The Sun. — London, England, 1851-05-08 00:00:00

Eighth Edition. 8.r0., 2s. 6d., LETTERS to JOHN BULL , Esq., on Affairs connected with his Landed Property, and the Persons who Live thereon. By Sir EDWARD BULWER LYTTON, Bart. • London : Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. ----- lIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. First Night of LE THE NOZZE. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. It is respectfully announced that a Grand EXTRA NIGHT will tale place THIS EV ENING next, May 8, when will be presented Alaires Opera LF THE NOZZE. Luisa, Madame SontagTfetpina, Madame Giuliani; La Marchesa dt Forll, Madlle. Ida Bertrand ; Cavaliere di Villafranca, Signor G ar dooi ; Cricca, Signor Ferranti (his first appearance in this coun try) ; 11 Barone Fuedatario d'Acetosta, Signor Lablache. ' In the course of the evening a grand Pas by Madlle. Amelia Fer raris and M. Charles. To conclude with the admired Ballet, LES METAMORPHOSES. By Mdlle. Carlotta Grist, Milks. Rosa, Esper, Jnlien, Lamoreux, Ag e grini, Aussandon, Kohlenberg, Pascales, Soldansky, Sota, MM. Ehzick Paul Taglion', and Charles. The Opera will commence at Half-past Seven. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the - Dor Office of the Theatre, Opera-colonnade, Haymarket. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. James Anderson. THIS EVENING Will be nresented by her Majesty's S , !vanf. THE SCHOOL FOI; SCANDAL. Sir Peter Teazle, Mr. Ranger; Charles Surface, Mr. J. Anderson ; Lady Teazle, Mrs. Nisbett. To conclude with the comic Pantomime of HARLEQUIN AND GOOD QUEEN BESS ; or, Merrie England to the Olden Time. Harlequin, Mr. Lauri; Pantaloon, Mr. C. Lauri; Clown, Mr. Doughty ; Columbine, Miss Falser. Stalls and Dress Circle - - ss. First Price. Second Price. Boxes • - - - - 3s. Is. 6d. Pit Lower Gallery - - Is. I No half-price • Upper Gallery - - - -. j to Galler ies. Thrtvate Boxes to admit 8 reduced from 31. 3a. Od. to 21. 12e. 6d. Ditto 6 ditto 21. 12s. 6d. to 21. 25. Od. Ditto 4 ditto 21. 2s. Od. to it. I 1 s. 6d. Ditto 4 ditto 11. I ls. 6d. to 11. Is. Od. rfIEATKE ROYAL, HA I' MAIO ( Yr. ft. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Ol'' Brompton. THIS G. edy, entitled RETIRED EVENI Co N Will be performed an entirely New m FRO3I BUSINESS. After which, a new and (as times go) original domestic dram o startling inter h e, entitled ARLINE • or. The Fortunes and Vicissi• Thaldeus of 'Warsaw, Mrs ttides of a Bohemian Girl. Count'Arnhelm, Mr. J. Bland; Count Florentine, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham Duckstone ; the Gipsy Queen, Mr, H. Fitrwilllum; Devil.shoot, M r. Bedtori THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPRI. 'Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Wlll be pertbrrned THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST. To bo followe d by a new musical, historical, pastoral, comi ca l drama , called O'F LANNIGAN AND TILE FAIRIES • , or, A Midsummer Night's Dream. Pbelim O'Flannigan, blr, Iludson ; Oberon, Miss E. Chaplin; Mary, Miss K. Fitzwilliam. PRLNCESS'y TR./Ur-KA OXFORD -STREET. • under the Manage ent 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. Wigan, Wynn, Cooke, Flexmore ; Misses Murray, Daly, • Vivash, Robertson, Leclerq, Keeley, Mdlle. Auriol, and Mrs. Keeley. trtvate 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 of Madame Vestris, &le Lessee, Mr. Char!es MatheWS, THIS EVENING, Will be performed 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. Mathews, R. Roxby, Bellingham, llorncastle, Morris ; Mrs. Frank Matthewa, Mice St. George, Miss Martindale, and Itiss Oliver. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Farrell. THIS EVENL*TO win be performed TUE LADIES' BATTLE ; or, En Dust en Amour. To conclude with SIR ROG - CR DE COVERLEY, or, the Widow and her Wooers, Supported by Messrs. W. Farren, Compton, H. Varren, W. Farren, Jun., Diddear, G. Cooke, Shalders, Lee, Bender, Kthloch ; Mesdames, Stirling, Leigh Murray, L. Howard, Adams, E. Turner, and Bartlett. ASTLErS ROYAL A.MPHITHEATRE. !littler the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Pronrictor snci Manager, Mr, W. Battr. Appearance cf Signor Chiarini with his celebrated menage geed. THIS EVENING, Wig be performed a grand new Spectacle, entitled ELEANOR TIER AMAZON ; or, Queen of France and England. To be followed by new Scenes of the Circle, introducing an en- OrPly new Company of French Artistes. To conclude with a comic farce, called SHOOTING THE MOON; or, The Cove o: Cork. Zox-offlce open from Eleven till Four. Ettole Manager, Mr. T. Thompson. PUNCH'S PLAYHOUSE AND STRAND THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. IV. R. COPELAND, Liverpool. THIS EVENING, Will be perf , rmed a new comedy proverb, teaching people the best method of LIVING IN GLASS HOUSES. Principal charac ters by Messrs. Tilbury, A. Davies, Norton, J. Howard, Attwood, T. Rovers, and Romer ; Mesdames C. Horaman, C. Melville, Dibdin, and Wallis. An ILLUSTRATION OF THE EXPOSITION. Principal charac kers by Mesdames Marshall, M. Taylor, C. Horsman, and Dibdin ; Messrg J. Reeve, Norton, J. Rogers, and Renter. To conclude with a new Farce called TAKING THE CENSUS. The prices of admission are arranged as follow :—Orchestra stalls, 4s; Boxes (first circle), 35.; (second circle), 2s. ; Pit, Is. Doors to be opened at Hall-past Seven, and the performances to commence at Eight precisely. A second price will be taken to the Boxes only at Half-past Nine —.first circle, 25.; second drc'e, Is. Private Boxes One Guinea and a Half each. ROYAL SURREY ZCOLOGICAL GARDENS. Open for the :eason on MONDAY, the sth or May, First representation of a giga,tic modelled Panorama, painted by this Messrs. Damon, representing the Temple of Janus in the Eternal City, with a striking View of th , Colosseum, Palace of the Caesars, &c. The Menagerie is both varied and extensive, including two gi ratles, two elephants, which promenade the grounds, appropriately caparisoned and attended. The band, composed of musi cians of first-rate celebrity, 13 conducted by Mr. Godfrey. Moored en the lake is seen a real Chinese pleasure junk, with masts and sails complet?. Als) Remington's aerial bridge, and various neve:ties ; and at dusk will bo given, on a scale of surpassing mag nificence, a represntation of the Closing of the Brazen Gates of the Temple of Janus, with (for the first time ever attempted) a grand olossal transparent diaphonie panopticon, showing the horrors of war and the blessings of peace, terminating with a most brilliant display of fireworks by Messrs. Southby ; 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 tacie ever witnes..sed.________ ADMISSION-ONE EIIILLItiG. Exhibition nights—Monday, 'Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. ilfGa WATE2. Al L0NDJ2...1 BRIDGE Tan DAY —Morning 32 min. after 6 ;Evening 2 min. after To al:la - awe —Momaig 38 min. after i 1 Evening 18 min. actor 8 TEE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, MAY 8. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 5 5—highest since noon yesterday. 4 0—lowest this morning and during tho night. 53—this day, at noon. BAstostisrEiz, 29.76. WIND W.S.W.—strong breeze and fine sunshiny weather. DAILY WEATHER 'CABLE. State of the Wind .and Weather at each o f the following p:Aces at Nine o'clock yesterday morning._ The e stations are arranged in order of latitude. PLYMOUTH —Wind N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy * Poaismonmr—Wind W., gentle breeze—overcast. - BRIGHTON—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. TIA STINGS' —Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. SOUTHAMPTON—Wind N. W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy, FcracroroNE—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. Twenamok—Wind S.W., calm—partially cloudy. liAiirrafrrokiz —W Ind S W.. gentle breeze—partially cloudy. 'GREEN W ICH—Wind S.``7., gentle breeze— partially cloudy, SWINDON —Wind S. W., gentle breeze—overcast. COLCHESTER—Wind N.W., calm —partially cloudy. 'Wilily—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. EIP.NI I NGHAM—Wind S.W., calm--overcast. T' , ..x..motrrn—Wind N. W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. cop WAY—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—cloudless . n Li e vta i.rne.AD--____W i ind ‘v., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. f ~.ftwoz r .