The Sun. — London, England, 1850-06-17 00:00:00

degree upon any peaceable neighbour—(Loud cheers— ) or to spare in the very least degree any hostile neigh bour—(Renewed cheers) —for that is the true rule of peace—never to break it, but never to that, above all, suffer it with ° im punity to be broken—(Hear, h they will carry back to their master the.most positive assurance from all quarters , th at no intention whatever exists to diminish by one acre the distance which sepa rates our eastern frontier from the western frontier of Chine.—(Loud and continued cheering.) " The health of the Lord Mayor" was the next toast; and his Lordship in few words acknowledged the com pliment. Sir tJ. HonnnusE , in proposing the " Health of the Chairman," passed a very high eulogium upon him, and said he never transacted business with a man more de termined to do his duty firmly, but persuasively, and in the manner most likely to obtain his honourable ends. The CHAIRMAN said the one object of all the directors was to promote the good of the people of India, and the approbation of the public in both countries was the re ward they hoped for.—(Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN, in proposing " the health of the Governor-General of India," observed, that he was fully maintaiping the high . reputation he ge;ned in the ser vice of is Sovereign in this country; and he trusted the Noble Lord's health might be lung spared, that he might continue to perform his important duties with such credit to himself and benefit to the people of that coun try.—(Hear, hear.) The tcait was drunk amidst much applause. The CHAIRMAN next proposed " The Visitors." Re• presenting, as they did, the vast multitude of people in India, the Company felt it their duty to testify their re spect in this old fashion of entertaining their friends — (Hear, hear)—and expressing their acknowledgments to the many deserving servants who were continually re turning from India.—(Hear, hear.) But he would take leave to couple with the toast on this occasion the name of Lord Stanley—(Cheers)—a nobleman whom they all respected—(Renewed cheers)—and whom he was sure they would be happy to hear in reply to the toast. Lord STANLEY—Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen, I can assure you, that greatly as I value at all times any mark of courtesy, far more any mark of cordiality, most of all whatever I can construe into anything like personal appro bation on the part of my fellow countrymen, there are indeed few portions of the community, there are few bodies, of whose approbation I should be more proud, whose praise I should be more desirous to obtain, whose good opinion I should be more sorry to forfeit, than that which is represented by the great assembly which I have now the honour of addressing, and over which you, Sir, so worthily preside.—(Hear.) It has been my fortune, in the course of a not very short public life, occasionally in office, and occasionally out—more frequently, and happily, the latter—(Laughter)—to be placed in various situations, and connected and mixed up with various public services; it never was my good fortune to be connected officially in any degree with the affairs of the East India Company. Yet it is impossible for any man to have looked at the progress of this great country, its rising interests, the various quarters of the globe from which it derives strength, and wealth, and power, and not to be sensible how much of them it owes to that great and mighty empire in the east, over which the East India Company have presided with an authority, a power, a prudence, worthy of imitation by the mightiest monarchs in either hemisphere.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, if I look to the House of Lords, I find in that body the most illustrious names—those who have derived their honours and their titles from their services in the east. —(Near.) If I turn to the army or the navy, I find the services in India ennobled by the highest names in the highest services of this country.—(Hear.) There is hardly a civil service in which those who have been brought up in the Indian service have not shown them selves worthy of the stock from which they have pro ceeded, worthy of entering into honourable rivalry and successful competition with those who have remained to try their fortune in their native country.—(Hear.) And it is the boast of the East India Company that to the most distant countries, to languages unknown, to nations whose customs, whose religion, whose manners, whose all, differ widely from our owe, they have extended to some degree the imitation of our British habits—(Hear)—they have extended, at all events, the respect of the British name—(Hear, hear) — and they have extended the emulation of British iudustry, British intelligence, British enterprise.—(Hear, hear.) They have spread to the furthest extremity of their em pire the knowledge of the country to which they belong, and respect and veneration for that country.—(Hear, hear.) If there be an object more than another which, in tie present aspect of the world, it is of importance that British statesmen should bear in mind, it is the de vel , pment of the great resources of our Indian empire.— (Hear.) We owe to India a large debt. Our more success ful rivalry has, in great measure, extinguished the manu factoring industry of India. We owe, in return, to do all for that great empire which we can do to develope her natural resources, to promote her industry, to increase her wealth, increasing at the same time our own, while we spread at once the blessings of religion, of civilize tion, of industry, rind of consequent contentment over untold millions of future happy British subjects.—(Hear, hear.) This is an object worthy of the ambition of statesmen.—(Hear, hear.) This is an object far mere important than those of days happily gone by, when some paltry question of territorial advancement, some little j-alousy of national prejudice or national pride, would set the world by the ears, and embroil a continent in war.—(Hear.) The days are gone by when war is to be considered as the pride and the boast—ay, even the most successful wars, and no country can boast of more successful wars than ours—(Hl , ar)—the days are gone by when the triumphs of war are to be recorded as the highest triumphs of nations —(llean hear.) The highest triumphs now are the triumphs of the advancement of civiharion, of knowledge, of industry, of mutual friendship—(llear, hear)—and I know no higher triumph, I know no great ?r boast, than that to which we may point now; not that we have here, in friendly concert and friendly communication, those whom long habit has brought inch constant intercourse in the usual and onlinury transactions of the affairs of nations, but that we are gradually widening what I may call our domestic circle.—(Hear.) We are gradually widening the circle of our friends—(Hear)—and among others, we see the Eastern chiefs and princes brought into close and personal communication with the civiliza tion and the power of England.—(Hear, hear.) We see our conquests extending, not by force of arms, but the conquests of our influence, our example, our proffered friendship (Hear) which I trust throughout the world will only be exerted henceforth fur promoting mutual goodwill, mutual good understanding, and faci litating that friendly intercourse among all nations which has been facilitated to an extent that nover could have been foreseen by our ancestors, nay, by ourselves, twenty years ago, through the marvellous discoveries by which time and space have been almost annihilated. —(Cheers.) I had no thought of addressing you to night; I have been led away by the kind manner in which the toast has been proposed and received.—(Hear, hear.) I ought to have limited myself to returning thanks for myself and for all who are partakers of your magnificent and generous hospitality. I only trust that hospitality which is the mark and the type of friendship will be the forerunner of the extension of general friend ship and universal intercourse among oil the nations of the world on the same footing upon which we meet at present at this friendly board.—(Loud cheers.) " The Civil Service of India," was the subject of the next toast, end Mr. E. GARDNER, who responded to it, stated that he could look hook with great satisfaction to the period when he was the Resident at the Court of Nepaul, and to the harmony which prevailed in his transactions and intercourse with the chiefs and people of that country. It had al ways been his endeavour to cultivate kindly feelings there—feelings of amity and good-will. " The Indian Army" was the last toast. It was drunk with cheers. The company then separated. The arrangements of the evening in every depart ment was extremely good, and did great credit to the establishment at which the festivity took place, and to those who, on the part of the East India Company, had the conduct of the proceedings. Mr. Toole attended as toastmaster. In the gallery there were a number of ladies, who ap pend to be much interested in seeing and hearing all that was goin g on. THEATRE Mr. D. Webster, Sole ROYAL, HAYMARKET. , Lessee and Manager, Old Brom tou Will be performed an entirely ii i E n ir e } s i: v N c l ol ( iC Drama, entitled P NONE . BRAVE DESERVE TILE FAIR. Don Flores del Caro, BI.TP THE Mr. B. Webster ; Don P Tremulo, Mr. Buckstone , entiely Rococo de Frias, Mr. C. s e lb y e° ; de • Den To be followed by an Isabella, Miss Reynolds. by Douglas Jerrold, entitled owball, Mr. K CATSPAW. Captain T r and original Comedy, Mr. Char. les eeley ; Doctor Petgoose, Burgonet, Mr. HoweSn , Mr. ; Appleface, Mr. Mr. James Wallack ; Audley, Buekstone ; Dust, Mr. Tilbury , ; Cooleard Miss ; Mrs. Reynolds ; Duggens, Mr. Ellis ; Snowball's Servant, mi,Benjamin Webster; Peachdown's 4.ervant, Mr. Coe; Mrs. Peachdewn A , laughable Far e ce el . ey. called an Cassandra, Mrs. L. S. Buckiugharn ; Rosemary, is &c .. l , s c s To conclude with the successful and ALARMING SACRIFICE. Bob Ticket, Mr. Buekstontc-all , Susan Sweetapple, Mrs. Fitz•villiam. The v.ux-oftice is under the direction or Mr. I. T. Archer. ------------.