The Sun. — London, England, 1847-05-21 00:00:00

LONDON, ;CRIDAY. MAY 21, 1847. Dissension must still continue prevalent in Por tugal, for the Juuta are naturally sceptical as to the sincerity of a SOVEREIGN who has so shamefully and incessantly deceived the country, and the members of the Provisional Government of Oporto consequently demand guarantees for the fulfilment of the arrange ments proposed by Colonel WrLDE. It is impossible to regard the conduct of the popular party in this particular with any degree of astonishment. Having - by extraordinary perseverance and remarkable intel ligenoepbtained the supremacy in that portion of the Perasula, the leaders of the revolted Portuguese are vamp-reasonably unwilling to renounce the advan -I._ have so arduously acquired, at the ,- • ,- 5 ,4*, .:: - ...k1.- - - -joy 1 S first hint of a concession on the part of MARIA DA Gnome, without beforehand en suring to themselves and their compatriots the blessings of a constitutional Government, and the redress of their many indisputable grievances. Were they to act otherwise:they would be unworthy of the confidence reposed in them by the multitude ; they would be rashly confiding the liber ties of a partially emancipated race to the hands of a violent and revengeful faction. Our Plenipotentiary is returning, therefore, to Lisbon with his pacific mission unfulfilled, and the consequence of this ineffective interference on .the part of the British Go-, ernment remains involved in the most profound obscurity. So far we have acted as a generous nation should act towards a friendly power; but we cannot conceive for a moment that the Ministers of our Gracious SOVEREIGN will have the temerity or the cruelty to proceed fur ther by sending out an armament for the assist ance of Queen MARIA and the conquest of a people who have arisen as our ancestors did in 1688 ; especially as the Portuguese are less stringent than our forefathers in the sacrifices demanded in expiation of the abuse of the monarchical authority. We would not rest contented without the dethronement and expatriation of the Second JAMES, they are only solicitous to associate the system of national repre sentation with the moderate regal supremacy of MARIA DA GLORIA. We declared emphatically and definitively for WILLIAM of Orange, they have sedulously abstained from pronouncing in favour of Dom MIGUEL. Now, leaving ottt of the question the religious differences which were prevalent in England at the close of the Stuart dynasty, we main tain very distinctly that the Queen of PORTUGAL has proved immeasurably more culpable in her behaviour towards her subjects than did JAMES 11. towards the population of these islands. Knowing, therefore, in its fullest extent, the culpability of MARIA DA GLORIA, we cannot but regard with a sentiment ap proaching to admiration the moderation of the de mands made by the principal men of the still pre vailing revolution ; and we are loth to imagine that the liberal Cabinet of Lord Join( RUSSELL would proceed against a cause so national, so patriotic, and, as we have just intimated, so moderate as that of which the Junta is the acknowledged centre. Whether it be from a natural indignation arising from that abstract principle of justice which influences every reasonable man, on the contemplation of such a spectacle of mal-administration as that which has long been visible in the Palace and the Minis terial apartments of Lisbon, or whether it arises from the kindred feeling inspired by our noble and benignant constitution, it is certain that our sym pathies are enlisted to the very uttermost in the for tunes and position of the insurgent thousands of Por tugal. Hitherto the commanders of the Junta have done nothing whatever to render odious the cause in which they have taken up arms ; and most assuredly their opponents have as yet acted in no way to jus tify them either on the score of policy or humanity. North of the Douro and south of the Tagus the pro vinces of Portugal are in the undisputed possession of the insurgent armies ; the Castle of Vienna has been occupied and its Royalist defenders captured ; Ma deira, Terceira, and Fayal have revolted against her MAJESTY'S Government ; even the capital is in a state of deplorable ferment, if not of open insurrec tion; the soldiers of SALDANHA are visibly dimi nished in number and perceptibly deteriorated in character ;—the consequence of all this must be the ultimate submission of Queen MARIA to the demands of the Junta unless there should be an armed inter ference on the part of Spain and England. Such an interference, at least on our part, we are most un willing to anticipate. The questions brought forward by Mr. MOFFATT in the House of Commons last night are well worthy of, and we trust will speedily receive, the attentive consi deration of the Government, with a view to the removal of the grievances by which the distillers of British spirits are injuriously affected. The many heavy charges on the National Exchequer, the depreciated state of the Money Market, and the monetary embar rassments of the country, afford sufficient grounds for the present opposition of the Chancellor of the Exche quer to any propositions, from the adoption of which even a temporary diminution of revenue might be sustained. He has already brought forward his financial statement for the year, and he will have no means of providing for any deficiencies that might he occasioned by the introduction of new regulations. This, therefore, may serve as a sufficient reason why there should not be an immediate change in the system ; but if it appears that its effect i , to create a gigantic monopoly, to cast the entire trade of the country into the hands of a few firms of enormous capital, to impose undue restrictions on the trade of the Scotch and Irish distillers, and, finally, to compel the consumers to pay a sum far more than an equivalent for the corresponding benefit to the revenue, a case is made out for an early change, by which these evils may be obviated. The first objectionable point relates to the differences that exist in the warehousing privileges with respect to colonial and British spirits. The former can be bonded, and the producer or importer is not required to pay the duty thereon until he has found a pur chaser and it is about to be brought into actual con sumption. It is unnecessary to say how great are the advantages derivable from this regulation, more es pecially when it is considered that the duty amounts to 200 or 300 per cent. on the original value of the article. The same fa cilities, however, are not afforded to the Scotch and Irish distillers. They must pay the duty within a certain limited time, or submit to great disadvantages. They are compelled to charge their customers a profit on their entire outlay, not merely on that occasioned by the production of their goods, but also on the Excise duty. Compound interest at the rate of ten or fifteen per cent. per annum on the amount of that duty is therefore immediately added to the charge which must be defrayed by the con sumer. But this is not the only, or even the chief mischief : by reason of those stringent regula tions the entire trade is placed in the hands of a few large capitalists, who are enabled to regulate the retail prices, and practically to exclqde the Scotch and Irish from entering into competition. We desire no advantages for our home producers; we have never joined in the cry of protection for any branch of our manufactures. All that should be accorded is a clear stage and no favour, but to that they are manifestly entitled. It is no longer a demand for - protection, but for justice to British interests The second hardship to which the British distiller is subjected is, that duty must be paid on all spirits going from the distillery to be rectified. Mr. Mot.- FATT suggests the propriety of permitting that spirit to be rectified in bond for exportation, and also of allowing rectified spirits and compounds to be ware housed for exportation; in other words, that in place of the exporter being allowed a drawback on the quantity sent out of the country, that no duty whatsoever should be paid, certain restrictions being adopted to prevent the commission of fraud. The only conceivable ground on which these vexa- • tious regulations can be justified is, that it would otherwise be impossible to protect the revenue. If this difficulty can be satisfactorily provided for there is an end at once to the opposition. We are convinced that these are not insuperable obstacles) and that every objection can be adequately met. The Excise authorities, however, are not the parties who should be permitted to adjudicate on the ques tion; they will naturally oppose any alteration by which additional trouble would be imposed on their department. A Parliamentary Committee, who would have the fullest opportunity of examining witnesses on ma e t t v e e r r s y s o s i d in e , a t i e s ri t a h l l e y fitt affecting ng branch of the he commerce of the country. The general slothf u lness f taking the i n iti at i ve for the o removalGo‘. — Governments rf p e rorve which e fo h rb r m i a the t ei 0 n i s os p e of ent p s ublic in Apeide-ltoi et Dieu t'aidera, si g sig r a i l e i v tm. a a n x e l e i vm s reeqauntraed they should hieshould never l ose strictly depend upon themselves the good ness of the cause they espouse for success, without placing any