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BOARD OF GREEN CLOTH, BUCKINGHAM PALACE, MAY 6, 1851. Notice is hereby given to the Ambassadors, the Foreign Ministers, the Members of her Majesty's Most Honourable P:ivy Council, and the Officers and Ladies of the Royal Household, invited to her Ma .leety's BALL, on WEDNESDAY EVENING, the 7th instant, that their Carriages are to enter St. James's- park by the Great Gate on Constitntion-hill, pass through the North Gate of the Fore Court Into the Garden, set down at the Garden entrance, and leaving the Garden by the gate near the riding-house, are to turn to the right. The topty Carriages are afterwards to ga round by the Consti tution Hill-gate into She Park, wait there till called to take up, and So away through Grosvenor-place. The Carriages of all other persons Invited to the Ball are to fall tato line in St James's-street, enter the Park by the Stable-yard -gate, pass through the gate north of the Centre-gate of the Palace, and set down at the principal entrance in the Quadrangle. The empty Carriages are to draw off, and quitting the Quadrangle by the gate south of the Centre Gate, pass down the Bird-cage Walk, cross the Parade opposite the Horse Guards, and wait in the Mall till sailed to the Palace; after taking up, they are to quit the Palace by e gate south of the Centre Gate, and go away by Buckingham iiistio s or through the Stable-yard gate. up St. James's-street. WESTMINSTER, Lord Steward. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. First Night of LE TRE NOZZE, GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. It 12 re spectfully announced that a Grand EXTRA NIGHT will take Liam TOMORROW EVENING next, May 8, when will be presented Alairrs Opera LF THE Nozn. Madame Sontag ; Vespina, Madame Giuliani; La Marchesa at Forli, Madlle. Ida Bertrand ; Cavaliere di Villafranca, Signor Gardoni ; Cric.ca, Signor Ferranti (his first appearance in this coun try) ; 11 Barone Fuedatario d'Acetosta, Signor Lablache. In the course of the evening a grand Pas by 3ladlle. Amalia Fer raris and M. Charles. To conclude with the admired_ Ballet, LES METORPHOSES. By Mdlie. Carlotta G r i s t, Mdlles. Rosa, Esper, Jnlien, Lamoreux, Aussandon, Kohlenberg, Pascales, Soldansky, Sota, MM. lihrick Paul Taglioni, and Charles. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box Office of the Theatre, Opera-colonnade, Haymarket. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. Leases and Manager, Mr. James Anderson. Engagement of Miss P. HORTON. THIS EVENING Will be presented by her Majesty's gel s . ,r vit ft-r. A new THE grand Operatic Spectacle, entitled PRODIGAL. Reuben, Mr. Vandenhoff ; Azael, IViss P. Hor ton ; Amenophis, Mr. W. West ; Bucharis, M r . Cooper; Sethos, Mr. Rafter ; jephteie, Miss vifiars; sett., Mm. Walter Lacy; Lia, ti Victorine Legram (Premier Sniet du Opera de Paris), who has been expressly engaged for the woesiott. f o be followed by JD A derso Pet* and Mrs. Comedy, entitled will A M aPPORNING CALL, in which Mr. J. n Nisbett To conclude with the comic Pantomime of HARLEQUIN AND GOOD QUEEN BESS; or, Merrie England to the Olden Time. Harlequin, Mr. Lauri ; Pantaloon, Mr. C. Lauri; Clown, Mr. bouglity ; Columbine, Miss Falser. Stalls and Dress Circle - - - 6s. First Price. Second Price. - 3s. Is. 6d. - Boxes - - - - 2s. Is. Od . - - Pit - _ - - I s.l No half-price Lower GellerY - _ - - 6d. j to Galleries. Upper 43 : 0 11 a e d m i rY t - 8 reduced from W. 3s. Od. to 21. 12s. 6d . Prime* Boxes 6 ditto 21. 12s. 6d. to 21. 2s. Od. Ditto 4 ditto 21. 2s. Od. to 14 11 Ditto 4 ditto IL 1 ls. 6d. t o 11. Is. Od. Ditto EH:EATER ROYAL, HAYMARKEr. dr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee andN IN Manager, Old Bromptors. THIS EVEG. Will be performed THE ROUGH DIAMOND. After which an entirely New Comedy, entitled RETIRED FROM After which, a new and (as times go) original domestic drama of s t a rtling interest, entitled ARLINE ; or. The Fortunes and Vicissi tudes 01 a Bohemian Girl. Count Arnheim, Mr. J. Bland ; Count liorestine, Mrs. L. 8. Buckingham ; Thaddeus of Warsaw, Mrs. Sitzwlllikm ; Devilshoof, Mr. Buckstone ; Bedford. the Gipsy Queen, Mr. H. THEATRE ROYAL, A.DELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste, THIS EVENING, , _ Will be performed TYlEFl:OiriisioF THE FOREST. To be followed by a new musical, historical, pastoral, comical Airy drama, called O'FLANNI(IAN AND THE FAIRIES ; or, A Midsummer Night's Dream. Phelim O'Flannigan, Mr. Hudson ; Oberon, Mimi E. Chaplin; Mary, Miss K. Fitzwilliam. ROYAL PRLNCESS',3 THEA TRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean and Mr. Keeley*. THIS EVENING, Inn be perftrmed the C omedy of THE PRISONER OF WAR. latarasters by Mr. C. Kean, Mr. Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley. After Which a new Melodrama, entitled PAULLNE, in which Ir. and Mrs. Charles Keanwill appear. To oonclade with a new grand spectacular Extravaganza (taken tom a Tale, by Washington Irving), entitled THE ALHAMBRA ; et The Three Moorish Princesses. Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Wigan, Wynn, Cooke, Flextnore ; Misses Murray, Daly, V▪ iva sib, Robertson. Leclerc', Keeley, Mdlle. Auxiol, and Mrs. Keeley. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Watts. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathew% THIS EVENING, Will be performed COOL AS A CUCUMBER. To be followed by A DAY OF RECKONING, in which Madame Vestris will appear, To conclude with THE QUEEN OF THE FROGS. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, R. Roxby, Bellingham, Horncastle, Morris ; Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss St. George, Miss Martindale, and Kiss Oliver. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Farren, THIS EVENING, Will be performed TIIE LADIES' BATTLE ; or, Ern Duel en Amour. To conclude with SIR ROGER DE COVERLEY, or, the Widow And her Wooers, supported by Messrs. W. Farren, Compton, H. Farren, W. Farren, jun., Diddear, G. Cooke, Shalders, Lee, Bender, Kinloch ; Mesdames, Stiring, Leigh Murray, L. Howard, Adams, E. Turner, and Bartlett. A.STLEY'S ROYAL AMP UITHEATRE trader the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Mghness Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Appearance of Signor Chiarini with his celebrated menage steed, - THIS EVENING, WM be performed a grand new Spectacle, entitled ELEANOR THE AMAZON; or, Queen of France and England. To be followed by new Scenes of the Circle, introducing an en tirely new Company of French Artistes. To conclude with a comic farce, called SHOOTING THE MOON ; or. The Cove of Cork. PUNCH'S PLAYHOUSE AND STRAND THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. W. R. COPELAND, Liverpool. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new comedy proverb, teaching people the beet method of LIVING IN GLASS HOUSES. Principal charac ters by Messrs. Tilbury, A. Davies, Norton, J. Howard, Attwood, T. Rogers, and Romer ; MesdameJ C. Horsman, C. Melville, Dibdin, and AsPILLUSTRATION OF THE EXPOSITION. Principal charac lers by Mesdames Marshall, M. Taylor, C. Horsman, and Dibdin ; Messrs. J. Reeve, Norton, J. Rogers, and Romer. To conclude with a new Farce called TAKING THE CENSUS. The prices of admission are arranged as follow :—Orchestra stalls, 4s ; Boxes (first circle), 3s. ; (second circle), 2s. ; Pit, ls. Doors to be opened at Half-past Seven, and the performances to sommence at Eight precisely. second price will be taken to the Boxes only at Half-past Nine -list circle, 25.; second circle, ls. Private Boxes One Guinea and a Half each. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Open for the Season on MONDAY, the sth or May. First representation of a gigantic modelled Panorama, painted by The Messrs. Danson, representing the Temple of Janus in the Eternal City, with a striking View of the Colosseum, Palace of the Caesars, &4. The,Menagerie is both varied and extensive, including two e xudes, tvf!d elephants, which promenade the grounds, appropriately caparisoned and attended. The band, composed of musi cians of first-rate celebrity, is conducted by Mr. Godfrey. Moored on the lake is seen a real Chinese pleasure junk, with masts and sails complete. Also Remington's aerial bridge, and various novelties ; and at dusk will be given, on a scale of surpassing mag nificence, a representation of the Closing of the Brazen Gates of the Temple of Janus, with (for the first time ever attempted) a grand ulessal transparent diaphonic panopticon, showing the horrors of war and the blessing, 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 Mekjesty Wile aver Queen s Victoria, the whole formin g th e most gorgeous w.spec- ADMISSION—ONE FRILLING. xhibition nigh ts —Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Th urs d ay, and Friday. HIG`. I VtrATER d 1 LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAy —Morning 37 min. after 5 J Evening 3 -- mba. after 6 1 4 3.240a501r —Morning 32 min. after G Evening 2 Run. aft , : 7 THE WEATHER-61:N OFFICE, MAY 7. THERMOMETER, LN THE SHADE. 3l—highest since mon yesterday. 38—lowest this morning and daring the night. 5 4—this day, at noon. _ 13/I.IIOSIKTEI4 WM) W.S.W.