The Sun. — London, England, 1850-05-04 00:00:00

NEW WORK BY THE REV. R. COBBOLD. Just ready, in 3 vols., with six Illustrations, F RESTON TOWER; OR, THE EARLY DAYS OF CARDINAL WOLSEY. By the Rev. RICHARD COBBOLD, M.A. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. TIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. The Nobility, Patrons of the Opera, and the Public are respectfully Informed that a Grand Extra Night will take place On THURSDAY next, May 9, When will be presented (for the first time these twe years) Bellini's celebrated Opera, „, I PURITAN" Elvira, Madame Sontag (her first appearance in that character) ; Georgic., Signor Lablache ; Riccardo, Signor Coletti; and Arturo, 'Signor Banearde (his first appearance in that character). With various entertainments in the Ballet Department, including the new and original Grand Pas de Troia (composed by M. Paul Taglioni, the Music by Signor Pugni), entitled LES GRACES, Enphrosine,lle. Carlotta Grist ; Thalia, Mdlle. Marie Taglioni Egle, Mdlle. Amalia Ferraris. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Boa-office of the Theatre. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. A Grand Classical, Dramatic, Miscellaneous Concerted MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT will take place on MONDAY MORNING, May 13, selected from the following admired authors : Weber, Spohr, Purcell, M. Locke, Spontini, Paesiello, Meyerbeer, Cimaresa, Haydn, Beethoven, Rossini, and embracing several highly interesting novelties. On this occasion will appear Madame Sontag, Mdlle. Parodi, Mdlle. Giuliani, Miss Catherine Hayes, Mdlle. Ida Bertrand, and Madame Frezzolini ; Signori Calzorali, Sims Reeves, Baucarde, Coletti, Belletti, Lorenzo, and F. Lablache. Herr Muller and Signor Lablache, supported by all the Instrumental and Choral resources of the Theatre. The whole under the direction of Mr. Ealfe. Amongst other novelties, Madame Sontag will bave the honour to sing the " Swiss Airs," by Eckert, and the variations on " Ah vous iirai-je," by Adolphe Adam, as sung by her with the most enthusi astic success at the Concerts of the Grand Conservatoire of Paris; in addition to which will be presented a Trio for three Tenors, a Trio for three Basses, and a Trio for three Sopranos. Full particulars will be shortly announced. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING, Will be presented (for the first time this season) Verdi's •elebrated Opera, I DUE FOSCARI. _ - Lucrezia, Mdlle. Parodi ; Jacopo Foscarl, Signor Baucarde ; and II Doge, Signor Coletti. After the Opera the Orchestra will execute the celebrated Over ture to Guglielrno Tell. To conclude with the highly successful new and original grand Pas de Trois (by MM. Paul Taglioni et Gosselin, the Music by Signor Pugni), entitled LES GRACES. Euphrosyne, Mdlle. Carl;tt;dirisT Mdile. Marie Taglioni ; Eglaia, Mdlle. Amalia Ferraris. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box Office of the Theatre. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. COVENT-GARDEN. THIS EVENING, Will be produced (for the fourth time), with new scenery, dresses, and decorations, a grand opera, founded on Rossini's celebrated work, " Mose in Egitto," with the alterations and additions by the Composer, entitled Z 0 J A Anais, Madame Castellan ;Sinaide,ifadlle. Vera; Nicotri, Mdme. d'Okoh3ki - ; Merismane, Signor Tamburini ; Zora, Mon. Zelger (his 2d appearance at the Royal Italian Opera) ; Dahlia, Signor Lavia ; Osiris, Signor Tagliafico ; The Oracle. Signor Polonial ; Aufhie, Signor South ; and Amenod, Signor Tamberlik. The Divertisement in the third act will be supported by Monsieur Alexandre and Madlie. Louise Taglioni. Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. The Doors will be opened at Half-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 or season), at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open from Ten till Five. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. First appearance of M. Lafont, and continuation of M. Reviler and 31adile. Nathalie. On MONDAY EVENING, The . Performances will commence at Half-past Seven o'clock pre- cisely, with MEROVEE ; ou, Brunde et Blonde. After which (with curtailment.) the Popular Comedy by Alexandre Dumas, of DEMOISELLES DE ST. CRY. Roger, M. Lafont ; Hercule Dnbouloy, M. Regnier ; Ch rlotte de Mc rian, Madlle. ie. box-orrice of the 'Theatre is open daily from Eleven till Five Isoxcs and Stalls at Mr. Mltchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond atr eet. THEATRE ROYAL, DRITRY-LANE. Last night of the present season. THIS EVENING, Will be presented. by her Majesty's Servants, THE BEGGAR'S OPERA. Captain Macheath, Mr. Rafter ; Polly Peachum, Miss E. Nelson. After which FAMILY JARS. To conclude with THE DEVIL'S RING • or, Fire, Water, Earth, and Air. In Three Acts and Foal* Elements. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Bromptoll. Tills EVENINt, Will be performed a new drama, called THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD. Dr. Primrose, Mr. Webster ; Squire Thornhill, Mr. H. Vanden hoff ; Mr. Burchill, Mr. Stuart ; Moses, Mr. Buckstone ; Mrs. Prim rose, Mrs. Keeley ; Olivia, Miss Reynolds ; Lady Blarney, Miss Horton ; Miss Skeg,gs, Mrs. Fitzwilliam. To conclude with the Last Edition of IVANHOE, with all the newest improvements. Cedric the Saxon, Mr. J. Bland ; Slr Briant de Bore Guilbert, Mr. Selby; Sir Wilfrid of Ivanhoe, Mrs. Keeley; Wamba, Mr. Buck ssene ; Isaac of York, Mr. Kee,ey; Robin Hood, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Rebecca, Miss P. Horton. The tibm-office is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the celebrated Comeay of PAUL PRY. Harry Stanley, Mr. Boyce; Witherton, Mr. Cullenford ; Colonel Hardy, Mr. Lambert ; Paul Pry, Mr. Wright ; Eliza, Miss H. Coveney ; Marian, Miss E. Hard ng ; Fhcebe, Miss Weolgar. Tt, t,e followed by a grand historical Spectacle Vaudeville, entitled PLAYING FIRSIs FIDDLE ; or, Follow my Leader Principal Characters by Messrs. P. Bedford, Lambert, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, and Miss K. Fitzwilliam. XO conclude with MY PRECIOUS BETSY. Characters by Messrs. Wr'.g'it, Bedford, Worrell; Miss Harding, and Mrs. F. Matthews. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE THIS EVENING Will be performed a Lyrical, Comical Pastoral, entitled CYMON and IPHIGENIA, altered from the text of David Garrick. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Harley, F. Matthews, R. Roxby, F. Cooke; 11ths St. George, Miss Kenworthy, Miss 11. Gilbert, Mrs. Hamby, Miss Oliver, Miss Manners, and Miss Martindale. To be followed by THE ISLAND OF JEWELS. Characters by Messrs. Z. Matthews and F. Cooke; Madame Yestris, Miss Julia St. ; George, Miss Dickinson, Miss Kenworthy, Mrs. Macnamara, Miss Martindale, and Miss E. Honner. to conclude with A PRACTICAL MAN. All applications for Private Holes must be made to Mr. Allcroft 15, New Bond-street. The Box-office, adjoining the Theatre, in Wellington-street, is open daily from Ten to Six o'clock, under the superintendence of bir. T. F. Bennett PRINCESS'S THEATRE. This Evening there will be no performance. On MONDAY __ his profession, from practising until he paid a further sum amounting to 121. per annum, if resident in London, or 8/. in the country. It bas in deed compelled many persons to relin quish practice altogether, and is the more indefensible, as recent legislation, and the establish ment of the county courts, has tended to the mate rial diminution of the emoluments of attorneys and solicitors. At present gentlemen are compelled to pay a stamp duty of 1201. on signing their original articles. There is then a further charge, on admission, of 25/. ; and then the annual duty of 121. or 8/., as the case may be ; and if, after these enormous demands are satisfied, they are so fortunate as to realise incomes amounting to, or exceeding 150/., the collector of the property and income-tax makes his claim, which is in the same proportion as if the party received his profits without trouble or exertion from dividends in the public funds, or well-circumstanced ground rents. It appears to be forgotten that the hard-working pro fessional man, who has probably expended the greater portion of his patrimony in qualifying himself for practice, must set aside a considerable portion of his gains in order to provide for a rainy day, when disease may prevent him from continuing his exertions, or old age may compel him to relinquish practice ; and, if a married man, he must also keep up a policy of insurance for the benefit of his family. These various drawbacks will probably reduce his net income to one-half its original amount. But let us see how much we must contribute to Government out of that reduced sum. A case was heard in the Bail Court, before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE, on Thursday, and reported in The Sun of the same evening, to which we would earnesth entreat the public attention. It was an ex parte ap plication for a criminal information against a magis trate cf the county of Devon for gross partiality in the discharge of the duties of his important office, and for most improper conduct during the hearing of an information under the game-laws. According to the statements contained in the affidavits on which the case was brought forward, it appeared that on the 2d of January a complaint