The Sun. — London, England, 1851-04-23 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. It is respectfully announced that a Grand EXTRA NIGHT will take place TOMORROW EVESISG, April 24, when will be re peated, with the original Music, Dances, Sec Auber's cel:brattd Opera of MITTA DT PORTICI, (Nlasaniello). Alfonso, Signor Seotti ; Lorenzo, Signor Mereurall ; Selva, Signor lialanchi; Masaniello, Signor Pardini ; Pietro, M. Massol ; Borella, Signor Lorenzo; Elvira, Madame Fiorentini ; Pendia, Mdlle. In act first, a Grand Divertisement ; La Guraehe et Napolitaine, oy Messrs. Kohlenberg, Soto, Aussandon, Soldansky, Allegrnfi, pa s _ roles, Emma, Dantonie, and the Ladies of the Corps de Ballet ; Le Bolero, by Madlles. Mathilde, Rosa, Julien, and Lamoreux, and M. Eh r i c k. Finale Generale, in act third, La Tarantella, by Madlle. Amalia FeraliS, M. Charles, Madlles. Kohlenberg, Soto, Aussandon, s o id an sky, Allegrini, Pascales, Emma, Dantonie, Mathilde, Rosa, Jilieu, and Lamoreux, MM. Ehriek and °outlet, and the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Corps de Ballet. Director of the Music and Conductor, M. Balfe. After which will be presented the admired Ballet, LES METAMORPHOSES, ht 'which Madlle. Carlotta Grist, Madlles. Rosa, Esper, Lamoureux, Allegrini, Anssandon, Kohlenberg, Pascales,Soldansky, Sota, Ehrick, and Charles will appear. Application for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, to be made at the Box office of the Theatre. Doors opened at Seven, the Opera to com mence at Half-past Seven o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. James Anderson. THE GREAT EXHIBITION. Mr. James Anderson, lessee and manager of the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, begs to acquaint the Nobility, Gentry and Public in general, as well also Messieurs les Strangers, that he has determined upon a GREAT REDUCTION IN THE PRICES OF ADMISSION at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, on and after LASTER MONDAY, APRIL 21st, 1851. In order to avoid the reproach of taking an unworthy advantage of the time, and those who honour us with their presence, the lessee has arranged his scale of prices so that they may tally, as near as possible, with those of the continental theatres. And as every one who visits these shores must of necessity be desirous of visiting the National Theatre (so liberally patronised by the t ; Go vernment, the Court, and the country) to witness the representation of the immortal works of our great dramatist, the Lessee has order to facilitate the wishes of all parties, determined upon fol lowing scale of prices : the Stalls and Dress Circle - 53. First Price . se Boxes• Pit ..... 2s. see n 6d o 6d ..dPr ice. No half-price Lower Gallery - - - L s ' to Galleries. Upper Gallery - - - od. to 21. 12s. 6d. Private Boxes to admit 8 reduced from ;1 1 - . 123. 6d. to 11 . V 2s. Od. Ditto 6 ditto 21. 2s. Od. to .11 s. 6d. Ditto 4 ditto Ditto 6d. to 1/. Is. Od. THIJ 4 ditto r 'e V ent romantic Play, in Five Acts, of Will be produced Schiller 's m agnifi THE ROBBERS (adapted to the Englis stage by Mr. James Anderson). Cooper ; Charles de Moor , Mr. J. Anderson Count de Moor, Mr. - ' - Herman, Mr. Marshall ; Karl, Mr, Francis de Moor, Mr. Cua.thocuabe,rt. Rafter ; Mt" Acv I. A HALL in Count de Moor's Castle. An INN on the Frontiers of Saxony. AC IL An APARTMENT in De Moor's Castle. Count De Moor's' CHAMBER. A LANDSCAPE. The FORESTS of Bohemia. ACT 111. A GARDEN. BANKS of the DANUBE. ACT 11r. CHAMBER in the Castle of De Moor. A GARDEN. A FOREST seen by Moonlight, near a Ruined Tower. An APARTMENT in De Moor's Castle. The RUINED TOWER. After which, a new grand Operatic Spectacle, entitled AZ kEL, •TFIE PRODIGAL. Reueen, Mr. Vanc'enhoff ; Azael, Mr. J. Ander son ; Amenophis, Mr. W. West ; Bucharis, Mr. Cooper ; Sethos, Mr. Rafter; Jephtele, Miss Triflers; Nefte, Mrs. Walter Lacy ; Lie, 14 adile. Victorine Legrain (Premier Sujet du Opera de Paris), who has been expressly engaged for the occasion. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, role Lessee and Manager, Ole Brompton. THIS EVENING. Will he revived Coley a ibber' adaptation of Shakespeare's LIFE AND DEATH OF KING RICHARD 111. Duke of Gle'ster, Mr. J. W. Wallack ; Earl of Richmond, Mr. Davenport ; Queen, Miss Addison. After which, a new and (as times go) original domestic drama of startling interest, entitled ARLINE ; or, The Fortunes and Vicissi tudes of a Bohemian. Girl. Count Arnhelm, Mr. J. Bland; Count Florestine, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham ; Thaddeus of Warsaw, Miss P. Horton ; Devilahoof, Mr. H. Buckstone ; the Gipsy Queen, Mr. H. Bedford. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. . Under the direction of Madame Celesta. THIS EVENING, . _ Will be presented the popular and powerfully interesting original drama, entitled MARIE DIJCANGE. Atter which a new and original Farce called LONDON FOG. Mr. Frank Copal. Mr. P. Bedford ; Mr. Simple, Mr. Wright ; Mrs. Brisk, Miss E. Harding. To be followed by a new musical, historical, pastoral, comical fairy drama, called O'FLANNIGAN A'S]) THE FAIRIES; or, A Midsummer Night's Dream. Phelim O'Flannigan, Mr. Hudson; Oberon, Mies E. Chaplin; Mary, Miss K. Fitzwill am. To conclude with the laughable farce of ,k NIGHT of HORRORS. Scribbleton, Mr. S. Emery. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEALP.F., OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean and Mr. Kee e;. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new and original comedy entitled LOVE IN A MAZE. Characters by Messrs. C. Kean, Keeley, Wigan, Harley, Addison, Meadows ; Mrs. Keeley, Mrs. Winstanley, and Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with a new grand spectacular Extravaganza (taken from a Tale, by Washington Irving), entitled THE ALHA3IBRA ; or The Three Moorish Princesses. Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Harley, A. Wigan, Wynn, Cooke, Flexmore ; Misses Murray, Daly, Mash, Robertson, Leclerq, Keeley, Mdlle. Auriol, and Mrs. Keeley. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Yeti% Sole Lessee, Mr. Char!es Mathew:. • THIS EVENING, Will be performed COOL AS A CUCUMBER. Atter which an entirely new and original 'Fairy Extravaganza, called THE BUEUN OF TILE FROGS Characters by Messrs. C Mathews, R. Roxby, Bellingham, Horncastle, Morris ; Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Bt. George, Miss Martindale, and Miss Oliver. To conclude with AN APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. CV. Farren. Vile , EVENING. Will be performed SIR ROGER DE 'OVERLEY, or, the Widow and her Wooers. supported by Messrs. W. Farren, Compton, H. Farren, W. Farren, jun., Diddear, G. Cooke, Shalders, Lee, Render, Sinioch ; Mesdames, Stiri ng, Leigh Murray, L. Howard, Adams, E. Turner, and Bartlett. To conclude with THE BOTTLE IMP. ASTLErS ROYAL AMPLIITaEATRE Under the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Mghneell Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batt'. The public are respectfully informed that the Theatre has been newly decorated and re-embellished, and every effort made to sustain the high repute which this establishment holds in public estimation : the vast improvements of additional height, in order to facilitate the scenic effects, as essentially necessary to the hippodramatic entertain ments, have been particularly attended to, and every department actively employed for the production of a splendid historic spectacle, from the pen of Cl. H. Rodwell, Esq. New scenery, machinery, decorations, and magnificent costumes. The circle will prove doubly attractive, Mr. Batty having just returned from the Continent, where he has mcceeded in mating arrangements with male and female artistes of the first talent and celebrity of their protessions. Par ticulars will be given in future announcements. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a grand new Spectacle, entitled ELEANOR THE AMAZON ; or, Queen of France and England. To be followed by new scenes of the Circle. To conclude with THE TWO GREGORIES. Box-eftice open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manner, Mr. T. Thompson. ISIGFI WATER A 7 LONDON RRIDGE Tom DAY _Morning 5t min. aler 6 I Evening 21 min. after 7 To Moasow—Morning 57 min. after 7 Evening 39 min. after 8 TaE WEATHER.—SCN OFFICE, APRIL 23. THERsiosfirricß, of THE SIADE. 51—highest since aeon yesterday. 40—lowest this morning and during the night. 68—this day, at noon. 13 ROMfC'rltß, 29.72. Wniro W.S.W.—fine sunshiny weather. --------=-- DAILY WEATHER TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at eac h of the followin g places at Ni ne o ' c l oc k yes terday morning.