__ THEATRE ROYAL, ADELI'III. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be reproduced the celebrated Drama of THE WEPT OF Tilt WISH-TON-WISH. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Cul. lenford, Wright, 0. Smith ; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. After which a new Terpsicorian Burlesque Entitled ES3IERALDA, Characters by 3fesssrs. 0. Smith, Wright, P. Bedford ; Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, and Miss K. Fitzwilliam. _ To conclude with a new and ori g inal Farce, in the 'Vulgar Tongue, to be called JACK IN T LIE GR EEN ; or, Hints on Etiquette. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE, Last Night of the Islam! of Jewels. THIS EVENING Will be nerformed 'A 111AETICii.. MAN. To be followed by THE ISLAND OF JEWELS. Characters by Messrs. Y. Matthews and F. Cooke; Miss Oliver, Miss Julia St. George, Miss Dickinson, Miss Kenworthy, Mrs. Macnamara, Miss Martindale, and Miss E. ilonner. To conclude with 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, Bellingham, Cooke, and Charles ; Miss St. George, Miss Kenworthy, Miss Glover, Miss Oliver, Miss Eardley, and Miss 'Martindale. All applications for Private Boxes must be made to Mr. Al'croft 15, New Bond-street. - The Box-office, adjoining , the Theatre, in Wellington-street, is open daily from Ten to fix o'clock, under the superintendence of Mr. T. F. Bennett VISIT OF HIS EXCELLENCY THE NEPALTLESE AMBASSADOR. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.Tins DAY,GR kND FETE, to welcome his Ex celle'ney GENERAL JUNG BAHADOOR KOONWUR RANAJEE, and his Distinguished Brothers and Suite, who will honour the Gardens with their presence, on which occasion the gorgeous Fire works will be increased, and will conclude with a discharge of 300 various Rockets, including the celebrated Asteroid Rocket, forming the most brilliant coup d'eeil ever witnessed. On this occasion also will be performed, for the First Time, the "Sew Gecko March," de dicated by permission to his Excellency the Nepaulese Ambassador, by Jullien. Also, First Time, Jullien's New Set of Quadrilles, the "Hibernian:" with a cboice selection of Ancient and Modern Music_Danson's Panoram a of the Passage of the Alps—Colossal Tableau of Napoleon on Horseback —and all the Attractions of the Gardens, Doors open from Nine a.m. reedin; the Animals, Hall-past Five ; Concert, Half-past Six ; ra33 ,, o f the .Alps, Eight ; Monstre Display of iireWOrks, Ilalf put;MAC Adzinion, Ono Staling. THE SUN, BOARD OF GREEN CLOTH. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JunE 14, 1850. Notice is hereby Riven, that the Carriages proceeding to her Majes ty's Drawing-room on THURSDAY, the 20th of June, are to fall into line and come down the left-hand side 01 St. James's-street, inter at the Iron-gate nearest the Palace, set down at the Arcade, turn round, and go out by the Iron-gate nearest Marlborough How to wait in St. James's-square. When called, they are to pass from the Square through Charles-street, into Regent•street and Jermyn' street, come down St. James's-street as before, take up, and go away through Pall-mall. No Hackney Carriages will be admitted within the Gates. For all Persons having the privilege of the Entree, Tickets will be delivered at the Bcard of Green Cloth, on TVESDAY next, from Eleven till Three o'clock : their Carriages are t pass through Constitution Hill Gate into St. James's Park : those belonging to the Ambassadors and Foreign Minis ters are to set down at the, Ambassadors' Entrance in Marlborough-court, at the east end of St. James's Palace, and wait there till called. Those belonging to the Cabinet Ministers and Great Officers of State are to set down in the Middle Court, and wait there. The Carriages of all other Persons having the Entree are likewise to set down in the Middle Court, and wait in Stable-yard, or St. James's-park, till called. They are then to take up in the same order as they had set down, and pass away up St. James's-street. No carriage will be admitted with company a second time with the same ticket ; to prevent which it must be produced at Constitu tion Hill Gate, and Stable Yard Gate also, where a corner of it will be torn off by the snarshalmen in attendance ; and no person can be allowed the privilege of the Entree by any other approach to the palace than as above directed. WESTMINSTER, Lord Steward, ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. LA TEMPESTA. GRAND EXTRA N.GHT It is respectfully announced that a Grand Extra Hied will take place On THURSDAY next, June 20, when will be presented for the fifth time, the highly successful new grand Opera, by Halevy, the Poem by Scribe, founded on The Tem pest of Shakspere, and composed expressly for her Majesty's Theatre, TEMPESTA. The Incidental Dances by M. Paul Taglioni. The Scenery by Mr. Charles Marshall. Alfonso, Sig. Lorenzo; Prospero, Sig. Colletti ; Antonio, Sig. F. Lablache ; Ferdinand. Sig. Baucarde ; Trinculo, Sig. Ferrari; Ste' phano, Madlle. Parodt; Sycorax, Madlle. Ida Bertrand ; Spirit of Air, Madame Giuliani ; Ariel, Madlle. Carlotta Grisi; Caliban, Sig. Lablache ; Miranda, Madame Sontag. Director of the Music and Conductor, Mr. Balfe. With various entertainments in the Ballet Department, in which Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi, Mdlle. Marie Taglioni, and Mdlle. Amalia Ferraris, M. Charles, and M. Paul Taglioni will appear. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets W be made at the Box-office of the Theatre. F R CH PLAYS. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Under the express Patronage Oilier Majesty. Mr. MITCHELL has the honour to announce that his BENEFIT is fixed to take place en WEDNESDAY EVENING, June 19, when will be presented the following attractive Entertainments. The Entertainments will commence at Half-past Seven o'clock, with An entirely new Vaudeville, entitled JOBIN ET NANETTE. After which will be revived, CATHERINE; ou, La Croix d'Or. To be followed by UN CAPRICE. Madame de Lery, Madlle. Nathalie. During the Evening Madlle Charton will execute, en costume, the grand Scene from the third act of LE DOMINO NOIR, "Je suis sauvee enin," and the Cavatina, " Amour o tol." To conclude with the amusing Vaudeville of ROGER BON TEMPS. ---- --- Mr. Mitchell respectfully begs the favour of an early application for Boxes and ?;tails. Royal Library, 33, Old Bond•street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE The nobility, patrons of the Opera, and the public are respectfully informed that TO-MORROW EVENING, June 15, will be presented, for the fourth time, an entirely new grand Opera by Halevy, the Poem by Scribe, founded on " The Tempest" of Shakspeare, and com posed expressly for her Majesty's Theatre, entitled LA TEMPESTA. The Scenery by Mr. Charles Marshall ; the Incidental Dances by M. Paul Taglioni ; the Costumes by Mr. Combes and Miss Bradley, under the superintendence of 31me. Copere ; the Machinery by Mr. D. Sloman; the Appointments by Mr. E. Bradwell. Dramatis Personae—Alfonso (King of Naples), Sig. Lorenzo; Prospero (Duke of Milan), Sig. Coletti ; Antonio (his brother, the Usurper), Signor F. Lablache ; Ferdinand (Prince of Naples), Signor Baucarde ; Trinculo, Signor Ferrari ; Stephano, Mdlle. Parodi ; Sy corax, Aidlle. Ida Bertrand; Spirit of the Air, Miss Catherine Hayes; Ariel, 3ldlle. Carlotta Grist; Caliban, Signor Lablache ; and Miranda, Madame Sontag. Courtiers, Soldiers, Mariners, Elves, Sprites of the Air and of the Deep, tc. To conclude with a Divertissement, in which Mdlle. Amalio Fer raris, Mdlle. Marie Taglioni, M. Charles, and M. P. Taglioni will appear. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box Office of the Theatre. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. I'O-MORROW EVENING Will be performed (first time these three years) Rossini's Opera, LA GAZZA LADRA. Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. The Doors will be opened at Hail-past Seven, and the performances commence at Eight o'clock precisely. Tickets for the Boxes, Stalls, or the Pit, may be had (for the night ir season), at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open from Ten ill Five. FRENCH PLAYS.-ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING .._. the Performances will commence Seven o'Clock, with LES EXTREMES SE TOUCIIENT. After which will be presented LES DEUX BRIGADIERS. Ramadonr, M. Lafont. After which M. Alfred de Musset's Proverbs, IL FAUT QU'UNE FORTE SOIT OUVERTE OU FERMEE. Le Comte, M. Lafoute ; La Marquise, Mdlle. Nathalie. To conclude with a new Vaudeville, entitled LA D ,ME DE TREFLE. _ . _ -- Boxes ant Stalls may be secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which open daily from Eleven till Five o'clock. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPUITITEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Astley's Waterloo Fete.—ln commemoration of the glorious 18th of June, will be revived, for Six Nights only, the grand National Spectacle of the Battle of Waterloo. the ()rand 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 Dramatic 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 masmiticent 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 Circine Olympique. To conclude with the BATTLE OF WATERLOO. Box-office open From Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JUNE 16. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 56—highest since noon yesterday. 40—lowest this morning and during the night. 58—this day, at noon. BABOMZTER, 3007. WIND N.—cold breeze, with fine sunshiny weather. MONDAY, JUNE 17. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 59—highest since noon yesterday. 44—lowest this morning and during the night. 62—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30.13. WLND W. S.W.— dull weather. L _ gim o LONDON, MONDAY, JUNE 17, 1850. A very strong impression forces itself upon our judgments, that in yielding so abruptly and uncon ditionally to Lord ASHLEY and his pious associates, Lord JOHN RUSSELL is not the dupe, but still the an tagonist of the Sabbatarians. That a statesman who has so long and energetically, and until now so per severingly and consistently, battled against fanaticism under all shapes, and against superstition under every guise—that a legislator who has withstood the grasp ing policy of an ecclesiastical discipline which would fain swallow up all the rights and immunities of the Dissenters—that a reformer of this character should now, at the eleventh hour, yield up the nation, bound hand and foot, to the will of a miserable minority of Pharisees is beyond the limits of the most extrava gant credibility. We cannot embrace the notion of such an enormous act of turpitude. Our belief can not comprehend the pos s ibility o f any suc h fl a grant tergiversation. The whole career of the present First Lord of the Treasury is so vividly in our recol lection ; we remember so clearly all his noble efforts to advanc e ce the cause of ci v il, b u t a l so , i n a pecu li ar manner, of RELIGIOUS liberty, that we cannot for an instan o t r cr s e o d i i a t u a oanu changeio,in him so disgraceful, so piti able, , to mind.the Only l within the last few sessions we call cutehnec ecitywith o f which he, London, as the Prime Minister o f e as one of tne repr esentat i vea e of England, the d as the acknowledged champion principle of the a o nx the who hav e b ee n fighting now for years in bel: h l alf f of toleration , a dvocated the claims of o Hebrew race in the person o f the Baro n LIONEL DE R T Es - CHILD to represent that cit y in the House of Corn. mons, which had been spontaneously accorded t o him by the liberality of the metropolitan constituency. The conscience which could swallow that camel of Jewish prerogative could surely never strain at this gnat of opposition to the Sabbatarians. No. We are satisfied, or at any rate we would persuade ourselves, that the Premier is acting in the manner he has recently indicated, not from any dereliction of his former principles, not from any willingness on his part to concede all things to the rapacity of a few bigots, but from a secret re solve that by yielding up the question at issue entirely to themselves he will best secure their ultimate and permament discomfiture. Any other conjecture than this would be opposed to all the known and actuating motives of political consistency. We endeavour to convince ourselves that the Government, iaadignaut at the wil ful misrepresentation of their late proceedings in the Post-office department, have at length resigned the matter to the discretion (Heaven save the mark !) of these religious firebrands—satisfied that a fortnight's experiment of their project. must, by an inevitable necessity, bring about its final and peremptory re jection. A forcible remonstrance has already been addressed to one of our morning contemporaries by one of the prospective sufferers from the concession made by the Government to the Sabbatarians The writer of this communication, signing himself " A Liverpool Mer chant," protests in the strongest terms against a change that must prove inevitably disastrous to a s community, while it will only rear yet more loftily the arrogant head of hypocritical intolerance. After insisting upon the necessity of the conformity of all the personal practices of these Sabbatariana with their vaunted theories of Sunday observances, the writer observes—" When I was last in London (not many weeks back) it was my fortune to pass by the porches of more than one of your west-end chapels and churches—one of them in South Audley-street— about half-past one P.m. The number of gay equi pages collected round them was ao great that one might have supposed oneself to be assisting at the termination of a theatrical performance. Who groomed those horses so sprucely, who turned out those carriages so neatly t It was done of course by hands ; and who set the hands a-going ? It may be Lord ASHLEY may go on foot to his own place of worship of a Sunday; but will he tell us that every seventh day he satisfies his hunger with a sandwich cut over night, and quenches his thirst at the water-de canter upon his dressing-tablet If," he continues, " the practise of the neo-Postals' fall one jot or tittle short of perfection, let them set their own houses in order before meddling with the necessary business of the country, even although an infinitesimally small proportion of that business must be trans acted on the Sunday." In this require ment of consistency between the preaching and the practice of the Sabbatarians there is only the demand of common sense and rational forethought. These unconscionable pretenders to sanctity, more over, who are always recognising the mote in the eye of their neighbour, while remaining totally innocent of the beam blurring their own vision, are perpetually assailing their opponents with little paper pellets of scriptural quotation, quite forgetful, it would seem, of that famous declaration of the Apostle,—" Let no man, therefore, judge you in meat, or in dririk, or in respect of a holy day, or of the new moon, or of the Sabbath days; which are a shadow of things to come, but the body of CHRIST." In de fiance or forgetfulness of this most solemn and es plic'it injunction, some miserable bigot has had the indOency to discuss our title to a participation in whit he calls the great Sabbath of the future, besides commenting upon our possible non-admission to ' " the marriage supper of the Lamb," and upon the probability of our resembling the! man who " had net on the wedding garment." Alf this miserable indecorum of abuse is only in per- fect keeping with that spirit of fanaticism and intoler ande, and hypocrisy, and superstition, which has re4ntly fanned into a fiercer flame than ever the religious frenzy of the Sabbatarians. It is because wejoathe more than words can at all express the very shadow of the semblance of cant, in regard to the fortes or practices of Christianity, that we reso lutly adhere to our course of antagonism to these petulant purveyors of personality, Nth° would run an 7 risk of plunging the affairs of the community into difficulty for the sake of wearing the most trans paient of all disguises, the mask of pretended Godli ness. Our sympathies must ever continue to be with tht enormous majority of the population, who, since thei days of HUDIBRAS downwards, have cherished a mortal antipathy to all humbug, and especially to thtt most disgusting humbug which shelters itself under the awful and beautiful shadow of religion. Curiosity will not fail to direct the attention of the public to the report, given elsewhere in this evening's impression, of the magnificent banquet given on Saturday evening at the London Tavern by the Di rectors of the Honourable East India Company. On that occasion, it will be observed that the festivitie Were in honour of his Excellency General JUNG BA- IiADOOR KOONWUR RalieJEE, the Prime Minister of the Raja of NEPAUL, and now sojourning in this country in the character of Nepaulese Ambas sador. Throughout the whole proceedings the reader cannot fail to be ink-rested in the expression of those sentiments of amity which marked each and all of the speeches delivered by the different illustrious per sonages in at tendance. Not the least significant of the various sentiments uttered throughout the night was that which Lord BROUGHAM articulated in his genial and emphatic peroration, where that Noble and Learned Lord exclaimed—" I venture to hope and trust for their sake (for the sake of the members of the Nepaulese mission), for the sake of their coun try, and for the sake of this country—permit me respectfully to add, for the sake of the Hon. Company themselves—that they may be enabled to carry back an ample assurance that there exists no disposition in any quarter of this country, whether in the Company or in the " India Board," as it is called in the east, the " Board of Control," as we call it in the west— (A. laugh)—no disposition whatever on the part either of the Crown, or the Parliament, or the people, or the Company, to encroach in the very least degree upon any peaceable neighbour—(Loud cheers), — or to spare in the very least degree any hostile neigh bour—(Renewed cheers)—for that is the true rule of peace—never to break it, but never to suffer it with impunity to be broken—(Hear, hear)—and that, above all, they will carry back to their master the most positive assurance from all quarters, that no in tention-whatever exists to diminish by one acre the distance which separates our eastern frontier from the western frontier of China.