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A 0 Now ready, in 2 vols., small Bvo., C II E L A G A; OR, ENGLAND IN THE NEW WORLD. Edited by ELIOT WARBURTON, Esq.. author of " The Crescent and the Cress." Henry Culburn, Publisher, 13, Great I\larlborough-street MRS. TROLLOPE'S 'NEW WORK. Just ready, 2 vols. small Syo. TRAVELS AND TRAVELLERS. By MRS. TROLLOPE. Authoress of " The Barnabys In America," " The Robertses," " The Attractive Man," &C. Henry Colbnrn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Orders received by all Booksellers. FOURTH EDITION. Now Ready, in one THE H vol., withISTORY Illustrations, 10s. 6d. bound, OF MARGARET CATCHPOLE. A SUFFOLK GIRL. By the Rev. R. COBBOLD, of `Northam, Suffolk. " Truth is stranger than fiction. We have here a veritable his tory, with incidents more startling and extraordinary than are to be found in any romance with which we are ticquainted." — Norfolk Chronicle. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. RAILWAY suAttEs BY PUBLIC SALE. 3,IESSItS. L NMOND , SM ALE, AND LAI/OND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patroaage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the Hall of Cornmeree, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully requested to be addressed. Ali Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day previous to their being offered ; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds horne d! aPly disposed of according to instructions. Ofilcos, Hail of Commerce, Threalneedle-street, London. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Last Sight but Three of the Season. THIS EVENING Will be performed (for the last time) Verdi's celebrated Opera, entitled, I LOMBARDI : ALLA PRINTA CROCIA FA. With new scenery, dresses, &c. ; the scenery by 3f.r. Marshall. Cr.selda, Madame Grisi; Soda, Madame Bellini ; Viclinda, Mdlle. Corbari; Oronte, Signor Mario; Arvino, Signor CoreW ; Pirro, Big. Botelli; Acciano, Sin. Giubilei ; Pagano, Sig. Fornasarl. In the course of the Evening, the last Tableau from CATARINA. In which Mdlle. Lucile Grahn will appear. To conclude (for the last time) with the admired Ballet, entitled LA GITAIiA. _ _ _ La Gitana, Mdll2. Taglioni; ; Duke de Medina, M. Gosselin ; Smourost, M. Delaval. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Last Night but Two of the Season. Thl Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public, are respectfully informed that there will be an EXTRA PERFORMANCE on THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 13, Wien will be performed (for the last time this season) Mozart's Chef d'ceuvre, entitled, IL DON GIOVANNI. - Donna Anna, Madame Grisi ; Donna Elvira, Mdlle. Sanchioli ; Zer lini, Madame Castellan ; Don 61,vanni, Signor Fornasari; Masetto, Signor F. Lablache ; Leop , rello, Sguor Lablache ; 11 Commendatore, Signor Botelli ; Don Ottavio, Signor Mario. IR the course of the Evening, the highly successful new and original Ballet Divertissement, by M. Perrot, the Music by Signor Pugni, entitled LE JUGEMENT DE PARTS. Comprising a new Pas —" Le Pas de Deesses." By Mdlle. Taglionl, Mdlle. Louise Taglioni, Mdlle. Mdlle. Lucile Grahn, Mdlle. Demelisse, 31dlle. Cassan, and MM. St. Leon and Perrot. After which the Divertissement, entitled UN PAL SOUS LOUIS XIV. In which Mdlles. L. Grahn and Cerito will dance the celebrated Minuet de la Cour and Gavotte, in the Costume of the Court. Also will be introduced the Qttadrella, La Castilliana, Ly Mdlle. L. Grahn and M. Perrot. La Itedowa Polka, by 3ldlle. Cerito and 31. St. Leon. To conclude with the Second Act of the admired Ballet of LA SYLI'IIIDE. La Sy - lphide, Mdlle. Taglioni ; La Sorciere, Madame Copere ; James, M. Perrot. Am•ptacations for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at the box ()race, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Seven, the Opera to com mence at hah-past Seven o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE Owing to the continued indisposition of M. LABORDE, Meyer beer's Opera of " Robert le Diable" is unavoidably POSTPONED till THURSDAY, when it will positively be Performed for the last tine this Season. Last Week of the celebrate:l BRUF_ASELS OPERA COMPANY. 10- ‘1 ORRO .V EVENING Will be performed Scribe's Come Opera, entitled LE DOMINO NOIR: Principal characters by MM. Couderc, Delaney ; lildlle. Charton, Madame Guichard, and Madame Biacabe. After which Scribe's Comic Opera, entitled LE PHIL FRE. In which MM. Masse., Boulo, Zelger ; Madame Laborde, and Madame Guichard will appear. Doors open at Seven, performance to commence at half-past Seven. THEATRE EOYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. THIS EVENING Will be performed the successful Drama of THE DUSTMAN'S BELLE. Ned Windfall, Mr. Keeley; Sally, Mrs. Keeley. After which a new and Original Farce, entitled THE END OF JUNE. Principal characters by Messrs. Diddear, Turner, Keeley, and %iiss Howard. To be followed by the interesting Drama of THE MISER'S WELL. Trinalpal characters by Messrs. Keeley, Turner, Emery, and K inloch ; Miss Keeley, miss Turner, Mrs. Woollidge, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with the new Farce, entitled LOAN OF A WIFE. Principal characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, A. Wigan, Meadows, Kinloch, and Yaniold ; Mrs. Woollidge and Miss Howard. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE TIIIS EVENING Will be performed the Comedy of PAUL PRY. Colonel }Tardy, Mr. Lambert ; Pant Pry, Mr. Wright ; Grasp, Mr. 0. Smith ; Somers, Mr. Worrell ; Mr. Stanley, Mr. Thomas; Harry Stanley, Mr. Boyce, prank Hardy, Mr. Braid ; Witherton, Mr. Selby ; Mrs. Subtle, Mrs Laws ; Marian, Miss E. Harding ; Phcebe, Miss Ellen Chaplin (first time). After which an entirely new and original Comic Sketch, called ABRAHAM PARKER. Abraham Parker, Mr. Wright. To be followed by the popular Farce, entitled, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL? Chesterfield Honey bun, Mr. Wright ; Isaac Crank, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mrs. Crank, Mrs. F. Matthews ; Mrs. Honeybun, Miss Emma Harding. To conclude with the Farce of A NABOB FOR AN HOUR. Characters by Messrs, Worrell, Lambert, Munyard, Miss Harding, and Mrs. Frank Matthews. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STrIEET. THIS EVENING Will be performed A SPEAKING LIKENESS. Coco, Mr. Comp ton ; Marlette, M dame Vestris. After which a new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE SLEEP ING BEAUTY IN - THE WOOD. Baron Factotum, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Princess Isabelle, Madame Vestris. To be followed by an entirely New t 'omit., Drama, entitled THE BARBER BRAVO. In which Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Granby, Mr. Wynn, Miss E. Stanley, and Miss ai,arshall will perform. To conclude with the Comic Drama, entitled USED UP. Sir Charles Colistream, Bart., Mr. C. Mathews ; Sir Adonis Leech, Mr. Granby ; Lady Clutterbuck, 31iss E. Honner. ASTLEY'S AMPHITILEAIRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Patronised by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the Princess itoyal. Great stud glorious success of our Military Achievements in India. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Grand Military Spectacle, called THE BMUS' INVASION ; or, England's Victories of 1546. (lacing the whole resources of the Esta lishment. Doulale Stud, Mi litary Brass Bands, &c. After which, New and Popular SCENES of the CIRCLE, by the British and Foreign rrofessors, Male and Female. The whole concluding with the legendary epectacle of the PHANTOM KNIGHT ; or, The Fatal Kiss. On TH RSDAY, August 20, a variety of Noveltes ; for the BE NEFIT of Mr. THOMPSO Stage Director. Box-office open trout eleven till live o'clock.—Doors open at six and commence at seven o'clock. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge. Open every-Evening. Powerful attraction ! Popular Operas ! New Pieces, and Double Company, Operatic and Dramatic. THIS EVENING 'Will be performed the Opera of LOVE IN A VL.LAGE. Sup ported by Messrs. D. W. King, Weiss, Horncastle, S. Jones, Neville, Miss nett!, Miss Parry, &c. After which, an affecting Drama, entitled MILITARY PUNISH MENT ; or, The Fate of the Wlilow's Son. To conclude with THE FIELD OF FORTY FOOTSTEPS. In which Messrs. E. F. Saville, Fredericks, J. T. Johnson,' Neville, Lewis. Wood ; Mrs. Daly, Miss Richardson, Miss Terry, Mrs. E. F. Saville, and Miss Martin will appear. Box Office open frcm eleven till four o'clock. MONSTER PETE. GRAND NEAPOLITAN CARNIVAL AND FETE DMT ! ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS: THIS DAY, TO-MORROW, Aug. 12, and on THURSDAY, Aug. 13. Bands of the Coldstream , Horse Guards Blue, Royal stuff o.l , a t s Rand, forming a Monstre Band of One Iltind: r7 ed ; Nat i or ml .tinthent and Salute of Twenty-one Guns. The DlSTlNEcil.,OtkOnul Performers on the Saxe Horns. HERR CTIARGESVST, the Modern Hercules, flight on the Sang of a Ninth/fa NEAPOLITAN BAZAAR., Attendants in Neapolitan Costume. The TIGHT ROPI, by Madame Mellen, Mr. Ryan, and Master Ryan. FAIRY-LIKE- EXPLOITS, A-la-Risley, by the Messrs. Candler. The TARANTELLA,' by ,31,101 e. and Mon. Fontaine. LA TIIANCA lIISPANM by Mr. Candler. FEATS on the COIME , .. NTE, by Monsieur Bradbury. An ENCAM PME NT of;4IgPSIE S. ERUPTION Ok' VESUVIUS, with new and indescribable effects. On THURSDAY, the Anniversary of her Majesty the Queen Dow ager's Birthday, a Greed Display of Fireworks. Doors open at Two o'Clock. Admission Two Shillings; Children, tinier Twelve yearS of age, halfprice. THE INE4VER.—SUN OFFICE, AUGUST 10. TEER24O,IETEPO:I4St, .59; •Highest. 75 ; Noon, 71. A. —WIND S. V. ; cloudy. H11.11:1_ Mond= 34* OLONDON-1111,1DGE THIS DAY. after 4. I F.venine .. 