The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-26 00:00:00

PRICES OF ADMISSION.

Pit stall ............................ • • £l 1 0
First Amphitheatre Stalls, First Row 0 15 0
Ditto, second and Third Rows 0 12 6
Second Amphitheatre Stalls.... ••• • • •
Pit Tickets ••..• • • •
First Amphitheatre ••• • •
Second Amphitheatre ••••• • • • • •
Tickets, Stalls, and Boxes to be obtained at the Box-office, Bow-
t eH , and at Cramer, iteale. and Co.'s. 201, Regent-street.
The Doors will open at Half-past Seven o'clock, aid the Opera
w h vommenee at Light.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Linder the Matogemeet »i Mr. ot. Webster, sole Lessee.
THIS EVENING

Will: be performed the new Comedy, called TEMPER. Slr Mama-
duke Topple, Mr. Farr. n ; Sir Charles Tempest, Mr. Hudson ; God-
Mr. Webster; Cyril Tempest, Mr.
God-
trey. Mr. Tilbury; Emerson,
Howe; Lady Tempest, Mrs. !4eyinour ; Mrs. Herbert, Mrs. Glover;
Florence Wilmot, Mrs. Fortescue; Miss FiLling, Airs. Humby
To bi followed by a Miscellaneous Concert, in wli,ch the FOUR
HUN( :ARIAN I IV,THUMENTAL VO.:ALISTA will give their imi-
tatins of various instruments. with the Lips only.
To conclude with TUE INVISIBLE PaINCE! or, The Island of
Tranquil Delights.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHE
Under the direction of Madame t eleste.
TIS
T 711: be performed the original Drama,EVE.N.NG called THE FLOWERS
r-F THE FOREST ; a (;ipsy Story. Cheap Jew', Mr. Wright ;
fannictel. Mr. 0. Smith ; the Kinchin, Yr P. Redford; Leyhourne,
At Worrell ; Cynthia, Madame Celeste ; Lemuel, Miss Woolgar;
f:tal-14ht Begs, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Lady Agnes, dim Harding.
After which (never acted) an entire 'y new Petite Comedy, called
FLYING COLOURS; or. Crossing the Frontier. Captain Sans-
souo, Mr. Webster; Margaret, Miss Woolgar ; Ilelen de 3lontereau,
Madame Celeste; J.stine, Miss Ellen Chaplin.
To be followed by the Opera Ituffa Sketeh, called JENNY LIN It.
P,incipal characters by Messrs. Wright, Paul ifedtord, Lambert,
ft_lby,Culleword, and Miss Woolgar.

THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
J. M. Maddox., I...Asee 4.1 Manager.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed Shakspere's tragedy of KING LE AR. King
Lear. Mr. Macready ; Edgar, Mr. Cr-swick; Gonad', Mrs. Warner;
Cordell*. Mrs. Stirling; Regan, Mrs. Fosbrale.
Atter which a new Drama, entitl,d THE KING AND THE
Pi 'ER. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Walton, Barker,
Wynn, Delaystnti, Granby, Miss E. Stanley, Miss G. Smithson, and
Mit,s Marshall,

THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM.
Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley.
THIS EVENING
Will bf. perfomed the varce, ca led WANTED A HERMIT In
Whi.:h Messrs. r
Wigan, Turner, Kinloch, Kelley, Mis.i Arden,. and
Mr,. Keeley w I perform.
To c followed by the new occasional Dramat c Sketch, called
JEN SY LI.ND AT LAST; or, Tie Swedish Nightingale. Charuc-
crs by Mr. A. Wigan, Mr Turner, Mr. Klu.och, Mr. Bellingiun„
Mr Bender. Mr. Yurnold, and Mrs. Keeley.
After which Tfl E ftINTER '6 DE I'IL. MaurepAS, Mr. Belling-
ham: lir.nghin, Mr. Kinloch: l'ica, Mr. Keeley.
i., cone:tide with the new Burlesque Exiravaganza, called THE
Wool) HAIMON; or, One o'cl..,ck, lu which Messrs. Keeley, A.
AV *ail, F. Matthew.. Bellingham. Kinloch, Silver, Miss Dickinson,
Idlss InnY, and Mrs. Keeley will appear.

ruEsen PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell.
FOR THE BENEFIT OF MDLLE. DENAENt.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed the Comedy of OSCAR ; on, Un Mari qui
T: 't.we sa Femme. Oscar, M. Reinder ; Juliette, Mdlle. ► •enitin.
..tier which, the fiivourite Comedy of LA AIARQUISE DE SEN-
N E l',-.itRE. Le Marquis, M. Regnier ;La Marqu se, Millie. Denain.
c,mciude with LEi PRECIEUSES RID[CULES. Macarille,
It,gnier ; Madelon, Aidlie Khin ; Cathos, Jldlle. Fouq ,et.
Boxes, 6s. ; 3s. 6d.; Amphitheatre, 3 .; Gallery, 28.
Mixes and Stalls may be engaged at Mr. witehell's Royal Library,
73. Bond-street; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, svnich Is open
gaily from Eleven till Five.