-The stations are arranged in order of latitude. PLymotrrn-Wind N.W., calm-overcast. PoiersmouTH-Wind W., gentle breeze -rain. BRIGHTON-Wind S.E., gentle breeze-rain. SWTHAlterrort-Wind N. W., strong breeze- F r,‘......." KE5T6N8- 7-. N , Y . ind S.W., gentle breeze-rain. 1u :4 BRIDGE--11 tnd N.E. calm-rain. BASLNGSTOKE-Wind N. gentle breeze-rain. GREENWICH -Wind N.E., gentle breeze-heavy rain. SwviDoN-W bad li . , ,entle breeze-overcast. COLCHESTER-Wind S.W., gentle breeze-heavy rain. CAMBRIDGE-Wind S.. gentle breeze-rain. Tee- W S -W ind SAY, calm-rain. C RE WE- Wind.S.W., gentle breeze-partially cloudy. HotirlmAD- Wind S.W., strong breeze-partially cloudy. L avEß pooL-Wind S. , calm_partially cloudy. LANcasTER.-Wind S.W., gentle breeze-partially cloudy. WHIT " RE. gentle bree-vereaat. __Wind S.W., gentle breeze-partially cloudy. Saar - OCK Wi - nil `T'ind , S. W., gentlzee breoeze-overcast. BEATT 7 BERwxcic __lFlnd W., strong breeze- part i ally cloudy. The returns from the following pl aces indicate the state of the wind . an d weather on Mo n d ay morning at nine ~,,. dS. gentle breeze -partially cloudy -principally cloudy. o'clock : -- LIMERICK-- v T strong breeze MULLINGALB- - s gale-clear. DUNDALK-WI 'nd •, 5 W in ind S.W., re breeze-overcast. ng PooLE-Wind "T c st vy gentle breeze-overcast LEIGHTON- Wind -. „:P,„ t calm-partially cloudy. IntainiGHAm- Wind vv • RUGET-W ind W., strong breeze -overcast. CREWE -Wi n d S. W., strong b ree ze-partially cloudy. clou. Livanpoot.--Wind S.W., ge ntle breeze- breeze- partially dless cloud y. LEEDS-Wi n d W . S . W., strong SHAD--Wind S.W., gentle breeze- rain. breeze-partially cloudy WHITEHAVEN-W ind S.W., gentle CARLISLE - 'Wind S.W. gent le breeze -cloudy. BEATTOCW -- Wind S.W ' ., gen tle breeze-Pa r tially cloudy. -rain. 4, 1], 4 A, o vyiio t N-k. •t% . -"Oro, Cit": • . j, P • 4111(110 u PIE " - VT 'N 7 ' • Q3brientiliQint LONDON, WEDNESDAY-, APRIL 23, 1851. A case tried y esterday at the Middlesex Sessionss t e affords an additional illustration of the defective state of the criminal law, a nd the absolute nec essity oi t an extensive measure of reform being speedily b rought forward. There ore few persons who can peruse the case referred to—a full report whereof will be found in another part of thi3 day'4 impression —without cordially agreeing with the Learned Assistant-Judge in thinking that "the technical objection, however strongly upheld by the judges of the superior courts, was altogether unworthy of the year 1851." It is, however, only one of many evils arising from the_o.vi;sttrjet and slavish adherence to ancient forms. '98.1010; e system of special pleading is p ermitted ' to floigiali fskit 1 its rank abuses, so long shall we a. I \t:)., . 1 ., i see clalciViuwait 6tal variance with the real merits Sinsicusti . C.4 of l i jie case under consideration for the C 1 1 11 4e . )? - ±fup--aia4arties dismissed with impunity, Al - ..,As:t. THE SUN, _ LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 23, 1851. though there could be no possible doubt as to their moral guilt. In the part!culer cece now under notice the pri soner, a cib-driver, was indicted for ba,ing stolen 10/. in gold from the person of a sailor named JOHN TuOMAS. It appeared that the prosecutor, a sailor, on being paid off from his ship at Southamp ton, had received 27/. in sovereigns and half-sove• reigns. He forthwith started for London with his hard-earned wealth. On his arrival he got into the prisoner's cab and was driven about in various direc tions, stopping from time to time at different public houses, and treating his guide and companion to drink. At length the prisoner handed two women into the cab, b u t the prosecutor, suspecting that the intention was to rob him " capsized them out," and shut the door. After h e had got rid of his fair visitors, he counted his money, and found it all correct. The prisoner subsequently got into the cab, having previously given his badge to a third party, who got on the box to drive in his place. After he had ridden a little distance he fell forward on the prosecutor, who distinctly swore that he felt the pri soner's hand in his waistcoat pocket, where he had placed his money. On stopping shortly afterwards he found that 10/. of his money was gone, while his faithful guide and friend, who had previously re ceived 7s. 6d. and 103. for his fares, vociferously de manded a further payment. This was, however, demurred to, for honest Jack, although he bad imbibed a considerable quantity of liquids, thought his trip had been sufficie n tly expens i ve. D ur i ng t h e altercation, a policeman came up, and took the number of the cab. Th e pr i soner was eventually given into custody, and committed to stand his trial for the robbery. On cross-examination, the prosecutor declared that he could not say whether the money lost was all in sovereigns, or all in half-sovereigns, or part in one and part in the other. He was, in fact, utterly unable to swear to the particular coins he had lost. The Learned Counsel for the prisoner thereupon sub mitted, on the authority of the QUEEN v. BOND (4 DENISON'S " Criminal Cases"), that there must be an acquittal, as it was there held by the judges, with one dissentient, that it was necessary that the iden tical value of the coin lost should be established in evidence. After some discussion, the Learned Ser geant reluctantly felt compelled to allow the objec tion, and an acquittal was accordingly taken under his direction. As the Learned Counsel for the prisoner declared that he had a full answer to the charge independent of the technical point, it is possible that there may have been no failure of justice, and that the party was innocent of the offence imputed to him. But, whether innocent or guilty, the result would have been the same ; even if the case had been brought home to him by the clearest and most irresistible testimony, he must still have escaped from the penal consequences of his offence. It was said that Lord CAMPBELL so clearly per ceived the impropriety of the law established by the decision in the case of the QUEEN V. BOND, above referred to, that he introduced a Bill into the House of Lords with a view to its amendment. We trust that the measure thus brought forward will be of an enlarged and comprehensive character, striking at the root of all such evils. It was, as we have recently seen, by a very narrow ma jority of the judges that the ingenious point raised on behalf of the BIRDS was not ruled in their favour, and we believe that there is at this moment a strong opinion in Westminster Hall that the minority adduced the most powerful reasons on be half of the opinions they arrived at. It is acknowledged on every side that the disputed point should be set at rest by speedy legislation on the subject, and the Bill for that purpose has already passed through several of its stages. Again, the SLOANES could only be convicted of a common assault in consequence of the counts containing the more serious charges being successfully objected to. A Bill was rendered necessary on that account, which was passed through the House of Com mons ; and now we find another case requir ing legislation, which we suppose will be brought forward as a separate measure. But why should there be this piecemeal work ? Why not comprise all the evils so justly complained of in one general Bill ? We are quite aware of the great difficulty of the task, but we believe it to be practica ble, and we would therefore urge on the Government the propriety of forthwith entering upon the arduous and important duty of revising and amending the criminal law of the land, so that no weight may be attached to those technical objections which enable the guilty to escape, without affording any protection to the innocent. Recently the public attention has been directed again to the subject of education by a correspondence of considerable interest between two of our most dis- tinguished publishing houses and the head of her MAJESTY'S Government. Unfortunately, however, on the present occasion, as in so many previous in stances, the inquiry set on foot only discloses the cul pability of our administrators in their mode of pro moting this great cause of social improvement. Instead of striving by every legitimate means to forward the noblest of all reforms—the reform which would tend to diffuse the principles of morality by disseminating the wholesome truths of knowledge, the Ministers of the Crown have, it appears, in the case in question, been interfering directly and most unnecessarily in the rights of publishers, thereby subversing the pri vileges of property, and marring the interests of pri vate individuals, while inflicting injury at once upon the scholars of England, and upon the mass of the population. For the exposure of this evil we have reason to be thankful to the Messrs. LONGMAN and Company, of Paternoster-row, and to Mr. Joust MURRAY, of Albemarle-street, who have together communicated to the First Lord of the Treasury their ideas upon this subject. From this inter esting correspondence the public may obtain a clear impression of the