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8, New Burlington-street, July 9, 1846. MR. BENTLEY WILL PUBLISH DURING THE PRESENT MONTH THE FOLLOWING NEW WORKS:— MR. J. FENIMORE COOPER. In 3 vols. post Bv - 0., RAVENSNEST ; OR THE RED SKINS. By the Anther of "The not," "The Spy," "The Pathiln ltr," Etc, 11. -- In vol., price lOs. 6d.. with a portrait of Abl-cl-Kaler, A MIT TO THE FRENCH POS3ESSIONS IN ALGIERS IN 1845. By COUNT ST. MARIE. Formerly in the French Military Service (Now ready). In 3 vols. post Bvo., SECOD LOVE. A NOVEL. FROM THE NOTE BOOK OF A TRAVELLER. (Now ready). IV. In 1 vol., with illustrations, price 10s. 6d. WANDERINGS IN THE WILDERNESS. By HENRY H. METHEUN, B.A. THE COUNTESS OF BLESSINGTON. In 3 vols. post Bvo. THE DEERHURSTS. Edited by LADY BLESSINGTON. Author of " The Femme de Chnmbre," &c., With Portraits of Henry the Eighth and Charles the Fir3t, engraved fkom Original Pictures, in the possession of the Duke of Northum berland. the Two Concluding Volumes of SIR HENRY ELLIS'S NEW SERIES OF ORIGINAL LETTERS ILLUSTRATIVE OF ENGLISH HISTORY. VII. SIR N. HARRIS NICOLAS. In Bvo., price 25., ANIMADVERSIONS ON THE LIBRARY AND CATALOGUES OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. A ReQly to Mr. Panizzi's Statement ; and a Correspondence with that Officer and the Trustees. By Sir HARRIS NICOLAS. (Now ready.) VIII. In 3 vols., post Bvo., A Second Edition of MRS. GORE'S NEW NOVEL "TILE DEBUTANTE;" OR, THE LONDON SEASON. (On the 10th instant.) Richard Bentley, New Burlington•street. (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty). TO SCHOOLMASTERS. MO be DISPOSED OF, by PRIVATE CON TRACT, the GOOD-WILL of a FIRST-RATE ACADEMY in the Increasing town of DARLINGTON. This institution has been established for more than fourteen years, and has Accommodated en average number of from thirty-five to forty boarders, and an equal Lumber of day-scholars. At present it is the only one of any importance in the town. Any party desirous of treating for the same will have the opportunity of purchasing the excellent furniture, which comprises everything requisite for a boarding-school on a large scale. The premises are also to be dis posed of.—Application should be made without delay to Mr. William Robinson, land •agent, or to Messrs. It. Thompson and Co., Darlington. RAILWAY sit Alms BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LA.MOND, SMALE, AND LAMOND, Railway tn tri&t h ..ar, Friends and the Public for their continued support an and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TuEsnay and FRIDAY. at One o'clock, at the Hell of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully requested to be addressed. Ail Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, at least one day previously to their being offered ; and advice.; of results will be forwarded by the first post After the sale, ant the proceeds immediately disposed of according to instructions. Offices, Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street. London. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE, M. PERROT respectfully informs the Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, that in consequence of the ad litional time required in the effective production of t e new Ballet Divertisse ment, his BENEFIT is unavoidably POSTPONED ; and THIS EVENING, Thursday, July 9, there will be an EXTRA NIGHT, when will be performed (for the first time this season) )onizettl's celebrated Opera, entitled , ANNA BOLENA. _ . henry VIII., SlinoiLablaehe ; Percy, Signor Mario; Smeaton, 31(111e. BrambLa ; Jane Seymour, Mille. Corbari; Anna Bolena, Madams Grisl. To be fcllowed by (revived for the first time these four years), the admired Ballet DAvertissetnent, entitled 'AURORE, The principal puts by Aidiles. L. Grain, L. Taglioni, Cassan, De melisse, Honore, James, Julien, Lamorenx, anti H. Perrot. After which, will be performel the second Act of Donizetil's Opera, entitle I, LINDA DI CHAMOUNI. Yaciame 7asti 1 in : Pierotto, Mdlle. Brambilla ; Carlo, Sig. Corelli ; 11 Marchese de Iblitleury, Signor P. Lablache ; Antonio, Signor Fornasarl. To conclude w th the hlghl successful new Grand Oriental Ballet, thy M. Perrot ; the Music composed and partly selected from Pendell David's Ode Symptionique of " The Desert," by Sig. Pugni, entitled, _ LALLA ROOKH ; or, THE ROSE OF LAHORE. The principal parts sustained by lldile. Cerito, Mdlle. L. Tagliont, DI. St. Leon, and M. Perrot. Principal Dances : Tableau.—Pas Symholinne, by Mdlle. Ccrito, supported by Mdlles. Demelisse, Cassan, James, and Honore, and the corps de ballet. Tableau.—Le Chibouck, Pas Eeul. by Mdlle. Cerito. Last Tableau.—Feast of Moses, Pas de Corbeils, by Mdlles. L'Amoreux and Julien, and the corps de ballet ; Pas do Neuf, by Mdlles. Cerito, L. Taglioni, and M. St. Leon, supported by Mdlles. Demelisse, Cassan, James, L'Amoreux, Julien, and Honore. lbralilm Paella and suite will visit the Theatre this Evening. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE The public are respectfully informed that the BELGIAN OPERA COMPANY POSITIVELY begin their Performances on WED TIESDAY, 15th of July. PRINCIPAL PERFORMERS.—Mesdames Laborde, Jullien, Cbarton, Gu ichard; MM. Laborde, Masao', Zelger, et Conderc. OPERAS.—Les Huguenots, Robert le Diable, Guillau me T e ll, L a (Wive, La Favorite, Le " Comte Ory. Private Boxes and Stalls to be obtained, either for the series or by the night. of Mr. Parsons, at the Theatre, from Ten till Four. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKMT, THIS EVENING Will be performed the Opera of GUY MANNERING. Henry Bertram, Mr. Caulfield ; Dandle Dlnmont, Mr. Webster ; Dominie, Sampson, Mr. W. Farren : Meg Meanies, Miss Cushman. The Band will perform the Overtures, " II Barbiere di Siviglia," and " L'A mbass ad r Ice," " Shaksperian Airs," "La File du Re giment Quadrille." and " Old English Airs." Atter which, a New and Original Drama, called BOROUGH PO LITICS. Principal characters by Messes. Webster, Tilbury, Buck atone; Mrs. Glever, and Mrs. E. Yarnold. To conclude with the Comic Drama, called A CABINET QUES TION. In which Messrs. Brindal, Tilbury, Buckstone, and Miss Julia Bennett will appear. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. URDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. THIS EVENING Will be performed an Original Farce, entitled LOAN OF A WIFE. Principal characters by Messrs. F. Matthews, A. Wigan, Meadows, Kintoch, and Yarnold; Mrs. Woollidge, and Miss Howard. After which, the Drama of NELL GWYNNE. Betterton, Mr. Dtddear ; Joe Haynes, Mr. Meadows ; Counsellor Crowsfoot, Mr. F. 314atthews ; Nell Gwynne, Mrs. Keeley, Orange 31°11 yr, 1 5q.1 9 , , , „„ JOH - I.7diaiicVr's by Messrs. F. Matthews, A. Wigan, 'Unlock, and Keeley ; Miss Fairbrother, Miss Mary Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley. . THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be performed an Original Melodrama, called THE DEVIL OF MARSEILLES ; or, The Spirit of Avarice. In which Messrs. Paul Igedford, 0. Smith, Wright, Lambert, Munyard, Mitchinson ; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar will perform. After which will be produced a New Comic Drama, called TIIE MAID WITH THE MILKING PAIL. Diccon, Mr. Wright ; Milly, Mrs. Fitzwillism. To be followed by the highly popular Barletta of TAMING A TARTAR. Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Messrs. Paul Bedford, Wright, Selby, &c., will sustain the principal characters. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVENING, Will he performed Shakspeare's Comedy (with Music) of THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Sir John Falstaff, Mr. Granby; Mr. Ford. Mr. Wallach ' - Mr. Page, Mr. Ryder ; Sir Hegh Evans, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Master Slender, Mr. Compton ; Fenton, Mr. Barker ; Mrs. Ford, Mrs. Stirling ; Mrs. Page. Madame Vestris. To conclude with Sheridan's Drama of THE CRITIC ; or, A Tragedy Rehearsed. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Ryder, Honner, Compton, Oxberry, Miss Emma Stanley, and Mrs. Bonner. ASTLEYN ROYAL A3fPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Patronised by her 3fost Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal. The most approved and best ventilated Theatre In London. Sixth Week of the splendid Spectacle of our Asiatic Conquests. THIS EVENING Will be performed the New Military Spectacle, called THE SIKHS' INVASION ; or, Our Victories of 1846. In which the whole resources of the Establishment will be brought forward. Magnificent brass Band, &c. The SCENES of the CIRCLE will prove more than usually at tractive, introducing the French and British Professors. The whole concluding with a favourite AFTERPIECE. Box-office open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six and commence at seven o'clock. NEW STRAND THEATRE Open every Evening, with the greatest Novelties of the Day. M. PH ILLIFTE feels happy to announce, that the extraordinary Performances of the MONKEYS and DOGS have been received with the greatest admiration and applause, and will be continued every Evening at the above Theatre. DOors open at a Quarter before Eight; to commence at a Quarter after Eight o'clock. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 25.; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d.; Privatelloxe-s, 11. Is. and 10s. 6d. M. PHILLIPPE will give his Performances EVERY EVENING at the STANDARD THEATRE, Shoreditch. NOTICE.—M. PHILLIPPE wants a Gentleman who could take the management of his business, as a PARTNER, throughout the large Towns of the United Kingdom. A security of . 6091. will be required. For Particulars apply at the Strand Theatre, between Ow hours of Eleven and One o'clock. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY TI! AT RE. blilecess beyond all former precedent of the Operatic Company, and First Week of Mr. Othaloistcn, iltr. E. Kati iile, Miss Vincent, and a double Dramatic Company. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Opera of FRA DIAVOLO. Fra Diavo'o, Mr. D. W. Ktng ; Lord Alleash, Mr. Horncastle ; Giacomo, Mr. Weise; Lorenzo, Mr. C. White; Zerlina, Madame Albertazzi ; LaJy Ancasli, Miss Betts. Afterwh.ch, TILE BLACK DOMINO. Don Sylvio. Mr. Osbal. Alston Juliano, Mr. Johnson ; Le Comte Sal Voisey, Mr. "Neville (ill Perez, Mr. Forman ; the Black Domino, Miss Vincent. To conclude with Tilt 111tOttr.ti tsWOUD. Under the Patronage of her Most Gracious inasesty. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. EVERY MONDAY, TH TUESURSDAYDAY , WEDNESDAY, AND . • VIEW of NAPLES, ERUPTION of VESUVIUS, DESTRUC TION of HERCULANEUM and POMPEII, in the year 79. This magnificent spectacle is revived in an unprecedented scale of 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 took place : produced under the direction of Mr. Denson. A richly ornamented GOTHIC BRIDGE of STATUES has been constructed, which will be brilliantly Illuminated at Night. The PROMENADE CONCERTS are again confided to Mr. God frey. The Band is most complete In all its departments, and includes 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 Calypso. The PYROTECHNIC DISPLAYS, by Mr. Southby, are on the most, complete and effective scale. preceding the Volcanic Display, a novel exhibition will be Intro duced, representing the Descent of Phrehus 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 splendsily ornamented with festoons of lamps, enabling the visitors to view tho matchless collection of Carnivore by gas-light. Feeding of tha Carnivore at half-past five; the Pelicans, &c., at six ; Concert at half-past six ; and the Eruption at dusk. Admission. One Shilling. It has been ascertained that all the bills of exchange, railway shares, and other documents, which were stalen from the Royal Bank, Liverpool, in May last, have been re stored to Mr. nobler. The thieves have kept the money contained in the box which they carried off, but the docu ments have been restored in the same state as when taken. FIRE IN ALDGATE.—Last night, shortly before ten o'clock, a fire broke out in the establishment of Messrs. Davis and Hart, job drapers, hosiers, &c.,19, Somerset -street, Aldgate. The discovery was made by the inmates, who, while about to retire to rest, observed a strong smell of smoke in the lower part of the premises, at the rear of the shop. On further examination it was found that the stock in the back part of the s h op was on fire. Without d e l a y informa tion was forwarded to th e stat i ons, and a body of the men were soon in attendance. The children of the family had a narrow escape from suffixation, the flames being fierce, and the smoke from the burning material exceedingly dense. They were, however, safely removed to a neighbouring house. The engines having been got to work, the fire was safely extinguished within half an hour. It is not known bow the fire wax caused ; it is thought, however, that it originated from an escape of gas. The Aldgate escape of the Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire, was with the conductor very speedily oil the spot, but happily i t IT " sot refit iced. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSAY EVENING, JULY 9, 1816. WHITE had incurred the displeasure of some very powerful public body, and that they had caused him t* be incarcerated as a lunatic—that the society had taken up his cause, proved his sanity, and effected his liberation. Now, what public body was this, and who were the medical men who signed the certificate authorising the incarceration of Mr. WHITE? Some one has been guilty of great ignorance or of great wickedness, and the public safety requires that those who have been so guilty should be brought to justice. But it is not sufficient to free those who have been unjustly incarcerated; the society should direct its efforts to the prevention of the possibility of any one being confined on a charge of lunacy without just cause. This can only be done by legislative enactment. We would propose that, in every case of suspected lunacy, the coroner of the district and his jury should hold an inquest of lunacy on the person so suspected, who should have an opportunity of being present at the in quiry, ofcross-examining the witnesses, of rebutting their testimony by the testimony of other witnesses, and of being assisted by legal or medical advisers if he should think fit, and that the coroner's warrant, founded upon the finding of a jury after such an investigation, should be the only document authorising the keeper of any lu natic asylum to receive into his custody any suspected lunatic. We throw out this suggestion for the consideration of the society, and rejoiced we are to find that at length an association has been formed to take up the cause of those friendless and unhappy persons who are unjustly imprisoned as lunatics. We had hoped that the final decision of the Court of Exchequer in the case of WALSTAB V. Srorris- WOODE, by which the question of the non-liability of the allottees of shares in the several extinct railway companies for any portion of the preliminary expenses, was fully. and clearly settled, would have put an end to the attempts made by the provisional "stiff,;" O.Ra/went. of_ th e tripnasitst tribution on account thereof. It will be in the recollection of our readers that, immediately on the report of the proceedings in the case of WOOLMER V. TOBY, we showed that no decision whatever had taken place, and expressed our opinion that the ver dict in that case cad not be permitted to stand ; still the apparent sanction afforded to the claim was not lost on the persons interested in Such companies, and innumerable applications, accompanied by threats of legal proceedings in the event of non-compliance, were daily made to the several allottees ; and, in many cases, pro ceedings were actually instituted for the re coveay of the full amount of the deposit. During this period we were not idle, but having satisfied ourselves that the parties so applied to were neither legally nor morally responsible, nor bound either in law or in honour to make any such payments, we repeatedly urged the suspension of such threats until the law should be clearly settled on the subject, and the question of liability or non-liability satisfactorily adjudicated upon, and set at rest. We pointed out the fearful consequences which would inevitably be entailed on the committee men if such a course was a lopted, more than doubling the amount of their previous liability and losses, and rendering it next to impossible that they could hereafter ex tricate themselves from the difficulties in which they would thus become involved. We also commented upon the indecent haste adopted, and the threats used, which alone would prove the weakness of the cause of the claimants. And although some few persons, terrified by the prospect of actions, and unwilling to have their names brought before the public as railway speculators, which must necessarily have been injurious to their credit, were in duced to pay sums, by way of compro mise, we had the satisfaction of knowing that our exertions were not fruitless, but that vast numbers were thereby induced to oppose the attempted extortion, and to set at defiance the threatened pro ceedings, and thus to save themselves from serious loss. But if such applications were improper in that state of the proceedings, what can be thought of a perseverance in such an unworthy course ? What might possibly be palliated before the judgment of the Court of Exchequer on the 12th June assumes a very different' character . vauzll.444lULJ the cases of WALSTAB v. SPOTTISWO ODE, and WONT NER v. SHARP. What before was indecent haste, now becomes grossly dishonest, and little better than an attempt at swindling. No lawyer can now enter tain a doubt as to what must be the result of a suit on such a subject. No matter in which of the Courts it may be instituted, it must signally and entirely fail; and yet solicitors, ay, and men of respectability, are to be found who will issue such letters, and make such unfounded demands. A correspondent has just forwarded to us such a letter, which, although dated the 27th of June, was not posted until last Friday. 'We give this precious document verbatim, merely withholding the name of the company and of the solicitor attached. 'We believe that it is one of the companies that should be the last to prefer such a claim, even if there was a possibility of its being sustained; that the plans were found to be so defective, the entire of the engineering de partment conducted in such a slovenly and improper manner, the execution of it so impracticable from the number and height of the viaducts, the severity of the gradients, and the extent of the tunnelling, as to make it perfectly clear that it could not possibly be pro ceeded with, and that it was in consequence brought to an immediate conclusion, even without the plans having been deposited ; and yet they have the modesty to demand a contribution of ss. per share, which would amount to no less a sum than 25,000/. sterling for their preliminary expenses—which ought to be sufficient for its entire progress through Par liament, if the project had been well devised or pro. perly planned. For the present we content ourselves with begging the parties who may receive such letters not to be influenced thereby, or induced to sa crifice their money. A few weak-minded persons, yielding to such unprincipled demands, will only have the effect of their being pressed on with greater vigour and determination. As well might they ac knowledge the justice of the highwayman's demand, who asks for their money or their life ; one has as much legal claim to enforce it as the other. One word more, should similar applications be continued, we will unhesitatingly lay them before the public, without keeping back the names