—cloudy, with occasional sunshine. State of theDAILY . WEATHER 'ABLE. route ~, Nine Wind and Weather at each of the following rare arranged .o'clock yesterday morning,_—The stations pLy 4";:n ed in order of latitude. irri / .... w ,..., i . PORT , smonT ri ...ZL 7 -N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. Biticarrort—wie",4. W. gentle breeze--overcast. ilaaroros— wind strong breeze—overcast. SouTmuarrox-4,,7.. gentle breeze—partially cloudy. FoLxEsroxis—wi n T,.N_•W., strong breeze—cloudy. BASINGSTOKE—Wi nd N W., gentle breeze—overcast. gen l : gentle breeze —overcast. ORE EN WICH—w Intl .. z ,gentle breeze—partially cloudy. breeze overcast. SWINDON—Wind N., , €, DEIGHTOI•T—Wind N, I wind stro p N . wg b reeze —overcast. COLCHESTER — CAMBRIDGE —Wind N., g, o ' teent!le breeze —rain. overcast. BlimiNa sAm—Wind W., eab n ur ze—overcast. YARMOUTH --Wind N. W., hard w graat. CONWAY—Wind S.W., gentle breez e -.. HorxrrEAD—Wind N. E., stron g b r cloudless. eeze_ L arrcAsTEß —Wind E., strong breez e — p jjrtlally cloudy. 7 cloud cloudy. SNAP— viind N., strong breeze —partially B EATTocK —Wind N., gentle breeze—partia7lllydYi The returns from the following Places indizat c eo t u h d i, Y ;tate of the wind and weather on Monday ra , . rn'ng a t nine o'clock : Locks:sox—Wind ISLE., strong breeze—pa rtially cl oud InfosTowzr ( Dust. )—Wind N.N.v., gentl e bree z e_---• .. Partially cloudy. 141114 414 GAR— w ind N, strong breeze—principally cl ou d y , P . B ° :.,u , —Wind N., geniis breeze — part iall y cloud y. 1,, — „ ° ,.. 1 " 011 —Wind N., gentle breeze —overcast. Wind N.E., strong breeze — rain. DARL; -Wind N., stron g breeze-- par ti a lly cloudy. ...,,„ G -2°ll —Wind N., strong breeze—rain. lirrninty 4in t LONDON, wED.E.Ay, MAY 7, 1851. In the House of Lords, last evening, The Duke of ARGYLL presented upward s of 100 petitions from different towns and cities in Scotland against Papal aggression. _ The Earl of lIARDWICKE, in moving for a return of the supplementary estimate for the retirement of naval oft", tont occasion t o ca ll the attention of their Lordship s t o the recant regulations issued by the Admiralty on the subject. The return Was ordered, and their Lordships adjourned. In the Commons, Mr. 'Wyss stated, in reply to Mr. ANSTEY, that the Go . Ti11:101' of Van Dieman's Land had withdrawn the tickets of leave granted to M‘MAxus, O'DoNoGuuE, an d O'DonEary, bemuse they had, in disobedience to express orders, left their respective districts. A .; urry, ons t o i f o ß n :up wer F e or de an re d d e a ctA) e f i t e t t e ovidtitt s Ttoßubrre referred Mr. arc.. 4.4 ilsidDninxaLET moved that on that day week the House stralld resolve itself into a Committee, for the pur rue of comsideo4g the propriety of substituting an equa - ed Poor -rai Dot exceeding Is. 6d. in the pound through tr. , 1 4 4.. ••• V 4-7 , .I , P-. 'z_ ~41, , /,‘ 1 ' , / 11" • , ort QUI. of ~. ~ C-* ,- - 4. t • ., •• •-•:‘,.\ '''' r„ 41 r ilii- 11 :, 14‘.,:.''''' k THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, Mr. BANXES considered the amendment as wholly inad. missible. nority, and through a similar perversity. The case of the Irish and Scotch distillers has frequently been brought under the notice of the Legislature and of the community in general. It has been shown that they are greatly injured by the mode in which the duty is assessed, it being levied on the quantity originally measured in the spirit receivers, or as it is technically term " the worms-end." If the spirit be retained for some time in bond there must necessarily be a considerable diminution in quantity, arising from leakage, soakage, evaporation, and other causes un necessary to mention ; the strength is also reduced, so that a double loss is sustained by the distillers. The improvement of quality would, however, compensate for these losses, if the duty were only charged on the quantity actually brought into consumption, and the result would be, that a much more wholesome, or, perhaps, we should say, a less deleterious article would come into general use. The distillers, however, naturally object to pay duty on that which has been totally wasted, that they should not only lose the cost of production, but also a heavy charge per gallon on that which can never be made available, and this objection is enhanced by the fact that their foreign competitors are subjected to no such disadvantage. No matter how long rum or brandy, or any other foreign spirit may be kept in the QUEEN'S stores, the importer will only have to pay duty on the quantity contained in the vessels when removed from bond, and will re ceive payment for every drop on which he is charged to the revenue. Now the Scotch and Irish distillers require no protection or other advan tage, but merely to be placed on a similar footing with their rivals. All they seek is fair play—a clear stage and no favour. The 4d. differential or countervailing duty is not more than sufficient compensation for the restrictions imposed . _ on the home producers by other Excise regulations; and we venture to assert that, if as free to carry on their operations as the West Indian manufacturer, they would gladly relinquish that difference. There is, however, a twofold reason why Sir CHARLES WOOD resists this reasonable demand. .. . First, it is a matter of justice and equity that the re quired concession should be made, and that is an argument to which he will never yield so long as he regulates the national finances. Secondly, the House of fe Common s on two savera l occasions affirmed t he Pr and expe di ency o f remov i ng the "pro "ti to th e foreigner, and the Bill that had been introd uce d was Only reje c t e d by a s l en d er ma j or i ty of " one" on th e question that the SPEAKER do leave the chair. The mortification occasioned by the actual and virtual defeats sunk deep into the heart of the Bight Hon. Baronet, and increased his former determination. No alte r native the n rema i ne d b ut that the decision althou of the House should b e aga i n g h there were no less taken, and than 318 Members present, the numbers were equal, there being 159 votes on each side. The resolution was therefore carried by the casting voice of the SPEAKER. We regret to observe that Lord JOHN Rug- SELL attempted to neutralise that division by trying to get another, when many of those who had supported the resolution had left the House, while the NI hipper-in had succeeded iz keeping the obedient Pack together, to vote according to the will and plea sure of th e di spenser o f pa t rons g e. The demand of the Scotch a n d I r i sh distillers, hos vever, is based on jus tice, and must ultimately prevail.;, and the sooner it is granted w i t h a Government.g grace the De tter it will be for the good Great was the rejoicing in the Protectionist comp, when Mr. CAVENDISH CLIFFORD most unexpectedly announced that he had come to 211, determination not to contest the representittion oit, "the Isle of Wight. out England and Wales for the present parochial assessment. He did not propose to go into the question of assessing per sonal property. Captain HARRIS, in seconding the motion, explained Lord MALMESBURY'S plan for the equalization of the poor-rate. Mr. BAms opposed the plan as one calculated to do away with local self-government, and to confound ill-regulated with well-administered parishes. The motion was then withdrawn. Lord NAAS moved that the House do forthwith resolve itself into a Committee to consider the present mode of levy ing the duty on home-made spi r it s i n b on d. Mr. J. WiLsoN opposed the motion, arguing that the ques tioi. had been settled in 1848 by a Parliamentary Committee, which decided that pe cu li ar cons id erat i ons , no t applicable to colonial and foreign spirits, affected the home Mr. Mr. made GRo_ The motion was supported by Mn REystoLns, GAN, Mr. Hsmez, Colonel DiTNNE, Mr. NAPIER, a, Mr. M. ALEXANDER HASTIE ; and opposed by Mr. CARTER, Mr. R rcl EXCHE QUER. .insoEßsr, Sir G. CLERIC, and the CHANCELLO R of the EXCHE. Lo rd J the duty o . n R s u c ss o lLt. h f. s a t i d d I h r e i eh consideredspirits, t a h n i a ds regarding m n oti to i reducet as a reduce,questi ofnoonr d revenue, heneuet,htinhiks it was t fair not to agtiavxe an he ad w v a a s nta p g re e p t a o red Irie t h o and Scotch spirits over English. AI-o argumentr. Dis saidaitgAaEinLeitamotion the prosperity of in the spirit dn founded rit trade was no The House having divided, the ,numbers were equal-159 a S n r o EA the n r E d ß iv a ie c i c o o n rd i i n ng th t e o u c s o a m ge . , defeat, the on either side opportunity;whereuponfothre to afford an mir tee, gave the casketindgwvhoteethienr,faaftvoeurrthoifsthfoeumrthotion. M r RoEnum as Noble Lord intended to continue in office? For the sake of his own character as a constitutional politician the Noble Lord should resign. Lord J. RUSSELL thanked the Hon. and Learned Gentle man for his good intention, but considered that he was him self quite capable of taking care of his personal character. His conduct at the commencement of the session proved that he was not greedy of office, and he could not but remember, that the Hon. and Learned Gentleman had then advised him not to retire from office too hastily, but taremember that the cause of free trade was in his bands. The House then went into Committee; but after an at tempt to take another division upon the resolution, the Chairman was ordered to report progress and ask leave to sit again. Mr. E. ELLICE, in moving for leave to bring in a Bill for appointing Commissioners to inquire into the existence of bribery in the borough of St. Alban's, gave the House a short history of the revelations which had been made before the Election Committee of the condition of that borough and its constituency. Mr. COBDEN moved, as an amendment to the motion, to add the words "and of bribery, treating, and corruption in the Falkirk district of burghs," in support of which he read accounts of alleged disorders and malpractices at the last and preceding elections, which had commenced at Airdrie in 1841, and had extended their demoralising influence to the other burghs. Mr. BAIRD denied that he had been concerned in the transactions alluded to by the Hon. Member for the West Riding. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL recommended that the two cases should not be mixed up together. Mr. ROEBUCK supported Mr. COBDEN'S amendment, and warned Mr. BAIRD that out of regard to his own character he should seek an opportunity of exculpating himself: Mr. &Licit objected to the Falkirk case being engrafted on that of St. Alban's. Mr HTThIE recommended Mr. COBDEN to withdraw the amendment. Lord J. Russxm could not say that there ought not to be some inquiry into the transactions stated by Mr. COBDEN ; but he could not agree that the two cases should be tried by the same Committee. After some remarks by Mr. FEESTIFIELD, Mr. LOCKHART, and Mr. H. BERKELEY, .dr. COBDEN withdrew his amendment. The remaining business having been disposed of, the House adjourned at 25 minutes to Two o'clock. , There are some Fersons who cannot be taught) who will derive no salutary lesson from experience, who think that what they miscall " firmness," but which, by the great majority of persons competent to form an opinion on the subject, is regarded as " dogged and mulish obstinacy," is the chief quali fication of a public man. Sir CHARLES WOOD is apparently influenced by this idea, and so far as he is concerned we are neither surprised nor grieved at the result. We have long given up the case of the Right Hon. Gentleman as utterly hopeless, and feel that no reasonable expectation of fiscal improvements can be entertained so long as he remains at the head of the financial department of the Government. But we confess that we eannot behold without regret the fatuity of some of his colleagues, from whom we might have looked for better things, in suffering themselves to be dragged through the mire by their evil genius. If Lord JOHN RUSSELL chose to cast his shield over the discomfited financier, be must naturally expect that he himself will receive some of the many shafts aimed at his protege, one of which may at last have a fatal effect. Thus, on the question of the renewal of the income-tax, he not only spoke but voted in favour of the " conclusion" at which his incompetent coadjutor had arrived. Although he witnessed the storm of indignation which the " PRECIOUS BUDGET" excited in the country, and knew, or ought to have known, that it was occasioned by the renewal of the income-tax without change or modification, and the re-enactment of Schedule D with all its atrocious inequalities, be made no effort at conciliation, he offered nothing that could be put forward as a compro mise or an instalment of justice. The natural result was the defeat which he sustained on Friday evening, when the amendment of the Honourable Gentleman the Member for Montrose was carried by a majority of 14—a majority which would have been quadrupled but for the shameless defection of some of the Libera. Members (!). Last night the Ministers were again left in a m This most unexpected announcement took the Free traders of the island completely by surpr:sc, and the Protectionists, believing there was no time to Kek for another Free-trade candidate, and that, consequently, their man would enjoy a quiet walk over, raised high the song of triumph—soon, however, to be changed into a song of lamentation, for the very day after Mr. CAVENDISH CLIFFORD had announced his resig nation, an address was published from Mr. DAWES, soliciting the suffrages of the Isle of Wight constituency as a Protestant, a Liberal, a Free trader, and a Reformer, and containing this ominous sentence--" It is my firm intention to go to the Poll." We rejoice that such is the intention of Mr. DAWES, and we doubt not for one moment of his success. He is the man of all others best suited to represent effectively any constituency in the House of Commons. His address, which appears in another column, contains such a profession of political faith as entitles him to the energetic support of every one who really holds truly Liberal principles. He is a large landholder, but is an advocate of free-trade policy, because he is convinced that its adoption has increased the comforts of the working classes, has dis armed the disaffected, and probably saved the country from confusion and ruin. As a remedy for agricultural distress, he recommends the re-adjustment of rents, a recommendation which the landlords are in justice bound to adopt, seeing that the total rental of the kingdom in 1850 exceeded, as shown by the pro perty-tax returns, the total rental of the kingdom in 1815 by 3,000,0001., while it is obvious that not one single acre of land has been added in the meanwhile to the superficies of the island ; with a reduction of rents to the amount of 3,000,0001. annually we should not hear much of agricultural distress. Mr. DAWES is a determined upholder of the civil and religious rights of the community against sacerdotal usurpation, whether the usurper be Papist or Puseyite, and he pledges himself to support a measure for placing conventual establishments under salutary regulations, and for regulating bequests devised for charitable and religious purposes ; in other words, he will do his best to prevent heiresses being imprisoned for the purposes of plun der, or parents bullied on their death-beds into dis inheriting their children, while at the same time he ; in common with every other real Protestant, would allow to " the Church of Rome the same amount of religious liberty, and the same means for its propaga tion as are enjoyed by other religious denominations." To yield to them more than this would be unjust to all other religionists and a flagrant violation of the principle of religious equality, without which religious liberty cannot exist. On the question of the suffrage, the opinions of Mr. DAWES are such as to fully entitl e him to the support of the Li beral electors of the Isle of Wight, while from his declaration that his canvass shall be carried on in a spirit of fairness and candour, we take it fur granted that should he be returned Mr. DAWES will be found supporting the motion of which Mr. HENRY BERKE LEY has given notice fir the ballot. A more desirable candidate than Mr. DAWES could not have solicited the suffrages of the Isle of Wight constituency, and we have no doubt but that the electors of the Roya Island will at the same time confer honour on them. selves and on Mr. DAWES by returning him as their representative to Parliament. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The Moniteur says—" The Minister of the Interior has received dispatches announcing that the anniversary of the 4th of May was celebrated in the departments in the midst of complete calm. The rumour of an insur rection having broken out at Lyons on Sunday, which was spread at the Bourse yesterday as a culpable ma nosuvre, has not the least foundation. A telegraphic dispatch, sent from Lyons yesterday morning, states that that town then enjoyed perfect tranquillity." M. DE LAMARTINE has published in the Pays an arti cle which occupies one side of the paper, urging the im mediate repeal of the Electoral Law of May, 1850. The National, in a notice of the check recently re ceived by the English Ministry, expresses its surprise and regret that the Liberals of the House of Com mons should have compromised their honour and their inte rests by playing the game of the Tories. M. EMILE DE GIRARDIN publishes an article in the Presse in which he accuses General CHANGARNIER of having, in March, 1848, offered M. LEDRU ROLLIN to invade England with 12,000 men, and proclaim a re public. The Paris correspondent of the Indipendance of Brussels, writing on Sunday, says:—" The affair of the conversation between General CHANGARNIER and M. DE PRESIGNY is not terminated. lam assured that M. DE PRESIGNT is disposed to cause to be printed let ters written by a third party, who represented himself as an intermediary invested with the confidence of the General, and being able to speak in his name. The let ters, lam told, are twelve in number. If the fact be real, it will only prove one thing, namely, that M. DE PRESIGNY, who long had friendly relations with the General, very ill appreciated his character, which is to cold, reserved, and prudent., that a prince of the Orleans family justly said of him, 'lf the General thought that his hat had divined what he thinks, ho would burn it.' " Monday being the anniversary of the death of the Emperor NAPOLEON, a religious service was performed iu the church of the Hotel des Invalides. The PRESI DENT of the Republic, the VICE•PRESIDENT, the EX KING of Westphalia, and several other members of the BostapaßTE family, were present. The congregation was very numerous. Several