The Sun. — London, England, 1853-05-03 00:00:00

NEW WORT► BY ANNA MARY HOWITT. Just published, in 2 vols. post Bvo., price 14s. cloth, HE ART-STUDENT in MUNICH. By ANNA MARY HOWIIT. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman• THEATRE ROYAL, lIA.YMARKET. • Under the Management of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, MAY 3, Will be performed LEAP YEAH ; or, The Ladies' Privilege. Characters by Messrs. Compton, Capri, Howe, and Buckstone; Miss Reynold'', and Mrs. Fitzwilliam. After which MR. BUCILSTONE'S ASCENT OF MOUNT P.i.lt- NASSUS. To conclude with OUR MARY ACNE. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management 01 Mr. Charles Sean. THIS EVENING, MAY 3, Will be performed the new and original Play, in flee charactersWest land Marston, Esq, entitled ANNE BLAKE. Principal by Messrs. C. Kean, Lacy, Addison, and Chester ; Mrs. C. Kean, Mr Winstanler. and Mrs. Daly. co conclude with the new Drama, adapted from the French of Eons. Scribe, by Mr. Palgrave Zimpson, called MARC Graham er O SPADA. Pr i nc ipal characters by Messrs. W. Lacy , J. Vining, Ryd, and Everett ; Misses Heath and C. Leclercq. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestria. THIS EVENING, MAY 3, Will be performed A.S.S. Characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, Sister, and Rosters; airs. Macnamara and Miss Wyndham. After which, A FAST TRAIN—IIIGII PRESSURE EXPRESS. Characters bv Messrs. C. Mathews, Baker, and Sister. To be followed by rItYING IT ON. Principal character by Mr. C. Mathews After which, USED UP. Principal character by Mr. C. Mathews. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. proprietor, Mr. B. Webster. —Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, MAY 3, iplll be performed MASKS AND FACES; or, Before and Behind the -Cuttain—by B Webster, L. Murray, Honey, P. Bedford, and 0. Smith ; Mesdames Celeste and Woolgar. After which, A DESPERATE GAME. To be followed by TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS. Cha racters by Messrs. Keeley and Wigan Mrs. Keeley, Mrs. Wigan, and Miss Keeley. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager Mr. Flrren. Great lilt of THE MILLER OF DERWENT WATER. THIS EVENING, MAT 3, Will be performed TIIE MILLER OF DERWENT WATER. Characters by Messrs. H. Farren, F. Robson, Shalders, G. Cooke, and Morgan ; Mesdames Anderton and A. Phillips. After which, UNCLE CROTCHET. Supported by Messrs. Far , ren d F. Robson, and Mrs. Phillips. _ To be followed by MACBETH. By Mr. Samuel Macbeth, Mr. F. ltobson. Mrs. Sarah Macbeth, and Mrs. A. Phillips. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. Continued and brilliant success of the New Spectacle. Third Night ,of an entirely new Drama. THIS EVENING, MAT 3, And during the Week, the performances will commence with the Increasingly popular spectacle of AMAKOSA ; or, Scenes of Kafir Warfare ; with all its new and beautiful scenic, intresting dramatic, and astonishing Equestrian effects. The Burning Wood, the Leap through Fire, and the terrific spring of Amakosa's Steed over the Falls of the Umtata, nightly received with enthusiastic approbation. To be followed by a novel and incomparable display of Equestrian Achievements in the scenes of the ARENA, supported by the most accomplished Artistes of the day. Mr. Cooke will appear with his wonderful steed Raven ; also Mr. Alfred Cooke aud his accomplished Family. To conclude with a new Comic Drama, entitled IN FOR A DM; or, Life at the Diggings. M.-ounce open daily from Eleven to Four. Stage Manager, MY, W. West. HIGII WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Nu DAY —Morning 47 min . . after 10 Evening 22 min.aft. 11 TO-MORROW-31021aillg omin. after 0 Evening 56 min.aft. 11 THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFlcii, MAY 3. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 63 —highest since noon yesterday. 52—lowest this morning and during the night. 57 this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29.85. WIND, E.S.E.--Strong breeze, and dull, mild, rainy weather. b, r • - : . , t ,r . -/IF ' 414 ,r, 11:1U'iPTI, I.!illit .- LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1853. Government indeed obtained a victory early this morning over the Opposition. A victory that affords compensation for a dozen defeats—be they defeats upon the Jew Bill, or upon tke Duty on Advertisements. For it must be re taembered that the present triumph of Ministers was a triumph gained in a House of no less than 675 Representatives. It was a triumph in which 252 voted for and 323 against the amendment, leaving seventy-one as the magnificent majority in favour of the proposition of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The division has, therefore, we .take it, been decisive—decisive of the fate of the Budget, and, to a great extent also, of the desti nies of the Administration. In the upshot it has proved precisely what could alone have been 'anticipated : although tho country could scarcely have expected so considerable a num ber told off into the lobby in favour of the Government. Still a majority—a majority rang ing as might happen from one to one hundred— was a matter of certainty. It was inevitable, after the avowals made in the course of the debate by the Hon. Member for Montrose, and particularly after the plain-speaking of another independent representative—meaning by this, of course, no other than the Hon. Member for the West Riding of Yorkshire. The language uttered by Mr. HUME, and afterwards by Mr. COBDEN, was un mistakeable. It was altogether as unmistakeable as it was extraordinary. It was apart from rea son. It was apart from logic. It was apart even i from common sense. It announced, in fact, the most egregious non sequitur that had perhaps ever been whispered within the walls of the Imperial Legislature. It said—virtually—"Thei proposal of a renewal of the Income Tax for seven years, without regard to the difference of men's fortunes, whether they chance to be fixed or whether they chance to be precarious, is, to our thinking, so atrocious and intolerable, so un just, and, therefore, let us add, so unjustifiable, i that—we consider it our duty—to—give —the— Budget—our—unqualified—approbation!" That we say was, virtually, the language of Mr. HuiuE. It was afterwards virtually the language of Mr. COBDEN. It intimated clearly enough what would be the course pursued under the emergency by the great body of the Financial Reform ers. The success of the Budget was secured. Coming toe almost simultaneously with the electioneering triumph at Athlone of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman the Solicitor-General for Ireland, the declarations made in this matter, and in this manner, by the Representatives of Mon trose and the West Riding of Yorkshire—con firmed the gcod promise of the proximate advan tage about to be secured by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Through Mr. KEOGH, a large portion of the Irish Brigade had been gained over to the support of the Administration. Through Mr. HUME the sticklers for retrenchment had been prevented from inadvertently swelling the ranks of the Opposition. Through Mr. COBDEN, the Coalition had dissipated the pique, and by dissipat ing the pique, had commanded the support of the professors and students of the politico-commercial School of Manchester. Mr. GLADSTONE had not counted without his host. He had contrived so adroitly to blend the sweet with the bitter in the Inevitable cup of Taxation—that he had won over to views such as they had hitherto detested many of those who might reasonably have been counted upon as his antagonists. The wormwood of the Income Tax was mingled with the sac charine remission of two-thirds of the duty on Advertisements. The gall was flavoured with t he honey. And—now that JOHN BULL has confidingly " opened his mouth and shut his eyes" to see what Good Luck, in the person ,EL ADST • of Mr' swallowed, orrs would send him—all has been Henceforth it must be borne in recollectionwe that the draught has been imbibed at the ttigaftion of many of the e c