The Sun. — London, England, 1846-08-14 00:00:00

' COCWV cincuLAn. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince . of Wales and the Princess Royal, went irrthe rides and plan tations of Osborne House, on Wednesday afternoon. Her Majesty and her Royal • Consort took their accustomed early w a lk yesterday. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, and th- Prin cess Helena, took airings yesterday morning in the pleasure grounds of Osborne House. Lord Alfred Pa€et, Equerry in Waiting, has returned to Osborne House from attending their Majesties the King and • Queen of the Belgians to Woolwich. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign office. The Ministers present were Lord John Rus sell, the Lord Chancellor. the Marquis of Lansdowne, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancel lor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Auckland, Lord Campbell, Sir John Hobhouse, the Earl of Clarendon, the Marquis of Clanricarde, Viscount Morpeth, the Right Hon. T. B. Mac aulay, and the Right Hon. H. Labouchere. The Council sat an hour and a half. A deputation on the subject of the improvement of West • Minster had an interview with Viscount Morpeth yesterday, at the Office of Woods and Forests. The deputation con sisted of Dr. Buckland, Sir De Lacy Evans, M.P. ; Mr. Hindley, M.P. ; Colonel Short, Mr. Tigers, Mr. Wilson, Mr. C. A. Thurlow, and Mr. Donothorn. A deputation from the New Zealand Company, headed by Mr. Charles Buller, M.P., and consisting of Mr. George Frederick Young, Mr. Mangles, M.P.; Mr. Gowen, and Mr. Currie, Directors of the Company, and Mr. Harrington, the Secretary, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Ex chequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing street. The Earl of Besborough had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday. Mr. Enderby had an interview with the Earl of Clarendon yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. A deputation from Southwark had an interview with Vis count Morpeth yesterday, at the office of the Woods and Forests. The deputation consisted of the High Bailiff of Southwark, Mr. John Humphery, M.P.; the Rev. John Horton, Rector of St. George's parish • Messrs. Mathews and Lidbetter, Churchwardens; Messrs. Griffith, R. Moser, W. Mafrew, and E. Evans, Commissioners of the new street; Mr. Hiscocks, Surveyor to the Commissioners; Mr. Hearn, and Mr. John Day, Vestry Clerk of St. George's. - The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a Cora mittee-meeting yesterday, at the office in Whitehall-place. The re were present the Earl of Besborough, the Right Hon. 11. Goulburn, and the Right Hon. J. Nicnoll. The Commis sioners present at the general meeting on Wednesday were the Bishops of London, Durham, and Oxford ; the Right Hon. H. Goulburn, the Right Hon. J. Nicholl, and the Dean of Westminster. A deputation, headed by Mr. Hindley, had an interview with the Right Hon. Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home-office. A deputation on the subject of the Ulster Canal, including Sir James Stronge, Sir A. Chichester, Mr. James Pim, and Mr. Henry Porter, had an interview yesterday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office from the Governor-General of Canada, and also from the Governors of the North American provinces. ISLA.RGEMENT of BUCKINGHAM PALACE. An estimate of the sum proposed to be voted in the S e ar 1846 on account of works required for en lar g in g and imp r o ving Buckingham Palace, her Majes t y havin g b from for so me time past subjected to great incon venience forn insu ffi cient accommodation whic h it affords to her m.ajesty and her family. The cost of the several works required for enlarging IV improving Buckingham P alace (a g reeabl y to the vans submitted to the commissioners appointed for that Purpose, at a meeting held on the 6th of August, 1846), Includin g New East Front to the Palace, clearing out and re•arranging rooms in south wing, altera tions in the north wing, new kitchens and other offices, with ball-room over, decora• tions and painting, taking dowa the marble _ arch, alteration of drains, &c., is estimated at £15 0 , 000 On account of which it is proposed to vote in the present year Leaving to be provided in future year 5........ £130,000 Iler Majesty has been graciously pleased to signify her consent that the Marine Palace or Pavilion at Brighton, with the grounds and buildings attached to the same, should be offered for sale, and the produce applied towards the expenditure to be incurred for alte rations and improvements at Buckingham Palace, in d iminution of the sums to be voted in future years. - - - SPORTING I NTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S--YEzrzarkm The positions of the St. Leger horses were not affected to ITIY extent by the business transacted yesterday afternoon. The betting averaged 11 to 2 against each of the two fa. . t°l n'ites, laid to 100/. ; 9 and 10 to 1 , to about 1501 ., against Fancy Boy ; 20 to 1, in ponies, against Sting; and 30's to 1 tttl d 1,000 to 30, sever al times, against Mount Callan (the Venture Girl colt) and Poyton. Bourton and Druid were the onl y animals backed for the Ebor Handicap—both were '4 request. The betting was extremely flat. EBOR HANDICAP. 9 to 2 agst Mr. J. Day's Bourton—taken 15 to 2 agst Capt. Harcourt's The Druid—taken. ST. LEGER. 11 to 2 agst Mr. Gully's Pyrrhus the First—taken 11 to 2 agst Mr. W. Scott's Sir Tatton Sykes—taken 8 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's Grimston 10 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Fancy Boy—taken , 1 0 to 1 agst Col. Anson's lago • ; 10 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's Traverser 1 5 ,, to 1 agst General Shubrick's Brocardo ig to 1 agst Lord E. Russell's Sting—taken " to 1 agst Mr. W. Scott's Erittgobragh 33 to 1 agst Mr. Cranstvn's Cranebrook to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Poynton—taken 33 to 1 agst CoL Synge's MountCallan—t. and aft. off. DERBY. 5 0 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Red Hart—taken. LEWES RACES—WEDNESDAY. _—WEDNESDAT. The Members' Plate. Mr. Roberts' Lady Anne, 4 yrs, 7st 61b-... (Ealing) 5 1 Lord G. Bentinck's Plenitude, 4 yrs, 7st 91b 1 2 Mr. S. Smith's Jack , 6 yrs, Bst 10lb 3 3 dr Mr. Wilson's Jessie Hammond, 4 yrs, 7st 61b Mr. W e rninck's Patch work, a g ed, Bst 61b 4 5 dr The Queen's Plate of 100 Guineas. Sir G. Ileathcote's bc by Velocipede, 3 yrs, Bst 21b ... 1 1 Lord Stradbroke's Lynceus, 3 yrs, Bst 21b ... 3 2 Mr. Ramsbottom's Pine Apple,6 yrs, lOst 31 b ......... 2 3 LordG. Bentinck's My Mary, 4 yrs, 9st 61b ... 4 dr The Cup Stakes. Mr. Jackson's Syntaxina, aged, Bst 81b (T. Brown,jun.) 1 1 Lord G. Bentinck's Pug, 4 yrs, 7st 71b 2 2 Mr. Verrall's Clansman, 4 yrs, ist 7lb 3 dr Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each, and 30 added. Lord G. Bentinck's Jollity, 2 yrs, Est 71b ..... 2 1 1 Mr. Knowles' bc by Camel, 2 yrs, 6st 31b 1 4 4 Mr. J. Verrall's Little Mealy, 2 yrs, 6st 31b .. 4 2 2 Mr. Smith's Trebonius, 3 yrs, Bst 5 3 3 Mr. Matthews' Guzman, 3 yrs, Bst 31b 3 dr WOLVERHAMPTON RACES—THURSDAY. The Wrottesley Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 20 added. Three yrs old, 7st 41b ; four, Bst 71b ; fillies and geldings allowed 31bs •, winners extra. Once round. Mytton's Auricula, 3 yrs (G. Whitehonse) 1 Lord Wrottesley ns Princess Royal, 4 yrs 2 1 !. Smith' s M as t er D owns , 4 yrs, ... - bolted The New Stakes of 10 SOVS. each, with 30 added. Two yrs .1;4 Est 121 b; three, 9st 21b ; fillies and geldings allowed M' . °..!; winners extra. T.Y.C. Ao.ster's fby Jereed, dam by Priam, 2 yrs ...(Sharpe) 1 I s 'ntehley's Atalanta, 2 yrs T hB -'4Feer s Tweed, 2 yrs nalyoake Stakes of 20 soya. each, with 50 added. Ur. Twice round and a distance. ,ail's Fiddlestring, 3 yrs, sst 81b (Tucker) 1 ` - 'r• Ongley's Roderick, aged, ist 41b he following also started, but were not placed : - r. L or d Warwick's Gwalior, 4 yrs, Est 13 1 b 0 lir. Irwi n ' s C onnaug h t R anger , 4 yrs, 7st i•Legh's Maid of Lyme, 3 yrs, Est 0 " I .` , *! Johnston e 's Fair Helen, 3 yrs, sst 131 b 0 Betting -5 to 2 agst Fair Helen, 7 to 2 agst R oderick, ° I agst Connaught Ranger, 5 to 1 agst Gwalior, and a to 1 agst Fiddlestring. Gwalior made the running to the last turn, where he dropped off, and Fiddlestring took it up, and won a fine race ott the post by a head. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) SALISBURY RACES.—THuItSDAY. Produce Sweepstakes of 50/. each. h ft. One mile and a-half. Mr. Wreford's Wit's-end, Bst 61b The Wiltshire Stakes of 25 soya. each, 15 ft, and only 5 if declared ; the second saves his stake. Two miles. Mr. Herbert's Ajax, aged, 7st 111 b (Sly) 1 Sir J. B. Mills' Giantess, 4 yrs, 7st 2 'The City Members' Plate of 501., added to a sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each. One mile and a-half. Sir .1. B. Mills' Giantess, 4 yrs (Rolph) 1 Mr. S. Herbert's Ajax, aged Mr. William Sad ler's New Forest Deer, 5 yrs The Stand Plate of 50/., added to a sweepstakes of 10 soya. each, h ft; the second to save his stake, and the winner to be sold for 300/. Half a mile. Mr. Dixon's Fraudule nt, 3 y rs.. . , (J. Day) 1 21r. S. Herbert's fby El;s or Venison, out of Odessa, 2 yrs 2 Sir R. Pigot's Birthday , 3 y rs 3 Ladies' Plate of 30/., added to a sweepatakesof 5 sovs. each. Heats. T.Y.C. Mr. W. Sadler's New Forest Deer, 5 yrs .....(Boyce) 1 1 Sir R. Pigot's Birthday, 3 yrs Mr. King's Sparahot, 4 yrs. ............. The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas. Three miles. Sir J. B. Mill's Miss Elis, 4 yrs walked over WOLVERHAMPTON RACES—THURSDAY (CONCLUDED). 7:l'.`C Innkeepers Plate of 501., added to a sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each. Heats. Once round. tir.3l7ostyn's Black Strap, 4 yrs ...... (Whitehouse) 0 1 1 in Peyton's Magnet, 4 yrs 1 0 3 - eyt, let' Sailor, aged 0 2 2 COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Itoy, kL YACEIT SQUADRON REGATTA. T his regatta com menced on Monday last, a nd the follow ing A vess e l s g r an ed for the Cup, and came in in the following ord er I F r i s k ~,, „. R. Frankland, Esq. 47 tons. '2 M e di na .... s,:r B. R. Graham This excited very little 11,. te , rest ; the co . urse round the Isle of Night is only approved 0 by parties who can follow in Yachts. - • Oaschooners smiled round the F ight, for the Cu N ii . Thursday the sou p, following south-westerly gale :—having to contend against a strong 1 Flirt Y 2 Fair R o 132 tons ... I S i ir ar ß qu . R is . o G f r ß a t h an am dt , b B rd art. 0nd...120 ~ ... 3 Mande 1 1 2 1 5 9 4 GemEs q. In beating down the east end of the Wight the qMauudthe :: ...... T. W, Fleming, Esq. carried away her foremast, and proceeded for Portsmouth harbour. The Gem also became disablei. The Fair Rosa mond came in first, beating the Flirt by five minutes and five seconds in the day's sail. the fireworks took place on Thursday evening , Past nine. Although the day had been boisterous, the evening Proved fine. Theat half- The Yacht Squadron dirner took place yesterday; the Duke of Beaufort in the chair. Sats'irday is expected to be the grandest day of the season. The ya,lhts of the Thames and other squadrons will sail round tho buoys off Cowes. The t • e _ ~ ow la is crowded with company, and as the steamers 1 ) Nutthanapton leave so late as nine o'clock in the evening, tul dreits visit us who otherwise would not. tuor Yqal Yacht Squadron annual ball takes place to rw. Oa Monday the Queen's Cup of 100 guineas will be con tended for, 2d class schooners above 140 tons. b:' Lliled fo r bad Wednesday Prince Albert's Plate of 100 guineas will le cuttor yachto of the equadron. lext , ntion uJ - a tie ;ok th lt . I t e n tio% 3oard t Chit i ord th e the a r, der tea tll, ce the 'e I al. lir. j, THE SU'N', LON,DON, FRIDAY EYEN'ING, AUGUST 14, 1144 e.: 11ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THE SEASON 1846. On Friday next this immense establishment, for six months the scene of unceasing exertion and toil, will be deserted — the many hundreds of persons, English as well as foreign, mentally or mecifanically engaged, will disperse to all quar ters of the globe—more than one of the great artists being destined singly to draw crowded houses in other less privi leged capitals than ours. Lablache goes until the Sth of October to Naples. Grisi, Mario, and Corelli, after their tour in the provinces, to Paris. Casten/in goes to Italy. She is 'offered engagements in Russia, which she has refused, and another at Milan. She ppreviouslf goes to enact operas at Dublin and elsewhere, with Fornasari, Marras, &c. Sanchiuli is engaged at Palermo. Fornasari intends, after his provincial tour, to visit Vermin. