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Zttrtf Übttton SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING Six o'CLocit No business doing. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) IN RE THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL submitted that this rile should be made absolute. This application was made on behalf of the directors of the Electric Telegraph Com pany, whom Messrs. Willmer and Smith had libelled in the letter written in the Morning Herald, and unless persona were at liberty to libel individuals, because members of a company, the Court would protect those individuals from the gross libel which had been pub lished concerning them. This was a matter of character, and the company were anxious net only to meet the charges brought against them, but to explain others fully and amply. Mr. MARTIN and Mr. HAYES followed on the same side. Lord CAMPBELL was of opinion that this rule ought to be discharged, and that those who applied for it should be left to their remedy by an action for indict ment; end as there was an action already pending in which the questions which had boon agitated to-day would b 2 decided by a jury, in order that there might be no prejudice from anything that fell from him (Lord Campbell), he would abstain from saying anything more. The rule was discharged, without costs. (Sittings in Banco.) IN RE THZ QIARTERLY REVIEW. Mr. COCKBURN applied for a rule nisi, called on Mr. Murray, the publisher of the Quarterly Review, to show elatie why a criminal infurmation should not be filed t4.:ainst him for a libel which appeared in that work, in au article relating to the disturbances at Vents, and the murder of Count Latour by the populace, and which was worded in such a manner that it could apply to no one but Court Puhky, on whose behalf he made the present application. It eharg‘d a Hungarian gentleman in this country with (litho ibuting money and into eicating drinks, and exciting popmace cf Vienna to revolution and to the murder f Count Ls.tour. The COURT refused the rule, on the ground that the aqicte in que,tion did not point at Count Pulski, with u eat explicitness to induce any one to come to the c nc'usicn that fp~ was the person referred to. EXCEIEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) (B:fore the LORD Ciuur BARON and Barons ALDERSON, ROLFE, and PLATT.) SWAIM V. WOODS. This action 719.3 triad before Mr. Baron Alderson a faw days bince, when a verdict was found fur the de fendant. Mr. MILLER now moved for a rule to show cause why the Yer&m, should not be set aside and a new trial had, on the ground of misdirection. The action was brought by Dr. Swab y to recover a year's salary for services rendered t) the Industrial and General Life Assurance a'id Deposit" C ernpany, of which the defendant was a oireoter. It app area that the company was originally projected by a person named Cleland, and through him the plaintiff was introduced to the defendant and other provi,iona! directors, and a resolution was unanimously priiNi fill a meeting of the directors on the 2.nri of Aw . tsit, 1649, that he should be engaged as the secre tary of tie company. At that meeting the defendant was nut pre-eat. The appointment of the plaintiff was, however, suhject to the reservation that be was only to expect, remuneration in the mut of the company being cemapletely formed. The plaintiff accordingly entered tae service of the company upon those terms, and con tinurd in the capacity of secretary for five months, but on the 19. h December he was dismissed without any juitilization, although something was said about his being a nervous person, who was not likely to discharge properly the duties of his office. This allegation, how ever, he was instructed to say was a mere pretence, in order to prevent the plaintiff having any claim against the directors. The Learned Judge was of opinion at the trial that there was no evidence of a bargain between the plaintiff and the directors, and accordingly directed a vertii“ Lr the defendant. The Learned Counsel now contended that there clearly was a bargain made with the plaintiff, because the understanding was, that if the concert. went on be should be paid his salary as secre tary, and that by implicaition he was not to be dis charged from that service unless on the ground of mis conduct. In the present case the hiring was not a mere speculative one, the remuneration for which was contingent on the success of the project, for a board of directors was actually formed, and the plaintiff had given his services for several consecutive months. It would be a case of extreme hardship it' a person, engaged upon the un lerstianding that he was not to be paid for his services until the company was actually formed, should give his services for many months and then be discharged without cause 'a few days before the company was legally incorporated, without receiving p.ny remuneration. He apprehended that if an act of this arbitrary character were to be done the pkizat'ff, who would thereby be deprived of the induce ment held out to him fur giving his services, should be peel for his labour and time out of the funds either of the company or of the directors personally, and that in this case the v erdict ought to have been for the plainiiff, because the directors had undertaken the responsibility of d.ischergine ; him. The Calla was of opinion that no rule ought to be gralitel, fur the jury had found that under the arrange ment' by which th© bargain was made no member of the board of directors was to ho personally liable, but that the remuneration was to be found out of the funds of the company. Under these circumstances, the jury 13.4ving founi; this state of facts, the plaintiff could not recover on any of the counts of the declaration. The e Jett was satisfied that there was no contract to make the directors personally liable, because it hail been proved at the trial, that the directors and all the cffieers had agreed not to hold each other personally liable, but to look to the success of the un dertaking for remuneration. Rai , : refused accordingly. IRELAND. SLVAGE ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE TWO ROMAN CATHOLIC CLERGYMEN AT THE ALTAR, IN DUBLIN, YESTER DAY. Dunurg, SUNDAY, 11 o'cLocK.—A correspon dent informs us that at nine o'clock yesterday morning, at mass, a maniac, young and well dressed, from Cabintelly, named M'Mahon, rushed int') the sanctuary; White Friars-street, Dublin, as the R,2verend Mr. Corrigan was celebrating mass, and prostrated him by a violent blow on the back of Lis head, with a piece of ash branch, three I!et long, about four inches thick, and three pounds weight, prepared for the purpose. The assassin then made another attack at the side altar on the Rev. Mr. O'ltooke, who was' ofuciating there, inflicting severe wounds over his temples, and felling him to the ground. The than was instantly secured, and was with difficulty saved from the vengeance of the congregation. The lives of both clergymen, who are ar advanced in years, are despaired of; and, as migh be expected, the greatest excitement prevailed. -FM _____,,,,,,, ________ .PERIAL PARLIAiVIENT. (THIS EVENING.) ~......____ HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships assembled at Five o'clock. PETITIONS. The Earl of UAREWOOD presented several peti tions complaining of agricultural distress. with Th a similar prayLlere Earl of EGNTON pre sente d several petitions The Archbishop of YORK presented a p et i tion against Sunday labour in the Post -office. PARISH CONSTABLES BILL. This Bill was, on the motion of the Earl of ROMNEY, read a second time. i A R-GENERAL OF THE PREROGA REGIST'`" COURT OF CANTERBURY, mul The Archbishop of CANTERBURY wished to ex- Eia : n the circumstances under which he had a pp o i nted is ' eci n to the office of R egistrar-General of the di ocese It had been stated that he had made an ot Caeterbu27% unf3ua use or his patronag e by appointing his son to th e (Ace of I eTistrar- General of the Prerogative Court of CanterbOTP:The;fact was, 4,1 i, that a n t o h t etohtande sieunominatedrooffihcise."An to the reversionary office,' statute had passed in 13 4 7,upl acing the Prerogative Court of Ca4tcrbury under the jurisdiction of Parliament with regasel to the duties to be performed by any public " no in t ments. Therefore otheer, b. ud with regard Po his he had appointed his son to the reversion of the office of ieg s trar, but not tol! a sinecure office. Wherever there was a.cDurt ther e must b e a reg i s trar, and his son was appointed to te reversion of that office, subject to the eeciiion of Parliament as to the duties and to the emolu ments of that office. The Rit‘hup of LONDON bore witness to the disin terestedness with which the Most Reverend Prelate had used hit patronage when Bishop of Chester. CASE OF MR. RYLAND. The Duke Of ARGYLL gave notice of a motion in this case for Friday. UNIVERSITY REFORM. Lord 'BROUGHAM recommended the Government to p luso before issuing their Commissio n f or in • - , he state of the Ur' q into , a , -ti niversities. Wi thoat an—Act ot uiring Par liAtnent no efficient inquiry could be entered into, as the proposed Commission could not compel persons to give evidence. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE thought that when Nble . Lords saw the naraes of the Commission, they would be perfectly sat iqied. . . Lord MONTEAGLE hoped that the representatives of th:: Un ver!ities in the 1 a had t, use:of Corcm ons would bring (-4,. t ...