The Sun. — London, England, 1850-04-29 00:00:00

Msj•wty's principal Secretariesof St ite a report of their proceedings, speciFying the burial grounds which hayst; been provided under this Act in the preceding year, and showing the portions (1 such burial grounds which are consecrated and intended to remain uncon secrated reseetively, and stating also the names cf the chaplahis appointed urnt r this Act, and of the officers and servants appointed and employed by the said board under this Act. showing those appointed for the general purposes of this Act and those appointed or employed for and in each such burial gr, und, and their respective duties, and Elating the amotats of the stipends payable to the said chaplains, add of the respective salaries and wages of such offi,:ers and servants, and stating the annuities payable under this Act by way of compensation to incumbents, clerks, and sex tons, and the compen . sivioni payabla under this Act in respect of unit paroehitil burial grounds, and the debts and annuities, if any, in respect of parochial burial grounds, to be discharged tinder this Act, and specifying all Burial groun-ls and works commenced under the authority of the said board during the preceding year, and remaining in progress at the termination of such year; and the said beard shall, with the report to be sent as aforesaid, send to such Secre tary of State an account in abstract, showing the receipt and expenditure under this Act for such preceding year, under the several distinct heads of receipt and expendi. lure. with the statement cf the allowance of the auditor or auditors, if he or they have allowed such accounts, or of the parts, if any, which he or they have disapproved of such accounts, and also summary statements of all contracts enturpd into by the said board in such preceding year, nd 'll. , moneys owing, to awl debts owing by the sa id board on the thirtu - first dog of December of such pre ce lit:t; year; and the sa;d board shall also from time to time give t,) any ,one of such Secretaries of State as aforomaiii such inform `:lion as ht, rirky require respecting their proceedings ; and eve,-y such report, account in ab,tr?tct, and stuteu:en: ai afeesaid shag be laid before both Houses - of Parli=ent within one month offer the receipt theracf,. if Parliament he sitting, or if Parlia ment be not sitting, than within one month after the Po; t nice , in g df pviiament. LXV. AAA be it enacted that in th%ioconns shall stru have etionof his Act the following words anti expressions unless such the meanings hereby assigned to them, meanings b e re p ug nant to or inconsistent with the context; (that is to say)— Words importing thr , singular numbershalli ncludere the plural nuhe , , and words importing the plural num ber shall include the singular num ier. Words importing the masculine inelude f ema l es , gender only shall lThe word " lands" shall include messuages, buildings, ands, and hereditament,. The expression " the district" shall mean the "metro politan bnrisl district." The word " parish " shall include united parishes, and any distinct and separats parish, district parish, district chapi•lry, or coniolithted district. formed under the provisions of the Church Building Acts, and a•iy new parish constituted by or under , the proceedings of the Ecclesiastical Commission ers for England. LXV.I. And be it enacted, that in citing this Act in other Acts, and in legal instruments and other proceed ins, it shall be stil2ierit to use the expression " The Metropolitan Interments Act, 1850." THE :',IETROPOLITAN BURIAL DISTRICT. SCHEDULE A. The City of London—An places and Parts o_f . pl aces contained nithin the ext*rior boundaries of the Liberties of the City of London. In Middlesex—The Cities and Liberties of West minster, containing thirty-six Parishes, and four Extra, Parochial, and twenty•one Liberties and other privi- leged places. In Kent—Six Parishes. In Surrey—The Borough of Southwark, eighteen Parishes and, parts of Parishes, and two Liberties and Hamlets. SCHEDULE 13. The saveral Cometerics established under the severe; Acts, bving seven in number. SCHEDULE 4 form of atotg Age . A form of Sc lIED ULE Transfer of Mortgage. ESCAPE PROM DROWNING OF MR. D. BARCLAY, rtric EnEwErt.--On. Saturday, the 9 0th in:it., the neighbour hood of Dorking,. Surrey., was visited by a terrific storm of thunder, lightning, and had, during which the Milton Court Pond was sweliekt•to an unusual height, and the waters over flowfd their banks and poured with great fury through the flood-gates. At the time of the storm Mr. D. Barclay was gto his brother's how:: at Bury-hill on a pony, which °'ioefir flighpat the noise of the. water, and backed into the pond 1/44 Irittltr,at a place where the depth was about fourteen y pony swam ashore, but Mr. Barclay was carried d l owtt eotream to the flood-gates, when a boy named vi 4 had seen the accident, ran to his assistance, and caughr,,hica by the hair just as be was being sucked under therii....ln this positio n he managed to h o ld Mr. Barclay a '.4 . 1e115, the rente r o f t h e a dj o i n i ng mill, and some of 11*- ls :-• V il ved at the spot, w h en i t was found necessary to 1 . :64 td his body, and t o use c l ot h es - props and other • _At " • twextricate him from his perilous situation. Mr. y was then conveyed almost senseless to the miller's house and placed in a warm bed. He was soon well enough to be removed to his brother's residence. So great was the senilation created in the neighbourhood, that thanks were offored up ire the village church for Mr. Barclay's safe de liverance. Since the accidat the pond has been railed off to prevent any fatal dug where used in the " Cemeteries Clauses Act, 1847," shall mean " the General Board of Health," and the expression n the clerk" whe=re used in such Act shall include " the assistant secretary" appointed under this Act; and every person committing any offence in the said clauses " with respect to the protection of the cetne tery" respectively mentioned shall krfeit the sum therein respectively mentioned to the said board, upon a sum mary coavietion for such offence before two justices of the peace. LIX. And be it enacted, that the said board shall not, nor shall any person or persons whomsoever, be as sessed or rated, or liable to be assessed or rated or to pay to any county, parochial, or other local rates, in re spect of any burial ground provided under this Act, or any building or place c f burial therein. LX. And be it enacted, that the Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury shall, in the month of January, in each year appoint one or more fit person or persons to examine and audit the accounts of the said board under this Act for the preceding year; and every such auditor shall be paid by the said board two guineas for every day be is fully employed on such audit, and all such expenses as be is put to in the auditing of such accounts; and the auditor or auditors appointed as aforesaid shall, in the month of February hi each year, on such day or days as are fixed by him or theta for the audit of the accounts, attend at the principal office of the said board, and shall give to the said board at least fourteen days' previous notice in writing of the time so fixed for such audit; and the said beard shall, by their officers, produce and lay before the auditor or auditors at every such audit the accounts of the board for the year preceding, together with the statement and account herein before mentioned, accompanied by proper vouchers for the support of the same, and submit to his or their inspection all books, papers, instruments, and writings in theircustody or control relat ing thereto; and such auditor or auditors, in the presence of such of the members of the said board and such of the rate-payers and mortgazees as desire to attend, shall audit the accounts herein-before mentioned, and may examine any of the members of the said board or their officers whom he or they shall deem accountable (and whom he or they is and are hereby enspowed to summon to appear before him ox them for the purpose of such ex aminatiore) touching the said accounts, and shall also hear any complaint which any such rate-payer or mort gagee al;-all at the time of such audit make touching mach accounts; and if such accounts be found correct such auditor or auditors shall sign the same, in token of his or their allowance the: eon and such allowance shall be final and conclusive on all parties. LXf. And be it enacted, that the said board may en tar into all such contracts as they may think fit for the erection and famishing of chapels in the burial grounds provided under this Act, and in the case of chapels already built, for enlarging the same and for enclosing and laying out such grounds, and for pro'iding offices and houses of reception, and for making provision for funerals, and for any other matters in relation to the purposes of this Act in respect to which it may appear to the said board expedient to enter into contracts-. LeXII. And be it enacted, that " The Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845," except the provisions of that Act " with respect to the recovery of forfeitures, penal ties, and costs," "with respect to lands acquired by the promoters