position in which the book traders of London, especially, are placed by the issue of elementary works for the use of schools from the Government establishment in Ire land, where these instruments of instruction are manu factured in large numbers, and thence distributed throughout that island, and introduced in consider ' able quantities into the sister country. By this causeless and shameless arrangement the interests of our metropolitan publishers are manifestly interfered with, and, as obviously from the circumstance of the books referred to being produced, by irresponsible per sons, the character of the general system of tuition is materially injured. A merely cursory glance through the letters which have passed between Lord JoHN RUSSELL and the eminent houses already mentioned will be sufficient to satisfy any one of the force of the arguments advanced by the Messrs. LONGMAN and Mr. MURRAY. From this straightforward and conscientious statement, it will be seen that the regular trade is placed at a ma nifest disadvantage, by the circumstance of the Government being enabled to undersell the book sellers. Interfering as this does with the conduct of private enterprise, it most assuredly justifies the epi thets applied to it by the objectors—namely, those of being not only " unjust" but " impolitic." The disgrace of the proceedings complained of, moreover, lies above all most heavily indeed upon a Cabinet founded upon the principles o f f ree t ra d e an d pledged to maintain those principl es i n t h e i r ent i rety and in all available instances to their very uttermost. Nothing could more clearly or more syllogistically demonstrate the cruelty and harshness of this pro ceeding on the part of the Imperial Government, than the consideration dwelt upon in the very preamble of the correspondence, to the effect that while the State taxes the bookseller very heavily, it simultaneously contrives to undersell him by employing against him, in this flagrant manner, those very instruments of taxation. Inferentially, also, it must be apparent that i t u h d 0., Another the injury inflicted on the p ublishers comes also an i n j ur y to the interests and rig hts of the mul our consid erat i on i n regar d to the official manufac in Ireland,Aer reflection forces itself a g ain u p on ture of s c h oo l b ooks at the e d uca tional establishment namely, th e thought that these boo ks ac tually cost more in their production than the book s Print e d b y the regu l ar b oo ksellers, and that being, nevertheless, issued at a loss, fr om being sold at a most unremunerative price, the people must neces sar il y have to pay " through the nose" by making up the necessary difference. Toge ther with these very emphatic representations comes a charge yet more severe and terrible—an accusation no less in importance than one of piracy. Upon t his point vie enuEst allow the cemsl-.;:,dents of her GoverLia - ,ent co ape: - .1 1)i -cible language. Addressing themselves to the Prime Minister, they observe, then—" We would beg to call your Lordship's attention in a special manner to the compilation of English poetry lately published by the Irish Education Commissioners. Of the book itself we say nothing. But, though piracy be its founda tion, it is rather singular that the compiler should seem not to know that there is such an Act on the statute-book as the sth and 6th VICTORIA, cap. 45 ; and not to suspect that his bold infringement of the rights it has secured might be followed by actions at law, and the suppression of the book at least in its present shape. But though he may be ignorant of the fact, your Lordship cannot fail to be aware that the Commissioners have already had to pay no inconsi derable sum for similar invasions of private property." In a note to the correspondence, as sub sequently published, it is added, that " in one case at least 6001. of public money was paid by the Go vernment to compromise a case of piracy 1" While such things are liable to occur, in consequence of the shameful scheme objected to, it is clear that rea sons exist for the speedy interposition of the Legisla ture to rectify the ills inflicted in the first instance upon private individuals—in the next upon particu lar classes—and ultimately, it must be remarked, upon the public at large, by requiring considerable disbursements from the national Exchequer, by way of compensation for the injuries dealt around them by the agents of her MAJESTY'S Government. Towards the close of their first and most powerful appeal upon this subject directly to the First Minister of the Crown, the two great publishing houses of London, in Paternoster-row and Albemarle-street, reminded Lord JOHN RUSSELL of the melancholy tes timony already afforded of the evils caused by the Irish establishment for the publication of elementary works for popular education, that is to say, the ruin scattered among the booksellers in the sister country, " the Irish booksellers," say the complainants, " being the poore st of their class." The subsequent letters which have passed between the Messrs. LONGMAN and Mr. Jonri MURRAY on the one part, and the First Lord of the Treasury on the other, are merely laconic eva sions in the latter instance, and emphatic reduplica tions of former arguments in the former ; all tending to convince the mind of the folly of persisting in the present course in regard to the school-book publish ing system of the Irish establishment. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The Sicle, the organ of General CAVAIGNAC, has an article against the fusion, and an earnest remon strance against all attempts at revision of the Con stitution out of the prescribed limits. A camp of cavalry is, says the Constitutionnel, being established on a grand scale at Luneville ; the 6th and 9th Cuirassiers, the 12th Dragoons, the 4th Lancers, a battery of 2d Artillery, and detachments of the engineers, &c., have arrived. These troops have already executed some grand manoeuvres under the orders of General REYAN. The PRESIDENT of the Republic intends, it is said, to visit the camp. On the breaking up of the camp, the regiments are to come to Paris and the vicinity. The Moniteur announces that a combat took place at Oued-Sahel, near Jerjura, in Algeria, on the 10th instant, between a body of French troops, under Colonel D'AURELLE, and a body of Zouaves, under the Dervich Bou-BA.Guna. The Zouaves were put to flight by the French, the village of Selloum was burnt, and a great number were killed. On the part of the French one officer and ten men were killed, and one officer and thirty-six men wounded. Very little bu,iness was transacted nn the Bourse. The Five per Cents. opened at 92f. 50c., and closed at 921. 35c. The Three per Cents. closed at 57f. 25c. Orleans Railroad Shares, 826 f. 25c.; Rouen, 635 f.; Havre, 2601.; Great Northern, 475 f.; Avignon, 207 f. 50c.; Vierzon, 437 f. 50c.; Basle, 1451. ; Bordeaux, 4021. 50c.; Paris and Strasburg, 370 f.; Tours and Nantes, 277 f. 50c. BUSINESS DUNE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 22. Boulogne and Amiens, 9% —Luxembourg, 158—Ditto, 31 A _Northern of France, 14 7 / B —Paris and Strasbourg, 10% —Rouen and Havre, 10 1 A, ex div.—Sambre and Meuse, Oh —Tours and Nantes, 6% —West Flanders, 31 s SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 17th have arrived. The Herald() announces that General ORTEGA having left Madrid to exert his influence in the elec tions of Aragon, the Government had given orders that he should be arrested. The same journal states that the governor of the province of Valladolid had been dismissed for having declared that he could not prevent the election of M. ALONZO, author of the amendment on the Ministerial Bill for the settlement of the debt. General EsrairrEito had, it was said, determined to take the active Presidency of the Pro gressist Committee for managing the elections, his opinion being that the time had arrived for the Pro gressists to act. The honorary presidency had been conferred on him as a mark of respect, when the Committee was formed. The QUEEN, on the 17h, took part, as usual, in the religious services of the day, and washed the feet of six poor persons. She then, accompanied by the KING, and attended by a numerous suite, proceeded to visit the different churches, all of which were crowded to excess. Count DE IVALEskr, the new French Ambassador, arrived in Madrid on the 16th, and the Prussian Minister left on leave of absence. The 13olsa was closed. GERMANY. The New Prussian Gazette of Berlin announces that the Chevalier BUNSEN, Prussian Minister at London, has demanded his recall, and that M. DE SCULEINITZ is to replace him. The Second Committee of the Conferences of Dresden has recently held several sittings. The King of BAVARIA arrived at Munich from Meran on the 16th; the QUEEN and King OTHO also arrived on the same day from Berlin. A letter from Vienna of