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

NEW WORK BY ANNA MARY HONITT. Just publi , bed, in 2 vols. post Svo., price 14s cloth, T HE ART-STUDENT in MUNICH. A N.t M BY 110 V'. DT. London: Longman, Rro sn, Grcen, and Longmans. THEATNi.: KOtAL, IIAYNIAKKET Under the Management of Mr. Buckstone, THIS EVENISG, MAY 3, Will he performed LEAP YEAR ; or, The Ladies' Privilege. Characters IT 111 edsrs. Compton, Corri, Howe, and Bucksttme ; Miss Reynolth, and Mrs. Fitzwiliiam. After which MR. BUCKSTONE'S ASCENT OF MOUNT PAR NASSU6. To conclude with OUR MARY ANNE. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, MAT 3, Will he performed the new and original P:ay, in five acts, by West land Marston, Esq., entitled ANNE BLAKE. Principal characters by Me,e.rs. C. Kean, Lacy, Addison, and Chester ; Mrs. C. Kean, Mrs Winstanlev, and Mrs. Daly. To conclude with the new Drama, adapted from the French of Moos. Scribe, by Mr. Pa:grave Clmpson, called MARCO SPADA. Principal characters by Messrs. W. Lacy, J. Vining, Ryder, Graham and Evert tt ; Misses Heath and C. Leclercq. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vaatris. THIS EVENING, MAY 3, Will be performed A.S.S. Characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, Suter, awl Rosiero ; Mrs. Macnamara and Mias Wyndham. After which, A FAST TRAIN—IIIGII PRESSURE EXPRESS. Characters ha bfeasrs. C. Mathews, Baker, and Suter. To he followed by TRYING 1T O.T. 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, will be performed MASKS AND FACES; or, Before and Behind the Curtain—by ‘tege's. B Webster, L. Murray, Honey, P. Bedford, and 0. Smith ; Mesdames Celeste and Woolgar. After which, A DESPERATE GAME. To be followed by TO PARENT 3 AND GUARDIANS. Cha racters by Messrs. Keeley and Wigan , Mrs. Keeley, Mrs. Wigan, and Miss Keeley. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lome and Manager Mr. Farren. Great Hit of THE MILLER OF DERWENT WATER. THIS EVENING, afar 3, Will be performed THE MILLER OF DERWENT WATER. Characters by Messrs. H. Farren, F. Robson, Shalders, Ct. Cooke, and Morgan ; Mesdames Anderton and A. Phillips. After which, UNCLE CROTCHET. Supported by Messrs. Far. Ten, F. Robson, and Mrs. Phillips. To be followed by MACBETH. By Mr. Samuel Macbeth, Mr. F. Babson, Mrs. Sarah Macbeth, and Mrs. A. Phillips. ASTLET'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 wilt commence with the increasingly popular spectacle of AMAK.OSA ; or, Scenes of Kafir Warfare ; with all its new and beautiful scenic. intresting dramatic, and astonishing Equestrian effects. The Burning Woo.i, 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 &splay of Equestrian Achievements in the scenes of the ARENA, supported by the most accomplished Artistes of vie day. Mr. Cooke will appear with his wont erful steed Raven ; also Mr. Alfred Cooke and his accomplished Family. To conclude with a new Comic Drama, entitled IN FOE A DIG; or, Life at the Diggings. Box-omm open daily from Eleven to Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAY —Morning 47 min. after 10 Evening 22 min.aft. 11 To-Molutow—Morning 0 min. after 0 I Evening 56 min.aft. 11 THE WEATHER.—Sin OFFICE, MAY 3. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 63—highest sinco noon yesterday. 52—lowest this morning and during the night. 57 this day at noon. • BAROMETER, 29'85. WIND, E.S.Z.—Strong breeze, and dull, mild, rainy weather. , trb - -:7 4 . A .Aitr:J, ‘ - - 1,, ,_ A 11 4 x, 401 10 ^- •rivir. o,lp .. -- 1.. . • 1.1-L3- , ." , 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 fnembered that the present triumph of Ministers was a triumph gained in a House of no less than 575 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 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 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 from common sense. It announced, in fact, the most egregious non sequitur that had perhaps ever been whiipered 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, lot us add, so unjustifiable, that—we consider it our duty—to—give—the-- Budget—our—tut qualifi ed—approbati on I" That we say was, virtually, the language of Mr. HUME. 