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

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Petite& Sole Lessee, Mr. Chafes Mathewit, THIS EVENING, Will be performed COOL AS A CUCUMBER. Y's I.I,C,YAL a.m.PaITSIZATR.g. Hader tha Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Trlghtsal Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. THIS EVENING, ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Open for the z.eason on MONDAY, the sth of May. First representation of a gigantic modelled Panorama, painted by the Messrs. 'Mason, representing the Temple of Janus in the Eternal City, with a striking View of the Colosseum, Palace of the erasers, ice. The Menagerie is both varied and extensive, including two gi raffes, two elephants, which promenade the groands, appropriately caparisoned and attended. The band, composed of musi- Cans of first-rate celebrity, Is conducted by Mr. Godfrey. Moored on the lake is seen a real Chinese pleasere junk, with masts and sails complete. Also Remington's aerial bridge, and ♦arious novelties ; and at dusk will be given, on a scale of surpassing mag nificence, a representation of the Closing of tke Brazen Gates of the Temple of Janus, with (for the first time ever attempted) a grand olossal transparent diaphonic panopticon, showing the horrors of War and the blessings 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. ADMISSION—ONE FIIILLING. Xxhibition nights—Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. 3 I.JULLIEN, with the elite of his Band, will commence their en gagements on Monday, May 26. The FLORAL EXHIBITIONS of the Royal South London Floe Cultural Society will be repeated during the Season ; the First wil take place on Wednesday, May 28. HIGHwATER AI LONDON BRIDGE Tina DAT —Morning 4 8 min. after 12 I Evening 15 mi n . a ft e r 1 VoMOZ.ZoW—Morning 115 min. after 1 Evening 56 min. after 1 ••••••••MISiMMI THE WEATHER.—Srrr OoFicz, MAY 13. THERISIONIITER, nQ viz SHADL 54—highest since ncon yesterday. 36—lowest this morning and during the night. 54—this day, at noon. BARO3fETES, 30.37. WIND E.N.E.—light breeze and cloudy, with occasional sunshine. DAIL Y WEATHER TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following Places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations are arranged in order of latitude. PLY mourn—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. IbmairoN—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. 44 'ncis--Wind N.E., fresh breeze—overcast. aFotamroNE—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—overcast. : a aroos—Wind N.E., strong breeze--partially cloudy. ENWICH—Wind N.N . E., gen tl e b r eeze—overcast. .Z u mois—Wind N., gent l e b reeze—overcast. crrois—Wind N.E , gentle breeze—partially cloudy. LeltßaTaa—Wind S.E , strong breeze—partially cloudy. vamaamG% w• • Ruclay— sind E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. B ramNo, -E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. PETERRO IUM RO U : N.E', gentle breeze—partially cloudy. cloudy. wind N.E., stron g breeze—partially cYAßvvirmo.frmrn—inWa ta . d lsT .E. l hard wind —p ar ti a ll y c l ou d y . wAy_wind li g ht) reeze— partially cloud HOLYHEAD— VV Y. ind.sg.zentle breez e — c l oudless. aelahlatie breeze —partially cloudy. LANCASTER—Wind N. gentle ,Principally clear. 0 6 -4.Arpx:K—Wind S.E., wioun nreeze--cloudless Ma returns from the folio fi..placen indi2ata . the state of the wind and weather Fonda morning at nine , o'clock : . Ku — OSTO VVN (DußtsN ) —Wi n d W par ti a lly cloudy. Ic. W. , gentle b reeze — MuLuNGAB— 4 ind S.. calm—overcast. LEIGHTON_Wind N. W., strong breeze , RuGsv— Wind N. W., gentle breeze— overca Z t e . ast. BiutmnraxAm—Wind N. W., gentle breeze-- 0 ,,,,.., PIMEABOROUGII— Wind N.E., strong bre e r' " , cloudy. partially CirActvE— Wind N.E._ l gentle breeze—overcast. B ramicAn--Wind N. W., gentle breeze—partially d TVERPOOL—Wind N. W., gentle breeze—cloudy. oudy. VI tDB Wind N.E., gentle breeze—rain. QRK —Wind E. gentle breeze—ram. Ia vVIASTXR—Wind N.E., calm — overc ast. WIIIIIRnAvEN— Wind N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean reading of the barometer was 29.608 in. The mean daily tempera ir6 was below the average till Saturday ; but it rose gra dually from 4 0°.2 on Sun to 56°.3 on Saturday, and the mean of the Week mein temperature from was 47° •4 The extent to which the daily was lower than the average (derived tea years) o f the dec reasin several days is shown by the fol lowin g g numbers; 1 1' 1 '2, 10°-5, 7Q..1, 4'.5. 2", 0° 6 ; on Saturday in the north an it eaxcueoedrtehd..Zestavga eby 3Q.6. The wind was changed to south-west, and on lh th e e fir l s as t generally in the south-east t th t r w ee o d a ay ay s, s then was . ---___ ---- ~ 1 7. ,_., . 5 4 ilk ;:'. 1 rA.,, : .6„, a a11 , ..p,1! I• . : :Pl: _ it " 1,, c i,,, . A ~....*l.:,ele-1.4.7";&1:\'::7•,r .': fill. ' ii .:4 Y . ,41Z17—r47 .417k S 7 , t ,.. ~., .._ l : A,t,./...., T • :0, 0 'S ` ~ 42 .i '.2.4 . r.. , ..- ..-.0..,* 04Cfd • HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. DON GIOVANNI. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. It is respectfully announced that a Grand EXTRA NIGHT will take place To.MOItROW EVENING, May 15, when will be pre- Seated, for the first time DON this season GIOVANNr, Mozart's chef d'oeuvre, entitled , With following powerful Cast : Don Giovanni, Signor Coletti ; Don Ottavio, Signor Calzolari ; Massetto, Signor F. Lablache ; Il Commendatore, Signor Scapini ; Leoporello, Signor Lablache; Donna Anna, Madam e Fl orent i n i ; Donna Elvira, Madame Giuliani; Zerlinu, Madame Sontag. In the Ball-room scene, Madlle. Carlotta Grist and Madlle Amalia Ferraris will dance Mozart's celebrated - :inuet and Zarabanda. To conclude with a Divestissement LES COSMOPOLITES, by M a dlle. Carlotta Grisi, Madlle. Amalla Ferraris, Mesdlles. Rosa, Leper, Julien, LELMOUITUX,. Aussandon, Pascalle s , Kohienberg, Al egrinl, MM. Charles, Ehr i ck, and Paul Taglionl. The Opera will commence at Half-p as t S even. Applications for Bores, S.alls, and Tick e t s t o b e made a t the Box *Mee of the Theatre. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. James Anderson. Engagement of Miss P. HORTON. THIS EVENING Will be presented by her Majesty's Servitats A new grand Operatic Spectacle, entitled AZAEL, THE PRODIGAL. Reuben, Mr. Vandenhoff; Azael, Miss P. Hor ton ; Amenophis, Mr. W. West ; Buchan% Mr. Cooper; Sethos, Mr. Rafter; Jephtele, Miss Villars; Nette, Mrs. Walter Lacy; Lift, Victorine Legrain (Premier Sujet du Opera de Paris), who has been expressly engaged for the occasion (her last appearance.) to be followed by UNE SOIREE CARNAVAL, in which Madlle. Victorine Legrain and Madame Louise will appear. To conclude with the comic Pantomime of HARLEQUIN AND GOOD QUEEN BESS ; or, 3lerrie England to the Olden Time. Harlequin, Mr. Lauri ; Pantaloon, Mr. C. Leant; Clown, Mr. Doughty ; Columbine, Miss Palser. Stalls and Dress Circle Boxes .. • First Price. Second Price. Pit - - - as Is. 6d. - - " - -2; Is. Od. Lower Gallery - - - - Is. .1;10 half. Price UPPer Gallery . . - 6(1.3i to Galleries. Private Boxes to admit 8 re duced from 31. 3s. Od. to 21. 123. 6d. Ditto 6 ditto 21. 12s. 6cl. to 21. 2s. Od. Ditto 4 ditto 21. 2s. Od. to 1/. 11 s. 6d. Ditto 4 ditto 11. 113. 6d. to 11. Is. Od. THEATRE ROYAL, BAYbEARKEr. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old BromptAl2. THIS EVENING, Will be performed an entirely New Comedy, entitled RETIRED FROM BUSINESS. Zachary Pennyweight, Mr. Lambert ; Creep- Mouse, Mr. Buckstone ; Lieut. Tackle, Mr. Stuart ; Captain Gunn, Mr. B. Webster Paul gulling' Kra. Fitzwilliam ; Kitty Penny- Weight, Miss Annie Romer. After which, a new and (as times go) original omestic drama of startling Interest, entitled ARLINE ; or, The Fortunes and Vicissi tudes of a Bohemian Girl. Count Arnhem, Mr. J. Bland; Count Florentine. Mrs. L. S. Buckingham ; Thaddeus of Warsaw, Mrs. Pitzwilliam ; Devi l s hoof, Mr. Backstone ; the Gipsy Queen, M r. 1 1, Bedford. ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction HIS EVEN of Madame Cele Ste, TIG, liill be performed GIR A LDA ; or, The Miller's Wif e . ter which a new and original Farce called LONDON FOG. Mr. al , Copal, Mr. P. Bedford ; Mr. Si mp l e, Mr. Wright ; Mrs. Brisk, mi a s E. Harding. To be followed by a new musical, hi s t orical, pastoral, comical wry d ra ma, called O'FLANNIGAN AND THE FAIRIES ; or, A Midsummer Night's Dream. Phelirn O'Flannigan, Mr. Hudson ; Oberon, Miss E. Chaplin; Mary, Miss K. Fitzwilliam. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean and Mr. Keeley. , Will be perform e d THE THIS WIFE'S EVENING SECRET, in which Mr. and Mrs. C. Bean, Mr. Wigan, 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, „ 11 ,arley, A. Wigan, Wy nn , C oo ke, Flexmore ; Misses Murr a y, D a l y , "Task Robertson, Leclerq, Keeley, Mdlle. Auriol, and Mrs. Keeley. Private Boxes, &c., to be had of all the Booksellers, and of Mr. Massingham ; of whom also places may be taken at the Box-office, Oxford -street, from Eleven till Four o'clock. To be followed by A DAY OF BECKONING, in which Madame Vestris will appear. To conclude with THE QUEEN OF THE FROGS. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathew.% It. Booby, Bellingham, llorneastle, Morris ; Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss St. George, Miss Martindale, and Miss Oliver. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Mai er, Mr. W. Barren. THIs EVENING, Will be performed TILE LADIES' BATTLE ; or, Un Dud en Amour. To conclude with SIR ROGER DE COVERLEY, or. the Widow and her Wooers, supported by lkiessrs. W. Farren, Compton, H. Farren, W. Farren, jun., Diddear, G. Cooke, Shalders, Lee, Bender, Kinlocti ; Mesdames, Stang, Leigh Murray, L. Howard, Adams, E. Turner, and Barlett. 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, Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Afanazer. Mr. T. Thompson. PUNCH'S PLAYHOUSE AND STRAND THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. W. R. COPELAND, Liverpool. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Comecy, entitled KENSINGTON GAR DENS. Principal characters by Messrs. Tilbury, A. Davies, Nor ton, T. Rogers, and Romer ; Mrs. Seymour (her 34 appearance) ; Mesdames E, Romer, M. A. Marshall, and Wallis. An ILLUSTRATION OF THE EXPOSITION. Principal charac ters by Mesdames Marshall, M. Taylor, C. Ilorsman, and Dibdin ; Messrs, T. 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 Half-past Ssven. and the performances to commence at Eight precisely. ♦ second price will be taken to the Boxes .only at Half-past Nine —fret circle, 25.; second circle, Is. Private Boxes One Guinea and a Half each. tv-daa LONDON, WEDNESDAY. MAY 13, 1851. Until recently our colonists in Southern Africa lave been withheld not merely from the privileges of eelf-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 rown were not less without the power of con ducting their own local system of administration than they w e re debarred from the enjoyment of a five TUE SUN, LONDON, upon the diversity of public opinion was entirely dissipated. Neither in Cape Colony itself, nor in the mother country, could the community bo any longer hoodwinked. The mask had been stripped off once, and could never consequently be re-assumed. The least observant spectator could not fail to recognise on all hands the tokens 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 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 meat 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 Government 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, obstruct ing the business of the session by every species of guerilla dodge, and voting black to be white, and vice eters4 with a patriotic pertinacity, their spiritual promprers at the other side of St. George's Channel are keep ing 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 preceedin,gl; of the committee engaged in that congenial task,, we learn that the soi-disant Archbishop of CASHEL, :and several other Prelates of the Roman Catholic Chur ch, gave directions to their clergy to hold simultaneous meetings in their respective chapels on Sunday :la st ; and, further, that a great number of petitions Ini we been received by the committee, the welcome Fel !..o duce of these assemblages. The Right Revere nd person who is known in Ireland by the title of t he Roman Catholic Bishop of Raphoe hasaddressed to t ne secretary of the committee a note on this subject, t be significance of which is worthy of observation. Th us runs the precious document : " Letterkenny, May 11, 1851. "Dear Sir,—ln reply to the circular forwarded to t he Catholic clergy throughout Ireland, I beg to inform ye ur committee that I have given directions to all the pan ish priests of this diocese to have petitions signed this day at their chapels, and to send them to Liberal Members f or presentation without loss of time. " I am, dear Sir, your faithful, obedient servant, " James Burke, Esq." " fP. 11PGETTIGAlsr. The value to be attached to the petitions whi ch will be speedily poured into both Houses of t he t Legislature in cart-loads may be appreciated wi th olerable accuracy from the above specimen of episcopal.rit interference. It is for the people of Gre at Britain and theire have been g o representatives tte n t to up, j a u o d d g e w h h o o w t h e t the e o s r e deliberate truth, an to be regarded in the light of free •or ressions of public opinion. It is, in priests is issued organized are f e r h s o y ar m s a t e e c h m e e d a o d b f - y mandate head-quarters. .coe T rc h i e on ß . 