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T HE NEW WORK ON NINEVEH. By the Rev. J. P. FLETCHER, Minister of St. Saviour's Church, Haverstock Hill, Including TRAVELS IN MESOPOTAMIA, ASSYRIA, Scc. IS NOW READY AT ALL THE BOOKSELLERS. In 2 vols., post Svo., 215., bound. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Greet Marlborough-street. Immediately, in 3 vols., SECOND EDITION of MR. WARBURTON ' S REGM'ALD HASTINGS ;"_ AN HISTORICAL ROMANCE. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. "As an historical romancist Mr. Warburton takes a first wrangler's rank."—Literary Gazette. " Reginald is a nigher approach to Scott's marvellous creations than we have read."—Critic. " In manliness of style and mastery of subject Mr. Warburton comes nearer to Sir Walter Scott than any writer of modern times." — Atlas. " The characters are delineated with admirable distinct ness."—John Bull. " Developed with wondrous power."—Bri tannia. "No historical tale of greater power has been written since Sir Walter Scott."—Messenger. " The battles are strikingly powerful, with a high military air."—Naval and Military Gazette. " Without losing one jot of historical accuracy, the work abounds with all the startling wildness of romance." —Morning Herald. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. A Grand Classical, Dramatic, Miscellaneous Concerted MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT will be given early in the month of MAT, selected from the following admired authors :—Weber, Spehr, Purcell, M. Loeke, Spontini, Paesiello, Meyerbeer, Cima resa, Haydn, Beethoven, Rossini, and embracing several highly interesting novelties. On this occasion will appear Madame Sontag, Mdlle. Parodl, Mdlle. Giuliani, Miss Catherine Hayes, Mdlle. Ida Bertrand, and Madame Freztolini ; Signori Calzorali, Sims Reeves, Baucarde, Coletti, Belletti, Lorenzo, and F. Lablache. Herr Muller and Signor Lablache, supported by all the Instrumental and Choral resources of the Theatre. The whole under the direction of Mr. Balfe. Amongst other novelties, Madame Sontag will have the konour to sing the " Swiss Airs," by Eckert, and the variations on " Ah vous dirai-je," by _Adolphe Adam, as sung by her with the most enthusi astic success at the Concerts of the Grand Conservatoire of Paris ; in addition to which will be presented a Trio for three Tenors, a Trio for three Basses, and a Trio for three Sopranos. Full particulars will be shortly announced. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. Comprising the talents of Madame Song - tag, Signori Bancarde, Sima Reeves, Coletti, Belletti, and Lablache ; Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi, Mdlle. Marie Taglioni, and Mdlle. A.malia Ferraris, Will take place THIS EVENING, When will be presented (for the first time this season) Bellies cele brated Opera. LA SONNAMBUL A.. Airlifts, Madame Sontag; Lisa, Mdlle. Malporate ; Count Ro dolpho, Signor Belletti ; Elvino, Mr. Sims Reeves (for this occasion only). In the course of the evening will be presented (for the first time) a new and original Grand Pas de Trois (composed by M. Paul Taglioni, the Music by Signor Pugni), entitled LES GRACES, Euphrosine, Mdlle. Carlotta Grist ; Thalia, Mdlle. Marie Teetotal ; Egle, Mdlle. Amalie, Ferraris. After which selections from Itossini's celebrated Opera, GUGLIELMO TELL. Arnoldo, Signor Baucarde ; Guglielmo Tell, Signor Celettl; Walter, Signor Lablache. To conclude with the last scene of the admired Ice Ballet, by M. P. Taglioni, entitled LES PL AISIRS DE L'IIIVER ; ou, Les Patineurs Applications for Boxes, Stalls, rind Tickets to be made at the Box Office of the Theatre. On Saturday next, May 4, will be presented Verdi's celebrated Opera, I Due Foscari. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. COVENT-GARDEN. THIS EVENING A GRAND EXTRA NIGHT Will take place, on which occasion will be performed (for the first time this season) Meyerbeer's Grand Opera, LES HUGUENOTS. Valentina, Madame Grisi ; Margarita di Valois, Madame Cas tellon; Dama d'Onore, Madlle. Cotta ; Urban°, Madile. de Merle ; the Huguenot Soldier, Signor Lavla ; Il Conti di San Bris, Signor Tagdiafico ; II Conte di Nevers, M. Massol ; De Coale, Signor Luigi Mei ; De Retz, Signor Polonini ; Meru, Signor Romrni ; Mattrevert, Signor Sold! ; Capitano della Guardia, Signor Talamo ; Marcello, Herr Formes ; and Raul di Nangis, Signor Mario. 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 night or season), at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open from Ten till Five. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Positively the last appearances of the eminent comedlens, M. Samson and Madlle. Denain, and the st:cond appearances of Mons. Regnl , ...r and _Mad Nathalie. TO-MORROW EVENING The Performances will commenco at Half-past Seven o'clock pre cisely, with HEUR ET MALHEUR. After which (for the last time in this country) Scribe's celebrated Comedy, in Five acts, entitled L CAMARADERIE ; on, Courte-Echelle. Le Comte at, Miremont, M. Samson; Rernardet, 3f. Re;rnier ; C Osarine, Madlle. Denain; Zoe, 3fadlle. Nathalie. The Box-office of the Theatre is open daily from Eleven till Five Boxes and Stalls at Mr. Mltchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond ' street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRITRY-LANE. Lessee has great pleasure in stating that the growing attraction of the Grand 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. THIS EVENING, Will be presented, by her Majesty's Servants. The Tragedy of HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. James Anderson ; Ghost, Mr. Cooper ; Claudius, Mr. Diddear ; rolonius, Mr. Baker ; Gertrude, Mrs. Tenian; Ophelia, Miss F. Huddart. After which IDE 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, 011 Brolliptoll. tVENINt.,, Will be performed a new drama, called THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD. Dr. Primrose, Mr. Webster ; Squire Thornhill, Mr. 11. Vanden hoff; Mr. Burehill, Mr. Stuart ; Moses, Mr. Buckstone ; Mrs. Prim rose, Mrs. Keeley ; Olivia, Miss Reynolds ; Lady Blarney, Miss Horton ; Miss Skeggs, Mrs. Fitzwillians. To conclude with the Last Edition of IVANHOE, with all the newest improvements. Cedric the Sason, Mr. J. Bland ; Sir Briant do Bore Gullbert, Mr. Selby; Sir Wilfrid of Ivanhoe, Mrs. Keeley; Wamba, Mr. Buck ssone ; Isaac of York, Mr. Keeley; Robin Hood, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Rebecca, Miss I'. Horton. The Box-ofllce Is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the celebrated Comeay of PAUL PRY. Harry Stanley, Mr. Boyce; Witherton, Mr. Cullenford ; Colonel Hardy, Mr. Larw)ert ; Paul Pry, Mr. Wright ; Eliza, Miss H. Coveney ; Marian, Miss E. Harlng ; Plicebe, Miss Woolgar. To be followed by a grand historical Spectacle Vaudeville, entitled PLAYING FIIIS 1' 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 M Wright, Bedford, Worrell; Miss Harding, and Mrs. F. Matthews.essrs. • ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE THIS EVENING Will be performed CHARLES THE TWELFTH. To be followed by THE ISLAND OF JEWELS. Characters by Messrs. F. Matthews and F. Cooke ; Madame Vestris, Miss Julia St. Georgie, Miss Dickinson, Miss Kenworthy, Mrs. Macnamara, Miss Martindale, and Miss E. Honner. To conclude with A PRACTICAL MAN. All applications for Private Boxes must be made to Mr. Aileron 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. THIS EVENING, Will be repeated (snits complete form) Auber's Opera of GUSTAVUS THE THIRD. Gustavus, Mr. W. Harrison ; Oscar, Miss L. Pyne ; Ankastrom, Mr. Weiss ; Ribbing, Mr. G. Barker ; De Horn, Mr. R. Latter ; Christian, Mr. Wynn ; Countess Ankastrom, Mdlle. Nau ; Arvedson, Madame Macfarren ; Principal Folie, Mdlle. Celeste Stephan. After which a New Grand Tale of Enc h an tment, with splendid Seenery, Costumes, and Appointments; extensive Machinery, &c., entitled THE QUEEN OF THE ROSES ; or, The Sorcerer of Candahar. Principal characters by Messrs. nyder, Forman, Honey, Craven ; Miss Louisa Howard, Miss Saunders, and Miss Inners. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Triumphant success of the new grand Easter Spectacle of Enchant ment. —Reappearance of that extraordinary and talented Artiste, Madlle. Gardoni, on the Tight Rope. HIS EVENING The Entertainments will commence at entitledSev o'clock, with Fitzball's magnificent Spectacle, THE FOUR SONS OF AYMON • or The Days of Charlemagne. Produced with great splendour, and introducing the whole of the vast resources of this Establishment, including the beautiful Stud, . . , together with the Camels, Zebras, &C., 84c. To be succeeded by the talented Male and Female Artists of the , Establishment. To conclude with the interesting Melodrama of MEG AIIiRDOCK ; or, the Fatal Glen. Rox•office open From Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. N. West. Tao HIGH WATER AT LONDON Evening BRIDG 4EI .min. after 5 To-Moutow—m - - 4 T —Morning 20 min. after 5 I —"fling 1 min. after 6 I Evening 25 min. after 6 THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, MAY 2. THERMOMETER. 