1 MOHAN I:ERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
In c.Aisequence of the incre..s:lig success which attends every re-
prei•" :tattoo given by the celebrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS,
Pell Harrington, •'nite. Stanwood, and (lemon, they will repeat
their usual ENTERTAINMENTS at the above Theatre, 10-
MORROW Evening, and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.
D—c‘r. o; en at Light o'clock. They will aso give a DAY PEli-
FORII2, SCE This Morning,. May 26, commencing at Hall-
past TR., o'clock. They will appe:tr at the It mile Hall, Store-street,
This Evening; and at Sussex Hall on Monday neat.
lt,.se. and Stalls at Mitchell's Roy ,1 Library, 33, 011 Bond-street,
and et lie BOX-office of the Theatre.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE,
Proprietor and Manager 'or. %, 1111 am kinttr.
Cater the patronage of the Queer, Prince Albert, and the
Rural Family.
spleLd d Combination of Novelties, in addition to which Mr. Batty
bite cog ged Mtlile. Laurina, the Female Equestrian.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed the Equestrian Mag'ica Sketch, THE GOLDEN
FOol .STEED; or, The Charmed Horse of the Black Valley.
Una.'ailed SCENES in the CIRCLE, with a brilliant cil.play of
Ilerso,,,anahlp, introducing the Foreign and British Artistes.
Too ichple with I.orti Ityron's Dramatic Poem of THE BRIDE
OE AI 1 DOS ; or, The Corsair.
Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot.
a.; Boxes, 45.; Upper Boxes, 3.: I'it, 25.; Gallery, Is.;
I: • *all • •
(.--ur, 6d. Commence every evenimr at Seven o'clock,

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
l'ndcr the Management of Mrs. Frances Davidge, Lessee.
THIS F.VENINO
7,e performed lielliors o,,ers. of LA SONNAMBULA ; or,
T:te ..:agc haulm. Rodolpho, Mr. Lenin; I lvmo, Mr. Hard-
; Y.
Is Alessio, Mr. Horncastle ; Amino, M so na'nforth ; Lisa, Msa
aacs ; Teresa, Mrs Dale ; An ette, Miss Vaughan.
Tu.:. t,r. 2de with th- new Nail teal I mama, called 1 iIF. WItEcK
I.lvl enptain. Mr. Mute I; Gol,teall, 31r. Horn-
e.l-tstie ; .tea SMock, -Mr. Nes ; Chris; tn., Mrs. Ware.
Fit, Is.; Gallery, lid. Gnu upen at Mx, commence
A' tY r 0.• SiX.

itOYAL VIC , t/IGIA TkiEATIIE.
THIS EVENING

Will be n3rformed THE LONELf:%ii OF THE OCEAN;
the ~i~Lt Bet6re the Bridal. Characters by Messrs. N. T. Hicks.
t4ea;:e., Bird. Raymond, Gardner, Miss Vincent, Mrs. G. Lee,
and Wu I<iirroughchtle.
Alter which a bra.na from the Frelich, entitled DONZELLA ; or,
'The .'Ionl; and the Assassins.
'to he bdlowed by 31:. Cox's DNSOLVING VIEWS.
conclude with AD3IIItA.L 5.131. Supp rted by the entire
is:•.).igth :if the Company.
Boxes, Is.; 'lair Price, 6d. Pit, 6d. ; Gallery, 3d.

ROYAI, SURREY ZOOI,O,;ICAL GARDENS.
timier the patronage of her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince

Albert, the Queen DowaJe.,&c.
' Open every Mond ty, Tuesday, Wednrsday, and Thursday.
Ad ,:issicn, 0 e Shilling
GRAND FLOWER SFIOW.
Tbe Proprietor begs to am:mt.:cc hat he has. at a Con,iderable
itv,e11.43, erected a new Liar-lice, and a wagnilleent Walk, with
flitver borders, statues, and a Central Fountain, in trout of the
*reflect Piciorlal Representation of
THE TOWN kND BAY OF GIBRALTAR.
The -.-'rceagerie contains many specimens, Inclu.ting the Giraffe,
Sr„c. The itumenade Concerts, com.ucted ..y i,odfrey. A
3 enres.'n tai ion of the Porcelain Tower of Nankin. The i:othic Bridge
of &cues. The grand Pyrot. clvdc isplay, representing the
. SIEGE OF GIiIIiALTAR.
estrtng the commencement of the Be mbardment. partial destruc-
tie a t f cue Town, and Blowing up of the Battering Ships.
Ciuring the season, M. JULLIv.N will give a series of Concerts;
the Band will consist of one li-ndreol Performers.

tinYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN.—Their
Roy .1 ifighnts•es the Duke and Do,Mess ot Cambridge,
and hii Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge,
1),o :tired the Royal bailer. Opera with their presence.
;fier Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge was at-
tendeil by the H,n. Mas ford. Also his Royal
11.gtiness the Grand Duke of Lncea, attended by the
q.iis of Palaviciiii. There were also present the
Dillitt and Duchess of Norfolk and Lady Adeliza
-"ward, the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort and Lady
Ltt;:e4.4o Soto.r:,et, the Duke of Newcastle and the
"3 3 Pelham
AmbastClinton, his Excellency tie Austrian
c"'"" avadur and the Countess Dietricbstein, his Ex 1
Call Y the Turkish Ambassador and the Princess
im :Id, the en
count
vuutrt Joirnme, Count Revel, C. unt
Y.a.S Atlesbury, the l. the Marquis and Marchioness
oniniels
of
Wilton, .I,i.uri,tess Gran.,
Dost,gal, Earl and Marquis of Sli o, Marquis of
or,,,nl,and the Ladiei Cadogan,
ille, Earl and
Earl Bruce, 'Earl
Countess tit Chesterfi,l.l.
C,,untess of Ess...x.
Earl cf Kilmorey,
Counts of Veruiam, ViscouMer
uNewport, Viscount
Dui ph u, Viscount csiniitopf.,
suffit.id, Doiager Lady Suffii. hi, /4.,r
01,4:xi mouth, Lord
Crmistoun. Lord and Lady Ernestce, L'"
1), Vccux, Lady Caroline M.. se, Lord th-nadev Fenton
I a.ly Fred, reek B'-ntinck, Lord Futs-y and Hon% *ins;
Hon. Lady Pdkenham, Lord Charl.s Clinton,
./ oz.! Geon-e Mariners, Lady Nelthorpe, Lily Graham,
Lady Morri,:, the Eon. A. D. Wiilougnby, the lion. Mr.
the Hon. Mr. Bigct. the Hon. Mr. Tol!emache,
the lion. Mrs. Anson. the Hon. Cecil Forrester, the
lion. George Byng, the Hon. Mr. Milks. Admiral Sir
I:, !ward Codrington, General Sir Alexander and Lady
Tuff, Sir Renry Webb, Sr 2liciid:l Shaw Stewart, Sir
Bouchier Palk Wrey and Lady, Sir W. Alis-v
Stanley.
Ow lion. Robert limlev, Sir Geer Tali.ot. SrsH. myawl Lady &lens, Mr. H. R. York.., M.P. Mr. G. Mudd,
rind Mrs. Dodd. Mr. H Barine. M.P., Mr. E. 1).
Prltheroe, M.P., Mr. M. Archdall, M.P.r:d Mr. W.
Grvory. M.P. •f
REQUISITIQN TO SIR ROBERT PEEL FROM Bill-
lIINCIII3I. --.At a mee'ing of the triends of free trade held
ou Tuesday evening, in this borough, it was resolved to
invite -Sir Robert Peel to stand as a candidate at the
,forricorning electicn, in the room of Mr. Spooner, one
jio present mouthy.

TM? WEATHER.—Sum Orncz, MAY 26.
THErtmomETER, Lowest. 45 ; Iligho-st. 71 ; Noon, 67.
BAROMETER, 30.28.—W1ND S S.W.; fine.

111 :ii 4V.kTl.:}c. AT I.oh DON-104.10t4E TILLS DAY.
31,rning .. 24 mirinteA after !I I Evening ~ 51 rninntes %thcr 11

• per acre ; and we believe there is no practical agri-
culturist who will not say that sum is very far
below the mark, we find at once that 1,750,0001.
sterling is annually wasted for the gratification of the
childish vanity of the landowners—that they may be
enabled to record the large quantities of game that
have been butchered at their battues. This is inde-
pendent of the enormous cost of the establishments of
gamekeepers, &c., defrayed by the landlords out of their
private resources, and the still more objectionable
outlay occasioned by the support in prison of the
numerous victims of the game code, and iu the union
workhouses of their helpless and unprotected wives
and families. Every consideration demands the total
and immediate abolition of the iniquitous system. It
is nei- her just nor proper that we should place tempta-
tion in the way of our brethren, and then punish
with unrelenting severity the fault we have ourselves
occasioned. But persons who are oblivious of such
consequences may, perhaps, be awakened to the
pecuniary injury that must be occasioned to the
monetary of of the country, our trade and corn-
merce, by the necessity of exporting nearly
2,000,0001. annually in gold to supply the deficit
occasioned by the damage to which we have alluded,
and consent to a revision of the laws that are fraught
with such baneful results. With what con-
sistency can any man abridge the quantity of food
used in his family, and, by continuing to pre •
serve his game, maintain a nuisance that con-
sumes twenty times the quantity of human food that
can be saved by such abstinence ? The adoption of
such a course must be considered as the vilest hypocrisy,
arid how can the Levislature continue the game-laws
in their present condition without laying themselves
collectively open to a similar imputation ? We trust
that we shall see many who have erred, chiefly from
want of thought, submitting with a good grace, and
voluntarily giving orders for the destruction of the ex-
cess of game and vermin of every description on their
respective estates; and also that measures will be in-
troduced into Parliament for a sweeping and efficient
measure of reform that is so urgeotly. required.

