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Part I. Overture (Faust) - - - Spohr. Duetto, Signor Lorenzo and iignor Coletti, "C he l'autipatica " (Chira di Rssemvergh) - - - Ricci. Cavatina, Miss Catherine Hayes - - - - Mozart. Aria, Signor Bancarde, "Tu yedrai " (II Pirata) - Bellini. Cavatina, Madame Frezzolini, "Di gust loaTl Pal" pit!" (Orazi e Carlazi) - - - Aria, Signor Calzolari, " Spirit° gentil " (La Favo rita) - , ..... Donizel Dnetto, Madame Sontag and ifdlle. Ida Bertrand, " Ser brain( ognor " (Sentiraraide) - - Rossini. Aria, Mr. Sims Reeves, " While I gaze on those dear eyes" (Keolanthe) - - - - - - Balfe. Variations (by desire), Madame Sontag, " Ah, volts dirai-je," flute robligato, M. Ramusat (Le Tor reador) _ ------ -A. Adam, Trio, Mdlle. Parodi, Madame Giuliani, and Mdlle. Ida Bertrand, "Le facet° inchino" (Matrimonio Ssgreto) ----- - War Song and Chorus (by desire), Mr. Sinir Peeves, "Come if you dare" (King Arthur) - - Purcell. • - • Part 11. .h Overture (The Isle of Fingal) Recit, e Aria Signor Coletti, - rAlercadante. - Cimarosa. - - ltendeLssohn " Lletl voci" (Zaira) - 3lercadante. Rondo, MatitimeFrezzolin' (Rely) - - Denizetti. Aria, Signor Belletti, " Piff-paff " Ugonotti) . - Meyerbeer. Aria, .Mdlle. Parodi, " Sempre all' alba" (Giovanna d'Areo) - - ' Verdi. Duette, Signor Coletti and Signor Labliche, " Qui fra vo►" (Elisa a Claudio) - - - - - Mercadante. Air, Madame Sontag " Let the bright Seraphim" (Sampson), trumpet obligate, Mr. Zeiss - Handel. Fantasia Pianoforte, M. Thalberg, on subjects from " L'Elisir d'Amere as executed by him with the greatest success at the recent Concerts at the grand Conservatoire at Paris - - - - Thalberg. Polacca, Madame Giuliani, " Severe exists encore • (Lea Martyrs) - - - - - - - Donizetti. Cantata (Lobgesang), "Hymn of Praise," the Solos by Madame Sontag and Miss C. Hayes - - Mendelsohn. Part Ili Overture (Promethns) Terzetto, for three Tenors (in consequence of the rapturous encore at the last Concert) Signori Ban carde; Sims Reeves, and Calzolari, "In quale aspette imbelle " (Armida) - - Rossini. Russian Ballad, Madame Frezzolini, " Zolovol ; on, le Rossignol " Fantasia, Pianoforte, M. Thalberg, on subjects from Don Giovanni - - - Thalberg. Irish Ballad, Miss Catherine Hayes. Dnetto, Signor Calzolari and Signor F. Lablache, "0 la belle immantinente " (Betly) - - - Donizetti. Aria, Signor Lorenzo, "Normans a Parigi " - - Mereadante Finale (full Chorus) "Le Dieu de Paphos" (Echo et Narcisse) - GlUct. • PRICES OF ADMISSION. Boxes ........ I ........ Two Guineas. Pit Stalls .. • ... 12s. 6d. Gall e ry Stalls... .. . 3s. fa. Pit • ....... • • .... • . ss. 6d. Gallery, .. • • • . 2s. 6,1. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre. The Concert will commence at Two o'clock precisely. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE Second appearance of Midame Frezzolini. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. Combining the talents opfesdames Sontag, Paredi, Giuliani, and Freamolini ; Signori Coletti, Cidzolari, F. Lablache, and Lablache ; Meats_ Carlotta Grisi, iAmalla Ferraris. and Marie ITaglioni, will hike Place THIS EVEIII.NG. When will be presented (with the following remarkable cast; Mozart's celebrated Opera, DON GIOVANNI. Don Giovanni, Signor Coletti ; Don Ottavio, Signor CalzOlari ; Masetto. Signor F. Lablache ; Leporello, Signor Lablache ; Donna Anna, Madlle. Parodi ; Donna Elvira, Madame Giuliani ; Zerlina, Madame Sontag. In tke Ball Scene will be danced, bY Mdlle. Carlotta Grist and Md ]e. Maria Taglioni (who will appear as a Spanish Cavalier), Mozart's incidental Minuet in G ; and also Mozart's celebrated Z arabanda in A minor, as performed with the greatest success at the It oyal Opera, Berlin. Inert he Op3raiselectien from the admired Ballet, LA ESMERALDA, Comprising La Trnandaise, by Ifdlle. Carlotta Oda and M. Charles, After which (in compliance. with the generally expressed desire) the last act of Donizetti's Opera, LITCBEiIA BORGIA. Luivesta Madame Frezzolinl , Maffeio Orsini, Mdlle. Ida Bertrand ; G ennaro, Signor, Banearde ; Petrueci, Signor F. Lablache ; Gazella, S Ignor Collett!. To conclude with the highly successful new grand Pas de Trois by M. Paul Taglioni, entitled LES GRACES. Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi. Mdlle. Amelia Ferraris. Mdlle. Marie Tag Appl'cations for Boxer, Stalls, and. tickets to be made at the Box-on ce of the Theatre. ROYAL ITALIAN 'OPERA. COVENT-GARDEN. A GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. First Night of Roberto it Dlavolo. THIS EVENING. . Will be performed for the first time, with the following powerfu Meyerbeer's grand Opera, ROBERTO IL DIAVOLO, Alice, Mme. Grist (her first appearance in that character) ; bella, Mine. Castellan ; Dams d'Onore, Mdlle. Cotti ; Elena, Mlle. Louise Tagliont ; Albert-', Sig. , Rommi ; Eraldo, M. Massol ; Il Priore, Sig..Tagliafico ; Majordomo, Sig. Soldl ; Cavaliers Sig. Met and Sig. Polonini ; Rober.o, Sig. Tamberlik (his Ist appearance in that character) ; Bertramo, Herr Formes ; and Rambaldo, Sig. Mario (his I st appearance in that character). The Incidental Diverti.sement will be danced by Mdlle. Louise Taglioni and 3f. Alexandre, with a numerous Corps de Ballet. Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. The Scenery ty Messrs. Grieve and Telbh : the Dresses by Mrs. Bailey and Mme. 3farzio ; the Appointments by Mr. Bla mire ; the Machinery by Mr. Allen ; the Dances arranged by M. Alexandre ; and the Spectacle under the direction of Mr. A. Harris. The Doors will be opened at Half-past Seven, and the performances commence at Eight o'clock precisely. Tickets for the Boxes, Stalls, or the Pit, may be had (for the night or season), at the Box-office of the Theatre, which Is open from Ten WI Five. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. TO-MORROW EVENING, The Performances will commence at Eight o'clock precisely, with (by particular desire, and positively for the last time), M. Emile 4uglei'a Play of _ . • GABRIELLE. Julien Chabriere, M. Regnier ; Gabrielle, Madlle. Irathalie. After which will be produced (for the first time in this country), Ma Alfred de Mnsset's Proverbe, IL PAUT QU . UNE PORTE sorr OIIVERTE OU FERMEE. Le Comte, M. Lafonte ; La Marquise, Mdlle. Natbalie. To conclude with the principal scene from Naollere's Comedy of LE MARIAGE FORCE. Le Doeteur Pancras, 31. Regnier. The ro j x-ofilce of the Theatre is open daily from Eleven till Five Boxes and Stalls at Mi. Mitchell's Royal _Library, 33, Old Bond• stieot. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. H. Webster, Sole Leases and Manager, Old Bromptoa. l'His Will be 'presented (fah time) an entirely new and original Comedy, by Douglas Jerrold, entitled TILE CATSPAW. Captain - liurgonet, Mr. Howe ; Mr. Snowball, Mr. Keeley ; Doctor Petgoose, Mr. James Wallack ; Audley, Mr. Charles Selby; Appleface, Mr. Ituckstone ; Dust, Mr. Tilbury ; Coolcard, Mr. Benjamin Webster ; Duggens, Mr. Ellis ; Snowball's Servant, Mr. A. Brindal ; Mrs. Peachdowu's Servant, Mr. Coe; Mrs. Peachdown, Miss Reynolds; Cassandra, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham ; Rosemary, Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with the Last Edition of IVANHOE, With all the newest improvements. Cedric the Saxon, 3Tr. J. Bland ; Sir Briant,de Bore Gullbert, Mr. Selby; Sir Wilfrid of Ivanhoe, Mrs. Keeley; Wamba, Mr. (Suck. stone ; Isaac of York, Mr. Keeley; Robin Hood, Mrs. Fitzwllliam ; 10becca, Miss P. H or t on . The Box-otllce is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVP.NING, Will be performed an entirely original Musical Comic Drama, called THE WHITE SERJEANTS; or the Buttermilk Volunteers. Major Slowman, 31r. 0. Smith; Jemmy Tweezer, Mr. Wright; Captain Ginger Green, Mr. P. Bedford ; Tommy Rusk, Mr. Mun -I,Ard ; MadPe. de Tonrville, Madame Celeste; Susan Pockets, Miss K. Fitzwilliams ; Dolly Duggins, Miss Woolgar. , After which will be produced a new and original Farce, In the Vulgar Tongue, to be called JACK IN THE GREEN ; or, Hints on Etiquette. To conlnde with a :grand historical Spectacle Vaudeville, entitled ?LAYING FIRSP FIDDLE; or, Follow my Leader Principal Characters by Messrs. P. Bedford, Lambert, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, and Miss K. Fitzwilliam. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE THIS EVENING Will be pert: rmed A PRACTICAL MAN- To be folowed by THE ISLAND OF JEWELS. Charact ers ~ Uy Messrs. e. M-ithews and F. Crooke; Madame, Vestris, Miss J u lia G enle, Miss Dickinson, Miss Kenworthy, Mrs. Macnamara, Martindale, and Miss R. Renner. • After w hichw will be presented an entirely new and original antic!. Batton what may possibly occur one of these days, entitled NOVELTY FAIR; or, Hints for 1851. Characters by Messrs. C. „Mathews, F. Matthews, Binge, Bellintzham, Cooke. and Charles ; Miss St. George, Miss Kenworthy, Mies Glover, Miss Oliver, Miss Rardley, and Miss Martindale. 