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Va? - •_l5) _ e or, At 7; d j os • . . ' • ‘f featly, In 2 vols., with Illustrations, 21s. bound. A FIFTH EDITION of THE CRESCENT AND THE CROSS. By ELIOT WARBURTON, Esq. " As we read we are proud to claim the author as a countryman. and are content that his book shall go all aver the world, that oth,:r countries, from it, may derive a just impression of our national haracter. His volumes are full of just perception and spirited detail. They greatly increase our acquaintance.with Eastern scenes, and to the traveller afford a variety of Information which he could hardly elsewhere find in so interesting a shape."—Brltannia. Henry Colburs, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-strept. ' RAILWAI sii..i.ktr.S MESSRS. LAMOND, SMALL, AND I.4IMOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, Ind to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., tale place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the Dail of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully requested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, at least One day previously to their being offered ; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post After the sale, ana the proceeds Immediately disposed of according to instructions. otteeß. Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street. London. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TO-MORROW EVENING, TUESDAY,_JULY 14, Will be performed (for the last time this season), Verdi's celebrated Opera, entitled N I N O, Whins, Signor Fornasari ; Idaspe, Signor Corelli; Orotasphe, Signor Bough ; Fenena, Corbari ; Abigail, 31(111e. Sanehioli. Between tae Acts, the admired La Cracovicnne, by Mdile. Lucile Grahn. _ . . . To conclude with the highly successful new Grand Oriental Ballet, 5 3' M. Perrot ; the Music composed and partly selected from Fellelcn David's Ode Symphonlque of " The Desert," by Sig. Pugnl, entitled, LALLA ROOKII ; or, TIIE ROSE OF LAHORE. The principal parts sustained by Mdlle. Cerito, Mdlle. L. Taglioni, M. St. Leon, and M. Perrot. Principal Dances : Tableau.—Pas Symbollque, by Mdlle. Cerito, supported by Mdlles. Demelisse, Cassan, James, and Honore, and the corps de ballet. Tableau.—Le Chibouck, Pas Seul, by Mdlle. Cerito. Last Tableau.—Feast of Rases, Pas de Corbeila, by Mdlles. L'Amoreux and Julien, and the corps de ballet ; Pas de Neuf, by Mdlles. Cerito, L. Taglioni, and M. St. Leon, supported by Mdlles. Demellase, Cassan, James, L'Amoreux, Julien, and Honore. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Th• Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public, are respectfully informed that AN EXTRA NIGHT will take place On THURSDAY NEXT, JULY 16, 1846, When will be performed (for the last time this season) Rossini's celebrated Opera, entitled, IL BARBIERE DI sivic,,i,rA. *oeina, Madame Grist; B Comte d'Almaviva, Sig. Mario; Bartolo, Big. Lablache; Basillo, Sig. F. Lablache ; Figaro, Sig. Fornasari. In the course of the evening a Selection from the highly successful new grand Ballet, entitled LALLA ROOKH. Comprising the Feast of Roses and the celebrated Pas de Neuf, by Mdlles.Cerlto, Lomat) Tagliosi, M. St. Leon, &c. With the last scene of Bellini's Opera, LA SONNAMBULA. Amina, Madame Castellan ; Lisa, Mdlle. Corbari ; Count Rodolpho, Signor F. Lablache ; Elvin, Signor Corelli. A Selection from the grand Ballet of CATARINA ; ou, La Fille do Bandit. The admired Pas du Masque, by Mdlle. Lucile Grahn, supported by Mdlles. Cassan, Demeisse, and James. To conclude with the admired Ballet, entitled LA GITAN A. La Gitana .. • • .................. Louise Taglioni. Applications for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at the box office. Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Seven, the Opera to com mence at halt-past Seven o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL. HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING Will be performed Anber's celebrated Opera, entitled THE BLACK DOMINO; er, A Night's Adventure. Juanita, Madame Anna Thilion ; Paquita, Miss P. Horton ; Gil Podrida, Mr. J. bland. After which, a New and Original Drama, called BOROUGH. 1 , 0- LIT,CS. Principal characters by Me,srs. Webster, Tilbury, Buck stone; Mrs. Glover. 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. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. The extraordinary and unprecedented attraction of "Robin Hood" and " Richard Cceur de Lion," induc s the Management to an nounce its repetition for Six Nights more. Splendid success of " Nell Gwynne." THIS EVENING Will be performed the Drama of NELL GWYNNE. Betterton, Mr. Dlddear ; Joe Baynes, Mr. Meadows ; Counsellor Crowstoot, Mr. Ifutthews ; Nell Gwynne, 3lrs. Keeley, Orange Moll, Mr. Keeley. - - After which, an Original Farce, entitled LOAN OF A WIFE. Principal characters by Messrs. F. Matthews, A. Wigan, Meadows, Klnloth, and Yarnold ; Mrs. Woollidge, and Miss Howard. To conclude with the burlesque of ROBIN HOOD AND LITTLE JOHN Characters by Messrs. F. Matthews, A.Wfgan, Kinlock, and Keeley ; Miss Fairbrother, Miss Mary Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley. THEATRE ROYAL, .DELPHI. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE THIS EVENIN44 Will be performed an Original Melodrama, called THE DEVIL OF MARSEILLES ; or, he Spirit of Avarice. In which Messrs. Paul liedfoid, 0. Smith, Wright, Lambert, Munyard, kitchinson ; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar will pertimn. After which will be produced a New Comic Drama, called THE MAID WITH THE MILKING PAIL. Diccon, Mr. Wright; Mrs. Fitzwilliam. To conclude with a Romantic Drama, In Six Tableaux, called TIIE QUEEN OF THE ABRUZZI. The principal character sus tained by Madame Celeste, Miss Chaplin ; Messrs. Paul Bedford, 0. Smith, Cullenford, Ryan, Boyce, &c. PRINCESS'S TII EA TRE, OXFORD-STREET. TIIIS EVENING, Will be performed Shakspeare's Comedy (with Music) of THE MERRY WI N'ES OF WINDSOR. air John Falstaff, Mr. Granby; Mr. Ford, Mr. Wallack ; Mr. Page, Mr. Ryder ; Sir Hogh Evans, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Master Slender, Mr. Compton ; Fenton, Mr. Barker ; Mrs. Ford, Mrs. Stirling ; Mrs. Page, Madame Vestris. l'reYlous to the Comedy the Band will perform the Overture to " Oberon." Te conclude with Sheridan's Drama of THE CRITIC ; or, A Tragedy Rehearsed. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, yder, Itainer, Compton, Oxberry, Miss Emma Stanley, and Mrs. Homer. ASTLEY'rI ROYAL AMPHITHEA.TR E. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the especial pitronage of her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal. Crowded nightly by rank an 4 fashion. Seventh Week of the splendid Spectacle of our Asiatic Conquests. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Grand Military Spectacle, called THE SIKHS' INVASION ; or, England's Victories of 1846. In which whole Stud and Company will be brought forward. Magnincent SCENES of the CIRCLE, introducing the French and British Professors. The whole concluding with A RACE FOR A DINNER BOX. Box-office open from eleven till five O'clock.—Doors open at six and commence at seven o'clock. 1/AMOK'S ROYAL SURREY CIIE iTRE. Success bey lid all former precedent of the Operatic Company, and Second Week of Mr. Osbaldiston, Miss Vincent, and a double Dramatic Company. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Opera of DE;t FREISCHUTZ. Adolph, Mr. D W. King ; Caspar, Mr. Weiss ; Bernhard, Mr. Ilorncastl• ; Otto,ar, Mr. White; Linda, Madame Ansell; Rose, Miss Betts. After which, the Play of THE HONEYMOON. Duke Aranza, Mr. Osbaldiston ; Juliana, Miss Yincont. To conclude with LUKE THE LABOURER. Under the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. EVERY MONDAY, TUEeDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND VIC VIEW of NAPLES, ERUPTION of VESUVIUS, DESTRZe: 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. ♦ richly ornamented GOTHIC BRIDGE of STATUES has been constructed, which will be brilliantly Illuminated at Night. ne 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 stated Gothic Bridge, representing in the Interior Telemachus relating his adventures to Calypso. The PYROTECIINIC 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 Phrebus in the Chariot of the Sun. *ons. Farinelll 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 splenilitily o:namented with festoons of lamps, enabling the visitors to view the matchless collection of Carnivore by gas-light. Feeding of the Carnivorat at half-past five; the Pelicans, &c., at ale ; Concert at half-past six ; and the Eruption at dusk. Admission. One Shilling. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JULY 11 THERMOMETER, Lowest, 52; Highest. 74; Noon, 69 BAROMETER, 30.15.—W1ND N.Y., cloudy. 'Miff WATER AT LONDON-Eltlool' Tills DAY. lorning .. 