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II 0 Just ready, 2 vols., small fivo., CHEL A GA; OR, ENGLAND IN THE NEW WORLD. Edited by. ELIOT WARBURTON, Esq., Author of " The Crescent and the Cross." Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough street. Orders received by all Booksellers. NEW ROMANCE, BY J. FENIMORE COOPER, ESQ. In 3 vols. post Svo., R A VEN S N E S T ; Or, THE RED SKINS. By J. FENIMORE COOPER, Esq. Author of " The Pilot," " The Red Rover," " The Pathilndor." &c. IS NOW READY AT ALL TB& LIBRARIES. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. ESSRS. LAbIOND, SMALE, AND LAMOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Friends And the Public for their continued support and patronage, Ind to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commeree, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully requested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day -evious to their being offered ; and ativices of results will be .rwarded by the first post after the sale, ant the proceeds Mime . lately disposed of according to instructions. Offices, Hall of Commerce. Threadneedle-street, London. TIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. M. PERROT most respectfully informs the Nobility, Patrons to the Opera, his Friendi, and the Public, that his BENEFIT will take place TO-MORROW EVENING When will be performed (for the last time this season) Beflint's celebrated Opera, entitled I PURITANI. Elvira, Madame Grisi ; Giorgio, Signor Lablache ; Arturo, Signor Mario ; Riccardo, Signor Fornasari. Between the Acts of the Opera will be produced (for the first time) an original Divertissement, entitled LE JUGEMENT DE PARIS. Comprising a new Grand Pas, composed expressly for this occasion by M. Perrot, entitled LE PAS DES DEESES. By Mdlle. Tag lion!, Mdlle. Louise Taglioni, Mdlle. Cerito, Mdlle. Lucile Grahn, Mdlle. Demelisse, Mdlle. Cassan, and MM. St. Leon and Perrot. To conclude with a Selection from the admired Ballet, entitled LA GITANA La Gitana, Mdlla. Taglioni ; Ivan, M. St. Leon ; Duke de Medina, M. Gosselln ; Smottrost, M. Delaval. Applications for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at the box office, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Seven, the Opera to corn menco at half-past Seven o'clock. FRENCH PLAYS—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Mr. MITCHELL has the honour to announce, that the eminent Tragedienne, Mdlle. RACHEL, whose appearances have been hailed with the highest enthusiasm, will give a Fifth Representation THIS EVENING. The Performances will commence with Duval's Petite Comedy of LEh tIEKITILIG6 ; on, Le .Nautrage. M. Cortigny. After which, Racine's celebrated Tragedy of PHEDRE. Phedre, Mdlle. Rachel ; Aricie, Mdlle. Derouet ; Oenone, Mdlle. Martelleur ; Ismene. Madame Marius ; Thesee, M. Marius; Hippolite, M. Felix ; Theramene, M. Queius ; Fanope, M. Pagenier. To conclude with Racine's popular Comedy of LES PLAIDEURS. Dandin, M. Cartigny ; Leandre, M. 'Ulric ; Chicaneau, M. Dorgebret ; Petit Jean, M. Turtois ; L'lntime, M. Dumery ; Le Soufflear, M. Masquillier ; La Comtesse, Mdme. Croset ; Isabelle, Mdlle. Heloise. Prices of Admission—Reserved Seats in the Dress Boxes, 78. 6d. ; Admission to tke Pit, ss. ; Reserved Seats In the Amphitheatre, ss. ; Gallery, 3s. Doors will be opened at Half-past Seven o'clock, and the Perfor mances commence at Eight. Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, may be secured at Mr. Mitchell's Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Sains's Library, 1, St. James's-street ; Mr. Andrews's Library, New Bond street; of Messrs. Ilookham, Ebers, Allcroft, and 011ivier, Bond street ; Bailey, 12, Regent-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from Eleven till Five. THEATRE ROYAL. DRURY-LANE. THE BRUSSELS OPERA COMPANY. THIS EVENING, Will be presented the popular Comic Opera, entitled LES DIAMANS DE LA COURONNE. Principal characters by Mdme. Laborde and Mons. Bonk.. After which. Scribe's Comic Opera (the Music by Adolphe Adam). entitled LE CHALET. In which Madame Guichard and MM. Boulo and Berlelle will appear. To conclude with the Grand Scena from the Opera of LE ROS SIGNOL. Philis, Madame Villiotni Laborde, who will introduce a Grand 3lorceau Concertante, accompanied on the Flute. To-Moaitow, in consequence of the overflow from all parts of the Theatre, " Robert le Diable," will be repeated, being the last night but Twelve of the Compnny's performing. Halevy's Comic Opera, " Les Mousquetaires de la Reine," is in preparation aad will be im mediately produced. Doors open at Seven, performance to commence at half-past Seven. THEATRE ito YAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Second and Third Acts of Anber's cele brated Opera, entitled THE BLACK DOMINO; or, A Night's Adventure. Juanita, Madame Anna Thillon ; Paquita, Miss P. Horton; Gil Podrida, Mr. J. Bland. After which, a New and Original Drama, called BOROUGH PO LITICS. Principal characters by Messrs. Webster, Tilbury, Buck stone ; Mrs. Glover, and Mrs. E. Yarnold. To be followed by an Operatic Extravaganza, entitled THE WONDERFUL WATER CURE. Tartaglia, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Belloni, Mr. Hudson ; Argentine, Madame Anna Thillon. To zonclude with a New Farce, called LEND ME FIVE SHIL LINGS. Mr. Golightly, Mr. Buekstone ; Capt. Phobbs, Mr. Tilbury Capt. Spruce, Mr. Brindal ; Mrs. Major Phobbs, Miss P. Horton. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. TJNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. Triumphant success of another New Drama, "Above and Below,' which will be performed every Evening until further notice. THIS EVENING Will he performed a New Comic Drama, of a singularly novel cha racter, entitled ABOVE AND BELOW. Characters by Messrs. Diddear, Meadows, F. Matthews, A. Wigan, H. Butler, Belling ham, Turner, Kinloch, and Keeley ; Miss E. Daly, Miss Forster, Miss Turner, and Miss Fairbrother. After which the nww and original Farce, entitled LOAN OF A WIFE. Principal characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, A. Wigan, Meadows, Kinloch, and Yarnold ; Mrs. Woollidge and Miss Howard. To conclude with the Comic Drama, called THE DUSTMAN'S BELLE. Nod Windfall, Mr. Keeley ; Sally Bromley, Miss E. Daly. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Drama, from the French, entitled THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER. In which Madame Celeste, Messrs. Wright, 0. Smith, Selby, Worrell, &c., will perform. After which an entirely new and original Comic Sketch, called ABRAHAM PARKER. Abraham Parker, Mr. Wright. To be followed by Mr. Buckstone's Comic Drama, called THE MAID WITH THE MILKING PAIL. Dimon, Mr. Wright ; Milly, Mrs. Fitzwilliam. To conclude with a Romantic Drama, in Six Tableaux, called TIIE QUEEN OF THE ABRUZZI. The principal characters sus tained by Madame Celeste, Miss Chaplin ; Messrs. Paul Bedford, 0. Smith, Cullenford, Ryan, Boyce, &c. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Comic Drama, entitled USED UP. In which Mr. Charles Mathews will perform. After which (for the third time), a Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD. Lord Factotum, Mr. C. Mathews ; Princess Isabelle, Madame Yestris. To conclude with a Comic Drama, entitleJ BEFORE BREAK FAST. NichoLts Trefoil, Mr. C. Mathews ; John, Mr. Oxberry. ASTLEY'oI ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the especial p ttronage of her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal. Overflowing houses. Enthusiastic approbation still at tends the Representation of our Conquests in India. The First Week of an Equestrian Drama at half-price. u a- I THIS EVENING Will be performed the Grand Military Spectacle, called THE STKIIS' INVASION ; or, England's Victories of 15415. Intro ducing the whole of the Stud and Company. After which, Grand and Novel SCENES of the CIRCLE. The whole concluding with a Splendid Hippodramatic Melodrama. Vox-office open from eleven till live o'clock.—Doors open at six and commence at seven o'clock. ~, DAV ID GE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Posititely the Last Week of the Operatic Company, and Third Week of Mr. Osbakliston, Miss Vincent, and a Double Dramatic CoMpany. THIS EVENING Will be perrtrmed the Opera of IRA DLtVOLO. Fra Diavo!o, Mr. D. W. King ; Lord Allcash, Mr. ElGrricastle ; Giacomo, Mr. Weiss ; Lorenzo, Mr. C. White ; Zerinia, Madame Albertazzi ; Lady Allcash, bliss Betts. After which, THE QUEEN'S RIDDLE. Marquis de Santiago, Mr. Osbaldiston ; Sancho, Mr. Forman ; o.ivia, Miss Vincent ; Florella, Miss Lydia Pearce. The Performances to conclude with THE LADYB OF LAMBETH. Characters by Messrs. Saville, Hughes, J .hnson, Neville, Forman, Mrs. Vining, Mrs. Daly, Miss L. earce, Mrs. Hughes, &c. Under the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. GRAND FLORICULTURAL FE'rE THIS DAY. The ROYAL SOUTII LONDON FLORICULTURAL SOCIETY will hold their SECOND GRAND SUMMER FLOWER SHOW In these Gardens, on which occasion upwards of SIXTY GOLD and SILVER MEDALS, and a valuable SILVER CUP, will be awarded for the best productions of Miscellaneous Plants, Cut Flowers, Fruit, and Honey. The combined attractions of the Gardens will be exhibited, consist ing of the MENAGERIE, enriched by the recent Presents from her Majesty ; the modelled representation of Vesuvius and the Bay of Naples. The Promenade Concert, conducted by Mr. Godfrey, the Band - consisting of Fifty first-rate Musicians. An extra Military Band; Conductor, Mr. Lewis. And, at dusk, the Gothic Bridge of Statues, Illuminated by 2,000 Jets of Gas