'All applications for Private Boxes must be made to Mr. Allcroft 'a, New Boml-street, The Box-office, adjoining the Theatre, in Wellington-street, is open de.* from Ten to Six o'clock, under the superintendence of KC T. P. Bennett ntsllbGerrta,cious Majesty, hi s R oyal Under the Patronage o f Iliglinesshg, &c .&e. Grand Whitsuntide Fetes! and First Appearance of Mons. Jullien. . . ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. WHIT-MONDAY, MAY 20th, 1850, Tuesday 21st, Wednesday, 22d, Thursday, 23d, and on each of those days throughout the of the entirely new-modelled Dioramic Pic. Season. Prod of the ALPS " representing the PASSAGE with by Napoleon and his tore gions Buccess `in the World! innumerable 1 the largest Picture moving Army life. Modelled, painted, and produced by Mr •• Figures the size of Messrs. Adams, Wilson & & ' 1 ' and Son, assisted by . C. c. The Damon Picture has occupie d the Messrs. Damon for many months, and it is con fidently submitted to the Public as a chef - d'oeuvre of art, and not inferior to any production of the day.. The Splendid MENAGERIE has lately been enriched by se veral • valuable Presents from the Queen. Department will be conducted by Mons. Jullien and The Musical DePart --- ams of the Establishment to offer will be the and the Public, the Mr. Godfrey. It . the Subscribers tification of the Kingdom 1 ! Selected for the gra B an d in most Splendid Military from the Banda . of her Majesty 's Horse and Foot Guards , and the most eminent`Artistes in the profession. The following list of engagements will, it is hoped, convince the Public, that the long-acknowledged Vence of the Band of this exce ßepertoire of Music ! The Establishment will be fully maintain e d Will be most extensive and varied, arra ng ed from the most Popular Solo- Play ers— grenig, Operas tai this and other countries. Sole r ..r Lazarus, Prosperre, Colinet, Pratten, Jarrett, Sonnenberg, Sommers , and Winterbotham. During the evening a grand Colossal, Scenic, Pyrotechnic and Tableau illustrating the celekrated Picture by Dav id, of Buonaparte Region of the Crossing the Alp s ! Showing a general view of t h e .Alps, stretching from the small mountain lake in the foreground to the distant snow - clad mountains, crowned by the stupen dou s Mount St. Bernard and it s far - famed Monastery. A portion o f the French Army is first seen „en bivouac," presently the drums beat to arms, and amid the clash of Military Bands and Martial Music, the Troops commence the Ascent. The Soldiers are seon dragging the Artillery in Trunks of Trees, now ascending almost Perpendicular Heights, and traversing the most Terrific Ravines, but all difficulties are overcome, and the Gallant Army is seen Pursuing its course to the Fertile Plains of Italy. The Messrs. whole to conclude w in a Gorg e ou s Display of Fireworks, by Southby, duc g, amongst various novelties, the most admired feux d'artlilce of former seasons, Jets d'eau, water rockets, revolving pieces, a magnificent Transparency fifty feet in height, painted by Messrs. Denson, representing Buonaparte an Horseback cheering on his Troops, surrounded by warlike emblems, insignia of bononr, flags, trophies, &c., amidst a cerruscation of various coloured Ares. The complicated and difficult machinery, and the erection of . the plot - lire under the direction of Mr. Thos Lowe. The extensive gas ettinle by Itegire. BotCherbY and Dixon, 23, I[ll4-grret, Covent- • 1 Admigica, Is, H E R MAJESTY'S TH EATRE.- One more Grand Classical, Dramatic, Concerted MUSICAL BISTERT Selected from the folloWing authots : Mozart, Handel, Mercadante, Cimatosa, Meyerbeer, Ricci, Rossini, Benin', Verdi, Balfe, A. Adam, Purcell, Glack, Beethoven, and Mendelssohn Will ' take place on MONDAY Moatetno, May 27. On which occasion the following eminent artistes will appear:— Madame Sontag. Mdlle. Parodi, Miss Catherine Ilaye.l, Madame Giulia*. Mdlle. Ida Bertrand, and Madame Frezzolini , Signori Baucarde, Calzolari, Sims Reeves,: Coletti, Belletti, Lorenzo, F. Lablache, and Lablache ; Supported by all the Instrumental and Choral resources of the Theatre. In addition to which, the valuable assistance of M. Thalberg has been secured. The whole under the direction of Mr.. Balfe. Amongst other novelties Madame Sontag will sing "Let the bright Seraphim," with Trumpet obligato accompaniment, by Mr. Zeiss ; the " Lobegesang," from Mendelssohn's Cantata ; " The Hymn of Praise," and other favourite pieces. Madame Frezzolini Will also appear at this Concert, and slog several favourite mot*. eettuz, and, amongst others, the admired Russian Ballad, entitle - I " Zolovol ; on, le Rossignol." • Mr. Sims Reeves . Will repeat the celebrated " War Song," from Purcell's King Arthur. The celebrated Trio for Three Tenors will also be repeatd by Signori Bancarde, Sims Reeves, and Calzolari. M. Thalberg Will perform his celebrated Variations on airs from. " L'Elisir d'Amore," as execattd by him with the greatest success at the concerts of the Grand Conservatoire' of Paris ; and other favourite morceaux. I ' :...11 N 11 S THE NEW 7.c0 VEL. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., QIN AND SORROW; THE STORY OF A MAN OF FASHION. "We feel certain that the noble authoress of these volumes is capable of rising to the highest place amongst those novelists m hose powerlies in the delineation of character. The story is replete with interest." —Britannia. " An absorbing interest is created in the reader's mind and sus tained to the last. And still more commendable than the talent and success with which the story is carried on is the moral which it is its great object to inculcate."—John Bull. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough street, NEW WORK BY BRYANT, THE AMERICAN POET. In I vol.. poet Bvo., 10s. 6d., LETTERS OF A TRAVELLER; or, NOTES OF THIS. , .aIS SEEN IN EUROFE AND AMERICA. By WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT. IS PUBLISHED THIS DAY. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Enormous attraction for the Whitsuntide Holidays. The Grand Military Spectacle of the Affghanistan War. Brilliant Display of Equestrian Wonders in the Scenes In the Arena, by the first Artistes in Europe. - THIS EVENING, The Entertainments will commence at Seven o'clock, with the immensely anccessfhl grand National Military Equestrian and Dramatis Spectacle (in throe acts) entitled THE AFFGHANISTAN WAR ; or the Revolt of Cabul and British ..... Triumphs in India. P b roduced with every possible care to all its original and magnttleent effects, calling into action the unequalled resources of the estab lishment. A Brass Band engaged expressly for the occasion, and a host of Auxiliaries. . To be succeeded by an inimitable Display of Batty's Feats of Equitation in the Cirqne Olympique, introducing La Petite Jeannette, the Infant Prodigy, and the diminutive steed Hare Bell, in a pecu liarly Novel Act of Menage, Leing a model of that accomplished artiste Made. Valentine, in the high school of Equitation. To conclude with the Farce of the TWO GREGORIES. Box-office open From Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. TO CORRESPONDENTS. "A Constant Reader, St. Clear, Cornwall," is informed that the sale of encumbered estates takes place in Dublin, and the sales are advertised in the Irish papers. THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, MAY 23. THEIMOIEETEP. 60—highest since noon yesterday. 50—lowest this morning and during the night. 62—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29.58. WIND W.S.W.