55 minutes after 4 440 7 Z. 1-3r4.14, 4 • z Rnrr 7 -; ' - —t62- inVintinlY • *c./11111' „1 LONDON, TITESDA.y. AUGUST 11, 1846. On Wednesday next, according to one of the arbi trar y regulations of sport: grouse shooting will com mence ; on Saturday last th e Sug ar Dut ies' Bill was passed through the Commons House of rarliament• Last evening the measure was introduced to our legislative aristocracy ; their decision is already more than conjectured by the community; :he protect ion!st opposition has announced its determination not to thrust itself in the way of Use somewhat dangerous scythed-chariot of free trade. Litt'e better than a week now remains of perhaps the most memorable session of the British Legislature—a session that has w;tnessed the annihilation of a potent monopoly an d thechampionship ofits previously helplessvictims; that h as o otablished that empire of untrammelled commerce w hi, l b had for centuries been regarded as little has ,rical and impossible than PLATO ' S Re p ublic, S ir chum THOMA $ MOUE'S Utopia, Sir P _ lIILIP SYDNEY'S Arcadia, or Lord BAcols's Atalantis. Besides this, the sessic 'n of 1846 will be ever illustrious and ever beneficial t o the population of the United Kin g dom by being an ex, ample to arouse the i nterest and excite the emulation ot the remotest posterity. It will be an example of the real nature of political consistency, of the inna to dignity of forbearance under vituperation, of that I,',rgetfulness-of-self, which is the noblest characteris, ic of a true and patriotic statesman, of the necessity • of being open to conviction and of risk- , lag the malignity of a disappointed faction when- I ever reason and experience combined to direct I the mind upon a better and more enlightened policy. This Parliamentary campaign will, moreover, attest to after generations the period in which the people of England first recognised the moral potency of their will, the period when our legislators were not ashamed to confess that the popular sentiments had modulated their prejudices; when the oratory of a self-elected association and the rhetorical pleadings of a free press enlarged the mind of the public for the reception of gigantic principles ; when the seeds sown by Sir WALTER RALEIGH, ADAM SMITH, Lord HOLLAND, and others, were ripened under the auspices of Sir ROBERT PEEL, RICHARD COBDEN, and Lord JOHN RUSSELL. It will be the most me morable lesson ever given to mankind for their guidance in commercial legislation. It was customary on the opening of this session to ridicule the Parliament for its redundant squabbles, and the Ministry for its intolerable procrastination. The Easter holidays had arrived before anything de finite had been done towards the settlement of the enormous question at issue. People began to tremble lest the Parliament should degenerate from an active assembly of legislators into a mere counterpart of a Chancery-lane debating society. That tendency, however, towards speechifying gradually disappeared ; the flame of passion, which had ignited the mental lamps of so many hitherto silent Members, in time consumed itself and glimmered away into the socket. The gentlemen who had so recently practised rhetoric from below the gang way, were now incontinently devouring but tered bread and whitebait at Blackwell, or investi gating widgeon pies at Goodwood. The deliberative assembly of the nation was suddenly relieved of a tur • bulent and intractable party of representatives, and the immediate consequence of the alteration was a material improvement in the conduct of public busi ness. As the commencement of this session was re ' markable for its slowness in arriving at any decision, its termination will be, and indeed has already been, conspicuous for the rapidity, and yet the decorum, with which Bills are introduced and accepted. Not only did the Sugar D aties' Bill obtain the final sanction of the Commons on Saturday, but two other Bills of very considerable importance were successively read a third time and passed without a dissentient voice. We allude to the Fisheries (Ireland) Bill and the Exclusive Privilege of Trading Abolition (Ireland) Bill. Some such facilities for expediting the opera tions of the Legislature were absolutely necessary, so as to prorogue the Parliament within reasonable limits, and to preserve the RUSSELL Administration from being involved in a terrible accumulation of measures on the opening of the succeeding session. Every one recognises this fact, and perceives that some concession is requisite, if the conve nience of Parliament collectively and individually is to be consulted. The residue of the questions still un settled, and not expressly postponed to a future period, will, therefore, be submitted, in quick suc cession, to the decision of our rulers. Among those of the most interest we may particularise the pro posed reduction of the duties upon rum—a reduction of sixpence upon the present duty of Ds. 4d., leaving a duty of Bs. 10d. upon every gallon of that spirit. This proposition is to be introduced immediately by the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, and, although we are somewhat surprised at the mincing character of the reduction, we are still dis posed to welcome it as a step—a diminutive one, no doubt—in the right direction. A vast number of questions intimately connected with the moral welfare, the sanatory condition, and the systematic education of the people, will be re served by the Ministry for the next session. The question of amelioration to Ireland will, in like manner, be left in abeyance. We are inclined to congratulate the country upon this delay, however irksome it may at first appear, because every matter will thereby be thoroughly digested before any defi nite plan of reformation be submitted to the Legis lative Councils. On Saturday we commented upon the first part of the new regulations with respect to corporal punish ment henceforth to be adopted in the army ; and while we expressed our uncompromising hostility to the lash, and our deep regret that the principle, even in its modified form, should still be maintained in the service, we offered suggestions which might pos sibly not be objected to by the conscientious sup• porters of the practice, and which might mitigate some few of the numerous objections to it. A more pleasing duty now devolves upon us in no ticing the means proposed to be adopted for the pre servation of military discipline, and which, if found adequate for that purpose, may eventually lead to the total abolition of flogging. The Premier states that we can only hope to attain this great object by two modes : first, by the substi tution of some other punishment which is as effective, and which will maintain as high and complete a state of discipline as that which exists at the present time; and secondly, by changing the moral feelings of those who belong to the army, so that other punishments, and other methods of government, will have a greater effect and produce a stronger impression than they do in the present state of the military service. The principal of these substituted punishments will be found to consist of a proper and well-regu lated system of imprisonment, with its various ad juncts of solitary confinement, hard labour, &c., &c. 'l'o render this efficient, it must be perfectly executed and instantly applied : the common and usual public gaol will not be so advantageous in this respect as a military prison, tenanted by soldiers alone, and pre pared for their reception exclusively. A large pro portion of military crime, although demanding and receiving a severe punishment, may be wholly un attended with moral guilt, and it would manifestly be most injurious to expose a man as yet untainted with crime to the pollution of daily intercourse with, and the probability of contamination by, the aban doned and profligate characters who are the constant inmates of the public gaols. There are now nine military prisons already established in the United Kingdom, viz., four in England, four in Ireland, and one in Scotland ; and for their good effect it is un necessary to seek any testimony beyond that of the Secretary-at-War, who while advocating the necessity for the continuance of corporal punishments, produced one of the strong est arguments against that necessity, when he stated, " that out of 4,276 prisoners confined in these military prisons, there were only 20 cases in which it was found necessary to inflict corporal punishment, the highest being 100, and the lowest 24 lashes, and of recommittals to prison the number had only been in the proportion of three per cent.; and he had it upon the authority of several military officers to state that they had received their men back from prison better men, and better soldiers, than when they left." If this be the truth, and we cannot doubt it, what an extraordinary improvement must this be on the old system. It is a well-known fact that, in 19 cases out of 20, the man who has been degraded in the sight of his comrades, who has been tied up, and had inflicted on him the indelible marks of his disgrace, has ,never regained his lost character, has become a reckless, good-for-nothing soldier, indulging in the most vicious habits and propensities, and generally suffering a repetition of the P unishment over and over again. Now, if the olject of punishment is the prevention of crime and the amt-ndment of the oil'ender, as we have ever supposed it to be, and not vengeance, surely the sy,tem which makes him a better man and a better soldier, and in which the instances of second punish ments are but three per cent. nn their entire, must be far better and more efficacious than that which ruins his prospects and makes him a disg race and a reproach to the service , and destroys the probability, almost the possibility, of amendment. Forfeiture of pay and pension, increased drill, confinement to bar racks, and a variety of minor punishments within the power of a commanding offlusr, might be most ad vantageously resorted to, and would probably be found, in the majority of cases, quite sufficient for the preservation of discipline. There is one mode of punishment, however, so singular and ludicrous in its nature, that we would be unwilling to mention it were it not so strongly supported by one of the brightest ornaments of our country, whose intelli gence, foresight, and sagacity in peace have been no less remarkable than his services in war have been brilliant and glorious—who long since stood forward se the zealous and efficient advocate of his brother soldiers—who vindicated their characters from the reproaches with which they were assailed—who has ever ably opposed the assertion that the British soldier is of a.: "inferior class" in his country and less respectable in his character than the conscript ; ' the unwilling soldier of other nations, and who in that feeling has most ably advocated the total aboli tion of flogging in time of peace, and the substitution of other and less objectionable punishments, while his reputation as an officer and strict maintainer of discipline (though not by the intervention of the cat), renders superfluous his assertion, that "If he thought diminished severity of punishment would produce slackness of discipline, he assuredly would not be the advocate of change." We allude to the hero of Meeanee and Hyderabad, Sir CHARLES J. NAPIER, who, in his admirable