The Sun. — London, England, 1850-05-08 00:00:00

THE SUN, TIER MAJESTY'S TH iEATßE.teredinto," and that o th e r points beside the amount A Grand Classical, Dramatic , Miscellaneous C oncerted rea lised by the Exchequer, are worthy of being taken MUSICAL EN N TERTAINMET will take place on MONDAY MORNING, May 13, selected from the following admired authors : into consideration, that some respect must be shown Weber, Spohr, Purcell, M. Locke, Spontini, Paeeiello, Meyerbeer, Cimaresa, Haydn, Beethoven , Rossini , and embracing se v eral highly for tha loud an d unequ i vo cal expression of pub'ic interesting novelties. On this occasion will appear Madame Sontag, • • ' Mdile. Parodi, Mlle. Giuliani , Miss Cather in e Hayes, ma nuo and that a Cabinet Minster, whatever may • Bertrand, and Madame Frezzolini ; Signori Calzorali, Sims Reeve , pate feelings on the subject, should at least • Baucarde, Ooletti, Belletti, Lorenzo, and F. Lablache. Herr Muller and Signor Lablache, supported by all the Instrumental and exhibit some regard for equity and justice in his obser - Choral resources of-the Theatre. The whole under the direction of Mr. Balfe. vations. There is, therefore, at least some chance of their Amongst other novelties, Madame Sontag will bave the honour to ' sing the " Swiss Airs," by Eckert, and the variations on "Ah vans escaping from the evil consequences of a defeat, more diral-je," by Adolphe Adam, as sung by her with the most enthusi- especially since they have abandoned the good old astic success at the Concerts of the Grand Conservatoire of Paris !u addition to which will be presented ; rule by which Ministers resigned, as a matter of • . A Trio for Three Basses, course, if left in a minority on a fiscal or financial By Signori Colotti, Belletti, and Lablache. A Trio for Three Sopranos, question—a change that was indeed essential to the By Madame Sontag, Miss C. Hayes, and Mdlle. Parodi; and - A Trio for Three Te nors , safety and permanence of any Cabinet in which the By Signori Baucarde, Calzolari, and Sims Reeves. Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Halifax occu- The Concert will commence at Two o'clock. PRICES OF ADMISSION. pied the important and arduous position of Chancellor Boxes .... ..... ...... Two Guineas, Pitt Stalls ...... ~.. 120. ffr I d. Gallery Stalls.. .. . 3s. 6d. of the Exchequer. Pitt ....... ...... .• • Ss. 6d. Gallery ..... .. :: : 2s. 6d. But the results will be very different when the Applications for Boxes, Stalls, a n d Tickets to * be trade at the Box-ofliee of the Theatre. views of Sir CHARLES WOOD are sustained by a majo- rity of the chosen representatiies of the people. He will then, most probably, be permitted to stumble on in his stolid'and unmeaning course, setting the wishes of the people at defiance, and regulating the national finances as if there had been no such thing as Parlia mentary reform, and our Legislators, in place: of being the representatives of free and independent constituencies, were still the nominees of borough mongers, who would sell their votes to the highest bidder. Such a state of affairs may be not only dangerous to the existence of the Ministry, but fatal to the best interests of the country, rendering probable some sudden and violent change, and endangering the recognized rights of property. The people may not always be con tented to endure their grievances patiently and sub missively. A. spirit of resistance may be engendered that may not easily be got rid of, and Lord J. Russzu. may perhaps exclaim with PYRRHUS—"Another such victory, and I am ruined ! on Saturday we stated that " Sir CHARLES WOOD was the evil genius of the Government, who will eventually bring about its overthrow," and the proceedings in the House of Commons last night, on Mr. EWART'S mo tion for " leave to bring in a Bill to repeal the duty on advertisements," more strongly confirm us in that opinion. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. - The Nobility, Patrons of the Opera, and the Public are respectfully informed that a Grand Extra Night will take place TO-MORROW EVENING, When will be presented (for the first time these two years) BeMill's celebrated Opera, I PURITAN'. Elvira, Madame Sontag (her first appearance in that character) ; Georgio, Signor Lablache ; Riccardo, Signor Coletti; and Arturo, Signor Bancarde (his first appearance in that character). After the Opera the new and original Grand Pas do Trois (by Mlf. Paid Taglioni et Gosselic, the Music composed by Signor Pugni), entitled LES GRACES, Euphrosine, Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi ; Thalia, Mdlle. Marie Taglioni Egle, Mdlle. Amalia Ferraris. After which the Orchestra will execute Weber's Overture to Ot eron. • To conclude with the last scene of the admired Ice Ballet, by M. P. Taglionl, entitled LES PLAISIRS DE L'IIIVER ; ou, Les Patineurs Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. COVENT-GARDEN. • A GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. TO-MORROW EVENING A Grand combined Entertainment will be given, consisting of the Ilrst act of Rossini's grand Opera, LA DONNA DEL LAGO. With the Grand Finale, representing the gathering of the Scottish Clans, and the Chorus of Bards, executed by, all the principal Ar tistes, two Military Bands, in addition to the usual Orchestra, and the full Chorus of ninety voices. Also Weber's Grand Opera of DER FBEISCIIUTZ, With entirely new Scenery, Costumes, and Appointments. . Agate, Madame Castellon ; Annetta, Mdlle. Vera ; Una Paraninfa, Mdlle. Cotti ; Giulio, Signor Enrico Afaraltl; Chiliano, Mons. 3lassol; Cuno, Signor Itommi ; Ugo, Signor Luigi ; Eremita, Signor Gregorio; Zamiel, M. Diiering; Gaspar, Herr Formes. Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. Tke Doors will be opened at Halt-past Seven, and the performances commence at Eight o'clock precisely. . Tickets for the Boxes, Stalls, or the Pit, may be had (for the night or season), at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open from Ten till Five. Never was a stronger case made out against any impost than that which the Hon. Member for Dundee so clearly and distinctly established against this, the most objectionable of the various taxes on know ledge. It is, as the Honourable Gentleman justly remarked, " a tax on the vehicles of informa tion and, commerce—it taxed knowledge, it taxed agriculture, it taxed literature, it taxed the wants of the community." It is " amongst the heaviest burdens that impede the production of literary works." There is no more formidable obstacle to success in " the struggles of a book against taxation." But, objectionable as it may be in these respects, there is another point of view in which it may be regarded, in which the grievance will be exhibited in even a stronger light. It is a tax on the industrious poor, which practically prohibits them from seek ing for employment, which prevents them from gaining their daily bread by their own exertions. The half-starved sempatress is prevented from making known her wants, and stating the low rate at which she is willing to engage herself. It places an insu perable obstacle between the employers and the em ployed—between the supply of, and the demand for, labour. The servant-maid, who desires to obtain a new place in order to preserve her from adopting the last dreadful resource to which so many of her class have been driven, is unable to state her qualifications and testimonials, or, if she can obtain sufficient to pay for the ad vertisement by means frightful to contemplate, endangering her present and future happiness, and degrading'her for ever from a state of innocence, she I must contribute as largely to the national revenue as ' the lordly aristocrat, who announces for sale or ex change an estate worth many thousands per annum• It is the same on a single line as on a notice occu pying half-a-dozen columns ; in fact, its impolicy is only surpassed by its inequality and injustice. To it we are indebted for those clumsy tans that block up our streets and impede our progress through the crowded thoroughfares. To its operation may be ascribed the ridiculous spectacles of those unfortunate specimens of humanity who wander about encased in boxes covered with notices, exciting at the same time our tears and our risibility —our tears that men made in " the image of their CREATOR," with feelings similar to our own, should be so deeply degraded by the painful necessities of their conditions—our laughter at the absurd appearance which they present. But these arguments, powerful as they must be considered by every unprejudiced and well-constituted mind, wrought no effect on our excellent Chancellor of the Exchequer. The old stereotyped answer was returned which has been repeated usgue ad nauseam on every similar question. He could not defend the obnoxious impost; he could not say a single word in its justification, but contented himself with the vague and general assur ance that "he would certainly be very glad to remit this and every other