—dull, cloudy weather. lIIGII WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY Morning 0 min. after 0 I Evening 10 min. after 12 To-M.:mac:ow —34orning 34 min. after 12 I Evening 57 min. after 12 4 t ,, ... ..:Nec a . , 1. --, . i - • 4;11 :4 1,1;,; ‘' - 4". • ' ' , as __ ___,,,, '1 0/441; * I. ' - ~ , i" . - • -, :._:ltrinting glut LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1850. A more important judgment has seldom been pro! nounced in any court of justice than that yester day delivered by Vice. Chancellor Sir J. KNIGHT BRUCE in the case of THOMAS V. ROBERTS. Although highly approving of that decision, and de lighted at the rescue of the infant petitioner from the soul-debasing fanaticism of the "Agapemonites," we feel bound to confess that the principle of interference has been carried much further than on any former occasion, and that a new precedent has been estab lished which may be carried to a very considerable extent, so as to overturn authorities and rules that have been long considered as settled beyond the possibility of doubt or controversy. We do not feel disposed on this account to censure the Learned Vice Chancellor; on the contrary, we think that he has earned for himself the thanks and gratitude of the country, for having the boldness and courage neces sary to emancipate himself from the fetters and trammels by which he was restrained, and affording adequate relief where it was so urgently required. Although the parties were " remediless in the pre mises" (not only) " by the strict rules of the common law," but according to the usual course of proceedings in the Courts of Equity, we believe that his Honour possesses the authority which he assumed. But if such should not be the case, we have no hesi tation that ample powers should be forthwith con ferred by the Legislature. There are few persons in the community who have not heard of the " A gapemone," the strange doctrines professed by its inmates, and the extraordinary influ ence exercised by the chief of the sect," the servant of Gon," as be is usually termed, over his deluded fol lowers. The trial in the well-known case of NOT.. TIDGE V. RIPLEY brought all the facts connected with that establishment prominently before the public. Many persons of both sexes, addressing each other as " brothers and sisters," reside together under the con trol of HENRY JAMES PRINCE, formerly a clergy man of the Church of England, but now regarded as a species of prophet—the founder of a new reli• gion. These parties do not attend any place of wor ship, indeed, they profess the doctrine that the "prac tice of prayer, whether private or public, is useless, and ought to be abandoned," "that there is not any particular day which ought to be set aside or respected as a Sabbath,' and that the " day of judgment" has already commenced. We shall not, however, enter into a discussion of the peculiar tenets of these parties. Religious opinions, however erroneous we may suppose them to be, if truly and conscientiously entertained, are not fitting subjects for comment in a public journal, nor was it on such grounds alone that the decision to which we are alluding was pronounced. It was the total absence of free-will of the Agapemonites, more particularly of "Brother Tuomas," the father of the infant, and their unqualified subserviency and mental slavery to the behests of " the servant of the LORD." Whatever Mr. PRINCE announced to be the " will of Gun" should be implicitly obeyed, without hesitation or remonstrance, and any resistance thereto was forthwith denounced as rank rebellion against the CREATOR, and punished to the utmost extent practi cable by the spiritual despot. The marriage of the parties was thus " com manded" by Mr. PRINCE. Three ladies possessed of respectable fortunes, between 5,000/. and 6,0001. eacht had unhappily attended the ministry of Mr. PRINCE, and that gentleman had speedily discovered that it was " the will of Gon" that they should contract marriage with three of his male disciples, men so far as it has appeared, having no income or means of livelihood whatsoever. They all were obedient, as their spiritual director assured them that the will of a mere earthly parent was of no account, and should not be opposed to the re vealed will of the CREATOR. Miss ♦GNES NOTTIDGE —the mother of the petitioner--alone attempted to impose some qualification. She naturally desired that "her property should be settled on herself,' in pursuance of a promise which she had made to her parents. But although Brother THomes, her in tended husband, apparently assented to this condition for a time, he speedily discovered that " GOD would not hare it so," and that "the principle was entirely contrary to GoD's word." The pour dupe bowed to the authority thus expressed, and relinquished her de mand. The three marriages were accordingly cele- brated in the month of July, 1845. From that time Mr. and Mrs. TBOMAS lived together as man and wife until the 2d of February, 1846, when thatgentle- man was summoned to attend at Bridgewater, and he left his partner, then in the fifth month cf her preg nancy, promisin g t o re t urn i n a f ew days, but from that time to the present he has completely abandoned his Wife. Sh© had, it appears, giv en some degree o of otTence to Mr. f independencePßlNCE, probably then b l y i e e e x r h n i i b iting a greater degreepitted, and he accordinglyprTonounced a sentence of " sepa ration." As " Brother not be in your presenLtOsyßilta:°; "the servant of the 0 that h a y d o u r would el e d rel.idiediseanicyelared in his letter, mosueffseryofour sinoittherwnisoet months ago, and thus being able to go about with deserted would." The unfortunate woman, thus shamefully with her by her natural protector, found refuage 1 mother, and was there delivered of Inglej:, child, I the petitioner. It is but justice to Mr. (to say, that although be abandoned his ll "As n offending wife, and refused to acknowledge eti; communication made to him respecting the bi r th of his son, he for some time permitted her to receive the income arising from her property, and did not endeavour to deprive her of the care and society of her only child. A new cause of dispute, however, arose in the evidence which this unfortunate lady gave in the cause of NOTTIDGE v. RIPLEY ; and Mr. THOMAS then wrote to her, saying, " Should you write again, or speak so knowingly contrary to my AY EVENING, MAY 23, 1850. wishes and"to the truth, I will immediately remove your residence, take the child under my own eye, and superintend the expenditure of the money for GOD'S glory." In pursuance of the determination thus expressed, he endeavoured to ob tain possession of the infant's person, to remove it from the roof under which it had been sheltered and pro tected when deserted by him. A petition wzs ac cordingly presented on behalf of the infant, praying ".that some proper person might be appointed to be the guardian, and to have the care of the infant during his minority—that proper directions should be given for his maintenance and education, and that the father and his agentsjshonld be restrained from ap plying for any writ of habeas corpus for the purpose of obtaining possession or custody of the infant, and also from taking forcible or other means of obtaining possession of, or otherwise interfering with, him," and an order has been made substantially in accordance with this prayer. We have stated that " the principle of interference has thus been carried further than o❑ any former oc casion." According to the common law the father alone has legal power over his children, which power he may exercise until they attain the age of 21 years. He is entitled to their custody and care, and may retake them if they are removed from him. Ile can obtain a habeas corpus for their recovery, and bring actions of tresp ass against parties taking them away from him. The Court of Chancery, however, in some degree in terfered with this right. In WELLESLEY v. Duke of BEAuroaT it was held, that where children had pro perty within the jurisdiction the Court would interfere to withhold the custody and education of his children from a father whose conduct, as by living in open adultery, had been grossly criminal. But Lord ELDON declared that "there was no jurisdiction where the children had not property for their maintenance." Now, in the present instance, the petitioner has no property, neither was there any gross or open immorality even alleged against Mr. Thomas. His religious opinions, and more especially his state of spiritual serfdom, was all that could justify the decision. The 2d and 3d Victoria, chap. 54, did not apply, for, although the child is under seven years of age, the mother did not apply, and the judgment was pronounced on totally dif• ferent grounds. The judgment has, therefore, over ruled all former precedents, although we confess that we most earnestly desire that it may be affirmed and maintained to the fullest extent. An earnest appeal having recently been addressed by the poor-law union surgeons to the public, and more particularly to that aggregate organ of public opinion over which we, as one of its members, exer cise the responsible functions of journalism, we feel ourselves impelled to respond at once, however briefly, from an appreciation of the united influences of justice, prudence, and humanity. The document to which we would here direct popular attention, as affording the exposition of a great grievance to the community, an enormous cruelty to the destitute, and a lamentable indifference to the over-toil and under-remuneration of an important body of medical practitioners, appeared in our columns as recently as the 17th instant, and has doubtless also been distri buted widely throughout the country, through re publication in those