The Sun.
London, England, 1849-06-04 00:00:00

ITALY.

It appears that M. DE LESSEPS left Rome on the
24th, for the head quarters of General OUDINOT.
Before his departure he wrote a letter to the Presi-
dent of the Roman Constituent Assembly, complain-
ing that " he had been pointed out already for the
daggers of assassins," and offering to guarantee,
against all foreign invasion, every portion of the
Roman territory which might be occupied by French
troops. The French National, in commenting on this
strange letter, does not hesitate to declare that M. DE
LESSEPS must have been labouring under temporary
insanity' at the time be wrote it. The idea that he had
already been pointed out for the daggers of assassins,
being too absurd to be entertained by any man in his
right senses.
The Roman Monitore of the 24th announces that
Captain DOBROWLOSEI, of the general staff, is commis-
sioned to organise and command the foreign legion
now forming. Two hundred Tuscans had arrived at
Rome, to serve under the Republic; many Fiedmon-
tese tirailleurs have deserted, with arms and baggage,
for the same purpose. French subjects were daily
dropping in with the same view. The French troops
were peacefully encamped in the vicinity of Rome,
and did not intercept the communications.
The Milan Gazette of the 28th publishes the fol-
lowing telegraphic dispatch, dated from Mestre, 27th
ult. :—" Malghera has fallen, and is occupied by our
troops."

General D'ASPRE has addressed the following pro-
clamation to the inhabitants of Florence .
" Inhabitants of Florence!—The ties of blood that
unite our Sovereign to the Imperial House of my
Monarch, the numerous treaties which impose upon his
Majesty the Emperor and King my master the duty of
protecting the integrity of Tuscany, and of defending
the rights of your Prince, have determined Austria to
comply with the wish of his Imperial and Royal High-
ness the Grand Duke, and to put an end to the state of
anarchy under which your beautiful country has long
been groaning. The faction which oppressed Leghorn
has been destroyed by my arms ; and the population,
freed from the yoke of rebel hordes, has submitted to its
legitimate Sovereign. Being called by your Prince, I
now enter your city with my troops, as your friend, as
your ally. Join with me in consolidating tranquillity,
peace, and order, and permanently restoring concord,
the empire of the laws, and those days of happiness for
which you were formerly envied by Europe.
" The Imperial and Royal General of Artillery com-
manding the second army corps, "Baron D'AarRE.
"Empoli, May 24, 1849."
Letters from Florence of the 25th announce the
arrival there of the Austrian troops on that day;
20,000 are expected, but only 6,000 will stay ; the
rest will march towards the Roman States. A
rumour was current that the British Ambassador had
applied to the Extraordinary Commissioner, that
GUERRAZZI might be delivered up to him. Another
rumour stated that a French corps had landed at
Porto San Stefano.

The new Duke of PARmA has published a procla.
mation to his subjects, in which, atter observing that
in virtue of his father's abdication by the manifesto of
Weisstrop, dated the 14th of March last, he assumes
the sovereignty of Parma, under the name of CHARLES
111. of Bourbon, he confirms for the present the
Military Provisional Government instituted by his
father, and promises to grant a constitution. The
Parma Gazette of the 23d announces the nomination
of Baron SOLDATI as Minister of Finance. Marquis
PALLA VICINI is named Extraordinary Commissioner
for Piacenza.

IJiELA ND.
THE POTATO BLIGHT.

D BLIN, SUNDAY E VENING.—A Belfast paper
states that in the counties of Antrim and Down,
where a large breadth of potatoei had been planted,
some cases of blight have occurred, which leave
little doubt of a recurrence of the old di,ease.

The accounts from the west, on the contrary, are
highly favourable.

THE CHOLERA.

The disease has nearly, it not altogether, subsided
in Galway and Mayo ; in the town of Athlone, how-
ever, there have been several fatal cases towards the
close of the week. Amongst the victims was Quar-
termaster Tarleton, of her Majesty's 4th Light
Dragoons, at present stationed in the garrison.

EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco )
WAKLEY V. HEALY.

In this case, which had not concluded on Saturday,
The LORD CHIEF BARON delivered the judgment
of the Court. The declaration stated that, if the plaintiff
had been guilty of the facts imputed to of
improperly advertising himself to the public, the College
of Surgeons, of which he was a member, would have
had the power, and would have exercised it, of expelling
him from their body. This was traversed by the de-
fendant's plea, but no proof was given at the trial that
the plaintiff was either a member of the college, or that
the misconduct alleged in the libel would have led to hi►
expulsion; and, consequently, the alleged libel upon him
in his capacity as surgeon was no libel at all. It was
upon that particular ground that the Court was unani-
meu,ly of opinion that there ought tea be a new trial,
because the jury had no opportunity of judging whether
there was a libel, and supposing there were, of estimating
an equivalent amount of damages.
Rule for a new trial granted.

BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY.'
(Before Mr. Commissioner SHEPHERD.)
IN RE CLARKE.
This bankrupt was an upholsterer, &c., in Bishops-
gate, and to-day was appointed for his last examination,
which had been adjourned. At the last meeting it was
intimated that the bankrupt did not think it very pru-
dent to appear, after an intimation he had received, but
at the request of his attorney the meeting was adjourned
WI this day.
Mr. LINKLATER, for the bankrupt, now said that the
latter, on consideration, deemed it best not to appear, but
take the consequence.
His HONOUR therefore adjourned the case sine die,
without protection. and at the bankrupt's costs.

DEPARTURE OF HER MAJESTY AND THE COURT
FOR WINDSOR CASTLE, FOR ASCOT RACES.—Her
Majesty and the Prince Consort, accompanied by the
royal children, and attended by Viscountess Canning,
the Earl of Listowell, the Maids of Honour in wait-
ing, and other members of the household, left Buck-
ingham Palace this afternoon, escorted by a party of
the 11th Hussars, for the Paddington terminus, when
a special train conveyed them to the Slough station,
where a party of the 2d Life Guards escorted the
august party to the Castle. Her Majesty will give
sumptuous banquets in St. George's-hall to her dis-
tinguished visitors to-day, to•morrow, and Thursday,
honouring the course with her presence, it is expected,
accompanied by her illustrious guests on the days
of the races. The Court will return to town on
Friday.

