a short delay, it being inti ma t e d that neither Mr. Bowdler or Mr. Toiler had arrived, let tiO Sir HERBERT JENNER FUST said—W e ll, then , -- case T h stand t u o r v n e rwupon thenth the accordingly former x terms. e tended. BOW-STREET. —(THIS DAI T ' ) of Mr. G. W. M. Reynolds, the editor o f two we n • r ig publications, att e nd e d b e f ore M r. Henry this l'ierrirlibi to apply fur a s u m mons aga i nst the Earl of 116 r" for an alleged assault. The applicant s t a t e d th at h e was present On core day at a meeting of the Society fur Improving t"at Sr' dition of the W or ki ng Cl asses, which was bet" "teet Martin's-hall, Long acre. Ile wished to a ddressi A he meeting, but the ch a i rman , L or d J ohn R usse ll, s "" seo e could not be heard, and he accordingly resumed d Immediately a ft erwar d s t h e police were called inr,";us. young man n a m e d M err i man was given into th eir ga io tody, which so mew h at annoye d applicant, and h e leg' rose from his seat to protest against the procetlole He advanced towards the chair, and raid to the th l.4 occupant " I appeal to your Lordship not to tolera ° w ee outrage against the working classes," and while .bq t he speaking the Noble E ar l against whom be rny ' ll sbet i application seiz e d hi m b y t h e co l lar end f orc ibly P r t l him back. That w as th e assault he complained of._ AP' Mr. HENRY—Are you a member of the society ? plioant—No, I am not. Mr. HENRY—By the advertisement that vol e Pfd before me on Thursday, this meeting was inten' - , consist of members of the society only. • the Applicant—The word " only" did not appear advertisement. .Of Mr. HENRY—No; but that was the meanale , You were tere only by y courtes. I , t the re Applicant contended that he was there by righ t ' i t are were two kinds o f mee ti ngs w hi ch societ i es o f this e t. i c ito could hold—first, an open meeting; and secondlY , efr meeting; and both, h e conten d e d , were open to the P lie generally. ,'• Mr. HENRY—Th a t i s a po i nt of law, an d el f Yr e ssio ll , Dion is, th a t y ou are i n error as to your imP tc , pip of it. A n y mem b er o f t h at society had a righ t e d t so you out, an d a l t h oug h you m i ght have been admitit does you state, by a pl at f orm t i c k et, as a specta tor, a rt P not follow that y ou were , thereby, entitled to take in the proce e di ngs . ye- Applicant—But, you r Worship, I was not en ded - i iyeo ing to take p ar t i n t h e proceedings. I had giquie t to up my claim t o b e h eard, - and was simply * ea- c orn' Lord John Russell, when the Earl of HarrowhY mitted the assault. 00 0 ' Mr. HEN RY —Y ou were, according to your OW° bo of ing, adv anc i ng towards the chair, and if any o ein fir b lb° the soci e ty f e l t t h at your doing so would dis t ' o jeet' meeting, he had a perfect right to intercept you/r.Pieptlf• Applicant—But n o t t o pus h me b a ck 1 , e t Jo to Surely, y o u r W ors hi p, he ought first to have to sit Mr o dwn. . HENRY—WeII Sir, I differ with you in Y -li n r d ß i f of the law ; b u t the grand jury is o pen to you; - you think prop er y ou can go bc-fore them. to Applicant—Do I understand your W onshiP refuse the summons ? Mr. HENRY replied in the affirmative. fri‘ The applicant, w h o was accompan i e d by — 3 . man and his brother, then withdrew. DREADFUL ACCIDENT IN Tfi se E me S a Ta cci A din g en : it ' bee l:: e b ird if e ; terday afternoon, about half-past three, as a reP..„ c iister; place esetdo Wellingtonfemale from her perilous situation s c tr ro se ss t in isi g or t t h b e , b S y trand, from .un ie (eIL in the road, and before the poor creature could be r e , ;co. the wheels of an o DA r 8,323, passed over her right leg just above the angle: her t° No.cba Charing -cross w ot b h e ers t instantly d remove(' t the foot and low No blame is attached to the dri ver, lower part of the leg were crushed in a mos , . . 3 f o r. ful manner. Amputation was resorted but t he ' of' to, (re coil f tunate woman re • • mauled in a very doubtful state 01 o plof ° c % a co m n p t i a o i n n s s b 3 ip f ( o ß lio en c d o ig lu o m a n o s d Messrs.. Wilson, of Highbur who a 3.% it was .. i iscov h e l r:e et!ifiriglit do JO ° _ [ADVERTISEMENT.]