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THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. ,ntip.: ply EN 1,4.= Will be presented an entirely new and original Comedy, by Douglas Jerrold, entitled THE CATSPAW. Capt a i n Durgonet, Mr. Howe ; Mr. Snowball, Mr. Keeley ; Doctor Petgoowe, Mr. James Wallack ; Audley, Mr. Charles Selby; Appleface, Mr. Buckstone ; Dust. Mr. Tilbury; Coolcard, Mr. Benjamin Webster ; Duggens, Mr. Ellis ; Snowball's Servant, Mr. A. Brindal ; Mrs. Peachdown's servant, Mr. Coe; Mrs. Peachdown, Miss Reynolds; Cassandra. Mrs. L. S. Buckingham ; Rosemary, Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with the Last Edition of IVA.NIIOE, with all the newest improvements. Cedric the Saxon, Mr. J. Bland ; Sir Briant de Bore Guilbert, Mr. Selby; Sir Wilfrld of Ivanhoe, Mrs. Keeley; Wamba, Mr. Rink stone ; Isaac of York, Mr. Keeley; Robin Hood, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Bobecca, Miss P. Horton. The itta-offlzo is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE THIS EVENING Will be performed BOX AND COX. To be followed by an entirely new and original antici pation of what may possibly occur one of these days, entitled NOVELTY FAIR; or, Hints for 1851. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, Binge, Bellincham, Cooke, and Charles ; Miss St. George, Miss Kenworthy, Miss Glover, Miss Oliver, Miss Eardley, and Miss Martindale. To conclude with TAE ISLAND OF JEWELS. Characters by Messrs. /. I‘l , tthews and F. Cooke; Madame Vestris, Miss Julia St. George, Miss Dickinson, Miss Kenworthy, Mrs. Macnamara, Miss Martindale, and Miss E. Bonner. All applications for Private Boxes must be made to Mr. Allcroft '5, New Bond-street. open T. daily from• F. Bennett Box-office Ten , adjoitoniSix ng the Theatre, in W e lli ngton-street, is open o'clock, und er the superintendence of Utider the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty, his Royal Second week of Mons. JULLIEN. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARD ixs. OPEN every MONDAY, TRSDUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, and THU AY. Prodigious Success of the entirely new-modelled Diorami @ - tore representing the PASSAGE of the ALPS by Napoleon and hie Army ! the largest Pic ture in the World! with innumerable moving Figures the size of life. Modelled, painted, and produced by Mr. Ranson and Son, assiste d b y Messrs. Adams, Wilson, &c. &c. The Picture has occupied the Messrs. Denson for many months, and it is confidently submitted to the Public as a chef-d'reuvre of art, and hot inferior to any production of the day. The Splendid MENAGERIE has lately been enriched by several valuable Presents from the Queen. The Musical Department will be conducted by Mons. Jullien and Mr. Godfrey. It will be the ales of the Establishment to offer for the gratification of the Subscribers and the Public, the most Splendid Military Bard ill the Kingdom I I Selected from the Bands of her Majesty's Horse and Foot Guards, and the most eminent Artistes in the profession. _ The following list of engagements will, it is hoped , con vince the Public, that the l ong - ac k now l e d ge d excellence of the Band of Ibis Est wat altl e ishment will he fully maintained ! The Repertoire of Mu si c most extensive and varied, arranged from the most Pop ular i Operas nthis and other countries. Solo-Players—Messrs. licenlg, Lazarus, Prosperre, Colinet, Pratten, Jarrett, Sonnenberg, Sommers, and Winterbotham During the evening a grand Colossal, Scenic, and Pyrotechnic Tableau illustrating the celebrated Picture by David, of Duonaparte Cro'sing the Alps ! Showing a general view of the ltegion of the Alps, stretching from the small mountain lake in the foreground to the distant snow-clad mountains, crowned by the stupendous Mount St. Bernard and its far-famed Monastery. A. portion of the French Army is first "en presently the drums heat to arms, and amid the clash of Military Bands and Martial Music, the Troops sominence the Ascent. The Soldiers are aeon dragging the Artillery in Trunks of Trees, now ascending almost Perpendicular Heights, and traversing the niost Terrific Ravines, but all difficulties are overcome, and the Gallant Atmy is seen pursuing its cours e t o the Fertile Plains of Italy. The whole to conclude with a Gorgeous Display of Fireworks, by Messrs. Southby, intrAucing, amongst various novelties, the most admired teux d'artifice of former seasons, jets d'eau, water rockets, revolving pieces, a naavnilicent Transparency nftyfeet in height, painted by Messrs. Dmison, representing Buonaparte on Horseback cheering on his Troops, surrounded by warlike emblems, insignia of hononr, flags, trophies, &c., amidst a cerruscation of various coloured Brea. The complicated and difficult machinery, and the erection of the nt picture under the dir ect i on of Mr. Thos Lowe. The ewtensi ve gas tlttingir by Maim Botchethy and Difccn, 23, ning-Stfe e t, Cove Admisalon, ls, • REVISED, WITH A NEW PREFACE. Now ready, in 3 vols., SECOND EDITION of REGINALD HASTINGS. An Historical Romance. By ELIOT WARBURTON, Esq. Author of " The Crescent and the Cross," &c. " As an historical ramancist, Mr. Warburton takes a first wrang ler's rank." —Literary Gazette. " Reginald is a nigher approach to Scott's marvellous creations than we have read."—Critic. " Without losing ene jot of historical accuracy, the work abounds with all the startling wildness of rornance."—Morning Herald. Henry Colburn, Eubilsher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., A N N D YS AR T; A TALE OF EVERY DAY LIFE. . _ " This fiction is very superior to the generality of novels, both in matter and execution."—Spectator. " Remarkable for the talent with which its characters are drawn, and the acuteness of its obsorvation."—Literary Gazette. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. MR. BENTLEY Has this day published, PICTURESQUE SKETCHES IN GREECE and TURKEY By AUBREY DE VERE, Esq. Two N - olg., post Bvo., 21s. Orders received by all Booksellers. Richard Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to herliajesty, Now ready at all the Libraries, in 2 vols., poet Bvo., 0 D. A NOVEL." The author, we arc convinced, is young, otherwise we could hardly see disdlayed such fresh and enthusiastic sympathy in be half of his heroes and heroines. He is a writer of genius, inspired by a high standard of morality and religion, and by a laudable love of the purest sort of fame. We gather this from the glowing lan guage in which he expresses his feelings, sentiments, and opinions on the subjects just mentioned. There are several chapters, in which links of the story are dropped, containing most eloquent essays on matters that are the prima mobilia of the actions which cha racterise nature's nobility. The writer evidently belongs, though he bas marked per se peculiarities, to the school of the Disraells, Man nerses, and Smythes."—Observer. " Silwood' is no ordina y work ; it contains passages of exceed ing beauty, and is written in pure and forcible language, with great good taste and power. It is one of the most interesting and en gaging novels which the present season has produced. Of the cha racter of Amelia Ross we have already spoken, and the extract we have given above is the surest voucher of the truth of what we have said. The other ladies who play conspicuons parts in the tale are Florence Howard, an intellectual beauty; Jessie Gordon, a wild and impulsive genius, passionately fond of music and poetry; and Julia Maitland, the noblest and best of them all."—Morning Post. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, THE REV. GEORGE CORNELIUS GORHAM. On Friday, the 31st instant, Price Ralf-a-Crown, BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY, FOR JUNE. Containing a Memoir of the Rev. G. C, GORHAM, With a Portrait. Mr. Bell's Ladder of Gold, with an Illustration.—Adventures of a Freshman, by the Author of " The Stories of Waterloo.—The Science or Good Living in Paris, by Mrs. Mathews.—Recollections of Ma dame Catalani.—The Metropolis on Sunday.—Souvenir of the Gal lery du Bourbon.—History of Newspapers.—The Spanish eauty A Glance at the Royal Academy.—lnedited Letters of Horace Wal pole.—Life of a Louisiana " Swamp Doctor," &c., &c , &c. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. F RASER'S MA( Price 2s. Gd., or loy 1. University Reform Cam- GAZINE for JUNE, post, 35., contains :- 7. Lord Campbell's Lives of the Chief justices. 8. Something about a Murder. 9. A Study of Shakespeare in " The Merchant of Venice." By G. Fletcher (Con cluded). 10. Traits of an Old Soldier, bridge. 2. Memorial Verses. April 27,j 1850. 3. Unpublished Letters from Ge neral Conway to Horace Wal pole. Part 111. 4. Readables and Unreadables. 5. Leaves from the Note-Book ofi a Naturalist. Part VI. 6. Diplomacy, Diplomatists, and Diplomatic Servants of Eng land. Economical and Or ganic Reform of the System. London : John W. P 1 11. Ireland's Sins and Ireland's Hopes. By an Irishman. 