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Gd., LETTERS to JOHN BULL, Esq., on Affairs connata with his Landed Property, and the Persons who 114 1 1 42 0ni BY Sir EDWARD BULWER LYTTON', Bart. London : Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly, HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. It is respecilfallly announced that a Grand EXTRA NIGHT will tithe place TO-MORROW EVENING, May 1, when will be repeated with the original Music, Dances, &c., Auber's celebrated Opera of MUTA DI PORTICI, Of asaniello). Alfonso, SignorSeetti ; Lorenzo, Signor Mercurall ; Selva, Signor Balanchi ; MasMello, Signor Pardmi ; Pietro, M. Massol ; Isorella. Signor Lorenzo; Elvira Madame Fiorentini ; Fenella, wine. Monti. In act first, a Grand Divertisement ; La Gurache et Napolii, tairnase,.. Mews. Koblenberg, Soto, Aussandon, Soldansky , Allegri • Le lea, Emma, Dantonie, and the Ladies of the C orps de Ballet , _ Bolero, by lladllal. Mathilde, Rosa, Julien, and Larfloreux, and M. T a rantella , by Madlle. Ehrick. Finale Generale, in act third, La Amelia Feraris, M. Charles, Madlles. KohlenbeTarr.g. Soto, Aussandon, ta Mathilde, Rosa, Soltlansky, Allegrini, Pascale's, Emma, Julien, and Lemoreux, MM. Ehrick andpGaonurtiet,ie and the Ladies aad Gentlemen svf the Corps de Ballet. Grand Duo, from Cimarosi's After which will be presented the Opera, " UMatrimonio Segreto."h Count Ro binson, Signor F. La llvie• T C ag : ar biache ; Geronimo, Signor Lablac e To be folowed by a novel Divertis.,sellencth. ar otta Grisi, Idadlle. Amelia Ferr in le w s, h an ich d M. adpa Boni will appeee. o f Bellini's celebrated Opera, After which the Last Scene LA. SOITNA.MBULA. Amin ' isadile. car E ( "" un e mi n rel r ran . et, 'Jo conclude with Ve admired METAMORPHOSES. (lar iats, Grist, Mdlles. Rosa , Esper , Julien, Lamoreux, By Mall e ' -- d o n Kohlenberg, Pascales, Soldansky, Sota, MM. Alegi-int, Aussanik.,, i and Charles. lth „ ri p e p k u Lan tion l T f ag or Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, to be made at the Box Theatre. Doom opened at Seven, the Opera to Wm aftiee of the Half-pmt Seven o'clock. im ." At Ila - --- THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. James Anderson. THE GREAT EXHIBITION. THIS EVENING wlii be produced Schiller' masgnfflcent romantic Play, in Five Acts, of THE ROBBERS (adapted to the English Stage by Mr. James Anderson). Count de Moor, Mr. Cooper ; Charles de Moor, Mr. J. Anderson ; Frawcis de Moor, Mr. Cathcart; Herman, Mr. Marshall ; Karl, Mr. Rafter ; Amelia, Miss H. Gilbert. To be followed by A new grand Operatic Spectacle, entitled AZAEL, THE PRODIGAL. Reuben, Mr. Vandenhoff ; Azael, Mr. H. T. Cra ven ; Amenophis, Mr. W. West ; Bucharis, Mr. Cooper ; Sethos, Mr. Rafter; Jephtele, Miss Villars; Nefte, Mrs. Walter Lacy ; Lia, if Victorine Legrain (Premier Sujet du Opera de Paris), who has boss expressly engaged for the occasion. - - ss. Stalls and Dress Circle - First Price. Second Price. Bolts . - - - as- Is. 6d. Pit - . - - - 2s. Is. Od. Lower Gallery - --1 s . 1 No half-price - ed. j to Galleries. Upper Ciallery - - legate Boxes to admit S reduced from 31. 3s. Od. to 21. 12s. 6d. Ditto 6 ditto 21. 12s. 6d. to 21 . 25 . Od. Ditto 4 ditto 21. 2s. Od. to 1 1 . lie. 6 d. Ditto 4 ditto 11. 11s. 6d. to 11, Is. Od. THFATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. &Q. B . webetel7 Sole LlSessee EVE and Manager, Old Brompton. TH NLNG, . _ 79111 be revived Colley Cibber's adaptation of Shakespeare's LIFE AND DEATH OF KING RICHARD 111. Duke of Glo'ster, Mr. j. w. Wsillack ; Earl of Richmond, Mr. Davenport ; Queen, Miss Addison. After which, a new and (as times go) original domestic drama of starting interest, entitled ARLINE ; or, The Fortunes and Vicissi tudes of a liphemian Girl. Count Arnhem, Mr. J. Bland; Count Florestine, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham ; Thaddeus of Warsaw, Miss P. Horton ; Devilihoof, Mr. E. Buckstone ; the Gipsy Queen, Mr. H. Bedford. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI- Under the direction of Madame Celeste. TAIS EVENING, Will be presented the popular and powerfully interesting original drama, entitled MARIE DIJCANE. After which a new and original Farce called LOON FOG. Mr. Frank Copal. Mr. P. Bedford ; Mr. Simple, Mr. Wright; Mrs. Brisk, E. Harding. -- Te be followed by a new musical, historical, pastoral, comical fairy drama, called O'FLANNIGAN AND THE FAIRIES ; or, A Midsummer Night's Dream. Phelim O'Flannigan, Mr. Iludien ; Obt/ron, Miss E. Chaplin; Mark Miss K. Fitzwilham. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Keaa and Mr. Keeley. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new and original Comedy entitled LOVE IN A MAZE. Characters by Messrs. C. Kean, Keeley, Wigan, Harley, 4ddisam, Meadows ; Mrs. Keeley, Mrs. Winstanley , and Mrs. C. Zeal. To conclude with a new grand spectacular Extravaganza (taken !tom a Tale, by Washington Irving), entitled THE ALHAMBRA ; or The Three Moorish Princesses. Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Harley, A. Wigan, Wynn, Cooke, Flexmore ; Misses Murray, Daly, Vivash, Robertson, Leclerq, Keeley, Mdlle. Auriol, and Mrs. Keeley. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. under the Management of Madame VestrllN !Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathewt. THIS EVENING, Will be performed COOL AS A CUCUMBER. To be followed by THli QUEEN OF THE rROGS Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, R. Roxby, Bellingham, Hort:mastle, Morris ; Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss St. George, Miss 3.lartindale, and Miss Oliver. To conclude with AN APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Farren. THU , EVENING, WFI be performed SIR ROG FR DE , OVERLEY , or, the Widow and her Wooers, supported by Messrs. W. Farren, Compton, H. Farren, W. lOrrrn, Jan., Diddear, G. Cooke, Shallers, Lee, Bender, Kinloch ; M esdames, Stirl ng, Leigh Murray, L. Howard , Adams , E. Turivr. and - Bartlett. To conclude with FRAITKENSTEIN. PUNCH'S PLAYHOUSE AND STRAND THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. W. R. COPELAND, Liverpool. THIS EVENING, Will be pal Tmed a new comedy proverb, teaching people the best method of LIVING IN GLASS HOUSES. Principal charac ters by Messrs. Tilbury, A. Davies, Norton, J. Howard, Attwood, T. Rogers, and Romer ; Mesdames C. HOrallatl, C. Melville, Dibdin, and Wallis. An ILLUSTRATION OF THE EXPOSITION. Principal charac ters by Mesdames Marshall, M. Taylor, C. llorsman, and Dibdin ; Messrs. J.Tkeve, Norton, J. Rogers, and Romer. Arid PJUPING THE QUESTION. Principal characters by Messrs. ',Meery, C. Horsman ; Mesdames Marshall, F. Maskell, Wallis; and C. Melville. The prices of admission are arranged as follow :—Orchestra stalls, 4s ; Boxes (firs circle), 35.; (second circle), 2s. ; Pit, Is. Doors to be opened at Half-past Seven, and the performances to commence at Elisht precisely. second price will be taken to the Boxes only at Half-past Nine —first circle, Is.; second circle, Private Boxes One Guinea and a Half each. I'L Y'S ItO y•A I. AMP HIT HEATRE., Cider tho Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Ilighneu Prince Albert. Proprletor THIS EVENING Manager, Mr. W. Batty. , Will 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 tire!), new Company of French Artiste amongst whom Madlle. Clementine Soul!ier, the first Female ETraestrian in Europe, will appear. To conclude wit ,a comic farce, called SHOOTING THE MOON; er, The Cove of Co Box-atilce open from Eleven till Fora. Stage Manager, Mr. T. Thompson. r --- MOD WATER Al LOND ON BRIDGE DAT —Morning 25 min. after 1 I Evening 43 main. after I T ao.movio. —Morning 58 rain, attcr i EVellillg 14 min. altor 2 THE WEATIIER.-sux OsTroz, APRIL 30 . TITRIDIONETIIR, IN THE SHADE. 50—Mg1est since lawn yesterday. 30—lowest this morning and during the night. 47-41112 day, at noon. BARONSTER, 29'64. Wpm W.S.W.—Showers of hail and rain, with intervals of sunshine. Heavy peal of thunder, With lightning, shortly before two. DAILY WEATI4 ER TABLE. State of the Wind and weather at each of the following places at Niue O'clock yesterday are arranged in order of latitude. iinganowx (Dost.u4)—Wind. N.W morning. —The stations , er st e ron g breeze—cloudy. b reeze — overcast, t. PLYMOUTII-- Wind N. W., gentle bre . P ORTSMOUTII-- Wind N.W., gentle breezei-ove d S.W., gentle breeze —overc ast, BarcatTox--Wi n FOVESIIIOT/E-.