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I=lll= - ss. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL ruder the direction ot Madame Celesta. THIS EVENING, To conclude with After which THE FARMER'S STORY. To conclude with FRIEND WAG ES, Voz-oittceop , m irom E.even till Four. Stve M.:la.:ex, Mr. T. Thompsta. Tate D HIGH WATER Al LONDON BRIDGE 7 0 . 1 ,„___AY —Morning 20 m i n . a ft er 2 f Evening 41 Hain. after 2 sn'auw —Morning 0 min. after 3 I Evening 21 min. Rile: 3 1824 WEATHER.—Smg OFFICE, Alia 16. THERzomiaEa, rf THE SHADE. 58 — highest since noon yestercLay. 38—lowest this morning and during the night. 60—tom at noon. akaoxerav, 30'03, WM) W.S.W.--light breeze and fine, occasionally cloudy. DAILY WEAT H w-12., 'TABLE. Weathe ryesteraa at each of the following State of the Wind a n d " 4 - 1 -' places at Nine o'clock gentla bra A cranially cloudy. y. zudless. are arranged in order of latitud e . y ra°r aing.—The stationz paretloudless. Po ItTS3IO unr—Wind N.E., BRIGIITO:f--.Wirld N.E., gentle breezet--Partially cloud HaerrNas—Wind N.E., fresh breeze— bre: SouTirAsEPTozr—Wind N.W., strop FolmrsTosff.--Wind N.E., gentle breeze Tum3KIDGE _ wi n d N.E., gentle breeze--p artia u i l l Y Cloudy. BasniasToKs —Wind N.E. , g entle breez e — Partilliy el " n el Y,; GREENWICH—Wind N.E. , g entle breeze— cloudle ci-u s 4. • Cot.cimarEa—Wind S.E., gentle breeze —partiall y c i o „ Caxamocac--Wind N. E., gentle breeze—cloudless. --"Y• RuGßY—Wind E., gentle breeze —cloudless. B IRMINGHAM—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—cloudless. Prrzaßoitouckx—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—cloudless. ZAPadourti—Wind N. W., gentle breeze—cloudless. ai r—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. C onwit CV i rn—partially cloudy. HoLnotin(l W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. ERPoo Wind S.E., gentle breeze—partiall,y cloudy. 14szps—vra . ,nd S.E., calm—cloudless. w mm ,.„....‘At iii .W.S., calm—cloudless. DARLLIGTON ,„N i V il ; gentle breeze cloudless. $ " p— Wind Q r.' d S., gentle breeze—cloudless. BEArroc .,,__ Ni 7i n itr breeze—partially cloudy. W. gentle breeze—cloudless. The returns 1 from th the wind and w e th e fo llowing places indizate the state of I a er _ o'clock : ou Wednesday morning at nine LIMERICK—Wind S., calm — m ; I , , KINGSTCYCV:I (DUSLus).....v v ia'aY cloudy. murumsTGAit— Wind S.S.E., gentle cloudless. '' . S.E., gentle breeze — cloudless. z e— o v e ;c as E. POOLE—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—. a_.y cloudy. CB.Elvz— Calm— cloudless. P a rtiallY cloudy. l e-- esa: parti ii HoLTHEAD— Wind IV., ge ini nt_le c b io re u e dz Lamm— Wind E. N.E.. ea LARCAsTER—Wind 14. E., calm—priccipany clear. WHITBY—Wind E., gentle breeze—pri nc i pally DARLING TON — Wir d W.. gentle breeze— cloudi es cl e s ,r. gRAP—Wind S., calm—principally clear. BearrocK—Wind S.E., gentle oreeze—cloudless. TT THE NEW NAUTICAL ROMANCE -- 110 ... , ALP EI RurnEaponn," by th e A u th o r of " The Petrel," in 3 vols., ! s published this d ay b y Messrs. Colburn an d C o.. and may now be had at all th e Lib rariea. Also just published : 2. T he Ron. Mrs. Norton's new novel, "Stuart of Dunleatb," 3 vols.. 3. " Calebk ield," a T ale o f th e Puritans, by the author of " Margaret Maitland," " Merkland'" &c., 1 v o l. Also just ready. " Arthur Conway; or Scenes in the Tropics," by Captain Milman, 3 vole., and "Clara Harrington," a Tale, 3 vols. HARWICII ELECTION COMMITTEE.--Yesterday the Committee, in continuance of their protracted scrutiny, de clared the vote of George Naldborough, of Harwich, " bad ;" making the fifth vote in favour of Mr. Crauford, and placing him on a par with the numbers polled for Mr. Prin cep, one more vote being required to place him in a majority aild to =title him to bs sittiug Member. First Prior. Second Price. Boxes - - - - - 23.3 3. Is. 6d. ls. Od. Pit - Lower Gallery - - - - 11 No half-price U p p e r Gallery - - - - 6d. to Galleries. p r ivate Boxes to admit 8 reduced from 31. 3s. Ott. to 21. 12 1 . 6d . Ditto 6 ditto 2/. 12s. 6d. to 21. 2s. Od. Ditto 4 ditto 2/. 2s. Od. to U. 1 ls. 6d. Ditto 4 ditto 11. 11s. 6d. to 11. Is. Od. THEATRE ROYAL, IIAYMA.RKET. pgr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. TFIIS EVENING, win be performed an entirely New Comedy, entitled RETIRED FROM BUSINESS. Zachary Pennyweight, Mr. Lambert; Creep ntouse, Mr. Buckstone ; Lieut. Tackle, Mr. Stuart; Captain Gunn, Mr. B. Webster; Paul Puffins, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Kitty Penny weight, Miss Annie Romer. After which, a new and (as times go) original domestic drama of startling interest, entitled ARLINE ; or, The Fortunes and Vicissi tudes of a Bohemian Girl. Count Arnheim, Mr. J. Bland; Count Florestine, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham ; The ideas of Warsaw, Mrs. Devilshoo Bedford. r, Mr. Backstone ; the Gipsy Queen, Mr. H. Will be performed GIRAIDA ; or, The Miller's Wife. After which a new and original Farce called LONDON FOG. Mr. Wank Copal, Mr. P. Bedford ; Mr. Simple, Mr. Wright ; Mrs. Brisk, Miss E. Harding. To be followed by a new musical, historical, pastoral, comical fairy drama, called O'FLANNIGAN AND THE FAIRIES ; or, A Midsummer Night's Dream. Phelim Onannigan, Mr. Hudson; Oberon, Miss E. Chaplin; Mary, Miss K. FitzwilLam. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean and Mr. Kealo:. THIS EVENING. Shakespere's Play of TWELFTH NIGHT. Characters by Messrs. Belton, Ryder, Addison, J. Vining, Meadows, Keeley ; Mrs. Keeley, and Mrs. C. Kean. 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 ALIIA3IBRA ; or The Three Moorish Princesses. Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Haney. A. Wigan, Wynn, Cooke, Flexmore ; Misses Murray, Daly, Vivash, Robertson, Leclerq, Keeley, Mdlle. Auriol, and Mrs. Keeley. Private Boxes, Sec., to be had of all the Booksellers, and of Mr. Massinghara ; 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 Vestals. leale Lessee, Mr. - OhaZ•:es Mathew% THIS EVENING, Will be performed COOL AS A CUCUMBER. To be followed by A DAY OF BECKONING, in which Madame Vestris will appear. THE QI7EEN OF TILE FROGS: Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, R. Rokby, Bellingham, Eorncastle, Morris ; Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss St. Geor;T, Miss Martindale, and Miss Oliver. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Farren. THI6 EVENING, Will be performed THE LADIES' BATTLE ; or, Un Duel en Amour. ASTLRY's ROYAL AMP LIITLIEATRE. Grader the Patronage 01 her Maiesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Pro2rietcr act: 'Manager, Mr, W. Batty. THIS EVENLNG, Will be performed a grand new Spectacle, entitled ELEANOR HE AMAZON; or, Queen of France and England. To be followed by new Scenes of the Circle, Introducing an en tirely new Company or French Artistes. To conclude with a laughable Farce, PUNCH'S PLAYHOUSE AND STRAND THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. W. R. COPELAND, Liverpool. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Comecy, entitled KENSINGTON GAR DENS. Principal characters iq Messrs. Tilbury, A. Davies, Nor ton, T. Rogers, and Romer ; Mrs. Seymour (her sth appearance) ; Mesdame.; E, Romer, M. A. Marshall, and Wallis. An ILLUSTRATION OF THE EXPOSITION. Principal charac ters by Mesdames Marshall, M. Taylor, C. Homman, and Dibdin ; Messrs J. Reeve, Norton, J. Bogen, and Romer. To conclude with a new Farce called TAKING THE CENSUS. The prices of admission are arranged as follow :—Orchestra stalls, 4a; Boxes (first circle), 35.; (second circle), 2s. ; Pit, ls. Doors to be opened at Hall-past Seven, and the perfornaanco to commence at Eight precisely. A second price vrlll be taken to the Boxes only at Half-past Nine —sat circle, 25.; second circle, le. Private Boxes One Guinea and a Half each. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Open for the ,e g l ig '- .tle i°NI)AY' the sth of May. First represent a ti on of a modelled Panorama, tainted by Temple of Janus in the Eternal the Messrs. Denson, representing th City, with a striking View of the Colosseum, Palace of the erasers, /Ise. The Menagerie Is both varied and extensive, including two gi grounds, appropriately race, two elephants, which promenade caparisoned and attended. The co b n a d n u d e a , e omposed of must d by Mr. Godfrey. bridge, and with masts dans of first-rate celebrity, is p and venous Moored on the lake is seen a real Chinese pleasure Ind sails complete. Also Remingion"s aerie , novelties; and at dusk will be given, on a scale of su e ; nificence, a representation of the Closing of the Brazen G as a s ie n a s g o m f the - the horrors of Temple of Janus, with (for the first time ever attempted olossal transparent diaphonic panopticon, showing 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_ Lute ever witnessed. ADMISSION —ONE FHILLING. Exhibition nights—Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. M.JULLIEN, with the elite of his Band , will commence their en /Casements on Monday, May 26. The FLORAL EXHIBITIONS of the Royal South London Flori ._s_culteural Society will be repeated during the Season ; the First will ...x place on Wednesday, May 28. ....,....._____ 11[RR MAJESTY'S THEATRE. FIDELIO.