The Sun. — London, England, 1851-05-17 00:00:00

BOAR Boy. W. Shoberl, Publisher. 20, Great Marlborough-street. Orders received by ail Booksellers. h EA MAJESTrS THEATRE. Madame SONTAG. rTite.ATRE ROYAL, sAYMARIVIT. kr. E. Webster, 941.3 Lessee suld Manager, 01:i Brompton. THIS EVENING, THEATRE itCYAL, ADELPHI. tinder the direction ci Madame Wefts. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST, ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame vote& bole Lessee, Mr. Char!es Mathewl, THIS EVENING, Will be performed COOL A$ A CITCUXBER. To be followed by A DAY OF RECKONING, in which Madame Vested will appear, _ To conclude with THE QUEEN OF THE FROGS. Characters by :'/I sari. C. Mathews, IL Roxby, Rai:lngham, Herncestio, Morris ; Mrs. Matthews, Miss St. Geor,te, Miss MartincialP, and ViS4 Oliver. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Farren, Tat EVENING, Will be performed TILE LADIES,' BATTLE ; or, Un Duel en amour. After which VIE FARMER'S STORY. To conclude with FRIEND WAf iGL ES. AsTLEY't3 ROIAL ANIPLIITIIEATRE. Under the Patronage of her liaje3ty and his Royal MOIR= Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. THIS EVENING. Will be performed a grand new Spectacle, entitled ELEANOR BE AMAZON ; or, Queen of France and Ergland. To be followed I, y new Scenes of the Circle, introducing an en tirely new Company of French Artistes. TO conclude with a laughable Farce, PUNCfI'S PLAYHOUSE AND STRAND THEATPE Lessee, 3lr. W. R. COPELAND, Liverpool. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Comecy, ent'tled KENSINGTON GAM -I)EN. Principal characters by Messrs. Tilbury, A, Davies, Nor ton, T. Rogers, and Romer; Mrs. Seymour (her tith appearance) ; Mesdames E, Romer, M. A. Marshall, and Wallis. An ILLUSTRATION OF THE EXPOSITION. Principal charac ters by Mesdames Marshall, M. Taylor, C. Horsman, and Dilxiin ; Messrs, J. Reeve, Norton, J. Rogers, and Romer. To conclude with a new Farce called TAKING THE CENSUS. The prices of admission are arranged as follow :—Orchestra 41; 1-IJ%es (first eircie), 35.; (second circle), 29. ; Pit, Is. Doors to be opened at Halt-past Seven, and the performa.ncas to Commence at Eight precisely. A second price will be token to the Boxes only at Half-past Nine —fret circle, 25.; second circle, Is. Private Boxes One Guinea and a Half each. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL th G e A st ß i f 0 , 31 5 a . y. Open for the :-eason on MON the Pint representation of a gigar.tic modelled Paz n ri u n s ri i a n , t p h t n E t e t d e r n b a y l MQSBII. Dan,on, representing the Temple of Palace of the Cmsars, City,. with a striking View of the Colosseum, • I din.' two gi -4"• The Menagerie is both varied and extensive, 'Tic u' appropriately flares, two elephants, wh:ch caparisoned and attended. The band, conapoiel of m clans of Promenade the grounds, usi_ first- rate celebrity, is conducted by Mr. Godfrey. Moored on the lake is reen a real Chinese. pleasore junk, with masts snd sails and various conaplete. Alto ilemin ' aerie! bridge, gton a li novelties ; and at dusk will be given, on a scale of surpas,ing naa4- nleleenee. a representation of the Closing of the Brazen Gates of the Temple of Janus, with (for the first time ever attempted) a grand colossal trans Parent diaphonte panopticon, showing the horrors of war and the blessings of peace, t erm i nat i ng with a most brilliant of the arts and sciences display' of firework s by Messrs. Southb y ; and an allegorical tableau , depositing their treasures at the feet of her tacleMaje s ever witnesse to d. ty Queen Vic ria, the wh ole forming* tae most gorgeous spec- A-DM ISSION—ONE FR ILLING. Friday. —M° nclaY, Tuesday, W ednesday, Thursday, and Ethibition nights 31, gagements JULLonui I9ri:vna i_tah3_,th3erealyit2e.lo.f s Rand, w ill commence their en- TheE of the XIIIDETIONS FD° l-4 ' Royal South Lotdon Flori take place o „ ay cultural S , letY Wedne. wi ll d b e rep :ll e a a y t,d 2B d.o. • Tin 2 to. Season ; the Fi rs t w ill oon HiGn WATEiI, Al LOND____„ Tuts Day —Mornirz 0 mln. after 3 1 , • --va a•ag 21 m i n to-Moaaoly—liorning 40 min. a f t e r a 1 Evening 59 • after after a THE WEATHER:4III ° 72.1. . 37, 141 4.7 - I : 7 DucitaiontsrEß, THU SHADE,. • 63—highest since noon yesterday, 45—lowest this morning and cluing the night. 58 —this d iy, at noon. Baßomirrica, 3001. WIND W.S.W.—light breeze and cloudy. DAILY WEATHER TABLE . State of the Wind d places at Ni ne at each a the following an Weather Tha etatic:,s are arranged i,n...otiOr:de order rcak latitude. morning.— - PLYMO urn— g4entle breeze— p oolx _w in ,r.. w S., gentle breeze—overcast. BnIGHTON—.Wind eze—partially cloudy. SOUTHAMPTON—Wino ; c , ; ;' 2 lna part ially cloudy. s.w , gentle breeze—cloudless. FoLicitgrobis—Wind g i entlo breeze—partially cloudy. TuN namer,—Wind S.E ," In—cloudless. GRE EN WIC H—Cal m -Lh ea a , calm—cloudless.—loudie3 S. SWINDON— Wind S.E., light Y alr e LEM HTON—W In d .E., CAMBRIDGR'—Wind N., gentle bre RUGBY— Wind E., gentle breeze— Jeon-uloßdieSil. BIRMI ?WHAM— W ind W., gentle breeze "8. Y.temoura—Wind W. calm—clout_—o. vercast. LrvEnroor,—.Wind W.. gentle breeze —p art i ally LANCASTER—Wind S. W. calm—partially cloudy, 3'. cloudy. W HITBY—Wind N., gentle breeze— clondkts. Stukn—yVind S.W.. gentle breeze—partially cloudy ' BEarromr—Wind S., gentis breeze — overcast. The returns from the followiii,:r places indicate the state of the , wind and weather on Thursday morning at n i ne o'clock : KINGSTOWN ( Duntryl)—Wind S.E., calm—overcast. blzmuNGam— ind 5.., strong breeze—overcast. PLYMOUTH—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. PoorAt —Wind S.E., gentl3 breeze—cloudless.. BASINGSTOKE Wind N., gen tl e b ree ze—partially cloudy. Swirrpon—Wind E., Light airs—cloudless. LEIGHTON—Wind E., gentle Ureeze—cloudless. YORK—Wind S., calm —partially cloudy. LaNcaszraz—Wind S.W., calm—prizicipally WilmatAvEzi—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—partiallY cloudy. 20, Great Marlborougls-street, May 16. j . ADY BULWER LYTT ON ' S AA NEW NOVEL, " MIRIAM SEDLEY," A Tale Real Life, IS NOW READY AT ALL THE LIBRARIES, In 3 yob:. " Singularly lively and spirited."—Critic. LORDWILLIAM a days, in 3 vole LENNOX'S NOVEL, PERCY HAMILTON; or, The Adventures of a Westminster BUENOS AYRES BONDS. A PUBLIC MEETING of the fielders of the Buenos Ayres Bonds of the Messrs. Baring's Loan of 1824, for 1.000,000/. sterling, will be held at the London Tavern, on THUZSDAT next, may 22. at Twelve for One o'clock precisely. ALFRED GODFREY, Secretary. 8, Broad-street-bnildings, May 16, 1651. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. it is twin...Hn GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. - announced that a Grand EXTRA NIGHT will take Place on THURSDAY EVENING. MAT 22' when will be pre tented, for the first time this season, Rossini's celebrated opera, iL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA. ~_7 l4l4f ia, Madame Sontag ; D Conte d'Aimaviva , Signor Calz ol a ri ; 'A . gar°, Signor Ferranti • Basilic), Signor Casanova; Bartolo, Signor Lablache. In the Lesson Sceae Madame Sontag will introduce Rode's cele brated Variations. A Selection from a favourite Opera, in which Madile. Caroline Duprez, Madame Florentini, Signori Gardoni and Coletti will ap‘ pear. With various Entertainments in the Ballet Department, by mac e . Carlotta Grid, Madlle. Ame lia Ferraris, Madlles. Rosa, Esper, Juli en, Lameareux, Ailegrini, Pascales, Kohlenberg, Dantoine, um. Charles , Ehrick, Paul Tagnonl, Di klattia, Gonriet, and Venefra. Application for Boxes, stalls, and Tickets, to be made at the Box office of the Theatre. Doors opened at Soren, the Opera to mence at Half-past Seven o ' clock. nom. It respectfully announced that THIS will be pre- Dented is Donizetti LA 's Opera, }IGLU IEL REGGIVENTO. Marla, Madame Sontag; Tonto, Signor Gardonl , Ortemslo, Signor Balanchi ; Sergente Sulpizio, Signor P. Labiache. To conclude with the admirable Ballet (arranged is one act) of LE DIAI3LE A QUATRE, By Mdlle. Carlotta Grist, Iticilles. Rosa, Esper, Julien. Lamoureux, Allegrini, Anssanrion, Kohlenberg, Pascales, Dantoise, MM. Charles, Bhrick, Paul Taglioni, Gouriet, Venetia, and Di Mattia. The Opera will commence at Eight o'clock. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, aril Tickets to be made at the Box Ofilee of the Theatre, Opera-colonnade, Haymarket. The highly successful Divertissement, Les Cosmopolites, will be repeated forthwith. TI.IATRE ROYAL. DRURY LANE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. James Andersen. Re - engagement of Madlle. Vietorine Legrain. Engagenam of Miss P. GORTON. THIS EVENING Will he presented by her Majesty's Servants new grand Operatic Spectacle, entitled AZAD:. THE PRODIGAL. Reuben. Mr. Vandenhoff; Azael. Miss P. Hor ton ; Amenoplits. Mr. W. West ; Eucharis, Mr. Cooper; Sethos, Mr. Rafter; Jephtele, Miss Viilars; Nefte, Mrs. Walter Lacy; Madlle. Vietorine Legrain (Premier Su;et du Opera de Paris), who has Deen expressly engaged for the occasion. ro 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, 31errie England in the Olden Time. harlequin, Mr. Lauri; Pantaloon, Mr. C. Lauri; Clown, Mr. Doughty ; Columbine, Miss PaLer. Stalls and Dress Circle - - bs. First Price. Second Price. Roses - - . . - 3s. Is. 6d. PA - . . _ _ - 2 s . I s. Od. Lower Gallery . - - . Is, 1 No halt-price Upper Gallery - . . . , 5 to Galleries. Private Boxes to admit 8 reduced from 31. 64 3s. Od. to 21. 12s. 6d. Dtto 6 ditto 21. 12s. 6d. to 21. 2s. Od. Ditto 4 ditto 21. 23. 04. to U. II s. Ed. Ditto 4 ditto It. Ils. 6.1.. to I/. Is. Od. 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 Puffins, Mrs. Fitzwilliain ; Kitty Penny weight, MIB2 Annie Romer. After which, a new and (as times go) original domestic drama o startling interest, entitled ARLINM ; cr. The Fortunes and Vicissi tudes of a Bohemian Girl. Count Arnhelm. Mr. J. 131 and; Couni Ylorestine. Mrs. L. S. Buckingham ; Thaddeus of Warsaw, Mrs Fitzwilliam ; DeviLshoot, Mr. Buckstone; the Gipsy Queen, Mr. H. Bedford. To be followed by a new musical, historical, pasto --- rail, comical fairy drama, called O'FLANNIGA.N AND THE FAIRIES • or, A Midsummer Night's Dream. Pbelirn O'Flannigan, Mr. 111,:hon ; Oberon, MIAs E. Chaplin; Mary, Miss K. Fitzwilltam. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Keaa and Mr. Keeley. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE STRANGER. The Stranger, Mr. C. Keaz ; Mrs. Haller, Mrs. C. Kean. 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 ALHAM BRA ; or The Three Moorish Princesses. Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Barley, A. Wigan, Wynn, Cooke, Flexrnoro ; Misses Murray. Daly, Vivash, Robertson. Leclorm Keeley, Mdlle. Auriol, and Mrs. Keeley. OF GREEN CLOTTI, BITCKINGH.4.M PALACE, MAT 17, 1851. Notice thereby given to the Ambassadors, the Foreign Ministers, the Members of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and the Officers and Ladles of the Royal Household, invited to her Ma jesty's BALL, on MONDAY EVENING, the 19th instant, that their Carriages, having Tickets for that purpose, are to enter St. James's. park by the Great Gate on Constitution-hill, pass through the North Gate of the Fore Court into the Garden, set down at the Garden entrance, and leaving the Garden , by the gate near the riding-house, are to turn to the right ; and that no carriage can be allowed to pass through the Great Gate on Constitution-hill oat a Ticket. The empty Carriages are afterward s to ge round .by the Consti tution Hill-gate into the Park, to wait there till called to take up, and to go away through Grosvenor-place. The Carriages of all other persons invited to the Ball are to fall into line in St. James's-street, enter they Park by the Stable-yard -gate, pa " through the gate north of the Centre-gate of the Palace, and set down at the principal entrance in the Quadrangle. The empty Carriages are to draw oft, and ealtting the Quadra ng l e by the gate south of the Centre Gate, p4ss down the Bird-cage Walk, cross the Parade opposite the Horse Guards, and Walt in the Mall till called to the Palace; after taking up, they aro to quit the Palace by the gate south of the Centre Gate, and Age away by Bucklagham Gate, or through the Stable-yard gate. up St. Ja mea ' s - street. WESTMINSTER, Lord Steward. jevve,-, Ant LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1851. Oa the CHAIRMAN putting the question that the pm , amble bo postponed, Mr. KEOGH moved that it be taken first. This led to conversation, in the course of which, Mr. DISRAELI declared that he would support no le gislation on this subject that did not apply to Ireland as Well as to England, and that he would support any pro position which should make the Bill a retaliatory act to vindicate the national honour. Lord JOHN RUSSELL expressed his willingness to adopt certain of the amendments of Mr. WALPOLE, and I to reject others. Mr. WALPOLE explained his intentions in proposing certain of these amendment ,, , and it was ultimately ar ranged that the Bill should be committed pro forma, to be re-committed on Monday, and that in the meantime it should be reprinted in the form in which the Government intended it should stand. The House having resumed, The Coalvvhippers (Port of London) Bill was read a second time, and alter a desultory conversation on the manner in which the accounts of the Court of Sewers are kept, and whie.h led to no result, the House Edjourned. The Ecci , ?siastical Titles Assumption Bill has at length got into Committee. The devotion, we may almost term it the self-immolation of the Brigade, retarded but could not prevent that consummation —a consummation which, it was manifest to every disinterested person at all acquainted with the state of public feeling in Parliament and in the country, could not possibly be averted. If any doubt could have previously existed as to the motives of those who, by an abuse of the forms of the House, compelled the large and overwhelm ing majority to succumb to less than one seventh of their number, it would b 3 completely set at rest by the proceedings last night. Where were the nu- ErItTOUB " brigadere," brimful of eloquence and anxious to pour forth the enlightening torrent on the be nighted nation? Tiaey were all determined to he heard. The refus2l of an audience would be but adding bitter insult to deep injury. Where was the Honourable Gentleman the Member for Clonmel, who moved the adjournment of the debate, and thus ob tained a prescriptive title to resume the proceedings ? Where were those whose claims were so feel ingly expatiated on by the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Mayo? None were forthcoming. Human patience had been exhausted, and none could be found with sufficient temerity to brave the national indignation that would be excited by the sacrifice of another evening, and the expressions of impatience with which the orator would he greeted during the progress of his harangue. We have heard of a barrister speaking against time, in order to delay matters until a necessary witness could be procured from a considerable distance. We have been pre sent at the cross-examination of a witness to cha racter for more than three hours, in order that a special messenger might be dispatched for a learned Queen's Counsel to take advantage of the op portunity for reply afforded by the indsffetion of the adversaries ; and we were not astonished, for in each Case something was to be gained by procrastination. In the one a nonsuit was avoided, in the ether an elo quent and feeling address was delivered to the jury that must have materially influenced their verdict. An advocate might submit to the censure of the Court for such purposes. On th Bill now under notice the procrastination his been just as palpable as in the cases above alluded to. But nothing was to be gained by the success of the manoeuvre. They could not throw out the Bill by a temp):ary su - ne33, or bestow upon a foreign po tentate the privilege of invading the prerogatives of the British Crown and the independence of the British empire. Leland, their native country, will be the chief sufferer in consequence cf the precious time thus recklessly wasted, a considerable portion whereofmight have been devoted to subjects intimately connected with her welfare and prosperity. But it can never be reclaimed, and doubtless we shall