ha ora nce ra l o le fi : c o a f l most redoubtable lead. and financial improvement. The the Exchequer appeared before the be ns a f t o the appointed hour, as the QUEEN appeared Budget, and MOND, in one hand the bowl of Parlia thee B Fair Ros A , former in the other the dagger of a Dissolutionud Parlia ment, in its " wisdom," has accepted the —without much regard, it would seem, as to the consequences. It may be said to have already drained it to the dregs—meaning, of course, the noxious tax upon Incomes, no matter whether fixed or precarious. The fact is attested by that m ajority of 71, in a House of 5i5, by which th e Legislative approbation has been decisively ac corded to the Financial statement of the Right Hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer. 1 '4' ha *thing ', `;;:a influence in warning even eh Re ? lON of the most staun ch Re formers in the Com .t. al acceptance of \from the almost uncouth 1011 . / I'lo9 /P-1)/z ;fr 2",„ a scheme imposing a war tax on the nation for seven years prospectively during a period of pro found peace throughout Christendom.. Nothing. They appear to have been determined from the first to offer that sacrifice ungrudgingly upon the altar of the Coalition. And they have endea voured to cover the shame of their tergiver: ation by dignifying their concession with the title of a sacrifice of gratitude. They maintained that there were so many good points in the Budget that the bad might reasonably be overlooked. Evidence of the most convincing and conclusive character has been adduced in contradiction to the presumed sagacity of their argument. But all to no purpose. We might have exclaimed all along, like the man in PLAUTUS-- " In pertusum ingerimus dicta dolium 1" Insisting, as we have done from first to last, upon the cruelty of the proposed seven years' Income Tax—because we consider it to be unjustifiable from the length of its renewal, and altogether odious from the inequality of its assessment--we have spoken upon this subject throughout under the depressing influence of a deplorable presenti ment. A presentiment which has now been rather speedily, not to say prematurely, fulfilled. For, according to the division of this morning, the Ministerial project of an Income Tax of seven years' duration may be considered as accepted. Luckily, however, that portion of the Budget will yet have to be examined in detail under Committee. Let us hope then that tardily, but magnanimously, Mr. GLADSTONE may con sent to some rational modification. For this there will be no lack of opportunities. There is proposition, for example, Mr. MICHELL'S ingenious still remaining to be brought under the scrutiny of the Legislature: that Hon. Gentleman under taking to move in the Committee of Ways and Means, " That for and in respect of any profession, trade, or vocation, whether the same shall be respectively exercised in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, for every twenty shillings of the an nual value or amount thereof, above the yearly profits of one hundred pounds, and under that of five hundred pounds : For two years from April 5, 1853 £0 0 5 And for two years from April 5, 1855 0 0 4 And for three years from April 5, 1857 0 0 3" At least that amendment ought to be favour ably entertained, or something at any rate ap proaching to the nature of the proposition. Otherwise—passed in its present form—the Income Tax levied for seven years without any distinction whatever being made between fixed and precarious incomes in the mode of its assessment, will be the curse of the nation and the disgrace of the Government. Anything rather than the inflic tion as it is now suggested ! Modify this portion of it, and we shall be prepared to cry GOD speed to the Budget with the noisiest of its eulogisers, and to commend, in no stinted terms, the great administrative genius indisputably displayed by the Right Hon. WILLIAM E. GLAD STONE in the responsible office of her Britannic MAJESTY'S Chancellor of the Exchequer. If the Chancellor of the Exchequer persists in taking the Stamp off Supplements, he is bound, also, to take it wholly off Advertisements. His avowed reason for relieving pplements was, that the Advertising public mig not, through the limited size of a newspaper, lose the benefit of the is. which he remits of the present ls. 6d. duty on each Advertisement. If he is then really concerned for the public in the matter, it must be his object that Advertisements should so largely increase that a vast proportion of the journals should be in a position to publish them. He cannot desire that one or two, or half-a-score even of papers (including some country papers of large circulation), should pocket nearly the whole profit of his Supplement remissions ; he would desire that a host of newspapers in town and country should find it their interest to give Supplements from the vast influx of Advertisements. If, in deed, the number of Advertisements be not in creased twofold or threefold, his proposition ought to be considered a failure. Now, it is almost certain that the remission in question will not have the desired effect. The object is, of course, to increase the number of the smaller advertisements. When the charge amounts to 10s., persons are not frequently deterred from insertion by a single shilling. It is, however, per- haN, from about that amount downwards thitho pressure of the duty acts most injuriously. Per sons of every class, from the scullery-maid to the respectable clerk, wanting employment —apart ments wan ted, or to let—single articles, more or less valuable, which persons wish to sell—parti cular qualities of goods to which a tradesman de sires to attract attention—and an innumerable multitude of indescribables—come, for the most part, under the class on which even the 6d. duty still left will be a heavy percentage. Indeed, the mischief is that any reduction merely leaves the class most desirable to relieve the most heavily taxed. The two or three lines of the poor servant still pay as much as an advertisement in which a ROBINS describes the beauties and advantages of an estate worth hundreds of thousands. But, in addition to this, by far the most profitable mode of 'advertising is repeated adver tising. In nothing is it more true than in adver tising, that the most efficient mode of doing it, is doing it well ; the advertisement which meets the eye repeatedly is sure to be read at last. Occupa tion, oversight, listlessness even, and a hundred causes may cause it to be unattended to at first, while every reader of a paper has at some time perused what has oftentimes stared him in the face ; hence all the most practised in this department, are rarely, indeed, satisfied with a single advertise ment. They make an agreement with the paper for a certain number of insertions, at intervals, or in succession, as suits their object. Now it is obvious at once what a difference any duty, even a low one, makes in such arrangements. The printer could, of course, always give his customer some advantage from having to set up the type but once ; but he cannot release him from the merci less duty; and that, in the case of a poor person, to whom repeated advertisement might be every way desirable, would be a very heavy tax. In its bearing upon the public advantage, and upon the filling of Supplements too, we are disposed to lay quite as much stress upon frequent instead of single insertions of Advertisements as upon ob taining them from new quarters. We hope, therefore, that Mr. GLADSTONE, who has shown himself already so compliant on the 2i- per Cents., and in his Tariff of Licences, will be equally good humoured about the paltry sixpence still retained by him on Advertisements. As to the Supplement Duty, extending the aboli tion of it to News Supplements, would, no doubt, make it a much fairer thing; and we suppose it is understood that the Hon. Gentleman is " to yield to pressure" on that point. Still we must main tain that the defence of the penny stamp at all is quite compromised by it. In all fairness there can be but two elements by which an article con