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 good 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 the honey. And—now that JOHN BULL has confidi ng l y ,c opened his mouth and shut his eyes" to nee what Good Luck, in the person of Mr. GLADSTONE would send him—all has been swallowed. Henceforth it must be borne in recollection that the draught has been imbibed at the instigation of many of the most redoubtable leaders of fiscal and financial improvement. The Chancellor of the Exchequer appeared before the Commons at the appointed hour, as the QUEEN appeared before Fair ROSA moND, in one hand the bowl of the Budget, an d in the other the dagger of a Dissolution, . Par /Bent, in its " wisdom," has accepted the former —without much regard, it would seem, as to the consequences. It may be said to have already dr.Ailed it to the dregs—meaning, of course, the noxious tax upon Incomes, no matter whether f ix ed or precarious. The fact is attested by that m ajority of 71 , in a House of 575, by which the Legislative approbation has been decisively ac corded to the Financial statement of the Right Hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer. even Nothing ha; had influence in warning some of the most staunch' Reformers in the Com mons 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 tergiv,Tsation 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 PLAUILTS-- "In pertusuin ingerinins dicta dolium 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 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 §ppplements was, that the Advertising public might not, through the limited size of a newspaper, lose the benefit of the Is. 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 desir e 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 advertisemeuts. When the charge amounts to 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 ci ; innumerable . multitude of indescribablesonlit, for the Most part, under the class on whi:o6,even. the 6d. duty still left will be a heavy Ifereerstage. ' Mcleod, 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 tingle 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 gi ye his customer some advantage from having to set - up the typo 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, Svho has shown himself already so compliant on the 2+ 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. Gentlem,a,n 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 bo 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 Suez or the Standard, but au 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 alw a ys be as much n ee d e d as larger ones ; and next, that if newspapers be charged. only ld. for repeated transmission through the post, up to the weight of six oz., why should not books and other printed matter be sent at tho same rate ? Printed matter, of course, as in America, ought ..toat country, there ought to pay v er y muc h l ess th an writing ; b u t, as in that be some reas ona bl e scale of weights for the one as well as for the othe r . O ur only ho l e is that the question is now so far opened that the whole batch of discreditable taxes justly d ew:mum:l as 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 ar e a th oroug h di sg race 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. MONEY MARKET AND COAL TERME, INTELLIGENCE--(THIS D 'AY.) CITY, TWO 0 CLC .OK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yest€ rcla:T 7 were estimated at 8,000 bales, of which 2, 50( J Ame rican were taken for export and on sp ec' alation. The market closed with more animation ; c( mipared with Friday's rates prices of American ' were ex treme, other kinds without alteration. " The sales comprised 6,000 American, 20 Pernam ant 1 Maran ham at 6;1d., 500 Egyptian at 60. to f id., 600 Egyptian at 6id. to Bd., 1,000 Surat at 3itl. to 4id., and 60 Sea Island at ls. Od. to 2s. 8d per lb. Railway Shares were firmer. THE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. Sbr. i raid.] RAU:MAYS. 100 A draft of a bill brought into Parliar nenl for regulating the weights used in sales of builioi i has been published. The object is to legalise the w eight ordinarily used, namely the troy ounce, a ad. other denominations which are multiples or decil ma 1 parts of such ounce, and the act provides that, i n 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 dir fiction of the Treasury, and the contents of the we ights are to be stamped thereon. In an account of all gold, silver, ar copper moneys of the realm, coined at the Mint d airing the first three months of the present year, it appears that there were no less than 4,335,3571. I Os. 7d. in sovereigns and half-sovereigns 38,214/. :in florins, 42,3721. in shillings, and 12,078/. in sixpences. The fourpenny and other silver pieces r epresented 92,8621. There was no copper coinage carried on. In a letter addressed by H. Bellendeti 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 15,000/. a-y ear, 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 ilext 120 years. The memorials usually run about au. 