of the undertaking under the provisions of the ' Lands Clauses Consolitlation Act, 1845,' or the special Act, or any Act incorporated therewith, but which shall not be required for the purposes thereof," and " with respect to the provision to be made for affording access to the special Act by all parties interested," and except the clauses numbered respectively 134 and 135 in the copies of that .Act printed by her Majesty's printers, shall, so far as respects purehaaes by the said board of any cemetery mentioned in the sche auk (13.) to this Act, and compensation to persons inte rested in nonparochial burial grounds, be incorporated with this Act; and the said Lauds Clauses Consolidation Act, except the provisions and clauses of that Act be fore excepted, and except she the provisions of that Act " with respect to the purchase and taking of lands other wise than- by agreement," shall, so far as respects pur chases of lands by agreement under this Act by the said • board, be incorporated with this Act, and for the purpose* of this Act the expression the promoters of the endertakine„" wherever used in the said Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, shall mean the said board. LXLII. And be it enacted, that it shall be lawful foa the said beard to sell and dispose of any lands pur chasedthee them under this Act, which it may appearlto the said board may be properly 4slei or disposed of, and which may rrot have been consecrated or used for the burial of the dead; and,for conaplntlng and carrying any such sale into effect such bowel may make and execute a conveyance of the lands sold and,dieposed of aa aforesaid unto the purchaser, or as he 01311 direct, and such conveyance shall be under the seal of the said heard; and the word " grant" in such eon veyence stn.ll have the same operation as by the said Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, is given to the same word in a conveyance of lands made by the pro inoters of the undertaking; and a receipt under the seal of the said beard shell be a sufficient discharge to the purchaser of any such lands for the purchase money in sack receipt expressed to he received ; and the money to arise fret such care shall he applied in like manner ea other moneys received under this Act ; and the said board may let from year to year, or for any term of years, or to be held at will, and at such rent as the said board may think fit, any land which may have been purchased by and become vested in the said board under ON Act, and which f the time being shall not ba quirod for the purposes of t!lis Act. LXEV. And be tt enacted thvt the said board shall, in the month of March in every ye r, send to one of her THE SUN, LONDON, HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public are r espectfully informed that a Grand Extra Night will take place On PIIIIRSDAY, May "2, When will be presented (for the first time this iie4.son) Belilni's cele brated Opera. LA SONSAMBITLI. Amirp, Madame Sontag ; Lisa, 2.1d11e. Malporate ; Count Ito dolpho, Signor Bellettl ; Elvino, Signor Bauearde. Director of the Music and Conductor, Mr. Balfe. In the course of the evening will be presented (for the first time) a new and original Grand Pas do Trois (composed by M. Paul Taglioni, the Music by Signor Pugni), entitled LES GRACES, By Mdlle. Carlotta Griai, Mdlle. Marie Taglioni, and ?Idlle. Amalia Ferraris. With other Entertainments, in which Mr. Sims Reeves, and Signori Celetti and Lablache will appear. To conclude with the last scene of the admired Ice Ballet, by M, P. Taglioni, 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. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TO-MORROW EVENING Will be presented Donizetti's Opera, entitled LINDA DI CHAMOUNI. Linda, Madame Sontag ; Pierhtto, 3ldlle. Ida Bertrand ; Antonio, Signor Colet 1; Il Prefetto, Signor Belletti ; Il 31archese di Bois navy, Signor F. Lablache ; Carlo, Signor Buucarde. Between the acts will be presented a selection front the admired Ballet, LA ESMERALDA, Comprising the celebrated Truandalse, by Aidlle. Carlotta Grist and M. Charles. To conclude with the principal Tableau of the highly successful new Grano:Ballet, by M. Paul Taglioni, entitled LES META 3fORPHOSES, Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi, 3ldlle. Mario Taglionl, Mdlle. Atnalia Ferraris, 31. Charles, and 3f. P. Taglioni. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and 'tickets to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. TOMORROW EVENING Will be produced (for the third time), with new scenery, dresses, and decorations, a grand opera, founded on Rossini's celebrated work, " Mose in Egitto," with the alterations and additions by the Composer, entitled Z 0 R A. Anais, Madame Castellan ; Sinaide, Madlle. Vera ; Nicotri, Mdme. d'Okolski ; Merismane, signor Tamburad ; Zora, Mon. Zelger (his 2d appearance at the Royal Italian Opera) ; Babias, Signor Lavia ; Osiris, Signor Tagliaflco ; The Oracle. Signor Polonlui ; Aufkie, Signor Soldi ; and Amenoti, Signor Tamberlik. The Divertisement in the third act will be supported by Monsieur Alexandre and Madile. Louise Taglioni. _ _ . . _ Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. The Doors will be opened at Half-past Seven. and the performances commence at Eight o'clock precisely. .. Tickets for the Boxes, Stalls, or the Pit, may be had (for the might or , eason), at tho Box-office of the Theatre, which is open from Ten till Five. FRENCH PLAYS.-ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Positively the last appearances but Two of the eminent comedien, M. Samson. TILLS EVENING The Performances will commence at Eight o'clock precisely, with Scribe's celebrated Comedy of BERTRAND E r RATON ; ou, L'Art de Conspirer. Le Comte Bertra:nd de Rantzau, M. Samson. The Box-office of the Theatre is open daily trom Eleven till Five - - - Boxes and Stalls at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond. street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. The Lessee has great pleasure hi stating that Ihe growing attraction of the Graced Easter Spectacle of the DEVIL'S RING, Together with the urgent recommendation from all quarters that it should be continued, has induced him to make such arrangements as will meet the general wish, and supersede, for the present, the necessity of closing the Theatre. Revival of Sophocles' classical Tragedy of ANTIGONE. • The Manager begs to inform the public that he has yielded to the general solicitation which demands the revival of this beautiful Greek Nay, and it will be produced on WEDNESDAY, May Ist, with new scenery, dresses, and appointments, and all the Grand Choruses by Dr. Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, adapted to the modern stage by W. Bartholomew, Esq. Creon, Mr. Vadenhoff; Antigone. Miss Vandenhoff. THIS EVENING, Will be presented, by her Majesty's Servants. The Tragedy of HAMLET. 'Hernia, Mr. James Anderson Ghost, Mr. Cooper ; Claudius, Mr. Diddear ; Polonius, Mr. Baker ; Gertrude, Mrs. Ternan; Ophelia, Miss F. Huddart. After which [HE DEVIL'S RING ; or, Fire, Water, Earth, and Air. In Three Acts and Four Elements. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton, This EVEN I N Will be performed a new drama, called THE. VICAR OF WAKEFIELD. Dr. Primrose, Mr. Webster ; Squire Thornhill, Mr. H. Vanden heff ; Mr. Burchill, Mr. Stuart ; Moses, Mr. Buekstone ; Mrs. Prim rose, Mrs. Keeley ; Olivia, Miss Reynolds ; Lady Blarney, Miss P Horton ; Miss Skeggs, Mrs. Fitzwilliata. To conclude with the Last Edition of IVANHOE, with all the newest improvements. Cedric the Saxon, Mr. J. Bland ; Sir Briant de Bore Guilbert, Mr, Selby; Sir Wilfrid of Ivanhoe, Mrs. Keeley; Warnba, Mr. Buck. ssono ; Isaac of York, Mr. Keeley; Robin Hood, Mrs. Fitzwilliam Rebecca, Miss P. Horton. The lic,x-orace is wider the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the celebrated drama of TIIE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER. Count Henry Beausoleil, Mr. Hughes; Count nuts, Mr. Boyce ; Captain Gasconade, Mr. Worrell; * * * ne Celeste ; Duplumet, Mr. Cullenford ;: Madlle. de Nantelle, E. Harding. 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. Wright, Bedford, Worrell; Miss Harding, and Mrs. F. Matthews. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE THIS EVENING Will be repeated (25th time) a Lyrical, 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 11. Gilbert, Mrs. Humby, Miss Oliver, Miss Manners, and Miss Martindale. To be followed by THE ISLAND OF JEWELS. Characters by Messrs. F. Matthews and F. Cooke ; Madame Vestrls, Miss Jails St. George, Miss Dickinson, Miss Kenworthy, Mrs. Macnamara, Miss Martindale. and Miss E Honner. To conclude with BOX AND COX. All applications for Private Loxes must be made to Mr. Allcro ft 15, New Bond-street. The Box-office, adjoining the Theatre, in Wellington-street, is open daily from Ten to Six o'clock, under the superintendence of Mr. T. F. Bennett. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, ctifS EVENING, Will be presented the entirely new Opera (composed expressly for this Theatre, by Signor F. Schira), entitled THE °PHAN OF GENEVA. Count de Merville, Mr. Allen; Carwin, Mr. Weiss; Fontaine, Mr, H. Corri ; Picard, Mr. Letter; Levine, Mr. Wyun ; Therese, Miss Louisa Fyne. 