The Sun. — London, England, 1851-05-24 00:00:00

Paddington Station, May 24, 1851. ' ,tOTAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kea' and Mr. Keeley. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE STRANGER. The Stranger, Mr. C Kean ; Mrs. Haller, Mrs. C. Kean. After which a new Farce called APARTMENTS. " Visitors to the Exhibition may be accommodated." 'Co conclude with a new grand spectacular Extravaganza (taken from a Tale, by Washington Irving), entitled THE ALHAMBRA ; or The Three Moorish Princesses. Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Harley, A. Wigan, Wynn, Cooke, Flexmore ; Misses Murray, Daly, Vivash, Robertson, Leclerc', Keeley, Mdlle. Aruiol, and Mrs. Keeley. Private Boxes, &c., to be had of all the Booksellers, and of Mr. Massingham ; of whom also places may be taken at the Box-office, Oxford-street, from Eleven till Fenr o'clock. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestals. 1301 e Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathew , — TR'S EVENING, 'WM Be performed ONLY A CLOD. To be followed by A DAY OF RECKONING, in whieh /dadame 'Vestige will appear To conclude with THE QUEEN OF THE FROGS Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, R. Roxby, Bellingham, Horncastle, Morris ; Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss it. George, Miss Martindale, and Kiss Oliver. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Ms:anger, Mr. W. Ferran, THIS EVENING, Win be performed TEE LADIES' BATTLE ; or, Cu Duel en aloar. V be followed by the VICAR OF WAKEFIELD. To °mole& with THE LOTTERY TICKET. AS ILE rs ROYAL Alit? RITEIEATR E Slade: the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Illgknosi Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. THIS EVENING, Win be performed a grand new Spectacle, entitled ELEANOR THE AMAZON ; or, Queen of France and England. To be followed by new Scenes of the Circle, introducing an en tirely new Company of English, French, Italian, and American Artistes. To **windy with a Laughable Farce, Jox-ol2lceopen from ii:leven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. T. Thompson. PUNCH'S PLAYHOUSE AND STRAND THEATRE. Lessoe, Mr. W. R. COPELAND, Liverpool. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Comedy, entitled KENSINGTON GAR DENS. Principal characters oy Messrs. Tilbury, A. Davies, Nor ton, T. Rogers, and Romer ; Mrs. Seymour, Mesdames E. Romer, M. A. Marshall, and Wallis. With a new r arce, entitled A CHEAP EXCURSION. An ILLUSTRATION OF THE EXPOSITION. Principal charac ters by mes Marshall, M. Taylor, C. Horsman, and Dibdin ; Messrs Mendeve, Norton, J. Rogers, and Romer. To conclude with a new comedy proverb, teaching people the Deft method of LIVING IN GLASS HOUSES. TLe prices of admission are arranged as follow : — Orchestra stalls, 4s; Loxes (first circle), as.; (second circle), 25.; Pit, Is. Doors to be opened at Half-past Six, and the performances to sommenee at Seven precisely. A second price will be taken to the Boxes only at Half-past Nine --First circle, 25.; second circle, Is. Private Boxes One Guinea and a Half each. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Open for the season. JULLIEN'S GRAND CONCER 1' MONSTER. The Proprietorhas the gratification to announce that he has suc needed in engaging Mons. Jullien and the elite of his unrivalled band, and that he will continues short season with a grand Con eert monstr e, including Herr Koenig, M. Contest, Lavigne, L'An elal', Mr. Lazarus, Mr. Jarret, and other eminent soloists. The splendid bands of the Royal Artillery, 2d Life Guards, and Cold :stream Guards will attend in full anifoim, by the kind permission of six respective Colonels, in addition to the effective band of this utrab_lishalent. Four Solos by Herr Koenig, M. Collinet, Clot, and Laz 'nts. Jullien's Exhibition Quadrille with increased and novel effects • en 5 „,..,_ .. , also, Jullien's new Amazon Galop, suggested by v -... , 4 piece of Sculpture in the Great Exhibition. L,epretieratati ,' e mem.. D °n of a gigartic modelled Panorama, painted by - Anson, representin g the Temple of Janus in the Eternal Gity, Wira s etrikj, • i tc. The Menage ng View of the Colosseum, Palace of the Clesars, r a p i y, two we pha ll n e a, la both varied and extensive, including two gi promenade the grounds, appropriately 4„aparisoned 5,.. nuns ot g ra — t .7 rat a n tt w en h d le ed h . Th conductedse of musi metebrity, Is by M. Jullien. Moored on the lake i, tnd sails cm:wet .. Auo real ty Chinese pleasure junk, with masts tmigton's aerial bridge, and various novelties ; and at dusk vi with (for the"fiCic'sing nifi,enne, a repre . entatio nl ß ot t e , iven, on a scale of surpassing snag of the Brazen Gates of the Temple of Janus, Arai time ever attempted) a grand aoluesai transparent diaphonle p visr Pald the blessings of peace, er T l eon, showing the horrors of alepley of fireworks by Messrs. so ut g!_ning with a most brilliant treasures at the feet of her of the arts and sciences, 4.pomung t z n. ; and an allegorical tableau gAiesty Queen Victoria, the whole to r:IEILLINO. lu g the most gorgeous spec istele ever witnessed. , Tuesday, Weduesda ADMISSION—ONE Exhibition nights—Monday, Y, Thursday, and Friday. IBITIONS of the Royal So The FLORAL EXIT a . during tith L . tee sew ndou Florl strituatti SociatY will be repe tea 8 i the First 31aY 2 . An extra Erase will Aire place on Wednesday, hand, and va rions novel attractions. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN ST. JAMES'a--Thia h (Saturday) m orn ing, about 11 o'clock, the immediate neig_ bourhood of King-street, St. James's, was thrown into a state of great alarm owing to a fire, which at one period threatened the destruction of a number of buildings, including Willis's "'owe, havirg broken out in the premises belonging to Messrs. AL and W. Fleming, carpenters and upholsterers, situate in Ro se__ and Crown-yard, a narrow thoroughfare running at the t",, of Willis's Rooms, and extending backwards to the houses in C leveland-yard. Owing to the combustible nature of the r n a w p c id 4 it n the premise, the flames travelled with surprising as t.,) rapidity, and having broken through the roof, rose so high abundant endanger the adjoining property. Fortunately an in the district, a n d supply of water •the fire-mains was obtained from -Parish, and west s (t everal eug i nes o f t h e L on d o n Brigade, attended, the fi remen England Comparies, having promptly in extinguishing the fi se r tto work and eventually succeeded of the premises Was e, but not until the upper workshop stroyed, and the loweritotoerd, the stock-in-trade therein de the injured. We regret to say that the men's tools have been consumed, and they were sured in all the Globe Fire uninsured. FortunOffice. atellviet eio right of the fi r e is ssrs. Flemi ng were in known. lied it not been for the tun arrival of the engines and the copious supply of water, i t i„ Y . far the fire might have extended. I mPossible to tell how I GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—The Di reotors give notice that EXCURSION TRAINS are appointed to ran from Bristol to Paddington, starting at 6 A. 14., and calling at Bath, Chippenham, and Swindon, on TUESDAY and Wl DNESDAY next, the 27th and 28th of May, for the purpose of affording residents in the country an opportunity of visiting the Great Exhibition ht Hyde-Park, and returning in the evening of each day at Eight o'clock. There will als9 be an EXCURSION TRAIN from Cheltenham, on THURSDAY, tie 29th instant, calling at Gloucester, Stroud, Ciren cester, and Swindon, starting and returning at the same hours, _ _ , . For further particulars see printed hand-bills, which may be had at any of , he above-mentioned Stations. EI E R MAJESTY'S THEATRE. sOITLEES EXTRAORDINAIRES. To accommodate the great influx of visitors at this great epoch, a series of GRAND EXTRA , NIGHTS, in addition to the usual Sub- Atriptlon sights, w ill be given for a short p er i o d , viz., on MON DAYS, WEDNESDAYS, and FRIDAYS, due announcements of which will be given. The First Soiree Extraordinalre will take place on W e d nes d ay, May 28. The Second Soiree Exeraordinaire will take place on Friday, May ao. ..A.ppLieations for Bowes, grails, and Tickets to be made at the Box bale* of the Theatre. ER MAJESTY ' S THEATRE. The WEEK'S PERFORMANCES will Include the talents of Mmes. Sontag, Caroline Duprey, Florentini, Giuliani, Ida Bertrand, and Sofle Crnvelli ; 3fadlle. Monti ; Signori Gardoni, Calzolari, Pardini, and Sims Reeves ; Signori Lablache, Massol, Casanova, Scapinl, Lorenzo, Ferranti, and Coletti ; Madlles. Carlotta Grist and Amelia Ferraris, R osa, Esper, Julien, Lamoureux, Allegrini, Kohlen berg, Anssandon, PascaUes, Dantoine, Soto ; MM. Charles, Ehrick, Gosselln, and Paul Taglioni. Tuesday, May 27.—11 Barbiere di Siviglla, and Les Metamorphoses. Wednesday, May 28. —Fidello, two acts of Masaniello, and Les Cosmopolites. Thuralay, May 29.—11 Don Glovani, and L'lle do Amours. Friday, May 30.—La Figlia del Reggimento, Divertissement, scene from I Due Fo scarl, selection fromL'Elisir d'Amore, and a favourite ER MAJESTY' S THEATRE. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. DON GIOVANNI.It is res t ake PeanfilY announced that a Grand EXTRA NIGHT will Place on THURSDAY EVENING, May 29, when will be pre sented, Mozart's chef d'ceuvre, entitled DON GIOVANNI, With following powerful Cast : Don Giovanni, Signor Colettl • Don Ottavio, Signor Calzolarl ; Massetto, Signor F Lablache ; ' Commendatore, Signor Scapini ; Leoporello, Signor 4ablache; Donna Anna, Madame Florentini ; Donna Elvira, Madathe Giuliani; Zerlinn, Madame Sontag. In the Ball-room scene, Madlle. Carlotta Grist and Madlle Amelia - Ferraris will dance Mozart's celebrated Minuet. Director of the Music and Conductor, M. Balfe. With va.lous Entertainments in the Ballet Department, by Mami e , - Carlotta Grist, Madlle. Amelia Ferraris, Madlles. Rosa, Esper, Julien, Lamoureux, Allegrini, Pascales, Kohlenberg, Dantoine, MM. Chariot', Ehrick, Paul Tagltont, Di Matta, Gotthet, and Venefra. Application for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, to be made at th e 8 0 ,. office of the Theatre. Doors opened at Seven, the Opera to corn. Sense at Half-past Seven o'clock. 00 EATRE ROY AL, ADELPIII. 1.4 H I Madame CELESTE, Directress of this popes Establishment, respectfully announces to patrons th a t h er ANNUAL BENEFIT takethe place popular Drama oon WEDNESDAY next, May2B, when will be pre f BELPHEGOB THE MOUNTEBANK, s w ente d in which Mr. Webster will, for this night, only perform his original character. After which b will be revived In all its splendour, the ce l e b ra t e d Terpsichorian irlesque spectacle of TAMING A TARTAR. Tickets and Private Boxes to be had of Madame Celeste, 18, Sal folk-street, Pall-mail East ; and at the Bak-office of the Theatre from EV/Ten till pour. ---- HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. It IS respectfull FIDELIO. y announced that Madlle. SOFIE CRIIVELLI w ill Beet make her second A ppearance THIS EVENING, May 24, in h oven's °Pere, FIDELIO. Signor Leonora, Madlle. Sell a Cruveill (her 2d appearance) ; Pizarro, rlall Coletti _„.. .oceo, Signor Balanchl ; lacquino, Signor 3fercu 3fareeu ; -- nd, Madame Giuliani; n Ministr°, Signor Casanova ; lborestano, Mr. Sims Beeves. To conclude with the admirable Ballet (arranged in one act) of LE DIABLE A QUATEE, - 33 Y Mdlle. Carlotta Grist, Mdlles. Rosa, Esper, Julien, Lamoureux, Allegrlnl, Aussandon, Kohlenberg, Pascales, Dantoine, MM. Charles, Ehrick, Paul Taglioni, Gonriet, Yenefre, and DI Mattia. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box Office of the Theatre, Opera-colonnade, Haymarket. Iais;ATRE ROYAL, ,LA. X MAR& . If. c.labsfer, .gole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENDTG, Will be performed an entirely New Comedy, entitled RETLRED ti" BusugEss. Zachary Pennyweight, Mr. Lambert; Creep.. mouse, Mr. Buckstone ; Lieut. Tackle, Mr. Stuart; Captain Gunn, Mr. B. Webster; Paul Puffins, Mrs. Fitzwilllam ; Kitty Penny weight, Misa Annie Romer. To be followed by Monere's Comely of TARTUFFE. Oregon, Air. Lambert; Damis, Mr. Daveuport ; Valere, Mr. Howe; Cleante, Mr. Rogers; Ta'tuffe, Mr. B. IS r ebste"; M. Loyal, Mr. Selby; El mire, Mao Reynolds ; Martine, Miss L. Addison ; Dorine, Mrs. intawilliam. ?Ia:AIRE ROYAL, ADELPHL Under the direction of Madame Celeste. EVEIs !NO, Will I,e performed THE GREEN BUSHES. To be followed by a new musical, historical, pastoral, comical airy drama, called O'FLANNIGAN AND THE FAIRIES ; or, A fldaivaner Night's Dream. l'helim O'Flannigan, Mr. Hudson; Oberon, Miss E. Chaplin; Mary, Miss K. Fitzwilliam. to sfoxio min. anei S I Evening 6 l ain. a ft er 9 vr —Morniniz hi mm. 39 rain. after 9 I Evening 9 min. ancii- 10 THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, MAT 24 THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 63—highest since noon yesterday. 45 —lowest this morning and during the night. 60—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30'38. WIND S.E.—light breeze and fine weather. DAILY WEATHER TABLE State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following Places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations are arranged in order of latitude. PooLk—Wind N., calm—partially cloudy. PonTamoum—Wind W., gentle breeze—overcast. BkianroN—Wind N.E., calm—cloudless. 1 HASTINGS —Wind N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. Soumusiprort—Wind W., calm—cloudless. FOLKESTONE—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. TuNaßmaz—Wind E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. BAsDrGsTokk—Wind N.W., calm—partially cloudy. GREENWlCH—Calm—overeast. SWINDON—Wind N., gentle breeze—overcast. lancurroN—Wind N., gentle breeze —overcast. CowymaTics.—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. CAMBRIDGE—Wind N.W., gentle breeze —overcast. litromr—Wind W., g e ntle breeze —overcast. PETERBOROUGH—Wind N.W., gentle breeze —partially cloudy. ransiouTH—Wind N.W., gentle breeze —partially cloudy. array—Wind W.N.W., gentle b reeze —principally clear. Diatu:KGToN—Wind W., gentle breeze —partially cloudy. following Thursdayplaces indicatemornin the slatsgat nine onturnsfrowmeatthheerfollow the Th wind e and re o'clock : LriffTouvic—Wind N.W., gentle breeze —partially cloudy. CA/mow—Wind N,E., gentle breeze —partially cloudy. 141ILLI:1%AR— wind S. W., strong breeze —partially cloudy. Poore—Wind N.W., calm —partially cloudy. Max—Wind W., strong breeze —partially cloudy. DwaLucaToN—Wind S. W., gentle breeze— overcast. WElrranavax Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. 3( * ',• Vin, k ' .0, "ic.ta•m f A' fll A 'r ..t_o l . 4 '' - ' ,S O6) - 1 . r , ' 64 , i \ 4:. '''. ./ 7.1 ' - "'"lft ~ Pili ' OL E C,r. ':. r • mol' ';;' .., ~.d. _ • • ROIT ' : ... , t4,---_z -1, fatal night arrives on which we look forward to their dying in a body on the floor of the House, it will be a consolation to their last moments to repose upon the recollection of having left no stone unturned to im pede the progress of the national business, and to inspire the British people with a thorough disgust to themselves and their policy. They may pursue their harassing tactics, ask the same questions eight or ten times over, take a division every hour, talk against time, and exercise all possible manoeuvres which may occur to their fruitful brains, but all will not do. Whether the measure, as at pre sent proposed, be or be not rendered more effi cacious in its passage through Committee, they have not the spectre of a chance, and no one knows it better than themselves, of defeating a statu tory enactment against the arrogant and unwarran table aggression of the Court of Rome. A gross in sult has been offered to the prerogative of the SOVE i REIGN of this Protestant state, an insult openly avowed and gloried in by the Parisian organ of the Jesuits, who are the real instigators of the usurpation exercised in the name of their puppet, the POPE. "Protestant England," says the Univers, " refuses the right of the SOVEREIGN PONTIFF to erect episco pal sees and to name bishops for the direction of the British Empire. Is it aware how the Holy See re plies to the denial of heresy, to the clamour and threats of English Protestantism ? Precisely by using the right and exercising the authority which has been denied to her." The impertinence of this manifesto is rich, and we recommend the avowed assumption on the part of the Papacy of" the direction of the British Empire" to the consideration of those representatives who pooh-pooh the vindication of in dependence from its trammels. If those gentlemen are of the same mind as GALLEO, and " care for none of these things," we trust there may not be found a kindred spirit of nonchalance among their consti tuents. We ask, with the Hon. and Learned Member for Midhurst, in his animadversion on the trashy KEOGIIj)UNCOII.II3E objection in last night's debate, is the Parliament of England to hold its band and suffer itself to be insulted because the Papal rescript is matter of public notoriety and not of legal proof ? Are not the Commons of England prepared to stand by the QUEEN and the nation, whose rights and freedom are invaded and in jeopardy if they allow any foreign power of any sort or kind to in terfere in any way with their laws, allegiance, or the internal affairs of the kingdom ? THE SUN, HIGH WATER Al LONDON BRIDGE Obieninit .7= aux - sto• - ; LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 24, 185 to wade will be bi r r e ci c s . e . i g v e e r d f an in - If any of our readers have the courag-r The splendid collection of animals, and rep tiles at the Surrey Zoological Gardens ha s orease by the recent parchase of a fine Ben- a l through the proceedings of last evening ti v.) those elegant birds the Stanley crane, s4erailli,o , our of rewarded by finding themselves, at the tenni* sl i m of boa-constrictors, &c. The entire menagerie i s in po r cupi nes, the discussion, just as far advanced as they • were at minable ord er , an d, i rrespec ti v e of the other attraction:otf ad the commencement. There appears to be aa me da r k gardens, is w e ll wort h y t h e a ttention of th e naturalist. determination on the part of the gallant / 3 ibernian TIM RAILW AY C OLLISION A T LONG EATos. phalanx ff, to try what can be e meted by The seven suff erers f rom th i s un f or t u n a t e casualty, all in te neighbourhood of Nottingham , are progressing much mo re Physically wearing out the other m embers of favourably towards recovery than could have been expected, the Chamber. •We may reasonably anticipate, not even excepting Mrs. Knight whose life was in great • danger en Tuesday evening and Wednesday ; nor Mr. Lang- ham, whose leg it was anticipated would have to be iim- after a clear two days' rest, 1 ,hey will jtted. Neither, however, can at present be said to be quite re -appear on y gut of danger. St range to say, the driver of the Nottingham like giants the arena next Mond e ants refresh e d, w i t h a recru i fe d supply evening train, who .:n th e f ace of