of the generals and other officers of the empire attended, as did also Marshal NAR VAEZ, The railings of the column of the Place Ven dome were on this, as on former occasions, covered with funeral wreaths, brought thither chi‘:fly by old officers and soldiers of the empire. Two reports were presented to the Assembly. The first recommended the rejection of a proposition of M. Mica for a General Exhibition in Paris. The second opposed a proposition of M. HOWYN-DE-TRANCHERE for the formation of a Committee to follow the opera tions of the Agronomical Institute of Versailles. At the sitting of the Assembly yesterday, M. PIERIE PRADIE laid on the table the following proposition:— " The President of the Republic and the Ministers shall be impeached if they do not dissolve, according to the law, the committees and re-unions which ostensibly have for their object to promote the election to the Presidency of the Re public of a candidate who cannot be consti utionally elevated to that dignity. They shall also be guilty of high treason if they do not enforce against the distributor of lists, of pro fessions of faith, or writings of every description having the same object, the laws intended for the repression of such acts." The speculators at the Bourse appear to have re covered from the panic of Monday, and public securi ties improved in price. The Five per Cents. opened at 90t, 50c., and closed at 90f. 60c. The Three per Cents. closed at 561, 40c.; Orleans Railroad Shares, 820 f. ; Havre, 252 f. 50e. ; Great Northern, 477 f. 50c.; Avignon, 2101. Basle, 1431. 75c.; Bordeaux, 4031. 75c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 367 f. 50c.; Tours and Nantes, 276 f. 25c. SUBINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 6. Boulogne and Amiens, 9 3 4 —Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 174—East Indian, 15%—Luxembourg, —Northern of France, 15—Paris and Rouen, 24%—Rouen and Havre, 10—West Flanders, 31/g. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the Ist have arrived. Their contents are without interest. MADRID BOLSA., MAY I.—The Three per Cents. were done at 35a for time; the Four per Cents. at 14k; the Fivo per Cents. at 16; tho Debt without Interest at 6 7-16; and the Coupons at 831,-. THE SHARE MARKETS ERITISR RAILWAYS. Railways. Aberdeen.. .. • • • • Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, & E. Junelon Belfast and County Down Binning, Womerhamp., and Stour Valley Birkenh., Lan., & Chesh June late 331. 6s. Bd.. Do. Chest. & Birkenhd., 501. & 251. Consolidated Do., do., 20/. .. Bristol and Exeter.. Caledonian • • • • • • Chester and Holyhead .. Direct Lond. and Portsm. Dublin and Belfast Junct. Dublin and Kingstown.. Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction .. • • Do., New .. East Anglian (251. L. & E. and L. & D.) •. •• Do. (181. E. & 11.) • . 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. D. & C. stee.k 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, aid 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., M. &IS (c) London and S.-Western . Do. new 501. Do. new 401. .. Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock .. Manchester, Sheffield, & Lincolnshire Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union Midland .. Do. 501. shares .. Do. Birming & Derby Midland Gt. West. (Ire.) Newcastle and Carlisle.. Do. quarter shares .. Newmarket .. Newport, Abergavenny, and llereford Newry and Enniskillen.. Newry, Warrenpoint, & Rostrevor Norfolk Do. New 20/. shares.. Northern Counties Union North British.. North Staffordshire .. North-Western .. North & Sth.-West.June. Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton.. .. Scottish Central .. Scottish Midland Do. new .. Shrews. & Birm., Masi A Do. Class B Chrews. & Hereford., Old Do., do., New .. Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves Do. Oswestry Do. New.. .. Shropshire Union Do., A, B, C, & D, fhlly paid up at per cent . • South Deven South-Eastern South Wales.. .. • • south Yorksh. and River Shell., Roth., and Goole, South Division Stockton and Hartlepool 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 ~ Whitenaven and Furness York, Newcastle, & Ber wick .. Ditto and Newcasth Extension .. Ditto G.N.E. purchase York and North Midland, Nomlial Prices. LINES LEAS: IN te 14 4%-b 1O) -11 17% 100 .• - •• 80 -82 14% - 1470 23 -24 20 - 1Y Cs, 10 -11 4% - 8 - 7% - 6% -., 4% -.3% 16% - IN 6% -6 14% -35% 7% - gm % - % 1 1 0 100 t 6 8 lil% - 11% 6% -6% 12% - 1234 42 —4B ing —8854 14%-1b 81 —B3 10 —ll p, 1 13 4 4734 100 63 63% 9 % 8 d. 6 x —6% dls, 5% 5 d. 17 —lB 814 - 834 %- % P 9734 9834 12834 —129 5 1 4 —6% ID. bq IS% p. 2 74 3 36 P. 88 34 8934 534 434 db. 434 33,4 cue. 3% ...It d. 100 42 34 4 2 0 100 34 -35 2)4 dia. 6314 —63% —l2%dis. 36 —33 o• ..... .. 9% ... 9% 3Y4 3 dis. 4 %► 4% dia. 26 —94 13 —l2 dls. 3% dls., 3% 10 16 2-3 6% -6% dis. 10% —lO at X I % P 17 —1734 1 6X 16% 234 10% lb% 15% die. 46 4 dis. 3% 3)4 as. 2 134 clis. 18% 19% 9 —9% 14 % —14% 34 34 Cs. N— 3 d. [7 .. - 19 27% - kg 31 - 31% % —34 dis. Bwrineas done to-day. 1% % 17 18% 18%% 6% 8714 88 11% 4X -4% 9%-10 iM -- .6!i es. 63 62) 17% % 9$ [2ilU 3i U ii 9 aim. 63 62% 21% % 2 % 434 dia, 3% die. 16 —lb dia. 5 -- 4 d. 17 —is % 5 % —4% dia. • —7% .... •• Ls% 19 213 -22 3% 33( dls. I% —1% dls. 2G% 27 2 7Yi 3( % 165 26%31 GERMANY. The Presbury Gazette publishes a letter from Vienna of the 29th ult., stating that the Emp eror of AUSTRIA has, for some time past, exhibited symptoms of pulmo nary consumption. Voss's Gazette of Berlin states, on authority of a letter from Vienna, that Count DIETRICIISTEIN, who has been sent to Paris by the Austri an C a b inet on a special mission respecting the entran ce of Austria with all her States into the Germanic Conf e d erat i on, has forwarded satisfactory intelligence to his Uovern meat. REUNION DES ARTS.—On Monday evening this society opened its first soiree at the private rooms, 27, Queen, Anne-street, with a variety of excellent vocal and instru mental music, to which Miss Day, Mademoiselle Rum mel, Mademoiselle Lavinia, Mr. De Munck, Mr. Goffrie, Herr Schmidt, and Mr. Frederick Chatterton admirably eon • tributed, amidst the great applause of a very select audience. The lower apartments were appropriated to the fine arts, where amongst the paintings we remarked some of the best of Landseer, Taylor, Zweeker, Haag, Kempf, Bartholomew, &c. During the interval of the mu sical performance, Mr. F. Chatterton delivered a short and appropriate address, an d announced that the soirees would be continued every Monday throughout the season. The ' party broke up about 11 o'clock, with great satisfaction to the committee and its I nembers. BANQUET TO T HE , F OREIGN C OMMISSION ERS. —A t a meeting o f th e C oaric il of C ha i rmen of the M etropo li tan Commission, presided over by their Noble President, it was unanimously resolved to invite the Foreign Commissioners to an entertainment. The invitation will be extended to the foreign Ambassadors and Ministers, and the principal of d e members of th e R oyal Commission Executive. The banquet will be up on a scale ot ' great splendour, and fully maintain our national c h aracter for hospitality. The t h i a r n d d out seriesby t h o e f c o p t. p u o b r l a i t e i o n b a o t f h L i n i v g er p p originated sow completed, a n d will beonday next. opened f or b us i ness on Monday next. 1 `lire regret to announce that Viscount Newry ex pired yesterday at his residence in Grosvenor-crescent. ERRATUM.-411 the notice of the performances at that clever actress, Airs. C. lio reman , the Strand Theatre, in Yeste r d ay ' s i mpression, wa3 erroneously the name of ripted 110UMWO!" AT 'TALE. Railways. Leasing Paid. Nominal Prices. Business Companies.done to-day. • Berksandllants Ex. 5 per Cent. Gt. Western 8 34 —1 P. Bir. and Oxford Junc.,callsduly paid, or with a guarantee .. Do .. all 2854 2934 Do., withou a guarantee .. Do .. all 27 —2B Rum., Wol. ' & Dud.,calls duly paid, or with a guarantee •. Do .. 15 834 9 34 p Do., without a guarantee •• Do • 15 7 —8 p Buckinghamsh. Lon. &N, gyp, all 1734 —lB 17% Clydesdale June Caledonian a ll 41 —43 E. Lin., Guar. 6 per Cent. •• G. Northern all 32 34 —33 Gloucester and Dean Forest Gt. Western 20 par 1 p Hull and Selby Yk. &N. 1/. all 101% 10254 Do. •54 Shares Do .. .. all 50 54 515( Do. 34 Shares Do .. all 22 54 2354 Leeds and Brad. 511dlead .. all 98% 9954 Lon. and Green. S. Eastern .. all 11% 11% Do., Pref. .. Do .. all 23 54 2434 Lowestoft, Gd. 4 per Cent. •• Norfolk .. all 15 —l6 Do., 6 per cent Do .. .. all 311ddiesbro' and Redcar, 6p. ct Stoat& Dar all .. N. & East, per Cent. •. E. Counties . all 54 —56 Do. New .. Do • . • • 43 4 6 p Preston and 1 L. &N. W.} all 42 —44 wyre S &La.& T. Do. 54 Shares ADo .. 1034 734 113ip. Read., Guild., and Reigate .. S. Eastern all 21 215{ 21% % Roy. & Ilitchin G. Northern 6 1 4 7% 856 •o. Shep. Ex.. Do .. •. 3% 134 I%p. Shef., Roth. and Goole, 3 per ct. Lane. &York 18 11 6 .. South Staffords. Mr. M'Clean 9 34 3 dia. Wear Val. 6 per Cent. gua. Stock.& Dar. all 24 2434 Do. do. .. Do .. Do. do. •• Do Wilts, Som., & Weymouth .. Gt. Western all 45 453; SR/i.RES. ion Railways, Paid, Nominal Prices. Business done ro the tch Aberdeen .. all 34 dig die. Caledonian 101. , 10 6% —6% e- Chester and Holyh ea d a n 16% 16% • Dund. Per. & Aber. Juno, an dis• ri- East Anglian (31. 