EXTENSIVE EIRE, (THIS DAY).—Between one and
two o'clock this morning, a constable discovered an un-
usual light in the workshops of Mr. Bray, carpenter,
Walworth-common. The fire, which was seen for a
long distance, caused very ready assistance from the
Waterloo-road, Southwark. bridge, West of England,
and other stations. On the arrival of the firemen every
exertion was used to stay the destruction, but by half-
past two o'clock the entire stock, tools, and every other
description of property, as also the building were de-
stroyed. The cause of the fire remained a mystery, as
everythir.g was left perfectly safe on Saturday night.
The building, &c., is believed to be partly insured.
Very valuable assistance was afforded by the police and
neighbours, which tended to preserve other property.
SUPPOSED MURDER AND SUICIDE.—OR Tuesday
night last considerable sensation was caused in the
neighbourhood of Preston, on its becoming known that
the bodies of William Hull, a bricklayer of Preston, and
Margaret Hull, his wife, had been found in the canal at
Cottatn, about three miles from this town. Such an oc-
currence, naturally shocking in itself, was rendered the
more painful from the fact of the deceased, William
Hull, having been for a short time previously affected
from excessive drinking, end fretn his having said on
the day of the accident that it was his intention to drown
his wife. The precise circumstances attending the
awful affair cannot now of course be known. On the
jury
returned morning an inquest was held, when the
returned a verdict of " Found dead in the canal,
into to have been drowned, but how they came the
canal there was no evidence to show."—Preston Chro-
nicle.

The departure of the French packets from Mar-
seilles for Malta, Alexandria, and Beyrout is altered
from the 6th to the 4th of the month, the letters for
which lean LQlltipn, 911 the last day of each 14911th.

MONEY and COIdEMERCIAL NEWS

CITY, (WAR% El? TO THREE.
There was a moderate demand for Cotton at Liver-
pool on Saturday. The sales amounted to 7,000 bales at
full prices, viz.:-6,000 American at aid. to 6id.; 100
Egyptian at Sid. to 7:12-d; 400 Surat at 3d. to 311; and
100 Sea Island at Wed. to Is. Id. per lb.—Railway Shares
were dull, and at rather lower quotations.
A moderate business has been done in Grain to-day at
about previous rates.
The express in anticipation of the Overland Mail from
India has arrived, but the letters are not delivered. The
political and commercial accounts are both favourable, as
tar as the latter can yet be ascertained.
The West India mail has also arrived, but furnishes
nothing of importance. The general condition of the
different islands was about the same as for some time
past, or perhaps rather better, a less desponding feeling
existing. The importance of having a steady residen-
tiary proprietary, willing to live moderately, and to look
after their own affairs, begins to be recognized as indis-
pensable in Jamaica, where great fortunes are no longer
to be made, and the same view will apply to the other co-
lonies. The application of the advances agreed to be made
by the Home Government is likely, in sortie cases, to be
diverted from the original object, the promotion of im-
migration, but the different legislatures are probably the
best judges of the means calculated to raise the prospe-
rity of their respective countries, and in no instance can
the 1 an be appropriated without the sanction of the
Home Government. St. Kitts wishes to establish a
Central Sugar Factory, St. Vincents is in want of a
Bank, &c. _ _ _

From Grey Town, Musquito country, advices of April
26 inform us that everything was tranquil. The port,
and more than half the river St. John, were under Bri-
tish control, and the fast increasing importance of Grey
Town are noted as evidences of Lord Palmerston's saga-
city in maintaining the Musquito King. A communica-
tion across the isthmus will, it is hoped, be accomplished
by this route.
The Express packet brings the Brazil mail of 30th
April. The exchange on London was 26d., and Six per
Cent. Stock was at 85k. The produce markets were
brisk, and the money market was easy. The customs
receipts at Rio were much larger than at/the correspond-
ing date of last year.
In Peru all was tranquil, but Bolivia is still dis-
turbed. The Californian accounts are as promising
as ever.

Buenos Ayres papers of March 17 have come to hand.
There were 173 vessels in port of 36,669 tons. The
exchange in England was 68s. per cz. The freight for
tallow was 60s. per 2,240 lbs., and for bale goods 30s. to
355. per 40 feet. There was a strong feeling at Buenos
Ayres that all difficulties with England were about to be
adjusted.

The reports of the Continental Money Markets state
that at Frankfort prices were firm. The Five
per Cents. 73i on the Ist inst. The Berlin market on
the 31st ult. was quiet. At Amsterdam yesterday not
much was dune. The Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents.
have been 481.
The formation of a new Ministry at Paris, and the
comparatively acceptable nature of the German consti-
tution, have, in conjunction with the fine weather, the
arrival of a large amount of specie per West India mail,
the good news from the East Indies, and the favourable
state of the manufacturing markets, have all had
an influence upon the Stock Market, and the improve-
ment in Consols is to 4 per cent., viz., to 921
though since the Bears have sold a little upon the
ground that the Russian fleet is intended to assist the
Danes. The New Three•and-a-Quarter per Cents. re-
alised 914 to .1. Bank Stock is worth 195, and India
Stock 250 to 252. Exchequer-bills have been 455. to 485.,
and India Bonds 675. to 70s. premium.
The Foreign Securities are rather firmer, though
dull. The West India packets brings no Mexican mail.
The Five per Cent. Bonds, ex-coupons, have been done
at 27i to 28. Spanish Five per Cents. have been 17 to
171. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been 26 to 28.
Dutch Four per Cents. zre 761, and French Five per
Cents. have been 83, with the Exchange at 25 35.
The Railway Share Market is looking more buoyant,
and a good business has been transacted in the principal
lines. The French shares are also better, but, except in
Northern of France, not much has been done.

ONE CLOSING
P 'I- Es "IF BRITISH FUNDS O'CLOCK. PRICI S
dank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Arms ......
> per Cent. Consols Annuities 91% 9214 92 92%
New 31% per Cent. Arms .
Long Anna. to expire J an. 1860
India Stack
India Bonds, 1,0001.
Ditto under 1,0001..
Consols for Account
,92 92
exchequer Bills. I%d. & 20.
1,0001. June 45 p
5031. June
Ditto Advertised ..............• 43 p
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS

45 p
48 p
43 p
CLOSI.NG
PRICES

offE
O'CL9CK.

Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. 37
Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent... 65
Greek Bonds
Ditto ex Over-due:Coupons
';';;Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons
Ditto, Ex Coupons
Ditto, Account •••.• 28 , :28
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents —
Ditto, 4 per Cent ****** 54
Ditto, Deferred — 15
Portuguese 5 per Cents. —
Ditto, 4 per Cent 27%
Ditto, 3 per Cent .. 26%
Russian Bonds
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 ..„
Ditto. Account l7 17
Ditto, Passive
Venezuela Bonds, 2'4 per Cent —
221 A

Dividends on the above payable in London.
French Rentes, 5 per Cent. 83f. 81f.
Exchange 2sf. 35c. 25f. 35c
Dutch 2IA per Cent., 12 Guild —
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates
Ditto, Account .

