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To be had at all the Libraries, N E W NOVELS BY POPULAR AUTHORS. JUST PUBLISHED BY MR. COLBURN, T H E LEONTINE. By Mrs. NIABERLY. 3 vols, MAR TON. Fly the Author lI I .` alathiel." 3 vols. ADVENTURES of CAPTAIN O'SULLIVAN. By W. R. MAX WELL, msg ., Author of " Stories of Waterloo," t te . g vo l s. IV. EMILIA WYNDHAM. By the Author of " Two Old Mena' Tales," " Mount Sorel," &c. 3 vols. CONFESSIONS OF A PRETTY WOMAN. By Miss PARDOE Authoress of " The City of the Sultan," &c. 3 vols. THE ROBERTMS ON THEIR TR XVELS. Br Mrs. TROL , LOPE. 3 vols. VIE. THE CITIZEN OF PRAGUE. Edited by MIRY HOWITT. Second Edition. 3 vols. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 1:3, Great Marlborough-street. 8, New Burlington -street. MRS. GORE'S NEW NOVEL. THE DEBUTANTE, or, T • HE LONDON SEASON. IS NOW READY AT ALL THE LIBRARIES THROUGHOUT THE KINGDOM, R&ILWAY SHARKS BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. ',AMON D, SMALE, AND LAMOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and 10 annoanct that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, gr.c., tike place every 'Nast:oar and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, Loudon, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully requested to be addressed, All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, at leas! )ne day previously to th e i r b e i ng o ff ere d ; and advises of re sult will be forwarded by the first post After the sale, an I t he p roceeds iinmediately disposed of according to instructions. Offices, Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Signer FORNASARI his the honour to acquaint the Nobility Patrons to the Opera, his Friends, and the Public, that hi s B E , REFIT will take place on THURSDAY NEXT, JUNE 25, When will be performed N N Verdi'sr c 0, elebrated, Opera, entitled, Signor Corelli; Orotasphe, Si gnor sinus, Signor Forn asart ; Idaspe, Botelli ; Tenet's, Corbari ; Mdlle. Sanchioli. To be followed by a DiVERTI6sLMENT, itl which Madlle. Lucile Grahn will appear. After which (for this occasion duly), Gnecco's Opera Buffs, LA PROVA D'UN OPERA SERIA. Gorilla, Madame Grisi ; Campanone, Signor Lablache ; Fedrico, signor Corelli 4; Oriletto, :signor F. Lablache. To conclude with the highly successful new Grand Oriental Ballet, by 'AL Perrot ; the Music composed and partly selected from Felicien David's Ode Syniphonique of " The Desert," by Sig. Pugui, entitled, • LULA ROOKH ; or, THE ROSE OF LAHORE. ' The principal parts sustained by Mdlle. Cerito, Mdlle. L. Tagliont, 31 'St. 1 4 0 P, and 31. Perrot. Principal Dances : Tableau.—Pas Symbolique, by Mdlle. Cerito, supported by Mdlles. Demelisse, Cassan, James, and Honore, and the corps de ballet. Tableau.—Le Cbfbonck, Paa' Still, by Mdlle. Cerito. Last Tableau.—Feast of Hoses, Pas de Corbeils, by Mdlles. L'Amoreux and Julien, and the corps de:ballet ; Pas de Neuf, by Mdlles. Cerito, L. Taglioni, and M. St. Leon, supported by Mdlles.Deinelisse, Cassan, James, L'Amoreux, Julien, and Honore. A;vlications for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at tho box office, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Seven, the Opera to com mence at half-past Seven o'clock. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TO-MORROW EVENING, SATURDAY, JUNE 20, Will be performe I Donizetti's favourite Opera, entitled, LUCIA DI LA M3IERNIOOR, Lucia, Mdlle. Castellon ; Edgardo, Signor Mario; Enrico, Signor Fornasari Bidebent, Signor F. Lablache. To conclude with the new Grand Oriental Ballet, entitled LALLA ROOKH; or, THE ROSE OF LAHORE. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. The Last Performance but Two of lldlle. Carlotta Grisi. THIS EVENING Will be performed (for the fifty-first time), the Grand Opera, entitled THE CRUSADERS. r tie principal characters will be sustained by Messrs. W. Harrison, Eorrani, Horneastle, S. Jones, Weiss, 13tretton, D. W. King, Miss Romer, and Miss Rainforth. To conclude with the celebrated Ballet, called TIIE DEVIL TO PAY. In which will appear Mallles. Carlotta/ Grisi, Adele, Louise, Les Sceurs St. Lenin, Madame Giubilei ; Messrs. Adrien, Silvain, W. 11. Payne, Wieland, &c. THEATRE ROYAL. HAYMARKKT. THIS EVENING Will be performed Auber's celebrated Opera. entitled THE BLACK DOMINO; ar, A Night's Adventure. Juanita, Madame Anna Thilion ; Paquita, Miss P. Horton ; Gil Podrida, Mr. J. Bland. After which, the Comedy of MY WIFE'S MOTHER. Uncle Foozie, Mr. W. Farren ; Mr. Budd, Mr. Holt : Mrs. Quicktidget, Mrs. Glover; Mrs. Budd, Miss Julia Bennett. To conclude with the Comic Drama, entitled THE IRISH POST. In which Messrs. Bland, Tilbury, Hudson, and Mrs. Caulfield, Sm.. will appear. THEATRE. ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. THIS EVENING The performance. will commence with the Drama, entitle.l„k FRIEND INDEED. After which, a New and Original Comic Drama, la Two Acts, founded on a recent well-known event, called THE DUST MAN'S BELLE. Principal characters by Messrs. Keeley, Diddear, Meadows, F. Vining, Kinloch ; Miss Villars, and Mrs. Keeley. To be followed by HONOURS AND TRICKS. In which Mr. and Mrs. Keeley will appear. To conclude with a new Farce, called SISTER ANT) L Characters by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, A. Wigan, Emery, Turner, Kinloch, and Bellingham ; Miss E. Daly, Mrs. Wigan, Miss Arden, and Miss Forster. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI THIS EVENING Will he performed a new Drama, entitled THE MEMOIRS OF -.N UMBRELLA; or, The Silent Observer. In which Messrs. Lambert, Howe, Boyce, 0. Smith, Wright, R. Ryan, P. Bedford, Selby; Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Yarnold, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. F. Mathews, &c., will perform. After which a New Romantic Drama, In Six Tableaux, called THE QUEEN OF TILE ABRUZZI. The principal characters sus tained by Madame Celeste, Miss Chaplin ; Messrs. Paul Bedford, 0. Smith, Cullenford, Ryan, Boyce, &c. To conclude with the interesting Drama of TILE (4.81 N BOY. Monsieur Vincent, Mr. 0. Smith ; Largarcette, Mr. Paul Bedford ; 'Julien, Madame Celeste ; Madlle. leroche„ Miss Woolgar. ['III F.M'S THEATRE. OXFORD-STREET. Last Night of Mr. MACREADT'S Performance in Loudon this Seascn. THIS' EVENINO I Will be performed a new Historical Play, ia five Acts, entitled THE KING OF THE COMMONS. James V. of Scotland, Mr. Macready; Sir Adam Weir, Mr. Ryder ; George Weir, Mr. Cooper ; Malcolm Young. Mr. Murray; Laird Small, Mr. Compton ; Mango Small, Mr. Oxberry ; Lord Kilmattrs, Mr. Roxby ; Madeline Weir, Mrs. Stirling ; Widow Barton, Mrs. Fosbroke. After which, the Comedietta entitled THE BRIGADIER. Bras • defer, Mr. Wallack ; Pomade, Mr. Compton ; Louise, Miss Stanley. To con lude with a Grand Fairy Ballet, entitled THE SPIRIT' OF AIR. Principal characters by Miss Hodson, Mr. Flexmore, Miss Faucit, Miss Bailin, Mr. Gilbert, Mr. and Miss Marshall, &c. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the especial patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty, and their Royal lPghnesses Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal. Glorious success of the new Military Spec tacle of our Asiatic Conquests. Second and Last Week of the veritable General Torn Thumb, in his popular Drama. THIS EVENING Will" be performed the New Asiatic Spectacle, called THE SIKHS' INVASION ; or, Our Victories of 1846. In which the whole resources of the Establishment will be brought forward. Splendid SCENES of the HIPPODROME, by the french and English Artistes. The whole concluding with the laughable Extravanga of HOP 0' MY THUMB ; or, The Ogre and his Seven League Boots. In which General Tom Thumb will appear, and introduce his Nigger melodies, dances, &c. Mr. BATTY respectfully begs to announce, that the THIRD MORNING REPRESENTATION, for the accommodation of the Juvenile Branches of the Nobility, Gentry, &e. will take place THIS DAY, June 19, commencing at two o'clock. Box-office open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at Six and commence at seven o'clock. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Last Six Nights of Mr. CHARLES MATTHEWS and Madame VESTRIS. MORE NOVELTY AND ATTRACTION. WELCH GlRL—Madame Vestris. MATTHEWS AND CO.—Mr. Charles Matthews. LOAN OF A LOVER. WHY DON'T SHE MARRY RAVENS or ORLEANS. By Messrs. Hughes, Johnson, Cowell, Rogers Mn. H. Vining, Mr'. Hughes, Miss 3Lvtin, and Mrs. Daly. liE WOULD BE AN ACTOR. NEW STRAND THEATRE Open every Evening, with the greatest - Novelties of the Da - M. PIIILLIPPE feels happy to announce, that the extraordinary lhary Performances of the MONKEYS and DOGS have been received with the greatest admiration and applause, and will be continued every Evening at the above Theatre. Doors open at a Quarter before Eight; to commence at a Quarter after Eight o'clock. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 25.; Pit, Is.; Gallery, Gd. ; Privateßoxes, U. Is. and 10s. Gd. M. PIIILLIPPE will give his Performances EVER I' EVENING at the STANDARD TIIEATRE, Shoreditch. NOTICE.