The Sun. — London, England, 1846-06-24 00:00:00

THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, JUNE 23. THERMOXETE IV, Lowest, 38; Highest. 83; Noon, 70, BAROKETER, 29.65.—W1ND W., showery. HI,;?. WATER AT LONDON-M:1101;r THIS DA Morning -. 11 minutes arcr 2. I Evening, .. 32 minutes after 2. / 01. s 6 sordars Just ready, in 2 vols., small Svo., r.,CHEL AG A. Edited by ELIOT WA.RBITRTON, Esq., Author of " The Cres,ent and the Cross." ary Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Orders received by all Booksellers. ONV ready, in two vols. small 6v0., with lllustrauvus, pre 21s. bound. CROES fromthe BACK WOODS; jtai Or, SKETCHES of TRANSATLANTIC LIFE. By Captain LEVINGE. Henry Colburn, publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAAIONIS, v SMALE, AND LAMOND, Railwuy Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Friends and the Public Tor their continued support and patronage, and to announce that. their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., eke place every Tr Una! and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the Q all of Comnaeree, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, avows, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully evested to be addressed. Ili Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposit d, at least On tday previously to their being offered ; and advices of results be forwarded by the first post :after the sale, ant the proceeds '.anntediatcly disposed of wording to instructions. Offices, }Lail of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London. lIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Signor FORNASARI his the honour to acquaint the Nobility, Patrons to the Opera, his Friends, and the Public, that his BE NEFIT will take place TO-MORROW EVENING, JUNE 25, When will be performed Verdi's celebrated Opera, entitled, NI N 0, leuoli, Signor Fornasari ' • Idaspe, Signor Corelli; Orotasphe, Signor Botelli ; Fenena, Mdile. Corbari ; Mdlle. Sanchioli. To be followed ty a New Divertis.setrent, entitled LA BAC CHANTE. In w'uick 3ladlle. Lucile Grahn and 31. Perrot will appear. After width (for this occasion only), Gnecco's Opera Buffs, LA PROVA D'UN OPERA SERIA. CoriP,a, Madame Grisi ; Campanone, si gno r Lablache redrlco, far r ; Griletto, signor F. Lablache. o conclude with the highly successful new Grand Oriental Ballet, by 3f. Perrot ; the Music composed and partly, sele c ted from Felicien David's Ode Symphonique of "The by big. Pugni, entitled, Desert. LALLA ROOKH ; or, THE R OSE OF LAHORE. The principal part.; sustained by Mdlle. Cerito, Mdlle. L. Taglionl, St. Leon, and M. Perrot. Principal Dances : Tableau.—pas Symbolique, by Mdlle. Cerito, su pported by Mdlles. Demelisse, Cassan, James, and Honore, and the corps de ballet. Tableau.— Le Chibouck, Pas Sent, by Mdlle. Cerito. Last Tableau.—Feast of Roses, Pas de Corbeils, by Mdlles. L'Amoreux and Julien, and the corps de ballet ; Pas de Neuf, by Mdlles. Cerito, L. Taglionl, and NI. St. Leon, supported by Mdlles.DemelLsse, Cassan, James, L'Amoreux, Julien, and Honore. 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 half-past Seven o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENTING Will be performed Anber's celebrated Opera. entitled THE FLACK DOMINO ; or, A Night's Adventure. Juanita, Madame Anna Thillon ; Paquita, Miss P. Horton ; Gil Podrida, Mr. J. Bland. • To be followed by the laughable Farce of UNCLE JOHN. Uncle John, Mr. W. Farren; Friend Thomas, Mr. Tilbury; Mrs. Hawk, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Eliza, Miss Telbin. To conclude with the Comic Drama, called A CABINET QUES TION. In which Messrs. Briudal, Tilbury, Buckstone, and Miss Julia Bennett will appear. THEATRE ROYAL, I,TCEFIVI UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. THTS EVENING Will be performed A 3iolEl..iii a WIFE. Characters by Messrs. Wigan, Meadows, Turner ; Miss Farebrother and Mrs. Woollid-e. . •_ . After which, a New and Original Comic Drama, hi Two Acta, founded on a recent well-known event, called THE DUST MAN'S BELLE. Ned Windfall, Mr. Keeley; •Sally Bromley, Mrs. 'Cooley. To be foThoweri by HONOURS AND TRICKS. In which Mr. and Mrs. Kee)Ty will appear. To conclude with a new Farce, called SISTER AND I. Characters by Me..isrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, A. Wigan, Emery, 'Turner, Kinloch, and Bellingham ; 3liss E. Daly, Mrs. Wigan, Miss Arden, and Miss Forster. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will lie performed the Drama, entitled THE GREEN BL T 3TIES; or, A Hundred Tears \ go. In which Madame Celeste, Mrs. F itz william, Mrs. E. Yarnold ; Messrs. Paul Bedford, Wright, O. Smith, !cc., win perform. After which (first and only time), the Petite Drama of SILZ.V.k.:NE ; or, The Force of Love. Mr. Bounceboy. Mr. Webster ; Simon Swallow, Mr. Wright; Suzanne, Madame Celeste. To conclude with the highly popular Ilurletta of TAMING A TARTAR. Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Messrs. Paul I:edford, Wright, Selby, Rte., will sustain the principal characters. PIirNCEsS'S TITEATRF.- OXFOItD-STr k FT. Third Night of 3fadame VESTRIS and Mr. C. 3IATHEWS. THIS EVENING. Will be presented the Comedy of THE BUSY BODY. Marplot, Mr. C. Mathews. After which, THE FOLLIES OF A NIGHT. Duchess de Char tres, Madame Vestris; Pierre Paliot, Mr. Charles Mathews. To be followed by A SPEAKING LIKENESS. Manette, Madame Vestris. To con2lude with a Grand Fairy Balet, entitled THE SPIRIT OF AIR. Principal characters by Miss Hodson, Mr. Flexm()re, Miss Fauclt, Miss BalUn, Mr. Gilbert, Mr. avid Miss Marshall, &c. ASTLEY',i. ROYAL AM IT HEATII.E. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Patronised by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal. Glorious success of the new Military Spectacle of the " Indian War ; or, The Battle of Sobraon." The best ventilated Theatre in London; nightly honoured by rank acd THIS EVENING Will be performed the New ..4siatic Spectacle, called THE BMW INVASION ; or, Our Victories of 1846. In which the whole resources of the Establishment will be brought forward. Double Stud, &c. Grand and Novel SCENES of the CIRCLE, aided by the inimi table Wallet, the Sio akesperian Jester. The whole concluding with a favourite Afterpiece. Mr. BATTY respectfully assures his patrons and heads of fa reillie,s that the Last .1114-day EQUESTRIAN PERFORMANCE will take place on Fainst Neat, June 26, commencing at Two o'clock. Boa-office open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six and commence at seven o'clock. NEW STRAND THEATRE Open every Evening, with the greatest Novelties of the Day. 3f-. PHILLIPPE feels happy to announce, that the extraordinary Performances of the MONKEYS and DOGS have been received with the greatest admiration and applause, and will be continued every Evening at the above Theatre. Doors open at a Quarter before Eight; to commence at a Quarter after eight o'clock. Stalls, 3s. ' • Boxes, 25.; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d. ; Privateßoxes, 1/. Is. and 10s. 6d. M. PHILLIPPE will give his Performances EVERY EVENING At the STANDARD THEATRE, Shoreditch. PHILLIPPE wants a Gentleman who could take the management of his business, as a PARTNER, throughout the large Towns of the United Kingdom. A security of 600/. will be required. For Particulars apply at the Strand Theatre, between the betrn of Eleven and One o'clock. Under the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. EVERY MONDAY, TEEADAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY. VIEW of NAPLES, ERUPTION of VESUVIUS, DESTRUC TION of HERCULANEUM and POMPEII, in the year 79. This magnificent spectacle is revived in an unprecedented scale of grandeur, the picture being more than twice the size of the former, and represents, as accurately as can possibly be done, the Great Eruption of Vesuvius in the year 79, when the Destruction ot' Her e-Ws:net= and Pompeii took place: produced wider the direction of Mr. Danson. A richly ornamented GOTHIC BRIDGE of STATUES has been constructed, which will be brilliantly Illuminated at Night. The PROMENADE CONCERTS are again confided to Mr. God- . trey. 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 he exhi bited CALYPSO'S FAIRY GROTTO, approached by the Illumi nated Gothic Bridge, representing in the Interior Telemachus relating his adventures to Calypso. The PYROTECHNIC DISPLAYS, by Mr. Southby, are on the most complete and effective scale. Preceding the Volcanic Display, a novel exhibition will be intro duced, representing the Descent of Phmbus in the Chariot of the Sun. Mons. Farinelli will descend from a Chinese Pagoda, seventy feet in height, to the surface of the lake, where a Naiad's Car will rise to receive him, and bear him to his chrystal home. The Glass Conservatory is splend.iily ornamented with festoons of lamPe, enabling the visitors to view the matchless collection of Carnivore by gas-light. heeding of the Carnivore at half-past five; the Pelicans, &c., at six ; Concert at half-past six ; and the Yruption at dusk, Admission, On , : Shilling. THIS DAY, June 24, the So , :dh London Floriculural Society Will hold their Grand FLIWER. SHOW. On which occasion up wards if Fifty Gold and Silver Medals will be given for the best specimens of Plants, Flowers, Fruit, and Vegetab!es. An extra Mi litary Band will be in attendance. Doors Open at One o'clock. Admission, One Shilling. it AIL ty 1 ,„ • ;-• 4 416 v • - , Oltitirt aim 4 LONDON* WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1846. The last of the attacks on the Corn Importation Mill has been made. The last faint assault h as taken place. Lord ASEIBURTON on Monday evenin g b rough forward the resolution of which he had . given n o ti ce, but not as an amendment to the B ill, or in a shape by which its progress would be impeded or delayed, even if the resolution should be carried. His Lordship denied that it was intended as a round about and indirect way of defeating the Bill, and stated that he had no wish to throw out the Bill, and should indeed hesitate to take any steps for that pur pose, seeing the state of their Lordships' minds on fir matter. The discussion on the second reading, and the decisive majority by which that second reading was triumphantly carried, and the principle of the measure affirmed by their Lordships, and also the clear majorities on the two amendments on which divisions were hazarded.