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. The directors and proprietors held their usual half-yearly meeting yesterday, in the boardroom of the Bristol ter minus, Mr. Charles Russell, M.P., chairman of the board, in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said—lt has now been my duty for a great number of years to lay before you, in the month of February in each year, a statement of the progress we have made in Parliament with the affairs of this company, and in the month of August in•esch year to report the result of those proceedings; and upon the present occasion I trust that the report we have to lay before you will prove most satisfactory, notwithstanding that our progress through Parliament, in what I may now call the late session, was carried on under circumstances of great difficulty and disappointment; and you will bear in mind that it was the commencement of this session that the repdrt of the Gauge Commissioners was first laid upon the table of the House of Commons ; and lithe recom mendation contained in that report had been carried out and adopted by the Legislature, I need scarcely tell you that the result would have proved deeply injurious to the broad gauge generally, and particularly so to the interests of this com pany.— (Hear.) The Government and the Legislature how ever, have not seen fit to adopt that recommendation, for they did not think it would be wise, or just, or fair to interfere so de trimentally as that recommendation, if adopted, would unques tionably elo, with rights and property which had been called into existence and had grown up under the sanction of an Act of Parliament. .The adoption of that recommendation would not only have that effect upon the Great Western Company, but it would in fact operate as a discouragement to all enterprise and improvement in railways.—(Hear.) But we must admit that the question was one of great diffi culty and embarrassment, fir the Government, in dealing with it, had to compare and to reconcile a great many con flicting interests and adverse statements, and I believe their intentions were honest, and that they had no desire but to act fairly by all parties and by the public.—(Hear.) But I think that the resolutions of the Gauge Commissioners were premature, for, in recommending the Legislature and the Government to determine what should be the future gauge for all railways in this country, due regard should have been had to existing railways. Of course the intention was to diminish and do away with the inconvenience attendant upon two gauges, and though that inconvenience has been greatly exaggerated, still it must be admitted that great evils would result from a break of gauge.—(Hear hear.) But notwithstanding that, the Government and the Parlia ment did not deem it of sufficient moment 'to warrant them in adopting a course which involved a question of such moment to the future regulation of this important branch of science, and one of such deep interest not only to this com pany but to the country at large.—(Hear, hear.) At the commencement of our labours in this session we met with some obstacles and difficulties, but I am happy to be able to state that these have been more than counterbalanced by the success which has since crowned our efforts.—(Hear, hear.) And if you will but for a moment consider the position we were in at the commence ment of the session in February last, and compare it with the position in which we now stand, I do think you will find ample ground for satisfaction and congratulation.—(Hear, hear.) It may, however, be desirable that I should give you a short outline or summary of those proceedings, which I will endeavour to do ; and if you will accompany me while I do so down the Great Western line, you will find that the broad gauge has been deemed to be the most safe, easy, and rapid railway that can be constructed, and you will say you have had every reason to be pleased at the results of our labours. — (Hear, hear.) Suppose, then, we start from Paddington, the first opponent we had on our line was the line proposed to be made called the Direct Oxford line. That project under went a most clear and patient investigation by the committee, and the result was that it wasfound to be a project so full of engineering difficulties, and the gradients were so steep that the route by Didcot, though it was admitted to be somewhat more circuitous, yet it was in fact deemed to be shorter, and was preferred, and therefore the Committee rejected that project, and the district through which the line was to pass is now proposed to be accommodated by a short branch from our line.—(Hear.) Well, then, in the southern district, and proceeding westward, we had no fewer than four opponents, amongst whom were the Richmond and Staines, the London, Staines, and Windsor, and the Atmospheric, which was a line proposed to be run from Lon don to the west, and on to Newbury, and which was therefore a rival or competing line to the Great Western, and every one of those, I have the satisfaction to inform you, were rejected by the Committees of the House of Commons. —(Hear, hear.) Well, then, further on the line, we found a project brought forward for affording a railway communica tion between Oxford and Cheltenham. That was one of the first projects about which we felt anxious, and we felt a deep regret at its failure; but owing to the vast amount of railway business which came before Parliament this session, it was found impossible to go on with it, or to hope that it could be passed. The gentlemen of Cheltenham felt this, and they placed the utmost reliance on our good faith, and the result is, that another company will be formed for the prosecution of this project, to whom the delay will be advantageous, in asmuch as it will afford time for the consideration of a better plan, and the Cheltenham people will have a line suggested which will be more in accordance with their wishes.— Botelli is engaged at Lisbon. Corbari and Brambilla follow Castellan, and then go to Milan. Taglioni returns to her beautiful residence at Como after a tour in the provinces. Gratin is engaged at Rome till next season, and has, be sides, offers innumerable. Cerito and St Leon go to Pesth and Berlin, but previou3ly they will dance at the principal theatres in our great com mercial towns. L. Taglioni goes back to Naples, where she is engaged, but on her way will dance three times at the Academie de Musique in Paris. Perrot, the poet of the ballets, goes to Milan, to produce some of his successful works. Mdlles. Honore, Demelisse, and Cassan, to Brighton, and thence to Paris to study. Mdlles. Juliano and L'Amoureux remain in England, to pursue their studies under M. Gosselie, the professor of choregraphy in the school maintained throughout the year by her Majesty's Theatre. Miss James Is engaged at Madrid. The Rightly lists published, which are always incomplete, and which can in no other respect deceive the public, will prove by comparison that up to the present moment the at tendance at the Opera this year has been greater than in any previous season. This is the more remarkable, as the diffi culties to be surmounted have been this year great beyond precedent. The crisis of political affairs, so intense and pro longed, absorbed society, and the over-speculation of all classes in railroads impoverished the affluent, whilst her gracious Majesty's necessary retirement for two months naturally threw a gloom over all pursuits of pleasure, and kept numbers of the most exalted personages in the country. Illness, on the one hand, and on the other breach of faith, produced by thirst of lucre, deprived the establishment of the presence of certain talents expected, and it became suddenly necessary to substitute new attractions, not only as great, but, greater. To another adverse circumstance with which the management has had to combat, we attribute little importance—we allude to personal enmity and to that malice which follows, like shirks do men-ol•war, all great establishments the more prosperous they are, seek ing what they can devour. As the greatest light produces the most numerous, the most eccentric, and the darkest shadows, so does an institution like the Opera, when it shines with unwonted eclat, awaken the most intense and fantastic malignity. The public, however, soon perceive the cause; fbr fair criticism deals not in abuse and venom, and mendacious contrast and supposition is a well known form of compliment. The headlong inventions, incalculable in variety and number, such as the soi-disant rival companies, the stupid assertion so oft repeated, that an august personage had condescended to take part in a question of theatrical discipline; that one great artist engaged was dead and buried; that another still greater, if possible, was about to marry and retire; that other virtuosi had resolved not to come, &c. &c.—all these barefaced inventions for a moment might make one or two of the subscribers hesitate at the beginning of the season ; but, ultimately, the more virulent the attacks, the greater was the success. No artists, and no performances generally achieved such sur passing triumphs as those who were the objects of the most unsparing abuse. We have heard a story of the parents of a celebrated performer hiring persons to hiss, when they thought the applause was becoming lukewarm from ex haustion, which immediately awakened unbounded enthu siasm. We would submit to the attention of managers, after the example we have had before us, whether under similar circumstances they should not purchase an enemy to keep attention alive. . The Opera, as an assemblage of the most exalted art, and the rendezvous of the highest fashion, has always been a source of great interest to our readers. We have conse quently endeavoured this year to extend the information re garding its progress. In every department of theatrical art our columns bear witness to our wish to second honest effort. As regards her Majesty's Theatre, we have felt that, whether we looked to the past or to the present, to the im mense difficulties vanquished, or to the splendour achieved, our warmest encouragement was due to a management which has rolled back the adverse tide which for halt a cen tury overwhelmed this magnificent institution, and made it, in a commercial as well as in an artistic point of view, a disgrace to the country. Let us now pass in review the events of the season. The performances during the season 1846, up to Thursday, August 13, have been:— Subscription nights..., Benefits • ••• Extra nights —(Hear, hear.) I shall now, having disposed of these, take you to the west, where we bad not the good fortune to carry the Hungerford Extension and other lines by which to afford a more direct communication with Exeter and the west; but in reference to that I have only to say, if it was thrown out, there were several other projects which shared the same fate —( Hear)—and the question is still left an open question, which may be decided in the next session. —(Hear, hear.) I feel great confidence in our project for that district being deemed the most useful to the public, for the object is to make a shorter line, and I have no doubt it will be passed in the next session, when a Bill will be also introduced to amalgamate the lines. We will come before the Legislature next session with those advantages in our favour—(Hear.) Well, then, with regard to the Cornwall and West Cornwall lines they are certainly of great importance in regard to the relation which they bear to us. The West Cornwall line pro poses to pass through a district of country, the most popu lous and industrious that exists in that direction, and it will open up resources of traffic which have hitherto not only not been developed, but which, in fact, are not yet known.