veyed by post can be taxed—price or weight. The latter is the one chosen by the Post-office, for obvi ous and proper reasons. Were, indeed, price the re gulator of the stamp duty on printed papers, then, clearly, if a fivepenny newspaper paid a penny stamp, a penny newspaper ought to be stamped, and go post free, for one-fifth of a penny. Lord JOHN and Mr. GLADSTONE would not like the people to enjoy political knowledge on those terms. Ad hering, then, to charge by weight, it certainly ap pears the height of absurdity to transmit nearly six oz. (the weight of the Times with a double supplement), by post, and to charge as much for a paper weighing, like The Sun, or the Standard, but an ounce or two. If it be said that the smaller paper is welcome to increase its weight too, the answer is twofold. First, that, for many reasons, smaller papers will always b e as muc h n e e d e d as larger ones ; and next, th a t if news p a p ers b e charged only Id.foro ther repeat ed peate transmission throu g h th e post, up t weight of six oz., wily should not books and other printed matter be sent at the same rate? Printed matter, of course, as in America, ought writing ; but, as - in that pay very much less than at country, there ought to be some reasonable sc ale of weights f well as for th e other. Ou r ti r or th e one as question is now so far openedil ly hope i s , th a t th e batch of discreditable taxes 3• that the w h o l e justly denounced a THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 3, 1853. Taxes. on Knowledge will soon be swept away entirely. - Taxes on mental purification and intel ligence must soon follow taxes on soap and cleanli ness. They are a thorough disgrace to an edu cating age. Why should not the harmless sheet of news which everybody would read, down to the village rustic, find its way, by railway, van, carriers' cart, and every species of conveyance, as freely and cheaply as the innumer able sixpenny and penny monthlies and weeklies which manage, with wonderful promptitude, to appear a day or two after publication in every nook of the land ? Perhaps, however, it were absurd indeed to dream of anything but education in clerical strait-jackets, under a cabinet of Con servatism, Whiggism, and Puseyism, with a scarcely perceptible tinge of Radicalism. Coali tions must do things at least by halves, and even quarters. THE DUBLIN EXHIBITION. The Directors of the London and North West ern, and of the Chester and Holyhead Companies have, with great liberality, placed at the disposal of the Com mittee of the Exhibition a special express train and boat to convey without charge, from London to Dublin, the distinguished persons who have accepted invitations to be present at the inauguration on the 12th inst. The train will start from Euston station about eight in the morning on the 11th, and it is expected that the boat in connection with it will reach Kingstown between six and seven in the evening. THE UNITED KINGDOM ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY. This company have issued their prospectus. The directors, principally representing mercantile firms, pro pose to lay down under a new system, a complete net work of wires throughout the United Kingdom, opening to all popular districts the advantage of telegraphic com munication at the reduced rate of a penny a word. They also propose affording at a moderate rate to mercantile firms, newspaper and other establishments, the advan tage of an exclusive wire, without directly competing with any other company. It is believed that a sufficient field exists for an enlarged system of telegraphic com munication to warrant the laying down of upwards of 100 wires in a trunk line, together with a submarine communication between Great Britain and Ireland. Having the great advantage of an Act of Parliament, giving most ample powers to open roads and ways throughout the United Kingdom, the peculiar nature of the inventions will enable the company to telegraph, Without any repetition on one wire, for 1,000 miles and upwards, receiving back an answer almost instanta neously on the same wire. The capital of the company is 250,000/. It is calcu lated that 10,000 miles of wires will, in the first instance, be required for commercial purposes. The estimate for these is 175,000/. The returns are estimated at 104,000/. per annum ; and, allowing 52,000/. per annum for work ing expenses, would, in this calculation, leave a hand some return to the shareholders, while affording a great boon to the public. ELECTION COMMITTEES.-{THIS DAY.) HARWICH. This committee resumed this morning at ten o'clock, and the examination of witnesses was proceeded with. Sarah Ann Cottingham deposed that before the last election her husband was in gaol for debt. Peacock and Waddington called upon her to ask her for her husband's vote ; witness told them he was out. Had made inquiries of Chapman, the clerk to the County Court, as to when her husband could pass through the Insolvent Court. Her husband came home on the following day. Knew that Mr. Bagshawe had taken an active part in procuring his release. Mr. Bagshawe gave her 55,, and told her to make herself comfortable. In cross-examination, this witness admitted that she had understood Mr. Bagshawe had exerted himself to procure her husband's release on condition of obtaining his vote. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, MAY 2. The Queen and Prince, with the Royal Children, walked and drove in the grounds at Osborne this morning. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, accompanied by her Serene Highness the Princess Adelaide of Hohen lohe, and attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson and Sir George Couper, honoured the performance of the French plays with her presence last evening. M. Musurus, the Turkish Minister, transacted business, yesterday, at the Foreign Office. A deputation of wholesale-dealers (London), on street improvements in connection with the Central City Ter minits Railway, had an interview with Viscount Palmer ston, yesterday, at the Home Office. The deputation consisted of the Marquis of Clanricarde, Baron Rothschild, M.P., Mr. Masterman, M.P., Sir James Duke, Bart., M.P., Mr. Raikes Currie, M.P., Mr. W. A. Wilkinson, M.P., Mr. Apsley PeHatt, M.P., Mr. T. Duncombe, M.P., Mr. William Williams, M.P., Mr. Alderman Lawrence, Mr. Sheriff Croll, Rev. James Jackson, M.A., Rev. George Mansfield, M.A., Mr. Wm. Leaf, Mr. Thomas Lowrey, Mr. John Fisher, Mr. Dillon, Mr. Bradbury, Mr. Moore, Mr. Howell, Mr. Walter, Mr. William Barber, Mr. Mil lard, Mr. W. Burchell, Mr. W. T. Haly (Temple), Mr. Ayrton, Mr. Malins, Mr. Dakin, Mr. Thomas Lawrence, Mr. Thomas Dix, Mr. John Lemon, Mr. F. Leathall, Mr. Pullen (Temple), Mr. B. J. Armstrong, Mr. J. H. Stevens, Mr. Sandlands, Mr. Buckmaster, Mr. boole, and Mr. Sidney Smith. Mr. John Leslie Foster had an interview with the Duke of Newcastle, yesterday, at the Colonial Office. The Chancellor of the Exchequer was better yesterday. Mr. Masterman, Sir James Duke, and Alderman Law rence, with the City Remembrancer, had an interview yesterday with Viscount Palmerston. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial Office from the Governor of Canada, and also from the Governors of Van Dieman's Land and the Cape of Good Hope. OLYMPIC THEATRE.— Last night a melodrama of the old school was produced at this theatre. It is entitlod The Miller of Dement Water, and a story with a poli tical moral, being the history of the ruin of a small in dependent trader by the force of capital. There is a good deal of merit and some very fair acting in this melodrama, which is carefully and delicately written, and offers many opportunities for acting. AMSTERDAM AND ROTTERDAM PRODUCE MARKETS.