12. Index. 'arker, West Strand. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE A GRAND EXTRA NIGHT.' Combining the talents of Madame Sontag, and Madame Frezzolini Signori Calzolari, Baucarde, Sims Reeves, Coletti, Belletti, Lorenzo, and Lablaehe ; Mdlle. Culotta Grisi, Mdlle. Amalia Ferraris, Mdlle, Marie Taglioni, and M.P aul Taglionie, will take place TO-MORROW EVENINO •-•••••1•.•• , .. , ••• , •• • • .••• • When will be presented (for the last time) Bellini's celebrated Opera, LA SONNAMBULA. Amin , , Madame Sontag ; Count Bodolpho, Signor Belletti ; and Elvin°, Mr. Sims Reeves. After which a Divertissement from the admirsd Ballet, THEA, by Mdlle. Marie Taglioni, Males. Aussandpu, Julien, Lamnreux, Rasa, and Corps de Ballet. To be followed by the 'ast act of Ponizetti's Opera, L'E LISI It D'AMORE • Adina, Madame Frezzolini ; Nemorino, Signor Calzolarl; and Dr. Dulcamara, Signor Lablache. And the admired P4S STTRIEN, by Madlle. Carlotta Grist and 31. I'. Taglioni. And a Selections from Rossini's celebrated Opera, GUGLIELMO TELL. Ougllelmo Te'l, Signor Baticarde ; and Walter, Signor Lorenzo. To conclule with the highly successful new grand Pas de Trois by M. Paul Taglioni, entitled LES GRACES. • Euphrosyne, Mdlle. Ca2lotta Grisi. Thalia, Mdlle. Amelia Ferraris. Eglaia, Mdlle. Marie Taglioni. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and tickets to be made at the Box-oince of the Theatre. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. EXTRA NIGHT. FIRST APPEARANCE OF SIGNOR RONCONI. FIRST NIGHT OF ANATO. TO-MORROW EVENING a GRAND COMBINED ENTER TAINMENT will take place, embracing the whole of the Opera Anato (in which Signor Ronconi will make his first appearance this season), the most striking portions of the Opera, Lucrezia Borgia, and the grand Third Act of Rossini's Opera of Zora (Mose in Egitto), including the incidental Ballet, the magnificent Chorus, and Finale. The Performances will commence with (first time here) a grand Opera, founded on Verdi's Nabucodonosir, entitled ANATJ. Abigaile, Madame Castellon; Fenena, Madlle. Vera; Anna, Mdlle. Cotti ; Rodiano, Signor Tagliafico ; Hassan°, Signor Soldi ; High Priest of Isis, Signor Gregorio ; Dario, Signor Tamberla ; Anato, Signor Ilonconi (first appearance this season). Alter which the princ.pal Act (the second) of Donizetti's Opera, LtICREZ EN. BORGI Literczia Borgia, Madame Grhi ; Maino Orsini, Madlle, de Merle : Don Auonso, Signor Tamburini ; Don Apostom Gazella, Si. nor Gregorio ; Anal is Petrucci, Signor 'tactic ; Jeppo Liverotto, Signor Soldi ; Gube, ta, Signor Tag,ilaflco ; OloMrno Vitellozzo, Signor Luigi Mei ; Gennaro, Signor Mario. To conclude with the Third Act of Razsini's grand Opera, ZOICA, . _ . Inclmling the ineidentAl Divertissement and magn!llcent Finale. Anais, Maclaine Caste llan; Sinaide, Mademoissetle Vera; INleotri, Madafne ; Merismane, Signor Tamburini ; Zora, :lions, Zeluer ; BaNas, signor Lavia ; Osiris, Signar Ta4liatleo ; Autlde signor Soldi ; Amenotl, Signor Tamberlik. ihe Di vcriissement will be supported by M. Alexandre and 3ldlie. Louise 'I aglioni. Composer, Director cf the Music, and Conductor, M. Costa. The l'erformarces will commence at Eight o'clock. Tickets for the Boxes, Stalls, or the Pit, maybe had at the Box• office of the Theatre, which is open from Tcn to Five. FKENCIi PLAYS.-ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING, The Performance 3 will commence at Half•past Seven o'Clock, with lIEUR ET MALHEUR. After which (with curtaihnents) the Popular Comedy by Alexandre Dumas. of LES DEMOISELLES DE ST. CRY. Roger, M. Lafont ; •llercule Dubouloy, ill. Regnler ; Charlotte de Merl in, Madlle. Nathale. To conclude with the amusing Vaudeville of UN TIGRE DU BENGALE. The Box-office of the Theatre is open daily from Eleven till Five Boxes and Stalls at Mr. Mltehell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond etreet. TIIEATIIE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed an entirely original Musical Comic Drama, called THE WHITE SEKJEANTS; or the Buttermilk Volunteers. Malor Slowman, O. Smith ; Jemmy Tweezer, Mr. Wright; Captain Ginger Green, Mr. P. Bedford ; Tommy Rata, Mr. Mon yard ; Madl C. de Tourville, Madame Celeste ; Susan Pockets, bliss K. Fitzwilliams ; Doily Duggins, Miss Woolgar. After which will be produced a new and original Farce, in the Vulgar Tongue, to be called JACK IN THE GREEN; or, Hints on Etiquette. r conlude with a . ...grand historical Spectacle Vaudeville, entitled PLAYING FIRST FIDDLE; or, Follow my Leader Principal Characters by Messrs. P. Bedford, Lambert, Madame Celeste , Miss Woolgar, and Mi s s K. Fitzwilliam. THE: SUN, LONDON, ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Enormous success of the Holiday attractions. The Grand Military Spectacle of the Affghanistan War. Brilliant D splay of Equestrian Wonders in the Scenes in the Arena, by the first Artistes in Europe. THIS EVENING, The Entertainments will commence at Seven o'clock, with the immensely successful grand National Military Equestrian and Dramatis Spectacle (in three acts) entitled THE AFFGHANISTAN WAR ; or the Revolt of Cabul and British Triumphs in India. Produced with every possible care to all its original and magnificent effects, calling into action the unequalled resources of the estab lishment. A Brass Band engaged expressly for the occasion, and a host of Auxiliaries. To be succeeded by an inimitable Display of Batty's Feats of Equitation in the Cirque Olympique, introducing La Petite Jeannette, the Infant Prodigy, and the diminutive steed Hare Bell, in a pecu liarly Novel Act of Menage, and Madlle. Gardoni on the Tight Rope. To conclude with the Farce of the TWO GREGORIES. Box•ofice open From Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. THE WEATHER.-SuN OFFICE, MAY 29. THERMOMETER. 65—highest since noon yesterday. 45—lowest this morning and during the night. 68— this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30.28. WLND S.W.—tine sunshiny weather. HIGII WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TUTS DAY —Morning 48 min. after 3 Evening 7 min. after 4 To-Moanow— Morning 24 rain. after 4 I Evening 41 min. after 4 • , 1 1 'A i b,,, • e ~,,,,,,„: ~....„ , - ~,,t , . A, , _ ~, ( -,S t i .t. 11a , , i1.....__1y,:,re 4 7' • m 0 .4 s DROIT . ---,.— i • " l'4` ittilind 111A'• LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1850. Doubtless, the present day's anniversary has about it a larger share of political significance for the French reactionaries than for any section of the English multitude. Latterly, the Legitimatists, in the neigh bouring Republic, have made such frequent reference to the act which gained for General GEORGE MONK his earldom of Albermarle, that we doubt not their attention will be turned for encouragement to any commemoration of the morning when the ambitious soldier witnessed the crowning success of his treason to the Commonwealth. Their hopes, moreover, in this particular, are heightened by the conviction that in the chief of the descendants of his Imperial and Royal Majesty the EMPEROR, they recognize a semblance of that incapacity which was conspicuous in the im mediate successor of his Highness the LORD PROTEC • TOR. In this belief but few individuals will shrink from proclaiming the Royalist conspirators at Paris mistaken. The policy adopted by Louis NAPOLEON since the memorable occasion of his election on the 10th of December has sufficiently revealed in him a force of character, and a prudence of conduct, and a soundness ofjudgment to which RICHARD CROMWELL, even in his happiest moments, could never make any pretensions. Hence we cannot but conceive that, in their present sanguine views, the aspirants of another Restoration are calculating altogether without their host, They are counting as idly upon the Presi dent's capability of proving traitor to the democracy of which he has been chosen the principal magistrate, as the sycophantic followers of the Comte DE PRO VINCE did in regard to the conqueror of Italy and of Egypt, when he was installed as First Consul in the palace of the Tui!eries. It can never be forgotten how many tempting offers were submitted to the young soldier by the old women plotting at Hart well, immediately upon his elevation to the command of the French Government. He was to be the Con stable of the French Monarchy. He was to take pre cedence of the ancient noblesse. He was to rise above the heads of the MONTMORENCYS and the rest of the old chivalric aristocracy. " Sir," said Louis, with that exquisite flattery which could fall at pleasure in honeyed compliments from the lips of a Bourbon, "France cannot do without me; I cannot do with out you ; your glory is necessary to me ; I cannot dispense with it." The answer of the illustrious hero to whom Ws insidious language was addressed at the commencement of the present century is yet more remarkable. "You cannot return to France," said he, " without passing over the dead bodies of a hundred thousand