The Sun. — London, England, 1851-05-14 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. DON GIOVANNI. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. It is respecthilly announced that a Grand EXTRA NIGTIT Will take place To•MORROW EVENING. May 15, when will be pre sented, for the first time this season, Mozart's chef d'oeunre, entitled DON GIOVANNI, With following powerful Cast : Don Giovanni, Signor Coletti ; Don Ottani°, Signor Calzolari ; Massetto, Signor F Lablache ; Il Commendatore, Signor Scapini ; Leoporello, Signor Labl che; Donna Anna, M tdame Fiorentini ; Donna Elvira, Madame Giuliani; Zerlinu, Madame , 4 ontag. In the Ball-room scene, Madlle. Carlotta Grisi and Madlle Amalla Ferraris will dance Mozart's celebrated vdnuet and Zarabanda. To conclude with a Divertissement LES CO 4 MOPOLIFE R S O , B b a y , Madlle. Carlotta Grist., Arnalla Ferraris, Mesdnes, Esper, Julien, Lamoureux, Aussandon, Pascalles, Kohlenberg, *grin!, MM• Charles, Ehrick, and Paul Taglioni. The Opera will commence at Half-past Seven. Applications for Bo;ces, S.alls. and Tickets to be made at the Box since of the Theatre. TLIEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. James Anderson. Engagement of Miss P. HORTON. THIS EVENING Will be presented by her Majesty's Servants! A new grand Operatic Spectacle, entitled AZAEL, THE PRODIGAL. Reuben, Mr. Vandenhoff ; Axael, Miss P. Hor ton ; Amenophis, Mr. W. West; Bucharis, Mr. Cooper; Sethos, Mr. Rafter; Jepbtele, Miss Villars; Nefte, Mrs. Walter Lacy ; Lia, y( tdlle. Victorine Legrain (Premier Suet du Opera de Paris), who has been expressly engaged for the occasion (her last appearance.) ro be followed by UNE SOIREE CARNAVAL, in which Madlle. Victorine Legrain and Madame Louis4will appear. To conclude with the comic Pantomime of HARLEQUIN AND GOOD QUEEN BESS ; or, Merric England to the Olden Time. Harlequin, Mr. Lauri; Pantaloon, Mr. C. Lauri; Clown, Mr Doughty ; Columbine, Miss Palser. Stalls and Dress Circle - - - ss. Bozos First Price. Second Price. Pit 28. Is. Od. Lower Gallery . - - - Is. No half-price L'pper Gallery - _ - - 6d.5 to Galleries. Private Boxes to admit 8 reduced from 31. 3s. Od. to 21. 125. 6d. Ditto 6 ditto 21. 12s. 6d. to 21. 2s. Od. Ditto 4 ditto 21. 25. Od. to 11. 11 s. 6d. Ditto 4 ditto 11. I Is. 6d. to 11. Is. Od. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKEI. Mr. 73. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENING. Will be performed an entirely New Comedy, entitled RETIRED FROM BUSINESS. Zachary Pennyweight,Mr. Lambert ; Creep mouse, Mr. Buckstone ; Lieut. Tackle, Mr. Stuart; Captain Gunn, Mr. B. Webster ; Paul Puffins, Mrs. Fitzwilllam ; Kitty Penny weight, Miss Annie Romer. After which, a new and (as times go) or iginal domestic drama. of tartling interest, entitled ARLINE ; or, The Fortunes and Vicissi tudes of a Bohemian Girl. Count Arnheina, Mr. of J. Blan d; Count Florentine. ,Mrs. L. S. Buckingham ; Thaddeus Warsw, m rs. Fitzwilthuh ; Devilshoof, Mr. Buckstone ; the Gipsy Queen, Mr. -------- THEATRE. ROYAL, ADELPHI. 'Under the direction of EVEN M ING. adame Celeste. THIS ----- - Will be performe d GIRALDA ; or, The Miller's Wife. `fir awhic . Mr. P. Bedford, a ne w and original Mr s. Brisk,; M r Simple , Miss E. Harding. To be foll o wed by a new musical, historical, pa s t ora l , comical fairy dram a, called O'FLANNIGAN AND THE FAIRIES ; or, A Midsummer Night's Dream. Phelim O'Flannigan, Mr. Hudson • • Oberon, Miss E. Chaplin; Mary, Miss K. Fitzwilham. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEA FRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean and Mr. Keeley. THIS EVENING, will be performed THE WIFE'S SECRET, in which Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean, Mr. Wigan, and Mrs. Keeley will appear. After which a new Farce called APARTMENTS. " Visitors to the Exhibition may be accommodated." To conclude with a new grand spectacular Extravaganza (taken from a Tale, by Washington Irving), entitled THE ALHAMBRA ; or The Three Moorish Princesses. Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Harley, A. Wi gan, Wynn, Cooke, Flexmore ; Misses Murray, Daly, Vivash, Robertson, Leclerq, Keeley, Nldlle. Auriol, and Mrs. Keeley. Private Boxes, &c., to be had of all the Booksellers, and of Mr. Massingham ; of whom also places may be taken at the Box-office, Oxford-street, from Eleven till Four o'clock. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management 01 Madame Vetitrll. Sole Lessee, Mr. Cha_.es Mathews, THIS EVENING, Will be performeel COOL AS A CUCUMBER. To be followed by A DAY OF RECKONING, in which Madame Vestris will appear. To conclude with THE QUEEN OF THE FROGS Characters by Messrs. C. Mathew,. R. Roxby, Bellingham, Horncastle, Morris ; Mrs Frank Matthews, Miss St. George, Miss Martindale, and Hiss Oliver. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Farren. THIN EVENLNG, Will be performed TILE LADIES' BATTLE ; or, Un Duel en amour. To conclude with SIR ROGER DE COVERLET, or. the Widow and her Wooers, Fupperted by Messrs. W. Farren, Compton, H. Farren, W. Farren, Jun., Diddear, G. Cooke, Shalders, Lee, Bender, Linloch ; Mesdames, Stirl ng, Leigh Murray, L. Howard, Adams, E. Turner, and Bartlett. ROYAL ADiP UITHEATRE. Uader the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal liighneil Prince Albert. Proprietor aid Manager, Mr. W. Batty. THIS EVENS G, Will he performed a grand new Spectacle, entitled ELEANOR THE AMAZON ; or, Queen of France and England. To be followed by new Scenes of the Circle, introducing an en tirely new Company of French Artistes. To conclude with a laughable Farce, tSox-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. T. Thompson. PUNCH'S PLAYHOUSE AND STRAND THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. W. R. COPELAND, Liverpool. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Comecy, entitled KENSINGTON GAR DENS. Principal characters by Messrs. Tilbury, A. Davies, Nor ton, T. Rogers, and Romer ; Mrs. Seymour (her 3d appearance) ; Mesdamea E, Romer, M. A. Marshall, and Wallis. An ILLUSTRATION OF THE EXPOSITION. Principal charac ters by Mesdames Marshall, M. Taylor. C. Horsman, and Dibdin ; Messrs. J. Reeve, Norton, J. Rogers, and Romer. To conclude with a new Farce called TAKING TILE CENSUS. The prices of admission are arranged as follow :—Orchestra stalls, 4s; Boxes (first circle), Is.; (second circle), 2s. ; Pit, Is. Doors to be opened at Half-past Seven, and the performances to commence at Eight precisely. A. second price will be taken to the Boxes only at Half-past sine —first circle, 28.; second circle, le. Private Boxes One Guinea and a Half each. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Open for the season on MONDAY, the sth of May. First representation of a gigantic modelled Panorama, Tainted by the Messrs. Danson, representing the Temple of Janus in the Eternal City, with a striking View of the Colosseum, Palace of the CEesars, &c. The Menagerie is both varied and extensive, including two gi raffes, two elephants, which promenade the grounds, appropriately caparisoned and attended. The band, composed of musi cians of first-rate celebrity, is conducted by Mr. Godfrey. Moored on the lake is seen a real Chinese pleasare junk, with masts end sails complete. Also Remington's aerial bridge, and various novelties; and at dusk will be given, on a scale of surpassing mag nificence, a reitresentation of the Closing of tke Brazen Gates of the Temple of Janus, with (for the first time ever attempted) a grand olossal transparent diaphonic panopticon, showing the horrors of war and the blessings of peace, terminating with a most brilliant display of fireworks by Messrs. Soutliby ; and an allegorical tableau of the arts and sciences, depositing their treasures at the feet of her Majesty Queen Victoria, the whole forming the most gorgeous spec tacle ever witnessed. ADMISSION-ONE SHILLING. Exhibition nights—:Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. , Tl - .ILLIEN. with the elite of his Band, will commence their en gagements on Monday. May 26. The FLORAL EXHIBITIONS of the Royal South London Flori cultural Society will be repeated during the Season ; the First will take place on Wednesday, May 28. FRGEI WATER Al LONDON BRIDGE TIM DAY —Morning 48 min. afte? 12 Evening 15 112111. after 1 To-Mozaow—ltorning 55 rain. after 1 I Evening 56 min. after 1 THE WEATHER.—smg Urinals, MAY 13. THERMOMETER, I THE SHADE. 54 —highest since yesterday. 36--lowest this morning and during the night, b4—this day, at livon• BAROMETEV, 30.37. WarD E.N.E.—light breeze and cloudy, with occasional sunshine. ------- DAILY WEA iliEB. /ABLE, State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following placea at Nine o'clock yesterday morning..