The Sun. — London, England, 1846-07-30 00:00:00

SE" A "..4 IS II BONDS. The C hair aian and Vice-Chairman o f th e Committee, MT. riehard 'Morn' eon and Sir Thomas Lethbridge, Bart., and. 3ltasrs. Xothschild an-,5 Ricardo, are earnestly requested to publis:i the New yam:n.l3l to the Spanish Government, and to have tin same left for general Sic.gnature either at the Mansion-house or at ttre London Tavern, 'or at the Committee-rooms, or call a public .Meeting, as Innulre( Is of per.,ons are anxious to attach their si , gnalcures who are tteeply ' tntert sted either in the 40,800,000/. to M 50 oneta (with. near 12,000,000/ . of Coupons attae...t;ooo 0001. of Active ee., an d un p a id), or In the . 3 ' OO O4OOO of !indrawn Deferred, or in tJ'.e 1'4000,000 of Passive 11018 The (ion nnittee and the gentlemen wl.,e 'contracted the different loans mull t see that all the benefit deriv ed b y Active /Stack since 1335 consists in thl 4 v.unding, at par, if only four the holders of the tut of ten _years, overdue interest or - W hi c h only three per cent. in terest is payable, notwithstanddr..4 the greater portion of the Active Stock was reduced by thirt , .." benefit to the Creditors ,' j .nree • honou r be it said) conferred iAs (to his per, cent. in 1834. This slight by Senor garra y Rul, ev six years bof uninterrr (with largely increased revenues) en during the progress of the civil war. But senders fiarther an , d I" be 'P ralted peace measures of concessions, in some form or City another, imperativ eon the present Finance Minister. , Tidy 2 ' iB4r ). 11 Now ready, in 2 vols., small Bvo. C 11 E L A G A; OR, ENGLAND IN THN:I. NEW WORLD. Edited by ELIOT WARBURTON, Esq., Author of " The Crescent and the Cross?' lie itr 7 Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great "Maxlborough-street. • Just publi shed, for the first time in the sive. form, in 3 vols., with Portraits, price 365.. hound, MEMOIRS OF TILE, REIGN OF KING GEORGE, THE SECOND, By HORACE WALPOLE, E , VI of Orford. EdFted, N" . ,111 a Preface and Notes, By ^ THE LATE LORD HOLLAND. Hairy Colbv ru, Publisher, 13, Great ]larlborough•sireet. ILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. rE SST ;.S LAIIIOND SMALL, AND LAY ,OND . , Railway Share A4ctioneers, beg to thank their Frienda are, the Public for their continued support and patromage, and to ar.r ,ounce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take plao , 3 every TUESDAY and FRIDAY. at One o'clock, at the Hall (jf Commerce, Threadneedle -street, London, to which place, favours, i ;ontaining instructions (with a refereuce), are respectfully re pie ate? 1 to be addressed. Ott s( rip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day previous , to their being offered; and wilier . A of results will be forward ed by the first post afte r the sale, 'and the proceeds blame diatfllY dlsPesed Of according to instructio',a, 01 -FANIs, fail of Commerce. Threadneeir,e-street, London. HER 'MA TESTY"'; THEA'rIIE. t , o Sthe o'igner TIER most resp e ctf u ll y informs the Nobility, Patrons ,rera, will take place his Friends, and the Public, that his BENEFIT THIS EVENING When wi'd be performed (for the second time in this Country) Doni zetti's Opera Bu Ufa, entitled, •DON •GREGORIO ; or, L'..,10 NEVI, 'IMBARAZZO. Enron -Gregorio ignor , Signor Labladle ; Count Vitilio, Signor Fornasari ; uLg Mario; Pi ppetco,y 3 ignor T.. Lablache ; Gilds, Mdme. Vir 'Tail. 'l6 highly successful new anei original Ballet Divertissement, by 51. Terrot, the Music by Signe,. pufs-rj, entitled, LE JUGW.JIENT DE PARIS. • Introducing a new Gr tud Pas, entititd "Le Pas des Deesses." The principal parts by 7 •ladlle. T.•;Tionl, Madlle. Lucile Grahn, Male. Cerito,— 2—,„. i 19— : 3idlles. Cass an and D e ,•ot and St. L - con, 3ldlle. Louise Tagliozn, And Bernal's admit " 1 4 .,,.„ 55e . Opera' sw.ad, compressed into One Act, entitled I L I' lItA T A. Imogene. Ma'--rmlie tiero, Signor M ark,. Grid; Ernesto, Signor Fornasari ; Gual- To concluder with the Last Tableau of the admired Ballet of CATARIN.A. In which yv ill he introduced the admired Pas du Masque, by Milllcs. L. Gratin, I ' o, e ll l 4 " , li3se, Casson, and James; Pas Styrienne, by Mdllo. terito arid M. St. Leon; and the admired La Gitana, by Millie. Tagioni.. A.i p l itations 'Nor brmes, stalls, and tickets to be made at the. box ' tikß, fipprit Colonnade. Doors open at Seven, the Opera to com ment* at half-past Seven o'clock. ...._..-- "211EATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE, TILE BRUSSELS OPERA COMPANY, TO-MORROW EVENING Will be performed Ilalevy's Grand Opera% 'entitled Le JUT VE. Juif E 7 .1.7;ar, M. oreLabe ; Le Cardinal de 11'.oguy, M. Zelger Leopold, LI. Bonin ; Ruggiero, M. Barielle ; Ra',ll,l, Madame Julien I,a Princess Eudoysie, Mdlle. Charten. Doors open at Seven, performance to com ',Vence at half-past Seven THEATRE ROYAL, H ' f icl - 3fARKET. THIS EVE' .. AN G Will be performed Goldsmith's. Comedy of SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER. Mr. Hardcastle, M x. ~ v. Farm': Young Mar'ow, !fir. G Hon ; Tony Lumpkin, 31-,. , Buekstone Mrs. Hardcastie, Mrs. overG ; Miss Hardcastle, :V ./ss lulia Bennett. he followed by the admired Drama of GRANDFATHER '%'7IIITEHEAD. Grandfather Whitehead, Mr. W. Farrell; Dray ton, Mr. Tilbury ;„ 1 " AgleY, Mr. Stuart; Louisa Drayton, Mrs. Vevrnour ; Susan, .I.‘s. Stanley. 719T0 conclude .wit'a the Comic Drama, called A CABINET (ZEES . Y ' . _• In wiliel Messrs. 13rindal, Tilbury, Buckstone, and Miss Jima Bennett -Aird anpear . 171'11V THE ATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM . GP. TIIE M ANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY- TritimPhwlil bra ar .t success of another New Drama. " Abovc and Below" performed every Evening until further notice. Will be perform a New Comic Drama, entitle'.l ABOVE AND . ABOVE :—M. Dorville, Mr. Diddear ; Armand, Mr. A. Wigan; Sans Souci, Mr. Meadows ; Cecile, ',Miss Fairbrother. llgtow I:—Landre, Mr. F. Matthews ; Poissort, Mr. Keeley ; Leo pard, 3lr. 11. Butler . ; Lolot, Miss Ellen Daly, After which the Comic Drama, calks THE DUSTMAN'S YIELLE. Characters by Messrs. Didd'ear., F. Vining, Meadows, Keeley, 311,5 Villars, and Mrs. Keeley, To conclude with the new Furce, entitled LOAN OF A WIFE. Principal characters by 7, Eersrs. F. Mathews, A. Wigan, Meadows, Kinloch, and Yarnold ; Mrs. Woollidge and Miss Howard. • THEATRE Tay 11.1, ADELPHI. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. TrAIS EVENING Will he performed an eirig,inal Melodrama, called THE. DEVIL f`r DIARSEILLES ; or, The Spirit of Avarice. In which Messrs. Van' liedford, 0. Smith,, Wright, Lambert, Munyard, Mitchinson ; Madame Celeste, and, iiss Woolgar will perform. After which an end new and original Comic Sketch, called BRAIIAIVi PARAER. Abraham Parker, Mr. Wright. To be followee.. by Mr. Tinckstone's Comic Drama, called THE 2 "" ) THE MILKING PAIL. Dicco'a, Mr. Wright ; illy, Mrs. Fttzvrilithm. To conclude with the Farce of A NABOB FOR AN HOUR. Characters bY; -Messrs. Worrell, Lambert, Muward, Miss Harding, and Mrs. Prank Matthews. ^ - • PRLNCESS'S TumATitm, 037+;ORD-SIMEET. THIS EVENI-YG Will be performed the Comic DTP. , ,ft, entitled USED UP. Sir r t esCh ha r l Crddstream, Bart., 31v. C. Mathews ; Sir Adonis Lee c h, r.anby ; Lady Clutterbuck, '..fiss E. llonner. After which a new Fairy EY:cravaganza, entitled THE SLEEP ING BEAUTY IN THE v iCiOD. Baron Factotum, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Princess Isabene, Madame Vcstris. To conclude with ShP ridan's Drama of THE CRITIC ; Or, A ragedy Rehearsed. I:Tincipal characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Ryder, Renner, Com p t on, c m b e rey. misa Ernm. linnrsor A6TLZ_ri. Proprietor, Mr, IV, Batty- Varier tbc. .especial patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty tke erten, Prince. Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the Priiseess Royal. Treirsendous overflows. The present producti ons nightly hailed with the most rapturous applause. Second Week of the " Ph antom Horseman." .TRZ. M THIS. EVENING Will be Performed the Grand Milit ary S pec t ac l e, called THE ILS' IN ; or, England's Victories of 1846. Intro ducing th e Whole resources of the Thmtr., military Brass Bands, &c. After which, Novel and Picturesque SCENES of the HIPPO DROME and Sports of the Curriculum, by the British and Foreign Professors. Clowns in the Arena, Messrs. Wallet and Rochez. The 'whole concluding with the successful Equestrian Drama of the PHANTOM HORSEMAN. Box-office open iroin eleven till . 11,0 o'clock.—Doors open at six and Commence at seven o'clock. DAVIDGE,'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Last Week of Mr. Osbaidiston, Miss Vincent, and the Double Dra matic Company of the Surrey and Victoria Theatres. THIS EVENING Will be perforrr.ed the, Melodrama, entitled WILDFIRE, THE GYPSEY HORSE. STEALER ; or, The Fortunes and Chances of W. Joe Mizell. Mr., Neville; Ben Mizen, Mr. Shepherd ; H arr y Trarsden, Mr. Hughes ; Wildfire, Mr. Saville; Captain Lindsay, Mr. Johnson ; Peter Pri'ggins, Mr. G. Forman ; Mary Marsden, Mica Vincent ; Peggy. WAs L. Pearce. After which, TE E HONEYMOON. Duke Aranza, Mr. Osbal- Cston ; Rolando, Zar. Saville ; Julio.'iut, Miss Vincent. To conclude with THE RED ROVER. The Red Rover, Mr. Hughes. Under the. Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty. R OYAL SURREY ZOOLOGI CAL GARDENS. EVERY 3 IOND.A,Y, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY. VIEW of NAPTJ:s, ERUPTION of VESUVIUS, DESTRUC TION of HERCULANEUM and POMPEII, in the year 79. This zznificent spectacle is revived in an unprecedented scale of grandeur, the picture being snore than twice the size of the former, and represents, as accurately as can possibly be done, the Great Ernption of Vesuvite, in the year 79, when the Destruction of Her mane= and Pumf.eii teak place: produced under the direction et Mr. Damson. I. richly ornamented GOTHIC BRIDGE of STATUES has been constructed, which will be brilliantly Illuminated at Night. The PROMENADE CONCERTS, conducted by Mr. Godhey. The Band consists of Fifty first •rate Performers, selected principally from the Coldstream and her Majesty's private band. In addition to the other attractions of the Gardens, will be exhi. Dtled CALYP`,4O'S FAIRY GROTTO, approached by the Illumi nated Gothi , ) Bridge, repres en t i ng the Interior Telemachus relating his 'adventures to Calyp so. The PYROTECILNIC DISPLAYS, by Mr. Southby, are on the Most complete and effective seek. Preceding the Voleam —c -.4tplay, a novel exhibition will' be intro duced, representing the Dvcent of Phrebus in the Chariot of the Sun. Mons. Farinelwill desecnd from a Chinese P ago d a , seventy f eet i n Imght, to the surface of the lake, where a Naiad's Car will rise to we t" him, and hear him to his ehrystal home. The Glass Conservatory is splendiGly ornamented with festoons of lamps, enabling the visitors to view the matchless collection of Cernivora by gas-light. Feeding of the Carrilvora at half-past five; the Pelicans, &c., at ; Concert at half-past six ; ;tad the Eruption at dusk. On MONDAY, Avg. 10, will take place a GRAND NEAPOLITAN CARNIVAL ar4 FETE D'ETE ; combining all the novelties of the season. AdmiSsion, One Shilling. THE WEATHER —SUN OFFICE, JULY 20. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 61; Highest. 81; Noon, 76. 13.4 AOMETER, 30.15.—W1ND S.E. ; fine. !lulu WATER AT LO NDON-1411)0E THIS DAY. 11Vrntu t 7 .. 52 minutes after 5. I If:yelling 11 minutes after 6. 4 -1 0. • A S . , . , 1 -:! 1'-' , 7-7 4 1 ' ' •'-:' 1 , 0 ,7., ; . 4 ,,, ,, t „: 1 ';.` _ er, - r u - '),5 - r 4 4 . -...N..5... 2 0, .„„,744 : -..„- r ,.:- -•-• ~ : 7,-, , ...... , •j11()N44 bJn;T 4 - 11 ) LONDON. THURSDAY. 313 LY SO, 1846. A magnificent majority of one hundred an a l thirty has negatived the amendment of Lord G. BENTINCK. From that most decisive result of the division may be drawn many consolatory and en couraging conclusions. That sweeping majority is tantamount to a direct vote of thanks to her M.A.- JESTY's Ministers. That majority is an assurance that the obnoxious differential duties are doomed. That majority is a token—a most brilliant and em phatic token—that the great crusade in behalf of free trade will be carried triumphantly to its consum mation. For all these very comprehensive reasons we rejoice sincerely in the enlightened spirit which is displayed in the National House of Representatives. It speaks to the people o f England words which should quell their anxieties, alleviate their sufferings, stimu liityr,tapyiurs, and ensure their contentment. ..fl d o es iaria444more than indicate the abolition of strictioas upo slave-labour sugar, and the re moved of - all inyiAlious distinctions between foreign sud prolts. It tells the people as plai n l y thopsb t4s .I ry words were utterod,,, t 11P STN, LONDON, THITRSDAY MOiI,NING, JULY 'AO, 1A ticable and just means. No time should be lost in directing the closest attention to the subject, for every day thrown away must materially increase the difficulty and expense in effecting the required alterations. Our consideration must not be devoted merely to the present time, or to the means of diminishing the existing inconvenience. The persons entrusted with this subject must look considerably in advance, and with a prescient eye regard things as they will be in some few years, when all the require ments of the people will be fully met and provided fel' by an abundant and ample railway accommodation. If the evil of a break of gauge at the present moment, when it occurs but in a few places, is felt to be a serious public grievance, how greatly must it be increased when the points of contact are multiplied considerably. Something will then be necessary, and our children will have a fear ful expense and great labour entailed on them by our apathy and carelessness. 'We confess that when the minute of the Lords of the Privy Council of Trade was brought forward, in the early part of June, we approved of the recommendations contained therein, greatly preferring them, as we still do, to those con tained in the report of the Gauge Commissioners. We thought the course they suggested more advisable, and for the public good, than the entire reduction of the broad gauge to the same scale as the narrow, by which a stop would be put to the improvements we may reasonably hope for in the progress of a system which is universally admitted to be as yet in its infancy. Such a proceeding would be the pro nouncing of a nc plus ultra, a laying down of the principle, " Thus fir shalt thou go and no farther ;' and we, therefore, gladly hailed any likely to prevent or stay so injurious a de termination. It appears, however, now to be con sidered by practical men, competent to form a sound opinion on the subject, that all the advantages of the broad gauge could be obtained by the establishing of an intermediate gauge, say of six feet, which would not be open to the objections urged against either of the extremes, and would present all their favourable features. If it were possible to carry such a project into execution, with any reasonable amount of expenditure, we think it would be an ill judged and unwise economy on the part of the Go vernment to hesitate about the undertaking. It would be manifestly inequitable and unjust to compel companies, who had obtained the sanction of the LegislatUre, and had acted in strict conformity with the powers thereby conferred on them, to under take a great expense for the public benefit. If it he considered so important to the public to apply a remedy to the evil, that remedy should be at the ex pense of the public, who are to be the parties prin cipally benefited thereby. We doubt not that the companies themselves would contribute to a part of the expense proportioned to the value of the alterations to themselves. The matter could easily be arranged on a fair principle between all parties. The speech of Earl GREY leads us to hope that the Government, of which he is so prominent a member, will turn its earliest attention to the subject. lie says, " that it is absolutely necessary that something should be done without one day's delay ;" and afterwards, " that he could not help thinking the present arrangement, as to the gauge of railways, very imperfect. The Commission had recommended measures which would go to perpetuate the break of gauge, but he should not be satisfied with any permanent arrange ment which did not do away with that evil ; and he thought there were many reasons in favour of an intermediate gauge. A Commission appointed in 1838 had recommended its adoption in Ireland, and many engineers, not inking a strong interest in any existing railway on either the broad or narrow gauge, had stated, upon reasons which appeased to him exceedingly good, that an intermediate gauge would be attended with very great advantage. Mr. CUBITT had stated that at no very great expense it would be practicable to alter the present gauges to an inter mediate gauge. The Commission of last year had dismissed that suggestion in far too summary a manner." There is much justice in these observations, and we hope that his Lordship will devote a part of his attention to the subject. Mr. CUBIT; it will be recollected, strongly advocated the supe riority of a six-foot gauge ; he thought that would be the best, but that anything from fivewand-a-half to six-and-a-half feet would form an excellent gauge, as six or eight inches over the nary ow one would give a gauge wide enough for all . practical purposes of machinery of locomotive mi mes anu carriages, and, if extended beyond cia you would get into difficulties of another Mod_ nanNely, cost, and weight. ' , weakness of the mal;hinery. He also thought that the increase to six, feet could be effected on the narrow ga‘ age lines, without any alteration of the exiisting tunnels, he says, "I have taken the size of lee Ws and vehicles which now pass on the narrow gauge, ar id which are sufficiently large for any gauge what rer practically, and these things all now pass with a afety. I take the large Post-office carriages on the :/teondon and Birmingham Railway, which appear to be big enough for any carriages whatever upon any ga uge ; and taking certain loads which they cat ry to be sufficiently large, so long as speech of M. GuizoT on the occasion, which will be found in extenso in another column, is one worthy alike of the author of the " History of Civilisation," and of the Minister of the Napoleon of Peace. Eloquent, philosophical, statesman-like, it is a pro duction which will be treasured up as a manual to he studied by constitutional statesmen, and as an au- thority to be. referred to in all matters relatirg to the polity of constitutional governments. According to the Courrier Francais France has just acquired an important establishment in Africa, The King of DAIIO3IEY has ceded to France the town of Nehida, one of the most commercial towns on the west coast o: Africa, and Vice- Admiral MONTAGNE DE LA ROQUE has placed a garrison in the fort. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. ' (From The Sun of last Night.) The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 7,000 bales, including 1,200 for export, and 800 on speculation. The rest was American, and sold at 4d. to 5%d. per lb. The market was very firm.