A remarkable feature of the present session is,
that, in the midst of the great and complicated ques-
tions which have been forced upon the attention of
the Legislature, consequent upon the tearful vi-ita-
tion which has produced such terrible sufferings
throughout the whole of Ireland and portio::s of Scot-
land, and compelled a review of the entire social
83 stem of the United Empire, one of the most philan-
thropic measures ever submitted to Parliament has all
but passed the Rubicon of legislation, and will as-
suredly become in a short time part and parcel of the
law of the land. We allude to the Ten Hours' Fee.
tory Bill. It was not only not immediately connected
in its nature with the extraordinary political exigen-
cies which the Senate have had to consider from the
very commencement of the session, and which still
continue, in a great degree to demand the most
careful deliberation of our lawgivers, but it was also a
measure which its most devoted advocates well knew
would meet with the keenest and most vigi-
lant opposition, at what time soever it
might be urged forward. Considering the
perplexed state of Ireland, the extent and variety of
the schemes introduced with the view of improving
it, some of them being of immediate necessity, while
others were meant to be of a permanent character,
—considering the unsatisfactory complexion of our
foreign relations as connected with French intrigue
in Spain, regarding also the great amount of ordinary
routine business which must be yearly gone through
in Parliament, and recollecting, likewise, that Sir
ROBERT PEEL was known to be hostile to the mea-
sure in question, it evinced great boldness in Mr.
FIELDEN and his faithful coadjators to press on
the Ten Hours Bill under such untoward circum-
stances ; and it is somewhat marvellous to think that
-uccess has, notwithstanding, virtually crowned their
humane efforts. A few weeks back most people, re-
flecting upon the foregoing, and aware that the Prime
Minister was desirous of limiting the time of youth-
ful labour in factories to eleven instead of ten hours,
would, if their opinion had been asked, have declared
that if the measure passed at all, it would be only in
the shape to which the first Minister of the Crown
bad declared himself to be favourable. The juvenile
working classes will, however, shortly obtain, the
boon of having the period of their daily factory
labour restricted to ten hours. This triumph
can therefore be only attributed to one circumstance,
and that is, the justice and righteousness of the
cause itself. To relieve the youthful factory-workers
from excessive toil by legal protection is so mani-
festly conducive to their social, moral, and religious
improvement, and to the well-being of society at
large, that an earnest and perseverirg appeal to the
sympathies of Parliament, supported by such luminous
arguments as Mr. MAcatmAy urged in favour of our

industrious artisans, was certain of gaining the ulti-
mate acquiescEnce of Lords and conamons in Mr,
FIELDEN'S prposal. The Central Short Time Corn-
_ _ _

m;ttee of Yorkshire have already held a general
meeting upon this subject, and, in a must grateful
spirit, have unanimously passed appropriate resolu-
tions, expressive of their unfeigned thankfulness for
the manner in which our Senators have responded to
the prayers of the manufacturing population. The
philanthropic wisdom of Parliament is thus early
receiving its choicest reward in the gratitude and
esteem of the worki►,g classes.

A Berlin letter of the 19th informs us that the
General Diet had just passed a vote, with only three
dissentients, in favour of a project for the establish.•
ment of differential duties as an encouragement to
the mercantile navy, and has also declared in favour
of a new augmentation of the duties on linen and
cotton thread, with a stipulation fur the remission of
the duty in case of re-exportation.
'1 he Asst mbly of the States of Wiesbaden, in their
sitting of the 19th, adopted unanimously the proposi=
tion of M. ZAIS, for an application to the Govern-
ment to re-establish the law on the press of the sth
May, 1814, and to intervet6 with the Germanic Diet
with a view to obtain the abolition of the censorship,
and a general law for the regulation of the press.
M. DE STRALENHEIM, Minister of Justice to the
King of HANOVER, died at Hanover on the 19th.

Madrid ppers of the 19th instant have arrived.
The Minisiers, who all went to the Pradu on the
18th in order to recommend the KING-CONSORT to re-
pair to Aranjuez, and reside in the same plat e with the
QUEEN, have not succeeded in attaining their object.
The Heraldo says, " He did net deign to accede to
what Ministers demanded." Prior to the visit of the
other Ministers, Senor SALAMANCA had a long inter-
view with the KING, and represented to him that " as
a Spaniard, as a loyal sul ject, as a soldier, and as a
prince, he should be the first to obey the
orders of his QUEEN, and shed for her cause
the last drop of his blood." On the re-
turn of the Ministers from the Prado
another Cabinet Council was held, after which Senor
PACHECO and Senor SALAMANCA act off for Aranjuez.
The KING demands, as the price of his reconciliation;4.
the removal of all the present members of the royal
household, and the appointment of a Camarilla of his
choosing. The " Palace question,' as it is called, ex-
cites extraortiinary interest in Madrid. A guard of
honour has been sent to the Prado, out of rtspect to
the KING-CONSORT. The Popular publishes a letter
from Aranjuez, which states that the QUEEN is in an
"interesting situation."

The marriage of Don ENRIQUE has been officially
notified to the nobility. The permission to return to
Spain, which Don ENRIQUE asked for on his mar-
riage, has, it is said, been refused for the present.
Generals CAMBA, ESPINOSA, MONTERO, PEROL, and
CENDRERA, have all been restored to the rank of
which they had been deprived for their fidelity to
ESPARTERO.

The Heraldo publishes a letter from Catalonia,
stating that TBISTANY, who was reported some days
ago to have been shot, was on the 11th at the bead
of a band of 300 men.
MADAM BOLSA, MAY 19.—The Three per Cents. were
done at 3014 for cash ; the Four per Cer 43. at 18%; the
Five per Cents. at 19; the Debt without. laterest at ;
and the Coupons at 16.

We have received-the National, the onlj political
paper published in Paris on Monday, the other
papers having kept holiday in honour of Whitsun-
tide.