0 In Ti l l i n e Catholic meetings in their their prelates to ho Id offer not that we suppose 8111 :b peremptory directionssey lararboanuyr vtihoelenthcoeugtohttthhe atir consciences, or that th any toepvae p rnthi o sL s hrne sibi p li u t r y . , political discussion can, b desecrate an edifice consecryated ospoThtmool. pries : t d , pose of Divine worship. But such an unhallowed idea seek for a tit to usurp possession of the mind of a obedience, the grand principle of the order of w hose spirit now triumphantlyinrsipseirefsortthhewaictthio7l its °i ; the hierarchy of Rome, would irresistible terrors, and claim implicit and unhe hit ac ing compliance with the behests of the au' p e i t i or authority. The tactics of the priest to carry or•,,t to its desired extent the injunction imposed upo a him are simple enough to involve no burdew ome ifiasaytri ripening ucpierenc.iunlgar. He postswritten no affiches on his chapel di iors , by does he canvass his parishioners either solicitation. or printed, or by viva • voce While the dawn of the Sabi )ath linthtooudta the petitionplacedthe . 1 devotions vi of the sacred edi /1 is at c .o_o . r None can enter to fulfil his laid ; none can h w e i b th e o i u ni t .t a m. ffi te x d in i g n enterpcae;sing by the table on which i tis to the document should h th is e s an ig y n sti ati aretry 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 sway of her MA:ESTT'S Colonial Secre tary. But a single party could contrive, under any circumstances, to obtain a hearing from the South African newspapers. But one section of the com dmuucntoitrys. was B a represented oneu r i n o the ol per ic o a n n s s oof was t p h e e r i m r i c t o t e n d to blazon itself before the community in the pomp of undisputed sovereignty and the arrogance ofunstifle d vociferation. Hence it was t h a t those who were unac quainted with the real position of matters in that quarter laboured for a considerable period under the very erroneous impression that there was unanimity where dissension alone existed, peace where there were only broils, and contentment where there was nothing but dissatisfaction. Fortunately for the real majority of the colonists, for those who had hitherto been without any means of acquiring an organ 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 been issued from the press,* in which the rise and development of this opportunity are traced with the distinctness of au thenticity and the emphasis of a most earnest convic tion. 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 had hitherto reserved to itself an undis puted, an undeserved, and a most 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 the means of intimidation and the inhuman threats which had been put forth under the Anti-Convict Reign of Terror, the war of which, it was publicly stated, should continue from genera. Lion to generation." After the breaking up, how. ewer, of the long-preserved silence all doub -~--- THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. On Monday the renewal of the Bureau of the Na onal 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. CHAPOT, LACAZE, PEUPIN, 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 ore—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 near l y two years, at the head of the 4th military division, is continued in his command. It is said that General d'Hautpoul is furious against the ingratitude of the Elys6e. We can well believe it, but why is ho of so little ability? All that would be only amusing, if Algeria was not the sufferer by the political combinations of the Elysie. To recompense the orga nizer of the reviews of Satory, General d'Hautpoul was made Goveanor 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 three ambitious mediocrities who figure in his saloons." It is said that Dr. VERON has had a serious quarrel with LEON FAUCHER, and that the Constitu tionnel is to be considered as the organ of the Elysee as contradistinguished from the ;Ministry. M. EMILE DE GIRARDIN 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 of 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 Messager de l'As semblie of May 11); 3. 'M. de Falloux is as opposed as MM. de Laboulie 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 from 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, in 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' Siecle; the co-operation of the .Dibats will not be wanting to him; and probably that of the Con stitutionnel will be also given to him. It is useless to speak of the Legitimatist, fusionist, and Orleanist press; for, as it made use of M. L. Bonaparte against General Cavaignac, so it will make use of M. Cavaignac against M. L. N. Bonaparte. From every side the rumour reaches us that the candidateship of General Cavaignac 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 of 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 revision should be referred to a Special Committee. We read in the Presse :—"' The fusion is settled, General ST. PRIEST and General CHANGARNIBR have had a long 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 NEMOURS, whatever may be asserted, is on this point of the same opinion as his sister-in-law, the Duchess of ORLEANS, and leis brothers, the Duke D'AUMALE and the Prince DE JOINVILLE." A homicide, named MorrcHenmoNT, 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 very much depressed, and Government Stock was offered for sale in large quanti ties. The Five per Cents. opened at 901. 