• , 'on. of the house what been don e b y 14144#LV' "-%,+•"•aaselves in the way of reform during •4:' 4 ' -": i ; 11 W , '; 1: &‘,l objrcted that the Commission - - •••'0 , * - -'efft w- lk.a-• oinnt ary testimony. Witnesses !''''''''" '' '• ' l. . - 1 `, 1.,,,7, . Would, volunteer their testimony, , rf' i ~ • il; $ 1 7.1. ' :'0 • . i 7 Ontles would hold back. • , ; .1 1 ... , . . , _ •-• ,• 4 4 ' ." ' r . ,,,. • ~y _ , 7 .... ~.., Ni a s' 'l, t THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 6, MO. COUNTY COURTS EXTENSION BILL. Lord BROUGRAMpresentedseveral petitions in favour of the extension of the jurisdiction of County Courts, to which extension ha expressed himself fa vourable. PETITIONS. Lord STANLEY presented a petition from Antigua praying that the importation of sugar the produce of slave labour might be prohibited; also a petition from the House of Assembly of Jamaica, complaining of the constitution of the Legislative Council, and of the manner in which the Council controlled the conduct of the As sembly by rejecting their Bills. Earl GREY was not aware that this petition would be presented, but he thought it necessary to state that the state of affairs complained of had existed for more than a century past, and he was not prepared to admit that there had been any error on the part of the Legislative Council to authorize these complaints. They had never stood in the way of any reforms pro posed by the Assembly; they bad only contended that any reduction proposed by the Assembly should be prospective, and that colonial faith should be observed as regards the present holders of office. Lord STANLEY concurred in the soundness of the principle laid down by the Noble Earl, and he only re• gretted that the same principle had not been observed in regard to Nova Scotia and other colonies. Earl GREY said the same principle had been ob served in all colonies. Salaries provided for by annual votes might be reduced, but not so with regard to sala ries permanently fixed by the Legislature. PROCESS AND PRACTICE (IRELAND) BILL. _ The Earl of CARLISLE moved that the committal of this Bill be postponed, as certain amendments were to be introduced. &Lord MONTEAGLE hoped that the Bill would be reprinted with the proposed amendments, and that suffi cient time would be given to the profession in Ireland to consider its provisons. (LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. TURNPIKE ROADS. Mr. W. PATTEN moved that the standing orders, No. 6 and No. 88, relative to private Bills, be suspended, in the case of the Turnpike Road Bills referred to the Committee of Selection during the present session, and that any Committee, or Committees, to whom any unop posed Turnpike Road Bills might be referrei, should have power to consider the same, any provision in the litlth standing order notwithstanding. The motion was agreed to. THIRD READINGS. The following Bills were read a third time and passed : Elgin Gui'dry Fund Society Incorporation. Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway. South Staffurdshire Railway. AMENDEO BILLS. The following Bills as amended were considered and agri ed to: — Cambridge Regula'ion and Improvement, Markets, and Fairs. Childwall Waterworks. Esst and West India Docks and Birmingham Junction Railway. -¢ ' ^mar , PETITIONS. Mr. DUNCAN presented a letition from AnguEsbire against any alter atm in the parochial system of educa tion in Scotland. Mr. ANDERSON presented a petition from the Orkneys praying for some alteration in the Scottish Poor-19m. Several petitions were presentel against Sunday la bour in th.-Poq-nifice. Mr. C 'MIST 0 Pll ER presented several petitions from Lincolnshire complaining of agricultural distress, and praying for relief. Mr. HOLLAND presented two petitions from beach , one in favour or the Parochial Assessments Bill, and the ether in favour of a reform in the Court of Chancery. Mr. I3ECKETT preented a petition from Leeds in favour of the Ten Hours Factory Bill. Mr. COCKBURN presented a petition frog the Ro man Catholics of Kilkenny praying for additional church accommodation. Lord JOCELYN presented a petition from King's Lynn in favour of international arbitration. Sir J. DUCKWORTH presented a petition from Lfith in favour'of a remission of the duty on spirits. Mr. J. B. SMITH presented petitions from Stirling, Dunfermline, and other places in Scotland, against the Public Health 1111 for Scotland. Colonel THOMPSON presented petitions in favour of the Extramural Interments Bill from Bermondsey, St. Luke's, Chelsea, the members of the Stock-Exchange, and St. John's and St. Peter's, Saffron-hill; also a peti tion from the board of highways at Bradford, praying that the 28th Clause of the Highways Bill might remain unaltered. Mr. PELHAM presented a petition praying fir the abolition of the attorneys' certificate duty. Mr. F. SCOTT presented a petition from a place in Scotland complaining of agricultural distress, and pray ing for a return to protection. Mr..HUDSON presented two petitions from Sunder land, one in favour of the extension of county courts, and the other praying for certain alterations in the Merchant Seamen's Bill. Mr. T. D'EYNCOURT presented a petition from Lambeth in favour of the Extramural Interment Bill. Sir GEORGE PECHELL presented a petition from the attorneys of Brighton against the attorneys' certifi cate duty. Mr. MACKINNON presented a petition from St. Mary's, Lambeth, in favour of the Government Inter ment Bill. • Mr. COWAN presented two petitions from Edinburgh against Sunday labour in the Post-office. AUSTRALIAN COLONIES BILL. Mr. E. DENISON said the clauses in the Australian Colonies Government Bill, the clauses forming the Fe deral Assembly, were to he considered :at the time this matter was discussed in Committee, upon the distinct understanding that those clauses were to be revisel by the Government. Be wanted to know what view the Government took upon this point. Mr. LABOUCHERE said the Government still ad hered to the principle involved in the clauses which had been withdrawn, but they were desirous of giving the' smaller colonies greater weight in the assembly. Those! clauses would be laid on the table, when the matter, would be brought before the House in a regular manner. AUSTRALIAN COLONIES GOVERNMENT BILL. Sir. W. MOLESWORTH rose to more that the Bill be recommitted, for the purpose of omitting all clauses which empower the Colonial-office to disallow colonial laws, to cause colonial bills to be reserved, and to in struct colonial governors as to their conduct in the kcal affairs of the colonies; and for the purpose of adding clauses enumerating and defining imperial and colonial powers. He said this Bill raised two questions, one of which was a special question with reference the Australian colonies, namely, what would be the best form of government for those colonies? That question had been fully considered in Committee, and he would not ask the House to re• verse their decision upon it. The other question had not yet been discussed; that was, what amount of self-go veenment a colony ought to possess? Now the Noble Lord (Lord John Russell) bad admitted that a colony ought to possess the greatest amount of self-goeernment consistent with the integrity of the mother country. This Bill would not secure that end. If it passed in its present shape, there was not a single act which the Co lonial Government or the Legis'aeure could do without tbe express or implied sanction of the Colonial-office. If this B:11 were to pass, a colonial governor would be a mere puppet of the Colonial-office, pulled by the wires in Downing-street. The Colonial-office by this Bill would have the power to annul any act of the colonial governor. It was evi dent that by this Bill the Colonial-office would continue to possess all those obnoxious powers which they now held. He would ask to whom all these vast powers were to to granted? To persons who bad never had expe rience who were obliged to trust to second-hand informa tion, who were necessarily ignorant and generally misin formed. It would be easy for him to take colony after colony, and to mention the numerous instances of the evil effects, both to this country and to the colonies, from this system. But perhaps the Hon. Gentleman the Under- Secretary of State for the Colonies was instructed to say that such errors would never again be committed, that these powers would be used with the greatest circumspec tion. If the menaces of the colonists were unattended to acts of retaliation on their part might follow, and they perhaps would lead to the repentance of this country—such, for instance, as the remonstrances of Canada, the menaces of New South Wales, the murmurs of New Zealand, and now the demand of the inhabitants of the Cape of Good. Hope for free institutions. The Colonial-office was, in fact, a weak, ill-tempered, and vacillating ethis country into universal hatred and aut hority, which tyrannized over the people, and brought the position which this country question, therefore, was how they could give the colonies main tained that the inhabi ants self-government o e c n cu ti p tl i the greatest amount of repugnance. The d. rights and privileges,and ent consistent itled to e certain wit h and the maintenance of condition it of each particular colony, that which ought to be recon ciled with the local country. The colonial its possess powers corresponding allegiance with the mother Parliaments were entitled to to those enjoyed by the British Parliament, with tle exception of ha v i ng an imperial po wer , f or there couldbeno doubt if they had wouldinbterconT o question, howrtion of