—M. PH ILLIPPE wants a Gentleman who could take the management of his business, as a PARTNER, throughout the large Towns of the United Kingdom. A security of GOO/. will be tequired. For Particulars apply at the Strand Theatre, between the hours of Eleven and One o'clock. Under the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. EVERY MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY. VIEW of NAPLES, ERUPTION of VESUVIUS, DESTRUC TION of HERCULANEUM and POMPEII, In the year 79. This magnificent spectacle is revived in an unprecedented scale of gra ..... ndettr, the picture being m o re tha n t w i c e th e s i ze of the former, ;LraPresen,,__ 0 _ is, as accurately as can possibly be done, the Great rVesuvius in the year 79, when the Destruction of Her zzirazta.......Pnimpei I took place : produced under the direction 4 ^ Minn_ Pitted GOTHIC BRIDGE of STATUES has been '-'ll;tl;!;valiliitAe_br.illiantly Illuminated at Night. trey. Tb r Bami„...l;‘).Nt_LltTS are again confided to Mr. God many eminent native sornte,,,,te In an, its departments, and includes In addition to the otherT,--- musicians. bited pAn ti: i re --- 4 . — ..,,tt lo nig oe of the Gardens, will be exhi % approached , by the Ulu :Wed Gothicßrillge, re adventures to D C i a s i p yrx. ys, t4 l: t ter u l b o y r , Telemachus The PYROTECHNIC a novel exhibition wily be mast complete and effective scale. Preceding the-Volcanic Display, 'laced, intro- Me the Descent o Phrebus In the ebatiot too Mons. Farinelli w ill descend from f a Chinese Pagod a , seventrt . sk,". height, to the surface of the lake , where a Naiad's Car wits receive him, and bear hint to his chrystal home. The Glass Conservatory is splemiiiiiy ornamented with festoons of lamps, enabling the visitors to view the matchless collection of Carnivore by gas-light. Feeding 01 the Carnivore at half-past five; the Pelicans, &c., at six ; Concert at half-past six ; and the Eruption at dusk. Admission, One Shilling THE WEATHER. —SUN OFFICE, JUNE 19. THERIKOWETER, Lowest, 58; Highest. 81; Noon, 76 BA ROXETER, 30.15.-WIND E.N.E., fine. HUM WATER. AT LONDON-ERIN:4E THIS DAY. MrAriltng 3 minutes after 10. I Evening .. 39 minutes after 10. 1 t, ...,„ A t.t:.,,, • .5,_.,._„,,. . ie . '' 44 '''':: . 2,-,•..., 44, 4--- T,J.1.7 - . \- ,, I. '.- ' ' , ~F,r,---:-..,'4 ›,.,-,.• ~ 0 , ~, D--,,,,T trrnit eftit LONDON, FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1846. The House of Lords sat last night for a short time only. The Royal Assent was given by Commission to no less than fifty-eight Bills, among which was Viscount HARDINCIB'S Annuity Bill, giving power to the East. India Company to grant an annuity of 5,0001. to the Noble Viscount, independent of his emoluments as Governor-General of India. After the tammission nothing of any particular interest came before their Lordships. The SPE/AIM took the Chair shortly - . after Four o'clock. After the private business had been disposed of, some discussion took place upon the remaining reso lutions of Sir G. CLERK with respect to the broad and narrow gauge. The resolutions were ultimately agreed to. Sir R. PEEL gave notice of his intention, in the course of the debate on the Protection of Life and Property (Ireland) Bill, to enter into an explanation respecting the charges made against him by Lord GEORGE BENTINCK respecting his conduct in re• ference to the Catholic Emancipation Bill, in the years 1825, 1827, and 1829. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER gave notice of his intention, in consequence of the length of the debate on the Coercion Bill, on Monday next to move that the existing Sugar Duty be continued for one month, in order to give time for the discussion of the various amendments of which notice had been sure. The Commons have passed it by an over whelming majority. Without one exception, every man of weight and long-tried public service, on both sides of the Lower House, swelled the majority. The Lords have already affirmed the principle by a considerable majority; and setting Lords STANLEY and Asnuurcroisi on one side, every Peer of known public influence has voted in favour of the second read - ing. The Crown too, we know, is likewise favour able to the measure. Under such circumstances the Protectionists plead for a dissolution ! One word with Lord STANLEY. He observed, upon the division of thirty-three, that it was " small by degrees and beautifully less." This was not honest, and it will not serve to mislead the country. We shall, therefore, repeat what we have before stated. The division on the main question was 47. This number included the "proxies." Deducting the "proxies," it was tauntingly remarked, that Ministers 'ad only a majority of 12 upon the second reading. The division of 33 in Committee was independent of "proxies ;" so that, in point of fact, as far as the Peers present were con cerned, Ministers increased their majority by 21. This must not be lost sight of. The vessel of free trade is sailing gallantly towards us, and will soon be safely moored. given. Air. HUME thought this would be a most desirable course to adopt. The adjourned debate on the Protection of Life and Property (Ireland) Bill was then resumed by Sir A. ARMSTRONG, who, in a most indistinct tone, opposed the Bill. - Mr. BENNET thought that after the long delay that had taken place there was no necessity for the measure. lie had considered the subject long and anxiously, and he was now convinced that he ought not to support the Bill. The three remaining resolutions, founded on the recommendations of the Board of Trade, were last night agreed to, after some discussion, in the House of Commons. The third resolution appears to be in the nature of an instruction to future Committees of the House in the next sess ion, and an encouragement to persons to undertake the construction of new lines. It is, that in order to complete the general chain of narrow gauge communication from the north of England to the southern coast, and to the port of Bristol, any suitable measures should be promoted to form a narrow gauge link from Gloucester to Bristol, and also from Oxford to Basingstoke, or by any other shOrter route connecting the proposed Rugby and Oxford line with the South-Western Railway. This, as we have said, is a suggestion for future legislation, and, if adopted here after, it will go far to remove a considerable part of the inconvenience attendant on the break of gauge. It is founded on the recommendation of the Gauge Commissioners. There is little doubt that much public benefit would be derived therefrom, and the only question will be for the speculators to say whether the undertakings are likely to be remunerative, and to afford a fair return for the expenditure to be incurred. It is probable that the great narrow gauge companies will assist and become parties to the projects which will doubtless be formed for the purpose of giving effect to the resolution. We have already stated our opinion as to the vast importance of a second continuous line of railway to Ireland, which will be the medium of communication to the entire of the south of Ireland, and, in all probability, to the western hemisphere. This is conclusive as to the point of the construction of the South Wales -Railway on the broad gauge, as originally sanctioned by Parliament. Indeed, the House practically adopted it on Tuesday night, in adding to the first resolution the words—" and South Wales Railway," in order that short lines emanating from the South Wales line might be constructed on the broad gauge. This, however, was the only one of the resolutions on which a division was taken, wh2n it was carried by a majority of 53. The last resolution applied to the formation of a double line of rails, thus having the broad and the narrow gauge existing on the same railway. The companies which are called on to effect these double lines have no fair cause of complaint against the additional expense thus entailed upon them. They are purchasers with notice, having undertaken, at the time of obtaining the Acts by which they were incorporated, to lay down such additional lines with all convenient speed, if required so to do by the Board of Trade, in con formity with the report of the Gauge Commissioners. But the question of vast importance in the pre sent instance is —Can the twofold gauge exist with perfect safety on the same line ? Some doubts have existed on this subject, and it has been said that there would be great diffi culty and confusion in the working, but we cannot conceive it possible that the Board of Trade should have overlooked so obvious a consideration, should have neglected so important an element in the calcu lation. We therefore must assume that bfore they acted on the authority conferred on them, and im posed the additional expense of a second line of rails on the two companies, they must have fully satisfied themselves that there would be no additional danger attendant on such a course, and that the difficulties could not be of an insuperable nature. The question then must be answered in the affirmative, that the broad and narrow gauge may be united without danger. The broad gauge being still retained, there is nothing to prevent the Legislature to compel any future companies which may be formed for the construction of new railways in the neighbourhood of existing broad gauge lines, to lay down a double line of rails. By this means, any further break of gauge may be avoided, and the companies can have no cause of complaint at the increased expense to be occasioned thereby, be cause they will have been acquainted with the addi tional outlay rendered necessary before they had ob tained the sanction of Parliament to their projects. A fair opportunity will now be afforded of testing the sys tem, and should it be fund to act well, and to be advan tageous to the public that it should be further extended, a similar power should be reserved to the Board of Trade, in all new projects, of compelling the laying down double rails, should it appear advisable, the Board making a special report to Parliament in every case when about to exercise that power. Of course it will be necessary to have a Bill brought in to give effect to the second resolution, but, from the state ment of Sir GEORGE CLERK, it appears that it has not yet been decided whether it shall be a separate Bill, or part of one for the general regulation of railways. Captain LAYARD opposed the Bill. Mr. lIENLEY also opposed the Bill. He would not vote for a Bill like this for England, nor could he vote for such a Bill for Ireland. Sir 11. W. BARRON opposed the measure, and ex pressed his firm conviction that the Bill would totally fail in the objects it had in view. All such measures would of necessity fail until Parliament went to the root of the evil—the poverty and the wretched con dition of the people of Ireland. The measure, if carried, would cause great agitation - in Ikeland. Captain FITZMAURICE supported the second read