4 8—highest since noon yesterday. 32—lowest this morning and during the night. 46—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 20.26. Wt N.E.—light breeze and fine. 4*. 40• =1 , 1,4'wj'...... 4 - \i t R. 4 , 7 A ,ii,l Qui: m - 4 -i ../. 14 . , :•* t -4-•;.,-,..." ? ^N,,,-,,t . ' ff}i.i • 4 ',- :: • '''' "41 ' - • . ''CiV... ,__ • - •; - fl '' i u, • al . . ". iL E i l,, " ' ' "°' it o t -, - DI 4j ~74 -yrovrag • , utt, LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 2;11850. We had fondly hoped that no such relic of the " good old times" had descended to these days of economy and retrenchment as the case of the Regis trarship of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, alluded to by the Honourable Baronet the Member for Marylebone on Tuesday evening, and again yesterday, in the House of Commons. Many similar instances formerly existed in our law courts, but steps were taken calculated to prevent their per petuation. The Lord of Southam is still in the en joyment of two snug pensions, bestowed upon him as compensation for the abolition of sinecure office 3 to which be had been appointed by his father, when Lord Chid' Justice of the Queen's Bench. For one of these, having been chief clerk of the above court, his Lordship receives the small sum of 7,7001. per annum, or within 3001. of the sum allowed to the Lord Chief Justice, and 2,700/. more than is paid to any of the puisne j t viges, who are compelled to devote their entire time to the performance of their arduous and important duties. But this is not all. The same nobleman is also in receipt of the further sum of 1,01411. 183. Bd. as his share of the compensation for the office of Custos Brevium, which he held jointly with a brother peer, who, like himself, was so fortunate as to be the son of a former Chief Justice ; and as 8,8441. 18s. Bd. would be quite inadequate for services such as his Lordship has been enabled to render to his grate- rs rr4i f.; , , A tkr `4l 'A .I / 4 . 4)41 a 9 THE SUN, ful country, he also receives a retiring pension as a Cabinet Minister, President of the Board of Control. But the charge will pass away with this Noble Lord, and after his death it will no longer be remembered that such things have been. We need not now allude to the Six Clerks' Compensation Bill, under which four gentlemen receive no less than 30,000/. per annum, with reversions to the surviving members of their families for seven years after their deaths. However rank these jobs, there is at least some time when they will be brought to a termination. But the Ecclesiastical Courts have hitherto escaped all notice. The Reformer's besom has not yet penetrated into their snug recesses, and there are extravagant salaries and enormous sinecures still existing that exceed in iniquity any thing that prevailed in our legal or equitable tri bunals before an attempt was made to cleanse these Augean stables. Ex uno disce ornnes—from one example learn the nature and character of some of these well paid offices. There is, then, it appears, a situation denominated the Registrarship of the Canterbury Prerogative Court, the income of which, derived from fees and emoluments of various kinds, amount to the insignificant sum of 12,0001. sterling per annum. We have not been enabled to learn much of the duties required of the fortunate official. They cannot, however, be very arduous or irksome, as the present registrar (Mr. ROBERT MooRE) is enabled to hold a plurality of Church pre ferments therewith, and to be at the same time a prebendary of the Cathedral Church of Canterbury ! Rector of Latchington I! Rector of Henton ! ! both in the same diocese of Canterbury—and Regis trar of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury ! ! I ! From these various institutions this excellent gentleman receives no less than 14,9631. per annum, or 9621. more than the emoluments received by the Lord Chancellor of England, includ ing his salary as Speaker of the House of Lords, and 463/. per annum more than the aggre gate of the salaries received by the First Lord of the Treasury, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Pre sident of the Board of Trade, and the Postmaster- General, and within 371. of the salaries of the three principal Secretaries of State for the Home Depart ment, for Foreign Affairs, and for the Colonies. Or, to go to another country for an illustration, rather more than the amount paid by the American Re public to its President, Vice-President, Secretary of State, Secretary at 'War, Secretary of the Navy, Postmaster-General, Attorney-General, aed Pay master-General I 1 I A case so extraordinary may well excite the public curiosity, and occasion a desire to know how it waa that this Reverend Gentleman obtained such exceedingly comfortable situations ; and whether there is a pros pect of any other or others succeeding to similar per quisites. We find, then, that the Archbishop of CANTERBURY for the time being has the power, whenever vacancies occur, of nominating one person to the office, and two others in succession to the reversion. When Arch bishop MooRE filled the archiepiscopal see of Canter bury, two vacancies occurred in the reversions, and, as it was too good a thing to be sent out of his own family, he appointed his two sons, Messrs. Joke; and Ro- BERT MooRE to the vacancies. The elder brother JOHN came into the enjoyment of the emoluments of the office by the death of the then holder ; when Dr. MANNERS SUTTON was Primate of all England, who nominated his grandson, the present LOrdCANTERBURY, then a youth of 10 or 12 years of age, to the vacant reversion. In 1845 JoHN MooRE died, and ROBERT his brother became Registrar, and Dr. HowLEY became entitled to present in accordance with former precedents. That pious and amiable Prelate, how ever, with a disinteredness that reflects the highest credit on hie memory, refused to avail himself of the privilege. He felt that he could . not con sistently with his high position act in a manner that would be so derogatory to the interests of the Establishment. He accordingly made a communication to the then Premier, and, subse quently it appears, to Lord JOHN RUSSELL, to the effect that he could not, in the conscientious discharge of his duty, fill up the vacant sinecure. His state ment was, however, disregarded, and no step was taken either for the abolition of the office or the re duction of the emoluments to something that might be considered a reasonable remuneration for the ser vices required from the holder. Matters remained in this state until the death of that amiable prelate, when Dr. SUMNER, the then Bishop of Chester, was translated to the vacant see. The new Archbishop did not, however, consider himself bound to follow the bright example of his respected predecessor. It might easily have been stipulated that he should also forbear to fill up the office until Parliament should deal with the matter, but no such condition was made, and his son, a student at the Temple, was appointed to the reversion, which would eventually yield him an income higher than any which the greatest success in his future profession could pos sibly bestow. There is however " many a slip twixt the cup and lip." The glittering prize, although almost within the young gentleman's grasp, may yet be beyond at tainment, and his most reverend father may have brought discredit on his own high office, with but little advantage to the object of his favour. By a for tunate accident it was provided by the 9 and 10 Vic., c. 98, sec. 9, that any person who should after the passing of that Act be appointed to the office of " Judge Registrar, or other officer of any ecclesiastical court in England, should hold the same subject to all regulations and alterations that should be made by authority of Parliament ; nor should any person by his appointment to any such office acquire any claim or title to compensation, in case the same should be thereafter altered or abo lished by Act of Parliament." After the exposure made by Sir BENJAMIN HALL and the blushing confession of the First Lord of the Treasury, who with shame acknowledged the lathes of his Ministry, it is certain that some legislative enactment will speedily take place on the subject, by which not only the Registrarship of the Canterbury Prerogative Court, but all similar situations throughout the entire kingdom will be placed on a new foundation. Who, after perusing the above state ment, will say that the " careful revision of the salaries and wages paid in every public department, with a view to a just and adequate reduction thereof," is not required, and that it is not sufficient to leave such questions in the bands of the present Government ? An oration of extraordinary ability, and replete with the most perspicuous argument, has recently been delivered in the House of Assembly, Nova Scotia, by the Honourable JOSEPH Howe, the Pro vincial Secretary. Aware that however brilliant such a speech may have been, it cannot by possibility in fluence the opinions of the population of the mother country without obtaining some apecial reference from English journalism, and cognizant of the re