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LAMOND, SMALE, AND LAMOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patroaage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the Hall of Comsneree, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully requested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, at least one day previously to their being offered ; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post 'after the sale, and the proceeds Immediately disposed of according to instructions. Offices. Hall of Commerce. Threadneedle-street. London. PORT OF W ISBEACH, PETERBOROUGH, BIRMINGHAM, AND MIDLAND COUNTIES UNION RAILWAY. . . _ All persons having any Claims against the above Company are requested forthwith to send in the particulars thereof to the under signed, at his Otlice2, 3, Crown-court, Old Broad-street, London, in order that the same be examined by the Committee appointed for the investigation and discharge of all just demands against the said Company. RICHARD FORD, Solicitor to the Committee. Dated the 26th Jane, 1846. C ONFLAGRATION AT ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND. At a meeting held at the London Tavern, this day, July 15th, the Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR in the chair, The following resolutions were passed unanimously:— Moved by Gamma RICHARD RosixsoN, Esq., seconded by C. Davi sox Kass, Esq.; I. That this meeting has heard with the deepest regret of the late calamitous tire at Bt. John's, Newfoundland, by which nearly the whole of that town was destroyed, a million of property estimated on the spot to have been lost, and more than 10,000 of the inhabitants were rendered houseless and destitute. Moved by Captain RESIT PRESCOTT, R.N., C. 8., late Governor of Newfoundland, seconded by Jamas Cavan, Esq. ; I. That distress so general and extensive can only be met by very partial and inadequate relief in the island ; and, therefore, this meeting, sincerely sympathising with the inhabitants under the great calamity, which has fallen with such dreadful weight upon them, appeal to the liberality of the British public in their behalf. Moved by WLLTZB BRINE, Esq., M.P., seconded by Fammucz Hunt, Esq. ; 3. That a subscription be now opened, and that books be left at all the banking houses in the metropolis, with a request that they will receive contributions for this object. Moved by RODZIT ALEXANDER GRAY, Esq., seconded by ROBERT Gif.a.xsPix, Esq. ; 4. That the following gentlemen be appointed a Committee for re ceiving subscriptions, and remitting them from time to time to the General Committee of Relief, appointed by the public meeting at St. John's, Newfoundland, with power to increase their number, and that three members of such Committee be a quorum : The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor Mr. Alderman Yarebrother The Right lion. Viscount Sandon, Robert Bradford, Esq. M.P. for Liverpool Thos. H. Brooking, Esq. Lieut.• Gen. Sir Howard Douglas, Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Esq. Bart., M.P. for Liverpool Robert Carter, Esq. The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop James Cavan, Esq. of Jamaica E. H. Chapman, Esq. Capt. the Hon. F. Maude, R.N. James Coster, Esq. Capt. Henry Prescott, R.N., C. 8., Robert Cotesworth, Esq. late Governor of Newfoundland John Dillon, Esq. Sir John Rae Reid, Bart., M.P. James Dowie, Esq. Sir Moses Monteflore, Bart. Robert Gillespie, Esq. John Masterman, Esq., M.P. Alexander Gillespie, Esq. George Lyall, Esq., M.P. Nathaniel Gould, Esq. James Pattison, Esq., M.P. Robert Grant, Esq. Mr. Alderman Hunsphery, IMP. Robert Alexander Gray, Esq. John Abel Smith, Esq., M.P. Joseph Hombre, Esq. Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. Robert Harrison, Esq. Walter Bailie, Esq., M.P. John Helbert Halbert, Esq. John Benj. Heath, Esq., Governor Gurney Hoare, Esq. of Bank of England Robert Newman Hunt, Esq. Wm. R. Robinson, Esq., Deputy Thomas Newman Hunt, Esq. ditto Charles Hunt, Esq. Frederick Huth, Req. Crawford D. Kerr, Esq, Francis Le Breton. Esq. Mich. M'Chery, Esq. Robert M'Calmont, Esq. Philip Winter Nicolle, Esq. John Sparke Prowse, Esq. George Pemberton, Esq. Cabel Roope, Esq. Ewen stab!), Esq. George R. Robinson, Esq., Chair man at Lloyd's Right Rev. Dr. Flemming, Raman Catholic B !shop of N ewfo undland James Crowdy, Esq., Speaker of Nouse of Assembly, ditto Thomas Bennett, Esq., Member of Executive Council, ditto Jamie Tobin, Esq.. Member of Legislative Council, ditto Rev. Arthur Brooking, Boving'i don, Herta Moved by JOHN DILLON, Rsq., seconded by THOMCON HAMLET, JIM.. Esq. ; 5. That in order to render efficient aid to the sufferers, a general subscription throughout the United Kingdom appears to be Indispen sable ; and it is therefore earnestly hoped that local committees will be formed in all the cities and principal towns, and that they will be ➢leased to remit their contributions direct to the General Committee, at it. John's, or to the Committee in London. Moved by JAM= CILOADT, Esq., Speaker of the House of Assembly of Newfoundland, seconded by Captain the Hon. FLANCIA MAUDIT, B. N. ; 6. That these resolutions and the lists of subscriptions be adver tised at the discretion of the Committee. Moved by THOMAS HOLDBWOHTII Baooxixo, Esq., seconded by itonrxr li-timusoN ; 7. That the warmeat and moat cordial thanks of this meeting be given to the Eight lion. the Lord Mayor, for the readiness and kindness with which he consented to take the chair, and also for the urbanity with which he has presided over the proceedings of this day. Subscriptions to the amount of 2,4001. were announced to the meeting, a list of which will be published to-morrow. TIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. MADLLE. TAGLIONPS FIRST APPEARANCE THIS SEASON. 'rho Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public, ar• respectfully informed that there will be an EXTRA PERFORMANCE THIS EVEIZING, JULY 16, When will be produced (for the ...st time this season) Rossini's celebrated Opera, entitled, IL BAItBIERE DI SPTIGLIA. R.sina, Madame Grist; Il Comte dalmaviva„Sig. Mario; Bartole, Sig. I ablache; Basillo, Stg. F. Lablache ; Figaro, Fornasari. Between the Acts, a Selection from the highly I . uccesafhl new grand Ballet, entitled LALLA ROOKH. Comprisl,7fr the Feast of Rises and the celebrated Pas de Neuf, by maw. ccrito , Louise Tag flout, M. St. Leon, &c. After which the admired Ballet, entitled LA GITAN A. La °liana, Mdlle. Louise Taglioni ; Ivan, M. St. Leon ; Duke d i et Medina, M. tiesselin ; Smourost, M. Delaval. To be followed by the last Scene of Bellinl's Opera, LA SONIAMBULA. Amnia, Madame Castellan ; Lisa, Mdlle. Corbari ; Count Bodolpho, Signor F. Lablache ; Elvino, Signor Corelli. TR, conclude with a Selection from the grand Ballet of CATA RINA • ou, La File du Bandit. In which will be introduced the admired Pas du Masque, by Mdlle. Lucile Grahn, supported by Mdlles. Cumin, Demelisse, and James. Applications for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at the box omee, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Seven, the Opera to com mence at half-past Seven o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, DitURX-LANE. TO-MORROW, JULY 17, Will be repeated Meyerbeer'a celebrated Grand Opera, of LES HUGUENOTS , Principal characters by Ifonsrs. Laborde, Zelger, Massel, Boulo; Wads. Julien, Whom! Laborde, and Guichard. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING Will be perfbrreed (by desire) THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. Sir Peter Teazle, Mr. W. Farren ; Joseph Surface, Mr. Stuart; Charles Sur face, Mr. Hudson ; Sir Benjamin Backbite, Mr. Buckstone ; Lad, Teazle, Mrs. Seymour; Mrs. Candour. Mrs. Glover. Alter which, a New and Original Drama, called BOROUGH PO LITICS. Principal characters by Messrs. Webster, Tilbury, Buck; stone ; Mrs. Glover, and Mrs. E. Yaniold. To conclude with the Comic Drama, entitled THE IRISH POST, In which Messrs. Bland, Tilbury, Hudson, and Mrs. Caulfield, Sze. will appear. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. THIS EVENING First Night of a New Comic Drama, of a Singularly Novel Cha racter, entitled ABOVE AND BELOW. Characters by Messrs. Diddear, Meadows, F. Matthews, A. Wigan, 11. Butler (his first appearance here), Bellingham, Turner, Kinloch, and Keeley ; Miss E. Daly, Miss Forster, Miss Turner, and Miss Fairbrother. After which, the burlesque of ROBIN ROOD AND LITTLE JOHN (the last three nights). Characters by Messrs. F. Matthews, A. Wigan, Kinlock, and Keeley ; Miss Fairbrother, Miss Mary Keeley. and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with an Original Farce, entitled LOAN OF A WIFE. Principal characters by Messrs. F. Matthews, A. Wigan, Meadows, KinlOch, and Yarnold ; Mrs. Woollidge, and Miss Howard. • THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be performed an Original Melodrama, called THE DEVIL OF MARSEILLES ; or, The Spirit of Avarice. In which Messrs. Paul Bedford, 0. Smith, Wright, Lambert, Munyard, Mitchinson ; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar will perform. After which will oe produced a New Comic Drama, called THE MAID WITH THE MILKING PAIL. Diccon, Mr. Wright ; Wily, Mrs. Fitzwilllam. To conclude with the highly popular Barletta of TAMING A TARTAR. Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Messrs. Paul Bedford, Wright, Selby, &c., Will sustain the principal characters. YILINCESS'S TfIEATRE. OXFORD-iTKEET. THIS EVENING: Wlll be performed Ahakspeare's Comedy (with Music) of THE MRICRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. ilirJohn Falstaff, Mr. Granby; Mr. Ford. Mr. Wallack. ; Mr. rage, Mr. Ryder ; Sir Ilegh Evans, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Master Slender, Mr. Compton; Fenton, Mr. Barker ; Mrs. Ford, Mrs. Stirling ; Mrs. Page, Madame Vestrts. l'revloUs COr the the Band writ perform. the Overture to " Oberon.' - To conclude with Sheridan's Drama of TM , : CRITIC ; or, A Tragedy Rehearsed. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Ryder, flogney, Compton, Oxberry, 311ss Emins.Stanley, and Mrs. Renner. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the especial patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal. Crowded nightly by rank and fashion. Seventh Week of the splendid Spectacle of our Afflatic Conquests. THIS EVENING Wilt be performed the Grand Military Spectacle, called THE SIKHS' INVASION ; or, England's Victories of 1846. In whir the whole Stud and Company will be brought forward. Magnificent SCENES of the CIRCLE, introducing the Fri DJ British Professors. ..nch The whole concluding with A RACE FOR A DINNER 800-Office open Irons eleven till nye o'clock.—Doors open JA-• and commence at seven o'clock. - at six DAVIDOE'S ROYAL SURREY TIIE&TRF —.------ Baccaa beyond all former precedent of the Operatic Second Week of Mr. Osbaldieton, Miss Vincent, ' — ""Y' and Dramatic Company. and a double . THIS EVENING Will be performed the Opera of IRA DIAVr Mr. D. W. King ; Lord Micah, Mr. HornceiLO, Fra Diavolo, Weiss ; Lorenzo, Mr. C. White ; Zerlima, MCdtle ; Giacomo, Mr. Alicash, Mies Betts. tame Aibertazzi ; Lady After which, the Play of THE HONF Mr. Osbaidieton ; Juliana, Miss VincentYMOON. Dnkc Aranza, To conclude with LUKE TUE LAt. AOITRER. Under the Patronage of he ROYAL SURREY DYf M ia,ct Gracie, Majesty, EYBRY MONDAY, TU' ADAY, 'ICAL O xitisEl , 7B. • r: VIEW of NAPLES, 4-NATION of BERCULAKERUPTION of VESUVIUS, DXSTR UC magnificent spect.-I.4iEUlif and POMPEII, in the ye ar 7 9. This grandeur, the is revived in an unprecedented Beata of and repree r :Actnre being more than twice the size of the former, Ertiptlrli - t-n possibly be done, the G reat ts. as accurately as can culan,,, n bt Vesuvius In the year 7 9 , when the Destruc ti on of Her at Mr. 71 44 1 l'oinaeli took place; preduoed under the direction A r or „' constr ichly ucted, :nnte4 GOTHIC BRIDGE of STATUES has been The PRold„17, 1 . 111 be brilli a ntly Illuminated at Night. trey. The Band is re.l NeERTS are again confided to Mr. God many eminent ruttt,: t c 'ultkicte in all its departments, and includes In addition to the oZb ild e fc4Nign in"icianN. bited CALYPSO'S rmrptttr!ictions of the Gardens, will be exhi nated Gothic Bridge, reu ,''' (i tt t ?l7o, approached by the Illumi relating his adventures to - Cai Caine in the Interior Telemachus The PYROTECHNIC DISPLAY S gpoit complete and effective s ca l e. by cour.noy, are on the Preceding the Volcanic Display, a novel exhibition will be intro- MINA, representing the Descent of Phrebtulin 141 1d. e. seventy feet in MODS. Farinelli will descend from a Chin ;lie Chariot of the Ban. height, to the surface of the lake, where a Is racatre Urn, and bear him to his chrystal horns. • Car will rise to The Glass Conservatory is splendidly ornamented with festo on of amps, enabling the visitors to view the matchless collectLcaa Carnivore by gas-light. Fending of the Carnivore at half-past five; the Pelicans, tc.c.,, at gz concert et half-past sit ; and the Eruption at dusk. Admission, One THE !STANDARD NOVELS. **44 in One Volume, neatly bound and embellished , This day, comp, price 60.. - eIRD'S BELFORD REGIS. MISS MITFk. , '4 NEW TOLITME OF FORMING TA,. ."tLS AND ROMANCES." " THE STANDARD NON -,thiston-street. Richard Bentley, New Su_ **. To be had of all Boos.. - 16. THE WEATHER—SIIR OmcE, JUL,. UtX0211817.3, Lowest, 61; Highest. 76 ; NQOII. Bk.ROMETER, 29.77.—W1ND W., cloudy. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRLDGETHIS DAY. Kerning .. 23 minutes after 7.1 Evening .. 53 minutes after 7. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY _EVEN! Le, "Vr tv,•m 4 „ 0 , _l,4‘Lk •st,;• -I ",`F,' • - ,„..- z • lf PSI 4. ° 1 . s NNIt We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday. Monday being the fourth anniversary of the la mented death of his Royal highness the Duke D'ORLEA.NS, a solemn service was performed in the funeral chapel of Dreux, in presence of their _AIAJES.. TIES and several members of the Royal Family, who had arrived from Paris for this pious ceremony. A. service was also performed in the chapel of St. Fer dinand, at Sablonville. In all the churches of the f capitalth deceased mass was Pr ic , performed for ttlae of r and most closed. According to the Courrier Francais, "a modifica tion in the Ministry is spoken of for the period at which the Chambers are to be convoked. Marshal SOULT is not the only one who retires. The retire ment of M. MARTIN ( du Nord) is also mentioned. He is, it is said, to cede Lis place to M. HEBERT ; and M. DELANGLE, Advocate-General of the Court of Cassation, is to replace M. HEBERT as Procureur- General at the Cour Royale." The Opposition papers are labouring hard to create " a sensation " by the Pritchard indemnity cry, but without produci4g much effect. The disaster on the Northen Railroad still engrossess --," tention. DIS.- • t ,uulic at- -....05ARD, the Government Inspector of Rail ways, has addressed a report on the subject to the Minister of Public Works. The point of the running off the rails is indicated, he says, by a broken rail, and the mark of a wheel for the distance of 108 metres. Having described the occurrence of the accident, M. FRISSAILD proceeds as follows : " The causes of the accident are to be sought for either in the state of tke road, the traction, or in the material. With regard to the first point it must be observed that the acci dent took place on a straight part of the line over an em bankment of seven metres in height. When an affair of such importance is in question it becomes necessary to go into a very minute examination, and we therefore carefully examined the level of the road both lengthwise and across it, and the result of this examination shows that the rails have undergone no alteration from their longitudinal posi tion, with the exception of a slight depression caused by the carriages running off them. This could not be otherwise, for the embankment was completed before the winter of 1844, and was made with earth and chalk. This embankment, raised on a spot of peaty ground, experienced successive sinkings, which were filled up and afterwards required but little attention to keep it in its primitive level. It therefore clearly appears to us that the execution of the line was in no way connected with the accident of the Bth inst. Neither can any fault be found with the manner in which it has been . kept up. That portion of the line having been given up to the company from the Ist of April, it has since had the charge of keeping it in repair, and on this part of the line great care had been taken. At the spot where the acci dent occurred the rails are displaced, the chairs are broken, and from the violent shocks, the sleepers placed on new ground were forced down, and thus caused the depression above alluded to. We have mentioned this depression be caus, it has been stated without reflection and without exa mination that the accident was caused by the giving way of the embankment formed on marshy ground. But even supposing this slight depression to have existed prior to the accident, which it did not, it could not have occasioned it, for very sensible depressions are frequently to be found at the junction of embankments with works of art, and some times the clearing broom of a locomotive has touched in go ing over those depressions without any inconvenience being felt by the train. The condition in which the road has been kept is therefore as little to be blamed as the execution. We now come to the traction, and have to inquire whether the too great speed of the train was the cause of the accident, or a sudden check broke the connecting chain of the carriages? The time at which the train passed the different stations proves that the average rate of going was rather slow than excessive; the last distance from Arras to Fampoux, which is about eight kilometres (about five miles English), was gone ever in 22 minutes, which only gives 22 kilometres per hour. But the average rate of going does not prove that the slope of Om. 004 was not gone down with great rapidity. What might cause it to be presumed is the disposition of the first group ; it indicates, in fact, that each of its elements must have been animated by a great speed to pass beyond the ele ments which preceded it, and to get before it in place of re maining behind. The speed of the other groups was dead ened by ploughing up transversely a greater length of the embankment. It may thus be considered that if in the de cline of a slope where the rate of going is usually more rapid, a rise of a greater inclination is being surmounted, there will be a slackening of speed at the head of the train, whereas the rear will continue to move with its primitive speed ; the middle of the train would then find itself compressed, and pushed out of the way. This hypothesis, which may explain the three points where the train was broken, and the dis placement of the rail on th e l e f t pushed towards: the empty space, would not accord with the movement of other groups. However, if the engineers, on perceiving a disorder in the train, tried to stop the machines, the effect of the compression may have added to any other cause of going off the rails. A going off the rails may be occasioned by the rupture of one or several parts of the materiel; but how, in the midst of these broken fragments, can effects be sepa rated from causes? The materiel has been exa mined with great care ; the wheels and axletrees are in excellent condition; none of the latter have been broken or even biassed ; some wheels present slight marks of collision from striking against the rails, particularly those of the baggage waggon which was first precipitated. There have been broken only a few junction-bars and some uniting chains, and the euspension•springs of the waggon just mentioned. It is impossible to say what piece was first broken, and that is pe r h aps t h e cause o f th e accident, for the rupture of a juction-bar produces oblique shocks, and may occasion a going off the rails. Every one has rivalled in zeal to lessen as much as possible the results of this deplorable event. The authorities did all they could to aid in saving the victims, and the last duties were rendered with all de sirable