5c., and closed at 89f. 60c. ; the Three per Cents. closed at 55f. 55c. Orleans Railroad Shares, 817 f. 50c. ; Great Northern, 471 f. 25c.; Avignon, 218 f. 75c.; Vier zon , 425 f. ; Basle, 145 f .; P ar i s and Strasburg, 363 t. 75c.; Tours and Nantes, 273 f. 75c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, BIAT 13. Boulogne and Amiens, 9 3 / 4 —East Indian, 15%—Ditto, 22%—Luxembourg, 3 1 i—Namur an d Liege, Vie—Northern of France, 14 3 /,—Paris and Strasbourg, 10 4—Tours and Nantes, 4576—West Flanders, 314, 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 GOD, 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, l in the Dublin newspapers, when the ceremonies of the mass are over, the assembly is constituted, ex cathedr6, 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. APGETTIOAN, 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 the Isle 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 Christian 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 he thinks proper, shrink before the shower of paper pellets; and, 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 JOHN 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 belrealized by some more potent and convincing instrumentality than either the championship of the Irish Brigade, or the gentle per suasions of the M'GETTIQANS, their subalterns, and their herds. 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 hie conscience and good faith mark out. The party which fights only to conquer is unworthy of victory. There are glorious defeats which prepare stainless laurels. He who does not present himself willing to suffer the former, can not reap the latter with honour. To the urns , Progresista electors! Unworthy of that name will he be who, through supineness, cowardice, or any other ignoble fault, fails in his duty to his coun try.,td the principles he defends. 2d Becerro,acirid' May, I 2s l.—(Signed) Alvaro Gomez Salustiano Oloza a Francisco L • n Luis Se gasti, Fernando Oorradi."g uja Government has received positive information that the Carlist chiefs, MARSAL and BORGES, intend raising the standard of rebellion in Catalonia this summer. CABRERA has refused to have anything to do with this enterprise. Government has directed the Cap tain-General of that province to have a large force _ - WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY l4, 1851. always ready, to fall upon the insurgents the moment they make their appearance. MADRID BOLSA, MAY B.—The Three per Cents. were done at 354 for time; the Four per Cents. at 14; the Five per Cents. at 16; the Debt without Interest at 6i; and the Coupons at 81. RTUGAL. A letter from 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, that in all the negotiations with Denmark, Austria and Prussia shall act together. The Assembly 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 being rapidly proceeded with. The 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 eleven o'clock in the day, six privates of the regiment Hugent forcibly entered the residence of Mr. MAIER, editor of the public journal Afephistophele. Two of the men held the door, so that it was im possible for his family to come to his assistance, while the four others fell upon Mr. MAIR, and continued beating him till he remained insensible upon the floor, upon which they all quitted the house in haste. Medical assistance 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 Ramburgh 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 been reiterated on the part of Denmark." Do. new 501. The Berlin Gazette of Copenhagen publishes the official list of the notables who are to assemble at Flensburg, 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 BILLE 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 organization of all the monarchy, and especially of Schleswig. TilE SHARE MARKETS BRITISH RAILWAYS. Railways. Aberdeen.. .. Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, & E. Junelon Belfast and County Down Woiverhamp., and Stoat* Valley Birkenh., Lan., & Cheeh June., late 331.65. 84.. Do. Chest. & Birkenhd., 501. & 251. Consolidated Do., do., 20/. .. Bristol and Exeter.. Caledonian Chester and Holyhead .. Direct Lond. and Portsm. Dublin and Belfast Junct. Dublin and Kingstown.. Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee, Perth, and A.bes dean Junction .. De., New East Anglian (251. L. & E. and L. & D.) .. Do. (181. E. & H.) Eastern Counties .. Eastern UniGn, 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, De. do. G. D. & C. stock Great Northern Do. halves, A, deferred Do. halves, B, 6 per ct. Great Southern and Western, Ireland Great Western .. Do. New, 171. .. Lancaster and Carlisle .. Do. thirds v ~~ :•• Lancaster and Preston .. Lancashire and Yorkshire Do. quarter shares .. Do. fifths Do. West Riding Union Leeds and Thirsk Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .. London and Blackwell .. Do., Tilbury Eat. Scrip London, Brighton, and South Coast . • •• , London and N.-Western Do. do. new quarters . Do. fifths Paid. Nontiaal Prices. 14 to 14% 4% - 4}i 10% -11 17X 100 79 - 14% - 21% - 20 Do. 101. sh., bf. & 11 (c; London and S.-Western 18 tit Do. new 401. Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock .. Manchester, Sheffield, & Lincolnshire i• • .. Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union .. 934 - 1034 4 1 4 - 4% - 7% - 6 1 4 - Midland • . Do. 501. shares .. Do. Binning & Derby Midland Gt. West. (Ire.) Newcastle and Carlisle.• Do. quarter shares .. Newmarket Newport, Abergavenny, and liereford Newry and Enniskillen.. Newry, Warrenpoint, & Rostrevor .. • • Norfolk Do. New 201. shares .• Northern Counties Union North British.. .. North Staffordshire • North-Western North & Sth .-West. June. Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton.. .. Scottish Central .. Scottish Midland .. Do, new .. Shrews. & Sian., Clas3 A Do. Class It.. .... Shrews. & Hereford., Old Do., do., New Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) • . Do. Halves .. Do. Oswestry Do. New. .. Shropshire Union Do., A, B, C, & D, filly paid up at per cent South Devon South-Eastern .. South Wales.. South Yerksh . and River Sheff., Roth., and Goole, South Division ' Stockton and Hartlepool Swansea 1k Loeghor, &c. raw Vale Exteasion Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick, Waterford, Wex., Wick. and Dublin .. West Cornwall .. West London ~ Whitchaven and Furness York, Newcastle, & Ber wick „ Ditto and Newcastle Extension -. Ditto G.N.E. purcha se York and North Midland 4% - 16 - 84% - 8 4% 3% 7% 6% 33% - 7 M- % 18% - 18% 6 -6% 12% - 12% 40 -42 86% -87% 14A -14% 80 -82 10 -II p. 13 4 47% 00 61% —62 9% 9 d. 7 —6% dis, 5 % % d. 16% 17 V -8% %-)iP 97 - 126% —1271* 4% —4% p. 4)4 b p. 2 % 3 P. 86% 87% 7 6 Ms, —4% dis. 100 42% 34 3% —3% d. 32% - 33% 4 2 0 100 3 234 dia. 6 1 61% 14 13% dia. 33 —35 100 47 34 all P• '.., . 