of our metropolitan and pro vincial contemporaries. This direct reference of the matter to the consideration of the Press and of the Population is formally authenticated by the signature of Dr. Hoposufs, the chairman, and of Mr. LORD, the zealous and indefatigable secretary, of the Poor- law Me dical Convention : and hence the general multitude will feel itself compelled to place implicit confidence in the accuracy of statements which must otherwise have appeared altogether incredible. With ourselves the melancholy particulars referred to, although suffi ciently startling on their reiteration, excited no sur prise comparable to that which must inevitably be experienced on their perusal by the mass of the community. For those mournful facts have be come long since familiarised to our apprehension in consequence of our previous and sedulous regard to the revelations made during the course of this very laudable movement. According to the state men is signed and counter signed by the Chairman and Secretary of the Poor law Medical Convention, the appeal now addressed to the public generally has been necessitated in conse quence of the practical inattention to the question of all the administrative and legislative authorities of the United Kingdom. Petitions to Parliament have proved unproductive of any improvement, whatever. Deputations to the Right Honourable the Secretary for the Home Department have been found equally ineffectual towards the remedy of the griev ances personally complained of to that Administrator. References of the matter to the Poor-law Board having turned out not only suite as unsuccessful, but having been actually followed of late by supple mentary orders from that board, tending materially to enhance the amount of an evil al ready sufficiently burdensome, the Society constituted for the purpose of agitating for reforms in the distribution of medical relief to the pauper population, in the supervision of that re lief, and in the examination of the officers employed in affording it, have deemed it requisite to beseech the consideration of the multitude to an evil con templated by the Legislature and disregarded by' the Government. A ready cognizance of the exact nature of the grievances complained of may be obtained from the simple but touching and comprehensive peti tion some time singe submitted by the medical officers of unions .in England and Wales to the Commons House of Parliament. From that peti tion it will be observed that the defects in the exist ing system are thus epitomised. First, in the dif ficulty of obtaining orders for medical relief from the relieving officers in cases of sudden illness, of acci dents, or of midwifery —a difficulty which must obvi ously tend to increase the mortality, not merely among the pauper population, but among the poor and industrious classes indiscriminately. Secondly, in the frequent refusal and general uncertainties of remuneration to the medical officer for his attendance on a poor patient under such circumstances, and the consequent hardship either to the patient, the medical officer, or both together—a result deplorable to con template, seeing that it must, in many instances, tend to increase the sufferings of the destitute and to lessen the exertions of the practitioners. Thirdly, f t e h r e e n u e n e d u toe restriction r e o r n or t d h e e r in m g e dtihc the I n o e in e c e e s s r a , ry i n ali of fthecure such neglectm en t fo r orders ehriss whenpatient, ve n the a frequent restric tion and a neglect as cruel to the unfortunate patient as it is unfair to the medical attendant. fourthly, the want of the requisite inspection over the working of the system by intelligent and duly qualified physicians. The introduc tion of the last mentioned paragraph in the enu meration of the defects of the prevailing sys tem appears wn sh;lfi, h and ht he tou ip s rese to indicate ver y f orc ib ly the body odt y has ntg adisinterestedtatin of h o t e medical philanthropy out of emanated. I n a endeavouringposition m t o o r e place t t i t n h g e poor-law medical officers in their character as gentlemen, and m ore j us tl y appor tioned to their labou rs as alleviators of the ills of humanity, the Medical Convention is also solicitous to place them, as they are not now, in a situation of responsbility. This is but, just, and fair, and honourable. While the sufferings of the poor must be more carefully attended to, so as to insure theifdirninu tion,: the compensation of the medical officers of the different unions should be accompanied by a security for the full and careful performance of their duties. What is actually desired to be introduced by way of improvement by these medical officers throughout the kingdom is very readily particularised. Instead of their payment being made partially from the money raised' by way of poor-rates, they are solicitous that it should be made henceforth entirely from the Consolidated Fund. Instead of the remuneration being in the average 23. 7d. per case for the country districts, and Is. 61d. for the metropolitan districts (ranging from the maximum at the Pocklington Union of 14s. 4d. per case, dow n t o the mininaers of 3d. p e r case a t th e sg that union o f N ewton Abbott), they would fain see it fixed at an eein average in tow n an d country o f at l east 6s. per case— a sum most undeniably reasonable, police, 7s. p er h ead is paid for the and no less than 13s. for th e s i ck felons in the 7d. per head bulks a n d prisons. Instead of the pre3e ot Reixittalg mode of *point- ment and removal, they would see things contrived in such a manner that the appointment of a medical officer to a district should be permanent, and subject only to be rescinded by the President of the Poor law Board, or by the director of a board specially appointed, upon proved charge of neglect of duty, gross malpractice, legal sentence inferring dishonour or crime, or other valid cause. Instead of witnessing the perpetuation of the present scheme of irresponsibility, they would hare it arranged so that a general board should be established for the superintendence of the duties of the medical officers of unions, under a chief medical director and a sufficient number of medical inspectors, to protect both the interests of the public and the profession. Such are the reasonable claims advanced by the medical officers of unions throughout England and Wales ;' and, beholding the treatment they have hitherto been subjected to, we can scarcely feel surprised at the indignation with which the Honourable and Reverend SIDNEY Go- DOLPHIN ObnouNE, writing upon the old system, ex claimed :—"lt is time this farce was played out ; the public are getting disgusted with it, the medical profession is degraded by it, it outrages humanity, it is indefensible on any of the principles that are usually held to be just." Time enougb, indeed, is it, that this grim farce should be brought to a con clusion. Pray heaven that its close may be effected in a manner at once rapid and permanent. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris Journals of yesterday. The debate on the Electoral Bill was adjourned, after speeches from General CAVAIGNAC, M. VICTOR Hueco, and M. PASCAL DUPRAT, against the measure, and of M. JULES DE LETSTERIE in favour of it. The speech of General CATAIGNAC produced a deep impression ; calm, lucid, and unimpassioned, it was one of the most logical arguments in support of universal suffrage that was ever presented. The General laid it down as a principle that the suffrage belonged to the person, and not to the domicile, and on that foundation argued against the justice and the policy of the proposed restrictions. Having attacked the right of meeting, the freedom of the press, and universal suffrage, the Government has now violated the right of petition. M. Bossu, Procureur of the Republique at Neufchateau, has, by order of his superior officers caused a petition to the Assembly against alteration in the electoral law to be seized so as to prevent its presentation. We extract from the Morning Herald of this day the following admirable expose of the base and nefarious in trigues of the reactionary party against the greatness of England, to which, we are sorry to say, too many of our own aristocracy have lent and are lending them selves, remembering only that they are aristocrats, and forgetting that they are Englishmen,:-- "The counter-revolutionary journals, to give them their right designation, have received the mot d'ordre that Lord Palmerston is about to fall in consequence of the general indignation of the people of England on the subject of the Greek question. Let Lord Palmerston fall, by all means, but let not his fall be isolated from that of his colleagues. Should the