-Wind S.W., strong breeze —ra in, y cloudy. TuiSlE—larind S.W., gentle breeze--p GBEENWICII—Wind S . gentle breeze— Swill-pox—Wind W., gentle breeze—overcast. breeze—overcast, Luciirrox—Wind W., gentle breeze—rain, Co Lc H EgrEß—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. CarannaDoz—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. DU"Y—Wind W. gen tl e breeze--scud, rain. mam,,,Lo,_wind S. W., gentle breeze —partially cloudy. URAL c o °lvi —Wind S.W., gentle breeze--rain. o‘ Ly " Wind N.W., gentle breeze—rain. Enc,}13,,A13--Wind N. strong breeze —showery. Ett—Wind W., calm DAnu_ cloudy. Nci.rox— EHAT......wind Win' d W.N.W., strong breeze—overcast. CARLIaLE--wi 4 :, gentle breeze—partially. cloudy. Baxrroak_.4ld.4E., gentle breeze — pay BaalwicK-- Win i r17.11' . .. " ., s cloudy. ~ strop breeze--overcast. rong breeze—rain. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the wind an d o'clock : weather on Monday morning at nine coma—Wind N., strong , I , LatErtlCK—Wind N.E°' b reeze — clear. :aStgtirf) gentle eeze pr i breeze—partially neipa ny cloudy cloudy. MULLII4GAR— tlf hid N. gentle breeze — partially PosTsmours—Wind E., b reeze—partially ..I:lAffrpre—Wind S.W., breeze—overcast. cloudy. LRAG/ITON— Wind N.W., Aron partiallycloudy. Buonv—Wind N.W., staling breeze —partially LEEDS--,Wind N.W., hard windee4eov—ercast, cloudy. clou s d n y o . w, bail. Yonk—Wind W., Eintle breeze- - .1461 1 Yeze— overcast, DARLTNOTON.--Wind W.N.W., stgn a g t WHITEHAVEN—Wind N., gentle breeze Bitnwws—Wind N.E., strong breeze--scud, rain. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean heigh t of the barometer in the week was 29•546 in. The ra temperature was 49' 1 -9, which is about 2 ' above the aver e a an of the same week in ten years. The mean daily temperature was above the average of the several days till Friday, wh en it fell below it. On the same day the wind, which had been ii the east, West, and sonth-west, changed to north. • TEE POLISH CORONY IN TURKEL—The Pied artotatese Gazette of the 24th gives en account of the Polish oniony of . A.damkioj, about three leagues from Constantinople, founded by Prince Czartoryski for the purpose of offering an asylum to political refugees from Poland. Genirally the colo nists arrive there without means of subsistance, but they are immediately furnished with land and the first necessaries of life; in • eonsequenee , of which, they are soon enabled to live comfortably by . their industry. None , but Poles are admitted. The events of 1848 and 184 g 'increased" the number of colonists' considerably, which has led to the culti vation of a prepostionably large tract of country. There is I tCatholic church in the colony. Prince C za rtoryski is paid the valve Si his land br instalments, according to the ability of the colonists. Y 40 . 4 ,4 - , 4- `ai . % - , 44 (‘' "'t ' I. *. 6.1; , e 1 ,_....?6, t e a, •4 V. e . ' 4 ,4 , it' - '-'r , '" 4 ,l •'; ' )ll.ll -- ,t o :5 ,-„T., .-ce-i= I - :"..:," A . ~,__________..,„,_,. , Dl9ll_,ltii; rtewout LONDON, WEDNESDAY; APRIL 30, 1851. In the House of Commons last night, the Sergeant-at- Arms reported that he had been unable to apprehend WAGGET and the other parties charged with kidnapping persons to prevent them from giving evidence before the St. Alban's Election Committee. Lord JOHN RUSSELL gave notice that he should this day move an address praying her MAJESTY to issue a proclamation, offering rewards for the apprehension of these persons. Sir GEORGE GREY moved for leave to bring in a Bill for a better supply of water to the metropolis. The pla❑ he proposed was to amalgamate the nine existing water companies, and to place them under the control of a single board. This board was to be subject to the con trol of the Government. The quarters whence water was to be, for the future, obtained, were to be decided on in accordance with the report of the competent scientific investigators who had been employed to make the ne cessary inquiries. Powers were to be given to the parish authorities to compel the laying on of water to dwellings requiring it. The machinery of the existing companies was to be purchased at a valuation. The di vidend of the consolidated company was at first to be 51. per cent., and was at no time to exceed U. per cent. He added that he proposed that the Bill should go before a Select Committee. Sir J. JOENSTONE felt grateful to the Government for having abstained from interference with existing in terests. Mr. BAILLIE COCHRANE disapproved of the measure, inasmuch as it was calculated to confirm the monopoly of the existing companies. Mr. HUME thought new companies should be per mitted to supply water to the metropolis. Sir B. HALL feared the measure would increase the power of the existing companies, but would not oppose its introduction. Lord EBRINGTON regretted that the question of water supply had been separated from the question of drainage. Sir W. CLAY defended the water companies from the attacks that had been made on them, and declared that the proposed Bill was calculated to provide the cheapest possible supply of the best possible water. Mr. MGWATT disapproved of the Bill. Sir GEORGE GREY briefly replied, and the motion was agreed to. Mr. EWART then rose to move the following resolu tion :—" That it is expedient that the mitigation effected in the law of this country, with respect to the punish ment of death, be extended to the colonies." While the Hon. Gentleman was still speaking the House was counted out. To-morrow will be remembered by posterity as one of the most remarkable days in the reign of her Gracious Majesty VICTORIA. Earnestly is it to be hoped that our children and our children's children, even to remote generations, will look back to it, as to the inauguration of a new era in the march of civili zation. From it we trust will be dated the com mencement of an epoch fraught with advantage to the great mass of the population. Under the auspices of our beloved SOVEREIGN, it is, in truth, but reasonable to anticipate benefits of this description as certain to accrue from the opening of the Industrial Exhibition. More particularly when it is borne in recollection that the enterprise has long since secured to itself the sympathy, and, more than this, the cordial and energetic co-operation of the princes and peoples of Christendom. Having already ourselves obtained a glimpse of the marvels collected together from all quarters of the globe under the roof of the Crystal Palace, we may be permitted to express a conviction, conscientiously entertained under the circumstances, that the undertaking will be found in all respects to have immeasurably surpassed even the most sanguine and exaggerated expectations. Details may, of course, be here and there discovered to carp at, and occasionally the over-fastidious may experience a certain degree of disappointment. But regarded comprehensively, viewed as a whole, embraced in one broad and un prejudiced survey, we are satisfied that the treasures accumulated in that sym metrical and resplendent edifice will exceed the day-dreamings of even the most imaginative. Apart altogether from the productions of art and industry contributed by the various exhibitors, the Crystal Palace, in which those works of inge nuity and application are enshrined, will be found sufficient of itself to extort from the lips of every intelligent spectator language at once of amazement and admiration. With the so lidity of the whole structure, will be seen combined the utmost conceivable amount of lightness and trans parency. With its astonishing magnitude will be discerned the exquisite unity and charm of its pro portions. Its splendour will prove to be tempered by coolness, its grandeur modulated by the beautiful gradations of perspective, its diversity of contents de prived of all the disagreeable effects of confusion by the pervading simplicity of their arrangement. So that the entire spectacle will reveal a refreshing aspect even with all its gorgeous and bizarre accompaniments, its decorations always motley and sometimes grotesque, its divisions and subdivisions ever contrasting, but ever also completely and exquisitely harmonized. Westwards the eye will wander over one moiety de voted entirely to products of the British empire, whether coming from the United Kingdom or from the distant and scattered colonies of Britannia. Eastwards the attention will be attracted to one or other of the different compartments