tax, if he had the means of carrying on the public service and pay ing the interest of the Debt without them. The repeal of the taxes upon air and light, upon knowledge, and upon many articles of con sumption, had been demanded, but as he could not carry on the public service without them, he hoped the House would concur with him in resisting the motion." Such were the arguments by which the propriety of these infamous imposts was sustained, and which induced the House to reject the proposi tion. Well might the Swedish Chancellor have ex " My son, behold with how little wisdom the world is governed !" and the receiver of stolen goods have chaunted— " The statesman because he's so great Thinks his trade is as honest as mine." FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Secosd appearance of M. Lafont, and continuation of M. Regnier and,Madlle. Nathalle's engagement. THIS EVENING, The 'erformances Will commence at Half-past Seven o'clock pre cisely, with HEITR ET MALHEUR. • After which. (with curtailments) the Popular Comedy by Alexandre Dumas. of LES DEMOISELLES DE ST. CRT. Roger, M. Lafont ; Hercule Dubouloy, M. Regnier ; Charlotte de Merian, Madlle. Nathalie. To conclude with the popular scone from Mollerea Comedy of LE MARL' GE FORGE. Le Docteur Pancras, M. Regnier. The Box-office of the Theatre is open daily from Eleven tin P lye Boxes and Stalls at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond. street . THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. fill, t.VE,NIN. Will be performed the Comedy of THE LOVE CHASE. Sir William Pondlove, Mr. Tilbury ; Master Waller, Mr. Howe ; Wild rake, Mr. Webster; Widow Green, Mrs. W. Clifford; Lydia, Miss J. Mortis= , Constance, Mrs. Nisbett. Hiss P Horton will Introduce the favourite air of the Fairy Queen. After which the Drama of DON CAISAR DE BAZAN. Don Ca3sar de Baran, Mr. J. Wallach. To conclude with THE CHRISTENING. The &a-office is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed an entirely original Musical Comic Drama, called THE WHITE SERJEANTS; or the Buttermilk Volunteers. Ma or Slowman, Mr. 0. Smith ; Jemmy Tweezer, Mr. Wright ; Captain Ginger Green, Mr. P. Bedford; Tommy Rusk, Mr. Mun yard ; Madlle. de Tourville, Madame Celeste ; Susan Pockets, Miss K. Fitzwilliams ; Dolly Duggins, Miss Woolgar. To be followed by a grand historical Spectacle Vaudeville, entitled PLAYING FIRST FIDDLE ; or, Follow my Leader Principal Characters by Messrs. P. Bedford, Lambert, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, and Miss K. Fitzwilliam. To conclude with MY PRECIOUS BETSY- Characters by Messrs. Wr:iAt, Bedford, Worrell; Miss Harding, and Mrs. F. Matthews. 'ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE THIS EVENING Will be performed aLyrical, Comical Pastoral, entitled CYMON and IPHIGENIA, altered from the text of David Garrick. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Harley, F. Matthews, R. Roxby, F. Cooke; Mies St. George, Miss Kenworthy, Miss H. Gilbert, Mrs. Hamby, Miss Oliver, Miss Manners, and Miss Martindale. To be followed by THE ISLAND OF JEWELS. Characters by Messrs. F. Ihtthews and F. Cooke ; Madame Vestris, Miss Julia St. George, Miss Dickinson, Miss Kenworthy, Mrs. Macnamara, Miss Martindale, and Miss E. Honner. To conclude with BOX AND COX. All applications for Private Boxes must be made to Mr. Allcroft 15, New Bond-street. The Box-office, adjoining the Theatre, in Wellington-street, is •pen daily from Ten to Six o'clock, under the superintendence of Mr. T. F. Bennett PRINCESS'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be presented the entirely new Opera (composed expressly for this Theatre, by Signor F. Schira), entitled THE OMAN OF GENEVA. Count de Merville, lir. Allen; Carwin, Mr. Weise; Fontaine, Mr, H. Corri; Picard, Mr. Latter; Levine, Mr. Wynn; Therese, Miss Louisa Pyne. To be followed by the Grand Masked Ball from Gustavus. After which a New Grand Tale of Enchantment, with splendid Scenery, Costumes, and Appointments; extensive Machinery, &c., entitled THE QUEEN OF THE ROSES ; or, The Sorcerer of Candahar. Principal characters by Messrs. Ryder, Forman, Honey, Craven ; Miss Louisa Howard, Miss Saunders, and Miss Pillars. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Brilliant Career of the Magnificent Easter Spectacle of Enchantinenl Unequalled attractions in the Circle. THIS EVENING The Entertainments will commence at Seven o'cleck, with Fitzball's gorgeous Spectacle, entitled TIIE .101711. SONS OF AnION ; or The Days of Charlemagne. Producel with great splendour, and introducing the beautlfhl Stud of horses, Camel of the Dessert, Zebra, and ail the 'east resources of this Establishment. To be succeeded by an incomparable display of Batty't; peerless Scenes of the Arena, supported by the most accomplished Male aid Female Artistes in Europe. To conclude with THE WEAVER OF LYONS. Box-office open From Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZO( Commencement of the Season ( LIST OF T OLOGICAL GAMDEFS. on MONDAY NEXT, MAY 13, 'HE BAND. 11. P. Hardy. Hughes. Hooper. Clarinets, Sonnenberg. Anderson. McDonald. J. Winterbottom, Grosse. Sor.fe. W. Hardy. ,McGill. Smalley Pollard. Angire. Black. Trombone. Horton. Hawker. Webster, Saxophon. Sommers. Bassoons. IVlEterbottom T. Anderson Rossier. Rawlings. _ Petit Claiinets W. Egerton Fairlie. Ophicleide. Flutes. Standen, depp." Wright. A tremendous hubbub still continues to be kicke up by those unfortunate gentlemen the Protectionists. Yesterday their orators were more than usually energetic. One, a parlous fellow from Glamorgan shire, came down right wittily on the doomed Sir ROBERT, touching his auditors so sensitively and sen tentiously on the quick, that he hard them first howling sympathetically at hie vituperations, and next cheering most lustily at his grandiose threats and braggado cios. Then another sagacious wiight from 'Wiltshire warmed into a sort of dunderheaded inspiration, bellowing out to his hearers, most appo sitely, the words which MILTON placed in the mouth of SATAN when addrossing the legions of the damned in Pandemonium. Never was there such sublime blundering, such rapturous stupidity. Poor Professor: AYTOUN himself seemed to have be come infected for once by the surrounding atmos phere of absurdity 'and ignorance. His whole thoughts appeared, as the phrase runs, to have gone off " wool-gathering." Instead of uttering any thing whatever pertinent to the occasion, he must needs cram down the throats of his listeners a miserable, lukewarm rechaufee of tid-bits already dished up again and again by our periodical writers and pamphleteers. Thus it was that while telling us how " a certain Mr. CAIRD considers the growing of potatoes on a peat mosto s be the grand panacea for all th e ev i ls which.. affect the country," arewhile f t informing el re u s s e h x th o c w e a l t le:n o A ce l s r h . aiv k s e tlEcnr, whose razors m c o l w ose a , t , te a m n p d ti w ng hil t e o s , moreover, observing th a t " t h e evil irit of free trade, finding no other pl ace o f refuge, has the herd of Mr. HEXTABLE' S swixte"-- we feelflown into the with a chew horrible sense of nausea that he is making u s the cud of Blackwood's M o agazine. ur most excel lent instructor the Professor should have borne in recollection that we have heard all these things over and over again in " most damnable iteration", until men have grown sick with very wearisomeness at the perpetual changes rung on the peat moss of Mr. OAIRD, on the close shaving of Mr. .?dEcnr, and on the stye-drawn ammonia of Mr. HUXTABLE. We want sober argument, and not merely sarcastic petu lance—aaet that „ .AMlaligrka nd yet Professor ATTOUN comes u p in all has hot l h o a n s g t e sincefro rendered Edinb lr t g h il r e t a% bare. llmit l jokes me, he will tell u s the players are come." Enter Polonius. Polonius —"My Lord, my Lord, the players are come." H a mlet—" Buz, buz." 'Why, had he n o better news to tell us, Professor ATTOUN had as journeying a ll the way up to the metro p olis. Then well remained north of the Tweed, instead of a gain as to his poetical twaddle about— " Wasted fields and crowded cities, Sw arming streets and desert downs; Pratten. I). Godfrey. Contra-Bassi. Flageolet flieynolds. K.leig,el. Collinet. Oboes. Crozace. Smith. Comets. Koenig. lioet. Shearon. • Ilarper, Trumpets. Irwin. Corn!. Jarret. Conductor, C. The gentlemen of the band are he.arsal N fixed for to-tnorrow, at the Gardens. Timpani. J. Hughes. Grosse Caisse. J. Egerton. Side Drums. Barker, Caldwell, T. Godfrey. Triangle. C. Godfrey, jun. Solo Pllyerti. Messrs. Koenig, Et,zarus,Proapere, C ' , net, Pratten, Janet, "Son nenberg, Sommers, and Win ter-ottom. 30DKaRY, Esq. respectfully informed the first re- Thursday, May 9, at three o'clock, S. FOSTER, Sce. 111011 WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS D ow—MM —orning 24 2 min. after 111 E vening 0 min. after 0 To-Moznooming min. after 12 I Evening 1G min. after 12 , - THE WEATHER.