—Wnd N. W., gentle breeze --cloudy. Wl_ it—Wind W., calm—partially cloudy. itia ."`:t .Wind N.N. W., gentle breeze—overcast. The rums N.W., gentle breeze—overcast. Coax —Wind w t tl'e wind rn a s u from the following places indicate the state of o ' clock :.... d weather on Tuesday morning at nine E., strong breeze—clear. L iliErucK..... CA aLow—v i r i nd ' is ,E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. fixicisrowN (bu ,:-.., hard wind—ch udy. partially clond s .' uN)— Wind ViT.N.W., gentle breeze— PooLF: —VV ind N M ULLINGAR—ind v.,, ge ti: gentle breeze—principally cloudy. ~;r , 44breeze—overcast. Beetle overcast. B /IGII Y—Wind N. NV ~ str o eeze—overeast. eriEwE—Wind N., fresh _ ra T n overeast. L i v Eßpour.—Wind N.E., , stro; b reeze—partially cloudy. Lgg Ds W ind N. W.N., hard winbrdeeze— yorsg: —Wind N., strong breeze DARLINGTON...Wind N. by W. WHITEHAVXN— ' ind N. W. breeze—rain. , gentle bi t ' e rain. !e— Partially cloudy. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwi c h , th of the baromet er in the week was 29.537 in, mean height tempera t u re was only 42°•8, which is 70 below. The mean of corresponding weeks in ten years. Raving beepe verage the average in the previous week till the last two above daily mean fell on Sunday and Monday to 400.6 l a Ms the nearly 9' degrees below the average of these dap, ; Well is gradually to 46° on Friday, nearly 5° below the averrose and fell again on Saturday to 40' 1 .3, which is o euly ae ; below the average of that day. The wind, which was ia th e north in the beginning of the week, afterwards changed to south and west, and on Friday and Saturday returned t o north and h nort -west ~,, ~,,,. I,e k) . !\ 4 , .....„, ... . .....,..-,. , ~„,4 . .. , ../.... , ,' ' - ,,i--4-- ;. , . ' ": . : . 7, 4%.1 k 1,. ' ~. .. . , ~,1 C. I Pof : 4 t , i. '4?: \ 4 .4::•1,..6 1 ,, <,. ,A,,, ... • _.,.... - ~,. ~,- ~.„ ...4 . .. ~,„,- .... e , c., S . ...., IT, ili a nti fi• .- "Z ,• • ' et 4 ''b-on t. LONDON, THURSDA - 7 . , MAY 8, 1851. Th :, Commons rnet yesterday at Twelve. Mr. LocKE moved the Committee on • Audit Bill. the Railway Mr. LA BOUCHEKT , zlthough. he disapp roved of the Bin, would nut CP1.01,0 the motion , . A r ailway audit ,bp I frectuttl, should be inde:-erideur, but th o t . rtilway t in to - teremt in the Hume was so strong that it could effectu a l] pro-.;nt the p ast i ng o f any Bill securing a really j ade ! :,.••• "7 . p?r•dcnt audit. • ~, __.;.g IS e, 3., lIENON thought the , Govern ment sho uld,take .1' • ;,t :, IA p the question. 7j •'•-• '• • ' , 5. Mr. Loess said the Bill had been prepared by . ',-: •"; -,.-- , :r 1 :,',....:,f, - ..:• . %,r4 or ty gentlemen deputed by the different railway cora •,t,i ~ ,! - "c .‘ \•1;" ks.- 1 /in -,...- c'' , . Mr. CEAPLIN moved that the Bill be committed that ..."...') -4,".... '•' dwaiit months.. A A des liory diantsioli arose, whiCh o:vaulted by $ division, in which the House negatived the amendment by 72 to 49. In Committee, discussions took place upon several of the clauses, and the House having proceeded as far as the eighth clause, the Chairman reported progress. The other orders cf the day were then disp ed of, and the House adjourned. Our impression of yesterday contained the melan choly intelligence of the demise of the Earl of COTT EN ram, for many years Lord High Chancellor of Eng land. The Noble and Learned Lord finally retired from the woolsack in the month of June last, having for some time previously been incapacitated by ill health from presiding in the Court of Chancery. There can be no doubt that he fell a victim to the zeal and assiduity with which, while his health lasted, he discharged the arduous and mul tifarious duties of his exalted office. For several months past he has been endeavouring to restore his shattered constitution, which had been completely destroyed by the almost superhuman labour required at his hands. He visited Malta and Italy for that purpose, and a temporary improvement gave hope to his numerous and attached friends that his valuable life might be prolonged. But the expec tation was vain ; he gradually sunk, and eventually breathed his last at Pietra Santa, in the Grand Duchy of Lucca, on the 29th ultimo —another victim to the system which has been so loudly and justly complained of, but for which the Bill now before Parliament and the country would afford no adequate remedy ; for we may venture to assert that it was not the labour of dispensing his ecclesiastical patronage that injured his health, or compelled him to send in his resignation. The Noble Lord sprung from an ancient family, =any of whom had filled high situations. He was a lineal descendant of the garrulous and en tertaining Secretary of the Admiralty, whose amusing diary is so well known throughout the entire country. Another of his progenitors had attained high legal rank, being appointed Lord Chief Justice of Ireland in 1664, shortly after the restora tion. WILLIAM WELLER PEPYS, the great-great grandson of the Chief Justice, married the eldest daughter of the Right Hon. WILLIAM DOWDESWELL, a well-known public character in the eighteenth century, and by her had several children, the second son being CHARLES CHRISTOPHER PEPYS, the subject of the present notice, who was born on the 29th of April, 1781, and died on the 71st anniversary of his birth. Mr. WILLIAM WELLER PEPYS, after having practised as a barrister for some years, was appointed to the lucrative office of Master in Chancery, and in 1801 received the title of a Baronet of the United Kingdom, with remainder to the heirs male of his body. A similar distinction had pre viously, in 1784, been conferred on his brother, Sir Lucas PEPYS, Physician-General to the Army, and Physician in Ordinary to his late Majesty GEORGE the THIRD. The Noble Lord eventually in herited both these titles—the former in 1845, on the death of his elder brother, the latter, in 1849, on the death of his cousin, but not until after he had acquired for himself the higher distinction of the Peerage through his own meritorious exertions. As he was intended by his father for the bar, his education was conducted chiefly with that object. He entered as a student at Trinity College, Cam bridge, and received a respectable degree (not being a candidate for honours) in 1803, at the same ex amination when Baron PARKE and Justice COLERIDGE obtained high wranglerships. In the following year (Michaelmas, 1804), he was called to the bar by the Honourable S,:ciety of Lincoln's Inn, and im mediately entered upon the practice of his laborious profession. The Noble Lord from the very com mencement of his professional career exhibited that unceasing industry essential to success. He had also We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. M. P. Leceoix, Director-General of Civil Affairs n Algeria in June, 1848, has written to the Presse ,o say that General CHANGARNIER was a stranger to ,he publication, iu Algiers, of the announcement to ,he effect that the Executive Commission of Five had been replaced by one of three, which was reproduced by that journal yesterday. From M. LACROIX'S statement, it appears that the captain of the steamer the Sphynx, on arriving at Algiers, on the 19th J une , stated to the Governor-General 6HANGARNIER, and other eminent personages, that, just before his de parture from Marseilles, he had seen a placard stuck up, announcing the receipt of the news by tele graph of the replacing of the Executive Commis sion. This was communicated by the Governor- General to M. LACROIX, and, as the elec tions were to take place the next day, M. LACROIX thought it important that the public should know it. He accordingly directed one of his employes to an nounce it iu the Illoniteur ; but this person, instead of simply stating how the news had come, made the mistake of saying that " it had been received by tele graph by the Governor. General." The next steamer which arrived from France, five days later, brought intelligence that the news was false; and M. Lecaoix immediately published a notification to that effect. In addition to these explanations, M. Lecaoix de clares formally, on his honour, that rio dispatch of the kind referred to was ever received by the Go vernor-General. Thus has the thrice-refuted ca lumny, originally invented by EMILE DE GIRARDIN against Generals CAVAIGNAC and CRANGARNIER, again received an authoritative contradiction. The Corsaire, in noticing this attempt of EMILE DRG'IRARDIN to revive the