8 A .9% 3 34 3 dl. 5 434 dii. , 25 . sji 18 —l2 ells. 8 —2% ells. 9 —9% 7 6Ndis. 114 10% its. % 1 p 17 - 17% 634 - 17 all all all 1 6% '• • dis. 5 4% ayi c c 2 3i 2 dis. 6 2-3 [7% - DIX 9, I 8 -14 3% —3% d. 17 -19 29 -31 54 34 dls. 4M- 4% 9% - 10 Buknate di to-day. t 14% 13% % 4% % 794 14X 214( % 7 7!‘ = .im 4us. 7 % % 4% 16 15% 33% 33 18% % 6 12% % 41% 86% li 86% 14% 16 —l5 dla. 5% —4% d. .• •• 5% —4% dia. 21 - 21% 3% . 2 —l% dia dls . 96 26% 61\ 61 603 IN 36 973( % 21% 27% 126% 26 16% 87 6634 333 % dia. [594 60% it 60 21 20N % 34% 9 IN 25% 1% 2 9 % 3i a% 1: - .1 % 17 ,634 5 4% b% dia. dla. UN 26% 27 26% 21 20% % 7I 26% 5% wrarms. Paid. Nominal Prices. Business done to-day. --__ Australian ............ 4 1% —2% Barossa Range .. ..... 113 0 334 —3% Blaenarron Iron and Coal all .. —.. Bolanoe Scrip .......... •• British 1r0n ... ... • • .... 13 5 .. —.. Brazilian Imp. (is. 51. p.) 24% ,„ _.. Do. Cocaes and Cuiaba a ll 32 —32 Do. St. John del Rey— 15 16 15% i Cobra Copper ..... . ..• 40 38 —36 Copiapo ..... • • .... •• • 14 11 -34 —7% General. Mexican &S. American 9 3% —4% Real Del Monte, Unreg. —s, Do. Black Debentures. • • —.. Do. Red Debentures .. .. —.. Santiago do Cuba ...... 10 734 —6% Tin Croft . . • • . • ••—.. • • 7 4% --- 5 United Mexican.— —••28 2 8% 4% —3% JOINT STOCX BANES . Australasia .. .. .• •• • • all 33 323( British North America.. 50 42% 4834 Colonial • • .... 25 9% —l2 Commercial of London.. 20 25 253 London Joint Steck .... 10 18% 17% London and Westminster 20 27% —2B National Provincial Eng. 35 .. —.. Do. New ... ....... . 10 .. —• • National of Ireland —• • 2234 18% 20% Provincial of Ireland.... 25 42 43% 4234 Do. New ........ —.. all 15% —l5 Union of Australia •••• all 35 33% Do. New ........ •• • • 234 3 —3% Union of London ...• •• 10 12% 13% Union of Madrid .... all ._ .. MISCELLANEOUS. Canada•• ... •• . • • • • • • • Gen. Steam Navigation . 14 26% —2B Penin. & Oriental Steam. all 653( 68 Ditto ditto 5 11 11% Royal Mail Steam ...... 60 75 —7B IWe cannot be answerable for the errors of the (Inlet, T I.*. ... .._ Gen. Steam Navigation Penin. & Oriental Steam. Ditto ditto Royal Mail Steam ..... rwe cannot be an2werl will not be influenced by tble for t interes is errors of the Official Lists, an i correspondents.] MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at 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 Bid., and 250 Surat at 3d. to 4kd. per lb. The market was heavy, and Ame rican were Id. 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 an d 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, and in some instances rather higher; for the Manilla and 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 lidalf per Cents. were 57i. There are such stuoious 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 manoeuvres, 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 deserves no serie us attention. M. Payno, the new Minister, writes to tie, 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 th e S upreme 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 ' greets 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 forms, 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. "If I 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 accom panied by all the measures necessary to carry it into full effect and to increase the produce of the maritime cus 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 dividends, 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 well as particularly in accepting the decree of the 14th of October, 1850. " This commission has been very gratifying to me, and it is one by which I consider my self greatly honoured. For my own part, I can assure 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 packet. This rumour has, therefore no foundation whatever, and I request you will inform the committee accord ingly. " In order that no uncertainty as to the state of the matter may unfavourably affect the value of the bonds to the prejudice of the bondholders, I haveto request you to publish thi s note, as we ll as to acknowledge the receipt of it, and of the enclosed document for 2,500,000 dollars to me. You will also please to acknowledge that this document having been handed to you, and the other amounts specified in the decree_ of tt 1 h October last having already been paid, the other copies of the said document, transmitted to youeffect. by the Government and the agencies, remstin of no " I have great satisfitction in expressing to you the assurance of my particular consideration, See The meeting of the Lyons and Avignon and of the Bordeaux and Cette Railways, will be held to-morrow, at the London Tavern, and a strong memorial will then be drawn up to the French Government against any ne w concession that does not re s p ect the claims of the existing shareholders. Parties interested must embrace this opportunity of protesting, as upon that course de pends, in all probabili Cy, the preservation of their caution money. The English Funds aro flatter, and there is very little doing. Console have been 97 to # for Transfer, and 974 for Account. The New Three - and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 97 , 3 to i e teed the Three per Cents. 96f to Bank S ta ck is w ort h 910 i. Exchequer-bills lower, v, 465. to 51a. prem. I n th e course of a week or two a large addition al amount of gold bullion will be added to the stock in. England by arrivals from the United States and Re.ssia ; 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 heve been quoted 35i to Peruvian have realized 81i to 82k, being flat. Portuguese Four per Cents. are 33 i , arid Spanish Fi ve per Cents. 19 1 1 Railway Shares have been comparatively neglected again, and except i n one or t w o instances are not buoyant. Aberdeen have been in request, North Stafford keep up, and also Great Northern, North-Western, and Brighton, QUARTER. TO THRELQ 97_ Comola ... .. ... Ditto Account, Jane 10 ... ... 