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The Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, are re stActectily Informed, that a grand EXTRA NIGHT will take place en THURSDAY next, may 27, when will be performed (first time in Vila country) Donizetti's Opera, entitled LA FIGLIA DEL REGGIMENTO. Maria, Ild;le. Jenny Lind ; La Marchesa di Berkernield, Mdme. o i ar i ; suipLoLoSergente, Signor IF% Lablache ; and Tonto, Signor Go Mon". To be followed by various Entertainments in the Ballet Depart ment, combining the talents of Mdlle. C. Grist, Mdlle. L. Grahn, endue. C. Rosati, Ildme. P. Stephan,_and 3ldlle. Cerito, M. Perrot, and It. St. Leon. the doors open at Seven The Opera to commence at Half-pant Seven o'clock. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. oa THURSDAY next, May 27, when will be performed Mozart's Opera, DON GIOVANNI, which bas been some time in preparation, will be performed, with the most perfect ensemble, embracing a triple Orchestra, Ballet, double Chorus, with all the leading Artistes, including Or's% Per steal, Corbari, Mario, Rovers. Tamburini, Taglialleo, &c., con ducted by M. Costa. To render as perfect an ensemble as passible in the performance of this Opera, Mdlle. Fanny Eissler and Mdlle. Dumilatre, have kindly consented to dance the minuet. . . To conclude with the new grand Ballet, In three Acts, entitled LA !_4A - L .1 MANDR [NE. Principal characters by lidlle. Fanny Elssler and Mdlle. Dumilatre also Males. Bertin, Neodot, De Melisse, Delechaux, O'Bryan, and M. Petipa. The Subseribers, Nobility, and Gentry are respectfully informed that au additional Pit and Box entrance is now opened under the nazi, Covent-garden. PRICES OF /DMISSION. First Amphitheatre Stalls, First Row ...... 0 15 0 Ditto, Second and Third R0w5.............. 0 12 6 Second Amphitheatre Stalls.... ••• • • ....... 0 7 0 First Amphitheatre ••.•••• • • • • . .. .... .... 0 8 0 Second Amphitheatre ••••• • •• • • .......... 0 5 0 Tickets, Stalls, and Boxes to be obtained at the Box-office, Bow t - eet ; and at Cramer. Beale, arid Co.'s, 201, Regent-street. The Doors will open at Half-past Seven o'clock, and the Opera will commence at Eight. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. tinder the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will:be performed the new Comedy, called TEMPER. Sir Mama duke Topple, Mr. Farren ; Sir Charles Tempest, Mr. Hudson ; God frey, Mr. Tilbury; Emerson: Mr. Webster; Cyril Tempest, Mr. Howe; Lady Tempest, Mrs. Seymour ; Mrs. Herbert, Mrs. Glover ; Florence Wilmot, Mrs. Fortescue; Miss Fielding, Mrs. Humby. To be followed by a 3fiscellaneous Concert, in which the FOUR HUNGARIAN INSTRUMENTAL VOCALISTS will give their imi tations of various instruments, with the Lips only. To conclude with THE INVISIBLE PRINCE or, The Island of Tranquil Delights. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Will be performed the ori g inal Drama, - called THE FLOWERS OF THP. FOREST ; a Gipsy Story. Cheap John, Mr. Wright; /shin/id, 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. After which (never acted) an entirely new Petite Comedy, called FLYING COLOURS; or, Crossing the Frontier. Captain Sans souSi. Mr. Webster ; Margaret, Miss Woolgar ; Helen de 3fontereau, Madame Celeste ; J...stine, Miss Ellen Chaplin. To be followed by the Opera Sutra Sketch, called JENNY LIND. Principal characters by Messrs. Wright, Paul Bedford, Lambert, Selby. Callernord, and Miss Woolgar. A'RINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Liissee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed Shakapere's tragedy of KING LEAR. King Lear, Mr. Macready; Edgar, Mr. Creawtck; Goneril, Mrs. Warner; Cordell*, Mrs. Stirling ; Regan, Mrs. Fosbrooke. After which a new Drama, entitled THE KING AND THE PIPER. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Walton, Barker, Wynn, Delavanti, Granby, Miss E. Stanley, Miss G. Smithson, and Miss Marshall. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley. THIS EVENING b performed the Farce, called WANTED A HERMIT. In Meaer3. Wigan, Turner, Kinloch, Keeley, Min Arden, and Airy. Keeley will perform. Tr oe followed by the new occasional Dramatic Sketch. called JENNY LIND AT LAST; or, The Swedish Nightingale. Charac era by l(r. A. Wigan, Mr. Turner, Mr. Kinloch, Mr. Bellingham, ttr. Slender, Mr. Yarnold, and Mrs. Keeley. After which THE PRINTER'S DEVIL. Maurepas, Mr. Belling hala : Br nghin, Mr. Kinloch: Pica, Mr. Keeley. ro conewbs, with the new Burlesque Extravaganza, called THE WOOD .DAMON ; or, One o'Clock, In which Messrs. Keeley, A. Wigan, I'. Matthews, Bellingham, Kinloch, Silver, Miss Dickinson, Alias Daly, sad Ilrs. Keeley will appear. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Leasee, Mr. John Mitchell. FOB TUE BENEFIT OF MDLLE. DENAIN. THIS EVENING bti performed the Comedy of OSCAR ; oa, Un Mari qui T.mnipe sa Femme. Oscar, M. Eegnier ; Juliette, Mdlle. Denali]. After which, the favourite Comedy of LA MARQUISE DE SEN NETEREE. Le Marquis, M. Regnler ;La Marquise, Mdlle. Denain. To conclude with LE3 PRECIEUSES RIDICULES. Mascarille, Af. Regnier ; Madelon, Mdile Elan ; Cathos, Mdlle. Fouquet. boxes, 6s. ; Pit, 3e. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, 3a. ; Gallery, 25. tones and Stalls may be engaged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Bend-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from Eleven till Five. ETHIOPIAN *ERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. In consequence of the increasing success which attends every re presentation given by the celebrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, Pell, Harrington. cite, Stanwood, and Germon, they will repeat their thmal ENTERTAINMENTS at the above Theatre, TO MORROW Evening, and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Doors of en at Eight o'clock. They will also give a DAY PER - FORMA NCE This Morning, May 26, commencing at Half ) ast Two o'clock. They will appear at the Music Hall, Store-street, 211i4 Evening; and at Sussex Hall on Monday next. Boxes and Stalls at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street, and at the Box-offlce of the Theatre. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Proprietor and Manager, Mr. William Batty. Under the patronage or the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal Family. Splendld combination of Novelties, in addition to which Mr. Batty Jias engaged Mdlle. Laurina, the Female Equestrian. Will THIS EVIN be* , performed the Equestrian Magical Sketch, THE GOLDEN FOOTED STEED; or, The Charmed Horse of the Black Valley. Uneiiiial led SCENES in the CIRCLE, with a brilliant diaplay of liorsoixians hip, introducing the Foreign and British Artistes. To c - ,:ncli.kcle with Lord Byron's Dramatic Poem of THE BRIDE OF AB YDO I 3 ; or, The Corsair. Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. Stalls, Boxes, 43.; Upper Boxes, 3s ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, is. ; Upper Gaillery, 6d. Commence every evening at Seven o'clock, ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Under the Management of Mrs. Frances Davidge, Lessee. THIS EVENING Will he 'performed Dellini's Opera of LA %ONNAMBULA.; or, The Village Phantom. Rodolphe, Mr. Leffler ; Elvino, Mr. liar:l ion ; Ale* ado. Mr. Horricastle ; Amino., Miss Rainforth ; Liea, Miss R. Isaacs 4 Teresa, Mrs. Daly ; Annette, Miss Vaughan. To et, ade with the new Nautical Drama, called THE WRECK AND is REEF. Captain, Mr, Tindell ; 'Halstead, Mr. Horn. *wale; 1 11...1 Block, Nil. ; Christmas, Mrs. Ware. Boreq, . 1 ., Plt, 13.; Gallery, 6d. Doors open at Six, commence at Half. right Six. It YAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will "be performed TEE LONELY MAN OF THE OCEAN; or, She Jeli‘e.it Before the Bridal. Characters by Messrs. N. T. Hicks, Dale, Vii. %e, Bird, Raymond, Gardner, Miss Vincent, Mrs. G. Lee, and Burrelgbel , ffe. After ".•Isich a Uru ra from the Freach, entitled DONZELLA ; or, The Al'oelk and the Agsassins. To be .foltowed by 31:. Cos's DISSOLVING VIEWS. To aom.c:u with ADMIRAL BAM. Supported by the entire Strength got the Company. Boxes, is.; ilalf 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. Presu every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Admission, One Shilling. GRAND FLOWER SHOW. The , Proprietor begs to announce that he has, at a considerable expen K. erected a new Entrance, and a magnificent Walk, with flower borders, statues, and a Central Fountain, in front of the grand Pictorial Representation of THE TOWN AND BAY OF GIBRALTAR. - lbe Menagerie contains many specimens, including the Giraffe, 04511. is. &c. The Promenade Concerts, conducted by Godfrey. A rsorvse ;ration of the Porcelain Tower of Nankin. The Gothic Bridge Of eta:L. tea. the grand Pyrotechnic Display, representing the SIEGE OF GIBRALTAR. tl'e commencement of the Bombardment, partial destruc uo,i t tae Town, and Blowing up of the Battering Ships. D u rf the season, 31. JULLIEN will give a aeries of Concerts; the Bllld • wia consist of one Yerformers. ROTAJ !. ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN.-Their R•nyht RA glinesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and his 8 oval Highness Prince George of Cambridge, honoured the Royal Italian Opera with their presence. Her Bor. I Highness the Duchess of Cambridge was at tended by the Hon. Miss Mitford. Also his Royal Riglinvtis the Grand Duke of Lucca, attended by the Marq u i,, of . Palavicim. There were also present the Duke Howart i r t d it Duchess of Norfolk and Lady Adeliza Blanche, s : Duke an Duchess of Beaufort and Lady Ladies Pelham Cl i nton, the Duke of Newcastle and the Ambas: tutor andClt ihneto Countessn, his Excellency pie trichs te t h in e , his Austrian E x. Ex cellency the Turkish Ambassador and the Princess Callimak i, the Count de Jarnac, Count Revel, Count Palachay, Count Potomekl,r the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesia ury. the Donegal, Earl and Co q u' u n i t e s °f Granville, Earl and Countess of Wilton, E ar l : nd the Ladies C a d ogan, Countess 01 Chesterfield, Dowag F A T' Bra ce, Earl Grosvenor,er j r l of Kil morey, oeuvin port, Viscounttess of Ess ex 01 , Countess ' Verulam, Visco un t ess N roupplin, V iscount Cantilupe, Viscount Exmouth, Lor d Suffield, D. CI wager Lady Suffield, Lord Cari gtoll, Lord Cranstonn, Lord and Lady Ernest Bruce, Lady Cecilia Des Vceux, Lady Caroline Maxse, Lord Henry Fenton, Lady Fredt crick Bentinck, Lord Foley and Hone Ma ss Foley, Holt.. Lady Pakenham, Lord Charles Clinton, Lord GeorF j e Manners, Lady Nelthorpe, Lady Graham, Lady Morriss, the Hon. A. D. Willoughby, the Hon. Mr. Stapleton, the Hon. Mr. Baget, the Hon. Mr. Tollemache, the Hon. Mrs. Anson, the Hon. Cecil Forrester, the Hon. George Byng, the Hon. Mr. Milles, Admiral Sir Edward Codrington, General Sir Alexander and Lady Duff, Sir Henry Webb, Sir Michael Shaw Stewart, Sir Bouchier Palk Wrey and Lady, Sir W. Massey Stanley, the Hon. Robert Lawley, Sir George Talbot, Sir Henry and Lady Meux, Mr. H. R. Yorke, M.P., Mr. G. Dodd, M.P., and Mrs. Dodd, Mr. H. B ar i ng , M.P , Mr. E. I). Protheroe, M.P., Mr. M. Archdall, M.P. , and Mr. W • a Gregory, M.P. REQUISITION TO SIR ROBERT PEEL FROM BIR MINGHAM.— Ac a meeting of the friends of free trade held ea Tuesday evening, in this borough, it was resolved to laTive Sir Itot.ert Peel to stand as a candidate at the forthcom;ng n, in the room of Mr. Spooner, one of the pvesent members. THE WEATHER—Su); OrncE, MAY 26. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 45 ; Highest, 71 ; Noon, 67. BAROMETER, 30.28.—W1ND S.S.W.; fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 24 minutes after 11. I Evening 51 mintit.cs r.Ber 11 ) :-::!;: ‘;.•-•,,, i ),.., 4. *. . . -, - ' 4 a i ii__ - 1'•" - k Vil' i -.--,. ... ••,,., •iv . •- 1 .. ....,,,,,.. „,,,,,„, . !... -..?. - ‘ ,46;•-!-_- ." - 4 01116.-1 0 C- 6 , !„11! .; i s Ari.:l7 l, ‘ , ~ ,-. . i.., - •-ii - F._,..Tx40 „,, ""- - -.." — t . - . ,•• • ••,- Alm, - „ ;••••,;1:r.„4 " • •,•::::::...*: cg .•- : -.„..7_. : 1 . 03 2:1 1 3 0 ' . .: ., !i -=--- - - ',, , .:, , , ••••,_ ~, THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAT 26, 1847. IPY betinfakt LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1847. From our heart we congratulate the Earl of DUN DONALD on the compensation which he has received, for thirty years' injustice, by his restoration to knight hood. A paragraph in the Gazette of last evening formally announces that Vice-Admiral the Earl of DUNDONALD is once again a Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. By that declaration the present Government at once acknow ledges that a heinous cruelty has been perpetrated towards this heroic sailor by the preceding Adminis trations, and proclaims to the world that the character of our distinguished countryman remains unsullied and unsuspected. Again we express our most ear nest felicitations to Lord DUNDONALD for the tardy but brilliant expiation of Ministerial injustice with which her MAJESTY'S existing advisers have striven to compensate his prolonged sorrows. May the satisfaction experienced by this Noble and Gallant Peer at an avowal so imperatively demanded by truth obliterate the recollection of the wrongs and contumelies with which he has been fur years insulted I May he find in the contentment and serenity flowing from an expression of national con trition like this, an enjoyment immeasurably beyond the sufferings entailed upon him by more than a quarter of a century of national ingratitude ! History would have done ample justice to this eminent and valorous man, had the State continued blind to his merits and indifferent to his services. Nay, history has already done him the justice he de serves. The name of COCHRANE ranks among those of the noblest heroes in the British navy, and is invested with a glory only second to that of the greatest warrior of the sea. In the records of our naval actions none are more conspi cuous for calmness almost incredible, for audacity almost insane, for enterprise the most continual and the most chivalrous, than the achievements per formed in the war vessels of England by the Earl of DUNDONALD, when Lord COCHRANE. Those achieve ments might surely have sheltered this valiant servant of the Crown from the odium of professional degrada tion and the miseries of Ministerial neglect. The prowess by which he had so repeatedly maintained the dignity of the realm, forwarded the interests of his compatriots, and covered himself with perpetual glory, might surely have saved him from thirty years of anxiety, of official contempt, and of apparent public debasement. But no ; that anxiety has been experienced, that contempt has been borne, that ap parent debasement has continued during thirty years, and only after passing unscathed through this terrible ordeal is the sin of the State confessed, and the victim of its persecution restored to the knight hood he had won at the point of his keen sword ! Why, KOSCIUSKO might as well have been branded as infamous by the refugees of Poland, or DUGUES CLIN have had his baton as Constable of France broken ignominiously over his head ! Why, Bouvan might with equal reason have been scouted from the shores of South America, or the golden spurs might as lief have been hacked from the heels of Sir PHILIP SYDNEY ! All undeserved imputations, however, have been removed from the character of Lord DUNDONALD, and his name is virtually declared to be as untar nished as any upon the book of Peerage. What is particularly worthy of consideration, too, in the act of the SOVEREIGN, and of her MAJESTT'S Ministers, is that the Earl of DUNDONALD is restored to the original lustre of his position, and is re-invested with the star and ribbon during a period of maritime tranquillity, when no sentiments save those of abstract truth, uninfluenced by the motives of convenience, could have elicited the acknowledgment of his wrongs and the satisfaction for so many indig nities. Lord DUNDONALD may now rejoice in the glory with which his own genius and valour have adorned his history ; he may rejoice not merely in the certain admiration of posterity, but in the present and cordial admiration of his contemporaries. His brilliant career has been nobly consummated by the complete vindication of his actions, and by his double investiture, as it were, with the emblems of national gratitude. In the conduct of the present Cabinet he may have a foretaste of the applause which will be given to the memory of his heroic life by future generations. At this season of general deficiency and scarcity, when thousands of our countrymen are unable to pro cure a sufficiency of even the humblest and plainest description of food for their families ; when trade is paralysed, and the immense quantities of gold (the only circulating medium which the absurd restric trions imposed on our currency by the several sta tutes relating to banking allows us,) is daily exported from our shores in exchange for the cereal products of other lands, it becomes the most serious duty of the Legislature to restrain, by binding and stringent enactments, every description of waste whereby the food of the people is diminished, and the exigencies of the nation increased ; and also to suspend or abrogate every existing law that may possibly lead to similar results. Many of the most exalted in our land have taken the initiation in placing their own households on limited allowances. Our gracious SOVEREIGN, ever foremost in the cause of humanity, has set the example. The order has been issued that the quantity and the quality of the bread and flour used in the palaces shall be reduced — that no individual shall be permitted to receive more than a pound of bread in the day, and that second quality flour only shall be used for any purpose in the royal establishments. The precedent thus set, has, as might easily be imagined, been extensively followed. It is looked on as a religious duty by every head of a family to abolish all useless and unnecessary expendi ture in his own immediate circle, to abridge, as much as possible, the outlay, even for necessaries. It is by such means only that the difficulties of our position can be successfully encountered, that the most heart rending misery and suffering can be averted from our poorer brethren. There is not a sufficiency for all, and unless the wealthier will consent to curtail a por tion of the consumption usual in ordinary periods, some must be left without enough to keep life and soul together. While such economy is rendered necessary, it ' would indeed be a mockery to continue a sys tem that occasions the greatest injury to the growing crops, a system that damps the energy and checks the spirit of the farmer. Too often he finds on the arrival of the anxiously-expected harvest the fallacy of the hopes in which he had indulged; in place of obtaining an ample return for the labour and capital he has expended in the cultivation of the soil, he finds the chief portion consumed and destroyed by a superabundance of game and vermin, which he dares not get rid of. No; they must be retained for his landlord's sport, and to his cost he finds that sport involves him in utter ruin. Some estimate may be formed of the injurious effects of this extraordinary quantity of game, and the damage thereby occasioned, from the case of Thomas F REDERICKS, which was heard in the Court of Queen's Bench on Saturday last. Into the legal points connected with that case it is wholly unneces sary to enter. The simple fact that a jury assessed no less than 3431. 