work on military law and flogging, p. 177, suggests the adoption of blistering the back as a punishment for drunkenness, the ter rible vice from which nearly all military offences have their origin. He states that in the only two in stances in which it was tried it fully and entirely succeeded : in one case the regiment had been in an infamous state—it had been in a distant colony." They had just returned to Guernsey ; the cheapness of liquor made the soldiers drink hard ; " the flogging was dreadful, and, as usual, without of A new lieutenant-colonel joined. He did not inflict a single lash, and in three months the in specting general officer returned the highest report of the state of the corps. The means that produced this extraordinary change were sending the drunkard to hospital, where he was put to bed, his back blis tered, and himself fed on bread and water for a week, and then discharged cured ; his comrades laughed at and ridiculed, in place of sympathising with and pitying him, and the effect was complete ; and the Gallant General well exclaims, " after witnessing this can I believe the lash to be necessary ?" After this strong testimony, surely it would be worth re peating the experiment. Everything that tends to the second mode by which corporal punishment may be abolished, viz., the im provement of the moral condition of the soldier, and inducing him thereby to the maintenance of a better and more orderly behaviour, will be hailed with the greatest delight : in this respect the statement of the Premier is very gratifyinz. His Lordship announces that rewards have been established for good conduct, and also increased pay after a certain number of years ; that since December last no less than thirty commissions have been given to private soldiers in the army, and also sums furnished them for the out lay necessary on the acceptance of those commis sions ; 100 soldiers' libraries have been established, containing 60,000 volumes, and a normal school is projected, for the purpose of providing good regimen tal schools; savings' banks are now encouraged in several regiments, in place of being discouraged and sneered at, as was formerly the case ; and his Lord ship bears the strongest testimony as to the good effects of a plan originally suggested by himself when at the head of the establishment at Chelsea, viz., the allotment of small gardens to the men, in the cub. tivation of which they took the greatest delight, and from which they derived some small profit, who before that time had been constantly in public-houses. The proposal was, as usual, sneered at by those who thought that no useful suggestion for military government could come from a civilian, and yet it proved eminently successful. Can there be a more powerful evidence for the advantage, the ne cessity of teaching the soldiers some trade, of pro viding some employment on which they may usefully employ their leisure hours ? The principle of reward must be put into activity in a wise and generous manner, and its good effects will speedily be apparent. There are many, very many improvements, all of which would greatly conduce to the same end, but which our space to-day forbids a mention of ; many, however, will be found in the valuable work to which we have already referred, which may be studied with the greatest advantage by every philanthropist, by every man desirous of doing justice to his military brethren. Accounts received in England from Constantinople of the 22d ult., state that MEUEMET Ala has been treated with marked respect by the SULTAN. The Journal des Dants, however, publishes a letter from Constantinople of the same date, which represents the reception of MEHEMET Au as cold in the extreme, and concludes by saying that no one can explain the reason for the SULTAN inflicting such humiliation on his illustrious vassal. The Piedmontese Gazette, of the Ist, sap, " By a courier arrived from Rome, we receive the important news of the official nomination of Cardinal Gizzr as Secretary of State both for Foreign Affairs and the Interior. Monsignors SANTUCCI and CANELLA will act as Under-Secretaries of the respective administra tions." Ina letter from Leghorn, dated August 2, we find the following:— " Every one here is talking of the audience which M. Renzi had with the Pope previous to his departure from Rome. IV hen Renzi was about to kneel, as is generally done when a person presents himself to the Holy Father, the Pope raised him up, and. presented him his ring to kiss. M. Renzi wish ing to express his sentiments of gratitude, his Holiness in terrupted him by turning the conversation on the eldest son of M. Renzi, whom he had seen while passing through Ri mini. The Pope also spoke of the manifesto published at that place, on the 23t1 September, 1845, saying that it con.• tained many good things, several of which he proposed to carry into execution in spite of the opposition which he met with, but added, that, with regard to the secularisation of the Papal Government, he did not agree with it, for it was enough that the benefit was effected without its being of any consequence whether it proceeded from a priest or a layman. The interview lasted nearly twenty minutes. M. Renzi ar rived at Rimini on the evening of the 25th, where he was received with strong demonstrations of joy from his friends and his fellow-citizens. A grand fete was to take place there on the 30th; all the inhabitants of the place. as well as of the surrounding country, proposed to take part in it, in order to inaugurate the new era, which, it is hoped, the railroads, the abolition of political commissions, and the amnesty, may open to the Papal States." Accounts from Bologna of the 30th announce the arrival in that city of Messrs. GALETTI and MATTIOLI, who had for the last three years been prisoners in the Castle of St. Angelo. M. GALETTI had an interview with the POPE, at which he presented his HOLINESS with a memorial on the subject of law reform, with which the POPE was so pleased, that he sent him a medal of honour. His HOLINESS has granted permis sion to the docti of Rome to attend the scientific Con gress which is to be held next month at Genoa. The Prince DE JOINVILLE, who was admitted to pratique at Malta on the 30th, was to sail from Sicily on the Ist. The Grand Duke of TUSCANY, it appears is offended with Prince Lours NAPOLEON for not having made direct application to him for permission to visit Florence. The Courrier Francais says— " When Prince Louis escaped from Elam he wrote to Prince de Metternich to solicit from him the authorisation to pro ceed to Tuscany to his father. Not receiving any reply, he had a request made by one of his friends to the Grand Duke himself. The following was his reply It was not to Aus tria that a demand ought to be made in a matter which re gards me. lam alone master in my states, as the Emperor is in his dominions. 'DB Prince Louis that if he desires to come to Florence he must address lics demand to me, and I shall then consider what is to be done.' We can guarantee the truth of this account." Madrid journals and letters of the 2d have arrived The differences between Spain and Portugal were likely to be settled through the mediation of Eng land. The Spanish Cabinet no longer insisted on the extradition of the deserters. In reply to Baron DE RENDUFF, the Portuguese Minister, M. ISTURITZ denied that Spain had any hostile intention in con centrating troops on the Portuguese frontier, and that the moment the Portuguese Government re moved the Spanish refugees into depots into the in terior of Portugal, the Spanish troops would return to their quarters; that Spain had no intention to meddle with the internal affair., of Portugal, but that if any Spanish refugees crossed the frontier they would be driven back and pursued into the in terior of Portugal until taken. Mr. BULWER has removed to a country seat at St. Isidro, but not, says the Eco del Conn;ercio, on account of his health, which is excellent. The same journal states that DON ENRIQUE is about to visit London. MADRID BOLBA, AUG. 3.—The Three per Cents. were done at 33 15-16ths for cash ; the Five per Cents., at 221 ; the Four per Cents., at 214 9-16ths ; and the Debt without Interest, at 61. We have received the Paris papers of Friday and Saturday. The elections are all over, and the Ministerial ma jority will be from 110 to 120. On this subject the Journal des Dobats says—" Out of 457 nominations, 289 belong to the Conservative party, and 168 to the Opposition. On the whole, the new Chamber THE SiTN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 11, 1846. contains at this moment 110 new Deputies-82 are Conservatives, 34 of whom were elected in the place of ancient Conservative Deputies, and 48 replace Deputies of the Opposition ; 28 belong to the Oppo sition, nine of whom were elected in tb,- , piece of ancient Deputies of the Opposition, and 19 replace Conservative Deputies. The Conservative party ob tained a double election, and the Opposition four. The Conservative gains 49 nominations, and loses 26. Thus the definite result yields to the Conservative party, in addition to the ancient majority, 23 nomi nations more than to the Opposition." Some dis turbances had broken out at Perpignan, whieh were speedily suppressed. The Clrunber of Peers assembled on Friday, and, having received the royal ordonnance constituting it a court of justice for the trial of lIENav, went into a secret sitting, under the Presidency of the Chan cellor. The Procureur-General, M. HEBERT, and the Avocat-General, 11i. BREssox, were present. The usual preliminaries were gone through, and the Duke DECAZES, Count PORTALIS, Baron GIROD (de l'Ain), and M. LAPLAGNE-BARRIS, were appointed to assist the Chancellor Duke PASQUIER in examining the prisoner. They immediately proceeded to the Cenciergerie, accompanied by M. E. CAUCHY, the registrar in chief, for the purpose of interrogating JOSEPH HENRY. Lady HOLLAND, who is in Paris at the Hotel des Princes, is labouring under a serious attack of small-pox. The Journal des Chemins de Fer considers the crisis in the share market of Paris to be at last terminated, and is only apprehensive that the re action in favour of the rise be too rapid, and raise scrip to an exaggerated price. The receipts of the Paris and Orleans Railroad during the week ending on the 4th inst. were 178,213 f, or nearly 18,000 f more than last year; and from the Ist January to the 4th inst., 4,997,3461., exceeding by 959,0001. those of the corresponding period of 1845. The re ceipts of the Paris and Rouen line, during the same week, amounted to 175,9801., and since the begin ning of the year to 4,359,778 f. The Northern Railway produced, from the 25th to the 31st ult., 172,9741., and since its opening, 970,108 f. The re ceipts of the Tours and Orleans section of the Bordeaux road from the 28th ult. to the 3d inst. were 62,000 f. The number of passengers conveyed by the latter, during the last three months, was 98.226, or, on an average, 32,742 per month. This number exceeds by 4,887 the circulation between Orleans and Tours previous to the establishment of the railway, which, on an average, was only 27,855 monthly. The move ment of merchandise during the same period rose to 38,3411. in May, to 71,525 f. in June, and to 78,3401. in July. The Three per Cents. closed at 83f. 75c. ; the Five per Cents., 1221. 