54 Tx:dilutes after 4. I Evenhw .. is minutes after 5. ønthig~l~4e LONDON, MONDAY. JULY 19, 1846. RATIFICATION OF THE OREGON TREATY. By the arrival of the Great Western steam-ship at Liverpool, we have received the gratifying and important intelligence that the Oregon treaty, on the 18th of June, received the sanction of the Senate by a majority of forty-one to fourteen. All further conjectures as to the upshot of this eccentric squabble between Great Britain and the United States are consequently prevented from this moment. With the tocsin of Mexican warfare still ringing in their ears, the Legislative Qounal of the Pr e sidency,_ to Nyllolll the settlement of this delicate question had been trans ferred, bas breathed towards the mother country no thing but sentiments the most pacific, and has altogether conducted itself in a manner the most conciliatory. Nor, be it remembered, are these concessions to the demands of our Government the fruits of diplomatic chicanery—they are not the con sequences of any adroit or specious proposition. The sophistries which are usually summoned to the as sistance of the plenipotentiary have in this instance been neglected, and a strange candour (which in many respects is without a precedent) has been adopted by the representatives of both empires. Much as certain individuals across the Atlantic had Isecome infected with a belligerent spirit, wordy as were their invectives upon their British progenitors, extor tionate as were their demands in reference to the colonisation of the Oregon and the navigation of the Colu:nbia—every sentiment is merged into meekness, and all obstacles have given way to acquiescence upon the first sounding of the artillery in Mexico. It is Impossible, indeed, to remark the coincident informa tion contained in our last packet from America, nam ely, that the total amount of funds estimated by the Secretary of War as necessary for the pr osecut i on .of the contest with Mexico, from May, 1846, to J une, 1847, is somewhere about 19,971,472 , dollars—and (here is the coincidence !) that simultaneously with the receipt of this intelligence, we are informed of the arrival in England of the Oregon treaty, as ratified by the Senate of the United States, that document having been conveyed hither under the safeguard of General ARMSTRONG, American Consul at Liverpool: Any comment upon this casualty of occurrence would be wholly super fluous ; but it may not be considered so entirely superfluous to utter one incidental observa tion upon the behaviour of the English Government when the American outbreak with Mexico was first announced. Instead of seizing that remarkable op portunity for the precipitation of extortionate demands upon the territories of the Oregon—instead of availing herself of the movement when the rival claimant of those colonies was just precipitated into all the embarrassments of a war with adjacent states, and of insisting upon an instant compliance with an immode rate requisition at the juncture when the Presidency was but ill prepared to engage in a double s truggl e, —the most reasonable proposition a are, on the contrary, submitted to the ' consideration of the National Magistrate, Mr. Poi.x. This moderation on the part of Great Britain—and especially when there were absolute lures to aggran disement—will not he forgotten very speedily by the nations of the globe. In that ungrasping offer of bringing matters to an amicable settlement, and in the dignity and resolution with which that offer was tendered, the other empires and principalities of the earth will recognise the probity, the power, and the peacefulness of the national spirit in England. They will perceive that the old feudal crusades, for the mere extension of dominion, are regarded by us with abhorrent contempt, and that authority and political vigour cannot, now-a-days, excite any ad ministration of these islands to encroach upon the rights or to avail itself of the dilemmas of another nation. Despite the hostile temperament of Mr. President Pol.& himself, and the pugnacious oratory of Mr. QUINCY ADAMS and his compatriots, a more humanising spirit has prevailed. By the wisdom and moderation of her MAJESTY'S Councils, by the pa tient, but at the same time unflinching posture of the late Secretary for Foreign Affairs, the Earl of ABERDEEN, and through the good temper by which Mr. PAKENIIAM'S movements have been regulated throughout this protracted correspondence, the difficult problem of the Oregon question has been conducted to the present satisfactory issue. The sword of our empire has still re mained in its scabbard, and England has thereby conquered the prejudices of the American Legisla ture. British moderation will prove more salutary, as an example to other empires, than any warlike conquest. It is with the deepest regret we find that it is the intention of Mr. O'CosiNELL to oppose the re-election of Mr. REDINGTON, for Dundalk, and that he has started his son Mr. DANIEL O'CONNELL, jilt', as a candidate for the suffrages of that constituency. We had hoped that greater attention would . have been paid to the temperate and prudent recommenda tion contained in the admirable letter of the Earl of MlLLrowsi, and that a fair trial would have been afforded to a Ministry who have made the fairest promises as to their intentions with respect to Ireland, and who have even, to the fullest extent, acted up to their liberal professions. The Irish people should recollect that the occasion which has caused the formation of the new Government was the defeat of a measure of coercion and severity to wards their country. They have ever been supposed to be a generous and a grateful people ; and should they succeed in excluding from the House of Com mons a gentleman of respectability, character, and talent, who has proved himself on all occasions a most valuable and useful representative, and who has devoted his energies to questions of the gravest importance and the deepest interest to his coun trymen, and that, too, on a vacancy occasioned by the success of the opposition to a measure so dis tasteful to the Irish people as the Coercion Bill, they would expose themselves to a weighty charge of the deepest ingratitude. The selection of Mr. REDINGTON as Under-Secretary for Ireland was highly complimentary to the people of that country, and afforded the strongest proof of the sincerity of the Ministry in their professions, and their anxious desire for the better governance of the country. Mr. REDINGTON has acquired a profound knowledge on that most pressing of all Irish questions, the relationship of landlord and tenant. He was one of the Commissioners selected to inquire into the state of the law and practice in respect to the occupation of land, from which Commission emanated the most valuable recom mendations, measures founded on some of which have already been introduced to the Legislature, with the unanimous approbation of the House and the country ; and it may fairly be presumed that the remainder of those recommenda tions, including a provision for the reclaiming of the waste lands in that country, will be speedily brought forward under the auspices of the man who joined therein, and who had, in the course of his inquiries, obtained information from persons of every class and condition of life. Mr. O'CONNELL has been loud in his complaints because Ireland is not governed by the Irish. Can he not see that such a line of conduct is eminently calculated to defeat such a result ? If; the moment an Irishman is selected for a responsible situation in the executive administration of the affairs of his native land, his re-election is to be opposed, and he is to be excluded from the Legislature because be happens to differ from Mr. O'CONNELL on one question, and one only, is it not practically compelling the Government to select persons representing Eng lish constituencies for such offices? Mr. O'CorrisELL himself, in his speech at the repeal banquet at Dun dalk, bore the most honoura ble testimony to the cha racter and qualifications of Mr. REDINGTON. He said, "I should be untrue in fact, and unjust in detail, if' I said one word derogatory to Mr. REDINGTON. I say ne s a gentlemaa—a Christian gentleman— a gentleman of faith—a gentleman of vir tue. He is a gentleman of great value— one of the first gentlemen in the country." And in the course of his speech, he admitted, that "if any man could be accepted as their representative who had but one fault, it was Mr. REDINGTON ;" and, also, that "if his son was in the majority, and the last vote was polled, that he would use the influence which he possessed over his son, and withdraw him from the contest,ifMr.REDINGTON would declare him self a repealer." Here, then, we have the most entire approval of all Mr. REDINGTON'S political views, save on one question, which its warmest advocates must admit to be quite impracticable, at least during the continuance of the present Parliament. That the proceeding did not meet with the cordial concur rence of the repealers themselves, may be gathered from the fact, that not a single Roman Catho lic clergyman connected with the town of Dundalk was present at the entertainment; and also from the short but very expressive letter of the Rev. Mr. CoYNE, the parish priest of the town, who expresed his strongest disapprobation of the time, the manner, and the object of bringing young Mr. O'CONNELL to the town under existing circumstances. We admit the natural desire that must be felt by Mr. O'Comvsu. to have his youngest and favourite son in Parliament, but we have ever believed and still believe him to be too sincere a pa triot to injure his country for any personal con sideration ; besides, he will doubtless ere long have many opportunities of gratifying that desire. The present Parliament cannot exist much longer ; it must speedily be dissolved by v yt e h r e e ffl ux of time. Mr. D. O'CoNNELL, jun., is still young, and another year in private life cannot be disadvantageous to him. We will still hope for a wiser determination and that a contest for Dundalk will not present a con-' trast to the almost unanimous approbation with which the members of the new Ministry have been received by their constituents. Letters from Warsaw of the 28th ult. state:that several of the inhabitants of that city have property confiscated for taking p art in the recent political movement, and that man y have in addition been exiled to the mines of Siberia. From Cracow we learn that M. WENDA, a landed proprietor, who took part in the late insurrection, and was given up by Prussia to the Russian authorities, has been sen tenced at Randon to transportation to Siberia, with previous exposure to two hours in the pillory. The Qns44:l Duke CONSTANTINE arrind mAisinw THE SUN, LONDON MONDAY ,MORNING, JULY 18, 1846. on the 20th ult., on board the Ingermannland. The next day he landed at Copenhagen and paid his re spects to the King of DENMARK, and on the follow ing day he sailed for St. l'etersburgh. The POPE has appointed the Abbe GEAZIOSI as his private secretary. The Abbe was formerly his tutor. His Holiness has conferred the order of St. Gregory on Professor Brrri, Secretary of the Academy of St. Luc, and author of Italia Illtatre. His Holiness is exceedingly popular. At Sinigaglia, his birth-place in the midst of the demonstrations of joy which his elevation has called forth, a society has been formed to raise a statue to him, and to restore an ancient aqueduct for furnishing water to the town, to be called Acquapia, in allusion to his name of Plus. The subscription already amounts to 80,000 scudi. The Madrid mail, of the 4th had not reached Paris at the hour the post left on Thursday. We have