The Sun. — London, England, 1853-06-04 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. 'Under the management of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, Jim 4, Will be performed MARRIED LIFE. Characters by Messrs. Tilbury and Buckstone, and Mrs. Stanley and Miss L. Howard. Wil be performed THE MOUSETRAP. Characters by Messrs. Tilbury, Chippendale, Rogers, Buckstone, W. Farren, and Edwards ; Mrs. Poynter. Misses A. Woulds and L. Howard, Mrs. Fitswilliam, and Mrs. Stanley. After whicb, MR. BUCESTONE'S ASCENT OF MOUNT PAR NASSUS. To be followed by THE BOARDING SCHOOL BALL. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. Last Night of Mr. T. P. Coosa. THIS EVENING, Jurte 4, Will be performed the new and original Comedy, in three acts, by Douglas Jerrold, entitled ST. CUPID • W. Dorothy's Fortune. Principal characters by Messrs. Wright, W. lacy, Harley, J. Vin ing, Terry, F. Cooke, Everett, and Chester ; Mrs. W. Lacy and Miss Mirray. - To be followed by BLACK-EYED SUSAN. Characters; by Messrs. T. P. Cooke, Wright, Meadows, Manvers, Graham, Eve rett, F. Cooke, and Saker ; Mrs. W. Lacy and Miss Murray. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under.the Management of Madame Vestris. THIS EVENING, Jura 4, Will be performed MARRIED DAUGHTERS AND YOUNG HUSBANDS. To be followed by TIIE LAWYERS. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, and Rosby ; Mrs. F. Matthews, and Misses Robertson and Ellis. After which, A BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT. After which, A WONDERFUL WOMAN. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, and Madame Vestris, &c. To conclude with TRYING IT ON. Principal character by Mr. C. Mathews. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHL Proprietor, Mr. 13. Webster —Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, JUNE 4, Will be performed MASKS AND FACES; or, Before and Behind *ha Curtain. Principal characters by Messrs. B. Webster, L. Mur ray, G. Honey, P. Bedford, and Cullingford ; Madame Celeste and Miss Woolgar. After which, A DESPERATE GAME. To be followed by THE PRETTY GIRLS OF STILSBERG. To conclude with GOING TO THE DERBY. ROYAL OLYMPIC; THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren. LAST NIGHT of PERFORMING UNTIL JUNE 13. THIS EVENING, JUNE 4, Will be performed THE ROAD TO RUIN. Characters by Mesas. Farren, H. Farren, H. Marston, Diddear, G. Cooke, Kinloch, and F. Charles ; Mesdames E. Turner, Bartlett, and A. Phillips. After which, THE WANDERING MINSTREL. Jem Baggs, Mr. F. Robson. To conclude with MACBETH. Supported by Mr. Samuel Mac beth, Mr. F. Robson, Mrs. Sarah Macbeth, and Mrs. A. Phillips. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. ASTOUNDING NOVELTY.—Arrival of the celebrated and intrepid M. ALPHONSE THEVELIN, the First Gynmasiarque /Eden of France, acd Inventor of the Cybistique Games under the French and Belgian Bagoons, who wit make his 6th Appearance iu this Country TO-NIGHT. THIS EVENING, Jura 1, The Entertainments will, as during the week, commence with the highly successful Hippo Dasma, with new scenery, costumes, and appointments, entitled THE CHASE, er LIFE ON THE TURF — illustrating a Sporting Man's Career. To be followed by M. Alphonse Therein in his incredible Per formance of LEN' JEUX CYBISTIQUE ; or, The Four Trapeze— with the wonderful Vaulting Traverser "Erten of 130 Feet from the Back of the Stage to the Centre of the Ring. To conclude with trail:int Seenes in the ARENA by thn most talented Artistes of the day. Hoz- once open daily from Eleven to Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. Wilt. VOYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. THIS EVENING, Gigantic Panorama of the BAY and FORTS of CHUSAN. Splendid Menagerie, including 8:x Elephants, Fop - Lions, Two Tigers,T wo Giraffes ,Camels, Leopards, Llama, &e. Grand Military Banc, Conducted by Mr. Godfrey.—Vocal and Instrumen tal Concert; Two Sons by Miss Cecily Mott; Solo Clarionet, Mons. Wniile, and Cornet .1 Piston, Mr. Phillips ; Brilliant Dis play of Fireworks ; Feat of Lanterns ; Attack on the British Fleet; Exp!oslo it of Claims, Fireships ; Grand Tableaux. Doors open trom 9in th morning. Feeding the Animals at 5. Concert G. Fire works half-past 9. Admisson Ls. HIGLT WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Ttifq DAY —Morning 20 min. after 12 Evening 39 min.aft. 12 To-Morrow—Morning 0 min.. after 1 I Evening 20 min.aft. 1 THE WEATHER.—SoN °mot, *JUNE 4. THERMOMETER, IN TDB SHADE. CA —highest since noon yesterday. 47—lowest this morning and during the night. 61— this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30'11. WIND, N.N.W. - Light breeze, and fine weather. 4 7.0 0j) 7 13 . . -- 4.1 , ) . 0• .0”;,'," 416% 2 'l.' LONDON, SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 1853. Sir CHARLES WOOD last night introduced the anx iously-looked-for bill for the future Gevernment of the Anglo-Indian empire, in a speech of great prolixity, protracted during five mortal hours. The audience, never very numerous, grew " small by degrees and beautifully less," until at length the Ministerial proposition, about which so deep an interest had been excited, was detailed to " a beg garly account of empty benches." Few gentlemen, whether friends or opponents of the Government, or neutrals, watching for a favourable opportunity either of inflicting a blow upon, or lending accept able aid to, the dispensers of " the loaves and fishes," could withstand the soporific influences of the scene. Members of all parties were compelled to seek safety in flight, remaining within an easy distance, so as to be readily accessi ble in the event of their votes being required by the whipper-in on either side. Never was any unfor tunate gentleman more sincerely commiserated than the Speaker. Not all the honours and emolu ments of his exalted position could render him other than an object of sincere pity, when it was considered that that position involved the ne cessity of listening, or appearing to listen, to the dreary harangue which every other member could shirk, at least, a considerable portion. Never was there a greater contrast presented than in the appearance of the House last night, and on the delivery of the DISRAELI and the GLADSTONE Budgets. The subjects were in each case of paramount importance, very probably in volving the fate of the Government of which the person making the statement was a prominent Member. The orations in each case were of the approved length—five hours' attention being the weighty demands on the patience of the House. But, in the former cases, the brilliancy of the imagination—the fervour of the eloquence—the grace of the diction of both the Right Hon. Gen tlemen succeeded, notwithstanding the prosaic nature of the subject, in commanding the attention of the auditors, and preventing the weariness that would otherwise naturally follow so protracted an audience. But Sir CHARLES WOOD had no such powerful auxiliaries at his command. There was nothing to relieve the tedium of a subject rendered more tedious by the manner in which it was treated. The Right Hon. Baronet set forth a powerful mag netic influexce, which speedily placed those who had the hardihood to attempt to hear out the long drawn narrative en rapport, exercising a similar control to that which the " Ancient Mariner" did over the belated wedding guest. Nor was the pre vailing somnolency in any degree dispelled by the monotonous hum which arose from the thinly occu pied benches, analogous to that which might be heard on any sunshiny day in the vicinity of a hive of busy and industrious bees. The speech and the measure itself were worthy of the quondam reputation of the Right Honourable Baronet. They were such as might have been anticipated from Sir CHARLES WOOD. The former, dull, vapid, and uninteresting; the lat ter unstatesmanlike and inefficient a dreary attempt to prop up a falling house —to sus tain-, by infinitesimal alterations (we cannot call them improvements) a system which has long since been unequivocally condemned by every unpreju diced and disinterested person—which has produced fruits utterly damnatory of the source from whence they sprung. The greater portion of the prolonged harangue—more than four mortal hours—was con sumed in proving the excellence of the existing system and the groundlessness of the complaints— frivolous and vexatious the Right Honourable Baronet clearly considered them—which more than one hundred millions of natives, and ninety-nine out of a hundred of those who, unconnected with the East India Company, have thought it worth while to reflect on the subject, have so unreasonably preferred against the real-administration and mis government of nearly one-sixth of the human race. Sir CHARLES WOOD is manifestly a disciple of the great " PANGLOSS," an unflinching optimist, who thinks " everything that is is best." According to nit(' ' there i s no thi ng t o b e d es i re d, e ith er w ith re - Epeet t o the administration of justice, the absence chf Public work , complaints that' or the tenure of land ; and all the are utterly ni have been preferred on these points Ho certainly unfounded on fact, and unwarrantable. scarcely lead ust admitted— w h a t his speech would thinfer—that " the of India was not Government t ? best that could be devised !" but at the mi ne assertin g that the Analo- Indian Governraentincce'.