—sus OFFICE, Met 8. Tit ERMOKETEIL 45—highest since noon yesterday. • 42—lowest this morning and during the night. 44 this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29.46. llrzNn Y.W.—moderate breeze, and dull hazy weather. It rained during the night, and occasionally this day up to three o'deck. <4ls 4 :W * .k.s Tc s w •• !,:„ , .„ ,A 4 • iiA)lrnlll4; e -p- 'i ,:., .4. ,r.., A i L t,c4 ..,,,, .. ~.. ) ,.. - „:,,,,,:*„.. 5. 4 .. * k. ivJvol CI LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1850. It is difficult todetermine whether the Whig Mi nistry are mor e dag : d a fi nanc i a l by Is decisive defeat or a n unquestionable victory question. The former may be more digg aceful and vexatious for the time_ i being. ' The First Lo r d r of the Treasury and same of his more talented colle agues pelted to turn their attentionmay be nom to subjects apart from hTheye shameful ma y the duties of their own particular ofele t have to puzzle their bra i ns to repai r es blunders of the Minister of Fi nance. But still the difficulty, although seriou s, ma y no t be insurra cant . able. Every exertion will be made to repai r the damage they have sustained, and there will still be hope because the matter w il l no longer be left in the hands of Sir enenras WOOD. Some more competent and better qualified person will interpose—one who thinks that the " merits or demerits of a particular tax must be en- , --_,:` LONDO N, All the light of life concenter'd In the focus of tho towns;" 1 he must, from his known scholarship, have been per fectly familiar with the fact that, swarming as our streets do with wayfarers, and crowded as our towns are with inhabitants, not a city in the United King dom—not even the mighty Babylon of London itself— can be regarded as in the smallest degree comparable in density of population to the cities of a remote and flourishing antiquity. According to some antiquarians, the number of the Roman citizens alone—at a time, too, when Rome was in its greatest state of opulence, absorbing into itself not only the riches but the popu lations of the west and of the east, of Asia and of Africa as well as of Europe, of Britain and of Gaul as well as of Italy—almost exceeds the limits of credibility, and renders insignificant, by cemparison, " the light of life concenter'd in the focus" either of the Chinese capital or of the British metropolis. Yet Professor ATTOUN whines over the increasing growth of our towns and cities as though that were a portent of national dissolution. At any rate, if the declamation of the " learned pundit" was altogether ineffectual in securing our ac quiescence, it was eminently successful in demons trating that there is no necessary affinity between rhyme and reason. But the prominent feature of the whole demonstra tion made yesterday at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand, by the ultra-Protectionists, was the rancorous hostility evinced towards Mr. COBDEN I personally. It would have done Mr. OssmEn's , heart good to listen to. It would have been I"nuts " to Mr. FERRAND. There were groans, I and plenty of them, and fierce ones tco, for Sir ROB E R T P EEL -b e su re of that i I But, Mr. COBDEN ! We warrant him, it would scarcely have been safe for him to have shown his nose within sight of the platform. Why, the whole 1 meeting was rabid against him, and rabid with the rabidness of the true Ferrand-phobia. There was Mr. BALL, of Cambridgeshire, rose quite into the heroics in his denunciations of COBDEN and his de fiance of him, and his declaration that the agricultu rists had nothing whatever to fear from " the threats of demagogues !" Then there was the learned declaimer already mentioned, Profes sor ATTOUN, of Edinburgh, waxed simultaneously wroth and poetical, asserting—" When the red cross of St. George and the white cross of St. Andrew are blended indissolubly to gether, I fear not COBDEN, I fear no traitors !'' One Mr. HIGGINS, of Herefordshire, grew won derfully funny in his indignation. He said " The willing bee had been sacrificed for the drones ; but he told the Government that the bee would not stand it much longer." Fancy a bee " not standing it much longer !" But a little further on, Mr. HIGGINS be comes rather indecent in his disloyalty. Hearken to the man's words : " They had heard of a lion queen, who ruled her subjects in safety so long as she ruled with impartiality; but when she whipped the one and caressed the other, the beasts turned upon her and tore her to pieces : he hoped the Government would take warning and not loosen the attachment of the farmers to the British Queen." As DOGBERRY saith in play—" Why this is clear bur glary, thou naughty varlet !" HIGGINS we con jecture must be descended from a branch of the house of that immortal HIGGINBOTTOM mentioned in the Rejected Addresses, for the gist of his allusions to the Free-traders amounted to nothing more than a plain, plump, burly " Od rot 'em !" So much for the common sense, the loyalty, and the rhetoric of the indefatigable gang of the Pro tectionists. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. --- We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The courage of the reactionaries fails them just as the time for action arrives, and it is announced that already, even before it is presented to the Assembly, the Electoral Bill has undergone several important modifications. As was well observed by one of the Democratic papers, when the subject was first mooted, this new proposal must be either a niaiserie or a violation of the constitution, aud, after having drawn it up as the latter, the committee, taking counsel of discretion, have diluted it down into the former, not withstanding the fanfarronade of the Duke of MON.. TEDELLO (who was M. GIIIZOT'S Minister of Marine) that he would not have the slightest hesitatation in ♦iolating the constitution if it should become necessary. M. LEO DE LABORDE, M. DE LA ROCREJACQUELIN, and the more exalted mem bers of the Legitimatist party, are opposed to any in terference with universal suffrage. Generals CAVAIG NAC aid LAMORICIERE and M. DUFAIIIIE will not consent to any violation of the constitution, neither will MM. ODILON BARR O T, D E T OCQUEVILLE , an d th e party with which they act ; the chances, therefore, of the passing of any measure calculated to essentially modify universal suffrage are very small, and to the committee will be left the odium and ridicule of hav ing exhibited a desire to violate the constitution, and at the same time of having lacked the courage or the ingenuity to devise a measure capable of effecting their object. The PRESIDENT of the Republic exhibited his usual prudence when he consented to the exclusion of every one of his personal friends and partisans from the committee ; the ridicule and the odium will now fall exclusively upon the " Burgraves " of Orleanism and Legitimacy, who have suffered themselves to be completely out-manoeuvred. The C.nstitutionnel openly advocates the prolonga tion of the power of the PRESIDENT for tett years, a proposition which will be vehemently opposed by the Legitimatists, as they consider it an Orleanist trap to gain time for the coming of age of the Comte DE PARIS, whose chances of success, however, do not ap pear to be very promising. The great majority of Frenchmen feel towards him as does M. DE LAMAR TINE, who, in his recently published castigation of CROSER, the English Quarterly Reviewer, says— " I owe no dynasty to any one. I will say more—l, who had never disavowed my respectful reminiscences for the child proscribed in 1830, if a dynasty had been i n m y gift, it is not to the illegitimate breech that 1 would have restored the vacant property of a throne." The Electoral Bill will be presented to the Assem bly on the 7th or Hth. The state of Paris is most satisfactory, notwith standing the attempts of the reactionaries to get up a panic. Strangers continue flocking into the city, gay parties are given, the shopkeepers are doing well, bread is cheap, employment is plenty, and wages are good, and yet M. EUGENE SUB is Member for Paris ; the fact is, the reactionaries have so often raised the cry of wolf, that at length no one attends to them. Letters have been received at Toulon from the French fleet at Naples to the 22d ult. The Volney ship-of-the-line had arrived there, and there was no appearance of the return of the fleet to France. PARIS BOURSE, MAT 7.—Latest Prices--Five per Cents., 88f. ; Three per Cents., 54f. 70e. ; Bank of France, 2,070 f. We read in the Journal des Dlbats :—" Our letters from California announce a painful event. In a country in which legality is scarcely yet established, and in which all the nations of the earth have numer ous representatives, each man has felt the necessity of joining himself to his fellows, to those who speak the same language, and have th e same i nterests. The French, who are from 8,000 to 10,000 in number, have assembled ou the banks of the San Joachim and the Stanislas, places which are eminently favoured, and in which they have discovered very considerable deposits of gold. This circumstance caused the jealousy of the Americans, who, pretending to be the absolute masters of the soil and of all it contains, at tempted to drive them away. A combat, a veritable battle in fact ensued, and a great number of persons lost their lives on both sides. The victory, however, was with our countryinen." tithe sitting of the Assembly yesterday, M. DELESSERT brought up the report of the committee on the Paris election. and M. EUGENE Sun was for mally proclaimed representative of the people. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, M AY 7. Boulogne and Amiens, 6—East Indian, VA—Northern of France, 12%. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 2d have been received. The courier bringing the reply of the British Ca binet to the proposals for the resumption of diplomatic relations, had arrived in Madrid on the preceding evening. The Bolsa was closed on the 2d. • GERMANY. Advices have been received from Berlin of the 3d. The President of the People's Chamber at Erfurth had an audience of the KING on the 2d, and it is supposed that the Government of Prussia will not raise any objection to a revision of the Constitution, neither will the Governments of Thuringia or of Weimar. Prussia will not consent to the revival of the state of things abolished by common consent, in 1848, or to the assumption by Austria of the Presi dency of the Diet convoked by the Austrian Ministry at Frankfort. The CongrAs of the Union will open at Gotha on the 15th, and will be attended by all the Members of the Union of the free towns, and by the King of SAxoNY. The King of PRUSSIA has been invited to be present. The Constitutionnel says that Bavaria intends to withdraw from the Zollverein in 1853, when the pre sent treaty expires. The mannfi:cturing industry of Bavaria has not kept pace with the northern states of the Zollverein, and is more in harmony with that of her southern neighbour, Austria. The alterations proposed to be made in the Zollverein tariff will, it is said, facilitate the entrance of Holstein and the llanse Towns. Propositions have also been made by Han over and Oldenburg, with the conditions on which they will be willing to enter the Zollverein. On these conditions the approaching. Zall congress at Cassell will have to decide. Of the 32 elections which have already take place, 14 of the deputies to the congress are deeided freetraders. The Wiener Zeitung of the 2d publishes the official announcement of the retirement of Count STURMER from the post of Austrian Laternuncio at the Porte. The announcement being unaccompanied by any of the usual expressions of satisfaction, such as advance ment in rank or appointment to an order of knight hood, is considered as tantamount to an expression of displeasure; and the public may gather from the manner in which the announcement is made, that Count STURMEE has resigned to prevent his being recalled. RUSSIA. The Allgemeine Zeitung has letters from the frontiers of Poland of the 30th ult., in which some details of the military movements in the kingdom of Poland are given. The divisions and brigades, which were hitherto dispersed about the country, are concentrating. The kingdom of Poland is now garrisoned by the whole of the army which lately fought in Hungary, excepting always the cavalry corps of General SASS, which is expected to come up, and the corps of Generrl LUDERS, which is now in Wallachia. There are altogether four corps of 40,000 men each in the kingdom of Poland. The Ist and 4th corps are in a camp at Lenozyc, while the 2d and 3d corps are at Suwalki. This assertion explains the falling back of the Russian regiments from the Prussian frontier. TURKEY. The Wanderer of Vienna says that the Porte has communicated to the Austrian Internuncio, that it has definitively fixed the term fur the " internment" of the Hungarian exiles at nine months from the Ist January last, and that at the expiration of that pe riod they will be at full liberty to go wherever they may choose, The large HUNGARY. possessions of General ERNEST Kiss, judically mu r d ere d at Ara d on t h e 6 t h o f O cto b er, have been conferred by the usurping Austrian on JELLACHICH, and to HAYNAU have been given the estates of th e mur d ere d C oun t L outs B ATHYANY . Ahab-like HAYNAU, bath not only slain but taken possession. ITALY. Accounts from Naples announce the arrival in that city of the C ount of SYRACUSE , t h e b rot h er o f t h e KING' He was the bearer of a letter from M. DE LA MARTINE to DON MICHAELMICHAEL SOLIMENE a man of letters, who has nev e r interfered with politics. The day after the receipt of this letter the house of Dos MICHAEL was taken possession of by the police, and subjected to the most rigorous search, and although nothing of an inculpatory nature was found, DON MICHAEL was arrested, and is at this moment in pri son, his only crime being the receipt of a letter, of which the KING'S brother was the bearer. We read the following in the Constituzionale of Florence of the 30th ult. : _ . . "We can affirm t the 2-4th of this month the prefects of all the departments sent a special notice to the Gonfalonieri of th© new municipal councils, to in torm teem, by the express order of the Cabinet, that the Government would convoke the Parliament at the first opportunity, and that it was therefore desirable that this new confirmation of a necessary measure should re store tranquillity to the public mind, after the enthu siasm excited by the late municipal votes in favour of the Constitution." HER MAJEST Y'S HEALTH. The following bulletin of the Queen's health was issued this morning : BUCKINGHAM PALACE, MAT 8, 1850, 9 ♦.M. " The Queen and the infant Prince continue well. "JAMES CLARK, M.D. "CHARLES LOCOCK, M.D. "ROBERT FERGUSON, M.D. " Her Majesty's recovery is so far advanced that no more bulletins will be issued." WEDNESDAY EVENING, HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The performances went off with the greatest éclat last night. Our ;• English tenor, Reeves, and Mademoiselle Parodi sung with the utmost fervour and pathos, and were encored and recalled' several times during the evening. The last scene of the opera Ernani was sublime. Signor Lorenzo was also encored in the grand scena, " Sommo Carlo," which he gave with artistic finish and was recalled. The new ballet Les Trois Graces increases nightly in attraction. Marie Taglioni was graceful and inte resting ; Carlotta Grisi, piquante and sparkling ; Amalia Ferraris, bounding, brilliant, and charming. On concluding her celebrated echo, in which she gives les entrechats en huits a shower of bouquets were thrown to her. REPEAL OF THE ADVERTISEMENT DUTY.—The following petitions for the repeal of this duty were ordered to lie on the table:—From proprietors, printers, and pub lishers of the Pembrokeshire Herald—Westmeath Guardian —Hastings and St. Leonard's News—Fife Herald—Perth Constitutional—Liverpool Mail—Edinburgh Witness—Taun ton Courier—Preston Pilot—Worcester Chronicle—Edin burgh Caledonian Mercury_Wiltshire Independent—Wis. beach Advertiser—Edinburgh Weekly Register—Drogheda Argus—Kelso Chronicle—Renfrewshire Advertiser— Sheffield Times—Doncaster Chronicle —Wesleyan Times—lllustrated London News—News of the World—Mao Telegraph—Bell's New Weekly Messenger—Lincolnshire, Boston, and Spalding Free Press—Cornwall Royal Gazette—Catholic Standard— Atlas—Derbyshire Advertiser—Farmers' Herald—Ballv shannon Herald—Londonderry Journal—Bath Journal—ge n Agh Guardian—Western Star—Kent Herald—Meath Herald—Nottingham Mercury —Canterbury Weekly Journal —Reynolds's Miscellany—Sherborne and Yeovil Mercury— Carmarthen Journal—Leeds Mercury—British Banner— Patriot—Liverpool Times—Liverpool Standard—Newspaper Stamp Abolition Committee—and James Crowther. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE CHESTER AND HOLY HEAD RAILWAY.—A shocking accident occurred on Monday in the Belmont Tunnel. S amue l M e d way, i nspector o f works, was walking through the tunnel, as was usual with him, it being a nearer way to Bangor than by the common road, when the 7.45 A. 31. up -t ra i n en t ere d th e t unne l a t on e end, and a ballast engine at the other end. The tunnel is quite dark in the centre, where they would meet, in account of the curve, and it is supposed that he must have beard the whistle and got out of the way of the ballast engine, but forgetting that the up-train was due, and not n oticing the whistle, as both engines whi s tl e d a t th e same time, he got into the way of the latter, and was struck by the butler, for his cap was upon it when the train reached the station. A plate-layer coming through the tunnel after the train had passed, kicked his foot against the body, which hh w eo a saudrl afterwards.iwfealsess veryo n much mutilated.do that t e thestation t heela q quarter te his of bootan had been taken quite off, but the foot was uninjured. The SALE OF THE WORKS OF THE LATE MR. ETTY, R.A.