propriety." M. FRISSARD concludes with the following " sum ming up :" " The catastrophe of Fampoux cannot be attributed either to the execution or the mode of keeping of the road. The cause of it must therefore be sought for elsewhere ; but how can the truth be discovered by i n t e rrogating witnesses, pre judiced and troubl e d- or fragments flung together, in the withstanding a o of whichding all effects are ear c c o h n e f s our us to arrive at a p os i t i ve conc l us i on , we have been able a t least to rectify m any f acts that wer e mis r epresented and researches, with causes. If, not it has been impossible for exaggerated by inexact reports. The Cour Royale of Douai having taken up the affair, an inquiry, entered into by en lightened magistrates, will bring to light many facts and circumstances which remain unknown to us. The courts of law will come to the aid of science by furnishing new data to resolve a question so interesting to public safety." The report is considered by the National and the Courrier Francais as completely insignificant. The latter journal concludes a long article on the subject, by giving the following as the causes of these dis asters : " 1. On the parts of the line which required sleepers, only four were placed in lieu of five, as all the rules of art demanded. The Northern Company was informed of this necessity, but in order to comply with it, it would have been necessary to take up the rails along the whole line. 2. However the Ministry did not fear to designate for the company the day of inauguration. The comp any , p l ace d i n t h e alter native of opening the line, or giving reasons for refusing to do so, preferred running the chances of a disaster, which was certain since it was foreseen, to depreciati ng t h e i r s h ares, by declaring that the line delivered by the Ministry was badly made, and that it was indispensable to take it up for the fifth sleepers. 3. Once that the line was opened, the Prefect of Police imposed on the company the obligation of delivering it to public circulation, or to declare the motives for which such a course was to be suspended. It was again not to depreciate their shares that the company decided on delivering to circulation a line which it knew to be defec tive; it adopted this course notwithstanding the detestable organisation of its service, which alone caused the disaster of the 9th July. In all that the company is as culpable as the Ministry : the former has given proofs of an inexcusable eagerness after gain ; the second of an unpa r d ona bl e indif ference for the lives of passengers.,, The Journal de la Somme states that in addition to the fourteen persons killed as described in the official report, three have since died of the wounds. The Aid-de-camp of General OuniNoT is rapidly recover ing. He is now considered out of danger. It is stated by the Univers that in consequence of this accident parapets sufficiently high to prevent the waggons from falling over the banks, and strong enough to resist a violent shock, are to be established on the bridges and other dangerous passages along all the railroads in France. The Prince DE JOINVILLE and his squadron ar rived at La Goulette, near Tunis, on the 27th. The BEY invited the Prince to Tunis, where he remained from the 28th of Juno to the 3d of July. His reception was most cordial and courteous, and Tunis was the scene of continued festivities during the whole time of his stay. The Asmodee was dis patched to Malta on the 4th, for coals. On the same day the squadron sailed for La Goulette, but its destination was unknown. The Three per Cents. closed on the Pa r i s B ourse on Tues day at 83f. 30c. ; the Five per Cents., 121 f. 70c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,2721'.70c. ; Rouen, 902 f. 50c.; Havre, 715 f ; Great Northern 717 f. 50c. ; Avignon, 878 f. 75c. ; Vierzon, 630 f. ; Bordeaux, 566 f. 25c. ; Fampoux, 407 f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 487 f. 50c. ; Tours and Nantes, 500 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 525 f.; Spanish Three per Cents., 351; ditto Domestic Debt, 31i ; ditto Passives, 5. The following are the quotations for the new lines:— Lyons and Avignon Definitives, 495 f.; Bordeaux ditto, 480 t: teltill 111 -=---• Ult. LONDON, THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1846. ' The triumphant return of the Right Hon. THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAT, as the representative of the city of Edinburgh, is a consummation of that inte resting election which cannot create the slightest astonishment. A love for civil and religious liberty has penetrated too deeply into the popular heart to be eradicated by a sickly puff of fanaticism : the pro priety, not to say the common justice of the endow ment which has so stirred up the bile of certain ultra- religionists is too indisputable a fact to be over whelmed by the prejudices of a feeble minority. Sir CULLING E. SMITE has discovered himself to have been the victim of an enormous delusion. He erroneously conceived that he was unfurling a gon falon before the citizens of the Scotch capital, when the symbol of his principles of opposition was nothing more than the fly-leaf of a halfpenny tract. It is hardly credible that any candidate should have been entered against Mr. 3lAceuLer upon a plea so sin gularly vexatious ; and the adventure partakes more of the characteristic of rashness, because of the conso nance which has hitherto prevailed without interrup- tion between the political and religious sentiments of that constituency and the Paymaster of her MAJESTY'S Forces. Perhaps, however, we should rather congratulate ourselves upon the circumstance of this antagonism, since through its intervention another most signal victory has been elicited in favour of liberality. Perhaps we should rejoice at the appear ance of the rejected candidate upon the hustings, be cause by that interposition his successful opponent is "set off" as by a foil. Nothing, indeed, could be more gratifying than the manner in which this pseudo-contest has been brought to a conclusion. Upon the final close of the poll one thousand seven hundred and thirty-fire votes are found to have been registered for Mr. T. B. MACAULAY ; eight hundred and thirty two only for Sir C. E. SMITE, confirming the elec tion of the former by a majority of nine hundred and three. More than double the number of electors were, therefore, polled in favour of the Ministerial candidate above those who supported his antagonist. That is but natural, considering the uniform affec tion of the Edinburgh population to the most compre- hensive and the most generous of political policies— it is but natural, considering the candour with which Mr. MAcktmAy's genius and his integrity are there appreciated—it is but natural, considering that a career of judicious and popular legislation, and a mind gifted with the most splendid abilities, was op posed merely upon the irritation of a single class, merely upon the warp of a single measure, merely upon the questionable character of a single act of legislative charity ! We will dispassionately concede that every individual inimical to the nomination of Mr. MAceurar was actuated solely by motives the most conscientious—we will grant this much, nay we will go so far as to believe it ; nevertheless everything proves those 832 persons to have been mistaken in so thinking. The verdict of the national jury has been given against them-1,735 individuals out of their own constituency have proclaimed their bugbears to be altogether illusory. And, as though in confirma tion of that announcement, Mr. 11.AcAuLAT, in re turning his acknowledgments and congratulations to the electors, has declared that he believes his now triumphant cause to be " the cause of true religion." He' believes it to be the cause of true religion ! An intellect so keen in the perception of a truth, and so analytical in the scanning of a sentence, would never celebrate the realisation of his Par- 1 liamentary hopes by the utterance of a pare ! - lox ! Nevertheless, Sir C. E. SMITH and his adherents assert their conviction that the policy of theb new Paymaster of the Forces is not only detri me+lltal to the interests of the Established Church, bu 1 is subversive of all religion. These conflicting opi ions have been submitted to the decision of the `en anchised citizens of Edinburgh, and by an ac co ance of more than taro to one the views of Mr. ‘ I 4CAULAY have been sanctioned. That approval is remarkable triumph for the world-wide doctrine of mvil and religious liberty, and this not so much from man and the principle involved in its con 'lderation, as from the fact of that victory having been Aieved in the northern metropolis. It will be wel 041ed with alacrity throughout the country, and will eti as a salutary lesson both in England, Ireland, l tland, and Berwick-upon-Tweed. MACAULAY is r o rthy of Edinburgh, and Edinburgh of MACAULAY. ;One of those horrible occurrences that shock and dltrage every feeling of humanity has recently taken ce in the immediate vicinity of the metropolis, and i terminated in the death of the unfortunate victim military severity, and of one of the remnants of a --,.barous and inhuman code. Although every exer ti4n appears to have been used for the purpose of k4eping the revolting transaction from the know leige of the public, yet, owing to the Piomptitude of Inspector LAWRENCE, of the T division of police, and of Mr. BRENT, the Cn-oner's summoning officer for Heston, it has been made the subject of an inquiry before the Co nner, which, under any circumstances, must be pro dictive of much benefit; for if the circumstances con nt)cted with the case have been unduly exaggerated, tte feelings of horror and indignation that now affect aid disturb the minds of the public will be abpeased and mitigated; or, if they have been thily stated, and the revolting and bruta lising features should be found to exist, we di , abt not that the feeling will become universal, and tliat the voice of public opinion will so loudly de ''sand the abolition of corporeal punishment, as to c , ..use its total and