of the parties by whom they are made. We feel it A duty we owe to the public, by whom we are supported, and our exertions are appreciated, to denounce and expose all such unprincipled and improper attempts at emortion. The following is a copy of the letter to which we have referred : 1846. Sir,—ln consequence of y our inattention to June the 27, repeated Ap p catio n s of the Secretary of this Company for the pay men of a small contribution as an allottee, lam directed to issua a writ against you immediately for the recovery of 421., :,the whole amount of the deposit upon the shares al lotted to you in the above undertaking, and due upon your contra ct, unless I receive from you a payment of 58. per sham, and 3s. 6d., the cost of thi s app li cation, on or before the SC - r July. I tal, - st you will at once see the justice and propriety of emir 13 ing with this request, and thus prevent the unplea santness and expense which will otherwise be the reeult of proc( ledings against you. I am, sir, your most obedient servant. SAN-FILIPO-E-SOESO El!du ; and Cardinal BER NETTI, Vice-Chancellor of loly Roman Church. Madrid papers to the Is t have arrived. A grand entertainment teen given by the French Ambassador to the Arcl o p of BORDEAUX, who was about to proceed to Ti. It is suspected that the object of his visit is to .avour to bring- about a marriage between the Q N and the son of Don CARLOS. The Gaceta pubfishe3 aree for the suppression of the battalions of provincifilitia, the maintenance of which was reckoned to coiout 60,000,000 reals. One of these papers cons a letter from the fron tiers of Portugal, dated J2B, which states that the Miguelite movement was an end. On the other hand, the Heraldo states , it was rapidly extending through the province of i s os-Montcs, and a letter from Vigo of the 25th, pished by the Popular, an nounces that a body of 00 Miguelites had gained possession of the place of .Izon, and that the insurrec tion had ramifications in Cr towns along the banks of the Minho. Don ENRIQUE, it appea made but a short stay in Paris. Ile arrived at Brills on Friday. Count BRESSON, the Frth Ambassador, has, in con. sequence of the receipt ofspatches from Paris, posh poned his intended visit torance. The Three per Cents. re done at 32i for cash, ex ; the Five per Cents. t2O for paper ; the Debt without Interest, at 6i forlsh; the Shares of the Bank of San Fernando at 280; a 1 those of Isabel at 198. We have received the Pis papers of Tuesday. The National and the Courrier lancais are indignant with Sir CHARLES NAPIER and ord PALMERSTON for the speeches made by them t the dinner given by the Reform Club to IbrahimPacha. The minds of the writers of these articles ao in some respects curiously constituted; they seem to pink that enmities should be eternal, and that it is imposible for those who have once met as enemies in war eve. to become cordial friends in peace. The Journal de Lille says that Mademoiselle RACHEL, who was attacked recentll by sporadic cholera, is im proving, and that her rapii convalescence may be ex borne alarm was prenatal on cue 1 [La • • -- Tuesday, by the statement in the London papers of the preceding day, that the returns of the quarter's revenue ending the sth instant, showed a comparative decline. Stock and shares felt the effect of this im pression, but recovered in some degree when it became known that Consols rose in London on Monday. The Three per Cents. closed at 83f. tsc. ; the Five per Cents., 121 f. 75c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,2681. 75c. ' • ' Rouen 1,0071. (.oc.; Havre, 722 f. 50c.; Great Norther n 7231. 75c. ; Avignon, 882 f. 50c. ; Viorzon, 6371. 50c. • ' Bordeaux, 57:f. 50c. ; Boulogne, 470 1. ; Fampoux, 402 f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 488 f. 75c. ; Tours and Nantes, 5021. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 527 f 50c. Belgian Two-and a- Half per Cents., 55%; Spanish Actives, 31%. The following are the quotations for the new lines:— Lyons and Avignon, definitives, 498 f. 75e.; Bordeaux and Cette, 480 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. ; CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. At Liverpool yesterday the sales of Cotton were 7,000 to 8,000 bales, including 500 American on speculation; 1,000 I.; ennuis and Maranhams, at 4%d. to 54d. ; 200 Bahia, at ' 6d to 6 1 Ad. ; 100 Egyptian, at 5 1 / 2 d. to 6d.; and 300 Surat, at 3d. to 3 1 / t d. per lb. The rest was American, at 4d. to 1 51,4 d. The market closed very firmly, and American was rather dearer to buy. Shares were firmer. It is with much pleasure that we have to note the fact that a Committee has been appointed for the purpose of ac tively prompting the " Penny Subscription" for the " Peel Testimonial." And in the most influential circles here, it is thought no one could have been selected better than Colonel Thompson, the talented author of the " Anti-Corn law Rhymes," as President, nor a more judicious selection as the Deputy, than Captain Polhill, to the " old friend of free trade." No doubt can therefore exist but that a most ample fund will be realised to carry out the great object, originally, and still advocated, by Alfred," the talented Correwondent of our Contemporary, the Morning Advertiser. There have not been any later Colonial arrivals announced in the City this morning. The expectations entertained in some quarters that the directors of the Bank of England would at their early meet ing to-day announce a change in the rate of interest has not yet been confirmed, nor do we expect that any alteration will at present be announced. The Public Securities have been ratherheavy this morning. Consols for Money ex. dividend have receded from 96 1 4 to 95X, and precisely the same change has taken place in the quotations for the next settling day. The premium upon Exchequer-bills has receded rather considerably,; notwith standing a very considerable proportion of the surplus reve nue put at the disposal of the Sinking Fund Commissioners is to be laid out in purchasing such securities up. The pre • mium now is 12s. Bank Stock has advanced again to 209, with a steady demand. The Reduced Three-and-a Quarter per Cents. are firm at 97 1 4 N. There has been a very dull market flm the Foreign Bonds to-day, in fact, scarcely a dozen real bargains have been quoted. The Equador Bonds have been sold at 3%, the Mexican Five per Cents. at 27 1 4, the Dutch Two and-a- Half per Cents. at 60, and the Four per Cent. Bonds at 93%. The fluctuations in .the Railway Share and Scrip Market have been exceedingly slight to-day, as will be perceived by a reference to our authorised list of prices. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock .. • • • • .. • • 209 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 96%56 Three per Cent. Consols Annuities • • • • 96 1 / 4 9574 New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anna. 97 X % Long Annuities, Expire Jan: 5, 1860 .. 10X Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10 g Bank Stock for Account • • • • .. .. 208 Consols for Opening • • .. 96 1 ,6 95% Exchequer Bills. 1X d. I X,d. 1,0001. .. 14 13 16 12 pm. 5001. .. pm. Ditto, Small .• .... 14 18 13 pm. Equador Bonus • • • • • (yr r.nric_ Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent .. 27X - Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 60 • • Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 93 X BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. PEP. Baena. Aberdeen ............15_ .... S% .... to Amber., Notti ng., Boston, & Eastrn Jn. 2....1 .. .. to i3lrrnlngham and Oxford Junction • . 2 .... 4 1 ,6 .... to _ _ Bristol and Exeter Caledonian .. 75 .... 82 to .. • • .. .. 15 . .... 9% 1 ,1,.. to Ditto Half Shares .. • • • • • • 2% •• •• I jA; •• to 1 Ditto Extension .. . - • .. 21 .. • • 1.. i; .• •-to - - Cambridge and Oxford . • • • • • • . 1% —. . IA !.. .. to Derby mid Crewe •• .. • • • • 2% .. to Direct Manchester (Remington's) .. % • ... to Direct Northern . • • • • . .. 2 .. to --7 Eastern Counties • • 141. 16s. 24 '24 to 24% Do., Perpetual,s per Ct. No. 1, 61 13s. 4d. • ... .. to Ditto, ditto • . .. No. 2, 61. 13s. 4d..... %%p to Ditto, York Extension .. • . 10s. •• • • 1% .to 2 Eastern Union • • 30 •• • • •• .. to Ditto, Quarter Shares • • • • • • 7% .. • • 10% • • to East Lincolnshire .. • . • • • • 1%• • • • %••.. to Edinburgh and Glasgow • . • • ••50 ,_ .• • . -- • • .. to Ditto, Half Shares .. •• • • • • 10 .. ••.. 17%.... to Exeter, Yeovil and Dorchester • • .. 5% •• • • 4 • •.. to Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 20 .....22 ...• to Great Western .. .. .. .. 85 ....153 .... to- Ditto, Quarter Shares. • • 10 •• .. 22%.... to 23% Ditto, Fifths .. • • 20 345 .... to 33% Leicester and Bedford .. .. .. 225. dis. to London and Birmingham •• ..100 .• ..224 • • .. to Ditto. Quarter Shares • • 2 .... 294.... to Ditto, Fifths .. 2 .. • • 25 ix • to 7. SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY) (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCUELL.) WAKEFIELD AND BINGLEY V. BROWN. This was an action to recover damages for dilapidations. ' The actual plaintiff w:s a Mr. Bingley, a licensed victualler, at the King's Arms, Shoreditch. The defendant is a livery stable keeper. . Mr. Crowder and Mr. Corrie appeared fur the plaintiff, and Mr. Maynard for the defendant. Mr. CROWDER stated the case s It appeared that in 1826, Mr. Bing:ey erected extensive stapling, &c., which be leased in 1830 to a Mrs. Brown, and on her decease in 1840 the premises fell into the possession of the defendant till 1843, when the defendant, who considered that if be got rid of the lease, he also got rid of his liability under the covenants of the lease; and he therefore assigned it to a person named Hardwick, who was a mere pauper, and could neither pay rent or put the place in repair. The action was therefore brought to recover for the damage done during the time the defendant held the lease, and for which he was clearly liable. Witnesses were then called for the plaintiffs, whc esti mated the damage at about 120/. ; but after a consultation between the Learned Counsel, it was agreed that a verdict should be taken for 401. ROBERTS V. FOULKE3. This was an action to recover the suns of 111. 