calumny, declares that he is mad ; and adopting Emiee's own formula, that he who does not deny avows, says that, unless a for mal denial is given, it shall conclude that the fact of his madness is admitted by himself. The Gazette des Tribunaux states that a judicial investigation is to be made to discover the persons who spread on the Bourse the false report of an insurrec tion having taken place at Lyons. The Penal Code (article 419) punishes with from a month to a year's imprisonment, all those who, by false st a t ements, may have effected a rise o r all of the public funds. The Gazette adds that severe measures of police are about to be organised at the Bourse. The Minister of the Interior, yesterday, attended the sitting of the Committee on the proposition of M. BARE, for interdicting the sale of journals in the public streets. The Minister opposed the proposi tion, and, in support of his opinion, stated that the sale with the authorisation of the Government was attended with no inconvenience, and that the result of the interdiction would have the effect of depriving from 1,800 to 2,000 persons of the means of existence. The Committee requested the Alinister to give some explanation as to the sale of journals in the reading rooms and booksellers' shops, as well as what took place in the departmeets with regard to them, which he promised to give at an early sitting. The Bulletin de Paris says— " We have reason to believe that M. de Falloux, who returned to Paris the day before yesterday, will vote for the revision, and advise his friends to do the same," The 20th Committee on Parliamentary Initiative bas had submitted to it a proposition by M. AVERY (du Nord), relative to the completion of the rail ways already commenced, and the construction of new lines. This proposition advocates the construc tion and working of all railways by the State, but‘per mits their being adjudged for a period of nine years. He also proposes the creation of railway bonds to the amount of 382 millions, receivable at the public offices, and which may be changed for cash at special offices ; these bonds to be paid off by means of a sinking fund. This resource may, says the proposi tion, be combined with successive loans to the amount of 101 millions. The Ordre contains the following announcement of a project for getting up in Paris a General Exhi bition, on the plan of the one in London :—" The project of an Exhibition of Manufactures in Paris still occupies the attention of a number of persons. Assuming an initiative which the Government ap pears decidedly to have abandoned, M. HOREAU, the architect to whom we are indebted for the gigantic project of the Halles, is to present, either to-day or to-morrow, to the PRESIDENT of the Republic some plans which be has just drawn out. The Exhibition, he proposes, should take place in July next. The architect would, it is said, cover in a part o f th e Champs Elyst;e for this purpose. The expense of this colossal enterprise--two millions is spoken of—might, he thinks, be raised by a subscription opened in France and in neighbouring countries. It remains to be ascertained whether the idea will be comprehended in our country, and whether he will find in the arts, in industry, and in commerce, that support which is indispensable to him." The improvtment in the price of public securities which took place at the Bourse on Tuesday was not maintained. The Five per Cents. opened at 91f. 10c., but fell subsequently to 90f. 35c., at which price they closed. The Three per Cents. closed at 561. 5c.; ilro 2521. 50c. ; Great Northern, 4761. 25e.; Avignon, 215 f.; an a s d ce Shares, 820 f. ; Rouen, 625 f, ; levee, 4 V o i 3 e i lz°Y3 2 43 3 f. 75c. ; Basle, 142 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux, 75 e.; Paris and Strasburg, 3661. 25e .; Tours and 'I Orleans NU l Central l 26: : o Sa6 f Rhenish, 3 A—East In IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 7. (Orleans and and Vierzon) 17 1 4—Dutch ern of France, 1434 p ar l s and Havre, 10West Fl Luxembourg, 3 lA t —North and Strasbourg, 10%—Rouen anders, as/8. recently so entirely desperate as the graduated dimi nution of promotions among all ranks of the cora -1 missioned officers in the sea service, from the admirals and captains to the commanders and lieutenants. - Without reverting in Coto to the scale of numbers found adequate for the interests of the maritime pro fession during the great wars which raged in the high seas until the crowning triumph of Trafalgar, the Admiralty have so far approximated the future list to the past as to bring the evil complained of into something like reasonable proportions. Instead, for example, of maintaining the catalogue of flag-officers to a gross total of 150, they purpose diminishing the amount to ninety-nine. Instead of insisting upon keeping up the captains to 500, they will be satisfied with 350. Instead of cherishing the enormous and most unnecessary number of 828 commanders, they will rest contented with 450; while they suggest that 1,200 lieutenants will be amply sufficient for all the requirements of the service in lieu of the 2,147 as hitherto. "My Lords," says the letter given in our last impression, speaking succinctly and to the purpose, " propose to reduce the active list ultimately to 100 admirals, 350 captains, 450 commanders, and 1,200 lieutenants." With this widely considered re duction held perpetually before them as the goal to be arrived at ulteriorly, the Admiralty cannot fail, we should imagine, to satisfy before long the dearest hopes of the financial innovators. Beholding their efforts in the desired direction, the aspirant for im provement i❑ the naval profession will simultaneously feel gratified by a movement which must necessarily tend to concentrate the energies of the service with i❑ limits calculated to render the maritime force most efficient, and in every imaginable way most satis factory. Heretofore the endeavour seems to have been somewhat mistakingly to diffuse the strength of the most truly national of our warlike professions so as to diminish its collective vigour, and by this means to retard, if not altogether to prevent, its de velopment. Against the obvious tendency of the old system until now maintained at the Admiralty, we ourselves have inveighed repeatedly, without however perceiving even the faintest indication of any inclination to concede on the part of the constituted authorities. It is consequently with no small amount of satisfac tion that we have glanced our eyes over the pro gramme of reform sketched out for their own guidance by the administrators in the naval depart ment of the Government. In that programme, despite one or two lamentable deficiencies, are discoverable enough reason for self gratulation sufficient to render it singularly acceptable to us, and such, we doubt not, as must render it equally acceptable to those who have sympathised in our aspirations through all parts of the United Kingdom. Even with the dimi nution indicated as above, an ample margin will still remain for the filling up of all the exigencies which can by possibility occur. With 100 admirals, 350 captains, 450 commanders, and 1,200 lieutenants, there will assuredly be officers more than sufficient for any emergency whatsoever, and no such reason for com plaint on the part of financial reformers, or, in other words, of the mass of the population generally, as existed when, as at present, the navy list numbered no less than 150 admirals, 492 or nearly 500 captains, 828 commanders, and 2,147 lieutenants. At the out set of the proposed change, the reduction will, as the Admiralty document distinctly intimates, be merely a transfer from the active list to the permanent half pay ; but, say the authorities, "as lives drop, the number on the permanent half-pay will diminish, and the expenditure for the deadweight decrease." A consideration of no very unsatisfactory kind, seeing that the people have such few opportunities of looking forward to any similarly large reductions. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, the advantage of obtaining the assistance of Mr. Two, author of the well-known " Practice," and subsequently of Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY. He did not, however, achieve a rapid success, but was compelled to struggle on, slowly and gradually, overcoming the difficulties of the course. At this period he acquired the character cf a sound and painstaking, but not very eloquent advocate. As it was, however, known that he threw his entire heart and soul into the cause of his client, and was always thoroughly prepared with the facts of every case in which he was engaged, and the state of the law applicable to these facts, he obtained a fair share of business, and achieved a respectable, although not first-rate position in his profession. fit. continued devoted to its duties for many years, and it was not until June, 1821, when he had entered into his 41st year, that he entered into a ma trimonial alliance with Miss CAROLINE ELIZABETH WINGFIELD, daughter of WILLIAM WINGFIELD, Esq., Master in Chancery, an office from which he only re cently retired. By this lady, to whom he was a de voted and exemplary husband, and with whom he enjoyed the greatest domestic felicity to the last hour of his existence, he has left a numerous family, six sons and three daughters still surviving. In Michaelmas, 1826, when he had been steadily working at the outer bar for twenty-two years, he received a silk gown, and was shortly afterwards elected a Bencher of Lincoln's Inn. In 1830, he waa appointed Solicitor-General to the late Queen ADE- LAIDE, an office which he filled until 1834, when be was appointed Solicitor-General of England on the resignation of Sir WILLIAM 11ORNE, and the pro motion of Lord (then Sir Jousi) CAMPIn,LL to the Attorney-Generalship. On the death of Sir JOHN LEACH, in the same year, he was appointed Master of the Rolls, and shortly afterwards First Commissioner of the Great Seal, on the resignation of Lord BRouGuam. His judgments in this capacity gave the highest satisfaction, and led to his further elevation to the Peerage and the 'Woolsack in 1836. He most efficiently discharged the duties of this the highest status in his profession, the greatest prize that can fall to the lot of a subject, until the resigna tion of the Whig Ministry, in 1841, when he went out with his colleagues, being succeeded by Lord LYNDHURST. In 1846 be agsin was entrusted with the Great Seal, which he held until June, 1850, when, as we have already mentioned, his state of health compelled his retirement. The Noble Lord afforded another illustration of the rule that it is not always the most brilliant advccate that makes the soundest judge. Al though, as we have stated, he was never remarkable for his eloquence, or achieved extraordi- nary success as a practitioner, no man ever gained greater laurels on the bench ; and his decisions wil long be regarded as precedents of the highest authority, as models fJr the imitation of his successors. In politics he was ever a steady and consistent Liberal. Although no great legal reforms were introduced under his auspices, the omission may be ascribed rather to the overwhelming nature of his various duties, that pre-occupied his entire time, than to any hck of inclination on his part. He is now re moved, and his name will go down to posterity as a sound lawyer, an able and impartial judge. He is succeeded in his titles and estates by his eldest son, CHARLES EDWARD Viscount Ca 0 WHURST (now Earl COTTENHAM), who was born in 1824. On Tuesday we took occasion to publish in extenso the documents relating to the proposed innovations upon a t the a the syste m h ereto f ore pers i ste d i n by the autho ritiesAdmir lt be ob served how y. From those papers it will entirely the Governme n t h as a t length succumbed to the n ecess it y i mpe lli ng t owar d s this long -required improvem en t. After denying th e urgency of the case against an overwhelming multi plicity of arguments, after Pos a s t t r t p ieVo n f g Parliamentary the inquiries demanded of them d ur i ng a e question by a the in n owers That Be sessions, after evading th e matter co untless variety of expedi ents, r have at length resolved upon th e very s t ep naciously avoided until now, and have s° perti determined j upon a tardy acceptan c e of the very p olicy so reso lutely refused to the naval reformers. Iu this, ho ever, the Admiralty has on l y followed out th e old cdstom of all members of administration. They have endeavoured to drive back the approaching' floods of change as determinedly at Dame PARTING. TON strove to mop back the advancing tides of the O cean, until, nearly swallowed up themselves, they .ultimately consent to beat a not altogether untimely retreat. Without carping at the manner of the con esaillt, we must content ourselves with exulting over its realisation no matter how tardy or ungraceful• Under all circumstances such a course would indu bitably be the most advisable, but more especial l y so i 32 Maresca to a citiestiog which appeared until very OFF BOIiCEUTECIT, ISLE OS WIGHT, MAY L....44g Grove, Tiolywoed and _Cstherins. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 8, 1851. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 21 have arrived. They contain no news of the slightest interest. The Bolsa was closed on the 2d. GERMANY. We read in a letter from Hamburgh of the 3d, in the lndependance of Brussels :—" The king dom of Hanover is at this moment a prey to agita tion, which, though offering no immediate danger, spreads every day, especially amongst the bourgeoi sie, the farmers, and small proprietors of the country districts. The democracy does not neglect to turn it to account. After long deliberations, the two Cham bers at Hanover adopted an organic law on the con stitution, meetings, and power of the provincial councils of the kingdom. By this Bill, the possessors of noble fiefs were deprived of a number of privileges attached to them—such as the exercise of justice, ex emption from taxes, and military service, and the right of nominating a number of civil and ecclesiasti cal functionaries. The equestrian order, on seeing these privileges seriously menaced, declared a violent opposition to the Government and the Chamber,, and contended that they had no right to deprive them of acquired rights held from time imme morial A general assembly, composed of deputies of the equestrian order of all the provinces of the king dom, has been held in the town of Celle. It was re solved never to recognise the organic law on the pro visional councils, and to employ all means possible to prevent its introduction into Hanover. A deputation, chosen from amongst the chiefs of the oldest families, waited on the KING to represent their grievances, and another has been nominated to go to Frankfort on the opening of the Diet. The latter hopes to obtain a favourable result. On the other hand, the bourgeoisie, supported by all the democracy, make energetic public demonstrations, and press the Government to proceed immediately to carry out the law. A meeting of 4,000 persons from all parts of the kingdom was held on the 28th ult. at Hildesheim. Several deputies of the Second Chamber attended it, and the resolu tions which were adopted show the importance at tached to the law. On the 30th ult. the electors of the district of Stade resolved to support the Ministry by all means in their power in carrying the Bill into effect. Several other open air meetings are about to be held." THE SHARE MARKETS BR,ITISS Z.AILWATS. Railways. Aberdeen.. .. • • • • Ambergate, Nottinghans, Boston, & E. Juncion Belfast and County Down Woiverhamp., and Stoar Valley • • Birkenh., Lan., & Cheah June., late 331. 6s. 84.. Do. Chest. & Blrkenhd., 50/. & 251. Consolidated Paid. Nominal Price.. 14% to 15 4% -4% 1034 -11 .. ..., • • Do., do., 201. Bristol and Exeter • • • • Caledonian • • • • • - Chester and Holyhead .. Direct Lond. and Portsm. Dublin and Belfast Jtmct. Dublin and Kingstown.. Dundalk and Enniskillen) Dundee, Perth, and Aber-'I 17% 100 79 -81 1441-1474 - 24 •• 20 -18 111. deen Junction .. • 10 -11 Do , New .. East Anglian (25/. L. & E. and L. & D.) •• .. 4%-5 Do. (181. E. & 11.) . Eastern Counties .. ..1 Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. shares •• I Do. do. do. .. 3 - -3 7A -7% Do. do., B & C shares, East Lancashire • • ••I 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, 13, 6 per ct. Great southern and Western, Ireland Great Western . Do. New, 171. .. •• Lancaster and Carlisle .. Do. thirds • • • • • • Lancaster and Preston .. Lancashire and Yorkshire 11 13 4 47% 100 We learn by a telegraphic dispatch from Berlin of the .sth that the King of HANOVER had arrived there on that day. The Prince Of SCHWARTZENBERG and the Count DE MANTEUFFELL are expected to arrive at Dresden on the 15th. The formal closing of the conferences is to take place in presence of the plenipotentiary Princes. The Prussian Chambers are to close their session this week: DO. quarter shares . Do. ifths .. • •• 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.