received the Paris papers of Thursday. The circular of M. DUCHA TEL, the Minister of the Interior, which we published on Friday, on the subject of the approaching elections, is commented on in all of them. The Ministerial journals, the Debats and the Epoque, extol it, of course, as the perfection of wisdom. The Presse, which is by no means an un deviating supporter of the Soult-Guizot Ministry speaks of it in the following terms : " We can only give our entire approbation to the publica tion of this circular. Parties may discuss the principles upon which it is based, but they cannot contest the frank ness with which they are set forth. This, in our eyes. is what recommends it, and gives to it the importance of a truly praiseworthy act of the Government." The Constitutionnel, of course, finds fault with the acts of the Ministry in general, and of M. GUIZOT in particular, while M. TRIERS is represented as the beau ideal of a perfect constitutional statesman. The Na tional is furious, and the Courrier Francais denounces the circular as a useless falsehood and a gross insult to the good sense of the country. It was reported on the Bourse on Wednesday, that a portion of the Great Northern Railroad, which crosses a bog between Douay and Arras, had given way during the passage of a train over it, and that eleven persons had been killed and several wounded. Herßoyal Highness the Princess AuGusTA of Saxe Coburg-Gotha (Princess CLEMENTINE of Orleans, daughter of King LOWS PHILIPPE), was delivered of a Princess, at the Palace of Neuilly, on Wednesday. The ..4loniteur publishes the law opening an extra ordinary credit of 25,174,741 f. for the maintenance in Algeria of 34,000 men and 3,317 horses, in ad dition to the effective force fixed by the law of July 19, 1845. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Thurs day at 83f. lsc. ; the Five per Cents., 121 f. 65c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,265 f. ; Rouen, 1,002 f. 50c.; Havre, 720 f. ; Great Northern 718 f. 75c. ; Avignon, 876 f. 25c. ; Vierzon, 6281. 75e: ; Bordeaux, 571 f. 25c. ; Boulogne, 467 f. 50c.; Troyes and Monte[ eau, 370 f. ; Dieppe, 40151. ; Paris and Strasburg, 487 f. 50c. ; Tours and Nantes, 5011. 25c. ; Paris and Lyons, 525 f ; Spanish Three per Cents., 351. The following are the quotations for the new lines:- Lyons and Avignon, detinitives, 497 f. 50c.; Bordeaux and Cette, detinitives, 485 f. MARSEILLES, JULY 4.-Marseilles and Avig - non, 870 f. ; Northern, 7201.; Paris and Lyons, 527 f. 50c. LYONS, JULY 7. -Marseilles and Avignon, 888 f. 75c. ; Paris and Orleans, 1,272 f. 50c. ; Lyons, 527 f. 50c. ; Great Northern, 7281. 75c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 10 . Boulogne and Amiens, 12%—Dutch Rhenish, 7%—east Indian, 14— Louvain and Jemappe, S. —Luxembourg, 2%—Northern of France Constituted, 1354—Paris and Lyons Constituted, 6—Sambre and Meuse, 4!4. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. JULY 3. Georgian schooner, William Lyon, Esq., from Plymouth and Torbay ; Drift cutter, James Lyon, Esq., from Portsmouth. 4. Fair Rosamond schooner, Marquis of Blandford, from Gosport. 6. Emerald cutter, J. L. Symonds, Esq., from Ryde. 7. Flirt schooner, and Medina cutter, Sir B. R. Graham, Bart., from Lymington ; Avenger cutter, James Saunderson, Esq., from Portsmouth. 9. Brilliant schooner, G. H. Ackers, Esq., from Dover ; Osprey cutter, John Petre, Esq., from Portsmouth ; Nymph cutter, Sir John Bayley, Bart., from Portsmouth; Storm finch cutter, Lieut.-Col. - Bowers, from Portsmouth. SAILIN GS. JULY 10. Russian cutter yacht Neriede, Lieut. Abriganeoff for the Mediterranean and Black Seas ; Eudora cutter, Na thaniel Alexander, Esq., for Belfast. AT AND ABOUT THE STATION. Schooners—Georgian, Flirt. Brilliant, Camilla, Maud, Re solution, Gem, Fairy Queen, Fair Rosamond, Gitana, Magic. Cutters--Sparrowhawk, Emerald, Peterel, Drift, Avenger. Whim, Dryad, Nymph, Frisk, Medina, Witch, Osprey, St. Margaret, Ganytnede, Turquoise, Duchess, Noran, Spider, Heroine. Stcrmtinch, Snake. JULY 10.—A meeting of the Royal Yacht Squadron took place this day, at the Squadron douse, Cowes, when R. S. Naylor, Esq., of the Sultana, and I'. P. D. Astley, Esq., of the Antelope cutter, were elected members of the squadron; also four gentlemen as honorary members. The royal standard was this day hoisted on the tower of the new building at Osborne House for the first time. Among the pensions granted by Sir Robert Peel before retiring from office, were 1001. a-year to M. Bernard Barton, the Quaker poet ; 50/. each to two aged sisters of the late Major-General M`Gaskell; and a pension of the like amount to the daughter of Brigadier-General Taylor, killed in the late war in India.—Observer. Lord John Russell has appointed Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. George Keppel, the son of the Earl of Albemarle, to be one of his private secretaries.—Observer. Earl Grey, as principal Secretary of State for the Co lonial Department, has appointed the Hon. Capt. Grey to be his private secretary.—Observer. ILLNESS OF MR. JUSTICE COLERIDGE.—We are in formed that on account of the continued illness of kr. Justice Coleridge he will not be able to accompany Mr. Justice Pat teson on the Midland Circuit, which commences at North ampton on Monday next, consequently it has been necessary to till up the temporary vacancy occasioned by the illness of the Learned Judge, and Mr. Sergeant Gaselee has been ap pointed to proceed as Judge pro tem, on the above circuit, Jointly with Mr. Justice Patteson. Mr. Charles &rey has been appointed private secre tary to Lord J. Russell. Mr. Grey was secretary to Mr. Francis Baring when Chancellor of the Exchequer under the former Whig Administration. Mr. E. Crafer is appointed private secretary to Mr. Tufnell. MASQUERADE AT VAUXHALL GARDENS.—IBRARIM PAcHA.—The second grand bat masque is announced for this evening, for which extensive preparations are making. The band of the Grenadier Guards, a quadrille band, and a first rate brass band, are engaged. The dancing will be under the direction of M. Gouriet, of her Majesty's Theatre, assisted by twelve masters of ceremony. It is said that his Highness Ibrahim Pacha and suite intend honouring the festival with their presence. DEATH OF ATTILA.—This celebrated racer, the winner of the Derby in 1842, died on Friday evening, about six o'clock, at the Messrs. Tattersall's, Hyde-park-corner. He had been let during the past season to Monsieur Lupin, to improve the breed of horses in France. His engage ment having terminated during the past we..k, he was sent to Boulogne, where he was shipped for London. Whilst at sea, heavy weather came on, and the horse became extremely restless, kicking and plunging violently, so much so, indeed, that the box in which he was placed was nearly shattered to pieces. At last he was found lying on his back, severely injured ,• and the man in attendance upon him, assisted by some of the crew, got him out, placed him on deck, and covered him over with a tarpaulin. When the vessel arrived at the London-bridge Pier, it was found ne cessary to lay him in the tarpaulin, and so carry him to land. After lying on the quay a short time, he got up, and was led gently to Mr. Smith's liverystables, close by, where ho remained from Tuesday night till about five o'clock next morning, when he was taken to Mr. Tattersall's, where he died as above stated. MINEHEAD.—As a boy employed to keep birds from a wheat-field adjoining Moor Brake, was amusing himself by firing a small cannon, the furze took fire and burnt inces santly for several days. Nearly the whole of it was de stroyed, as well as potatoes in an adjoining field. Fears were entertained for the safety of the dwelling-house and barns, but the late rains have extinguished the fire.—Somerset County Gazette. ANOTHER HORRIBLE SUICIDE AT NOTTINGHAM.— The IVidtinghaus Guardian of Friday mentions the follow ing terrible case of suicide in Nottingham, which oc curred last week :—Scarcely was the excitement allayed occasioned by the recent double suicide in Nottingham, than another' man was discovered in the fields at Ilolme Pierre punt, near Nottingham, hanging in a holly bush, and who has since been identified as a person of the name of Mellows, a huckster, who was in the habit of attending Nottingham, market with vegetables. The deceased had been missed some days, and the body when discovered was in a most dreadful decomposed state, which would induce a belief that he had been dead some time. The discovery was first made by a lad, who was looking in the holly for bird's nests, when he saw the body of a man suspended by the neck. The Coroner, C. S. Swann, Esq., wes immediately made acquainted with the circumstance, when an inquest was held on the body, at the Fox and Crown, Holme Pier pont, at which the following evidence was adduced :•—• Samuel Richmond, a lad of fourteen years of age, on being sworn, deposed that he resides at Radcliffe, an d works for r. Joseph Burgess, at Holme Pierrepont. On Friday witness was sent to the stackyard to fetch some rakes, and in going there he went over the lawn, in front of Earl Manvers' Hall, and saw a sparrow fly into the holly bush on the lawn. Witness went to the bush, thinking there might be a nest, when he saw the deceased hanging in the middle of the bush. At first he thought deceased was "skulking." Witness consequently shouted to a man in the road, and asked him to come and see if there was not a man hanging. The man came to his assistance, and they then discovered that the deceased was suspended from a bough t in the holly bush by a handkerchief. He was quite dead. His toes and one knee touched the ground. The man cut the deceased down. His face appeared much swollen and dyblown, and his bands were very black. He was dressed, except his hat, which lay by the side of him. From the situation in which he was discovered he could not have have been easily seen by persons walking past the bush. Deceased was placed on the lawn, after which witness went to his work. Other wit• nesses were called, who stated that the deceased had ex hibited signs of mental derangemenr, when he was last seen alive ; and it further appeared that he was a very drunken character. Verdict, •"femporary insanity." DEATH of SIB AUBREY DE VERB, BART.