speedy abolition. It appears that a private soldier of the 7th Hus -B,,t.rs, named FREDERICK W HITE , h as recently b een 7ogged at Hounslow Barracks for some viola ton of military discipline ; that after the in „Liction he was removed to the hospital of the barracks, where he died on Saturday last. No mention, however, was made made of the trans action, and he was to have been buried yesterday, without any inquiry into the circumstances by which his death was occasioned. Owing to the vigilance of the persons we have already mentioned, the burial w as stopped, and a jury were yesterday even ing irnpanelled before Mr. WAiLar to investi gate the cause of his death. The inquest was adjourned until some day in the course of the ensuing week, in order to afford an opportunity to the friends of the unfortunate young man, to whom, it appeared, no notice whatever hadbeen o g f i b l e 'e i n ng ofthe inquiry, or even of his melanc holy end, pre sent and watching the p roceedin g s, and also to have i and to gi ve t i me to the a m s e e d v i e c r a a l l m witnessesan, unconnected in attendance wth the army, to see and examine the body—precautions, which the secresy observed and the frightful appearance of the body, rendered prudent and necessary. It is said that the back, from the nape of the neck to the loins, presented a deep purple appear ance, and that a large piece of flesh, nine inches one way and eight inches another, had been cut away from the middle of the back, where the greatest inflammation had manifestly been. We shall, for the present, refrain from any com ment on the foregoing statement, as it has been made the subject of judicial inquiry, which will, doubtless, be conducted in the most stringent and efficient manner. If, however, it should appear that the death was in any m anner occasioned or even hastened by the flogging, a serious responsibility will fall on those who attempted to keep the facts concealed, and to hasten the funeral, .a.•••••••••••••••.••••• •• 1 1• ••• he t n hat a o t u a t ke pr p o la c c u e rin w g B r investigation ßritish subject whichh as lost shouldhis life through any but natural causes. without whole system 9- military., . v .. ----, LO the 7r :s a l t i i t v y e , which when alone the countrycoul could is There never can We have ever f been e_ io_.ne. onno' ' - exist the imnerative n.- • jus tify so horrible an alternative, o a s: a t ili peace, asrtyo p and dg n edn more t fo b r p e e a y re , g i humanes o m l i e t n a t r y a c t o n remediesb fi a r n r e a m c 1 o k e f n s ' t , iwhenother as t e h d e s vt ;,`bin the pow er o f a commanding officer, d m r e i i a ; n , will be found amply sufficient to preserve the necessary discipline, and to procure the proper discharge of the regimental duties by the soldiers. In many of the regiments that are so fortunate as to be placed under the command of humane officers, the lash, with all its degrading incidents, has been practically abo lished, and yet as full and efficient a control has been kept up, and a better and happier soldiery bear testimony to the efficacy of the milder rule. The man who has once been brought to the triangles is ever after rendered useless as a soldier; there is not a single instance of such a man afterwards redeeming his character and conducting himself well. The iron has entered into his soul, he feels that he has been degraded beneath the rank of a man before the eyes of his comrades. No longer can he entertain the proud feeling which would in duce him to attempt the zealous' discharge of his duties, and thereby to raise himself in the good opinion of his officers and companions, and thus to obtain the promotion which it might be rea sonable for him to hope for ; his heart has been more severely tortured by the stripes than his body ; he becomes reckless, and seeks forgetfulness in the baneful vice of intoxication. A nuisance to his corps, he is at last, perhaps, driven from it in disgrace to misery and destitution. Surely, it is not in such a manner that British subjects, our fellow countrymen, who have taken upon themselves the most arduous duties, who have yielded up a portion of their liberties for the public protection, should be treated. Much has lately been said of the necessity of im proving the barracks, and the condition and comforts of the soldier—of affording to him the blessings of education, and raising him in the social scale. The example of other nations has been adduced to us, and the valuable results that have followed in every instance where such a course was adopted have been pointed out and commented upon, and we fully and entirely agree with what has been urged, and think that it is imperatively demanded at our hands, not only by considerations of policy, but of common justice. Let, however, the first improvement be the abolition of flogging ; let not the mere whim of a heartless and cruel commander be suffered to blast every prospect, and to degrade the gallant soldier, perhaps for some trivial and insignificant offence, or breach of regulations. How can you ex pect the man with any degree of education, with any moral pride, or manly feeling, to enter into the ranks where such humiliation, such degradation is possible ? It cannot be; you must remove the disgrace. Let it not be said that the British army is so demo ralised, so insensible to every better feeling, that they can only be governed by the intervention of the lash. Whatever may be the degree of blame attachable to any party in the present instance, we sincerely hope that an earnest effort will be made on behalf of our military brethren, and that such practices may no longer be sanctioned under the British flag. A letter from Rome, dated July 2d, published in the Augsburgh Gazette, states that the Porn the day before went on foot, accompanied only by a few pre lates and some Swiss soldiers, to the church of the Salesian nuns, where the festival of the Visitation was being celebrated. The inhabitants of Rome were surprised to see the POPE walking through the streets, a circumstance which had not been witnessed since the days of Pope GANGANELLI. His HOLINESS on his return was received with great enthusiasm, and the acclamations of the crowd increased when he condescended to receive a petition presented to him by a poor man. On the Ist of July, the six car dinals, LAMBRUSCMINI, BERNETTI, AMAT, GIZZI, MATTE', and Mecni, met to deliberate, and the POPE submitted the following questions for examination : First—How and in what manner should an amnesty be granted ? Secondly—ln what way can the public debt be paid off? Thirdly—Would it be prudent to discharge the foreign troops ? Fourthly—Would it be better for the Administration to possess one or two Secretaries of State ? Deputations daily arrived from all parts with addresses of congratulation to the POPE. It was stated that the scientific men of Rome would this year be permitted to be present at the Scientific Congress at Genoa, and that the Congress would be celebrated next year at Rome ; the system of public instruction would be modified, and the cen sorship less severe,particularly on scientific matters. The expedition to the interior of Africa, projected by the late Pope, is now organised. It consists of Monsignor CASOLANI, recently appointed bishop, Father RYLLO, Dr. KNOBLOCHER, and ANGELO VINcO. The last two were to leave Rome on the 2d of July, and to traverse Africa from Abyssinia to Senegambia, and from Congo to the Barbary States. CASOLANI and RYLLO are to leave Rome in No vember, to proceed to Egypt, and from thence en deavour to penetrate into the interior of Africa. The Courrier de Marseille publishes a letter from Rome of the sth, stating that the POPE having re ceived information that some young men from Bo logna had been ordered to return to the city, because some sonnets and satires upon the Papal Government had been found in one of their trunks, has desired that the order should be revoked, and expressed great anger at this infringement of personal liberty for so slight a cause. The Cologne Gazette states that letters have been received from Warsaw, which state that during his recent visit to that city, the Emperor NICHOLAS an nounced his intention of immediately proclaiming the abolition of slavery throughout his dominions. It appears from these letters that the EMPEROR, during his stay at Warsaw, frequently perambulated the streets, and visited the public places without guards or attendants. According to the Journal of Frankfort, there will be a meeting of provincial deputies held at Berlin early in 1847, to consider a proposition for reforming the present mode of taxation, and for the discussion of vari ous financial questions which will be submitted to them. Madrid papers of the 9th have arrived. The Clamor Publico states, that during his stay in Paris, the Infante Don ENRIQUI received visits at his hotel from M. GUIZOT and from M. ODILoN 13.11.1010 T. These papers contain intelligence from Lisbon to the 3d instant. In the Diario of that day is a dispatch from the Civil Governor of Vizen, announcing the com plete restoration of tranquillity in the province of Tras-os-Montes. A Spanish transport, with 286 soldiers on board, had arrived at Lisbon on the 2d. She had left Ferrol for the West Indies, but the soldiers had mutinied, and forced the captain to convey them to Lisbon. MADRID BOLSA, JULY 9. The Three per Ce n t s . were done on the Madrid Bourse at 33 cash ; the Fiv e p er C ents., at 20 3 / 4 ditto; the Passives at 6,i ditto; the Shares of the Bank of San Fernando, at 338 , and those of Isabel, at 200. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Amy 15. 1 Boulogne and Amiens, 1234—Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette (Espeleta), 1 4 —Dutch Rhenish, 6% —Great Western Canada, 4% —Louvain and Jemappe, 11 —Luxembourg, 2—Namur and Liege, 336—Northern of France Constituted, 134—Orleans and Bordeaux, 834—Paris and Lyons Constituted, 5%--Paris and Rouen, 38— Rouen and Efayre, 2834. THE PENES SULAR MAILS. (From the Herald.) SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY. —The Queen, Captain Russell, arrived off this port this morning. Her dates of departure are :--Gibraltar, July G ; Lisbon, July 10 ; Oporto, July 11 ; Vigo, July 12 ; Corunna, July 13. The Albion was in the Tagus, and the Polyphemus at Gibraltar. The Queen brings forty-four passengers. LISBON, JULY 10.