19s. for the damage done in two years by game and rabbits to the lands in the occupation of the plaintiff's tenants, or 1601. 12s. in the first, and 1831. 7s. in the second year, is amply 'sufficient to awaken the public i n di gnation, and to direct attention to the monster grievance— tgoeense t r i a u l i , at :ht thelB3l. 7s. damage in one year to a few farmer s , i n a moderate sized manor! What must be th e amount a '74)vf'ollld injury e thfraoirugplierouctentbtaegkeinagtdwohmicihn proportionacre mightto t i h t e be value assumedo f th e crops, o Annual d r a a m t a h g o e w d o much ne in per ~If the average loss should mer el y be set down at ls. per acre; and we believe there is no practical agri culturist who will not say that sum is very far below the mark, we find at once that 1,750,000/_ sterling is annually wasted for the gratification of the childish vanity of the landowners—that they may be enabled to record the large quantities of game that have been butchered at their battues. This is inde pendent of the enormous cost of the establishments of gamekeepers, &c., defr ayed by the landlords out of their private resources, and the still more objectionable outlay occasioned by the support in prison of the numerous victims of the game code, and in the union workhouses of their helpless and unprotected wives and families. Every consideration demands the total and immediate abolition of the iniquitous system. It is neither just nor proper that we should place tempta tion in the way of our brethren, and then punish with unrelenting severity the fault we have ourselves occasioned. But persons who are oblivious of such consequences may, perhaps, be awakened to the pecuniary injury that must be occasioned to the monetary affairs of the country, our trade and com merce, by the necessity of exporting nearly 2,000,0001. annually in gold to supply the deficit occasioned by the damage to which we have alluded, and consent to a revision of the laws that are fraught with such baneful results. With what con• sistency can any man abridge the quantity of food used in his family, and, by continuing to pre • serve his game, maintain a nuisance that con sumes twenty times the quantity of human food that can be saved by such abstinence ? The adoption of such a course must be considered as the vilest hypocrisy, and how can the Legislature continue the game-laws in their present condition without laying themselves collectively open to a similar imputation P We trust that we shall see many who have erred, chiefly from want of thought, submitting with a good grace, and voluntarily giving orders for the destruction of the ex cess of game and vermin of every description on their respective estates; and also that measures will be in troduced into Parliament for a sweeping and efficient measure of reform that is so urgently required. A remarkable feature of the present session is, that, in the midst of the great and complicated ques tions which have been forced upon the attention of the Legislature, consequent upon the fearful visita tion which has produced such terrible sufferings throughout the whole of Ireland and portions of Scot land, and compelled a review of the entire social system of the United Empire, one of the most philan thropic measures ever submitted to Parliament has all but passed the Rubicon of legislation, and will as suredly become in a short time part and parcel of the law of the land. We allude to the Ten Hours' Fac tory Bill. It was not only not immediately connected in its nature with the extraordinary political exigen cies which the Senate have had to consider from the very commencement of the session, and which still continue, in a great degree to demand the most careful deliberation of our lawgivers, but it was also a measure which its most devoted advocates well knew would meet with the keenest and most vigi lant opposition, at what time soever it might be urged forward. Considering the perplexed state of Ireland, the extent and variety of the schemes introduced with the view of improving it, some of them being of immediate necessity, while others were meant to be of a permanent character, —considering the unsatisfactory complexion of our foreign relations as connected with French intrigue in Spain, regarding also the great amount of ordinary routine business which must be yearly gone through in Parliament, and recollecting, likewise, that Sir ROBERT PEEL was known to be hostile to the mea sure in question, it evinced great boldness in Mr. FIELDEN and his faithful coadjutors to — press on the Ten Hours' Bill under such untoward circum - stances ; and it is somewhat marvellous to think that success has, notwithstanding, virtually crowned their humane efforts. A few weeks back most people, re flecting upon the foregoing, and aware that the Prime Minister was desirous of limiting the time of youth ful labour in factories to eleven instead of ten hours, would, if their opinion had been asked, have declared that if the measure passed at all, it would be only in the shape to which the first Minister of the Crown had declared himself to be favourable. The juvenile working classes will, however, shortly obtain the boon of having the period of their daily factory labour restricted to ten hours. This triumph can therefore be only attributed to one circumstance, and that is, the justice and righteousness of the cause itself. To relieve the youthful factory-workers from excessive toil by legal protection is so mani festly conducive to their social, moral, and religious improvement, and to the well-being of society at large, that an earnest and persevering appeal to the sympathies of Parliament, supported by such luminous arguments as Mr. MACAULAY urged in favour of our industrious artisans, was certain of gaining the ulti mate acquiescence of Lords and Commons in Mr. FIELDEN'S proposal. The Central Short Time Com mittee of Yorkshire have already held a general meeting upon this subject, and, in a most grateful spirit, have unanimously passed appropriate resolu tions, expressive of their unfeigned thankfulness for the manner in which our Senators have responded to the prayers of the manufacturing population. The philanthropic wisdom of Parliament is thus early receiving its choicest reward in the gratitude and esteem of the working classes. A Berlin letter of the 19th informs us that the General Diet had just passed a vote, with only three dissentients, in favour of a project for the establish. ment of differential duties as an encouragement to the mercantile navy, and has also declared in favour of a new augmentation of the duties on linen and cotton thread, with a stipulation for the remission of the duty in case of re-exportation. :the Assembly of the States of Wiesbaden, in their sitting of the 19th, adopted unanimously the proposi tion of M. ZAIS, for an application to the Govern ment to re-establish the law on the press of the sth May, 1814, and to intervene with the Germanic Diet with a view to obtain the abolition of the censorship, and a general law for the regulation of the press. DE STRALENHEIM, Minister of Justice to the King of HANOVER, died at Hanover on the 19th. Madrid papers of the 19th instant have arrived. The Ministers, who all went to the Prado on the 18th in order to recommend the KING-CONSORT to re pair to Aranjuez, and reside in the same palace with the QUEEN, have not succeeded in attaining their object. The Heraldo says, " He did not deign to accede to what Ministers demanded." Prior to the visit of the other Ministers, Senor SALAMANCA had a long inter view with the KING, and represented to him that " as a Spaniard, as a loyal subject, as a soldier, and as a prince, he should be the first to obey the orders of his QUEEN, and shed for her cause the last drop of his blood." On the re turn of the Ministers from the Prado another Cabinet Council was held, after which Senor PACHECO and Senor SALAMANCA set off for Aranjuez. The KING demands, as the price of his reconciliation, the removal of all the present members of the royal household, and the appointment of a Camarilla of his choosing. The " Palace question," as it is called, ex cites extraordinary interest in Madrid. A guard of honour has been sent to the Prado, out of respect to the KING-CONSORT. The Popular publishes a letter from Aranjuez, which states that the QUEEN is in an " interesting situation." The marriage of Don ENRIQUE has been officially notified to the nobility. The permission to return to Spain, which Don ENRIQUE asked for on his mar riage, has, it is said, been refused for the present. Generals CAMEA, ESPINOSA, MONTERO, PEROL, and CENDRERA, have all been restored to the rank of which they had been deprived for their fidelity to ESPARTERO. The Heraldo publishes a letter from Catalonia, stating that TJUSTANY, who was reported some days ago to have been shot, was on the II th at the head of a band of 300 men. MADRID BOLSA, MAY 19.