— (Hear, hear.) It will not only be a means of affording ac commodation to West and East Cornwall, but it will also be ofd rest benefit to the west of Cornwall, as the packet station , and will be the means of bringinggreat additio'nal traffic upon our line.—(Hear, hear.) It will be of importance to us, not only in relation to the immense accession of traffic which it will bring to us, but nt wilt also be made upon the broad gauge, which it is now admitted is the gauge which must pre vail throughout the whole of the west of England.—(Hear, hear.) And I cannot quit this part of the subject without expressing my regret that the Company which was formed for making a line for the north of Devon have failed before the Committee of the House of Commons, for that was a scheme which was calculated to afford ample accommodation to the whole of the north of Cornwall, and the Taw Vale was passed, the effect of which will be to throw impediments in the way of the formation, of more useful and comprehensive schemes. However, it is impossible that the line can be done without, for the north of Devon must have the accommo dation it requires; and I feel confident that the Great Western Company will get that line into their hands if you will only come forward and aid the undertaking with that zeal and determination to carry it out which have always marked your proceedings.—(Hear, hear.) I now turn from the western districts in order to congratulate you upon the success which has attended, on our efforts in the late most arduous contest we had with the Oxford Company.—(Hear, hear.) That contest was not sought for by us in any spirit of aggression upon our part; it was forced upon us by cir cumstances over which we had no control; however our Bill has passed the Legislature ; it has received the sanction of the Crown, and it will accomplish all the great and useful pur poses for which it was intended.—(Hear, hear.) Well, now, having disposed of those subjects which occupied our atten tion during the past session, I will next take up those mea sures which we propose to bring on in the next session, and I will divide them into three classes : the first of them will be the short branches, which we propose to make from our own main line ; the second will be those various lines of railway by which we propose to connect Exeter and the western dis tricts (and here I may mention that this is a subject which has undergone our most serious and deliberate consideration) ; and thethird class has reference to the main line from Oxford 45 9 - 10 Total The following are the opera performed, and the number of OPE' Times.] s, ballets, and divertissements times each has been enacted : RAS. Anna Bolena BeHenri° Barbiere Times. Matrimonio Segreto 4 Nino Norma Don Pasquale 4 Pirata 1 Puritani Semiramide , 2 Sonnambula (3 times only partly) La Prova L'Elisire d'Amore 1 Ernaui Don Giovanni Don Gregorio Gazza Ladra ..: .. 1 Lucia di Lammermoor (partly or wholly) 6 Lucrezia Borgia _ _ Lombardi Linda di Chamouni 4 BALLETS AND Di Alma... 5 L'Aurore Bacchante Catarina Le lire d'un Peiutre 4 Eoline Gitana Lalla Rookh l5 to Cheltenham, which is a line of great importance, inasmuch as it proposes to afford a through means of communication, by Oxford and the south of Wales, to London ; and I cannot mention the south of Wales without remarking upon the great importance which that line will be to the Great Western Company, in fact, it would be impossible to overrate the importance of it to our line, not only in regard to the traffic it will bring to us, but also as a means of communication with the whole of the south of Ire land ; and, therefore, it is of great importance that we should advance that project by every means in our power; and we have also the satisfaction of knowing that while we partici pate in the advantages which may follow the formation of that line, the company who propose to undertake the for mation, will also undertake all the risk and liability.— (Hear, hear.) We therefore propose to enter into a negoti ation with that company,.the details of which will be laid before you at a special meeting to be called for that purpose, before the terms shall be carried into effect.—(Hear, hear.) Having directed the attention of the meeting to the table of the income and expenditure of the company for the last half year as compared with that of 1845, and adverted to the fact of the company having reduced their fares, he went on to say that, notwithstanding the reduction of fares, there would still remain a balance of 189,9561. at the disposal of the share holders ; and he would beg of them, at the same time, to bear in mind the fact that those favourable results arose from a line which was yet unfinished and undeveloped, and was as yet reef - lying no tribute from the south of Wales. This company were now, for the first time, about to get lines of communication with the coast and the west of England, and also from Staffordshire and the north, and when these ad ditions were taken into consideration he felt assured that the proprietors would not say he had been over sanguine in saying that the property would pay eight per cent, and that in a very short time they might look still higher.—(Hear, hear.) Now, in order to meet the expenses to be incurred by the works on the new lines, it would be necessary to raise a sum of money, which the directors proposed to' do by means of an issue of new shares. By the Act of 1844 a line was proposed to Oxford and Cheltenham as an amalgamation line, the ca pital for which would amount to 8,160,0001., and the amount of shares issued for that line 6,975,0001., leaving about 1,800,0001. to be provided, and which it was proposed should be provided by t he issue of the 171 . shares. — (Hear, hear.) He now came t o the considerati on of the question of the liabilities of th e Great Western Company. H e did no t think it would be necesar y for him to dwell upon that sub ject ast at any lengt h ; but the rea son h e alluded to it at all because some statements had app eare d i n bl ac k and white in referenc e to these liabil ities , these " enormous lia bilities," as they bad been called. These statements, he un d ers tood, first app eared in a railway paper. Now it might b e c onsidered a matter of bad t aste in him, or might be d ee med a dereli ction o f dut y on hi s part w part; but be it what it might, he should certainly plead guilty to the charge of attention having •, Bnt his attention having been called to e statements set forth in that paper in reference to the liabilities of this Company, he would just say this : that at the commencement of lastsession the Great which would make a total of over having read that pail h r.—(Lau hter Western Company were to have made the Cheltenham and Oxford line, for which they were to raise 9,710,0001., and they were to borrow one-third of that sum, namely, a nd that was to constitute the whole of the liabilities of the Great Western Company.—( Laughter) —and in that sum was to have been included the branches he had already mentioned namely, the South Devon w hi c h was to cost 150,000/. Branch, about u : oo ,0 3 0 ,2 0 3 1. 7 , , 0001, ; the South Wales Branch, 560,000/. ; the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth, 500,000/. ; the Cornwall, 75,000/. ; the Gloucester and Forest of Dean, '25,000/. ; and the West London, 30,000/. ; making 0001. would be more than sufficient for all these e total o 1,340,6001, which would make about 14,000,0001. Herapath's paper, in which it was set altogether, though he had good reason for knowing that 12,000, t i lle is l i i r a . bility of the Great Western Company pur poses; and now, he would ask, what was to become of the the enormous sum of 43,000,0001, sterling?— (Laughter.)e had been informed that the had statementsfmrtohuthatted H secretary received a letter from a proprietor of the company, in which the writer stated that he had it " upon authority" that the ....and that he was therefore dete rre d f rom ma ki ng liabilities of the com p an y amounted to 70,000,000/. such reports.—(Laughter.) Now, (Laughter)-and inveltmento by it was impossible for the directors to deal with such shadows as those reports; but the best answer that could be given them was to lay before the proprietors the actual state of the accounts of the company, which accounts were pre pared by the executive officers of the company with a de gree of care and exactness which, when compared at the end of every month, did not vary to the amount of even one farthing; and he trusted that it would not be neces sary for him here to say anything in vindication of the directors of the company.—(Hear, bear.) The directors were not bound to take any step in vindication of themselves in respect to any such reports, beyond answering any questions which might be put to them, but be did think it necessary to say this much iii vindication of them from such malignant statements, and to clear themselves from such false and scan dalous aspersions as that the Great Western Company had incurred such monstrous liabilities.---(Hear, hear.) But he believed the best course to adopt would be, to use no harsher term than to say that they would treat such statements in future with silence.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. CHARLES SA UNDERS, the secretary, read the report, the substance of which was to the following effect : " The traffic of the Company has continued to increase very satisfactorily during the last half-year, as compared with the same period of last year; the comparative earnings having been 496,428/. 12s. ld., in 1846, against 433,2961. 16s. 2d., in 1845. The former sum embraces the receipt from about twenty-five miles of additional railway, .worked for nearly four months and a half longer in 18-16 than in 1845. The expenses on traffic have been heavier than usual, arising from the necessity of augmenting the establishments of the company, to carry on the increasing business of merchan dise, and especially for the more efficient inspection and re pair of the carriages, waggons, &c., having due regard to the public requirements and the importance of that service. The result of the half-year, as will appear from the appended statements, leaves, after providing for all interest on loans and rents, the net sum of 189,9564 Bs. 7d. disposable by the proprietors, from which a dividend on the total sum called, viz., on 4,670,6564 at the rate of four per cent. for the half-year, will abstract 186,8261. 4s. 9d., and leave 3,130/. 