15s. 4d. on an attorne3 's bill. Mr. 'l'. B. Huoints stated the case for the plaiatiff. It appeared that, in 1814, the plaintiff spoke to a Mr. Wood, who had acted as his attorney, to bring an action on a bill of elccbane, but as the parties were friends he declined, but, at the request of defendant, retained the plaintiff to bring an action in the name of Trapp, as plaintiff did not wish his own name to appear. Wood was ailed, and swore positively to this fact, At the present time he was not in practice, as he had not taken out his certificate. He admitted that Trapp was a client of his own. Mr. THOMAS contended that Wood had employed Roberts himself, and was paid as the cause went on—that in this case Roberts did not see Foulkes, and Trapp was his own client, and set up by him against the defendant in that suit, who was also his client. He considered this was most dishonour able in itself, and ought to throw great doubt on the whole of the witnesses' evidence. The jury gave a verdict for the defendant. MARLBRO'-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) Eliza Cross, a remarkably good- looking well-dressed female, about twentv-five years of age, was charged with feloniously stealing a silver watch, a gold watch-chain, and three gold watch seals, the _property of Mr. P. Beambine, of No. 29. Windmill street, Haymarket. It appeared from the statement of the prosecutor, that a month or five weeks af,o, between nine and ten o'clock in the evening, he met with the prisoner, who was a perfect stranger to him, in the neighbourhood of the Haymarket, he got into conversation with her, and she accepted his arm for a walk. Ultimately they repaired to some oyster rooms in the Haymarket, to partake of supper; they drank rather freely, and on leaving there walked about Cor_spme time, and then bad some more wine. Eventually ings, and psi - Vie nignrem9PaParg him to with his latch key unknown to the inmates of the house. He awoke about five o'clock in the morning, and found the prisoner had left time house; he also missed his watch and appendages from off the dressing-table, where he had placed it over-night. He gave information of the robbery at the police-station in Vine-street, Piccadilly, but no trace of the prisoner could be obtained. Between six and seven o'clock last evening he met her at the end of Great Windmill-street, and gave her into custody. The constable stated, that on taking the prisoner into cus tody she at once asserted that the prosezutor had given the watch to her. She elso stated that she was a married woman, and gave the address of her husband, who is butler in a gen tleman's family in the neighbourhood of Covent-garden. Witness called on him, and on his being made acquainted with the nature of the accusation against his wife, he pro duced two pawnbrokers' duplicates, which he said his wife had given him, alleging that she had found them. He denied most strongly any knowledge of the watch affair, and seemed most painfully shocked at the untoward discovery that had taken place. One of the duplicates was of the watch pawned for 1/. 18s. and the other of the chain and three seals for 18s. on the same day, at the shop of Mr. Havener, of No. 18, Queen's. buildings, Chelsea, pawnbroker, by the prisoner, who was then living in the- neighbourhood, and gave her right name and address. Mr. HARDWICK asked the prisoner if she wished to say anything? The Prisoner, with much firmness—lt is true I met that gentleman as he had stated, and he persuaded me to take supper with him ; after which he produced the watch, and asked me if I did not think it very pretty. I said I greatly admired it. He said lie would give it me if I would pass the night with him. I was tempted by the watch, to my shame I consented. At his lodgings he wound up the watch, and, putting it in ray hands, said, "There, it is now your own." He knew when I left in the morning. His money and things were lying on the table. I did not pawn the watch until four or five days after. Mr. HARDWICK asked the prosecutor if there was any truth in the prisoner's statement about his giving her the watch. The prosecutor said—Certainly not.' The prisoner was fully committed for trial. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT (THIS DAY). HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve o'clock.: NEW MEMBER. - Mr. MAccurizocK took the oaths and his seat for Carlow. The following Bills were read a third time and passed : Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Railway. Brighouse Sewerage, Drainage, and Lighting. Bristol and Birmingham and Midland Railways. Clonmel and Tirades Railway. Cockerinouth and Workington Extension Railway. Cork, Blackrock, and Passage Railway. Creagh's Divorce Bill. Cromford Canal. Edinburgh and Glasgow and Scottish Central Railways Junction. _ _ Furness Railway Extensions. Great Southern and Western Railway (Cork Extension). Huddersfield ard Manchester Railway (Oidham Branch). Huddersfield and Sheffield and Manchester and Leeds Rail ways Amalgamation. Killarney Junction Railway. Limerick, Ennis, and Killaloe Railway. Mallow and Annoy Railway. Manchester and Leeds Railway Extensions. Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland (Liffey Branch and Longford Deviation). Monmouthshire Railways. Mountmellick Junction Railway. Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Railway. Norfolk Estuary. Oldham, Manchester, Liverpool, and Birkenhead Junction Railway. Plymouth Great Western Docks. Severn Navigation. Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester Railway, &c., Amalgamation. Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester Railway (Peak Forest, and Macclesfield Canal Purchases). Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire Junc tion Railway. Shropshire Union Railways and Canal (Chester and Wolver hampton line). Shropshire Union Railways and Canal (Shrewsbury to Stafford). Strathtay and Breadalbane Railway. Taw Vale Railway Extension. Trent Valley, Midlands, and Grand Junction Railway. Vale of Neath Railway. Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow, and Dublin Railway. West Riding Union Railway (No. 2). Wexford harbour Improvement. Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway. LIVERPOOL AND BURY, AND MANCHESTER AND LEEDS RAILWAY AMALGAMATION BILL. Mr. WILLIAMS objected to the consideration of this report, on the ground that the property and interests of one large Company was transferred to another Company against the wishes and consent of the owner', and moved that it be re-clminit ted. After a short discussion, the motion was withdrawn. NEW WRIT. Mr.l TUFNELL moved for a new writ for the borough of Lichfield, in the room of Lord Alfred Paget, who had accepted the office of Clerk Marshal and Chief Equerry in her - Majesty's Household. Mr. DIUNTZ moved that the Committee on the Birming ham and Oxford Junction Railway Bill, and Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway (Birmingham Extension) Bill, have leave to report forthwith, and that the reports be taken into consideration. Mr. E. DENISON objected to the toll clause as it now stood in the Bill, and: thought it ought to be revised. The first part of the clause might remain, but the latter, he con sidered, ought to be altered. Mr. T. 'BARING said the object sought by the re-com mittal of the Bill was the revision of the toll charges. He thought the clause as it now stood gave the Great Western Company practically a complete control of the line. He would ask the Chairman of the Committee what the members of it meant by the introduction of the altered words in the clause? Sir R. FERGUSON said before the alteration was made the Committee consulted both companies interested, and the result was the clause which was now submitted to the House. He thought the clause fair towards the interests of all the parties concerned. Sir G. CLERK did not think the clause to be such as some Hon. Members represented it. From reading it he did not think it would throw the whole management and advantages of the line into the hands of the Great Western Company. The interpretation be put on it was nothing more than that the shareholders of the company should not have the power to prevent the Great Western Company running along it ; and that the former should not be allowed to play into the bands of the other great rival company. Under all the cir- Cumstances he must support the clause. MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS. Messengers from the Lords.brought;up several Bills, which were ordered to lie on the table. The discussion on the railway Bill previously under consi deration was then resumed. Mr. HODGSON thought they ought to judge the clause, not iu reference to the London and Birmingham or Great Western Companies, but in regard to the public interests. He thought the clause so important that it ought to he printed, and that time should be given for its consideration. They would then see whether it was really in agreement with the general intentions of the resolutions on railways passed by Parliament. Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET wag in favtur of the clause as it stood. Mr. G. W. IIAYTER admitted that this case was pro vided for by the Consolidated Act, in the event of the two parties being favourable to the union ; but the House must recollect that the Grand Junction and Manchester and Birmingham Railways, who were allied to the London and Birmingham, held the majority of the shares in the proposed line, and hence the latter Company would have the power of preventing the Great Western Company from using the l i ne :mess the House agreed to the clause in its original form.