—Shares were firmer. There will not be any open business for the next three days, in consequence of the N isit of Prince Albert to this important port. The division of last night upon the Sugar Duties Bill has been the subject of conversation, and, we may add, delight, in almost all commercial and banking circles this morning. The great que,tion at stake is held to be settled, as it is not expected that in the face of a majority of 130 in favour of the Premier's proposition, any alterations will be made of im portance, either in Committee or in the higher branch of the Legislature. The benefits which must accrue to mercantile pursuits by the settlement of the corn and the sugar duties are scarcely to be calculated upon. The current of trade will now flow with an evenness which the oldest merchant in London scarcely presumed to dream of at the close of the ear 1845. It is true that a few of the leading firms of the City still hold that the principle of protection ought not to be broken through, and give way to what is called new fangled commercial policy. But what better test can we have of the feelings of the manufacturing classes of their opinion upon the settlement of the sugar duties, than the acknowledged fact that their orders for goods have fallen off, owing, no doubt, to some latent apprehension that the ma jarity in the House of Commons would have been much less than it is, and have led to a bold effort on the part of the L .rds to strangle the Bill? This is now con sidered entirely out of the 'question. The public sales advertised for this day of foreign and colonial produce are light, but the forthcoming sales of foreign sugars, which we learn will be somewhat extensive, will best show the in fluence upon the market by the decision of last night. We are also advised that at Hamburgh, at Rotterdam, and at Amsterdam, very considerable quantities of sugar will be shortly announced for sale, and by the results a fair calcula tion may be made of the difference which, under the new proposed system, will exist between the markets of the Con tinent and in Mincing-lane. Late accounts have come to hand this morning from the Cape of Good Hope. The dates received at the Jerusalem Coffee-house are to the 29th of May. The Kaffirs were gradually retreating into their own country, not desiring to meet the force of Colonel Somerset, which was in rapid march against them. We have been favoured with the circular of Messrs. Wil kinson and Jewesbury, containing much information relative to the results of the indigo sales just concluded.' The prin cipal purchasers were foreigners; but there was also a very good attendance of buyers from our own manufacturing districts. The average of prices realised is higher from 6d. to 9d. per lb. on Bengals, Madras and Kurpahs 3d. per lb., and 2d. per lb. on other samples. For Bengal tine blue, Gs. to 6s. 7d. per lb. was readily paid. Consols for the Account have improved to 96% this morning; but at the present moment the price is scarcely so high. The money value is but 95% R . Exchequer-bills arc at 9s. to 12s. premium, Bank Stock at 209, and India Stock at 262. Not much business was transacted in the Foreign Bond Market to day. The Grenada Deferred were sold at 4M ; the Portnguese Three per Cents. Converted at 46%; the Four per Cents. were heavy at 44 1 / 2 ; Spanish Actives at 26 ; the Three per Cents. at 36 1 A1 ; Dutch Two-and- a. Half per Cents. at 59 3 ,A ; and the Four per Cents. at 94 3 / 4 . The Railway Share Market is rather more firm. BRITISII FUNDS. ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES: Bank Stock .. .. • • 209 209 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 96% Three per Cent. Consuls Annuities .. 9614 95% 96 New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anus. 98 1 , 97% 98 Long Annuities, Expire •lan. 5, 1860 .. 10 7-16 10 7-16 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 .. 10 3-16 10 3-16 Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. • • 10 3-16 !.4 10 1 4 India Stock .. . 262 262 India Bonds, 1,0001. .. Ditto, under 1,000/. 24 19 19 South Sea Stock .. Ditto, New Annuities .. 94% 94% Consols for Account • • • • .. 96% 1 ,4 96 1 A Exchequer Bills. I%d. 1 1 4 (1. 1,0001... 9 12 -- pm. 12 5001. 9 12 pm. 12 Ditto, Small .... 9 12 pm. 12 ONE CLOSING FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 89! Grenada, 1 per Cent .. . Ditto, Deferred • • .. .. 4 41 Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent .. 26 1 4 Portuguese Three per Cent • • .. 46% 45% Ditto, 4 per Cent .. • • .. .• 45% 443 44% Russian Bonds .. 112)4 11212 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. 26 25% Ditto, Passive Bonds .. % Ditto, Three per Cent .. 3614 36!4 Ditto, for the Account .. 36%• 36% Dividends on the above payable in; Lendon. Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cent .. 98 Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 59% 59% Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 94% 94 IA BUSINESS CLOSING PRICES OF PAID. DONE AT PRICES. RAILWAY SHARES. ONE O'CLOCK. The Paris Hippldroma was burned down on Mon day morning. The Liuret, of Orleans, of the 25th, says— " Another fall has taken place in the works of the Vierz.m line. The tunnel, which fell last winter, has again given way ! The fall extends for a distance of thirty yards, and a comiderable number of workmen have been buried under the ruins ; how many is not known, but three dead bodies have been taken out, and it is feared that others have perished. About twenty have been ex tricated without further damage than being severely bruised." Algiers' papers of the 21st have arrived. They give a long account of the proceedings at a dinner given to M. SALVANDY on the 16th, by the in habitants of Algiers. The Akhbar states that ABD-EL-KADER had left Raz-el-Ain, and joined his Deira, on the upper Moulouia. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Monday at 83f. 35c. ; the Five per Cents., 121 f. 75c. ; the Orleans Rail road Shares, 1,276 f. 25c. ; Rouen, 987 f. 50c ; Havre, 701 f. 25c. ; Great Northern, 708 f. 75c. ; Avignon, 887 f. 50c. ; Vierzon, 618 f. 75c. ; Bordeaux, 5-18 f. 75c. ; Boulogne, 462 f. 50c. ; Troyes and Montereau, 3701.; Paris and Strasburg, 4861. 25c. ; Tours and Nantes, 500 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 510 f ; Spanish Three per Cents., 36. _ _ The following a're the tjuotations for the new lines:— Lyons and Avignon, Definitives, 485 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, ditto, 480f._ MARSEILLES, JULY 23.—Marseilles and Avignon, 855 f.; Northern, 697 f. 50e. ; Paris and Lyons, 500 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 28. _ . Direct Bombay and Madras, ► —Dutch Rhenish, 6 —Luxem bourg, IN—Northern of France Constituted, 13% —Orleans and Bordeaux, B—Over Yssel, dis.—Paris and Lyons Constituted, 5% --Paris and Strasbourg Constituted, 4 S, —West Flanders, 3%. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY MORNING.—The New York packet ship Waterloo, Captain Allen, arrive:] at Liver pool last night, with dates to the 11th inst. inclusive, but they do not contain any news of importance. Amber., Notting., Boston, and I . Eastern Junction .. .. .. 2% - .. 1 .. . • - .... 1 Birmingham and Gloucester.. .. 100 .. _ -- .. .. - _ 131 I ti rmingham and Oxford Junction 2 .... 6% 7 • • .... 67% Bristol and Exeter .. .. .. 75 .. _ 85 .. • ..... . 85 Ditto New .. .. .. - .. 5 .... 9% Buckinghamshire .. .. .. .. 425. .... % % di5..... % dis. Caledonian .. .. .. .. 20 .... 1314% 1 3 1% Ditto, Half Shares .. .. .. 2% .... 3 / 4 Cornwall and Central Devon .. 2%.... 134 % ........ 1 % Derby and Crewe .. .. .. .. 2% .... 6% % . • .. • ... 6% Direct Manchester (Remington's) 2 3 4 - - % ..... ..... % Direct Northern .. .. .. .. 214.... 1% % . . .. 1% Eastern Counties .. .. .. 141. 165..... 24% • ... 24% Ditto New .. .. .. .. 101. 168.- • • 7% 3 4 P • ..... 7 7 %, P Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61. 13s. 4d. % % p . • .... % p Ditto, ditto, .. .. -No. 2. 6/. 13s. 4d. % p ..... . .. % p Ditto, York Extension .. .. 10s. .. .. 1 34 T,, ...... .. 2 East Lincolnshire .. .. .. .. 1% .... 14 - . . Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester .. 51/ .. 3% ..... ..... 3% Goole, Doncast., and Sheffield, &c. 425..... % dis. • • .. % dis. Grand Union (Nottingh. & Lynn) I %.... % ......... % Great North of England . ..100 .... . - Ditto, New . .. .. .. .. 15 .... - • • • ..... Great Western .. .. .. .. 85 ....151 153 153 Ditto, Half Shares .. .. 50 .... 85 . • • Ditto, Quarter Shares .. .. 10..22% 23 1 4 22% 2314 23% Guildford, Fareham, & Portamoth 5 .... 5% Leeds and Bradford .. .. .. 26 .... 70 1 4 • • • • .. • • • • 71 Leicester and Bedford .. .. .. 225..... %. di5..... • • % dis. Leicester, Tamworth, &c. .. .. 425. .... - .. • .. Liverp., Manch., & Newc. Junet. 2% .... - London an I Birmingham . -100 ....232% 231 1 % 233 233 Ditto, Thirds .. .. • • • • 32 • • • • 7 3 % • , --......- . .. .. 2 .... 32% 32 .• .... 33 Ditto, Fifths . .. • . Lyndon and Black w . ifit .. 10.. 1 .Th. au. 9 §% 4... B% London and 1 • 1 • 4 6 111,011 • • -.-: 50 • • . 65% % .. . ..... 65 g London and Croydon .• • . 13/. 15s 9d. • . 23% % .. • - • • • . 23% Ditto, Guarant. Five per Cent. 9 .... 10% • ... • • - - 10% London and Greenwich .. 12/. 15s. 4d. - .......... 9% London and South-Western. 411. 6s. 10d. • . 7714 77 ...... 77 London and York .. .. ~ .. 2% .. .. 1% % .. London, Salisbury, and Yeovil .. 2% .... 1 ...• • . - - 1 Londonderry and Coleraine .. 10 .... 3% 2% Lynn and Dereham .. .. .. 15 .... 1114 .......... 1 1 14 Manchester and Leeds .. .. • • 82 ....117 .... • • .... 117 Ditto, Half Shares .. .. .. 38 .... 53 54% 54.... 54 Ditto, Quarters .. .. .. 2 .... - .......... 9 Ditto, Fifths .. .. .. .. 3 .... 10% • • ....... . 1074 Ditto Extension .. .. .. 425. .. 2 1 4 p Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 . .. 87 88 ........ 86% Ditto, Quarter Shares (A) - 4 .. • • 15 1 4 • • • • • • • • • • 15% Ditto, Quarter Shares (B .. 4 .... 15 ~ ,i .. • • - 1514 Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) .. 1 • • • • 11% • • - 11 % Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. • • .. 1 14 p • • .. 34 p Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... 144% ........ 1 1 4 Midland .. .. .. .. .. .. 100 .. .. 149 • • - - - -. 149 Ditto, New ~ .. .. .. 24 • • • • 39 % • • .. .. • • 3954 Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 25 .... 4414 . • • • • • .. .. 443 Ditto, New . .. .. .. 1 .... 10% 11 - • • .. 11 Ditto, New, Brandling .. .. 25 .; - 43 443 .• .... 4414 Newcastle and Berwick .. .. 15 .• .. 28 1 4 27% .. • • 28 Newark, Sheffield, and Boston • • 1% • - • • % Norfolk .. • • .. .... ..20 .. •_ - •..... ..... 27% Ditto, Half Shares • • .. .. 5 . • • - .• • • • • .. • • 9 North British .. .. .. .. .• 25 .. .. 37 36:4 ...... 3634 Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. 1 1 4 .... 314 1 4 • • • • .. • • 3% North Kent and Direct Dover • • 2% .... .. • • .... 194 North Staffordshire .. • • • • 425. • • • • 31 % 34 P • • • • • • 334 p Nort'ampton,Banbury ,Sc Chelthm. 2 .. .. - , • .. .. .. 1% Oxford,Worcest.,& Wolverhmptu. 12% .... 8 .. • ....... 8 Preston and Wyre .. • • • • 25 .... 3514 • .. • • - . , 35 1 % Ditto, Half Shares .. • . .. 2% • • .. 734.......... 75 4 1 % Richmond .. .. .. .. .. 10 .... 1814 18 ...... 18 Scottish Central .. ~ . .. 12% .... 19 3 .4 14 • • • • • • 19% Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 2% .... 2% .... . ..... 2% Shropshire Union .. .. .. .. 425..... 114 dis • • .. 1 1 4 dis. South Midland .. .. .. .. 