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Now ready, in 2 vols., 21s. bound. THIRD EDITION OF HOCHELAGA ; OR, ENGLAND IN THE NEW WORLD. EDITED BY ELIOT WARBURTON, EsQ. Author of " The Crescent and the Cross." " This work possesses almost every qualification of a good book. We cordially recommend it to our readers, as well for the amuse ment of its lighter portions, as the vivid brilliancy of its descriptions and the solid information it contains."—John Henry Colbum, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now rawly, in post Bvo., with ntimerous Illustrations, 10s. 6d. A VISIT TO IRELAND, IN THE SUMMER of 1846. By Mrs. FREDERIC WEST. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street (Publisher in ordinary to her Majesty). HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. 1 TO-MORROW EVENING, Tuesday, May 11, will be performed DOilizetti's Opera, entitled L'ELISIR D'AMORE. * Adios, Madame Castellan • ' Nemorino, Signor Gardonl ; Belcore, bignor F. Lablache; and Dr. Dulcamara. Signor Lablache. Between the Acts, a DIVERTISSEMENT. Pas de Ono, by Mdlle. Cerito and M. St. Leon, assisted by Mdlles. Cassan, James, and Honore. Pas de la Rosiere, by Mdlle. Marie Taglioni (her last appearance but two). La Manola, by y . Ma. Cerito and M. St. Leon. To be followed by the Last Scene, by Signor Coletti. le conclude with the favourite Ballet THEA ; OLT, LA FEE A UX FLEURS. Principal characters by Mdlle. C. ktosati, Mdlle. Marie Taglioni, and M. Paul Taglioni. b Meyereer's Opera, Roberto il iavolo, will be repeated forthwith. The do - r's 44pcn at Seven. The D Opera to commence at Half-past Seven o'clock. -------..------- HER MAJ.ESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public. are respectfully in formed, that an EXTRA NIGLIT will take place on THUItSDAY next, May 13,„ when will be performed Relines Opera, entitled LA SONNAMBULA, Amine, Mdlle. Jenny Lind ; Lisa, Madame -olari ; Count Rodolph, Signor F. La.blache ; and Elvino, Signor Gardoni. Wish various ntertainments in the BALLET DEPARTMENT, combining the talents of Mdlle. Cerito, Mdlle. Rosati, Mdlle. M. Mdlle. Petit Stephan, Mdlles. Honore, Cassan, Julien, La moureux, and Mdlle. L. Gratin. M. Perrot, M. P. Taglioni, and M. St. Leon. ROYAL I FALLtN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. On THURSDAY next, May 13, an EXTRA NIGHT, on which oceasion the combined strength of the Company will perform. Tree OPERATIC PERFORMANCES will embrace the talents of Madame' Gr.si, Madame Persiani, Signora Alboni, Signor Mario, Signor Salvi, Signor Rovers. Signor Marini, and Signor Tamburini. The BALLET will be supported by NI dile. Fanny Elssler, Mdlle. Dumilatre, Mdlle. Baderna, Mdlle. De Mellen, Mdlle. Auriel, Ma dame Delchanx, M. Petipa. M. Croce, M. O'Bryan, M. Delferier, c. The Doors will open at Half-past Seven o'clock, and the Ope tk ra will continence at Eight. riclielis, Stalls, and Boxes to be otained at the Box-office, Bow street ; :and at Cramer, Beale, and Co bs 201, Regent-street. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. H. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performed Sheridan Knowles's Comedy of LOVE CHASE, Sir William Foidlo ve, Mr. Tilbury ; Wall e rr Mr. Howe ; Widow Green, Mrs. Glover ; Constance. Mrs. Nisbett. Alter which the Grand Astronomical Extravaganza, called THE NEW PLANET ; or, Harlequin out of Place. To .conclude with a Farce, by J. R. Planche, Esq., called SPRING GARDENS. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Ender the direction of Madame Celeste FOR THE BENEFIT OF MRS. YATES. THIS EVENING Will be performed the original Drama, called oh THE Mr FLOWERS OF Tc-TE FOREST ; a Gipsy Story. Cheap Jn, . Wright ; Ishmael, Mr. 0. Smith ; the Kinchin, Mr. P. Bedford; Leybourne, Mr. Worrell ; Cynthia, Madame Celeste ; Lemuel, Miss Woolgar ; Starlight Bess, Mrs. Fitzwilliarn ; Lady Agnes, Miss Harding. After which the new Opera Buffa Sketch, called JENNY LIND. Principal characters by Messrs. Wright, Paul Bedford, Lambert, Selby, Cullentord, and Miss Woolgar. To conclude with the Drama, called VICTORINE ; or, I'll Sleep on It. Alexandre, Mr. Hudson; Michael, Mr. Boyce; Chanteloupe, Mr. 0. Wri;ht ; Bonassus, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Blaise, Mr. Wright ; Ma^aire, Mr. Worrell ; Yictorine, Mrs. Yates ; Elise, Mrs. Fitz william. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. .1. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Tragedy of FRE tiAMESTER. Beverley, Mr. Creswick ; Lewson, Mr. Webster ; Stukely, Mr. Ryder ; Jarvis. Mr. Granby ; Bates, Mr. Fisher ; Mrs. Beverley, Mrs. Butler; Char lotte, Mrs. Hughes ; Lucy, Miss Laporte. After which, a new Comic Drama, entitled THE BELLS AND THE RINGS. Bilberry, Mr. Granby ; Hartshorn, Mr. Fisher ; Bar rington, Mr. Vining ; Sam, Mr. Cowed; Mrs. Bilberry, Mrs. Fos broke ; Eliza, Mrs. Hughes. To conclude with the Comedy of SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER. Principal characters by Messrs. Granby, Vining, Compton, Cowell, Mrs. Stirling, Mrs Hughes, and Mrs. Fosbroke. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley. THIS EVENING Will he performed the new Drama, called THE CREOLE ; sr, Leve's Fetters. Damiron, Mr. F. Mathews ; Alpl'.onse, Mr. Murray, Hyainthe, Miss Dickinson ; Bokes, Mr. Keeley ; atour, Mr. Emery; Virginie, Miss M. Keeley Keeley; Louise, Miss May; Bellona, ).liss Daly. Af er which, the entirely new occasional Dramatic Sketch, called JMNNY LIND AT LAST; or, The Swedish Nightingale. Charac ter-1 by Mr. A. Wigan, Mr. Turner, Mr. Kinloch, Mr. Bellingham, Mr. Bender, Mr. Yarnold, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with a new Burlesque Extravanza, called THE WOOD DiENION ; or, One o'Clock, In which Messrs. Keeley, A. Wigan. F. 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 performed the amusing Comedle, entitled L'ENFANT TROUTE. Delbar, M. Regnier; Castel"ille, M. Cartigny ; lien riette, Mdile. Vallee ; Marianne, Mdlle. Khin. To conclude with the popular Comedic of LES DEMOISELLES DE ST. CYR. Dubouloy, M. Regnier; Charlotte de Merian, Mdlle. Denain. Boxes, Gs. ; Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, 35.; Gallery, 2s. Boxes and Stalls may be engaged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Bond-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from Eleven till Five. VT/lIOPIAN i•ERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. The celebrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Garmon, will have the honour of repeating their inimitable ENTF.RTAINMENTS at the St. James's Theatre, To-MORROW EVENING, Tuesday, May 11, and Saturday Even ing, May 15. Doors open at Eight:o'clock. They will also give r. DAY corn- PERF ORMANCE on Wednesday Morning next, May 12, nlencing at Half-past Two o'clock. Boxes and stalls at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; and at the Box-office. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Proprietor and Manager Mr. William Ratty. Under the patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal Family. THIS EVENING Will he performed Lord Byron's Dramatic Poem of THE BRIDE OF ABYDOS ; or, The Corsair. Unequalled SCENES in the CIRCLE, with the performances of the Arabian horse, Pearl of the Desert ; the four Mexican Antipo dean Artistes ; and the celebrated Clown. Mr. W. F. Wallet. To conclude with ZARAH ; or, The Gipsy Tribe of Bohemia. Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. Stalls, 55. ; Boxes, 45.; Upper Boxes, 34; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Commence every evening at Seven o'clock, ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Under the Management of Mrs. Frances Davidge, Lessee. Last Four Nights, previous to the Opera Season. Whit-Monday. Immense success of the Hall of Rome. THIS EVENING wri be performed the popular Drama of Antic RATTLER ; or, The Progress of a Scamp. Supported by the ee strength of the Company. After which the HALL OF ROME, by the celebra:ed Tableau Vivants and Poses Plastique. To cowhide with THE BUFFALO GALS ; or, Female Ethiopian Serenaders. 28., Pit, is.; Gallery, 6d. Doors open at Six, commence at Half-past Six. ROYAL VIC TORIA THEATRE. . THIS EVENING Will be performed TIIE SHOT IN THE EYE ; or. Jack Long of Texas. Characters by Messrs. flicks, Dale, Searle, Bird, Howard, Gardner, Mrs. G. Lee, M ss Burroughcliffe, &c. After which, RICHARD THE TiintD. Richard, Mr. Hicks. To conclude with I: HE HOLSTEIN IitiSSAR ; or, The Grenadier Guards. Supported by the entire strength of the Company. Boxes, Is. ; Half Price, 6d. Pit, 6d. ; Gallery, 3d. ti r. WEATHER.—Sum Urvicz. MAY 8. TLIER•4OMETER, Lowest, 49 ; Highest, 60 ; Noon, 57. BAROMETER, 29 44.—WIND S.; showery. MAY 9. flf WATER AT I.oNi)ON-BULDGE TI DAY. Horning .. 37 minutes after 9 I Evenirte .. 13 , ninitts 0 4, 1) T RMOMETEA, Lowest, 47; flizhest. 59 ; Noon. 62 BAROMETER, 29.S5.—Wind S.W.; sunshine and showery. c}e - - . 