ing of the Bill. Mr. IIAwEs opposed the Bill. Lord FRANCIS EGERTON supported the second reading of the Bill. On the motion of Mr. S. CRAWFORD, the debate was adjourned till to-morrow. The - other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned. The spirit of antagonism marks every step of the onward movement of the Corn Bill in the Upper House. Whenever a grand illumination is advertised to induce the public to resort to any place or entertainment, the great display of the pyrotechnic art is generally reserved to the last. The Pro tectionist Peers have reversed this order of tactics— all their fireworks were blazed off upon the second reading of the Bill. Lord STANLEY was their "feu de joie." Perhaps they miscalculated the strength of their resources. It is clear they have exhausted themselves ; they have no new materiel at command. If they send up a rocket now and then, it as much as they can do. The battle kept up between the Monopolists and Ministerialists reminds us of what many naturalists and travellers relate of the con tests they have witnessed between certain birds called ,‘ boobies" and others called " men-of-war frigates." The latter waylay the former whilst repairing to their nests with the fish they have caught for their young, and, by repeated blows on their back, compel them to disgorge their predatory spoil, which is never done without the utterance of a scream. In the same way the advocates of free trade in the Lords have vigilantly pounced upon the Protectionists, ruffled all their feathers, and forced them to drop the produce which they flattered themselves they could steathily hurry on with to their agricultural nests. This, how ever, they did not accomplish without having to listen to many a piteous moan. The first bird attacked was the Duke of BUCKINGHAM. His Grace knew the strength of his adversary, and resigned his prey at the first blow. Lord STANHOPE, from an ardent regard to his species, got up a fright ful scream, but:all in vain ; thirty-three " men-of-war frigates" appeared in the field, and the fish was lost for ever. The Earl of Wicm-ow was the next to try to reach his nest. His fish was a "fixed duty." The same ill-luck attended him. The " frigates" were on the look-out--another fight, another scream, and off flew the " boobies." How many more similar disasters these unfortunate birds may wish to meet, we cannot divine; but we should recommend them a little repose. The debate upon the fixed duty amendment pre sented nothing new in the shape of argument. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE sought to detract from the high opinion justly entertained of the merits of Sir ROBERT PEEL as a Minister, not only in both Houses of Parliament, but by the country at large. We think the Marquis missed his aim. We are strictly a practical people, and Sir ROBERT is essen tially a practical man. As such he is eminently quali fied to sway the destinies of our great empire, whose commercial interests are so extensive, and at the same time so artificially interwoven one with another. The Premier is an apt scholar of the Baconian school. He builds and acts upon experience. The prosperity of this country would be fearfully hazarded if we were governed by statesmen of a mercurial temperament, who would rashly embrace every plausible theory on its first promulgation. One precipitate step, in a com plicated state of society like ours, might engulf us in irretrievable ruin. When great changes are sug gested, it is not impolitic on the part of public men in office to resist their rapid adoption, with the view of securing their being sifted in all their bearings in every possible way, till repeated reflection, as well by the representa tives as by those they represent, and till, in some instances, experiments upon a small scale having first ,been successfully tried, shall yield us the strongest presumption that national prosperity will be accele rated by developing the principles recommended. Supposing Sir R. PEEL•had years ago (and before he had experimented upon their principles, as he has done by his tariff of 1842, his foreign cattle Intext ya ea r clause im portation scheme, his Canada Corn Bill, &c.), had sympathised with the opinions of the League, would he then have had the slightest chance of carrying them through the process of legislation ? Certainly not. Nay, had he been conscientiously convinced long ago of what he is now, and propounded his pre sent measures, the probability is he would not, for years to come, have had the power he now enjoys of effectuating them. The truth flashed out unwittingly from the Marquis of GLANRICARDE when he said, "Every one of Sir R. PEEL'S changes had been with the current of the moment ; and a single instance could not be found on record in which he . had changed his opinion in the House of Commons and had been beaten upon that question." This involves no n.ean compliment. It admits a practical sagacity which constitutes a chief desideratum in the mind of 9 ' Minister of England. liell I : o , ,te Y n i a n e f a W i l i NCHlLSEA talked downright nonsense. for the Rouse to course of policy T or &tee thre e surprised at such twaddle , rather assertion, were a good on that every fresh Act should was la a most unconstitutional course its duration to that of the Parliament ie h l ri le iti a n r e e e, th e it ar w g ou um id e e n floe t, elltoe o wd r , BROUGHAM H to Am d ° e n a ee l F said, a Parliame n t it. As Mr. ox next Pa rliament to any with. sed are n ow in there Lord isnotSTANLEYhing it an is d n L ot or c d om ß p their element. Th e y have both of them got into good sparring condi t i on — they both love t he scie nce. They are both finished de baters, in the limited sense of the word. We have no doubt their t ordships will be enlivened by frequent e xhibitions of their gladiatorial skill. Lord STANLEY will be found no match for his adversary where any question demands the exercise of large, broad, and constitutional views. Let Lord STANLEY choose his own ground, and that a narrow one, and then, by the aid of "spicy" personalities, which he and his gifted opponent equally delight to revel in, we augur their oratorical rivalry will be entertaining enough. ~ Lord STANLEY has again pressed for in ap peal to the country. His affected ignorance of all constitutional rule is palpable. He would unnecessarily appeal to the passions of the people, when he knows that one of the funda mental advantages of a legislature is to pass laws divested of those passions which always injuriously affect the deliberations of the multitude. We have all the constitution/1 requisitea 41 avow* of the mel4- We yesterday directed the reader's attention to the prevalence of an anxiety amongst the populace to testify their gratitude to such individuals as have ameliorated the condition of the empire, or promoted its prosperity. Our satisfaction upon this particular might have been appropriately coupled with our dis satisfaction upon another—our joy at the spontaneous and graceful tributes offered by the public to its most meritorious members, with our disgust at the deliberate ingratitude or the niggardly recom pense with which these persons are usually rewardel by Government. And here, be it observed, we em ploy the word Government in its most diffuse and generalised signification, as the failing in this respect is attributable alike to a Whig Admi nistration and a Tory Administration, a Con servative as well as a Liberal. There is scarcely in the register of bygone genius an instance to be adduced in which a national benefactor has not in some measure been officially neglected ; in which he has not encountered on the part of those in autho rity the most discouraging indifference ; or, if at length any acknowledgment of his services has been extorted, that acknowledgment has arrived so tardily as to afford him neither solace nor compensation—bein g g h r e a n n e it e k . we expended either in the alleviation of his decrepitude or of his premature prostration, or yet worse, in the erection of some empty mausoleum of emblazoned Hence fin w a e c b n eh A old a Sir HUGH MIDDLETON, himself to gratify the palates and to h n the constitutions of all future Londoners ; beggaringstrene Holborn," peroting gloomily, in a garret near Y o i la sp f r ri re b d br by contumely," we m l statesman, and personall ighted by discover such WALPOLE ; hence, also, in our days an intellect as that of THOMAS HOOD down unnoticed under the corrosive influence of over work and disease combined, rewarded by the State only by (that mockery of a re compense !) a pension to his widow ! We cou ld continue this mournful catalogue through manyi c hapters, but the fa ct of official neglect to genus, or ingenuity, o r modest worth (when unaccompanied by the glory of prowess inannthsa); so is farbecome c fromom e requiring any d e monstration, one of the proverbia l vices of legislati on . O ur intention, however, a t present is, neither to d ea l with the pittance of the poet, the utter disre gard of the philanthropist, or the unsympa thised struggles of the philosopher —it is simply to commemorate another instance of gratitude i n the people, and of ingratitude in the Gove rnment, toward s one of the foremost of those who are do- THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 19, 1846; sirous of beholding the practical improve ment of their country and of their ge neration. As if to signalise the displeasure of the population at that unaccountable act of un graciousness to Mr. ROWLAND HILL, by which he was officially discharged from any further connexion with the Post-office department, a tribute of money has been collected amongst all classes of the community to the amount of fifteen thou sand p.,unds, and on Wednesday last that national testimonial was presented, at Blackwell, to the projector of the Penny Postage. Immeasurably disproportioned as is this subscription when compared with the bene fits accruing from the system of communication for which we are indebted