45c.; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,277 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 967 f. 50c. ; Havre, 7101.; Great Northern, 7151.; Avignon, 907 f. 50c. ' • Vierzor, 635 f. ; Bordeaux, 575 f.; 1. Pa; is and Strasburg, 502 50e.; Tours and Nantes, 510 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 5:321. 50c.; Lyons and Avignon, 495 r. ; Bor deaux and Cette, 480 f.; Spimish Actives, 34 1 / s ; Spanish Three per Cents., 36 1 / 2 ; Spanish Pas-ives, 6. The following are the quotations for new lines !•••• MARSEILLES, AUG. 4.—Marseilles and Avignon, 8551. ; Northern, 6951. LYONS, AUG. 6.—Northern, 700 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 506 f. 25c.; Paris and Orleans, 1,271 f. 25c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDW4I , ,TOCK EXCHANGE, At I;ST 8. Boulogne and Amiens, 12 3 4 Bordeaux and Mediterranean, 1% Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette (Espelete), I% Mitch Rhenish, 6 1 ,4 —East Indian, 1--Gr , at Indian I'eninsular, sib—Great Western Ben gal, %—Luxembourg, 2—Namur and . Liege, 2*A—Orleans and Vier zon, 14y4—Orleans and Bordeaux, 834—Paris and Lyons Constituted, s%—Sambre and 3leuse, 4 . THE RICHMOND RAILWAY.—At the Richmond Police office, on Saturday, John Kizzard and George Ellis, two boys abaut ten years of age, were charged with having placed a number of stones on the Richmond Railway, at Mortlake. The case was proved, but at the request of Mr. Chapman, solicitor to the company, the delin • quents were discharged, on their parents entering into recognisances for their appearance at the sessions, if necessary. Mr. Chapman told the defendants that for a trespass of this kind they were liable to two years' imprisonment, and recommended them to communicate that information to their companions. THE LATE STORM.—In consequence of the destruc tion of property through the late storm, the inhabitants of Clerken well, where the effects were most severely felt, have determined on holding a public meeting for the purpose of raising a subscription for the relief of the sufferers, many of whom have been reduced to great distress by the calamity. SENTENCE OF A OOITRT-MARTIAL.—The Commander in-Chief has had the honour to lay before the Queen the proceedings of a general court-martial, held at Chatham Barracks, on the 19th of May, 1846, for the trial of private George Castle, 3d I, , ght Dragoons, who was arraigned upon the charge of having deserted from the depot of his regiment, at Maidstone barracks, on or about the sth of April, 1846, and not returning until brought back under a military escort, on or about the 2d of May, 1846, to which charge the pri soner pleaded guilty. The Court sentenced him to be transported as a felon for the term of seven years. Her Majesty was pleased to approve and cenflrmthe finding and sentenes of the Court. - THE RIVER NUISANCE.--For upwards of two years the river from Bankside as far as Richmond, has been rendered in tolerable, owing to the practice of barges laden with manure, com posed of the excrement of the streets of the metropolis, as well as rotten fish and animal matter, being allowed to load and unto , d in many parts of the river during the day time, and during the passage the hatches being never put on, so that not the least effort on the part of the bargemasters has been made to lessen the nuisance, the greatest portion of the horrible stuffs being landed at Mortlake, which has caused such a stench for some months past that the inhabitants have at last made an appeal to the magisterial interference, and it is understood they will communicate with the Lord Mayor upon the subject of the removal of so dangerous a practice, it having been anitned that various people in Mortlake had lately been taken very 111, owing to the n useous effluvia which they were compelled to in hale. Several medical gentlemen have expressed a decided opinion that unless the nuisance is removed, a pestilence will be the result. THE BATHS AND WASHIIOUSES IN GEORGE-STREET LIAMPOTEAD-ROAD.—This establishment was in full operation all last week. The baths, though on Monday, being the first eay, they were opened at eight in the morning, have on every day since been opened at five, and closed at nine at night. The women's baths are opened at six o'clock in the morning, and closed at eight at night. The number of men who bathed during the week was rather above 3,000, ge being 30. In th e was hing de being an average of 50 0 per day , and the number of women was about 240, or on an average 40 per d ay. About 180 women made use , 3 ;a a il; ',e rterease, there being but 5 washers . Yesterday (Sund a y) t h e men ' s b at h s on i f alr t t h ti e llee w n a tfi s rst i h il te to rc u lea s wy es a , s( 3 t ai ll og e ,rwe d aa a 3,) t i . 1 only were opeeed ; they remained open tbr two hours (from six in the morning till eight), and were used in that time by 112 persons. On no day have the baths been found sufficient to give accommoda tion to all who required it ; and on Saturday night more than 100 persons, being unable to gain admission. went way disappointed after the place was closed. Every bath being emptied and well cleaned and scrubbed after each occupant has left, a number of men are kept constantly at work, and a larger number might be employed if a few more baths were built, as indeed there is no doubt there is ill be. Tee plunging bath remains incompleted, the centraetor having failed to make the bottom sound enough to hold water. This, we understand, will shortly be remedied. INCENDIARY FIRES.—The town of Soh,m is still under the baleful influence of the incendiary spirit. On Friday night last, about half-past nine o'clock, two respectable youths, going into an alley at the back of Pratt-street, where there is a large assem blage of thatched buildings, saw the corner of a barn, belonging to Mr. Co 'per, suddenly burst into flame. They immediately hastened to the spot, and with great presence of mind tore up some potato tops, with which they succeeded in beating oat the fire. Ott exa mMation, it proved that sonic combust bles had been thrust into the thatch. There was cern in the barn, and also in some of those ad joining, and haystacks very near. The di tbolical author of these vile attempts is still undiscovered, but his time will come, it human eye do not discern him. - Bury Post. THE SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY.—RAMSGATE, AUG s.—Tke South-Eastern and Continental Steam Company's packet the Princess Maud loft this harbour this morning at seven minutes passengers ; and the Queen of h company, arrived from Ostend h at t a est past i n gh ! i aC n i ? u s' t : el Belo ec plkoa aging tour lar Ogs tt eo e o nd, w c si k atB this s afternoon, with 42 passengers and 1 carriage.—FOLKESTONE. — The Prince Ernest arrived at this port from Boulogne this morning at 25 minutes past 11 o'clock, with 90 passengers and 1 carriage ; and at 55 minutes past 11 o'clock the Queen of the French, belonging to the same company, left this har bour for Boulogne, with 147 passengers. On Saturday evening the manufactory of Mr. F. Robinson, cabinet-maker, No. 11, Bond-place, Temple-street. Hack ney-road, was burnt down. Several adjoining houses were also seri ously Injured, and the less of property was considerable. The origin of the fire was not ascertained. THE " CUNNING WORKMAN'S" REWARD.—At the recent Gloucester meeting of the Archaeological Association, as re ported in the Builder, Mr. Farmer Dukes, F.S.A., in submitting an account of the ancient baronial mansion of Plaish, Salop, bolit in the 16111 century, stated that the owner, a judge, inquired at the time he was building it for an artisan who could execute the ornamental chimney shafts, and was told that lie bad himself just condemned to death the only man In the neighbourhood who could construct them. Then, said the judge, he shall do my chimneys first. And accordingly the cunning workman was respited pro. tem., executed the chimneys, and was then hung. FIRE AT THE MORNING CHRONICLE OFFICE.—Sun day afternoon, about four o'clock, whilst Hirst, the parish engineer, was passing the Morning Chronic e office, in the Strand, he perceived smoke issuing through the iron gratings of the machine. room, which convinced him that something wrong had happened within. Without delay he raised an alarm and sent for the engines. With all possible expedition the several brigade engines and those of the parish attended. The firemen then found that a piece of timber skirting, used for parting off the coals from the furnace of the engine, had from some cause become ignited, and that the fire had commit treated with some of the coals in the same cellar. Owing to the density of the smoke, the firemen for seine time were unable to touch the exact seat of the fire, but by opening the cellar grating in the pavement, a branch from the plug in the street was inserted, and the water was allowed to flow beneath, and by that means the fire was got out by five o'clock. The damage done is fortunately inconsiderable. THE MURDERS AT BARNARD CASTLE.