Eng lish Cabinet be broken up, let it be done on the ques tions of internal policy, for a greater danger could not happen to England at this moment than would arise from the defeat of the Whigs on the subject of this fraudulent rupture, fraudulent in design, as fraudulent in its execution, which has been attempted rather than carried by the present French Cabinet, at the instigation of the counter-revolutionary party. Take the most honoured of England's Conservative statesmen—take the great Duke, and he would find himself, if placed at the Foreign-office, obliged and necessitated by an imperative sense of high honour and patriotism, to discountenance and oppose the notorious designs of this same party, in whose way Lord Palmerston stands as an obstacle. What would be the consequence ? Why this ; that the self same counter-revolutionary party, checked in its movements and irritated because checked, would soon raise the cry that all parties in England, Whig and Tory, were alike jealous of France, and were equally opposed to her legitimate ambition they would ex cite the passions of the country against Englishmen of all ranks and classes, and would render war with England inevitable. Such would be the consequence of a change of Government in England on the iso lated ground of a question between Lord Palmerston and General Lahitte. Our position at present as regards French parties is of the best and happiest kind. The moderate Republican party, the middle classes, whether they be Republican or Monarchical in the free constitutional sense, and the people at large ar e we ll di sposed towards England. You need only consult their journals to feel convinced that such is the case. The feeling has been growing since February, 1848, because the revolution gave the country an opportunity of testing the sincerity' of British principles on the score of non intervention in the internal politics of other countries. That feeling grew stronger as the British flag was seen to favour constitutional prin ciples, even as distinguished from those of a repub lican character, while the protection of Turkey in the Hungarian question raised the fame of Great Britain in that delightful way which excludes jea lousy and envy from the contemplation of glory. The popularity of England happens to stand now in the way of the great plot for the destruction of the Republic, and the object of the counter-revolutionary party is to destroy List popularity, and convert it into hatred, because, for the final carrying out of the great scheme in view, it is England that must be stricken. It is notorious that the two branches of the Bourbon family are reconciled. It is notorious that the throne is destined for Henry V. It is no torious that for the sake' of giving popularity to the restoration, of dazzling the army, and captivating the people, an aggrandisement of territory will be at.. tempted. The unaccomplished treaty of Charles X. with the Emperor of Russia will be taken up, with the aid and alliance of Austria. The great question of a united Germany will be smothered under the weight of Russian. Austrian, and French bayonets. The map of Europe will be new modelled, and England, driven from the Continent, driven from the Medi terranean, invaded in I n dia, invaded at home, will have to battle fbr her existence. Yes, such would be the infallible and inevitable consequence of a forced change in the foreign policy of Great Britain on the sense of a successor to Lord Palmerston, coming in on the principle of countenancing for the smallest fragment of time this Absolutist plot for a fresh barbarian invasion of the Continent. What is Lord Palmerston—or what is any man, when re garded with reference to the unparalleled crisis in which Europe is placed at this moment ? how miserable would mere party tactics seem at such a time. Let one unsuspected, independent journal, at all events, allow the truth to be spoken in its co lumns at a moment when God knows too great a por tion of the influential press of England is under foreign Inspiration. The task of exposing this plot is but too easy. It needs only to be stated to carry conviction to all minds not obfuscated by party, or lured by the blandishments of expelled and runaway statesmen bringing their poor baggage of imaginary state secrets and fanciful hopes to the back offices of thunderers of the press. It is said that Lord Pal merston stands in the way of a counter revolution—but only for him all the Cabinets of aurope would come to a harmonious un derstanding for the overthrow of the French Republic and the restoration of the monarchy. Taking the ques ti on in this simple way, it l ooks specious enoug h, f or it presents a desirabl e o bj ect prevented by one obnoxious man. Allowi ng , h ow . ever, this new holy alliance to be justifiabl e , exclu ding from it all suggestions of conspiracy against the rights of a particular people to settle their own govern ment, yet does any man believe that matters would rest with the return of Henry V. and the inevitable reintegration of the old regime, that compound of foppery, Jesuitism, lazy debauchery, and profound dissimulation, with only one principle, that o f abso lute government, in the most antiquated sen se o f t h e word, and only one vigorous passion, th at of un quenchable hatred of Great Britain. We are cer tainly on the alternative of two convulsions. The schemes and falsehoods of the counter-revolutionary party have exasperated the country to a degree that, in our terror of consequences, we should wish them success, if we did not know that the first con sequences of the victory would be a general war, and war at the expense of England. The cense might 6e, it is true, t o l ea d to a quence p o a f rty the overthrow of the counter-revolu tionarywar of principles, in which Bogla n d wou ld have to play the part of mediator and moderator, but the restoration beginning in the total destruction of liberty of every kind would lead to a war of territory. Such are the alternatives before us. If peace is to be secured at all it can only be done by England taking up the most firm and resolute attitude —that horrible heresy of the Cobdens and Brights, that England cannot and will riot go to war, will, if not destroyed, inevitably lead to the most huiniliating or the most costly results. To such mawkish, peddling trash we owe already the complications that have sprung up in the Mediterranean. It has encouraged the insolence of every petty despot, and lowered the high conside ration of England in the eyes of nations. The truth should be told, that for sake of the honour of Eng land, there is not a nobleman or merchant who would not send his plate to the Mint—that no sacrifices of persons or property would weigh for a moment with the British people. Had such language as this been used by British Members of Parliament we should not now have to put forth the strong arm of our fleet to destroy A prejudice of so paltry and dishonouring a While we are on this subject we cannot but re , mark, as a curious coincidence, that while the re.' actionary Times of yesterday publishes from its Paris correspondent what purports to be the substance of the last notes of Count NESSELRODE and Lord PAL MERSTON, the reactionary Journal des Debats of yes terday publishes in Paris, as from its correspondent in London, the very same article. This is a curious coincidence, and would tend to prove that the rumour which ascribes to the greater part of the foreign correspondence of both the French and the English reactionary journals a common origin is not alto gether without foundation. Railway accounts are not the only documents " cooked" by persons in authority in order " to make things pleasant." A letter from Toulon of the 18th inst. announces the departure from that port of the iron steam-boat the Narval, with dispatches for Vice-Admiral PARSEvAL DRSCHENES, Commander-in-Chief of the French fleet in the Mediterranean. The Moniteur publishes a report from the Minister of Marine to the PRESIDENT of the Republic, an nouncing the result of an expedition against pirates on the coast of Senegal by a French steamer and two B ritisb ships of war. The expedition was eminently successful. It appears certain, notwithstanding what has been stated to the contrary, that the levy of seamen con tinues very actively. The Journal de l' Arrondisse ment du Havre of the 21st states so positively : "Nevertheless," adds that paper, in "consequence of the decision transmitted by telegraph, and since con firmed, the Minister of Marine, taking into conside ration the remonstrances of the Chamber of Com merce, the seamen borne on the ship's list are allowed to remain in the merchant vessels ; but the privilege is not extended to the vessels whose crews are in course of completion at:this moment." It is rumoured that a change is about to be made in the French Ministry, which will remove General DE LAHITTE from the Foreign-office to the War office in the room of Gener a l D 'H AUTPOUL, w h o goes to Algeria. M. DROUYN DE L'llurs will, it is said, be the new Minister for Foreign Affairs. A dispatch has been received from Lord PALMER.. STOW, and the Marquis of NORMANBY had had an in terview with General DE,LAIIITTE, but nothing had been arranged. Indeed, acting in concert with the crowned conspirators of Legitimacy, it is scarcely probable that General DE LAHITTE would consent to any arrangement which should at all interfere with his avowed purpose of trampling the, liberties of Europe beneath the armed heel of the Cossacks. The debate on the Electoral- Law was resumed yes terday, and M. DR MONTALEMBERT was speaking in favour of the measure when the post left. PARIS BOURSE, MAY 22.