The Sun. — London, England, 1851-05-14 00:00:00

TI.I.EATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. James Andersen. Engagement of Miss P. HORTON. THIS EVENING Will be presented by her Majesty's Serytuda - - - Ss First Price. Second Price. Boxes Pit Lower Gallery - . • 16.1 No halt-price Upper Gallery • - - . 64.1 to Galleries. Private Boxes to admit 8 reduced from 31. 3e. Od. to 21. 12s. Od Ditto 6 ditto 21. 12s. 6,1. to 21. 29. Od Ditto 4 ditto 21. 2s. 0.1. to It. 111. Rd Ditto 4 ditto 11. I ts. 6d. to 11. Is. Od THEATRE ROYAL, 11A • Mr. B. Webster. Siete Lasses. and Manager, 01 Broraptoo. VIES EVENING, .Will be performed an entirely New Comedy. entitled It 1111E11 FROM IiUhINESs. Zachary Pen ,yweight, Mr. Lambert; Creep mouse. Mr. Backstone ; Lieut. Tackle, Mr. Stuart ; Captain Gunn, Mr. B. Webster; I'aul Plains Mrs. Fi ; Kitty Penny- Weight, Mill Annie Romer. Alter which, a new an d ( as times go) or i g i n al domestic drar - a ot startling intere.t. entitled A RUSE ' • or. The Fortune.; and Vicissi tudes ot a Boh e mian Girl. Count Arnhem. Mr. J. Bland; Count Florentine, Mrs. L. S'. Buckingham ; Tha Wens ot Warsaw. Mrs. • rit , wllll.,m ; Devilattool, Dlr. Buckstone ; the Gipsy Queen. Mr. B. Bedford. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Under the ire tio EVENINn ot MadaG,me Celeste, TS Will be performed GIRALDA ; or. The Miller's Wife. After which a B oo ew original Farce called LONDON FOG. Mr, Frank Copal. Mr. P. ; Mr. Simple, Mr. Wright ; 111. 3 . Brisk, Miss E. Harding. To be followed by a new musical, hi , s nan toric n al ig:an ilaS mr tOr . al li , e n0:0 7 ; gairy drama, called O'FLANNIGAN AND THE FAllims Midsummer Night's Dream. Phelim 0 Or, A Oberon, Miss E. Chaplin; Mary, MisS K. Fitzwiliranl. 7 Y PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD -STREET. -----ttrOnderAthe Manage THIS EVENING,Kean and Mr. Keeley. wig be Performed THE WIFE'S SECR ET, in which Mr. and P r y. C. Kean, Mr. Wigin, and Mrs. Keeley will appear. --- After which a new Farce called APARTMENTS. Visitors to the Exhibition may be accommodated." To 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, vivaah, Robertson, Leclerq, Keeley, Mdlle. Auriol, and Mrs. Keeley. Private Boxes, &c., to be had of all the Booksellers, and of Mr. assingham ; of whom also places may be taken at the Box-office, Oxford-street. from Eleven till Four o'clock. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestria. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be performed COOL AS A CUCUMBER. To be followed by A DAT OF RECKONING, in which Madame Vestrie will appear, To conclude with THE QUEEN OF THE FROGS Characters by Messrs. C. M.4thew3, R. Boxby, Bellingham, Horncastle, Morris ; Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss St. George, Miss Martindale, and Miss Oliver. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Ferran. 'MIA EVENING, WM be performed THE LADIES' BATTLE ; or, 17n Duel en /amour. To conclude with SIR ROGER DE COVERLET, or, the Widow and her Wooers, supported by Messrs. W. Farren, Compton, H. Tanen, W. Farren, Jto., Diddear, G. Cooke, Shalders, Lee, Bender, Kinloch ; Mesdames, StirLng, Leigh Murray, L. Howard, Adams, E. Turner, and Bartlett. ASTLErS ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Erudor the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Righneet Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a grand new Spectacle, entitled ELEANOR THE AMAZON; or, Queen of France and England. To be followed by new Scenes of the Circle, introducing an en tirely new Company of French Artistes. To conclude with a laughable Farce, isos-truce open rom eleven till Four. stage Manager. Mr. T. Thompson. PUNCH'S PLAYHOUSE AND STRAND THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. W. R. COPELAND, Liverpool. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Comecy, ent' tled KENSINGTON GAR DENS. Pri:cidel characters oy Messrs. Tilbury, A. Davies, Nor ton. T. Rovers, and Romer ; Mrs. Seymour (her 3d appearance) ; Mesdames E, Romer, M. A. Marsh di, and Wallis. An ILLUSTR.ITION ill& EXPOSITION. Principal charac ters by Mesdames Marshall, M. Taylor. C. Horsman, and Dibdin ; Messrs J. Reeve, Norton, J. Rogers, and Romer. To conclude with a new Farce called TAKING THE CENSUS. The prices of admission are arranged as follow :—Orchestra stalls, 4s; Boxes (first circle), 35.; (second circle), 2s. ; Pit, Is. Doors to be opened at Mali-past Seven, and the performances to commence at Eight precisely. L second price will be taken to the Boxes only at Half-put sine --Ant eirete. 25.; second circle, Is. Private Boxes One Guinea and a Half each. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Open for the eason on MOilltAY, the sth ot May. First representation of a gi.ta - tic modelled Panorama, 'sainted by the Messrs. Denson, representin; the Temple ca Janus in the Eternal City, with a striking View of th • Colosseum, Palace of the Caesars, kc. The Menagerie is both varied and extensive, including two gi raffes, two elephants, which promenade the grounds, appropriately caparisoned and attended. The band, composed of musi cians of first-rate celebrity, is conduc ed by Mr. Godfrey. Moored on the lake is seen a real Chinese pleasure junk, with masts thd sails complete. Also Remington's aerial bridge, and various novelties; and at dusk will be given, on a scale of surpassing mag nificence, a representation of the Closing of the Brazen Gates of the Temple of Janus, with (for the first time ever attempted) a grand olossal transparent diaphonic panoptteon, showing the horrors of war and the blessing. of peace, terminating with a most brilliant display of fireworks by Messrs. Southby ; and an allegorical tableau of the arts and sciences, depositing their treasures at the feet of her Majesty Queen Victoria, the whole forming the most gorgeous spec tacle ever witnessed. nER*NAJESTY'S THEATRE: DON GIOVANNI. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. It is respectfUlly announced that a Grand EXTRA NIGHT will take place To•SIORROW EVENING, May 15, when will be pre seated, for the first time this season. Mozart's chef d'o3avre. entitled • - - DON GIOVANNI, With following powerful Cast : Dan Giovanni, Signor Coietti ' • Don Ottavio, Signor Calzolari ; 2isissettO, Signor F. Lablache ; Il Commendatore, Signor Scapini ; Leonorello, Signor LabLichc; Donna Anna, Madame Florentini ; Donna Elvira, Madame Giuliani; Zerlinu, Madame Sontag. In the Ball-room scene, Madlle. Carlotta Grisi and Madlle Amelia Ferraris will dance Mozart's celebrated Minuet and Zarabanda. To conclude with a Divestissement LES COiIiIOPOLI FES, by Madlle. Carlotta Grist, Madlle. Amelia Ferraris, Mesdiles. Rosa, Esper, Julien, Lamoureux, Aussandon, Pascalles, Kohlenberg, Al ogrini, MM. Charles, Ehrick, and Paul Taglloni. The Opera will commence at Half-past Seven. Applications for Bores, S alls, and Tickets to ba made at the Box office of the Theatre. A new grand Operatic Spectacle, entitled AZ AEL. THE PRODIGAL. Reuben, Mr. Vam'enboff ; Azael. 3siss P. Hor ton ; Anienophis„ Mr. W. West ; ituchans, Mr. Couper; Sethos, Mr Rafter; Jepittele, Miss Viilars; Neste, Mrs. Walter Lacy; LIZ, 14( ullle. Victorine Legrain (Premier snet du Opera de Paris), wh o Leon expressly er.gaged tor the occoution (her last appearance.) o be followed by uNE SOIREE CARNAVAL, in which Madlle. Victorine Legnin and Madame Louise will appear. To conelud , with the comic Pantomime of HARLEQUIN GOOD QUEEN BESS; or, Merrie England to the Olden Time arteguln, Mr. Lauri; Pantaloon, Mr. C. Lauri; Clown, Mr • Doughty; Columbine, Miss Paler. Stalls and Dress Circle ADMISSION-ONE F MILLING. F.xhibition nights—Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and hid ay. 31„JULLIEN, with the elite of his Band, will commence their en gagements on M,nday. Nay 26. The FLORAL I. XiiIIIETIONS of the Royal South London Flori cultural Society will be repeated during the Season; the First will take place on Wednesday, May 28. lIIGH WATER Al LONDON BRUNIE Tine Dar —Moraing 48 min. after 12 Evening 15 min. after 1 Te - Moiaow—liorning ai min. after 1 j Evening 56 Min* after I THE WEA.TFIER.—St-N Oftszcis„ MAT 13. THICHMOHNTER, LN THE SHADE. 54—highest since noon Yesterday. 36--lowest this morning and during the night. 54—this day, at nom. BAnomirrue, 30 . 37. WIND E.Y.E.— light breeze and cloudy, with occasional sunshine. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. State of the Wind and W ,!:; C. 2 Cr at each of the following places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning. —The stations an I.rranged in order of latitude. eLvatount—Witi.l N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. littiotrrotc—Wi tic) N E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. RAirrlNGi—Winti N.E., fresh breeze—overcast. FoLxskrroya—Wind :.E, gentle breeze—overcast. T ra tm o E—Wind N.E., strong breeze — partially cloudy. G aw EitNNVICJI—Wind N.NTL E., gentle breeze — overcast. L 2'x—lN Ind N., gentle breeze—overcast. 