---On Sunday evening, at four o'clock, at his residence, Curragh Chase, county Limerick, this gentleman breathed his last. Sir Aubrey de Vere was only son of the late Sir Vere Hunt, who sat in the Irish Parliament, nephew of the late Earl of Limerick, and le oher-in-law of Lord Blonteagle. His eldest ' son is Vere de Vere, Esq., late high sheriff of the county, and is now Sir Vere do Vera, MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of Saturday Evening.) The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was rather quiet. Sales 5,000 bales privately, and at auction of 3,300 bags South Sea Island only 930 bags found buyers, at 2d. to la. per lb. decline.-Shares were firm generally. The sale of railway shares by Messrs. Lamond and Co. was well attended, and prices were without material alteration. Direct Northern, 1/. al.-London and Manchester, &ming ton's, 155.-Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrash, 15s. 6,1.- Northumberland and Lancashire, U. Bs. 6d.-Northampton, Banbury, and 'Cheltenham, U. 2s. 6d.-Buckinghamshire, 11. 10s.-Bideford and Tavistock, 7s. 6d.-Madrid and Valencia, 11. 2s -Waveney Valley, - 10s.-Newport and Abergavenny, 7s. 6d.-Birmingham and Gloucester, 1281. 103.-Binningham and Gloucester, Quarters, 321 -Churnet and Blyth, IL 25.-E - ,st Lincolnshire, 123. 6d.-Caledonian Extension, IL 10s.-London, Hounslow, and Western, 165.- Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 3/. ls.-Great Kent Atmospheric, 1/. 165.-Sheffield, Buxton, and Leek Pot teries, 15s. 6d.-Ceylon, 3s. 6d.-Wisbeach, St. Ives and Cambridge, 2/. ss. There is a ship arrival, bringing papers cf June 5, from Pernambuco. The accounts from London per express reached there on the 3d. The Legislative Chambers appear to have fully concurred in the views of the Emperor's Government, as to the nece.=sity of resisting our desires upon the slave trade question. The American ad vices are so fully given in another column, that we need orpy remark that they have afforded consideri ble satisfaction. There had been some changes in the Government at Montreal, but not of prominent importance. We understand that another quick arrival of a cargo of Pine apples, by the Lady Coiling, from the West Indies in twenty-six days, has taken place, being a further proof of the superior build of vessels that are employed in bringing cargoes of a perishable nature to this country, which with any wind of a favourable character compete even with steam navigation. The Bank of England return for last week, exhibits the following features :- Notes issued £29,322,200 Increase 49,095 Bullion Decrease Other Deposits decrease 631,901 Seven Day and other Bills increase 36,142 Other Securities decrease When the dividend payments come into the return there may be a further decrease of bullion. The Private Joint Stock Banks of England and Wales, in the week to June 27th, issued notes to the amount of 7,431,4841. The English Stock Market opened rather heavily this morning, but the receipt of the American advices has given it a firmer tone. Consols have been 95 3 A to 96 for Money, and 957 8 to 96 for Time. East India Stock has been firm at 262 to 263. The New Three-and-a -Quarter per Cents. are worth 93% "g. Exchequer-bills have been flat at 15s. to Its. premium. The Foreign Bonds have been quiet, and the alternation in their value is but trivial. Spanish Five per Cents. are 24% 3 4, and the Three per Cents. 36% ; Portuguese Four per Cents. have been quoted 47 to 47% ; Mexican Deferred Stock has been quoted 16 ; and Brazilian 86 ; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents. have been at 59% to 60. Railway Shares have been obtainable generally to-day upon rather easier terms. BRITISH FUNDS. CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock • • • . .. • • 209 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 96 9614 Three per Cent. Consols Annuities 95.4 96 96 New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anne. 97 J % 97 ?i 1 Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5,1860 .. 10 1 / 4 % 10 1 9 Ditto. 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 .. 10 1 / 4 , 3-16 10 3-16 Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. .. 1014 10% India Stock .. . .. 263 262 262 ONE O'CLOCK. South Sea Stock 106 Consols for Opening • • • • .. •95% 96 Exchequer Bills. lid. d. 1,0001:'.. .... 15 11 pm. ONE FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. • • 86 Dutch, 234 per Cent., 12 Guil • • • • 52 Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent .. Ditto, Deferred .. .. 16 Portuguese Four per Cent 47% Ditto, for the Account .. 17 34 47 Russian Bonds .. 111 % Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent • • •• 24 3 a % Ditto, rassive Bonds .. • • • • 5 % Ditto, Three per Cent .. • • • • 36 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Balt per Cent .. 5 60 59% 5934 Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 94% 9434 BUSINESS CLOSING PAID. DONE AT PRICES. ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES. Amber., Notting., Boston. and Eastern Junction .. 2% •• • • 1% 1. ••• • . • 1 Birmingham and Gloucester.. .. 100 128 % 129 •• . • 129 Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 .• • • 4 %% Buckinghamshire 425. .. • . % dis••• •• • • % dis. Caledonian Ditto, Ilalf Share ' s . 234•••• 10 8 31 8. 5 Ditto, Extension • • _ 234 ••••• • • • • . Derby and Crewe _ 2%.... 6% 7 Direct Manchester (Remington's) .... %• • Direct Northern _ .... 1% 1 Dublin and Galway .. .. • • 4 •• • • 1 % i*'e ••• • • Eastern Counties .. 141. 165..... 24% % ••••• Ditto New .. 10/. 165..... 8 p Do. l'erpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61. 13s. 4d. Ditto, York Extension .. 105..... East Lincolnshire .. • • 11 4 •• • • %••••• • • • • • Edinburgh and Glasgow _ 50 .... Ditto New t 4 Shares.. .. 12% .... 17% 17% Goole, Doncast., and - hetlield, &c. 425..... Jq di5..... • • % dis. Great North of England ..100 ....229 ..... 229 Ditto, New ..• 10 .... Great Western 85 •...152 1533¢ Ditto, Quarter Shares _ .. 10 .... 234 %23 Guildford, Fareham, & Portsmoth 5 •• • • 5% 5 5 Hull and Selby _ .. 50 ....107 108% 10838 Ditto, Half shares _ .. 15 .... 3936 _ 39 Lancaster and Carlisle .. • • 4 0 •• • • • Leeds and Bradford .. 26 .... ••• • .• .... 64 Leicester and Bedford .. 225. % di5....... % dis. Ltverp.. Manch., & Newc. Janet. 234 London an Birmingham • inn .......... 224% Ditto, Fifths .. • 2 .... 28% London and Blackwell 16L 13s. 4d. 9% .. ••• • • Ditto, New _ 3 _ 543 a .. ••• • • • 5 36 Donlon and Brighton .. 50 .• . 6534 .. • London and Croydon .. 131. 155 9d.• . 22% • Ditto, Guarant. Five per Cent. 9 .... 10 9% x 9% ad London and South• Western 411. Cs. 10d. •. 78 - 7834 Ditto, New .. .. 14 .... 22 .• London and York .. .• • . 136 34 .. •• .. 134 London, Salisbury, and Yeovil .. 234 .. •• %••••• • • • • • it Manchester and Leeds .. 82 •• .. Ditto, Quarters .. .. 2 .... ...• .... • • Ditto, Fifths .. 3 .... 11 34 Ditto Extension .. 425..... 23¢ % P. •• • Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. 1 p Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... 1% .... 51idland .. • • .. • • "100 ....150 150 Ditto, New . • . 24 .... 39 %34% ••• • • • Newcastle and Darlington Janet. 25 .. 47 Ditto, New, Brandling .. 25 .• .. 45 Newcastle and Berwick • • •• 15 .... 264% Ditto, ILtif Shares • • • • .. 5 . 8 . ..... •• • • Ditto, Extension • • • •• 2 .. •• 2% North British. •• 30% 30% Ditto, Halt Shares . • • • • • 8% •• • . 1134 .. Dittd. Carlisle Extension .. 2% 2% 24 North Kent and Direct Dover • • 2% .... 134 North Staffordshit•e • • • • • • 425. •• .. 3%34 p...... 334 p Portsmouth Direct • • • • • • 3 58 •• • . 434 .. ••• • • • 4 5(1 Richmond .. • • • • • • •• 10 .... 18 .. Shrewsbury and Birmingham 2 34 2 347, 2 3 4 South Midland .• • • • • • • 425. dis % dis South Eastern and Dovor • • • • 333` 424 % 43 Ditto. New (iss. at 321.) No. 1. 16 ... 2134 2134 Do.. New (d 0.331. 65.83.) No. 2. 10 144 7. 1.4% Do., New (do. 301.) No. 3. 15 1834 18% Do., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 234 230 3 South Wales .. • • • • • • • • 5 •• • • .. Vale of Neath • • • • • • • • 2 •• .. 1 1 West Riding Union - • • • • • 42 5. •• .. 2% % p.... 2% P WiLbeach and St. Ives .. • • • • 2 2 34 York and North Midland • • .. 513 .• .• Ditto. Extension • • • .. 15 3534 Do. E. and W. Riding Eaten.— 1 1334 % •• FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens . • • • • • 14 .... 12% Central of Spain .. • • • • • • 2 .......... Dutch Rhenish • • •• • • • 6 .... 76% East In - tan .. • • • • • • • 5 5. •• .. % • • Great Western Bengal • • • . ss. Luxembourg • • • • • • • • 4 .• .. 2%34 . .. • . Northern of France Constituted.. 5 134 •... Orleans and Bordeaux • • • • 6 .... 8% .... • • .... Paris and Lyons Constituted .. 5 •• • 5% Paris and Rouen .. • • • • •• 20 .... 38% %..•• .. • . Paris and Strasbourg Constituted 5 ........ JOINT-STOCK BANKS. London and Westminster • .. 20 .... 27% MINES. Real del Monte, Unregistered .......... 11 2 1 4 p % P 1% 150 2q 13 • THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY--ihe last fLo and flower show of the Horticultural Society took place, in their garden at Turnham-green, on Saturday. In addition to the promenade in the grounds of the Society, the company were permitted, by the kindness of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire, to extend their perambulations through the splendid walks and conservatories of the garden and park of Chiswick House. The assemblage of persons of rank and fashion was very numerous, including almost all the rank and beauty of the families now in the metropolis. The Duke of Devonshire received his Highness Ibrahim Pacha in his grounds shortly after five o'clock ; the Egyptian Prince was plainly attired, and came in a very private manner, accompanied by only one member of his suit. He ap peared highly delighted with the gay scene around him, and put many questions to the members of the council. A splendid tent, in the oriental style, purposely manufactured for the occasion by Mr. B. Edgington, of the Borough, was erected in the gardens for the accommodation of the illustri ous visitor, and in it was arranged ottomans, &c., in the eastern manner. The flowers, plants, and fruits were ar ranged beneath tents, sent from the same manufactory ; they were extremely flue, and for the time of year unsur passable; the pines, in particular, were of the highest order and the best cultivation. There were some extremely rare plants from South America, an almost endless variety of roses and Cape heaths, and, in short, a collection matchless for beauty and rarity. Five military bands were in attendance,. The band of the Ist Regiment of Life Guards, the band of the Horse Guards, the band of the Coldstream Guards, the bands of the Artillery, and the band of the Sappers and Miners. These played alternately selections of music from the great masters; two being placed in the gardens of the Duke of D evons hi re , and three in the gardens of the Society Th e arrangements were altogether excellent, and it will be proper to commen d the activity and efficacy of the police, who p er f orme d the i r somewhat arduous task with good temper and firmnes s united. The competition was a showy one, and it was w ith some difficulty that the judges came to the ir conclusion as to respective merits. THE LATE CHIEF JUSTICE TINDAL.