—The Miguelite movement is rapidly subsiding. The fact is, the leading men of that party, see i ng the utter inutility of the attempt, have thrown cold water upon the ardour of their fellow partisans by positively re fusing to have anything to do with so hopeless an enterprise. Not one influential Miguelite has taken any part in it. General Porvas, who at one time commanded the Miguelite army, and to whom the insurgents naturally looked as a leader, has set his face against the undertaking by joining with the other members of the Trasos Montes junta in an address to the Miguelites calling upon them to submit to the Queen's authority. Under ciscurnstances so discouragin g , they have of course given up the game for the present, al though a few insignificant guerrillas may yet continue to wander about the northern provinces for a while. The officers and soldiers who were implicated in the Almeida revolt in 1844 have returned from their exile in Spain, by v i r t ue of the amnesty recently accorded to them. On reaching Abrantes, however, they were informed that they would not be allowed to proceed to Lisbon, as they intended todo, for the purpose of presenting themselves in a body before the Queen, and snapping their fingers at her, with a " here we are again, and no thanks to you," but that each individual would be furnished with a passport to return to his own home. Colonel Caesar de Vasconcellos, who is at their head, scouted this proposal, and having left his men behind him, proceeded to this city to demand of the Government the " why and the wherefore" of so arbitrary a resolution. In expectation that the whole body were coming down the Tagus, an immense crowd of people had assembled at the Blockhouse-square to welcome them with bands of music and sky-rockets in abun dance. The disappointment at finding that he had come alone was of course very great ; nevertheless the whole store of rockets were set fizzing and cracking in his honour. It appears that this apparently trifling question is very likely to bring about a partial change of Ministry, The Duke of ralmella and two of his colleagues are willing to give way to Ciesar de Vasconcello's demand ; but the other two Ministers, Blonsinho and Lau reiro hold out against allowing the emigrants to make their proposed triumphant entrance into the capital, and as they are the minority, and are determined not to yield the point, they will no doubt be obliged to retire from office, to be succeeded probably by Viiicount Sada Bandeira a d Za. - M. Aguiar, both of whom are of the Septembrist party. The discordance of Messrs. Monsinho and Loureiro, with their colleagues, has operated as a perpetual clog upon the movements of the Government, and it is well therefore that they should resign, as their ineffectual attempts to repress the growth of the democratic element of power only serve to keep up a dangerous state of irritation. The Duke of Pal mella's policy is far wiser; it is to laisser tiller, to let the people take their fling till they are tired of it, after which he will manage them his own way. He is occupied with a slashing plan of financial reform, the completion of which has been delayed by differences of opinion between the members of the commission appointed to frame it. In consequence of this, the commission has been partially reconstructed, by the resignation of two of the dissentient members, Viscount Sada Bandeira and M. Lopez Branco, and the appointment of three new members, Messrs. Avila, Garrett, and Polycarpo Jose Machado. There is no doubt that it is intended to effect very great reductions in all salaries and allowances, including those to the Queen and Royal Family, as also in the number of civil employes, and to bring down the army to little more than half its present force. The Government is much embarrassed at present; the collection of the revenue in the provinces is at a stand. still, and the only resources are those derived from the Custom houses and tobacco contract. A bold measure like this, therefore, seems almost inevitable. The bare mention of it, however, has created so much alarm amon g th e pu bli c , that it will, probably, not be resorted to but in the last extremity. The July dividends on the internal debt are now in course of payment at the Board of Public Credit. The holders of bonds of this portion of the national debt are safe enough ; whether the foreign bondholders are equally so, remains to be seen. Bank of Lisbon notes are still at a discount of about 2} per cent. The bank continues its payments, but to a very limited extent. It is pretty certain now that the meeting of the Cortes cannot take place on the first of September, as intended, the plan which is to regulate the elections not having yet been agreed upon by the Ministers. This delay has created much discontent, and is attributed by public opinion to the oppo sition of Messrs. Mousinho and Loureiro. A Spanish transport entered this port last week, having on board between 200 and 300 soldiers, who had taken part in the recent Gallician insurrection, and who, as a punishment for that offence, were condemned to serve in the island of Cuba. She was on her way to that island, in company with several other transports, under convoy of the brig of war Nervion, when the soldiers, taking advantage of the disappearance of the brig of war, rose upon the crew, and obliged them to bear up for the Tagus. The Spanish Envoy, M. Brabo, has demanded them, as:deserters, but the Portuguese Government has refused to give them up, and they have since been landed, and are now in safety. With a view to the perfect restoration of tranquillity, a decree, of which the following is the substance, has been issued by the Government, viz. : Article Ist. The districts of Oporto, Broga, Viana, Villa Real, Braganca, and Aveiro, are to form together one ad ministrative circle; and those of Vizen, Coimbra and Guarda, another similar circle. 2d. Each of these circles is to be placed under the direc tion of a central authority, with the title of Superior Civil Chief, to whom the administrators of districts are to address all their reports, and whose orders they are to obey. The promulgation of this decree was followed by the appointment of Viscount Beire and M. Fonseca Mo gathaes as civil chiefs of the two circles respectively, and they both proceeded immediately to enter upon the exercise of their functions as such. The measure, however, is far from being likely to produce the desired effect, for by the telegraphic accounts received yesterday it appears that ➢i. Fonseca ➢iogathaes, on arriving at Coimbra, was received with a sort of charivari by the people, and all the civil governors who were to have been subordinate to him have resigned their offices. The Five per Cent. Inscriptions have got up to 53. THE LONDON JOINT-STOCK BANK.—(GENERAL MEETING TIIIS DAY.) The annual general meeting of this Company took place this day,: in the Board-room of the Bank, Princes-street, Mansion-house, when there was a very full attendence of the proprietors. The Secretary, Mr. F. HIEWET, having read the advertise ment convening the meeting, Mr. Christie took the chair, and the usual preliminary business having been transacted, the following report was read : " The directors have great pleasure in presenting to the shareholders the half-yearly statement of the affairs of the Bank. " It will be seen by the annexed accounts that the net profit, after providing for the current expenses, proportion of building, bad debts, and rebate of inte res t on bill s no t yet due, amounts to 31,1321. 3s. 7d. " This result enables the directors to declare the usual dividend for the half-year, at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, free from income-tax, and to carry a surplus profit 3s. of 13 132/. 7d. to the c r edit o f t h e guarantee fund, which, with the addition of interest which has accrued thereon, will increase that fund to 110,873/. 15s. 2d. " The directors think it desirable to call the attention of the shareholders to the fact, that in the half-year's accounts now presented, the gross amount of the profits of the western branch is included with those at the head office, and the current expenses of that branch have been likewise added to those of the head office. On former occasions only the net profit of the western branch was included in the ' accounts. "The dividend will be payable on and after Friday, the 24th July inst." The dividend was then declared. On the motion that the report be adopted, Mr. Moos.E objected to the very large amount (13,132/. 3s. 7d.) that wascarriedover to the guarantee fund, which was already sufficiently large_ He also objected to the annual in crease of the expenditure, of which the proprietors never received any detailed account. Mr. CORNET wished that the directors would state at what I point the rest in the guarantee fund would take place.— (Hear, hear.) They would then have an increased dividend, or receive a bonus.—( Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN said that the subject should receive the very best consideration of the directors. It was only during the last three days that they were able to estimate what sur plus fund there would remain. There was a feeling on the part of the directors that the establishment should be placed on the firmest possible basis, and they therefore considered that 150,000/. ought to be the minimum of the guarantee fund. The report was then adopted, and after passing a vote of thanks to the Chairman, the meeting separated. EXPEDITIOUS JOUKNEY TO NORWICH AND YARMOUTH. A special train left the Shoreditch station this morning at three minutes after five, to convey the passengers to the Norfolk steamer, which was appointed to sail for Rotterdam at a quarter before nine o'clock. The train propelled by engine No. 32, upon which were Mr. Borthwick, the engi neer, and Mr. Scott, the superintendent of the Eastern Coun ties Railway Company, consisted of four four-bodied carriages, containing about sixty passengers, and a new and powerful break and luggage van recently introduced on this line. The train reached Bishop Stortford (321 miles) in forty-six minutes, and Cambridge (574) in one hour and twenty seven minutes, including a delay of four minutes at Bishop Stortford for watering. Here an additional carriage was put on to accommodate twenty passengers, who had been booked at this station, and seven minutes were allowed for the re freshment of the London passengers. Brandon, 31 miles from Cambridge, and 88 1 4 from London, was reached at eighteen minutes past seven. The Eastern Counties Railway engine was here detached and one belonging to the Norfolk Railway, under the special charge of Mr. Marshall, the resi dent engineer and locomotive superintendent of that Com pany, was coupled on. From Brandon to Norwich, 38 miles were completed in forty-seven minutes, and from Norwich to Yarmouth (20 miles) in twenty-six minutes. The total distance of the latter place from London is 146 miles, and this was accomplished in three hours and thirty-seven minutes, including stoppages, or without stoppages three hours and sixteen minutes, about 48 miles an hour. It is but right to state that the passengers expressed themselves highly gratified with the complete ease and comfort with which they travelled—indeed, the almost total absence of oscillation or jarring motion was the subject of general observation. Immediately upon the arrival of the train at the above named towns, and likewise at Ely and Thetford, copies of this morning's Sun, Times, Post, Herald, Chronicle, and Daily News, were dispatched by special messengers on horseback to the houses of the principal residents and the various hotels. As soon as the passengers were embarked, the Nor folk put on her steam and left Yarmouth in splendid style, and the promoters of the "Pleasure Excursion to Rotterdam via' Yarmouth," fully expect to deliver copies of this morn ing's London journals at the Hague and at Amsterdam ! at ) an early hour this evening. MONEYS IN THE EXCHEQUER. An account " of moneys in the Exchequer, or remaining to be raised, on the sth day of July, 1846, to complete the aids granted by Parliament for the service of the years 1844 and 1845 " Consolidated Fund, 6,969,8561.10+. 3d. ; per Act 7 and 8 Vict. c. 104 .. £158,676 19 5 Consolidated Fund, 10,869,239/. ls. 7d.; per Act 8 and 9 Vict. c. 130 ... 992,505 10 1 Whitehall, Treasury Chambers, July 13, 1846. £3,151,182 9 6 J. PARKER.. ANOTHER ADVERTISING NUISANCE. A new and cheap mode of advertising has been adopted. Men are sent about town, dressed in white frocks, upon which are in scribed in large legible characters, such as workhouse clothes are branded with, the things to be sold, their prices, and the houses where they are sold. Even the Ant, Bee, and other cheap steam-boats have adopted this extraordinary means of advertising themselves. The men so engaged are not pre vented following other out-door occupation; as all their employers require is, that they should be constantly walking about. IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TOWER.—The improvements and alterations in this ancient fortress are making rapid pro gress. Last week a handsome tier of twenty-one steps, lead ing from the Traitor's-gate to the parade, on which the bar racks are now erecting, was thrown open to the public, in place of the steep ascent which they had formerly to climb. A great progress has been made in the erection of the new Wellington Barracks, which have now risen to nearly forty feet from the ground. The official residence of the master furbisher in its rear, called Queen Elizabeth's Tower, from the circumstance of her confinement there by her sister, has been restored. Many other alterations are projected, parti cularly the enlargement and modernizing of the buildings in the neighbourhood of the old Mint, which has long been con sidered the most unhealthy p ar t o f the fortress. SALE OF PICTURES.--At Messrs. Foster's rooms, yes terday, there was a sale of pictures, some of which were de scribed as the works of Luelovico Caracci, Teniers, Carlo Dolci, &c. The prices for which these paintings were knocked down were remarkably low. A " St. John and the Lamb " was sold for 5/. 10s. ; a fine landscape, said to be by Teniers, only fetched 21/. There was a beautiful cabinet Ludo vico Caracci disposed of for 414, the best specimen put for ward for competition. The larger paintings, however, appeared most to interest those present. In fact, size is wont to mislead those whose taste is unsettled. Massive propor tion often induces a belief that the higher attributes of art have been attained, whereas, too often, ambition—misdirected ambition—only is, to the eye of judgment, lamentably conspicuous. THE CHARGE or Km -two AT BIRMINGELAM.—Last night, at eleven o'clock, the jury who sat in the case of the girl Martha Minors, at Birmingham, returned a verdict of manslaughter against _. , JULY 16, 1846. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The business done in Cotton at Liverpool yesterday was large. Sales 10,000 bales. The market was very firm at Friday's rates for American sorts. Other qualities have been without alteration. Shares have been very quiet. There is a continued absence of late arrivals, and of local news we have also very little. The exertions of the committee formed to devise mea sures for relieving the sufferers by the fire at St. John's, ffewfoundland, deserve a hearty response from the public at large, who by small subscrip tions can accomplish what it would be impossible for the merchants directly connected with Newfoundland to bring about. There are many objects to which the public are at present called upon to contribute, but the details in our advertisement columns will show none more deserving of consideration than this. The committee have themselves set the best possible example--they have subscribed them selves. The duty upon foreign wheat to-day is ss. per quarter. The market for the Public Securities has been rather firmer this morning, and there is less fluctuation, arising from the settlement of accounts. Consols have been 95 3 4 % for money and time. The premium on Exchequer-bills con tinue at I Is. to 15s. ; and on East India Bonds it is 20s. to 275. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have realised 97% 3 ,4. . • There is as little as ever doing in the Foreign Investments. Spanish Three per Cents have been 36 1 4, and steady. Portu guese Four per Cents. have realised 46 to 46 1 ,x. Brazilian New Bonds at quoted 85; Columbian Six per Cents. are 15%, and Mexican 26% ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. realise 591 to 59%. The settlement of the Account in the Share Market, as well as in Foreign Bonds, together with the arrangement of the Consol differences, necessarily restrict other business. The position of the Share Market certainly appears to be improving, as far as the confidence of bona fide holders is concerned, and we have no donbt but that after the registration of the scrip in lines which have re ceived Legislative sanction, there will, other things remain ing as at present, be far less difficulty in obtaining payment of the calls, than by some parties is anticipated. There is no danger, either of the least tampering with the currency to ease the position of i nd i v i duals who have too ex tensive a stake in new railways, and who, for the benefit of all parties, are best out of the field, or at least will act wisely to restrict their liabilities in time. The judicious capitalist will quietly go on with a good investment, and must ultimately reap the reward of any present sacrifice either as regards time or money. Of course we speak of the really good lines, which it would be invidious more specifi cally to allude to here. LiftlTlli 113 1)5. ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PEICEs. Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. .. 96 ql4 96 96 Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. .. 95% % 95% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Aims. 97% 3 / 4 % 97% India Bonds, 1,000/. .. .. .. .. .. 20 20 Ditto, under 1,000/. .. .. .. .. 27 20 20 Consols for Opening .. .. .. .. .. 95% 3 95% Exchequer Bills. 1 3 / 4 d. 111 d. 1,0001... .. .... 15 11 pm. 10 500/. -. .. .... 11 15 pm. 10 Ditto. Small . 11 15 pm. 10 ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. FOREIGN FUNDS. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent _ Ditto, New Bonds, 1829 and 1839 .. 85 85 Columbian Bonds .. 15% 15% Mexican Bonds, 1837, 8 per Cent .. 26% 26% Portuguese Four per Cent .. 46 46 Ditto, for the Account . • .. 46% 46% Ditto, Passive Bonds _ „ Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. Ditto, Three per Cent .. • • .. 364 364 Ditto, for the Account .. „ 36% Dividends on the above payable in Landon. Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cent .. 97% Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 59% % % 59% Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 94k % 94% BUSINESS CLOSING PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES. PAID. DONE AT PRICES. ONE O'CLOCK. Aberdeen.. .. .. • • • • • • 15 •• • • 8 % ••••• • • • • • 8 % Birmingham and Gloucester •.100 ....131 •• .. 131 Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 .... 4 4 ........ 4 Boston, Stamford, & Birmingham. 225. .... % dis % dis. Caledonian Derby and Crewe .. .. • • • . 6% Direct Manchester (Remington's) 2% ..... Direct Northern .. 2% % 1.. 1 Eastern Counties .• .. 141. 165....• 24 %%%•••••. 24% Ditto New .. .. • Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61. 13s. 4d. — Ditto, ditto, .. ..No. 2. 6/. 13s. 4d. p,.. .... % Ditto, York Extension .. 10s. .... 2% 2 • • 2 Goole, Doncast., an d shoffield, &c. 425..... % dis. • • % dis. Grand Junction .. —lOO . . Ditto Quarter Shares .. _25 Great North of England . —lOO Ditto, New .. .. 5 .... -- - Great Western 85 .... )52 Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 10 .... 22%.. Ditto, Fifths 2O .... 33% ••• • • • . Guildford, Fareham, &Portsmoth 5 .... 