Frenchmen." Four teen years afterwards, that solemn assurance was veri fied, when the white standard, dyed red in the heroic blood of Brienne, of Arcis, of Champaubert, of Montimrail was borne back by the coalition of sovereigns, and affixed to the turrets of the French capital. The opening of the great proclamation ad dressed to the Imperial city by the soldiers of the Allies looking down upon it from the heights of Montmartre, was a sufficient indication of the force required for the subjugation of that wonderful people to the yoke of their ancient dynasty. " Europe, in arms, knocks at the gates of Paris !" Yet, notwithstanding the terrible and bloody expe riences of those days of conflict ; notwithstanding the abrupt and evanescent vengeance of the Hundred Days ; notwithstanding the ignominious expulsion of CHARLES X. after the three days of July, and the yet more ignominious expulsion of Louis PHILIPPE after the three days of February—the reactionists of France are still insane or rather frivolous enough to dream of the possibility of another Restoration. Madmen that they are, they even plot at this moment for its accomplishment. Insomuch that we doubt not HENRI CINQ is still hopeful of being anointed with sacred chrism as the successor of CAPET. What ever may be the opinions entertained upon this subject by that exiled Prince of the House of Bourbon, it is certain that there are men now in France, now in Paris, now in the bosom of the Assembly, who anticipate the re-establishment of royalty, wbo not only anticipate this in their hearts, but actually avow their anticipations. Towards this end they are dedicating the whole of their energies. To this end they are venturing upon the violation of the Consti tution. To this end they are conspiring against the Republican Government, to which, with so much solemnity and emphasis, they have repeatedly sworn their allegiance. To this end, moreover, they are endeavouring of late to exalt into a hero of popularity the shade of Moroi, the con spirator of the English Restoration. The frequency with which they have directed attention within the last few months to the act which invested that General with an earldom, attaches a peculiar significance to the anniversary of the day, popularly known in this country as " Oak-apple day," when he welcomed the Merry Monarch back to the bartered shores of Eng land. It is well to note the confidence entertained upon this subject by the present body of French Legitimatists ; for from the extent of that confidence the amount of their future daring may be reckoned. Of their temerity in conspiring we have had repeated evidence before now : with their timidity in execution we are also sufficiently familiar. Consequently, from a prolonged and ample experience, the citizens of the French Republic are well prepared for any emergency. With confidence in themselves, with confidence in their PRESIDENT, and with confidence in their democratic institutions, they may set at defiance the conspiracies of the droite, the plots of the place-hunters, the reactionaries, and the Legitimatists. gro W at it a h n i d n g a r v a e t r ii c i f n e g w days an event will take place of importance to the of anci en t Galway . When the Vicerogyoocl steam-ship leaves leaves th e i r b ay on her western voyage to the shores of the Transatlantic world, they may well e xc l a i m with truthful,,e T xu h l i t s i ati s on, in the oft-rep ea t e d ph rase o f O ' CONNELL, agtrheat day for Irel an d." E ven before the co mp l et i on of n connect ing their city with the Irish l in e railway and o n which me e tropolis, e of at the present moment five thousandsl assuming the labou rers are busily employed, th e y fi n d themselves proud position of bein g the denizens of the d America. nearest an port of communication betw een E uro pe The beneficial results to themselves will indubitably be important, and the consequences of the initiative will be felt in a progressive ramification widely throughout the island. A direct trade with America, the first foundatio n of which i s now auspiciously w ill constitute a nucleus for manufactories the establishment of which would forth: with afford no inconsiderable portion o f that sovereign remedy for the wants and woes of the long distracted and distressed sister kingdom—productive employment; would develope the vast coal-fields and other mineral resources which have been accorded to her by PROVIDENCE with such a bounteous hand, and would thus materially advance her permanent prosperity. It is the dawning of a new era. There is at length a prospect, 'a substantial hope of the development of mighty natural resources, which have hitherto been suffered to lie in cold ob struction. Energy, industry, and independence will expel the dismal and blighting sway of laziness, dirt, and poverty'. The taunt of discontented mendicancy will become aimless, and the spirit of self•reliance— that noblest of national blessings—will vivify and invigorate a regenerated race. But whilst contemplating, with unfeigned delight, in common with all friends of Ireland, the incalcu lable industrial benefits which are likely to speedily supersede long ages of deplorable mismanagement and degradation, we cannot concede to Galway the undisputed merit of being the fittest station which Gould be selected on the western coast. May we not evoke the wrath of any scion of Connemara, of fire-eating celebrity or prowess, in assigning to " the city of the tribes " a secondary position ! But there is a harbour which might, to our conviction, be still more eligibly constituted the principal portal to the " highway of nations." Valencia harbour is the safest and most accessible port on the whole line of coast. On its admirable capabilities authorities the most competent have pronounced in terms of unqualified commendation. One of the greatest of modern geo grapbers has remarked, that " if an arc of the globe be described from Dublin to New York, it will pass over Valencia," thus geometrically proving it the shortest possible line. It is in fact 62 miles nearer to Halifax than Galway, the distances being respectively 2,400 and 2,462 miles; and what is more, 140 miles windward of the latter port, besides being, above all, utterly exempt from the dangers of coast naviga tion. In America the preference has been long given to Valencia, as a point of departure for their conti nent. Some of our most scientific men at home have unhesitatingly expressed themselves in its behalf, and all naval authorities who have been consulted have given it a decided preference over any competing port, as having perfect shelter, full depth of water, and secure anchorage. All these paramount claims to consideration seem, however, to have been overlooked. No assistance has been proffered by Government to the completion of the railway to this naturally favoured spot. From the Southern and Western Rail way a branch is now open to Killarney, diverging at Mallow, and from Killarney to Valencia is but a distance of forty miles. The present summer will send thousands of tourists to the matchless lakes of Kerry, and we trust that some few at least among them may be induced to visit and judge by personal inspection of the neglected resources of the neighbour ing harbour. We have before now advocated earnestly the paramount exigency of duly appreciating the value of geographical position and mercantile opportunities, which must strike the mind of the attentive inquirer in this instance. Were Valencia placed in direct railway communication with the capital, being the nearest station to America, and one of the noblest ports in the United Kingdom, it would gene rate an endless and gigantic traffic. Furthermore, what to our amazement appears to be of little moment in Ministerial eyes, it might be easily rendered a naval station of unequalled advantages. It would re quire but a trifling outlay to render it perfectly im pregnable against external or internal attack. Nothing can exceed its facilities for docks and public works, and any number of the largest ships could moor in perfect safety in its waters. The sagacious CROMWELL made it a station for frigates and troops, justly considering it the most unassailable and con venient point of defence on the western coast; and the late Duke of Yortx was strongly in favour of its being made the point of embarkation for the troops. for foreign and colonial service. In this important respect it is much superior to the Core of Cork, and much logs of time, expense, and dan ger would necessarily be avoided in time of war. In short, in either point of view, whether as a position for an American packet station, considering the quickness, safety, and economy of transit, or as a naval and military depot, Valencia stands unrivalled, But it is difficult to impress such considerations on the minds of those possessed of influence or authority. It appears to us that on matters of the extremest im portance to the Green Isle, Irish Members are liable to