had been preferred against a person named GEORGE SMERDON, charging him with having, on the 24th October preceding, at a place called Lower Heald, in said county, used a dog and gun in pursuit of game, without having previously obtained a licence fur so doing, an offence which,- under the Stamp Act, subjected him, if substantiated, to a penalty not exceeding 201. A single witness, a huntsman, appeared in support of the information, who swore that, at the time stated, he had seen the defendant and three other persons drawing a field of turnips with dogs, beating for game, at the place in question, which adjoined a farm called Hersey-hill, the property of a gentleman who was the brother-in law of the presiding justice. The witness was unable to state the description cf the dog, whether a greyhound or otherwise, save that it was a black dog," but, on cross-examination, he admitted " that he saw no shot fired, or any game started." This evidence was suffi ciently vague, and would apparently require but very slight rebutting testimony on the part of the de fendant. He was, however, prepared with no less than three witnesses to show that the charge was totally devoid of foundation, that he was, in fact, at the time returning from the Hersey-hill farm, where he had been to kill hares by permission of the tenant granted under the recent Act, and that be was merely crossing the turnip-field in order to reach another farm, whither be was going, pursuant to previous ap pointment, for the purpose of killing the rats by which it was infested. He was also prepared to show that he had neither dog or gun with him at the time, that he had not, in fact, the most remote intention of seeking for game. The worthy justice, however, re fused to hear his witnesses. He declared that he did not believe that his brother-in-law's tenant had any right to grant the defendant permission to kill hares on the Hersey-bill farm, and therefore —mark the sequence—" he was perfectly certain that SMERDON was in pursuit of game at Lower Heald, and should fine him 201., the highest penalty that could be inflicted." Quod iolumus facile credimus—the magistrate was easily satisfied as to the guilt of the party, who had the audacity to destroy hares, and he would no th tscrutinize too cu riously the ev id ence by which sus tained. Nay more ; h e thought h e charge was ethceowulidtneassbersidfgore the trial, and dispe nse w i t h even the impartiality, re. by f" to hearus,ng appearance o f the defence. Mr.) SMEP.DON was not, however, dispos e d t o submit to such treatment without resistance. He was of a different class from those who can be in carcerated for years at the mere will and pleasure of some rural despot, in consequence of their inability to give security for keeping the peace. He would not bow down before the authority of the Devonshire but was resolved that the tables s h ou ld be turned, ed,and that the magistrate should be called pt o answer before a competent tribunal for his very uon ex t rao rdinary conduct. Repeated application light,ing, but however, they were peremptorily were accordingly made for t he p roduction in co urt o f the deposition s . or rnotes of hearing, refused. Anew appeared to have b roken in on the worthy justice, and entertained some doubts as to he appeared to have . whether his proceedings we re fully justified. lie ac cordingly, sent Mr. SMERDOI'S attorney at Exeter, "that word there wasno necessity for his granting "pies of the depositions, as the in former had declined I to proceed This withdrawal, or further in the case." evasion he , no d h ht doubt t oug would stop all further investigation bur. Sgaytpos was n ot, however, so Will to presented the entirel;neW Opera (composed' expressly for this Theatre, by Signor F. Schira), entitled THE OPHAN OF GENEVA. Count de Merville, Mr. Allen ; Carwin, Mr. Weiss ; Fontaine, Mr,. 11. Corri ; Picard, Mr. Latter; Levine, Mr. Wynn ; Therese, Miss Louisa Fyne. To be followed by the Grand Masked Ball from Gustavus. After which a New Grand Tale of Enchantment, with .splendid Seenery, Costumes, and Appointments ; extensive Machinery, &c., entitled TILE QUEEN OF THE ROSES ; or, The Sorcerer of Candahar. Principal characters by Messrs. Ryder, Forman, Honey, Craven ; Miss Louisa Howard, Miss Saunders, and Miss Villars. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Triumphant success of the new grand Easter Spectacle of Enchant ment. —Reappearance of that extraordinary and talented Artiste, Madlle. Gardoni, on the Tight Rope. THIS EVENING The Entertainments will commence at Seven o'cleck, with Fitzball's magnificent Spectacle, entitled THE FOUR SONS OF AYMON ; or The Days of Charlemagne. Produced with great splendour, and introducing the whole of the vast resources of this Establishment, including the beautiful Stud, together with the Camels, Zebras, &c., &c. To be succeeded by the talented Male and Female Artists of the Estaidi.hinent. To conclude with the interesting Melodrama of MEG MURDOCK: ; or, the Fatal Glen. Box-office open From Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS PAY --Morning 43 min. after 6 I Evenin: 15 min. after 7 To-Moanow—Nlornirg 47 min. after 7 I Evening 28 min. after 8 THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, MAT 4. THERMOMETER. 55—highest since noon yesterday. 40—lowest this morning and during the night. 56—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29.96. Wnzp 'S.W.—light breeze and cloudy, w ith occasional Let us, exempli gratia, assume that a solicitor resid ing in the metropolis realises a net profit of 2001. per annum by his exertions. He has paid in the first instance, 1451., which may be fairly calculated as being worth 141. 10s. per annum during the period he may continue to practice. There is then the annual certificate, 121., and income, 51. 16s. Bd. total, 321. 6s. Bd., which the attorney con tributed as his proportion of the national expendi ture, or 151. 3s. 4d. per cent. on his income, while the fundholder, with 6,6661. 13s. 4d. in Three per Cent. Consols, only pays Si. 16e. Bd., or 21. 18s. 4d. per cent., being less than one-fifth of the amount which the professional man must pay. Sir CHARLES WOOD is, however, deaf to all such arguments. "He would not enter into the merits or demerits of the tax ;" he could not deny its palpable unfairness ; but he defended himself by saying that others were also unjust, ' and instanced the case of " horse-dealers,' which might very well be so demonstrated. That however may be, and we admit it is, a sufficient reason for abolishing the duty on horse-dealers' licences ; but it does not justify the continuance of the tax on attor neys' certificates. He could not deny that "it had driven many gentlemen from the exercise of their pro fession," but he thought that objection sufficiently answered by stating " that it had not deterred others from taking their places." His only argument, in fact, was, that the " whole amount realised by the duty in the United Kingdom was 117,0001. per annum, a sum which he was certainly not prepared to give up." This, then, is the morality, the integrity, of our excel• lent Minister of Finance ! ! He wants the money, and as he has got it, he'll keep it, without reference to the propriety of his conduct. The same argument may be used by any of those ill-used gentlemen who oc casionally figure in the dock at the Old Bailey for being oblivious of the distinctions between meum and Num. Their necessities induce them to plunder and swindle others of amounts which " they are certainly not prepared to give up ;" the only distinction is, that the private gentleman is sentenced to banishment from his native land, while the public character, the Ministerial JONATHAN WILD, is cheered to the echo by his toadies in St. Stephen's, re ceives a handsome salary from the nation, and is made the medium through which certain in dividuals confess their former sins and make re tribution under the denomination of " conscience money." His arguments are not, however, invariably suc cessful. On Thursday he was left in. a minority of 19 (on the question) out of 291 representatives. He has also been again obliged to postpone the Stamp Duties Bill—the labour of fifteen years—sine die. These palpable and disgraceful failures should at least convince his colleagues of what the Right Honourable Gentleman is reluctant to admit—the im perative necessity of a speedy revision of the entire fiscal code, with the view of substituting a sys tem more just and equitable, as well as more politic and expedient, than that now in existence. showers. TO CORRESPONDENTS. " A Constant Reader," of the Spitfire, must give his name, as we cannot insert certain communications unless they be authenticated. easily satisfied. It seemed to him that the " great unpaid" required a lesson which they should receive, and that the worthy magistrate had fallen into a " trap," from which he should not very easily escape. He consequently applied for liberty to file a criminal information, and a condi tional order was at once granted by the presiding judge. The matter will therefore, we trust, receive the full investigation it so loudly demands. We shall not follow the example of the " worshipful" defendant, by condemning him before he has had an opportu nity of being heard in his own defence. We have, therefore, omitted his name from our report of the proceedings, and we