—BeII's Life in ion - 7 1; for O. Sixpence. The average sale of Bell's Life e xceeds oftheug 3 o fi llo irso r, connected with the Royal Ascot Races. Paddock); Price of 28, " • • A SA 61 ALDGATE WARD SCIIOOI.-011 ThUrik•OY I . st. the Anniversary Meeting of Paul's Cathedral, this school attracted Particular 13 co ,. The healthy and intellectual app earance of the children, 1,6,b, ther with their neat dress, mad e them a subject ( 4 _, ln c u „ e h o alst nervation. This school is one of the earliest WaLu ''.' dor and was founded in 1717 ; many of the scholars haTe, I° life, filled important situations. ri g f th i° ilaislstoic conts‘taiunino SOUTH WALES RAILWAY.—The OPeni- - ' 3 . hire, important line of railway from Chepstow, in Monrnoual, ...... - the Charity Schools, aobtice. to Swansea, in Glamorganshire, is now announced f05.1;70, day week (June 15). The Government inspector, " Symons, accompanied by Mr. Brunel, passed tion of the line on Wednesday, prior to the formal ope ning tion for traffic. The preparations made for the opening or e 410 an extensive scale. A public breakfast to the opening or e to be held at Swansea, and to which are also to tr i r i a u, a the directors of the Great Western, Taff Vale, and" ' - r ing Neath Railways, besides the mayors of the neighbou .. persong:l. cities and towns, and numerous distinguished For the present it has beenarrangedthat five Pasem eg bo a i trans each way shall run daily, the majority of them ~,, Railwalti in connexion with trains on the Great Western Gloucester. The break Gloucester and Chepsto wth over thatP_pioot; (about 30 miles) will be suppledi bfast coaches to mest,ed trains, and thus a direct c om muni cation will be establi6° between Lond on between Chepstow and Swansea will occupy about tDrbvs, and the north and Swansea. The jott l ..lo hours, and that between Gloucester and Chepstow a bout ' same period. . ROYAL SAPPERS AND MINERS.—WOOLIVICgo JeVr,l 7.—Pour non-commissioned officers and 20 privates rtirr: at headquarters here yesterday from Chatham, hi rvic_. being required to accelerate the requisite works at present i''' progress in their department. ,V): 1 4 0, UogpYl r. 0414. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 2d inst. have arrived. The Gazette publishes two royal decrees—one re gulating the ceremonies in the event of the happy ac couchement of the QUEEN, according to the forms ob served by her ancestors; the other ordering that the accouchement shall be made known to the public by the firing of cannon. The Bolsa was closed. GERMANY. The following is the last bulletin of the health of the King of PRUSSIA : " His Majesty has passed a quiet night, free from pain; the inflammation of the foot is gradually abating; the wound continues to heal well. " SCHONLEIN. " GRIMM. " LANGENBECK. " Charlottenburg, June sth, half-past 9 Am." The Prince of PRUSSIA, before leaving Berlin, is said to have given to certain political personages the following explanation of his motives for undertaking that journey : " I set off for Warsaw with the view of making the Emperor of Russia, who has up to the present time pur sued a line of conduct on the German question diame trically opposed to ours, change his policy and enter into the views of Prussia, I hope to succeed; but if it be otherwise, Prussia will, nevertheless, pursue with perse verance the path upon which she has entered, without being prejudiced by opposite views." The Gazette des PosteB of Frankfort says : " We learn that Baron Von it , lanteuffel, who has ac companied the Prince of Prussia, as Aide-de-Camp, to Warsaw, is charged with an autograph letter to the Emperor of Russia on the German question, which letter is said to be of the greatest importance. It is said that any arrangement between Austria and Prussia is out of the question as long as the policy of Prince Schwan zenburg continues." The Prussian Moniteur announces the departure o. M. MATins for Frankfort, on the 3d ; and the Berlin correspondent adds, that he was accompanied by the Plenipotentiaries of Hamburgh, Oldenburgh, Bruns wick, and the Saxon Duchies. The same journal tates as a fact, that Prussia in sists that the Presidency of the