% not bad or inefficient"— a matter on which eveiwivtiallsoleiseinost credulougmember easinessv.l of belief has of the gallant corp s passed into a proverb, m i ght Under these circumstances' e then, ta m p Sceptical ' app l icat ' i c o n, the further Hon. Baronet rejects the Ttight inquiries that have been put forr,r, different Presidencies—insists upon fi r , e u m ir,clr the. 'als for ',rman uuleyelicy existing, materi p, cut iegiaatiou of t !le an d positively refuses the delay or postponement but so earnestly, request e d. so tempera t e ly , Pro m th e e xcessive praises so lavishly bestowed on th e e imagi he n th the existing system, it mls ay toeasily beb r etained— ed that at the double (governth 0n t Boar' of Control and Bolrd of irectors are still • to exercise their varied functions , sibi Directors are still • o exercise their varied fuiWtjoll, mutually reliev migh ing each other of the responlity Tre that is, how t otherwise be cast upon them. ever —as a slight concession to the popu- lar clamour —to be a slight change in the constitution of the Leadenhall-street Board which, in place of 24 elected members, is to consist' of 18 only, 12 of whom are to be elected by the Proprietors of India Stock, and six nominated by the Government. At first, how*ver, fifteen of those now in the direction are to be retained, an equal number, viz.—the remainder of the 24, and of the 6 out in rotation to be thrown overboard, and the three earliest vacancies to be supplied by Govern ment nominees. One-third of the Board thus con stituted to go out of office in rotation every seventh year, but to be eligible for re-election. The new Directors are 'to receive each 5001., and the Chair man and Deputy-Chairman 1,0001. This increase of pay is to be given inconsequence of the curtailment of patronage. Haileybury College is to be thrown open to unlimited competition, and the nomination to writerships given, not by favour, but according to merit, and merit only. The same principle is to be adopted with reference to the scientific military branch at Adiscombe, and to medical appointments. These are unquestionable improvements, and we shall not withhold the approbation which they de serve ; but they are the redeeming features in the plan. All else is " flat and unprofitable." The military appointments are to be made according to the present system, 'in the hands of the Directors, to be bartered for votes, or given as the Leaden hall-street magnates may deem expedient. The other changes proposed are the separation of the Governorship of Bengal from the Governor- Generalship of India, and the power of appointing a new Presidency for the Districts on the Banks of the Indus ; and the addition of two judges to the Legislature. These are the chief features of the measure, on which the extraordinary length of our Parliamentary report prevents us from com menting at any length this day ; but we are greatly mistaken if it will be an acceptable gift to the United Kingdom, or to India. And if it will not prove very prejudicial to the Cabinet which en trusted so im portant and so onerous a duty to the person who has proved the Marplot of every Ad ministration with which he has been connected — the cause of its decline and ultimate fall. Popery may thank itself for all its House of Commons' calamities. The Maynooth Repairs snubbing, a few nights ago, and the graver division of more than two to one against Mr. MOORE'S motion " for a Select Committee to inquire how far the Ecclesiastical Revenues of Ireland are made applicable to the benefit of the Irish people," are equally due to the recent impudence and violence of the Papal Hierarcby and its advocates. Few, if any, English politician are at all in love with the Irish Church as an ,ecclesiastical institution. The present Noble Leader of the Conservative Opposition was himself the I.Yfinister who handled her episcopal staff in right s tatesman-like style ; and Mr. MOORE found it no difficult task to quote the most strongly-expressed opinions from all quarters on the monstrosity and absurdity of a wealthy establishment for one-eighth only of the people. Neither Mr. MOORE nor his followers, pre tended that the motion had not for its object the sub version of a Church which hardly found a defender. The entire point of all the replies lay in the present character of Popery. A large majority of the country and of,the House of Commons is fully pre ; pared, so far as wishes go, to proportion the endow ments of the Episcopal Church in Ireland to the wants of the Episcopalians. Opinion also, to a large extent amongst statesmen, a few years ago, and to some extent amongst the people too, was in favour of handing over to the Catholic priests some of the superfluous Protestant Church revenues ; but all such ideas have taken flight now, and taken flight for this generation at least, as we are inclined to think, notwithstanding Mr. BRIGHT'S regarding it as a mere temporary anti-Papal fever. Cardinal WIsEMAN and Irish priests have made Popery more revolting to Englishmen than it has been for the last five-and-twenty years. The silly display of robes, hats, and stockings, fresh from the wardrobe of the Vatican, we could afford to laugh at, as we do at the monkey 'imitations of it all by our own pale faced young Anglicans ; but the whole attempt to set up a territorial hierarchy here by the nomina tion of a despised and hated civil and ecclesiastical foreign despot, the introduction of the Papal canon law, the odious conspiracy of the priests against the education of Ireland, the brutal, bullying violence perpetrated by these ministers of religion at the late elections—all these things at home, added to the conspiracy of Popery abroad, with the despots of Europe against civil and religious liberty, have generated an amount of anti-Papal feeling which will not soon die away. To English eyes Ireland exhibits two monstrosities. A right hearted Church monstrously endowed, and six millions or more of the people bound by ignorance and priestly fetters to a Church whose entire sys tem is itself one huge monstrosity. We will not pretend to discuss how far the latter opinion is correct or not. We simply state the fact, that this is English opinion, and that Papists must thank themselves for its being so. The former monstro sity would have been got rid of by this time, or nearly so, but for the fear of encouraging a yet greater monstrosity. A monster endow ment is regarded as a bad thing, but a monster organisation against the Bible and the right of private judgment is held to be still worse. Endowed Protestantism is at least endowed mental freedom, but endowed Popery is endowed mental tyranny and slavery. It was beginning to be hoped that Popery shared the growing civilisa tion of the age, but Cardinal WISEMAN and Dr. WHALE, the POPE and the Duke of TUSCANY the despotism of Austria and the constitutional king dom of Holland, have:dispelled this pleasant vision. It must serve a fourteen years' apprenticeship, at least in this country, to good behaviour, before it will improve its social and political position. It was remarkable, and quite in accordance with the above remarks, that almost every attack was loudly cheered, and almost every defence received with apathy. Popery and extravagant endowments were both easily assailed. But what could be said for them ? Lord JOHN was listened to with applause while reciting how Papal misconduct of late years had altered his views regarding the endowment of Popery, andwhile describingit as inimical everywhere to the liberty and freedom of inquiry, which are the genius of our nation and Constitution. Mr. BRIGHT, on the other hand, was as loudly cheered in his exposure of the