— The weekly reviews of these markets state that business had been inactive, although prices, on the average, had been well supported. In coffee the transactions were limited, at above previous quotations. Sugar, raw and refined, had not experienced any alteration. An in creased business had been transacted in dried fruits, in digo continued firm, and the ordinary descriptions of tea were quoted at a slight improvement. THE ROYAL MAIL STEAMER AVON. Accounts from Havannah mention that this vessel after having been detained in the Gulf of Mexico by a norther, had sailed for St. Thomas's with $2,333,000 in specie. As she was already two days behind time, she will have delayed the Magdalena, which would be waiting for her at St. Thomas's, and which might otherwise be expected at Southampton this afternoon or to-morrow. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Indus, five days from Southampton, touched at Gibraltar on the 25th ult., en route to Malta and Alexandria. The freight ship Anna Maria, 18 days from Malta, with a division of the 76th Regiment, bound to Halifax, arrived at Gib raltar on the 26th. The screw steamer Arno left Gib raltar for Liverpool on the 25th ult., having arrived from Palermo in four days and six hours. The British freight-ships Thomas Arbuthnot and Joseph Somes left on the 27th for Quebec, with a fair wind. The screw steamer Taurus entered Gibraltar bay from Liverpool on the 27th ult., at noon. ARRIVALS OF GOLD.—Three vessels arrived yesterday from Australia with gold valued at 259,600/. The Admiral, which left Port Philip on the 27th of January, brings 22,0000z5. ; the Hero, from the same place the 20th of-January, has 13,9340z5. ; and the Kate, from Sydney the 12th of January, has 28,9770z5. Concur rently with these arrivals from Australia there have been 40,000/. from New York, and 12,000/. by the steamer Bengal. NEW YORK MONEY-MARKET.—The advices from New York continue to describe increasing confidence in the money-market. According to telegraphic accounts from New Orleans gold had been discovered in Texas on the Upper Colorado and also above Austin. It is added that large amounts had already been collected, and that great excitement prevailed, but the interest of land specu lators in getting up such a feeling is so strong that it would not be wise at present to attach much importance to the intelligence. AUSTRALIAN EMIGRATION.—The departures from the port of London for the Australian colonies during the past week show a considerable increase, and have com prised vessels of all classes. They consisted of ten to Port Philip, with an aggregate burthen of 2,741 ton nage ; two to Sydney, with an aggregate burden of 1,156 tonnage ; two to Hobart Town, with an aggregate bur den of 632 tonnage ; one to New Zealand, of 574 tons ; one to Launceston, of 332 tons ; and one to Portland Bay, of 86 tons. Their total capacity was consequently 5,521 tons. The shipments continue to be of the ordi nary kind of manufactures and merchandise, and the rates of freight have on the average been well maintained, with a tenillmcy in some cases to improvement. AUSTRALIAN MAIL-PACKET COMPANY.--At the special meeting of the Australian Mail-packet Company yester day, the directors communicated to the shareholders the withdrawal of the contract by the Government, and the correspondence which had taken place on the subject. It was intimated by the chairman (Mr. Frith) that, after this announcement, it would be desirable to adjourn ; but a long discussion ensued relative to the future pros pects of the undertaking. The points generally can vassed were the history the management, the unfor tunate result of the second voyage attempted by the Australian, and the proposed arrangement with the General Screw Company. It was stated that the direc tors were not prepared to enter into these questions, especially the latter, negociations not having been finally completed, and they therefore suggested a tem porary postponement, With regard to the Victoria, announced to sail on the 6th of June, it was intended to dispatch her, if the necessary freight and passengers should be obtained. Several of the shareholders, while expressing little regret at the withdrawal of the contract, showed strong repugnance to an arrangement being effected with the General Screw Company. Able super intendence, combined with punctuality in the departure of the vessels, would, it was contended, retrieve the ground lost, and eventually place the undertaking in a satisfactory position. After further explanations an adjournment to the 23d inst. was agreed to, it being understood that the directors will then be ready to have the whole subject of future prospects and proposed man agement brought under notice, MONEY MARKET AND COMMIURCIAL. INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DA Y.) CITY, TWO 0 CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 8,000 bales, of which 2,,500 Ame rican were taken for export and on speculation. The market closed with more animation ; compared with Friday's rates prices of American were ex treme, other kinds without alteration. The sales comprised 6,000 American, 20 Pernam an d Maran ham at 6gd., 500 Egyptian at 6kd. to 64d., 600 Egyptian at 6id. to Bd., 1,000 Surat at 31d. to 4d., and 60 Sea Island at ls. 9d. to 2s. Bd. per lb. Railway Shares were firmer. A draft of a bill brought into Parliament for regulating the weights used in sales of bullion has been published. The object is to legalise the weight ordinarily used, namely the troy ounce, and other denominations which are multiples or decimal parts of such ounce, and the act provides that, in future, all contracts made and sales of gold, silver, platina, diamonds, and other precious stones, shall be legal if determined by the troy ounce, being the stan dard or unit of weight. Models of these weights are to be made and verified under the direction of the Treasury, and the contents of the weights are to be stamped thereon. In an account of all gold, silver, and copper moneys of the realm, coined at the Mint during the first three months of the present year, it appears that there were no less than 4,335,3571. 10s. 7d. in sovereigns and half-sovereig ns 38,2141. in florins, 42,372/. in shillings, and 12,0781. , in sixpences. The fourpenny and other silver pieces represented 92,8621. There was no copper coinage carried on. In a letter addressed by IL Bellenden Ker, Esq., to the Lord Chancellor, on the subject of the cost of registration of assurances, it is stated that the expense would be about 15,0001. a-year, and that a building of the size of Lincoln's-inn-Hall, divided into three storeys, would be calculated to contain all the necessary documents for the next 120 years. The memorials usually run about an eighth of the length of the deeds, but in future, under a general registration act, there would be an abridgment of the documents. The average expense for registering the deed would be about 1/. 55., but this would be diminished upon sums under 1001. The stamps now are less onerous than they were. At present the cost of registering a deed of ordinary length in Middlesex is 21. 195., and if there is a plan on the conveyance this is in creased to 4/. Is. Where the title is complex, from 251. to 501. is often paid. The usual charge for searching a title by solicitors is at the rate of 6s. Bd. per hour. There has been no change in the English Stocks upon the majority in favour of the Budget, and this is considered rather singular a circumstance, looking at the confident predictions of those who are friendly to the plan. It would seem that the income tax is as unpopular among capitalists as it will be among the humbler classes affected by it. Consols have been quoted wai for Transfer and 100 i to 101 for Account. The New 3; per Cents. have realised 103 k to 1038, and the 3 per Cents. 