labour under the visitation of a stolid taciturnity, as was thoroughly exemplified last session when the fiscal grant to the Dublin and Galway Railway was trumpeted in the House of Commons, and not a syl lable was vouchsafed in advocacy of assistance from the Treasury to a national undertaking of at least equal import, the Waterford and Limerick line. The Munster Members were on that occasion mar vellously mute and modest. It is, perhaps, hardly reasonable to expect that Ministers will go out of their plodding track in order to foster the most favourable opportunities, and secure the most obvious advantages fur the nation at large —not for themselves —especially when the scene lies on the other side of St. GEORGE'S Channel, unless they be induced to do so by a pressure from without. Chancellors of the Exchequer are by no means made of penetrable stuff. They are e officio misers and flinty-hearted functionaries ; and, much as we revere Sir CHARLES WOOD, we cannot conscientiously ex empt him from the comprehensive category, nor even gainsay that he is the very GUZMAN of the Cancel larian band. Should not the national "bosom's lord sit lightly on his throne," seeing that " bricks," through his beneficence, are duty free ? Sir CHARLES has there achieved a herculean feat which taxed to the utmost bis stupendous powers, and has earned for himself a monumental honour, which we trust will be tendered by a grateful people, in like material and durability to that catholic offering re corded in academic song— " High piled by British besoms strenuou,, A monumentum (ere p'rennius.'" It is, however, cheering to find that private enter prise is at length endeavouring to secure advantages which have been blindly and too long neglected—. tbat people are at last found to take the trouble of picking up what has been all along lying under their noses. Now that the notable discovery is made that Galway is rather a nearer port than Liverpool to Halifax, we may with some degree of confidence look forward to the progression of a principle which must prove so substantially conducive to the benefit of not merely one Nationality of her AlAJam's empire, and, considering that the first position has been effec tively attained, we may not altogether despair of living to behold the day when the Imperial Arsenal and Packet Station of the Western Coast will be—the fittest locality on the Irish sea-board for the purposes o f Imperial muniment and harbourage, and for ex peditious and profitable intercommunication with our Columbian kinsmen. THE GOVERNMENT INTERMENTS BlLL.—Yesterday evening a public meeting of the ratepayers of the parish of St. Saviour's, Southwark, was held in the vestry-room, to take into consideration the compensation clauses of the Government Interments Bill. Mr. Bailey, the warden of the great account, was called to the chair. He explained that the parish of St. Saviour's was placed in a very peculiar position, and one likely to be much interfered with by the proposed measure. No rector's fees for interments paid in that parish were receivable by the chaplains, who were only entitled to the surplice fees. The rector's fees were received by the wardens, and applied to the ordinary parochial pur poses. If the measure introduced by Government were car ried without some clause in referenoe to St. Saviour's, the clergy of that parish would receive compensation for that which they had never lost, and be remunerated for work which they were not called upon to perform. Mr. Mansfield moved, and Mr. Clark seconded, the following resolution : "That a deputation be appointed to wait upon the Right Hon. Sir G. Grey, her Majesty's Secretary of State, to repre sent to him that the fees payable for interments in the churchyard of this parish are receivable by the warden of the parish; and to urge upon him the propriety of securing to the parishioners adequate compensation in respect of the same in the event of the Interments Bill passing into a law ; and that the wardens solicit the borough Members to support ' them in their application." This resolution was unanimously agreed to, and after the transaction of some ordinary busi ness, the meeting thanked the chairman and separated. DEATH or DR. WARDEN.--In our obituary of to day we regret to record the death of Dr. Adam Warden, aurist in ordinary to her Majesty. Dr. Warden was the inventor of an elegant instrument called the " pris matic auriscope," in which, by mean of total reflection, light passages of the ear, and con versely rtshe thrown hne intoi mage the intricate objects concealed within it are reflected to the eye of the operator. He also suggested the applica tion of the same means to the investigation of disease inother passages and cavities, with the addition of a lenticular form to one side of.the prism, for the magnification of smaller objects. We believe that Dr. Warden's investigations tended to elucidate the causes of ear complaints, and their connexion with general disease; and it is deeply to be re gretted that his career of uAetulness has been so suddenly arrested.—Edingburgh Advertiser. MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT, MAY 28.—The market to-day has been, on the whole, rather better than we have lately experienced. Spinners are getting a somewhat better price for yarns ; still they complain of the slowness of sale, even at prices which are barely remunerative, and in most cases de c id e dl y unprofitable. The finer numbers have gone off to-day rather bikl r s y-50's to 90's having been in demand, at a very slight advance. The goods market is still quiet, but hopes are entertained of "a good time coming" shortly. AMERICAN PINE Arrx.rs.—A vessel just arrived from New York has brought several boxes o ipine apples; of American produce, THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The second article of the electoral law, depriving all electors of the suffrage who have not lived in the same domicile for three years, was passed yesterday. By this clause, if the PRESIDENT of the Republic were to remove to Versailles, he would lose his vote ; every young man who marries, and quits his father's house, is by this clause disfranchised for three years, as is every workman, for the same period, who quits one master to enter into the service of another. The idle, the skulking, the sloth, who vegetates in his native village, his body the property of his landlord, his soul the slave of his priest, has the franchise ; while the industrious, the striving, the enterprising, the man who quits his native village to better his condition, is deprived of it. -M. TRIERS, had this clause been always the law, would never have had the franchise until long after the time he became Mi nister of State. It is said that General CHANGARNIER having been called on by the PRESIDENT of the Republic to offer explanations as to his conduct in ordering the colonels of regiments to take orders only from himself, and to disobey any they might receive from the PRESI DENT of the Republic or the Minister of War, protested his fidelity to the PRESIDENT, and entered into divers explanations, to which the PRESIDENT listened with great calm ness ; at the conclusion General D'HAETPOUL was sent for, and withdrew his resignation of the Ministry of War, although there is still a coolness be tweenhimself and CHANGARNIER. M. NAPoLEoN BONAPARTE had an interview with his cousin, the PRESIDENT, on Monday, and repre sented to him the danger he was placing himself in by surrounding himself with Legitimatists and Or leanists, who were enemies to the very name of Bonaparte ; he more particularly alluded to the Praetorian band of General CHANGARNIER, who has recently selected 5,000 men, devoted to his person as a Gendarmerie Mobile, and suggested that CHANGAR. NIER should at once be got rid of at all risks, and an appeal made to the country on the electoral law. The PRESIDENT admitted the difficulties and the dan gers which had been pointed out, but was silent on the subject of the course to be adopted. It is gene rally known that the PRESIDENT disapproves of the electoral law, but submits to it as a measure forced on him by the majority. The National says—" A letter from the Comte DE CirestuoßD, solicited by M. BERRYER, orders the feudatories of legitimacy to obey the injunctions of the commission of the seventeen. The son of the prisoner of Blaye orders his faithful subjects to place themselves under the orders of M. TRIERS." It is said that a coup clitat will be attempted on the passing of the electoral law, and that the present Assembly will declare itself competent to revise the Constitution ; that a stringent law on the press 'will be introduced, and that the stringency of the passport law will be greatly increased. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday on the state of relations with England ; a warm discussion en sued, no decision was come to, but the opinion in favour of a return to good relations with Eng land seemed to prevail. It is said that General DE LARITTE will be transferred to the War Department, his " crass " ignorance of the ordinary usages of diplomacy rendering him utterly unfit for his present appointment. The Assembly was yesterday occupied in the dis cussion of the third article of the electoral law. PARIS BOURSE, TUESDAY, MAY 28. The market has remained without much fluctuation throughout the day at about the closing quotations of yesterday. Threes for the account were last called at 56f. 45c., and Fives at 901. 75c. The market closed as follows:—Threes, for cash, 561. 40c., for account, 56f. 45c. ; Fives, for cash, 90f. 75c., for account, 90f. 75e.; Bank of France Shares, 2,1501.; Spanish Threes, 38f. 50c.; Neapolitan, 96f. 50c. RAILWAYS.—The Share Market has been rather heavy, with, however, but a trifling alteration in quota tions. Orleans closed at 737 f. 50c.; Rouen. 5251 4 Havre, 217 f. 50c.; Avignon, 173 f. 75c.; Vierz ,n, 3301.; Bale, 103 f 75c.; Northern, 4311.25 c.; Paris and Stras burgh, 326 f. 25c.; Nantes, 220 f. Montereau, 95f.; Bor deaux, 390 f. WEDNESDAY EVENING, MA Y 29, 1850. been presented to King BOMBA. from Lord PALMERS• TON, demanding 300,0001. as a compensation for damages done to British property during the bom bardment of Messina. King BOMBA, it is said, offered half the money down, and to convert the other half into a public debt. The English Minister consented on condition that the debt should be recognized by " the Constitutional Chambers of the kingdom." "The Chambers will have nothing to do with it," said the KING, "as I shall abolish the Constitution and be absolute master in my kingdom." ROLLS' COURT.—(THIS DAY.) The Master of the Rolls sat in his court at West minster to-day, and after disposing of the remaining Petitions on his paper, proceeded to hear the further arguments in the part-heard case of Meddowcroft v. Campbell, which occupied the remainder of the day. VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR Of ENGLAND.) ER UNOW V. FENTON.— JUDGMENT. His HONOUR gave judgment in this case to-day, ordering the injunction to be dissolved with costs. WERT V. JONES. The further arguments in this part-heard case occu pied the Court the whole morning. (Bcforo the Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) His HONOUR heard bankrupt petitions to-day, but no case of any public interest came before him during the morning. QUEEN'S BENCH.--(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco, before Lord CAaIPBFLL and Justices PATTESON, COLERIDGE, and ERLE.) THE QUEEN V. THE CALEDONIAN RAILWAY COMPANY. This case was part heard during lai.t Easter Term, and at the suggestion of the Court it was postponed in order to enable the parties to settle the matter in dis pute between themselves, if they could. The real plain tiffs are the corporation of the city of Carlisle, and the matter at issue between them and the Caledonian Rail way Company is, that the company, in carrying the rail way into the city of Carlisle, had departed materially from their plans and sections, which they deposited with Par liament, especially at a place called Irish Gate Brow, in the vicinity of Carlisle, whereby they had greatly marred the beauty and convenience of one of the principal ap proaches to that city. Mr. MARTIN this morning reminded the Court that the case stood over from last term to afford the parties an opportunity of coming to an arrangement, and stated that the parties were to have a final meeting on Thursday next, and he hoped their Lordships would not be troubled again with it. Lord CAMPBELL said it would have saved the Court much trouble if that intimation had been given to them sooner, because they had given a very great deal of time to the consideration of this very complex cafe, which they might have been spared bad they known that it was to be withdrawn from the court. BAIL COURT.--(THIS DAY.) Mr. Justice Wightman sat in this court to-day, and heard motions, but nothing of the slightest interest came before his Lordship. SECONDARIES'.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary POTTER.) BUCHANAN V. KELLY. This was an action to recover the sum of 3/. on a promissory note. Defendant pleaded that he did not make the note. Mr. Beard, clerk to the plaintiff, proved the defen dant's handwriting. The note was payable by instal ments of 1/. per month, and one instalment bad bean paid. A verdict was given for the amount. This was the only case. SURREY SESSIONS.-(THIS DAY.) Louisa Barclay, a tall, fashionably-dressed young woman, surrendered to take her trial for stealing at Newington a gold watch and chain, from the person of William Gimber. Mr. Payne prosecuted; and Mr. Charnock defended the prisoner. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TW 0 O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 7,000 bales, of which 1,000 American, 400 I'ernarn and Maranham, and 1,000 Surat, were taken for export, and 1,000 American and 500 Surat on specula tion. The market closed firmly,—ln Railway Shares there was a decided improvement in the quotations. This being the " Derby day," there are no public sales of Colonial Produce in Mincing-lane. The Stamp Duties Bill is opposed in the City as strongly as ever, and the plan that seems in most favour is an uniform charge of one-half per cent. on Transfers of Shares, &c. The London Stock Exchange Committee, i❑ their _memorial to Parliament, state very fairly that the shares of public companies, although for all pur poses of conveyance they are treated as real property, are yet in the event of death brought under the deno mination of personal property, and, as such, made liable to probate and legacy duties. A decided reduc tion of the existing imposts would, as they contend, be in better accordance with the present economical policy which recognises the rule that extreme rates of duty defeat the object intended, whereas under the new Bill there would to a positive increase of 60 per cent., taking the average of the stamps now in use. It is felt as a particular hardship that railway shares which pass so frequently from hand to band, should be subjected to an augmented tax, and we have little hesi tation in asserting that not one-half the speculation, and consequent ruin to individuals, would, have arisen if the toad fide purchase of shares were accelerated. Aare that mere is great expense as well as some delay and trouble in making an actual transfer, people sell for time, trusting to the chapter of accidents to bring down the market value of the property which they wish to depreciate. If a mere nominal stamp were required, the I.cceptance of shares by real purchasers would be so constant as to give an immense amount to the revenue, and uniformity of charge would be all important. The new stamp is quite opposed to recent legislation in other matters, being restrictive, not relaxing. The Continental advices are tolerably favourable. At Amsterdam there was a firm market for Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents., which were 55 3-16. Spanish Bonds were lower. At Frankfort, on the 25th inst., Austrian Metallics were 761-. A steady business has been done in Public Securities, and the prices are again rather higher. A large number of the members are absent at Epsom. Consols have realised 96-k to for Transfer and Account. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents, are 97 to I, and the Three per Cents. 95f to Bank Stock has peen 2064 to 2071. Exchequer-bills are 68s. to 71s. premium. The Foreign Securities have been firm, though very quiet. Spanish Bonds are merely nominal. Mexican have touched 301 Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. are 861, and Dutch Two-and-a• Half per Cents., 56i 4. The Railway Market is decidedly " gay," and shares are scarce. North-Western, Great Western, Midland and the smaller lines are all higher. QUARTER TO THREE. Consols ... 961 Ditto, Account, June 12 ... 961 BRITISH FINDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official Lira.) Bank Stock 207 207 1 / 2. 206% 207%2 S per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. *4 I s 41 $ per Cent. Consols Anna New 34 per Cent. Anas. 97 97% 8 L,‘ Long Annuities. Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 B I,E 8 3 -16 India Bonds under I,oool_ Consols for Account 96 1/ s l/0 4 1% Exchequer Bills. I Ihd. 24. IlaiCk. 1,060/. 5001 ... Small June. 68 71 p 68 71 p 68 71 p ONE • CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISU FUNDS O'CLOCK. PRICES. Baia btock 3 per Cent. Reduced Anna 951 /s 1 4 : .i 95 % 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities........ 96 1 4 V B % 9614 Sew 31i per Cent. Arms... ............ 97 97% L. , 97 1 4 Long Anns. to expire Jan.1860 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860. 8 7-16 India Bondn, I,OOOL — Ditto under 1,000/.. 9O p 87 p Consols for Account ..... ... 96 1 / 8 1 4,04, 96A T.xchequer. Bills. ___ __ 1 1 ,4 d. Zs 2d 1,000/. June 6B 71 p 500/. June - ... 