4 t T nßorr J Orriallta It LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 10, 1847. No statement yet made by the Chancellor of the Ex chequer is at all comparable in explicitness with the one uttered on Friday night, inreference to the existing financial embarrassments. There is no mistaking the meaning of Sir CHARLES WooD, and we thank the Right Hon. Baronet for the plainness with which he has spoken out upon a matter of such enormous importance. We thank the Chancellor of the Ex chequer for the nakedness of his proposition, though that very nakedness of manner only impresses us the more with a sense of its deformity. If the Chancellor of the Exchequer confides in the restoration of con fidence to the Money-market simply because more gold and silver bullion to the amount of 400,000 i. has deposit e d i n the coffers of the Bank of England since Saturd a y week, hewill find himself ' deplorably deceived. And b e will find him self deceived because eve n under those auspicious cir cumstances the dark ph antom of the Bank Restric tionr Act will be still looming o ver o ' erce. Until the scarcity of provisionsins ular corn- Tihad driven us to the granaries of America for assistanc e , and the c orn-dealers of th e United St ates had driven through the excess of our necessities, to the p ayme u n s t , of that imported grain in specie, the evil necessarily esulting from the measure of 1844 was unperceived, and consequently undreaded by the majority of the trading population; for the majority of our traders judge not of the merits of a financial problem by an ticipative calculations; they only become aware Of the miseries consequent upon a specious r.nactrrent like that of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S when they have actu ally experienced its malign operation. When the in terests of the community are paralysed by the influence of an erroneous law, or when, as they are at this moment, the whole mercantile transactions of the kingdom are thrown into confusion by the effects of a fallacious principle—then, but certainly not till then, do the majority recognise the injurious cha racter of a scheme so illusory as the one concocted by the financial experimentalists of the late Adminis tration. Well, we have suffered grievously from the enact ment of 1844--we are at this very moment suffering TRE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, MAY 10, ISO from the enactment of 1844. The bubble has ex ploded ; the vision—the beautiful vision of the Peelites has " melted into thin air." The confidence of the public is utterly destroyed. The flaw is de tected. Some sweeping measure of reformation is, therefore, absolutely necessary, in order to re store to the commercial interests of this great com mercial country that salutary consciousness of safety which has been filched from them for the sake of mak ing a gigantic experiment. It has become notorious that the market will be always endangered, even in I times of indisputable monetary security, by the arti ficial panics produced by the Bill of 1844. The banking world is thoroughly convinced of this ; every individual who is engaged in barter to the ex tent of twenty pounds sterling is aware of it; the fact is blazoned forth in the public funds, in the private banks, in the railway offices, in the canal offices—everywhere, in short, where credit is essential, and ultimate payment is essential, and moderate dis count is essential. The thing is beyond all dispute. I There is no blinking it; and matters cannot be re stored to their original position of confidence and se , curity until the bugbear that has caused, and is still causing, these involvements has been manfully as sailed and utterly destroyed. _ _ But the Chancellor of the Exchequer announces that no movement of the kind is intended by the Go vernment. A change in the currency law is not enu merated among the intentions of the Administration. But, in lieu thereof, Sir C. WOOD moves that this evening the House of Commons shall resolve itself into Committee for the purpose of considering and au thorising an allowance, by wayof discount, on the prompt payment of instalments upon the recent loan, and the motion is formally agreed to sub silentio. To explain this matter in the simplest language possible, the Chancellor of the Exchequer proposes to allow the Money-market generally to "right itself" in the best way it can, and by an exquisitely selfish ar rangement make his own department safe amidst all existing dangers, and independent of any possible panic. Sir CHARLES WOOD prefaced his statement upon this point by observing that on the 18th instant of the present month, the Government would give the customary notice for the exchange of Exchequer-bills, but that a necessity being felt for the advancement of the rate of their interest, it would then be determined that Exchequer-bills shall, from the day of exchange, bear interest at the rate of 3d. per diem. Having explained thus much of the ulterior intentions of the Government, the Chancellor of the Exchequer entered into the details of his mar vellously selfish project. The exact character of this proposition cannot be given more briefly, or more explicitly, than in his own language, when he re marked that— " The day for payment of the instalments was either the 18th or 19th of June (he forgot which), and the plan pro posed was, that any person who paid up previous to the 18th or 19th of June—whichever it might be—any portion of the instalments due subsequent to the day of payment, should receive an allowance by way of discount. If a person, fer instance, paid in May the June instalment, he would receive a discount of one month. if in May he paid the July instal ment, he would receive two months' discount; if the August instalment, he would receive three months' discount, and so on in proportion." In other words, the nation will here, as in multitudes of other instances, have to " pay the piper" for the blundering legislation of a mistaken statesman. The discounts received by the persons making these early instalments will, of course, come out of the public pocket, and they are rendered necessary by the present difficulty of obtaining discount, and the difficulty of obtaining discount springs solely and exclusively from the evil operation of the Bank Restriction Act. Can any thing more be necessary to enforce our argument ? Surely nothing. We can only repeat again, more emphatically, our obligations to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for his very fortunate explicitness. The opposition that has been offered to the progress of the Irish Poor-law Bill in the House of Lords may ultimately be productive of benefit. The public will be made fully aware of the impossibility of conciliat- I lug the Irish landlords, of inducing them for once to give up their own selfish views, and to legislate fur the general good apart from personal and party con siderations. Much has already been done for them. Assistance has been afforded with no stinted or nig gard hand ; they have been loaded with benefits in order to induce them to co-operate with the Govern- ment in rendering an act of justice to their poorer countrymen, and which must eventually tend to their own great and permanent advantage. They have hitherto been treated like wayward and petulant children, who must be coaxed and bribed to take the salutary medicine which their unhealthy condition so urgently demands ; and, like those children, they re ceive the offered sugar-plums, but reject the wholesome accompaniment. The malcontents may derive an instructive lesson from the ordinary termi nation of contests such as we have described. The offered rewards are withheld when it is found that they will not induce a patient acceptance of the necessary remedies, while the latter, rendered tenfold more nauseous and disagreeable by the very resis tance, is forced on the unwilling recipients. We trust that the moral will not be lost on those children of a larger growth, but that, while there is still time for repentance, they may retrace their steps, and, with a good grace, yield to that which the unanimous voice of the people so urgently demands, and which it is manifest to any unprejudiced observer is inevitable. No struggles on their part can get rid of the measure. They may retard, but they cannot avert it. Its ulti mate success is certain, and, if it is kept back for the present session, it may probably on its re-appearance a-sume a still more formidable shape, and come up to their Lordships, without those clauses that have been inserted in the vain hope of the landlords being thereby propitiated, their hostility appeased, and their acquiescence obtained. The real nature and object of the amendment which was carried on Thursday evening, and the inextricable scene of confusion in which the house was thereby involved, were well exposed by Earl GREY. He stated " that the truth was that the Noble Lord wished to give a damaging blow to the Bill on the very first day of the discussion, and would not wait until the proper time for introducing the amendment, and his Noble Friend had availed himself of the first opportunity, trusting that many of their Lordships, not being so expert in Parliamentary tactics, would not clearly perceive that the object was todamage and preju dice the Bill." Lord CAIVPBELL said, " that although a lawyer of some experience, he certainly was at a loss to know what was the legal interpretation of the words which had been introduced into the Bill by the amendment." We find, in fact, that the effect of the alteration is something different from what its sup porters intended, and that it limits the duration of the entire Bill to the Ist of August, 1848. In that time, the clause preventing any relief being afforded to any man holding more than a quarter of an acre of land, will have enabled the landlords to clear their estates of every cottier tenant. They will have sufficient powers to seize everything the unfor tunate man may possess, to withhold employment, and thus compel him to have recourse to assistance, ithout which he cannot live ; and thus a cheap and easy mode of ejectment will be available. We now know sufficient of the Irish landlords as a body to induce us to yield an easy credence to the opinion, that everything sanctioned by the law will, in too many► instances, be put in force to forward their darling object, the clearance of their estates, and the eviction of the starving wretches who have there ob tained a shelter, but who may