signals to the contrary', persisted in Grossing th (junction, and ran into the coal train, thereby en - of ammunition and ar ms ne w ly burni s hed We can ithunctiona Baletoth . dangering full forty liv.s, still continues his duties, _ as not, indeed, the flatteringw though nothing of the kind had happened. It is said that con sc i ence eir sou il souls t r thatea t ; t t h h e e m m t a o r lay tke directors are desirous of completely disposing of the perseverance is to be worn through by Clay -cross inquiry previously to proceeding with this, and of Ministerial therefore have not suspended any of the parties supposed to the constant dripping of their clack. B bib blameable. tat when the In the House of Lords, last evening,'an animated con versation, which however led to no result, took place between the LORD CHANCELLOR, Lord CAMPBELL, Lord BEAUMONT, and Lord CRANWORTH, on the subject of the Registration of Assurances Bill. Earl GREY, in answer to the Duke of RICHMOND, made the important announcement of the discovery of guano on the west coast of Australia, on which an export duty of 21.103. per ton had been imposed by the local Government, but which he had ordered to be reduced to 11. per ton. After a discussion on prison discipline between the Bishop of OXFORD and Earl GREY, their Lordships ad journed. In the Commons, the House resolved itself into Com mittee on the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE moved that the first clause be postponed until the House should be in possession of the reseript or bull of the POPE alluded to in the Olt use. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL opposed the motion; this legislation WO3 founded upon the notorious fact that divers of her MAJESTY'S Roman Catholic subjects had assumed these titles. The motion, which was supported by Mr. PuOEBUCK, Mr. KEOGH, and Mr. REYNOLDS, and opposed by the ATTORNEY-GENERAL and Mr. WALPOLE, was negatived on a division by 221 against 49. On the first clause, Sir F. THESIGER moved, instead of the words " the said brief, &c." to insert the words "all such b clefs, &c." intending to move corresponding amendmen tii in the preamble; his object being, he said, to compehend all similar rescripts which may have been issued prior to the Bill within the terms of the declaratory (in actment contained in this clause. The SOLICITOR -GENERAL explained that the Bill was not intended to revive the statute of pramunire, but to be a solemn declaration against this particultix act of violence and aggression on the part of a foreign po tentate. A long discussion ensued, in which the legal .co astruc tion and effects of the clause and the amendment were very fully considered. At the suggestion of Mr. HEN LEY, Sir F. THESIGER consented to defer the motion until the fate of an amendment in the press able an nounced by Mr. WALPOLE, which had a concu.rx ent oh ject, was decided. The Earl Of ARUNDEL and SURREY theca moved another amendment of the first clause, by the it isertion of words expressly exempting from its operation the use of such jurisdiction or title as shall be nece:sitary for spiritual purposes. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL objected to this am e ndment. The amendment was supported by Mr. MOO RR, Mr. KEOGH, and Sir H. BARRON, and opposed k,y Lord J. RUSSELL. On a division it was rejected. by 316 against 61. _ _ Mr. &METH moved another amendment, liniiting the operation of the clause to temporal purposes. This amendment was also rejected, by 317 al p tinst 57. A conversation took place upon a suggesti o:n of Sir B. HALL, that there should be morning sitting* , in order to relieve public business and get through this. Bill, to which Lord J. RUSSELL objected, intimating, 'however, that he relied upon the support of the House if such a proposition should become absolutely necessar y. The CHAIRMAN was then ordered to report p rogress; to sit again on Monday. The remaining orders and motions having b elm gone through, the House adjourued at twenty min.rLtes past One o'clock until Monday. The soi-disant Archbishop of WESTMINST:I3I I is not without his friends in Finsbury. Last en fight the cudgels were taken up in opposition to the Mil tisterial measure by Mr. THOMAS SLINGSBY DIU ICOMBE, whose keen sense of propriety forbids him tsonscien tiously to countenance the progress of the flee t clause until the "said" brief or rescript referred to ill it was laid upon the table. We congratulate tb e Irish Members on the acquisition of such a keen Paid com prehensive a reasoner as the Hon. Member fi Jr Fins bury, although he was unable to overcome the . obtuse obstinacy of 221 representatives of the people, who coincided with the Learned SomcsToa-GereEI:AL that no necessity existed for producing the b.rief, it being matter of perfect notoriety that: certain individuals in this country, being :subjects of the QUEEN, had assumed territorial titles as archbishop s and bishops of the Roman eCatholic Church, and it was against the assumption of such titles they were legislating. Of course tl le pious Gemini, Messrs. KEOGH and REYNOLDS, cote :ributed their quota of support to their new -caught 24 [etropo litan Voltigeur, the former repeating the leg, 11 argu ment with which he had previously crazes ted Mr. DUNCOMBE, and the latter enlivening the eilscussion with one of those felicitous discourses in evh ich it is difficult to determine whether polished repar tee, acute logic, or persuasive candour was the most cot isipicuous. We trust that the exertions of the Learned, Member for Athlone throughout so many evenings' have not produced the effect of ruffling his eq a/ leimity ; but it hardly comports wi th the natural dignity and conspicuous position of the Irish Brigadier to foam out such tern is as he employed with regard to the SOLICITOR- C ENERAL and the Administration just previous to tl - te division on Mr. SADLEIH'S amendment. Censiderin g the high grounds which he and the Hon. Member for Dublin have taken ever since the first introduct io aof the question of the Papal aggression into the Mouse of Commons, their scrupulous abstinence from: . any pro ceeding which could be construed into fa ct ious ob struetien or unnecessary retardation, the BC lidity of argument, the oratorical brilliancy, and the . chivalric Q°ur teaY towards opponents which have si gnalised their senatorial displays, we would deeply ( lei ?lore the occurrence of a single blemish on that lof ly reputa tion whi c h ES the worthtybeY command throughout t he empire Sir -uliccessors of PLUNKET and Nor shoald CFRATTAN. EERY BARRON remain altogether uncomniended. He disposed of the PEEN IER, as re garded the assertion made Noble Lord, e n on a form er ( 'veiling by existence o f a co . ssp i racy to nt the x osif the ou of c i v i l and in Europe, by telling him religio Q V liberty prevent "to his teeth a ett ' it was a base falsehood, and had no foundation " • Amenities of the t th e dium of debate is nature are refreshing, and gracefu 11 y enliven DEATH OF ME. CONDY, JUN., MARINE ARTIST.— PLYMOuni, MAY 2 2.—We regret t o announce t h e d em i se, at a very early age, of N. M. Condy, Esq., the celebrated marine artist, whose skill and fidelity as a painter in' that particular branch of the profession which he had made pecu liarly his study, had placed him among the leading artists of his time. The deceased gentleman was a member of the Royal Western Yacht Club, whose flag has been hoisted half-meet high, as an expression of regret for tbe loss of the earliest and most active of its members.—llymouth Journal. The clerks and surveyors in each of the depart ments of the Liverpool public bodies have been allowed a week's leave of absence, and p res euted with a sovere i gn, to Q them to visit the Exhibition. Everyone at all observant of the progress actually making in the advancement of science and the deve lopment of civilization, is by this time tolerably familiar with the evils of the existing patent laws of England, and the imperative necessity of their amend ment. It scarcely remains for anyone to be informed of the discrepancy existing between the sums re quired in this country and in others beyond seas for the legal protection of any new and valuable inven tion. Whereas amongst ourselves an amount very nearly reaching the extravagant total of four hundred pounds is extorted from the unfortunate experimen talist before he can secure to himself a right of property in his contrivance for the United Kingdom, the same advantages can be ob tained for less than 101. sterling in either the United States, France, Belgium, or Holland. This, moreover, is accompanied by the monstrous dispro portion of the delays impeding the applicant in Great Britain, while, in the states just enumerated, every facility would, on the contrary, be placed at his com mand by their respective Governments. Amongst ourselves, the consumption of time, as well as of capital, inevitable upon all such occasions, is enough in truth to deter many from adventuring upon a course so expensive and so procrastinated. It was from a recognition of this fact that some of our more energetic reformers were recently induced to organize an association for the promotion of these long-desired amendments, for the agitation of the subject through out the country, and for its definitive introduction to the notice of both Houses of Parliament. The pur pose kept in view by the originators of this benevo lent scheme commanded from us, it may be remem bered, an earnest expression of our sympathy almost immediately upon its first