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, :►iiss Saunders, and Miss Villars. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Ratty. Triumphant success of the new grand Easter Spectacle of Enchant ment.—Reappearance of that extraordinary and talented Artiste, Madlle. Gardoni, on the Tight Rope. THIS EVENING The Entertainments will commence at Seven o'clock, with Fitzball's magnificent Spectacle, entitled THE FOUR SONS OF AYMON ; or The Days of Charlemagne. Produced with great splendour, and introducing the who.e of the vast resources of this Establishment, including the beautiful Stud, together with the Camels, Zebras, &c., &c. To be succeeded by the talented Male and Female Artists of the Establishment. To conclude with the interesting Melodrama of MEG MURDOCK ; or, the Fatal Glen. Box•otlice open From Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. lIIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tali Day Morning 36 min. after 3 Evening b 3 min. after 3 To - Moaaow—Morning 10 min. after 4 Evenin: 28 min. after 4 THE WEATIIER.--:!us OFFICE, Arm. 23. THERMObIETER. sl—highest since noon yesterday. 33—lowest this morning and during the night. 49—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 3015. WIND N.E.—very cold stiff breeze and fine weather. MONDAY, APRIL 29. " THERMOMETEI% 50—highest since noon yesterday. 32—lowest this morning and during the night. 49 this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30.38. Wrxn Easterly, with cloudy weather. Sly tritta nut LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 29, 1850. A question of the deepest and most vital import ance to the tranquillity and security of the Anglo- Indian Empire will to-morrow evening be brought under the consideration of the British Senate. Sir EDWARD Corainnoonz has given notice that he will then move for a " Select Committee to inquire into the rights of succession of the allied and dependent Princes of India." Every exertion will unquestion ably be made to avoid discussion, and to get rid of the inconvenient topic by a side wind. The ordinary ruse of " counting out of the House" will, if possible, be resorted to, and we would emphatically warn the chosen representatiies of the people in due time of the intention, in order that they should attend in their places on the occasion, and that th ey should not, by their culpable negligence and apathy, permit the august assembly of which they are mem bers to be brought into contempt and disrepute by the success of an expedient so stale and paltry. It is the noblest characteristic of the British Par liament that it is ever ready to attend to the remon strances of the opprea and injured, however lowly and bumble, that every well-founded complaint shall receive an anxious and attentive consideration. Any alleged violation of theexisting laws, or any acknow ledged deficiency ther ein, to meet a particular case, will be fully investigated, and ample justice done to the aggrieved .parties, and thi s , not only where they have rece ived actual damage, but where there is reasonable cause to suppose that such may be inflicted at any future Period. The love of justice is deeply im planted in English hearts, and nothing will more powerfully excite the public indignation than any indifference to that sacred principle. If " might could prevail over right " on any occasion, or under "y c inumstigiceti the constitutional rights And Tiber" .. tv , 1~: . y '. .. jl • • • , 1 • tik. k.t 7f i ' '-. 4 4 7 k ~- i r4A , • fr 4 2 znu , ...„.. , , 'I t. e ' , , -,- ,--ki . t:',..4\, 13.„..k, . 12) \ , ori" . , , i.. : t: -, ._ ...0,,,, a li , ' RT • mom' Dion ` ..4.; !,_ . , 2_€_u_ ; , - . I ties of the community would be seriously endan gered. But so long as the dictates of honour and integrity are respected in the Legislature--so long as everything in any degree savouring of tyranny and oppression be sternly and firmly repressed —so long will the chosen representatives of the people be rewarded by the respect and admiration of their respective constituencies—so long will they maintain the high position they have attained, u the first deliberative assembly in the civilized world. The parties now claiming justice at their hands, now appealing from the partial and prejudiced de cisions of the Board of Directors, are, however, no mean or helpless body, whose entreaties could be despised or rejected with impunity. They are the so vereign chiefs and princes of India, wielding de spotic authority within their own dominions—power ful for good or evil, and capable of being useful allies or formidable enemies. Individually they would be in capable of resisting the British force, and separated and divided by mutual suspicions would fall easy victims; but if once their fears are excited for their common safety, if once united by a sense of general danger from the unjustifiable aggressions and grasping policy of the Anglo-Indian Government, a combined and determined opposition may be organized that would imperil the very existence of our Oriental dominions, and which, under the most favourable circumstances, must occasion sanguinary and expensive wars, more injurious to British interests than any territorial ag grandizement or increased revenue could possibly compensate. This appeal to the ultimate tribunal has not been made until every other resource had been exhausted. Repeated remonstrances have already been addressed to the Court of Directors and to the Proprietors of East India Stock by some who have rendered the most important services to the Company, and who have acquired large fortunes and great experience during prolonged residences in Hindostan. For the last few years, since the erroneous and mistaken line of policy now complained of was first entered upon, Mr. R. SULLITAN and many efficient and distinguished coadjutors have let slip no oppor tunity of exposing the " career of harshness, selfish ness, and injustice which has shaken the confidence of every principality throughout India in British probity and honour," and of endeavouring "to ar rest the progress of encroachment upon the hereditary and indefeasible rights of the tributary and dependent states, with which we have formed alliances ;" but in vain. The magnates of Leadenhall-street have opposed a stubborn and pertinacious resistance to every attempt to awaken them to a sense of equity. They have endeavoured to meet the powerful cases to which their attention was directed with sneers and ridicule, and have passed by, as utterly unworthy of notice, arguments which they were incapable of an swering or rebutting. In this most injudicious course they have, we regret to say, been sanctioned and supported by a majority of the proprietors, who flippantly decided, on questions of the nature and merits whereof they were wholly ignorant. In this manner were the claims of the cruelly -persecuted and deeply-injured PERTAIIH Sagan, and of his youthful heir and successor, the de jure Raja of SATTARA, slighted and set at nought, and the usurpation of his dominions by his affectionate friends and faithfal allies, the Honourable Company, sanctioned and confirmed. In this manner have 'resolutions been passed by which the Company "virtually as serted its right to confiscate for its own benefit the territories of any native prince of India whom it should have pronounced to have died without heirs." They have thus directly invaded one of the most sacred customs and highly cherished privileges of the Hindoo law. They have refused to recognise the "right of adoption," which was never controverted until within the last few years, and to claim the old feudal rights of lords paramount over independent so vereigns, with whom they have entered into solemn treaties to succeed to the sovereign inheritance on the failure of direct heirs of the blood. The treaties are thus openly violated and set at nought, or, what is almost tantamount thereto, the more powerful party claim to interpret the' disputed clauses, and to take part as prosecutors and judges in their own cases. It is, as we have said, but recently that this mon strous doctrine has been promulgated. The entire tide of precedents had formerly flowed the other way. But in 1848 the subject was again brought under the notice of the supreme Government at Bombay, who dealt with the matter as if it were entirely new, overlooking all former decisions on similar points. This extraordinary judgment was approved by the directors, and subsequently confirmed by the Court of Proprietors, specially convened for the purpose. It has naturally excited the deepest and most painful sensations in the minds of the native powers, who are equally astounded and enraged at the audacity and injustice of these iniquitous pretensions. They had previously seen similar questions mooted, but in fifteen out of sixteen cases that had occurred between the years 1126 and 1846, the decision had been in accordance with equity, and diametrically opposed to the:more recent assumption, which, indeed, was never put forward until the accession of the Earl of ELLENNOROUGH to the Governor-Generalship of India. Many statesmen had previously used the clearest and most intelligible language in speaking of the rights of the native chiefs and princes. In deed the doctrine was so