trust that he may be enabled to explain or justify the very extraordinary conduct imputed to him. As yet we have only " one-sided" statements; but these have been sworn to. If unwarranted by the facts, the parties making them can be punished according to law; and, as suffi cient prima facie grounds have been laid for a searching inquiry into all the circumstances of the case, it is essential that a matter of such importance should not be cushioned or hushed up, more espe cially at a time when it is proposed to extend very materially the magisterial powers in cases of summary convictions, and to deprive many of the less wealthy classes of the Englishman's privilege of " trial by jury." Whatever may be the issue of the present proceedings, we trust that the Home Secretary will not lose sight of them. It is now essential that the charge should either be fully substantiated or completely rebutted. If the former, the de fendant should be removed from the important position of which he is unworthy; if the latter, his vindication should receive the same publicity as the very serious accusation that has been preferred against him. The French reactionaries of 1850, whether they call themselves "honest and moderate," or Legiti matists, or Orleanists, or Bonapartists, occupy, since the election of the 28th April, precisely the same po sition which in May, 1848, was occupied by BARBES and his companions who invaded the. Assembly,which, in June, 1848, was occupied by the insurgents who fought behind the Barricades. They are rebelling against universal suffrage. This has always been brought forward against BARBES and his companions as the very head and front of their offending. It was insisted on by M. BAROCHE as the crime of all others the most odious, inasmuch as by universal suffrage, and by universal suffrage alone, can the expression of the national will be ascertained, and any opposi tion to that will so ascertained is treason. Yet we now find this very M. BAROCHE himself in rebellion against the principle of universal suffrage, because universal suffrage has chosen M. EUGENE SUE as Member for Paris. Is universal suffrage then not the expression of the national will ? If it be not, what becomes of the boast of the elected of 6,000,000 by universal suffrage ? What becomes of the claim of the present Assembly to be considered as the organ of the national will, to dispute whose behests are treason ? If it be the expression of the national will, then are M. Baroche, the Minister of the In terior and his colleagues of the Committee—M. Benoist d'Azy, M. Berryer, M. Beugnot, M. de Broglie, M. Buffet, M. de Chasseloup-Laubat, M. Daru, M. Leon Faucher, M. Jules de Lasteyrie, M. MoI6, M. de Montalembert, M. de Montebello, M. Piscatory, M. de Seze, General de Saint Priest, M. Thiers, and M. Vatimesnil, who have undertaken to frame a law for the modification of universal suffrage guilty of the very same crime for which BARBES stands condemned ; if it be not, then has BARBES been condemned unjustly, for he certainly had the same right to attempt to modify universal , uffrage according to his peculiar ideas that has M. Baii.ooHE. We shall be curious to see the result of the labours of this Committee, composed as it is ex clusively of Legitimatists and Orleanists, and we venture to assert that any modification of universal suffrage which they may attempt to introduce will eventually turn to their own disadvantage, and 'o the benefit and consolidation of the Republic. The object of these persons is to juggle with the iuffrage so as to disfranchise those whom they desig nate as the canaille of large towns, and for this pur pose they will propose, it is said, to confine the franchise to persons who pay direct taxes. This will reduce the constituency of Paris to 80,000, but it will cot add one tittle to the chances of success of a reactionary candidate, and, from our own knowledge of Paris and its inhabitants, we feel convinced that had the recent election taken place with such a constituency the relative majority of EUGENE SUE over his opponent would have been greater than it was under the present system. Any mere modification, therefore, cf universal suffrage would be perfectly useless for reactionary purposes, so far as the towns are concerned. But how will it act in the country ? It will disfranchise all those ignorant peasants upon whose votes the priest can count as securely as he can upon his own, and by whom, and by whom alone the partisans of the parti•pretre are returned ; and, by throwing the exercise of the franchise ex clusively into the hands of the educated and the propertied among the rural population, will annihilate the parti-prelre as a political party, and will thus secure the return of an Assembly of an infinitely more democratical charac ter than even the Constituent Assembly itself. We look forward, therefore, with calmness to the result of the labours of this Commission, because we are convinced that it cannot propose any modification of universal suffrage which will not be most damaging co the cause of monarchical and clerical reaction. THE FRENCH RE-PUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. In the National Assembly on Thursday, the vote for the expenses of the Roman army of occupation was proposed, and M. E. ARAGO took advantage of the occasion to protest against the attack upon Rome, And the destruction of the Roman Republic, neither of which had been sanctioned by the Constituent Assembly. M. FAVAND, who had formed part of the expedition, as a chef de bataillon, produced a great effect by declaring from his own personal observations that the great majority of the population of Rome was hostile to the expedition, and hostile to the re storation of the POPE. After a defence of the expe dition by General OUDINOT, the proposed grant was vated by 462 to 198. It is said that the Committee on the Electoral Law intend to propose the destruction of universal suffrage, and to restrict the right of voting to those who pay direct taxes. This would reduce the con stituency of Paris to about 80,000. It is considered doubtful whether the reactionary chiefs will be able to carry this measure. The Bill will be presented in a few days, and urgency demanded. The Minister of Marine has just appointed a com mittee of eleven persons, with Admiral CECILL R as president, to consider in what manner the fraudulent introduction of salt herrings from Scotland and England can be best prevented. The law of May 6, 1841, was intended to prevent purchases of herrings from foreign countries ; as far as those of Holland are concerned, a duty of 40f. the 100 kilogrammes has been levied, but it would appear that the in troduction of this fish from Scotland and England is not sufficiently provided against, and it is for that purposeAß PARIS that BR o theus E,MAY 3. —Latest r present committee ates ha sr Prices—Five e e iyep named. ie : r Three per Cents., 53f. Sc.; B an k o C f en v t r s a ., n B c B e, f. 2 3 ,1 0 o c 0 .; f BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, MAY 3. Lord PONSONBY is about to leave Vienna. Ragusa, in Dalmatia, has been nearly destroyed by an earthquake. It is confidently asserted that a Congress of the League is to assemble in Berlin on the 7th inst. A protest is on the point of being entered against the plan of Austria to dub the Congress which that Power is about to hold at Frankfort with the name of a " federal assembly," since, in so doing, Austria makes an arbitrary assumption of her former right of Head of the Germanic Confederation. Increase ... ... Public Deposits ... ... ... Increase ... Other Deposits Decrease . Seven Day and other Bills ... Increase ••• Government Securities Other Securities Increase Notes ... ... Increase ... Bullion ... Increase .. Active Circulation Decrease ... Boulogne and Amiens, 6 1 / g —Eaq Indian, 54::-Luxem bourg, 2—Namur and Liege, 6',,4—.Northern of France, 1214. SPA IN. Madrid journals of the 27th ult. have arrived. Their contents are unimportant. MADRID BOLSA, APRIL 27.—The Three per Cent s . were 301. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 4, 1850. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER 7 0 THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool, yesterday, were es timated at from 10,000 to 12,000 bales, one-third of which were taken on speculation. The market was not so active, but prices were without alteration.—Railway Shares were again lower. The alterati - Ons shown in the weekly return of the Bank of England liabilities and assets, to the 27th ult., are not of particular moment, but there is an increase in the former, and a slight redaction in the latter. The public deposits and the bullion have turned upwards again, and the securities and circulation have slightly fallen off, money being easier within the last fortnight. Compared with the previous week, the results are as follows: Notes issued Increase Rest ... ... 29,937,875 ... 64,875 ... 3,082,232 1,986 4,693,443 66,125 ... 10,907,429 38,913 1,187,973 29 338 no alteration. 9,781,347 2,137 . 