to that gentleman, it is never theless gratifying to find the English people coming forward to acknowledge their obligations to his exertions, and by so doing virtually to discountenance the blundering and ungracious pro. ceeding of the Post office authorities. It must be remembered, moreover, that the tribute in this case is not for some probable or specious advantage, not for any illusory hypothesis of good, not for any pecuniary chimera ; the system has been advanced and adopted, and ever since the really memorable period of its adoption it has redounded more and more to the credit of its origi nator, it has justified his most sanguine predictions, and while proving a source of inestimable advantage to the public, has acted in no wise prejudicially to the Exchequer. Before we can properly estimate the merits of the Penny Postage scheme, we must behold in it a power labouring for our improvement in three separate directions : the scheme acting beneficently upon our heads, our hearts, and our pockets. It lightens the cost of correspondence to a marvellous degree, it widens and deepens the interchange of sympathies from one extremity of the kingdom to the other, and it has aroused to an epistolary intercourse hundreds who would otherwise continue unlearned in pencraft, and torpid in the communication of thought. We maintain again, that through the Penny Postage system we shall ex perience a material advancement as a think ing people, a domestic people, and a mer cantile people. In causing the adoption of this inimitable plan Mr. ROWLAND HILL has shown himself the promoter of brotherly love amongst his fellow-men, he has aided in the intellectual crusade whose Peter the Hermit was the Society for the Dif fusion of Useful Knowledge, and he has established a system kindred in all material respects with the spirit of those great commercial measures which are now being sanctioned by Parliament. For achieving all this, Mr. ROWLAND HILL has been ousted from his office in St. Martin's-le-Grand, and been presented with a national testimonial in Lovegrove's Tavern, at Blackwell. Will Government never tire of receiving lessons in justice, in liberality, and in gratitude from the people ? The latest accounts from Rome are of the Bth June; at that date the city , was perfectly tran quil. The Constitutiunnel publishes the following account of the last moments of GREGORY XVI. :---- " On Whit• Sunday the Pontiff determined to have mass said in his chamber, and to take the communion himself. This was opposed, and he was obliged almost to get angry, in order to have his wish complied with ; and if he had not done so, ha would have died without the sacrament. His valet-de-chambre said to him, But, Holy Father, you will alarm the whole city; they will say that you are very ill.' Certainly,' replied he, lam very ill. I feel it; and do you want me to appear before God with out having taken the bread of lite ? lo voglio morire da frate, non da savrano.' (I wish to die as a monk, and not as a sovereign). The malady made such rapid progress the following night that the Cardinal Confessor, whose duty it is to assist dying Pontiffe, could not be summoned in time ; it was the assistant-curd of the pontificial palace who gave extreme unction to the Pope, the cull not having arrived. Gregory XVI. had expired when Cardinal Bianchi, his con fessor, entered his chamber. The other ecclesiastics, who were summoned according to custom, had only to watch over the mortal remains of their master. The Pope expired in the arms of Cardinal Lambruschini, who had hurried up with all the speed of his horses, and who assisted him in his last 'moments with the tenderness of a friend and a son." NEW ZEALAND. END OF THE WAR, AND PRO- CLAMATION OF PEACE. (From the Times.) , L'Ami de la Religion publishes the following ac count of the testamentary bequests of the late Pors " Pope Gregory XVI. has made two of his nephews his iresiduary legatees, and appointed Cardinal Matei his execu tor. The Pontiff has left several legacies to the Propaganda, the convent of St. Gregory, the monks of the Camaldules, and some of his household. The fortune which he has left has been greatly exaggerated. A more just idea of it may be formed when it is considered that the civil list of the popedom does not amount to more than 80,000 f. a year. A rich library, some valuable paintings, jewellery, and works of art, with other property of unimportant amount, form the whole of the inheritance left for his nephews in the Ve- netian States,, instead of the millions at which it has been estimated." A letter from Ostrowo, in Poland, states that on 'Whit-Monday a number of persons collected in the market-place of Miloslaw, and two of them, with the purpose of creating a disturbance, proceeded to the church, and rang the tocsin, which increased the crowd. The burgomaster not having any troops at his command, and finding himself unable to restore order, sent off to Wreschen for aid, and the next morning a squadron of hussars arrived. Several persons were arrested and removed to Wreschen. The foPowing important intelligence is extracted from the Launceston Examiner of the 28th of February : The " war" is at an end, and a general amnesty has been proclaimed. This intelligence has been received by the Water Lily at Hobart Town. We subjoin a summary, prin cipally from the New Zealander : It appears that on the let of January the British forces established themselves in a strong stockade, about 400 yards from the pah of Kawiti, and in which were mounted two 32-pounders, and four small si-inch mortars. On the 2d, Kawiti made a sortie from his pah, for the purpose of turning the flank of this stockade, and destroying it before it was finished ; but Nene and our allies drove them back, killing four and wounding several of the enemy. On Saturday, the 10th, all the batteries being completed, a general fire was commenced for the purpose of effecting a breach, and rockets were likewise discharged, in order to annoy the enemy within the pah. Towards evening three breaches were made. An assault was then contemplated by the commanding-officer, and 200 of the troops were told off to lead the at , ack. The chief Mohi Tawai remonstrated with the commanding-officer, asserting that it would be sacrificing the lives of brave men to attempt the assault on that evening; and that by continuing the breaching, the object would be accomplished in a few days. The troops were then ordered back to the camp. On the following morning, Sunday, the 11th, about twelve of Nene's natives, with William Waka, his brother, ap proached the breaches to reconnoitre, and not perceiving or hearing any natives within the outer stockades of the pah, they entered, and, as soon as they found they were unop posed, conveyed signal to our forces in the batteries, when the sailors and troops rushed forward into the pah, before Kawiti's natives, who were outside the pah engaged at their karakia (worship), could re-enter. As soon as they ascer tained that they had thus, by negligence, lost possession of their stronghold, they commenced a heavy fire on our troops from the woods, and from the back part of the pah ; but the numerical strength of the European forces and native allies, in addition to the protection afforded by the internal defences of the pah, rendered all attempts unavailing; and after continuing the fire; in order to carry off their killed and wounded, the natives retired into the woods to a pah, about three miles distant, recently erected by Heki (who joined Kawiti) as a place of refuge for Kawiti, in case he should be expelled from IZunpskapeka. The loss of the European forces was 12 killed, and of which number 9 were seamen and marines, and 30 wounded, in clusiTe of 17 seamen and marines. The native rebels suf fered a loss of 25 killed, as correctly as it could be as certained. Within the pah no ammunition or provisions were found. The former had been divided among them on Saturday even ing, anticipating the attack ; and they had been subsisting on fern root alone for some time previously. His Excellency Governor Grey was present during the whole of the operations, and was eye-witness to the assault. A proclamation had been issued by the Governor grant ing free pardons to all concerned in the late rebellion, the chiefs having made complete submission 'by letter, through Tomata Waka Nene. We have received additional accounts from New Zealand 14 days later than the news brought by the Water Lily, from which we learn that a pah, more strongly fortified than that which had been lately stormed and taken by the British forces, had been purposely set on fire and destroyed by Heki, who had resolved to take to the bush, as affording better means of protracting the warfare than fortified places, which, whatever the amount of resistance offered, must eventually fall into the power of disciplined forces provided with artil lery. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY). (Sittings at Nisi Prins, before Lord DasmAN and a Common Jury,) WYLD V. LEAHY AND ANOTHER. This was an action brought by Mr. Wyld, the geographer and engraver, of Charing-cross, to recover the sum of 5161. 19s. 5i1., the balance of an account due for preparing and executing the plans and sections of the Great Munster Railway. Mr. Crowder and Mr. Sergeant Allen appeared for the plaintiff ; Mr. Martin and Mr. Phinn for the defendants. Mr. CROWDER stated the case for the plaintiff, who, he said, was the well-known and highly respectable engraver of Charing-cross; and the object of the action was to recover from the defendants, who were engi neers, residing in Dublin, the sum of 5161. 193. 5d., being the balance upon an account of 1,2001., incurred for the completion of the plans and sections of the Great Munster Railway. The order was given last summer, and an under standing was come to as to the cost of the work, but from the delays that took place on the part of the defendants in supplying the plans and sections to be engraved, and the fact that the greater portion of them had to be executed within a very short time prior to the 80th of November last year, when the prices paid to operative engravers was enormously high, the expense was much increased be yond the original amount specified. 