On Monday the debate in the Chamber of Depu-
ties eonimenced on the proposition of M. GLAIS
Brzon on postal reform. The proposition is opposed
on the ground that it is not :afe to risk a defalcation

PRE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 26, 1847.

in the revenue at the present moment. On this sub-
ject the National as the following article :
" What has been the influence of the general receipts
of the tariff of 1827 which the Government persisted in
maintaining? An augmentation of expenditure far
superior to the increase of the revenue. Compare, for
instance, the produce of the customs, foiests, regis-
tration, and indirect taxeq, with those of the Post-
office; and the interiority of the latter will be at once
apparent. Still more, whilst the four imposts of which
we have just spoken give each year more considerable
profits to the Treasury, the service of the Post-office
alone does not follow that ascensional progress. On
the contrary, its expenses augment in the proportions of
60 per cent.; whereas the improvement in the receipts
is only 26 per cent., so that the Administration, in wish-
ing to remain stationary, retrogrAes. But to what other
cause but the gnat elevation of the tariff can this result
be attributed? It is not, besirles, a new tact. in political
econcmy, as it has been constantly seen that excessive
taxes end in a diminution of receipts. France claims
the honour of having led the way in Europe in organiz-
ing a post-office service, hut her imitators have singu-
larly gone beyond her. Everywhere a progress has
been made; we alone have stuck fast in the old path.
The foll 'wing is the average postage at present prevail-
ing amongst the principal nations:—
England ••• ••• ... uniform postage ... ... 10e.
Prussia ••• ••• 8 zones
•• • ... 26
Spain ••• ••• ••• uniform ..• ... 27
United States ..• 3 znies
Sat dinia ... ••• 7 zrnes ..• ... 34
Austria .., ... 2 z-nes
.•• ... 34
Russia ... ~. uniform
France ••• ••• 11 zones (tariff of 1827) 42
This comparative table shows that Frarict, is not even on
a level with the powers which she has left so far behind
her in the career of political reforms. The Governm:nt
of July has shown less liberality than Austria arid Prus-
sia. The tariff of 1827 has n. t only the effiot of placing
us in a stateiroptlaienets u
interiority
on
a strange y relative to
ion h
ourselves.t(c)onthtreadrieesttofwte
woridbut
Few persons are aware that during the last
century and a half we have actually retrograded in postal
matters. According to the tariff of 1673, the postage of
a single letter was fixed, according to the di,tance, at
from 10c. to 25c.; in 1705, at from 15c. to 50c.; in 1759,
at from 20c. to 70c. The revolution took place, and in
1798 a new tariff, having for basis a single letter, weigh-
ing a quarter of an ounce (7i gr.). and establishing
twelve zones, fixes the postage at from 20e. to 75c. 'the
year after the z,_,nrs were reduced to four, and the poet-
age raised from 50c_ to If. 25c. In the year IV. the
Council of Five Hundred; ' eonsieeting that it is as
important fur the go. d of the service as for the interest
of the Treasury to re estabhsh an i-quilibrium betweili
the receirs and expenses of the Post-office,' declaed
that something ought to be dine at once, and adopt•.d
the following resoluzion. The postog was raised as
follows :

MONEY: and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO TI 'SEE.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool ) esterday were 5,000
bales, and prices were firm. American ord. and mid.
sorts were quoted id. per lb. higher than on Friday last,
and all other kinds wore at extreme rat,,-s.—ln Shares
there was a further improvement. A good demand
existed for Midland, North Stafford, and York and
Sewcastle.
The sale of Railway Shares yesterday, by Messrs. La-
mond and Co., was rather firmer; and the prices realised
show an improvement upon those of last sale. The
followirg are a few of the principal sales:—
East Indian . . £o 2 6
Manchester and Southampton 0 10 0
Atubergate, Nottingham, and Boston 1 6 6
Great Northern ...... .
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate • 417 6
Newmarket and Chest erfOrd, Extension 2 1 0
North Staffordshire, New Scrip .
Windsor, Staines, and South-Western.
South Wales
Eastern Counties, York Extension 5 18 0
South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole 1 7 6
East Lancashire (Scrip)
Louvain ala Sambre 0 18 0
Eastern Counties ...... 18 19 0

Corn still falls in the provinces as well as here, and
the ailviccs bum New York received this morning, al.
though bet one day later, intimate that holders of flour
were rather anxious to realise, and that freights were
low. As regards the latter circumstance, it necessarily
arises from the canals not having opened, tart if holders
were anxious to realise before the supplies arrived, what
nay we nut expect when they ere poured down to the
Atlantic seaboard, as some anticipated.
If the subjoined statement from the New Price Cu' rent
be correct, and no doubt there are plenty of similar
instances in other parts of the country, our home sup-
plies will be large yet. The writer observes:—
" It is estimated, that as soon as the arrivals com-
mence, which will be very shortly, from St. Petersburgh
and Canada, added to those known to be on the passage
from Odessa and the United States, &c., the imperte,
including flour, will nut be less than equal to 100,000
quarters we, kly. This is irrespective of the Supplies in
toe farmers' bands, which, from all we have been able
to learn, are quite cl,quate to meet our wants until the
harvest cotnniere es. It may be interesting toour readers
to know the very • moderate views wtkich some of the
farmers entertain as to a remunerative price ter wheat;
for exan'pl.., a gi ntleman farmer near Norwich, of the
name of Blake, has stored up in his granaries his
crops of wheat for the last seven years, and has deter-
mined not to sell until he can obtain 150 s. per
quarter. Another farmer. Mr. Plaxton, in Essex,
has three years' crop still for sate. F r the in-
formatien of farmers and sp culators, sod as a
caution to the millers and bakers, who literally buy
only from haed to mouth, we subjoin a statement of the
prices of grain in the famine year 1800, showing that
wheat tell in price, within one month, trent 120 s. to 40s.
per quarter.',
The table proves this clearly enough, and we expect
that many will "be wise in time," according to the
adage that a " bird in the hand is worth two in the
bnsh," 'and that a "nimble ninepence is better than a
slow shilling." We should think that even farmers
must be able tocalculate the loss of interest upon capital
locked up for seven years, and which by improvements
on the land, &c., might possibly have been inereesed
two-thirds in that time.
The advice* received to-day from the Cape of Good
Hope to March 27, describe the measures about to be
taken by the new Governor as being vigorous, and
likely to bring the Kafirs to unconditional terms, and to
enforce the surrender of the stolen cattle, &c.
The English Funds have been firmer to-day, and the
settlements so far has not made them worse, although
the " options," up to the hour of •our writing, have not
come of Consols have b.en 874 to for present
trsnsfer, and about 88 to fur July. Exchequer-
bills have been par to 2i. premium. Bank Stock has
been firm at 189. Th., New Three-ane-a-Qaarter per
Ceitts. have been marked 88 to 874, and the Three per
Cents. 86if to 8.
The Foreign Securities have been very quiet again.
Portuguese Four per Cents. are 331 being flatter
again. Spanish Three per Cents. are not higher than
334. Mexican Bonds have been-Steady at 204. Dutch
o-and-a Half yr Cents. have reelised 584 f.
Railway Shares have still rather a firm and improving
appearance, and the dullness of trade may throw more
surplus money int the market.
BRITISH FUNDs 'flits OA AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)