61 (3 T }r ON—Wind N E . gentle breeze—partially cloudy. r ▪ Len "Ticz—W* d ' E strong breeze—partially cloudy. r o r n _ an= " 4 ___!!. — Win in d E.,11. S . E., bre ze—partially cloudy. BIR .:w Ind S.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. I , z , r . Fauto un itou ;W it'd N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. cloudy. R--Wind N.E, strong breeze—partially TARMOCITH.....Avi n d CONS—Wind E. 2,.1.E., hard wind—partially cloudy. coswAy_wimi i light breeze_ rtially cloudy. Little breeze- cloudless. Hot.vngs.p....w,_ _.*- 4 :: s.E ch. calm_principally clear. L ANcAsTER.....w i i n u i l l '. ,l ' . k r i: 1 gentle breeze—partially cloudy. BgArrocx—Wind E,, gentle breeze—cloudless. The returns from the weather Retiring( places indicate the state of the wind and onday morning on following at nine 'clock : KINGST OWN tiaIIy clo ( udy. DUBLEI)—.'W. lild NV. N.W.) gentle breeze— par eitrulsaAn ..... v./ ind S., calm-overcast. LISIG 147'o:1—Wind N. W., strong breeze overcast. RUGBY—Wi nd N.W., gentle breeze --0 vereast. BinmplanAm—Wind N. W., gentle breez east PM'S A BOHOL/GEE Wind N.E., , strong urvtircast. e eZe—partiall cloudy. Y Ca/mg—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—overeast.---- Partially ol o „A,,, Hotivagap--Wind N. W., gentle breeze.— LlVEnpoo i,.... Wind N. W., gentle breeze-cloudy, - -- -J. Ls ZDS— Wind N.E., gentle breeze—rain. Youlti- , Wind .V.E.; gentle breeze—rain. LAMIASTZR—Wind N.E., calm—overcast. W inrrnauvm _wi n d N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. . - f --- , -----4- --- . „ At the' Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean reading fof the barometer was 29.608 in. The mean daily tempera tura waa. below the average till Saturday ; but it rose gra cl9alls''frem 40 0 .2 on Sunday to 50.3 on Saturday, the the mesa of the week was 47° , 4 The extent to which . t e_ d a ily ten t was lower than the average (derived front . by the following Y"re) of.the several days is shown ., .8 0 0 .6 decreasing lumbers. Ilg -2 , 10 ° '52 7"14°.10.5fha:-, wind was on Saturday it eueed,' ed the average by a- n iit the north and north-west cn the first thr ee da y s, then changed to soutb-west, and on the last two days was generally in the south-east. * 44 4 4 , 7' ll --- t . ,- - singular concurrence of circumstances, and among these not the least remarkable, and not the least effective, the appearance of the Cape Monitor as a guide to the popular sentiments—a guide at once and a mouthpiece. Those who are interested to examine into the detailed occurrences which alternately led to these very fortunate revelations would do well, we conceive, to refer directly to the volume of parti culars already specified —a volume in which will be found collected together all the most important facts which in any way conduce to the late constitutional changes effected in the government of our South African provinces. " Cape of Good Hope Goverment and Legislation Considered." Bvo., pp.. 303. London: James Ridgway, Piccadilly, 1851. 'Whilst the Irish Brigade are pursuing their laud able policy in ,the House of Commons, obstructing the business of the session by every species of guerilla dodge, and voting black to be white, and vice versa with a patriotic pertinacity, their spiritual prompters at the other side of St. George's Channel are keeping up the steam in no inactive manner. Petitions against the Papal Aggression Bill are being daily manufac tured, and by the latest tidings of the proceedings of the committee engaged in that congenial task, we learn that the soi-disant Archbishop of CAsiaEL, and several other Prelates of the Roman Catholic Church, gave directions to their clergy to hold simultaneous meetings in their respective chapels on Sunday last ; and, further, that a great number of petitions have been received by the committee, the welcome pro duce of these assemblages. The Right Reverend person who is known in Ireland by the title of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Emboli) has,addressed to the secretary of the committee a note on this subject, the significance of which is worthy of observation. Thus runs the precious document : " Letterkenny, May 11, 1851. "Dear Sir,—ln reply to the enmitar forwardei to the Catholic clergy throughout Ireland, I beg to inform your committee that I have given directions to all the parish priests of this diocese to have petitions signed this day at their chapels, and to send them to Liberal Members for presentation without loss of time. " I am, dear Sir, your faithful, obedient servant, " James Burke, Lq.” " fP. M`GETTIGIA.N. The value to be attached to the petitions which will be speedily poured into both Houses of the Legislature in cart-loads may be appreciated with tolerable accuracy— fran. • the above specimen of episcopal interference. It is for the people of Great Britain and their representatives to judge how these h re monstrances have been gotten up, and whether or ndeo they are to b e regar d e d i n t h e li g h t o f f ree or truth, an or ganised sions of public opi n i on . It i s , in system of priestly c oerc i on . Th e m issued mandate is f rom head-quarters. Th e R oman Catholicpriests a meetings res itheir ir r e d chapels, h o a r pe e l r s ed , bynot t t ha e t i r prelates ea suppose l te to h s suchodl peremptory directions offer any violence to their consciences, or that they harbour the thought that political discussion c an , b desecrate an edifi ce p consecrated any to ur. o the possibility, pose of Divine worship. But even should such an unhallowed idea seek for a moment to usurp possession of the mi n d of a parish prie s t, a n unhesitat ing obedience, the grand principle of the o r d er of LOYOLA, w hose spirit now triumphantly inspi res the actions of the bierarchy of Ro n m d e c , la w im ould rise implicit forthwith d in its irresistible terrors , with the behests of th e superior a authority. The tactics of the priest to carry out to its desired extent the injunction i mposed upon him are simple enough to involve no burdensom e fatigue. He posts no ezffiches on his chapel doors, for does he canvass his parishioners either by circular written or printed, or by viva voce ;: , 4 ° li cit ation• While the dawn of the Sabbath a`Pening into day, the petition is placed at the door of the sacr e d ed i f i ce. None can en t er t o fulfil his d eir c lotiorts with ou t passing by the ta bl e on w hi c h it is lai- pout,- can, eater without affixin g hiS signature 63 the. 4(1.34 / 1 44t140 41 4 1 be-be baitistedArthe SOW* press prior to the establishment of the Cape Monitor. Surprising and incredible though this may appear, it is altogether as true as it is remarkable. The affairs of those possessions were as entirely under the influence of the home Government as could by possibility have been arranged ; and the popular sentiments were as completely under the do minion of Cape Town journalism as Cape Town itself was under the away of her MAJESTY'S Colonial Secre tary. Bat a single party could contrive, under any circumstances, to obtain a hearing from the South African newspapers. But one section of the com munity was represented in the persons of their con ductors. But one colour of politicians was permitted to blazon itself before the community in the pomp of undisputed sovereignty and the arrogance of unstifled vociferation. Hence it was that those who were unac quainted with the real position of matters in that quarter l a b ou r e d f o r a considerable period under the very erroneous impression that therewas hereh unanimity ter where dissension alone existed, peace where there were only broils, and contentment where there was nothing dissatisfaction. ortha Fortunately real majority of the co l on i s t s, for those who had hitherto been without any meant but i.f acquiring an orgin for the articulation of their sentiments, and who had, consequently, scarcely even dared to cherish a hope of their ulterior triumph over their antagonists, an opportunity was at length afforded for the announcement of the genuine views, of the colony in reference to the numerous questions involved in the problem of that among other Colonial Governments. A volume relating to the matter in question has within the last few days L=en issued from the pres- e * in which the rise anti development of this opportunity are traced with the dtstioctness of au. then ticity and the emphasis of a most earnest convic 'ion. Now that the attention of the public generally throughout England has been directed to the progress of events in Southern Africa, the statements of the pamphleteer cannot but be wel comed as singularly opportune and acceptable, bear ing as they do at the same time upon their very front the evidence of their trustworthiness. From them may be seen the