—MadIIe. CEUVELLI. It is respectfully announced that on TUESDAY next, the 20th May, will be produced (first time at this Theatrelßeethoven's Opera FIDELIO, in which Madlle. SOFIE CEUVELLI will make her first appearance. 11ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. It Is reepeetfally announced that a Grand EXTRA NIGHT will take place on THURSDAY EVENING, May 22, when will be pre sented, for the first time this season, Rossini's celebrated opera, IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA. Rosina, Madame Sontag ; B Conte d'Almaviva, Signor Calzolari ; 71garo, signor Ferranti • Basilic), Signor Casanova; Bartolo, Signor Lablache. In the Lesson Scene Madame Sontag will introduc e R o d e ' s cele brated Variations. A Selection from a favourite Opera, in which Madlle. Caroline Duprez, Madame Florentini, Signori Garden' and Coletti will ap pear. - With various Entertainments in the Ballet Department, by Madlle. Carlotta Grist, Madlle. Amalie Ferraris, 3ladlles. Rosa, Esper, Lamoureux, Allegrini, Pascales, Kohlenberg, Dantoine, MM. Charles, Ehrick, Paul Taglioni, Di Mattia, Gouriet, and Venefra. Application for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, to be made at the Box office of the Theatre. Doors opened at Seven, the Opera to com mence at Half-past Seven o'clock. lIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Madame SONTAG. It is respectfully announced that TO-MORROW EVENING will be presented Donizetti's Opera, LA FIGLIA DEL REGGIMENTO. Maria, Madame Sontag; Tonio, Signor Gardonl ; Ortensio, Signor Italanchi ; Sergente Snlpizlo, Signor F. Lablache. To conclude with the admirable Ballet (arranged in one act) of LE DIABLE A QUATRE, By Mdlle. Carlotta Oils!, Mdlles. Rosa, Esper, Julien, Lamoureux, Allegrini, Aussandon, Kohlenberg, Pascales, Dantoine, MM. Charles, Ehrick, Paul Taglioni, Gouriet, Venefra, and DI Mattia. The Opera will commence at Eight o'clock. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, anti Tickets to be made at the Box Office of the Theatre, Opera-colonnade, Haymarket. The highly successful Di vert i ssement, Les Cosmopolites, Will be repeated forthwith. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. James Anderson. Re - engagement of Madlie. Victorine Legrain. Engagement of Miss P. HORTON. THIS EVENING Will be presented by her Majesty's SorYla ill t ne w grand Operatic Spectacle, entitled AZ &EL, THE PRODIGAL. Reuben, Mr. Vandenhoff; Azael, Miss P. Hor ton; Araenophis, Mr. W. West; Bucharis, Mr. Cooper; Sethos, Mr. Rafter ; Jephtele, Miss Villars; Netts, Mrs. Walter Lacy ; Lia, Madlle. Victorine Legrain (Premier Sniet du Opera de Pads), Who has been expressly engaged for the occasion. o be followed by UNE SOIREE CARNAVA.L, in which Madlle. Victorine Legrain and Madame Louise will appear. To conclude with the comic Pantomime of HARLEQUIN AND GOOD QUEEN BESS ; or, Morrie England tn the Olden Time Harlequin, Mr. Lauri; Pantaloon, Mr. C. Lauri; Clown, Mr. Doughty; Columbine, Miss Falser. Stalls and Dress Circle THE SUN, vo - --\ M 4, - ? S• .010, Iw o ggr'• i , 4 41 3 1, -,po of , 31 0: I's • , • • " • =f t ' bindlit# LONDON, FRIDAY: MAY 16, 1851 Mr. VirraTEsinE, in a fir s t s p eec h , d efended the Bill, in which the Protestants of his country, he said, took a deep interest. The relations of this country and Ireland towards the POPE were at this moment of a peculiar and almost unprecedented nature. He had reminded the English people of the happy days they had enjoyed when JAMES was upon the throne, and he had announced his deter mination to reunite England to the Romish Church. Describing the recent proceedings of the Court of Rome towards Ireland, especially with reference to the col- leges—every step of which, he observed, required the attention of the House—Mr. WHITESIDE accused the POPE of doing an unexampled act in the appointment of Archbishop CULLEN, in order to acquire a domination over the Roman Catholics of Ireland, and to govern them according to his will and that of the Propaganda. He then adverted to the next step, the assembling of the Synod of Thurles—an extraordinary transaction, be said, and illegal throughout, for it was convened under the edict of the POPE, with the view of putting in circu lation the Papal rescripts. In connexion with these pro ceedings, he charged Lord CLARENDON with not up holding and enforcing the law, thereby offiring en couragement to Papal encroachment; and he concluded with an animated reply to the speeches of Mr. BRIGHT and Mr. KEOGH. _ _ Mr. LAWLEB9 moved the adjournment of the debate— a motion which was supported by Mr. MOORE. Lord J. RUSSELL objected to the further adjournment of the debate, which was negatived, upon a division, by 359 against 46. Mr. R. Fox then moved the adjournment of the House; whereupon Lord J. RUSSELL consented to the debate being ad journed until this day. The other motions having been gone through, the House adjourned at a Quarter to Two o'clock. The debate on the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill has been again adjourned. It was not the principle of the measure that was in question That had been affirmed by an overwhelming majority on the second reading of the Bill ; it was simply on the question " that the Speaker do now leave the chair," in order to go into Committee to consider the details of the Bill, that further discussion was demanded. It could not truly be asserted that the case had not pre viously been sufficiently canvassed, or that its nature was not clearly understood. It has, in fact, hitherto been the measure of the session, and it bids fair to be the sole monu ment of legislative labour during the Annus Mira bilis, 1851—the year of the Great Exhibition. It has been debated during thirteen working nights. Every member of the.lrish Brigade has had an oppor tunity of explaining his views and opinions on the sub ject at least half a dozen times. We believe it would be impossible now to bring forward any new argument at all bearing on the topic, and yet we find a minority of 46—who must have clearly seen the feeling of the House when the first division disclosed a ma jority of 313 against the motion for adjournment— persisting in repeated motions to the same effect, and thus grossly abusing the power placed in their hands fer a very different purpose, in order to cffer a:factious obstruction to what they well know must eventually become the law of the land, either in its present or in a more stringent form. This system of obstr u cti on b as a t l eng th b ecome a perfect nuisance. It is ab=olutely intolerable that when there is so much to be done, and the time for doing it is so very limited, so many valuable drys should be wasted through the undue observance of those rules which, though framed in a proper spirit for the pre vemion of certain evils, have been so far perverted from their original purpose as to render the remedy far worse than the disease it was intended to cure. During the present week we have on Monday had the House adjourned without making any practical pro gress on the Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill. On Tuesday the entire day was wasted in consequence of forty Members not being in attendance when the Srzem.Eß should have taken the chair ; and again Thursday has been lost in a similar mode to Monday, and on the very same topic. We must, therefore, once more call for a Committee of Inquiry on the standing orders with a view to their revision. The progress of legis lation must be expedited if we wish to achieve any practical amelioration in the existing laws, and the sooner the preliminary inquiries are entered upon the better. The time of the country must not again be misapplied and frittered away as it has been too fre quently of late years, and more especially since the commencement of the present Parliamentary cam. paign. Unless the Guild of Literature be conducted throughout in a spirit of liberality proportioned to that by which its promoters appear to have been ori ginally actuated, it had better never have been pro jected. From its very outset we have accorded to th e enterprise a support as earnest as it was spontaneous and unconditional. Immediately the undertaking be came subjected to the derision of one atrabilious calumniator, we hastened to protest against a proceed ing so ungenerous towards men who were, according to our belief, influenced exclusively by feelings of min gled benevolence and magnaminity. Our confidence we are ready to acknowledge was implicit in the largeness of scope desirable upon every similar occasion ; and we felt satis fied that no project of a nature