—The irvesti gation of the charge against George Barker, Thomas R. Raine, and Breckin, all young men, charged for the murder of a man and woman in 1845 (under circums'ances detailed in a former p a p er ) , in has been prolonged, and remains unconcluded consequence of its being necessary to have an order from the Ho me Secr etary for the removal of Breckin, now in Durham Gaol , befor e the ma g is trates. The girl Humphrey has told Ler s'range and h orrible stor y ; and her evidence has been strengthened by the singular fact that, subseq uen t to the murder, the rest of Barker was so disquieted that the lad who slept with him whilst in farm service, at the close of last ye"r, gave up his employment because his master would not provide Barker with another lodging. It was also proved before the Justices that, at the inquest on Yees's body, a mark of violence was visible on the face, which must have been inflicted before death and that when Yates's body was found, Barker exclaimed , " That Yates will tell no more tales about me." Raise was taken into custody by two police -1%, bed blood er s d the an,lgetibt,,eiiinsfit shed before sba,idfu,r4e, It they had sot got him hi t h e y had got loin away." As to the charge itself, he maintains a dogged silence. Barker, on reading the warrant Over, seemed consalerably agitated, and oh •erved, it wes all right, ho knew where th.it came from. Breckin, on Sting inforined Ii Durham Gaol of the offence imputed to him, denied all knowledge of the affair. Sir Robert Peel and Lady Peel an d famil y left town o n Friday last, for Drayton Manor, Staffortishite, for the season. DEATH OF SIR PERCEVAL 1.1 ART DYKE, BART,— The above venerable baronet died at the advanced age , of ninety years, on the 4th inst ,at his seat, Luillegstone Castle, Kent. The deceased was second son of the third baronet, by the daughter of George Horne, Esq., of East Grinstead. Ile was married to a daughter of Robert Jenner, Esq., of Chiselhurst. He succeeded his brother in 1831. The first baronet represente d Sussex in Parliament in 1635. The deceased is succeeded in th e title and estates by his son, Perceval Hart, Esq. SUDDEN i )EATH AT A BAGATELLE BOARD.—On Saturday, Mr. W. Carter, the coroner, held an inqu est at the Albion Tavern, Rotherbith:, respe c ti ng the death of Willia m Morrison, aged 30 years, lately residi ng i n L ove -lane, deceased was a clerk, and o n F r id a y ev ening last was in good h ea l t h, and whilst amusing him se lf Mill Pond - bridge. The playing at bagatelle he was suddenly seized with a fit. He was raised up in an insensible state and car ried to his home, where he was promptly seen. by a surgeon, who used every means to restore life, but his services w ere of no avail. The deceased had died f rom au attack of apoplexy. The jury re turned a verdict of " Natural death." MILITARY FLOGGING.—On Sunday a penny subserip. tion was set on foot In various parts of the metropolis to purchase the immediate discharge of Private Mathewson, of the 7th Hussars, the &opal witness on the recent coroner's Inquest at IlehnSl9w. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of last Night.) The sales of Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were nearly 4,000 bales. The market had a quiet appearance, but prices were firmly supprted. Stia,es were rath.n. lower. Ttr; only Col afial arrival to-day is from Port Philip. The system of lea , hie land by the Government was still brought ' forward as a grievance, and the setters had 11:.ld another meeting on the subject. In its pastoral pursuits Port Philip was progre....,g well, Matters in the City continue to wear rather a dull appear ance, but the consumption of all the leading staples is upon the whole satisfactory. The employment furnished by rail ways is expected to be all powerful in this respect, because it gives to the working classes the opportunity of increased enjoyment. The large number of railway Bills passed this session, however, necessarily excites the attention of reflect ing men, and a careful consideration of the probable con sequences to the money market. We think, however, that during the present year the calls wiil not be particular) heavy or inconvenient. It is next year that the works will be more actively prosecuted, unless the Legislature steps in, and allows of more time for their accomplishment. As to the directors, they are, in the majority of instances, too deeply interested to desire rapid calls. There has been rather a flat market again for the Public Securities, to which no doubt the considerations above adverted to give some incentive. A few sales have been pressed, and there seems to be a slightly increased demand for money, Exchequer-bills being down to Bs. and 6s. premium. Consols have been 95% ;16 for present transfer, and 95% to 96 for Account. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have realised 97% to 98, and the Three per Cents. 96% to %. Bank Stock has alternated from 2081/ 2 !o MIX ! , and East India Stock has been dull at 26J. India Bonds are 15s. to 16s. premium. The Foreign Investments participate in the flatness of our own Fund . Spanish Five per Cents• have been 25j to 25g. The Three per Cents. are ra ther better, viz. 36i to 36 1 ]. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been 39 to 40%2. Mexican Stock is quoted 23 1 / 2 to 24 ; and Grenada 21 Belgian Four and a Half per Cents. have realised 97%; and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 591, to 60. The AL•xican (I,N-eminent seems disposed, according to accounts received by the Committee, to make some decided exertion to keep up its remittances to the bondholders. Shares have receded in most cases, the inclination to do business being less apparent than last week. BRITISH FUNDS. ONE CLOSINti O'CLOCK. PRICES, Bank Stock 20912 20 831 209 209 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9614 34 06% three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. 954 %94 95% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anus. 9794 98 97% 974 • ong Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10 7-16 10 7-16 tradix Stock . 260 260 India Bonds, 1,000/. Ditto, under 1,000/. .. .. 16 15 20 Bank Stock for Account .. 210 210 Consols for Account • • • • .. 96 95% 95% Exchequer Bills. 1 d. 14d. 1,000/. •• •• 8 6 - - pm. 6 5001. - .... 6 9 - - pm. 9 Ditto, Small - .... 10 - - - pm. 10 ONE CLOSING FOREIGN FUNDS, O'CLOCK, PRICES. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. - Ditto, Small .. • • • • .. - 8934 Grenada, 1 per Cent .. . 21 21 Mexican Bonds. 1837, 5 per Cent .. 24 23 31 23% Ditto, for the Account • • .. 23% 2394 Ditto, Small .. 2l Portuguese Four per Cent • • • • - 41 Ditto, for the Account .. 39 -40% 41% Portuguese Three per Cent • - Ditto, for the Account .. - 43 Ditto, Small .. - 41 31 Spanish Clouds, 5 per Cent .. - Ditto, for the Account .. 2514% 25% Ditto, Three per Cent 36%14 314% Dividends on the above payable in Laudon. Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cent .. 97 4 / 974 Dutch Two-and-a-halt per Cent .. 59% 60 5 931 5994 4 Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 94 94 Ditto, Bonds .. • • • • • • .. - 934 ' PRICES OF BUSINESS CLOSING PAID. DONE AT PRICES. RAILWAY SHARES. ONE O'f '!I.00 K. Aberdeen.. .. 15 .... 10 0% •••• • • .. Amber., Notting., Boston, and Eastern Junction - 2t,4 1% 23e 13; 1% Birmingham and Gloucester.. ..100 - • . 130% Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 .... ...... 7 Buckinghamshire .. 425. .... 3 4 dis... 3 / 8 dis. Caledonian 20 .... 15% 34 ........ 15 Ditto, Half Shares .. .. 294 .... .. • • ...... 1% Churnet and Blythe .. 2 .... - .......... 134 Cornwall .. 5 .... 1 % .......... IN Cornwall and Central Devon .. 2% .... 11 8 Direct Manchester (Remington's) 2% .... .......... sN Direct Northern .. 2%,-., 2 1% •.• • .. Eastern Counties .. 141. 1N..... 23% 3 4 3 •• •• •• 23 16 Ditto New .. .. 10/. 165..... 734 p••• • • . 74 p Ditto, York Extension .. 10s. 23a......•••• Eastern Union .. 30 .... - Do. Extension to Harwich .. - .......... Do. Ipswich & Bury St•Edmunds 9 .... - • ......... 9 Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. 50 - .......... - Ditto % Shares I() .... 18 17% ...... 17% Edinburgh and Northern .. .. 10 .... 11 1031 ...... 1012 Ely and Huntingdon 734 ..... 5% Gt. Grimsby, Louth, Horn. ,Ste... 425. - .......... dis. Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 25 ..., 29 29 Great North of England . ..100 - Ditto, New 15 - .. • • ...... 50 Great Western .. 85 .... 149 . .... 149 Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 10 21 22 ...... • . 22 Ditto, Fifths .. .. 20 .... 33 •• •• 33 Guildford, Fareham, & Portsmoth 5 .... 5% % ........ 5 34 Hull and Selby .. .. •• 50 • • ..107 .......... 107 Ditto, Half Shares .. 15 .... 39 • • ........ 39 Lancaster and Carlisle 45 65 Leeds and Bradford •• • • .. 26 .... 70 • • ........ 69 Leicester. Tamworth. &c. .. 425. •• .. %% di5..... 34 di . Liverp., Stanch., & Newc. Junct. 294 .... 1% 2% London an Birmingham . ..100 ....222 225 223 226 226 Ditto, Quarters . .. 2 .... 29% .......... 30 ,Ditto, Fifths 2 .... 2434 25 London and 131ackwall .. 161. 13s. 4d. - •• „ „ Ditto, New .. .. 3 .... 4%• .. • . 4% London and Brighton .. 50 .• . 65% 64% 64% Ditto ditto Fifths • • .. .. 30 .• London and Croydon • • .. 13/. 15s 9d... 233( •• • • 23% London and South• Western • • 411. 6s. 10d.• • 764,- . Ditto, New Consol. Eighths .. 40 .... - .......... 57 London and York .. 2.4 2% %• • 2 4 Ditto, Half Shares • • .. 24 - .... ••• . • • 134 London, Salisbury, and Yeovil .. - Londonderry and Coleraine 12% - .• .. •• .. 6.( 2 Lynn and Ely .. .. 15 .... - .......... 161., Lynn and Dereham .. • • 15 .... 12% .. • 124 Manchester and Leeds .. • • 82 -..........- Ditto, Fifths .. .. 3 .... 11% 113 4 Ditto Extension .. 425. .• 3% p.... p Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 - .......... - Ditto, Quarter Shares (A) • • 5 15% .. Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) 1 10% 1094 Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. .... 1% p % p Manchester and Southampton .. 2 ... N, ••100 . 144% • . Ditto, New 21 .... 37 3.2 .. •• .. 3734 Ditto, Birmingham and Derby 109 ....117 • ..... 116 Newcastle and Darlington Junet. 25 .. • • 4314 .. •• • • .... 4394 Ditto, New . 1 .. • • 114 % •• • • 11 , 4 Newcastle and Berwick .. .. 15 .• • • 28% ••••.. • • .. 2894 Norfolk .. 20 •• .. 28 • • Ditto, Half Shares .. .. 11 ••• • • • North British.. .. 25 •• .. 3831 38 ...... 38 Ditto, Half Shares .. • • 8% •• • • 13% % 13% Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. 1% .... 3 •••• • • • • 3% North Kent and Direct Dover •• 234 .... 1% ... North Staffordshire .. • • • • 425. •• .. a%% p Oxford,Worcest.,& Wolverhmptn. 12% .... 804 •• • • Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham 1% .......... Portsmouth Direct .. •. • • 5 .•........ 5 Preston and Wyre .. • . •• 25 .... 3634 37 .... 37 Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 423. .... 1 dis 1 din Scottish Central .. . 12% 184 1842 Ditto New • ~ • • .. .. .... 9 .......... 9 Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 3% Shropshire Union 425..... 34 4 4 .• .... q die. South Midland .. 425. .... % p ...• % P South Eastern and Doyor .. • • 33% ..••.. 44 Do., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 234 .... 