—Latest Prices—Five per Cents., 89f. 50c. • Three per Cents., 55f. 80c.; Bank of France, 2,100 f: BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS - AT THE LONDON STOCK-Is:ICI:JAN(4E, MAY 22. Dutch Rhenish, 1 s —East Indian, s%—Northern of France, 12%—Paris and Rouen, 19%—Paris and Strasbourg, 5;.i — Sambre and Meuse, 21,x. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 17th have arrived. Their contents are unimportant. MADRID BOLSA, MAY 17.—Three per Cents., 32 1-16; Five per C en t s ., 13 1- 16, both paper.Ex change.on London, 50 25. GERMANY. General BuLow has returned from Copenhagen to Berlin, and has had an interview with the King of PRUSSIA. The articles on the German Question which have appeared in the Paris Napolion have caused a great sensation in the political circles of the Prussian capital, as they are in direct contradiction to the represen tations which were made to the Prussian Court by M. DE PERSIGNY. The mysterious journey of Count Oar.orr through Germany occasions some alarm. Count ORLOFF is the jackal' to the Russian bear, and always precedes the advent of the Cossack. The .Lithographic Correspondence says, at the last deliberations of the Congress of Sovereigns the KING was a good deal opposed, and that the Bund cannot reckon on Electoral Hesse, Lippe, and Mecklenburg Strelitz. In the Congress on the tariff of the Zollve rein the friends of protection have obtained a majority for all their propositions. The duties on cotton thread have been raised to four thalers. The Frankfort Journal of the 14th states that the Frankfort Congress have resolved to keep open the protocol for those German Governments who have not yet taken part in the Congress, but may yet be desirous of doing so. The German papers publish the financial budget of the Austrian empire for the year from the Ist of November, 1848, to the 31st of October, 1849. They give the fullowing list of income and expenditure . INCOME. Florins. ... 55,194,791 71,692,036 582.000 7,145,766 2,022,129 5,377,036 Direct taxes Indirect taxes State manufactures and sale of Crown lands Consolidated Fund ••• ••• ••• Sardinian indemnification Various sums ••• ••• ---- 144,013,758 EXPENDITURE.. Interest on the ptfblie debt ... To the consolidated fund ... ... Paying off of capital ••• .60 Court budget ••• ••• ••• Cabinet Council ... ... ••• Foreign Affairs ... ... ... Home Affairs ... ••• ••• War-office ... . Finance department ••• ..• Justice Public worship ... ••• ••• Commerce ... ••• Agriculture ••• ••• .•• ..• 41,375,102 ..• 9,630,837 ... 3,964 891 ... 4,796 389 ••• 93,926 ••• 1,565,235 ... 14,306,873 ... 157,887,369 ... 18,528,359 ... 4,985,259 ... 2,630,791 ... 21,974,366 ... 1,953,315 Total leaving a deficit of 94,450,916 florins. ... 238,864,674 ITALY. The day on which the election of Euunrin Sun be came known at Rome, the Black party was seised with a panic terror. The panic was at its height in the Vatican, and Pius IX. had determined, let what would be the consequence, again to fly from Rome. Information was conveyed by their partisans to the French authorities. They immediately repaired to the Vatican, and insisted, although the night was far advanced, on being at once admitted into the presence of the PONTIFF. They reasoned with his HOLINESS on the absurdity of his attempted flight, and at length he resigned himself to his fate, and expressed his wil lingness to remain. For greater safety, however, a French officer has been ever since stationed in the ante-chamber of the PorE, and he never stirs out ex cept .in his carriage, which is always immediately preceded and followed by French troops. The POPE'S own Guarda Mobile forming the advanced guard and the rear. The POPE, acting under the advice of Cardinal ANTONELLI, intended, it is said, to fly to Bologna, and place himself under Austrian pro tection. The :Osaervaiore Romano, the organ of the Cardi nals, lauds the Archbishop of Timm for rebelling against his SOVEREIGN, and endeavours to stir up an insurrection in Piedmont. CABINET COUNCIL (THIS DAY).—The Cabinet Mi ni sters assembled i n C ounc il this afternoon, at two oclock, at the Foreign-office. There were present Lord John Russell (who came to town this morning from Pembroke Lodge), the Marquis of Lansdowne, Earl Grey, the Earl of Carlisle, the Earl of Minto, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Viscount Palmer ston, Sir Francis T. Baring, Sir John C. Hobhouse, the Right Hon. Fox Mettle, and the Right Hon. H. Labouchere. The Council was not expected to break up until four o'clock. ORTHONEDIC SOCIETY.—We are given to under stand that the dinner held yesterday evening at the Freemasons' Tavern, in aid of the funds of this excellent as sociation, went of in a manner highly satisfactory to all in lerestecl in its success. Among the vocalists who contributed to the amusements of the evening, Mdlle. Lauriette, an artiste of great promise and ability, deserves to be especially par ticularised. ALARMING FIRE AT ST. GEORGE'S HOSPITAL.— This morning the patients and every person in the estab lishment were alarmed by the outbreak of a fire, which was attended with great damage. It originated in what was called the " drying-room," where a large quantity of linen had been left on lines. Messengers were sent for the firemen and engines, and speedily Mr. Staples, of the brigade West end establishment, with the engines, arrived, when with the assistance afforded by the domestics and police the fire was extinguished, but not until the property of the drying•roem had been consumed. It was found necessary to remove the patients from Oxford Ward to another part of the building. DEATH OF LORD JEFFREY'S WIDOW.—Our obi- tuary of to-day records the demise of Mrs. Jeffrey, the widow of one whose death was so recently the cause of an almost universal sorrow. Shortly after Lord Jeffrey's decease, his widow, affected in a more than ordinary degree by th e sa d event, up her establishment in Moray-place, and took up her abode with Mr. and Mrs. Empson, her son-in-law and daughter, at Hailebury, Hertford. Though naturally cheer ful, her spirits never recovered the shock she sustained by the death of her distinguished partner, whom she has not sur. vived four months. Mrs. Jeffrey was born in America, and was the grandniece of the celebrated John Wilkes, and second wife of the late Lord Jeffrey, to whom she was married in 1813. Scottish Press of Wednesday. REGISTERED LETTERS.—On and from the let of June next registered letters will be forwarded through London on Sundays. At present they cannot be forwarded from country post-offices on Saturday nights, because the registration lee is prepaid in money, and not by stamps. After the Ist of June next the registration fee must still be prepaid in money by the public, but postmasters will be compelled to affix stamps of the value of the fee to each registered letter. In all other cases post masters are strictly prohibited from affixing stamps to let ters for the public. A LAUNCH AT TonLoN.