in Amber-coloured Lamps. Calypso's Fairy Grotto, the chef-d'oeuvre of Danson. The Group ing of the various Figures, the Moon-Lt Caverns, the distant Music— in fact, the entire execution, is the theme of constant admiration. The Glass Conservatory, brilliantly Illuminated with Oas in Festoons of Bucket Lamps. Descent of Farinelli in a Fiery Car on to the Lake. The whole concluding with the Eruption of Vesuvius. Doors open at One. Admission, One Shilling. Under the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty. ROYAL SURREY* ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. EVERY MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND TIEURDAI". ... - VIEW of NAPLES, ERUPTION or VESUVIUS, DESTRUC TION of HERCULANEUM and POMPEII, in the year 79. This magnificent spectacle Is revived in an unprecedented scale of grandeur, the picture being more than twice the size of the former, and represents, as accurately as can possibly be done, the Great Eruption of. Vesuvius in the year 79, when the Destruction of Her culaneum and Pompeii teo place: produced under the direction of Mr. Daimon. A richly ornamented t.OTIfIC 11R113(113 of wrxrums has been constructed, which will be brilliantly Illuminated at Night. • The PROMENADE CONCERTS are again confided to Mr. God trey. The Band Is most complete in all its departments, and ineaudes Many eminent native and foreign musicians. In. addition to the other attractions of the Gardens, will be exhi bited CALYPSO'S FAIRY GROTTO, approached by the Illumi nated Gothic Bridge, representing in the Interior Telemachus relating his adventures to Calyrv.. The PYROTECHNIC DISPLAYS, by Mr. Soutliby, are on the most complete and effective scale. Preceding the Volcanic Display, a novel exhibition will be intro duced, representing the Descent of Phrebris in the Chariot of the Sun. Mons. Farinelli will descend from a Chinese Pagoda, seventy feet in height, to the surface of the lake, where a Naiad's Car will rise to receive him, and bear him to his chrystal home. The Glass *Conservatory is splenduily ornamented with festoons of lamPs, enabling the visitors to view the matchless collection of Carnivore by gas-light. Feeding of the Carnivore at half-past five; the Pelicans, &c., at sty ; C oncert at half-past six ; and the Eruption at dusk. On 3foNosr, Aug. 10; Will take place a GRAND NEAPOLITAN CARNIVAL and FETE D'ETE ; combining all the novelties of the season. . _ Admission, One Shilling. tricrag BANK OF AUSTRALIA.—The annual meeting of this company- was held on Monday at the offices in Old Broad-street, J. J. Cummins, D4q., in the chair. The report of the directors was of a favourable nature, although the business done was limited in extent. The result of the year's operations had enabled the directors to add 5,605/. 19s. 3d. to the permanent reserve fund, Nybich DOW amounts to 45,335 1 . 15s. 6d., and to pay a dividend ater the rate of six per cent. per annum. The improving condition of the colonists had rendered accommodation less remunerative, e specially at the New Zealand Branch, b u t th e rev i val of confidence w0t.:,1 Soon, it was expected, Open a legitimate source for the employmer.t of the banking caoitaL The balance-sheet showed the liabilities to be 1,027,162/. 12s. 9d., and the assets a siinilar arn,unt. The profit for the year ending at the branches 31st December, 1845, and at London 30th June, 1846, was 56,059/. 12s. 4d. The reserve fund was now 45,3351. 15s. and the balance of undivided profit was 44,882/. 7s. Cd. After the report was read, a discussion of no public importance took place, in which Mr. Levy, Mr. G. R. Robinson, Mr. Llelrne, and others took part, when it was adopted unanimously. Three directors were then elected, namely, Robert Brookes, J. R. Todd, and W.I Wilson, Ergs. A vote of thanks having been passed to the directors, the meeting adjourned. Small-pox at the present moment prevails to a dread. ful extent at Cette, a town on the borders of the Meditersa nean, the disease attacking both children and adults, in eluding those vaccinated, and has already produced great mortality. ANNIHILATION OF MATTER BY A RAILWAY COLLI -4IOY.—A morning paper, in describing the effects of the col lision on the Eastern Counties Railway on Saturday, says Of a second-class carriage which bad been attached to the train at Romford, and placed in the rear of the two horse boxes, them was literally nothing left." THE WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, JULY 21. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 57; Highest. 75; Noon, 68, BAROMETER, 29.96.—W1ND S.W., fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Aorning .. 13 minutes after 1.1 Evening .. 35 minutes after 1 THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 22, 1846. thicker and larger than the other. The farrier, by whom the lashes were laid on, was changed at every 25 blows, in order that the stroke might be administered with sufficient strength and vigour, and a new cat brought into operation after the first 100 lashes. In other regiments trumpeters, who are boys, are selected as the floggers ; but in the happy 7th Hussars, this duty devolves upon the farriers, men whose arms are, from the nature of their avocations, hardened and strengthened, and who are therefore enabled to strike much harder. There is no mercy for the wretched sufferers. The instrument of torture was flourished twice in the air between each blow, which was delivered with all the power and force of the striker, as it was sworn that if he did not do so, he would be liable to be punished himself It is not astonishing that there was a great discharge of blood before the whole was completed, which ran down over the victim's over alls, or that several of the men dropped down fainting. The men who would fearlessly have braved the hostile ranks were unable to sustain the horrifying spectacle of pain and anguish inflicted on a fellow- creature. When all was terminated, the mild and merciful Colonel WHYTE steps forward and speaks actually of the brutality of the conduct of the poor young man, and at that moment utters fur ther threats as to what he will do on a future occasion, even at that moment speaking of a re petition of the punishment, in the event of another offence. In what light does he think his own con duct, in standing by with folded arms, not interfering, although he had it in his power to lessen the punishment, will be regarded by any man of common feeling or common humanity ? Whether will his victim or himself be thought to have acted in the most brutal manner ? Alas! how often shall we speak of the mote in the eye of our brother, and little regard the beam in our own ? One witness says, in speaking of the appearance of the unfortu nate mo.n'c back ,after the lashing, "I can't compare it to anything but to a person who had been cut to pieces." It is needless to descant upon the harrow ing details given in evidence of the discharge of matter from the wounds, the complaint of the burning pain in his chest on the second day after the flogging, the boils breaking out on the injured place, the description of these pains in the chest and back to the surgeon of the regiment, who attempted to cheer him by saying that he had been punished for no disgraceful crime, and his admission to the deceased that it was to the punishment he owed his illness. Is it— can it be possible that our countrymen, who have so willingly contributed, who have made such sacrifices, for the abolition of slavery and its attendant lash, will consent to a greater degree of barbarity being sanctioned at home at our very thresholds, because a regiment has the misfortune of having a martinet for its commander? We feel that such is not the case, and we cannot doubt but that the irresistible voice of public opinion will loudly demand the abolition of corporeal punishments, and the re moval from command of men who so grossly abuse the power entrusted to their hands, should such a result follow, WHITE will not have died in vain. His sufferings and death will ransom many of his brother soldiers from similar inflictions. Had not death ensued, the public would have heard nothing of the abominable cruelty perpetrated; the veil of mystery which hung over the proceedings could not be re moved by anything less weighty than the death of a victim. Thousands of cases more wantonly and un mercifully inflicted, might be found if the annals were searched, and the causes of the various punish ments fully investigated. Take that of the other victim, MArrxEwsozi, who had been but seven weeks in the regiment when. be attracted the attention of the humane ZolOnel WHYTE. We give his own sworn evidence verbatim, it requires neither note or 'comment on our part; but we do say that if he hiss truly stated the cause, the strongest advocate for the necessity of military flogging must admit that its infliction in such a case was never contemplated, and that the man who would demand and sanction such a punish ment for such an offence is a disgrace and stain to the service. We trust that an inquiry will take place into the management of the regiment that will afford an opportunity to Colonel WHYTE of satisfying the public as to the manner in which he has dis charged his duty as commanding officer. The fol lowing is the evidence of the man MATTHEWSON, viz. : VINCENT CHELMICKI, formerly Nuncio of the Diet of the kingdom of Poland. This illustrious Pole died at Chantilly on the 3d of this month. The Algiers journals of the 11th and 12th give long accounts of the arrival and entry in state into the city of M. PAVY, the newly-appointed Bishop of Algiers. M. DE SALVANDY continues his excursions in the neighbourhood of Algiers, and was to leave on the 16th for Oran and Constantina. The advices from Oran are to the 12th. Some troops had been dispatched on the 3d towards the Morocco frontier, in consequence of the appearance in that neighbourhood of some hos tile Arab cavalry. " M. LAVAUD," says the National, " who is to re place M. BRUAT in the government of Oceania, will sail in the month of September, in the frigate Danae." There has been a terrific storm of hail, rain, and wind, which has done immense damage in the neigh bourhood of Lyons. The hailstones were some of them as large as eggs. The vintage has been en tirely destroyed, and the grain crops have been most severely injured. Several houses were blown down by the wind. The Moniteur publishes the returns of the manu , facture and consumption of beet-root sugar in France to the Ist of July inst., from which it appears that there are 306 factories in activity, being twelve more than at the corresponding period of 1845. The quan tity of sugar manufactured during the year amounted to 39,403,754 kilogrammes (nearly 40,000 tons); the amount sold for consumption, 35,690,608 ; and the duties levied thereon, 9,187,615 f (360,0001.) As compared with the results of 1845, there was an in crease in the production of 3,863,504 kilogrammes (3,863 tons) ; in the consumption, of 4,212,627; and in the duties, of 3,142,457 f. MARSEILLES, JULY s.