97kwi ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS O'CLOCK. FRICEs. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced A,unA, ITALY. The Cotituzionale, of Florence, states that on the 4th the inhabitants of Calci 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 Messaggero of Modena quotes a letter from Rome, stating that the Papal Government intends sending a Nuncio to kexico, where his HOLINESS has not hitherto been permanently represented. By a decree of the 28th ult. the King of NAPLES has conferred the title cf Count of Alelazzo upon the new-born prince, his scn, Don VINCENZO MARIA. The rumour of the dtath of the King of NAPLES has neither been confirried nor contradicted. It is understood that the costume to be worn at the Queen's State Ball on Friday, the 13th of June, will be the full dress of the tiro. of the Restoration. It is not to embrace the whole of the reign of King Charles 11., from the year 1660 to ,he death of that monarch in 1685, but is to be confinel to the periodimmediately suc ceeding the Restoration. THE EXPOSITION.—^7HE GLASS ROOF.—It would now appear that the ridge and furrow flat-roof, in the praise of which so much has beer said, is not of such recent date as imagined, the Messrs. Hartley and Co., of Sunderland having erected several on he repeal of the glass-duties, and one for the Horticultural -4, 4- ciety in 1846; and they recom mended the Royal Commilioners at the first to adopt the principle for the Crystal Pace. The Messrs. Hartley would not however, have used sket-glass for the purpose, as the high wages paid to Frenchmen, by whom sheet-glass is blown, adds materially to is cost, but have substituted a rough plate of the eighth .1' an inch thick—a patent of their own, which is a good deal larger, and cheaper, and wh o lly dispenses with the cumbetome arrangements of blinds and shades, while the volume cf light is equally great, without being too hot, or burning ;he plants, &c., beneath it. STATE OF TRADE. , .MANCHESTER, MAY 13 The reports by the Americseteamer which reached the Mer sey yesterday, have further disturbed the cotton market in Liverpool, making the totaldecline in cotton since Friday last about %d. per pound. 2he receipts of cotton at the ports had 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 America and of its action on the Liverpool market to-day was very depressing; and the re ported failure of several speculators 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 olr own district, which has never been of a more boniiiide character than at the present moment. The result has been, that spinners and producers of cloth have had to give way fully to the extent of the decline in cotton, though they have shown sufficient firm ness to prevent the sudden reduction taking the shape of panic. No doubt there has been some 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 narrowest limit. The brief report of a large house in the general trade at the close of the market fully bears out this statement Our market to-day has again been dull and depressed by the very unsatisfactory state of the cotton market; transactions have been very limited, and prices lower." The quotations show a decline since last Tuesday in all counts of yarn up to 50's mule, and of %d. per lh, on 60's, 70's, and 80's. The decline on water twist is fully 1 4 d. per lb. on all numbers. The decline on shirtings fully 3d. per piece, and from 21. 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, tat 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.—Eliza aok'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 service. She is a three-decker, 273 feet in length on the spar deck, and 290 feet over all ; 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 -d ec k, 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 increased size, and accommo 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 t wo o'clock, has b ee n fi x ed fo r the importa n t 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 foreign 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 excellent 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 Government, we heartily hope that this meeting may lay the foundation of another defeat of the anti-national policy which it is in tended to condemn.---Iferuld. NEWS FOR THE PROTECTIONISTS.—CarrISFVOR 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 fact that a lot of twenty yearling wethers, bought the other day at Pacrhyn Castle faun, 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 be made cognizant of so startling a fact, that yearling sheep for Carnarvon market fetched, for slaughtering as fat mut ton, wily sevenpence per lb., sinking the offal, or two pounds ten shillings a piece ( I) as a text for his next oration on the ruinous effects of free trade and the blessings of protsction.— Carnarvon Herald. In the sitting of the Bth of the Chamber of Deputies of Turin, 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 enable the Government to restore the equilibrium of income and expenditure without any further loan. Never theless the Minister informed the Chamber that he would shortly propose a loan to be applied to the construction of certain railway lines. This state ment was received with great .atisfaction by the Chamber, and a Committee was named to examine the accounts. JiT LINES LEAS 'TAMS, ng 1 Railways. C ompnies. Paid. Nominal P r i ces . eltB done to-day. Berks'and Hants Ex. 5 per Cent. Gt. Western 6 34 —1 p. Dir. and Oxford Junc.,callsduly ) paid, or with a guarantee •• Do .. .• all 2834 2934 Do., withou a guarantee .. De .. .• all 27 —2B 12irm., WoL, & Dud.,calls duly paid, or with a guarantee •• Do .• 15 8 34 934 p Do., without a guarantee •• Do • • • • 15 7 —8 p I3uckinghamsh. Lon. &N. W. all 1734 —lB Clydesdale Jun Caledonian all 41 —43 E. Lin., Guar. 6 per Cent. .. G. Northern all 3234 —33 Gloucester and Dean Forest Gt. Western 20 par 1 p Hull and Selby Yk, &N. M. all 10134 10234 102 Do. 34 Shares Do .. • • all 5034 5134 Do. 4 Shares Do .. .. all 2234 23% Leeds and Brad. Midland • • all 9854 9934 Lon. and Green. S. Eastern .. all 11% 11% Do., Pref. .. Do .. all 2334 2434 Lowestoft, Gd. 4 per Cent. • • Norfolk • • all 15 —l6 Do., 6 per cent Do .. • • all Middiesbro' and Redcar, Gp. ct Stookt.& Dar all N. & East, b per Cent. E. Counties . all 84 —B6 Do. New .. Do .. • • 43 4 6 p Preston and L. &N. W. all 42 —44 42% Wyre • • • • &La.