allotted to our competitors, whether from the new or the old hemisphere. Remember, in addition to all this, that the contributions forwarded for exposition are of the most diversified nature, ranging from raw materials, like blocks of granite or beams of timber, up to the most delicate implements of handicraft, and the most intricate specimens of machinery. Enter ing at one corner of the great transept, the visitor will find himself surrounded by a profusion of brilliant and sweet-scented exotics, interspersed with fountains sparkling up among the branches of the huge trees which have been spared from the axe and which are already spreading forth their leaves from the itselfrasai inn‘g Topmost twig that looks up at the sky," down even to the rugged interstices of the trunk the m os t green an d b eau tif u l l uxur i ance . on between the fountains, where may be seen among other fantastic devices, " A Triton blowin g jewels through his shell Into the sunshine," the visitor to the Exhibition will pause in the centre of the enormous structure, looking alternately to the right and to the left, down the vast but minutely-de fined perspective of the nave, glancing but idly at the industrial and artistic products of mankind in the first ardour of beholding the interior of the Crystal Palace. After the mind has fully appreciated the building itself, comprehending at once the merit of Mr. PAXTON'S design, and the chromatic graces im parted to that design by Mr. OWEN JONES'S colour ing, regard may . at length descend to the contempla tion of the various contents o o fthe f ing ingenuity grouped the w of blue and amber. Atten tion,opillarsagronsgotfhoasret,maannidfotlhde d b i r o e t c h te (i humanin the a fir nd s t ani mal, in stanceintoaltlhperoooblaobsislaitly 'gwr will u i p b s e , dividi ng t h e recesses o f the edifice whi c h are rang ed in the intermedia fr t o e m spa it c s e easter n toamitog these will ted be et n its western extremities. Not least re markablecastings and sculptures of the a ll otment of the Zollverein. Foremost of all erected between the gigantic the sections that wondrous figure of the Amazon mounted on horseback, with an uplifted javelin in her hand, with which she is about to destroy the tiger fastened upon the neck and shoulders of her charger. In this amazing composition one scarcely knows which most to admire, the apparent vitality imparted to the whole, THE S UiN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING APRIL 30 9 1851. or the truthfulness of the anatomical details, the nervous energy with which the bound of the wild beast is indicated, or the mingled expression of pain, horror, and almost paralyzed astonishment thrown into the features of the horse. Even to the muscles in thel toes of the Amazon, tense with the vigour of determination, to the veins which have started on the hind legs of the animal she is riding, and to the bristling tail and the distorted backbone of the tiger— the whole production is one of extraordinary power and of matchless animation. Hard by the Amazon may also be observed the gigantic lion in bronze stealing on as if with a tread of satin, and yet of the most preternatural dimensions, and the sublime conquest of the Devil by Saint MICHAEL, the Archangel, with an appearance imparted to the visage of the fiend, truly satanic in its diabolical agony. Scattered around such emanations of artistic genius as these will be seen squandered upon the counters of the compartments, silks, and velvets, and mosaics, and jew ellery, and toys, and sweetmeats, and ploughs, and steam-engines, and watches, and vestments for the priesthood, and implements for the agriculturist, looms for the manufacturer; and organs for the musicians, objects of utility and objects of luxury, clothing and provisions, materials for the use of the wealthy and the indigent, articles employed by the savage habitant of the wilderness and by the pam pered child of civilization. Such are the marvels of human industry collected together in the Crystal Palace for the purposes of a really international Exhibition ; such are the wonders which have been contributed from all parts of the earth to swell the pomp of this unprecedented display ; such is the various and surprising accumula tion of the industrial achievements of mankind which the Queen of ENGLAND will solemnly inau gurate to-morrow with civil, military, and religious ceremonials. In anticipating from this Exposition of Art and Industry the conferrence of a new glory to the peaceful reig❑ of VICTORIA we are, therefore, as suredly indulging in no idle or ridiculous day-dream ; we are merely looking forward to the inevitable con sequences of the moment when the completion of the ceremony of inauguration shall be announced by the firing of cannon and the flourish of trumpets—the exciting of a new and ennobling emulation among the peeples of the earth, and the welding of another and more golden link of amity than has ever yet been fabricated between the most powerful and civilized races of Christendom. The Protectionist banquet at Edinburgh has been followed by another grand demonstration in the me tropolis, intended, we suppose, as THE GRAND DE MONSTRATION of the season. The worthy agricultu rists mustered strong on the occasion. The Theatre Royal, Drury-lane, had been secured, but it proved not sufficiently capacious. After a time a diversion was rendered necessary, and many of the auditory were drawn off to St. Martin's Hall by the attrac tions of the Earl STANHOPE, Mr. G. F. YOUNG, Mr. BALL, and some other well known advocates of a bread tax, who got up a supplemental meeting, at which the torrents of superfluous eloquence found vent, and the ball was kept up, with the assistance of Mr. Baosi- TERRE O'BRIEN and a party of Chartists, who de clared themselves specially invited, until five o'clock in the evening. A dinner at the Freemasons' Hall subsequently followed, under the presidency of the übiquitous Mr. G. F. YOUNG, who certainly had no sinecure on the occasion, having spoken both at Drury-lane and St. Martin's Hall, and filled the chief part in the postprandial entertainments. Many causes combined to give a crowded audience within the walls of Old Drury. Parliament being assembled, the Members of both Houses were on the spot to take part in the proceedings. The farmers were easily induced to attend in order to see and hear the great guns of monopoly, and monster excursion trains were started from various parts of the country, in order to afford the indulgence on cheap and economical terms. The approaching opening of the Great Exhibition, the anxiety to obtain a view of the Crystal Palace, and the possibility of achieving a double object, or in the homely phraseology, of " killing two birds with ene stone," exercised an ad ditional influence. If we add that many foreigners were drawn by curiosity to witness a public meeting in England, and that Chartists and others having no connexion with agriculture were present, we ca❑ easily account for the numerous attendance, without discovering any very extraordinary devotion to the cause, in honour whereof they had assembled together. It might, too, be considered as something in the nature of a dying effort. Lord STANLEY had com pletely failed in his attempt to form a Ministry when the unlocked for opportunity offered. He had not rollovers, with whom he could consent to act, suffi cient to form a Cabinet; and in the explanations which he afforded to the House of Peers as to the causes of his failure he distinctly intimated that if a majority of Protectionists were not returned at the next general election, he would consider the matter as un fait accompli, and the question set at rest for ever. If something decisive were not accomplished speedily they might relinquish their exertions, and be compelled to resort to improved modes of cultivation, a large reduction in the quantity of game that now so deeply injures the farmers, and possibly a consider able reduction of rents, in order that they might be enabled to meet competition by increased produce. Under such circumstances, it is by no means singular that some 17 or 18 Peers, and three times that num ber of Members of the House of Commons, should be collected together, and that what the Hon. Member for Buckinghamshire has termed, the " territorial Aristocracy," the burley yeomen and discontented Chartists, should have sufficed to fill up the theatre. Indeed, it is