reliance upon the voluntary efforts of men in power. If the evil complained o f b e wrought under the sanction of any authorised pu bli c body of vast influe nce, and its members should consider the desired remedy would prove de trimental to their pecuniary interests, to rely upon ' their smooth promises is tantamount to resting upon a broken reed. The conduct of the East India Com pany with respect to the monopoly of salt lament ably attests the truth of these observations. In 1834, Mr. GEORGE WILBRAHAM, formerly M.P. for South Cheshire, brought this matter under the con sideration of Parliament; the evils of the system were then clearly elucidated, and the fairest assurances were immediately proffered that the entire subject should be carefully reviewed, in order to rid the Indian natives of the harsh and cruel consequences entailed upon them by the existence of this iniquitous monopoly. The authorities at the Last India House confessed, generally, their ignorance of the state of things which had called forth Mr. WILBRAHAM'S philanthropic exertions, and eased themselves of all reproach by alleging that the local government had the exclusive management of all that related to the manufacture of salt, and the exorbitant prices at which it was sold to the public. For the last thirty years millions of the poor inhabitants of India have re mained subjected, with little or no improvement, to the continuance of as heartless a commercial usurpa- tion as ever disgraced a public body. We use the word usurpation advisedly, for we cannot discover any clause or expression in the East India Company's Charter authorising them to manufacture salt, and it is no torious that when it was conferred the intention of the Legislature was to deprive the company in toto of their former commercial privileges ; but, whether they have the power or not, with those who will be at the trouble to bestow a very moderate share of reflection on the subject there can be but one opinion as to the course to be adopted. Policy, justice, and humanity unite in demanding the extinction of the monopoly. In the first place, the supply of salt •is miserably inadequate to the wants of our Indian population. Their chief food consists of rice, which, unseasoned by salt, is not only insipid, but affects the physical condition of the consumer in the most serious man ner. In the next place, the article sold by the Com pany's agents is deteriorated to a most abomi nable extent. A very influential meeting was held yesterday in the Hanover-square Rooms, when an association was formed to do away with the monopoly in question. Specimens of the company's salt were then produced. Inspection produced as tonishment and disgust. The poor persons who pur chased it, at a price which absorbed one-ninth of the earnings of their labour, found it contained but one fourth of salt, the remainder consisting of common earth. What must be the feelings of millions towards our Government when they are thus shamefully fleeced for this "horrible stuff ?" Our indignation, too, is the more keenly aroused when it is known that disease, pestilence, and death make fearful ravages among the population, unless they can provide themselves in some shape or other with the commodity of salt. We rejoice, then, at the association which has at length sprung into existence, and sure we are that, with only common energy, their humane object will be speedily attained. A letter dated Rome, the Ist inst., published is the Augsburgh Gazette, announces that the POPE had given orders that a regular budget of the revenue and expenditure of the Roman States should be pub lished; and further, that the regular clergy had offered to lend his HOLINESS several millions of scudi at a reduced rate of interest. "If this offer be realised," observed the Augsburgh Gazette, " the finances of the Roman Government will soon be come unembarrassed." The same paper publishes another letter, dated Rome, the 28th ult., which states that for some time past the number of clan destine printers bad considerably increased, and, in consequence, several persons had been arrested. A letter from St. Petersburgh, of the 7th, announces, in the most certain terms, that the Emperor of RUSSIA. has decidedly been obliged, in compliance with the advice of his physicians, to renounce the journeys which his Imperial MAJESTY proposed shortly to make to Warsaw and Stutgard. We are, never theless, happy to be able, on the authority of the same letter, to give the assurance that the state of health of his MAJESTY, though still requiring a good deal of care, is 'far from presenting any character to cause the slightest alarm. Madrid papers of the 14th inst. have arrived. It was rumoured that the attempt to form a Sala manca-Narvaez Cabinet had failed, and that the financial measures of SALAMANCA would be carried into effect by royal decree. Among the persons pre- sent at the levee at Aranjuez were Senors OLOZAGA, AIENDIZADAL, SALAMANCA, ROS DE OLANO, PA CHECO, and Generals SERRANO and JCSE CONCHA. The Tiempo states that on the 12th there left Sa lamanca two battalions of the Asturias regiment, with some cavalry and artillery, for Alcanias, on the fron tier of Portugal. It would appear that this rein forcement had been demanded by the governor of Zamora, under the following circumstances. DAS ANTAS, in pursuing a battalion of the troops of DONNA MARIA, violated the Spanish territory, and eighty of his men having been taken prisoners, were removed to Zamora. The Governor of Zamora having refused to surrender them, the insurgent chief had threatened to recover them by force. MADaxr BOLSA, MAY 14.—The Three per Cents, were done at 30% for cash ; the Four per Cents. at 18%; the Five per Cents. at 19; the Debt without Interest at 5%; and the Coupons at 16. s -!-.': ,--‘ !t' . :::' ,- 4, -.; c • C' \,4_,_ , NI THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING TIIfS EVENING Now ready at all the Libraries, In 2 vols., THE JESUIT AT CAMBRIDGE. IEORGE STEPHEN. Henry Colburn, sex, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready the Libraries, in 3 vols., post Bvo., A Or, THE APPARITION ° . Y, By Mrs. THOMSON, Author of " Widows and Widowers," " Ragland Castle," " The Chevalier," &c. " ' Tracy' pOssesses excellent construction, and continued variety of aCtion. The characters are sketched with a masterly hand, true to nature, and yet marked by traits of individuality, which throw over them an originality, and prove how acutely the artist must have observed."—Literary Gazette. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. itAILWA SHAICY, 111" PUISLIC tiALE. MESSRS. LAMOND and Co. , RAILWAY' j SHARE AUCTIONEERS, beg to thank their Frien ds tad the Public for their continued support and patronage. and to announce that their Public Bolas of Railway Shares, fcc.. sake place every TUESDAY and Fainar. at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, thymus, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully requested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day Previous to their being offered ; and advices of results will be ibrwarded by the first p os t after the sale, and the proceeds imme diately disposed of according to instructions. Office'. Hall of Commerce. Threadneedle-street. London. HER IA,TESTY'S THEATRE. rirat appearance, this season, of Mcllle. Carlotto b Grisi. Med TO-MORROW EVENING, Saturday , May 22, will e perfOr Donizetti's Opera, entitled LUCIA DI LA3IMERMOOR. Lucia, Mad. Castellan; Edgard°, S i gn or Fraseldni; Bidebent. Signor Solari ; and Enrico, Signor Coletti. To conclude With the revivea Ballet (by M. Perrot), entitled LA ESMERALDA. The principal characters by I.ldlle.Carlotte Grist (her first appear ance), Mdlle. Copere, and nidme. P. Stephan. M. St. Leon, M. Gosselin, and M. Perrot. Pit Tickets may be o btained, as usual, at the Office of the Theatre, Price 10s. 6d. each. HER. MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public, are respectfully in formed, that a grand EXTRA NIGHT will take place on THURS DAY next, May 27. on which occasion Mdlle. Jenny Lind will ap pear in one of her favourite characters. To be followed by various Entertainments in the Ballet Depart ment, combining the talents of Mdlle. C. Grisi, 3fdlle. L. Grahn, Mdlle. C. Rosati, Mdme. P. Stephan, and Mdlle. Cerito. M. Perrot, and M. St. Leon. The Free List is suspended, the Public Press excepted. The doors open at Seven. The Opera to commence at Half-past Seven o'clock. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. TO-MORROW, Saturday, May 22, will be performed Rossini's Opera Buda, IL BARBIERI DI SEVIGLIA. _ Rosins, Mdme. Persiani ; Berta, Mdme. Bellini ; Almativa, Signor Salvi ; Figaro, Signor Renewal; Bartilo, Signor Revere ; Basilio, Signor Marini. To conclude with the new grand Ballet, in three Acts, entitled LA SAL OIANDRINE. ( Composed M. flags, the music composed and arranged by Signor Curmi, the scenery by Messrs. Grieve and Telbin.) Frincipal aaracters by Mcille. Fanny Elssler and Mdlle. Dumilatre also Mdlles. Bertin, Neodot, Be Melisse, Delechaux, O'Bryan, and M. Petipa. Tickets, Stalls, and Boxes to be obtained at the Box-oilice, Bow street ; and at Cramer, Beale, and Co.'s, 201, Regent-street. The Doors will open at Half - past Sev en o'clock, and the Opera will commence at Eight. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Maia%gement of Mr. i. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Comedy, called TEMPER. Sir lifarma dake Topple, Mr. Farrell ; Sir Charles Tempest, Mr. Hudson God frey, Mr. Tilbury; Umerson,' Mr. Webster ; Cyril Tempest, Mr. Howe; Lady Tempest, M r s. Seymour ; Mrs. Her bert, Mrs. Glover ; Florence Wilmot, Mrs. Fortescue; Miss-FLlding, Mrs. Humby. After which, the FOUR HUNGARIAN INSTRUMENTAL VO CALISTS will give their imitations of various instruments, with the onl Lips y. To conclude with TEIE INVISIBLE PRINCE or, The Island of Tranquil Delights. Will be performed the original Drama, called THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST ; a Gipsy Story. Cheap Jcbn, Mr. Wright ; Ishmael, Mr. 0. Smith ; the Kinchin, Mr. P. Bedford; Leybourne, Mr. Worrell ; Cynthia, Madame Celeste ; Lemuel, Miss Woolgar ; Starlight Bess, Mrs. Fltzwilliam ; Lady Agnes, Miss Harding. To be followed by the Opera Bun Sketch, called JENNY LIND. Principal characters by Messrs. Wright, Paul Bedford, Lambert, Selby, Cullentord, and Miss Woolgar. To conclude with the Farce, called THE DOUBLE-BEDDED ROOM. Dulcimer Pipes, Mr. Lambert; Major Minus, Mr. Selby; Spigot, Mr. Callenford ; Joseph, Mr. Worrell ; Mrs. Deputy Lomax, Mrs. Laws ; Nancy Spigot, Miss Chaplin. PRINCESS'S THEITRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole bosee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed Shakvere's Tragedy of ROMEO AND JULIET. Prince Scan., Mr. Walton ; Paris, Mr. A. Harris; Montague, Mr. Honner; Capulet, Mr. Granby ; Benvolio, Mr. C. Fisher ; Romeo, Mr. Creswick , 3iercutio, Mr, J. Vining. Juliet, Mrs. Butler (her last appearance) ; La y Capulet, Miss Winstanley. After which, the new Farce, entitled 44. WIFE FOR AN HOUR. Principal characters by Messrs. Walton, Granby, Vining, Cowell, Compton, Mrs. Hughes, and Miss E. Stanley. To conclude with the new Farce, entitled THE SLEEPING DRAUGHT. Vincolo, Mr. Granby ; Bruno, Mr. Walton; Rinaldo, Mr. Fisher ; Popolino, Mr. Compton ; Gabrlotte, Mr. Cowell ; Yaldo, Mr. Smith ; Signora Francesca, Mrs. Hughes ; Nonna, Miss Stanley. TREATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley. Last Three Weeks of the present Management and Company. Will be performed PERSONA ABOtT 12 TO MARRY. Characters by Messrs. Mathews, n igan, Turner, Kinloch, Mrs. Woollidge, Mrs. Wigan, and Aires A: den. After which a new Farce, called WANTED A HERMIT. In which Messrs. Wigan, Turner, Kinloch, Keeley, Miss Arden, and Mrs. Keeley wll perform. To be followed by the new occasional Dramatic Sketch, called JENNY LIND AT LAST; or, The Swedish Nightingale. Charac ers by Mr. A. Wigan, Mr. Turner, Mr. Kinloch, Mr. Bellingham, 111 r. Bender, Mr. Yarnold, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with the new Burlesque Extravaganza, called THE WOOD DAIMON ; or, One o'Clock, In which Messrs. Keeley, A. Wigan, Y. Matthew:, Bellingham, Kinloch, Silver, Miss Dickinson, Miss Daly, and Mrs. Keeley will appear. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. THIS EVENING Will be perfermed the amusing Comedie. entitled L'ENF.A.NT TROUTE. Deibar, M. Regnier; Castelville, M. Cartigny ; Hen riette, Mdlie. Vallee ; Marianne, Mdlle. Khin. To conclude with the popular Comedle of LES DEMOISELLES DE ST. CYR. DuLouloy, M. Regnier; Charlotte de 31erian, Mdlle. Denain. Boxes, Gs. ; Pit, 39. ; Amphitheatre, 3 , .; Gallery, 2s. Boxes and Stalls may he engaged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library. 73. Bond-street; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from Eleven till Five. ETHIOPIAN .ERENADEIiS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. CLOSE OF TIIE EN'TERTAINMENT. The nobility, gentry, and th p ,Alit are respectfully informed, that the popular Entertainment given by the Eth oplan Serenaders, Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Germon, will be positively ter minated at the en i of the ensuing month of June, previously to the Rued departure of the Company for the Continent, on the sth or July. Since the commencement of this Entertainment, more than four hundred performances, public and private have been given in London ; and, notwithstanding the numerous vulgar imitations which hare been recently avempted in the metropolis, the unapproachabh superiority of the above party is established by their undiminished popularity and success. Durity , the few remaining weeks of their engagement, the performances will be continued every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday evenings, and a Morning Performance will take plats every Wednesday. The entertainmaits of tiro Thursdays during the month of June will he appropriated for the separate Bene fits of each me'nber of the Company. And, in order to produce an agreeable souvenir of the unparal:eled popularity o:' these perform - ances, it is intended to present to every visitor of the private boxes and stalls a portrait of the beneficiare in his private appearance. and also In his professional capacity, illustrating some favourite melody. Bach portraits will be executed from the life, in the finest style, by H. Maguire, Esq., and are already nearly completed. The benefits will be arranged in the following order:— • Thursday, .June 3, fur the benefit of Germon (tamharine), Thursday, .June 10 ditto Stanwood (accordion), Thursday, June 17 ditto White (banjo). Thursday, June '24 ditto Harrington (banjo), Thursday, July 1 ditto - Pell (bones) - previously previously to the last Farewell Performance, on Saturday Evening, July 3. Boxes and Stalls at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, 011 -Bond-street, and at the Ilox-office of the Theatre. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPIIITREATRE, Proprietor and Manager. Mr. William 'tatty. Under the patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal Last nights of the grand Equestrian and Dramatic Spectacles, pre vious to the Whitsuntide splendid productions. THIS EVENING Will be performed Lord Byrou's Dramatic Poem of TILE BRIDE OF ABYDOS ; or, The Corsair. Unequalled SCENES in •he CIRCLE, with the performances or the Arabian horse, Diqmond of the Desert ; the four Mexican Antipo dean A , tistes ; and the celebrated Clown. Mr. W. F. Wallet. To conclude with ZARAII ; or, The Gipsy Tribe of Bohemia. Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3n ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; I:pp:2 Gallery, 6(1. Commence every evening at Seven o'clock, ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. TIIIS EVENING Will be performed RV II; or, The Lass that Loves a Sailor, Bernard, Mr. Hicks ; Ruth, Miss Vincent. After which, THE Stilt' BOY ; or, The White Slave of Guade loupe. Julian, Miss Vincent. To conclude with JACK AND JACK' 3 BROTHER ; or, The Smuggler Fartmr cf Kent. Supported by the entire strength of the Company. Boxes, Is.; Half Price, 6d. Pit, 6d. ; Gallery, 3d. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Under the patronage of her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert. the Queen Dowager, &c. Open every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Ad.nission, Ore Shilling. _ _ . . The rroprietor begs to announce that he - has, at a considerable expense, erected a new Entrance, and a sna7;tatieent Walk, with flower borders, statues, and a Central Fountain, in front of the grand Pictorial Representation of THE TOWN AND BAY OF GIBRALTAR. The Menagerie contains many specimens, including the Giraffe, Gazelles, &c. The Promenade Concerts, conducted ny Godfrey. A representation of the Porcelain Tower of Nankin. The Gothic Bridge of Statues. The grand Pyrotechnic Di RALT splay, AR. representing the SIEGE Showing the commencement of the Bombardment, partial destruc tion of the Town, and Blowing up of the Battering Ships. Durisig the season, M. JELLIEN will give a series of Concerts; the Baud will consist of one h•-ndred Performers. The Royal South London Floricultural - Society will . hold thelr Grand Spring Flower Show, on Wednesday, slay 26. ILE WEATHER.—Sus OFFICE, MAY 21. TszamoBIZTER, Lowest, 47 ; Elighest, 65 ; Noon, 64. noMETER, 30.2 —WIND W.; fine. WA.TF “. AT TEL.IB DAY. .. 23 minutes Aft, 8. i Evening .. 48 andante, after 6. o , %Ott i'VY m_ws 4-7 41 - Nr , . 911 4 ';‘, . t i z .-:,-,.. cAt .._ '.11•µA ( 1 , ' %41 4 Vii: yk : ~,1 - ' ll t t ' n- 1, -, - ''',. '74".- ; • - . ' ' 4r, 4 P *:'-- . -.t ' e . ..- • • . 4;;;l i i;t i ;Viligik 'i4' . 