3s. 10d. to be carried forward in the usual manner. An Act has been now obtained for amalgamating the Oxford and Rugby, Berks and Hants, and Monmouthshire and Hereford Railways, with the Great Western Railway, as authorised by a previous general meeting of this company. The amount required for the con struction of those lines may hereafter be created as Great Western stock, in addition to that which was previously sanctioned as the capital of the company for the Great Western Railway, comprising the Cheltenham and Oxford Railways. As more than one-half of the whole capital has been paid up since the recent call on the quarter shares, a formal resolution will be submitted at this meeting to autho rise the directors to borrow on mortgage upon the security of all the amalgamated lines, the remaining sum to complete the amount of 3,236,6661., which may be raised by such mortgage debentures. The out-standing calls on shares already created still exceed the amount required to pay off those debentures and loan notes which were issued in antici pation of calls; but the directors think it expedient upon this occasion, in order to provide for the construction of the other lines sanctioned by Parliament, to issue new shares to make up the capital from 6,975,000/. to 8,160,000/., which latter sum was the aggregate authorised to be raised in Great Western shares before the recent Amalgamation Act passed. To carry this intention into effect, the proprietors will be entitled to receive a new share of 171. in proportion for every 1004 of existing shares held by them. The number of such new shares, in order to bring them within the Parliamentary sum, must be 69,700, instead of 69,750, to which may be added five extra shares of 204 each, to adjust the small fractional difference arising from the subdivision in their nominal value—which can be easily ar ranged in the final appointment of them. It is recommended that these shares shall be offered to proprietors who may be registered on the sth of September, and a deposit of 21. per share be made payable on the 7th of October. The dividend will be made payable on all calls on the 171. shares, pro rata with the calls made on any other shares of the company, and the future calls will be made as the money may be required for the construction of works. The share capital will then consist of 25,000 shares, 1061. each, 2,500,0001. ; 28,000 shares, 501. each, 1,400,000/. ; 93,000 shares, 251. each, 2,325,0001.; 37.505 shares, 20/. each, 750,100/. ; 69,700 shares, 171. each, 1,184,9001. Total, 8,160,0001. The broad gauge extension lines from Plymouth to Falmouth and Penzance, have been santioned by the Legislature, after a very protracted opposi tion, and the construction of them to the most westerly ports in the Channel, must bring considerable traffic to this line. The Birmingham and Oxford, and the Birmingham,Wolver hampton, and Dudley Companies have already determined, and given orders to proceed with their works with the ut most dispatch, in order to have this second independent line for a portion of the London traffic opened at the earliest mo ment. These important extensions, in addition to those sanctioned in 1845, cannot fail to insure, in due time, to the shareholders of this company, a valuable increase upon the present rate of dividend. In the next session, it is proposed to apply to Parliament for a short branch line to connect Windsor with Slough, besides renewing applications for such of the rails ays already approved by the proprietors, as may still seem to be required for public accommodation with benefit to this company. " C. RUSSELL, Chairman." YORK, AuGun 13. STOCK Excluteoz.—The sales are—Eastern Counties, York Exten sion, 24 —Grand Union (Nottingham and Lynn), 15s.—Ipswich and Bury, 9—London and York, 24 —Ditto, Half Shares, 11. 18s.—Man chester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 34—Newcastle and Ber wick, 28%—Newcastle and Darlington, New, 11%—North British, 39—Ditto, Half Shares, 14%—Ditto, Carlisle Extension, 3% —North Western, 11. Bs.—West Riding Union, s%—York and Carlisle, %. GLASGOW, ArcusT 12. STOCK Excusleom. —The sales are—Airdrie and Bathgate, 80s.— Caledonian, New, 275. 6d.—Caledonian Extension, 325. 6d.— Cale - donian and Dumbartonshire Extension, 22s.—Clydesdale Junction, 231.—Direct Northern, 335. 6d.—East Indian Railway, 16s.—Edin burgh and Northern, 9% —Glasgow General Terminus. 84—Glas gow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, New, 381.—Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 36s.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 29s.—Great Indian Peninsular, Gs. 9d.—Great North of India, 6s.—Manchester and Southampton. 32s.—North British, Extension to Carlisle, 70s.— Scottish Central, 18%—Ditto, New, 8% —Shrewsbury and Hereford shire, 7s. 6d.—South Midland, 36s.—Strathern Junction, 395. Wisliaw and Coltness, 47y,. THE SUGAR DUTIES. • HOUSE OF LORDS, AUG. 13. LIST OF THE MAJORITY ON THE SECOND READING. Lord Chancellor EARLS. BISUOP. DUKES. Clarendon Norfolk Kingston Bedford Wicklow MARQUISES. Grey Lansdowne Morley Clanricarde St. Germans Normanby Dude EARLS. Auckland ENGINEER'S REPORT. " Of the three lines of railway sanctioned by Act of Par liament last year, and undertaken by the Great Western Railway Company, namely the Berks and Hants, the Ox ford and Rugby, and the Monmouth and Hereford—the two first requiring no alteration and amendment, have been im mediately proceeded with; the works on each of these lines were let in one contract, and have been undertaken by con tractors of experience and responsibility, who have brought a very large and ample supply of plant upon the ground, and have shown both judgment and activity in the distri bution of that plant, and in the mode of setting out the work for execution. Difficulties have in many cases occurred in obtaining possession of land—difficulties which have been much aggravated by the provisions of the new Acts, which have so much complicated the proceedings necessary for obtaining possession when parties are desirous of throwing difficulties in the way, and creating vexations delays; but whenever possession has been obtained, the works have been immediately and actively proceeded with. Upon the Berks and Hants - Railway, extending from Reading to Hungerford, and from Reading to Basingstoke, a total length of forty miles, although some of the land was obtained so early as last December, which allowed of a commencement of the works, other portions, and some of the most important, have not been in our possession for two months. During this pe riod, and principally during the last six months, considerable progress has been made, about one-half of the total quantity , of earthwork, about 1,250,000 cubic yards, have been exca vated, and from the good arrangement of the work, and the quality and position of the principal cuttings, every facility is now afforded for the rapid execution of the remainder. The brickwork and building generally of the various bridges and works are also well advanced. About seven miles of the line are ballasted and ready to receive the permanent way. The timber for this is in course of preparation and carriage to the spot, and the rails have been already delivered on the ground. Two locomotive engines are employed on the works in carry ing on the earth-work when the lead is considerable, and every exertion is making to expedite the completion. Upon the Oxford and Rugby line, of the length of about fifty two miles, from many unavoidable circumstances, the works could not be commenced so early. The necessary preliminaries were completed, and the contract entered into last autumn ; but it was some time before sufficient land was obtained to allow of any real progress. The contractors have, however, taken possession, and entered ripen the works whenever they have been able; and I have no reason to complain of their want of activity or of their ex ertions. The works are now proceeding over nearly the whole extent for 35 miles, and at upwards of twenty seperate cut tings nearly 300,000 yards of earth-work have been exca vated, and a considerable amount of brick-work and masonry executed. Bricks are being made at such parts of the line as afford good materials, and the ballast is being prepared and set aside at all convenient points. The rails for this permanent way are in course of delivery, and the timber and other stores are being prepared at Bristol. Upon the Mon mouth and Hereford Railway the same progress has not been made; at either extremity a considerable portion of the railway depended upon a Bill for amendment, and also for the junction or extension into Gloucester, applied for this session; this last has now passed, and arrangements have been made which determine the course of the line near Hereford. In the mean time the works have been set out and all the necessary preparations made for proceeding, so that nearly the whole of the line may now be let by contract. The works upon the two other principal railways, in which the Great Western Railway Company are most directly interested as lessees of the line, namely, the Oxford, :Worcester and Wolverhamp ton, and the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railways, are proceeding with satisfaction. Durham Suffolk Scarborough VISCOTINT. Radnor Hawardeu Fortescue LORDS. Camoya Beaumont Calthorpe Carrington Lilford Dinorben Strafford Campbell ALLEGED ERROR IN THE CORN BILL. The Lord Mayor having observed what had been sa id'b y Mr. Villiers, in Parliament, respecting an error in the Corn Bill, which was likely to occassion injury to persons whom it was not at all intended to injure, sent to the Corn-market for information on the subject. One of the principal persons connected with the trade immediately waited upon his Lord ship, and stated, after some conversation on the subject, that, as Wednesday was market day, the interested parties would then confer, and decide upon the kind of statement which it might be most advisable to , lay before his Lordship. Yesterday a deputation from the Corn Exchange waited, by appointment, upon his Lordship, and handed to him a paper of which the following is a copy : " To the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor of the City of London, " We, the undersigned, of the Corn Exchange of this City, tender to your Lordship our best thanks for the trouble your Lordship has taken to ascertain the opinion of the trade upon the manner in which the duties are levied on foreign rye, peas and, beans, under the Corn Act (9 and .10 Vic. cap. 22.) "We humbly submit to your Lordship that the measure' aforesaid is an error, and will work so inconsistently as to prove a grievance to us and a hindrance to trade. "The 4th section of the new Act enacts that the averages of all British corn shall be taken in the same manner as under the old Act, which manner was, that the rye averages regulated the rye duties, the pea averages regulated the pea duties, and the bean averages regulated the bean duties; but in the schedule to the new Act, it is ordered that the duty on rye, peas, and beans, shall be, for every quarter, a duty equal in amount to the duty payable on a quarter of barley, thus totally neglecting the average prices of rye, peas, and beans, respectively in contradiction to the said 4th section. "Now we humbly submit that the intention of the Act was that the same scale should apply to rye, peas, and beans, ai to barley, but not that the duty on these articles should be levied by the average of barley; and to prove the latter we submit that further down in the Schedule it is ordered that the duty on barley-meal shall be regulated by that on barley ; but the duty on rye-meal by that on peas ; and the duty on peas-meal by that on beans, thus clearly showing, we submit, that different rates of duty were contemplated agreeable to their respective averages. This opinion was signed by the following corn-factors of the highest respectability Alexander Ball L. Alexander and Co. Coventry and Shepperd Giles, Son, and Co. Frederick Kerchwall }faster and Hutchison Thomas Ruston and Son .1. and E. Ward liobt. Wright W. and J. Woodley Bolling and Watson Gillies