only surprising that there were not a more numerous body of legislators in attendance to proclaim their allegiance to the banner under which they hope (vain anticipation) to win their way to place and power, and once more to taste the sweets of office and the dispensation of patronage, through the aid of that amiable personage the Treasury whipper-in. The absence of the recognized leaders in the Lords and Commons, of Lord STANLEY and Mr. DISRAELI, and, with few exceptions, of all those likely to be in vited to take part in the formation ofa new Adminis tration, if the obstinacy and incapacity of Sir CHARLES WOOD should again drive his colleagues into opposition, had rather an ominous appearance. Not all those who were present could compensate for the names that were wanting. The play was per formed, but the principal characters were omitted. It seemed to afford an indication that even if STANLEY replaced RUSSELL, and DISRAELI were leader in the Commons, no effort would be made to revive the extinct corn -laws— a Quixotic attempt that must inevitably be followed by such unequivocal expressions of public feeling as would hurl any Ministry from office that pursued so insane a policy. The speeches were, with one exception, of the ordinary prosaic character—statement s of the ruin occasioned by the defection of former friends, and the determination of the sturdy bucolics to enforce re dress. Lord WINCHILSEA vigorously assailed Sir JAMES GRAHAM and the Peelites, and accused the Right Hon. Baronet of making the most revolutionary speech he had ever heard. He also lamented the weakness (!) of Sir R. PEEL, in 1829 and 1849, to which he ascribed the concessions made in the pass ing of Roman Catholic Emancipation, and the abo lition of the sliding scale. Mr. G. W. DAwsoN spoke until he was stopped by the palpable impa tience of the assembly, who, after having heard the really eloquent address of Mr. BUTT, were not dis • posed to afford too much time to his successors. Mr. LONG, Mr. GEORGE GAME DAT, Mr. BELL, Mr. WORSLEY, Colonel KINLOCH, Lord BERNERS, Sir J. MACKENZIE,' and a Mr. READ, who described b l i s m AA se c lf as a London baker, spoke in turn, but their ora ti ons procee d e d i n th e h u mdrum track, and do not demand any particular notice. Mr. The Honourablee '9 was the Magnus Apollo of the meeting, the on l y one t h at d i d any thing to redeem i t from the imputation of the mos t l ea d e n dulness. And Learned hs iappearaGneenetloenmtahne plat manifestly a great catch. His speech was anxiously anti c i pated, and form was greeted with enthusiastic applause, or, as the Protectionist organ describes it, "with several boisterous and prolonged rounds of cheering." We do not feel so much surprised at the cordial reception afforded to one of the rising hopes of the party—a party that suffers so severely from a want of officers, _as that a man of his unquestionable talents, and strong reasoning powers, should be so grievously mistaken in the conclusions he has arrived at. Mr. BUTT very naturally looked to the condition of Ire land, the country i❑ which he has resided, and with which he is best acquainted, as furnishing the strongest arguments against the new commercial policy. Ac cording to the Learned Gentleman, all the evils under which the sister kingdom has groaned during the last five years are ascribable to free trade, and free trade alone. The repeated failures of the potato crop, and the consequent famine and pestilence occasioned in that unhappy land, had nothing to say thereto the unnatural contraction of the currency, that reduced the circulating medium of eight millions of people to under 4,000,0001. sterling, produced no effect. The new poor-law, that for the first time made the poverty of the country a charge upon its property, had no operation—all was to be attributed to free-trade ; that was the bugbear with which the isle was to be frighted from its propriety. We would, however, venture to refer to a very able article which appeared in the Dublin University Magazine, in 1847, we believe the April number, from the pen of the Learned Gentleman, in which he ascribes those very evils which he has so graphically depicted to a variety of other causes, which will more fully account for them than the abolition of the corn.tax. 'We do not desire to be understood as charging Mr. BUTT with inconsistency, on the contrary, we believe that he has always been a staunch Protectionist, but it certainly appears rather too bad to place every mischief that has arisen from a defective system of currency—from the entails on land, and the extravagance of former proprietors, and, above all ,from the destruction for several successive years of the chief food of nine-tenths of the population—on poor free trade. The temptation, however, was irresistible. The Learned Gentleman was too practised an advo cate not to press every possible argument into the service on the question under discussion at the moment. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. Great preparations are making for the celebration of the 4th May, the anniversary of the Republic, and the reactionaries are resorting to their old tactics of spreading reports of intended insurrections, &c,, but the Republicans " bide their time," and will not rise, In spite of their prayers or their prophecies." The strength of the Republicans lies in the strict observance of the Constitution, and they leave it to their adversaries to take the initiative of violating it if they dare. On the subject of these attempts of the police to get up a sham &mute on the 4th May, in order to afford the authorities an excuse for perpetrating a coup d itat, the National observes— " The reactionists affect to be uneasy for the 4th of May. Circulars have been sent to the departments, re commending vigour and energy to all friends . of order, and to hold themselves prepared for the projects of the republicans. The chiefs of the reactionists know as well as we what they ought to think of these pretended pro jects; they know that the republicans have no desire to afford a pretext for new compressions, and for the main tenance of the law of May 31. But in despair of being able to profit by acts of imprudenc e , w hi c h are impos sible, the reactionists want to boast afterwards of having saved society by their foresight, zeal, and firmness. There is not a single man of the republican party who thinks of disturbing by inopportune manifestations the success of the day of May 13, 1852. We have no need either of exhortations or of councils, to remind our friends of the necessity of circumspection and prudence. Re commendations have been sent to us, praying us to ad vise calm; but we shall take good care not to make our selves ridiculous by doing anything of the kind, or of giving the reactionists this argument for the day after the fire ' The Democratic journal s were uneas y ; th e y recommended tranquillity; therefore, there was some thing brewing; and consequently we have saved society.' Next Sunday, the people will have no need of your pre cautions and counsels to fife with calm the anniversary of May 4, 1848—the anniversary of that day, when on the threshold of the Legislative Assembly, then, when the press and the tribune were free, not one of these ex- Constituents, whom we see at present conspiring for the different pretenders, dared to confess their faith; the anniversary of that day on which all so lemnly acclaimed the Republic, which they betrayed the day after. The people cele brated in a worthy manner the 24th of February, the date which calls to mind the Republic, founded by their power; it will celebrate just as worthily, on the 4th cf May, the Republic hypocritically acclaimed by your weakness. But noise or disturbance! Why should there be either? To retard without doubt the victorious date of May 1 3 , 1852 ? You shall not have either noise or disturbance. M. Culler may, on that day, give leave of absence to his sergeants and spies; their muskets may remain quiet on their racks, for the 130,000 electors who sent citizens Sue, de Flotte, Carnet, and Vidal, to the Assembly, will be officers of peace, w h o h ave t h e i r eye onsseinly conspirators b and favourers of c iv il war . T eat is a police which neither tolerates nor protects blows or vio leuce to the people, nor unconstitutional cries; it will be on the watch on Sunday next, as it will be on every day up to the moment when the electoral urn will