— ( Ilea r, .'ear.) Now, under these c i r cumstances, he contended that Y .': wa!! for the benefit of the public that the amendments which h at : proposed should be agreed to. Mr. GREENE protested t . h iTiz a a s t nall,7s si n o ec s e of t a 3 r . whatever for inserting the clause in meat Western as the original Consolidated Act gave the w line, Company - • sufficient power and control over the either as regarded the rights of themselves or the interest u. the publie.—(Hear, hear.) After a few words from Mr. Mtrwrz and Mr. DENISON, the amendment was withdrawn, and the clause in its original form was agreed to. The report was then received, and the Bill, as amended, ordered to be engrossed. LIVERPOOL, ORMSKIRS, AND PRESTON RAILWAY. The consideration of the report on this Bill was 'loomed. The report was ultimately agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be eogrosaed. BRISTOL AND BIRMINGHAM, AND MIDLANDS RAILWAY.' On the question being put for the third reading of this Bill, Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET suggested that the Big should be postponed, in order that a similar clause to tbr?t introduced into the Oxford and Birmingham Railway Ei should be inserted in this Bill. The circumstan ce* connected with the two limes, and their relations to otter companies, were precisely the same. Th 9 third reading under these circumstances was P°9t- poned till to morrow. LARNE, BELFAST, AND BALLYMENA. Mr. THOMAS DUNCOMBE moved "That the petition of certain shareholders in Al. le Lame, Belfast, and Ballyme h ' Railway Company, complaining of a fraudulent return to the resolutions of the 30th day of April last, be referred to f` Select Committee; and that all further proceedings on the said Bill be postponed until the Committee shall have re ported thereon." He stated that the Bill bad been relerre.e to Mr. Green as an approved measure, and the promoters , complying with a resolution of the House had made a frau' dulent return, in which they stated that no shares had be en retained for the provisional committee, whereas the Pet; tioners stated, arid were prepared to prove, that 1,025 shar_, had been allotted to 35 directors, who it appeared had Or, vanished into four, and these four had taken oe'l 100 shares amongst them. Upon the 1,025 shares ()ll' ginally allotted to the directors, only 300 had been paid upon, and the company had received 18,0001. from t t I A public. He therefore moved that a Committee be app oint ; to whom this matter should be referred, with power to reP° immediately to the House.—( Hear, heiy.) Mr. RICARDO opposed the motion, and contended 014 it would be unfair, now that the Bill had passed both 110,1 1 of Parliament, to put the promoters to the expens3 trouble of going before another Committee. Lord Granville Somerset, Mr. Baring, and Mr. Esteel!4 thought, as the petitioners appeared to feel themselves 1!10", jured by the proceedings, the motion ought to be agreed 1,4 Mr. RICARDO said, that being so he would wi lling', withdraw his opposition.—(Hear, hear.) The motion was then agreed to. r , On the mution of Mr. DUNCOMBE, the following L' ° , Gentlemen were appointed members of the Committee,' Mr. E. Denison, Mr. Beckett , Si r R o b ert Ferguson, "Y Mr. T. S. Duncombe. The reports on the following Bills were received : Billingsgate Market. Curtis's - Divorce. Huddersfield and Manchester Railway (Bradford BrancL4. Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway and lr Dock. Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Stafforda Junction Railway (Coalbrookdale Branch). South Staffordshire Junction Railway with Branches (JA Sutton Harbour and Docks (Plymouth). Taff Vale Railway. Tunbridge Wel ls. mprovein ent. Altr Warwickshire and London Railway (Hampton and • _ _ church line). half Warwickshire and London Railway (Hampton and Ban line). iv. , rwickshire and London Railway (Worcester and Fieel4 line). otei The following reports ofßills wore considered and a—°.,,,tp Cameron's Coalbrook Steam Coal and Swansea and Loo t; Rail way. Larne, Belfast, and Ballymena Railway (by order). Templemore and Nenogh Railway. THE DUKE OF BRUNSWICK. Mr. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from the D 11 "0 ° Brunswick, complaining that be could not obtain iniPa r t b justice in the courts of law of this country, and of various °,:ct, hardships to which he had been subjected. The petition chided with a prayer to the House that they would arP t ° ifi t a Committee, before which lie should be able to Substan U lb his charges. The Hon. Member gave notice that be s o ts to-morrow, move that the petition be printed with th e BATTERSEA PARK BILL (APPLICATION. °t, MONEYS). This Bill went through Committee. cl °I The other orders of the day were th en di s posed of, an o House adjourned, at Two o'clock, until Twelve to•mortc THE WEATHER.—►SUN OFFICE, JULY 9. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 59; Highest. 70; NOOR, 66 BAROMETER, 29.73.—W1ND S.W., showery. 111 111 WATEIt AT LONDON-ERIDGE TIIIB DAY. Ifarning .. 40 minutes after 1. I Evening .. 4 minutes after 2. 1 0, 4 ,st4,tzeio lEf's,Kv.2 Z e - r • mo- , R 017 CS - SECOND EDITION. etrowiToi 04151t11 LONDON, THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1846. MINISTERIAL MOVEMENTS. The Right Hon. 3/Liner Gibson has attended at the Board of Trade, to commence his official duties as Vice-President. Lord Lansdowne, the new Lord President of the Council, is expected to return to town this afternoon, from Bowood Park, Wilts. Our anticipations are being realised, and the people, confiding in the integrity of the new Administration, are not only obstaining from all flagitious opposition, but ire by every reasonable means affording to its formation their concurrence. Simultaneously with the acceptance of Lord Joni RUSSELL by the electors of London, candidates of the same liberal policy are returned by the constituencies of Nottingham and Worcester. A noble triad of testimonies these of popular confidence in the RUSSELL Cabinet ! It is gratifying to observe on those three occasions the unanimity which prevailed between the principles advocated by the respective Members, and it is curious to remark the diversity of manner by which the .. 4.1.." Pv; —. !Minister's harangue we discover that wholesome al3- stinence from detailed Ministerial disclosures which might alone have been anticipated from one whose mind has erer been so remarkable for its discreetness and sagacity. From the entire complexion of his declarations we learn the abstract generosity and the practical liberality which may be said to form the connecting girdle of his Cabinet, without being initiated into any precocious knowledge of the reforms, both social, commercial, and municipal, which will be undertaken by that Cabinet. It is but rational that the plan and tactics of the campaign should be di vulged before the cohorts are adjusted and caparisoned. The "talking tree" of the Arabian fable is beautiful, no doubt, as a botanical allegory; but the tree that germinates in silence, and proclaims its own merits by an abundant fruitage, is immeasurably preferable to beings constituted like ourselves. Enough fur us therefore, in all conscience, to observe the vigour, both of talent and principle, which is so conspicuous in the present Administration ; enough for us to recur to former seasons for evidence as to the actu ating principles of our newly-proclaimed rulers; enough for us that a promise of emulation in the fur therance of liberality and judicious reform has been tacitly and directly given by the most eminent statesmen of the age, irrespective of all their former predilections of party ; enough for us that the new First Lord Commissioner of the Treasury has avowed to the citizens of the metropolis the posses sion of such enlarged and inimitable sentiments in respect to mercantile freedom, sanatory precautions, international friendship, civil liberty, and religious toleration. We can afford, after such noble declarations, to await in patience, and confidence, and hopefulness, the Ministerial avowals in the Minis terial measures. We can subdue all the exorbitant dictates of curiosity, and draw very largely upon our aspirations, without much fear of our calcula- tions being materially disappointed. The ad dress delivered to the electors of Nottingham by Sir JOHN CAM ITOBHOUSH affords us a direct contrast to the one delivered almost at the same moment, in Guildhall, by his leader. While the PREMIER restricted himself almost exclusively to affording us certain intermittent and encouraging glimpses oftheParliamentary future, Sir J. 11011 HOUSE was enlarging upon the administrative past. As the former, however, was judicious, the latter appears to have been imperatively necessary ; the supporters of the riyal eandiflatt. -- • forced some justification of his conduct upon Sir JOHN CAM HOBHOUSE. Such a remonstrance as the following was undoubtedly only wrung from the Right Honourable Baronet by the importunate antagonism of his auditors; when, after commenting upon the share the Whigs had in passing the Reform Bill, be proceeded— " I should like to know whether, beside that great mea sure, the party with which I have acted did nothing else for the country? To whom do we mainly owe Catholic Emanci ' pation ? Who was it who repealed the Corporation and Test Act? Who, I should like to know, gave you the municipal franchise? Who, I should like to know, mitigated the criminal code? Who were the beginners of the great com mercial reform, which has now passed into active law by the instrumentality of the late Administration ? Who originated the penny postage, which, although insignificant in sound, had carried real comfort and consolation into every house throughout the country?" Conscious, no doubt, of the moral stability of those