not be the most de sirable or profitable occupants. taken The onlya,a away by that could operate to prevent parties from being guilty o f thi s i n h uman ity has been by the success of Lord STANLEY'S amendment last night for the rejection of the 1 lth provided th a t w h enever t h e ex cpleanussees, chargeablewhich to an electoral division exceed fif teen-pence in the po un d, the surplus thisu iss to be char ge d e l ined a por to the union at large. S o long a tion of the statute the landlords could ma not obtain the full benefits of the clearance system; accordingly it has been expu n g ed, and there is now nothing to restrain them from carrying their wishes in to full execution. In the meantime it is gratifying to perceive that the Ministry have nailed their colours to the mast, and that they will not yield to the attempts to " deaden " the effect of the Bill. They will have it in its integrity, or not at all. They will insist on the Bill, the whole Bill, and no thing but the Bill. The postponement of the Railways Bill for Ireland, by which 620,0001. ! was about to be granted as a loan to certain railways in that country, until Friday is peculiarly significant, and the observations of the Premier on the Punish ment of Vagrant's Bill, prove that the Cabinet will be firm. There is no question on which they can have the sympathies of the country more strongly excited in their behalf. It requires no prophet to say, in case there should unfortunately be a collision between the Houses, which must give way. If an appeal to the country should be rendered necessary, that appeal will be promptly and efficiently responded to. If an overwhelming majority at present exists amongst the representatives of the people, that majority will be materially strengthened and augmented in the new, House of Commons. We trust, however, their Lordships may not be so blind to the real interests of the country as to persevere with wilful obstinacy in their opposition, but that they will rather imitate the conduct of one of their number (Lord SußEwsnuity), who honestly avowed that his vote on Thursday was given in error, and expressed his belief " that it would be highly advantageous that the measure should return to their Lordships as speedily as pos sible for reconsideration." We direct the public attention to an article extracted from a respected contemporary (the Caledonian Mercury), which will be found in another column. The subject is one of considerable importance, not only to the colony but to the mother coun try. At this moment it is a question of considerable difficulty with the Government, " What of the Government, aided a railway company, consi- 1 dering it only just to do so when the company had completed and opened a certain portion of their line, and had thereby created ample security to the Treasury ; and he stated last week, in the House of Commons, that " he should be bound, the circum stances being the same, to adopt a . similar course with regard to other railways of a like description ; but," he added, " the time and mode of the application would necessarily influence its extent." The mode of the application in reference to the railways selected by the Government for public aid is identical with that which met with the direct sanction of the ex- Premier ; and with regard to its lime, humanity and wisdom alike combine to vindicate its seasonableness. The intelligence received from Madrid, up to the st instant, inclusively, is of the meagerest de- scription. On the preceding evening a Cabinet Council had been held, at which General SERRANO was present. In her MAJESTY's approaching visit to Aranjuez, it is rumoured that the KING-CONSORT will be conveni ently left behind in Madrid. On the very day of the departure of our dispatches from the Spanish capital, General NARVAEZ had started on his journey to Paris, attended by four aides-de-camp. As we have elsewhere observed, the projected removal of Queen CHRISTINA from the immediate vicinity of the Tuileries augurs well for the futurity of the Iberians. The principal matters of in the Paris papers of Thursday, which have reached us as usual, are the lengthened discussion of the preceding fore noon in the Chamber of Deputies, and the observa tions on Greece uttered in the House of Commons by Lord PALMERSTON, Lord JOHN MANNERS, and Mr. PETER BORTHWICK. The harangue delivered from the tribune by M. GUIZOT is alternately lauded as a magnificent effort of oratorical skill or derided as a shuffling piece of elocution, according to the political partialities and prejudices of the different organs. By the supporters of the wily Minister it is considered, of course, that M. GUIEOT has given a conclusive au swer to the statements of Lord PALMERSTON. Clever as is the assumed enthusiasm of M. GulzoT, when speaking of the anxieties experienced by his Adminis tration for the liberal independence of the kingdom of °TIM, we cannot but coincide in the bitter and sarcastic sentiments with which that enthusiasm is listened to by the Constitutionne/ : " Yesterday," says our contemporary. " M. Guizot had his turn, and he came out of the discussion as bruised, as over whelmed, as his colleagues by the demonstration of his errors, his rapacity, and his incapacity. There was merely this difference. M, Guizot, who is a very clever actor in the tri bune, amuses and interests the assembly by his talent, his attitudes, and the sound of his voice. He declaims triviali ties with emphasis, imagines grand theories to cover wretched argumentation, and dazzles his auditory. He regards it as convinced by what he says, commands, instructs, raises bis voice and moves his arms with a tragic air. Do not notice his attitudes, shut your eyes to his acting, dive tothe bottom of his grand words, compress his inflated phrases, and you will always find only wretched arguments, miserable acts, puerile excuses, and the most insolent disdain for the good sense or the memory of his auditors," - - Is there not the profoundest truth in these latter assertions ? Is there not ? Listen to the presump _ _ _ tuous impertinence with which the French Minister for Foreign Affairs endeavours to cajole the Deputies of the people by clap-trap phrases, by tawdry pre tences of disinterestedness, and by a miserable assump tion of probity ! Listen to the insidious ejaculations of M. Guizoz ! " The support which we have afforded Greece," says he, " we will persevere in bestowing ; we will continue to give her a political support, we will continue to give her a financial support; if it be ne cessary we will even come again before the Chamber to demand of you, gentlemen, the pecuniary means of ensuring the Hellenic salvation. But," continued the diplomatist, rising in confidence as he pro ceeded, " but I trust that Greece will never experience that necessity ; I trust that, strong in h3r constitutional rights, strong in her nationality, strong in the good opinion of the vast majority of Europe, which is in accordance with our own, she will save herself—that she will liquidate her debts towards all her creditors—that she will acquit herself of further liability—to-morrow !—at once !" M. GUIZOT cannot reasonably expect that the bare utterance of such aspirations, when they are no toriously opposed by the Gallic representative at Athens,; will inspire the dubious gentlemen of the Chamber of Deputies with the confidence which has very nearly evaporated. M. BILLAULT has plainly taxed the Government with a profligate expenditure in the furtherance of its foreign policy, without any appreciable advantage accruing to France in compensation for that expendi ture. M. Guizor has endeavoured by a prolonged and unquestionably brilliant explanation to justify the conduct of the Cabinet in regard to the recent em barrassments in the Hellenic metropolis, and he has likewise attempted to account satisfactorily for the ejection of French influence from the councils of the Spanish SOVEREIGN. Among those journals which indulge in vitupera tions upon this statesman and his efforts at extenua tion, the National speaks out perhaps the most em phatically. Its language is as follows : " M. Guizot again yesterday played the game which he has found successful during the last seven years. Only, if there be retrenched from his speech the parts relating to Greece and the Bey of Tunis, all the oration is empty, sig nifying nothing. False or hyperbolical in his facts, he was, as he always is, hollow and illogical in his theories. Look, for instance, at what he says of Spain, and then regard the present position of that country. At present Christina is at Paris—lsturitz in disgrace-Lthe French Ambassador absent—at present the most marked reaction has set in and stigmatises every Spaniard suspected of friendship for M. Bresson ; they whom his influence had maintained in power are overturned ; they who were placed by him in the palace have been turned out of doors; the King wished to invoke the name of France, and at once the Queen ordered him to be lodged in the apartment formerly occupied by the Duke de Montpensier, finding in that step two advantages—one to place him at a distance from herself, and next to intimate how offensive to her was this appeal to French influence. England, whom the marriages were for a length of time to exclude from all preponderating influence at Madrid, now exercises its power more than ever. She took only three months to drive out Christina, Tidal, Isturitz, and M. Bresson from the positions which they occupied; and she is about to hold possession of the Peninsula both by Madrid and by Lisbon. With such things before us, we may ask where are the promised results of the double marriage ? Let us be shown what France has gained ? And yet