fully recognized that even where the party had been guilty of grave offences, the innocent heirs were not punished, or held in any degree responsible for the criminal acts of their " adoptive fathers." None had spoken more distinctly and more unequivocally upon this topic than the late lamented Earl of AUCKLAND. That distinguished nobleman had used these remark able words respecting the case -of the Raja of OORCHA, in which the broad principles on which the British Government in India should ever act were fairly and lucidly explained : "I cannot (said the Governor-General), I cannot for a moment admit the doctrine that, because the view of policy upon which we may have formed engagements with native princes, may have been by circumstances materially altered, we are not to act scrupulously up to the terms and spi r it of th ose engagements." • And again : "I have referred to our treaty with the Raja of Oor cha, and I find that its preamble commences in these words: -= The Raja of Oorcha is one of the chiefs of the Bundelkund, by whom, and his ancestors, his present Possessions have been held in successive generations during a long course of years without paying tribute or acknowledging vassalage to any other power. And the treaty formed with the Raja is designated as one of ' friendship and alliance,' the territory, which from ancient times had descended to the Raja by inheritance, an d i s now in his possession, being guaranteed to the said Raja, his heirs and successors. Upon words so distinct and positive as these I hold it to be impossible to raise a question, and I am of opinion, therefore, that the Raja of Oorcha must be regarded as one of those sovereign rulers who, according to the very proper rule laid down in the letter of Sir Charles Metcalfe, of 28th October, 1837, is entitled to make an adoption in his own discretion which the British Government is bound to acknowledge, provided that such adoption be regular and not in violatio n o f Bin doo /awl" * • • • • Admitting the ri g ht of the Raja for reasons which I have st a t e d to adopt an heir, I am not disposed, after much reflection on the whole subject, to mix up our recognition of that right with the sapient consideration of the punishment that may be due to him for unwarranted opposition to the British power." These were the views of an able and honest states man, of one who occupied, at various periods, no in considerable positions in the national councils, and one who enjoyed the respect and confidence of his colleagues in the Ministry at the period of his lamented death. But these just principles are now wholly di; regarded and despised by the East India Company. To those who desire full information on all the cases we would commend the admirable speech of Mr. SULLIVAN to the proprietors of East India Stock, on the 17th April, which was fully reported in The Sun of the 19th instant. That talented gentle man indeed brought forward an immense mass of information on the occasion, and the clearest and most unanswerable arguments in favour of the conclusions at which he had arrived. Nothing was omitted that could be desired ; but, as we have already stated, the pro prietors supported the directors in the unjust and in judicious line of policy which they had determined on following. Nothing, therefore, remains but an appeal to the honour and integrity of the Imperial Parliament, and that appeal will be made to-morrow evening. No immediate decision will be asked for. It is not desired that Members should pronounce final judgment upon a question respecting which many must be in comparative ignorance; but in quiry—full and ample inquiry —is demanded, with a view to future legislation i and we cannot suppose that such a request can be rejected by a body of un prejudiced and honourable gentlemen. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, Elsewhere in our impression of this evening will he found printed the sixty-six clausPs constituting the Metropolitan Bill for Extramural Interment, recently irtroduced into the Legislature by the Government. To the pernicious principles lurking in this pro posed enactment we would most earnestly beseech the attention of the community—satisfied, as we are, that unless the Bill undergo a radical alteration in Com mittee, its effects must prove most prejudicial to the interests of the population. Several times already we have expatiated upon the evil consequences certain to result from an enactment' so erroneously contrived ; yet it is impossible for us to abstain from all allusion to its baneful characteristics upon the occasion of our submitting to the notice of the readers of The Sun the whole framework and substance of this Ministerial measure. Hence, we find ourselves compelled to revert again to the matter previously discussed in these columns, even at the risk of an apparently superfluous repetition. We have received the Paris journals of Saturday and of yesterday. The ballot for the election of a representative for Pari4 commenced yesterday at nine o'clock. It is said that the Government has thrown every possible obstacle in the way of the voters d.sirous of procuring the various voting tickets at the mairies, the avowed object being to procure per fas aut nefas the return of the reactionary candidate. The reactionary journals, while indignantly de nouncing as false the statement which appeared in the National on the subject of the votes of the soldiers in garrison at Orleans, are now compelled to admit that those statements are true, and that the majority of the soldiers did vote for EUGENE SUE. The Nationulof Saturday, publishes other returns from the army, from which it appears that 61 have voted for EUGENE SUE and 22 for LECLERC. The candidature of M. LECLERC is accounted for by the fact that his chief clerk is the nephew of M. CARLIER. Ile is therefore put forward as the representative of that most immoral of all systems, the system of the French police. M. LECLERC is, in fact, the cat's-paw of the ape of FOUCLIE. M. CARLIER has now proscribed all the Republican journals. The National, Voix du Peuple, and other democratic journals contain the following curious circular : Once more, therefore, we must be permitted to particularize the various clauses of the Bill in regard to which we have previously specified our objections. Briefly then, those clauses are numbered-4, 6,7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 25, 39, 46, 48, and 49 in all twenty-two clauses collectively. For individual comments upon those clauses, the curious are referred to the leading columns of this journal, dated Saturday, the 20th, and Monday, the 22d instants. Therefrom it will be perceived that the Cabinet are disgracefully endea vouring to propitiate the favour of the clerical party in behalf of their projected innovation by subordi nating the interests of the people to those of the ecclesiastical establishment. Than this we are per suaded from experience that nothing can, by any pos sibility, be more detrimental to the cause of hu manity, of morality, of justice, or of true religion. For the direct consequence of such a pro ceeding must naturally be to compensate the clergy for depriAg them of a loathsome system which has hitherto proved most profitable to them selves, while generating disease amongst the multitude, fearfully increasing the extent of the annual morta lity, and dissipating many of the nobler instincts of our nature—those instincts which invest death with sentiments of a peculiar sanctity. We appeal to Reason, and we ask if such a mode of truckling to ec clesiastical authority is calculated to elevate the opinions of the masses in regard to the Church Estab lishment ? We appeal to that sense which is upper most in society—the sense of the common decencies of existence, and we ask if such a method of purchasing the right of seemly sepulture is likely to enhance the amount of the popular veneration for our ecclesiastical functionaries ? So far from the Bill in question being of this tendency, it must be apparent that the disclosure and recognition of the intentions of the Government will militate inevitably against the interests of the clergy, by rendering their wealth and their power yet greater objects of unpo pularity. No doubt of it, the mere circumstance of her MA JESTY'S Ministers bringing in a Bill for the organiza tion of a system of extramural interment, is one, considered irrespectively of its precise details, in which the people of England may find profound cause for exultation. Let the ostensible boon, how ever, be scrutinized, and the rejoicings of the multi tude will very speedily become hushed. The popular intelligence will recognize, on glancing through the proposed enactment, that the apparent benefit is of a nature calculated to prove a source of serious incon venience and: disadvantage immediately it is ate tempted to be carried into operation. Simply, then, it should be recollected that the present scheme has been forced upon the reluctant acceptance of the Government by the force of a great movement from without, a movement commenced by an ener getic citizen of the metropolis no less than twelve or thirteen years ago, and subsequently taken up by the medical profession, and pushed forward by the co operation of a numerous and