10s.) led 6 per cent. .. a n )01' Eastern Counties E x t on , 5 per cent. No. 1 all % % P % pm es, Do. No. 2 all % die —34 1 ) o . ; Do. New 6p. cent. Stock 10 11 % 11% C. • Eastern Union, S crip guaran. 6 per cent. all 16% 16% 16% IS, Do. 10/. Deben. Shares . all ,• —•• East Lancashire, 6 per cent. quarter share s .. a ll • • '" E. &W. York. June. sths all %d .• Edin. Per. &Dun.s4 p. et. an 81s. par ns Glasgow & S.-W. Consol. 'CO • • •• • • 54 Gt. Northern, 5 per cent. all 13% 13% en Great South. & Western (Ireland) eighths .. 1 p. Lancashire and York shire, F. 201. • . • • 6 1% -1% dia. Do. 6 per ct. Stock .. 100 131% — 133 % Leeds and Thirsk, 6 per cent., No. 1 11 .. =• • p Do. quarters, 184$ 9 1% 2 p 8 . London, Brighton, and South Coast guar. 5 per 1; et., late Croydon thirds 100 .. •••• • • it D o . pref., 5 P ct. St oc k , 1851, trom 501. share. E 100 114 120 Do. new guar., 6 per et. 100 135 138 London &S.-W., new .. 5 2% —29 y p. Londonderry and Ennis a killen, half shares .. 10 .• •••• • • Manch., Sheffield, and Line., guar. slam, No. 1 all 13% 13% 13% Do. new, 101. • • all 12 —l2 % Do., 6/. • • • • .. .. 3 % P Midland Con. 6p. e. stock 100 132% 133% Do. Consel. Bristol & Birming., 6 per cent... 100 .• Et Do. Bristol & Glouces. 48 .. Norfolk Extension .• all 16% 17% Do. guar. 5% per cent. all 4% —4% ' Do. Waveney Valley .. 2 .. North British .. ...b 4% 534 5 % 0 xf. Wor. &W 01.15/.6 p.c 2 1 p 2% Shrewsbury and Birm. Now Guaranteed .. all 11 11% 1 Shrews. and Ches. (Nor. 1, W. Min.) S per cent. all 15 15% . South Devon •• •• all 13 —l5 South-Eastern, 434 p. ct. 10 —• • Waterford & K ilkenny, 51. I • • WestLondon,lst CI. (101.) all .. —• • Do. 2d Class de. (par) all • • York, Newc, and Berw., Gt. N.of E. Fur,.. all 16% —l6 if 4% 4if York and North Midland 11. and S. Parch. .. 10 1% dia. 9 :WOREIGN. Boulogne and Amiens .. all 9% — 9% Central of France (Or leans and Vierson) .. all 17% 17% Demerara . all • • —• • Dutch Rhenish 8 5 —4% dLs. East Indian .. • . 14 1 % 134 p. 15 % 76 Do. do. do. Great Indian Peninsula.. all 34 Ditto ditto .. 7% 2% 34 Louvain ala Samtre . —• • Luxembourg .. 8 1 —l% Ditto • • • • • • • • 10 314 % Madrid and Valenta .. Maria Antonia 25 7 8 Ditto, New Namur and Liege .. .• an 7 3( 8'( Northern of France .. 16 14% —l5 15 1 4% 8 Orleans and I3ordeaux 8 4 —3% Paris and Orleans all 32 —34 tl Paris and Rouen • • ••all 2434 24% Paris and Strasbourg 16 5% 534 diS. Rouen and Havro .. all 914 10 '4 ti Sambre and Meuse 20 Tours and Nantes .. 8% dia. Toumay, , Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasson .. all et West ors • 8% 2% .77 West kialvi ors • • 2,i 7 , 7 3% MAY 7, 1851. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at from 3,000 to 3,500 bales, of which 500 were taken for ex port, and 500 on speculation. The market was quiet at pre vious rates.—Railway Shares were again depressed. In a report by Messrs. William Short and Co.. upon the Iron trade, it is stated " Rails have been in limited demand during last month, and the price is considerably easier. For Welsh bars there has been very limited inquiry; first-class makes have been offered at 91. 12s. 6d., per ton in Wales, and second-class at 4/. 10s. Welsh Pig Iron and Refined Metal are very diffi cult of sale. In Scotch Pig Iron there has also been a limited business, but owing to the favourable effect of large shipments from Glasgow and neighbourhood, the price has not declined below 408. 6d. per ton for mixed num bers, ordinary brands, cash against immediate shipment. Swedish Iron is firm, with a small amount of business. The accounts from France, Germany, and other places ad vise a moderate business in staples and manufactures, but certainly not so much activity as could be desired. The Baltic ports suffer from the low price of grain and the coin petition of the French growers. The authorities at Washington have directed that the duties on produce from Canada sent in bond to New York for exportation, shall in future be collected at the frontier port on their entering the States, to be refunded afterwards less 2 1 / 2 per cent. on production of a certificate that the pro duce has actually been exported. The rule to be thus en forced is the same with that which now exists with respect to the importation of goods in bond from Europe, through the United States for Canada. cord Vs/ harneliffe, as President of the Committee for Pro moting Tribunals of Commerce, and Mr. Montague Gore, Mr. Richard Thornton, Mr. Arthur Anderson, M.P. for Orkney, and others as members, have requested the mer chants generally of the City to meet them to-morrow at the London Tavern, and hear explanations as to the objects in view. There was a slight decline yesterday afternoon in the rates for Bills of Exchange on Paris, Antwerp, Amsterdam, and Trieste, but on Paris the quotations were firm. There is an impression that the demand for silver has been to a great extent satisfied, but we hear that at the lower rates there is still a good inquiry. Gold at Paris bears a higher relative value to silver than it did. The amount of bills drawn by the East India Company during the last fortnight has been very small, viz., 8,7961. 15s. 6d. on the three Presidencies, the terms being 2s. Id. on Bengal and Madras and 2s. I%d. on Bombay. This is rather in favour of the assumption that the balance of trade between England and India is becoming more in our favour, or that, at least, the demand for specie in the East is less urgent. The English Stock Market has been very steady, and the renewed defeat of the Ministry appears to have had no im pression on the marker. The business doing neverthe less, much more limited than yesterday. Consols have been quoted 96 3 4 to 97 for Money and Account. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have realized 97% j t . and the Three per Cents. 96 to V t . Bank Stock has been dull at 210, and India Stock at 260. Exchequer-bills are 495. to 525. premium. The Foreign Stock Market has been exceedingly quiet and prices are in several instances almost nominal. Spanish Five per Cents, have been quoted 19%, and the Passive Bonds 5%. Brazilian Stock has been at 88 , 4 to 89, and Buenos Ayres at 56, Mexican Bonds are 35%, and. Peru vian 84. Russian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 99%. Ifs Shares there continues to be only a very limited busi ness doing, and prices are much as before. Buyers now have an advantage, and it is fully expected that the traffic returns ere long will so much increase as to give a great impetus to the dealings. QUARTER TO THRE ‘, Consols ... .. ... 96i 97 Ditto Account, May 13 ... ... 96i 97 BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Rank Stock 210 8 par Celt. Reduced Annuities 961/ 96 96 1 4 R par Cent. Consols Anna New 314 per Cent. Anna ....... ...... 97 1 ,4 3 4 :.vat Annuities. Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 — De.3o Years, Expire Oct. 10, 1859 7 3-16 Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 7 9-16 India Stook 260 Ceautis for Aecount 9C E c.cheener ICUs. 14d. 2d. March. June. 1,0001.....,.... — 50 52 49 p , tithe ••••• 53 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds. 5 per Cont. B9 8811 Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. ... 56 Danish Bonds 1825, 3 per Cent.... Ditto, 5 per Cent IO 2 IA Mixisan 8eng5,1848,5 per Cent., Coupon/ Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto for the Account ..... Peruvian Bonds, 5 per Cent..... Ditto Account .., Russian Bonds, 183 2, Ditto 4 1 ,4 per Cen Spanish Bonds, 5 per Ditto Account ... Ditto Passive Bonds... vividends on the oho' 84 , 5 per Cent — Lt. 99% Cent — 19 ire payable in London. COIJESE OF Amsterdam .......... 11 15% Ditto, three months.. 11 17 Botterdain .... •• .. 11 17 Antwerp 25 25 Brussels .• .• 25 25 Ebunburgh . • M.B. 13 7% Lltona •••••••• • • • • • • •• Paris, 3 days'sight .. • 25 0 Ditto, 3 months .... 25 2l Marseilles ............ 25 25 80nrdeaux......... • Vrankforton Maine.... 119 Berlin.- .. • • .• • . .. • • • • Vienna, effec. Eto 13 32 Trieste, ditto.... • • .... 13 35 Patersburgh,3ll. Rble.• 37% Madrid • • ........ 50 Cadiz •• •• • • •• • • •• •• 50% Barcelona •• • • • • • • • • • • SovIlle•••••••••••••••• ' EXCHANGE. I Gibraltar•••••••••••••• 1..egh0rn........••• • •• 80 52% 'Genoa ..•• 25 50 Naples ......••....•• Palermo,peroz........ Messina ..... L15b0n....... Rio Janeiro • • Buenos Ayres .• New York, 60 days'sight (Philadelphia 41% 124 U 124% b 3% b 3% PILICEB OP BULLION, PEE 02. Foreign Geld in bars.. £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Dollars .... • • 0 4 11% Silver in bars .... •• •• 0 5 I % LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--( THIS DAY. LONDON, MAY 7.—Wind at noon N.W., moderate breeze and cloudy. CARDIF'F, MAY 6.—The Vesta (Russian barque), bound to Naples, got aground on th e san d s 3 d inst., is much in jured, must discharge, and be dry-docked. AMLWEII, MAY 6.—The Island Maid, Newport to Liver pool, has put in with loss of forefoot and part of keel, having struck on Coal Rock near Holyhead. CLYDE.—AraI. Genevieve, Bahia. Sld. Sir Henry Par. nell, Berbice. DUBLIN, MAY s.—Wind N.N.E.—A rr d . C at h aya, Shang hai. Sldßritish Queen, New York. OFF DovEß.—Norgo, New York, for Amsterdam. COWES, /41,tv 6.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. Trident, Porto Rico. PORTLAND ROADS.