—(Loud cheering.)" One of the most pregnant sources of the social and political evils of Ireland is confessedly the Land Question. All legislative measures for the improve ment of that unfortunate country must prove com parative failures till the relations between landlord and tenant be fairly and permanently adjusted. The object of the Bill for the sale of encumbered estates was manifestly to exchange a pauper and embarrassed for a substantial and wealthy proprietary. This measure was no doubt a wise one, and with a few amendments would be likely to effectuate much good, if the Irish tenant•right were first defined and legalised ; but again we say, until this question be finally, settled, until, in fact, " the Ulster tenant right" become the law of the land, from one end of the country to the other, all efforts at legislation will be futile. No English capitalist will venture to in vest his money in the purchase of land in Ireland as long as the rights and duties of landlord and tenant remain capricious and t undefined. We are glad to perceive that this vital question has been taken up in such a spirit as must force it on the immediate attention of the Legislature. The sturdy Presbyterians of Ulster have joined their Roman Catholic fellow-subjects in demanding the settlement of the tenant's right to his improvements in the land, " past, present, and future." A most important meet ing took place a few days since at Belfast, composed of a number of Presbyterian and Roman Catholic clergy men, and a great number of substantial farmers from the remotest parts of the province, at which resolutions were passed unreservedly pledging themselves to an union with the other Irish provinces in seeking the es tablishment of tenant-right, founded on the ancient custom of Ulster, and we have no doubt they will persevere " till it be legalised and become the estab•• lished law" through every province in Ireland. We cannot see that the subject is surrounded with much difficulty. The abstract right of man's " free use, enjoyment, and disposal of all his acquisitions," is, according to BLACKSTONE, a right anterior to all po sitive institutions whatever—a right which, he says, cannot be violated--" no, not even for the general good of the whole community." In a state of nature, it was "occupancy" which gave a right to the tem porary use of the soil, so it is agreed that occupancy gave also the original right to the permanent property in the substance of the earth itself, which excludes every one else hut the owner from the use of it. These are the principles laid down by BLACKSTONE and other Jurists on this subject, principles which all reason ing minds must admit to be sound, and the equity of which is patent to all thinking men. It is, then, quite clear that the tenant or holder of land has the origi nal right which "occupancy" confers ; and that when by bis labour and industry he make* his possession 4-7 , i • G - .,.-) 7. ' 47 -, - w ...p• ~; ~,-, '.„ ..,, i.,:, " --- ", 71 --- ,• ,4 ,- ~ .... 4 7 ,..., ....: 4 ~ ~ --.,.: 71 4r• At o 4 ' , ..d .D R - -...:, ire ~.. I f•-___T ,., ,i r ~. . y iv4:lo , . OIT ' L , I /4..a. ...a-_,..-- _,..--- .....41 , • . % HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tam DAT —Morning 21 min. after 7 I Evening 53 min. after 7 To-Moutow— Morning 27 min. after 8 I Evening 3 win. after 9 LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 17, 1850. more valuable, when, in fact, he converts his labour into permanent property, we think it would be quite as dishonest and immoral to deprive him of this convertible value as it would be to take his purse or any other tangible property that is his. We are not disposed to set up any natural right in opposition to the laws of the land or the general welfare of the community, but to take from a man the fruits of his industry, without rendering an equi valent, we can view in no other light than an act o the greatest injustice and cruelty. It is depriving man of the inheritance of his Maker—the enjoyment of the fruits of his toil. It is a fraud on man and treason against GOD. The Government cannot want information on this subject. The report of the "Devon Commission" could supply them with all they require. The principle is tacitly recognized and acted on in the north of Ireland, all that is required is to define the " Ulster tenant-right," and make it the law of the land. When this is done British ca pital will find its way to Ireland, the Encumbered Estates Bill will work well, Irish property will not he sacrificed, nor Irish creditors ruined—the Irish proprietor will have a chance of something like fair value for his property, which is being nuw sacrificed in consequence of the unsettled state of the relations between landlord and tenant, and the consequent agra rian outrages so frequently and fatally committed. What English capitalist will venture into a country where life and property are insecure? The true way to secure the life of the landlord is by insuring the rights of the tenant Let the landlord have his reason able rent, but insure to the tenant the benefits of his improvements and his industry. Free trade has lowered the price of the necessaries of life. The landlord can well afford to lower his rent to the exi gencies of the times. The tenant cannot afford to pay now the same rent as ;when corn brought a higher price ; indeed it is well known that land in Ireland is generally let far above its fair valuation, and until a substantial reduction shall take place, adequate to the present crisis, no permanent tran quillity or prosperity ca❑ be expected.in that country. Tne labourer is entitled to a secure and permanent interest in the soil he cultivates and improves; the purchase-money he invests in the soil is his labour. Labour, the fundamental wealth of all nations, has, we conceive, its "rights" as well as any other species of property, and those rights ought to be recognized, and guarded by the laws of the State, and rendered as secure and inviolable as any other rights whatso ever ; and until this be done, until the Irish tenant shall be secured a beneficial and definite interest in the works , and renders productive, he will, o naturally si h e enough, nough, remain discontented, while the person and property of the landlord cannot be quite secure. um FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of Saturday and of yesterday. The Committee on the Bill for the increase of the PRESIDENT'S allowance has recommended the rejection of the Bill as proposed, and the adoption of the fol lowing resolution : " An extraordinary credit of sixteen hundred thousand francs is opened at the Ministry of Finances for the expenses whin)) have been incurred in 1849 and 1850, in consequence of the installation of the Presid. nt of the Republic. The expenses will be charged one-half to the account of 1849, and one-half to 1850." The Ministers have refused to accept this proposi tion, and should the Assembly confirm the resolution of the Committee they will resign. The resolution was agreed to by 9to 6. The Committee appointed M. FLANDIN reporter, both M. CRETON and M. Da MORNAY having refused to accept that office. The Journal des Debats announces that, on hear ing of the settlement of the Greek affair by Mr. W YSE, Baron BRUNNOW protested against that ar rangement, and that the Emperor of RUSSIA has con firmed that protest. M. TRIERS returned to Paris on Friday, anal on the same day MM. GuizoT, DE BROGLIE, Du- CHATEL, and DuatoN, left Paris fur London and St. Leonard's. The following is the final state of the poll for the department of the Lower Rhine:— ___ M. EMILE DE GIRARDIN ... ... 37.566 M. MULLER ... ... ... '29.538 M. LECHTENBERGER ... ... 