-Westernl Do. do. new quarters . Do. fifths Do. 101. sh., M.& IS (c) London and S.-Western . Do. new 501. .. Do. new 40/. Manchester, Buxton, and 100 4234 Matlock • • .. Manchester, Sheffield, & Lincolnshire • • .. Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union •• Midland • • • • • • • • 4 2 0 100 35 100 47.% The Spener Gazette of Berlin says that the idea which had been formed of establishing a large federal army has been abandoned. The First Chamber of Prussia, in the sitting of the 3d, adopted, after an interesting debate, th e re commendation of a committee approving of the employment of the credit of 18,000,000 thalers for the army in 1850, and of new credits for the same purpose being opened in the pre sent year. A proposition of M. BAUMSTARK, in the name of the Opposition, blaming the policy of the Government, was rejected. The Second Cham ber, on the same day, continued the discussion on the Bill on the press. An amendment was adopted to the effect that offences of the press punished by three years' imprisonment should be tried by a jury. The Second Chamber of the States of Bavaria re jected in a recent sitting, by 78 votes to 47, the mo tion of Prince WALLERSTEIN, respecting the inter vention of Bavaria in Electoral Hesse. A letter from Vienna states that Prince METTER rucri has taken apartments for the summer at the baths of Ischl. - 7 •• - 5 • 16% - 17 6% - 6 34% - 35% -6% % 18% - It% 6%- 6% 12% - 12% 42 - 43 $734 - 88 3 34 14% - 18 81 - 83 10 - 11 p. Basinass done to-day. 4% % IT 163 % WALLACHIA AND MOLDAVIA, An Envoy of the Porte left Constantinople on the 16th ult. for Bucharest with a firma ordering the departure of the Ottoman troops as soon as those of Russia should have retired. A Bohemian journal states that the Austrian Go vernment has just demanded from the Moldavian Go vernment, through its Consul-General, the extradi. tion of 600 persons, who, as deserters or fraudulent bankrupts, had taken refuge in that country. Do. 50/. sbares • • • De. Birnaing & Derby Midland (it. West. (Ire.) Newcastle and Carlisle.. De. quarter shares .. Newmarket • • . - • . Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford - • • • • Newry and Enniskillen • • Newry, Warrenpoint, & 63 63% 9% —9 d. 6% —6% 4118.1 5% 5 d. 17 18 84- 8)4 % - %I) 97 -- 98 Roatrevor •• .. •• Norfolk •• •• •• •• Do. New 201. shares.•' Northern Counties Uaion North British .• • • • • North Staffordshire • • Nerth-Western .. • • North& Sth.-West.Junc. Oatord, Worcester and Wolverhampton.. .. Scottish Central .. Scottish Midland .. .. Do. new .. Shurews.& Blrm., Class A Do. Class 8.. Shrews. & Hereford., Old Do., do., New •• Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves .. • • •• 1 Do. Oswestry .. .. Do. New.. .. • • Shropshire Union • • • • Do., A, B, C, tc D, fully paid up at per cent . • South Devon South-Eastern .. • • South Wales.. .. • • Mouth Ykokah. and River Dun Aheft., Roth., and Goole, South Division .. .. Stockton and Hartlepool , wansea & Loaghor, &c. Taw Vale Extension .. Thames Haven Dock and itallway .. .. .• Vale of Neath .. • Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick, Waterford,Wex., Wick. and D West Cornwall • . West London . Whitenayen and Furness York, Newcastle, & tier- wick .. .. • • •• I Ditto and Newcastle Extension all 23% all Ditto G.N.E. purchase York and North Midland all all all 1 6% 128)4 —129 6 '4 — 5 ;4 1) — h%P. 2 —3 4 p. 88 —B5 6 & 4 dia. 16 2-3 all VA N—3 d. 34 -35 3 2 dis. 62% —63% 1334 —l3 dia. 35 —37 • • • - • 9% -9% 3% 3 dis. 3 —4% dis. 28 -28 13 —l2 dle. 2% 2% dla. 9% 10 6 6.4115. 10% —lO as. P 17 -17 16% - 16% . 9)4, - IN 88 87% % 63 63% 16 . 51 15 . ; as. 4% —4% die. ayi —3% dls_ 2U, —1% dls. 4% % 9897% 08% % 204 % 17% 34 M 33% IS% - 19% 9% - 9ii 14 - 14% -_4 11l 3 . i 3 d. 17 -19 db. 63 623 27% - 27% 30% -31% 1% 34 dii. 4M— 4% 9%:10 •. 7% —6% Cs. 16 —l5 Ms. 5 4 1. k % 4)4 17 38% li% 434 dia. (I 734 41►! -21% 4 —3% dia. 2 I dis. 26% 26% 27% % 26% % f Railways. I Paid. Nominal Prices. Business dose to-day. D Aberdeen .. • • • • all , Caledonian 101. • . 10 —6% r. Chester and Holyhead .. all 16% 16% r Dund. Per. & Aber. June, all —3E die, East Anglian (31. 10s.) 6 per cent. .. .. • • all 23{ Eastern Counties Eaten., • 5 per cent. No. 1 • • all % p 3 Do. No. t • • • • • • all 54 dis 3f. p I Do. New 6p. cent. Stock 10 11% 11% Eastern Union, Scrip guaran. 6 per cent. •. all 16% 16% s Do. 101. Deben. Shares . all .. East Lancashire, 6 per cent. quarter shares .. all E. &W. York. June. Sths all .. • Edln. Per. & Dun. 51 p. ct. all % dia. par . Glasgow & S.- W. Consul ICO • Gt Northern, 5 per cent. all 135{ 13% Great South. & Western ' (Ireland) eighths % Ip. • Lancashire and York [ shire, F. 201... • • • 6 1% dia. Do. 6 per ct. Stock .. 100 131% —133% Leeds and Thirst, 6 per I cent., No. 1 •11 p Do. quarters, 1848 .. 9 2 p London, Brighton, and South Coast guar. 6 per et., late Creyden. thirds 100 .. Do. pref., b p ct. Stuck, 1851, from 501. share. E 100 114 120 Do. new guar., 6 per et. 100 135 138 138 London &S.-W., now • . 5 2% p. Londonderry and Ennis killen, half shares 10 .. Stanch., Sheffield, and Line , guar. shra., No. 1 all 18 13% 13% Do. new, 101. .. • • all 12 12% 12 % Do., 6/. • • • • • • .. - 3 — 1) 3 % K Midland Con. 6p. c. stock 100 .. 11 8 Do. Consel. Bristol & Birtrung.. 6 Per cent... 100 1323{ 1333{ Do. Bristol & Glouces. 48 Norfolk Extension .• all 116% 17% i•o. guar. 5% per cent. all 4% —4% Do. Waveney Valley .. 2 •• North British .. 5 Oaf. Wor. &W 01. 151.6 p.c 2 1 p 2 Shrewsbury and Birm. New Guaranteed .. all 11 11% Shrews. and Ches. (Nor. W. Min.) 8 per cent. all 15 15% South Devon .. la —l6 South-Eastern, p. et. 10 •• —.• Waterford & Kilkenny, 51. 1 • • —• • West London, litC 1. (10/.) all —• • Do. 3d Class de. (par) all •• York, Newc., and Ber w ., Gt. N.of E. Pur. .. all 16% 16% 4%-4% York and North Midland 11. and S. Parch. .. 10 tis. ;FOREIGN. Boulogne and Amiens .. all —1% % A Central if France (Or leans and Vierzon) .. all 17% 17% Demerara all • • —• • Dutch Rheniah • • a 5 —4% dls• East Indian 14 I% —1% P• Do. do. do. .. 20 Great Indian Peninsula.. all P• Ditto ditto % %P• Louvain ala Sambre 7% • Luxembourg • • • • —1 if Ditto .. 10 3% —3% Madrid and V alentia .• 7 Maria Antonia .• • • 25 • 7% 2 3 Ditto, New • • • • ail 7% Namur and Liege .. • • , 14% Northern of France • • 16 ' 8 4% —3% did. Orleans and Bordeaux .. all 32 —34 Paris and Orleans • • • • all 24% 24% Paris and Rouen • • • • % Paris and Strasbourg • • 16 6% -- 5 dia. Rouen and Havre .. all 9% 10% 9% Sambre and Mouse • • 20 ay e — 434 Tours and Nantes 1 5 9 % — B% ajar. 5% 6 Tollllllls', Jurbise, Lan den, and IlarAt •• all •• •• • wut naggers is' .2% IX r. 3% 3% •• GREECE. The Augsberger Allgemeine recently contained assurances that Prince ADELBERT, youngest brother of the reigning KING, and youngest child of King Louis, has consented to accept the succession to the Grecian throne fur himself and eventual heirs, who would not be prevented from embracing the Greek faith by family stipulations, as are those of Prince LUITPOLD, who married a daughter of the Grand Duke of TUSCANY. Other Bavarian journals contradict this report. The Augsburg Postzeitun7 declares that Prince ADELBERT has enterers into no positive engagement, and will nut du so until he has visited Greece, ,o as to be able to judge personally of the state of affairs in that country. Other papers assert that negotiations have been en tered into with Oldenburg, relative to Duke EnatAn (ANTHONY GUNTHER FREDERICK), aged seven, fourth son of the GRAND DUKE by his third marriage, and brother, by the father's side, of the Queen of GREECE. Which of these three versions is correct it is nut pre tended to say l hut the chances are that the Bavarian family will not willingly permit the heritage to pass into any other house. ITALY. The Costituzionale of Florence announces that the Court of Ca;sation of Tuscany has taken into con sideration the appeal laid by GUERRAZZI and others, against the judgment of the Royal Court, which con demns them for high treason. A letter from Florence, in the Risorgimento of Turin, states that the Eco, a journal of the Cburch party, has been, suspended by the Tuscan Govern ment, for having