—The lamented Lord Chief Justice Tindal was a na . tiv of Chelmsford, and , however, that town will ever feel an honest pride in havilig sent to the judicial bench a man over whose sudden . demise all parties " History mourn, whose high and excellent. qualities, independence, and integrity, all parties admit, and whose name and authority will long be quoted and felt in British juris prudence. He was descended from Dr. Matthew Tindal, a celebrated controversial writer of a former day, and from the Rev. Nicolas Tindal, a man of literary reputation, Essex, e o x f , Ra which, p us who was rector of Great Waltham in 1722, and who wherogtaevae up p or t t o translation of England." The father of Sir Nicolas, as above stated, was a solicitor of this town, and the first seeds of that ripe io u n nd o e f rt a ake hi a sto t r r ) a ' n and ready scholarship which soon after w o n f or him distinc- tion at the University, were sown at the grammar-scho o l here, then under the mastership of the Rev. Thomas Naylor. There are still living in this town and neighbourhood severa l of his sehcolfell ow s, who speak of him as having, when a youth, given indications of those quick parts and that solid talent which afterwards marked his career, and en abled him to adorn the high office he so long filled.—Chelms ford Otronicle. TEE POPE.—Dr. Wolff, i n a letter to a friend, says— "lt is curious that the present Pope, when . only Conte Ferretti, was my fellow pupil the Cgio over to Rome, from the y ear 1816 to 1817, when I went over to the Propaganda. He is an amiable, zealous, ta lented, shrewd, pious, an d liberal gentleman, and it is therefore to be hoped that h e has trausterred these qualities from th e s i m ple Conte Ferretti to the throne of Benedict IX." Thus goes the world ; one of two stud en t s , on almost equal groun d, b ecom es a " S overeign Pontiff';" th e other, though filli ng t h e ' wor ld with his natne, is the humbl e i vicar of the small p ar i s h o f Isle Brewers, n a retired part of tills county, wher e , however, be has the sweet reward of ministering to the spiritual wan ts of an attached congrega tion, anxious to be taufht.—Soseerset County Gazette. : • .r~ .. +.,. •.jt. ,/-^',~ .~ rv~'.—. , ....1t: ~~. '.,;. ..ry..w-T.-~e~.:!ei•'M~-^..a ~„}. t ,.,..~,r ~. .. ARRIVAL OF THE GREAT WESTERN EIGHT DAYS LATER FROM AMERICA. DREADFUL FIRE at the, QUEBEC THEATRE, AND LOSS OF FIFTY LIVES. (FROM OUR LIVERPOOL CORRESPONDENT.) LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY MORNING. Shortly after twelve o'clock last night, the steam ship Great Western, Captain H. Matthews, entered the Mersey, bringing New York papers of the 25th ult., and Washington of the day previous. This arrival furnishes the gratifying intelligence of the Or, gon treaty having been ratified and passed the Senate on the 18th of June, by a majority of 41 to 14. This document was brought over in the Great Western, under the care of General Armstrong, the United States Consul at Liverpool, who was also honoured with the dispatch of the British Minister, Mr. Pakenham. The papers by this arrival furnish a variety of inter esting details relative to the Mexican and United States armies; the latter remained up to the latest advices, via New Orleans, inactive. Quebec, we regret to say, has again been visited by another dreadful fire, with an awful amount of loss of human life. The theatre took fire, and such was the consternation and alarm) that before the visitors could leave the house a large number were burned to death. Up to the time that our advices left that city, fifty dead bodies had been taken from the ruins. A New York paper says, " We are very happy to learn that England is about to offer her mediation, as it will afford our Government another opportunity to re peat the sound views of national policy which have al ways guided this union in its dealings with other powers. If England wishes to come into those views and is pre pared to substitute pacific mediation for armed interven tion, denouncing all idea of founding the latter upon the former, and will, at the same time, accept our proffered mediation for restoring peace in South America, we have no doubt she will find our Government prepared to i meet her. It is true, indeed, that when General Jack son received William the Fourth's mediation in our quarrel with France, -and when we offered our medi alion to settle the dispute between the allied monarchies and the South American republics, war had not actually commenced. Mediation in both cases was offered with the hope of preventing war. But now that war has ac • tually commenced, England will probably find a more available sphere of action among the military usurpers of Mexico, than at Washington ; and as all nations have experienced more or less of the tender mercies of her interventions, the world would rejoice to see us reject• ing her offers unless they came with a full recognition of our principles of non-intervention. As to the effects of this war on French and English commerce, they are no more disastrous, comparatively, than the injuries inflicted upon our commerce by the allied intervention in South America." The following are extracts from the papers:— MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, WITH THE ACCOMPANYING REPORTS OF THE HEADS OF THE TREASURY, WAR AND NAVY DEPARTMENTS, RELATIVE TO THE MODE OF RAISING FUNDS FOR CARRYING ON THE WAR WITH MEXICO. MESSAGE. To the Senate of the United States,—ln answer to the resolution of the Senate of toe 3d inst., I communicate here with estimates prepared by the War and Navy Departments, of the probable expenses of conducting the existing war with Mexico, during the remainder of the present and the 1 whole of the next fiscal year. I communicate, also, a report of the Secretary of the Treasury, based upon these estimates, containing recommendations of measures for raising the ad ditional means required. It is probable that the actual ex penses incurred (luring the period specified may fall con siderably below the estimates submitted, which are for a larger number of troops than have yet been called to the field. As a precautionary measure, however, against any possible deficiency, the estimates have been made at the largest amount which any state of the service may require. It will be perceived from the report of the Secretary of the Treasury, that a considerable portion of the additional amount required may be raised by a modification of the rates of duty imposed by the existing tariff laws. The high duties at pre sent levied on many articles totally exclude them from im portation, whilst the quantity and amount of others which are imported are greatly diminished. By reducing these 'duties to a revenue standard, it is not doubted that a large udtaimitpueo3ptt amount )hno,o, ernot and Treasury mdh o re. ea f raabntssnyyh:dearri articles large from cii t u i ici corresponding rtseaeis additional p o ndgo o n iiwttsnhi od w seoni h rnunag i ri c tse m. permitted%wt. revenue Bnuet leittwithin willon tf are ihbpr eeeo i Nb i sr n eieienm p cavcgueropsneloerl revenue tecveetwesderntdoeaucfu. standard edi d Neda:e b nruodd e .f. dependently of the high considerations which induced me, in my annual message, to recommend a modification and re duction of the rates of duty imposed by the Act of 1842, as being not only proper in reference to a state of peace, but just to all the great interests of the country, the necessity of such modification and reduction as a war measure must now be manifest. The country requires additional reveuue for the prosecution of the war. I.t may be obtained to a great ex tent by reducing the prohibitory and highly protective du ties imposed by the existing laws to revenue rates; by im posing revenue duties on the free list; and by modifying the rates of duty on other articles. The modifications recommended by the Secretary of the Treasury in his annual report in December last, were adapted to a state of peace ; and the additional duties now suggested by him, are with a view strictly to raise revenue as a war measure. At the conclusion of the war these duties may and should be abolished, and reduced to lower rates. It is not apprehended that the existing war with Mexico will materially affect our trade and commerce with the rest of the world. On the contrary, the reductions proposed would increase that trade, and augment the revenue derived from it. Wten 'the country is in a state of war, no contingency , should be permitted to occur in which there would be a defi ciency in the treasury, for the vigorous prosecution of the war; and to guard against such an event, it is recommended that contingent authority be given to issue Treasury notes, or to contract a loan for a limited amount, reimbursable at an early day. Should no occasion arise to exercise the power, still it may be important that the authority should exist should there be a necessity for it. It is not deemed necessary to resort to direct taxes or ex cises—the measures recommended being deemed preferable as a means of increasing the revenue. It is hoped that the war with Mexico, if vi4orously prosecuted, as is contemplated, may be of short duration. I shall be at all times ready to conclude an honourable peace, whenever the Mexicali Go vernment shall manifest a like disposition. The existing war has been rendered necessary by the acts of Mexico; and whenever that power shall be ready to do us justice, we shall be prepared to sheathe the sword, and tender to her the olive branch of peace. 