68 71 p Small. June 6B 71 p BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, MAY 28. East Indian, WA Great Indian Peninsula, I—Namur and Liege, 7N —Northern of France, 13—Orleans and Bordeaux, 2%—Paris and Rouen, '2l. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 23d have arrived. Senor Isruurrz, the recently appointed Ambassador to England, had his audience of leave of the QUEEN on the 23d. MADRID Boise, MAT 23.—The Bourse was re covering its tone—the last price of the Threes was 31f, the, exchange on London, 50 15 paper. PORTUGAL. Advicea have been received from Lisbon to the 25th May, by her Majesty's steam-ship Odin, which ar rived at Southampton at eleven o'clock this morning. The Committee of the Peers on the Bill relating to the press has recommended several alterations in that measure relaxing its stringency. GERMANY. The following particulars relating to SEFOLOGA, the man who attempted to assassinate the King of PRUSSIA, appears in the Prussian Staats Anzeiger : " The assassin, Maximilian Sefologa, of PotAlam, is m 31 ears of age; he was brought up at the Orphan Asylum at Potsdam, and subsequently served in the artillery as sub a lt ern . A c c or di ng to cer tif ica t es ob tained w o years by him ag o h h e i s conductwas seized eize d w as vith mental highly satisfactory. Talienation, enl for which he was treated at the hospital of Spandau; but he was not cured, and his conduct since has left no doubt of his insanity. Thus he imagined that be was the inventor of chocolate and of gun-cotton ; and one of his favourite projects was the foundation of a colony, with the assistance of the Bey of Tunis. Up to the very day of his mad attack upon the King he was permitted to live at the barracks, wore the dress of a subaltern, and enjoyed a pension of two dol lars per month. He has frequently presented t,) the King his project of colonisation in the form of petition. Probably these petitions were of suoh a nature that it was not thought worth while to take any notice of them, and this may have impelled the unhappy man to the in sane act of which he has been guilty." The Constitutional Gazette again asserts "that Sefologa fired off the pistol while in the act of presenting a peti tion to the King. Public thanks to Almighty God for the preservation of the King have been offered through out his Majesty's dominions." The Norden Blatt contains the protest of the Court of Berlin and of the Governments of the Bund against the character of the Germanic Diet, which Austria attributes to the Congress of Frankfort, and against the presidency which she wishes to assume to herself. The document, after a long preamble, lamenting the coolness and differences between the Courts of Vienna and Berlin, and its hopes that, by conciliation and frankness and mutual efforts, the basis for a union of the whole of Germany may be agreed on, says, " We do not hesitate to declare that we will not consent to any revival of the Diet which does not guarantee to all the Governments who approve its necessity the principle of a free union on the basis of a federative state. We salute the members of the Confederation at Frankfort in the confidence that we shall find ourselves acting with a common solicitude for the welfare of the German nation, and we are happy to express to the Cabinet of his Majesty the Emperor of AUSTRIA. our confidence that in this soli citude, and in this particular sense, be will unite with us in overcoming the difficulties resulting from the nature of the present circumstances." The. German Reformer says a large camp is being formed near Lowich, where the CZAR intends to have a grand review, for the entertainment of those Sove reigns who are about to meet him at Warsaw. On the 23d the Prussian Council of Administra tion assembled under the presidency of M. SIDOW. The Government has made the necessary arrange ments for the constitution of the College of Princes. The Sovereigns will be invited to send to Berlin as soon as possible their Plenipotentaries, in order to proceed at once to the formation of the curial. Prosecutor stated that he was a florist, and resided at Windsor. On the evening of the 6th of May he went to the Surrey Theatre, and as he was leaving that place he met the prisoner, who entered into conversation with him. They afterwards proceeded to a house in the neighbourhood, where they partook of some refresh. meats, when he took his watch from his waistcoat pocket and placed it on the table, prior to winding it up. The prisoner suddenly snatched it up and ran out of the room, and would have quitted the house had not the land lady seized hold of her, and kept her until witness called in a pol:ce constable, and gave her into custody. The watch was given to bim by his Royal Highness Prince Albert two years ago, as a reward for some roots which he had cultivated and brought into perfection. In cross examination by Mr. CHARNOCK, the prosecutor stated that he had been drinking when he met the prisoner, and he was positive that he rever gave her the watch for certain favours. It was Prince Albert's, and it was not likely that he should part with that. In defence, Mr. CHARNOCK contended that the pro secutor was intoxicated, and being without money he gave Prince Albert's watch to the prisoner as a security for being paid on a future occasion. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and The COURT sentenced her to six months' hard labour at Brixton. MARLBRO'-STREET.—(THIS DAY) STEALING A GOLD WATCH.—Rhoda Riley was placed before dr. Bingham charged with stealing a gold watch, value 151., the property of Mr. 'William Myer, tailor, 54, Wardour-street, Soho. It appeared, from the evidt lace, that about two o'clock this morning the prosecutor was proceeding along Lisle street, on bis way home, si hen the prisoner, who ap peared to be very tipsy, went up to him and asked him to see her home to her lodgings in Ryder's-court, aa she was too drunk to walk there alone. From motives of humanity he complied with her request, and on arriving at the door of the house in which she lodged he felt something snap, and on his putting his hand to his waistcoat pocket he missed his watch. He immediately caught hold of the prisoner and took the watch from her right hand. A friend of prosecutor's, who happened to pass at the time, fetched a constable, and the prisoner was given in charge. The prisoner, who is an old offender, was committed for trial. EPSOM RACES. (THIS DAY-BY EXPRESS.) The Epsom Town Plate of 50/. One mile. Joc ce Sot ... ~, ••• ••• Radulphus ~, ••• Bullfinch DERBY BETTING. 4 to 1 agst Clincher 9 to 2 agst Mildew 5 to 1 agst Bolingbroke 6 to 1 agst The Nigger 9 to 1 agst Pitsford 20 to 1 agst Deicoon 25 to 1 agst any other. THE DERBY. Lord Zetland's Voltigeur (J. Marion) Mr. H. Hill's Pitsford (A. Day) Lord Airlie's Clincher 24 ran. Won by a length. TURKEY. Advices have been received from Constantinople to the 14th. The disturbances in Bagdad have been completely put down. The Bosnia insurgents have retired, and have sent a deputation to Constantinople to pray for a redress of grievances. GREECE. Accounts have been received from Athens o f th e Bth inst. Greece was tranquil. ITALY. Letters from Rome of the 18th fully corroborate the accounts which we have given of the violation of the domicile of the British Vice-Consul by the Sbirri of the Pore, and of the insults offered to the female mem bers of the Vice-Consul's family. The object of the visit is avowed to have been to search for Protestant Bibles, in order to destroy them, as Protestant tendencies are more persecuted than political opinions. There can be no doubt but that Lord PALMERSTON will take up this affair in a proper and becoming manner, and we shall be curious to see whether the Cossack pro pensities of the Earl of ABERDEEN, the chosen cham pion of the Scotch Presbyterian!, and of Lord STANLEY, the Rupert of the Irish Orangemen, will be strong enough to induce them to make common cause with the "Conservative, honest, and moderate" Bible burners of Rome. The Turin papers of the 24th announce that Monsignor FRANZONI, Archbishop of Turin, was on the previous day found guilty of resistance to the laws of the State. The jury was unaniniou3, and the Court sentenced the Archbishop to a month's im prisonment, and a fine of 500 f. The trial created a great deal of agitation at Turin. A report was circulated at Naples alit a note bad BOROUGH HOP lITAREZT. Our market is in a v inactive state for all kinds of Hops. In prices, however, we have no change to notice, WHITECNAPEL. For each kind of ne;t,sl.ccremandwas:idavery'sluggish state, yet prices were well supported. Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s; Mutton, 2s 10,1 to 3s 10d; Lamb, 4s to 5s 2d; Veal, 2s 10d to 3s 4d; and Pork, Ss to 4s per 8113 s, by the carcase. ARCTIC EXPEDITION.—It appears from returns made to the House of Commons that the charges incurred on account of Captain Austin's expedition amount to 114,513/. 17s. 6d., and on account of that of Captain Penny to 15,1701. Os. Bd., making a total of 129,8361. 