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

NEW WORK BY ANNA MARY 110 WITT. Just published, in 2 vols. post Bvo., price 14s. cloth, THE ART-STUDENT in MUNICH. By ANNA MARY andHOWI London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. Blackstone. THIS EVENING, MA's 3, Will be peribrmed LEAP YEAR ; or, The Ladies' Privilege. Characters by Messrs. Cornpton, Cori, Rows, and Blackstone; Miss Reynolds, and Mrs. Tftzwilliam. Aft e r which UM. BIICIEBTONE'S ASCENT OF MOUNT P AZ. NASSUS. • To conclude with OUR MART ANNE. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET• trader the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, MAT 3, Will be performed the new and original Play, in five acts, by West land Marston, Esq., entitled ANNE BLAKE. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Kean, Lacy, Addison, and Chester ; Mrs. C. Kean, Mrs. Wlnstanley, and Mrs. Daly. To conclude with the new Drams, a dapted from the French of Mons. Scribe, by Mr. Palgrave Simpson, called MARCO SPADA. Principal characters by Messrs. W.Lacy, S. Vining, Ryder, Graham and Everett ; Misses Heath and C. iercq. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE• tinder the Management of Madame Vestris. THIS EVENING. MAY 3, WM be peril:mad A.S.S. Characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, .ter, an d R o mer. ; Mrs. Maenamara and Miss Wyndham. A s ter w hich, A FAST TRAIN—HIGH PRESSURE EXPRESS. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Baker, and Suter. To be followed by TRYING IT ON. Principal character by Mr. C. Mathews. Aft e r which, USED UP. Principal character by Mr. C. Mathews. THEATRE ROYAL IDELPHL proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Ueda. THIS rarmra, MAY 3, WM be performed MASKS AND FACES; or, Before and Behind the Curtain—by Messrs. B Webster, L. Murray, Honey, P. Bedford, and 0. South; Mesdames Celeste and Woolgar. After which, A DESPERATE GAME, To be followed by TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS. Cha racters by Messrs. Keeley and Wigaa , Mrs. Keeley, Mrs. Wigan, and Miss Keeley. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager Mr. Farren. Great Hit of THE MILLER OF DERWENT WATER. THIS EVENING, MV 13, Will be performed THE MILLER OF DERWENT WATER. Characters by Messrs. H. Farm, F. Robson, Shalders, G. Cooke, and Morgan ; Mesdames Anderton and A. Phillips. After which, UNCLE CROTCHET. Supported by Messrs. Far. Pen, F. Robson, and Mrs. Phillips. To be followed by MACBETH. By Mr. Samuel Macbeth, Mr. F. Babson, Mrs. Sarah Macbeth, and Mrs. A. Phillips. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. N. Cooke. Continued and brilliant sucoess of the New Spectacle. Third Night of an entirely new Drama. THIS EVENING, MAT 3, And daring 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 nursing Wood, the Leap through Fire, and the terrific spring of Amakosa's Steed over the Falls of the Umtata, nightly receive d with enthusiastic approbation. To be followed by a novel and incomparable display of Eqiiestris.n kchievementi in the scenes of the Mr. CAR ENA, supported by he t h mos t t accomplished A rtistes of the day. ooke will appear wi wonderful steed Raven ; also Mr. Alfred Cooke and his accomplished Family. To conclude with a new Comic Drama, entitled IN FOR A DIG; or, Life at the Diggings. Box-office open daily from Eleven to Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Nis DA —Morning 47 min. after 10 I Evening 22 nain.aft. 11 To-31oaitow—Morning 0 min. after 0 Evening 56 min.aft. 11 THE WEATHER.--Sux °PVC; 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. , ... ..,„ ...",,..„, •, , . rikr ip) g r - i ., 4 , 44 .- tvi=z li t „..„ 11 , no ~-,7 ;- „, ,, ,,---4 , ,,,,T , .....- -.- •-- . 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 the Duty on Advertisements. For it must be re membered 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 : al though the 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 oue 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. HTnXE, 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 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—" The 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, that—we consider it our duty—to—give--the— Budget--our—unqualified=approbati on !" That we say was, virtually, the language of Mr. Hums. 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- Vlose and the West Riding of Yorkshire—con firmed the good promise of the proximate advan tage about to be secured by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Through Mr. ICEocur, a large portion of the Irish Brigade bad been gained over to the support of the Administration. Through Mr. Hun 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. Tho gall was flavoured with the ho ney. And —now that JOHN BULL has confidingly " opened his mouth and shut his eyes" to see what Good Luck, in the person of Mr. GLADSToI'in would send him—all has been swallowed. Henceforth it must be borne in recollecti on that the draught has been imbibed at the instigation of _many of the fiscal most redoubtable leaders of ca;. the n d Eax fi e n h a e n a c ut i e a r l improvement. The Chancellor o a ppeared before the Commons at the appointed hour, as the QUEEN appeared before Fair R n og i • MOND, in one hand the, bowl of th e Budget, and in the other the dagger of a Dissolution. Parlia ment, in its " wisdom," has accepted the former —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 majority of 71, in a House of 575, by which the Legislative approbation has been decisively ac corded to the Financial statement of theßight lion. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exche ß quer. Nothing ha 3 had influence in warning even some of the most staunch Reformers in the Coin mown-from the almost unconditional acceptance of 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 tergiversation b y di g nifying 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 I" Insisting, as we have done from first to last, upon the cruelty of the proposed seven years' Income r Tax—vbecause 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. GLA.DSTONE may con sent to some rational modification. For this there will be no lack of opportunities. There is Mr. MICHELL'S ingenious proposition, for example, 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 Supplements was, that the Advertising public might not, through the limited size of a newspaper, lose the benefit of the ls. which he remits of the present Is. 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 iri 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 advertisemeuts. When the charge amounts ;o 10s., persons are not frequently deterred from insertion - by a single shilling. It is, however, per haps, from about that amount downwards that the pressure of the duty acts most injuriously. Per sons of every class, from the scullery-maid to the respectable clerk, wanting employment—apart ments wanted, 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, fer 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 21 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 a is twofold. First, that, for many reasons, lealriagregreerdpapers through mes ; only why should not books sent at the same rate ? writing ; but, as in th an at ap as in America, ought an w d ill n a e lxys be as much needed as that if newspapers be post, up f t o o r t l h -e e pe:t e e i d ght tr: f ns s ini ix ss o i z o . n , be some reasonable scale of weights well as for the other. Our onl ayvery other printed matter be to Printed matter, of course, much less than country, y h o t i I h foe e r r ia. o y ou teha g o h nt t e Z se question is now so far opened that the whole batch of discreditable taxes justly a ...eD. Q pn v ed as THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, y MAY 3. 1853, Taxes on Rtrowledge will soon be swept away entirely. Axes 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 250,0001. 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 175,0001. The returns are estimated at 104,0001. per annum ; and, allowing 52,0001. 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 Cottingbam 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 horns 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 CIRCULAIT. 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. minus 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 Pellatt, 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, :qr. John Fisher, Mr. Dillon, Mr. Bradbury, Mr. Moore, Mr:. Howell, Mr. Walter, Mr. William Barber, Mr. Mil lard, Nr. W. Burchell, Mr. W. T. Haly (Temple), Mr. A yrton, Mr. MalMs, 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. Sandiands, Mr. Buckmaster, Mr. Mole, 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. Masterinen, Sir James Duke, and Alderman Law rence, with the City Remembrance; 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 Derwent Water, and a story with a poli tical moral, being the history of the ruin of a small in elependent trader by the force of capital. There is a go oel deal of merit and some very fair acting in this melodrama, which is carefully and delicately written, an d offers many opportunities for acting. AME;TYRDAM 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 stearoer Taurus entered Gibraltar bay from Liverpool on the 27th ult., at noon. ARRIYAZ,S OF GOLD.—Three vessels arrived yesterday from Australia with gold valued at 259,6001. 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 Ja nuar y , has 28,9770z5. Concur rently with these arrivals from Australia there have been 40,0001. from New York, and 12,0001. 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 EMIGRATIOD.—The departures from the port of London for the Australian colonies during the past week show a considerable increase, and L'ave com prised vessels of a ll classes. They consisted of ten to P or t Philip, with an aggreg ate burthen of 2,741 ton nage ; two to Sydney, with an aggregate burden of 1,.156 tonnage ; two to Hobart Town, with an aggregate b:tr den of 632 tonnage ; one to New Zealand, of 574 tons ;• one to Launceston, of 332 tons ; and one to Portland B e y, of 86 tons. Their total capacity was consequently 5,521 tons. The shipments continue to be of the ordi nary Irsnd of manufactures and merchandise, and the rates of freight have on the average been well maintained, with a tendeiwy 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 whieb 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 enotred relative to the future pros pects of the undertaking. The points generally can vassed were the history of the management, the unfor tunate result of the . second voysage attempted by the A u stralian, and the proposed arfangement with the General Screw Company. It was stated that the direc tors were not prepared to enter into these questions, especially the latter, negociations non e having been f ina lly completed, and they therefore s uested a t por ary postponement , With re g ard to Ale? Victoria, announced to sail on the 6th of June, it leas i n ,! - ended to dispatch her, if the necessar y freight and pas,sengers 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 21d 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 COMMERCIAL, INTELLIGENCE—(THLS DAY.) CITY, TWO 0 CLOCK. shr. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 8,000 bales, of which 2,500 Arne- — st. rican were taken for export and on speculation. 20 The market closed with more animation ; compared with Friday's rates prices of American were ex- 14 treme, other kinds without alteration. The sales n comprised 6,000 American, 20 Pernam and Maran ham at 61d., 500 Egyptian at 60. to 6kd., 600 27 Egyptian at 61d. to Bd., 1,000 Surat at 31d. to 4id., and 60 ea Island at Is. 9d. to 2s. Bd. per lb. 22 Railway Shares; were firmer. St. A draft of a bill brought into Parliament for I t o ' regulating the weights used in sales of bullion has 50 been published. The object is to legalise the weight 20 ordinarily used, namely the troy ounce, and other denominations which are multiples or decimal parts Et of such ounce, and the act provides that, in future, " all contracts made and sales of gold, silver, platina, 25 diamonds, and other precious stones, shall be legal 25 if determined by the troy ounce, being the stan dard or unit of weight. Models of these weights 18 are to be made and verified under the direction of N the Treasury, and the contents of the weights are to be stamped thereon. 25 In an account of all gold, silver, and copper 25 moneys of the realm, coined at the Mint during the St. first three months of the present year, it appears 50 that there were no less than 4,335,3571. 10s. 7d. in St. sovereigns and half-sovereigns, 38,2141. in florins, 10 42,3721. in shillings, and 12,0781. in sixpences. St. The fourpenny and other silver pieces represented St. 92,8621. There was no copper coinage carried on. St. In a letter addressed by EL Bellenden Ker, Esq., t: to the Lord Chancellor, on the subject of the cost St, of registration of assurances, it is stated that the expense would be about 15,0001. a-year, and that St, a building of the size of Lincoln's-inn-Hall, divided 12 into three storeys, would be calculated to contain 50 I; all the necessary document s f or th e nex t 120 years. St. The memorials usually run about an eighth of the 20 length of the deeds, but in future, under a 14 general registration act, there would be an r o abridgment of the documents. The average 111 expense for registering the deed would be about 10 1/. 55., but this would be diminished upon sums St. under 1001. The stamps now are less onerous than St. they were. At present the cost of registering a deed of ordinary length in Middl esex i s 2/. 195., 20 10 St. and if there is a plan on the conveyance this is in- 50 creased to 41. ls. Where the title is complex, from 40 251. to 501. is often paid. The usual charge for 25 searching a title by solicitors is at the rate of 6s. 25 Bd. per hour. Bt. There has been no change in the English Stocks St. upon the majority in favour of the Budget, and St. this is considered rather singular a circumstance, 50 looking at the confident -predictions of those who 25 are friendly to the plan. It would seem that the La income tax is as unpopular among capitalists as it 6 will be among the humbler classes affected by it. 25 Consols have been quoted 100/ for Transfer, and 50 100 to 101 for Account. The New per 20 Cents. have realised 103 k to 10n, and the 3 per St. Cents. 100 to 1 . Bank Stock has been firm at 227 to 15 228. East India Stock has realised 264 to 262 k, 50 and South Sea Stock has been done at 1151. Ex- St. chequer Bills are not higher than par to ss. prem. 16 East India Bonds have been 255. to 285., the fall 1 2 of Saturday not being recovered. Several mem- 8 bers of the Stock Exchange are still absent fiom 20 business. 20 In the Foreign Market -there has been a decline 10 in Greek Bonds which opened at 10 i . for the red, St. and have since been done at 10. Spanish 3 per St. Cents. have been firmer at 24i to and the Cer- st, tificates 6g. Mexican Bonds are quiet at 27i to g. St, Peruvian 4i per Cents. have been marked 89, and St, the Deferred 69. In Dutch per Cents. there have been numerous transactions at 651 to 66k. The following 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. an; : T re h s e ol G ut o io v n ern in m a e n nt aff n a o ir t g th regar e ds fa e c x n e lt lu y s t iv o el a y do th p e t Chambers, it is impossible for me to resolve this question in the manner you desire. "I take advantage of this opportunity to repeat my self your obedient servant, (Signed) " MANUEL 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. 5 The Land Companies' Shares have been firm but St. quiet, except Scottish Australian, which are better. 20 The Bank Shares are steady. St. The railway meetings announced are the fol- 15 lowing : 6 Company. DAte. Place. London and South-Western May 19, 34, York-road, Lambeth. Manchester, Sheffield, and 3 Lincolnshire Paris, Caen, and Cherbourg May 4, Paris. 