414 4 -* - '' 41, 4•. . , , "1...; 'DI t r ~,,...:: ~, ,t ,': . ' 4, ,, T73.77' Ilk : 7.71,4%.4e-, ' •r. ,•• • ,"`. • - r ,, tP.'''''' . • '*" ' '' 4; - ''' i- .:...,_ THE SUN, LONDON,' FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 21, 1847. We have received the Paris papers of 'Wednesday, The discussion on the Bill for reviving the Royal Chapter of St. Denis still continues in the Chamber of Peers. The great speech of Tuesday was that of Count D'ALTON SURE, in opposition to the measure, in which he denounced the slavish maxims of the Court clergy, and the conduct of those who are Catholics (he might have said Christians), merely as they are French or Germans, who, having passed a life in religious indifference, mutter mechanically some Christian prayers on their death-bed. He was repeatedly called to order for this outbreak, which the President of the Cham ber declared was calculated to wound many men of courage and conscience in their most cherished sen timents. The Chamber of Deputies is engaged in the ex amination of the public accounts, which are by no means satisfactory; and the Ministry have endured several mortifying checks in the course of the ex amination. The Riforme gives the following account of the gambling affair at Chantilly : . "On Saturday evening, after the royal hunt, a number of games at cards, lansquenet and others, were played, and the courtiers took part in them with the liveliest interest. Oae of them, especially, a captain oa the staff, officer d'ordonnance of the Chateau, possessing a somewhat considerable private fortune, caused himself to be remarked among the players by reason of his excessive good luck. Heaps of gold and bank notes increased before him with such rapidity that in a little time his winnings rose to from 25,000 f. to 30,000 E This good fortune excited some suspicions, and some players, more clear-sighted than the others, believed that they re marked some extraordinary tricks. In spite of the title of the lucky player, the suspicious soon. became changed into certainty, and it was seen in effect that the official personage had concealed cards, and that he was perfectly practised. The lively indignation of the persons present will be con ceived. Monday it was known at the Chamber that M. son of the General of the same name, captain on the staff, officer d'ordonnance of Louis Philippe, had not been arrested and thrown into prison, as every body thought, but after having been dismissed had been allowed to take flight, and had actually taken his departure for America. M. Cr—, receiving 3,000 f. as Captain of the staff at Paris, 6,000 f. as officer of ordounance, was of course a member of the Le gion of Honour ; he bad, besides, some 10,000 f. of private income 1" DUCHATEL arrived in Paris from Havre on Tuesday afternoon. The Constitutionnel says— " It was reported on the Bourse that the administrators of the Lyons and Avignon Railroad were requested to call on Wednesday on the Minister of Finance, for the purpose, ac cording to some, of giving explanations respecting the dis sension which had arisen between the different companies that had united to construct the road, or, according to others, to be informed by the Minister of the decision adopted by the Council on Tuesday in its.regard. It appears that Ministers have determined to propose to the Chamber to exonerate the company from the construction of the branch to Grenoble, and to extend the concession by fifteen years. As respects the guarantee of an interest of 4 per cent., the majority of the Cabinet had been of opinion to refuse it." Bou IVIAzA, concerning whose treason to his nation there can now be no doubt, was presented to the Royal Family on Tuesday. It is said that he intends turning renegade as well as traitor, and abandoning his creed as well as country. Queen CHRISTINA arrived at Toulon on the 16th, where the Infante Don ENRIQUE and his wife had also arrived en route from Rome. The fleet of the Prince DE JOINVILLE was vic tualling at the dockyard, and would put to sea in a week. Throughout France the most sanguine expecte,- tions are entertained of an early and an abundant harvest. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Wed. nesday at 77f. 90c.; the Five per Cents., 115 f. 50c.; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,222 f. 50e. ; Rouen, 937 f. 50c.; Havre, 633 f. 75c. ; Great Northern, 5951. ; Avignon, 727 f. 50c. ; Vierzon, 575 f. ; Bordeaux, 505 f. ; Boulogne, 400 f. ; Troyes and Montereau, 2901. ; Basle, 185 f.; Dieppe, 3151. ; Paris and Strasburg, 418 f. 75c. ; Tours and Nantes, 405 f.; Paris and Lyons, 440 f ; Lyons and Avignon, 442 f. 50v.; Bordeaux and Cette, 442 f. 50c.; Spanish Three per Cents., 35 . a MnsirLLEs, MAY 15.-Marseilles and Avignon, 745.; Northern, 603 f. 75c. LYONS, MAY 17.-Paris and Rouen, 926 f. 25c. ; Avignon and Marseilles, 7271. 50c.; Yierz , n, 583 f. 75c. ; Northern, 601 f. 25c. ; Paris and Lyons, 433 f. 75c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 20. Boulogne and Amiens, 16—Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 14% —Namur and Liege, 3 1 4—Northern of France, 1034—Orleans and Bordeaux, 6—Paris and Lyons, 4%—Sambre and Meuse, 63. PORTUGAL. " LATEST FROM OPORTO. DEVONPORT, MAY 20. —The Jackal steamer, Lieu. tenant Commander George Western, arrived here this morning from Oporto, having been three days and five hours from port to port. The Jackal brings diipatches for Lord Palmerston. When the Jackal left Oporto Colonel \Vylde was there. He had been trying to induce the Junta to accept the terms which he had been instructed to offer by the Queen, but after deliberating more than a week, those terms had been declined by the Junta. It was generally believed that Don Miguel had landed at Villeconde, from an English brig, and that he had proceeded to Oporto. The Queen's troops had been starved out of the Castle of Vienna, after sustaining a siege of 56 days. Most of the officers and men were taken prisoners, but the Go• vernor and five officers escaped on board the Jackal, from which they were transferred to the, Polyphemus, and conveyed to Lisbon. The Gladiator and Polyphemus steam-vessels were at Oporto on Sunday when the Jackal left.—Herald. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 5,000 bales, of which 1,000 were American for exportation. The market closed rather firmly, and American sorts were higher, though in other descriptions no particular change occurred. For 3,500 bales American the rates obtained were 6 3 4 d. to 7 1 4 d. per lb. In Railway Shares there was a slight improve ment, and with an appearance of more confidence. There are accounts to-day of further rioting at Ghent, but in other respects the continental advices are more re-assur ing, as the measures taken by the several Governments to prevent the exportation of grain and afford more equal sup plies, have had the effect of reducing prices in many parts, and of restoring confidence likewise. Here, also, we are glad to note a fall in the price of wheat in Mark-lane, with a duller trade. The letters and papers by the Clyde steamer bring favour able intelligence from all the West India colonies. In De merara the weather was all that could be desired, and the planters even were satisfied. The labourers still appear to be in flourishing circumstances, another little " knot" of them having purchased a large estate at a given credit, but depositing at once a large sum. A conspiracy had been dis covered among the convicts at Massarony, who contemplated an attempt to escape into the interior. In Grenada the crop, it is estimated, will be nearly double that of last year, and from Barbadoes we are advised that the eeasen was unprecedentedly fine. The colonies generally have now a better prospect of " going a head" than for years past. The Public Securities have improved a little to-day, but as the " Wks" day thins the attendance, and the Jewish boll• days are on, there is not much doing. Consols realise 86'"A % for present transfer, and 86% S i for Thursday next ; Exchequer-bills realise Is. premium to Is. discount. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 87 1 /s to %. The Foreign Securities are quite neglected. Spanish Three per Cents. realise 33 3 /. The news from Lisbon has led to no bargains in Portuguese Bonds. Dutch Stock is firmer. Railway Shares are quiet. BRITISII FUNDS. CLOSING PRICES. 8534 ONE O'CLOCK. Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 85% % Three per Cent. Consols Annuities 86% % New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Ann.% 87 , A 3% Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 8% Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. 9 , 4 India Stock .. . India Bonds, 1,0001. .. Ditto, under 1,000/. .. 5 1 diS Consols for May 27 .. 86% h Exchequer Bills. 134 d. 2d. Three per Cent. Consols, Scrip •• . 2M dis 1,0001... 1 p 1 dis 2 p 5001. . .... 2 p par 4 p 4 p Ditto, Small .... 2 5 p 5 p ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. 87% 8% 9% 242 1 dis 87 FOREIGN FUNDS. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent .. Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. Ditto, 4 uer Cent .• • • • • • • Ditto, for the Account • • Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. MU°, Three per Cent 33 3 4 Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent .. 38 Dividends on the above payable in Landon. Dutch Two-and-a-flail per Cent .. 57% 58 58 Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 88 1 4 87% 87 Ditto, Bonds .. • • • • • • .. 87% 87% BUSINESS CLOSING DONE AT PRICES. ONE O'CLOCK. Aberdeen.. .. • • • • • •• 30 •• • . 22% ..........24 • Birmingham and Oxford Junction 10 .... 16 4 16 • • 16 Bristol and Exeter • • .• .. 75 Ditto, New .. • • .. .. 10 7 C.dedonian . .• .• •• •• 3 0 •. •. 2: ••• • • • .... 2' Ditto, Ilalf Shares .. •• Eastern Counties .. • • • • •• 20 18%44 Do. PerpeL, 5 per Cent. No. 1.61. 13s. 4d. -- ........ Ditto, ditto.. • • .. No. 2. 61. 13s. 4d. p ar lg p•• •• • Ditto, York Extension .. 7% ....... East Lancashire .. .. • • .. 17 .......... Ditto New .. • • • ..... East Lincolnshire .. 6% 7%34 Edinburgh and Glasgow .. 50 Ditto, Quarter Shares • • • • 12%,,,, 16 1 A .•• • .. Ely end Huntingdon .. • • • • 15 15 Great Northern _ .• • -31 e .. • • 1%1 .. • • .... PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES. PAID it 5% 16 1 4 13 17-1 Do., London & York Extension 2% „„ „ Great North of England . ..100 ...„ .......... Ditto, New .. .. • • .. .. 5 . . .. 58 „ „„ „ Great Western .. • • .. 