—The 90-gun ship, the Vingt-quatre Fevrier, has just been launched at Toulon, in presence of a vast assemblage of spectators. The members of the Committee of Inquiry, belonging to the Legislative Assembly, were present, as was the Bishop of Frejus and his clergy. The Bishop blessed the veisel,.which then, the sup. ports being 4eckeci Way, glided sAfe)yjat9 Pal yrAter: MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TW O O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were es- Crnated at 7,000 bales, of which 1,000 American were taken for export. The market closed firmly, at full prices. —In Railway Shares a fair business was done, at higher quotations. Acting in a manner which impartiality seemed to dictate, we gave, a month or two since, the conflict ing opinions of different persons in the trade concerning the prospects of Coffee; and those who perused the same must do Messrs. Franks and Millard the justice to admit that their prognostication of an important decline from the then current rates was correct. The reaction in the article has, however, been so severe, that speculators and moneyed men may begin to look to it as offering a fair chance of profit, and as in all cases of overdone operations, prices are unduly depressed. We hold our selves in no way responsible for the opinions of corre spondents, and claim ever the right to exercise a proper discretion, but as the members of the grocery trade form the most important and intelligent body connected with the colonial and foreign imports, they are quite capable of discriminating►, and of judging or facts or opinions. With this remark we feel no hesitation in giving the following extracts from a communication by Messrs. Franks and Millard;— " Coffee will be a speculative article during this year, and it will require very great judgment and tact to kuow the best time when to lay in a stock. We have seen good ordinary Ceylon sell freely at 645. to 65%, and middling colony 755. We protested at the time against these unnatural prices, and called them perfectly artifi cial, and entreated all connected with us not to buy until good ordinary Ceylons receded to 455. We have reason to know that many took our advice, and worked out their old stock, but we also know that others did not, and the consequence has been what we predicted. Those who bought at the high prices seem to be more fright ened at present rates than when quotations were at their extreme point, and are selling, depending on lower prices. " We think this not a sound way to finish up a bad speculation. We should say, hold on a little longer, or buy at present prices, which would make a good average, and should an advance take place, they would bo able to sell without a heavy loss, for we are pretty well satisfied that speculation _will send Coffees up again, and that prices will vary—perhaps a few shillings lower, up to ss. to 20s. higher. " The trade are, however, now very bare of stocks, and are waiting to come in when they think prices are at the lowest. We calculate there are 10,000 grocers who will all want during the next three months an average of five bags each. This would create a demand for 50,000 bags. Let this take place, and what can be ex ceded but an advance of from ss. to 103. per cwt., par ticularly on colory Coffee, which is now selling at 48s. to 525. This Coffee never was cheaper, and we feel satis fied that moneyed men will soon be turning attention to it, and invest largely. We feel assured that it would be a good investment. " The cry of the importers is that Coffee has decreased in consumption considerably during the past few months. We believe this to be a mistake. The trade during that time held duty-paid stocks sufficient to last them from four to six months, and the apparent falling off during this period is in consequence of using their home stock. Nothing shows this so much as the immense clearances at the present time, which we have no doubt will con tinue, and we are confident that in a few months it will be proved that there has been no material decrease in the consumption." As to any interference by Government with the Chicory adulteration, it is impossible to say whether that will take place, but some of the present large holders seem to expect it. The Clyde steamer brings accounts of rather unfa vourable weather in some of the West India islands, rain being wanted. We have received the following information of the re mittance by the Clyde, from the Committee of Mexican Bondholders:— From Vera Cruz From Tampico Together ... dolls. 71,033 37c. There were pending for account of the bondholders on the 13th—l‘th ult— In Vera Cruz In Tampico dolls. 105,764 2 „ The Mexican intelligence in the London papers of the 16th and 17th inst. is confirmed. To this Colonel Facio adds that the total amount in the Bank of England, including the above remittance, is 662,587 dolls., available for the payment of future divi dends. Mr. W. P. Robertson, in reference to the same matter, tells us that he has received further letters from various influential parties there, not only confirmatory of those he has already published, but all pressing on his earnest attention the immediate adoption, by the bond. holders, of the new arrangement proposed by Congress, and which he is assured will meet with the immediate and unanimous sanction of the Mexican Legislature. One correspondent, in transmitting to Mr. Robertson the projet de loi, has the following note at foot : " This arrangement is one which with absolute secu rity can and will be fulfilled in all its parts. It has already been presented to the Chamber, and without any doubt whatever will obtain its approbation." The Committee of Spanish American Bondholders have received a latter from Mr. Lord, the agent of the Venezuelan Bondholders, dated La Guayra, the 22d ult., stating that he has not yet been able to make any ar. rangement with the Government at Caraccas in respect to the overdue coupons. There is an arrival with dates of March 15 from the Cape of Good Hope, but we find nothing of importance in the papers. The Funds are very steady. Consols have ruled at 95; to 96 for Transfer, and 911 to. 96 for Account, scarcely any effect having been produced by the rise of 1 per cent. at Paris. The New Three and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been marked 96; to 96k, and the Three per Cents. 941 to 95. Bank Stock has been at 207 to 2071. India Stock has been quoted 2671. Exchequer-bills have realised 675. to 708. and India Bonds 87s. to 90s. premium. In the Foreign Market the transactions have been of moderate extent. Spanish Five per Cents. have been quoted, 171, and Portuguese Four per Cents. 334. Mexican Bonds are 31 to 31+, and Grenada, 16f. Danish Scrip is at 8 premium, and Russian at 2; pre mium. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 454. Railway Shares are more active, and prices are de cidedly buoyant, and in several cases higher. The last week's Railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under:- 1850. 1849 Great Western North-Western South-Western Brighton Midland 22,637 20,814 South-Eastern Scottish Central Aberdeen Caledonian 6,114 4,944 QUAR TER TO THREE. .. ... 95; 1 95; I ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock • Pet Cent. Reduced Anna ... 94%195 7""'"", 94% 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities........ 9534 96 9.5 3 4 95% :4 , 1w VA per Cent. Arms.- 96 % 3 /4 j 96% Long Anns. to expire Jan.lB6o -16 8% 84 India Stock 267% " 267% India Bonds. 1,000/. i Ditto under LOON. • 9O 87 p 87 p Consols for Account 96 95% 953/ , =homier Bills. I%d.:ee 2d 1,000/. June 67 70 p , 70 p 5001. June ... .. ..... -.. 67 70 p , 40 p Small. June ONE , CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. , PRICES. Brazilian lion& — Ditto, Small Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent — . _ Ditto, Account . 51% Danish 80nd5,1825,3 per Cent. .... Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto, Scrip. 8 p 8 p Equador Bonds 3 34 L: . .. 3% Grenada Beads, 1% per Cent 16% 1111 Mexican, 5 per Cent.lB46, with Coupons— Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons ..- — Ditto, Account 31% 31 31 1 4 31 Ditto, Small Peruvian Bonds, 4% per Cent — Ditto, Account Ditto Deferred Portuguese 5 per. Cents. Ditto, 4 per Cent. Russian Bonds ...... --- Ditto, 4% par Cent Ditto Scrip 234 p Spanish 5 por Cont. 1840 17% 17% Dividends on the above payable in London. O'CLOCK.pE or.t.ts:l6NElAso. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild l . 7 -• sorNia s E s B PRICES OF PAID. RAIr,WAY SHARES. Aberdeen Do. Preference ... 8 i - dia. ' 2% dis. Amber. Nott., Boston, i and Eastern Junction 8 - _ kyrshire and Galloway.. 7% .., Belfast & County Down 30 l, .... Berks & Rants Extens. (Gt. West. Per.s perct.) 6 - ..... ••• .0....• -- Birmingham and Oxe ford Junct., calls duly paid, or withaguaran. 20 Do, without guarantee 20 Birming, Wolverh'ton, and rudley, calls duly , pd, or with guarantee 16 Do.without guarantee 15 Birming.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley. ,131. 145 ... Consols Ditto, Account, June 12 ... Birkenhead, Lancitshire, and Cheshire Junc.... 23 -• -• Bristol and Exeter 100 Ditto, Thirds Ruckinghamshire Caledoni en Do. New 101. Pref..... 10 Ditto,Clydesdale June 50 Cl' ester and Holyhead... 50 Ditto, Preference l5 ...... 8 3 % Clarence Direct London & Ports mouth Dublin and Belfast Junc. 42 % ••• Dundalk& Enniskillen 30 Fast Anglian, 251., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 - 8% Do. 18/.. E. & 11.... 18 — Do., 31. 10s., Pref... 3 11 4 — ••• Ditto, 71. 175., 7 per Cent., Preference... 