so pecu liarly beneficent in its purpose, and noble in its character, could be degraded into a parade of charity on the part of a mere clique for the enter tainment of a mere coterie, however select or illus trious. Unfortunately, we are already beginning to re cognise the dissipation of that day-dream which we have been cherishing with such preposterous cre dulity, a n d this, moreover,in spite of all that has i been uttered n a sini s t e r manner t o i ts di sparagement. What We trusted might have proved und er proper mana g ea in Nol a enterprise worthy of th e senti ments unworthy of it the originated, and no t a l together great cause it w as in tended to pr amote, e . oi n a already beginning to assume to itself the a spect of excl up for the satisf act i on usive entertain men t, got :ll may arrow circle, to th e en d that half-a-dozen gentlemen strut their little hour upon the stage for the am naent of the C ourt and their own especial glorification, a Under any delibcir cumstances it must be conf esse d that ever is Y hundred, or per formance, in ninety - nine cases out of ev is nothing less than a mel ancholy dis rate and fatuous absurdity. More particularly, there. fore, would the lamentable character of any such demonstration be enhanced , if we can ima g i ne the QUEEN and her attendant nobles amo ng the spectators, and some of the most distin guished of the living cultivators of literature among the luckless group of the dramatis persona. Whether it ma y h ave baen with a view to restrict the p o ssibility of criticism, or, on the other hand, to impart to the proceedings a miserable sem bl ance of aristo cratic exelusiveness, it appears that the conductors of g have assumed the undertakin to themselves the pri vilege of distributin g among their literary contem poraries i nsu l ts of a rather gratuitous description, heightened, moreover, by an affectation of courtesy and the promise a bribe, by which we pre sume it was imagined that a very natural feel ing of incliguatiou could be propitiated. Instead The Lords met last evening at Five, and after the transaction of some routine business adjourned. In the Commons the adjourned debate on the Eccle siastical Titles Bill was resumed by Mr. SCULLY, who expressed his conviction that the Government intended to enforce the provisions of the Bill, and would not let it remain, like the clause in the Act of 1829, a mere brutum fulmen. Mr. WEGG-PROSSEB denied that the QUEEN'S prero gative had been attacked by the See of Rome. Mr. CAMPBELL thought it would be better to reserve further discussion until the House should be in Com mittee. Mr. TRELAWNY and Mr. P. HOWARD opposed the Bill. The LORD ADVOCATE said that the people of Soot land felt the deepest indignation at the attempt to re organize a Church which had been in abeyance for three centuries. The language of the rescript was like that of a conqueror, and it was necessary to organize measures of defence against such an aggression. Mr. REYNOLDS considered the use of the word tolera tion, when used by one British subject to another, as most offensive. He denied the existence of any Euro pean conspiracy, because had any such existed it must have been known to the Roman Catholic prelates of Ireland. —....--,-- Retribution sooner or later descends upon any ruler who dares to adventure deliberately upon a path of mis-government. History has proclaimed this in a thousand instances from the beginning. It will continue until the end announcing the same inexora ble sentence. For examples of its veracity we need scarcely even turn a retrospective glance towards the records of antiquity. The truth is emblazoned in unmistakeable characters upon the scroll of the diur nal annalist: contemporary events assure us of the inevitable downfall of the upholders of tyranny in every clime and under every circumstance ; and the account of their adverse fate is given from time to time in the chequered columns of journalism. During a very narrow interval from the present moment we have seen the vengeance wreaked upon some of the most puissant princes in Christendom by that veritable Nemesis the energetic mass of the popula tion. In France the lesson was afforded by the first and last of the Orleans dynasty. In Austria the same warning was articulated by the movement which degraded FERDINAND from imperial pomp to a despicable and dishonourable obscurity. Now-a-days we are listening to the enuncia tion of the same terrible decree--a decree rendered audible by the intelligence received periodically from the shores of Portugal. There, in spite of innume rable portents of the destiny awaiting her maladmi nistration, DONNA MARIA DA GLORIA has blindly persisted in that lamentable system of favouritism which has so long proved ruinous to the members of the house of BRAGANZA. One might reasonably have expected that the narrow escape of the Queen of PORTUGAL, in 1847, from the chances of an ignomi nious expulsion, and a consequently involuntary de thronement, that her MAJESTY would have recognized at length the folly of persisting in a course so detri mental to her own interests and so infuriating to the multitude. It would appear, however, that the impunity vouchsafed to the royal councils upon that occasion, by the unjustifiable in terference of the Spanish and British Govern ments, only tended to confirm her belief in the wisdom of her ill-considered policy, inducing her, shortly after the pacification of the kingdom, to sum mon once more to the conduct of affairs that most despised and detested of all European statesmen, the notorious chieftain of the race of CABRAL, better known by his title as the Count DE THOMA.R. For a long while past the chagrin of the nation at that pre posterous re- elevation has been more and more glaringly developed. From the manifestation made at intervals throughout the various provinces of Portugal it was sufficiently perceptible that the then existing position of things could not be very long preserved, but that ultimately a potent, if not wholly irresistible, movement of a reactionary character must be adventured upon by the malcon tents. That movement, long anticipated and loudly foretold, at length commenced under the auspices of the noblest administrator in the land, Field-Marshal the fo D u k e of SALDANHA. People cannot already have forgotten v a i t ci t s h s e itu fi d r e s s t w o h u i t c h h re a sk wa o it f ed the tha p t rasen a illus triousrevolution.n,,e They e ca u n ed noetrlowsehiseihghttheofvetthereaehxlteraadoerr dinary circumstances of the populace was suddenly transformed from an apparently ruined and master of Port uga l and toutcastvindicator di a . e d athr venturer hf t h i e n t r o i g h t h t e s of the Portuguese. The metamorphosis ek t i nto have n g their eir was hopestoo re markableandn o a f n t d h resplendentm ul ti th dno e ,n inflaming their imagination. Since the abrupt and a s t on i s h ing transformation here referred to, the.Mgreo a eveuta but been -- - THE LATE LORD COTTENHAM.—It is expected that the mortal remains of the late lamented Earl of Cotte4- ham will arrive in London on Tuesday or Wednesday next, when they will be taken to his late residence in Park-1 one, thence to be removed to Totteridge for interment, according to the directions of his will. At the half -yearly meeting of the Provincial Bank of Ireland, held yesterday, a report was presented to the meeting, rather gloo my as to the agricultural prospects of Ireland, but, in respect to the flax culture and linen trade of Ulster, rather satisfactory. In spite of all difficulties, the directors had maintained the usual dividend of 8 per cent. per annum, and had realised a considerable surplus after the payment of that amount. The account showed the net pro- 1 fits of the bank for the two half-years to amount to 45,395/. 