6' Paris and Rouen May 3, Paris. South Yorkshire , May 12, London Tavern. 10 ' The sums called for in May by the various rail- 20 way companies are as follows : Amount. St. Great North of Scotland, original 101 £27,686 5 Ditto ditto, IsePreference 30,000 St. Great Southern and Western, Ireland, 4 per St. cent Pref 56,250 St. Killarney Junction 15,000 Lake Constance and Basle 72,000 6 Maryport and Carlisle, 41 per cent., 121. 10s unknown Norfolk Debenture Shares 101,340 50 West Flanders, 51 per cent. Pref 40,000 Qi- £343,276 16 The proportion called by foreign companies is s t . 112,0001., but the holdings of English proprietors St., are not known. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. ( Prom the Official List.) Business done. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. ReducedlAnnuities lOO * 100,E 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 31 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 £lOOO 23 9 South Sea Stock .. .... ... ...... ...... ......... South Sea Old Annuities on Consols for Account Exchequer Bills IN. June. March, £lOOO par 5 p 5 1 £5OO Small 5 - iii PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. — Ditto New, 1852, 44 per Cent lOOl Equador Bonds Greek Bonds, Red Ditto, Blue Mexican 3 per Cent. Ditto for the Account 27d Peruvian Bonds, 44• per Cent. B9 Peruvian Scrip 34 P Peruvian Deferred 3 per Cent. Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent. Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Spanish Bonds 3 per Cent — Ditto for the Account 4Bi Spanish 3 per Cent., New Deferred 241 Ditto for the Account • 24i a Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun. 6a i p c Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cont. 12 Guil. Ditto 4. per Cent. C e rtificates.......... THREE O'CLOCK. Consols Ditto May Account 1001 1001 1 DINNER AT THE 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 I.‘lrs. Beecher Stowe, who was present. Mr. Dickens, in reply, said some happy words of compliment about Mrs. Stowe. NAVAL AND MILITARY BIBLE SOCIETY.—The seventy third anniversary meeting of the friends of this society was held yesterday, at Willis's Rooms ; the Marquis of Cholmoudeley 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. Singe 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 Halifaz, Nova Scotia, 1,310 bibles and testaments were circulated in the p ast y ear. The agent on the river Thames issued 954 copies; the Port of Hull Society, 1,055 ; at Plymouth 746 were issued ; at 10 Portsmouth, 829 ;at Liverpool, 2,823 ; 910 were issued 20 by the British and Fcreign Sailors' Society ; 960 copies 20 at Dover ; 424 at Cardiff ; Leeds, 379 ; Falmouth, 296; 20. at Dartmouth, 270 ; Newcastle, 268 ; and Redruth, 2A) 323. The total cash receipts for the year amounted to 2 0 2,101/. 15s. 11d., and the tota l p a y ments were 10. 2,102/. 18s. 9d., which, with a balance from last year, 200 left a present balance of 68/. 3s. sd. The balance wan, 10 however, merely nominal, as there was an outstanding 2 0 debt of 786/. for 10,000 Bibles, which the Committee 20 had felt it their duty to procure, in order to be prepared 8i for any demand for the supply of the military, in conse- ;;10 quence of the offer made to commanding officers. A 20 small effort on the part of the friends of the society 10 would speedily liquidate this elaira. ,20_ THE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. Paid.t RAILWAYS. Closing Prices this day. No Aberdeen 8A Ambg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastu. Junct.... a ll Birmg. Wolverh. &, Stour Valley 1 28 Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junct. r i Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. igi Do., £2O 100 Bristol and Exeter ! 100 Caledonian a ll Chester & Holyhead 'all Cork and Bandon all Cork, Blackrock and Passage 45 Dablin&Belfastjunc a ll Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction all Do. New all East Anglian (£25 L and E. & L. & D ) all Do. Do. (181. E.& H ) all Eastern Counties all Eastern Union, Class A. (late E. U. Sh.) 86 Do., do all Do., B. and C. 1 / 2 100 East Lancashire all East & West Ind. Dk. & Binning. Junc 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow 16 Edin. and Peebles 1003 Edin. Prth. &Dundee 100 Glasgow &S. Western 100 Great Northern Stk.. 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock 100 Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 100 Great Western 11 Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle ! 11. i Do., Thirds 100 Lancash.& Yorkshire! 15 Do., Fifths 11.1 Do., Wst. Riding Un.! all Leeds Northern all Liv.Crsby.&Southpt.' 'all London & Blackwall 3 Lond. Tilb. &Sthend. 100 Lond. Brigt. &S. Cst. 100 London &N. Western 12 Do., Fifths 1 D0.,£10 Sh.M.&B. C 100 London &S. Weste 426 Do., £5O 34 Do., £4O all Londerry. &Coleraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 1109 Manch. Shef. &Lincln 41 1 Do., Man. & Lin. Un 100 Midland 100 Do. Birming. &Derby 476 Midland. G. West. (Ir.) 176 Do. 6 Shares all Newcastle & Carlisle. 100 Newmarket 36 Do. Bury Extension 16 Newp. Aberg.&Hftd. 76 Newry & Enniskillen all Newry, Warrenpoint, and Restrevor 100 Norfolk all Do., New 36 Northn.Counties Un 100 North British 13 North Devon, No. 1 66 Do., No. 2 all Do., 6 A Deferr e d . . 