7001. had been paid on account during the progress of the work, and this the de fendants alleged was quite enough to satisfy the reasonable claims of the plaintiff; and further that the sum he sought to recover was excessive, and a violation of the original understanding come to between the parties. The Learned Gentleman said he would be prepared to show that this de fence was invalid, bothfrom correspondence between the parties, in which Mr. Wyld distinctly intimated that thedelays of the defendants throwing the execution of the work near to the 30th of September, would much enhance the expense, and also by witnesses he would call. The work was well ex ecuted—no fault had ever been found with it; and, consi dering the demand for labour at the time, and the fact of engravers being obliged to work night and day, it was done at a reasonable price. The company had failed in going forward with their scheme, not front any fault in the plans and sections, but from other causes, and now they sought to lighten themselves of the liabilities they had incurred. The Learned Gentleman then proceeded to call his wit nesses. Madrid papers of the 6th have been received ; their Portuguese news has been anticipated by the steamer which arrived the day before yesterday, and their contents are utterly devoid of interest. We have received the Paris papers of 'Wednesday' The estimates were passed on Tuesday in the Cham ber of Deputies by a majority of 210 to 27, after an in effectual attempt on the partof the Legitimatist Mem bers to draw out M. Guizor.on the affairs of Syria. Both Chambers sat on Wednesday, but their proceedings were uninteresting. The Deputies assemble for the Last time on Saturday. The Peers will sit a short time longer to dispose of the various Bills sent up to them from the Deputies. "It is on the occasion of the credit of the fetes Of July," says the Constitutionnel," that the Prince DE Mosxowa is to speak in the Chamber of Peers, rela tive to the incident in the deliberation respecting the verdict upon LECOAITE." The papers contain accounts of the brilliant files given at Brussels and Lille on the opening of the Northern Railway. The Princes returned to Paris from Brussels by rail in twelve hours, and the fetes passed off without the slightest accident. The Courier du Havre says that all the American ships in that port hoisted their flags on the arrival of the news of General TAYLOR'S victory. It adds : " Our underwriters seem to be so little alarmed by the risk the American ships have to run from the war, that the premiums are tending to fall down to the ordinary rate.~ COURS AUTHENTIQUE.—PARIS, JUNE 17.—Five per Cents., 120 f. 15c. 20c; Four per Cents., 106 f. 25c. ; Three per Cents., 83f. sc. 82f. 95c.; Bank Actions, 3,490 f.; Belgian Five per Cents., 1840,100%; Ditto, Two-and-a-Half per Cents, 56%; Ditto, Bank, 1835, 880 f ; Spanish Actives, 31 ; Ditto, Three per Cents., 38; Rente de Naples, 102 f. 65c. Exchange on London, one month, paper, 25f. 60c.; Money, 25f. 60c.; three months, money, 25f. 42%c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 18. Barbadoes, %—Boulogne - and Amiens, 11 —Dutch Rhenish, 7% —East Indian, y —ltalian and Austrian, 1 3 / B —Louvain and Jemappe, 1 ex d.—Luxembourg, 2—Northern of France Contituted, 14% — Paris and Lyons Constituted, 614—Paris and Strasbourg Constituted, 434—Sambre and Meuse, 4 , 4—Tours and Nantes Constituted, 5 ;‘, Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the royal suite, left Buckingham Palace at half-past two o'clock this afternoon, for the South-Western Railway station, to pro ceed by a special train to Gosport, on route to Osborne House, Isle of Wight. BRITISH AND FOREIGN INSTITUTE.—The last soirée of the season, but one, was held at the Institute last evening, being the eleventh of the year, and was more than usually rich in objects of interest and curiosity, as well as in musical variety. Among the new paintings exhibited were a splendid Raphael, " Christ bearing the Cross ;" an exquisite Corregio, "the Holy Family;" and a fine head of Tazzos Leonora, by Andrea del Sarto. Considerable interest was melted by a large silver shrine of Hindoo workmanship, repre senting the inner sanctuary of one of the temples of Vishnu, with the Various attendant deities, executed with a skill that was worthy of the silver shrine of Diana at Ephesus. Of the music it may perhaps be sufficient to name the professors and artistes who took part in the pieces of the evening. These included Messrs. Kiallmark, Salaman, F. Chat terton,Vieuxtem ps, Saiuton, the Di stin family, Messrs. Machin, Weiss, Bennett, Sir George Smart, Madame Anise Thillon, the Misses Pyne, Madame Beekholst, Madame Knispel, Madame Cleric Hennelle, Miss Riviere, Mr. and Mrs. Macfarren, Mademoiselle Vera, miss Novell°, and many others. The company did not separate till a late hour. STATUE OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.—Mr. Wyatt, the designer of the gigantic equestrian statue of his Grace the Duke of Wellington, visited Woolwich Dockyard in the early part of the week, to ascertain the best mode, and what aid could be obtained in raising the great weight of material, about forty tons contained in it, to its destined position. The Captain Superintendent Lord J. Hay, C. 8., afforded the talented artist every assistance and fa cility in acquiring the desired information, and it was ul timately arranged that Mr. M`Callum, the boatswain of the dock yard, whose great experience in raising, fleavy weights ,pu the shears Nvheti'placing' 'the' engines and boiler of steam-Vessels into them, should superintend-the raising of the statue; / the plan he suggested having previously been made upon drawing paper, and sub mitted and approved by the Admiralty. Mr. M'Callum is now in London, superintending the raising of the scaffolding, and on its com pletion will raise the statue by means of four powerful crabs, worked by eight men each, at some distance above the arch, with two men at each, to hold on the 6-inch cables, of which it' will require four lengths of 130 yards. On the statue being elevated to the required height it will b e th en moved in a horizontal position on a tramway to its future position. The weight of the men and materials, at the time of placing it, is calculated to be 60 tons. DEATH OF T HE H ON. Miss CAROLINE tsoeaantnoofmLicaedytheA demise ronta g u of o t n his T l u a e d s , d • 14 We She was third dau g h ter of the late Lord Montague , a nd sister to the Park, have the Countess of Ho me, the Hon. Mrs. Frederick Clinton, and the lion. Mrs, George W. Hop e , ys,h IONTAGrE. died her 3s at t tetaorn. (The case was proceeding when our reporter left.) EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius, before the LOftD CDIKF BARON and Common Juries, at Westminster.) CLARKE V. HENLEY. This was an action brought to recover some uncertain sum of money, less than 571.45. Mr. Bramwell appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Lush for defendant. It appeared that the defendant carried on business at Chel tenham, in stationery and other articles of a miscellaneous kind, and that he had had numerous transactions with the plaintiff in this case, who supplied him occasionally with goods, which were sent from Warwick lane to the Bull and Mouth, and forwarded from thence to his address in the country. The correspondence commenced in the year 1840; and, after being interrupted in the two succeeding years, was again renewed in 1843, and has eontinued down to the present time. It was admitted, on the part of the plaintiff, that his books were in such a state as not to show the exact sum which the defendant was in debted to him. Mr. Luau, for the defendant, put in several post-office orders paid at Cheltenham in favour of the plaintiff; and the defendant being the only correspondent which he had in that town, these orders had of necessity been remitted by the defendant. They amounted together to upwards of 394 and this sum, with a 5/. note, which the defendant had paid, and two disputed items of the account being struck out, left no balance which the plaintiff could now claim. The LORD CHIEF BARON said that the case was one which should have been decided by an arbitrator; and it was extremely wrong to consume the public time by ex amining long and confused accounts which, after all, in such a case as the present, could not lead to a satisfactory de cision. The Jury, without hesitation, returned a verdict for the defendant. BANKRUPTCY-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner Groussuazi.) IN RE JOHNSON AND MANN. To-day was appointed for declaring a final dividend under the estate of these bankrupts, who were bankers at Romford, and Aldgate, Whitechapel. Mr. BATHE, of the firm of Bathe and Bingley, appeared to prove for an account for engraving notes, and cheques for the bank. He said that when the failure took place, the bankrupts wrote for the account, but it appeared they had not inserted it in the balance-sheet. The CObIMISSIONER-110W came you to drive it up to the last hour? The fiat was issued two years ago. There has been a dividend of 6s. in the pound, and the present one is to be final.—Mr. BATHE said they had had so many other things. The COMMISSIONER—Such things as these ought not to be driven off. The bankrupts not being present to explain, the Learned COMMISSIONER said he could not admit the proof uncorro borated, nor did he feel disposed to assist persons who left such matters to the last, and he must reject the proof. Proof to about 701. was admitted. The dividend will not be more than 214 d. in the pound, and will be payable in a few days. SECONDARIES'.