76%

YBICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
iAILWAY SHARES. AT 021 O'CLOCK. PRICES.
kberdeen 5O
Do. Preference
A bers Nott., Boston,

and Eastern Junction 6 ......
Ayrshire and Galloway.. 7%
iielfast & County Down 20%......
Berks & Hants Extens.
(Gt. West. Per. 5 per ct.) 5
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junct., calls duly
paid, or with a guaran. 20
Do, without guarantee 20 . ...
Bi f ming, Wolverh'ton,
and Dudley, calls duly
pd, or with guarantee 10 ..... ...
Do. without guarantee 10
Birming., Wolverh'pton,
and Stour Valley 131. 145...
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire June.— 10
Boston, Stamfd Scißirm. 5
Bristol and Exeter 9O ... .. .... ... ...... 65
Ditto, Thirds ..„.
uckingharnshire ... 161. 45.
Caledonian
Do. Quarters ......... 12% — -
Do. New 101. Pref.— 10 ... ..
Ditto,Clydesda le June 50
jhester and Holyhead... 50
Ditto, Preference
Clarence
Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct, 10
Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10
Do. Goveiament Loan,
4 per Cent.
Direct London & Ports-
mouth .....
Dublin and Belfast June. 37% ......
Dundalk & Enniskillen 22%
v!' ast Anglia, 251., L. &
E. and L. and D...... 25
Do., 18/., E. & 1L... 18 ......
Do., 31. 105.
Eastern Counties........ 20 ...... 81,06... ......
Do. New Guaranteed
6 per Cent..
Ditto,Extension,s per
Cent.? No. 1 61.135. 4d....
_...

Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... ... ..... ......
Do. North. & Eastern,
6 per Cent.
Ditto. 5 per Cent.... 50 ......
Ditto, 14 Shares
Do. New
Eastern Union, Class A
(late E. U. Shares) 25
Ditto, Class A. ditto... 314
Do., Class B (L & B.) 221,42
Ditto, Class C, ditto... 22%.....
Do. Scrip (6 percent.) 20
Ditto (C. & il.) guar.
__ .

5 per cent 214 ~•••
East Lancashire
Ditto, New
•• •••• ........
Ditto, New Quarters 614
Do., 6 per Cent. Pre-

ferenCs Quarters ...

_. ...........
East Lincolnshire ...... 25
.. ............
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50
D tto, Half Shares ... 20
..
....
Edinburgh and Northern 25
....
uitto, Newport l5
.....
Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorch. 2%
Exeter and Exmouth... 21s.
Glasgow, Dumfries, and
Carlisle -
Glasgow,Kilmar., & Ayr 50 ... —
Do.Preterence Consol. - - ...... .• • goo -
Great Northern
Do., 1/2 A Deferred ... 121/2...... ••• ..
Do., 1/2 B 6 per Cent... 71/2 5%3/4 53/4
Do. Extension 2 1/2 ...... 1% IA
reat South. and West.
(Ireland) -
reat North of England.loo ••••••
Ditto, New, 401 4O
Ditto, ditto
Ditto, New, 30/ 3O
Ditto, New,lsl l4 .. .. —••---• ......
Great Western 100 ...... 79 781,¢
Ditto, IA2 Shares 5O ...... 39
Ditto, 1,4 Shares
Ditto, Fifths ... 20
Ditto, New 171........ 15 ..... 10Ai5/ lO5/
Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ...... • —•
Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ...... .. •••• —
Ditto, Quarter Shares 121/2 —
Lancaster and Carlisle... 50
Ditto, Thirds -
Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 -
Ditto, ditto
Ditto, 1/2 Shares
....,
Do. Quarter Shares l7l/2 ......
Do. Fifths... ......... ... 10
Do. Sixteenths 614 — ............ ••
Do. Thsres l5 ..... ............ ...
Do. New, Gua. 6 p
•• •er ct lO
Do. Liverp. and Bury 46 —
—.
Ditto (Huddersfield
end Shetf.) 47 ...... •• •• ....
Do.(Wakefield,Ponte-
tract, and Goole) ... 50
--
Do. (W. Riding Union) 9 .. ..• -
Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25
D9.lolarea(A),.. 9%. .. "'.. 1 •-•

Leeds and Bradford SO
Leeds and Thirsk
Ditto, New
Do., Prefer., 6 per CL 31,2 ......
Do., Prcf. ar., 1843 9
Liverpool, Crosby and
Southport S
London &Blackwall l2 143 43/ t/2
'.ondon, Brighton, and
South Coait ..... .... 50 ... .. 36V/4 ......
Do.Guarant. 5 per cL. 9
1)o. Pret. 5 per cent.... 50 .. ...
Ditto, ditt0...... 1852 50
Ditto, New Si., guar.
6 per cent. . . 5
London and Greenwich 12/15s 4d... -
Ditto, Preference .. . al
Loudon and N. WeitPrn 100......126 IA 125% 126% 127
Ditto, New Quarters.. 7 ...... Si% 9%
Duto,Fifths....... 2 ...... 7% ... 71,4
Do. 40/.Shares(L.M.) f 0 ......
Do. 101. (M. & B.) C. 1 ...... 4
Lon,l. &S. Western 5O ...... 35 35% .........
Do. New 50/. ...
Do. New 401 34
Ditto, Thirds 161.135. d.... --
Do.. New Scrip, 1848,
Pref. 7 per Cent. on
Deposit, and 5 per
Cent. on Calls 5
Londonderry &Coteraint 30
Londonderry and Ennis-
killen 3114 ...... .--
Mancheqer•Buxton•and
Matlock 4% 1
Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire...loo -
Do. Quarters (No. 1) 18 -
Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 -
D 0.% Shares (No. 3) 12% — -
Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10 -
Ditto, Gt. Grimsby ... 50 -
Ditto ditto . ......... 17
Ditto ditto -
Ditto Sheffield and
Lincolnshire 2O . ... --
Do., Grimsby Dock... 25
Do. Llanchester and
Lincoln Union..... 4/. 2s. 4/8% dis••• ••• 2% di. ,s.
Midland ...... ....... .... tOO
Do. Consolidated Pref.loo
Do., do., 501. Shares. 25 ...
Do. Birm., and Derby 100
Do. Consol. Bristol and
Fil Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 125 ...... ......... 124
,Ditto,Brist. & Glocstr. 40
.:;. Ditto ditto .... .18/.128.6d.... --
Do.,ErewashVal.,Pref. 50
11 Ditto, Leieest.& Swan-
''''nington, 8 per ct. guar.loo
Middlesbro' and Redcar,
6 per cent. guar. -
Midland Great W estern