—Marseilles and Avignon, 865 f. ; Northern, 710 f. ; Parii and Lyons, 522 f. 50c. LYONS, JULY 17.—Marseilles and Avignon, 876 f. 25c.; Paris and Orleans, 1,268 f. 75c. ; Rouen, 995 f. ; Lyons, 521 f. 25c. ; Vierzon, 635 f. ; Great Northern, 7131. 50r. isu:NLNESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 20. Boulogne and Amiens, 12%—Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette (Mackenzie), I%—Central of Spain, 14—Dutch Rhenish, 7—Louvain and Jemappe, I%— Luxembourg, 1% —Lyons and Avignon, 1% Northern of France Constituted, 12% ex d.—Orleans and Bordeaux, B—Over rase!, dis.—Parfs and Lyons Constituted, 5 1 '--Rouen and Havre, 27—West Flanders, 3%. THE WEST INDIA MAIL. (From the Herald.) SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY MORNING.—The Trent, Royal mail steam-ship, Captain Rivett, arrived this morning, at seven o'clock, from the West Indies, after a very fair passage• She brings the usual mails. The Trent brings advices down to the following dates viz. :—Jamaica, June 23d ; Demerara, 19th ; Trinidad, 20th ; St. Jago de Cuba, 18th ; Barbadoes, 24th ; Grenada, 26th ; Porto Rico, 28th ; St. Thomas, 30th ; and Fayal, July 14th. She has on freight 2,270 dollars, on merchants' account; 1,9221. in British coin; 244 serons of sarsaparilla; 86 tierces of coffee ; a valuable box of pearls ; 52 packages of succades, arrow root, &c., &c. There are 91 passengers. Her Majesty's schooner Pickle was at Jamaica when the Trent left. The Company's steamer Avon, sailed from Jamaica for the Spanish Main on the 15th of June; the Dee, from Grenada, on the 25th of June, for Jamaica; the Severn, on the 26th, for Trinidad ; the Eagle, from Barbadoes, on the 24th, for Demerara. The Reindeer was in the harbour of St. Thomas on the 30th of June; the City of Glasgow was on the patent slip at St. Thomas, preparatory to her departure for Eng land (via Madeira) on the 4th of July. I learn by a private source that her Majesty's ship Endy mon, 44 guns ; the Alarm, 26 ; Vesuvius steam sloop, 6 ; Daring, 12 ; and Rose, 16 ; were in the Gulf of Mexico. The Trent spoke H.M. steamer Avenger, with the Pacha on board, on the 19th. In lat. 20.36, long. 62.14, signalised the brig Appleton, on the 2nd of July. On the 9th, spoke the brig Vesta, standing N. 8., lat. 30.51, long. 44.19. All well. The Trent brings no news of importance from the West India Islands. It is, however, cheering to rep or t th at a favourable change had taken place in the weather, and that the long drought had been succeeded by copious and seasonable rains in almost every island; it had, as a matter of course, put the inhabitants in good spirits, and the pros pects of the crops are more encouraging. At Trinidad, 19,000 hogsheads of sugar had been shipped for England ; the crop will be about 22,000 hogsheads. At Barbado4;ll4 64-6P - R''ingar shipPeir . fOr Erigliatt:itifkined to 15,000 hogsheads, and 10 or 12 vessels were still loading. In Demerara the crops will be about a quarter short of last year, on account of the long dry weather. (From the Jamaica Dispatch of June 23.) EXPORTS. Sugar—Hogsheads and tierces were sold at from 235. 6d. to 30s. per 100 lbs. Rum commands 3s. 9d. per gallon. Exchanges on London.—Jamaica and Colonial Banks-30 days, 1 1 / i per cent. pm. ; 60 days, 1 cent. pm. Planters Bank-30 days, 1 1 / 2 per cent pm. ;60 days, 1 per cent. pm. ; 90 days, % per cent. pm. Commissary's Bills-30 days, 3 / 4 per cult. pm. The Hon. Major-General Sir Hercules Pakerham, brother-in-law to the Duke of Wellington, will succeed, it is said, the Hon. General Stuart in the Governorship of Malta. REMARKABLY LOW , TIIW.—The tide was -o low OD Sunday evening that several steamers got fast in the mud of the river, and at the Chelsea pier three were aground at one time. The steamer which left Battersea-bridge pier at eight o'clock did not reach the Adelphi pier until after nine o'clock, in consequence of the lowness of the tide. Tae river could easily be walked across in many places. OBSERVATORY AT HAVRE.—It is said that the Minis ter of Marine has decided on constructing an observatory at Havre, on the site now occupied by various small buildings on the north jetty. MAILS TO RiTTERDAM.—CcIoneI Maberly has sig nified that the Postmaster-General has no objection to for ward ship-letter mails between Yarmouth and Rotterdam by the vessel about to be put on that line by the Norfolk Steam Navigation Company; but before coming to any de cision upon the subject, his Lordship proposes to communicate with the Director of the Dutch Post-office, to ascertain if the arrangement meets with his acquiescence. GENERAL PICTON'S 34,,NUMENT.—Workmen have been engaged during the week in removing the monument, preparatory to its complete restoration. From what trans pired at the last meeting of the council, there seems to be little doubt that when the re-building is completed, it will be taken into the care of the council. It will thus be insured from going into such a dilapidated state at any future time.— Carmarthen Jour nal. KIRKCUDBRIGHT.—The election took place on Friday. Thomas Maitland, Esq., of Dundrennan, lately appointed Solicitor-General of Scotland, was re- elected without oppo sition. Mr. P. M'Millan proposed Mr. Maitland. Provost Martin, of Castle Douglas, seconded the nomination ; a n d the sheriff, after calling for a show of hands, declared Mr. Rlaitiand, who subsequently returned thanks, duly elected. OXFORD, JULY 18.—A vacancy in the representation of this city being expected as a consequence of the lamented indisposition, absence, and other circumstances of Mr. Maclean, a candidate has appeared in the person of Mr. John Ingrain Lockhart, F.R.A.S., nephew of the late Recorder of that name, and many years Member for this city. Mr. Lock hart, who is a thorough liberal in politics, is also known as the translator of the interesting "Memoirs of Casbitto," from the Spanish, and of Grobefend and other works on " Attica and Athens," from the German. "By the Coroner—l was punished for insolence to a ser geant, in calling out Halloa 'in a stable. He did not come in and call me. When be came in he said, ' What do you mean by answering that way?' It was Sergeant Temple. I said,' I did not know who called me;' but he continued reprimanding me, and I said, ' Do you wan t me t o go down on my knees to you ?, He then order e d me on fatigue duty. I was then taken up before Colonel Whyte, and he ordered me into a week's solitary confinement. I asked him what way I was to answer, and he ordered a court martial for insolence to my commanding officer, and I had 100 lashes. When I went into the hospital the doctor never came to see me until the next morning. I went into the hospital at half-past twelve o'clock. White, the deceased, dressed my back. Saw the surgeon the next day at half past ten o'clock. He ordered me nothing more than luke warm water to my back for six days. Came out of the hos pital this day. My back is not well now, properly speaking. Had boils on my back and pains in my side, back, and chest, the same as White complained' of. Had great pain in my chest the next morning, and difficulty of breathing, attended with pain. My back was dressed, but White's was not. Three or four days afterwards the pain left the cheat and came to the sides. It would sometimes leave for two or three hours, and then come back again. Had no medicine for it. Feel it still in the evenings, when I lie down and draw breath; it feels as if something was running into •my sides. Did not mention it to the surgeon." The Gazette of Zurich publishes a letter from Berne, dated July 13, which states that the Council of the Constitution had that day terminated their de liberations, ana that the project for the new constitu tion hat been adopted by a majority of 88 Members to 9 who voted against it. It was reported at Berne that in Lucerne all the inhabitants liable to military service, and even the landstrum, had been called out. 