insulted the memory of the Grand Duke PETER, LEOPOLD. The same correspondent states that clandestine publications have increased in Tuscany to anAuming degr, , e. Field-Marshal, RADETZKY arrived at Florence on the 29th ult. . RAMBLES in the CRYSTAL PALACE. (THIS DAY.) The fine weather of the last day or two, and the oc casional bursts of warm sunlight which for an hour or so each day have visited the metropolis, have a great effect in augmenting the crowd at the Crystal Palace. When we reached there this morning at an early hour after its opening, we found the number of visitors con siderable in every part. The five-shilling fee before its term has expired will add considerably to the funds cf the Commissioners; but, as we predicted, the demand for season tickets has been considerable ever since the opening, as every one must feel convinced that thoroughly to inspect the articles exhibited this method is by far the cheapest. The crowd of visitors bogies to assume a more varied appearance, and the number of foreigners is evidently on the increase, particularly from France. One beneficial consequence of the Exhibition must be to make our insular population much better acquainted at least with the exterior appearance and characteristics of our neighbours, for certainly the specimens which as yet have visited our shores to view the Exhibition are of a much higher and more respectable class than those generally to be met with in certain quarters of our me tropolis, and from whom too frequently all an Eng lishman's notions of foreigners are taken. We noticed this morning more particularly than ever the great ad vances which are being made towards bringing every thing into a state of completion, but we shall not feel satisfied until the din of hammers, which may be occa sioually beard in some quarters,is eilenced,and the packages entirely removed. Franco is making up for her former backward state very repidly, and if we may judge from the additions which have been made within the last few days, the French quarter will not be the least attractive feature of the Crystal Palace. The beautiful toilet table and mirror which has just bean uncovered already rivals the Koh-i-noor, in the crowd which flocks round it all day long. At present, however, in the f o r e i gn nave, Austria remains first favourite, and the beautiful suite of rooms fitted up in that country's style is filled from morning to night with visitors, who are never weary of admiring, the beauties it contains. The splendid specimens of candelabra which are to be seen in this department, also, continue to at tract great attention. It is in contemplation, we understand, to extend the closing hour until seven o'clock, which, when the summer draws on, will be a great improvement on the six o'clock time. Were it not for the amount of labour which it will impose on officials, we should be disposed to advocate a still later hour, for we cannot conceive a more agreeable lounge on a summer evening than the transept will furnish. DEATH OF THE MOTHER OF MR. JOUR FROST.— NEWPORT, MONDAY, MAY 6 —Died, on the 2d inst., at her residence in Thomas-street, Mrs. Sarah Roberts, the mother of Mr. John Frost. She was born on the 14th of April, 1760, and was consequently in her 92c1 year. Mrs. Roberts was for many years landlady of the Royal Oak, where she carried on a large and lucrative business. She was pious, benevolent, unostentatious, and just, and her memory will long be revered by a large circle of friends. This aged lady retained al! her faculties to the last, and died in the humble hope of a blessed immortality. She has left considerable freehold property, which reverts to Mrs. Frost, a resident of Mapleton, near Bristol. THE LATE RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—We understand that among all the passengers of the third train, to which the recent accident occurred, one only holds an insurance ticket from the R a il wa y Passengers' Assurance Company ; that passenger was Mr. Hurry; it has been stated that Mr. Nappier also held a ticket of insurance, but that gentleman had not taken a ticket for the return journey. The four extraordinary casks for Mr. John Fowler, 12, Wells -street, Cripplegate, wine -merchant to the Vice-Regal Court, Dublin, were yesterday land e d a t t h e Eastern Dock, London Docks, and in a few days will be brought up in lighters to the Crescent-quay, and only wait the necessary machinery being completed for their being landed there. THE SHEFFIELD MURDER.—The inquest on the body of John Wilkinson, who was found murdered in his house on Sunday mo , ning, was held on Tuesday afternooi, but adjouruclutil Friday for fiirth4 widow% AT LINES LEAS: TAMS. ' Business Railways. comp ."... Paid. Nominal Prices done to-day. Berko and Banta, Ex. 5 per Cent 'Gt. Western i % 1 p. Bir. and Oxford Junc.,callsduly paid, or with a guarantee .. DO .• .• 112 28% 29% Do., withou a guarantee .. De •• all 27 —2B 27% Wol., Dud.,calls duly paid, or with a , guarantee .. Do .. 15 8 34 934 p Do., without a guarantee .. Do • • • 1S 7 8 p Buckinghamsh. Lon. & N.W., all 17% —IS Clydesdale June Caledunlan 1 all 41 —43 E. Lin., Guar. 61 per Cent. .. I G. Northern all 32% —B3 Gloucester andl Dean Forest Gt. Western 20 par 1 p Hull and Selby Yk. &N. M. all 101% 102% Do. % Shares Do .. •• All 50% 51% Do. % Shares Do • • .. all 22% 23% Leeds and Brad. Midland all 98% 99% Lon. and Green. S. Eastern all 11% 1 Do., Pref. .. Do .. all 2334 2434 Lowestoft, Gd. 4 per Cent. Norfolk • • all 15 —l6 Do., 6 per cent Do .. •• all Middle:43r°' and Redcar, 6p. ct Stockt.& Dar all .. N. & East, 5 per Cent. .. E. Counties . all 54 —56 Do. New .. Do • • • • 43 4 6 p Preston and L. &N. W.} all 42 —44 Wyre • • •• S &La.E4 Y. Do. % Shares ADo .. • • 1 034 734 834 p. Read., Guild., and Reigate .. S. Eastern all 21 2134 Roy. & Ilitchin G. Northern 6% 714 o. Steep. Ex.. Do •• 3 % I%p. Shef., Roth. and Gcole, 5 per et. Lane. &York 1811 6 South Staffords. Mr. WC:lean 934 3 die. Wear Val. 6 per Cent. gua. Stock.& Dar. all 24 2434 Do. do. .. Do .. a ll Wilts, Som., & Weymouth .. ;Gt. Western all 45 453{ .2.EPZIL: BU EB. Asturian Australian ...... Barossa Range ........ Blaenarvon Iron and Coal Bolanos Scrip .......... British 1r0n............ Brazilian Imp. (is. 51: 15 4 1 13 0 Do. Coenes and Cuiabal Do. St. John del Rey.. Cobre Copper •• .... .• . Coplap° ..... • • .... • • • M exican & S. American Real Del Monte, (Jure& Do. Black Debentures. Do. Red Debentures .. Santiago de Cuba ...... Tin Croft United Mexican- ...... JOINT Australasia ............ British North America.. Colonial .............. Commercial of London.. London Joint Stock .... Lon,lon and Westminster' National Provincial Eng. National of Ireland .... Provincial of Ireland.... Do. sew .. ........ Union of Australia .... Union of London ...... union of Madrid MX: Canada .... • Gen. Steam Navigation . Penin. & Oriental Steam. Ditto ditto Royal Mail Steam ...... (we cannot be answers will not be influenced by 3% -8% 13 5 2434 32% 32 16X lox, 38X, 39 laN, 14 3;Zi —4% % —Ni -6% 45( - 5 4%- :Ir. BANES 33 -32 4 42% - 43,4, 9h - 12 25 - 25% 18% - 17% 27% - 28 28 2 8% ' STOI 18% - 20% 42 - 43% 15% - 15 35 -33 N 3 - 12% - , CE7GLANEOITS. 82% 423{ —46 14 26% 28 all 65A 68 5 11 1134 60 75 —7B thle for the errors of the Official Lists, an Interested correspondents.] MONEY and UOIIIIIIERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were e-ti mated at 4,000 bales, all to the trade. The market closed with downward tendency, and prices of all kinds were about I. per lb. lower.—RAlway Snares were dull, at lower prices. The six weeks' average price of Wheat is 38s. 9d. per quarter, and the week's sales of home-grown are 66,686 quarters. In completion of the Trade and Navigation Returns, which we analysed on Tuesday, we may give the state ment of tonnage inwards, during the month to the sth of April, engaged in the foreign trade, distinguishing the several countries to which the ships belonged:— _ 1850. United Kingdom and its de pendencies ... ... tons 231,755 Russia 897 Sweden ... ... 2,265 Norway ... ••• ... „ 14 815 Denmark ... .. ... „ 12,802 Prussia 4,006 Other German States... „ 18,190 Holland ... ..• ... „ 13,434 Belgium ... ... ... „ 3,678 France ..