miscellaneous body of sanitary reformers. At length, we say, the force of this generous agitation has compelled the Ministry to acquiesce in the necessity for improve ment—the present Government measure has been in troduced into the Lower House of Parliament—and parties begin forthwith to congratulate themselves upon the prospect thereby presented to them of the immediate realisation of all their hopes regarding a rational system of extramural interment. A momen tary examination of the Bill suffices to scatter all these brilliant illusions of the fancy into nothingness, leaving in their stead a fear for the serious and evil consequences of the innovation. For " The news-venders have just received notice that the sale of democratic journals, both within and without doors, is absolutely interdicted. All the efforts of M. earlier to prevent the sale of democratic journals will only serve to increase the number of their readers. Henceforward every workshop, every wine-shop, every restaurant, every lodging-house, every place, in fact, in which the working population assembles, must be pro- vided, at least, with one democratic journal. We are ready on our side to make all necessary sacrifices, and we reckon on the support of our countrymen. We will open a subscription list for the sake of defraying the gratuitous circulation of democratic journals in Paris and in the departments." The consequence of this attempt of the Prefect of Police of the Republic to give a monopoly to the Monarchical journals will be to greatly increase the number of regular subscribers to the denounced journals, and to cause their gratuitous circulation throughout France. The Army budget came on for discussion in the Chamber on Saturday, and the Legitimatist General GRAMMONT declared that it might be necessary to remove the seat of the Legislature from Paris to some city, inhabited by etres Bien pensans. This was hailed by the Left with cries of " The mask is thrown off;" which brought up General D'HAUTPOOL, who hastened to repair the damage done by the blundering candour of his brother Legitimatist, by declaring that the Government never would countenance such an idea. The declaration will, however, produce its effect at the Paris election, and will induce many a bon Bourgeois to pause before he supports the pet of the enemies of the trading interests of Paris very naturally, we become dismayed on perceiving that the whole of the administrative power of the in tended cemeteries must ultimately pass into the grasp of the ecclesiastical authorities, in consequence of the miserable contrivance of the whole measure. By such a mistaken and most pernicious arrangement the Bill in its operation would be rendered altogether nugatory--conferring power upon those very individuals 'who should be especially restricted from interference in a matter of emolu• ment. According to certain clauses, already parti cularised by ourselves, it should be remembered also that rates are to be levied by the governing board, and that governing board ecclesiastical in its ulterior character! What do the ratepayers of the metro • politan districts think of such a prospect as that ? We doubt not they will find it anything but agreeable, Nay ! we are ♦ery far, indeed, from having speci fied the whole of the many serious objections capable of being brought forward against the projected scheme of the Government. In its very title the Bill is most exceptionable, the words of that title indicating clearly enough the intention of the .1114,1 bt()Cii. Cabinet and their clerical allies—shall we say indi cating the project of Sir Q EORGE GREY and the Lord Bishop of LONDON—.namely, that of reserving the power of opening or closing any graveyards (no ... _ ... . matter even if full to repletion) IN or near London; Now, such a reservation as this, it must be quite ob- . _ vious, is entirely incompatible with the notion o: any really good and effectual reform in the way of organizing a system of extramural interments. All intramural burial-grounds, without distinction, should be peremptorily closed by the enactment, saving and excepting, of course, the vaults of such great nations edifices for the entombment of the illustrious, as West minster Abbey and St. Paul's Cathedral. Otherwise :he improvement will only be specious and apperen Another change required in the Ministerial scheme, to render it beneficial to the entire community, is, of course, the extension of the desired benefits from the metropolis to the rest of the populous towns and cities throughout England. As it is, however, we leave the Bill in its present state for the con- sideration of the multitude, satisfied that its ev character will be at once recognised, and sanguine that the pernicious clauses enumerated in the columns of The Sun may undergo a wholesome revision in Committee. AFTERNOON EXPRESS MAIL TO IRELAND.---POST OFFICE NOTICE.—On and after Wednesday, the Ist of May, newspapers, as well as letters, will be forwarded in the bag for Ireland which is dispatched by the Express train leaving the Euston-square station at 5 r.m. (Sundays excepted). Letters and newspapers for this dispatch must be posted at the receiving -offices in London before 2 P.M.,-at the Branch-offices in Lom bard-street, Borough, Charing-cross, and Old Caven dish-street, before 3 P.M.,— and at the General Post-office. St. Martin's-le-Grand, before 3 30 P.m., and they will arrive in Dublin early the following morning. LTIIINGTON, SUNDAY NIGHT.—The nomination for the election of a candidate to represent] this borough in Parliament, in the room of the Hon. Captain Keppel, is to take place on Monday, and should a poll be demanded, the election is fixed for Tuesday. Mr. Hutchins, who was re jected at Southampton in 1841, was early in the field on the Liberal interest. He is fiercely opposed by Mr. Andrew Stuart, a Protectionest, but up to the present moment the success of the latter is considved doubtful. A very close contest is anticipated. We believe‘we are in a position to affirm that the negotiations between the Courts of London . and Mad r id, re . lative to the rene wa l o f di p l oma ti c re:damns, are now virtu. ally and satisfactorly(?) concluded.... Post. - - DEATH or M RS . „ EDMUNDS (MISS M. CAWSE)..--. We have to announce the death of Mrs. Edmunds, better known under her maiden name of Miss Mary Cawse. She died on the 14th instant, after but a short illness, of bron chitis, leaving a family of six children to lament her loss— the profession, too, has lost a bright and amiable ornament. Miss Cawse received her musical education under Sir G. smart, and rapidly gave promise of those abilities which at an early age placed her in the foremost rank of our English singers. For several years no concert was complete without the aid of Miss Cawse and her sister. TEING, READING, AND BASINGSTOKE RAILWAY. —The dividend of 10s. per share from the assets accruing under the winding-up of this company, is now in course of payment on between 5,000 and 6,000 Aimee. MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 29, 1850. PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS Ditto 5 per Cent. - tierdecr, MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUAIITER A 0 7'IIIiEE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool on Seturday e ere estimated at 8.000 bake, of which 1,000 American were taken fir export, and 500 American, 6!)0 Egyp ian, and 1,000 Surat on speculation. The market dined firmly.—ln Iteilvray Shares ;here was little er no aliere tioa to notice; the business was limit, if, aed prices were still tending downwards. Wheat is higher in Mark-7ane to-day, although there are fair arrivals of foreign reported. The extraordinary and continued abasement of railway property is naturally bringing forward numerous parties with suggestions for remedies, and in most of the latter there may be something tangible discovered, though differences of opinion will arise us to their un reserved application. In a communication by Messrs. Railton and Sons, of Manchester, addressed to their clients, they urge that the dire.cterr, who should be few in number, and paid an adequate salary, should not be allowed to hold any of the capital stock of the company, but be regarded as servants of the cempaue, having to attend to their unbiassed duties, and they then preeeed to remark that " One established form, and an effective andia thereof by independent auditors, must be rigidly adopted; and all further dreaming of rotary board making contrivance to teach new men their business must be abolished, to make way for experienced paid directors, to be always at their duty—with one geeerel manager, supported by their authority, to ke watchful eye over the heads of every working depart ment—and each department reporting to the general manager daily how mat ers move ;ruder his care, which mutt be strictly observed; and the general manager should report accordingly ti the board—which may be few in number—say one to aid the general nisnager by his advice in the coaching departap lit, another in the gouda department, and a third as general referee, to be at the place where the board is established, and where they should all assemble some part cf every day—both directors and general manager—the better to under stand each