—The stations are arranged in order of latitude. PLYMOUTH—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. Batatero.N—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. ilverneGe—Wind N.E., fresh breeze —overcast. Youeicseosz—Wind N.E, gentle breeze--overcast. TL - seatnak—Wied N.E, strong breeze—partially cloudy. L K EENWICII—Wind N.N. E., gentle breeze — overc ast. ii7ei le—Wind N., ge n tl e b re eze—overcast. coLen Tox—Wind N.E , gen tl e b reeze —partially cloudy. sr x—Wind S.E., stro n g b r eeze—partially - cloudy. Caxeßtr, o ,_w ind E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. RI-TOBY—Wind u 5 .. .1. ,,, :., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. i BramnionAelN.E., gentle b reeze —partially cloudy. Prritanoa o - teaft ‘ - -d N.E , strong breeze—partially cloudy. YARMOUTH—Wi n d N .E.. hard wind—p ar ti a lly c l ou dy. C E KWE — Wind E. light breeze —partially c l ou dy. agewAY—Wind gentle breeze—cloudless. Hot, Y lIKAD W ind' S.E. gentle breeze—partially cloudy. CAs _ . -E .; : gceant— breeze —cloudless. clear. BLgAANTTouccKß—W—Wiinndi li S.E, The returns from n following Ailaces indicate the st a t e o f t h e wind and weather or, M onday morning at nine o'clock ICINGsToNVI.I (Du ni-D)—Wind gentle breeze— partially cloudy. IA ULLLNGAR— wind S., calm—overcast. Nge.nwtl.e, gberneetlzese—otbrroenvegzere_,,mbertvee.treut LiSIGHTON—Win_d N.W., strong breeze— ove reast. 111173Birs—ailWA3ini_d ...N4scriWn(i., PeermitemtotlGLl--Wind N. E., bree ze _ cloudy. ' CrikwE—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—overcast. 110LynEAD--Wind N. IV., gentle breeze—partially c l oud Y. LIVERPOOL.—Wind 'S. W., gentle breeze—cloudy. Lumg—Wind N.E., gentle breeze —rain. 'YORK —Wind N.E., gentle breeze--rain. e&keeriesTaß—Wind N.E., calm—overcast. NV Rere ilAveae —Wind N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy, i m c h e , an the dailym ea n reading At the Royal Observatory, GreTenhwe ..of the barometer was 29•60 S in. tempera , ture was below the average dually fr om cp.° u . 3 r d o a n y t mean of the week 2 on Sunday tor r 19 3 : 6 ex ten till ---t Saturday,butitroasnedgrthae ;to which the daily mean temperature was lower than the average t(hdeerifvoelldowfrionmg. ten years) of the several days is shown by _ ~ 0ca.,8 0Q.6 • • decreasing numbers • It ci. , 2 10 0 .5 7Q.4,. 4 : .- +' The wind then on Saturday it exceeded the average ' by 3- '''' in the north and north-west cn the first three days, changed to south-west, and on the last two days was ' generally in the south-east. 4v , •;__...•:. 4 '4\-- , --;... t , , 5,,.,.., A '' ' e;:: - ..,4, %; - ,-3 I-------, It o• .0: olflAting 4v411/6 LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY _l3, 1851. Until recently_ our colonists in Southern Africa havo been withheld not merely from the privileg es of self-government, but from the constitutional right of roef‘r l / 4 rAfiving unrestricted expression to their p oliti cal , ,A.. -t -..: i;T:47,1 'ons. Anterior to the late innovatio n, brou ght t." 7 lj-rlay. the Imperial Legislature,. o the people of f f Vi' _! ---- pit own were not less without" the power of con ._ ' ducttigg. their own local system of administration than .... .... , . . t theY,Cra d.L.tarred fr,-..m the enj. - ,yme.nt cf a free 14 , ,-.:--_l , l - "_.' - ,:l ...; THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY press prior to the establishment of the Cape Monitor. Surprising and incredible though this may appear, it is altogether as true as it is remarkable The affairs of those possessions were as entirely under the influence of the home Government as could by possibility have been arranged ; and the popular sentiments were as completely under the do minion of Cape Town journalism as Cape Town itself was under the sway of her MAJESTY'S Colonial Secre tary. But a single party could contrive, under any circumstances, to obtain a bearing from the South African newspapers. But one section of the com munity was represented in the persons of their con ductors. But on e co l ou r o f politicians was permitted to blazon itself before the community in the pomp of und isputedn .s o v H e r e ei g ee e n t i y t w a n the r e sd that a t r he og se an c who e of wereeur e n sti fled unac f m er a i t e t d ers un i d n er t t h h a e t quai n ted labouredw i t with the forarea l quarter position considerable p very erroneous impression that there was unanimity where dissension alone existed, peace where there were only broils, and contentment where there was nothing but dissatisfaction. Fortunately for the real majority of the colonists, for those who had hitherto been without any means of acquiring an organ for the articulation of their sentiments, and who had, consequently, scarcely even dared to cherish a hope of their ulterior triumph over their antagonists, an opportunity was at length afforded for the announcement of the genuine views of the colony in reference to the numerous questions involved in the problem of that among other Colonial Governments. A volume relating to the matter in question has within the last few days been issued from the press,* in which the rise and development of this opportunity are traced with the distinctness of au thenticity and the emphasis of a most earnest convic tion. Now that the attention of the public generally throughout England has been directed to the progress of events in Southern Africa, the statements of the pamphleteer cannot but be wel comed as singularly opportune and acceptable, bear ing as they do at the same time upon their very front the evidence of their trustworthiness. From them may be seen the manner in which the dominant fac tion were at length deprived of their self-assumed dictatorship. It will be seen, for instance, how on the memorable resignation of the so-called " popu larly elected members" of the Legislative Council, there simultaneously appeared before the colonists the initial number of a journal, entitled the Cape Monitor, in the columns of which were printed the opinions entertained, not only by the minority, bur those also cherished by the hitherto obscure and neglected body of the majority. It cannot be for gotten that about that period the Governor of Cape Town appointed the remaining seven members of the Legislative Council a Commission for the purpose of considering and reporting on a new scheme of local and representative government. In opposition to this legitimate conclave were the four seceders, already mentioned as the " popularly elected mem bers" of the Council, who formed themselves into an antagonistic Commission, with a view to sketch the outline of another and a very different constitution. In the Cape Monitor, and subsequently in the volume here alluded to, appeared the detailed reports of these rival Commissioners for the discovery of a really desirable constitution. From these reports may be recognised the tendency of the views enter tained by the opposing parties in Cape Town Colony, and the relative proportion of the majority before then entirely overlooked, and that minority which had hitherto reserved to itself an undis puted, an undeserved, and a most pernicious supremacy. " That two opinions existed," says the pamphleteer who has adventured upon the compilation above noticed, " was long privately known, but to utter a free opinion openly was attended with diffi culty, in consequence of the means of intimidation and the inhuman threats which had been put forth under the Anti-Convict Reign of Terror, the war of which, it was publicly stated, should continue from genera• tion to generation." After the breaking up, how. ever, of the long-preserved silence all doub upon the diversity of public opinion was entirely dissipated. Neither in Cape Colony itself, nor in the mother country, could the community be any longer hoodwinked. The mask had been stripped off once, and could never consequently be re-assumed. The least observant spectator could not fail to recognise on all hands the tokens of that overwhelming power which reposed in the hitherto quiescent hands of the majority, a power which they themselves appear to have in no way suspected, and which promises hence forth to direct the energies of the local Government. For this extraordinary change in the position of things, the colonists have reason to be thankful to a singular concurrence of circumstances, and among these not the least remarkable, and not the least effective, the appearance of the Cape 411onitor as a guide to the popular sentiments—a guide at once and a mouthpiece. Those who are interested to examine into the detailed occurrences which alternately led to these very fortunate revelations would do well, we conceive, to refer directly to the volume of parti culars already specified —a volume in which will be found collected together all the most important facts which in any way conduce to the late constitutional changes effected in the government of our South African provinces. * " Cape of Good Hope Goverement end Legislation Considered." Bvo., pp. 303. Londun: James Ridgway, Piccadilly, 1851. Whilst the Irish Brigade are pursuing their laud able policy in the House of Commons, obstructing the business of the session by every species of guerilla dodge, and voting black to be white, and vice versa with a patriotic pertinacity, their spiritual