—Aird. Wyckliffe, London for Laun ceston, Van Diemen's Land, with loss of her three top masts, &c. DEAL, MAY 6.—Wind N. to N.W., fresh and squally.— Arrd. Hendrika, Java, for Rotterdam; British Merchant, Manilla, for Rotterdam; Richard Cobden, Calcutta; An n Bates, Bahia; Clergyman, T r i n id a d ; British Tar, Jamaica; Alice, ditto; Commodore, ditto ; M a l mo, H avannah, for St. Petersburgh. Arrd. from the river and sld., Thames, New Yealand. Sld. Pearl, Falkland Isles, and Sun, Francisco; Lotus, Barbadoes. FALMOUTH, MAY 6.—Wind N., fresh.— Arrd. Agathe Catharine, Cape Haytien, for Copenhagen. Off port, An versars, Havannah, and sld. for Antwerp. LIVERPOOL, MAY 6. —Wind N.N.E.—Arrd. Jenny Jones, Calcutta ; Globe, Islay ; Alice Jane, Jamaica ; Eliza Bulke ley, Charleston ; Shannon, New York ; California, Bombay ; Reciprocity, Mobile; Enterprise and A. Z., Savannah, Sld. Catharine, St. Thomas's; Venus and Ann, Newfoundland ; Java Koerier, Batavia; Electric, Calcutta; Marabout, Rio Nunez; Caroline, Rio Grande; Britannia and Gerolamo, Paraiba; Mersey, New York; Herculean, Boston; Icarus, Halifax; Frederick, St. John's, New Brunswick; Mariner, Montreal; Ant, Newfoundland. The Ellen, from Glasgow, is on shore on the North Bank, but has declined assist ance. Off port, Palatine, Bombay; William Skee, Barba does ; Delta, Mobile ; Agamemnon, Emporium, Thomas Falder, Margaret steamer, and California. WISBEACII, MAY 6.—A seaman states that he belonged to the Maria, Fuchs, of and from Hamburgh for Hull, which foundered at sea this morning, and that the master and rest of the crew, two in number, were drowned, and he was picked up by a fisherman and landed at the lower part of the river. COLBERG, APRIL 29.—The Johannes, from Copenhagen, was driven on the East Mole to-day; crew saved. CIIRISTIANIA, APRIL 28.—A vessel, apparently a Norwe gian, with masts broken, in a sinking state, and part of cargo, apparently Danish, drifting near her, was passed 22d inst., eight miles south of Lendemaes. The CHIEF BARON—What would you call the Annual Register? The ATTORNEY-GENERAL--I take the real question to be— what is news? The CHIEF BARON —News becomes old after a certain length of time. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—That, of course, would resolve itself into a matter of fact. The CHIEF BARON :It is quite clear that Macaulay's "history of England" is not subject to stamp duty. The ATTORNEY -GENERAL—No oust a line of distinction must be drawn somewhere. This publication was a most re spectable and excellent production, and the parties connected with it deserved the utmost consideration both as individuals and as valuable members of the literary world. But the more successful it was the greater probability there would be of other persons publishing works of the same description, and consequently a serious inroad would be made in the re venue unless they were subject to stamp duty, and it was necessary to protect the Crown from any such loss. The Learned Counsel referred to the various Acts which had been passed relative to the stamping of newspapers, and contended that as the Household Narrative of Current Events contained news or occurrences up to within a day or two of its publica tion, it was liable to be charged with stamp-duty, and treated in every respect as a newspaper. ➢lr. PEACOCK was heard on the other side, and argued that if the construction suggested by his Learned Friend were placed on the Act, the Annual Register and other works containing news or information up to the time of pub lication would come under the provisions of the Stamp Act. The COURT took time to consider their judgment. SECONDARIES'.--(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary POTTER.) COX V. COOK. This was an action to recover the sum of 761. on an an nuity bond granted by the defendant. The defendant suffered judgment to go by default. The plaintiff's solicitor said the condition of the bond was that defendant should pay two separate annuities of 20s. per week each, payable weekly, or within one week after de mand, the penalty under the bond being 2,9001. Evidence was adduced proving that 38 payments were due ; that a demand had been made at defendant's resi dence, but he was in France. The Learned SiecoNDAxy said that the defendant had, by suffering judgment to go by default, admitted the whole facts. The jury gave a verdict for 761., the bond not carrying inter est. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) Richard Lochyer was charged with stealing a copper. of the value of 1/., the property of Mr. Bunhatn. John Gavin, a painter, in the employ of the prosecutor, stated that his master was repairing some houses at Con naught-terrace, Chelsea, on the 19th of last month. Wit ness left the one he was employed at securely fastened. On his return he found the back door open, and missed the cop per in question. Margaret Turner, a marine-store dealer, said that she bought the copper by weight of the prisoner on the night in que,tion. The prisoner, who had nothing to say in his defence, was found guilty, and sentenced to six calendar months, with hard labour, in the House of Correction. ARRIVAL OF RAJA BROOKE.—Tbe Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer, Euxine, Captain Evans, arrived at Southampton yesterday. from Constantinople, Smyrna, Malta, and Gibraltar, from which places she brought ship letter bags. Among her passengers was Sir James Brooke, Raja of Sarawak and Governor of Borneo. Sir J ames appeared in excellent h ea lth an d sp i r i ts, and was ac companied by his nephew, Mr. Grant. He stopped an hour or two at Southampton, and then took his departure for Lon don. Amongst the cargo brought by the Euxine was specie in gold and silver, valued at 60,0 , 01., from Constantinople. The Euxine left Malta on the 25th, and Gibraltar on the 3 th. The Right Hon. More O'Ferrall, the Governor of Malta, was to leave Malta a day or two after the Euxine left, and intended to reach England Lid Rome. Mn. THOMAS DUNCOMBE AND HIS POPISH RE SOLUTION.—We understand that Mr. Thomas Duncombe has already begun to repent the pledge he came under to the Irish Members, to bring forward the Popish resolution, which we gave on a former occasion. He is described to us as being just now in a very pitiable state of mind, in consequence of the conflict which i s go i ng on within, be tween what he had undertaken to do, and what he now feels would be the course which prudence would dictate. We shall be able in a day o r t wo t o g i ve t h e H on . G en tl eman ' s final conclusion on the subject. But be that conclusion what it may, he will soon find that his recent Popish and most un natural associations will have put an extinguisher on his Parliamentary life. Coming events cast their shadows be fore. We already hea r by ant i c i pat i on the electors o f Fins bury telling him that h e w ill never more b e represen t a t ive of theirs.—Adeertiser. FURIOUS DRivriva.—At the Lambeth Police court yesterday Mr. Elliott inflicted a fine of 30s. on Mr. Isaac Williamson, the landlord of the Crown Inn, at Croydon, and the proprieto r o f an omn ib us w hi c h Jr himself drives, for furious driving i n th e ne i g hb our hood of Kennington-gate ; and a fine of 10s. on Robert Overall, the driver of one o f Balls' omnibuses, for a similar offence. The prisoners were racing at the time, the race having been commenced by Williamson. PROPOSED RIDE ACROSS KENSINGTON•GARDENs. —A very numerous deputation, representing the inh a bi tants of Kensington, Bayswater, and Paddin gton,, heeded by Archdeacon Sinclair, Mr. Evans, M. l ~ a nd accompani e d b y - Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P. , had an interview with Lord Seymour at the , ffice of . the Woods , and Forests, to protest against the threatened ride across Kensington -gardens. The deputation enforced upon Lord Seymour their nothtieongSao injury which would be done to the frequenters of invalids, and gardens e the n h s e children, by carrying into . effect the contemplated of all classes. and more particularly en to ien l ce ad w i which might arise portion of Hyde-park altera tions, and showed that any inconvenience ah) to equestrians from the effect no b t ei t li o g be w itchodmrpaewnn being f r a time taken from Kensington-gardensthemoii accustomed to take . their walks . there, fromsat e d those s e e n m y ? m a rt wereof accu and expressed their hope that his ordship, considering the strong feeling entertained by the public ' on the subject, would reconsider the question. I ord Seymour having made his bow, the deputation retired 4 nd of assembled at the Ship Hotel, Chaiing-cro4s, to concert measures for carrying their object into effect. ' COLLISION AT SEC —At half-past two on Monday morning the schooner Fife, of Exeter, 11. Dare, from Exeter to .Newcastle, while o ff B eachy Head, was run down b y a foreign brig. She filled immediately, and sank in twenty fathoms of water. The crew had just time to push off one of the boat s an d throw a few clothes into it previous to leaving the ill-fated schooner. The crew were picked up by the brig James, of Bermuda, and were landed at Hastings on Mond a y. Th e Fif e was en gaged in the coal trade. THE LATE MELANCHOLY CASE OF SHOOTING IN CUMBERLAND.