the 17th states that the religious ceremony of Passion Week, in which the EMPEROR was to have taken part, had been counter manded in consequence of a sudden indisposition of his MAJESTY ; but though obliged tokeep his bed, the EMPEROR'S sickness presented nothing of a serious character. The German Journal of Frankfort says— " It is certain that all efforts are being made by the Conservative party in Vienna to induce Prince Metter nich to return to that city, and again take an active part in political affairs. It is also desired to bring about an interview between him and the Emperor." One of the Hamburgh journals which is considered well-informed states, that Prussia and Austria have come to an understanding respecting the question of Schleswig. The basis of it is that the Commissioners in Holstein are to remain in office until a new federal organ shall be established (the Diet is meant), and are not to give up the Duchy of Denmark until the latter shall have satisfied the conditions laid down by the Confederation. The Universal German Gazette states from Cassel that the Government of Electoral Hesse had recom menced negotiations with M. DE ROTHSCHILD for a loan, and that that banker had consented to advance a certain sum, which, however, would not last long. The negotiations for a loan of a million florins by the contractors for the gambling-houses had gone off, the guarantees offered not appearing sufficient. ITALY. The Opinione of Turin, of the 18th, states that Senator NIGEA has resigned his post of Minister of Finance in the Piedmontese Cabinet, and that Count CAVOUE, now Minister of Commerce, is to take the portfolio of Finance. It is believed the department of the Navy will merge into that of Commerce, and that the division of Agriculture will be transferred to the department of Public Works. Rumours are also current of the Minister of the Interior, Signor GALVAGNO, exchanging his portfolio for that of Justice, and of the resignation of Signor D'Azzomo. The Tuscan Monitore of the 14th publishes a de cree of the Council of Ministers, now acting in the name of the GRAND DUKE, who is absent, cautioning the inhabitants of the district of Rocca San Casciano, not to keep arms of any kind in their possession with out a special permit from the Sub-Prefect of that town, on pain of fine and imprisonment, varying from 100 f. to 300 f., and from a fortnight to three months. The Rev. John Twells, M.A., has been instituted by the Bishop of Lincoln to the rectory of Gamston, Notts, on the presentation of the Lord Chancellor. LYCEUM THEATRE. —Madame Vestris is an nounced to re-appear at this house on Thursday next, in the . drama o f t h e D ay of _Reckoning, after an indisposition of several weeks. This fact is the more interesting, as there have been several false reports, to the effect that she had re tired from the stage. NEW DISCOVERY IN CREMISTRY.--ChiCOry is found to be formed chiefly of Li nine the essential principle of Wood !—Punch. EXHIBITION PLAN OF LONDON IN 1851, FROM AcruAL SURVEY. —Mr. Berger, of Hollywell-street, has just published a beautifully engraved an d accurate pocket map of the metropolis, illustrated with a view of the Crystal Palace. This neatly -engraved and clearly-depiced ground plan of London cannot but be most useful to the visitors to the Exhibition. The place of the Crystal P a l ace i s c l ear l y marked out, and by the aid of this map th e stranger can with the greatest facility discover the nearest route to the Crystal Palace from any part of the town. Business d one to-day. 5 % U 80% 81% 154 3 24% % 7% % 7 6% 18% % 12 3 41 % 89 6434 64 8 % % 97% 130% 130 22% 17% % 4% 90 89X 36' 36 die. 64% 65 64% 22% % 9 % X 2% % MINIS. 15 4 1 13 0 13 5 24% 30 1"7 ,, ---'7-7r7-1•,-,- BUSITPRS dor). Asturian ...... Australian :: .. —:: Barossa Range .. ...... Blaenarvon Iron and Coal Bolanos Scrip ........ British 1r0n............ 1 4' - 2 1 ,6 3;I- Brazilian Imp. (Is. 5/. p.) Do. Cocaes and Culaba Do. St. John del Rey • . Cobre Copper . • . Copiapo ..... •• • 32% - 32 16 - 15% 35% - 38% -7% 13% - 14 - . Gene Mexican& S. American Real Del Monte, Uureg. Do. Black Debentures. Do. Red Debentures .. Santiago de Cuba ...... Tin Croft ............ United Mexican........ ZOIN7 -6% 10% - 11 4% -3 3 4 :31E BANKS, 33 - 324 t« -433 i - 12 25 - 25% 18% - 17% 27% - Australasia British North America.. Colonial Commercial of London.. London Joint Stock .... London and Westminster National Provincial Eng. National of Ireland .. Provincial of Ireland.... Do. New .. ........ Union of Australia • . Union of London .. •• • • Union of Madrid •- 18% - 20% 42 - 43% 15% - 15 -- -- - 35 - -234 3 - 3 123 i -13 i Canada .... • • • • ••••= Gen. Steam Navigation . Penin. & Oriental Steam. Ditto ditto Royal Mail Steam .. • • .. (We cannot be answer will not be influenced by , CELLANEOUS. 32% 42% -46 14 26% - 28 50 65% - 66 5 11 - 11% 60 75 -7‘ th Ole for interest la errors of the Official Lists, and i correspondents.] MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were es mated at 2,000 bales. The market was flat; American were J. per lb. lower, and the same decline may be quoted generally for all other kinds.—Railway Shares were firm. The accounts from America, received yesterday after noon, supply very favourable information from San Francisco. It is stated, under the latent date, that— " Quartz rock mining and crushing by machinery is being prosecuted with great vigour. Nay, discoveries of the gold bearing quartz have been made in various lo cations, the rock containing a large proportion of gold, and being easily crushed, numerous orders have been given for crushing machines, and in the corning season the yield from this source is expected to be very large. A new feature in the business of gold mining has been introduced, in the shape of dredging machines, which are used where the water is too deep to allow the earth to be taken from the bottom by any other means. Two small steamers have been engaged for a short time past in dredging the bed of the Yuba River. There have also been discovered new mines in the neighbourhood of Monterey, Los Angeles, and San Diego, which are said to be very productive. The ac counts received here from those places do not., however, go into particulars, but merely say in general terms that they yield abundantly. It will be seen, therefore, that though the want of rain has been a very serious draw back to the prosperity of the country, the miners having lost several months' labour in digging earth which they cannot wash for the want of rain, yet there is a good prospect opening before us for the summer, and it is to be hoped that the bright anticipations which are formed may be realised. Agriculture, which has hitherto been a very subordinate interest, in our state, now bids fair to assume its proper posi tion in relation to a wealthy and prosperous community. The high prices of agricultural produce of all kinds have induced large numbers to undertake the cultivation of the earth, and the fertile lands of the river, bottoms, and valleys, are being rapidly settled by industrious and energetic farmers. The prospects for an abundant yield of every description of produce we re very ex cellent, until the long continued and unusual drought had induced apprehensions that the crops in many parts will be a total failure. Serious fears are entertained for the grazing of the cattle, which, if there shouid not be any more rain, will be very scant, and probably occasion immense loss of stock. Irrigation on an exten sive scale is recommended, and in some instances has been undertaken as a remedy for the deficiency of rain. Altogether the prospects for the yield of crops in portions of the recent agricultural settlements are not en couraging, though there are other portions where the drought has not in appearance effected so much injury. As an evidence of the forwardness of the season, the beauty of the climate, and the fertility of the soil, it may be mentioned that on the first day of March there were 35 acres of barley, only a few miles distant from San Francisco, which averaged ten inches in height. New potatoes had also been dug and brought to San Francisco on the Ist of March." It is with great pleasure that we copy the following announcement from the Montreal Pilot :—" We under stand that it is the intention of the Trinity Board to lower one-half the dues payable by vessels coming to this port. The Act imposes specific rates, but an Order in Council has been obtained, authorising the above-men tioned redaction, and a Bill to impose the lower rate will be brought into Parliament next session. This will be a great relief to shipping. The excess of income over the expenditure enables the board to effect the change. The attention of the people of St. John's, New foundland, is being directed to ship-building, and a public meeting has been held for the purpose of en forcing the attention of the Legislature. It appears that 25,0001. are annually paid for freights, and 20,0001. every year expended in the purchase of vessels to pro secute the trade of the island. The seal fishery is to be prosecuted with renewed vigour this season, and the present high prices paid for Oil will doubtless give a vast impetus to this important branch of industry. The ensuing spring promises to be a busy season in Nova Scotia. Already indications of the number of outfits that may be expected are discernible in the or ders that have been received from the outports by the merchants. The following, from the Circular of Messrs. &breeder and Mummy, and published by Mr. James Irvine, of Liverpool, gives the particulars of the state of the Cotton market:— "NEW ORLEANS, MARCH 29.