prompters at the otner side of St. George's Channel are keeping up the steam in no inactive manner. Petitions against the Papal Aggression Bill are being daily manufac tured, and by the latest tidings of the proceedings of the committee engaged in that congenial task, we learn that the soi•disant Archbishop of CasiiiEL, and several other Prelates of the Roman Catholic Churcb, gave directions to their clergy to hold simultaneous meetings in their respective chapels on Sunday last ; and, further, that a great number of petitions have been received by the committee, the welcome pro duce of these assemblages. The Right Reverend person who is known in Ireland by the title of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Raphoe has . addressed to the secretary of the committee a note on this subject, the significance of which is worthy of observation. Thus runs the precious document : _ _ " Letterkong, May 11, I_llsl. "Dear Sir,—ln reply to the circular forivarded to the Catholic clergy throughout Ireland, I beg to inform your committee that I have given directions to all the parish priests of this diocese to have petitions signed this day at their chapels, and to send them to Liberal Members for presentation without loss of time. " I am, dear Sir, your faithful, obedient servant, " James Burke, Esq." " -IT. APGETTICIAN. The value to be attached to the petitions which will be speedily poured into both Houses of the Legislature in cart-loads may be appreciated with tolerable accuracy - from the above specimen of episcopal interference. It is for the people of Great Britain aad their representatives to judge how these r l em no c o ney are nstrances have been gotten up, and whether or to be regarded in the light of free or deliberate expressions of public opinion. It is, in truth, ' l -n O rganised system of priestly coercion. The mand ate is issued from head-quarters. Tne Roman Catholic priests are meetings in theirchapels, not that we suppose such peremptory directions ordered by their prelates to h o ld y offer any violence to th e i r Banyte tshould consciences, or th a t the harbour the thought that political discussion ca desecrate an edifice consecratedn pur pose of Divine worship, byut even s uch an unhallowed idea seek for a moment to usurp possession of the mind of a parish priest obedience, the grand p rinci p le of the order of L o p Yo e na , w hose spirit now triumpha ntl y in spires the actio ns o f the hierarchy of R ome, would rise fort hwith in its irresistible terrors, a nd claim im p licit and unhesitat ing compliance wit h the behests of the su p e rior authority. The tactic s of the p riest to carr y out t o its desired extent the i n j unction im p osed upon him possibility, the are simple enough to involve no burdensome fatigue. He posts no aches on his chapel doors, nor does he canvass his parishioners either by circular written or printed, or by viva voce .solicitation. While the dawn of the Sabbath l o s ,. ri Pebing into day, the petition is placed at the door laid : none atevohtieo sacred edifice. None can enter, to - fulfil his 1111 witll ° . nt passing by the table-on - which it is ' t 3 the deeume T t l it e io n i t il er a a ffi xing i :v a i b th a o uu. ut .ti. e d is htihsesa3igynstyre of the pen, or, as in the majority of instances must be the case among an unlettered and uneducated peasantry, without making his mark, indicative of a full approval of a concurrence in the spirit and letter of a paper which he is totally unable to decipher. " His Reverence, glory be to GOD, puts it there or us to sign, and sure we know it must be all right when he bids us." G Finally, in order to cut a splash in the provincial, and pcssibly, in the Dublin newspapers, when the ceremonies of the mass are over, the assembly is constituted, ex cathedra, t public meeting. It only remains to put the peti raon, thus unanimously signed, to the ♦ote, and of course it is carried by acclamation, and blazoned abroad as the full, free, and deliberate expression of he sentiments of the patriotic and intelligent clergy and parishioners of the parish of Ballybotherem. We trust that when, as may be expected within a very few days, a mass of petitions thus concocted after the recipe promulgated by Dr. APGETTIGAN, come to be shovelled into the precincts of the Senatorial Chambers, they may just be estimated cuantunt valeant, or in an inverse ratio to their numbers. Many illustrious and indignant orators will indubita bly appeal to such emanations of popular feeling from the Isle of Saints as an insurmountable proof of the fearful tyranny of the proposed Ministerial enactment, and the stern determination of the pious Romanists of Ireland to resist even to the death the insult attempted to be offered to the gracious condescension of the Holy Father in granting a Christian hierarchy to :this benighted land. But, as for any real influence or importance, such wholesale scrawls are worth precisely their respective weights in waste paper. Lord Joule may, if he thinks proper, shrink before the shower of paper pellets; and, indeed, after all, the carrying of his measure, as it is at present emascu lated, is of no very vital moment. But the public mind of England, gullible as JouN BULL proves him self to be on many occasions, is neither to be brow beaten' by braggadocio, nor humbugged by palpable and glaring trickery. If the " Cardinal Arch bishop" is yet, according to the aspirations of the faithful, to purge the isle of infidel heresy, and cele brate high mass in Westminster Abbey, the sages of the Vatican may rest assured of this, that such an eventuality must be realized by some more potent and convincing instrumentality than either the championship of the Irish Brigade, or the gentle per suasions of the IPGETTIGANS, their subalterns, and their herds. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. --- We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. On Monday the renewal of the Bureau of the Na ional Assembly took place, when M. DUPIN was re elected President by an immense majority. General BEDEAU was the only candidate for the Vice-Presi dency who received a sufficient numher of votes. MM. CHAPOT, LACAZE, PEUPIN, and BERARD were elected Secretaries. The Aational thus comments on the disgrace of General D'HAUTPOUL " We have endeavoured to ascertain the causes of the marked disgrace thus inflicted on General d'Hautpoul, rind the best-informed persons have replied to us that here was but o: a —the divided incapacity of the Governor of Algeria. It is certain, in fact, that the dismissal of General d'Hautpoul is not to be in any way attributed to a sudde❑ fit of respect for the Constitution and the electoral law, for General Magnan, who has been, not for six months, but nearly two years, at the head of the 4th military division, is continued in his command. It is said that General d'Hautpoul is furious against the , ngratitude of the Elyrea. We can well believe it, but why is he of so little ability? All that would be only amusing, if Algeria was not the sufferer by the political orabinations of the Elyria. To recompense the orga of the reviews of Satory, General d'Hautpoul was made Govircor of Algeria fur six months, and God knows what that step has cost. At present, a presump tuous and ignorant pasha is got rid of, and a governor appointed ad interim; and all this because M. Bonaparte could not make up his mind to discontent two or three ambitious mediocrities who figure in his saloons." It is said that Dr. VERoN has had a serious quarrel with Lipari FAUCHER, and that the Constitu tionnel is to be considered as the organ of the Elysee as contradistinguished from the Ministry. M. EMILE DE GIRARDIN has declared against any revision of the Constitution, and in favour of the candidature of General CAVAIGNAC for the President ship of the Republic. The following article appears in the Presse:— " The situation has ceased to be obscure. The light of the sun at noon is not more clear-1. The respect of the Assembly for the letter of the Constitution is in vincible' (declaration of the Constitutionnel of May 10, 1851); 2. The right of petition is dying—the right of petition his dead' (declaration of the Messager de l'As semblie of May 11); 3. M. de Falloux is as opposed as MM. de Labonlie and Nettement to all prolongation of the President's powers' (declaration of the Opinion Publique of May 12). Thus, no revison of the Consti tution—no pressure from without by means of petitions —no prolongation of the President's powers. Manufac turers and traders, you can fabricate and purchase in all security; you have ten long months before you ! It will be time in March, 1852, to get un easy; that will, in fact, be too soon, for if the law of May 31 is before then repealed, everything will pass over most quietly. The elections will then take place as in 1848, with perfect tranquillity. The great party o f order has already its candidate, namely, General Cavaignac. Already General Cavaignac has the sup port ot the Sikle; the co-operation of the