85 „ ...„ „ Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 12% 15% .......... Ditto, Firths ........20 244 .......... 24 Ipswich awl Bury St.EdmundS .. 14 ....... Ditto ditto, and Norwich .. 8% „ „ 3 3% Leicester and Bedford .. IGs. 1 / 2 % dis .. • • % dis. Leeds and Thirsk •• _ • • 2G • .......... Ditto, Preference 6 per Cent. .. 3 % .. 3% London, Brighton, and S Coast.. 50 51 50% ...... 50% London an North-Western ..100 169 y 170 168, E 170 170 Ditto, Quarters L. and B. 7 .......... 2014 Ditto ditto, New Shares • • .. 2 ......., Ditto, 401. Shares M. &B. • • 40 .... 65 641,fi Ditto, 101. Shares M. &B. (B) 5 .... • • London and South-Western 411. 65:10d... 61 ••••• • • • • Ditto, New Consol. Eighths .. 40 .... 44% .. • • .... • • Ditto. Scrip • • • • • • • • .. 5 4 .• • • Lynn and Der - eliam •• 20 .... 20'A •. •• • 2 Manchester and Leeds .. .. • • 82 • • • Ditto, Fifths .. 5 .... 8 1 4 8.. 8 Ditto, Thirds (Reg.).. .. • • 71. 45..... % dls... •• • % dis Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425..... % 3 4 dis. ••• .• b dis Midland ..100 ....114 114 Ditto, New .. .. 36 .• 35 tq .• .• .• • 38% Do.. Consol. Bristol and Birm. per Cent. ..100 ....123% 124 124 Newcastle and Berwick .. .. 20 .• • . — Ditto, New .. • • .. .. 5 •... .. •••• • • • 6% Ditto,Extension s .. 10 .... 9% •••• • • • • Northern Counties Union .. 4 .... 1 North Pzttish • • • • .. .. 25 30'A .. •• • • • Ditto, Extension .. • • • • %••• • • „% •• • ***** • • North Staffordshire 7 •• • • •••• • • •• • • , 9 ., Oxford, Wor'ster. & Wolverhamp. 22% •• • • • • • •• • • 1 . Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 5 •• • • 4 7 % 5 4 3 A •• .. 4% Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. .... •• • • ...... 234 South Staffordshire • . 21. 125... dis.• •• • • yi dis South Eastern and Dovor 33% •• •—• Ditto. New (is 3. at 321.) No. 1. 20 .......... 193 y Do., New (d 0.331. 68.8 d.) No. 2. 12 .... .•••• • •• • • 11 Do.. New (do. 101.) .. No. 4. 5 N West Riding Union .. ..41.25..... 3,'t% dis dis Windsor. Staines, &S. Western.. 425..... 3 4 % p % p Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth 20 .... 11 •••• 11 York and Newcastle .. 25 .... 34% .. ••• •• 34% Ditto, New.. .. .. 10 13% sg •••••••• 13% Ditto, Preference .. 4 .... %.. • ... •. 6y 2 York sad North Midland .. 50 .... 82 • 82 Ditto. Preference • • .. .. 2 .... 9 ••••• • • • • • 9.71' FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens 0 .... 16 ...• .. •• .. 16 ford., Toul.. & Cette kConstituted) 2 •••- .• • ... 2 Namur and Liege 10 •• .. • • ........ Northern of France .. .. 8 .• • • 11% .... •-• • • • 11 Paris and Rouen .. 20 .... 35 ... 35% JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Union of Australia .. 25 .... 24 ..........24 MINES. Real del Monte, Unrenistered —••••3%••• • • • • • • • 3 11 63 9 % 61 441% LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAY 21.—Wind W.S.W., light breeze, and fine clear weather. DEAL, MAY 20. —Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Prince Albert, Jamaica. Arrd. from the River, Joseph Somes, for Hobart Town ; Cheapside, Ceylon ; Oriental , Bo mba y ; John Ander son, Demerara; Anna, St. Vincent; Creamore, Porto Rico; Australia. Matilda, Havannah ; Alicia St. Jago d e Cuba; Crusader, Honduras; Alexandria, Baltimore; Governor 11PLf.tan, Cape Coast Castle. Sld. Caesar, Demerara; S unda, Barbadoes ; Clipper, Gambia; Rebecca Jane, Guernsey; Adelaid e, South SOUTHAMPTON, MAY 20.—Wind N.W.—Ski. Ripon steamer, Alexandria. BRISTOL, MAY 20.—Wi n d N.W.—Arrd. Minerva, Trinidad. LIVERPOOL, MAY 20.—Wind W., fresh.—Arrd. Challenge, Dolby, Africa and Antigua ; Twenty-ninth May , Bisaon, Valparaiso; Pakenham, Barbadoes ; Madonna, New Orleans; Huron, Driver, Virginia. Sid. Atlantic, New York. CLYDE, MAY 18.—Arrd. Rapita, Roy, Havannah ; 19th, Duchess of Portland, Dickson, Porto Rico; Jamaica, Martin, Trinidad ; Antigua, Buchanan, Trinidad ; Euclid, Mobile. OFF EASTBOURNE.—PearI, Harrison, Mauritius. KINSALE, MAY 17.—Wind S.S.E.---..krrd. Undaunted, Brown, Philalelphia. CORK, MAY 18.—Wind S.S.E.--Arrd. Primula, Jack s on , Warren, Evans, Batavia ; Victoria, Sonder, Honduras ; Norfolk; William Edward, Philadelphia. 19. Gany made, Tower, Jamaica ; Auckland, William, Philadelphia ; Reg na, Rey nolds, New York ; Laura, Le Mesurer, Blatanzas ; Saline, Martha, Sanger, ditto ; Benjamin Singer, Norfolk. i SLIGO, MAY 17.—Arrd. Henry Valant, Collins, Baltimore. A Sld. 16. Jane, Blair, Quebec. 18 . Peruvian, New York ; Lichfield, Smith , B ostor . 19. Magna Cha r t s , Purvis, St. Andrews • C a milla, Quebec. MEXICAN PRIVATEERS. Office of Committee of Privy Council for Trade, Sir, --T - am directed by the Lords of Chet Committee of Privy Council for Trade to acquaint you for he information Whitehall, of the Committee for Managing the Affairs of Lloyd's, that by a dispatch receivedlrom her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires May 20, 1847. at Rio de Janeiro, it is stated that orders bad been given by the Brazilian Government to prevent vessels with Mex ican letters of marque 'from being fitted out in the ports of Brazil. I am. Sir, your obedient seMA rvant, J. C GREGOR. W. Dolnon, Esq., U. ) &c f 141°Y" MARKET .NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-FRIDAY. The arrivals of English Wheat since Monday have been tolerably good, viz., 5,350 quarters, and the stands were fairly supplied with samples. The weather being extremely favourable for the growing crops, and the attendance of buyers small, the demand was heavy, and, in some instances, the prices had a downward tendency. - Upwards of 22,000 quarters of foreign Wheat have come in this week. That article was in heavy request, and offered at a decline of from Is to 2s per quarter. The amount of business doing was very small. For export, no sales took place. The show of Barley was small, yet the trade was heavy, at barely late rates. In Malt next to nothing was doing; but prices were mostly supported. With Oats we were scantily supplied. All kinds moved off slowly at late currencies. Beans, Peas, Indian Corn, and Flour, were exceedingly in active. Wheat. English •... 5,350 qrs. Irish. .. 550 Foreign . 22,020 ARRIVALS. I Bartay. 1 390 qrs. Oats I Flour. 490 qrs. 8,010 sks 210 8,540 4,750 Malt. 2.51,0 qrs. SMITHFIELD. Comparatively speaking, the supply of Beasts on sale here was small, and of middling quality, owing to which, and the increased attendance of buyers—some of whom were from France, and who purchased about sixty head of stock for immediate shipment—the Beef trade was brisk, at a fur ther advance in the quotations of quite 2d per Sibs; the primest Scots readily producing 5s 6d per 81bs. There were on offer 240 Beasts from Scotland 274 Oxen and Cows, 260 Sheep, and 85 Calves from abroad, chiefly Holland. Sheep, the supply of which was moderate, moved off slowly, yet the late improvement in value was firmly supported. There was a very brisk sale for Lambs, 370 came to hand from the Isle of Wight, at a further rise in value of 4d per 81bs. Calves sold freely at very full prices; while Pigs were quoted at Monday's figures. Milch Cows were steady at from 17/ to 201 each, including their small Calf. Per Slbs. to si s. d. to s. d. rnferlor Beasts..... 4 2 4 8 Ink the offal. I. d. to s. d. Second quality ditto 5 0 5 4 Second quality ... 410 5 0 Coarse-woolled ditto 5 6 510 Prime large Oxen.. 5 2 5 4 Southdown Wether 6 0 6 4 Prime Scots .. • . 5 4 5 6 Ditto out of the wool Large coarse Calves 4 8 5 2 Large Hogs ...... 4 9 4 8 Prime small ditto .. 5 4 5 8 Small Porkers .. 410 b 4 tickling Calves ..20 0 30 0 Quarter old Pigs ..20 0 22 0 Inferior Sheep •• 4 6 410 Lambs •• .• 4 0 7 0 SUPPLY AT MARKET. yeasts. Sheep. Calves. Pigs. I 1,035 7,600 381 I 332 NEM7G.A.TIS AND We had a very firm trade at improved quotations. At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. Beet, inferior.... 310 4 0' Mutton, inferior .. 4 4 4 8 middling .. 4 0 4 2 middling.. 410 5 0 prime large .. 4 4 4 6 prime ••.. 5 2 5 4 prime small 4 6 4 8 Pork, 1arie........ 4 4 410 'eal• ••••••• • • •• .. 4 8 5 4 small .. •..... 5 0 6 4 Lamb, 6s Od to 6s 10d BOROUGH BOP MARKET. We have still to report a very dull sale for all kinds of Hops— arising from the favourable accounts which continue to reach us from various districts, and late rates are with difficulty supported. Sussex pockets, 31 18s to 41 8s; Weald of Kent, ditto, 41 5s to 51; Mid and Eatt Kent, ditto, 41 15s to 61 108 per cwt. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—In West India samples a fair business has been done, at fully last week's rates. The price paid at public sale for Barbadoes was 50s 6d to 52s for fine yellow, and 45* to 46s for low. EAST INDIA.-4,175 bags 76 casks Bengal, sold at Gd de cline; fine white Benares, 50s to 51s, mid 47s to 47s 6d, and fine brown, 40s per cwt. 11,238 bags Mauritius and 500 casks, were nearly all sold, at 6d to is decline; fine yellow, 47s to 48s 6cl; mid, 43s to 44s 6d ; low and fine brown, 37s to 41s 6d; and low to fine grey, 41s to 46s per cwt. FOREIGN.-953 bags China sold at 43s 6d to 46s for mid white, and at 44s to 45s for damaged; 1,128 baskets 1,035 mats Java mostly sold at 43s to 47s 6d for low and mid grey, and at 48s for good and fine up to 533; 2,907 bags and boxes Havannah were nearly all taken in at 53s to 57s for mid and good white, and 47s to 55s for mid to fine yellow, part sell ing at 46s to 50s for mid and good yellow, and 50s 6d to 52s for fine. Cuba, 540 hhds and 529 boxes partly sold at 56s to 56s 6d for mid white, and at 44s to 47s for mid and good. Porto Rico, 111 hhds sold at 45s to 50s 6d for mid and good, and at 51s 6d to 52s for fine ; 102 cases and 4 casks liabia partly found buyers at 39s Gd to 44s for low and mid. REFlNED.