111% 2434 5% 361,4 1 1 3 , 24% 8 p li r 2,,i JAMES K. POLK. Washington, June 16, 1846. REPORT OF TIIE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. Treasury Department, June 15, 1846. Sir,—l have duly considered the resolution of th e S enate of the 3d of June, 1846, together with the estimates of the Secf!e tary of the Navy of the 9th inst., and of tke Secretary of War of the 13th inst., submitted by you to this department, and respectfully report to you as flillows : It appears that the aggregate estimated expenditure of the War and Navy Departments for the fiscal years terminating on the 30th of June, 1846 and 1817, amount to 23,952,904 dolls. over and above the estimates made by those departments in December last, and then submitted in my annual report to Congress. In that report it was supposed by this depart merit, that upon the expenditures then estimated for a state of peace, there would remain on the is: of July, 1847, a balance in the Treasury of 4,332,441 dolls. 7c. Deducting this balance from the excess of expenditures above estimated by the War and Navy Departments, there would result a de ficiency of 19,620,463 dolls. It is believed, however, that this deficiency will, from augmented receipts, accrued and accruing for the fiscal years 1846 and 1847, be diminished four millions of dollars, which would reduce the deficit on the Ist of July, 1847, 15,620,463 dolls. It is ascertained, by experience, that for the certain, prompt, and convenient payment of the public creditors, at all times and places, throughout our extended territory, and the supply of the mint and branch mints, for coinage, a sum of 4 milli,na of dollars, especially during a state of war, must remain on hand in the Treasury, which would again raise the sum to be provided for before the 30th of June, 1847, to 19,620,463 dolls. It isbelieved, however, that a sum equal to 5,534,037 of additional revenue may be produced by the modification of the tariff herein proposed—namely, to adopt, as a basis, the Bill reducing the tariff reported by the Committee of Ways and Means to the House of Representatives on the 14th of April last, together with the augmented and additional duties now proposed and enumerated in schedule A. This change of the Bill reported by the committee, omitting the fourth sec lion, would make an addition to the revenue to be produced by that Bill, of 4,034,057 dolls. After a very careful examination of the additional data which it has been in my power to obtain since the month of February last, it is my conviction that the Bill of the Com mittee will produce a net revenue of at least 26,000,000 dolls. If to this be added the additional duties proposed to be levied in schedule A, the Bill of the committee with the modifica tions embraced in that schedule would produce a net re venue of 30,034,057 dolls. This would make an addition of 5,534,057 dolls. to the revenue that would be produced under the Act of 30th August, 1842. If, then, we deduct this 5,534,057 dolls. from the deficit above estimated, it would still ieave a deficit of 14,086,406 dolls. If; in addition to the modifications of the tariff above sug gested, the warehousing system were adopted, as recom mended in my annual report of December last, it would make an addition to the annual revenue from customs of one million of dollars, which, deducted from the above deficit, would leave a deficiency still remaining of 13,086,406 dolls. It is true that the introduction of the warehousing system night diminish the revenue during a portion of the first year succeeding its adoption ; but that it would add one million of dollars per annum to the permanent annual revenue from customs is not doubted. It is believed also that the reduction and graduation of the price of the public lands in favour of settlers and culti vators, as recommended in your Message of December last, would make an annual addition of half a million of dollars to the revenue derivable from the proceeds of the sales of the public lands, by bringing into market many millions of acres of the public domain which are wholly unsaleable at the present minimum price established by law. Deducting this sum of half a million of dollars front the deficit last above sentioned, would leave still unprovided for the sum of 1.2,556,406 dolls., which must be met by loans, Treasury notes, direct taxation, or excises. In addition to the strong objections which have been urged against direct taxes and exclies, it would be difficult :0 put in operation such a system in all the States and ter ritories, to as to realise the required amount in cash, before the 30th of June, 1847. A siatekg 9f direct t d 014. cisee, it is believed, would not meet the unction of the people, unless in the emergency of a war with some great maritime nation, exposing our commerce to great hazard, and greatly reducing the revenue from duties on imports. The only remaining means for supplying this deficit within the required period is by loans or treasury notes ; and I would accordingly recommend, with a view to the most vigorous prosecuting of the existing war with Mexico, so as to bring it to a speedy and honourable termination, that a contingent authority should be vested in this department, with your sanction, to issue Treasury notes, or effect a loan of a sum in the aggregate not exceeding the last above-mentioned deficit of 12,586,406 dolls. I think it would be most advantageous to the Government that a portion of this money should be raised by Treasury notes, and the remainder by l oans , li m i t i ng the interest in both cases to a rate not exceeding six per cent. per annum, and forbidding the negotiation in either case below the par value. If the authority were limited so as to cover this deficit, and the power given to resort to loans, or Treasury notes, or both, as the emergency might require, the money might be raised at a much lower rate of interest, than if the department were confined either to loans alone, or to Treasury notes. The experience of the Government has demonstrated that there are periods when loans are most available, and that there are occasions when treasury notes are much better adapted to meet the emergency ; and the power to select both, or either, fr,,ni time to time, would render the negotiation more certain, and probably save a very large amount of inte rest to the Government. If the war should be speedily terminated, it is possible that a resort to loans or Treasury notes might not be required; or if so, for an inconsiderable amount. The same power that is now given by law to redeem the loan, even before its maturity, whenever the funds of the Government will permit, so as to liquidate any public debt as speedily as possible, should be continued, as also theauthorit3 for the re-issue of the Treasury notes as heretofore provided by law, as well as for their receipt in re venue payments. The additional duties designated in schedule A are re commended as a war measure, and to terminate with the restoration of peace, or as soon thereafter as the state of the public finances will permit their discontinuance. I have the honour to be, Sir, most respectfully, your obedient servant, 'R. J. WALKER, Secretary of Treasury, To the President. [The schedule A, referred to in the :b we letter, is made out in an intricate tabular form ; and iu consequence it is not pr cticable for us to lay it before our readers this evening. We may do so at some future day.] REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR. War Department, Washington, June 13, 1846, Sir,—l have the honour herewith to submit to you the estimates which have been made at this department, to enable you to answer the resolution of the Senate, of the 3d instant, requesting to be furnished with an estimate of the amount of money required during the present and next fiscal year for such a prosecution of the existing war with Mexico as will most likely result in its speedy and honourable termination. These estimates are made upon the assumption that the regular army will soon be filled up to its maximum, which will amount to 15 500 men, and that a iolunteer force of 20,000 foot and 5,000 mounted men is to be at once organised, received into service, and kept therein until the end of the next fiscal year, to wit, to the 30th of June, 1847. The esti mates are made for an army of over 40,000 men, mostly ope rating in the field, in an enemy's country, deriving their supplies principally from the United States. How long it will be before the regular army can be filled up to the extent authorised by law will depend upon success in recruiting. Its numbers as yet do not much exceed one half its maximum. It is hoped that in a few months the ranks will be nearly filled; its average total number through the next fiscal year will not probably exceed 12,500. The number of volunteers actually called for immediate service, by virtue of your orders under the Act of 13th of May last, will amount to about 18,000, and whether a greater number will or will not be required for the ensuing campaign cannot now be determined. Should the number already celled for be'deemed sufficient for the successful prosecution of the war, the estimate being made on a basis exceeding that number by 7,000, will he found proportionably too large. Should these views as to the extent of the regular and volunteer force be realised, the army will not exceed 30,000 men, and all or nearly all the estimates presented herewith might be reduced one-fourth in amount, yet it is ite possible to foresee the exigencies of the service. It may require the full amount of the force on which the estimates have been made, and even more; and I have not, therefore, felt at liberty to make any reductions of the estimates presented by the several branches of this department. I take the liberty to direct your particular attention to the estimates of the Quartermaster-General. You will perceive that they are large—very large.