4s. 6d. The rest was 11!,3771_ II s. 10d., from which the directors proposed to pay a dividend at the rate of 4/. per cent. for the half-year, or at the rate of 8 per cent. per WILIILM. IP 1 r- " • LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAI( 16, 1851. of carrying out the project in a m anner calculated to secure the favourable regard of all per.. sons indiscriminately, the very reverse has been ac complished by the fact of the committee making certain uncalled•for and invidious distinctions. We speak not of slighting those who have spontaneously encouraged the undertaking, whereas a petty sop is proffered at the very same moment to its assailants ; but we allude to the indelicacy of forwarding to our selves the following singular communication : TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. "Dear Sir,—lt is; much to be regretted that in consequence of the limited space of the saloon in Devon shire House, in which Sir E. Bulwer Lytton's new comedy is to be performed, we are prevented from for warding to you a ticket to witness the performance, it having been found impossible to invite more than the editors of the morning newspapers. " When the public performances are given in a more spacious theatre, we shall have much pleasure in in viting yourself and friend to be present. "I am, dear Sir, yours, &c., " W. H. WILLS, Honorary Secretary." " Guild of Literature and Art, 10, Lancaster-place, Strand, 13th May, 1851." The indecorum of this letter we cannot but regard as altogether too glaring to require any comment by way of elucidation. Our cordial sympathies, we may be permitted to observe, were yielded to the project of the Guild of Literature as originally sug gested by Sir BULWER LYTTON, without any demand for their articulation, and without any other incite ment whatever beyond that arising from our span taneous pleasure at its proposal. Yet it would appear that the committee have gone out of their way to ac knowledge thioearnest advocacy of their ideas by thrusting an invidious selection upon our notice, and accompanying this with a petty and insulting promise of future consideration. We can only comprehend any proceeding like the foregoing upon the supposi tion that the gentlemen alluded to have fallen rather erroneously into the belief that they are pe culiarly and emphatically the collective representatives of English literature, and as such empowered to deal at pleasure either insults or compliments among their contemporaries with the rigour of JOHNSON and the voice of BOANERGES. Against a belief of this some what extravagant kind we must be permitted, how ever, to enter our exception. For, although in one amateur we recognise a novelist of extraordinary genius, in another a drama tist of singular ability, in another a poetical com mentator of large and even splendid capacities, we nevertheless cannot lose a remembrance that other men, still surviving, of rare, and admirable powers are among the number of those who adorn the annals of our contemporary literature—men who have added in many instances not less, and, in some few instances, even greater lustre to letters in their nume rous and diversified departments. Together with these recollections, we bear also in mind that our profession, as a systematic cultivation of knowledge, is likely to be marred very considerably by allowing any project like the one in question to degenerate into the movement of a clique rather than of an entire com munity. Political reforms of anything like value or importance can scarcely, we opine, be brought about by three tailors of Tooley-street, calling themselves the people of England. Neither, we imagine, can an un dertaking like the present be satisfactorily guided in its development by a score of amateur actors, however gifted they may chance to be in histrionics as well as in literature, arrogating to themselves the authority belonging only to the accumulated voice of those illustrious authors who might each be regarded as the facile princeps of his generation. Henceforth we shall continue to regard the Guild with undiminished feelings of solicitude for its prosperity, however much we may consider the press as having been gratuitously in sulted by its promoters, or however much we do unquestionably look upon the management of the enterprise as injurious to the interests and deroga tory to the character of literature. Whenever we can by possibility discover opportunities for pro moting the cause of this among other benevolent in, stitutions we shall endeavour to avail ourselves of through the medium of our diurnal broadsheet, though at the same time we cast aside as altogether preposterous tha notion of being coaxed into com placency by free admissions to public performances. Based as the proposed institution will be upon a groundwork of magnanimous generosity, we shall rejoice to promote its interests hereafter by our ad- vocacy as cordi a ll y a s we have striven to do so heretofore, notwithstanding that ill-becoming arrogance of the committee, which has induced them to act thus ungraciously and ungracefully to a considerable section of public journalists. Ready we shall ever be to express our indignation at those who may venture upon acts of gratuitous insult and ingratitude (howsover largely they may plume themselves upon their importance), but equally ready also to subserve, to the utmost of our ability, any project of theirs which may appear to us de serving of encouragement, especially one as humane in its purpose as the Guild of Art and Literature. equally rapid, if not equally beyond expectation. According to the latest intelligence received from the Peninsula the Court party has been worsted in every particulaiTthe COinmand in Chief of the army having been, in fact, resigned by the King-Consort, and the resignation of that dignity formally accepted by the Queen-Regnant. Regnant her MAJESTY can only be regarded pro tampon:, the bauble of sovereignty slipping even now swiftly from her unconstitutional grasp. Not withstanding the formidable situation of affairs, it would seem that the capital still preserved an aspect of tranquillity, although disturbances were anticipated by the citizens of Lisbon immediately upon the arrival of SALDANHA, an event expected to take place not later than the 13th instant. Propitious as every thing relating to the movement in Portugal may have hitherto seemed to the personal friends and adherents of its v Aeran originator, it is nevertheless apparent to most persons by this time that he will find consider able diiiiculty in carrying out his views of reform entirely to his satisfaction. His sagacious judgment seems Lo have bowed already to the necessity of his position, concessions of a large kind having been made by him to the leaders and champions of the Septem bristas, Among other things, he has been compelled to ally himself ministerially with JOSE PASSOS, one of the principal upholders of that faction —accounts from Lisbon variously assigning the Presidency of the new Cabinet to PASSOS and to SALDANHA. Little doubt exists, however, any longer that the rule of MARIA DA GLORIA is definitively doomed to very speedy termination. The majority begin to direct their regard almost unanimously towards one of her llsaEsTv's children as her most probable suc cessor. In Dom PEDRo—to be called the Fifth in the event of his coronation—the people seem to re cognise some guarantee for the restoration of the rights originally secured to them by the Constitution. For as yet the young Prince is but a stripling, and might consequently be moulded in that form, the mere ideal of which excited a certain enthusiasm in the mind of the great BOLMGBROKE. However oc currences may turn out, it is undeniable that Por tugal possesses at this moment an opportunity, the proper employment of which may be the means of securing to herself the enjoyment of a protracted era of prosperity. With the people of Portugal, therefore, and especially with the Duke of SALDANHA, their veteran commander, reposes an awful and most momentous responsibility—the responsibility of con ducting to a perfectly satisfactory issue the present social and political revolution. If the patriotic chieftains of the movement do not under-estimate the importance of that responsibility, or if, on the other hand, they do not in some measure miscalculate its tendencies, the success of the movement of 1851 may compensate for the failure of the preceding out break of 1847, and SALDA:NHA may prove a more fortunate leader of his race than LAMARTINE of the French, or KOSSUTH of the Hungarians. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(TIIIS DAY.) 'Before the LORD CHIEF BARON and a Common Jury.) DOE DEM. CALTON v. PULLAN. This was an action in ejectment to recover possession of a house. Mr. Barstow appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Pearce for the defendant. Mr. BARSTOW, in stating the case to the jury, said the plaintiff, Mr. Calton, who was a gentleman of inde pendent property, owned a house in Connaught-terrace, in the Edgware-road, which he let to a person of the name of Bre nan on a lease of 21 years, at a yearly rent of 75/., which was to be payable quarterly. an ne g lected to continue his payments, and ulti mately left the house, previously assigning over the lease to the defendant, an elderly lady, who took possession of the premises. She also refused to pay any rent, and the landlord was unable to put in a distress, as the front door was always kept closed, and the only means of communication with the inmates was through the iron grating of the area. The Learned Counsel adverted to the practice, now very common, of persons remaining in houses without paying any rent, for the purpose or inducing landlords to give them a bonus to leave, rather than incur the expense cf it suit of ejectment, and said the plaintiff in the present case, in a spirit of liberality, had offered the defendant 1001. to quit the premises, but that she positively refined to do so unless she re ceived a larger sum. Hero a lady, in rather ancient attire, whose