54......... Hull and Selby .. .. 50 .• .. 108 .......... Lancaster and Carlisle .. 40 Ditto New .. . • .. 5 .. • • 10 ..... • • Leeds and Bradford . • • .. 26 .... 65 ...... .. • • • • 65 Leicester and Bedford .. 225. % % die.— % dis. Liverp., Manch., & Newc. Junct. 2% .. • Ity . 14 London an Birmingham . • • 100 ....228% 228...... 228 Ditto, Quarters s. .. 2 .... 30 31 30 4 .... 304 Ditto, Fifths 2 . . ...... 264 London and Blackwell .. 161. 135.. 4d. 94 94 London and Brighton .. 50 65 .. •.. ..... 66% Ditto ditto Flubs .. • • .. 30 .... 42% London and Croydon .. • . 131. 153 9e1..". 234 •• • • 23% London and Greenwich .. 12/. 15s. 4d. —9% London and South-Western ..411 . 6s. .. London and York .. .. • • .. 2% ...• 1 Ditto, Half Shares 2% 1.. Manchester and Leeds .. • . 82 .... •• . • ...... Ditto, Quarters .. 2 .... 9% ........ Ditto Extension .. 425. ...• 24 p .. • - Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 .- .......... Ditto, Quarter Shares*(C) .. 1 .... ........ Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425..... %% p Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... 1% Midland ..100 . Ditto, New ~ 24 .... 39% 404 Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 25 .. Ditto, New . .. • • • • I -• • • I I %•• • • •• • Ditto, New, Branding 25 .• .. 45% Newcastle and Ber wick .. •• 15 .• • • 26% % Norfolk .. •.• .. 20 _2B _ . North British .. • . 22% Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. 114 2 Northern and Eastern .. .. 50 75 North Kent and Direct Dover .. 234 I}4 1 North Staffordshire .. • • • • 4,25. .. ...e 3 4 2% 3 p.• p Portsmouth Direct .. •• • 3% •• 4% • • 4% Preston and Wyre .. • • •• 25 .... 31% • • 313 Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 2% .... .. • ..... Shropshire Union .. 425. 1% % dis 1% dis. South Midland .. 425..... 34 dis par.... South Eastern and Dovor 33% .. 44% 4*4 45% Ditto. New (iss. at 321.) No. 1. 16 ... 22% ........ • • 22% Do., New (do. 331. 65.86.) No. 2. 10 15% 16 .. 16 Do., New (do. 301.) .. No. 3. 15 .... 20% .. •.. • • 20% 80., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 2%..., 3 34 South Wales .. . • • • .. 5 .. 14 West Riding Union .. • • .. 425. % p p York and Carlisle York and North Midland .. 50— Ditto, Scarborough Branch .. 25 .... 50 Ditto, Selby .. .. 30 .... • • Ditto. Extension • • .. 15 .... 35% Do. E. and W. Riding Exten... 1 - - 13% % FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. .. 14 ..... 12% Demerara .. .. • • - • • • 2 % -• • • 2 % ••• • • Dutch Rhenish .. • • Luxembourg Namur and Liege .. • • •• 6 • - • • 3 % •••••• • • • • • Northern of France Constituted.. 5 13% Orleans and Bordeaux 6 .... Paris and Lyons Constituted .. 5 .... 5%., ....... Rouen and Havre . .. 20 .... 27% 28 ... MINES. - - - - - - 27 Real del 3isnte, Unregistered .. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JULY IG.—Wind S.S.W., moderate breeze, and cloudy. DEAL, JULY 15. Wind W. S. W. Arrd. Clydesdale, 111 , Farlane, Calcutta. Arrd. from the river, Chamois, Brooks, Rio Grande ; Prince of Wales, Erown, St. John's, New Brunswick; Amelia Alexandre, Shippegon, New Brunswick; Brilliant, Quebec; Dawson, —. Arrd. from the river and sld., Toronto, Pratt, New York ; Lord Metcalf, Greig, Quebec ; John and Mary, Samzed, St. John's, Newfoundland. Sld. Bilton, Major, Quebec and Montreal ; Prince Royal, Ceylon. PORTSMOUTH, Jutr 15.—Wind W.—Sld. Mary Jane, Williams, Quebec; Agincourt, Nialfett, Cape of Good Hope and Calcutta. OFF SALCOMBE, JULY 12.—Phcenix, Elferson, New York for Ilamburgh. PLYMOUTH, JULY 15.—Arrd. 14th, Telma, Gilpin, Quebec. Sid. Victoria, Gent, Quebec ; Edward, ditto. FALMOBTII, JULY 15.—Wind variable.—Sld. 15th, Wood bine, Skeoch, Quebec ; Active, Snell, Mediterranean. LIVERPOOL, JULY 15. Wind N. W. Arrd. Swiftsure, Whitt, Bonny; James Reed, Robertson, Maracaibo; Vic toria, Laguna ; Wellington, Blenkin, Charleston ; Ann Hood, Watson, Philadelphia. Sld. Tepee, Walker, Oahu; Ann, Softly, China; Celt, Minty, Madagascar; Mary Marsden, Carter, Trinidad; Novel, Laine, Havannah ; Countess of Durham, Stowe, Cuba; Eben Preble, Perkins, New Orleans Harkawav, Cornice, Virginia; Sarah and Arsilia, Butman, New York; Marmion, Edwards, New York; Hope, Baker, Halifax; Daniel Grant, Owen, Quebec; Cynthia, Golds worthy, Newfoundland. Off port Eliza Sanders, Teignmouth ; Commodore, —. The Millman, for Alexandria, in beating out this morning, got aground on Little Burbo Bank, but came off on the flood without apparent damage, and will proceed.; CLYDE, JULY 14.—Arrd. Lady Mary, Scott, Trinidad ; Euphemia, Gowans, Barbadoes ; Gleaner, New Richmond. MILFORM, JWLY 14.—S1d. Richmond, Stanley, Quebec. STRANRAER, JULY 14.—The Maiden City steamer, from Liverpool to Londonderry, ran on shore en East Tarbert, Bay of Luce, this morning, during a dense fog, and it is feared will become a total wreck ; crew and passengers saved. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY. 9% 2t Ai p 3% IN 8% 5% 28 , MEAT MARKET. - SotrruaLL, JULY 15.—Prime Sheep and Lambs com manded a steady sale, at full prices. In all other kinds of stock vary little business was transacted. Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 2s 10d to 4s 4d ; Lamb, 5s to 5s 10d ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 4d per 811.)s, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, JULY 15.—We had a steady inquiry for most descriptions of stock, at our quotations. Beef, from 25 Gd to 33 10d ; Mutton, 3s to 4s 4d ; Lamb, 5s to Gs ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 6d ; and Pork, 4s to 4s 8d per Sibs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 29s ; quarter-old store Pigs, 16s to 188; and Milnh Cows, with their small Calves, 161 to 181 15s each. LEWES, JULY 14.—Beef, from 3s to 4s; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4.s 6d ; Lamb, 5s to 5s 10d ; Veal, 3s 8d to 48 4d ; and Pork, 4s to 4s 4d per Blbs. A moderate supply, and a steady trade. NEWGATE AND Lnaninvßazz. Prime Mutton and Lamb commanded a steady sa l e, at full prices. Otherwise, the demand was in a sluggish state. Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 2s 10d to 4s; Lamb, 5s to 6s; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; and Pork, 3$ 6d t o 4 s 6 d per 81bs. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended July 11, 1846, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in EN(land and Wales per Imperial Quarter. WIJE.C7:OATS. RYE. BEANS. BAI LEY . PEAK. PRICE 52; 3d I 2 7s 7d 24 3 3d I 333 lid I 57s lid I 353 3d DUTY... Ss Od 4s Od Is 6tl 43 Od 4r Od 49 Od WORCESTER, WEDNESDAY.--Sir Denis Le Merchant, who was returned on this day week, without opposition, for Worcester, in the place of the new Chief Justice Sir Thomas Wilde, has t o -d ay and yesterday been making personal calls upon the electors, in fulfilment of his promise made last week, and has met with a most gratifying reception. There was a threat held out by some of the disappointed monopolist party, that an attempt would be made to annul the election, be cause the proceedings commenced five minutes before the ap pointed hour. It is, however, nothing more than a threat. The proceedings were entirely legal. THE SOCIALIST SYSTElll.—Harmony Hall, near Stockbridge, in Hampshire, has followed the fate of all its predecessors of the " Communist," or " Owenite System." Last week a general congress of the members of the " Ra tional Society," from all parts of the country, was held at Rose-hill, in the vicinity, where the accumulated property was transferred to three trustees, for the benefit of the cre ditors, MARLBRO'..STREET.-(THIS DAY.) Charles Johnson, a young, flashy cab-driver, was charges with committing the following strange and unprovoked outrage on Mr. Nichols, of No. 1, William-street, Manchester square, a respectable tradesman : Between six and seven o'clock this morning Mr. Nichols, having dressed himself after bathing, was walking by the edge of the Serpentine River, when the defendant, in passing him with two other young men, ran with all his might against him, and pushed him into the water; they then set up a horse laugh and walked on. One of the park constables , however, came up at the instant, and took the prisoner into custody. Mr.Hartni,vlcK (to the complainant)—Did he push you right into the river? Complainant—Completely, over head and ears.—(A laugh.) He did not know whether it was out of my depth or not. The prisoner said he mistook the complainant for one of his companions , . Mr. HARDwici said he should teach him better in future; he should, therefore, fine him 505., or one month's imprison ment to hard labour. The prisoner, not having the required amount about him, was locked up. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE• LIVERPOOL JULY MEETING.—WEDNESDAY. The Croxteth Stakes of 15 sous. each, 10 ft and 80 added. One mile and a quarter. (5 subs.) Mr. J. Green's The Coujuror, 3 yrs, 6st 81b ...(Longstaff) 1 Mr. Meiklam's Inheritress, 6 yrs, Bst 111 b 5t04 on Conjuror, who won by two lengths. Run in two minutes 16 seconds. The Producco§taCes of 50 soya. each, h ft. Two miles. (3 subs.) Mr Green's Lady Harkaway, Bst .• ...... (Murphy) I Mr. Irwin's Danceaway, Bst 5t04 on Danceaway_won by two lengths. Run in four minutes 50 seconds. The Sefton Stakes of 30 sovs. each, h ft, for three years old fillies, Bst 71b each. One mile and a half. (9 subs.) Mr. Irwin's Danceaway walked over. The Bickerstaffe Stakes of 100 sovs. each, h ft, for colts dst 71b, and fillies Bst 41b. One mile. (8 subs.) Colonel Anson's lago allowed 31W—walked over. The Mersey Stakes of 25 sovs. each, and 50 added, the second to receive 501. T.Y.C. (18 subs.) 1 Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp, Bst 71b ........(d. Alarson.) 2 Lord Caledon's b c Simoom, out of Cassandra The following also ran : Mr. Merry's The Maid of Motherwell, Bst 41b ; Mr. Os borne's Tyrone, Ist 71b ; Mr. Whiles's Infringe, Bst 41b ; Watt's Chat, B s t 71b; Lord Stanley's Meeanee, Bst 41b; Mr: Mytten's Mile s ' s Boy, Bst 71b ; Lord Zetland's Ylelias, Bs' 71b • Lord G. Be n ti nc k' s P ro j ectile, Bst 71b. Betting-2i to 1 agst Van Tromp; 7 to agst 2 Projectile; 5 to 1 agst Maid of Motherwell ; and 8 to 1 agst Cassandra Colt. Won by a length ; Helias third, well up, and Pro- * jectile fourth. Run in 54 seconds. (Left racing.) Cup-betting-2 to 1 agst Mendicant; 7 to 1 agst Conju ror; 10 to 1 agst Lightning, (taken); 14 to 1 agst High wayman. No others mentioned. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) LIVERPOOL JULY MEETING. WEDNESDAY CONCLUDED. Match, T.Y.C., 200, h ft. • Lord Stanley's Abdiel, Bst 71b (Butler), beat Lord Glag' gow's f by Retriever, out of Canada, Bst 41b (Holmes)' 6t04 on Abdiel. Won by a length. Plate of 601., for three yrs old, 7st ; four yrs, Bst 51b ; five vrs, &c., Bst 121 b. Mares, &c., allowed 31bs. Heats, 00 mile and a half. Mr. Green's Lady Harka wa y, 3 y rs (W. Abd a l e ) 3 1 , 1 Mr. Smith's cby Jerry, out of the Maid, 3 yrs 1 4 Mr. Lancaster's Monsieur Perrot, 3 yrs 2 3 : Mr. R. J. M ostyn ' s Chartist, 3 yrs 4 2 a CUP BETTING.—WEDNESDAY EVENING. \ 7to 4 agst Mendicant (t) 12 to 1 agst Higwayman (t) 10 to 1 agst The Conjuror (t) 12 to 1 agst My Mary (t) 10 to 1 agst Lightning (t) 14 to 1 agst Satyr (t) 11 to 1 agst Yardley (t) 16 to 1 agst Plaudit (t) The following expected to start :—The Baron, Inheritres s' Lightning, Intrepid, Yardl e y, Highwayman,' Satyr, Mend'' cant, Conjuror, My Mary, Plaudit, Mongrel, Best 13owerF and Tragical. GOODWOOD STAKES. 8 to 1 agst The Hero I 10 to 1 agst Jonathan Wild 9 to 1 agst Camera Obscu ra I 33 to 1 agst Newcourt. DERBY, 1647. 14 to 1 agst Van Tromp (t). THE GUY'S OARS MATCH. The contest amongst the gentlemen of the Guy's Club, M a pair of Silver Cups, the g if t o f M r. P . W . T hompson, too k place on Tuesday evening, and was not concluded until. s late hour in the evening. The races had been arranged to three heats, and the rowing was very excellent. The dtv tance in the two first heats was from Putney to Hammer smith-bridge, but in the last it was reversed. First Heat.—Messrs. Cox and Edwards (red and white) , 1 ; Collins and Squires (red), 2. The second pair went away with the lead, but opPu. rs Messrs. Searle's establishment, n ear Fi nc h' s Grounds, 1%,.. overhauled by their opponents. A smar t race o f a s h o rt tance resulted in the winners going away and ultirnate'i winning easily. Second Heat.—Messrs. Forster and Brenchley (blue)' 1 1 Lloyd and Gwynn (yellow), 2 ; Manthorpe and Poland (b 10; and white), O. They made a pretty start, and rowed at, strong pace away together. Blue then gradu a ll y d rew sWaP and won by four lengths. Grand Heat.—Foster and Brenchley, 2 ; Cox and Edwards, 0. It was a very bustling start, LlOl The race was cuutested tchloes whoand Gwynn challenged htehme aboutlea d , warmly to the last. Won by a leng th and a half.CelryabfoTilroewe,eLadnlodbyywdetahnnetdl7GyiTnthnsl2ellij• P c E an D ie ES off Tß ye l A sporting match 13 0 of the City -road (Mr. Browning) backing himself to run ere s 4 t N erd iS ay K morning, a 8 0111 0 mile in • 7 minutes, his weight being 16 stone. The po n- t i t e ous pedestrian started from the foot of the bridge IL ' ate ' City-road, and acc o mpli s h e d a measured mile to 3W rg 59 "in 6 minutes 45 seco n d s , w ith comparatively trifling Ott ° p The betting, which, before s t ar ti ng , was a t l ong od d s ° I time, was taken cheerily by the friends and acquaintances, X; the worthy host; but, after th e fi rs t h a lf m il e, t h e " a were more then even" th e o th er way . At l eas t 150/. 0 1 '' have fallen into the pockets of the pursy performer. MODIFICATIONS IN THE PORTV GUESS 0 1 - ffi lE ce A o L f T co H m A mi N tt ll ee C of o p l r l iv M y E C lLC n l c A il LAW Office Whitehall, July 13, 1846. Sir,—l am directed by the Lords of the Committee ofPril Council for Trade, to transmit to y ou for the informat i o n the Committee for Managing the Affairs of Lloyd's, the S e t companying copy of a dispatch from her Majesty's Consul St. Michael's, containing information relative to certain 01° difications in the Portuguese health and commercial laws., I have the h onour to b e, Sir, your obedient servan " o• William Dobson E. , Secretary to Lloyd's. (Si g ne d) J. MACGREGO British Consulate, St. Michael's, May 13, 184 6 ' ra My Lord,—Havi ng seen a notice issued by the Committee at Lloyd's, whi c h states that ships calling in this district o - r supplies without a bill of health, are not allowed to commute nicate with the sh ore , I t hi nk it my duty to transmit to Y° t Lordship th e i nc l osed translated extracts from the pres ell „. Portuguese He a lth Law showing, that although shipmaste r . rP arriving in these dominions must, as a general rule, be fu nished with a bill of health, an exception is made in f 5 '7°",,, of those who put in in distress, and do not trade, and OA they are also exempted from payment of the custorasil duties. I have added extract s f rom t h e Portuguese Commercial , t Code, to show that the exempti on w ill embrace ships in vow, of supplies, even if it should be n ecessary f or a maste r t barter part of the cargo for such supplies. I may also state that, by the regulations of other publ departments, such ships are exempt from all port charges. I have, &c., &c. (Signed) THOMAS CAREW HUNT. The Earl of Aberdeen, &c., &c., &c. Extract from the Portuguese Health La w of N ove mber 26, 1845, and Commercial Law. HEALTH LAW. ART. 101.—No ship shall be ,admitted to 'pratique visited by the health officer, who must execute this serv e on the arrival of the ship. ART 102 .—Ships arriving direct from co un t r i es actually and usually healthy, shall be given pratique immediately atter the visit, if during the voyage no accident or comintU cation of suspicious nature has occurred. ART. 103.—Ships arriving from countries not usually o r actually healthy, shall be considered (according to the s tate of the country) b earers of clean, suspected, or foul hills 0 1 health. ART. 138.—Every shipmaster must present a bill of health , except in cases of arrival in distress. ART. 227.—Every ship, not a coaster, shall pay for th e health visit $4 reis 800 (17 5 .) i n the Azores, if of ono or two masts; or $7 reis 200 (255. 6d.) if of three masts.' Vessels arri ving i n di stress, i f they transact no business of trade, are exempt from payment of the duties es tablished by this article. COMMERCIAL CODE. Arr. 203.—The law generally understands as acts of trade all barter and purchase of commodities to be resold by whole sale or retail. ART. 504.—1 t does not consider trading, the purchaseand sale of things intend e d f or th e consumpt i on of the pur chaser. ART. 505.—Barter is a contract by whi c h the parties bind themselves to give respectively one thing for another. ART. 506.—Everything that can be sold may be bar tered. ART. 511.—The rule established with respeet to the con' tract by purchase and sale, and its effects, are of force in the contract by barter. ART. 1610.—Just causes of deviation are want of pro' visions or water—a n y acc id ent happening to the ship_irille prevents it from continuing its voyage. THE. NEWSVENDERS' DINNER.—This annual festivfil took place at Highbury Barn Tavern, yesterday, when $ large numb er o f that useful and active class—who so effec" . tively carry etc in their persons the utility of the press--ar tended, and th onsequence was a happy and joyous mee',", tug. The dinner was a good and substantial one, and well sustained the credit of Mr. Hinton, the proprietor of the establishment, as a cap it a l purveyor of the good things o f this life. Mr. Wild, of Catherine-street, St ran d, pres id e d ou the occasion, and gave great satisfaction to the company bi the manner in which he exercised the duties of his office' The cloth having been removed, the Chairman gave th e usual loyal toasts, which were warmly responded to, as wkaa also the toast of " The Press." The chairman also oomph, - mented Mr. Hinton for th e exce ll e nce of the dinner, and that gentleman's health was drunk with enthusiasm. The health of the stewards, Messrs. Alley, Ayres, Fielding, Spelling, and Wild, was also cordially responded to by the compa aftef which the wives and sweethearts" of the male portion o the company—many of whom were present at the dinner-- repaired to the ball-room, where they were quickly joined bY their relations and friends, and the evening was spent in $ most agreeable manner. In the early part of the day til ls " boys' were treated with a dinner, and during the day 01 amused themselves at various games in the spacious grount of the tavern. SHOCKING ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE AND CHILD" MUEDEZ.—EIiza Allen, a woman about thirty years of age , was charged at Marlborough -street Police-court with having just attempted t o destroy herself and her child, a little glr about five or six years of age. A gentleman residing 1 11 I itchborne-street said he was in Hyde-park about two o'clock that day,.when he saw the w oman a t th e b ar w ith 4 child strugglin g and screaming in her arms. The womb was endeavouring to throw the child into the water, but the little creature, in its terror, resisted the woman so effectual as to prevent her carrying her intentions into effect. The woman, finding she cou ld no t accomp li sh her purpose, fell down in a fit. Mr. Maltby asked the wretched woman, who was weeping bitterly, wh a t s h e h a d to say. She replied. " Distress made me do this ; I have nothing but trouble! before me." Mr. Maltby directed the police to take th e child to St. George's Workhouse, with a recommendation tr . : have it properly taken care of u n til next T uesday, when th mother is to be brought up for re-examination. /0 It appears from a recent ret urn th at t h © populat i o n the Roman Staten i$ now 2,732,439. pr of that tl nothi' mc 'es Mr: C yyro rite lition a: S tich sol ty (lege cmgue, erely a have f 41 (1 re "Ilbt he' 4 CO U) ART Zib rar? ted mo s t Scl trial 11,7st° ever er t , iitt " .l t : I was ti 1444 e Of • wher Ithc6otil fo t4 far r tv , il ° l f na l 1 • 1: g a 441 44 c ac b een as ti fr .gkti o , - ' led 44i Te e ( 4 1118 W th °u gh I e a 441 011 . 1 e n ' quill °4l Pul . s ti e lin L v eld to !3o xent for both 11, of railwa THE Tx