—and I hope much exceed the expenditures which may be required. They are made on the supposition that our army will penetrate far into the interior of the enemy's country, and that all supplies, and munitions of war, will necessarily be transported on long lines, and those far from being easily traversed. Should the enemy's country aliound in forage, the expense of transportation will he greatly reduced; but the uncertainty as to the country to be invaded, and the still greater un certainty as to its resources, do not warrant deductions to be made on the estimated items for supplies, and the trans portation of them to the places where they may be needed. Should the navigation of the Rio Grande be found prac. ticable for steam-boats of light draught to Camargo, or above, much will be saved probably by the use of that river, yet considerable sums must be expended in the purchase of beats, &c. It is further to be observed that no inconsiderable amount of the expenses which will fall on the quartermaster's depart ment is in the nature of an outfit, and would not be required to be repeated should the war be protracted beyond the next fiscal yesr The estimates in the quartermaster's department are made without much regard to the chances favourable to diminished expenses. Provision had not been made (for the restricted appropriations in past years would not permit it) for a sudden augmentation of our force to four times its usual amount. The necessity of making such a provision on the shortest notice will generally increase the cost of it, and this falls mainly on the quartermaster's department. It is hoped that the actual expenses of this branch of the service will fall some two or three millions chart of the full estimates here presented ; yet this is not so certain as to authorise the department to cut them down in that amount. I am, with great respect, Your obedient servant, W. L. MARCY. To the President. Kstimate of Funds required for the Prosecution of the War against Mexico from the 13th of May to the 30th of June, 1C46, and frtan Jul♦ 1, 1846, to June 30, 1847, over and above the sum estimates: for by this Department, at the commencement of the Present Session of Congress. Ist J uly, 1846, To 30th to 30th June, 1846. June, 1847. Adjutant-General's Estimate iVB,7BO Quartermaster-General's ditto Paymaster-General's ditto Commissary-General's subsistence Estimate Surgeon-General's Estimate ..... 10,000 82,500 Engineer Bureau's ditto 20,000 80,000 Topographical ditto ditto Ordnance ditto ditto 4,805,000 217,166,4i7? Note.—This estimate does not include the appropriations for deficiencies already made; but it includes the estimatei sent to the Committee since the commencement of this session for the increase of the army and new regiment of mounted riflemen. THE QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL'S REPORT. Quartermaster -General's Office, Washington City, June 15, 1846. Sir,—ln obedience to your order, and under a resolution of the Senate of the 6th instant, I have the honour to present an estimate of the probable amount required to be expended through this department during the next fiscal year, should the war with Mexico continue throughout that year. Also the sum supposed to be required for all expenses of the volunteer service during the present fiscal year. Nothing is asked in addition tor the regular army during the present fiscal year, as the existing appropriations are considered sufficient, or nearly so, to meet the expenditures of the war. To those not accustomed to military operations in a coun- try almost destitute of resources, this estimate mat seem large; but in a department where the expenditures depend so much upon the accidents and cobtingencies of service, et i mates are necessarily in some measure hypothetical. I have considered it to be due to the importance of the subject to base the present estimate upon the resources of our own country alone, leaving out of view entirely any supposed re sources to be derived from the enemy's country. In this view the present estimate is believed to be as near an ap proximation to truth as such an estimate, under existing circumstances, is susceptible of being made. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, TII. S. JESUP, Quar ermaster- General. The llon. W. L. Marcy, Secretary of War. Estimate of funds required by the Quartermaster's depart. ment, for the next fiscal year, for a force of 20,000 foot and 5,000 mounted volunteers in an active campaign, includ ing the increased expense for the transportation, forage, and depots for the regular army consequent on a state of war; also, for the volunteer force Qmployed in the pre2eut fiscal Year. For 2,006 waggons, at average of $l2O 5240,000 For 10,000 horses and mules for waggons, at $75 750,000 For 2,000 sets of harness, at $l4 BO,OOO For 4,000 mules for packing. at $40.. ... 160,000 For 4,000 pack saddles, atls 60,000 For 430 yoke of oxen, at 25 For blacksmith's and otter tools, iron and other materials for an amy of 25,000 men For water transportation, including the purchase and charter of steamers and other vessels 1,500,000 For pay of agents, superiatendents, teamsters, labourers, mechanics, artificers, clerks, waggon and forage masters, expresses, &c., say 4,000, at $1,50, including subsistence and other ne cessary expenses For storage, dryage, building storehouses and workshops, expense of depots, &c For forage for mounted and other volunteers, and for the horses, mules, and oxen in the trains For camp and garrison equipage for volunteers 120,000 600,000 For the volunteers for the present fiscal year For contingencies of the War Department /8,840,000 800,000 50,000 00,690,000 NOTES. 1. The increased expense for forage for the dragoons and trains for the regular army are included in the estimate for the volunteers; and in that estimate is included all the ex pense of depots. 2. The army of appropriations being considered sufficient for the pres en t fi sca l y ear , no a ddition is made in consequence of the war for the remainder of the year. The whole s um , therefore, esti ma ted for the present year, i s for volunteers. 3. The sum estimated for contingencies is less than the appropriations during the war with England, and is as low as the circumstances of war, upon even the most moderate scale, will warrant. TH. S. JESUP, Quartermaster-General. Quartermaster-General's Office, Washington, June 15, 1846. REPORT OF TIIE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. N De, June 9, 1846. Sir,—The resol u ti on of the avy ate senate Uof the United States of the 3d instant, requesting the President to furnish "an esti mate of the amount of money required during the present and next fiscal year, for such a prosecution of the existing war with Mexico as will most likely result in its speedy and honourable termination," having been referred to this depart ment, I have the honour to submit a report, so far as the naval service is concerned. The whole amount of the regular appropri ations for the naval service, for the year ending 30th June, 1847, fo the support of the peace establishment, according to the sill rmorted by the Committee of Ways and Means, including the amendments 101ikk hale IMO ousge4ted by this dQ- CLOSINI PIaCES, pavement, the items of trbick are in the 800 65 possession of the Committee, is 56,0 2 4, The increase proposed in view of the exist ence of a state of war brtween this Go vernment and Mexico, is as follows: For the pay of the navy... ........ .....989,943 For provisions 217,394 0 0 1,20705 1 _ _ The amount of the appropriations for the snpport of the marine corps, having refer ence to an increase of the number by 400, including a suitable increase of petty offi cers, is The amount set aside, by your direction, for the use of the navy department, from the 0 0 f special approbation of $10,000,000, was - 9 ,7"0 'O/3 Aggregate amount of the appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending 90 89 3 30th June, 1847 010,3- ' tI - This sum, it is b e li eve d, w ill ena b le the depArtmmoootit meet all probable requi s i t i ons upon i t. Yet, if a c a n till gency should arise r e q u i r i ng t h e employment cisr largest ships of war afloat, without a corresponding u l AdO tion of force in the use of th e sma ll vessels, there ift w "diti need of increasing the appropr i at i ons by eight l' I Sse!I I thousand dollars. But such a necessity does not at pn exist, and the con s id erat i on o f i t may safely b e d e ferreu the next session of Congress. ife ls Transmitted herewi t h i s a copy o f a communicat i o n ' the chiefs of the bureau upon the subject. I have the honour to be, Sir, Very respectfully, your obedient servant,, To the President. GEORGE BANCIION•er 35. 04 REPORT OF THE CHIEFS OF BUREATI;, Navy Department, June 5 1 Sir,—ln compliance with your directions, we have 110 fully considered th e fi rs t paragrap h o f a reso l u ti o n Senate of the Unit e d St a t es , d ate d t h e 3 d instant, 0? relates to the amount of money which may be requir7 o le the navy before the close of the next fiscal year, and re 1 r • fully report as our opinions:— That if the amounts which have been estimated wet department for the cur rent serv i ce o f t h e next fiscsl,o shall be appropriated by C ongress , t h ose amoun t s , itt o olll tion to the sums which are now standing to the credit. Navy Department on the books of the Treasury, will cient to launch and equip the sloops of war Albany 0 . .0 mantown, to repair and equip all th e vesse l s w hich 1, 1 0 01 launched, excepting the Franklin, and to employ so of these vessels as can be manned with 10,00 G men. With much respect,your obedient servant.,_ C. MORRIS. L. WAKKINGT v JAMES SMITII'd, GIDEON WEI ,11 " Hon. Geo. Bancroft, Secretary of the Navy. LATEST COMMERCIAL. ' Naw Yoasc, JUNE 25.