13,057 The Journal des Debats declares that there is no truth whatever in the statement that Louis PHILLIPE is about t 9 publish a political testament acknowledg ing the right of HEiziti . V. This contradiction was scarcely needed, it is utterly impossible that any of those who were concerned either directly or indirectly in the publication in 1830 of the protest alleged to have been made in- Righind at the time of the birth of the Duo DE BOURDEAUX, against his supposed rights to the throne of France, or who were directly or indirectly parties to the shameful expo,ure of BLAME, can now come forward and give the lie direct to their own former proceedings in the shameless manner which any acknowledgment of the rights of HENRI V. on their part would necessarily involve. The Duchess of ORLEANS, acting, it is said, under the advice of M. UDILON BARROT, refuses to be any party to the proposed reconciliation with the elder branch. Her supporters are in favour of " a Con servaive Republic" until the Comte DE Pears shall become of age. ---- - The only question relative to Greek affairs remain ing to be settled between England and France is as to any demand that may be mane by Greeks for t'he seizure of their vessels. England demands a guaran- France. tee against such claims, which guara n t ee is refused by Letters from Macon mention that M. LAMARTINE was stopped there, on his journey to the east, by an attack of illness, which now confines him to his bed. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE. Juxx 15. Northern of France, 13 1 / 2 —Orleans and Bordeaux, 2% Paris and Rouen, 22—Sambre and Meuse, 2%—Tours and Nantes, 1%. TURKEY. Accounts from Constantinople of the Ist announce the death of TAIIIR PACUA, Vizier of Bosnia. The complaints of the people of Samos against the ad ministration of Prince VCGORIDLIES have been inves- tigated, and having proved well founded, the Prince has been dismissed for having driven the people to rebellion by his misconduct, and Prince CALLIMAKI has been appointed to succeed him. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TW 0 O'CLOCK. _ The Cotton Market at Liverpool on Saturday was quiet, the sales being estimated at 5,000 bales, of which 500 American were taken for export, at about previous rates. The transactions comprised 2,400 American, 500 Brvzil, and 300 Surat.—Railway Shares were steady, at previous quidations. The market fur Corn is very dull to-day. Accounts from Birmingham report still a very limited demand tor iron in Staffordshire, and state— " The staple trade of our district remains in a very critical position. During the whole quarter the generality of our works have not bad more than halt employment, and that without profit; and while it is abundantly evi dt-nt that great difficulty would be encountered before a re luced scale of wages could be established, there is no probability that prices of iron will rule higher. The resumption or bueiness by the nailmakers, and a slight revival in the chain and hardware trades, have arrested the downward movement in rods and some other pecu liar descriptions of from consumed in the manufacture of those articles; but the probability of any actual im provement is remote." By the steamer Europa late advices have been re cei% ed from the United States and Canada. At New York public securities were still rather tending upwards, and most of them are said to rule higher than has been known for years. The demand for Bills of Exchange on London had been active, and at firm rates, viz., 91 to 10 per cent. premium. The Cotton market had an upward teidetcy atter the receipt of the advice* by the stmaner America from Liverpool, and it is asserted that large as is the falling off in the receipts, it would have been much greater but for the diminution of stock in the interior dekots, which the rapid rise in the rivers had made it necessary to secure by sending forward to the ports. It is further asserted, but we receive the statement with all proper res• rvation, that the crop re cently planted is unquestionably the most unpromising ever grown in the United States. Corn was a shade lower upon the accounts from England. The general state of trade on the other side of the Atlantic appears to be satisfactory, and a return of the commerce of New York for the month of May shows a total of nearly 4,000,000 dollars, about one-half being to Great Britain. A very limited quantity of breadstuffs had been exported during May, and even less, it was said, would be sent in the present month. The accounts from the interior relative to the supply of breadataffs were unfavourable, and some parties were predicting an important rise in prices before the lapse of many days. The Canada accounts are to the Ist inst. The last sale of superfine flour at Montreal was at 245. 6d. per barrel. The number of vessels from sea arrived at Quebec to the Ist instant was 330, of 137,647 tons, bring an increase of 75 vessels and 35 : 923 tons. The difference between the Indians and the Quebec Mining Company had been settled, and a large force of miners had arrived there. The weather at Montreal had been unfavourable for business, but nevertheless considerable activity had prevailed, particularly in flour. The rate of exchange on London was 11 to 11i ; Government were in the market, and tha large amount for which they were privileged to draw would have a tendency, perhaps, to depress notes. The ashes market was de pressed. Freights were rather lower. Respecting the tim ber market, advices from Kingston state " that the trade in manufactured timber (or lumber, as it is usually called in America), which has of late years sprung up between Canada and the United States, is increasing prodigiously. The county of Northumberland is this spring exporting vast quantities from its ports in the lake. The ports situated on the Bay of Quinte, and the whole tract of country watered by the river Trent and its attributaries, are alive to the prospect of the new market for the produce of their saw-mills. From the Napauee River, three millions of feet, b. m. will be shipped at Oswego; and the mighty Ottawa puts forth her giant stren_th in the endeavour to supply the wants of our neighbours on the southern side of the line 45 deg. The Rideau navigation will likewise con tribute about five millions feet, broad measure, most of which will he shiped via Bytown and Burlington. One forwarding house has, we understand, engaged to transport two millions feet of the Rideau lumber. The California intelligence is cheering. At San Francisco, on the Ist May, great activity prevailed in the markets, and the prices of merchandise were advanc ing. An immense number of emigrants were starting fur the mines. Over one million of dollars had been re ceived at Panama on the 21st ult. Havannah dates of May 21 represent the excitement as being very great, and it was feared some diffi culties would arise with the American Go ♦ernment concerning the treatment of prisoners. Sugars had been in active demand, notwithstanding the decline in England. Vessels adapted for sugar were plentiful, and the last charters to Cowes and near ports were at 21.• The exchange on London was 11 to 12 per cent. premium,, many houses refusing to draw; Paris 2 to 3 per cent. discount. Pernambuco•accounts of April 25 state that fine white Sugar was in request. A continuance of the dry weather would bring forward considerable quantities, and with the scarcity of vessels might cause a decline in prices of all except superior white, but on the other hand, it was generally supposed that the present crop would prove much smaller than the former. The rebel lion in the•interior was suppressed. • The Continental advices are not interesting in refe rence to mercantile affairs. At Amsterdam on the 15th instant Dutch Stock was a little weaker. Ttiere is a heavier market for Public Securities, more than one circumstance having conduced thereto. The btatetnent .truth St. Peter.burgh that the Huainan Go lernecent highly approves of an uncompromising policy on the part of Denmark, and the idea that the French bilniitry is unstable, togeti.er with some digappoint went felt at the non-settlement of the Greek affair, and the note of Count Nesselrode upon the Tuscan claims, are all made • available by the Bears. Consols have been 96 and 954. the New Three-and-u-Qqarter per Cents. have been quoted 98k to -k, and the Three per Cents. 96i 1; and Excheque..-bills are 70s. premium. In the Foreign Market the transactions have been principally in Mexican Bonds, which have declined con siderably, owing to the intelligence that Congress had adjourned, and that the Finance Minister had resigned, or, according to other statements, that the Senate had rejected the Bill arranging the foreign debt. There seems to be much uncertainty in the matter, but that it will be delayed is now well understood. The Bonds opened at 311, and have since been as low as 301 and 30. Buenos Aires Stock has realised 54 to 55, and Brazilian 89. Venezuela Bonds are 32k. Spanish 1 hree per Cents. are 3811. The Cuba news is reported to have had a very injurious effect on prices at Madrid. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been 34*. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 57* to. In Shares there has been very little doing, and prices are much the same. QUARTER TO THREE. ... shut. ... 95i sellers Consols ... ... Ditto Account ONE PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS O'CLOCK. 3 e .Lt,duuen 96 1 , 8 1 41 N,w 3 1 4 per Cent. 981i, 1 414 Anna. to expire, J an. 11'461' 1 ...... F, 3-16 CLOSING PRICES. 96 1 4 98 814 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10.1859 7 15-16 7 15-16 Consols for Account 9.5% 96 95% 95% xchequer Bills. 