—Standard lumps have been 64s to 64s 6d per cwt. COFFEE.—The market has not been buoyant. Jamaica has sold at 67s 6d to 70s 6d for mid, and 60s to 63s for low mid; and Berbice at 58s for low mid, and 45s fur fine ord. Ceylon has been 2s to 3s lower for plantation sorts, but the native samples sell tolerably well : mid bold coloury planta tion, 465; pea-berry, 55s to 675; native good sound ord, 37s 6d. There have been parcels of mid and coloury taken in also at 60s to 675, but some pea-berry has been sold at 66s 6d to 675. In Mocha and other sorts the business done has not been of importance. CocoA.—Trinidad has been sold at 51s to 565, and some fine red at 60e. SPlCES.—Pimento has realised 4%d to 4%d, and Black Pepper has been taken in at 2 1 / 0 to 2%d per lb. RlCE.—Rather a larger quantity has been offered, but holders have taken in the chief part. Fine white Manilla has been sold at 24s to 255; white Bengal at 24s to 25s fur good to fine, and Madras is held for 22s to 23s 6d per cwt. INDlGO.—During the present week there has been more animation at these sales. The total quantity passed is 11,572 chests, of which 4,296 have been sold. Prices have been firmer. CorroN.—There has been a moderate business doing at steady rates. Runs.—The market is pretty well supported. TEA.—The market is without any particular alteration, and with a good consumption. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. has been 47s to 47s Gd per cwt. on the spot. SECONDARIES.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary JAntr.s.) WANT V. ATKINSON. This was an action on a bill of exchange for 11/. ss. The plaintiff is a builder at St. Pancras, and the defendant is a tradesman at the same place. The defendant pleaded that he had accepted the bill for the accommodation of one Smith, who had endorsed it to the plaintiff without consideration. Mr. Wallis, clerk to the plaintiff's attorney, was called, and proved having had a conversation with the defendant, who said that he had had a great many bill transactions with Smith, and that the one in question was partly for a debt and partly fur accommodation. Mr. RYLAND, who appeared for the defendant, said the defendant was in rather a difficult situation, in consequence 01 the conduct of Smith, who had been instrumental in causing this defence, as he had stated to defendant that he had given it to the plaintiff by way of accommodation, and that the latter was quite aware that it was an accommodation bill. Since then, however, he had altered his story; but he would be put into the witness-box, so that ulterior proceed ings might be taken if necessary. Smith was then called on his subpoena, but did not appear. A verdict was, therefore, given for plaintiff. BLOOMSBURY COUNTY COURT (THIS DAY.) (Before D. D. 11FATH, Esq. ) LETT V. BARTON. In this case a groom appeared as defendant. Solicitor (for plaintiff)—This, my Lord, is an action for the recovery of tenancy; the defendant was summoned at the Old County Court, and was ordered, by ➢lr. Dubois, to pay a certain sum of rent, and in reply to the Judge's order for payment he said, " I wish you may get." The defendant (growling)—Well, ain't you had the money since? Plaintiff—No. Defendant—Then you've got it to git, and I wish you may.—(Laughter.) The broker who had destrained upon Mr. Barton entered the witness box, when lie was interrupted by the Defendant—There's a specimen of a broker. Don't he look a beauty—looks for all the world as if he lived upon pump water and blue bottles. The JUDGE—Silence, sir, or I shall order you out of court. The defendant then made a most insulting attack upon the plaintiff and the whole of the witnesses, and abused the soli citor. It was in vain that he was remonstrated with on his conduct. He still continued his abusive language. At length the Judge interrupted him by saying, silence, or 1 shall commit you for contempt of Court. Defendant—l do commit the Court, and the lot of them in contempt. The JUDGE, being unable to reason with the defendant, or check his offensive remarks, committed him for contempt of Court. MARLBRO'-STREET-(THIS DAY.) Catherine Moody, a well-dressed female, was brought up on a remand, charged with uttering a counterfeit coin. Mr. William Russell, landlord of the Cambrian Tavern, Castle-street, Leicester-square, stated that the prisoner came to his house on the night of the 14th instant, and having called for a glass of sherry, which he supplied her with, tendered a half-crown in payment. Directly he felt the coin he detected it as being bad, and taxed the prisoner with attempting to defraud him. The pri soner replied that she had just received the money of a gentleman, and would go and tell him of it. Witness, however, would not let her off so easily, but sent for a constable and gave her in charge. Police-sergeant Wells C, said he received charge of the prisoner and conveyed her to the station, where she was searched, and eight counterfeit half-crowns were found tied up in one corner of her shawl. The barmaid at lien Caunt's proved taking a counterfeit half-crown from the prisoner on the same evening, in pay ment for a biscuit. The prisoner, who denied all knowledge of the coin being bad, was committed for trial. THAMES.—(THIS DAY.) Edward Mull, a sergeant in the Royal Marine Corps, was charged with having assaulted James how, manager of the Brunswick Pier Tavern, near the terminus of the Blackwall Railway. Tile prosecutor stated that the prisoner accompanied by some females, came into the Brunswick Pier Tavern yester day morning and called for some liquor, which the sergeant paid for, and the women sat down on some stone steps oy the door drinking it. After a little while they began romping together, and between them the glass out of which they had been drinking was broken, and when witness asked the sergeant to pay for it, he agreed to do so, and told the women to go, saying he would settle for the glass, but as some time elapsed and he did not do so, witness again quietly asked him for the money, when he struck him a violent blow in the mouth, making the blood flow., This evidence was corroborated by the waiter, John Erle, who said Mr. How asked fig the money in a quiet manner. Mr. Pelhair, who appeared on behalf cl the prisoner, cross examined the witnesses at some length, but without shaking their testimony. Mr. BALLANTINE fined the prisoner 203., or ten days' lin • prisonment.—The line was immediately paid. SOUTHWARK.—(IIIIS DAY.) John Bishop was charged with stealing upwards of eight tons of iron, the property of the South-Western Railway Company. Mr. Strap, assistant to the resident engineer , s tated that the prisoner was employed by the company to term points on the railway, and for that purpose was supplied from time to time with bars of iron. Of late, however, it was ascertained that, instead of the prisoner returning to the company the iron left after making the points, he c onverted the same to his own purposes, upwards of eight tons havingbeen discovered, and which he sold as old iron. The prisoner, a smith by trade, said that he considered the pieces of iron left after making the points as his own per quisites. The secretary said that the company never intended that the prisoner should have the iron, and that it was his duty to have returned it to the company's store. A witness named Smith, a general dealer, proved that ho purchased of the prisoner a large quantity cf iron alleged to have bean stolen under the tircurastautta aboye ren tioned, and which he afterwards sold to ➢ir. Lumby, an iron merchant at Bankside. The iron having been identified, the prisoner was remanded. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP XVII. The Committee on this group met this morning at the usual hour, in Room 11 ; Sir James Buller East in the chair. GREAT NORTHERN (DEVIATIONS BE TWEEN LONDON AND GRANTHAM). The remaining clauses of this Bill were agreed to, and The Committee adjourned till after the holidays. GROUP XLIV. _ ._. The Committee met at eleven; Mr. B. Denison in the chair. SCOTTISH MIDLAND JUNCTION (AMEND MENTS AND ZIRANCH TO LAURENCE EIRE). The CHAIRMAN, after the Committee had deliberated, de clared the preamble proved. The clauses were then mid and agreed to. ARBROATH AND FORFAR. AND SCOTTISH MIDLAND CONNECTING. ➢lr. MoscalurF opened the merits of this Bill, which, he said, was for a short junction effecting a better connexion between the Arbroath and Forfar and the Scottish Midland, so as to avoid backing the through traffic in order to get on the Scottish Midland. Mr. Gibbs, civil engineer, said the object of the proposed connexion was to offer a more convenient connexion between the two lines of rail ay. The length of the projected line was two miles and two furlongs, almost throughout on a level, and the estimated expense was 36,0001. Mr. Cubitt approved of the present line for the in tended object ; but he thought there might be a better pro ject than either. This excited some conversation on both sides as to the propriety of a mutual understanding and compromise be tween the Arbroath and Forfar, who promotedithe Bill, and their opponents, the Scottish Midlands. After some deliberation on both sides, The Committee adjourned till Tuesday, the Ist of June, twelve o'clock, that parties might have time for mutual consultation with a view to a Bill next session. COMMITTEE on PRIVATE BILLS (THIS DAY.) THAMES CONSERVANCY. The Committee on thia Bill met to-day in Room 6; Mr. Ward in the chair. After some discussion the preamble of the Bill was agreed EPSOM RACES. (THIS DAY-BY EXPRESS.) THE OAKS STAKES Of 50 sovs. each, h ft ; for three yrs old fillies, Bst 71b each ; the owner of the second filly to receive 100 sovs. out of the stakes, and the winner to pay 100 sovs. towards the police regulations of the Course. Last mile and a half. (152 Subs.) Sir J. Hawley's Miam; (Templeman) 1 Mr. Payne's Clementina Mr. Bowes's Ellerdale (J. Marson) 3 The following also started, but were not placed:— Mr. Clifton's Brown Bess (C. Daley) 0 Mr. Mostyn's Aisatia (Quilt Arnold's d)...