93

41h
36%
9%

4
3514

Irish -
Newcastle and Carhsle 100 , —
Do. Quarters 25 ...... -
Newmarket -

-----
Do. Extension .........21. 125.... --
Newport, Abeigavenny,
and Hereford 6 .•..••
Newry and Enniskillen 7 —
Newry, Warrenpoint,
and Rostrevor .. 20
Norfolk - ...... • ••• •• ---
Do. New 201.
Do. Guaranteed 5 p ct. 20
Do. Guaranteed s%pc. 5
Do. Lowestott(4 per ct) 20 -
Ditto (6 per ct.) ..... 13 -
Do. do. Waveney Val. 2
Nurthern Counties Union 4 ...... --
North British ........ ... 25 ..... --
Ditto, Halves ..
Ditto, Quarters
Ditto, Thirds .... .. .. 81/4 - - ...... .......
Ditto Preference
North Staffordshire 17% 12%%...
North Wales . 3l/2 —
North-Western . 12% — ... •-•
Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton
Reading, Guildford, and
Reigate l5
Royston and Hitchin ... 3%„ ... 12--% ........
15%
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland 25 -
Ditto, New
:.• browsbury and Birm... 11 ...... 4%... 419
Ditto ditto. Class B. 7 ...... ...
Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 -
Shrewsbury and Herefd. 2 - ••-•
Shrewsbury & Chester
(Nor. W. Min.)
Ditto Halves ... ditto 9 ......
Ditto Oswestry ....1 18%. ••••
Ditto New
Do. 8 per Cent. Pref. 10 -
Shropshire Union
south Devon
Do. Preference - •••• •••• •••• •••••
South Staffordshire 7% — •
.--.,
South Eastern
Do., No. 1
Du., N 0.2.
Do., No. 3 ....... ...... 30
Do., Registered No. 4 10
Do., Scrip .No 4 -
South IN ales
South Yorkshire, Don-
caster, and Goole
Sheffield, Rotherham, &
Goole (N. Div.) Gua-
ranteed 5 per cent
...-
Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 5
Swans. & Loughor & Ca-
meron's Stm. C0a1.... 6
raw Vale Extension ... 8
['names Haven Dock
and Railway .......... 17% —
Vale of Neath 6
Waterford and Kilkenny 20
Waterford and Limerick 47% —
Waterld,Wxfrd,Wicklw
and Dublin -
Wear Valley 6 per Cent.
Guaranteed ... .. ...... E 0 ...... —%.. .
294
---
Do. do. do. ... 25
Do. dc. do. ... 121
W est Cornwall -
•••••
dhitehaven & Furness 16 ......
v 1 indsor, Staines, and
South Western • 12 ..-• ...... u-
W ilts, Somerset, & Wey-
mouth
.... ......... u
York, Newcastle, and
Bei wick. .... ..
21334
Do Newcastle Eiden. 20 ...... 135/234 4%
Do. G.N.L.Preterence 8 ..... 41A A % ...
Do. Hvrtlepool Dock
and Rails ay .. .100 ...... ... .•• al
York and North Midland 50 ..... 31%3/4 5%
Ditto' Preference
lio.East and West Kid-
ing Extension
.... ...... .........

41i

12 14

FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Anglo Italian (late Ita-
han and Austrian). ... 5 ..,.. _ --
i
Boulogne and Amiens... 20 .1 —
Central of France (Or-
..s.
Vierzon)
/Demerara l7l/2 —
....-
Dutch Rhenish ......... VA..... ......
...
East Indian 34 —
Great Indian Peninsular 5
0...
Do. Do. ... . ....- 10s.
Louvain ala Sambre ..; 71/2
Luxembourg
..... s
Ditto
.0-• •
I
Madrid and Valentia... 2
Namur and Liege
91h
Northern of France
99
Paris and Orionis ...... 20 -
and Rouen 2O ......
Paris and Strasbourg ... 10
...--5/
• ..... .•••••••• ii
Rouen and Havre ...... 20 . — ......•.,«... a
Sambre and Meuse 2O .....
Strasbourg and Basle
Tours and Nantes ll - ....
Tournay, Jurbise, Lan-
den, and Hasselt ...... 20 -
West Flanders 83% .. ... ..................... ..4
Ditto ...
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
Australasia ..............40. ...... .....
British North American 50 ......
......... ..•••••
Colonial .................. ... 25 .. 6'
London Joint Stock ...... 10 ...
-.-
......
London & Westminster. 20

LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY')
LONDON, JUNE 4.—Wind this day at noon,
•I'."
moderate breeze and cloudy.
gale,
OFF TORBAY, MAY 30.—Arrd. Erf Princess,
shock, Batavia, for Rotterdam.
DEAL, JUNE 3.—Wind N.E. variable.—Arrd. SPrit
Steele, Brazils; Laura and Louise, Marcks, La GOY va
Penelope, Hinde, Tobago. Arrd. from the River ece
std., Osborne, Cooper, Cape of Good Hope nefiermati
'
Alexander, Jamaica • Euphrates, Munro, Cork ~,'""rs
Quebec. Arrd. from the River, Melbourne, Freyer,
eti
Philip. Sld. Fear Not, St. Jago de Cuba; nor°ti
Grenada.
rtO
.
OFF BEACHY HEAD, JUNE 2.—Arrd. Cicero, •k-
-strong, Grenada.
job°
LIVERPOOL, JUNE 3.—Wind S.—Arru, Ist, To;
Scott, Neilson, Bardadoes; Catherine, Riley, Saval3l2d,
California, Lawson, St. John's, New Brunswick. Dd
Ambrosine, Smith, Old Calabar. Sld. March 12, 4so
from Fernando Po 21st, Esquimanx, Porte Rico; 0.,
Jose, Longo, Matanzas; Birmingham, Plardivant, Seqvg,
nab. 3d, Woodpecker, Williams, Cuba; H. renl3,.inet.
ton, Girvin, Mobile. Ski. Ist, Dauntless, BeY;;,,y;
2d, Nier Gebroedens, Batavia; General Sale, Bon re;
Huddersfield, Africa; Collector, Valpariase; GeneTatsr•
Torzee, Havannah; Jessie, Robertson, Tampico; ;deo
Vera Cruz; Ace of Trumps, Nassau; Yorkabre, "'del
York; Acorn, Boston; Sarnoset, Boston; Corore°}o.
Quebec; Margaret, Quebec; Malabar, Quebec; F°r•bal,
shire, Quebec. 3d,
Storm King, Calcutta; fißombay ; Richard sloop, New York;
Sarah Ann, eteT o;
toSt
Hebe, Gaspe,—Off port, Hinds. Sid. 2d, LlP.„—fe."'
Quebec; Speed, Quebec; Montezuma, Montreal. foil
CROOKHAVEN, MAY 29.—The "Henrietta, of an
Swansea, for Ballydonegan, drove against the ITLi;eet!
head this morning, got off with assistance, bliAs -0.1/1
brought into harbour, laid on the beach leaky,„,s2-016°
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discharge, if necessary, to get at the leak.ue:„ here
and Ann, of Youghal, for Boston, America, pill `-
to-day, with mainmast heed sprung.
PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 3. Wind 5.5.E.....-.400,*
Cessaraur, Sanding, Porto Plato. 3,1, American Pert,
Chadwick, London, end sld. for New York. O'cirest"
2d, Westminster,, Doane, New York; Scandia, "
man, ditto for Stockholm. over.
SOUTHAMPTON, JUNE 2.—Arrd. Trent e'eAtsr.
Norton, West Indies; Iberia steamer, Burney, Gibr"
Sld. Great Western steamer, West Indies.
FALMOUTH, JUNE 2.—Arrd. Express Packeb,d ra.•
Rio Janeiro, sailed 15th April; Bahia, 24th; Old and
nambuco, 30th. On freight about 20,0001. in g°
diamonds, and mails. SeW
OFF DUNMORE EAST.—Constance, Savage,
York for Waterford.
CO‘kiIDCIAFFP,EJCULNEEAIR..--SSl°dP.l3Ai aer oSnh iVp ma
laen„ Newel aY° °ciiii./4101"
BRISTOL, JUNE 3. —Wind S.E.—sld. raniguP