Congress at Frank fort shall be held alternately by :herself and by Austria. By the upsetting of a barge on the Wesel, nearly 100 persons, forming part of a religious pro cession to a convent near Neumark, had been drowned ; the greater part of the pilgrims were women. In Dresden the Ministry had cancelled the electoral law, and summoned the old Landtag. This Landtag was elected under the law of 1831. A severe edict had been issued against the press and the right of association, but, as a concession, the state of siege in the Saxon capital, which has been held ever since May 8, 1849, has been terminated. A letter from Vienna, Ist instant, says :—" The EMPEROR left this morning for Warsaw. The mili tary governor of Gallicia, Count KLIRVENIIULLER, at tends him to Cracow. A telegraphic dispatch, re ceived yesterday, announced that Prussia had sta tioned a corps d'armee.)f 60,000 men between Erfurth and Torgau, and sent another of 60,000 men to the frontiers of Silesia. This movement, however, has not caused much alarm, since it was generally believed that the differeco,3s between Austria and Prussia wou'd be amicably settled by the intervention of the Emperor Of RUSSIA. Another letter from Vienna says :—" It has been remarked that at the last procession of the Fete-Dieu, the corporations of the different trades, who usually form a large portion of the procession, were not pre sent. Their absence is attributed to the great num bers of conversions to Teo-Catholicism and to Pro• testanism, occasioned by the promulgation of the re cent edicts." SCHLES WIG-HOLSTEIN. General WILLISEN, who has been appointed to take command of the armies of the Duchies, is said to have declared that he will defend them against a Danish, Russian, or English coalition. TURKEY AND GREECE. A telegraphic dispatch, received at Vienna from Trieste, announces the arrival at Athens, on the 28th ult., of Count STURMER, the Austrian Minister at the Ottoman Court. King Orno was to leave Athens on the 31st for Syra, to be present at the laying of the first stone of the new port. The accounts from Constantinople come down to the 25th ult. The SULTAN was to leave in a few days for Scio. OMER PACRA, who had been appointed Seraskier of Bosnia, had arrived at Salonica ; it was expected that his energy would tend to the prompt re-establisment of tranquillity in the principality. ITALY. The POPE and Cardinals have been recently amusing themselves by manufacturing Saints. The Giornale di Roma, of the 29th ult., publishes two decrees of the Sacred Congregation of Rites in Latin. In the first it is said that the venerable servant of GOD, PETER CLILVER, of the Company of JESUS, de serves canonization ; the second states that the theolo gical and cardinal virtues of the venerable servant of GoD, GERMANA COUSIN, of Toulouse, have been proved, and that consequently the congregation may pass to the discussion of her four miracles. The same journal con tains a notification from Cardinal Avrizar, President of Rome and of the Special Locust-Commission, an nouncing that in consequence of the increasing in vasion of :the :Locust-tribe, deputies have been ap pointed to proceed to the districts of the Roman province corresponding to the different gates of the capital, and there superintend the destruction of the locusts. In case of negligence on the part of a landholder, the deputies may send men ex officio to do the work of extirpation on his property and at his expense. CABINET C O UNCIL.—(THIS DAY.)—A Cabinet Council was held this afternoon at two o'clock at the Foreign•office. The Ministers present were the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord John Rus sell, the Earl of Carlisle, the Earl of Minto, Vis count Palmerston, Earl Grey, Sir George Grey, Sir John C. Hobhouse, Sir Francis T. Baring, and the Right Hon. Fox Maule. It was stated about White hall this morning, that Lord Langdale would be the Chief Commissioner when the Great Seal is put into commission. Cape of Good Hope papers of the 10th April have arrived, but they are destitute of interest. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY'S FETE-(THIS DAY.) —The second of the series of Horticultural fetes was given this morning in the gardens of the society at Chiswick. It was computed that not less than from 5,000 to 6,000 persons were present in the garden, including some of the most distin guished members of the fashionable world. The ground looked extremely fresh, and the show of flowers unsurpassed in splendour. The instrumental music, as usual, formed one of the chief attractions, there being three military bands in attendance, the Coldstreams, FirAt Life Guards, and the Horse Guards. ANTI-ENCLOSURE SOCIETY.--KILBURN FIELD PATH TO WILDESDEN OLD CHURCIL--At the last weekly meeting of the West London Anti-Enclosure Society (6th instant), at the Literary Institute, Carlisle-street, Edgware road, Mr. Horsefall in the chair, after the presentation of another gift of books from Earl Stanhope to the library of the society, and a vote of thanks had been accorded to his Lordship for the same, the secretary stated that the above church path must soon be restored, as the right to it could not be denied, and he had been given to understand that neither Lady Salisbury nor her bailiff would offer any fur ther opposition. Mr. Hodgson, as a tenant-farmer of her Ladyship, had also, in regard to the public health, offered to throw open any footpath which he had stopped ever the railway bridges in the Kilburn-lane to Keusall-green, pro vided any person who desired it could prove they were es- Etaxbelieslllieenclety thehorou thoroughfares. A vote of thanks was given to Mr. Hodgson. THE N EPAULESE AMBASSADOR. .." Yesterday, his Ser vice Museum, i n S cotland-yard, and ma de a very minute inspection of the many specimens of m ilitary curiosities with Nepauleseof the mission,Ambassador, visited United by the other members which the institution abounds. His Excellency was accom lustrioua stran tphaeniseederbeytaArlya,joerzCavenagh and Mr :Macleod. Captain Tonna, with their visit. A mongst the cur i os ities in the muse um g e r p s l , a w i n h e o d e a x ll p r t e h s a s t e dw' themselvesa was i nteres t m i n u g e h t o g r t a h t are a variety of Nepaulese arms. OVERLAND ROUTE.—The Nepaulese Princes, yes terday afternoon, honoured with their presence that very in teresting exhibition, Colonel Fremont's Overland Route to Oregon, Texas, and California, at the Egyptian Hall. WA , TEBLOO-DRIDGE.—A meeting of the proprietors of this co mpany was held on Thursday,, at the Freemasons' Tavern, Queen -street—Mr. Anderson in the chair. The report stated that the tolls received for the half-year ending February 23 amounted to 7,367/. Ils. of which sum 4,360/. was derived fro f 007/. from carriages m oot passengers, a- " and horses. At the last general meeting the committee had reported that, after paving the current charges, expenses, and a dividend of 3s. in ihe - pound to the annuitants, there re mained a surplus of 3191. They had now to report that, after paying the current expenses and charges, and pro viding for the interest upon the company's bonds, and paying a dividend of 2s. 10d. in the pound to the annuitants, there remained a surplus of 1951. The committee had now the satisfaction of informing the proprietors that the re ceipts for tolls had materially increased on the corresponding period of last year. The report was adopted, and a vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the business of the day. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—On Wednesday a foreign lady arrived at Dover from Calais, by the Princess Mary steamer, and went to Dover Castle Hotel. She afterwards, in the evening, Walked to th e Marine-parade, and engaged a pleasure boat, with a man to row her about in the bay, and, after having induced him to pull a considerable dis tance from the share, she threw herself into the sea. The matt in charge of the boat fortunately caught hold of her in the water, and succeeded in keeping her in his grasp until he obtained assistance from the shore, when she was got into the boat and landed in the bay. She was ascertained to be a Belgian subject. We understand the lady is suffer ing from great dejection of spirits, in consequence of the death of her husband some months since. —Kent Herald. ~.................... AN: E. 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