markable value of the truths embodied in the harangue alluded to, we are eager at the earliest op portunity to direct the attention of the British mul titude to those admirable remarks with which Mr. Hown refuted the statements made not long since, in the shape of certain Resolu tions introduced to the House of Assembly at rialifax, by the Hon. J. W. JOHNSTON, the leader Opposition. Our solicitude, in this respect, to of ob obtain il in a hearing for the Hon. Provincial Secretary is materially enhanced by the reflection that the argu ments advanc e d b y him are illustrative of the system of Government at present adopted in the direction of the affairs of ou r North American sys t em o f government which, o f all o p t o k e s r e s s a existing or obsolete, has been subjected to the most inter minable abuse, the most detestable calumny, and a o the most rancorous misrepresentations. Know ins that n mg thein g whole th of that it was the against reeent h. movement poli the Canadians was directed, every one w ill recognise the importance of a matter intimately conne cted with the ma intenance of our authority in that portion of our trans-oceanic dominions. All these riotous proceedings, which have reflected so much disgrace upon a large and hitherto estimable portion of our colonial fellow -subjects, all these burn ings of official documents, pillaging of Parliamentary libraries, and destruction of the abodes of the Legis lature, all these miserable insults levelled against the representative of cur august SOVEREIGN —owe their origin to the misapprehension of the system of go vernment now in operation throughout the Canadian part of our North America n territories. I LONDON, It must, consequently, be with no small degree of curiosity that the reflective politician in England turns to an oration like that of the Hon. Provincial Secretary at Halifax—an oration in which the mis representations of so many factious antagonists are categorically exposed, and in which the character of the policy pursued towards the two Canadas by the local administrators, and by the supreme authority in Downing-street, is very earnestly, and, to a certain extent also, very successfully vindicated. In refuting the specious and sophistical ac cusations condensed into the " Resolutions" of the honourable leader of the Opposition, the Pro vincial Secretary, on the 20th of March, displayed to the derision of his colleagues, and of the majority of the Canadian representatives, the inconsistency with which, in the preamble of his " Resolutions," Mr. JOHNSTON described the Executive power as at pre sent constituted to be one altogether uncontrolled, having asserted almost simultaneously, in so many words, that " a Governor might arrive who would obstruct the party obtaining power, holding opinions contrary to his o wn." Well might the Provincial Secretary inquire how two statements so diametrically opposed to each other could by any possibility be reconciled. Well did he, in the exordium of his very masterly oration, cast ridicule upon this factious and contradictory mode of forcing embarrassments at once upon the local and the supreme Governments. Recognizing the strange and perverse ignorance displayed,in this manner by Mr. JOHNSTON, as to the structure of the British Colonial Constitution, the Members of the House of Assembly might reasonably ask themselves if a man like this—a man as ill-informed as he is glaringly disingenuous —could be reasonably entrusted with all the serious and heavy responsibilities devolving upon the prin. cipal leader of the Opposition. But the Provincial Secretary had anything but done with this redoubt able assailant of himself and his Ministerial col leagues. A little further on, referring to .the miser ably erroneous and whining remonstrance incorporated among the " Resolutions " against the notion that " a Minister of the Crown may hold himself free to disallow what a predecessor in the exercise of his official functions had established," Mr. Howz could no longer conceal his mingled sentiments of scorn and indignation. His comments upon the paragraph are altogether so felicitous that we must gratify ourselves and our readers by transcribing a few sentences ver batim. He exclaims, therefore, in regard to this particular— _ _ " What arrant want of all constitutional knowledge the harried (I) leader of the Opposition displays, if he really penned this passage in a spirit of querulous com plaint. Why, Sir, what are Ministers of the Crown for, euder our admirable system, but to advance with the spirit of the age, and to change, in accordance with that spirit, what their predecessors had established? Are riot Ministries changed, and Cabinets reconstructed, for ;his especial end? If what was once established could never be changed—if extravagance could never be re trenched—or a man once in office removed, we should be living under a despotism, and not under a constitutional monarchy." Upon the second recital, to the effect that "the Lieutenant-Governor has been denuded of all power," Mr. Hewn observes that the accusation is wholly in exact ; and upon the continuation of that recital, that "so long as the Lieutenant-Governor is to be viewed as the head of the Provincial Administration, he must either sink into insignificance or become the instrument of Executive obstruction," he gainsays the truth of the declaration that in any respect whatever the Noble Lord in question can be re garded as the head of the Administration. " Lord ELGIN," he observes, with a sententious and decisive brevity, "is Governor of Canada, and Mr. LA FONTAINE is the leader of the Administration. As to the amount and nature of the authority exercised over the affairs of the Canadian Government by the Noble Earl, her Britannic MAJESTY'S Principal Co lonial Secretary, the Honourable Canadian Adminis trator insists that that supreme power is not only judiciously apportioned, but also, and in an especial manner, judiciously exercised. " I admit," says he, " that Lord GREY, havingfrankly yielded theprinciples of Responsible Government, has left them here, as in Canada, to their natural and appropriate development; giving us good counsel when be thinks us wrong, and husbanding his great powers for great occasions ; he does not control our free action in questions purely provincial, or irritate and obstruct by needless inter ference." The admirable and argumentative harangue from which we have made the foregoing extracts proved altogether as successful in its influence upon the judgment of the House of Assembly, as it was eminently successful as an oratori cal display : the Resolutions introduced by way of amendment by Mr. Hewn being carried by a majority of twenty-six over fourteen. Those resolutions declared, among other things, the implicit confidence reposed in the integrity and ability of the Noble Lord the Governor of Canada, by the House of Assembly of Nova Scotia, and the entire satisfaction with which the same provincial Cham ber 'dewed the - character of the political, admi nistrative, and legislative institutions of the province. From what has already been observed by oursel►es, it will be seen that the speech of the Hon. Provincial Secretary at Halifax, to which we have here directed public attention, is one sufficiently remarkable to deserve a very careful and serious ex amination. The Ministers of the French Republic, MM. BA aocna and CARLIER, are bold men ; they have ven tured to do that which even CHARLES X. shrunk from attempting in his most bigotted moments,—he contented himself with establishing a censorship of the press ; they have ventured to prohibit the sale of every newspaper that is not opposed to the con tinuance of that Republic of which they are the sworn servants. Taking advantage of a doubtful decision of the Court of Cessation, which relates solely to the sale of books by persons not booksellers, they have at once jumped to the conclusion that this de cision will also apply to the sale of newspapers, and accordingly have prohibited newsvenders from sell ing any but Royalist journals, and, to make assurance doubly sure, they send police to all the shops to seize any journal which is not Monarchical. There can be no excuse made for this conduct on the ground of the necessity of stopping a Socialist propaganda (not that we admit for the moment the validity of such an excuse) ; the laws are already sufficiently strin gent—they empower the Minister to seize and prose cute any journal which may contain an article offen sive to the powers that be; and the journal to which this stringent measure was first applied, the Evene meet, has always been opposed to Socialism. It is the property of M. VICTOR HUGO, whose name is a suffi cient guarantee that nothing subversive of society will be found in its columns. It was the first journal that advocated the claim of Louis NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, to the Presidency of the Republic, and on every oc casion in which he has acted independently, as, for example, on the occasion of his letter to M. EDGAR NET, it has strenuously supported him, but, unfortu nately, M. LOUIS