Noble Lord's Conservatism, and in his telling hits against the anti-popular and illiberal tendencies of English prelacy, and of all hierarchies. In one respect, the Irish Church is now in a peculiarly false position. Lord JOHN asserted that, bad as it might be, it was necessary to maintain it, as essential to the support of the Church of England. True, replies Mr. BRIGHT ; but what a rotten foundation to build the English Church upon ! On a Church confessedly unfit to stand for its own sake. Hence, the claims of the Irish Church will never be discussed on their own merits. English Churchmen will be always secretly thinking of the security of their own fabric, and all Englishmen of the hated hierarchy to which they are unwilling to give a triumph. Papists, on the other hand, will be dreaming only of revenge, and of laying down the first stepping-stone to Civil and Ecclesiastical Supremacy. What will be the issue of the present state of things no one can divine. It would seem impossible that the Episcopalians of Ireland can continue to be endowed at a rate which, if ex tended to the whole United Kingdom, would re quire not less than 30,000,0001. per annum for Bishops and Clergy alone ! Yet no one dares pro pose either the disendowment of the Irish Church, or the appropriation of its revenues fn part to the support of Popery. Some think that emigration , i4elf will withdraw the benighted Celts, body and soul, from the Church which keeps them, by keeping them in ignorance, till Irish Protestants are as superior in numbers as they now are in intelligence and indus try. Such a resolution of the problem would be indeed a happy one. America is plainly the land of Celtic emancipation from the bondage of priest craft and idleness ; and it.is no want of charity to wish the great mass of the Irish peasantry a happy voyage from their pence and hovels to the land of dollars and log cabins. But how many unforeseen circumstances may turn this tide ! Mr. BRIGHT and the Voluntaries could, of course, soon smooth the whole matter by leaving Protestants and Catholics alike to shift for themselves. The slight difficulty in this arrangement is, that the vast mass of State Churchmen, a somewhat important party in the case, prefer the present system. If we may be so unwise as to hazard a political conjecture, we should surmise that it will issue in some such com promise amongst the Irish sects, now more or less endowed, as that shadowed forth by Mr. BRIGHT last year—lrish Church property being sold, life interests respected, the sects receiving a fair pro portion each in fee simple, so to speak, and all being disconnected from the State. So many are the contingencies, however, on which any such result depends, that it is, perhaps, use less to speculate. One thing we do regard as certain, that, as Lord STANLEY tells his brother Churchmen, the standard of the age is eccle:i al a, i's s d t i i s e t a i au ' ill elig' equal ity, and that the battle will last till (iiraotwis attained. Lord JoHN, indeed, in the debate tlrirjaeNn,lias pn adr: a su tl, n bi.t c e t cleh i ru in .. a h. betweenequality. Papists, he religious e contended, 0 equality n t dei, hadaiid th e former, us. Tao two r'ival r t should never, if he could help it, ni. e c. njoy o the latter. W.e perhaps no one noticed the only pretext f„ P r Pe e ll _ s l wealth, and lea o 'once between the two eaccialsestilaiestyietahlousgyhsttemitstoino are very much alike ; the ;es t r e ° 3 l. it ng one till it rolls in err penniless, is the diffe- I ' l igions. The similar ecclesiastics of the diverse religions receive pre cisely opposite treatment at the hands of the State, and this his Lordship calls religious equality. We do not think Lord STANLEY would condescend to such unworthy sophistry. GOVERNMENT RESIGNATIONS.-DISSENSIONS IN THE CABINET. ( From the Times. ) Messrs. Sadleir, Keogh, and Monsell have, as we are told, tendered their resignations as members of the ex isting Administration. The motive for this retirement must be obvious enough, and we are far from saying that it reflects any discredit upon the three gentlemen named. It is, of course, Lord John Russell's declara tion upon the Irish Church which has caused these resig nations. That three gentlemen who had evinced a disposition to promote orderly Government in Ireland should conceive themselves bound to resign is, indeed, an untoward circumstance ; but, if we must choose' between the loss of their cervices and anything like coquetry with the Romish priesthood we could not hesitate for an instant in our decision. We can only trust that they will carry with them out of office the same moderation of opinion and the same desire to pro ' mote the cause of good government which induced them in the first instance to accept office. Surely, if they are placed in some embarrasment by the declaration of the Minister upon the Irish Church, they will be placed in still greater embarrassment by the declarations of Mr. Lucas upon every conceivable question that may be sub mitted to the consideration of Parliament ? (From the Morning Advertiser.) Mr. Keogh, Solicitor-General for Ireland ; Mr. Sad• leir, one of the Lords of the Treasury ; and Mr. Mon sell , also holding a Government appointment, met together on Thursday, to deliberate as to the course which they ought to adopt with reference to Lord John Russell's attack on the Popish priesthood of Ireland on Tuesday evening. Having previously consulted several of their political Mends, in whose judgment they have confidence, they came to the resolution, that they could no longer, consistently with their political or religious principles, .continue members of a Government whose acknowledged leader in the House of Commons had thus so grossly and gratuitously, in their opinion, calumniated the priesthood of Ireland. They accord ingly simultaneously sent in their resignations at a late hour on Thursday evening, assigning as the reason, the manner in which Lord John Russell had expressed him self in the part of his speech which we subjoin : "It has been evident of late years, that the Roman Catholic clergy—looking to its proceedings in foreign countries —looking to its proceedings in this country — looking to that Church, acting under the direction of its head, himself a foreign sovereign, has aimed at political power—(hear, hear)— which appears to me to be at vari ance with a due attachment to the Crown of this country -(hear, hear)—with a due attachment to the general cause of liberty—with a due attachment to the duties a subject of the State should perform towards it. (Hear, hear.) Now, as I wish to speak with as much frankness as the hon. gentleman who spoke last, let me' not be misunder stood in this house. lam far from denying that there are many members of this house, and many members of the Roman Catholic persuasion, both in this country and in Ireland, who are attached to the Throne, and to the liber ties of this country ; but what I am saying, and that of which I am convinced, is, that if the Roman Catholic clergy had increased power given to them, and if they, as ecclesiastics, were to exercise greater control and greater political influence than they do now, that power would not be exercised in - accordance with the general freedom that prevails in this country—(loud chers)—and that neither in respect to political power, nor upon other sub jects, would they favour that general freedom of discus sion, and that activity and energy of th e hu man mind, that' belongs to the spirit of the constitution of this country. (Loud and general cheering.) Ido not think that in that respect they are upon a par with the Presby terians of Scotland.—(Cheers.) The Presbyterians of Scotland, the Wesleyans of this country—(cheers)—and the Established Church of this country and Scotland, all, no doubt, exercise a certain influence over their congre gations ; but that influence which they thus exercise over their congregations must be compatible with a certain freedom: of the mind—must be compatible with a certain spirit of inquiry which the ministers of these churches do not dare to overstep; and if they did overstep it, that in fluence would be destroyed.