— the one for the perpetuation of the three years' shadow of protection, and the other far a ss, fixed duty, for the purpose of revenue—bore ample testimony to a man so shrewd and intelligent as Lord ASBBURTON of the utter inutility and folly of making any further effort for the rejection or muti lation of the great measure. His Lordship is too good a tactician to prolong a useless defence ; he, therefore, sought an opinion from the House, a deelaration of the danger which might result from the sudden admission of the large quantity of wheat now in bond, ,Aith a view, probaldy, of founding some restrictive measure thereon. His proposed re - solution was— " That whatever may be the alterations which it may 1)2 expedient permanently to make in the laws regulating the introducii O4 of foreil., , n corn, it is the opinion of this House that the sudden importation of the large quantity . of wheat now in bond atavery low rate of duty, while the prices are moderate and the prospect of the approaching harvest is promising, maY be productive of great injury and injustice to the culti vators of the soil of the United Kingdom, and that some better provision against such a calamity should be provided than is contained in the Bill n ow before the House." Loathip arraied that at grant there Was a laxg3 THE SUN, LONDON, IVVDN'ESDAV MOANING, itTNE 24, MO quantity of foreign corn in bond, and that when the Bill passed the House, and received the royal assent, the whole of this vast quantity would at once come into market, to the total paralysation of that market, and to the complete stoppage of the whole operation of sales ; that the whole quantity in bond could not be less than 2,500,000 quarters, and that there was little chance that this immense supply would be at all wanted, and that the average importation for the last three years was but 550,000 quarters. Is Lord ASH BURTON so ignorant of the characters of the holders of the stock now in bond as to suppose that they would be guilty of such unmitigated folly, of such suicidal policy, as to ruin themselves for the pur pose of inflicting an injury on the farmer ? Does he suppose that at the very moment of success they would fling from themselves the fruits of that success —the profits for which they had speculated—and take in place thereof a conside rable loss ? Even sup posing • for a moment that his Lordship was correct in all his data, and that the facts were really as he supposed them to be, could they by a possibility warrant such a conclusion as that his Lordship deduced therefrom? What would be the benefit of hisresolution to the country, if carried ? The price of corn was stated by Lord KINNAIRD to have increased in price no less than 4s. a quarter, and the quotation in Mark-lane on Monday affords an answer to the ques tion. It is—" Wheat has gone fully ls. higher, and steady demand. Oats Is., and Peas and Beans 2s. higher; supplies short. Barley very scarce. No panic, and no fear." This affords the strongest and most conclusive proof of how little the dealers in grain are influenced by the fears that disturb his Lordship. But, supposing the resolution carried, and that (as stated by his Lordship) the Bill should still pass as originally intended, what would be its effect ? what its utility ? Would it not, as stated by Lord GREY, be a notice to the importers that it was intended to bring in a Bill to amend the present one—that now before the House? And would not the consequence be that not an hour would be lost in entering the whole quantity for consumption ? and thus, instead of getting it gradually introduced, it would be thrown on the market at once, and thus would arise the very evil it was intended to avoid. Would it not be like in some degree to the old tale of an astrologer foretelling certain dangers to a new born infant at a particular period of his existence, and the very steps taken by its short-sighted parent to avoid the prediction beitig the cause of its fulfil ment ? Lord DALHOUSIE, however, in a most clear and convincing speech fully disproved his Lordship's facts ; he showed that at present the corn in bond did not reach 1,900,000 quarters ; that from every side accounts of a short coming her ' vest reached us ; that nature seemed to be setting the elements against us in that respect. It was true that very little corn was imported in 1844 or 1845, but that in 1842, 2,183 ; 000 quarters had been admitted under the present law in four weeks. He showed that if there was mischief, it was owing to the course adopted by the protectionists themselves, who had intimated a strong objection to the proposition for admitting the corn for consump tion, on the importers giving a bond to pay the difference of duty payable at the time of sale and at the 'time of passing of the Bill ; and he ably proved that the resolution would be an ex post facto law of the most unjust kind. The effect of his Lordship's speech was so great, as to induce one of the most zealous protectionists (Lord WicKLow) to vote against the resolution. In the evening a cheering statement was made, that the agriculturists would not divide on the third reading, but content them selves with a protest against the measure, which was, on that understanding, postponed until Thursday evening, on which night it will receive the final sanction of their Lordships. Another of those cantankerous exhibitions of hos- tility towards the Ministry, which have imparted to this seision such a squabbling character, was intro duced on Monday evening by—of course—Lord GEORGE B ENTIN Cit. Blind to the failure of his pre vious splenetic attacks, and unconscious, so it would seem, of the unenviable notoriety which he has already acquired for himself through those vituperative ebullitions, his Lordship endeavours, by some additional interference with public business, to place the present Cabinet in an invidious light. Little supposing that the sheen of invidiousness was concentrating itself upon the noble representative for Lynn. " 0, wad some power the giftie gie us, To see oursehi as ithers see us !" Aware that the CANNING retrospect had proved altogether abortive in rendering the Premier, and, by inference, his Administration unpopular, and aware, likewise, that the consequences of a similar nature which were expected to be derived from the division upon the Coercion Bill were essentially very dubious, if not entirely inac cessible, Lord GEORGE seized upon the much talked-of Sugar Duties as the readiest in strument for the execution of his most che rished project. Nothing could be more suitable for his purpose, he imagined, than the Ministerial proposition for the extension of those duties for another month ; it afforded him the opportunity of inveighing against the unseemly dilatoriness of Government in "allowing 3,500,0001. of revenue to run within fourteen days of expiring before a Bill was introduced for its renewal," — the annual expiration of the duties dating itself on the sth July, and their renewal for merely another month (viz., to the sth August), belag brought forward for the first time ye,terday evening by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Here, indeed, to the sanguine imagination of the protec tionist leader, appeared to be a delicious medium of invective. What legislative incompetency did not these circumstances display—circumstances by which upwards of three millions of revenue might be placed in jeopardy ! What a calamitous want of forethought did it not imply in the Ministers; what an egregious absence of anything systematic or prudential in their arrangements ! Did not the very procrastination of the whole affair, did not this feature of the circum stance alone evince the total incapacity of the present Administration, and the com mercial profligacy by which the councils of that Administration were regulated ? Such were the in sinuations levelled at, and the inferences drawn from the behaviour of Government in reference to the sugar duties. Lord GEORGE BENTINCR either could not, or would not, see that, however much the pro position of the Chancellor of the Exchequer night bear the appearance of tardiness, that that tardiness originated in the extraordinary character of the session, that it was rendered almost necessary by the thousand considerations of mercantile reform which had occupied the unceasing attention of the legislators, a that the procrastination of the proposed renewal was extended in eu a threefold degree by the perti naciousrich the Parliamentary discussion t s n iZ e L en in and ei rozn i gea by the non-abolition it impossi facts, the agriculturists, tiran Lord GEORGE B T ie by no . less a personage a covert a himself! Notwith standing the undeniable nature of these ble to afford Noble Member for Lynn so deligh tfully ds silence upon a , PrV, since it way the integrity not merely etlybleasndhcimapatcoitystoigfmsairtisiteoinnimes assert his (Lord G. BENTitlcie s ) ministration, but to undiminished love f or p rotection by demanding a re newalsugar,not for a paltry month , but for the customary period —namel y , for one entire of taxation upon ity of the Ministry. year. Now, first, as to the incapacity Surely it is rather an anomalous coincidence to find a charge of this nature cast upon a Ministry under whose auspices the revenue has flourished almost beyond all precedent, certainly beyond all anticipation ! And it is an anomaly—a most wonderful