2 Eastern Coueties... Do., New Preference, , ~,, la 6 per Cent.......... 10 •••••• Li . ***** .. i••••• 12 DittOrEitel 3 ll l 9N s P e r i '."" • Cent., No.l 61.135. 4d.... P." .... Ditto ditto. No. 2-61. 13s. 4d... , Do. North. & Eastern, ........ 6 per Cent. Ditto. 5 per Cent—. ...... .. ............ Do. New -3 Eastern Union, Claw A ... . ••• (late E. U. Shares) 25 Ditto, Class A, ditto... 6 Do., Cla9s B & C Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) : 2 ).0 5 .... East Lancashire -•••••-" r < ... . .. Ditto, New Quarters 6% ...... " Do., 6 per Cent. Pre- • ference Quarters ... 6%••.•••. '" East Lincolnshire, guar. Ed6inpbeurrCghent. and Glasgow 2 5 5 0 .. .. ... .. .. . Edin., Perth, & Dundee 25 ...... • ......... Ditto, Newport l5 " Exeter.Yeovil, & Dorch, ..... ..... ...... Exeter and Exmouth 2 l s. ...... ........ Glasgow, Dumfries, and_ Carlisle B/.65. 8d.... "". .... •" Glasgow,Kilmar.,& Ayr 50 Do. Preference Consol. ' .............. Gloucester &Dean Forest 14 .....• ....... 7• ,;rest Northern Do., 1 12 A Deferred B 6 per Cent 9% --„ „•": 0 0.° Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 12% lO 5 4 '' • treat South. and West. .. N ,„. (Ireland) .„ .... Ditto, Eighths l% ...... ..... G re at North of England.loo Ditto, New, 401 4O ...... ••• Ditto, ditto. 35 .82 ..-•"'•e ..... • Ditto, New, 30/ 3O . . .... 65%. ....... 0". Ditto. New ,15/ l5 ... . . Great Western ......100 ...... 5 5 % Ditto, New 171........ -15 . • .... Hull and Selby ...... 50 .... "".' Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ...... ... .... -• Do. Quarter Shares... 12% ...... ....... ss Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 ...... •"" ....... .. Ditto, Thirds Lancashire& Yorkshire 100 Do. Quarters ..... 23x 3-- •8 ............... ........... dig / Do. Fifths.— .... ..... 10 Do. Thirds ..... 18 00° 1 , Do. New, Gua. 6 per ct. 10 ....•• •-• " 41 Ditto (Huddersfield . e'" 0 and Sheff.) 5O ...... 0 " e." Do. (W. Riding Union) 11% .. . . ..... Leeds and Bradford 6O ...... 92% ...... 0 1 , Leeds and Thirak u p.• .... / Do., Prefer., 6 per CL 4% ..... , ..... Do., do. No. 2 14 ...... •... „ . Do., do. No. 3 5 . ..... .. ... / Do., Pref. Quer , 1845 9 ...... "' .. • Liverpool, Crosby and ..... " Southport .. 10 London & Black wa11...11/. 6 5 . 3d — ... London, Brighton, and / South Coast... .....100 Do., New, guaranteed .... .... , 6 per Cent . ...100 Do. Guarant. 6 per ct.. 9 • •'' / Do. Prefer. 5 per cent. 50 Ditto ditt0...... 1852 50 •••• •"".,,, • Londonand Greenwich 12/1534d Ditto, Preference. London and N Western 100 10% 10.3 . •• , Ditto, New Quarters 12 . Ditto,Fiftr.. l2 Do. 10/. (M. & B.) C. 1 ......... London &S.Western ..100 ..... ; Do. New 504 . 42x 61 •••• ...... " Do. New 40/. Do., New Preference. 5 Londonderry&Coleraine 25 Do. I/ 9 Shares 0 / I Londonderry and Ennui / - killen 25 ...... .... • „ Do. la sh ares ..... 71 2 4 .... ......... Lowestoff, guar. 4 per ct 20 Ditto (6 per ct.) ...... .. Manchmster,lluxton,and .... / Matlock 5 ...... A Manchester, Sheffield, , And Lincolnshire-100 ...... ••• .. .. ...... " Do. Quarters (No. 1) 25 ... .„ ..... Ditto, New ICF.IPref lO ...... 73"" ,"0 0 0 ' Do., Manchester and die ..... /, . 0. 1 Lincoln Uni0n......4/. 25 Midland .. Do. UonsolidatedPref.lloooo ..... 83% .. .... .. „0 Do., 50/. Shares Do. •Derby Birm , ind lOO . Do. Consolid. Bristol& , ••• ~ / ...,. ~,,, Binning., 6 per ct.... 100 Ditto,Brist. & Glocstr. 44 ..."',/ / Ditto ditto ..... ...... .26/. is . 6d --' ' ... 0 ' / Do.,ErewashVal..Pref. 50 Ditto, Leieest.& Swan- ... ••• 0 " . nington, 8 per ct. guar.loo Midland Great Western . „ • . 0 " / Irish Middlesbro' and Redcar, „r',, / 6 per cent. guar.: 5O ...... •••• ...... 0",,, / Newcastle and Carlisle 100 -- ... ow' / ..... . • Do. Quarters ••••.., .. / Newmarket Do. Extension V. 125.... •••• ... Newport, Abergavenny, __ ..... '',•o' , and Hereford • 6 •••••• - .... • Newry and Enniskillen 7 ...... •••• '.. Newry, Warrenpoint, • .0 011 ,/ / and Rostrevor ... ~ Norfolk .......... ....... ...'.IOO „ ..... „/ ~ Do. New 201. - ..... ~ .... s. Do. Extension ... 2O - ...... ~,,, Do. Guaranteed 5% pc. 5 -•" .. , ••• ,„ Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 •••••• -,, ............ ,/ North British ... .... .„. 25 Ditto Preference North Staffordshire ... 17% 7A " ..... . 0 " . ... '•. el ;Northern Counties Union 4 -• ........ North-Western . 1 3 34 - .. 0 , / Oxterd, Worcester, and ~.• „• / Wolverhampton Preston & Wyre 2s' ... .. -- ..... o . o ' l / Do. % Shares (A) lO - •••"" / / Heading, Guildford, an d ,o" . ' / 15 Reigate ,,,..• „• .... -- ,F ,0 ,1 , Royston and Hitchin - '''' '-, .... # / / Do. Shepreth Exten 8e Atish Central - .. . li ••••• ~ ... 0 09, , Scottish Midland Ditto, New - " ' tlitc• ' Shrewsbury and Birm 1 3 14 9li% 0 ' / Ditto ditto. Class B. 9 - .... ~.."„,• , Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 -- •• ' ...... , Shrewsbury and Herefd. 5 .. •-- ..... ,0 / Shrewsbury & Cheater ~, (Nor. W. Min.) .. -- ''' ... . ••'" • . 0 0 Ditto Halves ....... . • /„, ii Do. 8 per Cent. Pref lO ...... --' .. .0" ~•• Ditto Oswestry 20 ...... •"'" .... e• ,„•• / Ditto New - 1 •• ••• ''''„, L ... •1 1 ,, , Shropshire Union Sinth Devon - "'„°••'',/ .... , Do. Preference . ..., / South Statrordshire B% ...... -- • ........ „o , South Eastern ... • ~,, / Do~ N 0.2. Do., No. 3 ...... . 30 '-' ... ' ' I :, .... • •...•• , , Do., Registered No. 4 10 -,• " ..... ' So ith IN ales - / 3 outh Yorkshire, Don- .. ,•• caster, and Goole l4 ..... „„ . ...... / / Sheffield, Rotherham, & ' l' Goole (N. Div.) Gua- „„...0 . ~,/ / ranteed 5 per cent. Do. do (Sou. Div.) 0.. . / / S wane. & Loughor & Ca- .. 0 ,. , / moron's Stm. Coal. „.. • / Taw Vale Extension Teames Haven Dock „.• 0 " 0/ / and Railway ..... Vale of Noath ... .. lO ...... -- "„,„•••'',o , Waterford and Kilkenny 20 ...... •-• ''••• ,••"''. ' Waterford and Limerick 47%... • •• •-' ,/ / Waterld,Wxfrd,Wicklw .......... / and Dublin ~,,, / Wear Valley 6 per Cent. ..... • 11 ,• 1 / Guaranteed ... .. 5O ...... -- ' . 0 0 ", 0 0 / Do. do. do 25 ...... ••••• .......... ~,•• Do. do. do. West Cornwall Whitehaven & Furness 18 ...... .••'' .. / / Windsor, ' 1 Staines, and •'' • ••••• South Western ..... / 0 1 Wilts, Somerset, & Wey- Yo m rk o , nth Newcastle, and o - .. ....... 0 ...... ', 0 13% 4 " .. .. " Berwick..... .......... 25 ,„••• „•• / Do. Newcastle Eaten. 20 .• De. G.N.E.P re f erence 8 ... 1 • 4 ''' „•." 0 Do. Hartlepool Dock '. ' and Railway .. 100 York and North Midl an d 50 .....: .1 7 '1 ... • ... / , Dit Le Preference lO .. _... 176;• 0 , / FOREIGN RAIL wig ' ,• ,r" Anglo Italian (late Ita- ,•,.r'',.. •", / Tian and Austrian). Boulogne and Amiens 2O ....• .... / Central of France (Or- ' ...... ° ... "" / leans and Vierzon) 2O ...... •-•• ... ...... ~•• / Demerara ...... Dutch Rhenish East Indian .... ...... - ': .... ''',.o . / Ditto... 2O ...... •" ..... .... ,;,d , / Great Indian Peninsular 5 , •••••• ''''' .... '' ... ' / Do. D 0.... „ „„„„ 1 „„„ -- ... .......... /, Louvain ila Sambre ... 7 1 ,i . . .... •"" • . o .o' . ,•0 l' Luxembourg - 0 ... / 8 •••••• .... .... 1/ .. . Ditto .- I() •..• .. "". .. .0" . ,,, , ' , 0 •• Madrid and Valentin 2 •••• -- iti...,e" ~."'" / Namur and Liege Northern of France...- l6 ..... ' 2 '• ... ',, i Orleans and Bordeaux 7 ••••••' -•••• ......... / Paris and Orleans __ ••• '' ',,•••"- / Paris and Rouen 2O •••""' 5% .. ' ....... "'. / Paris and Strasbourg ..... ........ _„.• 0 / Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse Strasbourg and Basle Tours and Nantes ..... ... la •••••'' . . "...: Tournay, Jurbise; Lan- - • ............ ' / den, and Ha55e11...... 20 ..... • •-"" ....... , / West Flanders ll% . .••• .•""' ... " / BLENBS• • ' .. '..••.. ~ " / Anglo-Mexican lOO •••••• --- ~•••"• .. .. .. s o . / Asturian ••••• l5 ...... '''.' .... / " „... Australian , . 4 ' ••••..... ••• ......... 1 / Bemire Range ... ..„,,..,...„; / Blaenarvon Iron & Coal 50 •••••• __ ..- ...... • / Bolonos Scrip ...... __ .0 ... .. , ' / British 1r0n...... ~„ ..••• .;,.... / Brazilian Imperial .;„„ .... .. ...„, / BrazilianCocae , ;&Cuiaba 30 ...... __ ,•••• .. ••• / Do. St,lohn Del Rey 15 •••••• „,„ „••••' ........ / Cobre Copper .:,..., ........ ...,„ / General 2O ... •.. „,.. ••• ... ....•" IS Real Del Monte, Unreg --...... „,„ ............ •' /, Do. Black Debentures -- ...... __, ..... ~. ''' Do. Red Ditto Santiago de Cuba. 'lO • ..... . __ „,.• ........ / Tin Croft ...„, ...... „ United•alexi can.....28 5 t 0c •••• 1 1130 , 10•..,...,,,,.00:::: jthrr ?,/, A ustral a sia , .. ... , • ..... ~• Britishso' North American .• „..• . . ..... ~ Colonial v Eo o n m d m ott eribil y. , es of ti l in ondon, 2o •••'''' 0a 14 ." 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