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)

CORN-EXCHAN6E.-(MONDAY.)

Very favourable accounts have again reached us re-
apec'ing the general appearance of the growing crops.
The foreign letters into-day, state that prices are rather
firmer on the Continent, with a good business doing on
English account. The arrivals of all articles of home
growth up to our market, last week, coastwise as well as
by land carriage and sample, were on a very limited
scale. From Scotland the receipts comprised a few
quarters of Oats, and from Ireland only 60 quarters of
Malt. The foreign imports were good, viz., 11,262
quarters of Wheat; 9,711 ditto of Barley 32,817
ditto of Oats; 138 ditto of Rye; 680 ditto of Beans;
2,337 ditto of Peas ; 249 ditto of Tares; 22
ditto of Rapeseed; 172 ditto of Hempseed; and 8,635
sacks of Flour, the latter wholly from France and Belgium.
Fresh up this morning, a very limited quantity of Wheat
came to hand from Essex. From Kent, Cambridgeshire,
'Sco., the arrivals of that grain were trifling in the ex-
treme. The show of samples of both red and white being
'eery small, and the attendance of buyers from the coun-
try tolerably good, the demand for mcst kinds of Eng-
lish Wheat was steady, but by no means brisk, at prices
equal to those obtained on this day se'nnight, and at
Which a clearance was effected prior to the conclusion of
business. The quantity of Foreign Wheat on offer was
not to say large. Selected parcels were tolerably steady
at late rates. The middling and inferior kinds
moved off slowly, at barely stationary prices,
although most of the millers were short of stock.
In floating cargoes very few transactions took place.
Scarcely any English Barley was on offer. The supply
of Foreign was a full average one. Grinding qualities
'old to some extent, for shipment westward and inland
consumption, at full prices. Malting and distilling sorts
Were a dull inquiry. Very little Malt was on sale, yet
it proved quite equal to the demand, which ruled heavy;
and last week's prices were with difficulty supported.
The show of home-grown Oats was quite unimportant;
that of Foreign very large. All kinds of Oats met a
dull inquiry, and, in some instances, the quota-
tions were the turn in favour of the buyers.
The demand for Beans was in a very inactive state. In
rices, however, we have no change to notice. The sale
for Peas was in a very sluggish state at last week's quo-
tations. The few samples of Indian Corn on offer were
Mostly taken at very full prices. In Indian Meal scarcely
any business was transacted. The Flour trade was in a
veiy inactive state, at unaltered currencies.

CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE.
Wheat—Essex & Kent, , Malt—Chevalier...... 59s to GCS
Red. ........ 38s to 48s Oats— Yorkshire and
Ditto,White, New 395 52s Lincolnsh., Feed. 16s 20s
Norfolk and Lin- Potato •• •• 21s 245-
coin, Red..... 385 46s Youghal and Cork,
Ditto, White.• •• .. 39s 48s Black . •. .. 14s 175
Irish, Red •••• • • • • 395 42s Cork, White •• • . 145 20s
_ Ditto,White...... 415 458 Scotch,Feeci ••.. 20s 23s
aSYS—OId •• •• •••••••• 25s 27s Beans—Tick .-- - - 259 34s
New... -•• ...... 25s 268 Pigeons .... 403 44s
Barley--Grinding. •• .. 23s 259 Peas—Grey ..- -- - 309 33s
Malting ••••••• •• 28s 30s Maple. •• •••••—• 32s 33s
Chevalier .• • • •• • 31s 315 White.- ••- • • -24 s 275
Malt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers .. ..... .. 278 301
863 585 Flour—Town-made... 42s 44s
Brown ........... 48s 503 Suffolk ••••• • • • • • 343 38s
Kingston and Ware 575 58s Stocktn & Norfolk 335 36s
- - ---

SEED MARKET.
Canary Seed is held for further advanced rates, at
:which very few sales have taken place. New Rapeseed
18 again dearer. In other Seeds very little business is
doing. Cakes are almost nominal.
TurniNWhite, per bush. lls to 12s
Red awl Green.... lls 12s
Mustard, Brown.. • • • 5s 10.,

55 los
Tares, New
~ Es 7s

Carraa•ay .• • •
Coriander ••.. • • 16s 18s
Hempseed, per quarter 32s 34s
Linseed, Eng..;owing.. 483 50s
Crushing. •• • • 36s 40s
Baltic 318 44s
Odessa •• • •.. 382 46s
Linseed Cake, pr.l,ooo—
•• • • 91 Os 101 Os
_ _

Old ........ . 4s 6s
Canary, per quarter •. . 130 s 168 s
ItYe grass.. •• 20s 24s
Clover, Red En;. (cwt.) 35s 58s
White 34s 48s'
Foreign Red.. 30s 49s
'White- 32s 45s
Trefoil .............. 12s 17s
SMITHFIELD.
Since this day se'nnigbt, the total imports of foreign
stock into London have amounted to 2,117 bead. At
the corresponding period in 1848 we received 3,245 head,
and at the same in 1847, 3,336 head; hence, it will be
perceived that the arrivals still continue small for the
time of year.
IMPORTS DUO LONDON IN TIIE PAST WEEK.
From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs.
sdiatlingen IEO 495 .. 17 ... 4i ...
Ostend... ............ 102 ...
.t.aniburgh 53 3 ...
4°tterdaln 91 ... 886 ... 9 ... 187 .
4,l,.;l?twerp
...... „.. 40 ...
zljerting 7