manner in which the dominant fac tion were at length deprived of their self-assumed dictatorship. It will be seen, for instance, how on the memorable resignation of the so-called "popu larly elected members" of the Legislative Council, there simultaneously appeared before the colonists the initial number of a journal, entitled the Cape Monitor, in the columns of which were printed the opinions entertained, not only by the minority, but those also cherished by the hitherto obscure and neglected body of the majority. It cannot be for gotten that about that period the Governor of Cape Town appointed the remaining seven members of the Legislative Council a Commission for the purpose of considering and reporting on a new scheme of local and representative government. In opposition to this legitimate conclave were the four seceders, already mentioned as the " popularly elected mem bers" of the Council, who formed themselves into an antagonistic Commission, with a view to sketch the outline of another and a very different constitution, In the Cape Monitor, and subsequently in the volume here alluded to, appeared the detailed reports of these rival Commissioners for the discovery of a really desirable constitution. From these reports may be recognised the tendency of the views enter tained by the opposing parties in Cape Town Colony, and the relative proportion of the majority before then entirely overlooked, and that minority which bad hitherto reserved to itself an undis puted, an undeserved, and a moat pernicious supremacy. " That two opinions existed," says the pamphleteer who has adventured upon the compilation above noticed, " was long privately known, but to utter a free opinion openly was attended with diffi culty, in consequence of themeans of intimidation and the inhuman threats which bad been put forth under the Anti -Convict Reign of Terror, the war of which, it was publicly stated, should continue from genera tion to generation." After the breaking up, how ever, of the long-preserved silence all doubt upon the diversity of public opinion was entirely dissipated. Neither in Cape Colony itself, nor in the mother country, could the community be any longer hoodwinked. The ma-k bad been stripped off once, and could never consequently be re-assumed. The least observant spectator could not fail to recogni,e on all hands the tok-ns of that overwhelming power which reposed in the hitherto quiescent hands of the majority, a power which they themselves appear to have in no way suspected, and which promises hence forth to direct the energies of the local Government. For this extraordinary change in the position of things, the colonists have reason to be thankful to a of the pen, or, as in the majority of instances must be the case among an unlettered and uneducated peasantry, without making his mark, indicative of a full approval of a concurrence in the spirit and letter of a paper which he is totally unable to decipher. " His Reverence, glory be to Gon, puts it there for us to sign, and sure we know it must be all right when he bids us.";.. Finally, in order to cut a splash in the provincial, and pcssibly, in the Dublin newspapers, when the ceremonies of the mass are over, the assembly is constituted, sx cathedra, a public meeting. It only remains to put the peti tion, thus unanimously signed, to the vote, and of course it is carried by acclamation, and blazoned abroad as the full, free, and deliberate expression of the sentiments of the patriotic and intelligent clergy and parishioners of the parish of Ballybotherem. We trust that when, as may be expected within a very few days, a mass of petitions thus concocted after the recipe promulgated by Dr. MIGATTIGAN, come to be shovelled into the precincts of the Senatorial Chambers, they may just be estimated quantum valeant, or in an inverse ratio to their numbers. Many illustrious and indignant orators will indubita bly appeal to such emanations of popular feeling from thy- Lie of Saints as an insurmountable proof of the fearful tyranny of the proposed Ministerial enactment, and the stern determination of the pious Romanists of Ireland to resist even to the death the insult attempted to be offered to the gracious condescension of the Holy Father in granting a Cnristian hierarchy to this benighted land. But, as for any real influence or importance, such wholesale scrawls are worth precisely their respective weights in waste paper. Lord JOHN may, if be thinks proper, shrink before the shower of paper pellets; end, indeed, after all, the carrying of his measure, as it is at present emascu lated, is of no very vital moment. But the public mind of England, gullible as Joule BULL proves him self to be on many occasions, is neither to be brow. beaten: by braggadocio, nor humbugged by palpable and glaring trickery. If the " Cardinal Arch- bishop" is yet, according to the aspirations of the faithful, to purge the isle of infidel heresy, and cele brate high mass in Westminster Abbey, the sages of the Vatican may rest assured of this, that such an eventuality must be, realized by some more potent and convincing instrumentality than either the championship of the Irish Brigade, or the gentle per suasions of the 111`GliTTIGANS, their subalterns, and their herds. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. On Monday the renewal of the Bureau of the Na- Lonal Assembly took place, when M. DUPIN was re elected President by an immense majority. General BEDEAU was the only candidate for the Vice-Presi dency who received a sufficient number of votes. MM. CRAPOT, LACAZE, Pzurxx, and BERARD were elected Secretaries. The National thus comments on the disgrace of General D'HAUTPOUL:— " We have endeavoured to ascertain the causes of the marked disgrace thus inflicted on General d'Hautpoul, and the best-informed persons have replied to us that there was but one—the decided incapacity of the,Governor of Algeria. It is certain, in fact, that the dismissal of General d'Hautpoul is not to be in any way attributed to a sudden fit of respect for the Constitution and the electoral law, for General Magnan, who has been, not for six months, but nearly two years, at the head of the 4th military division, is continued in his command. It is said tbat General d'Hautpoul isfurioubes believe it, taut ingratitude of the Ely r i a . We can well why is he of so little ability? All that would be only amusing, if Algeria was not the sufferer by the political combinations of 'the Elykl. To recompense the orga niser of the reviews of Satory, General d'Hautpoul was made GovEreor of Algeria for six months, and God knows what that step has cost. At present, a presump tuous and ignorant pasha is got rid of, and a governor appointed ad interim; and all this because M. Bonaparte could not make up his mind to discontent two or tares ambiti , ,us mediocrities who figure in his saloons." It is said that Dr. VERON has bad a serious quarrel with LaoN FAUCHER, and that the Constitu. tionnel is to be cou'idered as the organ of the Elpee as contradistieguished from the ,Ministry. M. EMILE DE Claim:as has declared against any revision of the Constitution, and in favour of the candidature of General CAVAIGNAC for the President ship of the Republic. The following article appears in the Presse : " The situation has ceased to be obscure. The light of the sun at noon is not more clear-1. The respect of the Assembly for the letter o' the Constitution is in vincible' (declaration of the Constitutionnel of May 10, 1851); 2. • The right of petition is dying—the right of petition his dead' (declaration of the Messages. de C As. sembtie of May 11); 3. 