9,641,600 , 104.040 ▪ 16,646,835 17.234 ... ▪ 20,296,275 • 39,165 A slight decline occurred in the rates at which burs were done yesterday afternoon upon some of the princi pal continental cities, date 90 days. Paris, 25 721 to 771; Antwerp, 25 75 to 80; Amsterdam, 12 3 to 34; Hamburgh, 13 12:1 1 to 13 ; Fraukfort, 121- j-; and Trieste, 12 8 to 12 12. As a matter of impartiality we give the following communication relative to Mexican stock, but we leave those interested to judge whether the writer dues not draw the most unfavourable conclusions possible. Firstly, as to the indemnity money, we believe no one can be fully aware whether some small portion may not be appropriated to the dividends. Next, we know that Messrs. Manning and Mackintosh have annouoc,cl by letter that they are ready to pay over 100,000 dollara on account of the tobacco dutiee. Thirdly, we have the authority of one of the first mercantile houses here f.r stating that the latest accounts concerning trade are better, and that the glut of goods which has been so de trimental during the winter is clearing off. Lastly, Santa Anna has lost much of his popularity. "Liverpool, May 1, 1850. " Sir,-Having seen a notification from Mexico which was posted in the London Stock Exchange. from which it would appear that the Mexican bondholders are lkd to expect large remittances from thence, I beg to state that lam sorry to entertain a very different opinion, and I give you a few facts. " The next instalment of the indemnity money from the United States is all mortgaged, and nothing can be expected from that. "I have not any intelligence from Mexico inclining me to the supposition that moneys are forthcoming on account cf the tobacco revenue, as stated. " The only reliable sources to which the bondholders have to look for their dividends are the one-sixth of the import duties set apart at the ports of Vera Cruz and Tampico, and these have declined very seriously within the last six months, arising from the glut of manufac tured goods throughout the country. Cleared from Liverpool for Vera Cruz, from Ist Oct., 1848, to 26th April, 1849- 15 vessels, with value as per note* £357,352 Cleared from ditto to ditt o , from Ist Oct., 1849 to 26th April, 1850- 9 vessels, with value as per note* ... ... 141,96 Less than the corresponding period ... £215,391 which will be more than doubled during the year. " This statement is from the Custom-house entries, and open to all for inspection. "The exports to Tampico, though on a more limited scale, exhibit a falling off in a corresponding ratio, while from all foreign ports the same proportionate diminution is manifest. " On this subject my last advices from Mexico state— "' It is necessary you should bear iu mind that the imports this year will be very small, and consequently the receipts at the Ccstom-houses must be very limited and curtailed.' " The finances of the country are proverbially in the most deplorable condition, and hence the repeated changes of the Fir,ance Minister; and we all know the trade has been disastrous for the past year. "It will be found the wily General Santa Anna, al though reported to have left in the last steamer from Jamaica for Carthagena, has proceeded to Chagr?s, and will promptly make his appearance on the west coast of Mexico. He is yet destined to rule in that country. " I look upon it as unjust for parties to mislead the public iu the endeavour to give a fictitious value to stocks, and I therefore ♦enture to off,sr you a few facts, which may be placed in juxta-position with the statements al luded to. " A MEXICAN MERCHANT." One or two points in reference to the above letter also immediately present themselves. Could it be expected that Mexico should immediately recover itself after the late crushing war, and is it not rather matter for con gratulation that it has so soon fallen into an easier posi tion? Further, it is undeniable that, favoured by the "go a-head" spirit of the Yartkeris, the Mexicans are more than ever disposed to exert themselves, and that mining enterprise is already carried on with greater spirit and improved result. Still let every one judge for himself as to investment (if money, and receive in good part or with reservation whatever statements are offered on either side. The Funds opened well, but aro rather flatter since. Consols have been done at 96 for money; they are now 958. Bank Stock is 206. Exclquer-bills are 68!. to 71s. premium. _ _ _ Foreign Securities are dull. Spanish Five r e 7 Cents. l7e. Mexican firm at 29. Dutch Two•and-a•Half per Cents. 55i 4 4. Shares are quiet. There have been no precious metals exported dircct from London this week. ' l l4 , ‘..54 . , • ,C • , • A. . ) 3 ,f , 4T •m o • ,retv•rf.7. - —.Ol . • 6/14 Tnina LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1850. Thursday eveningtnessed another Ministerial witnessed defeat, and that on a financial question. If Lord JOHN Rcs3ELL not already aware of the fact that Sir CHARLES , , IV . 00D is is the evil genius o f his Govern went, who will eventually bring about its overthrow, he will spee dil y rece ive manynY additional and unequi vocal proofs th e reof. The country w ill no longer submit to th e perpe t ua ti on of injustice oppres sion, because the Ch a ncellor of theand Exchequer is not willing t o re li nquish taxes which he cann ot venture to defend. Some person more competent to dischar g e the arduous and i mportant duties of the o ffi c e must be found, and that speedily, or the Whigs must be pre pared to resign their positions to more worthy su c- I cessors. The e v il s o f the existing fiscal system have become but too painfully apparent, and the country will no longer rest satisfied unless a large and com prehensive measure of reform be introduced. The voice of public 'opinion demand s a total alteration of our taxation and expenditure, and that must be con- I ceded, whoever may be the Minister and whatever party may be in power. The present decisive defeat was sustained on the motion of the Noble Lord the Member for 1 Middlesex, for leave to bring in a Bill to repeal the annual duty on attorneys' certificates—the discussion on which had been adjourned from the 26th February. We long since directed the public attention to the roorntrous injustice of this oppressive tax, which prevented a person, who had incurred heavy expenses in acquiring a knowledge of, and being admitted to THE SUN, GERMANY. On the 23d ult. the Austrian Government published an edict, giving the sole superintendence and control of education to the Benedictines. The measures re cently adopted by Austria for increasing the power and the influence of the clergy are extremely unpo pular, and will eventually lead to an outbreak, which nothing but the presence of her enormous army prevents, and the state of her finances is such that she cannot much longer maintain such an army on foot. The Jesuits, who have been recalled, being about to establish a Mission louse at Kotzeldorf, in Bohemia, the inhabitants of that place petitioned the authorities not to permit it. The petitioners say—" Missionaries are very good in foreign lands, but are superfluous in orthodox parishes. Too many priests in a village are unfavourable to domestic peace and happiness. Their presence would tend either to stultify the people in religious matters, or, by exciting heterodox reflections concerning dogmatic subjects, lead to schisms, and ultimately to apostacy." TURKEY. Accounts from Constantinople, of the 20th ult., announce the arrival in that city of the Princess BELGOIOBO._ The Turkish Government has just ordered the armament of two frigates and a brig to be ready by the Ist of May. The ships of war are to proceed at once to Malta and Gibraltar, and from thence visit Spain, France, and Great Britain. The shock of an earthquake was felt at Constanti nople on the 19th. MALTA. Accounts from Malta, of the 22d ult., state that the venerable RUGGIERO SETTIMO, whose life had been despaired of, is at present out of danger. ITALY. The King of NAPLES has gone to Gaeta, where a large body of troops have been ordered to concentrate. A note from Lord PALMERSTON has produced a great sensation among the Neapolitan Ministers. HER MAJESTY'S HEALTH. The following bulletin of the Queen's health was issued this morning:— " BUCKINGHAM PALACE, MAT 4, 1850, 9 A.M. "The Queen has had another good night. Her Majesty and the infant Prince continue well. " JAMES CLARK, M.D. "CHARLES LOCOCK, M.D. "ROBERT FERGUSON, M.D." The next bulletin will be issued on Monday. CABINET COUNCIL.—(Tius DAY.) A Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign-office this afternoon, at two o'clock, the summonses having been issued yesterday. The Ministers present were Lord John Russell, the-Marquis of Lansdowne, Earl Grey, the Earl of Carlisle, Viscount Palmerston, Sir George Grey, Sir John C. Hohhouse, Sir Francis T. Baring, the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, and the Right Hon. Fox Malik. The Lord Chancellor and the Marquis of Clanricarde were absent through continued in disposition. The Ministers will dine this evening with the Royal Academicians at the National Gal lery, on the occasion of the opening of the Ex hibition. SAILING OP THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION. - THIS DAY.)