1 L; 2 7). & 20 1.,000/. June 7O p 500/. June Small. June 70 p 70 p 70 p LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JUNE 17. Win d at noon N., light breeze and tine, though cloudy at times. QUEENsTOWN. JUNE 15.—A quarter cask of brandy, Era, ke d close to the bearing " W. J. L.," and " No. 23, 0." in.derneisth, and on the head, " Marshall," and " L. 23," underneath, which had been on the water op prtntl) about three weeks, w a picked up 11 , h inst. 40 miles Kett of Lundy by the Daring, from Cardiff for this port and Lisbon, which vessel saw several pieces of wreck the day before. FALMOUTH, JUNE 16.—Wind variable and light.-- Arrd. Agenuria, De Gruchy, Monte Video and Pernam buco, and sailed for London; Georgians, Thompson , Sicubanti, and sailedifor Liverpool. Off port, Rookery, Turner, Launceston, V,,n Dit men's Land; Johanne, Clanper, Porto Cabello, for Hamburgh; Anna Cicelia, Fisher, Butte°, for Antwerp. PENZANCE, JUNE 15.—Wind N.—Sld. Oregon, New York. DUBLIN, JUNE 15.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Elizabeth Taylor, Bunter, Antigua. WATERFORD, JUNE 15.—Wind W.N.W. to N.N.W. —Skylark, Quebec; Hirpocampe t ditto. DEAL, JUNE 15 AND 16.—Wind N. to E., moderate.-- Arrd. Severn, Duncan, Ceylon; Empress, Pipon, Algoa Bay; John Brooks, Cull, Dominica; Mayflower, Long' muir, Callao. Arrived from the River, and sailed f or, with the rest of the outward bound, Ameer, Calcut ta ; Constantine, Calcutta; Francis Kay, Calcutta; Ellen borough, Madras, &c.; John Wickliffe, Bombay; Caro line Agnes, Adelaide, South Australia; Minden, Cal cutta ; Wellesley, Madras and Calcutta; Sarah Charlotte, Valparaiso; Gilbert. Munro, St. Lucia. OFF DOVER, JUNE 16.—Wind Garay', Ilti.vannab. tor Bremen. PORTSMOUTH. JUNE 16.—S. to S.E.—Off port, Ellen - . borough, Lambert, Calcutta; Constantine, Calcutta. CowEs, JUNE 16.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Sophith chal, St. John's, New Brunswick. TORBAY, JUNE 15.—Wind N.—Sld. Potentate, Leen; ceston, Van Dieman's Land; Jamaica, Antigua; Au . mirat, New York. PLYMOUTH, JUNE 16.—Wind S.—Sid. Stebonheath Adelaide. South Australia; Princess Helena, ditto. OFF MOUNT'S BAY.—Neord, Quaade, St. Croix, fo r Copenhagen. PILL, JUNE 15.—Wind.., S.S.E.—SId. Elizsbethi Callao; Neptune, Barbadoes. SCILLY, JUNE 14.—Wind W.S.W., a Arra. Olinda, Newcastle, for Ceylon, leaky. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 16.—Wind S.—Arrd. Seriwt Pa m tagonia; Victoria, Williamson, Barbadoes; Washington , Washingto n, Page, New York; Mandarin, Philips,Shangae; GeorgleN Williamson, Calcutta; Eliza Johnstone, Donaldseet Pernambuco; Mahaica, Reed, Demerara; Arthur, Akett , New Orleans; W. D. Sewall, Small, New York;* Awe' rica, Bukwith, Parsbro, N.S.; Europa steamer, New York. Sid. Palatine, Bombay; Emily, Morocco; Ra 7 gostham, Hong-Kong; Eleanor, Dixon, Calcutta; Cali tornia, Bombay; Eleanor, San Francisco; Barbara, Lima; Alciope, Istappa ; Esther Ann, Pernambuc o ; Roscoe, Rio Grande; Martha, Smallcross, Rio Janei ro ; Bellona, Demerara; Lieut. Patterson, St. Domingo. The sloop Bangor packet, of. Bangor, was passed yesterday, diamasted, with masts and sails alongside, steering f or Belfast, in tow of a schooner,:the Mull of Galloway, 2 " by W. distant eight miles. QUEENSTOWN, JUNE 15.—The Bromleys, arrived here from Monte Video, was in contact, 6th instant. let. 43 ' long. 24 W., with a brig, supposed to be the Minerva, from the Clyde to Newtoundiand, and carried sway jib' boom, foreyard, &c.; the latter damaged quarter, main' topsail, &c. HARTLEPOOL, JUNE 15.—The Hammond, London to Shields, drove on the beach last night during a strong breeze from the eastward, and has become a total wreck; crew saved. CLYDE.—SId. Lady Cornwall, Demerara; Cumberland, Madras; Tay, Valparaiso; Wandsworth, Quebec. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 10th have arrived. The Clamor Publ i co states that the news of the Yankee piratical expedition against Cuba had;created some uneasiness. The Bolsa was closed. GERMANY. The merchants of Stettin and Stralsund have peti tioned against the increase in the protective duties proposed by the Prussian Minister of Commerce to the Zulverein. The funeral of General TON &ma took place a 1 Berlin on the 12th. The King of Paussa is gradually recovering. LUCIEN BONAPARTE, Prince of Canino, ex-Presi dent of the Roman Republic, is residing at Berlin. MANTEUFFEL and VON SCHLEINITZ have been ap pointed ministers of the Erfurth Union. The examination into the state of mind of SEFE LOGE is concluded. The physician charged with the inquiry, after being in strict intercourse with SE!sii- LOGE for a whole week, has come to the conclusion that he was mad at the time he attempted the KING s life, and had been so since the year 1847. The States of Cassel were dissolved on the 11th. HOLLAND. Tun HAGUE, JUNE M.—The Second Chamber of the States General has presented an address of con dolence to the KING on the occasion of the decease of Prince MAURICE. We hear from Ham that Prince FREDERICK has held a grand r ev i ew o f t h e P russ ian tro , tps now sta tioned in that city, the Prince being the Colonel of the regiment. He appeared in the uniform. All the officers afterward s h a d the honour o f being 01 pre sented to him.follo wing al d l a t y he his offi officers Royal llighnees gave a grandl the dinner to Shrec's Hotel. The illustrious party were to start for Lubeck, em barking at Travemunde fur S toc kholm. The S Ae dish and Norwegi an squa d ro n were lying in readiness at Travemunde. In the sitting of the Second Chamber of the States General on the 13th, the debates sti ll continue o n the i ind • vidual articl e s o f the new electoral law.—Han delsblud. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. The negotiation s are entirely broken off; and it is said that a Provisional Government will be esta blished in the Duchies. SWITZERLAND• In the elections for Geneva the party of M. JAMES F.azz has been defeated. The Grand Council of Berne has chos en it s P res ident, Vice - President, and Lxcutiye Council from among the ranks of the re actionaries. , ti a o c n co o r fdit n h g e di to those ac counts, to The Paris P resse announces a modification of the Russian Ministry, It U SSI A. Foreign Affairs, which is to be intr usted to Prin ce WoucousKr. The Count DE AIrDEm, the Russian Countretire Nfr E o Ambassador a t Vienna, is to be reca lled, and re - S m SEL ti lLODL e i c s , placed by M. D E M A YE NDOBF, the Russian Ambassa dor at Berli n . The Russian i n terests at Berlin are henceforth t o b e i ntr usted to a simple Charge d'Affuiree. ITALY. A commission of grace will shortly be appointed by the POPE to exanirne the claims of those exiles who may desire to return to the Roman territory. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. On Saturday La Tempesta was repeated for the fourth time, and the crowds assembled outside the doors await ing the opening was even greater than on the three former occasions. The crush was terrific, and the house was crammed to suffocation within ten minutes after the doors were opened. The Caliban of Lablacbe, the Mi randa of Medame Sontag, and the Ariel of Carlotta Grisi, are three perfect marvels of acting ; of the Caliban of Lablache, we repeat what we said on the first production of the opera—it is far and away the most original and most perfect histrionic perform ance ever presented on any stage. The spirited Brin disi in the second act creates every night an increasing furore, thanks to the buoyant spirit of reckless gaiety Maftemoiselle Paiodi infuses into it, and to her admi rable manner of rendering the music. There never has been a dramatic work presented to the public so com pletely free from what " Christopher North" was wont to call " Balsam" as La Tempesta. From the com mencement to the conclusion the interest never flap, the ear is never tired, the attention never wearied. It is perhaps, the best libretto that has ever been produced, and never has libretto been set to music more dramati cally than has that of La Tempesta. It is certainly the chef d'auvre' of Halevy, and is alone sufficient to secure him an immortality. QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) ;Sittings at Nisi Prins, at Westminster, before Lord CAMPBELL and a Spiels' Jury.) POSE ETT V. THE LONDON ♦ND BLACKWA LL RAILWAY COMPANY. This was an action to recover damages for injuries sustained by the plaintiff, a greengrocer, from an acci dent which occurred on the 29th November, 1848. It appeared that on that day the plaintiff was passing un der an arch of the Blackwell Railway Company, when he was struck on the back by a railway sleeper weigh ing about 42 lbs., which fell from the arch, and injured him so seriously that he was disabled from pursuing his vocation for a considerable period. He had been long under the care of a surgeon, and never having com pletely recovered from the effects of the blow, was now an out-patient of the London Hospital. These facts having been given in evidence on the part of the plaintiff, who was represented by Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., Mr. Sergeant WuraNs (with whom was Mr. Phip son), on the part of the defendant, submitted that the sum of 301.. which had been paid into Court, was a sufficient compensation for the injuries 'which the plaintiff bad received. Lord C&NPFELL, in summing up, left it for the jury to say whether or not 30/. was a sufficient compensa tion to the plaintiff for the injury indicted on him. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff.—Da mages 701. over and above the 301. paid into court. EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) :sittings at Nisi Prius, a t Westminster, before the LORD CHIEF BARON and a Special Jury.) THE ATTORNEY GENERAL V. SMITHSON. This was an information filed by the Attorney- General, to recover penalties from the defendant for using two rooms for the manufacture of tobacco, which had not been entered in the books of the Office of Inland Revenue, and also penalties for an alleged adulteration of tobacco. The Attorney end Solicitor-Generals, Mr. Watson and Mr. Wilde, appeared for the Crown ; and Mr. Wilkins and Mr. Wordsworth for the defendant. It appeared, from the evidence, that owing to certain information which had been received by the Excise officers, they entered the premises of the defen dant, who carries on the business of a tobacco manufacturer in Micklegate, York, on the 13th of December last year, and on passing through a kitchen or scullery at the back of the base, their attention was attracted to a small door which they requested might be opened; but some objection was made, and on being in formed that it was their intention to break it open, one of the defendant's servants produced the key, which enabled them to effect an entrance. They proceeded up a pair of stairs into a dark room, with which the stairs communicated by a hole or trap in the fluor, and on procuring a light they discovered stowed away ten casks, which contained different quantities of tobacco. This chamber had not been regu larly entered. They also found that a room in the foreman's house, which was attached to the pre mises, had bt en used for the manufacture of tobacco, although, like the other, it had not been regularly en tered at the Excite-office. On a further search of the premises being made, a parcel of dried leAves and a cask of powder, both of which were, no doubt. in tended for the adulteration of tobacco, were discovered by the Excise officers. The whole of the above ar ticles, as well as a large quantity of tobacco, which was in the course of preparation, were seta d. Upon an analysis being made, it was found that all the tobacco was more or less adulterated, the adulteration in some samples being as much as 29-3 per cent.; the total amount of penalties sued for by the Crown was 2,0001. At the conclusion of the case fur the prosecution, Mr. 'WILKINS intimated that an arrangement had been entered into 1y which the defendant agteed to a verdict being found for the Crown for 500/. A verdict for the am( unt w , i; accordingly returned. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY. OLD COURT. (Before the RECORDER and Mr. Alderman HUNTER.) A middle-aged man, named Michael Hagan, who was respectably attired, was indicted for cutting and wound ing Mrs. Egan, his landlady. It appeared that the parties were natives of the Emerald Isle, residing in the same boute. Some few days ago a dispute arose between them about a lock on the prisoner's door and the virtues of the prisoner's wife, and during the " row" that ensued, amongst the friends of both sides, the prisoner struck the prosecutrix with an iron candlestick, and otherwise ill-treated her. This was the aisault complained of. The jury futtud the prisoner Guilty, with intent to do grievous bodily harm, and The RECORDER sentenced him to 18 months' imprison ment and bard labour. IV.EW COURT. (Before the COMMON SERGEANT and Mr. Alderman MUSGROVE STEALING OATlL—Derenis Dunn, 30, was indicted with sttaling one bw.ht•l of oats, ot.e of beans, and one of chaff, ♦alue Is., the Property of Richard Pratt and ano• ther, and James Sirkeit. a coal-dealer, was indicted with feloniously receiving the same, well knowing it to be stolen. The prosecutors are Messrs. Pratt and Sewell, the dust and water contractors, of Gray's Inn-lane, and the prisoner Dunn is in their service as carman. No oats and beans were proved to be lost, but two policemen gave evidence to the effect that they saw the prisoner Dunn on the day in question throw something in a sack into the cart of the prisoner Sirkett, with which he gal loped off. It was also proved that the oats and beans found at Sirkett's stable were similar to those used by the prosecutors. Mr. Parry appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Bal lantine defended the prisoner. The jury found both prisoners Guilty. Mr. PARRY was instructed, on behalf of Messrs. Pratt and Sewell, who had lost a large quantity of horse pro visions latterly, to recommend both prisoners to the merciful consideration of the Court. The COMMON SERGEANT in passing sentence said, that but for the recommendation of the prosecutors he should have passed a severe sentence upon the prisoners, as it was, however, he should only sentence them to one months' imprisonment and hard labour. Joseph Barker, a labourer, pleaded guilty to an in dictment charging him with stealing oats and beans from the same prosecutors, and was sentenced to four teen days' imprisonment in Newgate. TnE BAPTISM or MORMONITES.—Yesterday even ing, at dusk, the inhabitants of Pentonville-hill were some what astonished at seeing two carriages drive up to the Pen tonville Swimming Baths, containing ladies attired in the melt fashionable manner. The ladies were observed to go into the boxes, and begin to undress themselves. In the mean time the Rev. Mr. Cook, of the Pickering-street Mormonite or Latter. day Saints place of worship, had addressed the auditory. He plunged into the water, his dress being made of Macintosh's waterproof cloth, and there awaited the ar rival of the ladies about to be baptise/. He gave out a hymn, in the singing of which all present joined. After a short interval the ladies made their appearance in a bathing dress, and after having plunged about the water for some minutes, they were immersed three times, after which the Rev. Gentleman blessed them, and the ceremony of baptism, according to the rites of the Latter-day Saints' religion, was terminated. The singing of a hymn closed the proceedings. It was stated that the ladies were suddenly struck with the ideas of the Mormonites relative to baptism, and at once consented to become followers of them. Their names did not transpire, though their equipages proved that they be. longed to the higher orders of society. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL.—DREADFUL OCCUR.. RiNCE.-A poor man was conveyed to the Royal Free Hos pital on Saturday last under the following circumstances : It appeared that he had been employed at a lime kiln in the Caledonian. road, Islington, and while at his work he fell off the side on to the burning lime. His companions who were near hastened to render him the necessary assistance, and he was soon extricated. Th e i n j ure d man , his flesh burnt in various places dreadfully, was then removed to the Free Hospital. Hi 3 recovery is considered very doubtful. FIRE IN SOHO, AND Loss OF LlFE.—About two o'clock this morning a fire took place at the house of Mr. Jones, No. 12, Phoenix-street, Soho. It appeared that the persona resident in the house were all in bed, when a fire happened in one of the rooms of the lodgers. From the sta tions of the various fire-brigade engines being near, several of them were soon on the spot, and, as water was ready for the firemen, they soon succeeded in arresting the progress of the fire. Unfortunately, however, the loss cf two lives was the consequence, and two others were removed to the hos pital so dreadfully burnt that their lives are despaired of. THE PROPOSED PARK FOR FINSBURY.—The pro posed site comprises the open fields between Highbury and Holloway, bounded by the Great Northern Railway and the reservoirs of the New River Company in the Green-lanes. The western, eastern, and southern districts of the metropolis have already been provided with parks at the public expense —the northern is the only distric ifor which no such provi sion his i?evn made CLOMING ONE PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. truzilist, oonds Ditto, Small Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 oer Cent.— 54 53 54 54 Grenada Bonds, 1% per Cent — 18% I , loxican, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons— Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons ... Ditto, Account Bll4 30 5 A% 14 30 44 Portuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto, 4 per Cent. Russian Bonds .. .. Ditto,"4 l 4 per Cent Ditto Scrip ... 3% p 3 % P I , paroritt 5 per i :,,nt. 1840 — Ditto, Account Ditto, Passive —37 ii Ditto. 3 per Cent Ditto. Account Venezuela Bonds, 2 1 4 per Cent Ditto Deferred Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild. 57%% 57% Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates B7 87 RICES OF timurNtF,sva onwr, cbor IN RAILWAY SHARES. PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICE 4 s, oerdeen .. SO ... . 8 .- R 9 WI Caledonian 00. New 101. Pr0f..... 10 Che der and Holyhead... 50 6astern Counties........ 20 Do. North. & Eastern, 6 per Cent. .... ~... 50 — Ditto. 