'M. de Falloux is as opposed as MM. de Labonlie and Nettement to all prolongation of the President's powers' (declaration of the Opinion Publique of May 12). Thus, no revison of the Consti tution—no pressure trom without by means of petitions —no prolongation of the President's powers. Manufac turers and traders, you can fabricate and purchase in all security; you have ten long months before you ! It will be time in March, 1852, to get un easy; that will, iu fact, be too soon, for if the law of May 31 is before then repealed, everything will pass over most quietly. The elections will then take place as in 1848, with perfect tranquillity. The great party of order has already its candidate, namely, General Cavaignac. Already General Cavaignac has the sup port of the Sikle; the co-operation of the Diboll: will not be wanting to him; and probably that ot the Con. stitutionnel will be also given to him. It is useless to speak ot the Legitimatist, fusionist, and Orleanist press; for, as it made use of M. L. Bonaparte against General Cavaignac, so it will intake use of M. Cavaignac against M. L. N. Bonaparte. From every side the rumour r. aches us that the candidateship of General Cavaignao is making rapid progress, and that it is above all well received by the banking world, the manufacturers, and the merchant class. Everywhere this idea is gaining ground —to vote unconstitutionally for M. L. N. Bona parte would be to render M. Ledru Rollin constitu tionally eligible, three millions of votes being ready to vote for him." A report of M. GODELLE, in the name o f a com mittee recommending the taking into consideration of the proposition of M. MoRiN, relative to the periods at which motions for the revision of the Constitution may be brought forward, was yesterday distributed to the National Assembly; as was also a report, like wise by M. GODELLE, in favour of the proposition of M. MOULIN, to the effect that motions relative to the revi,iop should be referred to a Special Committee. We read in the Presse :—"' The fusion is settled, General ST. PRIEST and General CHANGARNIEZ have had a lung conference.' Such was the rumour pre- valent yesterday at the Assembly. It may be, that the fusion has taken place at Paris, but it is not so at Claremont, where it was on Friday last altogether disapproved of ; for the Duke DE Ikhatotria, whatever may be asserted, is on this point of the same opinion as his sister-in-law, the Duchess of O RLEANS, and kis brothers, th e Duke D'AumALE and the Prince DE JOINVILLE." A homicide, named MONTCBARMONT, brought out for execution at Chalon on the 10th, after a desperate struggle with the executioner, escaped from the scaffold, but was secured by the gendarmes, who re. conducted him to prison, refusing to be instrumental in bringing the criminal a second time to the guillo tine. An immense sensation was created in the town by this incident. The Bourse was again vary much depressed, and Government Stock was ilfered for sale in large quanti ties. The Five per Cents. opened at 90t. 5c., and closed at 89f. 60c. ; the Three per Cents. closed at 551. 55c. Orleans Railroad Shares, 1117 f. 50c. Great Northern, 471 f. 250; Avignon, 218 f. 75 0 . ; V ierzon, 425 f. ; Basle, 145 f .; P ar i s and Strasburg, 363 f. 75c.; Tours and Nantes, 273 f. 750. BUSINESS DONE 1N YORBIGN RAILWAYS AT THE -LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, May 13. Boulogne and Amiens, 9 —East Indian, 15%—Ditto, 22 1 4—Luxembourg, 3 li--Namur and Liege, 7 fi--Northern of France, Wt.—Paris and Strasbourg, 10 %—Tours and Nantes, +s36—West Flanders, 314. tsb °Atlt LONDON, W EDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1851. Until recently our colonists in Southern Afri ca ha% hoen withheld not merely from the privileges of self-government, but from the constitutional right of giving unrestricted expression to their political opinions. Anterior to the late innovation, brought about by the Imperial Legislature, the people of Cape Town were not less without the power Of con &Acting Hack own local system of erluduistration than 14*-fiete debarred trout the enjoyment of $ Ave SPAIN. Madrid journals of the Bth have arrived. Queen CHRISTINA was going on favourably. The Managing Electoral Committee of the Pro gresista party: has issued an address to the Liberals on the eve of the general election. It thus con cludes : " The committee hopes that the Progresista electors will repair, united, and with alacrity, to vote for those candidates whom they judge most capable of sustaining our principles in the congress, with the same enthusiasm as if they were sure of triumphing. Neither the illegal exclusions from the election registrars, nor any other considerations whatever, should stop a single individual of our creed who enjoys the precious right of parliamentary voting; nor in fluence him to swerve from the path which his conscience and good faith mark out. The party which fights only t t h o a. c it o ln n oa q m u th e ee r w is unworthy of victory. There are glorious defeats which prepare stainless laurels. He who does can not reap the latter with honour. and the principles he urns,o nt a P n r y ": h t eril himself willing to suffer the former, " Madrid, 2 ti f el laar t o a u istol supineness,e h c i t electors r d s u l t y U o n e w ohwi o s r a t r h d y ic o e Becerro, Salustiano coun try defends.lBsl.(ignsd) Alvaro Gomfa Olozs a Francisco Lujan, Luis Se gasGtio'vEeerranmanend°t bea°srrraedeLeivge'd positive information that .' the Carlist chiefs, MARSAL andc BORGES, intend raising the standard of rebellion . tiiri Call i a Gerioro zaa bas o r i ef . refused t o ati o 6 * ave. C atalonia anything to s d u o m w m i e t r h ., blu nt has directed . the,Cap- 113 this enterprise. Governme gi h oe 51 obbae l l ye ' who r ,f o a g u r l e tt s h i t° havV a Urge force_ SDAY EVENING, MAY 14, 1851. always ready, to fall upon the insurgents the moment they make their appearance. MADRID BOLSA, M S.—The Three per Cents. were done at 35i for time; the Four per Cents. at 14; the Five per Cents. at 16; the Debt without Interest at 6i; and the Coupons at 8-k. A PORTUGAL. A letter Wra Lisbon of the 31 says, "In the morning a certain agitation prevailed in the capital, but up to the departure of the mail no movement had broken out." GERMANY. The Spener Gazette states, from Berlin 11th— " M. DELBRUCK, the representative of Prussia in the third committee of the Conferences at Dresden, has just returned from that city, in order, it is said, to be present at a Cabinet Council, at which the com mercial policy of the country will be discussed." The Voss Gazette states, under the head of Berlin the Bth, that the most perfect understanding has been come to between the Austrian and Prussian Govern ments on the subject of Schleswig. It has been re solved, it is asserted, thut in all the negotiations with Denmark, Austria and Prussia shall act together. The A-sembly of the States of Hanover was opened on the Bth. Thr Weser Gazette, under date of Vienna, .sth, states that the fortifications of Cracow and of Podgo ' reze are beingrapidly proceeded with. Tne principal points of the works are the heights of Kosciusko and the mouth of the road from Warsaw. The Hamburgh papers say that, a few days ago, at about eleve❑ o'clock in the day, six privates of the regiment Hugent forcibly entered the residence of Mr. MALE, editor of the public journal Mephistophele. Two of the men held the dour, so that it was im possible for his family to come to his assistance, while the four others fell upon Mr. Maui, and continued beating him till he remained in'ensible upon the floor, upon which they all quitted the house in haste. Medical as-istance was immediately called in, and in formation given to the police. It is fully expected that the Austrian military authorities will render assistance to effect the discovery of the base perpetra tors of this crime. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. The llamburgh Borsenhalle says :—" We hear that the proposals said to be made by Russia that the forti fications of Rensburgh lying on the north side of the Eider, shall be razed, has just b een re i terate d on t h e part of Denmark." The Berlin Gazette of Copenhagen publishes the official list of the notables who are to assemble at Fiengburg, to attempt to settle the affairs of Schles , wig -Holstein. The notables are twenty-one in num ber—nine for Schleswig, six for Holstein, six for Denmark. Count BILLS BRAHE, formerly Danish Minister at Vienna, has been nominated Royal Com missioner to act with the notables. The Danish Government is to submit to them a plan for the organiz.ition of all the monarchy, and especially of Schleswig. i'llE SHARE MARKETS BRITISH 3LAILWAYS. RailwaTh Aberdeen.. •• • • Ambergato, Nottingham, Boston, & E. Juncion Belfast and County Down Wolverhamp.,' and Stoar Valley .• Blrkenh., Lan., & Chesh June., late 331. Os. 84.. Do. Chest. & Birkenhd., 501. & 251. Consolidated Do., do., 20/. Bristol and Exeter.. • • Caledonian • • • • Chester and Holyhead .. Direct Lond. and Portsm. Dublin and Bellast J unct. Dublin and Kingstown.. Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction .. De New .. East Anglian (251. • L. & E. and L. & D.) Do (181. E. & H.) .. Eastern Counties .. Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. shares • • Do. do. do. .. Do. do., B & C shares East Lancashire .• Do. New quarters • • Edinburgh and Glasgow Edin., Perth, and Dundee Exeter and Exmouth .. Glasgow and South-West, Do. do. G. D. & C. steck Great Northern • • • • Do. halves, A, deferred Do. halves, B, 6 per et. Great Southern and Western, Ireland • • Great Western .. • • Do. Naw, 171 .. • • Lancaster and Carlisle .. Do. thirds • • • • • • 1 Pali. None' al Prioes. Business done t.•-da.y. Lancaster and Preston .. Lancashire and Yorkshire Do. qaarter shares Do. fifths Do. West Riding Union Leeds and Thirsk Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .. London and Blackwall - - Do., Tilbury Ext. Scrip,' London, Brighton, and South Coast .. London and N.-Western. Do. do. new quarters Do. fifths .. Do. IW. sh., M. &is (c) Landon and S.