anomaly—to discover in the utterer of this accusation a legislator but barely fledged into statesmanship, though undoubtedly one of a most " speculative" mind ! It is impossible, moreover, not to observe that the accuser rests this charge of in capacity upon nothing but conjectures, that the malign consequences which he anticipates are alto gether supposititious. The delay might prove pre judicial—the present Government might be ousted and another might be unformed when the sth of August transpired ; and by this possible occur rence three million five hundred thousand pounds of revenue money might actually be perilled! These ideal isms of future events may be ingenious enough, but the mere ingenuity of idealisms are insufficient to shake fir F4bli 2 C 011001173 ia 21, Oabinet which has acAived —not merely idealised, but literally achieved so much in aid of the national prosperity. Secondly, as to the removal of the sugar duties for another year, from the approaching sth of August. S uc h a proposition is worthy of the intellect of Lord GEORGE BENTINCK. It is a proposition so utterly incom patible with this anti-taxation age. Besides is it reasonable to suppose that a Parliament which has so sweepingly an nu ll e d a ll imports upon foreign grain would allow themselves to be cajoled into a whole year of antiquated impost of foreign sugar? The mere conjecture is preposterous. And even if the colleagues of Lord GEORGE co-operated with him in demanding the usual annual renewal, and persisted in the de mand, the discussion would, as the Chancellor of the Exchequer asserts, extend beyond the sth day of July, leaving the revenue without any sugar duties whatever. With the renewal for a single month, we can reconcile all the involved cir cumstances of this particular species of protection. That additional month will enable the Ministry and the Parliament to consider'the question of its continuance without precipitation: it will afford the Government an opportunity for propounding some permanent scheme for the importation of foreign and colonial sugar—a scheme more accordant with their present commercial policy, and more acceptable to a nation which has obtained free trade. Besides which, the interval will give time to Lord J. RUSSELL to bring forward his project upon this phase of our commerce. For these reasons, therefore, we conceive that Lord GEORGE BENTINCK would have displayed more wis dom in conceding to the motion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and more courtesy in candidly avouching his antipathy to the Government, and in boldly moving an address of " want of confidence." Intelligence from Constantinople to the 7th, and from Smyrna to the sth, has been received. Owing to the intervention of the English and Russian Am bassadors, it h supposed that the difficulties which stood in the way of the immediate conclusion of the treaty between Persia and the Porte had been got over. In Smyrna several bankruptcies had taken place. Exchange on London at Constantinople, 110; at Smyrna, 111. Athens papers of the 10th June have been received. They contain no news of importance. The Ist June was the anniversary of the accession of King OTIIO. His Ministers proposed to make various promotions in honour of the occasion, to all of which he refused his sanction, as he was anxious not to entail additional bur dens on the treasury. Madrid papers of the 16th have arrived. The Alcaldes of the Province of Badajoz had received a notice from the Political Chief to the eff!ct that it was her MAJESTY'S desire that every attention should be raid and every assistance rendered to COSTA CABRAL nd his brother SiLva, the ex-Ministers of Portugal. The Three per Cents. were done at 3.3% for cash, and 3:3 1 / 2 fur paper ; the Five per Cents. at 20 . 7 8 for cash ; the Debt without Interest, 67 , 8 for cash ; and the Shares of the Bank of San Fernando at 285 ; and those of Isabel at 96. We have received the Paris papers of Sunday. They all refer to the unt-xpectedly sudden election of the new PopE, who has assumed the name of Plus IX. The new Pontiff is Cardinal JOHN MARIA MASTEI FER RETTI, of the family of the Counts of that name. Ile was born at Sinigaglia, in the Roman St.t. , A, on the 13th of May, 1792. He was Archbishop of Imola,. had been reserved Cardinal in petto on the 23,1 December, 1839, and proclaimed on the 14th December, 1840. Ile was a Cardinal of the order of the priests. The Conclave of the Sacred College has lasted but two days. It commenced on the 14th of June-and ended on the 16th. Seldom has a Conclave bee❑ so short. This election appears to have given great satisfaction to France. The new POPE is a man of liberal principles, and it is probable that he will grant those concessions, and intro duce those raorna, which are so absolutely required, and the refusal of which has occasioned so many insurrec tions in the Papal States. The Debuts gives the following account of the elec tion:— " The, Conclave of the sacred College only lasted two days. It commenced on the 14th, and terminated on the 16th of June. Rarely has a conclave been so short. It is said that the political position of the states of the Church, and the ne cessity of putting an end to the agitation which might have ended in disorder, hastened the determination of the car, i • nals. The new Pope has the reputation of being moderate and conciliatory, and his domination has been generally favourably received. Cardinal Mastcti Ferretti, in mow - ring the throne of St. Peter, takes the title of Pius IX. Ile is one of the youngest Popes (being, as we stated yesterday, only 54 years of age) that has ever been nominated. This circumstance ought to be considered a good augury. The cardinals have often been rerroached with fixing their choice on men whose age pre vents them from displaying much activity. On the present occasion this taunt is fortunately not borne out by the fact. There is in Italy a proverb which says of the Popes, ' .Non videbis annos Petri'—(You shall not reign so long as Peter). St. Peter reigned twenty-five years, and as the saying is not an article of faith, it is no heresy to express a hope that it will now not be realised. Trusting that Pope Pius IX. will consecrate the influence which his high position gives him to the maintenance of the spiritual peace of the Catholic world, and to the furtherance of that amelioration of which the states placed under his temporal guardianship have so much need, we sincerely hope that he may see the years of Peter, and that his reign may be prolonged for the good of the church of which he is the head, and that of the people of whom he is the sovereign." The Presse say's: — "Cardinal Mastei Ferretti has been elected by acclamation. There are three modes of electing The most usual modes are by ballot and by accession. As to the election by in spiration or acclamation, the words which serve to designate it shows how it is practised. It is this mode of election that takes place when, by a sudden inspiration, which is con sidered as coming from Heaven, the cardinals name a Pope unanimously and by acclamation. The use of this mode of election is less rare than might be supposed. History men tions thirteen or fourteen instances of it. The most memo rable is the election of Gregory VII." The Chamber of Dquties voted on Saturday the budget of rcct-ipts, and the session may be conaiderid as virtually over. The Presse states that the Electoral Col leges will meet on the Ist August, and the new Chamber will meet on the 17th August, for the purpose of verifying its powers and forming its Bureaux, after which it will be prorogued. Marshal BUGEIUD and the Due D'AUMALE ar rived at Oran on the 10th, and set out imme diately for Djemma Ghazaouat. General GENTIL re turned to Algiers on the 15th for the valleys of the Isser and Ameuraouas. A convoy from General RANooN's division, proceeding from the country of the S , )ukaras to Bona, with twenty-five sick and wounded, was attacked at Ras-el-Gasseur by 600 Arabs, the escor put to flight, and the sick and wounded massacred. Among the latter were three officers—M. NoEL, Captain of Hussars ; M. CASTELLI, Surgeon-Major ; and an Arab named HONARAOUI, Sub Lieutenant of the Spahis. General RANDON, on hearing of the occurrence, marched to Rus-el-Gasseur, killed 200 individuals of the tribe guilty of the massacre; burned all their villages, and cap tured 12,000 head of cattle. The following ar e the new quarantine regulations about to be issued by the French Government :—Pas sengers arriving from Constantinople in Government ships with clean bills of health, and having a medical man on board, shall be at once put in " libre pratique," if nine days shall have elapsed from the day of sailing, or, in other terms, the quarantine will commi•nco from the day of sailing. The same rule applies to mer chantmen having a medical man on board. Passengers on board a merchantman not having a nu dical man on board, shall be subjected to five days' quarantine. Goods will follow the rule of the ships in which they are carried. With regard to Egypt, all arrivals from Alexandria are at present considered under the category of " foul "or " suspected." For the future these arri vals may have " clean bills," like those from Constanti nople. In that case, the passengers of Post office packet boats,nzari with a medical man on board, shall be admitted to libre prati qu e twelve clear days after their departure from Alexandria. Passengers by the merchant ships not having antn e a o f seven med i ca l d man ay s . on G oboodasrdo,nshbaolalrbde such sub el subject to , shall b e su b jected to a very reduced ci uarantine but the extent of whi c h h as not yet been determined. ' 'rhe Thr ee r e p per Cent s . were rather more buoyant on Sunday at the Pass age de 0 'ra ; th e y were d emanded at 83f. 10c. Sun BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Juan 22. D o ulogne and Amiens, t2' -East Indian. % —Louvain and Jernappe, 1 N —Luxembourg, I %, —Lyons and Avignon, 174—North ern of France Constituted, 13% —Paris and Rouen, 36 , i--Sanabre and Mose, 4i —West Flanders, 2y4. A Jesuit colle g e is about being Wit at Tremeirchion, i n tii e of D o nbigh.