and Home King. DSelvil, and Co. W. W. Landell Kingsford and Lay lonides and Co, Benjamin Bovill T. C. Eliding and Sons Ashlin and Sons John James and Sons Robt. and John Hewitson R. and J.Wilson Dan. and Jno. Birkett and Co. Wm. Fothergill _ _ Beglin and Young Robt. Farrand John Hayes - T. an4,.1:. C. Woolner Robinson and Goulding J. K. Brown and Co. S. H. Lucas John Neill and Co. Bardgett H. Skipper Thos. Osborne and Son T. Nixon and Co. Richard Harris and Sons D. Anderson William Hill D. Smart and Co. Henry Dunkin C. J. Heath C. Douglas and Son C. Francis and Sons H. Chittendon Wm. Maidlaw J. G. Foster T. Bax Smith, Finer and Smith Charles Lester and Co. Goulding and Ledger B. Rathbone Wm. Wells H. and E. Muggridge Philip Browne B. Smith and Son S. Plimpton S. Judkins and Co. Vogar and Son John Edwards Ambridge and Andrews G. D. Mitchell and Co. Hopkinson and Co. T. Palmer W. Itathbone G. and A. Anderson West, Green and Sedgw•ick T. Gill lioffey and Bowyer Wm. Muggridge M. and T. Love Win. Sholt H. and E. Downs John Gill T. Wright John Cowell James King G. W. Andrews A. B. Callandar James Boyd, jun. Randell and Co. The deputation said that the Act, as construed by the Board of Customs, would work in a manner directly contrary to the intentions of the Legislature in framing the sliding scale, for at the time of the year when the average price of beans and peas were at the lowest, and the country had the least need of foreign supplies, the rate of duty would be at its lowest; and at the time of year when the average prices were at the highest, the rate of duty would also be at its highest, and for this reason :—From the month of May to the month of October, there was no fine barley required for malt ing ; consequently the farmers would have threshed out all or nearly all of their fine barley during the malting season, and during the months above alluded to, nothing but inferior descriptions of barley appeared for sale, which reduced the averages, and raised the duty ; and during those very months it would be invariably found that the price of bears was much higher than during the winter months; consequently there would be a low duty on beans in the winter months, when the averages of barley were high, and a high rate of duty in the summer months, when the averages of barley were low. There would, therefore, be a low duty on beans when there was the meat abundant supply, and a high duty when there was the shortest supply ; for, during the winter months, which were the season for malting, fine barley came freely to market, and, being sold for high prices, raised the averages, and during the same months the farmer sent beans and peas freely to Market ; consequently there would not only be our own grown produce but a foreign su pply a t t h e same time, to the injury of the agriculturist. The Deputation exhibited to his Lordship the corn returns of the day, published by Mr. Joyce, from which it appeared that the following were the averages of barley, beans, and peas : " I. K. BRUNEL." NUMBER OF SHARES ENTITLED TO A DIVIDEND TO 30TH alma, 1846. Capital Amount, 25,000 shares 1001. each, 851. paid......... £2,125,000 28,000 half-shares 501. each, 501. paid... 1,400,000 93,000 quartershares 251. each, Si. paid... 465,000 Fifth Shares, viz. :- 2,118 4/. paid, and both calls deferred 4,432 124 paid, and one call deferred 30,950 20/. paid 8,472 53,184 619,000 Capital called £4,670,856 Four per cent. dividend is £186,826 4 9 GRBEB,AL ABSTRACT OF EXPENDITURE - HALF-YEARLY Barley. Beans. Peas. s. d. s. d. s. d. Six weeks' average ... 27 4 ...... 38 9 35 10 Duty 4 0 The LORD MAYOR said the inconsistency of the regula tions, with respect to rye, beans, and peas, appeared to him to be undeniable, as these articles, instead of being reduced 33 per cent. on the duty, suffered an additional duty of 100 per cent. Such a thing never could have been contemplated by those who had brought in the Bill. The Deputation said the Customs read the Act in such a manner, as to compel the payment of the increased duty. At Liverpool the duties were paid under protest. They were con vinced that the passers of the Act would, upon an interview with any of the trade, be convinced of their error. Tht construction put upon the Act by the Customs was in direct opposition to its spirit. The Loaf) MAYOR said he would undertake to make in quiry, i❑ influential quarters, upon the subject, and enter tained no doubt that some means would be adopted, although the session was almost at its close, to remedy the evil. The gentlemen of the deputation thanked his Lordship for the prompt and candid manner in which he had inquired into the nature of their complaint, which they repeated they were convinced originated in a mistake. Yesterday, at the Roman Catholic Chapel, Cadogan terrace, was solemnised the marriage of Henry, eldest son of henry Petre, Esq., of Dunkenhalgh, Lancashire, to Miss Power, daughter of the late E. Power, Esq., of Gurteen,lre land, and step-daughter of the Right Hon. R. Lalor Sheil, Master of the Mint. The ceremony was performed by the Right Rev. Dr. Griffiths, Roman Catholic bishop of the London district. We learn from the Madrid journals that ineendiarism is very frequent in Spain. Amongst the recent fires were several in the environs of Jerez de los Caballeros, where pro perty to a very large amount has been destroyed. THE PENNY-A-MILE SYSTE3l.—Amongst the new projects of the day is one for an omnibus company to compete with the penny boats, &c., on the river. It is proposed to raise 10,000 shares of 2/. each; the deposits to be 2id. per share ; 100 omnibuses to be put on the roads. The company has been duly registered, and amongst the startling statistics of the road it is stated that the net profit on one omnibus is, if half full, 1751. 38. 6d ; two-thirds full, 3571, 3s, 6d.; full, 7211. sp, 6t1., per cent. per Annum. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS 1 T - lit ' --------- E r- AMER CAN TARIFF'. MANCHESTER, AUGUST 13. The American news contained in our columns yesterday is STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ambergate, Nottingham. &a., of considerable importance. The battle of protection has 1 dis.-Direct Northern, N dis.-Eastern Counties, York Eaten- been lost simultaneously in the eastern and the western sion, 1 13-16 p.-East Lancashire, 8 p.-Fleetwood, Preston, and While . the last w a il over a departed corn-law Westltiding, 34 dis.-Glasgow and Dumfries, % dis.-Great Grimsby hemispheres. and Sheffield, 2 dis.-Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and was resounding in our House of Peers, the accordant elegy Canal, 1 7-16 p.-Ditto, Extension, % .. .c. dis.-Kendal and Winder- over a defeated tariff was chanted in the American Senate. mere. 5/ dis.-Lancashire and North Yorkshire, N dis.-Leeds and Whilst here Lord Stanley was making a decorous show of Thirsk, 4% dia.-Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, ex int., 4 p.- resistance in a hopeless cause, bets were laid with difficulty Leicester, Birmingham, and Trent Valley Junction, % dis.-Liver- in New York as to the division in the Senate. There the pool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 3% p.-Liverpool, Manchester, and Southport, cause of protection was more obstinately defended, and more h dis.-London and York, % dis.-Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 1-16 p.-Manchester and Birmingham, Quarter Shares hopefully wagered on. There no illustrious General brought (A), 1014 c. p.-Ditto, ditto (C), 9% p.-Manchester and Leeds, the influence of a time-honoured name And highly-valued Fifths, b% p.-Ditto, Sixteenth, 83f -Manchester and Southampton, services, to cow the expression of private fooling or thwart % dis -North British, Carlisle Branch, 2% p.-North Staffordshire, 3 13-16 p.-North Western, 11.95. p.-Nottingham and Mansfield, the advocacy of particular interests. Therefore the senators spoke and voted according to their consciences or their li P.-Oldham, Birkenhead, &c., 1 dis.-Sheffield and Manchester, in - Quarters, No. I, 4 p.-Ditto, No. 3, 5-16 p.-Shrewsbury and Bir- terests. And so equally balanced were the chazioit of free mingham, % p.-Shropshire Union, 15s. Gd. dig. -South-Eastern and trade and protection, that even after the votes ou 'distinct Dover, Halves, No. 4, % p.-South Midland, 11-16 p.-West Lan- divisions were known, the final result could not be- .safely cashire Coast, 16s. dis.-West Riding Union, 3 1-16 p. p ro ph es i e d. A ma j o rity of 28 to 27 eventually decided st LEEDS, AVGLTST 13. measure of consummate importance to all engaged in COI3I - Exciustoz.-1 he sales are-Eastern Counties,-York Ex tension, 13f p. -East Lancashire, 8% c. p.-Huddersfield arid Man- mercial transactions with America, which means to ev.try cheater, 1% p.-Leeds and Bradford, 42% c. p.-Leeds and Dews- nation of Europe. Henceforth the principle of duties OF bury, 414 p.-Ditto, Extensions, ss. dis.-Leeds and Thirsk, 3% c. protection must be considered as abandoned in the United dis. - Manchester and Leeds, Extensions, 2/. 16s. Gd. p.-Newcastle States. The duties which remain, insuWent to compass and Berwick, 12% c. r.-Newcastle and Darlington Junction Ex- t h e o bj ects o f pro t ec ti on , are qu i te itigh enough to insure a tensions, 10/. Bs. Gd. p.- Norfolk, No. 1, 204-North British, Carlisle West revenue to the State, ranging as they do from 20 to 40 per Branch, 51s. Gd. s. p.-York and North Midland, East and Riding, 12/. Is. 6d. p.- Ambcrgate, Nottingham, and Boston, 17s. 6d. cent. on their value. The alteration in the American twin dis.-Buckinghamshire, ss. dis.-Direct Northern, 14s. 6d. die.- cannot but be regarded as a great triumph gained by the Grand Union, 12s. dis.-Leeds, York, and Midland, 335. 6d. die.- principles of free trade. A new country presents fewer ma- Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 10s. dis.-Lancashire, Yorkshire, terials for civil dissensions than an old one. Classes are less and North-Eastern, 28s. dis.- Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland. 16s. Gd. dis.--Leicester and Birmingham, 18s. Gd. dis.-Leicester and distinctly marked ; caste has fewer external symbols, what- Bedford, 1 Is. 6d. dis.-London and York, 9s. dis.-Malton and Drif- ever may be its esoteric signs, in a republic like the States. field Junction, 9s. p.-Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, But, besides this, every new State inherits the commercial 20s. 6d. p.-North Staffordshire, 31. 12s. p.-North Western, 7s. p.- doctrines of the older kingdoms of Europe. They all have South Midland, 15s. p.-South and Midland Junction, 17s. 6d. dis. irherited some portion or another of the "commercial -West =Mg Union, Si. 35.-Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, 38s. dis. system" which Spain first employed and after wards im- HULL, Aucusx 13. ' parted to England and France. This hereditary prejudice is STOCK Excitant - E.-The sales are-North British, Half Shares, 14'4-Ditto, Carlisle, 775. 6d.-Ambergate, Nottingham, and Bos- confirmed by a spontaneous impulse. A false knowledge is ton, 355.-Buckinghamshire, 2s. dis.-Guildford, Fareham, &c., 5% pressed into the service of a natural ambition. Each new -Leicester and Bedford, 10s. fid.-Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Pres- State desires to produce everything independently of all ton, 3% p.-Malton and Driffield Junction, 12s. p.-North Western, other nations. It wishes to anticipate the fruits of many ss. Gd. p.-North Staffordshire, 3% p.-Welsh Midland, 18s.-West generations. It in the first place induces many to transfer Riding Union, 514 -Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, 12s. 6d. NEWCASTLE-UPON -TY l's E, AnotisT 13. their industry and their capital from natural and obvious SToCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Caledonian, New, 13y dis...