NAPOLEON BONAPARTE has of late chosen to govern by and for the parti-pretre, and the clerical party hate VICTOR lIUGO as theologians alone can hate ; hence all former friendships and services rendered by, him are as nothing. The PRESIDENT has bound himself to do the behests of the parti pretrs: they demand the confiscation of the property of M. VICTOR HUGO, and those who boast them selves the especial defenders of the rights of property confiscate it accordingly. Since this prohibition of the sale of the Evenement, a similar prohibition has been extended against the sale by newsvenders of the National, the Presse, the SiMe, the Voix du Peuple, indeed of all, except the Alinis terial and Monarchical journals. Never were men more mistaken in their lives than have been MM, Banocni and CARLIER, if they imagined that by this attack upon the liberty of the press they would succeed in preventing the circulation of the prohi bited journals. On the first night that the sale of the Esenement was prohibited the persons who could procure the journal mounted on chairs and read it aloud in the public streets, and already a plan has been organized for ensuring the presence of a number of each of the prohibited journals in every wine shop, café, and place of public resort in Paris, and for sending a number of each regularly to every workshop. The only effect there fore of this blundering attempt to interfere with the liberty of the press will be to turn the casual pur chasers of the various journals into constant sub scribers, and to increase their circulation enormously. In the mean time it would be well that both the PRESIDENT and his Ministers should remember that they are responsible to the Republic for their acts THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 2, 1850. that 1852 is approaching ; and that Ministerial responsibility under a Republic will not probably be the farce it was under Constitutional Monarchy. M. BAROCIIE is exceedingly anxious to hurry the Transportation Bill through the Assembly. It would be curious if, PHALARIS like, he should be the first to suffer by his own contrivance. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The returns from all the polling places have been received and examined, and they give the following as the complete result of the gross poll : M. Eugene Sue ... ... .. 128,071 M. Leclerc .. • • ... 119,626 The Prease has the following on the subject of the recent elections : " On both sides, the electors voted with equal emula tion and equal ensemble. The most perfect order and calmness was preserved in all the sections. This is an important fact, for the calm and order are the most con vincing condemnation of the alarm, whether feigned or real, entertained of universal suffrage, and of all the at tacks, either direct or indirect, which might be pro posed against it. At a time when France had a very small number of electors, two hundred thousand at the utmost, England possessed relatively a very great num ber—more than three millions. Now Franco has eleven millions of electors. Let a comparison be drawn be tween the manner in which the elections are carried on in the two countries with regard to order and calm, and it must be admitted by every impartial mind that the advantage will be on the side of France, although she had a very much shorter electoral experience, and bas three times the number cf voters. Nothing can be more tranquillising for commerce and for the cause of peace than this fact, and it cannot fail to rapidly raise France iu the esteem of all people, and even of all na tions whose attention is directed to what is raking place at Paris. The people, we do not doubt, at this election, as well as that of the 10th March, were anxious to pre serve the sirname which they bad merited. That name, already proved, is that of the Party of Order. On the 2d May, as on the 15th March, the people will abstain from going to the Place de Motel do Ville, in order not to turninsh any pretext or any opportunity for collision. They know that it is by the maintenance of order that they will regain the plenitude of their liberty. The order of which th• people persist in giving such a praiseworthy example tends to unveil the weak ness of which the Government continues to present such a sorrowful spectacle. The co operation of time is secured to all that is true and to all that is just; if Justice and Truth have not 3 et universally triumphed, it is because man has been want ing in patience; he has wished to outstrip the action of time; he has not known how to wait, and has too often preferred victory to progress. Progress is victory with out the battle. That which is acquired by forceis always uncertain; what is gained by patience is never so. The liberty which is enjoyed by the English is a proof of this; it was gradually acquired, and has never gone back, but, on the contrary, has continued to advance. Let us know how to imitate them. The French have amply paid their debt to chance. They possess the right of showing themselves prudent without any risk of being called pusillanimous. The people have just proved a second time that they form the real majority; let them leave intoxication to those who govern them, and let them conduct themselves as sovereign. Majesty is impassable. It is thus that the people showed them selves on the 15th March; it is thus that they will be on the 2d May." It has been semi-officially notified that the publica tion of the Napoleon will be discontinued. The Mi nisters, it is said, declared they would resign en masse if that journal again appeared. M. PASCAL DUPRAT has presented the following proposition to the National Assembly : " The dispositions of the law of the 2iih July, 1849, relative t.) the distributors and hawkers of printed papers are not applicable to sellers in their own houses, or tradesmen possessing shops, The authorisation required by the law of 16th February, 1834, for the sale of newspapers in the streets can only be accorded in a general manner, without privilege or exception for any ne xspapers." M. BERRYER has been appointed President of the Committee on the Budget of 1851, and M. GoUIN, Vice-President. The Archbishop of PARIS has directed that a Te Deum shall be performed in all the churches of his diocese on Saturday, the 4th of May, the anniversary of the promulgation of the Republic. It is said that there will be no change in the Minis try for the present, but that a proposition for modify ing Universal Suffrage (a proposition which, accord ing to the Constitution, it is not competent for any Legislative Assembly to entertain) will be brought forward by the Ministry. The Evenement states that the Ministry of Marine has received news from Senegal, announcing that an attack was made by the natives of the Terra Firma on the residents of St. Louis during the absence of the Governor, Captain BAUDIN. The Sentinelle de Toulon announces a severe colli sion between the crew of the Friedland, at Naples, and the lazzaroni. Three shots were fired on the ship's pinnace, and one of the seamen was stabbed with a stiletto. The French sailors threw into the sea four Neapolitan soldiers who took part with the lazzaroni. The French Admiral caused an inquiry to be instituted into the affair. M. CRETON has given notice of a motion in the Assembly for a repeal of the laws banishing the BOURBONS of the elder and of the younger branch. The Patrie is ludicrously savage in its denun ciations of the 128,000 electors who have voted for M. SUE ; it speaks of them as "ferocious hordes," and calls upon its own partisans " to charge the enemy." Will M. BAROCHE direct the Ministerial journal to be prosecuted for "endeavouring to sow hatred between citizens, and for publishing an incitement to civil war ?" Pews BOURSE, MAY I.—Latest Prices—Five per Cents., 87f. 50c. ; Three per Cents., 54f. 50c. ; Bank of France, 2,080 f. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 25th ult. have arrived. The semi-official Popular announces the approach ing resumption of diplomatic relations between Eng land and Spain. The same journal says that the SING had had a conference with one of the Ministers, in which he showed great regard for him personally, and admitted the right of the Cabinet to exercise its mission freely. It also states that the negotiations with the Holy See were proceeding satisfactorily. It was reported that the administration of the palace was to be restored to the KING, or at least to be taken by the QUERN. A decree of the 25th October, it will be remembered, invested it in the hands of the Minister of Foreign Affairs. MADRID BoLse, APRIL 25.—The Three per Cents. were done at 30i for paper ; the Four per Cents., at 12-a; the Five per Cents., at 12 9-16; the Debt without Interest, at 3 15-16; and the Coupons, at 71. expelled. The Austrians then endeavoured to excite the bigotry of the priests against the constitutional order of things, and in this they have been more suc cessful. The Archbishop of TURIN, acting under Austrian influence, has addressed the following letter to his clergy, commanding them to disobey the law : " TURIN, APRIL 18.