'File Executive Council of Berne had dispatched an officer to Hatwyl to ascertain the real state of affairs. At Geneva, on the 15th, an act of fraud on the part of the Jesuit conductors of the institute of Onex was discovered. They had assumed the title of members of the Academy of Geneva, a title to which they had no right whatever, and the head of the academy has, by a public protest, given a formal denial to their assumption of it. We perceive that Mr. C. H. Fountain, of the free list office, and sub-treasurer, takes his annual benefit at the Princess's Theatre, on Friday next, when the eminent artistes, Madame Vestris, and Mr. Charles Mathews, lend their valuable aid to the unrivalled company of that theatre. The attractions put forth, and the well-known mention to the visitors by that gentlernan, we trust will secure hitn, what he deserves, the liberal patronage of the public. Lieutenant Pearce, many years warden of Woolwich dockyard, but who was superseded by the Metropolitan police being ordered on duty there, died last Friday, at his residence in the Kent-road. The deceased, who had seen great service was the eldest son of William IV., and was with his Majesty in the actions in America in 1788, where he was taken pri soner, but was subsequently released by a gallant sailor, who shot the man that had charge of him. BRITISH ORPHAN ASYLUM —On Monday, the half yearly meeting of the governors of this charity for the elec tion of eight children from a list of twenty-seven candidates, was held at the London Tavern; J. B. Brooke, Eq., in the chair. The report for the past year was favourable, both as regarded the inmates and the financial accounts. Amongst the Is gacies received was the bequest of the late George Banbley, Esq., of St. John's-wood, of a share of residuary property (minus duty), amounting to 9001. At the clove of the election, the Chairman presented rewards, amounting to various sums, to those children wh o h ave l e f t t h e i nst i tut i on, and attended with satisfactory testimonials • from theil'em ployers. The business' of the day bring concluded, thanks were voted to the Chairman, and the meeting broke up. MRS. MABERLY'S NEW NOVEL. " LEONTINE."—From the sale of the publication of " The Love Match," Mrs. Ma berly has taken rank amongst the popular novelists of the day, and every new work of hers is looked forward to with interest. In " Leontir.e" she lays bare with unsparing pen and strong purpose, the hollow elegance, the sensual cultiva tion, the abandoned and selfish refinement of the Richelieu's, the De Chevreuses, the Bouffleurs, and the rest of the profli gate parasites who thronged Versailles during the reign of Louis XV., the Heliogabalus of France. Th ese s h e pourtrays with a boll, unflinching spirit, yet so as never to offend, whilst coming out from the mass of dark shade, in clear and beautiful relief, stand the characters of Leontine and An,,elm Quinot, the very perfection of artistic skill, and pictorial effect. 'I he hero, Guesclinde Fontenelle, is not one of your monstrosities, a model of perfection, but a true man, with his failings and his virtues; and the interest attaching to his fate, from the first moment of his introduction in the first chapter of the book, never flags far an instant. Independent ot the merits of the novel as a work of fiction, it has strong claims on attention, from the historical accuracy with which it lays bare the state of France previous to the revolution.— Dublin Freeman's Journal. PULMONARY CONSUMPTION.--:We are gratified to hear that Dr. Cronin, of Leicester-place, already favourably known to the profession and the public for his successful mode of curing consumption by " Anaspasia," has been for some time engaged in attempting to promote the absorption of pulmo nary tubercle by means of electro-magnetism, and, we un derstand, has completely succeeded in effecting their removal from the lungs. Consumption, is the " plague spot of our variable clime," and is acknowledged by every medical writer to arise from the deposit of tubercle. The removal of tubercle in its early stage is, therefore, of the utmost import ance, and hence the value of the new agent introduced by Dr. Cronin, which, by producing absorption of the tuber culous deposit, prevents the formation, of tuberculo-pulmonery abscess and its consequences—consumption.--- Globe. IBRAHIM PACHA.—The establishment of looms for the manufacture of Llama cloth in Egypt is, amongst other mat ters, talked of as one proposed by Ibrahim Pacha, and it would appear that the Messrs. Nicoll, of Regent-street, who have introduced the wool of the Alpaca into this country, have been deputed to find efficient hands to carry out this object. RISE OF WAGES.—Mowers have been paid at the rate of 4s. a day in this vicinity ; that is to say, 3s. for their day's work, and IL allowed for beer.— Carmarthen Journal. The Frankfort Post Gazette has the following under the date of Neisse (Prussian Silesia), July 9 : " As the three protecting Powers have decided that the free state of Cracow shall henceforth be occupied by Austrian troops only; the Prussian troops will leave on the 12th of this month, and the Russian troops will retire into the interior of Poland. That portion of the Great Central Hungarian Rail way which goes from Pesth to Waiger has been recently opened. The spring fair of Frankfort has turned out more favourably than was expected. Printed cottons and woollen stuffs found numerous purchasers. Manu factures of cotton and wool mixed, which at the commencement of the fair were very heavy, sold ex ceedingly well towards the conclusion, and such was the demand for calicoes, that every piece was sold. The supply was not sufficient to meet the demand. Madrid Papers to the 14th have arrived. They contain no intelligence whatever. The Three per Cents. were done at 33 for cash ; the Five per Cents., at 208 ; the Debt without In terest, at 64 ; the Shares of the Bank of San Per 'Ando, at 390; and those of Isabel, at 200. We have received the Paris papers of Sunday. They are filled with electioneering polemics, but these polemics are merely personal ; neither party avows any great principle, and the contest is almost avowedly a mere squabble for place between the ins and the outs. On the 17ththe miners out on strike at Anzin and, St. Vaast, requested permission to resume their work and at four o'clock in the morning 1,500 of them re turned to the mines. The miners of Denain, who were also out on strike, on hearing what had taken place at Anzin, also immediately resumed their labours. These men have all returned to their work without asking any conditions of their mas ters. This happy result is attributed mainly to the very judicious measures adopted by the authorities, more particularly to the spirit of mingled conciliation and firmness displayed by M. M AUR ICE DUVAL, th e Prefect of the depa rtment, and M. PETIT DE LA FOSSE, the S üb-Prefect of the district. The Journal des Debats announces the death of M. • - - MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS, (From The Sun of of Last Night.) There was a good demand for Cotton at Liverpool yester day. Sales about 7,000 bales, of which speculators took 1,600 bales and exporters 500 bales. There was no change in prices. Shares were steady. By electric telegraph intelligence reached the City this morning of the arrival of the West India mail, but the letters will only be delivered this afternoon ; and we cannot add anything to the outline of the news inserted in another column of The Sun. "The advices from India are not very interesting politically considered; but, in reference to the trade carried on between India and Chins, and which hitherto, we fear, has been rather too loosely conducted, the following particulars have come to hand from Bombay respecting the movement to the close of 1844 at the three ports of Canton, Amoy, and Shanghai. The Can ton trade of 1844 considerably exceeded the maximum of any former year, and, in particular, exhibits alarge increase in cotton manufactures and other st aple articles of British produce, The whole import trade of the port for the year employed 306 vessels, tonnage 142,099. Of these 228 arrived under British colours, including 22 from British India and the colonies. Of the remaining 78 vessels, 57 were American and 11 Dutch, leaving 10 of all other countries. This makes the proportion of British to all other foreign trade in the port rather more than three to one. The export trade em ployed 296 vessels, and of these 228 were British, making our share of this branch a trifle larger than of the other. Of the nature of the imports from the United Kingdom, some idea may be formed from the statement that of their total value, estimated at 7,860,676 dollars, 4,722,836 dollars are put down for Cotton fabrics, including yarns, and 2,898,866 for woollens, leaving only 138,974 dollars as the value of all other articles. The imports of raw Cotton and the other pro ducts of India, and the Eastern countries form an item of 7,645,564 dollars. The opium trade has also, it appears, v , ry much increased, but being contraband, can only be guessid at. The imports are supposed to have reached the numerous quantity of 40,000 chests, representing a capital of nearly 20,000,000. The British exports are thus distributed : To the ports of the United Kingdom... 