(Calloway) 0 Mr. Crockford's Kite (W. Cotton) 0 Lord Strathmore's Sultana (Crouch) 0 Mr. Merry's Maid of Motherwell (Holmes) 0 Sir J. Hawley's Vanity (Boyce) 0 Mr. Bradley's Exhortation (Bradley) 0 Mr. Drinkalo's So-Nice Mr. Douglas's Maria Louisa (P. Price) 0 Mr. E. Griffith's Lady Lift (Marlow) 0 Sir C. Monek's Cast steel filly (Butler) 0 Mr. Robertson's Noiseless (Sly) 0 Mr. Mostyn's Slander (Bartholomew) 0 Mr. Gratwicke's Joyful (H. Bell) 0 Lord Exeter's Cosachia (W. Abdale) 0 Lord Chesterfield's Game• Lass filly (J. Sharpe) 0 Lord Chesterfield's Lady Lurewell (Whitehouse) 0 Mr. T. Parr's Maniac (Maria filly (Wakefield) 0 Sir G. Heathcote's Nannette filly (Chapple) 0 Mr. Brook's Luminous (Cartwright) 0 Won by a length. Twenty-three ran. Farmer's Daughter was declared net to start this mornin FINE ARTS. SCOTLAND DELINEATED. Part 111. Accustomed as we are to the gorgeous productions. of the combined arts of printing a nd engravmg, we are certainly amazed at the beauty and dimensions of this very remarkable serial. Each number is a portfolio of historical or topographical drawings from the pencils of some of our most eminent draughtsmen. Clarkson Stanfield is among these illustrators, Thomas Crebwick is among them, George Cattermole is among them, and so also is David Roberts. Besides these distinguished artists there are others of acknowledged excellence, and the whole are boldly and exquisitely litho graphed by J. D. Harding. It is impossible to give any ad. quate conception of the work by the most minute description of a single number, or even of half a dozen numbers. The brilliant and capacious type must be seen, the large and massive pictorial leaves must be turned over and contemplated, to convey a proper idea of the general character of the undertaking. A finer or more diversified sub . : } ect could not have been selected than that of the natural and artificial scenery of Scotland, " the land of brown heath and hanging wood," a land in the delineation of which the artistic mind of Roberts revels. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE The ervhuHiasm produced by Jenny Lind increases evtry night of her appearance. Last night, at the con clusion of the opera Roberto 11 Diaaolo, the whole house rose en masse and showered bouquets upon her. A very elegant compliment was paid to the queen of s.)ng by a noble and beautiful countrywoman of her own, the lady of a distinguished member of the corps diplomatique. 'the lady in question threw her a laurel wreath of green and yellow leaves, the colours of Sweden. Her persona tion of Alice was last night even more exquisitely beautiful more instinct, if possible, with purity, than on the first night of her appearance. FrasAini was in excellent voice, and did lull justice to the trying music of the part. Ile is the best Roberto that has ever appeared. Castellon sang the " Oh, Robert , oh ! to i que j'aime " with great beauty, and Staudigl and Gardoni were ex cellent. lit- r Majesty and Prince Albert, who honoured the theatre with their pres ence, j oined warmly in the applause bestowed on Mdlle. Jenny Lind,. As usual the house was cr ammed to suffocation, and as usual many hundreds went away from the doors, unable to obtain admission. It will be seen that her Majesty yesterday de clared Lord Clarendon Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland. We believe that for the present no appointment will be made to the presidency of the Board of Trade. The rumour of Mr. Labouchere's eventual succession to the office appears to be highly probable. The vacancy thus created in the Irish Secretaryship will be filled, it is said, by Sir Wm. Somerville. TIIE EPSOM TERMINI'S ON THE OARS DAY: This morning a vast number of persons availed themselves of the direct line to Epsom, but the majority of them were of a more respectable class of persons than those who travelled on the line on the Derby day. Among those who travelled by the first-class carriages we perceived several of the aristocracy. The directors have considerably improved the entrance, by which much facility is afforded to the passengers, preventing, in a great measure, the frightful pressure that was experienced on the Derby day. By the twelve o'clock train upwards of three thousand persons were conveyed, and a vast number were left for the next train. UNITED SERVICE INSTITUTION.—At a special meeting of the Council, held on Monday last, Sir.l.liarz Smith was elected a vice-patron, and Lady t It' honorary member of this growing and important The Chairman of the Council, Ma . * Shad lady, to dei the honour of waiting upon Sir Harry his u _ S k institution. e, had PRIMROSE-HILL PARK.—Ye s a oid i n g from the Al ver to them the official not ottprthdaneaidyr election. of the new park at- Primrose-hill,elea -1 Regent'srm, at Hautp bed-road, Regent's park, to thebliicetioenn.clospre ,* to the North London duct belongit 6 park has five .the Canal, and The 1 tea. o s stead, a t ( 1 1 1 , e and eas t b b o y u n t d h e e d a o ci n ue then es t :V Water-works, was comp e ion bridges have been thrown Canal to tact i entrances, and two , sus P ens • •I'tate the approach from the A cre ' r l e a a r y i . k i d; e s ,ci across the Regent's Regent's-I) l a r y . -F. Luttrell had an interview with an t d er i‘ ' Sir b : A. l G n . ning,,oof the 17th, announces that onitlt 116'srince d range, commanded by Prince of the Netherlani , E was driven on shore at liame- Henry previous night. ! l e t t c the frigater fr A grand mass is to be solemnizedat Brussels for te escape of the Queen of the Belgians in the late the fortunate tkheensPduring the accident on the railway. The improvement in the appearance of all the growing a nd especially the wheat in this neighbour county, is very great within th e l as t tieornoosdvilianaygnsdeirv.aonPeds;i we'ayy s are a assured by an old farmer that in forty years' experience he never saw the prospect of a good crop, in the present early stage, more promising than it is at pre sent Th e a bundance of blossoms on all fruit trees this year . is something extraordinary ; the apple and pear trees, we b e li e ve, were never so promising, and the currant trees are unusually so. —Br ighton Gazette. ALLEGED ATTEMPT ON THE LIFE 01' THE EARL or FIFE.—The press having taken notice of a late fracas between two domestics in the establishment at Duff House, we can authoritatively announce, that the circum stance has been improperly and injuriously represented. We can distinctly state, that his Lordship's name, as to any violence being intended him, has been most erroneously made use (S.—Bay/phi/ e Journal. WEST INDIAN YAMS.—A vessel arrived from Antigua has brought the large quantity of fifty-one pack ages of this article, the production of the West Indian island named. These yams, which are of a nutritious character, and are now much esteemed, used not formerly to be im ported in such large quantities as the one under notice. THE 17TH LANCERS.—The officers of the 17th Lancers had their anniversary banquet last evening at the Clarendon Hotel, Band.street. Major-General his Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge presided, and was bup rened by a large body of bi 3 brother oilicerd• ELECTION MOVEMENTS. BEIDPORT.