Dibats will not be wanting to him; and probably that of the Con. stitutionnel will be also given to him. It is useless to speak ot the Legitimatist, fusionist, and Orleanist press; for, as it made use of M. L. Bonaparte against General Cavaignac, so it will make use of M. Cavaignac against M. L. N. Bonaparte. From every side the rumour r, aches us that the candidateship ot General Cavaiguac is making rapid progress, and that it is above all well received by the banking world, the manufacturers, and !he merchant class. Everywhere this idea is gaining ground—to vote unconstitutionally for M. L. N. Bona parte would be to render M. Ledru Rollin constitu tionally eligible, three millions of votes being ready to vote for him." A report of M. GODELLE, in the name of a com mittee recommending the taking into consideration of the proposition of M. Mom/4r, relative to the periods at which motions for the revision of the Constitution may be brought forward, was yesterday dis'ributed to the National Assembly ; as was also a report, like wise by M. GODELLE, in favour of the proposition of M. MOULIN, to the effect that motions relative to the revision should be referred to a Special Committee. We read in the Presse :—" The fusion is settled, General ST. PRIEST and General CRANGARNIER have had a long conference.' Such was the rumour pre valent yesterday at the Assembly. It may be, that the fusion has taken place at Paris, but it is not so at Claremont, where it was on Friday last altogether disapproved of; for the Duke DE NEMOURS, whatever may be asserted, is on this point of the same opinion as his sister-in-law, the Duchess of ORLEANS, and his brothers, the Duke D'AUMALE and the Prince DE JOINVILLE." A homicide, named MONTCHARMONT, brought out for execution at Chalon on the 10th, after a desperate struggle with the executioner, escaped from the scaffold, but was secured by the gendarmes, who re conducted him to prison, refusing to be instrumental in bringing the criminal a second time to the guillo tine. An immense sensation was created in the town by this incident. , The Bourse was again very much depressed, and Government Stock was offered for sale in large quanti ties. The Five per Cents. opened at 901. 5c., and closed at 89f. 60c. ; the Three per Cents. closed at 551. 55c. Orleans Railroad Shares, 817 f. 50c. ; Great Northern, 471 f. 25c.; Avignon, 2181. 75c.; Vierzon, 423 f. ; Basle, 1451.; Paris and Strasburg, 363 f. 75c. ; • Tours and Nantes, 2731. 75c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MAT 13. Boulogne and Amiens, 9 3 / 4 —East Indian, 15% —llitto, 224—Luxembourg, 3til—Namur and Liege, 7i/B—Northern of France, 14 3 / 4 —Paris and Strasbourg, 101%—Toara and Nantes, 5% —West Flanders, 314. always ready, to fall upon the insurgents the moment they make their appearance. MADRID BOLSA, MAY B.—The Three per Cents. were done at 35; for time; the Four per Cents. at 14; tha Five per Cents. at 16; the Debt without Interest at 61; and the Coupons at Bf. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the Bth have arrived. Queen CHRISTINA was going on favourably. The Managing Electoral Committee of the Pro gresista party, has issued an address to the Liberals on the eve of the general election. It thus con cludes : " The committee hopes that the Progresista electors will repair, united, and with alacrity, to vote for those candidates whom they judge moat capable of sustaining our principles in the congress, with the same enthusiasm as if they were sure of triumphing. Neither the illegal exclusions from the election registrars, nor any other considerations whatever, should stop a single individual of our creed who enjoys the precious right of parliamentary voting; nor, in fluence him to swerve from the path which his conscience and good faith mark out. The party which fights only not h t e h e urns,lat t e r Progresistaw i with honour. to conquer is unworthy of victory. There are glorious defeats which prepare stainle.s laurels. He who does that name w ill he be who, through not present himself willing to suffer the former, can- 1 principles he defends. g h supineness, electoral oo Unworthy lrdie o e f , e other ignoble fault, fails in his duty to his coun try an y earndro, oalustiano Oloz Franoitsco Lujan, Luis Be bMasayrecieSivseld—PoSsiitgni treey th B"Madrid,'' Government d. v o e d) in A fo l r v m ar a o tio G n o t m ha ez t gasti, Fernando Corradi.*"ga' the Carlist chiefs, MARsAL d the standard of rebellion iatin Cata l onia raising `CABBBRA has refus e d t o h avea a n3l o n th ia m this summer. g to do with this enterprise. Government has directed as the Cap tain•Gineral of that pro-du ce to have a large force . PORTUGAL. A letter from Lisbon of the 3i says, "In the morning a certain agitation prevailed in the capital, but up to the departure of the mail no movement had broken out." GERMAN Y. The Spener Gazette states, from Berlin 11th— " M. DELBRUCK, the representative of Prussia i❑ the third committee of the Conferences at Dresden, has just returned from that city, in order, it is said, to be present at a Cabinet Council, at which the com mercial policy of the country will be discussed." The Voss Gazette states, under the head of Berlin the Bth, that the most perfect understanding has been come to between the Austrian and Prussian Govern ments on the subject of Schleswig. It has been re solved, it is asserted, that in all the negotiations with Denmark, Austria and Prussia shall act together. The Assembly of the States of Hanover was opened on the Bth. Thr Weser Gazette, under date of Vienna, sth, states that the fortifications of Cracow and of Podgo reze are being rapidly proceeded with. The principal points of the works are the heights of Kosciusko and the mouth of the road from Warsaw. The Hamburgh papers saythat, a few days ago, at about eleven o'clock in the day, six privates of the regiment Hugent forcibly entered the residence of Mr. MAIR, editor of the public journal Mephistophele. Two of the men held the door, so that it was im possible for his family to come to his assistance, while the four others fell upon Mr. MAns, and continued beating him till he remained insensible upon the floor, upon which they all quitted the house in haste. Medical assistance was immediately called in, and in formation given to the police. It is fully expected that the Austrian military authorities will render assistance to effect the discovery of the base perpetra tors of this crime. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. The .Hamburgh Borsenhalle says :—" We hear that the proposals said to be made by Russia that the forti fications of Renaburgh lying on the north side of the Eider, shall be razed, has just been reiterated on the part of Denmark." The Berlin Gazette of Copenhagen publishes the official list of the notables who are to assemble at Flensburg, to attempt to settle the affairs of Schles wig-Holstein. The notables are twenty-one in num ber—nine for Schleswig, six for Holstein, six for Denmark. Count BILLS BRAUN, formerly Danish Minister at Vienna, has been nominated Royal Com missioner to act with the notables. The Danish Government is to submit to them a plan for the organization of all the monarchy, and especially of Schleswig. ITALY. In the sitting of the Bth of the Chamber of Deputies of Turin, Signor CAvourt made his financial statement up to April 1, 1851. After a brief recapitulation of the financial operations effected in 1848 and 1849, he observed that at the close of that year the deficit amounted to 96 millions of francs, but that, thanks to the loans of 1850, a surplus of 82 millions was obtained, which will now enable the Government to restore the equilibrium of income and expenditure without any further loan. Never theless the Minister informed the Chamber that he would shortly propose a loan to be applied to the construction of certain railway lines. This state ment was received with great satisfaction by the Chamber, and • Committee was named to examine the acs runts. The Cotituzionale, of Florence, states that on the 4:h the inhabitants of Calci discovered with some as tonishment that a tree had been planted on the public square, and surmounted by a red cap, with the motto, Viva la Repubblica. The author of this democratic demonstration was soon arrested, and turned out to be a noted informer. The Alessaggero of 111olena quotes a letter from Rome, stating that the Papal Government intends sending a Nuncio to Mexic o , where his Hourass has not hitherto been permanently represented. By a decree of the 28th ult. the King of NAPLES has conferred the title of Count of Melazzo upon the new-born prince, his son, Don VINCENZO MARIA. The rumour of the death of the King of NAPLES has neither been confirmed nor contradicted. It is understood that the costume to be worn at the Queen's State Ball on Friday, the 13th of June, will be the full dress of the time of the Restoration. It is not to embrace the whole of the reign of King Charles 11., from the year 1660 to the death of that monarch in 1685, but is to be confined to the periodimmediately suc ceeding the Restoration. THE EXPOSITION.