100 to I. Bank Stock has been firm at 227 to 228. East India Stock has realised 2601 to 2621, and South Sea Stock has been done at 1151. Ex chequer Bills are not higher than par to ss. prem. East India Bonds have been 255. to 285., the fall of Saturday not being recovered. Several mem bers of the Stock Exchange are still absent from business. In the Foreign Market there has been a decline in Greek Bonds which opened at 10i for the red, and have since been done at 10. Spanish 3 per Cents. have been firmer at 24i toil, and the Cer tificates 6g. Mexican Bonds are quiet at 27* to Peruvian 4 per Cents. have been marked 89, and the Deferred 69. In Dutch 2i per Cents. there have be en numerous transactions at 65 i - to 66 k. The rowing is a translation of a letter from the Spanish Minister of Finance " Madrid, April 26, 1853. "Sir,—The affair to which your communication of the 16th instant refers, has been submitted to the Cortes for discussion, as a project of law presented by my pre decessor. "The Government not having the faculty to adopt any resolution in an affair which regards exclusively the Chambers, it is impossible for me to resolve this question in the manner you desire. "I take advantage of this opportunity t• repeat my self your obedient servant, (Signed) "MANTJEL BERMUDEZ DE CASTRO. "To Daniel Weisweiller, Esq." The Railway Share Market is very firm, and with rather an increased business doing. French shares are supported. The - Gold Mine Shares are rather fluctuating. Great Nugget do not rise upon the official an nouncement that the dividend will probably amount to 33 per cent. Agua . Fria Shares are rather lower. The Land Companies' Shares have been firm but quiet, except Scottish Australian, which are better. The Bank Shares are steady. The railway meetings announced are the fol lowing : Company. Date. Place. London and South-Western May 19, 34, York-road, 'Lambeth. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Paris, Caen, and Cherbourg May 4, Paris. Paris and Rouen May 3, Paris. South Yorkshire May .12, London Tavern. The sums called for in May by the various rail• way companies are as follows : Amount. Great North of Scotland, original 10/ £27,686 Ditto ditto, Ist Preference 30,000 Great Southern and Western, Ireland, 4 per cent Pref 56,250 Killarney Junction 15,000 Lake Constance and Basle 72,000 Maryport and Carlisle, 4i per cent., 121. 10s unknown Norfolk Debenture Shares 101,340 "West Flanders, 51 per cent. Pref 40,000 £343,276 The proportion called by foreign companies is 112,0001., but the holdings of English proprietors are not known. BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK THIS DAY ( From the Oficial List.) Bank Stock - - Business done. 228 7 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities lOO i 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 34 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan., 1860 6 3-16 India Stock India Bonds, £lOOO Ditto, under 21000 23 5 --;;:: , , _ South Sea Stock ...... . ..... ............. ...... South Sea Old Annuities 994 1 4, Consols for Account Exchequer Bills lid. June. 4; March. £lOOO par 5 p 5 1 £5OO 5 Small 5 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto New, 1852, 4i per Cent lOOl Equador Bonds Greek Bonds, Red Ditto, Blue Mexican 3 per Cent. Peruvian Bonds, 4` per Cent. Peruvian Deferred 3 per Cent. Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent. Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Spanish Bonds 3 per Cent — Ditto for the Account 4BB Spanish 3 per Cent., New Deferred — Ditto for the Account 248 i Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun sa p c Dividends on the above payable In London. Dutch Exchange, 2 per Cent. 12 Guil. Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates 961 5 HALF-PAST TWO. Consols.... Ditto May Account 9• • lOOl 1 DINNER AT TUE MANSION-HOUSE. — The Lord Mayor last night entertained at dinner the judges, a certain number of official dignitaries, and a few literary men. There was, as usual, the average sprinkling of legal gran dees. After the customary toasts (Mr. Ingersoll having in one replied nobly for his own country), the Chief Baron of the Exchequer proposed the Lord Mayor, and then Mr. Justice • Talfourd gave the health of Mr. Charles Dickens, and in proposing it passed a just eulogy on Mrs. Beecher Stowe, who was present. Mr. Dickens, in reply, said some happy words of compliment about Mrs. Stowe. NAVAL AND •MILITABY BIBLE SOCIETY.—The seventy third anniversary meeting of the friends of this society was held yesterday, at Willis's Rooms ; the Marquis of Cholmondeley presiding. The report of the committee announced that during the year more than 23,000 copies of the Scriptures had been circulated, and more would have been distributed but for a want of funds. Since its formation, the society had distributed the enormous number of 578,688 copies of the Scriptures, both amongst the land and naval forces of the country, and amongst the seamen of the mercantile marine. The many agents of the society had manifested their usual zeal in the work of distribution, as shown in the result of their labours. At Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1,310 bibles and testaments were circulated in the past year. The agent on the river Thames issued 954 copies; the Port of Hull Society, 1,055 ; at Plymouth '746 were issued ; at Portsmouth, 829; at Liverpool, 2,823 ; 910 were issued by the British and Foreign Sailors' Society ; 960 copies at Dover ; 424 at Cardiff; Leeds, 379 ; Falmouth, 296; at Dartmouth, 270 ; Newcastle, 268 ; and Redruth, 323. The total cash receipts for the year amounted to 2,1011. 15s. lid., and the total payments were 2,1021. 18s. 9d., which, with a balance from last year, left a present balance of 681. 3s. sd. The balance was, however, merely nominal, as there was an outstanding debt of 7861. for 10,000 Bibles, which the Committee had felt it their duty to procure, in order to be prepared for any demand for the supply of the military, in conse quence of the offer made to commanding officers. A small effort on the part of the friends of the society would speedily liquidate this claim. THE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. 'Closing Prices Saturday. Basbuss done this day. 1100 1 8 !Aberdeen . Ambg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. June...... Birmng. Wolverh. &I Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh. di Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O dx £25 Cons 0., £2O 1 ... Bristol & Exeter.. Ca1ed0nian......... Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black. & Pass Dublin&BelfastJunc Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction ..... Do. New East Anglian (X 25 L. & E. & L. & D.)..... Do., (£lB _ E. & Eastern Counties..... Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. 5h.... Do., d 0...... ..... Do., B. & C. East Lancashire East & West Ind. Dk & Birming. June Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. 'and Peebles Edinb. Prth. &Dundee Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern Stk Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth.&West.(lre.) Great Western Irish South-Easters. Lancaster & Carlisle , po., Thirds La,ncash. &Yorkshire 5_ Do., Fifths ....... Do., Wst. Riding Un. Leeds Northern Liv. Crsby. & Soutbpt. London & Blaekwall Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. Loud. Bright. & S. Cst. London & N. Western Do. Fifths D0.,1Gi.5h.,M&8...0 London A: S.Western Do., .E 50... ..... Do., £4O Lndndrry.&Coleraine Lndudrry. & Ennisk. Nanch.SheL&Lincln. Do., Man. &Lin. Un. Midland ........ . Do. Binning. & Derby Midland G. West. (Ir.) Do. t i Shares .......... Newcastle &Carlisle.. Do. Bury Extensions Newpt.Aberg.&Htfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint & Rostrevor Norfolk.. Do., New ...,.... , Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, No.l Do., No. 2 Dc., A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed North Staffordshire I North Western.. N. do S. Westrn. June. Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Birmg Do., L. & N. Westn Guaranteed Stock Shrewsby. & Herefd Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves, do Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yorksh. River Dun I Do .. Stockton dt Hartlepl. Thames Haven Dock and Railwa 'Vale of Neatil.. Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limeriek West C0rnwa11........ Wmbledon &Croydo H Woodford York Newctl. &Berw. Do. Extensions....... Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & N. Midland.. PREFEREN lAberdeeft - 4;%,. Do., No. 2, 7 p. c... Bris. dr Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares ... Caledonian .