-Mr. Romilly has taken leave of his constituents at Bridport in an address which we hope will not be lost on the burgesses of that town, now that party feeling may be said to be in complete repose. We do not know a fitter period for corrup tion and bribery to be swept away with the other bad feelings which disgraced the old election prin ciples. The following is the address of the Hon. and Learned Member : Gentlemen —ln the early part of last year, up on the resignation of Mr . Cochrane, I was requested by a large and influential body of electors to becomea candidate for the honour ofrepresenting you in Parliament. I acceded to their wishes on the assurance and in the firm belief that no money would be employed to influence the decision of a single vote. At the close of the poll, when my °P ponent was returned by a majority of one, I stated t° ou various circumstances which had convinced inc that several persons had been induced by corrupt means to vote against me; and I also stated that this conviction made it very improbable that I shou ld a PA pear before you as a candidate at another elect ion. petition was presented against this return, which being undefended, I became your representative. el thus seated by means of a petition, in the preseeta7i. and conduct of which I was neither directly nor in- rectly concerned, I felt that my position with rega rt ` to you was altered ; and that it W 55 •If duty to reconsider my former resolution this not again soliciting your suffrages. For Li d purpose I endeavoured to ascertain whether I ell ue have a reasonable chance of success, if n ° lin • means were employed on my behalf in Pr eenri l or influencing a single vote. After a careful loves -- ation of this subject, I have satisfied myse lf from un doubted sources of information, that this conditions which I make an indispensable one, precludes the pos sibility of my return. I have therefore no alteres" tive but to declare my intention not to offer myself at.. the approaching election as a candidate to represell!. you in Parliament. I feel much pain in cornrnunieel ing this determination. To be freely chosen as Yea representative, I have, from 1842, when you &A-re: turned me to Parliament, esteemed, and s hall be esteem, as one of the highest honours that ceillnr,, conferred upon me ; but to be elected by a raajor':ie influenced by sordid motives would, in my opieiTlL l : involving myself and yourselves in a common die': nour. He who wishes to sell his constituents JAY endeavour to buy them ; but I repudiate all intendti of the one, and my regard for you induced lie.w prevent, as far as I am able, your incurring the .dis' grace of the other. I cannot conclude without expressing, although id feeble and inadequate language, the gratitude °l2.t respect I feel for those many kind friends arnens;„ you who have, from disinterested motives, not °e e given me their support, but have also honoured' 111 with their friendship and esteem. I trust that honoured exertions may enable Bridport to rank high hereo f !r amongst the pure and intelligent bodies of 1" 16 stituents ; and I assure you that few things viii t g e d me greater pleasure than to hear of your contiuu and increasing prosperity and reputation--civil, P°' litical, and moral. I am, Gentlemen, your sincere friend, ~,, JOHN ROMILL*" Lincoln's Inn, 3d May, 1847. inde ed BarsToL.—For many past elections, and 0 , within our own knowledge, since 1812, the repre_soen, tation of Bristol has been, upon all occasietist . G rt to rerr d i tested; and in the ensuing election we have rear believe that, although the spirit of party as mo st Whig, Tory, and Radical, may be said to her o _ n , 1 „, obliterated, still a contest will (according to i r ce . formation of the best informed parties) takeleto. The Hon. T. H. Berkeley, the pres ent Whig -a "bas, ber, will, although it is confidently. said that bi_ ill , as well as his brother Grantley, lost the Custi' se o f fluence, and it may be said the aid of the P.,,, of Earl Fitzhardinge, the present head of the ilen o f Berkeley, undoubtedly be placed at the lee at the poll, whoever may be the other candidates', parties here agreeing, that, as a he has attended to the various inter this city without distinction either as to p e be or party, and that in this respect he V i go. considered to be a good successor of a til risto i for Richard Hart Davis, who represen t ' business Seini election, will be between the Conservativ . F ri pp, who Mr. Philip W. Skinner Miles, and Mr. VV . - e at the many years. The contest, therefore, at.theeignisuitteirg, was the unsuccessful Conservative candidat ~,...r. e l ec tions of 1837 and 184 1 , in coalition with Mr ' Miles, but who will now be brought forward in oppo• sition to him by those Conservatives who advocate Sir Robert Peel's policy, and who are moreover anxious for the further removal of the shackles, local and otherwise, which bind commerce. Mr. Miles, being a follower of Lord George Bentinck .and * staunch Protectionist, both as regards the corn duties, th e admission of foreign cattle, & c., an d who, more particularly, being himself a large West India prce praetor, has, and is still, resolutely opposed to the a lteration in the sugar duties, which admits the iel portation of foreign free-labour sugars. Mr. Frir at the last general election, was defeated by firtY,,j, i `,.; votes in a constituency of nearly 10,000. Mr. I tT -- has, however, a powerful commercial and bAnki l l interest here; and although the struggle will h!, O close one, the general opinion here is that he will, u _ . successful, unless the parties who support Mr. Wit. ley will give their second votes in favour of Xi_ Fripp. Neither of the parties have as yet issue . d 0. the address, but it is perfectly well known that 11100' private arrangements of their committees, IS;-, are actively engaged. FA LL OF A RAILWAY 13111-I)C4t IRIGHTFUL ACCIDEINT.—We regret to haveda the state that at about twelve o'clock on Thurs .4Yr., viaduct of the Waterford and Kilkenny R. h e n o n e enii.iolsesinogf". R.t ns Wer e working upon it, thisthe Dublin eity, road at Aughmalog, i tidings jured. At about one o'clock the universal consternation who fell, a whilstve all been several shocking more p e r o s r o reached our city, and spread eeding to the melan• amongst the inhabitants. On d in cars to our number of 14, being borne on doors an less in heir friend s county infirmary, amidst the shrieks oft hmalog a choly scene, we met along thePrr°ocad the sufferers, to the and relatives, and upon arriving at Aug the most distressing spectacle presented itself. , i- it ,, western stone face of the arch which crossed the ro u d the remained, but the entire of the brick work an r , other stone face lay in an immense heap blocking .113" the passage, and several people were engag ed s till in f di g ing amongst the rubbish in the expectation of r 3 finding some mangled bodies beneath. It inV e t 3 he that a small portion of the brick work gave Way ...." on the top, as usual, in previous evening, but the upper surface remained alr; rently uninjured, and the workmenproceeded to lab' . the morning. At about ~. f 05 5 o'clock a horse and earth-waggon were passing 0 ,... e the bridge, and about fourteen or fifteen persons W e . r th engaged near it. Suddenly the arch gave way wi t , an awful crash, and all were hurled through the all n , ture, and partially buried in the rubbish. We con' versed with one of them who had a most providen me escape by falling under a large beam whi ch b ce ic ks down in a slanting direction, and prevented the r, _ d and earth from falling upon him; he, however,on3:n received a severe contusion on the head. A ll the are are seriously injured, and four, we regret to 5n . .17! a70 stated as being hopeless cases. It is not exactly_u.nu_,4 whether any persons were at the period of the cy!,n e P g ' i , passing under the bridge, but a party of the 8 3 d ." row' twelve meet, on its march to our city, was mitt' to the spot at the time, and it is ruino one of we cannot say whether on good authority, hat v L e _ e ; the soldiers is missing, and is supposed to, have .u`.,.„ buried in the ruins. Great difference of opn .. l 7_''. prevailed up to the hour of our going t . o pres: ! e l . ? in close rep, but to whether or not some bodies still remained under. the ruins, but the rubbish was not completely r moved last night. The horse which had been draVi" ing the waggon, and which fell with the men, es' caped with but slight injury. Mr. Joseph Wright, one of the contractors, was early at the calamitous scene , and giving every possible attention and direction for the removal and care of the sufferers, and his exer tions were actively seconded by Peter Blake, county inspector, and W.F. Winslow, 5.1., Esqs., who Wer e also immediately in attendance. The utmost 5 9. d pathy and excitement still pervades the public ii' ere here. We have just learned that one of th e suffe has died in the infirmary, and that a lifeless body hay been dug out of the ruins.--Kilkenny Moderator. --- _— BIRTH.!. On the 17th inst., at Paris, the Hon. I%lrs. Arthur Kerr , Of a daughter. On the 18th inst., at Queen's-square - p lace, the Lady p.,,,1113 Hoare, of a son. On the 18th inst., at Duddington, Northamptonshire, the wife of the Rev. Chancellor Argles , of a son. On the 18th inst., at Earles Court Lodge, Old Bromptollt the wife of Robert Gunter, Esq. , of a son, still-born. On the 19th inst., at Sparsho lt, near i the Wife nc hester, W of the Rev. Edward Stewart, of a son. lady of V' On the 19th inst., at Kings ton Lisle, Berk., the Martin Atkins, Esq., of a daughter, MARRIED. On the 20th inst., at Com bo, b y the Rev. George Frederick of Morgan, M.A., Hamilton If. Fulton, Esq., Onsoiv-clarrl e to Agnes, youngest da u g hter of Robert Squarey, ESq . ' ' Combe, Salisbury. On the 10th of December last, at Sydnev, New South \Vales, George Bennett, Esq., 81. D,, f.L.S., to Cbarict‘? James, second daughter of James Elliott, Esq., late of Gr eat Ormond-street, Bloomsbury. ---_____ DIED. nth - On the 18th inst. , in Westbourne-crescent, in o the f Min `..- sev n e a year of her age , Lou isa Jane, eldest daughter -- diner, Esq. On the 1 9 th ins t., Alice, eldest daughter of the late r. ir Hardy, St. Paul's C hurch y ard. On the 19th inst ., in Castle-street East, Maryl e boLe , l' Brice Py-man, aged 8(3. On the 19th inst. , S arah, wife of Mr. W. Noke3, of Bros" ley, Kent, aged 55. 2 ' Lon d on: Printed and Publish ed by ALLTILDO YOITSG, °I :s f , ° ,,cia . I l ot Strand. Printer, at Tile Bun Office, N 0.112. Strand, in the r 14.1 21p of Ilia Simy, in the COUlliff Of bilddlebelE, rrids7, ±."-• • Lei?! - - •1