M. Guizot expresses himself well pleased I Truly, the Chamber must have but little sentiment of its own dignity, when a Minister thus dares to contradict himself after a lapse of only three months, and when 'it listens to him as he so openly mocks her by his assertions. To be un able to touch any question without lying, and then to come every three months and narrate some new theoretical piece of nonsense—such is the wretched part which this man is condemned to play." Enough, however, in all conscience, of this state juggling and political charlatanerie. A rumour is afloat that Queen CHRISTINA and the royal tobacconist, her spouse, are about to leave Paris for a sojourn in the Italian peninsula. Some fairer prospect arises, therefore, of an abate ment in these perpetual misunderstandings in refer ence to Spanish affairs. No Ministerial changes are now anticipated, ar rangements having been made for the postponement of the modification of the Cabinet until after the close of the present session. The Semaphore of Marseilles says— " The great agitator of Ireland, who embarked on the 29th ult., at Avignon, in the steamer Aigle, for Arles, arrived on the Ist inst. at Marseilles. O'Connell is accompanied by his son, his chaplain, and a physician. According to these gentle men, the health of the illustrious patient is much improved since his arrival at AViglloll. His conversation, we have been assured, has become more animated than it had been since his departure from England, a circumstance which leads us to indulge a strong hope of his recovery." Besides his lengthened oration from the tribune, the exertions of M. GUIZOT in the Chamber of De puties were directed to another great pecuniary con sideration : the Foreign Minister, in the absence of his colleague of the Interior, laid on the table a pro ject of law for authorising the city of Paris to con tract a loan of 25,000,00 0 f. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Thursday at 78f. ; the Five p er Cents., 115 f. 80c.; the Orleans - Railroad Shares, 1,236 f. 25c.; Rouen, 945 f. ; Havre, 666 f. 25c ; Great Northern, 610 f. ; Avignon, 770 f.; Vi erzon, 587 f. 50e. ; Bordeaux, 512 f. 50c.; Boulogne, 405 f.; Basle, 193 f. 75c.; Dieppe, 325 f.; Paris and Strasburg, 425 f. ; Tours and Nantes. 415 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 4321. 50c. ; Lyons and Avignon, 4501.; Spanish Three per Cents., 35 1 / 1 . The following are the quotations for other lines:— LYONS, MAY 4.—Paris and. Rouen, 954 f. ; Avignon and Marseilles, 781 f. 25c. ; Northern, 625 f.; Paris and Lyons, 440 f. VIENNA, APRIL 29.—North, 1631; ; Glognitz, 121 ; Milan, 107 5-16; Leghorn, 87 ; Pesth, 98; Budweis, 194; Sienna, 69 1 / 2 ; Grosetto, 9414. FRANKFORT, MAY 3.—Louis-Bexbach, 981( 3 Frederick- William, 70 1 A ; Taunus, 357. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 7. Boulogne and Amiens, 164—Dutch Rhenish, 4—Lyons and Avignon (Constituted), 21/2 —Northern of France , 113 / 4 —Orleans and Bordeaux, VA —Paris and Lyons, 4N- , - Sambre and Meuse, WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, FRIDAY.—OLIT ar rivals this week are small, with the exception of oats. The demand for wheat is very animated at is. to Ss. per quarter above last week's prices. Barley continues scarce, and has a ready sale at 2s. advance, and malt in consequence is more is request at an improvement of 2s. to 35. per load. Oats are ld. per stone, and shelling 33. per load higher. Beans meet a fair sale at Is. per quarter more money. NIONEY and COMMERCIAL 10 E S. (From The Site of Saturday Night.) The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday - were 4,000 bales, at about previous rates. Shares were dull, but with rather less stock pressing on the market. The quantity of cotton so:d (luring the week is 27,070 bales, and the stock is 530,830 bales against 794,890 bales at this time last year. Prices have delined I; 4 d. to %d. per lb. on American sorts. There has been very little satisfaction expressed at the statement made last night by the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, who seems indeed to have a very curious notion of the best method of alleviating a money pressure. The proof of this is that he intends to offer a bonus to those who pay up quickly upon the new loan, instead of easing the Monev-market by making the payment as gradual as possible. The plan of Govern ment might probably be termed a measure for their own relief, and will possibly assist the Bank too, and so far enable the latter to aid the public; but this is merely " robbing Peter to pay Paul," for the public advance their money to the Chancellor, and the Bank lends a portion of it out again. As to the advance of the interest upon the nnfanded debt, if the Chancellor of the Exchequer had not adopted that course, he would shortly have had them half }rid in. There are some more favourable points in the Bank of Eng land return for the week to the Ist inst., and the general result is some reduction of liabilities and increase of assets, witkout the accommodation afforded to the public having been diminished to any extent. Notes issued now ... Decrease Rest, increase Public Deposits, decrease Other ditto, increase ••• Seven day and other Bills, decrease Other Securities, increase Notes reserved Increase ••• ••• Government Securities ... Decrease ... ••• Bullion ... •.. Increase •• ••• Active circulation from Notes issued, decrease ••• ••• 64,640 The accounts, one day later from New York, notice a further improvement in the rates of exchange, and on the continental cities there was a steady advance here again yesterday. The Funds have been heavier to-day, but there has been very little business doing. There is not much probability of the instalments on the loan being paid in advance to any extent, ,or of the holders who do pay, and who must, very likely, be " strong men " from that especial circumstance, selling their stock at the present low prices. Consols have been 86 1 ,E for transfer, and 87 to 863 for time. Exchequer-bills have been Is. to ss. premium. Bank Stock is worth 189. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 87 The Foreign Bonds have been heavy, but very quiet. Spanish Three per Cents. have been 33%; Mexican, 20 1 / 8 ; and Brazilian New, 82 1 / 2 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 57!4. Shares have been flat, and the business doing is limited. 13RITISII FUNDS. ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock .. • • • • .. .. • • 189 189 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 85% 851 4 Three per Cent. Consols Annuities 86% % 86% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Arms. 874 yi 87 Y, Long Annuities, Expire Jan. S. 1860 .. 9 1-16 8 15.16 8 15-16 Consols for May 27 .. • • .. 87 86% 86% Exchequer Bills. ci. 2d. 1,0001... 15 1 p . 5001. 1 4 p Ditto, Small .... 4 p par 5 p ONE O'C LOCK. ... R 22,506,585 42,555 11,924 335,364 186,639 31,684 33,049 ... 2,741,080 ... 22,085 ... 10,727,319 ... 390,000 ... 9,337,716 123,826 51% 2% 20 i i , 82% 10A, P 25 231 k COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince accotnrinied by the Prince of Wales, awl the Princess Royal, and the Prince of Leiningen, arrived at Osborne, Isle of ‘Vight, at half-past one o'clock on Friday afternoon from town. The Royal Suite consisted of the Countess of Desart, Hon. Miss Dawson, Major-General Bowles, Lieut - Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Captain the Hon. A. H. Gordon, and Dr. Dieyer. - On Saturday her Majesty and her Royal Consort, and his Serene• flighne , s the Prince of Leiningen, walked in the pleasure grounds of Osborne, and the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal took their ac- accustomed airings. Yesterday morning the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal took walking and riding exercise on the sea beech. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, and the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, attended Divine service in Whippingham church yesterday. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited Prince Alfred, the Princess Alice, and the Princess Helena at Buckingham Palace yesterday. Their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred and the Prin. cese Alice took an airing, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, on Saturday. Her Majesty the Que. n Dowager and her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended Divine service yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The prayers were read by the Rev. T. Helmore and the lessons by the Rev. J. V. Povah. The sermon was preached by the Rev. T. dills. The anthem, was " Wherewithal shall a young man." Mr. Kuyvett pre sided at the organ. The Queen Dowager was attended by the Viscountess Barrington and Earl Howe. The Duchess of Kent was attended by Lady Augusta Bruce. The Dean of Here ford was the Deputy-Clerk of the Closet in Waiting. Among the Nobility present were the Duchess of Beau fort, the Marquises of Anglesey, Northampton, and Worcester, Ladies Wilton, St. Germans, and Palmerston; Lords Fortescue, Spencer, Devon, St. Germans, Cawdor, Talbot, Palmerston, Castlereagh, and Ebrington. The Duke of Wellington attended the early service yesterday, in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Rev. Dr. Wesley officiated, and the Rev. T. Mills preached the sermon. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager on Saturday, at Marlbo rough House. The Duke of Cambridge attended Divine service yes terday morning, in the Chapel of the Female Orphan ► Asylum. Major Stephens was in waiting on his Royal Hi hness. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce, Baroness de Speth, and Sir George Couper, honoured her Majesty's Theatre with her presence on Saturday evening. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at the Foreign-office. It was attended by Lord John Rus sell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmer ston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer. the Earl of Auckland, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord Campbell, Viscount Morpeth, the Earl of Clarendon, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Right Hon, T. B. Macaulay, and the Right Hon. H. Labouchere. The Council sat an hour and a half. A deputation from the Council of the National Insti tute of Medicine, Surgery, and Midwifery, consisting of Mr. Pennington (president), Mr. Thomas Martin, of Reigate and Mr. Clifton (vice-presidents), Mr. Fuller, Mr. Bird, Mr. Ancell, Mr. Webster, and Mr. Burnett (members of the council), and Mr. Ross (secretary), had an interview with Sir George Grey, at the Home-office, on Saturday, on the subject of medical reform. A deputation from Whitechapel, consisting of Sir W. Clay, M.P., Mr. Plumpton (churchwarden), Messrs. Hen derson and Liddle, and Mr. Smith, (vestry clerk), had an interview with Viscount Morpeth on Saturday, at the office of her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods and Forests, in Whitehall-place. Dr. Paris, President of the Royal College of Physi cians, Dr. Burrows (Senior Censor), Dr. Budd (Censor), Dr. Francis Hawkins (Registrar of the College), and Dr. Nairne, had an interview with Sir George Grey on Saturday. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a committee meeting on Saturday. A deputation, consisting of Mr. Lawrence, President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, and Messrs. Travers and Stanleys, Vice President of the College, had an interview on Saturday with Sir George Grey. The Archbishop of Canterbury had an interview with Lord John Russell on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing-street. A deputation, consisting of Mr. Ridout, Master of the Society of Apothecaries ; Messrs. Bean and Callender, Wardens of the Society ; Mr. Bacot, Deputy-Master of , the Society ; and Mr. Upton, the Clerk to the Society, had an interview with Sir George Grey, on Saturday, at the Home-office. is to be done with the male convicts, who are sen tenced to transportation. The probationary system as it has been termed, which was lately adopted in Van Diemen's Land, has turned out a signal failure. The object should be to reclaim the transport, to separate him from vicious companions, to restore his mind to a healthier tone, and to bring him to such a state that he may be enabled to resist the temptations to which he may be subjected at a future period, but by the institution of the gangs, the very contrary results are obtained. The herding together of men of strong passions and weak principles must lead to the utter demoralization of all. The depraved and abandoned reprobate rejoices in stifling the better feelings of his less guilty associates ; he desires to bring them to his own level in crime. He uses the most potent weapon " ridicule," and few, indeed, have sufficient moral courage to withstand its application. The report from the Select Committee of the Legislative Council of New South Wales will be peculiarly valuable, accompanied as it is by the evi dence on which it has been founded. That evidence contaihs the deliberate opinions of many competent persons who have had considerable experience in the affairs of the colony—and who are thoroughly ac quainted with the working of the convict system in all its details. The name of Mr. BENJAMIN BOYD will carry with it the greatest weight. There is no person at all acquainted with Australia to whom that name will not be familiar, and who will not be dis- posed to respect and pay attention to any suggestions coming from such a source. But the very suggestions themselves, if proceeding from an unknown person would command that respect. The frightful conse quences of the former policy are too manifest to be controverted or denied. No pecuniary consequences could be balanced against the moral leprosy by which the district was tainted. Although a certain amount of labour is much wanting in the country, to develope its resources, and improve the properties of its inhabitants, far better that all should be sacrificed, than that depravity and turpitude should become universal. But is there no middle course ; cannot a certain degree of assistance be rendered, which will, at the same time, prove beneficial to the Colonists, and afford a fair and reasonable prospect for the amelioration of the un fortunate and guilty men, who have forfeited their liberties to the offended laws of their country — but whom it is more desirable to reclaim than to punish. Mr. BOYD has solved this problem ; he has shown us how the system may be modified, so as to render that -transportation which has been a `curse, and a deep and serious injury to the colony, a b essing and an advantage. It is by joining a system of voluntary, with penal emigration, and at once assigning and distributing the convicts on their arrival, into the interior; whenever this has been done, and the convict at once separated and far re moved from his evil associates, he has, generally speaking, turned out a useful and well-conducted servant, but, after a few weeks of the contagious influences that beset him while herding with other more hardened offenders, his ruin is inevitable. There is no longer a hope of his permanent amendment. Mr. BOYD calculates that if 5,000 convicts were an nually imported, and with them a free emigra tion of 10,000 males and females, it would be the minimum amount of tabour that could be absorbed, so great and so varied are the resources of the colony. The cost of ,the free emigration would be greatly lessened by the saving from the abo lition of the convict penal establishments and so advantageous would be its adoption, that the colonists would gladly consent to a loan being raised for the purpose, secured on the landed fund. We trust that the project will receive the attentive con sideration its importance deserves, that the Govern ment may accede to the moderate and reasonable request that has been made, and thereby render our Australian dependencies thriving, prosperous, and valuable adjuncts to their fatherland. We give in another column a letter addressed by Mr. RIGBY WAAON to the Chancellor of the Exche quer, with reference to the withdrawal of the measure for the reclamation of waste lands in Ireland. A com parison is drawn between the merits of the plan of the writer and of that which the Government has ultimately considered, under all surrounding circum stances, as the best to be adopted. Upon the abstract merits of Mr. RIGBY WAsoN's scheme we have al ways expressed a strong opinion in their favour; and it is observable that the Government have intimated their concurrence in the same. The announcement that it would not be persevered in during the present session was not unaccompanied by the acknowledg ment that the reclamation of waste lands in Ireland would continue to be regarded by the Admi nistration as a most important object for legis lation. The Government intimated their regret at having ascertained that the objections to the com pulsory powers contained in their measure were held in such force by many, as to establish the expediency of their being expunged ; and yet, divested of these powers, it has been adjudged, and, to our thinking' wisely, that the utility of the Bill would be seriously compromised. Our hope, however, is, that the con tinued deliberations of the Executive will enable them to devise some efficient and unexceptionable machinery, so that early in the next session a measure may be introduced calculated to secure as rapidly as possible the redemption of the millions of Irish acres which, although confessedly of a most fertile character, are now wholly unproductive. Looking, then, to the difficulties which the Government thought would at tend the task of persevering with their Waste Lands Bill, in the mutilated form to which we have adverted, and to the necessity, at this period of the session, of augmenting by legislation the sources for providing both immediate and permanent employment to the peo ple, the diversion of a portion of the loan of 8,000,0001., to the extent of 620,000/. for promoting the comple tion of certain railways, is, perhaps, as wise a recom mendation as they could have submitted to Parlia ment. We have often before remarked that, compre hensively viewed, railways are of themselves repro ductive works. No railway is laid' down except where the population and trade at its different termini will induce a given amount of traffic ; 'and experience shows that lands in the vicinity of a rail way in operation are rapidly brought into cultivation. It is not the province of the Government, neither is it desirable, as a general rule, that they should appear as money lenders in the market. But, nevertheless, extraordinary exigencies imperatively require, at times, deviations from established rules, and when such a conjuncture of affairs has to be dealt with the point to be regarded is, that the deviation is not wider ee than ohiaruitenerukse t men h st adopted tidrra p pon u pnre b ti eoes l s i edi 3 e , ;:t s e hßt t o hehT n eme t yr i i o n eEasa g iEtsd e ute n inotN e n abv i jm e m, objectionable, without eht s i ni e onod e un m ateabrsblru t el error in w ar his a nnee r ddy r , ti a nfhu n oge sa t t e . i, d ta exr. r T eplterv h hpi e e ez ' tions which he took to the recent plan of the ik,vern . runt. We cannot participate in the fear s he ex pressed. 110844 Sir ROBEIZT himself, or., the part 5p CLOSING PRICES. FOREIGN FUNDS. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, New Bonds, 1829 and 1839 .. 82% Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent .. . Ditto, 3 per Cent .. • • .. 51% Equador Bonds .. 2 3 ,4, Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent .. 201 , 1 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 82!4 Ditto, 4 per Cent .. • • .. 35 Ditto, for the Account • • .. 3434 wSpanish Bonds, 5 per Cent 22 1 4, Ditto, for the Account • • • . .. 22 Ditto, Passive Bonds .. • . 5 Ditto, Three per Cent .. .. • • 3334 Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent .. 38% Dividends; on the above payable in London. Belgian Four-and-a-Halt per Cent .. 91 Dutch Tvro-and-a-Hall per Cent .. 5 7 % BITSINESS CLOSING PAID. DONE AT PRICES. ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES OF RAILWAY SILARES. Amber., Notting., Boston, and Eastern Junction .. 2% •.••• • • • • • Birmingham and Oxford Junction 10 17 . • • Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares ......214.... 3 ••.. . . . Eastern Counties .. • • .. .. 20 .... 18%%. •. ••. . . . Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1. 61. 13s. 4d. p ........ Ditto, ditto.. .. No. 2. 61. 13s. 4d. ...• .• ,• • • Ditto, York Extension .. 614.... .. • • East Lancashire .. • . • • 17 ••• • ••••• • • • • Ditto New .. .• • . .. • •• • ••• • • • East Lincolnshire 61.' 2 7% .. Great Northern .. . • .. • • 3 3 4 .. • • 2 31 • ... • • Do., London & York Extension 214 •• • • Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 30 _ ..... Great North of England . ..100 .. 230 ...• • • Ditto, New .. .. • • .. 131.... 18 .•.. • • .... Great Western .• • • .. 85 ....112 .. • • •• • Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 1214 .. •• .. Ditto, Fifths .. • • .. .. 20 .... 25 Ditto, New . • • • .. 414 .. • . 7% .. •• _ Ilull and Selby .. • • .. •• 50 102 Lancaster and Carlisle • . .. .... 59 ..... • Leeds and Thirsk 26 ••••• • • • • • Ditto, l'reference 6 per Cent. .. 311 .........• London, Brighton, and S Coast • • 50 .• .. 51 5034 514 .. London an , North-Western ..100 ....171 .... ••• • . • Ditto, Quarters .. L. and B. 7 .... 21 .• .. ••• • • • Ditto ditto, New Shares • • .. 2 .... 11%34 • .... Ditto, Fifths • • .. .. 2 .... 1514 . ..... • • Ditto, 401. Shares M. &B. 40 .... 66 .. •.• . • • London and 6outh-Western • • 41/. 6s. 10d.• . 6114 Ditto, New • • • . .. 27 y, .. • Ditto, Tenths (Consolidated) • • 50 .... 5154 .. •• •• .• • Lynn and Ely . • • . .. •• 2 5 •• • • 26%'4 •••• • • • • Manchester and Leeds .. • 82 .• .. . • • Ditto, Thirds ( Reg.) ..71. 45..... 1 ,4; p par.. • • Ditto 34 (late lludders• & Shell.) 28 .. • • ...... •• • • Manchester and Southampton .. 2 Midland .. ....114 ..... • • Ditto, New ........36 .• 383 i ... . . Ditto, New .. . • .. 6 .... Ditto, Consul. Bristol and Bir mingham 6 per colt. • • .. 100 .. • . ••.••• • • • • Newcastle and Berwick .• .. 20 .... • • •• • • Ditto, New .. • • • • • • 5 .... 634 ••• • • . N o rf o lk .. ..100 ....... North British .. .• •• .. • • 25 •• • • 3011 .. •••• • • • • Northern and Eastern • . .. 50 .... 5514 North Staffordshire .. • • • • 5 •• • • 6% ••• • • • -••- • North Western • • Preston and Wyre • • 25 .... 34 1 4 • ..... •• • Ditto, Ilaif Shares (A) .. 8% 12 ••••• . • • • • Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 5 .. .. 4%• •••.• • • • • Royston and llitchin . • • .. 1% .. •• 11,4 .• . . Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. .... S.• ••• • • • Ditto, Class B • • .. .. 3 •• .. 21i .... ••. • • • South Eastern and Donor .. •• 33% 361...... •• • • Do., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4 . 5 •• • • 414 ••••• • • • • • Squth Wales .. • • 10 .• .. 764••.. • • • • West Riding Union • • .. 4/. 2s. •• .. 34 p par .• • Windsor. Staines, &S. Western.. 425..... 1 1 4 p.... •• • • Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth 20 .... 11 ••• • .. • • York and Newcastle .. 25 .... 34% .• ••• ••• • • Ditto, New.. • • . • .. .. 10 •.... 1374 ..••. • . • . • Ditto, Preference .. • . .. 4 .... .. • • York and North Midland .. 50 • • • • Ditto, Extension • • .. 25 40 ti • Ditto, P re f e rence ......2 1014 •••••• •• .• FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Demerara .. • .. 2%.... 2% ...• .•• • • • N o rthern of France • • • . 8 .• .. 114 %•••• • • • • Rouen and Ilavre . .. 20 .... .. •••• • • • • Paris and Lyons • • • • .. .... 5 .. •••• • • • • West Flanders . 8 .... 4 .• ••• • • • 15 6554 60% 24% 6Y4 122% 30% 55% 64 354 . 2 1 4 3'i 14 4 3 4 6 par p THE LORD-LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND. DUBLIN, MAY 6.—There is no change for the worse in the state of his Excellency ; on the contrary, the official reports announce a continued tendency to improvement, although nothing has occurred to warrant any very favourable antici pation as to the ultimate result. The following bulletin was issued this morning: — "Ills Excellency passed a goo d night, and the coug h which, for some days past, had been tro ublesome, has abated." The Dublin Evening Post has the following announce ment : " THREE O'CLOCK.—The indications of improvement still continue. Ills Excellency is better and cheerful." ARRIVAL OF yI'HEWEST INDIA MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY AFTERNOON. — The Tay has just arrived, bringing the West Indian and Mexi can mails. By this conveyance there is no additional news to that recently received, with the exception that the Americans were preparing to march towards the city of Mexico, with a force of 14,000 men, 1,500 waggons, and a heavy train of artillery, under General Scott. The general opinion is, that the troops will not meet with any efficient opposition; they expect to reach it in the early part of May. About a third part of Vera Cruz is des troyed, and nearly 150 lives lost. About 4,000 shells were thrown into the city. Tampico was occupied by about two thousand Ame rican troops. Bills on England 9 per cent. premium, and in some demand. The Tay has 950,000 dollars on board; all on mer• chants' account; none for the dividends. She has also a valuable cargo and 73 passengers; amongst whom are Lord and Lady Howard Dc Walden and son. DECIMAL COINAGE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR—Allow me to suggest, as an improvement on Dr. Bowring's decimal system of account, published in Thursday's Sun, that the new 2s. piece about to be issued, the " Queen," be adopted as the integer, in place of the £. ; by this arrangement, two decimals only would be required instead of three; Id. would stand .04 instead of .004—in calculation wottld work thus :- 71 . 25 = 71 Queens and 25farthings, or 71.26. Gd• Multiply by 5 3 356 . 25 356 queens 25 farthings , 35 _Vs, 6 queens, 25 farth in g s, or, 351. 12s. 6d. As above the two decimals would stand as farthings ; the units' integer as queens, and the remaining integers on the left, .C's sterling. The Currency to remain the same as proposed by Dr, Bowring. _ May 6,1847. wr. a TIIE NEW NOVEL, by the Author of " Tempta tion, or a Wife's Perils," entitled "Evelyn Harcourt," is an nounced for immediate appearance. We have no doubt it will fully sustain the well-earned reputation of the writer, who now acknowledges herself in the person of Mrs. Gas coigne. It has been justly observed of the productions of this lady, that " they belong to that estimable class of novels, the aim of which is not merely that pleasant and piquant amusement which results from presenting a vivid and striking picture of actual manners and society, but also to convey lessons of the deepest moral and practical im portance:" The author writes chiefly for her own sex, and her productions forcibly remind us of the excellent works of Miss Edgeworth and Slim Austin. Like them, they are cal culated to refine and strengthen the morals and to amend the heart. THE ENGLisu OrEax llousE.—The shareholders of this theatre haying waited some eight or ten years without getting a farthing of interest, or even obtaining a statement of the accounts, meet on Friday morning in the saloon of the theatre for the purpose of determing on the best means to be adopted for the purp ose of recovering the arrears. The mortgage on the property does not exceed 8,0001., and as it h ra a t s h h e e r e s n tr l a e ng let foerthseaNt-eirtalsbsoeuasidonhsaavtea b l e a e r n ge u r n e p n r t o a d l, u ; c t t d iv o e es to s seem proprietors. In the ev ent of satisfactory explanations not being furnished , the r e is ever y prob abilit y that t he t heatre 4 will be thrown into Chancery. WASTE LANDS IN IRELAND TO THE RIGHT HON. SIR C. WOOD, BART., M.P. Srp,—When I endeavoured to establish the expediency of "reclaiming the waste lands in Ireland," as one of the very • best modes that could be devised with the two-fold object of employing the people and enabling the proprietors to meet the pressure to which they will'most assuredly be subject for some years, I most carefully abstained from depreciating any other plan; because felt that such depreciation could not prove that mine was proper to be adopted, and it appeared to me clear that circumstances had arisen, and were likely to continue, which would render it wise to adopt every retnet:y which could bear the test of public discussion ; and although I believe it was most unfortunate that Lord Morpeth's plan respecting railroads in Ireland was not adopted, yet you have forced upon me the necessity of comparing the plan I proposed with that which you have asked Parliament to sanction. At first sight it appears strange that. when the end all par ties desire is the same, and the best means to be employed is principally a question of figures, the difference of opinion should be so wide. In the c;'se of the reclamation of waste lands, I attribute this difference to that want of practical ex perience in agricultural affairs which was SD painfully exhi bited by the sarcasm of Sir Robert Peel, whose Taurine liberality had led the public to believe he was a skilled prac titioner in Bucolic lore, and only waited his turn to be called in to administer the proper remedy. He sneered at the " reclamation of waste lands," as being the drainage of bogs, thus proving his total ignorance of the subject, or, which I should be sorry to impute to him, a wish to depreciate a saga cious plan because he had not brought it forward. I take as correct your own estimate in the discussion on Lord George Bentir.ck's motion, viz., that one quarter of the sum actually expended upon a railroad is paid in wages to the labouring class; and I ask for no deduction on the ground that you are about to lend money to companies, whose works being in a forward state, have probably laid out a considerable portion of the quarter required for mere labour, taking in round numbers the sum you propose to lend at 600,000/. 