-Western . Do. new 501. .. Do. new 401. •• Manchester, Buxton, and, Matlock .. j Manchester, Sheffield, kl Lincolnshire Do. Manchester and' Lincoln Union •• Midland .. Do. 501. shares De. /11rming & Derby Midland Gt. West. (Ire.) Newcastle and Carlisle.. De. quarter shares Newmarket • . .. Newport, Abergaveany, l and Hereford • • • • Newry and Enniskillen . Newry, Warrenpoint, & Rostrevor • • • . • • Norfolk • . • • .. • • Do. New 201. shares • I Northern Counties Union North British•• •• •• North Staffordshire •• Nerth-Western •• North &Sth.-West.June.l Oxford, Worcester sad ' Wolverhampton.. .. Scottish Central Seettish Midland Do. new .. Shrews. Sc Dirm., Clas i Do. Class 8.. .. Shrews. 1c Hereford., Old Do., do., New • . Shrewsbury and Cheater (Nor. W. Min.) • . .. Do. Halves Do. Osweatry .. . Do. New.... .. . . -- Shropshire Calton .. .. Do., A, B, C, & D, fully paid up at per cent •• South Devon .. .. .. I South- F,Aatern South Wales.. .. South Yerkah. and River Dun . .. • • .. Shell., Roth., and G•ole, South Divislola .. .. Stockton and Hartlepool Swansea & Loaghor, Ike. taw Vale Extension ThameatiavenDeck ani Railway .. .. • • Vale of Neath .. • Waterford and Hilkenny l Waterford and Limerick, Waterford, Wex., Wick. and Dublin .. West Cornwall .. ••. West London . .. .. Whitetiaven and Furness York, Newcastle, 4 Ber-I wick .. Ditto and Newcastle Extension .. Ditto G.N.E. purchase York and North Midland IN 100 1 1 0 !CO 8 6 8, all 13 4 47% 00 100 4334 34 4 2 0 100 1 100 47)4 all 1 li 2-3 14 to 14% 4M -44 10% -11 • • .. • • 79 -81 14% - 15 21% - 2214 •• .. 20 —lB is 9)4 10 33% —B4S 7 a % % 1 :14% 13% % 4% % 79 14% 2iii N 7 % % 4% i 5 15% 33% 33 8 % % 6 a% % 46% - 14i - 87% 14% 82 11 p. 41;4 66% % 1563 14i 6134 - 7 - Si( - 16 34 - 61% 61 60W 9 d. 6% dig, N d. 17 a gm % —3iP _97 -98 116 —1271* 4 %--4%,. 4% 5 1,. p. 86 —87)4 7 —s db. —4% dis. 3% 3% C ski hi 971( 1271 126% 26 21% % 16 $7 86% 311% % as. [59% 60% 4 % 60 21 20% % 34% t 1% 2534 1% 2 U sh 10% 36 $ 4% b% a l . d. ... 17 1 4 26% 27 26% 21 20% % 15% 7 % 36% 5% Asturian ...... Australian .... Barossa Range Blaenarron Iron and Coal Bolanos Scrip .......... British Brazilian Imp. (is. SI. p.) De. Cocaes and Culaba Do. St. John del Rey.. Cobre Copper Mexican& S. American Real Del Monte, Unreg. Do. Black Debentures. Do. Red Debentures .. Santiago de Cuba ...... Tin Croft ............. United Mexican.— ... JOIN' Australasia ...: British North America.. Colonial Commercial of London.. London Joint Stock .... London and Westminster National Provincial Eng. National of Ireland .... Provincial of Ireland.... Do. New Union of Australia Paid. 15 4 1 13 0 Nominal Prices. 8 % -3% 13 5 24 all 32% - 32 16 11 - 15% 38 % - 39 4 54 - 18 % - 14 .• .-- .• - 4% - 6 4% - 83( SIMMS, 33 - 12 42% - 43% 9% - 12 26 - 26% 18% - 17% 27% - 2$ 2$ 2 5% ' STOI Union of London Union of Madrid -- IVLI 18% 20% 42 —43% 15% lb 35 - 3 - ayy 12% -131 k Canada ...... ..... ... (len. Steam Navigation . Perlin. & Oriental Steam. Ditto ditto Royal Mail Steam ...... (We cannot be answerl will not be influenced by CELLANEOUS. 323 4234 46 14 26% 28 all 65A 63 5 11 11% 60 75 —7B ,11 Ole for tl interel Le errors of the Oft!dal Liits, an d correspondents.] MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO - O'OK. The sales of C o tt on a t Liverpool Yesterday were esti mated at 3 , 000 bales, of which 1,000 American were taken on speculation, comprising 2,500 American, 60 Bahia at 7id., 150 Egyptian at Bd. , and 350 Surat at 3d. to 44d. per lb. The market was heavy, and Ame rican were ft to id., and all other kinds -id. per lb. lower than on Friday last.—Railway Shares were firmer. Yesterday afternoon the quarterly sales of Indigo commenced, consisting of 9,883 chests, including 4,547 of old goods. The qualities of the Bengal are about one-third good and fine, and two-thirds middling and ordinary; the Madras two-thirds ordinary and one-third good, with a few chests very fine ; the Kurpah half good and fi ne , and half mid and ordnary; Manilla ordinary and very ordinary; and the few chests Java mostly fine. The sales commenced with parcels of Kurpah and Madras, which were readily taken at about 2d per lb. under Feb. prices, but when higher rates were demanded they were mostly bought in; for Bengal full previous rates were paid, ane in some instances rather higher; for the Manilla an low Native Fig there was no demand —the former were taken out, and the latter bought in above their value. The room was thinly attended both by foreign and home buyers, and the sale to-day has gone off without animation; 1,459 chests have passed, of which 405 were withdrawn, 550 bought in, and 504 sold. In the Amsterdam Stock Market. on the 12th inst., prices had an upward tendency. Dutch Two -and-a- Half per Cents. were 57g. There are such studious efforts used to misrepresent every thing connected with Mexico, that it becomes im portant to place authentic information constantly before the public. It is well understood that an organized plan exists to telegraph concocted or exaggerated news, and frequently a mere reproduction of old intelligence along the Atlantic sea board to Boston, so as to be transmitted by the steamer and create an impression in England. The Committee of Bondholders have been officially advised of these manceuvres, and are prepared accordingly to expect by every opportunity some newly-coined story. In the face, however, of such a letter as the subjoined, mere rumour is reduced to its proper limits, and el, serves no serious attention. M. Payne., the new Minister, writes to the chairman of the Mexican Bondholders in the fol lowing terms:— " Sir,—l arrived here on Saturday, the 10th inst., in the afternoon, at 3 o'clock, charged by the Supreme Go vernment of the Republic of Mexico with the affairs of the Legation at this Court. At the same time I have sufficient instructions to arrange everything needful for the punctual payment of the dividend of the Ist of July next, and for the speedy issue of the new bonds. " In due fulfilment of the decree of the General Con gress of the 14th October, 1850, the Government or dered the general treasury to issue an order on the Go vernment of the United States of North America for 2,500,000 dolls., which, under the treaty of peace, will be payable in May. 1852. The duplicate of this order was, previously to the departure of the packet sent to Mr. F. de Falconnet, in Mexico, and the ori ginal, of which I am the bearer, I have now the plea sure to inclose to you for the Committee of Mexican Bondholders. " The Government could have negotiated this, as it has done former instalments, and might have sent the money; it was, however, thought better to forward the document itself, considering that the bondholders might, perhaps, wish to await its maturity, and that, if they should desire to negotiate it, they might easily do so themselves either here, or in Washington, New York, or Mexico. "I have also to inform the committee that the Mi nister of Finance has given the requisite orders to insure the proper separation of that portion of the revenue assigned by the decree of the 14th of October last for the payment of the dividends and the formation of a sinking fund at the maritime and frontier custom houses. The Board of Public Credit, instituted by the Con gressional Act for the adjustment of the Domestic Debt of 30th November last, is charged with the administra tion of the funds assigned to the bondholders, and as you will see by the enclosed set of forma, that board has given so precise orders, that the liquidation and payment of the proceeds of the maritime custom-houses will be regularly made every two or three months. The same board has also taken steps, which have already proved efficacious, to set bounds to the smuggling on the north ern frontier, along the Rio Bravo. " The maritime custom-houses are already provided with officers of intelligence and probity, and second lines of custom-house officers have been established to prevent the smuggling through the ports of the Pacific. "HI take credit for all those arrangements ordered by the Mexican Government, it is only that the bond holders may see that the adjustment of the English and domestic debt made by the Legislature has been accorn• psuied by all the measures necessary to carry it into full ffect and to increase the produce of the maritime cue tom-houses, so that while 25 per cent. of the present produce of some 6 000,000 dollars will about provide for the payment of the eividends, the prospective increase of the revenue will not only provide amply for that pur pose, but also leave a considerable surplus for the forma tion of a sinking fund. "The Supreme Government of the Republic has specially charged me to present to the bondholders, through the medium of their worthy committee, the vote of thanks which the General Congress decreed to them in testimony of the sense entertained by the nation of the sacrifices which the bondholders