announcement. Since then we have sedulously watched the progress made by its chief promoters, and, from time to time, have brought the matter through our leading columns under the reconsideration of the reading and reflective community. Latterly, we are rejoiced to observe, that the interest taken in the subject referred to has been very considerably extended throughout the population, indicating its movement by the more fre quent discussion of the injuries actually inflicted by the laws as they at present stand ; and this variously by the lecturer, the journalist, and the pamphleteer; by all those, in fact, who possessed the opportunities of leisure, or inclination, to bring the evils of the Patent System under the scrutiny of the multitude. In their very lucid prospectus the council of the National Patent Law Amendment Association an nounce the precise changes which, according to their opinion, are absolutely needed in order to render the required reforms efficient. They insist, for example, first and foremost upon the necessity of making pro teed= for inventors, obtainable at little or no cost ad interim, or provisionally. They maintain that com plete protection, or Letters Patent, should be rendered obtainable at moderate cost, if any such course of proceeding should be deemed expedient. They demand a simplified mode of obtaining this Patent cr com plete protection. They assert that, for the easy refer ence of inventors and the public, there shall be formed an official classified index of all such Patents and protections. For the purpose of securing the better judicial protection of patent rights, they suggest the introduction and use of scientific and practical judg ment in a positive form, and without entailing any supplementary expense whatever upon the litigants, together with the ulterior appointment of a special court for patent matter, should such an arrangement be considered, on inquiry, desirable. Added to all which, it is proposed by them that eventually some declaratory statute shall be formed settling what is really and actually the law relating to patents and protections. From these particulars it will be sufficiently evident, we conceive, that much remains to be effected before the scientific inventors of the United Kingdom can be placed in a proper position with regard to their own individual rights and those of the general population —in reference, we mean, to the rights of the public it large to the benefit of every new invention, and to the rights of its inventor to the enjoyment of the proceeds flowing in from its use by the community. Notwithstanding the multiplicity and the magnitude of the innovations found to be necessary before this can be in any reasonable manner accom plished, it will be perceived that the pro moters of the change in the Patent Laws have until now been energetically and uninterruptedly prosecuting their enterprise in the evident and ra tional conviction that perseverance in a cause so righteous must ultimately render them triumphant over every opposition. While these exertions have been making collec tively by the members of the association here speci fied, one or two individuals have distinguished them selves by their isolated endeavours to force the s ame truths simultaneously upon the notice of the pe en, the people, and the Parliament. Among these volun tary labourers in the cause of the inventor may b e es pecially noticed, as entitled to commendation, a learned barrister who has striven to advance the same argu ments in a pamphlet of singular ability.* To the arguments ,of this gentleman we would direct the attention of all those who may still continue sceptical as to the greatness of the evils complained of, male. tied that even a cursory glance at his lucubrations will be sufficient to convince even the most obdurate. " Observations on the Defects of the Patent Laws of this Country ; w i th Suggestions for the Reform of Them." BY W. M. klindrnarch, E.q., Bartister-at-law. Bvo., pp, 5 8. Bruning and Company, London: 1851. LONDON, SATURDAY TLE $ RKETS 138ITIS8 RAILWAYS. Aberdeen.. Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, & E. Juncion Belfast suid Couaty Down Birraing., Wolverhamp., and Stotir Va]ey Birkenh., Lan., & Chesh June., late 33:. 6s. Bd.. Do. Chest. & Eirkenhd., 501. & 251. Coxsolidated Do., do., 20/. Bristol and Exeter.. • - Caledonian .. Chester and Hayhead Direct Lond. ant Portsm. Dublin and Belfast Janet. Dublin and Kingstown.. Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction .. Do., New .. East Anglian (251. L. & E. and L. & DJ Do, (181. E. & .. Eastern Counties .. Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. shares .. Do. do. do. .. Do. do., B & I shares, East Lancashire • . Do. New quarers Edinburgh and GlasgoW Edin., Perth, and Dundee Exeter and Exmouth .. Glasgow and Sou ta-West, De. do. G. D. &C. stock Great Northern .. Do. halves, A, leferred Do. halves, B, 6 per ct. Great Southern and Western, Ireland Great Western .. Do. New, 171. .. Lancaster and Carlisle .. Do. thirds Lancaster and Proston Lancashire and Yorkshire Do. quarter shares .. Do. fifths Do. West Biding Union Leeds and Thirsk Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .. London and Blackwell Do., Tilbury Ext. Scrip London, Brighton, and South Coast .. London and N.-Western Do. do. new quarters . Do. fifths Do. 101. sh., M.& B (c) London and S.-Western . Do. new 50/. Do. new 40/. .. Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock Manchester, Sheffield, & Lincolnshire Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union • . Midland .. Do. 501. shares Do. 131rming & Derby Midland Gt. West. (Ire.; Newcastle and Carlisle.. Do. quarter shares .. 'Newmarket .. Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Newry and Enniskillen.. Newry, warrenpoint, & itostrevor Norfolk .. • • • • Do. New 201. shares.. Northern Counties Union North British.. .. North Staffordshire . North-Weston North & Sth.-West. June. Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton.. .. Scottish Central .. Scottish Midland Do. new .. Shrews. & Birm., Clas 3 A Do. Class 8.. Shrews. & Hereford., Old Do., do., New .. Shrewsbury and Chester, (Nor. W. Min.) Do. ilal vas 1)0. Oswestry Do. New.. Shropshire Union .• Do., A, B, C, & D, fully paid up at per cent • South Devon .. South-Eastern • • • • South Rules.. South Yerksh. and River Dun Shefl, Both., and Geole, South Division Stockton and Hartlepool Swansea & Loaglior, &c. Paw Vale Extension Thames Haven Dock and, Railway Vale of Heath •• •• Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick, Waterford, Wex. , Wick. and Dublin West Cornwall .. West London .„ Whitehaven and Furness York, Newcastle, & Ber wick .. Ditto and Newcastle Extension .. Ditto G.N.E. purchase York and North Midland LINES zz.as: Paid. Noxr.hial Prices. kallwa”. 1 , 17 Llll3 itIONTALS. 113 i to 12 12% 4 -4% 14% 11:1}i - 10% 77 -79 13y, - 13% 13 20 -21 203; •. •• 21 —l9 dig, 311_ -4 2,,, - 3 6 94 -6% 6% 6 % "" qi Of, -4% 14% *- IN 15% 31 -88 or - - x - 36 15% 7 6 —lB% i Iliti % s, I2X —.12% I 12% 40 42 823,i ....._ 8314 83j8 133 1 4 y 14 80 ...s 2 4 9 11 p. 10 56 —506 1014 d. —7 dig. 4% b% d. 1434 15)6 1546 - 3i P )6 -97 .„. 122% —l9B 31 4 —3% p. 3 k 4 p. 2 2 83 —B4 P . 9 8 dis. 7k: 6k dis. 57 56 96% 123 20% 14 334 84 85 3%,. -2% Q. I 2 26 -28 27% die.! die. 554 —553 i 55% 1636. —l6 dia. 19 18 31 —33 r• ... .. B kC, 534 1 3% 3 ail. 9% 6 —4% dia. 22 —24 23 13% 12% 3 —2% dia. 7 7IA — Bl 4 8 34 —7 % d Ls. 10% - 1 p lb IU4 15}i lb dis.• 5% 51( cite. 5% 436 die. 4% 21j —2% al. 17 - 111 - 9 123 2 - 13% - ‘l3. - 14 - 16 15 24 1 / 4 % - 244 244 li 27X 4 -2831 274 Z 1 ag. - 0)4 1 - 10 -6 4.14.1 6 —l5 clic! •• ••••• •• die.. •• ••••• •• 30 - 20;‘ I 20% 5114 die. 115 2N t 2 Ws. 2131, 235( 23% % Railways. Aberdeen • • -.• • • Caledonian 10/. Chester and Holyhead .. Dund. Per. & Aber. June, East Anglian (31. 10s.) 6 per cent. .. Eastern Counties Eaten., 5 per cent. No. 1 Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 p. cent. Stock Eastern Union, Scrip guaran. 6 per cent. Do, 10/. Deben. Shares . East Lancashire, 6 per cent. quarter shares .. E. & W. York. June. sths Edin. Per. & Dun. 5i p. ct. Glasgow & S.- W. Consul. Gt Northern, 5 per cent. Great South. & Western (Iceland) eighths .. Lancashire and York shire, F. 201. . Do. 6 per ct. Stock .. Leeds and Thirsk, 6 per cent., No. 1 Do. quarters, 1848 . . London, Brighton, and South Coast guar, 5 per et., late Crud %n thirds Do. pref., 5 p et. Stock, 1851, from 501. share, E Do. new guar., 6 per ct. London &S.-W., uew Londonderry and Ennis killen, half shares .. Manch., Sheffield, and Line., guar. shrs., No. 1 Do. new, 101. .. Do., 6/. .. Midland Con. 6 p, c. stock Do. Camel. Bristol & Binning., 6 per cent... Do. Bristol & Glouces. Norfolk Extension .. uo. guar. 5% per cent. Do. Waveney Valley .. North British .. Oaf. Nor. & 01. 15/.6 p.c Shrewsbury and Birm. New Guaranteed .. I Shrews. and Ches. (N cr. W. Min.) 8 per cent. South Devon South-Eastern, p. et. Waterford & Kilkenny, Si. WestLondon,let Cl. (101.) Do. 2d Class de. (par) York, Newc., and Berw., Gt. N. of E. Pur. York and North Midland 11. and S. Purch. Boulogne and Amiens .. Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) . Demerara Dutch Lhenish . East Indian Do, do. do. • Teat India.n Peninsula• Ditto ditto •• Louvain a la Samiao Luxembourg Ditto Madrid and V alentia Maria Antonia Ditto, New Namur and Liege .. Northern of France .. Orleans and Bordeaux .. Paris and Orleans .. Paris and Rouen .. Paris and Str4shourg Rouen and Havre .. Sambre and Meuse .. Tours and Nantes .. Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and El sssalt Wort Flan 4 ern 4 ~~ FON all Pali. all all all I CO all .A.T Leasing .. aid. -.... B e 1.---- ial ness ' 4 Railways ' Companies. '• ltio online.). Prices. done to _ day. - _.-- a Berks and Hants Ex. 5 per Cent. Gt. Western 8 34 1 P. Bir. and Oxford Junc.,eallsduly! 3 paid, or with a! I guarantee .. IDo .. .• all 'ls 34 2934 Do., without it , I guarantee ••I DO .. . • all 2 2 —2B 27 i , Birm., WoL, &I Dud.,calls duly paid, or witk al, guarantee •• Do .; .. 15 834 934 p Do., without a guarantee •• Do •• 15 1 —8 P Buckinghamsh. Lon. &N. W, all 11 % 17% 01 Clydesdale Jun C a l e d onian all 4J, —43 E. Lin., Guar. 6 / Gloucesterper Cent. •• G. Northern a ll ; IS; —EB% 33 32% Dean Forest Gt. Western 20 %—l% P Hull and Selby' Yk. &N . M. all 1001 k 102% Do. % Shares / Do .. • • all t 4!)6 51 % 51 Do. % Shares / Do •• .. all 11234 2 3% Leeds and Brad.:Midland • • all ! 6 100 Lon. and Green.lS. Eastern .. a ll 11i % nig Do., Prof. .. IDo .. • • all :0 54 2434 Lowestoft, Gd. 4 per Cent. • • Norfolk • • all lir —l6 Do., 6 per cent Do .. • • all . Middlebbro' and ... —• • Redcar, 6p. ct Stockt.&Dar all .. N. & East, 5 —.. per Cent. .. E. Counties . all 541 —56 Do. New .. Do .. • • 43 4 6 p Preston and L. &N. W. 42: 44 43 all Wyre • • •. S &La.& Y.l D 0.% SharesA Do .. • • 10 34 5 . 9 p. Read., Guild., and Reigate .. S. Eastern .. all 21 . 21% Roy. & Hitchin G. Northern 654 7.% 8 7% 8 •o. Shep. Ex.. Do .. .. 4 1 .-% I %P. Shot., Roth. and Guole, 5 per ct. Lane. &York 18 11 G ... —• South :-taffords. M . Sir. Al`Clean 9% :53 i 3 61s. Wear Val. 6 per Ceut. gua. .. Stock.& Dar. all 24 2434 Do. do. .. Do .. •• all .. ..Do. do. .. Do ..•• all .. —.. I Wilts, Som., & 1 Weymouth .. Gt. Western all 45. 451 45 , - 45% VEI B X tAltlia. Nom Is at Prices. 'Business done to-day. X - c11.3x.d 6i . 7 1 5 % • 164 X • X (111. 2 , 4 -, -234 %" • % P %as-- .}ip 11 S(-• • 11% 16 16)4 "• •• •• %Ws. • par 13% ... . 13% " % P• Uj. . • r. •• • P 134 -. 137 2% - -2% p. - . .. [)4 - • 123 A • •12 - • % 183% li% 4% 17% 100 100 8 6 8 13 4 47% 00 100 42% 34 4 2 0 100 100 47% 3% 25 1734 18 23 % all all 6 2-3 17% 13 all 11% % 13% ly :323 - - 10i -• 4%. -• % - iil3 15 - 15% 1 -- 13 IN 4% -4% % - ON. 9% -• 94 15% 17i'd 5 14 —4% di', 2 —. 2%p. 34- %p, . •• 2Y, --'2% 7 —3 2 3 6% 74 14%. —14% 4 56 (Rs , . 31 —33 24 24 % SSI di/1 9 % —9% 3% —3% 9 % —9 % ats, 3 EVENING, MAY 24, 1851, Paid. Nominal Prices. I Business don, I Asturian .... Australian ... Barossa Range Blaenarvon Iron and Coal Bolanos Scrip .....• • • • • British Iron Brazilian Imp. (is. 51. p.) Do. Cocaes and Cuiaba Do. St. John del Rey.. Cobre Copper . ..... .• • Copiapo • • • • • 1% - 2 3% -3% 32% - 32 16%-17M 38% - 39 6)4- 7% 133 8 -14 -4% - Ni Mexican & S. American Real Del Monte, Uureg. Do. Black Debentures. Do. Red Debentures .. Santiago de Cuba ...... Tin Croft . United Mexican....... JOIN' 4% 5 4% —3% :IL BANKS, 33 -32 42% - 43% 101 i - 12 25 - 25% is% 17% 27% 284 Australasia ............ British North America.. Colonial .............. Commercial of London.. London Joint Stock .... London and Westminster National Provincial Eng. Do. New ............ National of Ireland .... Provincial of Ireland.... 18% - 20% 42 - 43% 157 i - 15 Do. New Union of Australia Do. New ............ Union of London . • Union of Madrid 35 - - 33% 3 - 3)4 12% - 13% Canada ...... CELLANEOUS. 3234 423{ —46 14 263{ 28 all 65% 69 5 11 1134 60 75 —7B ,h Gen. Steam Navigation . Penin. & Oriental Steam. Ditto ditto Royal Mail Steam fWe cannot be aILISW will not be influenced by able for t] interes A, errors of the Official Lists, an d correspondents.] MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 6,000 bales, of which 1,000 were taken for ex port and on speculation. The market was dull, and the disposition to sell still continued. The Railway Share market opened heavily, and with a downward tendency, but later in the day there was an improvement, and closed with a better feeling. The weekly statement of the Bank of England, made up to the 17th inst., is more satisfactory than any we have had of late in respect to the amount of bullion, al though there are other items which we are inclined to watch with equal interest. We desire, for example, to wit ness full employment for money, rather than its accumu lation. Tho active circulation fell off, and a larger amount was added to the unemployed notes, the public depositi from their gradual accumulation enabling the Bank to draw in its notes without making further sales of Exchequer-bills. The next return may be expected to show a further addition to the bullion compared with the former week. The changes in the return before us are as follows: Notes Issued Increase ... 26,705,095 ••• .•• 55 985 ..• ..• ... 3,139,966 Increase ... 5,597 Public Deposits ... ... 6,017.417 Increase ... 862 821 Other Deposits 8,921,477 Decrease ... 42,414 Seven Day and other Bills ... 1,077,668 Decrease ... 50,195 Government Securities ... 13,590,988 Decrease ... ••• 15.374 Other Securities ... ... 11,887.695 Increase ... 378,805 Notes unemployed... ... 7,579,520 Increase ... 383,560 Bullion 13,356,420 Increase ... ••• 84 803 Active Circulation... ... ... 19,125,575 Decrease ••• 327,575 Yesterday afternoon bills of exchange, dated 90 days, were negotiated in London at a slight advance on Am sterdam—viz., at 11 171 and 18; at 119 to -4- on Frank fort, being also higher; end at 13 7; to 81 on flamburgh; Trieste was at 12 48 to 50, being lower. During the fortnight ending yesterday, the East India Company drew bills in London to the amount of 65,648/. 11s. 5d., of which 60,2741. 58. sd. was on Bengal. The exportation of the precious metals this week has comprised 311,390 oz. of silver to Holland, Belgium, and Germany, and 1,500 oz. of gold to Dunkirk. The accounts from Manchester and Leeds respecting the state of trade are satisfactory, greater activity having prevailed. The Funds are extremely firm again to-day, and there is a continuance of money purchases for the first transfer day next week. Not much is doing in speculation, as the fine weather causes the attendance to be thin. Consols are 97i for Transfer and 974 for Account. The New Three -and-a-Quarter per Cents, have been 98 to 4, and the Three per Cents. 96i to 97. Exchequer bills have continued at 425. to 455, premium. East India Stock has been at 259 to 261. Foreign Securities have been firmer, but not at all active. Spanish Five per Cents, have been quoted 204, and the Three per Cents. 40*, being an improvement. Peruvian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. have touched 83, and the Deferred 38 and 39. Buenos Ayres Stock has been at 571 to 574. Brazilian Small Stock has been marked 90. Mexican Bonds have been quoted 35. - Dutch Four per Cents. are at 894. The Committee of Spanish American Bondholders have received a letter from Mr. Lord, the agent of the Venezuelan bondholders, dated " La Guayra, April 25," of which the following are extracts:— "The satisfactory way in which Congress is dealing with the arrear interest will of course be viewed by the committee as far preferable, and more advantageous to the bondholders, than the capitalization and issue of new bonds for that interest, compensating, as it will also do, in some degree, for the shameful misappropriation of funds by the late Adminis tration. . . . It affords, perhaps, something like a guarantee that the funds will henceforward be faithfully applied to the object for which they are destined by law, always supposing that peace and good order will be preserved. . . On the 14th in s t. I gave i nstructions to my agent in Caraccas, Senor Jose M. de Roy as, to wa i t upon the Minister to r e po r t t o him the request of the committee, that agents should be appointed in La Guayra and Porto Cabello to receive and remit to London the portion of Customs' duties assigned to the foreign debt. Owing to the Easter holydays Senor Royas could not obtain an interview with the Minister until the 22d. For an account of what passed on the occasion, I beg leave to refer the committee to the enclosed extract from Senor Royas's letter, written immediately after the in terview. It confirms what I stated to the committee in my letter of the 22d of March last year, and proves that on this point the Government is impracticable. . . . The present Finance Minister, on taking office last month, gave orders to the several collectors of Custom houses to remit to the Treasury in Caraccas thence forward the entire proceeds of the quarter part of import duties assigned to public credit. This the Minister stated to Senor Royas at a previous interview, adding that he was determined to re-establish this credit, and to apply the funds strictly to the purpose to which they had been assigned,' telling him to assure me that the creditors might place entire confidence in this resolu tion. It is a repetition of the assurance given by his predecessor, Senor Heres, in his note of the 13th ult. to her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires, of which I sent the committee a copy in my letter of the 26th. "The decree for imposing the extraordinary contri bution as passed to the Executive on the 23d, and the probability is, that it Is now a law of the Republic. Senor Gellineau (the Minister) intimated to my agent at the late interview that he only waited for it to become law to reply to my late letters, when he would furnish me with an official copy of the decrees for transmission to London. Rest " The ordinary session of Congress (duration 90 days) expired on the 20th inst., but they have been extended for an additional 15 days, to complete certain measures deemed important, the extraordinary contribution:being one of them." The Railway Share Market has been steady, bat much quieter. Prices generally are higher. QUARTER TO THREE. Con gala 97Z- Ditto Account, June 10 ... BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) 8 per Ceiat.Reduced ... : 96% 97 8 per Cent. Consols Anns New 31 per Cent. Anns. Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 7 5-16 India Stock 259 261 Consols for Aceount 97 % 34 , cchsailer Bills. I%d. 1,000/. . . — 45 42 p Small — 42 p Ditto Advertised ...... 41 44 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto, Small . Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. Mexican 80nd5,1846,5 per Cent., Coupons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto for the Aneount Peruvian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto Aeconat De. Deferred ..... 39 38 Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent — Ditto 4% per Cent 100%% Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent......... DitteTor the Account Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent,l840 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2 1 ,E per Cent., 12 Guild Ditto 4 per Cent. Cerbifieates 8934 EXCHANGE. 9lbraltar.• •••••• •••• •• Leghorn .............. 30 47% Genoa ..•• •• ......••.. 25 35 "Allan .......... • • • • • • Venice................ Maples Palermo, peroz.. •• .. .. Messina .............. Oporto • • .• • • Rio Janeiro .• . • Buenos Ayres .. ••.• • • New York, 60 days'sight Philadelphia .... • • • • •. 1 . 1116L8 OF BULLION, PEI OZ. Foreign Geld in bars.. :E3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Dollars ••.• • . 0 4 11% Silver in bars 0 5 Li LLOYD'S SHIP PIN G (THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAY 24.—Wind at noon N.W., light bretze and flue clear weather. DEAL, MAY 23.—Wind E,, cloudy.—Arrd. Kent, Honduras; Magdaline, New Orleans, for Bremen. Arrd. from the river, Cornhill, Hobart Town. Arrd. from the river and sld., Ann Miln, Port Philip; Electra, Grenada. Sld. Heroine, Valparaiso. LIVERPOOL, MAY 23.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. Mary Rowe, Sierra Leone; H. H. Boody, New Orleans. Ski. New City of Cork Jamaica; Mary Winch, Valparaiso; Elizabeth, Maracaibo; Athens, Baltimore; Az, New York; lowa, Staten Island; Christiana, Cape Breton ; Mangerton, Quebec; Elizabeth, ditto; Viola, Newfound land. Off port, Empire. PILL. MAY 23 —Wind E.—Sid. Ashley, New York. NEWPORT, 11.1. av 23.—Wind N.W.—Sld. Argantyr, St. Thomas; Wrangel, Quebec. QUEENSTOWN, MAY . 22 —Wind N.W.—Arrd. Mary Louisa, Havannab. Sid. Mary, Quebec. CARTHAGENA, MAY 15.—A schooner, supposed to be a Swede, of about 160 tons, named Fredin, water. logged, dismasted, and apparently only recently aban doned, was passed 9th inst., the Lizard bearing N.E. by E. distant eighty miles. LoNDONDERRY.—Arrd. Harvest, Philadelphia. HULL, MAY 23.—Wind E.—Sld. Prince Albert St. John's, New B runsw i c k . , MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT GARDEN. Very large supplies of vegetables, including Brocoli and New Potatoes from Cornwall, were on sale to-day. The de mand for them ruled active, at late rates. In fruit very little was doing. FRUIT. —Pine Apples, 6s Od to IN Od per lb. ; Straw berries, 6d to 9d per oz ; Pears, 4s Od to 6s per dozen ; Green Gooseberries, 3s 6d to 4s Od per half sieve; Apples, 5s to lOs per bushel; Oranges, 6s to 12s; Lemons, 6s to 10s per 100; Seville Oranges, 7s to 13s per 100; Chestnuts, 2s to 5s per peck; Brazil Nuts, 12s to 14s; and Barcelona, 18s to 22s per bushel ; C o b N u t s , 7 0s to 00s per 1001bs ; Hot house Grapes,:s3 to lls per lb; VEGETABLES. —White Cabbages, 6d to is Od per dozen ; Greens, 3s Od to 5s Od per dozen bunches ; Brocoli, 58 to lOs per dozen bundles ; Potatoes, 80s to 100 s per ton ; ditto, 3s 6d to 53 6d per cwt; ditto, 2s Od to 2s 3d per bushel; Young Turnips, 4s per dozen bunches ; Cucumbers, 4d to is 6d each ; Leeks, Id to 2d per bunch ; Celery, 6d to Is 6d per bundle ; Rhubarb, 4d to 9d per ditto; Sea Kale, 8d to is 9d per pun net; Spinach, t d to 10d per half sieve; Young Onions, 4d to 10d per bunch; Artichokes, is to is 6d per half sieve; Horseradish, Is to 4s per bundle; Red Beet, 6d to Is per dozen; Mushrooms, 9d to is 3d per pottle ; Radishes, 4d to 8d per dozen hands ; Cabbage Lettuces, Ed to 9d per score ; Asparagus, 2s 9d to 8s per 100. NEVJGATE AND LEADENNALL. Turkeys, 5s Od to 7s Od ; Geese, 6s to 8s Od ; Ducks, 38 Od to 4s Od; Tame Rabbits, Is 4d to is 8d; Wild ditto, 8d to 10d ; Pigeons, 5d to 8d ; Roasting Pigs, 4s 6d to 7s Od each ; Surrey Fowls, 7s Od to lOs; ditto Chickens, Os Od to Os Od Barn-door Fowls, 3s Od to 6s per couple; English Eggs, Cs Od ; French ditto, 4s 6d to 53 6d ; and Irish ditto. Os Od to Os Od per 120; Fresh Butter, Os to Os Od per lb; Partridges, Os Od ; Hares, 2s Od to 2s 6d ; Leverets, 2s Od to 2s 6d ; Wild Ducks, Os i d to Os Od each. WPOR. Beef, from 2s ed to 3 NE s 4d; Mutton, T WBd to 3s 10d; Lamb, es Od to Gs 0d; Veal, 3s 4d to 3s 10d; and Pork, 3a Od to 3s 8d per Blbs. WHITECIIAPEL. Beef, from 2s 2d to 3s 2d ; Mutton, 2s 4d to 3s 8d ; Lamb, 4s 8d to bs 8d; Veal, 3s Od to 3s 10d; and Perk, 2s 6d to 3s 8d per Slbs. ___ BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 3s Od to Cod ; ls 3d to 2s 9d ; Haddocks, N6dtols Od each ; Fish, NOdto4s 9d ; Lobsters, 4d to 2s Od; and Crabs, 4d to Os each; Soles, Os 6d to I s 10d per pair; Flounders, 9d t o I s 10d each; Dried Haddocks, 6s Od to 8s Od; Smelts, is Od to 2s Od per dozen ; Whitings, 3s Od to 7s Od per 15; Eels, Os 4d to Os 10d; Salmon, Is Od to is 9d per lb; Herrings, Os Od to Os Od per 100; Common Oysters, 4s Od to 8s Od per ushel; Salt Fish, Od to Os Od per score; and Mackerel, I ös o€l to Sus Od per 100. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are from 6V 2 d to 7d; of Household ditto, 4 1 /-,d to 6d per 41b loaf. E PSIMICET. Market Hides, 561b RXID to 641 b, lid to 2d ; ditto, 641 b to 721 b 2d to ',id ; ditto, 721 b to 801 b, 24d to 20; ditto, 801 b to 881 b, 2},d to 2id ; ditto, 881 b to 961b,2id to 3d; ditto, 961 b to 1041 b, ::34d to 3bd ; ditto, 1041 b to 1121 b, 3id to 4d. Calf Skins, light, Is 6d to 3s Od each ; ditto, full, 5. Od to 5s 6d ; Horn Hides, 5s 6d to Os; Polled Sheep, 5s 6d to 6s 6d; Rents, 5s 8d to 6s 10d ; Halt-breeds, 5s 8d to 68 10d ; Downs, 4s 6d to 5s 6d; Lambs, Is 10d to 2s 10d; Shearlings, 9d to lld. HAY IVIAIMETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 31 Os to 41 6s Od; Clover ditto, 31 5s to 4/ lOs; and Straw, 1/ is to 1 / 1 0s per load. Supply moderately good, and trade rather dull. Curiassnr,AND.—Meadow Hay, Si 3s to 4/ 7s; Clover ditto, 3/ 5s to 4/ 10s; and Straw, 1/ 2s to I/ lls per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. WRITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, Si Os to 41 6s; Clover ditto, 31 5s to 4/ lOs; and Straw, ll Is to 11 10s per load. Trade dull, at late rates. BO W-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) Mary Ann Macarthy, aged 30, was charged before Mr. henry with the wilful murder of Elizabeth Allen, by beating her upon the head with a poker. The par ties, who lived in Turner's court, Befordbnry, have been for some time past at variance. The deceased had, in the course of last week, caused another woman to be locked up for striking her, and this woman, the prisoner, and the deceased came i n con t act on Sunday last. The wit nesses alleged that the prisoner struck both Allen, the deceased, and the other woman with the poker. Allen died yesterdy morning. The other woman is as yet considered in danger. The prisoner, who solemnly protested her innocence, was remanded. HORRIBLE SUICIDE AT THE SARACEN'S HEAD Ho isaL.—This forenoon a painful degree of excitement pre vailed among the occupants of the Saracen's Head Hotel, Skinner -street, Snowhill, in consequence of the suicide of Mr. James Bristow, a gentleman very highly connected, and supposed to be lately residing at Henley, in the county of Middlesex. The deceased gentleman had taken apartments for a few days at the hotel, and he retired to rest about one o'clock this (Saturday) morning, quite cheerful. Nothing more was heard of him, until one of the o s tl ers h a d hi s at tention drawn to a pool of blood which lay on the floor of a coach-house underneath the dec e ased' s b e d room. O ne of the female servants went up, but found the door closed ; she, however, raised an alarm, and when she entered the apartment the deceased was lying on the floor, with his head nearly shattered to pieces. By his side was discovered a six barrelled pistol, which, from the position of the de ceased, had been discharged in his mouth. The police were called, and when his pockets were searched, two letters were found, one addressed to Mr. Mackenzie, of Half-Moon -street, Piccadilly, in which the deceased mentions something rela tive to the late Derby races and other matters. A MARVELLOUS TALE. —When the American barque Mary Annah, was making her last trip to Belfast, on reaching long. 65 deg. 49 min. W., and lat. 27, deg. 20 min. N., the sailors were astonished to hear a bark, which was un mistakeably that of a dog, and seemed to proceed from the sea. Looking out they discovered the poor animal from which the cry proceeded struggling with the billows far astern. Captain heating was apprised of the fact, and bringing his glass to bear on th e now l essening object, which increasing distance was every moment making more indis tinct, he pronounced it a sunfish basking on the surface. The men were positive as to the fish having barked as nothing but a dog could, unless a very odd fish indeed, and just at that moment a sound came down upon the wind unmistake ably issuing from canine jaws. The ship was put aback, and in a short time the adventurous animal was hoisted on board in a pitiable plight. He recovered, however, and now frisks along the deck of the Mary Annah as nimbly as though his energies had never been tasked by swimming over half the Atlantic—a feat which some of the sailors strongly assert, we do not wish to say swear, he has accomplished. " Uncle Sam," as the dog is now christened, must have dropped from some ship that had passed in the Mary Annah's course; but how the poor animal could have kept afloat for such a period as he must have been in the water is a problem.