150,000/. only would be employed in labour, and 450,0001. in other objects. By the reclamation of waste lands to the extent of 600,0001., every shilling of your outlay would have been spent in labour; and reckoning the cost of reclamation to be 101. per acre, you would have an additional 60,000 acres bearing corn next year. Can you doubt the advantages such an expenditure would produce in a moral, a social, and a political view. A week has hardly elapsed since you ven t u red to appear in the characte r of a prophet of good; the result has not been e q ual to y our wishes. Try again. What will be the condition of the Irish people during the next winter with the best of harvests? While you are con• sidering this important question, let me compare the plan you have adopted with that which I proposed. PLAN YOU HAVE ADOPTED. PLAN rsorosED. 600,0001. advanced ; 160,000/. 600,0001. ad vaneed ; every spent in employing the people. shgillithe ng peoexpe ended in employ ine. The labourers thrown out of A perpetual demand for la employment when the works bour on 60,000 acres of land. are finished. None but the able-bodied,' Agricultural labour adapted and even only the best of to the strength and sex of the them, employed. people. Next year a railroad party, Next year an addition of I completed. 60,000 acres of land bearing corn. Profit to shareholders in use Profitable example to other of stock. landlords and tenants. Injustice practised to share-I Establishing many exam holders in other lines, unless pies of that useful distinction similar advances are made between a tenant and a la under similar circumstances. bouring class, which every person has declared to be one thing needful. Many—many other advantages will present themselves to your mind ; but the plan would have been difficult otexecution —difficult indeed I Why, it would be difficult to suggest one more easy, unless difficulties had been purposely started difficult indeed I—a bad excuse for any man, an unwise one for a statesman. Your difficulties inhelr&larnydestb a.voe. must begun. However bounteous may again feed the people ; a nd nall b nu e tman probability con tinue to do so for some years ' yet you have neglected the only plan by which you could have . increased the quantity of food, employed the people, and introduced a better system in the social conditionor Ilandl have the honour to re , ur most obedient servant, 13121111 3 o RIGBY WASON. Bit mOn Friday a Court was COURT Or ...LD proceepng further in _the considera held for the purpose of • of the petition of Mr. Stephen Stuart Curtis against lion Messrs. Goad and Rigg, for having charged half per cent. brokerage to him as the purchaser of some hides, they not having b een employed by him a s his brokers in the transac tion. The Court was crowded with gentlemen interested in the . m nattter. Mr. Bovill app eared as coun sel for the corn and Mr. Greenwood for the defendants. The Learned ' Counsel for Mr. Curtis proceeded at great length to show that the defendants had violated the regulations laid d o wn by the Court of Aldermen for the di rection of the brokers of the city of London, as well as the terms of their bond, which expressly interdicted such double charges as they were accused of having made. The Learned Counsel for the defendants contended that the charge to purchasers was sanctioned by the practice of brokers for upwards of one hundred years, and that both buyer and seller were served by the custom amongst brokers to act upon some oc casions as auctioneers and factors, and not as brokers, in the legal acceptation of the term. The further argument was postponed till the next sitting of the Court. THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY.--.Friday evening the forty-eighth anniversary meeting of the members of this society was held at Exeter Hall, John Gurney Hoare, Escp, banker, in the chair. The secret ar y r e a d a part o f t h e year 'S operations, of which the following is a summary :—Tbe rations of the society had been more extensive durili"; the past than in any previous year, spreading over a pat* 6i China, British India, Australia, the Cape of Good Hope, 'hft West Indies, &c. At Hong-Kong the society had caused t be distributed 2,500 tracts ; at Shangtae, 95,000 ; in various parts of India, 2,578,000; in Australia, 103,900; in the West Indies, 79,000 ; in British North America, 114,000 ; in France, 600,000 (from the Paris Society); Rotterdam, 84,400 ; Lower Saxony, 350,000; Russia, 137,000. Tracts had been distributed in many other places of minor import ance, and to Ireland 3,600,000 had been sent. The number circulated in England had been 2,156,242 publications. During the year, the total number issued from the London depository was 18,224,836, being an increase over the pre vim year of 65,342. The total distribut ion (including that of the branch societies in various parts of the world) was 442,000,000. The receipts of the L ondon society amounted re to 6,0., exclusive of the sum received for tyacts. T port having been adopted, and several resolutions passed, the meeting separated. UNIi'ED STATES AND NIEXICt:. LIVERPOOL, MAY 7. By the packet-ship Yorkshire, Captain Bailey, " have advices from New York to the 17th ult. inclusive. The intelligence from the seat of war is interesting. General Taylor was still in pursuit of Urrea. The Mexican papers are full of details of the fighting , robberies, and murders committed in the capital by the opposing armies and the banditti. In fact, that beauti ful city was literally converted into a battle field. Streets • were barricaded by the belligerents, whose deadly fire raked the principal thoroughfares, and killed many of the unoifending inhabitants and even women. Dwellings were plundered and stores robbed. Well-dressed citizens wore waylaid in open day, robbed of their watches and For less and in many instances mu rdered by the land soldiers and banditti scou rin g the streets• several days anarchy reigned supreme throughout the devoted city. All law was at an end, and 160,000 per sons were exposed to the brutal passions of the infuriattad mob of soldiers and robbers. The robbers on the cipal mail routes had poured into the city of Mexico in thousands, many no doubt to share in the theexesses the revolution, but more probably to escape f rom he American forces, who were expected to proceed by Jalapa road. • . f the re- Santa Anna was at Cedral when he heard 0 - ' te Fie c° volutionary attempt in the city of Mexico. ... en to • thence on the 3d of March, avowing his oPP ns fie I. ale. the attempt, and then pushed on to Niemen- at wrote thence, on the 6th ultimo, to the Secretary' .__ l War, announcing that he would march on the capital War, with a large division of his forces, and put down t he . . volution. • oto . The entrance of Santa Anna into San PIT eeis ses on the Bth ultimo, was a triumphant one. Ab e - T oad* went out to meet him two or three miles on tue L ed. At night he was serenaded, and the town illuterneseeree The following day he wrote a dispatch to t e h f e feotrie tary.of-War, announcing that two brigades 01 e:e i g bar' composed of 4.000 men, with their corresponeuele of teries, were on their march to San Luis, and the aid e d. to be followed by two others, of all arms, tu h 7 ttesei t e e :i the supreme powers of the nation traitorous,'" attack th ey This letter would lead one to suppose goner', G °M e l he intended to put down the attempt ago .6e.. „a ini Farias's administration. He denounces le te „ • terms the attempt at a revolution at such a time, le" . ; But the day atter, March 10, he wrote ton e e- bead. ters to Mexico—one to General Barragan , ti re fttle"' . • the revolutionary party, the other to Goan civic Or In these his tone is altered. He denotenceseucel owl sensions, but is considerate in seeking terms or 4 , 0 0 L e • • towards Barragan and Ferias. He conjaree the® ea' desist from further hostilities in the eaPit er ' e aistelP nounces his purpose of proceeding thither irr ire eo corn' He tells Barragan not to fear for himself or etir has ve i l promised by the revolutionary attempt; thet he efollowe one desire, to unite all Mexicans, &c. from these letters, which were published I'2:etbee p i r 3 t L Y l3l3 : 9' l 14th a suspension of hostilities, though each; etr'- cused the other of violating the truce. s" oue ter nti had not arrived on the 1 7th, but would el le wa iting difficulty in assuming power. All parties w i l l : w et ell: for him impatiently, and each claiming ma de to bini ' e with them. Representations had been 'lie u !' m en Ir si abundance, and large delegations of iufluentietiate Mei; gone on towards San Luis to meet and Pl i l ee d att It was reported that Santa Anna ha 3 ' s e r a , eo sess t •• capital on the 19th of March, and was in al ' 1 _ . ,4 ', ' p of ower. ion G euel7 ' The New Orleans Whig journals went . e l e t Taylor as a candidate for the Presiden c y . nat e ore ad eTette .. The President has appointed two ne i w Generals Quitman and Pillow, of IdississPPl nessee respectively. Le l' Mr. Pakenham, the English Minister at Vi! s te ll r eta il , . is, accordi to the Baltimore journals, about . ,-; to The England following to the • • are the official capture of Vera Cruz:— ~.,„„ dispatches relative - ), RITA& S.