have agreed to on former occasions, as will as particularly in accepting the decree of the 14th of October, 1850. " This commission has been very gratifying to me, and it is (me by which I consider me self greatly honoured. For my own part, I can aisure the committee that the Government and the whole nation appreciate the prudence, noble-mindedness, and generosity with which the bondholders have acted, and that the Republic will consider it a point of honour punctually to pay this debt, and at all times to make whatever sacrifices and efforts may be necessary for that purpose, " I should have closed this note here, but that my at tention has been drawn to a rumour that I am come to negotiate a loan of 6,000,000 dolls. to 8,000,000 dolls. on the security of the revenues of the Mexican Church. " I have received no instructions whatever from the Government on this matter; neither has the Govern ment received any authority for that purpose; nor has such a thing been broached in the Chambers up to the time of the departure of the last English packer. This rumour has, therefore nu foundation whatever, and I request you will inform the committee accord ingly. " In order that no uncertainty as to the state of the matter way unfavourably affect the value of the bonds to the prejudice of the bondholders, I have to ri tquesthe you to publish this note , as we ll as t o acknowledge receipt of it. and of th e enc l ose d d ocu ment for 2,59,0 dollars to me. Y ou w ill a l so p l ease to acknowledge,and the that this document h av i ng been handed to 3u other amounts specifi e d in the decree of l ' 4 o thO u c f to t b h e e the r last having alr e ady lei en paid, the other Government copies said document, tr ansmitte d t o you by and the agencies, remain of no effect. Itlshaye great satisfaction in expressing to YOU the assurance of my particular consideration, Sec. The meeting of the Lyons and Avignon and of the Bordeaux asd Cotta will. be held to-morrow, at the Loudon Tavern, and a strong memorial will then be drawn up to the French G overnment a g ain st any new concession that does not respect the , claims o f t h e existing shareholders. Parties interested must embra ce this opportunity o f protesting, as upon that course de pen de, i n a ll p r obability, the preservation of thei r caution money. The English Funds are flatter, and there is very little doing. Console have been 97 to i for Transfer, and 974 for Account. The N ew T h ree - and a-Q uarter per Cents. have been 97i to g, and the Three per Cents. 964 to 4. Bank Suckis worth 2108. E xc h equer -bills have been lower, viz., 465. to 515. prem. I n the course of a week or two a large additional amount of gold bullion will he added to the stock in England by arrivals from the United States and Russia ; possibly also from France, whither nearly all the remainder of the Dutch 10 florin coinage has been sent. Foreign Securities have been dull. Mexican Bonds neve been quoted 35i to Peruvian have reaised 81 to 82k, being flit. Portuguese Four per Cents. are 334, and Spanish Five per Cents. 19 f -1 Railway Sh ares have been comparatively neglected aglin, and except in one or two instances are not buoyant. Aberdeen have been in request, North Stafford keep up, an d also Great Northern, North-Western, and Brighton. QUARTER .. TO 97. e THREB Consols ... Ditto Account, June 10 ... ... 971-i ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITRYII FUNDS O'CLOCK. PR ES. 13 Auk 4itock 210% 3 r4 Oant. Sraiwzod amt, ....... 96101 lis6X Business done to-day. NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) ARRIVALS THIS WEEK Oats. Flour• ,-- sacks -1,61. Qra. 160 :e• 11,0° 4,460 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities........ 97% 97 97 New 3!4 per Cent. Arms- Long Anne. to expire Jan.lB6o 7 5-16 7 5-.16 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859. 7 1 ,E Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 7% 7% India Bonds, I,oool ..... Ditto under L00M...—. . South Sea Stock — Ditto Old Annuities Console for Account 97% 97U, , . Exchequer Bills. 140. . 1,0001. 51 46 p 5001. 51 46 p 45 p Small. .. ONE CLOSIN PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O' CL O CK . PRICES.G Brazilian Bond. Mexican, 5 per Cent.lB46, with Coupons— Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons .... 35% 3571 Ditto, Account Peruvian Bonds, 5 per Cent... BIN 82% 82% Portuguese 5 per Cents. 33 Ditto, 4 per Cent. Russian Bonds .. ... Ditto, 4% per Cent 19% S lanish 5 p er C ent. 184 0 ......... --- YD'S SHIPPING.—( THIS D A jd LONDON, M AY 14.—Wi n d this day at no n light breeze and fine, but cloudy at times.—The Au gusta has been lost in the Moulmein River. QUEENSTOWN, MAT 12.--Wind N.W.--Arrd. Mar' gar, t, Callao. Superb, Itatauz Off port, Prince Charlotte; Honduras; John G. Cast e r, Ap a lachicola. Sfuri.ias, M AT 13. Wind E.N.E.—SId. Bracket, Quebec; Lady Stanley, Aden; Meggey, New York. BOSTON, APRIL 30. The British barque Hie d° , sank, after b e i ng i n contact with the J. G. Mau arrd. from Calcutta; crew saved, and lauded here : aY the latter, PICTOU, APRIL 24.—A large body of ice came d°" the Straits yesterday, which will much impede the ar rival of vessels at this port for some days. A large'' 1 barque, supposed to b e f or G reat Britain, and lever schooners passed this harbour on the 20th instant. WELLS, MAY 13.—The Sophie, reported as being 00 shore at Burnham, has been got off and into harbour. • DEAL, MAY 13.—Wind N.N.—Arrd. William liteb ri °l ' South Seas, with 2,750 b arre l s spermaceti ; Sharp, tic" lornbo; Wilhelmina, Maraicabo, f or Harphurgh; F a n " tome, Jamaica. Arrd. from the River and sailed, ecc ll : teas of Eglintoun, Havannab; Arthur, Quebec. . 1 , 1- schooner reported to b e on s h ore on the Godwin Sun d a was the Star, of Liverpool; has become a wreck; cr ew saved, and landed at Ramsgate. BRISTOL, MAY 13.—A rrd. Lawrence, Callao; M ee ' Honduras, New Brunswick LIVERPOOL, MAY 13.—Wind S. to Crown, Rio Janeiro; South Caroline, New Orleett; Colombo, ditto; Industrie, St. John's, New Brunowict Sld. George Baynes, &stun; Ringdove, Yugera, lll : Edward Banstead, Singapore; Odin, Rio Joel' Duchess of Leinster, St. Th omas ' s; Sarawak, Nilo"' phia; Astoria, New York; British American, St. Jehn 'ils New Brunswick; El Dorado, Quebec. d MARKS CORN EXCHANGE—WEDNESDAY' The supply of English Wheat on sale in this dai' e market being small, and th e m ill ers generally shor t 01 stock, the demand for most kinds ruled steady, at pric es W quite equal to th o s e o b ta i ne d on Monday, and at wbic a good clearance w as e ff ecte d . Foreign heat continu e ! to arrive freely, th e i mports this week having exceeded 11,000 quarters. Good heavy qualities changed bac 2 cll . ( at full currencies, b ut t h e m i ddl i ng and inferior k i n were a slow sale. Scarcely any English Barley was ~t show, but th e su p p l y o f f ore i gn was large. On ,11"1 whole the tr a d e was to l era bl y steady, at late rates. 'II! change took place in the value of Malt. We were scantily suppliad with home•grown Oats, but the qua? tity of foreign was good. Most kinds moved off "lowly' at late figures. Beans, Peas, Indian Corn, and Flour were quite as dear. WIZTRIS ITALY. The Cotituzionale, of Florence, states that on the 4th the inhabitants of Calei discovered with some as tonishment that a tree had been planted on the public square, and surmounted by a red cap, with the motto, Viva la Repubblica. The author of this democratic demonstration was soon arrested, and turned out to be a noted informer. The Me:gagger() of Modena quotes a letter from Rome, statin g that the Papal Government intends sending a Nuncio to Mexico, where his Hourtsss has not hitherto been permanently represented. By a decree of the 28th ult. the King of NAPLES has conferred the title of Count of Melazzo upon the nvw-horn prince, his son, boa VIN EN ZO MARIA. The rumour of the death of the King of NAPLES has neither been confirmed nor contradicted. It is understeod that the costume to be worn at the Queen's State Ball on Friday, the 13th of June, will be tne full dress of the time of the Restoration. It is not to embrace the whole of the reign of King Charles IL, from the year 1660 to the death of that monarch in 1685, but is to be confined to the period immediately suc ceeding the Restoration. THE EXPOSITION.—THE GLASS ROOF.