--THE GLASS Roor.—lt would now appear that the ridge and furrow flat-roof, in the praise of which se much has been said, is not of such recent date as imagined, the Messrs. Hanley and Co., of Sunderland having erected several on the repeal of the glass-duties, and one for the Horticultural Society in 1846 ; and they recom mended the Royal Commissioners at the first to adopt the principle for the Crystal Palace The Messrs. Hartley would not however, have used sheet -glass for the purpose, as the high wages paid to Frenclinam, by whom sheet-glass is blown, adds materially to its cost, but have substituted a rough plate of the eighth of an inch thick—a patent of their own, which is a good deal larger, and cheaper, and wholly dispenses with the cumbersomi arrangements of blinds and shades, while the volume of liiht is equally great, without being too hot, or burning the plants, &c., beneath it. STATE OF TRADE. -- AIANCHESTER, MAT 13 The reports by the Americaeimer which reached the Mer sey yesterday, have further disturbed,. the cotton market in Liverpool, making the total dec4ne in cotton since Friday last about %d. per pound. The receipts of cotton at the por s ha gone on increasing till the excess had reached 210,000 bales over this time last year; lied the estimate of the crop at 2,300,000 bales is now generally accepted. The reports of the frosts and floods affecting the newly planted crops were also found to have bean exaggerated, and prices had declined Md. per pound at New Orleans and Mobile. The combined effect of this news from America and of its action on the Liverpool market to-day was very depressing; and the re ported failure of several speculators in cotton at Liverpool, who appear to have anticipated a reaction in prices, and have been unable to meet their " differences," tended to create a vague feel of uneasiness, though not in any way calculated to ~t hrow a doubt of un soundness on the trade of our own district, which has never been of a more bond fide character than at the present moment. The result has been, that spinners and producers of cloth have had to give way fully to the extent of the decline in cotton, though they have shown sufficient firm ness to prevent the sudden reduction taking the shape of panic. No doubt there has been mine irregularity of prices, bu', generally speaking, they feel tkie advantage of having light stocks on hand, and reftute p make any uncalled-for sacrifices. The business done, hOrever, has been inconsi derable ; and purchasers seem moat rigidly to confine their operations to the nar - owest limit. The brief report of a large house in the general trade atthe close of the market fully bears out this statement :—' 4 Our market to-day has again been dull and depressed by the very unsatisfactory state ot the cotton ma r ket ; t ransac ti ons h a v e been very limited, and prices lower." The quotations show a decline since last Tuesday In all counts of yarn up to 50's mule, and of 1 / 2 d. per lb. on 60's, 7 o's, and 80's. The decline on water twist is fully 4 / 4 d. per lb. on all numbers. The decline on shirtings fully 3d. per piece, and from 21 to 3d. per piece on printing cloths. CONSERVATIVE CLUB.—At a very numerous meet ing of the Conservative Club, on Monday, two gentlemen, one of them a distinguished member of the bar, were re quested, by an immense majority, taken by ballot, to retire from the club, on the purely political grounds that in the estimation of the voters the gentlemen referred to had ceased to be Conservatives, as the term is understood by the club. We heartily wish that the rules of the Carlton would enable that club to follow this excellent example.--Herold. Let us be careful to take just ways to compass just things, that they may last in their benefits M us.—Eliza Cook's Journal. THE PROGRESS OP STEAM.—We understand that a fine screw steam-ship will be launched, about the 3d of June, from the building-yard of the well-known firm of Messrs. Tod and Macgregor, on the Clyde. This ship is in tended for Messrs. Richardson Brothers and Co., of Liver pool, and to trade between that port and the United States, and is the largest, with one exception, ever built in Great Britain for the merchant service. She is a three-decker, 273 feet in length on the spar deck, and 290 feet over all; beam 37 feet 9 inches, and measures upwards of 2,100 tons. She will we propelled by two engines of about 450-horse power, and on the same principle e.s those which have proved so successful in the City of Glasgow. Every improvement has been taken advantage of in the model to combine speed with easiness in a heavy sea, and great strength. She will be divided into seven water-tight compartments, made of iron, up to the main -deck, to guard against any possibility of ac cident, which is of the greatest iraportance, as any one com partment might be full of water, without endangering the ship. The cabins will be of an increased size, and acconako. date 180 passengers, with abundance of light and ventilation. We understand she will be called the City of Manchester, as one of the American line is to be called the City of Philadel phia.—North British Mail. We beg particularly to call the attention of our commercial readers to the fact, that Friday next, at two o'clock, has been fixed for the important meeting to be held at the London Tavern, for the purpose of submitting to the people of England and the Imperial Parliament the ruinous and impolitic measure proposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer for the reduction of the duty on foreign timber. We hear that the Earl of Eglinton has been invited to pre side, and that several Members of the House of Commons will probably attend. It will, therefore, be an excelle It op portunity for cur City friends to make these gentlemen acquainted with matters of detail relating to the subject of the meeting; and, if they go even a step further, and bring out the full results of the colonial policy of the Government, we heartily hope that this meeting may lay the foundation of another defeat of the anti .national policy which it is in tended to condemn.—Herald. NEWS FOR THE PROTECTIONISTS.—Carnarron is always considered a market at which butchers' meats are to be obtained at moderate prices. A pretty correct notion may be formed of the price that fat stock commands in these days of agricultural depression, from the fact that a lot of twenty yearling wethers, bought the other day at Penrhyn Castle farm, to be sold as mutton in this market, cost Mr. John Abbott, the butcher who purchased them, fifty pounds ! Surely his Grace of Richmond ought to be made cognizant of so startling a fact, that yearling sheep for Carnarvon market fetched, for slaughtering as fat mut ton, only seveopence per lb., sinking the offal, or two pounds ten shillings a piece (!)as a text for his next oration-on the ruinous effects of free trade and the blessings of protection.... C'arnarvon arerali. MAY l4, 1851. fklE SHARE MARKETS BRITISZ ILAILVIATS. failwityL Pail Nominal Priam. Business d obi to-day. Aberdeen.. Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, & E. Juncien Belfast and County Down Birming., Woiverluunp., and Stour Valley • • Birkenh., Lan., & Cheeh June., late 331. 6s. ad.. Do. Chest & Birkenhd., 501. & 451. Consolidated Do., d0.,201. • • .. Bristol and Exeter• • - 1 Caledonian • . • • • • Chester and Holyhead .. Direct Lond. and Portsm. Dublin and Belfast Junct. Dublin and Kingstown.. Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction .. • • Do., New .. .. • • East Anglian (251. L. & E. and L. & D.) • • •• Do, (181. E. & H.) • • Eastern Counties .. • • Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. shares • • Do. do. do. .. Do. do., B & C shares East Lancashire • • • • Do. New quarters Edinburgh and Glasgow Edin., Perth, and Dundee Exeter and Exmouth .. Glasgow and South-West, De. do. G. D. & C. stock Great Northern • • • • Do. halves, A, deferred Do. halves, B, 6 per ct. Great southern and Western, Ireland • • Great Western .. • • Do. Now, 171. .. , Lancaster and Carlisle . Do. thirds . • • • • Lancaster and Preston .. Lancashire and Yorkshire Do. quarter shares .. Do. fifths • • • • Do. West Riding Union Leeds and Thirsk • • • • Liverpool, Crosby, and SouthpOrt .. - London and Blackwall .. Do., Tilbury Ext. Scrip London, Brighton, and South Coast •• London and N.-Western Do. do. new quarters Do. fifths •• Do. 101. sh., 3.1.&8 (c) London and S.-Westera Do. new 501. Do. new 401. .. .• Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock • • .. • • Manchester, Sheffield, k, Lincolnshire •• Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union •• Midland • • • • • • • • Do. 501. shares • • • • De. Firming k Derby Midland Gt. West. (Ire.) Newcastle and Carlisle•• De. quarter shares .. Newmarket • • .• • • Newport, Abergavetuay, and llereforil • • • • Newry and Enniskillen.. Newry, Warrenpoint, & Rostrevor • • .. • • Norfolk . . • • .. • Do. New 20/. shares. Northern Counties 'Malin North British.. .. .. North Staffordshire • • North-Western .. • • North & Sth .