—Liverpool Chro n ie e . We regret to state that Mr. B. R. Ilitvdon, thele Bounty his torical painter, died suddenly on Monday morning, at his reel- B e nce in Burwood-place. The unfortunate gentleman way in his usual health on the p revious evening, and it is beli eved that his death Aas kastene d by pecuniary embarrassment. It is stated that 2,0001. worth of gunpowder has been spent in blasting of one c uttin g near Kivitall, on the Leeds and Bradford liailway.—Edinburgh Chronicle. THE IiEronTED CrIuLERA AT iluLL.—We have it in Our power to give the most unqualified contradiction to a retort inserted in the Manchester Guardian of the day heforeyesterday, to the effect that the Asiatic cholera had bioken out in Hul. The statement fell with surprise upon all parti , -s here, the public as well as the profession. The town, like most other 'laces just now, is much hotter than us ual, but, measles and goo:ing coughs excepted, to which juvenile " flesh is heir," is capable of affording the most fatisfactory bills of heAult.— Hutt fake. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of Last Night.) The Cotton market at Liverpool yesterday was dull. Sales, 5,000 bales, including 700 American, at 5 1 ,4 d. to 6 1 /0. for export. There was no alteration in prices, but buyers had au advantage. Shares were quiet. There are ship letters but by one arrival to-day, viz., the Great Britain. These are considered to be favourable in re ference to mercantile and monetary matters, and are certainly satisfactory to the Americans in respect to their warlike operations against Mexico. Referring to the Oregon matter, which is likely to be of revived interest. a New York con temporary states that there must be great concessions made by each—perhaps greater than either will be disposed to make---and all for a territory which, at a meeting in New York, Mr. Buchanan, if our memory serve right, thus graphically, arid, no doubt, honestly, describes:— " Mr. President,—The thought which is deepest as well as uppermost in my mind, which pervades it entirely at all mo ments' which I am sure occupies your minds as well us mine, must have vent. The dark clouds we have so long seen rising from the west—do I now meet you for the last time before they are to burst in thunder and lightning, and to scatter us? Are the hands of brother to be raised against brother, like those of Cain? Are the land and the sea to be stained with blood shed by kindred? God forbid! Oar last accounts from England give us the oft-repeated assurance that the British Government entertain a moot earliest desire to preserve peace. The meeting here this evening of so many respectable persons of both countries evinces the na tural sympathy which exists amongst us. All of Oregon is not worth half the loss which the apprehension of war re specting it has already produced. Were I not afraid of be coming tedions, I might, from personal experience, give you some idea of the value, or the value lessness (if I may use the word), of the country beyond Lake Huron.—(Go on.) Then you must pardon the appearance of egotism. Gentlemen—it was my honourable task, after five years of exposed service, about the upper great lakes and beyond them, to superintend the establish ment of the now much-talked-cf 49th parallel of north lati tude, at the lake of the woods in the year 1825, and there to erect a monument. I tell you, as a fact, that for a distance of 1,000 miles, before 1 reached that point, though I visited numerous posts and forts, as they are called, of the fur traders, between the months of May and October, which are the most favourable to vegetation, I never could ob tain one single vegetable—a potato, carrot, turnip, or even a sallad, to check the stringent thirst which our salted meat produced, or to allay the appiehensiou of scurvy. I leave it for you to imagine what luxuries are to be expected by going further. May the AlmighLy dispose the hearts of the rulers in both countries to the consideration of their con sanguinity and identical interest, and to the preservation of family peace. And the Consul closed by giving this toast— , Anglo-Saxon blood too good to be spilt? ' The British Plantation Sugar market, owing to the post ponement of the duty question, has been rising lately, and is expected to keep firm with such unfavourable accounts from the West Indies. The Public Securities rule steadily for the most part, but they exhibit no buoyancy, and the only improvement is in Exchequer-bills, now quoted at 8. to 13s. premium. New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have bken 96:11 to 96%, and the Three per Cents. Reduced 95 to 1 / 2 . Batik 'Aock is marked 205 1 / 2 to 206 1 /2. The Foreign Investments have been dull. Spanish Five per Cents. are 24 1 4, and the Passives 5 1 4. Portuguese Four per Cents. are 49 1 / 2 to 50 1 / 2 . Mexican Binds have been at 27 1 4 to 1 / 2 , being a little flatter, but otherwise exhibiting scarcely any alteration compared with yesterday, even in the face of the interesting advices received to-day. Chilian Bonds are at 96A ; Brazilian have been at 84. The demand tnr Rulway Shares has been limited, and the quotations, as the list will show, have not varied much. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock .. ONE O'CLOCK. 205y i 206; CLOSEN6 20634 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 95.,4 95%y New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. 96 3 4 Y. 96% Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, IS6O .. 10 1 ,8 3-1 G 10 3-16 India Bonds, 1,000/. .. . Ditto, under 1,000/. . Consols for Opening Exchequer 1,0001... .. 5001. • Ditto. Small . . . . .. 20 16 INd. 11 12 8 13 prh. 9 13 - - pm. 13 9 - - pm. ONE FOREIGN FUNDS. Plt IC ES. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. 84 84 Chilian Bonds, G per Cent. .. . 90 3 /. 96% Mexican Bonds, 1837, 4 per Cent .. Ditto, Dr the Account 2 7 1, 1% 27% Ditto, Defiared I Portuguese Three per Cent .. Ditto, for the Account .. 50 1 4 Portuguese Four per Cent 50 50 Ditto, Dr the Account 49Y 2 494, N)antsli Bonds, 5 per Cent .. Ditto, Dr the Account .. 24 1 4 24% Ditto, Passive Bonds .. 5 1 4 5 Dividends on the above payable in London Dutch Two-anti-a-Half per Cent Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates PRICES OF - RAILWAY SHARES. Aberdeen .. .. 52!y % 92% BUSINESS c „ 0 , 41N . c; PAID. DON ET . PRICES. ONE O'CLOCK. to ... 128 .- 83 % dis. 10% 1% 6% 1% Birmingham and Gloucester.. 100 .. .. 128 .. •••• • • .. Bristol and Exeter .. 75 .. 83 .. • • Buckinghamshire 425. % dis. - - • • Caledonian .. 10 .... 10% %........ Ditto. Halt Shares .. 2%.... 1% ..... Derby and Crewe .. 2% .... Direct Northern .. 2% .... 1% % Dublin and Galway .. 4 .... 2 ..... Eastern Counties • . '24% % ........ Ditto, York Extension .. 10s. • •••• •• Edinburgh and Glasgow .. 50 .. •••• • • .. Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester .. 2 , 4 2.. .. Great North of England . ..100 ....22214 16 222 225.. Ditto, New • . • . .. 5 .. .. 55 .. • Ditto, New .. . .... 16 Great Western ........85 •• •• •• Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 5 153( 1 • •. Guildford, Fareham, &Portimoth 5 .... 4% • • llull and Selby .. .• 50 •• • - ••••• • • • • • Ditto Shares . 12% 21 .. •••• .. .. 2► Leicester and Atedtord 225..... dis. ••.. • • 1.1 dis, London an' Birmingham . • • 100 .. ••••• • • • - - Ditto Quarters o• .. 2 .. . 28 1 4 Ditto Fitths .. 2 .... 25% 25 • .... London and Birmingham Extens. .... % • London and Black well .. 161. 13s. 4d. 8 London arid Brighton - 50 .. . 65% London and Croydon • • .. 13/. lbs 9d... 224 London and York .. 2% 1% Manchester and Leeds .. .. • • 82 •• • • ••• • • • .... Ditto, Half Shares .. • • • - 38 •• • • 5 7% ••••• • • • • • Ditto, Fifths .. . • .. 3 .... 12 •• • . ..... Ditto Extension .. 425. .. .. 2 p • Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 • .. 82% Ditto, Quarter Shares (A) .. 4 .... Ditto, Quarter Shares (11) • • 4 .... 13% ..100 —lb° 149% . Ditto, New .. 24 .... 37% 37 Newcastle and Darlington Junet. 25 .... „ ........ Ditto, New . .• 1 •• 91%. „ Ditto, New, Brandling 2 5 •• • . 44 Newcastle and Berwick .. •• 1 5 •• • • 2416 ..... Norfolk .. .. 20 •• .. 25% Ditto, Half Shares • • •• • • 5 • • • 7% Ditto, Tenths .. • • • • • • „2 • •• • • • • • • • • • • • Ditto, Extension ' • • • • 22 •• •• • • 2 1% North-British . • • • • • ••• 50 Northern and Eastern • • • • •• • • Ditto, New • • • • • • • • I ,,•••• •••• •• •••• 2 North Kent and Direct Dover • • 2Ye• • • • 1% • • Nortlimpton,Banbury,&Chelthm. 2 l 1 Oxfd.,Woreester, Sr. Wolverhuiptn. 12% 8 •• 8 Portsmouth Direct • • • • • 3 31 •• • • 4% • 414 Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 4-2 s. • ... 11/, Shropshire Union .. 425. .... 1% dis l% dis. South Devon .. • • • . •• 35 .• .. ••• 35 South Eastern and Dovor • • • • 33 % ••• • 40 10 )4_ Do., New (do. 331. 68.8 d.) NIL .... 13 Do., New (do. 30/.) • . No. 3. 15 ...„ 16 13% 190., New (do, 151.) .. O. 4. 2 % , „ 2% 2 8 West Riding Union • • • • ••• 423 . •• • • Iy s 2 Witbeach and St. Ives .. • • • 2 •• • • 2 York mid North Midland .. 50 ;Ditto, Half Shares . • • • • • 25 •• • • 48% • 48tL Ditto, Scarborough Branch . • 25 •• • • 48 .. 48 — Ditto, Selby • • • • • • •• 30 ••• • 74 74 Do. E. and W. Riding Exten... 1 11% ..... ••• 11 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. 12 „ 12% Louvain and Jemeppe .. •. 4 • Luxembourg 1 Northern of France Const ituted.. 5 133, .......... 13k l'aris and Lyons Constituted .. 5 „ 6 Sambre and Meuse • • • • • • 8 •• • • VA 4 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. London Joint-Stock • • • • •• 10 •• • • 14% .......... 