other's views on bueiners affsirs; rL fourth director may be added if absolutely required. Fur every department the best talent may always be secured at its experienced worth." The power of voting at meetings, it is contended, should be restricted to persons holding not less than 3001. or more of stock, and registered for three months previously, though all shareholders might he allowed to be present, and a board of appal composed of three or four shareholders might be formed to assist the directors when called upon. Proxy voting must be better regu lated, and it is observed in conclusion that "No trouble should be spared, or perseveratice be relsreeel in, till placed on a well-sustained principle, to vie in the et ! traction of surplus money for trading or investment pur poses, comparatively with any other, be the nature what it may; and the more such surplus capital can be made to support productive public works fixed at home, the better will it be for our native industry and capital, when thus bound together under the direction of honourable and skilful care. " When new projects are embarked upon, the sub scribers should be forced to keep the deposit-receipt till an Act of Parliament is got, or rejected. If got, a registered certificate will be issued, with which the pro prietor may trade as he pleases with safety to the None and himself ; but, if rejected, the account should imme diately be settled to avoid all further trouble or'obliga tion, and the full deposit paid back, leaving the unfortu nate, crafty projectors —to say the least of them—te sustain every liability they have incurred, by attempting to lead the public deceitfully astray for their own advan tage. This rule established would be a tolerably sure protection to these the most needing it at all times." Aris's Birminyhatn Gazette of to-day states— " 'rne little that has been done in the iron trade during the past fortnight has been of an unusually life less character. Prices remain much the same as at quarter-day, and the orders which were supposed to be withheld on that occasion, with a view to turn the scale in favour of lower rates, are still not ortheoming, so that either that object is not yet considered imprac ticable, or these ai;sunted requirements are not of a very urgent description, if indeed they existed at all in any other shape than the fanciful figments of philosophising speculators. We are also sorry to learn that the local consumption of the district, which up to the present time has escaped the general depression, is now considerably shortening, in consequence of a relax , ation in the demand for moot of our principal articles of manufacture. In the wrought nail trade around Dud ley this falling-off is reported to have been so extensive that it has been considered necessary to issue notices for a further abatement of the miserable wages hitherto given, and the operatives are refusing to work at the reduction. In other branches the same steps are being resorted to; while the railroad interest, another great source of home consumption, has met with a further depreciation, and is still more unfavourably looked upon by capitalists. The exports that during the last two months seemed to have revived a little from the gradual decline of the previous quarter, though not to the extent of the transactions in September, are now stated in the last accounts from the shipping ports, both here and in Wales, to be falling off aeain." Accounts of the 23d inst. from the Leipzic fair state that the sale of manufactures had not been active, and there was a limited attendance of German buyers as usual at this season, the Russian, Polish, and Greek dealers being those who usually purchase, although th'y did less than usual in consequence of the weather being protractedly wintry in its charawer. A fair number of transactions had been entered into in furs, and the sale of Russian products, which was to counnenc© in a few days, was likewise expect -d to be lively. It is stated from Trieste that great facilities are to be ufforded for the transmission of letters and telegra phic communications received from India, so as to es tablish, if possible, a superiority over the Marsilles route. At Hamburgh, last Friday, the rare of e x c h ange on London waA 13 9, and the price of gold 435 i. The inndi were firm. Business in the Colonial markets was not brisk. There, are arrivals from South Australia, Port Philip, and the Cape of Good Hope, the Biwa', &0., but gene rally with the same dates as those recently to hand. The letters per Europa stwAmer from North America are not yet delivered. Ti. English Funds have been extremely tranquil, but there seems to be au expectation that we shall have greater activity, and probably more buoyancy, when the election at Paris is decided. The value of Consols has been 95j to 96. The New Three and a-Quarter per Cents. Imve teen 97* to 1; and the Three per Cents. 94i to 95. Bank Beck has been quotei 206} to 207. Exchequer -bills have realised 68s. to 705., and India Bonus 9 - 4 s. t , ) 954. prem. In the Foreign Stock market the tone is much the same as that of the English Funds. Mexican are rather flatter, being 284 to 29, but simply upon the set tlement which takes place to-morrow. Peruvian have been 701 to 71. Equadur Stock has been marked Danish Scrip is quoted 5 and 5* premium, the highest value which it has yet attained. Spanish Three per Cents have been 36i, and the Five per Cents 164. Russian Four and-a-Half per Cents are 951. Shares are heavy again, and rather lower for some of the lines dealt in. ONE O'CLOCK. 207 2061, o. i (;:ii. Reduced Anus „.... 91 7 1 ; 95 3 per Cent. Consols Ann ui tio6 -... 9:5 7 4 4 96 '....yr 3% per Cent. Anus...—. ...... .. 97% 1 / 8 ~. ,:', n g Anns. to expire J an. 1860 -16 81 2 India Stock Iniiß Bonds, 1,090/ .... . ... 92 94 p Ditto under 1,000/... .......... -.... 95 p ~! onsols for Account 96 9:5% Exchequer Bills. J 1,40,, ,, ,. 2d I,ot KU. June 6B 70 p 5001. June Sthall. June 63 70 p CT,OSTNG PRICES. ONE CLOiqNG PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Danish Bonds, 1825,3 per Cent. Ditto, Scrip •• 5 5 1 _%B 5 N ..p . . . Equador Bonds -, 8 51ex ican, 5 per Cont. 1846, with Coupons— ..... Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons .......- 28% 28 3 4 Ditto, Account 29 28 3 / 4 28N Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto Deferred T:ussian Bonds !YU°, 4 1 4 per Cent Ditto Scrip 2% p 2L4 p . :'.'panish 5 i. -. Cent. 1840 Ditto, Account ....-... ..... Ditto. 3 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in Lorriou. ~ - ' RICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE -JLOsING RAI , ,WAY SHARES. AT ON) O'CLOcK PRICES Do. Preference 8 Caledonian Ditto, New 1C I. Pref... 10 Chester and Holyhead... 50 aetern Couatier... ..... 20 i'dinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... 21 3 4 Great Northern Do., . 1 , 2 A Deferred ... 12%...... 2 Do., %B 6 per Cent... 9% 4 .. 4 Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 12%. lO x.i. seat South. and W est. (Ireland) 'net North of England 100 ......216 ... Great Western 100 ...... 51 1 4 50% 52 .. Ditto, New 171.- ..... 15 ..- . 64....,... _6ll, Lancashire& Yorkshire 100 .. ............ 33% Leeds and Bradtord Lonrim and N Wa,tern 100 10 0 1, 42 101 100% 101:q Ditto, New Quarters 12 Ditto, Fiftf.a - .. 11% . l ll London &S.Wo - itern leo ... ,58 Do., New Preference. 5 , 6%1, 8 . 6% it sficht;star.Buxton,and * atlock 5 Midi And ~ ... + .' 0 ... -311 A, •• Liu.. 50/. Shares po. Consolid. Bristo :45,c Birmng., 6 per et. „ 1; ;9 Norfolk . ... lOO ...... -- I fo. Extension ... 2O North Briti=h .... „.- „, V. ..,. - ... Ditto Preference . 5 N )rth Staffordshire ... 17 1 , 1 ....., 7% 1 / 4 .:. S)uth Devon !oath Ervit-r-, - .Do„ Registered No. 4 10 Wilts, Sonierset,& Wev- 1:9 119 1 ,4 119t4 _ 1734 7 '% 1 3 1 / 2 4 lip ~.. _ ~ I_-t-- - SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 23d have arrived. There has been another row at the Palace. The KING Consort it appears turned sulky, as he alway does after an interview with Father FULGENCIO, and declared that on the accouchement of the QUEEN, he should quit Spain and publish a manifesto to the world. NARYAEZ was sent for,: and a Council was held, at which the KING'S presence was required. He refused to attend and was at once placed under arrest. While in durance he was visited by Queen CHRISTINA, who brought him to the Council, where he apologised for his conduct and promised to behave better for the future. There are rumours that he is merely the tool of certain personages, who, unless careful in their conduct, may find themselves some fine morning travelling under guard to the fronti4r. MADRID BOLSA, APRIL 23.