- sources of wealth, and then it forces the others to remunerate Eastern Counties, New, 7% p.-Leicester and Tamworth, 11s. dis. an unnatural employment by an unnatural sacrifice. It im -Lancaster and Carlisle, 34 dia.-London and York, 6s. dis. -Man- poses a tax upon every consumer in the State on purpose to chester, Buxton, and Matlock, 20s. p.-North Staffordshire, 31. Bs. 9d. repay the cost of an artificial production. With the hope of p.-Newcastle and Berwick, 12% .p.-Yorkshire and Glasgow encouraging industry, it fosters monopoly; and professing to Union, 41s. dis. extend commerce, it strikes it with a fatal blow. An error of this kind must, sooner or later, be found out. The benefit of a few will not conceal or palliate the loss and the injury of the many. There has long been in the United States a party anxious to realise the doctrines of free trade. Their efforts have been resisted by the indifference of one class and the selfishness of another. But when the first commercial people in the world flung away the tethers of an obsolete prejudice, and courted the competition of rival in dustry, then the friends of free trade in every quarter of the globe gained confidence and hope. A new movement began; its first fruit is the modification of the American tariff. The principle which most peculiarly marks the new Act is a good one. Whilst it reduces the duties on articles of necessity, it in some instances raises, and in others leaves untouched, those on luxuries. It thus gives to the poor man the oppor tunity of exchanging his labour on the best terms to him self; while it compels the rich man to purchase on terms most profitable to the State. It destroys a mis-called pro tection ; it continues a productive impost. -Times. COMMISSION or LllNACY.—Yesterday a commission de lunatic() inquirendo was opened at the White Hart Inn, W itham, Essex, before F. Barlow, Esq., Commissioner jlt Lunacy, and twenty-one special jurors, to inquire into the state of mind of Elizabeth Perry, aged 55, a maiden lady daughter of the late celebrated Thomas Perry, Esq., of Stret hall, Essex, and niece of T. Wilford, Esq., of Elmsden, Essex, from both of which she has derived large landed estates in the county, as well as considerable personal property. The com mission, which was unopposed, was taken out by the next of kin, and in its support appeared Mr. Aspinall, of the Chancery bar; and Mr. Burdett, of Saffron Walden, as solicitor. It appeared that the unfortunate lady first manifested this de fection of her mind in Dec., 1843, by wandering from home and talking very incoherently, and frequently obscene, to persons she met, and to whom she was unknown. She WAS subsequently removed to Mr. Timpkins's, the prbprietor of a Lunatic Asylum at Witham, where she had sittcaremained, and throughout had laboured under the delmlicmg that inr sons were continually talking to her and of her, tho ug h no one was present. Miss Perry was introduced at the corn mencement of the inquiry, and paid considerable attention to - the evidence. Her answers to the Learned Commissioner's questions fully bore out the evidence, and the jury returned a verdict, dating the unsoundness of mind from the 20th of January, 1844. THE LATE STORM.—At a meeting of the inhabitant householders of the liberty of Saffron-hill, held last night, to take into consideration the loss of property by the poor of that neighbourhood, in the late storm, it was resolved to raise a subscription to compensate their losses. The good work was immediately set about, and a committee appointed to collect subscriptions. Mr. Buckle, jun., stated at the meeting that his list already amounted to 1001., which will go one-third of the way to replace the 3001. which the poor of that neighbourhood are said to have lost. THE ROYAL ASYLII3I OF THE ,ST. ANN'S SOCIETY. =Yesterday, at eleven o'clock, a half yearly general court was held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, to receive the report from the committee, and to elect, by ballot, five girls and seven boys from a list of thirty-one girls and sixty seven boys. Mr. Bright in the chair. The secretary read the report, which stated that the society was now incorpo rated, and in it the especial thanks of the committee were expressed to the Duke of Cambridge, who presided at the late festival; and to his Highness the Pacha of Egypt, for his liberal donation of 50/. The report was received and adopted, and the election took place. SIB CHARLES WETHERELL.—The accounts received last night of the condition of Sir Charles Wetherell, by Sir B. Brodie, who returned to town, are favourable. He ha s recovered his senses, and, though still in a dangerous state, is expected to recover. _ . • THE BENEFIT OF AN EXAMPLE.—A few days ago, Justice Erie, at Bodmin, thus addressed an unhappy girl, who, under frightful circumstances, had been indicted for inf a nti.•• _ . cide, but - was acquitted of the charge, and found guilty of the concealment only. The judge said—" Not to add reproach to you, but to hold you up as an example to others, I feel bound to pass upon you a severe sentence." And the sentence was two years' imprisonment. Now, in the name ofjustice, if.the girl, for the crime committed by herself, did not deserve so severe a visitation, why, we ask, should she suffer as an' example" to others ? To miler for, a crime committed is justice, but to suffer only that others may be deterred from evil, is to be a martyr, and not a culprit,— Punch. THE QUEEN DOWAGER. - Yesterday her Majesty the Queen Dowager completed her fifty-fourth year, having been born on the 13th of August, 1792. Her Majestyiii tradesmen illuminated as usual. MILITARY FLOGGING. -- A numerous meeting of the inhabitants of Hammersmith Was held last night, at which a petition to the Houses of Parliament against flog ging in the army and navy was unanimously agree d to. The petitioners also called attention to the present mode of en listment, and prayed the House that some means should be taken to secure a fair compact between the soldier and the Government. RICHMOND RAILWAY AND THE INHABITANTS op MOIITLAYE.—At a meeting of the inhabitants of Mortlake, held in the vestry-room yesterday, Lord Fitzroy in the chair, it was resolved to take counsel's opinion as to the obstruction of the carriage-way caused by the Richmond Railway, and to act on that. A COLLEGIAN REGULARLY CLEANED OUT.—Yester• day's Government Police Gazette contains the particulas of the robbery from the person of the Rev. Edward Brumell, of St. John's College, Cambridge, of a silver watch with a black ribbon, and a small gold ring attached ; a brass key fitting the watch, a mourning ring, with the words, " In memory of" on the outside, and inside, " Richard Brown," with the date of his death; a solid fine gold filed out key seal, with blood stone, beautifully engraved with a head of Socrates: a green silk purse with steel rings and tassels, containing four half-crowns and two shillings, a steel ring, to which were attached seven or more small keys, two latch keys rivetted together, from which the handle 'ring had been taken off; a card case containing four or five cards with the name and address of the Rev. loser; a volume, " Laneton. Parsonage," and a pair of black kid gloves. It is not known by whom the robbery was committed. THE HOUNSLOW FLOGGING CASE.—MEETING AT THE NATIONAL HALL —Last night a public meeting for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the recent affair at Hounslow, was held in the National Hall, High Holborn. Mr. J. Watson in the chair. He was averse, he said, to flogging of all kinds, and in fact to soldiers of all kinds, and lie hoped to see the day when no soldiers would be needed. in any part of the globe. Mr. Moore moved a resolutioza expressing abhorrence and indignation at the late flogOr k and calling for energetic exertions to put down the punish ment. Mr. henry Charles Wright, an American, and a zealous member of the American Anti-Slavery and sa i d spoke strongly against the practice of Ilogging, of name au k his own country, that he would repu d ia t e . the United States o S st tat f :: o s u h r o a r i a slave auction, where 'a humaft creature is, tx, wave over Y, and the jury. posed for sale. M r. g American so long as w t r h i received. Mr. Parry proposed a resolution, applauding th e e h fi t' a s g address of th e The resolution was seconded by Mr. . 7 S eesom, and carried conduct of the Rev. Mr. Trimmer, T. Wakle with vehement cheers. The third resolution, proposed by Mr. Holyoak, and seconded by Mr. Brook, was to the effect, that the military powers possessed by the aristocracy of this, country, for the purpose of maintaining their own unjust: privileges and monopolies, are highly injurious to society at large. The resolution was carried with great applause, and the meeting, which throughout had been very orderkis, broke up. ROBBERIES IN THE METROPOLIS.—The ft:Moran robberies have been reported to the metropolitan poll e A since Monday last :—From the residence of the Earl of C:farendon, Grosvenor crescent, Belgrave-square, a gold engine -turned double-cased watch, initials LG., the preperty of the Countess of Clarendon, by a man who stated that he was sent to repair the injuries in the skylight, caused by the late storm. From the Ship public-house, I Valcot-place, an oil painting of her Majesty, '24 by 14, which was cu t out of the frame hanging on the wall. From the shop of Messrs. Mun ster, Snow-hill, pawnbrokers, six engine -turned gold watches, " Binns," maker. From the Ship public-house, Chandosft street, Covent-garden, a quantity of plate. From the house of Mr. Gwilt, architect, Union -street, between 500 and 600 Roman coins, and a silver snuff-box, presented to Mr. Gwilt, in admiration of his able restoration of the beautiful specimen of early English architect:a - re, the Ladye Chapel, St. Saviour's, Southwark. Frain the house of Mr. Muddeman, Davies.. street, Berkeley -square, a valuable gold watch. From the residence of Mr. St. Leon, Rathbone-place, several dresses. From the shop of Mr. Wyatt, Ebury-street, several gold watches, the whole of Geneva manufacture. From the pro mises of Mr. Weston, Hyde-park-gate, a quantity of wear ing apparel. From the house of Mr. Mason, Adelaide-place, various articles of silver plate. From the house of Mr. Long, Old Gravel-lane, wearing apparel. From the house of Mrs. Melton, New Peter-street, four 101. and four 51. Bank of England notes. From the shop of Mr. Larand, watch maker, New Bridge-street, Vauxhall, ten silver watches. From the Park Chapel, Chelsea, the entire fittings of the communion table. From the Antelope, public-house, Ship.. street, Shoreditch, a cash-box, containing 34/. in gold and silver. From the shop of Mr. Rubens, hosier, Oxford-street, several dozens of silk handkerchiefs. Besides numerous other robberies of a minor description. FRIGHTFUL AND FATAL ACCIDENT TO AN 'AGED FEMALE.—On Tuesday afternoon, between one and two o'clock, an accident of a most frightful character, and which has been attended with fatal consequences, occurred to an elderly female, named Rebecca Foster, living in the neighbourhood of Smithfield, under the following distressing circumstances :—lt appears that the unfortunate creature, who was in her seventieth year, was, at the time in ques tion, proceeding along Goswell-street, and in the act of crossing over to the opposite pavement, when a carrier's cart came up at a smart pace, and before the old woman had tt; to escape she was knocked down, the wheels passing o tanco her. The driver stopped immediately, and as up and re having come forward, the- deceased was picked tic/ where she Bartholomew How ► moved directly to St. Bar ours after her admistuoll. expired in dreadful agony a few hx end 6,0001 in the ha. m It has been determined to .P , S ich Express. pm - eat 9f pie river Colut.