374 1 4 .• ..•• South Wales .. 41,4 • 3% Vale cf Neath .. • • .. .. 2 .... 134 .•• • • • 1% Welsh Midland .. • • .. .. 2% .... 1 .• ••• • •• 1 West Riding Union • • • • .. 425. 3% p•••• .. • • 3 p Nest Cornwall .. • • .. .. 2 .... 1 .• •••• • • • • WiLheach and St. Ives .. .. • • 2 .... 374 4.... • 4 Wilts, Somerset,g and Weymouth 10 .... - • York and North .Midland - .......... - Ditto. Extension .• .. 20 .... 38% •• •• 383{ Do. E, and W. Riding Exten.• • 1 • . 1331 13 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. .. 14 .... 124.. 12% Bort., Toul., & Cette (Mackenzie) 2 1% . . l% Central of Spain .. 2 .... - .......... Dutch Rhenish . .... 'A ••••• • • • • 6% East In na • .. 1 Jamaica South Midland Junction 1 .... 34 Luxembourg Nainui and Liege .. • • •• 6 • • 2% •••••• • • • • Orleans and Bordeaux 6 .... 81,, ........ Paris and Lyons Constituted .. 5 .... 5%4 ~ Paris and Rotten .. 20 .... 3734 ••..•• • • •• 3 731 Sambre and Meuse .. .. 8 .... 4 % .... •• •• 4 Tours and Nantes Constituted .. 5 - ••••• • • • • • 4% MINES. Real del Monte. Unregistered -3% ••• • • • ..., 334 LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Ann. 10.—Wind S.W., fresh breeze, and cloudy. DEAL, AuG. 9 —Wind S.W. to W.S.W.-8. Arrd. Andromache, Skelton, Ceylon ; Du , ham, Valparaiso ; Warren Ila,tings, Mason, West Indies ; John White, Richebucto. 9. Elizabeth, Quebec; Cal liope, Scott, Qushec. 8. Arrd. from the River, Harry Dare, Algoa Bay; Richmond Lass, Peare, and Centurion, Hoppenstall, Quebec. 9. Vino - Tit, Muffins, Swan River ; llydrabad, M' onald, Calcutta; Barbado , s, Pickering, Trinidad ; Codrington, Huxtable, Antig,ua ; John Pink, Thomas, .Jamaica ; Recovery, Graham, 31irainichi ; Fortitude, Garbutt, Quebec; Gowrie, Falconer, Newfoundland. 8, Arrived from the River and sailed, Quebec, Hebard, New York; Evergreen Henry, St. John's, New Brunswick. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 9.—Wind N.W. Arrd. Bth, Minstrel Boy, Maine, Lima ; Vesta, Sharon, Mexico, sld. June 18 ; Resolution, Evans, Maranham ; Lavinia, Montreal ; Queen of the Tyne, Scott, ditto ; Mary, Quebec. 9th, Dorothy, Brown, Hong-Keng ; Earl Grey, Sproule, Lima; Jane, Cumming, Rio Grande; Monongbela, Julius, New Orleans ; Java, Stone, Charleston ; Themis, St. John's, N.B. ; Valiant, Montreal ; Elizabeth, Barke, Quebec ; Urgent, Rogers, ditto. Sld. Bth, Ann, Holt, Bahia; Columbus, Green, Per nambuco; Matthew Pearce, White, St. Thomas; Glenlyon, Muir heal, Quebec; Aberdeen, M'Grath, ditto; Brazilian, Pinckhuen, Newfoundland. 9th, George Armstrong, Paxton, Calcutta; Atlas, Coffer, New York; Mersey, Johnson, Quebec ; Clydesdale, Fraser, ditto; Mayflower,Cochrane,Windsor, .S.; Promise, Pines, Montreal. Off port, Coverdale. Montreal ; John Cumming, Fidelier, Paul Jones, British Merchant, Windsor Castle, Conrad, lone, Emma, Samaritan, and Richmond. The brig Britain, for Whttehaven, grounded on Formby Bank this morning, but was assisted off without damage. FALMOUTH, Aro. 7. Sld Swift packet, Brazils, &c. Arrd. Jenny, Rio Janeiro ; Thorney, Close, Quebec; Caliope, ditto. 9th. Dromo, Houghton, Rio Janeiro, and proceeded for London; Texian, Alleyne Callao. Bth. Industry, Stevens, Quebec ; liebden, Pernambuco. DUBLIN, Aro. 7.—Sld. Oregon, Eden, St. John's, New Brunswick; Thomas Hanford, Herbert, Miramichl. WATERFORD, AUG 7.—Arrd. Lady Begot, Williams, Quebec; Mar garet, Pue. ditto • Despatch, Walsh, ditto; Ann Kenny, ditto. Coast, Arlo. 7.Arrd. Dash, Richebucto; Manchester, Brown,Que bec. Sld. 6th, St. Lawrence. St. John's, New Brunswick; 7th. Minerva, Phillips, Newfoundland. OFF PENZANCE, AUG. 7.—Ellza, Port Philip. BRISTOL, Auo. 9.—Arrd. Margaret, Pollock, Quebec. NEWPORT, Atm. B.—Arrd. Themis, Dobben, St. John's, New Bruns wick. SW. New Holland, Bradley, Grenada. PORT TALBOT, Atm. B.—Wind W.S.W., fresh.—Arrd. 7th, Fal con, Armstrong, Miramichi. MARYPORT, AUG. B.—Arrd. Ocean, Cyres, Quebec. Sid. 7th, Hen demon, Twentyman, Quebec. PLYMOUTH. Ann. 9.—The Prince Regent was got off, and towed into Stonehouse Pool this, afternoon, by the Conftance. FALMOUTH, Auo. 9.—11 .M.S. America was to sail for England from the Brazils with 8,000,000 dollars on freight, and tha Express packet was to sail on the 25th. The brig Argus from Sicily, running back for Cadiz or Gibraltar, leaky, was spoken on the 20th ult. oft Cape St. Mary's, by the Chandos, arrived here. ('LANYARD BAY, AUG. B.—The Falcon steamer, Bell, from London derry to Liverpool, ran on shore south of the bay this morning, and Is a good deal damaged. STRANRAER, Auo. 7.—The Isturla, Acravall, from Christianstadt to Liverpool, got on shore on the rocks at Mark 6th inst., was abandoned, has been lightened, got off and Into Loch Ryan, full of water; crew saved. THE HEAT IN SWITZERLAND.—Lettors from Switzer. land state, that the snow on the top of the mountains had melted in consequence of the excessive heat of the weather. The melted snow had augmented the rivers, and caused them in several places to overflow their banks. The summit of Mount Blanc appeared like a naked rock, a circumstance which had not been observed for many yea rs past. SERIOUS GIG ACCIDENT.—On Sunday, a very serious gig accident occurred to a man named James Dann, aged 23 years, a painter, residing at No. 4,Valentia-place, Blackfriars-road. Ho was endeavouring to stop a spirited horse which had taken fright near Blackfriars-bridge, when he was knocked down, and, before he could recover himself, the off wheel passed over his left arm, which was fractured in a most extensive manner. He was carried to Mr. Viner's, the surgeon. where the injuries were dressed, and after wards ha was removed to his home, where 110 ROW remain,' in a very exhausted condition, COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen, and the Queen of the Belgians, and Prince filbert, and the King of the Belgians, went in the rides and plantations of Osborne House on Sunday af; eraoon. Their Royel Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfre3, the P, incest; Roy::1, the Princess Alice, and the Princess Helena took airings in the p!easure-grounds on Sunday afternoon. Yesterday morning, soon after eleven o'clock. the Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by their Maji's. ties the King and Queen of the Belgian, took their de parture in the char-a-bane for Ventnor. The august party were attended by the Hon. Mrs. Anson. Mijor A. d'Hanitis de Moerkerke, Lord Alfred Paget, and the Hon. Captain Gordon. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, End the Princess Alice took their accustomed exercise yesterday forenoon on the sea beach. Her Royal Highness the Princess Helena was taken an airing in the pleasure grounds. The Countess of Charlemont left Osborne House yes terday morning for Ryde. His Excellency Mr. M`Lane, tha American Minister, having obtained permission to retire from the post he now occueies, after the adjustment of the Oregon ques tion, is making his arrangements to embark for the United States in the course of the present month. Baron de Cetto, the Bavarian Minister, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. A deputation of the Commissioners of Paving for the united parishes of St. Andrew, Holborn, and St. George the Martyr, had an interview with Lord Morpeth yes terday, at the office of the Woods and Forests. in White hall-place. The deputation consisted of Mr. Taylor, Dr. White, Mr. Purday, Mr. Beard, Mr. Milne, and Mr. Pearson, and was attended by Mr. Pugh, the clerk, and Mr. Lovick, the surveyor of the Commissieners. The Earl of Radnor had an interview with the Earl of Clarendon yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. The Chairman of the Customs bad an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. Higham, Se, re tary and Comptroller-General to the Commissioners fir the Reduction of the National Debt, hat also an inter view with the Right Hon. Gentleman. The High; Hon. J T. Nich It had an interview wilt the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson, yesterday, Iv. the office of the Board of Trade. The Marti; of Lansdowne returned to town yester day, from his sea, Bowood Park. Wilrs. SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. NEAPOLITAN FETE. Mr. Tyler has been inspired by the happy idea of making the present decorations of the garden, repre senting the City and Bay of Naples and Mount Vesu vius, subservient to the giving a grand Neapolitan fate which is to last three days, of which yesterday was the first. 'The gardens have been fitted up with tents and temporary buildings. so as to present s fac simile of the public pleasure-gardens of Italy. The attendants are attired in 3sLapolitan costume, and the clearness of the ~ k y and brilliancy of the sun, added yesterdey to the illu sion, so that it required but a small stretch of the imagination. after entering the gardens, to imagine one's-self in the " sweet south," " the Paradise of Exile's Italy." The gardens were opened at two o'clock ; and from that time until ten at night there was one eon dulled succession of amusements. There were the bands of the Coldstream and the Horse Guards Blue, the Royal Artilh ry, and Lewis's brass band, forming a monster orchestra of upwards of 100 performers ; who, amongst other pieces, performed the National Anthem, with a salute of 21 guns by way of bass. There was the Nea politan bazaar, thronged all day with purchesers; and there was RA encampment of gypsies, to which heel all hose inclined to have a peep into i uturity ; and they were many. Then there were the Distins w:th the Sa x Horns; the Broilers Candler, whose erar eful performances snr pass even those of the Risleys ; Madame Ilteken, atel the slessrs. R . ) an on the tight rope. Bradbury on the cord, volante, and Mon. and Ingle. Fontaine, who danced the Tat antulle with true Neapolitan gusto Then, too, there was Ilirr Charles,Kist, the modern Hercules, who took a flight in the sails of a windmill—the least t)leasing part of the pet formancte and one which, we trust, will not be repeated, as it is attended with considerable danger. He mad , - three flights round on the sail, but the third flight was nearly off the sails—he fell and hung by his feet. There wf re numerous assistants ready at hand, ladders were put up, and fortunately he was released from his perilous situation without injury ; but the experiment is so dangerous, that we hope Mr. Tyler will not permit it to be repeated ; more especially as the other attractions are so numerous, and so excellent, hat the omis;ion of the windmill will not deprive he Gardens of a single visitor. Mr. Godfrey's band were in attendance as usual, and the fireworks were as brilliant as ever. The gardens were crowdsd from the time of the opening of the doors, and whoever wishes to spend a long and plsasant slay al fresco, • hould go to the Neapelitan Carnival at the Surrey Gardens. SPORTIN 44 I T ELLIGENCE. TATTERSALUS—YEsTE RDA Y. The few St. Leger bets made yesterday have enabled us to fix the prices of all the horses that have recently appeared in the quotations from the corner; the investments, how• ever, were generally in small amounts, the two favourite, Fancy Boy and Brocavdo. who were backed for two or thra•: hundred each, being the only exccjtiot:. The closing averages stood as fellows:— ST. LEGER. 