—The Three per Cents. were done at 30 1 4 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. We have received the National, the only political paper published i n P ar i s on M on day, the other papers having fide. kept holiday in honour of Whitsun- On Monday the debate in the Chamber of Depu ties commenced on the proposition of M. GLAIS BIZON on postal reform. The proposition is opposed on the ground that it is not safe to risk a defalcation in the revenue at the present moment. On this sub ject the National as the following article : " What has been the influence of the general receipts of the tariff of 1827 which the Government persisted in maintaining? An augmentation of expenditure far superior to the increase of the revenue. Compare, for instance, the produce of the customs, forests, regis tration, and indirect taxes, with those of the Post office; and the inferiority of the latter will be at once apparent. Still more, whilst the four imposts of which we have just spoken give each year more considerable profits to the Treasury, the service of the Post-office alone does not follow that ascensional progress. On the contrary, its expenses augment in the proportions of 60 per cent.; whereas the improvement in the receipts is only 26 per cent., so that the Administration, in wish ing to remain stationary, retrogrades. But to what other cause but the great elevation of the tariff can this result be attributed? It is not, besides, a new fact in political economy, as it has been constantly seen that excessive taxes end in a diminution of receipts. France claims the honour of having led the way in Europe in organiz ing a post-office service, but her imitators have singu larly gone beyond her. Everywhere a progress has been made; we alone have stuck fast in the old path. The following is the average postage at present prevail ing amongst the principal nations:— England ... ... ..• uniform postage ... 10c. Prussia ... 8 zones ... 26 Spain ... ... ... uniform ... 27 United States ... 3 zones 29 Sardinia ... 7 zones ••• 34 Austria ••• .•• 2 z ' TIPS •• • ... 34 Russia ... •. • uniform ••• ... 40 Franco ..• 11 zones (tariff of 1827) 42 This comparative table shows that Franco is not even on a level with the powers which she has left so far behind her in the career of political reforms. The Government of July has shown less liberality than Austria and Prus sia. The tariff of 1827 has not only the effect of placing us in a state of inferiority relative to the rest of the world, but it places us on a strange contradiction with ourselves. Few persons are aware that during the last century and a half we have actually retrograded in postal matters. According to the tariff of 1673, the postage of a single letter was fixed, according to the di- tance, at from loc. to 25c.; in 1705, at from 15c. to 50c.; in 1759, at from 20c. to 70c. The revolution took place, and in 1798 a new tariff, having for basis a single letter, weigh ing a quarter of an ounce (71 gr.), and e,tabiishing twelve zones, fixes the postage at from 20c. to 75c. The year after the z , ,nes were reduced to four, and a - J, post age nig( d from 50c. to If. 25c. In the year IV. the Council of Five Hundred, ' considering that it is as important for the good of the service as for the interest of the Treasury to re establish an equilibrium between the receipts and expenses of the Post-office,' declared that something ought to be done at once, and adopted the following resolution. The postage was raised as follows : Ist distance, from 10 sous to 2f. 20 sous. 2d 9/ 15 sf. 3d 7, lf. to 7f. 10 sous. 4th If. 5 sous to 10f. This was the beau ideal of the fiscal theory, and six months after the falling off in the receipts was so enor mous that a new resolution was come to. The Council of Five Hundred, considering that the service of the Post-office presented a deficit in its receipts, compared with its expenses, absolutely ruinous to the Treasury, arid that it was as urgent as useful to ameliorate the pro ducts of this service, raised the weight of the single letter from a quarter to a half ounce (15 gr. in place of 71 gr.), and reduced the postage in this way:-- Ist distance, 50 leagues, from 2f. 10 sous to 6 sous. 2d „ 100 sf. to 10 „ 3d „ 150 /9 7f. 50 sous to 14 „ 4th „ above „ 10f. to 18 „ From that period to 1827 we could mention other charges, but all have rather referred to new classifica tions of distance than any serious changes in the post age. To sum up, the tariff has been changed eight times from 1791 to 1827, and if any one wishes to ob serve the progress realised, not only since the end of the 18th century, but since the edict of 1673, he must com pare the postage of a single letter sent to the greatest distance (above 900 kilometres), under the empire of the tariffs which have suceeded each other for the last 150 years:— " According to the tariff of 1673, it would have cost 25c. s, f , „ 1703 50c. /I f f 7, 1759 70c. f• 1791 f, 75c. /t „ year IV. ,•„ 90c. „ year V. 75c. If 2 f ~ „ year VIII. I , If. - „ 1827 „ if. 20c. Does not this simple comparison relieve us from the task of dwelling longer on the necessity of reducing a postage heavier not only than the tariff of the absolute Governments, but even than all those hitherto imposed on as ?" Intelligence has been received from the Island of Bourbon up to the 23d February. The financial crisis had become aggravated, in consequence of the bad weather, which had continued 35 days with out interruption, had compromised the sugar canes, and completely destroyed the plantations of vivrieres. There was an absolute want of specie ; the sums paid out by the Treasury to the garrison were imme diately conveyed to India or the Archipelago for the acquisition of rice and cattle. In consequence of the rains, which had caused the rivers to overflow, ruined cultivation, and interrupted all communications for several days, the colony suffered most severely from the want of provisions. This deplorable state of things may be ascribed to many causes, but es pecially to the interruption of commercial relations with Madagascar. Formerly the great portion of rice and cattle required by the colony were oh tamed from that island by means of exchanges, but at present they have to be procured from India, where they have to be paid for in money. The Colonial Council, which had been prorogued on ac count of the violence of its discussions, had resumed its sittings. The Government had submitted to it several drafts of decrees destined to assure the execution of the law of Ju1y,1845, but the party o f re sistance seemed disposed to reject that absolutely. The question of delegation was expected to receive a solution in the course of the month of March, but on that matter, as on all others, the Colonial Council was divided, without there being any hope that the two parties would accept any means of conciliation. M. GANNERON, the banker, died on Monday. A letter from Toulon, of the 20th, says " There is at this moment a great bustle in our road stead, as the squadron under the command of the Prince de Joinville is taking in its stores; and orders have been given for it to be ready to sail by the 23d inst., but it is not supposed that it will be ready before the end of the month. It is reported here that the squadron is to pro ceed to the Levant, but this report stands in need of confirmation. By an order of the Minister of War, thirty Arab prisoners who are hero have just been set at liberty." The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Mon day at 78f. 10c. ; the Five per Cents., 115 f. 95c. ; the Or leans Railroad Shares, 1,233 f. 75c. ; Rouen, 947 f. 50c. ; Havre, 641 f. 25e. ; Great Northern, 600 f. ; Avignon, 725 f. ; Vierzon, 5821. 50c. ; Bordeaux, 507 f. 50c. ; Boulogne, 405 E ; Basle, 187 f. 50c. ; Dieppe, 323 f. 75c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 427 f. 50c. ; Tours and Nantes, 410 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 436 f. 25c. ; Lyons and Avignon, 4501. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 451 f. 25c. ; Belgian Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 53k. MARSEILLES, MAY 20.-Marseilles and Avignon, 712 f. 50e. ; Northern, 5931. 