— 47 - PRESENTATION of NEW COLOURS BY PRINCE ALBERT TO THE 13TU LIGHT INFANTRY. PoRTSMOUTH ' THURSDAY. - Royal Highness the Prince Consort having signified his consent to honour his " own " regiment by presenting it with new colours, this day was appointed for the celebration of the ceremony, and Southsea-common was the'site chosen for the brilliant dis play, the " pomp and circumstance " attendant upon which attracted an immense multitude of all ranks, especially the higher, anxious to witness so interesting and national a spectacle. The 13th was first embodied on the 20th- of June, 1665, under the command of Thomas Earl of Huntingdon. They left England for Flanders in 1742, and returned in 1745. In 1747 they again embarked for Flanders, and served in the wars of the Low Countries under Marlborough, returning in 1762. They were also engaged in the siege of Limerick. In 1768 they were sent to Ireland, thence to Minorca, in 1769, returning to England in 1776, in which year they were pre sent at Culloden, under the command of his Royal Highness William Duke of Cumberland, K.G., where, as a mark of dis tinction for their gallant conduct, the sashes of the officers and sergeants were ordered to be tied on the right side. In 1781 they were sent to the Leeward Islands, returning in 1782. In 1790 they embarked for the West Indies, and were engaged in the defence of the island of St. Domingo, and returned to England in 1796. In 1798 they served in Ireland (hiring the rebellion. In 1800 they em barked for Egypt, where they served under Abercrombie against the French, and obtained the honour of bearing the sphinx on their colours and appointments. In 1802 they proceeded from Alexandria to Malta, thence to Gibraltar (1803), and returned home in 1806. In 1808 they embarked for Bermuda, and afterwards joined the expedition against Martinique in the same year, for which they were permitted by the Prince Regent to bear on their colours and appoint ments the word "Martinique," in consideration of their dis • tinguished gallantry and services at the attack and reduction of that place. In 1813 they left Martinique for Halifax, and whilst there a detachment was sent to hold a post called. La Cole Mill, where it most nobly performed its duty in re pulsing the enemy, 6,000 strong, on which occasion the de tachment had thirteen men killed, and one captain, one subaltern, two sergeants, and forty-six men wounded, and gained the thanks of General Provost, K.G., commanding the forces, for their gallantry. In July, 1815, they returned to England, and in the following month were sent to Jersey. In June, 1819, the regiment returned home, and in the Sep tember following embarked for Scotland, and thence, in November of the following year, for Ireland. In 1842 they were ordered from Dublin to Liverpool, and thence to Edinburgh, to do duty during the visit of George IV. to that city. After the departure of his Majesty they embarked at Leith, for Chatham, prior to sailing for the East Indies. The regiment was denominated " Light Infantry," on Christmas-day, 1822, by order of George IV. In May, 1823, they arrived at Calcutta, and in April follow ing embarked tor Rangoon, in the Burmese empire, under the immediate command of Sir Robert Sale, the senior Lieu tenant-Colonel being placed on the staff, and continued to be under the leadership of that distinguished officer in nearly all the principal engagements which took place in that country, and repeatedly received the thanks of the Governor-General of India in council and the general officer commanding, and were permitted to bear on their colours and appointments the word "Ave," as a reward for their distinguished services in that empire. They re turned to Calcutta in April, 1836. In .November, 1838, the regiment moved from Knrnaul to Ferozepore, and formed part of the army of the Indus, under the late Lieu tenant-General Lord Keane, G.C.8., and on the breaking up of that army were ordered to remain in Affghanistau, which they did until 1842, when they returned to the Com pany's provinces, where they were received with the most marked honours by the Governor-General of India, in consequence of their distinguished services ; and as a further reward for their continual gallant conduct her Ma jest was pleased to order the facings of the regiment to be changed from yellow to blue, and to be styled "Prince Albert's Regiment of Light Infantry," and, further, to bear on their colours and appointments the words " Afghanistan," " Ghuznee," a mural crown superscribed " Jellalabad and Cabul, 1842." They returned to England in 1845. The late hero Sir Robert Sale, was full Colonel of the 13th when he was killed. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, wearing a field officer's uniform, came over from Osborne in the royal yacht, ac companied by Colonel Wylde, and a small retinue, all in uniform, and landed at the King's stairs, in the Dockyard, at about a quarter to four o'clock. The Commander-in-Chief, Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., the Lieutenant-Governor, Major-General the Hon. Sir Hercules Pakenham, K.C.8., and a brilliant staff of officers of both services, received his Royal Highness on landing, who immediately entered General Pakenham's carriage, and was driven to the field, escorted by General Pakenham and staff on horseback, receiving the shouts of welcome from the immense concourse of spectators who lined the road as he passed. Soon after three o'clock the regiment took up its position on Southsea -common, in line, at open order, with the old colours in the centre. On the arrival of the Prince, he was received with the customary honours. The regiment then formed three sides of a hollow square, the company told off as a guard for the new colours, remaining in the centre of the open face. The Prince having alighted from the carriage, mounted his charger (which, together with five other beautiful animals, came down from the royal mews to the George Hotel last night), rode along the line, inside and out, in specting the troops as they covered the ground, after which the Prince dismounted and entered' the hollow square, accompanied by General Pakenham, Sir Charles Ogle, and staff, and' stood uncovered while the Rev. G. R. Gleig, Chaplain-General to the Forces, consecrated the colours, which, after this ceremony, were handed to the Prince by Lieutenant-Colonel C. T. Van Straubenzee and Major Mere dith. The Prince then handed them to the two senior En signs (J. D. Longden and Melville Browne), who received them kneeling, and continued in that position whilst his Royal Highness addreigeft them in a brief but most spirited and soldierly manlier, enjoining them to preserve their colours, never to allow them to be captured, but to emulate the conduct exhibited by the departed hero, Sir Robert Sale, whose absence was the only alloy to the gratification he felt in performing the august ceremony of the day. His Royal Highness, in the course of his addrev, passed some high and well-deserved encomiums on Colonel Squire and the 13th regiment, to which that gallant' veteran replied :—" I beg most respectfully to return my most sincere though humble thanks for the distinguished honour your Royal Highness has just conferred upon this corps in the presentation of new colours, and for the highly flattering manner in which your Royal Highness has been pleased to „mention my name, in connexion with its services in India, and also for the gratifying encomiums which you have passed on our late honoured and respected commanders, Sir Robert Sale and Colonel Dennie. Your Royal Highness may be assured that your gracious condescension will ever be esteemed by all ranks in the regiment as the greatest stimulant to the loyal and faithful discharge of their duty under whatever circumstances of trial they may hereafter be placed, in supporting the honour and interest of our beloved Queen and country. God save the Queen !" His Royal Highness appeared much gratified with the senti ments of the gallant Colonel, and having bowed,. retired with General Pakenham and Sir Charles Ogle, and remounted his charger. The sides of the square, which were wheeled up then wheeled back, and the regimen formed a line. The new colours were now "trooped," followed by the guard in charge, the band playing "The Grenadiers,,' slow march. On arriving at the left of the line, the colours were carried, and the officers marched up in front of the line, one rank of the guard marching between the ranks of the line, and the other rank in rear of the rear rank. On arriving at the place where the old colours were stationed, the new colours took up their place, whilst the old ones were paraded up the remaining portion of the line, the "trooping" still proceeding, and were then delivered over to the escort on the right of the line ; their military existence, as standards of the regiment, then ceasing. The ceremony having terrninateel, the Prince re-entered the carriage of General Pakenham, and, accompanied by Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., and escorted by General Pakenham and staff, returned to the dockyard, whence he embarked for Osborne-house, under salutes from the ships in harbour, the'Platforin Battery, and the Contest, Columbine, and Sardinian corvette at Spithead. A magnificent entertainment will be given in honour of the event this evening, by the officers of the 13th, at the King's-rooms, Southsea-beach. The Ford Abbey estate, which was sold by Mr. George Robins a few weeks since to the Rev. Laurence Gwynne, of Teignmonth for 52,000 guineas, is, we perceive, again in the market. The advertisement explains why, and the auctioneer will try his eloquence with the Catholic body, and tell them it is, beyond all doubt, the finest monastery throughout England, and, with its splendid demesne, was estimated the other day at 70,000 guineas, so that the possi bility is, that, at the approaching sale (which must be a pe remptory one), it will sell higher than to Mr. Gwynne. WINDOW GLAss.—Several arrivals of window glass are now taking place from Belgium, doubtless with the view of partly meeting the required supplies in consequence of the late storm. ANOTHER STOPPAGE.—FIeet-street is stopped again, making somewhere about the twentieth time this year. Considering the street is oftener stopped than used, we think the thoroughfare had better be blocked up altogether, and then person . . in a hurry would know at once they had better run round by Holborn, when they wanted to go from the. Strand to Ludgate-hill. We advise the Lord Mayor, there fore, to put up the following notice :—" Considering Fleet•• street i 8 a constant source of annoyance, and has been found to be terribly in the way of persons having to transact business in the City, it will be closed to all public traffic on and after August the 10th, and will be laid out fur the future exclusively as a cab-walk and practising-ground for advertising-vans. Sealed tenders from advertisers and cab proprietors, stating highest terms for the lease of the entire street for one year. to be sent into Guildhall. By order of the LORD MAYOR."