5 Do., 6 B Guaranteed 17i North Staffordshire all North Western 10 N. &S. Westin. une. 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 100 Scottish Central 100 Scottish Midland 100 Shrewsbury & Birmg 100 Do., L. & N. Westu Guaranteed Stock Shrewsby. & Hereford rrll Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) all Do. Halves do., all Do Do. Oswesti y 6A Shropshire Union all Son Devon 100 South Eastern all South Wales .15 S. Yorksh.River Dun 5 Do. 16i Stockton & Hartlepl 19 Thames Haven Dock and Railway 17 Vale of Neath • all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford& Limerick 14 West Cornwall • 1/.ls \V imbledon&Croydn 1 Woodford 100 York Newctl.&Berw 20 Do. Extensions .. . 114 Do. G. N. E. Purchase 100 York & N. Midland.. 29 - 30 6 - 6k 10 roil 7i bid 21 22 d 31 103 105 664 —67 i 24 24, 231 -23 i s iPln 8 9 5-1 - 6 4k - 4 13#-- 13A 10 - 7i - 71' 73 - 75 50 - 55 72 - 74 32 - 31 1 64 - 66 88i -89 h 55 - 57 131. -133 110 —llll 92 - 922 92 94 132 14 p 80 802 ali 3i d 3 —2i d , 16 162 9i —9B' I 2 -- 2 1 p 105 -- 106 119 A -- 120 2i -- 3 p p 905 914 5 -- 4Ad 4 -- 3ld 12 -- 13 19 -- 21 20i -30 i 3A -- 3 d 76 -- 764 42 -- 14 50 - 52 k 1 - I - PI 3 3 - 31 81 - 91 52 - 54 3k 2i ctl 35 36 - 44 (C 8k- - 86, - 4 52 - 53 98 - 100 62 - 63 64 - 66 73 -- 76 1/ 17 19 8 94 13 15 3i 3i d 21 -- 22 754 764 374 371 134 144 44 19 --- 21 2 15 151 94 10 321 334 104 -- 11 d par 69 701 74-7 d 2i 20, 62 63 PREFERENCE SHARE 100 )Aberdeen. all Do., No. 2,7 p. c 100 Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares ,100 Caledonian £lO all Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent. Cork&Bandon 5, 3 / 4 p.c. all Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction all E. Ang. (705.) 6 p. c. all Do. (£5), 7 per cent. 2 Do. (£7 174;7. pet. all Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l all Do., No. 2 all Do., New 6p. c. St all Eastern Union Scrip Guar. 6 p er cent 100 East Lancash. 6p. cts all Edinb.Prth.&Dund I 100 Glasgow &S. Western. Guar. 5 per cent 100 Great Northn. 5 7:). c. 100 Do. 5 p. d., Redeem. at 10 p. prem , all. Gt.S outhn . & Westn. (Ircla.c•a) Eights... 6 Gt. IN , :;stn. (Berks & 1P - Ants Ex. 5 p. c.) 100 Great Western, fixed 41. per cent 6 Lan. & York. F. £2O 100 Do., 6 p. c., Stock 100 London and Brighton Guaranteed . 5 p. e 100 Do. Pref. 5 p. c., St. all Do. Convertible, 5 p. c., 1852 100 Do. New Guar. 6p. c 5 London &S. Western, Con. Thirds 10 Londonderry &ColerS A Shares ............. all Londndry. & Ennisk. Shares. ....... all Manch.,Shef.,&Lin., Shares, No. 1.... all Do., New, £lO 3 Do., £6 ............. ... all Marypt. & Carl. 4p. c. all Do. , q per cent 8l Do 100 Mid. Consol. 6 p.c.St. 100 Do. Consol. Bristol & Birin. 6 per cent._ 5 Do. Pref. 4a percent: all Norfolk all Do. Guar. 5A per ct. all Do. Waveney Valley 5 per cent, 100 North British all North Staffordshire.. 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh. £15,6p. c. 9 Do. all Shrewsbury & Birm. New Guaranteed... all, Shrewsby. & Chester Nor.W. (Min), 3 p.c. 10 Do. 5 per cent. all South - Devon 14 Do. New all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) f£l Os. 6d. all S. Yprksh. 4p. e. Guar. 3 Waterfd. &Kilk. 6p. e 100 York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref 5 Do 10 York & N. Midland, 11. & S. Purchase... - 107 - 109 20 —2l id 6 - 3g - 3i 4t 4i 1 - 2 - 2 p --26 p 15 - 154 18} - - 3i ... xcl 130 132 1112 - 114 8 - 61 - .06 - 108 - P Z2 P i - 154 Ila :-: 1671 - 4pl 10 3 / 4 -- 11 131--14ixd 8 -- 9 1 10 1111 148 - 150 _221 231 1) -- 64 -2, 111 - 113 25 - 26 2i -- 2i p 101 -- 1141 17 - 18 - • 4 -- lip 15 -- 16 , )ar P. 26 26 a i 19 20 ; i: fr d ipar 103 105 par 21i pm 15 130/ i FORE: 3 Antwrp.&Rotterdam 3 Belgian Eastn. Junct. all Charleroi & Eiquehn 8 Dijon and Besan2on— , 8 Dutch Rhenish, all East Indian 1 Do. Extension all Gt. Indian Peninsula 7 Gd. Junct. of France 20A Gt. Westn. of Canada Shares 2 Lucca and Pistoja, 5 per cent. pref 15 Luxembourg 10 Do. (Railway) 2 Do 3 Do. (Canal) 2 Do. 6p. cent. pr e f 7 Lyons & Medi:terzan 7i Madras 29 Maria Antonia' 10 Do. New,,, all Namur & Liege (with, interevc all Do. (e.x interest) ' all NeArtnern of Franco ! all De,. 201. 3p. c. Bds (fmy.B.&Ams.Shs.) al', Norwegian Truk. Pref 'AD Paris and Lyons all Paris and Orleans.,,, a ll Paris and Rouen a ll Paris and Strasbourg 4 ParisCaen&Cherbrg ti Quebec & Richmond all Rouen and Havre. a ll Sambre and Meuse... 4 Do. 51 per cent. pref. 4 Southern of France.. 2s. Upper India Scrip... al West Flanders,,,_, 6 Do. 5i per c. Prof.: - 9 Western of France... 2 West. of Switzerland 3 New Zea1and......... is 134 -- 3. -- 1 :: 11 -- 24 -- 21 e 4t 7_ - 1 1 ; - 2i - 71 361 144 81 -- 18$ -_ 4i 461 -- 354 -- 51 211 -- 94 -_. 4i - ill 14 Business done this day. 291 I 20 20 50 20 10 20 20 333 10 20 104 67 s 71 24 I 23j 6 1 51 6 41 13i 90 894 57 131 3 111 10A 11 ii § 8a 93 13 1 pm 84:4 i i 80 12 8i 16i i i 1051 6 51 120 1 14i i i 911 90i 76 i I i i 35i 6 5} 6 70 91 63 1 21 1- 2 ]TINES LBASED AT FIXED RENTALS 1r aid.l RAILwAT3 Bedford and Blotchley Birm. & Oxfd guarantee Do. with° utgr Birm. Woly. & Dudley guar. Do.wtht guar. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Glstr.& Dn. Fr. Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. ; Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr.,' 4 per cent. Do. 6 per et. Blanch. Bxtn. and Matlock Middlesbre & Redcar. . Midld.Bradfd. Northern and Easternsp. c. Do. 6 per ct. Do. Fixeds p c Prest. & Wyre Do. Shares Roystn.& Hit Do.Shepth .St I Shef.Roth.and Goole g. 5 p.c.' S. Staffordsh. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent Do Wilts&Somrst Leasing Compaus. London &iI N. West. Gt.Westn. Do Do Do L. &N.W Caledon Gt.Nrthn.• Gt. Westn Yk. New. & Berw. Y. &Mid Do Do S. Eastern Do !Norfolk. L.& N. W. & Midld. Stckton & Darlingt. Midland.. E. Count Do Da L. &N.W &Ln&Yk Do IGt Northn Do Laucash & Yorksh. M.MClean Stockt. & Darlingt. Do IGtWestn. Closing Prices this day. Oil all ',04 all ;t. 100 i 0 all it. 100 ',5 I all )O I all i 0 all 15 all L 2 all [3 all !O all !CI 100 '5l lOO all ;0 1 all i 0 all 15 all it. 1100 it. 100 ;5 18; .2 I i 0 lall 5 1 all 3t.1100 Business this day. 1081 107 - 109 54 - 56 149 - 151 33 - 31 12 -- 114 56 -- 57 q7i 28 14 -- 144 26 -- 27 3 -3/ 1106 108 65 - 67 ... -- . (149 - 151 149 - 151 • ••• I d 33 - 34 105 - 106 33} 3 MINES. 1 all Agua Fria lOs all Anglo Californian 3 /4 - p 1 3 / 4 1 10 2 Australasian 1 1 p 20 5 Australian 1 all Australian Cordillera 8— a p 1 all Australian Freehold. 4(1 ar 1 1 all Ave Maria 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) par p 1 all British Austrin. Gold a pla 20 13.5 British Iron 8 10 35 244 Brazilian Imp. (issued at .L 5 pm.) 5l 6 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiaba 4 51 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 30 —3l 301 1 1 Carson's Creek 1 p 40 all Cobre Copper 46i 471 5 1 Colonial Gold 2l —2i p g 14 Copiapo Bl 94 81 St. all CopperMinersof Eng. 70 80 25 all Do. Preference 9 —lO p 5 all English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co ll 1 d 20 all General l5 —l7 161 2 all Great Nugget Vein 2l —23 p 4 .1 1 3 all Great Polgooth par— A p 1 all Lake Bathurst — d 1 all Liberty par— A p 1 all Lond. &Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co / 1 1 all Mariquita Rd par 1 10 9 Mexican &S. Americ Bl 8 81 4 a 1 all New Granada - p 1 all Nouveau Monde la 1 p 21 5 1 Port Philip — 1 p 1 all Quartz Rock s— ip 50 all Rhymney Iron 24 —26 15 Do. New 7 8 30 101 Santiago de Cuba 1 all South Australian ad— p 11 10 7 Tin Croft lO 12 281 all United Mexican 6 61 1 all Waller 1 all West Granada,,,,,,,, par -- p 1 a 1 all West Mariposa 8 g p 1/ 1 all Yuba 1 p 1 1 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia i 861 - - 871 87 50 all British N. American I 20 2 Chita. Bnk. of India,) Australia, & China' 1 p 3 100 25 Colonial. 100 20 Commercial of Lon don — 10 English Scottish and' Australian — lap lla 20 121 Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia 2A —38 p 110 20 London and County ;50 10 London Joint Stock _ 100 20 Loud. &Westminster 51 20 2 London Bank of Aus tralia and India ... d— par 50 221 National of Ireland_ 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation 5O —5l xn 51/ 50x new 25 5 Do. New 100 25 Provincial of Ireland • 50 1 10 all Do. New lB a 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg. & Gold Imp, Co ld— par 25 25 South Australia 47 49 491 25 all Union of Australia_ 771 781 781 2 1 Do. New 50 10 Union of London.. 40 all ! Union of Madrid MISCELLANEOUS. 100 35 Australian Agricult 1 82 84 85 3 20 8 Austrlasn.Pcific.Mail • 10 6 Australn. Royal Mail; 41 38* Brit. Americn. Land 75 -- 80 76 100 321 Canada 65 70 5 5 Crystal Palace 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France' 1 —1/ 20 1 Eastern Steam 1- Electric. Teleg..of Ir. 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat 100 50 General Screw Steam l2l 20 21 Irish Beetroot Sugar 1 all INat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 2 !Netherlands Land ! 20 21 Nrth.ofEuropeSteaml 50 all Peninsular &Oriental ... 84 50 25 Do. Do. I 461 100 60 Royal Mail Steara 1 25 25 South Austral. Land 47 49 491 1 1 Submar. Telegraph ! 5 2 Universal Emigration 10 and Colonisation ! 100 28A' Van Diemen's Land —20 A i6i ::: i 4 LLOYD'S SHIPPIAG-(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, London, for Melbourne. Sailed — Jane Lowden, Quebec. Off Port—Susannah, Valparaiso, for Hamburgh. OFF 130NCHUROH (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 proceeded for London. GALWAY, May I.—The Rob the Ranter has been on shore, and it is feared her bottom is seriously injured. Lia - ExicK.—Sailed,Harbinger, Quebec. DANTzIG, 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 littlo doing. Rum.— The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 181 puns 32 hhds ; there were taken f . or home consumption 264 puns 10 hhds, and exported 120 puns 51 hhds. The stock in the same places is 8,501 puns 650 hhds. TALLOW. — P.Y.C. is 47d. 6d. 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/ 15s ; clover ditto, 3/ 12s to 5/ lOs ; and straw, 1/ 8s toll/ 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/ 16s per load. Supply good, and trade firm. WIIITECHA.PEL.—Meadow hay, 3/ 8s to 4/ 15s ; clover ditto, 3/ 15s to 5/ lOs ; and straw, 1/ 7s to 1/ 15s per load. Trade steady, at full prices. THE STRIPE 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 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 met ro p olitan branch in 1835 the number employed was 1,750, and the salaries, &c. were 113,0521. 