42 5... • • % 1 1 •• • • • • • • • • 'N P South Eastern and Dover .. . • 3314 .. • . 4531 )4 : .. .. 4514 Ditto. New (isa. at 321.) No. 1. 20 ... - • • ........ 27 Do., New (d 0.331. 65.8 d.) No. 2. 10 .... 1614 34 .. .. .. 16 3 4 Do., New (do. 301.) .. No. 3. 15 .... 21 • • ....... 21 Do., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 214.... 334 34 .. • . .. 3% Vale of Neath .. .. .. .. 2 .... 1 Waterford and Kilkenny .. .. 8 .... - ... West Riding Union • • .. .. 425. • • .. 2% p . . 2% p Wit,beach and St. Ives.. .. • • 2 .... 3%.......... 3% York and Carlisle .. .. • • • • 2% • • • . 14.. ...... . % York and North Midland .. .. 50 .... - ... - ..... - Ditto. Extension • • .. .. 20 .... 40% • • ...... 401,4 Do. E. and W. Riding Exten.. • 1 .• .- 13% FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Dutch Rhenish .. .. .. .. 6 .... 6%% 534 6.. 6 East Indian .. . .. .. .. ss. .... 14 .. • ... - _ % Louvain a la Sambre .. • . .. 5 .... -- •......... 1% Luxembourg Ili Namur and Liege .. .. .. 6 .... 2% .. Northern of France Constituted.. 5 • • .. - ..... . • • • • • 13% Orleans and Bordeaux .. .. 6 .... 8% . • • • • • Over Yssel .. .. .. .. 4/. 3s. 4d.... 2% dis.... • • 2% dls Paris and Lyons Constituted .. 5 • • • • 5 % % • • • • • • Tours and Nantes Constituted .. 5 .... 5 • • • • West Flanders .. .. • • • 6 • • • • 3 4 • • • • • JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Commercial of London • • .. 20 • • • • 2314 • • • • • • • • • • 23% you keep the centre of the two roads the same distance apart, and the size of the leach r !stricted to what it has been at present, the altera t. ion of the gauge would make no difference with regard t n the tunnels and bridges, or anything." The entire e', idence given by Mr. CUBITT before the Commis s.it titers will be found well worthy of perusal, and will ei rry with it much weight and authority. One . w, and more :—Should the public interfere in any rru inner with the existing railways, we trust t ,hat an electric telegraph may be placed on every line throughout the kingdom. It has been fully tested on the great lines on which it has been Itd opted ; by its means intelligence may, in a few :mo ments, be conveyed throughout the length and "breadth of the land. Its universal adoption would be :hal led by all as a great national benefit. An imperial ordonnance has been issued by the Ill)lperor of AUSTRIA, permitting the Jews in 11 tmgary to redeem, by the payment of a sum once pe ad down, their yearly taxes for leave to reside and ca rry on business. In five years all special duties on th te Jews are to cease. `The Provisional Government of Cracow has applied t o 1 louses in Cracow and Hamburgh to raise a loan of 4 , 2,000,000 florins. The Railroad Commission of Hanover has adopted th( proposal of the Government to grant a credit of 11 ,000,000 thalers for the construction of a railroad frc an Hanover to the frontier of the electorate of H , ?sse, and no doubt is entertained that this will be confirmed by the States, and carried into er xution. MINES. Real del Monte, IThrezistered 3% •• • • • • •• • 3% LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, JULY 29.—Wind this day at noon E.N.E, light air ,4* clear sultry weather. DEAL, JULY 24.—Wind S. to S.W.—Arrd. Jeannette, Batavia, and sailed for Rotterdam • Schoen Verbond, Drager, Batavia, and sailed for Amsterdam; Eliza, lebaboe, and sailed for Hull; Mlnona, Lundgren, Boston, and sailed for Ilainburgh ; Empress, Sandford, Boston ; Plicades, Quebec. Arrd. from the River and sailed Great Britain, Swinburn, Montreal. Skl. Camillus, Spragge, Demerara; Herald, Pullen, Baltimore. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 28.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrd. her Majesty's ship Mutlne, Cape of Good Hope, sailed 30th May, and St. Helena 16th ult. Sid. Benjamin Greene, Lane, Mauritius. POOLE, JULY 28.—Sla. Mercury, Haytor, Quebec ; Delia, Quebec. PLYMOUTH, JULY 28.—Arrd. Dahlia, Tozer, Quebec. The Prince Regent, on shore in Whitsand Bay, is discharging. FALMOUTH, JULY 28.—Wind 6.—Off port Brothers, Qfiebec, for Teignmouth. LtvnapooL, AMY 28.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. William Fisher, Friend, Macao, sailed 11th ult.; Bona Dea, Miramichi; Republic, Sander, New York ; Hero of Acre, Quebec ; Hells, Quebec, both sailed 6th inst.; Emma, Harkley, Montreal. Sailed 27th Wanderer, Dixon, Richibucto ; Duchess of Argyll, Phillips, Calcutta : Kestrel, Wise, Lima; Black Prince, Martin, Lima ' • Octavia, Heed, Rio Janeiro; Douglas, Page, La Guayra; Corsair, Atkins, Barbadoes; William Rttsittnit, FOstet:, iffivannah ; Duke of Wellington, Lawson, Honduras ; South Carolina, Hiithiltdri, 3401 - York ; Huron, Weeks, Boston; Princess Royal, Dngniel, Dalhotigie ; St. John, Dick, Quebec; Oregon, Reed, Quebec; Covenanter, Paterson, Quebec ; Argyle, Rrackband, Quebec; Mary, Frame, Montreal. Off port, Bosphorus, Paraiba; Parsee Merchant, Quebec; Waterloo, from New York; Ben Nevis, Chimbarazo and Niagra. WittisratlLE, JULY 27.—The Mary Ann, Bell, for Weymouth, has put back, dismasted, off Brighton 25th inst. Exerza, JULY 27.—Arrd. Ruth, Corrigall, Miramicht. Sid. 24th Elliott, Gascoigne, Quebec; Amethyst, Carter, Quebec. GUERNSEY, JULY 20.—Wave, Houquez, Havannah. PADSTOW, JULY 27.—Arrd. Clio, Quebec ; Voluria, Quebec. BIDEFORD, JULY 28. Sid. Friendship, Anderson, Quebec; Welling ton, Day, Quebec ; Jane A. 31Evain, Weakncr, Quebec ; Civility, Sale, Miramichl. BRISTOL, JULY 28.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Ottawa, Drynan, Que bec ; Lord Canterbury, Bruce, Quebec ; Victory, Kent, Quebec. Sid. Thomas, Lawson, St. John's, New Brunswick. GLOUCESTER, JULY 28.—Arrd. Five Sisters, St. John's, N. B. PORT TALBOT, JuLy 26.—Wind W.--Std. Emma Searle, Quebec. CLYDE, JULY 26.—Arrd. Waterwitch Stewart, Chusan ; Thistle, Turner, Quebec; Chusan, Clark, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Cur lew, M'Lellan, Montreal. Put back, Carron, Flood, Demerara. WATY.IVORD, JIM A—Artd, BAlwar, White, Quebec. 27th Me dina, M'Grath, QuepeC. • • Sams, JULY 27. 1 —Lady Peel, Williams , Calcutta. Madrid papers of the 22d have arrived. ' The Ministerial journals represent the conspiracy at Pan.ipeluna as having had extensive ramifications, tht it tlie conspirators had attempted to seduce the tri )op in Catalonia, and that their plan was to sieze Pam' ?eluna and St. Sebastian, to facilitate the entry into Castilla and Galicia of the Spanish refugees in Po:rf algal, and to get up an insurrection in Anda• luab I. ,t was rumoured that the King of the BELGIANS hail..zirged upon Don ENRIQUE the necessity of re sit; ;ning all pretensions to the hand of his cousin, arid of withdrawing himself from the Progressista par ty, Don ENRIQUE peremptorily refused to adopt his a Elvice, and immediately afterwards left Brussels for B:,olland. 'Ti ae Herald() states that the Government has ac cept xt the proposals of Messrs. EASTIIOPE and Co. for construction of a railroad from Cordova to Seville., and has authorised them to proceed with the nee es 3 ary works. ADRID BOLSA, JULY 22.--The Three per Cents. weve done at 34i for cash ; the Five per Cents. at 21.1; the Debt without Interest at 61 ; the Shares of the Bank of San Fernando at 390; and thosq o f Isabc !I at 210. Et have received. tbe Paris 7i!he Oppositif:tn p a p ers still h p a apers of Monday. indeannity, teat, as the Drp upon the Pritchard ebats justly observes, they only do 94:1 because it can anver again become a souret: of difficUity. • " Oh! be certain," says the Journal des 17 ebais.," that if the Pritchard affair could still con stity,te a question of war or peace, they would not the n be so noisy." Two NOTHINGS MAKE SOMETIIING.—The Commons" "vote," for Monday, announces that there bad beer brought in and read the first time , a Bill to apply 40(,000,0001.' (four hundred millions!) out of the Consolidated, Fund and surplus Ways and Means to th e Sery «of the Year. The resolution for the Bill modestly inn its e lf t o 4,000,0001. REPRESENTATION OF B R ECONSIIIRE.—CoIoneI Wood, for forty years the representative of this county, has issued an ad dress to the electors, into that on a dissolution of Parliament. lledow uot Intoud afgalu to ooliclt their lamps. O n Monday the electors of Lisieux gave their, an. 44111 bpaquet to their member, M. GUIZOT. The none of your efforts to promote the spread of en lightment upon all legislative topics ! Persist in that discriminating agitation for reform—whether civil, municipal, religious, or commercial—which you have evinced so conspicuously of late years ! Continue manfully and peacefully to plead to your rulers for the erasure of every irksome and injudicious enact ment from the statute-book ! Proceed courageously and hopefully upon your new and glorious mission —avoiding any of those detestable appeals to violence which have so often proved destructive to your ancestors, and whit's, if resorted to by yourselves, would prove equally pernicious and inefficacious—proceed upon that wonderful mission of reform, which has already commenced so wonder fully, reason your guide and moral force your weapon, and your success is certain. Your voice will be obeyed; your rational demands will meet with a rational compliance ; and every unsightly and poisonous weed will one by one be rooted from the Constitution !" That is the language virtually addressed to the popu lation of Great Britain by the present Houses of Parliament. That is the language of wisdom, of jus tice, and of benevolence, which no man of liberal edu cation, or even of merely common sense, will for a moment doubt. It is language, moreover, eminently worthy of this extraordinary age, and such language as will be listened to with the most benign sentiment of satisfaction by RICHARD COBDEN, in his seclusion amongst the mountains of Wales. The majority of 130 verifies the remark of that patriotic man that although the body corpo rate of the League were dissolved, its spirit would survive and diffuse itself over the surface of the whole earth. The spirit of the League has survived its dissolution : it lives in the Hall of the Legislature, though the great head of the association has retired from that august assemblage. Now that we possess proof positive of the accept ance which awaits the Ministerial measure, it