the distinct empire s , and d h p f o or w m er nthoatlotnhey longer an i the amount British dominio ns . was this to be given tTohethnemea.mgerTathhee p of self-government w as not inconsistent gre 4tes • t e . th purity and integrity o f t h e British Tee immediate question, then, for th em to decide empire. how to draw the line of demarcation between imperial and colonial powers; to decide that quest i on they must determine what were colonial power s , an d then those which were not enumerated must be taken as imperial powers; or they must first settle what were imperial powers, and leave those unenumerated t o b e con sidered as colonial powers. Now he proposed to adopt the latter course, because colonial powers not so easily determined as imperial. E Iy . : c r e e .2P Ling t hose imperial powers he proposed to give th e Colonial P arliament all the power they were possessed by the British Legislature, and in order to establish what those imperial posers were, lie had taken Black stone for his guide. In domestic matters the Crow n prerogative a passing its veto enjosel the preron se upon all measures p a ssed by the Legisla ture, whether in the c olonies or at home. Now that prerogative could not be individually exercised by the Cr ow n, and so Jar as t h e colonies were con cerned, it was d e legated to the Home-office, who, in its turn, some times delegated it to colonial grer"rs• He proposed to transfer this veto to t governor and council of the colon ).'.—(Hear.) The Coloni a l Id be res tricted from Parliament should touching the royal •rero atte mifioo • me' of which, how ever, ever, he proposed t • o tPrangs( ofinfre Colonial Governor. He proposed to vest all the imperial powers in a person appointed by the Colonial-office, paid by tbem and re sponsible to them, and the colonial powers in an officer paid and appointed by the Colonial Legislature To remove the colonial Governor he proposed that an address to the Crown shall be necessary. With regard to the colonial Parliaments, he proposed to restrict them from interfering with any foreign relations, with the command of the imperial forces, and from violating certain principles of polity which he held to be sacred, such as the establishment of slavery, &c. With these exceptions, he proposed that the colonial Government should have the same powers as the Imperial Parliament; and he would establish a supreme court, which should lhave the power of deciding all matters connected with the acts of the colonial legis lature. In this he was justified' by the example of the American judicial system. In supporting this sceme of his he might quote many eminent authors; and if this country had listened to such doctrines as these she would never have lost the North American colonies, and he was entitled to say, he thought, that there was an analogy between the system of the United States and what ought to be our colonial system. And in order to give to the colonies the greatest amount of self-government which was consistent with the unity and integrity of the em pire, he proposed to withdraw all control over the colonial legislature from the Colonial-office, and to vest it, by the clauses which he now brought forward, in a separate tribunal. The Hon. Baronet concluded by moving that the Bill be now recommitted. Mr. LABOUCHERE said he agreed that the ma nagement of local concerns should be given as far as possible to these colonies, and that the inter ference of the imperial Government should be confined to those cases where the safety of the imperial interests was concerned, and where it was necessary to restrain the colonial inhabitants from acting in a hostile or inju rious manner to each other, and it was not to the object of the lion. Baronet that he offered any opposition, but his objection was that he was firmly convinced that the scheme of the Hon. Baronet, and the machinery by which he proposed to carry it out, would, so far from having a beneficial effect, introduce confusion and discontent into every part of our colonial empire to which ho proposed to extend the measure. What, in fact, was the principle of the Bill? The Honourable Gentleman undertook, in an Act of Parliament to define the prerogatives of the Crown, and ,he mentioned nineteen instances in which the colonists were to have no jurisdiction; but as to all other rights beyond these they were to act as they pleased. Now he maintained that it was im possible in any Act of Parliament to define the rights of the Crown with precision, or to separate the imperial with the colonial interest. The Honourable Baronet had appealed to " Blackstone" as an authority in support c,f his plan, but he (Mr. Labouchere) should be sorry if any legal authority were to say that it was possible with any accuracy to define or enumerate the preroga tives of the Crown. Besides the Hon. Bart. had omitted some most material and important provisions, without which the Bill would give rise to the greatest diffi culties and toe ndless litigation, viz., the iprin ciple of martial law and the principal of escheats. lie hoped the House would not consent to recommit the Bill, for he was convinced the scheme of the Honourable Baronet could not be carried out without involving themselves in endless difficulties. Mr. ADDERLEY had never heard so meagre a reply to an elaborate scheme of Colonial Government. The Right Hon. Gentleman who had undertaken the defence of the Government Bill had taken up just 10 minutes to reply to the clever speech of the Honourable Baronet, but it would seem that .the Right Honourable Gen tleman treated the plan propounded as • a mad scheme, and it eas unworthy of his serious atten tion. But if the Right Hue. Gentleman thought so, why did he venture to tell the House that the motion only served to reopen a question which had several times been decided in Committee. Be (Mr. Adderley) denied that it was a mad scheme, in that it had been decided before. It was entirely a new question alto gether; what they had been discussing hitherto wai, whether or no it was the wish a the colonies that there should be one or two chambers. They had settled that matter, and now they had to determine what was the beat plan of carrying out the liberal institutions that were to be extended to the colonies by the Bill. They had already decided that the co lonies were able to manage their own local affairs, and all that they were now called uptn to do, was to put an end to the meddling influence of the • Colonial-office, so 'that the colonies them selves should have the fullest opportunities of testing the principle of self-government, The principles laid down s by the Government were nut carried out; they attempted to give to the colonies a sort of bastard constitution, something of a cross be tween that cf Russia at.d England. They bad promised to give the colonies a right to govern their own local affairs, but instead of doing so the Go vernment proposed to take the subject in their own hands and govern, but with a looser rein. (LEFT SPEAKING.) FRANCE. The usual religious ceremony in commemoration of the anniversary of the death of Napoleon took place yesterday at the chapel of the Hotel des Invalides. The President of the Republic was present. He was much cheered in passing to and from the chapel. The service was attended by the veterans of the Empire, who afterwards proceeded in procession to the Place Vendome, and deposited crosses of immortelles at the foot of the column. The Opinion Publique states that the Committee of the National Assembly to which the laws on the press have been referred had resolved to maintain the- caution money as it now stands fixed. The fines, however ' to which the editor of a j ou r na l may be condemned are in future to be required imme diately after his condemnation, without await ing the decision of the Court of Cassation, when he thinks proper to appeal against the sentence. After a long discussion, the com mittee adopted the system of a post stamp, without which no journal shall in future appear In Paris, and in -a certain number of adjoining departments, such as Lower Seine, Seine and Marne, Seine and Oise, &c., the stamp will cost six centimes, and the numbers thus stamped will be carried free by the post-office. The Administration will consent to the reduction of one centime per number on those distri buted through the town, which will consequently be only liable to a stamp of five centimes. As respects the journals published in all the other departments, the price of the post stamp is not to exceed that now required for their, conveyance, and the numbers bearing that stamp will be carried by the post-office without any additional cost; so that the new tax will only affect the numbers of the departmental journals distributed through the town. RUSSIA. The Koltier Zeitung states, from Posen cf the 2d inst., that his Majesty the Czar is expected to arrive in Warsaw on the 7th, and that a Congress of the Princes of the north is to take place i❑ that city on the 14th inst, According to other accounts the said Congress is to assemble at Kalisch. CHESTER.—RIVER. DEE CONSERVANCY BILL. --Th e preamble of this Bill which has excited such great in tere,t in Chest,r and the manufacturing districta, was this day approved by the Commons' C omm i ttee. A masa of evidence was adduced before the Committee for and against the Bill during the last three weeks, and the following engineers were examined in support of the measure:—Messrs. Robinson, M'Lean, Simpson, an d Hamilton Fulton; and against, a n d on th e part of the Dee Land Company and others, Messrs. Bendel, Walker, and Stephenson. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON At a session of council on Saturday last the follow ing prizes in the classes of the Faculty of Medicine were announced (session 1849-56) : CLASS OF MEDICINE. Gold Medal—Thomas G. Fitzgerald. Ist Silver— Charles William Hammond. 2d Silver—Samuel Morris. Certificate—Robert Bowman. COMPARATIVE ♦NATOMMY. Gold Medal—Thomas G. Fitzgerald. Certificate-- Richard Neale. ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY. Gold Medal—Joseph S. Gamgee. Ist Silver —J. W. de Tunzelman and Joseph Lister (equal). Certificates —Thomas Hillier, S. W. Sibley, George Buchanan B. J. Miles. CHEMISTRY. General Course.—Gold Medal—J. W. de Tunaleman. lat Silver—R. Grundy. 2d Silver—Henry Simpson. Certificates—G. A. Humble, S. H. Blackmore, J. Foot man, Amos Ingham, Arthur Dupuy, w. B. R ams . bottom. Essay Prize—Silver Medal—W. J. Russell. Birkbeck Labratory Students—Gold Medal—W. ICenrick. Silver—H. E. Roscoe. Certificates—S. Cathcart, Jos. Fox, A. Haslam, M. Haynes, J. Alston. ANATOMY. Senior Class.—Gold Medal—J. W. ele Tunzelman. Ist Silver—J. Lister. 2d Silver—T. Hillier. Cortifi. cates—J. C. Agnis, J. D. Weaver, E. J. Miles, David D. Davies, J. J. Ritchie. Junior Class.— , Silver Medal—J. Z. Lawrence. Cer tificates—F. W. Sayer, J. R. Beasley, James Ekin, John Edwards, Thomas Veal, E. Andrew, J. M. E. Long, W, Mushet, A. Dupuy, G. Buchanan, W. H. Flower. KIDWIYERY. Gold Medal—H. Grimshaw. Ist Silver—F. Martin. 2d Silver—D. D. Davies. Certificate--Joh❑ P. Nash. n(7110E117. Gold Medal—Flenry Thompson—lst Silver—C. W. Hammond. 2d S i lver—T. G. Fitzgerald. Certificates J. P. Longhorn, J. C. Agnis, S. W. Sibley, J. B. Scriven, M. E. B. Nicholson, W. G. Bacot, S. Morris. FELLOWS CLINICAL MEDALS. Gold—Sommer, 1848—Henry Briggs. Winter, 184S 49—J. R. Reynolds. Prize of 401 . —General Proficiency —Henry Briggs. SUMMER TERM, 1848-49. ATHOLOGICAL Gold Medal— P Thotnai G. Fitzgerald ANATOMY. MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE. Prize—Henry Lawrence. BOTANY ...(Senior.) Gold Medal—J. Z. Lawrence. Silver —J. W. de Tunzolman. FALMOUTH, MAY 5 .- 1 4 d W.—Arrd. Lina, Zen, Bahia; Oscar and Ricardo, Matanzas. Off port, Terpsi. chore, klagstrom, Pernambuco for Copenhagen; Pauline, H en richson, Havannah for Antwerp; Janeero, Do Go ray. ditto, for Hamburgh ; Hope, C arter , Ceylon; lgadra!, of Havre, for Havre. STEAM COMMUNICATION WITH BRAZIL, MEXICO, THE WEST INDIES, AND THE PACIFIC, SOUTHAMPTON, MAY 4.—We are enabled to an nounce that her Majesty's Government have just concluded the long-pending negotiations for a re organization and improvement of steam communica tion with the West Indies and the Pacific, and for the establishment of steam communication with the Bra zils and Rio Plata. The arrangement and details of this important and gigantic scheme have, for many months, occupied the earnest attention of the Lords of the Admiralty, the Chancellor of the Exchequer,. and some other heads of departments. The fullest c ons id erat i on h as b een given to the various plans submitted to the Govern ment, and extensive inquiries have been instituted, not only into the relative merits of the different schemes and routes proposed for adoption, but also into the comparative claims, whether political or commercial, of the numerous colonies and states that have to be embraced by a plan that must provide re gular and rapid communication to and from Buenos Ayres and Brazil on the one hand, and the West India mail route on the other, including all the Bri• tish and foreign colonies, from Guiana to Jamaica, from Venezuela and Spanish America to the Gulf of Mexico, and from Chili to California on the Pacific side, in all numbering upwa r d s o f s i xty ports of ca ll , all of which it is necessary to accommodate with a direct and accelerated method of communication to and from Europe. . The result of all these deliberations and inquiries has been the adoption of a pl a i n pr i nc i p l e as a b as i s for the plan of operations, to the practical effect that the most important places must be provided with the most direct communication, and th a t th e s m a ll e r, or relatively less important states or islands, must be served by means of supplementary or branch lines of . steamers, running conjunction with a main line of trunk communication. Amongst other plans submitted to the Government, and very strongly urged by interested parties, was one for diverting the whole of the mail service and traffic to New York. The advocates of this pros posal, which has been pressed most forcibly upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer, but very properly ignored, argued that, because mails from Chagres, Jamaica, and Havannah have been for the past year received and transmitted via the United States much more quickly than by the existing West India steamers, in consequence of the superior speed of the British and North American mails ; that there fore such a route must of necessity be the best for the permanent track of the whole of the mails from the West Indies and South America. It is true that from those three points mails can occasionally be received considerably in advance of the present West India steam-ships, but this simply arises from two...prominent causes (now about to be obviated), etre of which is the devious route pursued by the steamers engaged in conveying the West India mails, and the vexatious stoppages at numerous ports; the other, the insufficient speed of the vessels them selves that perform the Atlantic voyages. A propo sition was made to the Government for carrying a fortnightly mail to and from Chagres and New York, for 100,0001. per annum, but the Government dis covered that if such a line were acceded to it would only accomplish a small portion of the great scheme, as it would leave totally unprovided all the smaller West India islands, British Guiana, Venezuela, Mexico, esntral America, and other places, which would, from their geographical position, if placed in conjunctio n w i t h t h e New Y or k li ne , be seriously prejudiced both in time and distance ; that it would, moreover, involve the necessity of entering into ano ther large contract with another company, and that the cost of the combined Dian would infinitely exceed that of a direct and independent line such as is to be placed in operation, while at the same time a vast numbei of places would not be so well served as at present. Independently of these considerations of mere ex pense, others of a more serious nature intervened to prevent the consummation of such a plan, which it was foreseen by the Government would have the im mediate effect of diverting to and concentrating at New York the whole of the commercial traffic be• tween Europe and South America, the ultimate ten dency of which would be highly disadvantageous to the commerce of this country. Instead, therefore, of making New York the half-way house for Euro pean intercourse with the New World, a great steam bridge is now to be thrown across the ocean from Southampton to Panama, and this must become the common highway from Europe to South America and the West Indies ; thus preserving intact the natural and legitimate track of British commercial and political supremacy. If ships of equal or superior speed to those now plying between Liverpool and New York, such for example as the Canada and Europa, be used in running from Southampton to Chagres, and if a perfectly straight course be adopted with judicious intercolonial routes for the branch steamers, it will be a geographical fact that mails will be transmitted with far greater ce lerity than by way of the United States; and with regard to passengers, it is clear that all travellers would prefer the direct course to one so circuitous as New York, involving, amongst other disadvantages, the necessity for additional transhipments and deten tion, and the prejudice' effect (particularly in the winter months) attendant upon the sudden changes from the heats of the torrid zone to the intense cold generally experienced in New York, Boston, and Halifax. With merchandise and specie also from the Pacific the detention at New York would prove in convenient to shippers, in addition to the traversing of an excess in distance of from 600 to 700 miles over the straight course to England from the Isthmus of Panama. Regarding the West India mails, it is unnecessary for us to give in detail the full particulars of the ar rangements that have been entered into. On Decem ber full e x p b o y s i ti t o h n e of Royalthe routes ,plvaospt proposed to to we the gave a Government Mail Steam-packet Company, contrasting in time that might be effected over the complicated routes of the old contract. Suffice it to say, that these routes have been accepted by the Lords of the Admiralty, and that they are to be tra versed both out and home under the new plan. The main line steamer, after leaving Southampton, will proceed direct to St. Thome ' Thomas's, s, performing the voyage in twelve days. At that island three branch steamers will be in waiting to receive mails, one to convey them to Hevannah and the Gulf of Mexico, a second to Porto Rico, Hayti, Jamaica, San Jago de Cuba, Hon duras, Nicaragua, &c. ; the third to the 'Windward and Leeward Islands, terminating at Demerara. After thus transferring the mails for those places, the At • lantie steamers will ,stert direct for Chagres, on the Isthmus of Panama, there t o di sem b ar k the Pacific mails for transmission to the west coast of America. Homeward, the method adopted will