—Very Reverend Sir and Bro ther,—As the civil law cannot dispense the clergy from the spacial obligations to which they are subjected by the laws of the church and by the concordates or con ventions with the holy see, which regulates the appli cation of them, I charge you, very reverend sir, to in timate to the ecclesiastics of your parish the following prescriptions:- 1. That if called upon to appear as witnesses before a lay judge they must, as heretofore, address themselves to the archiepiscopal authorities to obtain the prescribed permission. . _ " 2. That, if cited to appear before any lay tribunal for such civil causes as by the tenor of the existing con cordate3, should be of the exclusive appurtenance of the episcopal jurisdiction, they must address themselves to the bishop, for the opportune directions which the case may require. _ _ _ 3. 'hat if they should be proceeded against crimi nally by a lay tribunal, in cases not contemplated in the convention of the 27th of March, 1841, they must, in like manner, have recourse to the bishop, and if they have not the time or the means of so doing, and appre hend serious damage from a refusal to answer the inter rogatories made, they bill have to oppose the incompe tency cf the jurisdiction, and protest that they yield only to necessity, without prejudicing the right they have to personal immuni'y; after which, in consenting to answer the questions put them, they will incur no culpability or blame. "4. A similar protestation shall ba made by the parish priest of any church, every time that an act con trary to the local immunities of his church or right of as)lum al all take place. " 5. That if an ecclesiastic or a religioua establish• ment should have to proceed against anot'aer ecclesiastic or religious establishment, each respectively must have recourse previously to the bishop for the directions to be followed to E ac h case. "6. In fine, that such prescriptions are to be con sidered as temporary, and to subsist until such time as the apostolical see shall have made known the ulterior instructions which have been solicited. " Not doubting in the least, Very Reverend Sir, but that, knowing the importance of the matter in question, you will display all possible zeal, in order that such pre scripCons may be strictly observed. I deem it useless to add any special recommendation, and will only note that, if it shuuld come to your knoa ledge that any one should infringe them, I expect to be immediately in formed of the same. (Then follows an order for public thanksgivings for the return of the Pope to Rome.) (Signed) " Louis Archbishop." The people of Italy are, perhaps, less bigotted than those of any other Catholic country • they are by birth Roman Catholics, but if Papacy becomes in their mind identified with strian obscurantism, they will soon cease to be such. The Italian priests are play ing a dangerous game in thus lending themselves to Austrian intrigue. THE LONDON COFFEE-HOUSE AND LATITG•HOUSE KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION.—This excellent institution cele brated its anniversary last evening by a dinner at the Free masons"favern, Mr. Masterman, M.P., efficiently dis charging the duties of the chair. In proposing the health of her Majesty the worthy chairman alluded to the interest ing event of the morning, and congratulated the company upon the increase that had been thereby occasioned to the Royal Family.—(Cheers.) After giving the other loyal and routine toasts, the chairman proposed the toast of the even ing, "Prosperity to the London Coffee-house and Eatin- house keepers' Association," passing a high eulogiurn on the excel lency of the institution.—Mr. Humphries announced a list of subscriptions, which included 101. 10s. by their chairman, 21/. by the president of their association, and various contri butions by the proprietors of the public journals. The number of coffee-houses, he observed, in the metropolis, was about three thousand; many of them took in three or four of the daily papers, and a considerable number of them received as many as forty or fifty papers per day. It was a source of gratification to their proprietors to lay before the almost innumerable visitors of their establishments the good and sound information that the press placed before the public.---(Hear, and cheers.) In reply to a toast, the treasurer of the society observed that their object was to provide for their poorer brethren, and to institute almshouses for the orphan children of members of the trade.—(Cheers.) In acknowledging the toast of the committee and auditors, Mr. Humphries said that amongst the many strange changes and vicissitudes of life it had oc curred that among the first applicants for the assistance of their association was one of the most well-known men in the metropolis. He should stand excused fur not mentioning his name, because poverty had always difficulties enough to con tend against without the disadvantage consequent upon the publication of that adversity.—(Hear, hear.) The object of their association was to assuage distress, and be was per suaded that it was conducted in a manner in unison with its object. Various other toasts followed, and the result of the festival was announced to be a handsome subscription in aid of its funds. The entire arrangements reflected the highest credit upon the Freemasons' Tavern, and the company sepa rated highly gratified with the events of the evening. SPIRITS.—A return printed by order of the House of Commons, gives the number of gallons of proof spirits dis tilled in England in the year ending the sth January, 1850, as 5,573,411. The number of gallons distilled in Scotlanu was 10,846,634. In Ireland the number of gallons wa, 8,355,083; making a total for the United Kingdom of 24,775,128. The number of gallons made in the same period, for proof spirits, on which duty was paid for consumption in England, was 9,053,676; in Scotland 6,935,003; in Ireland 6,973,33.! gallons; making a total in the United Kingdom of 22,962,012 gallons. The number of gallons of proof spirits imported in the same space into England from Scotland wa , 2,6 51,529 and the amount of duty, at 7s. 10d. per gallon, 1,058,515/. The number of gallons imported into England from Ireland was 890,021; and the amount of duty, at 7s. 10d. per gallon, 348,5911. The number of gallons im ported into Scotland from Ireland was 12,580; and the num ber of gallons imported into Ireland from Scotland, 766,405. NAUTICAL ALMANACK.—An account relative to the expenses incurred in the publication of the Nautical Almanac has been returned, from which it appears that in 1847-48 10,000 copies of 1851 were printed, and 8,638 of various years were sold by John Murray at ss. per copy, the per-tentage allowed amounting to 151. The expenses of pre paration, printing, and sale, amounted to 3,6771. 25., and the amount produced was 2,152/. 10s., giving a balance against the public of 1,517/. 12s. In 1848-49 10,000 copies of the year 1852 were printed, and 8,776 of various years were sold. The expenses amounted to 3,055/. ss. 4d., and the amount realised was 2,194/., making a loss to the public of 861/. ss. 4d. In the year 1849-50 the usual number of copies of 1,853 were printed, and the various copies sold amounted to 8,8951. The expenses were 3,475/. 7s. 3d., and the produce of the sales 2,2231. 155., the loss to the public being 1,2511. 12s. 3d. In 1847-48 the sums disbursed as rewards, &c., for scientific purposes, amounted to 3131. 95.; in 1848 , 49 they amounted to 7481., the principal item being 5001. paid to Mr. Charles Brooke for his apparatus for the self-registration of magnetical and meteorological pheno mena. In 1849-50 the sums so expended amounted to 1001. COURT Or INLAID REVENUE.—SamueI Genese, proprietor of the hotel and coffee-house, 125, Jermyn-street, was yesterday fined in this Court in the sum of 1201., for retailing wine and malt liquor without a licence. Slanderers are, at all events, economical, for they make a little go a great way, and rarely open their mouths except at the expense of other people.—Eliza Cook's Journal, HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—The Queen's box at her Majesty's Theatre was on Tuesday evening occupied by the Countess Grey, Lady Mary Wood, Miss Copley, Sir Jo seph Copley, the lion. H. Grey, Mr. Rogers, Mr. Grey and party. Among the visitors were—His Serene Highness Charles Duke of Brunswick, his Excellency the Russian Mi nister, M. de Berg, his Excellency the Turkish Ambassador and suite, his Excellency the Swedish Minister, the Priuce Louis Lucien Bonaparte, the Marquis and Mar chioness of Kildare, the Marquis of Huntly, the Earl of Falmouth, the Earl Bruce, the Countess Flahault and Miss Flahault, the Earl of Cardigan, Viscount Clifden, Prince Tamahama and suite, the Viscount Anson, the Viscount Cantilupe, the Viscount and Viscountess Dupplin, Lord Gardner, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, Lord G. Paget, Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Augustus Gordon and Lady Gordon, Lord and Lady Dalmeny, Lord A. Hay, Lori Sandys, Lady Rose Lovell, Mr. and Lady Caroline Sand ford, Lady Henrietta Somerset, Comte Ferdinand Pergin, the Count Jules B. de Richebourg, Lord Kilmorey, the Ho nourable Fitzroy Stanhope, the Honourable Mrs. Dudley Ward, the Baroness de Rothschild, the Baron and Baroness Lionel de Rothschild, Sir Anthony de Rothschild, Bart., the Hon. Augustus Chichester, the Marquis d'Azeglio, the Hon. A. Upton, the Hon. C. R. Neville, Sir George Carroll, Sir James Clark, Sir Isaac Goldsmid, Sir Thomas Barrett Lennard, Bart., and Lady Barrett Lennard, Sir R. Lopez, Baron de Krehmer, Baroness de Schertz, Sir George Wombwell, Bart., Lady Thorold, Lady Shirley, Lady Gordon, Sir J. and Lady Atkinson, Lady Davey, Mr. W. Pinney, M.P., Sir Charles Mansfield Clarke, Bart., and Lady Clarke, the Count de Civry, Mr. and bars. Ewing, the Hon. Major Needham, Hon. Grantley Berkeley, M.P., Hon. Claude Lyon, Major Mountjoy Martin, Colonel Lowther, &c., &c. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.--Her Majesty's box at the Royal Italian Opera was occupied on Tuesday evening by the Earl and Countess of Listowell and Lady Augusta Bare and party. The general audience included, among others, the following members of the fashionable world :—The Mar chioness of Westmeath, the Earl and Countess of Talbot and Lady Victoria Talbot, the Earl and Countess Cowper, the Earl Granville, the Countess of Beauchamp and party, the Coun tess of Malmesbury and party, the Earl of Darnley, the Countess of Glengall and party, the Countess of Cadogan and Lady Augusta Baring, the Countess Dowager of Essex and Miss Johnson and party, the Earl of Gifford, Viscount Sydney, Viscount Exmouth, Viscount and Viscountess Tem pleton, Viscount Macdowall, Viscount Malden, Lord and Lady Mandeville, Lord Alfred Paget, M.P., and Lady Alfred Paget, Lady Camoys and the Hon. Miss Stonor, Honourable Francis Stoner, Lady Stanley and party, Lord and Lady Monteagle and the Hon. Charles Spriog Rice, Lord Adol phus Vane, Lady Augusta Gordon Hallyburton and the Misses Erskine, Lady Louisa Molyneux, Hon. Charles Pepys, Lord Arthur Hay, Lady Suffield, the Hon. Miss Tracy and party, the Count and Countess de Jarnac and the Hon. Adelaide Foley, Hon. Fitzgerald Foley, general Count Ca brera and party, Lady Webster and party, Lady Flint and party, Lady Templemore and the Hon. Miss Chichester, Hon Chichester, Lady Morgan and party, Sir William and Lady De Bathe and Miss De Bathe, Sir Henry Webb, Sir George Armytage, Lady Vernon and the Hon. Miss Vernon, Sir Thomas Hare, Mr. Towneley and Lady Caroline Towneley, Hon. George Mulles, Hon. John Fortescue, M.P., Sir John Bailey, General Meade, the Hon. Mrs. Meade and Miss Meade, Mr. Henry Greville and Miss Greville, &c. WALWORTII LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTI TUTION.—The fifth annual soiree of members and friends of the above institution was held yesterday evening, in the New Lecture Hall, Walworth ; the Right Hon. C. T. d'Eyncourt, M.P., presiding. After a few general observations on the advantages of literary institutions, Mr. D'Eyncou r t con cluded by stating that the erection of the handsome hall in which they were assembled had exhausted the funds of the institution, and that a balance of 2001. remained yet due on the builder's account. Mr. G. Cruickshank, Mr. Parry, the Rev. Messrs. Statham and Rogers subsequently addressed the company, and at intervals a! - 1 excellent selection of songs and glees were sung by Miss E. Lyons, Mr. Seguin, Miss Thornton, &c. We should not omit to mention that the walls were decorated for the occasion with some excellent copies of the great masters, the production of a lad not more than 15 years of age, a Mr. Watkyns. The hall was hilly attended, and the company seemed highly satisfied with the entertainment provided. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER 7 0 THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 14,000 bales, of which 1,000 Brazil were taken for export. and 3,000 American, 500► Bahia, 1,000 Surat, and 1,000 Egyptian un speculation. The market closed with an upward tendency.—Railway Shares were dull, and generally at lower quotations. The six weeks' average price of Wheat is 375. 10d. per quarter. We have received from Messrs. M'Nair, Greeuhow, and Irving, of ➢Manchester, the following report upon the trade of their district:— " Excitement and quiet may again be said to have been the alternate characteristics of this market during the month. Since the date of our last circular its progress has not only been very changeable, but very perplexing, occasioned mainly by the different arrivals from the United States, all concurring as to the mate rial falling off in the supplies of Cotton at the different ports, as compared with the same periods in the preceding year, the effect of which has been to raise the price of that article since the 28th ult. nearly Id. per lb. If we are not mistaken, the date given was the period when Cotton had reached the lowest point of this year. This advance, and the receipt of more faveurable accounts from India and China, have caused the transactions of the month to be of considerable magnitude in both Cloth and Twist. "A material advance has been realised upon 7-8 and 9-8 printing cloths, V) and 40 inch shirtings, maddapolams, water and mule twist, in both of which the transactions have been enormously large. Stocks, with the exception of cer tain descriptions of domestic, T, and long cloths, are now exceeding light. Purchases have again been chiefly for ex port; those for the home trade, considering the season of the year, having been of a limited character." Accounts from Brussels state that no parties had pre sented themselves before the Council for the re-adjudication of the railway from Louvain to la Sarnbre (towards 4amur and Charleroi). The undertaking, therefore, must be done away with, unless an arrangement is made between the Government and the Luxembourg Company. At Amsterdam the Funds were more animated on the 30th inst., owing to the settlement of the account. The Dutch Two-and-a-Ilalf per Cents. were 55 3 16. Foreign Stocks generally were more feeble. The Frankfort Bourse on the 49th ult. was flat. Austrian ltletallies, 7771 3 . The last week's railway receipts ascertained up to this day were as under : 1850. 1849. North-Western... £42,883 18s. 2d. £40,572 12s. 11d. South-Western .. 9,386 ss. Bd. 9,538 6s. id. Brighton 22,038 17s. 6d. 21,255 6s. 7d. South-Eastern Caledonians North Stafford ... The English Stock Market has been firmer this morning, but the business is still rather limited. The speculative dealings are influenced a little by the Paris election, but many augur favourably of it as a whole s.. me check upon the reactionists. Consols have ruled at 95% to 7 / 8 . The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 96% to 97 lA. Bank Stock is worth 206 to 207. India Stock is at 265. Exchequer-bills have been marked 675. to 695., and India Bonds 90s. to 935. premium. Consols now are 95 5 g In the Foreign Market the transactions have not been of any moment. Mexican Bonds have been quoted 28% 3 / 4 , and Peruvian 69 1 ,4 to 70. Brazil Bonds are 86 1 /, for uguese Four per Cents. have been 33k, and Spanish Three per Cents. 363. Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 86%, and DutchTwo-and.a-Halfper Cents. 55th 3/4. Railway Shares wear still a heavy appearance, and there is not much doing. North-Western are scarcely so good. South-Eastern firmer ; Great Western steady ; Northern of France higher. BRITISH FENDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 206 207 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9 4 3 /4 % per Cent. Consols Arms New 314 per Cent. Ames. Long Antiuitie3, Exp. Jan. sth, iB6O 9 . ii-16 . ici% D 0.30 Years, Expire Oct. 10,1859 8 India Stock 235 Do. Bonds, 10001 93 90 p South Sea Stock 105% Ditto Old Annuities 9 3 34 94% Consols for Account 9S:A 5 / 1 % Exchequer Bills. I%cl. :1. Mardi. June. 1,0601. 5001. — 67 69 p Small — 67 69 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent 86% &lexican 80ni5,1846,5 per Cent., C:oupone Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto Deferred Portuguese Bends, 5 per Cent 85% Ditto 4 per Cent. Russian Bonds. 1822, 5 per Cent — Ditto 4% per Cents 95% Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto Account Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent,l840 Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 4% per Cent. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild Ditto 4 Der Celit. Certificates BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONA O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. PAY Silas. . berdeen iristol and Exeter D0., Thirds aledonian nester and Holyhead... ...... 50 Ditto, Preference 4:astern Counties . Do.Exten.,s perct.No.l,6/.1.15. 4d.. p to Do.. do N 0.2,6/. 133.4 d... I A 3 p....... to astern Union, Claes A (late E. U. Shares) ..... 25 ...... - Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per et.) 20 .ast Lincolnshire ; guar. 6 per Cent.... .. ',din burgh and Glasgow 50 4reat Narthern Do. % A Deferred ..... ... 12 1 ,E l 7 Do. % B 6 per Cent. Do., b per Cent. Pref. ...... 