becomes interesting to observe the line of conduct pursued by the different leaders of the House of Ceinmons. It becomes even more than interesting—it becomes of the utmost importance. From their behaviour upon the occasion of the first development of the principles of the RUSSELL Administration we may rationally deduce the prospects which exist in regard to the acceptation of those principles, and the stability of that Administration. Of the stability of the one in office, or of the popularity of the other among the principal portion of our statesmen, no single doubt can now exist: the representatives collectively have sanctioned both by a majority of very nearly two to one in a House of exactly four hundred. The ex-Prime Minister has pronounced himself in terms the most magnanimous, declaring himself re solved to renounce all considerations of rivalry, to waive all previous distinctions of party, to for get all personal influence, to quell all indivi dual ambition, for the purpose of ensuring the prosperity and happiness of this great nation. By giving such a splendid evidence of disinterested ' ness and patriotism, Sir ROBERT PEEL will render the gratitude of his contemporary countrymen per manent, while he will assure to his name that noble and beautiful immortality for which it is well known his heart yearns with so much ardour. He is the passive Minister-maker of the House of Commons, the Parliamentary Earl of WARWICK; and by continuing to use that eminent and enviable authority, with this admirable forbear ance and discrimination, Sir ROBERT will acquire both the reipect of the present generation, and fame from posterity. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, on the other hand, has declared himself ready to continue in office only so long as he can do. so with the utmost independence, and by expressing himself in that dignified manner has ensured for his Adminis tration the esteem even of its antagonists. Of the healthy and hopeful character of the principles of the RUSSELL Cabinet, we can not give a more explicit exposition than by transcribing a few sentences delivered by the Prime Minister himself—sentences which contain great ora torical beauty, and which display very eminent and statesmanlike abilities : , " Sir," said Lord JOHN RUSSELL, " the Honour able Gentleman also made some very curious re marks as to the general policy of this coun try, and the experience he has derived from what he has observed with reference to our practical history ; and his observations, he said, led bim to the conclusion that this country had always retraced its steps. I must say a more extraordinary discovery, and nna =•-• unexpected, aR, 1.-4, 1._ . , ____, __RA, .. —A have oeen maae.—(Hear, hear.) No doubt there may have been particular vuzes in which Parliament hasirepealed its own Acts, and cases in which reasons may have been found to modify some parts of a system; but that this country has ever gone back, after it has adopted an improved system, and thrown aside the fetters of a prejudiced age, to errors which had be come exploded, I entirely deny, and I say it is not the characteristic of the history of this country.—(Cheers ) I do not refer now to what occurred in those times of violence when the Throne and the Parliament were scattered by the decisions of a House of Commons, which, with usurped authority, governed solely by the sword ; but, speaking of those days when we had anything like regular government, after the restora tion of the house of STUART, I think there can be nothing more apparent, nothing more clear, nothing more beautiful to the reader of history, than the progress which this country made, and the deter mination with which she kept, the conquests of reason.—(Hear.) In those days personal liberty was not safe, and the freedom of the subject was exposed to the will of the Sovereign, but the Habeas Corpus Act was passed in order to remedy thit state of things, and I ask, has the country ever retraced its steps in that respect ?—(Cheers.) Have we ever since that period said that the personal liberty of the subject should exist at the will of the monarch ? —(Cheers.) The Revolution next took place—the Bill of Rights was passed—have we ever repealed the Bill of Rights ? Has any one ever proposed the restoration of the dark and slavish political system which prevailed in the days of CHARLES IL ?—(Hear, hear.) The press was then under a censorship ; it was set free; and I ask has any one pro posed a restoration of the system from which the press was then relieved ?—(Loud cheers.) At that time the Dissenters were im prisoned for preaching religious doctrines which they believed to be true. The Act of Toleration was passed, and they were relieved from the injustice under which they laboured. Has the country gone back to persecution ?—(Hear, hear.) Has it re traced its steps in this respect ? In these days is it punishable for men to do and preach what they he- lieve to be the will of GOD ?—(Hear, hear.) Sir, the country has not retraced its steps in these respects, but with regard to the proceedings of later days—with regard to that great Act in which Mr. WILBERFORCE took so great a part, the abolition of the slave-trade, has there ever been a proposition made in this House, or in the other House of Parliament, to have the slave trade restored ?—(Hear, hear.) I might allude to many other measures, if it were not likely to cause a difference of opinion amongst the Members of this House, but, with respect to the progress of religious liberty, I would remark that we have now in this House Protestants, Dissenters, and Roman Catholics, persons of different shades of religious belief, and I do not suppose that there- is any Member of this House who would wish to change that system by re , restori ng the religious disabilities and disqualifications which formerly existed. This .is my opinion, and I soafyt,hose of the Hon. Gentleman .—(Hear the cheers)" e eopposite Those sentiments should teach the people to confide in the wisdom of the new Government, and it should convince them that they are realising, not merely the importation of cheap corn and cheap sugar, but that they are incorporating the principles of free trade for ever and for ever with the Constitution of Great Britain. The Break of Gauges Bill was on Tuesday read a second time in the House of Lords. From the obser vations made by several Noble Lords, it mould appear that the present measure is intended to be only tem porary, and that some great and comprehensive measure for establishing an entire uniformity of gauge throughout the kingdom is in contemplation. We sincerely trust that such . may be the case, and that what has been most justly termed, not only an inconvenience, but a great uatiomil agefigtune, may be got rid of by every pro. I PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons. TUESDAY, JULY 28. SUGAR DUTIES. Ways and Means,—Order read, for resuming adjourned Debate on Amendment proposed to be made to the Question (27th July), " That the Order of the Day for the Committee of Ways and Means be now read ;" and which Amendment was to leave cput from the word " That" to the end of the Question, in order to add the words, " in the present state of the Sugar cultivation in the British East and West ilndian Possessions, the proposed reduction of Duty upon Foreign Slave-grown Sugar is alike unjust and impolitic, as tending to check the advance of production by British free labour, and to give a great additional stimulus to the Slave Trade," instead thereof : —Question again proposed, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question :" Debate resumed. The House divided : MAJORITY-AYES, 2G5. A'Court, Captain Flower, Sir J. Oswald, James Aglionhy, H. A. For.::. r, Matthew Owen, Sir John Ainsworth, P. Fox, C. R. Praed, W. T. Ablaut, William French, F. Paget, Lord A. Anson, Colonel Gibson, 'l'.M. Palmerston, Vis. Antrobus, Edmund Gill, Tilnlll,3 Parker, John Archbold, Robert Gisbor , ie, Thomas l'attison, James Arundel, Earl of (39:,,, robert Pecticll, Captain Attwood, John - Goulburn, Henry Peel, Sir Robert Balne, Walter Graham, z;ir James Peel, Jonathan Bannerman, A. Greene, Thomas l'enCarves, Edward Barclay, David Grey, Sir (;,. Philips, G. R. Barkly, 'Terry Grosvenor, Lord R. Philipp- , ' Sir it. Baring, W. B. Guest, Sir John l'h!lias, Mark Barnard, E. G. hall, Sir B. Philpotts, John Barron, Sir 11. Hamilton, W. J. ' Pigot, David Bell, John Harcourt, G. G. Pluniralge, Captain Bellew, K. 31. II aSti e, A. Polhill, Frederick Benbow, John Hatton, Captain Ponsonby, C. F. Berkeley, Craven Hawes, B. Power, James Berkeley, Captain Hay, Sir A. Price, Sir Robert Berkeley, 11. F. Ilayter= W. G. Protheroe, E. Berkeley, Grantley Heathcoat, John' Pryse, Pryse Bernal, Ralph Heneage, G. 11. W. l'usey, P. Blackhurne, J. I. Heritage, Edward Ricardo, J. L. Blake, M. J. Herbert, Sydney Rich, Henry Borthwick, Peter Hervey, Lord A. Romilly, John Rotfield, Beriak Hiudley, Charles • Ross, David It. Bouverie, Edward P. Hobhouse, Sir John Eumbold, C. E. Bowes, John Hogg, J. W. Russell, Lord John: Bowring, Dr. Holland, Robert RusselL:Lord E. Bridgeman, Hewitt Holmes, W. A'C. Russell, J. I). Bright, John Hernby, John Rutherford, A. Arotherton, Joseph Horsman, E. Sandon, Viscount Browne, R. D. Iloskins, K. Scrope, G. P. Brown, W. Howard, C. W. Seymour, Lord Browne, W. Howard, E. G. Seymour, Sir H. Buller, Charles Howard, I'. H. Shell, R. L. Buller, Edward Howard, Sir R. Shelburne, Earl of flyng, G. S. Hume, Joseph Sheridan, It. B. Carew, R. S. Ilumphery, Ald. Smith, Benjamin Carnegie, Captain Hutt, William Smith, J. A. Cavendish, C. C. James, William Smith, Vernon Cavendish, G. H. James, Sir W. C. Smythe, George Chapman, B. Jermyn, Earl Somers, J. P. d W . W'. R. C. Christie, W. D. Jervis, John e Ge , s n ir er j a . l ra. stan nl s e ta y ei . Somerville, Sir W. Clay, ror.w. Jocelyn, l' , crono . SPoOner-.. , .. -- ' Clerk,Clellle n s ts t ;I Viscount . , J ,_,T o h i Li s s t og ; chino, ..r.-r. Labouchere, Henri Stanton, W. 11. i Colebrooke, Sir T. Langston, J. H. Staunton , Sir" G. (Arnett, a.