be precisely the same, and the Chagres steamer will find at St. Thomas's the branch steamers from the three pre • viously mentioned points, the departure of which will be so arranged that they shall always (excepting in case of accident) be waiting in the harbour of St. Thomas's for the arrival of the large ship having on board the Pacific mails. Generally speaking, an accelerated communication of from 12 to 16 days will be guaranted to all the ports by this arrangement. Taking Valparaiso as the extreme point, a saving will thence be effected of about 20 days, the distance being performed in 40 to 43 days against 60 to 63, as at present. To Chagres the voyage will occupy only 18 or 19 days against 32 or 84, as at present ; Jamaica will be reached in 16 or 17 days . ; the Gulf of Mexico in 22 or 20 days ; Havan nah in 15 or 16 days ; Guiana in 19 to 21 days, and the intermediate islands in proportion. To correspond with these arrangements on the Pacific side, we believe it is the intention of the Ad miralty to agree with the Pacific Steam Navigation Company for a fortnightly mail to and from 'Valpa raiso and Panama, in place of the present monthly steamer. This alteration will be bailed with great satisfaction by the merchants in that quarter of the world, and will doubtless have the effect of preventing the Americans from running their projected line of steamers from Panama to Valparaiso. In the article of the 10th December, before alluded to, our readers will remember we stated that it was in contemplation to substitute a tri- weekly communi cation for the fortnightly mail now established. While strongly reprobating the retrograde policy of thus curtailing the number of communications with the West Indies, we explained that, so far as Central America and th e Pacific ports were concerned, the mails to those parts of the world would necessarily be increased in frequency, because to them a mail is only now made up once a month. We are, however, happy to learn that the three-weekly plan has not been abandoned, and that a fortnightly communication is to be kept up with the whole of the West Indies and the Pacific. To Mexico and Havannah a monthly mail will be dispatched the same as at present. Bermuda will be entirely omitted as a place of call, and this objectionable and dangerous route, which has uniformly caused the greatest discontent and produced most of the irregularity of the mails, will be abolished, Mobile, likewise, will no longer be touched by these steam-vessels. With reference to Brazil, a monthly mail, with an independent line of packets, is to be established. The route, both outward s and h ome wards. is to be the same as mentioned on the 24th of December last. Starting from Southampton, the steamers will pro ceed to Funchal (Madeira), Santa Cruz (Teneriffe), Porto Prays (Cape Verdes), Pernambuco, Behia, and Rio Janeiro. From Rio Janeiro there will be a branch packet to Montevideo and Buenos Ayres. The Admiralty have not, we believe, sanctioned the proposed touching at Lisbon, and thus the advantage of the trafic between Portugal and the Brazilian em pire will be lost to the contractors. For many reasons this decision is to be regretted, because the communications might have secured the whole of the 1. ; Portuguese traffic without much prejudice either in time or distance to the English mails. A. branch picket will, however, no doubt be started between Lisbon and Madeira to meet the English steamer there. The present fleet of the Royal Mail Steam-packet Company consists of 13 ships, 10 of which are of 1,800 tons burden and 450-horse power. Five others of great tonnage, and some smaller ones, are to be pro vided, making perhaps 20 or 22 ships in all, with which to perform both services. It is intended to dispatch four ships from the present West India fleet for carrying the Brazil mails ; these vessels are to have their spar decks taken off, and undergo other improvements, by which they will be rendered able to attain an average speed of 10 knots, and thus the duration of voyages will be nearly as possible as follows :—To Pernambuco, 18 to 19 days ; Bahia, 20 to 21 days; Rio de Janeiro, 24 to 25 days. We understand that the directors of the West India Company intend to make great efforts to commence the Brazil mails in August or September next, and the company's steam-schooner Esk will shortly be dispatched, with one of the managing directors on board, charged with the mission of making the neces sary preliminary arrangements at the various ports on the Brazilian coast. However important a Brazilian line of steam-ships may be to the mercantile interest of this country, its utility may, at some future date, be largely increased, and it may lead the way to the extension of steam communication with the Cape of Good Hope and the West Coast of Africa. With the latter a monthly mail is kept up at a large expense by means of packet brigs from Plymouth ; these may be discontinued, and the mails sent from Porto Prays (Cape Verde), distant only 710 miles from Sierra Leone, by a branch vessel. Porto Prays is also nearly half-way to the Cape, and thence a branch steamer can at any time be put on to bring our South African possessions within 35 days of England. The date at which the new arrangements for the West India and Pacific mails will be fully brought into operation will, of course, materially depend upon the time of completion of the new steamers. Of these there are to be five for the main line, of 2,000 to 2,300 tons burden and 800 horse power. They are to maintain a speed of 12 or 14 knots an hour. They will be contracted for imme diately (the specifications being already prepared), and are to be constructed by the most eminent builders and engineers on the Thams, Clyde, and Mersey. They will be pressed forward su as to be ready for sea in about a year. Meantime it is not unlikely that the change of route will be sanctioned for the present vessels, and, if so, a considerable im provement would speedily be produced. The contract of the West India Mail Company is renewed for 10 years from the expiration of the existing contract, and the contract for the Brazil mails, which is included in that of the new West India sceme, is else for a period of 10 years certain. In reference to the rate at which the service is to be performed, we may add that the amount hitherto received by the company from the Treasury has been 240,0001. per annum, and we believe that the present arrangements, including the Brazil mails, will be at an annual cost to the public service not exceeding that amount. Thus the country will obtain the long-pro mised boon of steam communication with Brazil and South America at no additional outlay besides effect ing an immediate retrenchment of nearly 30,0001. a year in discontinuing the cost of her Majesty's brigs now engaged in the Brazil service from Falmouth. This cannot but be considered an important and eco nomical arrangement for the Government, while the contractors, on the other hand, rely upon the great increase of passeng er t ra ffi c , an d i n merchandise and specie, that must necessarily accrue to them to compensate for the lessened mileage rate at which they have accepted the new contract. British interests, as regards steam navigation in the western hemisphere, have been seriously jeopardised by the delay which has taken place on the part of the Government of this country in neglecting earlier to grapple courageously w ith t h e su dd en an d for midable competition which has been organized by the Americans. It therefore is essential that no further delay should be experienced, and we trust that with out loss of time the Royal Mail Company will set their shoulders to the wheel, launch their new ships, and regain that largely increasing traffic which, from a variety of circumstances they have hitherto lost. There will he no fear of being beaten by our Trans atlantic rivals, if energy anything equalling that dis played by them is evinced on this side the water, and the European intercourse with the Far West will be fully and permanently secured to steamers sailing under the British flag.—Times. DE IPARTURE 'OF THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION. Captain Austin's Arctic expedition received their final orders and instructions by special messenger from the Admiralty on Friday night. The advance was paid on Friday. At ten o'clock the numerous visitors to the officers and men took their leave. From an early hour on Saturday morning the people began to collect along the banks of the river at Greenhithe, to witness the departure of these brave and hardy men upon their perilous but noble enter prise. As time fled away, the numbers of anxious spectators rapidly increased, until one large assem blage was compacted together, which rendered the scene both interesting and impressive. About six o'clock the signal was given for their departure; when, amidst the farewell greetings and enthusiastic cheers of the multitude on shore, which were heartily responded to by the gallant fellows on board the Arctic fleet, the vessels quitted their anchorage ground, and sailed for their cheerless and distant des tination. A finer, nobler, happier, and more devoted spirit never animated the breasts of a gallant band, than was displayed by the 180 officers and men com prising Captain Austin's squadron. SAILING ORDERS OF CAPTAIN AUSTIN. BY THE COMMISSIONERS FOR EXECUTING THE OFFICE OF LORD HIGH ADMIRAL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, &C. 1. Having appointed you to the command of the expedition, which it is the intention of her Majesty's Government to dispatch on a further search for her Majesty's ships Erebus and Terror, under the com mand of Sir John Franklin, you are hereby required and directed to take the vessels Resolute, Assistance, Intrepid, and Pioneer, under your command, and so soon as they are in all respects ready to put to sea, and to make the best of your way to Davis' Straits, for the express purpose of prosecuting a most vigorous search for the missing ships. 