---PUnCh. THE MAYOR OF LIVERPOOL AND THE HONOUR OF I KNIGHTHOOD —On Wednesday , the Mayor of Liverpool re ceived a communication from Lord J. Russell, stating that he had her Majesty's commands to offer to his acceptance the dignity of knighthood, and requesting to know if it would be agreeable to him to have it conferred upon him. The Mayor went up to London, where he had business, the same evening, and having waited upon the Premier, and expressed his sense of her Majesty's kindness of making him the offer of such an honour—at the same time his worship intimated to Lord John that if it could be done without impeaching his own loyalty and that of the town, or offending her Ma jesty, it wouldbe more agreeable to himself to remain in his private station. Her Majesty has since signified to .the Mayor, through Lord John, her pleasure, under the circum stances, to waive pressing the offer. . THE. NELSON LETTERS AND DISPATCHES. The seventh and concluding volume of the above national work, is published this day by Mr. Colburn, and may be had of all booksellers. The following are also now ready Peters burgh and Moscow, a Visit to the Court of the Czar, by Richard Southwell Bourke, Esq., 2 vols.-3. VoL IX. of Agnes Strickland's Lives of the Queens of England, compris ing Mary of Modena, Consort of James 11.-4. Hochelaga, or England in the New World, Edited by Eliot Warburton, Esq., author of "The Crescent and the Cross," 2 vols. small Bvo.-5, Horace Walpole's Memoirs of the Reign of George the Second, Edited by the late Lord Holland, now printed for the first time in the Bvo. form, in 3 vols., with portraits, 365. bound. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—TILE PREVALENT DISEASES OF TUE SEASON CUBED BY HOLLOWAY'S Piu.s.—Persons finding them selves the least out of order sliould take ten of these pills imme diately, no matter the hour, as they directly act on the liver, s tomach, and bowels, and in se searching and effectual a manner, that bowel complaints are soon stopped, at the same time correcting any disorder of the liver or stomach. Thus it is that officers or others from or in the \Vest ladles derive such immense benefit from this lino medicine, which invigoral es impaired constitutions, in awing f e elings of youthfulne ss and ener gy. The same cured the Earl of Attila:rough of a liver and stomach complaint. !These me dicines are sold by all druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Este ' blislonent, 244, Strand, Loudon. TEE WARWICRSISIRE MURDER.—On tho 6th inst. shot by iam ave, of t e saute p ace. we gave the particulars of t l li v e l d r eath c of Hannah Tredwe l ll, of Hornton, who was have returned a verdict of, " Wilful jury ha The coroner's and he has been committeft to Oxford a murder" against Gay . e ? . golta trial LVERTISSEMENTS. Ondine Jugement de Paris and' Pus des D6esses....., 8 Vivandiere 2 Sylphide 2 Un Bal sous Louis Quatorze 3 This gives us a sum total of twenty-one operas and thir teen ballets or divertissements—stubborn facts, proving the immense variety of the repertoire. But when we remember that latterly three, four, and often five and six performances of different kinds have formed the night's bill of fare, the dive' sity appears marvellous. And it must not be forgotten, that all these works must be prepared and produced within five months—fur the presence of the artists in London it has been hitherto impossible to obtain earlier than a few days previously to the opening. The season began this year with unprecedented splendour—with a new opera and a new ballet, in a theatre now presenting such an aspect that many distinguished foreigners have visited it even when no per formances were proceeding, merely to behold the copies of the greatest masters of modern times and of antiquity faith fully transferred with the durable and vivid truthfulness of the encaustic—an art which sovereigns and nations are now seeking to revive in all its pristine splendour, and of whose progress in England her Majesty's Theatre has thus singu larly become the first example, and will probably remain the noblest specimen in the country. The Opera last night presented a most exciting scene. Scarcely were the doors opened, ere every seat was tenanted —the rush was tremendous, and hundreds of disappointed enthusiasts might be observed with gloomy faces, receiving back the money they had paid. The fame of Don Giovanni would seem to be perennial—the melodies came upon the ears and heart as fresh, as lovely, and as full of meaning, as when the composer first penned them—the wondrous harmonies instinct with poetry, passion, and knowledge, yield the same fervour, and will continue thus so long as they receive equally worthy interpreters ; for, like Shak spere, Mozart sought his inspirations in nature. Last night was one of the most crowded nights of the season ; the concourse was so great that money was refused at the doors. Amongst the company present we noticed — his Royal Highness Prince George, the Duke of Wellington, the Duke and Duchess of Bedford and Lady Frances Russell, the Duchess of Leinster and Lady Jane Fitzgerald (who oc cupied her Majesty the Queen Adelaide's box), the Marchio ness of Sligo and the Ladies Browne, the Marquis of Tich field, the. Marquis of Donegal, the Baroness Brunnow and Mdlle. Olga de Lechner, his Excellency the General Count Bjornstjerna (Sardinian Minister), the Count and Countess de Jarnac, his Excellency the Turkish Minister, his Excel lency Sarni Pacha, Le Conseiller d'Etat de Kasmer, the Earl Bruce, the Earl Bective, M. de Berg, Lord Monteagle, Lady Dungannon, Lady Lawley, Lady Charles Somerset, the Ladies Ponsonby, Sir Edward and Lady Sugden, M. C. Kou driaffsky, the Count de Courcy, the Hon. F. Cadogan, the Hon. Spencer Cowper, Sir George Napier, Prince Troubet skoy, the Hon. William Wellesley, M. de Rabaud, Mr. T. S. Duncombe, 11. P., Hon. James Macdonald, &c. PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—The treasurer has announced his benefit for to-morrow evening, and has certainly put forth a most attractive bill of fare. A host of talent rallies round him. When such artistes as Madame Vestris, Madame Albertazzi, Mrs. Stirling, Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Wel lack, Mr. Leffler, and the entire strength of the company lend their aid, it is an entertainment that every playgoer must be delighted with. We recommend all lovers of the drama to avail themselves of a chance which seldom occurs. So much talent on one evening cannot often be got together. The Committee for assisting those nurserymen and florists who have suffered so fearfully from the late storm have determined to hold a flower show and fete, at the Surrey Zoological Gardens, on the 24th and 25th inst. We rejoice at their decision and wish them every success. We make no doubt that those nurserymen and florists who have been exempt from this calamity will be but too happy to respond to the call, and do their utmost to render the show attractive. Mrs. Lawrence, of Ealing Park, has most kindly promised to assist the undertaking, and we are sure that the amateurs generally will willingly step forward to render aid to a class of men suffering under a visitation they could neither avoid or control. THE SANATORY CONDITION OF THE METROPOLIS.— Yesterday a meeting of clergymen, gentlemen, and citizens generally, was held at the London Tavern, to adopt mea sures in connexion with the National Philanthropic Institu tion, for more effectually watching over and promoting the sanatory condition of the metropolis. The Rev. J. Williams, M.A., Vicar of St. James, Shadwell, presided. Dr. Lynch expressed himself strongly on the necessity of taking mea sures to secure the co-operation of the merchants and bankers of London in the object they had in view. He rejoiced to say that Lord John IW-sell had pledged himself to carry out a great sanatory scheme, and the Corporation had expressed willingness to assist in the work. On the motion of Mr. Leddel, seconded by Mr. Sparke, a resolution was adopted affirming the opinion of the meeting, that the public mind should be instructed on the causes which continued to injure the health of large towns, with a view to their removal by legislative enactment. Other resolutions were adopted, call ing upon the clergy and the medical profession to endeavour to prevail upon the local authorities of their respective dis tricts to have the streets, courts, and alleys daily swept, and also appealing to medical men to report weekly to the general committee on the state of their parishes. A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the proceedings. METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS.—AII the persons occupying houses on the east aide of Upper St. Martin's lane have received notice from the Commissioners for Me tropolitan Improvements to vacate their dwellings on or before the 29th of September next, the whole of them being required for the new street, as well as a great many in Long acre. This street will be 105 feet in width when completed, and will form a direct line, in conjunction with the opening to King -street, Covent-garden, and contemplated improve ments in SL Aunts's parish, from the Strand to Oxford-street and Tottenham -court-road. GRAVESEND AND ROCHESTER RAILWAY.—The fol lowing are the traffic returns for the week ending August 8, 1516 :---rioneugera, 12,214 i Amount toothed, 294/. 14 Id. STATEMENTS. I)ec. 31, 15445. June 30, 1846. Total. Expenses before the Act • • •. £89,436 • • • • £89,436 Land and Compensation •• • . 759,383 £5,394 764.777 Contract for Works •• • • 3,859,921 43,694 3,893,616 Permanent way, timber, rails, and all other materials • • • • • • 1,119,657 1,094 1,120,75 Locomotive engin es," . carriages, &c., deducting 95,0001. received for depreciation Engine-house, machinery, tools, &c. Engineering, surveyors, &c. Advertisements, printing, &c. Travelling expenses Laud valuers, purchasing land .. Law charges, conveyancing, and costs of title • • • .. Stamps for debentures Parliamentary expenses • • • . Maps, plans, &c. .• Office expenses, salaries, direction, postages, &c. 42, 1 379 Experiments of Mr. Wood and Mr. llawkshaw .. • • • • • . • • Reconstruction of portion of perma meat w ay bet waen London and Maidenhead 543,668 48,714 592,382 29,663 2,831 32,494 155,203 .. .. 155,203 3,865 .. .. 3,865 4,427 .. - 4,427 20,003 178 20,182 82,473 14,935 27,043 1,677 • • • • 82,473 14,935 •• • • 8 27,052 1,677 3,201 .. .. 42,679 75,651 12,912 88,563 £6,822,592 £114,127X6,937,719 The CHAIRMAN then, in answer to several questions, stated that the Worcester and l'ortdynllaen line had become ex tinct in consequence of the present position of the gauge question; that the Great Western Company were to admit the Kennett and Avon Company as shareholders; that the Oxford and Birmingham lice would undoubtedly be made upon the broad gauge, but that it had been rejected in the House this session upon special grounds, and would be intro duced next session. Mr. Goocx, in answer to some questions, said that in the recent experiment as to speed upon the line, one engine drew 110 tors the whole way to Bristol, while the other went only as far as Didcot. The CHAIRMAN expressed a hope that the large engines would eventually be applied to the ordinary trains in order to afford an acceleration of speed to them a.—(llear.) After some few other observations, ➢lessrs. Crossthwaite and M'Almont were appointed auditors, the report was adopted, resolutions founded upon it agreed to, and the cus tomary- vote of thanks was prssed to the chairman and directors. A GREAT . GUN.—The lar g e s t pi e ce o f ordnance cast, it is said, has Just been turned out at Alger's foundry, South Boston. It is heavier by 5,000 lb. than the "Peacemaker." The weight of the gun, when finished, will be 25,000 lb.; length, 10 feet; diameter, at the base ring, 39 inches; length of chamber, 13 inches; diameter of chamber, 9 inches; length of bore, 9 feet 1 inch; diameter of bore, 12 inches. Will carry 2301 b. round shot, and 180 lb. shell. Range of shot or shell 3 i miles, being a quart?r of a mile greater than the recorded performance of the largest and latest invented m ortar in England , and half a mil e beyond the reach of any gun in the Castle of San Juan de Ulloa.—Lewington True American. ), 0 fro e ° fa of 'OO otil j fof. h t e h :u i r o o did I'''t cup " t° sjeet* i r to g°