invite all citizens to fulfil the duties which the Constitution im poses on them. The !eioniteur contains a decree of the PRESIDENT o f the R. public, founded on a report from the Mi various modifications i n t h e nister of War, making existing laws relative t o grants o f l an d i n Algeria. The Committee charged to examine the proposition of M. DESMOUSSEAUX DE GIVRE, relative to taking up petitions to the Assembly, assembled on Monday to name its reporter, but this nomination has been postponed to another sittin g , a ll the M em b ers o f t h e Committee not having a gree d as t o th e t erms i n wh i ch the proposition ought to be drawn up, the wording of M. DESMOUSSEAUZ. DE GIVRE appearing to many of them to is be too vague and indefinite. As it n ow stands it as follows :—" No petition brought to the Assembly by a body of people shall be received or laid on the bureau of the Chamber." It is said that General LAIIITTE will be appointed the new Governor of Al ger i a . We read in the Illessager of yesterday evening:- 4 , A Council of Ministers was held this morning at the Elys rhe ee, at which M. Louis Napoleon Bon a p ar t e Tpre sided. principal subject discussed was the move ment for petitions in th e d e par tments i n f avour o f a revision of the Constitution. 'The Council, on the pro position of the Minister of the Interior, engaged that it will not assume any initiative on this subject, but leave all action to the Assembly and the country." The Committee of the Assembly to which the Mi nisterial proposition for an additional grant to Mar shal JEROME BONAPARTE was referred has unani mously. determin e d t o recommen d t h e re j ect i on o f the proposition. _ There was a considerable amount of business transacted at the Bourse, and the fluctuations in the the price of the Government Stock were remarkable. The Five per Cents. opened at 90f. 90c., fell to 90f. 30c., rose subsequently to 91f. 10c., and closed at 90f. 95c. The Three per Cents. closed at 56f. 20c. ; Orleans Railroad Shares, 8201.; Great Northern, 471 f. 25c. ; Avignon, 202 f. 50c.• ' Vierzon, 4201.; Basle, 1361. 25c. ; Bourdeaux, 400 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 363 t. 75c.; Tours and Nantes 2731. 75c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 29. Boulogne and Amiens, 9A—Namur and Liege, 7'74 Northern of France, WA—Orleans and Bordeaux, 3 3 / 4 — Paris and &nen, 244 Paris and Strasbourg, 10A — Rouen and Havre, 10—Sambre and Meuse, 3%. man Porte in favour of this aon-in• law of the SuL TAN. Letters from Bucharest renew the assurance that the Russian troops will take their departure on the 13th inst." A letter from Smyrna, of the 12th, says :—" The town of Rhodes was but little affected by the shocks of earthquake which have lately taken place. They still continue at Macri, and a volcano has been formed near Port Leviral. Admiral OMER PACHA is to pro ceed to Macri to examine the damage done. A part of the front of the palace, which goes back to the times of the chevaliers of Rhodes, bag fallen down." Advices from Bihacs are of the 17th inst. The SULTAN'S troops have bombarded that fortress and burned its suburbs. They have, after an engage ment with the insurgents, succeeded in occupying the right bank of the Hung river. The insurgent garrison of Bihacs has been rein forced by detachments from the Krania. ITALY. The Opinione of Turin states, from Venice, that French Legitimists continue to flock to that city, to pay homage to the Duke of BORDEAUX. A letter from Rome, in the Venice Gazette, an nounces that the French General Visco is shortly expected there to re-organize the Pontifical army. His plan consists in forming the chief nucleus of Bel gians instead of Irish. Signor CORRADO POLITI, a member of the late Constituent Assembly of Rome, was condemned to death at Ancona on the 15th; but it is believed the sentence will be commuted. CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before the LORD CHANCELLOR.) MONK') V. TAYLOR. The arguments in this part-heard appeal from Vice- Chancellor Wigram, which was opened yesterday, were resumed this morning, and occupied his Lordship the whole of the day. THE SHARE MARKETS BRITISH RAILWAYS. Railways. Paid. Aberdeen.. .. • • • • Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, & E. Juncion Belfast and County Down WoiverhamP., and Stour Valley Birkenh., Lan., & Chesh June., late 33/. 6s. Bd.. Do. Chest & Birkenhd.,l 50/. & 25?. Consolidated Do., do., 20/. .. Bristol and Exeter.. • Caledonian • . • • • • Chester and Holyhead .. Direct Loud. and Portsm. Dublin and Belfast J unct. Dublin and Kingstown.. Dundalk and Ermiskillen l Dundee, Perth , and Aber- deen Junction .. . Do , New East Anglian (251. L. & E. and L. & D.) . .. Do (181. E. & II.) .. Eastern Counties .. Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. shares .. Do. do. do. .. Do. do., B Sr. C shares East Lancashire .. Do. New quarters • . Edinburgh an4l Glasgow EOin., Perth, and Dundee Exeter and Exmouth .. Glasge W and South- Weq, Do. do. G. D. & C. stock Great Northern • • • • Do. halves, A, deferredl Do. halves, B, 6 per et.l 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 Thirsk • . Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .. London and Blackwall Do., Tilbury Ext. Scrip London, Brighton, and South Coast London and N.-Western Do. do. new quarters Do. fifths .: Do. 101. sh., M. & B London and S.-Western Do. new 50/. „. Do. new 40/. 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 Hereford • • • • Newry and Enniskillen.. every, W arrenpoint, & Roitrevor •• .. •• Norfolk • . • • • Do. New 201. shares•• Northern Counties Union North British.. • • • • North Staffordshire •• North-Western •• North & Sth.-Nest.June. Oxford, Worcester and _ Wolverhampton.. .. Scottish Central .. Scottish Midland Do. new .. . • • • Brews. & Birm., Clas3 A Do. Class 15 shrews. & Hereford., Old Do., do., New Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) .. Do. ilalies •• • • Do. Oswestry •• • • Do. New.. .. • • • . Shropshire Union • • • • Do., A, B, C, & D, fully paid up at per cent •- South Devon • • .. • - South- Eastern .. • • South Wales.. .• • • South Yorksh. and River Dun Shell., Roth., and Geole, South Divisiox Stockton and Ilartlepool swansea & Loaghor, &c. Law Vale Extension .. Thames Raven Dock and Railway .. V ale of IN eath Waterford and Kilkenny, Waterford and Ltmeriek, Waterford, Wea., Wick. and Dublin West Cornwall .. West London WhitenaTen and Furness York, Newcastle, & Ber wick .. .. • • Ditto and Newcastle Extension .. Ditto G.N.E. purchase York and North Midland LINES LEAS' Railways. 17 100 Buks,tuid Hants, Ex. 5 per Cent. Bir. and Oxford Junc.,callsduly paid, or with a guarantee • Do., withou guarantee .. Wol., & 1; ud.,calls duly paid, or with a guarantee • • Do., without a guarantee • • Buckinghanish. Clydesdale Junq E. Lin., Guar. 6 per Cent. • • Gloucester and 1 13 4 47% 100 100 42% 4 2 0 , 190 100 47% all all all 1 6% 16 2-8 all 9% Leasing Companies. Gt. Western Dean Forest Hull and Selby Do. 4 Shares Do. 4 Shares Leeds and Brad. Lon. and Green. Do., Pref. Lowestoft, Gd. 4 per Cent. • Do., 6 per cent Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6 p. ct N. & East, 5 per Cent. • • Do. New • • Preston and Wyre • • •• 5 Do. :Rahßooeneyn:fdd. ; . S ol ec e i idi Az. and Goole, 5 per ct. South Staffords. Wear Val. 6 per Cent. gua. • • Do. do. •• DO •• • • Do .. •• Do .. • . 1 Lon. & N. W, Caledonian G. Northern Western Yk. & N. M. Do • • • • I Do • • •• Midland • • S. Eastern Do • • • • Norfolk • • Do • • • • Stockt.ta Dar E. Counties . Do. do. •• Wilts, Som., & Weymouth .. Nominal Prima. 15% to 15% 3% —3% dis. 10% - 11 •• . 0 . •• 80 -82 ISU - 15% 23% - 24% •• •• 19 —l7 dis. 10 -11 4% -3% 3 -3% 7% -7% 6% - 7 5%-5% 17IA -- 17% 6% -6 35 . yi - 36% 8 -8% % - % 18% - 18% 6 1 4 -6% 1234 - 12% 42 -43 87% 88% 14% lb _ _ -- 83 10 —ll p. 29 —3I p 63% —64 93 —B% d. 61( —6% die. 5% 54 d. 17% 19% 8% - 85( %--34 P 97 -98 ,29 -129% 5 % --5 % P 6% - s it P. 27f, -3 %p. 89 - 50 6 6 dis. 4% —3% dis. 3% —27 k d. 35 -36 3 2 dis.l 63% —64% 13 12%, db. a 5 —37 • • • -- • 9 - 9g 3 —23 i dig. 26 -28 i 3 —l2 die, 2% —2% dis , 9% 10% 6 3 4 6► % die. 10% —lO dlB % —1% P 1714 - 18 16% —I7U 10% 15% dia. 4 dis. 3 dis 2 136 dis, 17 —l9 B % 9% 13 —l4 % % es -3 —2% d. 17 - 19 28 -28% 31% -31% 1 % % dle. 4U -4% 0% - 10 ili -- '6% dis 16 —l5 Ws. 5 4 U. 5%_ 4% 17 —JB4 5% —4% dis. 8 21% -22% L. & N.W.I ScLa.