—50 few days have elapse d 11 60. Ai sailing of the last regular packet staamer, that there c f, not been any great changes in the mo n i e d or busioese r d terns of the city. The fall of flour and produce to its P e " low point has caused some failures i n th a ta ranc h of but in no other. Stocks have fluctuated ye -- much, and although - - - --Yea Ty declined within a few days, _ they are decidedly in7proN-_4411 the Oregon treaty has been signed. All the Gover7i, and solid State stocks are very firm, and have rat,bl proved. The prevailing opinion is now, that if the 0 011 1 ment should issue proposals for a moderate loan, it Wo readily taken up, at a very fair rate. de For several weeks past there has been an active for vessels, and freights have improved. The nu' or vessels arriving here with emigrants have found reto r " gi,es at good rates. Cotton, wheat, eadiogorti wneat, corn, and flour have been the . des shipped to England, and rye to the continent- ,;40 elescription of vessels have been taken up. The detai l " rather slacked off within a few days. Foreign exchanges continue to rule very much 101- favour. On London, the rate may be quo t e d a t from to 108; an t i on P ar i s a t 5.35 a 5.37 1-2, which is 1 1 36 r _,o' in our favour. Sh ou ld t h ere b e no r i se on t h es e „ will be for the interest of those engaged in remitne, import specie. Bills o n L on d on h ave been very stiff particularly southern bills, w hi c h h ave sold even be'" quotations. V The remittance by tbis steamer - loderst6 Rill be mc. importations for the - last two months have ben Yev a il and it is probable will continue so unt il C ongres s sb e ipli pose definitely of the tariff q ues ti on. Th e sma ll ref Ai r a goods is no doubt the great cau se w h y bill s o n F l 7i k er London have ruled so low as they h ave d one during "" few months. The crops of wheat and corn in almost all pal''', o o country look remarkably well; and, from present ances, the crop of 1846 will exceed that of any prevo 3 :ol The harvesting in the south has become general, and : ; ',0 4 plaints are made. In the middle States some compinGr made of an excess of rain, which, no doubt, in 2 1 1 1" wheat-growing districts, has done a great deal ni Corn in the south is represented, so far, as very Pr ( L o tv but of the west and north nothing can be said, exr„`,P r i i the crops look well. Oats, rye, and barley, all are ward state, and promise the usual abundance. The to States will no doubt have a surplus o f gra i n sufficientotr ply any increase of demand that may be made by sn sion of the English market. Of the cotton crop there is little to say. of LATEST FROM MEXICO AND THE ABM s OCCUPATION. Advices from Vera Cruz, to Jun e Ist, have been at Charleston, by the way of Havannab. V . The Consuls of the neutral nations, resident at yeti had protested against the blockade of that port. re sivo The Mexican Congress met on the 97 t h u lt., e% -t II Bustamente being appointed President of the asP le. generally believed he will be elected President. n ial , " It is said that Paredes will marc h over to MOO" the head of a strong army, the largest portion coaille, the body of troops called the res erve . Th e time foot parture with this army is al rea dy fi xe d, b u t hae ° ideev made public. General Bravo will occupy the Pr'' , e chair ad interim. g The suspension of payments cont i nued, and th+o. 9 rally remain in the worst condition. u tt re h es a , d I, C , a h l i l c e h d I t y t as m b ee e t ii i e l y g eo i :t t e 11 0 tbr purpose l he ll o e f xan procuring Gove r n r m e reso u rces hardly be obtained, as the clergy are not able toceil:l amount of 90,000 d o ll s. monthly, alrea dy demende d Government; and, on th e ot h er h an d , the actual c h o _ of the several States is no t suc h as to ex pect from t fI resources. New Orleans papers to the 10th i ns t an t have been rem " in this city, in which we find the following:— Gee r ; to the f_;., It is reported that Arista has sent a message Taylor, ordering him to retire to the east bank of o . '", Grande, or he would be compelled to drive him eve's gir readers can believe as much of this as they please; o f ,1 the report as we find it in the Galveston Civilian 6th instant. Or tSO General Taylor's son has left New Orleans for Mat' with his father's brevet com m i ss i on of Dlajor-Gene r4t : d n,) e (l' The lady of Capt. Pa ge , w h o was so severely I C9 1 1 0" the battle of Palo Alto, arrived at New Orleans on on her way to Point Isabel, to meet her husband. ts , t ) ,„p A letter publi s h e d i n the Delta from Pensacola, it is reported that the condition of our squadron, in dr to that of th e E ng li s h fleet, which has been incre•-e ar ofti; very precarious. _ t o . It is also rumored that as soon as the English 1 :14 , 10 1'j declaration of war against Mexico, it will be the 511 °„ t ; 0/ ,; them to take possession of the whole Mexican cl - it,„Vo that it is their intention to do so. If they do atte ra P i drot i t iO out for hard knocks. Although Com. Sloat's s ( 1 . ?"„ t0,,`1 somewhat diminished by the return of old Iroasicl e br United States, still he will, no doubt, when joined by Stockton, give a good account of himself. Mr. Walker has issued orders to grant clearances •,,„eri moras, thus throwing open North ern M ex i co to ty manufactures. le! The New Orleans Tropi c of th e 15 th inst. farll-; 3 following news from the army : A letter was received ye s t er d ay b y steamer Ce 39 e r states that General Arista had sent proposals t, .4c1,,1 Taylor for an armistice, an d t h at h e had establ%,o l id headquarters at Monterey, with 15,000 men. Taylor is said to have sent back in answer that P meet General A. at Monterey. Th e T rop i c sa ys . t , SF doubt of h tenxiously rumour I . ' News is a expected from Colonel Wilson o f dition to Reonosa ; as it is said that Can a l es and allllltrst,' ot amounting to from 1,200 to 1,400 cavalry, are concert, , there, and will no doubt show fight. Col one l mand amounts to about 800 men, 0r 1e :94 By the arrival of the steamer New York at Nevir,if- I ,Y advices from Brasos Santiago to the 9th inst., at ", -- per 10 A.M. have been received. We have Galveston P'`,;00;) the 11th inst. The news of General Taylor's promo r out, the grade of Brevet-M a j or G eneral had diffused joy r ybe u :t c all ranks in the army , an d i n the state of Texas. ' legation from the L ou i s i ana L egislature wad to leave 14'1eeer4% Isabel on the 7th inst., on their way to Matamoras, to P the thanks of that body to old Rough -and-Ready. m ote e) l, There was a little sickness amongst our Y ° 'i g t diarrhoea, arming from the change of food and CO 1 1; 5 Oil! life; they will soon, however, get inured. Texas " v jea ce , 2,400 men to Mexico. A gentleman largely conce d plg o business at Matamoras, direct, from the latter-aann o s 1 ;„ , represents that the news o f th e d e f eat o f the Me%' - i t is spread a wonderful a l arm i n t h e i nter i or wherev er t oy nounced. It is also said that the Mexicans res° lll fused to take strong arms against the Americans. CANADA. , t he r - The Canadian papers e xp ress ex t reme alarm ea l of f b o pects of the c o un a y from the th en th reaten ed rePs 1° corn-laws. The Govern or - G enera l' s m i n i str y APPear d. all sixes and sevens, and a w h o l e batch h ave resigV.e. It is said that Mr. Robinson is to be Chief Cor i nne* of Public Works. It is stated also that Sir Allen 0; 4 pIP y ort to be Adjutant-General ; Mr. Papinesu h as I.esined% Sherwood, late solicitor, has also resigned, a n d is to b ceeded by Mr. B ou lt on or Mr. Cameron. li r . lgo r i ;Dik' talked of as Sir Allan M'Nab's successor in the Spea ke il", There is scarcely a nythi ng as yet but rumour, as who are to occupy the place of those who are now re 5 , 1",, rry The news of the se ttl ement of the Oregon quesul)" received with great joy in Canada. TERRIBLE FIRE IN QUEBEC. (From the Quebec Mercury. June 13.) rchei tte Last night, a t t en o ' c l oc k , a f i re broke out in the 0111; Royal, St. L ew i s - street, at the close of Mr. Harrisotal.op bition of his Chemical Dioramas. From the itaormli tl ff°fa have been abl e t o g l ean, a camphine lamp was overseloP some cause or other, and the stage at o nce became ens in flames.ice In an inc re dibly s h or t space o f t i me the whole e the terior of the building was enveloped in one sheet of 00 g 0 h t The writer of this arti c l e was one o f t h e ear li e st io spot, and p resen t a t th e c l os i ng moments of the ha p le who perished from their over -exertions to escape's ste The staircase communicati ng w ith th e boxes 1"45„ig0 one, and we are of opini on it h a d f a ll en from the a s l3 those who crowded upon it. ifcltbeo to , One foot was interposed betwe en th e hapless ere o eternity ! and on that space we, with five or sit„.de ll o stood, the fierce flames playing aroun d us, and a 9 smoke repelling all efforts to extricate us. As far bs c io , 0 0 0 could see there was a sea of h ea d s , o f writhing b r ' A '" 0 0 /0 outstretched arms. Noise there was none—but f e " r eri, e il escaped the doomed. At th e ex t reme end i n v i ew the ro i faces calm and resi g n e d ; p ersons w h o, from the funet 01°36 of smoke which gradu a lly ens h rou d e d them, appea re :"bro t 'ia' to drop into eternal sleep. By our side was or,' p o'°; , of striving to extricate another, but abandonment Vat 6 2 l . etlyai able. One poor creature at our feet offered P i- ss io o worldly wealtti for his rescue • the agenisir.g e%P re o uti' b ot the faces before us can never be effaced from our I'll to e" The flames at the time were above and around .60„ ° 0 1 human aid was of no avail—in five minutes from tu.,bo P io - 11 which we make mention the mass of human beings t ' : d but a short interval previous been in the enjoyme nt and active life were exposed to our view a mass of bones. Up to this hour 46 b o di es h ave b een recovered fs ous ruins! Most of them have been recognised. The following is the lat est li s t o f th e su ffereri:"'"; ge l et Horatio Carwell, dry goods merchant—Horat' ° ' and Ann, aged 4, his children. Joseph Tardif, and Oli v i a Fi ce t , hi s w if e. barA Derail, wife of John calyia, carter. x~ l araeB C . aSterer, J j • Sin Mary 0 kitria lugcnie Zlward Ta m an b• to tb v ti l, !lted titten 14 Emeline City len ab l , I n ky 'r k e ) StewartJbQ+ his thomas .tra. J o / a ... Arthur , and ~tariani mr ars co &—, nj's in ePh R NCIIY It ar m ., " WllO rI ? to Perks' 11 1)s.n when the ety I bot 4 eut. mesPerat Wind Pane of tf tatel ta w ° litT' T hen( 4ront :t 4 kftir e k tthi Tll al 44 th e T n ! tip 6rat 1 , 1 d hig h 4 Ilaul k i otir I, ll abo — 4. t an *4O/), an tarone:. Lure t t , t ; 11 ' ; e: u g Itto