14% London and Westminster .. .. 20 _ .......... 27 MINES. 24 1% 70 2 2 225 55 140 V, 15% 41,i 281,4 4 C 5 % . .. .. 22 4 1 y, 574 12 _2_p 82 1 / 2 13% 13% 149 y, 7 1 3 4 493 Real del Monte, Unregistered • • •... 3% ...... ... 31,14 COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-(YESTERDAY.) Amsterdam ......C.F. 12 914 Gibra1tar............ .. Ditto, at sight Rotterdam ...... 2 U l2 10 Genoa .. • • ...... ...... 26 la Antwerp Huriburgh M.B. 13 15 Venice —_, Altotia• • ........ ••• • • • Naples ••••••• • • • • • • • 3„- A Paris, 3 days' sight... • . 25 80 Palermo, per oz ...... 1196 Ditto, 3 months...... 26 5 Li5b0n............... , 53 Marseilles •. • • • ..... 26 10 Oporto •..• • • ....... _ 63 80urdeaux............ 26 10 Rio Janeiro • ......... 23 % Frankfort on Mains.... 122% Bahia ,.• Petersburgh, 3 U 5.... • • Buenos Ayres ........ Berlin New York, 21 dajPs' sight Vienna, effec. do ••• • .. 10 10 Philadelphia _ .... ~, Trieste, ditto.... • • .... 10 11 PRIM OF BULLION, FIR OZ. Madrid ... .................364 Portugal Geld Coin .. 3 17 5 Bilbao.. ...... ........ New D0ub100n5...... 00 0 Barcelona .. •......... New Dollars .... •••• 0 4 9% Seville.. •••••. • • • • • ... Silver in bars ...... ••0 4 U COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen took an airing in the rides adjacent to Osborne House on Monday afternoon, after the depar ture of her illustrious visitors. The Royal family went in the pleasure•groun's yes terday._ _ _ . ller Majesty and her Royal Consort took their usual early walk. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice went to the beach yesterday afternoon, and took their eccustomed exercise. Count de St. Aulaire, the French Ambassador, trans acted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. The Dean of Windsor had an interview with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer yeverday, at his official resi dence in Downing-street. Mr. Wickhatn, Chairman of the nips and Taxes, hsd also au interview with the Right Hon. Gentleman. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. We extract the following from the m mey article of . the New York Courier and Enquirer, of the Bth instant:— _ NEW Y ORK. SATURDAY NIGHT, JUNE 6. The course of events since the departure of the last steamer has been ma. ked by little of importance. The war in Mexico goes on prosperously for the American arms, and the disorganization of the American forces seems complete. On the 19th ult., General Taylor took possession of Mata moras without encountering any resistance, and, in like manner, the operations of the column below on the right bank of the river have been unimpeded since it entered the small town of 6-trrita. We have no tidings yet of any blockade of the Mexican ports having been declared or instituted, but are in daily expectation o an official notficaTion thereof. Meantime, while the American squadron had gone from Vera Cruz to the mouth of the Rio Grande, or rather to Brazos St. lago, in order to aid General Taylor, the two Mexican steamers, Montezuma and Guadeloupe, took advantage of their ab sence to slip out under English colours and reach Havannah. Their right to hoist English colours would certainly have been questioned it they had been fallen in with by our cruisers. The impression seems very general since the arrival of the r Hibernia, that Mr. Pakenham has received instructions for a prompt and amicable termination of the Oregonctro versy—a result alike desirable and desired, we apprehend. both nations. a ffected Our money and produce markets were very by the Hibernia's accounts. Cotton has . been snore sustained without. and considerable sales have been made litt le m ore active, advance ; and the prices here yet range t at prices por any advantageous shipment to E g there at the latest date. large, and, not- Bread stuffs are declining, and , flour is selling at from 46 4 The receipts hire con to 37th cents. aking, the generaltinue prospects of the withstan di n g some e 1..) growing crop are good. Ry e has been somewhat more in demand, and some 3,000 arters have been taken for exportation at 65 cents. the l‘ , rather more easy. Exchange on L on d on i s at froni,oBniye: i to 84 premium ; on Paris 5,32 t o 5 ,32 % cents. The United States Treasury, according to the statement o f the treasurer on the lst instant, had ou h an d some eleven millions of dollars, which will be reinforced before long by the issue of some milli ons of Treasury notes, a form of loan which, as furnishi ng a sort of currency of uniform value all over the Uni on , h as many advantages. - The prices of stccks generally have improved Within the last few days, and Pennsylvanias have shared in the rise, thus indicating a growing conviction that the August divi dend will be punctually met. For a small I , ,an of between three and four hundred thousand dollars at five per cent., needed by this State to pay off some balance s due to contractors on the public works, no bids were made on the terms required by the notice, five per cent. and not bel ,, w par. This is not surprising, considering hat the act ual value of money is great just now and the general expectation, if the war with Mexico continue any time, that the United States Government will n ee d l oans on which a higher interest will be offered., A preference more over is given to the Stocks of the United States over that of any State. _ An attempt is to be made next week to call up and pailet the Bill iu the Houoa of liemrautati7es the tariff. Its success mug be considered doubtful, seeing that the results to the Treasury have been very advantageous without obvious injury to any other interest. At a moment when all the resources of revenue are needed, it does not seem probable, that on grounds of merely speculative evil and theoretical inequality and oppressiveness, a con gress of practical men will enter on the experiment of altering a law, that furnishes such ample supplies to the Exchequer. The Mechanics' Banking Asso2iation hare dealared a dividend for the last six months of four per cent., 'playable on the 10th inst. The sales of Cotton to-day have been to a modetate extent. About 800 bales have been taken at the follow ing prices:— Upland and Florida. Mobile,N.O.,andTexas. -- bales. -- bales. Inferior • None. None. Ord. to good ord. 64 to 7A 64 to 71 Mid. to good mid 71 t o 7 1 1 7/ to 81 Mid. fair to fair 74 to 86 81 to 9 Full fair to good f a ir Si t o 13i 9i to 10 Fine Nominal. Nominal. All descriptions of flour are extremely dull. Sales of Michigan have been made at 4 dolls. to 4 dolls. 12 1 / e cents; Genesee, 4 &ilk. 25 cents; common southern kinds, 4 dolls. 25 cents to 4 dolls. 37 1 / 2 cents. The receipts down the North River to-day amount to 9,295 barrels, making a total of 421,537 barrels received this season. 2,0'0 barrels rye soldat 65 cents, and 4,000 barrels Western corn at 50 cents. Ashes are firm : pots at 3 dolls. 564 cents, and pearls at 4 dolls. 64 cents • Provisions are dull at our last limitation. DESCRIPTION oF MEXICO. We extract the toliowing description of Mexico from an American paper:— - " As this fortunately located fertile but vainglorious country is now the theme of daily discussion, we have thought that some of its peculiar characteristics might not be without interest to our readers. Oil casually turning to. some of the standard authorities, which have treated of it, we find that it lies between the 15th end 33d parallels of north latitude. Its greatest length from northwest to southeast is 1,700 miles, greatest breath about 600 miles—area estimated at 1,230,442 square miles. " The most populous cities are Mexico 150,000. Gua dalaxara 60,000, San Luis Potosi and La Puebla 55.000 each], Oxaca and Quretaro 40.000, Guunaxuato 34.000, and Merida 28,000. Of this large tract of country, which is about one third as large as Europe, that portion comprising a large part of the 1 ,ng and narrow isthmus that connects the American peninsulas, and separates the Atlantic from the Pacific ocean, is by far the most pulous and rich in mineral and vegetable productions The regions north of the tropic become less populous as ot.e proceeds. northward, and many large districts claimed by the republic, and divided into states and territories, are alm )t unknown, being inhabited by wild Indian tribes, bsffling all the attempts of their nominal masters to subdue them. " The surface of the country is exceedingly irregulars and its variety of climate most is tnarksble. Its nu merous volcanoes have often peen remarked upon, and • the geological formation is most favourable to mines of various kinds. The great central plateau of Anahuac', between latitude 14 and 20 degrees, is a mass of pophYrYs characterised by the presence of hornblende and the ab sence of quartz ; and in it are contained large and valuable deposits of gold and silver. Humboldt says in relation to these and other mines in Mexico, that there were at the time of his visit, 3,000 mines of gold and sil ver in Mexico, but the ignorance and misrule which pre vail in that country have greatly diminished their im portance as a source of wealth. " A considerable portion of the land is table land, and the climate of this land is, on the whole, favourable to human life. But though internyttent fevers be of rare occurrence, the natives are occasionally visited by a peculiar epidemic ; but it owes its origin more to the people than to any other cause. Indeed famine, and its attendant privations have thinned the population more than epidemic complaints, The indolence of the natives prevents all exertions to raise more food than is requi site for the wants of a single season, and no one e o v e e k r thinks when there is a surpius of laying uP against future contingencies, Hence, wh en theirdia:o.itlit and severe frosts come, they are compelled to seek es subsistence in the forests, where roots and wild be often constitute their sole diet ; and multitud es are carried off by hunger and unwholesome food. • rto the " Mexico, produces most of the plants peculiar te tropics as well as those belonging to the tempera regions of south and middle Europe. Hunsbeldt say s such is the variety of climate, there i s scarcelyss Plantin the rest of the world which is not susceptible of cul tivation u tivation in one or o her part of Mexico. The soil. also. for the tn"st part, is ex trasrdinarily -fertile, and shun dant crops, with the as , istsnce of irrigation in soh3 . e plates, may be rai , ed with very little labour..,B u t only serves to make the Mexicans m ore idle and worth less, for they seek only to live, and have scarcely 90 enterprise or energy. Eserything appears to be falling' into a state of apathy and langour; and indolencew ith its necessary accompaniments or povery, ignerance, pride, vain-glory, and impudence, bid fair to be for some considerable period longer the distinguishing character istics of Mexicans. " On the whole it is the opinion of the msst observant travellers, that agriculture and other great interests have retrograded since the principal revolution the one that separated them from the dotnina , ion of Spain. This ha. been the case to a great degree. Such are some of the viev‘s of Humboldt, Chevalier, and McCulloch, which we have given in a brief synopsis or abstract. Their 1.11 ob .ervatioes are not very creditable to the Mexican peoples and it is very evident that they will never maks any great progress in the elements of civili sation till they receive an instilment of new motives of action, more beneficent institutions, and perhaps the in• termixture of the Anglo-Saxon race in the shape of free Americans " The population of Mexico is estimated at 9,000,000, though it probably does notexceed 7,000,000. Though it contains several mixtures, the greater portion are aboriginal Indians. Among the rest are European Spaniards. Creoles, or natives descendel from Euro pean, ; Mustejss, or descendants of WhiteS and In ; Zambas, or descendants of Negroes and In dians ; Mulattoes, or descendants of Whites and Ne groes ; mixtures of those varieties, Negroes, and s few Malays from China and the islands of the In dian Ocean. especially the Philippines, a Spanish ' colony. The Negroes are not numerous, as slavery was never extensive in the Spanish continental colonies, and was aboli.hed on the separation of Mexico from Spain in isso. In character, the Indians, who constitute seven tenths of the whole popul 'don, are intelligent, docile, peaceful, rather industrious, and very ingenious in me chanic arts. especially those of painting, carving, and moulding. They are gentle, kind, and hospitsble ; and though intemperate, like all the American Indians, north, or south, they exhibit no violent or ferocious pro pensities when intoxicated. THE RANCHEROS OF MEXICO. - The Rancheros, part of the material of the Mexican army, t.re half Indian and half Spanish in their ex traction ; gaunt, shrivelled, though muscular in their frames, and dark and swathy-visaged as they are, these men are the Arabs of the American continent. Living half of the time in the saddle, for they are un rivalled horsemen, with lasso in they traverse the vast plains in s.-arch of the buffalo and wi!il horse. The killing of these animals, and the preparation and sale of their hides are their sole means of livelihood. Their costume generally consists of a pair of tough hide leggings, with sandals of the same material, bound to gether with leathern thongs, over which is a blanket with a hole in the centre large enough to allow the head to be thrust out, and which falls not ungricaully over their shoulders, leaving ample room for the play, of their arias. Add to this a broad straw somlyoro , and the lasso hanging read) for use in his girdle, and you have the Ranchero as he appears in the time of peace. Join to this a long lance with a sharp spear - head , and his belt. plentifully supplied with pistols and -knives, and you have the Ranchero as a member of a troop of ban ditti. or a soldier in a body of cavalry. Their power of enduring fatigue is almost inexhaustible, and a scanty meal per diem of j-rkk.d beef and plantafti suffices thou during months. These are the men who comprise the grkat body of the M. xican cavalry, and they are to the armies of that nation what the Cossacks are to the Rus sians—ever on the alert. never to be surprised, and un tiring in the pursuit of the foe, when plunder, no matter how trifling, is to be obtained. —Philadelphia Pubis, Ledger. ma l s t ter i - s G e c n o enrtaelmfpolrataedtrt,tonemh artiavpipegli_cbaetieoene t w o t b h e e e s P toasb t... - thelis h fished e in st t l h n e di C a om u m oc e k rc s i . al A ro t ad p , re n se e n a t r a q e u e a e r m t e nitti r alluded atiheree e.inetlrnanecreeegeaivteinsgo-f house for half a mile either way receiving from fa h e l believed ac wh i ch that t the found extremely inconvenient, akn is t i e tine d d w foi i nr th tthh t e h e e docks and the ation establishmentt() will befeee d o f to a b p e l placequite f re t q h e e of the numerous parties connect e d g s go m err s e At e e t : :: e t , g o f the in- NEWadjoining neighbourhood, and will b e a great convenience to the public. Monday a numer Af o e u : GREENWICII..—MEETING FOR THE ERECTION OF A. . ig-t R ev , the Bishop of London presided. Th ere were also present Sir R. Stopford, habitants took place, at which the R• h k inert): M.P. for the borough, C. Millington, A. Brestow, R. Governor of Greenwich Esci El s o . sp and Hospital. . F. J r . c. Twining, G Williams, tronomer loyal, Rev. W. A. Soames, the y, Esq th . e , for merly vicar, Revds. D. J o nes, Hughes, W. Greenlaw, Greenlaw, jun., Mortimer, Goldney. Christie, North, Sket hi churchwardens, and other a c b. Sy, Lock, Sims, &c., the proc i carry into effect the obje ct al officers. Resolutions to vened, were unanimously for which the meeting was con vened, agreed to. At the conclusion of the proceedings it was announced that nearly 2,000/. had been raised towards th e erection of the building, including 201. from the Qu een Dowager, 50/. from the Bishop of Lon' from the vicar, the Rev. W. A. Soames, 2001. from An • gerstem. Esq., 1001. from R. Twining , Esq., 1001. from Coles Child, Esti 100/ f C. Millington, /. from , . from . Esq., 50 Burney, Esq., &c., &c. ATROCIOUS MURDER.—GALWAY, JUNE 20.—We re gret to state, that on the night of Thursday last a barbarous murder was committed at a village near Woodford, in this county. The unfortunate object of the assassin's vengeance was a man named Pat. Hill. Two persons came into his house, and brought him out of his bed to a place about forty yards distant, and there inflicted no less than forty -tyre bayonet wounds ion his person, besides a fracture of the skull. His wife hearing his screams went to his assistance , and having begged for mercy, she was told by the heartless ruffians that if she did not go away she would herself be treated in like manner. Having completed their purpose, the miscreants, who are unknown, walked off, and their Inc: tun almost immediately expired. An inquest was held yesterday, at Portumna, before Thomas Walsh, Esq., coroner , and Thomas Brereton, Esq., R.M., when a verdict of "Virilfu l murder" was returned against persons unknown. Decea se d was in rather comfortable circumstances, and bores most eX cellent character. BIRMINGHAM, MONDAY EVENlNG.—Between ex and seven o'clock this evening the town was visited with aheavY thunder-storm. The rain descended in such torrents that many cellars in the lower part of the town were flooded; the lightning, too, was of that peculiarly forked and dangerous kind from which so many casualties proceed, but at present we have heard of no accidents resulting therefrom. The storm, after ragiti for ibout - an hour, pasted over into Ste , tordehire and the mural diitrichk THE INDIAN MAILS. ALEXANDRIA, JUNE 9.-The Peninsular and Orient al Com pany's steamer Achilles, with the Calcutta mail of the 3d and Bombay mail of the 12th of May, left port this day at noon, with upwards of 80 passengers, for Malta and Southampton. The mails reached - Alexandria early yesterday morning, but the great scarcity of water in the Nile and Mahmoudieh Canal delayed the progress of the passengers coming down from Cairo, who had to ride the greater part of the way from Atfe on donkeys, and they arrived here only at 10 o'clock this morning. The Egyptian steamer of war Nile is under orders to sail on the 11th for Con stantinople, with Soobhy Bey, Private Secretary to the Viceroy, and son of Semi Pacha, who goes to announce to the Sultan that his highness will accept an invitation to visit him at the capital. The Nile will perform her quaran tine at the Dardanelles, and will bring back to Alexandria an envoy from the Sultan, bearing the formal invitation to the Viceroy, who will then proceed to the Bosphorus. The same steamer conveys to Constantinople the Viceroy's daugh ter.in-law, widow of his late son, Ismael Pacha, who was killed in Nubia by the natives in 1825, and she has also on board forty-two Dongola horses, two giraffes, two large ostriches, and various other things, which Mehemet Ali sends as presents to the Sultan. Colonel C. J. Barnett, her Majesty's Consul-General in Egypt, has been recalled, and the Hon. C. A. Murray, at present Secretary of Legation at Naples, has been appointed, it is said, in his stead. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, JUNE 23.—. Wind at noon variable, S. to w., fresh breeze and cloudy. It blew very heavy last night in squalls, accompanied with rain, thunder, and lightning. DEAL, JUNE 22.-- Wind E.N.E.—Arrd.Negntiator, Young, Allipeo; Elisa, Jorgenson, Brazils. Sid. Conte Zichy, Copartien, New York. ArriveJ fro:n the River and sailed, Lady M`Naughton, Hibbert, Madras; Woodlark, Clarkson, Bahia; William Metcalf, Weil,, Quebec; Thomas and Willhun, Plater, ditto; Father Mathew, Gal ilean, Halifax. COWES, JUNIi 22. —Wind S. to S.E.