&Y. S 1110 S. Eastern G. Northern Lane. &York ,Mr. kl`Clean iStock.& Dar. .Do .. .. [Gt. Western 8% 3 dis. 1% —i% dia. 2& —27% 18 11 6j 9% SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 24th have arrived. The Minister for Foreign Affairs had given Lord HOWDEN an assurance that Spain would not inter fere in the affairs of Portugal unless danger should arise to the Monarchy. MADRID BOLSA, APRIL 24.—Three per Cents., 35i ; Five per Cents., 16. Exchange on London, 51. GERMANY. The Prussian journals of the 27th state that the most intimate relations subsist between the Austrian and the French Governments. _ _ The Prussian tribunal, before which HASSENFFLUG has been summoned for embezzlement, has issued a Hue and Cry for his apprehension. A telegraphic dispatch from Berlin, in the lnde pendance of Brussels, says that General DE ROCHOW, %Itnister of Prussia at St. Petersburgh, has been appointed Prussian Plenipotentiary in the Diet of Frankfort. The New Prussian Gazette states that the Em peror of AUSTRIA. intends visiting Lemberg about the end of the month, in order to have an interview with the CZAR on the frontier. The Augsburg Gazette states, on authority of a letter from St. Petersburgh, that the Emperor of AUSTRIA is to visit Warsaw at the end of May, and that the Empress of RUSSIA is to pass the summer season at Ems. It has already been stated more than once that the Russia❑ Cabinet had expressed to that of Austria its disapprobation of an attempt by that power to enter into the Germanic Confederation with all her states. A letter from Berlin of the 25th states that M. de NESSELRODE has, in the name of the Emperor of RUSSIA, transmitted to the Austrian Minister for Foreign Affairs a new note on this subject couched in still stronger terms than his former representations. TURKEY. The Augsburg Gazette states from Constantinople, 12th inst. :—"lt is said to be in contemplation to marry the eldest daughter of the SULTAN, now 12 years of age, with MEHEMET ALI BEY, youngest son Of MEHEMET ALI. ABBAS PACHA is, however, op posed to it, as he fears being dismissed by the Otto- ROLLS' CO URT : - 7 (T HIS DAY.) His Honour was engaged the whole day with - the arguments in the part-heard cause of Whicher v. Hume. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE ) His Honour this morning dispo-ed of a great number of short claims and causes, and then proceeded to hear bankrupt petitions. (Before Vice-Chancellor Lord CRANWORTH.) His Lordship was engaged the whole morning in hear ing unopposed petitions. (Before Vice-Chancellor TURNER.) His HoNoun this morning gave judgment in the case of John's v. Mason. Atter entering at some length into the circumstances of the case, which were entirely unimportant, his Honour dismissed the claim without costs.—Order accordingly. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) Nothing of importance transpired in this court during the morning. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) EbIBREY V. OWEN. This was an action to recover compensation in damages against the defendant, for diverting a water-course, in order to irrigate the soil on her land, and in which a verdict was found for the plaintiff. A rule for a new trial was subsequently obtained and argued on various grounds. The COURT now delivered judgment discharging the rule, with an understanding that the defendant should have a verdict entered on the fourth issue. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) John Henry Webster was finally examined on the charge of embezzling various sums of money, amounting to 301., the property of his master, Mr. Cardwell, M.P. Mr. HENRY committed the prisoner for trial. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY. Notwithstanding that the show of English Wheat in to-day's market was limited, the demand for that article, owing to the large arrivals of Wheat from abroad, and the pressure of toreign Flour, was in a very depressed state, at barely Monday's reductio❑ in the quotations. This week's imports of foreign Wheat have amounted to nearly 13,000 quarters. Fine dry qualities were mostly held at full prices. In the middling and inferior kinds so little was doing that the currencies were almost no minal. Very little English Barley was offering, but the supply of foreign was on the increase. On the whole the inquiry ruled heavy at late rates. Although the in quiry for Malt ruled heavy, no chsnge took place in its value. We had a steady sale for Oats, but all other ar ticles, especially flour, were very dull. ARRIVALS TIIIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. I Malt. Oats. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Sacks English ...... 230 220 3,590 660 1,670 Irish 800 Foreign ...... 12,970 4,230 18 , 8905 k 14,880 [ 2,‘40 Uls WEEITECHAPEL. The general demand is active, and prices have an upward tendency. Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 2s 10d to 4s; Lamb, 5s to 5s 10d; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 2d; Pork, 3s to 3s 10d per Blbs by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP MARILET. Scarcely any business is doing in our market, and last week's quotations are almost nominal. The show of samples is tolerably good. Flour. We aro authorised to state that the doors of the Ex hibition will positively not be opened for the admission of visitors earlier than nine o'clock on Thursday morn ing, and the Park gates will be opened at seven o'clock. We aro requested to state that all persons intending to be present at the opening of the Exhibition to-morrow (Thursday) will be in morning dress, with the excep tion of those who will be in immediate attendance on her Majesty. Her Majesty has been pleased to give directions that private carriages should be permitted to pass through the Buckingham and Stableyard gates of St. James's-park during the next four months, beginning from the Ist of May. We understand that the privilege will not be extended to any public carriages; and that they will be closed at such hours as may be found neces sary on those days on which her Majesty holds draw ing. rooms and levees. ROYAL GARDENS, VAUXIIALL.—These time honoured gardens are announced to open with the " world's fair," to-morrow night (Thursday), with a grand Lai masque, on a scale of extended splendour, and in celebration of the inauguration of t he Cr.), stal Palace by her Majesty in person. All that art could design, or capital accomplish, has this year been effected by Mr. Robert Wardell, the director, to render Vauxhall worthy not only of the patronage of our foreign visitors, but of the public in general. On Friday the regular season will commence, and on Sal urday Mr. Green will make an ascent in that "mammoth" aerial machine, the great " Nassau balloon." LONDON AND BLACKWALL RAILWAY.—The Com mittee on this company's Bill report the preamble for this company's extension to Tilbury proved; that the proposed cap i ta l is 280,000/. ; proposed loan, 93,0001. ; amount of shares subscribed for new works, 231,45 I. ; and deposit paid, 28,9311. ; the greater proportion of parties to the con tract being shareholders in the London and Blackwall. The length of the extension is 19 miles, and branch to Eastern Counties 1 mile. The Committee report that the Bill authorises the company to purchase and use steam.. boats between Tilbury and Gravesend, and as the efficiency of the railway as regarded the Gravesend traffic was neces sarily dependent on the working of the steam communica tion between that town and the railway terminus it was de sirable such steam-boats should be under the management of the railway company, and the Committee were of opinion that the restriction contained in 124th standing order ought not to be enforced. CAUTION TO HOUSEKEEPERS.—The inhabitants of the neighbourhood of the " Crystal Palace" have latterly been seriously annoyed by gangs of young thieves who infest the localities of Brompton, Chelsea, and Knightsbridge, com mitting every description of petty depredation, their principal object being apparently the contents of the larders, to which easy access can be obtained by means of the areas. On Sa turday night the houses of Mr. G. Reeves and Margraves, in George-place, Chelsea, together with several others in the immediate vicinity, were favoured with a visit by these hungry gentry, and large quantities of the "good things" in tended for the Sunday's repast were carried off, to the great loss and inconvenience of the provident housewives. PROTECTIONIST DISSENSIONS.