—It would now appear that the ridge and farrow flat-roof, in the praise of which SO much has been said, is not of such recent date as imagined, the Me .rs. Hartley and Co., of Sunderland having erected several on the repeal of the glass-duties, and one for the Horticultural Society in 1846; and they recom mended the Royal Commissioners at the first to adopt the principle for the Crystal Palace. The Messrs. Hartley would not however, have used sheet - g 1555 for the purpose, as the high wages paid t• Frenchmen, by whom sheet-glass is blown, adds materially to its cost, but have substituted a rough plate of the eighth of an itch thick—a patent of their own, which is a geed deal larger and cheaper, and wholly dispenses with the cumbersome Arrangements of blinds and shades, while the volume of light is equally great, without being too hot, or burning the Anti, kc., beneath it. STATE or TRADE. — MASCIIESTER, MAT 13 The reports by the America s' earner which reached the Mer sey yesterday, have further disturbed the cotton market in Liverpool, making the total decline in cotton since Friday last about %d. per pound. The receipts of cotton at the pors hat gone on increasing till the excess had reached 210,000 bales over this time last year; and the estimate of the crop at 2,300,000 bales is now generally accepted. The reports of the frosts and floods affecting the newly planted crops were also found to have been exaggerated, and prices had declined d. per pound at New Orleans and Mobile. The combined effect of this news from Anse tics and of its action on the Liverpool market to-day was very depressing; and the re ported failure of several speculaters in cotton at Liverpool, who appear to have anticipated a reaction in prices, and have been unable to meet their " differences," tended to : create a vague feeling , of uneasiness, though not in any way calculated to .throw a doubt of un soundness on the trade of our:i own district, which has never been of a more bond fide chereeter than at the present moment. The result has been, that spinners and producers of cloth have had to give way 14y to the extent of the decline in cotton, though they heel shown sufficient firm ness to prevent th e su dd en reductiot taking the shape of panic. No doubt there has been sett' irregularity of prices, but, generally speaking, they feel the advantage of having light stocks on hand, and refuse to make any uncalled-for sacrifices. The business done, however, has been inconsi derable; and purchasers seem most: rigidly to confine their operations to the oar owest limit. The brief report of a large house in the general trade at the close of the market fully bears out this statement :—" Oar market to-day has again been dull and depressed by elite very unsatisfactory state ot the cotton market; transactlopa have been very limited, and prices lower." The quelltions show a decline since last Tuesday in all counts of yarn up to 50's mule, arid Of led. per lb. on 60's, 70's, and 80's. The decline on water twist is fully ei d. per lb. on all numbers. The decline on shirtings fully 3d. per piece, and from 2.1. to 3d. per piece on printing cloths. CONSERVATIVE CLUB —At a very numerous meet ing of the Conservative Club, on Monday, two gentlemen, one of them a distinguished member of the bar, were re quested, by an immense majority, ta , en by ballot, to retire from the club, on the purely political grounds that in the estimation of the voters the gentlemen referred to had ceased to be Conservatives, as the term is understood by the club. We heartily wish that the rules of the Carlton would enable that club to follow this excellent example.--Herald. Let us be careful to take just ways to compass just things, that they may last in their benefits to us.—Elea Cook's Journal. THE PROGRESS OF STEAM —We understand that a fine screw steam-ship will be launched, about the 3d of June, from the building-yard of the well-known firm of Messrs. Tod and Macgregor, on the Clyde. This ship is in ' tended for Messrs. Richardson Brothers and Co., of Liver pool, and to trade between that port and the United States, and is the largest, with one exception, ever built in Great Britain for the merchant se vice. She is a three-decker, 273 feet in length on the spar deck, and 290 feet over al. ; beam 37 feet 9 inches, and measures upwards of 2,100 tons.' She will we propelled by two engines of about 450-horse power, and on the same principle as those which have proved so successful in the City of Glasgow. Every improvement has been taken advantage of in the model to combine speed with easiness in a heavy sea, and great strength. She will be divided into seven water-tight compartments, made of iron, up to the main -deck, to guard against any possibility of ac cident, which is of the greatest importance, as any one com partment might be full of water, without endangering the ship- The cabins will be of an increa , ed size, and accomtno. date 180 passengers, with abundance of light and ventilation. We understand she will be called the City of Manchester, as one of the American line is to be called the City of Philadel phia.—North British Mail. We beg particularly to call the attention of our commercial readers to the fact, that Friday next, at two o'clock, has been fixed for the important meeting to be held at the London Tavern, for the purpose of submitting to the people of England and the Imperial Parliament the ruinous and impolitic measure proposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer for the reduction of the duty on threign timber. We hear that the Earl of Eglinton has been invited to pre side, and that several Members of the House of Commons will probably attend. It will, therefore, be an excelle t op portunity for our City friends to make these gentlemen acquainted with matters of detail relating to the subject of the meeting; and, if they go even a step further, and bring out the full results of the colonial policy of the dovernment, we heartily hope that this meeting may lay the foundation of another defeat of the anti-national policy which it is tended to condemn.—Beruld. NEWS FOR THE PROTECTIONISTS.—Carnarron is always considered a market at which butchers' meats are to be obtained at moderate prices. A pretty correct notion may be formed of the price that fat stock commands in these days of agricultural depression, from the tact that a lot of twenty yearling wethers, bought the other day at Penrhysi Castle farm, to be sold as mutton in this market, cost Mr. John Abbott, the butcher who purchased them. fifty pounds ! Surely his Grace of Richmond ought to b e made cognizant of so startling a fact, that yearling sheep for Carnarvon maz ket fetched, for slaughtering as fat mut ton, only sevenpPnce per lb., sinking the offal, or two pounds ten shillings a piece ( as a text for his next oration on the ruinous etiects of free trade and the bleseiuga of protectiou.... Lignearvox jireralat In the sitting. of the Bth of the Chamber of Deputies of Tut in, Signor CAVOUR made his financial statement up to April 1, 1851. After a brief recapitulation of the financial operations effected in 1848 and 1849, he observed that at the close of that year the deficit amounted to 96 millions of francs, but that, thanks to the loans of 1850, a surplus of 82 millions was obtained, which will now en a bl e the Government t o r es t ore the equilibrium of income and expenditure without any furtber loan. Never theless the Minister informed the Chamber that he would shortly propose a loan to be applied t o th e construction of certain railway lines. This state ment was received with great satisfaction by the Chamber, and a Committee was named to examine the acc unto. AT LINES LEAS: 'TAMS, I Leasing Paid. Norniaai prices. Busineas Railways. I 1 Conapanies. d one te-day. ----- Barks and Hants! Ex. 5 per Cent Gt. Western I % 1 p. Bir. and Oxford Junc.,callsduly paid, or with a guarantee •• Do •• •• all 28% 29% Do., withon a guarantee .. De .. .. all 27 —23 hires., Wol., & Dud ,calls uly! paid, or with a! 0 ) guarantee •• DO .. .. 15 834 —9% p Do., without a guarantee .. Do • • • • IS 7 $ p Duckinglianish. Lon. &N. W. all 17% —ls Clydesdale Jun Caledunlan I all 41 —43 E. Lin., Guar. 6 per Cent. .. G. Northers all 3234 —33 Gloucester and Dean Forest Gt. Western 20 par 1 p Hull and Selby Yk. Ss N. M. all 101% 102% 102 Do. % Share*, Do .. .. all 50% 5134 Do. % Shares Do • • .. all 22% 23% Leeds and Brad.; Midland • . all 98% 9934 Lon. and Green. iS. Eastern . all 11;4 —1 i % Do., Pref. . Do .. .. all 2334 2434 Lowestoft, Gd. 4 per Cent. . Norfolk • • all lb —l6 Do., 6 per cent Do .. .. all .. —.. Middle, bro' and Redcar, 6p. ct Stookt& Dar all • • —.. N. & East, I per Cent. .. E. Counties . all 54 —l6 1)0. New .. IDo • • • • 43 4 6 p Preston and 7 L. &N. W. } all 42 Wyre • • .. I & La.& T. 44 42% Do. 34 Shares ADo .. • • 10% 8 —, p. Read., Guild., and Reigate .. S. Eastern .. all 21 2134 21% 34 Roy. & ilitchin G Northern 63( 714 834 o. Shep. Ex Do .. • • 3% 1% l%p. Shef , Roth. and Goole, 5 per et. Lane. & York; 18 11 6 .. —.. South Staffords. Mr. M'Cles.nl 9% 3% —2% dig. % Wear Val. 6 per Cent. gua. .. :Steals Dar. all 14 2434 Do. do. •• Do .. .. all .. ..... ~ Do. do. •• Do • • .. all .. -,.. .. Wilts, Soul., & Weymouth .. Gt. Western all 45 4534 INC. , st.Erzuz: 8 H. 8.78 EB . .... sir Railways. I Paid. Nominal Prices. Business done a to-day. et — as Aberdeen • • • • • all 34 % 418 al& r y Caledonian 10/. • •• • • 10 83 —6% ~‘,. Chester and Holyhead .. all 16% 16% if % % '-' band. Per. & Aber. Jane, all % 1 4 41 1 1 . ae East Anglian (31. 