75c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 25. Northern of France, 11%—Paris and Lyons, 54—Paris and Orleans, 164—Paris and Rouen, 36 1 A—Paris and Stras bourg, I HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent and his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, and attended by the Viscountess Canning, Lady Augusta Bruce, the lion. Miss Stanley, the Marquis of Ormonde, the Hon. Cap tain Gordon, and Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, honoured her Majesty's Theatre yesterday evening with their presence. liar Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by their Serene Highnesses the Hereditary Gr an d D u k e an d Grand Duchess of Sa xe Weimar, and att en d e d b y t h e Marchioness of Ormonde, Earl Howe, the Baron Tezitzer, Le Comte de &test, and the H on . C aptain Somerset , was also present. Hi s , Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Constantine, accom panied by his Excellency the Russian Minister, also honoured the theatre with his presence. His Imperial Highness's suite comprised Admiral Lutke, Baron Friedri c k s , Al. Ha urow it c h, and the Hon. Colonel Grey. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge was also present. We also noticed the Duke of Wellington and Marchioness of Douro, Prince Louis Napoleon and suite, the Duke of Leeds, the Duke and Duchess of Montrose, the Duke de Palmella, the Duchess of Suther land, th e D uke and Duchess ofßedford, the Baroness Brunnow and Mademoiselle Olga de Lechner, the Mar quis and Marchioness of Clanricarde and Miss de Bergh, the Marquis and Marchioness of Nortnanby, the Marqui s of Iluntley, the Marchioness of thandford, the Marquis of Kildare, the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailsa, th e E arl of Falmouth, the Earl of Lonadale, the Earl of Cardigan, the Countess of Cardigan, the Earl of Munster, the Earl of Bective, Earl Grenville, his Excel lency the Hanoverian Minister, the Countess of Shan non, Viscount Canterbury, Viscount Clifden,, Lord Blantyre, Lord and Lady Charles Wellesley, Lord, Lady. and Miss Fitzroy Somerset, Lord Elpbinstone, Lord e r , a m°Ys , Lady Colb orne , Lady Byron, Lady Augusta Baring, Lady Hume Campbell, M. de Berg, Lady Char lotte Denison, Lady Grant, Lady G. Seymour, Lords G. and 0. Fitzgerald, Mr. and Lady Sandford, Sir Wil liam and Lady Fremantle, Sir F. and Lady Roe, the Lord Mayor and Lady Carroll, General and L a d y Palmer, Sir H. Dundas, Sir Ralph and Lady Howa rd , Sir John Mackenzie, Sir Felix Booth, Sir Thomas Hare, Sir R. Vivian, Mr. Hubert de Burgh , Mr. Mount joy ' Martin, M.P. ' and Mr s , Martin, Hon , Mr . Lawless, Mr. Packe, M.P., Ho n . G enera l Upton, Mr. Montague Gore, ALP., the Atto rney -G enera l, Ma o r Buckley, Captai n the Hon. J. M acdonald, Co l one l I.Vildinan, Hon. G. Byng, M. C. De Coudriaffsky, Sir W. M. Stanley, Sir R. Gordon, the Count de Revel, Hon. St. John Mild may, &c. _ _ 0 111 it s leaf before th e oak, a wet summer us u a l ly follows; E OAK HAS W 0 . _Wh e n the ash-tree ope ns and when the oak-tree opens its leaf before the ash, a dry summer usually follows. The oak is first this year. —Marh Lane Expren, MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 5,300 bales, and prices were firm. American ord. and mid. sorts were quoted /id. per lb. higher than on Friday last, and all other kinds were at extreme rates.—ln Shares there was a further improvement. A good demand existed for Midland, North Stafford, and York and Newcastle. The sale of Railway Shares yesterday, by Messrs. La mond and Co., was rather firmer; and the prices realised show an improvement upon those of last sale. The following are a few of the principal sales:— East Indian ... Manchester and Southampton 0 10 0 Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston 1 6 6 Great Northern ....... „.., ............. 2 2 0 Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 4 17 6 Newmarket and Cheaterford, Extension 2 1 0 North Staffordshire, New Scrip Windsor, Staines, and South-Western 2 14 0 South Wales ... 6 17 6 Eastern Counties. York Extension......... 5 18 0 South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and G001e... 1 7 6 East Lancashire (Scrip) Louvain ala Sambre Eastern Counties Corn still falls in the provinces as well as here, and the advices from New York received this morning, al though but 3ne day later, intimate that holders of flour were rather anxious to realise, and that freights were low. As regards the latter circumstance, it necessarily arises from the canals not having opened, but if holders were anxious to realise before the supplies arrived, what may we not expect when they are poured down to the Atlantic seaboard, as some anticipated. If the subjoined statement from the New Price Current be correct, and no doubt there are plenty of similar instances in other parts of the country, our home sup plies will be large yet. The writer observes:-- " It is estimated, that as soon as the arrivals com mence, which will be very shortly, from St. Petersburgh and Canada, added to those known to be on the passage from Odessa and the United States, &c., the impeets, including flour, will not be less than equal to 100,000 quarters weekly. This is irrespective of the supplies in the farmers' hands, which, Isom all we have been able to learn, are quite adequate to meet our wants until the harvest commences. It may be interesting to our readers to know the very moderate views which some of the farmers entertain as to a remunerative price for wheat; for example, a gentleman farmer near Norwich, of the name of Blake, has stored up in his granaries his crops of wheat for the last seven years, and has deter mined not to sell until he can obtain 150 s. per quarter. Another farmer, Mr. Plaxton, in Essex, has three years' crop still f or sa l e . or the in formation of farmers and speculators, and as a caution to the millers and bakers, who literally buy only from hand to mouth, we subjoin a statement of the prices of grain in the famine year 1800, showing that wheat fell in price, within one month, from 120 s. to 40s. per quarter." The table proves this clearly eaough, and we expect that' many will "be wise in time," according to the adage that a " bird in the hand is worth two in the bush," and that a " nimble ninepence is better than a slow shilling." We should think that even farmers must be able tocalculate the loss of interest upon capital locked up for seven years, and which by improvements on the land, &c., might possibly have been increased two-thirds in that time. The ad vices received to-day from the Cape of Good Hope to March 27, describe the measures about to be taken by the new Governor as being vigorous, and likely to bring the Kafirs to unconditional terms, and to enforce the surrender of the stolen cattle, &c. The English Funds have been firmer to-day, and the settlements so far has not made them worse, although the " options," up to the hour of our writing, have not come off. Consols have been 87/ to I for present transfer, and about 88 to for July. Exchequer bills have been par to 2s. premium. Bank Stock has been firm at 189. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been marked 88 to 87i-, and the Three per Cents. 86i to t. The Foreign Securities have been very quiet again. Portuguese Four per Cents. are 33/ being flatter again. Spanish Three per Cents. are not higher than 33i. Mexican Bonds have been steady at 20*. Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents. have realised 58/ I. Railway Shares have still rather a firm and improving appearance, and the dullness of trade may throw more surplus money int) the market. BRIT ISII FUNDS. ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bulk Stock .. .. 149 189 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 86L 86% three per Cent. Consols Annuities 87U % 87% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. 873, 3i 88 87% 87% Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 87, 9 9 India Bonds, 1,0001. . Ditto, under 1,000/. .. 3 dis 2 p 2 p Consols for May 27 .. 87143 G 871 , Exchequer Bills. 1 Itid. 2d. 2 p par 5001. . .... 4 1 p Ditto, Small 6 3p ONE FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. -- Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent .. 37% Grenada, 1 per Cent .. . Ditto, Deferred 3 1 4 Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent .. 20% 20 1 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 33 Ditto, 4 per Cent .. .. Ditto, for the Account ......333434 3354 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. 22 22 Ditto,s per Cent. '38,39,40, (111'3840 Ditto .. • • .. • . 1845 16% Ditto, Deferred .. 15 Ditto, Three per Cent .. 33% 33% Dividends on the above payable in Landon. Dutch Two-and-a-Halt per Cent .. 58% 5834 Russian Inscription, 5 per Cent. .. 104 cLosmi, PRICES. 8214 3r4 PRICES OF BUSINESS CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. PAID. DONE AT PRICES. ONE O'CLOCK. Amber., Notting., Boston, and Eastern Junction . •• 2%.... 1 1 A .......... I M Birmingham and Oxford Junction 10 .... 16 • 16 Birming., Wolver., and Dudley • • b ...... • • ..9% Bristol and Exeter .. • . .. 