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary ej AMISS.) DAWES V. FAGG. The plaintiff in this action sued by her next friend to re• cover the sum of W. 55., for services rendered. The de. fendant is patentee of carpets, and has a manufactory at Holloway—he denied his liability. _ _ From the facts it appeared that the plaintiff was the grand daughter of one of the workmen in the factory, named Jen nings, who in 1842 introduced her into the place, where she continued for about two years; but, according to Jennings's evidence, he then took her away because he could not get any money, but, one of the foremen sent , him a guinea on account ; after seven weeks she went back again, under an agreement to be paid 9s. 6d. a week, which she received up to the time she finally left, in March, 1846. Nothing was then said as to any arrears, and one of defendant's foremen swore that he told Jennings the girl was not there on de fendant's account, but might stay to assist Jennings, and she should be taken on as soon as the patent was in work, and she was wanted. She had, however, been occasionally set to light the fire and other little jobs. The SECONDARY said it was a rule laid down in law, that when wages were paid regularly every week up to the termination of the agreement, the e, however, be that everything had been paid. vssucmasption should there did not appear to have been a ny of was given b y ded when the probably the guinea spoke n jistin way h o i f ri g u r g al u a i t n y d . It was curious that no settleme fi n f t t ee w n as m d o e rth a s n should since parties left, and also that h a ve elapsed before law proceedings were brought. The jury would, however, say whether t h e re bad been any engage ment, and what were the value of the services. The jury found for the defendant. ------- Sir J am es Graha ms we hear from goo d authority, ele,ated to the Peerage b y the title of Lord P re ston. This 1 will be immediatel y m if his friends are goi ng out of office. Lord Francis Egerton is, we understand, to be ele va t e d to the peer ;P by the title of Lord Ellesmere. A RcHDEACONRY OF BRISTOL —The Venerable Arch deacon Thorpe intends holding his next visitation according to the followi arrangements :—July 9, at Bristol; July 10, at Chipping Sudbury; July 13, at Chippenham ; July 14, at Malmesbury ; July IN it Byrill4l/ ; JOY 16 1 lit circlnlttre CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron ROLFE and Alderman TsomrsoN.) PERJURY.--Mr. BODKIN, on the part of Miss Coutts Bur dett, applied to the Court this morning that the amount of bail might be fixed which it would be necessary for Mr. Richard Dunn, described as a member of the Irish bar, to give that ho would surrender to take his trial on the charge of perjury. We understand that a true bill was found yes terday before the grand jury against Mr. Dunn for perjury, in an affidavit which he filed in the Court of Bankruptcy, swearing that Miss Coutts Burdett, as a partner in the firm of Coutts and Co., owed him the sum of 100,0001. The pro cess, we understand, was entered upon, which in due time would, if unimpeded, have duly ended in Miss Coutts Bur dett finding herself in the Gazette. The COURT ordered Mr. Dunn to enter into his own re cognisances in 1001., and two sureties in 50/. each, to appear at the next sessions. POST OFFICE.— John Tarnur was placed at the bar on four charges of robbery committed on the Post-office carriages on the South-Eastern and London and Birminghamßailways, and another for robbing the Post-office at * Grave,end. The prieor er pleaded Guilty on the first four charges. The ATTOILNEY-GENERAL, who appeared to prosecute, said that, unwilling to occupy unnecessarily the public time, he would not press the remaining charge. As there is a woman implicated in the same charges, who will be tried next sessions, the Court deferred sentence till the particulars were then laid before it. _ _ John Charles Young, described as a chemist, was placed at the bar, indicted for stealing a post letter, containing a hidf sovereign, and a shilling, the property of the Postm:Ater- General. Mr. W. Scalthorpe, one of the presidents of the Londm District Post-office, said, in consequence of some suslleioas he posted two letters at the Aldgate receiving -office, one of them directed lo "Mary Donoughue, Mr. Doolan's public-house, Sackwell-street, Dublin, Ireland," and containing a half sovereign and a shilling, marked. Another of the letters was addressed to "Miss Coventry, North Brixton." If these had been posted at the Aldgate receiving-office before 8 o'clock in the morning of the 20th, they ought to have reached the General Post-office about 25 minutes past 8. Witness was at the General Post-office that morning, and examined the letters sent from the Aldgate receiving -office, and found Miss Coventry's letter on the top of the bundle of paid letters; to the Irish letter two stamps had been af fixed, and that letter was not found at all. The bill ac companying the letters should give an account of the stamped letters, and that was found to correspond with the letters sent. The witness, taking with him the letter in spector who posted the two letters, and a constable, went to the Aldgate receiving -office, where he found the prisoner, to whom the witness discovered himself, and said that there was a letter which had not been sent. "Oh yes," he said, " I sent it; Miss Coventry's was sent." He was asked what had become of the Dublin letter, which had been dropped into the box, but made no reply. He was immediately searched, and the marked half-sovereign and shilling, together with the letter, the seal of which was broken, were found upon the prisoner. Other witnesses were called, who confirmed the testimony already given. Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Clarkson prosecuted, and Mr. Ballan tyne was retained for the defence. A technical point of law was raised on the wording of the indictment, and the circumstances of the case, as compared with the terms of the Act of Parliament. The question raised was, whether the letter in question was a post-letter, in the terms of the Act, the address being fictitious. Baron ROUE reserved the point for ,the opinion of the Judges, and directed the jury to find a general verdict against the prisoner of stealing half-a-sovereign, which, ac cording as the Judges decide will be, of stealing from a post letter, or of stealing a half-sovereign, the property of Mr. W. Seal thorpe. The jury found accordingly, and sentence was deferred. RAILWAY COMMIT ITES. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. DIRECT LONDON AND PORTSMOUTH. GUILDFORD, CHICHESTER, PORTSMOUTH, AND PAREIZAIVE. Their Lordships met this morning, as usual, at eleven o'clock, in Room A (New Houses of Parliament), Lord Beaumont in the chair. All the Members attended. Mr. ALEXANDER then addressed the Committee on the part of the landowners petitioning against the Bill. Mr. Cubitt was recalled, and examined by Mr. TALBOT, as to the practicability of ajunction between the proposed line and the London and Epsom, which he said could be made within the limits of devia tion of the plans of last session, but not within the limits of the plans of this session. The reason why the junction was not practicable was, that the levels of the two lines would be different. It would be practicable to hoist the goods, &c., from one line to the other. He was not aware of any difference in the levels until his attention was drawn to it by the evidence of Mr. Lock. Mr. COCKBURN then proceeded to address the Committee on the part of the Guildford and Chichester. HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP XVII. 11ICANCHESTEIL AND SOUTHEUVIPTON. The Committee met this morning at the usual hour, the Eton. E Yorke in the chair. Mr. HATEEFTON commenced the opposition of the South-Western to this project by calling _ _ . Mr. J. Iloughton, farming about 347 acres of land, at Broom-hall, Sunninghill, Berks, about seven miles from the Woking station of the Great Western. He said sheep did not go in great quantities from Weyhill and other fairs to the ncrth, their course being from east to west and vice versa. Driving sheep was preferable to sending them by railway, and if the railway were made, ke did not think it would be used for their transmission. He did not use the Great Western for this purpose on account of his objection to sending them by railway. Driving did not injure them, in fact. Sand obtained from the Isle of Wight, he considered, would not be conveyed to the north by the proposed line as the least expensive mode would be by Gloucester. The Cu&t&MAN inquired of the witness, if a gentleman carrying on business in the Potteries bad stated that he should save several hundreds in the course of a year by having sand transmitted to him from the Isle of Wight by the proposed line, whether he should con sider him a madman or a lunatic? The witness said if he had stated this, he should certainly consider him out of his senses. GROUP XXXI, This Committee re-assembled this morning at the usual hour; and after considerable time occupied in consultation, the subject of which was kept private, the room was ordered to be cleared. GROUP XXXIII. The Committee on this group met to-day at twelve o'clock, in Room 24. Present, Sir Robert Ferguson, the Marquis of Worcester, Viscount Newry, Mr. Smollett, and Mr. Fellowes. They resumed the consideration of the Warwickshire and London Railway (three branches), namely— WORCESTER AND WEEDON, HAMPTON AND IiSHCHUHCH, HAMPTON AND 11A.N3URY. According to the understanding come to yesterday, the engineering evidence was proceeded with at the sitting of the Committee. Mr. Robert Stephenson, the engineer of the line, was examined in minute detail, by Mr. AUSTIN, Q.C., for the promoters. He stated generally that the objects of the line were to give railway accom modation to every important town in the district, of which _Norwich might be considered the focus, and which might be described as lying between the Great Western Railway and Birmingham. The proposed railway would not only give local connexion, but a thorough connexion