5 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Pyrrhus the First—taken 11 2 at:st Mr. W. Scott's Sir Tdtton Sykes—t. af. offi 8 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brie , ;'s Grimston— t. and aft. MI. 9 to 1 a; ,t A:lsAt's Ingo—take 10 to 1 10 to 1 agst O'Brien's Traverser—t. and aft. off. 10 to 1 agst Mr. Meildant's Fancy Boy—take 11 to 1 16 to 1 agst General Shubriek's Brocardo—t. and aft. off. 20 to 1 agst Lord E. Russell'i Sting—t.ken 25 to 1 agst Mr. W. Scott's Ering,obragh—t. aft. off. 27 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Free Lance—t. aft. off. 33 to 1 agst Mr. Dawson's Povnton—taken, aft. off. 40 to 1 agst Mr. Cranston's Cranebrook—taken - 1000 to 30 agst Col. Synge's Mount Callan—taken DERBY. 5 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp 22 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Enirote—taken 35 to 1 ag<t Mr. Worlev's Old Port—taken 40 to L agst Col. Anson's Bingham—taken 60 to 1 agst Mr. Clifton's The Field. EBOR HANDICAP. 6 to 1 agst Mr. J. Day's Bourton 10 to 1 agst Capt. Harcourt's Druid. WOLVERHAMPTON STAKES. 3 to 1 agst Mr. Parr's Dulcet. GROSS IMMORALITY IN THE LEWISHAM UNION WORKHOUSE. The usually quiet village of Lewisham has for some days past been in a state of considerable excitement, in consequence of certain very prevalent rumours rospect. ing the conduct of Mr. Burroughs, the master of the union workhouse, towards the female inmates. On the reporter proceeding to Lewisham o❑ Saturday morning, and making inquiries on the spot, the following was related as the iacts On last Wednesday month, on the application of tl , e master to the board of guardians, permission was gr.-tilted to himself and his wife, the matron, to spend a month at Ramsgate, and parties were named to attend to the duties of the establishment during their absence. The business of the matron was most efficiently per. formed by Mrs. M'Callum, the schoolmistress, the mildness and attention of that lady having long since won the good opinions of the whole of the female inmates of the establishment. A short time after the depar ture of the master and matron several of the females, freed, no doubt, from apprehension by the absence of .their superiors, made a communiottion to Mrs. M'Callum et such a character that it was evident scent a of the greatest immorality had existed fir a long time in the union. Mrs. M'Callum immediately com municated with the board of guardians upon the sub ject, and a special meeting of the board was called to take the same into consideration. A second meeting was appointed to pursue the investigation, and notice was given to the master, Burroughs, that his presence would be indispensable on the day named, to I hear, and, if possible, to def e nd hi mse lf f rom t h e c h arges that had been preferred against him. In the evening, before the day of investigation, Burroughs arrived at the workhouse, and stayed about half an hour. He then 1.4 t, and has not been seen since, although it has been erroneously stated that he was seen walking down the village on the day after the board was held. According to adjournment, the board re-assembled on the Thursday, when it was attended by J. Thackeray, Esq., Chairman of the Board, the Hon. Major Leg:. e, Captain Foster, the Rev. A. Drummond, Captain Gos sett, J. Paul, Esq., &c. The inquiry was then pursued in the absence of the master, and several female wit nesses were examined at great length, and at its con clusion, so satisfied were the members of the Board of toe validity of the charges, that the clerk to the guar dians, Mr. Parker, was instructed to communicate wi th the Poor-law Commissioners upon the suttjett. to It is stated that some time since, the schoolmistress whom the above statements were made, de h b a y d t r h ea believe that improper advances were moanstetor toe ards a poor girl who is deafanddnivamsbh, eaancdcoern,glianggei,d, by her at needle-work in the schoolroom. kept a strict watch upon her, and there can now be no doubt , that, but for her care, he same insults would have b e en repeated, and her comp lete ruin and degradation eventually accomplished. An answer to the statement sent by the board of guardians was received on Saturday evening from the office of the Poor-law Commissioners, and it is believed, although matters are conducted with great secrecy, that an Assistant Poor-law Commis s i oner will be sent to investigate the serious charges that are in volved. In the meantime, the master will remain under suspension, the duties being executed as before, by Mr. Atkins and M rs . M'C ullum. An order has also been given, that after divine service on Sunday, the whole of the i nmates s h all remain at the estab lishnent, and the usual liberty on alternate days for men and women, has for the present been suspended. It has also been intimated that, should But roughs come to the union house, he be on no account permitted to enter the esta blishment at the principal or front entrance, but be passed in at the back of the workhouse, until such time as the investigation into his conduct is concluded. It would be premature to allude further to the charges until an official investigation is instituted, bat it is re ported that gross improprieties have existed in this establishment for upwards of three years. A letter from Rome, of July 16, says, " A picture of Michael Angelo, and another of Raphael, have just been discovered here; the first, representing the placing of Christ in the tomb, arid the other the portrait of the celebrated Cardinal del Monte, similar to the fresco in the Vatican. Both works were purchased amongst a number of old, valueless pictures, one by Mr. Wean, a young Scotch painter, and the other by M. Cardeni, a broker," Patrick Mannion received sentence of death, in Gal way, on Thursday last, for the murder of Bridget Barrett on the high seas, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, August 10. The Earl of SrA FTESBUIY took his seat upon the Woolsack at Five o'clo , ,k, when several Bills were brought up and laid upon the table. On the motion of the Earl of CLARENDON, several Bills received a first and second read.ng. _ _ POOR REMOVAL BILL. Lord ASIII3URTON presented several petitions, amongst oth.rs, one from Hampshire, complaining that the proposed mea sure, in reference to the removal of the poor, was a most imper fect measure, and calculated to do the greatest injury to the petitioners. LIVERPOOL, ORMSKIRK, AND PRESTON RAIL. WAY. The Earl of ST. GERMANS laid upon the table of the House a report of a Select Committee appointed to inquire into the facts alleged by the company. Lord STANLEY presented a petition from a corporation of tailors of Dublin against the Exclusive Privilege of T r ading (Ireland) Bill. Lord CAMPBELL laid on the t a bl e o f th e House a rep ort ,_ from her Majesty's Commissioners o f W oo d s an d Forests W it* respect to the new Houses of P a rli a m en t. cbs POOR REMOVAL BILL. ir- Lord RFDESDALE present e d a p e titi on f ro m the man, vice-chairman, and board of guardians of the Leicester union, complaining of the inefficiency and inju s tice of this 2 " SUGAR DUTIES CONTINUANCE BILL (NO. 3 ,t ) fi Lord CLARENDON then ro se t o move th e first relian t ' of this Bill, and hoped that their Lordships would Bill accordance with the usual p rac ti ce , p erm it the f i ' de to be read a first time. It was, as their L, °l . e ships were aware, cust omar y t o di scourage an y etP" in t - ' tion which could lead to a d e b a t e , reserv i ng s uch debe until the second reading, but a f ter th e co nsiderat ion which had b een g i ven to th e measure , an d t h at t h e i r Lords bi P; were prepared to discuss the measure , if h e asked t he ' Lordships' leave to depart from that course on the p r esent e i g s ; easier', he could assure their Lo r d s hip s it was f ro m nO ' w to to interfere with the practice of the House. O r t e n s establish a precedent, whi c h, h e was sure their Lord e " would always continue to sanc ti on , an d s till l e ss 50 ,e, cause he had not, on the part of the Governenl e any intention to prevent a full discussion of b as question. At the present late p er i o d o f th e sess i o n, it He desirable that their should be no unavoidable delay use would refrain from any details on the subject, Wale with those all their Lord s hip s mus t b e f a miliar, s ee upon the principle of which th e y h a d a l rea dy f or med en 1.",; (e nion. He trusted that th o s e o p inions m i g ht no t be an se eo , to this Bill, and that it might be allowed to pass without ° P4 a b sition. But even if h e were certa i n o f t h e vo tes ° ie . ' be they would g i ve on t hi s quest i on, h e f e l t t h at h e shoo,'; ,be wanting in respect t o th eir L or d s hi ps, an d he shoe:- la/ improperly discharging his duty, if he did not, p i s before their Lordships the grounds upon which her el ajel. c ap a Government asked them to grant a measure which int w e - e considerations as various as the principles of the meal were interesting to the country. He must, thereforee t iv a short time trespass upon their indulgen c e wh i lst he br l discharged the duty which devolved upon him. The Pr l . -c of plea of the present Bill had been saectioned by the poliel,„ the Government and Legislature during the last four' Y e t ie l Parliament had ceased to legislste for particular interest s • had adopted what might be considered, he thought, a etri ne T a . of national benefit; and the system of p ro t ec t i on , o r rather n, protection, might be looked open as settl e d an d, he might ej o os e tore to add, for ever abolished. He would, th ere f ore , say TO "'e v e on that part of the subject, but content himself by evr es telf his coefilence, that as their Lordships had declared uttitn t i o i to withdraw protection from British agriculture, that ices, should not refuse to adept the same policy towards the coln e e and consequently not reject the principle of the ee or% Of measure which a few weeks ago received the son et t c t ien ee their Lordships. He was further induced to feel this eon" co d because he relied upon the consistency of that House/ eti el because he was fully assured that no politcal changes ° h obo induce their Lordships to depart from the principle , w - felt under such circumwances, they had adopted. He ales this confidence, because a departure from the course he P n eo pler out would be ieju. ious to the gre a t mass o f the ea se as it would prevent them fr o m o btai n i ng o n e o r the first t he series of life at a moderate rate. Besides the rejection 1 1, its measure would be injurious to the revenue, and, abov e t 's o ur rejection would inflict great injury on those classi?l o ad fellow-countr. men with whose interests its welfare , s , " oust up—he meant the British consumer ; and he lea nt, add that upon this question, to them so g e arr, they had exhibited the greatest moderation.