-West Jane. Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton.. .. Scottish Central .. icottish Midland .. . Do. new .. Sarews. k Btrm., Clasi A Do. Class 8.. .. • . 4hrews. & Hereford., Old Do., do., New Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) • • .. Do. lialTes .. • • Do. Oswestry • • Do. New.. :. .. • • Shropshire Union • • • • Do., A, B, C, & D, Pally paid up at per cent •• South Devon • • .. • • South-Eastern • • South Wales.. • • •• I b3outh Yorksh. andßiver Dun Sheri., Roth., and Goole, _ . • South Division Btockton and Hartlepool wansea & Loaghor, &c. Taw Vale Extension .. Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny Watertord and Limerick, Waterford, Wex., Wick. and Dublin Went Cornwall .. West London Whitehaven and Farness York, Newcastle, & Ber-1 Ditto and Nswcaetle Extension Ditts G.N.E. purchase York and North Midland 14 to 14% 4%-43{ 10% -11 17% 100 79 -81 14 1 1( - 15 213( - 2914 .. .. 20 —lB &a, 5% - 10% 4% -4% 3% -3% 7% -7% 6% -6% •• - •• 4% -4% 16 - 16% mg -34!.‘ 7 - % - % 1 1 0 100 6 6 1 18% -1B 6 -6% 12% - 12% ►oe all all 1 13 4 473 100 40 -42 204 - 27% 14% - 14% 80 -82 10 -II p. 61% —62 9}i —9 d. 7 63( as, b% —5 d. 16% —l7 a —a% 34 P 97 PS 126% —1271, 4% —4% P. 4% —b p. 2% 3 p. 86 $7% 7 6 Os. 3% —4% dis. 100 42 3% .... 3% l. 32) - 33% 4 2 0 100 I 9 di.. 61 —61% 14 13% W 4 .1 34 —34 100 47% •11 SA -i% 3% 3 dig. i —4% dis. 25 -37 18 —l2 Ma: 8 dis. 9 9)4 7 Cjibia. 114 10% Cs. X— 1 p 17 -17 K 106 - 17 5 44( dis. 4% —3% dia. 2% 2 dia. all all all I 6% 17% -18% 8% - 944 13 -14 3 i 34 —3d. 17 -19 9611 - 27% 29 -31 134 % dig. 16 3-3 au 9% 4% -4% 934 - 10 7 73 i -: .6% dla. l 6 —l5 dla. 5% 4 d. .• -- •• 53:4% &LI $1 -21%{ 43( —l% dia. 2 —1 % du. 26 26% :.1 , 4% 13% 14% 21% % 7 % X 61% Wl4 127% 124% 21% % 16% a 3 % dim. 60% 1 H 20% 9 10% % II 4% 17U 26% 27 15N 7 16%6 Asturian ........ Australian ......:: Barossa Range Blaenarron Iron and Coal Bolanos Scrip .......... British Iron.. .... Brazilian Imp. (is. 51. p.) Do. Cocae; and Culabt'rl Do. St. John del Rey. Cobre Copper Copialio ....• • • .... • . blexican& ti. American Real Del Monte, thtrog. Do. Black Debentures - Do. Red Debentures .. Santiago de Cuba ...... Tin Croft .. • • ...... ..•• United Mexican •• 301N] Atietralasla ...:.:.7.:•• Britiah North America.. Colonial .... • • ... ..... Commercial of London.. London Joint Stock .... London and Westminster) National Provincial Eng. National of Ireland .... Provincial of Ireland.... Do. New .. ........ Union of Australia .... .. Union of London Union of Madrid Canada ...... Gen. Steam Navigation . Penin. & Oriental Steam. • Ditto ditto Royal Mail Steam ...... (We cannot be antiweri will not be influenced by Paid. lb 4 11a 0 Nominal Prices. 14 -2% 3 % -3% 13 5 24% all 32% - 3i 16% - 13% 38% - 39 6% - 73 13% - 14 71, -4% - Si —6% o :3E. EAMES, 33 —32 42% 4334 974 12 25 25% 18% 17% 2734 28 '2B 2 $N ' STOI 18% - 20% 42 -434 157 i - 15 35 —33 N a —ay, 12% 1N CELLANEOUS. 32% 42% —46 14 26% 28 all 63 5 11 11% 60 75 —7B ,h Ible for tl intereg Busint•ss don. I to-day. o errors of the Official Lista, au d correspondents.] MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 3 000 bales, of which 1,000 American were taken on speculation, comprising 2 ; 500 American, 60 Bahia at 7kd., 150 Egyptian at 80., and 950 Surat at 3d. to 40. per lb. The market was heavy, and Ame rica❑ were fi. to id., and all other kinds id. per lb. lower than on Friday last.—Railway Shares were firmer. Yesterday afternoon the quarterly sales of Indigo commenced, consisting of 9,883 chests, including 4,547 of old goods. The qualities of the Bengal are about one-third good and fine, and two-thirds middling and ordinary; the Madras two-thirds ordinary and one-third good, w ith a few che s t s very fine ; the Kurpah half goo d an d fi ne, and half mid and ordnary; Manilla ordinary and very ordinary; and the few chests Java mostly fine. The sales commenced with parcels of Kurpah and Madras, which were readily taken at about 2d per lb. under Feb. prices, but when higher rates were demanded they were mostly bought in; for Bengal full previous rates were paid, and in some instances rather higher; for the Manilla and low native Fig there was no demand —the former were taken out, and the latter bought in above their value. The room was thinly attended both by foreign and home buyers, and the sale to-day has gone off without animation; 1,459 chests have passed, of which 405 were withdrawn, 550 bought in, and 504 sold. In the Amsterdam Stock Market, on the 12th inst,, prices had an upward tendency. Dutch Two -and-a- Half per Cents. were 578. There are such studious efforts used to misrepresent every thing connected with Mexico, that it becomes im portant to place authentic information constant!) before the public. It is well understood tha' an organized plan exists to telegraph concocted or exaggerated news, and frequently a mere reproduction of old intelligence along the Atlantic sea board to Boston, so as to be transmitted by the steamer and create an impression in England. The Committee of Bondholders have been officially advised of these manoeuvres, and are prepared accordingly to expect by every opportunity some newly-coined story. In th. face, however, of such a letter as the subjoined, mere rumour is reduced to its proper limits, and deserves no serious attention. M. Payno, the new Minister, writ. s to the chairman of the Mexican Bondholders in the fol lowing terms:— " Sir,—l arrived here on Saturday, the 10th inst., in the afternoon, at 3 o'clock, charged by the Supreme Go vernment of the Republic of Mexico with the affairs of the Legation at this Court. At the same time I have sufficient instructions to arrange everything needful for the punctual payment of the dividend of the Ist of July next, and for the speedy issue of the new bonds. " In due fulfilment of the decree of the General Con gress of the 14th October, 1850, the Government or• dered the general treasury to issue an order on the Go vernment of the United States of North America for 2,500,000 dolls., which, under the treaty of peace, will be payable in May, 1852. The duplicate of this order was, previously to the departure of the packet sent to Mr. F. de Falconnet, in Mexico, and the ori ginal, of which I am the bearer, I have now the plea sure to inclose to you for the Committee of Mexican Bondholders. " The Government could have negotiated this, as it has done former instalments, and might have sent the money; it was, however, thought better to forward the document itself, considering that the bondholders might, perhaps, wish to await its maturity, and that, if they should desire to negotiate it, they might easily do so themselves either here, or in Washington, New York, or Mexico, "I have also to inform the committee that the Mi nister of Finance has given the requisite orders to insure the proper separation of that portion of the revenue assigned by the decree of the 14th of October last for the payment of the dividends and the formation of a sinking fund at the maritime and frontier custom . houses. " The Board of Public Credit, instituted by the Con gressional Act for the adjustment of the Domestic Debt of 30th November last, is charged with the administra tion of the funds assigned to the bondholders, and as you will see by the enclosed set of forms, that board ha. given so precise orders, that the liquidation and payment of the proceeds of the matitiuse custom houses wilt he regularly made every two or three months. The saw , board has also taken steps, which have already prov, d efficacious, to set bounds to the smuggling on the north ern frontier, along the Rio Bravo. " The maritime custom. houses are already provided with officers of intelligence and probity, and second lines of custom house officers have been established to prevent the smuggling through the ports of the Pacific. "If I take credit for all those arrangements ordered by the Mexican Government, it is only that the bond holders may see that the adjustment of the English and domestic debt made by the Legislature has been accom panied by all the measures necessary to carry it into full ffect and to increase the produce of the maritime cus tom-houses, so that while 25 per cent. of the present produce of some 6 000,000 dollars will about provide for the payment of the dividends, the prospective increase of the revenue will not only provide amply for that pur pose, but also leave a considerable surplus for the forma tion of a sinking fund. "The Supreme Government of the Republic has specially charged me to present to the bondholders, through the medium of their worthy committee, the vote of thanks which the General Congress decreed to them in testimony of the sense entertained by the nation of the sacrifices which the bondholders have agreed to on former occasions, as well as particularly in accepting the decree of the 14th of October, 1850. " This commission has been very