& Y. Do. 34 Shares ADo .. • • 10% 8 9 p. Read., Guild., and Reigate .. S. Eastern ~ all 21 2134 21 Roy. & Ilitchin G. Northern 6% 7y 834 o. Shep. Ex.. Do .. .. 3% 1 34 INp. Shet, Roth. and Goole, 5 per ct. Lane. &York 18 11 6 .. South Staffords. Mr. M'Clean 834 334 —2% Ca. 34 Wear Val. 6 per Cent. gua. • • Stock.& Dar. all 24 2434 Do. do. •• Do .. • • all .. —•- Do. do. Do .. • . all .. Wilts, Som., & Weymouth .. Gt. Western all 45 4534 INC: sErn 8811.1t113. :CAL a Railways. I Paid. Nominal Prices. Businass done :et to-day. -- —.--. —. as Aberdeen •. • • • • all 34 —l4 cm , dli. ry Caledonian 10/. .. • • 10 634 —6% ~.,, Chester and llelyh ea d .. all 16% 16% 1634 % -, Dand. Per. & Aber. Jan; all % 'A dic Ile East Anglian (31. 10s.) ad 6 per cent. .. .. • • all 2% —9% er Eastern Counties Eaten., ) n 5 per cent. No. 1 .• all % % p 54 Pal ce Do. No. 2 - • • • • all % die —% p Do. New 6p. cent. Stock 10 11 4( 1134 11% Eastern Union, Scrip t- guaran. 6 per cent. • . all 16 16% n Do. 101. Doben. Sha res . all •. —.. ° East Lancashire, 6 per e- cent. quarter shares .. all .. —.. re E. &W. York. Ju ne . sth s all .. .. ie Edin. Per. & Dun. 5i p. ct. all 1 4 dia. par !d Glasgow & S.-W. Consol. 100 .. , b . Gt. Northern, 5 per cent. all 13% 13% 13% % [ e Great South. & Western (Ireland) eighths .. .• 234 %—1 p. Lancashire and York it shire, F. 20/. .. .. • • 6 1% 134 dia. Do. 6 per ct. Stock .. 10 0 131% —133% 132% a Leeds and Thirsk, 6 per cont., No. 1•.-• • • 11 •• —•• p I Do. quarters, 1848 .. 9 .. —.. p , London, Brighton, a n d , L South Coast guar. 5 per 4 et., late Croydon thirds 100 119 ..-11934 ~. Do. pref., 5 p ct. Stock, 1851, floor 50/. share. E 100 116 120 , Do. new guar., 6 per ct. 100 134 137 .t London &S.-W., new .. 5 2% - _2% p. 7 4% ~. Londonderry and Ennis ,' killen, half shares .. 10 .. ,-. a Manch., Sheffi e ld, and .. e Line., guar. shrs., No. 1 all 13 1334 •' Do. new, 101. .. •• all 11% 12% 12% Do., 6/. .. .. • . .. 3 P 3 34 % Midland Con. 6p, c. s t oc k 100 115 % 115 1 4 s Do. Consol. Bristol & a Birming., 6 per cent... 100 13234 133 :4 a Do. Bristol & Gl ouces. 48 .. .. Norfolk Extension .• all 1634 1 7% . Do. guar. 5% per cent. all 4% —4% Do. Waveney Valley .. 2 .. —•. North British .. ~ 3 4% —5% Oxf.Wor. &W 01. 151.6 p.c 2 li —l :4 p • Shrewsbury and Ilirm. New Guaranteed .. all 10% —ll 34 1 Shrews. and Ch es. ( Nor. W. Min.) 8 per cent• all lb 15% South Devon .. . .. all 13 —l5 South-Eastern, 4% p. et. 10 - •• •• Waterf ord & Kilk enny, 51, • • 1 WestLondon,ist CLOW.) all - —• • • Do. 2d Class do. ( par) all - —•• York, Newc., and Berw., Gt. N. of E. Pur. .. all 16% 16% Do. .- • • .., a 4u —4% York and . North Midland 11. and S. Parch. .. 10 134 % 41s• FOREIGN. Boulogne and Amien i l •• all 9 16 — 9 % 544 Central of France (Or- 16% leans and Vlerzon) • • a Demerara .. •• •• all l 1. b —4g Ws. a - % — 1 • 7 • Dutch Rhenish • • • • S 1;6 —2% P. East Indian •• .• •• 14_ Do. do. do. •• 90 m __ % 1 ,. Great Indian Peninsula an % Ditto ditto • • • • 2 % —" P• i 7 8 %• 1 Louvain ala Samloro .• 1 14 — 1 34 Luxembourg ••• • •• 1 0 a—— 3 % t Ditto .• • • • • • • Madrid and Valentin •• • Maria Antonia •• • • 95 7 8 7% 2 8 g Ditto, New ' • '' ali 71% 7% 1. Namur and Liege ce - :: 16 14% —14 g % % L Northam of Fran 8 4% 4 (Us. 3 k Orleans and Bordeaux - all u l 2 3 4 2 _ 7 . 1 1 , 7 % I Paris and Orleans - • • Paris and Rouen • • • • 20 3% --• 4 16 6 % -5 % dia. 24; all 9% — 9% 9 5i 3i is Sambre u P o s r t i i Rouen n and. and and Strasbourg alal vre ues e .. .: Tours and Nantes .. .. 15 . 3 1 Tonrnay, Jurbise, Lan- 9% 5 a,. 1: den, and Hasson •• al ',:: .... .. P , B mamma.= F; :: 0% a r_.:•• 314 • 1 , 6 Ift. .. a Lt-..- - a% 100 8 6 8, 3 per Cont. Consols Annuities 97% 97 97, New 31,f per Cent. Anns- 9 7% % % 971 Long Arens. to expirc Jan.lB6o 7 5-16 7 5- 16 *, Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859-- 75 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 7% 50 P India Bonds, 1,0001- . 50 .. Ditto under 1,00/....... 5O p South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities Consols for Account 9 7 14 Exchequer Bills. 11y, d. 1,000 7 . 500/. Small, .. 46P CLOSvi o PRICES. 89 ONE PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds Mexican, 5 per Cent.lB46, with Coupons— Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons 35% Ditto, Account Peruvian Bonds, 5 per Cent., B I I A2 82 1 ,6 Portuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto, 4 per Cent. Russian Bonds Ditto, 4% per Cent Spanish 5 per Cont. 1840 19 % 34 Venezuela Bonds, 2 1 4 per Cent LL SHIPPIN G.—( THIS DA Y ' ) LONDON, MAY 14.—Wind this day at light breeze and fine, but cloudy at times.—. The gusts has been lost in the Moulmein River. QUEENSTOWN, MAY 12.—Wind N.W.--Arrd. Mar! Princes; garet, Callao. Superb, Matanzis. Off port, Charlotte; Honduras; John G. Caster, Apala ch ,t i tet, SHIELDS, MAY 13. Wind E.N.E.—SId. P . " noon N:gl Quebec; Lady Stanley, Aden; Meggey, New 1(4 1/7 doo BOSTON, APRIL 30. The British barque sank, after being in contact with the J. G. Aul- b 9 ; arrd. from Cslcutta; crew saved, and landed he re - the latter. PICTOU, APRIL 24.—A l arge b o d y o f i ce came clovirn. the Straits yesterday, w hi c h w ill much impe d e tbe 8 0 rival of vessels at this p ort f or some days. A 16 5 barque, supposed to be f or G reat Brita i n, an d eve schooners passed this harbour on the 20th instant. WELLS, MAY 13.—The Sophie, reported as being on shore at Burnham, has been got off and into harb.° llr j,4 DEAL, MAY 13.—Wind N.N.—Arrd. Williara . 01° ,„ South Seas, with 2,750 barrels spermaceti ; SharP9 l ,` - ' 5 : lombo; Wilhelmina, Maraicabo, for Hamburgb; r 7,, l U: tome, Jamaica. Arrd, from the River and sailed, vv The tess of Eglintoun, Havannah; Arthur, Quebee.,: n d s schooner reported to be on s h ore on the Go d w in was the Star, of Liverpool; has become a wreck; °- saved, and landed at Ramsgate. Ayoo BRISTOL, MAY 13.—Arrd. Lawranoe, Callao; Honduras, New Brunswick Trd' LIVERPOOL, MAY 13.—Wi n d S . to (" 0 0; Crown, Rio Jan e i ro; S out h C aroline, New ur;A. Colombo, ditto; Industrie, St. John's, New Brtino w ;b ; Sld. George Raynes, oston; Ringdove, r ti gf i ro; Edward Banstead, Sin ga p ore; Odin, Rio T Duchess o Leinster, St. Thomas'sAmerican, ; Sarawak, P„7, phia; Asto f ria, New York; British New Brunswick; El Dorado, Quebec. 