principles, in the advocacy of which his opponent then stood before the enfranchised people of Notting ham, and aware how int;mltely tl os l rincipl( s have interpenetrated the popular mind, Mr. O'CONNOR not ungracefully seceded from the contest, notwithstanding the enthusiasm of his reception. The cause which proved triumphant in the capital of the empire was paramount in the borough of Nottingham, and one amongst the many able and gifted col leagues of Lord JOHN RUSSELL was declared to be its representative. Worcester has likewise ac corded its acquiescence to the recent Ministerial innovations, and its satisfaction with the political tenets of the present Cabinet, by returning without the semblance of opposition a man who has been thoroughly drilled into the knowledge of legislation, not only as Secretary to the Board of Trade, and Secretary to the Treasury, but also as Private Secretary to Lord MELBOURNE. Sir DENIS LE MARCHANT was thus selected as the re presentative of Worcester in consequence of the late representative, Sir THOMAS WILDE having been no minated Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Com mon Pleas, in the room of that eminent and noble character, Chief Justice TINDAL, lately deceased. In these rapid elections of the Ministerial candidates in London, Nottingham, and Worcester, may we not perceive omens of prosperity to Lord JonN RUSSELL'S Administration ? The people of England are, at the least, evincing their reliance upon its councils, and by the expedition of their proceedings show their earnest anxiety that " the good work " should commence. We have on various occasions felt it our duty to direct the attention of our readers to the enormous powers conferred on members of the medical profes sion by the laws regulating Lunatic Asylums. Those laws confer on any two members of that profession the absolute power of imprisoning for an indefinite period any one of her MAJESTY'S subjects. In order to effect the arrest and imprisonment of any indi vidual, they have only to sign a certificate, stating that the person to be so arrested and incarcerated is, in their opinion, lunatic, and, without the institution of any investigation —without being afforded an op. portunity of proving his sanity—without even being made acquainted with the grounds upon which he is declared to be insane, the unfortunate victim of medi cal cupidity is seized and confined in a madhouse. We say the "unfortunate victim of medical cupidity," and we use these words advisedly; for ic it is certifi cates n w matter of public notoriety that these medal can be purchased at the rate of one guinea, half.a-guinea, nay, some even as low as five shilling s each. For a knowledge of this fact the public are indebted to an excellent society, recently instituted for the purpose of affording protection to persons improperly incarcerated as lunatics, and we make the statement on the autnority of Mr. LUKE JAMES HA sawn, who, in presiding over the founda tion festival of the " Alleged Lunatics' Friend Society," on Tuesday last, publicly declared that these medical certificates were so sold. On that occasion there were present many persons who had been thus unjustly incarcerated, and who had been liberated in consequence of the exertions of the society. One of these persons was Mr. WurrE, whose case certainly calls for a rigid investigation. It appears 'from the statement Ride pt the meeting, t 1241 jar, - -rk -,- .450r...1.41M LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY R. Central of Spain, I—Dutch Rhenish, 734 —East Indian, 4—Lux embourgh,'l!b—Namur and Liege, 3!i—.Northern of France Con stituted, 14 --Orleans and Vierzon, 15% Orleans and Bordeaux, 9% —Paris and Lyons Constituted, 5% —Paris and Rouen, 38%—Sambre and Meuse, 4 —West Flanders, 314. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the other members of the Royal Family, left the Nine elms station of the South-Western Railway this morning, by a special train for Gosport, thence to cross to the Isle of Wight. The royal party left at twenty minutes past nine o'clock. The Prince of Leiningen accompanied her klitiesty and the Prince Consort to Osborne House. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Room A. LESMAHAGOW. DALSIIRF, AND COAT. BRED GM NUMERAL JUNCTXON. Their Lord.hips met at the usual hour, in RoomA (New Houses of Parliament), and proceeded with the case for the promoters of the Bill. Mr. Adie and other witnesses were called, and gave evi dence in support of that previously adduced. Room B. 0 A LnDozncarr (GZASGOW TERMINI AND BRANCHES). Their Lordships met as usual in Room B (New Houses of Parliament), Lord Bathurst in the chair. The case for the promoters of the Bill being concluded, the opponents were called upon for their case in reply. Mr. CALVERT proceeeded to open the case for the Edin burgh and Glasgow Railway Company, and for Sir John Maxwell, a landowner, and a long list of other petitioners; after which the Learned Counsel called several witnesses (amongst others Sir John Maxwell himself), who gave evidence to the effect that a greater amount of damage would be done by thqjiiiig thgchyrokl PMratilitten i t i t a ,• had been projected which would answer the purposes of railway communication in the districts through which this line passed better than it would. Room C. BLACKBURN, CLZTEIEROM, AND NORra wEsTratav auivcrzoiv•- The Committee re-assembled this morning, the Earl of Ashburton in the chair; when the Counsel for the opposing lines having announced that clauses had been agreed upon which obviated their differences, their Lordships declared the Bill had been proved, the clauses were gone through, and the report ordered to be brought up. Room D. ASHBURTON, NEWTON, AND SOUTEL DEVON. The Committee appointed for this group are, the Marquis of Bredalbane (caairman), the Earl of Liverpool, Lord Granville, Lord Southampton, and the Marquis of Berwick. There being no opposition to the Bill, it was declared proved, and the report was ordered to be brought up. FOREST 01' DEAN AND GLOUCESTER LINE, AND SOUTH WALES LINE. The Committee on this group (the Marquis of Bredalbane in the chair) next took these two lines in conjunction, there being no opposition, except that of M r. H . H oskins, a banker, by whom an opposition is set up on the ground of injury to agricultural property. Mr. AUSTIN, Q.C., opened the case for the promoters. The former of these lines is to run from Chepstow ' by Newnham, to Gloucester. The latter is to run by Cardiff, by Usk, to Monmouth, with a branch to Chepstow, from Newport. The Hon. Mr. TALBOT examined in chief the evidence of Mr. Brunel, who was called to show the facts stated by Mr. Austin. On cross-examination, Mr. Brunel stated that the 'works on the South Wales line have been contracted for, though ittle has as yet been done in the way of actual progress. Mr. Garrett had laid down a line, but lie believed that it was only for the purpose of private objects, and at any rate, that line had never come before Parliament. On re-examination by Mr. TALBOT, Q.C., and Mr. WHATELF,Y, Q.C.. Mr. Brunel stated, that had the other line been taken it would have been worse in every point of view, and the severance of property would be much greater. Not only would there be more severe cuttings, but the change would involve not less than four tunnels. Mr. Hall, a land surveyor at Cirencester of considerable practice, and who had been employed by four railway com panies, stated that the property had come into Mr. Hoskin's property by the foreclose of a mortgage; but the property was merely of an agricultural character. Room V. A Select Committee on the London and Croydon (Thames Junction Branch), and the London and Blackwall (Widen- Mg) met at 11 o'clock this morning in Room 5 (Committee rooms in Abingdon• street). In the case of the LONDON AND ELACILWALL WIDENING, the promoters withdrew their Bill. In the case of the LONDON AND CROYDON (THAMES jUNC- TION BANCH), The opposition was withdrawn, and after hearing some engineering and other evidence pro forma, the Committee declared the preamble proved. Having thus disposed of the whole of their business in the short space of half an hour, the Committee rose at half-past eleven o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP LXT. The Committ ee on this group met to-day at twelve o'clock, in Room No. 26 (Grand Corridor) ; Sir J. Duckworth in the chair. They proceeded with hearing evidence on the clauses of the two canal railway Bills, the EDINZURGII .S.INTI) GLASGOWUNION' CANAL , • GLASGOVI'v !PAISLEY, .11. ND MD:STON E CANAL SALE . , The pr eam bl es of both Bills leav i ng been already proved, the w hole ef the sitting clause s . WP:, occu pied with going through the Lett ors from Rome confirm the news that the Chief 1 P' ERA MA , t 3 Tii ATg t is understood that has signified his intention of Magist rates, the Municipal Councillors, and the pt aic i, i II; Iv.lisSktll—t hrr 'l L Tb aje rr s air ty b ' i s m Th P e aE a c t h re a this C o evening.trA N__• —_ The annual pal inh, abitants of the chief Roman cities , hae 1 ye al;ned AL SANTIAGO MI N ING petition i to the new POPE, supplicating aim, in the meeting o f this Company was held. on Wednesday, at the City. J. Robinson, Esq., interest of his people, to have execute ti le r eettoran _ offices in Broad-street-buildings, dam of ' 1831, addressed to the F jovereigt2 Pontiff' by took the chair, near whom wer e 113,aurijine d A e le? , 7ll ( l l e, smi a u n'd A j F. alderman a Scott, Thompson,rt Mr. the D l o l report, from which it appeared lion. Leslie the secretary, read the Franco., Prussia, Austria, and Russia. M. GuAitiNi, Samuel Chief "AlagistrAte of Ferli i M. MasTAI, brother of theth ' at . during the half-year POPE,. and Chief Magit'aate of Sinigaglia, are camongst ttolinesq,vaantity of copper raised was 2,T , 2 ) 5 9 .0 5 R5, 7 c 8 ,f . 