—Three per Cents., 30 account ; Five per Cents., 12i paper. Exchange on London, 50 35. GERMANY. Accounts from Vienna of the 22d state that the confidential men who have been called from the Ve netian provinces to Vienna are Prince GIOVANELLI and Count PRIITLE, for Venice ; ANDRTA CITADELLA VIGODARZERE, fur Padua; Count ORTIMANARA, for Verona; CIzoTTI, for Rovigo; DE Mom, for Tre viso; Count MIAEA, for Belluno; Count DI Toero, for Udine. The invitation has been issued by the Governors of the Lombardo•Venetian provinces, in the name of the Ministers, and is said to be as follows : " The Minister of the Interior to confer with you on the constitution, &c. " Count RADETZICY. " Verona, March 18." , . The marriage of the Duke of GENOA. with the Prin cess ELIZABETH of Saxony was celebrated at Dresden on the 21st. GREECE. The Augsburg Gazette of the 23d of April con tains the following telegraphic dispatch :-- " VIENNA, APRIL 22. " We have received from Athens (under date of the 19th), by way of Trieste, the news that the result of the conf , rences is as follows:--Greece is to pay 60,000 drachmas as an indemnification, together with a note of apol,)gy and a salvo of twenty-one guns from the Acro polis. The Greek Cabinet heAitates." ITALY. Letters from Rome of the 20th have arrived. On the 18th the POPE bestowed his benediction on the French troops. The political tribunals have been abolished, and all rials not completed abandoned. The Papal army is to consist of 12,000 men. Accounts from Florence state that the good offices of France have been accepted to settle the differences between England and Tuscany. REPORTED SAFETY OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN. DEVONPORT.—Th. following is an extract from a letter received by Mr. George Tucker, of Pembroke-street, Devon. port, on Wednesday, dated Hong-Kong, February 27th, from his son, who is a master's assistant on board her Majesty's ship Hastings : "We have just received intelligence by an American whaler, of the arrival of Sir John Franklin and his party at the Sandwich Islands. They fainted that place im mediately they anchored, after an absence of five years. They have discovered the north-west passage; most probably they have been frozen up in the middle part of that passage for nearly 3 years. The captain of the whaler informed us that Sir John Franklin dispatched his first-lieutenant over the isthmus, to sail immediately for England with the intelli gence."—Devonport independent of Saturday. THE ELECT R O•CH EMICAL TEL EGRAPHe --An ex periment was made yesterday at the Elysde, by order of the President of the Republic, of the electro-chemical telegraph of M. Bain. The telegraph was fixed up in the grand saloon of the palace, and soon after one o'clock the experiments commenced. M. Bain, the inventor, was accompanied by Mr. M'Dougall, by Mr. Walkinshaw, and by Dr. Lardner. The President was attended by the Minister of the Interior, his chef du cabinet, and M. Chevalier, secretary-general of the Presidency. M. de Persigny, the French Ambassador to the Court of Berlin, was also present. M. Leverrier, of the In stitute, who has taken great interest in the invention of M. Bain, and who was present on Thursday at the Ministry of the Interior, when the telegraph conveyed a long dispatch to Lille and back, a distance of 325 English miles, in less than one minute. explained the process to the President of the Republic. The Prince comprehended rapidly the prin ciple and the mode of execution, which, he said, were almost marvellous, and complimented M. Bain on the labour and intelligence which he had displayed in bringing his invention to such perfection. As an instance of the extraordinary powers of this telegraph, we may mention that in the pre• sence of the President of the Republic, a dispatch contain ing 1,327 letters was conveyed in 55 seconds, being at the rate of nearly 1,500 letters per minute.—Gatipnani of Sa turday. A Smasa.—On Friday afternoon one of the so called safety cabs, with a spirited horse, the property of Mr. Rickards, of Unicorn-yard, Oxford-street, dashed into the shop window of Mr. Fitchew, silversmith and silver-metal manufacturer, No. 400, Oxford-street, destroying the large plates of glass together with the sash-frame, scattering the pavement with Mr. Fitchew's valuable stock, a great portion of which was so crushed and bruised as to become only valu able as old silver. Several articles were stolen by the mob, which, in so great a thoroughfare, is soon, collected. The horse was severely cut and otherwise injured, but fortunately the driver escaped with little apparent injury. This is one of the numerous evils arising from cab-stands occupying the best parts of our greatest thorougfares, and of the bridles or bits being removed to feed the horses while on the stand, and the drivers dozing on their seats the while ; thus, if anything occur to startle the horse, the lives and property of the public are entirely at its mercy. FALMOUTH, HELSTONE, AnD PENZANCE RAILWAY --On Saturday the Master in Chancery Sir George Rose) proceeded with the settlement of the third list of shareholders in this concern, containing 275 names, and decided that all those were liable to contribute towards defraying the 6,0001. outstanding liabilities, who had not by letter or otherwise re pudiated their allotment of shares after application made fir such allotment. It was contended that in consequence of the company not being completely registered there was no parts nership and no liability; but his Honour decided that the objection, if entertained at all, must be taken to the court. WEALTH AND PROSPERITY OF LEEDS —We un derstand that at the aungestion of Jos. Bateson, Esq., the mayor, and several other gentlemen wormy interested in its prosperity, a subscription has been commenced for the pur pose of giving prizes for three essays "On the Elements of Wealth and Prosperity in the Borough of Leeds, with suggestions for their further Development." It is hoped that a sufficient sum will be raised by private subscription to enable the subscribers to offer such an amount of money in prizes as will be an inducement for able writers to employ their talents in the competition. It has been proposed that 2001. be awarded for the best essay, NOR for the second, and 501. for the third. For the last few years Leeds has not kept pace with the progress of sons of the other manufacturing and mercantile towns in the West Riding, and it behoves its inhabitants to know, in order to provide a remedy, what is the cause of that depression which has for some time affected the value of much of its building and other property; but the depression is capable of removal if the natural advantages and numerous resources of the borough and district be pro perly cultivated.—,Leeds Intetigencer. 4! , 2 . mouth York, Newcastia, and Berwick..—. . Do Newcastle Exten. 20 . G.N.E.Pref.mnce 6 - 1 i is • York AIId North ftriliand 14)i l ..... . Preferencs lO :FOREIGN 11.#01.W. 4, V Bmiogne and Amiens._ "g 311, 39 1 / ,/ e 11.!,4 6 1 1 ..ast Indian ....... ...„ 5 Grsat Indian Peninsular 5 -- Do. D 0.... Luxembourg Ditto lO Paris and Strasbourg ... 13 .•..• • 54 .. I 14 'OTNT •` 4 TOCIC T 1 AN 5S ' 41 ...rovineiti of Ireland ... 25 MINES. United ".Texican A Y.) LLOYD'S SHIPPIN , NDON. PRIL 29.—Vb ind N.E.—Fre:b breeze sD eli,u Stacr t ' OFF DARTMOUTH, APRIL 28.- I) Ydag e '' Ade ß la'd . v P.isr L, APRIL 28—WindE.—Arrd. Ebony' Neve,..„ Sl3. Asa NEWPORT, APRIL 27.—Wind strong.-1; „op M'Lester, Quebec ; Patriot, St. Thomas; ~e cQ w t it eti; Cey loo; Thomas and Elizabeth, Norfolk, Unit"' Victor, Quebec; Patriot, St. Thomas. Ellen, r CLYDE, APRIL 26.—A rr d. R o bert and goi,ia; Lyra, Patk, B ar b a d oes; sa il e d Edward, Btuab does and Havannah. WEXF RD.—Sid. M ena pi a , Q ue b e c. —l l4 QUEENSTowN, APRIL 26.—Wind to St , E!;en, Nitttw York; Caudaer, Liverpool Oliver Joht.'s, Ni.Av Brunswi c k, l ea ky, &c. Off V II ' Cromwell, Bense, Callao for L o ndon. : r gi r LEITH, APRIL 27,—Wind S.E. Arrd. il ; ney, D Cube- Dsrb t ' uNDEE, APRIL 27.—Wi n i E,—Sld. P , "" does; Q tetien. al , of, ATILFoRD. APRIL 27.-36 boxes of soap se— a 4 10' rently for exportation, marked "Steel, exportation," ,n a diamond, and "Olden, Cork , vow in a themot d. w re picked up, 23rd inst. betwec O drum and Iyhe id, and landed here. OFF SALComRE —Elizabeth, Midwinter, ure Heory Shelton, Long, New York. f sb! PENZANCE, APRIL 27.—Wind E. to E. -re Liverpoolve Arrd. Maria de Grace, Michael, Dahonib. SCILLY, APRIL 26.—W ind E.S.E., fresh. — "P 11 .-- „T'frielSt cesa Victoria, Cape of Good Hope. Off Por t, ' l3 Fuller. PILL, APRIL " OA APRIL 27.—Wind E strong. -- Sid. Barbara. New York ; Vi c t ory , New yk. the Jrc e ' CARDIFF, APRIL 27.—Wind rf E.-5 d. Wh — Baltimore; Diamond, Baltimore. fsrier MILFORD, APRIL 27.—Wind S.W.—Arra. ~„ Cardiff, for Quebec, p u t b ac k w i t h l oss o f boats, o3 l.. OFF- HOLYHEAD, APRIL 28. W' d E fres Leopard, Shore, Buenos Ayres, for Liverpool. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 27 AND 28. —Wind , tir Emerald, Dugdale. Barbadoes; Freeman, Er n 'lry maica; Britannia, Coultb ar d, Mobile; GrarclN,-,°"l, Harrison,Arlotld ham. Savannah ; Scotl an d, K e l so , Ch ar l es ton; rrison M'lntyre, ditto; Sarah Berkelt, IchA be°l ool; ther Ann. Hunter, Pernambuco; Arneson, plosot Corsair, Nichol, New Orleans; British e. /41ist Powell, Apalachicola; Delta, Doane, St. Johc,,. D olt Brunswick; Agnes, Solidity:tan, New Orleans. v7z o i bel 4 `usquehanna, Denison, Ashburton, Glendaraght7 - Ar Preston; Europa steamer New York. 6 'lo gyle, Port Philip; Crisis, Hong -Kong; Colonel Acapulco; Rhondda, Buenos Ayres; Francistt"cre,;ol Kalami,zoo, Philadelphia; Niagara steamer, Ne 0 7 1 ; 0 '11 Westpoint, ditto; Tiphy s , ditt o; C orona ti o n, 5 4 10 New Brunswick ; Arg us , N ew f oun dl an d ; Vesper' --dTO; Jupiter. Buenos Ayres; Escort, New York; A1 11 " / ' Clown, Davis Straits. New Columbus, LIVERPOOL, APRIL 28.