—The announcement that the expedition fitted out by Government was to leave Greenhithe to-day, for the purpose of searching after Sir John Franklin, attracted a vast con course of spectators, and the shore was lined with a respect able assemblage for some considerable distance. The squadron consists of the Intrepid, the Resolute, the Pioneer, and the Assistance. At the appointed hour the Commander, Captain Austin, gave the order for sailing, and amidst thQ cheers of the vast concourse assembled, the vessels started on their good cause. The expedition was accompanied by the three steamers, the Dasher, the Advice, and the Jasper. The Jasper only returned from towing Lady Franklin's vessel Prince Albert to Harwich, on her way to Aberdeen yesterday. The heads of the Woolwich Dockyard paid a parting visit to Captain Austin and the officers before sailing. GRAND E NTERTAINMEN T AT THE FRENCH ENE BAssY.—llis Excellency the French Ambassador and Ma dame Dronyn d e Lh u ys gave a grand entertainment, last evening, at the residence of the embassy, in Belgrave-square, to the following distinguished party :—His Grace the Duke of Wellington, the Duke of Devonshire, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl Grey, the Earl of Carlisle, the Earl of ?dinto, the Earl Granville, the Earl of Mulgrave, Viscount Palmerston, Lord John Russell, Lord Campbell, Lord Eddis bury, Lord Brougham, Lord Howden, the Lord Mayor of London, the Ri g ht Hon. Sir George Grey, the Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood, and Mr. H. Addington. The party broke up about eleven o'clock. - - - PEMBROKE DOCKYAUD, MAY 3.—ln order to pro tect the entrance to Milford-haven, the Lords of the Admi ralty have deemed it expedient that a fort should be erected on the Stack Rock for that purpose, and accordingly orders have been issued far the construction of a proper defence. The two towers at Pembroke, which were commenced la:t year for the protection of the extensive and important dock yard, are to be finished in the course of the present year; when completed, they will prove an important means of de fence to the garrison. Each tower will be armed with long swivel guns fixed on traversing carriages. The marine de tachment at this dockyard have undergone a strict drill pre paratory to the annual inspection. The Captain-Superin. tendent, Sir Thomas Palley, has been away from this establishment on leave of absence, during which period Mr. R. Abethell has had charge of the dockyard. The absence of the Gallant Colonel has been caused by an accident which happened to his son, who was unfortunately thrown from his horse, thereby receiving a concussion of the brain. CLUB LAW.—BLACKBALLING A POST-CAPTAIN.— At the ballot for members at the George News and Billiard Club, in High-street, on Wednesday, a gallant naval captain of 1832, resident within the walls of this gar rison, was " blackballed," though not to a sufficient extent to exclude him, albeit a noble lord is reported to have threa tened to resign if the gallant captain aforesaid was ad mitted! Blackballing is a mean process for expressing dis approbation of a candidate's qualification for admission into any public society, however fairly the system may be prac tised, but when the blackballing is unfairly practised with the predetermined view of excluding a cancidate, we can only regret that such an occurreuce should have been de tected in a coterie of gentlemen. In the case in point we learn five black balls exclude a member; 36 members were present on the occasion, out of which number only three black balls were put in the box with the name of the officer in question, but when the box was opened four black balls were discovered, so that some member must either by accident or design have put in two instead of one! Such a system will never work well with a new concern, especially if private pique is suffered to coerce public matters. —Portsmouth Times and Naval Gazette of this evening. MR. ELLIS'S BENEFIT AT ASTLEY'S. GRAND EQUESTRIAN FETE.—A monster entertainment is announced for Monday next, at Astley's, for the benefit of Mr. James Ellis, late lessee of Cremorne-gardens and the Adelaide Gallery, in the Strand, when, in addition to numerous and varied attractions, introducing the almost inexhaustible re sources of the amphitheatre, a brilliant pageant will be pro duced, illustrative of the memorable ride of the noble and devoted Lady Gordiva through the ancient city of Coventry, when, for the first and only time, the celebrated Madame Warton (late of the Walhalla, Leicester-square) will ap pear mounted on one of Mr. Batty's chargers, as she rode at the grand procession, in honour of the event at Coventry, in June, 1848. The beneficiar e has ever been a most liberal and spirited caterer for the amusement of the public, who, it is to be hoped in return, will not, oa this occasion, withhold volunteered their services, and f rom t h e nove l an d a tt rac tive character of the programm e , M onday may f a i r l y be their patronage. A host of mem b ers o f t h e pro f ess i on h a ve pro nounced as the " night of the season." IMPORTANT TO NATURALISTS.—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer, L •uxine, carries to Southampton, en route to L on d on, a magn ificent specimen of the monarch of the brute creation, which, being for sale, will no doubt give rise to great competition among the rival verytc o o r l y l e . c e t x o r p s e on Thi sfs i3v, the oe u ln metropolislion the interior, and almost unt ro d den wilds o f t h e v ery centre of ci journey, e r f at. ] c, i ih v a i e n di g , eiNz objects a naofdft after r a ai t p u l oo r in a L l gf r l a i on i n s d - 1 Africa, in the vicinity of Lake Tchad, within the kingdom of Bunion ; and, though only seven months old, is already near three feet in height, and of a most graceful form. As it does not attain its fall growth before the age of six years, it is likely to become one of the finest animals that has ever been seen in Europe, for, according to the account of the native who assisted at its capture, the lions of that countr y , when of full size, measure nine feet from the nose to the tail, which latter is seldom less than five feet in length, ending in a large tuft, which terminates with a horny sheep, or goat, per prickle. We understand its carniverous propensities are already so great that its present consumption is nearly a stock, the enterprising party who shipped the same, had to put on board the Euxine a shepherd, with his flock.— (From the Malta Mail, 26th April, 1850. AFRICAN MUSEUM, HYDE-PARK CORNER. A day, and that to insure a sufficient sea museum has just been opened, in the Chinese Gallery, by Mr. teresting, n o t on l y Cumming, the African hunter, which must prove highly in numerous the Scottish forest, and a great to all who are in pursuit of novelty. It consists chiefly of trophies of the chase, and the native arms and costumes of the different tribes of the interior of Southern Africa. There to the sportsman and naturalist, but also is also a fine collection of the antlers of the red deer from many other curiosities too the fluency and ease of the exhibition will be the Bushman' Africa. He is a strape looking who accompanied Mr. Cumming in his many wonderful escapes while in pur suitand who was in at the to mention. Not the least attractive feature of heni, elephants, &c. &e., death of most of the wild beasts killed by him during five years' constantly varied adventures in the wildest parts of specimen of humanity, and landers in language is surprising, when we consider the short time he has had an onportunity of hearing it spoken. His own lan guage, w e with which he can talk the English believe, is a sort of broken Dutch. We were also much struck by the appearance of the four stalwart High were attendants on Mr. Cumming during his wanderings and hunting expeditions in the mountains of Scotland. Four the picturesque costume of their country, who finer specimens of the native Gaul we may safely venture to say could not be found. We will leave it for our readers when they have visited the exhibition to judge for them selves of the energy, daring, and indomitable perseverance P osse ssed by Mr. Cumming to enable him to have over come the dangers and fatigues which he must have under gone in procuring this splendid collection under foreign and inhospitable climes. FATAL ACCIDENT AT BLAIR-ATHOLL.—A singu lar and, we are sorry to add, fatal accident occurred on Fri da" last, on the bill near Dalnaca rdoch, where a nu mber of People w ere collected at a fox hunt. Reynard took ref uge i n a h ole in a rock, wh er e he Was followe d b y the d ogs , but they could not find their way out a g ain, and John Cam pbell , a shepherd, crept i n to ass i s t t hem, when several large s t ones fell down a b ove him, and crus hed him to death. From th e difficulty of access to the p l a ce it required considerable ex. ertions to extr i cate t h e body. The deceased was a sing e man, aged a b out twenty- fi ve .—Perth. Courier. SIGNS or S UMMER. —The cuckoo has been heard in several p arts of the countr y, and the swallow, " harbin ger of summe r ," may now be seen on th e win g in thei r wonted haunts.— C ar li sle Journa l . METROPOLITAN COMMISSION Of SEWERS._ At a General Court, held yesterday, a report from Mr. F. Foster, c ß e a n n o k r, r , Bankruptcy hasis engineer to the Commission, containing a plan for the drain t age of Richmond, was adopted. Permission was granted to the Great Northern Railway Company to lay down a branch sewer from the Fleet sewer at Battlebridge to their goods' station in Maiden-lane. An immense mass of minor works Pere ordered, and the Court adjourned. to the Lord Chan _ Mr. Commissioner Shepherd, of the Court of 11l health is said to be the cause,d b se e n en t resignationiancchepiste *lB4B Oct. 14 Susan... ••• ••• • » ......... ................ 