12%...... 10% to 10 it. South. & West. (Ireland) 50 Great Western .....100 5 ill s 50 3 / 4 to 51 Do. New 171 .anceshirc and Yorkshire ...100 ..... 34 Leeds and Bradtord 5O ..... 88% to Leeds and Thirsk ...—....,... 50 London & Blackwall ......11/. 6a. 3d 3 3 /4 ...... to Loud., Bright., & South Coast 100 ..... 78 1 ,0 . ... to London Is North Western.... 10C 101 k 1 4 101 to 101% Do. New Quarters.. Do. Fifths Do. 10/.... M. and B. (C.) 1 London and S. Western .......100 danchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100 Do., New 101. Preference.. 10 ..... 6% to filidl:md..-.. ...- ........ ...100 ilidiand, Consol. Bristei and Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 119% to corth British .. .. ... Ditto, Preference north Staffordshire... .. ...... 17% PAN... to Scottish Central south Eastern lPear Valley 6 per Cent Guaranteed ... ...... 50 Do. do. do. Do. do. do. Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 50 39 to York, Newcastle, and Berwick 21) Do.and. Newcastle Eaten. 20 Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. B fork and North Midland .. 14%% ... to Ditto. Preference FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon) . ... Datch Rhenish 8 East Indian Northern of France.... l6 to 12 1 4 Parts and Rouen JOINT STOCK BANES Australasia Union of Australia Union of L0nd0n.............. 10 MINES. Santiago de Cuba. lO 13% to United Mexican LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAY 2.—Wind at noon N. to N.N.E.; light breeze and fine weather. NEWPORT, MAY I.—Wind N.E.—Sid. Monmouth, Grenade. . QUERNSTOWN, APRIL 30.—Arrd. Amelia, Flurel, Isigney; John, Willis, Mauritius. Sid. Victory, Balti more; British Queen , United States. BELFAST, APRIL 30. —Wind Reliance, New York. LIMERICK, APRIL 30.—Wind S.E.—Sld. Ellen, Tar restal, Boston, A.; Keepsake, Quebec; Congress, ditto; Mary Russell and Triumph, New York. GUERNSEY, APRIL 30.—Wind N.E.—Sld. Lily, Per nambuco. SHIELDS, Mir I.—Wind N.E.—Sld. President, Ver kouteren, Batavia; Thames, Nilber, Rica; Jane Thomp son, Richibucto. DEAL, MAY 1. -- Wind N.E., fresh and squally.— Arrd. Chartley Castle, Owen, Callao ; Alle W a lk er , Jamaica. Arrd. from the River and sailed, Prince Charles, Swan River; City of Poonab, Calcutta; Ipswich, Buenos Ayres ; Santiago, But-nos Ayres ; Cy oress, Montreal ; Hendrick Hudson, New York ; Sydney, Montreal. PORTSMOUTH, Aar I.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. her Ma jesty's ship Sealark, Sierra Leot e, Sid. on the 22d of March, with 200 ounces of gold-dust on board. TEIGNMOUTH, MAY I.—Wind N.E.—Sld. Mersey, Maramichi. _ _ _ — FsLM WITH, MAY L—Off port, Garland Grove, Ma theson, Ceylon and Cape of Good Hope. LIVERPOOL, MAY I.—Wired N.E.—Arrd. Tinamara, Ceara; Adolph Werner, Honduras. Off port, Hannibal, ship; Elizabeth, ship. Sid. Hugh, Monte Video; 10, Trinidad; Jos. Badger, New Orleans; Euphernia, New York ; Clyde, St. John's, New Brunswick; Charlotte, Quebec. JERSEY, APRIL 3 o.—Sid. Emma, Eden, Canada. GERMANY. The Administrative Council has sent a message to the two Houses of the Erfurt Parliament, informing them of the conclusion of the present session. In the message the Parliament is thanked fur its resolutions respecting the revision, and a promise is given of an immediate communication with the Governments. It is not stated at what time the Parliament is to meet again. A letter from Berlin states that the Austrian am bassador in that city had presented a demand that all the Hungarian refugees, who had not satisfied the military service, should, in virtue of the treaty of 1834, be given up, and that all the others should be the expelled. The Prussian Cabinet rep lied that all the and r w e o f T u u g hlde Go ee n so te f re xmthapenelthem. formerßefemor.7cuatsesgys that Austrian ory had already left, that so long as the others should not disturb order, it Go yernment intends to convoke at Vienna a custom's congress for all Germany. The Vienna Gazette of the 25th contains the decree for regulating the relations of the Catholi c Ch urc h i with respect to public nstruction. It gives consi derable powers to the bishops. The military authorities of Vienna have notifi e d t o the booksellers of the city that if " dan gerous wor k s " be found in their shops they will not be allowed to continue their trade for all the duration of the state of siege. Several of the journals continue to express much dissatisfaction at the concession made to the clergy, and in some of the suburbs of the city the strange sound of charivaris has been heard. ITALY. The Resorginzento of Turin of the 26th states that the Government of Parma has summoned the tax gatherer of Pontreinoli to refund upward s o f 16 ,C00 f . which he had paid to va r ious persons by order o f th e Tuscan Government, at the time that th e prov i nce o f Lunigiana was under its sway in 1848. Th e tax gatherer is threatened with the sale o f hi s property and that of his brother, if he does not obey the in junction within 30 days. The Nazionale of Florence, of the 23d, s tate s that the example of the municipality of Massa Merit time, in petitioning the GRAND DUKE in favour of the Constitution, is about to. be followed b y severa l others. It publishes a petition, addressed by th e in habitants of Montecarlo to their Municipality, recom mending them to petition the Grand DUKE for the same object. The Roman Minister of War, General K ALDER MATTER, has addressed an order of the d ay t o th e troops, offering those soldiers, whose engagements have expired, a new engagement in the guard s c f th e Minister of the Interior. Their former yea rs o f ser vice are to be counted in their new enga gemen t. tra T nq h u e i i ii n i t ty rig o u f es th o e f ried Austria mon a t n e d se lN a States have beenplts a ga i ns t th e unceasing. At first they sought to render con stitutional government in that country impossible, by sending Socialist agents to endeavour to excite dis turbances. Warned by the events of last year, the Piedmontese turned a deaf ear to the entreaties of the Austrian spies, who were ignominiously exposed and MARKET NEWS.-(TIIIS DAY.) NE WGLITE AND LISADENUALL. Our markets were heavy to-day, at bat ely stationary prices. Beef from is 10d to 3s ; Mutton, 2e 4d to 38 6d; Lamb, 4s 4d to 5s 6d; Veal, 2s 8d to 3s 4d; and Pork, 2s 10d to 4s per 81bs, by the carcase. AT Zfill2C3/3E79. ETAITIMELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 31105; Clover litto, 31 Os to 41 lOs ; and Straw, 1/ 18 to 1/ 81 , per load. A full avera;.e supply, and a heavy demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 1O Lu 3112.; hover ditto, 31 Os to 4/ 7s ; and Straw, 11 2s to 11 9s per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade na i Bduli to 3/ 103 ; l. TEcitsPEL. --Meadow Hay, 2 Clover ditto, 310 s to 41125; and Straw, 11 is to 1/ 8.5 per load. Both Hay and Straw moved off slowly et Lardy s , at ionary prices. ZYZEILT ra.ts.a.ACZ %Ts. SOUTHALL, Nil I.—Our market was Leavy tc-day, and prices were not supported. Me supply offering was extensive. Beef, from 2s Oci to 3s 6d; Mutton, ------.-----------":.S; P ' 3 an s to 4 3 ; Danab, 4s 81 to 5s 6d;; Veal, 35 t ifal , i d Pork, 33 to 33 6d per 81b5, tOMPORD, MAY I.—The general 1300,5110 pii heavy,.,,, at drooping price:. Beef, from 23 Sa sc i ; t Mutton, 3s to 43 4 ,- I ; Lnmb, 4s 8d to 5 R u g 3 ,..av 0 3s 4d; and Pork, 33 to 33 6i per 81h.'• " 1 6; ' Calves, I, Bs 1 ,3 8 s to 248; Que.rtr- old Store PJ B ' s ; f, 10 Mulch Cows, with their WO (.. lil each, t ad , s -aoc ,i LEw to sink the ed oy, Es, APRIL 30.—Er.ch kind of goes. • , pi slowly on the following terms: — B eef. Veal, 3s 2d frolD 3 ' . 50 g d 0 3g 8d; Mutton, 3s 6d to 43 4d; Lamb, 48 i to 3s 4d per 81b5. —.......rx CORN' AVERAGES. cowlco For ti ll e F l , ‘ N , ERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF 8R1T1513609 ended April 25, 1850, made up fromth'iodsll(l Inspectors in the different Cities and Torus al Pig 0 0 1 per Imperial Quarter. 00 6 ;10 WHEAT. isAELEY °Alt SP PRICE .. 1 37s ld 1 22s ld . l 15s dd 1 21 6 B d N. CHEAT. I Is BAELDETU.TI I lall• Od I s Od I 16 °4 Is Od Is Od TIES ON FOREIGN CONOOO. iriPti QUEEN'S BEN CH.—(l4l- 40.1' (Sittings in Banco, before Lord Chie f JustieQriCS.) and Justices I'ATTESON, WIGHTMAN, 011" CONVICTION UNDER THE FACTORY Ace 00' for 0 °w: : Mr. PASHLEY said he had to apply cause why a certiorari should not issue totbrlsoi this court a conviction of Messrs. llopic°,o x:ensive manufacturers, near Bleckburnf infringement of the Factory Act. Tito° e ' t j h carried on business at a place called NOV° 6 , c h 01 0 r Blackburn, where they had a large mill, Ic h f - fo r O l t ~f seven buildings, five of which we re used o f c ore r ious purposes connected with the-spin°lligptill, earn, and the other two exclusivtlY for "tb eh IF ; cotton - ain into cloth. 