hear some of the chief obstructives complaining, at the end of the session, of the neglect of Irish interests, and demanding justice for Ireland with voices of liunder. They will not thrn receive their own fac tious proceedings as an adequate excuse fur Ministerial backslidings ; but they must be contented, for the good sense of the country will discern that they are the parties responsible for the evils that may arise. The debate has been again 'adjourned to Monday evening, but on this occasion there has been a suffi cient reason for the delay, viz., that the Bill should be reprinted in the form in which the Government intend to proceed with it, so that Honourable Gen tlemen might understand exactly that on which they are voting. We can now only express our hope that no further time may be misapplied, but that at length, in the fourth month of the session, the House may really enter upon the important duty of legisla tion, and avoid all future escapades unbecoming the dignity and character of the " first body of gentlemen in the world." A noble example of independence was yesterday afforded by the Honourable Gentleman the represen tative of Nottingham. It will have been observed that within the last few days two gentlemen, one of them distinguished by his forensic reputation, were iummorily requested by an arrogant and bigoted majority to retire from the Conservative Club, having, it was intimated, ceased for some time past to enter tain sentiments consistent with the principles of Conservatism. The individuals thus virtually ex. pelled were, it is by this time well known, no other than Mr. BLTHELL and Mr. TINDAL. Without having in any manner provoked the insult gratuitously directed against them with so much impertinent ostentation, these quondam members of the club suddenly found themselves called upon to withdraw from the midst of their former associates. Anything more indecorous in tone than the requisition addressed to them can scarcely be imagined. Regarding the occurrence, moreover, as a precedent, it must be looked upon as the inauguration of a system by which the opinions of every member of society similarly situated will be subjected to the scrutiny of a body of inquisitors. Hence, therefore, it cannot but be reprobated as a circumstance calculated to prove sin gularly detrimental to the liberal and enlightened spirit of the age, reducing each person, as it does, to the possible supervision of a faction arrogating to itself the secret authority of the Carbonari or the irresponsible despotism of th e V e h mger i c h t. F ee li ng . th is , We remarked w ith th e u t most grat ifi cat i on the c ourse tak en by Mr. WALTER—a cour se : as b r illi an t i n its deciiveness as it was chivalric in its p romp tit u d e. Indignant at the disgraceful manner i n w hi c h hi s associates in the club have been treated, he has boldly flung dow n any furtherP still remaining numbered the privileges of or , ,jf its members, amongst the ranks preferring this haughty rojeciin of which night sooner capri cious majority, render him liabl e • to ration of insolence. Every one will continuance in a position at the whim of a i assuredly coin cide with ourselves in admiring ho nourable to the Member for Nottingproceedingbarol and one which must, we feel satisfied , inevitably aff or d the ut most gratification to his numerous supporters in the His conduct by in thatthe matter generous has evi constituency. dently been inspired and masculine spirit of independence peculiarly befitting the English gentleman under a ll circumstances, bat more especially when to his own ned that of one of the personal dignity has been joi Popular representatives. It will probably be as well for those who may be at all solicitous to maintain the Conservative Club in its _ state of Prosperity to bear in remembrance the jeo pardy incurred by pursuing the path just vdveutured upon by the late virtual and ill-advised expulsion• Supposing the precedent be adopted as inaugurative, The Llouse of Lords sat last evening fors short time, but transacted no business of importance. In the Commons, On the order of the day for the resumption of the debate on the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill being read, a di viaion took place (after an abortive attempt, on the pan of Mr. REYNOLDS, to occasion further delay) on the question that the ►SPEAKER leave the chair, and the motion was carried by 116 to 35. The House then wait into Committee on the The strengthening tendencies of the convictions of the thinking portion of the public towards the prin ciple of direct taxation, receive a fresh impetus from the rapid development of commerce which .every monthly return of the imports and exports of our trade and navigation confirms. As the effects of ou: free-trade policy gradually unfold themselves, and it is seen that while we produce at home more food than ever, we import four times as much as we did under the system of protection, we consume all we produce and import, and it is eaten by those who could not afford to purchase it under the higher prices of mono poly, the conclusion becomes inevitable, that the economy of unrestricted commerce improves the con dition, net only of those who are dependent upon manufactures and foreign trade, but of the great masses of our rural population. Increased imports infallibly indicate enlarged powers of domestic con sumption and means of internal purchase. Equivalent exports equally prove that trade is strictly reciprocal, and that with every importation a new and growing demand arises for the labour of our producers. Not all the statistics of CHOWLER, end all the "ex ceptional cases" of GEORGE FREDERICK YOUNG, can rail this free-trade seal from off the bond of nations. As the significancy of these facts becomes better understood, a growing conviction arises that it is essential to the full development of our powers of barter, under the new dispensation of commercial intercourse, that all unnecessary restrictions upon the naerch.int should be removed, and every practicable facility afforded for the full development of our trading capabilities. It is now understood that tariffs, import duties, taxes upon the exchange of commodi ties, are not only pernicious to the consumer, who has ultimately to pay them, but obstructive to an in calculable extent of the enterprise and energy of the distributor ; and that indirect taxes are not only the least economical in collection, and the most burden some to every class of buyers and sellers, but inci dentally deprive us, by the irksome restrictions with which they encompass business, of a vast amount of profitable trade, which might afford large profits to the capitalists, and inexhaustible employment to the labouring classes. It was from this conviction that Sir ROBERT PEEL, in what may be called his regenerate political state aimed, in the reduction of taxation, to repeal rather than to reduce duties—to take off entirely the im posts from those commodities whose produce the re venue could spare, rather than merely to diminish a little of the duties of everything, leaving still a little for every article of import to pay. One difficulty he failed to anticipate, which has effectually frustrated all his expectations. He re membered indeed that we had taxes, but he forgot that we had a Custom-house. He relieved trade from the fetters in which duties had bound it, but he left it the slave and captive of the iron chains of Red Tcpery, and the farcical technicalities of a Thames street board. "Her MAJESTY'S Commissioners for Foreign Revenue" have been the PENELOPES who have industriously unwound in the board-room the web which the Minister had warped and woofed in his Cabinet. They have accumulated their forms, rules, regulations and orders, just in the proportion in which his policy dispensed with the need of them; and the product of his total repeal of duties on twelve hundred erticles of revenue has been an increase of 800,000/. per annum in the cost of collecting the duties that remain. Here we might stop. Q. E. D. There is no forty sophist power which can explain away this simple fact. The less the Board of Customs have to do, the more they charge for it. The