—We crave reference to our Circular of 15th instant, which left the Cotton Market in an improving condition. The subsequent re ceipt of Liverpool advices of the Ist March produced a decidedly better feeling, and in consequence of a brisk demand, coupled with speculation, prices for middling advanced from 104 to Hate., other grades being freely purchased at same time at rates comparatively en hanced. The business done during that week amounted to 37,500 bales, the market closing with leas animation, but without appreciable change in prices. The steamer of the Bth instant having arrived, her accounts have bad the effect of rendering purchasers more cautious, under the general expecTation that the extreme de pression in her own market at the close of the last month must, when known on your side, cause a sudden check to the gradual amelioration in the rates current with you, and looking forward to a confirmation of this by the steamer of the 15th, now due, our market has been en tered sparingly during this week, and the transactions have been limited to 18,700 bales. In most instances, the sales having been forced to meet the factor's wants, prices have given way fully to 4e. , and thus the pro bable decline in Europe may be said to have been an ticipated. The increase in our receipts would seem to point to a larger crop than we have hitherto estimated, but aware of the inducements to planters to ship as rapidly as possible, and in view of the reduced stocks in the interior, we are still of opinion that our outside es timate of 2,200,000 bales, if exceeded at all, can be so only insignificantly. The stock of Cotton in this port, in presses and on shipboard amounts to 249,146 bales. The market closes quiet at the following quotations:— Ordinary, 8 to Bic.; good ordinary, 94 to 91e.; middling, 104 to lOte.; good middling, 1 to 1 lie.; middling fair, 12 to 121 c.; fair, 12i to 124 c. Sales during the last fortnight, 56,200 bales. Receipts at this port since Ist September, 790,048 bales, against 685,804 bales last year. Increase of receipts at all the ports up to latest dates, 165,666 bales." Accounts from Hamburgh advise us of the failure there of the house of Riffenberg for 250,000 mares banco. At Amsterdam on the 21st instant there was a holiday' in the Stock Exchange. Very important measures are about to be adopted by the Belgian Government for an extension of its railway system, and by these the existing companies will mate rially benefit. It is stated that about 100 leagues will have to be constructed. The immediate cause of the great anxiety of the Government is the prospect of Rot terdam or Havre becoming the starting and resting point for travellers to and from the Mediterranean. The Go vernment of Leopold must act liberally to the existing companies if it desires to encourage others. .. The circumstance of a power of attorney for the transfer of stock having been forged by a medical man at Windsor has occasioned considerable remark, and the brokers who identified him are naturally much cha grined. The amount is said to be 10,0001., but in order not to defeat the ends of justice, much secresy i observed. The Funds have been quiet again as regardsispeoula tive transactions, but there have been a few money bar gains. Consols have ruled at 97i to for Transfer, and have been 97/ for Account. There is still some discussion among the dealers as to whether the rate of discount at the Bank of England will be advanced to morrow, and as there was a gratifying rally in the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon, the impression seems to be that no change will take piece. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have realized 97i to 98i, and the Three per Cents. 961 to Bank Stock has been firm at 2111. India Stock has fluctuated from 260 to 262. Exchequer -bills aro 54i. to 578., and India Bonds 60s. premium. Foreign Securities have been very inactive. Mexican Bonds have been quoted 35i to Portuguese Four per Cents. are 33 to Russian Five per C e nts. are 112, and Dutch Four per Cents. 90i. Spanish Five per Cents. are 19i to Railway Shares are not brisk, but have risen in seve ral instances. QUARTER TO THREE ▪ 97k ▪ 97-1 Consols ... .. ••• Ditto Account, May 13 ... BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCJI. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 2111 h 8 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 96%% x per Cent. Commis Anus . 971, 4 is 7',!cr- 3 ,1 4 por C;. , 1:1.. . 7, .3.1;7 , , . . ...(m, : ?; Ar.raiitiez, 8. - .-4)..1an. sth, 1860... 7 5...1 G ' tiaia ;.'.stoek 261 260 262 India Bonds under 1,0001 Ditto under 1.000/ 6O p South Sea Stock — Ditto New Annuities Consols for Account 97IA E ichequer Bills. I%d. March. 2d. June. 1,0001.... tit 57 p .001 ••• 54 57 p Small PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent., Coupons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto for the Account Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto 4 oer Cent. Ditto Account ... Russian Bonds, 1822, Ditto 4 1 ,E per Cen Dividends on the aba Dutch 24 per Cent., Ditto 4 par Cent. COURSE 0 Amsterdam t t Ditto, three months.. 11 17 1 ,1 1 Kotterdarn .... ••.. •• 11 17 4 Antwerp .. 25 27x, Brussels 25 27;y llamburgh M.B. 13 84 riltona • . Paris, 3 days'sight 25 10 Ditto, 3 months .... 25 30 Marseilles ............ 25 30 Bourdeaux.... ..... • Frankforton Maine.... 119% Berlin .. .• ...... •• • • Vienna, effec. •• 13 30 Trieste, ditto.... • 13 31 Petersbargh, Oil. Rble.• 37% Madrid .• .. • • ........ 50U Barcoloua Seville ...............• 3333% , 5 per Cent ll2 Lt 9 9 3 / 4 14 ore payable in London. , 12 Guild 3ertificates EXCBANGE. Gibraltar...... — Leghorn BO 55 Genoa .... 45 55 Venice.... .... • • • ....• Naples .... • • .... • . Palermo, peroz .• • . Messina .. Oporto .• .. • • • • • • Rio Janeiro • • ...... • . Buenos Ayres .... New York, 60 days'sight Philadelphia PRICES OF BULLION, PEI OZ. Foreign Geld in bars.. £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin • • 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Dollars . .... Silver in bars ........ 41% 124% 124% 53% 53% O 4 11% O b 1% LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--( THIS DAY.) LONDON, APRIL 23.—Wind at noon S.W., light breeze and fine weather, but cloudy at times. TORBAY.—SId. Dash, Newfoundland. DARTMOUTH, APRIL 22.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrd. In dustrious, Mogadore, and sailed for London. Off port, Missionary, Port Philip. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 22 .—Wind N.—Sld. Chorister, Cadiz and Buenos Ayres. Off port, Bourse, D'Anvers, Havannah, and sailed for Antwerp. QUEENSTOWN, APRIL 21.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Co lumbus, Callao; Susan, Paraiba; Pink, Rio Grande. Ski. Lockwood, New York; Pandora, Quebec; Dominica, ditto; Sarah, St. John's, New Brunswick. WATERFORD, APRIL 21.—S1d. William Large, Bar badoes. WARREN POINT, APRIL 21.—S1d. Elizi , New York; Brothers, ditto. SUNDERLAND, APRIL 22.—Wind W.S.W.—SId. Echo, Quebec. - HULL, APRIL 22.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Thetis, Bo livar. GRIMSBY, APRIL 22.—The Jean and Mary, which sunk near the Spurn on the 31st of March, has been very leaky, and brought in much damaged. COWES, APRIL 22.—The Helena Christida has been got off shore leaky, and towed in here. LOWESTOFT, APRIL 21.—The Prudence sehooner got on shore, but was assisted off. FALMOUTH, APRIL 22.—Wind variable.—Arrd. The Jenny Lind, Rio Janeiro; Frey, Bahia; Heinrich, Per nambuco. WEXFORD. APRIL 21.—A small schooner, reported to be the Ellen Sarah, was lost on the 17th inst.; crew said to have been picked up and landed at Kingstown. DUBLIN, APRIL 21.—Arrd. The Princess, St. John's, New Brunswick. Sld. The Mary Ellen, Quebec. SAN FRANCISCO, FEB. 29.—The English brig Brutus, Valparaiso to this port, has been totally lost in the San Queentons Bay; crew, except two, drowned. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 22.—The 'evermore, Valparaiso to Queenstown, was spoken on the 15th inst., in lat 3 N., long 23 W., with fore and mainmasts sprung, and short of provisions; was supplied by the Mary Pleasants, ar rived here. 23. Wind S.W. to W.N.W.