-The sale of the remaining portion of the works of this late celebrated artist, is now being conducted by Messrs. Christie and Manson. The co ll ec ti on comprises numerous sketches and unfinished work s , in the style o f art, and on the subject for which this g en tl e man was particular l y re markable. There are 1,034 l o t s , and out of this num ber there are but two finished pictures. The first two da y s of the sale was concluded yesterday; from the nu mber of l ots sold, the following may. be mentioned :-Oil studies on mill board : a female seated on a white drapery, with a 'crimson curtain behind her, 71. 15s. ; a female reclining, with an hour glass before her, V. 10s.; a female reclining on a mat tress, 141. 15s. ; a female kneeling before a red drapery, 171. 10s. ; a female sleeping, 61. 15s. ; a female seated, 91 . s s• Mill-boards, with sketches on both sides: male and female figures, 91. 15s. •, a female fi gur e, life-size, 11 /. Copies by Mr. Etty fr om old masters: Time lead in g Truth to Heave n , female ted after Rubens, 22/. ; J up it e r and Juno , a f t er Rubens, 151. 4s. Gd. ; B acchanals, after N. Poussin, 8 1 . 12 s. ; Death of m do, ea after Sir before Joshua white drapery,Re)'nol 61.; three male figures, 101. 15s. Oil studies, stretched: t wo ma l e fi gures, 161. ; two females, 281. 75.; t wo female figures, 71. 17s 6d. ; a female re clinin g , 81. 18s. 6d . ; a al 71. ss. The majority of the works were purchased by artists to whom they will be of great value. Mr. WAltnunToN's HISTORICAL ROMANCE, R E _ GINALD HASTINGS. -The success of this work has been greater than the author's most sanguine friends predicted. A second and revised edition has just appeared, with a new preface. "Mr. Warburton brings us into contact with the higb-spirited and chivalrous Cavalier, and the zealous and fanatical Puritan ; and by me ans of those strongly-marked contrasts which no wr it e r can manage with more of skill and filled the dramatic effect, has placed before us a series of striking and powerfully -wrought pictures of the stormy times and im portant events, the social life and domestic manners of the period of our history in which his story is laid. With all the charm of a romance we have all the truth and precision of history; with all the graceful and artistic grouping of a fttoehrrelnt presenthienai etiyo highly-finished composition we have combined the most ac curate historical portraits of the statesmen and warriors who public eye and guided the interesting events which marked the rise and progress of the great civil war of Eng land. The fortunes of Reginald Hastings and of the high- A posted fur any souled and enthusiastic Zillah Demiroy enchain the attention Standard. CaptainT I C SQUADRON. Austin's through all the varied chances and changes of the war; and Our Sv i MPathieS are enlisted in the gratifying and unexpected regions. termination torfituhmeiprbtrioafls,ttboeawnrietxerteanntdtlatbate ifnudtuicraetessucacteonce f -Letters LETTER S FOR CAPT. A on u e sT o r u N . tic expedition this evening, and addressed to Stromness, will most likely reach the ships before their departure thence KlDes N EW 's bo A ar ß d c - - PROCESS FOR ILLUMINATING AND SILVERING GLASS Mianons.-.-In a paragraph which ap peared in Th e S un of Monday ev ening, on the subje c t o f t h e above novel invention, the word "soldering" was, by a mis print, sub s ti tuted for the word "silvering." Mr. Kidd's process is one for illuminatin g a nd silvering glass mirrors. THE -- LATE POISONING CASE AT HACKNEY. -,Ann Merritt, the unfortunate woman under sentence of execution, for poisoning her husband at Hackney , but respited, in order that further inquiries might be made , has had the capital punishment commuted, and is ordered to undergo transpo r _ tation for life. MAY 8, 1850. The Protectionist meeting held yesterday, and the prospect of increased activity on the part of the agricul turists, excites a good deal of attention, though it is felt that the result will be to lead to counter agitation. The fact of a purchase of 200,0001. Consols for June having been made yesterday afternoon, before the mar ket closed, gave more firmness to the prices of English Stocks, but this has not been quite maintained owing to the Bull account. Consols have been 95i for transfer, and 94 for account, a convincing proof of the goodness of the money market, and of the confidence felt by the public. The New Three-and-a-goner per Cents. have realised 961 to and the Three per Cents. 941 to a. Bank Stock is worth 206 to Exchequer -bills are 675. to 70i., and India Bonds 90s. to 925. premium. In Foreign Stocks very little is doing. Mexican are 281, Spanish Three per Cents. 34. Dutch Two and a-Half per Cents. 554. Equador, 38 to 4. The rest nominal. Shares are rather firm, though quiet. The Caledonian Railway Company, like some others, wo fear, has no hopa of paying a dividend on its original capital unless the guaranteed shareholders exhibit in dulgence and generosity by accepting an interest lower than that secured to them. At a meeting held yester day a deputation of the board attended to explain the necessity fur a general reduction of preferential claims, and recommended the election of three delegates to represent the 101. preferential shareholders, with power to confer with the directors and conclude an ar rangement for the above purpose of reduction. After some discussion a committee of five shareholders was agreed to, whose report should be made to another meeting. QUARTER TO THREE. Consols ... ... .. 9si buyers. Ditto, Account ... ... ... 95i buyers. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 206 206% 1 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 94304 S per Cent. Consols Anns New 34 per Cent. Ants. Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1660 S 8 3-16 India Stock — Do. Bonds, 10001 92 90 p South Sea Stock 106 1 4 Ditto New Annuities Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. I%cl. 2J. March. June. 1,060/. PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Equador Bonds 4 3% Mexican Bonis, 1846,5 per Cent., Coupons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto for the Account Russian Bonds. 1822, 5 per Cent — Ditto, Small 95% Ditto Scrip 2 % 1.4 r Spanish Ronde,' per Cent, 1840 Ditto Account . ...... .... Venezuela Bonds 34 Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 4 1 / 2 per Cent. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild ... 55 3 4 BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY KURDS AT OM! O'CLOCK RAILWAY/. PAIL Paz SNARL Aberdeen Caledonian Ditto. New 101. Preference 10 ...... 5%%... to Eastern Counties .... Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O 26% to Great Northern Do. 1,4 A Deferred ..... ... 12% 2 Groat Western 100... 53 1 k 53 53% to 52% Do. New 171 Gull and Selby Ditto,Quarter Shares . . 12% 2 0 1,4...... to Lancashire and Yorkshire...100 Load., Bright., & South Coastloo ..... 79 London & North Weatern.....loo 10 1 1414— to Do. Fifths London and S. We5tern.......100 Ditto. New 501........ - ..... 42%...... 21% to Do., New Preference aanchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100 Do., New 101. Preference.. 10 ... .. 7 Midland....... • .... ........ ...100 Ditto, 501. Shires ..... ...... 50 North British .. .. ... ...... . 25 - to Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton 50 - to Preston and Wyre south Eastern Ditto, Na , 3. York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 Do, and Newcastle Exten. 20 ...... to fork and North Midland .. 50 .. to _ FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens 2O .. ... 6 Gast Indian Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 7 ... .. 2' A i to Faris and Rouen .. IlTiir E S. Cobre Copper Santiago de Cuba. .............. 10 » 12 1i ..... to JOINT STOCK RANKS. Australasia Union of Madrid 4O ...... Lo— COURSE OF Amsterdam .......... 12 2 Ditto, three months .. 12 3% Rotterdam •..... 12 a Antwerp.............. 25 80 Brussels .. •• .. ..... 25 80 Hauiburgh .. •. . • 141.8. 13 13 Litona • • .. Parts, 3 days'sight .. • • 25 62!4 Ditto, 3 months .... 25 823 Ifarsallies •••• ........ 25 623 i Bourdeanx.... • • ... • Frankfort on Mains.... 121% 8er1in....•• • • .... •• • • Vicuna, efec. fib."... 12 13 Trieste, ditto.... 12 15 Petersburgh, 811. Rble.. 37 Madrid 49% Barcelona •• . • ...... Bevills•• • • • EXCLIANGX. Gibraltar.. • • Leghorn ...... ••.. • • 30 7 5 Gemoa ..... .... 26 16 Milan .• • ..... .••. • • • • Venice.. .•• • • • .... tiaplea .......... .. 40% Palermo, peroz .. 122 % Messina 122% Lisbon .•••••..• • • • • • • • 63}4 lOporto •••••• • • • • • • • • 63% itio Janeiro • • • iinenos Ayres New York,6odayiesight Philadelphia .......... MICES OF MULLION, PE; Ox. Foreign Gold in Mars.. £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Dollars .... •• 4 10% Silveri' bars ........ 0 4 11% LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAY B.—Wind N.W., moderate breeze, and dull, hazy weather. STARIGO, MAY 6.