in every direction through the several trunk lines already existing or sanctioned. The three lines were connected with each other, and were also under one management. The engineering character of the lines was favourable. There was but one difficult gradient, and, on the whole, he considered them the best that could be formed in the country included between Weedon, Banbury, Worcester, Birmingham, and Rugby, with Warwick and Leamingtofi In the centre. The examination of this gentleman occupied the whole of the morning. GROUP XLII, LIVERPOOL, ORICSMIEZZU., ANEW PRESTON. The Committee re-assembled this morning at the usual hour. The business was commenced by The examination of 3lr. Mince, the engineer, who was partly examined yesterday. It was concluded this morning. It was to the effect that there were RO engineering difficulties, the gradients favourable, and the estimates fully sufficient to carry out the con struction and working of the line. Another witness was examined as to the value of the land through which the line would pass. It was proved that the sum put down in the estimates was fully sufficient to remunerate the owners of the land for any damage that might be caused by the passing of the line. Mr. Errington, the engineer, was then called, and examined at considerable length In support of the engineering capabilities of the line. He supported the evidence of Mr. M`Phee in every particular as to the practicability and usefulness of the line. GROUP XLVI. NEWCASTLE AND Cfs.R.LISLE BRANCH. The Committee appointed to consider the merits of this line met to-day at twelve o'clock, in Room No. 13. The Committee were occupied during the whole day in the e,nsl deraUon of the clauses et this Bill. GROUP LIII The Select Committee appointed to inquire into this Greup of Railway Bills re assembled this morning, pursuant to adjournment, in Room 26 (Grand Corridor) ; present, the Hon. E. Lascelies (in the chair), the Earl of Arundel and Surrey, Mr. Hild,yard, Mr. R. Clay. ton, and Captain Dalrymple. , .. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE:. There was not much demand for Cotton at Liverpool y.Ael terday. Sales about 4,000 bales, at previous rdtes. Sharea. were dull. - alt There are numerous letters in town this morning 1.1.0111 the West India Islands, brought by the Forth ste.'ulle::; and their contents are in full confirmation of the statean'll' made in the journals of the Colonies, as to the continued e).‘" istence of severe and long continued droughts. The sugef plantations had been damaged in consequence to a great ex' tent in all quarters. Still we are led to the conclusione from some of the letters that have reached us, alit the injury already done has been very greatly exaggera e tt and to such a truly " protectionist" purpose, namely, a of ruse to be made use of when the Sugar Duties Bill is dis. cussed, with the presumed intention of a section of the Leggy' lature to relax, if possible, the duty upon free g r°l4 sugars, and to show that, great as are the ills which the planters are subjected by reason of let, certain seasons, there may be a strong 1 1 up, why Parliament should not by relaxation Ft . o d u u ntide : ca° 7; pel the West India proprietors to accept other che,_ n g t ey t result of which they assert with earnestness, "" not of." The statements of the Chancellor of t quer last night in the House of Commons, that he ea c tho the continuance of the present duties for a month -a ttar of expiry of the present law, is not thought ie here. as the intention evidently is to g i ve breate'"„..ei time after the Irish Life Preservation Bill has been adva lic ` '' or rejected, for a fair debate upon the Sugat question, no" ( yearly becoming of more and more mercantile importance; At Demerara, there had been further arrivals of Cooli es, anal the reports state that they did their field work very well iur deed, especially where the lighter duties of the were required. There are no later accounts by t he Forth steamer from Mexico. In the Consul Market the changes have been siN lit itrai day, and business very limited indeed. The quotations eq°, rather heavy, Consols for the opening having just e , p ,a4 done at 95 ; the Three-per- Cents. Reduced, at the same /* L ot while the Three-and-a-Quarter-per- Cents. dropped fr0u1.",... to 96%. A very low figure has been marked for -1-;61. chequer-bills—say Bs. The last price yesterday vies A m 2, premium. It is said that there have been many eel" account of the Bank of England and the Accountant - G ener. Bank Stock advanced about I per cent. A considerable amount of business has been done in 9 16 ' Portuguese Bonds to-day at prices from 40i to 50 i? ' 41 7,1 a downward tendency as compared with Y ester that 3l prices. It is the opinion of many h er , e ar the accounts from Lisbon are very much %yip bled to suit stock-jobbing operations. The P ll , ought, therefore, to be shy in risking their cash in time DILI,. gains. The present price is 50 for Account. Old Spa! u 7. blexisCale Bonds are at 24, and the Three per Cents. at 87%. Deferred are called 16 1 4. Brazil Bonds have risen fro US 80 1 /e to 82. he Railway investments have not been in general de.' mend this morning. A few of the scrip have advanced. BRITISH FUNDS. ONE CLOSIIC*3 O'CLOCK. .PBICEt 3. Bank Stock .. .. • . 206% 95 206 i 4 Three per Cent. Reducal Annuities 95%, 95 964 New Three-and.a-Quarter pc! Cent. Anns. 97 98% 10) es Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10 3-16 % 10 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 .. 10 95 Consols for Opening • . 95% 95 Exchequer Bills. I%d. • 116 d. 1,000/... 12 8 pixi• 12 5001. 11 12 8 Po' 8 Ditto. Small 15 8 pm- C05 1:1442 ONE xEICNS FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. • . 82 Ditto, New Bonds, 1829 and 1839 .. 80% 82 40 Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent .. ••••• • Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent .. 16 Ditto, Deferred .. 16 1 A 374 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent. .. c e c r oun Ce t rit 5 5 0 1 4934 i 5 5o 42 0 : 4 Po D rt i u tt gli o, " fo e r F th our e A P Russian Bonds .. 110% h ou 24 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 24 37* Ditto, Three per Cent .. 37% 37 96 Ditto, for the Account .. Dividends on the above payable in Lendon. PRICES OF BUSINESS RAILWAY SHARES. PAID. DONE AT pBW•L' ONE O'CLOCK. • Boston, Stamford, & Birmingham. 225. .• ••• ' • • • 4 Bristol and Exeter .. .. 75 .• • ••• 84 .. •• •• •• •• •• •• 8 10_, Ditto New .. .. 5 .• .. 10 ••••• • • • ' • 10 , 14 . , Caledonian .. .. 10 .• .. 10% .. •••• • • •• I>l Churnet and Blythe .. 2 1 1 .• • ''''''' Derby and Crewe 2%.... N•• •"• • Direct Manchester (Remington's) 2% .... 14 •••• • • " • 3 74., Direct Manchester (Rastrick's) 4 3% • • • • • • • • 1 Direct Northern .. 2% 13% %•••• • " • 2% Dublin and Galway .. .. 4 2 ••••• • • • • ;14 Eastern Counties .. 141. 164..... 24% 1.4•• •••• • • nv Ditto New .. .. 10/. 165... • . p••• • • • ' Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61. 13s. 4d. 1 p.. ••• • •• 13 Ditto, York Extension .. 105... • .134%%••.• •• Eastern Union .. • • .. • 25 .. • . Do. Ipswich Sz Bury St.Edmunds 9 .. 8% ••••• • • • • • East Lincolnshire .. •• .. 1 % 1 .• • • 1 Edinburgh and Glasgow .. 50 .... .. • • Ditto % Shares .. 10 .... 17 1 % • • 2 Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester .. 2%.... 2 17 5 2%.• •• , Goole, Doncast., and Sheffield, &c. 42 5. % dis... . • 14_7" Great Western .. . • .. 85 ••.• ••••• • • • • • 8/ Ditto Half Plans .. 50 .... 81%81 ...... , 6 %! -•- • -14 Ditto, Quarter Shares .. .. 5 .... 164 .•.. • ... i7B 2, LoDnditott .F . lll B hs irming .. ham .. 10 2 0 : 0 22 3 6 2 •: Ditto Quarters 2 .•.• 28 •••'• • " '• 24)4 : : • • : : 2 Ditto Fifths .. 2 .... 2434 • London and Blackwell .. 161. 13s. 4d. •• •• •••••• Ditto, Extension .. .. • • 5 •• • • 336 •• • • ****** 65 London and Brighton .. -, 50 •• . 65% 65 ••• • .• no t London and Croydon •• .. 131 . 155 9 d... 224 • • • • London and South• Western•• 41L 6s. 10d.•. 79 78% •• •• • • ;' B 'u Ditto, New .. • . 173 28%. • 2 • London and York .. . 2% .• .. 1% 2.••• • - • • 1%; London, Salisbury, and Yeovil .. 234 .. • • •• •••• • • " Manchester and Leeds .. 82 . • • . Ditto Extension .. 425. .. • • 2% p••• • • • Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 .• .. ••••• • • • , 8 ," 3 /: Ditto, Quarter Shares (B) • • 4 .... 13% •• • ***** • • ''" Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425..... %p. Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... 14 ,midia-id ..100 150,, Ditto, New •. 18 .... 314 ...... 31* . Newcastle and Darlington Junet.. 25 .. • . Ditto, New . 1 .... 9 34 Ditto, New, Brandling .. 25 •• .. .. • 44 Norfolk .. • • .. .. 20 26 . Ditto, Half Shares .. .. 5 . .. •• • • 711 . . North British .. 2234 •• • • 2934 • • .... • 29 Ditto, Half Shares .. • • • • 8% ••• • ••••• • • • • 11 W• North Devon .. .. 2 .... •. • •.• • • • North Kent and Direct Dover ••••. • • • • • 1!‘ North Staffordshire .. • • • • 425. •• • . 3%% p.. •• .. nit Portsmouth I)irect • • • • • • 314 .• •• 3 34 ••••• • • ' • ' Scottish Central . .. 10 .... 15% • • •••• • • 2% Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 234 .... 2% •• •••• • • • • South Midland .. 425. % a1i5.....• • • % dif . l 391. South Eastern and Dovor • . • • 33% ••• • •••• • • '• 2 bo., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 2% 234 %•••• • • • • Staines and Richmond 1 .... •••• • • " . South Wales .. .... l3g.••••• •• • . a/ Waterford and Kilkenny .. • • 8 •• -- • • ****** 214 West Riding Union • • . • .. 425. •• .. 234 ••• " • • 2 Wisbeach and S. Ives .. .. ' • 2 .... 2 ••••• • • " • 983; York and North Midland .. 50 •• • • •" • • Ditto, Half Shares .. 25 •• • • ••••• ••" ' • • • 11*. Do. E. and W. Riding Eaten.. • 1 .• • - 113 •••••• • • • •, FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 11 Boulogne and Amiens .. 12 .... 10% .. •••• • • • • Bord., Toul., & Cette (Mackenzie) 2 ... • •• • ***** • • 13 1 Ditto, ditto (Espelete) .. 