£lO Chester dr Holyhead Guar. 51 per cent... Cork&Bandon 51 p.c. Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction....... EastA nglian (X 3 10s) 6 per cent. Do. (p 5) 7 per cent.. Do. (1;717s) 7 p. ct.. Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do., No. 2 Do., New 6 p. c. St.. Eastern Union, Scrips Guar. 6 per cent.... EastLancash. 6 p.cts. Edinb. Prth. &Dundee 5i per cent. Glasgow & S. Western guar. 5 per cent.... Great Northn. 5 p.c. Do. 5 p. c., Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem Gt. Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths... Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.).. G. West. fixed 4i p c. Lan. & York. F. £2O, Do., 6 p. c., Stock... London and. Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c... Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852 . IDo: New Guar. 6 p.c London & S. Western, . eon. Thirds Londondenydz Coler. Shares . . . Cendy. & Ennis. Sh Manch.,Shef., & Lin., Shares, No. 1 Do. New, £lO Marypt.&Carl. 4 p. c Do. 4 1 2 per cent. Do. Consol 6 p. c. St. Do. Consol Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent.... Do. Pref. 4i per cent. Norfolk Extension... Do. Guar. 5i per ct.. Do. Way. Val. 5 p c North British North Staffordshire Oxford Worcester & Wolverh. £15,6p. c Do Shrows& Birm. N. G. Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min),B p. c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 Os.6d. S. Yorksh. 4p. c. Guar. Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. York Newcastle and Berwick, 4 p.c.Pref Do York& N. Midland H . & S. Purch 281 - 294 - 61,• 10 - 114 61 d 21 22 31-2i4 103 105 651 67 23 241 28i —23 i 4i -- sip 8 -- 9 5i - 4 13 - 13 10 4 - 11 7i - 7i 72 - 74 50 - 55 72 - 74 32 31 64 66 89 90 56 58 130 - 132 110 111. 921 —92 i 8 84 92 94 13 i 14 p 79 80} 4 4d 3 —3 d 15 . —16 i 9a 93 2 2 p 105 IG6 1191 120. 2 3 p 1. lip 90. 911 5 4 3d 12 13 19 21 30 30.3 3#— 3a 76 —76 i 42 44 50 52 3i— 3d 2 3i 8i 9A 52 54 •• ••• 3 • —2/ d 35 —36 1 ... ..d~ 4- - 44(1 1 8 - 8i 1 -2i p 53i -54 i 98 - 100 62 -- 63 64 - 66 73 76 1,4 ()Pis 17 19 83 13 15 93 3 3id 20A 213 761 76 37 374 133 143 4 -- 4 39 21 2i * 15 -- 15a1 9* 10' 32 33 11 t par 693 703 7=4 7 d vi 60 61. SHARES Ilo► -- 1071 io9l 20 ..- 21 ' i d ipm, 6 - 6 3ft - 31 4 - 44 1 - lip 2 - 2,1 p 1/ - 24 p 15 - 154 181 -- 18; h - tiO - ii 1112 - 114 8i - 9 7 i 106 - 108 id— 4 P 151 153 ... xd ..• xd ••• .-.. •.• r. 54 - 157 3i - 4 p 10i -- 11 13a -13 i, 8 - 9 10 114 1 - P, 148 -150/4 it - 4 pl 110 - 112 25i - 26, 21 - 2b Di - 114 171 183 l 14 153ip par 3p 26 -26 f l 19i --20. id -- ipar 1103 --105 1 - 5 P - PI 25 25 St. 50 St. 10 St. St. all 111 100 11i all all all 3 100 100 50 25 100 St. 100 all 31 100 17 all 10 100 100 100 100 100 134 20' 20 50 11i 100 St. 100 5 all St. 100 20 5 St. 100 15 all 1104 i FOREIGN. _.....—_,__..—........,.....--.—...__.„.....—. 10 3 A ntwerp&Rotterdam t—d 5 3 BclgianEastn . Junct. 1 li 20 4 Beziers to Graissessac 1 p 20 all Charleroi & Erquelin. 13 . 144 20 6 Dijon and Bcsanon 3 4 i 20 8 Dutch Rhenish ll --i dis 20 all Eastlndian . 5 6 p 20 1 Do. Extension .... 1 —14 p 5 all Gt. Indian Peninsula 2 —24 p 1 20 7 Gd. Junct. of France 2 2ip 12/ I 203 153 Gt.Westernof Canada Shares "par 1 p 5 1 Lucca & Pistoja sp.c pref..' ........ ...... ... 3d pdr 20 15 Luxembourg 7l 7i 10 10 Do. (Railway) 4f 41 5 2 ,Do. 5 3 Do. (Canal) l3 2 10 `,, Do. . 6 p. ct. pref id —p 20 7 Lyons & Mediterran — —— p 20 4A Iladras 2/ 2ip 20 all Namur & Liege (with interest) 74 8 20 all Do. (ex interest) — 16 all Northern of France 36a 361 20 all Do. 201. 3p. c. Bds (fmy. B. &Ams. Shs.) 14 —14 i 10 all NorwegianTrinkPref 8 9 20 10 Paris and Lyons lB —183 p 1 20 all Paris and Orleans 42 43 43 20 all Paris and Rouen 45 463 47 20 all Paris and Strasbourg 35 353 35i 20 4 ParisCaen&Cherbrg. St Sip 10 5. Quebec &Richmond 1 i p 20 all louen and Havre 2li 22 20 all Sambre and Meuse 9l 9g 91 10 4 Do. 53 p. ct. pref . ... allol IWyeesstteFni[2:onfdeFrlsu.n.c..el:: 1 4 1 1 3 1 11 5 p 21i 20 2 Sth-Eastrn. of France ... 20 4 Southern of France.. 6 —6j p 20 2s. Upper India Scrip... I A P Pm 10 6 Do. 53 per c. Pref.._ pis par 20 81 10 2 West. of Switzerland id #d 20 3 a Zealand... . id —, ld , 104 67 61 24 g 6 4 11 I 90 89i 57 131 111 nt 80 1 i i 16 16/ 9i 1051 6 5 14 120 91f1 12. 19 76~ 70 9i 63 i 21 i ;149 5i 1 i 1 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS RAILWAYS. Bedford and Bletehley Birm. & Oxfd. guarantee ... Do. withoutgr Birm.Wolv. &' Dudley guar. Do.wthtguar. Buckghamsh . Clydesdale Je. E.Lincoln. gr. 6 p. cent..... 304 304 304 all 1 00 all 100 all all all all all all all all 11i' 100 100 1813 Leasing Compass, Glstr.&Dn.Fr.l Hrtlpl. Dk. Railway Lond•n N. West.' Gt.Westn Do Do Do L. &N.W, Caledon , Gt. Notrhn Gt. Westn. Yk. New. & Berw Y.&N. Md Do Hull & Selby. Do. Shares. Do. f Shares. Lon. & Greenw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent... Do. 6 per ct... Manch.Bxton. and Matlock Middlesbro' Redcar. Midld.Bradfd. Northern and Dasternsp.c. Do. 6 per et..' Do.Fixeclsp.c Prest. &Wyre S. Eastern. Do Norfolk , ,Do Ln. &N. W. & Micild. Stckton & Darlingt. Midland... Closing Prices Saturday. 107 -10 . 6 54 -56 E. Count. Do 149 - 151 33 - 34 L. &A . W dthndzYk Do 112 - 314 5G - 57 2-7 i -28 A 14 - 34 26 - 27 3 - 3i 106 - 108 65 - 67 Do. Shares. Roystn. (Ix Hit. Do.Shepth.St. Shef. Roth. Goole g.6.p.e S. Staffordsh WearValleygr, 6 per cent Do.. Wilts &Sorarsti Gt. Northn Do Laneash.eit Yorksh Mr Mclean Stoekt. Darling Do '149 - 151 ;149 - 151 . • • --- • " i i d G',;.lVesta 3S 33 aos 106 MINES. 1 all Agua Fria 10s. .all Anglo Californian 3 -- pl* 10 2 Australasian 6 1 p 20 5 Australian 1 all Australian Cordillera * 1 p 11 1 all Australian Freehold. d ar 1 all Ave Maria — d 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) par p 1 all British Austrin. Gold 3 pla 20 13.5 British Iron 8 10 35 246 Brazilianlmp.(issued at 25 pm 5l 5i 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 44 51 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 30 —3l 303 1 3 Carsons's Creek — 40 all Cobre Copper 4 6 23 —47 5 1 Colonial Gold — 21 31 14 Copiapo Si. all Copper Min. of Eng 7O —BO 25 all Do. Pref. 71 p. cent 9 —lO p 5 all English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co l3 1 d 20 all General l5 —l7 163 2 all Great Nugget Vein 3l —33 p 4g 1 3 all Great Polgooth par— p 1 all Lake Bathurst d d 1 all Liberty par— p 1 all Lond. &Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co 4 a d 1 all Mariquita d— par 10 9 Mexican&S.Americn B3 8:1 p 83 1 all New Granada 1 all Nouveau Monde lg -13 p 2 5 1 Port Philip — p 1 1 all Quartz Rock -k 4 p 1 50 all Rhymney Iron 24 —26 15 Do. New 7 8 30 10 Santiago de Cuba 6 7 6/ a 1 all South Australian d— pl 4 10 7 Tin Croft lO —l2 28* all United Mexican 6 1 all Waller pa r-1 all West Granada par— p 1 1 all West Mariposa......., * pll 1 all Yuba 4 1 1 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia 863 873 50 all British N. American 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 1 p 100 .25 Colonial ..• 100 20 Commercial of Lond. ... 10 English Scottish and Australian l4 13p 20 121 Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia 2 3 p 153 50 20 London and County 50 10 London Joint 5t0ck.....- 100 20 Lond. & Westminster 20 2 London Bank of Aus tralia and India 3 d— par 50 221 National of Ireland 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation 25 5 Do. New — 100 25 Provincial of Ireland 50 10 all Do. New — ... 18 6 1 Royal Australn. Bkg & Gold Imp Co id par 25 all South Australia 4B 50 493 25 all Union of A astralia 773 781 783 2 t i Do. New B3 9 50 10 Union of L0nd0n...., 10 all Union of Madrid. • MISCELLANEOUS 100 35 Australian • gricult. 83 85 85 20 8 Australsn.Pcific.Mail 10 6 Australn. Royal Mail -- 50 383 Brit. American Land 82 84 100 321 Canada 5 5 Crystal Palace lg 6 3 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France —ll 20 1 Eastern Steam — 1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir — 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat — 100 14 General Screw Steam ... ••• 123 20 23 Irish Beet•oot Sugar 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 2 Netherlands Land 20 73 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam 50 all Peninsular & Oriental 84 50 25 Do. Do. ... 