—The Margaret and Ann, New castle to Quebec, has put into Stromness 1( airy. SWANSEA, MAY 6.—The William, of Dartmouth, is on shore on Peveril Ledge in a dangerous situation. There is every appearance of a dirty night. HARWICH, MAY 6.—The Union, of and for Goole, lying at anchor, lost anchor and received other damage, and has put in here to repair, from the Cadet, of South Shields, running athwart hawse of her in coming to an chor in Horsely Bay. DEAL, MAY 8, 11 A.ir.—The William and Henry, Riches, from H u ll, i s suppose d to h ave b een tota ll y l ost on the Goodwin Sand. HULL, MAY 7.—The Cecilia Catharina, bound to Rostock, was brought in here yesterday by the Toward Castle sti amer, having been in contact with another vessel. DEAL, MAY 7.—Wind E.S.E. to S.E., very strong; P.M., S.E., moderate.—A piece of plank, apparently trona the stern of a small vessel, has washed on shore, with " Newport Trader, of Portsmouth," in yellow letters, and a whit e mou ldi ng un d erneat h. S ever al pietas of wreck, bul war k s , & c., hare b een p i c k e d u p in the Downs. COWES, MAY 7.—Wind E.—Arrd. Hermann steamer, Crabtree, New York, and proceeded for Bremen. PLYMOUTII, MAY 7.—Wind E.—Arrd. Hope, Carter, Ceylon; Fenwick, Winn, Cardiff, for Havre, leaky. lavEnpooL, MAY 7.—Wind E.S.E.—SId. Rosalie, Vera Cruz; I❑glewood, Batavia; Negotiator, Bombay; Adelle, San Francisco; Lannen, Maranbam; Bella en Gracia, Ilavannab; Pri❑ce Albert. Curacoa ; Princess Royal, La Guayra; Goddesr, Halifax; Polly, Quebec; Hurthi are, Newfoundland. JELSEY, MAr s.—Wind N.E.—Sld. Centurion, San Francisco; Post Boy, GS: pc. PILL, MAY 6.—Wind E., fresh.—Sid. Eliza, Barba does. PETERHEAD, MAY 6.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Emma Eugenia transport, for the Arctic Regions, in tow of her 3T9jesty's steamer Lightning. RAMSGATE, MAY 7.—Tne Tenierr, of and from Ant werp for Rio Janeiro, was totally wrecked this morn ing on the Goodwin Sand; mate drowned. The mister reports the loss of an English and a French schooner at the same time ; crews supposed to be drowned. i MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TW C O'CLOCK. The sales if Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were et timated at from 4,500 to 5,000 bales, of which 1,500 American were taken on speculation. The market closed very firm at full prices. The transactions com prised about 3,500 American, 200 Percam and Maran nam, at 6il. to 71d. ; 100 Bahia, at 7tl. ; 600 Egyptian, at 7d. to Bd. ; 300 Surat, at 4/d. to 5/d. ; and 50 Sea Islands, at Is. Op. to Is. 4d. per lb.—l❑ Railway Shares a tair business «as done at rather higher prices. The arrival of the Herman steamer furnishes accounts of rather later date from America. At New York the rate of exchange on London was 1094. Cotton was firm, and corn advancing. The commercial advices offer nothing of particular interest, the following being rather curious than important : " Few people have any idea of the immensity of the oyster business done in the United States. The Chesa peake and Delaware Bay oysters go all over the world, and we learn from a number of the Baltimore San that one establishment in that city, during the oyster season, keeps twenty-five men constantly opening the shells, and they sometimes open five hundred gallons a day, which are all designed for exportation. The oysters are put up in cans, in their own liquor, which are made air tight and hermetically sealed ; they are warranted to keep fresh in any climate. Five men are constantly em ployed in making the cans. The oysters are sent prin cipally to the Western States, but considerable quanti ties are sent to the West Indies, South America, and some have been sent to China. Oh the first day of the last oyster-taking season, in Fairhaven River, six or seven hundred boats were ready for operation with the sun rise. The striking of the bell in the brick church was the signal to begin, and soon all was stir and commotion amongst men and shell fish. During the day between thirty and forty thousand bushels of oysters were taken, which from the fact of their having been undisturbed for two years were unusually large and very fine. Some boats took from seventy-five to one hundred bushels each, and some few went much above this quantity. Transient eystermen sold their products at the bank of the river for twenty and twenty-five cents par bushel, while those who made 'oystering" a regular business, preferred to hold on for a speculation." Accounts from Brussels furnish the heads of the treaty of commerce between Russia and Belgium. We learn from Amsterdam that there have been some large failures there in the coffee trade, and that good or dinary Java had been forced upon the marked at about 41s. per cwt. The Dutch Two-aud-a-Halt per Cents. on the 6th instant were 55t to 7- 16, closing scarcely so firmly as they opened. Spanish Bonds were supported. At Frank:on on the 4th instant Austrian Metallics were 77. LOWESTOFT, MAY 7.—The whole of last night anal to-day it has blown a violent gale from E.N.E.—The Bare parted and struck sw.eral titra(?3_ upon the Girton Saud, but was assisted (.ff char, and into this port with loss of both anchors and chains. Several vessels have parted. SUNDERLAND, MAY 7.—The Mary and Harry of Col chester Inst bowsprit, from contact with the George the Fourth, from Newcastle. ILFRACONBE, MAY 7.—lt blew a ga.t^ la , t night, and continues to blow very strong iron; E. to E.N.E. TALBOT, MAY G.—lt biew a g-41e last night from S.E., with htavy sgtulls, and coutinue:_,. MARKET Ni.WS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE -WEDNESDAY. Our market to-day was very scantily supplied with all kinds of English Wheat, the total arrivals since Satur day having been confined to 660 quarters. Although the attendance of buyers was limited the factors were firm, and in some instances Is per quarter more money was obtained for the finest Essex White. The value of all other kinds was steadily supported. The imports of foreign Wheat have not exceeded 1,230 quarters. Most kinds, especially fine Polish Odessa, sold readily, at the extreme rates of Monday; and at which large parcels changed hands. An unusually small supply of Barley was offering, while the demand for that grain ruled ac tive, at very full prices. There was more business doing in Malt, the value of which bad an upward tendency. Oats were in good rt quest, and the turn in lavour of the sellers. Beans, Peas, Indian Corn, and Flour were quite as dear as last week. erat 6 motion should not be filed slgainst him for besing h; duel. It t o hi s b rot h er -i n -l aw, c h a ll eng i n g him to fi g bo It would s3s , ra that, some fimiiy disP at d l a t of arisen between the two gentlemen, and the up- of the affair w as th e sen di ng o f t h e l etter complain" ° t he Mr. PUYNN now appeared to show cause against 551, rule on belr.df of the defendant, stating th at , t , h , e t i 6 trusted to express the regret of his client the moment of irritation and excitement, he 511°1° ° wa ge., been betrayed into writing the letter. He " 9 ' u() ; willing to make the amend honourable by . I)P° l° Z,,, j ' l ' his brother-in•law for the insult [mu hal given " —r s 'i t n be the lean el Cuunsel w,•:s instructed to add, that a r s . dispute had heel entirely made up, there $ 4.45 u° in-ct of the quarrel ever b e i ng renew ed, but, willing - to the Court or hi s s i ncer i ty, the de f en d an t was T a to enter into his own recogn i sances to ' keep the P i llar/ all her Majesty's subjects for any period the ra detet mine. ;no . e/ Mr. SSURRE was in s t ruc t e d b t h e coniPlain — ° to accept this apolog y , an d consent to the co urse r posed. t to Mr. Justice COLER IDGE di rec t e d the defe— a° o L to enter into his own recognisances in the sum keep the hence for two years. The rule was accordingly discharged. A.Y.) ARCHES COURT.—(THIS-- n— (Before Sir 11. J. FusT, Knight.) GORHAM V. THE BISHOP OF EXETEn• ifQtt It was expected that judgment would have b. ee11 , 4 1 in the case of the moniti on w hi c h h a d been les u ,,o iu this Court, calling up on th e Bi s h op o f E x eter to the letter of institution to the vicarage of arn , P s tsteC l Speke, Mr. Bowdler, on th e l as t court day, ho'n'' that he should move the Court to that effect. ~,iitrof To•day when the case w as ca ll e d on , the *".a&cste said, Mr. Bowdler desi res y ou t o exten d the ee l " - of the monition till next Court day. JUDGE—Very well. BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DO ) (Mole Mr. Commissioner HOLROYD) THE ST. ALBAN'S BANK.—IN RE SITAR'''. hO In th? case of this bankrupt, his K 000 „ 8 o i appointed Saturday, the 11th i ns t., f or h ea ring arkoic9 ou reconsideration of the question of certificate' was wholly refused a short time since. IN RE STONE. This bankrupt had carried on business at 6°l°l°° as a grocer, and to-day came up for his certifiee te ,:,oo Mr. LINKLATER opposed on behalf of the es ti 'A on the ground of reckless trading and extravagil penditure. „ 11 0 Bankrupt, in explan a ti on , sa id h e h a d been '74 " Tally Trade," whi c h h a d fallen off on the rr to be being finished. He had offered ss. in the 1 " secured by a brother-in-law, a farmer. His HONOUR said the books were exceedingly - Ili° and bankrupt had b een f or a 'long time living °Ole creditors. The certifi ca t e was suspended for • months, then to be of the third class. SECONDARIES".