1,300 hands , of employed at the will; and sixteen enginence6to;;o: each engine having a separate engineer. eitt°',o4 listed of two partners, the father and sof t he ,„ o cbt' l ' l o whom was far advanced in life, and did 33 0 ,'" ge ot o i e t to the business, and the latter had been B ,i n cifili / ei particular occasion from ill health. The P e . e . f - ewe ll frequently given directions to their "' l i e snperintendents to work only wi thin bit° 4l tutory hours. The great bulk °I never been employed above the ten hours,' 0 01'41 0 pt persons connected with the establishroeo 1t4.1 ally worked beyond that time were a feW crk t aed millwrights. On the sth of March ''. l i s tof JP d li constable lett 50 pieces of paper at tbe ° P e§ led I t. l. e )p . wood, which turned out to be b utnln° lls „lo ° ' - ‘ ll hlnstance of Mr. Ewins an inspector vbeforoi, commanding them to attend ' next morni ° g,„ t alc magistrates at Preston to answer for ner,t it - gb• 1 ! 1 " triegements of the Factory Act. Mr. P e 't) torney of Messrs. Hopwood, attended 0 ° t r,ao o7 o fore the magistrates, and applied for an ac l 4Tessi• the ground of the absence Of a material magistrates refused to greet the adjoti rl ec ' e e l f ground that there was no proof of the $" -eli sli e i material witness. The magistrates tbt Csi' t Cieugh whether he meant to contest t"'egoil°A Cleugh replied that he bad no instructionseeleiiiii,' merits. The magistrates thereupon % t telt, hear witnesses in the case of e la' 1 , one of the hands employed at, tb e o tr c o° lll o o , llll mill; and they then came to t , ° ° , ass e t, .decision that they thought the justice of w e o f 5 0 . 0 be satisfied by inflicting in ten cases 66 : / e and in the remainder of the cases a fin e () ,: . 51,,,/,1 111) eriderice whatever having been giN ea in cases except that of Ellen' Ward. Be rfioi now moved for the certiorari in the 0 ,5° u ea° a l Aspden, which was one of the cases whet ° t et' ' took place without hearing evidence. i 0,10 00' Lord CAMPBELL asked if the certiorsr away by statute? g and ( M i r. PASHLEY said that the certiorari fo-k also the right of appeal, by the 71 11 , - t s i/ 0t1 . ,,' c. 15, stet. 69. But he contended tba' r i : h tte,l ot served upon the defendants to a ppear beft e e,e fb li e trates within 23 hours after the service °` ; ,l l :P . was Th not a sufficient time within the neen ll ` ; - 1", eV' That being no, he contended that the tontS''). A tv g , authority to proceed in the case at all. that 11 Lord CAMPBELL said he was of opinit i ; 0 1 1 - 4 ought not to be granted. If the Intl is ' t - e teo i i - 0r.,/ conducted themselves, they were liable ", formation for their misconduct; but lll, e ,' tl b°', t „. whether the Court was authorised to revee,9oo,,c,i in which they conducted the trial. Besid, "" Y 0 1° d e 2 was taken away by the statute. The CO . lll o9bi fire risdiction of this Court had been taken 11 ",S1„ei h gislature; and, therefore, unless it c° ,i K t re shown ois that this war a proceeding vvitiVr ye 5 ; i1 1 1 :1 . Court had no right to interfere. olp t he , endeavoured to excite the compassion 01 n ' 00' 0 0' 1 account of the tender age of some of th e e ,',o g oi l t e o e (lem° really to a dry question of law. 10900 two grounds; first., whether the Court fi° 6 , ( : ) o l4 :vo',, rule as to the length of the notice to beg ile- tioro l 'et": l ly, whether the Court was to grant the oef"to;ero' the . evidence was not complete. With re s P e , C i t tr t , point, it was lent in the discretion of the nOva s o°' (r 44 whether there had been reasonable notice 0 .1./ regard : to the second point, it stained fittri, fr ,J shown, that there was no want 0 ' iiti ) 4 because here there was a ritgeit l h rl3 :tO rt li% he d,d not rely on the appearance of t'-' B ,l C a on a quelified authority. If they bole - diell e ;el all, the magistrates would - ' have ad j ur , l i g et this Court was not at liberty to question ll ' 041 which they exercised their jurisdiction A - 1 ri° jurisdiction, and whether they exerci se ; I A #O l wrongly a,h the Court had no power to inter' - f r ele • The other Judges concurred, and ° l° charged. 4') 00 A sli P COMMON PLEAS.—C I 0") p, (Beiore the Lord Chiet Justice Wl,,L 9 At iotir . 411" i CRESSWELL, WILLIAMS, and GORHAM V. BISHOP OF E0`",,}0," Sir F. KELLY eppeared to apply for a l ' - i tralt e 4 o the Dean of the Court of Arches a nd ti le , cl 4 rto Canterbury from calling upon the Bild' i t 'i r g institlr. ute trleolitty M ehaht iertta r yhhot . Queea G cnit i o dcaeou r sm,uod h noruie ii tfrs u a , gat the sßt into the living oh t t e o fhe a po c L t Qrs h h ete e , usa Henry VIII., cap. 12, sec. 1, it s en-c I.ll s l ' Xel was ho se, uerepanenrrungteo:edscadeiictioidoleniit inc e t refiod, p, I , ioejoci, causes, matrimonial and testamentary' , If t e oK e liN't, [ tf menced by the Archdeacon of a diocese 0.- b - o',o l be to the diocesan, and from thence tot tli e tt er o to whose decision shoul be final w i le 111° 11 1 AtV, touched a subject, but that when i ', r tta t s ° o o,;o o _,' touching the King, there should be 2!, f olO h j e l ft ! , the Upper House of Convocation. . 04 e erf h SY s lr d Court that such an appeal as this wa3 ffr h e ltrott'', for the King to chose at a time like tP I Ati"pIP A , 0 1 ' seeking for a divorce, since it w °l3e 'fi t ll" .40 0 t i have trusted more than any other. 3, f' ; ,411 1 ,'"i f . 5 year, the 25th Henry VIII., cap. 19, se e es Cp l P;coC manner of appeal to all manner of 0 , 1; ,. ° 00 0 e joining the same manner and form. - 1- ,,00 , ,,,r f f,,1 sec. that the whole question turned, bf"" 0 11 tended, it enacted that the appeal '1 then tjt/ritevi spiritual causes which touched the gi n g'llo) 'o l 'l should be from the Archbishop to th e he Oa!PIO AD Convocation, whose decision should there the whole question, and p,!tiqji that the interpretation which ,",-; lie was certainly one henladd notby all a u ll ded th t e o th h e ig se lle by l ot ;De o in his application to the Queen's Be y now feel it his duty to obtrude th eilicl3 ; ti e rnl°:9s s llllct l fili The Court of Queen's Bench had set a: 1 0 oa l/ A ,41 1 $ of the 25th H e n r y VIII., ca p. 19, an d -,, 01- 010 tence had disposed of the whole questic l i i .'oooo or p that the section which gave an app eal fto o , deacon's. Court to the Archbishop, y a', manner of causes touching the subjecs; of 'PA touching the Crown to the Upper Llotts,jed•sliiiy had been in some way or other reP e ,"o v oi tV i section was still in force, and alwai i „ - tet"',./ dared so, he would show from the g.„'",:ita'.l to which could be cited—Cooke 's "• 113 ;t1 01-. "Abridgment," and Cummins' "Pigtisib le ilia in the strongest and clearest manner u t ber Mr. Justice WILLIAMS inquired / 111 a e o to at e was direct from the Court of the 13 i5'7 0 e 0 ',7110',91,7 House of Convocation without any iote„.",, bit; aar,, Sir F. KELLY said that no doubt tt not effect the present suit, because t h - je bfrokitvg from the Archbishop's Court, thong "he that the refusal of the Bishop to iestitti t f do from which Mr. Gorham's suit of dull i f,, D tei,Y . ,A appe4l. Not one authority had the Vb . o o o ' o o ol eod the appeal lay to the Upper House 01 . fseri 0 0 13 4 0 , not to the Court of Dr legates, w hich , 11 . 3 00 . 0 t 00!: been an appeal to the King to judg, e , o l s , o I) l l3 : o 4 fr o iPS, It appeared to him that wits had a' - b " " C lir r ots uncontrudicted and uncontroverte d, firmation of Lord Coke, Lord Bacon' 00010 and Blackstone in express terms , eout: o f t h d sanction of modern writers, but 013" the,o! from his interpretation. t was 4 0 The LORD CHIEF t h e 3d 0 0° 4 of the Court of Queen's Bench as 0 a t 0), Henry VIII.? , s sed 00 0 ta b ; Sir F. KELLY said they bad eXPI f StI C ? 4 00 it at all, but had merely given a se ll ° A rch °e bel ii iii the er e that it guve an appeal from Bishop, and from the Bishop to tile `; re tio t sja'retr" decision was fined, just as if ther e ri the,,„ o t re atie e , statute about matters touc hing Cir o could could not pass from this W itt- o f , t . e h to that part of the jadgrO ri Th e e 01 „11 to, Bench which alluded to the iroPertlal,toti,eece,ool' stances of the contemporaneous et &Pile C. upon the question. Now, with g re to t o tir t Queen's Bench, this reference rya s too ep„. poi aneous history of the timeo y e a t t sb e lusive and unsatisfactory. f r went, that Justice had stated, in his unsatisfactory, in ° 13 , h 1 c °ll l Bench without referring to that Pa t " to ' - d e fi . ttendieg spoke of the importance of a ..-,sqb gr e '.` sad, 'Jr raneous history of the times. w ' be D e Oe lie jOO, l the Court sof Queen's Bench, I could show that the re`erences roe.% ~r „ no or of the Court made to coniv = reae° l.l 'l . ' 0 were entirely delusive and er, 0:110 4, ;gf the Court said in its Arlti , i' ic ito C o l) f time of the passing of the 24th .11 Judea o,ooocie, a Catholic, being Chancellor, th . " sd i c tion 1 ,7. 0 0 mar as to destroy the PoPe'si a '% l s uits entirely, but only to take eert' l heu the 13 0 0 „, while in the following year, 1 ,, lion 9 , to entirely destroy,d jurirnicoo,„ 0 vi ti V. • (1 r 3 ori o V o k t L. 4i uo le) Lae ctuc heS,,, c ota V with great distrust in his own felo hispsab his own senses, that he had,„ st)r., differ kern the learned biogoluFf ; • ,T~ +~ Vkl ei toll Ch f