2. We have directed you to be furnished with a copy of our orders which were given to Sir John Franklin, and which will afford you full information how he was directed to proceed. We have likewise ordered you to have a copy of our instructions to Captain Sir James Ross, and to these we have to di rect your especial attention. 3. The various papers which have been laid before the Houses of Parliament have also been sent for your information ; by reference to them you will be made aware that we have taken the opinions of the most able and experienced persons connected with Polar navigation, relative to the missing expedition : you will observe that many valuable conjectures have been made ; and it Ihas been suggested that Sir John Franklin may have effected his passage to Melville Island, and been detained there with his ships. It has again been suggested as possible, that his ships may have been damaged by the ice in the neighbouring sea, and that with his crews he may have abandoned them, and made his escape to that island. To these, as well as the other possibilities, you will not fail to give every proper weight. 4. It therefore appears to us to be a main object of the expedition for you to use every exertion to reach Melville Island, detaching a portion of your ships to search the shores of Wellington Channel and the coast about Cape Walker, to which point Sir John Franklin was ordered to proceed. We trust that a diligent examination of these several places will afford you some certain trace or record of the missing expe dition, which will enable you to form an opinion of the best course to adopt for their rescue. As your course of action must clearly depend on such infor mation, we consider it unnecessary to give you any definite or specific instruction, and inexpedient. to bind you down to any certain line of proceeding. We confide in your knowledge and experience of the navigation of the Polar Seas, and placing just reliance on your energetic character and zeal, we leave you entirely unfettered to do what may seem to you best for attaining the great object of the expedition en trusted to your charge, feeling assured that you, as well as all those under you, will use your utmost exertions to afford relief to our unfortunate country men, and to justify the reliance we have placed in you. S. The officers whom we have consulted have ex pressed an opinion, that no vessel should be allowed to prosecute the search alone, and it is for this reason that to your own and to Captain Ommaney's ship an auxiliary screw-vessel has been attached; we there, fore direct your attention to this important con sideration. 6. Your ships have been fully equipped and provi sioned for a period of three years, to meet any emer gency which may arise from falling in with Sir John Franklin's party. In addition to these supplies there are stores and provisions, &c., left by Sir James Ross at Port Leopold, and a further store was sent out in the NOrth Star, in the summer of last year. These will be available for you in case of necessity, but you are not to consider them as a part of your own stock, but as a reserve for the aid of any of Sir John Franklin's party who may reach that spot, or as a depot on which any party may fall back upon, should they unfortunately be separated from their ships. 7. In the prosecution of your search you will use your utmost efforts during this summer, taking care not to lose any opportunity which may be open to you of getting to the westward, and of securing your ships in some safe harbour before the winter sets in, from whence you will dispatch such overland parties as the means placed at your disposal will permit. On the return of the open season of 1851 you will again renew your search ; but it is our intention and direc tions that you shall return to England in the autumn )f that year, unless some trace should be found of the missing expedition which may lead you to believe that a delay may contribute to their rescue, and which may justify a deviation from our orders. 8. You are aware that this is not the only expedi tion fitting out or being dispatched with the same ob ject ; one sucb, under the command of Mr. Penny, of Aberdeen, has already sailed for Davis' Straits, provi sioned as your own for a period of three years. We furnish you with a copy of the instructions under which he is acting, and we desire that you will ren• der him any aid and assistance in your power, as well as to any other expedition, either from this coun try, the United States of America, or from any bther nation, so far as you may be able to do so without risk of crippling the resources of the vessels under your command. _ _ 9. You will take the utmost care in leaving me morials of your track in the usual manner, and in every prominent place, and enjoin the same precau tion upon all the ships or land parties detached from you or them. 10. You will keep your second in command well informed of the instructions under which you are act ing, consulting with him on all points, and stating your own views as to the best means of carrying them out, so that no information may be wanting on his part, if accident to yourself should cause him to succeed to the command. 11. As soon as you reach the Whale Fish Islands, to which rendezvous the Emma Eugenia transport has already been dispatched, and that you have dis tributed the supplies taken on board that vessel, for the use of the expedition, you will send her to Eng land, and you will also give orders to the master of the North Star, should you fall in with that vessel, to return home. 12. The several vessels thus placed under your command have been fitted out under your own im mediate. superintendence, and with every attention to the wants and requirements of the great enterprise you bave volunteered to undertake. The officers in command of a vessel composing it, and wno are animated with the same ardour as yourself, have been selected by you with our full concurrence, as to their fitness for this particular service; all that could be effected by the generous sympathies of your Queen and your country has been done, and it only remains for us to conclude our instructions, with an earnest prayer that success may attend your exertions, and that a good Providence may guide your councils, and be your• Constant defender. Given under our hands this 2d of May, 1850. F. T. BARING, M. F. F. BERKELEY. To Horatio T. Austin, Et-q., C. 8., Captain of her Majesty's ship Resolute, in charge of an expedition to the Arctic Seas. By command of their Lordships, J. PARKER, EXHIBITION OF 1851. We understand that 133 local commit'ees for pro moting the Exhibition have now been formed, and as it may be convenient to parties who propose to exhibit to know to which local committee they should address their requests for space in the building; a list of the com mittees and their sccretaries, as last reported to Ler 'Majesty's Commissioners, is appended:—Aberdeen, W. L. Reid; Aberystwith. J. M. Davie..; Alton, James Clements; Arbroath, John Macdonald; Ashton-under- Lyne, Henry Gartside • Barnard Castle, J. C. Monk house; Barn s l e y, Edward Newman; Bath, James Tunstell, M.D., William Akerman; Batley (Yorkshire), Samuel Jubb; Belfast, James M'Adaw, jun.; Beverley, Thomas Crust; Bilston, Charles Perry; Bingley (York shire), Philip Passavant, jue.• ' Birmingham, W. P. Marshall; Blackburn, W. J. Dufaur Clark; Bodmin, R. Bray; Bolton (Lancashire), Gilbert J. French; Boston, James A. Bontoft; Bradford (Yorkshire), Samuel L. Tee, George Taylor ; Brampton, John Graham, M.D. ; Brentford, George Clarke ; Bridgenorth, William Jones; Bridgewater, T. Smith; Bridport, Thomas Colfox ; Bristol, John Wilkson; Brorusgrove, Benjamin Maund; Buckingham, G. Nelson; Burnley, John Heelis; Burton-on-Trent, John Richardson; Bury St. Edmunds, Joseph Hanby Holmes; Bury, Lanca shire, W. H. N orr i s; C am b orne , T. S. Bickford, J. H. Bridge; Cambridge University, C. C. Babington, M.A.; Cambridge Town, H. Gotobed, H. Hemington Harris; Canterbury, John Aria; Cardiff, Hugh Bird; Carlisle, John Nanson; Cheltenham, W. H. Gwinnett ; Chelms ford; George Meggy, Frederick Chancellor; Chelsea, Rev. Edward Budge; Chester, J. Fitchett Maddock; Chichester, J. Mason ; Chorley, Richard Jackson; Congleton, John Latham; Cork, George Crawford Feath; Coventry, Francis A. Skidmore; Darlington, Stephen Humble, George Mason; Dartmouth, Colonel Woolridge; Deal, Thomas Reaks ; Derby, Henry J. Stevens, Frederick S. Every; Devizes, George Waylen; Devonport, Thomas Woollcombe, Altrei Norman; Don caster, T. B. Mason; Dorchester, J. Stone; Dover, T. B. Bass, J. Stilwell; Dublin, W. B. Porter, Wil liam Fry; Dudley, John Blackwell; Dundee. George Milne, W. C. Monro ; Dunfermline, James Kilgour ; Durham, J. H. Forster; Edinburgh, James W. e=. Tod; Elgin, Patrick Duff; Exeter, Charles Brutton ; Falmouth and Panryn, W. W. Rundell; Fleetwood, J. Stewart; Frome, George Walters, jun.; Glasgow, Liam Johnson, And rew Lidd e ll , John Strang, LI.D.; Glossop, John Ball; Gloucester, H. K. Fryer; Gran tham, Thomas Eakin; Gravisend, George Shetland; Great Grimsby, N. 