„‘,..,. Lascellee, EL lauswart, P. 111. Collins, William Layard, Captain Stuart, Lord J. Courtenay, Lord Leader, J. T. Stuart, Henry Cowper, W. F. LeMiarchant, Sir D. Strait, Edward Craig, W. G. Lemon, Sir C. Sutton, Henry Crawford, W. S. Lincoln, Earl of Talbot, C. R. Curteis, H. B. Listowel, Earl of Tancred, H. W. Dalmenev, Lord Macaulay, T. B. Thesiger, Sir F. Dalrymple, Captain Mackinnon, W. Thornely, Thomas Dashwood, G. H. M'Carthy, Alex. Tomline, George Denison, W. J. M'Donnell, J. M. Tower, C. Denison, J. E. Maitland, T. Towneley, John Denison, E. B. Mangles, R. D. Traill, George Dennistoun, J. Marjoribanks, S. Trench, Sir F.: D'Eyncourt, C. T. Marshall, William Trottbridge,iir E. Dickinson, F. F. Marsland, Henry Tuite, H. M. Divett, E. Martin, J. Turner, Edmund Douglas, Sir - C. Maule, Fox Vane, Lord H. Duckworth, Sir J. Mines, R. Monckton Villiers, Charles Duke, Sir James Mitcalfe, H. Wakley, T. Duncan, Lord Mitchell, T. A. Wall, C. B. Duncan, George Moffatt, George Warburton, Henry Duncombe, Thomas 31orpeth, Viscount Ward,'H. G. Dunsias, Admiral Morris, David Wawn, J T. Easthope, Sir John Morrison, James White, Samuel Eastnor, Viscount Mostyn, E. 31. L. Williams, W. Ebr:ngton, Viscount Mintz, G F. Wilshere, W. Ellice, lit. Hon. E. Napier, Sir Charles Wood,:Charles Ellis Wynn Neville, R. Wood, Colonel T. Elphinstone, Sir H. Nichol), John Wersley, Lord Escolt, Bickham Norreys, - ,Sir D. Wortley, J. S. Esmonde, Sir T. O'Brien, C. Wyse, Thomas Etwall, Ralph O'Brien, Timothy Yorke, H. R. Evans, William O'Connell, M. J. Young, John Evans, Sir De Lacy O'Conor, Don Ewart, William O'Ferrall, R. M. TELLERS. Ferguson, Col. Ogle, S. C. Tufnell, Henry Ferguson, Sir Jr. Osborne, Ralph Hill, Lard Marcus Fleetwood, Sir P. Oswald, A. MINORITY—NOES, 135. Ackers, James Forester, G. Manners, Lord C. Acland, Sir T. Forman, T. S. Masterman, John Acton, Colonel Fox, S. L. Maunsell, T. B. Allix, J. P. Frewen, C. 11. Maxwell, Hon. J. P. Astell, William Fuller, A. E. Mildmay, H. St. J. Austen, Colonel Gardner, J. D. Miles, I'. W. S. Bagot, Hon. W. Gaskell, J. M. Miles, W. Baillle, Colonel Gooch, E. S. Morgan, 0. Baillie, H. J." -- " Gore, Montague Mundy, E.,M. Baldwin, Barry Gore, W. 0. Neal, Joseph Bankes, George Gore. W. R. 0. Neeld, John Benett, John Granby, Marquis of Newport, Visct. Bennet. P. Grogan, Edward Newry, Viscount Pentinck, Lord G. Kale, R. B. O'Brien, A. Stafford Blackstone, W. S. Hall, Colonel Ossulaton, Lord illakeinore. R. , Halsey, T. P. Packe, C. W. Bodkin, William H. Hamilton, J. 11. Pakington, Sir J. Bolder), IL G. ' Hamilton, G.. 1. Powlett, Lord W. Brisco, M. Hamilton, Lord C. Reid, Colonel Broadiey, H. Hampden, Renn Repton, G. W. J. Broadwood, H. Harris, Hon. Capt. Richards, Richard Brooke. Lord Henley, J. W. Rolleston, Colonel Buller, Sir J. Y. Ilildyard, T. B. Ryder, G. D. Carew, W. H. Pole Hill. Lont E. Sanderson, R. Chapman, Aaron Hodgson, R. Scott, F. cheisea, Vi-c. Hope, G. W. Seyreer, H. K. Chichester, Lord J. Hudson, 0. Sheppard, T. Christopher, It. A. Hussey, Thomas Sibtliorp, Colonel Chute, W. L. W. Ingestre, Viscount Smith, A. Clayton, R. It. Inglis, Sir R. H. Stanley, E. Codrington, Sir W. Jolliffe, Sir WG. H. Stuart, J. Collett, w. R. Jones, Captain Thompson, Alderman Compton, 11. C. Ker, D. S. Thornhill, G. Deedes, W. Knight, F. W. Trevor, J. R. Dick, Q. Knightley, Sir C. Trollope, Sir J. Disraeli, B. Law, C. E. Trotter, John Douglas, Sir H. Lawson, Andrew Tyrrell, Sir J. T. Douglas, J. D. S. Lefroy, A. Vesey. T. buncombe, 0. Lindsay, H. 11. Vyse, B. De Pre, C. G. Long, W. Waddington, H. S. East, J. B. Lowther, Sir J. 11. Walpole, S. H. Fellowes, E. Lowther, Hon. Col. Williams, T. P. Finch, G Lygon," General Wodchouse, E. Fitzmaurice, W. Mackenzie, T. TELLERS. Floyer, John Mackenzie, W. F. Beresford, Major Forbes, William M'Clintock, W. B. Newdsgatc, C. N. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) TUESDAY, JULY 28. STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEE. The follleWing resolutions were reported from the above Corn. rnittee t I. That, 111 the case of the Metropolitan Sewage Manure OoMpany ' Petition, for additional provision, the Standing orders ought to be dis pensed with :—That the parties be permitted to introduce their addi tional provision neeordingty. 2. That, in the case of the Afi Souls College (Oxford) Estate 13111, the standing (*dere ought to be dispensed with : —That the parties be perralttad to Ifftlceed with their Bill. 3, That, in the case of the Bishop of Norwich's (North Lyon Rec tory) Estate Bill, the standing orders ought to he dispensed with : That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill. Resolutions agreed to. MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS. Messengers from the Lords br oug ht up th e f o llowing Bills, which their Lordships had agre e d to t Newport, Abergavenn and It record Railway 8111—South Staf fordshire Junction Railway' With Branches Bill—Leeds and Bradfor d Railway (Junction at Bradford) Bill—Blackburn, Preston, and East Laucashlr :railway Amalgamation Bill—South - Eastern Rail wayPTcP:iwich to Chnham 'with Branches) Bill, without Amend nieP..— Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway Bill—London and Binning , Railway (Birmingham Extension) Bill —Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Stour Valley Railway (Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Lines) AM—Shropshire Union Railway and Canal ('New ton to Crewe with Branches) Bill—Sh ro pshire Union Railways and Canal (Chester and Wolverhampton Lines) Bill —Shropshire Union Railway and Canal (Shrewsbury and Stafford Railway) l!l4---Rugby and Leamington Railway Bill—Shrewsbury .. 4 'T— way Bill —Bristol and Birml•—• , o rasnire Ran- Amenilments—W'*" - ~.tam and Midland Railway Bill, with Bon) -Billin •...i.ehaven and Furness Railway (Kirksanton Devitt gsgate Market Bill, with an Amendment. 1 hCLEANSING OF THE STREETS IN TILE CITY.--A notice averm issued by ord er o f t h e Commissioners of the C i ty es, stating that any p erson throwing dust, dirt, or rub alley is liable to heavy penalties, which will be bish on the public pavement o f any public street , cour t, or forced after thi s not i ce, The Duke an d D uchess of Bedford and th(l ch ioness of Abe rcorn were unable to ittiwnd the conc ell g..,Lven by Mar her Majesty a ft er the christening of the trincess Uelei la, fu 4CC°Uilt of We recut cicalae of Ideal illaleul Bata. ~ strictly en, COBDEN TESTIMONIAL. (BY EXPRESS,) BRISTOL, WEDNESDAY MORNING. Yesterday evening, pursuant to advertiseme..it, a meeting of the members of the Bristol Auxiliary to the League was held at the public rooms, Broadmead, to carry out the reso lution of the general body with reference to the dissolution. or rather suspension of the operations of the League, and to promote the subscription towards the " Cobden testi monial." GEORGE THOMAS, Esq., chairman of the Bristol Corn. mittee, presided, and expressed his regret at the absence of Dr. Bowring, M.l'., occasioned by his necessary attendance at his post in the House of Commons upon the cotftemplated division upon the Sugar Duties question. The Chairman, during his address, took a general view of the operations of the League, and in appropriate terms alluded to the part which Bristol had taken in the matter. He particularly impressed upon the members of the League present that their labours were not yet fully accomplished, and that, therefore, the LeagaThvas not finally dissolved. Occasions might arise, circumstances might transpire, which would require that the energies of f the League , should be put forth in all their power. Their work, hitherto so gloriously carried out, would not .he con summated till 1849, by which time, if not properly watched and checked, the Protectionist party might introduce some measure which would completely subvert the object which the League had in view ; therefore the League was not yet completely defunct ; it slept awhile, awaiting the period, if such should arise, when its energies may be legitimately called forth. Tualms DAVIS, Esq., merchant, of Bristol, read a 'very elaborate report, drawn up with extreme care, and, we may add, consummate judgment. Topics of general interest were adverted to, were commented upon, were disposed of with a masterly hand. Those of a more local character were dilated upon just as mat ters required that they should be, and no more ; no elaborate display—no over-weening compliments, but honour to whom honour was due was liberally yet eloquently paid. The Committee's allusion to the efforts of Richard Cobden was that which might be expected. His unwearied efforts— his great personal sacrifices—his untiring energy—his zeal, his ability, his devotion, called forth almost universal commendation, whilst, at the same time, the forcible yet simple way in which he propounded his arguments fascinated his bitterest opponents. [From want of space, it iS impos sible to follow the report through all the topics embraced therein.] RICHARD COOTES, Esq., moved the adoption of the report, which was seconded by ELIJAH BARING, Esq., merchant, of Bristol. IlarotAN VISGER, a merchant of Bristol, in seconding the motion, recommended the meeting to att end to the registration courts. Sir Robert Peel once said that the battle of the Con stitution was to be fought in the registration courts. He hoped that the free-traders would take a lesson from that, and not neglect their battle were alone it could be fought. Mr. JostAtt HUNT, a farmer of Gloucestershire to a very great extent, next addressed the meeting. He had advo cated the repeal of the corn-laws, from a belief that they were inimical to his own interests, but more particularly because he considered they were essentially unjust. It had been supposed that the landed interest would be materially affected by the repeal of those obnoxious laws—the impost upon labour—the tax upon commercial industry : that interest might be affected, but it would not be injured ; and, in his opinion, no better proof than that existed in the cir cumstance that the landowners, so far at any rate as had come to his knowledge, had abated one jot of their rents ; on the contrary, he believed that rents were rising.