gratifying to me, and it is one by which I consider m)sell greatly honoured. For my own part, I can assure the committee that the Government and the whole nation appreciate the prudence, noble-mindedness, and generosity with which the bondholders have acted, cud that the Republic will consider it a point of honour punctually to pay this debt, and et all times to make whatever sacrifices and efforts may be necessary for that purpose. " I should have closed this note here, but that my at tention has been drawn to a rumour that I am come to negotiate a loan of 6,000,000 dulls. to 8,000,000 dolls. on the security of the revenues of the Mexican Church. " I have received no instructions whatever from the Government on this matter; neither has the Govern ment received any authority for that purpose; nor has sach a thing been broached in the Chambers up to the time of the departure of the last English p acket. This rumour has, therefore no foundation whatever, and I request you will inform the committee accord in gly. " In order that no uncertainty as to the state of the matter may unfavourably affect the value of the bonds to the prejudice of the bondholders, I have to request you to publish this note, as well as to acknowledge the receipt of it, and of the enclosed document for so 0,000 dollars to me. You will also please to acknowledge2d that this document having been handed tof 14 you, th ah October the other amounts specifi, d in the decree o last having already b.en paid, the other copies of the said_dwumpo, transmitted to ffetyoui b . y the Government and the agencies, remain of no e " I have great satisfaction in expressing to you the assurance of my particular consideration, eration, &c." The meeting of the Lyons and Avignon and of the Bordeaux Red Cette Railways, will be held to-morrow, and a strong memorial will t h en claims a s e t f any at the London Tavern , be drawn up to the F rench Government new concession that does not r es pect the , existing shareholders. Parties interested mast embrace this opportunity o f p rotestin g , as upon t h at course de pends probability, the preserv a ti on of their caution Money. The E ng l i gh Funds are flatter, and there is very little d o i ng . Consuls have been 97 to i for Transfer, and 974 f0r Account. The New Three -and a-Quarter per Gioia. have been 97i to nnd the Three per Conts. 96i to Bank Stock is worth 210 f. Exchequer -bills have bet:o lower, viz., 465. to 51s. prem. In the course of a week or two a large additional amount of gold bullion will be added to the s t oc k i n England by arrivals from the United States and Russia ; possibly also from France, whither nearly all the remainder of the Dutch 10 florin coinage has been sent. Foreign Securities have been dull. Mexican Bonds here been quoted 35i to Peruvian have realized 8 to 82k, b e i ng fl at. Portuguese Four per Cents. are 334, and Spauish Five per Cents. 194 1 1 . Railway Sh ares h ave b een comparative ly neglected again, a n d except i n one or two instanecs7o cot buoyant. Ab er d een h ave b een i n re quest, North Stafford keep up, and also Great Northern, North-Western, and Brighton. QUARTER TO THREE Consols ... 97 Ditto Account, June 10 ... 97i BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) dank /kook .... .... x......... 8104 SIM Oat. lid ...... 11606 per Cent. Consols Anna 5 97 New :1! per Gait. AnEs. ,orAg Annuities, Exp. J an. sth, 1860... 7 5-16 Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1560... 7% India Steck — Do. Bonds, 1000/ 5O p Ditto under 1.0001 5O p South Sea Stock — Ditto Old Annuities Con-nls for Account . .... 97t4 E ~ eh Antler Bill Ev. I%d. 1,0001.... — 51 46 p ~, Small PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCr. M ixnan Bonois, 1846,5 per Cent., Coupons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto for the Acconnt Peruvian Bonds, i per Cent ...... Portuguese Bonds ,5 per Cent — Ditto 4 per Cent. Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent — Ditto 4% per Cent. lBO Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. COURSE OF &asterism •• .. 11 lc Ditto, three months.. 11 17 Rotterdam .• .. • . 11 17 Antwerp 25 22% Brussels— • • .• 25 22% Ramburgh .• • • M.B. 13 734 Paris, 3 days'sight • • 25 2 34 Ditto. 3 months 25 2234 Marseilles ••• • • • •... • • 25 25 Bourdeaux.• •• •• . Frankforton Mains 1187 Berlin.. Vienna, effec. fib •• .... 13 10 Trieste, ditto.... • • ... 13 10 Potorsburgh, Sil. Rble .• 3734 Madrid • • .. • • ........ 50 Cadiz •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 504 Barcelona .......... _ ' EXCHANGE. Gibraltar.. Leghorn 20 ex 5 ° Geaoa 2 Milan ............ •• •• Venice Naples „ „ ........ 414 12A Palermo, peroz ........ Messina 1 0, Li5b0n................ OS 0p0rt0................ Rio Janeiro Buenos Ayres New York, 60 days'sight Philadelphia .... •..... • mums OF Jimmie, in Of. Foreign Geld tubers—a 17 ! Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 SpanishDoubloOnS .• 0 0 . ,11,‘ New Dollars 0 u Silveri' bars ........0 b LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—( THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAY 14.—Wind this day at noon N•E'' light breeze and fine, but cloudy at times.—The Au' gusta has been lost in the Moulmein River. QUEENSTOWN, MAY 12 —Wind N.W.—Arrd. Mar" garbt, Callao. Superb, Matanz is. Off port, Princes"' Charlotte; Honduras; John G. Caster, Apalachicola. SHIELDS MAY 13. Wind E.N.E.—Sid. Bracke t ' Quebec; Lady Stanley, Aden; Meggey, New York. BOSTON, APRIL 30. The British barque Hindoe sank, after being in contact with the J. G. Adatne' arrd. from Cslcutta; crew saved, and landed here by the latter. PICTOU, APRIL 24.—A large body of ice came down the Straits yesterday, which will much impede the rival of vessels at this port for some days. A large, barque, supposed to be f or G rea t B r i ta i n , an d se vers; schooners passed this harbour on the 20th instant. WELLS, MAY 13.—The Sophie, reported as being ott shore at Burnham, has been got uff and into harbour. , DEAL, MAY 13.—Wind N.N.—A rr d. Will iam Niche 4 South Seas, with 2,750 barrels spermaceti ; Sharp. C cr lombo; Wilhelmina, Maraicubo, for Hamburgh; Fan" tome, Jamaica. Arrd. from the River and sailed, CeOEl - of Eglintoun, Havannah; Arthur, Quebec. The schooner reported to be on shore on the Godwin Sands was the Star, of Liverpool; has become a wreck; crew' saved, and landed at Ramsgate. BRISTOL, MAY 13.—Arrd. Lawrance, Callao; Mono Honduras, New Brunswick. PILL, MAY 13.—Sid. Regent, Quebec. LIVERPOOL, MAY 13.—Wind S. to S.E.—Arrd' Crown, Rio Janeiro; South Caroline, New Orleans; Colombo, ditto; Industrie, St. John's, New Brunswick. Sld. George Raynes, Br stun; Ringdove Pugwlseb' Edward Banstead, Singapore; Odin, Rio Janeiro; Duchess of Leirister, St. Thomas's; Sarawak, phia; Astoria, New York; British American, St. John l ' New Brunswick; El Dorado, Quebec. BELFAST, MAY 13.—The Broomielaw, of and from Sligo, for Newry, ran on the rocks at Garron Point, near Cushindall, 10th inst., is lying in a very dangero position, and makes water. ROCHESTER, MAY 13.—The Queen Victoria, from Hartlepool, has put in with damage from contact with the Royal Adelaide, of Leith, off Barnard. OFF HASTINGS, MAY 13.—Caroline, Callao; Parroci Hall. Kist's. COWES, MAY 13.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrd. Marmon , Havannah. bid. Africa, Rio Janeiro. PLYMOUTH, MAY 13.—Wind S. to N.W.—Arrd' Amazone, Sr. Übe's, from Memel, with b ows s tove an d leaky, from contact with a vessel supposed to be Awe' rican. FALMOUTH, MAY 13.—Wind N., light.—Arid. gen . net, Kingsford, Jaemel. NEWPORT, MAY l3.—Wind N.E.—Sid. William, St' Paul de Ltando; El za. St. Thomas. WATERFORD, MAY 12.—Wind N. to N.N.E.---Sla• taws and Pilgrim, Quebec. CIADE.—Arrd. Ckeverill, Mauritius; Carlotta, I ,lll ' arzas. Sld. Wm. Strand, Soarabaya and Batavia , Caldie, Batavia and Singapore. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE—WEDNESDAY The supply of English What on sale in this day's markpt being small, and the millers generally short of 'tuck, the demand for most kinds ruled steady, at prices quite equal to those obtained on Monday, and at which a go ,d clearance was effected. Foreign Wheat continues to arrive freely, the imports this week having exceeded 11,000 quarters. Good heavy qualities changtd hands at lull currencies, but the middling and inferior kinds were a slow sale. Scarcely any English Barley. was on -how, but the supply of foreign was large. O❑ the whole the trade was tolerably steady, at late rates. No change took place in the value of Malt. We were scantily supplied with home-grown Oats, but the quan tity of foreign was good. Most kinds moved off •lowly• at late figures. Beans, Peas, Indian Corn, and Flour were quite as dear. ARRIVALS TlllB WEEK. Wheat. •• • • irish •• " •• Foreign •• •• •• Barley. Malt. Oats. flour• Qrs. 1;110 Qrs. 1070 Qrs. 160 3(0 *acts. 1,640 4,160 11,110 IMIZIES. EVENING, AT LncES Lrdts: 'TALL done to-day. Paid. NomisW Prices. Railwa y s. Co L na e panl ing oe. Barks and Hants Ex. 5 per Cent. Gt. Western 6 % 1 p. Bir. and Oxford Junc.,calleduly paid, or with a guarantee •• Do •• .. all 2134 •-• 29)6 Do,, withon a guarantee .. De .. • • all 27 —2s It irm., WoL, k Dud.,calls duly paid, or witha guarantee •• Do .. .. 