75 .... 72 y 4 Caledonian 28% .. 35 .... 28 Chester and Holyhead .. 27% .... 191 , 4 %• • • • 20 Eastern Counties .. 20 18% 19 .. • • .. 19 Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1. 6/. 13s. 4d. p........ p Ditto, York Extension 7% ••••• • • • • • 5% Edinburgh and Glasgow .. 50 . •• .. •• • .. •• . Ditto, Quarter Shares • . .. 12% .... 16 ••.. • • • ... 16% Ely and Huntingdon .. .. 15 15% 15 ...... 15 Great Northern 3 • 2 2.. • • .... _2_ Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 30 — .... •• 243 Great Western .. 85 ....109 .. • 105 Ditto, Half shares .. 50 .... 63 •• . 64 Ditto, Quarter Shares 1234 .... 15% 15% Ditto, Fifths .. 20 .... 2534 ..... 25 jy Ditto, Xew 434 .... 734 • 7 Hull and Selby .. .. 50 ....103 103 Leeds and Bradford .. .. 40 .... 84%. London and Blackwall .. 16/. 13s. 4d. 7% .. •••• • • •• London, Brighton, & South. Coast 50 .... 513 52 ...... 52 Ditto, Consol. Eighths .. 10 .... 11% 12 ...... 12 _ Ditto, Fifteenths .. 52 •• -• •• •• • • 51 London and Greenwich.. 121. 15s. 4d... • • 8% ••••• • • • • • 9 London an North-Western ..100 • ...171 172.. .. 172 Ditto, Quarters -- L. and B. 7 .... 21 1 * %•• .. . 211,1 Ditto ditto, New Shares • • .. 2 .... 11% • ll% Ditto, Fifths .. ." . .. 2 .... 15 .. • • 15 Ditto, 401. Shares M. & .. 40 .... 66% .... • • 65 Ditto, 101. Shares M. &B. (B) 5 .... ••.. • ..... 10 Ditto, 101. Shares M. &B. (C) 1 •• .. . ..... 5% London and South-Western 41/. 6s. 10d... 61% 3 62 34 63 Ditto, Tenths (Consolidated) .. 50 .... 5 • - Ditto, Scrip • . .. • • .. .. 5 .... 43( •• • • 414 Lynn and Eiy .. 25 .... 26% . .. •. . 26 Lynn and Dereham .. 20 .... 20% ••• • • • Manchester and Leeds .. .. • • 82 •• .. 98 • .. • • .... 98 Ditto, Half Shares .. .. 38 .... 45 ..... ..... 45 Ditto, Quarter Shares .. .. 12 .... 14 .... 14 Ditto, Fifths .. 5 .... ... ••• 834 • . Ditto, Thirds (Reg.).. .. —7l. 45..... %% . • % dis Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. ••• • % dis. ..... % dis Midland ..100 ....115 .......... 115 Ditto, New .. .. 36 .... 30 .......... 39 Do., Consol. Bristol and Birm. ix per Cent. .. • • "100 .. —124 123% ...... 123% Newcastle and Berwick .. 20 .... 25% 25% 25% Ditto, New .. .. •• 5 .... 6%34.,, „ 6 Norfolk .. ..100 126 .......• • • 126 Northern Counties Union .. .. 4 .... % .......... 1 North British .. • • •• 25 .... .....- • ... 30% Ditto, Half Shares .. • • .. 12% •• • . 14% ..... 14% Ditto, Thirds .. -. • . 1 .. • . .......... 2% Northern and Eastern .. .. 50 .... 55%.. 55% North Staffordshire .. 7% ... • 9% %% •• • • 9% Preston and IVyre.. 25 .... 35% Ditto, Half Shares (A) .. .. • . 1234 • • 12 4 Reading, Guildford. and Reigate 5 ••• • .... •• • • Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 334 • • Ditto, Cll ss .. • • • • 3-•• • • •"••• • • -• -• 2% Shropshire Union .- 4 .... 2( 21' South Eastern and Dovor .. • • 33% •• • • 355 s 36 ••• • • 36 Ditto. New (iss. at 321.) No. 1. 20 •• .. 20% • 20% Do.. New (do. 331. 65.8 d.) No. 2. 12 .... 11 11 Do.. New (do. 301.) .. No. 3. 15 13% „ ........ 13 34 Do., New (do. 101.) .. No. 4. 5 .... 7 4% ...... South Wales .. • • .• • • 10 .... 7 West Riding Union • • • • • . 4/. 2s ..... die • • ( 11, Windsor. Staines, &S. Western.. 425. p p York and Newcastle.. 25 .... 351 4 %• • •• • • 35% Ditto, New.. .. .. 10 14% 14 Ditto, Preference .• •••• 4 • • • • 6 3 4% •••• .. • • 6% York lad North Midland .. .. 50 .. •• 82 82 Ditto, Extension • . • • .. 25 .... 40 ...... .•. ..........40 Do. and W. Riding Eaten.. 10 •• FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. .• •. 20 .... 16% .......• .. 16 Namur and Liege .. •• .. 10.3 ... ... •. • ..... .. • • 11 3% Northern of France •• .• • 8 . n % • % Paris and Lyons .. .. • • • .• 8 .... 5 %•• ..... Paris and Strasbourg .. . • .. 5 .... .. • • 1% JOINT-STOCK BAN KS. London Joint-Stock .. 10 •• • ... 16 1 London and Westminster .. .. 20 .... 26 .••• • • • 26 34 Real del Monte lIINES. , Unregistered 3IA 3 14 LLOYD'S SHIPPEY G—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAY 26.—Wind S., light breeze, and fine clear weather. DEAL, MAY 25.—Wind S.W., fresh ; 10 P.M., W.S.W., light breeze.--Sid. Ricard, Batavia; John Brown, Porto Rico. Arrd. from the River the Agricola, Calcutta; Boreas, St. Croix. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 25.—Wind W.S.W.—Off port, Owen Glendower, Robertson, Bombay, which passed the Mary and Ellen, of Cardigan, abandoned with eight feet of water in her hold, on the 20th instant. FALMOUTH, MAY 25.—Wind W.S.W.—SId. Pheno meene, New York. LIVERPOOL, MAY 25.—Wind W.S.W. to W.N.W., fresh.—Arrd. Brilliant, Cowan, Mauritus; Star, Thomp son, Rio Janeiro; Undaunted, Brown, Philadelphia; Co lumbia, Furber, New York, eld. Ist instant. The Ash land, Williams, hence to New York, went on shore on Long Island 29th ult., and remained, making water, in an easy position ; assistance had been sent from New York. CLYDE, MAY 24.—Wind S.—Arrd. Ganymede, Joy, Jamaica. Sid. Victory, Calcutta ; Francis, St. Kitts ; Ann Campb(ll, Halifax. DUBLIN, MAY 24.—Wind E. ; P.M. S.W.—Arrd. Venus, Soal, Philadelphia ; Claremont, Fleming, New Orleans ; Ella Cesander, New , York. Sld. F r i en d s hi p , uo*, CORR, MAY 23.—Wind S.W., strong.—Arrd. En chantress, Ellis, Iti ,, w York. WATERFORD, MAY 24.—Wiad S. to Beaver, Lawson, Porto Rico. KINGSTOWN, MAY 24.—Wind S.W.— Arrd. Glide, bl'Lloyd, Boston. LEITH, MAY 24.—Wind N.—Arrd. Fadrenesmiae, Hyorth, Demerara. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY. CORN EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY During the present week the arrivals of English Wheat for our market have been to a fair extent. To-day the show of samples of that grain was by no means large ; yet, owing to the prevailing fine weather, the demand for all descriptions was in a very sluggish state, and Mon day's reduced figures were with difficulty supported. Upwards of 8,000 quarters of foreign Wheat have come to hand since Saturday evening. As usual, large parcels were pressing for sale, the trade was heavy, at a deMine of fully is per quarter. The show of Barley was moderate, while the trade was heavy, at barely late rates. Exceedingly little business was passing in Malt, the value of which grain had a downward tendency. Oats, Beans, Peas, Indian Corn, and Flour, might have been purchased on somewhat easier terms. English —•—• Irish. Wheat. 2,940 qrs. ARRIVALS. IBarley. 1.110 qrs. Oats I Flour. 320 qrs. 1 4,550 sks 610 I UMW -- 3,00 Malt. WO ars. WHXTECHAPEZ. A fair average supply of Meat was on sale here; generally speaking, the demand was in a sluggish state, at barely stationary prices. Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 6d, Mutton, 4a 4d to 5s 6d; Lamb, 6s to 6s 10d; Veal, 4s 6d to 5a 6d; and Pork, 4s 4d to 5s 4d per Blbs, by the carcase. Foreign .• • • • • 8,700 ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) The Court was occupied all the day with the argu ments in a part• heard cause, which did not possess a particle of general interest. VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir J. Wicasm.) TENNANT V. TENNANT. His HONOUR delivered jud!..ment in this case, which was as follows:—The testator devised the rents of his whole estate in Swansea to his wile for life, with a re:.i duary bequest to certain trustees, in order to accumulate a fund for certain purposes, and the point at issue was, whether the rents of the whole estate passed to the wife? As the whole question turned upon the exact words of the will, it is necessary to set them forth ; they were as follows. The testator having first bequeathed the whole of the rents of his estate to his wife for life, then pro ceeds to bequeath various sums to his relatives and friends upon her death, and concludes with these words:—" And as to the residue of my real and personal estate, not otherwise disposed of by this my will, I give the same to my said trustees, upon trust that they, and the survivors of them, and the heirs, executors, and administrators of such survivor, do and shall place out the same at interest in some of the Parliamentary stocks or funds of Great Britain, or in or upon real securities in England, Scotland, or Wales, at interest, and do and shall in the mean time, until the said residue shall become payable, vary, alter, and transfer the same for other stocks, funds, and securities, so as to cause the same to accumulate in the nature of compound interest." His Honour decided that the wife was entitled to hold the rents of the whole estate for her life, and that they passed by the will. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco, before Lord Chief Justice DENMAN.) RUSSELL V. SMITH. Mr. WATSON, Q.C., applied for a rule to set aside the verdict in this case, which had been given for the plain tiff, with a penalty of 405., for an infringement of the copyright of a song called the " Ship on Fire." The Learned Counsel stated at some length, that the case had been tried at Guildhall, and a verdict for the plain tiff given. de now moved to set aside that verdict, on the ground that it had been given under an erro neous construction of the Act 3d and 4th William IV. It was provided by that Act, that an in fringement of a musical copyright should be con stituted by its being sung at any opera or play of drama tic entertainment. It had been given in evidence that the song had been sung at a place called Crosby-hall, a place of public resort, and that place had been considered by the jury to be one of dramatic entertainment. lie now contended that this ball neither came under the de scription of opera nor place of dramatic entertainment, and that the song was not of that description which was protected by the Copyright Act as an opera or musical composition, as stated in the Act, as it was not set to any particular musical air. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE—Then you are compelLcl to argue that the important branch of musical composi sition, the Oratorio, is not protected by the Cops right Act. The Court will consider of the application. BAIL CURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco, before Mr. Justice VlTlonTrieN.) TILE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD v. TARLETON. Mr. CoWLEY moved, on behalf of the defendant, for a rule nisi, to amend a feigned issue, put forward by the plaintiffs, in regard to all that it contained relating to the village of Towcester. The question in these pro ceedings arose out of the Tithe Commutation Act. In the vicarage was a parish called Handleigh, and the University College of Oxford were landowners in that parish, the tithes of which were in the course of com mutation. It was contended that the tithes to be paid from Handleigh were only on corn, grain, hay, lambs' wool, and wood, all other produce being exempt. The difference of opinion which arose with respect to the produce upon which tithe was to be paid caused the matter to be referred to the Tithe Cum missioner, who decided that the land was exempt from the payment of all tithe, except upon corn, grain, hay, lambs' wool, and wood, and that these tithes were pay able to the vicar only. Upon this decision an action had been brought, and a feigned issue set forth, which he sought leave to amend. The question at issue was not whether the tithe was to be paid to the vicar alone, but whether the land itself was stab • ject to tithe at all. That was the only question which could be raised, as the feigned issue with regard to the payment to the rector only, left the real case just as it was. Leave had been given in a case called Edwards and Banbury, third vol. Queen's Bench Reports, p. 885. He had before cited that case, and Mr. Justice Coleridge had ordered all further proceed ings in the present case to bo stayed until the fourth day in this term. He now moved for this leave, in order that the case might be brought before the full Court. Application granted. REGINA V. THE JUSTICES OF MIDDLESEX. The rule in this case, which was made absolute yes terday, was, on the application of the Court, recalled, in order that the case might be brought on and argued be fore the full Court. CLARKE O. WELLS. Mr. WOOLLETT applied for a rule nisi for an attach ment against Mr. Wells, an attorney, and Wright, his clerk, for disobedience to an order of Mr. Justice Erie, to deliver up certain papers, which order had been made a rule of court. The rule had been served personally upon Wells and his clerk, and they had refused to de liver up the papers. It appeared from the affidavits that much difficulty was apprehended in the service of the attachment, as it. had been found next to impossible to servo him with the rule of court. The person who had served him had called several times, and had only served him by meeting him in the street, and pursuing him when he ran away. He paid the costs ordered by the Master, but refused to obey the rule.—Rule nisi granted. Toe court afterwards sat at nisi prius, but no case of any importance occurred. ' COMMON PLEA S.—(THIS DAY.) (Before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE in Banco.) MARILEET V. LEIFCHILD. Mr. JONES (with whom was Nlr. Peacock) appeared to oppose a demurrer to the judgment in this case. 'The plaintiff had buught an estate of the defendant, with an undertaking that an abstract of title should be furnished, but that the inquiry should not go further back than a certain deed bearing date 1843. After paying the price the plaintiff discovered that the title was bad. An action was brought, and a verdict entered against him ; but he sought reparation on the groun.; of there having been a breach of the conditions of sale. It was argued by Mr. Peacock that there had been an abstract delivered according to the terms of the con ditions, and that if there had been a breach at all it had not been properly alleged in the declaration, and that therefore the plaintiff was not entitled to any relief. In support of his view of the case he cited " Smart v. Ilytte," where a horse had been sold with a warranty, and this the plaintiff alleged had invalidated the bar gain. But on the trial it appeared that no notice of unsoundness had been given, as was by law required, before twelve o'clock of the day after that on which the sale was effected. The allegation, therefore, was inad missable, as the plea amounted to non assumpsit, and the rule ought to be refused. In answer to that it was held, that the conditions of sale had created a collateral contract, and the case of "Parker v. Palmer" was cited to show that such was the fact. In that case the plaintiff had agreed to sell a quantity of rice, which, according to the rules of the East India Company, must be sold by sample. The rice when produced, was unequal to the sample, and the defendant on the trial pleaded non ass umpsit. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE inquired whether that ap peared on the face of the contract, for he remembered a case reported by Campbell, in which an action had been brought on a contract to which there was a subsidiary agreement. But that subsidiary agreement had not appeared on the face of the declaration, and the plaintiff was consequently nonsuited. Mr. PEACOCK said that the applicant in this case had required that to be done which the defendant had never promised to do, and if the abstract was to be considered at all it would constitute a question of law on which the Judges alone would have to decide. If the defendant had not delivered the deed of conveyance from Mr. 43osanquet to Mr. Marfleet, which carried the estate in 1843, he would have failed in that to fulfil his en gagements, but he had done so, and had therefore per formed ail that was required of him, and no rule nisi ought to be granted. The LORD CHIEF BARON said that he was of opinion that there must be judgment for the plaintiff, as the plea was a bad plea. The condition alleged in the contract stated that the defendant had the power to deliver a good freehold title. The plea denied this, and stated that the defendant had only promised to give a certain abstract, though not the abstract of good title, but if this denial was to be effective at all it must be in proper and direct terms, and not circuitous and argu mentative. The plea was therefore bad, for no cases had been cited, or could be cited, against this general rule of the Courts, and there ought, consequently, to be juagment for ;.t,e The other Learned Judges coinciding in this opinion, the verdict was ordered to be registered accordingly. COURT OF REVIEW.—(THISDAY His Honour Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce sat this morning as Chief Judge in Bankruptcy, but nothing of public interest was brought before the Court. SECONDARIES.-(THIS DAY) (Before Mr. Secondary POTTER.) LOCKS V. CAUFER.—CURIOUS CASE OF ALLEGED FA-To SIFICATION OF VOUCHERS. The plaintiff in this action is a brickmaker and mer chant, and defendant a builder, &c., at New-cross, Deptford. The action was brought to recover the WI of ill. 55., the balance of an account for goods sold an delivered. The defendant paid 31. 12s. into Court, and pleaded nil debit as to the remainder. Mr. Sadgrove, solicitor for the plaintiff, called Thal' son, a clerk to the plaintiff, who stated the account be tween the plaintiff and defendant, and that the belittle. was due. Mr. MILLER, who appeared as counsel for the defend ant, produced a book and cross-examined the witness as to an entry in the defendant's book of a sum o '2ol. I? received. The witness disti n ctly swore t h a t he Ol t received 101. on the day in question ;that al p n vi i h ej ad_e signature appeared on th e b oo k, the figures writing of the amount in full were not in his hand; writing. He generally si gne d the books. The figure had been altered fr o m 10 to 20 ; the writing had b een altered. Mr. MILLER, for the defendant, concluded th t hetaite tion of ten to twenty h a d b een occasioned by t ness pressing for a large sum on account. This he (the Learned Counsel) would prove in evidence. There was no alteration in the written part, and he begged to the attention of the jury to the fact that sums of mon!, were written at full length in cheques and on bi to check the figures ; in this case the fi gur es had bee!n first put in as ten but altered to twenty, at which suralt was filled up in writing. A juror said th a t h e thought with the witne ss that the writing had b een a l tere d—that the figures had i'lus evident. Mr. MILLER said he could not see the case in 0 . 