—The Carlisle Patriot states that the Rev. Joseph Smith is in much better health, and that the Rev. Gentleman was admitted to bail on Tuesday. His sureties were W. P. Johnson, Esq., Walton Souse, and the Rev. C. Beaon, vicar yf Brampton. CHANCERY. -(THIS DAY.) IN RE DYCE SOMBRE. His Lordship, assisted by Sit G. K. Bruce, was engaged the whole day in hearing this petition in lunacy. The name of Mr. Dyce Sombre, the subject of the petition, formerly the Member for Sudbury, has been frequently before the public in connexion with former petitions. The affidavits and arguments were at great length,and promised to extend over a much longer time than the present day. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) TRISTON V. EARDETT. The arguments in this part-heard case, which have already occupied the Court two days, were again resumed this morning. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Vice-Chancellor TURNER.) Ilia Honour was occupied to-day with small causes, none of which were of importance. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco ) THE QUEEN V. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. Lord CAMPBELL gave judgment in this case, which was a rule for a peremptory mandamus requiring the London and North-Western Railway Company to make their Burton branch. The answer of the company to the rule was that their compulsory powers for takiug land had expired, and they had, therefore, no authority to make the required branch. The Court was of opinion that the company was entitled to their judgment, and the rule was accordingly dismissed. THE QUEEN V. NORFOLK RAILWAY COMPANY. Mr. CROWDER, Q.C., appeared in support of this manda mus, but as the circumstances of the case were precisely similar to those disclosed in the judgment which the Court had just pronoanced, he did not think it advisable to trouble the Court with any arguments.—llule discharged. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) IN RE AN ATTORNEY. Mr. PRENTICE applied for a rule, calling upon an attorney of the court to show cause why his name should not be struck off the rolls. The Learned Gentleman made the motion nnder the following circumstances. In 184 S, three young men, named Salmon, became entitled to a freehold estate at Little Bonfield, under the will of th> it uncle, and by the ad vice of the attorney in question, who, it was alleged acted in collusion with one of the trustees,the property was put up for sale, and sold to himself and the trustee for 2,0001. less than its real value. Eventually, however, the young men were induced to file a bill in Chancery to set aside the sale on the ground of fraud, and in his answer to that bill the attorney not only committed perjury, but embodied documents or re ceipts tor money which subsequently turned out to be for geries. He was therefore indicted for perjury and found guilty, but a new trial had since been granted upon some technical objection that had been taken to the form of the indictment.—Application granted. EXCHEQUER. -(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) THE ATTORNEY -GENERAL V. BRADBURY AND EVANS. This was an information filed by the Attorney-General against Messrs. Bradbury and Evans, the printers, for knowingly and wilfully printing a certain newspaper, entitled A Household Narrative of Current Events, without being stamped according to the provisions of the 6 and 7 William IV., chap. 76. The parties had agreed to a special case, whereby if the Court should be of opinion that the publica tion ought to be stamped, judgment was to he given for the Crown, and if they were of a contrary opinion, a nolle pro sequi was to be entered. l'he Attorney-General and Mr. Crompton conducted the case for the Crown, and Mr. Peacock and another Learned Gentleman appeared for the defendants. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said this was a case of consider able importance with reference to the revenue derived by the Crown from the stamps on newspapers, but the question would be found to be contained in a very small com pass. It depended entirely on the construction to be placed on the 6th and 7th of William IV., c. 76, which imposed certain duties on publications or newspapers, set forth in the schedule attached to the Act. The schedule stated that any paper containing any public news, intelli gence, or occurrences, or any remarks or observations there on, printed in any part of the United Kingdom for sale, and published periodically, or in parts or numbers, at intervals not exceeding twenty-six days, should be deemed and taken to be a newspaper within the meaning of the Act, and be chargeable with duty. There could be no doubt that it was a publication containing p u bli c news, intelligence, and oc currences, to be dispersed and made public ; but the question arose whether the interval between the publication of one number and another brought it within the operation of the Act ? MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAT.) CORN EXCHANGE WEDNESDAY The quantity of English Wheat on sale in to-day's mar ket being very limited, factors generally were firm. The amount of business doing, however, was comparatiiely small. at Monday's quotations. Upwards of 12,000 quar ters of Foreign Wheat have come to hand since Saturday, and a large portion has been landed in warehouse. Fine dry qualities changed hands slowly, at full currencies ; but the middling and inferior kinds were quite neglected. In floating cargoes nothing doing. The show of Barley samples was small. On the whole, the trade ruled Jinn, at very full prices. Malt —the supply of which ready' for delivery was tolerably good moved off slowly at late rates. We had a fair inquiry for Oats, Beans, and Peas, at full quo tations. Flour and Indian Corn ruled dull, but they were not considered cheaper. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. 1 Barley. I Malt. Oats. Flour. Qrs. English .. •• •• 1,560 Foreign ......J 12,320 Qrs. 2,570 Qrs. 1,050 800 17,030 Sacks 2,130 IMO I BOROUGH flop MAREET. I Our market is in a very depressed state, and last week 's prices are almost nominal. The show of samples is good. 171111TECEMPEL. The supply of meat being on the increase, the general de mand is in a very sluggish state, and prices are with diffi culty supported. Beef, from 2s 2d to 3s 4d ; Mutton, 2s 4d to 3s 8d; Lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 8d; Veal, 3s to 4s; Pork, 2s 6d to 3s 10d per 81bs by the carcase. NEWMARKET RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) The Jockey Club Plate. Nutcracker walked over Sweepstakes of 50 soya. each. Last three miles of B.C. Nutshell ... ... walked over ENTRIES FOR WEDNESDAY. Handicap Plate of 501. New T.Y.C. Montprnsier, aged, Bst 81b; St. Fabian, 4 yrs, 7st; Visite, 3 yrs, 6st 71b; Longinus, 4 yrs, Bst 81b; Juggler, 5 yrs, 6st 121 b; Harp, 3 yrs, 6st 71h; Mickleton, 4 yrs, Bst 41b; Sardanapalus, 3 yrs, 6st 81b; Mangel Wurzel filly, 3 yrs, 6st 1111; Prf.slan, 3 yrs, 7st 131 b; Knight of the Thistle, 3 yrs, 6st 81b; Black Sea, 3 yrs, sst 121 b; Sagacity, aged, 7st llb; Palmyra filly, 3 yrs, Est 71b; Virago filly, 3 yrs, sst 81b. PORK FOR THE NAVY.—The Lords of the Tren• sury have given directions for the free delivery, at D eptford Dockyard, of two cargoes of Dan.tzic pork, for the service of the Victualling Department,. I 1 P OUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at a few minutes past Twelve o'clock. Captain HARRIS said, if the House or the country wanted any additional proof of the int fficiency of the Government, it would be found in. the fact that they neglected to introduce a Bill on this important subject. In many respects he approved of the present Bill, but he would rather see it in the hands of the Government, than a private Member. Mr. LABOUC LIBRE said, upon various occasions he had ventured to introduce a measure upon this subject, u able the m to motion carry r s such a going but he was always opposed, as well by his own friends as by Hon. Gentl , m. n opposite; and how ever efficient in s r,ogth a Government might be, h e s h ould ever de s Pli rof e ash e Board o of s should de supportbeing into Committ is . He meas r t t h. (LEP"' SITI'IMQ ) COFFEE AND EATING HOUSE E.EEPERS' ASSOCIA TION.—The annual festival of this society took place yester day evening at the Freemasons' Tavern ; Donald Nicoll, Esq., late sheriff,of London, in the chair. About one hundred members of the association sat down to dinner. chairman, w The c ustomary in p loyal t oasts were proposed • by the ho, ropo-in the rincip of the evening, referred to the opinion exp p ressed al by a toast celebrated statesman, who had been compelled to seek an asylum in this country, that while charities on the Continent were sup ported by the Government, in this country they were self supporting. Among these the present association was one of those of its body who, the most important and influential, since it provided for for its assistance, b of deceased' members, enablei to ciecome industriousandcompelledthroughreverseresortto might, n m de e r mb it e s rs fo o s f ter s i o n e g iet c.a y. re, F N r v o e u r l e the report submitted to him he was enabled to congratulate them on an increase of their funds, and an improvement ge nerally in their income : and he trusted that his unskilled advocacy would not tend to the prejudice of the institution, (whose welfare and prosperity he was anxious to promote.