fewer the duties to be collected, the greater the labour of collection. As goods cease to be the subject of revenue, they become daily more liable to the supervision and inspection of the fiscal officers. The fewer the objects of taxation, the more numerous are the ceremonials of entry, clearance, examination, pricking notes, cockets, seizures, stoppages, and confiscations. Upwards of half a million added to the expenses of the service 15,000 petitions per annum to the Board ; rules and orders so voluminous that the additions reach an average of 460 printed pages annually, and embrace is all upwards of 4,000 different regulations; forms so intricate that the clearance of goods wholly free of duty requires, outwards thirteen different official solemni ties, and inwards nine, while dutiable commodi ties are favoured with nineteen inwards and twenty three outwards ; and an ignorance so omni-nescient that the chairman denied that these were the forms, while his deputy admitted it, and the presiding genius of the whole gravely informed a committee of Lon don merchants that no cotton was imported into London ;—these are a few of the indications of the spirit in which the Board of Customs carries out the policy of free trade. Not one of the Commissioners had any connexion with the service till he took his seat at the board ; each of them takes fifteen weeks' holiday in the year, besides dedicating the chief part of Monday to its patron saint, and futile visits to the outports. Accustomed as most Englishmen are, by costly ex perience, to the voracity of the judicial mind, our readers must forgive the weakness of the confession, that even we were somewhat startled by that mani festation of official vigour, and almost super•solicitor o energy, which has recently taken the t one o f ra i s i ng hundred and twenty informations, a ll a t th e game time, at the instance of the Crown, against the Lon don and St. Katherine Dock Companies. We had imbibed an almost mythological reverence for these vast developments of the large ideas and gigantic designs of British commerce. W had been, as it were, born and bred up to regard these leviathan esta blishments as the pride and glory of the enterprise and contriving intellect of the metropolis of the commerce of the world. We had heard at least that they were the chief collectors of the revenue, the authors of a system which had diminished smuggling to its prac ticable minimum —the right hand of the CHANcELLois of the ExcHEQumtthe energetic voluntary substi tutes for official imbecility —doing gratuitously the tht? public received the pay, fiscal busin ess o f the country, whil e th e servants of thing, oftener for doing mischief. sometimes for doing no- But new brooms, ing in complicity with the friends of the Cossacks ? The Moniteur Algerien of the 10th has the follow ing from the province of Constantina : " All the Kabyle country through which the division under the command of General de St. Arnaud is to pass is in a state of great agitation. Conferences had taken place between the chiefs of the principal unsubmitted tribes, and an oath had been taken by them to dispute the passage of the Christians. The little town of Cello has been induced, from an unforeseen circumstance, to join in these manifestations. On the 25th of April the superior Commandant of Philippeville came with an escort of Arab horsemen to inspect the works of the mule road which was being executed by the Kabyles themselves, and thought he might go on as far as Calls. While ho was in conference with the Caid, an as semblage composed of men of the Beni Isack, some ill disposed inhabitants of the town and strangers belonging to the neighbouring tribes, formed on the road, separated the Commandant from the main body of his escort which be had left at the entrance of a defile. After endeavouring in vain to force a passage through the crowd, ho was at length compelled to get on board a boat with four officers of Spahis who were with him. After again lauding at some distance and again rejoining his escort, ho re gained Philippeville with no other loss than that of five horses, which had been abandoned on embarking. After this first outbreak, the Caid found himself unable to keep under the hostile portions of the inhabitants. The portions of the French were compelled to hide them selves. Several vessels which were at ar,chor i❑ the bay were obliged to remove under a heavy fire of muske!ry, by which, however, no one was injured. An outbreak took place at the came time, near Djidjelli, and the ad- ~.- - .-. ~:~-r-,.._ THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 17, 1851. b.rkt o Ticu,•ll 4 7 i y: 1 ? .; • 6 • • •Pf lt° ' of a regular system, we may readily imagine to ourselves before long the possibility of one of the bay-window bucks traversing the deserted saloons of the Conservative, and exclaiming, like the hero of 0 !SIAN—" I passed through the halls of Balcleutha, and they were desolate !" More particularly is there a likelihood of this on the supposition that there are, among the remaining members of the club, men as sensitive of their independence as the Honourable Gentleman upon whose conduct we have here eagerly pressed forward to pronounce some few words at least of earnest commendation. Let the admirable example of Mr. WALTER be emulated, and we will answer for it that the exchequer of the club will experience the consequences. It is not every one, however, who possesses spirit sufficient to set the arrogance of a majority at defiance, even when the injustice of that majority is glaringly re cognisable. We do not, therefore, anticipate that much emotion will be excited in the south-eastern corner of St. James's-street beyond that of dismay, mingled, perhaps, with a dread of falling in like manner under the condemnation of the so-called Conservatives. Should the individuals who have recently acted towards Mr. BETIIELL and Mr. TINDAL, in this very extraordinary manner feel in cited to persist in a similar course of proceeding towards their remaining associates, we rest assured, however, that they will find ample reason of a like character for requesting them to withdraw from all further con nexion with the Conservatives. Only upon the supposition thrown out by Mr. IVALTER in his energetic communication to the secretary, that Conservatism and Corn-laws arc really conver tible terms, is the treatment of the two gen tlemen already particularised comprehensible under the circumstances. Supposing this to be the veritable principle upon which the majority of the club have acted in the present instance, ample opportunity will remain to them for multiplying the number of persons thus gratuitously insulted from two to two hundred, and of provoking others, besides the Honourable Representative of Notting. ham, to an indignant tendering of their resignation We cannot but suspect, however, that the prompt independence of Mr. WALTER will somewhat mo- derate the fanaticism of the more enthusiastic, in ducing the majority, who have been thus precipitate in their arrogance, to place themselves a more ac- curate construction upon the veritable significance of Conservatism. it is said, sweep clean, especially the bosom of destruc tion. The demand of these great institutions for be coming the gratuitous tax-gatherers of the State is to have a new solicitor of Customs fastened upon the country, and a perfectly unprecedented quarrel upon the docks. And if those alone who have been either too credulous of the tale-bearing lies of traitors, or too ready to corrupt the servants of great public com panies, and spread disaffection and unfaithfulness among their dependents, were the only sufferers by the fatal rigour and pernicious energy of the abettors of the Government prosecutions, the verdict " carved 'em right," would be the unanimous finding of pub lic opinion. " 06, mother !" exclaimed CORIOLANUS, "you have saved Rome, but lost your son !" The London Dock Company have gained their cause, but lost 13,5004 of costs—they have rescued their two boxes of sugar at the sacrifice of about two thousand times their whole worth. Fortunately, at the back of all this, a Special Committee of the House of Commons is sitting. They