—(Hear.) He believed that the repeal of the corn-laws was the best step that could be taken to advance and promote even the interests of agriculture. In his opinion hitherto the agriculturists had been trusting to a broken reed. The farmer had been trust ing to the corn-laws, but to show the fallacy of reliances upon principles so utterly untenable as those by which the corn-laws were attempted to be upheld, he would inform the meeting that no landowner would take a tenant for his farms unless he could have his full amount of rent, nor would he let a mill unless he could do it upon what he considered equitable terms. The question as to the remuneration of farm-labourers had occupied a considerable portion of public, and he might saypractical, attention. The Hon. Member for East Somerset, who stood high in esteem for his judgment and business-like habits, was mistaken in his ideas upon this subject. lie had maintained that if the price of wheat were reduced, a pro portionate reduction in wages must follow. He (Mr. Hunt) as a member of the agricultural ..world, would say, in reply, "No such thing." In the face of the repeal of the corn-laws wages had risen con siderably—(Cheers)—and they were at that time higher in the agricultural districts than they had been for the last thirty years.—( Loud cheering.) The great demand for labour in the agricultural districts had caused the scarcity. That demand, great as it was at present, would go on increas ing, and the result he hoped, would be that the industrialclasses would reap a great advantage. As to the League, he must say that from some of its lending members, and more particularly from Richard Cobden, he had received more instruction than from any other quarter iu the world; and he was sure that the instruction emanating therefrom, whether from the general body, or from Richard Cobden in particular, had been productive of much good to the labourer, the tenant•farmer, and the landlord—witness James Adam Gordon.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") It would always be found that the supply and demand would regulate the scale of wages as they did everything else. The independent tenant-farmers would survive the shock— those who were not under the thumb of their landlords would be able to succeed, and those who were shackled must endeavour to free themselves.—(Cheers.) Under such landlords as Earl Ducie, Mr. Bergough, and others, — innumerable he could mention—tenants were happy and con tented. Why should not such a state of things be extended over the whole of the agricultural territory of Britain?— (Cheers.) Reverting once more to the corn question, he must say that, so far as his experience went, there was to be found amongst the farmers the utmost indifference as to whether the present or the amended system of corn-laws existed. On the Exchange in they (the corn growers) were now ilre - p - alea - to b i ch..w...a21, that food for the people, and not drive the natives to have re course to either Russia or the Polanders for subsistence. EDWARD SMITH, Esq.. of Sheffield, next addressed the meeting. In general, though very pleasing and attractive terms, he advocated the claims of the Anti. Corn-law League, and defended its policy. He particularly referred to the registration, adverting to the calamity which befel the Wort Riding of Yorkshire in particular, and the country generally, when Lord Morpeth was re jected at the election in 1841, and contrasting it with the present aspect of affairs, liberal and enlightened prin ciples being in the ascendant, triumphing over those of in tolerance, bigotry, and consummate self-interest. The speech, which was one of considerable length and marked ability, was listened to with general attention, and received with hearty applause. The Rev. G. Arms'molter attracted the attention of the meeting with one of his characteristic addresses—forcible in argument, eloquent in language, powerful in declama tion, yet merciful towards a fallen foe % exposing the errors of the past, pourtraying, in glowing colours, the advantages which will result from effective well-timed measures for the future, the Reverend Gentleman car ried with him the feelings, the sympathies, the affections of his audience. But when, in his own peculiar way, he brought his extraordinary mind to bear upon the efforts, the ser vices, the labours, the anxieties, the responsibilities of Richard Cobden, the effect was electrical, the company rose en masse, and did honour to the heart and eloquence of the speaker, whilst they manifested their adoration of the distinguished individual who was the subject of so much eloquence. We cannot follow the Rev. Gentleman through his most inte resting address; all we can add is, that it was listened to with breathless attention, excepting when some brilliant allusion to past victory compelled the company to respond to it with loud cheering. After one or two more speeches a subscription was set on foot, and, I believe, is very liberal; but, at the time of closing my parcel, I cannot give you the exact amount. The usual vote of thanks was passed to the Chairman, and the meeting separated. I am credibly informed that, in a few weeks, there will be a grand banquet in: Bristol to celebrate the triumph of the League. Earl Fitzhardinge, Earl Dude, the Hon. Grautley Berkeley, Mr. C. Berkeley (the Member for thecity), and Mr. F. 11. Berkeley, with a brilliant company, are expected to attend. A subscription was opened, headed by George Thomas, Esq., for 100/., Wm. Tothill, 1001., Ed. 'Thomas. 50/. Se veral other sums were mentioned • and it is expected the con t r ibution from Bristol will exceed 1,000/. UNITED MEXIC lATI AN ON. MINING AS SOC A meeting of this Association was held yesterday, at the London Tavern, but reporters were refused admission. DIRECT MANCHESTER AND LON DON RAILWAY COMPANY (RASTRICK'S LINE). A meeting of the shareholders of this Company took place yesterday in the London Tavern, under the provisions of an Act of Parliament entitled the Railways Dissolution Bill. Mr. J. Dillon took the chair. The CHAIRMAN said tbat their efforts to obtain a Bill had failed, in consequence of the mere formal difficulties placed in their way by the standing orders of the House of Com mons. It was said that an amalgamation existed between them and the Remington line, but such was not the case. They held 400,0001., and they were attempted to be forced into an implied Jrnalgamation with a company which did not possess more than 7,000/. they had returned 3/. 10s. a share, and they reserved a sum varying from 70,000/. to 80,0001. to preserve themselves against the risks to which they were exposed by threats held out against them oflaw proceedings—and they were now prepared to pay back th e remainder of the money as soon as they were relieved from i'he danger of these proceedings. The Company was, therefore; dissolved before the Act under which they met that day came into operation, and they accordingly were not af fected by it. H e considered that the whole meeting was illegal ; they h sd not even sufficient to constitute it, as the had received the return on their shares shareholders who' bad retired from tL'e Company, and no longer possessed any right to vote or be 1 wesent at their meeting. Mr. Pocock said ti \at he repeatedly applied for informa tion whether an a . italgamation existed or not with Remington's line, but his applications. either by letter or personally, were equal 'ly disregarded; he was refused all information, and he consic, ered that the conduct of the direc tors was most discreditabi e and disgraceful in withholding that information, and he sh %dd. move the appointment of scrutineers. Mr. RICHARDSON said that if the expenses amounted to twenty-five shillings a share, at lel' receiving 42,000/. from Remington's line, he did not bell, sys that the directors had acted as they ought to have clone by t he directors. An amendment was then put that; tile question be not now put, which was declared to be carrit 3d, and the original reso lution was then declared to have b ten lost. The meeting was then adjourned EVENING CONCERT. —A feN v evenings ago Mrs. Stephen Chambers gave another d 'elightful concert at her house in Soho-square. She certa inly deserves to a large extent the admiration with which he r cenius filled her select and fastidious hearers. Selberbergm rav even better than on the preceding occasion : his violin seer a ed an animated being. Miss Ellen Lyon sang very sweetly ; but the chief attraction of the evening consisted in the admit - s ,ble compositions, ad mirably performed, of Mrs. Stephen (A iambere herself. REPRESENTATION or TYRONE.—Th a re are already symp toms of opposition to Lord Claude hirer r e ar e by the Orange party. It is said that they will sta',..t as a candidate Mr. Verner, son of Sir William Verner, one ,'f the present Mem- Dere Or ApplaU coulit7. . COURT CIRCULAIX. The Queen and Prince Albert walked early, yestodAy• in the royal gardens of Buckingham Palace. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridg; and the Princess Mary, and the Hereditary Gran - Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz , visited her Majestl the Queen of the Belgians, yesterday, At Duckingham Palace. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode oat on horse back, yesterday, attended by the Equ err y in Waiting' Lieutenant-Colonel Seymour. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Nin t°l- -,ni: Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Prin cess Aliccf an airing yesterday in an open carriage anti four, accoul" ponied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton. Her Royal Highness the Princess Helena was tikert an airing yesterday in the pleasure grounds of OP palace. Mr. Thorburn was honoured with a sitting yester d l . ' for a portrait of his Royal Highness Prince Alfred: command f her Majesty. The Queen and Prince Albert inspe c t e d yesterday full-length portraits of their Majesties the Ding an` Queen of Greece, painted by Mrs. Elizabeth Surraii for the King of Bavaria, which were submitte d by M. Moon. The royal dinner party yesterday included their - jesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, her Roo' Highness the Duchess of Kent, her Royal Highness thee Duchess of Cambridge, their Royal Highnesses tie Heredipry Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Nicol lenburgStrelitz. his Royal Highness Prince George, it!: Excellency M, Van de Weyer, Viscount PalmerstaP; Countess Vilain XIV., Lady Anna Maria Dawson , -" a ": Augusta Cadogan, Baroness de Speth, the Earl Ft' tescue, Viscount Morpoth, Major A. d'Hanins de AL 3 e kerke, and Baron Knesebeck. The band of the Grenadier Guards, under the dir e ' tion of Mr. Schott, was in attendance during dinner 04 " the Palace, and performed the following pieces:— Reminiscences of Meyerbeer's and Donizetti's Operas Kuhner. Waltz, " Die Mozartisten"—Lanner. Aria, "Audi' io dischuiso un Giorno " (Nino)--Verdi. Polka, " Ernestinen"—Hillmar. Quadrille, " Maritana"—Coote. 