222133879722:::850241343793059889 16 Lucretia ... ••• ••• ... ... 7,933 Nov. 12 West Lothian Dec. 12 Royal Exchange ... ... ... ... 29,268 20 Parton ..... ..... I" : .. .. .• 2 2 9 9 ~ 6 8 9 1 0 3 184 3 0 0 Eliza Bell ••• ••• ::: 26,705 Jan. 3 Victoria ..• ••• ...... Feb. 77 6 xp r e e aa r r s inf e —a y . e .l r o. a s n t Perseverance... ... . ... March 6 Ulysses ••• ... ... 1 2 8 0 E sw liz a a llo ß w owen ...... ...... ... ... ... 15,839 April 7 Lauristou ... ... ..• ... ... 13,414 12 Beraza ... ... ... ~. ... 37,361 1849 October None sailed. £357,352 Nov. -10 Amazon ... ... ... ... ... 17,698 11 Bell .. -.• ••• ... ... ... 12,901 1859 JanTB Ann Dingwall •• •• 23,502 8 Lauriston ... 10,842 11 West Lothian 9,865 Feb. 19 William Rushton 9,•494 25 Helen ... ••• ••• ... 19,823 Henry and Margaret 7,260 April 2 Rafael •• • •• 30,776 £ 141;961 BRITISH FIENDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 206 3 per Cent. Reduced Amtuities 8 per Cent. Consols Anna New 3 1 4 per Cont. Arms. 97 97 96% India Stock 267 1,65 1 ,4, Do. Bonds, 10001 Consols for Account 95 % 3 /4 Exchequer Bills. liA d. 2d. March. June. G 8 71 p 68 71 p 68 71 p 1,060/. ... — .5001 — Small — PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Danish Bonds 1825, 3 per Cent.... Ditto, 5 per Cent Ditto, Scrip Mexican Bones, 1846,5 per Cent., Coupons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto for the Account Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent — Ditto Deferred Russian Bonds, 1822,5 per Cent 107% % Ditto 4% per Cents 95% Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent. ...... Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 4 1 / i per Cont. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild Ditto 4 nor Cent. Certificates II vgiNEss DONE IN RAILWAY SILARES AT ONL O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SNARE. Birmingham, W 01., & Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guar. 15 ..... 21% 1 4... to 21 %aledonian `;hester and Holyhead... lO ..... 7 Eastern Counties Do. New Pref., 6 per Cent.. 10 Do. Exten.,s per ct. No. 1,61.180. 4d.. % p..... to East Lincolnshire, guar. 6 per Cent.... . Great Northern Do. 1 , B 6 per Cent. ...... VA 4 to Do., 5 per Cent. Pref....... 12%...... 10% to Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 50 Great Western ....... ...........100 Do. New 17/ Lancashire and Yorkshire lOO ..... 35 Leads and Bradford London & North Western 100 ......101 .. to 101 Midland-- .... ........ lOO . . 3134 Ditto, 501. shares ..... ...... SO ...... 1% 1 / 1 3% to Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo ... .. 14% klilland, Consol. Bristol and Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 118%....... to 119 North Litaflordshire... .. ...... 17% Reading,Guildfd.,& Reigate 15 6 arewsbury and Birmingham 13!4 — dis ... to Ditto. ditto, Class B. 9 South Wales ... York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 Lo.G.N. E. Pun or Pref. 8 York and North Midland .. 60 .. ... is ..•... to Ditto, Preference FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens 2O ..... 6% to Central of France (Orleans and Vierzoa ) ... - Great Indian Peninsular 6 ...... 5%...... to Namur and Liege........,, 2O ... .• 6%.. ~. to —. JOINT STOCK ISANKS. Union of London ....... . ...... 10 Union of Madrid 4O Cobre Copper Santiago de Cuba. COURSE OF Amsterdam ... .. 14 2 Ditto, three months 12 3it Rotterdam .... ••.. •• 12 3Yi Antwerp. ..... ........ 25 80 8ru55e15....... ..... 25 80 flainourgh .... • ..M.B. 13 134 &tone ...... .......... Paris, 3 days'slght 26 60 EXCHANGE. Gibraltar • • • • • • • • • • • • • • I,e,thorn ........ • • .. • • 30 75 tielioa • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• 26 10 Venice .... .. • • • • .... Naples .. ........ 4044 Palermo, p eroz • . . 122 Messina 122 3 A Lisbon.... • • .......... 63 % Oporto 53% Rio Janeiro 27) isuenes Ayres— New • York, 60 days'sight Philadelphia .. .. • • .... Ditto, 3 Months .... 25 ;ii Marseilles ............ 25 82% 80urdeaux......... . Frankfort on Maine 121 R, Berlin ........ ........ Vienna, effec. 12 10 Trieste, ditto.... 12 12 Petersburgh,Sll. Rble •. 37 RuAlld .• .. •......... 49% Cadiz •••••••• • • • • • • • 49% Barcelona • • • ..... Sevilia•• ....•• •• •• •- PRICES OP BULLION, PER OZ Foreign Gold in kmrs...E3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. U 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Dolle.ra ...... 0 4 10 Silver in bars ...... • • 0 4 11 ij LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-('PHIS DAY.) LONDON, MAY 4.—Wind at noon W. to W.S.W., light tart tze and fine. BELFAST, MAY 2.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Arg ; le, Hit cher, Norfolk, WEYMOUTH, MAY 3.—The Mary Ann, of Bridge.. water, from Teignincuth to London, foundered last niLiit about 14 miles S.W. of the Neeules; crew saved. 131..icru, MAY 3.—A ship's skiff, clinker built, painted " Victoria" ou tte stern, has been picked up and broul, s ht in here. FAYAL, APRIL 26.—The Venilia, Jamaica to Liver. pool, put in 10th inst., leaky, loss of sails, and about 60 tons of cargo thrown overboard; has partly disci arged to caulk. DEAL, MAY 3.—Wind W.N.W. to W.S.W.—Arrd. Prince Regent, Jago, Callao; Malvine, Berghues, 8r,.- vls. tor Hatnburgh. Arr, from the river, Gipsy Queen, South Au..tralia; Duncan, Valparais.; Leooniu, liavari nah; Ceylon, Bostoo; Earl of Durham, Halifax. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 2.—Wind W. to W.N.W. and W.S.W.—Arrd. her Majesty's steamer Simoom, Clyde; had been in contact with the Shelly Clifton, Chester to Dundalk, which vessel sunk; crew sated. DARTMOUTH, MAY 3.—Wind W.—Sld. Saucy Lass St. John's, Ne found laud. LIVERPOOL, MAY 3.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Elizabeth, :parr, Mobile; Jupiter. Sld. Hyperion, Monte Video. Off port, John 131 W. OFF bOVEß.—Harrier, Fowler, Guayama. OFF PORTLAND.—MiLerVO, hanimah, for Cowee. OFF THE START.—DUiVeIiaLd, Kreye, Batavia, for Middleburg. SWANSEA, MAY 3.—Wind W.—Arrd. Thomas 8211, Ford, Cuba. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) COVltairr-G.WEiIDEaI. For the time of year, our market was but moderatel, supplied with Vegetables, the demand for which was steady at last week's pricee. Oranges were 2s per 100 dearer. In other Fruit no change took place.—Pine Apples, 105 to 14s; Hot-house Grapes, 18s to 21s per lb; Pears, 20s to 305; Eating Apples, 5s to 6s per half. sieve; Apples for cooking, 4s to 6s per bushel; Fil berts, 70s to 75s per 100ibs; StraY:berries, 4d to 9 , 1 per cz. Foreign Fruit—Black Llamburgh Grapes (forced) 3s 6d to ss; Portugal ditto, 9d to is per lb; Spanish Nuts, 4s to ss; Brazil ditto, 3s to 45 ; Par celona ditto, 5s to 6s; Spanish Chesnuts, 3s to 6s pr peck; Lemons, 5a to 105; Oranges, 5s to 12s per 100 ; Almonds, 3s to Gs per peck; Spanish Onions, Ms to 20s per box. Vegetables —Cape Broach, 3s to 63 per dozen bundles; Turnips, is 6d to 2s Od; Carrots, 4s to ss; Greens, 9d to is 3d per dozen bunches; Onions (old), 3s to 4s 6d per bushel; horse-radish, 2s to ss; Celery, 9d to is per bundle; Leeks, is 6d to 2s; aed Parsley, is to is 6d per dozen bunches; early York Cabbages, 6d to 8d; Red ditto, 2a to 3s per dozen; Brussels Sprouts, 6d to 9 per halt-sieve; Endive, is 3u to Is 6d per score; Red Beet, 2s to 3s 6d; and Par snips, 3d to 4d per dozen; Mushrooms, 4d to 8d per pottle; Spinach, 6d to Os 9d; and Jerusalem Arti chokes, is to Is 6d per half-sieve; Small Salad, Is 6d to 2s per dozen punnets; Sage, 2s 6d to 3s per dozen bunches; Corn Salad, is to is 6d per halt sieve; Shallots, 3d to 4d per lb; Potatoes, 80s to 120 s per ton; ditto, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per bushel; Sea Bail, is Od to is 6d per punnet; Asparagus, 4s to 6s per 100; Rhubarb, 2s to 5s per dozen bundles; Cornwall White Brocoli, is to 4s 6d per di zen heads; Turnip Greens, 3d to 4d per bushel; French Beans, is 6d to 2s per 100; Radishes, 2d to 4d per punnet; Cubboge Lettuces, 3d to 6d per score; E arly fratn. d Potatoes, is 6d to 2s per lb; Sprouting Brocoli, 6d to 9d per sieve; Mint, 3s to 4s per dozen bunches; Cucumbers, 3s to 4s per brace. Young Turnips, is 9d to 2s, and Young Carrots, is 6d per bunch; Mint, 2s to 3s; Spring Onions, is 6d to 2s per dozen bunches; Cos Lettuces, is to is 6d per dozen. NE VITGATIE AND LEAD ENNALL Turkeys, 3s 6d to 9s Od; Geese, 6s to 8s Od; Ducks, Is 8d to 3s Oct; Tame Rabbits, is 04 to is 94; Wild ditto 10d to is 2d; Pigeons, 5d to 10d; Roasting Pigs, 4s 04 to 'Bs each; Surrey Fowls, 7s to 10s; ditto Chickens, 5s to 7s; Barn-door Fowls, 3s 6d to 7s per couple; English Eggs, 5s 6d to 6s 6d; French, 4s 9d to 5s 6d; Irish, 4s 6d to 5s 3d per hundred; Fresh Butt:2r, 8d to is ld per in.; Hares, 2s to 3s 01 each. IQ' ENV P OUT. Beef, from 2s 8d Mutton, 2s 10d to 3s 6d; Lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 8d; Veal, 28 10d to 3s 4d; and Porn, 36 2d to 48 Der Blbs. WEITECITAPEL. Deef from 2s to 3s ; Mutton, 2s 6d to 3s 6(1 Lamb, 4s 6d to 5s 6d; Veal, 2s 8d to 3s 4d; Pork, 2s 10d to 4s per Sibs, by the carcase, The prices of Wheaten Bread in the Metropolis are from 6d to 6d; of household ditto, 4d to 5d per 41b loaf'. 