5 per Cent.... 50 East Lancashire irreat Northern Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 10141 (ireat ::iouth. and West. 10% 10% (Ireland) Treat Western 100 Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 - ... .. Do. Fifths ... 114 i.•.... 2%.... ...... ... Do. Thirds ....-........ 18 Leeds and Bradford 5O Lowlon, Brighton, and South Coast-. - -100 ...... London and N. Western 100 109 % 34— Do% Ditto, Fifth; , l2 .- .. 127 i l ./.% London &S.Western -100 ...... 63 Do, New 50/. . ....... 42% 23%. , 23 1 4 Do., New Preference. b Midland D.- ' 501. Shares ..... 3 0 ...... 4 ..... ...... North Staffordshire ... 17 South East,r , Do., Registered No. 4 10 __ oy Se ith Wales York, Newcastle, and Berwick. .... 25 ...... 15% Do. Newcastle Exten. 20 ...... 10;4 ..... Do. G.N.E. Preference 8 ... 3 3 York and North Midland 50 CD tt Preference ...... 10 FOREIGN RA.ll,w,k Northern of France...... 16 Paris and Strasbourg ... 13 Sambre and Meuse 2O MINES. United Itexican 2814 574 41 .- 2 83 4 95 15% 10 1 A 3 1714 13% 6 2% JOINT S' rock: B NKS knstralasia 25 ENTKRTAINMKNT TO SIR JAMES DUSE.--W.. understand that an invitation to a grand entertainment has been sent by the Lord Provost and the Town Council of Edinburgh to Sir James Duke, the late munific ut and hospitable Lord Mayor of London. Sir James has already, we believe, accepted the invitation, and the banquet is tilted for the 11th of next month.--Ceded.ouian Mercury. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE—MONDAY . . Must of the country markets held on Saturday were steady for most kinds of English Wheat, at full prices. In Foreign qualities, very little was doing. Grindinq, Barley moved off ft eoily, at late rates • but malting an ° distilling parcels commanded very little attention. Fin e Oats were quite as dear. In all other Grain, as well as Fleur, very little was doing. We have advicea from New York to the 6th instant. The Flour trade was active, at further advanced rates. Wheat and Indian Corn were looking upward in price. In the near Conti nental ports very little has been doing on English re count. The trade up the Baltic is heavy. The arrivals of English Grain up to our markets Ills t week were small. From abroad we received 17, 14 ' quarters of Wheat; 7,213 ditto of Barley; 13,286 ditto of Oats; 1,313 ditto of Beans; 286 ditto of Peas; 4 ditto of Tares; 75 ditto of Linseed; 1,844 ditto of Rapeseeds' 54 ditto of Mustard seed; 139 ditto of sundry Seed" 798 sacks and 55 barrels of flour. Fresh up to this morning's market, the arrivals of Wheat, from Essex, coastwise, were moderate; but those from Kent, Suffolk, &c., were small, By land-carriag e and samples, the receipts fell off; and the stands exhi" Wind a very moderate quantity of both red and white*, The f ivout able accounts at hand, respecting the g eneral _ A appearance of the growing crops, and the conttn imi* arrivals from abroad had considerable influence upon the , buyers; nevertheless, selected qualities of English Who". —both red and white—moved off steadily, at pric e s qual to those obtained on this day se'nnight. In the middling and interior kinds comparatively little basiaeo S was transacted, yet a fair clearance was effected prior W the conclusion of business. Several large offers, to ship wheats at present prices' were received from Yorkshire and elsewhere. As a large portion of last week's supply of foreig n Wheat has passed direct into the hands of the millers, the show of that grain to-day, even including the gran' ri , d samples, was limited. Really fine qualities were to lair request at fully previous rates; but the middling a" inferior kinds moved off slowly at unaltered qu otatiou s • No English Barley was brought forward. The qua ntis/ of foreign was, however, tolerably good. Grinding Pe r ; cels sold freely at fully previous rates. In malting en: distilling sorts next to nothing was doing; but we hey no change to notice in their value. Malt, the supply of which was on the increase, mov ed off slowly at barely last week's prices. The show of home-grown Oats was very small, il l! of foreign but moderate. Selected parcels were to o2 'l held for rather more money, and the demand for o tbe b kinds ruled steady. In Beans, the quantity of Till ie offering was small, very little was (I,,ing at late rate:, The sale for Peas was inactive, but we have no cbeAg r to notice in prices. Indian Corn was offering at 303 P e ,, quarter for Galata. In the value of Flour we have 1 1 change to report. A steady business was doing is 112° . qualities. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex & Kent, Red, New.... 365 to 418 17 0 Ditto,White, New 409 485 Lincolnsh., Feed. 154 220 Norfolk and Lin- Potato eoln, Red..... 35s 404 C y h o e r v k a sh il i e r r; ) 600 to 5 4° Youghal and Cork, j 6/ P; Ditto, White.. •• .. 37s 42s Black .••• • • • 141. 170 , , 11 Irish, Red ••• • • • 37s 41s Cork, White. •• • • 1 4r .221 Ditto,White.... • • 40s 43s Scotch, Feed. •• • • It s 231' ;(ye—Old •.• • • • • • •—s —s Beans—Tick .•••• .- • • 2 1 8 New............. 20s 22s Pigeons ••• • • 275 01 c • • 231 5P', • garley—Grinding .•• .. 19s 21s Peas—Grey .. •••• • • • • „,. ;.0.. Malting . • 23s 25s Maple... • ••• • • • „ 4 ., " . • el Chevalier •• .• 25s 26s White... •••• • • • • !," 571.: Malt—Su ff olk and Nor- Boilers ..• ••• • • • 45 ' 370 ' folk •.• . • • ...... 435 48s Flour—Town-made. • • 345 921 Brown .•....... • . 408 428 5uff01k.......... 270 3 0 .0 4: Kingston and Ware 465 ads Stoekta & Norfolk 2 70 SEED. H „ot .4 Our market today was very moderately suPr a ; nevertheless the demand for all kinds ruled heell' - barely last week's quotations. Cakes were rather I ° le • to purchase. g $ 96 Turnip,White, per bush. lOs to Ils Carraway •••••• • • • • • • •, o- 2. 8 0 , Red and Green.... 10a 128 Coriander .....• Mustard, 8r0wn.... . 8s lls Ilempseed, per quarter 3.8 36$ White •• .• 6s 9s Linseed, Eng. ;owing• • 545 431 Tares, Spring • .......3s t id 4 4 6d Crushing „„ • • 401 4 44 • Old ............ Baltic .......... 3 34 40 Canary, per quarter .. 74s 82s Odessa ... ..... ' Rye grass.. ... • • . • 2Us 24s LimeedCake,pr.l,oo o-- ,91 • Og Clover, ReilEn;... (cwt.) 35s SOs English .... 81 01 I / 00 White .. •• . ..... 34s 48s Foreign, per ton 51108 41161 Foreign Red 33s Sus Rape Cakes, pr ton 415$ Ol White.... 325 508 Rapeseed, New, prlst 32105 3 61 . Trefoil • ....... 14s 1 SMITHFIELD. • . The low prices ruling in this market cause th e BhiP a . pers on the other side to be very cautious in thelL°Preeriga tions. During the past week the total imports of x ° bea d Stock into London have been confined to 2, 124 " art against 3.187 head at the corresponding period l ass le 3,640 at the same time in 1848, and 4,129 m 184 7 . IMPORTS INTO LONDON IN THE PAST BBY , f. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. 14 Rotterdam ... 174 ... 588 ... 58 *" 12 Elarlingen..... 128 ... 640 .. 102 ••• „ Antwerp Hamburgh 58 - •... ••• Bremen • 10 ... ..• ". •"' Amsterdam— — ... 107 ... 26 Total 370 ... 1,285 ... 58 ... 375 " Corresponding week in 1849 324 ... 2,280 ... 89 ... 494 ••• Same week in 1848 362 .. 2,878 .. 29 ... 37 1 ';:wort'S' Only 720 head have been landed at the various °l o st* L so From Ireland, direct by sea, we have received * ke 3 ISS I A 176 Sheep and Lambs, and 4 Calves. Our a ilt- but th e -3 but moderately supplied with Foreign Ste"'. n e dis. arrivals of Beasts fresh up from our own grtinZalitr tricta were seasonably large, and of exceller ,*2ountri Although the attendance of both town sou ;•ce S t buyers was good. the Beef trade ruled very W 03 ' 1 1 "; of a decline in the quotations obtained on Moudaitsootto quite 2d per 8 1 bs. The extreme figure for the bet total t otal did not exceed 3s 8d per 81bs, and at Whic o - r folltr clearance was with difficulty effected. From ": 1 2 ,40 0 , Suffolk, Essex , and Cambridgeshire, we reoeivv. r tiot Scots, Home-breds, and Short-bomb; from other P" ood England 300 Herefords, Runts, Devon', so"4,ote. from Scotland, 300 horned and polled ~,- „ ,ep, There was a further increase in the number of P"r d ir. at least a moiety of which were above the middle ( 1 11 a llh. sd All breeds moved off heavily, and prices gave 30 per 81b. The top price for the best old Dolls Lobs 10d per Blbs. We had a f ull a vera g e supply c" offering, and for which the de m an d ruled beery, drooping figures. From the Isle of Wight, 0 ", f isS ca me to hand. In Calves, only a limited busisesjarge. transacted, at late rates. The supply on offer was, t we The York trade was in a very depresse d state, have no change to notice in prices. Per 81bs. to sink the Offal. to i.d* S. d. to a. d, S. d; 11 0 i nfer ior Reams 2 6 2 8 Inferior Sheep .• 2 n - sS, second quality •. • 2le 3 0 Second qual. Sheet' ' 3 Prime large Oxen 3 2 3 4 Coarse-woolled ditto 3 3 t a v ?rime Scots 3 6 3 8 Southdown Viether v 0 L' A arge coarse Calves 210 3 2 Ditto out of the woo l 0 2 • 4 • v rime small ditt o Suckng Calves • -18 23 0 Small Porkers ••• •• 4 ,! 7, - 21 Lambs 310 0 Quarter old Pigs .. 1, • TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. its • Sheep. Calves. I r 2 15 31,780 I._ 33$ FOREIGN S UPPLY. rl 5..• , Beasts. Sheep. Calves. I I I , 277 1,180 173 4 Beasts. 3,501 Singe ou r qetately Ul 41 c1 Mutto n !key. 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