Ist distance, from 10 sous to 2f. 20 sous.
2,1 99 15 „ sf.
3,1
~ It. to 7f• 10 sons.
4th
ft 1 I. 5 sous to 10f.
This was the beau ideal of the fiscal theory, and six
months after the falling off in the receipts was si, enor-
mous that a new resolution was come to. The Council
o. Five Hundred, considering that the service of the
Post-office presented a deficit in its receipts, compared
with its expenses, absolutely ruinous to the Treasury,
and that it was as urgent as useful to ,9tneliorate the pro-
duce of this service, raised the weight of the single letter
from a quarter to a half ounce (15 gr. in place of 7i gr.),
and reduced the postage in this wly :--
Ist distance, 50 leagues, from 2.. 10 fMe to 6 sous.
2d „ 100 99 5f to 10 3il ~99 „ 150 7f 50 sous to 14 „
4th „ above ,9 10f. to 18 „
From that period to 1827 we could mention other
charges, but all have rather referred to new classifica-
tions of distance than any serious changes in the post-
age. To sum up, the tariff has been changed eight
times from 1791 to 1827, and if any one wishes to ob-
serve the progre-,s realised, not only since the end of the
18th centuty,,but since the edict of 1673, he must com-
pare the postage of a single letter sent to the greatest
distance (above 900 kilometre!), under the empire of the
tariffs which have sucteded each other for the last 15U
years:—
" According to the tariff of 1673, it would have cost 25c.
99 ff 1703
9,50 e.
ff • f f ,
1759
,s 70c.
11l 91 . 1791
~ 75c.
9, , ft yea IV.
tf 90e.
f f „ year V. ft 75c.
ft „ year VIII. ft If. -
ff If 1827
99 lf. 2c.
Does not this simple comparison relieve us from the task
of dwelling longer on the necessity of reducing a
postage heavier not only thin the tariff of the absolute
Gov, rnmeuts, but even than all those hitherto imposed
on as ?"

Intelligence has been received from the Island of
Bourbon up to the 231 February. The financial
crisis had become aggravated, in consevence of
the bad weather, which had continued 35 days with-
out interruption, had compromised the sugar canes,
and completely destroyed the plantations of vivrieres.
There was an absolute want of specie; the sums
paid cut by the Treasury to the garrison were imme-
diately conveyed to India or the Archipelago for
the acquisition of rice and cattle. In consequence
of the.rains, which had caused the rivers to overflow,
ruined cultivation, and interrupted all communications
for several thy*, the colony suffered most severely
from the want of provisions. This deplorable state
of things may be ascribed to many causes, but es-
pecially to the interruption of commercial relations
with Madagascar. Formerly the great portion of
rice and cattle required by the colony were ob-
tained from that island by means of exchanges,
but at present they have to be procured from India,
where they hive to be paid for in money. The
Colonial Council, which had been prorogued on ac-
count of the violence of its discussions, had resumed
its sittings. The Government had submitted to it
several drafts of decrees destined to assure the
execution of the law of July, 1845, but the party of re-
sistance seemed disposed to re,,ect that absolutely.
The question of delegation was expected to receive a
solutim in the course of the month of March, but on
that matter, as on all others, the Colonial Council
was divided, without there being any hope that the
two parties would accept any means of conciliation.
M. GANNERON, the banker; died on Monday.
A letter from Toulon, of the 20th, says-
" There is at this moment a great bustle in our road-
stead, s the squadron under the command of the Prince
de Joinville is taking in its stores; Iva' orders have been
given for it to he reai'y to sail by the 231 inst., but is
not supposed that it will he ready before the end of the
month. It is reported here that the squa,iron is to pro-
ceed to the Lk.vant, but this report stands in need of
confirmation. By an ord,r or the Minister of War,
thirty Arab prisoner. who are here have just be, n set
at liberty."
The Three per Cenfs, closed on the Paris Bourse on Mon-
day at 78f. 10c.; the Five per Cents., I 15f. 95c.; the Or-
leans Railroad Shares, 1,233 f. 75e. ; Rouen, 947 f, 50c.;
Havre, 641 f. 25c. ; Great Northern, 600 f. ; Avignon, 725 f. ;
Vierzon, 582 f. 50c.; Bordeaux, 507 E 50e.; Boulogne, 405 f.;
Bamle' ;w
187 f. 50c. Dieppe, 323 L 7.'.; Paris and Strasburg,
427 t.
50c. ; Tours and Nantes, 410 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 436 E
25e. ; Lyons anti Avignon, 4501. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 451 f.
25c.; Belgian Two-and-a-Half per Cents.. 53152.
AIAY 20.-Marseilles and Avignon, 712 f.
50c.; Northern, 593 f. 75e.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 25.
Northern of France, 11%-Paris and Lyons, .54-Paris
and Orleans, 46-Paris and Rouen, 3614-Paris and Stras-
bourg, 11/2.