have already discovered that the machinery of the Board of Customs consists of an endless and intri cate system of futile forms and labyrinthine rules and regulations, apparently devised for rendering profi ciency in the mysteries of the Customs business im possible, except by becoming the exclusive study of a separate profession of Custom-house ,gents; and certainly calculated as much as possible to obstruct, retard, and discourage, the entire trade and commerce of the country. A complete case has been made out for dispensing with the whole apparatus of the board, and transferring its functions to the heads of depart ments in London, as it already is with signal advan tage at the outposts. It is proved that there is no contriving heed and methodical mind among the Com missioners. Simplification and precision, the unfail ing evidence of the presence of thoughtful intellect and vigorous understanding, are utterly ignored in the existing system ; and a certain maze of meaning less officiousness overlays all real work with a suffo cating burden of the modes of transacting it. Ships detained, goods stopped or seized, cargoes procrasti nated in the delivery, confiscations of merchandise for the purpose of converting the Custom-house into a retail shop for underselling the fair trader,—these are a few of the beauties of our fiscal theory. The establishment whose aim should be to facilitate trade and extend commerce, is a perpetual drag upon the skill and enterprise of both. This not only prevails, but at lost its existence has been found out and ex posed. Before 53. 9cl. of overpaid duties can be reco vered from the Crown the merchant has to obtai❑ the signatures of twelve officers, and wait twelve months for his money. Fifteen thousand complaints of tra ders are sent to the petition seat every year. The Board of Trade and the Treasury are overburdened with memorials, on which neither of them can manage to give a satisfactory deliverance. In short, things, have come to that worst pass which proverbially is the prelude to amendment. The Board of Customs, we venture to prognosticate, will be entirely remodelled. Half of the members (the whole would be still better) will probably be requested to prolong their fifteen weeks annual vacation through the whole fifty -two. The rest will be endured until they are legally superannuated. One or two men of real capacity, experience, and vigorous men tal power, will be clothed with absolute au thority and undivided responsibility. Small in formalities and regulation traps will not be per mitted to reward pettifogging officers with " fines" or "satisfactions." The scandalous huckstering in ad valorem duties, ruinous to the fair profit of the im porters, carried on confessedly at a loss to the Crown, and destructive to the retail trade of perfectly inno cent shopkeepers, who with rent, taxes, and fixed ex penses to pay, cannot compete with the Custom -douse broker's bazaar,—all these abuses will, _doubtless, meet with summary correction. Above all, the uniform civility, obliging spirit, and prompt assistance which earn for foreign, and especially American Custom-house officers, the good will even of those they tax, will be strictly enforced in our own. The public will be ensured a plain and satisfactory answer to simple questions. The merchant or the stranger will not be fobbed off with the insolent direction to employ a Custom-house agent, cr, when he goes to the petition seat, in formed that he will neither be enlightened on the sub ject of the reasons for having injured him, the pretext on which redress is denied, the statements he is to meet, nor the tribunal to which he is to appeal. The reign of Jacks-in egtice has come to a violent end, and we may look for a little common sense and com mon civility from those whe are paid well for giving us both, and seem, for that very reason, to be habitu ated never to give us either. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We Lave received the Paris journals of yesterday. The Constitutionnel publishes another long article advocating the repeal of the Electoral Law of the 31st May, 1850, and a consequent return to the regime ot universal suffrage. It is rumoured that serious differences exist between the PRESIDENT of the Re public and M. LEON YAUCHER on this subject, in consequence of which it is considered probable that the latter will resign the Ministry of the Interior, to which M. DR LAMARTISE will be appointed, wbo will in that case at once propose the repeal of the Electoral Law. General DURRIEU has been returned for the Landes. The Assembly was occupied on Thursday in dis cussing the Sugar Bill. The nineteenth Committee of Parliamentary Initia tive has decided on recommending the rejection of the proposition of M. HUGUENIN, for taking the fire insurance offices into the hands of the State. The Committee, to which was referred the propo 4tion of M. DESMAUSSEAUI DE Givor for regulating the presentation of petitions, unanimously adopted the following resolution : " No petition brought or transmitted by an assemblage of persons can be received by the president or laid on the bureau. Any representative whu shall make him self the intermediate agent between such assemblage and the Assembly shall be subjected, according to the gra vity ot the case, to the penalties provided for in Art. 113 of the regulations." At the last monthly dinner of the Republicans of the Tie/le they invited M. DuroNr (de l'Eure) as their guest. Although the party had not been in the habit of giving toasts on these occasions, the rule was in this case departed from, and M. ARMAND MAR.. EAST proposed the following one :—" To the health of DUPONT (de l'Eure), to the venerable and vene rated DUPONT (de l'Eure), to the model of French citizens." M. DUPONT (de l'Eure), who notwith stand his great age (eighty-four) still enjoys vigorous health, rose and replied :—" I cannot express to you, gentlemen, how much I am moved, and deeply affected by the fresh proofs of sympathy and of at tachment which you have just given me. I cannot better express to you my sincere gratitude than by saying that my last sigh shall be for the Republic." The agents of Russia are busily intriguing in Paris to promote the fusion and restoration of the Comte DE CHAMBORD. On this subject we read the following in the Patrie : " We think we are well-informed in announcing that General Changarnier will be present to-day at a fusionist dinner given by Mme. Pozzo di Borgo, and not, as has been stated, by M. Pon° di Borgo, who, as is known, is kept from the political world by the state of his mind. MM. Guizot, DucElvel, Vitet, Damon, de Noailles, do 'Palmy, and de Pastoret will be among the guests." Socialist intriguers are at once deported from the territory of the French Republic, why does the Ex ecutive hesitate to treat Absolutist intriguers in the same manner? Is the Executive timid, or is it act ► vanced posts of the town were fired upon. All these manifestations cannot, however, improve the nature of the resistance which the populations of the Sahel will be able to oppose to our troops. This resistance vas carried to its utmost extent during the expeditions of 1843, 1847, and 1819. That of 1851, undertaken with very superior means, and with the advantage of the influence acquired by the first successes, will certainly complete what the others had commenced. Letters from Bugia state that secret preparations were making for an outbreak among the tribes who only last year submitted themselves to General de Barrel. The false Cheriff Bon-Bargbela is said to have turned his efforts to that side, and had been listened to by men who impatiently support our recent domtnation. Nothing in fact is more probable than the first success of these attempts, but we have every reason to hope that the first blows dealtiby General de St Ar naud, and the approach of a column sufficiently strong arriving from Setiff under the orders of General Camon, will promptly restore order. The Governor-General, par interim, will embark on the 13th for Bougie and Djidjelli, where he will meet General de St. Arnaud, on the 15th or 16th, and decide on the measures which are to be taken.", The following are the chief items in the weekly bank account : • Specie in Paris Francs. 