463 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 25 25 South Austral. Land 48 50 1 all Submar. Telegraph 5 2 Univeral Emigration and Colonization.... . . . 100 283 Van Diemen's Land 20 21 20 50 50 100 25 LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, May 3.—Wind this day at Noon, E.N.E.; light breeze, and dull hazy weather, with rain. DEAL, May 3.—Arrived from the River, and sailed— Treasure, for Port Philip ; Mary, Melbourne ; Europa, Barbadoes ; Caroline, Guayaquel. SOUTHAMPTON, May 2.—Wind, S.E. Sailed—Parana (s), West Indies. PORTSMOUTH, May 2.—Wind, E.S.E. Sailed—Sir R. Peel, New York. Off Port—Europa, Bombay. FALMOUTH, May 2.- Wind, S.E. Arrived—Fiddler, Rio Grande ; Princeton, Havannah ; Solomon Hane, Callao ' • Highland Lad, Lond on , f or M e lb ourne. Sailed— Jane Lowden, Quebec. Off Port—Susannah, Valparaiso, for Hamburgh. OFF BONCHURCH (Isle of Wight).—Harriet and Jessie, Barbadoes. POOLE, May 2.—Wind, S.E., strong. Sailed—Velocity, Newfoundland. SHIELDS, May 2.—Wind, S.E. Sailed—St. Lawrence, Quebec. OFF WEYMOUTH.—Derwent, Van Diemen's Land. OFF THE START. — Urgent, Sierra Leone. WHITEHAVEN, May 2.- -Wind, S. Arrived —British Queen, Antigua. QUEENSToWN, May I.—Wind, S.E., blowing strong. Sailed—Robert Small, Australia. Off Port—Columbine, Callao ; Credentia, do., and both pr ocee d e d f or L on d on. GALWAY, May I.—The Rob the Ranter has been on shore, and it is feared her bottom is seriously injured. LlMERlCK.—Sailed—Harbinger, Quebec. DerrrziG, April 30.—The Stockton, London to this port, which was stranded on the 23d of Dec., near Pasewarth, has been got off. MARKET NEWS--(THIS DAY.) COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The market is steady. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 747 hhds 63 tierces 139 barrels ; there were taken for home consumption 1,155 hhds 42 tierces 140 barrels. The stock in the same places is 5,158 hhds 812 tierces 970 barrels. COFFEE.—There is very little doing. RUM.— The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 181 puns 32 hhds ; there were taken for home consumption 264 puns 10 hhds, and exported 120 puns 51 hhds. The stock in the same places is 8,501 pun s 550 hhds. TALLow.—P.Y.C. is 475. Gd. per cwt on the spot, and town 495. 3d., and quieter. TEA. Holders require rather higher rates. HAY MARKETS SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 3/ 5s to 4/ 'lss ; clover ditto, 3/ 12s to 5/ 10s ; and straw, 1/ 8s toil/ 16s per load. A moderate supply, and a steady demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 3/ 8s to 4/ 16s; clover ditto, 3/ 12s to 5/ 8s ; and straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 168 per load. Supply good, and trade firm. WHITECHAPEL—Meadow hay, 3/ 8s to 4/ 15s ; clover ditto, 3/ 15s to 5/ lOs ; and straw, 1/ 7s to 11 153 per load. Trade steady, at full prima. THE STRIKE FOR WAGES.—The operatives employed as joiners, plasterers, and masons, in Exeter, turned out yesterday for an advance of wages. They had previously given notice to their employers that they should demand an increase of 6d. per day. Ultimately, a considerable portion of them returned to their work, at a rise of 2s. a week, and the remainder will probably follow their example. ROYAL HIGHLAND SCHOOL SOCIETY.—Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe and Professor Stowe have accepted the invitation of the noble Vice-Presidents and the Directors of the Royal Highland School Society to be present at their Festival in the Freemasons' Hall, Great Queen -1 street, on the 14th of May, Mr. Charles Mackie, the Secretary, is making great preparations for an unusually attractive banquet. Several of the noble Patronesses are expected to be present.—Morning Advertiser. THE POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT.—The House of Lords lately ordered a return to be printed of the salaries, wages, and allowances of the Post-office department for 17 years. It appears that in the metropolitan branch in 1835 the number employed was 1,750, and the salaries, &c. ' were 113,052/. 13s. 4d. ; and in 1851 the number had increased to 3,248, and the salaries, &c., to 283,3601. 15s. sd. The Postmaster-General has for the period embraced in the return received a salary of 2,5001. a year. Business this day. THE FRENCH EMPIRE The Emperor heard mass in the chapel of the Tuileries., at which a num b er of high functionar i es wer e presen t. After mass his Majesty received different deputations, and gave several audiences. M. Manjill a , genera l of the Argen ti ne army, an d brother-in-law of Rosas, the late dictator, rather a long residence in France, set out for Bueno s Ayres. His time in France was principally occupied 11 ; studying her institutions with a view of introducing son of them into his own country. the The Moniteur contains the cattier des' charges of „. concession just accorded for the railway from yonsi; Geneva. It also gives a supplement nearly fille d w i le the regulations to be observed in the examination for th e degree of bachelor of sciences. There was considerable activity at the Bourse yes t fl; day in the market for Government securities, V I r d has, afters generally having been well maintained, w ith an ur rn p r tendency at th e conc l us i on of business. The Three Pi e . Cents., for cash, advanced 20c whilst there was A a im cline of 10c. in the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. . b. ',.„ 11 - for . provement of 30c. took p.ace in the Three per Cea"' - d A . the end of the month, and of 10c. in the Four-al. Half per Cents. In Bank Shares a fall again °Ow's of sf. Final quotations :—For cash, Three per Ceal o ' r ; Four 0 80f. 70c. ; F our - an d- a-Half per Cents., 103 f. 1 5 a• u Half per Cent s ., 103 f. 2 0c. ; Bank Stock, 2, 705 E - the account, Th ree per Cents., 80f. 75c. SPAIN. 0.00 4 The Madrid journals of the 27th ult. contain 3 ,7 d e l deal of angry correspondence between the Marqn",, u . Duero and M. Jose de Salamanca, relative to the c`l o , me et r ik e cession of the Northern Railway. A hostile was considered as probable, but the friends of both w e ft employing all means in their power to prevent it. L. was believed that the Cortes will not be assemble d ' O4 fore the end of the summer. The Marquis de T u la the new ambassador of France, had left for ArL i T e rs to present his credentials ; and all the mini, and great dignitaries had also left for the 'Z it royal residence to attend the Queen's rece,-,Phiss for kissing hands on the occasion of Queen v";: d i tina's birthday. The Diario Espanol mentions a r e sp which will be of a certain importance if true-413r° t he that General S an t a Anna, the new President o f o f Mexican Republi c , has demanded the protecti°,. ll bl Spain against a new i nvas i on, cons id ered imminen'..l is the United St a t es . S ome armed bands of insurg7, are stated to ha ve ma d e t h e i r appearance in Catal°iitt-e The Duke de San Augustin, son of the Queen Chrio and the Duke de Rianzares, was about to embar k Cadiz on boa r d th e frigate .the Ferrolana, as a tni dsbir man. er o Three per Cents., 43g ; D e f erre d, 2 4 5- 16 ; -tl cates, 4. ITALY. 