—Arrd. The Janet, St. Stephen's, New Brunswick; Glendaragh, Cal cutta; Royal Sovereign, Bombay; Frances, Demerara; Jassefetta, Porto Rico; British American, Apalachicola; Mary Pleasants, Philadelphia; Guy Manneiieg, New York. Sld. The James Scott, Shanghae; Condita, Havannah; Imyd, Cuenfugos; Regina, Jamaica; Art Union, New Orleans. The Rockshire, of and from this port, has been condemned and sold at Charleston. Sld. Acadia, Mobile; John and Lucy, New York; Par liament, Boston; Lanarkshire, Quebec; Nairus, New foundland. Off port, Kathleen, Calabar; Royal Wil liam, New Orleans; Superb, Geo. Gun, Elizabeth, and Lancashire Witch. NEW YORK, APRIL B.—The Waterloo, from Porto Rico, has arrived with stern frame carried away, having been run into by a schooner off S Indy Hook. HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA, APRIL In.—The Sarah, Fredricksburg to this port, reported as having been lost on Cape Charles, was got off on the 2d inst., and pro ceeded for Norfolk. DEAL, APRIL 22.—Wind S.W.; fresh and squally; P.M., W.S.W.; six P.M. N.N.W.—Arrd. Hendrik, Jan Banjoewangee for Rotterdam; G. H. Wappaus, Singa pore for Hamburgh; William Wallis, Bombay; Marion, Mauritius; Falcon, Africa; Holstein, Pernambuco for Gluckstadt; Flora, Jamaica ; Savannah, Charleston; Eliza, Rio Janeiro for Stockholm; Camillas, Demerara. Arrd. from the River and sld., J ama i ca , Bahia; Rafael, Arraga, Porto Rico. Sid. Claude, Port Philip; Karel, Goree; Andes, Brazils; Spheroid, St. Vincent. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY. The show of English Wheat samples in to-day's market was chiefly composed of Monday's unsold supply. As the attendance of both town and country buyers was again small, and the imports of foreign Flour unusually large-10,140 sacks and 4,400 barrels—the former from France. the latter from the United States; the demand for all kinds of Wheat of home produce rul ed excessively heavy, at almost nominal currencies. The arrivals of foreign Wheat have been confined to 2,730 quarters. Selected samples were held at full prices; but low and middling kinds commanded very litte attention. Malting Barley was slow in sale, but the value of grind ing and distilling sorts was fairly supported. We had a very inactive demand for Malt, at last week's quotations. Oats, though in short supply, moved off slowly, at late rates. Beans, Peas, and Indian Corn, the latter afloat, were quite as dear; but all kinds of Flour were lower to purchase. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Barley. Wheat. Malt. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. 1090 1,410 1,290 2,730 1,710 English • • •• •• Irish •••••• •• Foreign •• •• •• Oats. Flour. sacks E 0 Qrs. 90 1,920 1 1 1,520 0,1405 k / 4,400 bls BOROUGH x:!o7i_ivx.articET. Our market is very inactive for moat k►nds of Hops but we have no actual fall to notice in prices. The sup. ply is tolerably good. :0711ITECHAPEL. The general demand is exceediogly heavy, at droop ing prices. Beef, from 2s 2d to 3s 2d; Mutton, 2s 4d to 33 6d; Lamb, 45 61 to 5s 8d; Veal, 3s to 3s 10d; Pork, 23 6d to 3s 8d per Blbs. LAW INTELLIGENCE, CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before the LORD CHANCELLOR.) MARRIAGE OF MISS TALBOT.—DOYLE V. WRIGHT. Mr. B. PALMER made an application to his Lordship in this case. He said he appeared on behalf of Lord Edward Howard, who had presented a petition to the Court, in which he stated that, having, in 1847, become acquainted with Miss Talbot, a ward of the Court, he had since that period fatten every opportunity of recom mending himself to her, and had made a proposal of mar riage to her, to which she had given consent, subject to his Lordship's approval. The application which he now made to his Lordship was to direct that the usual reference should be made to the Master to approve of the marriage, and also to approve of arrangements for settlements. Mr. BOLT said he appeared for Dr. Doyle, who wished to express his entire concurrence in the proposal, and who would, moreover, have been ready to acquiesce in any such arrangement, if it had been made at a much earlier period. The Loqp CHANCELLOR—You may take an order. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) His HoNoua having given judgment in re Gedge pro ceeded to hear the cause of Pooley v. Budd. VICE-CHANCERY.---(THIS P AY.) (Before Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BancE.) His Honour was occupied this morning with bank rupt petitions. (Before Lord CRANSVORTH.) His Honour disposed of a number of unopposed peti tions this morning. (Before Vice-Chancellor TURNER.) His HoNouß delivered:his first judgment this morning in the case of Marker v. Marker, and then proceeded to hear the cause of Travis v. Mylne, which occupied him the whole morning. QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco, before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN, Mr. Justice PATTESON, and Mr. Justice ERLE,) DOE DEM. NEWNAN v. RUSHEE. Mr. CROWDER moved for leave to enter a nonsuit in this case, which was tried at the last Salis bury assizes, and a verdict returned for the plaintiff, but with leave to make this motion. The simple question involved in the case was, whether or no a conveyance of property for a valuable consideration got rid of a prior conveyance of a voluntary character. For the defendant it was contended that by the 27th of Elizabeth it did, and a case has been decided in Ireland which supports that position.—Rule 31( ELEY v. IirTHE AND ANOTHER• Mr. WHATELEY moved, on behalf of the defendant, for a rule to show cause why the verdict for the plaintiff in this case should not be set aside, and a new trial had. The action was for money had and received, and it arose out of the following dispute:—ln 1816, upon the mar riage of a lady with a gentleman named Hythe, a settle ment was made, by which certain property was vested in the husband for life, with remainder to the lady in event of her surviving him. At the death of both the property was to be sold for the benefit of the children of the mar riage, a N n , d rw t t h h e e proceeds diistributedt the equally st a i r o li n v ti, e s a t , and is the mother of three children, who are all of age; and, by an agreement b e tween the four, it was arranged a few months ago that the property should be 5°16 1,1 A"ordit'f_'!7, pvt f:r 4 2!P. ami j, ci.3 , va to 6ir Oswald I ,, L..ziey, who made o - 7.:.1 to ratify the L gain. Tile, e ci li ditions of the 54" itle. stipulated that tio obj ec ti on s h ou ld b e ta k e n to the t under the marriage settlement, inasmuch as both the 13 0 and her trustees were consenting parties to the transac" tion; but, subsequently to the sale, lift Oswald ki," l n e i was advised that in law the sa l e wou ld b e held bad , a. " ) , he, therefore, brought the pr esen t act i on t o recover b ack the deposit money. On behalf of the defendant , 11 °1 ever, it is contended that, in th e f ace o f the condition s 1 : ) ,. sale, such an obje c ti on canno t b e sus t a i ne d, and be"' they were anxious that th e C our t s h ou ld grant n evi trial, or direct that the point should be decided in a sP e• cial case. Rule nisi for a new trial, in the event of the other si de not agreeing to a special case. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) 0 1 Mr. Justice Coleridge sat in this court to-day) 11 heard soveral motions of ccurse. His Lordship ros e t, half-past ten o'clock, there being no other business befor e him. SECONDARIES'.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary POTTER.) POTTLE V. RAYNER. The plaintiff is a news-agent at the Royal 9d Excu- n -1 0 and defendant is a gen tl eman res idi ng at H ac k ne y Id. action was brought t o recover t h e sum o f 1 11. 129. for newspapers suppli e d. D e f en d ant p l ea d e d that be was not indebted. Mr. C. BROWNE appeared f or th e p l a i nt iff , an d C al led Mr. R. Pottle, the plaintiff's son, who produced an all of newspapers supplied betw een A pr il, 184 7, and rto' 1850, but as no notice had b een g i ven to d e f e ndant produce the original, The SECONDARY held that the witness could only gi gc evidence as tar as his memory wo u ld serve him, an °- n , orders were produced. The witness then proved that defendant himself 5001; times called and sometimes sent other persons• The papers delivered amounted to the sum iu question; ' could speak positively, as h e a tt en d e d to t h e businn 66, He had writt en severa l ti mes t o d e f en d ant f or paymen t ' but had not received any answer. ; ,1 not Mr. F. A. Le w i s , th e d e f en d ant ' s attorney, d.