—(Hear, hear.) lam obliged, then, to conclude—most unwillingly to conclude, but most decidedly—that the endowment of the Roman Catholic religion in Ireland in the place of the endowment of the Protestant Church in that country, in connexion with the State, is not an object which the Parliament of this country ought to adopt or sanction. (Cheers.)" It is right to add, that, up till a late hour last night, the resignation of the three gentlemen had not been accepted. We may further state, that the part of the speech of the noble lord which we have quoted, has caused a great commotion in the Cabinet, and that all its Peelito members, including the Premier himself, are very much dissatisfied with his lordship's conduct. He has, as they think, inexcusably gone out of his way to assail the Roman Catholic.priesthood of Ireland. It is but justice to the members of the Cabinet to whom we allude to say, that they make no secret of the disappro bation with which they regard the speech of the noble lord. We may go further still. There is reason to be lieve that the matter will be brought before both houses, and the question will be asked, whether Lord John spoke in his individual capacity, or as the representative of the opinions of the Cabinet. ( Prom, the Homing .Herald.) In addition to the resignation of M essrs. Keogh, Monsell, and Sadleir, we have now to announce the retirement of Sir T. Redington, one of the Joint Secre taries of the Board of Control. What does all this mean ? • PIL stTN - , LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, - JlTistE 4, 1853. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen gave a concert last evening at Buckingham Palace. The invitations amounted to near four hundred, and included the Royal Family, the whole of the Foreign Ministers, and a large party of the nobility. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived at twenty minutes before ten o'clock, accompanied by her Serene Highness the Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe, and attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson and Sir George Couper. His Royal Highness the Duke of Genoa was attended by the Marquis d'Azeglio, Sardinian Minister ; Col. Wylde, Groom in Waiting to Prince Albert ; Marquis St. Marsan and Count Della Valle, Aides-de-Camp of the Duke • and the Marquis Rapallo and Count Avo grado, Officers d'Ordonnance of his Royal Highness. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess Caroline of Mecklenbrirgh-Strelitz, arrived, attended by Lady Suffield, Lady Caroline Cust, Baroness Weuchstein, Lord Wm. Paulett, Major Baron Knesebeck, and Baron Luhe. The ladies of the Royal Family were received on their arrival by the Maids of Honour and the Grooms and Equerries in waiting, and were conducted to the yellow drawing-room, where her Majesty received her illustrious guests. The general company were ushered into the picture gallery. Shortly before ten o'clock her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, with their Royal and dis tinguished visitors, entered the grand saloon, which was fitted up for the concert. The performance immediately commenced. ELECTION COMMITTEES.-(THIS DAY. PETERBOROUGH. John Rawson Edwards was called this morning, and stated that at the time of the last election he was ill in bed. Mr. Whalley came to his house several times to get him to vote, and on the polling day he pressed wit ness so hard that he got up and went in a fly with him to the poll. Before going, however, witness's wife showed him S. in the parlour, and told him that he must go. Mr. Sergeant Allen, on behalf of the sitting member, objected to the statements of the wife to her, husband being received in evidence. A long argument ensued, which was not concluded when our report left, LIVERPOOL. Evidence was adduced this morning relative to the hiring of the district committee rooms, but there was nothing of public interest elicited. DURHAM. This morning the committee decided, the arguments of counsel having been heard yesterday on the point, that it was not competent for counsel to go into acts of bribery committed by the sitting member and his agents at the general election, but that the evidence must be confined to the election of December last. CLARE COUNTY. In this committee further evidence was asked, on be half of Mr. O'Brien, to show that, with the exception of the affray at Six-Mile-Bridge, the election had been one of the quietest ever known in the county. • CRYSTAL PALACE AND WEST LONDON RAILWAY.— The select committee yesterday morning declared the pre amble of this bill proved. THE AUSTRALIAN MAlLS.—Notice was issued yester day at the General Post-Office, St. Martin's-le-Grand, that the mails for South Australia (Geelong, Melbourne, Port Philip, Adelaide, and Victoria), New South Wales, and Vail Diemen's Land, will be made up this morning, the 4th inst., to be forwarded by the new postal contract c ii i _sper bark Stratford. The packet rate will be charge. able upon all letters transmitted by the Stratford, which must be prepaid; newspapers free. So great has been the accumulation of letters and newspapers at the General Post-office during the last few days to be dispatched by this new mail packet to the above colonies that no less than 141 bags (letters and newspapers) were sent on board the Stratford yesterday, lying in the West India Docks, ready assorteil, and many more are expected this morning, as there will be no other mail until the 4th of July, via Southampton and Singapore, unless by ship letter bags, as vessels may sail from London, Plymouth, Liverpool, &c. MURDER OF A CONSTABLE NEAR ROSS.—Con siderable excitement has been created here by the murder of a constable, while in the execution of his duty. It ap pears that, being in attendance at a club feast which took place in the neighbourhood, and the revellers getting rather noisy and quarrelsome amonc, th em selves, he interfered to keep order, and a riot ensued, in the course of which the unfortunate man received injuries so severe as to cause his death. The coroner's inquest, which was held yesterday, returned a verdict of " wilful murder." Six men are in custody on the charge of being concerned in his death, and, having already undergone one examination, stand re manded until 519nday next. MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 8,000 bales, of which 1,000 were taken for export and on speculation. The market was not quite so firm, and closed quietly without alteration in prices. Railway shares were very depressed, and 1 to 1-1 2 - per cent. lower. Whatever has prompted the Bank of England to ad vance its rate of discount, must have occurred within the present week ; the return of its liabilities and assets made up to Saturday last offering not the smallest justi fication. We are to assume, therefore, that the demand for discount accommodation and loans upon stock be came suddenly unprecedented ; or, however reluctantly, we must come to another conclusion, viz., that the measure is precipitate, and possibly even founded partly in pique. The next week's return must elucidate this, and perhaps the item of public and private deposits will be shown to have been affected. The ex planation of such a change, if it did occur, is simple enough. The transfer books were about to be closed, the amount of " calls" upon some foreign railways was larger than of late, although there is no reason to sup pose that English holders had to provide the whole, and an immense quantity of tea was to be cleared after the long postponement of duty payments, pending the dis cussion, of the budget, and the 4th of the month (this day) when a large amount of home bills fall due, was at hand. But are these permanent influences, and would not the effect subside almost within the week, unless artificial scarcity were induced ? As an incorporated body of traders in money, the Bank has ever a right to turn its capital to the best account, provided it observes a decent regard to the interest of the public by whose favour it enjoys such ample privileges. No one com plains of 3),-"per cent, being an excessive charge, allow ing that it is higher than for the last three or four years; but why proclaim the alteration with " such a flourish of trumpets," ushering it in upon an already agitated stock market by a fall of per cent. in Consols, at a time when great sensitiveness prevails as to our foreign relations, when the increased demand for money was rendering the renewal of Exchequer Bills more difficult, and when the last day had arrived upon which the "assents" to the conversion of South Sea Annuities would probably have far exceeded those of any previous day? Perhaps a glance at the political composition of the bank direction may throw some light on the matter, the leaven of Toryism being tolerably strong ; and since the ex- Premier and his satellites have not deemed it unfair or unpatriotic to thwart the effort to save