—Arni. Heinrich, Porto Rico. OFF PLYMOUTH, JUNE 20.—Lord Mulgrays, Lickiss, Miramichi. FALMOUTH, JUNE 22.—Wind E.—Arrd. Sarah, Brewer, Cardiff, fur Malaga, with foremast sprung. GLOUCESTER, JUNE 2 0.—Arrd. Henry Ball, Hood, Alexandria; Baracon,Owens, Catania. SW. 21st, Independent, Atkins, St. Jollies, New Brunswick ; Rosa, Trieste. LivEttroot, JUNE 21.—Wind S., moderate.—Arrd. 22d, Great Britain steamer, --os-II t• ell, New York, left Bth inst. Sld. 22d, Robert Syers, Atkins, Bombay; Patrick Henry, Delano, New York ; Brothers, Hill, St. Stephen; Acadia, l‘Plienzle, Quebec Lotus, Watson. Quebec. Off, 22d, Queen of the West, New York ; Annie, Falcon, Wyoming (not sure). The port of Vera Cruz was under blockade by an American squadron on the 18th May. BRIXHAM, JuNz 21. Arrd, Hazard, Oweu,Trinity, Newfoundland. NEWPORT, JUNE 22 . — Florida, Lewis, Quebec. Coati, JUNE 20.—Wind S.E.— Cynthia, Margaretha, Patagonia; Energy, Crawford, Rio Grande ; ) rrd. Mechanic, Newton, St. John ; Goldsworth, Newfoundland, out 14 days. PENZANCE, JUNE 20.—The smack Welcome Home , ren shore In ate bay of Smell, after discharging part of her ar or , t o e , cl iad on liarl4lo FlOilakv Itomd, got dr, ana svorole4 to 117131 " '44 HAMBURGH MAIL. POLISH FRONTIERS, JUNE 9.—The Citadel of War saw is to be considerably enlarged, as appears from the purchase of several parcels of land in the vicinity on account of Government ; the number of political pri soners increases, which probably renders an enlarge ment necessary. The editor of the Warsaw Library, a scientific journal. which is rather popular, is said to be accused of some political offence, which may be an obstacle to the publication of the journal. VIENNA, .JUNE 4.—lt is said that the inspection of the Prussian contingent to the army of the German Confederation will be given by his Majesty the Emperor to an Austrian Arch Duke, and that the Prince of Prussia will inspect the Austrian contingent. It is said that 30,000 men will take part in the autumnal reviews near Vienna. After the review the levy of recruits in the German province will begin. It is saidy4atthelevy will amount to 50,000 men. His Imperial Highness the Archduke Stephen arrived here yesterday evening, from Prague. BERLIN, JUNE 14.—The King and the country have sustained a great loss. One of the most distinguished of our statesmen, who has rendered the most important service to the monarchy, Baron Von Nagler, Minister of State and Postmaster-General, died yesterday at halt-past three o'clock, of an apopletic fit, in the 76th year of his age. Since yesterday the report has revived that the city of Cracow, and probably the whole of the country of the R:publie, will be given up, on certain conditions, to Austria. The day before yesterday, seven young Boyars, ac companied by a captain of the ilespedar of Moldavia, arrived here from Buchareth, who are to enter as boarders into the Academy of Cadets, to receive a scientific military education. . _ . A new ordirtane, for the exercise of the Prussien army has b.-en drawn, and is already used by the cavalry of the Guards. Some new evolutions are intro duced, ant all foreign words in giving the command are to be discarded; which, at first, the officers will find it difficult to observe. Many command. hitherto given in one short French word, which by long use has become naturalised in the German language, must now be ex prcsst,d by a paraphrase. BRESLAU, JUNE 13. ---In the second meeting of the Christian Catholic Provincial Synod, it was resolved to return to the baptismal form—" In the name of God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost." It was recog nised that the only s , ,urce of Christianity is the Bible. DUSSELDORFF, JUNE 10.—With respect to the exhibi tion of relies in the Cathedral of Aix-la-Chapelle, which is to take place on the 10th of July, sick persons who desire to be touched with them are required to produce a medical certificate of the state of their health, and an other from their priest, respecting their moral condint. The hopes of the approaching harvest are everywhere favourable. The weather has been extremely fine, an.l we have had some rain, which has had a very beneficial effect. GALACZ, MAY 25.—A continued drought prevails in Wallachia, so that it-ars are entertained for the standing crops, which in time Spring promised to prove s. tt-ainitant. The Moldavian clergy went yesterday in solemn pro. cession from Gal.icz to the corn-fi,lds. The sacred banner was carriEd before them, and a vast crowd of people to put up prayers for rain. The Govern' r fol lowed in his carriage. As no rain hirs yet come, the fanatic Grp rk clergy asc•ri , e the failure or their prayers to the circumstanct, hat 0:e t,;overnor was accompanied by a Lutheran (Prussian) officer. his friend, and on this account t , rere is to feet another solemn proces,ion.— Hamburgh papers, June 19. AMERICAN PAPERS. The foll..wing are extracts m the American pap , rs brouLitt the Great Bri-ain The Union pra,ssys to have some knowledge cone , rn• ing the plan of the intended cmnnaign against Mexico. of which it does not give the details, but which will authorise the belief that the war will be pushed with the utmost rigour. It adds that General Taylor will soon advance into the enemy's country. and that it w uld not be surprised " to bear of his reaching Monterey, about 130 miles from Matamoras, about the commence ment of the table land, at no distant day." Congress proce.-dings are interesting. In the Senate, on the 3d, Mr. Dix, from the Committee on*Commore,, reported the Bill from the House to allow drawb,ck un goods imported from he British North American pro vinces for re-exportation, without amendment. and re commendtd its p issage. General Ganies, in the south. having ca led without authorit) f.ir volunteers, a re-ailu ti. ,u was inin.alueed by Mr. Cass, t, brln2; th.. u•urp lion before Congress. The House of Repr(senta:ives had been occupied by discussing the Supplem.-btary War Bill. _ _ _ A spirited discussion ensued, and elicited the expres sion of a hope from Mr. Webster, that the boundary would be settled between the two Governments before the close of this session of Congress. The discussion on the 2d presented no feature of note, and ultimately the Bill was referred to the Judicial Committee. An im pression prevailud that Mr. Pakenham had received in structions to make a new offer ; but no disclosures had been made by the Executive. The Oregon question still continued to attract discus sion in Congress. In the Senate, on the Ist instant, Mr. Sevier. from the Committee on the Indian Affairs, reported a Bill to regulate intercourse between the United States and the various Indian tribes of Oregon. The Oregon Jurisdiction then came up, and Mr. Cass replied, denying that the treaty of Utrecht established the 49th parallel the boundary to the Pacific. The Committees on the Webster and Ingersoll case have closed their labours, and will probably report in a short period. LETTER FROM T E ARMY.—We learn by the southern mail of yesterday afternoon, that the steamer Telegraph arrived at New Orleans on the 27th inst.. from Point Isabel, and brings the following intelligence : On the 17th instant a detachment of 300 regulars and 350 volunteers, proceeded to Barita and took possession of it, and established a military depOt. On the night of the 19th, an express arrived from General Taylor, stating that he ha'l crossed the Rio Grande, and taken the city of Matamoros without, oppo sition, the Mexicansbaving fled the city. The nexicans, from the last accounts, were deserting their ranks in battalions. _ _ Two regiments, uith the exception of about 350, having marched a few days previous, were stationed at Brazos Point, awaiting the orders of Gemral Taylor, and it was th , mght they would leave on the 20th, for Matamoras. via the old Barka road. Those who were wounded in the action of the Bth and 9th, are at Point Isabel, and were recovering. All our accounts represent the Mexicans as having fought on the Bth and 9th with a courage and despe ration which would have reflected credit upon the troops of any nation. They were nearly in a state of starvation, end had been promised the , ample supplies of the American camp, in case they would secure the victory. They met the charge of our trupps mentally, and stood the destructive fire that was poured in upon them without giving nay. until their works were encumbered with the dead and wounded. THE MEXICAN STEADIERS.—Captain Westbrook, of the schooner F. A. Brown, arrived at Charleston on the 31st ultimo, from Havannah, reports that the two Mexi can steamers, Montezuma and Guadeloupe, had escaped from Vera Cruz and arrived at Havannah, under Eng lish colours on the 24th, in six days. One of the com manders reported that there had not been any news re ceived at Vera Cruz of the battle of Matamoras, when he sailed. These vessels must have taken advantage, we pre sume, of the absence of our squadron from the offing of Vera Cruz, as it is not probable they would have been allowed to pass as English vessels, netwLdistauding the flag. Such a mode of avoiding capture by an enemy would be too easy, and would not certainly have impo,ed upon any American naval commander. These steamers may change:colours again in Havannah, but they cannot, according to the usage of nations, re ceive any additions to their equipments or crew. We do not think it possible they will venture forth as Mexican cruizers, though the prizes be tempting. MASSACRES IN TEXAS.