• ... ... ~ 13 413 Spain 2,006 ~ Portugul ••• ••• ••• ~ 1,105 Italian States ... ... „ 3,687 Other European States „ 160 United States of America „ 30,519 Total ... ... tons 352.792 The West India letters and papers do not add much to what appears in another column of The Sun. The Jamaica advices state :—" It is a great mis fortune to the colony that it has been visited by cholera, and hae lost so large a number of its in habitants. This visitation has produced a two-fold effect. It has led to a very heavy outlay of money, and increased the public debt. it is expected, to the extent of 50.0001., and taken off a large number of the inhabitants. It has also alarmed or paralysed the la bouring population, and driven them away from the es tates in certain districts. Some time must necessarily elapse before the alarm which the disease created will entirely subside and the people return to their usual occupations. Of course till this is done, delay. inconvenience, and loss must be experienced and sustained by the sugar-growers, and all who depend upon the labour of these persons to take in their crops. And we have no doubt that in some districts, and for some time to come, the planters will be forced to limit or to restrict their cultivation. In this way, and not by any attempt at immigration, will the demand for labour be diminished. Of course, if any additio❑ can be made to the labouring strength of the colony, irrespective of the immigration now carried on by the Home Government, without incurring expense, or if any means can be de vised for inducing the people in the island to labour on the estates for money wages, they ought to be made aed devised. There is not much to hope fur, however, in these respects, or by thi-se means, and every reason to expect that the want of labour now complained of will be experienced for some time to come, though perhaps not to the same extent." A marked improvement is observable in the general tone of the English Funds, and although business has not much increased, the quotations have risen .4 per cent. This is partly due to the circumstance that no advance has been made in the rate of discount at the Bank of England, and the fine weather also operates beneficially. Consols have been quoted 96i and 97, and have suddenly jumped up to 97k from the cause just stated. The New Three and-a. Quarter per Cents. from 97i have risen to 97i and 98 Bank Stock is about 210 to 211. Exchequer-bills have realiz .d only 494 to 50i., and East Indts Raids 503. to 535.. but both will doubtless rally with the funds. In the Foreign Market more attention is paid to Mexican Bonds, which have touched 35i to 36. Buenos Ayres Stock is at 56. Spanish Five per Cents. have b een and the Three per Cents. 39k. Vent zue!it Bonds are 33i to Portugturse Four per Cents, are 32 to 34. ftuilway Shares have been very quiet, but since the rally i❑ the Funds they are looking up. „ . The last week's Rsilway Receipts ascertained up to this day, in round figures are as wirier:— _ 1851. 1850. Great Western £lB 595 ... £16,025 North-Western 49,214 ... 44,895 South-Western 10,514 ... 9.677 Brighten Midland South-Eastern North Stafford 5,246 .. 4,399 Caledonian HALF-PAST TWO O'CLOCK. The committee of Mexican Bondholders have just re ceived inform:Aion from Mr. Falconnet that he „as iu possession of an original bill assigning the 2. 500,000 dolls. to the bondholders, and that he had given notice to Messrs. Barings' agents in Mexico accoidir•gly. Mr. Falconnet had concluded an arrangement, al4o. with Messrs. Manning and Mackintosh to pay the balance due by them in three instalments, viz, in January and July, 1852, and January, 1853, with 6 per cent. interest from January, 1851. Bills to be accepted and security given for the payment. Mr. Falconnet was exerting himself to obtain payment of the tobacco duties due. Mr. Payno, the new Mexican Minister, bag written to the Committee advising his arrival at Southampton. The Great Western brings 42,282 dollars for the di vidends. The National Provincial Bank of England has veld its meeting, and declared a dividend at the rate of six per cent. per annum. QUAZCTER TO THRE Consols „.., .. ... 97 * Ditto Aprount, May 13 ... 97 * i BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE 01,140C/i. (From the Official List.l sank Stock 210 I per Cent.Redueed Annuities 96 3w' $ per Cent. Consols Anna New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anus. india Stock Do. Bonds. 10001 53 50 South Sea Stock — Ditto Old Annuities 95% °saws for Ancona 97 97 1 4 E <,.h.0.0er iiille. I Iv d 1,0001...... — 49:0 p „ 4 — 49 50 p Small — 49 50 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Buenos Ayres Bonds. 6 per Cent. ... 56 Danish Bonds 182 5 , 3 per Cent.— Ditto, 5 per Cent .................. 102 3 / 4 M 4xioan ktonea,l‘46,ls per Cent., Coupon* Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto for the Account ••••• •••••• 8 3 4 %.34 Russian Bonds , 1922, 5 per Cent— 1 2 t , paa i s h Bonds, 5 per Cent l% Ditto Account Ditto, Coupons Spanish Sonde. 3 per Cent,.. . 1840 ... V enezu ela Bonds ...- ... le 33 i a Dividends on the above papill a in LondOti -------- GALLERY or ILLUSTRATION, 14, REGENT. STREET. —Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Prussia, and the Princess Louise, attended by the Countess Oriolla, Countess A. De Harke, Count Goltz, Count Pukler, Count Hientz, and his Excellency the Prussian Minister, honoured the above Gallery with their presence this morning. ROYAL MARINES —Tbe following promotions and appointments have taken place in the Corps of Royal Marines : First Lieutenant Henry Atkins M'Callum, of the Portsmouth division, to be Captain, and appointed to the Ply mouth division, vice Captain C. Clarke, retired on full pay; Second Lieutenant William John Spencer Richards to be First Lieutenant, and appointed to the NVoolwich division, vice 11‘Callutn. BARItABOUS SUPERSTITION.—On Saturday last, wretch, named Masterson, from Molranney, was committed to Mayo prison for the barbarous act of cutting off the head of a corpse, but a few days previously interred. The objec of the fellow in severing the head was for the purpose of " clearing" himself of some imputed crime by s.• earing on a skull—a superstition very common in that part of the ccun try.—llluyo Constitution. NEWS FOR " POLITE " CIRCLES. —It may, per chance be a matter of more than ephemeral interest to many ehevaliers d'industrie, who have visited our shorts to practi cally demonstrate, in their own persons, the "industry of all nations," on the hearth of John Bull, to notify the fact, that Herr Felzenthal, the Daniel Forrester of the Viennese capital, and the vigilant M. Steiber, the police agent of Berlin, have been among the most recent and not least im portant arrivals in Loudon. LLOYD'S SHIPPTh.G.-( THIS VA Y • ) lONDoN, MAY B.—Wind at Loch S.W. ; light breeze and cloudy. FALMOUTH, MAY 7.—Wind N N.W.—Arrd. Intre pido, Bahia; Neuld, Port.) Rico. Off port, Chenerell, Mauritius for the Clyde; Ditnondsbury, ditto. MILFORD.—Arrd. Mary, Falmouth fur Liverpool, leaky. i,UTHAMPT , N, MAY 7.—Arrd. Great Western steamer, Wt--t Indies. JERSEY, MAY 6.—Wind Sr. Peter, Ham, I; Mary Ann Labrador; Post Bag, Gaspe. LIVERPOOL, MAY 7 —Wind W. to N. W. —Acrd ` Ca' Mertorlial, Calcutta; Brandywine, New Orleans; Caro line Nesmith, New Orleans; Delta, Mobile; Recipe ocity Mobile ; Ashburton, New York; America, New York ; I Queen of the Isle, Valparaiso; Brothers, Bueno s A y res; William Skee, Barbadoes; Clara Symee, New Orleans ; Thomas Ftslden, New Orleans; Sir Charles Napier' Mobile; Commerce, Charleston. Off port, Maria, Mau ritius; Runnymede, 11.-merata; Sophia M.Kerzie, New Orleans ; William Rathboue, Savannah; John, Chsrlts• ton; Blarney steams r, Earl ( f Lonsdale, Washington. Charlotte Harrison, Flora Muir, Rapid, Argo, AgaWe non, Messenger, Grusaehar, Huron, Bride barque, D' e r . pool, Java, anti Valparaiso. The Jona brigantine uf Bs_ timore, waterlogged and abandoned, was passed Ist V , long. 65. Sld. Sea, Port Philip ; Anna fienderso‘no Calcutta; Reind eer , R io J ane i ro Jane Pro wse, , t. Thomas; ,Lc A. Wester a ldt New York; Sardinia, rie York ; TlmPest, New York; George Baynes, 134wn ; Messeng).r, Q ut b ec . Th e Brdlidywine, from New Orleans, which wa s on s h ore on t h e so uth. pert Pe" 9 ..ed the Mississippi lath March, got off, and has arri ` here. The Conqueror, from London, which arrived a. New Yo. k 19th April, has b een in contact with a lark steamer 9th March, and received damage. BRISTOL, MAY 7.—The Pitton brig, from Swan s as eil ; ran in o the Eibe packet, for London, when 00 la had both masts carried away. p of ST. THOMAS, APRIL 19.