—(THIS DAY" ) CHAM for EN V. HENDRY. r Of. This was an action to re cover th e sum o f 11,. 1- g arb' goods sold. The pl a intiff i s a w i ne - merc hant ' fl a t 0 bone-place, and defendant is a commission ag — Pancras-lane. f ° 3l Witnesses were called to prov e th e deliver,/ , articles, wine and spirits, and also an admission *lO5 Dot defendant, althou g h h e h a d p l ea d e d t h at - he indebted. ~t The e clerk to the plaintiff's attorney stated 1 1 1 00 fendant called at the office and said that he beard 06 was a writ out against him in the county, 101 ".,;rfie e. was taken out in the city he would accept se Witness told him a writ had been taken out in Al t be l t but he had not a copy with him, and showed the t he when defendant said that he owed the debt but 11 " e riet costs, as he ought not to httve been sued in the 0 111 ' court. The action was then continued. cel l. The Learned SECONDARY said the admission Ti ,,,, - 9 , 0 0101 elusive, and the jury h a d not hi ng to d o as to t)1 . t . the superior court must b e app li e d to on that sa , ./ e ' ,- Verdict for the plaintiff. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS 10' CO U RT. .0 0 (Before Mr. Baron O DE ALSON, Mr. Justice CBE w- and Mr. Justice . Wrwests.) w o, FORGING 11USSIAN BANK NOTES.—The Court „) :0 , - , cupien the whole morni ng w i t h h ear i ng t h e ari;% p ias' upon the demurrer put in to the indictment •;P r o* Samuel Laurin, Bernard Gordon, and Sodiah F 00; who were remanded from the February session, • s t a pot they were indicted for feloniously engraving, 30. 1tetL ° of a note for th e p a y ment o f mosey of a fore i gn 4 n—„, P; , ' etJ wit, the empire o f R uss i a. Th e grounds on WI la" PO demurrers were put in w e r e , t h a t t h e o ff enc e ":". 0 , properly ch arge d, an d t h e i nstrument was not O.' described or set out. aft, or Mr. Huddlestone, Mr. Parry, an d M r . Mete. „raeri peared on b e h a lf o f t h e pr i soners; and the .A 11 ' — o nse) General, Mr. Clarkson, and Mr. Ballantine were c ° for the prosecution. BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY 0 0 Robert Skipton, a f oo t man , was c h arge d with t OOO A 5 from 76, Guwer-street, n i neteen 51 . B an k of lig: notes, the property o f Eli za b et h H ow Sew•V . l e" James Se war d, hi s emp l oyers. The property f V a° Eog' the priso ner , w h en di scovered, was eleven Bank 0" few land notes, ten sovereigns, three half-sovereig s° ' half-crowns, ten shillings, eight sixpences, &c. Miss Elizabeth Ho w S ewar d , of 70, Gower. - t t, 11 `; posed th a t l as t even i ng the prisoner's wife cat clei°oei and asked h er to go to her desk and see if her —°o.ll`. was quite safe. The wile was their housekeel P e h r ,' l r 81 : the prisoner ac t e d as a footman. She went to • " do " no' cretoire and found th e w h o l e of the Bank-not e" 03' e • 201. belong e d to h er, and 801. to her sister, but b 4 0 0.0. nerally kept all their money together in the eF lc; IV She remarked th a t s h e b e li eved the wife was fel nocent. lA °' Police-constable, 21 S, deposed that, yeiterd 1 1 ~,oar neon, Mr. Thomp son , l an dl or d of the George, S ilLot • street, told him that he perceived the prisoner h. w e bt lot of money, whi c h h e t h oug h t he had not cot oleo honest means, as he had been changing Si. notes aII ba ternoon. The constable then watched the prisoner, 'f t ;dill; intoxicated, and he thought the best way of pl'e e ‘ e i r eol‘' was to lock him up at once on a charge of being d bim He consequently t oo k hi m i nto custody and chsrp/jcoOf before Mr. Combe, of Clerkenwell, with being „do . : and having in hi s p ossess i on a large sum o f r e° which he gave a very unsatisfactory accouat. 11°,1- esaid that it belonged t o hi s w if e and himself. ' oar discharged from being drunk, but was detained in I i csi tody on the charge of stealing some bank notes 1 . ile then discovered that Miss Seward bad been N W , formation having been sent to the St. Giles's statiov The notes were all known, and proof of theirs r te' sent from the Bank of E ng l an d to Mi ss Seward til vious day was also given. d Mr. HENRY havin g as k e d th e pr i soner i f be wi-M 1.1.' say anything, to whi c h h e rep li e d i n the negat i ve , mantled the case for a week, 7 61# The money alre a dy save d i s upwards of 65,‘411,3 ,here is no doubt th at at l east 201. more will be 10'. tr') MARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DA e EXTRAORDINARY INSTANCE OF JIITENILE vim, 0 f VlTY.—Sophia Stanton, a child about eleven l i . filt ri p 'age, was placed at th e b ar b e f ore M r. Hardwick. eiltiri with stealing a gold ri ng , th e property of Hann ah j' bole, 14, Warren-street, Fitzroy -square. O4 The prosecutrix st a t e d th at on yesterday tut" o she laid a gold r i ng on a ta b le in her bed-room, wh ,b et she had occasion t o l eave f or a short time, and ' 3- ' „ 4 e; return she iniJscd the ri ng . S he searched ever y the room but co u ld not fi nd it, and on making 03c111- " she was told that the prisoner bad been seen to leave r room with the s t o l en r i ng i n her hand. Witnese nevi quently sent for a constable and gave her in charge• the way to the station the prisoner admitted stealingo ti ring, and s e cret i ng i t i n the dust-hole, where it was sequently fou n d. to f The prison er ' s p arents were in court, and in asolY '° Mr. Hardwick, stated that since the age of four r e , she had evinced the neatest depravity, steali n g p el f ,1 thing she could lay her hands upon. At the ag",,," * et years she contracted a certain di,order, when s he et yl sent to the hospital, but in consequence of her g e qtel bad conduct while there she was expelled. Sine e m - re tt she had been placed in various asylums, butwwo ld stop in any of them. Some short time ago she 0 "; •0 0 g ' a gentleman with attempting to commit a rape uPt, person; the case was heard at this Court, but child's statement was proved to be false the charge not entertained. Mr. HARDWICK said it was one of the worst ea ° • oP c ever heard. It w as a great p i ty that there was 1 1 °C t national asylum for suc h c hi ldren. A gaol was not ttm' receptical for the m . H e t h en remanded the c hil d Friday next. IRELAND. SALES OF ENCUMBERED ESTATES. f DUBLIN, TUESDAY EVENING.--A _ number portant sale s were e ff ecte d to-day before t h e 1- missioners. Th, Ilifd le first put up were the D'Arcy estates in -1; and Westmeath. One lot sold for 18,5001, O r 1 4 years' purchase ; the second produced 4,0001., orr years' purchase; the third, 2,4001., or 16 year s s 4 chase. The f our th, 1,8001 ., or 13 i years ' purl :;$1 the fifth, 1,10 W., or 10 ye ars ' p urc h ase; the 9" 3,4001., or 16/ years' purchase ; the seventh fin d . lra 2,5001., or 17 years' purchase. e re . A. portion of the P or t ar li ng t on estates in M cv , Kildare, and Kilken n y, an d Q ueen ' s countio d; next put in lots an d a ll di spose d o f at the lowing rat es , v i z.: —L ot 1,1,35 W., or 251 Y ea e; u l purchase;. lot 2, 2,1501., or 20 _ years ' purcb 41 lot 3, 8001., or 20 years' - purchase ' I° 6( 5501., or 18 years' purchase ; lot '5 9 - e s or 26 years' purchase ; lot 6, 1,4001., or 20 lint' purchase; lot 7, 1351., or 25 years' pu 3 r , c s h 7 a s g l e ., ; orol l 7754, or 21 years' purchase ; lot 9, years' purchase; lot 10, 7001., or 19 years' Pur,cl or lot 11, 950/., or 21 years' purchase; lot 12, 5. " — . 0 " 1 r; 16 years' purchase ; lot 13, 3251., or 21i Ye ars ,,* chase ; lot 14, 1,2501., or 25 years' purchase; or 1 1 500/., or 23 years' purchase ; lot 16, 1, 0 900/., , years' purcha se . The last sales consisted of ten houses in tte c i 5 ag e Cork, the property of Mr. Robinson. The av '.d bit sum of each realised 4501. The amount realis the day's sales amounted to 64,000/. " Colon e l W I —.— is a fi ne l oo ki ng m an, sn 7- " said a friend the other day. "Yes," replied another, 1 1 0'4 taken f or hi m once. " "Y ou! you're not at all la' 101 0 " I don't care for that, I was taken for him mica—l E his note, and was taken for him by the sheriff." ARRIVALS THIS WEEK Wheat. Barley. I Oats. I Malt. Flour, ,----- --- -- I English ...... 6 Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. 1 Qrs. Sacks 60 ',llO 1,370 2,780 4,130 5c0tch........ Irish .• .. —••— Foreign .... •• 1,230 4 - 00 1 1,-860 1101401LIGli FLOP ZYZA.XCIESET. Oar market continues very inactive, but we have no change to notice in prices. The supply offering is small. NATEUIVECIL&P3SL. B 4 of moved off steadily at an advance in the quota tion a2d per Blbs. In other kinds of meat very little doing. Beef from 26 to 3s 2d; Mutton, 2s 6d to Ss 6d; Lamb, 4s 4d to bs 4d; Veal, 3s to 3s 4d; Pork, 3s to 4s per 81bs, by the carcase. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Before the Lord Chief Justice CAMPBELL, and Justices PATTESON, WIGHTMAN, and ERLE.) DOE ON THE DEMISE OF BENNET V. WAILES. This case arose out of an action tried at the assizes before one of the judges of the superior courts. It ap peared that the defendant had given Mr. Newton, the barrister, a brief without the intervention of an attorney, and in the course of the trial the judge asked Mr. New ton whether he had been regularly instructed by an attorney, and on informing him that he had net, and that the brief had been handed to him by the de fendant personally, the Learned Judge refused to hear him, and the onus of conducting the case was thrown on the defendant, who, being an ignorant man, was unable to examine the witnesses effectively or to ad dress the jury; and the consequence was that a verdict was found for the plaintiff. Mr. NEWTON moved during the present term for a new trial, to raise the question as to his right to receive a brief under those circumstances. In the course of his arguments he referred to a case in which the present Attorney-General had taken a brief from a party in a suite against the Treasury without the intervention of an attorney. He also referred to the case of the King v. Burdett, and to another case, in which the late Lord Abinger and Lord Brougham, and Mr. Humfrey, Q,C., took briefs from the party himself, and contended on those authorities that he was entitled to a rule. Lord CAMPBELL now delivered the judgment of the Court. He said in this case they were called upon to consider whether in any of the superior courts there was a rule cf law which prevented the defendant in a civil suit, who appeared in person, from having, in the stages of a suit in which counsel was not regularly instructed by attorney, the assistance of a counsel in structed by himself without the intervention of an at torney. There certainly had been an understanding that a barrister ought not to accept a brief in a civil suit except from an attorney, and he believed it was for th benefit of suitors and the satisfactory administration of justice that that understanding should be generally acted upon; but the Court were of opinion that there was no rule of law by which it could be enforced. The only statutable provision on the subject was the recent County Courts Act, the 91st section of which enacted that a barrister should not be entitled to appear in any county court unless instructed by an attorney. The statute of Westminster the First, allowing the ap pearance of an attorney; the statute of William 111., c. 3, allowing in cases of treason a full defence by coun sel; and the statute of 6 and 7 William IV., c. 114, allowing a full defence by counsel in all cases of felony; decidedly mention cases in which counsel were to be in structed. This, however, being a matter of procedure, the judges might, on their own authority, and according to their view of what was right, have laid down a general rule to determine under what conditions and restrictions barristers should be permitted to plead, and have pre-audience, but no such rule was found. The alleged restriction, therefore, must depend on usage, from which it might be inferred that such rule had been promulgated, though not now extant in writing. In Crown courts it was con sidered that the practise of a barrister not pleading un less instructed by an attorney did not prevail, and they all knew that in certain instances a barrister was allowed by the judge to defend a prisoner, without the intervention of an attorney. There would be a great difficulty in drawing a distinction for the purpose in question between civil and criminal proceedings, and a man might, ratione commune, be tried on an indictment or be charged with an offence in the shape of an action to recover a penalty. On the circuit they talked fami liarly of the Crown and the civil side, but questions re specting insolvent debtors used to he determined in a Crown court end at nisi prius by means of a quo warrant° or a mandamus ; but a criminal information, or even an indictment for the crime of murder might be removed to this court by cer tiorari, and tried at nisi prius. In civil suits the usage had not been invariably uniform, as they must presume it to have been, if it had been regulated by law; and which as propounded admitted of no exception. In stances had been mentioned in which counsel of great eminence and high honour had thought they were, under peculiar circumstances, justified in holding a briet from a party with or without fee, without any attorney being employed. There was, however, no de the question was not whether a barrister could receive a cided case which could assist the Court, for in those of the King v. Sir Francis Burdett, and Mocatto v. Lawson, brief without the intervention of an attorney, but whether a party who conducted his own case might have the assistance of counsel to argue questions of law, and to examine witnesses. If immemorial usage was to be relied upon, they must remember that sergeants-at-law existed in England long before the time of Edward the First, and it seemed there was every reason to believe that they communicated directly with the par ties. Chaucer spoke of " sergeants-at-law who were wary and wise," and it appeared that at St. Paul's change, where men of all ranks used to assemble, each sergeant had a pillar assigned to him, where he stood and communicated with his clients who came to consult with him. The Court believed, however, that the inter vention of an attorney between counsel and the party greatly contributed, not only to the dignity of the bar, but to the impro vemen t o f English jurispru dence. He adverted to the practice of former ages, not for the purpose of showing that the onus lay in this instance on the defendant, to make out by Acts of Parliament or the rules of court, a position in support of the privilege which he claimed. The Court were by no means insensible to the inconvenience which might arise from this privilege being judicially recog nised, but they earnestly trusted that the almost uniform usage which had prevailed on the subject for more than a century would continue to be followed, and that no abuse of the privilege would take place. They hoped that what was called the etiquette of the bar would still be adhered to, and that that very useful and highly honour able branch of the profession—the attorneys—would remain unimpaired. At any rate, it was the duty of the Court to look to the present state of the law, and they would leave any inconvenience which might be produced by their decision to be remedied by the Judges or the Legislature. They, therefore, were of opinion that the rule for a new trial ought to be made absolute Rule accordingly made absolute. EXCHEQUER. -(THIS DAY.) (Before the LDrd CIIIEF BARON, and Barons PARKE, ROLFE, and PLATT.) WHATELET V. HEWITT. In this case, which was brought to recover damages for injuries sustained by the plaintiff in consequence of the defendant's omnibus coming in contact With one in which he was riding, and thereby throwing him violently on the ground, and in which a verdict was found for the plaintiff for 50/. at the last Liverpool assizep, The COURT refused to grant a rule for a new trial, being of opinion that the direction of Mr. Baron Rolle, who tried the case, was perfectly correct. GREENLAND V. CHAPLIN. The COURT also refused to grant a rule for a new trial in this case, which was of a somewhat similar nature. The action arose out of a collision on the river, in con sequence of which the plaintiff had a leg broken and was otherwise injured, and the jury awarded him damages to the amount. of 2001. --- COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco, before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE and Mr. Jthtice TALFOURD.) GORHAM J. BISHOP OF EXETER. The COURT announced its intention of giving judg ment in this case next t^rm. The Court intimated that the greatest difficulty which it had met with was in ob taining information relative to the mode of proceeding in the two cases which had been referred to, and that as yet the Learned Judges had not been able, after using all possible investigation, to come at any clear informa tion 9n the subject. BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) This being the last day of term, the Court was chiefly occupied with motions for the re-Admission of attorneys who had ceased to take out their certificates for some time past. One case was reserved for consideration, the gentleman seeking to be re-admitted not having prac tised for the last nine years, during which period he had been carrying on the business of a cotton-spinner.' Q UEEN V. SPIREY. In this case Mr. SISIRKE had obtained a rule, calling upon the defendant to show cause why a criminal infor- 'th e u , clock. r rhp • for Pu'r: aad p„ Tie to, and Proven, Cobb 4 ted t( ~~