415,150,160 Ditto in branches ... ••• ... 140.893,147 Bills in Paris p ort f o li o 46,452 911 Bills in branches ... ••• ••• 73,182,748 Bank-notes in circulation ... ... 414114.900 Ditto in branche s ... 102, , 818,775 Credit to Treasury ... ..• ... 105,558,965 Private credit accounts ... 85,298,179 Ditto in branches . ••• ... 28,154,101 Gold has increased i n Paris 41 million, but is less by 2fr millions in the departments. The portfolio has increased nearly two millioms, and for the de partments 1: 1 1 million. The bills in circulation have increased million in Paris, and 24 in departments. The credit to Treasury is upwards of 5 millions more. The Bourse was feeble. The Five per Cents, opened at 89f. 90c., fell to 89f, 80c., rose sub sequent l y to 90f, 25c., and losed at 90f. 10c. ; the Three per Cents. closed at 54f. 95c. Orleans Railroad Shares, 810 1 .; Rouen, 6121.50 c.; Great Northern, 472 f. 50c.; Avignon, 2231. 75c.; Vierzon, 420 f ; Basle, 143 f. 75e.; Bordeaux, ' 4001.; Paris and Strasburg, 3621. 50c.; Tours and Nantes, 2731. 75c. BUOINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 16. Boulogne and Amiens, 9% Dutch Rhenish, 3%—Luxem bourg, 1 —Namur and Liege, 7 —Northern of France, 14:14 —Paris and Strasbourg, 103s—Tours and Nantes, s %—West Flanders, 3. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 11 th have arrived. Tne elections had passed off in Madrid without dia. arbanco. The Bolsa was closed on the 11th. PORT UGAL. The Madrid lieraldo, of the 11th, publishes a cir cular which was sent by the Duke of SALDANHA to all the civil governors of Portugal, on his receiving official notice that he h3d been appointed by the QUEEN President of the Council of Ministers. He desires that it may be immediately made known in every district of Portugal that his object is to conso lidate the throne of DONNA MAnIA IL, and the liber ties guaranteed by the charter of the Monarchy ; as eso to introduce such reforms as experience may have shown to be necessary. GERMAN Y. The Breslau Gazette says :—" The Emperor of Austria will leave Vienna on the 22,1, to visit the northern part of his empire. INIAJoa KELLER, his aide-de-camp, has already proceeded to Warsaw to compliment the Emperor NICHOLAS, aid to invite him to an interview, not on the Polish territory, but at Frappau. It is hoped that the Czar will accompany the Emperor to Olmutz, where grand military ma meuvres will take place. I: is thought that the object of this proposed conference is to bring about a closer connexion between the Emperor of AUs- TRIA and the King of PRUSSIA, and to decide on the line of policy to be observed towards the French Republic." Accounts from Frankfort of the 15th state that M. DE Rocuow was formally introduced to the Diet on the previous day by Count DE THORN. The Prussian Gazette has the following from Elberfeld, dated the 13ch :—" In the night of Satur day last placards were sent to different places in the environs for the convocation of an assembly of the people between Elberfeld and Kronenberg on the fol lowing d ay . T he authorities adopted measures to prevent this assemblage, which was for a criminal object. The attempt to hold a meeting, however, continued, and revolutionary pamphlets, supplied by the central committee of European democracy, and subscription Este, for political refugees in foreign countries, were put into circulation. A great num ber of persons appeared wearing the well-known emblems of the party of anarchy. Whenever the agents of authority presented themselves, the crowd, which was composed of from 1,500 to 2,000 persons, gave way, but did not disperse. It was found necessary, therefore, to proceed to the use of force, and some slight wounds were inflicted. Three persons, who had seriously compromised themselves, were arrested. In a few hours tranquillity was re• established. The burgomaster has just published a proclamation, in which he relates what had occurred. The assemblage was formed in a field near Trubsal. Copies of a revolutionary appeal from RUGE, KINILEL, ROIiGE, and HANG were distributed." ITALY. The Prague Gazette states that the PorE has so licited the Austrian Government to send a strong reinforcement to its army of occupation in the legations. The Indipendance of Brussels goes still farther, for it publishes a long note which it states to have been sent by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of his HOLINESS to the Austrian Cabinet, declaring that he had accepted the aid of France only under the influence of necessity, and is now much alarmed lest a successful movement of the anarchists in France should convert into enemies the French troops who had been sent for his protection. The object of the note, therefore, is to induce Austria to adopt effectual measures to preserve the Papal Go vernment from the eventuality that it dreads. The lndependance does not guarantee the authenticity of this note, but states that the sourca from which it has received it is such as to induce it to believe that it is authentic. DEATH OF THE DOWAGER EMPRESS OF BRAZIL. The Duchess AMELIA 01 Leuchtenberg, Dowager Empress of Brazil, widow of Don Pao 1., died at Munich on the 13th, in the 39th year of her tge. THE HUNGARIAN REFUGEES IN TURKEY. The SUBLIME PORTS has, says the Cologne Gazette of yesterday, delivered its ultimatum to the Court of Vienna on the subject of the refugees. It declares that on no pretext will they be detained in the interior of the kingdom longer than next autumn. OVERLAND MAIL INDIA AND CHINA. We have received our telegraphic dispatch from Trieste, in advance of the Overland Mail from India. The Haddington steamer arrived at Suez on the 6th inst., with 100 passengers, most of whom left in the Ripon for Southampton. The dates are—Hong Kong, 30th March ; Cal cutta, Bth April ; Madras, 14th April ; Bombay, 17th April. Some late disturbances in the province of Kuangtse have had a deteriorating influence on trade at Canton. The exchange at Hong Kong was ss. to ss.6id. The governor -General is on his way to Simla. He will return to Calcutta during the monsoon. Rumours are still afloat of an expedition against the Affreedees. The Wuzerees, on the borders of the Desert, are still very troublesome. Dost Mahommed has, it is said, invaded Bokbara, and taken the city of Balkh. It is stated that the headquarters of the Bengal artillery are to be moved to Meerut. The trial of Jotee Persaund has commenced, but the witnesses for the prosecution seem unable to make out a case. A commission has been appointed to inquire into the malpractices of the Bengal Commissariat. A deficit of more than 3,0001. has been discovered in the Bengal Military Orphan Fund. The Government loan at 5 per cent. was closed at Calcutta on the 7th April. The States of Oude and of the Nizam are in a state of anarchy. No Minister has been appointed in the latter State. The Five per Cent. Loan had been concluded at Bombay on the 14th April. Exchange on London, six months' Bight, 21. Old. to 2s. id. per rupee. Exports and imports, great activity. Opium is at 1,086 rupees per chest. Cotton is rising from 104 rupees to 114 per candy. Freights to Liverpool, 2/. 103. to 31.; to London, 21. 10s. to 2/. 153. 6d.—Times. Mr. Forbes Mackeozie has been prevented for some days from attending to his Parliamentary duties, in consequcnce of a severe illness, which has confined him to his house. Mr. Osborne has been prevented f rom attending his Parliamentary duties by an attack of inflammatory sore throat. TIIE SHARE MARKETS Railways. Paid. iberdcen Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, & E. Juncion Belfast and County Down Wotverhamp., and Stour Valley .. Birkenh., Lau., & Chesh June., late 331. is. Bd.. Do. Chest. & 50!. & 251. Consolidated Do., do., 20/. Bristol and Rioter.. • Caledonian .. Chester and Holyhead .. Direct Lond. and Portsm. Dublin and Belfast Junct. Dublin and Kingstown.. Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee, Perth, and Aber deen Junction .. Do.. New .. • • • • East Anglian (251. L. & E. and L. & D.) •• Do, (181. E. & IL) Eastern Counties .. Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. shares Do. do. do. .. Do. do., B & C shares East Lancashire .. •. Do. New quarters Edinburgh and Glasgow Edin., Perth, and, Dundee Exeter and Exmouth .. Glasgow and South- West, Do. do. O. D. &C.stck Great Northern .. Do. halves, A, deferred Do. halves, B, 6 per et. Great Southern and Western, Ireland Great Western Do, New, 171. .. •• Lancaster and Carlisle .. Do. thirds .. Lancaster and Preston .. Lancashire and Yorkshire Do. quarter shares .. Do. fifths .. • Do. West Riding Union Leeds and Thirsk Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .. London and Blackwall Do., Tilbury Ext. Scrip London, Brighton, and South Coast .. • • London and N.-Western Do. do. new quarters . Do. fifths .. •• Do. 101. sh. ' M.& It (c) London and 8.-Westena Do. new 56/. Do. new 40/. .. Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock •• Manchester, :Sheffield, & Lincolnshire Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union Midland •• •• Do. 501. shares .. De. Birming & Derby Midland Gt. West. (ire.) Newcastle and Carlisle.. Do. quarter shares .. Newmarket Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Newry and Enniskillen.. Newry, Warrenpoint, & Roitievor ••• .. . .. 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. & Birm., Clas3 A Do. Class 8.. .. 7ihrews. & Hereford., Old Do., do., New .. Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Haloes Do. Oswestry Do. New.. .. Shropshire Union .. Do., A, B, C, & D, fully paid up at per cent .. South Devon .. South-Eastern South Wales.. .. South Yerksh. and River Shed., Roth., and Goole, South Division Stockton and Hartlepool Svotutsea & Loatchor, /cc. raw Vale Extension Thames Haven Dock and, Railway Vale of Neath .. • . Waterford and Kilkenny Waterrord and Limerick, Waterford, Wex., Wick. and Dublin West Cornwall .. West London White iia'yen and Furness York, Newcastle, & Ber wick Ditto and Newcastle Extension .. Ditto G.N.E. purchase York and North Midland 17% 100 4 2 16 2-3 RZLITISII RAILWAYS. NoteLeal Prices. I B 13 to 13% 1133 10% - lON ' • ... • • 79 - 14 - 21% - •• --- .. 20 —lB Cs. 9% - 10% 6 -6% 4 1 4 - % 15X -16 1 A 115 X 4 4 81 14 'i 14 13 22 :52 4% -4% 4% 4 2% - 3 7% -7% 7% 33% - 31% 7 - 8 %- % P 1 1 0 100 6 g 18% - 18% 118% 6i4 -6% j 12% - 12% 12% 13 4, 47% 00 40 -42 413( 86% -86% 865 i 14% -14% 143( 80 -82 114 11 al 9 -lI p. 60 —60% 10 —9% d_ dia. 43 6.% d. 16 —l7 16% -8% - 96% -97% 125 -12 S 4% - p. 4% - 5 p. 2 1 ,4 - 3 p. 86 -87 N c 3 dim. 6 b dis. 3 % - 3 1 4 41. 20 -32 - - .. Sli - 9 3 % 3 dis. 3 4 5 —4% die. 23 —25 24% IZ% 12% Ells. die. 816 % 914 67i 3 dia. 10% E I 1 1 10% (118. 34 -1 p 15 - 17 6 - 17 5 Ms. N 4 dis. 43( syy dis 17 114 )+34— 9 13 14 3i U di,. 3-46 3yi d. Ifii -18 25U - 26 25% 24 -- 29 263 29 r:s6 1 dis. 4k3i -4% 9;4 - 10 73i — -6 X 16 —l5 die. 6 .-- 5 d. .• - .• 04 - 434 dis. •• .. •• 203 - 21 207 dig. 1 15% 2 dls. 6% 24%, 25 25 4% dis. fits, .59% 60 603( 15 143{ db. 20 34 23 —34 AT xaNns LEAS FIXIID SIZNTALI3. Railways. Leasing ' Nominal Business Companies. done to-day. ) Barks and Hants Ex. 5 per Cent Gt. Western 6 56 1 p. Bir. and Oxford Junc.,calisduly paid, or with a guarantee •• Do •. all 2834 —• 2934 Do., withou a guarantee .. Do .. • • all 27 28 Wol., &I Dud.,calls duly paid, or witk a guarantee •• Do .. 15 834 —9% p Do., without a guarantee .. Do •• • • IS 7 —A p Buckinghameh. Lon. &N. W. all 17% —lB 17% Clydesdale June, Caledonian all 41 —43 E. Lin., Guar. 6 per Cent. .. G. Northern all 32 —33 Gloucester and Dean Forest Gt. Western 20 par 1 p Hull and Selby Yk. &N. M. all 101 36 102% Do. % Shares Do .. .. all 50% 5154 Do. % Shares Do • • all 22% 23% Leeds and Brad. Midland .• all 98 54 9934 Lon. and Green. S. Eastern .. all 11% 11% Do., Pref. .. Do .. all 233( 2434 Lowestoft, Gd. 4 per Cent. •- Norfolk .. all 15 —l6 De., 6 per cent Do .. • • all .. Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6p. ct Stockt.& Dar all .. N. & East, per Cent. •• E. Counties . all 54 —56 5434 New •. Do • • • • 43 4 6 p Preston and/ L. &N. W. Y . l all 42 _.44 Wyre • • • • a Do. 34 Shares ADo .. .. 10 8— sp. Read., Guild., and Reigate .. S. Eastern ~ all 21 2134 21% Roy. & Ilitchin G. Northers 6% 8!.4 o. Shep. Ex.. Do .. • • 4; I%p. Shef., Roth. and Goole, 5 per et. Lane. &York 18 11 6 .. South statfords. Mr. M'Clean 934 334 • Ms. 634 Wear Val. 6 per Cent. gua. Stock.& Dar. all 24 243( Do. do. .. Do .. .. all .. .• Do. do. •• Do .. • • all Wilts, Som., & Weymouth .. ,Gt. Western all 45 —43 t.: b r.EWERE 45 ..... 45i No S /I.4LIZES. Aberdeen .. Caledonian 10/. Chester and llolyhead Dund. Per. & Aber. June, East Angliaa (31. 108.) 6 per cent. .. Eastern Counties Exton., :5 per cent. No. 1 .. Do. No. 2 .. Do. New 6 p. cent. Stock Eastern Union, Scrip guaraa. 6 per cent. .. Do. 101. Deben. Shares East Lancashire, 6 per cent. quarter shares E. & W. York. June. sths Edin. Per. & Dun. 51 p. ct. Glasgow & 6.- W. Consol Gt• Northern, 5 per cent. Great South. & Western (It eland) eighths .. Lancashire and York shire, F. 201... . Do. 6 per ct. Stock .. Leeds and Thirak, 6 per cent., No. 1 Do. quarters, 1848 .. London, Brighton, and South Coast guar. S per, et.. late Creydin thirds Do. pref., b p ct. Stock, 1851, from 501. share. E Do. new guar., 6 per ct. London &S.-W. ' new .. Londonderry and Ennis killen, half shares .. Biftrich., Sheffield, and Linc., quay. shrs., lip. 1 Do. new, 101. .. ••1 Do., 6/, Midland Con. 6 p. C. stock Do. Consel. Bristol & Binning., 6 per cent... Do. Bristol & Glouces. Norfolk Extension • • Do. guar. 5% per cent. Do. Waveney Valley .. North British • • • . Oaf. Wor. & W 01. 151.6 p.c Shrewsbury and Blrm. New Guaranteed • . Shrews. and Chea. (Nor. W. Bin.) 8 per cent. South Devon • • • • •• South-Eastern, 43 p. ot. Waterford & Kilkenny, 61. WestLondon,lst Cl.OOO Do. 2d Class de. (par) York, Newc., and Berw., Gt. N . of E. Fur. Do. York and North Midland 11. and B. rural. Boulogne and Arnien3 Central of France (Or. leans and Vierzon) Demerara Dutch Itlienlah East Indian .. Do. do. do. .. Great Indian Peniruoula.. Ditto ditto .. Louvain a la samko Luxembourg .. Ditto Madrid and Va,entia Maria Antonia Ditto, New Nafnur e.nd Liege .. Northern of France Orleans and Bordeaux .. Paris and Orleans .. Paris awl Rouen .. • • Paris and Strasbourg .. Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meng) Tours and Nantes .. Tournay, Jurbiso, Lan der:, and Ilasselt .. Walt /laden Fs Railways. I Paid. Nominal Prices. !Business done to-day. 6 % dlsx.d 16 16% 3i dl6. 2% -2% % % 11% -11% 16 -16% •• ..., .. •• 1••• e• 54 dis. par 133 k - 13% X - 1 P• 134 dis. 131% —lB3k .. -- .. p .. -.. p 134 -13 T - P. 1 —la ,1% —l2 34 %1) 132% 133% 16% 17% 4}i —4% . 6 —b% 146 136/1 10% —11 X 15 1544 12 —IC ..' •• .... •• .... •• "... •• I 6 U -16% 44 -4% k— 1 es. EGN. 9 % —9% 16% isg .. _ .. 5% —.II cils. 2 — 24 p. 54 - N P. % - % P• • 1 _ .. -i% 2S -3% 7 —8 2 —8 7 —7g 14% - 14% 4% —4% dia. 1 82 —34 14 21% 5% —5% die. aii 4 9% -- 9 dim. .. .... • • ; N :..". 3X rex all, 11% MINES. Business do Pii!d. Nominal Prices. to -day. dose Asturian .........• •• • 15 .. —Y. I Australian • 4 1% —2% Barossa Range 1 13 0 33 — 3% Blaenarvon Iron end Coal all Bolanos Scrip .......... British Iron.. .• ...... 13 5 .. Brazilian Imp. (Is. 51. p.) 24% Do. Cowes and Cuiaba all 32% —32 Do. St. John del Rey.. 15 16%. 157 Cobra Copper ...... .• • 40 38% —39 Coplapo ........... •• • 14 — 71 i all 13 4 14 Mexican &. S. American 9 33e —4% Real Del Monte, Unreg. —l6 Do. Black DebentureS.l .• —.• Do. Red Debentures I Santiago do Cuba lO 736 •6 % Tin Croft •.. • • 7 41( 5 United Mexican—. •• • • 28 2 654 —3% JOINT STOCIE naNKS Australasia . all 33 324 British North America 50 42% —43 N Colonial ...... •• • 25 9 —l2 11 3 4 Commercial of London 20 25 25% London Joint Stock lO 18% 17% Lomion and Westminster 20 273( —2B National Provincial Eng. 35 Do.. New ........ •• •. 10 .• —•• National of Ireland ...• 223 18% 2014 Provincial of Ireland 25 42 43% Do. Bew •.• . Union of Australia ...• all 35 —53 N Do. !Vow •• •• 2}4 3 334 Union of London ....•• 10 12% 13 34 Union of madrid - all Canada MISCELLANEOUS. 32,4 42% —46 Gen. Steam N av i gation . 14 26% —2B Penin. & Oriental Steam. all 65% —6B 69 Ditto ditto 5 11 1134 Royal Mail Steam .• • . 