the pockets of the tax payers, one cannot feel surprised if they have humble imitators east of Temple-bar. Whatever may be said to the contrary by prejudiced or interested par ties, the financial plans of Mr. Gladstone were honestly framed with due regard to the • rights of all parties ; and if, in the matter of Exchequer Bills, the interest of money has rendered them less eligible, for the time, there is no reason to legislate for the hour rather than the twelve month ; while, unless a continuance of dear money is believed in, Government has a justification for keeping down its terms. Under any other circumstances, we should have said at once to the Chancellor—" Revoke your decision, and raise the interest to 11d. per diem." Go vernments, like individuals, should pay something near the current interest, but not take a binding engagement for a year forward under the stimulus of evanescent scar city. Immense sums are due to this country from Australia, a balance of trade exists against America, money is returning from Russia, and the entire popu lation of this kingdom possesses more of the metallic medium than was ever before known. This is far pre ferable to seeing the amount locked up in the Bank vaults. The first result of this new movement of the Bank will be to make money scarce, and to check the projection of new schemes, a wholesome result ; the next will be to draw money from abroad, and gradually to lessen its value here. This done, an actual advantage will arise, and we quarrel far less with the thing done than with the manner of doing it. Very cheap money is a positive evil, and rarely benefits legitimate trade, though it feeds speculators. Subjoined is an analysis of the weekly Banking account, contrasted with the previous state ment : Active circulation.. Decrease.... £22,582,030 56,725 17,944,547 5,977 3,110,204 46,373 5,606,412 209,065 11,935,583 Bullion • Decrease.. Decrease Public Deposits... Decrease Other Deposits Decrease Seven-day and otter Dills Decrease Government SecuriUes Other Securities Decrease Notes unemployed Increase 17,915 1,303,685 22,448 No alteration 14,021,714 346,549 8,871,860 137,830 Bills of Exchange were yesterday negotiated at fuller rates upon Trieste, and. at a slight advance on Ham burgh and Amsterdam. Paris was very firm, being 25 23 to 30. Amsterdam brought 11 181 to 19, and Hambro' 13 8,1 to 1. Trieste 10 58 to 11_2. The Committee of Mexican Bondholders have re ceived a letter from Mr. Falconnet, via the United States, dated Mexico the 4th May, being one day later than his last letter. He reports an interview, which at his instance Mr. Doyle has had with the President, who assured him that the funds of the bondholders at the Custom-houses shall not be touched in any way .by the Government, and that, henceforth, when collected, they shall be shipped to the joint order of the Chairman of the Committee of Bondholders and Colonel Pack.. The amount of silver exported from London direct during the week to Thursday last, was 214,160 oz., and of gold, 7,982 oz. Tte English funds are heavy this morning, but not lower, the absence of business being the feature chiefly observable. Consols have been quoted 981 to P f , ex divi dend. The New 31 per Cents, have realised 1018 to a, and the 3 per Cents. 988 to 99. South Sea Old Annui ties are 99 to par. Exchequer Bills are 2s. to 55., and India Bonds 235. to 275. premium. _ Foreign Stocks continue about the same. Spanish Deferred Bonds are 238 to g. Portuguese 4 per Cents. are firmer at 39k. Mexican are about 264 with very little doing, and Peruvian Deferred 61. Equador dull at 5.1. Russian 41 per Cents. have not been higher than 103. Dutch 21 per Cents. are at 65. Railway Shares have been dull, but without any fur ther slight decline. Caledonian, North-Western, Mid land, and North British have been most affected. French Shares are merely nominal. The Gold Mine Shares are at about the previous rates, except Noveau Monde, which have receded. The Land Companies Shares are rather better. The New Australian Banks are very depressed, and the Chartered of Australia is down to 4 premium. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. ( From the Official List.) Business done. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 98.1 9 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1726 New 3 per Cent. Annuities lola a New 5 per Cent. Annuities shut Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan., 1860 shut India Bonds, £lOOO. South Sea Stock South Sea Old Annuities South Sea New Annuities 3 --.1. Cent. Annuities, 1751 shut Consols for Account July 19 Exchequer Bills, 13A. £lOOO £5OO Small 98i i 3 2 5 p 2 5p 2 5 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent • Chilian Bonds,•6 per Cent lOl Equador Bonds Greek Bonds, Red Ditto, Blue Mexican 3 per Cent. Peruvian Scrip Peruvian Deferred 3 per Cent. Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent. Ditto for the Account ....... Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto 4A per Cent. Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent 93A 4 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 4BA Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. 23/ g Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 2A per Cent. ....... 65 TWO O'CLOCK. .. 98 x d 2G • par 61 Consols for Opening 19th July THE TEA DUTY.—INCREASE OF BUSINESS AT THE CUSTOM-HOUSE.—Since the order for the reduction of the impost on teas was issued, the aggregate amount of duties received at the Custom-house approximate closely to 400,0001. The business of passing delivery orders has in creased to such an extent that, notwithstanding a large number of supernumerary clerks have been engaged, they are employed unremittingly in this department from seven o'clock in the morning until ten o'clock at night. For this extra work clerks receive from ls. to 2s. per hour, messen gers 9d. per hour, and supervising officers are remunerated according to their rank. The deliveries of tea from the various bonded warehouses commence at six o'clock in the morning, and continue incessantly until seven o'clock in the evening, the Customs' lockers and other officers em ployed receiving extra pay for the additional duty. Up to yesterday evening it was stated that above 5,000,0001b5. had been delivered, and although a very large number of extra labourers are employed at the several warehouses, it is impossible to keep pace with the presentation of the orders. DISPATCHES FOR VICE ADMIRAL DUNDAS AND REAR ADMIRAL CORBY.—Mi. Tucker, the clerk in charge of her Majesty's steam-packet Caradoc, Lieut. Commander Derri man, left London by mail-train on Thursday for Marseilles, with dispatches for the commander-in-chief of the Medi terranean, at Malta, relative to the sta te of affairs at Con stantinople ; and yesterday morning, at two o'clock, her Majesty's dispatch-steamer Banshee, Lieutenant Com mander Hosken, left Spithead with Government dispatches for Rear Admiral Corry and the Channel squadron, now on a six weeks' cruise. It is expected that the Banshee will proceed direct to Lisbon, as Rear Admiral Corry had permission to touch at that place in the course of his cruise. It is not improbable that the instructions to Rear Admiral Corry include orders to detach a division of his squadron to Malta, to reinforce the small but efficient fleet of Vice Admiral Dundas. DEATH OF EARL DUClE.—Elenry George Francis Moreton, Earl of Ducie, expired on Thursday. The de ceased earl was born on the Bth of May, 1802, and married on the 29th of June, 1826, the Hon. Elizabeth Dutton, eldest daughter of Lord Sherbourne (born 19th of February 1807), by whom he had numerous issue—the eldest of whom, Henry John, born 10 th of August, 1829 , and elected M.P. for Stroud in 1852, now succeeds to the ancestral honours. CONVERSION OF EXCHEQUER BILLS. (From, the Times Money Article .