18s. 2d. ACCIDENT TO THE LONDON STEAM.SRIP DUN DEE.—The steamer Dundee, in sailing down the Tay, on Wednesday last, in a dense fog, got upon the Elbow End Bank. After lying there for a tide, she got off into deep water, when it was found that she had sustained little appa rent damage beyond the fracture of one of her steam pipes, which of course prevented her from proceeding on the voyage. —Edinburgh Advertiser. _ _ NAmEsi—Emma is from the German, and signifies a nurse; Caroline, from the Latin—noble minded; George. from the Greek—a farmer; Martha, from Hebrew, bitter ness; the beautiful and common Mary is Hebrew, and means a drop of salt water—a tear; Sophia, from Greek—wisdom ; Sus qn, from Hebrew—a lily ; Thomas, from Hebrew— a twin ; Robert, from German—famous in council. LANDLORD LIBERALITY.-- , William Stirling, Esq., of Keir, with the liberality that has so long distinguished that amiable family, has returned to his numerous tenantry on his estates in the counties of Perth, Stirling, and Lanark, 12 per cent. at this Whitsunday audit, to those paying fixed money rents, and 8 per cent. to those whose rents are regu lated by the county liars, in consideration of the low price of farm produce.— Glasgow Constitutional. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Grenada Bonds, 1 1 / 2 per Cent 1 5 1,¢ 15 1 4 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons— Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons ... Ditto, Account Peruvian Bonds, Oh per' Cent 77 77 Ditto, Account — Ditto Deferred Portuguese 5 per Cents. .. — Ditto,' 4 per Cent. Russian Bonds ..... Ditto, 4 1 4 per Cent Ditto, Small Spanish 5 per Cont. 1840 - 17 1 4 Dividends on the above payable in London. Beligan, 4% per Cent. ........ Down 2 1 ( t per Cent., 12 Guild. Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 8 5 14 85 PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSIN RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen Birmin F. Wolverh'ton, and r udley, calls duly pd, or with guarantee 15 Bristol and Exeter 100 ... .. Caledonian Do. New 101. Pref Coe ;ter and Holyhead... 50 Ditto, Preference l 5 Dublin and Belfast June. 42 W I ...... 10 1 4 .. Eastern Counties... ..... 20 ...... 7LA %... ...... Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) 20 ...... 16 1 11 1 / 8 .. . ..... East Lincolnshire, guar. 6 per Cent. 'ireat Northern Do., 1 4 B 6 per Cent... 91,4 ...... ..... Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 12 1 4. 10V.4 • .. Great Western 100 Lancashire& Yorkshire 100 Do. Thirds ..... . 18 Leeds and Bradford London rk Black wa11...11 /. 6s. 3d 4% ••• L indon, Brighton, and . - . South Coast... —.JO) London and N Weitern 100 Ditto, New Quarters 12 London &S. Western . ICO ...... 61. IA 6 1 14 Manchester, Sheffield, _ . r.nd Lincolnshire ..100 Ditto, New IC/. Pref... 10 Midland . .... .... 100 . 35 31 1 4 35 1 4 Do., 501. Shares ..... 30 North British ... .... .25 North Staffordshire ... 17 1 / 2 7 % 1,4 Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Scottish Central Shrewsbury and Birm Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 South Kast.r. —. 33 41 1 4 1,4 l 4 l /2 Do., Registered No. 4 10 Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth ........ ..-..... 50 York, Newcastle, and Berwick. Do G.N.E.Prefercnce 8 ..... 15 rock end North Midland 50 ,D tie Preference FOREIGN RAILWAY b. Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Central of France (Or- 1 1 4 16X 7% leans and Vierzon s )... 20 Dutch Rhenish . ..... ... 8 ..... 2 East Indian ..-.. Natnur and Liege ...... 20 ... .. 7 1 4- .... Northern of France Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 Paris and Orleans ...... 20 Paris and Rouen 2O ...... 21 1 / 2l Paris and Strasbourg ... 13 JOINT STOCK BAN KS. Union of L0nd0n......... 10 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAT 29.—Wind at noon S.S.W., fresh breeze and cloudy. PEAL, MAY 28.—Wind S.W. to W.S.W.—Arrd. John Williams, Mortlock, South Seas; Agricola, Bell, Sydney, New South Wales; Promise, Hoseason, Calcutta; Gk. rioso, Havannah, for Hamburg. COWES, MAY 28.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Carl and Ano nimo, Buenos Ayres, for Hamburg. OFF THE WlGHT.—Renown, Port Philip. Q UEENSTOWN, MAY 27.—Wind S.W.—Acrd. Kent, Robb, Callao; Reliance, M.Leod, Trinidad.'Sld. St. Law rence, Quebec. YARMOUTH (ISLE OF WIGHT), MAY 28.—The John Mowlem, from Newcastle to Weymouth, in turning through the Needles Passage yesterday, ran ashore in Colwell Bay, but got off, and into the Roads, without apparent damage, after throwing overboard and discharg ing 50 tons of coals. On FALMOUTH.—Arrd. Frithiof, Buenos Ayres; Antionette, Trinidad de Cuba for Bremen. SCILLY, MAY 26.—Wind S. W.—Arr d. Agnes, Nichols, Buenos Ayres; Ellen Simpson, west coasS of America, for Hamburgh. Off port, Prins Mauritz,•Banjowangie for Amsterdam. FALMOUTH, MAY 28.—Wind W.S.W.,' strong.-27. The Magdalene, from Liverpool to Moulmein, has arrd. here leaky, bore up from 45 N. 10 W. 28. The Jane, frosts Ivica to Quebec, sprung a leak and foundered, on the 19th instant, off Cape St. Vincent. Crew and some materials saved by the Brilliant, arrived here. SCILLY, MAY 27.—The Amphitrite, from Winebah to London, arrived here on the 24th of May, leaky, making 18 to 20 inches water per hour, at sea, and will loss of sails, &c. LIVERPOOL, MAY 28.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Patris, Renellen, Maceio; Argyle, Brockbank, New Orleans; Amelia, Agry, Key West; Samoset, Tucker, Charles ton; Wyoming, Miercken, Philadelphia; Revere, Howes, New York ; Henry Clay, French, ditto; Hero, Grant, Bonny; Betsey Hall, Benin; Watkins, Langloie, Ma zatlan; Bonaz t, Bell, Canso; Minalto, Buenos Ayres; Wilsons, Smith, Maranham ; Elizabeth, Randell, Ja maica; Lady Constable, Dawson, Now Orleans; Allan, M'Arthur, ditto ; Astonia, Jenkins, ditto ; Orbet , Larken, ditto ; Albion, Hannah, Apalachicola ; Devonport, Colburn, ditto ; Pbcebus, Stapleton, Wilmington ; Anglo American, Winsor, Boston ; Hellespont steamer, Watts, Constantinople; Doris steamer, Quebec; Lena, Madras; Gulnare and Jessie, San Francisco; Constellation, New York; Britannia, St. John's, New Brunswick. Off port, Ripley, Gipsey, Oxonian, and Jane. The Brian Boru steamer, f rom Dundalk , has arrived here leaky, having struck on a rock off the Skerries. Th© Huntress, from Yarmouth, United States to Bar badoes, was spoken with on the 23d April in lat. 35, lon. 54, having lost both masts in a gale on the 19th, and had one man killed and one seriously injured by lightning, but did not leak, and had spare spars to r i g jury -masts. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE—WEDNESDAY This being almost a holiday market very few buyers were in attendance to-day. Fine English Wheats were scarce, and held at fully Monday's quotations. In the middling and inferior kinds so little business was trans acted that prices were almost nominal. The imports of foreign Wheat have been confined to 1,990 quarters. That article was very slow in sale, but not lower to pur chase. Scarcely any English Barley was offering; and the supply of foreign was very moderate. Malting parcels sold at full prices. In grinding and distilling sorts scarcely any business was doing. We bad a mo derate inquiry for Malt at last week's figures. Oats were in fair average supply, and sluggish inquiry, at late rates. Beans, Peas, Indian Corn, and Flour were a slow inquiry. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. I Oats. Qrs. English ...: 520 Scotch.. — Foreign —.. • • 1,990 ' I Malt. f Flour. 111. t 7 . , ! . 7 1 . 4 0 Qrs. I Qrs. 210 260 1,250 1 3,690 Sacks. 310 71 p 71 p 71 p 21 1 4 63 8% .Ic% 71A 3 16% 7% 35 3% 7% 71/4 v v :i i ; r : ) .fo:, °l . o ll LITERATURE. , n O t THE RAILWAYS of the U Sir 0 t Or ? 111 11 efs7tloraokßnyETlxrlaa.hdaS Trade." . 1 ffr e, and S a p .l : f oo ° t ,6 11 cre N a V te h d at so a m se e n fi s f a t t y io y n e s a li r -o s u a l g d o such created some fifty years ago! 110 so ° ti most confident believers in gt progress 0 so' d have looked otherwise than doubtfulli il b Psiel,o revelation of the future extent and oP' l , - , 1 0 , 4 then almost . unknown power. The ra"'',.iti:; i o i United Kingdom now existing are he re u 'ipl,. l l considered in relation to their extent , e'ri t ioo; o gamation, debentures, and financial F: s tell Acts of Parliament by which Oil A r . l- ,baret; the creation and appropriation 01 .4 ,, 0 11 d i eactrheot author 4 pp calls, dividends, and various minor Pt"; $ 10i; short, a comprehensive and noinnt, e 4 i ts'itO statement of the actual status of Brlt - re, 'w here very concisely arranged. For therf° t;O e ' V ' assured that the information has been t „ e red solely authentic documents, such ° n t'6ll railway commissioners, directors' s tate 1 1 correspondence of railway secretaries.: ro e i accounts are also arranged upon a un i ,i to a book of reference to those concerne" 5c.11 portant matter to which it relates, 311 ' compilation will be most valuable. - 60 , iP THE ADVENTURES OF fy i FINDER. 