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 foi registering the deed would be about IL 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 41. la. Where the title is complex, from 251. to 501. is ofton paid. The usual charge for searching a title by solicitors is at the rate of 6s. Bd. per hour. Aberdeen 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 corr,Ment predictions of those who are friendly to the plan. It would seem that the income tax is as unt )opular among capitalists as it will be among the lawmbler classes affected by it. Consols have been quoted 100/1. for Transfer, and low, to 101 for Acs count. The N ew 3f per Cents. hav e rea lised 1.03 k to 1038, a n d th e 3 per Cents. 100 t o 1. Bank Stock has been firm at 227 to 228. East India Stock has realised 260-1- to 262 k, and South Sea Stock has' been done at 1152. Ex chequer Bills are not higiller than par to ss. prem. East India Bonds have be 255. to 285., the fall of Saturday not being recovered. Several mem bers of the Stock Exchange are istill absent from business. 25 25 St. 50 50 40 25 25 St. Closing Prices this day. In the Foreign Market there has been a decline in Greek Bonds which opened at 101 for the red, and have since been done mt 10. Spanish 3 per Cents. have been firmer at 24 i t to 11, 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 2 per Cents. there have been numerous transactions at 651 to 661. Therollowina is a translation of a letter from the Spanish Ministere of Finance Madrid, April 26, 1853. 50 25 100 St. 29 - 30 Ambg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastu. Junct Birmg. Wolyerh. Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junct. Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. Do., £2O Bristol and Exeter Caledonian "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. 6 - 64 10 -10 i 21 22 d 31 24(1 103 105 66i 67 1 24 244, 23 231 18i 100 100 all all all Chester & Holyhead. Cork and Bandon—. Cork, Blackrock. and Passage DublinSEßelfast June. Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction Do. New 4i— sipEa 8 -- 9 East Anglian (£25 L. and E. & L. & D.) Do. Do. (181. E. Ss H.) Easte:n Counties Eastern Union, Class A. (late E. U. Sh.) Do do 13i - 13A' 10/ -11 i 8 all 100 all Do., B. and C East Lancashire East & West Ind. Dk 7 - 73 73 - 75 & Birming. June Edinburgh & Glassrow ?Alin. and Peen'es Edin. Pith. &Dundee Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern Stk Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock 50 - 55 72 - 74 Great Southern and Western (Ireland) Great Western Irish South-Eastern iJaneaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Laneash.& Yorkshire Do., Fifths all 113 100 " 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 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. The Land Companies Shares have been firm but quiet, except Scottish Australian, which are better. The Bank Shares are steady. 100 3i 16 50 St. 16 16 17t all 10 100 St. 20 St. 15 100 100 100 100 Do.; Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern _ . Liv.Cil , by.&Southpt. London & Blackwall Loud. Tilb. & Stheud. Loud. Brigt. & S. Cst. London & N. Western Do., Fifths Do. 4:10 Sh.M. &B. C London & S. Western Do., £5O Do., £4O Londerry. a; Coleraine Lndndrry. & Enuisk. Manch. Shef. &Lineln Do., Man.& Lin. Un j 'Midland The railway meetings announced are the fo] lowing : Company. Date. Place. London and South-Western May 19, 34, York-road, Lambeth. Do. Binning. & Derby Midland G. West. (Ir.) Do. Shares Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Paris, Caen, and Cherbourg May 4, Paris. Paris and Rotten May 3;PVis. South Yorkshire May 12, London Tavern. The sums called fer in May by,the various rail 'Way coMpanies are, as follows • • Amount. Great North of Scotland, original 107 £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, 41 per cent., 121. 10s unknown Norfolk Debenture Shares 101,340 West Flanders, 54 per cent. Pref 40,000 Newcastle & Carlisle, Newmarket Do. Bury Extension. Newp. Aberg. &Hftd. Newry & Enniskillen Newry,Warrenpoint,' - and itestre vo r Norfolk Do., New Northu.Counties Un North British North Devon, No. 1 Do No. 2 ~ Do., 4 A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Birmg Do., L. & N. Westn Guaranteed Stock Shrewsby.& Hereford Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves do all all 63 all 100 all Do Do. Oswestiy Shropshire Union Sou Devon South Eastern South Wales IS. Yorksh.River Dun, I Do. 'Stockton & Hartlepi Thames Haven Dock and Railway' Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford& Limerick West Cornwall 1/.le 1 100 20 114 100 Wimbledon&Croydn Woodford York Newctl. &Berw. Do. Extensions Do. G. N. E. Purchase York k N. Midland—, 32 - 34 61 - 66 88i -89? J 55 - 57' 131 -133 I 1101; —llll 92 - —92 i 81 92 94 13i 14 p 80 80} 4; d 3 2 d 16 —l6k 9 2 -- 2f p 105 -- 106 119 A -- 120 2il -- 3 p li-- 1i 90h -91 A 5 -- 4 -- 12 -- 13 19 -- 21 20/ --30 i 3i -- 3d 76 -- 7611 42 -- 44 1 50 - 52 P 31 3 d 2 31 81— 91 52 54 3k -- 21 (11 35 - 36' 42 d 52 - 53 98 - 100 62 - 63 64 - 66 £343,276 The proportion called by foreign companies is 112,000/., but the holdings of English proprietors are not known. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. ( From the (Vidal List.) Business done. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced!Annuities lO3 1 1 3 .- 100 j 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3,1 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 Ditto - 30 Years, Expire sil Jan., 1860 6 3-16 India Stock India Bonds, £l000 Ditto, under £lOOO 23 9 South Sea Stock ....•................. ....... ..: 115?1 South Sea Old Annuities 991 Consols for Account Exchequer Bills 1:1d. June. March. £lO00. £5OO 5 Small 5 E PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazlia,n Bonds, 5 per Cent. — Ditto New, 1852, 4hper Cent lOOl Equador Bonds Greek Bonds, Red Ditto, Blue 9 Mexican 3 per Cent. Ditto for the Account 27g .Perus:an Bonds, 41 per Cent. B9 Peruvian Scrip 3i Peruvian Deterred 3 per Cent. Poi:,usuese Bonds, 4 per Cent. Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Spanish Bonds 3 per Cent Ditto for the Account 484 Spanish 3 per Cent., New Deterred 241 Di'cic for the Accounz , 244 Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 6 p c Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 2} per Cent. 12 Guil. 661 5 64 6 Ditto 4 por Cent. Certificates... THREE O'CLOCK. Consols.... ...................................... 100 4 3 „T Ditto May Account lOO/ 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 Mrs. 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 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 578,638 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 re sult of their labours. At Halifax, ' Nova Scotia, 1 , 310 b ibles and were circulated in the p ast y ear. The agent on the river Tha me s issued 95 4 copies; the Port of Hull Society, 1,055 ; at Plymouth 746 w ere 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 ; Fahnouth, 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. • 10 6 12A 123 St. St. 20 20 33A1 10* 20 I 100 100 10 all 11 all FORE: Antwrp.4;Rotterdam Belgian Eastn. Junct. Charleroi & Erquchn Dijon and Besangon Dutch Rhenish East Indian Do. Extension Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Junct. of France Gt. WestL. of Canada Shares Lucca and Pistoja, 5 per cent. pref Luxembourg Do. (Railway) Do Do. (Canal) ' Do. 6 p. cent. pref. Lyons & liediterran, Madras.... ' Maria Antonia IDo. New. 7? ; 29 all 10 all 10 all all all x ,20„. 73 -- 76 11 Oid 17 -- 19 8i 9 13 -- 15' A , 3i -- 34 21 -- 22 1 75i -76 i 37f 13 -- 14 44 4i i 19 -- 21 1 15 —15 AA 9 10 32A —33 A 104 -- 11 h d par •• 69 • —70 i 7 7 d 2 2 63 d 62 1 - CE SHARE: 108 - 1- 107 lio'i 7-- - 16 Namur & Liege (with interest... Do. (es interest) Northern cf France Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds (fmy. B. Rums. Sh s . 1 Norwegian Truk. Pre f 'Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans..., Paris and R0uen...... Paris and Strasbourg Paris Cae u&Cherbrg. Quebec & Richmond Rouen and Havre.... Sambre and Meuse... Do. ISI per cent. pref. So Ahern of France.. Upper India Scrip... West Flanders.... Do. per c. Pref.,. Western of France... West. of Switzerland New Zealand.. • . ..... 20 —2l id d 6 -- 6ixd 3f -- 3i 4i 44 1 -- lip 2 - 2 p 2-4 p 15 - 154 18i -18 a 3i-- 3a ad 130 —132 1112 - 114 83 - - 106 - )0S P i 1 P 152 - 64 L5l - 157; 3i - 4 pl 10 11 132 --14ixd 8 -- 9 102 -- 114 —2pxd, 148 - 150 22 - 234 - 61 29k 104 67 i 6/ 7/ 24 g 23i 1 6i 5116 4f 13j 3 11 8} 161 91 11351 6 51 120 14i 914 90i 14 53i 4 1k - 24- 111 - 113 253 - 263 2} -- 21 p 10i -11 i 17 -- 18; i -- liP ._ _ _ 15 - 16 par 4 p 261 —26 g 19. 204 spar 103 105 51- par i pl aGN. 1 -- 13A -- 14, 34 -- 4 p -- Oi d 53-6 p lg 1i p 2i -- p 21 2i 2 1 p id p 4 7 1 -- 1 4 71 1 . 1 2 d— p - 24 34 6 5 6 55 3i 21 3 i 37761 15 i 9t 33i 1301 i 14 x d 11491 i I 5k 11041 i 7t; i i 121 283 43 - B i 47 35g 21i 2 Bu, , ine4s done this dAy. 90 A 89A . 57 4 131 A 3 111 10 11 921iiis 8$ 9 131 pm 80 11i 80 1 12 76 I 70 121 2 ! z - 211 V II 15 P.- PREFERE. hAberdeen . Do., No. 2, 7 p. c Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 54 per cent. Cork&Bandon 5i p.c. (Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction E. Aug. (705.) 6 p. c. Do. (X 5), 7 per cent. Do. (X 7 17s), 7. p et. Eastern Counties Ex. tension, 5 p. c. No.l Dizt.,- No. 2 DO„ Nett/ 6 p. c. St. Eastern , Union Scrip Quit:Spa r cent... East Lancash. 6 p. cts . Edinb. Prth.& Dund. Glasgow & S. Western Guar. 5 per cent... Great Northn. 