13s. 4d. ; an d in 1851 the number had' increased to 3,248. and the salaries, &c., to 283,3601. 15s. sd. The i'ostmaster-General has for the period embraced in the return received a salary of 2,5001. a year. 7i ii 121 eirtirb CHESTER RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) GROSVENOR STAKES) Lerrywhent Massaroni.. LATEST BETTING. CHESTER CUP. 1000 Even Peggy v. Trifle (taken) 15 to 1 agst Talfourd. 20 to 1 agst Lord-Lieutenant. 20 to 1 agst Black Doctor. 50 to 1 agst Goldfinder. THE FRENCH EMPIRE• The Emperor heard mass in the chapel of the Tuileris!, at which a number of high functionaries were present, After mass his Majesty received different deputation* and gave several audiences. an d M. Manjilla, general of the Argentine arm)", IL, brother-in-law of Rosas, the late dictator, has , 3 7, - $ rather a long residence in France, set out for 13 10 , 1 ; Ayres. His time in France was principally occup ie d® studying her institutions with a view of introducing 0133 of tll'em - intis wn counry. be The Itionite h o t ur contains the &tier des charga ° f t to concession just accorded for the railway from LYen s it i t Geneva. It also gives a supplement nearly filled the the regulations to be observed in the examination f or " degree of bachelor of sciences. There was considerable activity at the Bourse yes t ": day in the market for Government securities, P v r v l ar d generally having been well maintained, with an UP r tendency at the conclusion of b us i n ess. The Three Pceir Cents., for cash, advanced 20c., whilst there was ;is cline of 10e. in the Four-and- a -H a lf p er C en ts. A 5 11 . 0; provement of 30c. took place in the Three per CentB',l a. the end of the month, an d o f 10 e . i n th e Four-en":a Half per Cents. In Bank Shares a fall again °earl's.; of sf. Final quotations :—For cash, Three per Ce u Vr 80f. 70c. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 103 f. 15 0 . ;,:, the account, Three per Cents., 80f. 75c. ; Four - s o " Half per Cents., 103 f. 20c. ; Bank Stook, 2,705 f. SPAIN. o j The Madrid journals of the 27th ult. contain ae a deal of angry correspondence between the Marquis „ Duero and M. Jose de Salamanca, relative to the et"; cession of the Northern Railway. A hostile .meet was considered as probable, but the friends of both Wer it employing •all means in their power to prevent it• be , was believed that the Cortes will not be a sserablec l ,A, fore the end of the summer. The Marquis de Ta rfle , the new ambassador of France, had left for Ara li ,2 t T r o to present his credentials ; and all the ruit'Le and great dignitaries had also left for the s royal residence to attend the Queen's reueP tl r ig. for kissing hands on the occasion of Queen Cb „ o rt tina's birthday. The Diario Espanol mentions a r e .r p i, which will be of a ce rt a i n i m p or tance if thetrue—Wl- that General Santa Anna, the n e w President 01 o f Mexican Republic, has demanded the p ro tection by Spain against a new invasion, considered imminen t ' t 5 the United St a t es . S ome arme d b an d s of insur6". o , are stated to have made their appearance in Catalt, The Duke de San Augustin, son of the Queen Chr is ' — st and the Duke d e Ri anzares was a b ou t t o embaki.; Cadiz on board th e f r i ga t e the F erro l ana , as a inidsjmr man, Three per Cents., 43a ; Deferred, 24 5-16 ; C er° eates, 4. ITALY. tit The Messaggere of Modena states from Rome -9 ,1/ ult., that the Papal Government h as conc l u ded the n - to loan at 8 per cent. for a sum of 26 millions of franc 9 ,,, o be paid in 15 monthly instalments, commencing e 0 . the Ist of May. Copper money in large quantities that tinues to be struck both at Rome and Bologna, s t o t y,o9) the total amount prescribed (about 16 millions of 03.- will soon be completed. ;hi of The Austrian Commandant of the port and e ,';' in Leghorn has, according to a letter of the 25th 11 __'' e cl the Parlamento of Turin, sentenced an advocate,nnor Richard Franzi, to 5 months' imprisonment in irons,,..A having held subversive language calculated to cast hen - fe upon the Imperial troops, and having shown h i nie disaffected towards the legitimate Government el Grand Duke of Tuscany. GERMANY. The Wezer Gazette states from Hamburgh, 2-8 , t11 ,2 8 , 11 13 16: —"Our journals have announced that the ur e l; t io9. Diet had requested the Senate to dissolve the sgs°o%the of workmen. The Senate, however, reftlseasocietioo grounds that the dissolution of the eating would Th e lead treatyto r t e h c e e n fo tl r y m e a o ti n o e n l uodfesecretho o nes' . dth Austria, an the r e. most impo r t an t port i ons of the Convention for f 111 construction of Z o ll vere i n, have been appro ved 0 . , the second Prussian Chamber. The debate on the nl crease in the duty on beetroot sugar was adjotu l3 m e' The Government is about to present a bill for reduP— the import duty on iron. for The Hanoverian Government has laid the budget,A 1854 before the Chambers ; the expenses are estirOl's at 8,351,771 doll., and the receipts at 8,004,601 dol°' THE MEDITERRANEAN. SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY NIGO' The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation ° ell ; pany's ship Bengal, Captain H. W. Powell, arrive d t of this morning, bringing the heavy portion of the i India, China, and Mediterranean mails, in clituel - Lieut. Sandom, R.N., Admiralty agent. Q • sO ci Her dates are Alexandria, April 19 ; Malta, 2 ' oP r Gibraltar, 27. She brings on freight 6 packages f ! 