—We are assured that notwithstanding the seeming harmony which exi<ts among the Protection party, their more recent councils have been, on some points, characterised by a plentiful lack of accord. We are indebted to one of themselves for the in formation that they are subdivided into two sections— one section acknowledging, and the other repudiating, the out of- door leadership of Mr. George Frederick Young. We have thus a George Frederick Young party, and an Anti- George Frederick Young party, in the Protectionist ranks. To such an extent, we are told, is the feeling carried by the antagonistic parties, that the Anti-Youngites made a bold effort to prevent their hero's name being entered on the list of speakers at yesterday's Pro ectionist demonstrations. Nor were they altogether unsuccessful, for the pro-Youngites were obliged to agree to a compromise —the terms being, that they would . acquiesce in their leader's exclusion from the boards of Drury-lane, provided he was permitted to ex hibit on the platform at St. Martin's Hall, and to preside at the dinner in the Freemasons' Tavern. The Anti- George Frederick Young party assented, and so the matter has, for the moment, ended.—Advertiser. REPRESENTATION OF BELFAST.—The Belfast Chronicle announces, on authority, that Sir James Emerson Tennent intends becoming a candidate for the representation of Belfast on the dissolution of the present Parliament. MR. HAWES, M.P., AND HIS CONSTITUENTS.—The Cork Examiner states that a requisition from the electors of Kinsale has been forwarded to Mr. Hawes, calling upon him to resign his seat in consequence of his vote in favour of the second reading of the Papal Aggression Bill. ROYAL ITALIAN OPFRA.—His Royal Highness Prince Frederick William of Prussia honoured the perform ances at the Royal Italian Opera with his presence last even ing, occupying the Queen's box. In the suite of his Royal Highness were Captain Count Goeltz, aide-de-camp to the Prince of Prussia • Colonel Fischer, military governor to Prince Frederick William ; Lieut. de Heinz, aide-de-camp to his Royal Highness; and Captain the , Hon. Alexander Hood, equerry in waiting on the Prince. The house was crowded. - • CHICORY IN COFFEE.—In Belgium, where chicory is cultivated to a considerable extent, and used with coffee, with which it is mixed by the consumer, and not by the retailer of coffee, the poorest person winds his own coffee, and thus effectually prevents the possibility of having an adulterated article. The chicory is usually gold by the vender of coffee, and is used by the consumer in the propor tion to suit his own taste; and in the opinion of many toffee drinkers a moderate quantity of chicory with coffee is an improvement, though its general use in Belgium is from motives of economy. FIXED Paid. Nominal Prices. 6 34-1 p. all 28% 293{ all 27 —2B 15 —9% p 15 7 8 p all 173¢- 18 all 41 —43 32% -32% par 1 p 101% 102% 50% —slj( 22% —23% 98% 99% Ili— 11% 23% 24% 15 -16 54 -56 4 - 6 p 42 -44 ni - 8 541 , . 21 - 21% 7% -8% 1% - 130. 3 2N Cs. 24 24% 45 - 45% INC: , RErE: SH.ARES. Railways. I Paid. I Nominal Prices. 'Business done to-day. Aberdeen •• • • • • all 34 —34 dis Caledonian 101. 10 6 % — 6% Chester and Holyhead.. all 164 16% Dund. Per. & Aber. June, all 34 —34 dia. East Anglian (31. 10s.) 6 per cent. .. all 2 34 Eastern Counties Eaten., b per cent. No. 1 . • all % % P Pm Do. No. 2 ......all 34 dis — 36 p Do. New 6 p. cent. Stock 10 11 yfi 11% Eastern Union, Scrip guaran. 6 per cent. .. all 1634 —l7 Do. 101. Deben. Shares. all ,• East Lancashire, 6 per , cent. quarter shares .. all • • •—• E. &W. York. June. sths all .. Edin. Per. & Dun. 5i p. et. all 4 dis. par Glasgow & 5.- W. Consul ICO Gt Northern, 5 per cent. all 134 13% Great South. & Western (Ix eland) eighths .. 234 1 p. Lancashire and York shire, F. 201... • • - 6 1 34 Ms. Leeds and Thirsk, 6 per cent., No. 1 .• 11 p Do. quarters, 1848 .. 9 134 2 p London, Brighton, and Seuth Coast guar. 5 per et., late Croydon thirds 100 Do. pref., 5 p et. Stuck, 1851, from 50/. chars. E 100 114 120 Do. cony. 5 per et. 1852 all Do. new guar., 6 per ct. 100 136 139 London &S.-W., new .. 5 2% —2% P• Londonderry and Ennis killen, half shares .• 10 .• -•• •• Manch., Sheffield, and Line., quay. shrs., No. 1 all 134 13% Do. new, 101. .. all 12 —l2 4 Do., 6/. .. •• .. 3 34 P 3 % Midland Con. 6p. c. stock 100 13234 13 3 34 Do. Consel. Bristol & Birmmg., 6 per cent. • . 100 Do. Bristol & Glouces. 48 .„ —• •• all 1 7 — lB Norfolk Extension a n 4% 474 guar. 534 per cent. Do. Waveney Valley • • 5 • 5 534 North British • • • • 1 p Oxf.Wor. 01. 151. 6 p.c 2 Shrewsbury and Birm. N e w Guaranteed • • all 11 1134 Shrews. a hes. Nor. W. M i n) .) 8 C per c ( ent- all 15 South Devon • • • • • • all 13 —l5 South-Eastern , 434 p, ct. 10 Waterford &Kilkenny,sl. 1 WestLondon,lst Cl. al all Do. 2d Class de. (par) l „ York, Newc., and Berw., Gt. N.of E. Fur. .. all 164 16% —4% York and North Midland H. and 'S. Purch. • 10 1 34 76 41x. Boulogne and Amiens .. all 9% —9% Central of France (Or leans and VienzOn) .. all 1 6 % — l7 Demerara all Dutch Rhenish • • 8 5 4 34 • East Indian • 14 1 ~ 17 " r " Do. do. do. .. 20 Great Indian Peninsula .• all 34 P. Ditto ditto 234 56 —% P• Louvain ala Sambre .. 7 34 • —• • Luxembourg •• •• -• 8 1;i —l% Ditto .. 10 Madrid and Valentin .. Maria Antonia • • ..25 7 8 Ditto, New • • • • 7% 2 3 Namur and Liege .. all 7 34 Northern of France .. 16 14% 14% 1434 % Orleans and Bordeaux .. g 44 4 dis. Paris and Orleans .. „ all 33 —B5 25 Paris and Rouen • • .. all Paris and Strasbourg .. 16 534 —54 dis. Rouen and Havre .. all 10 'Sambre and Meuse • • 20 3% 4 3 7, Tours and Nantes . • .. 1 5 914 9 dis. 6 Tournay, Jurbise, Lan ; den, and Hamlet .. al1• WB,llllB,Bderg b% 2% Asturian • • • • • • • • • • Australian .... •.•• • • • . Barossa Rang° .. •... • . Blaenarvon Iron and Coal Bolanos Scrip ........ • • British Iron Brazilian Imp. (is. 51 : p.) 15 4 1 13 0 Do. Cocaes . and Culabal Do. St. John del Itey.. Cobra Copper . •• Copiapo ...• ••••• • • • • • Memcan & S. American Real Del Monte, Uhreg. Do. Black Debenture-s. Do. Red Debentures .. Santiago de Cuba Tin Croft .... • • • • . ..... United Mexican. .. •• ZOTNI - Australasia ............ British North America.. Colonial Commercial of London.. London Joint Stock .... London and Westminster National Provincial Eng. Do. New ............ National of Ireland .... Provincial of Ireland.... Do. New .. ....... Union of Australia .... Do. New ............ Union of London ...... tTniun Of •Jadrld MX; Canada ••.. • Gen. Steam Navigation . Penin. & Oriental Steam. Ditto ditto Royal Mail Steam ...... rWe cannot be answers will not be influenced by 14 - - 13 5 21% 32% 32 16 15% 38% 39 —7% 133, 14 3r s —4% 636 47,4 b 33( !ZE BANS. 33 —32 U 42 8 ,4 —43 N, 9% 12 25 255( 18% 17 3 4 27% 2S 28 2 8N STO' 183( - 20% 42 -43 3 A 15% - 15 35 - :33N 3 - 1:4% - 13 :ECELLANEOUS. 32y, 42% -46 14 26% 28 all 65)i 66 5 11 11% 60 75 —7B able for tl intereste • .nt Le errors of the Official LiStg, 1 correspondents.] MONEY and COMMERCIAL NE ' nCX. CITY, TWO O'CL- i d. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were !" 00 . mated at 2 000 to 2,500 bales, of w hi c h 300 Ame ri • i nc luding ri : were taken on spec u l a tion, an d 200 f or ex port, 100 Pernam and Maranham at 7id. to 80., 50 5 1 : ; tian, and the remainder nearly all American. a market was very flat, and closed with American ""i Surat *d. per lb. lower, and a ll o th er sor ts were n ou1 o ; nally kel.lower.—ln Railway Shar es a f a ir business " ~, done at considerably higher prices. It is understood that, as far as public sales are - corned, to-morrow will be a holiday in Mincing-lap e i es ' Summing up the affairs of the month, the Ban ' fe w Magazine states:—" We have comp ara tively very , changes to report this month. The Money Marko , : all its departments, has been characterised by extr,n o quietness, and prices have, of course, been steady. rate of discount for good bills may be called 2i to per cent., with not much business passing, and dency, perhaps, for the moment, to lower rates. Barn° have been current during the month of an intentions 00 . the part of the Bank directors, to advance their t 0 10 , ,, mum rate beyond its present limit of 3 per ca d i et., O l contemporary stated, on the 19th April, that at meeting of the Bank directors, on the 17th ins t l o s the proposal for an increased rate Nvfas t he by only one vote. The excitement le t he Railway Share Mark e t seems t o h a ve for present subsided. Th ere h as b een no p°i oi decline of prices, h owever , an d genera ll y no s igns do om violent reaction. According to the quoted exebsl 3 s - ..? bullion cannot be exp or t e d at a pro fi t , an d ou r conte/O porary states very truly that the Exchange brokers 11 „%i been perplexed to account for the diminution of btll l in the Bank, while the r a t es o f exc h ange rema in at o present quotation. We thi n k t h e reason we "„--ent stated will, at least in p art , exp l a i n the 11 )4; weekly diminution in the Bank's stock Of e t i i st but we must continue to warn o u r readers s ". 