face was shrouded in a huge bonnet, started up from one of the back rows, and, amidst much laughter, announced that she was the unfortunate defendant, and indignantly denied the insinuation of the Learned Counsel ; adding, the houss had cost her a great deal of money, and that she hoped the jury would do her justice. Mr. PEARCE corroborated the statement of his client, and said he was ready to agree to a verdict, if the plain. tiff would adhere to his orgelal offer of 1001. Mr. BARST,W said as the plaintiff had been compelled to bring this action, he would obj ec t to g i ve so large a sum, but being anxious to act fairly to the lady, he was ready to make her a present of 50/. on condition that she would at once give up possession. Lord CAMPBELL thought that was a very liberal offer, Far, if Mr. Barstow was enabled to prove his opening statement, there could be no doubt the plaintiff would be entitled to a verdict. After some further discussi:n a verdict for 501. was taken by consent of the parties, the money to be paid on obtaining possession of the premises. SECONDARIES'... —(THIS DA Y.) (Before Mr. Secondary POTTER.) TANGUARY AND ANOTFIER V. VIVIAN. These plaintiffs are distillers, and defendant is a licensed victualler in Farringdon-street, and the action was brought to recover the sum of 4041. on a promissory note, and for goods sold. There was no defence, and a verdict was given for the amount. There were no other cases. CRIMINAL COURT. _.(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON and Mr. Justic© TAL FM:IRD.) FORGERY.—Edward Smith, who on Wednesday pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with forgery, was this morning sentenced to ten years' trans portation. RAPE.—James Mears, aged 16, pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with feloniously and carnally knowing and abusing Amelia Stevens, under ten years of age, and was sentenced to two years' imprisonment with hard labour. .-- NE W COURT. (Before the RECORDER.) ROBNERY BY SERVANTS.— iVilliala Searle, aged 58, described as a painter, and Phcebe Searle, aged 53, his wife, were indicted for stealing six bolsters, seventeen pillows, twenty blankets, one fork, one spoon, and other articles, value 501., the property of Sir William Robert Clayton, Bart., his master. The prisoners for some years past have been engaged to take care of Sir William's residence, in Gloucester place, Hyde -park, while his family were out of town, and last winter they took advantage of thus being in pos session of the house to abstract the stolen articles in question, and pawn them for various sums at different pawnbrokers in Marylebone. The prisoners received five shillings a week for their trouble in minding the pre mises, but the man was allowed to go out and do as he liked in the day time, which enabled him to earn four shillings a day as a labourer. Up to the period of the present charge, the prisoners had borne excellent cha racters. The jury found them Guilty, and they were sentenced to six months' imprisonment with hard labour. MR. T.DUNCOMBE, M.P., AND THE ELECTORS OF FINSBURY. The following is the reply of Mr. T. Duncombe, m.p., to the requisition of Mr. Thomas Stone and other elec tors of Finsbury, calling on him to resign his seat:— " 5, Palace Chambers, St. James's, May 15, 1851. " Sir,—Your letter, dated the 29th ult., was only delivered yesterday. Yourself and forty-seven other electors therein state that you and they h ave b een th rown i n t o ' a consider able state of surprise and dismay, having been informed of ni l) intention to bring a measure into the House in favour of the Roman Catholics, and opposed to that of Lord John Russell.' ssel Upon this information y ou are p l ease d t o d eman d theimme diate resignation of my seat. " Now, although I deeply regret the shock that your nerves and religious sensibilities seem to have sustained, yet as I never undertook to make myself responsible tor every rumour that might reach you, you will excuse me, when I inform you, that as the borough of Finsbury con sists of at least,fifteen thousand electors, I, Protestant as I am, cannot reconcile it to my sense of duty to do the mere bidding of forty-eight. However, 1 have this consolation to offer you, that as a general election cannot be far distant, when, should my health be sufficiently re• established to justify me in asking, a sixth time, for a renewal of that con fidence with which Finsbury has ever honoured me, yourself, and the forty-seven other requisitionists will have the desired opportunity of choosing (as you eloquently describe him) ' that gentleman who feels it his duty to advocate your wishes as true Protestants and sup porters of a Protestant Constitution.' Till then, as ever, "Faithfully yours, "THOMAS S. DUNCOMDE. "Mr. Thomas Stone." 100 47% 6 2-3 1734 13 all all AM done to-day. 1837. 1851. General and State Go vernments Cities and counties, debts ...... Railroad and Canal Companies, debts ... 20,000,000 80.000,000 Bank loans 525,000,000 450 . 000,000 30,000,000 75,000,000 Total 31i 25 As to the banks generally of the United States, they are stated to have now a capital of 227,000,000 dollars against 2 90,000,000 dollars in 1837. Their specie amounts to 48 against 37 millions of dollars, and their circulation to 155 against 149 millions. The number of banks is 871 against 788. The result of the efforts made by the Lyons and Avignon at Bordeaux and Cette shareholders to pro tect their " caution" money has been the formation of a committee, and it is hoped there will be an amicable arrangement with the parties who seek to obtain a non' and independent concession. Nevertheless the safety of the shareholders consists in their continued and strenu ous co-operation with the committee. A sum exceeding 800,0001. is at stake, and this is an amount of national importance. Many individuals have subscribed several thousand pound:. In the Amsterdam Stock Market on the 14th inst. there was no c`ainge in prices, and very little was done. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. were 57i 1 ,-. At Hamburgh last Tuesday th e ra t e of exchange on London was still 13 3. The English Funds have been steady and there have been several transfeis. Console have realised 97 to 4 for Money, and 974 for Account. Cash has again been in demand for the Share settlement, and Exche quer- bine have been heavy at 45s to 46s premium. Bank Stock is firm at 210 to 211. India Stock has not been higher than 259, The New Three-and-a-Quarter per dis til ': Cents. are 97i to The price of the French rentes comes lower from Paris after the previous improvement, but political affairs are looked upon with favour. Foreign Securities have been variable, this being the settling day. Spanish Five per Cents. have realised 20/ and the Passive have risen to 6. The Ministers are expected to have an excellent majority. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been quoted 321 to 334, being rather lower. Mexican Bonds have been quoted 35i to -a. Brazil Stock is at 88k, and Venezuela at 33 26 % to . Peruvian Deferred has been quoted 36i to 374. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 591 ;1-; and Rus sian Four-aed-a-Half per Cents., 100 to 100. i. Railway Shares have recovered a little from the ex treme depression of yesterday, but are atilt compara tively depreesecl. The Liverpool failures in the Cotten Market have caused shares to be sold, for the purpose of raising money. QUARTER TO THREW, Console 971 + Ditto Account, June 10 ... 97 BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 2lO 211 8 per Cont. Reduced Aux uties 96% 1 /. 1 4 8 per Cent. Consols Anus New 3 1 4 per Cent. Ames. 97 3 / 4% % gong Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 7 5-16 India Stock 259 India Bonds under 1,0001.. South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities 96 Consols for Account • 9 7 1 41 EKehgener Bills. 1,0001.... 46 45 p ..1)7 Small TRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Braztiian Bonds. 5 per Cent. BB Danish Bonds 1825, 3 per Cent.... Ditto, 5 per Cent BLxiesn pc.r Cent., Coupon=, Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Peruvian Bonds, 5 per Cent — Do. Deferred Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto 4 oar Cent. Ditto for the Account Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 par Cont — Ditto 4 1 A per Cent. lO O l4 100 Rpanisft Bonds, 5 per Cont 20 % 14 Ditto Passive Bonds 6 Venezuela Bonds Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 4 1 ,4 2 per Cent. Dutch 24, per Cent., 12 Guild 59%1-4 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—,, THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAY 16.—Wind at noon W., light breeze and fine. FALMOUTH, MAY 15. Off port, Land-&-Cakes, Shanghai; Maria Charlotte, Java; Garland, Jamaica; Scotsman, Porto Rico. A brig, apparently English, abandoned, painted white, black ports, no. head, main mast carried away about half-way from the deck, no foretopsail mast, foresail an d f oretopsail loose, to boats on deck, and bulwarks carried away amidships, was passed Dec. 11., in lat. 4 N., long. 15 W., and about two hours after she disappeared. SUNDERLAND, MAY 15.