13 ZLIZIVOZGLITZ. Turbots, 4s to 12s; Brill, 2$ to 6s 6d• Cod Fish, Is 6d to 8s 3d; Whitings ' 4d to 6d; Lobsters, is t o 2 s 9d each; Soles, 6d to 2s 3d per pair; Eels, 4d to 1 ld per lb; Haddocks, 4d to 8d each; Oysters, 108 to 42s per bushel ; Flounders, 6d to Is; Smelts, Is ld to Is 61; and Bloaters, 10d to is ld per dozen; Mackerel. 3d to 4d each; Salmon, is to ls 4d per lb; and Salt Fish, 2d to 4d per lb. HIDE DIAILICET. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, lid to lid; ditto, 641 b to 721 b, lid to 12d; ditto, 721 b to 801 b, to lid; ditto; 80Ib to 881 b, 2-id to 24d; ditto, 881 b to 961 b, 3d to 34d; ditto, 961 b to 1041 b, aid to 3, 1 2 'c1; ditto, 1041 b to 1121 b, 34d to 4d. Calf Skins, light 2s 6d to 3s 6d; ditto lull 03 Od to 63 Od; Horn Hides, 6s 6d to Os; Polled Sheep, 5s 6d to 7s Od ; Kents and Half-breds, 4s 6d to 5s 8d; Downs, 4s Od to 5s Od; Shearlings, 7d to 9d; Lamb Skins, is 6d to 2s 4d each. nay IitEIMMETB. SBUTHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 3/ 8s; Clover ditto, 31 Os to 41 8s ; and Straw, 11 is to 11 8s pel load. Supply tolerably good, and trade very dull. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow Hay, 21 103 to 31 10.., Clover ditto, 31 Os to 4/ 4s ; and Straw, it 2s to 11, 83 poi load. A fair average supply, and a heavy demand. WRIZECHAPEL. Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 31 8s; Clover ditto, 3l 05 to 4/ 8s; and Straw, 11 is to 118 s per load. Trade dull, at barely late rates. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco, before the Lord Chief Justice CAM' BELL and Justices PATTESON, WI(IRTMAN and ERLE.) ELSDON V. BAKER. Lord CAMPBELL delivered judgment at the sitting of the Court this morning in this case. He said this action was brought by the executor of Elsdon against the executor of Baker, on a promissory note for 1,0001. made by Baker, and payable to Elsdon on the expire tion of six months after notice of payment. The fourth plea, on which the question chiefly turned, alleged that Baker was surety for one Last, and along with Lastinade the promissory note, and that Last gave a mortgage to Elsdon to secure that said sum of 1,0001., with a cove nant under seal to repay the 1,0001. The fourth plea alleged that Elsdon accepted the mortgage for 1,6001 in place and stead of the promissory note. Now there was no evidence offered on the subject beyond what appeared on the face of the plea, and that raised the question whether the note was mortgaged on the separate security under seal ; and after looking into the authorities, the Court was clearly of opinion that it was not. On that plea the ver dict ought to stand, and therefore there would be no rule to show cause. IN RE THE CORONER OF WORCESTERSHIRE. Mr. ALEXANDER said in this case he had to show cause against a rule which had been obtained calling on the justices of Worcestershire to show cause why a mandamus should not issue commanding them to pay a sum of money out of the county rate as compensation to Mr. William Samuel Price Hughes, one of the coroners of that county. This question turned on the 7th and Bth Vict., cap. 92, which was passed in 1844, for amend ing the law respecting the office of county coroner, the second section of which provided for the di vision of counties into districts for the pur pose of the office of the coroner by the magistrates on a petition to the Queen in Council. On the 19th Dec., 1846, an order was made by the Queen in Coundi, authorising the county of Worcester to be divided into three coroners' districts; and on the sth March, 1847, the magistrates of the county, at the Easter quarter sessions assigned one of there districts to Mr. Hughes, who had previously been one cf the coroner's fur the county. Ou that assignment Mr. Hughes petitioned to r Majesty for compensation under the 6th section of the Act, which provides for compensation in such cases. The prayer of that petition Ras granted, and in July, 1647, the Lords of the Treasury assessed the amount compensation due to Mr. Hughes. The magistrates had since refused to pay the compensation au awarded, on the ground that the true construction of the compensa tion clause in the Act in connexion with the circum stances under which the office of coroner was exercised previous to the passing of the Act, did not warrant its being paid. That clause provided that the order ( f the Lords of the Treasury granting the compensation should set forth that the county " had been customarily divided into districts, for the purpose of hearing inquisitions before the coroner for seven years before the passing of the Act." Now these words had been omitted, both in the order of the Queen in Council in this case and in that of the Lords of the Treasury, and he contended that the insertion of those words was essential to giving jurisdiction in the matter under the compensation clause. The magistrates had said the county was not " customarily divided into districts;" and he (Mr. Alexander) therefore submitted that the rule in point of law could not be maintained, on the ground of the omission of the words in question. The ATTORNEY. GENERAL, on the part of Mr. Hughes, contended that, bk fore the alteratn,n, that gautletnnu had a much larger district to work as coroner than he had now, and that under the proper construction of the statute he was entitled to compensation for th e loss be had sustained by the alteration. tbst Lord CAMPBELL said the Court was of opinA; °ll the mandamus should go.—Rule made absolute. EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY') An a (Before the LORD CHIEF BARON and BANDS ROLf PLATT.) SELLERS V. DICKINSON. This action was bro ug ht t o tr y the right of the 14,i:: 1 3 tiff to a a patent for cert a i n i m p r o ve ments in th e ree, 4 nism of looms for weaving, and was tried before 4ss Justice Wightman at Liverpool, when a vercli et found for the plaintiff. Th e case no w c,ime beto re . t. e ,i .Lordships in a rule obtained by Mr. Watson to set eOlue, the verdict, and to enter t h e same for the det euda3t e for a new trial. It came b e f o r e th e Court on a turn clay, but as their Lordships were unable to doegl i f f ', L td notes of Mr. Justice Wi g ht w an it was adjourn ed Li " to-day. The arguments, which were extremely tedi etl6 l ,6ll r a t wholly devoid or any public interest, occupied the ta the whole mot ninr, and was nut likely to conclude 111 a late hour. r of Mr. Watson and Mr. Cowling appeared in euPP °I W r the rule, and Mr. Martin, Mr. Atherton and Mr. WO against it. COMMON PLEAS..—.(THIS DA,,% ) , 3 a (Sittings in Banco before Lord Chief Justice WIL D Justices C lIESSWELL, WILLIAMS, sod TALF" - ,f i ril• Tne busines w:ucti came betore the Court ,11.0" ink presented no featuie of intt•n=st. BAIL COUhT.—(LIIIS DA Y ' ) (Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE Mr. Justice Coleridge sat in Banco this 10 , n od ar.d heard s. , rerr_.l motions, but n,,ne of them Pre any any feature of interest calling for a report. BANKRUPTC Y.-(THIS DA• (Before Mr. Commissioner GouLnußs.) IN RE PURCELL. lied The HONOUR gave judgmeut this case this re °rn o il l The defi-nciam was a butcher at Mile-end, sod " t ss on Saturday last Ps pass his final examination, O A ' : 0 1 opposed by Mr. Duncan, on the ground that be "' ta d kept books of account; and the officizl assignee repel' that the accounts were mere " guess" work. His HONOUR had cocsulted with his brother Lic 1133 ,,, 1n re siont.r . s, and they agreed on the principle tbs ' — b e ut " guess" accounts ought not to be allowed to pa''' . e was _ to be a diffrrence drawn between a c- o ,, u e lar mere " guess" work, and where, although rei s . - f i :eks had been kept, a fair estimate ' „ In i ;t e ; and the accounts were partly vouched. In this c"„,, 0 6, conoidered tLe bankrupt bad rendered an honest 1 30 '1; 11 according to tLe best of his ability, acd had give d : ll ` 11 5 r the prore7ty he was possessed of. Under these e'r eu d stances, he thought the bankrupt ought to be all 0 1" pass; a definite rule w ou ld p ro b a bly b e l a id des vf3 'oo which it would be shown what should constitute grounds of distinction. Bankrupt was then allowed to pass. MARLBRIY-STREET.—(THIS ROBBERY AT THE REGISTERED SYRIAN PA L DEPOT, OXFORD-STREET.—J o h n G u lpi rt was c" -r- tbe with stealing two registered Syrian paletots frjra doorway of. Messrs. S wain and Co., in Oxford-stre et 'og It appears from the evid e n ce of one o f the firm t d o, the prisoner committed the felony in broad n°° °- t bef carrying aw a y the p a l e t o t s an d c h a i r on w hich were p!aced at " one fell swoop." , fi 9/ The evidence establishieg the prisoner's guilt , fully committed fcr „"/ THE LONDON SOCIETY FOR THE CONVERST..OO TILE JEWS.—Yesterday morning the 42d annual w eetl asar this society was held at Exeter-hall, when its friends an d t he porters mustered in great force. Lord Ashley occeP le s ed 14 , chair, and was supported by Sir R. H. Inglis, M.P. , 00 of number of gentlemen who are interested in the cons'e, r , s o ssecl, that ancient people. The Noble Chairman briefly sal aso the meeting congratulating them on the success Wili c . a 0 0 attended the operations of the society, and impressloo, them the necessity for increased and persevering Oer s " p re especially at the present juncture, wh en suc h heresie s vailed in the Church as, h e f ear ed, wou ld resu lt in the dle up, ea: don of that establishment. Th e secre t ary then read th e nual report. The receipts of th e y ear f or special and g r isst purposes had attained to 28,2831., being an increase co T i oso year of 939/. ss. 6d. Copies of the Scriptures had beeniro,ooo to the number of 10,455, an d t h ere were at present,t, copies of the Old and New Testament in the press. Ter port futher stated, that i n th e H e b rew sc h oo l the Ne” t the tament was read with a v idit y . It was ca l cu l a t e d tha t t he metropolis contained about 25,000 J ews , w hi c h sh o wF, s isae field that the society had t o l a b our i n. Th e foreign e lh " tbs of the society had been eminently successful; and duriabed past year 20 foreign Jews, resident in the metroP o , lis ' e tiolit been converted. The report gave very general satisfa and was unanimously adopted. fore FATAL STEAM-BOAT AccrEENT.