- offer any defence. IA be The Learned SE CONDARY t h oug h t a verdict might given on this gener a l ev id ence , as i t would be irapoen"- to prove the delivery of every paper. Verdict for the full amount. LUARD V. JAMES. This was an undefended action on a bill of exebane for 161., and there was no defence. Mr. W. R. BUCHANAN appealed on the subject of c osts, the debt being under 201. The Learned SECONDARY said he could not interfere. Mr. BUCHANAN said he applied under the last Count Court Act, and if the Learned S econ d ary did n ot thin he had the power to certify to deprive plaintiff of coets4 he (Mr, Buchanan) had to apply th a t th e ver di c t s hould not be entered with 40s. costs, and l eave plaintiff to ear his own course. The Learned SECONDARY said he must leave Mr. lr o chanan to an appli c atio n t o th e C ourt a b ove , but " would take a note of the objection. Verdict for plaintiff, with costs. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) Wm. Jones, a marine-store dealer, residing in Brick' lane, Shoreditch, pl ea d e d not gu i lty to an ind i et men charging him with stealing a large quantity of horse-bo il. ' the property of George Bewley. The property had been stolen from a cart while stent ing in the Curtain-road, an d th e pr i soner having bee n seen to take some horse-hair to be b a k e d, was taken in t o custody when he went to fetch it away. Mr. O'BRIEN, who appeared for the prisoner, said that it was most likely he bought it in the usual way of 1311 ' siness. It was not proved that he had stolen the pro' perty, only that he had it in his possession. He c °l3 ( l clut:ed by calling several witnesses, wh o gave hi m a gow „ character of 15 years' standing. The Learned JUDGE having summed up, The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. The prisoner was then indicted upon another charg e of stealing 42 pounds of twisted horse-hair, the propel of Win. Ford. The circumstances in this case were nearly the sali le as given above. Mr. O'BaivN having addressed the jury, The Learned JUDGE summed up at great length, 5114 The jury, after much hesitation, found him Guilt'' , and he was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonmen t ' with hard labour. BOW - STREET-(THI8 DAY.) „, Edward John Webster was c h arge d w i th em b ezz liolk the sum of 271 10s., the property of his master, E. ec )r. ' dewell, Esq., M. P., of No. 3, Whitehall-gardens. The prosecutor stated that the prisoner was lately 1 butler, but was discharged fro m hi s s i tuat i on on -Wed . nesday last. Since then the brewer had sent in an ac: count for 271. 10s. which he thought had been paid'' , the prisoner, who had received the money from witnes s for that purpose. Witn ess ascerta i ne d t h at t h e bill h not been paid only yesterday. He gavO directions for his apprehension. Witness believed that the prisoner had not paid other bills. The prisoner made no reply in answer to tho charge' Mr. HENRY remanded him for a week. MARLBRO'-STREE I'---(THIS DAY./ A VAGABOND.—Thomas Martin Ilorsley, servant out of place, was charged before Mr. Bingham with iv, decently assaultin g t wo l a di es ( one of them a lad y 01 title), in Hyde-park. Mr. Alexander Smart, clockmaker, No. 33, Chapel' street, Grosvenor-square, stated that this morning be was proceeding across Hyde-park, from Perk-lane, wbe ° he saw the defendant, who was some little distance before him, go up to a lady and pull her about in a ve ry Wl' manly and indecent manner. Before witness could ge up to him another lady chanced to pass, whom witness knew to be R. lady of title, but whose name he did net think himself at liberty to mention. The prisoner lte" mediately left the first lady and laid hold of the otherl and most grossly assaulted her. Witness ran to her Eau and pulled the prisoner away, and followed him till he cause t) Stanhope -gate, when he gave him in charge to a police-constable. The prisoner, who denied the charge, was committe d to the House of Correction for one month. THE LATE LORD LANGDALE.—Yesterday 'th e mortal remains of the late L or d L ang d a l e, P . C ., were hermeti cally sealed down in the presence of the family, and will be removed to-morrow from Tunbridge Wells by the South" Eastern Railway to London, when the body will be coil' veyed direct by the South-Western Railway to the Noble Lord's country seat at Roehampton. Its final resting-31 , aq will be the Temple Church, th e N o bl e and Learned era having been a bencher of the society of the Inner Temple' The funeral will be as private as circumstances will permit , in accordance with the wish of the deceased shortly before his death. EXTRAORDINARY CASE.—NOTTINGHAM, TOESDAI —A fatal accident occurred last night to a young woman, r siding at the village of Lon-green, near this town. The cir cumstances were of a very singuar nature. Six weeks ago , the deceased's brother (Joseph Renshaw) died, leaving will, which placed his property in the possession of his bro' ther, Jonas. Several months before Joseph Renshaw's de" mist) a will had been drawn out, leaving the whole of 1111 property to his wife; but a few days prior to his death the document had been cancelled and a w ill su b st i tute d , w hich left the property to his brother. Shrtly after his death Pro f ; ceedings were instituted striving to disprove the legality e the last will. While these matters were pending, the bro.. ther's wife came yesterday (Monday) afternoon to the White Horse, to strive to arrange all disagreements and put a stop to all judicial proceedings. After having stayed in the house an hour, she was passing from the bar to the parlour, when , owing to some cause, which is at present unexpl a ined, he r toot slipped, and s h e fell down the cellar steps. The unfor tunate woman's head came in contact with the cellar floor , bruising it in the most frightful manner. Medical assist' ance was :.peedily procured, but proved of no avail; the poor woman was soon no more. An inquest will be held to-Me" row upon the body, when, doubtless, circumstances will transpire which will throw a light upon the whole affair' The deceased was named Wightman about 33 ye ars of age , and was landlady of the Lumley Castle, at Icon-gree ° ' 5 village about a mile from Nottingham. A CHANGE FOR THE BETTER..--MISS Talbot-- escaped from Taunton Lodge--is to be married to the Duke of 'Norfolk. We congratulate the y oung l a d y on t h e ex change of Monk's-hood for Orange -blossoms.—Punch. PARTIES AND PR ODABILITIES.- 1 -We speak fr ani p s e t e a u n l l i e a y r , sonuortoweisthosftainndfoinrmg a h t i i s on c , on w st h i e tu n tio w n e al sa itn y, pe t t h n a o t sit L y n d s exceedingly anxious to postpone till the remotest possible period, the ad vent of another Ministerial crisis. He makes as sure of office as if he were already duly installed; but he thinks there would be a much greater probability of_,, , 1 3 r„. being able t o f orm a stable Administration, if thewm-b Cabinet could, by any means, be kept in power until the autumn. The Noble Lord has, in fact, assumed to himse lf the office o f protector of the present Cabinet. Strange as th e fact may seem, there is not a man at the present moment in. her Maje s t y ' s d om i n i ons, not even excepting those whose means of subsistence are dependent on the continuance in office of the Whig Government, more desirous of maintain' inc.- 6 the Whigs in Downing-str ee t, th an th e P ro t ec ti o nist Lord. It is otherwise with some of his follower& They are for precipitating another Ministerial crisis. Even Mr. Disraeli himself i s i m p a ti e nt of a f ur th er cont i nuance of ,` Whig rule. Still the Member for Bucks can b e manaaVl• Not so with events. They are not to be contro ll e d . The sth sth of May will ceme. It is approachi ng , an d with i t will come the resuscitation of the now dormant Papal Aggression Bill. Not a doubt is entertained in the best informed qua" ters, that Ministers will be beaten on some of th e m ost in" portant parts of that measure, and being beaten, we can see no alternative for them but a real resignation.—Advertiser. Cardinal Wiseman went to Claremont last week , to pay a visit to the ex-Queen of the French and the other members of the ex-Royal Family of France, domiciled at that place. ARRIVALS AT LEAMINGTON. --Admiral Sir George , Lady, and Miss Cockburn, Rear-Admiral Sir Watkin, and Miss Pell, Admir a l an d M r. Gawen, the Hon. V. Noe l, Lady and Mrs. Cowp er S m i t h , Lady and the Misses MurraP Lady B. Browne and family, Lieut.-Colonel Freer, Major; General Freer, Colonel Cathcart, Captain and Mrs, BigLan' and family, Captain C arr , Rev. J. Astor, Captain and Dl ll ' Watling; Messrs. A r k wr i ght, Lawley, Pocklington, ,_ Dugriale, St. Paul, and Archibald ; Mr. and Mrs. Buller, o` r' , and Mrs. Percy, Mr. an d M rs. Marmont, Mr. and Mrs. -r" Lloyd, Mr. and Mrs. Bishop, &c. SINGULAR AND FATAL ACCIDENT...