- - e ( e n for hear.) He included in this Colonial merchants, es" e n,yed. nothing beyond that which their countrymen here e i n e ieo of From the moment when they understood that the about t oe the corn-laws was settled here, they also und ers tood that th : r the had come when there s hould be no diff erence b e tween sug t e s sr.) produce of sl a ve, an d s ugar t he p ro uce of free labour , n ., r , to But they considered that the wor s t thi ng th a t could hnPiT o ere them would be to leave the que s ti on i n th a t state of g ee tainty which had occurred from year to year ." et of count of the annual discussion of the 011 , 1 7, fre . the sugar duties by Parliam e nt—a course whieeid of quently rendered their business fruitless and de 0d ma• profit, because it was impossible to apply their capita l i le e ward chinery to the best advantage. They looked anxious Y iduce d to for a final settlement of this question. They wer elr of dif look, in this state of things, to the great these ferential duties, together with all the sums paid for eenn cipati n of the slaves, which had imposed upon Y ea". try 42,000,0001. during the last' eleven or twe lve t had He would show, with reference to sugar, that Partliae_oee Forty inflicted a constant, unnecessary, and cruel years ago, when the whole population and ,ugar VAS try was less then than at present, the consumption o f 22 1 b2* est itnated at 301bs. by some persons and by others for th e per head and this was no exaggerated allowance. _ eesno , humblest classes of this countr at p resent were alloweejertie,, weianlienh3olfethis conne per head, and the consumption for the sailor in her Bi t - . J_e' , navy was 341 b. 3oz. But, notwithstanding ne_...tr, crease in the wealth and population of the Lou" and in the improved mode of living, the presen average amount was littl e more than 161135. per But even this gave no correct estimate of the consumpti °- with reference to the labouring classes. The price of the article had made no alteration in the consumption by the rich and middling classes, the former of whom consumed 60Ibs. per head, and the latter 37tbs., while the amount left to be deleted among the poorer and labouring class did rot amount to more than Sibs. per head, or IS per cent. below the Flutter and the convict, andl 300 per cent. below that of the common sailor. In orderr e stow what was the power of consumption o f this article, would tell their Lordships, from a retern which he held j o t', hands, that in New South Wales the annu al If sumption of sugar amounted to 104 pounds per head• w , Le h their Lerdships referred to any of the various tables nae, had been subedited, showing the wages of the labouring !te they would find that the allowance was not more than thre e 4 or four ounces per head per week. This might be snee rs by the philanthropist of the negro race, and they 'night 5 t as this was a necessary state of things ; but he looked upo n ee t he di'grace to any Parliament that they should thus deprive, en.Y_oo existing lews, the poo rer an d th e un protected tit le of the country of the means o f p roc uring an ; 10 of which, with the exc e pti on o f b rea d, was caps savor a more useful, nutritious, and extensive conun...,„ Lion than any other articles imported into thil co_tietcila He begged to call their attention to the corrse to be It r ; oe that respect. In 1821 the duty on colonial coffee vva , ,,i . s 7s2.h East India coffee Is. 6d., and on foreign coffee 105. d ut ies on the duties were 0., 9,1., and Is. 3d. In 1835 the dun alp colonial and East Indian coffees were equalised, Ist the duty on the foreign coffee remained the sam e '," to, 1844 the duty on foreign coffee was reduee _ lA. The consumption in 1821 was seven pounds, in 1831 it w a s 22 millions, in 1841 it was 2 8 u n _ lo son and in 1835 it was 34 millions, and the increase of r te , in was from 340,021 /. to 718.0001. The consumption ot o es it 1821 was 22 millions, in 1831 it was 29 millions, in re was 3e millions, and in 1845 it was 44 millions. Th e se „ Th e ; in 1821, was 3,200,0007, and in 1845 it was 4,800, 01 1' IBle they came to the consumption of suger• ve't',' it was 4,000,000 cwt., in 1831 it was 4,000e1 0 0,0n" in 1841 it was 4,000,000 cwt., in 1844 it was 4 ' re eee°, l : cwt., and in 1845 it was 5.001000 cwt. TlA o ool.. tt ; on sugar from 1623 to 1845 varied from 5, 5 e 3,800,0007. 'the price of sugar had varied ver•TIL 30. during the last 17 years, the lowest price being da ring 8,1., and the highest 2/. Os. Pd -the pepulatio n omp tien that period having increased four millions, and the O n oecin n ; having remained nearly stationary. Under these h ot tb! A stances, he hoped that the House would agree with ben plsn'" the time had now arrived when these duties should Z the on a more liberal and a firmer basis. .1 hat hail be re" du ° rs, object of her Majesty's Government, with a to euee e , gard to the interest of the British ,P e eoP,; to the exigencies of the revenue, and the wants of t ' ou se tit s He trusted that he should be able to show to the e ll. ca tidt„m e. such an alteration would be for the benefit of the p... les. n7e consumer. From 1841 the duty has been reduced W in o-ear The consequence had been that there was a ° tivhD ei amount in the consumption of sugar in this count/jot l e under the former system, it could not be slin c that e t „" advantages resulted to the planter himself, an d ., t hen `;; labourer derived no advantage from the system es It msrint.e.- isted. He did not show that there was any irnP rnv- e art tile 'ete of production of the commodity. It did not el' th e de t _ i n e fore, that any advantage resulted from these differentitied, ha d It had led to attempts at gain which were not it th ne i t d the confident pi edictions that were uttered at, too sdi• the net been fulfilled. In 1824, when Mr. Huskissoaee in foreign iron, it was broadly stated that every O r a lt? country would be blown out. But what was the r n e „ 0. 000 t o ._ he believed the produce at that time was about_ h e; s2 ; lo %l e " o a year, while now it was fully I,Boo,to is t t o: ;in . our British ciple held good with regard to Indies. Only let them do th uncertainty respecting only let them do away n g nu y. warteed—only let there be a suffie t e e w e i : c t i l ' i these differential cluti'v t be duties which are to .n be a=surance of the in"-f ion of labour, and both planters sill partake of the benefit, and would es s wo r Johnivpes to the circumstances and in O p ro bebthe change. By a report which had bad elaebeoeumrmeros,:i: toisltdihr:wl injure Hawkins, which had been ce - o tati h % ceived from _ the other House, it appeared on the rep ro - of the worthy Baronet that, at a me eting ° , ea" ed East India and the East India and China Asane! ; ° „ fi a bad, bee d unanimously ex pressly to consider com eto this that very if th q e u r e e st w io e n r , e a a es e o s o rd e n i e " t t s n u o p r n e rt - a :o t : at ti i s fisti i o n g all or evenlit insignificant i o gc n nh r a , iuncn t ga n del e le.tr c dottvnhasi the new advantage preserved to the colonists, and that n ° e to then ! augwlndeoe.awbi d e have reco I n e s: reason ted tha there T d h u e tie p s r_ot ( ec H ti e o ar n , bear/ c ents AO Pe r nt.s first year would be equal to es e e per pent' reserved in the eq in the second year 43 per cent in the third Year ar 10 P er in the fourth 21 "and the fifth Y e searper cent., in ors cent. e igo e" Lord STANLEY—B ut h ow does that affect underent red , 239 'eate arrangement would he 21s. ; the colonis t tue too It was desirable that the price of sugar e "' cons ul " t should not be more than 455., if the bene fit ° 5 were to be extended so as to ensure The p eic or the labourer and the security of the reven h u i e ch . , wi th t e h s e n 7d: foreign sugar on an average was 245. 4d, v! a bout ese n isi of 23e. 3d., was about 475. 7d., being e , etish more than the desired rate. The price sli e r t h a t is, ' su „,, sugar was, during the year, duty included , buti making u 6 for the net price, and, with the duty and clearance, was y ear the rate he had; just stated. But this 0 , last ye nio degree owing to the deficient crop,: d British o ni s n eet. These two sugars had found their level, a i n the e ar „0 sugar was now selling at the level price e ted, " e o the And as to the quantity which may be exP ee t esequen tb e . very far from attaching any undue e° could- on ly sa) ho st statements which had been made, but he d frail the the statement which he now made was collectte revent e %a . fL; sources, and framed with the greatest care, 0 0r J ul y' e i c i6l o goration. Prom the present time to the „ t he 5 there would be about 2,000,1 00 cwt. t , e '" h third yore, year, about 40,000,000 cwt. in 260,000,0° e t to 240,00 - ,000 cwt.; in the fourth year,ehee, w ith resP e . sf „, and in the fifth year, 270,000,000 cwt. to be equally satrl the the revenue, the result would be found necessary it fo tory ; for when it is considered how n to er „ u ma i n tain - eun trys safety and honour of the country , befitting th is of blishmsnts in a proper manner, and we . ht. The re v en ue egeo such a consideration must have great ig 0/ that of the P r 007. 4 000,00 • , 5 °MO , the two successive years would be . 1 , we e.. , • t . and in the fitth year her w a rs J. year was 3,800,0001 , estion whether u to t bet "c would now come to the qu justified its PrePo in g Government were warranted or .