1 - 1 0 ii d ch 1, , R7 nett 1 the si gne , ..s of these petitions, which demand municipal remainienreg sold ' and producec 6 l 4 p nteons Lily expected) were in institi iti-nns. The members of a great number of tri- Swansea, and pa o r n t s thereof were sold on the 24th ult., the bunal a have followed the example thus given bthe whole being credited for 8,354/. 10s. 7d., which, with the yr interest of the reserve fund, made a total of receipts for the muni eipal bodies. Independently of M. M A s RETI rz, chief magistrate of Sinigaglia, well knoryn forin phearlifozarholefio2dl,9B2/. Os. 6d. The i t.or expenditureinoerafoer.tatlxre samew his political moderation, Pope Pius IX. }, ..as another 19,0531. 93. 19d. i , u l g eav s b l l 9 g i. is. rofit c:f 2,928/. 19s. 7d., which, broth er, who was captain of carbineers, and whom placed against the deficien a Cy p of the last half year, left a gain sever al persons remember to have seen at Miirseill c' t li e tl s ie t years operations of 6541.35. directors 9d. w te e r re c o llsidering amor Est the political refugees from the Roman States. that thleauronndiovfidetldie r Company, titoh t e he half year, reported Opinion which would be at the TI .ie POPE has eppointed a Commission of Czkrdinals last, might be paid profits proprietors, to 0 insider and report upon the measures to be xviopted discussionsorr share, and in amount w B , a o s s o/ a . do A pt f e te d r soki r e by th 0 new Government. The Commission is col ',p ose d Robinson was the r n ious re- p ele i c n t t e s d th a director, and Mr. Jerning: as follows :—There are three Cardinal Bishop $, viz ham an auditor, when a vote of thanks was passed to the gi i r r ec l VT l s, on the motion of the Hon. 4 . Melville,seconded by MAC Wu, Sub-dean of the Sacred College •; LA: IBM; CHIN t, who was Secretary of State to GREGORY XvT , ; The Roon; a a i nc i l l t c h a e de m m eetizg as ad s j e o l u a rn d a donation of 501. to- Illevair, who was Secretary of State to the Ml' A Pope, wards the fund for the Academy of the widow and (may of the 0 fa 00 InOrier; two? Cardinal ra ms viz , A .„.42 late Alp Hayden. , l s. WV Va. London and Blackwall .. 161. I3s. 4d. • ... 91, 4 % to 10 Ditto. New 3 _5% .. to Lo' ton and lirighton .. • . .. 50 .... 65; .. to _ Ditto ditto _Fifths .. 30 .... 42 1 4 .... to London and Croydon • • • • 131. 15s. 9d. •• •• 227,1, .. • . to London and Greenwich .. 12!. 15s. 4d. •• .. 9% .... to London and South-Western 411. 6a. 10d. .... _78% .... to Manchester and Leeds Ditto, Extension .. . 82 ....119 — ••.. to 425..... p.. to Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 .... .. •. to Ditto, Quar-er Shares (B) .. • • 4 .. • • 13%.. • • to Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock - • 425. •• • • 1 p.. to 1 p Manchester and Southampton .. .. 2 .. • • 13 %.. to Midland . • . • • •• • • • • • • 100 . • ..150 .... to 152 Ditto, New • • • • • • • • • • 24 .... 393 ii .... to _ _ Newcastle and Darlington Junction 25 •• . to Ditto. New • • .. .. • - .1 .... 11% .. to 11 Newcastle and Berwick • • • • •• 15 .... 26 ci :: .. to Norfolk •• .. •• • • .. • • .. 20 . .. 26% .. •• to 261 t Ditto, Half Shares • • • • • • • • 5 • • 7:i ••• to 8 1 4 Ditto, Tenths .. .. • • . .. 2 .... 2% •••• to Ditto, Extension .. • • • • .. 2 .... .. • . to North British .. .. 22 .... 30 3 4 .... to Ditto, Carlisle Extension • • . • I .... 2% .... to 1% northern and Eastern .. .. • . 50 •• • • to Ditto Scrip (Issued at 5 discount) .. 45 .... 68 .... to North Staffordshire •• • • • • • . 421. •• .. 4 p.... to Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 12% .... 7% • ... to Portsmouth Direct • • • • •• • • 3% •• • • 4% .... to Richmond • • .. •• • • • • • • 10 .... 18 54 •• •• to Scottish Central .. • • •• •• • • 10 •• •• 19 •• • • to -- Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. • • 2% •• • • 2 .... to South Midland • .. .. • • • • 425. .... . 3 4 dia.. to South Eastern and Dover • • • . • • 33%.... 41%(.... to Ditto, New, No. 2 • • .. • • • • 10 .. • 14 ... to Ditto, New, No. 3 . • • • • • . • 1 b •... 18 W .. to Ditto; New, No. 4 • • • • • • • • 234 •• .: -3 to 2g _ „ _ • _, West Riding Union .. • • .. 2%14 pto Wisbeach and St. Ives • • • • 2 •• • • 2%% • . to Wilts, Somerset, and Weymcuth .• 5 .... 5g ills to Worcester,Herefd.,Ross,& Gloucester 425..... 1 dis... to York and North Midland .. • • 50 .• .... to Ditto, Extension • • • • .. l5 35 , .to - . . . _ FOREIGN RAILWAYS. East Indian .. • . • . 55. .. • . to Louvain and Jemeppo •• .. 4 .. % to Luxembourg I- •• .. 4 .... 2!i .... to Paris and Lyons Constituted b •• • • 6 .... to Paris and Reuen • • .. 20 .. .• 39 1 ', .. to Sambre and Meuse .. •• • . 8 •• 44.. • • to JOINT-STOCK RANKS. London Joint-Stock • • • • . .. 10 14%.... MINES Real del Monte, Unregistered .. •• -• • • to LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY LONDON, JULY 9.—Wind S., light breeze and cloudy. DEAL, JULY 8.--Wind, A.M., S.W. ; P.M., S.S.E. to E.S.E. —Arrd. 7. Quintin Leitch, Calcutta; Henry, Santa Martha; William Henry Angas, Honduras; Mary, St. John's, New Brunswick. 8. Otto, Rous, Bahia ; Donna Carmelita, Williams, St. Lucia; Lucy, Cherry, Antigua; Fenella, Cuba ; Monmouth, Munyard, ditto ; Thames, Silsby, Ha vannah ; Manchester, New Orleans ; Newton, Boston ; Wakefield, Abell, St. John's, New Brunswick ; John Bales, Robson, Richibucto ; Pearl, Chalmers, Montreal. Arrd from the River and aid., Hanover, Duncanson, Aden ; Arundel, Boxer, St. Helena; Zeepard, Geltjes, Batavia; Jane Frances, Hobart Town ; Elizabeth Buckham,Bewley, Laun ceston; Duke of Bronte, Barclay, Bombay; Barette, Jun., Rio Janeiro; Bathurst, Plank, Barbadoes. LIVERPOOL, JUIN B.—Wind Camana, Hood less, Calcutta ; Prince Albert, Mazatlan • Columbus, Green, Maceio ; Achiever, Barbadoes ; Cygnet, Heard, New Orleans; Cumberland, Power, Apalachicola; Byron, New York; Ellen, Cann, Shediac. Sid. Champion, Steele, Ceylon; Sa marang, Pollock, ditto; Alecto, Anwyl, Mauritius; Moslem, Garner, Rio Janeiro; Parker, Itisien, Demerara; Elizabeth, Hastie, New Orleans; Panthea, Lane, New York; Euclid, Davidson, St. Stephens, New Brunswick; Havre, Carpenter, Pictou ; Colonist, Sinnot, Quebec ; Annie, Meartr, ditto ; Emigrant, Price, ditto; Yorkshire, Tripp, ditto; Coromandel, M'Connell, ditto. Off, Matilda, Africa; Magnet, ditto; Lockwood, ditto; Hillsborough, ditto; Lord Seaton, ditto; Alexander, ditto. The Eliza and Ann, from Newport to Rio Grande do Sul, went on shore near Olinda, Ist tilt., and it was feared would be a wreck. The Lady Paget was totally lost off Benin, 10th March. OFF MARGAWE, JULY 7.—Arrd. Pcnn, Caney, St. Vincents YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT, JULY B.—Wind Albert, Harry, Rio Janeiro. SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 6.—Arrd. Duke of Cornwall, S. Wilson, Constantinople; 7th, Port Glasgow, Blandford, Quebec; Bth, Batchelor, Murray, Quebec. OFF PILL, JULY 7.—Arrd. Ireland, Quebec. CORK, JULY 6.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Fortitude, Robertson, Mauritius; Columbine, Rose, Rio de la Hache ; Pandora, White, Quebec. LIMEIIICK. JULY 6.—Sld. Jessie, Challis;Miramichi ; Ann, M'Fie, Quebec. _ DROGHEDA, JULY 6.—The William, Murphy,of Balbrigan, while discharging coals at Nanny Water, drove on the beach, and apparently received some damage. MARKET NEWS. —(THIS DAY.) IL&Y MATOLETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 31 is 41 ; Cover ditto„ 41 5s to 5/ 163; Oat Straw, 1/ 103 to 1/ 123; Wheal Straw, 11 12s to 11 14s per load. A full average supply, and a heavy demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 3/ 3s to 41 4s ; Clover ditto 4/ Gs to 51 15 x; Oat Straw, 11103 to 1/ 12s; Wheat Straw, 1/ 125 to 11 14s per load. Supply good, and trade rather dull. WHITECHApEL.—Meadow Hay, 31 Os to 41; Clover ditto, 4/ 5s to 51 178; Oat Straw, 1/ 105 toll 12s ; Wheat Straw, 1112 s to 1/ 14s per load. Trade dull at the above quotations. New Meadow Hay 2/. ss. to 31. ss. per load. NEWGATE AND LIZIADENIZAT.M. The supplies of each kind of Meat on offer in these markets to-day were moderate. Generally speaking, the demand ruled heavy, at barely stationary . prices. Beef, from 23 4d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 2s 10d to 4s ; Lamb, 5s to 5s 10d ; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 10d per 81bs, by the carcase, MEAT &UTIIALL, JULY B.—The supplies of each hind of fat stock being somewhat extensive, the general demand was in a very sluggish state; at drthiping prices. Beef, from 23 8d to 8s lOd ; Mutton, as to 45 2d ; Lamb, 4s 10d to 6s; Veal; as Gd to 4s 4d; and Pork, 3s 10d to 4s 8d per Sibs. noitituD, B.—Prinie Mutttiti sind Beef moved off trttly; Lin plies, othEiViiid this dettitinti *if) in a Very sluggish state. Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 10d; Mutton, 35 tO 4s 4d ; Lamb, 4s 10d to 5s 10d ; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 4s to 4s 81 per Bibs, Suckling Calves, 183 to 29 5; quarter-old store Pigs, 16s to lOs ; and Miloh Cows, with their small Calves, 16/ to 19/ each. Hartsmast, JULY B.—We had a very slow inquiry for stock here to- day, on the following terms :—Beef, from 3s to 4s; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d; Lamb, 4s 10d to 6s; Veal, 4s to 4s 4d; and Pork, 4s to 4s 4d per 81bs. ARUNDEL, JULY 7.—Beef, from 25 10d to 4s; Mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 4d ; Lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 10d ; Veal, 3s 10,1 to 4a Gd ; and Pork, 4s to 4s 4d per 81bs. A fair average supply, and a heavy demand. CHICHESTER, JULY B.—Prime stock was in fair reqtlett dt full prices, otherwise the trade was in a very depressed state. Beef, frem 2s 8d to 43; Mutton, 3s to 4s 4d; Lamb, 5s to 5s 10d ; Veal, 4s to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 3s 10d to 4s 4d per Blbs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 1/. 8s; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 19s; and Mulch Cows, with their small Calf, 16/. to 19/. each. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended July 4, 1846, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. I BARLEY.' OATS. 1 RYE. I BEANS. I PEAS PRICE ..*I 525 10d 27s Gd 23s 8d 33s 3d 38s 5d 35s ' id DUTY... 5s Od 4s Od Is 64 4s Od 4s Od 43 Od The Rev. C. P. Wilbraham, vicar of Auiley, Staf fordshire, met with a severe accident l ast week. As he was riding near Scot hay his horse fell, and rolled upon him He broke one of his thighs. The reverend gentleman i 3 110 W Nag vu fAnurably tvordi ;emery. THE COB.DEN TESTIMONIA TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. . 110, DEAR SIR,—I am sure you will have pleasure in Pt!b i fotq the enclosed note from Lord Morpeth, conveying h is l ode l and liberal tribute to that expression of a nation's gist' the Cobden Testimonial. I am, dear Sir, y. ours truly, J o EDWARD BAINES, Leeds Mercury-office, July 7. 71 - 11 4 ' 4 , (Copy) " Grosvenor-place, 01 , ; $. 1 , ,, "My dear Mr. Bai nes ,—l am s ure we so thorouglo o ti: pathise on the subject of Mr. Cobden, that I will beg JO; have my name put down as a subscriber of thirty P °ll y e ss 9 h the national tribute intend e d f or hi m . I w ish to exl' a tt": fulness of my concurrence in that object, by doing this b oo s earliest moment, though I could wish th a t the amoun t , nearer proportion to his merits, and to my sense of t , Believe me, very faithfully yours, "Edward Baines, jun., Esq." " MEETING IN HONOUR MOORFP:rI:I;'' ROBERT PEEL . (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) esai ) l BIRMINGHAM, JULY S.— This evening (W, l2 t tio meeting took place at the public office, convened O t ..,res'r pose of presenting an address to Sir Robert Peel, eL" 0 1 113$ 0 of the gratitude felt by that part of the inhab itaor, c t mingham who approved of his conduct in genet Ll l, ", 5 5 , 1 / 1 ! especially as related to his last great and gra] td m a e prop the abolition of the corn-laws. At half-past seven t t i e strong muster were assembled, which muster, bY. would have been considerably larger had the 01P ' t l more generally known. • i 0; Among those present were William Schofield, Sturge, Esq.; William Chance, Esq.; Ere Lee , s Edmonds, Esq. ; Kelly Douglass, Esq.; Councilloret and Martineau, and many other influential geht l Y ril I William Schofield, Esq., was called to the chair, excellent address, highly complimentary to the late political proceedings, was read by Mr. Douglass, ;,.0 gentleman who wrote the People's Charter sosel„Y e ;eirj nl7 and who was stated to be the write r o f th e ad , iol , igi",sl 2.1 . (ha o c. :a SY AA- . 1 6" narr the measure carried, and observed, that v,rat ;hing r the measures of Parliament, he could "" le ,rors 1Y that the measures taken within the last fi we l es pF'd exceeded in importance and utility any me as li c r i be O t y within any five years of his business career, ar ,bouts warmly praised Sir Robert for his conduct th. , :cob ior iov arduous task be had so daringly undertaken and .0 0 g accomplished. 0 0 1 1 Mr. STURGE objected to one passage in the addresl' h o tv l that which alluded to our Indian affairs, stating "#'' 4 that passage in be could not conscientiously sign it. n(ill? A similar view of it was also taken by Mr. e t i o4 PALMER, but after a somewhat rather brisk am!, controversy, in which Mr. Martine au , M r . Eyre Vie, Edmonds, Mr. Chance, and Mr. Middlemore were 1 7 - cipal speakers, the address was adopted unaninleueu ' vo te) Mr. Chance was then call e d t o th e chair, all ,c ll 1) 5 1 thanks, proposed by Mr. Coun c ill or M ar ti nea u anur A d ° , by Mr. Middlemore, w a s th en g i ven t o M r . Schcow I briefly returned thanks. . 05 1 subscription was entered into to cover the el . , c o advertising, &c., to which several gentlemen large l y buted, and the meeting then separated. f th e lf The address will be presented for the signing . 0 . n o e$ bitants to-morrow, and from the feeling of admara_,,,t l " o ol ll U bited throughout the town, no doubt it will be V e only and influentially signed. r il rn PANORAMA ROYAL, LEICESTER -SQUARE.—• ing distinguished visitors have ref ently honoured k!!, e el rains with their presence :—The Right Hon. Sir 1 1 - i „„ai!) Lieut. Peel, R.N., the Earl of Shelburne, the 313`'''', Granby - , Earl Portarlington, Earl Denbigh and faintli c (7l and Lady C. Beaticlerc, Lord G. Deauelere, Lord a n v , Middleton, Lord Ebrington, Lady Dacre, Lady Ne 4 Elizabeth Courtenay and family ;Lady Dawson Daihe7v; ' l l Beresford, Lady Rochfortl i , Sir C. W. Collier and G. and Lady Baker, Lord Bexley, Lord W. Page: 1,0 d t Boyle, Lord Burgess, Lady Fane, Lady Dornv,l!!_ ft, _A Newberry, Lady Villiers, Lady Eleanor Cathcart, oPj Inglis, Sir J. and Lady May, the Bishops of Glouce_sr.dol Bristo, Major Cadogan, the Baroness de Rutzen, jot Lady Ducally, Lord and Lady Sidney, Lord and LAX Harvey, Lady Brownlow and the' lion. Misses Cost, l A ' Miss Lloyd and the Hon. Misses Moyston ; Lady S. a f i e Sir W. W. Dixon, Sir W. Anson,_Geneyal Stokes at i So c ts and Lord llanelagh, Lord Brooke,-Baron and Baroness the Earl of Euston, the Earl of Burlington' and family ; Wood, M.P., the Hon. Col. Trevanion, &c. - f q A young actress of the Balon Theat re, at - lately cornrnited suicide in the following hmrible rhiar s , She mixed a quantity of phosphorus in vinegar, a rl " o rri'a the infusion. She survived a week in the most 1) ,0 r agony, and then expired, all the efforts of medica l . eel cure or relieve her having failed. The suicide was sioned by a disappointme n t i n l ove . - To r f ELECTRIC TELEGRAM o /S.—The Grand Duke - $ cany has ordered the establi s h men t o f e l ec t r iCa- t in his states, and appointed as director in chief t°,. ' d e co''' system 111. Matteuci, a gentleman who has acquj e siderable celebrity by his experiments in electricity- Bo att_; ASYLUM FOR AGED FREEMASONS.—The ftri general court of the governors for aged and deca97 o o masons, was held at eight o'clock last night, at . )- t io Hotel, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars. Dr. Cr fu nds called upon to preside. The report showed that the woo" the Society were as follows :—To balance of last be ctues 301/. 3s. 2d. ; receipts since, including sale of EX DA bills, 1,739/.175. 10d. ; making 2,041/. ls. The societ) y in e v a e r s , te in d cl i , n idi a ng e l l' a u w nd c s ha l r , g 23 es ll. 2 4 7 s 4 . l. T l6 h s e . 2 ex d. p ; eti l e a e i s d d t u o ri a l ) : o9 o; rants, 421. 125.; the general disbursements were 128/. 1 4 tot to making a total of 1,6771. 13s. Ild., thereby l eav i ng a ba; tb° of 13631. 7s. Id., of which there were i n th e h an ds °' 4e' bankers 69/. 18s. 9d. and in the treasu rer ' s hauds293l.fttei' The report of the auditors having been received and a u f t r itik, the report of the sub-committe e was l a id b e f ore th e Ine`lttr, The total capital of the Society is 3,850/. l s. Th e cool" and other officers having been chosen, the proceedings with a vote of thanks to Dr. Crucifix, the chairman. 0' IMPROVEMENTS ON THE COLCHESTER. l' 114 :c0 0 , THE EASTEHN COUNTFES.—On M on d a y last workinen,ep menced putting up the electric telegraph on the C01ci21.05 line of the Easter n C oun ti es R a il wa y, that on th a t line having be en f oun d mos t effective. The telegral? be on the same p r i nc ipl e as th e o th er . w hi c h it will real' the junction of the two lines at 'Watford. Shams the bel meucement of the present month a new station ha s t r l / 4 opened at Forest-gate, between Stratford and Ilford• accommodation of persons residing at Wanstead, 1 51° or 1 1 , Laytonstone, &c., who previously had to walk ft .1 1 r, isiq miles to the station at Stratford. The traffic in c‘l 3 ,' l .liits„ the opening of the Thames Junction) between Stra tr t "„ c e Hertford has almost destroyed the trade of con - m.o'6e the river Lea; and in order to increase that traffic t.b e ford station is to be considerably enlarged. Yof g The Great Western, which was to sail from No 91 o ut on the 25th ult., may be hourly expected. She' A thirteen days yesterday. fjos' t d NEW LIGHTHOUSE AT SCILLY.—The Tririrti / 030 4 have determined on erecting a lighthouse upon the/foil o' l Rose Veer, after completing which, the present L i g 04 St. Agnes will be raised thirty feet, in order that 0 1 0 0 distinctly seen to the eastward of the island.-4 . Packet. IRE IRONMASTERS OF SOUTH STAFFORDSHIR 5 1 0 0 1 , t et r i ironwastcrs' quarterly meeting for the district near r ue o', hampton was held y es t er d ay . Th e a tt en d anc e on n o d' of the ironmasters was unusually large, and though it I gigs cult to ascertai n p rec i se l y , th ere i s li tt l e d ou bt but the . ' to°, prices will be adhered to, and will be confirmed at the fief; extensive meeting at Birmingham. Some rurnacil*okcf; -t that some of the ironmasters of the district had ; if. pIS a a ' 3ll t db°Y r r a sw r i s . The aPP°I/11r-047 - • the last meeting, and had sold iron below to:iiceA faith sine, . The Marquis of L: king off a discount from the nominal r o oT s fixed upon, by gr hi a s n es te t d ab t l o ish a m m e r ia n nl itsi t f i o ll r re fi c t e t i in v g e the all' It afforded great satisfaction to the Court and bea u ...nogg P. out, at the French capital, where the Marquis and Marchiem always granted much esteemed. =row for blip:l oars, &c., to be kept by the yriaavi" AQUATICS AT ETON.—There will be bo at I_ll°4 O 1 ~adS ifOr reBi2crii bele:al 1 411 - (; M ARL L or d ''ton, earl -Audi o Be ft th e g t Stew al ref x i v , Ear] KU ttle d the, 1118 . gf e and k 11 4 rs e Th e ‘iouftei Th e Tl, c P'rac ((k as' 1, ice-C er r a t y 1 , V11,7 '-v:o s on dr , The ener her „Iler ue en 4- taiest Th e Prince tf34 C OI eiet 13 Ae 4it ) l' 44 Att. I tI Sidi j r : Qr ey Th c Renato Asr e h t b urho 'eater th e E Ni che I`,„ ate' %t, 'it at vit tri