—The C for d York, grounded on the beach near Egiemont• pu been docked. oc ot4 QUEENSTOWN, APRIL 26.—A rr d. Loyalist, 5119 r Barbados, and sailed for Dublin. , Se NEWHAVEN, APRIL 27.—Th e Ad o l p h Roderit' a get imam to Amsterdam, has put i n w ith l oss o f round boats, and deck swept. from QUEENSTOWN, APRIL 26.—The Ajax, of Livirpool to Boston, h as b een b roug h t i n here e "" dismasted. and abandoned. PWLLHELI, APRIL 28.—The Morcella, of 11 7, 0 tscl, with, was aband o ned 25th i nstant , a f ter b e i n g with the Resolution, for Maranham, forty miles P . the Bastrops—crew saved. who li r o: SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, DEC. 28. -- rateat lunteer, arrived at Monterey, where the crew a el/ ;0 0 . and the passeng e rs wa lk e d over l an d to San Fig'ilbot Her Majesty's ship Inconstant dispatched solo° "/ 0 11 1 men to Nice her on. M em .—Thi s vesse l sailed /;off New Zealand 17th June, 1849, for San Francisc o ; on the 17th April l as t was reporte d to have cover so been heard of. ' l , l MARKET NEWS-(THIS Th C es ORN EXCH h Whe ANG at E— on s IV ale lO D in tb N e iti,did e suppli co` Englisr country markets, held on Saturday, were small' lido demand ruled some w h a t act i ve , an d the b es t 6 0'0 0 produced is per quarter more money. In Spring old' and Fiour only a moderate business was tren t ! oil' We have letters f r om N ew Y or k to the 9i'doleP For shipment to England very little business was si but for home consumption the demand ruled 10 ,„ u ee l full prices. In th e near continental ports the tra d e tinues heavy. Up t o our markets last week the ef: h tlf of all eruct s of grain of home produce were e1 , 34$ on the increase. From abroad we received ; dire , quarters of Wheat, 9,232 ditto of Barley, 44,8 3 ' 0 1 of Oats, 50 ditto of Rye, 3,367 ditto of 800 , 0(1, ditto of Peas, 227 ditt o o f T ares , 8 6 di tto o f L ilj oist° 8()5 ditto. f Rapeseed, 108 ditto of Mustard Seed, Ppot l6 of sundry Seeds, 2,942 sac k s an d 125 b arre l s ei hoe:, Fresh tip to o u r mar k e t to -d ay , t h e rece i pts of " f isP grown Wh ea t, coastw i se , were very moderate, but f ol ay.-rage quality. By land carriage the suPPY si ,bill trifling. The show of sam pl es o f both red an d being limited, and the attem'ance (if both owl! ill buyers on th e i ncrease, t h e demand ford kinds of English wheat ruled somewhat activer4;o o good clearance of th e stan d s was effected, at an fo per in the quotatiwis obtained on M on d ay l ast of , per ql4rttr. Very few offtra came to band from t et colihhiro or Cambridgeshire to ship wheats, otnef oc ti higher rates, although we are i n f orme d t h a t 0 61 0 1 held by the le n di ng growers are l arge f or the tiliteseri. year. The millers, h owever , h ave very few wheats on blf The supply of F ore i gn Wheat on show was 1010;00 good, hut by no mea is avensive, considering t4e,g., held of the late arrival s . Selected qualities were :330° 1 . 7 00f at full rates of cur renc y, and at which a fair b 0 5 ,0 14 was doing. The middli ng an d i n f er i or ki n d s s old o b oe at last w.ek's quotations. Floating cargoes, ban di ll and at Falmouth, were readily offering at last 3 ,013 ,, currencies. The sh ow o f E ng li s h Bar l ey W SS A small—that of For e i gn l arge . M a ki ng ana . e%'' tilling parcels c h ange d hands to a .10" fore tent, at full prices, but grinding sort 0 ,0 neglected yet we cannot call them e st • Malt, the supply of which was tolerably good, *berg very inactive inqui r y, at una l tered quotations., bid; was a less inqui r y f or O ats, t h e fresh supply °I wet to was large, and d am p qua li t i es were a shade 1°1; fir ptirct:Tt.e. No tarrgvAls trom Ir e l an d. The 54— o f 1° Beans was firm I n at an advance in the quotatione fo lk per quarter. Peas ai.d muoian Corn very little, j o lt ness was trail- acted. Flour was in fair requee , ,, f `o s * rates. The top pri c e of t own - ma d e was 37s pe r : 4 - • CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. I le 4 Wheat—Essex & Kent, alt—Chevalier •••• • • 60 1 Red, New.. • • 368 to 41 8 O a t s — Yorkshire an d - Ditto,White, New 39s 47. Norfolk and Lin- L p l o n t e a o to lnsh F . e . e . d. ) 3j 1 45 coin, Red..... 35s 38 s Y oug h al and Cor k, i , Ditto, White.... • • 37s 41s Black .•• • • • 1 ;4 4 11 Irish, Red •• • • 36s 40s Cork, White. •••• t o ;0 Ditto,White...• • • 39s 42 s S cotc h , F eed. ••• • 0 ;0 :;ye —Old • . .--e —s Beans—Tick ... • ..... 9 9 . 0 New... .... ••• • .. 20. 22 s Pi geons • • 23! O. :arley—Grinding..... 1 6s 19s Peas—Grey •••• oi „0 Malting . .... •• • 215 23s Maple. ... •• • " ;i 2 Chevalier .. .. • 228 2os White... ••• • • Matt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers •••• • • • • • •• :2 4 i f° folk.. • • • • • ... 43s 48s Flour—T own - ma d e .• • 9 ' II . 2 1 Brown ........... 40s 42 s Suffolk .. Kingston and Ware 46s Ills Stocktn &Norfolk 27° SEEDS. derO va The season f% ror sowing being now over, the 0 00 , for all Seeds is heavy, a t a l most nominal quotsi d, io Cakes very dull. The Welt of Clover Seed, in W I 25,857 Cwts. Turnip,White, per bush. 105 to Its Bed and Green .. . • lOs I 'is] Mustard, 8r0wn.... • 8s its White ••••• • • • .. 6s 9sl Tares, Spring • • • • • • •• 35 Od 4s Od Canary, per quarter 68s 72s -- as p Carraway ..... •• • 299 . ?As ° Coriander :• I. - .r - e , llempseed, per quarter 33 i 1 4 0 7, Linseed, Eng. ;owing.. 4 ;4 9 Cru:hing ........ 4" - 4- - Baltic • • • • Tr Odessa ..... ••• • • - Linseed Cake,pr.l,ooo gi n , l English .... 81 0 9 it Foreign, per ton 5 1 00 01 6 Rape Cakes, pr ton 41 109 3 61 Rapeseed, sew, prlst 3510 s Rye g rass • • • • " •• • 205 24 Clover, Red En,. (cwt.) 35s 505 White •• • • 345 48s' Foreign I; 5,, , 8 White.. • • 32s 50s . Its Its 'refoll ..... NENSTGATE AND IMADENELAZI. Very moderate supplies of country-killed Mea t 100 been received up to these markets since MondaY ba ve but those on off , -r slaughtered in the me t r upob 6 hewn seasonably extensi ve , an d o f f u ll avera ge cl wi , a let Primp bluttPn sad Lamb have commanded a stead,' at very full prices. In all other kinds of Meet °n ,, L eo. moderate business has be, n bat barely Jab , d ie' About 300 carcases i f foreign Meat have be en posed of. , At per stone by t t e Carcase. 0 4'o d e. d. to e. d. i l• d' 1 4 . 0 cel,:nferion ••• • • 2 0 2 4 I Mutton, inferior •• .2 6 middling •... 2 6 28/ m iddling•• _ - " !'"1 3 prime large •• 210 3 0 prime •• •• 310 3 ' ~ --prime small .• 3 0 3 2 P or k, large— —•••• - t 6 4 0, ,,51 ••——.• • • • • 2 10 3 6' small •• •••• •• ' Lamb. I 6d to 58 6d. An y' lt o The total imports of f ore i gn s t oc k i n t o Lon" - ,, toe wt ek were confined to 1,693 head. During tb e period in 1848 we re-!eised 1,877, a nd in the : e- e - ipoi sonding weqk in 1849, 1,305 he.,d. At the P r w - ilig , outports the arrivals have fallen (if ma t e rially,, the A tbe il we presume, to the unu s ually l ow p r i ces at wl - O stock has been lately disp ose d o f. C er t a i n ly, the d e l i° iu theta must re.: t be attributed to any want of SUe Holland. IMPORTS INTO LONDON IN THE PAST SVEE I r• j'i Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calvo. 33 ." 6 225 "• 17 ••• From Antwerp Rotterdam 47 ... 294 84 __ H:imborgn 36 ... 37 Eljerting , . ... . 95 317 ..., . 15 --• .• " ' .• Total 895 Corresponding week in 1849 585 'O4 211 ••• Same week in 643 1,024 210 "' 0 0 18 A very moderate su p p ly o f f ore i gn s t oc k Nva' o 0 018 in to-day's mark, t; nevertheltsP, owing to tbo it rul ed arrivals from our own di str i cts, t h e d ema nd for --„ os to exceedingly heavy. The supply of hom e fed t: ri , e of 11,-re this morn i ng was unusual l y largo for the, t has year, and of excellent quality. Notwithstaudinfliter the wfaather Waal somewhat favourable for Elfi,",, c ,ofis irg, and the atteridanm) of buyers was tolerabiYire ft* the Beef tale ruled excessively heavy, at d e ,, c , " arld the quota , ions of Monday last of quit.p 2d per 8 111 " The nrg , tlint.ers of Beasts ss 0 ,- 0 turned out unst' ld ' r 8110. extnmo of the boot Scot, , was only 3s 4.1 P e e oire, From Norfolk, Suffolk. !and 'wally 3,000 I_3o.v.its mime to hand, 2 500 beilig wart! Eastern Counties I.l.ailway. F rom other „ twi ts, of England NV., rem isr:d 500 11.ereford,,. .Runts, Short-horns, &c., and from Scotland, 4 ou fre s There were nearly 3,000 mere Sheep in the ing ir " Caw brid gb the 24/ 96 974 bys 94 p 95 p 70 p 70 p 70 p 7 - 26 3 % 5% 31 3 ) 4 . 2% 8 4 t ,oh trlor B e ~ Ptecqua, larg, az, c , Large 'o ars' Pri k 14 4 ,4 ' l 4l C; As zos 4,118 toes have a tterd f ro an eo rtl + l) en h vs, as -eeri but er loata z d Ite very d tit. sla 6: Olauti n a t'r tc h Rey b• tt° mini 1114° Buff, Ils Wi: 14 34 . ; iq tto each . rwi Xidtl ck Dri„ be 4, 2, full ] b 4 0 1 1 did I neal I t'ld d• 4 1c1 of hittl 51 R aii ll l A ; old Of t o ;eas e( ,6 ,,nd 0 4 n h ditto tir o °m tl4 whi; l l e, 4 114 kee uPw a mar 0 11 a ] 41 bY P P)rt • t e cl• l a i 0„ iaty it al suPpc F o , 9,1 to Pep 4 war c i 4 ll? it ' T l' tOu e ,k, giv l2 I : P r i c s'• a k l'ti„ (l a , b 4 4, %t t. C. 4 tto" imt 41, 4 fro Y n 4 bit toP lks 44' 41 e, "k 1 Of 01,4 Il ettsti 314