—Th e C aro line barq- -, and from Bristol for Tobago, has been destroyed 11 fire, near the Island of Sab a . C rew saved, an d°. rived here. Cowas, MAY 7.—Wind S.W.—Sid. Franklin steamer' New York. d. QUEENSTOWN. MAY 6. --Wind N. N. Vi." --11 Einelyn, Matiri.ius. tiff port Wave, Jamaica. DEAL, MAY 7.—Wind W.N.W. to Atka, Rio Janeiro f or S t . Petersbu' rgh ; Vivid, D ea3 " . rara; Kensgunde, St. Jrtgo de Cuba for 13teuieD. NOTICE TO MARINERS.Af 1851 ' Admiralty, 6th a nid ni• Sir,—Admiral Sir William Parker having (. 0) t he cated to my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty result of an examination which he has caused to be i a l o k of Graham's Shoal, by Commander Lord Fro er „l o . Kerr, of her Majesty's steam vessel Scourge, I litre : c "„ o f inand,d to communicate to'you, for the informst'°;st the Committee for managing the affairs of Lloyd' B, the shoal bus not sunk, as more than once has been 00 ported, but that it still e xi sts , an d carr i es b ut 16 fee its shallowest part. rhe f lluw,i g is the position assigned to this shoel:.: Lat. 37 deg. 11 min. 5 sec. North, ion. 12 deg. 44 . t. 55 sec. East, and the bearings by compass of the cent land, according to the original survey, are-- Pantelicina Peak, S., 72 deg. W. • A Campobeth, N., 12k deg. E. Peak over Cape S. MatCO3 N., 521 deg. E. Sciacca Tosser, N., 571 deg. E. Monte Allegro, N., 86i deg. E. , • P. Rusetto, S., 2.3 deg. E. (Signed) W. B. HANILTO26 Captain G. A. Halsted, R.N., Secretary, Lloyd'O. MARKET NLWS.—(THIS DAY.) zrEurGaTE AND X. EADENHALZ“ # These marko s wer e to l era bl y stea d y to•uay, co prices —l3,ef, from 2s 2d to 3s 4J; Mutton, 25 4- 3i 8d ; Limb, 4s 8d to 5, 8 I; Veal, 3s to 3s 10d; 6- Pork, 2s 8d to 3s 10d per gibs, by the carcase. HAY MARKETS. oft -)OIITIIFIELI,.—AItuAIow , 31 Os to 41 10i; ClO A Si Os to 41 10s ; and St raw , I/ Is tolt 96 per 0" A full average supply, and a steady trade. ON COMBERLAND. Meadow H a y, 31 Os to s' l A, Clover, 3t Os to 4110 s; and Straw, 1/ 2s to 1/ 115 per to Supply moderate, and trade firm. 100 WHITECHAPEL. Meadow H a y, 31 O s t o 41 d , Clovt-r, 31 Os to 4/ 12$; and Straw, 1125 to 11105 W WI Trade steady, at our quotations. - MEAT MARXISTS. SOUTHALL, MAY 7.—Our market hay been -, 10 supplied to d a y. G enera ll y spea ki ng, t h e demand 1'56 ruled heavy, as follows :—Beet; from 2s id 1, 10d; Mutton, 2.8 d to 3s 10d; Lamb, 5 3 t o 5 s 10d ; vet -3s to 3s 10d ; an d P or k , 3s to 3s 8d per Blbs, to . 1 the (dial. RUMFORD, MAY 7.—Prime Beasts sold slowly, fi 1 " 5 ,1 0 week's quo , atio n s. I n o her ki n d s of stock very linn Beef, from 2 s 6d t o 3 s 8 d ; M utton, 3s 8a 4s ; Lamb, 4s 101 to 5. 10d ; Veal, 38 2d to 3 310 " I Pork, 3s 2d to 3s 8d per 81bs. Suckling Calfs, 189 23s ; and Milch Cows with their small Calf; 161. to 18 ach. HAILSRAM, MAY 7.—Very little business was trial; acted to-day, ai bar e ly st at i onar y pr i ces. Beef, fr°, 3, w Mutton 3, 41 to 4s Od; L am b, 5 3 t o 5s 10 00 Veal, 3,2 d to 3s 8d per Sibs. ARUNDEL, MAY 6 —Our market has rule friend , * follow , : —Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s; Mutton, 3s 4d g° 4,2 d; Lamb, 5s t, 5,, 6d; Veal, 3s 2d to 32, 6d per 81bs. CHICHESTER, MAY 7.—Y.r most kinds of Mock vr tl have had a very nototive inquiry, at drooping prices , it et, from 3s 2d to 3s 10/1; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s; 14803 b; 5s to 5i 8d; Veal, 3s 2d to 3s 6d; Pink, 3s 4d to 3e 60 per Sibs. CORN AVERAGES t4ENERAI, AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended May I. 1851, made up from the Returns of ttg: inspectors in the dinerent Cities aud IOWLI3 in England and Vial" per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. BARLEY. OATS. RYE. BEANS. 1 pgAl• A PRICE .• 1 28 s Sd 1246 ) I 18s 3d 236 10d 27s 91 125 e 4" DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. , HEAT. BARLEY. I OATS. I RTE. I BEANS. I FEAS: IS Od Od Is Od Is Od Is Od is Oi • -- - • QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD IN THE PAST WEEK. Wheat, 66,656; Barley, 19,513 ; Oats, 10,139 ; Rye, 102; BOA 4,170 ; Peas, 434 quarters. HOUSE OF LoRDS—(THIS DAY.) Their Lordships sat this morning to bear appeals,l the cases argued bef o r e th em c‘ere ent i re l y d est i tu te 0 interest. ROLLS' COLT T.-(THIS DAY.) TRISTER V. HARDEY. This case was again rtsumed this morning. VICE-CHANCEItY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Sir J. K. BRUCE.) His Honour was occupied the whole day in hearing short causes. (Before Lord CRANWORTH.) His Lordship this morning took the motion paper, WI no case of importance ceeurred before him. QUEEN'S BE;NCH.—(THIS DAY.) (Sntee e s B4ace.) QUEEN V. BILL. In this case the de readmit was indicted fear a nuissne• arising out of an arEenic manwtectory near Kingston, in Surrey, of which he was the proprietor. He now came up for judgment, but The LORD CHIPS JUSTICE, who tried the case, said the jury expressed a wish that the factory should EA allowed to remain whore it is it it could be carried on without injury to the public. Now the Court were anxious to know if something could not be done to se• complish that object. Would it not be well to refer the matter to some SC ntific gentleman to see if the working of the factory could be so changed as to destroy the nuisanc'. Mr. CHAMBERS, who appeared for the defendant, was quite wilting to accede :o these suggestions, RS was also Mr. Sergeant Shee, who represented the prosecution and it was ultimately arranged that the question should he referred to Professor Brandt, upon the under. standing that the defendant immediately paid the taxed costs of the other side. The judgment of the Court was therefore postponed until next term. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) Mr. Justice COLERIDGE sat in Banco this morning. and disposed of several actions, but they merely related to points of practice, and presented no feature of public interest. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) (Sit,ing in Banco.) WALSTAB v THE PATENT FUEL COMPANY. This case crime before the Court on a aemurrer. It appeared that the plaintiff was the company's agent for the sale of their " Patent Fuel," an article manufactured from coal dust and tar. By the agency contract, the plaintiff was to be paid 7s. per ton on all patent fuel sold and delivered by him from hie wharf, 4s. per tun on tail sold Irvin thence and taken away by the purchaser, ss. 3d per ton on all patent fuel sold by the company from their works at Deptford and delivered uerefdbly a t t h il e d mpflaroin tiff, and 6d. per ton on all patent thence and taken away by the purchasers (except what should be sold for shipment or exportation, or to ceitain paper-makers); and it was stipu lated that it should not be lawful for the com pany to cart, or otherwise deliver to the purchaser all fibilittyet., it being th e i ntention of the fuel sold f t r h o e m ir the s n a c id e w irl hi a c u h afg s t h e o W u r l Y d l the purcha sers should be de ana t r o t y t D b e f e p i tetfrkdew.nhballatpr away a h g v r e e r e e m d e b n y t t t h h a e t tbe plaintiff should, in every such instance " a s last aforesaid," have the right and benefit of the delivery. Mr. PEAC , C. on behalf of the company, contended that the words " as last aforesaid" referred to the patent fuel sold for "shipment or exportation," and that the plaintiff was not entitled to have the delivery of what wag sold for shipment or exportation." Mr. WILLES, for the plaintiff, contended that the words referred ro the last antecedent only, which Wag, all fuel which should not be taken away by the pur chaser." The COURT were unanimously of that opinion, and judgment wa4 given for the plaintiff for 1,2001.. the ninuunt wse4sen by the jury on the trial that had pre viously taken place. There was also another demurrer, relating to a sum of 3981, which wus also decidad in the plaintiff's favour. SHERIFFS' COURT —(THIS DAY.) (Beiure Mr. Under Sht•rilf 13URCIIELL•) STUART 11. BROOK. This was an action brought to recover the Juin of 4271., partly on a bill of exchange and for goods sold. The plea originally put in was withdrawn, and tvverctid • 3 'was entered for the Oniount claimed. 1 1 0 ICO 8 6 8 MINES. Nominal Pricef,. Business done to-day. ---__._ Thi, Cz g one ot the ; D, fru: a and covin, The Cut in hearing Wholly de eluded wh Paid, day tot t Johi Out. Mr. Hari log .and you "h. . acti enti and ken cos it f is f ` Bc