Bank Stock •• •• •• •• 189
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities • • 8 IA%
Three IN r Cent. Consuls Annuities .. • • b 7 4 %
.New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. 87%% 88 87%
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5. 1860 •• Pi, 9
India hoists, 1,000/. • • .. ..
Ditto, under 1,0001. .. 3 dis 2 p
Censols for May 27 .. • • • • •• •• 87 tq39
Exel.equer Bills. I%d. 2d.
2 p par
5001. •• •• •• 4 11)
Ditto. Small G 3 p .
PRICES OF FOBEIO4R.VI7NnSt. A.T ONE O'CLOCK.
Buenos -Ayres Binuip, 6 per Cent... 37%
Mexicali, 1816, h per Cent .. • • kOti
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent. • •
Ditto, Four per Cent .. .• ..
Ditto, for the Account .. • • 3314
Spanisl. Bonds, 5 per cwilt. .• .• '22
DI ttv, Three per Cent .. • • • 3334
Dividends on tile above payable In London.
Dutch Two-and.a-liall per Cents. 584

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—The Queen and his
R 'Jill Highness Prins, . Aibert, accompanied by her
Royal Highness the Duchess or Kent and his Serene
Highness the Prince of Doiningen, and attended by the
Viscountess Canning, Lady Augusta Bruce, the Hon.
Miss Stanley, the Marquis of o:•tettntle, the Hon. Cap,
taiu Gordon, and Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. C. B.
Phipps, harrowed her Mojesty 's Theatre 3 estsrday
evening with thi it pre,ence. 11cr Majesty the Queen
Dowager, accompanied by their Serene I lighiresses the
Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess ot Saxe
Weimar, and attended by the Marchiorn ss of Ornionde,
Earl Howe, the Baron Tezitz .r, L.. Comte de Buear,
and the Hon. Captain Somerset, was also present. His
Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Cunt rittine, accom-
parried by his Excellency the Russian Minister, also
honoured the theatre with his presence. His Imperial
Highness's suite
tch, and the Hon. Colonel Grey.
comprised Admiral Dirke, Baron
Friedricks, -2". Haurows
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge was also
present. We also noticed the Duke of Wellington and
Marchioness of Douro, Prince Louis Napoleon and
suite, the Duke of Leeds, the Duke and Duchess of
Montrose, the Duke de Palmella, the Duchess of Suther-
land, the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, the Baroness
Brunnow and Mademoiselle Olga rie Lechner, the Mar
quis and Marchioness of Clanricarde aild Miss de
Bergh, the Marquis and Marchioness ot Nrarmanby, the
Marquis of Iluntley, the Marchioness of Blandford, the
Marquis of Kildare, the Atarquis and :marchioness of
Ailsa, the Earl of Falmouth, the Earl ot Lonsdale, the
Earl ot Cardigan, the t'ountess ot Cardigan. the Earl of
Minister, the Earl of Bective, Earl Grenville, his Excel-
lency the Hanoverian Minister, the Countf.sa of Shan-
non, Viscount Can.erbury, Vi-count Clifden. Lord
Blantyre, Lord and LAY Charles Wellesley, Lord, Lady.
and Miss Fitzroy Somerset,
Lord' Elphinstone, Lord
Camoys, Lady Colborne, Lady Byria,, Lady Augusta
Baring, Lady
Hume Campbell. M. de Borg, Lady Cour-
lotte Denison, enison, Lady
Grant, Lady G. Slmour, Lords
G. and 0. Fitzgerald, Mr. and Lady Sandford, Sir Wil-
liam and Lady Fremantle, Sir F. and Lady Roe,
the
Lord Mayor and Lady Carroll, General and Lady
Palmer, 6ir H. Dundss, Sir Ralph and Lady Howard,
Sir John Mackenzie, Sir Felik Booth, Sir Thomas Hare,Sir R. Vivhat9 Mr. Hubert de Bu h, Mr. Mountjoy
rg
Martin, M P., and-Mrs. Martin, Hon. Mr. Lawless, Mr,
Parke, M.P., Hum General Upton, Mr..hiiintagne Gore,
M.P., the Attorn y- General. Major BuCkßuckley,Civtain
the Hon. J. Macdonald, (wow I ,Vildnian, Hun. G.
Byng. M. C. De Catudriaff.k Sir W. .A. Stanley, Sir
R. Gordon, the Count
.de
max, &c. Revel, Hun. St. John Mild-