„,C °l4 llog l°S ' OFFICIAL DISPATCHES FROM ‘s."- - vv.- -- Head-quarters of the Army, Caret es ee e . _ e. before Vera Cruz, Marelel'sebeiag in !we e Sir,—Yesterday seven of our 10-inch tnor w- •nder of .o retri al 'clon e ' teries, and the labours for planting the , at tWO 0 • t bin heavy metal being in progress, I addresseudrue, a nd ict . he . P" a summons to the Governor of ire° eceived ee t eas r ~,,i r r the two hours limited by the bearer of tu* e ; (mars's' Governor's answer. Copies of the two el ) s o at, spectively A and B) are herewith enclosed. ~, i t to loin :, It will be perceived that the Governor, Vili ns t they' ded is the commander of both places, chose, eg have den __, I ' terms of the summons, to suppose me to ac t, IN.; v arti , : 7 the surrender of the castle and the city', the non-arrival of our heavy if , m ortars , ' . „ was in no condition to threaten the former. „ _ 1 a t once On the return of the flag, with that rePIY! 1 upo n O. ordered the seven mortars on the battery °SeL.onarriodoto ,i,:. city. In a short time the smaller y evesessce hooners - -- aec er t ; • i ferry's squadron—two steamers and. approachetl the —acct ,e metal, principa ► 1 ing to previous arrangement with hiln, whence, hein.g p ete r . within about a mile and an eight h, .. . • to the! covered from the castle — an essential condition 0 e safety—they also opened a brisk fire upon the cify.. d e ele , , has been continued uninterruptedly by the mortars, al ! e pee ee with a few intermissions by the v essels, u p to nine , ', a ged this morning, when the Com modore ver y properl' ,'",--- them off from a position too daringly assumed. 1 e ie e oel r ' . . Our three remaining mortars are now (twelve varot A.m.) in battery, and the whole ten in activity. 10-1111 405. early, if the city should continue obstinate, batteries e iaa i of and - 5 will be ready to adi their fire; No. 4, consirmi four 24-pounders and two 8-inch Panchen gun e, en,,t; r o , (naval battery), of three 32-pounders and three B . in cl es erle r hares—the guns, officers, and sailors tended from yes' the —our friends of the navy being unremitting in h 'ighli co-operation in every mode and form. b e en re So far we know that our fire upon the city has , fo rte effective, particularly from the batteries of 10-in" , e eit):', planted at about eight hundred yards frotn ` bat terf!: Including ;the preparation and defence 1.. t. 04.4040," from the beginning, now many days, and ande°t” c,5911 ing the heavy fire of the enemy from city - d ed , ; , their, . we have only had four or five men woi ln bee . Tile . one officer and one man killed, in or near the tree {Stated states 6 ; officer was Captain J. R. Vinton, of the Unite , ef f e cti. - Artillery, one of the most gifted, accomplished, iln l '_,.b e d 1 0 members of the army, and who was highlv distil:11:00g iftg the brilliant operations of Monterey. neitelinidasconwaedt,f' the trenches, where he was on duty officer, universally regretted. I i° full vievr of t grave, i honoured remains to a soldier's enemy and within reach of his guns. . n 27, beoides head 13 of the long-needed mortars—leavi g of hem are lauded. pi guns, behind—have arrived, and two r thee haa3viieel.7 at attended Rho operation, and also the landing of shells. ,_, G ot t,, heavy norther then set in (at meridian), thAtenscteoteesdirer,e, our mortar batteries has been slackened since twos se. e on day, and cannot be re-invigorated until we shall gel' i rt o pf , a smooth sea. In the meantime I shall leave this eelre attar. for journalising ev ents that may occur up to the deraeso of the steam ship of war Princeton, with Commander ioeliet who, I learn, expects to leave the anchorage off Sec r for the United States, the 25th inst. 09 Alt , March 21.—The st orm havin g subsided in the rue ettil comm enced this forenoon , as s oon a s the sea became s smooth, to land shot, shells, and mortars. 't 4 e teel , The naval battery No. 5 was opened with great ire se ave r under Captain Aulick, the second in rank of the At! p,0,1 a fewox l iu i th t rha t little before i b tfle e rode t r e ss r h,t ei killed, , se h iul elpseupdpl ,supply way ia) i nyo di. he relievedhae: lhad hmaoudnri b e y ibt at about 10 A.M. Ills fire was continued to 2 o'clociy1(1 slightly hurt. e a et I l i The mortar batteries Nos. I, 2, and 3 have fli— b ay . nove e guidly during the day for want of shells, which ere tMainaTulwira4:94 out from the beach. A tolld lw.iietuhtehniaum't -13'sirlWilil 0 e a' '' The two reports of Colonel Bankhead, Chief -ft he ; '- both of this date, copies of which I enclose, gi ve d ' nda - ' lb° dents of those three batteries. Battery No. 4, which will mount four 24-co — e d ie .0 , two 8 inch Paixhan., guns, has been much dela/bee th ou , officer, riCaptainoo i:gCbta p hands of the indetatigable engineers by the nor weld sh tilled up the work with sand nearly as fast as ir ho of opened by the half-blinded labourers. It will,. 1% . bil e _ , doubtless be in full activity early to-w e orrow mora March 25.—The Princeton bei n g about to start lu re f delphia, I have but a moment to continue this a rele f e a l o till i e All the batteries, Nos. 1,2, 3, 4,and 5, are in ve_ ee e tie u e this morning. The effect is, no doubt, very g;;; l nor rc ts think the city cannot hold out beyond tardaY. t sns itiCl I A , morning many of the new mortars will be In e ese e , Wee add their fire, when, or after the delay of some twe% 1 sht' s if no proposition to surrender should be receil'et,Att V organize parties tor carrying the city by assault. P`" " i defence has been 'spirited and obstinate. • sir I enclose a copy of a memorial received last night, _ d o" by the Consuls or Great Britain, France, Spain, and Pr",„ 00 within Vera Cruz, asking me to grant a truce to ensbe'e, 0 neutrals, together with Mexican women and child e' re' withdraw from the scene of havoc about them. 19h de ply, the moment that an opportunity may be taken , n e e e e 1. That a truce can only be granted on the apeli c ?tta r Governor Morales, with a view to surrender. flee, treei sending safeguards to the different consuls, begine iur e,p back as the 13th inst., I distinctly admonished of 040 cularly the French and Spanish consuls—an d, ° bet ir s through the two, the other consuls, of the dangers t ads fe: pee s the jape to tier followed. 3. That although at that date I had e j i . re e of 1 „ i o , . fused to allow any person whatsoever to vestment either way, yet the blockade had heel 1 4 1 1. r e - epee tl e ' consuls and other neutrals to ships of war up to the 22d inst.; and, 41 b , o l ti s le G o verne r ldili t , the memorialists a copy of my summer's yi t ding hard3iPS ee, show that I had fully considered the imp o f WOlllett 7,0 t distresses of the place, iecluding thosan a i that direer'itee pass out toethbeairn erielafel,l, children, before one gun had been & e ''' - o f war su ri e ee e The intercourse between the neutral ellips „___ , o, e e , . city was stopped at the last mentioned taredf a ir e gr eOP,l , Perry, with my concurrence, that the intercourse could not fail to give to tie ee h al, , aid and comfort.rie s - ilSe' which I p.e e _ e e e e lay le r , , already had a terrible effect on the city (alsoalcs t'_,, c ierfo, It will be seen from the memorial that ourbatwten te . f0. 0 0. 0e other sources), and hence the inference tnetonotuirtee to r e "' , soon be proposed. — In haste, I have the v h . .., _ i r s : Sir, with respect, your most obedienitvsiek*Fa) eCu ' 4 , , ' Hon. W. L. Marcy, Secretary-at .Ne ar. -------•--_ v a se _ t ry ' Head.quarters of the Army, Vera Cru e z, r ee eesteeee Sir, flag of the United States of AM e lf: 5 00 tite r 10 ' Juan de Ulloa. =pliantly over the walls of this city and the ' otP cji. of t" Our troops have garrisoned both since ten __ed • now noon. Brigadier-General Worth is in nen' d at , , two places. d eceso c p he y u oi . e t ee e l°' Articles of capitulation were signed an tb e late hour the night before last. I enclose a *4 of „ e , i ' cument. d e rib- t • N thing ot still° g toterwhen siege up to the 25th inst. 1 0 _ j„, ,,, 0 . I have heretofore reported the principal jec a l _ e s . er e , e i ' curred till early in the morning of the next , wee: oo (tree ceived overtures from General Landero, on .. A 00 17;06 . , , Morales had devolved the prineipal coulter u cosi° perry storm of wind and sand made it dcult Conell ud° reto cod';- with the city, and impossible to refer to _, eoe , or , eOO tee I was obliged to entertain the proposition ee-dispoeltil, de time the fire upon a place that had showe_reese n o , _'*. sr os i k4 surrender, for the loss of a day, or perhapewsifesbew the Y e. CAS ?' be permitted. The accompany 4 th e ll t . ceedings and results. bated , a ll 1; ci a Yesterday, after the norther had , it , e ing papers n ; Jii 'saw ‘,... X 11 ? aq: L i n r 4 Carat "Drrrial Sire Ih a alloyed Missi on pre aan b 'Rollers General iudicint The e city a Jetted and ac] . .44;. , UC.n, all a, that serve ever de ij Stab afro) cone' treat mai! may in tl prig forc: wit' is se 6tl ter