5 p. c. Do. 5 p. c., Redeem. at 10 p. c. prem... Gt. S outhn. & Westn. (Ireland) Eights... Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) Great Western, fixed 4i per cent Lan. & York. F. £2O Do., 6 p. c., Stock London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. e Do. Pref. 5 p. c., St Do. Convertible, 5 p c., 1852 Do. New Guar. 6 p. c. London & S. Western, Con. Thirds Londonderry & Cole 4 A Shares Londndry. & Ennisk ! t, Shares... Manch. , Shef. ,& Lin., Shares, No. 1 Do., New, £lO Do., £6 Marypt. & Carl. 4 p.c. Do. 4l per cent Do Mid. Consol. 6 p.c.St. Do, Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent.... Do. Pref. 4i percent. Norfolk Extension... Do. Guar. 5,1 per ct. Do. Wavency Valley 5 per cent........... North British North Staffordshire.. Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh. X15,6p. c. Do. 'Shrewsbury & Birm. New Guaranteed Shrewsby. & Chester Nor. W, (Min), 3 p. c. Do. 5 per cent. South Devon Do. Now S. Eastern (Reading Anu.) f£l Os. 6d. S. Yorksli. 4p. c. Guar. Waterfd.&Kilk. 6p. e. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref Do York & N. Midland, H. & S. Purchase... 7i - 8 36 -- 36 141 --14i 84 -- 9 18$ -- -- 1 41,1 4 i -- 41 46A 47i ' 35 i -3 -- 6 p 0# 'L -- i 22AP 9 1 -- 9A 1 6 --6 ,1 P i - i p 41 - 5 - 11 —124 p - d 1 THE DUBLIN EXHIBITIO.V. 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 EINGDOM 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 175,0001. 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 DA Y.) RARWICH. 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 as., 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 CIRCULAIL 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 Jame s Bart., M.P., Mr. Raikes Currie , M.P., Mr. W. A. ,Wilkinson, M.P., Mr. Apaley 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, 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. 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. 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 9f Van Dieman's Land and the Cape of Good Hope. OLYMPIC,RHEATRE.— Last night a melodratha ofp old school: was produced at this theatre. :It is entitled the Miller of Dement Water, and a story With 'a poli lical moral, bei4 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 AYON.—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 259,6001. 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 Kite, 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 advice 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 bave 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 merchandige, and the rates of freight have on the average been well maintained, with a tendency in some cases to improvement. AUSTRALIAN MAIL-PACKET COMPANY.4--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 of 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 sug, , ,,ested 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. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS, Paid Leasing l "IwAY' Compans. Bedford and Bletchley Birm. & Oxfd. guarantee , Do. withoutgr, Birm. Wolv. Dudley guar. Do. wtht guar. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. IGt.Nrthn; Olstr. & Dn. Fr Gt. Westn Hrtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New.' Railway & Berw. Hull & Selby Y. &Nl:id Do. Shares. Po Do. Shares. Do Lon.& Greenw S. Eastern Do. Preference Do Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. Manch. Bxtn and Matlock Middlesbro' & Redcar Midld.Bradfd Northern and Eastemsp c. Do. 6 per ct. Do. Fixeds p c Prest. & Wyre London & N. West. :Gt.Westn po L.&N.W. Caledon.. Norfolk L.& N. W. & Midid. Stekton & Darlingt. Niidland.. E. Count, Do L. &N.W &Ln&Yk Do Do. blares. Roystn.&Hit. Do. Shepth .St Shef.Roth.and' Goole g. 5 p.c. S. Staffordsh. We: r Valleygr 6 per cent... Do. Wilts&Sonirst Gt Noithnl Do I Lancash& Yorksh. M. Mclean Stockt. & Darlingt Do latWestn. Closing Prices ,1 this day. Business this day, all 100 all 100 all all all all all 100 ..... 107 -16 54 - 56 149 - 151 33 -34 112 - 11:4 56 - 57 27 -28 i 14 i -14 i 26 - 27 3 - 31 1106 - 108 65 - 67 1149 - 151 1119 - 151 i . d 33 - 34 105 - 106 MINES. 1 all Agua Fria lOs all Anglo Californian —lp 14 1 10 2 Austral as i an 4 1 p 20 5 Australian 1 all Australian Cordillera a ar p 14 1 all Australian Freehold. id p 1 1 all Ave Maria - d 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) par 4 p 1 all British Austrin. Gold pl 4 20 13.5 British Iron 8 10 35 244 Brazilian Imp. (issued at X 5 pm.) 54 6 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiaba 4.1 -- 54 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 30 —3l 304 1 4 Carson's Creek — 40 all Cobra Copper 464 474 p 6 1 Colonial Gold 24 —24 p 34 14. Copiapo B4 —94 st A St. all CopperMinersof Eng 7O 80 25 all Do. Preference 9 —lO p 5 all English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co l4 1 d 20 all General l5 —l7 164 2 all Great Nugget Vein 24 —24 p L -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 4 1 all Mariquita. 