3 Y a it We cannot thi n k th a t this work w": o rt . 1" author either golden opinions or any golden recomp e n se . Th e a uthor evicie P p.r eiri considerable cap ac iti es an d a hapPY the ludicrous. While we are 001d1,040i might produce something worthy of Per ij ie aflo but regard his present production as en ', - 0 04 towards himself, and an insult to the e f the public. The best potions the of are rendered tedious by the irredeeiver;l9 all the characters which take part / 0 t be r o illr,„l o finder . himself is not only vulgar, but is ,0 4 stupid. The only point of view iu 11 ,411 0 01' appears at all passable is, when we reg', l llioyl tinued sarcasm, but this characteristic? 010 have proved amusing i n .a tale, bee°ls. when prolonged throughout three 9,'i ...:--- 4,i PRIDE AND IRRESOL I i 2 : I° ,iutilol, The tales of "Pride" and "Or n e ;il l 9' stories of Ada Mowbray and Sussti fs .'s,..s 1 new series of "The Discipline of 14" z e b ted b 51 , 1 , first part of which last season debl ist readers. Lady Emily Ponsonbh ti ffol b J, these valuable contributions to moderP n vor j e only . a fascinating writer, but one de e t r er cri the important influence that may be e f - d ts i l . 1 novelist. While she amuses and int e ' t - fl isne l readers, she is anxious that her eon "in ge; them may not prove unprofitable. 0 ; 10 01 seductive accents, aided by most not ° fIF examples, she reads to them the lesson- e " Not enjoyment and not sorroir Is our destined end or nay ; But to act that each to-morroff„ ‘,Ol Find us further than to-M r ' 0 ,i This truthful verse from Longfellori 6 , l :: 1)(9 was, if we remember rightly, the 1 0 "'","istej d H volume of this series, and very ePPrlh - ile V be cited as the moral of the whole. ~f ' cli ' 0 ( titude consume life in a fruitless , :sr d ° A ' pleasures and a restless repiln e °4 19 pains, the truly wise, heedless ." pleasure, in following duty disnlo.9 1. 1 Such is, or should be, the lesson taugu're,v? lumes ; and yet, beautiful a s the storie s'il n isY but consider them som ew h a t too in ell „ - tleil, Greville is one of the sw ee test and g a l l ~, ever introduced into the pages of a nel‘ etch fact, a fulfilment of th a t b e autiful 51, 41 Princess" of a perfect woman— , ! Av' 1 " Not learned save in gra c i o us housen e r, Irresolution is embodied in the inconst en ido terrible consequences of his want of n 00 here described, will doubtless nonce , ' "Op, to any " irresolute" readers int° podr the volume may fall. Seine, ns - tllu' ! the tale are suffused with a simPle] 4 intensity of feeling seldom surpasse u m llel masters of the art, who call forth our 5- 9 , il at pleasure. This characteristic of t be r ie. the more observable, because they a re w r, 1 1 0: a very simple and unpretending inse, l3 !,,ci o o o 4 of " Irresolution" is almost barren 0 1 . 1- 0,, , a truthful history of an irresolute ne`, li mated by some noble impulse, and °,°, some opposite but equally powerftni 0 1 also it gives the equally truthful and, ° e yed / picture of a character sensible 0 ' .4 1 .4 7 0 i emotion, and yet regulated by on - jte . . 4 of duty. The passage in which er e ne ro' emotions of the young wife who, on ~r, sel,! verses in which her husband has 1 11 : 1 '"if il ' 4 pressed his feelings, discovers that b e .ko l3 ' and weary, and that she is unable to in'il/ f i is one of the most effective evidences ~,o ° 1.1 1/ 0 1 sonby's !lilt in reading, and power in r cr ,o'lp l e secret workings of the heart. For o .:doeu g i ; whelmed with disappointment, r eP i,fo l ' e f ei poignant because incurable, and heart - A o ' thought that her life could only be P r° 01' 1 noyance to the one she loved, poor Sti%s,lflii, for a moment her Christian principlel m e igo,4 natural emotion, and prayed that she '9 O . f a i prayer, soon repented of, is granted; , t?!' we have said, is too sadly suffused vr i _r,,," 0,! 11 , 1 0; it has not been written in vain. re" o ty thise with, and weep over, the sorror e h i e e ~,/ , y 1 ville, without acquiring from her 10'W d er e j couragement to encounter worthily the, irOrd " discipline" of life. The other tale be e .'ai o ;,) the " proud" Ada Mowbray, who, ree r `d' r 0 J learns to her lasting benefit how " Of; gip uses uses of adversity." Both tales are 0T: e ta O r s of perusal, and we shall hope soon age - .. g ii b a co lif some new work from the same hands ;Isti ' these stories, but of somewhat less 131 : ranter. . ilf HER MAJESTY'S T g It:tet/01 Donizetti's L'Elisir d' Amore vr - od - evening with the same cast as on its re r o plia") Saturday. Madame Frezzolini was in-a/AV' and in one of her airs commanded II ti The entertainments concluded with' l ig 0 Metamorphoses which still continues 0 01 The Nepaulese Ambassador, with hi :id s -0 P one of the large boxes on the grand Majesty's box. e ; s 0, /3 1 3 ,1p ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. -- e l;be.g - , the Prince of Leiningen and his Seren e l o oS A riq Edward of Saxe-Weimar honoured the Pe r ifvor i i lab, 00/ Royal Italian Opera with their presence ,11 ,,0, .. Serene Highnesses occupied her Maje,sty's tended by Captain Fran c i s S e y mour . AP ° . AA ° company present we remarked the blarq lo6 . o o44y, of Drogheda, th e E ar l o f Wilt on , th e Col l " „f and Lady August a B ar i ng , th e Earl 'ihiliv t bei l Countess of Glengall, the Countess act foco, Earl of Cardigan, th e E ar l o f G rosve nor, 50 Kilmorey, the Earl of Gifford, Countess Dowager of Essex' and . 01 '''; Earl and Countess of Verulam, Viscoi r t r eas; Ebrington, Viscount Malden, Viscount ,r", c oitler) Mandeville, Viscount Cranbourne, Lord and Lady Carrington and party, ~- " "t h s cO/ Arthur Hay, Lord and Lady Foley an`,;, - re' Cif Foley, Lady Suffield, Lord Saltoun, Latv; P e e r, and Captain Hotham, Honourable 5yd1, 1 , 6 1 6 y, oct Archibald Campbell, Hon. Fitzgerald Fob be Milles, Hon. Edward Upton, Hon. Jo b rojsr - psvy Hon. Mr. and M rs . Spencer Ponsonby, Needham, Sir William Molesworth, 0 " jd worth, Sir George and Lady Armytage, gar" Ap and bliss Grant and party, Mrs. Charles d Mountjoy Martyn, Lady Louisa Oswald at,' „ i i `erf,C)) M.P., Lady Davy and party, Sir Therrodsljli,iii Lizardi and party, the G ree k C ons ul and " d i e : in P s 4 1 party, Sir James and Lady Ann blacke i T b lisw John Cam Hobhouse, M.. and Y., Harrington, Sir William a n d De 193 11 ." 01,1 4 PRESENTATION OF THE GOLD BARRY, R.A.—The presentation of o n / f 13' Mr. Barry, the architect, at the Institute PdjAtfoid tects, took place on Monday evening lat i 00110, 0 q very numercus meeting of the fellows Lo rtit;i! which Earl de Grey presided. His 14° 081;0; pressed the satisfaction he felt in being e 4 ,0 7 , 0 0 0 01! and returned thanks for the honour dons disci third year in which the prize had been t he c pn thought it would be admitted by all that tie fr tf o,it) institute had shown the greatest Pse sl r 4,1 (Cheers.) The present year brought then i o ee kii ° p, 4t ei t' in that the honour was conferred uP._,,,, a °rl 11:, ‘ ,7,1 11 ‘./ body. His Lordship then addressed 1 1 . 4 1 - aliti i a and, having made some allusions to th had been encountered by Sir C. Wren i ° i sts 97 :4 Cathedral, said he was sorry that the ang l tbe ir o o i li,iii had the most to do with the erection of en 00 0, Parliament had in it a vast number of ir ~r es , , tions, made suggestions, and made critio.ool4V4 same time they did not know what w c i r i ,; 3 s,C s l r 4 . they wanted themselves.—(Cheers.) oneji, e$ then presented the medal to Mr. J3arr'A o rp'iell tinned cheers from those present. Mr. be I,icV, his thanks for the honour done him , °jog nett alive to the defects of the great work 111 ) 1 , 0 0P, 0 0 0 i . employed. He received the mark of sPP, upon him as a pledge of the opinion of u his e e far as he had been permitted to carry °n e t ee rs4 o /0 1 not been entirely unsuccessful.—(Loud ore always consider the honour done to him 3 ' A ft est memorials of his professional career. , A „,,,,aern' prislN Sr. LUKE'S lIOSPITAL.- -- x. ~e s te- b e , o f Governors of this Corporation was ; l i es I tteA mand of the President, his Royal gig 1 , Cambridge; Henry Francis Shaw Lefevr e eo l e ic d pr the chair. The minutes of the last gen ee decl been read and confirmed, the court °op, vacancy in the office of resident apotpe_cacodur.;o the resignation (if the late officer. T°'_ l 7. e leer i A tiqf day, the 20th day of June next, for tn! 20 0 p cessor. It appears there are at pre , en'_, gre e . o P,47. hospital, of whom 41 men and 60 worn r e' oo ._ 1 7 curable; and 50 men and 49 women f_f itio t , 1 3 ,. ° A list. Under the able care of the rillYs t " las t,' 1' t cur the ed to oPPlootilcioil uclie2,ish:peeerffgeceeutneettel.ninhtabse bheoesnpitpali,eadsuring Thomas Gamier, chaplain of,the.gP.M e r°of. living of Elliott vacant DIT Rev. Gilbert Elliot to the Deanery of Pns' _ ] To