--Northern Whig. ROYAL ORTHOPCEDIC HOSPITAL. —Yesterday even ing a meeting of the friends and committee of this hospital was held in the boa•d-room, No. 6, Bloomsbury-square. It appeared that the prospects and arrangements of the ensuing anniversary festival, under the chairmanship of Mr. Quarles Harris, were in every respect satisfactory and encouraging. A numerous list of noblemen and gentlemen had signified their ready willingness to support the worthy founder of the hospital on the occasion, alike by their presence, pecuniary assistance, and personal services as stewards of the dinner. Nearly 11,000 patients had now participated in the benefits of the charity, and the daily increasing numbers, coupled with the fact of no less than 300 being on the books waiting their turn of admission, rendered the commencement of the pro posed new and extended building an object of much interest to the friends and supporters of the charity. Her Maje , ty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert had given the warmest encouragement to the design, and energetic exertions were being made for its speedy consummation. SUICIDE OF A NEWSVENDOR.—Yesterday morning, shortly after eight o'clock, Mr. Charles Reynolds was disco vered suspended from the cupboard door in the kitchen. His daughter-in-law, with great presence of mind, got into the window, unlocked the door, and, with the assistance of de ceased's eldest eon, cut him down. Mr. Bannister, surgeon, of Oxford-street, attended with all possible speed, but life was found extinct. He has left a family of five children to deplore his untimely end. Supposed cause for committing this rssh act, pecuniary embarrassment. An inquest will be held on Monday. SHIPLOAD OF ELEPHANTS.—The barque Regatta has arrived here from India, freighted with nine living ele. phants, a zebu or Burmese bull, sixteen enormous serpents, including a brace of boa-constrictors of 24 and 16 feet in length, beside a wilderness of monkeys, the fretted porcupin e, and other live varmints. One of the most curious feature s of this Noah's-ark collection is a calf elephant, about Ceylon,playful nine months old, and weaned from its dam on the passage from Ceylon, being but three feet high, and as docile and as a kitten. Another is one of the native chiefs of who accompanies the show in charge of the elephants. This enterprise is the greatest, probably, since the , • days of the flood. The elephants were hunted and caught in their native jungles by Messrs. June and Nutter, accompani e d b 1 the natives. Their capture was effe c t e d b 60 of y drivin y 260 of them into a kraal, or rude pen, con s t ructed i n the jun g le, out of which they succeeded in securing thirteen —two having died on the passage and another being stolen from the drove. the The Regatta m a ade Hope and the ian of St. , in 112 days. The elephant hunters were th ree months Helena and four days in the jungles before they effected their object.- New York Tribune. HIGHLAND GAMES IN LONDON.—We are happy to learn that the Highland Society of London intend insti tuting games similar to those formerly exhibited in Holland Park, and that a truly national display may be expected about the last week in June. The competition will embrace all our Highland sports, musi , , and athletic exercises, and will form a feature in the World's Gathering by no means un attractive to foreigners and characteristic of our country. Prince Albert is said to enter cordially into the scheme, and most of the Scottish nobility and ladies in London patronise it with ardour and enthusiasm. Arrangements, we under stand, are in progress for making the prizes as liberal and numerous as possible, and for carrying out the fete in the most efficient manner. We sincerely trust that nothing may occur to mar this undertakin g , w hi c h wou ld prove highlyin teresting to our foreign visitors.—lnverness Cozoier. _ ROMAN CATHOLIC CHAPEL AT WITilAm.--The first stone of a Roman Catholic chapel was laid on Thursday at Witham, in Essex, by Cardinal Wiseman, assisted by several priests of the Romish Church, in the presence of a numerous concourse of persons. The ceremony Was accom. done 57 % COURSE 0: - - Amsterdam ...... •• .. 11 16; Ditto, three months .. 11 18% Rotterdam •••• • • 11 18 Antwerp 25 25 Brussels.. •..... ....., 25 25 Elaraburgh .• . • •M.B. 13 8 &tons ...... .. •• • • Paris, 3 days'sight •• 2.5 5 Ditto, 3 months .... 25 25 Marseilles .... •••• .. • • 25 25 . • Prankforton Maine.... 119 Berlin Vienna, eftec. do.-- 12 50 Trieste. ditto—. 12 50 Peteraburgh,Sll. Rble.. 3 7 % fdadrld 50 Cadiz .. 50% Barcelona ........ " • 41% 124 12“ i 53% 53% NEW RACE STAND AT BRIGHTON.--A new race stand is to be commenced immediately on our race-hill, so as to be ready for the races in August. The tenders re ceived for it were as follows :—George Cheesman and Son, 3,1281; John Fabian, 3,2501.; George Lynn, 3 .3001. • Wis den and Anscoinbe, 3,5961. Messrs. Cheesman and Son have been entrusted with the work. The old stand is already razed. —Brighton Guardian. 15 4 1 13 01 13 5 24% all 28 2 8% ' STOI LEICESTER, TnunsuAr.—Trade still continues dull, and greater caution is being exercised in the accumu lation of stock, manufacturers generally deciding that it is better to diminish production whichit the supply very much to exceed the demand, policy will evidently produce a good result as soon as the commercial interests have recovered from the chief cause of this long and con tinued dulness of trade, that cause being an extraordinary mild winter succeeded by protracted cold in the spri ng. THE HOSIER Y TRADE.—VVe havebut a small business cioing, especially for the home trade. but are soma but orders which keep some of the There at.work, but there are many workmen unemployed. There is little doing in yarns : the price, however, remains about the same. —Nottingham Journal. PARADE or OLD IVA RRIORS.--The veteran soldiers of her Majesty's forces, inmates of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, are to parade in the Grand-square, on Thursday, the 29th of May, at one o'clock, in their new clothing, to cele brate the Ring Ches 11., the founde r o f that national establishment. The officers and men will be decorated with the oak apple, and many will show two and three medals, with a large proportion of clasps. A FURIOUS BULL. —Yesterday afternoon a bullock being driven, with others, along the Blackfriars-read, sud denly broke from the herd and rushed along at a terrific rate, butting a t everyt hi ng that came in its way. W h en l op posite Mr. Sh erman ' s c h ape l i t completely overturned a inside and seriously i n j ure d a gent l eman who was ridin g ins Mrs. liorrocks, living:in Grosv enor - s t reet , was knocked . do w and had sever a l r ib s b ro k en. Several other person ; were injured b e f ore t h e b east was secured. MTH.% OF A BOX. On - the 21st inst., at Alfred-place West, Thurloe-square, the wife of Paul J. Bishop, Esq. On the 20th inst., at Drinkston-park, Suffolk, the Wife o f Herbert Bree, Esq. OF A DAUGHTER. M On the 18th H. Cookn t Clarendon-road-vill as, Notting-hill, rs. William On the 10th inst , at Enfield-terrace, Kingsland, the wife of Mr. Henry Philp. 11(.4.R.81ED. On the 20th inst., at St. Nicholas Church, Nevrbury, the Rev Henry Towry White,B.A., on l y son of the late Rey. fourth daugh t White,er o.A. J e re Bunny, Es of St. Mary'sM q., of Newbury, Berks. On the .40th inst., at Cirencester, the Rev. W. H. Stanton, eldest son of W. H. Stanton, Esq., M.P. fo r S troud, to Mary, second daughter of Mr. C. Cirencester. Lawrence, of the Q uerns, near On the 14th inst , at , DIED Viscount of Strathallan,aged 85. Ca stle Strathallan, J ames, e i ghth On the 17th inst , Dr. Edward C. Baker, late of Walcot terrace, aged 48. On the 19th inst., in Fetter-Itne, Mr. G. Comfort, aged 81. On the 18th lust , at T ottenham rie J. Beadnell, Esq., a 81 On the 20 th inst., a t Clapham New-park, Hentta, ged wife of Alexander W. Rowland Esq., aged 82. -- --------- _ London, Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. U 2, St rand, Printer, at The Sun Office, N o . 1 12, Strand, in the Pr ec i nct cf the Savoy, in the county of Aliddlefta, Saturday, May 24, 1801. parried with the usual chanting of the ser , ice, the sprinkling of holy water, the carrying of tapers, &c. The Cardinal addressed those assembled from the temporary altar erected beneath a tarpauling, and asserted the claims of the Papal religion to the inspiration of the blessed Redeemer. Those who should attend the worship in the building about to be erected would find that the corner-stone of that reli gion was Christ. The ceremony having been concluded, the procession returned from the ground, and the assembly de parted. A PAPER DEVOURER.