15,400,000 dollars British India Other places 400,000 „ 17,900,000 Our imports consisted, as we have seen, almost entirely of Cotton and Woollen manufactures from home, and raw Cot ton and other articles, with Opium (contraband) from India. Our exports, as usual, consisted of Tea, raw Silk, and Cassia. What we took, therefore, was chiefly manufactured, and what we brought away was almost exclusively what may be deemed raw produce." Since these particulars by the writer at Bombay, the trade has received a furthe► extension, though, we apprehend, not altogether one of much profit to those concerned. The Sugar Duties' plan has been an interesting topic of remark hei e, but in some quarters there are doubts of Lord John Russell's ability to carry it. The Funds from this cause are rather flat again, and there is not much business doing in them. Consols realise 95 1 /. % for present transfer, and 93 3 / 4 for the account. The premium on Exchequer-bills remains at 10s. to 14s. The New Three and-a-Quarter per Cents. bring 97% %, and the Three per Cents. 95 3 / 4 to 96. Nothing has been done in Bank Stock. The Foreign Securities have been as inert as ever. Spanish Five per Cents. have realised 24%, and the Three per Cents. 36 to V s . Brazil Stock is worth 85. Danish Bonds have been at 884. Dutch Two-and- a-Ilalf per Cents. have been marked 59 1 / 2 . It cannot be expected that there should be much activity in the Share ➢larket while stocks are so dull, and we ob serve scarcely any alteration in prices requiring special notice. BRITISH FUNDS. ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. .. 96 95% % 96 Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. .. 92%% 95% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. 97%% 97% Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10 5-16 % 10% Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 .. 10 3-16 10% Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. • • 10 1-16 10 1-16 South Sea Stock .. .. .. .. .. .. Ditto, New Annuities . 94% Consols for Account .. •.. 95 X X Exchequer Bills. I%d. 1 1 4 d. 1,0001... .... 14 10 pm. Ditto. Small .• .. 10 14 pm. ONE FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 84 Ditto, New Bonds, 1829 and 1839 .. Danish, 3 per Cent •. .. • • .• 88% Portuguese Four per Cent .. Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. Ditto, for the Account .. .. 24% Ditto, Three per Cent .. Ditto, for the Account 36% 36 Dividends on the above payable in Lendon. Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cent Dutch Two-and-a-Halt per Cent Ditto, for the Account .. Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates CLOSING PRICES. . 59% 59% .. 94%% 94% PRICES OF BUSINESS CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. PAID. DONE AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen. . .. .. .. .. 15 .... 8% .. ..... •. , 8 % Amber., N . otting., Boston, and Eastern Junction .. .. .. 2% • ... % ...*: ...... 3i Birmingham and Gloucester.. ..100 .... .......... Ditto, New (issed at 7% dis.).; ........ itraillighani and Oxford Junction 2 % Bristol and Exeter .. 75 ........ _ „Ditto New .. .. 5 Bristol and Gloucester .. 30 52 Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares .. .......... Chester and Holyhead .. 22% 21% Cornwall and Central Devon 2% Direct Manchester (Remington's) % %........ Direct Northern .. •2% % ........ Eastern Counties .. 141. 165 24%% .... •• .. Ditto New .. .. 10/. 166 8 8 p...... Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1. 6/ 13s. 4d %% p• • .... Ditto, York Extension 103 2 14% 2...... Grand Union (Nottingh. & Lynn) 1 % • • Great Southern & West. (Ir e l an d ) 25 .. • • 27% Great Western .. •• 85 . ........ . Ditto. half Shares .. .. 50 Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 10 .. „ „ 22 Ditto, Fifths .. .. • . .. 20 33% Guildford, Fareham, & Portsmoth 5 „„ „ „ 55 Lancaster and Carlisle .. 40 „ „ Ditto, New .. .. • • .. 5 Leeds and Bradford .. • • .. 26 • 66 Leicester and Bedford 225. % di5..... • • % dis. Liverp., Manch., & Newc. Junct. London an . • • 100 229% 228...... 228 Ditto, Quarters . .. 2 32% .... • .... 32% Ditto, Fifths .. 2 London and Black wall .. 16/. I3s. 4d. 83a 8% London and Brighton .. 50 .. . 64% 65 ...... 65 London and Croydon .. • . 13/. 15s 9d.. •23 22% .. ... • 22% Ditto, Guarant. Five per Cent. 9 London and Greenwich .. 12/. 15s. 4d 9 . 9 London and South. Western - 411. 6s. 10d 77% ........ • • 77% Ditto, New Consol. Eighths .. 40 London and York . Ditto, Half Shares • • % London, Salisbury, and Yeovil . 2% „„ „ „ % Londonderry and Coleraine .. 10 .• 2 Manchester and Leeds .. .• • • 82 ..... Ditto, Fifths . . • • • 3 Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) I .. • • 10% •• • • 10% Mutchester, Buxton, & Matlock 42s p • •• P Manchester and. Southampton .. 2 511(11a -id —lOO ••• • ,• 150 14 Ditto, New 24 Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 25 Ditto, New . „ I 11N 12 .. 12 21 i 7, 24 )4 8 p N P POOR AiA N'S GUARDIAN SOCIETY. A public meeting of the friends o f thi s soc i e t y was held las e t e night in the Temperance H a ll, W a t er l oo - roa d , i n comPlitg of with the requisition of 206 householders of the boreng" Lambeth. Mr. B. CARRELL having taken the chair, said he bad bee requested by several to take the chair, and state to I ,,her. the ing the object of the society. Distinguished, he ssia"'s-i-ences country was for voluntary societies for the objects °- -c affecting it was strange that the a dmi n i s t ration of the law affecll--ss the poor, and of the funds collected for their b en efit, was con' ducted in a way by no means creditable 0 t - any G o vernmea t ; and that no institution had risen to protect them, The P°l l Man's Society had been instituted to amend this ~,„ as speedily and as safely as p oss ibl e , t h a t .'...', wants of the poor may be attend e d t o in i mediate_i?, He needed not to dilate on this subj ec t b e f ore t h e m eetit Poverty, which was no crime, was y e t t reate d i n t hi s cii)ti e 7 % try with an obloquy which seemed to insinuate soMeO l ' e d immoral in the want of the means o f support. H e re ferre r to a case which had occurred, by w a y o f illustrating 70 working of this society. The c ase , h e said, w a s that °`,, , poor girl, destitute and negl ec t e d , who had applied to t Marlborough workhouse in v a i n. Application was ma de o ' a a her behalf to the Lord M ayor. He referred the al:o%a to the City Guardians. Th e Ci ty Guardians, on being al11)'"d tr, said they had mad e th e i r report to the Lord Mayor ; e-0, tie answer from his Lordship was, that the report had be received. Applic a ti on was made to the Poor-law:Coua B:oilers. The rep or t w hi c h was received from them, draws ~.. up by the G uar di ans of the City of London Ic°' house, the Ch a i rman characterised as most disgrace' o ful and unwarranted. He read a paragraph fr° o that repert whi c h c h aracterised the majority of t ho .. who applied at M ar lb orough workhouse as " lawless caltsb, bonds" and " p ros tit utes. " The chairman commented 1% the deepest indig na ti on on t h e terms of t i tis sweeping clatl, ib He thought it w as t o b e regretted that neer connected I r l 1 .. the Government were so insensible to the claims of the Pn, The Rev. Mr. BARBER, alter adverting to the good treat' ment of the poor iu the parish of Lambeth, and to the 1 7 3 - .. cessity at the same time of such society, even in Lambet ; to protect those incidental cases where injustice was Oft en done to the helpless, moved this first resolution. " That, in consequence of the recen t exposure o f varl ona acts of cruelty and injustice to the helpless poor, this ~s e meet ing is of opinion that every possible assistance should _:' 11. given to the obtaining redress in all proved cases of . S I Z nature, it being, as this meeting believes, very difficult '',.. His poor to succeed in doing so, unless by such aid as is "• foi ded by the Poor Man's Guardian Society." the Mr. COCHR to ANE in seconding the re so l ut i on , re f err ed report from the district asylums i n w hi c h i t was sta t e d that o -there were 50,000 in the metropolis w h o d a il y rose fr° 1, their beds not knowing where to get their first In° f From this he appealed against the Poor Law Gitardians° London, that they ought not to have summarily 01 1; demned the poor as they bad d one . The same repo ' stated that they relieved 18,000 during th e w inter months, and it gave their trades, designating them indus trious and willing to work if the opportunity had occurred. Ile thought, then, considering the frightful amount of suf fering, the poor, instead of meriting their condemnationl deserved their sympathy and their aid. His statements won'd be found borne out by the police reports of the daily paper s- It was but the other day ibat he read of a man, verging. - seventy years of age, having been put in prison for refuel'' , to work at the pump, the labour being too heavy for hilt' Another case was that of a poor girl, destitute and stanr ; :n a l in the street, wh o was ta k en up by the police. She ''' ordered to be taken to St. L u k e ' s workhouse, and the gistrate gave her an order for admission. The poli, accompanied the girl to the house, but he had sca r c-' turned his back' when she was forcibly turned out ag .in. It was but the other day that Mr. Wakley, said he inquiry being made on the subject of union . ;:pt e t ...._ could produce the diet ( %Ir. Cochrane bellow a o or e m an four oancese Brow ley Union, in Kent, which allowed the of meal, not per day, but per w e et k oz . ,c P li e _ said the society had given its es ssa ite, when brought u p to the Andover Union case. hajtaammittee, was so emac!,ated ea e at ( t t e lr in C g oc uir h y ra i r n se to ) give his evidence before t members who beheld him. Ile the and received on ly 79. a said lie had eor ,l, hot water, and a pinchof to excite a shudder tri six salt sprinkled week, and thrt br . ea of the which have week to the other. over It, children, r u o d n e t adn o dt n o e s end ta te thosed t ( , that the case