10s.) id 6 per cent. .• •• •• all 2% —9% er Eastern Counties Exton., K t I per cent. No. 1 . • all ' —% P % Pal :e Do. No. 4 .• • .. all 34 din —4 P Do. New 6p. cent. Stock 10 11 % 11 34 11% Eastern Union, Scrip t. guano/. 6 per cent. • • all 16 16% n Du. 101. Mahan. Shares . all •• —.. ' East Lancashire, 6 per cent quarter shares .. all • —•• 'a E. &IV York. Junc. hths all .. —.. 15 I Edln. Per. & Dun. hi p. et. all % dia. - par sl Glasgow & is.- W. Cons I 'CO • • —.. 5. Gt Northern. 5 per cent. all 1354 13% 133( % L e Great South. & Western (Ireland) eighths .. .. 236 % Ip. Lancashire and 'York t shire, F. 401... .. 6 I% —1% Ws. Do. 6 per et. Stock .. 100 131% —133% 133% a Leeds and 'Think, 6 per cent., No. 1.. .• .. 11 .. —.. p t Do. quarters, IEI4II .. 9 . • —.. p ~ London, Brighton, and 1 South Coast guar. 5 per f et., late Croychn thirds 100 119 —11934 - Do. pref., I p et. Stock, - 1851, from 501. share. E 100 116 120 , Do. new guar., 6 per ct. 100 134 187 : London &S.-W., new .. b 1% —2% p. 7% Londonderry and Ennis , killen, half shares .. 10 .. •••• .. 1 Manch., Sheffield, and , Line , quar. stirs., No. 1 all 13 18% Do. new, 101. .. •• all 11% 1334 1234 ' Do., 61. .- .. .. 3 % P 8 % % ) Midland Con. 6p. c. stock 100 115 1154 l Do. Cons.). Bristol & I Binning., 6 per cent.— 100 132 34 1333( , uo. Bristol & Glene.. 48 . Norfolk Extension .• all 16% 1 734 tio. guar. 5 34 per cent. all 4% —4% Do. Waveney Valley .. 2 .. —.. North British •• •• 5 4% 534 1 Oaf. Wor. kli , 01.151.6 p.e 2 %—I% / 1 Shrewsbury and Birm. New Guaranteed . aU 10% —ll 1 Shrews. and Ches. (Nor. W. Min.) 8 per cent, all 16 1534 South Devon .. .. .. an i 13 —is South-Eastern, 4 34 p, c t, 10 .. _ Waterford &Kilkenny,sl. 1 .. Wein London,lst Cl. (101.) all •• .. • •• .. Do. 2d Class de. (p ar ) all Turk, Newc., and R eno., .. Gt. N. of E. Pur. .. all 165 16% 4% 4% York and North Midland B. and IL Parch. lO 134 X Cs. FOREICFN. Boalogne and Amiens .. all 9% —9% 934 Central of France (Or leans and Vlerzon) .. all 16% —l7 16% Demerara Dutch Rhenish • .. .. 8 • 5 434 dLs. 3 East Indian .. . •• 14 1% —25 f Do. do. do. .. 20 Great Indian Peninsula.. all 34 —% P• 1 Ditto ditto .. ~2 % 36 % 1 , - Louvain Ila Siuniro 734 • —• • 1 Luxembow4 .. .. .. s 134 ---136 Ditto .. . .. 10 3 .. 3 34 Madrid and Valentin • Maria Antonia .. ~ 25 7 8 1 Ditto, New .. •• 7% 2 3 i Namur and Liege .. • • all 'N — 7% 14% 14% 1 4 % % % Northern of France • • 16 4% 4 db. a% Orleans and Bordeaux .. 8 1 Paris and Orleans •• • • al . i l l 3 3 4 2 I - 2% 4 % 24% Paris and Rouen • • • • 16 8 % 341 ills ' Paris and Strasbourg • • all 9 % 914 9% %I t Rouen and Havre .. —3% • 4 20 3% !Umbra and Meese • • lb 9% 9 dls. .0% Tours and Nantes .. .• Sambre and Metise Tours and Napless .. . Toarnay, Jarbisa, Lan do, aid liii4oo Wit 1t. 111 4 0 4 2 t.t. C • sui PS 4- - e• •• 41.11)11 323 - 3 dim. 61 61% 14 —1 3 3 j% dia. 33 —35 sg —9% 3% 3 dii. b dia. ..I _ .. 25 —27 18 —l2 dl,. 3 Ws. 9 7 113( 10% &Lc %-1 p 17 - 17% L 63 -17 5 sh 2)6 2 dig. 17% -13)4 [3 -14 K % Ca. 34 —3% d. 17 -19 26% -974 - 31 [34 % dia. 4U -4% 9 , A, - 10 7% - 4M ill'. 16 16 Ms. .• • .. • • .. - .. 21 - 21% 4X —2% dis. 2 lii dia. 26 26% Wheat. Qrs. Qrs. 4( 1 10 Qrs. 370 i7O liarley. Malt. EngUsk • • [risk Foreign .. i 11,110 8,22) , . BOROUGH HOP 711.A.RHZT. 1 Fine Hops are in steady request, at Lull prices. 113 all other kiuds exceedingly little is doing, but we 134 0 no decline to notice in thE, quotations. WHITECELIIPEZ. Oar market is exctedingly inactive, at drooping ell" rencies. Beef, from 2s to 3• 2d; Mutton, 2i 2d to 31 6d; Lamb, 41 41 to 53 4d; Veal, 2a 10d to 3s 10th Pork, 23 6d to 31 10d per 81bs by the carcase. tbtrtl.:,.,Xttttoit YORK SPRING MEETING. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) The Eglinton Stakes. Pelopidas Miss Sarah 1 •• • ••• ... ... 2 Glimmer ••• ••• ••• ••• Tho York and Ainsty Cup. Nancy ~. Voltigeur ... 11 ... 2 Won cleverly. DERBY BETTING. 40 to 1 agit Theseus CLOSE OF THE BETTING ON TUESDAY NIGHT. BOXEREIETSHIRE STAKES. 5 to 4 agst The 13an—taken DERBY. 1 agst iit-rusndea 2 agst Teddingtou „.. 1 agst The Ban • 1 agst Marlborough Buck 1 agst Constellation 1 agst Theseus • 1 agst Neasharn 1 agst Heartbreaker ST. LECER. 10 to 1 ag•t Aphroth 5 tl 11 tl 13 to 15 to 20 to 25 to 25 to • O.) ri; SECONDARIES'. ' THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary POTTER.) ROBERTSON V. BEALES. • lIPORTANT QUESTION AS TO NOTICE TO DRAWERS.: OF BILLS OF EXCLIANGE.—The plaintiff in this aotiork was described as ot Lancaster, and the defendant, wild!. was the drawer, is t, well-known auctioneer. Defendant was sued as the drawer of the bill, and pleaded that he had not received due notice of dishonour. The bill was put in in evidence, and the signatures were admitted to be genuine. A notice of the dishonour of the bill was tendered. Mr. W. PAYNE (the City Coroner), as counsel for the defendant, objected to the noose being read. The notice professed to be from Mackinson, r3euuciere, god Car penter, Soliettora to the plaintiff ; bat the two Orator partners (nett bet.re the bid !neckline due. The L earned Counsel contended that a notice gives] In the name ot a non-existing firm could not be rtc,ived. The Learned SEC...NDARY said he would receive th e notice, giving leave to detendstut to move the Court above on the point. Mr. PAYNE then urged tha t the n otice did not dis ' the now pl a i n tiff, an d close the nume: )u o l t d the pro said that he w dis counted by Mr. Saunders , and th at it had been handed principal Raid the bill had been al over to the firm by Mr. Saunders, and that the plaintiff's name was mere moonshine to carry costa, as Mrs. Saun ders, who was the real pasty interested, might have sue d in the County Court. Mrs. Saunders was called, and proved that she sent the bill to the firm to demand payment, but she did not know into whose hands it subsequently passed. The Learned SECONDARY said the main question raised on the record was whether or not due notice had been given of the dishonour of the bill—he thought there had; any notice of dishonour would be sufficient without the proof of authority, or a banker's notice would not hold good. Mr. PAYNE intimated that he should take the opinion of the Court above on the point. The jury hesitated, and said that there was no evi dence that the alleged P laintiff l • • p existed . The SECONDARY said he • must direot them on the point of law to give a verdict the Verdict fo r plaintiff, 1 5/. for l) al CRIMINAL - COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. FORGERT.— (Before Mr. GURNEY.) Thomas Howell, aged '55, described as a baker, pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with forging two receipts for the sums of ss. 10d. end 49 ., with intent to defraud the guardians of the poor of the Strand Union, and was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment with hard labour. SHREP•STEALING.—OIiver Goldsmith, aged 24, de scribed as a bookbinder, pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with stealing a sheep, the property of John Dairs, and was sentenced to be imprisoned for nine calendar months with hard labour. John James Peacock, aged 17, described as a gardener, pleaded gull:) , to an indictment charging him with felo niously breaking into a building within the curtilage of the dwelling-house of William Forbes Stuart, and steal ing therein three sheets and one napkin, value 34, his property, and he was sentenced to be imprisoned an d kept to hard labour for six calendar months, during which time he was to be once privately whipped. BURGLARY —John .It ezonan, aged 111, a plasterer, and Charles ,Sidney, aged 18, a carpenter, pleaded guilty to Btalkieemr, burgle ()sub: do au ellit l;_ t heux ,t o i. o c t h il a charging COW, 6iUs. weight of cigars, 64 pennies, 214 half-pence, and other moneys, his goods and moneys, and they were sentenced to be transported for seven years. (Before Mr. Justice TALFOURD mud Baron ALDERSON.) MANSLAUCRTER.—SamueI Bill, R ho was convicted last session of manslaughter for killing and slaying a lunatic was this morning brought up for judgment, sen tenced to be imprisoned, and keptjto hard labour for mix calendar months. STEALING PLATE.—James Smith, aged 21, a tailor, pleaded Guilty to an indictment, charging him with steel ingt hprop e rt y tw e t twenty-five o fivf Gregory,sepoor( g m e s G otherend in his dwelling-house, and h: sentevbad to be troop:PA (r soma Tetra - 11, B Geo, fp $ bolt - ii Me. ►he Ch with t T. 113Pn" , abhut tOjical in the livejur , _ bAari si hirosel Were A regi itig afi In eve The Charg e the re RA3 The A t, to Air, Model Upo n l'erpi HE MISS tl °l . ' Sal jeaty's atlaCe. nen cl Mies 1 The I presen ~~ .~, coun unde have lives Arm, I heal Chaff colle socie The'