—In the Bank of England no fewer than sixty folio volumes, or ledgers, are daily filled with writin4 in keeping the accounts! To produce these sixty volumes, the paper having been previously manufac tured elsewhere, eight men, three steam-presses, and two hand-presses, are continually kept going within the Bank! In the copper-plwe printing department 28,000 bank-notes are thrown off daily; and so accurately is the number indi cated by machinery, that to purloin a single note without detection is an impossibility. APOTHECARIES' -HALL —The following are the names of gentlemen who passed their examination in the science and practice of medicine, and received certificates to practise, on Thursday, May 22 : —H enry T hompson, Croy d on . Alfred Carpenter, Rothwell, Northamptonshire; Edward Wilmshurst T a it, Heytesbury, Wilts ; Henry Joseph Her schel Griesba c h, Milli ngton, Yorkshire; Francis Martin , Brighton. GENERAL LEAVE TO THE ARMY.--Leave of ab" sence for the purpose of seeing the Exhibition has been give by his Grace the Commander-in -Chief to all regiments half borne, from th e I st of June to the 30th, one field officer, the captains, a n d h alf the subalterns to be allowed the indul gence each fortnight in the month; and it is the intention of some of the railway directors to allow officers, upon pro ducing a certificate of their rank, to travel at the Govet °- ment rate of charge of 2d. a mile, as when on duty. THE LATE SUICIDE ON TUN LONDON AND NOS 1 91; WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Yesterday M r . W a k ley, M.P., an inquest at the El ep h ant and Castle, King's-road, 0" Pancras, on James You ng, E sq., aged seventy-two, late o ' , 35, Augustus-street, Re gent ' s-park, who, as has been ahead/ stated, committed suicide, by throwing himself under ~the train on the London and N orth-Western Railway. Mr' George Harris, the deceased's nephew, stated the deceased' who was a gentleman of independent fortune, had latterly suffered much from ill-health, which greatly affected big spirits. Sunday morning he appeared more cheerful than usual; and, after taking some coffee, left home to take e , walk. For a few days before his death he complained 01 pain in the head. On Saturday he made his will. He ifll e the last man whom witness would suspect of suicidal jute': tions. Mrs. Emily Norton, residing at Park Villa Eesbo Regent's-park, was watching from the Victoria-bridge, the • arrival of the Liverpool train on Tuesday, which reached the London station between one and two o'clock, when P et as the train appeared in sight she saw deceased walk from the right hand side of the railroad towards the rails e ll which the train was running. When the train came OW to him, he halted for a moment, then knelt down, and so veloping his head in his cloak laid it upon the rails. Sh e was so horrified, that she lost all power of speech. When she looked the next moment, the train had passed over ;the unfortunate gentleman, having severed the head diagonal, from the body, and l eav i ng the mutilated portions several feet distant frem each other. The train, which consisted 01 six or seven carriages, was going at an easy pace down the incline plane. Verdict, "Insanity." TROOPS FOR INDIA.—The ship Trent has bee!, chartered by the East I n di a C ompany for the conveyance o f troops to Calcutta, and is about to take her departure. THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE CHESHnii JUNCTION RAILWAY.—W e un d erstand that the directors o f this line are arranging the claims of the several parties Who. seek compensation for the injuries they received at the late collision. They deem this the most economical procedure, as 41 " will save them a very large amount in the shape of law mate , Some of the larger claims are still unsettled, and it is possi ble that some cases will ultimately be brought to trial.--• Liverpool Mercury. Two police -agents, who had been sent from Frank' fort to the Exhibition of London, says the Constitutionnelf were, on their arrival in that capital, relieved by some, adroit thieves of a ll t h e i r luggage and papers, amongst which happened to be the dcscription of seven famous German thieves, whom they had been ordered to seek out and observe. THE PROVINCIAL DETECTIVES IN THE METROPOLIS. —There are at present upwards of thirty officers connected with the provincial detective police force in London, acting under the directi on o f t h e authorities of Scotland-yard. These men, who have been selected for their general intelli gence, and knowledge of the towns from which they come, are employed as a corps of observation rather than police officers. A number of them attend daily the Crystal Palace, and keep a strict watch that none of the visitors may be eased of their purses or their contents; but even were they to see a light-fingered gentleman plying his trade, they can not take him into custody. Not having been sworn in to act as police-officers in the metropolis, their instructions are to call the next London officer and point out the delin quent, that he may be apprehended. These officers who are not engaged in the Palace visit the termini of the railways which communicate with their respective localities, and see who arrive by the several trains, reporting the arrival of any parties who are known as reputedthieves, &c. At night the officers visit the haunts of thieves, l c., with a view of ascer taining what number of persons with whose habits and pur• suits they are acquainted have arrived from the provinces. Chartist and Socialist meetings are also attended and reported upon. It will be seen that the duties of the provincial officers are rather of a negative than a positive kind, the power of acting being reserved for the metropolitan force, between whom and the provincials anything but amicable feelings exist. The latter dislike to be made the jackals of the for mer, who will derive all the credit due to their labours and knowledge, whilst the London officers feel somewhat piqued that parties, whom they call " countrymen," should have been brought and permitted to trespass on what they consider their own manor. Liverpool Mercury. ST. PANCRAs (MIDDLESEX) PAVING CONSOLIDA.. 1 .- Wm.—Yesterday the Committee of the House of Commons upon this Bill proceeded with the consideration of its provi sions. Mr. Talbot, Q.C., in opening the case for the pro moters, stated that the object of the Bill was to consolidate the 17 existing paving and lighting boards in the parish of St. Pancras, which now contained a population of 160,000, with an assessible value of 660,0001., into one central board. The present complicated system caused increase of expense; want of rating uniformly had a tendency to lead to abuses, and to cause the burdens of local taxation to fall moreheavily on the ratepaying population. The Bill is opposed by the Bedford and other estates, ratepayers of St. P ancras an d Camden Town, and by a variety of other local interests. The only witness as yet examined is Mr. G. W. F. Cook, the vestry clerk of St. Pancras. CONVERSAZIONE AT THE MANSION HOUSE.—On Wednesday, the 4th of June, the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress will receive the Royal Commissioners, the Foreign Commissioners, and the jurors of the Great Exhibition, and their ladies; the Foreign Ministers, together with a large number of literati of the different English and foreign scien tific societies, as also the members of the Corporation and their ladies, at a conrersazione at the Mansion -house. EXTENSIVE FIRE IN CLERRENWELL YESTERDAY. About,ten o'clock yesterday morning a serious loss of property by fire took place at the library of Mrs. Mary Ann Ham mitt, 13, Little Warner-street, Clerkenwell. A servant.girl had occasion to go into a small room on the greund floor, be- - tween the shop and sitting-room, and having a lighted candle in her hand, a spark is supposed to have fallen among the furniture of the room. In a few minutes the flames spread rapidly, and the destruction of the entire con tents must have been the result, but f or t h e timely arrival of the" Farringd on • s t reet brigade and parish engines, when, with great difficulty, the fire was subdued. Several volumes were among the property consumed. Mrs. Hammitt is in sured in the Sun Fire-office. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT AT WOMBWELL'S ME NAGERIE.- CHATHAM, MAY 23.—The scene of the tragical death of the Lion Queen, a few years since, has again be come one of se r i ous i n j ury, if not ultimately the cause of death to another individual. Last night between nine and ten o'clock, when the menagerie was filled with company, whilst Thoma s S torre, a black man, who, under the title of " The young Indian Prince," was engaged in performing with the large elephant, the animal, either by design or acci dent, pressed Storre against the bars of the den, by whi c h he received severe injury of the scalp, had four of his ribs, the right, arm, and collar bone broken, and he now lies in a very precarious state. At the time of the accident the animal was in the act of taking off and replacing the hat of and hence the cause of the injury, It his keeper, and it is imagined that it had been irritated by some of the company, but this injunction he had neglected, and appears Storre's instructions were to remain outside the attachment den to him, entertained no apprehension of from animal 's its danger. 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