0 01 Her Royal Highness the Duchess of K ent hono the Duchess of Northumberland with a visit y estertts) at Sion House. m . T p h . h L a d o r a d n A i n d t v e o r c v a i e t e w o w f St with o t t h l e a n c d h a a n n d c o r r . D o f e n t n h i e s t 11 3 chequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing` street. A deputation of the Swansea Vale Railway CotoP °ll had an interview with the Earl of Clarendon yestercb t il at the office of the Board of Trade. The deputati_r consisted of Mr. Talbot, M.P. for Glamorganshire ; 31 ,„ r ; Edward Walmislev, House of Lords age nt for the DID ! Messrs. Florance Benson and S. Benso n, promoters ! Mr.Attwood,solic solicitor to the company ; and Mr. nhl, Jones, the engineer. 5 general Th eEc m c e le e s t i i a n s g tic y a e l s C te o r m da m y i . ssio T n i e le rs re fo w r e E xe ng p la r n es d en i z a t i Bishops of London, Durham, Bath and Wells, ,t,-,jr!„, chester, Oxford, and Rochester, and the B i g ht o w- John Nichol]. The Bishop of London had an interview with George Grey yesterday, at the Home-office.. Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and T bit had an interview yesterday with the Chancallor o ° tio Exchequer. Mr. Cook had also an intarvieaw wit Right Hon. Gentleman yesterday. h th e Lord Sudeley had an interview yester day' w Earl of Clarendon at the Board of Trade. priori" Lord John Russell left town yesterday, fort Xte or to Stanmore. His Lordship proceeds from the. Cheneys. ROYAL BANK OF AUSTRI.--•LIA• Icisf " A general meeting of the proprietors was Lteid yeah „ a te the board-room of the Company's premises, Nu. .2, MO' D street, at twelve o'clock. re, John W. SUTHERLAND, Esq., having taken th e ,, aoLA called on the secretary to read the advertisement R.l3‘‘ convening the meeting. ;fier The CHAIRMANthen said, it was matter of great gri: l ', th e _ion to him and the directors to have such a statementnt br Company's affairs as that for the past year to lay 1v - :0: the proprietors, as he was sure it would give th em to faction. He felt it would be unnecessary for him tlr through the details, as they would be fully read to them Secretary. He read a most able and satisfactory lette" ;TO Mr. Benjamin Boyd, late Member of the Legisiative,V of New South Wales, and Chairman of the r roass/e,,,,es Association, upon the general affairs aild p t9o . of the colony, addressed to J. W. Sutherland, shee,o It stated that stock was steadily advancing in' P ri , i c : ; at 166. with stations in Port Phillip had changed lavt' 4 :,, at tie r immediately after shearing, with the expectatio u editio n would reach 20s. A large military and naval ex P ea t Ow New Zealand had created a demand for slaught ertiti an d s heer live stock ; cattle sold at from 121. to 15/. sterli driven at 20s. to 255. each ; besides which cattle were' ' 7 „ B it si r to South Australia for the use of the mines; an j u rB ioes . , peared that the mineral resources of that colony 1 ' the n e ; baustible, it was impossible to say to what extent co losJ mand might grow for draught and fat cattle. II bore bad received nearly 40,0001. last year from India u a ction?' Foreign whalers and other shipping were rapidly it 8 00' in_the ports for the purpose of refurnishing. Such, tl3 80 101 man said, was a view of the state and prospects of t hil ed, an with which the interests of the Company were iden tify it must be satisfactory to the proprietors- ivigt were aware, he had no doubt, that steal:ll__l pail tion had been extended to India, and tits were in hope that it would soon reach b 4 I.°ll , o ton. gapore to Australia, and give to the trade of 1111 3 effort t t new impetus. The Company would make ev e % a c ubje. c induce the Government to this. A report ou t „ pe ctin& was drawn up, and would be laid before previous to its being submitted to the G o ' lel?3.;llr d 'ent. ood Yeas the recent changes iu the Colonial-office, they . ha g rr he recoi l to hope that this desideratum would be attain,?.u. „c _ waose nu g ores 04"14Ra l esatisfaction in the West Indies, wa s also a tho of expectation to the committee, who had Trai ted oriof governor prior to his going out, and found I tin t eve Y 4, inclined to make himself acquainted with, an d t . O proOr o loo commercial interests of, the colony. He concluded - bY,,eitb e rt The SECRETARY, who read the report. It stated gp6,67 . , 6 was a gross profit on the operations of the yeas tot r., ff 13s. 9d.; that the dividends, interest, and char ge e ' oil corresponding period, amounted to 19,594/. 94. : id.t. o p rOw" 17,076/. 4s. 2d. to be added to the balance of pr ; it bus i r and loss account of last year, viz., 26,8731. 9,1. I 30 1 -L,7,, betl creasing it to the sum of 43,949/. 13s. 10d. Fret) a ever, was to be deducted 1,0001., proposed to b 2 e 4, lw; written off against preliminary expenses, v ide deposit notes already paid. That the forthcorail 'g d1 7,00t; would further reduce the amount by ; t bo tlt „ o n tb That the affairs of the establishment, conseq net it ur - ti fO; greatly improved position of the colony, coo pie d Iv A l a nd judicious and able superintendence of Messrs. I 1. P. Robinson, fully justified an increase in I he ki. °— ibe ar dividend; and in anticipation of continued pros pierPs,'Aince rectors recommended the adoption of this measu reto ti''' 0 00/ holders. That meanwhile, they considered it rould be ors satisfactory to form a rese r ve fund, than to add at t b is ii llie t berc than one per cent. to the dividend hitherto paid. Th e y ali t fore proposed that the half.yearly payment for , the 'Freco' year should be at the rate of six per cent. per anti au 3 ' incomtax. pr ; The CHAIR:HAN, in answer to a question from a. PT° . •t o stated that the accounts were made up in the • the 31st of January, and at home to the 30th of Je Mr. Bnycis moved that the report read be Tv: - adopted, printed, and circulated among the propriet cer Mr. REID seconded the motion, which was car tie nirncusly. t iring Mr. S. PLINN moved that the following gentlemen T e ,, rB Ler ' from the board by rotation, should be re-elected dirt 'e , "glifig the ensuing year, viz., John W. Sutherland, Esti t ., Boyd, Esq., and osepl Phelps Robinson, Esq. Mr. TEESDALE seconded the motion, which was cacti unan M imously. h r. SUTHERLAND and Mr. BOYD being present, ise t „rir knowledged the honour and the confidence which the Lisr`Z i reti tors had been pleased anew to bestow on them, and sks' affSi fj them of their strict attention to the interests mad the - of the Company. p jd Mr. REID moved that the thanks of the propel etors s- 471 be given to the manager, J. 11. Rae, Esq. Mr. PLINN seconded the motion, which was (;a 'cried 11 0 mously by the meeting, and acknowledged by In r. Mr. REtri moved that a letter should be sent, conver: B 3 the thanks of the proprietors to Benjamin Boy d, Esq ., 'iv J. P. Robinson, Esq., in Australia, for their exi tot lona itt interests of the Company. t iog A PROPRIETOR seconded the motion, and Lb e nle passed it unanimously. A the A vote of thanks to the Chairman having been Pass' meeting was adjourned. A OSTEND, JULY 29.—The Baron de Proma.: alt o + Count Brignole arrived to-day by the General Ste lml`-tbs gation Company's steam ship, Sir E. Banks, I.lis t left Blackwall pier, London, in the morning. CUSTOMS.—Sir Francis Hastings Doyle h ing b ee ?: a ppointed Receiver-General and Cashier of he r 1010 Customs, in the room of Sir William Boothby, tot Wed' • ti s principal officers of the several departments of t , pie reveal in London, and the collectors and controllers of tl to caste _A at the various outports of the United Kingdom, ha v* 3 receifL" an official notification of the same, in order that t Ii eir JetP, an d remittances on the part of the Crown in rela on to t oir department may be addressed and made pays AA a t ° ,. to Francis Hastings Doyle, in the same manner as tl 109" vreh- his predecessor. v ia 0 D ESC RIPTION OF THE TROWELL TO BE 'US ES PRINCE ALBERT IN LAYING THE FIRST STONE OF '; Poor, SAILORS' HOME.—It is made of silver, rich ly gi 111 „ - ornamented with gold and enamel ; the shield at ;the top the handel contains the arms of his Royal Hig leo el l or melled on gold in proper colours ;on the centre oN is /got sented a ship in dock, in gold on blue enamel ; on. the,_l.„° die shield is an anchor in gold on blue enamel. to itself is a beautiful specimen of modelled scroll R •ot k, god surmounted by the crown of his Royal Highness lln gold a of enamel, resting on a crimson enamelled cushion. 'rb e batls the trowel is a perfect model of the stern of a sh jA, r e quarter-desk, men at the wheels, cannons, &c. ; tb to utt• presenting " white ensigns," are appropriately aad beao fully enamelled on gold. The blade, which is of a gr a no form, is surrounded with a raised scroll border, an d zont7-04 in the upper part an engraving of the proposed building , under it the following inscription : Presented to Field Marshall His Royal Highness The Prince Albert, &c. &c. &c. &c. on the occasion of his laying the first stone of The Liverpool Sailors' Home, July 31st, 1846. eCO On the back of the blade , and occupying t he whole isl ) s od the bottom, is a view of Liverpool, most elaboratelY.4og, b eau tifully engraved, showing the town, docks, sbilsiry &c., including a very faithful representation of the al tender, which is to be sent down for the use of his goy Highness. This beautiful work of art has been execn_tege_re•A Mr. Dismore, Bold-street, Liverpool. The address toah__Fthe sented to his Royal Highness on the occasion will h seal of the Corporation attached to it, enclosed In silver box, with the arms of Liverpool richly of ; o le on the top ; the whole will be enclosed in a velvet, richly ornamented with gold, in the sn n Albert, beautifully modelled and richly chasa_ style, and on the top the arms of his Royal ilighnnes_fi;.::3.. Thin Igo if tin productia 91 Kb Plaza at §9 14 clizabethean ___,---,-