$ ' The final amount of the proposed new securities of the Chancellor of the Exchequer accepted by the holders of the 9,500,0001. petty Three per Cent. Stocks in 'preference to being paid off is 1,342,1891., while the extent of voluntary conversions of Con sols and Reduced is at present 1,681,3571., making an aggregate of 3,023,5461. Of this 252,5991. has been taken in the New Three-and-a-Half per Cents., 2,761,4771. in the New Two-and-a-Half per Cents., and 9,470/. in Exchequer Bonds, and the immediate annual saving to the country, as far as the substitu tion of the specified sums is concerned, will be rather more than 7,000/. There remains, however, 8,157,8111. to be paid to the dissentient holders in 1854, and it is upon the ultimate liquidation of this more considerable sum that the success of the measure must turn. Many persons will, probably, assume that because the total acceptances of the proposed securities amount to so small a, proportion of the sum attempted to be converted, the measure is to be viewed as a failure. But this is not the case. Not merely will there be an absence of failure even if Consols should merely remain at par about the period when the 8,157,8111. will have to be discharged, so as to en able the money to be borrowed upon the same terms as have hitherto been paid for it, namely, 3 per cent., but there is a margin for an improvement in those terms in any manner that shall not involve a cost to the country of more than 7,000/. per annum, the amount saved by the new securities already disposed of. Even, therefore, under the supposition that the Chancellor will have no alternative but to create fresh stock to pay off that which will fall due in January and April, there is little ground to apprehend that the balance of the whole transaction will in any case show a loss ; and while the danger is thus slight on one side, there are a number of contingencies open on the other which aro advantageous. There can be no doubt that but for the singular turn which the market has taken from the political anxieties caused by the conduct of Russia, coupled with an unexampled prevalence of easterly winds retarding the arrival of even a fair proportion of gold from Australia, and which Mr. Gladstone could not be expected to have included in his calculations, the entire conver sion would at once have been effected on the offered terms. All that is required, therefore, to put the country in a position that would enable a bargain at least as satisfactory to be made between this period and the beginning of next year, is that the Turkish question should be settled, and that the Australian delays should cease ; while if the Bank bullion should not only be restored to the point at which it lately stood, but should again, after the drain which has now continued, with few intermissions, for 12 months, gradually augment, it will, of course, be possible not only to obtain the required amount on the terms which have just been rejected, but upon new ones which would be still more favourable for the Go vernment. It is also to be remembered that an active state of the revenue may increase the Chancellor's anti cipated surplus of 493,0001. in April, and place him i n funds that would lessen the necessity of a loan in any shape. The question, therefore, to be considered is, whether a state of affairs as bad or worse than that which now exists or one of restored animation and confidence is most likely to prevail during the next eight or nine months. A large majority, it is believed, of the commercial com munity are disposed to look upon the cause of the pre vailing perplexities as essentially of a temporary cha racter, while the prospects yet to be realised of the gold discoveries are permanent ; and these persons, it may be presumed, will still look upon the Chancellor's measure with satisfaction. On the other hand, sonic may entertain forebodings of the harvest, and also that the Continental difficulties may increase in a degree that will more than counteract all the prosperity that is pro mised ; but even in that case they will have no right to impugn the Government plan, since the reason of its failure will be found in circumstances to which all finan cial arrangements spread over any period of time must be subordinate. With regard to the Exchequer-bill operation, completed on Thursday, the considerations are also not unsatisfactory. It appears that the aggregate for which payment will be demanded is 3,110,0001., and that the amount of new bills accepted at the reduced rate of a penny a-day is 5,890,0001. Upon the latter, therefore, a saving to the country is effected of 22,001. per annum, while, as respects the amount paid off, the interest will for a time be entirely economised, since the Government balances will be employed for the purpose, which would otherwise be lying in the Bank of England. The extent of the ultimate gain will depend upon the future state of the money-market and the revenue re ceipts ; but it is, at all events, gratifying, that by a judicious employment of moneys actually in band tile Government is enabled to maintain the circulation of the British floating debt to the extent of 15,000,0001. at a rate of interest, as compared with all other securities, without example in the history of commercial nations. The Government purclumes on account of the Sinking Fund were made yesterday in Three per Cent. Stock, owing to the dealers being unwilling to sell Exchequer bills at the rates at which they have been recently offered, the closing quotation of those securities yester day being is. to 4s. pzemium. It appears that with regard to the 469,0001. of the Three per Cents. to be paid off or converted, held on account of suitors in Chancery, the Lord Chancellor finally determined not to order Stock to be accepted. • The amount of Exchequer Bills exchanged for Exche quer Bonds is 237,0001. These, it is believed, were chiefly sent in by the Irish banks. MINING INTELLIGEN OE. ( From the Mining Journal of this day.) Business in Gold mining shares this weelc: has been very flat, and the downward tendency in their value even continues. To add to the derangement of Cali fornian matters, a dispute has arisen between Colonel Fremont and Mr. Hoffman, respecting the agency deal ings in leasing the Mariposas estate, certain documents being called• for by the Vice-Chancellor. The arrivals of gold are frequent, and of astounding amounts ; • but, judging from the fact of the Bank of England raising the rate of discount, and their stock of ,bullion decreasing, it is clear that it scarcely meets the general requirements of extended commerce, at home and abroad. In Miscellaneous Shares, business has been generally flat during the week. Australian Agricultural have ex perienced a further decline of 191., having been down to 55 to 58. The only important feature has been the ex traordinary fluctuations in British American Land, which on Tuesday rose 131., and were firm at 80 to 83, or from 30 to 33 prem. ; the cause of the advance was attributed to the receipt of news from Canada that further discoveries of gold had been made, but they did not maintain their position, and declined to 72 to 75. The other land shares were all lower. MlNES.—There is no via media in the mining mar ket. It is either the height of excitement, or the extreme of depression. When the fever of speculation is wild and rampant, the public rush in and buy, and shares are forced beyond their value. In times of great depression, like the present, the same public, without looking to the condition of their mines, which, as regards their prosperity, cannot be effected by political events, or injured by circumstances arising from mere temporary and extraneous causes, become frightened, and sell out (or attempt to do so) at almost any sacrifice, and thus help to create the very panic they dreaded. The old stager acts differently ; when the excitement is on he sells ; and in times like these he quietly lays in his stock. In the metal market, generally a very brisk demand for all kinds continue. Considerable transactions have taken place in tin and plates, and it is expected that coke and charcoal will advance, the makers having abated hands ; consequently, s t oc k s are getting more reduced in quantity. Copper has given way 91. 10s. per ton for cake and tile, and is now down to 1071. 10s. ; sheathing, is. per lb. Business is, therefore, increasing, and the manufacturers will, doubtless, make greater pur chases. The stock of spelter is gradually lessening ; 221. ss. is the price in the market for present delivery, and ss. additional for one and two months' delivery on wards. The demand for railway and manufactured iron is again on the increase, principally for exportation. Scotch-pig is in request at the advanced figure of 535. for cash, 28. more for three months' delivery. Lead may called stationary. The total dividends declared in May amount to 53,1621. THE WOOLLEN TRADE. (From the Leeds Mercury of this day.) The imports of wool into London last"v;eek were 11,090 bales, of which 2,181 from Port Philip, 2,747 from Sydney, 4,252 from Adelaide, 1,348 from Van Diemen's Land, and the rest from Germany, Buenos Ayres, &c. The public sales are going off tolerably well, the better sorts having the preference. In the Foreign Wool trade we have to report a slightly improved demand for foreign and colonial wools this week, prices being firm, at late quotations. In the English wool market very little has been done in sales, either of combing or clothing wools. Prices are quoted the same as last week. In the woollen trade of Leeds we have no change of any consequence to report. The causes we adverted to last week, as contributing in some degree to the present inactivity and dulness, continue in operation. The busi ness transactions of the week have, consequently, been only of a limited character in the Cloth-halls. There has been, perhaps, a little improvement in the business of the warehouses this week, 'but still, on the whole, the woollen trade is much quieter than it was a few weeks since. HUDDERSFIELD, MAY 31.