of Ma r .' Mr. Cochran already.., till Smith had been postponed the following sessions. These . was l e is tt d ien et al f l cases s howed the nece -sky of such a society as the Poor /stan:e GalPaeradrieadn in Th e Sun,He said it was an evil connected with the appointment of the guardians, that it was altogether --,; the hands of the householders, notwithstanding that the PO" in many cases paid more to the parish rates than those vr_l_r had the vote. There was a strong obligation then on In: vate gentlemen to come forward and protect the poor lames this grinding oppression. He concluded with seconding the resolution. Mr. SKELTON, a workman, was afraid that the se° l . .. ee l; might miss the best means of effecting their object. He "ess understood to advise the society not to expend their In: in particularising cases of cruelty, but pointing out theme t men who had been denounced by the agistrates, and °l o ut drawing them from the labour-mark , and in pointing to , the willing and the industrious who week the opportunq, A , labour. In short, he advised th to provide labour "" I / their money. . Dr. M‘Dowasa. addressed the meeting at considerap,s,lel: length. He was glad to see the m iddl e c l ass men corne'n e ward to help the poor, and he promi se d th e soc i e ty that _lf d working men of Lancashire and of Y or k s hi re , a t least, vr°, l ", go with them to a man, and create a gran d er mo vement , greater agitation than ever existed on any question. _ te a The following resolutions were th en move d, an d car." unanimously : " That this meeting is of opinion that the princiPles. i r l ie l objects of the Poor Man's Guardian Society are fully en" to the support and co-operation of the public." "That the thanks of the meeting be given to the P reis, for its able advocacy of the rights of the poor." " That the thanks of this meeting be given to 13-enjilinthi: u Bond Cabbell, Esq., f or hi s a bl e an d i mpartial con d u ct 1 chair." The meeting then adjourned. Ditto, New, Branding 25 .• 46'45% • Newcastle and Berwick .. .. 13 .... 26% 27 Norfolk .. .. 20 .... Ditto, Extension. • • • • • North British Ditto, Half Shares .. .. • • 8%..•• Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. .... % Ditto, Dalkeith • • .. .. 25 Ditto, ditto .. • • • • • • 5 •• • • 6 % Northern and Eastern .. .. 50 .... _ Ditto, New .. .. • • .. 1 ••.. 21 •• • • •• • • 22 North Kent and Direct Dover • • 2% .... 1% 1% North Staffordshire .. . • • • 425. •.. 34 3 p p Oxford,Worcest.,& Wolverhmptn. 12% ... •••• • • • 7% Portsmouth Direct . • • • .- 3% •• .• 4% ......•• 4% Reading, Guildford, and R e i ga t e 425..... dis dis Richmond .. •• .. 10 .... 18 . Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 2%.... 2 I% 2%.. • Shropshire Union .. 425..... 1% dis... 1% dis. South Midland 425..... % dis par % dis % die South Eastern and Dovor .. • • 33% .. •• 44 Do., New (do. 33/. 69.8 d.) No. 2. 10 .... . 1;o., New (do. 151.) .. N o . 4. 2% „ 3% Vale of Neath 1% West Riding Union •. • • .. 425. .... % p...... 2% !, Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth 10 .... .. York and North Midland .. 50 Ditto, Scarborough Branch .. 25 50 . ...... Ditto. Extension .. 20 .... 41% •• • Do. E. and W. Riding Eaten... I ... 13% 14% COURT CIRCULAR. Lord John Russell had an audience of the Queen yesterday, at Buckingham Palace. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty yesterday. Her M a j es t y an d h er Royal Consort took their usual early walk yesterday. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice took their accustomed exercise yesterday, in the garden of the Palace. Their Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke and Gr an d D uchess of Mecklenburgh StrelitE visite d the Queen yesterday. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by th e Prince o f L e i n i ngen, honoured the Italian Opera House with their presence yesterday evening. The royal suite included the Countess of Desart, Lady Caroline Cock s : Lord Byr on , C o l one l Arbuthnot, and Lieut.-Colon el Seymour. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent also honoured the performance of the Opera with her presence. Lady Anna Maria Dawson was in attendance on the Royal Duchess. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Gloucester, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Georg e ; and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess 01 Mecklenburgh Strelits honoured Sir Thomas and Lady Wilde with their company yesterday at the breakfast given by her Ladyship at Bowes Manor, near Southgate. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited ham' Royal Hi g h ness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday,, Gloucester House. Lady Anna Maria Dawson has succeeded Lady_k l. gusta Bruc e as t h e Lady in Waiting on her Royal nig"- ness the Duchess of Kent. His Excellency Semi Paella, alter accompanying his Highness Ibrahim ?ache, to Portsmouth, has returned to town, and taken up his residence at the Turkish SM . bassy, Bryanstone square, where he intends remaining for the rest of the season. A Cabinet Council was held at three o'clock, yester day afternoon, at the Foreign-office. Lord John Rus sell, the Lo rd Chancellor, the Marqu's of Lansdowne' the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmer.: ton, Ea r l Gr ey , t h e Ch ancellor of the Exchequer, Sl', John Hobhouse, the Earl of Cl aren d on , the Marquis!' Clanrica r d e , Vi scount M orpeth, the Right Hon. T. 0. Macaulay, and the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, were present. The Council sat an hour and a half. The Governor of the Bank of England, and the De' puty-Governor had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at hii official residence in Downing -street. SPOI SO `'outb a, lared, deel kr. D "lorin • lteei , ert i toped in four d~ followii le first The Earl of Besborough had an interview with Lora John Rus-ell yesterday. Captain Denison had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial-office. Mr. Tootal had an interview with the Right Ho o • T. Milner Gib son y ester d ay at the office of the Boar d of Trade. Lord Ingestre had an interview with Lord Job n Russell yesterday, at his official residence in Downing street. Lord Henley arrived at Farranee's Hotel, Upper Bel' grave-street, yesterday, from Brighton. HAYMARKET THEATRE. Murphy's admirable comedy The Way to Keep Ili ° was revived here last night, far the purpose of intr e ; ducing to a metropolitan a u di ence " a l a d y , h e r first appearance in London," in the character of the Widow Belmour. For once the playbills have told th e Ag truth. The debutante is a lady, and evidently a , 18 `',, used to the best society. She was nervous, as might bait' been expected, and did not, therefore, give herself It' play ; but it was evident that she had been used to the best society ; there was a ton about her imP er sonation of the Widow Belmour that nothing but the . frequently mixing in good society can gives: In person she is ra th er a b ove the m i ddle he i g h t ; Pe". features are expre:eive, an d h er fi gure f au l t l ess. F ro m her manner of giving the more serious portions of the par t ' we should be inclined to augur favourably of her in t riv gedy. She was not, however, wanting in the vis vontica• In the scene with Lovemore, in which she describes the fur niente, but fur from dolce style of modern converse' tion, albs it from nervousness her manner was scarcely sufficiently prononce, yet was she admirable. The germ of great talent was evident, and when she has becom e ' used to her audience, she will rattle through the de scription like a female Mathews. We have long wanted a lady on the stage to represent the principle characters of La ha u t e C ome di e , a l a dy With that haut ton, that innate good b ree di ng , w hi c h cannot b, taught—which no mere actress can ever hope to se; quire; and if we mistake not th e Wid ow B e l mour of lae evening is that lady. Whether she is so or no ciamot at present decide. We wait until we shall ha" seen her Lady Tousle. Her debut, however, has W'a successful, and most deservedly so. She was applauded throughout, and was called for at the conclusion an received the floral tributes which are now the usw tokens of success. The comedy was announced for re petition on Thursday amidst loud applause. 2% 32% 12% 2% 41% 14% FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. 14 .... 12% ...... 12i Narms► and Liege .. .. 6 .... 3% 3.. •••. • • 3 4 Northern of France Constituted.. 5 12% % a d .... 12% xel Orlean4 and Vierzen .. 10 .... 14% ...... 14 1 4 Orleans and Bordeaux .. 6 .... 7% 7.. • • .... 7 Paris and Lyons Constituted .. 5 .... 5 14 5 5 Paris and Rouen .. .. • . • • 20 .. • • 38 ••..•• • • • • 38 Paris and Strasbourg Constituted 5 .... 4 . ........ 4 Union of Madrid .. • • .. •• 40 .... 6 r ...... •• • • 69 Colonial .. .. . JOINT-STOCK BANKS. at s MIN ES, • nov ' 4 b Maid Yer2 altei bird, e, al ra- Ise( Jto i 41 111 'harp u, 4 ) Yr& Real del Monte, Unregistered 314 COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—(YESTERDAY.) Amsterdam ...... C.F. 12 8 1 / 4 Gibraltar .. I>i tto, at sight 12 5 1 / 4 Leghorn . Rotterdam .... ••2 U. 12 9 Genoa •• • 26 15 An. werp .... 25 15 Milan .. ....... 11. , Inburgh .... • . 