Foreign, per ton 610 s 71 Os
Rape Cakes, pr ton 41 5s 41 lOs
Rapeseed, per last 331 Os 361 Os

co T0ta1...... 334 ... 1,483 ... 26 ... 274 ..
rresponding
Week 1111848... 499 ... 2,276 ... 19 ... 451 ...

apifference... 155 less. 7931ess. 7more. 1771ess.
landed in outports about 400 head of stock have been
in fair condition. Several casks of preserve
wee:t have been imported from Buenos Ayres in the past
de ill very middling condition. There was a consi-
derable increase in the supply of beasts on sale in to-
rirls market, compared with that exhibited on Monday
(rt.. The quality of the stock was unusually prime.
n the whole the attendance of both town and country
buyers was good, while the demand for the best Scots
Was steady, at about last week's quotations. In all other
breeds of beasts comparatively little business was trans-
acted, at in some instances a decline in the prices of
Monday last of 2d per Sibs. From Norfolk, Suffolk,
•;.88ex, and Cambridgeshire we received 1,900 Scots,
omebreos, and Shorthorns ; from the Western and
Midland districts, 500 Herefords, Runts, Devons,
56C ; from other parts of England, 600 of various
breeds; and, from Scotland, 300 horned and polled
Scots. The supply of Sheep was seasonably good; yet
the demand for that description of stock was steady, at
fully last week's quotations. The primest old Downs
gold at from 3s 101 to 4s per Sibs. We had a somewhat
active trade for Lambs, at extreme currencies. In some
instances, the best Down qualities realised 6s 21b per
81bs. From the Isle of Wight, we received 320 head.
Calves—the supply of which was extensive—moved off
slowly, at barely the late decline in prices. The Pork
trade was heavy, at barely late rates.

s. d. to s. d.
Second goal. Sheep 3 6 3 8
Coarse-woolled ditto 3 8 310
Southdown Wether 3 10 4 0
Ditto out of the wool 0 0 0 0
Large Hogs •••• • • 3 2 3 6
Small Porkers • • 3 8 4 2
Quarter old Pigs •• 16 0 21 0
Lambs ••••••• • • • 4 10 6 0
TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET.
Beasts. I Sheep. I Calves. I Pigs.
3,566 I 26,410 273 240
FOREIGN SUPPLY.
Beasts. I Sheep.
Calves. [ Pigs.
231 960 113
NEV7GATE AND LEADENNA.I.L.
"'nee our last report, these markets have been almost
supplied with London-slaughtered Meat, the pre-
!ailing hot weather having rendered it unsafe to forward
"uPPlies from a distance. Lamb has commanded a
steady sale, at somewhat improved currencies. In most
other kinds of Meat a steady business is passing, at full
:pees. About 600 carcases of foreign Meat have been
Isposed of.

Per Blbs. to sink the offal.
a. d. to e. d.
Inferior Beasts..... 2 4 2 6

Sieon-dqnaliti.:;:-. 2 8 210
Prime large Oxen 3 0 3 4
Prime Scots
Large coarse Calves 3 4 3 8
Prime small ditto
Buckling Calves —lB 0 26 0
Inferior Sheep .. . 3 4 3 6

At per stone by the Carcase.
Be • 3. d. to 8. d. s. d. to R. d.
.inferior.. •..• 2 2 2 4 Mutton, inferior .. 3 0 3 2
taidang „„ 2 6 2 8 middling.. 3 4 3 6
Prlmelarge •• 210 3 0 prime .... 3 8 310
v—ea, Prime small .. 3 0 3 2 I Pork, 1arge........ 3 2 3 6
•• •• •• ••• • 3 0 310 small . ... 3 8 4 0
Lamb. Is 8d to 5s 10c1.

UOROUGN AND SPITALPIELDS.
toes These markets are almost bare of homegrown Pota-
but but the supplies of foreign are extensive for the
"1,./11: of year. During last week the imports consisted
t. 475 tons, 2,598 bags, 8 baskets from Rotterdam; 632
ags from Harlingen; 215 bags from Amsterdam; and
10 baskets from Lisbon; forming a total quantity of
1,124 tons. The abundance of green Vegetables has
greatly interfered with the Potato trade, which rules ex-
cessively heavy at drooping prices.
York. Per Ton. Per Ton.
Regents 165 s to 200 s Essex Regents ... —s to —s
Ditto
Shaws —s to s Ditto Shaws —s to s
Scotch Regents 100 s to 115 s Ditto Kidneys ... —s to —s
Ditto Cups —s to s French Whites ... 65s to 80s
Ditto Whites Bos to 90s Belgian ditto 6os to 80s
Lincoln. Regents. —s to —s Dutch ditto

BOROUGH HOP MARKET.
The most ridiculous reports are in circulation re-
specting the appearance of the growing bine. Some
parties, evidently with a view of bolstering up the
market, have estimated the duty as low as 'mom/.
The more general figure is 125,000/. It is true that a
slight increase has taken place in the fly, owing to the
prevailing warm weather; but our impression is that
the bine was seldom looking better than at present.
"Very little business is doing, yet holders are firm, at
improved quotations. Sussex pockets, 21 53 to 3/;
Weald of Kent ditto, 2/ 12s to 31 10s; Mid and East
Kent ditto, 31 8s to 71 per cwt.
WOOL.

The imports of Wool into London, last week, were
confined to about 150 bales, chiefly from Ilamburgb.
The supplies of Wool on offer in the private contract
marketare large. Still, however, a steady business is
raising in most descriptions, at about stationary prices.
veral vessels are still on their passage from New
laden with wool.

TALLOW.
Our market has been in a sluggish state since Mon-
,l.llY last, yet prices are mostly supported. To-day,
on the spot, it selling at 38s 9d ; and for for-
ward delivery, 393 to 39s 3d per cwt. Town Tallow
`37% 3d to 378 6d per cwt, net cash; Rough Fat, 2s ld
Per Bibs.

1845.

1846. 1847.