—Wind W.S.W.—SId. Atter burn, Demerara; Janat, Quebec; Roelius, Quebec. EMDEN, MAY 10.—The Catherine, from Rostock, has put in to stop a leak; part of cargo discharged in a da maged state. DANTZIC, MAY 10.—The Charles English schooner, got aground off Lena, but has been assisted off and into _ that port. DEAL,' MAY 15,—Wind E.N.E.—Arrd. Republic ' whaler, Sandwich Islands for Bremen. Arrd. from the _ River, Mohawk, Sydney, New South Wales; Joseph Shepherd, Hong-Kong; Duke of Norfolk, Jamaica; Henry, New York; Samuel, Miram:ichi; Arab, Cardiff; Isabel. LIVERPOOL, MAY 15.—Wind variable.—Arrd. Peter Morey, New Orleans; Nautilus, Callao; John G. Coster, Apalachicola; Premier ' Santos. Off port, Mary An n , Apalachicola; Portland, ditto; St. George, Eudocia, Isabel, Moses Wheeler, Spartan, Mary Ann Johnston, Swordfish. Sld. Giaour, Havannah; Ronachan, Quebec; Needlove, Calcutta; Rob Barbour, ditto; Arab, Cape of Good Hope; Petrel, Africa; Dauntless, Maranham ; Camerton, Trinidad; Chapmans, Demerara; Camillus, New Orleans. The Genoa steamer its discharging her cargo in a damaged state, the vessel having sunk in the Prince's Basin. OFF HASTINGS.—Sir Robert Peel, New York. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 15.—Wind N.E . to S.—Arrd. her Majesty's ship Asia, South America, with 54,000 dollars, on merchants' account. Her Majesty's ship Wellesley, from the West Indies, has not arrived, as re ported yesterday. BRISTOL, MAY 15.—Wind E.—Sld. Triumph, New port and West Indies ; Wrangel, New port and Quebec. WATERFORD, MAY 14.—Wind S.W. to S.S.E.—Arrd. Velocity, New York. GUERNSEY, MAY 15.—The Lucile, of and from Moilaix, from Haifieur, was lost off the coast of Al derney 10th inst ~• crew saved. GIBF.ALTAR, MAY i 6.—About' 200 vessels in this Bay, Algeciras, and b e hi n d th e rock, are waiting a fair wind, to pass the Straits to the West: MARKET NEWS.-4-THIS DAY. CORN EXCHANGE-(FRIDAY. Fresh up to this morning's market, coastwise anciby land carriage, the arrivals of English Wheat were limited, but of fair average quality. As a good cl ear . ance was made both on Monday and Wednesday, th e show of stale samples was very small. Although the attendance of both town and country millers w as very moderate, the demand for all kinds oZ Wheat of hom e produce ruled steady at very full prices, at which holders were not to say ready sellers. We havee this week. received up wards of 14,000 quarters of foreign 'Wheat To-day the suppiy of tha e t grain— was extensive. Fine dualities y ex-granary— full rates of currency, b ut thmoved off fr ee l y , at ferior kinds wore a s i ovv little d . ozng ; ei middling and in . twiddling at late rates. In floating, cargoes very but we had nume rous offers from llmnrzic and quantity of Foreign Earley elsewhere. A very large English was was in very ma i l. Themarket, but that of about stationary prices. No trade was less attire, at We were well supplied o change took place in Malt. full average business - ' with Foreign Oats, in which a Beans, Peas, Indian Corn, and Flour as on Monday. ITZIVALS THIS WEE. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. TY, The sales of C o tt on at L C I iverpoolTWO O'CLOCK. yest,rd were e . mated at 10 .000 bales, of which 1,000 were taken for export and 2,000 on speculation. The sales comprised about 8,000 American, chiefly at 64d.; 800 P ernam an d Maranhara at 74d. to 80., 400 Egyptian at Sid. to 91d., and 800 Surat at 31d. to 4ld. per lb. The market closed firmly with a moderate supply of American, and prices compared with Friday's rates are 4d. lower for American, and all other kinds d. to id.—The market for Railway Shares was flat, and prices at the close were considerably lower. The amount of business transacted in colonial and foreign produce this week has been large, but holders have met the buyers in respect to the prices of many articles. Coffee has not come into greater favour, but Sugar has been extensively dealt in, and at very full prices. Some descriptions of Spices have been cheaper. Cotton is much depressed. Indigo has gone off heavily at the public sales. Wool opens rather briskly. The last accounts from America inform us that the Back of the United States has not yet closed up its af fairs, and millions upon millions of its claims upon indi viduals are in a state of litigution and liquidation. In 1837, the banks held a more powerful position in the financial world than at this moment. Then every one wanting a loan went to some bank, and obtained it. The banks then almost monopolised the loaning of money ; bat now the case is entirely different. The ac cumulation of capital in the hands of private individuals has created a large number of private bankers, who do an immense business in the way of discounting c - mamerciai paper, and it is the impression that, in Wall-street clone, ten to fifteen millions of paper is floating about between individuals or private bankers, independent of the in corporated banks of that vicinity, in every way. From the same source we have an estimate of the public and private indebtedness, which, although neces sarily based upon imperfect data, is probably near the truth : FATAL OCCURRENCE AT BLACKFRIARS-BRIIKI-E.-.: Yesterday morning, about half-past five o'clock, a man OW"' 40 years of age was passing over the Blackfriars-bridge t wards the City. On getting about midway he mountou. the seat in one of the recesses and got over tin wall. One of the London Fire Brigade men, mane" Hister, who was proceeding towards the floating engine to go on duty, seeieg that the man contemplated sniolicla, rushed forward, accompanied by two or three other pert aorta, in the hope of preventing him from destroying hin melt. The fireman, at the risk of losing his own lee , climbed over the wall, and the men who Ors near held one of his arms, while he, with the o ther, succeeded in grasping the hand of the unfortunate r nan. He held him up in this state for some time, but his weight. was so great that it was impossible for him to pull hint Up- He called for some one on the bridge to get a rope to pass under the man's arms, but before that could be accomplialzed the weight of the poor fellow nearly exhausted him,. slid being unable to keep his hold any longer the man fell into the river beneath and immediately disappeared. Boats were instantly put off from the steamboat-pier, and the rivier dragged near the spot where the deceased had fallen, but the body could not be found. Who the unfortunate deceased was is at present unknown. From his dress he appeared to have been a labouring man or journeyman bricklayer. Too much praise cannot be given to the fireman, who thus so heroically risked his life in endeavouring to save a fences r" creature, for had the men on the other side of the boars ss of the bridge for one instant relinquished their hold of him ne must have been pulled by the weight of the suicide into the river along with him. Intelligence has been received from the Civil Com missioner of the Seychelles Islands to the effect that th era is an a most inexhaustible supply of guano in that regi on- These islands, about thirty in number, are a group resting on sand and coral in the Indian Ocean, north-east of Ma tin gascar, between 3 deg. and 5 deg. south latitude, and. 153 deg. and 56 deg. east longitude, and were formally ceded to England, together with Mauritius, in 1815. No particulars have yet been given regarding the quality or precise locality of the guano which has been discovered, but if it should. at all approach the Peruvian in its chemical properties, it real prove of immense importance not only to the agricultural interests of Great Britain, but indirectly to the promoldon also of the prosperity of Natal and Mauritius, as well as to the much-desired extension of commerce with Madagaseay . - Its situation, however, near the equator and in the midst iif the ocean (the African continent being distant about 800 mike), would lead to the supposition that those peculiiir conditions of climate which have operated in favour of tile Peruvian guano may be in a great measure wanting, and lb it hence its nature is inferior. FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE IN RATCLIFF-HIGHwAY.