15 834 934 p Do., without a guarantee .. Do - • • • 15 7 ..-6 p Buckinghamsh. Lon. kN. W. all 1734 —lB Clydesdile Jun Caledonian all 41 —4l E. Lin., Guar. 6 per Cent. .. G. Northern all 3234 —B3 Gloucester and Dean Forest Gt. Western 20 par 1 p Hull and Selby Yk. 86 N. M. all 10134 10336 Do. 34 Shares Do .. • • all 5034 5136 Do. % Shares Do • • .. all 2434 2354 Leeds and Brad. Midland all 9834 9934 Lon. and Green. S. Eastern .. all 11 :,6 - 11% Do., Pref. .. Do .. .. all 23)4 2434 Lowestoft, Gd. 4 per Cent. • Norfolk all 15 —l6 De., 6 per cent Do .. .. all .. —.. Middiesbro' and Eedcar, 6p. ct Stookt.& Dar all • • —.. N. & East, S per Cent. •• E. Counties . all 54 —ll6 Do. New .. Do • • • • 43 4 6 p Preston andl L. &N. W.} all 42 —44 Wyre • • •• 3 &La.& Ir. Do. 34 Shares ADo .. • • 1034 8 9 p. Read., Guild., and Reigate S. Eastern .. all 21 2136 213( 36 Roy. & illtchin G. Northera 63( 7% ui o. Shep. Ex.. Do .. .. - 334 134 .•,- 1%/). Shef , Roth. and Goole, 5 per ct. Lane. &York 18 11 6 .. —.. South Stafford!. Mr. M'Clean 934 3% —2% Cs. Wear Val. 6 per Cent. gua. .. Stock.& Dar. all 14 2454 Do. do. •• Do .. .. all .. —.. Do. do. •• Do •• • • all .. —.. Wilts, Som.. & Weymouth .. Gt. Western all 45 4534 INC .zErsit: SECARBS. r Railways. I Paid. Nominal Prices. I Business doze a to-day. t 8 Aberdeen •• • • • • all die dls. Caledonian 10/. • • • • 10 , Chester and Holyhead .. all 16% 16% 16% % Dund. Per. & Aber. Jane, all —l4 ( 118 . e 4 East Anglian (31. 105 1 6 per cent. .. .. • • all 2% —2% ✓ Eastern Counties Exton., 5 per cent. No. 1 . • all e Do. No. 2.. .. .. all % dhs —% p Do. New 6p. cent. Stock 10 1114 11% Eastern Union, Scrip guaran. 6 per cent. all 16 16% Do. 101. Deben. Shares . all • • East Lancashire, 6 per - cent. quarter shares .. all • • 3 E. &W. York. June. sths all Edln. Per. & Dun. 51 p.ct. all % dia. par Glasgow & S.-W. Consol. 100 .. Gt Northern, 5 per cent. all 13% 13% 3 Great South. & Western (Ireland) eighths .. -- 1 p. Lancashire and York r. shire, F. 201. .. —1% dia. Do. 6 per et. Stock .. 100 13134 —133% Leeds and Thirsk, 6 per cent., No. 1 •11 p Do. quarters, 1843 .. 9 • • p London, Brighton, and Seuth Coast guar. 5 per et., late Croydon thirds 100 119 —119% • Do. pref., S pct. Stock, . 1851, from 501. share. E 100 116 120 Do. new guar., 6 per ct. 100 134 137 London &S.-W., new • • 5 2 % — 2 % P. 7 % Londonderry and Ennis ' killen, half shares • • 10 .. Manch., Sheffield, and Line , quar. stirs., No. 1 all II 13% Do. new, 101. .. • • all . 11% 19% 19% Do.. 6/. • • •• •• 3 % 3 36 % Midland Con. 6p. c. stock 100 115 115 % I Do. Consel. Bristol & Birzamg., 6 per cent. • • 10() 132% 1113% Do. Bristol & Glouces. 48 Norfolk Extension •• all 16% 1734 on. guar. 5% per cent. all 4% Do. Waveney Valley .. 2 •• North British .. 5 4% Oaf. Wor. 01. 151.6 p.e 2 3G 114 p Shrewsbury and Birm. New Guaranteed .. all 10% 113( Shrews, and Ches. (Nor. W. Min.) 8 per cent. all 15 15% South Devon .. a n 13 1 5 South-Eastern, 4% p. ct 10 Waterford & Kilkenny, 51. 1 West London,l e t Cl. (1010 all Do. 2d Class de. (par) all York, Newc., and Berw., Gt. N. of E. Pur. .. all 163( 16% Do. b 4 34 York and North Midland H. and S. Parch. .. 10 1 —7 4 Ca. roszsaN. Boulogne and Amiens •• all 936 — 2% 9% Central of France (Or- 16% leans and Vierzon) .. all 16% —l 7 Demerara all •• —• • Dutch Rhenish • • • • • 8 —4% dis. East Indian 14 I% 236 p. Do. do. do. • • 20 Grestlndian Peninsula.• all 11 ' Ditto ditto • • • • % ' 74 P' Louvain ala Sambre .. 7% • 814 1% Luxembourg • • • • • • 10 — 3!4 Ditto • • • • • • Madrid and Valenti& .. 95 7 5 Maria Antonia • • • • 7% 2 3 Ditto, New • • • • all 734 Namur and Liege .. •• Northern of France • • 16 8 4 es. 14% --- 1474 14% % % Orleans and Bordeaux •• an 22 —34 Paris and Orleans • • • • 24 5% 254%% dis. 24k , Parisrr and is ftn d s ßouen tr.s b r g • • .• .• 511 16 all 9% —9% Rouen and Havre • • Sambre and Meuse 2 0 0 t 3,1 , 5 1 4 5 1 % Tours and Nant&s • ‘ToarnaY, gib i a t • ".. a t , rr r .• Wift Plialkai a !it 3 ,e . 're r 3 ;a 3% 8,22! BOROUGH HOP MARKET. Fine Flops are in steady requ est , a t t u ll prices. In all other kinds exceedingly little is doing, but we tut" no decline to notice in th., quotations. lITEITECHAPEL. Our market is excB , edlngly inmettvw, at drooping Cu" rencies. Beef, from 2s to 38 2d; Mutton, 21 2d to 35 6d; Lamb, 4s 4i to 5i 4d; Veal, 2s 10d to 31 10d; Purk, 2a 6d to 3s 10d per Sibs by the carcase. SECONDARIES'.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary POTTER.) ROBERTSON HEALER. IMPORTANT QUESTION AS TO NOTICE TO DRAW r ils OF BILLS OF EXCHEQUER.—The plaintiff in this aeti° ° was described as of Lancaster, and the defendant, wh o was the drawer, is a well known auctioneer. Defends" was sued as the drawer of the bill, and pleaded that he had not received due notice of dishonour. The bill was put in in evidence, and the signatures wer e admitted to be genuine. A notice of the dishonour of the bill was tendered. Mr. W. PAYNE (the City Coroner), as counsel for the defendant, objected to the notice being read. The notice professed to be from Mackinson, Saunders, and Car penter, solicitors to the plaintiff ; but the two s enior partners died bwore the bill became due. The L earned Counsel contended that a notice given in the name of $ non-existing firm could not be received. The Learned SECUNDARY said he would receive the leave to defendant to move the Court abovenotice no t ice, Mr. PAYNE then urged that the notice did not dis close the name of the principal, the now plaintiff, and said that he would prove that the bill had been dis counted by Mr. Saunders, and that it had been handed over to the firm by Mr. Saunders, and that the plaintiff's name was mere moonthine to carry costs, as Mrs. Saun ders, who was the real party interested, might have sued in the County Court. Mrs. Saunders was called, and proved that she sent the bill to the firm to demand payment, but she did not know into whose hands it subsequently passed. The Learned SECONDARY said the main question raised on the record was whether or not due notice bad been given of the dishonour of the bill—be thought there had; any notice of dishonour would be sufficient without the proof of authority, or a banker's notice would not hold good. Mr. PAYNE intimated that he should take the opinion of the Court above on the point. The jury hesitated, and said that there was no evi dence that the alleged plaintiff existed. The SECONDARY said he must direct them on the poinf , of law to give a verdict for the plaintiff. Verdict for plaintiff, 151. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. GURNEY.) FORGERY.—Thomas Howell, aged 55, described as a baker, pleaded guilty to an indictment charging Mat with forging two receipts for the sums of ss. lod. and 49., with intent to defraud the guardians of the p oo r of the Strand Union, and was sentenced to Moll'e months' imprisonment with herd labour. SHILEP-STEALING.—OIiver Goldsm i th, aged 24, de scribed as a bd. keiud,r, pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with st-aling a sheep, the property of John llairs, and was sentenced to be imprisoned for nine calendar months with hard labour. John James Peacock, aged 17, described as a gardener, pleaded guilty to au indictment charging him will) felo niously breaking into a building within the curtilage of the dwelling-house of William Forbes Stuart, a n d steal ing therein three sheets d one napkin, value 31., bis property, and he was sentenced to be i m p r i sone d a nd kept to hard labour for six calendar months. during which time he was to be once privately whipped. BURGLARY. —John IVewnan, aged 19, a plasterer, and Charles Sidney, aged 18, a carpent er , p l ea d e d gu il t y W an indictment charging them with burglary in the dwelling-house of Henry B4ker, and stealing therein one con., 6lbs. weight of cigars. 64 penni es , 214 h a lf-pence, and other moi.eys, his goods and moneys, and they were sentenced to be transt:orted for seven years. (Before Mr. Justice ' ll ....ALFOURD and Baron ALDERSON.) MANSLAUGHTER.— Samuel Hill, who was Convicted last session of manslaughter for killing and slaying lunatic was this morning brought up for judgment, tenced to bet imprisoned, and keptjto hard labour for six calendar month s . _ STEALING PLATE.—James Smith, aged 21, a tailor. pleaded Guilty to an indictment, charging him with steal , ing twenty-five spoons and other articles, value 2 040 the property of George Gregory, in his dwelling-hous e s sad be was aentenoed to be transported for sevetr yoso .rs.~+~+•~c ••,................ 'noltnee lncl a , himself, Mere hid reguk itg rifler 14 ever' tale, anC leered hi abets w BO ,1 w , _ . toll Mode Upon 1 erp lii Less 1 of Sa j es ty;: aence, nests ( Mies The prese nine be o tray to ti tboe Wy Jon wet Can i fest 110 , "..T1