1848.
I-
-1849.

Stock this day 15,181
Price of y, c,
to4Osos Od
6d
belivery last Wk' .. 1.51
?Ditto from June 1.:.. 1 e.: .. 1,6651
Avivals last Week . 1,160
Ditto from June 1 ... 1,160
Price of To •..... 42s 0,1

10,261 7,746
42s Gd 50s 3d
to Os Od to 505 Gd
543 730
543 604
241 231
241 251

9,680 25,205
45s Od to 38s 9d
Os Od to Os Od
1,101 ' 962
481 268
,797

2,639

2,632
I
48s 6d I 393 6d

435 6d 518 Od

• 6el DEN DEATH.—On Thursday afternoon an
loqueat was held at the Fountain, High. street, Shore •
ditch, upon the body of Daniel Fergusson, currier.
aPPeared, from the evidence of William Ent% isle, of No.
.4tll3°llrldary-street, Shoreditch, turner, that the deceased
int 3 g(.3ing home to his dinner on Wednesday, with the
Grer°ll
, afterwards taking his wife and family to
of ezallwlen, and had not roceeded far from the premises
• r. Bell, leather. of Shoreditch, his employer,
aYinnen he Ives observed to cutter,tagger and fall down; assist-
as vvias
has rendered, but in vain, as the vital
spark naa tied. His fellow-workmen stated that the de-
e2llsed had complained during the last week of pains on
the chest. Mr. Wildbore, surgeon, who was called in the
first instance, was unable, without a post mortem exami-
pation, to give any opinion as to the cause of death. The
3..1117, hovvever, made up their minds that it aroso from
Vit.ural causes, and returned a verdict of--" Died by the
Yultatiock of God.,,

THE HAY MARKET THEATRE.
Macbeth was performed here on Saturday evening,
Mr. Charles Kean resuming his old character of Mac-
beth, and Mrs. Charles Kean appearing in that of Lady
Macbeth. It is now somewhat more than eight years
since we noticed Mr. Charles Kean's first impersonation
of this character at this theatre, and a e then said that
the distinguishing characteristic of that performance was
genius. It is so still, but it is now genius
chastened, refined, perfected by careful study ; it
is now not merely the performance of a man
of genius, it is the chef d'oeuvre of an artist of genius—
of one who has cultivated his genius to the highest pitch
of peat ction. The Macbeth of Mr. Charles Kean creates
greater sympathy than that of any other actor it has ever
been our fortune to see in this character. He makes us
feel that Macbeth is not all bad—that he has many ex-
cellent qualities, and that he is rather the victim of
circumstacces, of sore temptation, and of fatal
indecision' of character, than of inherent and
innate vice. The evidently sincere feeling with which he
even at the very last expresses his desire to pursue the
scheme of Duncau's murder no further was a proof of
this, and exhibited Mr. Charles Kean's reading of the
character with most telling effect. He was very fine in
the banquet scene, in which his heart-broken agony and
his efforts at endeavouring to preserve a dignified coin-
posure contrasted finely with his overwhelming and ener-
getic burst of passion when he is no longer capable of
concealment. The fifth act was throughout given with
great spirit and energy, and with the most telling effect.
The death of Macbeth is most artistically conceived and
perfectly executes. Wounded, faint, and dying, Macbeth
falls forward on to the stage, and to the last still glares
upon Macduff, still points his sword against him. This
dying scene is one of the finest things that Mr. C. Kean
has yet done. Mrs. Charles Kean has in Lady Mac-
beth thrown aside all conventional rules, and adopted an
entirely new reading of her own, which is most effective.
The Lady Macbeth of Mrs. Charles Kean is not the
matronly personage to whom we have been accustomed,
and who commands Macbeth in the earlier scenes with
more than matronly authority; the Lady Macbeth of
Mrs. C. Kean is the young, ambitious, impassioned wife,
full of feeling, full even of affection and love, until
ambition, the master-passion, like Aaron's rod, swallows
up all the rest. By such a Lady Macbeth the Thane
might be tempted to undertake any task, however despe-
rate; and this reading of the character has one great ad-
vantage, it jars not with that respect which it is so
essential to the interest of the play that we should feel
for the character of Macbeth. He is not the henpecked
husband who, against his better judgment, commits
a murder because he fears the commission of a murder
less than he fears the scolding of his wife, but he is one who
is so fat.cinated by his love for a fine, high-spirited incar-
nation of almost every quality in woman that can fasci-
nate a man, that he acts as one spell bound. The sleep-
walking scene was given with an intensity and a pathos
which we have seldom seen exhibited on the stage of late
years. One artiste, and one artiste only, could have ap-
proached Mrs. Charles Kean in this scene; Malibran
might perchance have equalled her, to surpass her
would be impossible. %Vallack's Macduff was
a graceful and perfectly artistic representation.
The fight with Macbeth was excellently managed, and
the whole of the fifth act was given with a soldierly
bearing that told admirably. The whole of the music
was sung, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Reynolds, Mrs. Fitz
william, and Mrs. Humby being the singing witches, and
Miss P. Horton appearing as Hecate. This part has
been usually given to a man, the bass singer of the com-
pany, yet we see no good reason for such a repartition,
for Hecate, alias Diana, is'really not only a woman,
but a young and beautiful woman, and,
therefore, most aptly represented by Miss
P. Morton, who sung the music delightfully,
and whose making up of the character was most classical
and effective. She wore a gauze mantle begemtned
with stars, and a sort of fairy cap, and her poses
were most graceful and classical. Messrs. Buckstone,
Tilbury, and Wigan were the three witches. Buckstone
with somewhat questionable taste endeavoured
occasionally to make fun. Tilbury acted carefully;
but Wigan showed himself the accomplished
artiste—his making-up was superb ; there was
something haggard and unearthly about it, and
in his acting there was an expression of demoniacal
enjoyment that was perfectly sublime. The tragedy
was very carefully put upon the stage—all attempt at
show and spectacle has been most judiciously avoided—
the manners, the costumes, the furniture, are those of the
rude and remote age in which Macbeth flourished; even
the banquet scene was the banquet of a semi-barbarian
chieftain who bad been elevated to the dignity of King
upon the shields of Isis followers, and not that courtly
affair to which we have hitherto been accustomed.
The old accustomed tartans were likewise discarded,
and we had instead the primitive heavy mantle, the use
of which preceded that of the gayer tartan. Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Kean and Mr. Wallack were called for at
the conclusion of the tragedy. The theatre was very
well attended.

DRURY-LANE THEATRE IN 1663.—The following
is a copy of the first play-bill issued from Drury-lane
Theatre in 1663, the first year it was opened:—

BY HIS MAJESTY'S COMPANY OF COMEDIANS AT THE

NEW THEATRE IN DRVRY- LANE.
It being Thvrsday, April Bth, 1663, will be acted a
Comedy called
THE HVMOVROVS LIEVTENANT.
The King ... ... Mr. Wintersell.
Dera,trivs ... Mr. Hart.
Selevevs ... Mr. Bvrt.
Lt•ontivc ... Major Mohvn.
Lievtenant ... Mr. Clvn.
Celia ... Mrs. Marshall.