---- Yesterday morning at an early hour the premises of ltdr. Joseph Lawson, No. 6, Vine-place, Broad-street, Ratcliffe were perceived to be on fire. As soon as the fire was sonle what got under, a room was entered, when it was found that Mr. Lawson was burned be a most frightful mem ter over the whole of his body. A medical gentleman systa immediately sent for, who promptly attended ; but duruAg the brief interval that elapsed, the unfortunate suffer* r expired. Owing to the exertions of the inhabitants, tb fire was confined to that part of the premises in which it begun, but the furniture therein was destroyed, and tb e lower part of the house severely damaged by water. Th a unfortunate deceased was in the receipt of an annual pe e . sion from the Trinity House, and it is stated that he tocik his quarter's money the day preceding his melanchat death. He was described as being a very sober man, be t invariably smoked a pipe of tobacco of a night in bed to re - lieve him of the asthma. From the fact of a pipe being found near the bed, there is no doubt but that Was the MN of the outbreak. GREAT CENTRAL GAS CONSUMERS COMPANY.— - Yesterday the Committee on this Bill, to incorporate th e Great Central Gas Consumers Company, met for the firl t time. Mr. Sergeant Wrangham, Q.C., and Mr. Wilde ap peered in support of the Bill; and Mr. Talbot, CNC-, en d Dr. H o pe against it. Considerable di scuss i on took place a 8 to the locus standi of the city gas companies, and of th. Paving Commissioners and merchants and traders petition - i n g against the Bill. Eventually, on the room being clearei I, the Committee decided in favour of itnhea sipoeeueeshsatafnedanisiodfartlat.f length, trh'eSrgneeant gh opened Wthreacnasea,m reca pitulating the prin c ipi ii f6Pelaaerttuireess. M of the measure as set forth in the Committee of Ito it sess i on , when the company, he said, was thought to be on 's that was not intended to be carried out. What, however, facts? ate o S f in l c 3 e o, t oO h eOlll., the promoters had erected theiir works, and laid down their mains at 7101. or 800/. within tile were the and were now supplying at 41r. 000 1 es c t u im bic feet the beat gas to 4,600 consumers in The company Cp or ei i tr g yl in ., would not have been compelled to ex - pend nearly so much as this had it not been for the expen - sive Parliamentary contests in which they had been in volved, and th e on the pre y M oreover were in a position next month sent amount of consumption to 5 per cent., and retain a surplus in addition. Mr. Croll, the company's engi neer, and Mr. Dakin, the chairman of the company, were examined as to the general position of the company's affair% and in corroboration of the statements by counsel, and the Committee adjourned to this day at 12 o'clock. GRASS PARKS IN DuMFRIESSHIRE.—The letting of grass parks h as now b een nearly brought to a close; and, as far as w e can l earn, the prices given are not only Nuat to those current during late years, but decidedly higher in wine. r al. — Dumfries Courier. BIRTH.OF A SON. On the 13th inst., at Thorpe Hamlet , Norwich , the wife of the Rev. F. L. Currie, Cienchwarton, Norf Ik. On the 12th inst., at Parkhurst, Isle of Wi g h t , the wife of G. Hall, Esq., Governor of the Juvenile Reform atory Pri son. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 13th inst., at Upper Gower-street, the wife of John J. Clarke, Esq. On the 13th inst., at Stanhope-street, Regent's -park, Mir a. W. C. Ilomersharn. 8* TliE SHARE MARK ETS 31%11ways. Paid. Aberdeen.. .. • • Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, & E. Juncion Belfast and County Down Minn ng., Woiverhamp., and Stoar Valley Birkenh., Lan., & Chesh June., late 331.65. Bd.. Do. Chest. & Birkenhd., 501. & 251. Consolidated Do., do., 201. .. Bristol and Exeter.. Caledonian .. Chester and Holyhead Direct Lond. and Portsm. Dublin and Belfast Janet. Dublin and Kingstown.. Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction .. De,, New .. East Anglian (251. L. & E. and L. & D.) .. •. Do. (lal. E. & 1.1.) Eastern Counties Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. shares • • Do. do. do. .. Do. do., B & C shares East Lancashire Do. New quarters Edinburgh and GlasgoW Edin., Perth, and Dundee Exeter and Exmouth .. Glasgow and South-West, Do. do. G. I). & C. stock Great Northern •• Do. halves, A, deferred Do. halves, B, 6 per ct, Great Southern and Western, Ireland Great Western .. Do. New, 171. .. Lancaster and Carlisle, .. Do. thirds .. Lancaster and Preston .. Lancashire and Yorkshire Do. quarter shares . Do. fifths . • •• Do. West Riding Union Leeds and Think Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .. London and Blackwall Do., Tilbury Ext. Scrip London, Brighton, and South Coast .. .• London and N.-Western Do. do. new quarters . Do. fifths Do. 101. sh., 31. & B (c) London and S.-Western . Do. new 501. Do. new 40/. .. Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock .. Manchester, Sheffield, & Lincolnshire 1.. • . Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union L. idland • 17% 100 5i 45 13 4 47% 100 100 42% 34 4 2 0 100 nrtrx7ss RAILWAYE :. - I 4% 10% 7- 77 10% •• In , .;.. 79 - 14% - 21% - 81 78% 14% 14 13 22 2154 .. .. 21 —l9 dis. 934 —lo3 N-4% 2% -3 7 -7;i 6 -6% 414 —4% 14% 15% 16.4 is 3 7 3 - 34 8 % - X - % P LBU -183 g I IBA 6 - 6 i L 2 - 121 12.36 40 -42 85 -86 14 -14% 80 -82 9 -II p. 40)34 86_3( Nominal Prices.. Busini 13 1* 13% 1 13% L Do. 50,7. shares Do. Binning & Derby Midland Gt. West. (Ire.)l Newcastle and Carlisle.. Do. quarter shares .. Newmarket Newport, Abergaveany, and Hereford .. Newry and Enniskillen Newry, Warrenpoint, & Rostrevor Norfolk .. Do..? , ,Tew 201. shares • • Northern Counties Union North British.. .. North Staffordshire North-Western .. North &Sth.-West.Junc. Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton„ Scottish Central .. Scottish Midland .. Do. now Shrews. & Blrm., Clasi A Do. Class 8.. Shrews. & Hereford., Old Do., do., New .. Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. HalfCB Do. 06westry Do. New.. .. Shropshire Union .. Do.,A,B,C,&D,ttllly paid up at per cent .. South Devon South-Eastern .. South Wales.. .. South Yarksh. and River Dun Shelf., Roth., and Goole, South Division Stockton and Hartlepool 1 Swansea & Loaghor, &c. raw Vale Extension .. Thames Haven Dock and Railway .. Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick, Waterford, Wex., Wick. and Dublin „. West Cornwall .. West London .. Whitehaven and Furness York, Newcasale, & Ber wick Ditto and Newcastle Extension .. Ditto G.N.E. purchase York and North Midland 7.rzems LEAS: At.etaßlED. vul u, %lICI V lour as on Monday. OIED ARRIVALS THIS WEEK- On the 13th inst., at the Prior) Wheat. Barley. Malt. I Oats. Flour, ray, Esq., aged 75. -------- ________ _ Qrs. Q rs. Qrs. Qrs. Sacks. commons, uc nns, John P. Bkland, age( English • • •••• 1 0 70 390 2,790 850 2,450 Irish •••• On the 13th inst., at T otnes, J 30 Foreign .... " '' 14 er2 0 10,770 27,05 0 wick, Worcestershire, age d W. 0 5,920 On the 13th Inca_ ~, o__., . Although f he supply srenTnrinar.n of beasts on . offer in to-day's market was somowt at extensive for the time of year, and the weather by no means favourable for slaughter• ing, the Beet' trade itlicl steady, at prees fully equal to these obtaieed on Monday—the primest Scoti.having sold readily at 3s 6d per 81bs. The numbers of Sheep were tolerably good, yet the demand for that description of stock MO somewhat actin at an improvement in value i On the 13th inst., at — St. Matt liew'q, Brixton, George Edward, eldest son of the late Mr. S. Lowe, of Eastcheap, City, to Elizabeth Jane Stone, daughter of M r. A. Lowman, of Priory-mad, Wandsworth. On the lath inst., at St. Margaret's, Westmil:l9 t C B Price, Esq., of Duke - street , Manchester -Square, er, C. B. to Martha El e nor, only daughter of Mr. T. Coll ey, prince, -street Westminster. On the 13th inst., at the Priory, Lewisham, John Thacke rev, Esq., aged 75. 'M the 13th inst., at Little Knightridor-street, Doctors'• commons, John P. Buckland, aged 46. On the 13th inst., at Totnes, J. B. Morgan, Esq., of Po wick, Worcestershire, aged Q. On the 13th inst., at Cecil-street, Strand, Maria, relict of Boyle Arthur, Esq , late of Brompton. On the 11th inst, at Hascomb Rectory, Surrey, Amelia Elizabeth Charlotte, wife of the Rev. T. C. Storie. On the 13th inst., at St. Leonard's-on-the•Soa, Mr. Richard G. Godfrey, aged 27. • London; Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of N°• 112 , Strand, Printer, at 27 l 4 SUM Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Naddituaz, Fridayi May 16 ) 181% ALT FIXED RENTALS. r Leasing Business Railways. —_ l2 , Paid. Nominal Prices. %..0 pantos. done to-day, t--- ------- Barks:and Hants Ex. 5 per Cent. Gt. Western 6 %— 1 P. l, Bir. and O x f or d Junc.,callsduly paid, or with a' , guarantee .• Do .. I all 28% •••• 29% I Do., withou a / guarantee .. ilia .. •• ' all 27 —2B tterm., WoL, &' lluci.,calls dulyi paid, or with a guarantee ..I Do .. .. 15 8% —9% p I Do., without a guarantee •• Do • • 1 5 7 —8 p Buckingliamsh. Lon. &N. W. all 17% —lB Clydesdale June Caledonian all 41 —43 E. Lin., Guar. 6 per Cent. .. G. Northern all 32 % 83 Gloucester and Dean Forest Gt. Western 20 par 1 p Hull and Selby Yk. 86 N. M. all 101 36 1023% e Do. % Shares Do .. • • all 5054 51% Do. % Shares Do .. .. all 22% 23% Leeds and Brad. Midland • • a ll 98% 99% 993; Lon. and Green. S. Eastern ~ all 11% —ll ii, Do., Pref. .. Do .. .. all 2334 24% Lowestoft, Gd. 4 per Cent. .. Norfolk . • all 15 —l6 Do., 6 per cent Do .. •• all .. —.. Middlesbro' 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 andl L. &N. W. Wyre • • •• 5 &La.