60 75 —7B 76 rWe cannot b e answerable for the errors of the Latth will not be influenced by interes d correspondents.] 55i Canada Gen. Steam Navigation Penin. & Oriental Steam Ditto ditto Royal Mail Steam . ( - We cannot be answer; will not be influenced by 85% MONEY and COMMERCIAL NE,, i( VBI CITY, TWO O'CLOv—'9. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday w ere 6 0 0 timated at 8,000 bales, of which 2,000 were ta k e n speculation. The market closed quietty.—ln Shares only a limited business was done, and th e t a dency of prices in favour of sellers. r , for The accounts of th e B an k of England, ma de D r the week to the 10th instant, are more satisfactory in. r b "; opt ct to the item of bullion, in which there 15 a slight increase. increase. A feature in the account is the very et )° , : , 5 „ .- able reduction in the amount of the Government °'"-„, rities, arising, it is presumed, from sales made by the Bank with the view of curtailing its circulatic e ,l l3 lo , checking specie shipments. In the loans u pon P l i) &c., there was a slight increase. The balance t t o e r IN at credit of Government is getting larger as the qua, [3O advances, and there is evidence of the fuller etnr; 59) ment found for money, probably on account of the r PB , 9 policy, by the reduction in the private deposit/. " 1° 4 , -- 1 . pared with the previous week the changes are 115 lows:— Notes Issued Ircrease ••• 26,649, 110 6,6 40 „ ••• 3 Iq4 3 ° , 4 67 ,3 0 Increase Public Deposits ... 5,154, 596 „ Increase ... ▪ 392. 1 °", Other Deposits —• 8,963, 89 „; Decrease ..• • 599, 86 ", Seven Day and other Bills 1,127, 86 „' Increase ... 2, 39 , 7 " Government Securities • 13,606• 36 ,,' Decrease • 518,7 4 ",, Other Securities ... ••• ••• 11,508, 89 v Increase ▪ 677 3 , 5 , , Notes • ...• 7,195,9 6 v, Increase ... 2 38,71 Bullion ..• ••• 13,271,611 Increase ... • 18 06 0 Active Circ u l at i on... • 19.453. 16 „? D.?cr( are '231,87° The Foreign E xc h anges were in some cases °loe h e depressed again y es t er d ay afternoon. Bills at 90 ";,(1 were taken at a re d uct i on on France, Belgium' Trieste, but on Amsterdam and Frankfort higher r 8 were paid, and Hamburgh were firm. There has been a considerable amount of bullion e oo r ported from London again this week, viz., silver, 139 ' 0 , i , ounces to Rotterdam, 87,556 ozi. to Belgium, 4,00 0 0 ; 0 to Hamburgh, an d 7 ,000 to France. Of gold, the OP to are 250 ers. to Hamburgh, 2,620 oz a . an d 5,000 1, Belgium, and 3,063 053. to France. From the woollen manufacturing districts, the scif i°e :, aro more satisfactory this morning, but the Mannh e6 , t4 i,, market has been fluctuating, and not on the whole 1015 / 4 The Funds aro very quiet, and prices are wit h° ,,a alteration. Consols have been 97. k I for Transfer, 6 " i 971- for Account. The New Three-and-a-Q (1314e per Cents. have been marked 97i and the Three P cr Cent. Reduced 96i. E xc h equer -bills have gone relict lower again, being 445. to 475. premium. A moderato business has been done in Fcre i P i Stocks. Spanish Five per Cents, have been quoted 203 0 ' and the Passive 6to The Three per Ce n t s , a re at 4 / Portuguese Four per C en t s . h ave realised 32 i to 354: Mexican Stock h as b een quoted 351 Buenos AV °. 57, and Peruvian 81/. Russian Four-and-a-Half P er Cents. have been 100 to 100 Z-. Railway Shares have been neglected, but the proved ralca of yesterday are generally supported. QUARTER TO TIME ... 971 971- 4 ONE PRICES OF BRITISEI FUNDS O'ci.oolC. 3 per Cent. Reduced Anna. 3 eel. Cent. Consols Annuities 97 New per Cent. Anna— .... L me Anna. to expire Jan.lB6o -16 South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities r 'orixols for Account 97% Exchequer Bills. 1,0001. 500/. 47 44 p Rest Consols Ditto Account, June 10 ... CLOSI ) PRIC g 6;, 96 , 974 971 i 7 5- 16 ;54 974 43 P 44 P CLOON O TRICE g S7 • , 1030 354 811/4 ONE PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 67 Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent Mexican, 5 per Cent.lB46, with Coupons— Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons 35;4% Peruvian Bonds, 5 per C en t... B l% Ditto, Account ..4 Ditto Deferred Portuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto, Converted, 1841 Ditto, Account Ditto, 4 per Cent, Ditto, Account Russian Bonds Ditto, 4% per Cent ani.sll 5 per Cent. 1840 Ditto Account..... Ditto, Passi v e 6 6% Ditto. 3 per C ent . 4O Dividends on the ab ove payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild. 100% 20% eg 40 C()tiliSE ( Imsterdarn. .......... 11 I 54i Ditto, three months.. 11 17 1 /4 ciottei d atm .... . • • • 11 17 '34 Antwerp • • . • • • • • •• • 25 22 4 Hamburgh • .... • • ALB • 13 7 3 • • • • • • EXCHANGE. Gibraltar.. •..... ( 1 "1,: g :,: rn •• :: 2 22 4 4 5 5 Venice-- •• • • " •• • • •• Naples •• • • 410 Palermo, per0z........ 1 24 5 Messina •• •• .• 12436 Lisbon.. 6334 0p0rt0...... •• •• • • •• 93 % Rio Janeiro •. •• ,• "- B uenos Ayres .. ..• • •• New York6odaye'alght Philadelphia mass or ainuoN, Foreign Geld iniara..S3 17 Portugal Gold Coln ••• 0 0 Spanish Doubloons •• 0 0 s il New Dollars .. •• •• ip 4 / 1 Silverin bars: 9 b 1' Pfiris,3 cla3 7 ;'sight .. •• 25 2% Ditto. 3 months .• .. 25 223 Marseilles .......... •• 25 25 80urticaux......... • rrankforton Maine.... 119% Berlin • • • •• • • • • • • • • • • Vienna, aloe. fio• • • • 12 40 Trieste, ditto.... • • .• 12 40 Petersburgh, Bil. R 510.. 37% Madrid •••••••• •• • • •• 50 Cadiz •• •• •• •• •• •• •• bp% Barcelona •. sovule.. •• •• •• •• •• •• ••• LLOYD'S SHIPPING. —(THIS DAYO w LONDON, MAY 17.—Wi nd at noon S., light bre sn' cloudy. LEnzurcx.—Arrd. Priscilla, Barbadoes. PERNAMBUCO, APRIL B.—The Seringspatarn • from Sydcey, N.S.W., touched hero 27th ult., for su ppliegi and in gettin g under vs sighs truck on t h e ree f, got off, an d proceeded for London without apparent damn*. JamaDARica.MTOUTH, MAY 1 6 .— Wind S.—Off port, A d o , JERSEY, MAY 150—Wind E.N.E.—SId. Emma Eder , Labrador; Brasedor, ditto. CLYDE, MAY 1 5.—Arrd. Albion, Harann a b ; Hyncle ford, New York ; Arethma, Trinidad. BRISTOL, MAY 16.—Wind S.W.— Arrd. Algortor Havannah. WATERFORD, MA T 15.—Wi n d S.S.E. to S.S.W.SW* Laurence, Forrestal, Quebec ; Nelecatos, ditto. _ ue QUEENSTO WN , M AY 15 . Arrd . Avon,_ Giurq 0 .: Emma, B ar b a d oes; B eta , B e li ze . Sid. NewLiverpo Quebec. DEAL, MAY 16.—Wind N.W. to S.S.W.; P.M., S.Vir• to W.S.W.—Arrd. John Bunyan, Shanghai; Martina, Buenos Ayres, for Bremen; Dolphin, Rio Janeiro, for Rotterdam; Wanner, Rio Grande, for Antwerp; Bs° Maas, Bahia; Anna Charlotta, ditto; Jane, Barbadoea; Netts, St. Kitt's; Elizabeth. Porto Cabello ; B a ring Brothers, Havannah, for St. Peteraburgh ; H erc ules, ditto, for Copenhagen; Haabet, Charleston, for gioten haven. Arrd. from the River, Samuel Boddingtoo• Adelaide, South Australia; Zsrah, Singap ore ,. Arrd. frail the River and aid. Rajahsteen, Bombay ; Islander , Barhadoes. Rucker' , St. Vincent ; Mary Montague, Jamaica. LIVERPOOL, MAY 16.—Wind W.S .W. to N.N.W. Arrd. Xantlitry Mauritius ; Swordfish, panambeco, Demerara; Isabel, Antigua; Eudoces, N 9 1 , 7, Magdelina. ditto; Spartan, Mobile; M_ Br .,' Ann, Apalachicola; Portland, ditto ; St, G eorge , Die" York; Mary Ann Johnston, Calcutta ; Medium, Callao; Orleans Amunda ; Village Girl. Patagonia; Ann Baldwin, Buenos Ayres; , Atomo, ditto; TVillingten, St. Domingo; Prince ° Walee, Smvannah; Snowdon, St. John's, New Br ° , ° „, B : Amathes, Porto Rico; Jenny Lind, New Orleaosi wick. Off port, Australis, Calcutta ; Lydia, Ce), l° ,' Ara eninte,.Bomlyty ; Richard, Eutcrpe, Grorgiana; J an ,' Janms . Wright, William Pirie Balmoral, Rirrea stcatne" St. Vincent, Oregon, and Virginia. EIDELTO.—We believe we may state, and that O' elusively, that t h e reason why Fidelio has disappeare d for the ; resent from the bills of the Royal Italian Operaig this—that the wish has been expressed by royal amateurs , that B ee th oven ' s only opera should be given in the greatest perfection ; and to do so it would be necessary th a t Viardot ihould b e t h e Fidelio, and that Mario sh ou ld study Floristan; hence the unexpected delay.—Lady's Iftwspaper. % % 61 69 124 14 214 2 3% 87% 8i 81 )4 24 20h 94% 47 P 344 59% 1