11. Daubeney; Greenock, Ninian Hill, M.D., Peter Macnaug,fhten; Guildford, S. ETaydon; Halifax, Frank Crosley, Richard Carter, William Brown; Hartlepool, Thomas Belk; Hastings, James Rock, jun.; Hayle, W. West; Helston, Frederick Hill; Hereford, Richard Johnson; Hertf)rd, P. Longmore; Honiton, Samuel Devenisle; Huddersfield, Frederick Greenwood, Joseph Shaw, J. C. Laycock; Hull, Bethel Jacobs. Horace Frost; Ipswich, Stephen A. Notcutt; Isle of Wight, James Eldridge; Kecdal, Gerard Gandy; Ken sington, John Morris; Kidderminster, Thomas Hellen; Kilmarnock, James Wilson; Alexander Brown; Kirk caldy, W. Sang; Lancaster, W. Dunn; Launceston, C. Gurney; Leamington, John B. Hanbury ; Leeds, Thomas Wilson, James Kitson, Martin Cawood; Leicester, S. Stone, S. H. Wheeler; Lewes, Mark Antony Lower; Lichfield, Thomas George Lomax • Limerick, John Boyse; Lincoln, R. Major ; Li s k ear d, James Jago ; Liverpool, John Grantham; Llanelly, John Thomas; London, Rev. S. R. Cattley, D. W. Wire; Louth, (Lin cOln), Christopher Ingoldsby; Macclesfield, Samuel Higginbotham; Maidstone, John Mercer; Manchester, Hugh Fleming; Merthyr Tydvil, 'John C. Wolrige; Middleaborough, Ede ard Gilkes, William Fullowes; Montreal (Canada), John Leeming, Henry Lyman; Montroae, G. C. Myers; Newcastle-under-Lyre, Thomas Walton Mayer; Newcastle-on-Tyne, Joseph Watson, Thomas Burnett; Newport (Monmouth), Thomas Latch; North Aflerton, William Thrush Jefferson; Northamp ton, George Rands, jun.•, Norwich, R. L-man, Henry' Willett; Nottingham, William Enfield. George Rawson, Rev. W. J. Butler; Oldham, Henry Radcliffe; Oxford, Rev. R. Walker, M.A., Richard James Spier,, Joseph Plowman; Paisley, Messrs. Martin and Hodge; Penzance, Richard Pearce; Perth, Archibald Reid, William Greig; Plymouth, Oswald C. Arthur; Poole, Martin Kemp Welch ; Portsmouth, Henry Deacon, John Howard ; Preston, Samuel Cartwright ; Putney and Roehampton, H. H. Fulton ; Ramsgate, George Burgess ; Redruth, John L. Peters ; Reigate, Peter Martin • Richmond (Surrey), William Chap man ; Ri c h mon d (Yorkshire), Leonard Cooke ; Ripon, R. W. Nicholson ; Rochester, R. Prael ; Rotherham, John Barraz • Runcorn, John Simpson ; Rye t E. N. Dawes ; Scarborough, J. J. P. Moody ; Sheerness, J. S. Kedell ; Sheffield, Samuel Plimsoll ; Shrewsbury, Henry Pidgeon ' • Southampton Charles E. Deacon ; Southport, Ri c h ar d Lewis ; South Shields, Robinson Elliot. Alexander Stevenson; Stafford, James Turncock ; Stamford, William French ; St. Austell, J. H. Drew • St. Columb, G. B, Collins ; St. Helen's, Frederick Fincham ; Stir ling, A. Boyd, Patrick G. Morrison ; Stoke upon-Trent, Thomas Battam ; Stombridge, G. W. Gibson ; Strood, W. A. Freston ; Stockport, John Vaughan; Stockton, John Crosby, Joseph Laing; Sun derland, John Candlish, William Snowball; Swansea, George Grant Francis; Tamworth, Jonathan Thomp son; Taunton, Eales White; Tewkesbury, Joshua Thomas ,• Tower Hamlets, John Humphreys; Truro, George Nicolls Simmons; Uttoxeter, Thomas Beadon ; Wakefield, James Witham; Walsall, John W. New man; Warrington, John Fitchett Marsh; Warwick, James Tibbits; Waterford, Hugh N. Nevens; Welling ton (Salop), J. Benson; Westminster, George Henry Drew; Wexford, Rev. E. Dillon, M.R. L.A.; Whitby, W. H. Cramp, Henry Belcher; Whitehaven, Richard Armistead ; Wigan, Thomas Acton • Winchester, Charles Bail e y ; Wi n d sor , Ch ar l es St uar t ; Voules; Wol verhampton, Thomas Walker ; Worcester, Edward Webb; Great Yarmouth, Charles John Palmer; Yeovil, John Batten, jun. ; York, Joseph Munby, Henry Richardson. TIIE ALLEGED MURDER AT CLAPHAM.--NO clue, up to the present moment, has been obtained to the perpe trators of this supposed murder and robbery. The statement that several parties had been apprehended on suspicion of being the guilty parties is not true; neither is it a fact that the Commissioners of Police entrusted Dr. Fisher to assist A s ilrm. ak J o i h ng nParrott in the a na l ys i s. Th e on l y gentleman who an analysis in conjunction with Mr. Parrott is a Mr. Shaw, who has made chloroform his study . . The re porter has seen Mr. Parrott, and is informed by that gentle man that the analysis has proved unsuccessful, and the cause of death will remain in obscurity. At the inquest, on Mon day, a Mrs. Stevens will prove seeing the deceased let her master out of the gate to go to church, and the pew-opener will provt his presence there. Mr. Maddle's loss, beyond his late wife's gold watch, and two or three rings, is very trifling ; and he has had no plate since a robbery took place at a former residence at Notting-hill, when a large amount was swept off the sideboard in the middle of the day. A lad named Saun ders will alSo prove at the inquest, that between twelve and one on Sunday he saw a man dressed in shabby black, who corresponds with the description of a man who was loitering at the rear of the house all the morning, come out the front gate with a large bundle; and a woman coming from Wands worth met the same man on the brow of the bill, about half a mile on the Wandsworth side of Mr. Maddle's house. He was running, and seemed much excited Mr. Coleman, th e inspector of the district, and Messrs. Field and Smith, detec tive officers of police, have been day and night endeavouring to elucidate this mysterious affair.— Sunday Paper. EARLY LAMB.—A lamb of the half-breed was last week slaught-red by Mr. Robert Lartmell, butcher, of West, near Keswick, which weighed no less than 61b. per quarter, although only seven weeks old. It was also bred and fed by the same individual, and it is well knouln that Mr. Cartmell's stock of sheep are second to Ilene in the mountain district. —Carlisle Journal. V 7 4 11 Y MARKETS• THE COUNTI LIVERPOOL, MAY 4.—The s. d. s. d. Wheat, per 701 b English, white 6 0 to 6 3 1 Do. red .. 5 8— 5 10 1 Irish, best red •• 5 3 5 7 Do, lower quality 5 0 5 3' Manx, red and wh. 5 6 5 9 Dantsic,thighmixed 6 8 6 10 Do., 'nixed .. 6 2 6 6 Rostock, &c.. .: O 10 - G 1 liamburgh and — Lower Baltic .. 5 8 5 10 American & rwhite 5 10 6 3 anaclian, /red 5 6 5 8 Antwerp & Louvain 5 7 5 91 French. red.. .. 5 3 5 7 Ilung,arian and Mariaropoli • • 5 3 5 4 Odessa, Polish .. 5 4 5 6 Do., common .. 5 0— 5 2 , Egyptian •• .. 4 0— 4 Flour, English & Irish, per 2801 b 28 0 29 Do., extra line 31 0— 33 United States, per barrel .. 19 6 20 0 Canadian .. .. 22 6 23 0 Indian corn, per following are the prices 6d• s. A. Do3feal, perl96lb 13 0 to 14 • Barley, , imperial English quarterpr 24 0 _ 25 Irish, Scotch, and Ilarx,per6olb.. 2 10 -- 3 ° 2 10 Foreign, grinding 2 8 23 , 0 Itye, par 4801 b •. 22 0 Beans, English, pr 29 0 imperial quartr 28 0 Irish and Scotch, 25 0 A per 4801 b.. .. 24 270 .• Dutch .. 26 0 -2. 21 6 (Egyptian2o 6 P imperial as, English, per n 30 0 quartr 28 - 6 Foreign „ 27 0 -- *1 Oats, per 451 b : English, Scotch, ~ "-- - 2 and Welsh, old 2 1° Irish, new, best mea li ng , , ~ 2 -- 2 4 3 Do., mid and inf. 2 o—. 2 4 Old .... .. 2 3 .. 2 Oatmeal, English, & Scoteh,pr24olb `l2 0 —. 22 6 21 0 Irish, new .. .• 20 0 6 20 0 Do , old . .. 19 --- 4801 b, 28 0 28 61 20s READING, MAY 4.—Wheat, 30s to 463; barley, tr 25s ; oats, 15s to 20s; beans, 28s to 3 4 s • eas, 27s to 32s pd quarter. Fat hogs, Os Od to Os Od ; porkers, Os Od to 0 6 '1 ; per score. Poultry—Fowls, per couple, O s Od to 59 ,,. ci . ducks, ditto, 3s 61 to 4s Od. Butter, 10d to is Oil per lb. .D l6l ° 18 to 20 for Is. MANCIIESTER, MAY 4. At our market this morning a f ... . tir ; ther advance of '2d to 3d per 701 b. on wheat, and fully sack on flour was firmly demanded, in accordance with wpi c d we raise our quotations. Oats must be noted ld per 451 b. oatmeal 3d to 6d per load dearer. COLCHESTER, MAY 4. The advance which conahlener. last week has gone on through the present, and from a ll c l ul i; tens we hear of a better demand and better prices given' $ our market wheat is is 3d per quarter higher than woos fortnight since. Barley is also higher, and tick beans comalanta is more. The quotations to-day are—White wheat , 4°3 4 - , 46s ; red, 35s to 40s ; barley, 22s to 25s 6d ; white peas," to 29s 6d ; tick, 22s to 245. a for On Friday at Chelmsford there was a brisk demo' ,r wheat, which sold readily at further allowance of Is ton9s P-0, quarter. Beans and peas were sought after, and Is to sPth, quarter more offered for them. For all other articles , t° o ', 3 ,• trade was better. White wheat, 38s to 465; red, 36 ; to tick barley, 20s to 235; oats, 17s to 20s; gray peas, 276 _ beanic, 245 to 265. - . . t er At Witham wheat and beans were each is per qUg dearer. ‘, On Thursday at Sudbury wheat fetched readily 2 11 pet quarter more and barley Is. hi" The markets of Suffolk with th e ex c e pti on o f Burl' h o been shortly supplied thi s wee k w ith w h ea t, an d prices advanced from Is to 2s. ff At Ipswich the supply was p r i nc ip a lly t a k en °— by millers at is more. At At Bur Woodbride the rise was Is to 2s for fine quities. y there was the like ad vance, and maltinal ,„5 g barley "-- dearer. At Stowmarket on'Thursday the quotations were establa bed 2s higher for wheat, and Is for all other articles. GLAseew CATTLE MARKET, MAY 2.—Oxen, 675; abet] 761 ; lambs, 80. The market was supplied with good olio this morning, with an addition on last week's price of frol3l to to 2Cs per tread. Best ox beef fully 48s, current from 4tuflo.„ 4`s, inferior from 36s to 40s per cwt. ; all sold. A brisk OA ket for sheep ; additional prices on last week, 2s per berd, Best aged wethers 6d per lb., current 5d to sid; all Lambs from 15s to 24i per head; all sold. 401 b Poi or ABERDEEN, MAT 3.