—The following deplorable ac count of outrages in Texas is from the N. 0. Courier of the 29th ult. A letter from San Antonio de Bexar gives deplorable accounts of murders and robberies committed upon the people inhabiting the western frontier of Texas, by the Camanchas and ILipans. Most of the able-bodied men of the colonies of New Braunfels, Castroville, and Lake Quani, having joined the army under General Taylor, the savages, profiting by their absence, threw th emse l ves upon the old men, women, and children, burnt the houses, the crops of corn, mutilated the dead bodies, violated the %omen, and carried off a number of the children into slavery. The Commercial Association of German Princes who Underteok to colonise the mountains of San Saba. have not been successful in their plans. They directed a con voy of one hundred waggons c. o so n iimi‘ t ‘ hi e r n ou th te e totowardsps tine colony, which was attacked by the savages. The Ger that two ,i man emigrants, after fighting desperately, were over whelmed by numbers and oblieed to retreat, o ?n g the hind them a great number of killed and fortunes e o s f the t h sa e v ,, a l g n e i e waggons COllwts'ined the hole , r intpiat,nrtihtehse,,,abubsgsaevh:tegeteoso,hfiefs d ut ith,she c:s r — a s h . exigencies of the service vvi p pa ri tc 'h h e ed P w e itt e m s t a3 d ' a force from the main arn ). 11 fl • before ' 1114 rand commit t their appenrattee, the savageswhie. iw...rytnitue,ll:nestmat:ll:etidt return , ,e% rav ages. A will idterwat strong body of soldiers should lIAVANNAH.—The Charleston Courier of the near the settlement--; to restrain these Indians. i ln r r eg a r a r r i d v a t l o a t t h 15}:,°:ointaini father information by the F. A. Brown, aevsaciaiptieabo,fththee Courier from Havannah. Mexi can s!eatnerS, and th sa) s It was reported at Havannah that a demand bad tnen made on the Bitamtu Goverumetit, by the builders of these steamers, or by English merchants who advanced the money, for payment, in default of which, their de livery was required, and that they were consequently surrendered to their custody. This course was adopted with the view, no doubt, of saving them from capture by our squadron. Santa Anna was still at Havannah, and seemed to be , very indifferent as to what now happens in Mexico, though he highly disapproved of the conduct of his . Go- . vernment towards the United States. The brig Joven Greg orio, from Campeachy, arrived at Havannah, the 19th May, with dates to the 22d in clusive. An extra Congresss was held at Merida, the 22d of April—the first and principal object of this Con gress, was to be the organisation of the Peninsula of Yucatan as an independent state. The Captain-General of Cuba, Don Leopold O'Don nell, has received from the Queen the titles of Count of Lucena and Viscount of Aliaga. _ _ _ It . was believed at Havann r a 7 h that there would be no privateers fitted out to depredate on the commerce of this country. _ _ _ The export of sugar from Cuayama, up to the 20th May, was as follows :—to United States 6,906 hhds. ; Europe, 2,249 do. ; British provinces, 950. Captain Burt, of the brig Adeline, from Cienfuegos, informs us that the planters say that in consequence of so much wet weather, a great deal of their cane will be destroyed. IMPORTANT MOVEMENT.—A member of the United States Senate has written a letter to the Aid of the Governor of Missouri, in which he makes the following important statement concerning an intended military ex pedition to Santa Fe:— WASHINGTON, May 14, 1846. The morning papers will let you see that the state of war was declared to exist yesterday, between the United States and Mexico. Our first care in this sudden change in our relations with that country was to try and take care of our Santa Fe trade. For this purpose, it will be proposed to the people of New Mexico, Chihuahua, and the other internal provinces, that they remain quiet and continue trading with us as usual, upon which condition they shall be protected in all their rights and be treated as friends. To give effect to this proposition and to make sure at all events, of protection to the persons and property of our traders (besides the proclamation of the President to that effect), Colonel Kearney will start immediately with 300 Dragooni, to he followed, as quick as pos sible, by 1,000 Mounted Volunteers from Missouri, and with authority to engage the services, if necessary, of all the Americans in that part of the world. This military movement will be to make sure of the main object, to wit : peace and trade, to be secured peace ably if possible, forcibly if necessary. For unless they accept these conditions, the country will have to be taken possession of as a conquest. This, however, e hope will not be necessary, as it will be so obviously to the int , rest of the inhabitants of that part of Mexico, (too far from the Central Government to have any effect in general hostilities), to enjoy the benefit of peace and trade, with the full protection of all their rights of per son, property, and religion. This letter is said to be from a source entitled to the most implic t confidence. The Republican says, that a bearer of dispatches to the Governor and Col. Kearney had arrived from Wash ington Books are opened at St.. Louis for a corps of 1,000 volunteers for this service. Several thousand, it is said, could easily be raised. Volunteers are pouring in from every portion of the State. FROM THE WEST.—At Independerce Mo., on the 16th of May, according to a correspondent of the St. Louis Republican, there were about 200 Mexican traders on -their way from Santa Fe and Chihuahua, to the East to purchase goods. They had with them about 350.000 dollars in specie ; they had to make forced marches part of the way, being greatly pressed by Indian robbers. About 40 wagons had left. Inde paadence, for Santa Fe, during the week. The trade with that place s,-ems to b. but slightly interrupted, as the inhabitants of the Northern Mexican departments are said to be strongly in favour of its unbroken continu ance. The correspondence referred to adds the following in formation : " The Oregon emilzran's have gone on in advance of the Californians, to their great encampment on the Kanzas river, about one hundred miles west of this. The Californ:a emigrants held a meeting twenty-five miles west of this place, on Indian Creek, and elected their officers—.lol. Wm. Russell, ,:f Callaway was elected their Captain. They have 141 men, 71 women and 109 children, and 128 w.i2g.ins. 'Ex-Governor Boggs. and Rev. James Dunleavy, of this county, arc among them, with their families. There are many Ken tuckians with , h. .m " We had an al Arming fire in our town o • the night of the 13th. ft hrok•• out in the large h!a••k_:mith shop and waggon factory of John W. Modie, who was engaged in making waggons expre-sly for the Mexican traders. The flames soon caught the waggon-making shop of Nicholas Heltzer. The loss is estimated at 7 000 dollars. Modie had .contracts for furnishing wan.goris to the traders amounting to at lea.,t, 10.000 dollars." AN INDIAN WAR—The New Orleans Delta statt•s that a Mr. Gardner, from the town of Sabine, in Texas, brwght intelligence, received by express from the nor thern frontier, that the Cherolce, Indians have risen in hostilities agai; st Texas. Orders had come for coa►pa nies of mounted m'ri to oppose them, and it is said .that their movements have caused great excitement along the frontier. ThV Dcltz adds, by way of explanation, that these Indians some years a . :O bought their lands from a New York L• nd Company, paying for it 30,000 Mils. It is in the far northern part of Texas, and the government .of that country was always opposed to their settling there, so that a full and unreserved friendship was never esta blished between the parties. On the breaking out of hostiliti' a at the Rio Grande, the Cherokees offered their services to Governor Henderson : not having full confi dence in their fealty, he refused to accept th,.ir services ; and now it is believed that they take advantage Al' the existing state of thing:—whether the Mexicans have in trigued and tampered with them is not known—to as sume towards the peop , e of Texas a hostile attitude. A flare-up between the French man-of-war steamer Tonnerre and the schooner Catherine, of New York. On the morning of sailing, 19th of May, from St. Jago. and within gun-shot of the Moro Castle, the Ca therine was near the French war-steamrr Tonnerre, from St. Domingo, honed in. She passed at first con siderably out of hailing distance, and not much nearer than she was to five or six other vt-s,els which had come cwt in company. After she had run in about a mile and received a pilot, being close to the Moro, she was ob served to back round and manmuvre some time, and at intervals fired two guns. She stood for the sea, came near, and h.dled her in the following words :—" You d—d rascal hoist your flig." The answer was, that orders giv,m in such insulting language would not be obeyed. Other abusive phrases followed, and threats rep , atedly made, that he would fire into him unless it was imm( diately done. Her boat, with a lieut: nant on board, was twice :eat on hoard with a message, that unless the schooner set her flag, all the force the steamer commanded would be used to make her do it—that her commander had the power to sink the schooner. An answer in writing, as follows, was sent : "To the Commander of the S:earner.—Sir : At the first salutation you called me a damned racal, and until you apologise for such insulting language I will not hoist my flag. "Yours respectfully, "A. SCOTT, Master of the schooner Catherine, of New York. " Off the Moro, May 19. 1846." Abut one hour was thus passed. during which time the steamer was laid across the schooner's bow, and got foul, doing herself some damage—her commander in sisting on an unconditional obedience to his orders, the captain and crew of the schooner upholding the captain in his decision. The wind was very light from the east ward ; the schooner was kept on her course, goieg one. or two knots, when after 'mutual exphinations the ob noxious words wt re recalled and an tip, ogy giVeit, then separated. f 131 . A Ilan