BUSINESS DOSE • N RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE.
%rnber., Notting., Boston, & Eastrn Jn. 2% 1 .. • • to
Birmingham mai Oxford Junction .. 10 .. •• 16 • • to
Caledonian .. • • •. 35 23% •• • • to
Chester and Holyhead .. • • .. 27% l9 .. to
Eastern Counties •-• • • •• 20 .• •• 18% to 19
Do., Perpetual,s per Ct. No. 1, 61. 13s. 4d p.. to
Edinburgh and Glasgow .. 50 „„ to
Ditto, Quarter Shares .. • • 12% 1634 .. •.to
Ely and Huntingdon • .• • • 15 .. • • 15!-h •••• to 15
Great Northern .. • • • •
... •• • • 214 .... to 2
Great Western • • •• •• • • .. 85 . 109 .... to
Ditto. Half Shares •. • • • • 50 .. • • 63 .. • • to
Ditto, Quarter Shares .. • • • • 12% 15N ... •to
Ditto. Fitt ha .. • • •. 20 ..
Ditto. New .. •• •• .. .... 7 % .... to
Hull and Selby .• .. • • .. •• 50 • • .•163 .. ••to
Leeds and Bradford .. .. 40 .... 8434 .... to
London and BlacKwall .. 161. 13s. 4d. •• • • 734 •• .. to
London, Brighton, and South Coast 50 • • 51% .... to 52
Ditto, Consolidated Eighths • • •• 10 .• 1134 to 12
London and Greenwich • • 121. 15s. 4d. .. • • 9% .... to
London and North-Western.. • • .. 100 . • .17 i ••.. to .172
Ditto, Quarters .. .. L. and B. 7 .. •• 21%
Ditto ditto New • • .. • 2 .... 11%.... to
Ditto. Fifths " • • •• 2 .• IS .... to —•
Ditto, 401. Shan s • • M. and B. .. 40 .... 604 .. • to
Lon.;on and South-Western 411.6.,. Bid. •... 61% •Ny .. to 62%
Ditto, Tenths (Consolidated) • • • • 50 •• 51 .. • • to
Ditto, Scrip .. • • • • •• • • 5 •• • • 44 .. • • to
Lynn and Ely .. •• .. 25 .... 26% .... to
Lynn and D.:reliam •• •• • • 20 . 20% ...• to
MATICIIC,IfT and Leeds .. • •• 82 .• •• 98 •• to
Ditto, Half Shares • . .. • • • • 39 .. • . 45 .. • • to
Intto. Quarter Snares • • .. .. 12 .... 14 .... to
Ditto, Firths • . .. • • . 5 ...„ 814 to
. Ditto, Thirds (Reg.) .. ..71. 45..... 3,4% dis. to
Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock . 425. .... yy dis... to
Midland •• •• •• •• •• ••100 .....115 .... to
Ditto. New .. .. 36 .... 39 .. •• to
Ditto, Consol. Bristol & Birmingh.
New6capsetrieccaiiiitd.
Berwick. 1..10200 7.1224514 tto.
21244
:
Ditto, New •
Norrolk • • .. • • .. .. 100 . 1'26 .... to
Northern Counties Union • • • . .. 4 .... 34 .. ••to •
North British •. 25 to
Ditto. Half Shares 12%.... 14% •• • • to
Ditto, Thirds •• • • .. • • 1 214 •• •• to—
Northern and Eastern .. .. •• 50 .• • • 5a% .• to
North stattordshire •• • • •• • • 7% .. • • 934 14 38 to
Preston andWyre • • -. • • 25., .... 35 54 .. to

.. By, .... 12 ti ••".. to
Ditto, Hair hares (A)
Shropbture Union .. .. • • 4 •• .. 214 to _
iota!' Eastern and Dover .. • • 331.28.4 d. 35% •• .• to 36
Ditto, Nev (iss. at 321.) No. 1 .20 . . 20%.... to
Ditto. New (do. 331. Gs. Bd.) No. I— 12 .. • 11 •• . to
Ditto, New (do. 30 .) No. 3 .. .. 15 .•• to
Ditto, New (do. 151.) No. 4 .. • 5 4h,
South Wales .. •• •• •• 10 •• •• 7 .... to
West Riding Union .. • • —41.25....• t 4 dls.• to
Windsor, Staines, and South-Western 425..... p..to
York an Newcastle .. •• . .. 25 ...• •• to
Ditto, New .. •• • •• •• 10 .• 111 A to 1414
Ditto, Preference • • • • •• .• 4 6% jg to
York Mid North Midland •• .• 50 82 .... to
Ditto, Extension •• .• .t 25 .• •. 40 .. ••to
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens .• .• .. 20 .• • • 1114... to
Namur and Liege •• .• • • • 10 .• • • 3% • • to
Northern or France .. .. • • 8 •• • • 11% )..• to ...
Paris and Lyons

I iTns OAK HAS WoN.—When the ash-tree opens
its lest' before the calc, a wet surniuer usually hAlows:
and when the oak•trEe opens its leaf before the ash, a
dry summer usually The oak, is first this year.
vri,farA Lox &press.

JOINT., TOOK BANKS.
London and Westminster .. .. 20 •• •• 26k •• .. to

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SECOND EDITION.