10 The Messaggere of 'Modena states from Rome o f ult., that the Papal Government has concluded the nto loan at 8 per cent. for a sum of 26 millions of fran c ol be paid in 15 mon thl y i nsta l ments, commenc i ng i s to the Ist of May. Copper money in large quantities i t io tinues to be st ruc k b o th a t R ome and Bologna, s°o) the total amo un t p rescr ib e d ( a b out 16 millions f frd' will soon be completed. of The Austria n C omman d an t o f t h e port an d city Leghorn has, according to a letter of the 25th ult., eft the Parlament o o f T ur i n, sentenced an advocate , nab Richard Fran z i, t o 5 mon th s ' i mpr i sonment in i ro ns' having held subve rs i ve l anguage ca l culated to cast haoeli upon the Imperial troop s , an d h av i ng shown 11700 disaffected towards the legitimate Government 01 Grand Duke of Tuscany. GERMANY. The TVezer Gazette states from Hamburgh, 28th n o lo —"Our journals have announced that the Ge l.ll iiols Diet had reques t e d th e S enate to dissolve the assoe'°' the of workmen. The Senate, however, refused e ll 'efi et i grounds that the dissolution of the existing lo ci would lead to the formation of secret ones." • The Mi n i s t er i a l C omm i ssion charged to prepare lirl!00, Austrian States th e execu ti on o f t h e T reaty of_ A ' It merce, and of A us t ro -P russian Customs tariffs , is said, be permanent. It is composed of functic''''' c o t belonging to th e d epartments of commerce and al' under the Presidency of the Chevalier de Stock. of The Voss G a z e tt e h as t h e f ollowing under 401 . ,n 3e Vienna, 28th ult. : —Th e d ay b e f ore yesterday Illefrens gian Ambassador delivered a letter to the Emperorboot, his Sovereign, announcing that the Prince of J 3ll O i 4 his son, had a tt a i ne d hi s ma j or i ty. King LeeP°l,oo expected here on the 9th May, and preparation s or already b een ma d e f or hi s recept i on. It has been bail nounced that the Chevalier de la Torre d'Ayllon jot refused the Ministry of Foreign Affairs whin' i g is been offered t o hi m b y th e Q ueen of Spain. D d pro' an error. M. d'Ayllon has accepted the post, an be gna posed to leave o n th e I s t M ay , an d h e h as alreadlo to pay his visits of farewell. He will, it is said, placed by the Count San Luis." 01 0 13 The marriage of P r i ncess A gnes , o f D essau , witt e d at hereditary Prince of Saxe-Altenburgh, was celebra of Dessau on the 29th ult. The King and Pry Prussia were present, a e ftl There are rum ours i n c i rcu l a ti on a t B er li n ,_ of 3 er in the M in i s t r y ; th e Ul tra -C onservat i ve l e ader, ''' Bar ne de Garlach, was spo k en o f as lik e l y to re place Manteuffel, as Prime Minister. # 'a and the The treaty recently concluded with Austria' most important portions of the Convention „f construction of Zollverein, have been a pprovek- , c' ;„. the second Prussian Chamber. The debate on the ; (1 , crease in the duty on beet-root sugar was a.cijoUr ll 4 The Government is about to present a bill for redilo' the import duty on iron. for The Hanoverian Government has laid the budgetpi for the re 1854 before the Chambers ; the expenses are estio" at 8,351,771 dols., and the receipts at 8,004,601 dole' TIIE MEDITERRANEAN. SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY NIGI If O , The Peni nsu l ar an d O r i enta l S team N av i ga ti o n C h n e e pany's ship Bengal, Captain H. W. Powbll, arrived vos this morning, bringing the heavy portion of the • India, Chin a , an d Mediterranean mails, in charge Lieut. Sandom, R.N., Admiralty agent. ss Her dates are Alexandria, April 19 ; Malta, 23 1 , • Gibraltar, 27. She b r i ngs on f re i g ht 6 package s ol i t p g, cie value 12,0001. ste r li ng , j ewe l s va l ue 40 , 0001. sterj2if 180 boxes of lemons, 159 barrels of gum, 16 b a gs of 61, 30 bags of madder-root, 294 bales of silk, 655 hal; o f flax, 72 bales of wool, 140 bales of cotton, 64 caw' silks, and 69 packages of general merchandise. o r. The Bengal brings 170 passengers, among whcl r oOt Colonel Holdham, from Madras ; Colonel Ramsay , Calcutta ; Colonels Mainwaring and Simmondst Hong-Kong ; Brigadier Green, Colonels Watson, Farrel, Captain Clay (3d Dragoons), Major Iclutell w af Captain Morrison, &c., f rom Bombay ; Lord and Ig o r Hay and Lady Jane Hay, from a tour in Egypt ; tains Green and Baker, from Malta ; Captain Nieh.r o g. from Gib ra lt ar ; C ommo d ore A u li c k , from Hong- 0-° OO, The passenger-list of this steamer also include s name of General Si r W a lt er Gilbert, who, after 52 I it , . active service in India, &c., returns in ill-health to p) ? , native country, accom p an id by his son, Mr. F.gastst of' Gilbert, who for the last five years has filled the P° ol o her Majesty's Consul at Alexandria. This gentl e / fill left Ale xan d r i a w ith th e regrets and good w i s h e s ° OiS those who had the pleasure of his acquaintance. - sudden departure preve n t e d a di nner i n t en d e d to ire' been given to him by th e E ng li s h residents from te'''re' place, but a piece of plate is, we understand, to h e Pit!' sented to him on a future occasion. The Maltes c or habitants at Alexandria, in order to testify the ~n °o 4 4 deration they have at all times experienced at the :Mai of Mr. Gilbert, presented him with a very gr 3 Tthe address, and subsequently escorted him on boar' Ae ss, ship with two bands of music, and continued 7,t demonstrations of respect till the Bengal steamed n " the harbour. The Bengal, on her homeward passage, expe" - I ,oo' from Malt a t o o ff O porto a succession of strong winds, or she would have arrived early yesterdal. ID the 24th ult., whil e cross i ng th e G u lf o f Lyons, 811.,,e with a strong N.W. gale, with a heavy cross sea, th,, to which she st eame d 9 an d 10 k nots. From 00700 Finisterre she had a fresh gale and thick weather, he S.S.E. and across th e B ay li g ht var i a bl e winds. 1 9 ill found to steam aga i ns t a fresh head-wind 10 kn c ' b ilel:, smooth water with no wind 114 and 12 knots ; Wi_noo fore and aft canvas she goes 12 an d 13 , an d w ith nfer set and a fresh breeze she goes 14 and 154- knots. o th greatest run in 24 consecutive hours was 33 6 giving an average of 14 knots an hour, the lat te ;,',/ believe, nearly equalling the greatest run ever a DO plished by any, ocean-going steamer. During th i l passage she has . not had six consecutive hours e w e wind, so that her s t eam i ng qua liti es h ave b ee n we A ier satisfactorily proved. Her run from Malta to -"i li a andria, 830 miles, was accomplished in 70 hours , ic esh back to Malta in 72 hours. Coming up Chamatt g up easterly winds prevailed, the s a ili ng vesse l s boll being under double-reefed topsails. be The French fleet is reported by the Bengal t i o „„ti in Salamis-bay. At Al exan d r i a , the usual -r 4 i4;•itis ° fleet and a7Turkish war steamer. At Malta the ." her fleet, under Rear-Admi ra l D un d as . At Gibralta r ' Majesty's ships Furious and Antelope. hr te • The Peninsular a n d O r i en t a l C ompan y's c feeleg steamer City of Lond on arr i ve d a t M a lt a on the e o utli" of the 22d ult., and was to leave on the 23d fo r - ampton. o et From Gibraltar our accounts are to the 27th il i t n the Majesty's ship Vengeance left that port for Malta barley' 23d. The Gibraltar Ch ron i c l e announces the e& n acli' tion, on the 26th ult., of the C ameron i a ns, for Ca pre- The governor was present, an d th e reg iment At h, 50' ceded to the boats by the b a nds o f th e 13th, 4 ' of ape:' and 92d Regiments, amid an immense concourr to th ree tators. The regiment was afterwards told off .` ll , nrcle` separate divisions, and embarked in the f o llowicrilea; —The head-quarters, under Lieutenant-Colo i r o tevat, r hill, with Captains Frend and Nicholson, L rter aiss i T er Wallace and Mosse, Dr. Grogan, and Q". Kent, in the Thomas Arbuthnot ; a divis t° c a ptal o , Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Hogarth, wi th n d h Cameron and Andrews, Lieutenants Quartleqe Jose% ville, and Assistant-Surgeon Douglas, a under Cantle,. ent Somes ; and th e rema i n i ng di v i s i on , t Ch it i Carey, with Capt a i n Longmore and Lieu ten3ri in the Santipo re . O n the arrival of the ret ic h is / o Montreal, they w ill re li eve th e 20th Foot, w cl s ince return to England. artere e The 92d Highlanders, which had been V vier their arrival i n diff eren t par t s o f the garrison,aarvie leo occupy Town Range and Wellington's Front a on the 20th. with p ai n ID' The Bengal spoke a l ar g e scresy-steame r h, At 5a- 00 ports off the Rock of Lisbon, steering sett a t o n gtotl of the 30th ult., the Bengal spoke the, li wiles N,E, of Cape Finistorro s otoorgig _Pdt--‘" 100 6 1 100 1100 121; 12 12 St. all all 8 100 100 all all all 100 all 100 10 25 10 1.0.6 10 all 14 all 291 i 53i 4 35i 6 55 3a 21 76i / 37