-011 Tuesda' morning a cart filled with road sweepings was passing ov er an old bridge of woo d cramped with iron, which spanned toe Rochdale canal and formed a part of Jersey-street, ter; its weight b ro k e down the fabric, and both horse, ca r !' and bridge were plur . ged in the w a t er . An unfortu nate fellow, named Ri c h ard Sharpies, one of the street-s weepers' who had filled t h e cart, and was following it, sunk w ith them, and befo re h e was got out lite was e x ti nc t. The c anal is the property of the Earl of Ellesmere, o r ra th e r of t he beets Uuke of Brid gwater ' s trustees, and it had for some time in a dilapid a t e d state, no steps being taken to repair conoequence “ dispute as to liMality. Man iti Cher S Railways. Paid. Nomlital Prices. Aberdeen.. • • • • Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, & E. Juncion Belfast and County Down Binning., Wolverhamp., and Stour Valley • • Birkenh., Lan., & Chesh June., late 33/. 6s. Bd.. Do. Chest. & Birkenhd., 501. 80251. Consolldated 1)o., do., 20/. • • .. •• Bristol and Exeter .• • Caledonian • • • • • • Chester and Holyhead .. Direct Lond. acid Portsm. Dublin and Belfast Junct. Dublin and Kingstown.. Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction .. • • Do., New .. East Anglian (251. L. &I E. and L. & B.) • • • • Do. (181. E. & H.) • • Eastern Counties •• Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. shares •• Do. do. do. .. Do. do., B & C shares l East Lancashire • • • . Do. New quarters • • Erinburgh and Glasgow Edin., Perth, and Dundee Exeter and Exmouth .. Glasgow and Soutla-West, De. do. G. D. & C. stock Great Northern • • • • Do. halves, A, deferred Do. halves, B, 6 per ct. Great Southern and Western, Ireland • • Great Western • • • • Do. New, 171. • . •• Lancaster and Carlisle .. Do. thirds • • • • • • Lancaster and Preston .. Lancashire and Yorkshire Do. quarter shares .. Do. fifths .. • • • Leeds p o. Liverpool, Crosby, and an We a s T tß hir idi sk ng . U . nio . n . Southport .. •• London and Blaekwall •• Do. Tilbury Ext. Scrip. London, Brighton, and South Coast .. London and N.-Western Do. do. new quarters . Do. fifths Do. 101. sh., 31.&B (c) London and S.-Westers Do. new 501. Do. new 401. Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock .. Manchester, Sheffield, & Lincolnshire Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union .. Midland • • .. .. .. Do. 501. shares .. Do. firming & Derby Midland Gt. West. (Ire.) Newcastle and Carlisle.. De. quarter shares Newmarket .. Newport, Abergavenny, and Ilereford •• . • Newry and Enniskillen.. Newry, Warrenpoint, & Rostrevor .. Norfolk .. Do. New 201. shares.. Northern Counties Union North British.. .. .. North Staffordshire •• , North-Western .. North & Sth .-We st. June. Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton.. .. Scottish Central .. Scottish Midland .. Do. new .. Shrews. & Birm., Clasi A Do. Class 8.. • • • • Shrews. & Hereford., Old Do., do., New • . Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) .. Do. Hal 7E3 .. I Do. Osevestry • • .. Do. New• .. .• • • Shropshire Union • • • Do., A, B, C, & D, fully paid up at per cent • • South Deven • . South-'Eastern •. • . South Wales.• .• South YE.rhsh. and River Dun Shed., Roth., and Geole, South Division .. Stockton and Hartlepool wansea & Loaghor, &c. raw Vale Extension .. Thames Haven Dock and Railway .. Vale of Meath .. • • Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick, Waterford,. Wes., Wick. and Dublin West Cornwall .. West London ~ Whitenaven and Farness York, Newcastle, & Ber-1 , 1 wick .. ... . Ditto and Newcastle Extension .. .. Ditto G.N.E. purchase York and North Midland THE SHARE MARKETS LINES LEAS: 15% to 16}i 3% 334 dish 10% -11% •• •• 81 —B3 151 i is% 24 —25 20 —. 18 dlB. 10 -11 6% -5% 7% -7% 6)4 - 7 4% 5 17% is 3 8 5% 3N 86 % 186% - - Ig% 12% - 12% 42 -43 VB% 8934 234 2 die. 81 —ga 10 -11 p. 29 -31 p 63}4 - 64 Syr;-B%d. —B% d. 6% (Us 18 —l 9 d. 834 -8% -ail 97 97% 129 —l3O 5 — 5 % IL 534 6 p. 2 % — 3% P. 89% 90}4 514 —4% Ws. 434 334 Ws. 3 —3% d. 36 -37 3 2 u dis. —644 k 13 —l2 dls. 36 —3B 9% —9% 3% —3% dir. 4% —4% die. 27 —29 13 —l2 die. 2% —33, db. 10% 10% 6% 6 dis. 10% —lO Ells. 1 N p 17% ..-18 17 -17% z.(.1 9% -10% 16 —l5 dis. 4% —33 g 3% —3%, dis. 2} —1% 16 —lB 8 -- 9 12% 13% % % AIL N —27 i 18 —l9 23 285( 3 1 % _32% % dis. par 4%- 5 9% -- 10 N —63 f 16 —l5 al. 5 4 d. 17 —ls 5 % 434 dis. fi —7% 22 22)4 3 234 dis. I% —1% dia. 9734 —27 X FIXED 'TAMS, I 1 0 all 11 6 8 all all 11 13 4 47% ali 4 2 0 AT Railways. Leasing Paid. Nominal Prices. Busineas Companies. done to-day, Berks:anelHants Ex. 5 per Cent. ' Gt. Western 6 34 - I P. Bir. and Oxford Junc.,callsduly paid, or with a guarantee •• Do .. .. 20 2834 2934 Do., withou la guarantee .. Do .. • • 20 27 211 Lirm., WoL, & Dud.,calls duly paid, or with a guarantee •• Do .. .. 15 834 - 934 p Do., without a guarantee Do • • • • 15 7 8 p Buckinghamsh. Lon. &N. W. 173% 1754 —lB 17% Si Clydesdale June Caledonian 50 41 —43 E. Lin., Guar. 6 per Cent. •• G. Northern 25 3234 —32 X, 32% Gloucester and Dean Forest Gt. Western 18 —18 X Hull and Selby Yk. &N. 31. 50 101 103 Do. % Shares Do .. • • 25 503( 5136 Do. % Shares' Do • • .. 123( 223! —2336 Leeds and Brad. Midland • • 50 98 100 Lon. and Green. S. Eastern ~ 12 15 4 11 1136 Do., Pref. .. Do .. • • 20 2334 2436 Lowestoft, Gd. 4 per Cent. . Norfolk • • 20 15 —l6 Do., 6 per cent Do .• • • 20 —• . Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6p. ct Stockt.& Dar 60 N. & East, 5 per Cent. .. E. Counties . 50 54 —56 Do. New .. Do .• • • 43 4 6 p Preston and/ L. &N. W. Wyre • • S &La.& Y. j 25 42 —44 Do. 34 Shares ADo .. • • 1036 734 B%p. Read., Guild., and Reigate .. S. Eastern .. 20 21 2136 Roy. & Hitchin IG. Northern 6% 8 o. Shep. Ex.. Do .. 334 154 p. Shef., Roth. and Goole, 5 per ct. Lane. & York 18 11 6 • • —• • South statfords. Mr. M'Clean 934 2% 2% dis. Wear Val. 6 per Cent. gua. Stock.& Diu. 50 24 2434 Do. do. •• Do • • • • 25 Do, do. •• Do .. 20 ,„ Wilts, Som., & Weymouth .. Gt. Western 50 4436 453; , R.Ern 'CZ SNARES. • Railways. Paid. Nominal Prices. Basiness doze_ to-day. L Aberdeen • • • • • • all % dis par dbl. Caledonian 101. all 6s Chester and Helyhead all 16% 16% Dund. Per. & Aber. June, all 34 —l4 dig. East Anglian (31. 10s.) 6 per cent. .. 8 11 2%- 2% Eastern Counties Exten., per cent. No. 1 .. all% —% P Pin Do. No. all 34 d l par x.d. Do . New 6p. cent. Stock all 11 —ll .A Eastern Union, Scrip guaran. 6 per cent. .. all 163( 16% Do. 101. Deben. Shares . all East Lancashire, 6 per cent. quarter shares E. &W. York. June. sths all.„ Edin. Per. &Dun. 54 p, et. all % dish par x.d. x.d Glasgow & 5.- W. Consul. all .. Gt. Northern, 5 per cent. all 133( 1334 x.d 13%3434 x.d Great South. & Western (Ireland) eighths .. 234 34 I p. Lancashire and York shire, F. 201... 6 1% 144 dia. Leeds and Thirsk, 6 per cent., No. 1.. .. .. 11 •—• p Do. quarters, 1848 .. 1% 2 p London, Brighton, and Seath Coast guar. 5 per et., late Croydon thirds all •• 6 •• De. pref., 5 p ct. Stock, 1851, from 501. chars. E all 114 120 Do. cent. 5 per ct. 1852 all 57 —6O Do. new guar., 6 per et. all 136 139 London &S.-W., new . 5 I —2% p. Londonderry and Ennis killen, half shares .. 10 • • •• Manch., Sheffield, and Lind., guar. shrs., No. 1 all 13 1 / —l4 13% Do. new, 101. all 11% 12% Do., 6/. 3 % %p 3 % Midland Con. 6p. c. stock all 132 134 Do. Consel. Bristol & Birmtng., 6 per cent.— all • • —•• Do. Bristol & Glonces. 48 Norfolk Extension all 17 —ls Vu. gear. 534 per cent. all 4% —4% Do. Waveney Valley .. 2 • •• North British • • • • ail 5 534 Oxf.Wor. &Vi 01. 15/. 6 p.c a 134 134 p Shrewsbury and Birm. New Guaranteed .. all 11 1134 Shrews. and Ches. (Nor. W. MM.) 8 per cent, all 15 1534 15% South Devon • • • • .. all 13 —l5 South-Eastern, 434 p. et, all Waterford & Kilkenny, 5/. 1 •• —• • WestLondon,lst Cl.(101.) all .. —•• Do. 2d Class , de. (par) all —•• York, Newc., and Berw,, Gt. N . of E. Pur. all 1634 16% Do. b 434 —4% York and North Midland H. and S. Parch. • 134 1 din. 10EXIGN. Boulogne and Amiens .. all 9% —103 s 10 Central ssf France (Or leans and Vierzon) .. all 17% 17% x.d Z.d Demerara .. • Dutch Rhenish .. 8 5 454 dis. East Incllan 14 13( _ 134 p. Do. do. do. .. 20 Great ludian Peninsula.. all % % p. Ditto ditto .. 2 % %—% P• Louvain ala sam'ire 734 . —• • Luxembourg •• •• 8 1 34 Ditto • • • • • • • • 10 3 —334 Madrid and Valentia Maria Antonia •• 95 7 x.d 8 Ditto, New Northern of France .. 14% 1534 342 Orleans and Bordeaux .. 82 -- 8334 x.d Namur and Liege all 7 8 4 dis. Paris and Orleans all 33 —35 x.d Paris and Rouen .• 2434 . 2534 Paris and Strasbourg .. 16 51 4 5 dis. Rouen and Havre .. all 10% 10% x.d x.d Sambre and Meuse .. 20 3% 454 Tours and Nantes •• .. lb 8% 894 dls. TOlllllay, Jurbise, L an . don, and 115611014 .. all .• West Molders 8% r 7 334 8% 4 all all all 1 28U % 32 613 224 U '2B 2 8% STOI Orrr 4 Pril 23 EWE. B 1 t " tO 2 5 tO 2 4 to 1 8 to 1 Evan o a d t o 4 , 7 to 1 , 15 to 1 15 to 1f 20 to 1 1 1 . 00 0 to 5 La dY Evi 4 to 1 s tole s tole 13 to 1 1 4 to 1 18 to 1 25 to 1 ,1 0 to 1 2 0 to 1 1 0 3 to 1 SO to 1 40 to 1 "JO to 15 20 to lO t ° 1 it t,t) 1 1 40 i to