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Reformers, quite as much as the n h r s et l U ik rn e nothing remains for the Tories ' The householders here, w but the the old v b e o t rt w u e g Reformers, have o h n a g v e t ° a there gular this. between 300 and 400, and . who are Refor s tn n freemen, and ever will be. Mr. Hutt, ; _ t hs where there are majority of . . two Conserva.ives. This is the case with most of the bo trre-best Member we ever had, was obliged to leave us with his lame majority of householders, and so Was that excellent man, Colonel Tnomp , on. Indeed, the Colon e l was actually defeated by the Chartist freemen selling their votes to the Tories. The freemen, and not the tenants at will, deprived the Whigs of place, and will do it again if Lord John Russell do not look to them. The question, I admit, is difficult, but it must be grappled with. I believe the simplest qualifica tion will be household suffrage. Thin only the worst of the freemen would be deprived of the rights which tleey abuse to their own detriment and that cf the rest of their country men, for the better and least corrupt sort are rate-paye rs .—l am, Sir, &e. A REFORMER. Hull, July 18th, 1846. I HE WEATHER.—The weather continues most fa voui able for the growing crops, and the fields of wheat and barley, in some places, are beginning to assume the tint of harvest. Such corn are now full;' in the ear; anti we saw the other day a field of barley belonging to Captain Munro, Coul Cottage, which will be ready for the sickle in ten days. In general, all the crops are luxuri ant, except in some very arid districts, where the oats and barley are short and irregular. In moist and good land the return will be ample. At Arcan and other places, we ob servod some fine barley and oats, of great height, and with large ear. The potato crop has every appear ance of being unusually prolific ; and we have heard of no failure in this country, where, we believe, a larger breadth than usual has been planted. The turnips are looking well, and, so far as we have heard, have escaped the worm. St. Swithin's day, the 15th, was warm and dry; and if the usual prediction be verified, dry weather will prevail during the autumn.—Ross-shire Advertiser. - , COLLEGE OF ENGINEERS, EUTNEY.—The idea pres and council, in order to meet the requirements o f this ra pidly advancing institution, have resolved to build an e it n e ts , sive range of studies and priv , te rooms for the stude fronting on the river. The designs, prepared by Mr. Tham rs " being Burton, are now bei ng carr i e d i nto execut i on by Af es l ng Burton, the contract ors . Addi t i ona l b u ildi ngs are also under erected for the use of th e G overnment Commisson' • s , fl or itie_ w Dr. Lyon Playfair, fur the purpose of testing the qual the different mines of coals throughout the kingdom' Buil der. , t e ", W. 4 • di* A ‘l, • .. ?i• , . . , ;ft' '• •4 1) '••• • VP *if /4,.1T “ Or* in ~~~ ~s LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1846. In the proposition made on Monday by Lord JOHN RUSSELL for the gradual reduction of duties upon slave-grown sugar, and the ulterior equalisation of all duties upon that article, whether slave-grown or free-grown, foreign or colonial, we recognise the commencement of a wholesome competition in com mercial reform between himself and his predecessor. That proposition may be simply given as follows : —That while the existing duties of 14s. on colonial sugar be continued as it is without any alteration, the present duties of 233. 4d. on foreign free-labour sugar shall be immediately re duced to 215.; that that reduction shall apply without distinction to foreign sugars generally, whether the produce of slavery or not; and that, in addition to this arrangement, the duty of 21s. shall be reduced periodically until the equalisation at the termination of five years of all duties both foreign and colonial. This gradual reduction, according to Lord Jousi RussaLL's plan, is to proceed in the sub joined gradation : From sth July, 1840, to sth July, lU7 . 1847 lB4B ....,i. 20s. 1848 1849 1850 1850 lßsl After 1851." ....... . ........ ..—. Two circumstances are especially observable in the Premier's explanatory address, namely, the brevity of its details, and the simplicity of its lan guage. As the vehicles for the introduction of this comprehensive relaxation in restrictive imposts, we consider those two features of his harangue as by no means unimportant, and likewise as most ap propriate to the occasion. With reference to the reasons for the proposal of this measure, they unquestionably required no very elaborate exposition ; the supply of the com modity in question was proved to be inferior to the demand—the importation charges were shown topress very heavily upon the population of this country — while the revenue derivable from this iniquitous and gratuitous species of taxation tumbled not into the na tional exchequer, but into the pockets of individuals. Nor were those the solitary reasons to be adduced for the substitution of a more enlightened and more honourable system in lieu of the one now in operation—there were others capable of being enu merated as plentiful as blackberries, and some of . these we have already ourselves particularised. With reference again to the arguments ad vanced against the necessity of any alteration whatever in the mode at present adopted for levying duties upon various descriptions of sugar, the Premier was somewhat more explicit, but at the same time treated them with that cursory condensation of logic which is generally opposed to a shallow antagonist. Those, indeed, who pronounce themselves in favour of the continuance of the differential duties cannot even assume to themselves the credit of ad vancing any even sophistical pleas for the perpetuation of their favourite system. Their arguments have not even the negative merit of being sophisms ; and con sequently the answers given to those arguments by- Lord JOHN RUSSELL were conclusive, without calling for any peculiar effort of reason or any remarkable display of intellectual ingenuity. As to the equalisation of all duties upon foreign and colo nial sugar being considered pernicious, as an infringe ment upon the so-called protective system hitherto adopted towards our colonies, that is a chimera which has been pronounced such by the genius of British legislation. The age, and the greatest statesmen of the age, have declared the freedom of all commercial intercourse, without exception, to be the only real and profitable protection which can or ought to be conferred upon the human family : and a writer in the Edinburgh Review has happily specified the working of the pseudo-protection on our colonial possessions as a balance of profit and loss, which when reduced to its elements stands thus :—" I make a gain by doing you an injury, and, in compensation, I permit you to make a similar gain by doing me a similar injury r Well may the reviewer continue that such an arrange ment seems like " an attempt to embody the lex talionis in mercantile transactions !" So generally are these truths now recognised, that the Premier scarcely devoted even a casual allusion to them, and we presume that the deniers of these truths" will content themselves with that simple expression of dissent uttered on Monday by Lord GEORGE BEN.. TINCK, conscious that any oratorical enforcement of their very antiquated opinions would be only liable to render them supremely and personally ridiculous. It was only with the philanthropic cant which has unfortunately been employed as an offensive and de fensive weapon against any alteration in the existing plan Lord J. RUSSELL had in reality oily necessity to deal, and upon the flimsy and shameful character of which philanthropic cant we yesterday took occasion to dilate. The Premier very felicitously pointed out that most significant fact in connexion with this outcry against the patronage of slavery, that the outcry was only raised when it suited the pecuniary ends of these would-be charity-mongers ; that there was a violent storm against the importation of slave-grown sugar, while tobacco, and copper, and cotton, and various other articles, the produce of slave industry, were permitted to enter our markets without a dissentient voice being heard. Then again, with equal felicity, the Noble Lord exposed the inefficient and hypocritical character of this compact, to refuse the purchase of slave-grown sugar, under the pre tence of discouraging slavery, by explaining the mode in which the restrictions of that compact are obviated—the slave-grown sugar being disposed of in framburgh, or Petersburgh, or elsewhere, and thence introduced without obstruction into our English markets ! May not that slave-grown sugar be ren dered accessible to our insular purchasers with infi nitely more facility, by being colonialised, instead of being passed through the continental markets—by being carried first to the Cape of Good Hope, instead of to Hamburgh? There are a thousand means of evading these Minatural restrictions, and that they are evaded is notorious. Why, therefore, maintain so monstrous and, l S , et so powerless a chimera ? So ma nifest have these grievances become, that their hour of doom has arrived, their continuance is altogether impossible even with the powerful support which will in all likelihood be given for their perpetuation. Granting, even for the sake of argument, that the Ad ministration were frustrated by the present Parliament, that Parliament would forthwith be dissolved, and an appeal to the country would then assure the noble and patriotic endeavours of the Government. A very interesting discussion took place on Monday in the House of Lords upon a motion of the Earl of Powis, that the St. Asaph and Bangor and Man chester Dioceses Bill be read a second time. The object of the Bill is to prevent the see of St. Asaph merging into that of Bangor, upon the decease of the bishop of the former. The motion was opposed by the Government—the Marquis of LANSDOWNE taking the lead—and, after a ♦ery animated debate, was carried by a majority of 10; the numbers being, in its favour, 38; against it, 28. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE subsequently stated that the Govern ment would offer no further opposition to the measure, but would leave the expediency of proceeding with it entirely with the Earl of Powis. So far, then, as the Upper House is con cerned, it may be taken that, should Lord Powis persevere, his measure will pass. The lateness of the session, and the great measure which Lord JOHN RUSSELL on Monday launched for discussion, and which will be keenly and elaborately discussed, ut terly preclude any chance of the Earl of Powis's Bill being this year passed into a law. There is, indeed, scarcely a prospect of its being even noticed in the House of Commons before the rising of Par. liament. Should it turn out otherwise, we venture to predict, as well from a general view of the question as from the fact, that, though the voice of the Govern ment did not prevail last night, their opinions remain unaltered, the Commons would certainly reject the measure. It will be in the recollection of our readers, that in 1835 a Commission was appointed, comprising many of the bishops, to consider the state of the Esta blished Church. They reported, inter alia, that it was not advisable to increase the number of bishops, but that it was desirable, by a union of certain sees, to constitute bishoprics in parts of the country where the want of spiritual superintendence was severely felt. They especially recommended that a bishop should be appointed for Manchester, and that this object should be accomplished by uniting the dioceses of St. Asaph and Bangor. This arrangement subsequently met with the approval of Parliament, as well as many others of an admirable description, the general ten dency of which was to equalise the labours and to produce, as far as was practicable, a due proportion of emolument among the bishops. We hope, therefore, that a comprehensive scheme of ecclesiastical reform, which has been so cautiously entered upon, and hitherto been found to answer so well, will not be disturbed by the piece-meal legisla tion of the Earl of Powis. The bishopric of Ripon has been established by virtue of the Commission already alluded to, and is answering all the wholesome expectations that led to its for mation. Earl GREY admitted there was an improved feeling in the country towards the Church, and greatly attributed it to the reforms effected by the Church Commission. Would it not then be the height of itnpolicy to make a retrograde movement, when the work of ecclesiastical reform is progressing so favourably ? By the present ar rangement Manchester will continue to be without a bishop till the intended union be tween the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor zhall hay'? been 'effected by the death of one of their bishops. Ten years have already elapsed since it has been determined that Manchester ought to have her epis copal want supplied; and, comparing the importance of that city and its teeming population with the dis trict proposed to be annexed to the see of Bangor, it is greatly to be lamented that financial considerations have alone necessitated a procrastination. It is observable, as the Marquis of LANSDOWNE well reminded the Earl of Pow's and their Lord ships, that Wales has already largely participated in the reformatory fruits of the Commission, and has realised a balance in its favour of two thousand pounds a year. Whilst this benefit was accruing a very obsequious silence was maintained. "It was an odd coincidence," said Lord LANSDOWNE, "that the Principality of Wales brought forward this question just at the time that it had received the_ maximum of all it could receive— (Laughter)—and when the whole of those proceed ings were finally carried into effect, as recommended by the Commissioners." Wales has made no scruple of partaking in a reform affecting the whole of the Church of the United Empire, but when the time may soon arrive that, for the general benefit, a merely titular sacrifice must be made, they put forth a cry of "reckless spoliation," and dream that the bare fact of a particular bishopric being very ancient, ought to prevail against the solemn deliberations of Parliament, sanctioned years ago, and that a measure, matured under the advice of nu merous spiritual heads, should be at once flung to the winds. The duties attendant upon a union of St. Asaph and Bangor, and their extent of area, would, as alleged by. Lord STANLEY, in some instances, when compared with other sees, be ten fold less. Again, since the Commission was issued, the population of the proposed diocese of Manchester has added to itself a number greater than that of the entire population of the united diocese of St. Asaph and Bangor. That St. Asaph is a very ancient bishopric is undeniable ; but the respectable age to which Old Gatton and Sarum had reached, weighed as a feather in the scale of reason when the Reform Bill was proposed to Parliament. Some people are rather venture some in their appeals to antiquity, and oftentimes tin • wittingly supplying materials for astonishment that things have been suffered so long to go on without reform. A good deal was elicited, in the course of the de bate, with respect to the opinions of some of their Lordships, touching the important questions of whe ther there should be an augmentation in the number of bishops, and also whether new bishops should have seats in the House of Lords. Upon the first point, we think their Lordships will do well to bear in mind the advice which the Duke of WELLINGTON tendered to them some time ago. His Grace recommended the Church to complete the work of its own internal reform, before they invited the country to incur any addi tional burdens for the support of the Establishment. The Church will, therefore, act wisely in limiting her efforts, for the present to the prospering of her own handiwork, already auspiciously in progress. Upon the second point, we imagine that the general tone of Lord LANSDOWNE'S observations, and especially the distinct avowal of Earl GREY, will be read with great gratification by those who are warmly attached to the Established Church ; and may do something to silence the calumnies of those who confidently pre dicted that her MAJESTY'S present advisers would strive to weaken the Protestant hierarchy. " With respect to giving new bishops a seat in the House ,of • Lords, his own opinion was, that if a new bishopric were created, the prelate should take his seat on that bench. He attached a great value to the presence of bishops in that House." Such was the language of Earl GREY, a member of the Government, who, more than any other, it has been flippantly promulgated, is inimical to the religious Establishment of this country. The Coroner's inquest on the body of FREDERICK Joni.; WRITE, the unfortunate soldier of the 7th Hussars, who came by his death, as it is alleged, in consequence of the severity of the punishment in flicted on him on the 15th June last, resumed its sittings on Monday, and heard evidence on part of the case, viz., on the fact and nature of the punishment, and the health of the ill-fated young man before and after the flogging. A question was also asked by Dr. BOWRING, in the House of Commons, on the same subject, which called forth an explanation from Mr. Fox MAULS. This must be considered as the defence of the mili tary gentlemen responsible for the punishment, and arraigned at the bar of public opinion, for , their participation in the shocking transaction ; it must, therefore, be looked on with some degree of suspicion, but we fearlessly assert that even supposing it to be correct to the utmost extent, there existed no such necessity as could pos sibly justify the degrading and brutalising exhibition. As to the offence, it was doubtless a grave one, and the preservation of military discipline loudly de manded that it should be checked in a strong manner ; but would not a sufficient example have been made by a long continuance of incessant drill, and close confinement, together with the stoppage of the ordinary liberty and comforts of the delinquent ? We doubt not that sucb a course would have been found fully as efficacious for the pre vention of a similar offence. The regiment was not in such a situation as to make its safety dependent on a prompt and vigorous example. Neither could the soldiers be said to be in such a state of insubordination as to render such a punishment necessary. At all events, if such was the case, it speaks trumpet-tongued against the efficacy of such a system, for it was sworn in evidence before the Coroner " that the punish raent in thgat regiment was more severe than in any other in the army ;" and the witness stated " that he had seen an extraordinary degree of punish ment in the regiment while on service in America." The heart sickens at the description given of the revolting exhibition. The whips, or cats, with handles eighteen inches long, with a number of thongs about the same length knotted, and three of the five produced in court stained with the blood of our fellow- creatures—of those who had devoted them selves to the service of their country—who had left home and friends, and given up their own liberty for the public service. The cats, too, that were used on the occasion, it appeared, were those with dark handles, in which the thongs and handles were heavier, the cords and knots