—Yester.fl r es. noon Mr. William Carter coroner for Surrey, held andt oil at the Royal Oak public-house, Union-road, Rotherilitu-w'sts the body of Edward Nicholls, aged 21, a watertnaiV, last with James Coode, aged 27, was run down on Tues°% f ing by the Nymph, Woolwich steam-boat, under the f o P" o f circumstances :—lt appeared, from the testimony o f ll ,. rous witnesses, that the deceased and his companion the gaged on Tuesday afternoon in towing a smack nam e so ierl Prince Albert out of the Surrey Can a l D oc k. A mail , o ger,' . Brown, who w a s on b oar d th e smac k, an d saw the %ad& called out to the captain to ease an d s t op th e s t e amer, i rse was then about 200 yards distance from the skiff, vali c t here shooting out from behind a tier of vessels ; but, before 0 was time to avoid th e co lli s i on, the steamer struck the , ae cutting her to pi eces . B oth men sank, and were se."-, more. Every exertion was made to recover the bode o g the deceased men, which were not found until the folloVitot morning. The man Nich o ll s h a d rece i ved a severe vic°,fr across the upper part of the face by the paddle-wheel. ral watermen stated that the accident might have been ties , I ented if the men in the skiff had used common precsc preS either by backing the b oa t as t ern , or b y hauling therfiseo out of the way with the towing- rope. Two gentletnel l ' i d be were on board the steam-bo a t, sa id th a t no bl a me cou l d to attributed to the captain, who did all he possibly c°ll t roly avoid the unfortunate accident. The j ur y, a ft e r a shc„r The saltation, returned a verdict of " Accidental Death- , e o p. body of the other man, named Co o d e , was f oun d on t h e posite side of the river, and convey e d t o Li me h o use, to an inquest. ALARMING EXPLOSION OF GAS.—Last e•- too, between seven and eight o'clock, an explosion of g3s,.,ofec place at Messrs. Nugeut and Cameron's, wholesalern tioners, No. 29, Great Bardwell-street, City-road, w'h sato addition to the destruction of a cons id era bl e am ount 0 " It perty, will, it is feared, be attended with - loss of lit e ' sat, seems that throughout th e d ay a s t rong sme ll o f gae a or pervaded the premises, and at the above-named hour , °'" t as' the workmen, named John Ellis, proceeded, as was tom, to turn on the gas from the main. Almost insta l fol. report resembling the discha rge o f a piece of ordnance too lowed, the windows of the fact ory were forced - ow. too benches overturned, and the men hurled violentlt ° t oss ground. As soon as they recovered f rom th e shoclia„ tas w whose injuries permitted them went b e l ow t o ascerta the cause of the occurrence. In the front kit c hen, Nvli cre v ers cl gasometer was placed, a strong body of g as was &el" „ , till blazing. The men, with assistance, succeeded in puttlev era out. Ellis was found lying prostrate, his clothes on O e c : the so dreadfully injured that his i mme di a t e rem oval to e d to hospital was considered necessary. He is not expectthe survive. The origin of the catastrophe was a defect 1 gasometer. The damage is estimated at 2001. 114 rIG THE EXPOSITION OF 185 I.—G REAT ..„t JETISEY.—On Wednesday last a great meeting was A Ltioill the Royal Arsenal, St. Hilliers, J erse y, t o a d o pt res o i" o f in furtherance of the intended exhibition of industilyisa: nations, to be held in London, in May, 1851. Th e iaititi tenant- Governor was prevented, by illness, from P'alte ° , over the meeting, and, in his abse nc e, the-chair Ws..s vor ioll' by Sir Thomas Le Breton, the Bailiff o f th e I s l an d. t aoo resolutions, declaratory of the interest taken .by pro' present in the object of the intend e d exposition, viers'erseP posed and seconded by the Very Rev. the Dean of Lt ot , the Seigneur of Rozel, P. R. L empr i ere, E sq, s t " General Torzel, Pet er L e S uem, Esq., Consta ble, ° f vr Helier, Colonel Le Couteur the Viscount of Jers e) ' e eee' Brohier, John Hammond, Esq., and Charles Le ~ Esq: Upwards of 70/. was subscribed in the roora conclusion of the meeting. of RobedMIDDLESEX HO,PITAL.—The quarterly co% beq the governors of thi s h osp i ta l was held yesterday, Sir --e°s9°- 11. Inglis, Ba r t., i n t h e cha i r. After the ordinary busit l- i rag the court Lad been disposed of, J. Ingram Travers, EsV e siii/ unanimously elected joint treasurer of the hospital ic on' William Tooke, Esq , and Bailey Smith, William b l° here Eneas Mackintosh, and G eorge L eeke Baker, Esqs"beiab severally elected honorary gove r n ors i n v i rtue o f their i tt: executors to benefactors to the char i ty. W e we re haPr n n itts' find that the subscriptions to thi s o ld- esta bli s hed 12° , 9 1 t. 1 36 were increasing; but it appears th a t i n conseq uence improvements and alterations which have been r i c . ,Xi t te o F completed, and the increased number of patients a .91', 0 the weekly board have found it necessary to Tea k urgent appeal in aid of the funds of the hospital, as the t" come falls short of the expenditure. We were gratw o to learn that the Marquis of Westminster has undertaotf too preside at the ensuing festival to advocat e the objects charity. , ss tV e f THE LATE MR. THEOBALD, or S T ocx- rt y - Probate duty has been paid on the extensive prollyeer. this gentleman on two occasions during the pres e , l lo,o ol3 ; i i Mr. Theobald's personal property was proved at y a die d ho This property came into the p ossess i on o f hi s so n, av t ere d about three months since. Hi s es t a t e h as b een adrnia l eo - t 136 to by his sister, Mrs. Th e ll uson , w h o now 1)0 01 heiress to the property of her deceased father. f l iv oCOt t ANNIVERSARY OF THE MARYLEBONE -- o f CLUE,—The anniversary meeti ng o f th e me mbers , jots celebrated club took place on Th urs d a y at G r illion (fli e Albemarle-street ; the Earl of Darnley in the chat 0 00 ' Noble Earl was supported by Lord Charles Russell, tß Ge orfi e F. Ponsonbv, the Hon. C o l one l Lidd e ll, t h e Hon' . Milles, Mr. J. B. Alexander, Mr. G. Morris Barker , i . L. Bayley, Mr. G. D. Dyk e , M r . R. A . J o h n son, Viv; Kynaston, Lieutenant Kynaston, Mr. C. Leslie, I‘ ll ', dr . Lightfoot, Mr. F. Micklethwaite, Mr. J. C. Morrice , Nicholson, Captain Norther, and Mr. J. Harcourt etet ° Prior to the dinner the foll ow i ng s i x t een new mernbe air r, elected !--The Hon. J. T. Fienne3, Mr. J. Lambert" y r , P T. Lindon, Mr. R. K. Gordon. Mr. Horace Young' Set' Twopenny, Captain Thomas C. Taylor, Mr. C. srait' c i combo, Mr. C. F. Webster, Mr. Antrobus, Mr. Mr. C. Sutton, Mr. E. Barchard, Mr. E. S. C. Captain Northey. The report, which was read hi that too naston, the treasurer and hon. secretary, state° 95 , 5(-" balance at the banker's, on the 2d instant, was 4071,;0a along that the matches last year had cost 514/. 10s., or I° c49 w ere than in the previous year; that the subscribers to t i 34 557, who, at 10s. each, produced the sum of 288/. 1 05 : r oce-: " stock purse," to which was to be added 581. for ee' c yetet: making a total of 346 . 10s. The balance to the " boo' fund" was 73/. I Is., and the arrears due to the mate amounted to 451. The resignations were 56. of COMMISSARIAT ESTIM ATES.— Th e estim— At e o po ourS f 0, s c required to meet th e expenses wh i ch will com e i 0 payment in the year ending March 31, 1851, is, iC r it u 18 4 ig services, 45349 1 ., being a decrease 'as compared W' m .yices„a 50 of ::4,169/. The vote required for non-effective 5 ` par,` t estimated at 45,7911., being an increase of 1,919/. as c _ ° i e sar° with that of 1819. The net decrease in the COIL" Department is thus for the present year 32,190/. o f the LARGE SALMON.—On Th urs d a y last 0 7rrAyt 1 ? t i; domestics of Grant's Hotel, Dunk e ld, c aught in thrfaise rvr low Newtyle Quarry, a s a l mon we i g hi ng 351b5. rti the cod, is c o nsid ere d a we i g ht unprece dented- d li er i fiter hook caught the fish by the broad belly-fin, a n , e , hour's fine sport it had at la s t t o be gaffed into , Inverness Courier. S ............., 'orra; ti C iffy ffB e„ G. o t, N,111.0e cart e~iyof A r .e rwid of t' ea tb iirth th e t he pr% • b hi s nia , i 'ust e , 'll€tcti the 4rt tstd; , Pei • e n IT PaI ree, ft" R°Ya ught th w t" ° ngs fo , ° f 1 ° drably Il l ° 41 a% AL e V„ 14, ability. I :0 '411er Pa fltrib uti , P i ctori a l a Sp( lqwx t 1 1, ° ary s i Ip t ag: 12 t to 5 ° 1 ag' 1 ago 1 tO 1 4 t , ti - Et,p g, 1 3 to 1 a g , t 2 ' 5 to o ag' lg tO 1 agl g, t o tia 5 to I 'a 3 t ° t 0 - 1 ao Itti N ( 011 , A _ ekallta‘ll34 NE WS . Sy. 'eeDit S, tn D on. i t °Ptri 037 il l i dderi v i d ue has ri .-; c o eiz e from,p etas, mare T 1 1 , 1 , -148.