4 d - par 1 4 10 9 Mexican &S. Americ. 84 —8/ 84 4 4 1 all New Granada — P 1 all Nouveau Monde l4 —l4 p 21 5 1 Port Philip —4 p 1 1 all Quartz Rock A p 50 all Rhymney Iron 24 —26 15 Do. New 7 8 30 104 Santiago de Cüba 1 all South Australian 4 p 10 7 Tin Croft lO —l2 28,', all United Mexican 6 64 1 all Waller par p 1 all West Granada....,... par p 1 1 all West Mariposa p 1/ 1 all Yuba — 1 3 1 4 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia 864 -- 874 87 50 all British N. American 20 2 Chit& Bnk. of India,l Australia, & China! 4 1 p 3 100 25 Colonial •• ••• 100 20 Commercial of Lon don ... 10 English Scottish and Australian l4 -11 p 114 20 124 Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia 2l —34 p flO 20 London and County ... 50 10 London Joint Stock 1.00 20 Lond. & Westminster ... 364 51 20 2 London Bank of Aus tralia and India 50 224 National of Ireland ... 25 all Ctriental Bank of Corporation 5O —5l xn 511 50x new 25 5 Do. New 100 25 Provincial of Ireland ••• 50 1 10 all Do. N ew "' lB 5 1 Royal Au s t ra l n .Bk g & Gold Imp. Co 4d— par 25 25 South Australia 47 49 49i 25 all Union of Australia 774 784 78 Do. New 50 10 Union of London — 40 all Union of Madrid MISCELLANEOUS. fOO 35 'Australian Agricult , 82 84 85 3 20 8 Austrlasn•Pcific•Mait 10 6 Australn. Royal Mail. 44 38A Brit. Americn. Land 75 -- 80 76 100 32? I Canada 65 70 t. 4 5 Crystal Palace l4 14 64 2 Crystal Pal. of France 20 1 Eastern Steam .• • 1 • 1 Electric. Teleg. of Ir — 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat DO 50 General Screw Steam ... 124 20 24 Irish Beetroot Sugar, 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel' 10 2 Netherlands Land I 20 24 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam l 50 all Peninsular &Oriental' 84 50 25 Do. Do. 100 60 Royal Mail Stearn 25 25 South Austral. Lanil' 47 —49 494 1 1 Submar. Telegraph ! 5 2 Universal Emigration' 10 and Colonisation ) and Colonisation.. Van Diemen's Land.. iói 7-: ioAl 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, Uuayaquel. 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— J ane L ow d e n, Quebec. Off Poi L—Susannah, 'Valparaiso, for Hamburgh. OFF BONCHURCH (Isle of Wight).—Hairiet and Jessie, Barbadoes. POOLE, May 2.—Wind, S.E., strong- Sailed—Velocity, Newfoundland. _ SHIELDS, May 2.—Wind, S.E. Sailed—St. Lawrence, Quebec. OFF WEYIIOUTH.—DeI went, 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. LlMERlCK.—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 tierczts 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. Rum.— The quantity landed last week at th e E ast and COFFEE.—There is very little doing. West India Docks was 181 puns 32 hhds ; there were taken for home consumption 26 4 puns 10 hhds, and exported 120 puns 51 hhds. The stock in the same places is 8,501 p uns 550 hhds. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 478. 6d. per cwt on the spot, and town 495. 3d., and quieter. TEA.—Holders require rather higher rates. HAY MARKETS SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow hay, 31 to 4/ 15s ; clover ditto, 3/ 12s to 51 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, 118 s to 11 16s per load. Supply good, and trade firm. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 318 s to 41 153 ; clover ditto, Si 153 to 5/ 108; and straw, 117 s to 1115 a per load. Trade steady, at full prices. THE STRIKE FOR WAGES.—The operatives employed as joiners, plasterers, and masons, in Exeter, turned out yesterday f or an a d vance o f wages . Th e y 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 metropolitan branch in 1835 the number employed was 1,750, and the salaries, &e., were 113,052/. 13s. 4d. ; and in 1851 the number had increased to 3,218. and the salaries, &c., to 283,3601. 15s. sd. The Postmaster-General has for the period embraced in the return received a Esalaq Of 2,5001. a year, 1211 13 20 20 20 5i 50 lli 100 100 183 9 . ?., all 100,. 