0 ,. cie value 12,0001. sterling, jewels value 40,000 1 . s ter n; 180 boxes of lemons, 159 barrels of gum, 16 bags °f P - ,,, of 30 bags of madder-root, 294 bales of silk, 655 h01y"... of flax, 72 bales of wool, 140 bales of cotton, 64 casc "' silks, and 69 packages of general merchandise. os The Bengal brings 170 passengers, among wh °l l,. o tO Colonel Holdham, from Madras ; Colonel Ramsay , Calcutta ; Colonels Mainwaring and Simmonds, hod Hong-Kong ; Brigadier Green, Colonels Watson a , O , Farrel, Captain Clay (3d Dragoons), Major Ifutchint:ji Captain Morrison, &c., from Bomay ; Lord and 1 6:r Hay and Lady Jane Hay, from a tour in Egypt ; l oot tains Green and Baker, from Malta ; Captain Nieb°'„-ng. from Gibraltar ; Commodore Aulick, from Hong -- the 1 The passenger-list of this steamer also includes re name of General Sir Walter Gilbert, who, after 52 YejliS active service in India, &c., returns in ill-health t° id native country, accompanid by his son, Mr. F.tinet.t of Gilbert, who for the last five years has filled th e P° Fyn her Majesty's Consul at Alexandria. This gentlTAll left Alexandria with the regrets and good wishes ° Isis those who had the pleasure of his acquaintanc e • to e sudden departure prevented a dinner intended ttiing been given to him by the English residents from be P r e ' place, but a piece of plate is, we understand, to b e or seated to him on a future occasion. The Malteseool, habitants at Alexandria, in order to testify tbe I SO° • deration they have at all times experienced at the of Mr. Gilbert, presented him with a very gre' . .,70 6 address, and subsequently escorted him on boa t h ese ship with two bands of music, and continued "" ii co demonstrations of respect till the Bengal steamed °- t the harbour. co' The Bengal, on her homeward passage, exp el: from Malta to off Oporto a succession of strong b oil winds, or she would have arrived early yesterdai. het the 24th ult., while crossing the Gulf of Lyons, ollenall with a strong N.W. gale, with a heavy cross sea , tbrx, to which she steamed 9 and 10 knots. From Opor fool Finisterre she had a fresh gale and thick weatherdbe ia S.S.E. and across the Bay light variable winds. P ts ill found to steam against a fresh head-wind 10 k° ° , b 'be . r, smooth water with no wind 111 and 12 knots ; w ii ii OP fore and aft canvas she goes 12 and 13, and with 9 ' Oct set and a fresh breeze she goes 14 and 151 kW ) ? ' ke ot B f greatest run in 24 consecutive hours was 3 36 -- r vi° giving an average of 14 knots an hour, th e lattecet , 00 - believe, nearly equalling the greatest run ever o s lo plished by any ocean-going steamer. During tl il f Oa, passage she has not had six consecutive hours of an o wind, so that her steaming qualities have been W e der satisfactorily proved. Her run from Malta to ;03 andria, 830 miles, was accomplished in 7 0 h° ll rfreel l back to Malta in 72 hours. Coming up Chann„ fi . g 111 3 easterly winds prevailed, the sailing vessels Wow - .." being under double-reefed topsails. be s till The French fleet is reported by the Bengal t„,° 0 1 in Salamis-bay. At Alexandria, the usual Y-4YPritisb , fleet and a Turkish war steamer. At Malta , the be fleet, under Rear-Admiral Dundas. At G ibraltar) ed• Majesty's ships Furious and Antelope. hartef e g The Peninsular and Oriental Company's c v in steamer City of London arrived at Malta on the e e se eth' of the 22d ult., and was to leave on the 23d for Oer ampton. , u lt.h 0 From Gibraltar our accounts are to th e 27W, eo Majesty's ship Vengeance left that port for ga•ita., • bsrla y 23d. The Gibraltar Chronicle announces the_ejoolo tion, on the 26th ult., of the Cameronians, for viss pr e " The governor was present, and the regime nt 4th, 65th: ceded to the boats by the bands of the 13th, 4 of w ee_ and .92d Regiments, amid an immense conco c ;I n to t h , i r p ew c. tators. The regiment was afterwards told owin g or" - . separate divisions, and embarked in the follo_, flea t ; —The head-quarters, under Lieutenant-Colol7titelianor hill, with Captains Frend and Nicholson, L a i rterr aas t i 1 . Wallace and Mosse, 1)r. Grogan, and Q u . a Me g a d i yisio A . ,„ ta io Kent, in the Thomas Arbuthnot ; w ith ""i, r • - .11 0- Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Ho , arth, and - 11 Cameron and Andrews, Lieutenants Q villa, and Assistant-Surgeon Douglas, i . ti artleY the Jo fa in er C ap u t f Somes ; and the remaining division, errant un C'' a e t Carey, with Captain OnoLngmore and e:flie nt ~. in the Santipore. the arrival of the rS ie l, is to Montreal, they will relieve the 20th F° 4 sin ce return to England. quarter to The 92d highlanders, which had been son were4o their arrival in different parts of the gn_r r _ l _ t iiar il ' y occupy Town Range and Wellington st r" .etea on the 26th. r with 1/311,,,, The Bengal spoke a large screw-steameth, At 10 ports off the Rock of Lisbon, steerin g of the 30th ult., the Bengal spo ke miles N.E. of Cape Finisterre , steering P " ll .addin,,,A7gt°ll 01 the , - GN. 534 4 55 3a 3 4 i 21 76i 15 a 9i 33i .49i 1 bi 1.041 i of a 6 p P 2 p 7 41 1, 2 22pl 281 i 43 47 351 12ip $ d 1 d 21i 2 .__ im rile ea be, til