2.• .• 1% ••••• • • • • • 134 Central of Spain .. •• .. 2 •• • 1 %% •••• • • • • Luxembourg Madrid and Yalentia .. 2•• • • 136 ••••• • • • • • 63(i Paris and Lyons Constituted .. 5 6% ........ • • MINES. Real de} Monte, Unregistered • ... 3% . LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) Lorcnorr, - JvisiE 19.—Wind N.E., light airs, and sultry weather. DEAL, Juan 18.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrd. 17. Patience, Stenman. Trapani, and sld. for Gottenburg. 18. Batavier, Batavia, and aid. for Amsterdam. Old. Sophie Elizabeth, Rio Janeiro. Arrd. from the River and sld., Anna Robertson, Munro, Cape of Good Hope and ; Orestes, Fenwick, Ceylon : Ruby, May, St. Kitt's ; E l3lll Y . ' Macey, Quebec. SOUTHAMPTON, JUNE 18.—Arrd. Forth steamer, Chapman, West. Indies, left St. Thomas's 30th ult., and Fayal 12th inst. FALMOUTH, JUNE 18.—Wind E., fresh.—Arrd. Hartha, Bonny ' PENZANCE, JUNE 17.—Wind E.-16. Arrd. Jane, London for verpool, with loss of bulwarks, stanchions, Sr..c., paving b e en contact. NEWPORT, Jura 18.—Sid. Ajax, Starker, Boston. h Be n ' LIVERPOOL, JUNE 18.—Wind S.S.E., moderate.—S l d. shaw, Taylor, Rio Janeiro ; Columbia, Rathbone. N ew • l oe d- Confederation Argentina, Vucassorith, Rio Janiero ; Reli ance ' ford, Arricati. rt ora LEwicx, Jura 15.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. 14th, It o t r a seu Carmen, Gaueea, Santander. 17t MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-FRIDAY- At We have to report the arrival of a very limited supply of Wheat up to our market this week. The fine p a rcels that have •-• pearcd on sale have mostly found buyers, at Monday's quota tions yet the amount of b us i ness passing was small. Foreign Wheat , e e6- as well as in bond, w a s in moderate reqttest, at veryo P Owing to the continuance of dry weather, the sale for Ba rley w - 811 ,0 firm, and previous rates were well supported. Superfine Malt quite as dear ; but other kinds were neglected. The Oa t trade "_, steady, and the currencies had an upward tendency. The same be said of Beans .and Peas. ARRIVALS. Barley. Oats Flour. 20 sliad 730 qrs. 1,350 qrs. 2,7 800 .....-- 10,690 ......• English • • • • • • Wheat. 2,010 qrs. Irish ........ Foreign ...... 6,670 700 . Malt, 1,860 gra. SMITHFIELD. The supply of Beasts on offer here, being more than adequa te t° meet the wants of the buyers, the Beef trade was heavy, at e b n . ar_e n li a Monday's reduced figures. There were in the m arket 150 0x Cows, 300 Sheep, and 25 Lambs, from Holland ; 18, eve were front Prussia ; and 220 Scots from Scotland. With Sheep iziactlve, at ox:densle:es, supplied, while the Mutton trade was somewhat pre vious rates. In Lambe, the numbers of I a dull sale, at exceedingly little was done, at a deocligwles.value of 2d per Sibs. off slowly, at front 161. to The same remark may be appll i ed t• F -- n ig t ::: ce iJed this week being of a by far more 181. 10s. each. Suckling calves , l Cows , 150 ; Sheep and Lambs, our quotations. Mitch Cows noved Pigs, 16s. to 18s. each. 15,000 ; Calves, 633 ~,0 3% ErOP NIAREET. The plantation accouan t h of late, the demand here, for - d s of favourable character ices are with difficulty supportedand The duty . backed" l'e- - S 120,000/ :—Mid and East Kent P • 15 5 to Pockets, 61. ~, " hig!'Kent Pockets, 51. 104 to 71 Si.; Weald of • ; Silseex Pockets, 61. '' to Ti. i vz . v.,I7G.ATEI AND LE ADEN , We had a very dull trade here at barely ta 1 NALL. s t onary prices. 15e17,t05., 715845, to 2:1n1,:ce2u1:::: Suleiman Pacha will leave England on Saturday Ile % for Lyons, to visit his family. On the 17th lu s t , a t No. 8, S BIRTHS. cer st et Northampton-e 4 Mrs. Richard Mullen , of a son. Pen - re ' p ~‘„. On the 13th i ns t ., at Winchester, of aposthumous datiguLy" the sd widow of the l a t e Henry R. G. Dallas, Esq., Lieutenant of th e 3 Madras Native Infantry. Wa O u n gh tl , ie Es l q 4 . l J. ~h inst., at Bayswater, Mrs. C. Hall, of a dau g lite: of a son. On the 16 th inst., at St on y St ra tf or d, B uc k s , the wife of v. Wh O i n te T Lq e 17., of a 17th inst., ,in Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park, the lady of R. F. On the 17th inst., in Argyle-square, Mrs. Pearson, of a son dArni , On the 18th inst., i n C onnaug ht- square , th e wife of JohnAt Esq., barrister-at-law, of a son. ____.--......." De O a n n, t o h f e a sonlBth. inst., at Tollington-park, Upper Holloway, um g. MARRIED. On the 10th inst., at Ospringe, John B. Kenrick, Eat., to Thorne' sine Fanny, youngest daughter of Edward Toker, Esq., of the Oskar Ospringe, Kent. On the 18th inst., at St. Luke's, Middlesex, Mr. Thome, 11 -d1 Ormes, of Upper Islington-terrace, to Elizabeth, younger daughter " Mr. George Shirley, of Goswoll-street. DIED. • of On the 13th inst., at Cheam, Surrey, Mrs. E. R. Brown, widow the late Mr. James Brown, of the Commander-in-Chiefs office. 4 On the 16th inst., at Ditton-park, Jane Caroline, third daughter the late Lord Montagu, aged 36. On the 26th of March last, at Bombay, Caroline, the bel" .d of Lieutenant Wilmot Christopher, Indian Navy. On the 28th ult., at Boston, United States, Eliza, Edward Davis. On the 16th inst., the Rev. James Price, Rector of Gr eat Mandan. Hertz, aged 83. w idow of CaPhd o On the 17th inst., T. B. Stanbridge, Esq., of lioxton, aged 61. wOilsohtehre.e Esq. inst., at Hitchin, Hertz, Lora, wido w of the lase London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 1 12 , Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office N 0.112, Strand, in the Free of the Savoy, in the Count y of Middlesex, rriday, Jaw 1% ISA SHREWSBURY AND BIEWErNGHANI. Mr. CORBETT opposed the line on behalf of certain landowners through whose property this project would pass. Mr. Thorneycroft was one of the principal of the petitioners. He intended. if the preamble were passed, to object to the clauses, but he hoped that the preamble would not be declared by the Committee to be proved. The works of Messrs. Hatherton, Henderson, Hyde, and Clarke, and Joseph Mellor, of Wolverhampton, would be destroyed if the Bill were passed. There was another line, which would come before the consideration of the Committee, which would afford his clients much better accommoda tion than the Shrewsbury and Birmingham, and which would not at all injure their works. Ile therefore hoped that the Committee would pause well before they passed the preamble of this Bill. In endeavouring to accommodate some parties, the promoters of this Bill proposed to injure.the interests of others in a manner that Par liament could net sanction. lie did not oppose the scheme merely on the old narrow ground that it was a railway. The peti tioners on the contrary, believed that a railway would be of infinite benefit to them, but they begged to repre sent that there was another scheme which would afford equal and even better accommodation, without inflicting the same injury on private property. The Learned Counsel then explained by the aid of a wooden model which lay on the table before the Com mittee, the manner in which this line would injure the property of his clients. If this line were formed, it would divide his extensive works, which would render them less valuable. It would also cause the Horsley-fields-road to be raised on a high embankment, which would have the effect of forming a complete barrier to the access to Mr. Thorneycroft's works on the most extensive side. Further than this, the promoters of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham had not yet obtained the consent of the trustees of that road to interfere with it In the manner proposed. The trustees of the road were against the er teraplated alteration of the road, which would be raised to such gi g r ou nt at that part where the line would pass underneath it, at to cause serious inconvenience to the public. An immense amount of money and n if the nd been ir_vested in the erection of his client's o in that slightest barrier were put to the access to them, rherkarSest most serious, not only to them but the community at _ as totally district. The proposed interference with private n uncalled for. ----- ' u la it r : would be GROUP LVIII. MIDLAND RAILWAY (PITSCSASZ or OAILHAIVE CAIWAX.). This Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock, in room N o. 8 The greater part of the day was occupied in the consideration Of the clauses of the above Bil l, the preamble of which was declared pro v ed a few days since. The Committee adjourned until twelve o'clock toluorrow. Ackers M P el N ect ° o F rs L of U L D u L dl7, — tha l‘ t l i r t . is not his •1, • , h o aell o a ft . En e rl r °RuE t i n i Sc ni eEd e N e tT li t a lTi s a candidate for their Suffrages at the intention gene al election. LETTERS TO INDIA. -The next mails to Gibraltar, Malta, Or , me, the lonian Islands, Egypt, Ceylon India, tiong-Kong, epd Saturdayobny the l Oriental morning, steamer ( ni t i C n l o i r n o a w , 7, 1 1 u l t b d e fo li r w a d a e r d u th v e ia 2 s O o th utb in a s m ta p n! ton, and by tise overland mall via Marseilles, on the morning of the 24th instant. FOREIGN POULTRY. -- Yesterday Leadenhall-market presented a very interesting appearance from the quantity of foreign poultry offered for sale ; a speculation which, from the prices they realised, is likely to turn out very successful. MR. BONN.—We regret to learn that the director of Drury-lane Theatre is seriously indisposed, and that` yesterday afternoon he was considered to be in great danger. The Oddfellows are, perhaps, the most numerous and important body enrolled together for mutual assurance in Great Britain. On the Ist of January, 1846, t h e y had 3,884 l o d g es in 386 districts, and their members numbered 259,374. 1t1.7:tt01311T.:.D CHANGE OF MINISTRT.—A gencrei opi nion prevails among the supporters of the present Administration that no change of Ministry will take place for some time. WINDSOR, THURSDAY EVENING.—The Duchess Of Kent will remain at Frogwore during the visit of the Court to the 1219 of I