20 10 20 50 50 100 25 rtirb NZittton CHESTER RAC-0' (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 es efl at which a number of high functionaries were t t ioOf After mass his M a j es t y rece i ve d diff eren t depe' and gave several audiences. M. Manjilla, general of the Argentine ari n d l iftir brother-in-law of Rosas the late dictator , 1 ' 96 1 3 00 rather a lon g res id ence 'i n F rance, se t out fa r il Ayres. Hi s ti me i n F rance was Principally ec c jaorD l studying h er i ns tit ut i ons w i th a view of introd ue " a of the of them into his own country The itioniteur contains the adder des charg,. - co st ) concession just accorded for the railway from fi l l Geneva. It also gives a supplement nearly 6" or th° the regulations to be observed in the exanaim 36°ll 8 / e9t e f, degree of bachelor of sciences. There was considerable activit at the Bour g- "loin day in the market for Governyment securities, „I w o , generally having been well maintained with aa ti ro ' Pe r tendency at the conclusion of business. ' The' ,a de - Cents., for cash, advanced 20c., whilst there 7 0 ir cline of 10c. in the Four-and-a-Half per Cent s 'e, provement of 30c. took pace in the Three per the end of th e month, and of 10e. in the 0 ' 8 , 0 ; 07 Half per Cents. In Bank Shares a fall aga in f - Cee it tr of sf. Fin a l quo t at i ons :—For cash, Th re e P e „" Q ,; 80f. 70c. ; Four- an d- a -H a lf per C en t s ., 103 f i; 01 4. the account, Three per Cents., 80f. 75c.1 Half per Cents., 103 f. 20 c. ; Bank Stock, 2,7' SPAIN. • The Madrid journals of the 27th ult. conta n3 a s o is" - deal of ang r y correspon d ence b etween the 143r i i i 01) ; Duero and M. Jose de Salamanca, relative to tike cession of the Northern Railway. A hostile Toil, was considered as p ro b a bl e , b u t the friends of bit. employing all means i n th e i r power topreve b ied was believed that the Cortes will not be ass eli/ ilarbt fore the end of the summer. The Marquis de, ro e the new ambassador of France, had left for 1 A.lOOO to present hi s cre d en ti a l s ; an d a ll the 11 , 0 111° and great dignitaries had also left for the 001 royal residence to attend the Queen's Chr i rt r for kissing hands on the occasion of Rtl ee ", rep o tins.'s birthd a y. Th e Di ar i o E spano l men tions o el e which will be of a certain importance if truel of w f that General Santa Anna, the new Presidenv g o o ° Mexican Republic, has demanded the prote4V Spain against a new invasion, considered iraT in g a e rge fits the United States. Some armed ' bands of . are stated to have made their appea ranc e la The Duk e d e San Augustin, son of the Queen n„,r and the D u k e de Ria.nzares was about to eulfniciie Cadiz on bo ar d the frigate the Ferrolana, as A man. Three per C en t s. , 4 3 i ; Deferred, 24 5 46 ; Cer' cater, 4. ITALY. 1 0 The Messaggere of M o d ena s t ates from BO,llithe ult., that th e P a p a l G overnment has concludeu,The 4 es loan at 8 per cen t, f or a sum o f 2 6 m illi on s of conclude fsow be paid in 15 monthly instalments,ns enci t c°ll : the Ist of May. Copper mone'lacrg% quantit'—, tinues to be struck both at Rom y e in and Bolognaqtflo the total amount prescribed (about 16 millions of of will soon be completed. °e itf l The Austrian Commandant of the port 0,,a 34 . Leghorn has, a ccor di ng t o a l e tt er o f the 2 5 t" or the Parlamento of Turin, sentenced an advocate, osi {of, Richard Franzi, to 5 months' imprisonment in ir°bAtte: having held sub v er s i ve l anguage calculated t o castioe° upon the Imperial troop s , an d h av ing show li , tiv / disaffected towards th e l eg iti ma t e Governraen' Grand Duke of Tuscany. GERMANY. v it, • 28th Ilic The Wezer Gazette states from Hamburgh, --,„0, 0 .___,, Our journals have announced that theastr's_Aatte.. Diet had requested the Senate to dissolve the i uvi, the of workmen. The Senate, however, refusease'cietto grounds that the dissolution of the e xi l ing t ie The treaty recently concluded with no es• , . an d tY . would lead to the formation of secret most important portions of the Convention for , of 0 construction of Zollverein, have been a pprovea w iir Austri e ra' th the second Prussian Chamber. The debate 011 t io " ed' crease in the duty on beet-root sugar was ad: 1 16 135 The Government i s a b ou t t o present a b ill for red the import duty on iron. Ao . e t I V The Hanoverian Government has laid the bow' 0 7 1854 before the Chambers ; the expenses are estiolo. at 8,351,771 dol s ., an d the receipts at 8,004,6 01 cl° E MEDITERRANEAN. SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY S i6 l; The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigatio n ber° pany's ship Bengal, Captain H. W. Powell, arrive:9l this morning, bringing the heavy portion of Charge rgs India, China, and M e dit erranean ma ils, in Lieut. Sandom, RN., Admiralty agent. 