00 many things are far more improbable than Per",,..10 an early advancement of the Bank rate beyond tr ibe • per cent.; for it will be seen by a comparison of present returns of the Bank, with those for the c °1. "10 sponding period of last year, that the stock of gold ~`;"0 , 0 • in the Bank's coffers is now upwards of three nth ; and a half less than in March, 1850. tb s till " The dull state of trade, noticed by us last mon 00 ~:' continues. At Manchester the want of activity se e to be clearly traceable, in the main, to the extreree;s certainty which hangs over the Cotton market. to manufacturers have strong reasons to suppose tha t increased supply of Cotton will lower its price,, hence they are most reluctant to extend their 01).f be • dons in any way at present. There is no avoiding tr y conclusion, however, that th roug h ou t th e e ntire en OP t he ' the people are holding back their expenditure for _,,, time of the Exhibition, and it i s pr o b a bl e that the 9 ' 1 ,1 tivity of the summer trade will compensate for tiler 4 tial slackness of that of the spring.• " The statement made of a forgery having been el l o i mitted, and stuck sold out under it to the amento ; 10,0001., is not quite correct. No forgery has no u r pf committed, but a trustee has made away with Pr°l„, l o which did not belong to him. It was sold out in bi ll ", name and misapplied; but as he was the only tr° l : too l there was no occasion to commit a forgery. The g oc e , party does not reside in the metropolis, and the trays r . Lion was carried on through a country bank and its c !, 0 ,.. respondent in London. The London bank which n h e si o ir • Mated the transfer, and the Bank of England, will '; 0 0 escape harmless ; but it is doubted whether the 0 .0 . try bank will escape, as it may be involved in 1 )e ," • niary transactions with the culprit, which may me responsible to some extent to the party defrauded." 4 0 Yesterday afternoon the Foreign E xc hanges T i " again rather lower on Paris and other places. nutell instant,ln the Amsterdam Bourse on the 28th i n stant, Stock was generally feebler, and must Foreign Se c o ; ties were lower. The Two-and-a-Half per Cent. Bonds have been quoted 57*. •lt The English Funds have been without any WSJ- etib of movement, and there is still a doubt as to the raising le the rate of discount at the Bank of England. C o°9 oo ' have been quoted 96i to 968 for Transfer, and the ° s o for Account. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cell 6r , 9, have been 91 sod the Three per Cents. 95i• to o r • Bank Stock has been marked 210/ to 211. Excheci° Bills are 50s. to 535. premium. ; ter The instructions given to M. Payno, the new M' ll- y Plenipotentiary from Mexico to England, for the °e.9tit- ' merit of the debt are as follows : the " Instructions which by order of his Excellency to President of the Republic the Foreign Ministry gif e l oll Doti Manuel Payno for the fulfilment of his comets— to the United States and Europe:— Ai° "1. He will proceed to obtain, in co-operation of our Minister in the United States, the aCCepte n l e fo lle bills or certificates to the amount of two and a ha", t he lions of dollars applicable to the arrangement 0 ' E " 2. nglish debt. 0 .. He will arrange for the payment of the dividendson the Ist of July next, out of remittances alreadYnwe and to be made further for this p ur p ose . H e I'M' „er arrange, in agreement with th e comm i ttee, f or the she sary regulations for the s erv i ce o f th e agency, so— ,r remittance, receipt, and distribution o f th e moneY ° re s plicable o the payment of th e di v id en d s un d e r the d ee of the 14th of October. "Articles 4 and 5 authorise Mr. Payno to nee se, the payment to Mexico of the sums due to tha t 60 public from New Grenada, Venezuela, and Ecued° r . of all 83,0000, and of the debt due by the late boos' BaAn n yrcla at:d Co." ex. d is the letter to the Chairman of the .uu -„TAO . , Committee:— " With competent instructions from this 4.-. ". 11- tin , Don Manuel Payno will present himself in Lonclo o, - he the object of arranging with the Mexican commia ge , B so, execution of the decree of th e 14 t h o f O c t o ber, ' O O. the payment of the dividend d u e on th e I s t of Jeli, r) „„, - of and other points of imp ortance re l at i ve to th e says . the agency and the conversion of the stock. e ms " Senor Payno is charged, in the name of the Sept t he Government, to transmit to the committee and t.i ns l , bondholders at large the vote of thanks which the w: no r can Congress decreed for the sacrifices whi c h on for" o ff' occasions the bondholders have made in fevon r o o Mexico; and the same tribute which hi s Excelleneyl3o in the name of the Republic, request s th em to el' a il; for having agreed to the said decr ee , i n term s e" factory and advantageous for the revenue. in yet_ "I have the honour to comm un i ca t e t h e sa me ' - I,oX for the information of th e comm i ttee, subsoriu myself, &c." ate' The business don e i n F ore i gn Securities this WI.. has 'been at 35 fer to 351 for Mexican, 194- ass Spanish Five per Cents., and 33f to 84f for Porteg39i.. Four per Cent s . P eruv i an Deferred Bon d s are Dutch . Two -and- a -H a lf per C ents . have been 5* r e . Railway Shares have been very buoyant, and 1:0$ has bee n an i ncrease d b us i ness doing. The settled of the a ccount i s go i ng o ff f avoura bl y, en d t he rob -- , to interest fur "carrying over" are much more mo de= than they were. QUARTER TO TII OI4. Consols 96 1 Ditto Account, May 13 ... 96 4 _ er g . BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'Claliv (From tho Official Li st.) Bank Stock 210 1 4 II 8 per Cent. Reduced Annuities-- 95% 9. /. 3 per Cont. Consols Anns New 314 per Cant. Anna. ... ..... ... 97% 1 / 4e 7% Long Annuities. Exp. Jan. sth, 1860... 7 5- 1 6, D 0.30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, 1859... 7 3— ? 0 ,46 Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860... 7% i " India Stock 259 Do. Bonds, 10001 5O 5 3 P Ditto under 1.0001 Coa , ols for Account 9e3/3 02d, Ecchequer Bills. I%d. Jral e ' March. 50 53 P n I,oeo/. 50 53 P ,i =0 / . ~.. „.. • .... Small — L C° . PRICE OF yOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'C—° Danish Bonds 1825,31e;diitZ.: Ditto, 5 per Cent lO2 Mexican 80n.18,1‘46,5 per Cont., Co-uponx Ditto Lx Jan. Coupons Ditto for the Account ..... Peruvian Bonds, 5 per Cent • Ditto Deferred Rassian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent - 99 3 4 Ditto 4% per Cent 19 1 A% Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent Divident-le on the above payable in London' Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guth' ---,- Ditto 4 par Cent. Certificates 8,t3 OSA " To WHAT BASE USES, Szc."—AMOng • n e fro , 01 arrivals in Clyde was the Disraeli, loaded with gra i l - wit.P New Orleans. She sailed on Thursday for Montle!" bete the view probably of going the same round, returnolbich again with another cargo of the foreign grown articled „,.0. Dar. Alison and the Earl of Eglinton tell us, has alren i duced such mischief in our and arienoch ildrertaer, 1 1 0 ICO 8 6 8 liT Business done to-day. 153 i 36 63% 64 97!4 34 L 29% 36 2244 35U 86 die. 63% 64 63% 22 % % IN 10 10% ; die. 3% die. aP% li 'TALES. Business done to-day. rfax/Tr,s Nominal Prices. I Business do ne I to -day. ,~--- _ i ftnerat un warnblV~tirl, ** " ** ** Dittodays'aigt lia. 3 ,„ 7 „ „ ftetneB. unta ' g ma.. ton ma, effec. flo ate, ditto.... " '• •• kV, •••••..... 1) 0 , k i t; 't on . Ai larbo a r d ' pui bow sigh t for dohs 2' _ 4 11. PA N . " °RA SCEs A FULL DESCRIPTION OF THE OPENING OF THE GREAT EXHIBITION OF ALL NATIONS WILL APPEAR IN 44 THE SUN"" OF TO-MORROW. 77. % M 35 Paid.