—Grain—Oats 13s 3d to 13s 9d, bushel ; oats, new, OOs Od to OOs; foreign oats, OOs Od to 00°16, per qr.; barley, 18s to 184 6d, 521bs per bushel; bear, 18s to 6d, 52Ibs per bushel; wheat. 38s to 425; oatmeal, lls Od to per boll ; flour, 30s to 32s per sack. Provisions--d 31 to 6d per lb mutton, ditto, 4d to 6d; veal, ditt°'fid; to td; pork, per lb, 3d to 4d ; lamb, per qr, 7,6 d to tallow, per stone, 4s to 4s 6d ; potatoes, per peck, 9d to i; hay, per cwt, Os to Os ; rabbits, each, 6d, to 7d; hares, escb,d; 6d to 2s ; grouse, per brace, Os to Os ; butter, per lb, ad to per eggs, per doz, 6d to 7d ; cheese, per cwt, 18s sdto 235; hen6l.,to, pair, 2s 6d to 350 d ; chickens, ditto, 2s Od to 2s 6d ; ducks•°,l'o4 Is 6d to 2s Cd ; ducklings, ditto, Os to Os Od; turkeys, each, ..„15 ns to 8s0d; geese, ditto, 3s 6d to 48i:butter for exportation (Pr'''"o cure), per cwt, Ns to 58s; eggs, wholesale price, per dozenao, to 4d; 41b loaf, cash, 4id ; credit, sd; pork, per stoat: of 1 e 3s 6d to Os Od; poi k tine, small, 5s €d to Os Od ; pork lard, 3s 6d to 4s 3d; ship pork per barrel of 204 lbs, Os to Meal—Oatmeal, 1 s 2d to Os Od ; barley dust, 6d to id peasemeal, Is 8d to is 9d; aids, 6d to Od; bearmeal,l 1114 to Os Od; flour, is 9d to is 10d ; barley, per lb, Id to 2d; liar - flour, ls 2d to Os Od. 130 DALKEITH, MAY 2.—The relative weight per four btlii6d of the three prices of wheat were 18st 91b, lest 21b, an olbr 71b. Oats, 12st 111 b, 12st 01b, and lost 121 b. Barley, 160 i IN 15st 131 b, and 145 t 131 b. Peas and beans, 18st 121 b, 18st 5 and 17st Olbs. Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior°. 363 Wheat .. £2 1 0 £1 le 6 £1 11 8 1215 Oats ... 018 0 016 0 o 6 344 Barley - - 69 Peas and Beans 1 7 0 150 i 3 Average of wheat 35s 2id. i s fair DUBLIN, FRIDAY, Afar 3.—Our market to-day w - i d s i for all descriptions of grain at fully the currency of r f ue „,sll last. There has been more inquiry for Indian corn, at .2 ". - 00 , advance in price. White wheat, 21s to 23s Od; red O re l, 20s Od to 21s 6d ; barley, 9s Od to 12s Od ; oats, per ht to , 9s Od to 10s 6d; oatmeal, lOs Od to 111 Od; second " o j. per cwt. 12s to 14s Od ; Indian corn, per 4801 b, 26s to 2 95 0, Cour, MAY 3.—Owing to the prevalence of easterly W IO t o the arrivals of foreign grain have been very few. With shift of wind, however, we may look for increased OPP the The supply of some grain is very trifling, the receipts for , as week being—wheat, 28 brls at 17s to 18s per brl ; barlelt brls at 7s to Ils per brl; oats, 878 brls at 7s 9d to lOs 13 tie s brl. In the green market, owing to the insignificance °f of. supply, quotations for wheat must be considered O°T, for Barley is the turn cheaper, but oats being in dema n d feeding and seed purposes, maintai n th e i r va l ue . In PreP;tsil and foreign wheat the business passing is on the most r- t he scale, and any purchases that are m a d e are con fi ne d t° 0 . supply of the immediate wants of th e t ra d e . P r i ces a re altered. In barley we have no transactions to report. 0 t few small sales that have been m a d e i n oats are o f the ItTO-1:1 trifling nature. We can make no a l terat i on i n t h e qu ota of the article. We have rathe r a b e tt er b us i ness d o i ng in fi Vh; which has met a somewhat improved demand this week. 00 . trade, however, is still very far from bri s k. I n dian corn u ea tinues to meet a pretty free sale, and a good bu s iness has be to n done in the article at a further advance of 5s to 7s 6d Pe t I se on the prices of last week. We quote the ex t he value of the article 71 lOs to 71 15s per ton, latter price being obtainable only for retail qu ie , tities. Indian meal also meets an improved s od; Flour—First 11 s Od to 12s Od ; extra 13 s g, 04 seconds, les 6d tolls; households Us to 1010 d; thirds, 70°Z es p , per cwt. Oatmeal 9s6d to 100; Indian meal 7s Od to 753 d; W" ro e. meal, 9s to9s6d per cwt. Indian corn 137 s 6d to 142 s 6d Ve r o sit Bran 5/05 to 0/ Os per ton. Hay—Farmers 25s to 395; a l e art 00s ; dealers 37s to 42s Od; average 00s per ton. Straw-4 41.- 0 15s Od to 26s Od; average 008 ; dealers 30a Od to 3 24 , 1 j; average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d ta,,7 to household loaf bd to bid per 4113. Fresh butters di f 9,1 per lb. Eggs-3s 7d to 3s 8d 'per h un d re d. "',, J s e stla Newport 15s; Lydney 17a; Landore 15s; Best I ' 4 u Culm 14s per ton. Tallow 40$ Od to 005 per l a ris t Whisky, 25 0. p., 55 9d per imperial gallon. to —Beef 4d to 6d ; mutton 5d to 6d ; veal u d r 6id ; pork 3id to 3 1 d ; bacon 6d to 7d ; sausages t js ;e P e r lb. Hops 131 Os per cwt. Bangor slates 3/ 2s 6d to 3 1 ton. Bark—Barbary 71 5s to 8/ 5s ; Valonia 141 to 01; ~• t e e el e, 715 x; English 01 per ton. Fleece Wool 105 to 12s per e : re d Hemp 32/ to 001 per ton. Fish—Scotch herrings 161 to Vs' n et ditto 20s to 22s per barrel ; Newfoundland 91 Os to 111.00 ton. Timber—Memel, 85s per ton; deals, first quality, 2 00 second quality, 16s per 100. Hides—Market 14s to 11" salted 155 to 21s per cwt; calf skins 2id to lid P er Potatoes, white 9d to 10d; Minions 14d to 16d; Gat e ', Peruvian, 111 lOs; Ichaboe, 9/ per ton; Tar—isrel as '' 19s per barrel. RAILWAY SHARE MARKET' BRISTOL, MAY 4. STOCK EXCHANGE. —Business, as usual on SatUrcl6/ was very inanimate, with no alteration in prices. LIVERPOOL. MAY 4. st dal STOCIC EXCHANGE.—The market has been b e tter to - _Aoll th- The -Lo's" de quotations. ..to transactions were as follow • and North-Western, 101 c.—Ditto. N ew Q uar t ers , 2ti; East Lancashire, 6% c.—Ditto, Preference, Quarters , .0, —Great Northern (Lancashire an d Y or k s hi re Exter l9lo o 4 10 Midland, 31 3 / 4 —Ditto, Halves. 28% c. dis.—Belfas t o r ri Ballymena, 17—York and North Midland, 14 —York, t ill castle, and .Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 6 per ce. o rl'As , - 1850, 6% dis.—South-Eastern and Dover (No. 4), ..r‘ e9 tered, 4%. BIRMINGHAM, MAY 4. bu t STomc EXCITANGE.—The market was brisker to-daftoo prices did not improve. London and North-Western quoted, buyers, 101 1 / 2 , sellers, 101% Midland, 1311 ,11,00, 31%, sellers, 32%—South Staffordshire, buyers, 4%, *7 4;5 , 4 3 4 dis.—Sbropsbire Unions, buy ers , 44, sellers, 4 u;),), The transactions were—Shrewsbu r y an d Birmingham "01 9/. 18s. 9d. dis.—Ditto (B), 71. Is. 3d. die.-1400d North-Western, New Quarters, 2 dis.—Midland (Bristol Birmingham), 119. YORK, MAY 3. fol" STOOK EXOHANGE.—The transactions today were 0 0 , low :—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 11%—Great Nota te 5 3 /—York and North Midland, 14%. The Bishop of London, the Rev. Mr. Jonefit the Rev. Mr. Mildmay, had an interview Arid' George Grey on Saturday, at the Home-office. 0 0 rADVERTISENENT.]—THE EARL Or ALDROIt ° O O AND HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.—An ast oun di ng cure b y t his !ATI!. l 5 medicine, after every other means h a d f a il e d. S ee ext ract IrM4D. Lordship's letter, dated " Vill a Messina , Leghorn, Feb. 21t i ., Professor Holloway—Sir : I beg to acquaint you that your pail: 04, fected a cure of a disorder in my liver and stomach which all toe d D OI eminent of the faculty, at home and all over the continent, 1 ,4 gar been able to effect; nay, not even the waters of Carlsbad of fr ill rienbad. (Signed) " ALDnoaouon." These wonderful P,, 111 ! 0 . 0 1 cure any dieease of the liver or stomach.—Sold (also Rollo Ointment) at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, swat by 411 medicine vendors throughout the civilised world. BIRTHS. OF A EON. On the 29th ult., at Park-villa, Stratforcl, Mrs. Aros elB/. On the 29th ult., the lady of L. A. S. Vifasseux, Focl' h ots On the 2d inst., at l3arkfold, Petworth, the wife of G rit Smith, Esq. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 30th ult., at Mercer's-hall, Mrs. H. E. Barg e t vi er• On the 2d inst., at Slough, the wife of the Rev._::_„.."%. MARRIED. ee' Oa the Ist inst., at Kensington Church, Charles tot, second son of J. E. Homer, Esq., of Wraxall-house, S °ll:le ;44. to Frances Matilda, second daughter of the late Cha rles Gee, Esq., of Kensington. On the 2d inst., at Fontmell Magna, Dorset, the Ite:I o e, R. Drury, eldest son of G. D. Drury, Esq., Civil Se r . o . 6 - v. Madras, to Martha Mary, eldest daughter o f the Ab Robert Salkeld. T D e On the 2d inst., at Petersham, Surrey, Francis ~,;g b Touzel, Esq., of Jersey, to Emily Georgian; second ter of Colonol J. E. Jones, Assistant Adj u t a nt-General' Artillery, Woolwich. WED. On the 29th ult., at Cheltenham, Sarah, wife of ,-"" b• Clarke, Esq., of the Medical Staff o f th e A r my, e ldest d aug ter of Lieutenant-Ge nera l Si r G eorge N ap i er, K.C.ft• w if e of At Paris, on th e 2i;tli ult., Lady Scott Douglas, th e - William Scott Kerr, Esq., of Chatto. At Doune, Perthshire., N. 8., on the Ist inst. , the lleC. George Guppies, aged 63. relict of On the Ist inst., near Lymington, Hants, Anna, ,op the late IL H. Lewin, Esq, of .March, in the Isle 0 1 Cambridgeshire, aged 88. On the 2d inst., at. Mere-bank, near Liverpool, N, Myers, &:q., aged 67. o f 01: 15 ‘" , ndou : PrintBd and Published by MURDO - Y 11- 0 112, 3 trand, ?linter, at The Sun Offies , ;; ll - ty 9 Proc;nct of' the Savoy, ill the C Ow " --- Bittdielmic,,,ltlonday, May 6, 1850. TAE • :or c o 1441 Aie' Widow. u l F LO , ato ov . E ai d of tt ,ontribu bingsn, usi, ;kit, t ot 4 actu red tam. j gha ll a 1 4.4 e valt aty Tick et , It th e oni: 111 Z 1 1 , 1 gair " bap u 1 ell ,b,cl -,_ .t'it pl'Qfl I;C tho itnp 4 t h lit Outrci t_ t 1 b p, •Ja Crei k :4l : enj i go e r ,To r t ,4 -144:11:1