5o p 95; 974 MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAl'' CORN EXCHANGE -- W I'' — EDNES 0 The supply of E ng li s h Wh eat on sale in Ol iii y Olt? do market being small, and the millers generally su e ;i c es stock, the demand for most kinds ruled steady, at .bleb .7 quite equal to th ose o b ta i ne d on M onday, and at ',dles a good clear a nc e was e ff ecte d . Foreign Wheat co°-ded to arrive fr ee ly, t h e i mports th i s week having enea-ede 11,000 quarters. Good heavy qualities changed at full currencies, but the middli ng and inferior 01- 00 were a slow sale. Scarcely any English BarleY llls the show, but the supply of foreign was large. v e No whole the trade was tolerably steady, at late rates. a change took place in the value of Malt. We eta s supplied with home-grown Oats, but the cif tity of foreign was good. Most kinds moved off i qi ar at late figures. Beans, Peas, Indian Corn, 11111 U were quite as dear. aRRIVALS THE WEEK Oats. --_-- op Qrs. 7,640 160 300 46 0 11,110 8,220 11,680 BOROUGH HOP MAREET. 10 Fine Hops are in steady request, at full priees. oo all other kinds exceedingly little is doing, but we no decline to notice in the quotations. MTHITECHAPEE. Our market i s excee d ingly i nactive, at droop ing renoies. Beef, f rom 2 s to 3s 2d; Mutton, 22 2 d t° 10d; 6d; Lamb, 4s 4d t o 5 s 4 d ; Veal, 2s 10d to 31 ' Pork, 2s 6d to 3s 10d per 81bs by the carcase. I 'Wheat. Barley. i Qrs. Qrs. English ......1 1,010 370 Irish ••••• • • • 1 Foreign ...• • • , Malt. Qrs. 1, 4'o pi") lAD ttt , 10 ittof .3`-%1 YORK SPRING MEETINI (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH•) The Eglinton Stakes. Pelopidas Miss Sarah Glimmer ... ••• The York and Ainsty Cup. Nancy ~. Vol tigeur Won cleverly. DERBY BETTING. 40 to 1 agst Theseus 1 - 1 • - 1 I - CLOSE OF THE BETTING ON TtTESDO NIGHT. SOMERSETSHIRE STAKES. 5 to 4 agst The Ban—taken DERBY. 5 to 1 agst Hernandez 11 to 2 agst Teddington 8 to 1 agst The Ban 13 to 1 agst Marlborough Buck 15 to 1 agst Constellation 20 to 1 agst Theseus 25 to 1 agst Neasham 25 to 1 agst Heartbreaker ST. LEGER. 10 to 1 agst Aphrodit6 SECONDARIES'.—(THIS D (Before Mr. Secondary POTTER.) ROBERTSON V. REALES. „ RIO IMPORTANT QUESTION AS TO NOTICE TO D- -/ „., 11 or BILLS or EXCHANGE.—The plaintiff in this 913h was described as of Lancaster, and the defendants , o 5 was the drawer, is a well•known auctioneer. Defen d was sued as the drawer of the bill, and pleaded th° had not received due notice of dishonour. ere The bill was put in in evidence, and the signatures I I o f admitted to be genuine. A notice of the dishonow the bill was tendered. t ics defendant, W. P AYNE ( t h e City C oroner ), as coun sel for defendant, objeeted to the notice being read. The 13 '6 0 ... professed to be from Mackinson, Saunders, and penter, solicitors to the plaintiff ; b u t th e two „dod partners died before the bill became due. The LOP Counsel contended that a notice given in the name ° non-existing firm could not be received. The Learned SECONDARY said he would receive t ie , notice, giving leave t o d e f en d ant to move the COI" above on the point. Mr. PAYNE then urged that the notice did n o t di,"; close the name o f th e p r i nc ip a l, the now plaintiff, 0 3 ' said that he would prove that the bill had been di s counted by Mr. Saunders, and that it had been hand ed over to the firm by Mr. Saunders , and that the plaintl name was mere moonshine to carry costs, as Mrs. See l3 ; dera, who was the real party interested, might have sae' in tho County Court. Mrs. Saunders was caTied, and proved that she sent al bill to the firm to demand payment, but she did not know into whose hands t subsequently passed. The Learned SECONDARY said the main question raised on the record was whether or not due notice had been given of the dish.)nour of the bill—he though: there had; any without theno tice notice o f dishonour would be sufficie' proof of authority, ors banker's no would not h o ld good. of M th r e . intima ted oP, o A u Y r N t E ab ove o ' a t .e r hat o b in e t s . hould take the opiu-- ;Du jury hesitated, and said that there was no ems' den that the alleged plaintiff existed. The S ECONDARY sa i d he must di rect th em on 0e point of law to give a vetrdict for the plaintiff. Verdict for plaintiff, 1 51. CRIMINAL CO URT.---(THIS DAY•) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. GURNEY.) FORGERY.—Thomas /Vowell , ag ed 55, des cribe d baker, pleaded guilty to an indictment charging bi l l with forging two receipfts for the sums of s s. 10d. 01'4 45., with intent to defraud the guardians of thepoor the Strand Union, a a d was sentenced t o twelvu months' imprisonment with hard labour. SHEEP- STEALING.— o.liver Goldsmith, aged 24, d e ; charging scribed as a bookbinder, pleaded guilty to an indictment John a sheep, th e property, te 13- nced to be imp r i sone d f o r n' n air him wdit was with stealing Ds,an sentenced calendar months with head labour. .7ohn James Peacock,ttged 17, described as a garde f ner' pleaded guilty to an ctment chargin g hi m w i t h eln - f niously breaking into a building within the c urtilage,, e t the dwelling-house of W . :illiam Forbe s S tuart, and ger:, ing therein three sheets and one napki n , value 3 1 . , property, and he was se n tenced to bo imprisoned an, kept to hard labour for six cal en d ar months, durin g which time he was to be, once privately whipped. „ a BURGLARY.—John I' Syrian, aged 19, a plasterer , °- Charles Sidney, aged 18„ a carpenter, pleaded g uilty r an indictment charging them with burglary in tu e dwelling-house of Henry :Baker, and stealing therein °II : coat, 6lbs. weight of ,• • cigo,fs, 64 pennies, 214 half-pet fc-P re and other moneys, his gc sods and moneys, and tbey w t 3 sentenced to be transport e'i for seven years. ) (Before Mr. Justice TAL riDURD and BSTOIL A L DERSC ; 21, M ANSLAUGHTER.— Sa H,3le/ Bill, who was COLlYie te a last session of manslaughter for killing and slayi n g,,, lunatic was this morning brought up for judgment, I '7: tc . need to b e imprisoned, and Iteptito hard labour for ii;°' calendar months. STEALING PLATE.—Ja mes Smith, aged 21, a thin pleaded Guilty to an indict charging him with 50 lag twenty-five spoons and other articles, value 2 01 " the property of George G regory, in his dwelling-ho sse, and he was sentenced to k 1 a transported for WWI yo _, I L