—There is no alteration to notice in our market to-day, and the warehouses are about the same as they are generally at this season. Prices about the same. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET.—We have had rather less business doing in pieces, but the old prices have been, fully maintained. The wool market has been very quiet ; the manufacturers do not seem at all eager to buy, but rather desirous to work up the stocks they have on hand, which aro rather heavier than was anticipated. BRADFORD WORSTED MARKET.—The tone of the mar ket was dull, and was characterised by nothing remark able. Orleans are in good demand. Wool maintains its price, but on the whole it is rather easier to buy, notwithstanding the influence of the London and pro vincial sales. HOSIERY.—TRADE OF LEICESTER.—We have to no tice a decided dullness in the warehouses. Shipping orders are nearly completed, and the very great advance now required by the country houAes on their last year's prices, induces shopkeepers to suspend their orders until old stock laid in at from is. 6d. to 3s. 6d. per dozen on hose under what is now.required is further disposed of. Worsted yarns are firm, and a full confidence in prices being maintained is established. The wool market is quiet, holders being firm in their prices, 25 25 St. 50 St. 10 St. St. 50 40 25 25 Rest SHARE MARKETS.-(TBIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. Closing Prices Yesterday. Basiness done this day. Paid 1100 Bii !Aberdeen . lAmbg. Nottng. Bost. di Eastn. June....... Blrmng. Wolverh. di Stour Va11ey......... Birkenhcl. Lnesh. (11 1 1 Cheshire Janet Do. Chesh. & Birk., l £5O & £25 Cons.... Po., £2o_ Bristol & Exeter.. Caledonian. Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon.... 1 Cork, Black. & Pass. Dublin&Belfast June. Dundee Perth &Aber• deep Junction Do. New . East Anglian (£25 L. & E. & L. & D.)..... Do., (£lB E. & H.). Eastern Counties.... Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. 5h.... Do., d 0... Do., B. C.. East Lancashire . . . East di West Ind. Dk • dr Binning. June.... Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles... Edinb.Prth.&Thrndee Glasgow & S.Western Great Northern Stk.. Do., A. Stock .., Do., B. Stock ..: Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire. ) Great Western........ Iriob South-Eastern.. Lancaster & Do., Third 5............ !iancash. &Yorkshirel Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern L L Liv.Crsby.&Sonthpt. London & Blackwall ond. Tilb. & Sthend. Lond.Bright.& S. est. London & N. Western' o. Fifths 1 Do. ,10/.5h.,M&8...0 Loud on & S. Western Do., £5O. Do., £4O Lndndrry.&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Hanch.Shef. &Lineln.' Do., Man. & Lin. Mn.' Midland Do. & Derby Midland G.Wcst.(lr4 Do. i Shares ..... Newcastle & Carlisle.. Newmarket Do. Bury Extensions Newpt.Aberg.&Htfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint & Rostrevor Norfolk.. ..... IDo., New Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, N 0.1.. 0., No. 2......... ... Dc., ?-, A Deferred.... Do., 4 B Guaranteed North Staffordshire.. North Western........ N. & S. Westrn. Juuc. Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Birmg. Do., L. & N. Westn. Guaranteed Stock Shrewsby. & Herelll Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) - Do. Halves, do. Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yorksh. River Dun Do.. Stockton & Hartlepl. Thames Haven Dock and Railway... Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall.. ..... . Wrubledon &Croydon Woodford York Newctl. dr Ilerw. Do. Extensions Do. G. N. E. Purchase York & N. Midland 28 - 29 53 - 5i n - Di 7 - 6 :11 21 - 22 d 101 103 664 6711 22 224 253; 2 . ---- i.p. 8 - 9 5g __ 5i 3i . 4 12f -13 i 10/ -- 104 6 - n 71 - 72 53 - 56 70 - 72 28 . - 3.05 84 85 49 51 132 - 134 110 112 87i —87 i 74, 8 93 95 13. 1 2 —l4 p 77 —7B 4 3-3 d 15 —16 i 84 -- 8i 103 --1(,4 'II4A 115 lA ::, 2 p -- li 87 --88 p 6/ sld 5A -- 4A d 12 -- 13 19 -- 21 29i -- 30 3i lid 71A -- 72 40 -- 42 51 - 53 2i - 3 S - 9 50 - 52 38-2 d 334 54 5 ti 8,..i, - 9 1 48 - 50 94 - 96 52 - 61 64 - 66 73 76 li ldis 17 19 84 91 13 15 31 3id 20 21 70k - 704 35 36:11 13 -- 14 41 23 25 2i 3 14:i 154 9i 10, 33 9t 10; -- pa 69 70 7i 7id J 9 - Il all 100 all 100 42 34 all all 100 100 all 3 100 100 100 100 100 all all. 64 all 100 all 100 20 11i 100 69A 70 PREFERENCE SHARES. St. 100 Aberdeen...... 92 • - 96 5 all Do., No. 2,7 p. c 88 - 92 St. 100 Bris. & Ex. 4p.c. St 107 • - 109 20 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares — St. 100 Caledonian £lO lOB 110 15 all Chester & Holyhead Guar. 51 per cent 191 .- 201 61 34 Ce rk &Daudon sp. o A•t- fpm 6. all Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction 61 31 all EastA nglian (£3los) 6 per cent. 4 44 5 all Do. (R 5) 7 percent 4 - 54 7i 2 Do. (11717 s) 7p. ct g lip 61 all Eastern Counties Ex tension, sp. c. No.l 1 —2l p pm 6f, all Do., No. 2 1 - 2 p 10 all Do., New 6p.c. St l4/ 15 20 all Eastern Union, Scrip • Guar. 6 per cent lB 184 St. 100 EastLancash. 6p. cts — 5 all Edinb.Prth.&Dunde, 51 'per cent...... . St. 100 Glasgow & S.Western guar. 5 per cent. St. 106 Great Northr 5 p.c l2 B. 130 St. 100 Do. sp. c., Redeem , at 10 p. c. prom 64 all Gt. Southn. &Westu. (Ireland) Eighths Bl 50 6 Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. sp. c.) 6 - 74 St. 100 G. West. fixed4lp c. 105 - 107 16 6 Lan. & York. F. £2O, 4 d par St. 100 Do., 6p. c., Stock... 152 154 St. 100 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c... St. 100 Do. Pref., sp. c. St. 50 all Do. Convertible, sp. c. , 1852 . - - St. 100 Do. New Guar. 6 p.c. 154 157 50 5 London &S. Western, Con. Thirds 3l 4 p 121 10 Londonderry& Coler 1 Shares 121 all Londy. & Ennis lSh 13 _. 14ft 25 all Manch. ,Shef. , & Lin., Shares, No. 1...... 8 9 10 all Do. New, £10......... 10/ 11 a P 124 all Marypt.&Carl. 4p. c. 121 all Do. 44 per cent....... p 121 81 Do — St. 100 Mid. Consol. Gp.c. St. ... St. 100 Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent.... 150 152 16i 5 Do. Pref. 41 per cent. 1— 4 p 20 all Norfolk Extension... 11" 118 5 all Do. Guar, 51 per ct.. 118 122 2 all Do. Way. Val. 5p c St. 100 North British . 20 a ll North Staffordshire 251 261 St. 100 Oxford Worcester & Wolverh. £15,6 p. c. 15 12 Do l/ lip 8 all Shrews& Birm. N. G lO/ 114 10 ' all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min),B p. c. 171 181 10 10 Do. 5 per cent.. 1 1 p 25 all South Devon 14 : 1; 151 10 l 4 Do. New Par 1.0.6 all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 Os.6d. 26 261 20 all S.Yorksh.4p.c.G;iar. 191 20. 5 3 Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. id par St. 100 York Newcastle and Berwick,4 p.c.Pref. 103 105 17 SDo 54 51 25 10 York& N. Midland H &S. Purch I 1 p 10i FOREIGN. 10 3 Antwerp&Rotterdam 16 1 d 5 3 BelgianEastn. Junct. 1 16 20 4 Bsziers to Graissessac d 20 all Charleroi & Erquelin. 14 15 20 10 Dijon andßesangon 1 2 p 20 8 Dutch Rhenish l6 1 dis 6i 20 all East Indian 20 1. Do. Extension .... 1 —16 p 5 all Gt. Indi an P en i nsula 1/ 27 20 10 Gd. Janet. of France 6 1 p 96 206 153 Gt. Westernof Canada Shares id p 5 1 Lucca & Pistoja sp.c pref.. ..... . ........ id 20 15 Luxeinbourg 10 10 Do. (Railway) 4 4A 5 2 Do. 3 Do. (Canal) ld ig 10 2 Do. 6p. ct. pref 6 d 20 9 Lyons & Mediterran . ..p 20 4 Madras — 2 p 20 all Namur & Liege (with interest) 7 7i 20 all Do. (ex interest) — 16 all Northern of France 35 -35 A 20 all Do. 201. 3p. c. Bds • (fmy. B. &Ams. Shs.) 14i 14 10 all NorwegianTrunkPref 86 9 8i 20 10 Paris and Lyons l6 166 20 all Paris and Orleans 4l 43 20 all Paris and Rouen 4l 43 20 all Paris and Strasbourg 35i 36 20 4 ParisCaen&Cherbrg. 