& Y.. 5 all 42 —44 43% Do. % Shares ADo .. • • 10% 8 5 p. Read., Guild., and Reigate .. S. Eastern ~ all 21 213 21U Roy. & Hitchin G. Northern 6% 77i —B% o. Shep. Ex.. Do .. • • 33i 1% 11/p. Shef., Roth. and Goole, 5 per ct. Lane. & York 18 11 6 .. South ,;tatfords. Mr. M'Cl ean 9% 336 • 2% Elio. Wear Val. 6 per Cent. gun. • • Stock.& Dar. all 24 243( Do. do. •• Do .. • • all .. —.. Do. do. Wilts, Som., &•• Do • • • • all • • Weymouth .. ,Gt. Western all / 45 —45 U 45 4534 Paid. S HAIL 1118. Nominal Prices. 'Business dose to-day. % U dig 6% —6% 16 16% li % dig., 2% -2% % -- % P % dla sip 11 —ll% 16 -,16% • • •••• • • par .. 13% - - 13,6 N - I p, I % 134 db . 131% —133% •• p • r- •• p 134 -137 "m , •• [2 -13 l ii 12 3i- 13 234 - 13334 41i -4% 4% -6 N - 1 p 10% -11 X 15 -15% - 15 16% 16% 4! —4% 1% 1 Ca. 9% - -16 X 13% u 131% 1% - 4N db. 2 p. Railways. Aberdeen Caledonian 101. .. Chester and Holyhead .. Dund. Per. & Aber. June, East Anglian (31. 108.) 6 per cent. .. Eastern Counties Exten., S per cent. No. 1 .. Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 p. cent. Stock Eastern Union, Scrip guaran. 6 per cent. .. Do. 101. Deben. Shares . East Lancashire, 6 per cent. quarter shares .. E. & W. York. June. sths Edin. Per. & Dun. 51 , p. ct. Glasgow & S.-W. Consul. Gt. Northern, 5 per cent. Great South. & Western (Ireland) eighths .. Lancashire and York shire, F. 201.. Do. 6 per ct. Stock .. Leeds and Thirsk, 6 per cent., No. 1 Do. quarters, 1848 London, Brighton, and South Coast guar. 5 per et., late Croydon thirds Do. pref., 6 p ct. Stock, 1851, from 501. spars. E Do. new guar., 6 per ct. London &S.-W., new .. Londonderry and Ennis killen, half shares .. Manch., Sheffield, and Line., quay. shrs., No. 1 Do. new, 10/. .. Do., 61. .. I Midland Con. 6 p. c. stock Do. Consul. Bristol Ac Binning., 6 per cent... Do. Bristol & Glonces. Norfolk Extension .. Do. guar. 5% per cent: Do. Waveney Valley .. North British .. Oaf. Wor. &Nir 01. 15/. 6 p.c Shrewsbury and Birm. New Guaranteed .. Shrews. and Ches. (Nor. W. Min.) 8 per cent. South Devon South-Eastern, 43( p. ct. Waterford &Kilkenny, 51. West London, lst Cl. (101.) Do. Id Class de. (par) York, Newc., and Berw., Gt. N.of E. Par. .. York and North Midland 11. and S. Porch. .. Boulogne and Amiens .. Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) .. Demerara .. .. .. Dutch Rhenish .. .. East Indian .. .. .. Do. do. do. .. Great Indian Peninsala• • Ditto ditto .. .. Louvain ala sambre .. Luxembourg .. .. .. Ditto .. .. .. .. Madrid and Valentia Maria Antonia Ditto, New .. Namur and Liege .. • • Northern of France •• Orleans and Bordeaux .. Paris and Orleans .. Paris and Rouen .• •• Paris and Strasbourg •• Rouen and Havre .. Sambre and Meuse • • Tours and Nantes •• •• Tournay, Jarbise, Lan den, and "'amen .. Went Flanders UU,lktd Nomicaa Nino, -~..,..__ ,W. ~...... , PON all aN 3% 'Co 8 6 8 59k - 49% 60P9 10 —9% d. 736 7 dia. 4 a;-5 d. 16 —l7 8 — 'i P 96% 97% 124 —125 —4% p. —4 p. 2%-2%p. 85% 86% I 863‘ 7% dim. 31% 6 5 die. au a -314 d. 31 -32 3731 125 , % 2t 31% s dis. 48% _ a9l 59% (Us. 2Clk 33 —34 ... . 834 -. 9 3% 3 di.. b —4% di.. 23 —45 13% 12% dip. 3 Ws. 8 1 A —9 8% 7% 6 34 dle . 10 j 11 10% dLi. —1 p 16% - 17 16 -17 dig.• 5;6 5 dig. 43i 4 dig. 4% 2% 2 dig. 17 —lB 8% 9 13 —l4 54 U 41.9. 3 8 4 —3% cl. 17 -19 17 26% 1425% - 29 29 )4 I dis. 4'(- 4% 9;4 -10 i% :: .6% ills. 16 —l5 die. 6 -- 5 d. ~ .. 5 % —4% dis. 5 - 9 - 24 - 20% i 20% 4 i Ws. 151( 2 dis. 6% 2434 2434 - II P• -, P• -134 -3% 8 —3 73( 14% 4 die. 34 21% dia. — 4 9 9 • dies I 34i 9% - .. j Unlaa of hoizlcp4 5 % 78 I .?aulin 13%. .............---- of 21 per 8113 s, the best old Downs being quoted at 3a 10d per 81b3. Lamb:i were in full average supply, and steady inquiry, at a rise of 2d per 81bs, the highest figure being 5s 81 per Blbs. About 600 reached us from the Isle of Night. Prime small Calves moved off freely, at full prices; otherwise the Veal trade was very inactive. In Pigs next to nothing doing. Milch Cows sold hea vily at from 14/, to 181. each, including their small calf. Per 81bt. to sink the offal. s. d. to s. d. B. d. to B .d Infzrlor Ileasts..... 2 4 2 6 Inferior Sheep .. ~ 210 3 ? Second quality —— 2 8 210 Second qual. Sheep 3 2 3 Z Prime large Oxen— 3 0 3 2 Coarse-vccolledditto3 6 3 * ?rime Scots ——•• 3 4 3 G Southdown Wether 3 8 3 I? Large coarse Calves 3 0 3 4 Ditto onto( the wool 0 0 0 u Prime small ditto .• 3 6 4 0 Large Hogs ...... 2 8 3 f Snail/iv Calves ..18 0 23 0 Small Porkers .... 3 6 3 : Lambs ..• •—• • 4 8 5 8 Quarter old Pigs .. 16 0 19 ' TOTAL 81.7.P.FLY AT MARKET, I Sheep. I Calves. I rise 6,452 210 1 240 SCOTCH. ISheeBBp. I Calves. I riell• FOREIGN SITkPLY. 181 3 Beasts. I Sheep. I Calves. I rg 8 ° 00 90 '; 0 NZAXMLITE Aral LZATIZZTRIILIG. Thera Wa3 rather more doing in these markets t o•dillo' and prices were well supported. Beasts. 974 Beasts. At per atone by the Carcase. B. d. to s. d. 1 g. d. 10 se e. Oeef,infori or•— li ••• 2 2 2 4 ntton,inferior .. 2 6 ;0 , . middling .. •• 2 ti 2 8 4 —middling.. 3 —_-- 0 s Primclargo .. 210 3 0, -- prima .• .. 3 6 : : 0 4 Vea1....... •••• • • • 3 0 -- prime small .• 3 2 3 4 I Pork, large.... •••• 2 6 " slO --email ........ 3 6 -1 1 Lamb, 4s 6d to Os 6d. nozwirc,:u. BOP ItTaREET. Really fine Hops are in steady demand, at prices. 111 , 1 , 1 Y equal to those o b ta i ned last week. In all other 1rt 7 , 11 u 4 the supply of w hi c h i s good, very little is doing. -rac; tors' prices as f o llows: —Mid and East Ke n t p oc k. )Ws, 4t 4s to 6/ 15s; Weald of Kent ditto, 31 14i to 41 45; S UP sex ditto, 315 s to fl/ per cwt. COZO N NZ. SUGAR.—There has been a firm .EL market for British :1 3131 1 tation, but in the ab sence o f extensive dealings. Tb sal`" are, however, decidedly above the average of late. 3,11'n . does, by auction, sold at 42a to 42 s 6d for fine yellol at 3.1.8 to 39s 6o for mid. REFINED.— Brown and grocery Lumps have been ; it 4 , 95 ; EAST INDIA. — About 26,000 bags o f M aur i tius, offe red w auction, chiefly found buyers, and at fully previous r ote,s; fine and superior yellow 41s to 43s ; good and mid 38s ti ) 4°5 6d ; ord 378 to 385 • fine brown 37 8 6d ; and washed 37s 4 i d t° 40s Gd Of Bengal 4,200 bags mostly sold at previous r o t e t Benares fine w hi te 42 s to 43s 6d ; fine soft yellow 39s tc ' a 6d. Penang, about 1,400 bags realised full prices, ordii white 393 to 40s 6d; low to good yellow 34s to 38s; a u " brown 31s 6d to 335, and up to 365 for good. 11,1 A I rs s ' 3,,-2'67 bags sold at full rates, soft brown 28s to 31s, and , r a d to mid, like Mauritius, 35s to 38s. FOREIGN has been in demand. Fine brown Bahia ba t has been sold at 19s 3d; Manilla, ord clayed,brown hat ra m alised 203 to 315 6d; yellow Ilavannah, by auction, bas ,‘ been sold at 40 s t o 4 2s for good and fine; and at 38s 6il 39s Gd for mid; white mid and good has been tak at 26s to 30s. Bahia, ord to good brown was taken ia at 336 to 365. Paraiba sold at 41s to 44s 6d for middli gto fine white. Cuba Molasses were taken in at 15s Gd for • fair,; CoFFEE.—There ha s b een a s li ght increase in the de alio: for Ceylon, but not much has ban done in other lti our Good ord native has been sold privately at 40s to 40s 6u : Plantation went at 49 3 t o 53 s f or l ow mid and mid, $' 44s to 47s for triage. Rio, good ord was taken in at 4Cs t° 40s 6d, and Mocha at 45s for ord ungarbled. Costa Oa sold at 44s to 45s for good and fine ord pale, at 48s to 4 Ss for fine ord, and at 53s 6d for pea-berry. CocoA. —Trinidad, ord to good red has been taken i to 508, and grey at 41s to 445, Bahia fine has been tt . 0 ' at 325. SPICES. —Black - Popper has realised 27' d to 3d for a 0 111 d mid Penang, being about previous rates, which has .I)e' 0 1 sold at,:id to 790 for mid and goo d. M ace has re, iits Is 6d to i s 10d and 2s lid per pound, being lower. 1 1 ' 0 t' megs also have been cheaper, ord to mid brown 2s 3d iv and good and fine 3s 2d. Pimento sold at sd. RICE.--Aladras has been taken in at 6s 6d to 8s per c Wt' and Bengal sold at 9s to 9s 6d. SALTPETRE. —The demand has rather improved, anal 81,1 to 10' 2 4 per cent. refraction has been sold at 24s 6d to 2 COTTON. —The market has been dull, and prices are; Wl' lower. hintGo.—The sales have proceeded heavily up to a il time, at 2d to 3d under the previous auctions. TEA. — Prices are barely supported. TALLow,—P.Y.C. has been 38s to 38s 6d per cwt. of s th° spot. GREEN FRUIT.—The demand for Oranges has imp/ nye' 1,000 boxes Messina, 800 boxes Palermo, and 400 bored Lisbon, sold by Keeling and Hunt, at public sale, went at gal advance of is to Is 6d per box. Lemons have not improved in value. Nuts are not meeting with the consumption. tliob was expected, and an improvement is looked for next mourn' 1