The play will begin at three o'clock exactly.
Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2.4. 6d.; Middle Gallery, Is. 6d.;
Vi per Gallery, Is.
HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—Her Royal Highness
the Duchess of Kent honoured the performances at her
Majesty's Theatre on Saturday evening with her pre-
sence. The suite in attendance upon her Royal High-
ness comprised Lady Augusta Bruce, Lady Mary
Howard, Lady Fanny Howard, Lord James Murray, and
Colonel Sir James Ccuper. tier Majesty Queen Ade.
laide's box was occupied by the Viscountess Barrington,
Misses Barrington, Lord Lascelles, Lady Margaret de
Burgh, Lady Lascelles, and Mr. Barrington. Amongst
the visitors were—his Grace the Duke of 'Wellington
and Lady Charles Wellesley, the Duke and Duchess of
Beaufort and Lady Henrietta Somerset, the Duke and
Duchess of Montrose, the Duchess of Leeds and Miss
Lane Fox, the Duke and Duchess of Cleveland and Lady
Augusta Paulet, his Excellency the Swedish Minister
and the Baroness Rehausen, his Excellency the Neapo-
litan Ambassador, the Chard d'Affaires of France and
Madame Montherot, the Marquis and Marchioness of
Ailesbury, the Marquis and Marchioness of Douro, the
Marquis of Clanricade, the Marquis of Stafford, the Earl
of Lonsdale, the Countess of Glengall, the Earl of Fal•
mouth, the Earl and Countess of Bective, Earl Wemyss
and party, the Earl and Countess of Chesterfield,
the Earl of Pembroke, the Earl of Shelburne, Prince
Schoenfeld, the Baron and the Baroness de Stieglitz,
Viscount Enfield, Lord and Lady Ernest Bruce, Lord
Eddisbury, Lord Sandys, Lord Templeton, Lady Fitz-
roy Somerset and Miss Fitzroy Somerset, Lady Upton,
Lady Vincent, Lady Gordon, Lady Lesford, Lord and
Lady Newport, Lord W. Lennox, Lord G. Paget, Lord
Harry Vane, Lord F. Gordon, Lord Gardner, Lord Ge-
rald Fitzgerald, Baron de Gerlache, Baron Lesfeld,
L;eutenant-Generald Sir Andrew Barnard, Bart., Lieu-
tenant-General Sir Alexander Woodford, Bart., Lady
and the Misses Woodford, Sir Thomas Barrett Lennard,
Bart., and Lady Barret Lennard, Lady Flower, Lady
Atkinson, Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. George Edward An-
son, the Hon. Mrs. Herbert, &c.

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COYENT•GARDEN.—The
Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert honoured
the performance at the Royal Italian Opera on Saturday
evening with their presence. The Royal suite con-
sisted of the Earl of Listowel, Viscountess Canning, the
Hon. Miss Kerr, the Hon. Miss Cavendish, the Hon.
Colonel Phipps, and Colonel Bouverie. Their Royal
Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the
II ereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklen-
burg Strelitz, and the Princess Mary and Prince George
of Cambridge, were also present, attended by Baron line-
sEbeek. and Mr. Edmond Mildmay. Among the visitors
were—his Excellency the Sardinian Minister, his Excel-
lency the Peruvian Minister, the Princesses Herminie
and Melanie Metternich, Prince Richard Metternich and
Prince Schoenberg, accompanied by Mr. and the Misses
Morier, Colonel Dundas, and Colonel Wildman, the
Marquis and Marchioness of Sligo, the Marchioness of
Westmeath and the Hon. Mrs. Henry Murray, the Mar-
chesa Brancaleone, the Earl and Countess of Sefton, Earl
Bruce, Earl Beauchamp, the Earl of Durham, the
Countess of Cardigan, the Earl of Belfast, Lady Au-
gusta Gordon and the Misses Erskine, the Countess of
Belmore, Lady Charlotte Egerton, Viscount Tenipletown
and the Hon. Colonel Arthur Upton, Viscount Chelsea,
Viscount Exmouth, Viscount Mandeville, Viscount
Clifden, Lady Howard de Walden, Lady Caroline Maxse,
Lord and Lady Brabazon, the Baroness Rother, Lord
Archibald St. Maur, Lord Burghersh, Lady Brougham,
Lord Clarence Paget, Lord George Paulet, Lady William
Powlett, Lord James Stuart, Lord George Manners,
Lady Joddrell, Lady Woodford, Sir John Campbell,
K.C.T.S., and Lord Campbell, Sir Charles Smith, Bart.,
Sir Henry Bedinefield, Bart., Sir William Fraser, Bart.,
Lady Riddle, Lady Thorold, Sir W. de Bathe, Bart., Sir
George Armitage, Bart., Sir Henry Webb, Bart., Sir
William Moleswcrth, Bart. and Lady Molesworth, Lady
Wilson, Sir James Drummond, Bart., Sir Thomas Hare,
Bart.. Sir James Mackenzie, Bart., Mr. Lyttelton and
Lady Bayley, Sir 11. Meux, Bart., Mr. Arabin, Sir Wm.
Abdy, Bart., &c.
The annual examination of the wards of the Adult
Orphan Institution took place on Saturday last, at the
establishment in the Regent's Park, and was honoured
with the presence of her Royal Highness the Duchess
of Gloucester and her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Kent, who were received by the Marchioness Cornwallis,
the Earl Manvers, and the other members of the com-
mittees. The meeting was also attended by the Duchess
of Northumberland, the Countess Manvers, Lady Col-
chester, Lady Mary Ross, the Ladies Cornwallis, Hon.
Miss Waldegrave, Lord Cok heater, Rev. J. S. M. An-
derson, Rev. Thomas Dowdier, Rev. J. B. Bayley, Rear-
Admiral Bowles, C. 8., M.P., Lieutenant Co!onel Sir J.
J. Hamilton, Bart., Major-General Fanshawe, C. 8., nod
many other distinguished visitors. The Lord Bishop
of London, who kindly conducted the examination, was
pleased to express himself highly satisfied therewith;
after which the prizes were presented to the wards
according to their merit.
PRINCE HENRY OF THE NETHERLANDS.—His Royal
Highness Prince Henry of the Netherlands, attended
by his suite, honoured the establishment of Messrs. J.
and W. Roberts, boat builders, of Bishop's-walk, Lam-
beth, on Friday, with a visit, and inspected their ma-
nufactory.
POSTAGE WITH FRANCE.—The Lords of the Trea-
sury having authorised a considerable reduction of the
rate upon international letters between this country and
France upon reciprocal terms, an alteration in that re-
spect may shortly be expected.