36 46 10 7i Quebec &Richmond 6d. par 20 all Rouen and Havre 196 206 20 all Sambre and Meuse Bl 10 4 Do. 56 p. ct. pref — • 20 2 S th-Eastrn. of France . •• • 20 4 Southern of France 4 —5 P 20 2s. Upper India Scrip 6 ;,• 1 • 1) p si all West Flanders 4i 2100 108 D w o e . s t s e 6 r u p e o r f c F . r P a r n e e f e . t. l? r 4 , , a : , p :.0 2 West. of Switzerland 20 6 Zealand... .......... 2 MIIIIII 1 1 liP P par 1 P P a Par i t - *P 7 —9 4 5i 47, 5i 31 - 32 d 45 47 1 lij 11 12 65 75 8 9 P 2 —1 di 1 1 5 17 d d d par i B Par C - p 1 p d par P 26 28 7 8 6 7 pm 9 it 4 Id— p d— par d— par JOINT-STOI BANKS. 'Australasia - 84 British N. American Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China Colonial Commercial of Lond English Scottish and Australian I PI Lond. Chart. Bk. oi Australia #d - P 11 1H London and County London Joint Stock Lond. & Westminster London Bank of Aus tralia and India National of Ireland Oriental Bank of Corporation ... - .. • 50 - r,2 Do. New Provincial of Ireland l Do. New Royal Australn.Bkg. & Gold Imp Co South Australia Union of Australia Do. New Union of London Union of Madrid par 48 50 73 MISCELLA 0 - US Australian Agricult. Australsn .Pcific. Mail Australn. Royal Mail Brit. American Land Canada Crystal Palace.., Crystal Pal. of France Eastern Steam Electric Teleg. of Ir Gen. Steam Navigat General Screw Steam Irish Beetroot Sntrar Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel Netherlands Land Nrth. orEurope Steam Peninsular & Oriental Do. Do. Royal Mail Steam South Austral. Land Submar. Telegraph Univeral Emigration and Colonization...., . I Van Diemen's Land l6 17 59 - 61 70 - 75 65 - 70 21 - 2,p1 - ... 38 - -- 'do MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY) COVENT GAREN. 0 1/ The supplies of vegetables we every extensive Vs e , demand ruled steady. In fruit only a limited was doing. FRurr.—Pine apples, -8s Od to 12s Od ; hot-hour ' 4s to 10s; Hambro ditto, Os to Os Od per lb ; apple s ' ; y 6 :4, 12s Od to 15s Od. ; cooking ditto, 6s to 12 s p e r bushe l 6 Os Od to Os per dozen ; le mons , i s t o 2 s Od ; 10 0` 0 , 4s to lOs per 100 ; pomegr ana t es , Od to Od each ; 5s per peck ; Barcelona nuts, 20s per bushel ; c' $ O 4 , s per 1001bs. ; chesnut s , 8 s t o 20 s p er b u shel , berries, 6d to is Od per dozen ; peaches and ue' 18s to 24s per dozen. I° l3°' VEGETABLES.—Cabbages, is to 2s Od ; B russ els -P l; 2s Od to 3s Od p er h a lf s i eve ; brocoli, 3s to 6s l 2s 6d to 4s Od per dozen bunches ; French beans, PA, , " P. l l;' 100 ; asparagus, is t o 4 s per bundle ; `r", Os Od per basket ; rhub ar b, 3d t o O s 8d per bun dle tol' e i3 ,' flowers, Od to Os per d ozen ; po t a t oes, 100 s to 170sidor; turnips, 3s Od to 4s Od • carrots 6s Od to 8s Oct bunches ; cucumbers, Os 4d to is 6d each ; celery o is Gd per bundle ; sp;_naoh, 2s Od to 3s Oct per old onions, 6s Od. to lOs Od per bushel ; spring de,, j to ' 4 l ' per bunch ; leeks, 3d to 4d per b unc h shallots, 'T. seld garlic, 6d to 8d per lb ; endive, 2 s 2d to 3s Od g to 9A small salad, 2d to 3d perpunnet; horse-r a ddi s h,lo° - vsr' per bundle ; mushrooms, is 6d to 2s Od per pottlfi ;, 1 4 41 2s Gd to 4s Od per dozen bunches ; turnip green de to is 6d per bushel ; cabbage lettuces, 6d to 1 0 S to radishes, 6d to is per dozen hands ; potatoes, eu_.,, , e o, dozen ; frame potatoes, is to 2s per lb. ; goosebel l o t. to 4s per half sieve ; currants, is 6d to 2s per bas NEWGATE AND LEADENHALI'• , s Geese, 4s Od to 7s Od ; Turkeys, Os Od to Os e a o, t o 1 0, 0 , 2s Gd to 3s 6d; tame Rabbits, is 6d to 2s Od; te m ? to ls 2d; Pigeons, 6d to 10d each ; roasting igs,eL ns , each; Surrey Fowls, Gs Od to 9s 6d; ditto Chie' r ce, 11 " . , to 7s Od; barn-door Fowls, 3s 6d to 6s Od P o d' Pheasants, Os Od to Os Od; Partridges, Os Oct to 0 8 0 00, '" e ti , 2s Od to 2s 9d; Leverets, Os Od to Os Od; Woed, c , c,d; to 3s 6d; Grouse, Os to Os Od; Snipes, 9d to is 0, iOP 6d to 9d; wild Ducks, 1s 3d to 2s Od ; ttA is Od; and Plovers, 6d to is each. English B,e;-i, oo 8s 3d; French ditto, Gs 6d to 7s Oct per 120; 10d to is ld per lb. r y BREAD. f The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolig 3' 7d to 8d; of household ditto, 5d to 6d per 411 P . 1° NEWPORT. 0 684; 0 4 ' Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 03; Mutton, 3s sa 6 , 1 5s 4d to 68 6d ; Veal, 4s 4d to 5s Od; Pork, 0 " per 81bs. WHITECHAPEL. to 'i?; Beef from 2s 10d. to 4s Od ; Mutton, 3 5 `"porli Lamb, 5s 2d. to 6s 4d ; Veal, Is 0:1 to 58 Oa; . . to 4s 4d per 81bs. by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. Coci fij Os 0 s o l o 'l l Turbots, 5s 0d to 12s Od Brills, Os Od to i 63,. Os Od to Os each ; . Salmon, is 6d to 1810 d Pe., t io'; to 2s Od per pair ; Eels, 6d to lid perlb ; - 1 - 1 " . 6 0 ps' 2s Od ; Crabs, 6d to 2s Od ; Whitings, 3s 6(1 to Col r Doreys, 2s 6(1 to 10s Od; Mullets, is to 58 st il; Os °E P', Oysters, 6s Od to 108 Od; Natives, 36s Od csiP e ;ol bsh.; ackerel, 8d to 9d each ; Smelts, 6(1 to ls ci pe r 5 , 4 Scats, 6(1 to 10(1 per lb; Shrimps, is 6d to 2 „s . r iog s v'jr4 Bloaters, is ld to 2s 3d per dozen; Fresh - 0-ej h ; lo to 3s 9d per 100 ; Haddocks, 4d to is Od e r „, e0 01 1 ..0" 5s to 7s per 100 ; Carp, is Od to 2s Od each; cb ; to 2s Od per brace ;- Gurnets, 6d to is Od 6(1 per lb.; Salt Fish, 2(1 to 5d per lb. HIDES AND SKINS. t‘ to Viv?,P l ,', Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 2id to 2id ‘ ,„; 6 ,1! 1 '3,1-a i , to 3d; 721 b to 801 b, 3d to 3id; solb to 6 " 1 " 41`'4ie. 1 881 b to 961 b, 36d. to 4d; 961 b to 1041 b, 4(1 c}} to 1121 b Od to Od. Horse hides, 6s Od to Osr,"0,1; k t; light, la Od to 3s Od; ditto, ful, 5s Od to r f i e j.P sheep, 9s fid to ns Od; Kents, 9s Od to lOs 10; 9s Od. to 10s Od ; Downs, 6s Od to 8s 6(1; 1 . 15° 3s 6(1; and Shearlings, is 2d to is 4d. to ° eV, HAY MARKETS. 41 los ; r SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 3/ Os i t . ° 4/14 0 P e ditto, 4/ Os to 5/ lOs ; and straw 1/ " Supply moderate, and trade tolerAly 40002 t CUMBERLAND. — Meadow hay, 36 3s :jj 1 r ditto,.4/ Os to 5/ 8s ; and straw, 1/ Ss to Trade steady, at full prices. -------;--------. priS DA ' i) LLOYDS' SHIPPING. — (r ---- ? l ------4.--- --- E•; i isi bY ,/ LONDON, June 4.—Wind at Noon, ' breeze, and cloudy. f ila fr :V :i" YARMOUTH, June 3.—The Times 0 - nu ! a nd , 1 castle fOr London, got on the Hasbro''Sa , ~,,I, s ii4 doned, as she was fast breaking up ,• crew* PaYir e - a .....50 4 , TORBAY, June 3.—Wind, S.W. -A rril Monte Video, and sailed for London. 00 ' 1 1 ' bound..!?„10;151 DuBLIN, June 3.—The Times (s), abnurwahsetrowboeildebrayekes;tetrhdiarytyevoefntihneg,prooffsetnijgeoslo4 t4° 0 the crew severely scalded. , , 1 14i ei l GIBRALTER, May 29.—The .a.lstrologer .1 , .. 4 ., ;,- 1. Malta, &c., has put in here, and landed a P ''' ,lis g! i ? damaged from fire during the voyage. „ s to et o. l - O P O . l‘ CADIZ, May 26.—The Stewart M e lds 4 ft!i ~ o o f was driven on the rocks off the fortress u_orta/Y,,,$ during a severe gale, at W.S.W., yesterdaysrer toci it is feared, will become a total wreck ; D iv ' crew drowned. .-------------"'"'"-.."•—._ BIBTLFS. 1: 04/ °l° OF A RION. De to' On the Ist inst., at 49, York -terrace, Reg of wife of P. bough's Hadlow, Esq. On the 26th ult., the Rev. S. J. Butler. 0 ---- :13tFlenDriAtII:ficTuElult.b. 0 1 ; ' MARRIED• Arno. sec ° o o 11, On the 2d inst., at Eltham, Kent , tc:, fsicl, of John Courage, Esq., of Dulwich, .0. _..,......y daughter of the late Lientenant-Colouek, _ A ffor G°' R.A., S.H., Surveyor-General, Cape of e el .' DIED. 1-I) l ' eeft I ' l Orland, ilo /lila On the 2d inst., in Great Cuinberl3°` 00 110 0 Lord Dacre, in his 76th yer boo/C On the 29th nit William Wilson, b scl., / Aftrill ) „, 1 4 .. °. ti LONDON : Printed and Published bY , u , Ofi—', o o l,- of No. 112, Strand, Printer. at Dte . :, ha Strand, in the Precinct a tho savoy, ~ Middlesex, Saturday, Jun e 4 ' 1853. h'i'lh(—Lus—e-2.5.: Scotland -street, • ;11,00/44 all all all all all 13.5 24i 30 20 1 40 11021 G 7 6i 71 71 i 714 ;8415 50 1 133 pm 77A i 103 1141 i I 1 2 29i 711 1 50 50 100 20 5 25 all 1 33A 2A 50 100 5 4 20 A gaa Fria Anglo Californian Australasian Australian Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold Ave Maria Baden (Gd. Duchy of) British Austrin. Gold British Iron Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm Do. Cocaes & Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Carsons's Creek Cobre Copper Colonial Gold Copiapo Copper Min. of Eng. Do. Pref. 7i p. cent. English and Austin. Copper Smeltg. 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