1 light ; the alter a ti on o f th e 10 to 20 m i g h t be 0 011 , li t re to fo " twenty r bu int h”ew i thout wr i ting siutch visible wasi i m bl p e o dff ssiibeireentcoe alteras W e ticl 4re detection ; where suspi c i on was ra i se d by other cumstances, if fraud had been contemplated a Che'-mical th e process would have dischar ge d th e ink, an d if for ‘• words" why not for the "figures ?" then, as t he s ij;; nature was admitted, an end wo u ld have been put tool claim. The fact was, the witness loved his gla ss '.„ye slid make mistakes occasionally, and had mad e a "'- calculation. with The witness said he had never been charg'" c a such neglect by his master, and there was no fo unde d for it except in the brief of the Learned Counsel. Evidence was adduced t o ma ke out the defe nce, o u' of failed, but showed that the "book-keeping " Wit very accurate on the s id e o f the defendant, a n such mistakes were likely to happen. The jury found for the plaintiff. SURREY SESSIONS.—(THIS DAY). (Before THomas PUCKLE, Esq., and a B en ch Magtes. Henry Wilson, a young istra fellow ) well known to t h ,„: police, was convicted of picking pockets at Epsom, a n Derby day, and sentenced to ten years' transportati Jane Green, aged 30, was indicted for felonioufe stealing at Kingston-on-Thames, two p i ece s of silk, th property of Messrs. Shrubsoles, linen- draper, of thattiuw:s It appeared from the evidence, that on the eveni ng re..°` the 21st inst. the prisoner entered the sh o p. "boa quested to look at some silk. Several piece s were s ch , her, but she made no purchase, but left the sho p • had not proceeded far before the two p i ec es of silk p' et c missed from the counter. One of the prosecutors. re mediately pursued the prisoner, and while he was se ul tu e : s her about the property, she dropped it on the P ave eere from under her dress. The two pieces of silk were produced, and identified by the prosecutor. she did n ot In her defe n ce the prisoner said tha t steal the silk, nor did she know how it came on '- pavement. f Gailth The jury immediately returned a verdict 0 and the Chairman sentenced the pris oner to six tno ntha imprisonment. MARLBRO'-STRE ET—(THIS DAY.) David Griffigs, a private soldier , belonging to the 2d battali on o f t h e C o ldstream Guards, was bar charged with a ssaulting Mr. Jo hn Williams, No. Westbourne- s t ree t, Hyde Park. placed at the about six o'clock, he was proceeding through Hallo o , The complainant stated that on the previous eveni:gr: square, when his attention was called to the prisoi! o r_ who appeared to be quarrelling with a female. At t .±.. watching them a short time he saw him strike Inv woman a violent blow in the face. Complainant rein° . strated with the defendant upon his cowardly conduct: when, without the least reply, he (defendant) tureen round, struck him on the head, and kicked his kV s ' Complainant then called fora police-constable and gate him in charge. Mr_ William Taylor, 285, Regent-street, corroborated the evidence of complainant. The defendant, in answer to the charg e, admitted striking the female, and said she was his wife, and he was only correcting her, when the ge n tl eman came UP and interfered with him. He denied assaulting the complainant. Mr. BINGHAM said he was surprised that a man 114 the defendant should so commit himself, and as he had no doubt that he would be punished elsewhere, he (M Bingham) should only inflict the moderate fine of O h ' or seven days' imprisonment in the House of Correction' CLERKENWELL.—(THIS DAY' John Jackson, a carman, in the employ of Mr. Spesee'' carrier, 78, Guswell-street, was charged with robbing his employer and the New Gas and Coke Conipsoir under the following circumstances:— It appeared that Mr. Spencer had contracted with the Company for the performance of their carting work, ill which the prisoner was employed, and yesterday the latter went to the Company's works for the peir se of taking out twenty four sacks of coke. In about tvid hours afterwards Mr. Spencer saw his waggon and horses standing in Golden lane without any person attending to them, when his suspicion was excited, and he c ounted only twenty-three sacks. Orders had been sent for the removal of twenty-four by the company. The prisoner soon afterwards came out of a court, when inquiries were made, and as it was found that he had sold a bag 01 coke there, he was given into custody. The prisoner was fully committed. H a h a :: i g t er t f w or e d iit m y _. P s ESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT HUNGERFORD-HARI CET---" merchant, --- This hfiiremoring, broke out in the house of Mr. Milligan, corn s e, hay a m rk inutes past foLraitaic d.lisocco! et. It was vered by the watchmen in the market, who instantly gave the alarm, and, having broken the d o or 0f rthe stable, succeeded in rescuing open two va l ua ble horses, the otherwise would have b element. Shortly become a prey to the devouring engines arrived, and afterward s the Chandos-street Brigade of the West of vere immediately followed by thosl there being a Eng l and plentiful su p ply and County Fire-offices; encla men who were waitingsupply of water, and a number o f they were without for the market to open present' which had already t delay set to work on the flames , fears eady attained a fearful height. •Gre st were fora safety of the considerable time entertained for the ofthe as an. adjoining premises, occupied by O r : of the firemen. o l ! l manufactory; but by the exertion, fined to Mr. Micl ? ice; and inhabitants, the fire was OR' subdued until sevlegnano'cslo wareh ouse, and was not entirely The b warehouse and contents are totally destroyed, nothing left standing. It is supposed u ti t la t t he outer walls beta the from an overheated flue belonging toa o fi p re pe r originate use d for boiling shell-fish by the salesmen in th c einarketThe' amount of property destroyed cannot yet be aseertainea- ROBBERY AND NARROW ESCAPE.—This day a t ' 1 noon, as Mr. Joseph Yardley, formerly a captain in th ° 1 army. but now a city merchant, was proceeding down his Chiswellssireet, Finsbury, he felt a sudden tug at coat pocket, and saw a man dart into the Paul's Bead gin-shop, which is situate at the corner of Miltonestreet and Chiswell-street. Without waiting to ascertain whether he had been robbed or not, and remembering that there was a side door, he rushed round ,the corner into Milton-street, and was just in tine to collar the thief who had opened the door for him, and had got his silk handkerchief in bis possession. Mr' Yardley on feeling his other coat pocket, however, fount' that his pocket-book, which coLtained nearly 3001 which he had just received, was safe. He had no doubt bee° watched and followed by the thief, who had by tnistah e picked the wrong poc ket, and who, on bein g given int° custody was recognised as the notorious swell-mob - p ea " Bill Keefe." CELEBRATION OF HER MAJESTY'S BIRTHDAY.-- G RAND MILITARY SPECTACLE IN ST. JAMES'S FALAI' —To-morrow (Thursday) being set a p art for the wide" bration of her Majesty's birthday, there will, should the w eather continue propitious, be a grand military Air spection in the Tilt-yard, St. James's Park, agreeably 1.0 the official programme issued from the HOrse Guards. last evening. The troops are to be on the ground at halt-past nine o'clock. Officers attending are to appeaT in full dress, and to wear gold sashes. The Queen ' r nk and file exclusive guard, comprising one hundred ra • s's Palace at a quarter of sentries, will mount at St. Jame after one. The band will .attend. The troops, bane, &c., having formed into line, will await the app roach of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and h od is Uraor ire . the Commander-in-Chief , who, it is understo, will ac companied by his Royal Highness the Grand Dul'se COO' stantino of Russia and the distinguished perso °ages of his suite. On entering they will be receiveti by the military compliments Sue to their rank, after w hi c h the . prty will ride rouud the line. The usual m ownent s a will then follow.. The Belgian Free-Trade Association has convoke at Brussels, for the 16th of Se p tember next, a meeting s e conomists of all countri es, to discuss their respective j t e r e sts and views on the broad principles of free tra i t . ' The committee of the Association had deputed to Pen s two of its members, Messrs. Corr-Vandermaeren, Jude of the Tribunal of Commerce of Brussels, and Lehardl de Beaulieu, a civil engineer, to invite the most eminent advocates of free trade in Paris to attend the Belgian • Congress. The invitation had been already cheerfullY accepted by the Duke d'llarcourt, and M. Anisson D'a" perron, Peer of France ; Messrs. Lamartime and lief' a Faucher. and other deputies ; M. Michel Chevaliers " lii• Wolowaki, &o. BOXLEY, AYLESFORD, AND BURIIA3I.—Th4 hop 1 dine in these parishes has grown amazingly durilig this pot seb:ek ; so much so, that it is impossible to find sur,s event women to tie them. They are at present perfectia frit/ from any kind of vermin, _ -