— Cheers.) The health of the chairman was afterwards pro posedre by Mr. Leeson. The Chairman, in acknowledgingn his compliment, said he had always felt it his duty during relieve erw u leaae l stvi geidwruteiblisltit shrievalty, andhe did so still, to evince his sympathy wantsthose b o e r n e t :fp: y e i n a t t einstitutions sufferings whose ngs of object their wfea. and " The ~ were cordially r T e h sp e o ' n ' d ll ed ea r l o tt y of 3 tp r e . A Pr li e e s n ic , lent and Vicel r r e e a s s i Trus tees," " The Committee and Auditors, of 10. guineas,ame who read a long list of subscrip tions Humphreys, the treasurer, portion of the in the Course of the evening, re ceived, and appropriately acknowledged WbhyichAf t r i . 1 e J n . B. various pieces, and there band of the Coldstream played__es , llent singing by m a o n f d the m c a h n a y irm or a h n is wa rr s ie in n e d l s u f d o e r d sm t , ai t i h er e s a u m m o s. unt A was some exce srs. Perren, Banks, and was an efficient toastmaster. Becket in the course of the evening. Mr. Harker, as usual, BIRTHS. OF A 801 f, t i h ?,s e (l 3 ., d i‘ i .p st . ., at Wilton-pl ace, the lady of R. B. She the 2d inst., at Tunbrid ge-wen , , the wif© of J osep h Stevenson n v n enson, Esq. ltdRiZH At St. Mary's, Bathwi c k, on thea ,9th. ult. the Rev. Thomas Cos, M.A., curate of Timberscombe, Somerset, to Laura, Eleanor, second daughter of \\r 11. Jones, Esq., of Bawdry, Pembrokeshire. On the 3d inst., Ur DIED arcade. Haymarket. . James Concannon, of the Opera- On the 4th inst., at Staines, R. Horne, Esq., aged 63. On the 4th inst., at Islington, R. Oldershaw, Esq., aged 55. On the 3d inst., at Tunbridge-wells, Caroline Weolmer, the wife of the Rev. D. Winhaw, aged 34. On the 3d inst., aged 88, Charlotte, relict of the late Mr. J. Gurney, of West -end, Northolt, Middlesex. London Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Pt ter, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, izt the county of Kiddleo; Wedge Jay e Kay 7, 1401, PERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DA Y.) NAVY ESTIMATES. S the House irE.BAR g I o into Committee NG gav e mates on Monday next, and said h e wo uld propose first the vote respecting allowances to retired captains. e notice o n heth Navywould that e first PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented against Papal ag gression. for liircuebright in favour of the Education Bill Mr. F. MACKENZIE presented a petition . Scotland. from Lan.' Mr. W. PATTEN presented a petition , , e , cashire against any system of national education which did not combine religious instruction. a place Mr. LOCKHART presented a petition from in Scotlsnd against the admission of Jews into Parliament. Carling Mr. FORBES presented a petition from - from against Lord Meleund's Education Bill. Mr. OSWALD presented a petition to the samo from Stirling. Mr. SCOTT presented a petition in favour of the el l ' tire cessation of Pest -office labour on Sunday. AYLF,SI3URy ELECTION. On the motion of Mr. ROUNDELL PALMER' 1 te g .. Select Committ ee was appointed to inquire into the...!lunl gations contained in the petitions o f Thomas bt Bradford and John Strutt. AUDI I.' OF RAILWAY ACCOUNTS On the motion 'or going into Committee on this Bill , Mr. LABOUCIJERE said that th e o bject of the p r o, sent Bill was to provid e an efficient audit o f railway °e; couias for the benefit of ra il way shareholders , but e! w e careful consideration of it, h e h a d come to t h e co nclusroai that the present Bill would not be efficient for that puts. pose, and he thoueht, had it been law a few yes" a g n ; it would not h ave p revente d the great excitelfe et which then existed o n this subject. Yet he could w deny that there wer e many provisions in the Bill wn u l ei lbi would be of groat use, but the principle of it he s h° ,4 e entirely object to. His opinion was that DO PT°r ree railway audit could be established except by first else:. r e the auditors in a situation entirely independent and ui fluenced by a n y p art i es w h atever; but he felt qu i te eel vinced that if h e hi mse lf attempted to bring in aßillelhii t he should consid er efficient, he would never be able prevail upon the H ouse to sanct i on it, so great wa s ! he 1 ., influence of railway dir ec t ors i n t h e House, an d so l a.. different were those w h o were not connected w i t h rail' ways, to everythin g connecte d w i t h the subject. Mr. B. DENISON quite agreed with the Right MoD Gentleman that this Bill would do no good whatever, : 4, in fact would c reate more difficulty than now exis t ' ee , In his opinion th e Government ought to take up tr., question, for none oth ers cou ld carry any Bill that s oul be efficient. He should oppose the Bill in all its stagf , 1 1 ; Mr. E. ELLICE, ju n ., sa id that i t would on ly u consistent, if the, House adopted the principle of this B i • with regard to railw a y s , th ey must extend it to all COip panies, banking, assurance, and of all kinds whatever. Mr. LOCKE thought it was a little hard that Sere Gentlemen, who had tried their hands unsuccessfully or`` Railway Audit Bills, should now come forward and d c) " all they could to thwart those who took the trouble to. prepare the present Bill. He hoped the House, after' affirming its p r i nc ipl e , wou ld not now, on the eve going into Committee, allow these gentlemen to delay the Bill. Mr. HUME was averse to anything like Governmen t interference in the affairs of companies. There was ne t : the slightest reason f or it; and for his own part he would advise Government to have nothing to do with the core"' mercial affairs of private companies, beyond given thee; every facility of managing their own affairs in a legal' marner. Mr. STANFORD said many persons who originally purchased their shares at par had been forced, by th e pressure of the times to sell out at a large sacrifice: and the majority of the present holders having got in at great discounts were now receiving very respectable dividends. They therefore did not care much about this question; but nevertheless, although they were si lent upon the subject, they were still opposed to this' Bill, because it involved the whole question of railway management, whereas it ought to have been confined to the simple matter of rendering accounts. But what W9* there in the spirit of this Bill which could protect the great body of the shareholders any more than th existing system? Depend upon it, that no independent audit would ever be ebtained until they insisted upon having auditors who were bond fide share or bondholders, and who were thoroughly beyond the control of the di rectors or the managers of the company. That was the policy which railway shareholders should adopt, and then they might hope to receive a sure and continuous audit. With regard to railway debentures, he would suggest that every bond should be registered, and then there would be a check against any company exceeding ite borrow ing powers. Mr. W. WILLIAMS regretted that this question had not been taken up by the Government, for no railway audit could be efficient or satisfactory, unless it was placed in totally independent hands to those of the directors. The frauds which the existing system had given rise to were truly alarming, and the consequence had been that masses of people who had inv, seed their money in rail ways had well nigh been brought to the brink of ruin. The capital invested in railways was now equal to one. third of the national debt, and the public had not the remotest protection against the malversation of the directors. How was it that railway stock was at so large a discount? Why, simply because the public had no confidence in the management of the accounts, and he therefore called upon the Government to take the matter up at once. Mr. CHAPLIN said, had this been simply an audit Bill he should not have said a single word on this occa sion; but it embraced a variety of other topics, and if it passed railways would be placed under an entirely irresponsible management. Legislative meddling in railway affairs had seriously injured the public; for, had the Legislature abstained from forcing its er roneous views upon railway companies, all classes of passengers would be travelling far more comfortably and far more cheaply than they were at the present time. He, therefore, entreated the House to leave railway directors alone, and allow them to do what experience taught them was beet for securing the interest of their shareholders, as well as the interest of the travelling - public. He moved, as an amendment, that the Bill be committed this day six months. E WART supported the Bill, and protested against the notion of handing over the auditing of private ac counts to the tender mercies of any Government official. The Bill bad this advantage at least, that it went upon the representative principle, and it would therefore place the audit directly in the hands of the shareholders themselves. Mr. HEALD was at a loss to understand what right anybody had to tell him, as a railway proprietor, he was incompetent to manage his own affairs. It was imperti nent to take up such a tone, and he hoped the House would think so too; for the future prosperity of railway com panies depended upon being let alone, - and left to the care of their own immediate managers ; who were elected by the shareholders. r