0 3; '- Her dates are Alexandria, April 19 ; Malta, ° fe e ' Gibraltar, 27. She brings on freight 6 packages,. oisg , cie value 12,0001. s t er li ng , j ewe l s va l ue 40,0001. sio, 10 boxes of lemons,-159 barrels of gum, 16 bag! Lies t) i 30 bags of madd er - roo t , 294 b a l es o f s ilk, 65' 80 t). flax, 72 bales of wool, 140 bales of cotton, 64 silks, and 69 packages of general merchandise. „ The Bengal b r i ngs 170 passengers, among fro m Colonel Floldham, from Madras ; Colonel Barrt' fn Calcutta ; Colonels Mainwaring and Siminc l3 " 4 Hong-Kong ; Brigadier Green, Colonels Wa ts°l l l ) ise Farrel, Captain Clay (3d Dragoons), Major WI VI Captain Morrison, &c., from Bomay ; Lord a n Cslr Hay and Lady Jane Hay, from a tour in EgyPtopoil, tains Green and Baker, from Malta ; Captain N ie pal; from Gib ra lt ar ; C ommo d ore A u li c k , from 11°14- e d s The passenger-list of thi s s t eamer a l s o inc h/ eea r9 name of General Sir Walte r Gilb er t, who, after 9 1 0 active service in India, &c., returns in native country, accomp an id by his son, Mr. F. ll o st ° Gilbert, who for the last five years has filled the P o osa ii her Majesty's Consul at Alexandria. This g ent o f left Alexandria with the regrets and good wishes gi those who had the pleasure of his acquaintan ce ' hs'i ° sudden departure prevented a dinner intended °Ogg been given to him by the English residents from b ., pr y in e address, edfea l n a drbm c atri e e tterda , s. ons b n:Gt u osati t Ihnhab a tdei :yi p . A ti have subsequentlyacenpvex reaaoenafsdetfprunal presented eu t i dre times is,nhe escorted mocw occasion.or dr e e xerp etroie testifyn Tehde understand, a i t t tha e b eet tic 00 - 0 34 ship with two bands of music, and continued t demonstrations of respect till the r: B idt e h n h g ai a m l v s eo t 7 ealu bgeci°r:l3l:ll l ; the harbour. er ica The Bengal, on h er h omewar d passage, ell)—hes from Malta to off Opo r t o a success i on o ff strong OS winds, or she would have arrived early yesterdato ale! the 24th ult., while crossing the Gulf of Lyons, 13 ,, P r oiffe n with a strong N.W. gale, with a heavy cross sea, t r o which she steamed 9 and 10 knots. From t",. fro; Finisterre she had a fresh gale and thick viea t ' e- She,„" S.S.E. and across the Bay light variable w inds• ot g,Ar found to steam against a fresh head-wind 1 0 I°l:iji her smooth water with no wind 111 and 12 knots ; fore and aft canvas she goes 12 and 13, and with flet set and a fresh breeze she goes 14 and 151 kliet a s 'poth greatest run in 24 consecutive hours was q" ~t er , 16 giving an average of 14 knots an hour, the ia" a cote; believe, nearly equalling the greatest run eve r , 4 :l o plished by any ocean-going steamer. During ' - o f fa i j passage she has not had six consecutive hours sn wind, so that her steaming qualities have been: Ales' i satisfactorily proved. Her run from Malta ' 4 andria, 830 miles, was accomplished in 70 he l l fres" back to Malta in 72 hours. Coming up Chann! i a eP easterly winds prevailed, the sailing vessels beat' being under double-reefed topsails. be a The French fleet is re p or t e d by the Bengal to in Salamis-bay. At Al exan d r i a , th e usual 13 1 ritts' ' fleet and a Turki s h war s t eamer . At Malta, the er' her Gi fleet, under Re ar -Ad m i ra l D un d as . At bralt Majesty's ships Furious and Antelope. r oe ° a The Peninsular and Oriental CompanY's,: b e feal n i ; steamer City of London arrived at Malta on t",, e ,:sont' . of the 22d ult., and was to leave on the 23d fo r ampton. M . a r j r e e st in y,s G s i i b i r ip al v ta e r n o g u e r an a c c e eo l u ef n t ts th a a r t e p t o o r t t li f e or 2 3 7 i t a b irk : 23d. The Gibraltar Chronicle announces the T oa ds' Lon, on the 26th ult., of the Carneronians, f r was pre - The governor was present, and the regiment 4t h, 5 5 ° 4 ceded to the boats by the bands of the 13th, 4 do pe; and 92d Regiments, amid an immense contours to thre tators. The regiment was afterwards told off . 10 , or der : separate divisions, and embarked in the follownl i *Oenf„ —The head-quarters, under Lieutenant-Colentenan, hill, with Captains Frend and Nicholson, Lieterwaste; Wallace and Mosse, Dr. Grogan, and Qi13.1. ride r Kent, in the Thomas Arbuthnot ; a di visi°lj 6aPt elriS Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Jlogarth, wit h o d Gral; Cameron and Andrews, Lieutenants QuartloYiae ,j 0 sel:; 0 ville, and Assistant-Surgeon Douglas, i n A t , ' Cap tain Somes ; and the remaining division, nnu c- Carey, with Captain Longmore and Lieutenanter in the Santipore. On the arrival of the reT ioh is t e Montreal. they will relieve the 20th Foot, w" to return to England. rtore d °1 to The 92d highlanders, which had been co? w ere their arrival in different rts of the garrrs: i'!„, dsr acitp occupy Town Range and Wellington's F ront ted on the 20th. gal lo p f o I t is i e e N ( 3 , ult.,Z s c o c: t o k ph k : o e f EB a IL ° g a o l e r r n screws,e p s )o t k e s :e ee r - e i s t n r othgeeagsmi j o s u e a. r t zc h r , b g ''' A t fec: 1081 33i 3 PP'''`